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iJury Takes Only Five Minutes to DisDOse of,His Secretary's Charges and Orders Mr. Lynch to Pay All the Costs of the Proceedings—Confidences Revealed
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BUBBLE OF SENSATION   IS QUICKLY PRICKED
DESERTED
BORDER TROOPS HOME IN MONTH
Truce With Mexico and Assurance Against Border Raids Re¬ sult in Withdrawal of Pershing Column With Consequent Return of All Militia—Soldiers Ready
¦lohn  .1. ra.«ey did  not | i:ver\ tlfing   .said,    the   jurist    claimed.
Congnsstnan ..v. ..-.-.,   _ -..  ^      	
slander his former secretary. .Anthony   might   be   considered   as   hayins   been, 	
<Loye)   Lynch.     This was the  verdict   spoken in an effort to patr-h up the dif-j .        ,  ,     D„J Q«/je
reached   by   the   jury   yesterday   after-   ferences and  not to sland°r Lynch     It | righting ohiP LOSt TO 030 0635
at   Harrichiirn   qc   T\*/n   Not*/   """"   *''^'''"   *^^'   niinute.s  after  .lut'ge   was   thi.s  slalement   that   perhaps   had'
dl   rlarriSlJUrg   as    IWO   lieW , strauss   had   completed   his   charge   In   more to do with the jury's verdict than
Extradition Papers Are Issued at Harrisburg as Twc Charges Are Prepared
the   case,   the   bearing   of   which   bat; j anything else in the case.
NEW YORK WINS
Hiurisliurs. Pa. Jsn. 13.—Kxtradi- licn papers were issued here lute to- nislit for Harry K. Thaw and Oliver A. Brower. Apj>!iiatlon for the papers was made by assistant District jM- lomey William 11. Black and Police Lieutenant }1. .\. }-.ooii, of New York. Other Bo/E Attacked
New  YorU. .Ian.   i:'..    Lettei-s reveal- iiis tliat  two more boys in .-iddition to KredericU flump were    approached    by; Harry   Thaw,   and   thai   one   of   them j gat.'itred    last WHS riofrged Ir.- Thaw, were received by ! with approval. Oistrict  Attorne.-  t^wann  to-day.    The iiiiines  of  both   boys   were   kept   secret tl. shield  them.
One of the boys wrote he was in the tliiind Central Btalion here when he was approached by a man he now lecogniKes from photographs to bave been Thaw.   The latter asked if the boy i
stirred political circles deeply within the last few days.
The jury relu.sed absolutely lo con¬ sider thai Lynch or his standing in liie community suffered by anything that Congres.«man Casey said. It also ab¬ solved the coutjre.'.smaii from all charges that he had ever altack»-d his former secretary who later turned upon him.
Tn add to the chagrin of Lynch at the verdict, the jury placed the entire costs upon him. Tlif sudden ciulintr of the case was a complete vindication for Mr. Casey . On the streets, in club rooms and other places where men iiisbl,     the  verdict   met
Off California Coast—Crew is Saved
NEED OF PATROL IS  BELIEVED TO BE PAST
was working and    he inquired whether
The case went to the Jury at about 1 o'clock jesterdSy aftei-nooii. .\fter reaching the Jury room. Ibe jury lost no time in getting down to business. A ballot was immediately taken. Kverj- one of the jurors, the first ballot show¬ ed. \\a^ in fr.vor of-returning a verdict in favor of the defeiulam.
A Quick Verdict.
ADMIRAL IN CHARGE
Samoa. Cal., Jan. 13.—Abandoned by most of her crew, the L'nited Slates cruiser Milwaukee, aground in surf two miles west of here, wa.s being pounded and battered by the waves to-night. That she will be a wreck was the general  opinion expres.sed  to-
I night by  the  naval men  who palroUeci    ppaVe   commission   will   hold   Us the beach and watched the hulk sway | session in Xew York and afterward of- aiid plunge. ' flcial announcement  of the withdrawal
!     The rescue of the crew of 17 officers J and militia removal plans will probably
and 317 men was almost cotnplele ear ly  to-night  and  was   proceeding   with salisfactory   speed
be wouldn't like lo ina^e some money. | Before five miniiies liad pa.ssed the lie invited the boy lo an uptown apart- ..'un ^'*'»-'' ready lo come liacU into coui-t. ment. Cocktails were served. The j H"*'*^'«"«'. -'ntlse Strauss bad left the i.e:^t  morning  the  boy  .said,  he  awoke i"'"*"^ '¦"'^'"' inirnediately after cbarsing
bruisitd   and was given.
