The evening world. Newspaper, February 27, 1914, Page 1

‘BRIDGIE” WEBBER, CHIEF BECKER WITNESS, SUDDENLY VANISHES “The Lady Doc” Western Story of Thetls— \ Next Week's Complete Novei DEMAND MADE FOR PUNISHMENT OF MEN ec a cn a Che | # Ciroulation- Boo! ks Open to All?” | a FROM HIS JERSEY HOME PRICE ONE OENT. ON HUERTA MAYOR SAYS: PRAY ‘FORSUN AND RAIN TORDUSF SNOW! (Wilbon Takes Quick Action After Cabinet Confers on Mur- MOVE IN BENTON CASE. 2 Villa Terms for Examination of Body at Chihuahua Are Accepted by Bryari. WASHINGTON, Feb, 27.—Secre- | tary Bryan announced late to-day, that a demand for the punishment of | these’ responsible for the killing of | Clemente Vergara had been sent by | the United States to the Huerta Gov- ernment. The demand on Huerta was made after Prenident Wilson and Be-Gabinet bad discussed in detail them. He had gone but a short distance when he wae struck down and then hanged to a tree. Hts body was left swinging from a bough for two or three days. ‘The people of Laredo, Tex. took up the matter and a Federal and State inquiry revealed the facts etated. None of the murderers has been caught. The Cabinet discussed practically fothipg else than Mexican affairs, Genpatches beipx read from Consul Lateber saying Gen. Villa would give Permission for a complote medical ex- amination of the body of William 8. Benton, the slain British subject, at Chibuabua. ACCEPT TERMS OF VILLA ON | BENTON’S BODY. While the Benton incident was dis- cussed in great detail, members of the Cabinet were particularly concerned over the hanging of Vergara. That American people and should not go uapunish: ed. Prompt steps were according: taken to matter, particularly after repeated ageurances had been given by the Federals that Vergera would not be barmed. . Bo far as could be learned the Cab- Inet was not inclined to condone the killing of Benton, but in discussing Fesponsibility for the act, eome mom- bers were inclined to think Benton et least was indiscreet in going into camp of a military commander, whom he was not on friendly terms, and entering into an argument with him, Final judgment was not reached by the Cabinet as to the merits of the Benton case but it was apparent that vigorous steps to procure the body for hie widow would be continued. ‘Consul Letcher telegraphed secre- tery Bryan to-day that Villa would it two Americana, two British the family of William 8. Benton to jew the body of the dead ranchman. Letcher also reported that Gen, Villa would permit two physi- \ glans to accompany the American and would furnish ¢: portation and ac- egmmodations for all of them, (Canaul Letoher's despatches also con- Grmed previous information that —— : RHINO HOT AFTER meet Venn by Fe® 7 BILL SNYDER AND rhinoceros, was affected by the cold spell last Wednesday and Keeper Bill Snyder rolled a half dozen blankets Bhe was etill chilly yea- terday and two quarts of whiskey the murder of Vergara, who waa|were poured down her throat. To- by a band of Mexican Fede- day she appeared to be free of the rels moar Hidalgo, Mexico, several, chills but there was a queer look in Snyder entered the cage this after- noon to remove the blankets. had he entered when “Old Smilos" charged straight at him, her snout lowered almost to ihe ground. Bill was taken uback for a second, bit dodged out of the way just in time and the aniinal charged past ‘Vergara lived tn Texas, but had) property in Mexico. ‘This was rajded | by the band who later appeared on! the border line and called to Ver-| Bara to cross into Mexico and he} would he paid for his losses, Friends | ef the American cautioned him) against going, but he did not heed! Hardly Then commenced a thrilling chase around inside the bars of the circular | tainly believe in the efficacy of prayer, cage, “Old Smiles” at Snyder's heels. Bill kept running, for if he stopped it He shouted to Keeper Hurton, who was nearby. Hurton called his «mall fox terrier, Daisy, he pushed the dog through the bars of the cage and yelled: “sic ‘er, Daisy! Sic ‘er, Datsy!” Daisy snapped at the heels of the