The evening world. Newspaper, December 17, 1912, Page 1

_PRIGE “ONE “CENT. ue NEW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER ‘17, en. Wednesday) warmer, 1912. MORGAN OFF 0 isl AT MONEY TRUST INQUIRY; TAKES STAND: TO-MORROW pene? veh Se Magnate Summoned to Wash- ington Leaves in Special Train With Son and Lawyers. FLOW OF MONEY HERE. Probers Told How “Country” Banks Rush In Millions When. ‘Loan Rates Are High. In response to the subpoenas of the Pujo Money Trust Investigating Committee of the House of Represen- tatives, J. P. Morgan, his son, J. P. Morgan jr., and Thomas W. Lemont of the Morgan banking firm, together with their counsel, Joseph H. Choate anq Richard V. Lindabury, started for Washington this afternoon to testify before the committee to-mor- row. The party, including the private secretaries of the bankers and the stenographers and several clerks, made the journey in a special train. For the past three weeks the elder Morgan has not been visiting his office in Wall street, and for a good part of that time he was confined to his home by @ heavy, cold. During that period he attended to such business matters as were urgent in his Nbrary adjoining the Morgan mansion at No, 219 Madison avenue. To-morrow will be known as Bankers’ Day before the Pujo Investigating Com- mittee, owing to the fact that the testl- mony of r. Morgan and his son and other bankers will then be taken, pe OES FLOW OF MONEY HERE FROM “COUNTRY” BANKS DRAWN BY HIGH RATES. WASHIN Dec, 17.—The at- traction of money from small banks throughout the country to New York City when the market shows a high rate for loans was taken up to-day by the House Money Investigating Com- mittee, J. B, Niven, an accountant for the committee, presented a mass of sta- tistics showing the amount of money New York City banks and trust com- panies and the amount of money loaned on stock market securities in New York for these country correspondents. Mr. Niven's figures showed 19,016 ac- counts for country banks in New York fnstitutions. He explained that be- cause the banks would not furnish to him the names of their country corron- pondents some of the accounts might be @uplicates in cases where country Danks maintained accounts with more than one New York bank. In the thrty-two banks, Mr. Niven said, on Nov. 1, country banks had on deposit $483,000,000, and in addition had Joaned on New York Stock Exchange securities 240,480,000, At that time, he said, the money market was high. On July 1, with money easy, he said the country banks had only $141,028,000 out tn Stook Exchange loans. Before Mr. Niven took the stand Frederick Lewisohn appeared and ewered certain questions which yester- day he declined to answer in connection (Continued on Last Page.) ——— as MRS, REID ACCEPTS LEAPS UNDER TRAIN BUT LIVES 10 TALK AND JOKE ABOUT IT | Vitality of Would-Be Suicide | Who Lost Both Legs Amazes Doctors. IS DYING IN HOSPITAL.| Sought to Escape From Suffer- ing Caused by Trifling Illness. Stafford Alehaus proved to-day by re- taining consciousness after the loss of Loth legs that a constitution of a re- markable sort underlies the temporary illness from which he sought to escape by leaping in front of a subway train. The train, southbound, was pulling into the station at Lenox avenue and One Hundred and Tenth street. There were not more than-a dosen persona, several of them women, waiting on the platform. Alehaus had been pacing nervously. He veered from his course slightly as the train thundered by and jumped in front of the first car. J. J. Kerr, the motorman, put on his brakes and snapped off the power, throwing the train into darkness and bringing it to a halt with a jerk, The screams of the women on the platform blended with those of passengers of their sex on the cars. Not a sound came from Alehaus down beneath the trucks. Alehaus finally was located eran the first and second cars. Policeman Clark saw the man's legs and thinking he might have escaped injury called: “Hello, down there!” “Hello,” came back the answer, and the policeman jumped. While subway employees and men passengers