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re DAY, MAY 2 BROOKLYN GIRL WHO WILL BE WED TO-MORROW TO JAMES F. M’ DONNELL. rh ip i OR. ea F AVALAN INMOUNTAIN Figur CTW, S TESTIMONY (Continued from First Page.) Detonation of Heavy Cannon Battering Italian Lines Shakes Alpine Peaks. LD, TUE in favor of Staten Island seceding from tho greater city and incorporat- » City of Staten Tate Island. CHARITIES HEAD “[S INDICTED WITH PERSONAL LAWYER (Continued from First Page.) against interference with American mails. It was not laid before the Cabinet, but its general terms were explained. Th note will be cabled to London im- mediately and it is understood that a duplicate will go to the French Gov- ernment. timony Waite was described as ex- plaining awkward situations by say- ing. be was going to or coming from WILSON FINISHES NOTE tn -tmportant operation enouen ne | ON BRITISH MAIL SEIZURES ae neither a physician nor a sur- geon and would have committed a| Sends It to the State Department crime had he attempted an operation. for Cabling to London Dr, Leon G. Moos, agent for the at Once rke-Davis drug manufacturing ‘d concern, said Dr, Waite tried to ar-| WASHINGTON, May 23.—President Tange with him in October last, with. | Wilson sent to the State Department in three weeks of his marriage to| to-day the completed draft of the new Clara Peck, to buy virulent bacilli of note to Great Britain _ protesting typhoid fever and diphtheria “for re- wearch work.” Dr. Moos said he re- ferred the defendant to the labora- tories, Biltheads of the Parke-Davis Com- @ot under way there has been a Perwistent effort to call off the Com- Missioner of Charities, to slander tim, to intimidate him and to in- Umiiate the Mayor. ‘The prime movers in this have been Potter, Father Farre!!, Mr. Hobbard and other Catholic clergymen who Dave seen Gt to join in this work. John MB Bowers sent to Senator ‘TRompeon to-day a strong letter of protest against allowing Mayor Mit- hel to testify in detail about the tap- Dine of telephones and the conversa- tions overheard in connection with the —— ITEMS FOR INVESTORS. ifie’s April $2,187,237. tax Increased $1,308,707, Net for ten months increased $83 10 the son of the dead man, on receipt of a telegram from a te Colosseum apartme: who had seen Waite at nis two mur- and I propose to make those facta A whe = The Cornell University expert ex-|Mr. Peck died. He saw Dr. Wait Finest RACE—Two-year-olds; fillies; ;, Traveling Bags Suit Cases Ladies’ Overnight Cases plained hia teats of samples of em-|Who bad gone out ‘ito-get medicin HOM Mecghn'd to 10 and cut, first: Wy «| of cow a lack hi . A s | balming fluid furnished by John §.|@0 Into Mr, Peck's room, Imme-| Lobelia, 96 (Kummer), 17 to 10 und out, he | ©! oe ae lone one with double of long grain leather; cre- Potter and Eugene O'Kane, He| diately afterwards he heard groana| second: Old Drury Mi Caney), 10 to 1. Y grain leat er wit! pock ts; jocks; rein lorced corners; tonne lined; sizes from 18 found no chloroform or arsenic in|from the room in which he had left Ont three start. : leather lined; 16 to 18 ins. sizes 24 and 26 inches, to 22 inches, the embalming fluid when it was|Mr. Peck, aintOnE ar aallingy *outi aaanT tive ‘ 4 a pubjected to the same processea| The next day, on hearing of Mr.