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STEPHENS MAY
FRAME FISCAL
REFORM BILLS
Considered by Colleagues for
Banking and Currency
Chairmanship.
WILSON IS INTERESTED
President Desires Legislation Enacted
Which Permanently Will Cor
rect Existing Evils.
By JOSEPH P. AIV1VIN. '
Repeated demonstration of the com
bined Underwood administration strength
in the Democratic caucus of the Houso
promises. an early conclusion of the tariff
work of the extra session and brings
the monetary reform question nearer the
legislative stage. , .
President Wllbon has let it be known
that if the tariff bill can be pushed
through In a satisfactory form he will
call upon Congress for immediate con
sideration of reform in the banking and
currency system; that with the lone ex
ception of the tariff, he considers this
of paramount importance to the nation
and the party.
Indications now are that the tariff bill,
after a few "jokers" have been elimi
nated, will bo enacted virtually in its
present form, and that without any
great de'ay. If the next few weeks con
tinue to point to such a consummation,
preparations for monetary legislation
probably will get under way in both
Houses of Congress.
The Senate already has organized its
new Banking and Currency Committee,
headed by Senator Owen of Oklahoma,
himself a banker. Senator Owen does
not expect that either he or his com
mittee will remain Idle while the tariff is
being disposed of, and the Senate will
he obliged to "mark time" in one way
or another for upward of thirty days
while the House is putting through the
tariff bill, unless opposition to the bill
develops such strength in the Senate
that is deemed necessary to separate one
or more schedules from the general pro
gramme. Concern Over Chairmanship.
In the House the new Banking and
Currency Committee has not been organ
ized, and the organization of that com
mittee is a question which Is causing
the administrative leaden; no little con
cern. The selection of a chairman is
considered of vital importance. Rep
fesentative Carter Glass of Virginia is
in line of succession, the defeat of Ar
sene Pujo necessitating the selection of
a new head for that committee. Pujo
headed the "Money Trust" investigating
subcommittee. Glass was not upon that
subcommittee. It Is of vital importance,
declare monetary reform experts, -that
the chairman of ths next committee have
a close knowledge of the facts brought
out by the Pujo investigating committee,
as well as a wide knowledge of mone
tary and commercial conditions here and
r broad.
That there are two schools of thought
a"monp the would-be monetary reformers
in Congress is indicated by the nature
of bills which already have been Intro
duced, calling for changes in the bank
ing and currency system. One type
seeks by patchwork correction of the
present system to meet changed condi
tions and stave off, for the time being, at
least, the necessity for fundamental
change.
The other type, represented by bills in
troduced by one man, Robert D. Steph
ens, of Mississippi, indicates a convic
tion on the part of the author that the
only move in the right direction Is one
which seeks to take the regulation of
credit from the hands, of speculative
bankers as in this country, and place it
where it can accomplish that for which
it has its being in the hands of business
and commercial Interests, where it can
help commerce in time of need instead
of being used as a financial club to exact
tribute for the coffers or the money
power.
President May Determine.
The selection of a chairman for the
House Banking and Currency Commit
tee devolves upon the Ways and Means
Committee.
When the question comes up for settle
ment there is little doubt that President
Wilson will seek to have his choice
placed at the head of the committee.
Mr. Wilson has not, as far as is known.
indicated a preference. He has not let
it be known that he favors Mr. Glass,
nor that he opposes the Virginian. Being
an authority on the monetary question,
Mr. Wilson will look into the record and
sound the vle;ws of all candidates before
he indicates a preference. Mr. Wilson
has certainly clearly defined monetary
pledges to redeem, and he will leave no
ttone unturned to redeem them.
Representative Stephens was designat
ed by Chairman Pujo as vice chairman
of the money trust investigating commit
tee. He was in constant attendance on
the prolonged hearings. In addition, he
has a wide reading acquaintance with
financial conditions and customs both
here and abroad. He believes the prac
tice of banking, to be correct and to
conserve the best interests of all. must
be governed by firmly established laws
and rules, as in any other profession.
