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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
COUNTESS OF YARMOUTH 10 AID HER BROTHER
CROSSES OCEAN TO DO ALL IN HER POWER FOR
 HARRY.

Also to Set at Rest f'the Absurd Stories
 to the Effect That the Family is Di-
 vided,-Takes Apartments at Same
 Hotel With Her Mother and Evelyn
 Nesbit Thaw-FamiIy in Ignorance
 of Some Features of Defense.
 New York, Jan. 1S.-The Countess of Yarmouth, sister of Harry Thaw, now awaiting trial for the killing of Stan ford White, arrived from Europe to- day on the steamship Kaiserin Angus te Victoria. The countess was accom- panied by her cousin, Miss Mary Cop ley and several maids. She was met at the dock by Mrs. William Thaw, her mother The party was driven di- rectly to the Hotel Lorraine, where Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is staying with her husbands mother, and where apartments had been reserved for the visitors. The countess denied herself to all newspaper interviews, but through her brother, Edward Thaw, made the following statement:
 q have crossed the ocean to give every aid in my power to my brother when he faces trial next week, and to set at rest all the absurd stories to the effect that the family is divided
 To this statement Edward Thaw himself added:
 You may say for my sister that she comes here to show that we will all work for Harry, and that we all have Harrys interests at heart. l can make a statement that will do no harm, and that is that my brothers case is at present at such stage that there are many things that 1t would not do to talk about.
 But no member of the family has advised Harry to go against the wishes of his counsel There are other fea- lures of this case that are of such vital importance that they have not even been told to me. 1 am in ignor- ance of much that is material, but the things are of such great importance that they have not yet been brought out publicly and they will not be un- til the trial"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
PRES. HADLEY ON THE
 PROBLEMS FACING YALE
FOOTBALL NO LONGERTREATEDs AS THE ONE REALLY IM-
 PoRTANT THING.

This Fortunate as There Has Been No
 Lack of Other Questions to Engape
 AttentiOn-ImpOrtant Practical Mat
 ter Always to Consider is How to
 Give Enough Freedom of Election
 in the Undergraduate Work-A
 Doubtful Compliment - shefiieId,s
 Growth.
 New York, Jan. 1S.-The annual din- ner of the Yale club of this city was held tonight. President Hadley of Yale university was the principal speaker. His subject was ''Intercol- legiate Athletics" He said in part:
 Outwardly the year has been a peaceful one. Most of the excitement regarding intercollegiate athletics. which ran so high year ago, seems to have died out of itself. We are no longer asked to treat football as the one really important thing for good or evil connected with American univer- sities. This is fortunate, for there has been no lack of other problems to engage our attention.
 The important practical question that we always have with us in our under graduate work is how to give enough freedom of election to meet the needs and demands of the day without at the same time letting the work of our elective courses degenerate into intel lectual dissipation. There is no fornu- Ia or prescription by which this can be accomplished The difficulty can be met only by hard work through the heads of departments, and the ap- pointment of an adequate number of trained assistants. I am glad to be able to give a good report of what has already been accomplished in this di- rection. One man tells me that his boy has got more real teaching during his first term of his freshman year to- day than he did during the whole of his college course at the time when was a professor-a doubtful compli- ment. Tn spite of the personal rel fiection I am gad to believe that this k true.
 The incidence of these problems is not confined to the academic depart 11l0ills Lll6 PuGlu6lQ foCl6uLIU1C SCHOOL, with its widening work as a college, has been compelled to introduce the elective system into it's freshman year. Instead of requiring from all students the degree of mathematical prepara- tion which is necessary for engineers, the, governing board of the Sheffield Scientific school has been compelled to accept the fact that candidate for many of it's. courses need less mathe- matics and more general biology than has hitherto been taught. The mean ing of this change of policy is deeper than appears on the surface. More and more the Sheffield school is becoming 8 college in the fullest sense, instead of a group of professional schools with common freshman year. More and more also will the school obtain full recogni- ton as a coordinate department of university life. The students are them selves awake to this fact; and be- lieve the time is close at hand when the Sheffield school will have really
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
ATTACKS BOTH THE POOR
 AND TIE WAGE EARNER
SCATHING DENUNOIATION BY THE HEAD OF SYRACUSE
 UNIVERSITY.

