The evening world. Newspaper, January 20, 1913, Page 1

nnn ee Mitchel Scores Traction Grab at Subway Hearing WEATHER—Rain to-nt, {| WEATHER-Ra day clearing; colder. the law ought to forfeit his contract.” Commissioner George V. 8, Williams, who was formerly a B. R. T. lawyer, frequently assisted Chairman Willcox in explaining that the speaker had not choten the proper time and occasion :o vent his views. ‘We investigated all the complaints you speak of,” said Commissioner Wii: jams, “We did not want to turn down these complaints, but we had no evi- dence. You could have written and got the evidence if you had wanted to,” con- cluded Mr. Horehan. House in Uproar. CHEYBNNE, Wyo. Jan, 2.—A riot broke out in the House of Representa- tives of the Wyoming Legislature to- day when Speaker Pratt and Speaker pro tem Wood both claimed the right \ preside. A vicious fight, interrupted by members, took place between the two officers. The ecene of violence lasted fully three-quarters of am hour and Included two separate encounters between Pratt and Wood. ‘The situation was ended foolish to think of killing herself with | @ .22 calibre revolver because it wasn't | big enough. On last Monday—a week |ago to-day—she bought @ large re- volver, GOT $83,000 AND GAVE HER A WORTHLESS MORTGAGE. Jackson took more than $83,000 of Mrs, Berry's money and in return gave her &@ worthless mortgage on eighty-seven acres of land near Garden City. He took nearly every penny Mrs. Berry had. When she complained that she was de: titute he advanced her money for her household expenses, making his last Payment two weeks ago, SHEARS 3 MONTHS FOR BANK WRECKS cuffed Together. SIGHT OF HELEN GOULD | False Rumor That She Would Former Presidents Are Brought} Get Marriage License Excites | Into Court for Sentence Hand- | City Hall Habitues. Swift winged rumor brought w larg crowd of men and women to the City REPLACE BALL AT INAUGURAL Will Receive at the Capitol From 9 to 12 at _ Night on March 4. ? __ PRIOR ONE CENT. Coors 2 Raat - 14 14 PAGES PRICE ‘ONE “CERT. “i ” JACKSON'S Vi VICTIM | CEPE EEE GEDNIH AGED EOE 1D EEOEEPOOOEES EOORECEDES 1:06060600-04.004 0 ~SIBWAY CONTRACT IOKERS ‘Looking for Miss Helen Gould at City Hall i NEW WITNESS N A iS TRIED 10 Kill HIM When Rumor Brought Her for Marriage License: cameron ; FOUGHT AT FINAL HEARING Mrs. Berry, From Whom He}: WHO PAID SPP BRIBE Got $83,000, Bought . ‘ : Two Revolvers. President Mitchel Leads Denuncia- tion of Scheme to Make City Pay | MET HIM AT LUNCHEON. ; ; Losses and Guarantee Big * - : Whitman Will Ask the Indictment Profits for 50 Y Was Afraid to Shoot at Him of Two Lawyers Alleged to Be rohts for ears. hn Girl a end : 7 sil eee aaa in the Plot With Inspector The first of the series of final public hearings on the contracts drawn | bilt Hotel. r he * Saehog awe and the B, RT. and Interborough companies for the oper ee and Captain. ation of the new subway systems was held this afternoon before the Pub-| rs, mleanor Berry, a widow who shot Me Service Commission. 56a fey oheee Lavapaedined he hor PHONE RECORDS CONFIRM :: The proposed fifty-year monopoly was bitterly attacked by President | “Pertmen vie Sian FF la ot F ie : aida de cia Hearh et Kidercave, whe Grenared. in Teuon. toes an | ence ey se Frey ot meee EVIDENCE OF CONSPIRACY manded a pure gift of $45,000,000 from the city and pointed out many of | had lost all her money, and against be , el \ ade the conti fitely 0} led, with pro! whom she was to have testified before : everybody atthe it's expense unr thr ater quarante tome ood te rn Jury came swe ta One Who Passed Money in New Jer- deficits. pa deta lh iabead nana aes : : : pbxtere ME. Biltobets) appearance = wont the Vandomile owl tet aay sey Will Give Grand Jury i Neri vsnwaitavorsallt'aial one LEGISLATORS RIOT ee eae ay she caried on All Detalls. \ Gaia Herahan,-revresentiog tne | Mithena ; ; ore ternational Brotherhood of Hlectricnt cee fea id Peete’ pte What District-Attomey Whitman and his aides believe is absolute 4 been entirely overlooked in the contract. body else. Jackson's trial had just to leave New York instead of appearing before the