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WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1010-TWENTY-SIX PAGES.
TWO CENTS, j,
HOT OUSTING -
BY TAFT'S ORDER
STARTS TEMPEST
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Republicans in a Ferment
Over the Summary Dismis
sal of Roosevelt's Friend
From Office of Forester for
Insubordination Contained in
Criticism of Secretary Bal
linger and the Administra
tion.
MAY HAVE BIG BEARING
ON FIGHT IN CONGRESS
Members of Both Houses,
However, Decline to Be
Quoted Under Their Names.
Potter Designated, With
McCabe to Act Until His Re
turn From West.
Gifford Pinehot, forester of the I'nited
States yesterday, is * private citizen to
day, apparently unconcerned^ art] smil
ing. in great rontrust to the political fer
^mcnr in which Washington finds itself.
The summary dismissal conveyed last
nitrht in the President's letter in the
??losing Uri'-s. "by your own conduct you
havi destroyed your usefulness as a
helpful subordinate of the government
and it therefore now becomes my duty to
dirt' i the Secretary of Agriculture to- re
move you from your office as the for
ester.*" has brought nothing from Mr.
Pinehot more than the simple statement.
"I MOUlt I pjp^fer to say nothing at this
Albert F. Potter.
.V-tinj: I!i ad of the Forest Si-nlcc.
<Uurris-Kw Ire I'kotu.)
time," but political Washington is full or
forebodings a;- to the result.
The eff? t on public sentiment and the
pending investigation of the ousting of
Pinehot, the personal friend of Theodore
?Roosevelt anil champion of the Roosevelt
conservation policies, is the subject of
widespread discussion and conjecture.
See Signs of Tempest.
in the ominous silence which fell on
t: e who!* situation after the first bang
;i?ter the cabinet meeting at the White
House yesterday afternoon, many of the
political forecasters see unmistakahie
signs of a great tempest within the re
publican party, with ramifications which
some <>f the inoM sanguine fear to thinl;
about.
There is only one conclusion upon
which all are unanimous. That is that
there :.s .< gr? at tight on hand, one which
the President ha-> sought to avoid, for
tn<- present at least, and in forcing it at
this ;:.n by the dismissal of Pinehot, the
1'residi nts supi>ortcrs maintain that Mr.
Taft has considered all the probable ef
fects and < on equences and has decided
t(f se< it through.
Within a few minutes after the Presi
dent had instructed Secretary Wilson to
remove Mr Pin-hoi from the office the
order i.ad been carried out.
Similar letters of dismissal were sent at
' he s?ni 'time to Associate Forester
Overton W. l'rice and Assistant Law Of
in-er Shaw, the two men whom Mr. Pin
ehot defended in- the letter to Senator
Dolliver which was the cause or one of
the contributing causes of his dismissal.
Mr. Pinehot Silent.
Mr. Pinehot was at his office early this
morning. He promptly entered upon the
closing up of hi? work, and ex]>ected to
have a very busy day. To all* appeals for
further statements regarding h:s dis
missal by President Taft Mr. Pinehot
merely smiled his declination to eon
tribute further to the news ua that sub
ject.
Throughout the bureau of forestry
there was a feeling of alarm as to what
might become of the organization which
had been to such a large degree the work
of the late forester. All ..f the officials
of this department who occupy "places of
responsibil ty were personally selecttd by
him. Whether or not there will be any
lurihev si ake-up of the bureau is a
question that is today <a!lit?jr forth a
great deal of concern within the bureau.
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McCabe Designated to Act.
(ieorge I*. McCabe. the solicitor of the
Agricultural Department, called on Mr.
(Continued on Tenth Page.)
OPPOSED IN JAPAN
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American Proposition as to
Manchurian Railways.
COMMENT ON KNOX NOTE
Objection to Suggestion of Neu
tralization.
j OFFICIALS KEEP SILENCE
t ?
I Japanese Government Conferring
With Russia?Reply May Depend
on St. Petersburg's Position.
