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By L. V. B. RUCKER.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
COURTHOUSE. SYRACUSE, X. Y..
April 23.—Colonel Roosevelt to-day
won an important victory over Wil
liam Barnes in their finish fight when
Justice Andrews rebuked William M.
Ivins, of Barnes’ counsel,, and ruled
the Colonel could answer questions in
his own way.
"HI strike out \*.hat I deem improp
er.” said the court.
Nettled by the triumphant attitude
of the Colonel and his cohorts, Mr.
Ivins lost his equanimity and de
manded the Colonel be treated as “an
ordinary witness.”
The court said he was and would
be.
The conflict was precipitated when
Ivins touched on the removal of In
surance Commissioner Payn in 1899.
"Was not Mr. Payn* removed?”
asked Ivins.
‘•I would rather say he was got out
of office.” said the Colonel
"Did you not. appoint- his succes
sor?”
Mr. Roosevelt said he did. "But had
I know' all conditions then my atti
tude in 1898 and 1899 would have been
the same as it is now.” snapped the
Colonel.
Questioner Nettled.
"T did not ask that.” said Mr. Ivins.
"What do-you mean by ‘conditions?’”
"I mean I would have made the
same fight then I am making now had
I known of the union of the two ma
chines.” said the witness.
"I move that be stricken out,”
snapped Mr. Ivins, losing his temper
for the first time.
“You must let him finish his an
swers,” said Bowers.
"This witness must be treated as
any other witness,” retorted Ivins.
"He must not make political speeches
to the jury.”
"Mr. Ivins," sternly saief Justice An
drews. "this witness will be treated as
any other witness.”
"I apologize, ' our honor.” said Ivins,
and proceeded.
The court ruled that any improper
part of Roosevelt's testimony could be
stricken out.
”1 am asking a lot of these ques
tions just to test your memory." said
Mr. Ivins.
The quiz then turned <»n the Payn
matter, which brought forth |^e fire
works.
Mr. Roosevelt said he had enter
tained William Barges at his house,
but never met him alone. "I extended
my hospitality to Mr. Barnes in
Washington.” he said.
Held Barnes Above Average.
And in Albany?”
"1 believe so.”
"And to Mrs. Barnes?”
"And to Mrs. Barnes,” said the
Colonel, repeating the question. "But
I never held a meeting with him
alone.”
Mr. Roosevelt was asked w'hy, if he
thought Mr. Barnes corrupt, he en
tertained him, advised with him and
consulted- him.
"Because, Mr. Ivins ” started the
Colonel.
"I insist this witness must answer
my questions ‘yes’ or no' when pos
sible,” shouted Mr. Ivins.
•He can not answer ‘yes’ or no’ to
that." said Bowers.
"I want to tell the jury,” said Roose
velt.
"Yes, you are telling the jury a lot
of things.” retorted Ivins.
The court instructed Roosevelt to
UnHred Food
Failed to Fit
Her Fancies
TBy International News Service.|
CHICAGO, April 23. —Eating food
that had not been cooked proved too
great a hardship for Mrs. Elizabeth
Drews. She has started suit for di
vorce again.v Professor J. G. Drews,
doctor of alimentation, doctor of chi
ropractic. doctor of dietetics and pres
ident of the Apyrtrophers’ Society, an
organization of persons, who eat un
fired food.
In the household of the Drew’ses.
according to the wife, no food was
ever defiled by the foul finger of fire.
Honey was used as a substitute for
sugar, and one of the delicacies that
frequently graced the Drews table
was sliced raw potatoes spread with
1 oney.
The almost daily menu Mrs. Drews
says she was forced to sit down to
was:
Break—Drink of water or juice of
sweet herb, fruit (plain or salad),
nuts, almonds, walnuts or peanuts.
Luncheon—Th# same as breakfast.
Dinner—Drink of water or juice of
sweet herbs, vegetable salad (dock,
dandelions, sour spinach or aspara
gus!, relish (fruit or raw potatoes
with honey).
At rhe home of her parents to-day
Mrs. Drews consumed a large sirloin
steak for breakfast.
Terre Haute Mayor
Directs Office From
Cell in U. S. Prison
FOR TEST
Jury Puzzles Over
Who Grets $125,000
Washington Estate
M A COX, April 23.—A jury in the
Superior Court will decide this after
noon or to-morrow morning whether
Mrs. Ellen Washington Bellamy im
properly influenced her late brother.
