The evening world. Newspaper, September 16, 1905, Page 6

THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMRER 16, 1908. Subpoena Issued for Head of New York Life ty In- surance Committee. $400,000 FOR ALBANY. “Man Who Handled It Wel! Known to Legisiators at the State Capitol. NEW YORK LIFE’S “YELLOW DOG” FUND. In Marct An sPla New York Life 1 Mipany lawy x 000 to Albar Wo The am was pald to him in + two ch by « Pres! John A. McCall. Before Me. Mcx the Now York i intimate 1 became head of Hamilton was count 1 $235,000,"" Vice-Prosident doesn't know pale to Mr. Hamilron forsos what ould ‘have: been taken to Albany for. Perkins also.says that TMr. McCall ean $50,0% or $100,000 vot con- r officer, rh when N elect Ro Perkins believes: he Mek can serve two Masters. He points vo how he sold $890,000 in bonds to himself as a Mongan bought ance company. Mr. Hami)on ts tn Burope, No- body see:ns to know/ when he wil! return. If Hamilton does mot come back the legislators will have to call upon Mr. MeCali to explain the mses to which the Hamilton $11,000 was put. John A. McCall, President of the New nee Company, has been the Joint Legislative surance inquiry and fy before the com- mittee whonéit resumes itecsittings next | week, When Mr. McCall was asked | what he had to say about postl- | da: PRESIDENT M'CALL TO BE A WITNESS. “PARDNERS,”’ (By T. EF. Powers.) Bill Sykes and His Oliver with apologies to the lamented Cruikshank. meny of Mr. Perkins at Friday's hoar- Sng relative to the Republican campatz | gontributions on the part of the New York Life, he replied: “I have nothing to eayrin advance of | my testimony before the Legislative Committee; when I appear before tha committee I shall tell all know." Assemblyman Prentice, Secretary of _ the Insurance Legislative Committee, wat: “The committee wants)it understood that the revelation of the campalg: contrébutions on the part of the New i Xork Lite were not a sprprise to the fommittee, We knew of the transaction long (before it was brought out in tho testimony of Mr. Perkins, and it was led up to gradually.” “When will you putiMr. MoCail on the @tand?" was asked. May Call Others First. “That will depentl on conditions,” was the reply. “We may wish to get some ; further testimony trom other witnesses * first.” In tracing down the exact relation- ship to-day between Andrew Hamilton, | who took $100,000 of the New York Lifo| Insurance Company's _ policy-holders' | funds to Albany in March, 194, it was) mecessary to go back to the time when »dohn A. McCall, now President of the) Wew York Life, was State Superin- endent of Insurance. The Legislators, who have discovered that this $100,000 was paid over to Ham- ilton by order of Mr. MoCall, and charg- pd up as “sundries” in an account of $225,000, will not have any difficulty in recalling that long before Hamilton be- came identified with the New York Lite he was exceptionally close to Mr, Mc- Call. 24, 1004: attempt to continue the p er there wore real difficulti tween these great powers [ Administration, difficulties have since been settled t satisfaction of all parties cerned, adjusted— to deceive the voter: maine that the trust opposed to the continuance present Administration— to the Republican National mittee for thi ublican tick “These Interesta nave decided to| PARKER’S CAMPAIGN CHARG NOW PROVEN TO BE TRUE. Substance of ® speech made by. Judge Parker at Esopus on Oct. resent Administration in power. Wheth- jes be- ‘trusts and financial institutions] and the which 0 the con- or whether there were no difficulties to be compromised and “Thelr action being but a play the fact re- are not now of the “On the contrary, It is common knowledge they have determined to furnish such a sum of money Com- it Is hoped, will secure | to Bli the floaters in the douvtful States dent McCall and Perkins himself. : Substance of admissions made by George W. Perkins in the in- surance investigation: That the New York Life had contributed $50,000 each to the Republican campaign committees of 1896, 1900 and 1904—the two McKinley campaigns and the Roosevelt campaign. These contributions were made with the knowledge only of Mr. Perkins and President McCall. That the amounts were depos- ited with J. P. Morgan & Co., pay- able to Cornelius N. Bli Treas- urer of the Republican Campaign Committee. Mr. Hughes produced a check for the 1904 campaign drawn by Mr. Bliss, showing that the $50,000 deposit for