The evening world. Newspaper, May 27, 1913, Page 1

a THE EVENING WORLD WINS HIGHT FOR CHEAPER TAXIS AND PUBLIC. CABSTANDS ah eae ie Pass Reform Law,! McCann Alone Voting in Opposition. MAYOR READY TO SIGN. Every Abuse Fought Against for Three Years Wiped Out by City Board. Taxicab legislation doing away mith private cabstands and reducing taxicab rates was enacted by the Beard of Aldermen this afternoon in the shape of the Grimm ordinance aeepared by the special taxicab com- mittee and submitted after the Grand q@ery hed begun its investigation into the delay of fiftcen months in reporting an ordinance of any kind. The vote was 65 to 1, Alderman McCann, who favors the continuation! y;,. \nigait Hancock Bishop's suit tor| tile ad eat ew Sane of exclusive cabstands with the in-! ome to go to the city, casting the! only vote in opposition, Thirteen members of the Board, including President Mitchel, who was not pres- cat, and the Borough Presidents did rot vote. The ordinance voted into law embodies the reforms fought for by The Kvening World during the past three years, Alderman Thomas Mulligan of the Bronx made a ridiculous effort to de- Jay action on the ordinance by intros éucing @ resolution putting considera- tion of the measure over until the conclusion of the Investigation now wider way by the Grand Jury and the Distr It devet bate ov f Ngan that thr aiatesmen wai he feared the New Bronx Was because World might vd the Board te m The ordinance passed with iy addition to Coing awny private cabstands mikinained by hotets and. restaurants e streets at a profit of over makes stringent pro- visions the operation and care of taxi and the licensing of chaut- rears, establishes the following tarift of fares FOR ONE OR TWO PASSENG! First half mile or fraction thereof + 30 conte ron ‘TEREE on MORE PASSER. Gzns. First half mile or fraction see M0 conte ‘sixth of @ 10 cents ¢ for nt# for each Buc’ the one or two passenger and 1] cents for the first mile and 80 cents for eaca succeeding mile under the three or more pasengers tariff. Mlderinan Courtiandt Nicoll brought up the taxicab reform question by re- questing permission to review the mat- ter of taxicab legislation since It was first brought before the Board of Alder. men, three years ago. He sketched tie slow progress of the special committee appointed In February, 1912, which sub- mitted a report only a week ago, He called attention to the fact that te Grimm ordinance, introduced last Tucs- day, is formed along the lines of the rejort of the Mayor's Committee, “Bot” said the Alderman, “1 consider the ordinance before the board an im- provement upon the Mayor's ordinance | and wie Marks-Meagin Hnance. 1 move the adoption of report. MULLIGAN OBJECTED TO VOT ING UNDER GRAND JURY FIRE. n Mulligan jumped into the at this juncture with the olution which he presented ton mur, the Grand Jury has ne tnvestigation the taxteab sit certain members o. loned and ee ee ae HOTEL REGISTER SIGNED BY BISHOP, EXPERT DECLARES Identifies Banker’s Handwriting in Divorce Suit, With “Dr. Bear” on Astor Book. BISHOP TAKES STAND. Wife of Millionaire Comes to Court in Finery, Accompan- ied by Women Friends. Date rane A sensation wis’ mprana’ shart'ytter | an absolute divorce from Janes ne ningham Bishop, the milfonatre vance: | when William J. Kinsley, « hand-writ- ing expert, positively identified entries ‘in the resister of the Hotel Astor road- ling “Dr, and Mra, J. ©. Baer, Phila,” as being in the handwriting of Me. Bishop. ‘The surprise came close on the neale of another, when William Travers Jerom nsel for Mra, Bishop, sum- moned Mr. Bishop to the stand and compelled him to admit that a large nuinber of checks shown him had been written by him, It was these leters thet the handwriting expert used a few mo- ments later. when he needed matter ad- mittedly written by Banker Bishop to compare with the Astor register The dingy old courtroom of Part XVI. of the Supreme Court looked like a huge when cage filled with birds of Paradin Mra, Abigail Hancock Bisho) by a swarm of her social frien: in to present to Justive Goff the evidence upon whieh she relies to obtain a dl- vorces MRS. BISHOP'S FRIENDS ACCOM. PANY HER TO COURT. Bishop, herself, wore a fashion- Mrs. with trimmings of sprouted dainty She was closely accompanied by her social sec- retary, Mrs, Shatz, a sprightly ttle brunette, brilliantly gowned. The gowns of the other women friends all bore the hall mark of the Rue de la Paix. The array of counsel was distinguished: James W. Osborne and William Trav- era Jerome appeared for Mra, Bishop. Henry W. Taft, brother of the former President of the United States, had charge of a formidable counsel table in behalf of Mr. Bishop. Mrs. Leila Gaines Gwathmey of the Hotel Gotham, wit of J. Temple Gwathmey, one dont of the New York Cotton the woman whom Mrs, Bishop names as co-respondent, was