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7 Is, THh sUN, FRIDAY, JANUAU1 22, 1916. IDENTIFY TEN OF GUARDS AS HAVING FIRED HOUSE HEARS PLEA FOR MAJOR KOEHLER Jfpoiinjrof Roosevelt Citizens Knits to Demand Sheriffs Koinovsil. 1. Sloan Attacks Court-mar tini nnI Promises Interest ing llovelations. jlOTIIKK JONKS TKLLS sTIMKEILS.MUSTAVIN CALLS CHARGES HASKLESS Rnnv t,1 ue: i i , . . in f .lft n i..' Ta art of ' niiii i" or not Washwoton, Jan. 31 A frank ills. cusslon of thn case of Major 11. A. Koeh Irr, former commandant of Kort Terry, N. V., who was dismissed from the army about k year ko on serious charge after trial liy court-martial, wbji urwfiitnl to I tho Home to-day by Representative Sloan . . . . f Nebraska, a friend of Major KueJilcr S J.. .Ian 21.-Coumy On- unj ,h K,M,r fnm . I A I'eltler lined lip nil It.. r.y ,, coUrl thB, Ml, ward ul the. William- Mund MnJlir Ko.hr witty and said ho .. .,- t..-iitKht mid led befor-i ,u,i mi!mUc(1 ,.,, recor), ,n lll0 eHm U) mi ifiKn ir the chixitl iik of elev.-tt lawyers In Comcres. ail of whom - 'I'm -ilit). i reported t'.un tin- evidence, did not sup- GOVERNMENT'S DUTY TO AID THE IDLE WORKERS, SA YS DANIEL GUGGENHEIM i n: i or leti of the guards were . tnejues a. having tlreil , said I'eltler itfterward. ,n f t)n Identified I know i.nty-two released on bull for "-i 1 am uncertain whether ' other picked wern unions P"'t the charges. Mr. Sloan said that. In epKikliiK In be half of ICoehfer. hn wan Influenced only by a desire to communicate tho facts to the country Ite expressed th hope that eonio time Justice would be dnno the former army officer and lie Intimated that III the future there mlpht be hltchly In terestlnc revelations. At tho time of his trial Major Koohler i.iiu-lv not all of thy twenty-two contended that ho wan the victim of a btrclt I fired on ' It oiu" i" lu .. ti T ... :ro u I b-l'iv luire i ' out . I ' in T . f -- .K ' Of I. M , Fit ..i wife I (j0 I ,' un ' ' R U i in a- v.-t be Identlllcd us having ne erowd On tho other hand. ii.tr Iti.keil u'th the shootltiK i iipip not among the twenty- 1 1 it.-.it lorm secured will inakn - iKilti'l m of the Kll.inle, 1 shall not be able to say alter I have conferred with ..uiur I'lor.ui.i- In the morn- the mitiM of thoo Ideiitllled ' 'i Ikj laniipared with the Hal a' it on b.ili." i . .Mn.'M It i: I 'in. hot. .Mux llior of Thr .UiUfu, and hl lioi i lliuwii. who led the -n ikes . .1'iiin l.avv.oti, eecre t'.. I r't.'d Mine Workers, and vie nriMiiixor for tho Mine Wnrk- , ar' .i 1 ii I'Mroim this nfternoon j" l . - J from . v York, l'ltichot tii ' I itfna i- Immediately dls apfi'ei 'i i""K around for themselves. M '.'i - was met by Julius Jaeger, ..urn " Mi.keri.' committee. A (.-roup .( ! i' Hie station lifted their hats trill."" .i I he lliinsarlaii eUlvalent of Hurr.i in tne iwlf mile walk to Van Sen 1 1. 'I knot- of striker- on every t'.rt' 1 "it Joined 'the prooeiiMoii. At t- nil Mother .lone- win the lirat ito It-1 advice waa rummarlictl. aftfr i tlnlslud. In Hungarian and 1 1, .-: told the stilk-'rs to remain iimt"! I ." i to stick tuuether and they e'-!u i 'lejond all quc-tlon. I i'.' in concrattilate you that no ie.vn i Kins were found on you," she nH ii,- nr. ttnir. 'I want to congratulate in o,i iuu -hlef of police and our v...yoi I: i- had had siii'h m-n In Colo f ' iae won In five days. sYou nnen litre In front thee -trlkfs fre fui mii You must hnnsr touether and :rd li-hi tut oiir liusbaiul-. Oon't let :;Vm -o iiink to work. Iteinember that t'n sti ke - broken that child thcro -111 K" ''ito slavery. . "i I i-k j on men to do I- to help the -1 r- oi tho law keep order. Kor tint V iee otl h.He pllhllo opinion with iu I.- ie linuor alone leave the s.i-Im-n .il.. t until the tlirht Is. over and ill Ket drunk '." Hot h- Irmes added 2 to J3 some one naa K--ti iiei, mn! toM the tr!srs to ,-e .t t-- ilre u pood lawyer. Mejer Lon- ji ' . York's Socialist Conureannan. f ' Ii-- "Clenerul" John Ilro-.sn and elhep- .oiitlnued speaklnir, while Mother Jone returned to New York, after prom mm -o ,'oiiie back In a few days. The t-trilicrn. who had stood to ureet M'Ukei June-, alto stood a moment In tio-ior ir I'armm l'atl, whose death In th Alexun Hofpltal nt Kllralteth wa ancom rd to iif-m at the meeting. He Is til si ond vli tlm of the ehootlnir. Wi.ilr tne strikers were convened, 300 nt ifr.s of Itoonevelt Iwroush were meet ins .u i ne-ter's Hull In Carteret. Thuy rri unable to asree upon a course of a-ion m reif.nd to the deputy sheriffs ho (lied upon the strikers. A motion to ii- On K'fflder to remove Sheriff HouKh ion f., leil of adoption. There was hot talk oer the Sheriff's conduct In swearlm; t!!'