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ROOKL DAILY EAGLE 12 Credit Coupoto CUT THIS OUT. JAM'ARY 35. FOUR O'CLOCK. NEW YORK CITY. MONDAY.

JANUARY 1909. VOL. 70. NO. 'iC PAGES, INCLUDING PICTURE SECTIOX.

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HSii BALTIC HERE WITH SHIPWRECKED PASSENGERS; SCENES OF WILD DISORDER 01 CRIPPLED 'RBIF HWbu I LUIUUM Mayor and Finance Department Believe Debt Limit Has Not To Repair the New York G.O.P.'s Broken Fences Their Work. fog. Our own whistles had been going Florida, but moat of the work had to be two most seriously injured outside of the Been Exceeded. at Intervals and I hadn't the slightest done In nitrhv darkness. two dead.

pended will be taken out nf the debt limit and the city's borrowing capacity will be increased thai. much. Only the money that has been actually expended on. these contracts according to General Tracy's theory, may be charged againBt the debt limit. The officials of the Finance Department also take exception to Mr.

Ivins- criticism about "lumping the city's money." Were Mr. Ivins' suggestion followed they say the city would have money lying idle in various banks. "We would be paying four per cent, on the money." said Deputy Controller McCooey. "and receive only two tier cent, in return for it from the banks." Rumor That Riotous Passenger Was FUTURE FREELY FORECASTED Locked, Ironed, in Stateroom. AWAIT GEN.

TRACY'S REPORT. Passenger on the Baltic told reporters -Six Killed and a Number Hurt by Collision Impact. Will Not Be Influenced by Statement That City Has Gone $5,000,000 Beyond Its Borrowing Capacity. At Dinner to Sherman at White House "Don't Worry About Me," Says President to Diners. of a rough and fight that occurred on the Baltic, down the bay, when a man tried to flte a wireless account of the disaster to a newspaper.

The man was not a nan-ana nopman If USB RU'rl tflAt he thought of any danger when suddenly I heard a sharp whistle on our port side, so close up that It made me jump almost out of my skin." "The whistle came 'straight from the direction In which I was looking. As I heard the sharp blast a few faint light! began to glow through the fog. and then the towering black bow of a ship loomed up over ma. "I must have jumped twenty feet at one leap. I got out of the way just as tbe ship crashed into our side.

The bow of the vessel struck us just aft of the midship. There was an awful shock as she The passengers were put oft in the small boats of the three ships Republic, Florida and Baltic, and were rowed to the Baltic. The Baltic let down her gangways and made ready to receive the passengers, but this took quite a while, and same of the boats were dashed around by the waves for almost an hour before they were permitted to go alongside the Baltic. The most frightful experience of the passengers was while they were out In the lifeboats in the rain and dark nous. The wind bad risen and the waves were rolling heavy and choppy.

Most of the, JUDGMENT FOR $4,964,000. The city administration will not accept was so ins. stem iat wumn made by William M. Ivins, New York City R. R.

Receivers Win Suit Against Metropolitan Security Company. knocked him down and that otner pas-sensors finally Joined In to help her. It was reported that the jadly handled pas Eagle Bureau, 67 Fourteenth Street. Washington. January 25 New York Republicans here arc discussing with unusual keenness some importaut things said by President Roosevelt and Senator-elect Hoot on Saturday night at the.

din chairman of the Charter Revision Commission, that the city is $5,000,000 in excess of its constitutional borrowing capacity. The calculation by which Mr. senger was locKefl in irons me iime the Baltic arrived. In a special finding banded down today Judge Ward in the United States Circuit Court in Manhattan, In the suit brought by Receivers Jotinc and Robin MRS. EARLE OVERBOARD hit, and I thought tbe Republic was cut rin two.

