GUARANTEE Your MSney Back If You Want It Se? Editorial Page, Firat Column. Nm i0tl( ?ribtme WEATHER W?SM To-ri.w un rKOHARiv to ?liKHi.ll. WKNTKKI.V WtMB? TMterday* Tern pa-rat lire?: High. "?; laSBV, SB full Krporl ?n I'ng? * Fini to Last?the Truth: News - Editorials - Advertisements Vol. I XXV_No. 24,992. I< oprrlght, un.'.. n> Tl.r Irll'.in. \??,,,'?linn. ' TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1915. ? * 1)1? 1/ I' /"?Via' /'VV'T In f'lty of ?w V?rh. Nfwarl?. Jir??y f It? anrl Holioli??. FRANK'S APPEAL LOST; ONLY HOPE IS IN GOVERNOR U. S. Supreme Court, in Divided Opinion, Up? holds Conviction. TWO JUSTICES SAY MOB SWAYED JURY Holmes and Hughes Declare Cir cumstances of Original Trial Justified Pl*?a. r ? Tin 1 e t0 ( in i S -.??reme Ce-'- to-day Leo M hii ?i?" - 1np |#??; I ? hn? been waged ever ijt.fi his . nvietios by a Georgia court cf r: *y Phagan. a girl in th? faet?n of which be wn? Superin? tendent. Fraak's only hope of escap? ing Ike '?,. ' penalty to-r.ight is clem- , WfT b] Governor of Georgia. Seven of the Supreme Court lustiee-i B?!d there was no rensor. to grant a babeas Corpus writ, which would have i?d the effect of forcing a new trial for Fra-k. and possibl] I m at liberty. Two of the '?.?ftices held that the cir- . ex*r.?*Ar.ce* of Prank's original trial ju't.ff . ' ? I gh court in granting aim another ?case on life. Tkess were ; ? Holmes and Hughes. Justice ? ?"pinion and Jus? tice concurred. J a Holme- g the right of Frank to an Supremi ?,'ourt last (tersmber, criticised the mob influence in tr.f tried Frank, and ? s Frank atter? ri* l for the habeas corpus v Justice I.amar had refused to c: - . review ol the case a few weeks before, but Justice Holmes's stinging ?aanci '.- ha : put hope into the hearts of ?'?? is. :es Hughes and Holmes in their minority opinion, "does not become dui ! ... ? | jury- We are i I mere mere irregularities in pro ?eatjure. hut o? L case where the proc subverted. Cannot I phm.l I.inch Law. ''To reme case, if the trial g before the Su? preme Court had taken place in the preser.ee of an armed force Known to be reaJ;. to shoot if the result was not ?cd, we do not suppose that iirt would allow itself to be si ?in that the rec? ord ikowed r.o flaw." The minoritj opinion concluded with the ital was the duty of . declare lynch lie m etised by a regularly drawn jury as when admin mob intent on deal lestioi in our mind," I nority, "is whether a j -rial took place * ?if a moi) savagely and manifestly intent on a single re I. ? Its face unwarranted ? 1 which may be t.gest e petition ir'i con.' ? a matter for polite pre i ? et> in the face, a hat sat with juries ? ?if forms bey &.*. . likely to be impreg? nated by 1 .* -nosphere. And wbei the judgment of the expert whose busir.e-- .? not only form bal t ive been that If one the reason- , ter ex ,:t of most M either pi r.or c ii from the , -. the pre ? jury i I th?* mob "Of i i eaking only of the petition and ? nl. 1'pon ?Hug?*.' ? gravity, in our opin? ion, it . . .. -a hatevei the ?Otiaior . ir* muy have , MS. and :? did not need to set forth wntrfni ? or matter of rebut*.. rhy the mo ?or ? new 1 de the 1 the BStVt No Impairment of \utherity. r 11 n i m - ' to Hi ... not think ?. any part of ' ? immunity ' "may1 . that the supremacy ?' ln?' . ' onstitu {?or- shoal : ited in a ca 6 like It n ?? '? hearii g a IT? rent i to the ision ? ? n which , "??our- should *?*r'1 ' , t it is OUI -i ??*' *? ?? ??? and tu do ! valid when tt-hV"'^1 T'v drawn "nidrr,!,,:.,,.,,,. by one elected by a Juiti i? ' ''<'n hv '? ?ot tv' ' '* ,,1',, Vvii1i'K WB>? ; i pi ieed of any g?I*aranteed to him by the Four ?l?;o?V or laws ?if be h 3 i* v' *' '? ?'??'? *"' ,h(' <-' '' eu,!,h ;''''1 ln k jn?V!;' lion rl ' .lit to terv k."- nd into the] Ur Sr" " of thi mat FrsBk?, " verrnei.t in "??ninir i t,0n' but *'' tn<> ,ri;' ,,M' ??*' i nan itive o? ? tstHlauni ..a v?t*. 