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DOM ELOQUENT PLEA Terrible Arraignment of Stanford White and Mrs. Thaw's Mother TRIAL NEARING ITS END Jury is Ordered Ijocked Up Until Trial Ends and in View of This Justice Fitzgerald's Charge is Ex pected as Soon as the District At torney Concludes, the Case Prob ably Beaching the Twelve Late in the Evening ? Delmas Makes Strik ing Appeal to Sympathies of the Jurors, Basing Argument Solely on Story of Evelyn Thaw, Denouncing Her Mother in the Bitterest Terms and Dealing With White in the Most Scathing Terms. New York, Special. ? The trial of Harry K. Thaw, charged with the murder of Stanford White, is nearing the end. Attorney Delphin M. Del mas, the California allocate, Monday afternoon began his closing address to the jury and after he had spoken for more than two hours and a half, an adjournment was taken until Tuesday morning. Mr. Delmas ex pected to conclude before the lunch eon hour is reached. District Attor ney Jerome will make the closing ad dress of the trial on Wednesday^ ancll Thaw's fate should be in the hands of the jury by Wednesday evening. Justice Fitzgerald ordered the jury loeked up until the end of the trial. In view of this, the judge's charge to the jury undoubtedly will be deliver ed immediately, the district attorney concludes. The latter says his speech will occupy not more than three or four hours. Declaring he would not base his plea uj>on the " unwritten law" be cause his client found ample protec tion in the written statutes of the State of New York, Mr. Delmas made a striking appeal to the sympathies of the jurors and so far as he pro gressed the subject of Thaw's insani ty at the time he committed the homi cide was not even hinted at. Mr. Delmas rased his argument solely upon the story of Evelyn Nes bit Thaw. With llushcrt cheeks, but dry eyes, that young woman heard her life history repeated to the mcu who are to judge her husband and bowed her head as her mother was denounced in the bitterest terms and tones the eloquent lawyer could com mand. "Even a beast protects its young," he declnredl with scornful emphasis, " but this unnatural mother deserted her daughter in this city of millions to bo betrayed by a false friend, to be lured into a gilded palace and there left the victim of a gray haired man, wounded, bleeding audi devoured." Mr. Delmas went with great detail into the life Kvelyn Nesbit had led up to the meeting with Harry Thaw. In all of his remarks he referred to her as "this child," for he said she was. to-day. He told of Thaw's ia'cat love for her ami his effort to rescue her from "the clutches of Stanford White," whose achievements in his profession, the attorney decIareiV, were an aggravation of his crime. Mr. Delmas before beginning his attack on Kvelyn Thaw's mother poured out u torrent of denunciation upon Ihe architect who became the victim of Thaw's pistol. IIo accused him of the "crime of rape," and then declared tbat President Roosevelt had Harviman Unablo to Appear. New York, Special. ? E. IT. Harri man was unable to appear in police court to ettsify against Frank VV. Hill, his former secretary, who is under arrest charged with making public the now famous Harriman Webster better, and the hearing whi.'h bad! been set. for Monday was adjourn ed until next Saturday. Hill's bail was reduced from $2,500 to $1,000. Current Events. At a special meeting of the Roose velt Republican Club a Hamilton county, Ohio, resolutions were passed endorsing the Roosevelt administra tion and pledging support to the can didacy of William H. Taft for the presidency in 1008. Demurrers filed by the New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroads utrainst. the indictments charging them with granting concessions to the Standard Oil Company by an ar rangement in violation of the Klkins act are overruled in the ?V>cision handed down by Judge Hazel in the States Court. The Southern Pacific Railroad! has announced, through its general sup perintcudcnt. that union men may expect' no promotion. