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| BEGUN, HINT OF Ft ROOSEVELT BOL 4 feevet, Watchdcago, After Talk Wh Colonel, Says “People” « Musi Have Square Deal. aX 48. TAET MEN OPEN UP. Headquarters Business Started While Throngs Reach City for- Preliminaries. WREICAGIO, June 8—Alexandep/H.' Ree Vel, Chairman of the National Roose yvelt Committee, back to-day from a con- ference with Col. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, gave out a statement that added stremsth to the rumor that the Roose- yet forces will bolt the National Con- vention and put their candidate in the Q@4 sf the Taft men contro! the conven: tom by means which the Roosevelt men consider unfair. PEE tho decisions in the contests,” eald (Revell, “are fagrantly wrong and mani- fegtty unjust and unfatr, nobody would ™ay put your own construction ‘upon that,” he replied, “Such a situa ts one that will have to be met it arises, This ts a people's mpvement. The people have plainly in- Gated whom they want. If the con Dolitical organization whea it frEstrates the popular will whieh has expressed, ‘We hope everything ‘WRI come out all right, but we are for any emergency. What- ‘the situation is, we will meet it Proper action.’ vanguard of the political hosts are to make Chicago their camp f Kealing announced that headquarters ataff would in- Barnes jr. of New York, Gaunders ef Tennessee, mite th gaat: Hi from Nebresta, contin. Well to be the main toptc of conversat @mong the politicians —— PINCHOT AT OYSTER BAY. Beck From British Columbia to Get Inte Fight. QYSTER BAY, June &-Gifford. Pin- chet, former Chief Forester, came to Oyster Bay to-day to confer with Col. Rocnevelt, He said he had deen in British Columbia tor eevera! weeks, ad- vising the Canadian Government as to the establishment of @ Forestry Bureau, and: was out of touch with the political He came to Oyater Bay, he explained, beck into the fight With Mr. Pinghet were Andrew Rahn, one of the RESIGN AND OTHERS ARB SXPECTED TO DO SAMB. the resignations of William Malle and Samuel 6. Phoebus, self-confessed rafters. He announced the appoint- of Charles D, White, one of the Proprietors of the Mariborough-Blen- heim, and Herry B. Cook, one of the Owners of the Beaside House, to suc- wae Chairman of the Ratlroad Parke and Land Committees and « of the Anance, property, rules, ations of Counctl- and James W. Lane will reach me this afternoon in ) time for action in the special meeting @t De Council! to-night, when I shall anmounce the otner appointments,” said the Mayor. eet He Finery Vor These Gra os WASHINGTON, June 3.—si)ke and eating, Will follow the startling exposures of Graft at Atlantic City. It is quite poss!- dle that not one man among the de. | tected blackmatiers and thieves of the Fesort's officiaiiom and their hangere- B ever Will be sent to prison, ‘when I went to work,” said William J. Burns, the Getective, to-day, “that you do not need to put anybody in the peni- tentiary to cleanse @ city of graft. All Fou have to do is to turn on a search: Ught. Pubdiicity will kill the strongest, | Gleverest combination of gratters that | ever operated. The gang of crooks that | infested Atlantic City has been treated to & Gose of that kind. The real work ie Gone.” lor of his home at No. #1 Claremont Qvenue, There was nothing in the calm, Sffectionate home atmosphere to eug- Gest that this man, with @ kindly, though penetrating eye, had just curned & city topsy-turvy or had ever made Rimself hated and feared by evildoers in every corner of this continent, age wore honored, who wielded power, Whose positions m the community were of the highest, dared not walk out upon the street, for the quiet chap who talked of “turning on the searchlight” Rad exposed them as criminals, H 8 é above the average he! Ring to take on the embonpeint of mid animals, possessed of superhuman pow- ere of scent, enift the hunters from afar and fly to cover, the gamblers in their Juxurious quarters turned out the lignta, ewept their tables, stowed away the chips to “beat it.” ling eyes called on an