The evening world. Newspaper, November 22, 1913, Page 4

_THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1913. HORSE POISONER, (Destin in the Lions’ Den |tOKt SELLERS ARREST WALL STREET. OE OF ANG, WL TELL AL Tirng of Being a Fugitive Levenson Retums for a Cell in Tombs. HIRED TO KILL ANIMALS. Held Up Many Merchants, and Some Paid Him to Destroy the Stables of Rivals. Dehn Levenson, tormerty of No. 4 Brand street, who for years up-to Aus- bet, 2911, was head of an east site gang 0£ gunmen and was known only to his feo Thuretay night, saying he was Wired of being a fugitive from justice ena was going to tell aN he knew about the horse potsoners, the dread of two atenographers busy. He has told Chem almost incredible storios of ‘“‘shak. tng down" merchants not only on the east side, Out in Harlem, the Bronx and Brownsville under threats that unless they paid a monthly tribute to him and his gang their horses would de poisoned in gome instances their families harmed. Levenson's story, ao it in as- Gerted, will result in the indictment of of merchants, provided it 1s cor- reborated, and he says he can furnish proof that they hired him and the mem- ers of his) gang @& inflict injury upon thelr rivals in dusiness. According to Levenson many hundreds f animals were killed by himself and The favorite poison concealed in @ ball of and fed to the horses either tn the stadles of their owners or He tells of the whole eale destruction of fine blooded animals In one inatance, i i ut through the etrumentality @¢ @ member of his gang ‘Whe had secured @ position in the stable, Garenvon’s indictment came about through the confession of “Yesky Nig- Ger,” leader of @ rival gang, who wes camvicted before the late Judge O'sul- lvan and sentenced to Bing Sing Prison fer fourteen years, ‘‘Yesky Nigger” met ently revealed the inside workings fils own gang but told District- Attormey Whitman and his assistants, 11 fmew concerning the activities of gangs, Both he and Levenson great familiarity with the inside of the opposing gang. Both have that they spied upon each and were kept cognizant of what Geng was doing by traitors in camps. wid Kathofer, Present of the Ice Marufacturers’ Board of Trade jew York and Brooklyn, and Pree- f the Kast Bide Horse Owners’ Protective Aasociation, who was indicted leapt summer for the alleged hiring of men to poison nine horses belonging to the Royal Ice Cream Company of nm, Will be placed on ¢rial next a Heeb and Thomas O'Brien, | glare, we convicts serving sentence of thir- years each in Auburn Prison, | side; ty-one WH be the principal witnenses against At $2,500 a Minute Calm, While Trainer Trembles APEOEAASERAER EDDA LEAR ERASER ORLELE OADAAEEOROERDOOOE BOOOSECOOFOOREOEE SEE EEEEEE ¢ “Nine Big Beasts Listened At- tentively and Applauded as I Sang.” ‘This is the story of Destinn in the Mona’ den. For the sum of $12,00-and a etory which must make even Mary Garden’ Drees agent pea-green with envy—Mad- ame Emmy Destinn, just before sailing for New York, gave a solo performance | @ to nine large, attentive, neighborly : a " Berlin Hons. The diggost, Goliah, tay | $ _ MMEDESTINN FY on the plano, elx inches from Madamo's elbow. Bhe was alone in the cage with | S@eenee seneeseooooooores the nine, eave for their trainer, also Jeyes, 1 tike the whole cat family, lions, & woman, who served as accompanist |tlgers, leopards and all the rest. They to the singer. “Diana of the opera,” ith right sartana poo es Well and they unders caret, named ber lot ago BAS 88 | Wien 1 was in London 1 made ® pet ¥ proved her title. x cw hon 5 Seuan And the gusto, the chuckting delight [or a baby Jamier at the Zoo. g at first by talking to him and he soon With which she describes her most re-|grew to recounize me. After a time markable performance! With shining, |the keeper would take down the bars Sloe-black eyes, wrinkling nose and up-|of his cage and let me play with him Der lip, flexible voice and fingers, she| whenever I visited the Zoo I'd like & dramatizes Destinn and the lions, Ono|baby lion for a pet. can only listen and watch, and wonder} Mme, Destinn why Emmy Destinn er called | "Diana of the Opera,” because of “Hilarious” is the adjec-|prowess with rod and gun. She sre tive that fits her when whe talks about |up a real tomboy, the ring leader of a band of mischievous brothers. At four- “You weren't afraid?” it was eug-|teen she had bagged the biggest game Sested, to start her. in Prague and the Black For Now A vigorous shake of her head, with|she owns » beautiful country estate of ite wreathed braids, black aad heavy |%40 acres in her native couftry, Bo- as an Indian squaw's, Then @ vocai|hemia, where she spends her’ vacation and pantomi: 1c explosion, fishing and hunting. A friend says that THE 1G FEE DISPELS ALL NER.