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Sun. " "&mz WEATHER FORECAST. tr. Rairt.and warmer lo-dny: rain lo-morrowind colder at night; south winds, shifting to west. Detailed either reports be found on page 15. OL LXXX. XU. 139. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, .JANUARY 17, 1913. tVpv' ijf., 1913 fAf 5 h 't i firty due I'll Mi'lMflp Jtuttif jo t PRICE TWO CENTS. FIREBUG LAYS BARE ARSON TRUST WAYS l7 tin1 Painter Names Ht'iiii - f (inns: f Professional Inrendiiiries. MM.KSTS COMIX,! lii.'ir.itii'C Companies Stiitl to ;ie Ht'cii Bled for Morr I It i ti .Sl.OOO.UOd. .nt i!,e monev I ran-. I nbutit - " tii s lii the Harm weie after n for idu there was nothing -f mi of seeing flames Jump from , m: I ti.nl set tire to tin-self ami r' irmc the ftr engines clanging . " 1 - ie street " was the nay I sulfir Steinkrent . n .n the "arson trust" n tr.zy ..nor anii as lxjsy Stein --began t . ,11',... ion hefnr Alta nt District ,v "i.'v lioval M Weller yesterday, a (n'.. n which revealed the Inside op . -a -n f a conspiracy that ha cost " e nsuranre companies upward of ' too tn tlm pat three years and . ' an. I was responsible for more re ihnuMtid apartm-iu house , i the same period. .lie Painter, 00 calied because lie a fas.e paint and oil store so that . ' . d get the materials of a criminal j ile wi'hout exciting suspicion, was. by . rwn statement, one of the most . nrendlarles of a g.ing that num. yil eight professional firebug und a i-ii apparently 1 espectable agents of n ranee companies and public ad- e - He was brought from Slut f z wnere he 1 serving a term of from ie ic 10 twenty-four und a half years . invlctlon for arson, because lie '1 to tell h11 he knew about the I'- oils buslnese In which his little - t had been engaged Ta 1 lean man with cold, blue eyes "1 "pe.iklnK KnKllsh so Imperfet-tl.v a' .in interpreter had to be employed, 'alked for five hours to Mr. Weller. 4 r story na not half finished The nedlale results of his ronfesston were ni re.ise of ball ilemundeil In the f tieurne llruty. u broke! and nnner arrested a few js ago after let (iold's rotifesalon, flolll JU.UOU .', 000 nnd preparation" by the ,) : Attorney's staff to attekt utld r.t ' at least six insurance imeut .1 i adjusters named by the Informer Tr c.rand Jury will lie lms to-day on of thee mse v'ter a fre-h indictment for nrfon returneil uRainat Ktelnkreiitrer on ,M n lay he sent wold to the Distrut v nev that lm was ready to make h meast If lm could be assured tlial .nx would be lidded to the term he a set-vine Without bat RuinliiK the t Attorney informed him that he , ter toll the truth and take his Then Steinkiriiter '"id au hanse of heart, or chill of feiu -. tin eats from his accomplices 1 him tn SlnK Sinn and he wan , he ould t- killed If he tmi--,iui Cold and turned State's wit 1 .1 eventually he decided to lelv l.i.itectton of the District Ai- , nil after a talk with his lawyer. A .m l.ev he said he was willing f sh ..'l aid Assistant DiMllct t Welter "we won't help ou .. 1 te.l all the truth. Try one 1 .ii w ill be worse off than you w 1 . s.nd Izr.y the RUnter "1 - d .nto the trouble anvway. be- shrcml brokers knew my weak - id persuaded rue to turn my love s .i.to a means of netting rich " 1 interpreter translated Stein r iddlKh into KnKli"l sufficient pia of two stenographers' pen Hi at ti I M.. with only u .small ' tn.. operations of the 'trust" 1 Mr Weller WHS able to carry ' . nfi.rm.uion to his chief to make 1 ..1! open III" eye" lentzei IieKim b naming the - w has been tin- prune movei In r. mi, Then he named expert '. benzine and Kasolcne, such as 1 - . utid added to tills list the names -.nin e acents and adjusters, all n tie said, were cobs of the con , 1 whtel lie said that he came nttv in ISO" from Hussion ill that soon after he (rot -t ,. began to have a mania for -" c Mre to bulldillKO. At first he 'rf 1 notion of Kaln. hut when un and broker who Is already under ri.Kcovered his practice and told I a he might n well turn It a .int he wan willing, lie said, to n endlarltm a trade. " .Mme wad arranged In thin wa . II " conspirators hired an apart-ii-.udlly on the upper Kast Side '!! Ninety-sixth and 126th mrect, ' 1 a few cheap articles of furnl ai d a little cheap wearing apparel .f Then another conspirator, the w'1 asent. seemed Insurance, " from l.000 to $2,000 worth. A a sot for the fire and then It ''inif the business, of Ur.y the. I'alnter ' ' t,f ihe other professional incen- slip Into the apartment, casolene on a hunch of ruga In "" cloet and hurriedly with ' ft "nintlmes whole building" were envn. sometimes only an apart '"' . urccked, ,inu more often the wns Insignificant, owing to the ' ,iitn(f of the Flro Department. ' .iho. the loss In the rigged up '-' iiv was. trivial because there .' 