The evening world. Newspaper, December 24, 1912, Page 1

EI EDITION. Che | ig Circulation Books Open to All’? ] PRICE ONE CENT. “WIGE GRAFT CONFESSION IS EXPECTED BY WHITMAN FROM “COLLECTOR” IN JAIL YY Coun fils refusal to answer questions put to him by Deputy Commissioner | ossassina Dougherty. Fox was arraigned before Magistrate Barlow in the Tombs Court this after- Boon and held for examination on Fri- Gay, with bail fixed at 9,000. Jacob Rouss, his attorney, complained that the ball was excessive, but the Court refused to decrease !t. Fox's case was to have ome up in the Harlem Court, but, on) the request of Assistant District-Attor- ney Nolan, consent was given for the | transfer to the Tombs. “Phe erest of Fox waa a surprise ner Waldo, it ie understood, Gécided that policemen openty | @harged. with extortion or collecting shall be arrested rated charges are madi Fox was accused at a ion of the Aldermanic Committee, a week ago, by Charles A. Sipp, who formerly conduct- @@ & hotel in Harlem. Since Sipp and @nother man gave their testimony ac- cusing Fox, an investigation has been under way,and Commissioner Waldo Been apprised of facts which are likely to create a resounding sensation in the Police Department when action on them develops. SIPP ACCUSED FOX OF GRAFT- ING FOR FIVE YEARS. Bipp testified that while he was the proprietor of the Baltic’ Hotel at One Hundred and Twenty-fourth street and Lexington avenue, he paid Fox $10 a month for five years. He sold the hotel, two Years ago, to a combination headed by Max Hochstim and Phillip Blau, but continued his payments to Fox for a year because Fox said “the boss" wouldn't stand for direct dealings with the new owners. ‘The testimony of Sipp was corrobo- rated by Thomas J. Dorian, a mem- her of the syndicate which bought the Raltic. Dorlan 1s the assistant man- ‘ager of the hotel. He sald he took $100 month to Sipp for a year, and that after December, 1911, he paid Fox in person $50 a month, Sipp testified that Fox often told him he wasn't getting @ cent of the protec- tion money—that it was going to “the boss.” Fox, according to Sipp, started the collections when he was a patrol- Min the Hast One Hundred and Twenty-sixth #treet precinct, and kept them up efter he had been transferred to the West One Hundred and Fifty- second street precinct, Sipp’s statement that Fox disclaimed any promt in the “protection” collec- tions has aroused the curiosity of Com- missioner Waldo. He wants to know what Fox did with the money, A Christmas Day tn jail will, it is be- lieved, incline Fox to be more com- municative than he was when Deputy Commissioner Dougherty questioned dim this morning. It was announced at the District-At- torney’s officd to-day that a big break Js looked for before the end of the week Men under indictinent and under arrost fare expected to revelation of the part they have played in collecting money from the keepers of disorderly houses, and their stories, at fi since the Lexow investigation. That Sol Wolf, the Columbus avenue Mquor dealer, end “Manny” Maga. the (Continued on Fourth Page.) The Evening World Will Not Be Pub- ' lished To-Morrow , (“xristmas Day). sel Negotiates for Possible Im- munity asState’s Witness—Police- | porter TRIES SUICIDE, man Fox Held in Court on ———— Waldo’s Extortion Charge. Patrolman Eugene Fox was arrested in Second Deputy Commissioner Dougherty’s office in Police Headquarters to-day on a charge of extortion. ‘The arrest was made on orders issued by Commissioner Waldo. Charges f insubordination also were preferred against Fox. These are based on| TOKIO, Dec. M.