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., will not give up his Bible class. The circuit court of Taylor county, West Virginia, has confirmed the ac tion of the lower court in naming (J. U. A .Kuust, of Orafion, receiver for the personal estate of the late Adol pbus Armstrong, who left a $500,000 estate. He bonded in $100,000. said in ? message to Congress that such a crime should be visited with death. This was one of the sugges tions which Thaw himself made to his counsel for his summing up speech ? one of the suggestions which played so important a part in the pro ceedings before the lunacy nunmii sion. Mr. Delmas declared that God heard the cry of the fated child upon which Stanford White had fixed his gaze and had determined should be his. He quoted from Scripture that "he who afflicts a fatherless child shall^ perish," and declared that Providence hnd sent Tliaw to avenge the wrong. The attorney declared that Thaw was his wife's only protector? that ha came into her life when she was on the downward path, told her that no matter what the world thought of her she was to him an angel. He took her to he his wife, ready to share tho burdens that a mother had helped to place upon her daughter. Mr. Delmas accused Mrs. Ncsbit of having lived upon the wages of her daughter's ruin. He sought to pic ture to the jury what he termed tho sinister surroundings in which the girl had been reared and in doing so he mercilessly attacked the mother. Mr. Delmas rose to th? highest point of his address when he told the jury ? that the girl's mother was the one who had furnished District Attorney Jerome with the arrows with whi.di to wound the daughter on cross-ex j animation ? a cross-examination which he declared would live long in the annals of criminal histrov, but (wlncn left the girl's story unshaken in all its essential details. That Evelyn Ncsbit's story was true and was told to Harry Thaw formed the subject of argument for more than an hour. Mr. Delmas de clared the only evidence the district attorney had to bring against the girf was the "misscalled affidavit" pro cured by Abraham Hummel. Speak ing of Hummel Mr. Delmas n*~nin drew ha vi ly upon his bitterest invec tive declaring that it would require more than #,e word of a perjured man to send Harry Thaw to an i~ nominotis death. v,Y,r' Dvlmfs ,lhen Pave a resume < f h, Ye^li f Hfe froni her bir,h \vu^ ?, th? f,mo shc met Stanford white. Continuing, lie said: "B?y? and courageous, we find this child of 15 or 10 years of a^e lushing m the day time from studio to studio, earning $1G to $18 a week, nnd at night appearing upon the r,"d ??rniuS ?? equal salary. lmiv We fin<1 " n,an wflOSe iian was tinged with grav, who had an excellent Ayife and an accomplished n, fixing his eyes upon the fated hi" T?1 /,ctI0rm?,in>? to make her "is. To win her he had none of the ah?rr 7 pnT^cipI.cs of ^0 honor toherUfnr'i ? himself o hei family in the guise of an in luential fnentj. }je won jlis w int estabThl rT? mother established himself m a parental a?u* protecting attitude in the family, and when his footing was sure he per suaded the mother to absent hereelf from the city, assuring her that the telliL fci ? Sr fe in his hands niul elling her how furtunate it was that here was such a protector to watch <;"<? of tho? don, 3?S . aM the beauty and taste which this man of genius possessed i"r?d??n,l f "T.*"" ",is chil<l nred and found herself alone with hi? !In' i enough to be her father, man who was her protector. A Mistrial Ordered. Wilmington, Special. ? After being out 56 hours, and three times having notified the court that it was impos sible for them to reach a verdict, a jurior was drawn and a mistrial was had in the case of Lonnie Snipes, charged with the killing of W. L. Wil liams in this city last September. It is learned on high authority that tho jury stood 11 to 1 for acquital. By Wire and Cable. The strike of longshoremen at Nor folk has tied up shipping. An effort is being made to induce Prof. Andrew M. Saule to reconsider his resignation as director of the V;r ginia Experiment Station. The threatened strike of the train men and conductors on Western rail roads was averted by arbitration. Bishop James N. Fitzgerald, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died af pleurisy at Hongkong. Andrew Carnegie nnd 127 oilier fa mous Pittshurgcrs were guests of I honor at a banquet in that city . A striker was shot by shipyard guards at Lorain, Ohio. T. O. Bullock, special master np pointcd by the United States Court, began at Ronmey, \Y. Va.. the tiual hearing of the evidence in the ease of j P. W. Relierd, receiver, against the Coal and Iron Company, involving more than $2,?0.000. P. W. Hehe.d is receiver for the construction com pany which built the coal and iron railroad and suit id a result of dis agreement over the settlement. IN HANDS OF THE JURY From Opening of Court Until Jury Retired at 5:17 Thaw Had to List en to a Scathing Attack Upon His Character and to Naratire Drawn From Evidence and Meant to 8trip Hie Deeds of Halo of Chiralric Glory Thrown About Them by His Attorneys. New York, Special. ? Charged