Chancellor Day, in Answering Argu-
 ments of J. G. Phelps Stokes and Ills
 Wife Befoye Alumni Association, Says
 Poor Should be Made to Help Them
 seIves-DecIares Them the Chief
 Cause of Intempcrance and ShiftIess-
 ness-Wage Farmer Gets Enough
 and Some More Than EnOugh-Pities
 Corporations - Would Give Them
 Free Rein.
 New York, Jan. 1S.-The Rev, James Roscoe Day, chancellor of Syracuse university in his address to the Syra- cuse Alumni association at it's annual dinner at the Hotel Astor tonight, at tackled the arguments in favor of the poor and charitable and philanthropic movements, which had been advanced a few moments before by J. G. Phelps Stokes and Rose Pastor Stokes. his wife,
 What is all this cry that is being made about the poor wage earner," asked Dr. Day. "The wage earners get enough for what they do, and 9 great many of them get more than enough. l know the poor. l have been among them, and have studied them. I know that they are the chief support of upwards of 10000 saloons in this city; l know that they are the chief causes of intemperance and shiftlessness, and then the blame is put on the hard-hearted corporations. We should cease some of the philan- thropy which we practice, and help the poor to learn their duty, and to make them help themselves.
 TT once asked contractor why he asked so high a price for building. He said, I cannot get meehancis,' and its no wonder he couldn't. They won't allow mechanics to be made nowadays, every man climbing over the other to assist his own progress. I believe there is not a greater piece of despot- ism that rules to-day than labor un- ionism. It is hindrance itself to the advance of men.
 T believe in large things, in large corporations. The corporations are not large enough the railroads are not big enough, The railroads are being taxed by commerce and traffic, and in- stead of being discouraged by acts of congress, they should be given free rein to reach the limit of their neees- eifiac unhirdpraA v
 The addresses of MT. and Mrs. Stokes which were criticised by Dr. Day, not in personal way as he put it, were on the subject of their work among the settlement houses of this city.
 The Rev. William Harman Van AL Ian, president of the Boston Alumni association of the university, presided at the dinner.
 Myer Prinstein, who represented Sy- racuse at Athens last year, and won the broad jump, was presented with a gold watch by the association.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
PRINZ WALDEMAR ASHORE
HAMBURG-AMl RICAN LINE RL-
 CEITES CONFIRMATION.

Fine Tourist Steamer Strands on Ja-
 maica Coast Ten Miles East of Kings
 ton--Vessel Left Port Lim0n the Day
 of the Earthquake for Kingston
 Lighthouse Had Disappenred.-
 New York, Jan. 1S.-The Hamburg American line received official contir- nation tonight of the reported grounding of the steamer Prinz Walde- mar, off Plum Point Jamaica.
 The dispatch is from Captain w. P. Forward the Hamburg American agent at Kingston. and is dated Janu- ary IS. It reads:
 ''Prinz Waldemar stranded two this morning half east Plum Point. Mer- tt-Chapman Wrecking steamer Pre- mier gone to her rescue"
 Plum Point is a lighthouse point about ten miles east of Kingston, whither the steamer was bound when she struck. The Prinz Waldemar left Port Limon the day of the earthquake. The shocks having destroyed the lights the steamer presumably lost her way.
 It was stated by the Hamburg American officials that the passenger list is probably not large, and the steamer expected to take on most of her passengers at Kingston. The ves- sel was to have sailed direct from Kingston to New York.
 The Hamburg American line tonight issued a statement completely absolv- ing Captain Wintzer of the Prinz Wal demar, from any blame in connection with the stranding of the vessel Ow- ing to the destruction by the earth quake of the coast lights, it was, stated, it was impossible for Captain Wintzer to know when he was approaching Kingston harbor.
 St. Thomas, D. W. T., Jan. 1S.-Mes- Sages received here from Kingston confirm previous reports that the steamer Prinz Wlademar of the Hamburg American line went ashore at o'clock Thursday morning off Plum Point lighthouse, Kingston, close to where the steamer Prinzessin Vic toria Luise is aground.
 Previous reports that the Plum Point and Port Royal lights at Kingston were ruined are confirmed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
MORA TROLLEY ROADS.
Merger Which Means Absorption by the
 Consolidated.