Alice Morse Earle's Thrilling Rescue I son of the New York City Railroad Company, against the Metropolitan Security Company, judgment was awarded the plaintiff to the amount of at 6 per cent, together with costs for the Florida's Anchor Rips the Side of the Republic. "The Florida's bow drove into us like a dagger driving its way Into a man's heart. When it was shoved in It began to tear Its way aft. There was a fearful grinding noise as the bow tore along our side, ripping out staterooms as If they ((of ed Brooklyn Woman Gives Ivins arrived at this conclusion, they declare, is a matter of individual opinion. The methods by which the Finance Department has been calculating the debt limit, it is asserted, are supported by opinions from the corporation counsel.

Until General Tracy, as the referee, and the courtB decide otherwise, the statement on the debt limit prepared by the Finance Department will be accepted as final. Mayor McClellan to-day joined with the officials of the Finance Department in refusing to accept Mr. Ivins' statement as final. Statement of Mayor McClellan. "We have been assuming." he said, "that the $8,000,000 borrowing margin previously allowed us by Mr.

Ivins Is correct, simply to be on the safe side. But it Is plain that we cannot assume that we JAPAN TO LIMIT EMIGRATION. ner given to Vice President-elect Sherman. Both men talked with marked frankness about the fuiure of the Republican (tganlzation of th? Empire State, with special reference to the relation they are to bear to It. Both intend to devote themselves to the active work of promoting unity and harmony, and the elimination of extreme dictions such as are now represented by Governor Hughes on tho one hand and ex-Governor Odcll on the other.

Taken with the announcement that tho President has invited Governor Hughes to be his guest at tho dinner Thursday night to the Judlcary, the speeches of Saturday night are viewed as significant. At the While House to-day tt Is stated that there is no politics in the coming visit of Governor Hughes. He is expected to get here late In the afternoon of Thursday anil leave on an early train the morning following, just as he did on the only otlier occasion when he was en Graphic Description of Minister of Foreign Affairs Expected to Announce That as Government's Policy in Diet Speech. Toklo. January 25 Count Jutaro Ko-mura, minister of foreign affairs, is expected to deliver an important speech before the Diet In a few days when, it Is understood, he will enunciate the govern had been made of paper.

Five stateroos were torn out. I think the fluke of the anchor on the bow of the Florida caught in the Republic and did most of the tearing. "The anchor caught In our side, held and was torn from the Florida as the Florida rebounded from us. The big snchor was found In one of the staterooms when It was over. "A good part of the deck was torn away, and that part where I had been standing was swept away.

Part of the have overstepped the dobt limit. ft matter of fact, we will proceed as we WILL NOT RAISE REPUBLIC Liner Sinks in Off No 38 Fathoms Man's ment's policy on emigration ml lis determination to avoid creating embarrassment and complications with other countries by not allowing lower class Japanese to emigrate. It Is believed also that the minister will discuss briefly tho present satisfactory foreign relations of Japan and outline her policy toward China and Manchuria. Marquis Katsura, the premier; Jaturo Koiuuia, the minister of foreign affairs, and Viscount Terauchl, the minister of war, made brief speeches to-tlay before tho Diet in answer to the reduction in armaments and foreign policy questions that have been ipounJd to various members of the cabinet. of Island.

have been doing since the borrowing capacity was called Into question, and, until the court decides Just what Is to be calculated as running against the constitutional limit, expend just as little money as possible. "The doctors disagree more widely than ever, and we can only wait for General Tracy's report and the final decision of the court. One doctor says we have margin" referring to Controller Metz "and another says it Is only and later says it is minus It all depends on what bond Issues and sinking fund accounts are to bo taken Into tbe calculation." Finance Department Believes Its Calculations officials of the Finance Department also refuse to accept as final the statement of William M. Ivhis. They assert that the process by which Mr.

Ivins arrived at his conclusions Is en A. PASSENGER IN IRONS? the speeches, which were practically of Pulled From Sea Between Lifeboat and Steamship Baltic. by Her Hair. A Brooklyn woman bad the most thrilling experience of all the ninny blood-stlrrtng episodes that followed the collision of the Kepub-11c and the Florida. She was Mrs.

