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AN EXEDRA FOR COLUMBIA.
To Be Erected by the Glass Of 80 as 2S
Year Memorial.

Ground was broken at Columbia yes
terday for the foundation of the memorial
exedra which the class OF 1883 will give
to the university on commencement day
as token of the twenty-fifth anniversary
of its graduation. The exedra, which is
defined as a range OF seats intended for
rest and conversation. will be placed on
the grass plot Immediately to the east of
the library and will face the entrance to
st. Pauls Chapel, II will he the first
memorial Of its kind on the Columbia
campus.
Tn exedra will be about twenty feet
across the diameter of the semiclrcle and
will extend ten feet in from the east walk
toward the library. II will he built Of
granite and will be ready for presentation
on commencement day. William A, Mel
kleham. who for years has acted az referee
nr the annual Yale Harvard boat races
NJ New London, ls chairmin of thu an
niversary committee of the class of 1874,
and il was his committee that recon-
mended 10 the class this form OF memorial.
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HURT ~ FIRE AUTO WRECK.
Passaic Lieutenant and school Board
Secretary seriously Injured.

PAssAIC. n. j.. April 1.-Two men are
in ST. Marys Hospital. one Of them prob
ably mortally injured, as a result of an
accident to combination automobile hose
cart and chemical engine I while il was
responding to an alarm Of fire tonight,
The accident happened at Passaic street
and Columbia avenue. where the street
makes a sudden bend. The machine was
travelling thirty miles an hour when it
hit four inch rut. 1t bounded in air,
turned completely around and smashed
tail foremost into an iron telegraph pole
The occupants were thrown many feet.
landing on asphalt.
Lieut.. James J. Delaney, injured in
ternally. was picked up unconscious
and will probably die. Charley F. Cow
ley, secretary of the Board Of Educa-
tion was bleeding AT the ears and had
conc,ission of the brain. He. too. was
taken to st. Mary's. Mr.. Cowley was
a member Of the old volunteer fire COM
pany. He happened to be at the engine
house when the alarm sounded and he
jumped aboard the engine.
Capt. Elmer f. Graham. Otto L. Smith
and Joseph johnson, the driver. were
also thrown out. Capt. Graham hurt
his leg, but the others got on with few
bruises.
The fire was in three story tenement
at ll5 Passaic street.
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PRINCESS IRENE DEPARTS.
Towed out. hut Coins 10 Newport News
Under Her Own steam.

The North German Lloyd liner Princess
Irene. stranded eighty-three hours on a
sandbar on Lone Hill. Fire Island. sailed
yesterday for Newport News TO go into
dry dock and have her stern frame re-
paired and her rudder put into commits
sion She was towed down the old ship
channel because she couldn't under the
Government regulations get out through
the Ambrose Channel under tow. The
wrecking steamer l. J. Merritt towed her.
the tugs John Nichols and John j .Timmins
acting as her rudder. When she got into
the open her own propellers began to
churn. II is a simple matter TO steer a
big twin screw in the broad and deep
Atlantic with her propellers alone. and
that is what Capt. Won Letten Petersen
started to do the moment the Merritt and
the tugs cast Of their lines. The Merritt
will keep close astern Of the Princess Irene
until che gets to the Virginia capes and
will tow her into the yards Of the Newport
News Shipbuilding Company. She will
be ready to sail for the Mediterranean on
May 81 with Capt. Won Letten- Petersen
in command.
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HAMMOND FOR HILLS POST?
HINT That TAFT HAS PICKED
BERLIN AMBASSADOR
Warrington Thinks the lncumbent's Res.
iEnation Was Put In lnder Pressure
Stories Of Dissatisfaction over
Potash and the Turkish Loan.