The second bo
sore   from   a   flogging   he
the jurv. He was not t>i be found .-ind an hour passed before a judge could be located.    In the meantime the jur.v tried
a job at Piltsburgh^lSVlLrLa^:;!- ^-et L,.ve Lynch and his troubU. he got a letter fr„m Thaw but his par- '>¦ *'«»'"^« "^-''' '".^" '*''""'^'"•\ """!"!.:, ent. wo.ibi_m.t allow him answer i^       | j^-f ,--,-'- ..y-;;,;-   ^^,::^l
l^iS.-Xt'^r^rb.dl"Z wml^m
.v. w Il ime,
York.    .(an.     li. who    considered
-William himself    balej
Leslie, local newspaperman, and Daniel
fjallagher, local railroader, the    willing witnesses for the plaintiff in the action.
larted at once f.om his home in  Sag'    /"'^*'t ''"'"'' '^*" """"'n-'f *"•" "'i".""." ' 'i     1     ... ,..  .!,_   _,,. "led  to  the court  bouse,    llie  jury  filed;
in and in an unassuming manner spoke i
Home   News   ili->l   be   was   dead.     He |
Krom llie tip of the crtiisers figbtiiifi \ before"arrwilI be'returned.
The,outcome of the case once more throv.s the Third ward of ibis city into a political turnioil. Kor years this ward had been torn by factions iiuar- relliiig over petty differences. So strong was feeling for some years that father and son and brn'.lier were often on opposite sides of the fence. .\11 of the principals with the - exception of Le.>.|ie reside in that district. Once mere the l)arriers have been broken down and the merry war over political trixialities between ward leaders is on in full .swing.
Story Punctured
Of particulcir interest lo the public, beiaii.-<e it was made the b.isis of ridi¬ cule aimed at Congressman Casey, I.s an explanation of the ham sandwich iiicidiiit that .Mr. Leslie repeatedly .served to his readers. A general un- der.'-tanding was that Mr. Lynch was repre;-enting his Congres.sman-em- Iiloxer as maintaining bachelor head- quarier.s at Washington, with tin-cup service and cold vitual.s. (Congress¬ man Casey revealed the absurdity of this story with satisfaction to al! in¬ terested   persons.
The iruih, as explained b.\ the Con¬ gressman, was that Mr. Casey had or¬ dered his secretary to leave tlve bed rooms and private bath, with sitting room bill minus a kitchen. His aii- noiinceil imenlion was lo have his family visit in Wushngiuii and enjo.v complete rest. Mi-s. Casey to be spared her   lu.Msehold  duties   through   reliance | Ret  a  line.
on the hotels.    The day the family ar-1     The  Mihvaukees wireless  flash  sent rived,   tiled   from   the   long   trip,   Mr. i at tlavbreak, telling of her danger, set
Washington,  .Ian.   13.—United  State.'*
militiamen will he back in their homes
by   March   I.   and   General   Pershing's
column   will   be   on   the   .American   side
of the border. ,     This   was   learned    today    from   the
most  reliable sources.    Only   unforseen
difficulties will halt this program. I     Moreover the government will estab- ! lish   closer   relations  with   the  defacto
government   by sending      .Ambassador
Fietcber to his post.   This will be with¬ in a week or ten days.
The war department is ready to move | 000.    This figure- however, includes pay the i Pershing's column itn  a  moment's  n^i- i of  regulars  and    cost     of    eciuipment,
lice.    Oeiieral Pershini; himself has his | n,u(.h of which  would  nec-essarilv have
men ready fro the 150 mile march north '
within  a   few  hours after  he  gets  the
order.
