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nomination to the Vicp-Presidcno- when it Is
the ■-...•■'. - will of his party and he is nom
inated not oven if it means to him political
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: his family accept the place, for he could
not possibly live in Washington in any style
commensurate ■with the «lipnity of the position
on the salary the office carries— ?l2.Oo(> a year.
It i* pointed out that Vice-President Fairbanks
pass upward of SS.<\Hi a year for house rent
The only Vice-Presidential candidate now on
the ground is John Hays Hammond, of Massa
chusetts, who arrived here to-day and who
««j»ent some time at the Colliseum interviewing
members of the national committee and others.
While Mr. Hammond appears to be very much
in earliest with regard to his candidacy, it is
hard to. find others who take it seriously.
There has been no chance with regard to the
platform since last nipht. Senator Hopkins re
turned to Chicago to-day, but declined to dis
cuss the planks In the platform. He said, how
ever, that- if the platform was not a perfect
document it would not be for lack of sugges
tions as to the manner in which every conceiv
able subject, not excluding female suffrage,
should be treated.
Everything in the Presidential situation was
sailing smoothly this morning, and it was gen
erally rumored that an agreement had been
reached between the managers. of the "allies"
and Charles P. Taft that while each candidate
should have his name presented and his vote
cast the vote* should all be swung to Secretary
Taft "before the result of the first ballot was an
nounced^ and that Pennsylvania should take the
initiative.
"ALLIES" TO CONTINUE FIGHT.
Just as this programme, seemed to be assured
General Stewart L- Woodford struck Chicago
with, m unparalleled amount of Hughes enthu
siasm in his possession. He declared that any
movement looking to a ratification of Taft s
candidacy must be checked at once, and prompt
ly called a meeting of the •allies. This was
held behind closed doors, and at its conclusion
the following statement was given out:
A ccnlerenew was held this morning between
representatives of all the candidates for the
Presidency except Taft. It was unanimously
decided to continue the fight all along the line
until the convention shall have made a nom
ln iYom report* received from delegates who are
on the ground, as well as from those who are
on their way from all parts of the country, we
are convinced that no nomination will be made
on the flrst ballot.
: Those who participated in the conference de
clined to throw any light on the proceedings
other than that furnished by the statement, but
It was afterward learned that General Woo.l
ford rallied the conferred with an enthusiastic
speech and met every argument that Taft a!'
ready had sufficient votes to nominate him on
th* first ballot with the declaration that he was
certain many instructed Taft delegates would
change their minds when they reached Chicago.
if only the "allies" would keep up the fight. He
declared that the gambling bills victory of Gov
ernor Hughes excelled anything in the way of
"a one man victory" which had ever been seen
in recent political history, and that it alone
would result in the Governor's getting many
votes from instructed Taft delegates.
It was learned that there was no representa
tive of Senator La Follette at the meeting.
"There wens no Democrats present," was the
laconic reply of one member of the conference
\vh*-n asked who represented the Wisconsin
Senator.
Despite the statement of the "allies." how
ever, it is= confidently believed that when Penn
sylvania is reached on the roilcall for the Presi
dency some member of the Pennsylvania dele
cation will, after saying that the strit^ is for
Knox. withdraw the vote and cast it for Taft,
and that that will be the signal for a stampede
•" Ohio's '•favorite son." it will be recalled that
Pennsylvania, ip.«o far down the roll of states
that by the time it Is reached Mr. Taft will al
niof-t sorely have received more than enough
votes to nominate. It has long been the custom
r>f Republican conventions to make their nomi
nation* unanimous, and there is no reason. to
believe that this will not prove true of the con
tention to occur nest week.
M'HAARG WOK 21» CASES.
