Washington Post, The (Newspaper) - April 29, 1910, Washington, District Of Columbia WHEN YOU LOSE AN ARTICLE Advertise for Its recovery through the Lost column of The The service warmer today and light northeast to east Temperature 62; 46. Copy NO. APRIL 29. 1910.-EIGHTEEN THREE Assails W. R. Hearst and Evokes IS MINUTES OF DISORDER Dr. With Witty Speech at Last Restores Good nc Dinner of Association i ad Associated Press Scene of Unusual t Received From v Downed Heads and High Officials of Ade and Wilson Associated Press s April annual joint the Associated Press and tho n Publishers Aah throw n into riotous and pro 1 sorder tonight when Thomas T L i manager for ilham H refused permission to j. he rose to rep to biting tr nor ha 1 just made of st s part In 25 ml the uproar continued stood in chairs and n craned from the balconies of tho c hall is not here T am his 1 and a right to be 1 Mr Williams climbing onto the table and shaking nib fist in f u of the m lyor L him out Shut up Free came from all parts of the hall N f oE the 1 1 eader hammered in vain fof while Mi Williams stood Impassive anJ with folded t le he aid Mr Appeal U a to press of the 1 states It end shouted Ochs pri of the tints as he stioci on his chair be- and begged for a M I promise has less i t to speaK Let me say them Nc No yelled the diners till uns began Mr No t re k-e tn tho thoroughly 1 liners added insistence 0 hs sat down while the orchestra r I Dixie but Mr Williams st H vi feet and a semblance of calm t restored until the Rav Dr 1 of Brooklyn with v and felk speech brought tl at anger d rector members of c late i and the Amer can u er Publishers Association had T annual joint banquet at The 1 rf Mayor Gaynor's Address n hundred sat to tables and th i coffee had been brought in the t CTan to hear things about f m their guests Major Gaynor of honor ind speaker took subject I in Its Officials He spoke as is v snd as he had been tnv ted to v hint mincing words He said whtle Is to public t n flee tun Is er Us wish K that thr one si helps him to T lat is just tho frime of mind 't n forbear h That is true v and I fish s ind B H it a publisher or be f a pei he t one w horn he It his and then alas it If painful to such exceptions i t of their ids but should 1 unk from doing it in a i i 1 f i the sake of good mf bo pi un an 1 not abate a i t A proprietor 1 who is bent on cutting is an lui tacle In no i corner of h s held or heart Is t of truth or jus him but in Ui esta of public and de- r r m a i n si fen t abou t him r i ate mentioning one o t t f As late AS the loth W R Hearst printed in t i i newspaper here tl e fat a draft on the treasury of this with headlines and an ar- such and the ex f i to the present The a 1) and article assert that I fixed ird and amount and paid U and of the is printed to it B it when vou look at the drift n the article how few peo it that y th U the date of it is left blank Two Dates brought It here as printed in this iper to show it to and here u is u look at the original draft which c also brought here for to see you fate of it at the top in large jet m-i figures is December 31, 3909 U before the present city govern r t came in the further set that 't also the date when the which established the claim as liability of the city was recorded s office namely DC 29 This date is also omitted 1 newspaper copy vou perceive T n words two State prison lv and falsification of a document were committed In the t less of this publisher and editor to s the major of the city of New n a or two when he had L I rumors that members of the grand w re taking notice of the matter he i bed as an excuse that the dates faint in the original that did not reproduce them Just look at this original draft i The date at the top as see in larger and more pronounced letters i than anv other part of the i I had the draft photographed as a fie dates would like ail the and here it the photograph You that shows the dates as to least aw any other part of the But if It were true that Mr i s photographic apparatus would the why should Ire t the draft without the date' Why did put them m in some The U T am assured that the dates cut out of the plate with a machine An inspection of the t as falsely printed showe that to be ase ag vou see in respect of the it of December 29 Says He Is Not N I do not call your attention to low crime because it annoyed or em- i t red me in way A public i ii has to be patient The newspapers man had done as bad or to me and but it was borne m except that I spoke on the inal aspect of such things before the bench and bar at the dinner they gave me In December because I t nought It due that some one should do so for the sake of society and of the decent and honest newspaper I need not say to you that the edness for which this draft was drawn was incurred during several years