WASHINGTON, April i5.-Dr. David j.
Hill. who recently resigned as Ambas-
sador at Berlin. will return to Germany
about May to arrange for turning over
the embassy to his successor and for
the shipment OF his household effects to
the United States. His resignation will
take effect on July I. by which time, it is
expected. President Taft will have named
his successor.
The belief here is that the new Ambas-
sador has been selected. but President
Taft is not prepared yet to announce his
name DR.. Hill says that he has made no
plans for the future. His friends say that
he would prefer TO return TO academic
work. preferably as the head Of an edu-
cational institution.
Speculation continued to-day as TO the
reason for DR. Hills retirement from the
diplomatic service. He still declines to
discuss the matter. His friends believe
though that he was practically forced to
resign from the service to make room for
a man picked by President Taft.
II is the general impression that there
we're differences Of opinion between DR..
Hill and the State Department as to the
handling Of the potash question which
has been under discussion between the
United States and Germany for several
months. DR.. Hill is a scholarly. academic
diplomatist Of the old school.
1t is reported also that the officers Of
the State Departmen regretted his failure
to bring to the attention of the Depart
ment commercial opportunities which
came to his attention in Berlin. One Of
negotiated in Berlin and which was
handled entirely by German bankers.
Some officers of the Depart say that
DIR. Hill failed to grasp an opportunity
for the extension OF American capital in
the near Fast. which field Secretary Knox
is particularly anxious TO invade. The
White House and State Depa rtment ia ailed
to throw any additional light to-day on
the reasons for Dr. Hills resignation
except to issue pefunctory denials that
there had been any friction between him
and the officers OF the Department.
The unexplained resignation Of DR..
Hill led TO the belief to-day that the
presidency Of Princeton University.
which has been vacant since Woodrow
Wilson resigned, might have been offered
him. II was learned, however. that the
Princeton board OF trustees has not
yet acted upon successor TO Woodrow
Wilson. DIR. Hills name has been men
toned several times before this for the
Princeton office.
John Hays Hammond, who is an init
mate personal friend of President Taft,
is being suggested as a possible successor
TO DR.. Hill as Ambassador to Germany
Mr., Hammond will attend the coronation
of King George as a Special Ambassador
representing the United States 1t is
believed here that the appointment
to Germany will be made shortly.
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NEW CONGRESSMAN REBUKED.
Had His Feet on Desk and ThermOme-
ter in His Mouth.

WASHINGTON. April Representative
W. s Goodwin of Arkansas. a Democratic
recruit. strolled into the House to-day,
took seat in the front row. calmly placed
his feet on the desk in front Of him and
drawing clinical thermometer from his
pocket placed a large part OF it in his
mouth. Mr.. Goodwin then felt his pulse
He suspended this operation at intervals
TO consult the thermometer about his
temperature.
While Mr.. Goodwin was thus engaged in
ascertaining his physical condition, Asher
Kinds Of Maine was delivering a speech
on the tariff. For time the new member
from Arkansas was the centre Of attraction
in the House. Mr.. Goodwin was reclin-
ing in his chair. with the Thermometer
bet ween his lips and counting the number
of his heart beats per minute when a
deputy sergeant -et-arms requested him
TO remove his feet from the desk. He
did 80. and he did not get mad about il
either.
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THE HORSES NIGHT IN LONDON.
No SHOW, hut . Temporary TaNt strike.
and E,e cry One Eager 10 Get Home.

Special Cable Despatch 10 TIE SUN.
LONDON, April i5.-Traffic in the Lon
don streets tonight suggested the idea
that some fairy had waved her wand and
thrown the city back few years. There
was onlyan occasional taxicab and hardly
a private motor. for London motor owners
are of for an Easter holiday. II seemed
a strange anachronism that hansoms
lin gled about busily and fourwheelers
hustled ind,istriously.
As the audiences were leaving the
theatres they had to wait long and i'm
patiently while commssionnaires and
pages rushed up and down the streets
blowing two blasts on their whistles and
shouting the unfamiliar cry OF "Ansom!'
The tubes carried an unaccustomed num-
ber of people in evening dress and every
ri rect in the West End echoed with the
klo,,. klop of horses hoofs.
The reason for all this IL the dispute
bet tween taxicab owners and drivers. The
owners declare that the returns give no
profit on their investment and demand
tenpenny initial fee instead OF eightpence
as heretofore.
They also demand sixpence for every
passenger over two in each cab. The
former requires the fiat Of the Local
Government Board, while the latter is
already legally theirs. but the drivers
never mark extras on the clocks and
frankly declare that they must pocket
the extras in order to make a fair living.
Tonight the drivers took their cabs
home at 9 O'Clock in order to attend a
mass meeting and discuss a line of action.
Az a result those horse cabbes who were
stili remaining in London had the time Of
THAR liyaa
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the police Of the country to look out for
the two robbers.