!ti-s. few of whom nppear to be rsiidi'nis of .N'cw Jersey, as the law re ij'j.re' The fact that the deputies nc- ued of manslaughter were baek on mi.rd and armed caused strong IndlKna tloa. A-' he meeting really did, however, was to pass a tesolutlon declaring the opera '.on or the Llebli? fertilizer plant a pub ic nulsam-e, and to appoint a commltleo to wiMm-i money for the relief of poor itr.itei.- Kinll Wllhelm. overseer of the poor Valentine Ole kner, Carteret post ran Her. and Joseph VV. Crane, street com-mmlo-.er vsere named for this work. Thf funeriil of Desldorl Alessandro. fint vii-tim- of the shooting, was not held lo la and will probably lie made a pub lir air,.- ny the strikers on Saturday. M.t.or Hermann said to-day that he Is trad ihii -he Sheriffs action In ullowInK nt a -ued deputy sheriffs to return to fi. nl out i, armed, may lead to more vlo ;riet. -' navinir n. red flair In the buU'H ' -rf.d the Mayor. S'-initr Houghton said this evening that r i not tltilshed the preparation of 'k .-.tement hi Inletnls to make public. Is fm t- to complete. It to-morrow. It 'l!l .n.r tho situation from the time I tHraMsiiHrr fj if.J I BBBBBBBBBBkTl.)SBBBBBBBl TZSSSItt - iH i 4 yen bhi con-piracy to railroad him out of the urmv. Secretary of War Onrrlson In-ve-ilgated and declined to hud tutu the charge. Mr Sloan summarized as follows a few opinions In the case rendered to him by Senator.- at his request; Senator Cummins of low.i: "To convict an officer upon the evidence submitted under specification 16 would reverse all rule- of law and shock the civilized sense of Justice." Senator Walsh of Montana: "The evi dence would not Hupport the charge In liny romt exerelf-lng civil Jurisdiction." Senator Norrl of Nebraska: "Common Ordinary Itlslten nnrl Huranv alw,,.1 Mrtt nernilt imv ,-onvi.lni, r,..,.i..t i.i. slightly and that "only when tV-e Feiternl ..in auiiu iu rriiiiieiur ihko up me mat- George W. Perkins. C'osHnurd from First I'agt. lalion along humanltnrlan line- Surely no man who has been nucce-sful can be hnppy whn he re.alli- the condition of the workers. To remedy these condition l too big n Job for either the Sttte or the employer There must be cooperation of the national Government, the State Oov-erniiu-..ts. the i-niployer and the workers themso'.vcs. "Wo must see that the worker not only eis eufliclent wage.- but nlo that h" g'-t-eome or the romforts nnd luxuries of life. This commls-lon ! a good thing to that end. 1 have always felt that way I believe In the democratization of Industry. No fair or Jinr. condition can he brought nbout until the employee has u voice In settling tnese matter-. Mr. Guggenheim said that philanthropic rrinir.aiions nan nnecieo conditions very Daniel Guggenheim. ft S'J' CONVICTS WILLING TO KNIT FOR WAR RELIEF QUAKE SUFFERERS RECEIVE $6,000,000 Womnn Finds Sinjr Sin r Vrifion-j Hundreds of Nameless Dnhlcn crs Rondy to Help in Aid ing Sufferers. From Stricken Area Take to Asjiumn. It any person will supply the yam and tho kr.lttlng nerdlis ho ci tart a rexu- ' lar knitting bee at Sing Hlng prteon. I Mrs, Krnrnt Shelling of tho IollRh He ' lief Committee visited the prison yester day and saw Warden Thomas Mott Os Imrne, Sho happened to mention the re lief work. Tho Warden called several hundred men to th, cluipel and addressed thMn. lie I. ad plf 'ed out the men from the knitting sin ; f -r the moet Mrl, with some of 'he te lers from other shops tjverv man E. J. Berwind. ter of the unemplojed and the care of thn unfit w'il conditions Improve." "Thl- ma;- tound socialistic." he said, "hut the-e are my views. Philanthropy mu.