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'-X 'A r WEATHER. 16 PAGES TODAY ONE SECTION Rain In east and rain or enow in west portion Sunday; colder Sunday after, noon or night; Monday fair and colder. I VOL. XCIX-NO. 110 CRUISER MIL GOES ASHORE POSSIBLY United States Warship Pounders in Fog Off the Northern Coast of California. BAILORS FIGHT FOB LIVES Three Hundred Men Were Being Brought to Shore Last Night in Breeches Buoys. SCENE NEAR WRECK OF H-3 Cruiser Was Making Attempt to Salvage the Submersible. Eureka, Cat, Jan. 13 -Shortly after S o'clock the last member of the crew of the cruiser Milwaukee, which went ashore near here early todnj , was landed on the beach, not a life was lost and bnt one man was hart in the rescue of the' hun dreds aboard the stranded vesseL Eureka, Cal., Jan. 13. In a fight for their lives agaiinst a hea vy sea more than 300 United States sailors were being brought ashore tonight in breeches buoys from the cruiser Milwaukee, which rolled in the surf with possibility of being a total" loss on the northern.-California coast, where she struck shore in a fog early today. - Breakers were spraying over the warship's superstructure and the incessant pounding' of the waves was driving the vessel fur-j ther ashore iin the sand.5 -The Mil walkee's false bottom was flooded in an effort to anchor her against the wash of the sea. Naval offi cers ashore said it was hardly pos sible that the $4,000,000 cruiser would ever float again. Scene of Many Wrecks. The Milwaukee is stuck on the Band only a few hundred yards from -the submarine H-3, which grounded a month ago near the entrance to Hum boldt bay. The cruiser was attempt ing to salvage the submersible at the time of the accident. Within 40 or 50 miles on this part of the coast six oth er vessels have struck shore during the last few years and none of them have been saved. Four breeches buoys were- swung to the Milwaukee, and the men were be ing brought ashore as fast as possible. With the roll of the vessel the trolleys vould slacken and then straighten out, dropping the buoys with their iiuman burden into the breakers and ' alter nately hoisting them into the air. Fire Room Flooded. Fifty men and "sea roster", the chip's do mascot, were landed Just be fore dark with- the aid of surf boats manned by coast life savers. One of the sailors said there was eight feet of water in one Are room and that two boilers have shifts. ' ' " Medical treatment was given the res cued sailors by the naval militia at Eureka, members of which arrived with emergency equipment late in the afternoon. The Milwaukee was under command of Lieut, w. F. Newton. She carried about 13 commissioned officers, ten warrant officers and a reduced com plement of between 400 and 500 men. Seventy of the crew were ashore when the Milwaukee struck. As darkness closed down tonight about half the crew of the Milwaukee had been transferred through -a roaring urf in safety to the beach: The ves fi'l had been thrown by the breakers into water but 12 feet deep at low tide and the derelict keeled at an angle of 20 - degrees, it was thought she had a hole Jn her hull. '" : ' ' When the Milwaukee was caught by the current and carried into the break ers she was pulling on a cable attach to the stranded submarine H-3. - The monitor Cheyenne and the navy tug roquois, farther off shore, both bad I'nes to the Milwaukee and were en favoring to hold the cruiser from the The tidal current and the weight of steel hawser proved stronger than "? corbined power of-the three, vesf- is and all were being dragged shore- ard When the hawser to the Cheyenne lamPed and left the Uttle- Iroquois' to d DT1A wrl V " 4 Vll the tide that was "repine; the breakers. Wiuwaukee into " the Boats wain Frank Bruce, commander Irquois, held on as long as he d and then cut the hawser. PPR To TAKE PTO ACTION THAT MAY FAVOR TEUTONS Pa pv i0- " s connrmea iui PI Ti , -1 em .- a A, tr, V ""cajci nas urmiy oeciaea noi in, 7 JJaLB now any actions iena. favor. 'oiu ueace tnar. miet nnea.r to The Central Fowrs rather than ot hp l- --i!- nrn 'lillons. says a dispatch ' from io the Temos. it --."tcu. um vast iflr-i l'ons and rtrsv.i-Q .mp- a mnA tViA t'1 V rlf-l i.t . . J .. a '.i '- '..