Monday       'he       .Aniericaii-.Mei.xican
Pershing column under a protocol be¬ tween the l'nited Slates and Oeneral Carranza. Carranza' baa failed to sign, j so the plans were completed without his consent, though officials make il clear that the withdrawal is by no means a result of anything Carranza has .said  or done.
The  disptch   of   Pershing   into   .Mex¬ ico  following  the   Columbus   raid   last .Spring   with    subsequent     sending     of i militia to the border represents now an outlay of about  $70,000,000 to $80,000,-
All Fronts Report Lull in Fight¬ ing While Powers Dally With Varied Offers
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or    no
be made at once.
The militia troops will move as rap¬ idly as possible, but the nuestion of full . . transportation may mean several weeks i '^""   minor  attacks
been  on  the books, expedition expedition.
No More Raids .Army  men    held    to-night    that  the o.nick   dispatch   of    the    column     bad I given the northern Mexicans an object ] lesson and thai there will be no more raids       across     the     border,     though, naturally, there may be cattle rustling
Any big concerted raid, however, ac-
top lo the beach stretched three lines and over these a breeches buoy moved back and forth with monotonous reg¬ ularity. Two men were saved on each irip.
Simultaneously iwo surf boats opened by men of the Humbofdt Bay coast guard and members of the strick¬ en warship's ci-ew made frequent trips to the vessel, each time bringing five men. Every trip was fraught with danger for the rescuers and rescued, as the huge waxes tossed the surf boats about   like   corks.     The   rescue  of   the'
crew   followed   hours'   waiting   on   ihe||_OST  CRUISER  STRAYS stranded   vessel,  while   naval  and  surfj Suai-ds ashore worked at  lop speed  lo|
The plan as outlined by war officials I cording      lo    army    men.    will  mean will  be  to start  some   of   the   militia | measures even more drastic tban here-
men home as soon as Pershing's forces are under way, though it was said his actual arrival at the border may be awaited before enirainmenl of the bulk of the militia is underUikeii. Start This Week. A Start will probably be made next week or ihe week following on the troop movements. This government had   contemplated   withdrawal   of   the
Case-,    deemtd   i!   advisable     to     have them eat in the privacy of their quar-
Ihe machinery  of rescue  in motion. The   word   was    relayed    lo   Lureka
ter.s.    He was thinking' particularly of! from   here  and   simultaneously   to  the
DURING RESCUE WORK
WashiiiRton. ,lan. 13.—The L'nited Stales cruiser Milwajkee. ground on the shoals of Hiimboll Bar, KureUa. Cal.. is the second ci-iiiser wreck within
TRANSPORT SINKS
London, Jan. 13.—Entrance of (jer» man forces into Ros«, northwest of Serre. but immediate ejection of the enemy and re-occupation by British forces was announced by tleneral Haig to-night. Thirteen Germans were taken prisoners in the flghting in this vicinity.
"West of \'imy Friday evening, en- em\ niiders attacked a small post, but were driven  off,    the slalemenl said.
"West of Wytescbite a minor enter¬ prise against enemy trenches was suc¬ cessful". Haig reported. "We prison- ered a few- of the enemy. North of Gi- veiichy on Saturday morning. the enemy exploded a small mine without damage."
"North of the Somme and south '•( Neuve Chapelle. we effectively shelled various positions. Klsewhere along the front there was trench mortar activity." Russia Halts Enemy. London. .Ian. 13.—Russia lias appar¬ ently slopped the German machine in Roumania along the Sereth river line. Their movement has been hailed in the river and lakes region forming the norlliern border of Dobrudja.
It was poinied out here today that in
TRIBUTE TO ALEXANDER ^Bralla. the German forces have as yet
  (failed to batter their way to Galatz. a
T'rof. Hamline K. Cogswell, of Wash- 'scant   14  miles    further    north.    They
t of ore.
Officials hope Fletcher's assignment to .Mexico City will mean establish¬ ment of belter relations between the two governments.
