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VOL. XII. NO. 45
FAMILY HAS NOT PAID
EVELYN THAW A GENT
Prisoner's Mother Gives Out In?
dignant Denial of a Pub?
lished Report.
JEROME MAY CHANGE HIS TACTICS,
Indications Are That the District ^
District Attorney Will Ask For^
Lunacy Commission, But the Move
Will Be Opposed by Defendant's
Counsel?Another Visit to Tombs.
(P.y Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. Feb. 2:!.?Counsel fori
Harry K. Thaw spent a Rood part or
today denying; the usual crop of re
eess rumors which sprung up during
cvory week end adjournment of the
trial. The attorneys were very anx?
ious to have, it understood that they
will fight any attempt on the part of
District. Attorney Jerome to halt the
trial and hnve a commission In lunacy
appointed to inquire into nnd report
as to Thaw's present mental condi?
tion. 1
Despite this, however, the belief
grows that Mr. Jerome is eontluuallyj
pointing his efforts In that direction,
lie may have been Influenced by this
idea In making his) crosB-examinntlon :
of Evelyn Thaw perhaps unnecessari?
ly cruel, whim he was dwelling upon
her Ultimate relations with Stanford
White. He hoped'that the attorneys;
for the defense might profit by this
first show of severity and agree to
the appointment of a commission.
Change of Tactics.
When they failed to do this.^sfter
the first session last Thursday. Mr.
Jerome maneuvered In another direc?
tion. Ho himself declared openly that,
he had no taste for the ordeal
through which he was carrying the
frail woman, ho wanted to have her |
testimony stopped long enough to put j
unon the stand Doctors Dolmar and
ninghnmnn. physicians, to both j
branches of the prisoner's family?the.
former to the Copleys. Mrs. Thaw's
parents, and the latter to the Thaws.
It Is said that Mr. Jerome's Idea |
was to build from the testimony of
those two physicians the ground work
for bis application for a lunacy com-j
mission.
Tile defense objected strenuously to |
the physicians taking the stand at
this time, despite the fact that they
wen? summoned from Pittsbiirg in be?
half of the defendant. Mr. Jerome
was so insistent that. Doctors Del
mar and Uingnman should be called
that.. Justice Fitzgerald was load to
Inquire: "Are they your witnesses,
Mr. District. Attorney, or were they,
summoned by the defense?"
Testimony Vitally Important.
Mr. Jerome replied thnt their testi?
mony wns of such vital importance to
the case that they might be his wit?
ness If the defendant's counsel were
not willing to have them go upon the
stand;
Some days ago Mr. Jerome! was
given permission to examine the
two physicians in his office, the Idea
being that their testimony might be
taken in the form of depositions.
Evidently something occurred dur?
ing tho examination to cause the de?
fense lo take a new view of tho mat?
ter.
The district attorney, in Insisting
that tho doctors be heard, declared
that. It was necessary for them to
take the stand as the introduction of
depositions was not possible without
the consent of the other side.
Cause For His Anxiety.
It is held that Mr. Jerome's anxiety
to hnve the doctors testify at the ear?
liest possible moment can have but
one meaning?thnt thoir evidence has
to do with tho defendant's State? of
mind, ns shown through hereditary
taints In both branches of tho family.
Earlier Iii the trial before Mr. Jerome
had examined the witnesses in per?
son, ho was opposed to and blocked
moat of their testimony.
Want Trial to Stop.
No one Is more anxious to get it
upon the records. It was reported
today that Mrs. William Thaw and
other members of the family are anx?
ious that the trial, with all shocking
revelations, shall stop. District At?
torney Jerome has just begun to show
tho strength of his hand. It is said,
in testing the credibility of young
Mrs. Thaw and will have much evi?
dence to offer concerning her rela
lions with the defendant before their'
marriage. I
When tlio trial is resumed Monday j
morning. Mr. Jerome may again try
to induce the defendant's attorney to
allow Doctors Delmnr nnd Itinghmnn |
to go upon the stand. If they follow
Thaw's Wishes, however, thev will op-1
nose this move. Mr. Jerome Is not
likely to ask for a commission until
innre medical testimony is taken.