acquaintance, chatted @ few minutes, strolled beck again and took the train'for New York. | site ‘The gamblers made merry at their | t own expense. Surely it w. joke on everybody to let th: set them shivering just because Burne happened to take the Boardwalk. tion had been started. Mr. W, J. electrical engineer, if you please, w: laying plans to build a very | very complicated and eearchlight, City," said Mr. Burns to-day. “A gang of grattere—members of the City place by the throat. The good peopl GRAFT WAS LIKE “BIG bus. . “There had been graft in Atlantic way, lost $75,000, \a THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, JUN CONVENTION HUM |Burns’s Own Story of How He Trapped ITAFT AND ROOSEVELT (ssheve‘F-pexe"e" 8, 1912 possfble to strengthen the Taft position, county conventions @aturday the Prest- delegates that went to Taft Saturday, The Grafting Councilmen of Atlantic City LINE UP IN OHIO Sst Sein acta Detective Tells of the Trap His Men Set and What They Found. . BOODLE IN EVERYTHING Probably No One Will-Go to Jail, but Searchlight Will Kill the Game. Not @ eingle prosecution, it may be, *T told the good people over there Mr. Burns sat in the quiet, pretty par- beaming of the searchlight. ht, Just best die eae, @ healthy glow im his ua-|pians for » million and a half dollar wrinkled cheeks, 4nd apparently with-| concrete structure that was to beat the Out any serious dusiness oecupying hie| celebrated Boardwalk hands down. mind, strolied along the Boardwalk at Atlantic City. Guddenly, as when a drove of wild But the Atlantic City graft inve: rns, very po’ ul “Here was the situation in Atlantic Council and political bosses—had the of the city had waked up to what was Going on. They wanted me to put an end to it i City’s municipal gavernment ever since that place became of any importance. Graft hed flourished there, had really assumed the proportions of ‘big busi- ness’ in the last ten years. There was graft in everything thet bunch laid their hands on. , “There was e lot of graft, for in- stance, in the big million and a halt Gollar sewer now building. Ww. P. Cherry was handed a lot of that to divide among the gang in the Counoil. But the gang never saw the money and has not seen Mr. Cherry since, He is taking the rest cure some place in Europe now. But that was only en incident. “The bi-partisan combination of graft- ere controlled the City Council, and in the last administration had the Mayor ‘with them. He has died since out of office, Thé present Ma: . Becharach, {9 a good man, striving honestly to do his duty. He has been fighting the graftere and had made some headway. Things have not been nearly #0 bad since he has been ig oMfce. “The gang in the Council and the po- litical bosses allowed gamb! as they saw fit, 1f they paid. The po- lice were not in on the graft at al They were simply told off and they did not da: with the mandate of the mon higher up, “1 know of one instance when a rich man from New York was lured to a gambling house and seperated from about $80,000. Another, in @ similar nts in New York at Atlantic all crooked as they could w DOUGHERTY PHOEBUS Matiers, too, allowed by the politicians to operate. Thoy acted as ‘stalls’ for the gamblers sometimes. On other 0o- casions, when some rich man fell for them—and they were handsome women they would get him into @ compromis- ing position, whereupon one of the gang from the gambling houses would walk in, proclaim himself the woman's hus- band, and they would shake down the ‘But in Atlantic City men whe a week| victim for a big amount of money, ‘That has happened time and again and Nothing ever was said. The people who id these jobs contributed to the graft. ere and were safe. “There are seventeen members of the resent Council. We have the goods on The gamblers, nattily dressed, with|@ dozen of them. All told—Counoll | | flashy otickpins in their cravats, had| members Giready packed their paraphernalia and @ourried @way beyond the very un- @ merry glance, “I have a theory that every thief leaves his trail, there are some pretty smart ones