were lifting Alehaus to the platform, the policeman sent # call for an ambulance to Harlem Hospital. Dr. Knapp, responding, found Alehaus able to talk and even Joked about his at- tempted suicide, He already had told Policeman Clark his name and had ex- plained that he was a rigger by trade, lived at 141 Hamilton avenue and was thirty-one years old, After Dr. Knapp had adjusted the tourniquets, Alehaus was holsted into the ambulance, Although Dr. Knapp was sure he had been injured internally, Alehaus was conscious when he was put to bed. He wanted the hospital authorities, who said he would probably die, to send de- talls of the ocourrence to hits best friend, Fred Larcet of No. 11 Putnam avenue, Brooklyn. STREET MOB SHOOTS CONVICT 10 DEATH IN BURNING HOUSE OFFER OF WARSHIP TO CONVEY HUSBAND’S BODY. Arrangements Will Be Completed by London and Washington— Wreath From Queen Mother. LONDON, Dec. 1i.—Mre. Whitelaw Reid has decided to accept the offer by the British Government of a British warship to convey the body of her late husband to the United States, The ar- rangements will be completed between the British Foreign Office and the State Department. Among the Dorchester Hou: first wreaths to reach was one from Queen of applications have been received already from prominent. per- sons for seats in Westminster Abbey for the memorial service for the lat Ambassador, which ts to be held om sd = City in Uproar as Jackson (Mich,) Crowd Hunts As- sailant of a Policeman, JACKSON, Miss., Dec, Ellis Wile gon, an ex-convict who 4s sald to have shot five men, was shot to death by mob here to-day after 4 house tn which he had barricaded himself had been set on fire, Patrolinan Joseph White had attempt. ed to arrest Wilson when the latter took the officer's revolver from him and shot him, The fire department and the entire police foree responded to a riot call 182 Attempt to disperse the mob after Wilson, but they were powerless, Gov. | Brewer hurried to the scene, but was ~ |t00 late, n NEW YORK MAN MADE SECRET SERVICE HEAD, SUCCESSOR TO WILKIE. WASHINGTON, De f Flynn of New§ York to-da pointed Chief of the United 8! Service by Secretary MacVe ‘Treasury Department, succeeding Joha E. Wilkie, now Chief Supervising Agent of the customs service. He will assume his duties to-morro: For many years Mr. Flynn has been in charge of the New York division of the Secret Ser- vice, and during the early daye of Mayor Gaynor’s administration was Danity Police Commissioner of New York Clty. TAXICAB TARIFF SOARED WHEN HE SAID “A WEDDING” Regular Rate of $1.30 for Trip Became $4, Mr. Berlin Declares. Because to use their taxi- cabs to « ter's wedding, Joy-ride or business trip, Seaman Taxicab Company treble rate from him, says uel Ber- Un of No, 285 Brook avenue, Bronx Mr. Berlin, whose daughter, Florence, he wante nvey his guests to his daugh Instead of the the ordinar anded a 1s to be married to-morrow evening to Mr. Irving nt, Went to-day to ar- range for six taxicabs for the trans- portation of the wedding ty from his home, near One Hundred and For- tleth street, to the Star Casino, at One Hundred and Seventh street and Lexington avenue, where the ceremony in to take place, At first, accorling to Mr. Berlin, he did not say. for what purpose he’ de- eired to lire the six taxis, m y asking for the rate. This was flgurel out by the agent at the company's offices 1 West Eighty-ninth street to ‘be $1.90 per cab per trip. When notified that the vehicles were to be used for the tran wedding party the agent c mind and declared, Mr. Bei that he would be forced to pay $4 pe cab per t Nor could the custome wet any ter rate from the main office of the company. After trying several other compantes, with similar results, the father of the bwide-to- 1 to “hire a hack” « party to the a conveyance the proprietor of whieh uld ne vim be n the natur namie GAIN ia romTe FROM RAILROAD HEADS. Concessions of Time Oflered for Waiver of Demand for Two Men to Locomotive. the In thelr reply fem their firemen, the Committee gral Managers of Eastern J sald to-day that © fren Waive their demand for two