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m j rim - - - . . m .mmmmm GRAFT SECRETS DEMANDED OF GAMBLERS eg ewow to Mrkt aea The IriNAtj I gDITtON. Tjg PRICE ONE CENT. TERRIFIED PASSENGERS PRAY FOR UVES IN CABINS AS GALE AND GIANT SEAS TOSS LINER Officers of Carmania Fear for Her Safety as She Buffets Monster Waves in Storm Last ing Week. i 1 Tht biff Canard I tsar Carmania, bearing a hundred bruises from the harrtcana that had toiaad har about like a tor vgaee!, brought safely to aact, to-day, a load of passengers who are likely never to forget the voyage which started at Liverpool, a week ago last Saturday, and ihould hare here laat Sunday. From the Monday following the it ieaa and buffeted by btffh, screaming winds. Out of the frlne of the she aalled lntc heavier weather who eat up to watch the Old Year out and in the saloons that they i greatly raducad on Tuesday, The ship crept along all nlgbt affalaat Mary, smashing head sap and encom ia the murk of Wedneeaay raurn- tba Maat of a fuU gale, the wind rising ekMa to a hundred mllaa an hour. he worst of the storm cam on Thursday, wfth meet of the voyagers fmt on their basks wMh eensickQsM sad the rest gathered la whlle-featd. praylns little groups. At MS la the afternoon and for two hours there after, even the officers, whose duty and practice It la to face the most menaolng situations with a smile, were alarmed for tha aafety of the ship. 10 LINER TOME ABOUT LIKE TOY BHIP. Beside tha iowertni waves the nig Carmania was dwarfed. The seas tossed har aloft and the breath of the hurri cane, tearing at tier high hull on the summit, often swung tier out of her course and dropped her broadside Into the abyss of the trough. The hardiest passengare, veterans of acorea of trans atlantic voyagaa, did np. dare to sat foot sa Seek. Once a equal! of leveling force struck the Carmania and pushed her bow around. Then, while the top of the hek her aloft, the wind toppled her to j perl. Down Into the yawning trough went the liner, leaning over to port St j an angle or Any degrees. In the kitchen, wtiers dinner waa he lag prepaied, coolu were swept from their feet snd piled at the lower side oa ths Inclined floor in ths midst of ths wreckage of the smoking food. Pans crashed and crockeri smashsd Into the debris snd the liner shivered from bow to stern . fleexlok passengers wars dropped from their soaring berths and thoss In tha saloon could not keep their footing. -v PAl SENGERS TRAPPED ON DECK BY WAVES. A hardy half dosen had ventured out on ths deck aft of the smoking room and found themsslvss In a perilous situation. To sssk ths comparative saf sty of the cabin by ths way they had come was sn Impossibility; to stay where they were was to court death. They smashed In windows on she star board aide of ths vsssel and climbed through to shelter. "Jimmy". Hsrs, the veteran photog rapher who haa faced death In Una of Ma duty on a hundred battlefields, aald. when the Carmania docked to day, that he never had fait himself nearer death than while the Carmania hung trembling on the aids of ths water mountain. "It seemed almost Impossible that ths Csrraanla could rirht hereelf." he aald. "I don't think thsrs wsre many aboard who really realised ths situa tion, who did not think It mors likely a he 'would keep r aht on listing to port and turn a somersault." The aecond hand on Hare's watch made a complete r-jund bsfwre ths liner struggled groanlngly back on an even keel and obeyed the monster rudder, nosing Into the teeth of the Iturritans again. All day yeateMay the Carris ila lay at anchor outside the lightship, while ths shattered nerves of ths passengers were given a chance to mead. There ware mutual confeasions of tha fear ths voyagera had experienced In the height of the storm and a hundred eagerly Signed their nsmes to a resolu tion thanking Capt. J. C. Barr for bringing them alive out of the hurrt eans and praising the seamanship that had enabled him to do M. Two coplsa of the resolution were made, and ons will bs sent to the officials of the Cunard