Tho breaking of Mrs! Thaw's story
will have llltle effect upon the ques?
tion of the sanity or Insanity of the
NEW!
' defendant, which Ib the real Issue of
tln> case.
If a commission in lunacy is not
appointed, the trinl may drag along
i tor four or five weeks yet.
Defends Little Mrs. Thaw.
Regarding a statement to the effect j
that $;>0<?.0t?0 Is to be settled upon
Mrs, Harry K. Thaw, by her hus?
band's family for the position she has
taken In the trial, the following offi?
cial statement was given out today
by Mrs. William Thaw, the prisoner's
mother, through her attorneys:
"Mrs. William Thaw desires it un?
derstood that the statement that she
or any of her family gave any money
or any other inducements to Mrs.
Kvelyn Thaw Tor the position she has
taken Is untrue, unwarranted and un?
just."
In giving out the statement, Clif?
ford W. Mart ridge, the attorney, said:
.sirs. William Thaw was very angry
and provoked that a statement of
that kind should he published ami
wished to deny it. Mrs. Kvelyn Thaw
lms not received a dollar, not a sin?
gle dollar, from the Thaw family for
her testimony. ?
A Peculiar Suggestion.
Mr. Hartrldge, In speaking of the
report thnt the district attorney was
going to apply for an Insanity com?
mission to examine Thaw and report
on his present mental condition, said:
"if that suggestion chnie from the
district attorney's office it Is peculiar,
to use a mild word. Harry Thaw Is
certainly not any more insane now
than when the trinl began. It would
vie a peculiar thing to do now when
they are beaten. Of course t^ho. de?
fense will fight any application for
the appointment of u commission.'
Before the triul began, 'he people
would not believe me when 1 said j
an application would be made for a i
commission and It would not be by the |
defense."
He. also denied a report that the
Countess of Yarmouth had deserted;
her brother's cause.
Mrs. Kvelyn Thnw visited her hus?
band early"toda^v and remained with
him'the full three hours allowed visi?
tors. She apiwared to be in much
better condition nhysically than at the
time of her visit yesterday. j
AMERICAii CHAMPIONS '
BEATEN BY BRITISHERS
International Gable Chess Match! I
Ends With Satisfactory Day's j
Play.
(By Associated Press.)
NHtW YORK. Feb. 23.?America
lost the international cable ches-s
match with tho Rrltlsh team, which
finished today, tho Ttritlsh score be?
ing 5 1-2 to 4 1-2 for the Americans.:
The day's play, .However, was very
satisfactory for the Americans, who
"no o?t of ehe match in much i
better shape than was expected whi n I
the game closed yesterday. ThV? Bei?-1
sat Ion of thie day was Hampton's
win from Ward after his position I
seemed to call for a draw. Two!
Americans', Hampton and Howell, j
won their games while three ?HrTt- j
Ishers, Atkins, Richmond ami Wain-?
wrlght were victorious. The other
five games resulted <n draws.
SPARK FROM PIPE FELL
ON STICK OF DYNAMITE\
Terrific Explosion at Quarry Kills
Two Workmen and Injures
Thirty Others.
-
(By Associated Press. 1
WINDSOR. N. S-. Feb. 23.-f-T.WO
men wpre killed and thirty were in?
jured, two of them probably fatally,
by an explosion of dynamite at the
Meadow Plaster quarries nenr here
today.
While the workmen at the quar?
ries were eating their lunch in a
small house, one of them stopped to
pick up a stick of dynamite, a spBrk
from his pipe fell on It. igniting tho
explosive. The force of the explosion
was terrific.