fire each locomotive, the railroads ake regurding te delay and over and in rega time held at other than home termi Jnals, the concessions to be made on |the same basis as that laid down the recent d of the Bngineers* Arbitration Board managers also said that if the firemen we cessful in getting the pd it would ine maintaining the conference | higher er ra wages den the cost ads $15, of 24,000, | sashcord—the one connecting link be- ‘$10,000 IN GEMS (ALDERMEN IN ROW STOLEN AT HOME OF MILLIONAIRE Burglars Escape by Rope Lad- der After Robbing J. Macey Willet. PASSED SIX SERVANTS. Extra Police and Private Guard Placed Around Homes in Fifth Avenue Section. . A fifty-foot ladder made of cotton tween J. Macey Willets, millionaire real estate operator, and the Maxim-muf- OVER THE PICTURE SHOW ORDINANCE Long and Acrimonious Debate Over Dowling Amendment Providing for Censorship. WANTS PUBLIC HEARING. White Seems to Fear the Secret Influence of Mysterious Chicagoan. The Board of Aldermen was in heat- ed debate until late to-day over the ordinance regulating moving picture MRS. Ay G. VANDERBILT, SAILING FOR ENGLAND WITH CHRISTMAS TREE. | BY WOMAN WHO TELLS NEW STORY OF GRAFT Mysterious Witness Before “White Slave” Grand Jury Gives Whit- man Startling Details of Officials’ Connection With Vice Trust. EVERY SUSPECT IS TRAILED theatres introduced by Alderman Folks flered burglars who carried off $10,000 worth of jewelry from his residence, No. 1 West Fifty-second street, a week ago last night—is waiting claimants at the West Forty-seventh street police station, Active efforts are being made to find the owners, whose methods of retiring from the dozen scenes of similar depredations in the same exclusive neighborhood have won for them tht sobriquet ‘“‘nope-ladder robbers.” ‘Through an advertisement printed to- day, in which Mr, Willete thought to expedite thé police ‘search by offering a “no questions asked” reward of $500 for the return of the stolen property, the news of the robbery reached the public. Among the articles stolen were “two hairpins with thirty-five chip diamonds on each side,” and varloug other things that will be exchanged at Yuletude by the wealthier “Spugs.” GOT INTO THE HOUSE THROUGH A SKYLIGHT. Entrance to the house, which is a five-story English basement mansion a few doors from the Vanderbilt home, now occupied by H, C, Frick, was gained through a skylight. One pane was cut away. The hole wi roely large enough to let through a man's body and the police are sure there must have been more tahn one burglar, for in no way ‘ould a rope have been secured without smashing other panes. ‘There were six servants asleep on the top floor of the house, but not one was awakened, Mr. Willets and members of his famlly demonstrated they were equally heavy sleepers, Through thetr rooms went the pussy-footed burglar. ransacking bureau drawers and taking every portable object of virtu and value, He got among other things a diamond, heart-shaped pin, set with twenty-six stones; a marquise ring with swpphire surrounded by diamonds, a sapphire ing, an opal ring, @ barette with six amonds, pearl earrings, onyx earrings ay and two hoop diamond earrings, to nothing of the diamond-studded hat pins, Loaded with all this loot the burglar went as quietly as he had come. To ave unnecessary strain on the arms of bis companion or companions on the root, he set up the ladder which Mr. Wiilet’s butler bought for those whose duty it 1s to adjust the skylight ven- tlator, and climbed it, The polloe believe the rope-ladder vurglare came over the roofs from eome house near Sixth avenue, and that they had aroused some one and were io return that way. ‘hey f their sashoord ladder to the Wil himney, at any rate, and slid down to an extension in the rear, Then they were forced to abundon the ladder which so often, from {ts appearance, 1 aided them in similar entorprl 4s they dropped into the backyard and nade off over fences AWOKE TO FIND HE HAD BEEN ROBBED. Mr. Willets woke in the morning and rubbed hig eyes in astonishment when he noticed that his usually careful valet ap- ntly