The evening world. Newspaper, January 17, 1914, Page 1

i» _ FIN ‘ NIGHT colder to-nigh: AL ~ STATE: ENGINEE AND THREE OTHER OFFICIALS : ARE UNDER His Name Linked With Those, of Reel, Peck and Foley by Osborne. ee PROSECUTOR WILL. ACT. Ro; ing $ { Repair Contracts Involy- | 3,000,000 Let Without Advertising or Bidding. ALBANY, Jan. te Engineer John A. Bensel, an W. Peck, Su- | Perintendant of Publie Works; C. Gor. | don Reel, head of the old Highway Com- mission, and his mainicuance deputy, Charles J. Foley, wil) ve midjected to investigation by District-Attorney of Albany County upon tie recommend- Dur ation of James W » Who has been conducting an into the State Highway Department. Commia- loner Osborne made this announcement to-day, instructions resulted from testh given by formor employes of t! Highway Department. of which Bena Peck and Reel were the commissioners, | to the effect that barely a dozen of! more than three hundred ropair con- tracts involving more than $3,000,000 had ‘Deen approved by the cogn ion until! ‘work had begun on them ond some of them paid for. “T think there has beon a deliberate | violation of the law in which Commis- stonere Bensel, Peck and Reel and Dep- uty Foley were involved,” said Commis- @ioner Osborne. ‘I instruct you, Mr. to prepare the papers in this @oon @@ Pomible and present ‘District~Attorney of Adbany ‘Bas beep ouch an PROMISES AID IN GETTING EVIDENCE. ‘Mr. Osborne got & promise from High- ‘way Commissioner Carilsle to have a eomplete search made of the Highway puch documentary evidence in connection with these repair contracts as might be ‘useful to the District-Attorney. ‘The testimony which led up to this ‘was given by Miss Helen A. Dolan, ste- mographer; Edward A. Carpenter, as- @lotant secretary ; Martin B. Hanlon and Zéwin F. Weeks, highway inspectors in dhe old department. There Is also docu- mentary evidence. “This olf Highway Conunission was @imply & rubber «tamp," said Osborne. “Foley did the puxine: and after it ad beon done the Commission approved %. He let contracts of his own initiative @n4 without competitive vidding or ad- vertising.”’ After a conference with Goy. Glynn ommisalonet Osborne announced thet Che executive had instructed hin to go @head wit! investiguttons as rapidly @s ponsible. WILSON NOMINATES GORGAS, Names Him Suewean-Ger the Army. WASHINGTON, Jan 17.—President | Wilson to-day nominated Col. SVilliam | ©. Gorgas to be surgeon-General of the | @rmy with the rank of oriwadier-general, Gorgas is the man why transformed a PAstll te a livable Tle was given a free hand on ens and worked on the before the canal vould ve at ed the zone mist pe rid off fever and other infectious | iseases. He planned the living quarters | for the workmen, constructed sewers | cement atr Inthe Central an towns, o#ar the Zone, an od syatemal ® Af eles WHO rewiested Ui Wipe RANILATY MvaKureN in thar worke 1) > ns oo |SUICIDE jof his apartment at No. nitted to lt Copyright, 19: RNS, INVESTIGATION, ‘CORONER HOLDS UP LANKFORD FUNERAL BECAUSE OF LETTER — | Veinaily Permits Burial to Pro-! ceed, After Bride-to-Be Becomes Hysterical, Is “EGED. Mysterious Note Declared Rail- road Man Killed Himself by Design. Covoner Ernest Wagner of Brooklyn issued an order at 11 o’cloak A. M. to- Gay which temporarily halted the ar- rangements for the funeral of Richard D. Lankford, Vice-President and Sec- retary of the Southern Matlway, who ‘was found dead from gas asphyxiation | last Thureday morning in the bathroom | 142 Pactfie street. The order was issued a few | minutes after the conclusion of fun- @ral services held in the rooms which had been occupied by Mr, Lankford, The casket containing the body w: held for an hour under police super- vision while the Coroner investigated statements made in a letter which reached him at 20 o'clock this morning. ‘This letter charged that Mr. Lankford committed quicide, and that letters and Papers would be found in bis effects and in his mafe deposit vault which would | establish the truth of the accusation. BODY TAKEN TO MARYLAND ON A SPECIAL CAR. Upon representations made to him by frienée of Mr. Lankford the Cor- oner ordered the release of the body @t 12.05 o'clock. The casket was hur- tied to the Pennsylvania Station and Placed aboard « special car, which was attached to the Philadelphia train leaving et 1 o'clock, Funeral services will be held to-morrow wrorning at} Princess Anne, Md., Mr. Lankfor's | brithplace, and the body will. be in-| terred there in the family burying ground to-morrow afternoon. It had been planned to start witr, ine body for Princess