The evening world. Newspaper, April 11, 1912, Page 1

4 | MOB: Ww rally tatr to-night Friday. EDITION. E + PRICE ONE OENT. MURPHY SET BACK “INPLAN TOREPLAGE KETH WITH BALEY Belmont Forces Tammany Boss to Accept Committeeman Who At- tacked Tiger’s State Rule— Convention Closes. ‘Tartff reform was the slogan sounded by the Democratic State Con- vention to-day. The delegates selected by the convention will go to Balti- bearing a message to the Democracy of the Nation that the time has come for tariff revision downward. New York’s Democratk organk zation comes forward with a campaign for tariff reduction, for an income tex and for reduction of Government expenses. The convention indorsed the administration of Gov. Dix and the course of the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives. ‘ ‘The coavention adjourned sine die at 4.35 P. M. DEAD; ’ | # Democracy of ‘8 National Convention bands. The dele- ‘Murphy delega- 8 Sao POPES NT HOLDS AUDIENCES it . 1 It if ji H R t i | den\ instrumentalmy of August je Committeeman Kieth national delegates in the Gelegates during the re- Democratic State Con- eession at Terrace Garden Kleth delegates from the District are August Bel- mer Assemblyman Fred- t False Report of Death Origin- ating in Madrid, Spreads Throughout World. 3 a if aT ii ii ROME, April 1.—There 6 no truth fn the report olrculating throughout the world, based on a telegram from Madrid, that the Pope is dead. The Pope continys his daily au- @tences, He received to-day Cardinal Delia Volpe, Prince Borghese, Senor de Estrada, the Argentine Minister at the Vatican, and his family and Count and Countess Jonghe. Afterward the Pontiff greeted a num- ber of Italian and forelyn personalities, MADRID, Spain, April 1.—The of. clal Spantah news agency says its @tatement that the Pope wae dead was due to an error tn a message received from Rome at the Papal Nunolature here. It is believed the error occurred in deciphering a code memseame, pie ET lly MOCK DUCK ARRESTED FOR KILLING CHINAMAN, Leader of Hip Sing Tong Taken After Pleading to Gamb- ling Charge. Programme mapped out | Sfock Duck, the local leader of the ‘Murphy was followed |HD Sing Tops, was arrested in the @eviation of the breadth of |Oriminal Court Butiding this afternoon on & charge of homicide in connection with the murder on Saturday night leet TURNED DOWN of Ching Hing Jim in the basement of COMMITTEE. No. @ Pell etreet, BH. Jean Nelson Penfield, Mrs., Svcs Duck had just Stanton Blatch and Mrs. Har-|suilty to an Jadiotment chars ft-| with matniaining a gambling haa Re eetea e heatine br da lait was with his counsel, Robert Moore, resolutions before whom, ee Was the adoption of one of two Qpetective Nelson led the Chinaman to Coroner Fe!noery office and made an they submitted for the amdavit that he had seen Mook Duck rm. The committee declined running from the scene of the Ching @m record as favoring suffrage, or Hing Jim murder, Ching Hing Jim @0 place before the delegates the was found on the floor in the Pell the women wanted adopted. street basement with two bullets In his “We will carry this fight into ‘the |POdy, one of which had pierced hig Nationa! Conventions at Chicago and | heart: Beltimore,” said Mrs, Penfield, following aeeaiercenies afusel of the committee to take] BODY BURNED IN COFFIN. @f the planks read: “Inasmuch members of the Democratte | med, of New York State, bellave In @ aye yoay of Mrs. Mary Hollway lay t of the whole peojle, and| ye Dooiate, and | in @ coffin in John Holiway's apartment @marhait of the citisens fn a | at No. 6:7 Eagle avenue, Bronx, to-day, @ our States are disfranghised on) W116 Holiway was out aranging for the aon alone, wo un “| funeral, Candles were burning at the Demonratio Convention to revom| 1 eaq and foot of the cas! In the to all the States the ectension of! paar of the flat, Mrs. Teresa Assengar, te women.” |a trained nurse, and seven-year-old these planks were rejacted. | Johnnie Holiway were at luncheon, BRALD ATTACKA TAFT IN