BEATTIE SAYS HE IS READY "NO danger;9 WIRES BRYAN from stranded ship Wtirr-Knlr to-nlghti Tharaaeir WIGHT PRICE ONE CENT. ROCKEFELLER "SQUEEZE" MADE HIM LOSE MILLIONS, MERRITT TELLS SENATORS Declares When He Turned Down Proposition He Called a Steal He Was Ruined. FORCED TO MEET LOAN. Told Oil Trust Head When He Wanted to Steal He Would Steal for Himself. WASHINUTON. fNov. B. With a bitterness that lent emphasis to hll utterances, anil at times fairly baoldel himself with ;.ent-up rage, Leonid i Merrttf told the Stanley St.-.-l Trtasl t'ommlttce to-ilay a pergonal narrative Of his dealings with John l. Hockefeller, ami how the latter had force! him out of business In Minnesota. Mr. Mrrrltt declared that It was after he had turned down a proposition from Air. RoOkafoKaTi "Hi loll hi' i liaracterlie aa "stealing." that Kockcfrller called upon hlui to pay a million .Ml ir loan, and brought about hi downfall. The pvepoaltlon. Mr. Merrltt said, came I through Ttev. Dr. Gates, Mr. Rocke feller's almoner. "X 11a tenia In amatamant to It," laid Merrltt. "ft meant that several men would be thrown out of the company and their stock taken. X turned to Oates and said: 'lb. Sams, yon came from John D. KookefellerV Oo haok to John D. Bockaf eller and tall him that when X steal for a living X will eteal for myself.' " At dim iliiie dur.ng the remarkable recital of hla dealing with Mr. Boeke- I feller, tin encounter between the wit ness and Oenrge W. Murray, counsel for the Standard Oil magnate, was liar rairly averted. Mr. Merrltt said that Hates told him llockefellci' wan "hard up." Me he liaved It at the time, bill to-day he Bald Mr. Hates had lied." ROCKEFELLER WILL BE CALLED, SAYS STANLEY. During o controversy between Attor- i ey Murray and ti.e wAueei, Chairman SI I I MHf.1- "Jlr. Itu lirfi tier OUCH lii.be sum- i .! h. re and will summoned, Tho committee, hOWOVor, up to a ..te hour to-day had taken no formal action. Representative Danforth. Republican, of New York, at the Conclusion of (far Mfi'a testimony. mo c. tint ali the Hgtooy of thi' Merrill brothers ba SincHell Ilolll I II.' rernio no lie- ..: ' 1:1 . oat tt waa irroiavani 10 ina inquiry. motion was lost. Ropreaentattvei crats. voting "no ami rtepreaonieiiree hasifni Hi anil (lardner. llcpuMici.ins. voting "aye." Mi. Littleton, the only other member of the eomlmttee In Washington. was not present. The committee adjourned at 3.86 V. L to-day Indefinitely, and will not meet again until after Congress con venes. Facing the proposition of having John D. Rockefeller called to the witness ttaiol In connection with his ore deals. (Continued on Second Page.) Bets $1,500 Position Through World Ad. hyman nr.os., Fancy Cabinet Makers. 6:3-6-0 K. lltb 8t New York. Nov. 19. 1911. PUBLIBHEU Till: WORLD: Dear Sir The inclosed adver tisement appearing in The World on Nov. I, secured me the position, at a alary of l,iuu per annum, with this concern. Being a reader of The World for over 2fi years, I send this letter to you unsolicited, In order to encourage other young men. There . always an opportunity for them If they are capable .. 1 better -nil. road Tin- Wo Id u . artleemanta. Vary sincerely, TilOS. A. SHAN'.N IS, Illy mail uruj.i Mora i. .'ti.itis an offered throu ;ii WorM A-.!"-., every wwk in the year. ti tn.,11 iiiruuii All the Other New York Newapapera Combined. rlonilri irmw. CeprrlBht, lull, by o. Tli Maw L King George's Action Is De clared Unprecedented in English History. dpeafal Cable to ths Nrw Y..rk ETn'n World LONDON. Nov. Ifi.