be- fore the present members of the diy government were and that It was audited and made a. fixed and legal ob- ligation of the city before we took Instead of any of us the as this article says Probably I never would have seen the publication of this draft had not an of- It to me last Friday and pointed out the crime to me I mention the matter to you because right here is where it should be mentioned let me add that it concerns you the ers and editors of the decent far more than it concerns me If you can stand such things in your great the rest of us can stand or win try to stand until the hour arrives when we shall make up our minds to terly destroy and take effective ures to that end Good Will Heeded on Both It is 1 igh time these forgers and ers were in states and the time is not far distant when some of them will be there And just think of a man who is capable of doing things like being possessed of the notion that he is fit to hold any office efrom mayor to President of the United States Morally speaking his mind must be a howling wilderness Never will where put such a man in Now I feel that I am entirely right In mentioning this matter to you ana that ft will promote a proper understanding and do good We have stood it here in New York city for a long and the respectable editors and publishers of this ON FOURTH PAGE MAYOR PAID WARRANT Fact Not Denied serts Hearst DATE OF NOT CHANGED Blue Ink Failed to Says New York and Was So Ex- When Facsimile Was by Which Cohalan Got One of Mayor's First Special to The Washington Post New York April 2S New York American tomorrow will say His honor Mayor Gaynor at the quet tonight of the Associated Press and the American Newspapers sociation at the Waldorf made a bitter attack upon William Randolph Hearst and the New York American Mayor Gaynor charged that the American de- had altered a public record when it printed a facsimile of the lant for drawn to the order of Daniel F Cohalan This publication in the American of April 15 demonstrated by public ments and records that one of the first aola of the Gaynor administration was to Daniel F Cohalan Charles F leading and the man who as a go-between when Murphy for which payment Mayor McClellan had not during his term of office Mayor Gaynor asserted the American ly omitted the date of the which was December 31 of last and he was a falsification of the lic records Date Did Not It is quite clear that Mr Gaynor did not read the else he would have seen that the date of the which In the original was stamped in a light blue ink and did not appear when photographed which omission hav infi been noticed the date was supplied In the text of the story on the original date of the publication The date of this warrant had little to do with the ment that the amount had been paid among the first acts of the Gaynor ad- Mayor Gaynor at no time denied that the US 000 was paid to Cohalan as one of the first acts of his administration The banquet hall was crowded and the boxes were filled with women At the head of the acting ter was N C Wright editor of the Cleveland Leader and the Toledo At his right sat Herman dent of the Publishers and next to him was Mayor Gaynor Frank B Noes the elected president of the Associated was at Mr left Williams but The mayor had no sooner finished his speech which was vitriolic In than a commotion was heard in the middle of tho directly in front of the master T T business ager of the Evening had sprung to his feet shocked at temper of the major's speech Mr Williams was but calm as he pushed his way through the maze of tables and diners and faced the speaker s table almost before the toastmaster had arisen and the mayor sat down The applause for the mayor had not even subsided when Mr Williams was recognized by his His purpose was Mr Williams raised his hand to the and demanded to be allowed to speak I want to saj a Mr over the swelling tumult of v as opposition to his speaking spread over the hall came the shouts all over echoed the cooler heads Mayor Gaynor Before either Mr Williams or Mr could say a word a crowd of roused diners pushed forward to where Mr Williams within six feet of Mayor Gaynor The latter sat In j is place unmoved His face but he said not a word He looked to the master and then at Mr Williams The latter shook his finger at the mayor and shouted something inaudible the babel will be I must be I want to say a word for my Mr Williams could get no further The excitement was intense and the confusion at the table almost able The crowd around Mr Williams swelled and grew to A few tried to reach him and drag him away The had dispatched CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE to Order 912.75, cannot be bought ready-made for than We are wholesale tailors 73 branch the UJO Grand 91.00 Mar If Baltimore Ohio To and town from Station at 8 a m