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——————— ' ' | STATE GRAFTERS PAID POLITICIANS an Contractors Forced to Pay Part} of Their Profits to Political Organizations. | NO MORE “JOHN DOE.” GOV. GLYNN will give thanks on No Norway when they learned that under feathers, MRS, CHARLES HW own remark that she Special Term of SupremeCourt Grand Jury Likely to Hear | Sensational Evidence. | —_ A new Hine in the investigation into the charge that the Republican and Democratic organizations graft ed on contractors on the State high- ways and the Barge Canal was open: up by Distriet-Attorney | Whitman today. This Is an accu sation that the size of contracts awarded was governed In many In-| stances by the amount the contrac: tors were willing to pay Into the hands of men who sald they repre: sented the State political organisa- tions. The District-Attorney hae information of one case in which, it In claimed, a) contractor was told that he would not be given a large contract until he made a certain contribution, which he made eventually, In this cane the con- tractor has a New York oMce, The! money is sald to have bean pald here and the matter will be made the aub- Ject of a Grand Jury proceeding rest- gon a direct charge of extortion, Assistant District-Attorney Clerk, | Just back from o talk with Onerles W. Bolger, of Oswego, formerly 6 Deputy | Attorney-General and for many yoore, It is stated that contractors were in- formed, when putting in their bids, that to represent political organizations, Con- tractors who were “good” were after- ward reimbursed, according to the in- formation given to the District-Attor- ney, in the way of “extras,” pald for by the 8 Julin A. Hennensy turned over to the District-Attorney to-day evidence upon which will be based a epecific inquiry into the Bureau of Repairs of the Do- partment of Highways during the ad- ministration of Gov, Dix, Charles R. Foley of Niagara Falls, Deputy Com- missioner of Highways, was in charg of the Bureau of Repairs at that time ‘The evidence piling up in the District- Attorney's office is becoming so conclu- sive and widespread that Mr, Whitman is considering the plan of adjourning the John Doe proceedings indefinitely after to-day's session. The John Doe hearings are public, While Mr, Whit+ anxious that the public shall all the information he gathe in this graft investigation, he feels that publicity may warn persons who are implicated and thus defeat the ends of Juatice, If the John Doe hearings are dis- ter will be the continued, the whole mi thresied out Grand Jury Gov. Glynn in the secrecy of It is exp soon 4 will apecial term of the Supreme Court to deal exclusively with the graft in- vestigation. Juatice Vernon M. Davis will probably be wsmixned ide. M'GUIRE HAS SUFFERED A MENTAL BREAKDOWN, te | threatened by 1 | funed to SHE SPOKE LADINO—Woman spoke only Lad wanderern over the earth centuries ago HELPING HIS WIFE to wash the cl broke two ribs. the circum exhibita. 1s coming in from many great deal of the evidence Is hearsay, but ft all leads to now lines of invest! gation along which. better than hearsay testimony may be picked up, The THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1918. «« |CONSOLIDATED STOCK EXCHANGE. | | | No other hair | tonic or restora- tive is as effec- tive or satisfactory as t side, and a Towards the closed # to Yield of Leading Stocks 6. Present Sell.ng Price v.01 nent from gaining much tw neNe date put it lan't Ft 1 y , fend of the fitet hour ‘ " THINTEENS th the date t but it Jan’t Friday, #0 atl may be well, P juite Haves beeen ta MT Wau bie ution w much t CHICAGO WHEAT AND CO — 6 Ainnigamated Copper Leda rape aia eal t sik Waa | MARKETS. a cure for Indigestion. 7 Am. Car & Mounar prices in the has nt INtereRt WAR TAKEN) wee dneate aqunarei> 7 American Can pe to the opening I having b expected to & . A ain made ral! afte ne nt W ena THY GG jumps over the beef that Jumped over the moon 4 American Smelterr common bolt ’ = ball bs ¥0) hier ie halal Ai 7 American Smeiters pf.. Lit ba rene ot h Hour, and} opening panaetay: Laidyd ths he 6 ‘toes sagged off in eecond hour, and {oper all reflected general declines HASH AT 7 CENTS A PLATE in too much for the University of Chicago | 4 Sirereh Soe on trading relapsed into utter duliness to] K fixures of Wednes co-eds, who talk of u junger strike, é Gos Waneea Ga aw oni : 1 168 to 78 . Jonnolidates ‘ v » TK : So 1, Geant NOMnIFA In the first hour of the afternvon New | point t 14 Wither It restores natural color CHICAGO CATERERS had to countermand thelr order for 3,096 groune from R Haven sold down to 14, arf prices were eet) uses were giving wut bull to gre: d hai Pre- 10 Tehigh Valley... — Co! t EW YORK COTTON MARKET. [isn aivices é The best prives of the day were made | Am. Can the new Inaw they couldn't import the |, New York Central ip Eee in eoet tor ee inal Wetnenay's hat be ee at me it h : ign teading to 184-4, Union Pact oe Gee, ti, toe, damage