Newspaper Page Text
tt?tnue **>. -...r* krmmZ LXXI... .N* 23,785. ,t?Jrg-e5artflrgJ,,?,,, NEW-YORK. SATURDAY; PECEMBCT 1911-TO?RTEEN PAGES. ?'? PRICE ONE CKNT'"^??^ ? 1 HYDE AFFIDAVIT Prosecutors' Aids Learn That Daniel Reeves, Named by Til den, Expired Last October. MAY ASK FOR INDICTMENT Fifty-one of the Persons Men? tioned in Plea for Change of Venue Deny That They Made Statements. Fifty-one nut of the 137 persons who were quoted in the affidavit of Israel Tilden as having expressed an opinion on the gum of Charles Hiram Hyde. for -???., City Chainl..-1-lain. under Indictment .. loi.1. District Attorney Whit? man- InvOitigntOW yesterday that they never discussed Hyde with Tilden, and. t*urthe***more. that they had no reason to vas guilty. Anyway, they -rculnn't have pone on record if they j i th"U?*,ht so, the; Mid. affidavit, which was designed -,?. thai public sentiment wu m In? gfttnst Hyde that it would he Bnpoeaible for him to get a fair trial in yew York or Brooklyn, contained the o1 Daniel Reeves, ? ?ro er, of No. 73-1 \ -T.rdam avenue, who was quoted "Hyde is a ?rook.'' Invc-sti f .? i for the District Attorney called at the grocery store yesterday and . i that Daniel Reeves died last Oc? tober, snd that n? person of thai name w . ?;.*..) wUli the business. John K C. Desmond, an undertaker at No 275 West 145th Street, Was dOWB ' H XUden'? 'ist as having sail: Hyde had no bu*in?**ss to put the people'i money in l inks. He knew they weren't At the undertaking shop y ester - whs dis overed that Mr. Desmond vas married a month a?*o and was on ?ii honeymoon at the time Tilden is sup }-- . to ha\e questioned ?dm. ? ?ne person acknowledged yester r) that he had committed himself : person on the subject of H y do. man recalled a young man coming t" 1 :s pi i.e and discussing th?- affairs of xh' Northern Hank, hut that was all. A nit feature of the District At? torney's discoveries yesterday was that v all of the persons whose names ? in Tilden's affidavits lived within ten or fifteen blocks of the North irn f'.ar.k, which figures in the evidence against Hyde. 'Attended to It Personally." John B. stanchheld. counsel for Hyde u, me motion for change of venu?, ,?-.t?.l ? ?day that it was not in his province t discuss Hj ' ? m the n- ws? papers. "l ire-un..- that Hyde attended tu the matter of the affidavit personally," s.*.id Mr. Btanchfleld when asked If he had suggested such a method in support of a motion for change of venue. He added .hat he believed Tilden would he able to substantiate his affidavits Mr. Stanch? field, in all probability, will not appear tinsel for Hyde when ia.- case e?mes to trial. James W. Osborne Is tl torney of r*eoord. Mr. Tilden detuned to make any Btate inent. Twoecore or more of names will have to be looked up before the Distriet At ? cations wiii i>e completed. K. ?lark, Assistant Distriet . t , who lias the matter in charge, thai th<- findings would not 1,,? sub 1 t" a grand jury until after the ' hange of v? n ie a ere If then- Is any evldi n< ?? that per was committed, be .-aid, the ?Tuse -n for Indictments. the motion for ch_nge of venue ii led that Hyd? "stood convicted" doom had been sounded be ... drawn. .1 ist,'??? Koni, in Part ll of the s,? la] ? ? Court, he ? ?. - l the time for the filing of answer y Distriet Attorney Whit to January .'!. The motion Will be ? n January .". A motion for a ? ? : of talesin.-n will ."? Bled ?day. If the i hange of I Hyd i ; obably will not to tri.,i t.. fore January '?'. ? ill Williams, who is credited with ?? - that Hyde would "get his," made i lion y? -!? i da ??? In a blch hi I "I reside at Peeksklll, N. Y., and am not dealer at No. Is" West 145th I don't know Israel Tild? n, nor an I awure '.*' having spoken to him. I ; my o] Inion of the guilt irles H, Hyde to him dj Denies Calling Hyde "a Crook." ? iMo?. ? plumb? i. oi No. 316 set, v : ted by T.1 lying: ' Hj de Is ?..k." Mr. 1 positively .. er having ? h s stai n < nt - .? iiings. drug store man? ; ? .