The laborers' houses and other
buildings nearby were blown to pieces
together with all the carts, machin?
ery nnd other apparatus.
DAUGHTER HER HEIRESS. |
Mrs. Wallau Gets Fortune of Mother
She is Accused of Murdering.
(Ry Associated Press.)
NRW YOBK. Feb. 2.">.?The wtil
of Mrs. Ida Ringe, the wealthy
aged woman, who died recently un?
der circumstances which led to the
arrest of her daughter. iMrs. l?ttie
Wallau on a charge of murder was
made public today.
Under the will, Mrs. Wllau, Is
made the sole 'beneficiary and Is
named as executor. The value of
the estate Is unknown. Mrs. Wallau
Is now al liberty under $50,000 ball.
SHOOTS IN SELF-DEFENSE.
Florida Man Kills Fisherman and
Surrenders.
(By Associated Presto
KISS1MMBB. FLA.. Feb. 23.?Irv?
ing Simpson, son of Gnptain J. A.
Simpson, formerly of this place, but
now of Dania. Fla., was shot by John
Hushes .a fisherman, late this af?
ternoon and instantly killed. Hughes
Immediately surrendered, claiming
self-defense.
Ho said that Simpson came upon
him and some men at work on tho
public dock nnd began firing with n
Winchester rifle. Ope shot hit Hughes
in the hand before the latter fired.
?()RT NEWS, VA., SI
LOOK TO ROOSEVELT
AND DIAZ FOR HELP
Press of Honduras and Nicaragua
Express Hope That Presidents
mill Intervene.
BQNILLA IS AWAITING ATTACK
Latest Reports Say That Honduran
President and Commander Has
Occupied Strong Position at Choi
uteca and There Walts For Ap
proachlng Nicaraguans.
(By Associated Prosa.)
SAN SALYlADOR, Fob. 23.?Public
opinion in Control America Ih in
fnvor of tin- friendly intervention of
President Roosevelt nnd President
Diaz in the existing trouble betwoen
Nicaragua und Honduras nnd tho
press of ihese two countries is ex?
pressing the itope that the two prcs
idons will exert their powrful Influ
nce to end the war.
President. Honllla of Honduras, ac?
cording U> reports, tats taken up u.
i'rong position wiCth tho forces at
chohiteoa. where ho is awaiting tlu?
nttack of the Nicaraguans.
t'holuteca Is nearest Important
town to the Nicaragunn frontier. It
is 70 m'le.-s sou If west of Tcgucheg
alpa and has a. population of 5.000.
The country whore the next en?
gagement probably will take place is
devoted to tattle Hi Ising and consists
of otlpn savannahs.
STATE DEPARMENT NOTIFIED.
American Minister Combs Cables
That Nicaragua Has Invaded.
(By Associated Press.)?'
WASHINGTON. D. C. Fob. 23.?
Noitificatlou of the existence of a
state of war in Central America
has reached tlic state department
in the shnpo of a cablegram from
American Minister Cotubs dnted a?
Guatemalan city yesterday as fol?
lows:
"The minister of foreign affairs
for Honduras telegraphed that Nic?
aragua, by Its Invasion of Honduras,
has terminated the pending negotia?
tions for a peaceful settlement."
MILL OWNER SHoYAND
ROBBED BY STRANOER
Amos K. Clark, Carrying Money for
Workmen. Gets Bulict Dehind
Ear.
(By Associated Press.)
AUGUSTA. OA.. Feb. 23.?Amos K.
Clark, superintendent and part, own?
er of the Clark Cotton Mill, was shot
and rdbed of ?3.ri0 here this morning,
('lark was conveying a law sum
from the bank to the mill on ac?
count of payday. When hear the mill,
ho was accosted by a stranger, who
discharged a pistol at Clark's head,
the bullet striking below the left ear
nnd glancing. The robber snatch) d
Clark's satchel and fled. Most of the
money Clark carried was in an Inside
poeket.
