The evening world. Newspaper, January 28, 1903, Page 14

WITCHED, plete Story of His Movements on Sunday as He Prepared to Con- fess Himself a Perjurer ~ Told for the First Time. VISITED BY QUIGG’S LAWYER. First Conferred with Mr. Nicol at the Home of Lawyer Rogers and Later Went to Murray Hill Hotel, Where Mr. Nicol Lives. Philt Doblin, the acrobatic witness @wore last Saturiay before the Committee in Washington that Congressman Lemuel Ely Quigg |! authorized him to offer Congress- gman Montague Lessler $5,000 to vote for the Holland Submarine Boat bill and Whio.on Monday confessed to perjury by rearing before the committee that Ries had never done any such thine, had ® busy day of it the Sunday inter- Wening between his two appearances. | Doblin got in here from Washington company with Congressman Lessler day morning about 1 o'clock. They ted at the Pennsylvanta ferry, ler going to his home and Doblin fo his, at No. 433 Bast Highty-second Pirest. Two sets of detectives saw dm enter his home that night, saw fim come out in the morning and Aogsed his footsteps all day, se What Doblin pia. ‘bis is what the double-faced witness gia: At 11, o'clock A. M., he left his house in company with his brother Bolomon. They went together to No. 165 Bast Highty-first street. This is the club of the Twenty--ighth District Republican Hzation, of which Doblin fs a mem- » They remained there but a few minutes. Then the two Doblins went to ie home of Gustavus A. Rogers, No. Hast Seventy-elghth street. Rogers the young lawyer who startled the al Committee on Monday by getting to his feet and announcing that Doblin Gesired to retract his testimony of Sat- bs brothers stood in front of Rogers's for ten minutes before entering. remainéd there until 1 P. M. When ‘came out they returned together to " Doblin's house. At 1.60 o'clock Doblin came out alone and went again to the Republican district club, At 2.15 o'clock he came out with Harris 0 ) a brother of Gustavus, and to- they went to Gustavus's hou: he was there three men en- tered the house. Two came in an open partiage. One was sald to be De Lancey Nicoll, co. .sel in the present scandii or » ‘Who the other two men were svho were on watch did not know. im remained in the house until 5 idlock,swhen he came out with Gustavus entered a carriage and was Mriven to No. 11 West Fifty-elghth Bireet, the home of Mrs. Matilda B. . Where there was a reception ‘progress, Three hundred guests were nt, and it was possible for Doblin #6 havo talked with any of them. He must have had an objecc in going ‘for he Was not invited. Rogers was among invited guests and he took Doblin ; Who the man was that Dobdlin ited to see badly encugh to push if where he hadn't been asked the watchers had a0 way of knowing, as “aig bad no fivited guest to push them At Mr. Nicoll’s Hotel, Doblin and Rogers remained at the i In reception until 6.90 o'clook, phen they catse out and were driven to the Murray 10u Hotel. De Lancey Nicoll, @ounsel in this scandal for Quigg, lives @t tbe Murray Hill Hotel. The cab ich took the two to the hotel re- ied in front of the hotel an hour When it was dismissed. How long Doblin Femained out of eight in the hotel Is vicnown to the watchers. He was not ‘by them to come out, but he got put somehow. “Phe next trace of him was at Gus-| thvus Rogers's house at 11,9 o'clock, He came out at that hour, was driven his own home, where he got his grip be, en to the Pennsylvania ‘'wenty~ treet ferry, where he took a boat d caught the midnight train for Wash- on all primed for his yarn of the t day, in which Quigg should be ex- pated and Lessier put in the hole. went with him, Story of the somersaulter's He 4 still being watched, and de- Wes Wil be kept on his trail ull Whole muss is done with, Poblin tried to deny this record of his lays doings when he was seen, and he learned that he had been fol- but his mouth as to his move- Newton Ehrmann, a son of Mrs, @aid to-day at his real estate ) Ub Broadway, that Doblin been invited to his mother's m and that he did not notice him | that he might easily have een any one he was look- Br attracting attention, es- Was with Gustavus Rog- invited gues ‘A realize that he is done bribery. He sald he didn't exactly know, but would look