Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 8, 1913, Page 1

PRICE TWO CENTS PAID POLICE GRAFT FOR (7 YEARS| GCebled Paragraphs Former Partner Aofflerman Rosenthal Declares That He Has Passed Over More Than $50,000 STARTLING REVELATIONS AT INVESTIGATION Boss Murphy’s Brother-in-Law One of Recipients of Graft Money—Paid Becker $350 to Doctor the Evidence Aft- er Raiding His Place—Has Paid Money to Every Police Squad Detailed to Suppress Gambling, Except One. New York, Feb., 7.—Herman Rosen- . thal's one-time partmer in gambling picked up the broken threads of Ros- enthal’s story today and told the al- dermanic committee investigating graft a tale of money paid for police protection eciipsing that of Jack Rose, Charles Becker's collector, For 17 years James Purcell said he had paid for the privilege of running a gamb- ling house, making a handbook or con- ducting & pool room. In all he gave the police more than $50,000, he said, during this perfod. Boss Murphy’s Brother-in-law - cluded. Former_Sheriff Harvey of ‘Queens County; Police Inspector McLaughlin, half a dozen police captains, including & brother-in-law of Charles F. Mur- phy, the Tammany leader, and scores of ward heelers amd policemen, some now on the force, were among those who got the money, he eaid. Once he said, orders came “indirectly” from Murphy himself to close up. He moved at once. Charles Becker, now in tho death house at Sing Sing for the murder of Roeenthal, got 875 from him for “Axing” the evidence against him and five others taken in a raid Becker made on his gambling house, Purcell declared. oecker was their head of the “strong arm” squad for the sup- pression of gambling. - . Police Have Tipped Him Off. “T have paid money to every squad that was ever detalled by headquar- ters .to supprass gambling. except one,” Purcell testifi “They all took it, except Costigan. Costigan was on the level” Costizan was referred to during _the first investigation of the Rosenthal case as the “honest police- man.” = In return for this protection money, Purcell eaid, the police generally let him alone. When they had to act on complaints from the outside, they “ipped him off.” he declared. He al- ways moved to_another house when thus informed. For a while he moved % ince He Defied Police. Onee he defied the police. For nine fnonths, when he had Jack McAuliffe, former lightweight champion pugilist of the world, for a partner, they ran a gambling house on the upper Fast Bide without making the weekly pay- ments to collectors from the system. The police station had two men at the door of his establishment he declared to warn all customers that it was a gambling house. “But Jack beat that scheme® he gaid. “If the two policemen forgot to talk or talked nice, he gave them $5 jece a day. If they didn’t they got P money. They generally tatked nice” Paid $60 to $100 a Weel. Police commissioners, inspectors and captains came and went during the time Purcell was operating in the Tenderloin, he said, but it made no difference. The collectors for the sys- tem came around regularly every week or every month. When he was mak- ing a handbook he paid them $25 & Wweek, when he was running a pool room or gambling house he paid from $60 to $100 a week. When he was do- ing nothing he paid nothing. There were one or two captains and one ‘gspector who .didn’t “do busi- ness” “with the gamblers, Purcell as- serted, but they didn't come along to- ether in his precinct. Thus when o ocaptain wes “on the level” the in- spector’s men came around, and vice versa. One inspector he thought in- corruptible, he said, was Richard Walsh, dubbed “Smiling Dick.” Twelve Years in One Precinct. ‘What became of the money after it reached the hands of the captains of inepsctor, Purcell didn't know. He an idea, gained from talk among his fellows in the Tenderloin that some of it went “higher up” but he couldn’t say. Purcell said he operated for twelve years in one police precinct—the Twenty-first—and probably did busi- ness during that period at half a hun- dred places. Naming the men who oollected protection money from him each week, he said they acted for olice captains McClintock, Gannom, elaney, Nolan, Cochran, Burns and Cray. The last named is brother-in- law to Charles F. Murphy. Paid $120 a Week for Five Wesks. “I got permission from Mike Cruise, a Tammany leader, to open a E&m." bling house in Thirty-third street, Purcell sald. “Cruise wanted $50 a week for himself, the same for Cap- tain Cray, and $i0 apiece to the two men who came to collect the money each - week.” So for a while I