|D¢t secret ambition is to hunt big game in Africa and India, VOUSNESS, “The photo-ilm people come to me INSURED FOR $125,000 AGAINST and say, ‘We want you to sing to the DEATH. None.’ Just for a moment I am the} Not only did Mme, Destinn receive least, the tiniest bit nervous, But it| #600 a minute for the time spent in t! does not last, oh, not that long’—with cage, but the moving picture com- an expressive gesture of thumb and took out @ policy forefinger. “I smile s insurance against hei not?’ When I hear th or injury, 1 am to receive for the one little song| “For my childre I know there is no ‘why no with another naughty twinkle—the chil- “The day comes and they take me to the cage, @ real cage with tron bars, but almost as big asa room, I wear a beautiful evening gown, what one would] tinn. wear et @ concert, I must have respect| ‘Would you go through the experience for my audience, which awaits me ao|#kain?" she was asked. patiently! “If 1 had not done it once I would “They open the cage door and the/4o it. But really I'm biase about trainer and I enter. 1 look hard, ike|!ons!” This with superciliously this"—the black eyes turned upon the|4rooped eyelids and a al reporter with an Eimpress-of-Russia| As the reporter turned to the door “The lions, nine of them, look| Puck Peeped out again, “Signor Tos- back, They put their heads on one|Cantini at the Metropolitan Opera House they walk wp and down; they |4sked if I was not afraid of the lions, originally called absence. In fact, “Madame” is merely the operatic title of “Miss” Emmy De >) soft and graceful and affection | 87d she explained | + dren being #o far conspicuous by their | fi SHOWS $200,000 WORTH) = OF DRUG SOLD YEARLY, | 3+ #-saPea™ Amalgamated Copper Am. Am, Am, Am, Smelters, pf. Am, Tel. & Tel. Canadian Pacific . Consolidated Gas Groat Northern, pf. Lehigh Valley .. New York Central . Northern Pacific . Penneyivenia Railroad . Reading a District-Attorney Believes He Will Discover Association |]; That Dispenses Poison. aataearassasese | ‘The arraignment in Centre Street Police Court to-day of William Bour- den of No. 16 East One Hundred and Fourtenth street on a charge of selling cocaine ia belleved by Assistant Dis- | trict-Attorney ‘Wilmot to be a etep toward the eventual diacovery of the man or association responsible for the Aiatribution of cocaine in Greater New York. It te estimated by Mr, Wilmot, who {a detatled exclusively to investi- gate the cocaine evil, that something Mike 6200,000 worth of the dru: this city every month. Mt ie retailed at from @ an ounce up. Bourden was held in 91,600 dail and went to the Tombs. Mr. Wiimet be- Neves Bourden was @ sort of district Aiatributor of “coke,” acting in a con- fidential retation to the persons who run the central supply station, Arrosts of cocaine fends and retail co- Market Closing—In the last half hoar of trading prices picked up and busincss was fairly active compared with the previous hour, but the week's eecord of business has not been duplicated eince 1997 for dullness and smal! amunt of & result of covering by traders Prices advanced a little near the close, and final prices were a little lower than the best prices reached in last half hour. ‘Total sales 60,043 shares. Opening — Extreme dullness prevatled @t the opening and price changes tn standard (ssues were small, although there wes pronounced weakness in a itributers have been numerous | few specialties. Mexican news was con- te, Several distributors of boxes of | sidered unfavorable, but ¢here was en the drug that sell for % cents each told | offset to that in the etatement of United Mr. ‘Wimet they got their euppiies from | States