-li - la Stat, es, Switzerland, r ptber. neutrals. WA K IS TOTAL LOSS TEUTONIC ALLIES STATE TERMS This is the Hope in Washington, as the Next Move Toward . - Peace Negotiations. WILSON'S MIND STILL OPEN Whether Germany Will Take Ilntlattve In Statins; Terms or Whether Sneh Will be Requested Re- mains Undetermined. - Washington, Jan. 13. A statement of terms from Germany and her allies at least as comprehensive as those set forth by the Entenffc in replying to President Wilson's note is the next move, hoped for here in the peace ne gotiations. , Whether time will be allowed for the Teutonic nations, to state their terms on their own initiative or whether President Wilson will make some move to give an opening, remains . undeter mined. There are indications, however, that if no' statement of the Teutonic terms is forthcoming within a' reasonable time, , the United States may seek- a means to Indicate the desirability of such a course. It was reiterated today that the President had not determined on his position and he has not made known his impressions of the Entente note. Officials are . watching particularly just now the trend of public'sentiment abroad, and the' apparent' change since the dispatch of the -President's note has proved a source of increasing gratification.-1 The first feeling of Ihdigna tion among the Allies because of jhe coincidence Of the President's proposal with, that of the Central- Powers, has abated, it is believed here, and is be ing replaced by a-conviction" that good may come from the American note. There' is no indication in official cir cles, however, ''. that an early peace is thought probable. . On the contrary, the statement of the Allies' "objects it - is recognized . has made acceptance1 by Germany .very difficult for the present, however far it 'may have gone toward establishing a preliminary basis which may facilitate peace negotiations when the end of hostilities does come. . First expressions of bitterness in Germany over the Entente reply are somewhat discounted, and It is felt there may be a change of sentiment Just as there was in the Entente coun tries in regard to the President's note. It' is conceded, ; however, that- for the present popular desire for a prosecution of the war will be quickened. . f Union Against Militarism Assails Chamberlain BilL Physicians and Physical Educator De clare It Will Give No Physical Benefit Enactment Would' -be Step Backward. .Washington, Jan. 13. Vigorous op position to any form of universal mil itary service or training was expressed before the Senate Military; committee today by several speakers for the American , Union Against Militarism Physicians and physical educators, headed by Dr. James Warbarsse, of New York, assailed particularly the; ques tion that physical .benefit would be de rived from military training in the schools. They were followed by a del egation of men- under the leadership of Max Eastman, formerly of Colum bia University. . - The committee, which has under con sideration Senator Chamberlain's uni versal training ' bill, . set aside three days in which to hear witnesses desig nated by the Union Afifinst Militarism. At the outset today representatives iof the union made it clear that they were not opposed; to building up an aae quate navy, and armyj but would direct their arguments specifically against any proposal for universal, service. Mr. Eastman declared the psychology of military training" 'Is opposed to .eve ry educational theory of. American de- I mocracy, and tnat tne enacimeni i compulsory military training ; legisla tion1 would be the. greatest step back ward the nation ever has taken. Brenfc Allanson, of Parvar4. declar ed , that "conscription of people to kU without having any say as -to whether we go to war, is monstrous.'