tt up. Decia: to Tell Trath. “As I told the committee, my father and brothers talked the matter over with me, and 1 decided to go back and tell the truth. I went to see Gustavus A. Rogers, because 1 have known him a jong time and have had some business dealings with him. Another thing that prompted me was that he was a Tam- many lawyer and it could not be sald that there was any politics in It “T discussed the’ matter of making my second statement with no one outside of my family and Mr. Rogers, My last Statement was the whole truth and I stand by it. “When I got to Washington Saturday many enemies of Guigg—Repubdlicans— told’ me to pound Quigg hard. ‘They wanted to see him downed. What they sald and the friendliness of the commit- tee made me decide to back up Lessler Ag I did in my fret textimony.” Doblin asserted that he had not deen He declared that tions John ‘arden John H. ader anda friend influenced by any one. neither Superintendent MoCullagh nor Port Gunner, his political of Quige, saw him Su “T guoss It finished way” he said sadly. gain bv telling the new story.” Dental from Doblin’s Lawyer. As to Doblin's movements on Sund and his future plans, Lawyer Ro} said: “IT will deny emphatically that Dobdiin entered the Murray Hill Hotel last Sun- day. Concerning myself T will not make any statement whether a ropresentative from Mr. Quigg did or did not call at 0. nm my advice Doblin will not leave the city. Where could he go? There is no place In the United Btates that a sergeant-at-arms from the Con- Fressional Committee ‘could not reach im, and he could be extradited from Canada. For the present the family may not live in the Highty-second atreet t on account of the annoyance to which they have been subjected. “Doblin is waiting to eee what will be done, however. I do not anticipate any further trouble.” De Lancey Nicoll to-day made the fol- lowing statement upon the Sunday con- ferences: “Tt is true that reel arias to see me at the Murray Hill Hotel, but I wish to say that I did not call Mr. Rogers at his house in Seventy- elghth street. His quest to the hotel was in behalf of Doblin, whom he sald had broken down and‘ confedsed. He wanted to know whether Mr. Quigg ‘would prosecute Doblin in the evont that his client told the truth. That Is all there {8 in the hotel Incident.” MAYOR NAMED IN PERRY TALK Fiske, of Mount Vernon, Accused by Lawyer for Picture Dealer of Selling Bogus Paintings for “Old Masters.” ers came A °SENSATION IN COURT. (Speolal to The Evening World.) MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., Jan. 28.— Ex-City Attorney Winslow, of Yonkers, counsel for S!mon Leopold, the picture broker whom Mayor Fiske had arrested charged with selling him pictures which Mr. Fiske alleges he said were “old ‘3, and which the Mayor now claims are crude works of little value, created a sensation to-day at the con- tinuation of Leopold's hearing, by charging dn open court that elther May- or Fiske or H. F. Nathans, who was interested with Fiske in the plcture deal, had commilted perjury in the tei timony given by them at the last hea’ ing two weeks ago, He stated in substantiation of his charge that Fiske and Nathans had flatly contradicted each other on ma- terlal points as to the payments of the $1,600 for the pictures, He also paid there were other matters which he would not mention at this time, As a member of the bar of Woat- chester County he said he felt it his duty to call the attention of the Court to these marked discropancies, “I care not whether the persun oe the Mayor of this city or the humblest resi- dent,” continued the lawyer dramati- cally. "The Court should take official cognizance of this matter. Etther Nathans or Fiske is gullty of perjury and a bench warrant should be Issued,” he concluded. Corporation Counsel Marshall, ney for Mayor Fiske, the charge. Remarks nature between the opposing counsel followed, It looked for a time as if the beliigerents might clash, but Judge Bennett, using this gavel freely, ordered the counsel to address whatever they had to say to the Court Mr, Winslow, who during Gis excit! tilt with Mayor Fiske's counse! had to him “He was no gentleman,” apolo- ed to the Court, saying his temper ad got the better of him. This closed