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*WHi?EWASHr CRIES PASTOR'S ACCUSER C.B. Dore Calls. Trial of Dr. Price Before /Methodist Board a Farce. WOMAN WITNESS MENACED, SHE SAYS Mrs. Dohl. Who Insists Minister Acted Improperly. Tells of Threats by Two Men. "Tr IS farce, you are trying to wtaltearaali Pr. Price," shouted Claude ?' D re. a lawyer, to the Rev m, who ? utlng oliari bj women Of his parish against the R< ? Jacob Ehnbury Price. Iir. I i m st or of tin? Wash? ington Heights Methodist Bplecopal Church, is being tried before a commit Methodist Conference in the Me?- Temple. ? aued, the climax of i over the admission cf testimony an?i charges not embodied in ti mplalnt A* c nations ? .itti nipt? to intiml ..t?i ?n ihe ante* room, arhere the sccusers gsthered ? d to the eecret from which even counoel for Dr. Prie* I been Only two wltneesoa were sllowed to ?.. ? Mrs Dore, whi alleged that Pr Price Ms* her behind Ihe car. and Mrs P J I.? ger, of No. 690 Heck street. v. BVvSde similar < hnrges of conduct l i ? waning u minister. Says Sri. Was Threstened. One of the prosecution's star srlt? BTMSSa, Mrs. Hilma Dohl. of No. 6*"1 ?tt'fst 14' ?th street, was not allowed to Isatlfy, on the ground that her accusa? tion whs m ado after the .harges had been embodied. Her written statement Tv-ns taken under consideration, and it was announced she would he i permitted to appear before the trial to-day. ? 1 was threatened if 1 I -Id on Dr. Pi ' said Mrs. Dohl to the fifteen : - *.vho constituted the trial committee. "Two men .ame to me and told me I would shed tears the rest of r, , life if I testified. They , t* my life in the parish would be miserahle." '"Why do yo-: come here"* ' "he was : asked. ? ause I consider It my Christian she replied. OrmittOd to write out ? iros against Dr. Price and leave , them for consideration. When she ed the anteroom, where reporters i and women of the parish whose test monv was ruled out, were awaiting Mrs. T'ohl in sr.1t-? of admoni? tions from a man who hurried hick to the trial room, gave out the charges She bad made. T aeensed Pr. Price of improper root, sinful temper and conduct In ' mn of th* moral law." she ex :.ed. "1 won! to the parsonage one ? n *ve sprint? of IDIO. and Dr. Pri?e, after seating me on a sofa, put arm around me and kissed me. "1 am a widower and you are a widow,' h? told me, 'and anything wo may do is our own nfair ' I struggled away from him and left the parson tire I eald nothing of this to any one until a few day? ago, when 1 told ( friends I would appear against him. '? Right after th? new? spread I was threatened by two men whose names I gave to the trial board." Anonymoui Letters Rejected. Claude B. Dore, the lairyer, whose wife alleges she was Insulted by Dr. "Price. 1s working the prosecution from the outside. He wan not allowed to testify regarding a conversation, in whl??h he alleged Dr. Price admitted the charge and apologised. Parly In the day he made an effort to n?t p??.-eral anonymous* letters before the conference, hut they were refused on the ground that "anonymous letters are not evidence unless signed." A handwriting expert, J. Vreeland Kerlng. was present all day with photo? graph?, tending to show that the hand? writing on the anonymous letters was etmHar to that on a letter written by 1 t Pr ce in answer to a decoy letter sent out to obtain a standard of the minister's penmanship. The tilt between DOTS and the ntrv. Arthur Jameson oerured when Dora ac Sasei the minister of defending rather than prosecuting Dr. Price. "TOU made no effort to get up a ease Sgalast Dr. Price, >>>? notifying wit ?-?." said the lawyer. "Vim are wrong." replied the minis? ter, "I have notified witnesses." Several witnesses Jumped up, ahout '? | i didn't notify me." "Wall, I'm not trying this thing for the newspapers." retorted the ROV. Mr. Jaaooaen, referring to Pore? interview? .. urg ? a a < as? against Pr. PrUe, ? ... ..?n't fur p'lrilhity thtre'd " said Dorr, who would have i- 1 more if Mr? Jameson hadn't hur Affidavit Not Admitted. " ? from f'hristine Sehoen wlio is now in f>etroit, charging ?per conduct on the pert of Dr. ii m ? .-..im.'t"i as svMsaoa arouid th? conference bear ?m PsatslSj a member <>t thi I of ' t ?r Pries'! church, to testify to stories told ? na I ? of th?- parish. Miller OHO Of ?he oriri sra of i-i price, Is ha BaHl \ t. legram ?a? ?gil | I'er fi) 'he trial hoard tO?0S\J ?? tn prise fofood un Mor | pa JMS ?'?'I made Me for SOI to ret'irn to hin ! ai y ?>r Pr ? ? f.v . inrrn. ?e,ord ' ' '? ?'