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Y ou LXV..N°- 21,351.
MAYOR TO GET GAS BILLS
IF VETOED, TO HIGGIXS.
'Albany Plans to Put Cheaper Light
Up to McClellan.
■ft tt.i -nr\ru TO THE THIBUXT.I
Albany. April 30.— The Stevens committee to
r.ipht made public the text of four of the five
biilF drawn' by it to cover the gas situation.
The four bills thus announced cover the sub
ject of the local gas situation. The fifth, which
provides for the State commission. Is not yet
completed, but its fallen: features have al
rrady been Bet forth in theKe diepatches. The
lour bills to-night made public will be sub
mitted to Mayor McClellan for his approval.
and this constitutes the main new development
in tke situation.
This submission to Mayor McClellan i« be
lieved by many to be unnecessary, since the
preponderance of the evidence, as suppUed by
the legal branch of the State government. is
that the bills have no concern with the city
government and that the provision of the con-
Ktitution in respect to this does not apply.
But the possibility that the legal question
might be raifed has decided the committee,
after consultation with the legislative lenders,
have its measures submitted to the Mayor.
If he *igns them well and good, if he
vetoes them, taking a course In line with his
action In the Remsen East River gas incident,
then they will go to the Governor for signature.
C n the theory that the Mayor's signature is un
necessary. In other words, the Mayor will have
the chance to indicate how much good faith
vas impli? d in his gas bill sent to the legislat
i v^ EiJlce his particular bill provides for the
ran;? reduction i" the rice of gas that the
tievens committee provides tor.
PILLS TAKE EFFECT ON JULY 1.
The bills made public to-night contain no
features at variance with what has already
b^n forecast in the preliminary ■ ports. The
price of gas sold to the city Is fixed by the
first measure at 75 cents for 1.000 cubic feet.
A second bill fixes the price of electric current
eoid to the city at 10 cents a kilowatt hour. A
third bill fixes the price for electric current sold
to private consumers at the same rate when
er.ld for any purpose in the city. The final bill
regulates Jhe price of gas in New-York for the
private consumer at To cents, the me rate as
that for the city, in the boroughs of Manhattan,
The Bronx and Kin* except in the Annexed
District and Coney Island, and Richmond and
Q Ueens boroughs. In the! excepted districts
Th- price is Jixed at $1 25 for the ensuing year
and then reduced by a graduated scale at the
rate of five cents annually until It reaches the
rat* of ?1 for each !.<K.iO cubic feet in lflO9. All
These bills take effect on July 1 of the present
j-rar.
The committee has consulted with the Attor
,-*y General in the preparation of the text of
all these bills, and that providing for a public
service TOmmi'ssion, which has not yet been
,rade public. This last measure, as applying
to the whole State, will not be submitted to the
Mayor.
TEXT OF THE IMPORTANT SECTION.
• the reduction of tl •
. ;< nd Brooklyn, is accom
.. : - ::. which is
. to illuminating
I N- w-York. and regrulating: the
nd the price to
:■' :
■ opartnership or
■ - of manufactur
dUng illuminating gas in
ill not charge or re
telv<3 • Lctured, Cumished or ?old
of the following
; . mhatun, In the
'-, of The Bronx, except th&t portion of
, which was annexed
t New-York by Chapter 834 of the
. . . | f n th<-- F.omugh of Brooklyn,
• rtion of the Borough of Brook-
Lsland, the sum of .o cents
This satne measure makes stringent pro
vision? covering: the quality and pressure of the
pas at the burner, r:nd provides for the for
feiture of SI, OOO to the State for every violation.
All attention is notv centred on the probable
fatfl of these bills and that providing for a State
Commission. That an active lobby will contest
the progress of these measures to the very end
of their legislative progress is assured, as well
as that an appeal will be taken then to the
courts to determine their constitutionality. It
Is interesting to note, in connection with this
that the question of the constitutionality of the
cxi?ting law, fixing the price at $1, has never
Wr, submitted to the courts for construction.
That'thr- bills will be passed Is regarded as un
questioned.
NIXON RESPONSIBLE FOR PASSAGE.
It is known definitely tfiat Speaker Nixon has
told the Senate leaders that these bills should
be passed in Utit body on Tuesday and that he
would be responsible for' their passage by th-?
Assembly on Wednesday, rjumors of "graft"
and corruption funds have already begun to be
beard, despite the fa£t that few legislators out
eide of the Ete/rens committee are in town.
