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Mistake of a House Reading
Clerk Used in Court
Contempt Case.
TESTIMONY IS CLOSED
Tohn -Mitchell TOU Beply to "Im
munity" Suggested by
Justice Wright
After betas three das on the witness
stand before. Justice Wright In the con
tempt proceedings. Frank Morrison, sec
retary of the American Federation of
Labor, finished his testimony at 9 o'clock
last night, feus bringing the evidence of
the respondents to a cloe
Attorney Ralston, of counsel for the
labor leaders, sale notice to the court
that Representative Sulzer had been
asked to testify with regard to a speech
made by him In Congress In reference
to the matter on trial, but that the New
York Congressman could not bereaehed
In time to give his testimony. Permission
was asked tq afford the defense oppc--unlt
to embod Repreentatlve Sulzer's
testlmonv It was stated by A'-torney
Ralston that he expected to proe by Mr
Sulxer that the speech made by him In
Congress and addenda thereto was of his
own motion, without receiving any sug
gestion from officers or members of the
American Federation of Labor
The case will be argued in full court
some time In the early part of March,
according to a statement made bv Justice
wrtgnt last nlgnt- .
Error of Clerk.
A mistake of a clerk of the House
of Representatives In reading more
editorial matter from the American
Federatlonlst than had been requested
by Representative Sulzer has grown
In three jears to such Importance that
the committee of prosecutors makes
much of the speech, a part of which
included the matter read by the clerk.
While the editorial Intended to be
read by the clerk was not in contempt
or court, the detacnea out inciuaea
Daraeraph Is This error now con
stitutes one of the strongest points of
the prosecution as the reprint of the
Sulzer address was circulated alter tne
issuance of the injunction
T'.e defense In the contempt case
has moved to a new position. Whereas
counsel for the defense opened Its case
b arguing that as the injunction was
unconstitutional there could be no vio
lation of It the derenee Is now try
ing to prove that care was taken by
the labor leaders not to disregard the
injunction and that It was respected,
all prosecution of the bovcott being
ailed off
J- rank Morrison se-retar of the Ameri
an Federation of Labor, continued his
testlmonv yesterdav afternoon before
Justice Wrlsht in the contempt proceed
mgs Attorne) Davenport, for the com
mlttee of prosecutors cross-examining
Mm as to depositions taken in January,
POS, at the office of Ralston . Slddons.
Mr Morrison could not remember the oc
arlon at which he is supposed to have
been present notwithstanding the "re
freshing of his memorj bv Attorney
Davenport bv reading the printed testl
monv taken at the time.
Mitchell IV 111 Itrplj-.
A decision was reached vesterday at
r conference between Samuel Gompera,
John Mitchell, and Frank Morrison, and
their counsel that John Mitchell will re
ply to the supposed suggestion of Im
munity made by Justice Wright, who
"strongly recommended the propriety"
ot the labor leader making a positive
statement In regard to his intentions oi
cbeiinsr court orders in the future Jus
tice Wright gave Mr Mitchell until the
close of the proceedings to make his
answer but at the suggestion of Atto--ncy
Darlington the justice made it plain
that there must be no e.asion of the
direct terms of the Injunction order. The
court Intimated thai it wanted a clear,
concise statement. "
HIS SHAKE EXCEEDED CAPITAL
John D. Rockefeller's floldlpgs
Mpde Public TtarouKb. Contest.
New Tork, Feb 16. Through the con
test for the cpnlrol ot the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company between the Rockefeller
and Pierce Interests. Wall street learned
to-day that at the last meeting of the
"Waters-Pierce Company John D Rocke
feller voted 6S2 shares of the stock of
that company To have received this
much in exchange for his holdings ot
.Standard OH stock, the oil king mnst
have owned before the dissolution of the
trust 2E.O0O shares of Standard OH of
New Jersey. By selling his Standard
OH stock at to-day's price of J90, Mr
) Rockefeller could have salted away JlsO,
tOfS.000. or $8X000,000 more than the entire
capital.
EL00D VICTIMS STABVTHQ.
Portugrnese Government Sending
Supplies to Stricken Districts.
Lisbon. Feb. IS. It is estimated to-day
that $10,000,009 damage has been done to
property In Portugal by the recent floods
The chief sufferers have been the Inhab
itants ot the provinces of Estremadura.