enraged rhino and barked, while Hur- “Old Smiles” atopped for just about ‘one necond to glare tn contempt at| ? be removed, which amount in- |the impudent fox terrier, but tt was|‘ludes what has been carted away long enough to enable Snyder to |scramble up a ladder to a beam stretching across the upper part of the cage. He straddied the beam and made hia getaway as the rhinoceros snorted in anger. “Gee! said Bill. man with a hangover. PERKINS PROMISED TO FINANCE INQUIRY act, they believed, had shocked the . impress the Huerta government of the fetting of the United Atates in the Sulzer Wanted.Five Men to Furnish Funds for Hunting Highway Graft. The Osborne inquiry into highway graft was resumed this afternoon in the City Hall with John A, Hen- nessy on the stand, y who withdrew all hia serious charges Hennessy yesterday crons- examined Hennessy this afternoon in his capacity as couns ner-Quinlan Asphalt Company. Heneasy sald that George W. Per- kins promised to finance one-fifth of the expense of the inveatigation | of the Btnte roads, not think the scheme a good one, wanted more than five | men to finance the scheme of invos- Perkine gaye no money, Schiff, Hennessy said, | contributed $1,000 towards the ex- weph Murphy of, Troy, said be | Henry A. Rubino Fepreeentatives and two members of ‘ritish representatives and members| ef the Henton familly and that he @ecretary Bryan sald just before) eatering the Cabinet meeting that! | Fetherston Badly Crippled | by Weather Conditions. | LITTLE WORK YET DONE. | 'Only a Million Cubic Yards NEARLY GETS HIM Moved and Nearly Three ; Millions Litter the Streets. | one ‘ | But Nervy Little Fox Terrier to| The efficacy of prayer to aid in the the Rescue—Rhino Had a Hangover. clearing of the snow and filth frgm| the city's streets was urged before ‘the Board of Estimate this afternoon | ; by Street Cleaning Commissioner or Mitchel, | “We are praying for rain, the Commissioner, “and we are pray- ine hard for tt. We want rain and sunshine—lots of both, One day of su and rain and the great of snow removal will be solved. “And ap to date,” asked the Mayor, “you have not received any naturel assistance in getting rid of the snow? That {s, the natural conditions of freezing and continued cold have tended to make your work difficult instead of easter?” “That is true,” said Fetherston. | “We have had absolutely no help, | only nature's hindranc } MAYOR BELIEVES IN THE | EFFICACY OF PRAYER. | “Well,” said the Mayor, “I cer- so keep on praying. Commissl ‘WEATHER-—Sale to-night ané Saturday. nid, FINAL Fetherston and ably backed by May- | Fetherston and the Board of Estimate will join you. The people of New York ought to join you. It's a good cause.” The Commissioner was before the board to ask for money to carry on his work, He was allowed $581,000. issioner said that for thir- work since the storm $900,- 000 has heen spent for snow removal, The total amount of snow contracted and ts yet to be carted away, is 4,- 700,000 cubic yards, The $581,000 is to pay for the snow thus far removed, This represents a removal of 1,600,000 cubic yards, which leaves 4,100,000 cubic yards still to be removed. It will cost approxt- mately $2,700,000 to clean up Man- hattan and the Bronx on this esti- | mate, The Street-Cleaning Commissioner sald he attempted to send out hose gangs to-day, men who would flush the snow into the sewers. But the temperature was still too low. With the help of his prayers, the Commis- sloner added, he hoped to send hose- } extra cost to the city later on flush- ing out the sewers of the dirt de- posits carried in with the snow, ksondlesi antic BURIED UNDER TRAIN WRECK. Five Men Helleved Killed tn Mil- wankee Ratlroad Smash, Silmore and Partners Decide to Wait Until Giants and White Sox Return. _ CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-Federal League magnates gathered here to-day for their meeting to-morrow, business ts expected to President Gilmore, who from Buffalo, satd, however, that no complete roster of the league's ball given out then, the magnates having concluded to announce them team by has returned Some of the teams are still nego- they wish in the roster when tt 1s published, and they are anxious to In this connection President | MILWAUKEE, Feb, 27.