the two robbers.
John ". Hart. attorney for Plass spent
some time yesterday in the Office Of Assist
ant. District Attorney Buckner with his
client. Plass's wife also was present.
Plass added to the confession he made to
MIR. Buckner and Inspector Russell. giving
more details Of the division Of the S5,OOo
reward. One sixth Of the reward. he said.
went to Daniel O'Reilly
He said that after the ride i'm the taxicab
on March ~ he and o Reilly went to the
Night and Day Bank. a. il was then long
after regular banking hours. O'Reilly.
said Plass. introduced himself and had
three 81 900 bills changed. piass TOOK the
money and they went TO the Belmont Hotel.
They ordered some champsgn and
while they were waiting for it Plass say he
paid O'Reilv sss33o. Then Plass tele-
phoned TO his own house and asked for
Cy Yates. one Of the other men concerned
in the robbery. Yates was not there. but
Ch"rlie Murphy and another man. the pair
who had bumped against Mr.. Bancroft in
the Produce Exchange building and got
away with his securities. were there and
came down to the hotel. One sixth OF the
ZOO was given TO each OF them. and after
some more champagne. O'Reilly left.
Soon after he had gone Cy Yates arrived.
Plass said that Yates demanded one third
Of the s5 900, saying that he had 70 divide
with another who was concerned in the
robbery. He got the dovble allowance.
MIR. Buckner has confirmed some OF
Plass's confession from the clerks in the
Night and Dav Bank. who say they recog-
nized Mr.. o Reilly The telephone opera
tor at the Belmont also remembered seeing
him on or about the night in question.
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CLARK 70 STAY IN RICHMOND.
Prefers 70 Coniinue His Career There
Il Bridegroom.

RICHMOND, April i5.-B. r. Benton.
who under his right name. Clark escaped
from an asylum in New York where he
had been placed by relatives. and subse-
quently made fortune here. intends
to claim his estate in New York. followin in q
which he will probably continue to live
here.
Benton was married in Washin gton on
March 81 to Miss Mamie Proffltt. daughter
OF Mrs. r. W. Proffitt OF this city. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
f. W. Swan. a Baptist minister. Miss
Profitt was the plaintiff in $4,000 dam
age suit against the Oppleman family.
tried in the Hastings Court Of South Rich
mond early in the year. She received
81 900 damages, but the case is now await
ing an appeal. Benton was witness for
her.
As to his plans Benton is not definite
He ia still called Benton in this city. He
said simply that he preferred to live in
Richmond. He desires to go on with his
career here.
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CLEANING Up WEST POINT.
Gen. Barry Puts Eifty Men AT Work Fin.
listed Men Only Can Keep Chickens.

NEwRrRGH. April i5.-Gen. Barry has
started for "a cleaner az well as better
West Point. To-day fifty men have
been cleaning the post and orders have
been issued that COW sheds. chicken
coops barns and everything not of at
tractive appearance shall be removed
from the yards Of the officers. Chicken
coops may be kept till in the yards OF the
soldiers, but they must be Of uniform
size and design. painted the same color
and located at the extreme rear OF the
premises. No excursion boats will he
permitted to land this year, as the excur-
sionists leave litter about the reserva-
ton that requires force of men long
time each week to clean up. The enlisted
men must wear blouses instead of roam
ing the woods in their shirt sleeves. and
everything will be done to make it a
beautiful as well as tidy military post.
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BERLIN REGRETS DIR. HILL.
No Friction With German Government
Potash Acerbity.

