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Ooniiiaiir, WIS, nr iiir 1'cemo Lewks Compist.
"V HQpi5ia'
'PNSTORFF ASSURES
AMITY Of liEKMAiN It
s
lovernment Will Maintain
Amenities Proper to
Friendly Nation and
Will Scrupulously Re
gard Diplomatic Niceties
Ifinnek Informal Deiense oi
!K r,n'a fljintain. Who Wns
I Guided by Superseded Con-
j traband Jjecruu u. a. xn-
'.quiry-iinus-
WASHINGTON. March 13.
iMssador von Uornstorff, on leaving
Ssnylt Department, whero he conferred
tJsecrctnry Bryan nml Counsellor
ttpslnff, eM that the Gorman Govcrn
... p'hnu not the slightest Intention of
hlsresardlne tlic IeKal ,,lcotlcs "1V0lvci1 '
flM "Inking of the American Blilp Wllllnm
fp rrye by the auxiliary cruiser Prlnz
"'. . .. i-1. 1, ..ii it will observe nil of
Eltei ic""" " :
the amenities tluo between friendly nsi-
ftloni."
I Count VOii BernstorlT said thnt IiIh Gov-
l . i.n.t aK.trrnli received Ills rc-
Sof the caso yet, and conseauently ho I
'K.l hn,1 no orders relative to It. I
fc 'The captain of the Prlnz Eltol Frled
frlch tells me." said tho Ambassador.
I"tliat he wns on tho water from tho first
f,. f the war. Ho did not receive the
Junto order Issued by our Government on
fttugust 3. which declares that It Is not '
hufflclent proof of contraband that it I
ffirro of Brain bo consigned to a fortified
t ,B mi in UAn ,.,lf1, I
place oi mo enemy, "c i" . "
En,. I'jinrtnn convention as his best lcgnl
frtilde, Under this convention u cargo of
tnin consigned to a fortlllcd place of
ith enemy Is contraband. This carg'o of
f.k..t -u-nn rnnstirncd to Queenstown, Fnl-
JMrmoath or Plymouth, each of which wns
Hortlfled."
'Captain Klohne spent an hour with
.'rtaimellor Lansing, and nccordlng to As-
tt BlsUnt Secretnry of tho Treasury Tetcrs
prtaeiucu huiiumm , ' - -' -
ihoif tnat mo cargu ui uiu i'iju u ".
contraband character.
Secretary Peters said that affidavits
atd been lllcd with Counsellor Lansing
tiring an account of tho capture and
ilaklns of the Fryo by tho Prlnz Eltel
PriMrich. Thcso nfildavlts were signed
,by Cnptaln Klehno and by members of
file crew. Mr. Peters nlso stated that he
M received word from tho captain of
"file Eltel Frlcdrlch that he would bo
inabrn to state how long it would take
to make the necessary repairs to his ves
Itl until after a close Inspection of her
hull had been made.
;. With tho deposition today of Captain
tKldine. of tho American ship William i:
kTtje, tho Innulry Into the sinking of the
t'lrtlp by the German raider Prlnz Eltel
L'ifrjtdrlch. directed by President Wilson,
arcumstanttal Mnor"fl4hJUarnmijin.MRN-NF.AR DFATH.
rtaav uaa iiuliiicu uie omvo wciim.t.itn.
'Informally that she will disavow the sink
ing of the Frey were widely circulated
.hero today. On 'the subject of whether
Germany taking tho Initiative would be
welcomed officials wero also milte.
The Navy Denartment hns received the
turvey of tho Prlnz Eltel Frlcdrlch, and
also Commander Thlerlchsens' sugges
tion of the tlmo that he would like to
have to remain In Newnort News malt-
ling repairs. Information ns to how long
time Is suggested Is withheld, It being
eiplalned that an announcement would
jter.edt the British and French ships now
i steaming about off the Virginia Capes.
THE WEATHER
.....o yun iiuuueu nuw niucu more oihi-
gitl Is the appearance of things In gen-
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jMor theso mornings on your way to
I'orkt The meanest thing about winter
JO know of is this getting up In the
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g no more enjoyable phaso of tho sprlnjr
"on than to find the world thoroughly
awake with the sun up Just long enough
Jo hrlghten up whatever corner you may
Jappen to be in. In summer by the same
j It Is very apt to be advanced enougn
lt course to make it hot. But.these
jn It finds the golden mean to the
m breadth,
Mwner proof sprinar Is here.