paid them $120 a week.” “How long did you pay this money?” “For five weeks. Then a friend of mine called up on the telephone and | said Murphy had . ordered my place closed. Murphy’s word was good enough for me. I closed up at once.” Becker Asked for $500. Purcell said Becker raised his place in 1911 and arrested five men. ‘ames A. White, Becker’s lieutenant, caused the raid. At court, Purceill asked White and then Becker to help him “ANl right,” Becker seid, “Tll do what I can, but you know I aint in this for my health.” He said be wanted $500. I laughed at him. Lat- er I offered him §350. White told me afterwards that it wowid be al right and I paid it to White. The cases were dismissed.” Purcell was one of seven gr eight gamblers in his police precifict pay- ing regular weekly amounts to the polics, he said. BOSTON WOMAN ASKED FOR A NEW BRAIN. Believed 8he Could Get Superior Character by Surgical Operation. New York, Feb. 7—A primly gown- ed, middle aged woman from Boston yisited the Rockefeller Institute for Merical Research today in search of & “new character; a very superior one” She thought this could be ob- tained by a surgical operation, in- gerting in her head a new brain. The woman said she was Miss Emily Jane Clarke ang that Mrs. J. Berlingett of Norfolk, Va., was a sister and her nearest relative: She “was sent to the psycopathic ward of Bellevue his- pital. FIREMEN’S VOTE ALMOST UNANIMOUS FOR STRIKE. Railroads Will Prepare to Operate Trains With Other Help. New York, Feb, T—The committee ©of managers of tl eastern rallroads nnounced tonight that their firemen §83° Votea almost unanimously to rike. A statement signed by Chair- n Elisha Lee for the committes says: “If the firemen announce that as 8 result of their strike vote their committee will call out the men, the railroads will of course, take steps fmmediately to prepare for the opera- Hon of trains under strike conditions,” LONGER RESIDENCE FOR RENO DIVORCES. Nevvada. Assembly Passes Bill eox- tending Time to a Year. Carson City, Nev., Feb. T—After sev. eral hours' struggie the divorce law smendment requiring twelve months residence in the stats instead of six, pdssed the state asSembly today by & vote of 30 to 22. It goes mext to the sepate, where another hard fight is expected. The Barmes’ amendment adopted today is to go into effect January 1, 1914, Eapy Heirs Abandon Contest. ‘Boston, ¥Feb. 7—The heirs have sbandoned _their contest of the will of the late Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, co- incident with the adoption by the Massachusetts legislature today of an enabling act permitting the First Church of Christ, Sclentist, of Bos- ton, to receive the Eddy bequest. Steamship Arrivals. Havre, Feb. 6—Arrived Steamer Bavole,: New York. . Naples, Feb. 7—Arrived: Steamer Principe di Piemonte, New York. Plymouth, Feb. 7—Arrived: Steam- grlmniu;‘v‘fledrlch ‘Wilhelm, New ork for Bremen. Mrs. Wiltiam J. Bryan, Jr, 1l Washington, Feb, 7—Willlam Jen- ings Bryan, Jr, has given up his 6 here, resigned the presidency of the freshman class of the Gorgetown University law school and gone to Arizona, because of the lllness of his NEGRO WHO MARRIED WHITE GIRL IS HELD Placed Under Bonds of $5,000 on Com- plaint of Girl’'s Mother. Chicago, Feb. 7.—George S. Thomp- son, a megro, today was held in bonds of $5,000 by Municipal Judge Court- ney on charges filed by Mrs. Mary Hanson, mother of the negro’s fifteen- year-old epileptic white wife. The gi® told in court how she left home after a quarrel with her mother and was married to Thompson by a white preacher in Niles, Mich. She testi- fieq that she was given drinks at Ham- mond, Ind, which dazed her. The court held that the girl was not le- gally married to the negro as she is under 16 years of age. As a result of this marriaze a bill recently was introduced in congress intended to prohibit the marriages of ‘whites and negroes. WEBSTER CRITICISED BY STILES JUDSON State’s Attorney Makes Attack on Re- publican Leader. Milford, Conn., Feb. 7.—There has been considerable discussion here to- day amosg the members of the Mil- ford Business Men’s association over the speech by State’s Attorney Stiles Judson at the banquet last night, in which he severely arraigned some of the republican leaders In the state. He referred to the naming of commit- tees in the legisiature as on the “bar- gain counter” plan. He sald the re- publicans were discouraged at the trend of affairs and did not wonder that many joined the progressive ranks. Girl Killed on Bob-Sled. Hamilton, O., Feb. 7—Miss Hisle Fall, daughter of Henry W. Fall of Indianapolis, was instantly killed while four other girls were seriously injured here tonight when a bob-sled mpon which they were coasting down'a hill, hit a telegraph pole. Fifteen persons were on the sled at the time. City Treasurer a Suicide. Petersburg, Va., Feb. 7.