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corridors of the building until they are
summoned.
Under the new arrangements Thaw will
not have the privilege of being near his
wife and members of his family. He viii
have to sit inside the Enclosure near his
lawyers, while his friends and relatives
remain in the rear of the courtroom. Dur
ing the last trial Thaw sat within few
feet of his wife; mother and sisters, and
frequently spoke to them. Now he will
not be allowed to even pass them, as he
enters and leaves by the new aisle that
skirts the side and rear of the room.
Thaw in Good Form.
Thaw told his lawyers today that he
never felt better in his life. He has taken
regular physical exercise in the court
yards OF the Tombs. and his habits have
been regular and his sleep good. Accord
ing to Dan O'Reilly, Thaw has developed
into good lawyer.
Since he has been in the Tombs," said
the lawyer. ''Thaw has devoted himself
TO the study of criminal law. He has
read and reread every case on record that
has any similarity to his own. and has
all technical law points and decisions at
his tongues end. His memory is remark
able. Thaw's training in this respect
came from his whist playing. He Is one
of the most expert players in the coun-
try
The first trial began January o3. 1907
and lasted until April IL. 1907. Thaw
shot White on the roof of Madison Square
Garden the night of June %. 1906. After
the first trial had been under way two
months ii was stopped by District At
torney Jerome asking for lunacy COM
mission to determine the prisoners sanity.
The commission held a secret session. and
the district attorney was not allowed to
examine the records. Justice Bowling
granted his request to examine those
records last December. After an inter
ruption of nearly three weeks the COM
mission decided that Thaw was sane, and
the trial was resumed.
An Expensive Case.
April IL the case went to the jury and
a disagreement resulted. Five of. the
jurors stood out for a verdict of murder
in tAe first degree. The trial was one of
the most expensive in the history of the
state. The Thaw family alone spent
nearly quarter million dollars, it is said.
The state spent nearly 100000.
In order to facilitate the handling of
crowds at the new trial Commissioner
Bingham has detailed many more police
men than were in attendance last time.
Justice Bowling has issued orders barring
women from the courtroom. The Count
css of Yarmouth. who has started suit
for the annulment of her marriage. and
who was on hand at the last trial almost
every day, will not attend the present
one. Thaw's mother. his wife and sister,
Mrs, George Lauder Carnegie, will occupy
seats together.
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HERE TO FIGHT whitley.
F. M. Brooks Reaches New York
on His Way to Washington.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
NEW YORK. January 4.-The arrival
in New York, en- route to Washington, of
F. NJ. Brooks, recently of the American
bar at Shanghai, marks the latest step
in the proceedings looking toward the
impeachment of Judge Libbeus r. Will
fey, the first and only occupant of the
bench in the recently created United
States court for China.
Mr. Brooks is one of six members of
the bar dsbarred by what they claim
to be high-handed and illegal procedure
on the part of Judge Whitley. Mr. Brooks,
besides being one of the most active in
suing in the courts for $4,000 damages
on the claim that Judge Whitley and his
clerk. L. E. Hinkley, conspired to ruin
his practice.
M Brooks consented to tell some thing
of what he claims are the causes for the
ington.
"When Judge Whitley found that he
could not disqualify three-quarters of the
bar at Shanghai from practice in China
without mourning serious personal re-
sponsibility, he set about to find excuses
for his action. Lacking Shanghai causes
in my case, he stated that my record in
Honolulu was such that dare not return
there l think l have now demonstrated
the falsity of this charge, even to the
judges satisfaction, for when l learned
that he was to leave Shanghai early in
December for the United States, to de-
fend himself in the Impeachment pro-
ceedings here. l took an earlier steamer
for Honolulu, there filed papers against
him for conspiracy and had them served
on him when the Pacific Mail liner from
Shanghai touched at Honolulu with the
judgs ON board. I then took the same
steamer for San Francisco.
Although the judge is not expected by
the bench and bar of Shanghai ever to
return there, he will be obliged to take
notice of these conspiracy proceedings in
stituted in Honolulu. 1t is not that we
lawyers cannot find other and profitable
fields of practice outside of China, but
that a most important principle is at
stake. the right of an honorable lawyer
to make an honorable living, and 1t is
for this that we are here to contend"
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Posses Threaten Lynching.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, January A.
Posses of citizens are searching the
woods in the vicinity of Spence, Newton
county. in an effort to capture Yates
Standridge. an escaped convict. who yes
terday killed two persons and wounded
another. Members of the posses declare
Standridge will be lynched if caught.
sStandridge after escaping from the
state prison, where he was serving a
sentence for robbery, went to the home
of his wife and threatened her life The
woman sought protection at the home of
neighbor. Standridge followed her to
the neighbours home and killed N. Rouse
mount and dangerously wounded Mrs.
Rousemount. Mrs. Standridge is miss
ing and is believed to have been killed.
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LIQUOR MEN AROUSED
Movement to Offset the
Spread of Prohibition.
AFRAID OF GREAT ISSUE
Big Meeting Planned in New York
January 10. =.
DISTRESS AMONG DEALERS
Leagues First Proposition Is to
Make Licenses Transferable, Like
Any Other Property.
DISTRESS AMONG
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK. January 4-That 81. 900. 600
persons in the United States cannot get
whisky or beer when they want It has
caused distress among some big dealers.
ana the Model License League Of Louis
vile. KY. is organizing liquor dealers all
over the country in a movement to offset
the prohibition propaganda by reforming
and restricting the saloons.
January 10 President #. M. Gilmore Of
the league will hold a meeting at the WAL
dorf-Astoria, at which he will try TO en-
list the local brewers and dealers in SUM-
port of the reform movement. The aim
of the league is to make a saloon license
such valuable property and so easily for
1eltaDie for a breach Of the law that
saloon keeping will become the business
OF respectable men only, who will for
their own interests make their resorts
orderly.
The leagues first proposition is to make
licenses transferable, like any other prop
erty. AS such they would be of great
value TO their owners. 1t is also proposed
that licenses in a community should be
restricted In number, so as not to exceed
the proportion of one for every 500 of
populat ton.
The selling of liquor to minors should
be prohibited, the league asserts, and for
any violation of law a license should be
Immediately cancelled and the owner
should thereafter be debarred from ever
holding a license in the same state.
The movement has not received mich
support In the east as yet, but in the mid
die west large number of dealers and
manufacturers have enrolled themselves
members.
All the large breweries of Milwaukee
and st. Louis have Joined the league. and
throughout Kentucky, Ohio Indiana, Illi-
nois, Missouri and Wisconsin the LIQUOR
dealers are reported to have come out In
support of the new idea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-05