—An attempt was soon as the! ome across with a full | ticipated, will shake the Police Department as it has not been shaken COnnreS, (the Now Work Werla)s NEW YORK, TUESDAY, ‘DECEMBER 4, PRINGE YANAGATA Saved by Servants From Midnight Attack. ;Caught After Breaking Into | House, He Turns Knife on Himself—Taken to Jail. made shortly before 1 A. M. to-day to Prince Aritomo Yamagata, the President of the Japanese Privy Council and Supreme Military Coun- cilior of Japan. The Prince escaped un- big His assailant tried to commit sul- if The would-be assassin broke into Prince Yamagata’s residence and e: epproach the Prinée. He observed by some attent- ent and he tried to commit suicide, but he was caught and prevented as he was in the act of stabbing himself. “FERAL CURT === == Prince Yamagata was the chief of General Staff during the Japanese war. He ‘* well known in all the European rn PL IDGOOROIEDEDEGALHDOE | DEEE-DOE D440 9904 4904.6 odo E 0040400000000 (44S 64SEE HEROS Steamer Turrialba, Driven Ashore To-Day On the Dangerous Brigantine Shoals: ESCAPES ASASSIN WHOME TON Japan’s Leading Statesman| Arraigned With Chamberlin of |°""*"** pao the Grand Trunk Who Was Cisgaliesvin ths Janeen a pire since the death of Marquis Ito, Indicted With Him. In diplomatic circles he is regarded sans He ts as the mainspring of the Government. venty-four years old and was *| evated to the peerage in 1907. Charles 8. Mellen, President of the|™ humbk New York, New Haven & Hartford Ratl- | ewer ju towns and foucne a the army in boyhood and fought his rong, and Edson J. Chamberlin, Presi-| way up by force of intellect and abil- dent of the Grand Trunk Ratlway, in-|ity. He was Chief of the General Staff dicted yesterday by the Federal Grand| during the war with Russia and has Jury, with Alfred Smithers, Chairman | since held the highest offices in the of the Board of Directors of the Grand | Government. Trunk, were arraigned to-day before| Prince Yamagata visited New York Judge Hough tn the United Stateo Dis-|!2 18% and wae a great favorite during ‘ his stay. He was on his way t trict Court. Both pleaded not gullty and Pearce He ad the peor ae were released on $10,000 ball. the Czar, The Prince has always ex- Mr. Smithers will come here from| pressed the kindliest of feelings toward London to answer the charges in the|the United States and numbers among Indictment. He may be in New York by| his friends nearly all the distinguished the first Monday in January, when Mr,| Americans who have visited his coun- Mellen and Mr. Chamberlin are to ap-| ‘TY: pear again before Judge Hough to HAWTHORNE TRIAL, Mr. Mellen was the first of the two defendants to reach the Federal Bui'd- ing. He was accompanied by ‘his at- torneys, Willam Greenough, forn Assistant United States District-Attor- ney John Crim, and E. D, Robbins, gen- eral counsel of the New Haven Road The party entered Judge Hough's rooin during the trial of Julian Hawthorne ‘, ‘ and Josiah Quincy for fraudulent mining | Percy L., Davis Guilty, Says stock transactions. Mr. Quincy shook vier hands cordially with Mr. Mellen when| Jury, Which ‘Deliberates the indicted railroad President took his| , One Hour. Place inside the rail. * Mr. Chamberlin, accompanied by his counsel, John D. Lindsay and Frank - waned Crawford, arrived after Mr. Mellen trad A verdict of gutity was returned by Mr. Chamberlin spoke or appeared ‘Tombs Missionary Owens of having at- be aware that the other was in the|tompted to get $015 from Mrs. Eva B | room, Mr Greenough asked that the de-| Junts be paroled. Assistant 1 nited | cause of the suppression $n amdayit | States District-Attorney Guyler ot | DY a wirl n WASHINGTON OFFICIALS CON. SIDER NEW STEPS, | WASHINGTON, Dee. 24 | pended. ‘Dhetr defence was were acting for Mrs, Car The De- | ranged that the money wh nett York, New Haven and Hartford anu! Grand Trunk Railroads, Jesse C, Adkins, Assistant Asstor in immediate charg> of in imless the trial was & conferenve with Ait to The lawyers hurried the sele al Wiekersham and Jaines A. ven of the jury, whieh was completed was found guilty yesterday, Da as at once put on trial Justi eatened to hold court on Ch AFTER SPEEDY TRIAL been in the courtroom for nearly Ter tani ten valitoaa the jury this