He believes this regulation should es
tablish firmly a force which would regu
late credit and credit rates beyond the
power of speculative -bankers to control,
thus insuring the legitimate business In
terests banking and credit accommoda
tions In time of stress without the pay
ment of ruinous rates or 'premium
charges. "
Mr. Stephens bills Indicate a leaning
toward the banking system of England
and most of the other European coun
tries except Germany, where the control
of credit is held by law in the hands
of commercial Interests as distinguished
from banking interests, making it im
possible for speculative bankers to exact
tribute from business- or to curb and
stunt it at will.
Saffrngcttei- Cot Wires.
Bath, Eng., April 15. Traffic on the
Great Western Railroad was imperiled
today when suffragettes cut a number
of railroad telegraph and telephone
wires. The trains could 'not be dis
patched with accuracy owing to the in
terruption of communication and several
wrecks were narrowly averted.
Mr. Underwood I Improved.
Representative Oscar W. Underwood
of Alabama, the Democratic House lead
er, who has been ill. was at the Capitol
yesterday and attended the caucus hav
ing the tariff bill under consideration.
THE
DR. FRIEDMA1
IS CRITICISED BY
GOVERNMENT
German Taken to Task for
His Slowness in Treating
Patients.
LETTER IS MADE PUBLIC
Formula for the, Original Cultures
Never Supplied to Public
Health Service.
The . United States government' last
night made public its first comment on
the work of Dr. Frederlch Franz Fried
mann in administering his treatment for
tuberculosis.
.This is a severe criticism of the Ger
man doctor's slowness in treating pa
tients under the observation of a special
board of the United States Public Health
Service, and is made in a letter written
to the doctor by Passed Assistant Sur
geon John F. Anderson, director of the
hygienic laboratory and chairman of the
board of Investigation.
Having the approval of Surgeon Gen
eral Blue and Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo, it is practically an ultimatum,
requiring the tuberculosis specialist to
promptly comply with the promises
made to the medical authoiitles that he
would expedite his treatment in order
that the government may reach a verdict
for the benefit of the American people as
soon as possible. The letter to Dr. Fried
mann is as follows:
More Spe'cd Urged.
Dr. Frederich Franz Frledmann,
Hotel Narragansett, Providence, R. 1.:.
We regret to have to invite your at
tention to the halting progress In your
demonstration of the alleged curative
value of your remedy for tuberculo
sis. Only ninety-four of the patients
accepted by you as suitable for such
test have been treated by you. In or
der to avoid undUQ prolongation of
your demonstration and to avoid un
necessary delay in advising the public
of a judgment that we may be able
to form of the value of your treatment.
we are forced to limit our clinical
studies to the number already treated
under your observation in the hos
pitals In New York city.
From conversations with you, it is
understood that somo of these pa
tients are now ready for a further
injection of your remedy. In their
interests and for the reasons for lim
iting our clinical observations to those
already treated, we feel that these
patients should now be seen by you
with the view of giving such addi
tional Injections of your remedy as
may, in your Judgment, be necessary
to effect a cure. We should be pleased,
therefore, to have .you,-tve thhv,mat-
ter your prompt attention and inform
us regarding the same at an early
date.
We may be communicated with in
writing, addressed either to Dr. A. N.
Stlmson, Hotel Martinique, New York
City, or to Dr. John F. Anderson, di
rector Hygienic Laboratory, Wash
ington, D. C. Respectfully,
JOHN F. ANDERSON'..
Director Hygienic laboratory. Chairman of tjio
Board.
This letter explains the absence of any
officials of the Public Health Service at
the clinic performed in the George Wash
ington University Hospital here by Dr.
Friedmann Monday. The members of
the board were already engaged in ob
serving the effects on the patienft trealed
for their benefit in New York, and did
rot see the necessity of taking on any
new cases here. In fact, it developes
that the medjeal authorities have come
to a standstill in their Investigations, and
have lost patience with Dr. Frledmann
through his failure to administer the sec
ond treatment to any of the patients un
der their observation.