Any attempt to filibuster on these bills by the
r.lr.ority will be met in one of two ways—
by 3. fpec^al sestion or by a prolongation of the
jTe-r-nt session— and this matter. taken in con
nection with the Hooker situation. Is believed to
make one of th«?e two courses Inevitable.
"IVe are going to do the business we were pent
fcere to do," hai been the dictum of Senator
Malby. and he. has reaffirmed It to-day. There
have b^fn I nunber of conferences of more or
3 A ss importance between the committee and Sen
ator Malby and llr. Rogers, majority leader of
the Assembly, to-oay. TheS' ire in all probability
inertly for odtllxlng the legislative procedure
2nd for acquainting these men who will have
to make the fight Tor the bills on the floor with
the reasons that bored the committee to rec
ommend this line <f action. Charles K. Hughes,
counsel for the Sevens committee, has been
present at these meetings. *
Senator Stevens vas a-sked to-night about the
submission of the f»ur bills to Mayor McClellan.
arid confirmed the «port that this was the In
tention of the comnittee in drafting them. No
Mil has yet been drifted which puts the inspec
tion of pas meters en the local authorities. This
"will probably be included in the State commis
sion bill.
" PRECLUDES WANTON SEIZURE.
Confirmation was secured here to-night for
the statement made In these dispatches last
night that opportunity, would^e" granted to the
NVv-york City Democrats^to'amend the. Mayor's.
Wfe.v r biil in sucri'f&ehion as to permit y the city
to use for Its municipal lighting purposes as
much power as ft could generate Jrom Its water
supply, present or future. As\was pointed out
last night, this does-mot PermiJ^ine enjoyment
of power privileges except ih connfcctlon with
vater actually taken for supplying 'the city.
This would permit what was apparently asked
for In the Mayor's bill, but would also preclude
sny wanton seizure solely for power purposes.
This one of the Stevens committee recom
mendations, thus sustains the objection to the
wholesale powers conferred by the Tompkins
bill — that is, the Mayor's measure — and at the
fame time concedes New-York City's right to
use the water taken for its water supply pur-
Continued on fourth i>**&.
To-day, fair and cooler.
To-morrow, fair; fresh west winds.
STRIKE PICKET POOH-POOHING FEDERAL INJUNCTION.
CAPTAIN A SUICIDE.
O/^cpr o/" 55/7?. Infantry First Shot
a Lieutenant.
Salt Lake City. April 30.— Captain William A.
Ralhourn. 29th Infantry, T". S. A., committed
suicide at Fort Douglas To-day after making a
murderous assault on Lieutenant William H.
Point, also of the. 29th Infantry. Point was shot
twice by his superior officer, one bullet pene
trating the lef;t thiph and another inflicting a
deep flesh wound in the right leg.
After Ivi.-utennnt Point had fallen. Captain
Raibourn tamed his revolver on himsr.lf. send
ing a bullet into his head three inches behind
his rigrht ear. He died aJmost instantly.
Captain Raihourn had been drinking heavily,
and the tragedy was an outgrowth of his arrest
on Tuesday on a charge of drunkenness.
W. A. Kaibourn, who was born In Indiana in
*». ro-o from the ranks. He was a private from
I*9*. when ho was appointed from the army
v a second iloutenant. lie had served as a com
missioned officer in the 4th, 10th, 30th and 29th In
fantry.
Will 11. Toint also served as a private f.,r three
from 1893 to 189$, In the Ist Cavalry. He
served as a first lieutenant in the Blat lowa In 1898
"». and as a first lieutenant and captain in th«
36th United States Infantry, a volunteer regiment,
in IS9»-IM>L He was reappointed as a firs* lieuten
ant from lowa in IWI, being- assigned t. the 29th
Infantry.
EDUCATORS AT HAMPTON.
R. C. Ogden Telh Pupils of School
About the Wreck.
Newport Xev.p. Y a .. April 30.— The Ogden
party, whose train was wrecked yesterday at
Greenville, S. «.'., while coming Xorth from the
Southern Conference for Education, at Colum
bia. S. C, arrived at Old Point Comfort to
night. R. C. Ogden went to the home of Dr. H.
B. Frizzle, principal of the Hampton Normal
and Agricultural Institute, whnsp guest h* will
be through the commencement exercises of the
institution this week.