reports the pik A ~ ¢ Ponnayieanin rate tatters oF MLB, Holl PSP re Hey, tee, tent trowth follows Pennsylvania i iit Drogaiots ARNDT of Reeting died In a Mt of laughter over her Ts Reading need prices showed | CANOGA CRGHEL THOEE tees purchase pee nts wished ind would die of laughing yet” @ Southern facihe en sien iionoanet aE Ge nainana pls vena 10 sad dealer's os Loreena 10 Unton Pacific uo. WIR Je a Rubs tt ite trom #t covering. ‘me Ra HerRoniac Howe In a divorce case before Judge Gegerich | 5 United Staten Kten! itary best niente, Oto Pats | Wheat advanced ‘Mowiy and in aecond he Jy extinct language of the Turkish wi ° nited . afternoon, St ost a poly om ” Ne ports | hour was % of a cent higher than yee the nearly extinct languag ne Jews who becam Tnited States Steel pf ae L int Frere | tor the day are ealimated a Tap [hour was M of a cent higher t as tt nok came ower Mt year, and last week wt sold %@ above th ‘| ‘othes, Paterson man fell on the tub and Market Closing--In the Inte afternoon A market ra nem market was hatrow, Loe: Li Bad eaday and held fi t the market showed an iinproving ten o'clock pout. tt outed wing (KS. allah — dency, but business was not active and) vabie Atlee Met sluice ok the to thie Uke and biden) X-RAY GOWN fa understood to have kone Into winter quarters, along with | the rise seemed to result from nothing | tees tee bolita below the te car N with neta 5 , more than @hort covering operat The following were 4 highest, jowret and i" | Gay'g clone, prices ploked up in (Aad fn % the bewi aintaeinnsia itnnactonensesiamen ‘ “| peices of stocks fo today aud the net chang £ up i £e0+ | prices 1 it in both . | Misaourt and Pacttle sold off wuddenty | Tr Saared vill) seotenias’s closing rica | ond nour, and atin Lad-lott 0 St lish—but rourcés, Al quarterly % per cent, dividend and an! to 2, while Lehigh Valley spurted up Net | extra dividend of & cent , 1467-8, a rise from the low th High, Low, Last. oh'vs, : . ty rt 0 a ene x ithout Pinch October was the biggert month In| Oy Am, Bem Hognt i] i] . greatly cheered by the fact that #0 many persons who ap- pear to have knowlege of the alleged grafting express themselves an willing to go on the witness stand and tell what they kno under oath. More good news to the District-Attor- ney wae the anno District-Attorney ne} that James of the State's biggest would be ready to testify called. eared time} res became public, and | ted would not return until Stewart disap Hennensy's © it was 6 the John Doe hearing wan over, George Gordon Batth his lawyer, expiaina that Stewart has been enjoy- ing his regular October hunt In the Hockies, and has no intention of trying 0 ape testifying if hy eo wanted. What he {# willing to cell has not been hinted at, ‘Stewart han had a large ehare of state work, His name has frequently been mentioned an a heavy contributor t campaign funda, some of the figures run- Hing as high ax $100,000, There are stories of how he was close to Charles F Murphy with et elation of contracts | or refusals of new work. Stewart In| credited with having had a big row } ae barge canal contr because he re- sane across” when Tammany | demandet money. At least one man | high in the councils of the wigwam in| alleged to have tried to prevent the | “plackjacking of Btewart,” as he called | ft, but Stewart had to give up $25,000 FINANCIAL NEWS ITEMS. fiouthern Railway reports increase of | $20,845 for first week's earnings in November and since July 1 an incre of $638,376. lave evidently received ail) ing money they war during the past week or #0 onl. amounta have been placed. The total amount of crop moving money in banks does not exceed $36,000,000. Solar Refining Company declared a regular semi-annual dividend of $6 a share and an extra dividend of $30 4 share from accumulated funds, payable Deo, 20 to tock of record Nov. 44. Banks the crop On account of no quorum the Union Pacific monthly meeting will be held next week, at which time action will be taken on quarterly dividend, R. 8. Scott, Chairman of the executive com- mittee, stated that many members of the board were out of the olty as the reason, ny declared a regular A Message to Thin, Weak, Scrawny Folks An Easy Way to Gain 10 to 30 tbs of Solid, Healthy, Permanent Flesh undeveloped men and e are heard to way, “I why Ido not get fat, 1 plenty of good, nourishing food."" ‘The Just this; You cannot get fat, ow much you eat, unless your aaimilate the fat-making f passing When the John Doe hearing wae re sumed before Chief Magintrate MoAdoo this afternoon Henry A. Wise appeared for George McGuire and announced that | McGuire was too ill to testify “I haven't been able to communtcat in person with my client to-day,” sad Mr, Wise, “but I am ammired by Dr. Wiliam B. Pritchard of No, 143 Went Seventy-necond atreet, who has him in charge, that he Is in a state of mentat collapse and utterly unable to make @ny sort of a statement 1 would mug- weet that this inquiry go over