in It keeps me thinking of ways to catch them. No’ to reveal all my methods. —EE—— TWO NEW PRECINCTS. One fs Promised for the Bronx. Police Commisstoner Waldo announced to-day that on July 1 he will open two new precincts in Manhattan Borough, one at No. 47 Lenox avenue, between One Hundre@ and Thirty-first and One Hundred and Thirty-second street, and the other at No, 138 St. Nicholas ave- The Lenox avenue station will command the Thirty-seventh Precinct, bounded by One Hundred and Tenth street, Fifth avenue, One Hundred and Forty-fifth etreet and Manhattan and Bt, Nicholas avenue. The St. Nicholas avenue station will be the headquarters the new Forty-second Precinct, One Hundred and Gixty- fifth etreet, the Harlem River, Dyok- man street and the North River, and bosses—there are more than forty against whom we havi @lent evidence to convict if we choose.” fo lay the land when “Mi th them went the women, expensively | © shrewd man—palpably a successful owned, jowelled and willow-piumed, Whe had given a dash of brililant color Jag ground until the nomination ef 8] his tenpece coiea et ona eae THEY WORKED ON A VE business man, @ captain of Goubt—errived at the Hotel Maribor- ough-Bienheim @ few da; ane to knock by his ‘Boa: . ca MY | man, bat he dropped into'a gurmbling man, bu into’ & gamblin, LARGE Le. |} Rouse now and then and cscasionally dipped int Burne Dhascs of life in Atlantic! Mr. Burns was asked how many de- Tt 1s headed by Maurto Maschke and “Hi" Davis, Federal of- flceholders. They and Senator Burton, who Was temporary chairman of the Forces of Both President and! vr vention, wi, it te concoted, te able to throw possibly 45 of the 63 votes to Coionel Nervous as the State | whichever side they wish, nor 49 of the Cuyahoga delegation, The Cuyhagoa delegation comes unin- structed. —— Convention Opens. ted tem. | Rocker Porarily the seven Taft delegates from |Lawronce County. The seven Roosevelt contestants will carry the COLUMBUS, O., June %.—With chances | Credentiais Geemitias. fight to the of @ compromise entirely eliminaied, ee Taft and Roosevelt forces went into the BATTLESHIP PROVISION Republican State Convention this after- noon for a finish fight. BACK IN NAVAL BILL. “The eltuation has not changed in the Jast forty-eight hours,” eatd Walter F. | Senate Committee Restores Appro- Brown, Roosevelt verre past hein | Priation Stricken Out by the of 420 delegates in the con’ | stands, If anything, tt will be in- House. creased. ‘There wore acaulsitions Sun-| WASHINGTON, June 3.—The Senate Gay from the Taft camp.” Committee on Naval Affaire to-day re- . | stored to the naval appropriation dill “We are sure of at least 410 dele. Prop! nm gates, We may get twenty more, but On OF aE one, battleships, stricken sro will not wet xeven less,” sald ras | In addition to the battleships the Laylin, Taft manager. “Our men Senate committee provides for eight never donert.” jsubmarine torpedoboats instead of ‘There will be a total of 754 delegates) cour voted by the House; retains the tn the convention, with 278 necessary to| House provision 1207 Bix, torpedoboat , ch contro} | estroyers, two fuel ships, one to be control the convention, which comtral| SOnfoe! Besta conet ave vata: ee will ith it the election tender to destroye: fo to the Republican Nas | tender, tlonal Convention, possible control of the| ‘The commit new Btate Central Committee, and the | eight-hour adoption of resolutions indorsing Taft contract wo: and a submarine struck out the dill jotion on Government adopted an amendment or Roosevelt. incorporating the Hobson plan for cre. | ator. 120 West23~ S1 NEAR G™ AVE " tatt were {ation of a national council for defense: dave up Male. to-day, At that time [ANd Provided the grades of admiral and cae coe, |Wceedmtral for the commanders in none had been prepared by the chief and second officers in command, velt men respectively, in the Atlantic and Pa- Both sides went into the convention |citic fleets, while they hold such com- with @ slate for their “Big Six.” The | mands, Taft wate is aid to contain the names