TOKIO, January S.?The leading news
papers In their isstjV' of tomorrow will
disapprove of the acceptance by Japan
of Secretary Knox's proposition fof the
neutralization of the Manchurian rail- ;
ways. Th?? consensus of opinion here Is I
that the plan is impracticable because
Japan would not receive a benefit propor
tionate with the sacrifice entailed.
It is held that the interests of the
Japanese in southern Marchuria (jould
not be protected under such an arrange
ment. Official circles remain non-com
mittal on the subject. It is generally be
lieved here that Russia will decline to ac
cept the American suggestion.
The newspapers will point out that the
commercial neutrality of southern Man
churia was guaranteed by the treaty of
Portsmouth.
The first information which the public
had of the American note was contained
in extended news dispatches from Wash
ington printed this morning. They were
unaccompanied with editorial expres
sion.
Officials Are Silent.
Although the members of the cabinet ;
and other government officials declined i
today to give the slightest intimation of !
their official views, it may be stated with
assurance that the Japanese government ;
is now conferring with Russia, and the
tenor of Japan's reply will depend largely
upon the position taken at St. Peters
burg.
It is no secret that the Japanese states
men regard the American proposition hh
one which would be extremely difficult to
work out in practice. The authorities
insist that the-attitude of their govern
ment is clearly and sufficiently outlined
in the Portsmouth treaty, the provisions
of which they assert always have been
carried out scrupulously.
Concession Unlikely.
There is no intimation of when Japan's
reply to the noU: would be-4'ortficxnnM*.
but there is reason to believe that the
government will not concede the neces
sity of a change in the existing condi
tions. through which a claim of equal
opportunity is afforded, unless, at least,
the contemplated project would give the
strictest guarantee for the future safe
guarding of Japan's interests in Man
churia.
The Japanese experts do not regard the
construction of a railroad from Aigun, in
northern Manchuria, to Chln-('how-F"u as
a practical business proposition. In the
American memorandum Secretary Knox
refers to the concession for such a line,
which was secured some time ago by a
syndicate of Americans and Knglishmen,
and adds that the enterprise will be sup
ported diplomatically by the American
and British governments.
England Assents to Principle.
PKKIXG, January S.?It is stated here
that Great Britain has agreed in princi
ple to the American proposal for the neu
tralization of the Manchurian railways.
AROUSES MUCH ENTHUSIASM.
Aviators Regard Latham's Flight as
Presaging Great Things.
PARIS. January 8.?Hubert Latham's
high flight of yesterday, when he at
tained an altitude of approximately
3,.100 feet, or nearly three-quarters of a
mile, has aroused the greatest enthusiasm
among aviators, who consider that it
presages great things for IftlO.
Latham says that there was no reason
why he should not have mounted still
higher. *
Bleriot declares that the :!?>roplane it
destined to surpass the dirigible balloon
as an engine of war. Artillery officers
agree that an aeroplane having a speed
cf fifty miles an hour and flying at the
height reached by Latham would be in
vulnerable In time of war, as no gun
could be trained upon it.
The machine used by Latham yesterday
was an Antoinette monoplane, owned by
II. S. liarkness of New York.
Baron d'Kstoufttelles de Constant today
issued an appeal for funds with which to
erect a monument to the martyrs of avia
tion.
STEAMER IN DISTRESS.
Wireless Message Reports the Ari
zona Disabled in Lake Michigan.
CHICAGO. January 8.?The crippled
steamer Arizona of the Goodrich line,
with twenty passengers aboard, is bat
tling with ice floes somewhere between
Grand Haven and this city, according
to a wireless telegraph report received
here today. An explosion of the cylin
der heads of the engine crippled the
Arizona when thirty miles north ot
here last night. The local wireless
operator said that he heard the steamer
Indiana answer the call for help from i
the Arizona..
The Arizona and Indiana sailed frotn
here >esterday afternoon.
Secretary of War in Havana.
HAVANA. January 8.?Secretary of !
War Dickinson and party arrived here j
today by rail from Santiago. They were '
met at the station by President Gomez's j
aid and escorted to the Hotel Miranur, j
where during the forenoon tficy were
called upon by the members of tiie
cabinet. I>ater in the day they reviewed
the troops at Columbia camp and at
tended a reception tendered the Amerl- j
cans by the American Club at Havana. !