\\, ].",?n? Amsterdam s ? **' i ?or this opinion: "They ;)r.; Hal to su? h un i: as Hj de." Mr. s lold the Investigators that he 1 lered i uch words In hij lit.. Herman Scharfer, a plumber at No. ? h av? nue, d< i la red he 1 Hyde ought i" be railroaded." \ Shaw, a piano dealer at No. ?.th avenue, according t., TU . .it, said* "People t..k-- i ,., ? ' '? to fellows lik.? Hyde." Mr. he did not make any state ***bt ... t Hyd? to TUd? n or an ? ? '?? '?? ran a the music. - real man." was attributed by to a Mr S. ully, a c ndy dealer hi So Jijo Seventh avenue. Mr Scully y unit words t<> . ;[,i<-nS hla ? of the eapn .?ion, hut he declined ?? affidavit for the District Attor h< bad ii" de Ire t.. "gai ' I >'!' in the an iir." ' Ell? r. a ...if.. retailer si No, ?bird svenu who was quoted by ?eying it was "Too bad Osynoi ..i to mal ; !' lo the tali u , ..f thai n mm, Smith, a Jeweller a? No. L",.:., ' - - "l would give him *'?? limit" ???,,) .._. h ? H louuinj.ii uU luna mapa. [ DROPS DEAD AT DANC? Woman Stricken at Home i Justice Moss. In the midst of the gayetv if a dlfin dance given by Miss Flote**.? ? Mm laughter of Justice Joseph F. Moss, the Court of Special Sessi m?*, at it hon e. at No. .'17 Fast 17th street, hi i.igl.t. Miss Emma Salmon, a memher the houFehold for many year*, fell Ul conscious to the floor and died with a few minute-*. The twenty-five or so young m and women who stopped dancing gat ?red around Miss Salmon. A hurry < ; was sent up to Pr. ?'hurles Siefert. wl lives in the house, and he immediate came down and examined the stricki woman. He pronounced her dead. B fore th? doctor had arrived, howev? Miss Moss had time to get Father Lui low. of the Church of the Epiphany, the house, where he administered the la rites to Miss Salmon while she lay ui conscious 1 ?r Siefert said that she dii of acute indigestion. TWO BROTHERS DROWN Twelve-Year-Old Boy Fails t Rescue Younger One. \Vhl',< trying to save his nine-ye.ar-nl hrother John from drowning in Halsey Fond, at Fast ?tester, on the outskin of Mount Vernon, yesterday afternooi Joseph Houlahan. twelve years old. Wl dragged beneath the surface with hii and drowned. The two hoys were ti? sons of Thomas F. Houlahan, city plun her of Mount Vernon. living at No. til B< i th Seventh avenue. Halsey'a Pond is near the New Yorl Westchester <*. Boston l?allroad, whlc Is now under construction, and just a a work train was* passim? by the eng tuer noticed the struggles of the tw hrothers. The engineer shut off stean pul on the brakes and leaped Into th pond. He whs too late to save then but found the liodies and brought thet to shore. Coroner Schongut. of Th Bronx, ordered the bodies removed t ui dertsking rooms in Mounl Vernon. a FOR SCIENTIFIC MARRIAGI W. M. Hays Has Plan to improv Racial Efficiency. Washington, Dec 29. The classifies tion of all the peoples of the world in preat international census, giving cae person a number in a single world serie.? t" the end that the human race may h improved by scientific marriage, was ad vocated to-night by Willett M. Hayi Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, ii an address before the American Breed ers' Association. As a means of improving the heredit: "f the human family, Mr. Hays propose* a classifii ation of all human being? ?both as to mental aptitude and geneti' ? ncy. Based on such knowledge a this census Would give, he said, a "rscis 01 would le developed, rcqulrim the genetically efficient to produce fam ilies larger than th" average and thus, lens efficient to produce familiar smallc The world numbers, Mr. Ms y S sal?] would serve to Join genealogb-.s into on. numerical Bystttfn, so that all relation ships could ho traced. Bach persoi would have a number or percentage tha ?ou!d h>. averaged, so as 'to give th' ki netJc or family values. "Modern science and charity worl against th law .,f the survival of th. Attest," he said, "by keeping alive man> ins who Inherit weaknesses, such a.? ? st or i usa ?iit \. By pay? ing sttentlon t'> genetic efficiency a rac*; may make Itsell stronger for the eco? i oml ? ? - among the rac? s ?if th. world. "The prop would somewha Jlvl Ie people Into classes, hut the classi? fication would h> beneficent; because i d h.- based "ii racial efficiency. Th. wholesome om-lderatlon of genetic facti will l<;:,? i . leas "f divorce, greater torn pe? i?-? and better morals. R; ising th? _e efficiency "f the human rac? probably would als.. Increase th" num< ??i*'-?? ,".*",i leaders LAUTERBACH 'lN HOSPITAL Serious Injury to Kneecap Con? fines Lawyer to Mount Sinai. After more than a week spent nt th< Mount Sinai Hospital, ?'here h<- was taken following a fail fr"tn a Broadway car, Edward Lauterbach, the lawyer. found by the attending surgeons terday to be suffering from water under tin 1 neecap. 'rli- accident to Mr. Lauterbach oc < urred a week aso last Wednesday. "Ie was hurrying to take a Broadway car near City Hall, aid as he made a leap for the rear step he fell, landing heavily upon his nvht knee. He was I ut Into 'an automobile and rushed to the hospi? tal, where lie was put in a private culte land attended by several sttrgeoni An X-ray machine used yesterday disclosed Hi- | resence ol the water. Sim. his confinement in the hospital Mr. Lauterbach has been visited by friends and members of his family. The surgeons plan to place the Injured knee in a plaster cast to-day, and it was said last night thai he would be remove i from th.