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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11
OFFICER ACCUSES JAPAN
Says She Is Financing Revolu
ton in Mexico.
lRv Telegraph to The Tribun


Baltimore. March 10-That the Mexican
revolution is being financed by the japanese
government was charged to-day by an
army officer stationed in Baltimore. He as
serted that the information reached him
through officials OF the State Department.
He further declared that the movement mad
been started with a view OF establishing a
new government in Mexico which would be
friendly 10 Japan. and with the hope that
that nation would either Concede or lease
10 them Magdalena and adjoining land 70.
naval purposes and coallng station. lie
also said II had been an open secret among
government officials for a long limo that
iapan had been trying 10 obtain por-
ton of Lower California as base OF OPP
erations in that part Of the Pacific. The
officer who made the statement was prom
inent in the Spanish American War.
This government was In possession OF
urouestionable information that Japan con
'templated landing in Mexican terrltoiS
la 90 soldiers, Of what is known as the
Foreign Legion. made up exclusively Of
mon who saw service in the RusSoJap-
anese War" he said The naval forces
o. this country are likely 10 be greatly re-
lQIOICtQ III l1e ~ iIi' CN'"'' ''''''' -
time.
That Japan wants strong naval an"
coaline station in the Pacific within easy
reach Of this country has long been known
among the naval experts Of the United
States. Had the Japanese government Sc
cured Magdalena Island she would have
had a great advantage in the event OF war
with this country. With the opening ot
the canal. even If it is fortified. Japan VIII
try 10 get possession Of the island, which
would save the japanese ships the long trip
around Cane Horn in case the Japanese
navy wished to strike at this country from
the Atlantic side.
For the last ten years Japan has been
colonizirg along tho west coast Of Mexico.
and particularly in Lower California AT
present there are about 10000 Japanese
scattered from the northern to the south
ern point on the west coast Of Mexico
These colonists. if so ordered by their
home country. would take up arms in a
minute and fight the Mexican army Ia
standstill The revolutionists are in pos
session Of some fine guns Now, II the
revolution had started on the eastern
coast we might surmise that these field
pieces mad been furnished 10y a European
Tower or course, we have our suspicious
where these field pieces came from.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11
COURT SETS ASIDE DIVORCE
Wife Who Failed to Defend Suit Says
She Never Was Served.

Justice Guy set aside yesterday the de-
cree Of annulment of marriage which
Frederick 4. Geiger obtained in the SUI
preme Court from his wife. Mrs. Mary A.
Gelger last June. when the defendant
failed 10 defend the suit. Geiger obtained
the annulment on the allegation that when
he married his wife at the Church Of the
Covenant he was under duress and did
not marry Of his own free WILL his wifes
brother aiding In the duress. The Rev
George :. Webster. who performed the
ceremony. made an affidavit that Geiger
gave no evidence Of being under duress
when he was married.
In asking that the decree be set aside
Mrs. Geger said she did not defend the
suit because she had not been served with
tho summons and had no knowledge of the
action. She and her husband lived I'm
Wnnamsport. Penn, and she said she fire.
ouently talked with Geiger. but that he
never mentioned anything about his suit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11
AIMS AT POLICE STATION
officers Aid Deaf Mute Boy Ar.
rested as Beggar.

Charlie Rldel. q special officer ~ the
Intcrboroueh Company. led seven
year-old boy into the East 22d street
police station last night The six-foot
Special" arranged the youngster before
Lieutenant Sharkey on the charge OF
soliciting aims a the foot Of the stairway
OF the elevated station at First avenue
and Fourteenth street.
When the Lieutenant attempted 70
question the boy he discovered he was
deaf and dumb.
Then the exasperatod Lieutenant sent
Patrolman Giuseppe Sirello out with
the little fellow. in hopes that the boy
would lead the patrOlman TO his home.
In that way they would be able 10 learn
bis Identity The child led the officer 70
No. 1876 East 18th street There he found
that his diminutive prisoner was Saliva
tore Serio. that the lads father vas an
invalid. and that the mother supported
her child. her husband and herself by
sewing
Mrs Serio returned 10 the station with
the boy There she pledged bond for his
arpearance I'm tho Children's Court to-
day and he was placed in her custody.
Lieutenant Sharkey started a contribu-
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11
OFFICERS SEEK SERVICE
Rush of Applications to Go to
Mexican Frontier.
GEN. WOOD GOING LATER
For the Present, However, He
Will Direct Operations from
Washington.
From The Tribune Bureau. J

