The evening world. Newspaper, December 23, 1913, Page 1

WKRATHER—Rain to-' =——— FINA EDITION Circulation Books \y Wednesday. by The Press Publishing (The New York Wor! PRICE ONE CENT. \ fs Ly) J amen! Gu eet A: ‘ine Aeahregn Union N. Bethell Backs Down When the Commission Issues a Writ. EVASIVE IN ANSWERS. Insists He Is Unable to Tell ‘About City Profits of the Monopoly. After long dodging and evading. Union N Bethel, President of Ve New York Telephone Company, ap- Peared before the Up-State Public Ser- vice Commission this afternoon un- Ger pressure of a subpoena The subpoena was not served be- cause when the process server campet in the Telephone Building Mr. Bethel! announced that he woulg voluntarily appe:r. Unable to get any !nformat! on from lawyer, Jonn L. Swayze, as to the com- Pany’e capital invest the commission sought President Bethel! to met the figures from him. dent Bethell was examined by M. H Winkler, principal petitioner for reduc- tlon of rates, who produced a statement submitted by Mr. Bethell in a previaus New York City in 1910. Mr. Bethell evaded assuming respon- sibility for the figures, ants. : FOR LAST YEAR. “Now then," said Mr, Winkler, “hay- the amount of money you 8 of Dec. 31, 19127" business is best the cities whout the State to- for separate communities. York City. It is impossible to deal with the city of New York ite City, in my judgment, is worth vastly (Continued on Second Pa, ——— BROOKLYN SCHOOL GIRL Falls Down Four Steps, Breaking Skull. Fifteen-y: No. 78 in Pacific street, near o downstairs to Princip day to Crooxer's office. She ent. to the stone pay principal. He cai bis olfice and from the Holy ‘ally Hospital. fainting spell caused her fall, Se SUNDAY WORLD WANTS TRUST (CURRENCY BILL HEAD OF CIIY PHONE p | BECNES I FORCED 10 TESTIFY AFTE DODGING SERVICE BOARD VE TRUST’S HEAD P. FORCED TO APPEAR BEFORE COMMISSIO. reports or from the company's cnlet | nt and annual | - Profita froin New | urk City investments. | MITCHEL ASKS GOFF TO SWEAR HIM INTO ~OFFIGE OF MAYOR: saying that he) Heved they were approximate Agures | fompiled by engineers and account-| After being sworn as a witness Presi: | ease of the company’s tnvestment in| Mayor-Elect Is Grandson of |\ affixed and the bill sent to the White| the steel bow of the tug, but the stout UNABLE TO TELL EXPENSES Justice’s Companion in Arms fog. made that estimate in 1910, can you | in Ireland’s Cause. @. Why? A. Becaune we treat all the oath 0! Btate of New York and part of NeW preparatory to assuming the duties of Jeraey as a unit. and having under-| Btood rates were to be fixed on a lasin| of the entire State and believing that ved by operating all Executive of *lernment offielals measure, The Comptroller of the Cur- rency is one of these, That office ts ‘avant, and one of the first steps in putting the new system Into force will be the appointment of a Comp- troller. President Wilson 18 expected ministered by Justice of the Supreme Court Goff and the ceremony will have a@ sentimental! interest. In the days of his young manhood, when he Was an ardent and powerfu cause of freedom John W. Goff was on terms co-operation with the then John Mitchel. is a grandaon of Goff is natur- the career of the! giandson of his old friend and associate in the fight tor freedom for the Emer- | @ether, we have not kept our accounts Q. Is there any way which you could obtain the amount? A. Possibly through engineers, but I believe the books would not show tho actual investment in New lone, because of lations with other companies of the system. The property in New York mature Irish patriot, The ceremonies attending the coming n of the new Mayor of New York and New Year's da KILLED BY SHORT FALL ’ As a result the cor- n rooms of the City run with people and the Leaves Graduating Classroom and space of the re- ception room, it old Frances Humphries, who lived at No 24 Warren street, Brooklyn, and attended Public School | yi) meet in the private oillce at high 1 Walk across