Hoosic, Falls, N. Y, Jan. 1S.-The merger of the Bennington & Hoosick Valley railway with the Bennington and North Adams street railroad, was consummated to-day by the aling of the necessary legal papers with, the secretary of state. The merger really means, it is said, the absorption of the two companies by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroal. The cap ital is given as $650,O0O.
 The roads consolidated to-day form part of an interstate trolley system, which the New Haven interests now have in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont.
 By to-day's merger President Mellen of the Consolidated Railway company has secured additional franchises for rights of way into Troy and Albany, The new board of directors is: c. s. Mellen, Calvert Townley, A. S, May J. G. Parker and H. M Kochersperger of New Haven, George F. Greene of Hoosick Falls. F. F. Gibson of Ben nington, A. B. Gardner of Pownal, Vt; H. w. Ely, Westtield, Mass.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
PLAN TO REBUILD CI1E
CoIOnists to Ask Loan-British Tribute
 to Admiral Evans.

London, Jan. 19.-The Daily Mail and other newspapers pay tribute of gratitude this morning to the splendid and prompt help given by Admiral Evans at Kingston, and the Mail also asks regretfully why there was not a British warship at hand to render this service.
 A number of colonists interested in the West Indies met in London yes terday, and decided to ask the govern ment to grant loan to rebuild Kings ton on a safer site. The Mail support ing this idea urges the government to accompany the offer of a loan on easy terms by definite imperial grant that it is not to be repaid.
 The Rev. MT. Platt, who is among those reported dead at Kingston, was the predecessor in the pastorate of Pembroke chapel, Liverpool of the Rev. Charles F. Aked
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
WOULD BUT THE LANDS.
Oklahoma Favors Purchasing Coal and
 Asphalt Deposits.

Guthrie, Okla, Jan. 1S,-The special committee of the constitutional conven- tion on segregated coal and asphalt lands in the Indian territory to-day made it's final report to the convention in the form of a congressional memo rial notirying congress and the presi- dent that the state of Oklahoma desires to open negotiations with the federal government and at an early date pur- chase the lands.
 The committee is of the opinion that the lands can be purchased for about $15,OOO,0O0. The lands embrace one of the most valuable mineral deposits in the southwest, and the state proposes state ownership and state operation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
NO AMERICANS KILLED.
State Department Informed Through
 Telegraph Agency.

washington, Jan. 1S.-The state de- partment to-day was furnished with copies of cabled reports that the Vest ern Union had received from its agent in Havana regarding the Kingston earthquake. In one of these reports it was stated that the latest information from Kingson was that no American was killed or seriously injured up to z o'clock D. m. January 17. The report further stated that it was estimated that the number of dead would reach 1000.
 These reports were furnished the state department by President Clowry, of the Western Union, upon its request for a statement of the situation, the department being unable to secure speedy transmission for its own dis patches and being overwhelmed by in- ouiries from persons in this country as to the safety of their friends in Ja- maica.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
Nearlr nelf Rlllion Handled.

New York, Jan. 1S,-Nearly half a billion dollars were handled during the gear 1906 by the money order de- partment of the New York postoffice, according to statement issued by Postmaster Wilcox to-day, The amount was $4SO, ,7S5,SO4, an increase of $e1, ,115, ATS over 1905. The report stated that the office made profit in 1906 of s964 1905 in the purchase of foreign bills of exchange.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
VICTORY FOR MIR. BAILEY
HIS FOLLOWERS CARRR 4 SUB-
 STITUTE RESOL UTIoN.

Passed by Texas House 65 to 53--PrO-
 vides That Speaker Appoint Special
 Committee to Pass Upon Any
 Charges Against the Senator and to
 summon Witnesses if They Deem it
 Neccessary.
 Austin, Tex, Jan. 1S.-By vote of 65 to 55 the remaining votes being represented in the absentees and pairs, the house of the Texas legislature this evening adopted the Kennedy subst- ute to the Duncan resolution looking to an investigation of United States Senator J. w. Bailey, and his connec- ton and associations with the Waters Pierce oil company.
 The substitute as adopted provides that a special committee of seven shall be appointed by the sneaker to pass upon any charges preferred against Senator Bailey, and if in the judgment of said committee it becomes necessary to hold an extra session at any distant date or point, or summon any special witnesses they shall have the option of doing so This substitute was draft ed by friends of Senator Bailey, so that its adoption may be looked upon as Bailey victory.
 It was announced tonight on the ad- journment that the charges would be preferred against Senator Bailey be- fore the house committee, and he would be given an opportunity of explaining,
 Both the house and senate adopted d joint resolution to-day providing for the election of a United States senator next Tuesday. January g.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
IN HoNoR OF DR. HALE.
Movement to Put Lend-a-Hand Society
 on Sound Basis.