—On recov- ering consciousness ‘after a convulsion as the result of an illness of several weeks, City Treasurer William FE. Ramey today shot himself through the head, death being Instantaneous. He was 56 years old, married and was a candidate for re-electiom. Love Affair Causes Suicide. Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 7.—Victor Peterson, aged 19, a machinist, drank carbolic aeid at his home, 307 James street tonight, with suicldal intent, ang is now in a local hospital in a serious condition. It is said that a love affair is, the cause of the act. B. & M. R. R. Bond lssue. Boston, Feb.7—A bond issue of $7,- 500,000 by the Boston and Maine rail- road was authorized by the raflroad commissioners today. Steamers Reported by Wireless. New York, Feb. 7—Steamer Maure- tania, Livezool for New York, 193 miles east P, m. Dock 3 a.m. !;‘mook at & \ Madrid, Feb. 7— " Alfonso today took & half honr_‘:xlt.g: in the dirigi- ble balloon Espena, during which it made a circuit of the capital. To Decrease Birthrate. Wellington, N. Z., Feb. 7—At a gen- oral meeting of the Christ Church labor union today the citizens of New Zealand were urged by resolution to do all in their power to lessen the birth rate, to reduce the number of men for military service. Naval Aviators Drowned. Danzig, Prussia, Feb. 7.—The navy aviators, Lieutenant Commander Wal- ter Janetzky and Machinist’s Mate Dleckma.nmere drowned today in the Gulf of ig through the collapse gt"the aeroplane in which they were ng. S5 Rough Sea at Queenstown. Queenstown, Feb, 7—The seas were so terific outside Queenstown harbor when the White Star liner Baltic safl- ed for New York at three o'clock to- day that the local pilot could not be taken off the vessel and was obliged to proceed with her to America. & Suffragettes- Cutting Wires. London, Feb. 7.—The suffrageties have begun a campaign of cutting tel- ephone and telegraph wires. Thirty telephone wires were cut today near Dumbarton, Scotland, and many tele- ph wires between Birmingham and Coventry. Americans Meet King and Queen. London, Feb. 7—King George and Queen Mary held their first court of the season tonight at Buckingham Palace. The Americans presented were Mrs. Robert A. Gardimer of Bayshore, L. L, Mrs. A. H. Adams of Texas, Miss Gertrude Edwards of Texas and Miss Polly Jacobs of New York. Twenty Perished in Wreok. Blueflelds, Nicarague, Feb. 7—Details of the wreck of the schooner Chana- da on the bar at the entrance to Colorado river, received today say that a total of twenty persons were drowned. Of the fiffeen Dassengers who perished, several wore among thebi'iBOSt prominent citizens of the re- public. $42,000 Portrait as Target. London, Feb, 17— This Gainsbo- rough portrait was used as a target by youthful archers” was the amazing statement made today by the noted counsel Montague Sheanman in ac- counting for some marks of restoration on a picture, the possession of “which is now the subject of a law suit. The portrait recently was sold at Chris- tie’s for $42,000, BiG REPRESENTATION OF r COLLEGES. IN THE PARADE Wileon’s Inaugural Pageant to Be One of Largest Ever Held. Washington, Feb. 7.—The inaugural parade for President-elect Wilson now promises to be one of the longest and most interesting that has ever passed through Pennsylyania avenue from the capitol to the White Housé. Aside from —the strictly naval and military contingents the college representation will be one of the largest varied feat- ures. % Practically all of the colleges in the eastern part of the country will have representatives in the parade. Several smaller collegess in the southern states today signified their intention of sending groups of marchers, either in uniform or as civilians. RAPID FIRE GUNS USED ON STRIKERS Miners’ Camp Subjected to Heavy Fire by Deputy Sheriffs. Charieston, W.Va., Feb. T—At mid- night striking miners were gathering from Paint and Cabin creeks in the vicinity of Mucklow. There is anxiety Kere as to the next move of the strik- ers. The engineer and two psseu- gers were injured when the passen- ger train on the Chesapeake and Ohio train was fired upon. Deputy gheriffs waiting for such an attack as occurred tonight were pre- pared. The officers directed bullets into Mucklow from rapid fire guns and rifles. The