| nd a naif furlonges-Ancon, 110 (Rall) | All at the Special Price of $4.85 which were applied to the brain tis-|Peck's death, Dr. Cornell went to| ‘tof. 6 to band 4 to first: A Pact | sues of Mr. Peck. Walte's house, Walte met him at 2, N10 (ainrner, 6 to 43 "| “Could the death of Mn Peck,"|the door, he said, but did not ask and hid. Time, {1.00 128 : was Mr. Deuel'e only question on|him in. Waite was excited, saying: Glint, Culvert, Chesterton, Piquette and A Very Important Sale of Wardrobe Trunks aT 2zplained 1 shought it was prop-| JAMAICA ENTRIES, { FOR TO-MORROW, ON THE FOURTH FLOOR, WILL INCLUDE Don’t Let Soap and he walked away, wo we could) rw si ro a <a ; ee ene 0 In.” ee selling: gi rt weodtalr A New Model Fibre Covered Trunk at $19.50 Spoil Your Hair || Artur. svinton of somervitie| I eas. ' i and resulted in a yote of 4 to 1| 02 later Doberty was called insid ‘The whole Tyrol front !p now the J which you found it present?” Atto 8 Dooling and Brothers, said colors, stripes and checké, ; ns | and Wright wan left cooling hiv heels | song of most desperate fighting. ane Suppose death ensued three days| 1 could give no opinion as to that,"| Waite came to him to. take up this || crepe de chine, pongee e i on the bench outside. South of Rovereto the Itallans are|® ies bel ehepy was first adminis-| was the reply. Mr. Deuel seemed| study and aaid he was a young physi. || Silksandserge. H Each indictment contains three | making a stand, near Sereavaile, cap-| (cred and the doses were continued | very well pleased. clan of wealth, not under the necessity Very Special H joes Ou counts, District-Attorney Lewis fur-lrured in their advance up the Adige | trom time to timer A. Tecan only re-} pr, gchultze, recalled, sald the| of practicing, and that he wanted to| } ipelaad Grand Susy with ae ie Valley last summer. Itallan guas on ani yes Weeks ew ehtee alent white powder taken from Mr. Peck’s| make a special study of poisons. br. |’ New Model Frocks é “ jaw on whic! ithe ridge of Mar are sendin, 1] [J | the law, he said: “| whole quantity was accumulated in Labels : broider voile, net, 3 “ tervening gorges against the attack: | 11, organs at one ti Death was due, he eald, to white ar- crepe de chine and taf- : CGB) | “section 1428, subdivision 6, of the | ing enemy forces. De Bie te moanitae aula gelmielg agA(Hkt alone: CLOSING QUOTATIONS. feta silk. Very Special z H [] | Penal Law, in substance provides no] Kast and southeast of Rovereto tho| 5 1c; ultae, medical as-| GQ. Assume that a chloroformea H robora , cloth was laid on Mr. Peck’s face} With met changes from previous closing. ; telephone wires: ‘A person who wil- |nt three different places. Rome re-|i24 revalills g oa analyses) when he was in pain or In convul- High, low, Last, chiyre. i : fully and unlawfully taps a telephone |ports furious fighting in this region | Grand Rapids with Assletens tant the result of the poisoning; | Aitetniets “™*: HR BS HW _ | Of Ceanh babe) phot elraed H wire ip guilty of a crime, the punish- lof ace-saw character, with hand-to-|+ct Attorney F. X. Maucuso by Dis this cloth was pressed down | A= ie “BM ed vols anal bead 25. 00 Georgette & Striped 3 it for which is im) ‘sonment for|/hand struggles first on the Itallan|+rict attorney Bwana when suspicion by @ pillow—would that alter your) {2 4 3 ey, a} Lhasa crepe de chine. Taffeta Dress, H Lap Ae Miers RCA am lc eae nee on the Austrian side of the |inar Mr, Peck had been murdered | Conclusion as to the cause of death? = va fs # 4 Very Special 18.50 evi- | border, A. Not in the least i sy ; dently had in mind a distinction be-| ‘The latest Rome despatches reiterate herd ihc weataalet dL al tn 3 ba thilbs ey sonatas Assistant Dis- an Ton, : 1084 3° wi" $18 Coat Reductions i rere molar el and Pkah Peer the expressions of confidence in the! pr, sohultse, in qualifying