Washington, March 10.-Army officers on
leave and those on detached duty have
been deuging the War Department for the
last three or four days with requests for
assignment TO duty with the commands
which are to form part Of the so-called
"manoeuvre division" in Texas and South
ern California. Some OF the officers have
come to Washington in person and sought
the influence Of their friends in the War
Department with the chief Of Staff Re-
quests Of this kind are being granted wher-
ever possible. It is not considered worth
while detachnE officers from the service
schools. although this may be done in cases
where officers are needed with their COM
mands Later, if the troops are kept in
the field. the officers who are taking post
graduate courses will be ordered to the
scene for instruction
General Wood. the chief Of staff. contem-
plates making a visit later but for the
present he will remain in Washington and
keep in close touch with the command
through General William II. Carter
There is much discussion among army Of
fcers as to the length Of the operations So
little information is possessed by any one
in the War Department, with the exception
of General Wood. that there Is unlimited
opportunity for conjecture. II is assumed
that the troops may he regarded as in the
field for an indefinite time, and there is a
prospect that a large force will be held
along the Mexican border for the remain
der Of the year.
The officers who have TO do with the
finances of the military establishment are
engaged in furnishing estimates of the cost
OF this movement Of troops. As already
stated in these dispatches. the expense 81
far incurred amounts to $4,000. This rep
resents the extraordinary supplies which
had 10 be acquired by the quartermaster
general. the surgeon general. the chief 81
ordnance and the commissary general. The
main item. however, relates TO transporta'
tion and includes the cost of putting the
army transports into commission. the con-
tract with the railroads and the purchase
of horses and mules
orders which had been issued Tor the l"tii
Infantry TO sail for the Philippines on
Anru and for the eth Infantry, now IN
tho Philippines. TO embark for this couh-
try on Nav - have been cancelled owing
IN the fact tnat the former regiment was
ordered from Fort Leavenworth to san An
+orio with the rest Of the troops no" uere'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11
EGYPTIAN CURI0S STOLEN
Two Men Rob Museum of Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia, March l0.-Detectives are
investigating the theft from the museum
OF the University Of Pennsylvania by two
men Of fifteen Egyptian curios The rob
berry occurred yesterday and the articles
taken were from the collection of Eckley
b. Coke The Curios We're in a glass case,
the back of which had been unscrewed.
The articles included;
Necklace three feet long and made of
gold and amethyst beads, with gold lion at
each end
Necklace made Of gold beads in form ot
hawks and human head. almost one-eighth
10 one-quarter inch.
Gold necklace Of plain gold beads, about
eighteen inches long.
Two thin gold wire bracelets tied In
lovers knots.
Gold finger ring with scarab on II.
Necklace made Of gold and amethyst
beads. eighteen inches long.
String of gold beads in form Of cowrie
shells and lions.
String OF plain gold beads.
Two large gold earrings.
Three small strings of gold beads
Small gold cylinder about one and one
half inches long. with pendant OF amethyst
beads and green fcldSpar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11
DAVE LEFT S129,890 DEBTS
Attorney for Boy Broker'bSays
S114.70O Is Secured.

Boston, March 1O.-According 10 a sched-
u.c ~ liabilities filed in the United States
District Court by Winfield G. Towne. at
torney for Robert j. Davie the boy
broker who is now in custody in Rio lie
Janeiro. Davie owes al least slZ9So. Of
which &iI4.71) is secured These figures
represent the known debts left unpaid by
Davie when hc disappeared from this city
last year.
The names Of the known creditors were
made public to-day. and it is expected that
the referee in bankruptcy viii call cred
itors' meeting at an early date. Many
claims have not been included In the Sl2S'-
80 as Mr Towne thinks that much Of the
money not named in the schedules was lost
DO legitimate speculation. Among me
claims not fled to-day is one by W. II.
Jackson. Of Brookline. for $4,000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11
MILITIA OFFICERS READY
Every State Will Probably Be
Renresented in Texas.