the corridor recepton room. Court, | left her classroom, that of the gradu- ating clans, shortly after 1 o'clock t- F, i. | slipped on the steps at the ground floor and fell four | wil then have som words of parting from Geraldine O'riea, Mr, Crooker's | his ry, wos passing and called the doors © Jed the little girl Into | oMee wilt unguned Dr. Carter | Morgan Entate. The doctor found the girl allve but whe died in a few moments, Her skull had been fractured. It Is believed a we the estate of |tax appraisers, t¢ of Mr, Martin was made after WILSON SENS ‘OBARERESCUED ON TUG THAT SANK - RVERSTEANBOAT President Acts on Measure}Seneca Under Water Five Min- After Passage by the Sen- ate by Vote of 43 to 25. MAKES IT CEREMONY. utes After Steel Bow of Willard Pierced Her. SCRAMBLE TO ESCAPE. Congress Leaders at White|Old Steamboat Was Just | House See Executive Use Two Gold Pens in Signing. SHINGTON, Dey n this evening signed the Curren, iil In the presence of a notable gather- snator Owen and Representative . co-authors of the Currency bill; ‘8 of the Congressional Banking ymmittees and leaders in Congress were Invite by President Wilson to at- tend the ceremony of signing the meas- 2.—Presisen: | Starting on Fishing Trip From Hoboken Pier. The little steamboat Seneca, which had been a familiar figure in New York harbor for more than # quarter of @ century and had conveyed many thou- sands of fishermen to and from the Banks, was run down and cut in two by @ steel tug in the North River to- da: She sank in less than five min- utes, her twenty passengers of six scrambling aboard the tug in ure, The President signed the bill with | safety. two gold pens and presented one to) — The Seneca yas owned by Michael and Senator Owen and the other to Repre- | Nicholas Biastus of sentative Glass By a vote of 43 to 25 the Senate thie the bill to the President) business of taking fishermen outside The vote on adoption| Sandy Hook for a day’ von ser approval ‘onference committee's draft oft came at the end h of what at times was acrimonious in which Republicans assailed the majority party for its course In the framing of the measure. Three Republicans and Senator Poin- lex ressive, Joined the Demo- bill in ite fin ns were Senators ts voting for th wm, The Repub! Jones, Norris and W The passa ort Was greeted sith little demonstration: Ay the House already had approved 1 only the signature of Vice- Preside a and Speaker Clark to ¢ the measure for President Wilson's signature. These were soon House. The P.M. to noon, Jan. 12 LAW EFFECTIVE WHEN NEW hung on to the Willard, the lt SYSTEM IS ORGANIZED. 1221 Washing- ton street, Hoboken, Hane Lund of No. 94 Forty-eighth atreet, Brook; wan her skipper, She was used in tl outing, and there were about a score of hardy en- t four and a hait|thusiasts on board when Capt. Lund sounded his whistie to warn navigation that he was backing out from Pier 17, Hoboken, to-day. The river was crowded with craft Just at that time and a@ slight fog hung over the water. The Seneca had just cleared the pier and Capt, Lund was about to head her down the river when the big Baltimore and Ohio tug Daniel Willard, built entirely of steel and with a high, sharp prow came along at full speed with tide alding. the measure, there remained after the| STEEL BOW DIGS INTO THE SENECA. The Willard went through the poor old Seneca like a knife through a piece of cheese. More than half way in dug timbers of the old steamboat hung ate finally adjourned at 3.58] together tenaciously. For about four minutes the Seneca boat piled up in wrec With the President's signature at 6] 0f the tug. No time was lost by thone House officials though it actus organized by a committee of Gov- now to select a man soon. A bill for the guarantee of bank de- posits, a feature eliminated from the bill, was introduced immediately by Senator Williams, Democrat, and was sent to the Banking Committee, where t will be taken up after the holiday recess. will not become tive