- hospital to his home In a few ? (lav s. ? HALIFAX HOTEL IN FLAMES Bluejackets from the Niobe, Incased in Ice, Fight Fire. llalli ix. N s.l?. p.?The King Ed ward Hotel, one of th.- largest hostlerles p. the city, was deMr.jy.d to-night bj . Itr? which wai bloa*n Into uni.- ial Intensity Vv . forty-mile gale. Two hundred bluejsck? . i i "m ?. '? ' .' adlan ci uiser Nlobe ' ed ii." "."'I'M:' a Halifax ai,,i Dartmouth A pai im? nt*, und m wan th? Ir elfoi t> I which wen largely su.-, essful m confining | the Ham".- ?" tl - hot? i Th? IM gut t ol 1 th. hotel ? ni-, bul were foi ? ???<! it.. abandon tb? Ir ix Ion* Ingi The la I . it I mat? d al ... red by ln IUI .'I ru.ni.n and m i Ion worked unii numbed and I, . ill . .i n, |t. -* MINUS 12 DEGREES IN CANADA Winnipeg. I> _ With the ther? . mom? ter r : degre? beloe sero ! .a Prim ?? Aie- 11 t'a I. . and _N i nd :.' al n number of othei plac? . DVestern ?'aiiadu Ii in th? gi |p ..i ,i cold was?*. Colder ... .' ! ? ' for? ' ' Omal i. I" ' '?? ? old stave strui k N? , lo-daj , 1 . . below r?ro being lug ICaal ii II 1.1.. Ii.u i. o without An. I oo.tjru gittert .... appciU-r.-A-vi. | PACKERS' POOL EXISTED, WITNESS TESTIFIES Was Known as "Postoffice Box No. 247," and Met Weekly to Fix Price of Beef. TOLD MEMBERS BY LETTERS Concealed Their Identity to Avoid Publicity?The "Trust" Geographically Divided the Country Into 5 Sections. ('hlcngo, Dec. 20.?Direct evidence that a packers' pool waa In existence from 1903 to 1806, luid that it, after suspend Ittg oprrations two years, resumed con? trol of the country*! fresh meat business, to-day ?vas given In tin? packers' trial hy Henry Veerler, ?vho admitted that he acted as tecretory of the organization. It ?vas the tlrst positive testimony Ottered regarding the existence of the ?>i?l pool, Which, it is said, met under the name of "Poattofflce Bog No. L'47" every Tuesday afternoon on the sixth floor of the ('?ninselman Building, Chicaco, to fix the price of fresh l.oef, agree rn the price to be paid for cattle and allot among it.? members the amount of meat to be shipped into the different centres of distribution. Henry Veeder, Who is a s<m of Albert H. Veeder, the attorney fur the packers, followed his father on the stand as the se ond witness ?ailed by the gov?-rnment. His story of the inside workings of the old packers' po..l was not half finished when court adjourned. He admitted many of the material allegations made by counael for the government In their opening address to the jury. Between 1803 and 1806, the pool mem? bers were Armiuir & Co., Atrmour Pack? Ing ?"onipany. Cudahy A Oo., Q. H. Hammond .??? Oo., St. Louis Dressed Beef an?i Provision Company, Monis ?fe ?'o and swift <??? Co., according to Henry Veeder. In 1808, Schwarxschlld & Buls? berger entered the combination, tiie witness said. Business Divided on Percentage Basis. He described ti?, meeting held every Tuesday, at which, he said, reports of the last week's business of the members were received, and the allotment of the next week's business was divided on a percentage basis. The witn.ss said the country waa gen. graphically divided Into five sections, ca?h known by a letter of the alphabet, and that <a<h of the members of the alleged pool was similarly dcsir-'tiat?-?! to ...r?vent publl? ity. H? nstilied that a record was kept .-f the amopnt of meat shipped to the different bra tu h houses, and weekly ?statements ??ere sent t?. members show? Ing the cost, average price received and the margin <.f profit <>n fresh beef In the different cities. The witness grave a minute deacrlptlon ot the Intricate system used by the al? leged pool in keeping its accounts ..nd transacting Ita business. Attorney a f"i' the defendants made an unsuccessful effort to prevent the wit? ness from answering questions regarding the im-i.ie workings of the packers' i><>.>!, but Judge Carpenter overruled every ob? jection and dire? ted the government t<. proceed with the presentation of Ha case. After four daya on the stand the ex? amination of Albert H. Veeder, attorney f.-r Swift ?S- ?'