exports for October, wihch, com- Bourden, pared with last year, were Gamuel Deane, a tall, thin, hollow|more and over $44,400,000 increase over cheeked and pale process server on the| 1911 for the eame months. District-Attorney's statf, went to Bour | 1-8 ied oe uthe et den’s home last night and represented | unchanged, wi se himself as @ “coke” fiend in need of the | lower on @rut eales the following érans- drug. As nonchalantly as though he| actions brought the prices up to the were selling peanuts Bourden produced & email vial the drug, which he sold to Deane for @ quarter. Mr. Wilmot snd Detective Leigh arrested Bourden. Another cocaine distributer arraigned in Centre Street Police Court to-day was Anthony Capitano of No. 6 Mul- berry street, the proprietor of @ pool and billiard room. Poltceman John Mc- Elfigot noted that many of the patrons were cocaine fiends watch on the pro- open in the first hour and very Httle interest was diaplayed in the trading. It was noticed that @ large number of kept steady, The Closing Quota: Capitano'’s rooms, He found 108 small boxes of cocaine such as @re gold to slaves of the drug for % cents a box. WOMAN BADLY CUT AS AUTO IS WRECKED Chauffeur, Who Borrowed Mrs. Heye’s Car, Runs It Into wielus Be: eetanes Sz: CSFESES EREFLI £3 +tetet+ + ++ FSFE FSF FPEFEE OF SE } Stones on Street. ime An automobile belonging to Mra. ey gy sit * Blanche A. Wililams Heye, who demand- an 3 a - 1 $78,000 @ year allmony in her divorce 1D 104 108 eult against her husband, George G.|1 ‘4. BS! ot oe fo the banker, was wrecked carly to- | 1; 8 Marl oti. JO UI Ge Seventh avenue and One Hundred and Sixteenth street, where it struck a pile of paving blocks, and Mrs, Mary | CONSOLIDATED Grant, who was riding in the car, was STOCK EXCHANGE. thrown out and cut about the head. Mrs. Grant, who lives No, 1@ Man- 7 ‘ Prices on the Consolidated Stock Ex. who lives at the same address, She dealings reflected an easing tendency ui compared with the closing quotations of Friday. Subsequently, however, there was @ rally, with the market then drift- ing once more into the waiting position, which has been its prominent character- istic recently, Transactions took place ‘on the initial call in @ mumber of prom- inent issues of which no early sales were recorded elsewhere in Wall Street. Among the stocks which had on the Consolt 4 floor their only we re Canadian Pacific at sidewalk after the collision and was stunned for a moment. She refused ald at her home, the Hotel Langdon, that Magner, wh: has been in her employ many year had asked her to lend him the automo- bile 40 take Mis aunt for ride, and that she had gladly complied. pada analy OVERPOWERS HOLD-UP MAN Henry Blank of No. 30 West street apeake & Ohio at 663-8 and 651-2, St N.Y. COTTON MARKET. Paul at 983-8 and 981-4, and Erie at say's 26 and 267-8. The last named's final High, Low, Close. call price reflected a deviine of 3-8) a we 13.15 13.16 of a point from the night before, | 1208 Jan, 12.9 1.91 Canadian Pacific showed a similar Joss, | 1.0) March 12.90 1291 13; May 12.99 July 13.01 12.92 12.5 12.78 Cotton opened off from 6 to 9 points, Chesapeake & Ohio, on the other hand, was up 1-4. St, Paul was down 1-8. Lehigh Valley on the call was up 1-k, overnight losses: Amalgamated Copper, |tion and renewed short selling based Can and Brooklyn Rapid Transit each |O lower cables and confirmed bad 1-4, and Reading, Southern Pacific and|'tade reports, Liverpool bought and Baltimore & Ohio each 1-8, some of the shurt interest bought to In the after call trading Steel fatled |f¥en UD over week-end to change hands above 66, when it] Texas despatch said ginning was touched 561-8 on the New York Stock (early completed, After declining Exchange, but Reading got to 1691-4,|from to 7 points farther, pressure against a high on the other board of |[femed to diminiah and {t was eatd that 1 ‘and Amalgamated Copper to{Spinners were axain taking advantage euinet 68 New Haven diq | the decline to call cotton at 18 cente i or under. to carly Meh wae Tee ee 884)" Prices in the last hour warged off a little further, and closed near to the lowest figures, showing losses ranging Points wince yesterday's ——— FINANCIAL NEWS ITEMS. Turner Ol