re- fit p. game day mm is ROUTED Indiana Convention Indorses Kern for MARSHALL WINS THE DAY Machine Is On Scrap Says Defeated After Riotous Bring labors to Close in. Plan to Indorse Senatorial Candidate Is Carried by 30 When He Sees Extent of His Yields Is THE Secretary of C. of Auditor of H. of Treasurer of H. of Attorney M. speaker of Indiana Clerk of supreme Fred of Superintendent public J. of State of of North Judge of supreme court of Third E. of Appellate Judges for Northern I. of M. B. of and Andrew of Columbia April in riotous discord and closing In enthusiastic the Indiana Democratic convention today by a majority of 30 Gov Marshall's proposition it should Indorse to next year's legislature a date for the United States and then named John W. who was the party's candidate tor Vice President in 1908. Today's action that Mr Kern should be elected to Succeed r A provided the Democrats have a majority in the next State legislature and that majority adheres to the ment made today The opposition to the plan of indorsing a candidate wanted a State primary to lect a senatorial nominee The tion made a grim fight under the ship of Thomas formerly man of the Democratic national and himself a candidate for the for but It Joined heartily with the element headed by Gov Marshall and John B of Terre Haute vice chairman of the national also aspirant for the in a shouted acclamation of Kern as the party's candidate This issue overshadowed the adoption ol a platform and the naming of a State His Machine Taggart machine Is on the scrap said Mr Taggart to the giving up the struggle with a broad smile am going to say something most of you won't but I would rather Kern in the Senate than to be there myself He then delivered the 183 votes of the Marlon county delegation to Kern on the second though Kern had in the course of the first that his name had been pre- sented without warrant and was in no sense a candidate The voting Kern gaining more and more until the fourth ballot all the other eleven candidates having he was nominated During the vote on whether the con- vention should indorse a senatorial the delegation from Marion ty and Taggart's cast 180 against and 3 votes for the plan There was a dispute and the negative voters rose to be Delegates Exchange An enthusiastic of Lamb pressed his way through the crowd to shake hands with the Indianapolis In- but was met with a blow in the face before he reached A eral between the two delegations Im- but the police forced thier way between them and order was A full State except governor and lieutenant governor then was nominated without much Little Interest was manifested in any except the tariff and liquor planks of tire platform The tariff plank attacked the Republican party for to meet the Issue in a fair and manly It adds submit to the people whether relief my be expected trom a party standing for ana Beveridge all at the same The liquor plank favors the ment and modification of the present cal option so as to make ed and the territory In townships outside of cities the units of election The platform forces the liquor question into the although the licans Ignored and the party will be compelled to defend the county local op- Kern Is John W Kern tonight was undecided as to the form his acceptance of the con- indorsement of him as the candidate for the Senate should he It was an tion in Indiana politics am greatly gratified over the Men and Clerks Will appreciate the new gray cashmere suitings we made to lor Jf ner in which the nomination came to said Mr and unanimous as It places me under new obligations to my which ways has been kind to and to service of which I always shall be de- voted After I have considered the I shall make some formal Thomas not be more he with the outcome of the see John W Kern nominated for the Mr. Taggart being certain as I am that he will be is more than enough for me. No man In Indiana deserves this honor as does Democratic Senators Democrats In the Senate are greatly pleased with the nomination of John W Kern by Indiana Democrats for the seat In the Senate occupied by Senator They received bulletins in the cloakroom throughout the afternoon from the convention hall at and were elated when the news came Ollie who declined the tion for the Vice Presidency at the ver and who placed Mr Kern In nomination as Mr Bryan's running mate sent the successful candidate this message sincere congratulations By Ing you to the Senate Indiana Democrats will follow the illustrious example of Vorhees and Turple THOMAS SUCCEEDS Republican Elected in N. State Senatorial N Y April Ralph W of Republican and Instructor In oratory in Colgate was today elected senator of the senatorial district to ceed Jotham P resigned Prof majority over the Democratic Edward of 3082. The interest In the election was not marked in the rural the