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Sf- . THE WEATHER FORECAST. Ftlrand much colder to-day; fair tomorrow, 'felowly rising temperafure; northwest winds. Detailed weather reports will be found on pige 13, M 1 VOL.-LXXX. NO. 100. MELLEN SEEKS TO PACE GRAND JURY Takes All Blame for Any Negotiations With Grand Trunk. WANTS XO IMMUNITY New Haven Head Says Xo Other "Official Can Tell Anything. .SIM, TO IH'Y M. & M. UKAWN NtMv lliunpsliifo ,,! (n Wiints stntc to Own Itoiid Tim k- Dcfomls MoIIpii. Nlw llwnv, Iee It liecnme known ti n,.ili, il. it i ,,i, , .!,,... u ' ti,r vr ! ; Mr ten or me New ll.nen road wrote, . Mtci f. t nlud States Attorney Wise, t New VnrU asking that he le per- f I to tctif befoie the (irand .lurv Uons botween h aim vnanii 1 1 uiih In tli- lettd- Mr. Mellen takes all t M'nsitilllty for all ncKotlatlons tie. tuieu ti'e two ii.iid. and s.ts he Is 'I nnl New Haven orricu.l who knows 1 vthttiR about thoe tiecotiatlons. .M Meii. n also m..kes u plain and ant- : 'IKtln. tly understood" that he uaives h'I cla.ni to any Immunity front rimimil in i-titmn which mlKhl be Ills thioiph !i,a sippearanee as a wit ness. The letter to Mr. Vie reails as fnl. lows. 1 "I understand that a IVderal Crand i .lury s.tilm; within your district Is In-, vcsilcr.m: the telatlons between lite I tir.ind Trunk Hallway of frfnada and the Ne.v York. New Ha-. en md Hartford! uaaronu i.mp.mv. . - .1 ., , ' .'". 1 i-n'ii uir . "K"1U'',I",1,M '"-'"n these f three plays at the Lyceum Theatre w,. ...mpinl.s h.ue bee:, .onductf,! on. last nlaht until Police Commissioner ir. ,r i.,e New Max en rallioad by , Waldo threatened to Hrrest eve;-; body ,. n ', . ,','i.r.i v-11 '''"''Konnected w'th the undertakinu. had to ' '. ' .V.', " "' Blw '"' H" l!"f'll,,' "if r , , V-ln l?" "(,s,,lU:l,,",,i ""'"" f'"' al theattc. So thero n 1 .'n, !, 7 K",nK "" "hnw- I I' 1 'V-i . 1! i!i v th,, ""ly J,1",lt,, McCa" ,i'"'"ue'1 a who J. o.r nJ" 1 "'l',M, '""i wr Injunction te.nalnlni: li.e polh e Ac?. ,', " kn-vled,:.. of the friltn .;l;irfe. Inc with the performance re,,;..n ' VT''.,' r"f; I-'"," " ,' S.uurd.y - vj.euu i .t 1 . I -Vl.-h !t illllnelli- iol...-l.wl ilinl I 1 .1 .1... . ...1 ,.. . . . ...., . ,,,11,1 in.. i 1 101K111 iiuw 10 in nwnu. i:o!u iriminal prosecution on ' ''ill! of in; testifying eoncernltiK th mm. - ef re the (irard .lury. "I have t, isk nf thai mv re- quel., a- ini!inrtle,l in fis letter be' la'd befoie Urn nil Jury f ,r Its action thereon ' IVirrsMMTii, N II. IVe. S.--.-fnntlyman Lew! W. Hrewster nf till rltv will irtroiluce a b.l! net mnntu i lns m- the ovnr'hl-by the Stite r i e II .!o:i nnil Main' itRiiroau o- ! ii liorilon-ef the !in' as are operate I In N nnmpii!re. 4 T'i : 1. -v:'! cnll..for the nppilntmeit . ' i S'a'e ri,mmi.iih to Hpnra e ttv in-., .11 i.r ti,e Nev 11 imph!re llnej, -i.i' ,u nf cm lemnp.tlon luoceed- .r j and Me appi l.: uii-ut of .1 hoard u! - "ill iLreetor. -pi in to tie N-'.V II '.n! -c.'-e (;il7.en nppolnteil liy the era i en. i count ii "W to tie olthfns i.' M....; h.i" it-, one from MaMne, pt. v' I I Mjs.i'.iiietts put chase- the '.nti' w'thln rliat Slat", one each In '" n'ont s'id New York. M' Mr. '.hIit s.ijs that In view of '! !'' t-at 1,00'i'of the 2.2fi 1 mile- ' i ".id I'pi'rated b- toe Itoston and '' ei. a'e la New ll imii-hlre.'and only C7 in Masacliut'etts the provisions In li-e I:,,, un tjllro.id holdlntr compmy , )' : ib.it It could not s"l! It stock with- ni; pcrm'-V n of the .Maachusetls I.'al-'.tlu:.. and that ti e State of Ma-a- i I, sett. ,,,, rd luiv h ti, ,nv lime were 1 r ! i !l II'. I' ' '" II Hi asteflll to the ll.'OJile of ll ' k''ll f .i". -or that In raMrool mai ' .Massiirhti-inits wns really the rltv . f Jto.-tiin. ami that Ib'ston appeared to I' nk that the whole Huston and Maine ... , ,. . .. v . i'-iii i I,- ireaieii ami is oeinR op, rated for the sole it-., of the pen-pie themselves and the theatre protected of Itn.ton l'v ii permanent Injunction. Mr. firny 1 Huston Mas- nrr S I uclus Tuttl" 1 w-41' n"1 prepared to sn what course fnr sexent'een'vdrs' president of the!""""1 '" followcl In case the decision'! Heston and Maine Railroad, In a slRned 1 of umW' ,''1Kn ls "BnlnM lh IK'ly- sta.etnent vlRorouBiy defends President! x.