-The Gazette, con taining the official announcements of the COUfl and Government, that King Ueorge has dismissal the He'. Frederick Percival Farrar, his domestic chaplain, and also Honorary Chaplain to Queen Alexandra, makes 1 nown an action un precedented In the annuls of the royal court. The Flew F. P. Farrar, who la a aon of tKe lute Dean Farrar, had been one of the royal chaplalna for aeveral yeara and was a trusted friend and confidante of the lata King Ed wai 1 and Wueen Alexandra and of, the pres ent King and Quen. 80 much. Indued, was he In the royal favor that It was confidently expected he would sooner or later be elevated to the rank of Blehop, The ami aunceoient of his dismissal has caused the profoundost sensation In court, io?iety and religious circles. . Several churges of drunkenness und 1 immorality are now being Investigated J by the Bishop of Norwich, In which I diocese the accused cler;,y man's paiish 1 ' Sandrlngham Is situated. It Is nlio announced that In conse quence of tkl allegations against him tin. Kev. F. T. Farrar alto has re signed the rectorship of Sandrlngham, where the favorite residence of the luto King Kdward and of Queen Alexandra wai situated. The Jlev. Farrar was married July p last, his bride being Miss Nora Davis, a daughter of the late Clarke Davii of Philadelphia, and n sister of Richard Harding Davis. The wedding, which was one of the principal social event" of the summer, was uttended by mam well known LotMlOD society people and the guests also Included several prom -nent Americans, among them Whltelaw Raid, (he United Itataa AnibaiaaUor. Mr. Farrar and his bride ware the roclplinte of several presents from memhers of the royal family, the King and Queen and Queen Alexandra being among those who sent gifts. A Central Nawi (able despatch re ports that the minister "has absconded and that a warrant is out for his ar rst." SHOOTING SHOW GIRLS' TRIAL DELAYED A DAY. Postponed Until TMorrov on Ac count of Absence of Miss Conrad's Counsel. The trial of Ethel Conrad and Lillian (Irahain, charged with tie attempted murder of W. K. D. Stokes, millionaire proprietor of the Hotel Ansonlu, las! June by shooting him In the legs, was formerly entered on the calendar of Justice Louis W. Marcus In the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court to-day an. I then set over unt.l lo-morrow. The trial hud Bean Put on tlie calen dar for to-doy und the D'strKt-Attor-ney was ready to go ahead with the prosecution. Xlr. Ktokes and hla coun sel, Terrene.' J. McMuuus, wore alio ready, but Robert M. Moure, couns'I lor Miss Conrad, was detained In Ma lone, N. V., on a murder trial. CUrk l Jordan, attorney for maa Qraham, .viio wiih Mr. Moara win oonduot the fene, pleaded with Justice .Mart us . 1 delay the trial until temorfew so llial Mr. Moore BOUld be priscnt when iho Jury was chosen. Assistant Dis-Irlot-Attorney Buoknen objected, but he Court allowed tl, postponement .. lev a laleaaian haj been swum to World staUdlag Tnrklsh Hal ROYAL CHAPLAIN'S DISMISSAL CAUSES A COURT SCANDAL I alsravs uimn. nam wua J iaV&uJi.m' jiuui wuu priv I "Circulation Bodies Open to Alt." I Tka rres r.iblnhuw Vara WorHl. NEW DIVES 23 FLOORS FROM A WINDOW OF SKYSCRAPER Plunge From Ledge of City In vestment Building of Dis charged Bookkeeper. TRIES A RAZOR FIRST. After Futile Attempt Johnstone Makes Death Certain by Dizzy Leap. John If Johnstone, thirty-eight years old, a bookkeeper, out r employment and ill, to-day Jumped from the win dow of an office on the twenty-sixth floor of the City Investing building, Broadway and Cortland street, to tho roof of a section of the building forni- 1 lng the basis of u quadrangular court opening Into Cortland street. He was Instantly killed. From evidence lie left behind It ap pears that Johnstone went to