that campaign had been drawn against to the extent of $48,702.50, That the payment of this amount only known to Presi- Brought Hamilton Here. ‘When Mr, McCall moved from Albany this city he brought Andrew Hamil- % with him and put him tn the em- y of the New York Life as “counsel” @ salary, it 1s said, of $20,000 a year. ‘ same sum as was patd by the Equi- table to Chauncey M. Depew for many Bi ay a retainer. It ts known that since becoming a mtative of the New York Life Hamilton has maintained a front of life In gan, that the New York Company, of which he dent, had to pay $100,000 paign funds of the late Kinley and $48,000 into fund of President Roosevelt, 4 shadowed. “By order of the President,” explanation against these Perkins, right-hand man of J. P. Mor-| surance Is Vice-Presi-, which has developed the custom of giy- {nto the cam-| Ing away the earnings and sayings of President Mo-| Polley-holders for the political purpose. the campaign f the Republican machine, it is unde: » over- is the Hamilton! checks i one account, and when traced into another account they are found which not even his most intim-| hidden in @n catry of jundries, friends at Albany or around the | $285,000." fot House, where he lives four May Call Mr, McCall. | & week, have been able to pene-| A subpoena has been issued for Mr. . While io Albany during sessions the inquiry Hamilton, but he 1» not to be found, and the best information obtainable by the legislators, who say they want him to explain what that $100,000 was actual- ly used for, is that he is !n Burope. ‘Those who should be acquainted with Mr. Hamilton's purposes and move- ments, and who say that he ix abroad, profess ignorance of the date of bis re- ‘turn to this country, 4 Falling ring Andrew Hamilton to “) ed the only thing left piitee to do is to ask Preal- Gall for hia evidence, It ap- bat will be necessury to pall } Mbt on other matters na eo W. Perkins It 1s 's province, fe Ine ob etd To Probe Others. Following out the of line inquiry MONUMENT TO PAUL JONES Public Fund to Raise Shaft Will Be Started with Proceeds of | Patriotic Concerts — Many | Singers to Aid. | To perpetuate the memory of John Paul Jones, ‘The Father of the American y,"" a memortal shaft 1s to be erect- in thie city where he Ilved before of his great sea fights, The to be raised by a popular fund series of two patriotic Paul Jones spectacular musical concerts will be held on the nights of Sept, 30 and Oct. 1 In Curnegie Hall to raise the nucleus of this fund. chorus of G0 yvolces—the united choirs of Greater New York—with a grand orchestra and a vocal quartet will be under the direction of the com- poser, Sas G. Pratt, and the pro- sramme will be entirely patriotic in character, Following the “Centennial Anniver- sary” overture the part will be de- voted to music descriptive of the Amert- can Revolution, beginning with the ‘Ride of Paul Revere,” followed by the “Struggle for Freedom” and the “Trie umphs of Paul Jones." Fart 1. will be devoted to the war of and the old American folk songs. 18) Hamilton at that time was engaged ; Naeem » of the Repubii- {Part UT. will be an allegory in muste of Legislature Mr, Hamilton bas| as the representative of the Repub 1 | Aangely In looking after legal matters Oe eeeed betore committees con-| can National Committee, or to anybody | 2 joivit war, ending with “Love, Taw | ae the Pe ie EERE ts Me was} sidering insurance legislation, either ac or that body or any | and Liber com posod by Mr. Pratt Slways an intimate of Anthony N,| Serine Inserts ciystery surrounding | other political organization or party |and dedicated to President Roosevelt, Brady, the millionaire, and not tong| Because Of We te. $100,000 in checks |In the evidence he has “already given| The battle songs and ensembles will be | @g one of his daughters married the] (2° PEE X° Mecall to Hamilton, | Mr. Perkins only adialts ge of | profusely Mluminated with views. gop of Brady. from viens of George Walbridge | contributions In 16, 18% ; PENCIL MARK stood that the committes, as soon as ! has finished with the New York Lifc will put the probe Into all the other big insurance corporations doing business \4n the State to bring to light Just what they have had to pay “4s a matter of self-preservation,” course of investigation will lead to an explanation of what at least a portion of that famous $03,000 lon hy the Mer- cantile Trust Company to Vormer Pres! dent James