When Dr. Frledmann arrived in New
Yor!: from Germany, he was met by Dr.
Foster, the New York representative of
the Public Health Service, who informed
him of the law's requirements concerning
the administration of vaccines, toxins,
and serums and their sale in Interstate
commerce, the government being re
quired to first pass upon tne harmless
ness and potency of such remedies. Dr.
Friedmann. in a telegram to Surgeon
General Blue, agreed to comply with the
laws, and said he would welcome and
assist every way possible in a prompt
government investigation.
The board was at once appointed, and
clinics were performed In a number of
New York hospitals for their observa
tion and Instruction in the use of the
Continued from Page Three.
MILITANTS WREAK
VENGEANCE BY FIRE
Destroyers of Home of Parliament
Member Call Themselves Avengers
of Mrs. Pankhurst
Hastings, England, April 15. Incen
diary suffragettes today destroyed, with
gunpowder the former home of Arthur
D. Cros, a member of Parliament, with
in St. Leonards, a suburb of this city.
Six firemenwere injured by explosions
in the burning house while they were
fighting the flames. The damage is es
timated at $30,000. v
The residence was unoccupied at the
time; otherwise loss of life might have
been heavy.
Near the ruins a satchel was found
with ribbons of suffrage colors tide to
the handle. A quantity of suffrage lit
erature and cards were found close by.
One of the cards bore the inscription:
"We are the avengers of Mrs. Pank
hurst." Upon another was printed: "Do
you want us to burn all England to get
the vote?"
These cards, together with the other
articles found, were turned over to the
Hastings police.
The residence was one of the finest in
St Leonards.
Mr. Du Cros Is a wealthy unionist,
and has served several times in Parlia
ment. After the fire it was learned that .Mr.
Du Gros had just sold the house, and
that the loss w.lll not fall upon him,
but upon the new wner. The sale had
not yet been wade p?Wlc, and the wom
en believed they were M&usinB loss nd
annoyance to a member L Parliament.
Chesapeake & Ohio Rt. aTraln "So. 1
Leaving Washington KvtnVL m. dallv.
has resumed regular sch.rtTal to Cin
cinnati, Chicago, and the WVftV Other
trains 3:15 . p. m. and n-i"Mp. m.
Tickets on sale to St. Tmi- ii
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WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON! D. a. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16r
COURTHOUSE
1 1 !! I I I !! II ffT OT. ii , s
AECHITECTS DRAWING OF NEW YORK'S NEW $10,000,000 COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
New York, April 15. According- to the plana of Gay Lowell, the jobbk architect, rrho la be paid 8600,000 (or fcla
dtftlffH for the aeT 910,000,000 county courthoune here, the Hew structure will actually be two separate circular trail d
Ibrh, one within the other. The outer one la modeled after the Coloaseum la Rone. It will be 500 feet la diameter
and Ave atorlen high, or a total of 200 feet la height. The loner building will be eight atorlea high, ar a total of 27.
feet. The three upper atorlea are to be reserved exclusively for the justices of the Supreme aad city courts. The build
ing Is to cover an area of four city blocks.
FEDERALS WIN IN MEXICO.
Reported Revolutionist Lose
In
Several Small Engagements.
Mexico City, April 15. Reports of Fed
eral successes como In from the States
of Guerrero and Durango, according to
news given out by the War Department
today, but the engagements are small af
fairs, only a few hundred men taking
part on both sides.
" The most Important of these reports,
if true, is that Flgueroa'B Colorados
were whipped in Guerrero by a Federal
forco from Cuernavaca, but details are
lacking and it Is probable that Figueroa's
force is still Intact. Another official re
port says 800 revolting rurales were dis
persed with eight killed and many
wounded' in conflict in which there wero
no Federal casualtias.
STREET CAR CRUSHES
OUT CHILD'S LIFE
Four-year-old Roue Mestesky Killed
While Crossiag Tracks 'Near
Her Hone.