NEW YORK. January 4.-Arrived
Steamer Philadelphia, from Southampton
Steamers Minnehaha, from London; Pa.
tricia from Hamburg.
CAPE RACE, N. F.. January 4.-The
steamer Bluecher, from Hamburg for
New York. was in communication with
the Marconi station here when 20 miles
southeast at 10 pm, January 3. Proba-
bly, dock about am. Tuesday.
HAVRE, January ARRIVED: Steamer
La Bretagne, from New York.
NEW YORK, January 4.-Sailed: Steam
er Minneapolis, London; st. Louis, South
ampton via Plymouth and Cherbourg
Caronia, Genoa and Naples via Madeira
San Gio-gio, Naples and Genoa: United
States, Copenhagen. etc, Pretoria, Ham
burg.
BOSTON, January 4.-Arrived: Steam
er Carthaginian, Glasgow via Halifax.
SABLE ISLAND, January 4.-Steamer
Vaderland. Antwerp, for New York in
communication with the Marconi station
$50 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon;
probably dock pm. Monday.
GEESTEMUNDE. January 1-Arrived:
Steamer Monviso. Savannah via Norfolk.
NEW YORK. January 4.-Sailed:
Steamers Campania. Liverpool via
Queenstown; Cedric, Naples and Genoa
via Azores; Columbia. Glasgow via Mo-
vile, Hamburg, Genoa and Naples; koen-
igin Lu.se. Genoa and Naples. etc. :;
kroonland. Antwerp: Minneapolis, Lon
don; st. Louis, Southampton.
MANCHESTER, January 3-Arrived:
Steamer Caledonia Boston.
LIVERPOOL, January 3-Arrived:
Steamers Cambrian. London, for Boston;
Empress of Ireland, St. John, n. b, and
Halifax.
HAVRE, January 4.--Sailed: Steamer
Lo Lorraine New York.
SOUTHAMPTON, January 4.-Sailed
Steamer st. Paul. New York via Cher
bourg.
PUNTA ARENAS, December 29-Ar-
rived: Steamer Amiral Olry, San Fran
cisco, etc, for Havre, London and Ant
werp.
GENOA. January 2-Arrived: Steamer
Italia, New York via Naples.
ANTWERP, January 4.-Sailed: Steam
err Samland, New York.
LIVERPOOL January 4-Sailed
Steamer Carmania,. New York via
Queenstown.
LIZARD, January 3.-Passed: Steamer
Potsdam. New York for Boulogne and
Rotterdam.
HONGKONG, Januray ARRIVED
previously: Steamers Minnesota, Seattle
via Yokohama and Kioga: Keemun, Ia
coma via Yokohama for Glasgow.
PLYMOUTH, January ARRIVED:
Steamer New York, New York for Cher
bourg and Southampton (and proceeded.
ROTTERDAM, January 4.-Sailed:
Steamer Ryndam. New York. via Bou-
logne.
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Chicago Lid Falling.

