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) [CopyrlKM. 1012. by The Trihune Aaaoclatlon. J 'Ol, LXXII..Na 24,14:,. To-<Iay and to-morrou, (air. M...I, rat- northvA-.! winda. JsEW-YOHK, SUNDAY DECEMBER 22, 1912.-FIVE PARTS-SIXTY-lOl R PAGES. ? PRICE FIVE CENTS. E Assistant District Attorney Says Maier and Duvelier Paid Janitor in Plot to Dis credit Mrs. Goode. ROCKEFELLER AIDS PROBE John D., Jr.. Oives $30,000 to Pay Experss Who Are Search ing Police Records and Look ing Into Graft Charges for Aldermen. T'vo men, Who gtvre their names as I?n\j.i Maier, ol Na 401 South 6th strert. Moon! Vi rnon, an importor. tnd Charies Duvelier, of Xo. 6 West 11 Ith rlreet, were looked up ln the West 47th !-tr?-et police station late last night, chaffled ' Hli having brihed Charies Muller, janitor of the Marllu.rough ?perttBents, at Xo. IM WeM Itthlrtreet; Tkta li the place where ^r*- Mhry ,;, ',.. ?ho recentty ga\<- -eneattonaJ tartimony aboul vice condttiorii before tii.- aldermanlc mmrr.Ittoe, fornterly Hved Assistant Wstrict Attorney Groehl vh*> WOM instrumental ln their Hireet, nM the m<*n nre keepen of dia* orderly honeee. Mr. Oreeh] nM laal ri'Rnt ,hn' 1h<> twe prisoners ln the preeenee ot him telfand Deputj Bherifl Deniel Keileher gave Muller two |S blBe, |n consider atJ m ot which Muller was to teettfy before the eMerraeinli Inveal gattnf com?ilttoe th.i* Mra, Ooode had paid ? largt- amounl ol rnoney to cor roborate her teo?mony. .\:'t~r the prlaoneri had !>e*-n lockerl np and Muller had been w_p*~_ned to appear before the investigatlng hody Mr. Oroeh] told of the events leading rn. te the arreet of the aiieged brJbora Was to Accuao Woman. a ereeh ngn, th*. Aaetetanl Diatrict Attorne] Mld, Maier and Duvelier ap jiroarh(-d Muller nnd offered him money on condition that h<- testlfy when called before the aldermanic committec that Mary Goode had paid him a large amount of money to back up her vice atory. Muller was told that the money would be paid : . him if he made the aee'..-atloi) against Mrs. Goode. Muller was aleo Janitor of the apart ments when Mrs. Goode conducted a di?orderl\ house there Muller ruapedted a plot and begged the mm for a Week'a time in which to consta*-. Ihe propoeltiou h^ld out to him. He nn.nged to meet them laat night in his apartmenis and1 give them his Anal anewer. This was agreeable to the Blleged brtbere and they de* partf-fi. Barl) laal week Muller wenl to the Dtatrlcl Attorney- ofllci aad told Mr. Whltmati of th< ?.frtr that had been rn;;'!. tO hl B. Mr. WhitmaiI assignod Mr Groehl to Inveetlgatc the janltor's Hor). After dh* -us.-iiig the matter with MaUer Mr. Groehl conimpnJcated wlth Deputy Bherifl Keileher. and took the latter to Mull<?**? hi aititT nts with him. , eted themaelres hehind cur talaa ln th. alttl-f rooni and a moment Maier and Duvelier entered. They ;?)?<- ?id lo have Ulked wlth Muller re gardiiui ? atorj be waa to tell on the orn -tand, end then the money wu prodoced and handed over to th<- Jani loi Just -l thla moment Groehl and Keileher darted from their hidingplace led seiz'd the two men, who offered ti'- reatatance. They were taken to the ?ation house, an-ompanied by Muller. TIk- prlaonera refueed to make any -tattnicni when taken before the deek ia ihe atatlon house. This waa nol the only atartling dp vetapmi r.t In th? unwinding of the sor tta vi?.. atory yesterday. From tho Iliatri. t Attomey'a oflloe it was learned that Ml rj Goode had been shadowed bl men apparent ly from the Deteetlve Bureau on Thuraday. Mrs. Goode her <n?lln;iffi on thirrl p:i**?. fourth roliimn. This Morning's News I.OCAL. Vuge ('hlll at Bulxer Harmony Dinner. 