[ Tonight the police arrested Lode
ick Smith, who answers to the dc
I seription given by Clark.
BRAMLEY CHARGED WITH
BRIBING THREE DIRECTORS
President of Cleveland Trinidad Pnv
ing Company Surrenders in
Columbus.
(!?.." Associated Press.)
COLUMBUS. OHIO. Feb. 23.?M.
F. Rramloy, president of the Cleve?
land Trinidad Paving Company, charg?
ed witb giving Fred Lied, director of
public service of Columbus, a bribe
of $1.000 to procure a pnving con?
tract, arrived today nnd surrendered
at police headquarters.
I On a bond of $i>,000 ?Bramley was
released. A second affidavit, charg?
ing Bramley with having agreed to
give $3.000 each to Directors Lied, and
Inimel. of the. Hoard of Public Ser?
vice, has been filed, but only one war
j rant has boon issued.
I Mr. Brnmley denied thai he had of?
fered a bribe or that he had author?
ized any employees of the paving
I company, or any other person, to pay
I money to procure contracts.
ANOTHER $?100,000 ADDED.
House Passes Sundry Civil Bill Af
t?*r Another Addition.
(By Associated Press.1
WASHINGTON. I). C, Feb. 23.?
Four hundred thousand dollars WAS
added to the appropriation for the
geogloglcal survey. Tho sundry ClV
il bill appropriation bill, the largest
In the history of the govern motif,
carrying $105,000,000 approximately
was passed, TWo House, at 11:10
p. m., adjourned.
JNDAY. FEBRUARY
PASSENGERS' ESCAPE
ALMOST MIRACULOUS
'fcj Injured, But No One Killed
in Wreck of Pennsyl?
vania Special.
THREE CARS ROLLED INTO RIVER
. Offic.al Statement Says Accident
Was Caused By Droping of B^aVe
Hanger Wiile Train Was on Curve
? One Man Reported Dying?
Praise Service Held By Minister.
(By Associated Pichs.1
' JOHNSTOWN PA.. Fol). 2.1.?The
Pennsylvania, the famouse IS hour
Now York-Chit ago train of the- Penn?
sylvania Bullrond, was wracked, al
' Mineral Point. seven miles enst of
here last night about midnight,
None of the passengers wore killed,
and but one. .lohu H. Kline, of Job
? let. Ills probably fatally Injured
J TbV> train crew also oscaped serious
! Injury.
I- Practically all the fifty four pass
! enters on the train were more or
lets hurt. Ten of the Injured were
J taken to the Altoonn hospital and
' the others were able to continue
.' their Journey.
Miraculous Escape, i
>? The escape of the occupant* of
I the train rvom death, was little
short of miraculous. The train was
thinning at the high speed of more
ftliiin nfti* miles ah hour when the
? last three cars" of the train, two
pttllmau sleepers, and an observation
car suddenly lefl the rails. They
tinned ?ver twice, then 'slid down
,.he on foot embankment luto the
?/?'enoninugh river. Tot enrs woul
through tho heavy lee but there wn*
hi little water in 'he river that
there was no danger of drowning.
Caus- of Wreck.
The wreck, Is thought was causoc
by the dropping of the brake rigging
f on the tender of the locomotive. Tim
I rigging lodged under a tie. derailing
the four cars. The locomotive and
, combination car remained on the
? track.
Belief trains were at once des?
patched from Job-Mown Altoonn and
Pltfshurg. Big! ' injured ones wi re
taken to Altoonn hospital, four
morn sent to Plttsliurg ami
taken to the Alleghany general bos
pltal. Tiie other passengers, in
insufficient clothing, many with nota
Ipg io cover thorn but blankets and
bed riolhing, were ab.i sent t(
Pltlshurg.
The railroad supplied them with
rood, medical attention and clothing,
and sent, them oni West on a special
train which' bit Plttshtirg at ten
j o'clock today.
