The evening world. Newspaper, January 25, 1915, Page 1

F) —GONFINE THAW IN BELLEVUE: || WHILE JURY TESTS SANITY, ___ISPLEAOF HIS LAWYERS HIGHEST COURT DECIDES FOR NEWSPAPER MEN Sets Aside Sentences for Contempt DECISION WEDNESDAY.| !mposed for Refusing to Reveal Source of Story. Stanchfield Insists Code Calls WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—Contempt of court sentences imposed on Will- for an Examination. fam L, Curtin ana Getrge Burdick of Before Trial. + Jerome “Protests and Wants Him Sent to Matteawan to Await Trial. the New York Tribune because they refused to divulge sources of infor- mation of a printed story of Grand Jury investigations of customs frauds in New York were set aside to-day PeNsey (X. /Thew. Wah Role. 00 INS a, ec pieese Court, j oats tm the Tombs at noon to-day %/ ane Court did not pass upon ‘ j Swalt the decision of Justice Vernon whether the men could be compelied: ““ MeDavie as to whether he shall on pcan ine eeennsat CP Se rma ~ | tion. It sustained thelr refusal to 4 gps in poightysoeas testify before a Grand Jury on the bs SR ON oe eS | srouna that they might have incrim- $5,000,0001N FUEL i iis ROCKEFELLER LOST COMPANY, SAYS SON Father Invested $24,000,000 in Colorado Strike Concern, He Tells Commission. GOT BUT 3Ye PER CENT. Officers Responsible for Labor Conditions—Oil King’s Methods Revealed. John D. Rockefeller fr. the active ‘ead of the great interests built up sy his father, appeared before the United States Industrial Commis- jon to-day. é He_ made his first comprehensive answer to the charges that he was to blame for the bloody war between the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company ow" i \ par fady of the trustees of Bellevue Hos- Ghtal, as Joba B, Stanchfleld, Tha coungel, insists. Thaw's lawyeru Want the question of his sanity thrashed out before a jury. Thus. far Thaw's- lawyers have failed to obtain his release on ha- eas corpus proceedings, and they ffeem to believe that his cliances of geining liberty would be greater at te bands of a jury. All this will be eettied by Justice Davis and an- Rownced in court on Wednesday merning, unt!! which time Thaw will Temain.in his old cell in the Tombs. ‘The rules there are not so casy as they used to be, and Bellevue Hos- pital or almost any other place would afford a welcome change. ‘Thaw was arraigned in the Supreme Court before Justice Davis at 12 @’olock to-day to plead to an indict- ment charging him with conspiracy to escape from Matteawan Insane Asylum. THAW'S LAWVERS TAKE HIM IN HAND. Thaw wae eager, Dut quite com- posed, as he entered the court room. Me went at once to Mr. Stanchfileld and Judge O'Brien, who took him to @ seat in a corner and talked to him earnestly and in an admonitory way. ‘Thaw. apparently started to argue a couple of times, but the lawyers re- Gumed their earnest talk, and in a short time they had Thaw in sym- with their instructions, for he his head and smiled, He @geemed to be somewhat in awe of his @istinguished counsel. Part of their A@dmonition is believed to have been (Continued on Seventh Page.) ee FEDERAL PROSECUTOR YOUNGS RESIGNS POST M. J, Prance and E. L. Garvin Are Leading Candidates for $4,500 Office. In fesponse to @ request from At- torney General Gregory, William J. Youngs, United States District-At- torney for the eastern district of New York, comprising Long Island, sent his resignation to the Department of Juatice to-day. His term expired last webk. Lewia R. Bick and Samuel J. Reid, bis Republican assistants, will leave office with him, Half a dosen Democrats are work- ing for the place, which pays $4,500 @ year. The leading candidates ap- pear to be Assistant Corporation Counsel Melv! J. France and E. L. Garvin, former president of the Uni- . versity Club, : inated themselves, despite the fact j that Presidential pardons had been Prepared for them. The newspaper men refused to accept the pardons. The Court to-day held that a par- don extended to a witness before Federal Grand Jury did not make | effective his objection to testify na lest he incriminate himself, provid he did not accept the pardon. pts AID al atic ANNA HELD IS fYAKING FRENCH ARMY TROUSERS She Is Also Caring for Twenty-Five Families of Belgian Refugees. That Anna Held is making trousers for French soldiers came out to-day in the Supreme Court when Lawyer Steinfeldt of No. 27 Cedar, Street, in a breach of contract sult brought by ‘lehael Leavitt, asked Justice Co- lan to give him until to-morrow to file an affidavit’ answering the com: plaint. “Your Honor,” he sald, “the refusal of @ postponement at this time would work untold hardship on my client. She isn't engaged in stage work now. ‘She's very, very busy in Paris with a number of other ladies, Your Honor, making trousers for the army. She is also caring for twenty-five Bel, refugee families.” eis Justice Cohalan granted the post- Ponement. REFUSES TATUM’S PLEA FOR NEW DIVORCE TRIAL Justice Decides Former Hearing at Mineola Was Amply . Sufficient, The application of John C. Tatum for a new trial of his divorce suit agains his wife, Mary J. Tatum, re- cently decided in court in Mineola, L. L, was to-day denied by Justice Crane