miners’ camp was sub- jected to a heavy fire and whether the Shots were effective is not known. CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE CHARGED Against Tugboat Captain- Who Lost Barge From Tow in the Sound, New London, Feb, T. Charges of criminal negligence be- cause of the foundering of the barge Annle R, and consequent drowning of Captain Driscoll ,his wife and two children, %off BartletUs reef, Monday morning, were lodged against Captain Albert Free of the tug Barah ¥, Mc- Williams at New London Friday night. The charges were made by James Silk, captain of the barge James H. Scully and Godfrey Lumley of the barge Blue- bonnet, both barges being part of the tow of the McWilliams during the storm. It i3 alleged that Captain Free dis- regarded their signals of distress when they saw the Anifle R.snap the haw- ser. The charges were made before the United States board of steamboat in- spectors at the custom house and Cap- tain Free has been summoned to ap- Dear at hearing today. Qovernment Building Afire. Washington, Feb. 8—Fire at two o'clock this morning broke out in one of the new building® of the depart- ment of agriculture. The flames had gained considerable headway before they were discovered by a watchman. in the Future. Aunt Sallie Bornhardt says death before one hundred years is life cut short. In other words, tne United States has about 35 more annual fare- well tours from Aunt &sllie before she will be lost sight of—Montgomery Times. Burialll Be Private. 3 England has a real life version of “let George do it. Lloyd-George has been assigned to receive the suffra. gettes at the house of commons.— Milwaukee News. e RO oy Might Do It to Spite ’Em. ‘Woodrow Wilson somehow looks 1ike a man who might be nagged by oppo- sition into making Mr. Bryan Secre of State—Chicago Tribune. y - Hints to Lovelorn. The easiest way to fall in love with :h;on}u i’ tg take the position that e is no chance'to get her.—Phil~ adelpbia Ledge: getioe fulh _— Corfidence and Marriage. Probably the best thing about over- confidence is that if a girl didn’t have it she wouldn't ever marty,—Galveston News, \ Beach Clasps - Jurors’ Hands FOUND NOT GUILTY OF ATTACK ON HIS WIFE. FOREMAN LOQUACIOUS Assures Millionaire That There Was Absolutely No Case Against Him— Criticises His Jury Associates. — Afken, S. C. Feb. T—Acquitted on the charge of committing a_murder- ous_assault upon his_wife, Frederick O. Beach, the New York millionaire, enjoyed the additional eatisfaction to- day of hearing from the lips of the Jjury forman that there ‘“was. abso- lutely nothing against him.” Beach was not in the courtroom when the jury filed in at three o'clock after being out one -hour and forty minutes. Judge Spain had ordered a recess when the first half THE BENEF sum of $2,300. The advertiSement was Bulletin. offered. for, which it will bring to your store. It will be to your advantage ments. IT FROM ADVERTISING Are you aware cf your opportunities, Mr. Merchant? Through an advertisement placed in The woman found this week that she had in a Windham county bank the The bank wanted to call in its many pass books. had an interesting révelation for this woman as well as many others. It decided the best way to reach them all was by advertising in The Bills Rimed at The New Have B TWO |NT§ODUOED IN THE GEN- - ERAL ASSEMBLY. ASKS INVESTIGATION Bridgeport Mayor Wants Inside In- * formation Regarding Consolidated— Federal Ownership Alse Proposed. Hartford, Conn,, Feb. 7—The last chance to introduce new business in the general assembly for its 1913 ses- siorl came today. Hereafter it will mneed a two-thirds vote of both branches to admit a measure. The volume of new business will probably be found to be considerably below that of a number of sessions, and the nota- ble feature of the decrease is the very small number of railroad and trolley company bills. This is explained in a general way by the fact that many Bulletin, a Norwich It seen. It carried its message. It was valuable both to the’bank and to the woman. All concerned profit- ed thereby, through taking advantage of the opportunities-which were The seme epportunities are in your hands, Mr. Merchant. You have something about which you want.to tell the people of Norwich and Hastern Connecticut. It will be to their advantage because of thd, chance to profit from your advantageous offerings. them of the opportunity of getting just what they have been looking It will apprise because of the increased trade Like the bank advertisement, it will be seen by thousands of people and the benefit accrue to the merchant and the buyer. It pays to advertise and it pays to read the advertise- During the past week the following, matter appeared in The Bulle- tin, all delivered at your home for twelve cents a week: Bulletin Telegraph ~Loca Gonsra/ Total Saturday, Feh:- 150 103 165 796 1064 Monday, Eeb.