("r',, answer to the. charge of Louis I). Urnndel". Mr. Tuttle says: For five or six years the attempt to destroy the New Haven lallrnad and Its nianacrment has been peisltent. almost malicious What caused this nttack? In 1907 leadline Interest In the noton and Maine Ilallinad exchniRed their stock for the stock of the New Haven, share for shnre, and thp same offer was made hy the New Haven to all Hoston and Maine stnekholdeis. Thl exchange was opposed chiefly for n'ronal rather than for (Iran eli reasons, and from that day to this men of ability, backed hy ample financial mcani1, In eaeon and out of season, have puhlloL' and privately attacked the ft ranees of the New Haven railroad and thi InteKrlty and rallioad ability of Its msnacemnt Louis I). Hrar, 'f, than whom no law yer in Jioston ! more expert In Attacking corporations, wm at once engaged by the opposition. Nobody bettir than he rould have heen found to lead this attack. Whether Mr. Tlrandels Is employed by somebody or Is acting ns n public splr "n citizen, devoting hl time and re Mouroen to this attack, Is not known hy the public. That he Is not actuated In all his public movements merely by "love of the people" Beems to me to he the case. It seems to m that the desire of the opposition Is either to depreciate the se curlllei of the New TUven railroad to HUch an extent that someboly else civn bu.v that at bargain prices, or If txi (hie to divorce the Hoston and Maine fiom the New Haven In order that somebody or iome syndicate not yet disclosed may get control of that road; at least It seemi to deslro to drive from the rallioad Itn present management. Mr. Tuttle pokes fun at the Massa chusetts Legislature, which In grant Ins; a charter to permit the Grand Trunk subsidiary to build In Massa chusetts refused point blank, to plue NEW any safeguatds in It to Mm! the Cana dian road to carry t .it t ll.s alleged plan. lie says the .New Unvcn Is the greatest I Industry In New Kngland inn sajs, "The people seem to forgi t Unit In at- niCKing lUf railroads of New Fnglaud we nr attacking ourselves." Ho con tinues: In publishing t' the woild thtoiiRli In titvicws and Inxplt fl articles, tlit miuti Congicsslnnal Investigation ami other wise, stoilc. ahcady fninlllnr here fnun frequent IPpotlllitti nil,, HI the ullcitcd In adequate tullromt rachitic (,f New Kng Iiltiil unit the alleged film (comings of .Mi Mrllrn, nie nut the opponents of the rati loud really Injuilng the itmriufaituiliig ntr.1 other business Inlcicsts of New Kmc. land even mole than thev are injuring the inllui.nl or Mr. Mellen? 11.1 .,.11 h time arrived when our builmss men should cry a halt to this peislttrnt at tack upon New Ktwlaiid" McCOMBS TAKES TO HIS HEELS. Chairman Flee from Wn.htnul.m to ll.enpe (inter irrkrr., Wamiiimitiiv. Dee s.- Demncivit ic National t'linlrmnn McCombs Is having ''I Hft taste of behiK a patronage dis- pelise I Ho arrived In Washington yesterday and found about half a dozen faction's 'of the District of Columbia democrats waiting to tell him whom to name for chairman of the Inaugural committee "'""'inn .Met oml,s escaped to his room ,,m rln7 un hrJm hron and bombarded with de ecates. To-nhshl arpaten.ly as a means of ' "rl'-protectlon he cave up his mom at I P .Vw. Wt,.,,,t "ol01 "ml """"PPcared. o lllR I It Is expected that he will announce the selection of Kldredue K, .Jordan, n banker. WALDO'S THREAT STOPS SOCIETY'S SUNDAY SHOW Coin 111 iNionei's .Mc.;i".e That Kinpire Mhrht l.o.s'e I.ieeiise. The Stase Society of New York i,.,.i ..i.,,,,! ... i. i niKoi me "ocieiy expecieu in Rive trie' ' nerformancu as ulaniied. Then .lohn i t u ...... -- . : . . .' v , -j Meatre, nottiieii Henry li. l.ray. chair man of tlie society s execiitl e coninilttee. :hui the offer of the theatre would have to be withdrawn In cause i.t th" altitude of t'ie pel. re. CommlS'ii'inc Waldo. Mr. (iray whs told. I'imI int'iimed the man agement of the theatre that the thea- , 11 Ji II. ll!-" M'UJI'I "'" l"IH.i"ll II lilt- II. 1.1 1... ...... .1 ...1 1. .1... show was put on and If the mcletv lost the argument to make the Injunction prrmanent. This aiRiiment Is before Justice PaKe In Spei-.al Term Pan I. of tiie supreme Coin t to. m crow. The society wns taken un.iwarei by this development. .Mr firay s d the other ottlcers together Immedlatelv. A confen ni e was held at the home of Mrs. William Ator Chanbc. v te-presUlent of the society, at ltl.Kat Nineteenth street. The lieuluniiv of the perfi.rm- ance after mlilnlaht was not coiiliietid advisable. F.ITorf then wc.e made to Ret In touch w'.th other theatre manaRets with the Idea of poai.ir.y llndltiR another pln.v house. Hut It was RettlnR close to mldnlRbt bv that time and the efforts Acre not successlul. There was a funlier confetence yes terday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Henjamln S. f!ulnnes, president of the soc.ety, at n asninKtoii Miuaie .oriit. The memhers of the casts which have been tehearslns the three plays were called to this conference and the matter i ' esplalned to them. Al-ti steps were taken to notif. all the inembets uf t lie iielety of the postponement. Mr. tii..v. who Is i