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

"STALLO COUNSEL | SORES GEN. NES | BEFORE SURROGATE Metropolitan Trust and Presi- dent Accused of Fraud in ' Handling Estate. e, Ng acs JURY TRIAL. a) | \ . *Court Refuses to Let Trust Company Sue Itself to *¥= * Test Own Honesty. wat “ni *°Gen, Brayton Ives, former president of “Wad Metropolitan Trust Company, was @eored by counsel for Laura MoDonald Matto, ter of the late Stand- ara ou Ire, Alexander McDon- @i4, whom the heiresds application for ‘the removal of the trust company as ad- ministretor of her grandfather's estate ame up before Surrogate Cohalen to- day. The lawyer, Nesh Rockwood, de- Mounced the handling of the McDonald gota as & history of bad faith, fraud And’ indefensible dilatoriness. | “This is an action for conversion, shouted Mr. Rockwood, opposing a mo- tion of the Metropolitan's attorney, John ©. Milburn, that would mean further @elay, “involving an illegal and fraudu- Vent conspiracy to deprive these young womien of the securities. The action should be tried before a jury on @ charge of fraud, conspiracy and con- version. "lt fe not s question of an accounting. ‘We cannot agree to a single statement made on ochalf of the trust company; fe cannot agree that Ives ever acted Bone fide or that he was ever anything grasping crook, partic! ing ina fonspiracy and seeking to get all could from these young girls. A spade must be called a spade.” | ‘The petition of Miss Stallo charges ‘that she and her sister, who was re- cently married to Prince Michel Charies Aime Joachim Napoleon Murat, have Jost more than $3,000,000 through the mis- , Management of the estate, to which they the sole heirs, being the only next of kin of MoDonald, who died in- testate, It cha: particularly that railroad securities given to the Metro- politan, Trust Company as collateral for @ note for $2,700,000 have been eold at Biuch less than their Attorney Milburn of th pany and this was eold shortly after the diasolution of the monopoly was ordered by the United States Supreme Court, as it was deemed unwise to hold it longer. He denied that i¢ had been gold at private sale and before the renewal time om the note arrived. ° During Mr. Milburn's argument it came out that Gen. Ives now has a sec- @on of another block of stock, part of the M6Donald note collateral, Ives Claims that the stock is his, sald Mr. Milburn, and that whether this is 90 can only be getermined by a suit brought by th» trust company. @urrogate Cohalan declared that some <@iiginterested body should bring the suit, s“B vannot conceive of the Metropolitan (“fEreat Company prosecuting the action ebonestly,” he said, “I can't conceive how Metropolitan Company can con- tinue as administrator under the clreum- stances, and I won't be a party to such ‘PRICE ONE CENT. Co. (The New York Werld). GIANTS WIN AT NEW YORE— 1 Oo Oo BOSTON Coorrizht, 1018, by The Preee Publishing 0 0200°0 0 Oo 00 90 Batteriee—Teareau and Meyers; James and Whaling. BROOKLYN WINS AT PHILADELPHUA— 30000003838 0 P. 0 0 1 Batteries—Stack and Fischer; Mayer and Killifer. HIGHLANDERS LOSE AT BOSTON— Oo 1 o.O World’s Win First Game of cIRST GAME. 0 00 1 0 BOSTON 2 07 0 0 1 Oo t) Batteries-+Keating and Sweeney; Leonard and Carrigan. HIGHLANDERS SECOND GAME. BOSTON 1 6 0 1 0 000006 26¢606CO08lCUD*B Batteries—Fisher and Sweeney; Bedient an@ Nuunamaker. FISHER ON RUBBER (GIANTS CAPTURE FOR HIGHLANDERS} ANOTHER GAME ~-ARAINST BOSTON) FROM THE BRAVES —- 1 ~ 6 - 1 FNE DEAD (ON BURNING SHP IN BAY Sevca Badly Injured When Standard Oil Steamer Mohawk Explodes. CREW PENNED BY BLAZE. — Breeches Buoy Rigged From Tugs for Rescue From Buming Hulk. Five men were killed and seven were injured when thousends of ‘gallons of oil exploded in the tank steamer Mohawk, lying off Tompkins- Ville, Staten Istand, late this after- ngon, The is under charter of the Standard ,Oil Company and is one Of the grear fleet ef tankers” that carry the