line, for whom Capt. Barr was making his first voyage ss "commodore of the fleet." Mtidsiillr the Carmania waa la the centre, for cape uaiss Of ina User radar i MUn. Ceerriawt. tats, br Ce. (TIM Me SW alllnff, the Carmania wae pounded by on Tuesday, Dee. SI. Paaaengars found themselves praylns In their would live to see the New Year In. CLEVER GAMBLERS GET$1,5000NLINER OESHMOSURE They Work Crooked Dice on Passenger in New Game . on the Carmania. Two gsmblere who arrived on the Car mania to-day proved stslwart soula and did not allow ths weather to Interfere with their occupation. They were on the passenger list as "ffj. Van Camp" and "F. E. Washburn," and they de- scribed themselves, respectively. In s way subdtantlated by the names they used as having vast Interests In the pork and bean and flour Industries. On ths first night out ths pair pro nosed s gams of whist and whlls they were taking a small matter of ISO from two other pssssngers they explained how glad they were they had not ven tured to attempt the onssslng in Mr. Washburn's yacht William Bleeoksr, who was on his way to his horns In Cincinnati, after a tour of Europe, was ssieeted by ths sharpers as a likely victim for a nsw gams, which they said they had Invented themselves. The gams was to roll ons dts Ave times, the player rolling ths highest soars tak ing ths whole pot It was a simple, fascinating game and Messrs. Van Camp and Washburn proved consistent winners. Aftsr losing 175 Mr. Blescksr wslted Ms opportunity and grabbed up the die. just aftsr ons of ths Inventors of ths little pa Mme had rolled a six. On ths surface of ths cubs were only fours, fives and slxss. Ths gamblsr had palmed In hie other hand ths die which other players wsrs forced to uae. It was of the ordinary eort, with the smaller numbers on lta surface. Even after thla disclosure tke gam blers kspt on working for thslr pass age money. W. 8. .1. Hchroeder of Berlin, who waa on hla way to look over ths Unitsd States, was willing to learn how to play the great national game of the land of Yankees poker. It cost him tStO to get ths first, lesson la his stateroom. W)ien the fleeced passengers cast up aooounts they fsund ths gamblers had collected about 11,100 In aU. Then Mr. Bleeoker had an Idea and he aent a wireless message ashore. As a result Bid ward Ma I Ion. Cunard Plsr detective, waa on hand with a Central Office man when tha liner docked. But Mr. Bleeok er had changed Ma mind, so no arrests were made. did not know until he arrived here to day the meaning of s wireless received from Capt Barr on Thursday qlihi, which rsad: "Storm has spoiled our dinner. " The messags was ssnt whlls the Car mania's passengers wsrs eating sand wiches, provided In lieu of the spoiled meal the storm had spilled from the ranges. World Want Work WondfriL CARMANA AS GREAT STORM RAGES " Circulation Books Open to AIL" The hw Pel NEW IHt WM), FOOTBALL STAR AND GIRL BR WOOED AND WED IN A DAY. rt y smisfr El 1 Maurice FlXKH'tiO 'LEFTY' FLYNN WED NIGHTHEMET HER Introduced at Skating Rink in Afternoon, She Was "Mrs." Within Few Hours. Hearken, all ye gloomy writers of problem tales. Jugglers with ths "ster nal trlsngle" snd scoffers at ths true love of an elder day, to the short swift loe story of Lefty Flynn, Ell fullback, and Rena Leary, show girl. Now that the paternal laying on of hands mid dispensation of the family blessing haa been fully socompllshsd and two lovers' feet are set on a path fringed with the rosemary and swset William of old-fashioned romance, the etory of a fullback's rapid wooing and a pulchrltudlnoua horus'glrl's quick aurrender ta told. Mrs. "lofty" Flynn herself recited the tale or double heart bests to sn Evening World reporter to-day In the new Flynn apartment at No. I West Eighty-sixth street, and the big Una smasher, draping his bashful length on the edtte of a piano, nodded his head' In approval of the nlfe'e way of narrative. U She Is a "golden girl," If Mr. tat Oal llenns's coined word means anything. When she received the Interviewer to day she stood