CHICAGO, January 4.-What is claimed
as victory over the liquor interests was
announced yesterday by the Chicago Law
and Order League in communications
made public from five of the leading
clubs of the city promising to slap the
lid down hard on Sunday bars and
buffets in their club houses.
The Calumet, Chicago, Hamilton,
Union League and University clubs, it is
said have promised to cut out or keep
OUT strong drink from their Sunday
service from their members and guests.
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BANK SEEKING A CLUE
NO EXPLANATION YET OF THE
KANSAS CITY BOMB EXPLOSION.
Ten People Were Hurt and the
Property Loss Will Amount to
About $4,000.

KANSAS CITY, Mo- January 4.-No
definite conclusion will be reached tonigh,
as to the cause of the basement explosion
that today damaged the three-story
marble building of the First National
Bank. caused small panic among the
customers of the bank and injured
ten persons slightly. 1t is still thought
by the police that the explosion was of
dynamite and not of gas.
A piece of pipe, believed to have been
part of the bomb. was found this even
ing in the wrecked basement.
A motive is lacking but the bank Of
fcers and the police incline to the belief
that the explosion was either the work of
a crank or that a bomb had been secreted
IN the basement toilet room by robbers
for future use and had been accidentally
exploded
List of Injured.
No arrests have been made and the
police are Without any definite clue upon
which to work Joseph Pech, a carpen-
ter, one of the ten persons injured was
taken to the police station this afternoon.
He satisfied the police that he had no
connection with the affair and was re-
leased Pech said he was passing the
building and was cut by flying glass.
The property damage is $4,000, con-
lined almost entirely to the basement.
OF the ten persons injured. only Gilbert
Ward, negro porter, who was severely
cut, and Logan Wilson. d. bank clerk.
are seriously hurt. They will recover.
Others who were cut and bruised are:
George w. Evans, member of wholesale
drug firm of Smith & Evans
Vatican Brightwell, bank clerk.
j. u. Wilson, employed across the street
from the bank.
r. NJ Klapmeyer, bank clerk.
Joseph Pech, carpenter tooth knocked
out.
r. w. Cole, knocked senseless by con-
cuSSion.
J. Donaldson, bank clerk
Charles Grant. bank clerk.
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REFUSED RITES OF CHURCH.
Deceased French Minister of Justice
Had Embraced Free Masonry.

MONT-FERRAND. France. Janu-
airy 4.-Jean Francois Edmond Guyot-
Dessaigne the French minister of justice,
who dropped dead in the senate Tuesday
last, was refused the last rites of the
church when buried here today. A priest.
upon the request of the widow, had
prepared to hold solemn high mass in
the church when he received notification
that NJ. Guyot-Dessaigne had suffered ex-
communication on account of having en-
braced Free Masonry.
Therefore only civil ceremony was
celebrated. with eulogiums by various Of
ficials. At the grave, however, the bishop
permitted the priest to perform a brief
absolution service.
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May Meet the SQUADRON.

NAPLES, January 4.-The newspapers
here publish the statement that the Ital-
ian cruiser Puglia has been ordered to
meet the American battleship fleet and
accompany it to San Francisco Later It
was officially stated that the Puglia
would meet the American fleet in South
America, but that this meeting had no
connection whatever with the voyage of
the fleet to the Pacific.
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Jail Delivery at Hagerstown.