Adopt Woman, Aged Forty-Nine.
CHICAGO, January 8.?After Belle
Danolds, forty-nine yeais old, had lived
in their home as a member of the family
for thirty years Dr. William A. Knox and
his wife yesterday asked the county
court to be allowed to adopt the woman.
Miss Danolds' father (iied many years '
ago in Pennsylvania. The adoption is to
make her legal heir to Dr. Knox's estate.
Miw Danolds' mother died recently in
the east.
ANOTHER BUMPER CROP.
HEW COMMISSIONERS NOT FA
MILIAR WITH ESTIMATES.
Macfarland and West to Hold Office
Until CongTess Has Heard Their
Views on District Bill.
Confirmation of Cuno Rudolph and Gen.
John A. Johnston as District Commis
sioners by the Senate will bp delayed un
til the latter part of next week.
This is to allow the present civil Com
missioners to remain in office until after
the District appropriation bill has been
considered by the Senate subcommittee.
hen that is taken up, the headis of the
District government are railed upon to
explain the reasons for the various items
of their estimates of expenditure.
It is recognized that two new Com
missioners would not he familiar with the
needs of the local government. As the
present members of the District board
prepared the estimates upon which the
next appropriation bill is to be based,
they should expaln its cause before Con
gress.
Called Before Committee.
The consideration of the District appro
priation bill by the subcommittee of the
Senate committee on appropriations will
begin next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock
Commissioners Macfarland. West and
Judson have been notified that they will
be expected to appear before the sub
committee at that time and present their
views of what expenditures the bill should
authorize.
The hearings before the committee w'ill
probably consume two or ;hree days
Their fpp'-arance before the Senate v,,jb;
committee. 1t is expected, will l,e aboSt
the last public service of the present civ'l
Commissioners, Messrs. Macfarland and
w est.
After the hearings are over, it i? be
lieved, the nominations will be renorte.i
from the District committee to the Sen
ate and promptly confirmed.
The first meeting of the District com
mittee 01 the Senate this, session to take
up consideration of the sixty and more
bills already introduced in the unoer
House and referred to that cwmmittee will
urobably be held next Friday.
Commissioners Will Comply.
Commissioner Macfarland told Senator
Galllnger that the Commissioner^ would
be glad to appear Tuesday morning next,
as requested, and go through the esti
mates with the Senate committee.
In speaking- of the matter Commissioner
Macfarland said that while he had hoped
to begin his law*practice next Wednesday
at the latest, he was, of course, glad to
render this last official service to the Dis
trict of Columbia, and to Congress, and
appreciated the reasons1 for so doing but
that he hoped to be free to join his part
ners, Messrs. Tucker and Kenyon, not
later than a week from Monday.
BOY KILLS SAFEBLOWERS.
: Saves Post Office From Cracksmen
After Struggle. x
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., January S?In
a struggle with two safeblowers early
today Haul Sauls, seventeen years old,
wh? was left to watch the post office
building, shot and killed them both in
the basement of the building.
The boy was only slightly injured. The
cracksmen, both white, have not been
identified.
CAUCUS VOTE TAKEN.
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Mississippi Democrats Balloting for
United States Senator.
JACKSON, Miss.. January S.?The first
j vote taken last night in the caucus of
I democratic members of the legislature
to select a successor to the late Senator
MrLaurin resulted as follows: Varda
| man. 71: Alexander. :.'4; Percv *?i ? \
derson. -J. K.vie. 14; Byrd. 1^;' Cri'tz
1 ? ''OHSino, l. Total, 170. Neces
sary to choice, bS. ccs
PARTY AT RHINO CAMP
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EXPLORERS OF AFRICA ON
SHORE OF LAKE ALBERT.
Base of Hunt for Much-Sought
White Rhinoceros?Expedition
Reports Progress. /
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BL'TIABA (on eastern shore of I^ake {
Albert, Uganda Protectorate). January
8.?The Smithsonian African scientific ex
pedition arrived at R^ino camp, the base
for the hunt of the eagerly sought white
rhino, earljr today. Rhino camp is on the
Kongo side of tlfe Rar-el-Jebei river. The ^
i expedition is making good progress. a>
the arrival at Rhino camp had been
scheduled for either today or tomorrow,
i Th? hunting party left Butiaba at 10
j o'clock yesterday morning and reached
i Koba at ton minutes before midnight.