-l be democratized. The state mut ru!no the money by taxing the large es tates when those who have them die. Tne I the witness's) uncorroborated testimony to be sustained " Mr. Sloan spoke of the suddenne-s with which the Major w.i- placed under arrest nnd criticised the conduct of tho proceed-Ing- aguln-t the nccued, "None of the specification- of fact ii. in uii.irKTi mm who any maiigti i .i, , . - ---- . .... or cilmln il art." said Mr. Sloan. "Neither " " "f, I,rlvnl; bejtcivolence U that you did th-y Ph.-,,,,, him with the attempt to) ''"T, JiTv? ih . " t won'n don' ieneiraie any mangn or criminal net. . . j , . '. . Neither did they charge him with hav ng 'L'10"' aml, what they do want Is offer!'o commit any nidi act. More ' Shnnco, lo M,ork' ,,"t mjc a iH Mn man mat. he was not chanced with ha v. ' r" imuun Ing bad habits or propensities; but thrn .-Th,. s,enteen .llstlnrt specification- of fspt v..,.-., i.. ,iit-,.iiiiui i-in.-iiiiiwiiinie- or in- ementai acts or Impropriety, If they were looneu upon a improprieties not charged with hav- " r..r m '""""m ro Is another tiling. We must P"Mple how to save. The irrent majority of working ne;n and women don't kiivw ho- to save It Is a dltllcult thing to learn. I he'.leve therefore In prollt sharing schemes and In holding up bonuses until the end of the year, be pativo the Inrger the amount received at i one time the more likely people am to lieclarlnr that the court examined l".", iitn-Me. Mr- Sloan said that "no two witnesses saw or esld they heard any of the a.-ls or language charged to have been Uttered by tho licensed; while, on the other hand, every -pecillcatlon of fact was squarely met by the distinct, general and -peclilc denial of the accused and the denial of every specification was corrob orated by .vltin-s or by strong corrob orative facts "There wa- sent from W.ihlng".on." coutltiuotl .Mr Sloan. "Cnpt. Mays, who seemed to represent the wish of the au thorities h-rc. Tom h's" lip- there seemed to drop the dere of those higher up." "Ioe.- the gentleman think that the Judge advocate rerulved orders from Washington?" n-kod Itepresentatlve Mun ahan of Allnrn sota. i would not sas that." renllert .Mr. hang on to "We would be better ofT if more people would save their money. Thut would Im prove the tinrvH! among workers, liecau---Just as soon as a man has anything he begin- to change. The greater part of the wot king people are thriftless," Mr. IVrklus prefaced hi- testimony th reading Into the record a statement of hl hellefs on pertain general nui-tinns. The following passage are taken from this statement: "I do not believe that competition Is any lungi-r tho life of trade It Ih clear that competition, driven to Its logical end. gave nr.-Kst:r.c5. child lab"', 'nnr l.ui f Three Financiers' Views on Way to Help Workers Ilanlel (infgrnhrtmi I favor labor unions, because unloti.nm sometimes helps the work ers in disputes with capital and cap ital sometimes gets very arbitrary Capital Is becoming more humane, in addition we re getting better Ikws. i Only when the Kederal and Stat (tovernmenl- take up the matter of ! the unemployed and the car- of thu I unfit will conditions Imp-ove. This I may sound Kodallstlc, but these ar I my views. (leorge W. I'erklnn I do not believe that competition Is any longer the life of trade. Com petition, driven to Its logical end, gave us the sweatshop, child Uhor, long hours of labor, unsanitary labor conditions, and bred strife between employer ond employee. Kor every ounce of trouble brought about In Industry' through the selfishness and cupidity of business men, a pound of trouble has been brought about through half baked , laws and muttonhead legislation. Mdward J. Iterwlndi There Is no reason why the un skilled laborer In our mines ehould not make from IS to JS a day by working eight hours a day. nut the men will not work more than nineteen days out of the twenty-six working days In tho month. Sloan, "but apparently the 'Jury' thought "bor. unsanKary Ialor conditions, and hat this man pnwocuted In a dual c.i- bred s'.rlfo between employer ami em- pn-ity. reprennttng to them the wish of P'oyee Wjshlnrtun In this case" 'I have long believed that cooperation in oegmning ms speiv'h .Mr. Sloan said I "i ougn large 'ndiistrial units, properly ho knew the Koehlvr family, consisting of n'ne brother-, three of whom had en tered the army. Including