represented by George Gordon Battle She was not in court, Mr Battle announcing that she was Ill HOTEL REGISTER iNTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE. Mr. Jerome the one time District- Attorney, began the trial for Mra, Bis- hop, The first witness was Evsene D. Miller, room clerk at the Hotel Astor, j who came in laden with registers of the hotel. Attorney Jerome asked |nim if an entry, “Dr, and Mra, J.C, Bae 11, 1912, room | ner The clerk replie ltive and then identified loy “Dr. and Mrs. J, Baer, phla,” on June 18, 1912; July 16, 191) Noy, 3, 1912, and De: er indicated that on hose dates the ‘doctor and wife” had occupied rooms, Nos, 682, 572 and 37%, the entry BUREAU ding, Gis Pare ay ia al | coerce one aioe Neem in sree ent trientine aterm be probably weary and bedraggied by this : GIRL KIDNAPPER SOUGHT BY 3,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN Pupils Help Police Scour Parks and Marshes for Missing Girl and Child, HER SECOND ESCAPADE. Wormed Her Way Into Moth- er’s Confidence — Starves Self, but Feeds Babies. | | | | At 4 o'clock this afternoon Anna |Boyarsky, the demented gir! who ran [away with four-year-old Freda Llebo- witz from the home of the child's parents, No, 513 Wyona avenue, Browns- ville, Brooklyn, Sunday, had been miss- Ing fourty-eight hours. An alarm spread Jall over the city had falled to bring forth the siightest clue to the where- ;Sboute of the chitd and the girl, whose love for children has led her for the second time ints @ sensational kid- | napping. | At the clore of the session of the | New Lots Public School, at Wyons and | Liberty avenues, this afternoon 3,000 {enildren started out to search Browna- This search was mads at the suggestion of an Eve- |ning World reporter, who consulted, during the afternoon, with the prirct- pal and teachers, The company of Boy {Scouts attache! to the Baptist Church Jat Buclid avenue and Hill street also turned out for a thorough search of the district between Brownsville proper and Jamaica Bay and also of Highland Park and the three big cemeterios in the neighborhood. All along the shores of Jamaica Bay are stretches of marsh and quicksand, One route from Sutter avenue, where the girl was last seen with the child, leads down Crescent street to the bay. Policemen, under the guidance of men famillar with the places, werous Started a search of the desoli ‘etches of marsh land and traps this afternoon, SEARCH FOR GIRL AND CHILD IN MARSH It 1s not certain the girl remained in the East New York neighborhood, She was reared in Manhattan and knows the east side and Harlem, She might begwed money for carfare and may now be wandering about Manhattan or down- town Brooklyn, All readers of The Evening World are asked to look out for an elxhteen-year. old girl and a child, both of whom are time. Annie Boyarsky 1s elghteen years old, about five feet three or four inches tall, squint-eyed, dark of hair and com- plexion, She wore a biack ekirt with white halr-stripes, # white walst, a black sweater and no hat, and her right hand bandaged when last seen The Liebowitz child was dressed tn a white and pink striped dr: white stockings and black shoes, She is a blond had a blue ribbon tn her hair, when @he disappeared, Sunday. The Boyarsky gir! may be found begging on the streets or trying to steal milk or fruit or bread. She may have hidden the child somewhere and may be found alone. The mother of the missing Liebowitz child is almost insane from grief and worry. Not a clue s been obtained to the whereabouts of the Boyarsky g:>1 and her little charge. The fact that Anna Boyaraky is passionately fond of all children and was especially smitten with little Freda Liebowitz leads to the hope that the chtld jafe. fo Annie ran off with he eleven-months-old venue, Manhattan, n ae wandenng about with the infant in her arms tenderly cj for, She Was sent to the sanitar instead of to jail, her love for babies being re- Barded as a menial allment On hor return to her parents, Annie @t once showed fondness for the chil- dren next door, and every day went in and washed and dressed thein, T STORY OF PREVIOUS KID. NAPPING SECRET. Before bathi: aby Annie would clasp her in her arms and fondle her as a nother would her first horn, tiniest scratch on the child would cause Annie the deepest agitation. Mrs. Liebowitz often watched the gir) sm: path iy, She did noy know of th kidnapping But a week ago the few hours th young Woman syeut with the chilisven The} Diver Who ‘Wanted | to Riek Taxi Fares Won After Stiff Fight by by Evening Wor His Life in Park Reservoir Baseball Games To-Day| NATIONAL LEAGUE. aT "BOSTON, ‘ FIRST GAME, GIANTS— 00000000 0— BOSTON— 000 GIANTS— 02000 BOSTON— oo0100 AT CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS— oo0000001 CHICAGO— \ 2000°'0000 —~— AMERICAN LEAGUE. AT PH! ADELPHIA. PIRST GAME. WASHINGTON— 000000000-0 