The evening world. Newspaper, January 9, 1912, Page 1

WER—Fale to: ht aud Wednesdays colder. ia EDITION. " Circulation Books Open to Al | : Copyright. 1: ENT. nt DLs, The Frys gunnonmnn NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1912. es PAGES PRIOE _ONE CENT. nEMorRATE CONVENTION Bird’s-Eye View of Ecuitable Building Fire HAF BU LION BURIED Tey WY GT | Oe See -+-—___—_— Great Spread of Fire Due to Halt Hour’s Delay in Sending Alarm— Then Aid Is Summoned From Brooklyn. ‘TRADING ON EXCHANGE STOPPED BY CONFUSION —_—>—- restos ce CHAR MAY 1, ere, FEM GULTY St. Louis Figured as Second | Choice and Chicago Third— New York Got One Vote. si/-Confessed Murderer Come WASHINGTON, Jan 9—The T Hears His Doom. erate National Convention will be Md in Baltimore, beginning June %5. | ppp qy j ae ‘rhe choice wa made late to-day by{FIRM IN ANSWERI Democratle National Committe ae "ter & spirited contest and after rep- ais | rentatives of Baltimore, st. Louts,| Prisoner in Court: Only Six; aiago, Denver and New York haa | posed in Court as He | | \Score Rescued by Heroic Firemen— Only Outside Walls of. First Sky- the claims of those eities| Minutes and Crowd Barred | scraper Left Standing. ; The announcement of the fa S | nto result of the vote sn the committee was| (ut—Will Ask Clemency. | . With a loss which may reach fifteen millions of dotlars tire to-day — receive oh 4 > & ‘ x = A _ <0 Pet datoia See tka: On the first wks | oe iM . destroyed the gféat gray building of the Equitable Life Assurance So- Bi | Ualttifére received 3 voles; St. Louis, ge aide bag ihe te |= ; ciety, a landmark of Broadway for many years, stretching trom Cedae Bias i Sera ver ee cn Noe Richeson, self-confessed slayer of Avi: oR | ee ee Po “eat Un the second allot B. ' street to Pine street on Broadway and through to Nassau street, ane Linnell of Hyannis, plea guilty to ' H ' + ied TY " mare re-| murder in the first degree before Judge | | At least five men were killed, There are nearly a score mure not 1 29 votes; Si. Lou and Chicago! gangerson in the Supertor Court this | ‘ | . ra 4 ‘any ' Ser sind and was sentenced to die tn Chis gave Laltimere a aitarnogh | {accounted for, who may have lost their lives when tire puffed F) nd the decision was then m i a PAN BR Hen Ee! lectrie chair time during the | | A i j through the building with the suddenness of a series of explosions. ‘| ¥ eek of May 1. ' i 5 ; In presenting Baltimore's bit for the heson left t i street jail | A i | More than $500,000,000, in cash, st inl bonds, is estimated lo f mivention resentative Talbo: ¢flanout 12 o'clo accompanied by 1h : ; ‘ ‘ 2 ele y be locked up in vaults in the building here is $350,000,00( 2 Maryland nade the opening speech and | gheriffs, and was quickly driven to the | be locke J y i puine L til her ,000,000 fn gash ator Rayner pursued the argument. ffolk ‘County Court. A great throng and securities in the Equitable vaults alone, and millions more in the 0. BF, Hershy spoke for Hovert Cratn, | pesteged the building and jammed the | f aoe 3 : s of . uitable st. the Mereantil 1st » Deposit \ chairman of the Baltimore committee,| court, eager to see the prisoner vaul! Equitable Trust, the Mercantile Trust and Safe Depas \ 4nd cait€d out a storm of cheers when | near his fate pronounced. aa i vaulis, brokers’ and bankers’ private safes, and those of lawyers, The drew from his inside pocket a cert!-| Few besides the privileged and those . i i! ti ith ! 7 k for $100,000 and laid it upon up earel a L et rire ar ay a aoe ' were all reported intact, with contents unharmed, at 1 o'clock f ie in continued | @2¥28 business there were admitted to} Mrs, Buftington Turns on Jets| Financier Complains to Mayor | vaults were } t ; Lhe table. Tho demonstration continued fg Or) me ti Coreg seis ake wove hea, ava the tong naa to te] and ‘Then Fires Bullet | Gaynor That He Was, + increta entbigini ineidbbyieragiy Manhoce tad Chicago made a strong bid agains: | were held, and th and res. Bulle! ily a e as \ —_ ee - i“ Maltimore, offering in addition to de-| content with a hasty view of the for- ; eh ; Tae RUE] ba | the sumptuous filtings of the Lawyers’ Club, which Oecunled: the upper _ ying the expenses of the conven-|mer pastor. nto Her Temple. reated Kudely. loors on the Pine street side with an almost price a contribution of $40,000 to the| Clerk Manning called the defendant 1 ‘ i: You Fellows Beat It, I Can Take a tude th ’ f % ‘amoofatic campaign fund. and he stood up. He gras asked if he cus peruneaeseatad | ” | does not include the equipment of the Cute Sx \é BARS Mi Demney Spoke for New|. sned to retract his plea of not guilty| Mrs. Lottle B. BuMngton, firty years st Belmont, head of the banking Care of Myself, His Last Com- land libraries and records of scores of lawyers tu -erved i ey a o e indictment which charged him|old and wealthy, committed suicide in| house August & Co, was New Yorkers had subscribed giog-| to the Nene a f ' % sae rormare ed aubeorlbed! 100/71 aan in sie Seat dgurme/andiha| ker eparsment at Ne, (4° at, ionoiae |hiiatied. With acant iavvaate oe kia mand—Widow Overcome. richest clients in the world, but many of the committee members| replied in the affirmative, He was then|avenue to-day, by shooting herself in}own ‘offices early this afternoon, The j BUILDING WAS CITY’S FIRST SKYSCRAPE 3 thought the biggest city in the coun-| asked what plea he desired to make,|tho right temple with a revolver, after] Belmont offices are in the five-story} ‘ Na : ; try was “too close to Wall Street and| and he replied guilty In the first de-|having turned on the gas. It the] building at No, 23 Nassau street, next) ihe est tt hens te Scan take | v1 We npa pape ¥ denial Body, tn the The building was the first great office building of New Yors ' too near to ‘Tammany Hall. gree. smell of the gas escaping under the|door to the Equitable. care of myself.’ AMthGugh it,Wan practically. pertata | uit n na : eth ! ‘ ¥ . ese e vords ontet |, Ath toatl vith xtravagance of the old fHienry Bo Hyde re St, Louis made a hard fight for the] 4 nod from the black-robed Agure on |loor of her apartment that led to the] str, Belmont managed to Ket throus These were the last w ay ot Ontel |e welsh hed ipat hie tier hice meee (with all the e gane ) : convention with a standing offer of “asl eng bench and the clerk for the second | discovery of her sulclde. ee fee | Chie often (WiHam J. Walsh of the Second Bats lion directed that a squad of firemen de- land marble were used lavishly in il hk i much as anybody e! A specific offer anne he fire Hines and was entering his Mee i tion, who fost his life in the fire, They |vote thelr time exclusively to hunting 4 : " id a Bat time In the history of the common-| Mrs, Buffington had a son, Kenneth, | when lie was ordered for him. ‘There a 5 » el ies ht of 975,00 and the convention was pre- seen n were addressed io three firemen and a|for hin, There war a chance that he} was only eight stories high. fered, bus the sentiment did not turn| Wealth of Massachusetts entered on) twenty yeara old, who is at Amherst] “You can't stay here,” he was toll. Tmomber of the Fire Patrol who were {MKht have been caught in some pocket . " ; toward M the records of the .ourt a plea of guilty | College. She also had a married daugh-| “1 am a tenant of this bullding late in bis company toward the {#4 held wafe trom the flames and fall Before the fire was declared fer con Ww entire insidy ot het 1 : oO der jn the first degree. Riche-|}ter, Mrs, Jefferson Deason of Kittany, |g i Li ing stones. Walsh was popular with the i " Denver offered reasonable and neces-]t¢ mur ? fer, Mra, ‘ ‘MY, Telaimed Mr, Belmoat “I have a ri windowe of the third floor on the Broad- pate repay ilding had fallen through to the cellar, and nothing was left b ary expenses for the convention and| son's pedigree was quickly taken, and | pa, to be here! way slide of the building at 7.90 o'clock, Fe Ae eee CR He work - building h ° . i gals kode aly Yi"F ncomised to be liberal. It was asserted then Judge Sanderson Imposed sear) The dead woman left several notes, «Not while things are In the condition} Walsh liad been purtiall: disabled BY liven in the tank," foutside walls, ‘These were declared to be unsafe and the streets w. vat Denver had the bes: convention] tence