Major Koohler: a brother who was a commissioned olllcer and a third brother who rose from the rank- In the Itilllpplne- and met his death there He ssJd they were all clean and honorable men. URGES ALLIES TO SUE FOR AMERICAN SUPPORT I)r Dcrnbiirff's ?rop(irndn Is Siict'codinir. Says the Lon don "Dully Mail." tptcial Cahlt Dttptteh to Tits 5c T.oNtio.v, Jan. 22. Tho Itallu Mull prints prominently a long despatch front Its New York correspondent crltloJsing the propaganda of Dr. Hernhard J)emburg, which, be nays, Is succeeding. The correspondent urges thn Allies to consider a counter move. The Onfli .trail editorially contends that while the Allies, In deference to tho wish for neutrality of mind, speech, will and action, uive ahntalned from an organized attempt to Influencu American onlon, Herman agents are, conducting nn un sparing campaign. "They Imvo drlllwl the Herman Anierlmnr Into a vast Hhout lng machine," says the paper. "They have tried tn Intimidate the State Depart mint nnd have endeavored to create an e-,.r,t,v,-H cinie to Uoosevelt up to i atmospheru In which tho forging of pass in rrcent time. ( ports nnd Ino-ndlary att.vks on factories "'Ati liodv els has had nometbln inland ship.- engaged In supplying tlio needs ii mis strme, so i suppose i ti e' t , well have Iimi." said the Sheriff. Th she, iff was asked If he Intended to , low I ne Iwenty-two ileputles eiharged i:ii ei.insluughier and out under bail to m-n . duty at the plants, ills reply wis t1).! tlio men li.nl been hired for tr!k in i and he saw no reason why th- si,. .1,1,1 tmt ),e allowed to remain M tht work AUTOPSY ON VICTIM. Ormsn I'mIIj- Killed liy llrvolvep tliilli-l, I.IKr Meiisnmlro, Ti rssi-Tii, n j., Jan. 21. An autopsy f C.irman I'atty, second vlc- I looses elt strike, whs performed rir Carroll, county physician of to-night. Dr. Carroll declared was dun to peritonitis, caused on . tM, t m ,' , . " n ;.,), M .-I . 1- ! 'I ,il!i ' . i 1. !.,,,, rV , iv , y '"I '. in 1.11. 'i. vl I " ' I , ! 1. m , 1 ' 1 t 1 1 ' I ' I UK WH .1 i,. I t , " 'I' I'l n. i. .' ,t. of the Allies may seem to be patriotic Imrformances. "These developments must fill "honght ful AnurlcntiM with many apprehensions. The separation of Herman Americans from the main body of the State's cJtlr.-n-hlp and their organization Into n ra ch.jly solid faction with divided alleglanro ii)iear- to bo u high prion to pay for the pleasure of continuing to extend to Dcinburg and his associates hinjiltnllty and liberty which they havo ubued. That, however, Is a matter for American decision," The Ihiily .Mail believe,- the Allies can count on thn cnntlnuou- support of all thai Is heat In tlo United State. It attributes much of thn shipping ami contraband difficulty to thn proerallna- tlon or (ireai iiruain at tne neginning or thn wnr in dealing xvlh American grievance.-. supervised and regulated by the Federal irovernment, Is the only method of elimi nating the abuses from which labor has suffered under the competitive method. I believe In this fn- both labor nnd capital: hut as in both caees the result places Urge power in the hand- of a few men. I be lieve that such organization- should bo AIRSHIP TO RESCUE STEFAHSSON ASKED under the strict regulation and control of the I'ederal Government In order that they may glvo thn public the maximum amount of good and the minimum amour t of evil." (loTPrtunf nl Shortcoming;. "You Wei me whether tho large re source of endowed foundations consti tute u possible menace. In my Judgment no concern whatever need be felt on that score, provided the Government will but require that all their transactions. In tho minutest detail, be made public once or twlie a year " "I believe you threw out the suggestion Inst Sunday evening that the Govern ment sliould take over these foundation and administer them. This, of course, would mean for them thn same kind of efilciency in administration that we have In other branches of the Government, which would be a distinct loss to the people, for I tnko It that no one ques tions the high efilciency with which these endowments are being managed nil, more than any ono iiuostions the low order of .