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AE ‘ eredit upon the American nation. Will Ride Over March Made by the y j i aeee Havana, RESULTS ED FINAL ITION rhe ee “ Circulation Books Open to All.”’ 1 & alt Case: | Sieh ONE CENT. WHATHER—Uioudy; colder to-night NEW 4 oe TUESDAY, FE BRUARY 2 27, 1906. PRICE ONE CEN “LIES, ALL LIES!” CRIES BERTHE CLAICHE. EACH MAN ARMY AND NA HIS OWN VY: TOGO THE REAL IT -ROOSEVELT. Keeping Nation “on Fighting Edge” and Well Armed Necessary to Pre- serve Our Honor and Stand- ing, Declares President. WASHINGTOD Feb. 27.—President Roosevelt has, through a letter to Secretary Root incorporated in a general order, seni his praises of Admiral Togo broadcast to all the military forces of the Government. He quotes Togo’s address at the close of the Russo-Japanese war and again waves aloft the banner of military preparation. Only a few weeks ago Presilent—— to ha Roosevelt wan reported said in nn interview that “man for man an ship the American navy ch for that of Japan anbs whip for is mo wide comment offend Japanese a cnused being Ukely senaliliitien. His letter is as follows “The ite House, “Washlagton, Feb, 21, 1903 “The Secretary of War: “In the recent war in the East Ad- miral Togo took his place among t great sea fighters of all time. His mes- @age to the united squadron, which he commanded, on the occasion of its dis- Persal at the close of the war in so noteworthy that I deem ft proper to have it’ Inserted In a general order of the department. Need Fighting Edge. “The qualities which make a formida- ble fight’ng man on sea or snore, to and | GIANTS ARE OFF FOR SOUTHERN TRAINING CAMP -/Advance Guard Leaves for Memphis on 5.30 Grand Central Train, The advance guard of the champlon left for Memphis, the spring ing-ground, on the 5.90 train from which therefore make a formidable | the Grand Centra] Station this after- army or navy. are the same for all na-/| "oon, Christy Mathe n, his brother ons. The individual gnen must have} Harry, w signed by Me- | the fighting edge; there must be in them | Graw: Gi Viltse were in the} courage, devermination, individual ini-| Party. Mike Dontin and Ma Fitz- tlative, willingness to) & | the new cai e expected | learn and suboniination of self, together Donlin with physical uddress, tn order that to-day on rm the stuff out of watch in| charge of assault on a train porter | wggregace good armies and navies | are made. but in addition yo this there Must be preparedne:s—there must be thorough truining in advance. “Every American officer and enlisted! man, whether serving in the army the navy, should keep ever before his} eyes the fact that he will not be ft thoroughly to do his work in the eveni | of war unless in peace he has thorough- ly done the work cf preparing t “If In peace the soldier and the sail abandon themseives to ease and slo: when war comes they will go down fore rivals who have been less 5 dulgent. Nor ts it only the men of the army and the navy who sivuld con- stantly remember these facts. In a great self-governing republic lke ours the |rmy and the navy can be only 90 gvod | @s tho masa of the people wish them |} Up to All Citizens, country owe it! orja Feb. s. The case was postponed until | later in Maro! The Giants go by w. York Central to Cincin change will be made to the Louisville Naghville road in order to reach Memphis, ‘The party is due there Thurs- ay morning. Other members of the of the New ul, where a train ng 3 expected hat all hands wi e reporied to McGraw, | nre were & few friends at the depot | he boys off. | ——— MIKE DONLIN’S CASE PUT BACK TO MARCH, ALBANY, Feb. 27.