-3., 93 126~ “237 456 Tuesday, Feb. 4.. 98 100 219 417 Wednesday, Feb. 5.. 95 115 201 411 Thursday, Feb. 6... 109 112 295 516 Friday, Feb. 7..- 146 130 223 469 Totals s o ls o S 00E 748 1971 3333 hour's deliberation had failed to pro- duce a verdict and Beach and his wife had gone to their hotel: Beach Shakes Hands of Jurors. As the words “not guilty” reached the ears of those packed in the court- room there was a slight stir but no applause. An instant later Beach ap- peared in the doorway with his face beaming. Without pausing even to greet his lawyers Mr. Beach walked over to the jury box and shook hands warmly with every juror within his reach., He waved and bowed his thanks to those in the back row. “There was absolutely no case against you, Mr. Beach,” sald Fore- man McCarroll, as he grasped the ex- tended hand. “It was a case of too much Watso and not enough Sher- locko.” i A Free-for-All Discussion. After shaking hands all around, Beach hurried away to join his wife, who had remained at the hotel. Mrs. Beach had been apprised of the ver- dict by telephone. Foreman McCarroll eaid after the jury had been discharged that a ver- dict should have been reached in a much shorter time but for the dispo- sition of one or two of the jurors to “discuss everything under the sun ex- cept the Beach case.” Claim Beach Was Persecuted. “I have been vindicated as I knew I would be” said Beach, He said he and Mrs, seach expected to leave to- morrow to visit friends in the north. In the judge’s charge he said the prosecution was bound to the act charged in the indictment—that Mrs. Beach was cut by a knife by Beach— and_was bound te prove it, Attorneys who spoke for the defense charged that Beach had been perse- cuted., Lawrence Church Burned Down. Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 7—The Law- rence Street Congregational church, the oldest in the city, was destroyed by fire tonight at a loss of $40,000. One firemen was seriously hurt when a ventilator weighing a ton grazed him as it fell. Stricken at Devotions. South Manchester, Conn., Feb. 7— While attending devotions at Bt James Roman Catholic church tonight, Mrs. Mary Suilivan, a widow, was stricken with apoplexy and died soon after being removed to her home. She is survived by two daughters. Perking’ Chief Fame. As “a student” who spsnds “con- stderable time testifying before con- gressional committees” Mr. Perkins is undoubtedly the star performer of the country’s well known galaxy. When it comes right down to the necessity of the thing, Mr, Perkins can proba- bly testify more and say less than any one in the bunch.—Indianapolis News. Doc Cook Absent. Peary, Shackelton snd Amundsen have got together, but Dr. Cook is not to be found. Probably he is discovera ing something.—PEoston Advertiser. No Cémplaint from the Ladies. Colonel Ned Green, son of Aunt Het- ty, declares he has 1ever kissed a woman.—Memphis Corimercial During the last few years there has been an exceptional demand ip Ger- many for all kinds of sea fish, and this has greatly increased prices. In many of the interior cities sea fish, and the best methods of cooking them, were practically unknown until re- cently, when the governinent and the Sea Fishery association undertook a campalgn to extend the comsumption. matters which used to take up legis- lative tize are now handled by the public utilities commission, and also because there is not the anxiety of promoters to get charters for new roads. The range of subjects covered by bills is a wide one. A Railroad Some important bills were sent in Investigation. after the governor had inspected them, | and these are likely to become party | Pollock of the New Haven road as measures by *the democrats standing behind them in an effort to redeem pledges laid down in thelr party plat- form. Attention was drawn il the house to railroad bills in Which the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company is made the subject, one by Mr. Wilson of Bridgeport embodying his ideas of a plan to find out the re- lation of the corporation to the state which gave it a charter. 