! Forty minutes later the journey was con
tinned so Wadelai and thence to the
camp, which was reached at daybreak.
Trip in Steam Launch.
The trip from Butiaba across the north
ern end of l,ake Albert and up the Bar
! el-Jebel river was made in a steam
I
launch, which had in tow two steel boaUs
loaded with equipment.
The expedition as made up in the pres
ent hunt < onsists of Col. Roosevelt, Her
mit Roosevelt, Mearns, Heller, Loring,
Cunnlnghame. tJiirty porters and boys.
They have 200 lrads of supplies.
The distance from: Butiaba to Wadelai
is seventy-two miles. The exact location
of Rhino camp, which is a permanent
basis for hunters, is not given. The
party has thus temporarily left Uganda
! for the territory remarkable for the pres
ence of the white rhinoceros. If their
plans are carried out the expedition will
continue for some days in its present
location. thence proceeding to Nimule.
Unless the game sought is found within a
wek the quest will be abandoned.
| DESIRED TO PUNISH WIFE.
? Policeman Shoots Man Who Sought
Revenge.
DENVER, Colo., January 8.? Fred
erick Goebel was probably fatally
! wounded today while attempting to
break into his wife's apartments to
punish her for. having instituted di
vorce proceedings against him. Goebel
had made six attempts to break into
his wife's rooms, and the rolice had
been cailed. Finally he eluded the
guards, lowered himself into the base
ment, kicked down one door and was
trying to break down another when lie
was shot by a policeman.
SENATOR CLAY'S ILLNESS.
Physician Excludes Friends and For
bids Delivery of Mail.
ATLANTA, Ua^, January 8.?Physicians
attending United States Senator A. S.
Clay, who is In a sanitarium recuperating,
last night said:
"The senator Is suffering of acute stom
ach trouble and is absolutely secluded
from his relatives and .friends. He is not
permitted to receive mail, to write let
ters or to read newspapers. He is resting
comfortably this evening and says he
hopes to be in Washington February 1.
The senator will remain here at least un
til that lime." ^
Fifteen Miners Hurt.
CHARLESTON. "W. Va., January 8.?
Fifteen nn'ners were hurt, eight of them
seriously, today when the monitor at the
Greenwood mine, Fayette county, broke
"oose sixty feet above the tipple and
crashed through it.
Hamburg Liner Floated.
HAVRE, January 8.?The Hamburg-)
American line freixht steamer Furst Bis
marck, from Havana. December til for
Hamburg, which went ashore during a
fog near Osteville. a mile southwest of
Cherbourg, Thursday, was refloated to-1
day.
GATHER AT LOS ANGELES
HTRUSH OF CROWDS FOE AVIA
TION MEET ~ 9 4'
Trial Flights fliis Afternoon by Cur
tiss and Others?Some Objection
Found to the Course.
I-OS ANGEL DS. Cal., January 8.?Al
though scheduled not to open until Mon
day, the international aviation meet real
ly began today, with the flrst big inrush
of prospective spectators from all parts
of the country, who crowded the hotels,
a?d with preparations by a score of avia
, tors and as many more balloonists and
j pilots of dirigibles for trial flights before
j evening to test the courses.
Aviation camp at Dominguez Juni'tion
promises to duplicate this afternoon the
thrilling scenes at Rheims, with four or
five heavier-than-air machines in flight
at the same time. These will be piloted
by Glenn H. Curtiss, Frank Johnson of
San Francisco. Lincoln Beachey, C. F.
?\\ illurd and probably Roy Knabenshue.
Ai the same time Clifford Harmon will
ascend in his big spherical "New York,"
with Airs. Alvin French and Aliss Alice
Campbell of Pasadena, on the first bal
loon voyage of the ten-day aerial car
nival.
May Change Course.