They hold that <.'arranza's persist¬ ence againsi odds augurs well for a gradu.'il growth of .Mexico to a place in the sun. though she is now far from such  position.
PROF. COGSWELL WRITES
inglon, D. C. upon learning of the death of the late Professor J. 1. Alexander sent bis regrets in the shape of a lel-
a year.      The    cruiser    .Memphis    was | ter to  Prof.  \V.  T.  .lames,  of this city.
Harbor,'L. 1., to mak? th.- editor cor reel Ills eri-or. Several hours later he pcared al the iiome of a sun in Harlem muttering that he was still strong and  hearty  and died  to-night.
his uiiie cbirdren.'Xivn'g'lhVinThe'fur-I t'heyenne coast  guard,-who    at     once ' wrecked in Sanlo Domingo harbor. The j Prof. Cogswell is a  former resident of
ther   weariness   of
for   a! "-'larted  for  the  scene  of  the disaster
li(,tel  meal,     lie declared  he asked his; Arriving on  the scene'the coast guard
WOMAN SPY EXECUTED
BY FRENCH OFFICIALS
preparation the words  that  applied  the end  of  l"H 1,';;^;^^^^^.^.'"',^^,^ orde^sucb ready  foods as ! men  were  blo<-ked  by  the    fog    which '''Vp^    n^ren?r!on^ of veaterdav was!"'''"'^   l'-   gotten   quickly,   urging   thai i overhung  the     scene.       For    an     hour
I he enure morning of >eaterda>  Y,! | plentv  of  milk   should   be  obtained   foriU.ey   waited   before   the   fog   rose   and .>,,.«   «„v,marine H-^
! the children. I showed the Milwaukee rocking in  the   salvagmg the I . S. sub^arme H 3
surf about a hundred feel distant. The
Berlin, via Sayville wireless .Jan.  I J.
Frunz lllard. a milliner from Gren¬ oble and mother of two cblldi-en, has been sli-t by the French military an- ; ;horitieB on the Walls of Vincennes, the I'rcfts bureau dcclarftl tonight, citing ;• dispatch from Geneva as authority. Tlip charge against tbe woman was •'P.\ing.
given over to the closing pleas by Jorney Frank McGuigan, lor Casey, ana ! -•Vitorney Thomas .'^lua. for Lynch. .At- tornv5' SlcCiuigan in a masterly fashion pictured the relations existing between the Congre.^sman and his secretary be- fote the present ruptui-e. Hv pictured the extreme frienilshil) maiiifesied by • ''asey. He showed where Casey bad namediLyiub secretary despite the pro¬ tests of numerous labor leadi-rs. Like Father To Son
Memphis was driven on the rocks by a tidal wave when ihe ship's engines were not running. The .Milwaukee on the other band was prepared under steam and "strayed" under a dense fog while
NAVY LOSES AN EXPERT
INAKANSASSUiCIDE
This ncident appeared fo be exag- fierated in an effort lo put the Con- gressmaji to troublesome explanations. Mr. Casey's clear explan.'itioii < proved that he did as every family man might do. catering lo the ease of bis depen¬ dents at a time when it was most de¬ sired.
.Another   interesting    detail     of     the Referring to  the testimony of  Leslie j pnnctiired slander is that Congressman and  Gallagher,  the  attorney   said  that   casey might have delayed the suit in- wbatever   liad   v.assed   between   Ca.sey, I dpfinilely    by    reason    of    rhe   demand Leslie    and Gallagher    had been    of a ^ ^^^  .services  in   Washington.
r.';i;i:;'io;rX,heri.rdrn'!:.: WUb inconvenience to himself be in- repeated or otherwise, would never have . s'-^'iet' that the trial be staged, conft- reached the public print and gotten into j dent   of  his  aj)illty   to     vindicate     his
public circulation had not L>'slie and • lallagher been responsible for its re¬ petition. He said that what bad been said   to   Leslie   had   transpired   within
position  without assistance.
first effort to shooi a line across failed, but the second landed the line on the ship. .A second and a third attempt followed and each was suc¬ cessful. By noon three lines had beeen made fast to the fighting lop of the cruiser.