with tlie responsibility of deciding the fate of Harry Kendall Thaw, the jury which January 211 has been sitting in judgmcut on tbo young slayer of Stanford White, retired at 5:17 p. in. Wednesday to begin the considera tion of their verdict. Six hours later they had failed to reach an agree ment and shortly after 11 p. m. were locked up for the night iu the jury room of the Criminal Courts build ing. Justice Fitzgerald, who had been waiting for some word from the jury room, became convinced at that hour that the chances of receiving a verdict were too remote to warrant his remaining up any later. Justice Fitzgerald had earlier in the evening gone to his club up town and had held an automobile in readiness to make a quick trip to the court house, should lie be needed. His instinct ions regarding the locking up of i lie jury were given by telephone. It Mas said that when Justice Fitz gerald's message was leoeived at the court house the ofliccrs on duty there put the matter up Jo the jurors themselves, asking if there was any possibility of their arriving at a ver dict within the next fe?v hours. The reply from the jury room was strongly negative. The jury was s:ii<) to he almost hopelessly divided and none of those connected with the ease would venture the hope of anything better than a disagreement as the cli max f the long drawn out trial. Harrv Thaw sat in the prisoner's pen adjoining the deserted court room during the long hours- of the jury's deliberations. *Bv hi* side was his wile and his counsel, who remained with him until all hope of a verdict was abandoned. During the early evening all of the Thaw family were with the prisoner, hut before 10 o'clock they made their way up town to their hotel. One of Three Verdicts. The judge's charge, lasting about an hour, was a concise outline of the law and gave to the jury the alter native of i'en <'4 ring any one of the following four verdicts ? murder in the first degree, murder in the second decree, manslaughter in the first de gree, or not guilty on the ground of insanity. The statute governing the plea of insanity was defined clearly. much stress being laid on tin* fact that an irresistable impulse to kill had no place in the law. The judge also informed the jury that an illusion, unless the illusion if true might result in the injury of the man suffering it is not to be accept e<V as an excuse. Although the charge while consisting principally of a com plete. explanation of the" law was considered by those who have follow ed the trial, as aiVeise to the defen dant. The attorneys for the defend ant took exceptions because the judge had 1 ailed to include any of their prayers. Thaw was much depressed by the judre s words and could not suppress his feelings, lie left the court room dejected. The district attorney's summing up was a comprehensive and forceful re V" V adduced. He declared at the outset lliat romance and sentiment did not enter info he issue; i was not a question of Stan ford White's character, or Evelyn Thaw s sufferings, it was a plain mat ter of fact anrl homicide. "A common, cowardly tenderloin murder," as he termed it. The novel plea of "dementia Americana" made by Attorney Delmns at the very close of Ins argument was attacked bv the district attorney and he repeated!* referred to it in terms of sarcasm. The Royal Meeting Terminates. Cartagena, Spain, By Cable. ? The royal meeting terminated Wednesday. The British squadron, escorting f lie royal yacht Victoria and Albert, with King Edward and Queen Alexandria on board, departed and King Alfonso later left Cartagena for Madrid. The Kings conferred for over an hour pre vious to separating. To Give Hearing April 18. Washington, Special. ? The inter state commerce commission has set for hearing in this city on April 1*. the cases of the Enterprise Manufactur ing Company against the (Jeorgia Railroad Company and others, alleg ing unreasonable and discriminating rates on cotton from various South ern |K>ints via Pacific con "t termin als, to Shanghai at# other points in China and Japan, and also practically similar ca?e aa^iust the same r.ul roa?i tiled by the Ch )a and Jap.in Trading Company and others. Gc:\ Christmas Killed. Mobile, Ala., Special. ? Octavius f.nllardo, collector of customs and pr.st master at the captured town of Trujillo, Honduras, arrived here on the steamer Belize from Belize, Brit ish Hoii'luas. Just as the steamer left Belize four days ago, a letter wnj? handed Oallardo, stating that Oen. I.ee Christmas, the American army officer in the service of Hondur as, had bfcen cut to