After the committee adjourned, ftrinsby Mc
Ha»rp, the attorney for all of th*> Taft con
testants, received many congratulations on the
marked ability with which h*> had prepared and
presented hi* ca^es. Mr. McHaarg won all but
four of the 219 cases he handled. The contest
against Lewis Emery, jr.. of the Pennsylvania
delegation, who says, by the v.ay. that he still
purposes to vote for Taft, was withdrawn, and
.three- anti-Taft delegates were seated. Such
a record for an attorney appearing before the
national committee is declared to be unparal
leled in the annals of th» party.
Many members of the commits- sought Frank
H. Hitchcock with th» purpose of offering their
rongratulations to him on the victory he had
.won. but Mr. Hitchcock left th« Coliseum a short
lime before the meeting adjourned. The view
was expressed by several members of th* na
tional committee that the committee or. creden
tials of the. convention would accept the recom
mendation of th* national committee and would
give short thrift to any contests which might
he brought before it. were any appeals made.
It is so clearly impossible for any changes which
the committee might make to affect the result
that it is deemed quite possible no cases will be
appealed. •
BI'RKETT BACKS SHEI.DOX
Favors Nehraskan for Second Place
— Hepburn for Cortclyou.
I From Th' Tribune Bureau]
Washington. June 12 — Before starting for Ohi
cagro tn-day sf.vr-ral Congressmen called at the
White House to ascertain, if possible, the Prtsf
dept'ji preference for Vice-Prefid<?nt. That he
is ftill keeping his ttands off" was evidenced
hy the divergent opinions expressed by the
callers •when they came out of his ofSce.
Senator Burkett. DC Nebraska, was emphatic
In th* novel declaration that Governor Sheldon
of his ftate v. oul<3 set the nomination. He
r>a«-<J his hope largely on the idea that Sec
retary Taft -wanted a running mate from vest
of the Mississippi. "Governor Sheldon is a
ctrongr man and would make an excellent cam
paign," Mr. Burkett declared. "I shall prob
ably place his name before the convention, and
our state will support him to the last."
Representative Hepburn expressed the con
viction on leaving the White House that Sen
ator Dolliver wou'd not accept the Vice-Presi
dential nomination under any circumstances.
Colonel Hepburn said he v.as for Secretary
Cortelyou for second place.
"The more we get of this administration
the stronger the ticket 11l be," lie paid, in
answer to the suggestion that two men
from the Cahinet 011 the tl« he* would be ob
ject! enable. He said that Secretary Cortelyou
would make a. flignined candidate, in every way
fitted for the highest office in the land, and
would add strength to the ticket in every
Ftate.
TAFT TO HEAR NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
. Washington, law IT.— Secretary Taft, after con
biderlng the matter of going to his home In Cin
cinnati early next w«-<-k, ai;d there receiving the
rram from the National Republican Convention, at
Chicago, announced to-day that I'•1 '• would remain
In Washington sH of next w«ek.
TWO XETV YORK DELEGATES TO CHICAGO.
EX-LTEUI'EAXT GOVERNOR
TIMOTHY L. WOODRUF.
TWO MORE FOR FORAKER.
All Other Delegates Seated Are
Supporters of Taft.
Chicago. June 12.— When the national com
mittee met this morning it promptly disposed of
the remaining Texas cases, seating the Taft
delegates from the Ist. Sth. 10th. 11th, 22d. sth
and 12th districts, none of which had been with
drawn, as had been expected.
The Virginia contests were then tak<*n up. and
those from th<= lft to the Sth district, with
the exception of the 7th and Sth, were consoli
da*' 1 and Taft men seated.
Ttu- discussion of these cases again raised the
ire of Senator Scott, of West Virginia, who pro
ceeded to read Major Bryan, the attorney for
the anti-Taft contestants and the law partner
nf Senator Dick, a severe lecture. He said that
it was "perfectly ridiculous" for any one to
go before the national committee and expect
it to seat delegates on such poorly prepared
rases as had been presented. The anti-Taft
delegates, he declared, had no evidence what
ever to support thHr assertions, while the Taft
delegates had a large bound volume of testimony
in the Virginia cases alone.