-money with whkn In man; instances the public's money Is managed by public servants in this country " "t have long believed that we can nevnr xolv the p-ob:m of properly compen sating labor through the wage system ilone 1 have for many years believed that we can oumo much nearer to a fair soluMon by coupling prollt sharing with v. rigeB." Tor every ounce of trouble brought nbout in Industry through the selfishness sr.d cupidity of hu-lne. ni'-n a pound of trouble has been brought about through half-baked laws nnd muttonheid legists, tioti on the part of our legislators " Hie ini nn l.niT I'utlle. "Tim Sherman law ha.- done nihinir whatever to eradicate the evil- that have existed in business ant." has done much to "'i niunij- uiii'ier me innuvna! develop, ment of this country I can recall scarcely a piece of national legislation that has had a- Its honest purjwen thn promotion of business and the protection of the In vestor, labor and consumer or that ban been based on sound twentieth century economic.- and morals." Kdward J. Ilenvliid, president of thn Herwlnd-Whlte Coal Mining Company and Interested In many other corporations, In cluding railroads, banks and steamship lines, followed Mr. Guggenheim. II said that It was his policy to deal fairly with labor problems. His coal ei-mpanles, he said, maintain tho "open shop," bin pay thn wages determined by thn great organi zations of miners. .Satisfied With HnrnliiKs. 'There Is no reason why thn unskilled laborer In our mines should not make from 13 to G a day by working eight hourw a day," he said, "but I will say that for the lam twenty-tlve vears wo have been unable to work our 'mines to oipaclty because thn men will not work more than nineteen days, out of the twenty-sl.x worklnr davs in h m,.ni. That would se.m to indicate that they are satl-lled with their earnings, because no re.-inctions nre put on the-m." Mr Herwlnd -aid tlwt the law IY? Mlinnlu nnd demand must regulate wage, and he held that the prwent good wages paid In the rrHnlr.s iridtirtry - r -im? . tb fact that for ten years precedlne- the present war his compmles couldn't get labor enough, and that C.-rltal InveMtrH In thn property lay Idle i-even d-ays out of every month b-cau-a of the refusal of the miners to work. Such shortage as there had been, he mid, thn labor unions hnd sought to continun. ipttial CabU VttpattK t Tbx Scs. ftoME, Jan. 21. Thn Italian Govern ment has appropriated 30,000,000 tin (16.000,000) for tft relief of tho earth quake sufferers and tho expectation Is that the work will soon bo on ft satis factory bsnls In every dlntrlct. Klvo hundred und fifty lo-t orphan children, mostly babies, and all name less, wer brought hero this afternoon from tho quake area. Buch as wern In jured were taken to the Queen'ii Hospi tal at the Uulrlmil. The othorn wero placed In asylum- and convents, where mom man z.ouo nd been sheltered nre. Hi tl :i room at once Volunteered to do vloutly Hflorls ale heln m,t m i.i. iiime extra work cin hour or mote a 1 kll the children, wlio were half clad when day on 'he niachlnc-4. Thev gtiaruliteed rescued and who were wrapped In blank 'hut if i tiough yarn iijkI nei"dles worn tent et and army toitcoutx by th soldier t) ge every man to work tt'ter f. o'clock who found them. a survey or the ilumige done to build ings in Home shows that the Cathedral of Orvleto. the 1'apal Palace, thn law courts and the churches of Ht, Clare, St. Juvenal and the Annunciation suffered slightly, tho walls being cracked In som cases. Khncks for the homeless ar being erected In the shaken zone an rapidly on lumber and labor can be obtained. Large ,ind lefcie p o'clock when the light Is g-jod TI.e l""ilh llelief Conunltteo reported contrtbutionH at their headquarter, 4s7 Klfth avenue, yesterday, which bring their fund up to UCSGl 37 The Helgian Holief Fund, 10 Bridge street, reported contrlbut'.onn of 7, V09.il!, making a grivr.d total to date of !8f7,S92.21 The Committee at Mercy, 200 Fifth w"ns will be required to repair buildings avenue, received 1201,20. making the fund!1'" roadji and to restore traftlo and the uu-uiren Knn agricultural lire. One relief method suggested Is th remission of cer tain taxes. Other measures proposed for the earthquake area are a moratorium for five months for bills of exchango and commercial paper In the province of Aqulln and the district of Bora and th guaranteeing of thn salaries of school teacher-. 