Aeroplane flights this afternoon ju-ob
ably will result in the changing of the
course at Dominguez before Paulhan,
Miscarol and Maisson, French aviators,
who are Jue to arrive late today, are
ready to try out their Farman cross
channel monoplanes, which are now set
up.
Curtiss, who examined the field before
he inspected the biplane in which he will
make ills flights next week, criticised the
course. He found elements of danger in
the present pentagonal shape .and sug
i gested that it be changed to hexagonal at
! once. This, ite said, would allow sharper
turns to be made, with consequent ac
celeration ol' speed and better prospects
of lowering time records. Curtiss also
found the topography of the field such
that the contestants In the all-speed
trials will have to fly much higher than
was the case at Rheims.
The fa^t that the field is much higher
at one end than at the other is responsi
ble for this, but the higher tliglu will
give additional thrills.
No Life Insurance for Fliers.
One of the side features developed by
the trial flights this afternoon will in
terest sportsmen who intend to try the
new diversion of aviation. Johnson
bumped into it when insurance agents
informed liim that his life policies for
large amounts would be Invalidated if
he made the proposed flights. They also
informed liim that policies issued here
after would probably bear clauses ex
cluding aeroplanlsts from insurance bene
fits.
But Johnson said that he owned and
drove the flrst automobile on the coast
and he proposed to be the first here to
make an aeroplane flight, despite' insur
ance agents.
BAD BOY CAPTURED.
Delaware Incorrigible Wounds Two
in Effort at Flight,
WILMINGTON. Del.. January 8.?
Clarence Walker, a lifteen-year-old in
mate of the Ferris Industrial School, near
here, escaped from the institution today,
shot and wounded two boys who tried to
intercept him, tired at guards who were
in pursuit and was captured after a
chase of three miles. This was the fifth
time the boy escaped from the place, and
the revolver he used belongs! to a guard.
The wounded boys are about Walkw's
age. They tried to stop hint as lie was
leaving the school. One was shot In the
back, setting his clothes on fire, and the
other received a bullet in the hip. Both
will recover.
Guards started' after Walker as soon as
it was learned that he had escaped. As
they caught tight of him he turned and
tired several shots at them, but all went
wild. The boy finally became exhausted
and. surrendered.
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Will Allow No Fighting at
Greytown, Nicaragua.
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BOTH SIDES ARE NOTIFIEDj
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Warship Commander Sends Notes to i
Estrada and Hurlado.
MADKIZ MAKING AMENDS
New President, Apparently Anxious
to Gain Favor, Denounces Execu
tion of Americans as
Unlawful.
"The majority of houses in Greytownj
being owned by British subjects, there
must be no lighting within that town. If
any does take place there I shall con
sider myself at. liberty to land a strong
armed party and guns to stop it."
That is the substance of a note reported
by Consul Moffat, at Bluefields. to have
been sent by the commander of the Brit
ish sh-p Scylla, at Greytown. Nicaragua,
to (Jens. Estrada and Hurlado, com
manding the revolutionary arid govern
ment forces, respectively, in that vicinity.
That action 011 the part of the British
commander injects a new element iftto
the military situation in eastern Nica
ragua, and in all probability will result
in Gen. Estrada moving his army im
mediately westward with Managua for its
destination.
Acting Within Rights.
It is said at the State Department that
the British commander is well within his
rights in inhibiting fighting within the
city of Greytown. The United States has
furnished a number of preced^Tits for
such action. Not many years ago the
commander of an American warship In
the harbor of Rio de Janeiro took ex
actly the same position as is now taken
by the British commander, and for
stanlially the sam? reasons. AnoWier i
instance is given in the case of a local 1
disturbance in Colon, when the command- j
er of an American warship in port issued j
notice to all parties concerned that flght- 1
ing- within the town would not be tot- :
e rated.
In 1830 Great Britain, which for a con- ;
siderable period had exercised a protocto- ,
rate over, the eastei 11 or "Mosquito j
coast ? of Nicaragua, surrendered to the ]
N.caraguan government her rights in tier '
such protectorate. Since that time Aer I
position with respect to that territory ,
ha" been on the same footing as tha' of ,
other nations.