until the new system has esignated by the| the sts | olock to-night, the hour #et by White] aboard the Seneca in getting aboard bill became law, | the Willard, the crew of the tug lend ing considerable assistance, When the last man from the Seneca was aboard the Willard the captain of the tug gave al to back away and as the Willard pulled her nose out of the ba! tered tangle of stee! and wood that had been the Seneca the old steamboat went down to the bottom, leaving @ great cloud of steam hanging over the river, Men and boys put out in rowboats and power boats trom Jersey City and Hoboken plera to pick up the floating deck fittings of the Seneca while the Willard cot ed the captain and crew and the passengers back to Pier 17 and set them ashore Capt. Lund reported at once to tne owner of the steamboat and steps were Immediately after the final passage | taken to wet an investigation on foot, of the Currency bill the Senate adopt: ||: is claimed by those aboard the Sen- e4 tho resolution for reo! 12, thus clea-ing the Until Jan. jeca that the big tugboat was hidden for the m the view of the captain of the Christmas holiday adjournment in both jjittle steamer !y the pler and did not mastite recess at 9.11 P.M, when the Senate met at 10 A to-day to take up the contere . Which twenty-four How: urs by difficulties in the Backed by the overwhelming, Demo- cratic majority of the House, the bil Was sent to the cording to the of 298 to 60, papers that sive oners from Jé the office of th York County, ano office in New York Co third copy is placed on fi Lewis Cass Ledyard, ecutors of the Morgan estate, had ap- |plled to the Surrogate asking that an be designated by the Sur- WORK MONDAY WONDERS, regaie PNM epedtvan of the County Clerk of the Bronx © re ady had been ded yed | nate and passed ace oxramme of the Dem- s passed by the House y to the Cor k New | Meonape, Jacksonville, . nty and the! in the office pay any attention to the warning House adjourned for the Christ- | whistle. SENECA FORMERLY OWNED BY ed the last stage of tts J. P, MORGAN. Ny a steam ‘The Seneca wax orig yacht and was the frst yacht owned by J. Pierpont Morgan. She Was 160 [fect jong, Mr. Morgan sold the yaeht | many years ago and in 1597 @ne drifted linto the control of “Dynamite Johnny" O'Brien, the noted filibuster. She was refitted and used in the hazardous trade of taking arms and ammunition to Cuba for the revulutiontate, * ‘After the SpanisieAmerican war the \y st neca was bought by the Blastus = yrotiers and they put her in tae feh- Rrons Coroners Sworn In, ne banks trade, She Was capable of two newly elected Coroners for | eigoteen miles an hour and was @ pop- County of the Bronx, Jeron ular boat with men }and Willlam J. Flynn, x be — Se Ttore dustice Cohalan Supreme | i fore ae eT ieee sate SAILING TO-DAY. halan then © coples of the | oc ppenn, Bermude rar wam iPM . oP.m, | Ryndam, Rotterdam oly, tay i) Went Indi Mound th 8 ae WIFE SAVS RIVAL USES HER MOTOR: WINS SEPARATION Romance That Began in Steel, Trust Ends in Supreme Court. ALIMONY IS GRANTED Mrs. McCloskey Swears Miss Horton Phoned of Hus- band’s Love for Her. The closing chapter of the romance which builded. in the office of James Gayley, Vice-President of the United States Ste+! Corporation, and blossomed when the office beauty, Lillian, became the wife of Donald H. McCloskey, then a clerk, was written tn Justice Gle- | Berich's court to-day when a decree was entered separating the couple. Jus tice Glegerich awarded Mrs, MeClonl $30 a month alimony. McCloskey is now wealthy and the president of the Moto-Bloc Import Com- pany. His wife aald she set him up in the business that m: him rich. Me did not defend her suit. Mrs, MoCloskey told the Court MeUloskey Is evading another ault, and that he ls nthe in arrears for all She says sh has seen him freq wince their separation, on April 1, id, in company with Miss Bertha Horton, whom she charges with wrecking bh home. Miss Horton rides about town, Mra. MoCloskey