.... the first witness called by the government, was concluded and lie was ? xi n- n. Although practically all the facts he testified to referred to business t*r*ns? acted by the packers prior to 1!hi7, a period not covered by the Indictment against the defendant packers, the gov? ernment considers him a valuable wit? n? -s. The younger Veeder described the geo graphical division ?.t the country used by the packera as follows: Territory A All east if the Mississippi Rlv? r ana north ot the < Hilo River, i ?. ? pt Illinois. Territory B All south <>f the Ohio and Potomac rivers and eai t ?.: the Mississippi River, excepl Weal Virginia. Territory ? ' ' 'iii?'..?'. Territory l> St. Louis and all of Illinois ? \. ? pt Cook County and all of Iowa tx i ept < "ouncll Bluffs ? ??aid this divisinii had Wen in < x Istence ever alnce he knew anything about the packing business. Mr. Veeder said Colorado was known as Territory E? Other sections of the country were not included in the alpha? bet i. a I list. Th.- attention of ihe witness ?vas drawn by Special Counsel Butler t<> meeting! of the <>i packers' pool, held on a* afternoons, at which, it is al? ii ?rid. price. ..." fresh m? at and the price to be paid for cattle were agreed upon. Counael for the defendants vigorously objected to the witness answering, but were overruled by Judge Carpenter, who allowed the go ?ernment to pr... eed along this line with th understanding that s connection would be shown between the old poo! ''"i"' the later combination. in rep!) to r*uei tlona the witness said; Repreaentstlvea of Armour & ?... Bwlft & Co.. M'-t ris .?.? i n, <;. n Hammon I .v Co., Cudahy <*? Co. and others mel in the Coiinselmar Building about ev? r* w?*?k betw? en UM and ISM Members Identified by Letters. The ompant? s ai th.-s.- mi etli . ? \w.ro Identified by letters. Armour .?? c. u.,8 kiiuwn as \; Armour Packing Company ?,s B, Cudahy 1 Up, as I"; <; n. n,im. nu.ml ?V- e. as D; St. Louis Dressed Heat and Provision Company aa E, Morris ,v , ,, ., r and B? Hi a* Co a .; In lv?. Brhwarxachlld A Bulaberger lolned il,,. m?*etins and were designated by the I, ,,, , a and Swift A ( '?> ?.. i ..mo k,?mil under Ihe letter ll 'II,,? meeting? were h? M on th,. .sixth goor "i the building There wer? nln? ... p.,, iiiiiiii- There wera no rtgna on the door These, mtsetlnga were not h.-iri i? . iv... n May, IMS, and May. iv... bul were then iisiitn?-.! ? I leased tha meeting rootiu under the ,lli.-i tint, "f . Illi???? Cui-lavUM H Swift. I> ?' I lar l ?a. II. '.f Swltt K .',,. ,?? ?; ,j M,,,,,,,' of Artnour ?V Co.." ? mithin. ,1 Ml Vssdei ??ah the Brass which attsnttod paid th.-ir proportionste amount ?<f tha real and otbsi expenaea which ?aus determined I voluma ?>f business don? la freeh hoot |n T.rrltoiy A " in response lu anoth? r qu< atioti m,. i. pin d ?j i,.. oftli ? a in t? m i. n- ' m ? llnga wars I_ : i Preview of Sports | for Dying Year Will be one of the many features in To-morrow's Tribune Baseball, football, track and field athletics, boxing, yacht? ing, golf and lawn tennis will be covered. AUTO VICTIM CON? WITH A BROKEN NECK Roosevelt Hospital Surgeons Call Case of Lad in Their Care Extraordinary. ABLE TO DESCRIBE ACCIDENT Expected After Opcr.ition at Midnight to Learn the Ratio of His Chances for Recovery. With his neck broken, Bdward ?'ox. a young elerk. Is lying In Roosevelt Hos? pital in a conscious condition. The doc? tors at the institution regard the rase as extraordinary. The *-**OUt"*g man was hurt list nicht in an automobile acci? dent on Broadway. <>ne of the wheels of a big machine rolled over his head. Cog, who is seventeen years old and lives at No. 14'-* K.ist l.'th street, was going from the New York Theatre to the Hotel Astor last evening just as the rush hour, with Its medley of automo? biles, streetcars and pedestrians, was at its crescendo. At this point Seventh ave? nue and Broadway, side l.y side, make the distance from < urb t,. curb Wider than on oth"r streets, and one has to look sharp to get across, even with th" help of the hie* trafile policemen. The lad saw an automobile bowling along toward him and ?lodged it, step iping back to avoid another automobil", ri imr in an opposite direction. He thought he paw hi_ chance to pain the sidewalk, rar, and tripped across s rope bj which ihe fust automobile that h.? saw was t ?wing another. Al he fell, a whe? 1 of the dead ear rolled over his h..-,?!. Daniel ICorley, of No. .c.6 Eighth avenue, the chauffeur of the first auto mobile, fell th? j? rk mi the rope and turned his head In time i" see ?'ox fall. , The chauffeur .?-topped his car and picked : up the lad, while a gnat croud gathered. The chauffer did not Ins?