., He added that he "hated everything 4mllltary" though he was a member ot the Har vard battalion. " - , COlumbla men -who -went to Platts , (Coatlr;ued.on Page Nine UKEE AND STROHGLY OPPOSED JO UNIVERSAL TRAINING WILMIKGTQN, K." tSi Slues IN KASItIO REGION Invaders, However, Drive Russ- ' V ians Back at Another Point -- Along Moldavian Frontier. TOWN CAPTURED BY TURKS Part of Rumanian Force Defend ing Mihalea Driven Into the ' Sereth and Drowned. Further successes by the Teutonio Allies on the lower line of " the 'Sereth river near its junction with the Dan ube, officially reported Saturday, are partly offset by a Rumanian advance and the capture of trenches of the Aus-tro-Gerroan forces along the Moldavian frontier in the region of the Kasino river. At another point on the Moldav ian frontier, north of the Slanic valley, the- invading army delivered a strong attack and drove the Russians from a height,: capturing some machine guns, mine "throwers and 174 men Fierce fighting along the lower Ser eth line' resulted in the capture ' by Turkish jtroops of the Rumanian town of, Mihalea, northwest of Braila, and 400 men of its garrison. . Others of the de fending "f of ce, attempting to escape, were drowned In. the Sereth. The Bul garians ' have taken a monastery near the confluence of the Buzeu arid Sereth rivers. ' : - ,' ' ; V v Heavy fighting is in progress on both sides of the. Oituz valley in the moun tains of Moldavia where strong attacks by both invaders and defenders were repulsed. , ' -",':-'."'1' Aside from the Rumanian war thea tre, activity was. developed in the Riga section of the-Russo-Germari front and at Serre, on the -s Soinme f rtmt sf, ia France.- A ; German :' attack ny heavy tor&fr south -off" lkki"'Bab'iri,t'. .ha northern end of the Russian front was repulsed. :-- i '-7' .s fc British troops launched a. -hew attack against Serre and gained a footing. In one. of the advanced German positions. Otherwise, only artillery fighting in the region of Chaulnes is reported . along the French front. - . The' usual artillery duels were main talned along the whole Austro-Italian line. : ; vr-r Entente forces - advancing toward Stravina. in Macedonia, were checked. A Russian: squadron : is reported to have raided, the Anatolian coast of the Black Sea and sunk 40; Turkish' sailing vessels carrying food to Constantinople. Transport Steamer Sank. ' Berlin.via Tuckerton, ; Jan.13. On Decefmber 28 a German submarine sank a transport steamer of 8,000 tons off Cherbourg, says the Overseas News Agency. The steamer was escorted by a' destroyer. - , . JEFF DAVIS MOHUMENT 2ND HIGHEST IN WORLD Tentative Plans . Announced by Gen. Julian S. Carr. General Carr Leaves For Three Month .. Tour' of Japan and China He Is One of Three Confederates in Charge of Memorial. . . (Special Star Telegram). Durham N. , C, , Jan. 13. The birth place of Jefferson Davis, Fairview, Ky., is to witness the erection of the high est monument in the world barring the Washington memorial. " The obelisk ia to be 350 feet high and will cost $150, J&0. General Julian S. Carr, one of the three great Southern Confederate lead ers, upon whom has been imposed the task of memorializing the former president of the Southern Confederacy,, announced' the tentative plans today before leaving on his three months tour through Japan . and China with the Honorary Commerce Commission' of America.: - ; Gen. George W. Littlefleld, of Austin, Texas, a former Confederate general and one of the most successful ranch men In the West, and Gen. Bennett H. Young, of Louisville, Ky., commander in chief of the Confederate Veterans in 1916, are the Other two distinguished' veterans associated . with General Carr In having the monument erected. Gen eral Carr says nothing will hinder the completion ;of the plans outlined.' ; Tlje Jefferson Davis Home Associa tion, composed of men, and..women . of the Confederacy throughout the JSouth, has this to say of General Carr:. . j "He ! has given more and done(-more fpr Confederates i than. any' man East of the Mississippi river." , ' The Jeff Davis: monument will eclipse the Bunker' Hill . memorial, . which Is only 250 feet high, and. the Benning tonit 300. The -Washington " nionument will alone surpass this, It:ls. the most gigantic enterprise of the Vort $ver vn aertaken- in the South- according to the promoters, , v C., SUNDAY MO RNING, won will be TomSn Will beiprqgated From a Wrtti ten Prepared by House , Rules Committee. Zak" inquiry to reopen J ;7 Committee is Aimed with Broad est Authority to Compel Wit nesses to Testify, a Washington, Jan. 13 Members of the House Rules committee, armed with the broadest