of Senator Burton, A. I. Vorys, L. C, Laylin, Warren @. Harding, C. P. Taft and possibly H, M. Daugherty. | Already on the Roosevelt slate are said to be Walter F, Brown, Jamea R. Gar- field and D. Meade Massie. Others will be decided upon later. Leaders on both sides are agreed that @ State ticket shall not be nominated at this convention, but that @ reqess will be taken until either June or July 2, when the State ticket is to be named. Herald Square, particularly among rural dolo- | d the candidates themsely: of making the nominations ni but it is believed the leaders will con- | trol and order two conventions. ‘There was plenty of eviden that both sides are extremely over the situation. 3 {s sure of its position. In the Taft camp there ts fear that some of the 4 City in a way that proved two tings, @f|one being that he was a good fellow, the tale, went 20 far as to say of his| anything but a prude, and the other be- year's activity: “Yes, we worked om a| ing that he had money to spend if he ry red to. “Mr. Franklin” 414 not bother the bout mea gamblers or the politicians, He really hs a aterade mats Slightly | made no acquaintances with elther class. ‘He siraply had one of the leading civil engineers of New York draw elaborate tectives were on the Atlantic City job. ‘About twenty all the time. m are not now and ted by the men they ‘Later in the summer the Commie- expects to open & new precinct Lage Bronx with « station house at and outhern ward and pounded by One Hun. pa gh Béeventy-seventh street, Pros- the Boston Road and “And you bought a saloon as part of he was asked, aid the quiet man with who were instructed for Taft will go to Roosevelt, as their counties in the pri- maries two weeks ago declared for the Colonel. In the Roosevelt camp thing that {9 causing uneasiness every ounce of Federal Admin Influence is thrown on the aide of the President, and is being used wherever Womankind has longed for this sort of a garment “‘ever since Sum- mers were hot’’ It’s the first really practical Dress-Shield Brassiere. ' Kleinert’s “ Featherwei into net sleeves which hol ENGINEER WARNED “FRANKLIN® AGAINST CROOKS. ‘Be careful,” the civil engineer warned when the plans were de- ‘they are a lot of crooks down there. Don't let them shake you down.” ir. Lr geerre z bod 7 he returned to Atlantic City and sent Qn4 nervously urged their patroms | tor the reporters. ‘Very interesting were the stories pub- ‘The quiet man, with the sharp, twink- | Ushed in the local newspapers about the magnificent concrete walk to be put up by the syndicate of New York anillion- headed by the rich contrector, ‘The combine in the City Council be- to mutter, Nobody had seen them. “Mr. Franklin” would better not . J. | be too sure he was going to bulld that stroll along | concrete walk. THEY had something to aay about that, Franklin” had made the ac- quaintance of W. J. hts” are sewed estate dealer, ld them in place. DeBevoise ( Pronounced “debb-e-voice") Ends the bother of attaching Shields to every waist you wear. Ends the worry of keeping the Shields from ‘“‘showing through.” Makes a fancy corset-cover unneceéssary—so chic and dainty and Mr. Palmer, heard one of the.Counclimen mutter- ing wrath against “Franklin,” info: the oMicial that the contractor was “one of the very beat fellows ever” and that “there was sure to be something in tt for everybody from him," man replied that he would like to make #0 nice an acquaintance and Mr. Pal: who never doubted that the concrete walk was really to be built, agreed to Franklin" to call Councilnan’s house, “Mr, Franklin” paid the call and talked eloquently about the great bene- fits that were to flow to Atlantlo City rection of the concrete walks that would offset the fact that the syndicate would have to take @ lot of city streets and other city property for which nothing would be paid, But there was no mention of graft. REACHED THE PRICE AT THE THIRD SESSION. About the third time the councilman Franklin met, however, Agreement Was reached that each coun- ctlman should receive $5,000 for his vote in favor