the and the case was adjourned for the present until Fri- day morning in order to give Judge Bennett a chance to Rover the testi: mony and decide Mr, Winslow's motion for a dlemissal of the complaint and discharge of Leopold on the ground that no case had been made out by the proge- cution, In addition to thie, attor- warmly dented of a personal Leopold's counsel argued that the evidence clearly showed that Leopold had only attributed the Various plotures to Hogarth and other arusts named In the catalogue furnished Mayor ‘Fiske, and that the word “ate tributed" was not a positive statement of fact, but an opinion, consequently there could be no misrepresentation, Lawyer Marshall in reply argued that there Was ample evidence to hold vhe prisoner ge He thans both by Leopold's culous and claim that thelr testimony agrees on every mater ‘al point BARS AMERICAN PRODUCTS. Ausivia Pate « Prohibitive Duty on Many Articles. VIENNA, Jan, 28.—The complete new tariff was laid before Parliament to- day, The duties on all manufactured articles are increased. Among the prin- cipal increases interesting to the United Btates are the following: Cotton yarns, finest woollen articles, 33 to per cent.; shoes, 20 to 80 per cent.; fa leather goods, duty treb! TaW tobac for- merly’ $10, Falsed to $24 per 10) kilograms, ut 267 pounds; texthe machinery, in- creased to 100 per cent.; dynamos and motors, 2 to 8 per cent he duties on the finer electrical ap- paratus are doubled and the duty on inery is ra: pei xcept of steam reshiere, the “duty on need. & per cent. per cent,; leathe electrh nd 1 {bot cha: WED OR PAY TAX “AFTER APRIL. Old Maids and Bachelors of New York Threatened by As- semblyman Cohen’s Bill at Albany. KANSAS SET THE EXAMPLE. All Able-Bodied Single Persons “Who Persist In Their Celibacy” Made the Subject of Legislation at Albany. (Bpectal to The Wrening World.) ALBANY, Jan. 2%.—Assemblyman Iat- dor Cohen, of the Eighth New York District, introduced a bill this morning taxing all able-bodied bachelors and spinsters within New York State who deliberately persist in celibacy. The text of the bill is as follows: An act to impose a tax upon all able-bodied bachelors and spinsters ‘between certain ages who are found to be deliberately persistent in their celibacy, The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1—A tax is herewith im- posed upon all able-bodied bachelors and spinsters within the State of New York, which shall be separate and in addition to all per capita tax which may now be assessed against citizens or individuals by any sub- diviston of the State. Vhe tax shall be termed a celibacy tax. Section 2—The aforesaid celibacy tax shall bet levied upon all able- bodied bachelors between the ages of forty and sixty-five years of age, and all able-bodied spinsters’ be- tween thirty-five and fifty years of age, in accordance with the procedure described further in sections 8. Geotion 3.—The celibacy tax tm- posed upon bachelors shall be at the rate of %0 a year, Upon epin- eters the tax shell be $5 a year, orovided said epinsters are not the support of a family. Bection 4,—Local boards of asses- sors in the various sub-divisions of the State are authorized to levy end collect eaid celibacy tax in the same manner as other-taxes. The asses- sore shall turn the tax collected over to the foun#ling and o1 asylums within thelr jurisdiction. Should it appear to the satisfaction of the as- seosors that the celibacy of the epinater or bachelor listed for tax- ation is enforced and not intentional the assessors are authorized to re- mit auch tax. Section 6.—This act shall take effect ‘April 1, 1908. Legislative loaders of both parties who | are married were a unit in advocating | the introduction of the bill, but there was consternation among the bachelors. | Assemblyman MoManus, Fifteenth | New York District, a bachelor, when he heard the news sald: “What's that? Put a tax on bachelors and maids? I don't believe you'll find a man in the Legisiature to favor that scheme.” Assemblyman Butler, Ninth New York District, “Big Bill’ Devery'a As- seomblyman and father of three ohildren: “That ain't such a bad idea. Why shouldn't people who have no expenses but their own pay something like that? Now, take