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VOL. XIII. NO. 119.
NORFOLK WANTS A SHIP
BUILT AT HER NAVY YARD
Delegation Represenripg Counctl and
Irat. Organizations Calls Open
the President
HE PROMISES CONSIDERATION LATER
Acting Secretary Newberry, However, j
Tells Visitors That He Will Advise!
A lamst Construction of Either Bat-!
tleship or Collier at the Plant Ac !
cross the Roads.
(By Associated Press)
WAHINGTON, L>. C, May 21.? :
relegates representing the city eouii-J
eil, trade and labor organization* of
Norfolk and Portsmouth calledPon the
Presldt nt and secretary of the navy j
today to urge that one of th>" Dew Lot - j
tleshipd or colliers provided by Con?
gress shall be constructed at the Nor I
folk yard.
The president .said he would give
consideration to the matter. Later'
the delegation, beaded by Representa-j
tive Maynard went to the navy de-;
partmeut where they had a long talk;
with Assistant Secretary Newberry!
and presented the request which ihey
had made to the President. I
Mr. Newberry told his'visitors that,
he would advise against auch action. |
One of the battleships and oue of the
colliers are to be constructed at gor-J
ernnunt navy yards. The depart !
merit has not yet determined whether!
the remaining battleship and collier'
shall be built at a private or govern?
ment yard.
CARRY NATION ARRESTED
AND FIRED IN WEST POIRT
She Left $10 in the City Treasury snd
Departed Almost I mediately for i
Richmond.
WEST POINT. VA.. May 21?Carry j
A. Nation, the saloon smasher, wem!
on a rampage here today and was ar?
rested and twice fined by Mayor East-1
wood, the entire penalty b-'ing $10 and |
costs, which she paid and departed at j
two o'clock this afternoon for Rich- j
mond. where she will speak tomor j
row night in the city auditorium.
Mrs. Nation was arrested by Town I
Sergeant H. R. McCanna for entering
the saloon of J. T. Roach, the ordin-1
ance forbidding women to enter such {
places under penalty of fine or Im-,
prisonment.
The arrest was a shock to Mrs. Na- j
Hon. as she seemed to have been hav-!
log her own way since ccmlng to Vir- i
ginia. She became so wrought up in 1
court that she told what she thought'
of the manner in which she had been :
treated after Mayor Eastwood had im
posed a fine of |T> for entering t!'e
saloon. She spoke freely. Mayor ?
Eastwood then fined her an additional '
$5 for contempt of court.
STEAMER FOUND AT SEA
DESERTED ARD OR FIRE
Crew of the Ceo. Weems Evidently
Had Been Rescued?Vsesel Goes
Down.
(Bv Associated Press)
WILMINGTON. If. C. May a.?The
pilot boat Elma Rrooks. of Southjioit !
N. C, while cruising off Frying Pan;
Shosls late yesterday discovered the'
Steamship fjeorge Weems. from'
Oeorgrtoun. S. C. for Baltimore, de?
serted and on (ire.
The Weems had distress signals
set. the ships boats were gone and
the crew evidently had been taten off
by a passing-ship, which was in sieht
Th# We?-m* sank at K o'clock last i
night, a total loss.
ANGEL UKeIvEIYN
SHOWS VAMPIRE'S CLAwS
Will Withdraw D voces Proceedings M
Order to Cef Control of Her ]
Husband s Money
NEW YORK. Msy 21.-That Mrs.;
Evelyn Thaw is to withdraw h*r suit
for the annulment of h< r marriage :o '
Harry K Thaw In order that she mJ>
ask the conn to appoint b?-r a com
mittee of her husband'.' p> con and
estate, was the statement mad* tndav
by friends of the former artist's m??d*l
Pani*| O'Reilly counsel for Mr*. (
Thaw, would neither affirm nor d?-nv
the stst*m*nt although be Intimst? d
that such a room* was prob* wie
"It pi the mat cm of th* owwrf j to
appoint th* wife of an incompetent to
loofc after his estate." Mr O R*tll".
andd. "nod ha can* Justice M..r?ehsu?*r
should Had Thnw insane I pr some
Mrs. Thaw will lie named. If she ap
pMea fur appointment."