ininsel for the mi cletv as well as ilialrmnu of tin. execu tive i oinmlttco, "aid after th" second conn Twice mat the otmers or tile s. t':f,,v hoped to be iible to put on the iiriiilni.f Inn nnll SilinilAV nlptil. with 1 " taft may visit canal again, President A I.o M Knlertaln Wll- una nt While llonse. W.vstilNnTON, Dec 8. President Taft may make n final Inspection trip to the Panama Canal during the Christmas teecss. He Is contemplatltiR such a trip, but no definite plans have been made yet. The dreadnought Arkansas Is ached- II It'll li) inn im- n i 1 ntnr n i tin- urni Indies and the Canal from December 20 to January 10. If Mr. Taft decides to make the trip he probably will go on the Arkansas. .Mr. Taft some time bro olTrreil the use of a battleship to President-elect Wilson If he wnnted to visit the canal 1.I..I MAA n OKI 1 1 li.. ,. Milt tl'nl before March 4. flov Wilson sent a letter declining the offer, hut thanking tho President for his rourtcsy. Mr, Wilson explained that his trip to Her muda will be the only vacat.ott that he will have time to take. The President nnd Mrs. Taft will probably Invite (Joy. nnd Mrs, Wilson to the White House for several days In January to permit the t.evvly elected President and his wife to hecomo fa miliar with the executive mansion. The President's offer of a battleship to Gov. Wilson and his disposition to Invite the President-elect nnd Strs. Wil son to Ihe White House havo' caused n lot of favorable, comment among Democrats. It was learned that the President haa gone even further. Hn haa ordered all his Cabinet nttlctrs to old the Incoming administration In every way possible. A pony lk of AMillNTI RA BITTEBS tbc moral n i jicr t aiaocr-pun .-Adr, YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1912. copvri-iht. T MUSEI .limit's Slillniiili Kstnlilishos Kit ml for Students in I'm tier. CIIKCK TO AMKASSADOIt M. .IiismtiiihI .M tikes Aniiouiiee nit ii t nt Institute's Month ly l-lvli Edition. Announcement was made yesterday by .Miles ,1. .lusxerand, the French Ambassador at Washington, of n gift of 500.0011 francs, nearly $100,000, from .lames Stlllman. the linker, to the Museum of French Alt. The Income from the gift is to In- used for the maintenance of students In the art schools of Fiance. The letter announcing the gift was by Ambassador .lusscrand at a ro- coptlon privcdltiB u luncheon to the -UtL .11.... r the mus,.,,,,. , ... , . , ., , . . S,W1 hy ,h" '"""" ,,f ," ,"'a"1 "f dlrectots, McpouKiill llawkes, yester- day at his residence. S lC.ist l'ifl -third street. Mr. Stlllman, who s chairman of the board of dilectors of the National City Hank, wrote to M .lus-scrand that he had heard the Amkissador speak at a dinner recently and had been Impressed by the fact that the lnlluence of I'rench ait on the art of the world had received scant loeoMiitlon WishinK to show appreciation In be half of one American for all th,i l'r.mce has done for at l and art students in I America," Mr. Stlllman wrote, "I here (with hand ou m check for oUO.ooit Wll S . francs, the Income to be applied to the upkeep of students of I'rench nrt in the att schools of Krance." M. .lusseiand also read a letter In which M. Poliuare, the I'rench Prime Minister, announced the Rift to the museum on the part of the t rench . , .. ...... iiaiioo 01 11 i-ejieciitiii ei wiiuanic inxin?. some of whlth are pil.eless because thev are out of print. This collection supplements a former clft of the French Cmcintnci, of $:, ona worth of b,,ks for the llbrarv of the museum, The organization which was thus re- 1 m..mbered yestenley was founded a year iHst June for the purpose of "ox- , ton(,IIK ,, .K.puinrUinK" knowledue of I rr,,nch nrt n Amor,a. )t purposes to ,,,, nll exhibition of French works oT 'art each month, arid an nnnonl e- i.o , ,. . "ii "o'o fiiouiiK" nim stuipiini 1 ruin uie nauonai museum of France will be on view. The tli st of these monthly exhibition held y.wterday In the hall of the t'nlted Fntlneerlm; Sncet(i at West Tlilrtv-nlntb street. Ambissador Jus serand pivldcd and lntrodme.1 In t-l',,ni'li I.. 111.. ,i,,il,nn,." ,.f n.,..rl'. ( i " ''"'.' 11 hiimlf.-it ,...(' the lec tiller. M Louis lloiirtloi. Inspector of tine nrts of the city of Paris, who spoke In I'rench on "The Pnlntlni: and the Manners of the Kiahteenth i 'eritury." Mr. Itnvvkes sat on the platform, and with him wire pr. fjentite F. Kutu, chairman of th mtmittee on lectures. William I-.'