Anne on the train leaving at noon—the hour to-day at which Mr, Lankford was to have mar- ried Misa Nelle Patterson. Wuneral services at the Pacific street house be- gan ut 10 o'olook and were vonducted oy Rev. Charles Carroll Albertson, pas- tor of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, whe was to have ofMciated at the wedding. The pall-bearers were carryme the casket out of the rooms shortly after ui o'elock, when Capt, McWlrey of the| Grand avenue station, who hud buen un- | noticed among the fifty mourners, was| called to the telephone and Instructed | by the Coroner to halt the proceedings | pending an investigation, ‘The announcement of Capt. McElroy caused considerable excitement, Miss Patterson, who had borne up bravely under the strain of the funeral ser- vices, became hysterical and was at: tended by her brother and his wife. Two of Mr. Lankford’s friends hurried to the office of Curoner Wagner, ‘The Coroner explained about the tet- ter, A.C. B, MeCarthy, Mr. Lankford's ant, said he had taken charge of Mr. Launkford’s effects and turned them ninistrater and iment of any 2 suicide ainong them. WROTE iN LETTER ABOUT Ac. CIDENT POLICY. e { Meh ben: way) nha wanl + city tre nt a nib of No, M0 Was atreey, | these, will Ro toubt be ts ined into 2| > py tribute to government] they foUnd every wmployer hn said | $ . : UE meate, rallroud oMciat uriiers,| them In orderly ranks from the aia AMSHIPS DUE To DAY $ 00% con- | < | pai emen and hordes of o Lui he] walks acvone the streets from the build! STE ° i «and 41 7,000 Sunday World Adg,| managed to esvapo with $51.00 in ten-| ink. ‘The flames were quickly ex. Ba s Miss Patter. |‘? gs ec tinguished. ‘The damage to peach hinery | Altence Oristobal...... 10 A, aa, [it ann, @piee Man aud amt Vane Smiveroes TerMorrow! \ Wanuuued Ob Hecond Pager | and oles was [Menten os abONOO seeace «A Me Be Bad di a0 ere Serene wee nen aw nn I ee a = = = Ne pee \ “wre \« Circulation Books Open to All? | Co. (The ‘New York Werld). ISINKING FIVE-MASTER NEW ‘YoRK, SATURDAY, y The Press Publishing “JANUARY 14, 1914. 10 PAGES A COMPLETES TIN ‘Return of Tarzan’ Sequel to ‘‘Tarzan of the Apes’’ Begins on Monday Six Cents Each Week for a $1.50 Book BOY DECLARES HIS AUNT “Nga HIRED HIM TO KILL E * | | | BEARDSLEY SHOOTS "ATPEAGEMAKERS FROM HOUSE FORT | Farmer at Bay, Using His Gun, | | Declares He Will Not Be Tricked Into Surrender, DODGE "Troops May Be Called Out to, Aid Sheriff’s Men in Ending Siege Now in Fifth Day. MAYVILLE, N. Y., Jan. 11.-The fifth day ef the alege of Kdward Beardsley |MEN BULLETS. | in bis farm house near Summerdale was ushered tm by rapid firing from the Beardsley stronghold. Timothy Van Cise and William Walker, friends of Bearisiey, who have up to date acted ae “go-betweens” in the parieys which Sherif Anderson and the beleaguered farmer have had, approuched the house this forencon hands above their heads. As they ontered the yard they were HERE FROM MEXICO He promised to ive this letter to the Coroner. The letter stated chat Mr, Lankford took out a $15,000 aduident Insurance policy last November. Mr. Lankfont's friends explained to the Coroner that he carried insurance all the time. Finally the Coroner ald he yonid allow the funeral arrangawenta ta iw carried out. ‘The pailbearers to-day were bivsdent | Harrison, Vice-Preaidenta 4, HB. An-| drews, J. M. Culp, H. B. Spencer, 7, c, | Powell, B. H, Chapman and General WRAPPED IN GOLD, ceca, COUNTING $31,000 interment to-morrow | Jewdller Happy Refugee on} Liner—Family of Lind’s Secretary Also Back, ABANDONED BY GREW. Men of the Fuller-Palmer, From) Poriland, Me., Picked Up at Sea by Rescue Steamer. PORTLAND, Me. Jan, 17. —The fives] masted achoo ier Palmer wat © abandoned at sea !n a sinking condi-| tion. All hands Were saved and are |" on thelr way to Baltimore In a steamer whte ked them up, ‘This informa tlon was revelved to-day by the man aging owners a message from Capt L. W. Clarke Puller Palmer. | Various persons from Mexico smiled widely while sighing tn relief as they caught @ glimpse of the Goddess of Lib- erty guarding New York Bay and bevk- oning a welcome to the Want lner | Monterey steaming into port this morn- Refugees all, they disombarked at Brooklyn, mighty glad to get from the land of revolution, Monterey came from Vera | and Havana, and among tts n | aul passengers Was Mrs, Kachian, wife of Clinton & nh ell ian, secretary to Special Ambassador “| John JAnd. She brought her two daugh- Fiaty | rs, Dorothy, vy Fire Chief E. J. ployed there, had For the first time drills, Cruz grate-| ng for a real