Mr. Ogden addressed the students of the
school to-night, and gave an account of the
wreck. He said that the members of the party
who were injured in the accident were on the
road to recovery, and that all of them were
doing as well as could be expected. Mr. Ogden
is president of the board of trustees of tiv
Hampton Institute, and he will present to the
students their diplomas and trade certificates on
Wednesday.
PROFESSOR FARNAM DOING WELL.
Greenville, S. C, April Ml— Professor Farnam, of
Yale University, and Mrs. Farnam. who were in
jured in the -wreck of the Ogden special yesterday
morning:, are both resting easy In a sanatorium
here. It has not b«>en decided when th<\v will be
able to travel, but the attending physicians say it
will not he l;eforo Tuesday. Kerehaw, also In
jured in the wrecK and detained hens, is doing well.
BOWEX "IS WILLIX"
Minister to Leave Caracas for Wash
ington Monday Xcrt.
Washington, April 30. — Secretary Tnfl to-day
heard from Herbert W. Bowen, the T'mt<vl States
Minister to Venezuela, in response to the Secre
tary's dispatch directing him to come to the
United States In connection with the ckarjges
affecting; Assistant Beer itary I^ooinis, which
were reported to the State Department in a per^
sonal letter by Mr. Bowen. The Minister ac
knowledges his willingness to come to the United
States immediately, .sailing to-morrow, but pre
ferred that he be permitted to delay his depart
ure from Caracas until the Monday following,
go that h<- may have time to settle some matters
before leaving. This arrangement will be satis
fa< tory to Secretary Taft, and permission was
given the Minister to delay bis departure as re
quested. It is assumed, therefore, that Mr.
. will avail himself of Secretary Taffs per
mission.
Mr. Loomls, who is Acting Secretary of State,
left Washington to-day for New -York City, to
be ab* hi until the middle of next week.
ARREST FIFTY BOYS.
Police Active Against Hoodlums
on Sd-ave. Elevated.
Captain Ward, of the Alexander-aye. police
station, and a squad of policemen made a de
termined effort yesterday afternoon to break up
the Increasing "hooliganism" on the 3d-ave.
elevated railroad on Sunday afternoons. Boys
of all ages go by the hundreds to the Bronx
parks on Sunday to play ball. They begin to re
turn home about 3 p. m. From that on until
the last of the migration is over the ordinary
passengers have to submit to all manner of an
noyances and not Infrequently bad language and
insults.
A week ago twenty boys were arrested. The
example. as Captain Ward supposed, was lost
and yesterday fifty; 'of th* young hoodlums were
taken from trains.'' . - .
Thirty-nine were sent to the Society 'or th*
Prevention of Cruelty to Children, being too
young to lock up in a. police station.
YORK. MONDAY. MAY 1. 1905. -FOURTEEN rAGES.-^fgeVa^
THE TEAMSTERS' STRIKE IX CHICAGO.
DISCORD IN 1 NORDLAND.
Miss Marie Cahill Quits— "Mr.
Herbert. Cruel/ She Says.
After an unpleasant Incident on the stage of
the Lew Fields Theatre, last Saturday night, the
result, so Mias Cahill says, of a series of dis
agreements between herself and Victor Herbert,
Miss Cahill has left the "It Happened in Nord
land" company for good. She- will not open with
them in Boston to-night, nor appear with them
in any city the remainder of the season, though
this means a loss to her, she declares, of $12,000.
In Miss Cahill's contract with Lew Field 3lt
was stipulated that she was to have the right
to interpolate such songr, for herself as she
chose, which right she exercised, pinging two
songs not written by Mr. Herbert, th« composer
of the score. For some weeks, since Mr. Her
bert has been conducting the orchestra, the
audience have noticed that he leaves the con
ductor's chair when Miss Cahill sings these
numbers, giving the baton to some one of the
musicians.
Last Saturday night, in Miss Cahill's first
song, the orchestra got out of key and time with
her. and when she tried to get them back, "the
leader made a remark. She stopped singing and
left the stage. The audience applauded to have
her come back, and cried "Speech!"
She returned and said: "I will try to sing
without the orchestra, it Is so intentionally
bad." She did sing, and some of the orchestra
hissed. This angered the audience, and again
they demanded that she explain. She declared
that she did not think it fitting to air personal
quarrels before ... fiidicnce, and iefi the stave.
She met Mr. Fields in the wings and resigned
from the company.
Yesterday her doctor forbade her to appear
again, saying she was on the verge of nervous
prostration. Mr. Fields begged her to appear,
at least in Boston, but she asked if she could
have rehearsals with the man in the orchestra
who was to conduct her songs, and, upon this
being refused by Victor Herbert, she stuck by
her resignation. Last week four different men
conducted in her numbers, with none of whom
had she had rehearsals.