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MARTIN BRUMBAUGH McANALY
GOVERNOR'S FIRST NAMESAKE
t3 IP ISBHKIwt' M
1 -r v m x &!
Son of Policeman Neil McAnaly, Local Option En
thusiast, Will Be Christened at St. Ann's
Catholic Church Tomorrow.
Martin BrumbnugK McAnaly, ono week
old, officially will become a namesake of
tho Governor when ho Is christened at St.
Ann's Roman Catholic Church, Cednr
street and I.chlgh avenue, tomorrow
morning.
Ho Is tho son of Policeman Nell Mc
Analy, of tho Trenton nvenue nnd Dau
phin stryet station, nnd is ono of tho
first babies to be named for tho Gover
nor. Like tho State's chief executive,
his father is a stanch believer In local
option, nild the young future citizen will
bo trained in tho footsteps of his father.
Although he Is yet too young to nc
company his father to tho polls, young
McAnaly nlrcady has voiced his belief
thnt county locnl option Is the only solu
tion of the liquor problem. His talks, nre
extemporaneous, but they nro expressed
IN GAS WORKS FIRE
Explosion Caused by Flames in
Building at Passyunk' Ave
nue and Schuylkill.
Thirty men had narrow escapes from
death today when tire, followed by an
explosion, started in a building on the
property of the United Gas Improvement
Company nt Pnesyunlt nvenuo nnd tho
Schuylkill River.
A qunntlty of coal tnr wns stored In
tho 'three-story brick building. The fire
after the explosion spread with great
rapidity, and the cntlro contents of the
building wa In flames in a few min
utes. .
Tho blaze shot up 100 feet In tho air, nnd
blnnketed tho district nlong tho river
front under n dense cloud of smoke.
The local V. G. I. fire company re
sponded immediately to tho ahum, and
nldcd by tho men of tho city fire depart
ment, which arrived a few minutes inter,
prevented the fire from spreading to t.io
gas tanks nenrby. Tho flames were con
fined to tho building In which they
started.
Tho workmen had all left the building
when the tar exploded. They wero cm
ployed In extracting oil from tho tar for
byproduct purposes. Tho origin of the
flro Is not known.
CANADIAN LINER ASHORE
ON WEST COAST OF AFRICA
Vessel by Means of Wireless Is Call
ing for Assistance.
BORDK IX, March 13. The Canadian
Pacific Liner Montrose is ashoro on the
Portugal Bank near Mbura, Senegal, on
the west coast of Afrlcn, according to
cable messages received hero today. Her
wireless is calling for assistance.
The Montrose Is a 7207-ton, four-masted
steamship, built in 1837. -She is -ill fet
long and has a breadth of 62 feet, with
accommodations for several hundred pas
sengers. Captain G. S. Webster Is In
command.
At the outbreak of the war tho Mont
rose was commandeered by the British
Government for use as a troop ship. Sie
was used to transport the first Canadian
contingent to Europe, and It Is believed
still to be In use as a transport. It Is as
sumed that she either was returning with
British troops from South Africa or was
transporting Portuguese troops Into tha
Portuguese possessions in Africa for of
fensive movements against the German
colonies.
Tho Montrose figured In the first In
ternational wireless drama. It was,
aboard her that Doctor Crippan. notori
ous wife slayer, was intercepted In his
flight from London to America, Captain
Kendall, later master of the ill-fated Bin
press of Ireland, was'ln command of the
Montrose when a wireless message an
nounced that Crlppen wa on board antl
requested that he be placed under ar
rest. Murders' Wife and Shoots Himself
CLEVELAND. O., Man.lt li-JJeoause
hU wife refused to agree to a reconcilia
tion, John C. Fellows today shot and
kill4 her and then fired two bullets into
Itla own breast. lie U dying la the
hospital. Tho couple separated last; fsUU
with tin mphaslH that comes only from
sincerity nnd the deepest kind of convic
tion. Xo one can understand them ex
cept his mother nnd father.