.inckljn p.u.s, chairman of Ihe committee on ml literature. M Umelle I'teiiih Coti'u'l In New Yolk, and Joseph II. Ft i . dl.ind. r. one of thi ll i:sli es nf the mus. urn. utile:." In the iiinili'iiie wete Mr and Mrs. Clrules H. Alexandei, Mr. and Mrs. Hiiijamln lialnness, e. Senator William A. Clark. Mr. and Mts. Hubert Ftiderwood Johnson, prince Troubet skoy, Count SecketidorlT, Knrun del Itosio, Chevalier l.'inneschlare. Count .Meronl. Lmly KnUht. .Mr. and Mrs Hamilton Fish, and the M!scs Ward McAllister and KMe lie Wolf. TAKE NOTES OF DRINKERS. Siiniln) .,.,.r, Mil) lie TnUeii I'oiiM Iii.iIii.i. In Ahhoiish oliee insjie tors denied re- ceniiiR any onus ial ordeis for tl i- llllcelllelll or tile eCH laws yeslerd.lv it is wild thst they were dliected on Kat turday to forwa'd iiistrnetlons to the various precincts that If a patrolman on u i . . " f itso i emer a saloon "PP'I i ! closed or observed him In tlio act of druikiiiR or rarryitic nut what api-ared tr, !, an intoxleatinKli,u0r mwrh""''' "'Port the facts to his iiP'-r.or or entry on the station house ;;;,u;,v., of thn saloon to court. In the Tendeiloiii detectives watched thirsty folk walk in anil out or barrooms and mudo notes in thuir handy rofeieiioo books for com t use. Tho police of the West 100th street station saw to it that thn excise lid was held clown tiijhler than usual yesterday, 'this Is the precinct whete charg-a of dereliction have been preferred recently against superior officers. Most of the i , , , "f100' l were orde red to .hut up B'10 ' Promptly at 12 o clock on Saturday '"J".1- !, rhB r"0"1 arreata or Sunday shop. ' wrJ w",p "ot duplicated yesterday, f',r" , "f activity haa lwen ""ddenly checked by an order from Chief Instiector .Sclimittherger. This Informed the patrolmen tliat in oases where the shopkeeper observed another day as the Sabbath Insteed of Sunday the police were not to take any action. KILLS FRIEND; DIES OF GRIEF. limine .Man Shot .lglilior AVIio llnlered llonse liy Mlatakr, San Kihsi ihco, Deo h. Walter l.'ocks, a retired business man of .Ti, died yesterday of a broken heart following the accidental killing of Ids friend James ,1. Ilyliind on November 1 1 Cocks was awakened by some one breaking a window in his hoiiso ami, seizing a ruvolver, went down to investi gate, As noon as he saw tho intruder lie tired. Cocka waa horrllled to lind he had shot hla lifelong friend, tlyiund, who lived next door, had inibtakcu the house for bis own. j LINER CRIPPLED AT SEA. I The SI. I. mil Itrnclir Pl loom Ii I Willi Disabled I limine. J fiprrml I'nlilr tlcultrh to Till: Si v I Pl.VMoiTjl, Dee, S. The Amctlcan I l.lno steamship SI. Louis, which f.i Hftl f roiii New Yolk Nov ember 30, arrived here this evening In n partly disabled condition. There wan n breakdown In the engine room last Wednesday, a pis ton blowing out with terrific frco. Tent liorary icpalrs were made by the en Kino room force and the vessel was able to continue the voyage at reduced i peed It will take two months to make com plete repairs to the ship. BOISTEROUS SEAS SLAP LINERS. IIIk U'e Ho Nlluhl Itmiinitr to Si, l 1. 1 11111I 1. 11 liiirrnlnr. Three transatlantic liners which reached port yesterday ft out Kuropo leported fairly boisterous weather which did slight ! ilnma';e to two of them The French liner I Lorraine stuck her nore Into a northwest Kale the moment after she left UHvre. and between that poll and the Lizard an ex ceptionally high wave carried hwuv, about thirty feet of the starboard rail of the promenade deck The Ametlcaii liner St Paul struck the same sort of weather, and on th way nerot- a Riant comber mounted hiRh over ihebridRe and smashed in the door of t ho captain's oil in. dins h" placo. PARIS HAS RUMOR OF No Coiifirniiition of Story Here or in London Left iuepnH town Vestertltix. -lr "i r.i.if llfralr'f" In Tllr. Si v. Pvms, loc. There is a rumor here that ihe siiamshlp Mauretauia, which Milled ft'itil l.tterpnol eMerdiiy for New York, has met with a serious mishap. I.0M.0N, Dec. !. 1:30 A. M. -It Is still Impossible to obtain any confirmation nf the rumor about the Matiretanla. Tut: .si .s's Pat Is ofllce Is ,iIki without fur ther Information beyond the rumor. The Pails correspondent of the Itaily Mnll sends the rumor as printed In the Paris edition of the New York llrrttUt, but no further Information. The tumor may have Rrnwn out of the follow Iiik teport whli h has Just been tecelvid by the Kxchanse Tclc Ktiipli Company: "lit tx.ssTowM. Dec. S Some of the passeiiRers who were bound to America aboard a train last nlRht from Dublin to (iueenstown, which was In a collision near Cork station, on the Southern and Western l!allay, received shocks and tirules. They afterward embarked m the Mauritania and proceeded to New' York." Charles p. Sumner, New York scent for the Cunatil Steamship Company said at the New York Cluo last night that he bad hoard of no accident nnd that be win sure that he would have been the Mist