ers preferring to stay at home and give attention to agriculture The vote was a little better than 50 per cent be- ing recorded The Democratic leaders claim a victory though their candidate was not elected They declare that they have made great gains TO FIGHT AT Gen. Estrada Raises Force to Give Battle to Special to The Washington Post April 27, wireless to April inhabitants ot fields and surrounding villages are re- with great enthusiasm to the call of Estrada leaders to assemble for the defense of the vicinity against the Gens and the heroes of and San are at the head of the The which numbers about is approaching and Rama in two columns Gen Estrada Is personally in leading the reserves It is not likely that there will be an engagement before the early part of May The revolutionists are stronger than they were last December GIVES HOUSE TO Edson of Pays for New York Special to The Washington New April of Washington D C today paid for the Jackson Gourard 439 Madison as a gift for his the wife of the Rev Herbert tor of the Church of the Heavenly at Fifth avenue and Forty-fifth street It is a five-story American basement dwelling Mr. Gourard paid for It to J T and J A. who built eight years ago WESTON TAKES EC CAUGHT FEVER HE Dr. Howard L. of Is Stricken With Typhus m Mexico City April Howard L. a professor of the University of ib ill m a Mexico City hospital of fever a disease he came to Mexico to study It la stated at the hospital tonight that the condition of Dr is as able as could be though he la not out of DEMANDS LITTLE LEAVITTS Former Husband of Ruth Bryan Threatens to Stop Declares He Will Get to Before Wedding Takes Place rf He Gets No April I want those and if there is any law In God's world to help me get them I will have them I do not want the but If no other means will I will take legal steps and invoke the aid of the court to prevent the marriage of Ruth Bryan Leavitt to Reginald said William Homer divorced band of Ruth tonight The notice In the newspapers of the approaching marriage of his former wife came as a surprise to him He said the only information he ever had had of a divorce was such as he nad seen In the public prints had two he I have been in Columbus Leavitt has sent word that she and the children were settled In and that the children were In In case he received no direct word from Mr Leavitt said he would leave here in time to reach be- fore the marriage took place should not hesitate to stop the if that were the only way to get possession of my he add Baltimore A Ohio to the For the Information attending the PImlico races at Baltimore direct street car connections may be had from Camden and Mount Royal stations for the 13 noon and 1pm trains from giving ample time tor reach the Awes Injury to Ankle Will Delay Arrival in New York Until N T April injury to his sustained last night In an auto- mobile probably will prevent Edward Weston from reaching New the goal in his until He had expected to arrive there on or Saturday at the but the going was rather slow and on reaching here at 6 IS tonight he announced a change in If he New Tork on he will still be thirteen days ahead of his Despite the strained Weston ered 23 today BIG GIFTS TO St. Louis Medical School to Be Enlarged at a Cost of St April made tonight of gifts aggregating to Washington University and of a plan to enlarge the medical department of the university by the expenditure for ings and equipment of between and The donation was made by W. K Adolphus Edward and Robert S all of St Louis Property Valued at Is to be used In addition to the cash in ing the medical school HOPED TO CLEAR HYDE Paxton Tells Motive for En- YOUNG SWOPE FOUND POISON Witness Testifies That He Saw Doctor Throw Objects to Spot and Picked tip Parts of Cyanide Cap- Recognizes Odor of Drug in Kept From Five-hour Fusillade of Bullets Ended by TWO OF ATTACKERS SHOT Brutal of Girl Followed By Siege of With Hifle and 19-Year-Old Clarence of S. Suddenly Holds Off Armed and Raises Flags Between Shots at Be- Victim May Kansas April It was with the hope that Dr. B C Hyde would be purged of all suspicion that John G as a personal representative of Mrs Logan O began the investigation of the Swope Paxton testified In the trial of Dr Hyde for the alleged murder of Col Thomas H. knew the terrible scandal another report regarding the Inquiry would he I employed Dr Hektoen to examine the of Col. Thomas H and I told hint I hoped he would return to me a finding of innocence on the part of every one Almost the entire session of court was devoted by attorneys to show whether Mr Paxton harbored any malice against Hyde when he began his in- Mr. Paxton disclaimed that he dfd When Dr Hyde was ordered i from the Swope home on said Mr he shook hands with the physician Hyde Laughed at Dr Hyde and Mrs Hyde laughed heartily when Mr Paxton