They nnd their friends are certain that
Martin Biumbaugh McAnaly will become
the champion of temperance In the com
ing geneiatlon, Just as Governor Martin
Brumbaugh is leading the forces ut tho
present time.
M. B. McAnaly has been adopted unani
mously by tho officers and policemen at
the Trenton avenue and Dauphin street
station as their official mnscot. Ho bids
fuir to win even greater favor in tho
hearts of tho bluecoats than his father.
Policeman McAnly Is one of the most
ardent cspousers of temperance at tho
station.
A christening reception will be held at
tho McAnaly homo, 2330 East Letterly
street, tomorrow nftcrnoon.
FOLLOW CHRISWS
DEMAND OF SUNDAY
Evangelist, Addressing Sunday
School Teachers, Pleads for
Sincerity in Faith.
"If Jesus Christ came to your homo
would you show Him tho ico chest?
Would you lot Him look into tho shelves
that hold tho cards? Would you Invite
Him to tho thentro or to tho danco?"
This was ono of tho many challenges
hurled by "Billy" Sunday at the Sunday
schoolteachers and church members In
tho tnbernacle this nftcrnoon, when hn
preached a Bcrnion on "Walk as Jesus
Walked" to nn audience composed largely
of men und women Identified with church
or religious work.
"Do as Jesus 'wants you to do," the
evangelist demanded, "if you profess to
bo a follower of Him. If you will not be
a truo Christian, then, In Ood's name,
stop professing you nre one. It's Jesus
Christ or nothing at all."
Sunday was preaching for "cvorgrcen
religion, not tho groundhog variety," he
said, and he declared that the "evergreen
kind nlono moves tho world."
There was a great audience present to
llbten to the sermon, und a largo number
of persons wero unable to get Inside the
big wooden temple. Workmen, some of
tlim with their dinner palls In their
hands, rushed to the tabernacle from the
shops, but could get no seats. They wore
anxious to spend their half-holiday with
"Billy."
"He that salth ho nbldeth In Him ought
also to so walk even as Ho walked,"
Theso words from the 6th vers of the 2d
chapter of tho Gospel according to St.
John wero his text, and ho held that no
man can be a good Christian who does
not obey them.
"Many of you uro supposedly of Ills
people," the evangelist said, "but you are
not accompanying Him wherever He
goes. Did you tnko Christ with you when
you went to that card party? Was
He with you at that dance, at the the
atre and some of tho other places you
have visited recently? If some person
asked you what you were doing at thoso
placos, would you answer, I was follow
ing the Lord."
"If a man claims to be u Christian he
Concluded oil I'ase Three
WOULD PART WITH CHILD
Mother Wants to Give Away Babe.
Unable to Support It.
A four-wecks-old boy In a, crib on the
second floor of 418 North 6th street was
visited by many childless couples today.
They came to speak to the mother of the
Infant, who inserted an advertisement
offering to give him away for adoption.
Mrs. Cecelia Cohen. 21 year3 old, a
native of Russia, and a widow of six
months, sat near the crib. She wept as
the visitors stood about smiling and call
ing the Infant by its name, John William.
Four years ago Mrs. Cohen became the
bride of a stationary engineer. They left
Russia for America. Arriving here they
left for San Francisco, While In Califor
nia the husband met with an accident.
Ills right band was injured. Blood pois
oning set in. He died six months ago.
Then Mrs. Cohen came .to Philadelphia
The baby wits born four weeks ago.
"I love ray child, but feel that I am not
in a position to bring him up properly,"
said Mrs. Coben. Several of the visitors
promised to give their answer by next
Monday,
DEATH OF MURDERERS
OF JOHN B. M'MANUS
IS EXPECTED BY U. S.
State Department Looking
for Word That They Al
ready Have Faced Firing
Squad Zapata Leader
Promises Reparation.
Feared That Summary Execu
tion of American's Slayers
May Cause Violence on Part
of Bandit Soldiers Villa
Asked to Free Priests.
WASHINGTON. March 13. Word thnt
the murderers of John II. McMnuus In
Mexico City already have faced :i llrlng
squad wns expected by tho Stntf Depart
ment todny. Advices from the Brazilian
Minister state that General Halnr.nr, Xapo
tlsta commander of tho Kerternl district,
hns promised to comply In every wny with
the demands for reparation by tho United
Stntos.