"Mr. Herberfhas been absolutely cruel to me,"
Miss Cahill pa<d. "I am actually afraid of him.
He is a man of strong impulses and passions,
and Mr. Fields and all the company are afraid
of him, too. I cannot submit to him any longer."
Victor Herbert last night paid that Miss Cahill
misrepresented the whole situation. He de
clared that any of his orchestra are capable of
conducting any song, and that the trouble really
ar nsf out of a suit he brought against Miss
Cahills husband. Daniel V. Arthur, over pay
ment on a Bong. He declared he gay« Miss
Cahill a "square deal."
Lew Fields was also BP«n. and he blamed Miss
Cnhill. declaring that her resignation might m^n
h<» could not open in Boston Monday, since he
: find a Ptar to take her place. Miss
Cahill. he said, does not wish to go on th* road;
that She Is Ff-lnsh, and has not considered any
Interests hut her own.
SURPRISE FOR XEWSBOYS.
t
Children of J. Hooker Hamersley
Sing at Lodging House.
When the Sunday evening religious services at
the Newsboys' Lodgii..; House, at No. 14 New-
Chambers-st . closed last night the boys were
surprised to find Katharine an.l Gordon Ham
ersley, children of the late .T. Hooker Hamersley.
singing with them.
The children were taken there by their guardian.
Mrs. S. Hi Lowrie, who had sent a check last Sat
urday to Superintendent Heig especially for the
boys at this home. Mr. Hamersley was a regu
lar contributor to the Newsboys' Homo fund.
SWIMS TO LIBERTY.
Hart's Island Prisoner Soon Recapt
ured - Back Again.
Samuel Woif. n. prisoner on Hart's Island, es
caped from the prison there on iaturday by swim
ming to city island, s distance of three. miles. He
was later captured on the Eastern Boulevard by
Bicycle Policeman John Dillon, who bad ■ ha-.-ri
battle with him before h- could take him to the
rtatlcm. Wolf had a Bailor's knife and endeavored
to stab DilMti. The prisoner was committ.--] to
Island by JiMs.- Newburger for a burglary
committed In Haifem. He manage fa elude the
ruardi on Saturday *nd bl<l In n boathouse.
Through a hole 1» the floor he crawled into th«
water and swan across the bay to a lonesome m ■-
Uon of City Island.
yesterday Wolf waa sseommitted to Harts isl
and
GETS $10,000 FOR A SCRATCH.
Colorado Woman Recovers for Injury Re
ceived in a Bathtub.
[BY TKUSanJiVH TO THE TBIBrSi: i
Golden Col Apr" 20.— The damage suit brought
by Mr. Sarah' A. Stock against the Hl* Five Mining
Company of Idaho Springs, was ended to-night by
the Jury awarding her JIO.OOn. Mrs. Stock asked
ESjDOQ damages because six scratched one knee. „n
the copper lining of a tub while bathing- in v,«
company bathhouse, in Idalw Spring*, which Injury
caused blood poisoning.
POLICE GUARDING CARAVAN IN STATE-ST.
CHICAGO STRIKE GOES ON
Unions 'Ask Roosevelt, Dineen and
Dunne to Investigate.
Chicago, April 30.— Chicago had on working
clothes to-day as a result of the teamsters'
strike, which to-day failed of spreading and of
settlement. From daylight until dark, down
town streets were crowded with heavily laden
wagons, giving the city a weekday appearance.
Believing that the fight now going on for su
premacy between the Employers' Association of
Chicago and the union teamsters is to be a pro
tracted one, business men to-day sought to se
cure an extra stock of supplies. Every availa
ble team and even one-horse vehicles were
brought into use to replenish coalbins and to
obtain other material necessary to the transac
tion of business.
While all tht»se preparations were going on
for an emergency, efforts were being made in
Mayor Dunnes office, at the City Hall, to bring
about a peaceable adjustment of the strike.
Early in th« afternoon a committee representing
the Employers' Association met Mayor Dunne's
peace- committee, consisting of Bishop C. P.
Anderson, of the. Episcopal Church; Jenkin
Lloyd Jones, of All Souls' Church : Dr. Emil O.