Praise Service Held.
I Shortly after the relict passenger
j train lot) Mineral Point for Pitts
burg a praise service was held in
I he coaches. Rev. Ivdgar (V>po pas?
tor of St. Simeon Protestant Kpls
, eopai church. Philadelphia, deliver
od an address and Jed In prayer
I "Let us thank (Jod." iie laid, "thai
j every man. woman and child on thh
' 111 fated train escaped death."
Of the thirty Injured pass.ingoii
who went West in a special train
four were taken to a l'ltt.shurg hos?
pital seriously, but not fatally In
jurod, They are J. Wood Wilson
Marion. Ind; W. II. Baker, Chicago;
Thomas Hauer, Lafayette. Ind.; and
A. R. Urion Chicago, chief counsel
for Armour and Company. The three
first named are at the Alleghany
general hospital and Urion Is nl the
Hotel: Henry.
On? Reported Dying.
Postmaster Busse, Chicago. Sa.ni
nel F. Nixon. Philadelphia and Felis
Isman, Philadelphia were taken to
Altoonn hospital are not. seriously
Injured but .lohn P. Kline, who. also
Ik in the Altoon a hospital, is report?
ed to he dring.
George R. "Wood, of the Colonial
1 theatre, Chicago, was a passenger
I In car B of the train, and said: "1
1 want to say to the credit of t.he
four women on ? the train that they
. acted nobly. There was no crylnf
or hyse'rlca by the three women on
the train, and a girl, whose name 1
did not learn. I niannged to got
the women fixed up giving one ol
them my overcoat. I felt prctt)
sorry foi them because they were in
their n'zbt clothes.
"When the accident occurred thell
wearing aparel was strewn In every
direction.
An Awful Experience.
"Tile experience nf rolling down
thai embankment was simply aw?
ful" continued Mr. Wood. "1 did nol
? know If we were going down the
side of a mountain or what, had
j Whppcned. I was Asleep and If ap?
peared to nie an age before- that
car finally struck. It landed with
terrtffie force, breaking the car In?
to splinters and how niiy of utt 'ics
captcd death 1? a mystery. Kcallj
24, 1%7.
t ?iu surprised thnt I am nllvo to
loll the tale."
Mib. Paul J. Francloln and daugh?
ter, were enroll to to Tueoina from
.1? rsey City but will return home,
10, Mir. Kranelola la suffering with
contusion i>f the bend and liofly.
Her daughter was not Injured. Con?
gressman Da wok, of Ohio, was on
riiote t<? Oblcngo] was among tho
Injured, lie Is suffering considerable
pain and was taken t<> Ilurrltiburg.'
where be took a train to Washing?
ton, 1). C.
Official Statement.
An official statement given out lit
the general offices of tin' railroad
today says:
"According, to the best advices re
reive,) by the management at this
time, the accident was caused by it
brake hanger on Mto rear truck of I
'.he tender of the engine, breaking!
whil" the train was near the middle
of the curve about three quartern
or a mile west of Mineral Point.
A thorough Investigation Is now be
ing made by the officials of tho
company on the scene of the wreck.
Cars Lay on Their Sides.
"Two Bloopers' and tho observa?
tion ear slipped down the embank?
ment until they lay on their sides
at the edge Of the Concmtuigh. The
river at tills point Is very shallow.
"Forty passengers went to Pitts
burg and I t came east. Bieren pass?
engers got off at Altoona, one going
to the hlotol, nnd tho othors to tin*
Altoona ho.spllnt. There were four
Indies on the train.
ANDREW JOHNSON IS
DISCUSSED IN HOUSE?
Effort to s\rlke Out Appropriation for
"Monumont Hill" Calls Forth
Storm of Oratory.
(TJv Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 2'.l.?
Over "Monument Hill," near Green
villi?. Tonn., the bist resting place of
, Andrew Johnson, a storm of oratory
broke; today, while the House In com?
mittee of the whole, was considering
the sundry civil appropriation hill.