Algarve, Alctnetjo, and MInho. many of
whom have been leit in a starving con
dition. With the subsidence of the water the
government has set about the work of
succor, sending 50,000 loaves of bread,
&0 000 pounds of flsh, and 10,000 bottles
of wine to the distressed districts
Three hundred troops and a Portuguese
gunboat were to-day ordered to the Por
tuguese colony of Timor, in the Malay
archipelago, to quell a revolution among
the natives, who are reported to have
captured the capital. Dulll. decapitated
several Portuguese officers and men, and
retired into the interior with their plun
der and prisoners.
Announcement,
Plaxa Theater, Licensed Pictures
Empress Theater. Independent Pictures.
Lookumover.
(1,25 to Baltimore and Return,
Saturdays and Sundays, via Pennsylvania
railroad. Tickets good returning until 9
a. m. Monday. All regular trains except
ihe Congressional Limited.
Don Fail
MORO PRINCE DUE
v IN QUEST QF WIFE
Officials at too "War Department are
endeavoring -to arrange a proper recep
tion for Abdula "Fling, ti Mora prince,
eon of Datto Fling and heir apparent
to a sultanafe in the Philippine Islands,
who is expected to arrive In Washington
incognito In two weeks In search ot a
wlfeT I
As Prince Abdula Is of 'royal blood and
still a subject of Uncle Sam. tbe "VAr
Department officials do not know just
what reception should be given the 'vis
itor. In San Francisco, where tho prince
now Is, he has excited ranch Interest
with his golden crown, robes, and jewel.
UNIONS TO OBJECT
TO JUDGE ANDERSON
Indianapolis, Ind , Feb. 16. A hard fight
to prevent the dynamite conspiracy cases
going before Judge Albert B. Anderson,
of Indianapolis, has been determined on
by union leaders here. Ills record, these
men assert, shows he Is unfavorable to
unions, and that he could not hear the
cases Impartially. As a result of this
feeling. Attorney W. Newton Harding,
representing Ryan. Hockln. and Butler,
finds himself in an awkward position, as
he has stated that? he does not desire to
ask for a venue change.
It was asserted that It Is common prac
tice In unions having a hard fight to se
cure recognition and fighting the open
shop contractors to keep careful watch
on all contracts by open-sbop employers.
In order to send their organizers into a
field whtre the! will do the most good.
It is understood that tbe government
will rely largely on McManlgals testi
mony to shpw that he talked to the men
who wrote the letters, and that tjic
"jobs" they mentioned In their corre
spondence were the dynamite Jobs which
he " pulled off. "
1,000,000 MINERS
MAY GO ON STRIKE
London. Feb 16. Various miners'
unions throughout Great Britain have
been sending formal notices to-day to
the coal mine owners, notlfvlng them
that the men will quit work on March 1
Bj to-morrow night practically all of the
ttO.000 men and boys employed under
ground will have notified the employers
of their intention to strike In addition
to the underground emploves there are
300,000 surface workers, making a total
of more than 1,000,000 men who will quit
work twelve days hence.
It is now admitted on all sides that
little hope remains of averting what
promises to be the most serious labor dis
turbance In British historj The news
papers and public men are making rren
zied appeals to the government to stop
tbe strike, but nobody seems to have a
clear Idea of what the government
cart do
GEN. SICKLES' BANK
CLOSED BY STATE
New Tork, Feb 16 Supt Van Tujl, of
the State banking department, to-day
took possession ot the Universal Trust
Company and placed a deputy In charge
to supervise the liquidation ot the com'
panv It developed that Gen Daniel E.
Sickles, president of the Universal Trust
Companv. had offered to pay oil the in
stallment shareholders, nnd that a no
tice of a meeting had been mailed, to
ratify the Sickles offer ,
According to a statement Issued b the
State banking department, the Universal
Trust Companv belonged to that class
of institutions formerly known as na
tional building and loan associations,
and had made loans on tbe "divided' oi
second mortgage" plan It was or
ganlzed In 1891 It was found, the re
port said that the total assets of the
company on December 31 last were J10C
111. including real estate and mortgages.