- any time, hut t promptly cut loose the de.id automobile and took Cox in his car to ? Roosevelt Hospital. On arrival It wan thought the ?lerk had suffered nothing more than severe hruises of the scalp, hut a closer examination led the doctors to believe his neck was broken, and they hurried th-? patient to the X-ray room, where a Roentgen ray pCotograph confirmed their Worst fears. Th" strangest part of the . ase, accord? in.; to the surgeons, was thai the patient did not ins.- consciousness, lie not only told them his name and address, but de Iscribed the accident, and said the ehauf | feur was in no way to blame, for he << ex) had not looked to see if there was any rope. There were no arrests. Tip- technical diagnosis of ?*,ix's In? jury was anterior dislocation ?if the fourth cervical vertrebra. He had no feeling from his fourth rib down, hut was ah?" ti, move the upper part of his body. The surgenns considered his condition to he s, rions, ata: at midnight It was dec!d*ed to operate. They said then that not until after this operation would they ; i,?- able to pronounce the ratio of chances 1 f.,r recovery. Whether or not, if he re? I covered, ?'ox would hav<? to wear his ; !? id in a caga would depend on what was disclosed by the operation, they ?aid. -. ! DIES AT WALDORF LUNCHEON ?Woman Stricken with Heart Disease in Big Dining Room. While she was taking luncheon in the main dining room of Ihe Waldorf-As t'ui.t yesterday Miss Julia Hoorum, of <>ak Bluffs. Mass., was taken suddenly ill and removed to a private room in the hotel, where she died a few minutes afterward. Miss Boorura was visiting her sister, Mrs. J. H. (Jreshain, who lives at the Btanton apartment house, "*-,*,,. *JJ West ?? 1 st street. I?r. R. S. Adams worked over her for a few minutes and adminis? tered oxygen, but without avail. Coro? ner Wlnterbottom said heart disease wa.s the cause i f death. ? ? ? GAS WORKERS WON'T QUIT General Organizer Says Union Will Not Go Out. The f-frlk" ef the gas workers, which lias threaten d for about a month, will not take place, according to the an nouncement mad? by Clavtn Wyatt, gen eral organizer, last night, after a meet? ing of the union at No. 12 St. Mark's Place. Mr. Wyatt stated that between seventy?flve and eighty union men who Sere discharged will be taken hack as if they had li""ii merely laid off, and that the companies had promised to exercise no dis. rlmli I'h'i. against union labor in the future This was looked upon by the men as ., practical recognition of th?? union, a thing which th. y had been unable to Obtain ??''??? Oat present lime The j?en ? lal OTganl_*Sr added ?hat a rr.i n_< monta had been made whersbj future griev? ances and misunderstandings would be squttably adjusted by a fair tribunal made up of an tqoal number "i employes 'and representatives of the companies. ii,, reconciliation was brotaght shout ;,n, r peveral conferen? i s si th.? offices of i Ihe National ClliC 9\ deration. Marcus ! ;.i Marks acting as conciliator between ?il,, \\..ii.is ; n.i th.- i'onsolldated <;.is i 'nmpany. Robert "'? Livingston? said later that III!, consolidated had nut agreed t?? tuk. . la, |f tin- 09*11. I TOIH CROSSING^ TAKES , TWO MORE VICTIMS Ridgefield Park, N. J., Priest Says People Ought to Tear Up Tracks. ? CALL INDIGNATION MEETING Commuters Hit by Express Go? ing Sixty Miles an Hour Crossing Tracks at Double Station. 1 By Tol-??:r-.t?!; to Tin? Tribun**. 1 Hackensack. N. J.. Dec. 20? What for years has heen known as "Death Cross? ing" at Ridgefield Park, to?>k two more victims this evening, when the ?Tontl nental Limited, on the West Shore Rail nad, hurled to death Lehman H. Ed? j wards and William H. Sunderland. who lived In that town. They came together from few York on the Susquehanna | train due at Ridgefield Park at 0:11 ' p. m. The Susquehanna and West Shore tracks run parallel through Ridgefield Park, the station dividing them. The ' tracks run north and south, with the Susquehanna on the west and the West Shore nu the east. As the town all lies on tlie east side it is necessary for all commuters and other patrons to cross the West ?-"hore tracks. Realizing that the -crossing was extremely dangerous, ?he West Shore officials built a wooden bridge over their tracks In order to es <'..pe responsibility for deaths, but ?hll dr.'ti us.? it as a plaything. ''assengera were never known to use It. Edwards, who was a contractor and builder, and Sunderland, who was an In? surance agrnt, were struck at the north <-nd of the station while taking a short cut. The fa.t that a southbound train m the Susquehanna road came Into the station m the men alighted no doubt prevented them from hearing the Chi? cago e**pr***S. train on the West Shore road, which was running toward New York ah.