of the concrete walk. Then it Was arranged that $00 should be paid ~denefit Ordinary Dress-Shield Brassieres are made of net and require a corset-cover worn overthem, The extra corset-cover is hot as well as expensive. This clever creation is the newest product of the oldest Brassiere-makers. De Bevoise. Cooler and more econom- ‘The original and still the best ; Detailed Description: Kleinert’s. “Featherweight” Dress Shields are sewed to the in- nm i et sleeves keep the Shields ‘om rolling up or ing out of place. Both Brassieres and Shields are wa ble. Some diculty was expertence’ about getting the foxy councilmen to go to the trysting places and et their money. thelr number— Phoebus--to collect for all; Franklin,” who waa a bluff, plain-spok- “I don't intend to be shaken down here for nothing. You fellows have to come to mi money {n person, down, Pi know who's done it. But “Mr, Franklin obliangly agreed rever the gank suggested, Councilman Mahia’e rooming house was watufactory to everybody. Shapelier and more peel hn waist nts “riding up.” All styles hook in concealed by a neat flap. Sizes every inch from 32 to 48 bust. ; ibbon trimmed. No. 808 { Aigner tne sion inne’ $1.00 Extra sheer 5 lace ° 1206 { tion, satin iibbon run Illustrated above. Beautiful ery; lace and ribbon trimmed Jap. silk; lace ed; edged with lace... The De Bevoise Dress-Shield Brassiere m voiee styles for events Brassiere from gap- Healthier and more com- mi clean collars and auch things, carried tools in their gultcases—tools and the six men speedily ph installed without a ts No No. 1502 { No. 2406 { Then the money was paid, the con- crete walk measure was passed by the counctl and vetoed by the mayor, “Give us another thousand api: ge run with satin ribbon; sleeves $3. 50 Mr, Franklin was told be had in net for evening wear if desired DIDN'T NEED TO PAY ANY MORE had | figures and for all occasions. horde of | " whose real name is Harris and who ts regarded by Mr, Burns as one of the best men in his aS\ THEY PLAYED. THE SBADQER ez GAME.” Ask your merchant for the *‘debb-e-voice’”’ » did not need. to pay any more " Made and Guaranteed by Tie Chas. R. DeBevolse Co,, 33-¥ Union Square, New York ; poe Ho had all the | SSRORb- Tae 15 ok wae Plage | “Thes-men fem wonder,” said Mri Remarkable be- cause the suits in- volved are standard $18.50 to $24.75 values. Remarkable be- cause a large number of these suits are known in the trade as “staples,” which are rarely offered at any reduction at all. houses feature at $25.00. Adjustable corset hook at where in the city. Broadway, 34th to36thSt. Tuesday Specials Omitted From Our Sunday Advertisement. sias MEN'S SUITS $14.75 A Remarkable Sale of Pure Wool Suits, of Correct Summer Weight, Style and Tailoring. We have unusually good reasons for doing the unusual—we want still more men to know of the excellence of Macy’s clothes, and we purpose making i worth their while get- ting acquainted wit this department. In the lot you'll find silk-mixed worsted suits that other Standard self-striped and shadow-striped blue worsted suits, sold elsewhere at $20.00 and $22.00. Neat gray mixed and striped worsteds that other housés would not think of selling under $18.50 at any time. f About 250 suits in all, one-half of which were formerly.in our regular stocked lines up to $24.75, supplemented by a lot of fine suits of equal value from one of our regular manufactur H Sizes 34 to 46, with special models for extra tall snd extra stout men, MEN’S STRAW HATS, $1.49 |} Prices Elsewhere for Identical Quali- ties are $2.00 and $2.50. , The easiest fitting straw hats made may be obtained here to-morrow, and, until the supply is exhausted, at a price which, in its smallness, cannot be duplicated else- The assortment is made u cushioned, self-ventilated sweatbands, and American Split Braids, Milan and Mackinaw Braids, stiff brims, pencil curl or straight brims. All the want widths of crown and brim are represented. 4 ” ; Fitts FL Bway of English Sennits with They have soft or

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