—The case of Michael J. Donlin, the Giants’ ont- who was charged with assault. | one degree, by W. W. Woadeil, New York Central train porter, on Feb. | neue children and | 8, cane up in police court in this elty| s thas there shill | wis afteraoon a vas adjourne berho chance of having “the national | OA® afteraoon and was adjourned unit! RaOh, tasntahede the: coationay some Ume in March, Donlin was also stained Wyh aught t Phe men Of the army and navy, in uny @reat crisis such as even the most eaceful nation may at times have to face, will be those upon whom the eclal responaibliity will rest of keep- ing the nation’s honor bright and un- ullled. “They cannot do this if the nation docs it exercise forethought on their behalf. adegus are. an, RAS a Ce: Bay ae Ob adequate army in point of alxe; the nad with the moat ‘eftec- Rercaschenista In, (he form, Of weapons d other material: above all they must (hed every chance In tme of peace 5 is themselves so that they may pts in hadling the mechanism ented in body and in mind un- inchtn endure the tremendous rain an bear “the tremendous respon- ibility ‘of war." President then quotes the address ork Admiral Togo, omitting, he says, ertein allust having no bearing on ge. conditions, and concludes as fol- m “I commend the above address to man who is or may be a part of Sie hahting force of the United States and to every man who believes that if ver, unhappily, war should come, it so conducted as to reflect EHODORE ROOSEVELT." LONGWORTHS IN CUBA TO VISIT BATTLEFIELD. American Army from Daiquiri. BANTIAGO DE CUBA, Fed. 27.—Cpn- an Nicholas Longworth and Mrs. ) Who arrived here last night this morning went by oat to Daiquiri, where the first Amer- Jean troops landed, and will return dur- fag the afternoon over the route the charged with Intoxication and breach of the peace on complaint of Humphrey, | of the Central's detective force. Walter John Mack, an indoor baseball | player, were artaixned on the two lut- ter charges, ‘The three were arrested for causing @ disturbance on a train en route to roy, where an indoor baseball im was to be played. Donlin, ac: os the porter, drew a revolver and threat ened to use it on him, George F, Kel- ley appeared for Donlin and. his’ com- panions and asked for an adjournment of the felony charge and also on the misdomeanor changes, saying that a number of Important’ winesses were unable to be present. The motion for | adjournment was granted and the case put down for a date in March. | Donlin goes with the New York team to Momphis tonnien scvompanied by Matty Fitzgerald, Albanian, who Will. be given a’ trycoug~ by Manager McGraw. TWO CITY BANKS TO HEADS APART IN \Escutcheon Gets Home} Bennet, a Southern League player, and | 3” SOME OF THE GIANTS WHO LEFT TO-DAY FOR MEMPHIS. Gilbert THIRD RACE AT FAIR. GROUNDS Before The Cure ina Driving Finish. FAIR GROUD nod rac ng Was expected here s wer sa class to matched r lot bes enly ta ft was the iis; three and Salnziita, Ovr_ Own Mami» P Lu aml We Wanda, Six furlongs; selling ttin Paul Clifford and won easily bv Lens no beat Ht THIND RACK and a He Ercute ses, welghta, Jockeys. 108," J. Jo | ‘ Peter Peale, Curd Fen ‘ 2 5 Escutcheon and ‘The Cure raced head and head all the way, the former win- ning In a hard drive by a head from The Cure, who beat Peter Paul a half length for the place. FOURTH RACE—Seven _turlongs.— Won by Ben Hodder, 6 to 6 and out; Tulrd Alarm was second, 4 to 5 and out Deux ‘Temos, 0 to 1 and 3 to 1, was third. GOT $200,000 FEE IN PANAMA DEAL BE CONSOLIDATED. National Shoe and Leather Made a State Bank to Become Branch of Metropolitan, The fact that the same interests con- trol the National Shoe and Leather Bank and the Metropolitan Bank has Jed to the plan to consolidate the two, ‘The stockholders have voted $2,008 vert the Nathanal Shoe and Leath Bank ‘into "a Stare inscitution toctne row, ‘Mie final consolidation with the Met- ropolltan will not, be, completed until some time, in Ane hee pat che Feeling ant MAY Bank branch WASHINGTON, Feb. Lawyer William Nelson Cromwell, in his testi- mony before the Interoceante Canals Committee today, testifled that he re- celved only $20,000 gross as his foo for} services in belalf of the now Panama} Canal Company. He admitted that his relations with the company are not | ended and promised that when he Is through with it he will issue a state- ment of his entire fee. Senator Morgan wanted to know why It was necessary to employ the firm of J. P, Morgan & Co, as fiscal agent for the transfer of the canal property to tho Government. and why the transac- | took place in Parls, Mr. Crom- | sald the fee of the Morgan firm was “Inconslderable-only about $35,000,"" and that since ft was pald by his @nt he @id not Ghink it aftocted the “Amérioan army traversed, covering the be Mr. Cromwell refused to answer United States Government, Several Mr. GQ ‘8 questions, pleading an cae FT torney's privilege.” Mike Dontin. Chrisky Mathewson, © PATRICK WITNESS PLEADS GUILTY TO PERJURY CHARGE Jordan Remanded.to.Tombs for Sentence, and Jerome Proceeds to Examine the Other Men Brought On from T. Patrick's witnenses motion for a new 1 before Recorder Goff to-day con- he had sworn falsely, He to a charge of perjury for sentence. Jerome arrived One of Albert at the hearing of h in an ment, ‘This man Jo: me, Your Honor, presence of me, my jan has just sent for "he sald, “and in the assistant, Mr. Gar- van, said he perjured himself in the evi- cence he gave here in this case. If it ts the pleasure of the Court, he will be brought back her Forme Dist -Attorney Olcott sald regretted that o of his witnesses { under oath, He added that he no one ected with the de- had had any knowledge that Jor dan had ever been a horse thief and a nvict. He was sorry, dan ehould have edopted the clumsy subterfuge of laying the misdeeds of his exrly (life upon a mythteal cousin in- stead of telling the whole truth. Jordan Looked Sheepish. ee ¢ into court, in order that his ion might be put upon the rec- an, looking pretty subdued was led in, He had and all of hix former jauntiness. He huddled together in the witness chair und an- swered Mr, Jerome in a flat, husky volve, Q. You are the Joseph Jordan who was sent to the penitentiary in 18i8 for stealing a gelding? A. Yes, I am. You served your five years’ term? A. Yes, L did. I admit it now. Q, You remember Mr. Murray, the prison guard, do you? A, I didn't at Hirst. But after admitting this much Joseph Jordan clung to the story of his cousin He Insisted that ‘he did have a cousin of his same age add name and lame as he was, tattooed as he was and of the same general appearance. Replying to Judge Olcott's question, Jordan said: “I Med because I was ashamed of my early misfortunes, and because I had been Ilving decently for twenty-flve years and didn't want people to know about that jall record, Judge Ralley didn't know about it, Nobody told me to lig here," Olcott Pleads for Him. Mr. Olcott asked that the District- Attorney remember the clroumstances under which Jonlan had been led into his perjury. He urged that Jordan de- served some consideration, This ended Jordan's reappearance. A court official led him back to the Tombs and locked him up. To-day's hearing was not enlivened by the presence of Miss Minnle Gaillard, the Texas school ma'am, whose age, she said, Is somewhere between thirty- elght and fifty—gentlemen, write your own tickets, as the bookmakers say. She {s not due in the Criminal Court Building again until to-morrow, when Mayor Rice, of Houston, js coming to contradict part of her evidence. ‘The firet witness to-day was, interesting stake-| Recorder said Jordan should be | Texas to Testify, | [Joseph McNervey, a one-legged eld man with a drooping gray must and silver-bowed spectacles. McNervey was claa in a black suit, a white shirt BIG BOW WINS IN HOT DRIVE FROM PADRE Comes First in Stretch] in Third Race at City Park. and a celluloid collar. He didn't wear the customary diamond stud which be- longs to the regal, the wit- | ne:ses, McNervey, ina full, clear voice, | using excellent English, said he was | gorn in Kingston, Canada, fifty years ago, and that he had been by, turns a rallroader, a laborer, a bar- keeper, a salesman and @ canvasser for) real estate agents. He sells real estace | nuw. For two months before coming herd MeNervey said he ad boarded at | “Big Annie's" In Houston, { Q. Were you ever convicted of any | crime? A. I once knocked @ man down for insulting me, And once I was ved for failure pay a liquor, license, That's all. Known Jones Ten Years, Q. How many trinsactions in real! estate haye you handled? A, Only two, In one of these cases I was personally to (Continued on Second Page.) So Says the Weather Man, and from Present Indications He | Seems to Be in Right. Tt will snow to-night. There js a nor'easter on the way. Started 'way dewn south of Jackson-| ville, Iy moving cast northeast. to-morrow. Which means that it will be pretty cold hereabouts, The official weather man at Wash- ington stands for dil this. Looks now as ff he were taking a safe chance. WESTON, W. Va., Feb. 21.