to have heard from the rurelsn offkors 0f the line If there had been any. He had received n ciblcsram at 6 o'clock last night saying that the Mauretanla left (iucenMuvv n at noun esterday and that all wns well aboatd. it.ibert S Valn"f, another official of the line a'so itmstloned the truth f the report He had a i.ihh- that the M.liiletunl.i h.nl .eft Liverpool In safety on Siiturdav. He said that she had about l,!0ii passengers abo.iui. Thele were, as he lenieniiie'.f the eulde telling of her dep.irluie. ii'ioii! .Ti lust tat'ln i.is seniters and Ju In the second cabin. The Matiie'.aula has on hoard an un iisiihI!) I.ite number of American tour ists romini: home for the Christmas hollihi.vs. Hi r taldns are full. Mine T. :iir.:zln!. the prima donna, embarked on the hi? ship for a tour of this cuuuti.v. utlier on the Maui etanla are George Duveen of lluveen Hros. of New Yotk. Mr. and Mrs.' Charles W. Fade of New Yotk, Joseph P. Mottlssey. A. P. Mo! row, l!. D. Foster nf Chicago. Sir It.iduioiid It iliiin. Pi line Minister of Maulti.b'. Countess c.im.lla llojus Shut!, who recently married Charles W. Hhv;!! nf ci'ulnn.itl: Sir James Whlt iie, the Maniuls de Hrejer.u, Dr. and Mrs. James Itlshup. Dr and Mrs. I'yne, Dr I. o. S'oaue, Dr K. H. W tte, .Miss Kllzaiieth Wltte, John M. Mcl'adden, James McCormai k. Will.itu S. Kramer, Major Crelclitoti Webb. W. F.. Mandel Ick, seiretnry of the FnilerKfoiind Flci' trlc li.ilhvavs Company of London nnd of the tjener.il Omnibus Company, MI'S (Ireta llostetter of Alleghany, Pa., O. P. Vr.elll. Dr. P.iirton S. Itooth, Mr. nnd Mrs. F. H. Hun, c.eorge .1. Jackson, N. H. .Mncelver, Daniel Muyer, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. I Ntcnlrn. .Mr. and Mrs, J. It, Ttnckentlorfer and Mrs. A. Swabacher. SNOW STORM DUE TO-DAY. Weather I'oreensl Inrllenle Colli 1 Wn . h f,.i- V...V VnrL. A snowstorm Is due In New York early this morning -ought to he here now If nll Indications point right. Yes terday afternoon the Weather Hureait sent out warnings from Sandy Hook to Huston light for northwesterly to west erly storms. There Is a disturbance over the St. Lawrence Valley moving east, which will be followed by high westerly and northwesterly winds, accompanied by snow Hurries. The temperature atarted to fall last night. It was said It would probably get down iih far as 115 degroea before morning, as a cold wave which hit northeastern New York State last night was moving this way, CmcAqo, Dec. X. Winter, moro than two months overdue, got a grip on tho Northwest to-day. To-night tlio tcniperaturo nt Chicago Is IT and falling rapidly. It Is 21 below zero In .Minnesota, Hi below at Quap pelle, Hi below at Winnipeg, ti below in Duluth and t! below nt Huron, Is. D. At Des MiiIiicH and other Iowa points It Is 12 above but growing colder rap idly. Oklahoma is below tho freezing point, Cincinnati is within two degrees of freezing, while St. Louis, shows 22 nbovo. Snow 1h falling in lower Ohio and practically all ovor western Michi gan und Wisconsin. Rain la reported along the lower Atlantic coast, whllo Know prevails in eastern Canada. nm. ., n,r Mutiny m,t lutuumnn i RAIDING FIREMEN FIND STANDEE LAW VIOLATED j Five rp'iin itinl I'rosoeutions tt I Follow Sundn.v NItrlif Visits to Fijrht.v-two Thentvcs. SKVKX CIVIL SFITS ALSO Aet ions Will Ho First Kvor Taken liy a Coniinissiouci' Under I'resent Law. Fire Commissioner Johnson has e celved 'so many complaints recently about violations of the laws governing tdandecs In the large vaudeville nnd moving picture houses In the city that he decided on a cleanup last night, to see Just how far the laws were being violated, F.lghty-two firemen were sent to an many vaudeville nnd moving picture theatres to see whether or not there were any violations, rive flagrant violations were found, and the owners of these theatre! will be prosecuted criminally. ot the other seventy-seven, neven les flagrant violations were found. The owners of these will be proceeded against In the civil courts In an attempt to collect fines. The criminal procedure will he the first for this class of violations ever pushed by n Fire Commissioner. The Crlmlnat Code says that any one respon sible for a public nttlBancc which makes the lives of any conidderablo number of persons Insecure Is guilty of a misde meanor, and It will be tinder this act that the Fire Department will prose cute. The firemen were Instructed tn count standees at the heads of the aisles and those outside thn tapes, where the law allows theatres to have standees. One group was sent to look over the small moving picture houses. As the police have been raiding these houses In a search for violations of the law forblddlntr the