Alice Morse Earle of. 242 Henr" street, Brooklyn Heights, and was one of the passengers lauded by tne Baltic this afternoon. Mis. Earle was dragged from death by her hair and by a boatbook caught in her dress. Her narrow escape occurred many hours after the collision, wheu the passengers and crew of the two -rippled ships were being transferred from the Florida to the Baltic.

The transfer of the J. 610 persons from the damaged Florida was described as one of the most wonderful rescues ever altempted at nea. The passengers and crew were taken from one ship to another in small boats that were at all times lu imminent danger of bctng swamped iu the heavy sea that was running. The transfer was matte In pitch darkness, except for the 'searchlight of the Baltic, and, to make matters worse, the dense fog gave way to a chilling rain. It was in the midst of this transfer that Mrs.

Karle was thrown Into the sea. Her sister, Miss Frances C. Morse of Worcester. helped to make the remarkable rescue. Miss Morse related the story to a reporter of the Eagle this afternoon.

"My sister, Mrs. Karle. and I were going to Cairo, Egypt, to spend Hie winter," said Miss Morse. "We had made plans to have a delightful winter and hnd equipped ourselves for a long and pleasant stay abroad. Now we are back home, with not a stitch of clothing except what we have on our backs.

"The trausfer from the Florida to the Baltic was the most nwftil experience of my life, and I believe It was as terrible as anybody ever endured. There was a wild scramble for the boats. The officers of the Florida did the best they could and tried to get us on tbe lifeboats in au orderly way, but they had hard work. "We didn't know when tbe Florida would go down. Her bow was all smashed in and she looked as though she would go down every minute.

Consequently, we all wanted to get off as quickly as possible. "Mrs. Earl and I were put Into a small boat that was so overloaded that we expected it to go tinder. It. was dark and rain had succeeded to the thick fog.

We were thoroughly drenched in a few minutes, both from the waves that dashed over us and by the rain. "Mrs-Karle toward, the bow of our small boat, ind just as we neored tlw gangplank of he'Baltic she reached out to lake hold of the gangway and get aboard. The little boat was dancing up and down on the rough waves and It was hard to get from it to the gangway. "As my sister started to step from the seamen from the Italian ship took hold of her arms to assist her. The boat gave a fearful lurch, and the seamen loosed their hold of.

my sister, -who plunged into the sea between the big Baltic and the lifeboat. I never expected to see her again. Sbe sank and then came up. She sank again, while several persons were making frantic efforts to seize her. "A sailor seized a boathook and as my sister rose to the surface of the water a second time he managed to catch the hook through her dress.

This held her up until some of us could seize her by the hair. We dragged her into the boat and saved her life." tertained at the White House. The speech of the President at the Sherman dinner was thoroughly characteristic. Ho started out by saying that he had no sympathy with the altitude of many high officeholders, that they assumed public burdens reluctantly and left Ihem with pleasure. This was not his ccso at all.

He assumed the burdens of the presidency with pleasure itl was leafing them with reliictaucy. fact, he declared with a broad smile, he would have hung on to the office If he could have done so decently. But he said that he had enjoyed his work ip the White House immensely; no President had ever 'ad such a good time as he has had the it sejjpn years. Ho has enjoyed the i and the hard scraps. Iu fact, he ''e job from every angle and was La ijg it with a feeling of regret that it was all over.

"You need have no worry about my future," he said. "Here is one case where the nation won't be troubled wiTh the problem of what It to be done its ex-Presidents." The President said he was abundantly able to Take care of himself in the future and proposed to do so. First of all he Is going to Africa to hunt and have a good time, he said. "When 1 come back," he said in substance, "I shall expect to be associated with you New York men in promoting the good of the people and the country. I shall want no favors, no preferment and no special consideration because of Marconi wireless room was torn out, but, by a miracle, tbe instruments themselves were undamaged, and Mr.