-ut sixty miles an hour. Edwards was about thirty-eight years old. lie leaves a wife and three chil? dren, Sunderland was forty-two years Old. He leaves a wife and two daugh iters. The SunderlandS had prepared to move back t?. Now York to-morrow*, and this was to have heen Sunderland'? last night as a commuter. Father Flanagan, of Ridgefield I'ark, was among tne first to reach the station after the nccldt ht "In telling where I think this railroad company ought to he almost tempts me to use a harsh word," said Father Flan? agan. "Three weeks ago they killed an old man at this crossing. That is, he bled to death after heing hurt because a train crew refused to wait to take him to a hospital. When I went to the offi? cial/* to complain they almost laughed in my face. The people ought "to tear up the tracks." Village Trustee John E. Hoey said: "Two more Innocent men, on their way to their wives and children, are hurled to their deaths he?ause of corporation greed, our people are being slaughtered Ilk.? dogs by the West Shore road. Nine I * e Peen killed in the last few years. \\'e have urged the company to put in | an underground passageway and fence I Iti its tracks, hut they say the expense of ? ,<lii,?HM> is ton much. Look at the fam? ilies that have been robbed of bread? winners because of their close-fisted ness!' It was said an appeal will be made to Governor Wilson at a mass meeting planned. The whole town is in an up roar to-night over the killing. BRITAIN TO AID WEST INDIES Commission May Look Into Opening of Canal. [My CablS to The Tribune. ] London, Dec. 2t.?As a consequence of lie representations made by various marine and mercantile corporations pos Beeslng interests in the West Indies, it is probable that the Colonial ??fllce mav consent to dispatch a special commission to the?e Islands to investigate and re? port on their condition, in view of the completion of the Panama ?'anal. It Is generally agreed that the opening of the ransl ought to prove of appr?? ciable benefit t ? Britain's "West Indian possessions, and as this event is now comparatively neat, it is contended that the imp. rial government should at once Strange to assist the administration in th" islands in any needful steps for their advancement, SCORES JOIN MAN HUNT Hungry Man Grabs Woman's Bag, but Is Caught. William H. Hudson, who said he had no home and no Job, was locked up In the West .S0th street police station last evening after an exciting chase of three hlo-cks. in which a Woman, whose bag he had snatched; a patrolman and several score of men and boys took a part. The woman In the case was Mrs. Ada H. Quintar?] of No. 128 Fast 'JTth str.-.t. She was about to ascend the stairs of the elevated structure at Sixth avenue and 'JMh street, when, she said, Hudson ?natch her hag from her hand und started across the street toward Broad? way Mrs. ?..uintard ran after Hudson, ?creamll g for the police. Patrolman Dettmar. or the West .".?I*h street sta? tion, heard the notes, saw the running youth and Joined in the pursuit. The young man ran across Rroadway. through the next block to Fifth avenu,> I and half way a?r?>ss to Madison avenue I b??for< the patrolman ?aught him. He j still bad th" bag In bin band wh??n caj.t ure?i. Mis. Quintard wen? to Um pollos ata? ll..ii and r.-covered her bag. a ?liver iii*h|i affair, valued at ??'??">? Hudson ih.?re llSggsn th" poll?-, to give him ?oipething to ?at, uid \\ 11 H.ini Klnney, t? e door? man, had sandwiches brought in to him. T s?- Hudson ate ravenously, thanked th" doorman and < ntared his cell. Ey**t*l*.*>*>e* Broken? We'll Mend Them. DACHTERA. Mail Ave. iieur l.dHt* 4* \\. With _t., nil -liUtl Av?..--Advt. The Belgian poet and plavwright, who. In purstianoa of a wager, arrived from Eu? rope and got to a hotel in Boston without being recognized. MAETERLINCK IN BOSTON Belgian Author Steals Into the Hub Unnoticed. WINS A WAGER OF $400 Arrives Undisguised and Is Rec? ognized in a Hotel by a Guest Who Had Seen Him Abroad. (By Telfprapi to Th? Tribunal Boston, Dec. 20.?Maurice Maeterlinck, the author of "The Blue Bird" and "The Life of the Bee"?to quote two works widely variant enough to give, the scope of his genius?arrived in Boston to-night to attend the performance of Mine. Maeterlinck In "Pelleas and Melisande," an operatic version of another of his works, at the Boston Opera House two weeks hence. The stay of Maeterlinck in Boston will be made more pleasant by the payment ?'f a little wager he made Paris last summer ?vith Mr. Russell, director of the Boston Opera House. It amounts to ?!,000 francs?