Madriz Anxious to Please.
Dispatches from Managua indicate that
Madriz is making every effort to se
cure the favor of the United States, and
has taken action in several cases that
must commend his administration to those >
who have the best interests of Nicaragua j
at heart.
In addition to dispatches revived last
night to the effect that Madriz had pub
licly denounced the execution of Cannon
and Groce as unlawful. Vice Consul Cal
dera, in a telegram received at the State
Department this morning, states that
Madriz has issued decrees abolishing all
monopolies and ordering all contisoated
properties returned to their rightful own
ers. He has aiso ordered all private per
' sons to surrender any ai ms they may
have in their ppssession to the local au
thorities, this minimizing the danger of
rioting and demonstrations against for
eigners.
The gunboat Marietta, according to a
dispatch received at the Navy Departr
ment, is on her way from Port Limon,
Costa Rica, back to liluctields.
WESTERN PACKERS ACTIVE.
Reported They Contemplate Control
of Gotham Meat Supply.
NEW YORK, January 8.?Coincident
with the disclosure of the means y>y
which the price of milk to "the ultimate
consumer" in New York was advanced
November 1, at a secret meeting of the
Consolidated Milk Exchange, from to
?J cents a quart, comes a report that the
western packers are taking a fresh grip
on control of the local supply of meats.
It is alleged that Armour & Co., Swift
& Co. and other affiliated packers have
secured a dominating interest in a half
dozen of the largest independent local
meat wholesalers, including the company
organized by local letallers to flght the
so-called "meat trust."
CHINA AND JAPAN DISPUTE.
Korean Immigration Into Chientao
a Bone of Contention.
PEKING. January 8.?A disagreement
between China and Japan has arisen over
the subject of Korean immigration into
Chientao. The intended opening of Hun
chun. Manchuria, and also the markets
of Chientao to international trade has
been delayed by the ~ii*spute as to the
tariff to be collected. M. Kokovsoff.
Russian mijiister of finance, has noti
fied the Chinese government that Rus
sia stands on treaties antedating that of
Portsmouth, which give her a special
tariff rate at the ports in question.
M. Ijuin. Japanese minister to China,
has now officially notified China tha'
Japan claims equal Tights with Russia.
Custom revenues in Manchuria >n
creased 74 per cent in over the
previous vear. The revenues for all
China were larger last year than in any
year since
DEAN AMES DIES.
Harvard Law School Head Victim
of Nervous Breakdown.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. January 8.?Prof.
Jaines Barr 'Ames, dean of the Harvard
Law School and formerly chairman of
the athletic committee of the university,
died today.
Dean Ames, who was sixty-threw years
old. died in Wilton, N. H., where he had
been 'staving since last fall in the hope
[of regaining his health, following a nerv
ous breakdown. He was a leading au
jthoritv on suretyship, admiralty, part
nership and equity jurisdiction, and an
author of numerous legal reviews.
The degree of doctor of laws was con
ferred upon liini by Harvard, the Un4
Versitv of the City of New York, Uni
versity of Wisconsin, University of Penn
sylvania. -tliwestern University and
iWilliams College.
MRS. COHEN TO SUE
Proposes Suit Against Guard
ian of Eloping Girl.
WILL ASK $50,000 DAMAGES
Alienation of Husband's Affections
Is Charged.
THROUGH WITH THE SEARCH
Sure Spouse and Miss De Janon Are
in New York??Nothing More
About Case.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa , January 8 -Mra.
Ferdinand Cohen, wife of the hotel waiter
who disappeared about the time Miss
Robert B. de Janon was reported missing,
announced today her intention of bringing:
suit for STaU.OQO against Robert Buist. the
grandfather of the rich girl, for alleged
alienation of lier husband's affections.
Mrs. Cohen returned here last night
from New York and called upon Henry J.
Scott, an attorney, today and instructed
him to bring the suit.
Mr. Scott said he would prepare the
papers and institute the suit next week.
The action, Mr. Scott said, will be brought
against Mr. Buist as guardian of the
girl, the missing heiress being a minor.