Binns, tbe operator, was uuhurt. That saved us. Mr, Binns sat there -with the, ruins of the room piled around him, and though he thought the ship was sinking, he kept at his post and sent out messages calling for help. "Everybody on board, except the men on duty, was asleep, and the passengers who were thrdwu fromvtheir bertha by the shock of the collision didn't know what had happened until long afterward. It wasn't long before they came swarming on deck.

"I never saw a cooler lot of people considering the circumstances. Though they were waked up out of a sound sleep by a terrible collision, and though there Exciting Incidents "When the Boats of the Baltic Took People From the Injured Florida. the same tenor, said that Japan relations with the powers of the world were so Improved that the proposed reductions were fullv warranted. Premier Katsura said that ip such matters the Japanese government always would be guided by world conditions, coupled with the economic condition of the country. The leading newspapers, in commenting editorially on the California situation, say that the Japanese people must not forget that the uufrlendllness toward Japan In America exists only among a small clique in California.

The editorials further assert that the cordial relations established by the visit of the fleet and the commercial delegates from California cannot be affected by the action of those No more thrilling story of the sea was ver told than that which was brought to port this afternoon by the survivors from the White Star liner Republic and the crippled steamer Florida of the Italian Lloyds Lino. The survivors came In on the White Star liner Baltic, and tirely at variance with the methods which from time Immemorial have prevailed in the Finanre Department in fixing the city debt limit. Controller Metz Is out of (own and will not return for the next few days, but Deputy Controller Johu H. McCooey, who Is In rharge of all the financial details of the department, spoke in his behalf. was a big gaping hole in of our ship, the passengers, women were landed at the foot of West Eleventh even tHW we jojjli Americans who fall to understand th Japanese people.

took It as calmly a. street this afternoon at 1:10, "Under the charter, the Finance Department Is required to render a quarter Asshl, in commenting on the California wished. Of course, others was excitement, The survivors told grVpbM tales auair. expresses tne nope that while tne ly financial statement." said Mr. Mc Diet is In session the government will Cooey.

"Our last statement of Septem seize an early opportunity to closely de- ber SO showed that the borrowing capacity of the city was $.18,000,000. That what 1 have been and what I have The- President made It vlear that he expected to stand on bis own merits as a private citizen, and would expoct no favors either for himself or for his per- sonal projects. He uttered a great many praiseworthy sentiments on subject of greatness, declaring that It was a matter ot no consequence whether or not a man was remembered after his death, and that It was only his work that counted. Tho President's speech was pronounced one of the best he has ever nne tne government's policy, and express gratitude to those Americans who are exciting their efforts to prevent the pass statement was calculated by methods which have prevailed for years in this department and under the law it must be accepted as conclusive. Every point age ot legislation inimical to Japan.

3 KILLED; 10 HURT. by which these calculations to arrive at death and panic. They were full of excitement ami some oX themj were hysterically happy when they came In sight of white' Star Line docks and saw their friends waiting for them. There was an Impatient hour while the big Baltic was beirfg warped Into her berth. Several of the passengers screamed and two women fainted with excitement while the ahlp was being berthed.

The most exciting incidents of the ship but nothing like a panfev- When th officers told them the situation, he passengers went down below and got on their clothes. They bad to grope their way In darkness. Our engines were stopped almost lmmediatelj'. The firemen and engineers were as cool as If they had been sitting on the deck with their feet up on the rail enjoying a smoke. They drew the fires and took precautions against explosions.

It was known that the Republic would be flooded the debt limit were computed, was sup ported by an opinion from the Corpora tlon Counsel. The Corporation Counsel delivered and aroused those present to a. great pitch of enthusiasm. Three of Latter May Die as Result Is the law officer of the city and under the charter departmental heads must be of Mine Railroad Accident Near Piedmont, West Va. guided by his advice.