swore, in husband's thr formerly lives Drive. utos, The MeCloxkeys at No. 74 Riversite When the action wits first brought, | ° McCloskey fled an answer stating that he was obliged to leave home wune er partion. Answering Mrn. Closkey de> ' re Com: ner Joseph Johnson and his wife and Assistant District-Attorney Frederick J. Groehl and his wife were at these parties, ax were other persons of official and social promyience. McCloskey aino told of witnessing through « window from Riverside Drive feveral tango parties In hia wi apartment, at the conclusi which he said he saw his wife "Jack" Keenan, Thia Mrs, Meh characterized as a “dastardly ie SAID WOMAN'S NAME DROVE HIM INTO A RAGE. Mrs, MoCloskey, 4 tall, handsome woman of a statuesque blend type, wax the only witness sworn to-day. Sie told of thelr romantle marriage four years ago and of her gradual mistrust of Mc- Closkey's affections, Her suspicions were confirmed, she sail, when she re celved telephone messages at her home fr@m Mise Horton. “He packed up his belongings and left mo on April 1 ing he was go- ing to Miss Horton's," testified Mrs McCloskey, “She ts the cause uf my broken home, When 1 remonstrated with Donald and beggel him to lead a ood life he retorted with abusive epl thets, When I mentioned this wo name he flew into a rage.” “Did you ever speak to thie woman about her relations with your hus band?" anked Maurice Meyer, Mrs. Me Clokey's attorney "Yes; mhe telephoned to me and Mr key abused me and I have gone down to] | meet her at daybreak in fearing that she had se foot to trap him and take me. She won him ou “Have you heard fre recently?" “Yes, he - red me from some place restaurants, up State, askiig me to meet him in New Jersey. He said he was ducking Alimony Club.’ When I lawt met woman she tuld me my husband } her diamonds and was giving & month, besides the use of my car and chauffeur. ae TWO MORE U ARRIVE AT VERA CRUZ, VERA VRUZ, Mexico, United States vattiesnips tonnectiout arrived vere chored outside the ha Nebraska, the Loutwur Hampahire. are to lea’ Slates, 01 plate that POR RACING GEE PAGE 14, CR 2! Etats ~ 6 of her! of one of | WARSHIPS | Defiant Phone Trust Head Backs Down and Testifies ey, [ Circulation Books Open to All.” |_ —_— TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1913. 14 PAGES 1} PRICE ONE CENT. —=s —_——s — WOMAN SECRETED IN SAYS ROW KILLED LAWYER —_—_++=____+ “I Killed Him and I Loved Him,” Wails Affinity of Melvin H.Couch, Who Was Discovered in Rooms of Ex-Prosecutor After His Sudden Death. "TELLS OF A QUARREL JUST BEFORE TRAGEDY. Excitement Caused Death of Man She Loved—Says She Is Sorry for the Widow and Children of Man Who Leda Double Life. WHAT THE WOMAN SAYS: “ Don’t Imagine I Was Unhappy. I Revelled in the Great Love of My Life. 1 Would Have Worn Chains for Mel.. WINS A SEPARATION BECAUSE HER RIVAL USES HER MOTOR CAR. @ MRS.DHMsctosicey., Y OO) GLYNN TO OSBORNE BET TO WORK OR GET OFF THE 08 Must Noi Let Private Affairs Stand in Way of Highway Graft Inquiry. ALBANY, Dec, 23.-—“Osborne muse in- vestigate or vacate,” Gov. Glynn sald to-day In discussing the status of the graft investigution the spectal commis- wioner started several weks ago, Th vernor wants action. He will perintt no more delays such as there ha due, in the rte) f Osborne's © law practice Commissioner must investigate or vacate either by his own volition oF my persuasion, Was the exact man: her in whiet the Governor framed. bis his final mtate- tman case. He of the New torney's recent uding his alleged effort Appolntinent as Spectal eral and then drop man denied to- wis that the John Doe niyulry into the reported Hscontinued ty keep plugking straight jahead,” he eaid, “and any one, no mate ter who it is t county W prosecuted n Jon tnd the Grand Jury wuiey a nunued ‘Th Jury continues to-day ite de jpon the Hudson liver siphon cone tract Itty understood that the State Water ra, Charles Caadwick and 1, have been subplenmed Jury. the inuuiry whether he urther statement the controversy between » Mr, Whitman John 5 “One Night | Walked to His Home.. Through the Window 1 Saw His Wife and Children Chatting and Laughing. Then I Came Back to the Office I Called My Home. (Special from a Staff Correspondent of The Evening ‘worta) MONTICELLO, N. Y., Dec. 23.