3, column 1 Tribune Man in Trenches, Feels France's New Spirit Stands Beside Artillery Officer as 1 \c Directs Deadly "Iron Curtain" from Guns?Sniped at Within ?Thirty Yarda of German Lines. , By C. I. BARNARD. B] < able to 1 he Tribune In the Field, Northern Prance, April 19. By the exceptional murtr . ' the Minister of War, The New ? v.rk Tribune correspondent has been aatl uni to vmit several necio? o? the French lighting lines of vital strate e importance in the operation? now in progress. ! have been allowed, holding a periscope in my hand, to walk beside infantry Commanders penetrntinc th>' mi ft advanced trenches to within thirty yards from the German front, now and then saluted by well-timed bullets from German snipers. On the following day I wns permitted to climb up and remain like a sojniirel In an adroitly concealed observation past, s1 the elbow of ?n ertillery captain, who, in a loiv, subdued voice, communicated through the te.ephone his order?, with mathematically exact precision of elevatioi i snd direc? tion, to his chiefs half buried in invisible hole ' '" r,'"r- '" discharge pi es of fiel ? marvellou? ''?.metre gui ? ?1 one hundred seco ii* word ol <- command the projectile) would fall with unen ug accuracy upon the precise point in the i the batter) commander in the observ?t.on station. By the discharge of at least ? doren projecting this slmost inconceivable skill of the French artillery whs demonstrated. Complete I'nity of Action. Bat what, from a purely technical and military standpoint, is unprece dented in the art of modern warfare is the complete unity and liRhtninir like rapidity of thought, conception and execution now established between the advanced trenches and their artillery supports. This unity can only be compared to the nerve sy tern of the human body. In fact, the French artillery and infantry positions may be justly compared to the nerve arrangement of the human body, because they are so finely branched and interlaced. The artillery correspond? to the axis cylinders of the nerve system, while the ( ?nttnuetf on page I, column 11 M'COMBS ISSUES FORMAL DENIAL Separation from Wife News to Him, He Says ?She Vanishes. ?From T a T-' . ? Hurtan ] Washington, April IP. Publication of the *tory of the separation of Will? iam F. McCombs, chairman of the Dem? ocratic National Committee, and his than a year and a half has spurred intimate friends to renewed efforts to effect a reconciliation. Many are hopeful that the difference? i young couple may yet be patched up. mpti to obtain a paraonal state? ment from Mrs. McCombi to-daj were unsuccessful. Although it is known that -lie was in Washington on Sunday inquiries at the home of her pal Colonel and Mrs. John K. Williams',and st the home of her ligter, Mr?. .Joseph Leiter, failed to produce any informa? tion as to her v hereabouts, At the Leiter placo, in McLean, Va., it wa? said that not only wag Mis. Mc Combs not there, but the Leiters had also cone away. The mystery that the family has thrown about the separa? tion has increased gossip in Washing? ton social and political circles. William P. McCombs, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, in a formal gtatemenl yesterday said he did not wish to dignify the report of hi? domestic troubl?e with a real de? nial." He wag ri:,,.--t positive in ), sertion, however, thai he doeg not in? tend to reeign from the headship of the national com m ittei "Any statt men*, of separation <>i an ed divorce." said the formal stateni' to me. There ? is no truth in the report, but 1 do not wish to dignify it with a real denial." Mr. M ed to .1. ..-i. matter further, barring quei the whereabouts of Mrs. McCombs and the possibility of her accompanying him to the coast "When I returned hero," said Mr. McCombs, turning the discussion to politic, "1 f. und a ! my desk to the effect that I am in poor health and am to resign the chairman? ship of the naticnal committee, You can say for me t'.iat I am m excellent health and not in a resigning mood. I am not going to reeign." Mr Mel mi - would not discuss the origin of 'he reports that he i- to quit the national committee. Political -, however, said that the ? ? rted not ''at- from tl lice of the Secretary of 'he Treasury in ngton. There has been co ?rable fricl ? n the chairman and Mr. M I ?!, according to ? Secretary wouul Hie ? Mr. McCombs back in private life. Mr. McCombs, on the other hand, is said to hold 'hat the Pre ident' in-!aw is making political trouble for him. He blames Mr. McAdoo f ting th.