Company, on which the Roya Dutch-Shell combine holds an| = option, has declared initial dividend of 2 cents a share on ite $600,000 capital. This ie equivalent to 9 per cent. Lehigh Valley Ratlroad reports ae- ‘crease for October in net earnings of 942,192, and eince July 1 the net earnings have Geclined §76,85, compared with @ period of previous year. Genera! Chemical Company announces that [ts common stockhoMiers will have privilege of mrbscribing to common @tock at par to extent of 6 per cent. of thelr respective hoktings at close of business Dec. S1. Payment is to be made Fe. 2, 114 Up-tate Puttic Service Commission hes authorized International Railway Co. to tesue $1,100,000-6 per cent. 8-year donde to be sold at not less than 68, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad declared regular dividend for quarter of 3 per cent, payable Dec. 10 to stock record Nov, 2. ordinary soaps do to the skin RDINARY toilet soap makes skin look white and clean < the naked Siiviae wise s it rough a magni ass. You will find that the ‘‘free’’ alkali, which ordinary soap contains, has roughened, irritated and parched your ekin; and this may in time cause blotches, pimples, black- beads and other skin troubies, Resinol Soap cleans, soothes and protects the skin Boston and Albany quarterly dividend of 21-8 per cent. on preferred stock is payable Dec. 31 to stock record Nov. 2. °Fortnightly bulletin of American Rail- way Asosciation states that on Nov. 15 there was a net surplus of idle cars on lines of United States and Canada of 223,462, compared with net shortage on Nov. 1 of 1,842 cars. An increase of 24404 fale care In two weeks. ‘Yon yaed & soup Wich wot only Uncalled For | CHICAGO_WHEAT AND coRN|| cleaneyour pty qrokecirars OVERCOATS Fritters Anes Net || Why you should get a cake of “a UR “ey ay | | Thine ard deighttlttlet Sup 8, 920, O28, #8 f 7 2 RRS GM BE 2 8]] Seine ie sont mediation st i 080, as, Oat Net |] Resinol Ointment, the standard an Rt. Tem, Ceo, 28% 11 prescription for skin troubles. It RE sess BR TOS B i$ therefore affords an entiseptic heat opened unchanged to 1-8 lower.|] protectiontotheskin, which merely Corn was 1-8 higher at opening. ‘Wheat receipts at Duluth to-day, 419 cars, compared with 44 last week and 472 last year, same date, At Minneapolis to-day 32 cars, last week, 487, and last year, 611 car lots. ‘Wheat was somewhat steadier follow- ing the early depression, but volume of trade was limited. Good Argentine re- port and favorable advices from Amer- joan winter wheat crop limit, bullish enthusiasm. Corn was subjected to freer offerings on upturn, based on improved weather condition forecasts. ‘Wheat closed unchanged to 1-8 higher. Corn closed 1-8 to 1-4 above Friday's close. po SINGS TO SOFTEN COURT. re soap does not do. Resinol Bose keeps the skin in a clean, healthy condition and insures a clear, natural complexion. defective or irregular action of the or; are first consecjuences,and trouble is not remov Cut From 6115 to 965. M. Bernard, who said he was a Grand opera singer, pleaded with Judge War- ren in‘the First Criminal Court, Jersey City, to-day, to reduce @ fine of $115 im- posed on Bernard's friend, Albert Meiser of Newark, for speeding his automobile mon ailm along the Hudson Boulevard at mid- ightei night last night. ally thi: “Let me sing for you," he begged. “That ought to be worth something. Bo he did, and Judge Warren re- duced the fine to 95, though whether because he liked the music or to get Bernara to stop, he didn't explain, The directions wiih every ben ore vers stepped beside James Huston of No, wrlukle thelr foreheads; they make| Madame sald with a parting giggle. “I l1qq Chorry street at’ the Bowery and ire gghilbeeglhesg Halhofer pald them | noises in thelr throats.” Mme, Deatinn|Feblied the only lion of whom 1 was|payard street to-day and pressed what y's horses becaviee of businces|#4V¢ & most laughable imitation of the |#fraid was~Signor Toscanini! Huston was a knife against his rivalry. Indicted with Kathoter l@ Max| facial twitchings of a curious cat, fol- ribs, “0! '¥, partner with Kalhofer, in the| lowed by an assorted selection of little eines AMERICAN HELD IN LONDON. Blank, Shirek: Celumbia-O. K. Ice Cream