—Despite the almost frantic efforts ' of the officials of Sullivan County to keep the facts surrounding the death of Melvin H. Couch, former District-Attorney, politician and lawyer} secret, it was discovered to-day that Couch expired in the arms of Adelaide M. Branch, the woman he had kept secluded behind a partition in his ta ; office for years. The funeral of Couch took place this afternoon in a driving snow- storm, which almost approached a blizzard. Brief services were held at "the home in Broadway by the Rev. A. J. Waugh of the First Presbyterian Miss Branch was given a hearing in her cell this afternoon. The miss demeanor charge against her was dismissed. The Sheriff said she would be kept im custody until to-night, when she will be smuggled out of town, Miss Branch to-day told the entire story of the passing of Couch, As had long been his custom, except on Sunday, the crippled lawyer slept in the office last Saturday night. Branch told him that she was going to Goshen, N. Y., where she formerly boarded with a Mrs. Suson M. Ostram, to spend the Christmas holidays. Couch wanted her to remain in the walled off room where she passed her days reading French novels, her only recrcation. Besides that Couch had a lot of correspondence that he wanted her to attend to as was her wont after the business of the day had concluded and she was free from interruption. The pair had a violent quarrel which, however, was adjusted by Miss Branch consenting te remain. Couch was fondling his recluse come panion when she suddenly, heard him give what she described to Districte Attorney George L. Cook 1s a gurgling sound, He fell back with 3 groan on the couch. “I had seen people die before,” was the way knew that Melvin was dying. I ran for Dr, Curlett whom I had often heard him speak, But when we got back he was dead. The doctor said that he had died of a rupture of the ascending sort! of the excitement of our quarrel.” WOMAN COMPANION BECAME FRANTIC. ‘At the time of Couch’s death when the room was filled with officials and Miss Branch made her dramatic appearance from behind a secret she burst into frantic protestations that she had been the cause It was this fact as much as anything else that led to her being held while bis death was Investigated, although Mra, Couch, \the gray-haired matronly wife of the dead man, insisted that a charge ef petit larceny be lodged against her. “1 killed him! “1 loved bim and I killed him. heart induced by the of Couch's death, I killed bim!” Miss Branch protested insistently; I can never forgive myself!" Her condition was bordering on frenzy and after she had been takes to the county jail, oplates were administered and she fell into a drugged down" of up-State contractors | Mrs. Dunn sald to-day that Miss Branch moaned continuously through ‘the night and continued to reproach herself bitterly for the quarrel that led to the crippled Jawyer's death and resulted in the amasing disclosures ‘of his double life, | ‘The officials in charge of the case persisted to-day in their extraordt- nary attitude in the matter and although forty-eight hours have passed since the Woman was arrested she has not yet had a hearing on the mise demeanor charge lodged against her. funeral of a friend this morning. The sheriff motored over to the District-Attorney Cook did not know what would be done with the case, he sald, and every one else connected with the matter Was equally uncertain as to the future procedure in re- gard to Miss Branch. “Miss Branch is @ splendid woman,” said Sheriff Kinney, who has been furnishing delicacies to Miss Branch from own home, “I am deapty () OFFICE Toward early morning Miss e described it, “andé I his brother-in-law, of