with one hand on hsr new husband's big shoulder, round eyes slight and the Jewelled radiance from a cut "Kia'o chandelier spinning bands of gold and bronxe In the heaped up masses of her hair. Mr. "Lefty" Flynn looked down at the figure or Ml wife with the satMled air of a con noisseur as sbu talked. "MRS. LTV" TELLE HOW IT ALL HAPPENED. "Ho much that la horrid -ao much that ,1a untruthful has been printed," she said, "that 'Lefty' herethat Is, Mr. Flynn and I want to set every thing right. We hope you will be hon est by us. "Yes, l am a show girl, though 1 hsts ths name, and I much prefer that I should have been known as a chorus girl. I went on I lie stage, hoping for s (Continued sa aaueadaffe It WT i y amiafrf M MUM VLsaw WM UW ,fcTma-l SHOWGIRL BRIDE ON TORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, VERBECK LINKED WITH DIX IN DEAL ON ARSENAL SITE Property Bought by General Was Held by Bank of Which Ex-Governor Was Officer. ACTED AGAINST ADVICE. State to Begin Suit to Recover $45000 Paid for Land Board Minutes 'Not True.' ALBAMT. Jan. I -The legality of tha sale to the flute ef MMN of property In Albany to bs need aa a site far a new State arsenal was taken ap to-day by tha oomrattlee' of three appelated by Oov. flulssr to investigate State depart taenia The sale waa anede to William Verbeek. as adjutaat-geaeral, by tha First National Bank of Albany, of which Oov. Dim formerly waa aa etsoer. The Legislature authorised the State Armory Commission to sell ths present fltoto arsenal la New Tor oity and erect a paw arsenal la Albany eat ad the pro seeds ef ths sale. James W. Lester, nmssssllss ef the third brUevfe east a mmttm at atato Armory MrNUTES OF COMMIMION DE CLARED NOT TRUE. Counsel far the committee read from what purported to be ths minutes of a meeting of the Armory Commission oa Dec. It, lll. They showed that Oea. Verbeek had stated that Oov. DU bad expressed a deal re that the new arsenal should bs located la Albany and at ths Governor's request hs had Inspected ssvsral buildings. Including ths bank property. Who ailaatig she-wed that the eeea- had appro e the siliistsa at "That Is not a correct record of the proceedings of that meeting," declared Oen. Lsstsr. "The Armory Commis sion never approved the selection of this sits, but on Feb. T, lilt, went on record as, opposing It" Letters were read by counsel showing that on at least two occasions Attorney General Carmody had advised Osn. Ver beek that ths purchase of ths property waa Invalid and that hs had advlssd VerbscE that a sits could not be ss ieeted until ths Nsw York property had been sold. Ths Stats still retains title to thla property. ORDERS SUIT TO RESTORE THE 146,000 TO ETATI. Adjt.-Qen Hamilton, called as a wit nsss. gavs It as his opinion that ths change of altea would be disadvantage ous to the State. Documents offered In evidence showed that Oen. Verbeek signed an agreement on Dec. U, 1111. for the transfer of the Albany site to the Bute, but that ths money waa not paid to ths First National Hank until Dot. it, MU. On DatS. 17. int, Oen. Verbeek transferred the property, which was in his own name, to tha Adjutant-General of the State," but the dssds bavs not yst been filed. The committee at the conclusion of to-day'a aession adopted a resolution calling upon the Attorney-General to begin proceedings to bring about the restoration to the State of the M.COO paid for the Albany property. After the hearing to-day the commit tee addressed a letter to Oov. rtulser atstlng thst aa a result of to-day's In quiry "It waa ascertained that Osn. William VeNnck, lately Adjutant tleneral of the State of New York, as sumed to purchase and pay the aum of tit, Oil. 60 for the purrhass of a site for a location of sn arsenal stores In the city of Albany: that the contract was alipgad to have been signed by Oen. Verbeek on behalf of the State Board of Armory Commissioners; that the. State Hoard of Armory Obminm-' aloners never recommended said pur chase, bat on the contrary by expresa resolution dlsspproved of ths purchase, snd