1 'T mi) thing of value to lose, (.it'ne having proceeded no far i-cd iiuent, who was sometimes " 1 ister or had Influence, with djusters, reported a "total loss" able to collect the full amount ' lic. In other cases and this made the fraud so profitable liusters would repurt a "aus f 'e" but the companies, wish 'ml the annoyance of a legal s' 'i a small elnlm, were, usually wlliinc ! compiomise for ,"i0 per cent. '' iiollcy. or anyway for a few ' dollars '' ai tin: skeleton uf the plan 1 " .3 hrtn wcrkrrt r.o prnfltably, CJaiaJueuUer. The district In which tm gang worked w.i r.j.aiiU. from Thltd infil l- ) the l;a' ll.ver llllil ft, mi N. net', .alt''. t. i) l.'O -I stret ictalonaiiv tltM pii set Hi,. stile Of ll-MI o1 V The katlg some time, fir t,i ,, ,1 it n rtnr incuts in mi- veeu nnd wlti'ii it few nion'li they wi i."ioti,h Tut fur"-. flr .11 one b'oi i. Kaltilati New-mark 11 bto).-r and .id t ! under indit'tiun! was cotnnili'.il 'o ili Tombs vesterduv 111 default of $.! inn) bd . L. M. SHAW OUT OF TRUST CO. Not t.keil l Ite.lmi, ljul IMillnilrl 11 Ills I uncern Drops III111. I'llll M't.l CIIU .lull i', I.e. M Shaw ! out uf 'tie rn si M,insj( tiiiar.tntee niul Trut utnpnn II wa rm: ajiied 1,1 tesign. but when " a 111 e 1 me '.1 elei t a peldnt of the bank 'o-d.i he wa uierelv dropped 'will no not.. whaletei WhJItotl K. Il.lll." W.l" .lee'eil ire'liten' pro tm ' iintil .i,e dlfctur 1. in tlnd -i.iiie one to sun them When Mi Sb.iw 1 sine 1.1 the on run It Wa bellevd ll those Who R.U'e him the position that iindr h, man jagctiieni Hie Kiit Mcirtc.ice li'iarnn j tee nnd Trut I'onipanv umilil have rapid growth ' lie wn mie,l Mp with Mm kin ami .Miller In the now uvfuiui International i Lumber and Development t'ompanv. ,and a few months hko came into pub 1 lie attention In onti"ition with certain I flnanclne of the Western Steel t 'urpo rltaon On account of this latter he I received on Auis'isi 1.1 Hit 7.-..1 shires 1 of the coinpanv's stock wih 1 000 shares more to come I N AGEL BARS MYLIUS FROM UNITED STATES Srt'i'rtn HoltN Thiif l.ilifllinir of Khir tiVorfrr luolil Morn I Tni'iitinlc. Wsmisiito.v Jan lti -!, m of I'omtnerce and Ixibor Nacel to-da mis. 1 talned the recommendation of tin board of inquiry at KUi" lsi.md that t'dward K Mvllus. the wmni; KukINIi nian accused of llbellin: N'lni; 1orce I bv charging him with hiuutm b e. (eluded from mis iounti a" .111 unde sn.ible alien I'tlless M litis 1 an 10111I to le- ' View this finding lie will be -ent tf to r'inncc st the expense of th steam ship iottipan which nnumht him hei,.. It is understood that an effuit will be j made to nave the ptoceedings ie vlewed. 1 In reaching his 1 uuclusioii tu exclude MnIiiis Secretatv Natjel dei id.d that MllllsM offence was not pulitnal, but was a ri line Involving inoul fitpitiule Itefuie teachtiig 'hbs 1 onclii"'.on Sei -IrUrj Nuyel ur,e a hearing to Kdwatd , II James, edltm of the l.tbrrtiiur, in w hn h the alleged libel im published, and whli h Mr lames said was mitten , bv him and that Myltu merelv 1 iicu 1 Inted 11 in Knglund in the u.teiet of a republican ptop.iganda In Ills opinion Secietai Nagel says. ThU Is not h cae uf a peii'li.n lui tb letlllll of a plllltlldl tefiuee It Is the simple CHSr of Htl all-tl Who See'K" MJ- .mission to our atiutts and who lis- been .subjected to the pinin i.st of the Ininu grutlcn ls 1 That law exi hides ii.in, unless b.s of i fence s puielv polltUal 1. ml doe. nol Involve mural turpitude The law snips Ithe ca'e of all doubt b) plarlng upon tlo , alien the buideli uf show lug thai hts 'offence was In no sense 11 1 uinniuti rilin". as.of a purely political ihaiaiter and did not involve mural tutpltude. It Is Impossible foi me to j.iepi that Intel ptetatlon of his ait 1 cannot assume that a la liuh ex clude, anarchists and prisons who advo cate the ovei throw of gov eminent 01 the assassination of public officials' was In tended to admit the publlshei of a. false charge of bigamy nlmplv because he ad vances a political pin pose ur motive for the ai't. 01 because the false ihaige was illiected against a king uiiiong others or because the court In w hb h the trial was held legaided the polltUal aspect of the vase as an aggravation of the offence JAMES McC. GOULD ARRESTED. Oner r'nnion Koolball tr, I hsrsrit H It h I hrrk Kranils, Svrvi K. N V Jan H -James Mc Clure (Jould of Albany and Montclalr. N .1, son of the late rapt Charles Gould of the Alban Zouave Cadets, once a West point tadet and for three )ears a star in the nrmv football squad, was arrested to-night ' "i 'inondaga