Washington. March 1O.-General ROBERT
T. rams in charge Of the militia division
M the War Department, received a nuihOei
~ ,e1egraros to-day from adjutants general
~ tho states and territories indicating tia'
the invitation extended 10 the mllua VI
Gcers IS being enthusiastically received
The re-lics. 10 is said. encourage the pciie'
that every state and territory IN the Union
and tho District Of Columbia viii desire
To- be adequately represented IN the opera
tions along the frontier. There are S'oV'
militia officers, and it Is expected tha'
moro than can he accommodated VIII ac-
cent the invitation. In ttat case they VIII
he divided pro rata among the states 'ilo
territories and .he District Of Columbia
As soon ae a. the adjutants general nave
been heard from the War Department VIII
lake ND with the commanders IN the neId
tle question Of the number Of militia OF
f.crs whose desire for active service can
Je granted.
Tho War Department denies that the
1uogtion Of inviting or requesting the en-
listed men Of the militia 10 take parI IN
the campaign. or hold themselves IN rsadl-
moss for eueb service. is under c0nSldefd-
tiou al presout II is pointed ont, however,
that should any contingency arise whlch
indicated that the regular army Was n
sufficient 10 carry ont the dcSiIeS ~ IL
president The subject II looking 10 inc
militia to supply the requisite NUMBER Oh
men would be taken up.
ALBANY. March TO- - New York state
niliuamen probably viii not b' caIed y"
20 man fortifcations i'm the absence OF reg
MAR trOOuS al the Texas mdnpuNreS. NV
ernor Dix was so advised today IRON
WASHINGTON hy Major General WOOD chlel
Of staff IN the following telegram
The Secretary of War directs me 10
acknowledge receipt Of your courteous ttIc-
80, This date rendering the use OF Ne"
Vorll troops to safeguard barracks, forts or
rcerrvations in case Of emergency and 10
thank you sincerely for this courteous
offrr il is not believed th9t the Conccn-
i,, ~ troous at San Antonio for the
n lT1l,,t Of field training viii render this
necessary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11
FIND FOUR IN RUINS
Italians Killed When Concrete Building
COLLAPSED.

The bodies Of four men were found yes
tordav. buried under the debris resulting
from the collapse Of the flooring OF an
anartment house in the course Of constrnc-
ZION al Nos. r and II East Slth street The
men all Italians. were working on the
eocond floor when the mass OF concrete
crashed down upon them.
Following the investigation which the
,o,ice and Coroner Holtzhauser made, John
o,Erien IF No 2n East 3ith street. super
,n,ondent Of the Capitol Realty Construc-
tion Company. Of No. io@ Park avenue
which was erecting the building and Iheo'
core STAINS. of No. 30 Cooper street were
arrested. The coroner held them In |o'v
hail each 10 await the inquest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11
GIRL GETS $4,000 VERDICT
Sued Hungarian Lover Who Tilted Her
for Breach of Promise.

4 Jury in the City Court gave an unusu-
ally large verdict for that court yesterday
i'm the case OF Miss Fanny Liebenau
against Joseph Krauss. for breach Of prom
ise The plaintiff sued for $1,000 and the
Jury gave her n verdict for the full amount
Both litigants are Hungarians Miss
Lietenau said she met Krauss when she
came from Hungary, in 1909. and that he
proposed marriage. and she accepted him,
tho wedding being set for the second sun
day in MAY last But when the time came
she declared Krauss told her about an.
other girl he loved more than he did her.
and also that she had more money. There
fore. he called the engagement on. Krauss
denied the promise to marry saving he
was too Young
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11
ONLY SHOT UP" THE MIRROR
Wielder of Revolver, Thinking He Had
Wounded Elevator Boy, Surrendered

Thinking that he had shot a negro ele-
vator boy at the apartment house, NO go
West 122d street, Michael Sussman, Of No.
107 East lOGth street. gave himself up at
the West l25th street police station yester-
dav II was found that Sussman had only
damaged a mirror In the hall al the oulll-
ing He fred a revolver at Alfred Dickin-
son. the elevator hoy, and for that reason
was held in 1900 bail in the Harlem court
for examination to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11
CARNEGIE TRUST CASE
Continued from first page.