W. Alexander and Former Comptroller Thomas D, Jordan, of the Equitable Aseurance Society, was used for. he legislators will not resume their investigation until Wedrevday morning peat at 10.80 o'clock, owing to the fact that the Aldermen's chamber in the City Hall must be gt wales on Monday and T 60 HOTTENTOTS KILLED, German Troppn Detoat the Inanr- wents Ip Five-ltour Buttlee, apt, 18--An oficial dos- Gernan Bouth- na Wired It 4 the general impression that this } MUDDLES VOTE :| Jersey Prosecutor’s Attention’ Called to Action of Eleotion| Official Who Struck Names of Candidates from Ticket. HACKPNSACK. N. J., Sept. 16—A complaint has been filed with Prosecu: tor Koester againgt Herman Holla, a Demoeratic election ¢Mcer of River ogc, the home town cf Joseph A, Erchel, Chairman of Biate Voting Machine Commiselon. 1 1s alleged that Holla drew @ pencil through the names of Republican can- ‘itatew that were. on the Tasco ballot and gaye gut the abridged tlok- ets aa official. - CELEBRATION IN BROOKLYN <a Pretty Daughizrs and Stal- wart Sons of Veterans in Picturesque Ceremonies. the W gather third a tletum, Bes isted of de of Brooklyn, a gramme was a from the many daughters to re vetera dressed be attende ),009 persons celeb ton, and detailed a ctor Mur- Phy to } Among th gue wl e May MeCleitan Littlet and Comptro Frederick D. Grant © reviewing officer, and mpained by Adr Col. Adolph K Sickles Isaac T. Pretty Girls in the Van. The parade was led by of girls in un mbhia Gua nd the Si erty rd. Follo Company G, Eighth U, Governor's Islind, Evan M. Johnst Post Lib- um ads of blue Hundred of Artille rch Cadets, Episcopal Churv teenth, ‘Twe: Regiment © R. Howe, company H. Roberts. of the was entirely in charge rans Sons’ A: 0 o'clock, and aws as nm, began at follows: 1. Concert by Shannon's Band 2. Addresses by P. SM. Munro, James R Howe, Postmaster GH. Roberts, Congressman Chasles Dunwell, Col. Jo- | seph W. Kay and W. P. Griffiths ongress of Nations,” by 3. Tableau, “C at 4. Sword drill by cadet officers. 5. Parade and review, Gen. F. D. Grant reviewing officer, 6 Salu of colors, HARSH CENSURE FOR" CITS" UNION Secretary of the Direct Nomi- nation Republican League Crilicises Its Recent Political Attitude in Letter to City Committee. W. G. Brown, secretary of the Direct Nomination Republican League, has gent the following letter to the City Committee of the Citizens’ Union: “The Direct Nomination Republican League 1s essentially an independent or- anjzation opposed to political bossism. “We have believed that the Citizens’ Union is an organization devoted to similar principles, * * * But the of- ficlal acts of your organizaiion In the last few days would indicate that it is not your intention to carry into effect your avowed principies. “We believe tli the ban placed by your representatives upon the name of Senator Johr Ferd, as candidate before the Fusion conference is entlreiy ar- bitrary and utterly inconsistent with youryour declared principles. “Whether or not you personally in- dorse the ects of your Commmittae ia the Fusion conference, the Independent cluzens of the City expect that you will assert your individuality at next Mon- day's meeting, by ppeech and act and deiermine ug far as you personally c whether the Citizen's Union. Is honest, independent body of inteilgent men or whether It is a bos-ridden. or- ganization no hetter that the Tammany or Republican machines, aud especially ‘whether It Is to be an annex of Tam- many tn this campaign, ROBBER’S VICTIM DEAD IN RIVER. Insurance Ma After He for Ral DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 16.— George R, Griswold, State manager of the State Mutual Life Insurance As- Boclation, of Mast, was ‘hut dead co-day in the Ragooon river, He had been murdered by a j blow on the head w.th son, blunt In- jttvument, robbery being the object of the crime, outst t,he, ets a plain gold band rag had ‘Deen | Griswold hag been missing since uecday. th th he ert for ha, Neb, a Great festern mileage a ‘There is no clue murderer, oe KILLED BY A FALL. ‘Waat Bagioah 4 ” from | day's enter- ANTIETAM DAY (NAN PATTERSON BRIDE OF HER FORMER HUSBAND MRS. LEON Ww Pa ASHINGTON, om D. C., Sept. 1 Leon ¢ |John Brow PISTOL USED IN MORRILL CASE FOREIGN MADE Police Now Believe Brown Brought It from Ireland with Him. GRER Sept. 16—The only additional evidence which the Pin= kerton detectives * gained in four days, which might In av y connect