It had been the same, he said, right through
the contests The committee had for some time
been prepared to pive the antl-Taft people the
benefit of the doubt, but their own "inexcusably
badly prepared" cases had presented no excuse
for the committee to act otherwise than it had.
Mr. Scott quoted Senator Heyburn's remark
that the anti-Taft contestants presented "a pit
iable spectacle** and said lie heartily indorsed
the assertion.
The, committee then seated the Taft delegates
•from the 7th District, but in the Rth Virginia
District they found the excuse for which they
had been watching, and seated two delegates
who are uninstructed. but who are supposed to
be for Foraker. It was shown that Mr. Lam
kin, chairman of the Pittsylvania. County Re
publican Committee, had issued a call for the
county convention addressed to "white Republi
cans." and that, while there were only two dele
irates from taat county in the sth District Con
vention out of a total of 140, the district con
vention elected Mr. Lumkin secretary and re
tained him In that position, even after it learned
of his action in the case of his county conven
tion. This was held to be too closely akin to
an Indorsement of Lumkin's course in excluding
the negroes of his county, and the delegates
elected by the convention of which he was chair
man were rejected and the negVo delegates op
posed to Taft were placed on the temporary roll.
It -was further said in the argument that Ed
ward W. Bounders, the Democratic representa
tive of the sth District in the House, was elected
by a majority of only 222 votes, his Republican
opponent having polled 5.072 vot^s, and the be
lief was expressed that the acceptance of the
negro delegates would result in carrying 1 the
district for the Republicans this year.
There was a three-cornered fight among the
delegates from Alaska, three Rets presenting
themselves as the regular delegation. The com
mittee promptly rejected the claims of those
elected earlier than prescribed by the call of
the committee, and then placed the delegation
composed of men belonging to the Governor
Hogrgatt faction on the temporary roll. All of
the delegates were for Taft. Th» same was true
of the contesting delegations from Arizona. The
committee seated R. E. Sloan and Li. E. Powell
from that territory- The Oklahoma contests
wera not pressed.
When the Alaska contest was disposed of the
question of allowing; six delegates to that dis
trict was! taken up, and a motion to seat all six —
i four more than allowed by the call of the com
mittee — was rejected by a viva voce vote. The
same was true of the delegation from Arizona,
but when the name of New Mexico was reached
the national committeenian, Solomon Luna,
made a personal appeal for the seating of all
six of his do/ gates. This led to the first rollcal]
of the meeting. The proposition was finally re-
Jected by a vote of 26 to 22. It la declared that,
with the exception of Pennsylvania and two
other Northern states, all the affirmative votes
came from the < omtnlttermen from Southern
Mates and th«» territories.
After the committee adjourned Chairman New
.•■■ aid: "There has been a great deal of this talk
of the committee running a steam roller over the
opposition, but the fact 1;- that the cases of the
anti-Taft contestants were so badly prepared, or
not prepared at all. that it was Impossible in al
most every instance for the committee to have
don** otherwise than as it did "
CLUBS WILL ESTEKTAIN DIPLOMATS.
Foreign Representatives Will Be Hospitably
Received in Chicago.
Washington, June 12.— John Barrett, director of
the International Bureau of American Republic?,
who has been looking Informally after the ar
rangements for the diplomats at the Chicago con
vention, left here for that city to-day. He re
ceived word that the principal clubs of Chicago
desired to extend their privileges to the diplomats.
Some of the diplomats have already left Wash
ington and others will go to-morrow or Sunday.
but all will arrive in Chicago by Tuesday morn
ing to be there at the opening of the convention.
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS OFFER PLANK.