PHILADELPHIA— Oo12tvv004 BEOONT GAME. WASHINGTON— 000 PHILADELPHIA 210 - AT ST. LOUIS. DETROIT-— -0O110 ST. LOUIS— | o000 RACING AND BASEBALL RAGE bial = were all too short and she asked per- mission to take the four for a walk Permission was given, Annie could not conceal her pleasure and threw her arms around Mrs, L4ebowltz in an excess of Joy. No mother could have been Prouder than Mi:s Boyarsky when she} red on the street with the young s asters. On Friday she asked if any of the neighbors had been talking abou: her Mrs. Liebowliz, thougn puasied by the question, sad no one had said anything. Sunday she said she want to! take uut Freda an airing. Mr bet owlts read conreated, thought ¢ are of the fa wos, oo great a tax en woman. Annie denied chit no offer to take out a!) fou a EXTRA. Colored Fashion Shect. A Fashions Sheet iustrated in lors, edited Oy May Manton, will {be one of the Special Features of} “neat Sunday's Workd, 4 > * . ? —_ ae WANTS AN INQUIRY ON WILSON CHARGE OF TAR LOBBY Cummins Senate Resolution Calls for Committee Action and Report in Ten Days, WASHINGTON, Cummins to-day May 2 prenented to the Sen- Ate @ renolution to direct Vice-Presl- dent Marshall t6 appoint tive Senators ; to Investigate President Wilson's charge that a loboy. existe in Washington to influen tariff biti, Gays. An investi ce legimiats and to ion, particularly o report within tariff lobbyists was proposed in a lution Introduced to-day by Representas tive Tavenner of Minot, tlon recites that powerful and | Ing interes | the pen ea taliven exiats Ing now the ten Hon of the activities of 20° The resolu. "it has been charged }by the President of the United Stat: jand there is reason to belleve that dlous lobby represent. le to the passage of vin the form adopt. ise of Represen- in Washington,” A committee of five appointed by the Speaker would Investigate and report to uted, and also shal) ascertain nkre’s all facts that may be ascer- cd as to operation of any lobby. ald committee whall inquire,” nays the resolution, “into the sources whence such lobby or lobbies are supplied with funde, and the amount of funds contrib- where and how thore funds are expended, and | for what immediate and ultimate pur- Pose, and #hall go Into a general inquiry to lea loiby Congre seeks to intl: the me as theda by whieh APPOINTED BY WILSON. President WASHING TE Wilron Nu When you do it won jong now it pate winatt Men tor May 3. -Pres it to the Renat a interto + Com n't advertise fe dolig ba before you wilh legistation any In Three tent} nobody ri Mea DIVER GOES DOWN IN PARK RESERVOIR Wooden Barrier reside Pres- sure While Ferguson Works at Repairing Sluice Gate, STAYS DOWN 19 MINUTES e Daring Waterman Declares It Will Take Him Days to | Complete the Job. Jack Merguaon, the diver whe risked his life yesterday when he deacendsd Into the 49-foot pits of the Central Park Reservior to repair a broken sluice gate, faced death again to-day, He sank into the pit at 3.41 o'clock and remained be- neath the water ‘for nineteen minutes. Thin time he reached the bottom of the pit, and on hin return to the surface declared that the gate wi badly wrecked and that it would take several ayn’ work ‘to repair it, Ferguson was allowed to go dawn only Thuraton K. Collier, an engineer Water Department, had kept men Gt Wort WARE the day arranging-a heavy barrier over the @lutceway to reduce the water pressure and make It poswible for the diver to work. The diver wae foud In his prajse of Mr. Collier's work, (he catalogued his drinking experiences since he came to manhood. aad ua. and said the pressure had greatly roduced that he revise fi mentioned, wita the date, hour and place, nearly every sip he took da trouble in handling a heavy crowbar at the bottom of the pit, and anticipated Fe diMeculty tn completing the work in the next few days DIVER WAS IMPATIENT WHILE|Velt e drunk too, and that often, and all his intimates know it.” BARRIER WAS BUILT. But before Mr. Collier completed his edge of the pit dangling his feet and complaining between puffs on his pipe that “Just as soon as these chaps get through their foolishness I'll go down there.” Benesth Ferguson a rushing stream of water, driven by the tremendous a reservoir, was tearing through the broken gate-an opening only about two feet by four—and disappearing into the storage well into which the five from which the water mains open to feed the lower city. Nevertheless Werguson, with his brother-in-law, John Dempsey, his pump man, was on hand early. clambered into hin diving euit and hie ers were about to adjust the bi helmet when Thurston K. Coll: an engineer of the Water Department, rushed up a@ though he bore for Fergu- from death. * SUST IN TIME. “Stop wim,” shouted thi “Don't let that man go dow: And Ferguson, oelve the heavy helmet, looked up to discover what had happened to interfore with his