1 Rlch Youhk Man lo Have Piar Karm.. 1 Two Held on Vi. e P.ril.e Charge. 1 wi'non arni Bryaa Confer. ? beny Mr> (Jnodp'- Ktory. 3 ?Auto Ranait!* Rob Fayrnaater. 4 -t-WOould end P-Mee Take Walk-4 wamea Honor Mra. wilson. ? rtyamerTa Demand* Unaatlefactory.. .!? *lg Chiistouu Tr* ? Read].16 raw Flrehotjaa l!p Rirer.?? phfeai Korror Inroati ator Returna. .18 Wl*sionary I>?r,i?>rt Kxtortlon.*0 Po*tofl)c* Beeata HIk Kraud.*> OEWEKAI. sul_era Brother-ln-Law Arreated.... ? ?PPO-e- Arbitratlon by Bupreme Court 5 ^oman (ifw Sought ln Chicago Murder 5 f-'ifTr-u-intB' lllk^ Haif Over.6 Taft RaiiH fo,- Panane.i* Ohtaey Coavleted <>( Murder.90 -0__I_N Jlr. ReM'a i;,?i Leavai llnicland. 1 t. ti. Warahlp* w. Meet the Natal. * A?ta-k -.1, L,,,,) Norlhcliffe. 8 1 '"" lal Party Bpllt. ? J-*?ndon Theatncal N'ewa. 8 T?rke Again t'rocura Dalay.8 Kuropa Ready to Medlate.8 *-__C____-_0-S. T*i--At"iral . 7 KdMorlal .10 .10 and 11 >!?*t? .11 "bitU-ir . .XI *'?"?'*'* .12. 13, 14 and 18 Ar,"> ;.na Navy.17 "hlpMrjjt . .17 wnither .',7.7..18 J??al Eauta.part 4, Pagea 4 and 8 -'?nancial and Marketa, p?ge 17 aad Part 4, Page. 8 and 7 A. A. RYAN SERIOUSLY ILL Son of Thomas F. Ryan in Dan gerous Condition at Hospital. Allan A. Ryan, the eldest son of Thomas F. Ryan, who rocently undcr v.cnt an operation, waa said td?be <r1tl cally ill nt the General Memorlal Hos? pital. Dospite tho rcports to the con trary, it was admitted at the hospital that the patient has shown no improve ment aince the operation. His father, as well as B number *?f friends. called on the younger Mr. Ryan last night. Only his father was ad? mitted tO see him. Although it was said that he was in a darigerotis condi lion. tiie surgeons at the hospital say that there is no imniediato anxiety. His wife and his children hav.- heon with him almost eonstantly sinco he was strkken. BOY TOBACCO USER SLAYER Seven-Year-Old Lad Kills Play mate After Qnarrel. Atlanta, Qmm, Dee, I'i. Krank Wll? son. seven years Old, an habitual nser cf tobacco in all forms, accordlng to tcstimony, was arraigned here to-day on the charge of kllllng his sevcn-year (.1.1 playmate, Elmonte Herndef. Witnesses testified that the boys <iuarrelled. after which thr* Wilsoii child ran into his home, got a riile .md sli.it his j.layni.it*?. Declsioil was r. tscr\ cd t" i>errnit an < ximiiia tion of tba child'; nv ntal statr. -. 30,000 TURKEYS COMING Special Train Brings Tennessee Birds to New York. \\ ashingtnn, Dec. LM.?Travelling m a gpeclal train, thirty thousand turkcys ] ggged through here to-dny on their way from Eastern Tennessee to the tables of Christmas celehrants in Balti? more. Philadelphia end N'ew Y'ork. With a former shipment from the ; aame section Just before Thanksgiv '? Ing, the value of the blrds shipped by ' Tennesseeans is said to approximate I .*500,0<X). HILL TO EDUCATE CRIPPLE Youth Shoulders Blame for Ac cident-Xmas Guest of Magnate. Spokane, Wash., Dec. 21.?Walter de . Rarrow. seventeen years old. a wambr- j er. who lost his legs recently in an accl- | dent on the Oreat Northern Railroad, left here to-day for St. Paul to be the C-Hlatmaa gu*st of James .1. Hill, the rallrogd :i,ngnate. While recuperating at th>- county boapttal l".ere De Barrow wrote to Mr. Hill shoulderlng all bh'.me for the loss trf his |*?a and asking if there was not some rallrosd work he could do. A reply from Mr. Hill came. offering the youth artifklal Umbs, nn educatlon lf he wiiritid it, and th*' promit**- of a Hfe posltlon on Ihe rr.;,.1 e WOMAN AJFURGER ON DARE Sentenced to Serve Five Years in Penitentiary. Kansa.s City. Dec. 21 -Mrs. Mabel BenaoO, *>f Whlte Water, Kan., waa sentenced to flve years ln the peniten? tiary to-day beObOSa she forged a |4B checfe on a dare offered by ber slst^r In-law. "I never refused to take a dare," shr toM the Judge. "1 riare you to gOTWe flve years ln tbe penitentiary," said the court. 