With Xnpatlstit ttoops on gtmrd nt every
point tho Mexican capital todny una iu-
I poited very tiulct. Zapata himself lias
1 not entered the city, contrary to earlier
I reports. It Is supposed that ho Is inov
, Ing to attack Gcnaral Obrcgon, who Is
retreating townrd Vera Cruz. Meanwhile
! the United States, thiough Its roprcscnt
I atlves at Vera Cruz and Mexico City, Is
cndenvoilng to rc-cstnbllsh communica
tion Mint will f.icllltnto tho free passage
of trains carrying food supplies destined
for tho civilian population of tho capital.
j SITUATION CAUSUS FKAIt.
Tho possibilities In tho situation nro
causing the utmost concern to officials
here. Zapata and his men hnvo many
hitter cnmlcs among the members of the
foreign colony In Mexico City. When tho
former bandit was In control recently
several clashes were narrowly averted. It
is admitted that cither side might bilng
on n riot thnt would have grave conse
quences. In consequence a strong Intima
tion hns been snt to Vllln that his cause
will be greatly benefited by tho curly ar
rival In Mexico City of convention troops
other thun thoso dominated by Zapata.
Tho murder of McManus, liecauso of tho
circumstances surrounding It, hns mndo
tho ofllclnls here apprehensive of whnt
will follow summary execution of his
slayers Zapata's entire force Is made up
of the moat desperate characters. They
have been accustomed to rob and lavish
at will without Interference from their
officers. If General Snlaz.ir keeps his
promlso and executes McManus' mur
derers, their companions may nttempt
reprlsnls thnt will stnrt n general not
with resultant casualties to foreigners.
Because of this fact, the Brazilian Minis
ter has been asked to keep In constant
touch with the State Department.
WANT E00 PBIKSTS KltEED.
Urgent representations hnvo nlso been
made to Villa to obtain the immediate
release of the 100 priests who ure hold
prisoners In Mexico Cltv. Cardinal Olb-
boirshavmppOirtsaMrhotafTiep"ft!:JiS
mont nnd to riesldeht Vv'llson dhoct to
demand their freedom. It wns hoped to
day thnt they would bo turned looso by
General Salazar despite tho known hatred
that he, Zapata and Villa have for tho
Mexlcajt clergy. Villa has been told by
his supporters here that it would bo "good
policy" to do this and lie may so decide.
Advices from San Pedro iccclvcd here
today say that Villa, at the head of an
army of 25,000 men, now Is moving against
Tnmplco. He is declared to bo wei: sup
plied witli arms and ammunition nnd to
have a large quantity of heavy cannon
nnd machine guns.
Villa Decides to Take Tampico
EL PASO, Texas, Mnrch U-Genernl
Vllln hns decided to open his cnmpnlgn
ngnlnst Tnmplco nt once. After taking
Tnmplco ho will advance ngnlnst Vera
Cruz and says ho will drive General Car
ranzn out of Mexico.
JUAItEZ, Mexico, March 13. Cnrran
zlsta troopa under General Herrerra hnvo
suddenly nppcared In western Chihuahua
and nro trying to cut General Villa's
lines of communication. This may delay
Villa's campaign ngnlnst Tauipko.
COUNT WITTE, NOTED
DIPLOMAT, IS DEAD
Was Czar's Peace Commis
sioner in Negotiating Terms
With Japan.
PETIIOGRAD, March 13. Count Sergei
Wltte, Russia's great statesmen, Is dead
at tho ago of CG. Tha Count had been
In falling health for several months, and
for tho past few jears had not been active
in public life.
Count Wltto belonged to tho liberal wing
of political thought In Russia. He was
ono of Russia's foremost diplomats and
authorities on finance.
Together, with Baron Roman Rosen,
former Russian Ambassador to tho United
States, he concluded peace with Japan nt
tho Portsmouth, N II., conference In
1905.
It was duo to- his brilliant diplomatic
abilities that tho terms on which Japan
agreed to make peace with Russia were
considerably mora advantageous to his
country than tho tetms originally dc-'
manded by the Mikado's Government.