until next Tuesday or Wednenday * Mr. Whitman was agrevable. Tho hearing was adjourned until next Wed- Nesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. District-Attorney Whitman is going up Atate within a day or two. He expects to vislt Buffalo and other points where the canal scandals are said flourished, Mr. Whitman is larly anxious to get acces to the knos.iedge by Willlam J. Conners, of Buffelo, former State Democratic Chatr- man. Confirmation of McGuire's statements to have particu. MAN BRAND See the ‘‘G” Line Mush- room Tucked and French Pique Drees Shirt. EARL & MAKERS OF TROY’S BEST PRODUCT on'a body te like i hungry for the which it te being de- {lure of the alimentary m the food, The this sinful wi and to stop Hurgol building ele f face ti od rege! eo highly by phys Take a little Sargo meal and notice how and rolls of tab quickly your firm, healthy body, covert Jecting pon’ t ery pensive, easy to take and highly ain ten pounds or more, for it ful flesh builder, -Advt, Front Effect of the WHITE- WOOD, but without the Deep Points. 2 for 25c, WILSON Tnton Pacific history, exceeding Octo- { her, 192, by a very large mareih, ana {Rear the close for the leaders, with | Am 9m TU: 4 or Rub this month promiges to do as well, as| at 134, Reading 16038-4and Union| am Tt. & T . 7 (raMe in. interemountain @tates. ta| Pacific at 160, Anaconda Mitty s+ % | = Of course you'll get smart- enormous, Trafle Director Winchell re- ite ene was fim, ‘Total sales, | ti. 1 & i 4 ness and shapeliness, but ithe . Opening Overnight lores oceurred | (ale fuer | solid comfort as well in Persixtent rumors claim that New! all through the Ile in active | Cyn ‘| Bick headaches! Always trace them|ening hexdache Cascarets will remove the Reed Shoe. Mav directors would withdraw ¢ iasues declines were than th ie & oie, 3) to lazy liver + delaye , fermenting food in the cause by stimulating the liver The restful ease will be a bond lasue, which sold, when tks recorded In London privr to opening Co iel A tee {| the bowels or a sick stomach. Poison-| making the bile and constipatio: revelation to you. Reco down t w low record, at 1021-4 to- | here. ; %| ous, constipated matter, gases and bile | move on and out of the bowels ended worl P. bail day. Stocks, however, aeemed to be want: | «| generated in the howels, instead of being| ‘ken to-night straightens you out by eo worls) wide by to he the purnose of the | ed at the lower level, althougs room}? ied out of the syatem, is reabsorbed | MOTpIng—8 10-cent box will keep your physicians. head clear, stomach sweet, liver and Arie bowels regular, and make you feel bright we short tim into the blood, When this poi notes | traders Were bearish in the bellef that || i All styles, $5.00 to $6.00. requirements and awalt @/ intervention in Mexico wax Inevitable. | [itp iajreaches the delicate brain tissue it ae _ ; more favorable altuation in the money| ‘The opening on Steel was 2,000, Mo. 1 uses Congestion and that dull, sick CE AG EC months, ‘Children need For Men and Women market before undertaking permanent | shares at 85 ard 54 7-8 compared with S x4 . w financing | 55 4-4 at close of Wednesday, Some Py leotworth Bidg., 12 Park Pi. Seneon | iragement was derived from the CANDY CATHARTIC, “t0re*) 1382 Broadway at 36th Street Southern Pacific Ratlroad declared | tron age report which asserted that tn’ a regular quarterly dividend of 12 pean steel trade the worst condi- tlons had already been seen. ‘This should lessen the possibility of exports 1 of foreign steel to thin country. Although the beara succeeded in low- per cent, pm of record De jo dun, 3 to stock Purses are filled, Hearts are made glad, and Northwest Railroad de- ular quarterly dividend of one: olared si ices at the start they failed [! rt m By the r ht oon pr and 144 per | ering prices at fl be ia t oo ime) 6@ ent. on common atocks, payable Jan, |‘ bring: Sot siee and pric after wes uf W ly Xs Cer Oe een nar a opening of from 1-4 to 11-3 points, * Ser oe Of a World Want Ad. Ir Ix authoritatively stated that Le- high Valley directors are consider no change in dividend rate. for first four months of current fiscal ‘av amply warrant continuation of 10 cent. per annum, but a change to quarterly from semi-annual paymenta ix under consideration, Underwood Typewriter Company de- | clared regular quarterly @ividend of 1 per cent, on common stock and 13-4 on the preferred, payable Jan. 1 to stock of record on Dec. 2. We Place on Sale To-Day 212 Blanket-back Overcoats at $ OUR $25 VALUES We're taking advantage of the first cold snap to relieve our congested Overcoat stocks which the extremely backward season has left far too heavy. 212 nobby, blanket-back grays, blues and browns, in winterweight _cassimeres, velours, Scotch Tweeds and chinchillas, just fresh from our Tailors’ hands, choice of the new form-fitting, or box back belted styles, iden- model with our pat coats. 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