Senator-elect. Root's remarks were also full of significance, especially those parts which related to politics. He made a Btrong plea for co-ordination of effor among all New York Republicans, deploring in emphatic words the spirit which, tended to party destruction. He spoke of "Until the courts, through tho medium of General Tracy as the referee decide otherwise, the only statement that will wreck occurred hours after the ramming Mrs. Earle was Buffering from shock, but was not badly hurt by cumpenana, January Z5 Tmee be accepted as conclusive and final on the men were killed and ten others injured her experience.

the vital importance of having a tree three of whom it Is thought will die, in exchange of views among Republicans, in an accident on the inclined railway lead debt limit, is the quarterly statement that was rendered by this department on September 30. If General Tracy in his report, which will have to be confirmed by the courts, decides that we have made mistakes in our calculations of the debt order to secure a coalescence of endeavor Ing to tbe mine of Piedmont and George's for the public good. He Impressed his In a little while. Sealby Reassures the Passengers, and Calm Prevails. "Captain Sealby and the other officers went about among the passengers and cheered them with the news that the Marconi wireless was In communication with other vessels, and that we would prob Creek Coal Company on the mountain Brayton Ives Says the Crash Was side near Piedmont, W.

to-day. Two hearers with the belief that be was to take an active part in New York politics, and is not to content himself with' being a "statesman" in tbe Senate. Terrific. cars loaded with miners, going to work, passengers were thinly dressed, and they were all suffering from chill. The Baltic lay about 400 yards, as close as It was safe to go, from the Florida.

When limit, of course we will stand correoted. But until that decision is rendered we will be guided by our own statement. We do not propose to be influenced in collided with two coal laden cars bound Mr. Brayton Ives, one of the passengers and widely known in the Mr. Roosevelt and Senator Root," said down.

James Condry, William Hamilton one of the New Yorkers who heard the the slightest by any statements that may and an unnamed Italian were killed; two speeches, "are to be the centers all the passengers and most of the mem- nnanr.ai ana insurance word, said that Charles Kigbt and two Italians sustained toward which will gravitate the earnest, practical sincere-minded Republicans and the crew of the Republic as well as the ably be surrounded with rescuing ships In a short time. The captain explained the situation fully, end told the passengers Injuries which may result fatally, and the patriots of the State of New York, as remaining Injured men were severely against tbe Irreconcilable of the Hughes bruised and shaken up. The accident oc that the Republic would be able to keep school on one band and tbe Odell school on the other. curred at a meeting point for cars about midway of the plane, which is a half mile long. Instead of taking separate tracks the cars came together head on Root's speech was a refreshing con trast to tbe shot-gun policy of the half with the results given.

The switch at baked roformers. Under Mr. Roosevelt and Senator Root thera will be an opportunity for the rallying together of those people in New York State who want that point works automatically, and was reported to have been In good condition emanate from Mr. Ivins or anybody else. Under no conditions will be accept the statement of Mr.

Ivins that at the present time the city is $3,000,000 In excess of Its constitutional borrowing capacity." Controversy a Complicated One. The entire controTersy at the present time over tbe debt limit Is due to a conflict of opinion as to what should and should not be charged against the debt limit. In the Finance Department, the bookkeepers have been following the custom that has prevailed there for years In making up the statement. And as Mr. McCooey says they have only charged liabilities against tbe debt limit as diree-ed by voluminous opinions on the subject from the Coropration Counsel.

Mr. Ivins in arriving at his conclusion, which practically makes the city bankrupt from a borrowing viewpoint, followed his Individual opinion. The offi Saturday night. tbe very best obtainable results and who will not sacrifice the best obtainable re CHICHESTER DISAPPEARED, sults through impractical longing after bers of the crew were safely on bosrd the Baltic, that ship started for New York, leaving the New York and other vessels to look'after the Florida and Republic. The Republic was taken in charge by the Revenue Cutter Gresham, and was being towed to Martha's Vineyard, when she sank off No Man's Land, a little island about eight miles from Nantucket.