the Atorncy-deneral of the' State, who Is ths legal Adviser of the Board of Armory trommlsalonsrs. also sd vlaed that said purchase could not be made; that In our opinion the pur chase was Illegal and thut pfeper nteia should be taken, through the proper State offlcUls. to tender back the deed nf aald property and reuulie the reatl tutlnu of the money with Interest." Five Meet Heath ia Fire. f.'HANt'TK. Kan . Jan . J. W Lit ssy, a farmer; Mrs. I.ltsey snd three children, one of them an Infant, were burned to death in a lire which lis strsyed their home near here earl to- Property aad that ha hrwsstf bah seed the property aaasatabje bar arsenal pue- PAPA O'DONNELL TOLD BY WIRE OF HEMWEDGiNG Cupid Works Quickly When She Meets M. R. Loftus for Third Time. FRIENDS HELP 'EM OUT. Bridegroom Is Related to the Townsend Burden and Rob ert Livingston Families. A wadding pepped out of a cloud of doubt aad gaaetlas to-day. Tha gaaotlna part ef It la all dissi pated, but the doubt lingers, for Mr and Mrs. Matthew Ryan Loftus waited timorously this aftsrnoon at the home of Dr. Stafford B. Smith at No. M Wast JDsjsaty-arst street, to put eaM on ths tall ef any devs ef pesoe that might wing Its way from No. w Riverside Drive, the home ef Joseph P. O'Dormell. who happens to he tha bride's father. The dashing ysung broker aad Helen Las O-Donnell that waa until thai morning are strong la the support of a si u sea ef BOplrstsia whs were privy tp tha runaway match. The taaphlajail started wHh a dl aster party hi ah Testae of Dr. aad Mrs. Smith. shier ef the . swaprratera. The ether gaeets at the party wag respectively east aa First YUlala, seeond VI 1- MET FOR THE TMMD TrafE LAET NIQHT. Miss O'Dormell, who to Just nineteen, had net young Mr. Loftus, whs to Just twenty-two if the troth must oe told, only twice before last nhrht's af fair. Hs Is a cousin ef Mra I. Town send Burden and Mra Robert Living ston. Love blossomed Uke a magnolia bud vehen ths dinner party furniehed the third opportunity for the young people to meet. They might as well have been on a desert late of palms aad wango waogo tress for all ths attention they paid to their nalgtsbors about ths board once they were ssated side toy aide. Thla was net last ea ths others at ths table. Among those wsre Mr. and Mrs. William Crowley. Mr. and Mra Sterling P. Story and Miss Aurslla Thstsn. Between the oysters aad ths soup all lines ef comma nice t Ion I tween the rest of ths table and ths true lovers wsrs broken and before ths f roses pudding cams en everybody la the room baa Idas Mr. Matthew Ryaa Loftus and Miss Helen Lee O'Doaaell was obviously superfluous. MATRIMONIAL MARKET NOT AF FECTED BY PUJO COMMITTEE. "How's the matrimonial markst look ing up In these sad days of Pujolngr somebody called s press ths table to the Intrepid young broker Just about ths time dsmltasas s spoons were-clinking. "I think I think I'm a bear on the market." replied young Mr. Loftus, looking boldly at ths lowered eyelids of his fair dinner companion. "Going at par, Matty, dear," Miss ODonnsll murmursd, and there waa a mighty cheer right then and there, everybody talked at once. They must be married right away that was ths right thing. Everybody's doing It this wlntsr. What a Jobs It would be oa Helen's papa and mamma! Two tssloabs were summoned forth with and ths whole dinner parly tumbled into tnem ana went across ths river to Jersey City. They went to PoMce Head quartersa dismal place dor a wedding party to visit. But, than, you sea they had to bs told where they could dig up s license and all that sort of thing. Than they learned of that Jersey Isw about forty-eight hours' residence la the Btate before a license is dispensed. Book to New Tor St was after midnight than and, all hope of gaining a New York lloenss falling, the merry wedding csrsvan put up at the Astor House downtown. GET A LICENSE TO-DAY AND WEDDINO FOLLOWS. Bright and early to-day the bride groom was astir. Bomsbody remembered thst John L. Walsh, Commissioner of Weights and Measures, Is a good old sport, so