on suspicion of being a wottaless check operator. The Syracuse police believe that young (lOiild, despondent because of le verses. wis on the verge of ending his life when he was taken Into custody Several letters In Ills suit case point to this conclusion. In one note the names and addresses, 'of friends and relatives were found, I with the injunction that they be notl , fle, "In case of accident '' j A second note addressed 10 r friend li 1 Newark. N. .1.. read I Dear Dickie I don'l expect to live ' much longer. I have done the things ' I shouldn't have done and left undone the things I ought 10 have done But 1 I had and have a line affection for you and I only ask thnt once in a I while vou say 11 kind word for me Jim In l!01 young Ciotild first appeared with the West Point football squad, lie was an all round athlete and during his three yenrs In the Army school played at end In many spectacular games. Ills brother at the same time was captain of the crack Vale team which made such a brilliant record from 1001 to 1803. A suit case belonging to (iould was taken to Police Headquarters ny Jictec tlve Dnrner A search showed a num ber if checks alteady drnwn and In dorsed. oAr i,i.m:'s "n.oRinA Nri'.riAiv Solid train 10 I slni IKsch hotrls; one night out. all Heel eircmn illhle-l rulliii4ns, Irsvrs 12-M noon. Atlantic Coat I Unt. UIJ llroadn). Mi. WILSON WOULD OMIT THE INAUGURAL BALL llear. It Costs liouTiiinriil SJIo.lMHI in Pension l'.llll'illl Wildes A lour. m.WV.VY FO H THK ( A It I N KT Ncm Yorker I'aiTj llooin to Trt'iitou for I'oriurr l.icu-toiiMiit-iiovprnoi'. TllK.Sto- lall lti l'esld-lll e.eil Wilson wiov .1 letter to W.lilam 1 'or tolan l'.ii.-ii". in.ilriu.in of the Inaugural comml'.tee, to-d3ysas);ing him to ion sldir the matter of eliminating the in a igural bat; iliiv Wilson hears that during 'he p rlod of pteparatlon fur 'his function '1ioe empioved In tne I'enslon Uulidmn. where the bal' Is usually held, m i' un work and that the llovern men' wts ti"..0ii0 In w,ic It ha. been suggested that a building be erected In wh'fh tu lio d l!i bat: The flovernnr's lef.er fu'iow. Mv Hi 111 Mil livns Mler 'astlig fuuisel with a gieat mailt' peisulis und asse.-iiig as oil j I in It general opinion 111 1 be matter I have 1 nine to the 1 on. bision that it I- 111 Uijtv to ask u 1 to cn-idrt 'be feasibilitv of utiu"im.' the ,iia .gui.,l ball ul'oelhei I lio f tit- wi'n n gieat !.' of lie(nttnn because 1 io nut v ,-h to iliterlcte with ettei pi.,. Iiie' 01 with reasonable ev" '.Hioii" of those ,o iisiihII' go to en ov the Inauguration In ' it has 1 ome to wear the ji-it of a sort of public d t bec.i'ise uf Ihe large indue, t eviK-iisa upon the i.ovemmeut no Itleiital to i' and bei a.nethe.e balls have iesed K, be netes.aiv to II. e euiovinent ofll.e vi-itoi" I hoie most sunerei. Hut this leanest wil, 111 no w.iv embarrass 101 ami that I have not too lung deluveil In inaklllg the nlggrs 'ton " it h 1 otilial reganl "inreielv vonrs W .lotieow VA it son Thulitas 1' I'oliwav. who vva" l.ie.i leliatit-Cov enii.: of N'ew Vork nndei llov DK. was brouvb' to the attention of the I'residelll-elei ; lb'" nf;e! Il.ioll as a t'abinet possihllii v Judge John it Itelilv .1' jttsuurg former State Senaiol (ieolste It. Itu-d of Ituffulo. .senator l.urln I' Wh :e uf Si henectadj and Senatu! 1'r.inklm I) Moosewlt of Diltille's (olllitv t .title vvll'l 'eltel'" Slid l. sii'. lt.ons of tei olllllletldatloll and gave ,.1: u statement in will. II Ihe fli nt's K.' iV.nwav to be Attuine) Henera, wj.s se: forth ill detail Ciov Wilson made Imlliect denial to da of 'lie assertion that he had named lHldle.v l-'leld .Mlllone. nephew of S ll.'l tor vi (ioiiuan. to be his seoetal.v and tleolge tiuidoti Hattle to be t'nited State" Altornev for the Southern DH ttlct of New York. When tile iov ernor vvu- asked alioin ihe-e sfate Illelll.s he said ' To asi. me n nuest mi l.i.e tuai is to doubt lllv velatit.v I hive -aid lllallv times 1 11.11 I have lullle to 110 cull-ilii-ions as to anv of mv appointments." Wl.ti Senatur-eicvt Itobert Mionssard of Louisiana llov Wi'suii lalked ovei ihe adv Isabil.t v of tetalii.im the Com merce (."unit as a part of the machine! that deals with the trust prolilem Mr Hroussard tirf'eii the tetentn.n of ihe cotl't vlov Wiison said lie had no opinion to I'.ake poblu as to In. atti tude toward it H ASIUNGTOX WANTS BALL. ( bslruiait liuslls Wilt liefer Letter to Whole I Ollliultlre. W.siil.MiTON. Jan IK -The news that' tiov Wilson had written a letter tj 1 Chairman William B. Kustis of the In- 1 augural committee suggesting that the I In.iuL-urol ball he abandoned flabber gasted a large part of Washington to night . I