The Florida was escorted a part of the way to this harbor by the New York. The Florida was badly damaged, but her captain insisted he was able to come in under hi sown steam. The Florida arrived at Sandy Hook at 2:20 this afternoon. When the Florida was 1P0 miles from Sandy Hook her captain told the captain of the New York that he could get In impossible perfections. In other words.

afloat for many hours. "The lifeboats were got out In a jiffy, and the crews stood at their posts ready to lower them at a signal from the captain. "It seemed like an age before the Florida, with tooting whistles, came back in response to our own whistles of distress. It was a ticklish job coming up to us In that fog. The Florida's people didn't know how badly they were injured, but they came back to help us.

We were transferred to the Florida In about two hours. The sea was calm, and It was an easy job In a way. The passengers were Ate Lobster With Military Friends they represent tbe schools that take men, as they actually are and make tbe best of them, as against those who will da of the Republic by the Florida. The passengers said there was nothing very panicky until more than twelve hours after the Republic had been deserted by the passengers and most of the crew. Wild Scenes on Board the Florida.

Officers Use Marlin Spikes. There were wild scenes on board the Florida late Saturday night and Sunday morning, when the survivors were being transferred from the Italian ship to the Baltic. More than 800 Italian immigrants went wild with ter.or when they found that the Florida was to be abandoned by the passengers. The Italians imagined that the ship was going down at once. There was a scramble for boats, and the officers of the Florida bad to fight like madmen to keep back the half-crazed immigrants from the steerage.

Revolvers, marlin spikes and hard lists had to be used freely In restoring order and In forcing the steerage passengers to take tneir turn iu leaving the ship. A remarkable feature was, that the steerage passengers were comparatively cool at the time of the collision and did not give way to panic until the tight following the collision. The Florida, while not so badly injured as the Republic, presented a bad appearance. Her nose was smashed In as if she had jammed straight Into a stone wall. Report That Eugene Lynch Died on Board the Italian Liner.

Only six persons were killed on the two ships, but it was reported unofficially that Eugene Lynch, whose wife was killed, had died, or was dying aboard the Florida. Lynch was so seriously Injured that he could not be removed safely ard Left Home Next Morning. passengers displayed remarkable coolness. Mr. Ives said: "I was asleep at the time, and when I heard the crash I thought It was a blast in the subway.

There was a ripping noise and then the lights went out. I lighted a Christmas candle which I had, and after dressing, went on deck but observed no disorder." "With a few exceptions all the passengers went to their staterooms to get their clothes. Mr. Lynch is on board tbe Florida. He is broken-hearted over the loss of his wife and said he did not care whether the ship sunk or not.

His leg Is broken. Mrs. M. J. Murphy of Grand Forks, N.

sustained severe Injury to her right limb and there ia a steward on board by the name of Woodward who sustained a fracture at the base of the skull. Mrs. Griggs, who was Injured had a miraculous escape. She was found under a pile of debris and for a time it was believed she was lost." nothing at sll unless they can bring meal Mrs. Allen P.

Chichester, of 196 Dean to the height of ideal perfection. street, Brooklyn, visited Police Headquar While, as said above. It is asserted that there Is no political significance In cials of the Finance Department declare ters this morning and asked that a general alarm be sent out for her husband, who disappeared on January 18. Mrs. the fact that Governor Hughes has nee a Invited to the White House, the inci Chichester told the police that Mr.

Chi that he Is wrong, and that his calculations on the subject do not comply with the law as laid down by the Corporation Counsel. The whole controversy Is a chester, who is the New York salesman for the Callrock Chair Manufacturing excited, but did as they were told." matter of Judicial determination and can dent In Itself is taken to mean that the President is anxious to be on more friendly relations with the governor. There Is to be no "conference," as til been stated, and so far as known not other New York politicians of note out Company, of Poughkeepsie, is a member of the Veteran Association of Company The scene on board the Florida directly not be definitely settled until General Tracy renders his report. Thirteenth Regiment. Company A or As an Illustration of the many conflict that regiment gave a theater party at after the collision was described as fairly quiet.