Grand Jury that was i ue anid Ue wens en sania bbe jieriea) Dred had Kasil oe ba) z investigating the charges of graft against Policeman Eugene Fox, was j MAN AATG 5c Wades" vitpuiAtaa‘ia thé esc be onvieted: LOOMS H HOLT HYFH9LOG DE >99OODLOOG 91 HOO9OO 19104909 HOODOO S+-560026b5004 obtained toxtay. This new testimony, laid bare by a witness whose tract, ; | DesceraAlgvec, as) lent ot heel mciey ae identity is withheld by the District-Attomney’s office, will be put before _cnsirman wittam SE Piglet me | tous 2 calbre oe oS month SULLIVAN ? YEARS, CROWDS FIGHT POLICE RECEPTION WILL the John Doe Grand Jury to-morrow morning. Before night the in- hati Waepeats Lae lid mall i ante, [Wyoming Speaker and Speaker herself. ie be eee ponlibaby He dictment of one lawyer, who took part in the bribery, is said to be as- errupted; ‘The law fixes the penaity P iat at her fea: © hie ate ; , 7 ‘ a ture to te up to the tates. Pro Tem, Mix It Up With | /ushed ath Pavisilv aptaneterssie IN HOPE OF CATCHING sured. One other lawyer, it is believed, will be indicted, while a third is fast being enmeshed in the coils which the District-Attorney’s office is lay- ing for bribe givers. ————— 2 Thin new witnens, who has just been lacovered, will tell the grand jurors af ertain telephone conversations overs | rd in which @ police inspector, « captain, three lawyers and Sipp ere said to have been parties, In additien F this new witness, it is understood District-Attorney Whitman's detectives have requisitioned the tally sheets of i] certan uptown telephone exchanges, to Y DADDY IAW show that there were telephonic ¢on- HUNGR nections between Sipp's home and the offices of the three lawyers and the po- Hee officials, Berry 1 TWO FAVOR OPERATING CON- da rry wae thirty-seven years TRACTS AS DRAWN FOR B. R. T. Charles Bott of the Kensington and Parkville Improvement League and John N. Tilly of Bay Ridge spoke in h favor of the proposed ope! tract. Mr. Tilly remarked fare is nothing to consider.” President John Purroy Mitchel of the Board of Aldermen opened for the peo- ple against the proposed contracts by She was left a widow sixteen] Two former bank presidents, redueed Hall to-day eager to get a gitmpse ot} WASHINGTON, Jan. 30—"No Inaus-| Central Park Zoo Keeper Just | LAWY@R SAID TO BE PREPARED hands Miss Helen Gould aw she appeared for a{ 24! Ball” was the vote of the Inaugu- TO TELL WHOLE 8TORY. cuffed towether, were taken {nto the, marriuge Hcense ral Committee here to-day, Presiden! in Time to Assist in Babies’ It was reported about the District At+ Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court! Misa Gould did not appear, nor was| elect Wilson's expressed desire to torney's office to-day that the lawyer ay to recelve prison | she expected. but that made ittle dif-| abandon the society's function that has Rescue. who actually paid the money into SIpp's Te ee ring said tol ee entences. David A. Sullivan, former | ference with the crowd, whieh con-| been u feature of he Induction Into of- hands in Newark was acting tn goed eauel thiastor gunon ‘Jackson wae engaged in business out | Prevident and wrecker of the Mechanien | hued to gather round the entrance to| flee of every executive since Madison faith and that he ie prepared, la. sida ‘The immediate occasion of the trouble | there, and had the reputation of being |and Traders’ Bank of Brooklyn, waa | (le Marriage License Hureau, push and} was acquiesced In by the local com-| i ene arwt time since the insti-| to clear himself of the bribery charger Wan the attompt of Speaker Martin L.