'Tm giving you the llmit." Mrs. Etenaon'a husband, Jopepb, is a etvil enginocr. She has two small chil? dren. a HATPIN PIERCED HIS NOSE Woman Turns Her Head in a Crowd and Farmer Suffers. [Hy Telegiapb t<. Thr- Tribune.I Wooster, Ohlo. Dec. 21.?A hatpin was shoved through the nose of Alfred rarwncamp, a prosperous farmer, here to-day, whlle he was dolng Christmas: shopplng in a department store. Canancamp had worked his way Into a >tiihiI, When a woman wearing a hip? bat, with g long pin, suddenly turned ber head. Tbe pln grazed Canancamp's eye, and passed through the right side Of his nose. thrc imhes of lt projectincr from the left side. The larmer wan compelled to await the arrival of a physkian hefore the pln could be extracted. a LITTLETON HOME AGAIN Says British Merchants Under - stand U. S. Canal Policy. Kepresentatlvc Martln Littleton, who had been abroad on a hurrled business tilp, returned yeaterday on the Cunard llner Lualtania. "The English press," he aaid, "haa ex presaed a fltrong aentlment agalnflt thla country for the stand lt haa taken ln the operation of the Panama CanaL The English presa ls violently opposed to our posltlon- The comment is dlstlnctly hos tlle to us, but the busineas men of Eng? land realisa the altuation an*l iin<l.rstan<l that our attitude ls correct. They can offer no arguni.-nt for OB tO lurn over our canal bullt wlth our money. our labor and our skill, to oth?rs who have no in? terest In lt, except a aelflsh BM lt ls our ennat. We bullt lt with our money and our Ilvea. and we muat lnsiat upon controlllng lt abeolutely" Mr. Littleton, whoae term ln Congreaa cxplrea ln March, expressed a dlellke for extra sesslons of Congreaa. "In fcrty aeven montha we have had thlrty-two months of CnnKrcss." ht said, "during pttJcfa notbtnb ot importance has h*-en mehUtrod. Th.re is no hurry for the tariff. It cannot be afferted untll De? eember, ao why call an extra sesalon?" a DIWBY'S WINBS FOR CHRISTMAS. Pre-ent* that are ohAwjpta^eenUtbsa. H T riBWEY&SONS CO.,l~Fu.t_aSt.,N.Y. 1 -Advt L Y OF Guns Boom as British Armored Cruiser Begins Her Voyage from Portsmouth to New York. I FINAL HONORS IN LONDON Scots Quards, Chosen Beeause of Dead Ambassador's Ances try, Accompany Coffln from Dorchester House to Victoria Station. B ' Bbl* tn Th- THL ?? London, Dec, 21. Wlth lmpreaslve and beSUtiful .'1'cinotiics Ihe body of Ambassador ReM was taken lO-Qm-f from Dorchester House and placed on i.oard tbe armored cruiser Natal, to I e conveyed to New Vork. "The itili Mall Oaaetts" ln Ita de Bciiptlon aaya: "Anabassador, atates*' man, klnaman, more than fr* nd Whitelaw ReM bad wen the natlon'i heart, aad tb?? Bilenl multltuda th.*t lined the Btreeta to-day when tho body was carricd from Dorchester Houss to Yjetoria .Station ahowed how deep w'as tho lov*: and veneration be ins] 11 ?