2 Wants Inside Infur‘mati‘n. Mr. Wilson provides only for a house investigation. He declared that while the New Haven road is a child of Con- necticut the state has-no knowled of its inner workings while sister sia like Massachusetts and New Hamp- shire have already taken steps to find out something about its internal con- struction as a corporation, its methods of financing, whether it pays its just taxes and whether or not it is over- capitalized. Mr, Wilson in moving to table his bill said that there would bs little or ne delay in filing the bill of particulars, Wants Congress to Take Over Railroad The bill of Representative Barclay esking that congress be memorialized to take over the New Haven road, was sent to the federal relations commit- tee which will have quite & number of subjects to consider, which is not always the case. Many of the rall- road bills came from Senator Quinn of the Tenth district, who probably 18 closer to raflroad men in the state than any other member of either branch as in his district live many hundreds of employes of the company. To Send National Guard to Gettysburg One appropriation bill put in called for a $50,000 appropriation to send the national guard to the Gettysburg anni-| versary celebration on the battlefleld next July, and in being given commit- tee reference it was bundled up with many other appropriation bills relat- ing to the militia inciuding one for $750,000 for a new armory at New Haven. Cadwel] Still Under Examination. The highway commissionership still continued to loom large as the com- anittee on executive nominations, al- though' sitting late vesterday took up the threads again this afternoon, with a stenographer present, and the mem. bers were willing to sit on Sunday in | uble weapon, Phillips wielded is so well order to get-ready for Tuesday’s ex- ecutive session of the senate when the question of confirmation will come up. Mr. t;addwen has been the only wit- ness, and at presen{ he is being exam- ined regarding contracts work in New Britain. Senator Huriey Keeping Mum. Senator- Hurley still meets with smiling face any questions as to possi- ble developments in his charges that he_was offered a_“three finger” bribe for his vote on the highway commis- slonership. When asked if the home of the igh city official” the inducement was for sewer Condensed Teiegrams President-Taft Will A well dinner to Uncle J¢ ‘Wnsllnttnn February 16. Four_American Warehips were or- dereq yesterday to Central America to observe what are believed to be indications of unrest. the fare- Frank B, Lyon, 50 Years Old, door- keeper of the New York house of rep- resentatives from 1902 to .1909, died yesterday at his home in Norih Cuba. Marlin E. Pew, Editor of the Phil- adelphia News-FPost, was taken out of bed on a warrant for criminal libel ghe charge is brought by Magistrate. ‘arey. The Recovery of W. A. 8mith of Kalamazoo, for a part of whose brains the dura of a dog’s brain was substi- tuted, seems certain, according to phy- sicians, Andrew Wi ms, a Negro, was lynched by a mob at Houston, Miss., yesterday. Williams was suspected of having murdered Mrs. John C. Wil- liams. L. M. Fulton, Whose Claim to fame lies in the fact that he gave Andrew Carnegie his first job, died in Mays River, N. J. leaving an estate valued at $1,000,000. Three Hundred Women went to Carson City yesterday to urge the leg- islature to change the divorce law of Nevada so as_to require a residence of tweve Instead of six months. James_Gallaghor, Telegraph opera- tor of St. .Louis, lost his sight and hearing through an accident. When friends desire to speak to him they tap the Morse code on his forehead. Damage Estimated at $22£,000 was done at Peoria, IlL, yesterday,when fire destroyed the wheelhouse, grinding house, steel room and blacksmith shop of the Avery Manufacturing company. The Case of Edward Mylius, convict- ed in England of libelling King George and excluded from this country on that ground, was péstponed for cne week in the federal court at New York yes- terday. Joseph P. Tumulty, chosen by Pres- ident-elect Wilson to continue as his ‘secretary during his administration, was the luncheon guest of Charles D. Hilles, President Taft's secretary, yesterday. Eight Men Caught in the govern- ment’s anti-bucket shop crusade in 1910 pleaded guilty or nolle contendre in the district supreme court at Wash- ington yesterday, and paid fines ag- sregating $50,000. Attornsys for Louis Saxon of New Britain whe is under sentence of death for the Kkilling of Annie Spel- ansky in that city Nov. 27, have per- fected appeals to carry the case to the supreme court. A Bill Adopted by the Legislature of Washington provides that all proposed measures must be submitted to every voter in the state by