to ex-| ict Attorney Brothers got a striking Mel rh hes iG + F and tapping which Is legal. je dis- outcome of the battle in southern an ni ~ {account of the methodical collection | A is i‘ = on i BARG AINS Uination apparently, te between tap- (rryrol, Italian military critica belleve Pie cancea piven bay gl avert e| of evidence. Dr. Moore, attending| Bic""s ‘6 gt Ht Be 5 iS N ew Model Coats -All Lengths dt dantien. o& crits and coiivinaie, ana:lne postr ane arove southward solely| nr, Peck, said that, a8 Coroners| MM Peck in the week before his| Buu's sO aah” awk = 08 Ollie alk 5 . ath ; " jegeahies Pryor Mane Bt. n of crime and criminals, and}. qivert the Itallans from a great| Physician and mediead assistant, he|@eat®. prescribed a bismuth mixture, |‘entral Lea My Be bey Or alr ere Ski venou gererr GA paruinee COrery Gath: Instruments equal to ||'@Pping to satisfy personal curtestty.” | otrensive on the Iscnso line, and that nad performed over 6,000 autopsies | These dones of bismuth were dis-| (he. is at ‘83 ty cit | Sut St Reduead to. 12. 95 { WOODBINE RESULTS. the attacking forces must #0on aban: lia the last twenty years, He had nee| continued Saturday morning by Dr, lene: Mitaibe. US to "ag = 8 don the offensive because of heavy |the slightest doubt as to his findings | Moore's order. There was atill bis- |i nmerin. Te BS EB 8 o-npeeveael losses. in the present case, which were the) Muth in Mr. Peck’s body: when he | Cone, i st 3 oT 18| pIRST, RACH $400, added: House| 40 ig reported here the German Km-|same, though more detailed, aa those [led Sunday morning. ore Prd, : HR i toy + olds and, Upi ax “furiongas| peror 14 soon to pay © visit te the |reached by Dr, Vaughan, But the autopsy showed arsenic | fre. ¢ i # E Be pray tecloger is Cw inderaon), tira, Austro-Italian front, , Percy Peck, young, grief atricken|had not been administered until after | pus Se. Com: Bis A n= 8 if ito, "ibe att, Bd Cyriery {ie Horie May. and grimly angry, ‘son of John E,|the bismuth doses had ceased, The | fA ee ne nea 8 i Warris, Uy the Italian front a number of ag1| Peck; his wife and his aunt, Miss|@renic, in all the physical processes, ery, ot i ie us Fig ( 2 mut and 420 millimeter guns, ‘The lattor | Katharine Peok of the Park Avenue|Wa® following the bismuth, By this | Gontrish Co Pa 7g = 'h ; place cannon have been taken from the| Hotel, who intrusted young Waite|means the prosecution seeks to cor- i £5 i= 8 : $2's0. : battleships A Baye Kena, ot itd. with 940,000 in cash for investment,|Toborate the circumstantial and di- | {Nn we "f * CHICAGO WHEAT AND CORN| beginning of the war. aat together. Percy Peck and Miss|rect evidence of other witnesses as| 1" is a. ie $ MARKET. Tho detonations of these enormous | Katharine Peck rose to be identified|to the time when Waite gave his 7 etd ay = H waule. cannon seem to actually split the/by Drs, Vaughan and Schultse as) father-in-law the fatal dose of poison, HS GOR ae T Iy OE ee tual Aone eae aunt ct dhe terrific |4¥ing authorised the post-mortem| It 4s contended by the prosecution ny fy t= 8 F as ae a (ra bombardment which is going on day | ¢%aminations, that Waite may have administered * Soy me ony? Wad wk eR fo its and night, and the reckless expendi-| Dr. Schultae was interrupted to put| other doses unsuccessfully during the Sate wort tod $ aR Mentay Come ture of ammunition by the Austrians, | on the stand Dr. Stanley R. Benedict| weeks when Mr. Peck was Ill in his 3 ny 8 step 23 i ‘ty their further advance seems impos. ff Douglas Manor, Professor of| Riverside Drive home. % ay — % ‘i i js ble in view of the ponitions which the | 2,231 . ae Hh HRT t iy" Italians hold tenaciously. jemistry at the Cornell University) Again, in cross-examination, Mr. |MjAh asia, 128% we shat @! , Medica! College here. He told of sub-| Deuel sought admission from Dr./¥ & Gogg! Way “en Say — BD ° i - ~ Jecting certain specimens furnished| Schultze that chloroform might have|Xinhim Vaitic’ | ike em Ise — 6 minutes by Schultze to minute teats. He}had @ part in killing Mr. Peck. Dr.