*1." Conttnnlng, The Pall Mall Oasetto" says: "On Dorcnester Houss tb*- Stara and Btrlpee drooped ln tbe itlilneas nf a gray morning When the hi.us.hohl cavatry and guarda arho arere to form the procesalon took tbelr poaltlona. Tha gun caurriage and the beartng pstfty stood apart. Then the police stoppsd the trafllC BBd there was that sir.ni-" brooding allen* e whi.h thrills-tha si? lence of a muitllud.' waltlng. "At 10 o'cloek tbe doors *>f Dorcheea ter House opened and slowtf the c dHn, ahrouded ln the United Btatea Sag - l.orne to the gun e,irriap*e Bttll ii? Round was heard to hr.ak tho illeaee. Then came the word of conunand, an.l the foremost *.f the red-cloaksd rav? alry moved off with B ClattSTlag <>f steei. Another momenl an.l the Brsl low mou'rnlng notea >.f th*- Boota *'.u.ir.i band were heard. pbui above all th< flrst of th* distant gUftS in Bt James's Park boomed In splendid monotone hs the iwooesBlon paassd on Its way. "Tha seene st Btanhops Oata was profoundly nortng snd ImpresslTa \n throuph ths park to Hyde I'ark * '<>rri< r thf CTOWd StOOd many d*cp, sil.-nt and oneovered un'i*T th*- damp snd drlp* plng trees. A hazo bung OTOt nll and dimmed tho distances, and the long. plow movlng llne of Rray-coated guarda all seemed wonderfully sloCJUSttt of irrlef. At Hyde I'ark Corner again the crowd was dense. while all the way tO Victoria Btatton the gun r.irriag?> rum bled on Its way thruu-ii an avenue of mourner'." General Munroe in Command. Tbe funeral procesalon from Dor? chester rlpusa was under the eornmand *.f Maj..r Oeneral C. Munroe. Wtth him were Colonel Glrpnvllb- Bmlth and Assistant Adjutant Oeneral lt. .1. Ksn tish. A balf battalion ?<f Scots <;uan1s, chosen becaase <>f the Bcotch sitceatry of Mr. Reld, sscoried ths body. arhile ahead of them was a troop of houss hold caralry, ths scarM doafca <?f which formed the only OOtS Of color ln ths piooasslon Behlnd tii*- caralry came the band of the Beota Onarda at:-! th> pipes and drun- of th*- BSCOnd bat taiion of Oonrda The coffln was I...rn<- ln B gun CST? rtage beionging to th.- Royal Artillery, while 11 v- guard.'-mi-n marched on OBCh sbie. Major Oeorge o\ Bqulsr, miiitnry attSCh- to the American Embassy, in uniform, marched behlnd the collin. and Immedlately foUowing hlm n*na (Jor poral Donovan. a whlte-hooded vetpran of the CiVil War/fi.'in fjhslssn Hos? pital. The company of BOOta <iuanls. wlth their black busbies. w.aring great coats and with their arms roverssd, brought up the rear. The route of the proOSS sion was by Btanbopa Oste through Hyde I'ark lo Hyde I'ark I 'orner, and thsnee through OrosTsnor Oardsna to \'i. toria Station. As ths coffln was * arried from Dor? chester HOUSS ths Sbjaal w-as glven bv a man from th*- Beota Guards ata tioned on the roof, and the battery in Rt. James's Park began a salute of nlneteen mlnute guns. The Scots Guard band played HandtTs Dead March as the procession moved away from Dor Cbestsr HOUSS, bul IhS band oeascd as lt entered Hyde I'ark, and the plpers strtiek UP 'i mournful wall. At Victoria Station. A Kuard of honor of one hundred of the Scots Guards waa poated at Vic? toria Station under the command of Major General Slr A. K. Codrington. commannlng tho Ixmdon district. The procession entered the station by ths Rucklnghnm PatBCS gsitcs. whl* h OfOO almost Irnmcdiately on plalform So. 7, from which ths SpeOial train departed. v lar^e crowd gathered outslds the atatlon, and wlthln i< nlso sasn and WOmen pressed closely on the platform barrler. The plpea were playlng "The Land of the Leal," and to thoae atralns the gun carrlage was drawn along the length of the platform. to where tha train was waitlng. On the platform were o?den Mills Reld, th.