$4^0 in real nuney?and had to do with M. Maeterlinck's chance? of success in getting into America un photographed and uninterviewed. Maeterlinck arrived in Boston at ?5:30 and went to the Westminster Hotel. Mine. Maeterlinck is at the Lenox. After a time Mme. Maeterlinck ?ame to the Westminster and spent the ivenlng with her husband. M. Maeterlinck would have been per? mitted to be as exclusive as he pleased had it not been for the fact that he chose to stroll across the Westminster foyer soon after his arrival at that hotel. A guest who had seen the poet, philosopher and playwright abroad rec? ognized him in the tall, athletic, dean shaven man ?vith ?vhorn chance had sud? denly placed him vis-a-vis. "Monsieur Maeterlinck, I believe?" ventured the latter. But Monsieur Maeterlinck only smiled and shrugged his shoulders. The question ?vas repeated in French. M. Maeterlinck smiled, shrugged his shoulders and hurriedly withdrew. The questioner walked a?toss to the regis? ter, and, seeing that "Maurice Maeter? linck and secretary" were registered there, then, in revenge, tipped off thy newspapers. M. Maeterlin.'k began to get angry as requests for lntervle?vs began to pour in. A ne?vspaper man bribed a bellboy to go to the Maeterlim-k suite with a mes? sage. The bellboy came back, fright? ened and disconcerted, "(lee!" said he; "never again for me." An att"iupt was made to reach M. Maeterlinck over the telephone. Th?; author'a seeretaiiy, a little bit of a man, who scurried r.'-rnss the corridor as if he were afraid the newspaper men would kidnap him, answered the call. "Monsieur Maeterlinck is not?t home," he said. find hiiiii*7 tip the receiver. Mme. Maeterlinck characterized Bos? ton to-day as "the city of silence and of work." "N'e?v York has the most won? derful vitality of all cities," she said. Madame does not believe in man-mad?, law and would have woman absolutely free. On this subject she said: "Woman should be free In all thing?; - I free from man's regulations, free from the critical regulations of woman. No one shouhl jmlge her at all, for who has a right to Judge? Woman should love whom she chooses?on.- num. perhaps, or hundreds. No law should hold her to unhappy lit*?-. Divorce, for those who an? so unhappy as to nee?! it, Is a godsend even more important than marriage It? self " 'Tls a waste of time, this foolishness of the ballot. Woman' is not mad., r<> usurp men's ways. Let her be free in love and in life, but let, oh' let her be a woman." "WOULD DIAZIFY THE OFFICE'1 Watterson Says Roosevelt's Election Would Also "Mexicanize Republic." chariot!? N ?'. Dec. 9). If Boesavell .stum!.I lie returned to the Presiden,??. !,. would I ?In/If v Hit? olll? e ami Mexl? aiiU? the Republic," according to Colonel lient?. \\'ntt''rs?ui, the veteran Southern e.ll'or, at a ii,?n?|ii?i here to-night. Mr Watterson tMelareil n<? did not ?Jtarf In the ahum that Cwonel B.?>.?.. v.lt r>-.?l!\ I? ,i candidate, and express??! the belief that .?v.-n Hhould .? stampede nioViin? lit for him mi???<?<! ii th.. coming Natloaal it< publlcati Ctwiveni!. i.<- would not can*) ,, single state in the 1'nlon ? DEVVEVS WINES FOR NEW YEAR'S. Champegaee, Btlll Wlnea or ?bap.- Jules n r Uswey .?? .Suns Co., ?ss i-'uitun st.. NY. -Advt. CODE IS DEFEATED Amid Wild Disorder, Measure Is Lost by 39 to 34; Absentees, 2; Not Voting, 4; After Two-Hour Fight. CONNOLLY HEADS REVOLT Fusionists Will Prepare Code Now?"We Done the Best We Could" KenneaUy Say?-No Tears in Mayor's Office, Where Trouble Has Been Averted. Tammany alder-men failed to "put It across." They were defeatod yesterday In trying to pass through the board the proposed new building code, which has been atta?ked on all side? as showing ??iSiTlin I nation In favor of the hollow tile business, In which Tammany men are said to be Interested. At times there were scenes of the wildest disorder, a dozen or more aldermen trying to talk at once. The final vote was 34 In favor of the code to 39 against It. It required only forty votes for passage, and the T?