??hodlst Church ? anon.'?!, vi?,. teres*", snd in? besrtng impreassd Um in?) board ii.- ??,,.nfident of rin? ? i for the da.. "1 know 1 will be vindicated," he, FACSIMILE OF THREATENING LETTER RECEIVED RV WOMAN WHO ACCUSES DR. PRICE. Nw,* Dore TWV|; urUr.?J Iw/nitew To VJ.*r" Now TV aT |?-f lou Oo nao^ te <\Si Yovr 17055 % P-^S ^o^ **** ^?m^ pi p eT ?,v* se f^i Ou> TivouW-C Voice For IHY & a h e o?r C * To "|T-_ >fou r t*'i^H NASel R a, <i p V* ?, Vo i t c f> w o CoNsTa nT ?e. Be Ne ,f?,T By Tin's Ix MfLy WAQMjvA^ ?eR,ouS MRS B J. L.BOKR said. "These charges have been made by (nemies and h.ave no foiimin'ion. I cap.not make explanation now, but when 1 rim freed from the chargn I win give out a statemenl that win dis close the lnsid" reasons for the ac? cusations agalnel me" Dr. Price's tecord as a minister for thirty-seven J ears 1h excellent. No charyn have ?aver been made ?gainst him befon the present ones His con? gregation ha? exprened confldenn In him by a vote Why Evidence Was Rejected. Wh? n word reach? d I i? Methodist fer-eja-o thai accuaatloni of unfalrnei line witnenea had been ms Ic b: Mr. 1 ?ore and others appearing against Dr. Price, the Kev Ralpb W. Keeler, of \- ' Plftta avenue, edil ?r of several Methodist publications, was Instructed to prepare a Statement for to? newspapers explaining the action Of th?- trial !x?ard. "The prime movei in the gonlp that stalled the whole affair," said Mr. Knler, "is lfm. Bruce who was not allowed to appear he?a'jse she could only testify to hearsay evidence. "Un, Hilma Dohl was not permlttetl to testify becaun her chariies came after the trial opened, and did not allow time for J?r. I'lice to meet them. Under the law of ftie church the ruling is: " 'Amendments may he mad? t" the hiii of charges up to the time for the opening of the trial, at the discretion of the pre? siding officer, provided they relate, to the form of Statemenl only and do not change the nature of the alleged offence and do not introduce new mattor of which the accused ha8 not had due noi; - - "Because of the few witnesses wh" could qualify for testimony It was voted to hold the trial open another day, BO that the prosecution may brlnir more wit? nesses If It Is able. "Now that the trial is on it outfit to be borne In mind that none of th? charges against Dr. Price alleges any direct Im? moral act. This ought to be significant In the midst of so muCB that Is of a I.-airi?* nature In the accusation??'' WILSON SENDS AID IN O'BYRNE FIGHT Presidential Thunder Heard as Malone Speaks at Jersey ?Meetings. At two meetings in New .lersey -.?j.?t night In the campaign of James J. O'Byrne, candidate for Congress, tepre sentatlves of th* administration at Wash? ington made plea? for votes for him, on the ground thfit bis defest would be In? terpreted as s defeat for President Wil? son. The Shtsf speaker ?t t*1?? meeting In Paesa'e, was Dudley Held Malone, while Representatives Carter Glass and .1 Harry OevtngtOB spoke at the Paterson meeting as substitutes for Winiam Jen? nings Bryan, who was kept away by a cold. Mr. Malone s-x?ke chiefly on tbe way the Democrat? bad carried out their tariff and currency reforms, and also praised Bryan. While he was ?peaking a typewritten statement wan handed ?ip to him asking how he, an an irishman, regarded the at tltude of the administration on the canal ; tolls question. He replied thet the pnju* ! dices of the Irish ai?alnsf the I7?igllsh be , lonjred to years a??o and that no other Kngllshman had ever been willing, an Aiviulth la, to sacrifice everything that ! Ireland might have home rule The Trlsh ' man's prejudiced at the present time, he ' ?aid, were In favor of Kngland. The mtrrency and tariff questions were also the burden of tbe speeches of the administration reptesentatlves at the Tat 1 erson meeting. Representative Glass said i the eyes of Democrats and members of 1 other i-jirties generally all over the coun? try were focussed on the OongreosAOttal campaign 1n New Jersey, and that the vote cast Tuesday would ta ~tken as sn Indication of the f?*el1nirs of the voters toward Wilson, as the President had stone on record aa wishing to see (?'Byrne elected. Representative Covington said that f 1 the people ?>f the district would elect ! O" Byrne, they would see former Ke->re ! eentatlv? Hremner's idea? carried out. Missionaries Ordered to City. rehlng April I All the missionaries in the vicinity of SJan fu, Provlri<-e of S'ian sl, have been or?lere?l to take refuge 1n ? sian-fu. as the brigands hav? Invaded the nearby plains arid now ?tre within t-. , . of the city, \ government foro? from th?? Province of Hhan-si )?? proceed !ng to th?? effected district to rellev?