in the » cle} which are being held unopened until the§they are,” was the Go out, | falling debris, With hts three subor-|" sidney Johnson, a member of Fi i | apparatu: » flames die y fF tin the country. reollne fant ee Tl Mar A) facrival of her husband, whose where: please,” \ dinates ana the fire patrol man he ‘bad trol No. wan one of the fone wre |cleared of firemen and apparatus. As the tlames died down the torre he committee adopted a call for dele-| the State prison a known. Mr. Belmont {ent t he ap- {fought his way down from the fourth liegt saw Walsh alive. Johnson gives the ? ‘oze he building became a mountain of ice, with fes 1? ‘s embodying the permissive plan for | confined there val the RA begin. | *bouts pblbatcls! aie Tpealed to the fitemen, but they were {to the third floor through a atifing Balt toow! fe account of the close of the| Of waler froze and the building became 1 mountain of ice, with festo ; aise “4 mn ee ‘ ‘i ig 5 eb moke. On the third floor the eer of the battall@ chief: rear yy vypesidential, Primaries, which means|ning Sunday, May 1 when the war. too busy to listen. The banker became |af hot #mok car yiant icicles. aoe etate committees ean call them at {den will put you to death in the man- |LORIMER ON THE STAND Jexcited and hurried up <> City Hall, /Mttle party ran against « ail of fire) "I was In the Lanyers’ Club on the of giant : ; : wii, The committer then finally ad: | ee eee scinge were void of DENIES BRIBERY CHARGES, 'mire te sourht an interview with )which they tad to break shrough to | tialion, Chiet Walsh and thse fee | 52 far as could be learned, the Equitable Society carried no In i , The proceedings were vold of senea- | Mayor Gaynor and complained of rough |save themselves ae ahh se fires ‘Nat ' Ura: » The Demooratts {Hons Richeson was in sourt for only arr and rude treatment | It was then that Battalion Chief] men apraral through the amoke. The! ance on the building. ) oe eee en ne ot fabout seven minutes His face waa| Senator in His Own Defense De-| The Mayor declined t | Walsh issued his last command, He fre Was wwirling Oi! around where we he held It bui Sty % lion of 1912, which the | je Mayor de c ' ere e mide our way do cause ( e securities held up t f ault a has erate le ys tdaged atari EO he perfectly composed slares He Did Not Pay to sort of ointment ad was aven dimly in the thick wmoke, | form nd we mide cur way down to Because of the secur up in many vaults in the build party § * sg i ard: \itis answers to the Court were made in fa iste A Japply to Mr. Beimont's Then his compantons lost sight of him. | yer uy bad. Battalion Chief Walah ap- ing, and the difficulty of making deliveries to-day, the New York Stock a to Halttinors, willbe hel ne TIE a firm, low voice. A slight Ump was Influence His Election. jingu. After making the complaint Blindly they groped their way thro: peared to} hurt. He was able | ngs pended all deliveries for the day and will prot aeiment EE dat A Imposing }she only Indication of the inuries ke] WasHINGTON, J 9.—Senator| banker hastened toward Wall str the flames wid smoke to the window: |Exchange suspended all deliveries fi e day J ill prolong the ircoture of granite surmounted by a | iAlilicted on himself some weeks ago, | Lorimer this afternoon took the wit. | tmaln | wiapastliey sean hee lag gere 7 me Yeriod until the vaults can be reached, It was an unprecedented pre dere ed he | It is believed almost certain that air aa very —_———_ =~ | Before descending to the groun: fourth, ’ a eo eee tae enten ‘at 200 ‘by |Richeson will not have to expiate his | tne slang oa 4 tsnaa before} CONFESSES TWO MURDERS, looked buck for the Battall t wan piten | ceeding, nu oor v ‘ e x ' 1 rer hari ® & Oras 90 c y he d not arrive they notl- . red fire 9 maaan? oa , suR De uw feet, the main, or drill hall, archi- [Crime in the electric chair in Charies- | vectigating the cha: that he was ALSO MANY ROBBERIES As he 4 not erie Shey oat Jarouna fs . shouted to me FIREMEN RISKED LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS. ectural experts say’, vill meat comforta- | WR prison, but would be the object of | lected to the ® by corrupt i ins . misa- | that were work their Thrilling rescues were Je by fireme ho risked hore than 120% persons, allowing | executive clemency later on, Taana | ing, Chief Kenion was notified and|way to the Broadway windows. Thrilling rescues were made by firemen, who risked their own lives mot hO00, <porad ' i etry ewe lon Gov. Fos: beh HTC Jan: %—Frar ollaw dir 1 that a se 1 be made o < some Way we me separate: ore W; prospect ¢ a unple space for promenades, alsles, a, |» Had ee ae nh ey, one Did you ever pay any money or] | CHTO. pe etter rveig ecg DESI Peary aed Hl i jt in fon Chie a teen | recklessly v there was a prospect of saving others, President ere are two ‘bat pales and 16 neoee y John Le Lee. of Lynchburg, [S09 80N4 of \ lue to anybody: for A ie Raent: uaii . Tattalion and at 9.90 o'clock all} Wé im behind us. but wion we | Giblin of the ntile Deposit Co ly was literally sawed out of the sary by the erection of rained orms . election? asked orne ancey for ‘ h was alive started fo vche di Then | ‘ vs of the > |i f ini ; {either end of the bullding, the seat- | Mi ier aL sac es iy Le ie ee men [inet to the ° ‘ an alive wa we in the suoke shoutire | steel barred windows of the deposit vault, The list of injured firemen han 4,000 persons. Experts say the ; : Mr. Lortme robberies ‘A i nyse n Phila y rerties can be made almost [tence Attorney Lve declared that the | con ) \ New . Weleh. ABA ,mare disabling injuries reported their names to their commanders. hall of ite alse, clergyman's counsel have done thely edge of br wn bg veel ed hd Pi @ | The known dead are: + @rouned in sultes, are admira- | that no other course was open to murders. and f A ¥ oo Se Pelee pom eane WILLIAM J, WALSH, Chiet of the Second Battalion of the Aapted to committee roam, and the nw that which was marked ou WORLD OFFERS QUARTERS } °h!::0™ w third floor, Ano was that he ve Knew about Battalion Chief Fire Department, cenasium, Immediately venind the | day saan Be A ee re aes arc | | re aco where the stage will atand, will he | Gov. Foss sestentay permitted it to \y TO BURNED-OUT TENANTS HERO GIVEN HIS FREEDOM, wom. Banterae s At st was a typteal fireman, WILGIAM CAMPION, captain or Mercantile Deposit watehmen, set apart for the preva, understood that he would entertain a OF THE EQUITABLE LIFE re aaa pea exource Mn ove with his JOHN SAVZI, cleane The armory te situated in the north. | petition for a commutation of santenc . s ; nis ae iia Wen to 90 Pe oe LBgaecte cow part of the clty and ts within submit it to the Executive Ce ik Sree Kiser Rescue Wins 1 e ) : Pate ew OHIe ABs ee unas hs and. fi JOHN CONTO, cleane valiing distance of the Pen aid that the tatter stand six to Te pA bd Bs pared Mogg] lease Prom Hart's tntand, vorlbed with bis mame tn MASSANA FRATTA, a cleane: 11 Balimore and Ohlo Raliroad sta: | three tn favor of commuting Micheson’'s | QUAFHeE® tent Sree, to dscapante of fee cid aga aca Re La PN Rea ORR a bea as He Oe } ; ony, Jt {@ fifteen minutes’ kentence to imprisonment for life and || Mogg tof business were burned ont | iy, uanman wae F a ‘ hope pment in May, Wale, at t Che three cleaners had gone to work in the Savarin restaurant kite reat car from the business centr ites the Governor I kely to accent Mark # talent ; z A the Ptvelx ad Was anstgved chen at 5 o'clock. ‘They were caught on the roof and jumped to death, tbe olte, thelr verdfot, desiring to obtain such i ; Ho was mado an engine Hl Hen chats ik teanlor cane ibis eosetentee ‘ —————— seeipor ener a and . a women on Jul rere were fifteen other men in the cl & is impossible y Suateroom reearzations 434 Pl pan Dec. 37, 188, an now athe: »y escaped Sunday World Wants Work eoteal, Bout bts, a if they will apply at once t 1 ‘ \ vd gen | hie May 18 1911, “80 we e lo know whether they escaped or not. * mona Sas, superintendent Of the Pulitzer | uly for » i t . ; arded by Commi: jer Waldo thy Fear that some, if not all of them, perished were increased when , ‘s Hart's toland © sere Jouusen, at W o'slock, (Contieued ga Second Page) (enants of the Trinity Building reported that six men had gone out om | a : v ‘ j -- > —_— ee gy _— seman