authority to compel witnesses, particularly Thomas W. Lawson, to an swer questions, will resume Monday their investigation of rumors that ad vance information reached Wall Street on President Wilson's peace note. Determined to. go to the bottom of the situation before reporting to the House on the Wood resolution for a sweeping congressional inquiry into "leak" stor ies, the .committee has subpoenaed all persons and papers - that it considers might shed' light on the rumors.: Be sides Lawson, Bernard Baruch, of New York, and several, other. New York and Chicago brokers, have. been-; asked to testify Monday.' .' All of the telegrams sent from Wash ington on December Z0, the day stock market speculators are reported to havo profited by advance Information, also have been asked fOr. OTvershadewing Interest InterestNln the recalling of Lawson to the stand overshadowed among: mem bers of Congress tonight all other de velopments In ; connection with ' the re opening of the hearing. Under a reso lution adopted by the House today, the committee Is empowered to "compel him to answer, any question:.' The resolution was ..drawn at an, executive . session of the committee ; which endeavored to make, it' broad enough to cover every Tjossible avenue " f escape from con tempt charges' frr anywttness and itM House, In adopting the proposal a soon as" it was presented, displayed a. "will Ihgness " to go as ? far as possible in strengthening- " the committee's hand. Lawson. will be" Interrogated from a set of written "questions nov :be,ing pre pared. He will be asked, among other things, to name the congressmen who told him a story about a cabinet offi cial, a banker and a senator being in volved in a profit-taking conspiracy In connection with the "leak" and also to name the trio themselves. - If the Boston financier fails to an swer the plan' is . to vote1 him for con tempt and give him an opportunity to make answer before the bar of the House. Then If he stands by his refus al, he will be turned Over to the ser-ge.ant-at-arms, and the House may or der htm held runtil he decides to an swer or it may refer the case to the courts. Lawson Not Expected to. Answer - . . Officials expect the co'ntempt proceed (Continued on P.ge Two. JOHN D: AUSTIN KILLED BY COAST LIHE TRAIN Oil Wagon He Was Driving Struck by Locomotive. .Well Known Cltlxen of Maxton Loses HIa Life at Crossing Near Hls 'Home Town- Wagon Demol ished) Train Delayed. . (By Long Distance , Telephone). ' Maxton, N. C, Jan. 13, Mr. johnD. Austin, welL known throughout Robe son and adjoining counties was killed Instantly this afternoon about 1:30 o .clock ybe.n an. oU. tank, wagon he waa driving was struck by an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train on the Bennetts ,vi;ie. branch, .at .th .. A. Patterson crossing a mile or two south of Maxton. - A gin blouse near the railroad and the public road, it is believed, I prevented Mr. -Austin seeing-fch-e approaching train and the engineer from seeing the tank wagon until it was too late to avert the accident. JThe tank wagon, which belonged -to-the Texas Oil - Company, was demolished and the. loeojnotive was somewhat damaged. Oil was spattered all over the engine. The train was de layed 30 'mlrtutes. Twd colored me near-by were the only witnesses to th accident, other than the engineer and fireman on the train. Strange to say. the' team was not' mjured. Mr. Austin was probably 60 years of age and had for many years been recr ognized as one of the best r and most 'honorable citizens "of Ihfs section. He was of a most affable, disposition and made, friend, of- all with; whom he .came in contact. He was esteemed as one of Maxtor's valuable citizens. J .