The American Newspaper Publishers' Association
has submitted the following plank in th* Repub
lican platform, for the consideration of the com
mittee on resolutions:
The C3tne£t consideration of the conservation ,*
th*! national resources, urged by President Rooer;
velt in both Congressional message and public ut
tf-ranci, and emphasised at th« recent essemblasre
of state Governors at the national capital having
directed general attention to the startling denuda
tion ol our forest land* and the consequent Immi
nent danger '■: a timber famine; therefore, be it
BeSOlved, That the Republican party iii conven- '
tion assembled, pledge* Itself to the * removal of
<nit,.-^ upon all forest products. Including lumber
both rough and dressed, find upon pulp wood, wood
pulp and print paper, to the end that our rapidly
depleting forests nay be conserved, the water sup
ply of out «'•>•' rivers regulated an.i controlled
the rast wa^te of soil erosion curtailed, and, finally]
that the great consuming public ma> reap the ad
vantage «jf the cheaper forest products of other
countries.
NEwWItK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY. .TfTVB 13. tJWfc
RFFRESKNTATTVES
HERBERT PARSONS.
START FOR CHICAGO.
New York Delegates Have Pet
Booms Carefully Hidden.
The New York State delegation to the Republican
National Convention left here for Chicago from the
Grand Central Station at noon yesterday. Although
there were several large boxes of Hughes buttons
on ihe train, the delegates seemed to be too busy
to put thrm on before they started. Tf there was a
Vic^-Presidential boom marked "For Timothy L.
Woodruff" aboard it was carefully concealed. The
chairman of the state committee again said he was
not seeking the nomination, but, of course, could
not refuse it if it came unsolicited. Eight years
ago his friends were booming him strongly for th"
nomination, when the leaders stepped in and forced
Mr. Roosevelt to take the nomination.
Some of those who had gone to see the delegation
off tried to make Chairman Woodruff uneasy by
pointing to the f,T"-t that the train was Rtartini?
from track No. 13 and that the convention city
would be reached on Friday.
"Oh. that is lu<-k." said the chairman, with
a laugh. "Two negatives make an affirmative, you
know."
Just before the train started the state chairman
and Tregident Tarsons of the County Committee
posed for their pictures from the rear of the ob
servation car. They wer* careful to see that the
photographers did not get the track number in
their pictures.
Senator Depew was at the station to bid the
party godspeed and to say that he would follow
on ;i regular train to-day.
Charles A. Schieren. jr.. son of the ex-Mayor of
Brooklyn, was to go as an alternate from Kings
County. Seme, time asn a trolley car got Into an
argument with his automobile, and the young man
has been laid up in bed ever since. His father paid
he expected the doctor would have to put the young
man in chains to prevent him from going to Chicago.
KNOX BOOMERS OFF.
Leave Pittsburg in Special Train
After Much Red Fire.
Pittsburgh Jutia 12.— A ppecinl train on the Plttf
burg & I^ike Erie Railroad left this city to-night
for Chicago, bearing H5 Pittsburg Republicans,
who are going to the Republican National Conven
tion to help along the candidacy of Senator Philan
der C. Ktiox.
The party represents the Americas Club and
the Young Men's Tariff Club, two of the lending
political organizations of Western Pennsylvania.
A brass band accompanied the boomers.
Before leaving Pittttburg the delegation gave a
parade, under the glaro of much red fire, and was
reviewed by Senator Knox from the veranda of
the Duquesne Club, wh^re the Senator was sere
naded.
In view of the news of Taft'w strength developed
before the national committee there Is not a strong
hope of landing the nomination this year, but the
demonstrations to hv- made in Chicago, It Is hoped,
will put Knox well to the front as n candidate In
the next Presidential contest. The parly will leave
Chicago oii thf> r'turn trip on Wednesday night.
Pennsylvania's delegates-at-large, including Gov
ernor Stuart and Lieutenant Governor Robert S.
Murphy, who will present Senator Knox'p name to
the convention, started for Chicago to-night.
SHERMAN ABSOLUTELY QUIESCENT.
Has Done Nothing to Promote Candidacy
— Starts for Chicago.
T'tica. X. T.. .June 12— Congressman Sherman left
here this evening for Chicago to attend the- Republi
can National Convention.