presence of minors un accompanied by parents the Commis sioner deckled that the houses were playing safe. So he rent two men down Third avenue to go Into any houses they felt like. They visited twelve small houses and found no violations. Most of the big theatrea came through the Inspection clenn. The Victoria, the American and other houses In the centre of the city had no violations. The following houses violated the law so tlagrantly that an attempt will be made to have a criminal prosecution Instituted: The Audubon Theatre, 16Sth street and H roadway. This theatre had no tapes marking the limits for standees. Flghty-llve persons were standing on the orchestra floor and the heads of the aisles were so crowded that In ruse of tire It would have been Impos sible for rhe seated audience to get out easily. The Lenox Theatre. 111th street and Lenox avenue. This theatre had nlnet--two persons grouped nt tho heads of the aisles and passageways so thickly that they were a menace to others In case of tire. The Halscy Thentre. Halsey street, nrnr Hroadway. Hronkln. This theatte had 2.1a standees on the orchestra floor , and In the balcony persons were stand ing three tows deep The seated au dience could not fight Its way out. the report sn The Amphlon Theatre, Bedford ave nue, llttmklyn -Twenty-five persons were icitslde the tape here nnd the heads nf the nNles In the balcony were so crowded as to mnke escape In case of tlr.i dlltlcult. The Folly Theatre. Manhattan ave. line near 1 Iron ,1 way, Hrooklyn On the orchestra floor standees were three rows deep, 100 person; crowded the heads of the allrs. tin the balcony floor there wete two rows of standees and sixty persons stood at the heads of the aisles. Chief CI tier In was In charge of the In vestigation. He says that the Fire De. parlment will start criminal action against those live theatres. of the theatres against which civil suits will lie brought Keith Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre and Keith Prnclnr's 12,-ith Street Theatre are the largest. The nther are the llHth Street Theatre, the Fnurteenth Street Theatre, the Olympic, on Fourteenth street; the Flghty-sixth Street Theatre and the llrand Opera House, In Hrooklyn. The violations In these cases did not amount to a menace against tho lives of tho seated audience. The extreme penalty In case nf crim inal conviction Is a year In prison and JuOO tine; in a civil conviction $no fine. "Last year, because of the newness of the conditions, yloatlons were not so frequent," Commissioner Johnson said, "hut the fact that the Hoard of Aldermen has permitted standees within cerlalndlmlts appears to have heen taken by the managers as license to permit tin excessive and Illegal number of standees." NO TEARS FOR WEDDING FIASCO. Onnrl Flah l.efl In Sea, Sara Mia fcprnarue nf ftnle. RnttTH Norwalk, Conn . Dee. 8,I won't sited a tear over the best man that ever lived in a case of this kind, That is not twentieth century style, and I con sider myself a modern woman, There are as good fish in the sea aa were over caught," said pretty Miss Ethel Adelaide Spraguo at her home this afternoon. Miss Sprague refused to say anything about what prompted her to call off her marrlago to George Leonard Gale, which waH to havo been held at her home yester day afternoon. The entire affair is atill considerable of a mystery. MrB. George Clarke, aunt of Mr. Gale, said: "I did not object to hla marrying this girl, and it would hove made no difference to him if I had objected. He In thoroughly responsible. Mr. Gale has taken a drink with friends in a social way, hut he was never Intoxicated," she said, referring to rumors, Walter J. Comstock. who works about the Clarko place, was given a message to deliver ta Miss Sprague Baturday, about three hours before the wedding was calfM off. Gale, Mrs, Clarke said, was visiting relatives in Nov York. Aaovmt,on. SULZER DOESN'T WANT ANY FUSS. AUn fur Simple I nnnunrnlloii, Iml VI n .Nut lie! , W.ISM1N0TIIS-, Dec. x,. An innovation In the luaiiguiatlon of New York's (inv entors may mark the Induction of Will iam .Sulzcr Into ofllce on Jariiiar.v l. It has been suggested by his friends that he be Inaugurated nil n stand In front nf the State Capitol Just as the President la Inaugurated. The New York Oovernor-elect always has taken the oath of nlllce In the Assembly cham ber, which sents about Lno, (inv'ernnf elect Sulzer made no communt on the proposal. Mr. Slllzer Intend. tl Innimnnl be an slmplo aa possible. Ho hH ad dressed a letter to the Secretary of State, which Is pelf-explanatory. it reads: Dbar Mn. I.A7.ANSKT: As ynu have charge of the preparations for mv Inane uratlon the first of the ear, I write to