-. , Deceased is' survived by seven child ren. all grown, and residing In several states, Only one on, living here. Hia wife has- been -dead several 'years. The funeral will be conducted ; f rom " the Presbyterian church here,; probably to morrow afternoon. ,Mr. AkUStin was. for many years Jn the service . of the Standard OIL Company, but- for quite'whHe,h"ad been -the local manager for the1 Texas company. J AKUAB Y 14, 1917 NOTE BY AT RUTHLESS This is Urged by the Berliner Kreuz Zeitung The Lokal Jlnzeiger Says the Demand for Re-Grouping Europe According to Nation alities is "Nothing More or Less Than Criminal Demen tia" Vienna Papers Indignant. ' ' The Hague, - via London, Jan. 13 The Berliner Kreuz "Zeitung editorially urg es the immediate opening of a: ruthless submarine campaign by Germany as a reply to the Entente peace demands. It says that owing to German hesitancy ir the use of Zeppelins against England, the British have had sufficient time to find a means to foil Zeppelin attacks. It draws the parallel that unless subma rine. warfare is undertaken without de lay the British will likewise find some new Bhield against the U-boats. NOTES CONTRASTED AS FACTS VERSUS BOMBASTIC RHETORIC ---Berlin, Friday, Jan. 12; (via London, Jan. 13). The Lokal Anzeiger treats the Entente note purely from the standpoint of its attitude towards the re-grouping of Europe in ""accordance with nationalities, characterizing such designs as "nothing more qrless than criminal dementia." The newspaper points out impossibility of freeing Czechs and Slavs without simultaneous ly subjugating thousands of Germans, on account of the universal inter-mlx-ture of races over Europe. While only a few of the morning pa pers . comment on Germany's note to neutrals, those which do bo agree that the note contrasts favorably with the Entente answer -to the Central Powers in point of simplicity and close adher ence to facts, as against bombastic rhetoric employed byj the Entente. The Vosslche Zeitung. says: "Without rhetoric, without quibbles, without subterfuges, facts are-here ac cumulated " overwhelmingly, and re Amendments Are Proposed to Reg ulate Uncontrolled Inflow and Outflow of Gold. :, ALSO TO CONTROL LOANS Purpose to to Enable Reserve Board to . Deal Effectively- With Nev In ternational Problems That . Are Anticipated. ' Washington, Jan. 13. Amendments to. the 'Federal Reserve act, designed to place the United-States on a thorough ly sound basis of financial prepared ness for whatever the future may bring during the continuance of' the war and after, its . termination, have; been 'put into definite form by the Federal Re serve Board rnd soon will be Introduc ed in Congress. ' -.The chief unforeseen financial prob lems which thev country has faced since the wir started have ' resulted, Board officials believe, from the huge gold Importations which have tended to up set former economic and financial con ditions, and the recommendations for new - legislation are aimed principally at controlling loan extensions based on the", gold accretions. "Amendment Of the act," said a statement issued by the board, "seems necessary to enable us to deal effec tively with the new international problem which seem destined to play so important a part in our domestic life. .The banking system-of the Unit ed .States should be prepared to meet effectively two conditions of opposite character one the excessive and un controlled inflow of gold, the other the excessive and unregulated outflow of "The amendments proposed are de signed to provide means for controlling an over-extension - of loans based on new accretions to our gold stock and to provide . for the mobilization and concentration of the gold holdings of the United States so that the flow of gold: back into Europe or to South America or to the Orient may be ar ranged: without forcing any violent contraction of loans -or causing. undue disturbance i to legitimate business." . "Of necessity, technical and detail ed In their wording, the amendments," thT statement continues, "are designed to enable - the Federal Reserve banks to' withdraw gold from actual circula tion' while enabling member banks at the same time to release gold which at , present Is tied up in their own vaults; The amendments are based upon5 the theory that all of the -Individual banks should strengthen;, the gpld holdings of the Federal. Reserve barnks." - , :.",; :; A.; FRIENDS OF ADSlIBAL DEWEY iC 2 CONCERNED OVER "HIS ILLNESS " Washington; Jan. -13: Admiral Geo. Dewey has been absent from his desk at - the ' Navy Department for several days on account , . of " Illness and although- Physicians ..attending Jhlm ; say the?" Indisposition is not i serious, some ofb;is friends are much' concerned; The