they treked to hhi office and through hla grscloua Intervention a license was duly stamped, sealed and delivered Then chug-chug in more ghaollne chariots straight up Broadway to a Jeweller s, litem-Ons plain aold hand rlniLj Then rhug-ehug to the Church of the Blessed Hacranient at rleventy-flrat street and Broadway. There the llev. Fatiier Baxter tied the knot as surely aa bad) and hook can guarantee, and glee-full) the wedding pilgrims once more mounted their line camels to hie then, t , the oasis of (At Matai Flaaa, laere a Www Circulation Book Open to 1918. BASEBALL MANAGER WHO SIGNS CONTRACT TO RUN LOCAL TEAM. CHANCE SIGNS UP TO MANAGE TEAM HEREATJ1 5,000 Former Leader of Cubs Will Get 160,000 for Three Years With Highlanders. CTOOAOO. Jan. I. Frank U chance thla afternoon stoned a contract to manage ths Nsw Tork American League Baseball Club for three years. lis will take charge Feb. T. Terms of ths contract were not announced. It was learned, however, on excellent authority that Chance will receive an annual salary of 116.000 and will receive In addition C per cent, of the club s net profits, which It was ssthnaled would net Chanc ton, 000 for his three years' services. The compensation Is said lo bs ths largest aver paid a baseball man ager or player. .The contract was signed shortly after 1 o'cloc'', thle afternoon st rhe office nf Ban Johnson, Presktont of ths Ameri can League. Chance's decision to ac cept Farrsll's offer was reached at the class of two hours' oonferencs. Ohanoe will remain In this city for two days to attend to personal matters and will than return to his orchard In California for a wssk. Ho expects to visit Nsw York the first week of next month. The signing up of Frank Chance as manager of the Highlanders wae aa ex asileat move on ths part of Frank Far rell, for It looks ss If ths Hilltop club has st isst got ths kind of a Isadsr who will bring the team up to u higher posi tion In ths league reos than it haa held lor many years. With ths exception of the first ysar that ths Highlanders were in ths American League, they have not made any creditable showing. Blnoe that time the team fell back every year In the race owing tu poor management. Clark OrlffKh. Hal Chase snd Wolvsrton all failed to make good and on that ac count Owner Farrell let them out. Realising Ohance's ability aa a great manager, which he showed oncrustvsly during ths many years bs wag with ths Chicago Cubs by having Mis clubs win several pennants, not finishing worse than third, owner Farrell went aftsr Chance whan lie was 1st out by Charley Murplny. with the result that he Anally Secured him by offering him an epor moua sum and a three-year contract. Chance will surely gat all the woak out of the Highlanders that is in them, for he Is s strict manager at all times and -.impels hie players Co keep in proper condition throughout the entire season. break. Cast toasts all hands round and lliep back tu Dr. Smith's horns. TViEN THEV SENT THE NEWS TO PAPA. "We'll have to let papa know, of course," said the bride. "(Soud Lord, yes," wailed her husband. Vou do It.' Ho off went this telegram to the pa ternal home un Klveplde Drive. "ltyan and 1 are married, ly.vo to all Helen." "How did you know about this un foriunute arfalr ao iiulckly?" demanded Papa O'DonaeU whtMan Uvmilng World i ; i ti-r called at the house live mlnuirs after the telegram hod been delivered. I sutpua Its all right but DAMN!" orld If ants llork llonders 1 I L It I. e-'.'fn saassaal saw tREhjf? 