- 1'.nto ' I . ship purchase movement and for cre? ating friction between the Exei and Congress that developed in the i of the last M'COMBS WON'T RETIRE Washington, April 19. Annoyed at reports that William F. McCombs would retire as chairman of the Demo? National Committee, to be succeeded by Joseph P. Tumulty, the President's secretary issued an otVic.nl statement to-day denying the rumor. It read: "The story in the morning papers of Mr. McCombs's resignation and my se t.,, su.-ci ed him a ? chaii n the Democrat C National Committee is ;iu.de out of whole cloth a:.,' ..p ?i ?.vh.'.-o purpose mike trouble aid create discord within the ranks of the party." -? ? Mrs. Roosevelt Out Soon. Mra. Theodore Roosevelt, who was operated on 111 Roosevelt Hospital last week, continued to improve yest. It was said at the Hospital last ? that she would be able to return home ?vithin a few days. Aigrette Dealers Cornered. Agents of the Stati vation Commission seised 110,000 worth of ? os in a number of shops in the ..??iy. An investigation <>f , m going i a me under the direcl yn 1 t\.-^ have made a tour of millinery shops nnd secured evi.i.-r . ? number oi dealers ?lia- pos*, ssion of aigrettes for sale |g a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $G0 and $25 additionul for each bird. TAMMANY VOTES TO MOVE UPTOW! Sachems Want W.gwat in Club District at Park ?5th Ave. Tabooed. Tammany Hall, in its present loc tion, it doomed. There was not a di senti'ig voice at the monthly meetii of the Tammany Society last nig to the suggestion that a move tn a nt uptown clubhouse was a political ai social necessity. A resolution w unanimously adopted voicing the sen of the meeting that "a change shou be made to another location at tl ? opportunity " Just when and where were left to tl determination of the sachems wl constitute a building committee. Tl general location which seemed to 1 most favored was between Forty-secor and Fifty-ninth Streets, west of Fifi Avenue. Thomas F. Smith, s?cr?tai nf Tammany Hall. sai?l that the prii of a plot and the building would n< stand in the way if a satisfactory plai could be found. Two plans for a new clubhou.-?- "; for a corner and the other for the ir terior of a block, were submitted lr.i ? by Charlei B. Meyers, the arch who designed the New York Stat Building at the I'anama-I'aciiic Kx*n sitien. .Mr. Meyer- is a member of th Tammany Society. On the i xterior the plans bear striking resemblance to the ; building of the Colony Club, on Mad -.m Avenue. The plans call for a thrc stm - on the third door. Mr. Meyers'? plans were not scri (?uslv considered last night. They pro vide for a building for the exc use of th? Tammany organization ? ? was considerable discussion a tint ? ? whether th? new hmi-" ?. 'or the exclusivi use of the lociety, or made self-sus. tainiriL* by providing offices and a largi hall which could be rei Then was a largi attendance at the ng in the old Fourteenth Streel v.-ij.-v.ilm. Following the ?-lection of of? ficers, all (>?' th? old card being re that Henry W, Ungei was made a sachem in place of th? late Julius Harburger, the moving ?tion waa brought up and dis cussed. among tin ; peakers on the ect were Judge Wauhope Lynn George F. Roesch, Charles D. Flem .. Alfred J. Tally, -John F. Mein ty re and Gi o? i e W. < llune. John K. Voorhls, grand sachem .?Iution that i' wai the sense of the meeting to move northward at the earliest opportunity) and it wai unanimously ad Charles F. Murphy, s plain sachem, led ')i mi eting, but did not .-peak. Mr Murphy is known, how ever, to be heartily in favor of moving. 