the New York stableman empt to murder with the crime which was found Sueriff Ritch the veri ng th? pistol door yard by ts ooncer: ji [morning after the shooting at Green- wich Detective Wade has carried the ree volver to many places, and finally has found out the gun Is not a Smith & Wesson make, 5 at first supposed, but an imitation gun. halt as much, and m: An attempt to force the an American market failed They believe the gun was purchased in Ireland by Brown and brought to as wa C. MARTIN. (Nan Patterson.) ar Yourg, he, Martin, was one of few and the first to go to her ald hus- | when was arrested on the charge » home of her of killing Young. street, | Even after she was free the former chorus girl did not seem to care much of the family were about Martin, but evidently she had mene. resifence| hard roads to travel to make h flowers a. a b nee Se thie Bee d and was grilled marriage license. A Mrs. Martin will reside in New . where the husband maniges Alt Martin 1 gh Nan obtained a divorce from Calffornia when she first met Bo. Tired out at thoughts of the been true to her Martin forgave the althy Min- vidently necessary y and forget th As lumberman ness [gnatly w 5; frame of mind « the vast. NO WAR FOR” SCANDINAVIA Norway and Sweden Expect All Difficulties Over Their Sepa- ration to-Be Amicably Seitled by Their Delegates. CHRISTIANIA, Sept. 16—Despatches fre Karlstad agree that negotiations between the Norwegian and Swedish delegates are reaching smo According to the Verdens € ful settlement may be y ex- pected, while the Aftenposten’s corr spondent says the arbitration questic may be regarded as almost settled and that both sides are directing their ef- forts toward a sausfactory understand- ing in refird to the Fredriksten and Kongsvinger fortresses, No jotnt session of the delegates was id to-day as the delegates from each ntry were conferring with thelr re- spective military experis. The report that the powers had made representations to Sweden was based on the fact that Great Britain, France and Germany offered their friendly services. if needed. ————_— $5,000 ROBBERY NOTTOLD POLICE Harlem Man Whose House Was Leisurely Ransacked Thinks It Useless to Report It and Investigates Alone. Burglars forced entrance to the house of Walter C, Sykes, a wealthy woollen merchant, at No, 102 West One Hun- dred and Twentieth street, while Mr. Sykes and his family were out of town, some day this week, ransacked It at thelr leisure and stole more than $5.00 worth of jewelry aad wearing apparel, The burglary which was in every ro- eot similar to that perpetrated at home of Jose Aymar at No, 70 Kas: Fifty-fourth street, a fortnight ago, has not yet been reported to the police, Mr. Sykes beileving that they could be of little service in recovering hig property, vit was a peculiar burglary,’ Mr, Sykis eatd to an Evening World re- porter to-day, “and I believe I can come near solving it by Rebing my éyes und ears cyen and my “mouth shu Ms Sykes, who Is a member of ane of C,H. Van Ingen at No. i) bitth avenue, retu: to discuss hla lose furthel Mf Isuh inan, grocer at No, weed to ihe tpolive of the Wee! and fwen fifth atroet etalon b Ma trate ig totes nat entrance into a parte ine rts, ol ae, ii We One undred EVU isos i ai in hh * Kuhlman was 4). hi K op aw RED HATS FOR CUSTOMS MEN ‘Appraisers at Steamship Piers | Don’t Like New Uniform! Conspicuous Enough. There 1s sadness and gloom to-day jong the force of United States Ap | parisers, who work on steamship pier: | appraising the effects of Incoming pass- cngers This 4s because an order requir- Ing them to wear unlforms went into| effect to-day. It Includes, appraisers and deputy inspectors, | collectors, but the appraisers object most strenously They were not required to wear uni- forms before, and now must wear hats | think this | Job. was decided | wear ate of a flaming sc They is beneath the dignity of th About six months ago tt by Secretary Shaw that they Ja untforn mepicuous enough to tract attention, but not until was the onder {nforeed, The a have already been dubbed “The of Cardinals” by the inspectors. ———— DENIES THEFT OF THE LETTERS Yonkers Postal Official Says Sackful Had Been Improperly Addressed and He Took Them Home to Make Inquiries. must Isaac G. Downing, who for thirty years has been the assistant postmaster of Yonkers, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Ridgeway to-day on complaint of Post-oMe In- spector