Chairman Kustis declared that he wga not prepared to say what response he' would make. -The Inauguration is an affair In which all the citizens of the city are Interested." he aid "It Is not u one man affair, and If the Oovernnr has written such a ettei it Is a matter for the consideration of the whole in augural committee ' The inaugural ball Is the basis upon which the Jubilee Is underwritten. The natigural committee has succeeded up, to date in raising SSO.000 of the J100.C0O needed for the Inauguration With the President-elect requesting that the ball be not held those charged with the sue- 1 cess of the celebration frel shaky over the outlook. LOW PRICE FOR EXCHANGE SEAT. I.alrat "le a.t 1,0(10, I. arrest Price since ItiOH. Th sale of a Stock Exchange seat has been made at JSLOOU, which Is ihe lowest price recorded since 1 90S. The last previous sale was at 153,500. The s,rlce had dropped from $115,000, paid several weeks ago. In the last of November the price of n seat was $63,000. The last seat posted for transfer was that of Drayton Burrlll to Arthur M. Heck BLEASE ENRAGES TILLMAN MEN. Threaten In Unlit lllm Arcimnlahle for Calling senator Trnllnr. Col.t MIUA, S. C, Jan. 16 Onv Cole , I,. Blense sent another special message,' to the Legislature to-day In which ho. denounced I'nlird Slates Senator Till man In the bitterest terms, styling him a tniltor and a man who stabbed In the back, The message has enraged the sons and friends of thn Senator, und there are threats to-night that they will hold Bleose to personal account. ' Tnn Legislature has been In session two days und lilease has sent three spe cial messages, In each of which he at lacked his political opponents, Blouse also attucked Capl. W K, Gonzales, the editor of the Columbia Hlatr, to-day, alleging thnt ho was In conspiracy with Tillman against Mease, The attack on Tillman and Oomales was caused by the letter written Juat hefnre t'ho primary for Onvcrnor by Tillman, In which he denounced Bleaise for making; the name nf Smith Carolina n "byword nnd a hissing," ANOTHER MEXICAN REVOLT f i.mi e iniirtil Tears riterMl lleniil lit Melrate fells Ills. wo ',it, i,ea"'. re Tni Mt.MCO ClTV Jail IC The (ioVelll meiit has 1. reived advices which leads H tn believe that another ronsplrncy Is , on foot vvlnrb involves all the forces 111 the State of era I'ltir. It Is said tl..f ' gattlsotis at '"otdoba. Orltaba nnd J.t la pa In that State have made at tangetnents to rise at the same time and that troops in other parts of the lepubllr ate Involved In the conspiracy H Is said that one of the chief rnuses fot the uprising Is the dissatisfaction with the Minister of War who Is pel sonaltv verv iinpnpulat among all 1 l.ises Unlets wete issued to-dav to 1 batige all the 1 hlefs of Ihe garrisons in the Slate of Vei.i Cnir. and teplace them by men of mote known lovalty An other statement is that the guatds at tee rpia prison have orders to ahoot down (ieti l'e,x Din., the leadet of the , ti-cent uptislng in eiu Cruz, at the first attempt to liberate him These two points put together seem to indicate ' that the lo eminent thinks the follow- , ers of Diaz ute about to make anothei attempt at a revolution 1 A despatch has been teie.ved here' b.v th British Legation from the com-1 mandet of tne British warship Shear- , water, which is si Aiapulco. In which b sa.vs that man) fou-ss of rebels te nppioarhlng that puice and some oft 'hem Hre wlth'n twenty urometers 111 If not thought MiHt thev w,ll make an, attack wh.lc a warship Is 11 tue harbor The Shfarwatr vvm remain there unti1 tie atrv ..f toe Amerii an ' itoisei Denvei ASKS COURT TO STOP TEACHER'S LETTERS I'im'IoI- Has Hint 7(111 .Missives, mill Now I-Vmi's Writer M l lack Him. I" lleluv VioOllvVIII. H pIlVMimn f S'.iplnon Sta'en s.int! obtained a summons yest-ida.v afternoon from Cltv Magistrate Matsh for Miss Mary Streamer, a leather in the Stapton , in, bile schools The plivsi. 1.111 s attldavit seis forth lb it hi patietii e had been e'ia isted bv mm than Tun letlie from ih teacher in the lai four v.-ars seeking his advice on evet) 10I11 elv able subjeit, detailing her troubles and the troubles, of ever) othel prison with whom she' tame 111 contact Inasmuch as the last letter, le- velved 0,1 .In Hilar) c intalned Ihe decollation mid query : "The time l.aa 1 unit', what do yon Intend to do?'' he lememlieri il the case of District Altai nev l-'aih. wliu was shot by a woman' lasi August Di tJoodvvln. whose tesidenre Is .111 lluhmond road has been connected with various institutions and Is a friend of Mr Kadi, who has all the letters extant In Ills SHeksiiin ' bout four vea's ago ' he told the court. 