1101.768 20. Thn committee also re ported receiving a carload of flour from the Flint. Mich.. Chnmber of Com merce. The Hour will be forwatdrd to Koltarrtim on u steamship sailing on February 1 or 2. The 1'rlnce of Wales Kelle.f Fund re ceived 12.250. making the total $105,703 8S. The American Jewish llelief Committee, through Felix M. Warburg. B2 William Mtre.-t, ooknowledged the receipt of S. !I31 77. making thn total fund $320,097.36. The Women's Section of the Commis sion for Heltct In Helglum announced h Kill -of $3,000 worth of condensed milk from l'.'isadena, Cnl Thn girls of the New York State Custodial Asylum sunt a large quantity of new clothing. There wero cash contributions of $8.'2.03 The women's section also announced tho receipt of a cable message reporting that the relief ship Camlno. which wa in trouble In the north Atlantic, was being towed by the Iirltlsh steamship Kanawha, with the Uady 1-aurlcr and the Androscoggin standing by The Camlno vaa making four knots an hour. The Commission for Hellef reported that during Christmas week there wern 2,7I3 tons of wimit tent Into Belgium ; 2,991". tuns of flour, 1,126 tons of rice. 369 tons of peas and beans, 67 tons of salt, 743 tons of potatoes and 74I tons of othrt food stuff. Contributions amounting to 1770.63 were received by Jacob II. ohlff, treas urer of thn Niv York State Hoard of th American lied Cross. Totnl contributions to date I443.69R.89. Mr. Hehln also received $61 for the Italian Kurthquako Itellef Fund. Total contributions to date $1,265. Tho Academy of Medicine decided at n meeting last night to appoint a com mittee to receive donations for the relief of physicians and their families In Bel glum. livery seat In the old chapnl of Hunter College has been sold for the performance on Monday evening of "Prunella" for the benefit of the lied Cross and home chari ties. A performance will be given on Monday afternoon to accommodate those vho could not "get scats for tile evening. Because a great number of German ships are not sailing, many sailors are not of work and suffering, Contributions of money and clothing for these seamen will be received by tho Itcv. Maximilian I'lnkert, Gerninn missionary at the Sea men's Church Institute at 209 East Forty serond street. Th- fund for the American Ambulnnoe Hospital In Pari- received yesterday $!,. 292 47 The fund now totals $310,862.15, London, Jan. 21, A deso.trh from Madrid says that on January 2 an earth quaku .svurn-1 which did groat damage in the region, of Asturlan, In northern Spain. Mlghteen village- suffered and in on n scoro of persons were killed. BRISBANE MAY ESCAPE KNIFE. Consult Dp. J. n. Mnrphy When an Wr 'or Operation. Arthur nrlsbaiw, editor of thn Evening Journal, left New York this week for Iloches-er, Minn., to undergo an opera tion for an Internal abscess. Despatches from Chlrugo lost night said hn had flopped over In that city to consult Dr J. II. Murphy, and that it wa Iwlleved the trouble could W overcome without r-sortlng to an operation.. Mr. Brisbane wo taken III a nhort tiro ago In Atlanta. At that time hi nines. was ascribed to gallstones, but an X-ray photograph revvald the presence of th abscees, His physicians suggested a trip to Ruropn, but It was found later that he was not In condition for the Journev. His condition last night was said to be satisfactory CHASED OVER ROOFS; CAUGHT. Police Say Charles Denier Admit Mobbing llonse, Charles Denze.r. 20 years old, who was arrested yesterday afteriwen after a chase over Harlem roofs, according, to the police of the West 12.1th street station, admltle.l last night that he had committal teveral other robberies recently. Including one tit the home of John W. Frank, a secreUrv In Pollc Commissioner Woods's oflh-e, Dcr.zcr T.-as arrested after betng fcu.