CORONER RELEASES THE CREW
Hit by a street car and hurled six feet.
crashing to the pavement with terrific
force, Rosie Mestesky, four and one-half
years old, daughter of Mr. and .Mrs.
Jfllius Mestesky, of Fifth and' I Streets
Northwest, was Instantly killed yester
day afternoon at 5:20 o clock In Fifth
Street Northwest, between Massachusetts
Avenue and K Street.
The little girl was attempting to cross
the street, and, it is said, ran directly
in front of an oncoming southbound car.
Charles Scuarlzbirch. the motorman,
put on the emergency brakes, but the
car hit the little girl before he could
bring It to stop. Her skull was frac
tured and her neck broken. Two passers
by rushed to the prostrate form of the
little girl. Sho was lifted up and car
ried Into S. B. Bachrach's ldrug store,
Fifth and I Streets, over whose store the
Mestesky family lives.
Drs. J. Glushak and Samuel M. Sacks,
who were summoned, found that death
was Instantaneous. Coroner J. Ramsey
Ncvltt discovered that in addition to.hav
Ing her skull badly fractured, the little
girl's neck was broken. An inquest will
be held today at the morgue.
Policeman Jerry McCarthy, of the
Sixth Precinct, got aboard the car di
rectly after the accident, accompanied
the motorman and conductor to the car
barn, where the car was turned in and
they were taken to the Sixth Precinct
Station. Later they were released by
order of Coroner Nevitt. They will ap
pear at the Inquest today. The car was
in charge'of Conductor Henry Smith.
Julius Mestesky and wife, Ida, are
natives of Russia and have been in this
country- six years. The father is a
tailor.
V"Vo Store Parle Meeting.
London, April 15. Honmo Secretary
McKenna this afternoon prohibited suf
fregettes from holding any more meet
ings in London parks.
lOWEIL'S FEE FOR
COURTHOUSE PLAN $600,000
GUI" LOWELli.
New York, April 15. Guy Lowell, the
rising young architect, whose plans for
the $10,000,000 courthouse have been ac
cepted, is to receive about $600,000 in
recompense for hls wonderful design.
His plans call for a circular building
that will cover four city blocks and 275
feet-tall. It is to be the largest court
house in the world, and forms the hub
of a new civic center plan to be fol-
lowed by all of tie aw civic government
Duuaiagav s
K&ry& slljyf KlpftyE'
TO BE ARCHITECTURAL MARVEL.
COHON MILL MEN
LOSEHIS
Representatives from South
ern States and New Eng
land Voted Down.
FIGHT ON FREE WHEAT
Representative lioll ef Tennessee Ex
plains Income Tax as Effecting
Life Insurance Policies.
Though Democratic Representatives
from the cotton mill districts of the South
and New England declared the Ways
and Means Committee rates on cotton
yarns, cotton cloth and thread ruinous
to the industry, the Democratic caucus
sustained the committee yesterday on all
questions by an overwhelming vote. The
caucus completed consideration of the
agricultural schedule of the Underwood
bill and will probably complete the cotton
schedule today."
While the caucu-t was,. debating S reso
lution to put hfeher duties on cotton
cloth, Representative Howard of Georgia
read election returns from the Congres
sional election In Massachusetts and de
clared they were a vindication of the
Democratic bill.
On a resolution by Representative
Webb of North Carolina to make a gen
eral increase of 5 per cent, ad valorem
on the better grade of cotton yarns over
the rates prescribed in the Underwood
bill, the committee was sustained by a
vote of Si to 19. Representative Thatcher
of Massachusetts attempted to obtain an
Increase on cotton cloth, but failed, the
'ote against his motion being 86 to 23.
Thatcher and Webb both declared the
rates In the Underwood bill would bring
ruin to the cotton manufacturers.
Flgbt Center on Wheat.