McManus. He's a bachelor and doesn’t have to support any chil- I've got several children to clothe and educate, and @ good wife to pro- vide for. It costs money, and here's McManus not having any such expenses to mest, Sure, it’s no more than right that the bachelors and old maids should step up and help along a little with a tax." Col, Lafhyette B. Gleason, Assistant Clerk of the Senate and recognized ex- pert on good and proper laws. There are phases of the matter which make the plan an interesting one, If the tax money could be turned into the State ‘Treasury, the State's revenues from in- direct sources would be greatly in- creased, But here's one trouble with the idea. There undoubtedly are more bachelors and old maids in New York City than in all the rest of the Btate combined, and the passage of such a law might raise the old cry that we up- State hayseeders are simply looking for another way of making the metropolis pay a larger proportionate share of the taxes than it does now, This In the Last Straw, William V. Cooke, Third Albany Dis- trict—This is the last straw. I've mere- ly been waiting for a real nice girl who wouldn't mind living with her mother- in-law, and have heretofore compliment~ ed myself on my prudence, ‘This alters the case, I'll lead or take part in any | revolt against such a bill, William J. Grattan, District—This is a mere device of the Fourth Albany | married men to get hunk. ‘Tax bach-| elorst Why, anybody knows that ma iaine c taxed ten times more than be Who buys the cream, the flowers, ¢ theatre tickets, the Christmas presenta, | the sleigh. ri nd all those. little things? ‘Tax? Why, Ite only a memory for the married men. I'm against suc a scheme. James HK. McEwan, Senator Albany County—Of course bachelors should be taxed I eve in the married state. If a man tx foolish enough not to know what's good for him then he ought to be made to pay for his short-sigated- ness. James M. Graeff, Kssex County—Soak | A h I'm with the bachelors, Hit ‘em hard. a like th As for the spin 6 well, that’s different. A bachelor nine times out of ten is no he wills it, but a spinster—well, no more. Harry H, Dale, Fifteenth Kings Die trict—If such a bill is to. be intro duced in New York then it sdould carry & section appointing @ commission to Inquire into the reasons for ey. How do you know It {9 the fault of the bachelor or spinster? God help them! they may be willing enough. May Lead to Trou! John McKeown, trict=What do new party lines division on thi al Tax anything else, wouldn't know where he waa think any more of it, It leads ud) uel Prince, Sixteenth New Yo riot—Well, J don't a le tee 1 don't know, I'v uae lous art ould be DI THE WORLD: Stern Brothers Exceptionally Large Assortments of Fine White Goods Consisting of Figured and Embroidered Piques, French Embroidered Muslins Mercerized Brocades, And in addition will offer To-morrow CORDED INDIA LINONS AND 5,000 Yds. { REVERED DIMITIES, (On the Se: OF FRENCH FLANNEL, OF TAFFETA SILK, tucked and hemstitch OF PEAU DE SOIE, plaited yoke, OF STRIPED CHANGEABLE TAFFETAS, Silk Petticoats, Women’s and embroidered fronts and vertical str cellent in shoe-mak: ROYAL ELOPER NOW AN OUTCAST Crown Princess Louise of Sax- ony, Who Ran Away with a Tutor, Has Her Titles Taken Away. SPURNED BY _ RELATIVES. the Press Pubiishing Company, York World.) (Speciad to The Evening World.) VIENNA, Jan. 2%.—Crown Princess Louise of Saxony has lost her birthright for love of her French tutor, Emperor Franz Joseph, head of the House of Hapsburg, of which the erring Princess 1s a member, issued a decree to-day by which she loses sll the rights, preroga- tives and honors due her as a member of the royal house of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Whether she gets a separation from her husband, the future King of Sax- has nothing to do with the Aus- trian ruler’s act, It is his privilege to deprive any ber of his family of their birthright, and he has exercised it on the runaway Louise as a punishment ce she has brought (Copyright, 1908, °>) N In the eyes of the Hapsburgs she 1s now but a plain person of the people, {ree to do as she pleases. as a Princess of the Saxon Kingdom is ne ffected by Emperor Frans Jos but {f there comes the sop