Hirsch. of Sinai Temple; Miss Jar.c Addams, of
Hull llous*, an.-i Dr. Cornelia De Bey. of Xeigh
borhooi House. At the end of this conf ,-s
a committee representing the unions met the
Mayor's peace committee and went over the en
tire strike situation in ar. effort to devise some
means to bring about a peaceable ending of the
controversy.
""h 4*4 * CM"'". ,-p >>.]. ■■j.v.t^r. of Labor ilso was
busy considering the strike situation, but no ac
tion was taken to spread the strike to the af
filiated unions. Believing that the teamsters are
Justified in the fight they are making, the fed
eration passed the following resolution:
Whereas. The Employers' Association and its
allies of this city have declared their deliberate
intention to crush out of existence all labor' or
ganizations; and.
Whereas, In pursuance of this policy said Em
ployers' Association and its allies are resorting
to every scheme of misrepresentation for the
purpose of misleading the public; and,
Whereas, The said association has determined
at least to refuse all overtures for arbitration
into the facts causing tha present industrial
conditions; therefore, he it
Resolved, That we request President Roose
velt, Governor Deneen and Mayor Dunne to in
vestigate the existing conditions in Chicago he
fore complying with any request made for the
use of militia in the city during the present
difficulty; and be it further
Resolved, That the president of this organi
zation be instructed to appoint a committee to
lay the facts before President Roosevelt, Gov
ernor Deneen and Mayor Dunne, and take such
other steps as may be necessary to give effect
to these resolutions.
The conferences in Mayor Dunne's office lasted
six hours, and the peace committee appointed by
the Mayor yesterday failed utterly In its efforts
to bring about a settlement of the strike. The
plan for an armistice of forty-eight hours was
rejected by both sides early In the conference, as
was also an offer later made hy the representa
tives of the labor men, who asked that a com
mittee of five citizens be appointed to arbitrate
the trouble.
After the conferences, which were held in
secret, the peace committee issued the following
statement:
The members of this commission, acting upon
request of Mayor Dunne, regret to inform the
publi.- that after having heard representatives
of both parties to th»-> controversy to-day, no
plan was found acc.epn<hln to bring about an ad
justment of the difficulty.
The representatives of th^ employers refused
to accept any commission or moans of arbitra
tion which was suggested, while the laboring
men de< lared their readiness to acquiesce in the
plan of submitting the controversy to persons
Commanding the respect and confidence of the
community
The streets were free from rioting to-d^y. afl
no efforts was made to make deliveries to the
firms involved. The express companies had
several wagons at work in transferring packages
from one railroad to another.
William and Harry Grady. picture frame
manufacturers, were shot early to-day and
severely wounded through a misunderstanding.
Some time ago these men supplied Montgomery
Ward \: Co. with picture frames, but their
contract expired several months ago, it
<s Bald by th» police that, strike sympathizers
who were of the belief that the Qradys were still
connected with the Ward company made the
attack on the two men.
ENLISTING GUA RDS.
One Hundred Big Men Sent from
Pittsburg to Chicago.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TBIIJUNE.I '
Pittsburg, April 30.— The ranklln Detective
Agency of Pittsburg: to-day hired one hundred men
to go to Chicago to-morrow to act as armed guards
in breaking the strike of teamsters there. .-An ad
vertisement was inserted in tho Pittsburgh Sunday
papers, and fully 500 men applied for the places. It
was specified that each roan should be net less than
six feel tall and should weigh -'"" pounds or over.
Each mail was told there would bo trouble-i n Chi
cago, iimi 'Kit if he want- to turn l&ck ther»
was still time. The 100 guards will ba* taken to
Chicago in a Pullman, train to-morrow knight lnn&
armed with Winchesters on getting there, *-«/
BICYCLE AND DEAD RIDER IN POND.
Middletown, Conn, April 30.— The body "of. Charles
Johnson, his hands clutching the handled of a, bi
cycle, was found to-day in Tamearha»Pona? l ' W b.'j C n
Is only four feet deep nt the, place, when- t he 1 tody
was discovered. Johnson's feet were entangle^ in
the wheels of his machine, and It Is probable that
while. riding at a rapid rnte alone the road border
luk th.. pond hie wheel slipped down the embank
'!■•-..i and he was drowned before he could free
himself, v-i-v
ENTOMBS 13 MINERS
Explosion Thought to Have Killed
All in Deep Shaft.
Wilburtfin, Okla., April Thirteen miners were
entombed and probably killed by an explosion early
to-day In the Missouri. Kansas and Texas Coal
Company's mine near TVllburton. Their bodies may
not be recovered for several days.