-.S In tho home of Mrs. Annie A. Ollmoro fit BOO Wert 114th street. In his home at 1484 St, Nicholas: avenue thv pollen mv they found six brucelets, four gold watcher, nine rings nnd a diamond laval liere. which Mr. Frank id-nUlled ns he longing in his wife. I'vlorers Secretary Appeals to On midft Expedition A I rondy I'lannrd. Ottawa, Jan. 21. The Naval Kervlc Department has been asked by Burt M. Mi'Connell, who was secretary to Htefnns son and meteorologist of the Canadian Arctic expedition, to buy two hydroaero planes for the use of a searching party for Stefanrson and hi- two companions. Mc Donnell feels sure that the three men are still alive.. The other eight men who got separated from thn main party after the sinking of the Karluk a year ago Inst Monday and who could not be found last year might nl-o he located by mean- of thn hydro aeroplanes, MrConnell thinks. Before leaving here to-day for New York he said that if thn Canadian Gov ernment did not send a searching party ho would appeal Ui the United State Government. The reply of thn Naval Service I)e partment is that there Is no doubt Hint the party f t.Rht men are lost. As fur a.- Stefan-son and his two companions, Anderson and Storkenon arc concerned, thro Is no reason to believe that they have not ca tried out th plans they had iiuippni anil are HUH suf REJECTS NURSE'S .STORY IN SLINGSBY HEARING Testimony That Anderson Wo man Was Disputed Child's Mother failed Out, Aperfal Cablt Dtipatch to Ta Srs. Iindon, Jan. 21. The hearing of the action by which Lieut. C. H. Sllngsby, formerly of the Itoyal Navy, now of San Francisco, Is seeking to establish thn legitimacy of a child whom he claims as his own In order that the boy may In herit nn English estate, was resumed In tho Probate Court to-day. The claim Is opposed by other heirs, who declare that thn child Is a change ling and that It was substituted for the Infant of Lieut. Kllirtrsby and his wife. If tho boy is declared to hn legitimate wilt Inherit $50,000 a year. Justice Dean, at thn opening of to day's heaping, commented strongly on the evidence of two witnesses, whom, hn said, hn would put out of the ease. They were the nurse, Hattln Blaln, and Dr. Frnzer of the Chinatown section of San Francisco. They had testified that a woman named Anderson was the mother of the child which had been Arrangements have la-en made alreariv . adopted by Mrs. Sllngsby. Tho Ju- for an expedition to search for them. , tlcfl w'ld that Mrs. Blaln and Dr. Frasor Capt. Anderson, who hud charge of one I WHr witnesses of such a character that section of riio original excdltlon, limi w not prepuren to oenevn them on thicn shlpa on 1he CunaiHan Arctic coast Ju-t east of Alanku, and thy will set out for the three men. NEW YORKER SHOOTS TWO. Kill Toledo Defective and Fatally Wound- Girl, ttn.it hail passed through the I nuTTTl TTTT "BY AIITfl MAY TiTV 51. Hoffman or New Hruns- i " . ited Dr. Carroll. As In tno ' ia nil ro. the llrst victim. Patty M" Supenmh to Henri I) I sense i wound Indicted by a revolver i wtir Helntt .rnrly II on 'noun, : i leni morgue iiuilioriur. navel -trti-'tlons to send the body i-f Toi.Eno, Ohio, Jan. 21. Peter Sorlbner of New Yoik shot and Instantly killed Detective Barteckl nnd fatally wounded Paulina Mlnnlu.-i, his sweetheart, also of New A'ork, In a street tight here to-night. Scribni-r and the girl came to IMi-lo from j New York alHint two weeks .ago. They lived lit neighboring rooming hoiiMti, ac cording to Police Chief Murphy. ScrlliMi-1- tin.iliift Ifrilntt. !.. l.l'. Frunces Stein, 7 years old. of 147 Man- attentions to other men and whin he met morrow morning to Anthony """"" ""'"-. """isi '"' , , ",llt; oiniew of the dead striker, at ovtr J'eeterday at Leonard and Boerum , bullet split the cheek bone, another lodged nui-i'ia i imn'iitui'iiu i--irii,llll. Ill n i" n'-i .,,. tuui .11 mo oll'a. Alileruinn William P. McGnrry of 143 , She will probably die, '(t-iieel, who re-bln lii ll.iyunnr g it that the funeral of Patty place Satllid.iy morning .it the e .n that of Aleouiiif. and niililli At Isith tho Alexlan i i I hospitals It was announced omlitlon of the wounded re. same and that none was In danger. Noble street and operated by his son, Syl vester Tho car was going at moderate spu-il when the child stepped from be hind u wagon directly In front of It, Her skull was fractured and she was Intcr imllv hurt. She wn taken to St. Cath erine's Hospital, when) It was thought that she would die. While Henry W Vogel of 194 South Ninth street. Wlllnrnsbtirg, was