'I he matter will lie taken ,i;> ar. the nexl meeting nt' the sachems on the third Monday in May, when they gather to eleel ?? grai d sachem. Secretary Smith said that several 'iilris for the purchase (if ihe Four? teenth Street building bad been made recently. One offer is supposed to have come fr? n the ' ? olidated Gas Com? pany, B AB yT?Nd' NURSE DEAD FROM GAS Husband of latter Also Over conn- Will Probably Die in Hospital. Mi and Mrs Frederick Judson re? turned to their home, at f>7..' East Twenty-third Street, Brooklyn, at mid? night last mght to And the house reek? ing with the smell of gas. Hushing to on the second fluor, whore Frederick, jr., their thirteen i son, lay. they discovered the baby wai .lead. Mrs. Judson became hysterical, and lummoned Patrolman .. ?.. wh|s tle. Tl ? tl Opening the windows, In a real ! '.1; Eleanor Pol? lock, n he.!. !'er ? P .?h k v. a- taken to I, Whi re ph) - l he would probably dis The cause of the escaping gas COUld mined at ii ?-: A ere tur ? I off, and it was supposed a pipe had broken in the cellar. Mr Judson is employed by th?| Hankers T*f-u?t Company, Manhattan. VILLA, FRANTIC KILLS OFFICER DURING FUG! Attempt to Arrest Angt After Quarrel Ends in Revolt. INVINCIBILITY GONE MEN OPENLY MUTI Cities. Stripped of Garrison Reinforce His Army, Occi pied by CarranzistlS. : 10 r ? i r a ' Kl Pi . I . | i- m . , Cl u-lio,l i.\ tin. ' ,: ces of Gl gon, Pn nci ? < \ ' . \ ills left !?? ? ? :? . ,, dee th.> Celaya battlefield, as many r i.re in hospitals in Anuas ('alientes Guadalajara and more than 1,000 prisoners. Confirm?tioi . t in his desperate bal I ? va ? a - sen the border t., day !?.. Viila messages to friendr. From othei close to Villa it i? l?ame,! that lowing the de st, the th rd il Cel Villa quarrelled with General Fe Angeles, his chief lieutenant, and Angeles arrested. A cant] been planned by .Angeles, but \ had refused t" carry ou; thi na? tions mu,;, Altor tl.m i i-,,.- defeat den Angeleg ui braide. Vil .-, ., :? not lowing his plan. Vil! arrested Ai ? , . with a revolt ami rig : attempting to put il do t.. have ih< ? ? ,.-' ? The army quick tion of ? This afternoon Villa, with not rr ihar, h. . . ommand, wai AffVaS I alientes, 240 miles north Celaya. To nigh' ft desperate otTor' reorganize his army ig in progress, aiivio.s gay, but 'ho nun have lear tiiat Villa is not invincible, have 1 their fear of him and aro rebel! openly at going to battle ag Obn gon am! !.-.- Yaqui Ind Simultaneous!) ? ? -oat at ? ' erumblj I Villa movement Mexico. To strengthen hie army Celaya Villa had drawn upon garr?s in every portion of his territory u: m many eitles m aVafasgders wan I and to-night the Camnsistas ?re ported to lie occupying a number plac. s which Villa had wrested fr Carrania control. On the border pa in? seised the Villa officials and sy pathizers. Many >f them .re secre deserting him, und some are doing General Obregon, according to C raii7.i;ta advices to-night, is in cli pursuit of the Villa force ; and will i give them a chance to rally. Appi ently Villa is making for Torre. which has been fortified in anticip?t! of a withdrawal from the south. Villa Power on Wane, Washington's Belii Washington, April 1'.'. State I partaient officials say the latest ne' the various military operatio in Mexico indicate that the governme of Gei eral Csrranxa is gainii . and that a- il gains th. strength is with even greater rapidi diminishing. The latest informatii which ci.mo from the west coast in. rated tiiat the Villa movement the was on the vpi-;'i> of collspge, Army o Acera are no' so certain, however, th v conquered, and look for mu< more fighting bef ' 'ie is se tied. The State Department whs to-day ii formed that Alfred !'.. Tappan, tl American recently tried by court-inn tial at Progreso and condemned i .loath for engsging in the manufactui of bombs for th'' ? would r given a retrial. Tappan wag tri? un.1er a new law which provides 11' .?.?nth penalty. At the ?econd trial tii older law, providing only ?mprisoi ment, Will he invoked. The Slate D< partment e I of this cl-.ant! by the American vice-eonsul ?t I'r. a dl ipatch dated April 17. Secretary Bryan announced the co ite Department'g pla t.. get Americans out of Mexico Cit through a bi-psrtissn arrangement be tween the Mexican faction? for the ni of the railway line. To Secretar?, .?