cpeNidi Dlepdstn 10 Inc
QUEENSTOWN, Md. January 4.-Five
prisoners escaped from the Washington
county Jail this morning and UP to noon
today not trace of them had been found.
The escaped prisoners are Roefel Wills
and John Hohring. charged with holding
up and robbiig farmer near Hagerstown
Thursday night: Buck Morne and Henry
q. Wierman. charged with larceny, and
Edward Van Arsdale, charged with lump
ing his board bill. Wills and Hohring.
who are regarded as desperate characters,
are believed to have planned the delivery
BY wedging a small piece of wood in the
door the prisoners prevented the door of
their corridor from being locked when the
turnkey made his final rounds last night
IL was then easy for the prisoners to dig
a hole through the outside brick wall and
reach the ground by means of blankets
made into rope. The escape of the
prisoners was not discovered until this
morning.
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End Of Hartie Case.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PITTSBURG, Pa, January 5.-The
press says this morning:
Augustus Hartje's world famous fight
to secure divorce practically ended
today. The Pennsylvania supreme court
yesterday refused to consider Augustus
aHrtje's petition to have it pass on the
superior courts decision, which sus-
tanned the adverse finding of the lower
court in his suit for divorce from his
wife. This brings the millionaire libel
lant's long ana bitterly contested legal
battle practically to an end.
1t is most unlikely that HartJe will
be able to get the case before the SUI
preme Court of the United States.
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Hanover Wreck Victim Dead.

BALTIMORE. Md, January Miss
Rorothea Sothoron Odenheimer who
was injured in the wreck which occurred
at Hanover station, on the Washingto ton
branch of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road just one month ago today, died this
morning at the City Hospital. Miss Oden-
heimer was about fifteen years old. She
was the daughter of Mr.. Frank G. Oden-
heimer OF Jessup, Md. who is official
at the Union station in Washington.
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Illness of Gov. Boies.

Ell PASO, Tex. January 4.-Former
Gov. Horace Boies of Iowa. who is sick
with pneumonia In FL Paso. was some-
what better TODAY. Attending physicians
wired relatives that they need not come
at present.
Boies was removed from a train yester-
day while en- route from California.
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ssTREE EFT CARS INJURE 20.
JDas Ass1 dent on The the West Savannah

BAD Accident on the West Savannah
h Line.
SNANNAH, Ga. January 4.-Twenty-
two persons were injured tonight in a COL
lision. Of street cars on the West savan-
nah<yne.
The accident occurred through large
Mill Haven car slipping its trolley. This
plunged the car in darkness. rendering it
invisible to q rapidly following small car.
twhich was crowded with passengers,
rmostly colored.
The front of the small car was stove
in by the impact. OF the injured, all
save two were colored. None was
dangerously hurt.
y special car was sent hurriedly to
the scene, and all the injured were
49, TO the Office of the company's sur
gen, where their wounds were dressed.
The injuries consisted largely of
sprains, breaks and dislocations
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Colorado Bank officers Arrested.

DURANGO. Colo. January 4.-Follow-
ing the filing today of the report of Owen
Boyle. receiver for the defunct Colorado
State Bank. warrants were sworn out
charging Benjamin NJ Freeman, presi-
dent. and Frank Eldredge. Ethan Hamp-
ton and William Chapman. directors,
with having received deposits when they
knew the bank to be insolvent. They
were arrested and released on bonds
According to Receiver Boyies report the
Colorado State Bank will be able to
pay depostors % cents on the dollar.
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Chester Bank Case.
RAIDED CARS PALACE.
Many Bombs Discovered in St.
Petersburg.

ST. PETERSBURG. January AT
Peterhof last night agents of the revolu-
tionary military organization quietly en-
tered the armory of the Caspian regi-
ment and got away with sixty rifles. The
authorities have no knowledge of their
present whereabouts. Discoveries of
bombs and explosives in st. Petersburg
are reported almost every day, and the
police declare they have information to
the effect that certain groups of terrorists
are preparing to resume activity. Yester-
day the police OF this city seized fourteen
bombs in the lodgings of a laborer and
took twenty men into custody.
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Collier Reaches Rio.

RIO JANEIRO. January 4.-The Ameri-
can collier Brutus arrived here today and
the Ajax is expected tomorrow They
precede the American battleship fleet.
The minister of marine has named a
commission of naval officers to wait upon
the American visitors while tie fleet re-
mains here This commission is COM
posed of Lieut.. Trojano Carvalho. Lieut..
Castro Menezes, Lieut.. Martin Guimaraes,
Lieut.. Lopez Couto and Marquis Lomba.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-05
New American Ships in 1907,