He paje he has done absolutely nothing to pro
mote his candlacy for Vice-President and Is entirely
indifferent regarding it, except that h» is naturally
pleased with the efforts made by friends in his
behalf and with the complimentary remarks that
have been made.
UTAH WOMAN DELEGATE FOR BRYAN.
<By Telegraph to Tti« Tribune )
Salt LaK<* City, June 12.- The Democratic State
Convention here to-day instructed for Bryan and
named the following delegates to the national con
vention: O. W. Powers, W H. King, Samuel N'ew
house, A. J. Evans. Mrs. H. J Hay ward and S. S.
Bmlth.
Tli* convention just before adjournment instruct
ed the chairman to mail the following letter to
< ;rnver Cleveland:
The Democrats of Utah, in convention assembled,
remember gratefully your friendship for Utah while
President. With just party pride, we point to your
services for the party and for the country. With
apprehension, we have learned of your recent 111
ness anil with one accord we pray that your life
may be prolonged for many years, that the coun
try may be Messed with the wisdom of your coun
sel.
JOHNSON AGAINST THIRD TERM.
S! Paul, June I?.— <3ov*mor Johnson In a written
statement to-day says he will not be a candidate
for renomination for Governor of Minnesota for a
third term. He fays that if nominated he win not
accept, because he is opposed to the third term
Idea
"My reason for making this statement at this
time." said Governor Johnson, "is that there may
be no political embarrassments because of any in
.Jefmitenesa as to my position "
NEW MEXICO FOR BRYAN.
Roswell, N*. M., June 12.— The Democratic Ter
ritorial Convention yesterday elected twelve dele.
gate.s to the national convention and instructed
them to vote as a unit for Bryan until lie is tioml
naied.
BRICKLAYER MADE TAX APPRAISER.
Mineola, Long Island, June 12.— Politicians and
others were greatly surprised to-day when they
learned that Mr. Kirwin, a Kempstead bricklayer
and mason, had been appointed transfer tax ap
praiser for Nassau County. The job pays $2,000 a
year, and a number of lawyers were after It. Mr.
Kirwin is an intimate friend and aid of Henry
Keith, the Nassau County representative of Con
troller Glynn.
LYNN (MASS.) PLANS $20,000,000 HARBOR,
(By TVksrapli to The Tribune.)
Lynn, Han . June 12.— This city has under con
sideration plans for the development of the har
bor which, if carried oJt, will make it pne of the
best on the Atlantic Coast. The Board of Trade
and ■ committee from the City Council met day
with officials of the Atlantic. Gulf and Pacific
Company, and a tentative agreement wan reached
for Uit axf>«ndituie or PMMI*
HUGHES SAYS NO AGAIN
Ff'O.VT BE SKCOSn MAS.
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Governor's Secret an/ Gives Out Dis
patch—More Second Term Talk.
rßy Telwaph tn The Tribunal
Albany. June 12.-If the Republican Nation.il
Convention at Chicago nominates Governor
Hughes for the Vice- Presidency it will do so In
the face of his renewed de.lnrntlon that he
could not serve and in no case vmuld he do so.
This refusal to consider the place under any
conditions has been made as emphatic and posi
tive as the peculiarly direct diction of the Gov
ernor can phrase it. an<l nobody believes the
Governor talks phrases like that for fun.
The Governor declined to discuss the sugges
tion to-day, further than making public a dis
patch which Secretary Fuller had been directed
to send to inquirers who believed the Governor
might have changed his mind from the ex
pression he recently made on this point. That
dispatch was as follow?:
Albany. June 12. 1908.
Governor Hughes directs me to acknowledge
receipt of your telegram. He recently stated
his position in his letter to General Woodford.
which has been published While he appre
ciates the distinction of the office and the honor
which the nomination would confer, the Gov
ernor directs m^ to say that he can not and
will not under any circumstances accept a nomi
nation for the Vice-Presidency.
ROBERT H. FULLER.
Secretary to the Governor.
There should not be any misapprehension on
this point among the New York State delegates
to the convention, either. To Senator Raines.