Hugh V. Washington, in the making
of his will, by which she gets his es
tate. valued at $123,000, for life. After
her death the estate is directed to go
to the Missouri Historical Society
and the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
Nieces and nephews of the testator,
including Robert Washington, of Sa
vannah*; Mrs. Jennie V. Wood, of Au
gusta, and James Washington, of For
syth, are seeking to break the will.
They allege that Hugh Washington
was not only controlled by Mrs. Bel
lamy, but was also of feeble mind. He
was a prominent Macon lawyer, who
died in 1911 from a sunstroke.
The case has now been on trial for
five. days. Governor-elect Nat E. Har
ris represents Mrs. Bellamy.
Urges Walks to Avoid
Influenza Epidemic
NEW YORK. April 23.—Walk a
mile in the open air twice a day. It
vill add ten years to your life and.
besides, it will keep you from catching
influenza.
That is the advice of Deputy Health
Commissioner Emerson In his report
the influenza epidemic. Last week
here were 33 influenza deaths in the
city against 15 a year ago.
By ROBERT C. CRANSTON.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
NEW YORK. April 23.—Harry K.
Thaw has won his long fight for a
sanity trial. Justice Hendrick, of the
Supreme Court, to-day handed down
a decision granting, the slayer of
Stanford White a hearing to deter
mine whether he is sane or insane.
The trial of Thaw's sanity will be
conducted before a jury, Justice Hen
drick deciding that it was within his
power to grant this request.
Thaw took his victory calmly, as he
has taken previous defeats, smiling I
when the court handed down the de
cision. which was a long one. going
fully Into the merits of the case.
Thaw r was heavily guarded while ’.n
court and while on his way there be
cause of reports that efforts would be
made to rescue him from the authori
ties if the decision were against him.
Four armed deputy sheriffs, led by
Under Sheriff Frank Bowers, accom
panied Thaw from his cell in th rt
Tombs to the courtroom of Justice
Hendrick. These guards had been
instructed to use force of arms to
prevent any attempt to rescue Thaw
and help him escape from custody.
This order had been issued by
Sheriff Griffenhagen. who declared he
was convinced that some sort of a
plot had been formed to rescue Thaw.
"It would be hard to carry out such
a plot," said the Sheriff, "but I am
taking no chances.”
Thaw chuckled when he learned of
the Sheriff's precautions. His attor
ney, John B. Stanchfleld, character
ized the report that an effort would
be made to rescue Thaw as “silly” and
“bunk.”
Three policemen were also on guard
in the courtroom, on the lookout fo*
any suspicious characters. They re
mained near Thaw w'hile Justice Hen
drick was reading his decision.
The decision was on a writ of ha
beas corpus sworn out by Attorney
Stanchfleld several weeks ago. No
date for the trial was set in the de
cision.
fBy International New* Service.!
TERRE HAUTE. LND., April 23.—
That Mayor Donti M. Roberts is ex
ercising the functions of his office as
chief executive of Terre Haute to a
considerable extent, became known
to-day. Numerous telegrams con
cerning the management of municipal
affairs are < oming from Roberts, who
is behind prison walls at Leaven
worth. Two policemen who were dis
missed this week are said to have lost
their jobs through a policy of re
trenchment instigated by Roberts,
who also directed that their vacancies
be indefinitely left open.
Through communications to subor
dinate officials, it is said that Roberts
has made it known that he will have
a hand in the appointment of any
new officials.
Roberts has also ordered his law
yers to bitterly oppose any efforts to
remove him from office and added
that he has not given up hope of ob
taining his release f>n bond.
The impeachment trial of Roberts
began at 10 o’clock this morning in
the council chamber at the City Hall.
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Augusta Jury Indicts
2 for Manslaughter
AUGUSTA, April 23^—P. J Buckley
and J. J. Taylor, white men, have
been indicted by the Richmond Coun
ty Grand Jury on charges of volun
tary manslaughter. Buckley shot and
killed Tom Quinn, a pressman, b and
Taylor killed William McCullough
when the latter interfered with him
as he went to see a girl in West End.
The Grand Jury failed to find an
indictment against Levy Brinson and
Sam Jones, young white men, charged
with murdering Patrick Edwards, a
mill operative, and throwing his body
in the canal.