It Is said tin- reason dark of the
withdrawal is the dis.iatl..faction of
Mrs. Thaw with the present allowance
she receives. She is now dep? ndent
on ih, whims of her hu.-diaiul. and is
said not to haw been able to reach an
agreement with her husband's family.
Should she I-- appointed to administer
her husband's estate the position.;
would be reversed.
Old Officer* Re-elected.
<Hy Associate.*. Press)
INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. May 21. ?
At the International Typographical
Union hi adquarters it was announced
tonlKht that in all probability that
Presidet James Lynch, Vice-Presi?
dent Hayes and Secretary and Treas?
urer J. \V. Bramwuoj have been re
elected.
For Currency Commission.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. D. C, May 21. ?
The Senate today without division
adopted a joint resolution reported
by Mr. Aldrieh from the committee
on finance creating a commission to
be called the National Money Com
mission t<> be composed of nine Sen?
ators to be appointed by the pre?
siding officer of the Senate and nine
r< preaentatlves to be appointed by the
Speaker of the House.
A Refund Bill.
? (By Associated Press) I
WASHINGTON. I). C. May 21?a
Bills wer?- introduced in the Senate
to refund to the states of Louiaana,
South Carolina. Virginia and North
Carolina, money collected from citi?
zens of those state.-, for taxes on cot?
ton for the y.ars IStl.'MIN inclusive.1
The total amount carried by the bills,
Is $22..S4f?.r.77. There is no possibility
of its passage.
BODY FOUND IN GREEK
i
Thomas McDowell, Wealihy Bait!
?iorean, Probab'ij a Suicide.
OIFOIIHUTE IN LOVE tfFUI
Young Richmond Woman'o Parents
Objected to Match, and McDowell's
Mind is Supposed to Have Become
Unbalanced.
(Special to the Daily Press). I
RICHMOND. VA.. May 21?Thomas
R. McDowell, a wealthy Baitimorean. ?
was found dead this morning in a
creek which runs under the railroad
trestle near Kike, on the Chesapeake
? Ohio Railroad.
It is generally believed that the
man. in a fit of di spondency over an1
unfortunate love affair took his on-n
life. He is alleged to haw been en
gaeed to a young Richmond woman,'
whose name has not lieen made pule
lie and who will not be known until
after the inquest tomorrow.
It is said that her family was bit?
terly opp .-ed to the match. It is
presumed that the man's mind he
came temporarily unbalanced on ac?
count of the breaking of the engage?
ment. McDowell is said to be
a widower, his wife having died sev?
eral years ago
SAMUEL Y. GIWAM TAKES
AWFUL PLUNGE Off BRIDGE
Late Treasurer of Dinwiddie County
Jumps or Fall? into Appomattox
River.
PETERSBURG. VA.. May 21 ?
Samuel Y. Gilllam. a very prominent
and widely known citizen of Dinwi.l
die countv and for seme years, until
Jan. I last, treaaater of the conn;v.
was badly, and i> is learvd, fatally in
jnrerf thin morninr. by jumpine. or
falfing from a rapidlv moving ear ea'
the- Richmond and IVfershorg Kleitric
line near <he aorth end of the hlt-h
trestle hridg. over the Appomatrox
river.
Mr Gilllaai. who is a leother of
Treasnrer Gilllam. of Ch^ierfielf
county, left here on ihe 9:2.*. rar thi.?
morning for Rich mood As the car
was erosslna the trestle, fc.rtv feet
high oti the Chesierg.-lji ?|.|e. the cry
wa? made io stop the car as some
<me had fallen out Mr Gilllam was
fo-.ind nnconschats on t'. - rn?nnd.
with a broken rieht thlsh. ribs broken
< n the K-ft side and Siffsounuy shocked
snd internally Injnr. d II- was
brought to ihe hospital here and re
?-rlv?d prt.mpt a<t?mtton. bni bis cow
ditlnfi Is regarded as extremely *-ri
ow< H? ha? no r.m. no-ianr ? of how
he was hart.
Mrs Gillism was notified at her
b?me near Church Read, cf the Seel
d< nt ami pmmr-'l. hnrrW-d in b?-r b"?
hand's heeald?. Mr Gilllam I- a
taree property owner In fUraiddie and
Not t own v r? eat ten where be ha Im
aeenae lumber interests. I
NEWPOR1
GOVERNOR JOHNSON IS
HEARD BY BIG AUDIENCE
Cotton Manufacturers and Visitors
Btve Minnesota's Executive
frarn Welcoma in Richmond.