Lieutenaril  William  F. .N'ewlon. com¬ manding the  Milwaukee,    ordered    thej crew  first to save the ship's big guns before  any   rescues  could  begin-    The hijs;e weapons were rapidly dismantled
this section and will be remembered by all of the old musicians in this section. He organized the old 13th. Regiment band during the year of 1880 and was a fast friend of the late Prof. Alexander. Prof. Cogswell is now director of music in Washington, D. C.. and is meeting with greal success in that city. He bed chai-ge of ihe music at Christmas _ _„ .time, when 20.000 people sang at the HOLDS IN BAD WEATHER 'wbUe House and  the    Pre.sidenI    and
i family joined in with the singers.    Be- jfore going to Wasliingtoii he had charge of the music at   Indiana  Slate Normal I School.
SILENT SUFFRAGE AIM
Washington, Jan. 13.— Snow, sleet and rain failed lo disturb—outwardly at least — the '.^ilent suffrage pickets on duty outside the While House today.
They wrapped their feel in sacking and kept up chfcerful countenances, al¬ though their banners were a bedrag- marched   wearily
Snd  placed  where they would be safe, 1 gled   lot   when   iiiey should the ship surNive    her    predica- 1 back to headquarters tonight.
I     Tomorrow   they   gel   a   rest. Continued on Page 8.) (quarters ruled no Sunday duty
ment.
Head-
\\ M.-'liington      Jan.      I J.—Lieutenant I'ommander .Andrew    C.    Cunningham,   gressma
r.   S.   N..   i.7.    Biiffa'o.    known   as    the   latter's home ....
finesl fencer the navv ever bad. flood j With these things in mind. Attorney before a mirror at his home tonlghl and McGuigan .luimed that the relations Kill»d himself with a service revolver. | between the defendant and the two - Lleiilenanl Cunnlnghnm    lias    been    in
said   to   Leslie   nau   transpireo   wiinm   •-^|..ji^__.   r\r t f\w *%¦•¦' _^   _. >
SE'S,ri?H='= FORCED PEACE PLAN    iliJAW UiER GUARD    ^KAISER DE
TREATIES  FORMED.
'     Rome. .Ian.   13.—Commercial  treaties
I between   Italy   and   .lapan,   Roumania,
i Russia.  Serbia.  Spain  and Switzerland ! I.TJi'l
j w-ere announced here tonight, effective
! at the close of 1917.
Berlin, via Sayville wireless, .Ian. 13. ".Nothing important from the east or west front," was the War office report tonight.
poor health, his friends aa.x. for several week.«. He had served, a few months ago. .It Great Lakes Training Stations «n<i Point Isabel. Te\.
PRAYS BEFORE DEATH
IN JUMP FROM WINDOW
witnesses for the plaintiff should be! compared with the conrtdences between ' confessor and communicant, or father j and son, or lawyer and client. He claimed thai they wore confldenlial and | not of public nature. .Attorney Shea w i in bis claim that by what Casey had said. He played up! the letters th.xl preceded and followed • l.yiich's resignatiim as secretary. The i testimony of the defendant was re¬ viewed in an effort to show slandt-r. Casey Was Generous. ¦ludge Strauss in cbargin.i^ the jury was fair, but be pointed out that what-
AWAITED BY ALLIES  ! AS MOIHER AWAIIS \ ENEMY'S WAR LUS! WHO FORESEE RESULT i    BEGINNING OF TRIAL I    IN A PROCLAMATION
HUGHES' FIRST SPEECH ONE OF THANKFULNESS
have apparently failed to advance to any appreciable degree east of Focsani. The river line still holds, according to Petrograd dispatches.
To the west of Facsani and the north¬ west, it is believed desperate flghting is continuing. German forces are striv¬ ing to flank Russian defenders north of Focsani valley.
Transport Sunk.
Berlin, via Sayville. wireles.". .Ian. 13. —A transport steamer of 8,000 ton.-" was sunk b.v a German submarine off Cheibourg. Dec. 2S. the Press Bureau announced tonight. The ti-an&port was ascorted by destroyers.