tween the fluctuations Of deposits OF city
money in the banks looked into and the
rise and fall Of loans by those banks 10
the Cummins syndicate and its COM
panies. Mr. Frederick has reported 10
the District Attorney that when n de-
posit Of city money was made a loan
would he made to the Cummins syndl-
cate, and when the deposit OF city money
was reduced the loan would be paid IN
part. but only TO be increased again
with a fresh deposit of city money. MT.
Whitman has learned that the money
lent 10 the Cummins syndicate by bank
ing institutions i'm this city. exclusive OF
the Carnegie Trust Company. aggre-
gated 50 500 900
The investigation into the affairs OF
the Cummns syndicate companies has
disclosed a large number Of dummy
holders Of the stock Of those companies.
The full list of the stockholders Of the
Plat Iron Works is not yet in Mr.. whit
mans hands. but he has n sufficient
number of them 10 have learned that
there are many dummy holders OF the
stock of that company. which is consid-
cred TO be the most valuable Of the Cum
Minis syndicate companies.
Order to Hyde Not Obeyed Yet
CITY Chamberlain Charles II. Hyde
was ordered by the Appellate Division
Of the Supreme Court on January II 10
file with the court by February | a
schedule showing the disposition Of the
money paid into the courts and held by
Kim as treasurer If tho four counties
comprised within the city. The order
was known as order No. II and was
made during Mr.. Hyde's long absence
and the futile hunt for him. Presiding
Justice Ingraham Of the Appellate Divi-
sion said yesterday that Mr. HYDE had
not yet complied with the order or the
court to file the schedule
When Mr.. Hyde was asked why he had
not filled the schedule he said: They
know The real reason up there. Let
them tell IT, If they don't tell IL / Will y
Mr. Hyde had something to say yes
terday in regard TO the letter of Gov
crnor Dix to District Attorney Whitman.
telling Mr.. Whitman to consult with At
torney General CarmoGy on the affairs
Of the Carnegie Trust Company.
THE statement that there was con-
ference at Mayor Gaynor's house be-
tween Messrs. Cummins. Baldwin,
Reichnann. the MAYOR and myself, on
Tuesday evening. or any other evening, is
an unqualified lie" said the Chamber
lain. There was no conference. ! have
not seen Mr. Reichmann since about
February first. nor have seen Mr.. Cum
MINIS FOR al least ten days.
Il did not know of the letter from Gov
ernor Dix or anything about it or Of the
matters with which IL dealt until Thurs
day morning, when "A newspaper was
shown to me on the Empire state EX-
press containing the report. have
never seen the letter except as printed
I'm the newspaper ] did not know what
il contained and had 40 information re-
garding it's purpose until ii was shown
to me in the newspaper. | did not see
Mr. Baldwin on Wednesday night
1t was learned yesterday that on the
day Robin pleaded guilty To bank wreck
ing. before Justice Seabury, he said Ia
District Attorney Whitman. Your time
Is up. The bunch has got 10 the Coy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11
Robin Not to Testify.

Robin will probably not be one - the
witnesses called by Mr.. Whitman before
the grand Jury in the endeavor To get in
dictments i'm tho Carnegie Trust Com
pany case This is 10 prevent the pos
sible upsettinC 81 indictments on a ques-
ton Of Robins mental condition. The
substance of his revelations will, how
ever. be presented in a different way.
In the effort to save something from
the assets of the Carnegie Trust Com
pany for the stockholders the Assets
Realization Company has been asked 10
make a proposition for the liquidation Of
the institution This is the company
that took in hand the liquida ton Of the
New Amsterdam Banl. II has for the
last ten days been examining the asse IS
OF the trust company. but is not yet
ready 10 make report.
For the Assets Realization Company
10 take over from the State Banking De-
partmcnt the liquidation Of the Carnegie
Trust Company il would be necessary for
II 10 supply a sufficient amount in cash
To pav the depositors in fun IL is esti-
mated that SO 100000 added 10 the quick
assets available I'm the vaults Of the com
pany and the offsets through money
owed To- the Carnegie lay DEF ositors who
had discounted notes with the institu-
ton and money on deposit with other
hanks would pay the deposltors.
The Assets Realization Company is
conducting an investigation To- deter
mine If the securities held by the Car
negie Company are sufficient 10 warrant
an investment Of so large sum in
cash. The state Banking Department is
chiefly interested in the payment Of de-
positors and cares comparatively little
for the stockholders. For this reason the
stockholders are willing 10 pay large
commission 10 have the liquidation taken
over by some one other than the Banking
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27