Admiral is, in his 80th year, , iwlilii ONCE OPENING U-BOA T WARFARE sponsibility for the continuing of ' the murdering is laid upon those who rude ly rejected the Opportunity for peace offered by the Central Powers when at the zenith of their military prowess." The 'Boersen Zeitung says the note is unexcelled in point of clearness and as a document supporting . the justice of Germany's cause. It regards the note as further emphasizing Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg's words of Decem ber 12 that Germany was always ready to fight and always ready to stretch out her hand for peace. The Vorwaerts sees in the note an express and emphatic Adherence to the "will to make peace which' can only be delayed by the will of our adversaries, but cannot ' be diverted from the ulti mate goal.' " Referring to the passages in the note devoted to Belgium, the Vorwaerts says':' "They leave open all questions con cerning the future of Belgium ' whicft remains, the subject of negotiation and no possibility of a future settlement Is rejected in advance." The Tageblatt,-ln a. more critical tone, suggests doubts 'as to whether the passage through Belgium by Ger man troops improves Germany's posi tion in the .eyes of foreign countries and also as being unlikely to' satisfy tn pan-German annexationist:: j tut,: re? gards the programme announced in the note as "not" one embodying national istic ideas, but a programme of concil iation." The Tageblatt adds : . "The "four allied (Teutonic) powers will continue the struggle in calm con fidence until the Entente also is ready for such conciliation." Boards Automobile and Gets $1, 800 From Kinston Cotton Mill President in Daylight. A WOMAN IS SUSPECTED Car Driven by . Sidney French, Who . Is Arrested on Suspicion of Compile- , lty Bandit Used Butt of . , Revolved on Victim, (Special Star Telegram). ' Kinston, N. C, Jan. 13. Leaping up on a taxi driven -by Sidney French, white, in. which was J. - Fred Taylor, president of the Kinston Cotton Mills, shortly after noon today.a masked"man" struck Taylor with the butt of a re volver, compelled French to drive them out of the city, and escaped with about SL800;. taken : from :Taylor. The money was intended to be paid to a portion- of the mill employes. The police procured a good descrip tion of the hold-up "man," who was set down by French a short distance out of the city. His disguise is described' as grotesque and his gait as affected. The mask is stated to have been something on, the order of, 'a child's "false face." Mr. Taylor sustained abrasions on his face and a sprained back in scuffles with the bandit, who finally overpow ered him after Taylor had dared to at tack the man with the gun. This afternoon French was arrested on suspicion of complicity, reports hav ing .been, had by' the polled that he drove near to the curb and slowed when the stranger boarded the car and that he suddenly speeded up .without " any urging from the robber, and variances having been detected in his account. The highwayman g"ot aboard at a point ohly a block and a half from the principal corner. In the city. ,, Almost simultaneously a feed store on North street was robbed of a strong box containing valuable deeds" ..bank stock, Insurance -policies and other pa pers. A11 were recovered by the police in the vicinity, the thief having failed to find money and dropped the box and contents. y Wa It a Woman f Was an Intellectual, clever dcil monde the hold-up "man" who com mitted the . sensational robbery - here today? Is . one question among many others the police are Wrestling with tonight. The police lay the woman and French have bed&. intimate a consid erable time. ' She Is, absent from . her hdme in South, Kinston and. the police do not khow her whereabouts. A search is being made for the wom an unde suspicion In the hold-up case. The police say she has on occasions visited the down-town section skilfully disguised In men's clothes. To Fight For fDry Congress. Chicago, Jan. -13. Chairman "Virgil G. Hlnshaw today issued a call for a meet ing of the Naitonal Committee of the Prohibition party to be held in Chicago January 1617 -and 18 to plan a cam palgn for the election of a "dry" Coni gresa in lfl.' " V J.F.TAYLOR ROBBED WHOLE DUMBER 39,824 HOUSE JOINS SENATE INVITING BRYAN AND DANIELS TO SPEAK The Two Are to . Address General Assembly in Joint Session in the Near Future. LITTLE WORK YESTERDAY Bills to Change Court Procedure and Other Measures Introduc- v ed in the House. 