Before conferring with the attorney
Mrs. Cohen discussed the case with her
usual freedom. "I am going to get sat
isfaction," she said. " Every one seems
to think that I am as much to blame in
this case as anybody. No one has any
sympathy for me. Well. I will see what
the court says about it. I propose to make
these people sweat for the way I ha\e
been treated.
Will Be Found When Money Is Qone
Mrs. Cohen said she thought the miss
ing couple will be found as soon as their
money runs out. "My husband," she
said, "will have to hunt work, and the
first place he a>ks for work as a waiter
he will be recognised and his gam*' will
be dp. Roberta will drive him to seek
work, and will soon be crying for her
cozy room In the Bellevue-Stratford Ho
tel. She Is not the kind to stand poverty
and suffering."
She felt sure, said the deserted wife,
that her husband and the misting girl
i were in New York a few days ago. She
was througfr with the search, she con
tinued. and will let the police and itoe
girl's relatives hunt for them.
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To Stay in Philadelphia.
"I will stay in Philadelphia until they
are found," she said. "I will get even
with Fred for running away from me,
and then I am going down to my daugli
ter's home, in San Antonio. Tex."
Henry \V. Walton, counsel for Mr. Buist,
when asked this afternoon for his views
?on the contemplated suit, said:
"I have nothing to say. I will not dis
cuss Mrs. Cohen or her husband. I ain
through talking about this case. I have
decided to give out not one word more
until the girl is found and the affair is
over. We have been misrepresented so
much that we will riot talk any more."
Mother's Tragic Death.
NEW YORK. January 8.?As posslbijr
having- an important bearing on the mys
tery of the disappearance of Roberta de
Janon of Philadelphia, the missing heir
ess to $10,000,000. it was reported today,
on the ^strength of a statement credited
to Ferdinand de Janon. that his wife, th^
girl's mother, died as the result ot a
poisoning plot.
A reconciliation between de Janon and
his wife was effected only a few months
before her death, and de Janon is de
clared to have said that she made a will
bequeathing money to an enemy of his
without acquainting him with her actl'm.
When Mrs. de Janon returned to live s
with him in Philadelphia this friend
made frequent attempts to see here, ac
cording to the story.
At about this time frequent presents
of fruit and candy were sent to Mrs.
de Janon, and Mr. de Janon is quoted
today as saying that he believed some
of those delicacies contained strychnine.
ARMY BILL BEFORE HOUSE.
Annual Appropriation Measure Ex
plained by Chairman Hull.
When the House met today the army
appropriation bill was taken up and was
expected to occupy practically the entire
day's session.
Representative Kustermanu of- Wiseon- ?
sin liad indicated that he would address
the Houae regarding ship subsidies, and
Representative Oldfield of Arkansas ex
pected to be able to find opportunity t-?
make his maiden speech on the subjec c
of railroad grants.
Agreement was reached to limit genet a I
debate on the army bill to live hours,
and Chairman Hull of the committee on
military affairs took the floor to explan
its provisions.
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OFFICERS UNDER SCRUTINY.
Conduct at Brownsville, Tex., Prior
to Disturbanoe There.
That the military court of inquiry into
the shooting-up of Brownsville. Tex., in
the summer of 19UG. will scrutinize the
conduct of the officers of the 25th Infan
try. at Fort Brown immediately preceding
the affray became apparent today when
the court recalled John Holloman. the
Colored private who was known as the
capitalist of the discharged soldiers. The
court examined him as to whether the oi
ficers knew of the gambling among tho
privates and non-commissioned officers. He
said he believed they did not.
Herbert J. Brown, one of ttie private
detectives employed by the War Depart
ment to discover the perpetrators of the
outrage at Brownsville, was examined by
the court-in regard to his Investigations
at Brownsville and in the south.
Diplomatic Secretary 111.
Senor Don Auguste F. Pulido, first sec
retary of the Venezuelan legation, is
seriously ill at his home, the Bachelor
apartments. His temperature within the
last forty-eight haurs has repeatedly
risen to 1U3. Senor Pulido catne to
Washington several years ago. He is
unmarried and without relatives in this
city.
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