> plain.-.1 that n cent n poi ? - Moin Mon ico City in.I;.-ato that the crossing e the destroyed portion of the line wil present hardship? to., . erioug to b under taken. FIGHT ANGEL DODGES TA) City Can't Got at Money Fra zee Made in Willard Bout. IIarr> 11. Prasee, theatrical manage and financial backer of th,. Willard Johnson tight, will not have to par with any of his earning from that en tciini-o to pa) thi I ' ? ? Mew Voil taxes on a personal assessment foi . ,.i for 1918, 1' ra '???? ha , ?won that m tiiat year he did nf have tl v amount of p. rsonal property. Kvcn i he did nu.ko a "kil'ii | " ?-. H It ana, \\ ? i in which 'he city ? ?- ti,, fighi wag an sect ? ' Therefore, J'i :.. ? Hendrich, on th< motion of 'h' Corporation ('"Unse! d leontina ing the .- ' i ti:- eitj against Frasee, t,. collect the 1913 as ,ri thai BREWERS JOIN REFORMERS IN I CITY CLEAN-l Alakers of Beer Attcn to IW?i Hilly Sunday ii His Own Line. SALOONKEEPERS AT THEIR MER< Ord<*r for Dry Sabbath Due fvar of Public Opinion 1)1 reeled Against Traffic. i Billy Sunday may not have to er here to clear up i h ?? eit) aft,r all. Men 1 Til' brewer may get there fl And thi in eu . '. i bo hold a la percentage of ti i saloonkeepers of greater city in the hollow of th hands, can put into operation m< powerful machinery of distinctly 1 man origin that the Rev. Willi could organise. The Nev York brewers, from all , dirai ions, have seen the writing on I I wall at li st, and it is for the sake 1 efficiency rather than morals that tl have allied themselves With tl use cieties whos? purpose it is to p petuate law and order. Their deci that last Sunday must be absolut, dry is tai.i i as a final proof that th have decided to co-operate with I forest m er? rh to clean up the city. As a few leading brewers hold rh tel mortgages ?in B6 per cent of I saloons in New ^ ork City, they c. trol the great majority of 'he !iqi l" any saloonkeepor dai ? ders it i- only nee sary t.. remind bim 'hat the mortgs ?'h' luddenly ton nata. He takes the hint. The friendly brewer who offered pay all b it flOO sf tl e struggll liquor dealtr's $1.200 license fee, i cepting in return his bond and a mo i ii all his tixtur? , ? same time a strangle hold the license holder. it happens that when the hrc ers say "Remember the coming Sn bath day to ket-p it dry," the salon keep? rs ein wring their hands h mutter deeply, but 'hey eannol .li obi etter to be dry on Sunday th evicted OB Monday. Hut it is for good and soun?! bin t.ess reasons that New Yorkers a ? d to the unusual spectacle of veritable reform movement, headed 1 the brewers. The apparent union , the liquor and reform interest?; h pot come without a long tight. It h apparently taken place now. and t! reason is that the brewers have sei tint organizations like the Committ ' of Fourteen have been making good. As the old Haymarket, Sharkey's, tl ' German Village and other nctorioi resorts were gradually put out of bus ness.the brewers, who were the powe behind all of those tottering throne found they were losing. Slowly th< Brers forced to yield to an awaken? . public conscience. The brewers' logic is comparative simple. A long and losing tight hi , proved that some sort of censorship i ' the saloonkeepers has come to sta If there must be a censorhip, as vo untary one would work the least han ship in the end. "Therefore," says tl brewers, "let us submit to the inevi ! able. We will help our reformin friends to maintain their censorshi ? over those very saloonkeepers whoi , we own. If the poor devils kick, w should agitate ourselves, because, ai ter all, they can do nothing. Q. B. I'.' So it is that if the Kev. Williar i Sunday comes to N'ew York, a delegl tion oi brewers will no doubt meet hu at the station and earnestly take cour lei with him as to how he can bes help them rid their city of its beset ting sins. ONE HEATHEN AT YALE Another an Atheist, Other 24! Seniors Christians. Illy Trlrgrar'. to Tip Trllune.1 , New Haven, April 19. A relimiou census of the Yale senior class show that one student admits he is i heathen and another nn atheist. Ther i are 82 Episcopalians, H Presbyterians 39 Congregationaliata, 26 Roman ?nth olies, 19 Baptists, 17 Hebrews, 12 Meth ? odists, ?