The place was made a national ceme?
tery a year ago nnd there Is a para-1
graph In tho budget carrying |u2,0001
, for a superintendent's lodge, roncl
wa? s. walks and enclosing walls.
Mr. Gnrdiior, of Michigan, mpvod 1
, thtit the paragraph ' lie stricken out
; for" flic- reason thtit there wore iMit
, four Union soldlera burled there.' He
' snid that the appropriation wns really
an Ingenlus way of taking care of the j
grave of Andrew Johnson.
This objection brought Into the de-'
I hate Mr. Ilrownlow. or Tennessee, a
I nephew of Parson Ilrownlow, who rep.
rcsenUi th.e, dtsirlct once represented
by 'Andrew Johnson. He sp?ko oaf?
1 neatly against the motion or Mr.
Gardner and told or whnt Tennessee
had done for the t'nlon armv.
"The CoiiRresslonnl district, of
which Greenville Is the center." said
Mr. Ilrownlow. 'sent more men to bat
1 He for the Union than any other Con?
gressional district In (he country and
they wore ino miles within the Con?
federate lines."
Passing to a discussion of Andrew
' Johnson and his contemporaries, Mr.
ilrownlow said amid great applause,
l desire to say right here that In my
opinion Andrew Johnson was the
greatest patriot of the elvi war."
"Brown. Moynard nnd Nelson stood
shoulder to shoulder Willi Johnson In
his fight to preserve the Union and
? retain the old flog, but Mr. Ilrownlow
. expressed the opinion that I hoy did
i not deserve the credit thnt Johnson
did. because they were whigs and had
, been educated nlonn the line of the
. preservation of the Union, while
Johnson had booh a IJrcckonrldgo and
; States' rinhls Democrat,
i . Mr. Gardner's motion was defeated
In a vast chorus If "Noes."
PREM A TUREE~XPl?SlON
IN BELMONT TUNNEL
One Wirkman Killed and Many In
, jured 175 Feet Below East
River.
<p?r Associated Press.)
NBW YORK. Feb. 23.-?A prema?
ture explosion in the Bolmont tunnel,
raff Rast Forty-second street, tonight
? killed one workman and Injured 2t>
I others, two of them seriously. The no
1 cident occurred in a lock' 175 feet
' below tlie surface of the Hast river,
1 where thirty men were employed.
Wille the gang was working with
picks, John Johnson, aped 30 years.
' accidentally struck a stick of dyna?
mite (hat had been placed in the wall
of the earth. In the explosion that
followed, Johnson was instantly
\ killed.
: Two of the injured were removed
, to a hospital.
INDOOR ATHLETIC CONTESTS.
World Champions Participate In
Wart'^ington Meet.
-WASHiLVOTOK D. C. Fob. 23,?
Over four hundred athletes com?
peted for honors tonight at. tho
fourth annual renewal of the Fed?
eral Indoor Track and Field Games
i in Convention Hall.
A large audience was present.
There were thirty three events In
all. slxte-on of wMich wore relay
I races. A number of noted athletes.
Including several world champions
participated.
A. C. Randolph, of (lie University
? o' Virginia won the running high
Jiillip event, jumping five feet eight
Inches.
THK WEATHER.
Snow Sunday, wUh
rising temperature;
Monday partly cloudy,
probably rain or snow;
light to fresh south*
entu winds.
SLJUUUUULSUL&SiJlJULSIJ
PRICE TWO CENTS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
TO HARVARD STUDENTS
Speaks Not as Nations Chief Exe?
cutive, but as a Re?
turning "Grad".
TWO THOUSAND HEAR GOOD ADVICE
Warm Endorsement of Whulosomo
Athletic Sports Followed Dy Warn?
ing That Play Muot Not Be Per
milted to Interfere With Real Is?
sues of Life?Busy Day at Bof-ton.