afternoon against Alder Te walt unit luncheon recess in the |™an Perey I. Davis of the Thirteenth Hawthorne trial was taken, Then they | District, charged with attempted extor- | were arraigned, Neither Mr. Mellen nor| tion, Davis was accused, with former Carroll oy representing that they could nus fo herself and her son, made | sayin Jected on the ground that they are led Dawson, who had bern residents of this district. Judge Hough, |« Member of the Carroll housshoyl who had been disposed to grant the! The girl was ted by Mrs, Car request for parole, then fixed bail at) poli for having ks Owner $10,000. A surety company furnished | und Davis got Into conmunteation with | the bonds. }the girl after her sentence was sus |iuterference with our persunal {partment of Justice to-day began con transaction should be made trust sidering further moves under the Sher-| fund for the Dawson's girl support and | man anti-trust law against the New| education | “ Circulation Books Open to All, id ee, 1912. ody ated EB. PRICE 2 ONE OENT. | ee DPDDHDDOFGDDDODOGO DD H-OO 9-4 00-09OD MAYOR TO VETO BAD FEATURE OF ‘MOVIE’ ORDINANCE Intimates at Hearing that He Will Eliminate Censor- ship Feature. At the conclusion of a public hearing on the proposed moving picture ordi- nance to-day, Mayor Gaynor, in sum- ming up the situation, plainly indicated he will veto the clause in the ordinance establishing @ censorship of moving picture films under the authority of the Board of Education. If the Mayor’a action of veto ap- plies specifically to the censorship clause the reat of the ordinance affect- ing the structural part will not be dis- turbed, but the Mayor also made it clear to-day that his mind is not fully made up on that score. As @ result of the many arguments presented to him by representative cit- {zens strongly advocating the reten- tion of the censorship clause the Mayor admitted he was in doubt, but stated he would again go over all the state- ments carefully, aa well as consult his own authorities and then make known his decision. “As the poet has eatd,” he quoted, “Vice 19 @ monster of such hideous mien, that to be abhorred needs only to be geen.’ ’ canon Chase and other clergymen sent afterward called attention to the fact that the Mayor had neglected to complete the quotation “But seen too oft, “Famittar with her face, “We first endure, then pity, then em brace,” Canon Chas id had the M ha od the last lines they would nished argument to the side vocates for the cenrorship. fur- he ad. THINKS LAW MIGHT RESTRICT LIBERTIES. One of the speakers, Alderman Morr! son, closing his remarks, asked the Mayor to sign the ord In full tt would indeed prove a gratify jing “Christmas present’ to the people Jt response the Mayor said: “We have jearned here of new things. The at pt to censor the press was tried but ailed. Ovr founders did away with the} enso ship suse it had ) abur n, this ordt © May not be a good ny little, may prove be sumeth "Some one spoke here of a moving {picture of a drinking scene and a den, | May it not prove to be a deterrent in-! tead of encouraging vice? It tht dinance Is lawfu' ipplied to the mov pictures, may not thie ordinance i askistant, » five minutes, they eut short thelr ad i euring 1 1 Wermment @Mclala now are dyernes and stioned witnesses only] pig ny 1 « givin jal attention to the pos N essential facts the Ne onstitution nN | bility of bringing ctv uit the | The jury went out at & o'clock and] pe: vi adsine: ha tier Sherman law against the two roads ro) returned a verdict nan hour jendoin them from continuing toe al-| sentence on both Davis and Owen leged combination, wih greet om Monday, ~ purwed that will abridge th (Continued op sours Pages WOMAN'S WIT FOILS DARING HOLOUP MAN ON BROOKLYN “L" Ticket Seller Dropped Behind Screen With Telephone When She Saw Gun. Mrs. Mary Cuff, fifty-five years old, ts @ station agent on the Fulton street Saratoga avenue, Early