A GREAT DIPLOMAT.
At that period Count Wltte was pioba
bly the most powerful statesman nnd
most trusted adviser of the Czar. It was
upon Ills word that tho fate of war and
peace during the Portsmouth conference
depended. A man of keen insight and
shrewd knowledge of political and diplo
matic affairs. Count Wltte, it was said,
was very much opposed to conclude peace
at tho time President Rooevelt offered
the good offices of the United States to
tho belligerent countries. When the
Japanese Peace Commission demanded an
Indcimntty of WCO.000.000 as part of the
Csncluded on race Two
ROCKEFELLER SPEEDING NORTH
NEW YORK, March 13.-With John D
Rockefeller speeding from Florida, on a
special train, preparations were made to
day for the funeral of Mrs. Rockefeller.
Definite plans probably will not be an
nounced until Rockefeller's arrival to
jilght. Present plans are for a strictly private
funeral Sunday evening at the Pocantlca
estate before the body la taken to Cleve
land for interment In the Rockefeller
plot at Lakevlcw Cemetery.
HARRY K. THAW
Slnyer of Stanford White, whose name ami troubles have been dis
cussed over tho English-speaking world, was acquitted of conspiracy
by a New York jury this morning.
BRITISH LOSE ANOTHER
CRUISER TO SUBMARINE
Only 26 of Crew of 220 Saved
When Bayamo Is Tor
pedoed. LONDON, March 13.
Tho sinking of the auxiliary cruiser
Bayano by a German submnrlno In St.
OTT6Tt'f?tt!lmnnel-was-ndrnJtteJ.-Uyttir
Admfrnlty last night.
Henrt-rending tnlcs of the lust moments
nbonrd the cruiser betore she went to
the bottom were told today by Lieutenant
Commander Guy and the little group of
survivors landed at Ayr, Scotland.
"Flvo minutes after tho German tor
pedo struck us, the Bayano went to tho
bottom," said Guy. Of the 220 men
aboard her, I am certain only the "ii
picked up by the Balmarlno and Tara
wero saved. The others were killed by
the explosion or went swirling down 'n
the vortex of tho sinking ship.
"Tho last I saw of Captain Carr ho was
standing on the bridge, cool and smiling.
Ho waved goodby to the men at tho
boats nnd shouted 'Good luck to you,
boys.' I dived from tho deck and In al
most u minute It seemed tho Bayano was
out of sight."
The Bayano Is the fourth British aux
iliary cruiser to be lost slnco tho war
began. She Is the first big victim of n
German submarine In many weeks.
JAIL SENTENCE AGAINST
MILLIONAIRE SET ASIDE
U. S. Court of Appeals Saves Patter
son From Prison Cell.
CINCINNATI. O., March 13,-Tho
United States Court of Appeals today set
asldo tho jail sentence Imposed on John
II. Patterson, tho millionaire cash regis
ter manufacturer of Dayton, for viola
tion of tho Sherman anti-trust net.
FOUR KILLED, 200 INJURED
WHEN GASOLINE EXPLODES
Boys Playing Near Tanks Were
Buried Under Falling Walls.
NEW YORK. March 11-Four boys are
known to have been killed and more than
100 were Injured shortly before noon to
day when two tunks containing gasoline
blew up at the plant of tho Crow-Levlck
Oil and Gasoline. Company at Montnuk
and Atlantic avenues, Brooklyn.
George V. Avery, manager of the plant,
Is missing and is believed to have been
klllod, as parts of a man's body have
been found In the ruins.
At tho time of the explosion a number
of boys were playing near tho plank. They
were burled under the falling walls of
the building and the bodies of four have
been recovered. It Is not known whether
any more were killed.
Fire engines nnd ambulances were hur
ried .to. the scene, but were forced'to let
the fire burn itself out before search
could he made for the bodies.
The force of the explosion was so great
that windows In houses more than a mile
away were broken.
Many persons In the neighborhood were
thrown to the streets and painfully In
juied. More than JOB persons were cut be
llying glass. Many of the Injured were
removed to hospitals.
Mrs. Jessie Hanklns, financial secre
tary of the oil company, was blown
through the office door Into the street.