—Five men are of wrecked fre'ght cars in the centre lure dead 1+ unknown, for the War-| The train crew escaped without in- ijury. The men not located are hoboes, pRSeewua kta Gov, Sulzer did | Renate Defeats BU Atimed to Cueh Him on Parcel Post. WASIIINGTON, Feb. 27.—Amend-;—, ments to the. Post-Office bill to strip | Bergensfiord, Bergen... 8A.M. e Fred. Vill, Christiansand.... 9A, M. |distric tates and alter regulations of the par- | Zacapa, Santa Marta. cel post were thrown out by the Sen-| Esperanza, Ha Etenian, Antwerp... “ —— Pontmaster-Geperal of power to lower ate to-duy, 33 to 24, — abl ik ii lA Ms A Nt | players until he had met the world's believed to be dead under a mountain} tourists on their arrival at New York, |The freight train down a ateep embankment, | Offers to the Frank Kowan and A, J. Stewart, in-| Speaker, Crawford, Wingo and Doo- jured, have been taken out, Others are | ian, will not go uaheeded, |known to be buried, but whether they) Larry Schlafly, manuger of the Buffalo Federals, and Will Bradley, who was to have been manager of | pose Toronto, were among the arrivals to- signed to playsfor the | POSTMASTER-GENERAL WINS. | jecrue and han not been assigned to ~~ -- STEAMSHIPS DUE TO-DAY. 1914. 22 PAGES PRICE ONE OERT. FEDERALS WON'T TELL {TAFT AT WHITE HOUSE NAMES OF PLAYERS, players would be dent 0n8 PAGS life" —- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, “Ten Million Dollar Widow’’ ler Gets diate Dec TEER, “BRIDGIE” WEBBER : IS ENTERTAINED AT AS THEY PROMISED) — LUNCH BY WILSON "inst eure ca] 98 Govemors Mand Fisst Time a President and Ex- President Have Met at Such a Function in Years. Feb. 27.—Former President William Howard Taft, who at which ; Was in the city on’ business to-day, was the luncheon guest of President This was the first time since the Harrison Admintatra- tion that a President and hig pre- dined together in , although former WASHINGTON, and Mra, Wilson. decessor ino! }the White Ho President Roosevelt visited T Beverly when tho latter was Presl- luncheon ex-President players whose names) pare appeared before the House Ju- diclary Committee and spoke against the recall of Fede dicial decisions. After the a jue He do- Judgen but ment investigations ngress Merve 4 valuable pur. twas given «| ik th Democrats, “if District-Attorney Whitman had | the Olymplo tame of Wie Mr, 104. M. regentatiy x vept r e t t 2 ld a friend who called dence before permitting him to a ng into reapestabi buat. | is no recompense 9 me te have the ver Lad | \y ol ing on yebeerved stand ena garing chat Muloer Hod” ¢ “sma we FLEES WHEN HE HEARS. NO ALIMONY ASKED. Informer Who Hired and Paid Husband, Once a Millionaire,| Rosenthal’s Assassins Suddenly Won Her From Scores of Disappears From His Box v Foreign Noblemen. Factory in Passaic. : BECKER DECLARES HE IS THROUGH WITH POLICE | hearing here to-day. The action was uncontested. No alimony was asked, Whitman Hopes to Build Up Stronger 3 urs. van Veenburg as sregent| ©8SC—Schepps's Status as 2 cheat she soiadss of tip tout for Puzzling District-A' the trial and it is sald expects to re- turn there shortly. Philip Van Vajkenberg, whose wife divorced him to-day in Connecticut, ts a member of one of the oldest New York families and although, subsequent to the beginning of the divorce action, he wae declared a bankrupt in a Connepticut court, he vaanromuted to be worth several mile |Fassac at 12.32 o'clock to-day but she did not attempt: to hide her lon dollars, departure, y ‘The Van Valkenburgs were mar- Webber has been at odds with Jack Rose since they figured as PUTNAM, Conn, Feb, 87.—Mre. Philip Van Va'kenburg was granted ® @ivorce from her husband on grounds of desertion by Judge M. A. Shumway in the Superior Cour} Btforis to find “Bridgle” Weber, one of the chief wiineses for the prosecution In the first trial of Charles Becker forthe murder of = Herman Rosenthal, resulted in the discovery to-day thet Webber secretly left his home in Passaic, N, J., last night for parts unknown, Webber's .