Trust's product to all parts ee the weeenrenna “or nitiirerermn Obveervers on shore hearé @ rumbling sound. The rear hatches of the tank which was apparently fully laden with oll, flew a hundred feet into the ar, a» though from some terrific explesion, and flames and dense smoke pourned up from the hatches and com- anion ways. A city fire noat, the Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company’ wrecking tug, “The Wrecker’ and a small fleet of tugs stood by, the ti abandoning their tows to put out at full speed for the. biasing steamer. Champions Easily|Combnation of Hits and Mis-| Tne Mohawk apparentiy carried « plays Give Home Team Double-Header. Winning Runs, GIANTS, FIRST GAME. Re Aa HIGHLANDERS. 12100 _ BR HPO A. oo 1 3 0 Daniels, rf. 30203 @. o13 2 0 oo2o0 1285 2 0 012 0 118 1 0 oo3i4 ooo0o0o oo. 0 o1s8eo 00 0 2 oo100 o1t 3 oogqgiio oo 8 0 —-——_— ee 003 2 3727 08 @ ooo p00 0 STON. te—— = A FO, | fs T ecossesese 8 42M BO basal o 12 00 BOSTON. @o 1100 R. H.PO. A. ooo7 0 124 0 110041 21 0 0 o2tt1 0 222 0 oo 30 0 13 60 oo2zt1 0 Cth & o 001 0 12 80 oo. oi. 102 8 @310 0 0 137 4 o 00 0 @ oto. -~—— = = = eae sae seeee 1 8 26M 2 Totals........,. 10 18 27 10 Seymour batted for Whaling in the Base Hite—Oft Keating, 18 in 6 tn. | *shth. nings; 10,000, New York. Daniels, rf. Wolter, cf, Cree, M. Sweeney, ¢. Hartsell, 3. Borton,, 1b. Midkiff, 3b, Fisher, p. off Caldwell, 2 in 8 innings. First Base on Balle—Off Keating 3, off Caldwell 1, off Leonard 1, Out—By Keating 3, by Caldwell 1, by Leonard 7, Three-Base Hitse—Speak: Two-Base Hite—Carrigan, Daniels 3, Cree. Stolen Base—Dan: Wild Pitch—Leonard 1, Messrs. Hart and Dineen, Attendance— janvi SECOND GAME. THE BATTING ORDER, Boston. Peckinpaugh, as. Umpires—Dineen and Hert (pectal BOSTON, J sent Wealnst the Boston in the second @ame to-day. Opposed to him is Be- Struck Struck Out—By 1. Two-Base Hit—Myers. Btolen Yerk Umpii Doy! Klem and Orth, Hooper, rt. Yerkes, 2b. Speaker, cf. Lewis, if. Gardner, 3b. Engle, 1b, Ball, as. Nunnameker, c, Bedient, p. to The Evening World.) lune 27.—Ray Fisher was | coats were shed Tesreau Hit—Titus. Bacrifice Fly- Whalli Bases — Burns, Double Plays—Doyle and Shafer, Mi — (Gpertal to The Kvesing World.) POLO GROUNDS, June 27.—Witn only one game to fight out this afternoon, the affair between the Braves and the Giants seems like @ half holiday. The crowd also took it that way apparently, |and not more than six thousand of the faithful came out to witness the feativi- profusely. 1; Collins ran for Seymour in the eighth. SUMMARY, First Base on Balle—Off Tesreau 1 MeDonal James Gaffney, to further convince us that he is neither sick or dying, oc- cupled a box next to the Boston bench. The weather was intensely hot and Jeff Tesreau took up the pitching burden for the Giants and expressed and Alnaworth. crew of @ to 0 men, who seemed to be making @ ‘lesperate, but Inoffectuald at- tempt to fight the flames, The oll fad fire, however, s0on raked the ship from stem to stern, sending up immense vol- umes of acrid amoke, Within nalf an hour after the ex- Plosion first shook the Mohawk, her crew had been driven forward until they were huddled in the very bow of the boat, unable to lower their own boats, To those on shore it seemed for a time that all the men on the Mohawk | . were doome dto death, either from fire or explosion, and hurry calls were sent to atl hospitals on Staten Island, many ambulances and physicians being sum- moned, They lined up on shore and rigged up an emergency hospital, . ——e——— NATIONAL LEAGUE, AT 6T, Louis, PITTSBURGH— 02000 - ST. LOUIS— 00000 - Batteries — Adams and Coleman; Burke and Wingo. AT CINCINNATI, i 00100 - CINCINNATI— 40000 - Batteriee—Smith and Bresnahan; Ben- ton and Clark. — AMERICAN LEAGUE, AT WASHINGTON, vinsT GAB PHILADELPHIA— 00000000 0-0 WASHINGTON— 10010000 —2 Batteries—Brown and Lapp; Johnson SECOND GAME, PHILADELPHIA— 230 WASHINGTON— 400 Ratterles—Houck and Schang; and