'Miss Streamer wus sewing . 1 broke a needle off In finger 1 was called and extracted It A few days later I iclved a letter from her asking for Hi return of the piece of needle, which I happened to have retained 1 compiled with this request "A few days later I received u other lettet which asked my advice on something that had occurred In her si hool and the following day came a third, which asked me for advice about the class she was teaching In the Sun-1 day sihool of st John's Kplscopal Church. ; "I stopped trading the letters about j that time and did not answer any. They began to come regularly, sometimes two a day, sometimes one. One letter I did read, however, which stated that she had reason to believe that my mall was 1 being tampered with, as I never an-' swered her communications. When I paid no attention to this she wrote to the State Superintendent of Public In struction, making the same complaint 1 In return she was advised to stop writ ing to me entirely and she did for six ' mnnths. "Then she started again and the let ters have been flowing In with great , regularity I considered It all harmless until the letter of January h " Miss Streamer Is about 30 years old and has taught for Ave years In Rich-1 mond. She comes from Albany county She Is gtay haired and quiet In manner. I but talks very rapidly and somewhat ' excitedly She boaids at 71 Beach street, Staple-! ton, and was playing the piano with great animation there when a reporter called last night She half turned when I she was questioned and showed no signs' of embarrassment. "Yes," she said, "I have been sum moned to go before Judge Marsh, and I am going I will be there and I will 1 tell my side of the story I won't say a ' word about It to-night, good-night" D: Goodwin declared last night that In all the letters he had rend there was not one wotd of love or effectlon. HARRY THAWS WIFE BROKE. suffer .ladimrnl Halher Than Klaatd Kxpenar of Trial, When a suit of the Gotham Company against Mrs. Kvelyn Nesblt Thaw to re cover $2,041 came before City Cotii'i Justice Green yesterday for its second 1 trial Mrs. Thaw's attorney, John Rellly, told the court that Mrs. Thaw was un able to stand the expense of the tilsl and that slie couldn't even afford to take a taxlcnb to court to find out what 1 became of the case. ' Asked If Mrs. Thaw was willing to have Judgment given to the plaintiff by default Mr. Rellly said: "That Is quite correct. My client finds herself In such reduced circumstances that she Is unable tn bear the burden of a second trial." The Clorham Company then got Judg ment and as soon as It Is entered and the execution Is returned unsatisfied the company will examine Mrs. Thaw to And out whether she has any property. Her attorney said the examination will show that she has nothing. A pony iiaaa or aM.ttaniKA nirrKlts Me morning after a dinner-party.- Ait, BRANDT TALKS TWO HOURS WITH SULZER JMiiiiKulnl From Clinton Prison Into Ktrciifivr ('liiiinlirr Hciirinj; 'I'o-ilny. SKCItm IN A HACK IIOO.M I'miiIoii l l.ookfil F'or After I'liii'iuii linn ,1111,0- ,,f id,. I'li'stni Inniiite. Ai.kA.st Jan 16- I'liilll.e lingel Biundt vvus 1,1 ought to Mbaitv to-dav by Wanlen K:nei ot Clinton prison and for two hunts was in seri.-t . oiifer etice with Cov Stili-er and hi" legal a Nlstmit, (iwen I. Poitei Brandt was smuggled into the Kecti live Chamber about f. ocloik and for two bouts he talked villi Cov Sul-.i. The liuvernoi tetlred from the main loom of the l-Isecutlve suit,. ,,M Hi plea that he was going to ill. tatc let lets What loiiver.ation took pla.e m ihe ihamber Is not known, but It , sup posed that the Governor and his assist ant tried to get from Bianrit a promise that If pardoned he vvouiil iave the Country, tiov. Suizer 1 fused to dis close Brandts presence lie said all he had to sav on the Brandt case vvoitnl given to the public to-uioi 1 ow after noon at 2 .to 01 oik the hour s... for a public blaring of the whoe ll'iindt . a.e It was no' un I an l.oi ,,l .,, nef.ue midnlitlu 1 bin Itiaiut; anil Warden Kaiser !.', the lix-i til a . t'hanioti It was given out that they did nut want to face a syuail of phot ogiuphels who reina ueij for hours In the corridors outside when word was passed about tha' Brandt was -edeted inside mid was talking with the Governor When Brandt and the watdeii came out they did not go to a hotel as e. petted, but htltried Instead to a private house In a rimote port of the rjtj, walk 'ng all the wa.v There thev remained fur the night. . Warden Kaiser ueated Brandt j. though he alreadv wei free Brandt wore a gtay suit, a slout h hat nnd looked nattv tin the way down to Al ba n In the train from Piattsb.itg he said he felt ns