The men went into the shaft at midnight. The
foreman of the shift that left the mine at that
hour says that the mine was in good condition and
a pas explosion was hardly probable. His shift left
a shot hanging, and this the new shift may have
fired. It is suggested, from the force of the explo-
Elon, which could be beard for miles around, and
which tore heavy timbers aside and piled tons el
dirt into the shaft, that a bad shot had set off
some dynamite which had been stored conveniently
for work in pushing the entries.
The shaft is 350 feel deep.
TO TEST MIKE CAGES.
Inspector Orders Drastic Measure
Because of Accidents.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE THIBrXE.I
Scranton, Perm.. April 30. — To test the safety
appliances on mine cages, because of twenty
seven deaths recently caused by broken cables
when safety "dogs" Hailed to work, Chief In
spector Roderick has ordered all deputy In
spectors to order the pins drawn from all cages,
separating them from the cable attachments.
This means that if the "dogs" are not In work
»frg dei Mie . ag* will droj> hundreds of feet
and demolish itself and the shafting, causing a
loss of thousands of dollars. This is the most
drastic measure ever prescribed by th* State
against the coal operators.
HVRT RACIXG WITH AUTO.
Motor Ct/clist, in Cloud of D?/.vf.
Dashed Into Locomotive.
Racing alone behind an automobile, and enveloped
in the cloiM ->f dust. Bfaxlmllllan Goetchtos, living
at Amsienlam-nve. and MSUI-St . was seriously hurt
yesterday at the Mc-rirk Road crossing of tIM Txn(?
Island R.ulroad at Sprin;rfl*Md. Queens. The men
and women in the .Tit ■•niobil* went on without
knowing of the accident
Goetchius, with two friends, were on an outing.
r.\<u had a motor cycle, and on the way back to
the city yesterday afternoon they were overtaken
by a. big touring car. in which were six persons.
The wheelmen tagged on behind, and the four raced
away toward Jamaica. At the Springfield crossing
Bonesteil and the automobile di.l not slacken speed
and Gootchius. enveloped in the .-hist, and fifty to
seventy-five feet behind, saw nothing of th« engine
of a train between him and the Hying "auto." and
into it he ran. He was burled to one side and
sustained injuries which may cause death.
The automobile party, knowing nothing of the
accident, went on toward Manhattan.
DROVE 'AUTO TOO FAST.
Alex. Momatt, Said To Be Employed
by Frank J. Gould. Arrested.
Alex. Mowatt, of No 21S West 6Sth-st_. who said
that he was employed by Frank J. Gould, was ar
rested last evening, charged with speeding an auto
mobile at the rate of twenty miles an hour. He- was
later bailed out. and will be arraigned this morning
in the "West Side Court. The arrest was made dl
rectly in front of Commissioner SsTcAdoo's home.
The police* say that there have been many com
plaints from residents of the neighborhood of auto
mobile speeding, and that a determined effort will
be made to stop it.
Mowatt said that he had taken Mr. and Mrs.
Gould out in the afternoon, and had just left them
at their home, and was on his way to the garage
at th* time.
HYDE'S AUTO" OX FIRE.
Burning Waste Ignites Vehicle in
Garage Driver Burned.
A touring car. the property, it is said, of James
Hazen Hyde, vice-president of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society, was badly damaged in
the garage at No 1,710 Broadway last even
ing by fire caused by the accidental ignition of
rags with which it was being cleaned.
The machine had just been brought to the
garage by the driver. Joseph Gerity, who is em
ployed by Mr. Hyde. He was cleaning and rub
bing it down with waste when. It is said, he
accidentally touched the electric sparker. In an
instant the rags were In flames and the oil and
gasolene soaked sawdust, which covered . the
floor to catch such drippings, Ignite*! when
Oerity dropped the cloth.
The automobile was Immediately enveloped in
flumes, and. although Gerttj tried his best to
extinguish them, he Bucce«ded only in burning
hi« -hands severely. The foreman of the garage
turned In ; an alarm. The firemen made short
work of the blase. .
It was reported that *1.800 damage was done
to Mr Hyde's machine, while two other auto
mobiles which Stood near suffered son,,- dam
age. *>',':.»» fT»..
SEND LAWYER TO PROBE EQUITABLE.
Colorado Policy-holders Band Together to
Have Methods Investigated.