the twenty-sixth floor of the building and entered an office with the design of cutting his throut with a razor and dying there. He changed his . und. evi dently, at the last moment, opened the window, stepped out on the ledge, closed the window and Jumped. Tho razor, broken Into little bits, wua found In the right outside pocket of hla coat. His eyeglasses, unbroken, were found n place on his nose, Johnstone was employed, up to last Saturday, by the New York County Lawyers Association, which has head quarters on the fifth floor of the build ing. The office had bat n on the twenty-sixth Moor and toe task of moving to the lower floor is not yet complete I. James W. PryOTi assistant secre tary of the New York County Lawyers Association, discharged Johnstone "for cause," utt he explained It to-day. Johnstone had been at the office Mon day and Tuesday, assisting his suc cessor In work on the books. REMOVED OUTER CLOTHING BE FORE HIS FATAL JUMP. Although Johnstone was expected this morning to continue iiis Instructions to the new bookkeeper, lie did not appear In the Office und library on the fifth floor. Instead, he proceeded to the twen-ty-lxth floor und entered an office ad joining the suite formerly OC upled by the association of lawyers. This office J was-vacant, but 'the names of the for-; mtr occupants, J. J. Brockwayt, J. Lind- sey Storey and Charles A. Rose, are still on tiie door. There Is but one win- I dow In Uta oBoe, opening on the court. From an overcoat and a hat which Johnstone left behind on the lloor ol the ofllce. there was little difficulty In reading the last actions of ills life. The hat was In a corner, half overturned, as If It had been thrown there. After taking olT his hut, Johnstone re moved Ids overcoat, a lightweight garment of gray goods. In the right hand pocket of the overcoat, outside, t.e placed a cheap wat'h, a little Sun day school pamphlet entitled "Herein Primary Storlea for CIU1 Iren" and a bill for $3e, dated Sept. IB. showing that Johnstone owed that sum to N, V. Ken nclly, a carponter at No. al Voacy street. RHinuvlng his collar and cravat. John stone folded them carefully and place I them In the left hand outside pocket 0! the overcoat. Then he opened a case Containing a razor, removed the razn , eloaad Iho cne and p' ced It In the pocket with the collar and cravat. RAZOR MADE SLIGHT CUTS ON SKIN OF THROAT. Ho rolled the overcoat up as though he Intended to use It for a pillow. Tin re are blOOdapOta on the upper part nf the coat Indicating that he gtarted to rut his throat but desisted before hn had much more than scratched the skin. The cut tvas not deep en 0 Ugh to leave a stain on the sllisln itaej of the razor blade, hut a trail nf tiny spots en the floor and on a steam radiator unite the window triced his movements after he had closed the razor and placed It In his pocket. Ho opened the window, climbed out on the ledge, and then, with the care one 1 might expect of a trained honkl.eeper, I closed It behind him. No one saw him I Ftitherlng himself for Ms leap, b it MV I Oral tenants of the building OaVUglll a glimpse of his Sndy as It went w u ling Uwwnwird peat their win low. The orssh of tho holy sinking the mI .en,, heard In n'l tha offices faalna ! too sOOrtyerd. Among the .lerks w. o opened windows and ggti I IflOUl were elbow, lagg who bad worked, cllaiw to with Johneione In t . Lawyets jCetitiBued en Hna YORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Liner Prinz Joachim Now on the Rocks; Captain Who Says There's No Danger I,, 1 , v I MJ gfTraiiWiff'ir Basal aanananananananananananaaw0 gaamanananagannaa,'BB jassss agjggayy dasgganggjngaj"!g ''sgas "DON'T