piecoe by Nicara fuau soldiers. WAS NO AGREEMENT Thaw Jury Fails to Settle Long Drawn Out Case THAW GOES BACK TO PRISON In Dismissing the Twelve Justice Fitzgerald Declared That ho, Too, Believed Their Task Was Hopeless. ? Kew York, Special. ? Hopelessly di vide^ seven lor a verdict ?f guilty of murder In the first degree and^five for acquittal on the ground of insanity the jury which since the 23rd of last January had been trying Hary K. Thaw reported after 47 hours and eight minutes of dclihration that It could not agree upon a verdict. The 12 men were promptly discharged by Justice FitjsgerahX who declared that he, too, believed their task was hope less. Thaw was remanded to the Tombs without bail to await a scco;nl trial on the charge of having murder ed Stanford White, the noted archi tect. When this new trial would take place no one connected with the case could express an opinion. District At torney Jerome declared that there were many other persons accused of homicu'ta awaiting trial and Thaw would have to take his turn with the rest. As Ho a possible change of venue both the district attorney and counsel for Thaw declared they would make no such move. Thaw's attorneys will have a conference with the prisoner to decide upon their next step. They may make an early application lor boil. Mr. Jerome stud he would stren uously opjK?se it. lie added the be lief that as seven of the jurors h.T.1 voted for 4 'guilty *' his opposition probably would be successful. In that event Thaw has another long summer before him ir> the city prison, | for his ease on the already crowded . criminal calendar cannot possibly be I reached until some time next fall, i Disagreement No Surprise. The scenes attending the announce ment bv the jury of its inability to agree nopn any sort of verdict wcie robbed of any theatricalism by the ?;eneral belief that after their Ions de liberation and the reports of a wide division of sentiment, the jurors could) make no other report than one of dis agreement. No More Sunday Excursions. Lynchburg, Ya., Special. ? At a con ference here between representatives of t lie Norfolk & Weste i, Chesapeake & Ohio and Southern Railway with an inter-denomination church com mission, the railway people agreed 'o the discontinuance of Sunday excur sion rates in the future. A sub-com mittee was named to formulate a bill to go to the next legislature looking I to the prevention of cheap rates on Sunday and to give the State cor poration commission authoriay to in- | diente what are necessary passenger and freight trains to be operate. 'i >n Sunday. Another conference will be held here when the bill is ready for cousiilerat ion. Russia Assembling Troops. St. Petersburg, Special. ? Advices from the Caucasian!* says that Russia is assembling a body of troops on the Persian frontier for a demonstration which, it is thought, will be necessary soon. Newspaper correspondents are not allowed to telegraph news of the movements of the troops, but it is known that 20 railroad cars loaded with artillery an<i three regiments of Cossacks passed through lbars on their way south last week. The Rus sian diplomats describe the condition of Persia as complete chaos, but they hope that the moral effect produced by the massing of troops on the front ier will be sufficient to enable t lie Shah to restore order without an actual invasion. The War is at an End. Washington, Special. ? The end of hostilities in Central America is re corded in the following cablegram re ceived at the State Department Fri day afternoon from American Consul Olivares datet'J at Managua, the Niea raguan capital: "Amapala has been surrendered by Bouilla and the war is ended." German PhyrJcian. New York, Special.? The Red Star liner Yanderland, from Antwerp, wis searched from stem to stern by the ship's n Ulcers and the immigration in spectors in the hope of Undine a wealthy young (iermnn physician, who disappeared! mysteriously from the smoking room Thursday n i : 1 1 while the steamer lay at anchor "Hi side t lie book. The name <>l the mis sinir man is (Jcorge Hochinc. and !??? left Antwerp for a visit to New Yoi!?. According to several passengers, Hofhmc had $.'1,700 on his person. Jews Ordered to Leave. fJomel, Russia, By Cable. - A band of reactionist rowdies, armed with revolvers and knives, pnra<Vd i he principal streets here, entering all I lie Jewish stores and ordering the incr-' chants under jiain of death to leave the town within three days. Repres entative Jews have telegraphed lo Premier Stolypin and the Governor ot Mohlicv, asking for protection against tie eice?