separation from the Crown Prince sl will be out altogether—practically well as theoreti \y She ts stfll with her lovér in an ob- scure Swiss town, apparently willing to forego the honors of an Austrian Arch- uch ons for the sake of her beloved ron. Her brother, Leopold, still pere mitted to retain his rights, although he Tan away with an actress the same time Louise fm mn husband. Presumably -as he is 4 man and an un- married cne, the Bmperor thinks his offense more excusable. Were he to return and ask fo would oubtiegs be granted e: imperial master and re —— DIVORCE COURT MEETS AND THEN ADJOURNS, assembled to try the sult for divorce | brought by the Crown Prince of Saxony against his wife, who eloped some tine ago With Prof. Giron, met in camera to- day for several hours and then ad- Jourred until Feb. 11. LONG CHOSEN SENATOR, Elected by Kansas Legislature to Succeed Harris at Weshington, TOPEKA, Jan. %.—The Lewisiatpre in Joint apesion to-day elected Chester 1, 1,500 Yds. MERCERIZED REPS, Women’s Waists VERY MUCH BELOW THEIR VALUES Women’s Fast Black Extra Quality Medium and Heavy-weight Hose, plain or with unbleached double soles, Women’s Extra Fine Black Gauze Tisle Thread Hose, with spliced seams and double soles, Women’s Fancy Lisle Thread and Cotton Hose, with lace insteps, Men’s Fine Lisle Thread and Cotton Half Hose, in lace effects, embr’d fronts, vertical stripes and fancy clockings Value 50c pr West Twenty-third Street. t DRESDEN, Jan. 28.—The Special Court , Dotted and Figured Swisses, Reverings and Tuckings Value 15c yd, at 20¢ cond Floor) $1.95 £2.98 &3.65 $4.50 $5.95, 7.50, 9.50 ed, Exceptional Values To-morrow in Men’s Hosiery 19¢ 29¢ 37° 29¢ Value 30c pr Value 45c pr ipes, Value 60c pr. S0ROSIS The best shoe for Women, $3.50 per pair. The Sorosis Shoe is an epito:ne of all that is ex- ing. Skating boots, walking shoes, dancing slippers, — and all footgear that the season demands, JAMES McCREERY & CO, Twenty-third Street. $5000 00 FOR NEW CITY WORK, Board of Estimate Urged by Delegations to Authorize Mammoth Issue of Bonds for Public Improvements. $10,000,000 FOR PARKS. Bond ‘ssues amounting to $50,000,000 are requested for city purposes for the coming year. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment, at a special meet- ing to-day, heard various citizens who appeared to advocate the issues, Former Mayor Charles A. Schieren, of Brooklyn, urged an Issue of $4,000,000 in bonds for street paving in Brooklyn. He said that Brooklyn was the worst paved city In the world, Charles M. Chadwiok, representing the Committee of Fitty, also urged the bond jasuc, “Bad streets,” he sald, “make bad citizens." “Then how do you account for,the fact that Brooklyn, with its bad pavements, ts the most moral erty in the country?" asked Comptrolie: Grout, “Because of the Influence of hered- ity," sald Mr, Chadwick, President D. 8, Ramsey, of the Hide and Leather Bank; Alexander Peck, Al- derman MeInness, Wiillam Loomis, Ed-| win 8. Piper, Isanc 8. Remsen, Gen.| Bustis and Deputy Commissioner of Public Works Van Iderstine urged sey- eral bond Issues, Gen, tis stated that the Park De- partment had in contemplation many needed improvements. He wants to bulld bath-houses on Pelham Bay for the public, lay new asphalt pavergents, improve the driveways, replant Riverside plant new trees, improve 4 walks in many small ell as Centra! Park, Tho department asked for a bond 41 nearly $10,000,000. eae of Nearly $9,000,000 for Schools, With the request of the Board of Edu- gation for an Issue of ‘corporate stock or #wchool purposes to the amount of $8,883,190, Comptroller Grout intimated ty's schools would probably be better this year than any previous year, The increase in the city’s Fevenue from taxation would enable a Deller showing bel 1d. Fire Commissioner Sturgis urged for Dis department an appropriation of $800, Why don't and detailed Comptroller. You give us some specific formation?” asked the “Those are last year's ualn tances, the ab 10° Price to-morrow. Special per square yards l imsenteibaiiieesadl Rothenber: NeW 10rK's Fastest WE Sst r-% Wied ST Teaey Growing Store, Most Surprising Rug Sacrifices. The Best Values Ever Offered in a January Clearance. Sanford’s $15 Wool Brussels Rugs $10. 