this morning a man shoved a gun inside the window and told her to/ hand over the money. woman slipped off dragging the telephone with her. man cursed but couldn't reach inside with his gun. Mra, Cuff screamed and another station agent, Anna Kean, heard the screams and saw the man with the gun. none off the hook, Ralph street polic serves packed into patrol wagon, C! ling, up the street. Man at station yells ourses, curses—woman busy Man sees Anna Kean across the street. ith gun, no boodle. description of takes £200 from safe, B. R. T. makes handsome Xmas present to Mr BROADWAY 1 SILENT AS ST. PAUL'S CHOIR SINGS XMAS HYMNS Forty Men and Women Stand in Snow to Send Forth Their Tuneful Message. Miss Kean took trie) toes as possible and miss them, he/ten miles fram shore. The descent of the snow shut the ship in « tent of wanta to be sure the gentleman owning the toes is not a Supreme Court Justice This was the mistake that Chauffeur Bert Searles made last Friday when he went bo@ling sineed across t Broadway at its busiest hour Christmas message. Paul Chapel marched from the ¢ Hroadway por ristmas hymns ape until Saturday until he vould secure counsel and that he be paroled until 4 into the swirl of re y the ancient chapel. muffled to the car through — the geet aR any ah eit WE gay yh orld) Buiiing. Bs AChE al abe MORE PAY FOR ITS ARMY OF WORKMEN Presidents of Allied Concerns Meet and Decide on In- crease for Laborers. unanimously voted that there made in the near future ad- “At a meeting of the finance com- mittee helt to-day It was deckted to recommend to the presidents that they make the adjustments proposc® at such times and in such amounts as may be determined. The exact amount of the increases and the date at which thoy will go into effect will be determined within a few days." > — JUSTICE GOES INTO COURT TO PROSECUTE CHAUFFEUR, His Toes Nearly Run Over by Speeding Driver. When « chauffeur whizses by @ pedes- trying to come as near to hi h street and » Just skirting person of Justice gfenry D, Hotch- kine. Justice Hotchkiss shouted to Bearley to stop, but no attention was paid to him, Hle took the number of the car and has since been looking up driver und owner. ‘The latter us I. R. Den- nis, Vice-President of the Securities mpany at No. 24 Broad e#treet. This ruing Searles was in the West Si ‘vlice Court, suimamoned there by Jus joe Hotehkine. The latter told his story to Magts trate Appleton. Searles in his defense id he Was not runuing at excessive! He for a po t time Magistrate Appleton, after sulting with Justice Hotcbictes, ranted his request, PANAMA CAN! INES at a Wo ahh jaa adn RESCUERS FIGHT WAY TO STEAMER IN PERIL Reach ids ct thin al of the Turrialba of the United Fruit Line After an All Day Battle With High Seas. 140 MAY HAVE TO STAY ALL NIGHT ON THE SHIP. Captain Sends Word By Wireless STEEL TRUST VOTES Vessel Hs Has Not Shipped Water. rtial List of Passengers. Capt. James M. Lindsay of the United Frutt Company's steamship Turriatba, which was driven on the Brigantine Shoals off Little Beach, eight miles north of Atlantic City, before dawn to-day, sent the follow- ing message by wireless to his owners Jate this afternoon: “Ship dry. Pounding heavily aft. Swell geing down.” One of the life-saving boats, which had been unable to draw near to the Turrialba’s, side earlier in the day because of the heavy sea anid the driving wind, managed to draw alongside of the stranded frulter when the storm lulled toward the end of the afternoon. After a consultation between the commander af the life-saving boat and Capt. Lindsay it was According to an oMetal anouncement | decided to make nd efforts to remove the sixty passengers on the from the offices of the United States | Turrialba. Steel Corporation this afternoon a gen- eral wage Increase has been decided on. The increase will especially affect the unskiliet laborers in the planta. The official statement follows; “At & meeting of the Presidents of the subsidiary companies of the United States Steel Corporation held last Thurs- day Itw should 1 jJustments of the wage scales that will result in material increases, particularly with respect to common labor, LIFEBOATS BATTLE WITH WAVES. The lifeboat won its fight with the elements and got within balling distance of the ship in the shoals only after an all day fight in which two other Mfeboats, manned by oars, and a powerboat from the Atlantic City station had been driven back repeatedly. The powerboat broke down and had to signal for assistance from one of the other rescuing craft, The Government derelict destroyer Seneca and two wrecking boats of the Merritt & Chapman Company, which were held up by heavy weather off Sandy Hook, got away at 4 o'clock when the sky began to clear. It is ex- “ pected they will reach the Turrialba's position some time to-night and then the question of transferring the passengers and the 80 members of the crew will be settled, ‘The United Fruit Company, at No, 17 Battery place, gave out to-day the only passenger list of the Turrialba it has—those who were ‘booked on the ship for the round trip passage when it sailed from this port on Nov. $0, This is the incomplete passenger list nounced: Dr. J, N. Vandeveer and 1, J. Waldman of Albany; H. J, Littlefleld, O4P. Blinn jr., N. G. Parker and Harry Clough of Boston; Miss M. Barron, Mrs. Barron, EB. J. Lawson, A. W. Martin, J. P. Urquhart, L. D. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schwars, Mr. and Mrs. L, Merriwell, Police Inspector Edward Hughes and Mrs, Hughes, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hickey of New York. Judge Hitchcock Resents Having]|SNOW BLINDS THE MAN AT THE WHEBL. ‘The Turrialba, five days out from Kingston, Jamaica, and due at her berth at Pier No. 15 East River some time this afternoon, was caught ip the swirl of the southeaster shortly after midnight when she was follow- ing her course past “the graveyard of ships” off the Jersey coast, about impenetrable white, and the man at the wheel could not pick up the suc- cessive lights which mark the traps of the sand shoals nerth of Atlantic City. The strong inshore current set and the wind of the starboard quarter drove the ship gradually off her course, so it is figured by the marine wise men in the Sandy Hook station, and near 5 o'clock the big ship drove squarely bow on on the Brigantine Shoals, At the first shock the signuls were given for reversing the propeller and all compartments were closed by the handgear in the wheelhouse. But the ship was too firmly wedged in the shoal) to be backed off by her own power. Perhaps not in years have the lifesaving crews along the dangerous | south Jorsey coast had to battle as they are doing to-day. Knowing the situa. | tlon of the ship only vaguely, with a howling sou'easter in thelr faces and | the sea piling up on the beaches mountains high, the crews of the Govern ment service faced stern conditions. The first report of the Turrlalba’s distress came to the Atlantic City | wireless station on the end of the milton dollar pler, relayed there by a passing steamer which had caughe the fruiter's cry for help, Instantly Capt. John 8. Coles, superintendent of the district included in the Atlantic City and Barnegat stretch of coast, sent medsages to Capt. Rider's station at Little Egg Harbor, and to Capts, Holscomb and Smith on Brigantine. XMAS TURKEYS FROM TAFT. | Capt. Coles himself got out the big Mfesaving powerboat of his crew at Atlantic City and put to sea, groping through the murk for the stranded No word from bim op from any of the crews along tie coast has ‘THE ROIC WORK BY LIFEBOAT CREWS, At the time the big powerboat, belleved to be capable of withstanding ‘ny fea, Was fighting its slow way through the waves north of Atlantis: cil, Ww ork such a8 makes nameless heroes of the a of the coast guard ON THE JERSEY COAST %