Civilians Suffer
Berlin, via Sayville wireless. Jan IS — Bombardment of Tulceau and Jsac- cea, (Hojmania> b\ hostile shells, killing a n.imber of women and chil¬ dren and destroying numerous houses was announced in the Bulgarian of¬ ficial report of Jan. 12 received to- Tbe attack on Tulceau was b.v hostile monitors and i.hal on Isaccea by aeroplanes, it  was stated.
FRENCH   REPORT  CALM.
Paris. Jan. 13. Calm reigned on tli« front from Belgium to southward of the Somme today, tonight's official statement said. In l.*rrain and thw X'osges there was intermittent shell tire.
a-^^^-"^^^^^^ Figlit to Keep Accused God Will Care For German Peo-
Lynch had stiffered     jp Posjtjon of Seeking Best¦    Man  in  Pennsylvania  For,    ple, He Says, as He Has
.New York, .Ian. 13- Crocker Kood, 2.i. nil automobile salesman, who's health bad broken under the strain of heavy work during tlie past season and In preparation   for  the  automobile   show,
lumped eleven stories to his death to- lever h.td been said t>y Casey to Leslie night from his Riverside drive home. .A land Gallagher might be considered oth- iiiir.se left tlu» loom for u mimile, while | or than slander. He said that < "asey he was kneeling In nia bed praying, had gone to Leslie with the idea of she .said, and retorned to find a win- having the latter act as a peacemaker, dow open and the man's body in the and had received Gallagher in his home. lourf  below. as  Gallagher   was   a   friend   of   Lvnch.
WIFE KILLS HUSBAND WHO MADE UFE HELL
Possible Terms
Trial on Sanity
Ger-
peace
intrest
Dtnver.  Colo.  .Ian.   1*. Dry-eyed
snd perfectly calm. .Mrs. Stella Smith, woulthy society woman late Ihis after¬ noon re-enacted the killing of her hus¬ band by herself in her home In the fashionable Park Hill district early this morning. While officials watched ber she explained every step of the events which, she says, caused her twice to shoot John Lawrence Smith, the man who led her to desert her first husband and who she married while he was employed as her clmurfeur.
In the minutest deUll she pointed out where .^milh. madly drunk, she •a.vs. stood when be tore the clothing completel.N- from her body and fprced her fo crawl on her hands and knees before htm. swearing^ that she was his "isve.
he would kill her. It was when he bent o\er her iii his rage lliat she shot him in the temple, with asmall revol¬ ver which she took into bed with her. (continued  On  Page 5.)
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MONTHLY SALARY.
WK P.AY $80 niontbly .sal.iry .ind fu.-n-
i     isli   rig   and   expen.ses   to   introduce
Then   she   went   lo  ber  bedroom  and j guaranteed poultr.x   and stoj-k  powders.
-bowed   how  she  lav  in  l>cd.   when   heiBKJLF.R   co.MP.ANY.   9,17   Springfield.
•jiirsi   through  the door swearing  ihaiilll.
London, .Ian. 13.—.just what maiiy's next move, regarding will be. was the topic of most ill  Kiigland  lonight.
Kngiaiid accepts appi-ovingly the Al¬ lied note a.--. typlf\ing the Entente's de- tei-minntioii  not  tp make  peace except on   its  own   terms—but   public   opinion .sees behind German.\'s original proffer her desperate econimc situation und.be- lieves. despite the Allies' failure to fall I into the German  "trap" on  peace,  the j Teutons will persist in peace attempts. Interest   centered  on  ilie  meeting  in Berlin   next   week   of  the   Premiers  of all   the  Central   Powers,  scheduled  for Tuesday, and on the conference of the j Presidents of Parliaments of the Allied l<iermanic  powers set   for  Monday.    In i addition  there have been   frequent   re- . ports  by  way  of .Amsterdam  that   the i Imperial  Chancellor       von   Bathmann- I Hollweg   was   to   make  an   "important .•jfatement ' in the Reichstag during the coming week.