The steerage passengers were not so badly frightened as they were later on. side of Washington have been invited. ing opinions that prevail with regard to I the Fulton Theater, Brooklyn, on the evening of January 17, followed by a lobster supper to the veterans. Mr. Chi liabilities charged against tbe debt limit, those In connection with various contracts which the city has made for public improvements are cited by the officials of Quartermaster Romola of the Florida U.

S. MAY INTERVENE was at the wheel at the time of the ram chester came home early the next morning, remained a while, and then went out, saying that he would return shortly. the Finance Department. Mr. Metz, In Case of NewYork vs.

New Jersey ming. It was satd by passengers on the backed by an opinion from the Corpora Involving Sewage Baltic that Romola started to run from the wheel house as soon as he saw the STORIES OF BROOKLYNITES. tion Counsel hohis that as soon as be certifies a contract the entire cost of the contract becomes chargeable against the debt limit, even if only part of the money That was the last Mrs. Chichester has seen of blm. He is described by his wife as 42 years old, 6 feet inches In height, weighing about 160 pounds, and with sallow complexion.

He had on when he left home a dark brawn overcoat and a dark suit of clothes. Republic directly In his path. Captain of Florida Fells Craven Miss Olga Doughty Almost on Verge Washington, January 25 The Supreme; alone, so the New York left tbe Italian vessel and came on as fast as she could, pulling into her dock at the foot of Fulton street at noon. The Baltic arrived off Ambrose Channel lightship at 1:15 this morning and anchored there until 9:25. when she came on to th White Star Line docks.

The examination of passengers was hurried at Quarantine, and the Baltic reached her dorks at 12 o'clock, but could not get Into her berth until alter 1 o'clock. Great Crowds at Dock to Greet Ship-wrecked Arrivals. A great crowd of persons had gathered at the dock to meet friends from the shipwrecked boat. There were several friends there of Mr. Mooney, who wsb Court of the United States to-day granted.

of Collapse What Dr. McAfee Saw. Helmsman, The captain saw him leave the wheel WOMAN DIES IN AGONY. the petition of the United States to intervene in the case of New York versus New Jersey, in which the former state and knocked him senseless at a said a passenger from the Florida. when the other passengers were taken seeks to enjoin the latter from emptying the sewage of the Passaic Valley district aboard the Baltic.

The dead are: is to be expended. That was his contention with the Fourth Avenue Subway. The Public Service Commission asked for an appropriation of $2,000,000 to begin the worlt on the subway. Mr. Metz held that If this appropriation was granted and he certified the contracts, the whole cost of the subway.

Involving an expenditure of over $23,000,000 became a charge against the debt limit. It was because this $23,000,000 In the city's borrowing capacity was not available that Mr. Metz Induced Jefferson Levy to secure the injunction restraining the Board of Estimate from granting the appropriation asked by the Public Service Commission. Mrs. Annie Peterson of Bay Side Had Lockjaw.

Mrs. Annie Peterson, wife of Alfred Peterson of Ashburton avenue, Bayslde, died of lockjaw last night at the Flush nto the waters of Upper New York Bay. Mrs. Eugene Lynch, known as "the best The national government sought to par ticipate In the case because of the effect which it is believed the sewege would Miss Olga Doughty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Samuel Doughty of 289 Washington avenue, who was with her parents on the Republic at the time of the collision with the Florida, was almost on the verge of a collapse when she arrived on the Baltic. She lost most of her wearing apparel. "Oh, It was said. "We were sound asleep when the crash came and for a moment I thought I was dreaming. Everything was pitch dark and I Romola was on the Baltic, and It was said he was badly injured as a result of his captain's attempt at discipline.

All the 1,610 survivors from the two wrecked ships were still full of excitement over the transfer from the Florida to the Baltic. While transfer of the passengers from the Republic to the Florida have on government property in the bay. killed. Nearly all of the relatives of Mr ing Hospital. Her last moments were spent In great agony.