| ter ays : found unmistakable traces of arsenic|Schultse refused to change his HZ US hy _ in them. In one very small section| opinion, ' t 18 = if Fel Of the intestiges he found 45 of a] Dr, R. W. Muller of No. 10 East ie ie a | an ith t} e e Nh TO e rs grain of white arsenic, In @ portion! Fifty-elghth Street told of muaran- Hy i 1 ‘| wl 1s i of the lower intestines he found .61| teeing his acquaintance, Waite, tol south a ti is = y i 8 grain of white arsenic, Richard H. Timmerman, a druggist, ps Cor ‘a 8 BR ze i 0 @ part of the stomach he found/as a proper purchaser of arsenic A 2 1 Waal Ms West 42nd Street Between 5th and 6th Avenues West 43rd Street 1.76 grains, These quantities wore| March 9% Timmerman, following, re- is F F | Fh -¥ Ihe : M| found in the tlssues and did not in-|lated the sale to Waite of 90 grains]; i iw ee ite =? hil ready | clude @ quantity of white sediment |of arsenic “to kill cats,” The poison oe Re it H te S ® C d us li B turned over to Dr, Schultze withvut | cost Waite 25 cents, Timmerman's we mh Fi Ibe uit ases an rave ing ags analyaia, There were also traces of | clerk, Robert C. Schnabel, corrobor- is I ! 4rsenic in other organs, and both {ated his employer. ui i hd | Bae i | FOR WEDNESDAY, SPECIALLY PRICED, arsenic and chloroform in the brain, {GAYS WAITE STUDIED POISON em we | j prepare’ i i] The District Attorney promised in his ON HONEYMOON, a a " Ute f | Light Weight Cane Suit Cases, Black Enameled Duck Suit feet w 40 prove: Waite hastened Me, | Pr. Saco . Cornell of Bomerville, a Lie sae hell ' . “ . 3 ‘eck'a death by putting a chloroform |N. J. @ lifelong friend of John E, j cretonne lined, leather bound, $3.25 Cases, with tray; cretonne lined, $3.95 soaked napkin over the old man's|Peck, told of calling at the Waite JAMAICA RESULTS. | i reinforced corners; &@ & 2 in, i J | rooms. At the public hearing Frank Moss, 7 would send Kane to Waite the next seamen on the erm en | rs Taticon il do" whatever on of Monte Ve, TM ory | yk Mr ec’e stomach, sald De <a alk New Model Frocks Van Name, President of the Borough | ‘alking is to bo done," replied Com=|°HNNON Sana o ag Vaughan, he found minute white Kane, who planted $9,000 of Waite's 4 > Richmond. Mr. Van Name com- yd of the inefficiency of the Pub- i's Commission in belping. the ros Pg land to get better late charities ‘was when the wires of the Rev. Will- fam B. Farrell and of Dr. Daniel C. Potter and bis son, Dean Potter, were tapped and detectives “listened in” on them and made records that were put im evidence at the charities inquiry. After a morning the Thompson Committee ‘Went into executive seasion to hear @everal police officials and uniformed ‘vote on the question of secession was investigation. This public. own opportunity within forty-cigh! hours.” jef public hearing this tthe Io Hotchkiss, testify about tapping the tele- wires of Coney Island pool- him. miasioner Kingsbury. be said in court,” said Mr. Littleton. Mr. Commission o: stanstons Ky a car line on & men conferred with the Mayor ani If the Thompson Committee does not give me an opportunity on the witness stand I shall make my KINGSBURY SEES MAYOR AFTER Commissioner Kingsbury and Mr. accompanied by Martin W. Littleton, their counsel, called on Mayor Mitchel at 12,15 o'clock to-day and held a lengthy conference with “Have you any statement to make” “I have said everything that is to Littleton was asked if there wan any special significance in the far ae applicable fo tho tapping of FORTS ARE ATTACKED. Desperate Fighting Reported on Entire Tyrol Front as Drive Continues. VIENNA, May 23.