had left the bureau drawers open and articles scattered round the room, He called for an explanation and (hen the robbery was discovered, Other members of the houschvid also found thelr rooms in confusion, he police were notified and the corps of detectives who came to look ov r the premises Were sure It was an ide job’—or that tue marauder, if the “outside,” had at least one “complice in the house, One by one the Servants were questioned, but guilt vowed in the countenances of It om s that Mr. Willets was ‘ather When the police took te y obbery | On many occasion e have | |been able to trac far ax | the roofs of s entered and ther Jeuddenly hay nd theinselves unable to even theorize as to their subsequent movements, They believe the rope lad- der accounts for some of these mys- yw be resumed to-morrow, [sss at Joann, first | and advocated by The Evening World. Trouble started early in the afternoon when Alderman Frank L. Downing of- fered an amendment prociding for a censorship of films under the direction of the Board of Education. Alderman Estabrook contended that the amendment would cause the Mayor to veto the whole ordinance and so spol the intended cleaning up of the moving picture situation. ORDINANCE REPORTED BACK BY E COMMITT! ‘The came wp on the re- port of the mittee which has had the ordinance under consideration, with the gmmouncement that an enacting clause had been added. The absence of the clause had buried the proposed law in the committee for several mont Mr. Folks moved that the ordinance be made a special order for this afternoon. Alderman Dowling objected to thi Insisting the report of the committ recommending the ordinance for paar- age, take its regular order, which would mean postponement of action on tt un- til next Tuesday. Alderman “Johnny” White, representative of the vaudeville interests in opposition to the Folks bill, busied himself on the floor of the chamber and in the committee rooms, and the word to vote “no” on roll cail —meaning postponement—was passed along. Thirty-four Allermen voted aye and twelve no, and the ordinance was made @ ppecial order for 2.4, Aldermen voting to postpone consider- ation on the bill were: Commuskey, De- laney, Dowling, Drescher, Hannon, Me- Cann, McGrath, Reardon and White of Manhattan; Carberry of Brooklyn and O'Neill and Devine of the Bronx, All but Devine are Tammany men. It was 3.10 o'clock before the ordi- nance was taken up. At that time Alderman Folks moved @ postponement of consideration until Jan. 7. Alderman Dowling objected, Alderman Folks said the board should elect a successor ‘to Alderman Hagenmuller before such an tmport- ant matter as the moving picture ordi- nance should be gone into. Alierman Dowling moved the board g0 Into an smmediate election. ALDERMEN GET INTO A PARLIA- MENTARY WRANGLE. A parliamentary wrangle ensued, and President Mitchel ruled the Aldermen should yote on the question of postpone- mont. Before the announcement of the vote an acrimonious debate broke out over the right of the borough president@ to vote, VicesPredent Kline, who was in the chafr, ruled they should vote Alderman Walsh appealed from the decision of the chair, Alderman Folks contended it was a loss of time for the board to take up th ‘movie’ ordinance because of the ivision In the chamber Alderman Dowling tnsisted the real question was # miccessor to Hagenmul- hier, and on this the Borough Presidents | naa no vot | Alderman Walsh renewed ts appeal from the decision of the chair, By a vote of 9% to 33, the decision of the chair wan sustained. The seoretary then called the roll of the borough presidents man Morrison adddd ple word IN SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE Alleged Collector Wolf Questioned at Headquarters—Accused Po- liceman to Be Tried Friday. “I have names, dates and specific instances of the payment by dis- orderly houses and receipts by policemen and monty,” said District-Attorney to-day. on the trail of every man mentioned to round-up The District-Attorney told an Evening World ‘sonally had intérviewed many women of Mary that every one of them