say I htipe they will be as simple and as economical and a democratic as po. slble. Very respectfully .vouts, William Sitlzer. MOB ROUTS ENGLISH MORMONS, Merlin or Missionaries nt Ipatrleh I llrnkrn I'p. London, Dec. 8. The Mormon mis slonarles have of late heen very active In Ipswich and vicinity. This has aroused considerable feeling against them and ended In disorder last night when one of their meetings was broken up by a mob. The missionaries were forced to ask police protection from bodily Injury. LAND ON WEEDEN'S HILL SOLD. Mrs. French VnniUrlill t Sunken nf ns i .ewnnrt Pnrcliaarr. Nkwpoht. Dec. R Land on Weeden's. Hill, comprising IM.OOO square feet ad joining tho summer estate of E. L. Lud low, has been sold by George Gordon King, according to report here to-day. Who the purchaser Is could not bo learned, but rumor has It that Mrs. French Vanderbilt is interested. The property is Home distance from Mrs. Vanderbilt'a home and could not be used to enlarge her estate. AUERBACH GUILTY OF MURDER. ConTlrled nf Marin- Fisher, With Whom lie Went Ilnntlns. Baldwin, Mich., Dec. 8. After being nut alt night a Jury at noon to-day convicted Oscar M. Auerbach of the murder of Hnrry W. Fisher of Chicago. The verdict was received in silence by Auerbach, whose attorneys fully ex pected acquittal. AucrlKtrii wax convicted on circum stantial evidence. He and Fisher went hunting In September. Auerbach re turned and said Fisher had accidentally shot himself. Fisher died nnd tho fact that Mrs. Fisher asked an undertaker to prepare the body for Immediate re moval out of tho State led to an In vestigation. There had been rumors connecting the name of Mrs. Fisher with that of Auerbach. STRAWBERRIES IN JERSEY. Farmer Plan n Shnrtrakr fnr Christ mas Dinner, HLOOMFin.r.. N. .1.. Dec. S. Straw berries in December, grown In the open nnd nice, Juicy and sweet, were picked from the vines on tho farm of Henry Herman In Hellevilln yesterday. Herman distributed ji pint of the fruit. He also produced several blos soms that he picked from tho vines. In an effoit to protect the vines from the cold the farmer has placed the plants under glass nnd expects to have n strawberry shortcake for Chrlstmaa Instead of u plum pudding. In some parts of the town roses and dandelions were In bloom last week. TOLSTOY'S WILL PUBLISHED. Wanted Uurlnl I.Ike Tanner l.llrrnrj- Properly to Ilnugbtrr. Special Catle Dupaleh to Tin Srs. Paius, Dec. 8. The Journal Uf.i He hnt.i publishes tho will of Count Tolstoy, which vvus written In 1910 on the ettimp of a tree. The will leaves his ontlro literary property to his daughter Alex andra. The ilrst clause leads as fol- llllVS ! "Httry me where I die: If In town then In tho cheapest cemetery In the cheapest totlln, like a papuer. Iet there be no flowers, no wreaths, no speeches. J't the funeral bo xvithout priests or liturgy If possible, but If this Is distasteful to thosn burying mo bury me according to custom with the lit urgy, but as cheaply nnd simply as possible." The second (clause reads: "Do not publish my death In the newspapers; publish no obituary." The will concludes ns follows: "I nsk nll, whether kindred or no, not to siieak well of me, They will do It, I know, for they have done It during my life time and It was very badly done," IMPEACH BLEASE, SAYS DIX. Urelarra South Cnrollnn Man lie- rrrr l.n of III Oltlee. Gov, Dix thinks that Gov. Rlease of South Carolina ought to be Impeached because of Hlease's "To hell with the Constitution" speech at the Governors' j conference In Hlchmond. l ao not seo now tne Hinte. or south Carolina, can help Impeaching a Gover nor who talks that way about the Con Htlttttlon which ho has sworn to de fend," snld Gov. Dix last night. "It Is true that women felt obliged to leavo the hall while he was speaktng. The other Governors were, of course, shocked. Personally, Gov. Itleaso struck us ns n Isimbastlo man who likes tho centre of tho stage. Nobody applauded him, you muy be sure." Gov. and .Mrs. Dix arrived from Washington Inst night nnd hpent the night at tho Waldorf. The Governor said that he had talked with Itepru sentatlvo Hulzer In Washington about the work nt Albany which Mr. Sulzer will lake uver on January 1. There will lie another conference when Mr. Sulzef goes to Albany on December 30. "And nro you going to retire from politics?" nsked nn Inquirer. "No good citizen over retires from politics," smiled tho Governor, Ho added that after January 1 ho will pick up his private business acaitk PRICE TWO CENTS. SEE SULZER, NOT Governor-tiled So Advises Applicants for Ofllce. WJLLCOX IS A WORRY Sa.vs He Will Get Best Man in New York for Commission. REFUSES TO EXPLAIN t 1 Policies nnd Patronage and Talks With Gov. Dix Take Up Time. MASOX TO BE APPOINTED Commissioner of Jurors for Bronx Cnnntv to Bo Named This Week. Wariiinhton, Dec. 8. It waa not a day of rest for Representative William Suiter, Dcmocratio Governor-elect of New York. From early morning till late at night he has given his time to policies or patron age. He is not to resign his seat in the House until tho last day of the year. Meanwhile, as opportunity affords, he Is to give consideration, to his administra tion as Governor. 