During the past year, the report de
clared, 'the operating expenses had
ceeded the local limit' and "the com
nam was in an unsafe condition,
Gen Sickles. Its president, to-day made
the following statement
"Tin. companv is a building and loan
association, doing business with
members only It has not done any new
business in four sears. It has been
liquidating Its assets and paying off Its
shareholders aa it collected Its mort
gages and sold Its real estate."
SPEAKS ON "BOLIVIA."
Dr. Gerhard J. Schilling; Delivers
Tntereatlnc Lecture.
Dr Gerhard J. Schilling, superintendent
of the American Institute of La Paz,
Bolivia, gave an Interesting lecture last
night on Bolivia and the land ot the
Incas," before a large audience at the
Metropolitan Memorial M. E. Church,
John Marshall Place and C street north
west. Dr. Schilling has sne nt many years in
South America, and his lecture was u.
lustrated by" more than 160 stereopUcon
views. Justice Thomas H. Anderson, of
the District Supreme court, formerly
minister to Bolivia. Introduced the speak
er of the evening." The musical part of
the programme was given by 3Irs. Isaac
Burch, organist, and Included the na
tional air of Bolivia.-
The lecture was the last of the course
riven under the auspices ot the Ladles
Association and the Music Committee of
the MetrODolltan Memorial M. K. cnurcn,
and was one of the best numbers on
tho course Dr Schilling will preach
Sunday morning at the, Dumbarton Av e
nue M. E. Church, Georgetown.
I0VELL WIHS'AT CHESS.
Meets Sixteen Opponents Slmul-
taneonsly, Defeating; Eleven.
R. F. Lovell. who won second place in
the club chess championship of the Capi
tal City Chess and Checker Club, gave
an exhibition of simultaneous chess last
night at the club rooms. Thirteenth street
and New Tork avenue northwest, before
a large number of chess enthusiasts.
L. B. Zanoleon. the club champion, had
issued the challenge to all comers, but
was unable to be present, and Mr. Lovell
took his place. Mr. Lovell played simul
taneously sixteen opponents, winning
from eleven and losing to five. The Ave
players who won were H. C. Wootton.
M. Hautead. w. a. aiunaens, j. vv.
Fry, and J. 8. KTstler.
The Capital City Chess and Checker
Club was organised last November with
twenty charter members. The club now
has more than a half hundred xn Its
membership roles and Is constantly grow
ing Next Friday night the programme
will consist of chess problems, and the
following Friday night Mr. Zapoleon -will
meet all comers In simultaneous chess.
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EXPECTED HOPAY
Humored that Former ScMff Yalet
Will Be Favored When Justice
Gerard Hakes Announcement
New Tork, Feb 16. Although Justice
Gerard, of the Supreme Court, stated to
day that he had not jet prepared his
decision In the habeas corpus action
brought before him on behalf of Folke
Engle Brandt, alleged to have been
wrongly convicted of a burglary In the
home of Mortimer L. SchifT, It was
ststed on good authority that the de
cision will be In Brandt's favor, and an
understanding to that effect prevailed
on the Brandt side ot the case. The
Justice Intimated that he would have
bis decision ready next Monday.
Lieut. Taylor. Lieut. James "W Train
er. and Thomas F. O'Connor, property
clerk at police headquarters, were ex
amined In the grand jury Investigation
to-day. The questions put to these three
men were In tho direction of finding out
what became of Brandt's property after
he was arrested.
The records at police headquarters
show that Lieut, John Taylor went to
uranai s room, seizea nis euecis, anu
took them to the property clerk. Fur
ther, these records show that the ef
fects were turned over to "Milton
Schlff " The records also show that let
ters and photos . seized In Brandt's
rooms were destroyed b order of Police
Commissioner Bingham, on the recom
mendation of Inspector McLaughlin.
Among tho photos were several of
women.
Lieut. Taylor, after testifying before
the grand jury, handed In his resigna
tion at police headquarters. He has been
a policeman twenty-five years and wlU
be retired on a pension.
District Attorney Whitman was busy
to-day securing new evidence that a
conspiracy existed against Brandt, and
It was understood to-night that his ef
forts would result In the Indictment of
one, and possibly two, of the most
prominent figures In the scandal.