in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, It was before him that the case was tried at Mineola, The basis for the petition was that the verdict of the jury was against the weight of evi- dence. In his opinion Justice Crane held that there was no evidence of an “adulterous disposition” on the part of Mrs, Tatum, that testimony against her had been given by ser- vants in contradiction to their orig- inal affidavits, and that the jury was not improperly influenced. ——— Are You Golng South? ua iptive literntare of a: and its workers last summer. The young by Chairman Walsh, gave an insight feller in determining the investment of his money, and set the Rockefeller holdings in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company at $24,190,818, on which, he sald, the return had been only 8% per cent., less than its deposit in a savings bank would have paid. * “My father's investment in the stocks and bonds of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,” said John D. Rockefeller jr., “has brought him about 3% per cent. a year. In other words, he would have received more if he had put the money in a savings bank.” Q. What was the total investment of your father in stocks and bonds in the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.? A. He put $24,190,818 into stocks and bonds, At present market values the millionaire, questioned | into the methods of the elder Rocke- | Bail RSHIPS WITH KAISER’S SQUA Young Millionaire Testifying Before Industrial Board To- EMPLOYEE CA BE FORCED TO LEAVE LABOR UNION U. S. Court in Annulling Kan- investment is worth $19,200,189. In other words, the property 1s worth $4,990,629 less than when my father bought it, besides the loss of interest which he would have had from a aavings bank. Q. You hold 40 per cent. of the Stock; does that’ mean control? A. Not stock control; that would be 51 per cent. But I have no doubt that the fact that we have 40 per cent. of the stock would not make It more difficult to get the officers and di- rectors to consent. to measures we think advisable. (Laughter—rebuked by Chairman.) Mr. Rockefeller described the pro- cedure of John D. Rockefeller sr. and staff in settling problems of the hand- ui of their vast interests, 't is as if my father,” he said, “had daily conferences with his son or more trusted friends. We do not arrive at decisions by vote. The four of us meet, disctiss matters and reach an agreement.” Q. How do such conferences termin- ate? 4. Governed by the judgment of the members of the staff who have studied particular details, my father decides what he wishes to do. Q. How, in fact, does he make his decision known? A. He says, “Buy 100,000 of those bonds.” Q. That is the method by which your father separates himself from his money? A. I am not clear as to your meaning: “Separates himself from his money.” Q. Invests his money? A. Yes, Mr. Chairman. Q. Do you recall a letter from Jesse F. Wellborn, President of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, July 27, 1914, saying that his‘health was never bet- ter, that he was conscious of no strain, now that he had support and co-operation’ (There was an outburst (Continued un second Page.) sas Coercion Law Defines Rights of Employer. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—The Kan- a8 so-called coercion statute, mak- ing it unlawful for any individual or corporation to coerce or influence any person to enter into an agreement not to join or remain a member of a labor organization as a condition of Such person securing or continuing in the employment of such individual or corporation, was to-day annulled as unconstitutional’ by the Supreme Court. ‘The, decision, which was regarded an of the first importance in the labor world, was announced by Justice Pitney, Strong. dissenting opinions were given by Justices Holmes and Day. Justice Hughes concurred with Justice Day, leaving Chief: Justice White, Justices McKenna, Vande- vanter, McReynolds and Lamar con- curring with Justice Pitney, The court ruling reversed the de- etsion of the Kansas Supreme Court and the lower court which found T. B. Coppage, a railroad official, guilty of coercion, “The Court intimates nothing in- consistent with the right of individ. uals to Join labor unions,” said Justice Pitney. “Nor is the legitimacy of auch organizations questioned so long as they conform to the laws of the land, as others are required to do, But the individual has no inherent right to join the union and still re- main in the employ of one who ts un- willing to employ a union man, any more than the same individual has a right to join the union without the @ensent of that organization.” Day Ld BURGLAR AND BULLETS. STIR ROOMING HOUSE Landlady Awakens to Find. a Man With Revolver at Her Bedside. Mrs. Ruth Fi¢dsing, landlady of a furnished room house at No, 187 «West = Eighty-fourth Street, was awakened by the sound of some- one calling her name, opened her eyes and saw a man with a revolver in his hand mipading by bed. leaped from the bed and started |: the hallwa; The intruder fired two shots at her, then others began running out into ¢ hallway he turned and disappeared through the front door, Mrs. Fleming told the police she recognized the man as a former roomer. THREE CONVICTS ESCAPE; BET AWAY IM TAXI — Ditch Car After’Long Race, Then Send Chauffeur Home to Syra- cuse by Train, SYRACUSE, N. Y., Jan, 25,—Police to-day apread a dragnet to capture three convicts who last night eacaped from the county jail here after forcing & guard at the point of up his keys. The men are Frank Cas- sidy, Patrick Sullivan and John Hazard, The trio received a saw and @ gun from the outside. The con- viets commandeered = and in a They on @ train and kept guard over him until the cars Sehware got back here to- ing to Take Stand. ALBANY, N. Y., 26.