- Bsri of Qraaard, captain WalSh, Irwta B. Laufhlln, an.l the se. ,?.',* and third aecretartea *.f th.- em? bassy, command.>r Bymlngton, naval attach*; F. C Van TXiser. representlng the American Soctety. and Consul Oen? eral Grtffltha. all of whom, except the CoatL-uad oa aerond paga. at-th eoluma. TIIE PRESroBNT-BLBCT ANI) THB TBBBLB8S ONE" Woodrow Wilson and William J. Kryan. photographed yesterday just before they had their intemew Pwoto (_)oy Amoucan Pr_s.t Atroc ? RiCH YOUNG Mi IO Mrs. Frances A. Guthrie Buys Long Island Property for Son. HE IS NOW A FARMHAND Charies Lamson Lehmann Pre fers the Pigsty to a Career in the City. Bctentlflc farmlng on a blg * -al*- ls going t.i be trled by Charlea Lanaaea Lehnu?in, youageat .s<>n <if Mr**. l'ran r.'M A. Outhrle, of No. B68 I'ark av.nue. ?Aho I: aaid '<> I"' worlh a million ln h*r own llght He lnU-nds to demoo* itrmte e inunen UUly Itet "Piga Ie p>k?" ami that the allunng high ohUN ?um m> r colony dtatrlct on the north ahora of Long laland ta u most iultable place for thta eaperhaent Bta mother i? in tareated, heart and soui, in the renture1 and han ImiiKlit the farm of Handolph " Boper, iu thi- Dix Hills, about thr.-.- anl one half mllea weet of the Huntlngton Matlmi of tho Loag Island IUUroHd. The farm eOBftprlaoa 181 BCroa nnd art j.iins ?ereral eetatee owaed by "Adi known pereona Young Lehmann wlU itart with r.fty c_refully eelected porkers, and ?-xi.ta within two yeara t<> have plgBtya oeea* pyittg 8 large part *.f the farm. Young Lehaaaan ta tweaty-oae yeara <>i(i, ii feet ,?, lnchcR ln hls etocklngo, broad ehouldared and athletlc. He la qidet and unassumlng. When his _ieada heard yesterday of th** pur ohaaa *>f the Long lalaad farm for the rata?ig of jiIkm on a big acale they laUghed and said it wns a joke. Mr. I Lehmann is in New Efampahh-e gettlng; in tralnlng for bla ehoaen can't-, just aa bc would do if he wera acheduled to appear al eome athletlc meet. n.- be? gan thla tralnlng about two month-*. ago, and each sur* eodlng letter that; reacaea the beaae of his mother ?howa that hls fondness for agrieultural pur Batta Ib growlng. Ho gets up -tt B 0*Cloek ln th<: mornlng to nelp wilh the chores, and It Is not until H o'cloek at night that he ls able lo Btretoh hls tlred body on bla h*d in tho oid-fash loned farm t otfiig*-. Worka at a Farm Hand. Ilc ia gettlng this praetical experi ence as a farmer on tho Yalley Kartri. which ls known ln grange circles as one of the most euccesaful ln New Ilampshlro. lt 1? devoted almoet ex dualrely to the brecding of pigs. Many Of Its pigs have won blue ribbons at \arlous BhOWa Because of the hcicn tif'K i?anner in arhleh thi** farm ls run it ta < onaldsred by peneaa awaloaa to get farnilng faets first hand a great privilcge to ba pennittcd to work thero. When LtflfT-TT tirst asked to be per mitted to work and atudy there lt wao Intimated that there might be no place for him. He wasn't to be put off tn thls manner and wrote again, telllng tha progrletor <?f tho farm about hia yearning to ?>ngage in the plg ralsing industry <>n Ua own account and that ba d-da't waal '<? bagla without havlng a g<?)d practical foiindatlon. Book taarnlng would not satisfy him aa a aafa way to begin to Invest money In farmlng. He was then lnvlted to be? come one of the workers at the furm. toniinur- en aeireiath pnge, aixtta colnran, j KILLS CHILD IN HER PRIDE' Poor Widow of Noble Race' Then Seeks Death by Dagger. OaUaad. Cai, Daa IL Prlde of noble amaatij ladted Mr.i Kuk.- Kita kaml, a young JapaB080 WldOW. to murder h-r s.