fire, shriek or shout or The Fuller (wo years old, and Ruth, | sprained ankle, Lorifiard Tobacco Company Bay and Warren streets, Jersey City, for more than @ year in drilling the 1,200 xirla and 600 mens and boys em- eward to-day. ince he started the which have been held three or four times a nonth, the alarm bells were its WORKERS MARCH | LAUGHING FROM BURNING FACTORY Patience in Fire Drill at Loril- lard Tobacco Works Rewarded. Patience and persistence, as practised Ryan of the P. works at Within three minutes the 1,700 work- ers were out of the great seven-story bullding on the street, without @ alogle & bruise or @ Half an hour later the whole force was back at tho benches halted by the whizsing of bullets sent over their heads from the attic window, Beardaley's lookout, “Get out of here and stay out. You are trying to trap me into surrendering. You cam't come here any more,” shouted Beardsley. as Van Cleo and Walker turned and ran down the hill toward the Sheriff's camp. The emiasaries had gone to tell Beardsley that the police authorities of Tivusville, Pa, would not allow his brother, James Heurdsiey, to take the ebildren into that State for fear that they might (become a public charge. With the repulae of Van Clse and Walker all immediate hope of a peace- ful golution of the knotty problem fac- ing the Sheriff and hig posse yas been | abandoned, ALL TRAFFIC STOPPED NEAR THE BEAROSLEY HOUSE. Sheriff Amderson has stopped all tra fic on the highway passing the Beardsicy farm and no one Is allowed to approach within @ mile of the place. A snowstorm was raging through thia section of Chautauqua County to- day, and the deputies from the ravine below the Beardsley house could scarcely distinguish the outlines of the dwelling, #0 heavy was the snowfall, Cari Beardsley, the Jamestown bepther, arrived at Mayville this morn- ing. He started immediately in a sloigh for the Beardsley farm, and the result of hie conference with beleaguered farmer will not be known unt!! same time this afternoon, Mr. Beardsley te wad to be sick and three of the children are also reported in, A Mttle “chunk” stove, which was donated to Beardsley some time ago ee < Mexico ws ; Ve foun she mi tone vet_|aulte enough for Mrs, enehion and] ind machines, but owing to the con-|PY Se eotes ciaee tna ties ir dures was at feet and of} rhe ie hastening > the comfort | fusion caused by the water which had ect peereiing Mal aca |feet deep She ordinarily carried a ad security of her » in Washing. | been poured into the building all hands Probability of a company of National Jorew of 1. _ on, . . were paid off and sent home. Guardsmen being called out to ald in ye Weise Chace aay are panesnien ee been ee The fire started in the drying room| te siege of tie home of Beardsley arose Advertisements, for Tug Word mai be Heit 4 sentative of Preaident Wilton, arg he | 2 the ith floor, where new muchin-| to-day. ‘The desperate resintance of the sur American trict Messenger office ta he ROURDE VE Weld) Fainice Ca chee, "| ery was being installed. It t# believed | farmer who i# at bay has all but worn cy oll li ee pe Psnehaeisg es Pig hie! ss have bien kindled in loose tobaceo| out Sheriff Anderson and his deputies, if ees dadt Naw. York on’ ha atone by sparks from one of the new motors! A# the Sortie god sate had but little “Though Good Be Good, rey Dec. $1 ‘They wore in Vera Cruz| which was not working well, foetuses et ne tlone Mentors oe Jexactly #iv days whey M 4 Mrs,| Ryan was in his office neur the Bay | the hardship: es aber o Yet Better Is Better.” 'MacKachian de ! street entrance of the building, which aginst las ee i vol tis ted Mastiechiny Be Washington {covers the eutire block. A message from|:? Jamestown and they may tw catled woman, espectaliy considering the ten_|the interior telephone system told him| Ut to ald in the siege Regardless of what you you may find more congenial tive employment; Your apartment may be cold and cramped compared to many that now see! tenants; Gomete iness may be turned to| ecstacy by the recovering of some lost fe doing, | dor awen of the children, nd Iucras | vewl, dyed-l Wool refuges who | Was m passenger on ti Monterey 1s| Louis Vigil, @ Jeweller from Mexico City 478) ite walked carefully down the gang: plank, for he was upholstered with gold coin weightng 100 pounds, For some f the tire. giris and 1 ongiiah time, be said, the Jewelry business in article of value; i: Mexico City haw been f ne Noor d +A dull life may give way to one of it meri Peorn( ated ‘drill differed fron: pleasure and profft by buying and, ‘Mul 5 ‘| Me aried th