M'ADOO HAS GOOD NIGHT
"As Well as Could Be Expected" After
Operation,
WASHINGTON. March U.-"Scretary
McAdoo Is as well as could be expected.
He spent a very comfortable night''
This statement was ms.de at Providence
Hospital today In regard to the condi
tion of the Secretary of the Treasury,
who yesterday underwent an operation
for appendicitis.
TWO DEAD, FIVE SAVED,s
$5000 DAMAGE, IN FIRE
Children Perish While Crawl
ing Along Floor From
Flames Parents Prostrated.
Two children, who had no chance for
llfo when the stairs leading to their
Lroom caught fire, were burned to death
at203 'North Frontntreet-last nlcht. A
'third child may dlo from his Injuries. Tho
parents are Mr. nnd Mrs. Abraham Har
ilsou, who, with two other children,
weic snved.
Tiie dead nre Isadore Harrison, 5 years
old, nnd Samuel Harrison, T years old.
Their brother Morris, two years old, Is ut
St. Mary's Hospital. His head, face nnd
body nre terribly burned. Physicians say
he has little chnnco to live.
John A. Conn, 3)15 North Front street,
braved the flames and tried to extinguish
them when he heard Mrs. Harrison's
cries for help. Unable to check the fire
or to go up the blazing Htalrwny leading
to tho children's room, he crawled up on
un awning, but It broke beneath his
weight. Ho was exhausted from contact
with fire nnd smoke when firemen ar
rived. They ran a ladder up to the
children's room, but the floor burned
away as firemen tried to enter.
When the fire Btnrted, Conn heard Mrs.
Harrison's cries and. obtaining a flro
extinguisher, ran ucross the street to
tho house. He broko n glass door, and
used the extinguisher until driven back.
Mrs. Ilnnlnon cried that her children
wero upstairs, and Conn tried unsuccess
fully to rescue them. "Children second
floor backroom,'; he gasped when Engine
Company, No. 3 arrived.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison were In the front
room, half conscious. Chnrles Fredericks,
a ladderman of Engine Company. No. 3,
and Frank Clark, a policeman of the 4th
nnd York streets stntlon, cnrrled them
over tho nwnlng and lowered them to tho
street.
They found Morris In n blazing crib In
n middle room of the second floor nnd
cnrrled him to the street, stifling the
flnmert In blankets. Again they returned
nnd this time cnrrled out Hyman, 10 yca-s
old, nnd Dorn, nine years old. By this
time the flames had gnlued great head
way. Clark, who was In the lead, struck his
foot against something soft nnd yielding
nt tho bottom of the stnlruny lending tn
the third floor. He reached down and
found two bodies, nnd with the assistance
of Fredericks carried them out over the
awning.
Firemen found tho entire building In
flames and burning rapidly. Before they
extinguished tho fire It had damaged tho
pawnshop of Gus Newman. 202 North
Front street, and the 'homes of Andrew
Freeman. 2019 North Hope street, and
John Sparks, 2017 North Hope Btreet.
Damage estimated at JS000 wns done
by the fire. The first floor of tho Har
rison home was used as n fruit and
produce store. Firemen believe the
flames were started,
COL. W. H, CROOK DIES
White House Disbursing Qflicer for
Half Century Passes Away.
WASHINGTON. March IX-Colonel W.
W. Crook, White House Disbursing Officer
under overy President since Lincoln, for
whom he ncted as bodyguard, died today
of pneumonia. President Wilson had a
high regard for him, and flowers from
the White House were sent to his home
during his Ulnees, The Colonel was well
known throughout the eountry, and wrote
an Interesting volume of remlnscenees of
the Presidents wltto wiiom he was -as-sedated.
Mrs, Angle to Testify on Monday
BRIDGEPORT. Conn.. March tt-Coun-sel
for Mrs. Helen M Angle today made
final preparations for the dramatic de
nouement of her trial Monda. when she
expects to take the witness stand and tell
what she knows of Waldo Ballou's tragic
death The State has closed No session
St court was held today.
HARRY THAW
IS ACQUITTED;
MAYMFREE
Argument on Plea to
Send Him Back to
New Hampshire to
Be Heard Monday.