- the ( situation. ? Greeks Attack Koritsa. Vtenna. April ?? A report was rcnlTOd i here to-day from Avlona, Albania, that flreek Irregular for?-es WOT? fiercely at? tack: . i and oth?r towns on the Aigyie "faslio and Korltes line Korltea was repotted to ta la fliimcs, and many ' persons were said to have been l-.IIN-l rROUND OF "ENJOfYMENt TtlK UKW -I T? PP.ICK BOUND AND ROBBED IN OFFICE, HE SAYS Real Estate Man, Found by Neigh? bor, Tells of SI.000 Be ing Take?. Hound and Rat-i-rd, '.eon Rslns, a real estate deslcr, was found yesterday m Ids Office on the third floor of a hiilldlng at Third avenue snd MM street hy I'efer Nfff, B clerk In an office SCTOOa the hall. N'iff called other tenants arid Hams was released Then he fainted. Dr, Kehlt, of Lebanon Hospital, found no injuries ex <-er>t blUlSSO from the r'?res. He revived Raina, irho told his story. "I was sitting In my office." he said, "when a fait man In a plaid ? it and li?t cams In and asked m? If I old paint I'e'ore I ronld arswrr him another man CSmO in and plaerd a handkerchief to my nose. Then I could remember nothing ' Buddenl? Hains exclaimed: "is mv monev safC I put $1 eon that I eoile.-ted from /ny tenants in thai drawer." point* ting to one. "is it there?" The money eould riot he found by Cap? tain Prank Gallagher and Detectives WhltS and Quick, but a cold watch, with a diamond studded fob, was in nains's pocket. FREIGHT RATE CASE NOW TO BE RUSHED Commission Orders Roads to File Briefs and Sets Date for Argument. "Washington, April I.?.Argument on the application of Eastern railroads for a 5 per cent increase In freight rates will i.ecin before ths Interstate Commerce Commission April 2~<, and briefs In 'he ?ase must he on file one vve??k earlier April 'JO Chairman Harlan anno,jn??ed this to-day, after the presentation of tes? timony by the railroads In support of th'-lr spplli atlon, ar.'l he also mad?? a for msl atstement of the commission's de sir? to expedite final disposition of the case. The briefs and arguments will deal with the first of the two fundamental ques? tions suggested In the commission's order Instituting ths pending proceeding! "T'o th? present rates of transportation yield sdequatO revenue? to common car? riers operating In official classification territorv "" If the commission shouM decirle that the railroads bSVO established the nc'?. for additional ln-orn', the chairman evplnine.l, the COmmlSStOB WOUld pfOCK.d immediately to determine how the addl tlOOSl Income Should he raised. This pro? ceeding WOUld Invob e the presentation of some arguments, but Mr. Harlan felt as? sured it wo'.'td consuma little time. W ?'. Maxwell, general traffic manager of th? Wsbssb, declsred at th? heartntr fo day that a 5 per cent advance would afford only partial relief to the carriers and save the situation only for a time. "I am satisfied," he said, "that most of our ' 'entrai Freight Association rosds will not be able to sur? Ive tinder existing rates. A ,', per cent sdVSnCO would be In? sufficient, and for rnilroads In our terri? tory to keep out of the hands of receivers and prosper It WOOld he neeessar** to re adlust and tirlni? all rate* up to a hlpher 1/ ? 1 MELLEN ASKED FOR NEW HAVEN'S STORY Ordered to Appear Before Commerce Commission at Washington. FACTS RELATING TO FINANCES SOUGHT Sale of Road's Interest in Mcr chantV and Miners' Boat Line Reported. New Haren. April 8 -?"Tiarles S Mellen. former president of the New Haven Rail? road, was served to-day with a s-ibpo?na by United States Marshal Hawley. citing him to appear hefore the Interstate Com? merce Commission at Washington on April 10 to testify concerning the finances of the New Haven. Subpomaa were served also on Harry V. Whipple and Samuel Hemingway, presidents of two national banks; ?dward K Field, treas? urer of a large department store, and Hamuel C. Morehouse, a lawyer Marshal Hawley has another subpoena for Joha L Billard, the Mertden financier, but has not yet heen able to find him All the hooks, records, contracts and other paper.s of the ttlllard company the New Kngland Navigation Company, the New Kngland Investment and Security Company and th? New Havn Railroad are ordered taken to Washington Negotiations f?Jr the sale of the New Haven Railroad's interests in the M-i chants and Miners' Transportation Com? pany t?? the Mercantile Trust Company of Baltimore were in progress, it was ad? mitted In New York yesterday, whtle dispatches from Baltimore asserted that the deal had been consummated. The New Haven owns 31 per cent of the stock, or C5.317 shares. In the name of the New Kngland Navigation Company, which Is the holding company for the New Haven's marine Interests. Howard F.lliott, chairman of the New Haven board of directors, would not dis? cuss the sa'e or the money Involved. The New Haven acquired the steamship line in IV)'. when the Merchants and Miners' took over the New Havenfe property, the Bnton & Philadelphia Steamship Company. Bubnojnent to that deal ,i p?