(Hy Assooiatod Press.)
BOSTON, MASS.. Peh. 23.- The vis?
it to Harvard University today of
Theodora Roosevelt, who cuitte not as
the President of the United Slates,
hut as a V'grftd" returning to meet
his fellow Harvard men, Including his
own son, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., de?
veloped Into ono of the busiest days
of his career. , Harvard hospitality
was showered upon the President dur?
ing the day .and In Boston his per?
sonal friends claimed all his spurn
lime and did all things to make JiIh
trip to Massachusetts most enjoya?
ble.
Two Thousand In Crowd.
The principle event, of the day,
however, was President Roosevelt's
address to the Harvard students. Two
thousand Harvard men, mostly under,
graduates, gathered in the great liv?
ing room of the union mid they gtivu
i the President n maguiricent reception,
j The President's party arrived from
j Washington shortly after 8 a. ht. The
I party contained, besides the Presl
j dent, Mrs. RoosevelL ConglTfis Nleho
i Inn Lnngworth and Mrs. l.ongworth,
and Mbis Hthel llponovelt.
Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. LoilgWortll and
Miss lOthol proceeded at once to tho
home of friends In Chestnut Hill. Thn
! President, who had been greeted by
I many friends, went Immediately to
the homo of his friend. Dr. W. S.
Blgolow.
Qod Father of Little Rough Rider.
An hour after breakfast Mr. Roose?
velt had become god father of the
child of his rough rider and Harvard
friend, V. c.uy Murchle.
The christening took place at the
Murchle home. Aftcn an automobile
drive to CliOStmit Illll, where) Mr.
Roosevelt's Wife and daughters were,
before the departure for liroton to
see Kermlt. the motor ear look him
across the Charles to Cambridge.
When Mr. Rnbsovqll v.at; at college
he was an editor of the Harvard Ail
V oca to, ami upon his arrival at the
Union today he was escorted to the
Advocate rooms and there presented
with a medal recognizing bin services
as an editor.
Immediately afterward the Presi?
dent and the officers of the Union
moved to the temporary plat form in
the living room, whore the President
delivered his address. The Presi?
dent's appearance was the Hlgiinl for
many cheers from the students; alt
of whom were standing, in drttcr that
there might be more mom, The
greeting lasted several minutes.
-I. I). White, the vlcfl-prnstdeitl of
tin- Union, introduced Mr. Roosevelt1:
The President said:
"In spenking here hi the Harvard*
Union I wish to say first a special
word as one Harvard man to bin fol?
low men. I feed that we can none of
us ever be sufficiently grateful Ui
Colonel Hlgglnson for having founded
Harvard Union, because each loyal
Harvard man should do all he can to
foster in Harvard that spirit of real
democracy which will make Harvard
inen feel the vital sense of solidity
so that they can all Join to work to?
gether in the things that are of most
concern to the college, it is Idle to
expect, nor indeed would it ho doslra
hlo that there should La, in Harvard
a uniform level of taste and associa?
tion. Some men will excel In ono
thing and some in another; some in
things of the body, some in things of
the mind; and where thousands aro
gathered together each will naturally
find some group of specially congen?
ial friends with whom he will form
ties of peculiar social Intimacy. These
groups?athletic, artistic, scientific,
social?must Inevitably exist. My plea
is not for their abolition. My pica
Is that they shall ho got into the
right focus in the eyes of college
men; ibnt the relative Importance of
the different groups shall be under?
stood when compared with the in?
finitely grenter lire of the college ns
a whole. Let each man have his spe?
cial associates, his special interests,
his special studies and pursuits, hut
lot him remember that he can not.
get the full benefit of life in college
if ho docs nothing but specialize; and
that, what is oven more Important,
ho can not. do his full duty by the
college unless his rirst. und greatest
interest, is In the college Itself, in his
(Continued on lOlevouth Pugc.)