| ried on Nov. 28, 190%, Mre, Van District-Attorney Whitman's leading aides in the Ketion of Valkenburg was at that time knows Passaic people say that Webber took a iste trala from thet town ast been the wife of William: Hayes|night and that he made every effort Chapman who died in 1907, Leming | eee “lure Van Vatioaburs, voune, bow-/PET GAT (8 DEPORTED tiful and luxurious in her tastes and habits, became a marked public fig- ure in New York and in Europe. She BY A MILITARY ORDER has said that she spent $100,000 a year on “the barest necessities.” In Eu. rope and in this country as well she was pursued by a shoal of foreign noblemen of all degrees. s ~ Commodore Nutt, Owned by Major Cannon, Killed the Squirrels a ship bound from Cherbourg to New York. On their arrival here, Van Val- kenburg, who was then fitty-five years old, proposed marriage, but the | deported to-day by military order for widow was shy, She accepted him at|making the squirrels on the dinner one evening and they were|his favorite diet. He was married at Greenwich, Conn., at 11) hie mode of attack. He would rel o'clock that night, peanut near the squirrels and then ‘The match was unhappy from the| lle in wait for a victim. start. Mrs. Van Valkenburg said she| He was caught in the act an@ re- found that her wealthy husband was| ported to headquarters, Major Can- penurious, They separated in a few|non was notified that Commodore months. Then she brought an action|/Nutt must leave the island or else for divorce and had to chase her hus-|be provided with a bell. Thenoe- band all over the Continent to serve|forth the tricky pet went about the the papers. island tinkling as be went, But the - squirrels continued to die and « watoh was set upon the Commosore. DELANEY ATTACKS ts war von yorteday y's sony creeping toward a chattering little METHODS OF WHITMAN [este 32 was creopine on tnres feet. His left forefoot clutched the bell at his neck, When that bell Says He Should Not Permit Sulzer cee {home tee sth ead of , . wor the to Make Charges Without | tenure of Tabby's lease of life on Gov. | Weeghman of the Chicago clug hint-|— «oth would tend to break down Corroborating Evidence. ner ae uM even bean ed that he was averse to naming his|ine courts,” appearing 981 ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 27.-Commis- | into the outer darkneas, He Piro President of the American Bar As+|wonar John H. Delaney of the De-|the great army of unemployed cate, ft sociation in support of @ bill to re- | partment of EMclency and Economy Major Cannon cae he was very that Rosenthal was at the Federal Leaguers, it is under- form and aimplifty court practices| +. aay eriticiaed Diatrict-Attorney |#FTY to part with the Commodore, | pole, They left Webber's place, and rules. ournsts, among them| Life tenure of the judiciary war by the ex-President, against election resigned the thought that Whitman sharply fo. his method of line cat would nave no trouble mak: |mte @& Autom conducting the John Doe proceed. |ing hia way in the world, pt BE er joned yonerdcy by William aul. {COMING TO RAISE $150,000 FOR NEXT OLYMPIC TEAM ser at the District-Attorney's hear- ing a8 @ “go-between” for Charlies lp " " “Lat the judges know they are un-|*: Murphy, says It ts an unjust use| RosTON, Feb, #1.—Prealdent A, J. der watch and that Impeachment ts a real thing and not 4 scarecrow,” he of power for Mr. Whitman to permit | 1111 gr, of ¢ Mr. Sulzer to make hin atatemont | will go to N out ¢ D y Pe, work of ralain; without corroborating evidence. F ore . pining 9noe whieh pe send an American team to Merlin ale jo tie clans me. fy desired to fulfill the plain duty of hin |248% NM ele tn on quasi judicial ¢ . Delaney It le too early yet to i sald, “he would have compelied Mr. |{90h® P'ane dontident. that it’ the ut F luce © - | held in the Harvard Stadi Sulzer to produce corroborative evi eld tp 4 ig | tack the character of any person, It