-r cent of the Merchants ami Miners' BtOCh WSS delivered to the New Haver, for l.'.O.'O.tX'O. The hook value of the stock In lune, 1911, was IL6M,M0. This stock was deposited in s lialtimore Th? Merchants and Minen Line has .on?? peen regarded u a local a.??uet In Baltimore, and S syndicate was or? ganized there to acquire it and return the majority ownership t?> that city. Th.? Htmoance?! policy of the Merchants and Miners made hv the railroad to the interstate I 'ommerce Commission when it aaked to have the road exempted from the "railroad ?jwned" steamships clause in the Panama Canal tolls act was that the line Wn operated as an independent carrier ami Its polioy had not heen dic tHte?i hv stock control of the railroad. TBy Telegraph to The Trlhune * Hartford, f'onn , April I, -Hv the time the special meeting of the New Haven road is held on April 21 the y*:tna Life Ins'iran'? Company may not have any holdings of the road's stock, and Morgan C. Rulkeley, its pretririent. may not be qualit'ed HS a stockholder to attend the meeting. Mr. Bulkeley said to-dav that the ,T-:tna Life had within the last ten ?lavs ?old about SO) share? around TO. shares that cost much more at the time of their acquisition years ago. Through its publicity department the New Haven road denied to-day published reports that It had sold on? of Its sub ?IdlarteS, the Valley division, ninnlng from this city aJona the ' onneetlcut I'.tver to Saybrook Junction, on the Shore I.tne It was rumored that the line bad hn-n either sohl or leased to the Shore Line Klectrlc Itallwav, which opera?-?? along the Sound sh< re and which wh>? to eleetr-lfv the V'allev lin*. EXTRAVAGANCE OF DEMOCRATS SHOWN Rep. Sisson Apologizes to Republicans for Ad? verse Criticism. EXPENDITURES''WORSE THAN CRIMINAL" Pay of Secretaries Is Increased, j and Congressmen Will Retain Old Mileage Allowance. Washington. April I ?Apologising to the Republican party for having accused tt of extravagance, Representative Sisson, a Democratic member of the Appropriations i Committee, rounded ont a bad day for the : committee's economy programme in the I House to-day by turning to the minority ! and saying: "if the expression 'criminally extrava? gant' waa proper to applv to you, my Ood, the English language has never found an SdJOCttVO strong enough to apply to Dem? ocrat!?? extravagance!" Mr. ?OSOS said he expected the Repub? licans to us? his speech as campaign ma? terial, and declared he did not care If they did. Th? Slssonestiue outburst followed the maltreatment of the legislative appro? priation hill. Here is the way the House economized: It. struck from the hill the committee proposal for curtailing the mileage allow? ance of members, thus adding I11C.0OO to the total of the measure. It Increased from 11,500 to H VU i year the salary of every secretarv to a member of the House, adding VflJN. "tt adopted an amendment prodding that the Capitol barbers shall buy their own toilet preparations and pay the bar? ber shop laundry bills, saving, perhaps. tEor Th? committee proposed to reduce to actual travelling expenses th.? mileage al? lowance of members of Congress. The paragraph was stricken from the bill by a vote of 8.T to 4?, leaving the customary appropriation for mileage at the rate of 20 cents for each mile travelled by a member In coming to or returning from a session of Congress. Kfforts of Repre- ; POntStivea Page and Rartlett to effect a : compromise rate o?' 5 and 10 cents a mile were unavailing Members who live . considerable dis- ' tan?'e fron. Washington were up In arms from the outsot and every retrenchment proposal was voted dmvn 20 to I. Representative Birtlett, of Georgia, then strung a surpris? on his colleagues serv? ing on the Appropriations Committee by proposing an increase of salary for the secretaries of members Of the House. The H0O raise was adopted by a vote of 142 to tiT, after Representatives