had freely furnished him with evidence enough to start on the trail of the “middlemen” and ultimate receivers of this blackmail. Every disorderly-house keeper had told him, Mr. Whitman said, that she “had always paid and always expected to pay protection money. MRS, VANDERBILT SAILS WITH XMAS TREEFOR KIDDIE She and Mr. Vanderbilt Play Santa Claus to Three- Months-Old Heir. that a public hearing had not been granted on his proposed amendment to ene, Folks ordinance. Alierman Mgrri- jendment provides for ip er officials of the Board of | Alierman Fotks said the nt of Alderman Dowling was nothing more than the Morrison ordinance, He sug- gested the Board vote on the two ordi- nances and select the one they wanted. Morrison and Dowling objected, Alderman Esterbrook spoke for the Folks ordinance and for the amendme: He said he favored censorship, but he feared the ordinance as amended would be vetoed Aklerman “Johnny” White charged violation of a gentlemen's agreement that the Folks ordinance would not be feported out of committee until there should be another public hearing, WHITE ACCUSES A CHICAGO FILM FIRM. Alderman White charged that @ Chi- cago concern—he would give no namer— engaged in making moving pictures with being responsible for the present agitation in favor of the proposed laws erning the “movies,” “An appeal was made to the Mayor, he sald, “for a committee to tnvestt- gate conditions, and the Mayor named three persons on the committee who were colleagues of the Chicago concern who brought this: whole matter up. T won't say the Mayor did this on pur- pose—I think he was deceived, Alderman White made much of the mysterious man from Chicago—sup> ponedly representing the trust. “The bi manufacturer: “wanted bigger theatres for thelr filma, and they wanted them at the expense of your building code." Alderman White sald $150,000,000 was invested In New York in the theatre in- dustry Are you going to pull down this tn dustry by doing what these fm trust people want?" he aked. ‘ “very moving ploture concern has been bought out In New York except William Fox, my partner,” he anserted. “He refused $90,000 from these peopte.’ Alderman Nicoll denied the agreement with Alderman White was with regard to the Folks moving picture ordinance. Ho said it referred only to the censor- ship amendment. Ho protested against censorship. He insisted it Was unnecessary as munt- cipal work said tt should be gov- erned by a State law er national law, He pleaded for an ordinance affecting structural conditions only, He dented the ordinany vuld burt the present theatrical Industry. COMMISSION ASKS RIGHT TO REGULATE CITY ’PHONES. ‘The activity of the telephone monopoly in thwarting legislation giving the Pub- “Until T can get trembound corrobera- tion of these atories,” the District-Attor- Rey continued, “I will\not lay any of the evidence in my possession before the Grand Jury, One woman carinot cor roborate another ‘we must have Proves hands on the receiver or tne tri of the protection money vo Sesdaatlh the securing of indictments and esn- victions on the same,’ ~° “I believe that I will be able shortly to link up some of these loose ends and Place before the Grand Jury complete evidence of the widespread trafficking by members of the Police Department upon fallen women,’ NEW WOMAN WITNESS TELLS. STARTLING GRAFT STORY. The Diatrict-Attorney's office has euce ceeded in securing @ witness who has inade startling disclosures involving certain police officials in the activities of the “vice trust,” according to a ember of Mr. Whitman's staff. She is & woman who was twenty-five years in the business of conducting disorder. ly houses and who was @ witness bes fore the John D. Rockefeller Grand Jury, which carried on its white slave in- Vostigation two years ago This woman, whose operations were #0 widespread that she is said to have hed cadet agents in Burope, has told & story that indicates her one-time tn- timate knowledge of Police Depart- ment affairs which on more than one occasion enabled her to tell a polive captain when trouble was brewing for him, She hae given