The principal fight in the agricultural
schedule was centered on 'wheat. The
Underwood bill provides a duty of 10
cents a bushel. Representative Levy of
New York moved to put wheat on the
free list, claiming it was absurd to tax
wheat while removing all duties from,
Hour, titsi motion was lost, as was also
a motion of Representative Fowler of
Illinois to place a tax of 15 cents per
bushel on wheat
Representative Church of California at
tempted to have the caucus retain the
present duties on lemons and citrus
fruits, as against much lower rates in
the Underwood bill. His attempt failed.
Representative Clark of Florida sought
an increase in the duties on pineapples,
but was unsuccessful. Representative
Broussard of Louisiana moved to put
chicory, taxable under the Underwood
bill, on the free llst,but his motion was
lost with little debate.
The caucus win continue work on the
cotton schedule today.
No Triple Tax on. Policies.
Representative Hull of Tennessee, who
framed the Income tax law, denied that
the Underwood bill, as framed, would
have the effect of laying a quadruple
tax on policyholders of life Insurance
companies. Hull declares the misun
derstanding on the part of the insurance
companies Is due to confusing tax on
Incomes with a tax on the face value of
policies.
"There Is no tax on the face value of
a policy," said Hull. "If the Insurance
men will keep that in mind there wllf
be less confusion as to the real Intent
of the law. We have merely re-enacted
the corporation tax according to the gov
ernment Interpretation of it and .added
thq tax -on private incomes."
The insurance men have been charging
that tho new law appears to tax net in
creases of reserves 1 per cent, payments
on policy contracts 1 per cent, and pay
ments to beneficiaries 1 per cent. In ad
dition to 1 per cent already paid, this,
the insurance men contend, would amount
to -a quadruple tax.
Because of the absence from' the cltv
of Senator Simmons, chairman of tho
finance committee, that committee will
no meet again until Friday next, when
consideration of the tariff bill will be re
sumed. -
According to the present programme
of the Senate leaders, It is not proposed
that that body shall remain idle while
the House Is considering the tariff bill.
Senator Kearnsr the Democratic leader,
said today:
"It is hardl to be expected that the
Senate will sit here thirty days waiting
for the tariff bill. It will go right on con
sidering public business."
Receiver for ?1 2,000,000 Firm.
New York, April IK Henry Stanley
HasklnB was today appointed receiver for
the Tuscarora-Nevada Mines Company,
capitalized at 313,000,000 by Judge Mayer,
of the United States District Court. The
appointment was made as a result of a
suit in equity filed recently bv th r-
fcelvers for the Manhattan Securities
Company against the Tuscarora-Nevada
Company. It is alleged .that the latter
company owes the Manhattan corpora
tion 6,00.
Gerald
1913.-FOURTEEN PAGES.
WASHINGTON BOY HONORED.
Jnmea Stewart Flitnt Awarded Fel
lowship at Fe'nniy.
Spdl to Th Washington Herald.
Philadelphia, Pa., April 15. James
Stewart Plant, of Washington, was
awarded by the director of tho Univer
sity of Pennsylvania a George L. Harri
son fellowship, which, carries with it a
stipend of $500 and no tuition fees.
The holder of this fellowship must
have a baccalaureate degree and have
one year of graduate work. Plant fea
tures In psychology and has taken high
est honors.
BALTIMORE CLINIC
AHRACTING MANY
Opening of Institution at Johns Hep
kins Will Bring Men of
Prominence.
DR. 0SLER TO- BE THERE
SpocUl to Tho WiAhinstoa Herald.
Baltimore. Md., April 15. Among tho
many men of world prominence who will
assemble here tomorrow afternoon to
participate In the exercises commemo
rating the opening of the $1,500,000 Henry
Phlpps Psychiatric Clinic the two upon
whom tho greatest Interest will center
arrived in Baltimore tonight.
They were Sir William Osier, regius
professor at Oxford University, and
Henry phlpps, the steel magnate and
philanthropist who gave to this city the
best equipped institution of Its kind in
the world. Mr. and Mrs. Phlpps ar
rived from New York and were taken to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis M.