Heory. Hughes AT DETROIT. . ST, LOUIS— 0003 DETROIT— ooo! AT CHICACO, CLEVELAND— 0008 PRICE ONE OBNT. WOMAN NURSE SLAN, COISN KLLS HER N HOSPITAL MYSTE Secret Feud Between Pair Ends fj Double Tragedy Near 200 Pa-, tients at Montefiore Home, - Bedford Hills. : VICTIM WAKES TO FLEE, _; IS SHOT THROUGH HEAR@Z AMERICAN ACTRESS FOR WHOM RIVAL LOVERS FOUGHT DUEL. PASTOR ON STAND ADMITS HE ASKED GR FOR AKISS “But It Was a Silly Thing to Do,” Says MacRorie \ at Hearing. NEVER WRONGED GIRL. a + 4 ¥ ne Jersey Clergyman Says He Was Dazed When He Signed Confession. Rev. Willie 8. MacRorte, pastor of the Uttle Mountain Methodist Bplecopal Church at Martineville, N. J. to-day took the stand in his mn defense in the trial before Judge Connolly and a fury at Elisabeth, N. J. on the charge of misconduct with nineteen-year-old Edith Nelson, formerly 6 member ef Ris cholr, After a long debate counes! for the defense decided to take a chance aend MaoRerle to the stand There was @ Quick etir of Interest in the Rosalie Roque Turns Automatic | volver on Herself and Falls Deady | ' Over Miss Lacey's Body. | “*: tp-day. from , Southampton, fhe made the long southerly coursed’ pnd despite head winds. anf fog -fmshed at the Light Ship in fqur deys, 3 houre and and occupation and then phatic denial of the charge, Tonae proceeded to try to b complete alibi for every hou! 19, the last date apecified in the indiet- ment as the day on whieh MasRorie misbehaved with the girl. PASTOR. REMEMBERED EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY. Lacey's room, across the hall, \ t and then shot herself. The women were French Canadians Oswego, N. Y., and are said to have been cousins, , R HEAVY BATTING [sss mags WINS FOR DODGERS AGAINST PALES = re From the testimony taken at tha queat and the circumstances att the tragedy 1t appears that the was deliberately planned. volver used by Mise Henri Varsel, a neat and man of leisure and means, je journalist was leaving after a call when tired with his wife that night. | ted by him, there was no moment iett undescribed during which he and the girl could have met unobserved. Attor- ney Gebhardt then read the confession of misbehavior with the girl. MacRorte identified the signature, but declared he had no recollection of signing a docu- ment containing such assertions. low did you come to sign this doou- ment?” asked Gebhardt. “My only explanation ts thie,” eald MecRerie, “It may sound ailly to others, but ft tg notaillyto me I was confronted with the statement that the “Aren't you going to try and prevent the duel?” exclaimed her friend, 'No,” responded the American girl: hem fight.” ‘What was more, the two women went to ave the duel, which was pulled off in the gray of the dawn. From the it Brooklyns Get Four Two-Bag- flash of the raplers it looked to the git had signed o sworn accusation! gers in First Inning—Stack jana of the deadly s lke a fake. The men against me, My whole career, my A box of cartridges was iy afraid of each other, The girls tee hee'd =» work, my wife and family were Very Effective. trunk, ‘The position of F in their hiding place. "then. quite by accident M. Varsel at stake { was overwhelmed and body indicates that she was crushed by the accusation. I did not trying to esenpe from the room. Jabbed the fat journalist in the arm. . know which way to turn. Mine Lacey was employed ta the The blood aquirted and Vareel picked | “'igsme one laid @ paper in front BROOKLYN. A.B, | fond Hille Montasore Heal whieh up his coat, quite scared and prepared |, .24 urged me to sign it. I was in e FO. 5 |for tuberculogia patients, om for fight, Mise Kans, who was really | 4.44 way mind would not work. 1 was | 2 fe Slinst. he was sent t0,the hospital & fond of Ledouz, paralysed with the horror of it all. 1 o 2 ! the employment. buresu of CI caught hold of the had given my life to my profession, ana @ 1 2 © O)ocConnor Irwin ot Bleventh street ounded man looked into here I etood, an innocent man, appar- 2 3 3 O Olbisth avenue, this elty, Her and—began to cry. tly branded by the false statements 2 3 8 O Oftency wis beta nolecnaed ten Those tears shattered al! the ro /O°0” git nad been so kind to, In my | Smith @ 4 © 2 0) made head day nurse on the mi reg Be ccrepes the enue a Yeopair 146 net know whet wie 1° 1 0 4 Oa position 9 trees. tnd she and Mra, Harden fled from |40lIng or what I was signing my name ‘ C 0 ‘ . the woods. Often the journalist called | ¢0- after that, but never again did he see |PROSECUTOR BEGINS A MERCI. — = <= =.