Meyer, charged with unlow- fully detaining and haying in his pos- 4 session United States mall, Complaints that letters mailed at Yonkers failed to reach thelr destina- thon led to an investigation, with tie result that Inspector Meyer unearthed a sack full of letters, some of them several years old, None of them wa found opened, Through his counsel, John M. Murx and Mugh Gordon Miller, Mr, Downlag | pleaded not guilty, and furnished $1,000 bal’ for his appearance next Monday for examination, Downing decla.ed that not @ letter found Ip his house had been opened aud that he had taken the missives ‘home because they were all imperfeotly ndd-essed and he had to make Inquiries About them, He had been behind in. cs ona tae ald not tthe he o not want the kewly appointed Postmaster, John N, Parrongto know of tt.) | shows much wear Headgear, but It Is Surely): this country with him five years ago. The leather holxer found within a few hundred feet of wh the gun was picked up fits the gun exactly and gun itself was ne and was only in the wet having dropped cket as h well covered with vase rusted a little waere it grass that night, after frof the the picket n the rovdw: also aimed Southin: it was fon, Conn trade through a New ‘ afterward resold to a Connecticu Jealer. Yesterday af,ernoon Detective Bally, who ts looking ‘after m: the case in New York, came to Green- wich and he and Detectives Wade and Wiicox took a walk into the outskirts of the village. ‘They were on a clue in connection with the purchase or ownerstup of the chisel, but they did not find the man they were looking 3 they would tell. Anther story which officers are looking and sold to the Greenwich oncems a stat Ment alleged to have been made by a man of shady reputation, infer that he knew, where there Was a trick to be und a good une inside of h This statement was fous to the Morrill is restng comfortably to= day. No attempt will be made to re- move the bullet imbedded in mus- cles of the left side of the neck below the ear for several days at least. Dr. Bishop, a New York surgeon, has taken up his residence at the house, and will ald the local physician in charge of the case. Sherif Ritch was absent from town all night following a clue im a neignbore {ng town of some suspicious persons seen in town before the Morrill affair. The public feeling in the case Is that | Brown is not guilty of the shooting, but that some one knew he was started for Greenwion and got him to help him at the house. ‘An attempt was myde last night to leteat $2,000 worth of. silver plate and $3000 worth of Jewelry from a chest in ihe front upper beiro om of the summer cottage No. Shore Road, occupled by CB. Delavergne, irge clothing firm tr stu ‘was all packed verenes were selling out ‘A second-story man had e the family wi a member of a New Yor. The as the Dela- red the ente’ but car. ried away two sa ntente af) which are not known. ‘ODD FELLOWS OUT IN FORGE Thousands Gather in Philadel- phia for Ejighty-First Annual Communication of Grand Lodge, PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.—Odd Fel- lows from all parts of the country, Canada and Mexico are here to-day to attend the elghty-first annual communt- cation of the Sovereign Grand Lodge. Although the offical opening of the con- vention will not take place until Mons da-- there was a meeting to-day of the Grand Counell of Patriarchs Militant tn Odd Fellows’ Temple, It 1s estimated that by Monday 59,000 members of the fraternity will be in the city, ‘The formal opening of the communis cation will take place in Lulw ‘Temple, mend Weaver will make the address welcome, and will be followed by addresses by Melville 1. Chubbuck, Grand Master of Pennsytyanla; Cleon Gloquielais, Grand Patriare! Mrs, Anna Morrow, President Rebekah A: sembly, and Major-Gen, J. Blair, © Ai drews, Depamiment Commander, Patri- areha militan Immediately ‘after this prize drills by the patriarchs militant will be in order at the Second Regiment Armory, From 1 afternoon until sicok at iatit' ue comapecltive degrge ‘clock at ‘night ye competitive de eg which is open to all lodges en- campments and Rebekah lodges will be continuous in Lalu. ‘temple, ——— WHY ROBERTS ISN'T COMING, LONDON, Sept. 16.-It is understood that the Duke of Connaught has asked Field Marshal Lord Roberts to ac- epinpany him to South Africa in Nos hehee ter'a postpones anent of bis trip to America, Children fatien like little round |