>n and attempt her own life b-Tawet she had becomo an object Of charlty. Mrs Kltakaml's husband dled tWO months a**o. and she vaa ftvea u h-'i.-ie wlth 80 1?fltM ntlul Jap aaeaa famiiv. 1?shlng her y_nr-old laby to ber body yesterday, she phmged a dagger Into Its honrt. She was found DOWOd down before an bnage awatttag death -ith a dagger wound In her throat. Th" areapnn araa an helrloom lnferlhed with a pleO that It always be used ln1 ii. fence <>f the Cam?y hoimr. Th-' woman rOSlSted hOf rcscuers. bul it im belleved ahe arOI reeon r. -o MRS. SAGE A SANTA CLAUS Five-dollar Gold Pieces Her Gift to Park Eraployes. Mrs. BuaeefJ Baga was driven ln h?er autoniiibiic late yeaterday afternoon to tho Arsenal in ('entral Park. A boy was dtspatched to summyn (.'harb s H st.'Vtr, i'ark Commlaeloner To him Mrs. Baga Burrendered a box, Ued with rlbbon. ??My annual glfl to the park en-.-' ployes," explalned Itra Baga. Iu the box worn 327 (-nvelopes, each eontalnt?g a 15 gold pleco. An envolope wlll bo Kiven to onch of the cmployes of the city ln Ceatral Park reeelvinp $2 ami Itsm a day, On each enrelope waa Inacrlbed the name <>f the reclplent i WOULDNTJrVED^ IS SHOT Girl Contcmplates Suicide, but After Prayer Takes Revenge. fPy Talegraaa to Th<> Ti?uaa l Hartfonl, Com., Doe. 21.?Because he refueed to mak?- his pro?ilaea gond to wed her, Miss Mary Tlitten went to the grooery store ofJoeeph ii. Hoeruer, So, 1126 Broad street. to-night and shot him under tbe heart The physicians fear the wound may result fatally. Tbe girl, th*- police aay, bought tba revolvcr last Wednesday, intendlng to kill herself, but suddenly Ix-catne pos sessed of a de.sire to pray. The pray* ing then, she says. inspirod h.r tO abandon sulclde and kill tho man, that he might not treat other glrls as he did her. MONKEYS AND CATS FIGHT Marincs Have to Stop Battle on U. S. S. Minnesota. | Hy 1>U'*r-|)h to Tim Trlbuno 1 I'hilad'lphla, Dee. 21.?Captain Nlxon of the U. 8. ti. Mlnnesota, thought he knew what a monkey and a parrot could do when they came together. but when the eight monkeys which he had bought in Mcxlco got nffer tho twenty eata "f tho battleship nfter tiie vss. ' reached Leeina laland laat night, bc knew that Midlain was a thlng mild ln cornparlson. Tho euts had been marauding t<> cateh tho rodents which aurrounded the navy yard pler. Thls annoyed thu slmlans, and the blggest one grabbed tho oldest tomcat by tho tail. and the battlo wns on. Flendlsh screams as th** eats ria wed the monkeys, whlcb grebbed*! he eats by their tbroats until three of them wara dead, caneed the marinea t<? come to tbe reaeue to atop > th*- deadly combat. The monkeya wer. ioek*>d up for the remelndec ?>f the night. I Cuba. Florida, 8avannah, Auguata. X !_?I. Trains ?"ally. Electric LlKhted Pnltmana. Atlantlc Coast _lno, 1_18 H'way. ?Advt. .?" Son, Acting for General's Wife, Pays Part of State Short? age, Promises Rest. WALL STREET IS BLAMED Entire Amount To Be Returned i When Money Can Be Sent from Spain, Where Mrs. Sickles Has Property . Albany. DSC. 21.?Ptanton Sickles, eon of Oeneral Daniel EL Plckles, of New Y?.rk. BCttOC ft* Mrs. Sickles, promlsed to-day to SSS thfl-t the state, Is reim bursed for all funds unaccounted for by his father as chalrman of the New York Btata Monum-'nts Commission. totalllng abOttt jSSfiOO. At the end of half an hotir's confcr , oce between Deputy Attorney General , Jo., .,,,, A. Kellogg and Mr. Sickles. it WSS announced that ua agreement had been reached ln postponing proceed liiKs by the state to