Boston. Jan 1S.-In honor of Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D, D., whose eighty-fifth birthday anniversary will fall upon the third of next April, a movement has been started having as it's object the establishment of per manent endowment fund which shall place the Lend-a-Hand societl on sound basis. This society was founded by Dr. Hale. and he is now it's presi- dent The object of the society is to give practical assistance in any direc- t!o" in which 1t may be needed, Gov ernor Guild is chairman of the honor- ary committee, which includes 100 rep- resentative men and women from va rious parts of the country. An appeal for funds will be sent out from the central office in this city by the exec utive committee.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
Eight Killed at Funeral.

Lodz, Russian Poland, Jan. 1S.-The refusal of a priest to bless the remains of two workmen killed in a street fight, expressed at the funeral of the men to-day, led to conflict in the church between the congregation and band of socialists. Revolver shots were ex- changed freely, with the result that eight persons were killed and thirteen wounded.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
SHOE e4Okh ATTACKED.
Sensational RumOrs Regarding Conduct
 Of Waterbury Business.

Waterbury, Jan. 1S.-The Raymond Shoe Store, Raymond P. Salsman pro prietof, was seized here to-day under writ of attachments issued at the in- stance of creditors, and the place was dismantled of it's fixtures and stock. It was one of the most prominent marts in this city, and there are sen sational rumors concerning the meth ods that have been employed in con- ducting the place.
 One attachment is for S4,0OO in favor of the sister of the proprietor. She re- sides in Massachusetts, There are sev- eral others aggregatinS about $S,OOO, with several waiting to be served to- morrow A constable is in charge of the place.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
AMERICAN MARINES ON
 GUARD IN KINGSTON
LANDED AT REQUEST OF BRIT- IsH AUTHORITIES BY AD-
 MJRAL EVANS.

Serving as Tickets in the Streets-Six
 Hundred Bodies Already Recovered
 and Others Are Being Found Con-
 stanty--Order Being Brought Out of
 ChaOs-WOrl1 of Sending Relief Pro-
 ceeding With Energy-Merchant Ships
 and Warships Hurrying to the Scene
 Report That Tidal Wave Has De-
 vastated Southern Shore Not Con-
 firmed-Statement Received in Wash
 ingtOn That No Americans Had Been
 Reported Killed Up to Thursday
 Evening.
 The situation at Kingston seems to be improving. Order has been re-es- tablished and the work of burying the dead and caring for the injured is pro- gressing on an organized basis.
 At the. request of the British author ities Admiral Evans has landed ma rines from the battleships Missouri and Indiana, and they are now picket in= the streets
 The work of sending in relief to the stricken city is proceeding with ener- gy. Kingston is receiving supplies, as far as possible, from the island of Ja- maica itself The American warships in the harbor have put on shore all the foodstuffs and medical supplies they could spare, and the Jamaican authori- ties have taken charge of the distribu- ton of all provisions in the city. In addition relief is being hurried in from outside quarters. The senate to-, day passed bill authorizing relief for the stricken island; the people of the British island of Trinidad have sent a first installment of relief; H. M. S. Indefatigable has left Port of Spain, Trinidad, with provisions, clothing and other supplies for the stricken people; the French government mas started a cruiser from the island of Martinique with supplies for Kingston: the Man. sion house fund in London is growing rapidly and the British authorities are perfecting the details of relief on a large scale, and in addition various steamers are either on their way or about to start for Kingston with food, clothing and medicines on board.
 The re2ort that tidal wave had devastated the southern shore of Ja- maica had not been confirmed up to a very late hour tonight. Cable com munications with the island has been partly restored, but the messages from Jamaica are coming through very slowly.
 The estimate of deaths remains at about 1000. Great relief was afforded tonight to all those who have friends in Jamaica by a statement received from the office of the cable company at Kingston that up to z o'clock Thursday evening no Americans had been reported killed or severely wounded by the earthquake.
 The list of known victims is growing, and the names of no less than forty persons of more or less prominence in the Jamaican capitol already have been given out as dead. About twenty well known people are either injured or missing.
 The reports received to-day make no mention of further earthquake shocks and the fires have been put out.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
BRoWNSVILLE AFFAIR.
Senate Defers Further Action Until
 Next Monday.