> Dutch Reformists, t Luth i rans, -' Reformed Presbyterians and 1 Universalist Other titrures show: 1'sers of to baceo, 167; consumers of alcoholii drinks, 143; wearers of eyeglasse-, 1^1 glasses before entering col | lege, 123; engaged to be married, 89; i at Commons, 220; voters, 88; Re publicans, 46; Democrats, 24; Fro 4; Prohibitionists, 2; So cialists, 2; independent 7; student; who have been abroad, 126; athletes , 17'.'; engaged in voluntarv religion work, '?''?>: members of musical clubs 62, and debaters, 29. By a majority of fourteen the class is compulsory morning chapel. JAPAN RECALLS WARSHIPS Orders Home All Near U. S, Except Two Salvaging Asama. Washington. April It. Japan ha? : ordered all her warships in 1' r the American coast, except 'hose salvaging the wrecked cruiser Ray. to return to their 1 home stations, according to sdvicei 1 from 'I The embassy also received wor?l 'hat 'the cruiser Chit?ise was the only r< >aej Bpanying the repair ship workin? i on the Asama. -1 A GREAT FISHING PICTURE Takes you to a stream and a boy fishing. You'll enjoy the trip and make up your mind to find that stream or one like it the first holiday you can get away from the office. Thia is just one of the many worth while subjects featured in the beautiful GRAPHIC SECTION With Next Sunday's Tribune ORDER FROM Y.UR NEWSDEALER T?-DAY Colonel's Target Bosses, Not Barnes, His Defence Colonel Roose? velt watched with ceaseless interest the selection of the jurors in the Barnes li? bel case yes? terday. The snapshot of Mr. Barnes was taken as he left the courtroom. After Jurors Are Picked Roos< velt's Counsel Tells Court A leged Libellous Statemer Was Aimed Only at Rotte State Government, but Me tion to Dismiss Complaint 1 Promptly Denied. [K- in a ?Staff rorraapoiMent of Th? TrUiuri?.] Syracuse, April 19. -The irresistibl and the immovable ar-j in contac Theodore Roosevelt and William Harne met head-on to-day in the matter c Mr. Barnes's political good name. Th i test has not yet come, but in the firs impact Colonel Roosevelt suffered 1 slight and temporary setback. Tho Colonel's motion to dismiss th : complaint was denied by Justice Ar drew?. In making the motion John I , Bowers made a strategic retreat froi the position which counsel for III Harnes had asserted the Roosevel forces occupied. Colonel Roosevelt' ; statement concerning the rottenness o state departments and tiie existence o an Invisible government were not aime ? at William Barnes as William Barnes but at the bosses, Mr. Bowers d?clar?e In was a chronological aceii Kit, th lawyer added, that Murphy and Barne were behind the target. Had the cal ; to arms been issued by the Colonel a another time other men would hav, ' been mentioned. Reading excerpts from the Colonel' statement of last July on which th, Barnes libel suit is based, Mr. How ers declared the article was not libell 1 ous per se, and in the absence of an; innuendo the case would fail. II. may renew his motion unless malice ii shown by the plaintiff, and in anj event he has prepared the way for at appeal. Dismissal Motion Denied. "I will deny your motion at this I time," said Justice Andrews, who has had before him for several days th? ' brief on ?huh the motion was based While not pressing the qqeation o? privilege at this time, Mr. Bowers gg gerted that it was the inherent right ? of citizens of a republic to voice theil disapproval of its government If It ' became necessary, he added, he was prepared to prove the existence of the invisible government and that it had existed from the timo Colonel Roose? velt was Governor. While the jury was being selected Mr. Barnes eyed the talesmen as keen? ly as, if less obviously than, did Colo ; nel Roosevelt. Beneath the gaze of these men probably two of the most alert, practical psychologists in the school o? pol?tica the jury was chosen | in record time. In four hours and fifty minutes twelve good men and true.were found ? to decide an