though "Gov. Sulet would do the light thing " 111" persona, belongings ha.c been em from the prison to Albanv and this makes ii appeal that he will be par doiiej. The train on which Btandt hiiiI War den Kaiser lode vva" stopped at a sta tion on the outskirts of Albany so the) Xuld avoid a crowd A Jailer was btought along by War den Kaiser The three went tliiouh ihe streets unknown to an) one and en teied a hotel, where thev had a meal Then the warden and liiandt slipped Into the hack room of the i:ecutlve Chatnliei. which hitherto has not been used Ii) the Governor for conferences The utmost secrecy was preset ved. P.uutlne matters went along us usual in the chamber and no intimation of Blanch's presence could be got from the emplo.vees At 7 o'clock Gov Sul-.er went out. his presence lielng required at the "People's House' where he was giv ing a dinner for the Court of Appeals and Judiciarv He refused to u a wotd about the Biandt case His answer i questions as to whether or not Brandt was In the chamber was that everything in the case would be made known 'at 2 3u ociocK io-morrovv afternoon" Then Chester C Piatt, the Governor's private secretary, came out. He had nothing to say. After this all the lights were, turned out and Mr. Potter, with his. assistant and a stenographer, came out as though leaving for the night. In an hour Mr. Potter returned, how ever, and found the watcheis still on their Jobs. Several times ufter fils one of the clerks poked his head out of the door to see If any one was wall- 1 Ing and nrandt and his keeper finally came out only when told that the photographers had left the Capitol There was much talk to-night 1 s to whether or not Oov Sulzer's action In i bringing Brandt to Albany Is legal lti ha been supposed by Attorney-General Carmody and other lawyers that the onl.v way tn get a man from prison is to pardon him or get a writ of habeas corpus, but the Governor, an nounced that he would brush aside ad technicalities and have the man at the hearing. Lat tn-nlght Oov Sulzer admitted he had a long talk with Brandt He would not discuss the details. , HALF THE BABIES CALAMITIES. Prof ftVolt .Searing In Haer ftalcld TalL. Pi of Stotl Nearlng of the I'mverslty of Pennsylvania, speaking on the sub ject of eugenics last night In the Meet ing Houne, Sixty-fourth street and Cen ttal Park West, under the auspices of the Federation for Child Study, told his audience that If 1,000 Harvard or Vale graduates were segregated from the rest ' of civilization they would at the end of 1 tile sixth generation have diminished to fifty persons. Prof Nearlng said that as long a the unfit children of society are helped on to life this age rannot expect to attain an) thing lll.e perfection. Ho quoted statistics regarding Chlne.ne society, where no medical aid nas been given to keep weak chlldien alive, which showed that the average Chinaman Is far better able lo undergo physical hardship than the average Occidental. "The great crime of Ihe. age." e. claimed Prof, Nearlng, "Is the fact that no attempt Is being made to Increase the efficiency of the race. To show, for ex ample, how rare suicide Is on the In- , crease, In 1S00 a family of eight chit-1 drcn was a common thing, while to-day one of four Is a matter for wonderment. ! The lamentable part of It Is that on Fifth avenue children are a scarcity, while In the tenements they are quite 1 common. "No 'American whose wages amount . tn $600 or less should have children. That nmount Is not sufficient to main tain and educate them. And us half nur families have no more frage. than thl" half of our rhlldren may be enn vldered calamities." URANIUM OFF THE ROCKS. SeSi,,,, s, (,. 1 1 fn 1 Cniler Her till 1, l,tier. Hv. 11 1 s in 1 ? The -1. am hlp I'r.'ttl til VVIts p., '.led off -In- locks ai t'het. c 10 .. ml : If, 'bis illum ing. l till a' nil, n sti'.ltil.il to H.Ulf.lN BIG PRIZE LOST ON TITANIC t I ,00.0110 I'riioes l.ollerv I IcUel tins No t Itiliiiiint. V'W' ,th r ,.;., ', In Tin ItoMt.. .Inn It. Tile Bank of Itnlv believes ih.it the winning hitter) ticket Hist pi. ol ! ;oo.iifiii finite was lost on the Titnnn lust April with a batch of other tickets Willi Ii were sent to the 1 uitfil States nn that vesc All efforts o ttnoe ih. holder of the 1 clt have been fluid . It bus p.. 1 irpnttnl th;. tb.. vviininfg ticket was s,,l, it, s, , 1; , 1, t II list.,. has so lm tii'iinl no ,,n wlmttt i''e 1 iHim soicild 1 e p.tiil TWENTY HURT IN WRECK. I'lllllllllll I III- .llllll slilesu Ipi'il tiv SI'I.IM.C l.t.f M,l- per"oll vvel 1 " 1 inns twelve ntlti'ls siilTet'id I I net. 11 oil Is I'relulil. .I.iu li iiiuht v n ull i-ii mm mlnot hurt tn- 1 .If nf a pHesi'tl l'..iMiii fnl . .1: Chantnn de uv an casthnunil v hull .if W.l I Vut I, vv ho sof -.