4Jov. Dix had another long talk with the Governor-elect to-day. Before leaving for New York Gov. Dix announced that on his return to Albany Monday or Tues day ho would appoint John A. Mason commissioner of jurors for the now county of The liron.v Mr. Mason is now In Kuropo. He ran over for a short sojourn after election day. Ho has been Gov Dix'f secretary and for years hus leen secretary of the Democratic State committee. At Syracuse last fall he waa an ardent ad vocate of Gov. Dlx's renomioation. Mr. Mason haa lived for a num her of yenra in The Bronx. Neither the-Qovcrnor nor the Governor elect desire to speak specifically con cerning th'o nature of the frequent talkn they have had in this city tho last two days. Tho Democratic friends of tho two men profess to believe, though, that Gov. Dix discussed with his successor conservation plans, which havo been dear to tho heart of tho retiring Governor, By natural sequence talk of thesn plain would result in ascertaining Gov.-eleot Sulzer's attitude toward several of Gov. Dix's appointees. Also the attitude the new Governor la to take In tho future on many of Gov. Dlx'a conservation ideas. It may be said that Gov. Hulzer will not in many respeota follow thji. conservation plans of his predecessor. Gov. Sulsar. it was said, has outlined a new nollor of his own which ho will not divulgo at the moment. Neither would he say to-day what his attitude would be toward Otis Dcmocratio officeholders at Albany and others who have been favorable 'to Got. Dix'a conservation programme. At his ofllce Mr. Hulzer has worked all day tabulating applicants for offloaa. Ho haa received a dally averago of 60. Scores of these applications oro for the two tax commiaslonerships which will become vacant early in Gov. 1Sulzer'ni adminis tration, Tlio present , incumbents are) Egbert K. Woodbury of James town j whose term oxplrea January.fl, and Ben jamin E. Hall of New Yorlt. city,' who term expires April 20. The Governor-elect feels that he should give particular nttentlon to taxation mat ters. He believes the taxes havo been un- I equally distributed. Several visitors hava s'lKHestecl tne appomtment-or oa jnae. pendent tax commission to reportrente dies. Mr. Sulzer, however, lstootfavorably impressed with a special commission, Ho prefers to rely upon men familiar with taxation In all its details, and such ha says he will appoint. Then too there Is particular interest la the retention orotherwlseof Bupt.Teck In charge of the Publlo Works Department. Stute Committeeman Kolly ot Syraouse and others have advocated the retention of Mr. Peck. The Peck situation, though, is involved by the Kelly opposition to John J. Cummiugs ot Syracuse, for up-State Publio Service Commissioner to suooeed Fred W. Stevens. Mr. Kelly is opposed' to Mr. Cummiugs and favorable to Mr, Peck. With Mr. Peck retained it is doubt ful If Mr. Cttmmlngs would become Mr. Stevens's successor Scores of competi tions and complications of a similar char, acter are arising every day as Mr.Sulzer consults the avalanche of mail. He has before him a tabulated list of the returns on election day of all tho count ieH In a number of instances thero is a wide discrepancy between the claims now made upon him by Stato committee, men nnd the vote in their Senate districts. These claims for official preferment must be adjusted to tho actual verdict for the DemoorntioState ticket on election day. Mr. Sulzer ulso made It plain In conver sation to-day that applicants for offlon need not feel it neo canary on their part to oall on Charles F. Murphy, but that they should visit him not only in this city but ut Albany. As Mr. Sulzer made this re mark in walked John H. McCooey, Demo cratic leader of Kings county, fresh from Now ork Mr Mct-'oooy said ho came over to discuss with Mr Suler selection! from Brooklyn to the Governors mili tary st tin' Of course other matters were gone over, mutters pertaining to the Kings county organization in tlio patron ugo lino. One feature of Mr Sul.er's day cannot be emphasized too markedly. He recog nizes tho prpblem confronting him con cerning tho retention or retirement of William 11. Willcox, chairman of the Publio MURPHV HEWORD iMfj-il f