Washington, Jan 1S-The senate to- day deferred further action on the Brownsville matter until Monday. It passed a bill authorizing relief for earthquake -smitten Jamaica, agreed to a resolution directing an investigation of the lumber trust and passed a bill increasing the artillery corps of the army,
 An address was made by Senator Whyte, of Maryland, in protest against any encroachment by the federal gov ernment on the powers of the states.
 Senator Kittredge spoke regarding the lumber trust" declaring there was a combination completely controlling the lumber industry, and detailing it's methods.
 The senate adjourned at 8:O5 o'clock until Monday.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
PROF. MARCoU RESIGNS.
Harvard Man Recently Sued by Bos-
 ton Woman.

Cambridge, Jan, 1S.--The president and fellows of Harvard college an- nounced this evening the resignation of Philippe B. Marcou as assistant profess sor of Romance languages at Harvard, to take effect from January 10 last. Professor Marcou has occupied this po- sition since 1899. He is well-known authority on comparative literature.
 On January Professor Marcou was made the defendant in a civil suit for $25,OOO brought by Boston woman. The case is still pending
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
Continued on Second Page.)
REDUCED 4 LITqLE.
w. w. Astor to Pay on s5,Ooo Instead
 of S745,OOO.

New York, Jan. 18.-The swearing off of $745,OOO personal taxes assessed against William Waldorf Astor, who TOW lives in England, was assented to by President Lawson Purdy of the board of tax assessors to-day. Adr. Astor's legal representative consented to pay only on $5,0OO personal property. They asserted that the only personal property MT. Astor has in New York city was the furniture in his estate of flee at West 26th street. The original assessment of $750,O0O was reduced to $s.OO0.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
NEWS FROM EVANS.
Davis Reports the Practical Destruction
 of Kingston.

Washington, Jan. 19.-At 1;5o o'clock this morning the operator at the wire less station at the Washington navy yard received this message from Rear Admiral Evans:
 Navy, Bureau Navigation:
 "Whipple arrived from Kingston with report from Admiral Davis con firming practical destruction of city"
 At o'clock this morning the oper- ator stated that full report from Admiral Evans was then coming, but that he found 1t very difficult to de- cipher the message on account of the fact that the atmospheric conditions were very bad. For this reason he thought it would be o'clock in the morning before the entire message was received.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
Denial from the Vatican.

Rome, Jan, 1S.-Yatican authorities declare to be false all statements that they have negotiated with Emueror William or President Roosevelt or any power concerning the participation of the holy see in the next Hague con- ference, and add it is therefore untrue that any power has objected to this participation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
Small Riot in Havana.

Havana, Jan. 1S.-There was a small riot on the part of some of the strikers in front of the palace this afternoon, Shots were exchanged between the strikers and the secret police, but there were no casualties, The strikers yere dispersed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
WelIman,s Plans Well Matured.

San Francisco, Jan. 1S.-Major H. B.. Hersey, United States weather bureau inspector, who arrived yesterday on his annual tour of inspection, declared the plans of the Wellman Arctic expedition, which will take the aerial route to the Pole, and of which he will be the second in command, are well matured.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
TO CONsOLIDATE LINES.
All Those of the N. Y. c. to Come Un-
 deg One Corporation.

Milwaukee, Jan. 1S.-The Evening Wisconsin to-day says: "A sweeping consolidation of freight lines of the New York Central system is booked to be made in a short time. The plan is the absolute consolidation of all of tie fast freight lines and dispatch lines which have for years been operated under the general Vanderbilt system and will place all the lines under one corporation, the Merchants Dispatch company"