Germany's note to neutrals was re¬ garded as another desperate effort to offset the AUes' reply with a refurnish¬ ing of the same charges as to respon¬ sibility for the war that the Teutons h.ave made since August 1914.
It was pointed out that the German (flficials evidently knew from press dis¬ patches on what date the Allied note would be forwarded and thereupon timed their own version, accordingly.
New York. Jan. 12.—Charles K. Hughes made his first public appear¬ ance since the recent campaign to¬ night. He spoke al a dinner of the New York Bar A.ssocialion of which he was elected President this after¬ noon at the Hotel Astor. Hughes confined his'speech to expressing his thanks for the honor.
Done Before
Philadelphia. .Ian. 13—Harry K. Thaw was prepared to-night lo fight every inch of the road to .New York state,   which   may   lead   to   Matteawan
or to jail.
Lines for the titanic legal struggle had been drawn even before Stanford White's slayer bad been pronounced out of danger by physicians at St. Mary's hospital, who are treating him | for self-inflicted slashes across his ' throat and wrist.s.
Efforts   of   the   defense   will   be   di¬ rected  towards  having Thaw  commit¬ ted   to  a   sanitarium   in   Pennsylvania, rather than  Matteawan. ii  was admit- i ted thia afternoon-    First intimation of j Scott, attorney i
Berlin, via. Sayville wireless. .Ian. 13.—The .Allies' aims, destruction of Germany, dismemberment of the pow¬ ers allied with Germany and enslave¬ ment of Kurope and the ocean's liber¬ ty, will not be realized. Kaiser Wilhelm told his people in a proclamation is¬ sued to-day.
Instead, he said, "the spirit of liber¬ ty" will bring full victory-
The text of the proclamation issued by the official press bureau to-day, was as follows: "Our enemies have lel fall their mask. First they refu.sed our honest peace offer with derision and  hypocritical    words    of    love    for !
IPEACE NOW ASSURED
ASSERTS ROME PAPER
WAR TABLOIDS
! Rome. .Ian. Kl.-'"Peace Is slowly but I sureb groping through the war I clouds," asserted an editorial published j I to-day in the nev.spaper Corriere d' I I llala. The newspaper was the onl.v i 1 one, however, ihal expressed belief ' that the Abies' reply ai'.O I'le tJer¬ man note lo neutrals, gave any prom- j i ise of peace. |
London. .Ian. 13 -.\ joung flyinjr corps man fell 3000 feet with hi.- ma¬ chine, landing on a hen coop uninjur¬ ed. The lady of the house ran out cryin.u: "What are you doing here: you've killed one of my chickens."
Paris— Peasants in .Northern F"ranee have found a new industry — making swagger slicks for the British soldiers. j out  of cabbage roots.
Ixindon—The cat is the braves quad¬ ruped on the fighting line, according to soldiers. Dogs, horses and rats, all fear shells, but the cat does't mind.
COOKS   NEEDED   BADLY.
.New Y'lTk. .Ian. 1'. —Try ihis on your cook. A Paterson, N. .1., man adver¬ tised for a cook to-day. offtring in ad¬ dition to "high wages," the "free use of  the  family  auiomobile."
LOCAL OPTION TRAP
this came from  Harry for Oliver Brower.
Brower was ordered extradited to .New York lo answer an indictment charging him with conspiracy in the kidnapping of FYederick Gump who Thaw  is accused  of having  flogged.
"The  courts  o^ Pennsylvania   might want to know that Thaw'.s effort lo kill j ,j^^^,^ ^^^^^ j,,^ ,^„g y„^^ ^^i^^ ^„^ himself   were   nol   an   evidence   of   his insanity," said  Scott today. "The courts of this state also have
SET FOR LEGISLATURE
liberty and humanity. In the answer { to the Inited Stales they manifested j beyond that a lust of conquest whose I infamy is still increased by caUimin- j oils  foundation.     Their  object   is  des- '
iruction  of CJermany,    dismemberment . ¦	
of the powers allied  with us and en-        Harrisburg.     Pa..  Jan.   13.- Penrose-1 gut the local option issue. slavement   of  Europe  and   the  ocean's I Baldwin   leaders  have  announced   that |     In bis recent message to the legisla-
there  is  to  be an  open  debate on  the i ture. Governor Brumbaugh recommend-
a right to know whether a prima faci case has been made out against Thaw-
i Greece,   with   grinding   teeth   is   bear-
I ing.