'J .cBKBaffij sawmS4 .'TsSBsmWT Tu Bala or a boot te AIL " 20 PAGES r- "PEIOE ONE OUT. WHITMAN'S HILL. I uiivl. uniiiuLUiir RFFflDt CDAhlil UHW absl VHIft- Mill II 11 JUIU Tenderloin in Panic Over Whft. man's Secret Conference With ' iUleged Police System Vic tims Named by Rose. ' CONSULTED WITH BECKER 4 IN DEATHHOUSE, IS RUM0$ 1 i i . ! ' a- Evidence Against and "Higher Rnnorht in Tenddtloin famfakn wen mots fid that DiarW-Attorney WMtmui ateence of tht ptoaaeutor from hi caused by W preaenct A a confapenoa to aa i CEinHers named by Jack Rose, tha I been shaken down for graft by the was fear among the chance broken Dowling Law to compel a wholesale attendance of gamblers at Doe proceeding, In which they would ha Zoned to ten cnuch of side facts upon which the Special Grand Jury could act Of course the revelations made by Ron aad which Mr. hopes will be confirmed by the gamblers implicate Lieut Backer. Bdt ft is believed that they go further, in that they bring to other poKct otttnr without whose co-operation Becker nis promises. UNER KROONLAND ' GOES AGROUND IN FOG AT AMBROSE CHANNEL Swirl of Tide Swings Her Onto Bank, but She's in No Danger. The steamship Kroenland ef the Red Mar Una. bound out. want aground la the fog at t.io o'clock this aftsrnoon on ths edge of Am brass Channel ons mite Inside ths buoy which marks the opening of the channel into deep water. It Is believed the vassal, unless sooner released, will float at high tide, which will corns la at 0010011 te-alawt, The. Kroonland left her pier In the Chelsea district st 10 o'clock this morn ing whlls ths fog waa at Us thickest. Capt Krelbohm aad ths pilot proceeded out through the river, ths uppsr aad the lower Bay vary slowly. Ths fog waa llftlpg and everything looked fa vorable to a safs paasags outslds ths bar. whsn a swirl of ths lids swung ths vssssl onto ths shelving bank of ths channel. There are f IS passengers on the Kroon land, fifty of whom are In the steer aga. The ship Is M0 feet long and draws twenty-nine feet of water. DELAY MOVE TO FREE GIBSON Sew York Lawyer la Ooshea Jail Oars He's Keeltaa Flae. H:e.tl to Tke Ireslsf Wueid.) kf I OULKTCW.V, N. Y Jan. 1. dt waa said heie to-day that there would probably be no move made to release Burton W. Otbaon. the New York law yer, from Qoahen Jail before next week, and that his case might even be de layed longer than that. Qlbson asaurss those who call that hla health ia ex. cl ient and his appetite at lta beat. In the recent trial of Ullison on the charge of murdering Mr.. Heeena Maabo the Jury failed to reach aa agree- sjs esW.-ai ' . --e--' (TgytsaBasj - elwkt BUI I " NEW PLAN Other Stroog aArnm Up Officials IMd - xxr IwArtve of kn pintr Etifctwi vat to offka waa regular that Ms. Whrbruui might would have been iinaMe to make sjji The Z2 It rotated that tlann with the communicating wren him of bis Jsreasr subordinates as the Arm Ayued, who were eanusid tiatr a revolver ta the persist of. a oh arge ef oarrylag The Job One Oread Jtary, ta seane or any graft spent to-day 'town frogs she Jhroaa. Mr. Wal oea. Mr. Wmtatnaaj, anxious to get his tor en eooh shape goat was ieaa Daw - orand Jury can hegui weak aa et waa. Monday. MAY INVaaTIOATB MS -'. their actual Bam iKwtial to hasn not aposes-edat B rumors gad rwoeagasewwexewl' ' ' One esthete wsxTsTthefesmet death novae? " ; It was lamp, nllils ta trass the saaawl ' to tlx) ortgM. Warden aTsansdya saw. rotary, m ready to filsphias sasjexetpa, said Mr. WwMsana waa wet s ths .wh)nw. j' m saw AJ M wok on aip cAar. The regular January Oread which refuged to indict Oeorgs Bi, the evidence ottered by the poMot terday. dropped the Sipp saattsr to-day. police tailing to present any now evidence. Whether nay action will be taken ea the character at the evidence Submitted by the police yesterday and tne maaaar to which It was obtained Is a matter reeling with the deolalea ef the Diittriot Attorney. Slpp expoou 10 give haO ta Atxaatir Cl'y to- ay. Attar a hard aght hit Uwjer last sight succeeded 11. get'Uw 1 he aaoouat axed at M.300, and a Mew York UneJlag oasxaaar will Baratah ia obarge wag made la Magistrate: Jasysssttyw court ay Udwerd J. WririH lawyer tor Slop, thai the Mew York J-uUce Department's influence had reached out to Atlaatlo City, That ask waa Oret fixed at YAMS aftsr a Bum court Juattos had assured the trato the oa Hipp has not decided rtsurn at oase te New York, MM M .Kt believed be waU. Ualsas the Jury Indents him hs eaaaot be dltos. It ta would be willing sea side f the New Tosh junsoiuuoa the laurtrict-Attoraey's Brae to thresh oat hit The Uread Jury la Max am