told about his employing detectives to work the case Asked why he employed the he said 1 To shadow Dr Hyde and prevent him from escaping Mr Paxton followed Thomas H jr as a witness He said that for teen years he had been attorney for Mrs Logan O Swope and was one of the ex- of the estate of Col Swope He corroborated the statement of Thomas H about finding the cyanide capsules These capsules and the ejecta of garet Swope were taken by him to cago for examination On nation he said that he detected no trace of poison In the capsules He said that Dr Hektoen and Dr Chicago received a day for their work in the case while Dr of Ann received that amount at home and a day while m Missouri Thomas H Jr told at the Ing session how he found capsules Dr Hyde had thrown away on a He recognized the odor they emitted as cyanide of potassium working in a Nevada said Mr he be- came well acquainted with the poison Stamped on Dr Hyde was about 300 feet from him when the capsules were thrown said Mr Swope The physician stamped them Into the snow after dropping them testified the witness Accompanied by John G said Mr he made a second visit to the point where lie had seen Dr and they found fragments of three capsules All the parts of the capsules were sent to and chemists announced they found traces of cyanide in them After smelling wet cyanide on the hand of Hugo a in the Miss B. Van said it was the same drug she on the hands of Mr Swope after he had the capsules he picked up In the street Judge Latshaw today ordered that at all times Dr Hyde should be brought into and removed from the courtroom out of the presence of the jury In order that the jurymen might not know he is In the custody of the EAKLE HAS NEW French Woman the Latest Soul Mate of American Special to Tbe Washington Post New April as the law a about to knock off tlie shackles nf bis second soul mate the news cornea from Par's that Ferdinand Earle has found a fourth The first one divorced for the second ar decree annulling their marriage is im- the third cast him aside before they reached the marriage stage In the Latin Quarter of Paris Earle has entered once more upon his roto of the dreamy and In bis studio the unfinished head of a dark-eyed French woman stands on easel It Is the portrait of the affinity Her name has not been to Baltimore and Saturdays and via vanla Tickets good until Sunday All regular New April capture after a vicious attack on Anna Clarence 19 years of N barricaded himself in the Hutherford Boat Club house and for five hours fought off a posse of police and deputy sheriffs 30 or 40 members of Com- pany of the First regiment New eey National and enough teers from Rutherford and Hackensack to bring the posse up to 460 or 500 armed men Ms stronghold riddled bullets and surrender the only Wood ended the struggle by firing a let Into his dying almost ly it Is had become denly demented During the five-hour battle two men were wounded by Wood's bullets They are Charles chief of of N shot three times and re- ported dying tonight Chief of East bullet in left arm Girl Lured to Miss Kipp who lives in and Is a daughter of Cashier Stanley of the Bergen County National had gone to the with Wood under the that she and Wood and a party of six others were to take a motorboat trip down the sack and thence to Bayonne for luncheon who Is the stepson of John a retired wae on a two vacation Miss Kipp had known Wood for about eight today seemed to be In unusual good humor At the house the girl went out on the clubhouse veranda to await the others It was learned later that na others had bten in- In clubhouse were a Savage rifle and two Colt revolvers belonging to Wood He entered the boathouse and asked her to him carry some flags to the Strikes Girl With As she Beached for the flags Wood grabbed at a hickory club standing against the door Jamb and struck Miss Kipp across the top of the head Then he grasped her throat hard enough to leave nail prints atiU visible She shook him off and he raised the club again It fractured her wrist Wood struck her one more Miss Kipp smashed Wood in the stunning him and then sne re- the blow and ran out to the road At Hotel not far distant she telephoned to Walter a Rutherford lawyer Lawyer Kipp and Lawyer fn a touring car raced through the town to the place In the called up Chief of who in turn telephoned to East Rutherford for help This call caused Chief McClellan to arrive at the roadhouse at about the same time Schmidt got there From a window nearest the river a rifle was poked out and Wood fired The bullet struck Schmidt In the arm Wood flred twice hitting Schmidt each time He fell into the marsh ran out and started to help Chief McClellan to drag Schmidt out of range Then McClellan started to get at Wood Don't be a yelled who has known Wood since the latter was a child on out and quit