reeover the money. Mr. SIckle.s left wlth Mr. Kellogg a rertlfiM draft as parl payment of the ?hortage, and promlsad to have tho balanca wlthln two or three weeks. or a.s soon as it can be sent here from Bpaln, whors lt i? said Mn sickles bolds <-onsiderahle proporty. "Mr. Sicki?'S told me," s.u.l Mr. Kel? logg, -that bla father lost the money in Wall Street. If the agreement en tered into i* fvlflUsd it will ba un UUCasssrj tor tbS state to look to any of the other members of the Monu? ments Commission fur any part of tbe m??ney unaooounted for by Oeoeral BlcbJea." Nelther Oeneral Blcldes nor his at? torney, Daniel P. HSJTB, would say any thing yesterday shout the nsfOtlaUons Wlth tlM Attorney (ieneral. I'hllip J. McCook, who represenbs certain of tho other commlssionera, made no statement. PASSED 50 YEARS AT SEA Captain Boaz Quits Old Domin ion Service at Seventy. When t'aptain U. H. BOM brought ths Old Doniinion steamship Hanniton into this port from Norfolk yesterday hi- i-n.l* <i a half contury's active ser? vice with the company and retired from the sea. He had reached the ago llmit of seventy years, and under tha rules of the Old Domlnlon Llne he wlll ba plac.-d, on Its penslon list. Captain BOSS exi*ects to pass the r.-st of h.s life |n nrooklyn. where he has llved for si-.eial years when not gttidlng ateamshlps between Now York and Norfolk. MINISTER KILLS A BURGLAR. Memphls, Dec. 21.?When the Rev. R. F. Klrkpatrtck. a Presbyterian minister, dia eoaeted that a nepfro burglar was at temptlng to Rft Into his home early to? day, h. ti lepboned the pottoe, armed him s.'lf wiih B r*-volv. r ,unl \va!t <l .it tii | head "f a atslrwsi* Ths nafcro gatned niitrance, und Um mlulater Sred, loatantfy killlng him. - _ JNDf-R SOUTHERN SKIES Take tbfl BOUTHERN KAIIAVAY to the rbarmlng lesorta ol the BoothS 6 Trains daily from Nhw York. All steel t-lectiic hghted equlprnent with auperlor dlnlng and aleeplng car service. N. Y. uttlce?_M 1'lfUi Ave.-Advt A "Peerless Leader" FacGs Empty Seats Where Wilson, Dix, Murphy and Hearst Were to Have Sat. O'GORMAN PRAISES TAFT "Unexpected Arrival of Guests at Good Ground" Is Reason Given for Failure of the Tammany Ohieftain to Meet Nebraskan. A marked featuro of the "harmony" dlnner of the Uatted I x-mocra* y to William Btthnr was the aboaaca at the Waldorf-Astoria la^t nighl of sevoral of the party leaders. However, among the thousand Demoerats gathered wer<* many men of note ropresenting all fac tions, and there were no inharmonious ehords. Governor Wilson sent a letter of rc gret, Champ C'lark did llkewise, and charies F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall. although urge?l by his friends t?> attend the dinner, stayed away with? out written or verbal apology. William Jennlngs Bryan was there, and this was the reason openly glven by Mr. Murphy's friends why the Tam? many leader declded not to grace the ?aal reserved for him at the guest table. He harked back, his friends aaid, to the daya of the Baltimore con vention, and refused to l'mget the In ?ulta heaped upon the New York dele gation by the poerlees leader of Lin coln. Neb. (jiivernor Dlx was another guest whose seat remained empty. and so did that of William F. McCombs. chairman of the Deaaocratle National Commlttee. William Randolph Hearst was to bn present. but reports had it that his automobile had broken down some where In the country and he could not reach New Vork on time. The or.ly mesaage received from Mr. Murphy was one over the telephono for the pereonal