Jencks. where they will be entertained
during their stay in the city.
There Is a probability that Andrew
Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, jr.,
will be here to witness the formal open
ing of the clinic, and also to be guests
at a citizens' banquet to be given to
morrow night at the Belvedere in honor
of Mr. Phlpps.
The opening of the clinic means the
addition of another page in the world's
history of medical achievement. This
will be the largest institution of its kind,
and its equipment consists of all that
man has invented as a means of devel
oping the subnormal brain or in the
transition of the so-named weak minded
persons of normal temperament.
MAXINE ELLIOTT, ALAS,
IS NOT CONTEMPLATING
MATRIMONY RIGHT NOW
New York, April 15. Gazing tearfully
at a photograph of Maxlne Elliott, the
actress. Dirk. Van Baalen, a Dutch
farmer, sailed for Rotterdam today on
the Ryndam. Between spasmB of grief
he said he had come over two weeks
ago all prepared to marry this beautiful
lady, but, alas! he had been the victim
of a hoax. This according to the official
Interpreter, Emlllo Vouterinus.
Van Baalen said his hom was in
Meesterdyk, but that he had many
friends In Holland, Mich. At least, ho
always counted them friends.
JAIL TERM MADE HER HI.
MISS ZELIE EMERSON.
London, April 15. According to Dr.
Mansell Moullin, vice-chairman of the
Royal College of Ph.ys'icians,sMlss Zelle
Emerson, the young American militant
"suffragette, is suffering from appendi
citis which was aggravated by her re
cent prison experiences. Miss Emer
son's condition caused her release from
Jail and it is now said that step3 will
be taken to have her deported to Amer
ica as "an undesirable."
Aviator Shot to Death.
London, April 15. "Jack' Hall, a young
well-known aviator was, shot to death
in his apartments in Piccadilly today.
A woman, who was la the flat at the
time, 'was arrested. "J"
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LONDON POLICE
American Reported Found,
but Later Sleuths Have
to Admit Defeat
DISAPPEARS ONCE MORE
English Clainroyant Holds Solution of
Mystery, but Refuses to Gire
Information.
London, April 15. While It Is known
that J. Wilberforco Martin, the Tennes
see millionaire, who has been missing
since April 3, is still alive, his where
abouts are still a matter of mystery
both to the London police and the pri
vate detectives who are working on the
case.
The statement last night that Martin
was still alive was borne out today by
the opinions expressed by Scotland Yard
and by Detective William J. Burns. Mar
tin was located today on the fourth floor
of
rooming house in the Kensington
district, on the south side of the river.
He was lying ill there, but when J. Lock
hart Anderson, Capt. Prior, and private
detectives went there, they found that
the gang of card sharpers who are hold
ing the wealthy American prisoner had
moved him to an unknown address.
Anderson got this information from a
Mrs. Bailey, a West End clairvoyant.
The day's work started with Anderson,
who is a friend orilartin's, dining with
Mrs. Bailey at the Savoy Hotel. He
had previously notitled Scotland Yard he
would be there and Chief Inspector
Warn with Detectives Hobbs and six
men wero in the hotel lobby for the
purpose of getting a glimpse of the mys
terious clairvoyant.
Police Follow Pair.
On leaving the Savoy Anderson and
the woman went to the Victoria Hotel
on Northumberland Avenue, where two
members of the gang were stopping
previous to Martin's disappearance. From
the Victoria. Anderson, followed by the
Scotland Yard posse went to the Carl
ton where he and Mrs. Bailey had tea
In the palm room.
During the interview, Anderson en
deavored to get from the clairvoyant
the exact location of the house in
which Martin was confined in the Ken
sington district, but she professed Ig
norance on that point. All the Informa
tion she was giving him, she said, had
been obtained from Lady . a titled
woman thought to be the wife of one
of the gang.