BANKER-GIVES DATES
IN DIVORCE CASE
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Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 16. Complying with
the demand that he specify dates and
places where his wife, Mrs. Nora Mc
Mullen Mellon, Is alleged to have been
Indiscreet with Capt Alfred" George Cur
phey. of the British army, he millionaire
tanker. Andrew Mellon, applied to-day
with an amended divorce libel similar
to an abridged world atlas. Tbe libel
reads.
"Llbellant avers that In violation of
respondent's marriage vow and of the
laws of the Commonwealth, the said re
spondent was guilty of indiscreet con
duct with Alfred George Curphey; that
said offenses were committed with said
Curphey between January U and Jan
uary 23, 1909, on board tho Hamburg
American Line steamship Kalsertn Au-
guste Victoria:. 1n the month of April,
1909. at the city of Pittsburg: between
January 17, 1909. and April II. 1909, In the
city ef New Tork. State of New York:
between December 3. 1M9, and May 2.
110. In the city of Paris, France: during
the months of March Ami. ana May,
1910 In th ritv of London and other
Places in England; between September
15, 1903, and SeptemDer u, iwe, at ine
Hotel Savoy, In the city of London,
England l between March 3, 1909, and
March E, TS09, at the Iroquois Hotel, In
the city of Buffalo, N. T., and at divers
other places and times."
1J3 Baltimore and Return.
Baltimore and Ohio,
Every Saturday and Sunday. Good to
return until 3 a. m train Monday. All
trains, both ways. Includlnr the Royal
Limited.
the Sherlock Holmes
AD MET..
BLUMENBERG JOINS
ARMY OF BENEDICTS
Milton "W. Blumenberg. tbe offlcl re
porter in the Lorlmer Senatorial Inquiry
who gained much notoriety recently in
consequence ot the charges he made
against Burns detectives, and an antl
Lorlmer stenographer, and Miss Joseph-
line ThilL also oCTVafihlngton, .yesterday
procurea a license io wta in x nucipnj,
according to telegraphic advices receiv
ed here from that city.
After visiting the licence clerk, the
couple disappeared, and efforts to learn
whether they were married were of no
avail. However, xriedns of Blumenberg
In this city believe he and Miss Thill
were wedded and now are In Atlantic
City enjovlng their honeymoon When
YBlumenberg left here he told his friends
he was going to the seaside resort for
a vacation.
At Blumenberg s apartments In the
Alendal. New Hamshlre avenue and N
street northwest no one conld be fqund
who would verify the report of the re
porter s marriage. The directory show ed
that Mrs Augusta Thill, widow of An
ton J Thill, with her daughter. Miss
Lna Thill, at 1 LIghth. street north
west, but mother and daughter denied
ever having heard of Blumenberg The
directory shows no other Miss Thill liv
ing In Washington.
raatcura Present Farce.
"Joslah s Courtship," a farce In four
acts, was presentedyby the Immaculate
Conception Dramatic Club In the audi
todlum last night with a success unusual
In amateur productions. Among those In
tho cast were Eniene Drury. Don F
Murphy, J Eliot Wright, jr. Joseph V.
Byrne, Bernard McDonnell, Frank Bres
naban. Clarence Ruppert. Miss Inez
Andrews, Miss Marguerite C. Glorius,
Miss Margaret Smith, and MI'S Reglna
Sullivan.
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E.B.ALS0FS BRIDE
DETESTS SOCIETY
Husband, Nearly Four Times Her
Age, "Is'FrightfuUyCon
venuunai.
New TOrk, Feb It-Mrs. Edward B.
Alsop, nineteen-year-old brtdo of the
Pittsburg steel millionaire, who is nearly
four times her age, detests society. Her
octogenarian husband likes society.
Therefore, It Is a question of whether
spring or winter comes nrst and which
follows In the wake of the other.
"Society?" repeated Mrs. Alsop at the
Hotel Latham to-day. "Why, I simply
detest It that Is, If by society you mean
Just the routine of seasons at Newport,
at Palm Beach and Bar Harbor, in Aew
York" and the like and yet, that Is ex
actly the life Mr Alsop likes. He Is
frightfully conventional.