5 Portuguese Towns
Rebel: Martial Law
Police Searching for
Missing Georgia Boy
CHATTANOOGA. April 23.—The
police department was asked to-day
to assist in the search for Winfred
Williams, 18 years old. of Buchanan.
Ga., who is believed to have been a
victim of foul play.
Williams was last heard from Tues
day night when he telephoned his fa
ther from Gadsden. Ala., that he was
starting then for home.
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LISBON, April 23.—Martial law
was proclaimed in Portugal to-day
following the action of five munici
pal chambers in refusing to accept
ithe validity of Government decrees.
The Chamber of Oporto has been dis
solved. Similar action will be taken
•at Lisbon.
Troops have been sent to other
towns affected.
PROPERTY
Dropped on
Germans
[By International New* Service. 1
AUSTIN, TEXAS. April 23.—Thir
teen persons are dead and enormous
property damage has been done by
floods that are raging in this section
of Texas to-day. Reports fyont sur-
roundir. teritory are expected to in
crease the number of dead. One re
port received here stated that at
least 33 persons have been drowned.
This could not be confirmed beca‘use
of the interception of communication
between Austin and outlying points.
The Colorado River Is 1 at flood stage
and the worst flood in the history of.
11earn was in prospect to-day.
By FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
PETROGRAD. April 23—Russian
airmen bombarded the Germans at
Plock and Mlawa Thursday, causing
serious damage. These two raids were
in retaliation for an attack made upon
Warsaw bv a German aviator the pre
ceding day.
In a flight over Plock a Russian
airship threw fifteen bombs upon the
city. Some struck German supply
boats in the Vistula River, while oth
ers burst in the city square among
the German transports.
Four Russian airships bombarded
the railway station at Mlawa and the
German aerodome at Saniky, near by.
Each of the airships dropped bombs
weighing more than 500 pounds.
Three struck the station buildings,
two fell in the aeroplane hangars and
two hit unsheltered aeroplanes. Oth
ers dropped in the German trenches
about Mlawa.
Though subjected to s heavy fire
from the German gunners, the air
ships were undamaged and returned
safely to their stations.
The German aviator who attacked
Warsaw Wednesday morning dropped
three bombs, none of which caused
serious damage. During the afternoon
three other German aeroplanes tried
to approach the city, but were driven
away before they could pass the
forts.
ESPERflTE
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Police and fire departments ‘of
cities in this section of Texas have
been called out to patrol the banks of
the rivers and smaller streams. Shoal
Creek at this point is more than a
mile wide. Rescue squads were work
ing to-day taking persons off houses
and barns as they floated by in the
creek.
The bodies of an unidentified man
and woman and three negro children
were taken from Waller Creek to-day.
It was still raining hard here to-day.
Latest reports stated that thirteen
persons were known to be dead within
a few miles of Austin. Most of them
were negroes. Thirty houses were
piled up against the Waller creek
bridge in this city. Eight inches of
rain has fallen here during three
hours while the rain-storm was at its
height.
Germans Turn Out
“Sunflower” Butter
Lodges Mustn't Meet
Over Sunday Saloons
[By International New* Service. |
CHICAGO. April 23.— More than
50 ooo Knights of Pythias lodges must
move their downtown quarters as
soon as their leases expire, as the
result of an order issued by Thomas
Williamson, head of the lodge in Illi
nois. that lodges can not meet in
buildings in which saloons are housed
that are kept open on Sunday.
LONDON, April 23.—The produc
tion of margarin from sunflowers is
the latest device attributed to the
German government to meet the ex
pected scarcity of butter, according to
a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company from Amsterdam.
The message says that the Prussian
Ministry of Railroads has ordered all
station masters to plant sunflowers in
every bit of available ground around
the depots.
Sunflowers, it is said, yield an oil
that can be used in the manufac
ture of butter.
Nagging Is Cruelty,
Georgia Judge Rules
MACON. April 23. —The flat rule
was laid down by Judge Parks in the
Jones* Superior Court at Grays that
cruel treatment, sufficient to author
ize a divorce, as provided by the
Georgia law, may consist of mental
nagging and distress, as‘well as of
physical abuse,
The judge charged a Jury that by
simply neglecting his wife a man may
treat her as cruelly as if he had beat
en her with a stick.