WORRY; NO DANGlT MM WIRES BRYAN FROM LINER W. ASOE IN Wireless Appeal From the Prinz Joachim Brings Wrecking Tugs and Other Craft to the Res cue of Tourist Ship. WilUtiti Jennings Bryan, three times Democratic candidate fot PresiJent of the United States, today qualified a newspaper man by getting through the first report from a passenger of the fact that the llam burg'American liner Prinz Joachim had gone ashore on At wood Key, near Fortune Island, w ith eighty-nine passengers, bound tor a tour of the West Indies. Mr. Bryan, with his wife and grandchild, John, were arnong the passengers who left New York Saturday. Shortly alter :onflicting wire less reports had announced the trouble of (he liner, he sent this message to his brother, Charles Y. Bryan, at Lincoln, Neb.: "Vessel aground, a mile from shore. Don't worry. No danger." Wireless message had already '"Id that the ship stru. k at ' ' o'eloek to day. I' w"s noon hefo;.' the New York efSclati of the Hamlmrg.Amorlean Una had ,nv offlrlal message that gave (Tie teohntoal position of tin- liner, Tha rnessago said: "Klrrr roni irtm"nt almost fllliNl with water. Others Intaet." This statement, m'd the lOeal ofll , ils. ns:ired them that all on board Were UilMMllUtelv safe. William ' Bryan, his wife, grandchild and fellow tiassengeis ,ni the sie iiner win bg trenaferred 'his afternoon to t ie Ward Line steamships Si gnran -a and Vlgllanola, aaonrdng to an announce. n:ent mado here hy KaJnburg-Amarloan Line offlelals. Th gegliranOS la now alongside the PrlM JoaohlW "' thu Vlgtlanela la on her way from Nassau to the dla iWad ship. ONLY ONE OF SEVEN COMPART MENTS IS DAMAGED. It was explained that tnt ItaggMf Is divided Into seven watertight eomptri' nitidis, all divided '. Ufvy ' 1'.: a ads. nnd with six of theso Inlaet, It would be imnoaalble for th host to sin: Tb I I,- eempartment" la tho firs: at the bOW end of the steamer, : 1 It ; aup. nosed from ' e'waesago taw: ' tun lioat waa reefed ihe u w wai arrenehed enough lu Dauee it to leak, ami that (hla lnbry ! tie extent of ba dan.ag'i t Ilia I'uat. !! t f o: i' r."T. i". Si'.' a; rar.r,r.'..r,t ,;.l bei n tpadu whereby i .e shlpa.gndi poaaible aevtn, hid been dcnaUb.l tj tho aid ui the bMOged joa... Two bona ultirt Ogre. l Cuba, wten u.je awaananananantnat. nfl BananaYasnanananana JT WESI INDIES 'line f ,r thm to prwe -I t . the wreek, ,u.' exi ! -.1 t.i ba the first en arrive lVsne:Jr Oie dleaMed ship. These ar- tha tmg Peoria and the rVaneh csihie syaneier, wih ii were leing in duan lanano Karbor, aim . ggg miles aeuttt wejit of the H Lilian i lHland, scene of the mlH'vip. The iji.its left this morn 'ng fur the trip and will take tho short est route, around rape Marat, then ai- 'i ist due north f'r about one hundred mite, th"ti through the Marlvuana rasaige ind then iiorthwest to the pteea where tha Prteg Inerhlm is lying h.-ipi.-Ms it u exH"ted th u they Will a. rive at the.wreoh to-enorrow morning a b ut is eaa k. SPEEDY ALGONQUIN HURRIED RESCUE OF LINER. The L'nltoil Slates levenue eutter Alganqutn, wblnh waa at San Juan, PortO Rleo, HO miles from the stranded boat, was alee ordered to raport to render any eaetatanoc poadhle. Ueing raiher a speedy little Draft, it la ex pected to arrive nit lamana island uj ntorrew afternoon, The Hamburg-Amerloan line boat ai- leniannls, whloh mule Port-au-Pr!ne, Porto Rleo, I""! light, wei duo In (fortune Inland i en r night, but bngnel Ibe depart ira I la also uy- pentad to anivo at the vi i :. : i-innr. i" afternoon, .. Me."' 1 hap nan w re -king tug ' 1' i '. ", wii! h was a Klngst'in, Ja- ,,,.t!va, i, loe ows o ii, wreck re elei i, a s aiao ordered - aj to t i sieno. It Is not axpeetnl taut ,Uontlpued en dtgvad rgg TO DIE IN CHAIR "Circulation Books Open to 22, 1911. 