Fitzgerald, John? son and Sisson had Inveighed against the extravagari'-e of t.ielr party. Mr. Johnson lectured Mr. Rartlett for repudiating the rei-rommendatlnns of his committee As a second "outrage" upon the Appro? priations I 'ommittee was about to be per? petrated Chairman Fitzgerald hotlv said: "This Democratic House came into power with promises of economy In ex? penditures. We were elected upon a sweeping denunciation of th? R?publlean party for Its extravagance. I am sure the exhibition we hav? given here to-day will appeal to th? country." Mr. Fitzgerald was sarcastic in the latter expression, adding: "Having reftised to save over *J'").000 on th? mileage of members, you now propose to Increase the expenditures for clerical assistance of members about tl^OOO. This will not hrlng members more efficient SSI rice. Members will slmplv pay the j Increase to the clerks they now have, and , th? servi.? will be th? same" Mr Ausiln, B Tennessee Republican, A DISTINCTION It is not enough that a con? tractor shall ?ive an Owner the best results of which he is capable. What an Owner actually wants in order to ensure a maximum of success for his enterprise, is the best results of which any contractor is capable. And it is just such results which ha*oc built up the repu? tation and prosperity of this Company. THOMPSON-STARRETT COMPANY BmMiac Cr-astractioa said he noted that Senators are given three times aa much for clerical assist? ance as members of the House, and he did not purpose to skimp at the expensa of the lower body. "When we are re-elected here," h? said, *lt is In large measure due to th. ef? ficient work of our secretarle?'' Th. House laughed. Mr Sisson was thoroughly angry in his denunciation of the Rartlett amendment. He asserted that certain members us*l their relatives aa secretaries, and he thought no member *?ho employed a rela? tive should vote on the pending proposi? tion, adding: "The fact that members of this House are calling for a vote on this proposition ?that they are so anxious to vote hur? riedly on a proposition to pay money which comes to them -causes me to be? lieve that the old Idea that prevailed in this country-that the Democratic party was a party seeking to conserve what th? people earned and leave in their pockets every cent not necessary to the economi? cal administration of the government has gone to the four winds of th? earUi We are writing our I1v*a down in the his? tory of the country as being the most outrageously and criminally extravagant Congress that ever sat on th? Amer1.*an continent. "I ?all something like thi? in a speech last session, and when l mad? that speech mem' I of the Democratic House cam? to me and asked me not to put It In th? 'Record,' because It would be used by the Republlcsns In their campaign book "Vou mav u?e that statement now. gentlemen, because when Democrats ge* to be so violentlv extravagant that It makes cur record look bad ?is compared to the record of the Repuhli? ans, ? must apologize to you Republicans for ever having used the words 'criminally ex? travagant' In criticising the appropria? tions that jrou made." Mr. Fitzgerald and other members of the Apnropriat Ions < "ommittee shot angry gl&nces at their colleagues as the BSBOBd menta carried for laOTSSStag ihe p.-iy of secretaries an?I restoring the "mileage grab' appropriation of 20 cent* a ml!? each way for the members tboaaSSlVOO Mr. Oglssb"", of New York, put through the only MOOOBSm*/** amendment of th? day. This htt onlv the Capitol barbers, who hereafter cannot call upon ITnele Sam to buy hail toni-, shampoo *oap, towels and talcum powder Finishing touches ar? being put on the proposed rural credit Mil. whl'-.h the a?l ministration forces in i'ongress hop? IS have passed at this BSBOSoa. The lndt cations to-day wer? that the BMSS**" would he ready f?r introduction in r hotises earl-, next week, and its frar expect H to meet little opposition Isnatar Bollls end Repisa sab Rulkley, chairmen of the euh-comml working on the bill, are holding conferences. ThOf BSW President W on the sahjset osrly this week am to s.e him again as SOOS as their draft 's read It is not expected b*. members of Bb-COmmltteeO that furthe- hear will be necessary after the prop?..?ed ,?, ,-efert ??! 'o the full com:/ II ? The Simpson Crawford Store WILL REOPEN Under Entirely New Management Monday, April 6th The Entire Stock at Bargain Prices For full details of the Opening Sale J See Sunday's Newspapers " e 3^yeaa Meadero /f?of3??kcni}<3^?> 'SIXTH AVr. i9VT02tr*'STREET