publication. The printing and advertising of one meas- re will cost $15,000. All_But 50 of the 650 employes of the B. B. Taylor Shoe company, at Nashua, N. H., struck yesterday. Later they meét and formulated gemands for a 20 per cent. increase in wages and recognition of the union. Dootor. W. J. Adlitz of Hoboken, secured s verdict of $5,800 in the fed- eral court for professional services rendered to Mayor Gaynor, while the latter was in a_ Hoboken hospital af- ter being shot in 1910. Announcement Is Made of the ap- pointment of General Manager B. R. general manager of the transportation department of the Boston and Malne with offices at Boston. “Hogan’s Flop,” a Chicago boarding house which for vears has been a source of annoyance to_election com- missioners because of the alleged col- onization of voters there around elec- tion times, is about to close Cipriano Castro, ex-President of Venezuela, will have at least another week of liberty in New York before the federal court renders a decision in the matter of the habeas corpus writ re- cently obtained in his behalf. Judge Alfred H. Beers of Bridgeport, commander +n_ chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, yesterday an- nounced the election of Past Com- mander in Chief Louis Wagner as treasurer of the permanent fund. e irving Button and Mrs. Paul Hamus Loucks, who were held at Westfleld, Pe., pending an investigation of the death of Button's 17 year old bride, were released last night when the cor- oner's jury returned a verdict of sui- clde Uncle Sam’s Postage Stamp collec- tion, one of the finest in the world and valued at $500,000, has been placed for preservation by Postmaster Gen- eral Hitchcock in the National mu- scum, where philatelists and others may view it at will Representative J. Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania in a speech on Steph- en Decatur and the gallant frigate Philadelphia urged the house yester- day to appropriate to recover the Phil- adelphia’s hull and relics, now under water in the harbor at Tripoli. Mrs. Lige Gillmore confessed to the ‘Webb City, Mo., police yesterday that she and James Lynn of Galena, Kan., had murdered her husband there last Thursday nght. Mrs. Gillmore declar- ed that cruelties inflicted by her hu: band during 22 years of married life had become unbearable. Edgar F. Phillips, a Rural Mail carrier, at Ulmers, N. C., while cov- ering his route with two infants and a2 wooden leg among his ‘“parcels,” was attacked by a wildcat. Select- ing the wooden leg as the most avail- that he put the wildcat to rout. Mrs. Ethel Lorraine Fairmont, a chor- us girl bride, flled_a suit yesterday asking separation from her young husband, Raymond, son of August Belmont. She charges him with de- sertion and fallure to provide for her maintenance. Fifty dollars given her during the honeymoon, she says, was all the provision he made for her sup- port. Di:rogarding Doctor’s Warnings to ‘quit the Darrow case or die,” Earl ‘who offered | Rogers, counsel for Clarence S. Dar- in Meriden or|row conducted the cross-examination Bridgeport, he said that he would tell | yesterday of George N. Lockwood, a the committes but no one else. ‘The senate in executive session con- firmed Bank Commissioner Holt yenireman who played the prin Tole in the bribery incident which ab- as an | ruptly ended the McNamara tria] in appointee of the governor to fill the | November, 1911, yacancy caused by the death of Mr. Noble, and the three names of state prision .directors sent in, all reao- pointments i The pulp mills of Sweden require 72,800 tons of sulphur annually. Prac- mmfigmmq.“ s in Proportion to the City’s Population. on at Poarious Rockefeller Has Spasm of Throat ATTEMPT TO EXAMINE HIM ABANDONED. s WHISPERED ANSWERS Had Replied to Only Four Questions When Attack Came—Neo tion of Value Was Obtained. Informa- Jekyl Island, Ga., Feb. 7.—A spasm of the throat that left William Rocke- feller a strangling, trembling old man, on the verge of nervous collapse, abruptly terminated his examination by Chairman Pujo and Counsel Sam- uel Untermyer of the house money trust committee here today. Mr. Rockefeller was asked just four questions, all practically immaterial, before the attack forced conclusion of the hearing. The aged Standard . Oil magnate was closeted with the com- mitteemen for only twelve minutes. At the end of that time he was assist- ed to his couch by Dr. Walter F. Chappelle, his physician, who declared his patient exhausted. No Information of Value. In Mr. Rockefeller's apartment in the apartment house Sans Souci