plans. engineer, breathless still with tho anx- lety which had filled him lest he be too engineer. had read In The Evening World yester- day of the dangers Ferguson ran and at sponsibility of allowing the intrepid man to take suoh risks again. Mr. Collier took one the black depths of pit and shud- dered as he realized that might have been dropped silently down in another moment. him with « half as though ince down into ry smile on his lips, glad to see some one who appreciated what @ task he had performed yester- day and what danger he was prepared to brave ame dangerous,” he declared Inquiring look from the | engineer. ‘0 one known that better |than 1 do, but I'm willing to take @ chance, { stood tt yesterday, and ll do better to-day, I've got more weights on ine.” But Mr, Collier shook his head. He studied the problem for several min t Assistant! utes and then gave orders to have con- Andvicus A. | xtructed a mass barrier of wood and t square and several thin be caused 4 four uprights whieh pr ed from the corners of the barriers the Jexs extend from a square table, ith this device the engineer meant to se the opening of the broken gate- cud, some te nese > Work Wonders. 20 PAGES ATK OF LE QF HS DRINKING IN work Ferguson had eat on the atone|Amination furnished no little amusement to the spectators. The Co of billions of tons which fill the|’ other pits disworge their streama and| brandy in milk when fatigued at bedtime. He said he had Wat: had even! degree under the influence of liquor.” GINGER STOPO HIM sae in beer. red wines, head bowed to re-} with their wives and daughters formed the bulk of the audience is He saw @ much excite! Colonel, although he had not retired until very late last ints, for Water Commissioner Thompson | tomed to retiring early and getting up with the sun, showed the effects the Iast minute he shrank from the re-| until nearly midnight last night. Ferguson | forward In the witness chair and began his story. He had given Lat were | 1880, PRIOR One one, | ROOSEVELT STORY} WhilTE HOUSE AND 0 “At Home for Dinner, Light at Public Dinners Champagne: Never Drank a Cocktail or Highball in My Life.” MINT BED IN WASHINGTON, © HE TELLS LIBEL 2L SUIT “I Have Never Been ee k in Life,” Declares Ex-President, Under the Influence of Liquor.” MARQUETTE, Mich., May 27.—The great trial of Thendore: velt's sult to vindicate himself from the charge of being a this morning with the Colonel as the first witness. With amazing al em ing his campaign trip through the West in the course ef which Neweit of the Iron Age of Ipsheming published the statement: T. i. Jeft the stand at half past 11 o'clock. An incident in his told cf drinking six mint juleps in one year at the White House’ a grintly asserted that he did not drink them all at the same time, and @ in all his life he never drank more than one on the same occasion, MINT BED AT THE WHITE HOUSE. By way ct extenuation he brought out the scandalous fact t! was a bed of mint in the White House yard which made mitt. especially availat's. He told of .cinking a “measure: teaspe his foot on the railef : barroom ir. tsc"ty years. “1 have never been drunk in my lif: " said 7. R., “n> In the He told of going to a supper party where he accepted a gi pin champagne and then scomed it after finding he could have mili — instead. White wines with charged mineral waters, , Sherry, cordials, he admitted cheerfull, but denied ‘highballs or cockt:"" -—saylor that he like the tast- of these last. The wealthy owners of the iron ore mines in the Northem p courtroom to-day. All witnesses were excluded from the energetic and snappy. The jurors, om the contrary, being men the sleep they lost because of the continuation of the session of the ROOSEVELT TELLS HIS STORY. Roosevelt, clicking his teetn in the tong famillar manner, Pound a memorandum of the evidence he desired to give, “1 was born in New York, Oct. 27, 1858. Graduated from In the fall of 1881 I was elected to the New York where I served three terms. In 1886 | ran for Mayor of New York was beaten. In 1889 | was appointed Civil Service Commissioner " served six years. “In 1895 I was appointed President of the Police Board of Bi York and served two years. In 1897 | was appointed Assistant Secretar of the Navy and served one year. In May, 1898, I resigned to take the | Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the First United States Volunteer Cavalry, ; monly called the ‘Rough Riders,’ and served during the SpuideAner ; war, “| was in the figiting around Santiago, where my regiment lost than one-third of the officers and more than cne-fifth of the men of regiment, killed and wounded, HOW COLONEL DESCRIBED BIS PROMOTION. “| was promoted to Colonel of the regiment and made acti gadier-General, returning finally to Montauk Point. The army there disbanted In September, “‘b was at once nominated Governes of New Yorks and | s