"My Ideal life In the social world would
be a life such as Mrs. Almee Gouraud
leads. Think of her wonderful llfe-fllled
with Interest and amusement I would
die If I had to live as most society
women do. I would die jawralng myself
to death
"I have married Mr Alsop. continued
the girl-bride, getting nearer to the ob
ject of the interview, because I have
the greatest admiration and respect for
him more than I have, ever had In my
life for any other man. I shall never
regret the step. I am sure he Is all good
ness and kindness. And Ned and Hal, my
sons (both of whom are In Harvard and
older than their mother-in-law), are splen
did boys. I have known them as long as
I have known their father. In fact, we
all met three years ago, when Mr. Alsop
was spending the summer at Lake Toxa
way. In North Carolina. A year later I
became) engaged to Mr. Alsop.
"And Mr. Alsop. ' she ran on, "Is full
of enthusiasm, he Is witty and clever
and Interested In the things I am Inter
ested in. although -he Is awfully conven
tional "
Mr and Mrs. Alsop will start on their
honeymoon to-morTow. going first to
Washington, then to Palm Beach, and
later to the Bermudas.
Servants at the Alsop residence, 1303
Twentieth street northwest, have heard
of the nuptials only through the news
papers. They are -expecting word from
Mr. Alsop. and tbo house has been put
in order for the arrival of the bride and
bridegroom It 1; believed the .couple
will stop over here en route for the
South, where they aie to spend their
honeymoon.
WILL BETUBH STOLES MOHEY.
"Wife of Confessed Bank Wrecker
Will Give Back. ?50l,000.
Chicago, Feb. IE. A woman registered
a( a hotel here as Mrs. Theresa K. Bat
ten. ot New Tork. said early to-day that
she is in possession' of 00,000, which
had been stolen and v that she Is on her
way from Reno, Ner, to New Tork to
.pay the money back to these from whom
it had been stolen,
Mrs. Batten said she was once the wife
of- David Rothschild, president and con
fessed wreoy. of two New Tork bank
ing Institutions, who died In Sing Sing
in ran. -one said it was her purpose to
restore the halt million dollars to the de
positors ot these institutions, the Fed
eral Bank of New Tork and the Globe
oecuniy v-ompany.
The liabilities were upward of C.000.000.
ahe said, and her understanding was that
the receivers had" already paid sixty cents
on the dollar.
Mrs. Batten said she learned last No
vember that she had beep left the money.
She Is under tho care of ,a physician and
Snlekest Route to JIIasaL Xassaa ,
Havana by z hours. Atlantic Coast
Line. "N. T, & Florida Special," 7.10 p. m.
AU-steeL veieetrief-lichted Pullmans. Su
perior roadway. MIS New Tork, ave. n.
Sfofy in
UNDERDRUG'S SPELL
,FOR SIX MONTHS
Marquette. MJch.. Feb. It After helng
under the Influence of ether for the past
six months, when she submitted to an
operation to her foot In Chicago. Dorothy
Grabower. tbs sixteen-year-old daughter
of Louis Grabower, leading merchant of
this city. Is Just coming from under tbe
anesthetic, and within two or three days
It Is expected will have fully recovered.
Up to three days ago the girl was con
stantly under the Influence of tbe an
estbeticr'al efforts of physicians to re
move the ether from her system being
without result.
The case Is one of ihe most peculiar
In the history of medical annals and has
been watehed with interest by physicians
all over the State.
HAY ARMY BILL
PASSES IN HOUSE
organization Flan Carries an Ap
propriation of $86,
853,757. The Hay army reorganization bill, .car
rying wHh It an appropriation of Sw,-
.853,757, and provisions for the abolition
of five regiments of cavalry, live-year
enlistment and tbe consolidation of tbe
Adjutant General's, Inspector General s,
and Chief of Staffs otOces into a general
rtatt bureau, passed the House yester
day. No roll call was taken, but the record
on a notion to recommit, which was lost
by a vote of US to IE, is taken as tbe
record vote.
Before tbe bill was reported to the
House yesterday from tho Committee of
the Whole, several amendments of Im
portance were adopted.
When the measure came up before the
House, separate votes were called on two
ot the amendments. They were the cav
alry amendment and the five-year en
listment provision Both were called up
by Representative Prince, of Illinois.
The cavalry amendment was Anally
adopted by a vote of 1M to 111. and the
flve-ear enlistment provision by a vote
ot HS to 131.
Before the bill came to a final vote.