cro-slng Division avenue, near Drlggs avenue, yes terday he niiriowly escaped being run 'i ii elm i a' th. Assembly down by an automobile, going to tlio ' Koriy.fliMt street the speak- Wllllumebiirg Bridge. Tho shock fol- urge C-iel Prof Charles lowing Ills narrow escape from Injury ".I Fliireni-o Knliev. .Mis. William brought on an attack of heart trouble and . - Miss Lin y Burns and Mix- hn died in an aiu'ouUiico cn tho tray to i ui Mrs .Mary lHard will pre- tho Knstern District Hospltnl, Ho was born In acrmuny seventy three years ago anrnm- Piilon liprna To-ilny, v '" iii.il ojii-ning of the CVmgies- n fo, Woman Suffrage thn Scrlblier run, but met DelwHvv Bar. teckl. rthom he kllleil with one shot through the heart. He escaped In the oath. Mr. Waugh, of counsel for those con- testing the claim, In concluding his ar- , sument said hn made no suggestion ' against C R. Sllngsby, who had been I persuaded by his wife to believe her j story. Ho submitted that the claim de. pended upon the unconfirmed teitlmony of Mrs. Sllngsby. This, he contended, ! was not sufllclent to satisfy the court j that a claim had been established J Henry II Duke, M. P., counsel for the Sllngsbys, contended that there was I no fair ground for depriving the boy of the parentage to which by tho state ment of hi- father nnd mother he wa entltled. The case was then adjourned. $200 FOR AUTOGRAPH LETTER. Mnrsriiertlp de Thnt Stint Nnvsrri'1 In .Inline firing Nnle In the sMe of the Jollne Library now I proceeding In thn Atnler-oii Galleries, the bet price of yesterdav's session wn- $200, j pain ny j. n. .Moeuer lor .no. n;, an excitement bin was iirreetci an hour lutfir I nutograiih letter of Marguerite de Nn. I us ho was buying a ticket for New York. varre. ! ' r e i.u .. - ... . . . ijt-nrBr 1 r-niiiii ijnyr u, iiir .-n. Il, n document (hat hail been signed twice by Mnrle Antoinette, .tames F. Drake, inc., bought No. 896, an Arable manuscript K'onili, for $41, nnd No. 1004, an edition de luxe of Walter Paier for $71: F W. 1 Gni;va, .Inn 21 - The Mumnn of Turin . I'"'" MT.B0 for No. 97?, Cunning. ' says that a British warship stopped the ' barn's Life of Nell Owyn, extra-lllustriited, , liner Duo d'Aosta, flom Genoa to New1""1 Hrentiine's gave $47 for Nn, SUB, Jli- GERMAN AGENT ARRESTED. Illllcer on Secret Vtlsslon (n I Take ii I'roiii Sleiiinslili, S. I lora, anu nrresti-d count von Keller, a Herman officer, who was going to the United Htste- on a secret mission, Thn prisoner has been sent t (lib-raltur. molrs of NnpolMin, dictated by him to Generals .Montholnn and Gourgaud Thn total for the session was $1,000, making " .Inline sale In dale, 10,340.73. i The u) contlnuos tu-day. Broadvay at 34th Street Continuing today and concluding tomorrow . The Semi-Annual Sale of Men's Overcoats at $18 Reduced from' these prices $30, $28, $25 and $23 A small charge for alterations Single breasted, double breasted, button through, kimono sleeve, regulation and but let us have done with this repetitional verbosity about modelti the fact is, there is literally everything in models and materials, and every gar ment is a Saks garment, from the Saks regular stock, labeled Saks, and car rying the indelible impress of Saks workmanship and skill. From beginning to buttons, from cut to com pletion, from yardage to you Saks-made ! Today and tomorrow, a sale of Young Men's Overcoats at $9.50 Reduced from $17.50, $16.50 & $15 Button through coats, patch pocket coats, flap pocket coats, Raglan coats, and regulation coats, in a fine selection of smart, colorful mix ture cloths. The sizes range from 30 to 36. Fifth Floor, Special today & tomorrow Men's $1.00 Underwear at 69c " Fine natural and white wool .shirts and drawers, in just -tho proper medium weight $2 and $2.50 Union Suits at $1.65 1 Of medium nnd heavy worsted, with long sleeves, and anklet drawers. Special today & tomorrow Men's $6, $7 & $3 Shoes at $4.85 Ii Reduced from our regular stock, tun grain and wax calf shoes; mahogany Rus sia and gun metal shoes, with cloth or leather tops ; and patent colt, and viei kid shoes all in lace, button and Blucher styles and all the present season's mod els. Great values. Fifth Floor. 'I i 'I .1 it ? t b I1 I'd ' Ui f s 1 1 fi