—The jury which 1s to decide ford of Hudson, N. dering Francti noon to-di pointing to. th will probably constitute maidn the frat trial it is underst that Gifford | iT take the stand in'his owe pense ™® guilty of mur- completed at Mal evidence . | He is familiar with the face of every ra Ope! SIXTY WITNESSES CALLED 10 TELL OF Score of Indictments for Mur- der Expected as Result of Grand Jury Inquiry. GUNMEN NOW BARRED As Strike Spreads. Sheriff Promises to Use Only Citi- zens as Deputies in Future, Sixty subpoenas to appear before the Grand Jury, which will to-mor- row begin its investigation into the Geathe of the two'strikers ‘killed at the Roosevelt, N. J., chemical plants, doors of which deputy sheriffs fred upon massed strikers. Many individ- uals among the strikers participating in the demonstration and neutral per- sons who saw the shooting have also been summoned. There is every indication that Prosecuting Attorney Florence in- tends to make the Grand Jury's in- vestigation @ searching one and pre- dictions are freely made that more than @ score of indictments for mur- der will be found. ‘The strikers made partial success early to-day in their efforts to get out the men employed in the Bouwker chemical plant et Bay Wey, near Elizabeth. This manufactory nor- mally employs about 260 men, but additional laborers and pay $1.00 a day. To-day pickets stationed outside the plant succeeded in inducing twenty men to remain away from work. They say they will have the whole 450 out before to-morrow night. The authorities of Union County, ho have anticipated such a move, yy they are prepared to deal with the situation in @ rational way, Sher- iff Géorge C. Otto said that if it be- comes necessary to protect property and preserve the peace he will depend on 200 reputable citizens of Unies County to act as deputy sheriffs, and will not have a man from a detective agency. It was reported to-day that one or more of the thirty-one deputies In jail at New Brunswick for the killing of two strikers last Tuesday think they are being roughly treated and are ready to “squeal” and give full details of the shoot! .¢, aa well as the real identities of the prisoners, some of whom are said to be New York gunmen, To-day Lieut. John H. Allen, Chief of the Identification Bi reau of the New York Police Depart- ment, will go to New Brunswick to seo if he knows any of the prisoners, gunman of note of the city, and will take with him Gnger print records and other means of identification. To-morrow about 100 residents of Roosevelt will go to New Brunswick ;]to appear before the Grand Jury against the m the facts ther they seem to absolve the strikers from all bia: for Tuesday's bicod-spilling. Police Chief Harrington of Roosevelt pointed out that the Williams and Clark ata- tion, where the strikers stood, was punctured with bullet holes, but that the fence which was at the back of the deputy sheriffs and {es directly in front of the Williams and Clark tke, showed not a single bull mark. Chief Harrington says th thie leoke as if the bullets all went ome way. | 16. PAGES BATTLED DRON OF EIGI BLUECH FRINGONSTRKERS| (NV AV GERMAN PRIOE “Onn te ER WAS COAST OF SCO Germans Claim’ to Have. Sunk British Cruiser, but Flatly Denied by the London Report. statement given out here to-day. The German war office admits the toss of the but declares other German cruisers engaged returned the German naval base without material damage»! British, the statement declares, discontinued: the | 70 miles west northwest of ‘ig sei Raid on Coast of Scotland Object of the German War LONDON, Jan. 25.—Keen interest was displayed te naval circles in the Berlin official statement that the battle ceased “evenly mien northwest of Helgoland.” If the German cruisers were steaming in the direction ‘tens | cated by Berlin they were returning on s course which bore em the @ of Scotland, Scottish towns were hitherto supposed to. be im bet danger of attack. A despatch to the Dally Chronicle from Chatham says that heavy firing from the sea were heard plainly there ¢ day morning. ‘ (Chatham is a great English naval dase on the Medway, thirty riiles east-southeast of London, The fring it heard would seomte © indicate another fight may have been in progress.) Reports that a four-funnelled German cruiser, badly sighted off the Holland coast early, today strengthened the viction here that Germany's losses in yesterday's Nesth Sea sreater than Indicated by the Admiralty’s offctal statesient, ‘This et cruiser Bluecher had been sunk and two other cruisers tuganed We these two got away safely. ae pperenity at Dutch reports said a crippled eruiser,