SpfCf't tuOr pFSputtN - ! mr. DUN
BERLIN. April IS. 1t was officially
intimated to the correspondent Of THE
Sun to-day that the German Government
regrets the resignation Of DR.. David Jayne
Hill as American Ambassador TO this
country and that both az respects his
personal relations and his conduct of
official business he was always highly
thought Of by the German Government,
His resignation, it was said, was in no
way connected with the present German
American relations.
An explanation Of his resignation is
not looked for here in any friction be-
tween the Ambassador and the German
Foreign Office or between DR.. Hill and
the Kaiser. Indeed there ia reason to
believe that the Kaiser has already cabled
Dr. Hill expressing regret at his resig-
nation His relations with the Kaiser and
the court officials have always been
friendly, though less intimate than
those OF his predecessors.
Political speculations are freely current
here to the effect that President Taft
desires man of his own nomination at
Berlin. The German commercial press
suggests that Dr. Hill was in disagree
ment with the State Department on the
potash question. as he is decidedly Of
opinion that an injustice has been done
the American contractors and that his
Government should have taken up and
maintained IA rigorous attitude.
The statement that the Americans in
volved in the potash controversy will
return here TO resume negotiations with
the German syndicate is received in some
quarters with amaaement and incredulitv
It is said that there is not the least pros
pect of Qny settlement which will not
involve the wholesale surrender of the
American case, These views are largely
due to the truculent attitude of the potash
and anti-American press. which has
entirely lost consideration of the fact that
the presence of the Americans is neces-
sary in view of the arbitration proceed
ings recommended by both Governments
After some indecision az to whether
the potash conference should meet in
London or Brussels it has been decided
TO hold it in Brussels as then il will be
on neutral territory Despite the I'M
compromising attitude shown in some
quarters. The Suns correspondent learns
that there is prospect that the whole
matter may he settled privately. II
il he not 80 settled and the arbitration
should be without result, the question
will have to be taken up again by the
two Governments.
The chief point. apart from the ques-
tion Of the export tax, which it is expected
will be easily decided. concerns the ar
rangements to be- made in regard to the
sale of potash products in America,
Newspapers Of all shades of opinion
publish expressions Of regret AZ the
departure Of Ambassador Hill. Most
Of them suggest that the potash difficulty
= the chief cause Of his resignat ion.
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MURDERED BY THE MARIA.
Prof. Bruno and children Victims In
Palermo Cruelest Deception.

,SpffIW CHNF TFSVntN 70 THE SCN,
PALERMO. April l5,-The police suspect
that the well known chemist. Prof. Bruno
who was found dead here yesterday
with three of his children. did not com
init suicide after numbering his family
as was at first believed.
The police think that Prof Bruno and
his family were the victims OF the Malta
and that the murderers arranged scene
of apparent domestic tragedy in order
TO allay the suspicious OF the police.
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HORSE BOLTS Up SPEEDWAY.
Driver. Max DrefkOn. Thrown Out hut
Not Hurt-HOrse CauEht.

A trotter harnessed to light runabout
and driven by Max Drefkoff. lawyer Of
50 West l2sth street. took the bit in it's
High Bridge yesterday afternoon. Mr..
Drefkoff was thrown out after a few
Jumps and went rolling in the mud while
the trotter kept right on.
At l52d street Mounted Policeman Logan
tried to head of the runaway. but The
trotter slipped past him and Logan had
to whirl about in pursuit.
The race kept mp to ls5th street, where
Logan got hold Of the trotter's bride
and pulled the horse to a standstill. Then
Logan went back to where Mr.. DrefkoN
was brushing himself on and the lawyer
got in his runabout again and drove
home.
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SELMA BROWNS PLIGHT.
Justice Kelly suggests q Way 10 Liberats
Her From RefOrmatOry.

Justice Kelly in the Supreme Court.
Brooklyn. yesterday denied the applica-
ton for a writ of habeas corpus in the case
of Selma Brown. who was recently COM
mitted to the Bedford Reformatory by
Magistrate Geismar for lettering in the
streets.
In his memorandum Justice Kelly SAYS:
This woman, protesting her innocence.
with her parents and her employer vouch-
ing for her. with no record Of previous
wrongdoing. has been sent to the re-
formatory for three years without trial
by jury after summary hearing before
the Magistrate. 1cannot help her on this
writ under the decision in the Davis case
and must remand her to custody GER
tainly think an appeal should be taken
from the decision of the Magistrate and
that the woman should be admitted to
bail pending the hearing of the appeal
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SAY THEY GOTwHISKEYATaA.M
On sunday In Maxim's-They Helpet
Themselves. Says waiter.