It While he spoke Wood flred again and McClellan dropped with a bullet in his left Bullets Fly Dr HIHer Jumped out of a ambulance when Wood flred at him from the clubhouse more than 100 yards and the bullet tore the surgeon s clothing Mrs ran out crying to tell the surgeon to get In under cover Wood fired again and the bullet smashed the door Jamb a few inches from Mrs. The crowd Increased of and of had deputies sworn in and members of the local militia joined the crowd men lay low on the drawbridge and took pot shots at the clubhouse windows As they the Stars and Stripes were suddenly pulled up to the clubhouse flagpole Wood liked the and a few minutes later he got the club flag and hoisted that also Between flag ings he took time to fire occasional shots In addition to the rifles of the militia there was a battery of shotguns and re- leveled at the and for hours they made the meadows Final Attack About 3 o'clock a definite plan was settled upon Sheriff BlaUvelt took three or four deputies down the river where they KOt a motorboat and proceeded back to make an attack on the side of the clubhouse At the same time a party of 30 or more circled around to the opposite end of the house to that end Up the boardwalk they into the windows As they reached the door they a shot inside Wood had run out on the veranda facing the and there dropped dead by his own Wood had smashed ar upright piano ax sometime during the and had also cut Into kindling wood ex- pensive shells canoes and various blta of furniture Miss Kipp was resting tonight and will la Blue and Gray to order at Special 11JO F st INDEX TO TODAY'S at Press Kern Named for Senator International Law Suicide to Evade Capture Developments at Swope Trial Fear for G W U. Charter See Burglar's Horsemen Ready for Show President Goes West Today New Cigar Smoking Record Prince at White Roosevelt Guest of King Cup for Aviator White Railroad Situation in Senate Give Talks on Wireless Secretary Ballmger to Company Hearing Sets of Other Cities Peacemaker s Tragic Death Unshod Nuns In New Tork Danville Va Votes Wet Work Ended LAW COULD END WAR Root Declares World's Peace Lies in a World's ME. KNOX'S PLAU New York m Address Before American Society of International Says Way Is Clear for United States to Recognize the Supreme Court of The future reign of a through a was the basic thought of the address of Senator of New York president of the American Society of International in Ing- the fourth annual meeting of thaf organization in the New last night He tarried In his erudite discussion of abstract principles long enough to in dorse Secretary of State Knox s recent note to tha powers on behalf of a court of and said the way row smoothed for the United States to subdue lion which has stood In its path recognizing a tribunal superior in powers to the preme Court of the nation have the of a tical fruition the h there Is no vision for ny high tribunal la the of uur aff ail s than our o vn preme Court The Hague has adopted the Lourt of Justice aa ed from the of arbitration in the generally accepted sense of the term and it is planned to vest in it a. general jurisdiction Senator Root referred to the many in- disputes which have been sue mediated in the past few Casablanca arbitration the ary dispute between Norway and the the foundland and Atlantic fisheries dispute between the United States and Great the Emery controversy with Me the Alsop case relating to the United States and and others Senator Root's After Senator Root had made in he launched upon his annual to society selecting as his The Basis of Protection to Citizens Residing Abroad He gave a penetrat Ing and lucid statement of the law and ideals guiding nations in the protection of the honor of their citizens who are compelled or who choose to live under another flag One of the salient features of modern political development said the distin jurist has been the severance of the people from the soil ot their native countries Labor is becoming fluid and like money flows toward the best ket without paying much attention to political lines The doctrine of able allegiance so Inconsistent with the natural course of development in the New World and so long and stoutly con- tested by the States has been almost universally abandoned There has come into being a new class of citizens traveling or residing abroad that the naturalized returning to his country of origin or going to still other ON TWELFTH PAGE LINERS FACE HEAVY GUNS Target Practice of Fleet Halted fcy Daring Instructions to Keep Clear of Danger Zone of ships Special to Washington Post New April battleship Connecticut flagship of the Atlantic arrived at the navy yard today from the Virginia Capes where on Wednesday night was concluded what is believed to have been the most successful target practice in the history of the The target practice was one of the most thrilling the fleet has ever Despite the fact that Admiral Schroeder had warned merchant to steer clear of the target many skippers disregarded those Instructions with the result that the practice had to be ped several times to allow some some ship to get out of danger Two an officer of the Connecticut said had steamed into the danger and had they not been sighted and the firing they probably would have been hit The ships were the Morgan liner El and the Italian liner Nord Baltimore and A Ohio R. 