20 PAGES CAPT. FEY. NEIGHBORS SAW REVELS ROM AIRSHAFT WINDOWS. ' Their Testimony Formed Basis I ol Doctor's Suit t i Divorce His Wile. Midnight wine parties and other go- I tngaon in the apartment oooupled hy Mrs. Helen W, Taylor at No iif, Ht. I Nleholas gVehttO, a i flowed by I 'I peraona from alrahafi windows. fonin-d the IiiihIji nf I ir. Hei tu rt W. Taylor's salt for dhnrre, on trial to day before Supreme Court Justlee Ouy. .Mrs. aaeylor was not In court, nor I did she offer any defense in the run : Afler hearing numerous witnesses fur I Dr. Taylor, jusiieo any reserved n ! deoleloe. Dr. Taylor said he lived at No. r.i , West One Hundred and 1'lft'i street, land was married ate rob II, wo- lire ileUdn 1 sigei and William C, Clark amid that from uicir alrahafi wlndowa they could set all thai wan g.,!ng mi In Mrs Taylor's apnrtn.ent. Nut mil) was there much to drink In evidence, but both Mrs. Klgcl und Clark declared they saw 1 1 1 1 ti g " thgl compelled them to eomplaln to the janitor. As a result, they said, Mrs. Taylor was ashed to leave the house. A .Mr. Daly vas named by In . Tal ir aa co-respoiu! nt und lil.i photograph was an ejuuuii in iae -as,., rrana llerslenlu rger, superintendent of the H:. Nicholas avenue house, told of Daly visiting Mrs. Tovlor on rniny occasions "alwaa when aba waa alone" "POKER" WILL FIGHT LOSES. viHiun Kepyfa ' Undo leooange I. nt bf la)deifeeo in t.nmi. i A jury before Jugtlee OreeqbgUgl in lac gu ,ri ine Court toxliay Uphold tin' twill of Nathan Morris, a .trulthv j merchant, who cut off hla " I- gfltb only I"'." Mrs. Mai.'.n (entegted on the around ihitt ht enheend wis not eor.i patent ahsn be made tha will, baea'.-te I ba nail last fin. sued a pukaf game. a rdsiig to the tegttnenyi Merrisi taeon (or OUttlAI pft his wife was that hu didn't think ihe had trailed id in H'lh.rrlr AIL" "1 1 MM TO DIE," BEATTIE DECLARES IN HIS LAST STATEMENT To Save His Father Further Agony, He Would Sooner Be Executed Next Friday Than Live Thirty Days Longer His Decision. FULLY PREPARED TO GO; WILL BE BURIED BESIDE WIFE His Spiritual Adviser Says He Will Not Falter Going to Chair Has Not Confessed the Murder. RICHMOND, Nov. 22. Through the Kev. J. J. Fix, Henry Clay Heattie jr. this afternoon made he following statement: "I am ready to die. I would just as soon die Friday morning as thirty days from now, because it will end ihe agony of my father. 1 don't know hut what it is ivtter to die now than to have him suffer thirty days longer. I have accepted religion, and I am prepared for the end." The preacher said Reattie had become converted, and that he would go to the death chair with the Strength of religion in his heart. WOMAN PLUNGES 10 DEATH UNDER T Scores See Deliberate Suicide From Platform of 96H) Street Station. .Mrs. Mary Hortgl t "'r. Ihli ly-two years old. nf No. Ml Amsterdam ave nuc. throw herself In front of a north bound Lenox avenue sul.way express from the Island platform of the Nlnety slsth street BtatkM tbll afternoon and was ground I death Under Ihe trucks of two ears that parsed BVOf her. S ires of men and women witnessed the tragedy, and tWO men who stood near the woman daotered afterward that she had .1 Bboreealy walked to the edge of the platform and Jumped out as the head car of Die heavy train ap proached. Frank Lenn'nn of No -T Newark ue. nue. Jersey I'lty. was the motorman of the trein. Ha did not see the woman until she leipe.l. almost before his Bah w Indow After a surgeon from the ,T Hood Wright Hospital bed preneuneed I hi woman dead, I'ollcrman M I i searched the chithliiff