[BY rtI.kiOKAPH TO THE THUU 1
Denver^iAprll 30.— Colorado poUeyhotders In the
Equitable company have bunded U-K>>ther and will
Investigate the. methods of the directors of the
F.ijuttable. An attorney representing the Colorado
tiolioi .Idem will leave her- next Wednesday lot
New- York City, where he will spend two weeks
looking into the present status of tha Equitable.
PRICE THREE CE^TS.
IAKRELL AND REBATES
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KXOWLES GIVES FIGURES.
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Rumor That Union Pacific I Carry
ing Loan from Equitable.
In a statement made public last nls;ht, Henry
11. Knowl*s, who. until h; was d&mlssed by
President Alexander IBM Thursday, was snp*r
visor of agencies for the Equitable Lif-> Assur
tnce Society, asserts that Gage E. Tarn*' sec
ond vice-president, was guilty of r^batins on a
wholesale scale. The real phases of th« work t:i
Chicago, for which .Mr. Tart- revive 1 tb9
office of third vice-president of th^» Eatable,
were never brought out. says Mr. Knowle^.
The Frick eommlttee, beginning to-day, will
hold daily sessions. Senator Knnx, counsel
to the commute*-, will meet with ir. ani will
take a large part in th" examination of wit
nesses. Most of the auditing of accounts and,
checking up of expenditures has been finished
by the committee's accountants, and practically
all the sessions will be devoted to the exam
ination of witnesses.
President Alexander and Gage E. Tarbell.
probably, will be called before the commltt~»
and asked to substantiate the charges they have
made against Mr. Hyde. Th«» charges have
been carefully tabulated for the committees
reference. Mr. Hyde -will b* asked about tha
underwriting syndicates in which, according to
the declarations of his opponents, he made il
legitimate profits.
The report was put In circulation yesterday
that the Friek committe* was greatly exercised;
over a discovery that the Union Pacific at pres
ent was carrying a large loan from the Equita
ble, and that Mr Harriman. a dominant influ
ence In the Frlck committee, was fearful lest
blocks of his securities, which th* Equitable
held, would be thrown suddenly on the market
to protect the society. A man close to th* Alex
ander side had heard nothing about th» loan tn
he Union Pacific, and was not inclined to be
lieve the report.
Mr. Tarbell became a member of Crane, Ctxr
ran & Co., In Chicago, says Mr. Knowles in hi*
statement, when Mr. Crane had been rnanag-r
In that field for fifteen years. The year Mr.
Tarb-il entered the firm there had been pro
duced in that district about J13.C00.000 si busi
ness. Mr. Tarbell's contract In ISS9 was that
he was to writ- J1.0«0,ft00 of insurance a year,
while his rebates were not to be more than 27 T^
per cent.
"He wrote §I.OS2.<V«> of business." says Mr.
Knowles, "on an average rebate of 61 per cent."
Because of this. Crane & Curran objecte-i to
his entering the firm, go*3 on the- statement.
At least 60 per ... , of the business lapsed after
the first premium.
By lSf*O Mr. Tarbell hi.) forced Curran out of
the firm. Mr. Knowles says. In that year Tar
bell wrote $2,127,000 of business, of which |BS6^
000 was not accepted, although the agency had
gone to various expenses on it. On the $1,291.
000 which was paid for the premiums wer«
?29,9£7 77. the rebates $24,912 6S. The state
ment continues:
There were flfty-ipur pclicies written in all. and
on thirty-seven of these be gave rebates a* fol
lows: Seven policyholdcrs sot 75 rer cent rotate
seven got 60 per cent rebate; thirteen got r.O per
cent reaate; four sot -JO per ront rebate; thn c zot
Sper nt rebate; one c->- 30 per c*n? rebate: 004
got 27 per cent rebate, and one got r *r cent re
rf^i^^ ?e? c we - r^, written with quarterly premiums
ranging; from *211 down to $11 75. These small fel
lows, not being posted as to Tarbells m*rhod» r*
ceived no rebates; eight of S nof * flfty-i £Vrr£t
not to have b*en favorfJ. from the records, with
rebates. Eighteen policies were returned toT taken
out representing tiS6.*oo insurance. This bu«in«i
en the second years premiums lapsed ft) percent
being about the same as the larse.l ratio of ! i-'
ness written in ISS3. *
In December USS, Tarboll wrote four men la
Chicapo. whose names can be jriven him if hi*
memory is still bad, for SIOO.OV* each, whom •■- save
a rebate of 95 Der cent.