It was Impossible to learn how she came to have lockjaw, the hospital authorities evidencing great reticence. She entered the hospital at :30 P.M., Saturday. Her husband and five children survive ber. Coroner Ambler was called in on the case. C.

AND A. FINE STANDS. and Mrs. Lynch were there from Boston. The news that Mrs.

Lynch was dead was S. Supreme Court Refuses a Re tr, knew something dreadful had happened. General Tracy Thought to Differ From Other Authorities. It Is understood that General Tracy radically differs from Mr. Metz In this method of calculating liabilities charg-able against the debt limit.

It is said that General Tracy believes that It is erroneous to charge the entire contract FAILS FOR $1,203,305. broken to her relatives last night. Mrs. Mooney, whose husband was killed, has not yet been told the whole truth about him- Mooney's body was All around me persons were excitedly loved woman In Boston." W. J.

Mooney of Langdon, North Dakota. Four seamen on the Florida. Tne names of the four dead seamen on the Florida were not known to the passengers brought In on the Baltic. It was said that they were negroes who were sleeping in the forecastle of the Florida, when the bow of that ship crashed into the Republic. The clearest story of the collision was told by Alfred Whittle, a steward on the saloon deck of the Republic, who missed death by a few inches.

Whittle was the only one on the Republic who actually witnessed the ramming by the Florida. "I was standing on the deck at about 6:40 Saturday morning, said Whittle, crying out to know what had happened. We managed to put on a little clothing and went out on deck, where all was ex had been effected without mishap, -the transfer to tbe Baltic was one that had plenty of thrill and difficulty. The decision to abandon the Florida cariie when the Injuries to her were fully realized. Her head was settling and the officers of both the Baltic and the Florida decided Nt would be dangerous to leave more than 1.600 persons aboard.

The transfer was started at 8 o'clock Saturday night and was not completed until 8 o'clock yesterday morning. The dark and angry sea was faintly lighted citement and confusion. "But I must say that the crew of the Republic acted splendidly. The captain. Continued on Page 2.

hearing of Rebate Case. Washington. January 25 The petition of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company for a rehearing in the case in which that company and two of its officers were subjected to a fine pf $60,00 for granting rebates to Kansas City packers, was to-day denied by the Supreme Court ot the United States. SQUADRON OFF FOR MOROCCO. Smyrna.

January 25 The American bat tleshlp squadron, composed of the Missouri. Ohio, Louisiana and Virginia, sailed from here to-day for Negro Bay, Moroeco, where the entire fleet will rendeivous prior to proceeding to Gibraltar. practically torn to pieces and was found thirty-five feet away from his stateroom. No. 28.

Mrs. Lynch, who was In Stateroom No. 31, was not torn from the stateroom, as Mooney was. She was found beneath her berth. Both bodies were put in hermetically sealed caskets and were left on board the Republic.

They sank with that bip. Former Treasurer of Massachusetts Has Only $275,765 in Assets. Boston, January 23 Former State Treasurer E. Shaw of Newburyport. a railroad financier, filed voluntary petition In bankruptcy to-day with liabilities of $1,023,305 and assets of $275,765.

The principal liability is said to be endorsed paper for the James F. Shaw Company (incorporated I amounting to which is held by sixty creditors. The assets consist ot real estate of $55,820 and slocks aud bonds valued at $216,370. liability against the debt limit. He Is of the opinion, it is saffi, that charges against the debt limit should be made only for money that has been actually expended on a public improvement.

If that contention is to be one of the features of General Tracy's report and is confirmed by the court it will radically change the present system of calculating the debt limit In the Controller's office. Millions of dollars on contracts which are charged B6 liabilities against the debt limit and which have not yet been ex- Only Complete Florida Train carrying both club rnr and observation car Ifl Seaboard FlorHa lAi. Quickest trsln to St. Ausustlne. with throush -cars to ralm neaeh, Miami.

Knichti' Key. Inquire liSI 3 nay. "and was looking out Into the thick black I by the lights of the and the Mrs. Mooney and Mr. Lynch were the Ai Baltic A.