on fhe bisly and found i lag tlin teal "Marv (locking. No. Ml Amsti 1-il.itn avenue." Mi Loiighllii w in to that address nnd brought Port rods Bartholomew to iden tify th lKid'. Srie sal.l she liad known Mrs. Ilerfgeiher several yesrs and that her niai.bn name waa (locking. Last July she Wga man l,d to u pastry OOOh Bemad Hertgerher, Her friends con- lldere I 'bat sho was happily 'murrled and had never heard her complain. AMERICAN TENNIS TEAM GET AUSTRALIAN RECEPTION. AI' -ILA.NP. New Zealand, Nov. ft, Y Vtuerleuii lawn tennis team rhal leir.;ers for tlie Hwlght 9, Devil Intrr national cup, William A. Lame I. M.u;- riee H ItelseughlUt and Boale C. H'rtgbti ho arrived en the etenmer Kelaedlai were given tt eluc reception to-uH. The aVeherieaoa win prneei by rail to Wellington, whence thty w ill go by boat to rhi ictclu iv :i, wiiere the challenga round with the Auatrul. aaiaue wui m tiered, SUBWAY RAIN tn-nlarhli lharsdar rlaartri wmi EDITION. I PRIOE ONE OENT. v Baattla'a father also consented to rpeak to-day, but would lay notalmg more than that h appraclatod keenly the many kind esproaalona of ayaa patby ho and hla family had received and the kindly eonatdaratloa of the prison offlelals. WILL BURY BEATTIE BESIDE HIS WIFE. Arrangements were completed to-day to bury the body of Henry t?lay Boat tie, Jr . following Ills execution Fri day. beside the grave of his young wife, for wftngf BfutJI murder ho Is nbout to pay the extreme penalty. A special permit for the burial. It Wga 1 arned, had been obtained from thu Oty ' mtnclt. The body will ba taken directly rrom the penitentiary to Mauij iVmcten, whre a brief Praohyterlaa aentlse aiu he held. The flUier und biuthur of the condemneil a.m. wllti a few rinse friends, will bo present "T.ic repdfl that Henry Beattk' has nif sc'l tail lie ii-.i i-.l. , .-I his wlf Is a pure fnbrteaMom I have juat re tltraas) from his .ell. and I know he baa not confessed," sabl the Itav. Henjamln Dannie to-day. "The (Kiy'Ts holding up well. In vtnw of the situation," said th Hev. J. J, - ' KlX. folIuWlllK lllS VlSit to lie. I'll.. T. e fact that he has broken down un der the strain of facing death, how ever, given strong .support to tha report that Btattle will leave a cunfessk i bahlnd. Tb chief of police to-day received another "confession" of the crime. This time It came from "A Kepentaat Inner" "f aekaonvlUe, h'la., who said he killed Mr. Uejttle and did not want to see anotbor man die for hit crime. Hvw-rul similar letters arrived at tha penitentiary in to-day'a mall. Although all are carefully Inspected the offlclala d- it take ti.m seriously. BEATTIE RECEIVES COMMUNION IN HIS CELL. Heinle, who win he electrocuted tha day after to-morrow, received com niunlon this afternoon from his family's pastor, Hev. J. J Fix of the Prtaby tarlan Church. 1 resent with Rev. Mr. Fix waa ice Kev 1 ln,a 111 in Hennle of taa Bpli opal Churcha Boattle'a per sonal spiritual advlaer. The prlslonor's father was the only other person par ticipating lu thu Communion service. Douglaa BeatUe, Henry's brother, to day del. led reports that he would ba praeent at the electrocution, or any where near the penitentiary at that hour, lie declared the stricken family e'aa sorely hurt by the sensational ro at have boon si lit nut of Rloh moi I during the pist faw days. No out vi i thus fir have bean permitted to 1 . . u mn veil ol decorum drawn t.i i iw ireuod the now prayer ful prisoner and the pla.-e of his phy a ail expiation. s HOTHER TO CLAIM THE BODY AFTER AUTOPSY, livattie has mads no will, aa be haa no proper l to a. , . , of. lia haa on tiie bounty of hla father ever , Be rebe4 an aai whan, he eeutd BaeAa