from the and apply ly conducting a business ont 7 t Ho pressed two or three buttons and went out into the corridor and watched the fruit of tila work, Out of the lofts, in double file, marched the y had not stopped to take ir hats and coats from the lockers. Were chatting and laughing, Thom know that others | 1 not the ipper Moors were I know Bi wley'n condition ts be: coming desi * suid Sherif Ander son late to: nd Tam not going to riddle the house with bullets to take him, In such event {£ would probably find one child or more dead and othe needing medical attention. I expect t |siewe to end within another twenty-four | addressed to tie | ton container ios the ne Wola’ Who Hired : ” Prisoner Declares When Con? “| “fronted by Relativeand Man =: © He Tried to Slay. “YOU LIE,” SHE CRIES WHEN NEPHEW FACES Victim of Attempted Assassination — Upholds Accused Woman, Who Works in His Office. iT) fused to permit her, 8 su “The dragging into this case is = dalous things I care for my o' i Hi st i geil z : to my office last might ang confreatea with his aunt and myself, ama when had accused Mra, Holly ot aeving tee cited im to attempt murder, che re pliei lying, I will not perjure my soul to save your fe.’ “It was & terrible ordeal fap this ‘woman and only this moming cared 10 me how abe doween een Tow, for she would have all think over thie voandad, to distract her mind. It ts “Mra. Holly came to my empleg. three years i fil pO fs £ (Special to The Eventng World.) BPRNARDBVILLE, N. J., Jan. 17.—Mrs, Grace Holly, a bleck-haired, dark-complexioned woman of about forty-five, a widow with @ son almost as old as Paul Carl, whose aunt she is, was disclosed to-day as the wens “e F. Ellis, wealthy lumber dealer of this place, in his Basking Ridge on Nov. 20, 1911. ~ ——_————© ili, m his ottee in the Crating WEEP YE! WOT A MAYOR | srencas. “ccmios‘o-ony ees Holly was the woman acouee® nephew. Prosecutor Fregerick A. had refused to reveal name. As Ellis, @ Mitchel Goes Away, Ditto McAn- Sant aber Gee agra eny, Likewise Esterbrook—What's | ing bap The door was words and those of to Happen to Us at All? reporter with whom New York is to be without any kind actual on-the-job # concerned, from late this afternoon until Monday mora- ing. The eh: provides that in the absence © from the cit, shall be the Acting Mayor, and in the absence of both these\ofMcials the Vice Chairman of the Board shall act. No! further provision is made. this afternoon to attend a dinner and will not return until Monday, President of the Board of Aldermen McAueny goes to Connecticut thiasevening to re- Esterbrook, vice-chairman of the board, is on the bounding deep on the way to Bermuda. We should worry. Mother Escapes by Jumping From Window of House Swept by Flames. dren of Mra, Weatherby were burned to death two-day when fire destroyed their home, The mother escaped by jumping from the window. The chil- twelve, four of them girls. a Eee eS BRADY ESTATE $80,000,000. uce Tas Will be Patd ta my Neat Thoresday. who the young man says, inspired him to attempt the murGer of Drenident, admitted to-day tat IW TOWN TILL MONDAY! Gray mustached mas, have been Coppdld of w Mayor whatsoever, in so far ae the President of tie Board of Aldermen Mayor Mitchel left for Philadefphia main until Monday. Alderman O. Grant SIX CHILDREN BURNED COBROCONK, Ont., Jan, 17.—Sim ohil- dren were between the ages of (wo and Inheritance taxes “If you could gee that eey would know that he never murder, he said what I did to you.’ heel and left the office. I ne lteve that he ever did anything te but I think he is trying = r hard to injure me and Mre. Hi i SAYS BOY WANTS TO 8 JAIL, “But I do not consider it He is frightened to death say ything he was told has always been a little reaponsible and I understané he was in Camden he got inte pany. He offended some men who regard themselves and they threatened to lives in constent fear of traction and gas magnate, will be paid next Thursday .moming, Comptroller Sohmar said to-day. New York will then receive between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, estimating the estate's value from $60,000,000 ta $80,000,000. Because the in New York the definite amount of the tax 4s not known, 3 Aiea MAP OUT THAW CASE PLANS. mody Mave Long co tn Albany, Willam Travers al € Biss 22 re E Jerome and Conte: ALBANY torne ne r flight to bring Harry to Mateawan, Both re- 5 te ahs SF i2 So far as Ellis and concerned, the case is at woman is etl emplo; company, and beth int about their business unless tes Neither Prosecutor Pope will : iN Fi Ete E A Searle ‘it aa ofa | »