benelit of Thomaa F. Smith, seeretary of Tammany Hi'.'l Mr. Murphy said that unexpe'.ted guests Lad arrived at hls country home at Good Ground. and that he was un ahla to leave them. All There for Harmony. Whatever discord there was, how? ever, it waa well masked behind the ?rr* at array of Demoerats who during the Prasldential campuign had been connected with all of the varlous camps of Democracy. Senator O'Gorman pre slded, and seated with him and Mr. Sulzer at the guest table were: Wllliam Jennlngs Bryan, Senator elect Ollio James, of Kentucky; Martlu EL Oiynn, Lieutenant Governor-eltct; Morgan J. O'Brien, Davld Leventritt, Justice Edward E. McCall, Jacob H. Bchhlj D-('ady Herrick. John li. Stanchfleld, Henry Morgenthau, Her ir.an Ridder, Alton B. Parker, Norman E. Mack. William G. McAdoo, George M. Palmer, Bird S. Coler, Perry Bel? mont. Thomas F. Donnelly, John H. McCooey, John Fox. former Senator Wllliam A. Clark, Jumes A. Phelan and Repreeeatatlte Jefferaon M. Leey. The epcakers wero Mr. Sulzvr, OUie James, Justice McCall, Augustus Thomas and Mr. Bryan. Governor Wilson's letter of regr*t was a* follows: lt U wlth graaf regr?t that I flnd m.v nelf unab? because Of public dutles which are presslng up*>u me to attend the dln? ner to Mr. Sulzer. It would afford ?? a great <1<5ai of pl?aaure to t>e pieaent .ind t> e\preas my very hjfh regar<l fur Mr Sulzer and my conndencr lhal hia admliustratlon of tiie great offlce of Governor of New York will nMound not only to bls credlt but to tha atrenathenlag of tha party to which be b-longs. The feeltng of aloofneaa found an echo at some of the other tables be sides that occupied by tiie speakers and guests. Lewis Ktuyvesant Chanler, fnrmer "Lieutenant Governor. found himself placed at a table where he did not recognlze a single _?a known to him. He objected. and wante<l to tlnd a seat among m**h with whom he was acfjuainted, but failing to Ue ao-om modatcd, he left the dinner to satlsfy his hunger at his club. O'Gorman Toaats Taft. Before lntroducing the speakers Sen? ator O'Gorman paid a tribute to Presi? dent Taft. Asking the diners to drink to the happiness of the Chlef Execu? tive of the natlon, Sonatcr O'Gorman said: ?'I am certain that 1 express the sen timents of the people of New York lf I say that President Taft wlll aajrry the best ertaaea ter his future iiappi ness of all the people ivgurdless of politlcai faith." He thea congratulated the iHtuo' racy not merely because the party had triumphod at the recent election. but because ln Woodrow Wilson lt had ob tained a President, who combined si BM of the best qualltios of Thomas Joffer son, Andrew Jackaoa and Abrahnai Lincoln. Introducini,* Mr Sulzer, the Benator said thai the Govetnor-cloci had ob tained his ?levatlon to tbe high post after many yeais of sacrltlce und de votlon to the people'b euuae. Govexnor-elect Sulzer sald in part: My frienda??_id I aay ''frtanda" ad vlsedly, because here a__enibled are some of tbe beat frienda 1 have tn all thia world?I cannot tell you how rauch I np preclatc the compllment of thls bainpn l ln niv honor. 1 ani uratefnl to ull. eacb aiiil every one, and grattfUda wltb nte < the fairest Rower that aheda its perfuaH in tbe buinan beari. Regreta Wilson Was Abaent. Tbe wlacat of tbe a_?(nts declared that a man waa rlch beyond the dreima of avaiice lf he could count ln fortune and mlsfortune hls true frienda on the lingera of one band. You are all my friend*. and I know whereof I speak. for I hava testad your friendship many tlmes ln aun