j     "But  what  they  could  not  obtain  in
floor of the legislature over the local option question, but the Briiinbaugh- Cox   followers   and    the    independents
in Xew York," he said.    Added to this
j thirty   months   of   .sanguinary   flghting j believe thai the announcement is mere- I and most conscienceless war will never I
ed the passage of a local option bill. When the Penrose leaders heard this they merely smiled. But the recom¬ mendation prompted them to plan tho alleged -scheme which ts now anticipat- (Continuad On Pafe 2.)
. ly an Indication of another ru.se in the
,   J ^      be  realized   by   them.       Our     glorious   flght  agaoi.st   the  Governor.     It  is ex-
s   a   statement   several   days   ago   by    ^jetory   and   Iron   force   of     will,     ourlp^cted   by  many  that   the   "open"   de-
7apta.n of Detectives Tate.  "^'Thaw will   fighting before the et^emy and at home 1 ^ale for the now  hopeless local option : WANTFD "veV ^ver fortv to r*or«.*n, Diplomats   here   regarded   the   Allies | »^ armigned in central police court on   have   borne   any   privations   and   are i js.sue will be nothing more than an at-'^ ^^"-^~ *'*""'""='^"""''"^'P"'^"' as   having   achieved   better   diplomatic j the charge of attempted suicide as soon j guarantee that also in  the future our I tempt to determine just what members position in  the jockeying incidental  to j as he recovers." he said. ¦ beloved  country  will  have   nothing  to i ^f  the  legislature  are  opposed   to  the
the peace talk.    The Alles, it is stated, I     Mrs.   Mary   Capley.   Harry's   mother,    fear. , nquor interests
made their sincerity evident In plainly i is expected from Pittsburgh Monday or | -Ardent indignation and holy wrath for the last few da-.s the Penrose- slaling their terms of pt>ace, whereas' Tuesday to be by the aide of her son ^ w'ill aid every mans and woman's i Baldwin men have been In conference the Germans who made the first move when he fights extradition. .Mrs. Thaw', force wherever consecrated to battle. Jxbe first part of the conference was in both the original peace proffer and has en.gaged a suite of rooms in St.' work or suffering. The lord, our God. ] held al Atlantic Chy. and the latter in answering President Wilson, are -Mary's Hospital directly adjoining who put this wonderful spirit into the i part In Philadelphia' .\l one of Ihe convicted,  in  the  viey of  .Allied  dipio-   those occupied by her son. | heart of oi.r brave nation  will give toJAMantic  City   meeting.*.   Baldwin,   who
mats   of  insincert.v.  in   that   they   have       Nii^ one is permitted in his rooms but failed lo responu lo President  Wilson's  detectives.    Every door and window is
invitation.
1 guarded by a plain clothes man.
one   or  ine   trees,  .shrubs.   rose.s.  vines,   bulbs,  old-
-AMantic  City   meeting.*.   Baldwin,   who   fashioned   flowers.     Permanent.    High
U.S   and   our   faithful   tested   .Allies   full'was    eleced    speaker    over    Cox.     the ! commission paid promptly.    .No deliver-
victory  over  all   hostile   lust   of  power j Brumbaugh landidste. announced  that! ing op collecting.     Write t^a.v.     First
AGENTS WANTED.
us in their vicinity. A good paying. life business. Pay weekly. Kxperience unnecessary. Write today. Charlton Nursery Company, Rochester, N. X.
MAfTwANfEO
"WA.NTED—.Man   of  good   sLandinr  in his   community   to   take   orders   for
j and   fnrCA deaiructioB '
ian oppt)riunity would be given to thrash {National .Nurseries. Rochester. -N. T.