But the country to be trayersed was a
fighttu! tumble, of crags, and barren, finty
mountains, while long, tortuous inlets, or
indent the coast, 50 that they were able to
make but few miles each day. Their iood,
too, was only what they CHANGED to kill or
catch as they plodded along.
During the second week of their wander
lngs Captain Hannen was utterly crippled by
rheumatism from exposure to the storms and
cold of the rapidly advancing season.
But still they made their way onward at
a snaiPs pace till the fearful snow gales began
to come and fill the hollows with snow. After
that they lived for ten days in sheltered
place under the cliffs, at the head of an in
let where small river came in from the in
terror, and had lodged masses of driftwood on
A little way up this river from the inlet
they found a number of aquatic animals living
in water houses-probably beaver-and by
breaking up these houses they captured sew
ply of food that lasted some days. When that
was gone, one of the sailors, named Tomscn,
and Drode Hannen, the captains oldest boy,
SIT off together in last effort to find the
settlements.
Then followed Mr.. Ebersen's account of the
wanderngs Of these two in the storms and
darkness, till the boy at length fen into a
deep drift and froze to death. After that,
in great suffering, Tomsen struggled on, till
he, at last by mere chance, crept exhausted
The Innuits at the mission knew the place
where the crew Of the Brunhilda were, by
Tcmsen's description Of it. 1t was Targut
Inlet, where the Targut River Games in, and
distant from the mission about seventy miles.
II felt that we must do something for these
our poor fellow-beings," wrote Mr.. Ebersen,
''but it was now December, and the snow
gales were unusually severe. My own health
was too weak. went among my people and
asked them each separately.
"Tallook told me he would go at once, as
l felt sure he would. I had relied on him,
and he was the only one of the Innuits whom
could trust with the spirits which l judged
it necessary to send.
'But most Of the others were unwilling to
go-partly on account of the cold and danger,
and partly because the Yule Festival was at
hand, of which they make great account. But
at length Joseph Hoeder consented to go
with Taook'
sledge and team of three dogs were pre-
pared. On the sedge was packed a hundred
and fifty pounds of bread and meat, together
with six wooden blankets, several TASKS of
rum and some other articles.
Mr.. Ebersen says that Tallook's last words
to him that morning were You no make
worry. No make fuss. Me fetch 'um in. You
make 'um good Christmas"
They set off over the high. snowy ridges
whc! wall in the mission, Tallook leading the
way and Joe following after the dog team.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27

asked him why he had not pelted Jan with it,
hio eyes snapped, then frightened, and he
said: Me think me no like that in my face. "
"Gcod boy" exclaimed Brett. Really, Mr.
act like that, you're not staying away up here
in this desolate place for nothing, after all :"
afterwards, at Okkak, we saw more OF al
lsok Mr. Ebersen thought that he vas was then Mst
an inch Of being five feet tall, and | should
think he might have weighed hundred and
thirty pounds. He was plump, thick and his
flesh as hard as wood. He seemed, indeed,
to be nearly all muscle.
Though swarthy his skin had rich tint,
the tint of health, and his black hair shone
like a sable's
All Innuits are slant-eyed, and often their
eyes seem half.hidden behind their fat full
cheeks. Bpt this boys eyes were well opened,
and they sparkled like black beads. Every
motion, too, showed that he was full and boil
ing over with animal life and spirits.
lie went with us on several excursions into
the interior after birds. One day gun slid
At least, there was ice floating in the water;
Without an instants hesitation, Tallook dived
of the ledge and brought up the gun. Then
he diyed twice more for the pure love OF the
thing for he could swim like an otter: TEL L.,
ina the next month or two we used to speak
of him and wonder how he Jared. At last
I wrote to Mr.. Ebersen, to ask what had be
come of "our Talook."
II was nearly four months before We re
o.ived Mr.. Ebersens reply, and learned the
sad story of the lads untimely death, which
| append, with few alterations, in the good
Moravans English.
Late in December, in the fall of 1876 two
wears after we were at Labrador, and wher
tn, codest and severest storms OF the whole
year were sweeping that bleak peninsula, the
sun scarcely showing itself over the southern
peaks. there staggered into Okkak one night
a sailor, half dead with cold and emaciated
with famine.
He was, in Mr.. Ebersen's queer phrase
"muggy -pated,' stupefed and deranged from
his wanderings in the winter night, and it was
not till the next day that he was able to tel
who he was and how he came there.
Some six weeks before. Morse fishing
vessel, the Brunhilda, which had been on the
coast of Greenland too late in the season, and
was bearing southwark to avoid the ice wa,
wrecked on the outstanding lodges, little
below Cape Chudleigh. The master had lost
his reckoning and his vessel was driven or
the reefs in the storm.
The crew, consisting Of the captain, whose
name was Hannen, his two boys and foui
sailors, barely succeeded in landing, when
having neither food nor shelter, they set of
southwark overland, hoping to reach some OF
the settlements down the coast As the dis
tarcc was not above two hundred miles, this
wculd not seem to be difficult undertaking