"10 CORIOSIir TO BE SATISFIED"!
Speaker Makes Humcrous Reference
to His Presidential Aspirations?
Americans Have Too Long Allowed
Europeans to Grow Rich by Manu?
facturing Their Cotton.
(Hv Associated Press.)
RICHMOND, VA., May 21.?Gov?
ernor John A. Johnson, of Minnesota,
as th?- guest of the American Cotton
Manufacturers' Association, spoke at
the city auditorium tonight. He
was In aid by all audience of several
thousand and was given very gen?
erous applause.
Governor Johnson, who arrived late
this evening, entered the hall with
Governor Swanson, Lit utenanl Gov?
ernor Kllyson and President Kennie,
of the Cotton Assocatioi).
Mr. Kllyson presented the speaker
in the absence of Senator Daniel,
who was detain, d in Washington.
Governor Johnson made only two In?
direct references to his candidacy
for President.
"At tirsl." henSaid "I could not
understand whj? had been invited
b. re to address these manufacturers.
I thought that probably because 1
bad been a little bit in the public
eye politically I was brought down
here to satisfy the curiosity of the
people in this Southeast-rn region.
Since the returns have been coming
in from Alabama and other States i
! am not sure thai there is any curios?
ity to be satisfied, or probably It was
I satisfied before I got here."
! There was another reference to his
l>ossible candidacy while the gov?
ernor was calling the iiam? s of the
great men of the old Virginia.
"But Minnesota." he said, "has no
desire to wrest from Virginia her
houors of maternity so far as Pres?
idents are concerned."
Bearer of Greetings.
Governor Johnson said in part:
"The North Star State and the great
industrial Northwest, the land of
bread aud butter and iron ore. have
made me the bearer of cordial greet?
ings to you. the industrial represent?
atives of the Old Dominion, of king
cotton and to this historic mother or
States and of Presidents. Virginia is
not only the mother of States, bat
of the cotton industry of America.
Cotton culture In Virginia bears his?
toric- record as far liack as 1621.
Moreover. Virginia is the first State
of the American Cnion and cotton
is the world's foremost commercial
rro|>. '
"The market for American cotton
s'aple is bounded only by our pro?
ductive energy and benevolent enter
nris . lint the mission of America In
clothing the world is not fulfilled by
the export of raw cotton. Your pres?
ence here today is testimony to that.
The world wants the finished arti?
cle. Arm-ncati labor in th-- mill and
factory mns* supplant that In the
field. Too long has this country been
engaged in the bnsiness of exporting
its soil fertility jo furnish European
mills with the best and ch a|?est raw
materials on the globe, and thereby
st the same time depriving American
lal>or and Capital of a foreign mar
j ket for American finish, d products,
but that period is passing. Tod.n
the American mill 'ooms large on tne
horl7on of im mat ion a I commerce.
Broader Recognition Demanded.
"The financial conditions of the
cotton industry rVmsnd a brotid"r
and national rerog-nltio. Our country
Is today the great st banking power
on the glotte. The bank deposits an.|
bunking capital of the American peo
pie are in value the greatest finan?
cial force in the molern world.
The danger Is eoecenfr?* ion In
ronarsr? d centers of speculation. In?
stead of proper distribution of the
circnlaMn* medium for the prosecu
tlon of legitimate Industry and the
handling of crops st the local point*
of pr.sliw?on
"Wo have the grew teas c<>!d stock
and circulating medium In the world.
but Its congestion In a few reserve
centers Is such th.it wh'n the Sou'!;
and Wesi desire to use a part of
thetr surplus to more their crop*,
th. Ir Jus? deman.i produces a psnlc
In WaM street For this unnatural
and dangerons condition the govm
' NEWS, VA., FRIDA
imnt Is t-?s|M>]iHlbl?* in Iwu particu?
lars: first. In ehtabliwhlng a national
hanking system which concentrates
the banking reaarees of ibe country
? of in a few centers, and the second,
in depositing the governni.-ut rumls
ill Ihooe congested centers, instead of
at the Industrial itoints where the
money Is need, d for the legitimate
necessities of production and trans*
: portatlon.