-mil Tlinttms H ' I. t at 111 vva" night vv hcti a I'nlln, 111 get- iis'ti liniiiiil fi-otii b.ltiv 'iitnpd 11 .,!, ! pot an. I s i- si. sw in,., 1 ficighi Vmoiig til. e; I., i" ter S Itnbi'i i i,i , w feinl inr:i.il ,niun- Kllllllfl' nf liosion w'.' Ileal Iv sv '!,! HERE'S A TWO HEARTED FAMILY Miillier Hint liner llillilren llnve same I' illnrliv. i:n.. Pa.. I i-i lti i,im of Mvo In at t lu one lioilv. s.,1,1 bv pliys, un. to .,. the tit-- in medical s, lence. vva dlscoveied hete vesterdav bv Dr. Jutne A Mo!gn-trn when he vva called to the tesldeii' f Bei-ton I'erkln" to at tend mie nf the children, who was stif fs ring from maIlpov. When the phv-lrlan placed' hi" hand on the right stile nf the child" ihcst he was amazed to tlnd a heat t heating thei and a moment later wit" aston ished t.i tlnd anothet heart on the left side It. .id h.m to icq, iti Mr" ivtkln to a. low an om. nation of lie! self and the o. ne: i luldren and the phvslclan found that 1101 onlv the child but the mother and two other ihlldieti In the family a. 11 had two heart" OCEAN RATE WAR CLOUD. 'reilleiliiii thai stimuli- sirnioahli 1'n.ll Will Hrrak t o. P'i-iii t'atdf btritrh tu Titt St v Antwtkp. Jan. lfi. A dissolution of th Atlanta steamship pool .. Immi nent, according to the cpfuii. which predicts th Immediate beginning of a rote war as a result of the Canadian Pcltlc comp.inv's nriimuiiceil Intention of putting on a new- service ts'tvveen Tries? and a Canadian port and a sim ilar announcement from the Hamburg-Am-rlcan Line uf a new Hambut g-Bos-ton service The Issue will come up befote the convention of delegates ftom all the Atlantic steamship lines which meets in Betlm on January 2 SULZER SIGNS HIS FIRST LAW. Ilrinil-en I liMilfTetir' Hill deceive i.iiv ernors MniiHf lire. A'.bvw. .l.t ti lti Gov Siilyer to night signed the I'it7.gerald drunken chauffeur'' bill, which pi ovules a pen alty of not more than a year in prison or a tine of not mm tl..tn S.'.on. or both, for a pet son convicted of tltlving an automobile while intnxliated This thus becomes the (list law of the year When the bill came tn tb t iovci nor for his signature he teiiiui ked- ' I'll sign this bill. A ili tinkrn man has no business ililvinc mi iiiitoniobllr It's hard nougli to dodge thm when the chauffeur Is sober" The measure was the result of ,1 de. cislon bv New York 1 ourts that the Callnn law provided only ,, tine for drunken chauffeurs TAXICAB DITCHED: TWO HURT. trlhnr s. Vllllrr niul U Ife llnilli I'm Mitchell Mil? In Wreck. Ml anil Mrs Arthur S Miller, of :.T. Fifth street. Brooklyn were lutllv cut and bruled earl) thl" mm nine when the tnxlcnh in which they were lemm ing to their homo went Into a shallow excavation about the street car tracks nt Canal and Centte streets. Mr. Miller Is secret nr.v and tieasuter of the Bankrs Building Buteau With Ills wife he had been to a threattv with a party which Included Mitchell May. Sectetar.v of State, and Frank I Cohen. Clt) Counsel of Glasgow After the theatre they had supper at the McAlpin and then nartetl for home The chauffeur, Alfred Derllng of 235 Kast Thirty-second street, said that he saw the red lights scattered about the excavations, but tried 10 go between dtem The front wheels went Into a hole, biluging the ab up short nnd throwing Mr. anil Mrs. Miller forward through the window Mrs Miller had a deep 111 thief Inches long on her net k and Mr Miller was 1 111 on the neck. MAY STOP PRISON RAFFLE, I'nrler Charlton' Seliemr l ulled in Prosecutor' Mlrntloii. A report thnt Porter Charlton, who Is in the Hudson county Jail on a vharge of having murdered his wife at Lake I'oiim, Italy, in -I tun-. IHlu, has ar ranged, with Ihe iisslstiuuc of county employees and huiigersoii about the County Court House, to raffle off his set of the Hncyclopedla Brltannicii re ceived the attention yesterday of Prosecutor Pierre P Gnrven's ofllce. Tickets have been sold for the raflln to be held Saturday night ut a restnti rant In Newark avenue near Hin Jail In Jersey City. Assistant Prosecutor Jumcs W. McCarthy said' "II would be disgraceful to pet mil u lottery lo be manipulated liorn the county Jail This nfllco will Inveslleut.. the matter thoroughly." ' SCHIFF FOR FREE PLAY IN BANKING Sn.vs Monopoly Will Tumble Mis! ns Did tho Touor of Hnbcl. IiKT NA'ITKK fit'AR D TS "Honor Than Laws, anrl Individuals Arc Superior to Pools." HIT KKVXnl.lK MUTKliN 'liie.'ii:i Hunker Admits to Cons mil lee "Present Credit t . tern Is Mrnaee." WlsHINOL.N. I 1,1 h J,,,,. ,1 Si luff of Ku'itt. I.n I. f iv, t,,,i t I'U'O nllltlllttee lo-il.iv th.t i-e w , , rj ! .iv monopolies i f.n f ihf.r ory n "eltflii. .Mi .