Henry Sugarman, waiter employed
in Maxim q restaurant at 10s West Thirty
eighth street. was held for trial yesterday
in the Jefferson Market police court
under the eXcise law. Detectives
Barry aud Patten OF the Central Ofice
said they went to the restaurant at 2
o'clock on the morning Of Sunday.
March 10. and were served with a drink
OF whskey apiece in the dining room.
The waiter denied that they had been
served. He said that they had helped
themselves from decanter standing on
the table which they had chosen. He an id
the decanter was standing there when they
entered the room.
He was held in $500 bail for trial in
Special Sessions
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FLYNN FOiND CROOKED GAMES.
Devices for Unfair Faro ami Roulette
May Bc shown In Court.

Many Of the gambling devices taken
by Commissioner Flynn in his recent
raids we're found to favor the house. and
the Assistant District Attorneys are
thinking of introducing crooked faro
layout and roulette wheel at the trial
Of the alleged gamblers. Fine specimens
of both are to hand.
Deputy Commissioner Flynn has con-
suited with District Attorney Whitman
and Judge Rosalsky of General Sessions,
before whom a great number Of the al
legged gamblers will he arraigned on
Monday. and il is said that if they are
convicted or plead guilty to the indct-
ment they will not escape with a fine
Two parts Of General Sessions will be
given over 10. their trials.
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HAD PRYING WIFE ARRESTED.
Austrian Court Gave Her q Week for
Reading Letter 10 the Other Lady.

special Cdbie DcspGfch 10 THE SrN.
NItNNA. April l5.- lady who susp pected
her husband : siidelityunlockedh his writing
table and opened sealed letter addressed
to her rival. The contents of the letter
enabled her to bring a successful action
against her husband.
The husband retaliated by prosecut in q
the wife for violating the secrecy of
private correspondence, which is a serious
offence against the Austrian law.
The wife was found guilty, but the court
sentenced her to only a week in prison
on the ground that the circumstances
were eXtenuatinE.
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AUTO HITS AUTO AMBULANCE.
Doctor Overheard No One Hurt. Not
Even the Cars.

An automobile ambulance belonging to
st. Luke's Hospital going south on West
End avenue yesterday afternoon was
struck at Eighty-seventh street by an
automoble owned by j. r. Woodward
of Madison avenue.
The two drivers tried to turn out and
the vehicles came together at an angle.
DR.. Hubbard. who was riding on the
stern of the hospital ship. was spilled
overheard. but hurt only in respect of
his white uniform. Neither vehicle was
seriously damaged.
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Physician Killed by Hoidup Man.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col. April i6.-Dr
W. Reasoner, a prominent physician, was
shot and killed last night by negro
holdup upon whom he had opened fire
after being robbed OF 5000 diamond stud
and a gold watch. Several shots were
exchanged at close range. DR. Reasoner
was shot four times and the negro twice.
The negro was taken to st. Francis Hos
pital and later was hurried to the jail to
prevent lyrching, He died at o'clock
this morning, He has been identified as
Bill Taylor, who was released five months
ago from the prison at Canon City.
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EIIzArfrU, n, j.. April i5,-Trouble
which started about a month ago at the
Colwell Lead Works took a serious
turn to-day when q dynamite bomb
as thrown underneath wagon which
was conveying half q dozen employeer
TO the plant. No ora Was injured. The
wagon was damaged
Vest erday several employees were
beaten by striiers.
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JACK JOHNSON STILL IN jan.
PusiIist Spcr,ier Won't Get Out In Time
for Easter Parade.

SAN Francisco, April l5.-Jack John
son will not be released on Easter morning
as he expected.
II was discovered this afternoon that
his release order must be signed by the
District Attorney. the Sheriff and the
Judge sitting az a pardon
board
On the eve Of Easter il is impossible to
get these three officials together. but they
probably will meet on Monday.
Meanwhile Jack must spend Easter in
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CIcrgy man Drowned While Duck Hunting

CHARLOTTE. n. C.. April l5-News WAS
received here to-day that the Rev
McNeely Dubose, one OF tho most promi-
nent clergymen in tho South. was drowned
in the Catawba River near Morganton,
\. G., this morning while duck hunting
He was accompanied by his two little
sons, The Rev. MIR, Duhose was for sew
epa years rector OF 81, Mary's College al
Raleigh, n. U.
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