Decision to Return Him to Ju
risdiction of Court in New
England Would Automati
cally Release Slayer of Stan
ford White.
Blows Exchanged in Courtroom and
Police Drive Out Crowd Prisoner
and His Family in Teara When
Verdict Is Read Co-defendants
Also Acquitted.
N13W YORK, March 13. Harry K.
Thnw won n most Important victory to
day In his fight for freedom. A Jury ac
quitted him and his four co-defendants
of tho charge of conspiring to effect his
oKcapo from Mnttcnwan Asylum, in Au
gust, 191.1. Next Monday afternoon Jus
tice Pago will hear arguments on a mo
tion that mny virtually set tho slayer of
Stanford White free.
The verdict was returned at 12.30 o'clock
this afternoon, after the Jury had been
out about 19 hours. The verdict was
brought In 15 minutes after a request
from tho Jury room for n rereading1 of
certain parts of the Court's Instructions.
These parts dealt with Thaw's contention
that ho fully believed and was advised
that ho violated no law when ho made
his sensational flight by automobile from
Mntlcawnu.
Thaw went back to the Tombs supreme
ly confident. He was certain, he said, that
his attorneys would win the next fight,
which will begin before Justice Page on
Monday, to have him returned to the
Jurisdiction of the New Hampshire courts
a move that will automatically give him
his liberty.
BLOWS STRUCK IN COURT.
The ending of the conspiracy trial came
amidst n tumult in the courtroom. Slvcr
Iff Max S. Grlfenhngen, of New Tork
County, nnd John Lanyon, head of a de
tective agency employed by the District
Attorney's office, exchanged blows under
Justice Pago's bench. A courtroom full
of spectators crowded to the front, Thr
nollce rushed tho crowd and drove it from
the courtroom, using clubs freely
Lanyon whs taken into custody and
rushed to the Tombs by order of Justice
Tngc. Sheriff Grlfenhagen, reported to
Jiave struck the first blow, was summoned
to tho Justice s chambers. The crown was
still Jostling its way out of the room
when tho Thaw Jury filed in with tno
verdict.
As the words "not guilty" came from
Foreman Bailey's lips Thaw's body
straightened tensely. Ills large, mobile
features broke into u radiant smile. Tears
suffused his eyes. He choked, unable
to speak his happiness as his lawyers and
fi.ends rushed to shake his hand.
THAW FAMILY IN TEARS
Then his head slowly turned and his
oyes sought those of his gray-haired
mother, across the courtroom. Tears
were streaming down her face and that
of Thaw's sister, Mrs. George L. Carne
gie. Thaw's brother, Joslah, wept.
Thaw's exit from tho courtroom was
Concluded on Tag 1Sr
SWALLOWS POISON IN STATION
Man Tried to Take Life at Broad
Street Terminal.
Before scores of passengers waltlpg for
trains, Abraham L, Koemor, until yes
torday a guest at the Adelphla Hotel, at
tempted suicide by swallowing a large
quantity of poison In the main waiting
room of Broad Street Station today, A
man who occupied a seat adjoining him
notified Special Policeman Miles Acord,
who rushed Koerner to tha Hahnemann
Hospital, unconscious. He may recover,
LetterB found in the pocket of the man,
who is 22 years old, Identified him. One
of the letters was addressed to his father
at 3d Btreet square and Montauk avenue.
Bayside, Long iBland. Koerner said that
he had exhausted his funds in this city
In search for work and was despondent.
TWO TO DIE IN CHAIR
Lancnster Court Sentences Accom
plices in Murder of Collatta.
LANCASTER. Pa., March 13. Augustine
and Tony Vltale this morning were sen
tenced by Judge Landts to be electrocuted
for complicity In the murder near Lan
caster the evening of October 31, 1913,
of Tony CoHatta, for which crime Rocco
Tassone, tho actual murderer, was elec
trocuted last Monday.
Collatto was Augustine Vitale's rival
In tho fruit trade. The latter planned
tho crime. The men received the sen
tence unmoved.
The Kensingtonian Says; .
It it ald that .tl Lute, of yVtst JVl'a,
deipMa, Jeatureil at a party the ollitr
eventng where he att Jour lowlt of toup.
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