300 Doctors Talk of
Everything but Ills
MACON, April 23.—A banquet, fea
tured by reason of the fact that the
addresses were about almost every
thing except medical subjects, was
attended last night by 300 Georgia
physicians who are here in attend
ance upon the annual convention of
the Slate Medical Society.
Officers will be elected this after
noon al the concluding session. Amer-
icus will probably be awarded the
next convention.
Bride in 10 Minutes
After Being Divorced
MACON, April 23—Ten minutes
after she was granted a divorce from
her her b ind here to-day, Mrs. Eva E.
Graham, of Valdosta, became the
bride of J. I. Kerlnedy, of the same
town.
Mrs. Gresham sued here because
this is the residence of her first hus
band, Claud Graham, a railroad em-‘
ployee.
Wilson Not to Attend
Commercial Congress
; Bv International New* Service.!
WASHINGTON, April 23.-— President
Wilson will not attend the annual con
vention of the Southern Commercial
Congress, to be held in Muskogee, Okla..
from April 2* to 29. it became known
to-day definitely.
Secretary of I^abor Wilson w ill be the
only Cabinet member present, but
among other officials from Washington
who v/ill attend are Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury Malburn, Assistant Sec-
retar> of Commerce Sweet and Assis
tant Secretary of Agriculture Yroman.
Mrs, Futrelle to File
Titanic Claim Abroad
Tacoma Shaken by
Light Earthquake
NEW YORK. April 23.—Mrs.
| Jacqes Futrelle, widow of the novcl-
j ist, drowned in the Titanic disaster,
| will be allowed to sue in England for
: loss of her husband's life by a dec ision
I given in Federal Court.
This modifies a former ruling that
J required all Titanic claims to be tiled
in the Federal District Court.
[By International New* Service.]
TACOMA, WASH., April 23.—No
darhage was reported to-day as the
result of yesterday's earthquake,
which was felt in South Tacoma and
for twelve miles in the direction of
Point Defiance. Residents of that
section said the ’quake was not of
sufficient violent* to do any damage
beyond the breaking of a few window'
panes.
Mikado's Coronation
To Cost $2,000,000
TOKIO, April 23.—The cabinet has
fixed November 10 as the date for the
coronation of Emperor Yoshlhito. The
ceremony was to have taken place
last November, but h postponement
was made necessary by the dearh of
ihe Dowager Empress.
The Diet already has appropriated
$2,000,000 for the expenses of the cer
emony, which will last three days.
By HERBERT TEMPLE.
(European Manager International
New* Service.)
LONDON, April 23.—England is
awaiting the developments of the next
twenty-four hours with outward calm,
but beneath the surface there is an
element of anxiety that cannot be
concealed. Great operations in the
North Sea are believed by the naval
experts to be under way.
Traffic between England and Hol
land has been stopped by order of the
Government. With only a few ex
ceptions, communication with all the
east coast ports has been cut off.
These two developments, the naval
experts say, are evidence that a great
clash for sea mastery is imminent, if
it has not already begun. While the
announcement In Berlin that British
submarines have invaded Heligoland
Bight was unconfirmed by the British
Admiralty this forenoon, it was gen
erally accepted as true.
Early in the war. Winston Spencer
Churchill, head of the Admiralty, said
that England would compel the Ger
man fleet to come out and fight. The
operations at Heligoland may be part
of the plan to smash the bottle that
has held the German battleship squad
ron for many months.
Mr. Churchill returned to-day from
France, where he conferred with the
French Minister of Marine. While nO
official statement has been issued as
to the subject under discussion by the
two men who are directing the naval
operations of the western Allies, It
is reported that they took up in detail
the North Sea situation and the Dar
danelles, laying plans for the most
stupendous naval operations the
world has ever witnessed.
These are said to Include arrange
ments for protecting the landing of
troops at four different points on the
i Turkish coast other than Enos, which
is reported evacuated by the Turks
and occupied by soldiers of the Allies.
In some quarters the opinion was
expressed to-day that a decisive stage
of the war had ben reached. A dis
patch from Rotterdam states that the
German Government has forbidden
any one to leave Germany at present.
It is believed that such a step would
have been taken only owing to the
fact that Germany Is making plans
that must be guarded with the utmost
secrecy.