1 (By W.-Jk 'Martin.) ' Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 13.- The House today passed the Senate resolution to invite W. J. Bryan and Josephus Dan iels to address a Joint, session of the Assembly next week. . Special clerks were voted for com mittees on counties, cities and towns' and education, after long ' argument, opposition finally vanishing. A-resolution was offered by Repre sentative Winston' for the Assembly to duly observe "Lee Day" January 19. ' New bills introduced included: Ray Amend the Revlsal relating to the payment of costs in cases removed from one county to another, the coun ty in which the case originated to bear the expense. ' Kiser Relating to the hiring of the servant of another. :- Suttlemyer A bill ,to supplement an act relative to the roads of Wilkes county. ' Clark, of Pitt Encourage road build ing in Pitt county; Amend, the Revisal relative to appeals. V .' , ' . At the request ', of Representative Hooker, of Pamlico, a section of the State-wide fish law was read and then he ma-de the declaration from the floor that If .the fish, commissioner and the chairman, of the State Fish Commission do not make their reports as required by law- to the LegislaurV''!byl;january 16, he will introduce, a ; resolution pro vided for In the act to- require them to do.sft .at once. He ; said that all the other State officers and ? departments had made their reports. ; 1 TO Reimburse Mrs. Knight. A bill was Introduced by Represen tative Roberts,, of Buncombe, to pro vide for the reimbursement of Mrs. Nolan Knight the amount she paid out in testing in the courts the act of the last . General Assembly providing for women notaries public She was named as a notary by Governor Craig under -the act and lost out in the Supreme Court. , Representative Clark, of Pitt coun ty, introduced two bills of special in terest. One proposes" to change the practice as to the summoning of ex pert witnesses so that the parties to the litigation must appear before the judge at least ten days before the trial and make application for expert wit nesses, the Judge to have discretion as to summoning not more than three for .(Continued on Page. Two.) - GOUIISEtFOR THAW IS ; TO FIGHT EXTRADITIOU Hearing on Requisition Papers Re v quested of Governor. Thaw's Physician Refuse to Say Whether or Not He Thinks the Prisoner Insane Rapidly ; Recovering.- , j. Philadelphia, Jan. 13. What is look ed upon. 'as ' the forerunner of a legal battle to prevent Harry K. Thaw-from being removed from: the jurisdiction 6t the courts of Pennsylvania was begun here today with a letter from Henry J. Scott, of - this city, one of Thawrs attorneys, to Governor Brumbaugh, Of Pennsylvania,' requesting a hearing be fore requisition papers which, have al ready been signed by Governor Whit man, at Albany, are finally acted upon; Mr." Scott's communication will not -reach the : governor '.until Monday. Meanwhile Barney Flood, a New Tor k detective; who returned to Albany late today after formally identifying Thaw at Sti Mary's hospital, is preparing to hasten back to Harrisburg with the papers for the extradition of Oliver A. Brower, indicted with Thaw and now imprisoned in Philadelphia pending his removal to New York. It is expected that he wjll also bring the Thaw pa pers, if they have ' been prepared. ; Dr. Elwood Klrby,' Thaw's physician, , was asked tonight .whether he con sidered. Thaw insane. . - ? How are you going to tell?" he re plied. "By what standard . can we Judge? , Lots of crazy people are., able , to coyer it up because they are- clever." Thaw, who attempted suicide Thurs day by slashing his throat and wrist ' with a 4 razor after the police , of this, and many other cities were searching, for,, him on a. bench warrant . Issued in New York following ;his indictment by a - New York , grand" jury, is rapidly mending Dr. Klrby said ' tonight 1 :4 ., f I'.i
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