dust of wind blew the window cur- tain against a candle. In a moment the WEYNOTE SPEIZCH. room was in flames and tenants were Ge afternoon session opened with) rushing to the street. Polloeman Dugan Fitzgerald's keynote ad- gave the alarm that aided in arousing | Secupants of the butlding. “Zeereerman Fitzgerald's address was! Holiway returned to find hia flat com. 5 g of the adjournment of the the noon recess it was Boss Murphy to avoid th would allow his ed, Seoure in that Belmont went to the restaur- len and proceeded of corned beef gaged he was in- mittee on National thrown out Schiede who lected in the primaries replaced him with Edwin the defeated State Com- and Murphy's friend. burried to the committee minced no words in telling ittee what he thought about 10. He eaid that if Bcheide Regected there would be trouble. His ‘was eo belligerent that he won g0es to Baltimore as one ee from Keith’e district. it, % te understood, has of wires to get a commis- and will be cared for Hau. 8369 fi i K He ft. i fs s Hi i a t £ i r Ai | | it not him use, M, f api i i i i } Contents Are Con itt i | ts 191: (Phe New TO-DAY ATVATIN Candle Ignites Curtain and Fiat's) Spe 12s weit Bie, de ear weate TROOPSMXN TAFEROOSEVELT HAR IK MICHA Militia and Police Guard Con- vention Hall as Opposing Forces Storm Place. FIST FIGHTS ON FLOOR. Colonel’s Men Battle Their Way Into Place and After Wild Session Bolt. BAY CITY, Mich, Apa 2.—Whike troops and police detailed to atop rioting @t the Republican State Convention in ‘the armory here to-day mixed constantly fm Get fighting among delegates, the Taft and Roosevelt factions disrupted the convention, and after a sensational three-hour fight the Roosevelt leaders and delegates, after electing e national delegation, bolted to carry the question’ of disputed delegates before the National Convention at Chicago, The Taft forces olaimed the regular convention and be- gan thelr organisation. They will also elect elx delegates to the National Convention. ‘With ei delegates-at-large to the Re- publican nations! convention and the prestige of carrying the State conven- tien thelr candijate as the prise, the Taft and Roosevelt Republicans tempted to seat 1,88 delegates whe: but 1,812 delegates can be placed. Worn out by an entire night of eleventh hour conferences, leadera on both sides with apparent bulldog de- termination ordered their followers to “stand pat and fight !t out on the floor.” During the night almost every concetvable method of compromise had been advanced, discussed and rejected by the men at the heads of the two fighting factions. TAFT MEN GET AID OF TROOPS, AND POLICE. Bitterness, which has been developing for weeks, came to a head with last night's special meeting of a majority of the members of the Republican State Central Committee, which took action favorable to President Taft. Af- ter this move by the Taft leaders all of 8 half doman possible me of com- promising tly went gilmmering. The gravity of the situation, with a larger delegate body than that of the national convention to control, caused |Mayor Roy Woodruff of Bay City to | place almost his entire police force on | duty at the convention hall, in addition | to prevent | In addition to this Capt. Luther Beok- | with and members of Company B, M. N. G. of Bay City, took charge of the convention hail before the time sched- uled for the opening of the convention. While the militia held the front ‘trance to the armory egainst @ crow: | of 1,80 delegates and contested dele-/ gates, members of the Republican State Central Committes, headed by Acting Chairman Robert H. Shields af Hough- ton, the Taft leader, were admitted to the building through @ side entrance. ‘The Taft forces thus secured the firs: etratesic s@vantage in the fight with Roosevelt men for control of the oon- vestton. As soon as the Shielie members of the State Central Committee had been to the armory Chairman Albert J, Beveridge of Indians, io were adinitted through the alde en- trance. Knox