- I. rt vv.xil.l teg.slat. .'Kiiins: tin. hn.iiiti: ..itip.inv . hut ... 'at as th,. Iniiividcni .s .nmerned h would lint l.in't h! f'-..,.(!..in It would leave the law of nali.te 10 de with individual action, and this, he ion i.titled. would be ,1 linn ti better sv..e-i 'Ii. in any law- that nun can devise "I would . t nntur,- take Its , 1 uofse." sUi, .m,- .s,.h,fr. "Tile ft r inotiiipnly ever iittemptei) was in -he bulliliiig of the Tower of Babel The wanted to mug,. H monopoly of tn guag and It brol.e down of Its own Weight I.Ik J p. Morgan and Geori F Baker. Mr Schiff' believes that the in dividual and his integrity are the bis 1 elements in the kinking bKslness of th cniintt). Mr. SchltT In expounding hi theories to the committee fa vol oil th widest latitude to the Individual Judg ment and prudence of bank dlicctins No institution managed In an impru dent manner would survive long and tills fact alono would operate, he con 1 tended, to prevent nn abuse of power 1 even under the recently developed sys tem of concentrated banking resources. I Favors Pnbllclt- of Assets. L'nlike Mr Baker, however, Mr. Srhlff was in favor of the fullest publicity In regard to the assets of national banks. He also would prohibit the offlcet s of national Iwnks from participating In underwriting syndicates and the officers und diicctors fiom borrowing ftom theli own Institutions. He could see no ob jection to Interlocking diicctors or In a banking house selling securities to banks that It owns. Mr SchlfT was o.. the witness itand for about thiee hours. George M. Be) nolds. piesldent uf th" Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago, one o' the ,arge tlnanclal lustittitlon.s of the cotinti). was the only other witness of the ilav 1 He av kuowiedgtd that the present con ceiuralion of banking lesouices and ciedlt lonsiitutes u real menace to the country. 1 Mr. He) nnlds' s testimony was .- most satlsf.icioty ft tun the committers viewpoint that has yet been given 1 the opinion of thn Investlgatots 11 .'1--titles the efforts they hav been ma ln-t to uncover the present conditions In thn banking and financial world. It was apparent from the question' put to Mr. nolds mil Mr. SchlT .hat th committre Intends to liia.ve ; , oiutiiciiilatlons for legislation safe--tnariling Uie public against the present i'-uii.ill"..itlon of banking Inteiesi.. Mr, selilfT's 'fesi Inui 11 . Mi Si iiiff begin l.v explain. tig tu luacllie of lus liM'i In ailollint under, writing partlcipa-.on." He thought '!i i,s hit b) Kullti. Li b .X- i'o f h4.nk cnrp.it at ion's and Indiv lilu.ils to vv hum the banking huti-i milltiarll) cave p.v tlclpatloii" i iniainiil probahlv : ", names. Ktibli l.oeli , C.i, he testtlWil, made few allottneiits individuals Mr ScliIlT denied that Kullti. l.oeh A Co had blinking alliances In B)'''t and Chicago. They have corrcspnnden' ' and friend with whom they cooper'. 'We hatdl) ever have Joined In Isyu nf out of town hanker;; and banking houses." said Mr. Schlff. "Out of town bankers or banking houses have Joined with u." q, Bow would you describe the banking ethics iih between gieat bankers with re spect to Interfering with one another s business'" A I would desciibe It lit thi vva That 11 Is not good form to crest urn easonable Interference or competition latge banking house or small banking house should respect Itself After th negotiation ha once been begun It rhould not endeavor to set It awav finm some body else That la not what 1 call ethics, hut it Is done Q Suppose the Cnon Pacific ftsllrnsil was about to uiRke an Issue. Vour hous ,11 the rei-ognited bankers of the Cnlot Pacltlc Would the banking ethics permit of Messrs Morgan Co. bidding on tltoi bunds-' A If they aie sperlnlly Invit'd I do nut know what they would do Tit I'nioti Pacltlc Company would not h likely tn Invite an) body else because thev ate satisfied with the way Kithn, I.oeh - Co hnv e treated them, Would ul Aerepl Offer. K) That Is a iccogtiUed condition, Is It not ' A I do not think that another banking house of the standing of .1 p .Morgan A Co. would accept nn offrt for the I'nlon Piiclllc Company to negotlat its securities while the negotiations was in the hand 'f Kilhn. l.oeb A; Co. t. But suppose tlieie was 110 negotia tions 111 the bunds of nnvhoily, would th banking ethics permit of Mesns. Morgan or anv gieat hanking house tendering to the I'nlon Pacific the 4ppoi tnnlty of bid ding? A They would. Q And .vou would not, for Instanr. If you knew- Hi" Southern Hallway was going to make sli Issue of securities h willing to bid "il them, would .vou1 A. Vv'e woutil not q, In other words these houses hvu 7