|too smart a man for such @ restricted | sentenced to not less than tWo years NUF | suitheony ta ane A neck. HE wae only} mittee wt an executive sexsion tuition Of the menagerie in Contral| (WA are certain to be laid Pratt to call to the chalr F. C. Hunter, | Held. inal ter ee a gpl gt adit daub It was decided, howaver, to hold are] tne population of <antmala has} S&sitinet him, to make a clean breagt of Hepunlicea, of warman County. An ale) He cag te New Tork, aad Gre yeare crowd and it continued to | “*Ptlon on the nIKRY of March 4 At) 06 increased by the birth of two) ihe entire affair, implicating ¢ least ‘ fillng @ lengthy brief. He explained the es os 4, | to fetch the ¥ peal had been taken from the Speaker ago Mrs. Berry located in thia city. oh . ” col ° two other attorneys and two high po- briet in detail and addressed his re- Oy ewinst an offer by Democrats of [on her arrival nore she went to live ai | former President of the Borough Bank | grow so lark that sidewalk tramic was| Which the new President could greet all] oii pears, ‘The two oubs were dis- heya and two hig marks directly to the five Commis. ue committees for those he nad|the Claremont avenue address, and en-|0f Brooklyn, was sentenced to three When cool headed leaders of elther [40-| years ago, Her husband settled an es-|to the ranks of comunon felons, tton announced an agreement to let the| tate of some $100,000 on her, and she had Question of authority reat until afters | between $89,000 and $9,000 when she met noon. With Wood sitting in the Speak-| Jackson soine eight or ten years ago er's chair and Pratt wielding the gavel, | her home in a small town near Topeka, |!" Brooklyn to more than four years an@ three m in Sing Sing. Banker Broo R, 8! ‘Ios 4 topped. Police were sent for to make | ¢!tlen and Senators Brown, Overman covered this morning by Keeper Jow BI sa on d iy Passageway for leas inquisitive and| and Crane and Representatives MeKin-| Cunningham about & o'clock, ‘The; |, SPP and his son Howard will appear sloners, Hie remarks were interrupted |aynmitted and in which he himself held|gaged as maid and companion Bitaa-| months in the penitentiary before the John Dos mor 4 at times by sharp bursts of applause, tne palance of power upon Rules anl|beth Wilson, a diminutive but bright| Sullivan's attorney, John J. Curtis, | CUPous pedestrians. ley, Garret and Rucker wei ppolnted | ure both males and thetr parents orn] ROLE e Shaan le Grand Api fered i showing that the packed room was not | plections. and wiliing girl, who remained with the} moved to set aside the verdict in hig} The Prefence of the pollca, tmmedi- [a & nmittoe to consider plans, While] Rose and Hob. ‘conatank ansyellinns Gr ee ealtee aaa R entirely Giled with Interborough accel! The latter committee ts to pass upon | widow through all her troubles, and Is] cient’ cage, The motion being denied | *lY followed by a battery of pho- {No place was definitely selected for the} ‘The black bears are in w cnge ad-| terators, Every time these interrup- tions oceurred Mr, Willcox vrought down hie ‘The contracts will not take effect until Jan, 1, 1917, Yet the Commis- raphers, Kave the crowd the impres-| reception, It Was generally assumed that | joining that of the white Polar bears) he District Attorney's office, This seats from Uintah County, and upon the| received no wages for months, by Juste sion a plan was on to parinit Mies Gould | the function would be held in the ro-| and the first warning that Keeper | morning, 7B company with bmietant outcome of these contests depends} Jackson was more than the business|@er made by Jum Jayeor com-| to es unseen, and the crowd would | tunda of the Capitol butlding, Cunningham hed) that anything un-! P rhey Frederick J. Groehl, rict-Attorney to show | have none of that subterfuge. Men and! The Citizens’ Inaugural Committee this| usunt had happened was when he no-| they left their home, No, 56 West One frequently at her home, She was an|cause why a certificate of reasonable) Woven strugsied with each other to re-| afternoon Washed Its hands of the entire | ticed great excitement among the; Hundred and ‘Thirtieth street, in an the right of three Republicans to hold| to-day herself destitute, for she had Crane, the attorney had an largely the chances of United States|man for Mrs. Berry. He visited her|‘anding the D: Senator Warren for re-election ltain the p ot yhatane tha ’ : - “4 utomobile, ostensib’ i sion and the Traction Trust are anx-| Mr. Hunter took the chair and Pratt] accomplished musician and he, too, was|doubt should not be issued. This w I err ae pean f SaCiae A! a yall matter me urned over to the joint| Polar bears. They wer ranting | Sesame a “ na by for Ms Criminal \9 tous to close the deal within twelve/ went to Hunter's west on the floor.