#ew. DAY'S SIGNIFICANCE What Arbor Day Means to the School Children THE PRESIDENT ISSUES ADDRESS President Roosevelt Emphasises Im portance of the Celebration and Ex plains Why the Day Should be Observed. Washington, Special. ? President Roosevelt has addressed 4 Mo the school children of the United States" a message on the bignilicance of Arbur Day which during the month of April is celebrated in many of the States. It follows: "To the school cliiMrcn of the Timed States: "Arbor Day (which means simply 'Tree Day*) is now observed in every State in our Union ? and mainly in the schools. At various times "from .January to December, hut chiefly in this month of April you give a <Viy or pa?! of a day to special exercise and perhaps to actual tree planting,, in recognition of the importance o? trees to us as a nation, ami of what they yield in adornment, comfort and uselul products to t lio communities in which you live. "It is well thai you should cele brate your Arbor Day thoughtfully, for within the lifetime the nation \s need ot trees will become serious. We o_f an older generation can gci a.'oir* with what we have, though with grow ing hardship; but in your full man hood and womanhood you will want what nature once so bountifully sup pliec! anil man so thoughllcss'v de sl ii?\ e?:. and because of this want you will n pr?-ach us not for what w?- have used. bn: for what we have wasted. "I'or the nation as for the man or wi man ;.ih: the boy or girl, the road to in the rig lu use of wli.it we have and the improvement of prc<i-:t w.; |;oi t unities. Il' yo.t neglect to prepare yourselves now for l In duces and responsibilities which will lall upon you later. it yoii do not 'earn the things which you wili need to knov when your school icys are o\cr yor will suiter tlie consequence. So ai.y nation which in iis youth li\c-; only l?n* the day, reaps without Hewing and consumes without hus banding, must expert the penalty ?:f 1'ie pi'i?!,<>ii| whos.? ij.hor could with liiOif.ilty hud him tl.e ban* mcar.s of 'il'e. "A people without ifiildrcn would lace a hopeless future: a country without trees is almost as hopeless'; forests which are so used that they cannot renew themselves will soon vanish and with them all their bene fits. A true forest is not mcrclv a storehouse lull of wood. bu!. as it wive, a factory of wood, ami at the same time a reservoir of water. Wlier, Von help In preserve our fore>ts to plant new ones you are aciiug ;he part of goon citizens. The vain*' j.f forestry deserves therefore, to be taught in the schools which aim ,o make good citizens of you. |f your Aiboi Day exercises help you to real ize what benefits each one of \ou e ceive from the forest, and how by your assistance these benefits nmv continue, they serve a d end. ' ? TJ 1 10( ) U i >l{ K W< )t )S i ; \ *i<: i /r. * ' Three Killed, Fourth May Die. Alexandria, |,a? Special.- Three men killed and one probablv f.iwiilv in.ji red is the result of what is be hoved to be the woik of train-wreck frs at ( 'heney ville, .'10 miles south ?ve?f of here on the Texas \ Paeilie Railroad, w hen a west bound pa-senger train plunged into an open switch, while running ;ii a high rate of speed. The wreckage caught lire and the mail car. baggage and express ear a:;. / two | assetiger coaches were burned. Ex-Governor Chamberlain Doad. < hailotesvillr, Va., Special. - Dan iel II. ( haniberhiin, who was governor ol Soul h Carolina during the turbu h,,:f times oi the Reconstruction or.i, find Saturday at the home of Wil liam C. Chamberlain, near the I'ni yersifv of Virginia. lie was taken ?'I of the sfomacli lav; fail ?i| ?<ji his return from a trip to Kgvpf. lie t ad recently disposed of his prop. e*lies in Massachusetts with a vi >w l ? locating in Virginia. lie' was a gm.irnfn of Yale ami of l|;;i\..rd law school arn'i was T'J yea is old. Peary to Start on Second Epcclition July 1. PorllamJ. Me.. Sp?cial. ( 'oniumtid er Koberi K. IVary, who la> unuotmc ed his in-'ent ion of .-.lailiag Ii.m.i New \<f\ on Ju|\ 1 for another n, y.e:c 'o the far North in ;it:>>||;er nt.-u:i>f to rca?-h the |(.r? j\,.. yu,.|.f alter passing two dr. ^ M| hi- sum mer home ou liable Mn:id, Cn??co II" ?