The bureau of navigation of the Depart
ment OF Commerce and Labor announces
that during the calendar year 1907 1,956
vessels OF 502,J0S gross tons were built
and officially numbered in the United
States. compared with 1.Oi5 vessels of
,2ol tons IN 1906. During the first six
months of the current fiscal year 5T5 YES
sells OF 25S,9I4 tons were built compared
with sos vessels of ISL DAB tons during
the first six months of the previous fiscal
year.
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Washington Woman Tries Suicide.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
DETROIT. Mich, January AIRS. John
B. Mcdonald. formerly employed at the
ST. James Hotel. Washington, attempted
to commit suicide Friday evening by
drinking a large dose of ammonia. Two
weeks ago. Mcdonald. who was formerly
employed as trombone player in a WASH
ington theater. took the last cent his wife
had and her gold watch and deserted her.
leaving her penniiess. Mrs. Mcdonald
became Respondent when she did not hear
from her husband and he did not send her
money and she decided to end her life
She is in critical condition at hos
pital and the physicians have but little
hope that she will recover.
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To Command Training Station.

Rear Admiral Albert Ross. who has just
been retired, is to be retained as COM
mandant of the great lakes naval training
station near Chicago. Admiral Ross con-
nection with the work dates from its in
ception. He is thoroughly familiar with
all its details and the Judgment of the
officials is that all interests will be best
subserved by his continuing in. that de-
tail
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Startling Evidence in the Trial
of John R. Walsh.
GEO. M. COFFIN ON STAND
Former Treasury Official Tells of
Some Irregularities.
ACCOMMODATION LOAN HABIT
Law Regularly Violated With Scant
Remonstrance When He Was
Deputy Controller.

CHICAGO, January 4.-That certain Sec
dead letters so far as banking practice Is
concerned and that these violations meet
with only formal criticism from the con-
troller of the currency. was the testimony
former deputy controller of the currency,
in the trial of John R. Walsh. on charges
Of misapplying the funds of the defunct
Chicago National Bank. Coffin still holds
a commission as bank examiner.
Coffin was asked by Attorney John S.
Miller. for the defense, if it was pre-
vailing practice for national banks to
make accommodation and memorandum
notes and loans in excess of the limit pro-
vided by the banking laws
Not Much Remonstrance.
Coffin answered in the affirmative.
Were such cases as this in which Mr..
Walsh is involved frequently reported to
the controller by the bank examiners?"
''Yes, sir
Were they criticised by the control
ler?"
mo: there was no special criticism
what took place in the controllers Of
fice?"
1.-THE reports were gone over and then
printed letters calling the attention of the
banks to the statutes were sent to the
bank.
Did the practice of making excessive
loans prevail?"
Yes. There were always about one
third of the banks making such loans.
This prevailed in a reserve district. and
in about thirty cities of the country, in
GLIDING New York and Chicago"
Coffin testified that the printed letters
sent to the banks were formal and per-
functory, signed with autograph stamps
and containing directions regarding the
reduction of excessive loans These let
ters were not followed up, and replies
even were not necessary. Coffin was con-
Eected with the controllers office from
1856 to 1898.
Loans to Bank Officials.
The witness asserted that all loans from
banks to their officers, excessive or within
the limit provided by law. are generally
regarded as matters Of judgment. Memo
randum notes are customary, he asserted,
in all banks with which he is familiar.
Under cross-examination by Fletcher
Dobyns, assistant district attorney, Cof-
fin admitted that he had never seen any
memorandum notes like those in the Chi
cago National Bank, and to which officers
of the bank signed another persons name
without authority from, or knowledge of,
that person. Attorney Dobyns asked:
WAS there any limit on excessive loans
that depended on the amount of the
banks capital?'
''That depended more on the amount of
the deposits than the capital"
Chester Bank Case.
When asked for case where excessive
loans had been made by bank officer to
enterprises in which he was interested
the witness cited the Chestnut Street Ma
t!onal Bank of Philadelphia. He admit
ted that that institution had failed and
is now in the hands of receiver.
Subsequent questions brought out a
storm of objections from the defense, and,
in the midst of the arguments, court was
Cd unit M0ndov
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Honor for Former Embassy Secretary

PARIS, January 4.-Raphael WE'LL of
San Francisco has been made a menu
of the Legion of Honor. and NJ. THE
baut. who was formerly first secretary of
the French embassy at Washington has
been gazetted an officer of the Legion
NJ. Thiebaut is now French minister at
Buenos Ayres.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-05

BRONSON, Fla, January 4-Josept
Phelps, a prosperous farmer of this coun-
ty, is dead and his wife is in a critical
condition from taking strychnine by mis-
take for quinine.