Representative Prince made a motion to
recommit the bill to the committee with
instructions to amend the section, which,
as It now stands, makes no provision
for the usual !0 per cent Increase In pay
of enlisted men on foreign service.
The House spent most of the entire
day In the consideration of this bllL
Before they proceeded to Its consider
ation, however. Representative Small, of
North Carolina, rose to a point of per
sonal privilege and declared that alte
rations charging: the Department ot Ag
riculture employes with political activ
ities when they had visited Southern
sections and talked on government
drainage projects to be without foun
oauon. . l
Victor 'Beraer. tb' SoclallsV addressed
1th., House. ouUlnlnx-'Tha attfiode of the
Socialist party toward ine aianainr
army He declared that the Socialists
advocate a strong army for defense, but
no force for Invasion or conquest.
JEWELER ROBBED
BY ADTO BAMTS
Diamond Merchant, Latest Victim
of Gotham Gang, Is Believed of
$10,000 Worth of Gems.
New Tork. Feb it The- automobile
bandits jumped from tbe Wall street
dlstrlctfcto the hotel and shopping dis
trict ot Fifth avenue and Broadway to
day. "
Three men in the taxlcab tjpe of car
trailed George H. North, a diamond deal
er, from Broadway and Thirty-fourth
street to Fifth avenue, through Fifth
avenue to Thlrty-flfth street, and west
on Thlrty-flfth street to a point 300 feet
from Sixth avenue. There two ot them
lumped from the cab. stunned the Jew
eler with blows ot a blackjack, ripped a
waUet containing $10,000 worth ot unset
diamonds from his coat pocket, and
made their escape.
The robbery pecurred shortly before 7
o'clock In the evening, when the streets
of the vicinity were thronged with pedes
trians and vehicles and with a policeman
standing only 300 feet awav.
It Is believed that the diamond mer
chant was trailed from his office down
town until the bandits saw a favorable
opportunity. Then they carried out
their plans as daringly as though they
were robbing an unprotected traveler In
a lonely mountain pass.
When the news of to-nlcht's darinr
Lfcold-up reached police headquarters.
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty and In
spector Hughes were Just In the -act of
admitting to the assembled representa
tives ot all the newspapers that they
had made no progress whatever toward
capturing the highwaymen who stole
ES.000 on the previous day.
They had made two arrests In the case
of Beckerman, the boy who .waa held
up last Saturday on tbe Bowery and re
lieved of TXS by thngs who escaped In
an automobile as did those ot Thursday.
But. there was nothing particularly dam
aging against either ot the prisoners.
They were Just suspects.
When the news of the Thlrty-flfth
street robbery came In, Commissioner
Dougherty had to admit frankly:
"It's an epidemic I confess I have no
Idea whether these -stick-ups are the
work of one big band or of three or
more little bands. We don't" know who
the men areTJr Just now how to And
them. The only thing we can do l to
work hard."
SUES ACTRESS FOR BEST.
Chicago. FFeb. It After threatening
to stay all night In, the suite of iSltt
Edna Goodrich, former wife ot Nat
Goodwin, at tbe Hotel La Salle at U
o'clock last night. Deputy Sheriff John
E. Otis waa permitted to serve a sum
mons on Miss Goodrich to appear In
court In answer to a suit for .700 for
rent.
Flan Thanksgiving. Service,
A thanksgiving service will be held
dally at noon all ot next week ai the
National New Thought Center. A spe
cial service wDl be held at S p. m. on
Wednesday.
To-morrow's Herald
AINSWORTH QUITS
FIEETOFHiB.
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Retires of Own Volition with
the Approral of tho
President
DfiOP COOfiT-MAKTIAIr
Solution Welcomed at the War De
partment Gossip as to
Successor. .
Hopes ot Washington sensational lovers
that the Wood-Alnsworthr controversy
would be aired In a court-martial ot the
former Adjutant General ot the army.
following his relief from office Thursday,
were blasted late yesterday by the an
nouncement that Gen. Alnsworth had ap
plied for and received retirement from
active service In the army.
As far as the army Is concerned, this
action ends tha whole Matter. Gen.
Alnsworth is- now a retired officer. He
wlIInot be tried by court-martial, and
no charges are pending against him. Hs
will retire with the rank of major gen
eral, with pay of J5.O0O a year. Instead of
with the rank and pay of a retired lieu
tenant general, as was the Hay plan.