a long tet of police officials te whom she says she paid protection, and has added to chia it Was sald to-day, corroborative materia, which will clinch her etatements fore a Grand Jury. According to her etory there have been several instances of women being beaten to death by cadets In “protected” houses, and police tnvestigation being halted by the recipients of the black mail. WALDO! ACTIVITY REACHES INTO NEW DISTRICTS. Uniformed members of the police force all over the Greater City are in an asony of doubt to-day over speculation as to just how much information Com- The Mauretania of the Cunard Line walled to-day on the annual Christmas trip of the fine, designed to get pas- sengers and express matter to England end the Continent in time for Christe mae celebrations. Prominent among the passengers were Mr. and Mra, Alfred Gwynne Vander- bilt, having In thetr baggage a Chris mas tree for their three-months-old baby, who is at Caesar's Camp, Wim- Medon, tn Surrey. The tree was picked out by Mr. Vanderbilt himself in the forest about his Adirondack lodge, Sagamore, There ure plenty of pines and spruces tn Great Britain, but the Vanderbilts decided Christmas would be fnfinitely more pleasing to thelr youngsler if it came from the real home. eer EIGHT KILLED IN CRASH OF TRAIN AND TROLLEY. Victims Burned | in in Wreckage of Cars at Ashtabula, O.—Seven Were Women, ASHTABULA, ©, Dee, 17. ~ Bight dead and seven injured was the toll of the wreck here last night when a Lake ‘ on the motion to postpone, lle Service Ce Mesion of this district r ED LARC AMA Bot teiant Shore and Michigan Southern coal train | ™/s#loner Waldo has of the complicity DOWLING OFFERS AMENDMENT | *ur Caeboant nonieD Gee, tae tome | gtruck street car. Complete investi. | Policemen and men of highor grade | PROVIDING FOR CENSORSHIP, [SN telckranh wires ln thle, lt) | ation of the huge pile of wreckage and| With the ‘vice trust” and into how Alderman Dowling offered an amend iene ie appeal to the next | oom! that resulted from tl many more districts than those com- |ment to the ordinance providing for|yegisiature to amend the present law|day revealed two additional bodies, | Prised tn the two Tenderloins the in- censorship of @lins ‘to give that power to the local Com-|thowe of David Btowe and Mrs, Rose vestigation will be pushed, Alderman Tolls protested against «| (0 6" Thompson, The dead are Laura Leap-| ,,Th¢ suspension of two policemen and, discussion of the amendment—that the |'™% ned campaign will be made] Ratt Mrs. Frank ©, Bartlett, Mra, 1. H. He ordering of one more to trial yester~ Whole matter had been disposed of, lunendnent tarotagh the | Cook Mra, George Kitvon, Mr, and Mra, |08Y Are thought to be onty @ preliminary Dowling declared he was for the! weatature and to devier a means of | David Stowe of Ashtabula, Mra, Joho Pgs Miche eh ® simtlar nature on i nance, but he wanted cenwor- | creventing successful dobbyt nat | Epay of Willoughby and Mra Rose] ne PAT © cole Besides activity [ship it 4 the pi dd amendmen 6 comn-| Thompson, All of the Injured are ex- sans Riis in, the Department has to We have got to do something with | panies © are more than seven] pected to recover: moctalale Oh WAS) St tee er thea films" wuld Alderman Dowling. | hundred thoumand telephones In use in| Immediate tavestigation of the cause|Acsrmanic Committes, This flim proposition is « problem Manhattan atl Brooklyn, and the num-|of the wreck will be made, Motorman | gccamismoner Waldo announced tos fecting the very morale of our boys | ber ison the increase without uny de-| seCutcheon Is held by the police. ay that threo suspended policemen ana and girls, We want « public rearing | creamy an ratew attending, |The wit peice ead anally. mas. Mine onden. sharia dut on the subse of the censorship. This | are at present without adequate official a DOt en sus] trot hs been denied us, We demand a ni ig nesses at Spee. Department, would appear for trial ber tick fore Deputy Police Head tate commission at v Present bes "paper viaoty copied mmissioner Walsh at ters on Byiday, Thig Woakite mai ad te ee