= |e Retin 90 snalatate bis Inamorata, She was always “out.” LE88 GRILLING. + © 187 8 Oe ee tee mee —p>—. acRo1 t 9 Pua ptotn, co Tes cea ELPHIA. nurse's certificate, and she STOCKHOLDERS BEGIN Jovtully for e long, grilling cross-exam- R. HPO, A. E,| Dish nore Im ine nowwital. sc FIGHT AGAINST MELLEN. |ination. The young minister stood his © 0 2° 6 O).ocay that leg Rabe apereres —_—— ground well, but the ordeal browent new oot 0 0 1s @ dominating influence over ‘The fate of President C. 8. Mellen and||ife into his hg fied Ay Ct kept o 1 1 @ . ‘The latter woyld not do the tangled affairs of the New Haven| him incessantly mo} sates dle chock te 0 1 4 © O/thing without the approval Qf her que Rallroad were the subject of a mechone 4 Se pany h yy 0 © © O fain. The two young womea 3 this afternoon between a spect: letters to tt Jae} hee eercomes ty 0 0 2 0 O)|themecives and were known a mittee of New Haven directors and the! !n which he asked ber to “aMeet i © 0 6 4 ‘S| "mystery nures.” <They hes committee of New England stockholders 0 0 2 4 0|F00me in a section of the laundry wime headed by George von Longerke Meyer, 1 f 6 2 @| devoted to the use of the nurses, former Secretary of the Navy. They 00020 About three weeks there met in the Grand Central Station offices 00020 Ritter sionerounant: Nerwege Miso f the company. ; bd ’ coy. one occasion or an the factions now stand the most |son girl's home. Hi ee | Roque slapped Misa Lacey's face. important banking interests of Boston, | her @ lift in hi amaneckly aa auto-|Totals.......... % 3 27 158 1) young women quarrelied whenever 4 headed by Kidder, Peabody & Co, are |mobile, which hardly could oltmb SUMMARY. met and thought themselves alone, jo he asked top of it hill, th backing the Meyer committee, while the Morgan banking interests of New York are supporting the Mellen party, There is @ third group, which has not taken aides with elther faction, Theodore N Vail, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and one of the New Haven Girectors, wan axked to-day what the directors intended doing, He replied: “Nothing has yet been determined. No other nurses and the members of medical staff did not interfere the cousins had not Invited o and thelr work as nurses was not fered with by thelr personal di ments, KILLED AS SHE TRIED TO FROM ROOM. Both young women went to their Base Hits—Off Mayer 7 in 3 innings; off Brennan 11 in 6 innings. Firet Base on Balls—-Off Stack 4. Struck Out—By Stack 6; by Mayer 1; by Brennan 38, Two-Base Hite—Moran, Wheat, Dau bert (2) Smith (3) Fischer, Sten, Killifer, Lobert. Sacrifice Hit—Bren- pan. Sacrifice Fly—-Paskert, Stolen $5.95 | Baxee—Hmitn, Becker, Cutshaw, Um- | attersainmer last night. Mls Lacey ferred to @ church for the night t home on this Nelson girl would visit. - “How about the letter In which you (Continued on Second Page.) —_—< Wenag_| Dires—Mesars, Rigler and Byron, off for the day and Miss Roque was ‘oak to go’ on duty until midnight, tur- hed thelr roome they S| tena ame ma wants |, Se Thee PHILADELPHIA, June 2.—Enthused | O00 ine hospital was on the over their double victory here yesters . ‘ one can tell what will be the outcome, Affairs appear to be in a state of chaos, But fam confident that « sat- iefactory solution will be worked out and that some beneficial plan will be evolved, What that will be ao id Sa all wa, Ornteds