These eotidiiions are in power und
it la the duly of the government to
I remedy, and th reby provide a bank
! illg system for the whole people, Ill
stead of for the hulls and bears of the
Stock Exchange.
Improvrd routes "and strengthened
public control of the means of trans?
portation ronstltuto the third great
necessity of your highest industrial
development. You need the develop?
ment of the Internal waterways of
! America now for a centurj almost
neglected.
I An I man inary Foe.
Today the government spends fSaO.
one.nun :t year on w.ir preparations
and maintenance to guard the nation
against an imaginary foe. f'.?.'..!!*!?),.
imiu for development and maintenance
of the greatest natural w?iy r. sources
of the globe, nature's provision for
I the cheapest form of transportation
for the products of 90,1100.11'in people."
RA YNER SmL PblmOING
ONCOL STEWARDS CASE
i All Efforts of Maryland Senator to
Secure Passage of His Resolu
l tion Are Vain. ?
fltv Associated Fresst
j WASHINGTON., May Si.?Senator
i Rayner today again asked th- Ben
ate to pass his resolution declaring
j that Colone! William F. Stewart, or
the const artillery, is entitled to hav,.
I the charges against him Investigated
j and authorising and requesting the
? President to order a court mar ial for
j such an investigation. Senator War
I ren declared that every effort has
.' been made by him as chairman of
? the committee on military affairs to
J secure information as a basis for an
investigation of the case relating to
j Colonel Stewart.
I Everything, he said, ens being done
In an orderly way to . .secure, infor
j mation necessary to ptotwrTy consider
? the case of Colonel Stewart.
Sarcasm Amuses Galleries.
"All the sarcasm of the Senator
] from Maryland," he said, "has amus?
ed the gal'.Ties, but when a matter
j of business comes In the Senate we
! haw a right to stand on the rights
j of the committee and to properly con?
sider any resolution that may have
been referred to It.
"This." he said. "Is a matter of
fact relating to the discipline of the
{army and should not be lightly
? treated. The resolutions of the Sen
I ator from Maryland would be a re
j b?ke to the I'resident if adopted, as
I well as to the other army officers
j who had been involved In the Stewart
case."
j "Sentimentalem Gone hud."
I This talk about punishment." he
.added, "is mere sentimentalism gone
! mad."
J He characterized the argument* of
'the St nator from Maryland as "sim
j ply maudlin."
Mr. Ravner declared thnt the one
j Issue of his resolution in which was
j in favor of granting a court of in
jqniry for Colonel Stewart, nad been
Ignored. Colon? I Stewart, he said.
, bad a right to 1m- heard u|>on the
charges his enemies had made against
him.
j Senator Hopkins interrupted to sug?
gest that the Senator from Maryland
[took the ground that every time an
officer of the army cets an order he
does not like, he has .1 right to hav?
. a court of inquiry ordereJ to hear his
case.
Senator Carter said no criminn!
charge Included in the articles of war
had been made Bgjsfcnsl Colonel Stcw
nn nnd that it was common to take
int > acount the t-mperamental char
art erfs'ics of an officer in connection
with his assignment to duty.
Mr Rayner's resolution wss place i
upon the calendar to b.? taken op. If
'-V.? ciwisld red. b\ unanimous con?
sent.
Sesatre- Ixvlge s-.v?d that he would
reply to Mr. Raym r s ntsteme-nts to
mornm1.
Nero Murderer Jailed.
*R? Associated Press)
Rtl FHHI N r. Mav Jl?Dollar
Davis, a negro, who hv the cnufc?swan
of hi' pnl. I?ewis Pc?ry. anoth'r feg-ro
new in hill st lyuislium. hi charged
with the mnrder of OtPcer p*rp of
thai town two week i aro was brought
there loriav fre m \\ ? t Yirlenta where
he sa< run tb.wn to detectives.
Stand Far Tempers nee.
fRv Assrw'.ated Prw?s>
VORFO? K. VA Mar SI.?fltmne
rewdntlons In favor of temperance
and eedorsir.g the re ion of ?tat Tt and
eonnties prohibitirg tb? oh of In
toxlcattne Honor. ??-r passed towleb'
during the rlosinr hi ms of the A M
E Conference
V. MAY 22, liHW.
SIXTY LIVES ARE LOST
IN RAILWAY ACCIDENT
Antwerp Brussels Express Crasaes
Mo Train Carrglng Pilgrims
to Shrine
RESCUERS SICKEHEO IT SCEIES
Evidence of Horrible Death Struggles
Found in Pile* of Corpses?Latest
Estimate Places Number of Injured
at One Hundred?Defective Switch
the Supposed Cause.