at once voiced emphatic protests against the action of his com- mittee members, but despite his pro tests he was voted down, ‘The committee then proceeded to | choose Robert H. Shields as temporary chairman and went ahead with seating arrangements for the delegates, wait- | {ng dmpatiently outalde tn the etreet, While the Taft forces held the armory in this manner. Roosevelt leaders con- ferred at @ down-town hotel several squares distant and prepared to go to the convention and seat their temporary chairman, former Secretary’ of the Navy ‘Truman Newberry, of Detroit, After further conference of the @tate Central Committee, militie, police and sergeants-at-arma received their matruc- tions from the opposing factions, Shields ordered them to admét only those delegates with cards bearing the eignature of Secretary Paul H, King of the State Committee, Knox tnatructed tho guards to allow no one to enter unless he carried @ oard bearing his signature, After recetving the oonfiloting orders, rte linc | pletely ruined by fire. The casket and @entinued on Getond Page.) the body of his wife were burmed. f= 4 ew Ue aa on (Continued on Second Page) | Hisik ¥ MS IN AT THE GIANT-DODGERS G AME NOV MANOLDS | TEETH HE LAUGHED, QUTAT THE SHON Steve Can’t Pay $2 Ransom and Starves on Soup and Bananas. Give Steve Bly back his teeth, you moving ploture man, You can’t hold out on him for $2 any longer, just be-; couse Steve laughed his teeth out at! your movie show and you found ‘em. | Magistrate Appleton in Centre Street Court, says you've got to come over! with those teeth, and he has issued aj summons against you; so get busy and hand Steve his eating machinery—quiok! ‘Meh thith you, Your Monogr," said! Steve, who la @ waiter and whoue abode | 4s No, 70 South street, when he appeared | before Magistrate Appleton to-day: “I goth into @ moving pithure thow on| Pask Row a week ago. Therth a ver} funny movie there and I laughth tho hard I loth my teeth. A plate, Your! Hones, which I had for thwenty yearth. | “I oan't find thoth teeth end nexth! day I go back and athk thith fellow it! he'th found ‘em. He thayth ‘eth, but/ you give me $3 1f you wanth your old) teeth.’ | “I haven't got thath muth money, Your Honor, end I tellth thath man to give me my teeth anyway, Cauth} they're my teeth, even if I did laugh) ‘em ont. “Byvery time he thayth to g! or I don't ge: my teeth, “y'm living on milk and banai thoup, Your Honor, and 1 cai that diet much longer.” He got bis summons right away Saanetones JAMESTOWN RESULTS. FIRST RACE-~Purse $20; for maiden two-year-olds; four and one-half fur- longs.—Cordie F., 10 (Metep), 7 to 1, 7 to 5 and 2 to %, won; Ringling, 100 (Schuttinger), 2 to 6, 1 to ¢ and out, second: Marie T., 10 (Digging), 18 to 1 6 to 1 and § to 2 third. Time, 0.65. Our Duchess, Sweet Times, Prety Molly also ran and finished as named, SECOND RACE—Purse $260; for four- | mn 2 nd 0 t thand year-olds and up; hurdle handicap; mile J! and ax furlongs.—Firestone, 140 (W Murphy), 4 ¢o 1, 6 to 5 and 1 to 3, wont! ‘Tendo, 14 (W. Allen), 9 to 10, 2 ¢0 8 and out, second; Kakee!, 134 (Cain), % to 1, 10 to 1 and 4 to 1, third, Time, 3.4. Aunt Jule, Dixie Helle, Sam Weller aleo ran Soa renion ReMi hos ee FOR RACING PAGE 14 NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1 Marquard and Rucker, Pitchers in Game To-Day Between Giants and Dodgers, Opening Season 'BaseballScores To-Day NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT SROOKLYN, BROOKLYN— Battert Rucker an Phe —Marquard AT BOSTON. PHILADELPHIA— and Meyera; 0001100024 BOSTON— oo0o0gs1120 a Batteriee—Alexander and Dooin; Per- due and Kiing. AT 8T. LOUIS. PITTSBURGH— 0000 ST. LOUIsS— 0300 Batteries—Camnitz and Giveon; mon and Bits mee AMERICAN LEAGUE. AT NEW YORK, BOSTON 1000 YORK-- 2000 Batteries—Wood NEW Har- 00 ome 00 _ and Nunamaker; dwell and Street. AT PHILADELPHIA. WASHINGTON— 0000 PHILADELPHIA— 1000 Batteries — Johnson Coombe and Lapp. AUTOIST FOUND QUILTY. | Daniel A. Dum 000 210 and Atnamith; Gets