i>sue the co. sequences of which may be farreaching. Only twen? ty-two talesmen were examined. Colo , ne Roosev.lt 's SOUnssI u-.d only four , of their six challenges. Mr. Baraes'g lawyers used six. From the moment the first talesman was called the ' el,loin left tho hot?, ?lis face was get and only t ice chu. .. on. When a talesman confused ;? i f with de? fendant and declarad that, beii : ? Re . publican, the defendant was rather ' more of a favorite with him than the [ plaint;rf. Colonel Roosevelt bur?t into I one of his hearty silent laughs. Again, when William L. Burnum, of ! counsfl for Mr. Barnes, advised a tales man that the question of : . (ion ifh with him in reaching his decision Colonel Roose , veil nodded a solemn a Colonel Appears? Subdued. All in all. it wag a much it : thouch no less di appear? 1 ?1 ? Mr. Barne outdid ' olonal Boo ? veil ? Almost side In- side thev sat 'he man who was i . . - and who founded a political . and the man ?ho was a power in Republican State Dol'ties. For once Continue.! on pabe I, column t <-w '& ? -- SAY EITEL'S MEN ARE IN DENMARK j Copenhagen Reports Assert Part of Crew Landed There with Swedish Passports. fBy Osbtl IS Tas Tr1r?V<>.] London, April 19.?A Copenhagen dis? patch to "The Daily Mail" says that among the passengers on board the liner Hellig Olav, which arrived there to-day from Xew York, were some of | the crew of the Prim Eitel Friedrich. They were headed by the second officer, the report says, and were provided with false passports, which described them as Swedish subjects on their way to Germany. These Germans are said to be bearers of a secret report from the Eitel'a commander. When the Fitel was interned at the Norfolk Navy Yard the captain gave his pledge that neither he, his officers nor men would leave Norfolk. F-4 LIFTED AND TAKEN IN TOW Submarine Raised 12 Feet to j Ocean Shelf on Way to Harbor. Honolulu, April 10.- The T'nited States submarine F-4, submerged on the ocean floor outside the harbor since March 2.">, was raised twelv. feet early to-day and towed inshore until it rest? ed on the upward inclining bottom. The salving crew postponed further work until the lifting tackle was strength? ened. The satisfactory work done thus far in towing the submarine, it is believed, will make unnecessary the pontoon methods of raising* the craft. 1 ?iver I.oughmi.n, who became entan g'ed in the lifting cables ?-'atunlay, is recovering slowly. ? BRITAIN GIVES UP FOOTBALL MATCHES Association Secretary Announces No More Schedules Will Be Made. i Cable ta Tb? I London, April 19. "There will be no ation football cup ties or league matches next season," said F. J. Wall, secretary of the Football Association, to-day. This decision was not unex? pected because a continuous outcry has has bei I going on since the beginning of the war that it was scandalous for the pick of Great Britain's athletes to play footbail instead of joining the army. iteur football practically stopped when the war began, but tiie proies lionals, who number nearly five thou isual. Mr. Wall ? spls . to-day, by saying: "It was impossible to stop the it the beginning of this season SCO trs . hid been signed with player-, landlor?a and contractors amounting to three-quarters of a mil? lion pounds, which had to be fulfilled. So fresh contracts arill be made, and are htpe the pia>era will join th^ army." BRITISH DRIVE GAINS 3 MILES BELOW YPRES Biggest Territory Won Since Fall, Says Report. HILL BLOWN UP, HUNDREDS SLAIN Gap Permitted Advance Into Open Back of the German Lines. RETURN ATTACKS FAIL Fighting Fierce as at Neuve Chapelle and Bodies Lie Thick Around Trenches. [Bj r?M? to Th? T.-1?u.