| interested in music, Mrs, Berry had/be urgued before Justice Kapper onjand it waa only after tho moat persist: | consrensional Committee the suggestion | around the cage and performing | * 0M! te Bullding. | They di@ not yeaah H days, ostensibly for the reason that} Judge Mots, Democrat, declared that| the utmost faith tn his business acumen, | Wednesday, In the case of Boe $ tnt demands by the Pollet ike [of President-elect Wilson for a recep-| strange antics # declared on good Chaigman Willcox of the Public Ser- tlon, to be held at t The Citizens’ Commit the Speaker could not designate any|She thought he was going to make}. cortitic other than the Speaker pro tem. to take| millions and carry all his friends to » Capitol Building. | Ag the keeper was looking at thom he|#Uthority that they took Mr. Groehi in cailing off} noticed the black beara for the first |to the new witness and that the As- te of reasonable do: sentencing Judge {erewd was partially dirpersed and th move on” order o (Continued on Last Page.) 3 nae eae ae by. Wileol r * @istant District Attorney obtained cor- ‘ called upon Representa-| wealth in Long Island real estate specu i pm egest ait age ee) vor hours after the ball at Gov. Wilson's request, stated | time, and hin attention was attracted A vile is nut (poe pa Bg ang ghost pines | Stating be would sign the ure} yoo. nusy prevent {te willingness to aasist In the reception! to them at & most opportune moment} Pdoration of their story that the elder . Speaker pro tem. and a Democrat, to| PERSUADED WIDOW TO EN. t ering, #0 plans, but will leave all arrangements] tor tho cubs, for, Just as he discovered | Sipp paid $0) of a $1,000 bribe fum@ to prsae, "Foun Word’ provesiea io de] “RUGS Wan Money WITH HIM | SLLCIVAN, CONVICTED OF 620, ‘ ‘ to @ committee of Senators and Repro: | tnem, the father, Bob, with evident in-| fee be " 000 LARCENY. nT rrap NST tat! tent to kil , 7 pa-| The bribe was patd in N = Num rs! and Hunter yielded | In time Jackson persuaded her to Ine) guitvan was convicted of the larceny |, “ity Clerk Scully explained that doubt 1 Ger “Wilson, through Secretary Tu a “ Se eee Koy at he ewark—but fee wit Pa — H 60,118 “Help Wanted” Ads. were] Thereupon Pratt started. to renume| trust her money to him, and gave Berl oes cneck tor $80,000. The sentence in- | em mise Gould Mi obtain her license) malty, notified inaugural headquarters ss aaa bh & Ue ae wed | against indictments in New York, the chair himself, Wood sat staunchly | ¢ eck for $20,000. The sentence t+ | at “parrytown, where the weadt | malty, ural headqua male, or 6 two enwaqed inst indictme 7 . { yiaed. in The World last year, tent eine ratls erueping Hime| tim Mortage as eocurity. At Arai | ceed was at the ausgention of District-| take tice Weamedn ne aaaInE IF 0] tetore ti executive seavion of the] in a fleree encounter. crime having had ts inception in thie & 881,165 more than in ALL THE 6]1. the shoulders, tiirew him off the} came regularly to Mrs, Berry, osten-|Attorney Cropsey. When the Mechan no intimation that the Hcense ¢ favored a reception] Cunningham called for hetp, and | State. N OTHER New York morning and platform. Wood promptiy arowe and| aibly the profite and interest on her in-|!¢#" and ‘Traders’ Bank failed, there vay |!4 to be taken out tn thi county but |! the Capitol from 4 to 12 on the night} rushed at the cage with lis pole. Keep-| Although he declined to discuss this Y Sunday newspapers COMBINED. rushed back and the men struggled| vestment. About @ year ago these re- | deposit in the bank $23,000,000, |added that he would willingly rel of Me Induction into office. ers Snyder and Hurton came running | latest phase of the case, District-Attor- ! until Chaplain Davidson and others on| turns began to diminish in number and| The former President was to ave Miss Gould of the cnbarranwment of | oe up In answer to Cunningham's call, and|mey Whitman was in a most opumlatic Readers! the platform held taem apart amount, And last August, when Jack-|been sentenced a week