Pope's Chamberlain
Is Asked to Resign
ROME, April 23.—The Pope's pri
vate chamberlain. Mgr. Gerlach, who
is an Austrian and acted as Inter
preter at the Pope's audience with
Ear; H. von Wiegand, has been asked
io resign his post at the Pontifical
court.
He will probably be sent to a se
cluded parish in Austria.
‘Germany to Keep
Channel Territory
By FREDERICK WERNER.
(Special Correspondent I nternational
News Service.)
BERLIN! via Amsterdam), April
23.—Berlin newspapers to-day pub
lish. without comment, a speech made
by Dr. Paasche. vice president of the
Reichstag, yesterday at Kreuznach.
It is understood to represent an ele
ment of German officialdom as to the
terms of peace that Germany Phoulu
insist upon.
Dr. Paasche is quoted as saying:
"The land we conquered with much
German blood we shall never return.
We must get to the English Channel,
even if it is necessary for us to con
quer /all English strongholds before
attaining that end.
“We also need insurance against
new invasions by the Russian hordes.
"The diplomat's pen must not spoil
what the sword has so well achieved.”
Wife Says Loveday
Loved Her but a Day I w ~ ,
J Woman Aviator
By FRANKLIN P. MERRICK.
(Special Correspondent International
News Servico.)
PARIS. April 23.—Bit by bit the
French attacks are cutting into the
German wedge at St. Mihlel. The
capture of two lines of trenches in
the forest of Apremont, which jies
south of the German salient, is re
garded here as most important. If
these French can recapture the
northern part of the forest, which was
taken by the Germans early in the
war, they will render untenable the
positions of the Kaiser's troops and
straighten out their line.
While the official communique is
sued here to-day says there is noth
ing to add to last night s' report, un
official reports from the front say
violent fighting is proceeding in the
forest of Apremont, the Germans
launching repeated attacks in efforts
to regain the lost trenches.
The battle of the cliffs in Alsace is
proceeding without cessation. This
campaign on the crests and in the
valleys of the Vosges is waged under
difficult conditions. It may drag
along for several weeks before a de
cisive result is attained, but the
French claim gains on both banks of
the Fecht River.
Pierce Attacks Fail
To Dislodge Britons
CHICAGO, April 23.—Fate, appar
ently, had a hand in the naming of
John Loveday, a traveling salesman.
His wife. Mrs Alice Loveday, in a bill
for divorce, charges that he loved her
about a day after their marriage, then
deserted her.
She also names other women.
PETROGRAD, April 23.—Marie
Kurpyeva, the young woman volun
teer aviator, has received the Cross
of Sr. George for her daring work on
the Carpathian front.
By HERBERT TEMPLE.
(European Manager International
News Service.)
LONDON, April 23.—Despite vio
lent German attacks in an attempt to
recapture Hill 60, the British,troops
have held their ground. All the as
saults have failed. The British hold
the entire crest of the hill, which is
of great strategic importance.
A bi-weekly report sent yesterday
from the headquarters of Field Mar
shal Sir John French and issued by
the Government press bureau to-day
states that the attacks have ceased
for the time being.
The report also states that the
British hav® been successful in min
ing operations about Armentieres.
while a British aviator successfully-
attacked the German airship shed at
Ghent.
The report follote s:
"German attaclft on Hill No. 60,
west of ZwartelenJ which had stopped
at the time of my communication on
Monday last, have since been renewed
several times.
"These attacks have all failed and
have now' ceased for the time being.
We hold the entire crest of the hill
and deny Its use to the enemy, who
attach great importance to it. There
was never any truth in the state
ments published in a German official
communique that the enemy had re
captured the position.
"During the course of operations
the enemy fired shells of 17-inch di
ameter into Ypres on April 21. In
the neighborhood of La Bassee the
enemy exploded two mines opposite
our right. They failed to do any
damage.
"Our aviators having discovered
German mines in the neighborhood of
Le Touquet, near Armentieres. we
forestalled all their efforts.
"We exploded there on the morning
of April 22 a mine which had been
prepared.
"One of our airmen carried out a
very bold and successful single-hand-
Win<3 War Mprlal ed attack the airsh| P shed near
If I HD TV (Ail lVlVjU.Uii rjhent.' He had to run the gantlet of
a fire directed from a captive balloon
as well as from the ground in order
to attack his objective.
"In spite of this, he descended with
in 200 feet and effected his object,
causing a large explosion at the shed.”