He Lose No Time.
Gen Alnsworth at the moment it was
reported he waa homo preparing his de
fense was writing his application for
retirement. This letter was addressed to
Cot- H. P McCain. Acting Adjutant Gen
eral, who was placed In charge upon
Gen. Alnsworth's dismissal from that
office. No time waa lost In getting tbe
application before the President, who
promptly approved It. The necessary or
ders were Issued at tbe War Department
yesterday afternoon and the announce
ment made before the close of the busi
ness day.
The correspondence In the. case waa
given out as follows: 4
The Acting Adjutant General of th
Army.
"Sir: Having served continuously
for more than thirty-seven years
a commissioned officer of the army
and being: worn, with the heavy bun
den of care and responsibility that i
have bom for many of those year;
I do sot desire. In aji"clreanstancs,
to retain longer- the position that a
no-Cold on th. active list of th( .
army. I therefore respectfully ask
to be retired from active service. an4
to be placed on the retired list, under
section KB. of the Revised Statutes.
Tours respectfully.
"F a anrawoRTH.
"Adjutant General'
"To the Secretary of War"
Upon his own application, MaJ.
Gen. F. C Alnsworth. the Adjutant'
General. Is hereby retired, under sec
tion tZO. "Revised Statutes, and the
proper orders may be Issued.
-WTLUaJl H. TAIT."
The formal order carrying out the dl.
rectlons of the President was I'sued. with
the following caption "By order of the
Secretary of War. Leonard Wood, major
general. Chief ot Staff."
Stirs War Department.
The announcement caused a second
sensation at the War Department,
equaled only to tbe announcement Issued
Thursday that Gen. Alnsworth "had been
relieved. It bore out the prediction of
that day that whatever might happen.
Gen. Alnsworth's military career had
ended.
Officers at the War Department, prac
tically all of whom are wholly out of
sympathy with Gen. Alnsworth, were in
clined to regard the announcement of his
retirement as too good to be true. This
solution of the situation was most
heartily welcomed by all concerned, from
tbe highest official down The military
service. It Is felt, will be relieved that
the unsavoriness and the bitterness of
court-martial proceedings will be avoided.
Gen. Alnsworth had more than four years
to serve before retiring because ot age.
There Is already talk of Gen. Alns
worth's successor as Adjutant General
with the rank of- major general. It Is
believed that one of the brigadier gen
erals of the Adjutant General's depart
ment will be selected. The senior briga
dier general Is William P. Hall. Inas
much as President Tart has been In
clined to the policy of appointing senior
officers to vacancies In the next grades
above them. It Is believed Gen. Haifa
chances are good. Brig! Gen. Henry O.
S. Heistand Is also mentioned as a
strong candidate.
Talk of Investigation.
Though many believe that Gen. Alns
worth's action will end the trouble In
the array over his case, others are cer
tain that the general will not allow Vis"
matter to drop without at least attempt
ing to Justify the statements for whleh
be has been called to account. These
persons believe that Gen. Alnsworth has
retired so that he may be more free to
conduct a tight" against Secretary of
War SUmson and Gn. Wood In Con
gress In this connection It was said yester
day that friends of Gen. Alnsworth in
the House were preparing to Introduce
a resolution calling- for an Investigation
Of the War Department. It Is believed
that an effort will be made to have th
scope of the lnqulry.ro widened as ta
Include an Investigation Into the adminis
tration ot affairs In Cuba at the time
Gen. Leonard Wood, now Chief of Staff.
was miiuary governor or tne island.
MaJ. An. Alnsworth Is acknowledged
to havennore Inside facta In regard to
the War Department and the army at
his flnger tips than probably any other
man In the service, and If he decided to
lend hu help to an Investigating com
mittee, be probably could make It Inter
esting for his opponents.
Finds Father Dead, Mother Dying?.
Cincinnati. Feb, 1L Fred Bennett, for
tnight years old. killed himself this aft
ernoon after probably fatally wounding
his wife. Lillian, fbrty-flve years old. In
tbe Burckhart apartments. Their son
Fred, a student at Woodward nigh
School, found his father dead In one
room when he returned from school.
Rushing Into' an adjoining room he
found his mother.
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