on the isolated island that forms tne es- tate of the exclusive Millionaires’ cltb of Jeky] island, the 72-year-old Stand- ard Oil magnate submitted to the questions. The net result of the examination, 8o far as the money trust investiga- tion was concerned, added practically nothing of value to the record. It aid demonstrate to the satisfaction of Mr. Untermyer and Mr. Pujo that Mr. Rockefeller was hardly a fit subject physically for a gruelling examination on the detalls of his filnancial career. Members of the Jeckyl Island olub and Dr. Walter F. Chappelle tonight shook their Feads doubtfully when asked about Mr. Rockefeller’s physi- cal condition. In Very Serious State. “Mr. Rockefeller is in a very ser- ious state,” said Dr. Chappelle He said that a new. growth of a malignant nature recently had formed in Mr. Rockefeller’s throat and that serions developments were to be expected at any time. soon as he was sworn Mr. Rocke- feller handed to the stenographer a slip of paper with the whispered re- quest that the stenographer read it “I am urgently advised and warned,” read the stenographer, “by my physi- clan, that this examination is pre- to _the condition of my throat. I desire, however, to msake the ef- fort, as I have not now and never have had any disposition to avoid tes- titying before your committee except as I have been cautioned by my phy- siclan that doing so would endanger my Mfe. If I find that the strain too great for me to take further risk I shell have to ask your Indulgence lg not pressing the examination fur- ther. “As T have lost my voice, I would esteem it a privilege if you would permit me to whisper my answers to the official stenographer who sits be- side me and who will read them aloud. It is impossible for me to write them.™ Never Played Golf in His Life. “Referring to_the statement just made by you, Mr. Rockefeller,” said Mr. Untermyer, “it is currenily, re- ported that your health is such 'that you, are able to play golf and indulge in sports of that sort. What is the fact as to that?” After another pause the stemograph- er read the answer: 3 have nmever plaved a.game of golf In my life. try to take open air exercise every day. That is the extent of my amusement, taking out- door exercise.” The examination was stopped ghortly after at the request of the ofl magnate’s physician. GREEK HYDRO-AEROPLANE > FLIES OVER DARDANELLES Fighting Continues Between Allies and Turkc—No Authentio News. London, Feb. 7—Fighting continues between the Turks and the allies in south-eastern Europe, but the absence of independent reporis the conflicting accounts from official sources pro- vide no basis for critical judgment on what is happening. The most inter- esting news of the day received here was concerning the flight of a Greek hydro-sercoplane over the Dardanelles. ‘Rumors continue to circulate hers of the approaching renewal of the peace negotlations. Nothing _definite is known In this respect, but Bulgaria and Rumania are about to resume at Sofia their negotiations on the fromt- ier question which were recently in- terrupted in London. It is understood that the last meet- ing of the ambassadorial conference discussed the Albanian ‘ uestion and the conferees argued for and against sending an international commission to delimit the frontlers of the new Albanian state. Civilians Fleo from Gallipolh Leondon, Feb. 7—A despatch to =2 news agency from Constantinople de- scribes the wild panic and flight of civilians from -Gallipoli owing to the advance of the Bulgarian troops. , CURTAIN DROPPED ON HEAD OF BARITONE Member of Boston Opera Company is Seriously Injured. Boston, Feb. 7—Vanni Marcoux, bar- itone of the Boston Opera company. was knocked unconsclious tonight when he was struck by the curtain as it was making its final drop at the Boston Opera house Bowing in re sponse to -appiause, Marcoux stood directly bemesth the curtain as it fell He was still unconsclous at = late bour. Restriction of Marriages. Olympia, Wash., Feb. 7—The senate passed today a biil prohibiting the in tet-marriage of members of white and colored races, except where both per- sons are citizens of the United States The bil's purposs is to prevent Jap- anese from marrying white women. Club Women Selling Applee. Chicago, Feb. 7—Club women who recently conducted an egg sale we into the apple business today and to- night it was announced that about 30,000 barrels had been disposed of, The sale will continue tomorrow, One settlement worksr in New York olty has made 8 specisity of teachinz boys how o maks articles of furniture = st (*