Recommendation of Mercy, Guity, with a reoommendation for, prosecution's expert | mercy, wae the verdict returned to-day by the jury that had tried Dante! A. | Dugan jr. of East Orange on an indict-| sich testimony. mem for manslaughter. It waa efter having been locked up for twenty-one hours that the jury came to tts decinion, having retired at 4.16 o'clock yesterday afternoon, ‘The convéoted youth ts the son of District Court Judge Daniel A. Dugan He was indicted for causing the deat) ot Leo F, MoDermott, whi om he rat down with an auto at Main and Day atreete, Orange, on last Christmas Day. | announced that sentence |in | would be passed next Monday, ——— Martin New Yorker Sutctde on World). pedal to The Evening LANCASTER, Pu, April Anthony Viodek, bers street, to-day at volver in the head. {nese trouvies and eons. the home thirty-two years old, and finished aa named. Aunt Jule fell, manufacturer ut Broadway and C He suffered Vinte, a brurh io ‘ew York, committed eulctde of hie sieter in Columbia by shooting himself with @ re-| was let out of the railed space in front recent bum! from tm m ele ulation Books Open to All.’’ 912. MRS. NICODEMUS FREED ON JURY'S VERDICT OF INSANE But She Is Sane Now, Jurors Decide in Case of Husband Slayer, Genevieve Nicodemus, after the or- deal of @ trial for the killing of her |husband, Frank Nicodemus, last Oc- tober, | nel Courts Tuliding this afternoon. woman. for the Jury to come into the room with & verdict and was only partly recoy- ere!, wwaying between her counsel, Abraham Levy and Murray Simon, when tho foreman of the jury read from a stp of paper: "Not guilty, on the ground of insanfty.” | ‘Phe girl threw back her head and ut- tered @ plercing scream. ‘Then she slumped forward, crying out between deap, dry, gasping sobs: | "My God! I'm ving free—they know |1 didn't Kill Prank; that I didn't mean |to-I'm going home—somedody tell | mother and let her take me home," When Mr. Levy, who {s pretty near collapse himself from the long emotional latrain of his finally successful effort to save the girl, had partly Judge Rosalsky said to Assistant Dis triot-Attorney Mons: “Iw there any evidenoe here that the defendant ts now Insane and !ncompe- tent?” No," sid Mr, Moss, Your Honor," sald Mr. Levy, “the Dy. Bruce, testified here that she was now sane. Mr. Moms auld he couldn't remember There was wome dis- cussion regarding the matter, {nter- rupted by plaintive appeala from the kil, who was olutching Mr. Levy's arms and asking him what all the delay was about and why she could not go ) her mother, JURY FINDS HER SANE NOW AND 6HE |S FREED. Meantime the jury had risen and wae! A whispered consultation. At the end of it the foreman stood up and ad- dremed Judge Rosalsiy. * Your honor,” he said, “ we now And | that the defendant ta now sane.” Mr, Moss threw up his hands Mr | Levy promised that he would see (hat the girl was cared for and watched, acting a3 an officer of the court. She 20 PAGES GAYNOR ORDERS POLICE | play the initial game of the current year overrun by an unchecked Was supported out of the Crimt-|s She was only half conscious, but @ free 8 Sho collapsed entirely while waiting PRICE ONE O TOGHECK RIOTOUS MOB AT GIANTS: OPENING 4 40,000 Fans Lay Siege to Washi; ton Park, Swarm Field and ° Delay Game for an Hour. BLUECOATS ARE SUMMO Gates Closed on Thousands of Ticket holders—Giants Lead Early. BY BOSEMAN BULGER. 4 Mayor Gaynor officiated at the opening of the National League ball neason at Washington Park, Brooklyn, this afternoon amid scenes: Motous confusion. His Honor errived tn his automobile and was virti pried into the ball park by a strong-arm force of policemen. Once conducted though a solid jam to @ seat that had been ssserved for. a the grand stand, he saw the field where the Giants and Dodgers hoped: mob {fn the hands of which the gray-uniformed special policemen helpless puppets. f ‘There was no rom to play ball and the Mayor was appealed te t bring in a force of Brooklyn policemen. Instead, M. Gaynor