—Twenty- four inches of snow have fallen here! since midnight. It fs still snowing hard. CONVICTION UNDER SPEED LAW UPHELD. Banker E, R. Thomas, Fined $25, Carries Case to Highest Court and Loses, ALBANY, Feb. 2%7.—The Court of Ap- peals this afternoon affirmed the con- yietion of Edward R. Thomas, the New York banker, who was arrested and fined $25 last April for speeding his automobile on West End avenue faster than a mile in six minute: Sunday World Wants ‘Work Monday Wonders. SNOW DUE TO-NIGHT = AND 6 TO-MORROW ~ Should drop to 16 or thereabouts by|} NEW ORLEANS, Feb. was CITY PARK, —The Rex Handicap at a mile | the feature of a good card here to-day. fhe other races were Interesting, the flelds be.ng well matched. A handicap at five and a half furlongs was next to the stake event in interest. FIRST RACE—Three and a hale tu Starters, weights and Jockey: King Laopeld, 11, B, Davis. Tinposition, 10s, ‘troxier 10s, wW. Merry Knockerk Dealy Daly Larry D., 105, i King Tas Id went to the frant soon the start, made all the running and won In a gallon by five lengths m Imposition, who beat Merry Leap t eths for the place D RACE—Selling; one and one- sixth miles, Bettini Starters, welhts and Jockeys St Pi ‘Glenn re 5 408 5010, 4 7 8b a 3 a Time—1.47 2-5. Won by ‘The i Ingolthrift ves second and Bradlev's Pet third. THIRD RACE—Afile and a half; selling. Betting. Horses, weluhts. Jockeys. Str, Big Bow, 107, By Padre, 101, 7 Helgers: t Rossma: 15 Drexel, 3 Hymettus, ios, J. 20 The Trifver, in.” Koerner 30 104, Romanellt 20 feikin, 101, Hefferman//!.2. 20 Helgerson went to the front soon after the start and made the running, followed by Pidre and Rosamond, On the turn Padre closed on NHelgerson and thay ran In chkse order to the stretch, ‘There Big Bow closet fast and taking the lead won by a fength from Padre, who beat, Helgerson a length for the place. FOURTH RACE—Rex Handloap; one mile.—John Carroll, § to 5 and 3 'to 6, won; Debar, 4 to 1 and 7 to 5, was sec- ond; Shawana, 10 to 1 and 4 to 1, third. NEW YORK STEAMER IS RUN ASHORE. The.!ndiana Is Grounded at Quar- antine Off Sparrows Foint, Md. (Special to The Evening World.) BALTIMORE, Md, Feb, 27,—The steamer Indiana, which arrived from w York ‘to-day, in ballast, went ashore off Quarantine, Sarrow's Point. There wis a swirling northest snow and east storm, which was responsible for the Indiana being driven out of th narrow channel, She was going very! tlowty at the time and stuck her News in, the soft mud bottom, he is no danger. The Indiana was} on hor way to Curtis Bay to ‘load a Girl on Trial for Murder Shows Little Interest in Proceedings Until Former Friend Is Put On Stand Against Her. POLICE SHAME A MAIN FEATURE OF THE CASE. Interest in the Scandal Over Relations Be- tween Officials an shadows All d Women Over. Else, as the Trial Goes On, Only twice during the hearing of witnesses in her trial to-day dt@ Berthe Claiche show any special interest in the proceedings. Once was when Policeman Billafer was called and tol man Harry Morton before the shooting of Gerdron. id of the girl's relations with Police- Then the girl blushed, but she stared at the policeman as If she had never seen him before, The other time was when Marie Zimmerman, one of the roomers in the West Twenty-seventh street house, told of the night when Gerdron beat Berthe Claiche. She said she did scream. “Didn't you see Gerdron kick her a yer Levy. “No, bled loud jengush to be heard several feet away: | DOG FUND MAN, THOS. D. JORDAN, FOUND AT LAST Former Comptroller of Equitable at Hotel in Hot Springs, Ark. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb, 27,—It was learned to-day that Thomas D. Jordan, former Comptroller of the Equitable Lite Assurance Society, who w: wanted during the recent insurance in- vestigation in New York, 1s stopping with his wife ‘at one of the leading hotels in Hot Springs, Ark. Mr, Jordan did not care to make any statement concerning his absence from New York, but his wife sald: “I am sorry we have been found here. It will cause too much needless publicity.” ‘Asked concerning the testimony of her son before the Armstrong commit- tee to the effect that he did not know) whether his father was alive or dead, she sald the statement was true, that the young man did not know anything concerning his father. HERE’S A DONKEY LOST IN THE;SUBWAY. Stop the tral Who owns a stray donkey found tn the Subway at Fifty-ninth street? The police of the West Sixty-eighth street station this afternoon sent out an alarm for the owner of ‘the beast. not see the assault, but heard Berthe nd drag her by the hair?” asked Lawe said the witness. Then Berthe Claiche leaned forward and mum- “Liar! Lies, all lies!” Policeman Lennon testified that More « ton often sent Berthe Claiche's mother a8 & messenger to summon tho girl to meet him at the home of a woman known as Lulu, This was as far bacle 49 1901. Policeman Billafer, the cadave erous young man with sharp, questions ing eyes, repeated on the stand the ao- cusatiin made against Morton by Po- Mceman Martineau yesterday. This man Billafer was himself acoused of intimacy with the Claiche girl by More ton luring the trial of Policeman Cody at Mendquarters last Saturday. The murder of Emil Gerdron and the » probable fate of the young woman whe killed him have been overshadowed tr . interest by the police scandal in thé case, Undoubtedly this will lead to aa Investigation and an uncovering of the rotten concttions existing In the old an® new Tenderloin with relation to association of police officers and social evil, May Not Call Morton. Abraham Levy, of counsel for Claiche, was asked to-day if he intended to call Policeman Morton as a witness for the defense, He sald he believed tt to be the duty of the State to call Mor ton. If the prosecution closes without calling him the defense will then con- sider the matter. The first witness called to-day was Edward J. Lennon, a policeman. Ia June, 1904, he was a plain-clothes man In the Tenderloin, and Harry Morton was his’ partner. They often went to- gether to the apartments of a woman named Lulu at No. 14 West Twenty- elghth street. Berthe Claiche lived next door, Q. Did you ever see Madam Deon, the mother of the defendant, at Lulu apartments? A, She worked there. Q, Did Morton ever send Mme. next door after her daughter, the fendant here? A. He did. Lennon was/ngt alloypedg: happened in ,the ai woman Lula jon Berth Clalgfey weap Levy's’ cbj sustained. He was not cross-examinéd." Billafer IgfCalledé g/ 74% Poltceman George Bullate® fie stand. A telltale orimson « ba Aan ‘the Claiche’s left ol e heek, directly in ¢ront ot bee her ser mate ite 2 Cy es his called an LATE RESULTS AT FAIR GROUNDS, Fifth—Avoid 9-5, Besterling AT CITY 4-5 place. Sincerity Belle. PARK. Fifth—Jack Dolan 4-5, Quinn Brady out pl., Polly Prim. on POLICE AUDITORS ABOLISHED: SERGEANTS TRANSFERED Sergt. John Brenner, Thomas J. Gleason. John “McGowan and Matthew Robinson were transferred from the Tenderloin statio this afternoon. They were replaced by three sergeants from Mercer street and one from Whitestone. Commissioner Bingham also abolished the auditors’ do- partment. thereby adding three to active police duty. policemen and one roundsman Pi EXCITEMENT AT FIRE KILLS WOMAN. 1 BRIDGEPORT, Conn.. Feb. 27. | destroyed the Star Shirt Company’s building here this after- noon Mrs Jane Havey was seized with an attack of jcart fail ure brought on by, excitement .and-died-in-a,short time; > Batista” CN ea —While watching the fire that. | k