_m m?ny leaders in the Board of Aldermen thought they had them, as they have controlled the board for two years. Four members did not vote, and two were absent. Borough President Connolly of Queens and Alderman Dujat, the new Demo ?ratlc leader In Queens, and Aldermen Drescher and Hoert**., of Brooklyn, all straight Democrats, vote?! against thi code. Aldermen Cole nnd Fink, Demo? crats, from Richmond, refused to vote, as did Finnigan, Democrat, of Brooklyn. The Demo? rats also lost the votes of Aldermen Khntholt, of Queens, and Van N'ostrand, of Manhattan, who have voted regularly with them for two years, al? though elected on a Fusion ticket. Al? dermen Mtilhearn, Finley and Markert. other u's'oiiists, ?hi have oft-n vote?l with Tammany, opposed the code. An? other, Alderman Fagan, did not vote. The only member elected on a Repuh llcan and fusion ticket two years ago to vote for the code was ??odwln, of The Bronx. He has been voting for the most part with Tammany for some time. The failure to pass the code was a great blow to Tammany men, who con? fidently expected to put it through at what was the last meeting of the Tam? many board. On New Tear's Day the new board will be organized by the fuslonlsta, and they will at once devote themselves to preparing a code that w;!| meet the best Judgment of experts In building, fire prevention and the safe? guarding of human life, while at the same time discriminating in favor of no material as against any other of equal excellence. While, the voting was going on Jt Oaffney, a friend of ?'liarles F. Murphy. was In an anteroom doing his best to encourage those who were trying to pass the code. "Boss" McCooey, of Brooklyn, also had a representative to keep bis men in line. Alderman Dowllng, the majority leader in the board, had the able assistance of Vice-chairman Bent, who was In the chair, In his efforts to put through the code. When It was all over both Dowllng and KenneaUy, chairman of the commit? tee that presented the cods, showed bow thoroughly chagrined they were. They di?! not acknowledge It In their speech, however. "Vote Speaks for Itself," Dowling Baya. 'The vote speaks for itself." That was all that Dowllng would say. "I have no regrets," said KenneaUy, who Is Charles V. Murphy's alderman. "I did not ask a single man to vote for the code. The Democrats did not stand by us. As to whether tho new board can pass a code, I would ?ay that If they can get the various Interests to? gether they will be able to do some? thing. That, however, SSSSSS an almost lm| ossilile task." Unofficially it was learned that no tears were shed In tho Mayor's office be? cause the code did not go through. It saves them from the embarrassing task Of passing upon it. The line-up on the final vote, which was for the passage of the code, was ?as follows: VOR. ? Pal .win il). Man.). iMcAISSC ?P. Bk >, , Karton il? , Hit.). IMccann i.V., Man). Bra ly |D., Q? ?. i Marx ?p.. Man?. i'auiptM-11 (p.. Hk ). lMe?sher?D l-ik ). Carberry (D., lik ?. I Molen (D . Bk?. ?orneli ?D . Rmd.?. I Nugent iD , Man ). ?'uni.lngham (D . Hk.). | Keardon ?D.. Man.?. Dc-laney ID., Man i. lit iff ?P. Man)* Dtramond iD., Man.). I Sheridan tP . Hk.). DowlillR 11'.. Man ). I Smith '!>. Men,. u Dreecher (D. Man.). I Snail ?P. ur). Uodwln -.Fusion, Bs.). ! stanl-ton ,D. Man.). Hannon ID., M in ?. ' \Val?h ?P. Mm , III. key il?, I'M ). I Wendel ?P.. Man) Kenrially i[>. Man). White ,P, Man). Kann?*/ ?P. Hk i. ?Vic? Cbalnnaa Kent iD.. I??.iite iP.. Man i. I Bk ). Loos (P.. Man.?. I AL AINSI'. Becker .It. Man). Maikert ?Fusion. I*1*.*.. Holies ?R.. Man). M rrtaoo tK . Bk.). Bota-hm ift., Man). Mvlbasrn (Fusion Hi). Brush i H . Man i , |< Mrtn ,. ?aUagh.m iR Hk l fot tar >!< Hk i Cotoman ?it . Hk ?. Ischloai ,i: Man ?. ?in i.m iR. Man?. I Shipley iR'. Qs i Pa\i? iR Han.) Volkmatn ?Fu?, ?Un ? Plainer iR. Hk , Vea Noatraad il* Man i Potiler iR . Man ). Pxwnlng iR . Bk i A S. Pre? .her ? p . Bk ) Pinat ill . ''*? ' Ehntb It ?Fu?.. Qs). Klchhorn ?It . Hk > Wen-ton ill, Hk i Will?! 1 iR . Mai. ? President Cron-arali ,r.. Riii ! i. PreM|.|,?nt Conn?.i > ,p Qs.). K?terhr??>k iR. Hk ). I Commissioner Whttil? Kmley .Kuslon. Bx.fc for pr?sidant Miller rtJkl <n. M 1 ?Fusion. Hx.,. day nor ?R . 15k?. CommiMkawr founds Qrlmm ?It.. Hk ? ; f?r n-rident Steers Hamilton iR . Bs ). tKualon Rk " llert.st iR . Bx I. 1 ? M \.? liy .?* h mm* a?. Hk ?. i atea, Man ?. NOT VOTIN?;. <V>1- it?, Rio? i iFtnk ?P.. Rui,) | Fagan ?Fusion iHx ). j Fmnl.ar; iP.. Rk ). AMSKNT. v Trenldent Mit,net (F ?. ITowen ,p Vsn .. Nota-Man. for Manhattan; Hk for Kr ?.?klra. JRx. for The Bronx; Qs. for Queens; Raid for Hi? hitionn. He?apltulHtlon-F?>r. .11; against, ? U; not voting, 4; absent, *_. lllnss? Keeps Two Men Away. Both th.? absentase were away throufh Illness. President Mitch?1 has typhoid fever, an 1 Alderman Towen. who Is Just recovering from a long sickness, started for Florida yesterday morning. The ma? jority were talking _f sending p Cah U