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Every Saturday and both ways both except Will Call Mass Meeting Next INQUIRY INTO ITS FINANCES Trustees Way Not Accept Dr. ham's Certain Graduates of Institution Desire to Employ Accountants to Go Over Books and Learn Precise Status of Alumnus Cites Sections of Act Under Which Was Graduates of George Washington many of whom are not mem bers of the alumni association are ar ranging for a mass at which steps are to be taken to the business trans of the uni- w Inch red during the administration of Dr Charles lis Needham as president These grad uates are also alarmed 1t was learned yesterday at the possibility that the charter of the may be for- There are approximately 3000 graduates of the umv in this city a small number of these belong to the alumni association It is reported that some of these of the alumni association e been trying for some time to set on foot a movement to the of the institution and the recent disclosures concerning the Corcoran endowment which was followed Wednesday by the of Dr Needham has served to strengthen their desire to the affairs of the university May Employ It was reported yesterday these alumni intend to ask the trustees to employ pert the books to learn the precise financial status of the tion A prominent alumnus yesterday cited the fact that under the act of Congress to incorporate the Columbian hich afterward became George ington University section 12 the employment or ot the fundb or income of the or any for am or object r than expressed In the first section the shall be deemed taken to be a e of all tha rights and immunities derived from taia and the same cease and become null and void Part of the section referred reads ict shall not be fao as to authorize the said Columbian Col lege to sell or use the proceeds of any land granted by Congress for any pur pose other than that expressed In the act of incorporation The act of incorporation expressly for- bids the trustees to dispose of the of the sale of any property of the university except that the proceeds of any such sale must be put in the perma nent capital of the institution Members of the alumni say that lands and property of the university other than the Corcor an have been used for the running expenses of the institution The mass meeting will be held early next eek soon after the trustees meet on Mondas at which time the resignation of Needham is to come before the board It was learned the board of trustees probably wiil no action on President Needham s restoration at the meeting unless he insists upon it If the resignation Is Accepted it is probable that it will not go into effect until the end of the scholastic year In- dual members of the board to discuss the matter yesterday man H B F Macfarland eaid that the trustees e always been In with President Needham s plans foi building thf and that he re- garded it as a. blow to the to lose Dr Needham s Ices at this time The board was taken sur prise by the res he the trustees not had time to con- sider the matter Speculation Is Vague Speculation is vague concerning a probable successor to President Needham Dr Richard D Harlan b name has been mentioned in this connection but the opinion seemed general yesterday among friends of the university that if the ignation be accepted the board be at a loss to find a successor to Dr ham for some time President Needham refused yesterday to in any way his that his letter to the board fully covered the situation The board of trustees held a brief ing afternoon to up ness left over from Wednesday's ing but routine matters only were dis- and the Needham resignation was not considered PASS Lansdowne Denounces Surrender to as Act Worthy of April 28 a quiet lasting 2 1-2 this evening the of without passed the stages of the finance which now awaits only the royal assent Lord leader of the tion denounced the government s lation to the Irish members as an act worthy of Morocco or Somaliland WEDS Millionaire Daughter Elopes With Her Father's Special to The Washington Post Tulsa April the vigilance of her parents Jennie 18 years daughter of J E president of the Central National Bank and many times a eloped day with Perry also 18, her chauffeur The couple were married at Claremore oy the Judge of the county is ot five