It is assumed by Anderson that the ob-
ipet of th cane is to hold Martin
prisoner until Ano",,rBOn S" T"t to'l-gope's temperature was nore than 101
prosecute them, when they will voiifyLgrees. ,
him where Martin may be found, and7
when Anderson goes to the revealed ad
dress, he will find his friend alono and
the gang departed for parts unknown.
Anderson Is absolutely resolved not to
agree to such a proposal, and says that
before he is finished he will round up
the entire bunch and bring Martin
safely back to his home In Park place.
On Track of Brazilian.
The police later in the day received
information leading theniL to believe the
woman known as a Brazilian with whom
Martin had an appointment on the night
of his disappearance is none other
than the creole known as "Baby Ruth."
and who had known Martin about a
month. She was the woman said to
have danced with Martin at the Astor
Club the night before he disappeared.
It is learned that "Baby Ruth" has
booked passage on a steamer sailing for
New York tomorrow, and it is proDaoio
she will fall into the hands of the police
before she Is able to sail.
Cant. Prior, one of the last who saw
Martin, received threats from an anony
mous person, supposed to be a member
of the gang, saying that if he takes any
more interest in the disappearance of
Martin he will meet foul play. He com
municated this letter to Sir Melville Mc-
Contlnucd on Page Five
GEN. SICKLES IS TO
RETAIN OLD HOME
Foreclosure Sale on Fifth Avenue
V Mansion Postponed Through
Efforts of Wife.
New York. April 15. The foreclosure
sale of the Fifth Avenue home of Gen.
Daniel E. Sickles, which was to have
taken place tomorrow, has been Indefi
nitely postponed and the general will
be allowed to end his days in his old
home, according to an announcement
made tonight by his son, Stanton
Sickles.
The general has defied and cajoled of
ficials of the Bowery Savings Bank,
which held the mortgage on his home, in
an effort to stop the foreclosure pro
ceedtags and to retain his home. But it
remained for Mrs. Sickles, the wife with
whom the general refuses to become
reconciled, and her son, Stanton, to ef
fect an agreement with the bank officials
by which Gen. Sickles will be allowed
to remain as a tenant of his own home.
Under the agreement. Gen. Sickles
will pay an annual rental of J2.0O0, which
will be applied as Interest upon the mort
gage. As long as he continues with this
he will be allowed to remain In the
house under an extended mortgage.
Stanton Sickles said:
"My father has a fixed idea that if he
wero forced from the house which he
has occupied so long that It would kill
him. But I don't believe anything would
kill him- However, mother und I want
him to be comfortable. By his refusal
to do anything until his hand Is forced,
he has made a great deal of trouble.
He has not paid the taxes or interest on
the mortgage for some time. But he will
now pay a yearly rental of 52,000 out
of his pension of $6,000, and as long as
he does this neither my mother nor the
bank wfll object to extending the mort
gage. The bank holds a mortgage of
J13S.000, and my mother a second one of
$70,000."
Baltimore Man. Winn.
New York, April 15. Only one of the
twenty-eight fellowships in the graduate
schools, of Columbia University and
teachers college, amounting altogether to
$19,-000, has been awarded to a woman.
She is Miss Lavinla Tallman, of East
Orange. The Ernest Kempton Adams
research fellowship, having an annual
value of $1,250. was given for the third
time to Robert w. Wood, of Baltimore,
Md.
The Herald 'has the largest
morning ' Lome circulation, and
prints all the news of the world,
with many exclusive features.
ONE CENT.
POPE REPORTED
TO BEJtllAL
Official Bulletins from Vatican
Announce Left Lung Badly
Affected and Pulse Fast
BROTHER IS CALLED IN
Rumored that Ofirials Who WiH Ad-
minister Last Sacraments Hare
Been Summoned.
Rome, April 16,-Pope Plus was oU
flclally reported to be in a critical condi
tion at 1 o'clock this morning. At that
hour the pulmonary aflfection was steadi
ly growing worse and the Pontiff was
gradually sinking. His temperature had
risen to 101.3 degrees. That the Vatican
believes the death of the Pope is ini
m'nent is indicated by the grave hii.