ago, but gen. |) '))0H Roromd If she detesiuined to FINE CHRISTY MATHEWSON, | ’stwee2 tem the tires mon suoceeded | iv0d to-day, He will personally have in scparauing the fighting bears and re-|charse of the examination of witnesses moving the menaced cubs from the] before the John Doe Grand Jury to | license at the Olty Hall iy Wielding the gavel, which he lad| son was indicted, charged with having |tenoe was deferred on his promise to © of his office to Miss ¢ gotten hold of in the melee, Pratt de-| swindled hundreds of persons, they |Help the State straighten out the affairs | residence, When your “Help Wanted” ad. is printed in the morning or Sunday amt Witcher o { | morrow, aisisted by Mr. Groehl, whe World it gets a circulation in New] clared the House adjourned. Ilaving| ceased altogether. of the defunct institution. | aes > : York City” gremer than the Herald,| the prestige of the aker's chair and| In September Mrs, Berry, pennilem| EVidently the banker did not make) ‘Troops s Rattrond ; Speed tn Auto, younk tellowe were taken to the) has worked up the evidence againat the Times, Sun, Tribune and Press using @ paper welgat for a kavel, Wocd| and pressed by creditors, appealed to {204 his promise of waving thousands W ASTIING » Jan = Federat| Christopher Mathewson was Judictany| !4¥ left and will be fed there on a] lawyers and policemen involved, bottle unt weaned, As is custom, ADDED TOGETHER. ward | troops, who on Saturday took possession | declared too spe shouted to the Sergeant-a ns (0] Jackson, who had been released on bail, |! @ellare to the depositors, ki by Maxiatra ¥: | TRACE OF “SLUSH” FUND LEADS $48, close the ¢ et ‘or IL, Dodge, who has the affairs of the |of a raiire Jor at Buftats ¢ Jamaica to-day, and was| Park Commissioner Stover will name a q Reliability! SEPERATE *| He sqresd to put up money for er runr |i oi in charge for the mtate Banking |the Lackawanna Rajiroad, w Ma haw ecreRTE tha ontistenl each ith! HIGHER UP, ld “Help Wanted” ad ding over the Chief Clerk, gavel) vt Sapenges, sud aid 0 until tWO! Department, aald there was no way in{there until the road. relinquish nt pitcher was running his au-| “ue ceremony In proper time. | The trial of this $1,000 “slush” fund Tae War! he Praia aa in 1, Pratt forbade the calling of] “t’S* 98% Making regular payments. | which the former president could assist t? the wharf or the a estion Iw mettle slong ioftinun Haulavard, at —_ —- jimes been left pretty clear by the mis Sent Noe pun 10 ive malt ett atten oad a to get | Jackson Was @ frequent caller at Mra. /iim and that t was no posslile | 09 the courts, Th T. Strtekland, the i Sunday evening, and was INCOMING STBAMSHIPS. | conspirators, and It ta 1 ew York newspapers, | the ro att attompted again to Met) porey home. He assured her that he| cheno s torney of the Department of Justice Mi Dun TODAY tat little tpcubie ill bac ci hia own chair and when sanfalia chance of him making any saving Qiraey 1 ne epee tn PUAGI6e 88 olan Meehan as doing |, wen oe Ree ee . COLLECTIVELY, is prety, food Sproul, who has heretafore seen closes | WOUld never be tried, and until about a| further than what was already in aignt. 9. Ste Ae Hey rgmeer er Aa riyone miles an hour, He appeared | Ris i Rea ? Vial ina jim reaching the fountain hee@ a { ridenca t ey ay je relied Upon! co Pratt in counsel than any other| month ago she belleved him. She never| Mrs, Sullivan and her son were in torney-General ¥ sham and secre. |in court to-day In response to the rr qyataw, Rottontam which the money came That @ to produce the best Democrat, attempted to interfere he|read the newapapers, She tad confl-|court and both were vislbly affected at tary Stimson, who are working In an iting #unnOnS, and with the imp Ment Inapector put Up Bigakeeiie . | \ Re Its! ae Boned fe ne eenach by Lea eevee son tor silon o re be (hae nit of advic Sates alinost positively established, su . wakes, ¥ ex violence was averted, (Continued on Fourth Page.) (Wentinued on Second Page) the Governn te misplace bis speed in the futwe ah, bnagu other contributor to the fune- ; A ERNE OPT AI NIE A AAT OI OI aes eee. ces ——— - d