Company, in| and joud growls. Cannon street. Cavenson ints out with pride that | cried, in a burst of enthuslam. “He w. he was the original owner of the gray | the bi Tease ce the ane four gunmen. Ge Rosenthal murder. —_—_sas Leaves Morricania Judgeless. Owing to a misunderstanding regard-|1 nad finished my big Gollah bent his| est secrecy. He was taken et Hammer- fag the assignments of magistrates, | head to one alde and with my fingers L| Wood House, Merrisania Court was without @ judge for three bours thie morning. Magis- trate Corrigan, who was to have been fn the bench this morning, understood mat his assignment there began to- morrow and did not return from the South, where he had been visiting. ‘There was no available mazistrate to be reached unt!l Magistrate Appleton consented to sit in Morrisania after fin- fabing the calendar at the West Farms HEAD AND NOSTRY FFED FROM COLD Cold Compound” ends a cold or grippe in a few hours. * Your cold will break and all grippe end after taki a dose of '« Cold Compound” every two hours until three doses are taken. ne) promptly opens clogged-up nos- te: stops | reli ek headache, d Teecilnces sore treet vavtelag sare: end Boot stuffed-up! Quit blowi caaiflizg! i Ue, throbbing He says he eokd it to and Shapiro a few weeks before | *ns. “But Goliah was the best!" Madame] Man Believed to Be J, L. Ellfott of New York Arrcated. LONDON, Noy, 2.—An American, me as he could get when I began to| Whom the police designate as John El- I gave them an aria from] lott, supposed to be John Love Elliott ‘Mignon,’ which takes about five min-|of New York, has been arrested on a utes. They listened so nicely, and] serious charge and is detained at Scot- sometimes they applauded softly, When |!and Yard in circumstances of the great- near East Grinstead, Uckled him under the ear. He purred! “Did you ever hear a lion purr?” Mme. Destinn paused to ask. The reporter had to say “No.” PRIMA DONNA 18 A GOOD VEN- TRILOQU!ST. “Bend over your ear, ye command- ed, and, obeying, the reporter heard a Basal breathing exactly like the harsh- where he resided with his two daugh- ters, the older sixteen years, The pria- oner told the police he was interested in @ process for refining oll, which he was trying to sell in England, In New York Elliott was well known in mining clreles and a member of nu- merous fashionable clubs, He was thrice married. His second wife, Ethel Irene Stewart, an opera singer, obtained ened purr of @ cat. A moment later it] a divorce in 1907 and large @limony, Bhe was swallowed in a delighted giggle, as] filed a petition in bankruptcy tn 1911, the writer appeared properly amazed at|showing liabilities of $25,000 and assets “ALL right, into his pocket as though to money. Blank dropped his arm = and Huston turned on him and overpowered, him, He took his prisoner to police headquarters where Policeman Seaman arrested Blank and took him to the Mulberry street station. a erence SPUGS OF 1912 RALLY. ‘A rally of last year's Spugs, members of the Society for the Prevention of Useless Christmas Giving, will be held Monday evening at the headquarters, No, 105 West Fortteth street, at 8 P, M. Every Spug of last year is 4 to become @ Spug captain this year by en- listing five people in the movement, The purpose of Monday night's rally js to lay plans for this year's campaign of the Spugs which is to end with a big Christmas Tree party at the Grand Central Palace Christinas To become & Spug cos ly ten cents. For that each Spug receives a the unexpected ventriloguiatic exhibi-| Including a claim of $24,000 for unpaid tion, The spirit of Puck twinkled in the | #!imony. prima donna's dark gaze, Then her mood changed. “Of course one biow from a big paw would have been the end,” she admitted seriously, though with no visible shudder. “We Were two women aivne with nine ani- mais. That poor trainer who played my accompaniment had been with the lions had not a grain of But 'y minute that piano trembled ali Destion didn't tremble," Proudly \prima donna, and sir passages in the head, nasty deters. or nose ns interrupted @ friend of the “There wasn't a quiver in her voice al) the time she was sing: Ing.” Mme. 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