—Italian troops have evacuated positions at Borg be. fore the Austrian advance, the War Office announced thin afternoon. The War Office also announces the capture of the Itallan fortified post- GENEVA, May 23.—Despite the most stubborn resistance the armies of the Austrian Crown Prince are pressing steadily forward against Vi- cenga, the Italian “Verdun,” on the 1! ly into the northern Italian plains less Austrians have crossed to Italian soil Fibre covered; 40x22x14 ins; Black enameled duck partment and two drawers, at $15,00 four persons, at $6.75 2 catches and locks; 24 to 28 ins, Size 42x22x21 inches; a swinging arm brings the entire wardrobe out of the trunk. The ten specially constructed garment hangers have greater capacity than in trunks of similar make, and the five wide drawers give ample room for general packing and hats, Wardrobe Trunks, embodying derous tasks and had become sus- pictou: Dr. Vaughan said he had never be- fore studied the effects of arsenic in the case of a hyman being. “I have frequemly killed animals with arsenic,” he said, “and have dis- sected them and studied the con- ditions existing in their organs. I have read many authorities on the subject and have written a number of articles regarding arsenic poison my- HE FOUND ARSENIC IN PECK’S STOMACH, specks, which he recognised as evi- nce of arsenic poisoning. He found the lining of the stomach corroded and eaten away. Q. What is the minimum quantity will arsenic cause death? A. Bix to sistant to the District Attorney, cor- face, pressed down by a pillow. cross-examination, “have been caused When you wash your hair, what you use. Most soaps Prepared shampore soniale too much alta wh Which ve injurious, u d‘tekes the hair brittle, On? careful whol teaally | struction and appearance, $25.00 to 100.00 ees cugtly, ar son cit easil: dries qui y, fresh looking, bri; ‘he hair ly, and is soft, it, a fully, it loosens ei wavy and| Piained his companion was his “pri. ij vate nurse,” who had aided in the “tdustain sed operation. Mr. trout One of the most notable weddings to be celebrated this week will be that to-morrow of Miss Anna Loretta Murray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. apartment, March 11, the day before “Why did you come?” covered the same incidents. He aaid also he saw Waite at the Hotel Plaza on Feb. 20 with a woman, 8 Mrs, Horton in the room?" asked Mr, Brothers, HY} tant table. He then returned to the Bellevue Hospital,” from which he had Just come uptown in hia car, and ex- , This wes the third time in the tes- pany for disease-impregnated serums apparently purchased by Waite were identified by the witness. John 8. Potter, a New York under- taker engaged by Waite to prepare Peck's body for removal Grand Rapids, testified Wa’ moned him to the Riverside Drive home a week after Mr. Peck's death and sald “they were trying to make about Mr, he wanted to know what was in the embalming fluid. Potter sald Kane had done the embalming and he money et Orient Point Lighthouse, Long Island, and never could dig up in $7,800 He told get him to put