(By Associated Press) I
Antwerp. May 2l.--(?ne of the w irst
railroad aeeidents In Kurftpe In recent
times occurrtd at ContIch, a statiotij
six miles soutbeaaf of thli city on tlnrj
main line m s o'clock this morning.
The exact number of victims had BOll
been determined up to late tonight I
owing to the difficulty of removing ?
the bodies from the debris but the lat-i
est estimate plaee.i the nitmlvr at
sixty kilied and one hundred wounded
Caused by Defective Switch.
Tiie catastrophe appears to have
been due to a defective switch when'
ihe main line crosses a local line.
At ibis point u train carrying a;
Urge number of pilgrims on their way
to the shrine ut Turnbotit. was stand?
ing. Into this, tiie Ant wi rp-lirusael.
express dashed at n speed of fl(ty
miles an hour, literally leaping on top
of It.
Lighter Train Crushes.
The heavy coaches of the expreas
crushed ihe lighter train into gplln
tfrs. The sides of the express cars
were torn frem their fastenings, the
floors ofcTapsing. thus precipitating the
passengers to the side of the track
uninjured, whence they fled, frenzied,
serosa the fields.
Wut for.Ulis fact the death rol\
would be mtich greater. Few of the
occupants of the local train escaped
alive. Those that were not killed
were badly Injured, many cf them
mortally.
Rescuers Sickened by Sight.
The rescuers, even thr doctors, were
sickened at the sight that met their
gaze. Evidences were found of hor?
rible death struggles that occurred In
the crashed coaches.
In one place a dismembered hand
was found clutching uik> of the sup
ports of the train. A body was lying
aeri ss the liollei of the locomotive
crushed into a shapeless mass. The
majority of the dead could not be
ncognized. < ither being d"capitated
or their heads being terribly crushed.
The signalman nt Contieh says that
his switch was not working just as the
Antwerp express came thundering
down tue line.
He leaped from the window of bis
signal station, and heroically ran down
the track toward tin onccmlng train
waving a red flag His effort, how?
ever, was too late to avert a disaster.
The enginei r and the fireman of thv
expreaj train were killed at their
posts.
S. rial men Arrested.
The judicial authcri'ies of Antwerp
soon arrive.I on the sen ? and npent-d
and investigation into the disaster.
They ordered Ihe signalmen in
charge of th> switches under arrest
although it i; believed In the authori?
ties they were blameless. Prince Al?
bert went to Cortich this a'lernoon
and visited the wounded, having can?
cel, d nn engagement to preside at a
lunqtict at Antwerp this evening.
Switches Were Being Repaired.
ANTWERP. Mar ri -With regard
to the cause of the roilosion. an of
fiei.il stated tonight that the switches
were being repaired and that the
workman who had been placed at the
temporarr han,| rwlicb appears either
to have made a mistake or th? switch
failed td wrrk. The engineer. I? Is
stated, saw the danger and ssnyMed the
brake;, hut It was loo late to avert
the disaster.
LAWLESSNESS REHiNS
IN OLD DOMINION TOWN
Furt Wirr Trouble Eapectrd at Pen?,
ington Gap as Result cf Kitting
Of Heodersoe Day.
JONESVII.I.E VA.. May ;i ? New-,
ha* Just reach J her? that I lender
son Isty. of lisrlan coun'y. Ky? wss
?hot and killed st ivnniastoo Gap.