-.f I London, April 20.?A dispatch to "The Morning Post" ?ays thai in terri? tory recovered the latest succe5? of the British army ?outh of Ypres is the biggest advance it hag made since autumn, for it hag advanced five kilo? metres i over three miles) and ob? tained a position of the greatest tech? nical value. The British have delivered another telling blow upon German lines be? tween Kemmel and VVulverghem. The attack opened Sunday morning, when the miners sprang a series of minis of exceptional strength. A part of a hill was entirely blown away and several hundred Germans killed. The village of Kemmel is famous in Flanders for its mountain, a hill some 500 feet high, but the only one in the country. There was sharp fighting here on ta and fith of this month, when the Ci mans almost effected a surprise on the British lines. After temporarily occu? pying some of the British trer.che* they were driven back with heavy slaughter. Germans Pushed Back. The most recent phase of the fighting !s, however, of quite another cha? Two kilometres were gained at this point, and with the hill of Kemmel in British hands an important at. been taken lb the great task of swing? ing back the German right. The right? ing was quite as* fierce as at >euve Chapelle. The British advance on to a point where there were no trenches, and the troops were expoged to a heavy fire while digging ti.^ni gelves in. It was a case of breaking through the German lines of trenches to a point considerably behind them. Thi ar? tillery, following up the work of the sappers, played havoc with the German trenches, and, as at Neuve Chapelle, the British infantry fell upon a foe utter 1> demoralized. The action is Itill in progress, and the advance has baaa un? checked. Eight hundred German pi ison? ers have already come in, and every* thing points to greater losses for the Germans than those at N" tuve Ch The vigilance of the British u in keeping otf the Gertni n sir scouts accounts for the fact that '.? French's troops were enabled to make their preparations for attack ?vil any but the scantiest news of their movements leaking out. A message to "The liaily Mail" from Rotterdam says that all day 9 wounded were arriving at Bruges, it is stated that the Germane aro pre? paring to evacuate Menin, fourteen miles loathea'et of Ypres. In the neighborhood of Ypres and Cominee the British captured several dominat? ing positions. The Germans have completely closed the Dutch-Belgian frontier to-day. On previous occasions when these i ures huve boon taken importan! ' man movements have been in progress. The British report of their capture of Hill 60, two miles south of beke, in Belgium, is met with the Ger? man official statement that ? have been driven out of the minor Ger? man positions which they had occ to the southeast of Ypres. This is in the neighborhood of H The British War Office statement of the advance east of Ypres IS "A successful action commencing on the evening of the 17th culminated last night in the capture and com? plete occupation of an 'important point, known as Hill ?50, which lies about two miles south of Zillebeke, to the east of Ypres. This hill dominates the coun? try to the north and northwest. "At daybreak on the lMh the enemy delivered ? heavy counter attack against this hi!!, but were re? pulsed with a heavy vanced in close formal on. and our- ma gun battery got well into i Germans Repulsed. "Desperate efforts were made i yesterday by the Germans to n the hill, but they ivei pulsed u.'h gnat loss. In ftf the captured position! upon which we are now consolidated In itrength, hun dredfl of dead arc lying." Po laj - Frei bulletin an? nounce eaptured near Zwartalen, in Belgium, irdi I in I tain..! them in l| ral counter T!i" forward m F n-nch in the i ? in their ?uuni.iue: "Oui ??" . earried oui on both - ..f the Faehi Biver, resulted in a ? r advance by forcing the enemy tcunte precipitately Ks. Ibrucke, above Me.zeral, where he ?band. large amount of material." The earlier report from the French War i rfficg -avs: ?'We have gained possession of tho summit of Burgkorpfeld, to the south? west of Schilleckerws ? rectly commands the valley *>ti the south bank, in the - rieth. we have made ? tress. our tro.ip-- marching fror: to the north, r ? and Met.-.il ?.tar Ii ? made . - porthernmoel he.ghi of which m 1 mands the course of tl fr^nt of Burgkorpfeld. "In the course of this a."i.m we cap I tilled g dit Ision of ir. lUntail a- ' , two cannon of T4 lUitlUhctrou calibre and two machine gui.a."