<is accompanied bv Air*. I t-aiy, Birmingham Has Mid Winter Fro,*. Hirmiugluiiii, Ala.. Social Heavy 1 roj?; was general throughout north Alabama Sunday morning. Report* f'oui I (untsville say there was ice and all vegetables, early M raw berries a I'd much of the fruit was killed. The thermometer registered# '27 in Decatur ;V?d all grape* were killed in that ti' ii. I" Birmingham the frost was heavy as ever seen j^re in mid- 1 vit'ter. I EDUCATORS GATHER Entertained at Southern Pines, North Carolina WELCOMED BY THE GOVERNOR Northern Members of Conference Not Likely to Go Away With Idea That North Carolina or Any Southern State Needs Help to Further Cause of Education If the Governor's Speech is Accepted. Southern Pines, N. C., Special. ? ? The great Southern Educational 4,'on ference inot here on Tuesday, being attended by several hundred dele gates from different parts of I ho country. The address ol' welcome was made by Governor Glenn, a u?li was warmly applauded. If the Northern members of the Conference of Education in the South came here with the imprc^sim that this Slate or the South needs help in the edueation ol' the people, they will not go awav with thai im pression, should they believe what Governor (Menu told I hem i:i Mm address of weleome. For at least an hour he eulogized the State yr.d the section, dwelling upon i's glorious history, its resources, sis weait'.i th?> unparalleled growth of ils imi.i~tr.es and its advancement in education. When toward the close yf his speech ho paused, took a deep breath and said, "I wish I could brag on it." The packed house broke into a roa; of laughter. "Hut the motto 0:1 her seal forbids bragging,'' !..? eositiau ed, raising ano'l.er laugit. "Our motto is Esse (Juani Yircri," that i-, I had rather be than ?eem. I have got another motto; 1 ?in'L know whether the State wii! adopt i! or not, but 1 am suggesting it. sumns; that i-'. we can. we are able." "But North Carolina is n? appli cant for contribution or eon I'cren. he declared vigorously, "if coupied with the idea that we are not to edu cate our children according to what we feel in our hearts. No slate in our Southland would consider tor .1 minute accepting any aid. and eon. tributions of money, any counsel in tended! to bring about mixed school*. "* This statement was greeted with ap plause. 1 he Governor did not make any direct statement that his Sla!?? would resent the offer of Northern 1 ?hairtv. but tbiee-fotirlhs of his ex tended spceeo was an indirect ar-ju ment to that efTect. He said that i:? the manufacture of col ion, N.?rtli Carolina is now sccom'Jouly to l\la>-a achusef t.? and that in half a do/c.-i years she will be at the head I ho list. In several raw and r^uu.ac t.nred products site is now at tin- lie id of the li.>t. Dr. Mitchell described the Gover nors speech as not reverting to tin? " rcconsl met ion, " but are itroclniei ing "renaissance." He thanked the Governor lor t !m " note of svmpat h v " in his a< 'tress, "for when i foej |a?dc of confidence in the p:;i pose of tho movement i| cuts me to the hear'." His argument ?.-as dial the Sojtb ei n Eti teat ion Hoard should organ ize " neighborhood leagues" t<> th?* end that the school house rather than the court house or church should be made the nucleus of every neighbor hood and the unifying force in if. He emphasized the iiomncrai ?? of the movement in that it h dm an official body, but seeks to even re sentiment and exercise influence with the spirit that humanity is greater than government. "The genius of this movement, '* anid he. "is co operation and its genius should be ex tended to the local community. Tim movement in its appeal to the sense of brotherhood in the world around is responsive to the democracy of the South." Its objects are to create a s< 11! imenl that will result in aid for the education of the poor white child ren, such as null hands; to cultivate a democratic spirit in the eoPeg.-s and to train the negro. " 1 he activity along these three lines of advancement const it u:e one ef the grandest efforts for education the world* has ever seen." Virginia State Librarian Sustained. Richmond. Va., Special. ? After a long controversy and legislative in rpiiry resulting from "luu'ges of un due favoritism in the purchase of books for traveling iibraries and of the use of official posit i"n for prixale pecuniary gait:. State Librarian .bdin P. Kennedy was susl-uncd by the li brary board. His resignation, which had been tendered, was by formal re solution declined, and in a re;i.?it to t'ic Governor he was completely 1 .?*? onoralf'k Sn cw Storm in Virginia. Winchester, Va., Special ? A te? ri fle snow ^lotrn prevailed in the valley of Virginia early Tuesday. Tele phone and telegraphic service is . 1 ? - most paralyzed, poles and wires down in all direction*. The electric light and power plant in Winchester is completely out oC service, and it will be several day - lie fore pro /ailing con ditions can Ik- remedied.