Ittlns which have been issued at frequent
intervals during the nlsht and the hasty
preparations which have Iieen made by"
thf- Vatican prelates In anticipation of
the end.
A bulletin Issued by tha papal physi
cians at 12:30 this morning -stated that
the symptoms of muumonU affecting the
Pope's left lung had materially Increase 1,
while his pulse was voy fast and that
the patient was unable to retain nourish
ment. Prof. 'Etlore Marchiafavn, chief physi
cian, and his assistant. Dr. Andreas
Amici, will remain thioughout the night
at the bediide of the Pontiff. One of
his sisters has been allowed to remain
in the room, while the other is in in
ante room. Mgr. Parolln. the
Pope's nephew. Is also watching ox'er the
Pope tonight.
Angelo Sarto. the Pope's brother, who
arrived from Grasia this evening, created
a scene tonight when he demanded ad
mission to the papal bed chamber.
Angelo begged with tears in his eyes
to be allqwed to see his brother and ob
tain his forgiveness for trouble which
he said he' had caused the Pope in the
last few years. It was only after h
had been assured by Doctors Amlcl and
Cagglati and several prelates that tha
Pope 'would be able to recognize and
speak to him in the morning that Angela
agreed to leave.
Condition Grow Won.
At 12:30 a. m. a bulletin was. given out
by Cardinal Merry Del Val stating that
the condition of the Holy Father was
then more critical than earlier in the
night. No definite announcement as to
temperature or respiration was given
then, but this was quickly followed by
another bulletin announcing that tho
At midnight an official bulletin said:
"The Pope's temperature is still abovo
100. The bronchial conditions are now
somewhat worse. His general condition
Is still considered fairly good."
At midnight it was rumored that Car
dinal Vannuttelli. who will administer
the last sacraments to his holiness, and
the prelates tftio will attend him had
been summoned to the Vatican. They
had been previously been instructed by
Cardinal Merry Del Val to hold them
selves in readiness throughout the night
to fulfill their offices.
Pope 3Iay I,lve Today.
It was learned shortly before midnight
that Prof. Marchiafava. who is consid
ered a great optimist, had told a mem
ber of one of the Vatican embassies that
the Pope's condition had not yet become
hopeless to the extent of expecting that
the end might come before morning.
It was also learned from the Vatican
that Prof. Marchiafva had declared that
he believed the Pope would live out tho
night.
Prof. Marchiafava and Dr. Amici have
been in constant attendance in the-papal
bed chamber since appearance of alarm
ing symptoms late yesterday afternoon.
It was officially admited by the papal
physicians for the first time yesterday
that the lung of the Pope has become
affected with bronchial pneumonia. This
was rumored two days ago, but the sug
gestion that his Holiness was suffering
from any form of pneumonia was
promptly denied by Prof. Marchiafava.
When it was learned last night that the
Pope had experienced a material rise in
temperature and that the bronchial .pneu
monia symptoms had been greatly aug
mented, great apprehension was ex
pressed. Slater Arc Recalled.
So optimistic had been the feeling over
the Pope's condition during the day that
his sisters, Anna and Maria Sarto, had
returned to their apartments for a much
needed rest after the long vigil spent
at their brother's bedside. Shortly be
fore the bulletin announcing the change
was made public, the sisters were hur
ried from their home to the Vatican In
a closed carriage.
The attitude taken by the Vatican to
ward the Holy Father's condition last
night is well indicated by the appoint
ment of a new noble guard, following
a custom centuries old for the purpose
of guarding tBe Pope's body after death.
It was remarked that this action has
never been taken unless the decease of
the Holy Father has been considered pnly
a matter of. hdurs.
Mother Pcnklon Passes.
Harrlsburg. Pa.. April "15. The Hous
today passed finally the mothers pension
bill, the child labor law, the woman's
labor bill, and the bill creating a country
life commission. The mothers' pension bill
has already passed the Senate.
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