arsenic into a sample No. 110 West Seventy-eighth Street, BREMER—On Gunday, May 9 jeaidence, 64 “ eee fb FEST het od hte, Md; or a: to sum- Peck's death,” and of it, was the next of Walte's effort to f Avenue, but nothing was do: isit to the Mayo ta: on | Of atsentc which will cause death to . of embalming fluid to fool the Dis- 7 "Gren after three court ordere had been | “We're just paying our respects,” fel geet of Italy's declaration | man being? A. From two to tire laoee Keelag ttheoss No. 783 ttl trict Attorney's men into belleving ‘ he replied with @ smile. Lagi nal and one-half grains is the least " ~ Med ;| the poison in Mr. Peck’s body wa: New Model F; rocks iH *, the Public Service Commission De: Charitt Commissioners Austrian artillery has begun a bom- QuAGhity, But conslddtedly siere James F. McDonnell of the Hotel . ly s 1 ; have no power to enforce puty Charities | Commissioner |bardment of the snow capped peak of | S0NE'. fel sane y MAY) Gotham, Manhattan. The ceremony | "troduced after death. or Sprit ist OrPh Mel D B orders," Br. ‘Van ‘Name contin: | Henry C. Wright and William J. Do- |SoorenE se en enty-one milen| fall to oa 5 Is aet for 11 0 lock in the morning in| District Attorney Swann was to-day |] point d'esprit and 5. 95 ted SWe have beqn under heavy ex-Jherty accompanied Commiasioner | rth wagt"ot Vicanen, ‘The. Boaltion | , HOW ts that to be accounted f0°2|cne"Cnurch of Our Lady of Victory, | formed that while Waite was ati Ge lain Gil lowered, Brodeccs nothing for us: and Ire one| KiNsebUrY to the entrance of 1h) nag been strongly fortified by the |. Tht wemach Tit thing ls relative, (BFK. Afterward there will be a [on fie Reneymoon he commenced to his auses of the strong feeling on | MAYOr® private ollice. Netey | tattans, It bars the northern en- |" OM ie. after it fi Y aes - | reception in the home of the bride's | *tudy the effects of poison on the hu- Island for secession. A straw | Waited while counsel and the indicted | 1+ ice into the valleys leading direct-| | 1% long after it 1s administered | parents, man system. Dr. Louis Heltsman of |] New Model Frocks is ioraelogs? its? ‘The best thing to use Mra, Horton had g t, Swin- | tne Le pores tes neida tad urart Wednesday, May 24th Also “Hartman” Trunks, $19. 50 Fibre Covered Dress Trunks, sind cnsonnun'et tee ie hon’ aid’ Walle anlered tha Om Fe aR meal EREAH STRAWDEMHY a open top model ......+.+..at , $2, 36 or 40 inches... t $10.00 entirely greaseless, I dining room, with his companion, | J} et cde, a . veel beats the xs panel ve oer bowed to Swinton and the head ee = Tf sHumilation, ho; iy oti Gn Taxi Wardrobe Trunks Motor Restaurants “Hartman”and“Oshkosh” mh ie ee Tew ountes | Walter and took the woman to a din- hal ir Bac Seo inate: maidgoei ive a c ‘ : iD the hair with water| witness, spoke of the shock of Mra, |=, 0m, 100 foterior has six garment | covered veneer box; the latest improvements and and rubit in, about a tesspoontul is all| Peck’s death, and said he had “ aparentin lomanee catmed._ Tesh vee. hangers, large packing com- 10x7x314 ins; fitted for representing perfection in con- algo Brakes abundance performed @ very delicate operation at DIEO. Our entire stocks of Women’s and Misses’ Suits, without reserve, have been sharply reduced; all sizes, 14 to 46. No Connection With Any Other Establishment in the World ORTH 43 & 45 West 34th Street waittisiie For Street, Sport and the Dance At Unusually Low Prices ) New Model Frocks Flour = f- ta mt test Special tor Ve-Morrow Kiyn. Closes 11.80 P, ht eludes the ‘container in each caae,