The managers and agents of the society fe»n«
often, at agents* meeting? throughout the coun
try, during the last twelve years, hear! Tarboll
boast of his wonderful work of one afternoon with,
a coterie of men known n-> the Diamon4 Match
Company. He stated that he insured foia of ihes<»
gentlemen in one afternoon.
The facts about this wonderful transaction, aa
shown by the records, are: Two of these m»n.
brothers, were Insured for $100,000 each and re
ceived rebates of H per cent: the other two who
bore the same name, receive.! rebates of 75 per cent.
The total premiums on these policies were $13. 5??.
and the amount paid in notes an. cash was only
15.178 90.
A prominent tanker of Milwaukee bought of Tifa
wonderful wizard of life Insurance three policies
amounting to $K».0O0— two for $25,000 each and on*»
for $50,000; the premiums on the three policies beins
J3.350 for $1,052. giving an average rebate of 65 per
cent; on the two policies an average re'oate was
given of £0 per cent, and on the one for $»vy>Oo th«
rebate was S- per cent.
Another $100,000 on a prominent citizen for a pre
mium of $3,110 was sold for $1,000. a rebate showing
of 67 per cent.
Two policies of J*SOAY> each, premiums amounting
to $3,000 on the two, were sold for $750. a rebate of
76 per cent. w
Two brothers, prominent bankers of • Milwaukee
were soil policies, on© for $100,000. premium $3.00 ft.
for which he paid $750. a rebate of 75 per cent, whlla
the other brother was sold a policy for $50,000. pre
mium $1,225. for J3O>. a rebate of S3 per cent. 8 per
cent better than his brother in th* shape of rebate*.
His record and his work as a rebater in Chicago
left that, field in such a condition that even men
of marked ability and integrity have found it up
hill work to produce any business on a correct
basis. Pr Plerman also made a wonderful reccrd
In Chicago on the same basis as Tarbell. but was
punished for the same
I was sent to Michigan to dismiss Connors, of
Detroit, from the service of the society for rebat
ing, because the attention of the Insurance Com
missioner of Micbisran was called to Connors's re
bating, and the Commissioner had demanded of
the company that something be dono to stop th»
same.
Before Connors was working in Michigan he- had
been connected with the Kentucky agency, and he
claims to have received his education in that par
ticular from the methods used and the rebatln? that
was being done in that State, with whi<-: fact
Tarbell was conversant.
PENALTY FOR REBATES DISMISSAL
The following extract is from the instructions Is
sued by the hqultable Life, and taken from th«
Equitable's rat* book, and Is written over the fis
nature of Gage E. Tarbell, as second vice-president
of the society:
"Every agent of this society is forbidden to pay
or allow, or ofTer to pay or allow, any rebate of
premium In any manner whatsover. directly or in
directly. This rule shall apply to any person who
solicits or writes an application for the society,
whether he be a broker, general a«»- manager,
or employed to work for the society m any other
capacity. The penalty for the violation of the to-u~
going rule shall be immediate dismissal from th«
service of the society. - v.,. E. TARBEU.. '
"Seconii Vtce-presldent.'"
Mr Knowles. evidently rankling under th*
double indignity of being suspended and rh?n
dismissed, asks why Mr. Alexander, after sus
pending him on April 14. found it necessary to
humiliate him still further by cancelling hU
contract on April 27. This, says Mr. Knowle*.
was said to have been done because he ha 1 •>-
lated the orders of the Frick committee not to
discuss th* affairs to <m before th*> investi
gating committee.
"As I was suspended on April 14 and I was
not an officer or agent or manager of the so
ciety." said Mr Knowles. "I did not receive any
notice of the resolution passed by th* executivo
committee, neither did I receive any Instruc
tions of any nature whatever from in* Fric!;
committee." >
He did not know, what the investigating com
mittee was doing, neither had he discussed any
affairs which he thought would be the subject
of investigation. He had simply told what ho
knew of the "plot." from his own personal
knowledge and statements made to him by Mr.
Tar! ■
"Therefore. I consider that the president, n«
doubt at the instigation of Tarbell. has again
used a subterfuge to try to punish me. says
Mr. Knowles, 'for daring to differ from them Hi
'regard to their methods in this controversy."
Whether Mr. Hyde voted for his dismissal do«s
not concern him In the least, says Mr Knowles.
"I know Mr. Hyde to be an honorable man, wh>
will perform what he considers to be his duty
to the great society founded by his fatr.sr .
respective of whom it may bit." •, \i *--