Va, Tuesday by John Pat'on. See
Cant of the tosn. and his son. a
deputy officer
Day. H Is alle?od ii< ?hooting off
a pistol In the town, and the officers
anderstnok to arrest him Dar start?
ed to walk off from th. officers sad
refuse to be arrested. Tb< off we?:
started after hiss, and Hay tamed sn.1
flre?J DM shot ?< I'aliun. h.u. I> miss?
ing his heed, thai Im-hik ,i?. , |?a,|
h- hail Ml In In i i..:
The officers ibn ih>,| ,>lt pitv,
and one of Ihe imk Day
about th. ?-etiler ?I ilie l??h lie ran
? few steps, fell woiiiiil.nl h,| |n a
few saunas at* wax -1 ?.t
Th a Hays li\. ,.,i , j, t|, ?,(i. s
from Peanlagton Cum K\ ami a eon
sin Uvea nt Pennlngi..? n is i.port
t-d that the eottsin ha-. ;.,,u , , k,,?
ttteky to Infm in iIn- (:,,!?, ,,r the
dead man. and a battle is ejected
In Penniuguin.
Mr. Tucket, sh. rlfl of I.e., county,
heaiinx of the i V|.. rit.,| ,|,rfU nity,
la on his way to I*. ntilngton from
Jont-svllle III Iry to a\. i; t i: nui
ble.
Pennington <Jo|> has been having
trouble for some il. ?i? li lawless
tiess and bad eonilin i \- ih.. term
of the Circuit Coin; rlose.i one
or the Hoys living there was cmivk-i
ed for maintaining a nuisance in Ihe
form of a ro*dv and boisterous house;
and on Hundav night la i a band
of ruffian* "?hol up ib.. town aland
midnight, greatly to the disturbance
of th,. citizens.
? Mohonk Conference.
fltv Associated Press!
LAKB MOHONK. V V . Ma- ?
Tonlghi's session of Ihe Lake Mohonk
conference on Internationa] arbitra?
tion was devoted to the business men's
movement In connecticn with the i'.-n
nral object of the conference.
Washington Tor Bryan.
(Ity Associated Press )
WASHINGTON. D. <". Ma> ::i - The
six di-legates elect..I Iislav by Ihe
Kelly or regular far;Ion or th. dis
Trie! of Coliimblil Demo, iru v in ihe
l)?-nvor et:tiventlon were instituted for
j Bryan.
SUBSIDIZE ^OME SHIPS
Prs&ibla IM PoslBiaster General
?UI be toi(sAe>zed to stake Cmtracts
Uli UU RUT Fit WillS
Indications Are That House Will
Give Financial Aid to Mad Lines
Running to South America, Philip?
pines, China, Japan and Australia.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. May 21. ? Con?
gress toJay took an Important *;<>>
looking to the uajastiut of shipsub
sidies, the eonfirees on the postof
Hce appropriation bill having agreed
to accept the amendment by the Sen?
ate authorizing the Postmaster Ces?
snas' to contract with steamship lite*
running to ports of South Am rica.
the Philippine Islands. Japan. China,
and Australia for the carrying ?f
the mails and to pay to vessels of
the second Claas the sain,- rote that
Is now paid on.American reseels ol
the first class to Kit rope and to ves
s Is or rhc thltd class the rate no*
authorized for vessels of the b.'cond
class.
There are no American lines of the
flrrt class to the countries nannd and
UK' effect of this legislation will Ir?
an' enronrage the establishment of
passenger and mall steamship lines
to |K>rts of those jjouwries. AI
though the payment to be made lor
the carrying of mails is not f-rtn- I
subsidy. It will amoant to that, never?
theless.
Hard and Long Fight for Subsidies.
The bieg.st fight ever male "?
Congress for ship subsidy ? .
le.j a number of years ago by ihe 1st
S.nator Manna and at tba- 'im.- th
name "suhridy" was held up by ?h"
opum-i<-nts of such legislation as a
"bugbear" that should be avoid..I Tie
bill was def.ated and after thpt a
j-dnt commission of Congress was ap
INjinted to prepare a Mil.
The measure submitted to C >n -
was an eiatmrate piece of work call
en the snipi.in.- subvention" bi'l
Th I Senate passed It. but the House
would not have it under an> p.i?'>
Senator Gallingf-r. who was inter?
ested m the movement from the ?:ar
?tied again at the prent nt session
t.at he found that sentiment was still
ntmosed anA he anally directed Ms
efforts to bare passed an act enabling
the granting of some eoconrag'-o!- ' '
10 ?\mertcan strssssnip l?ne* to Sooth
Am rica aad the Orient in the ???'
of mall eon tracts.
In thee effort he had the ammuanc
of Pristdent RoomveIt and P-> in
ter <"?eweraJ M'rer.