rose addresse the wold-eyed fans and asked them to get back behind the Mnes. He appeale again an again in vain, though by that time it was an hour later than scheuled atrting time, ae. At 4,80 the crowd had become so unruly that a ball game was shag lutely Impossible, and Mayor Gaynor issued a hurried order for the police to come on the grounds and take charge. In five minutes fifty regular bluecoats marched on the fleld with drawn clubs an@/ orowd scattered helter-skelter to the far sides of the inclosure. A gF shout arose from the crowd in the stand and it was really an {i alght to see how those fifty cops could man-handle that mob. By 4.90 throng had been #0 arranged that the game could proceed. At this there were fully 30,000 people in the park, wich has a seating capacity 16,000. ‘ thousand fans jtatd in the early afternoon and about Brooklyn. of the forty thousand forced thelr Moran, rf. Inside the gates. Ten thousand Daubert, 1b. sored vatniy at the gates an@ led about by the sixty policemen | arge of Capt. Hayes, Several and of those turned away had they rent the air with thelr >» grief and pounded thelr tists em unresponsive boarda of the fence, © Of the clamorous mob that got the Brooklyn ball park between"! nd five thousand could not find nix floating army rushed about feld ad Nb, swept the gray special officers off thelr feet and formed the formal opening into a sort of Donnybrook fair, It was imposstble for the Practise or even come out on the mond. The patd constables of ie: club were made sport of, Punched and rushed about by voodluma. ‘There was nothing der and riot from the grand stan@ © backfeld, and there seemed pect of the game being started, re near on time. * |HAD TO FIGHT MOBS TO Gu GATES AT 2.30, © ‘The mates of the park had toibe James B. Bulltv ecretiry of the at 2.30 o'clock, and it required the American Olympic Committes, has been efforts of about forty policemen: te appointed United States Olymple Com- form the task, They had to | tasioner by President Taft, according to, surging mob behind and in dest reports received in this city to-day. wall in front, and before they got ‘The notification, which is in the form! gates fast shut they had to use of u letter, was recelved by Congress’ clubs. Had the gates remained opea man E, F, Kinkead of the Ninth Dis- other fifteen minutes there wouldn't hawe trict, State of New Jersey. | been room inside the park for a came of Upon receipt of Us notice Congress: | pinochie, let alone a game of baseballs, man Kinkead immediately sent the fol The baseball mad multitude had lowing letter to Terrence Farley. | gun swarming through Third street secretary of the Metropolitan A, A, Vile solid mass at noon, and by the registration committee, the Kates were opened there were "1 have much pleasure in advising you| ten thousand waiting to get inside, that I have received @ letter from the| majority of them had bought tlekets: secretary of the President notifying me] advance, and when the portals were that Mr, James H. Sullivan has been! last loosed they flowed in Mke @ appolnied the American Commissioner | wave, sweeping the special guards to the Olympic Games, and I know that| erally off of tNbir feet and acri this news will be @ pleasure to you as| pellmell for seats in the bleachers = it is to me. With best wishos, I am, | gp, and, z E. F. KINKBAD. ‘The gates were not big enough te a sincerely yours, Meve the pressure behind at any and when every seat in both DI and grandstand were occupled am@ rected ME Tees aie. aisles jammed it looked ag if arquard, p. Bush, Rucker, p. Umpires Klem a HEARS SULLIVAN S COMMISSIONER Taft Has Made Olympic Ap- pointment According to Congressman Kinkead. 4nd man too, for that matter, ia that the 16-page Joke Book which with the Sunday World is just mut the of the bench and her father (Continued on Second Page) WHAT BVERY WOMAN KnOWs— were as many still outside as there Gd cleverest ‘hing ever given with ® hows, one inday. Don’ ‘order from pewadealer in