10 00 Bromley’s Smyrnas. Strictly all wool, in a beautiful variety of Persian, floraLand medallion patterns, rich colorings, to match Prices like these have never been quoted by any other tion Guaranteed or at co almost any furnishings; sizes 10 fest 6 inches by 9 feet; $15 rugs; special to-morrow at... $10 Rugs at $6.50. There are any wool-filled Rugs to be Store for the famous John Bromley reversible R g. Ten dif- Hato AST Ie, erent designs, in Oriental, Persian and Floral Patterns. We AA tne quality; shown in splen- le Candah a Malate v » did patterns; were $10; to-morrow 0) 7) 50. 10 00. Ps x Hh 10-1 1D 60,50) J, 7:6x10.6, J, 9 912, Py pS Linoleum. Garpets. Regular $1 Genuine Cork Lino~ } Carpets will be held sixty days on payment of a small deposit. v leum, 4 yards wide, in wood effects; value $1.00 per square yard; special to-morrow onlyssee..s++ W H G inolueum Remnants jive bet gathered all ourremnants of lincleums . that have been selling at from 65c, to | 75c per square yard, and 29¢ A will offer them in one great lot at an extremely low Lace Gurtains, Upholstery Goods, Portieres Fur Robes for Baby Carriages & Go-Carts At Radical Reductions. eal 49c- Sheepskin Robe. AT —Sheepskin Robe, 75¢ larger size. by —Iceland Sheep, lined PUA 2 OW iirougouti 16,000 yards of 1 yard wide Brussellire : Carfets, splendid selection of patterns, perfect- Cc ly reversible, value 45c. per yard: sale price.... ‘Alexander Smith’s and Higgins’s All-Wool Brussels Carpets, in parlor, sitting-room, hall and stair pat- terns, value 69c. per yard; sale price. ve 49 0 Wire Brussels Carpets, (the best quality made), 64c value $1.00 per yard; at... Wiese ns. a 50c Ce CY, q qa - Nottingham Curtains. Nottingham Lace Curtains, Brussels, . Antique and Cluny pat- terns, 54 and 60 inches wide; actual value $2.00; sale price.eeee & * Renaissance Curtains. 200 pairs of Renaissance Lace Cur- tains, deep fluted ruffle, Renaissance Single Portieres. 200 odd Portieres, used as samples, all colors, value $2.00, special to-mor- Window Shades, 500 Window Shades, some with very immense assortment, 1 OO TOW eesesereeeccces. 2 fine fringe, others plain, best spring Double Pocket q insertions, = llers, in red, blue, ieee 4,50 Rattinstaes'| CMR aoe ou 7) te width; value $3.0¢ AT. AQ Double Pocket| value 25c. to 40¢., 2C to-morrow at, p. hd ° Robe, lined throughout all to goat. ‘ Relentlessly Reduced. — Handsome 3-Piece Parlor Suits, highly polished inlaid mahogany fi ished frames, and are covered in im- ported Verona velour. Good value at $22.50 each. Offered as a great special during this sale at........ Regular $35.00 five-piece Parlor Suits at... Regular $43.75 five-piece Parlor Suit at.. Regular $62.50 five-piece Parlor Suit at H Regular $65.50 five-piece Parlor Suit at., Tolnasne acon Le i $12.50 Mattress at $6.75. act ec illustration, with heavy | 7 . 40-Ib. Soft Gray bronzed frame and Hair Mattress, National spring. It can covered in the finest) be used as a couch, a quality of Satin and regular size bed, or |i A. C. A, ticking ; made up to your Le ea ep oftec re} 9 8 order in 1 or 2 parts; this mattress was never 6 7 5 ° ° i. Regu i before offered for less than $12.50; our special son [epei pear aeecaaes at. Hat BEE, price for this sale, in all sizes, for one day only. .— calculation ted t) require nt, which tig +4 for doll HREE men have suc- ceeded in covering a «mile in less than a minute »-)in automobiles; the power ~/€ used in every case was gaso- %“ line. The names of these record breakers are Henri Fournier, who covered a mile in 5144 seconds; Foxhall Keene, who took 54?¢ sec- onds, and A. C. Bostwick, who took two seconds longer than Keene. These records were all made on the Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn. The best. road records,} « long-distance records and all automobile records are given in the | 1903 WORLD ALMANAC AND ENCYCLOPEDIA. Skating Records, Sack-Racing Records, Jumping Records, Shooting Records, Swimming Records, Shot-Putting Records, Weight-Throwing Records, aud ALL SPORTING RECORDS. Cts. Cloth-Bound Copies. of Néwsdealers. Sent by Mail onReceiptof Turf Records, Bicycling Records, Vaulting Records, Yachting Records, Rowing Records, Running Records, 25 Address THE WORLD, « anid