TV* Mil was passej ay the Sen* ?
trot the House ismored It. As s ffrai
eesort the hfn wee added to the ,??-?
offler arn>ropriation bill in the S>na'e
and it sow appears that the lfou?.e
will aeeefx R_
TNI WIATHM
Fair ?nd warmsr Friday;
Mturday showers; light to
r*?h south winds.
PRICE TWO CENTS
mae wooo behind bars
charged with perjury
Divorce Suit Against Senator Ptatt
Olsmissetf; PMailff Saas to
the Mi
SEIS1TI0UL FIIISI IF USE
Engravers Swear That Marriage Car.
tiflcata Waa Engraved Thrsa
Months After Marriage Is Alleged to
Have Taken Place?Justice O'Qer
n<an Acta Promptly.
(By Associated Press-?.
NRW YtrrbK, May St.?Mae C.
Wood, whose suit for an absolute di?
lute- from United Statues Senator
Thomas ('. Platt, of Now York, has
been on trial. In the Supreme Court
her* for several days, was commit?
ted to the Tombs prison late today,
after Justice O Gorman bad dlsmiss
nl th. complaint In her action and
ordered her held in $5.000 ball on a
charge of perjury.
The decision In Senator Platt 'S fa*
vor anil the sudden and sensational
end of the suit cam* after a day'
which i lie defense occupied largely
with the introduction of expert and
other testimony attacking the authen?
ticity or the documents by which the
plaintiff was s eking to establish her
alleged marriage to Senator Platt. *?
handwriting expert testified that la
his opinion the body of the letter
in which Senator Platt waa alleged
to have admitted bis relation as bus
hand to the plaintiff was added after
tho Senator's sigjifttjire hsd been af?
fixed.
Engravers' Dssjjrijg *fast)mony.
More telling
was the deposlti
statloners called
ator Platt, that
which the alleged'
rlage certificate
not lithographed
after the date upoja
rlage of Miss Wood tS
waa alleged to hare
Reiterates
Miss Wood was
stand In rebuttal. I
after hearing the tc
marriage certificate,
? ted that the defendanK gsvs
certificate as she
led.
;i still reiterate It," she replied.
Justice O'Gorman taaWd to Miss
Wood and pointedly sua-slksoed her.
she reiieated her asoertma boat the
marriage occurred as she had] stated.
she admitted that Senator Ptatt
r. \.r stipimrted her. and when, aaksat
v i he court ir she did no* sjooaidor
the duty of a husrasPsT hS miseoit
his wife, she replied: i?k\ 4
I do. but aa long as gay was nog
- u'l. man enough lo s) a\ I asm
asked him to."
S. nator Platt's counsel
again for a dismissal of th
Ii was forthwith granted)
? 11 ;orman. who, in rendering*
ciskin. said:
I cannot credit the plain til
Jence a" to the alleged marriageI
th p iimony as It impresses tk
court is that -his fat a moot srteheff
design to support a fabm and Sotl
tlous claim by forgery and perjury."
Ordered to the Tornow.
Forthwith. Justice O'Oormsa or
?lered Miss Wood committed to the
Tombs on the charge of perjury, IX
Ing bail in her case at $'>.0w*\ snap
?.T obviously staggered fey the BSjaV
den tnm of affairs and the shock
i??<"?,! by the order of arrest which
?Ii.- court made She qulclky iigah
<? t her composure, however, sad by
?he time she reached the rtty
h id resumed the air of
which she held practiealfy
sei the trial.
V th- district aitomey's office t*>
nisht It was said that Miss WeaaTn
, a-e would spMdJIly ho SStttQtttsd to
he grand jury and prrenod far ties I
if an indictment was found.
V a late hour Miss Wend] had not
v-.fi abb* to fwmtnh the bnfl ee
? in ! t in her cane sad -pan) spas
locked up in the Tombs.
Want U S CoNfOse Bwrirt nt
WASHINGTON. Rtty ?.
?ion of ettrsens
i'orismouth. Vs.. trtth
Maynsrd. called
lav sad ashed that
llers pcev Ided for %y
rr.n?tmeted at fhs
The P-e-d.leet
mat IT under ad
lag l he White
.Secretary Metcast,
Ray SI.?A diliff*
with Wiiiiiaaiafin >