Senator Page. Superintendent Slevens of the
Department of Public Works— to every one, In
fact, who has asked him about thjs. the Gov
ernor has declared himself positively. He has
made it plain that his refusal to consider a
nomination for second place prew out of no
lack of respect for the dignity of that office
or misconception of the honor which such a
nomination would confer. It is simply that per
sonal reasons forbid his thinking of acceptance
for a moment. Having said that, the Governor
has said all there is to say on the subject.
The Governor declined to reply to questions
bearing on his acceptance of a renomination.
"I have nothing to say on that subject." he
said.
There seems to be a general feeling here,
among politicians that if under any conditions
he will accept a second term, the party will be
unable to refuse a renomination to him. Anti-
Hughes men admit this grudgingly where they
talk with perfect frankness; some of them still
maintain that his victory on the racing bills
has put him clear beyond the pale, and that it
would be .sheer madness to nominate him. The
oui'rasr of these views with that of a prom
inent upstate Democrat, who Is not especially
enthusiastic over Governor Hughes, Is en
lighten inc.
"It looks tome as if the Republicans, in spite
nf themselves, would have to nominate the Gov
ernor again," said he. "Don't for a minute let
these machine Republicans who are howling
now delude you into the belief that Hughes
hasn't got the people with him. i talk by the,
book, and I know he has. Hughes on the state
ticket her** would carry the state for the na
tional ticket, and the Republicans wont dare
overlook that. The Governor might be knifed
In Onondaga County and in Albany County,
and maybe in Kings, where the bosses of those
counties have practically forced him into a war
with them. But he wouldn't be cut any in the
large number of upstate counties where the
organization has been decent enough to agree
with the leader of the Republican administra
tion. He'd get practically all the Republican
votes any Republican candidate could expect,
and in addition he'd pet more Democratic votes
than we could afford to lose. I'm pretty well
Informed "n this situation in our ranks, and I
know what I'm talking nbout there."
INDICTMENT FOR MAX CRAMER.
President of Equipment Company Accused
of Overweighing Rope Sold to City.
Max Cramer, president of the Metropolitan Equip
ment Company, of No. 142 East 14th street, was
arrested yesterday afternoon on a charge of grand
larceny, as a result of the investigation of Bor
ough President Ahearn's office.
According t'> the police. Cramer ordered five colls
of rope from the Wall Rope Company on June
10, 19<V>, and sent them to the public baths in
Brooklyn. Continuing, the complaint alleges that
the prisoner charged the city 15 cents a pound for
the rope nnd gave the weight as 5,900 pounds,
whereas the rope weighed only 3.2<X>. This made
a difference of $104.
BARBERS HELD IN BLACK HAND CASE.
Two Arrested After Trap Had Been Laid by
Detective Petrosino's Men.
Two Italian barbers were locked up t;ist night
at Police Headquarters, one charged with extor
tion and the other with being a suspicious person.
They were held ir connection with the alleged
blackmailing of Francisco Spinella, a painting con
tractor, living at No. 32*> Kast 11th street. Members
of PetroMno's Italian squad of detectives made,
the arrests after having laid a trap to catch the
men with marked money.
The barbers are Michaele Abognale, proprietor
of the barber shop at No. 210 East Hth street, and
(Jnetano Rove, of No. 413 First avenue. Abognale,
the detectives say, accepted un envelope contain
ing marked money from Spinella. with th« promise
that the latter would not be bothered any more
by Plack Handera, who are alleged to have blown
uji a ihiiuso belonging t«> the painting contractor
in May.
EMPLOYES BUY WESTINGHOUSE STOCK.
[By Tpl<"crrar>h to Th« Tribune. 1
rittsburg. June — employes of the Westing
house Electric and Manufacturing Company sub
scribed for 2,000 shares of the company's stock at
the par value of $50 a share to-day to assist the
concern in disposing of n>,4ts shares at $4,i.«Kt,fluO for
reorganization before June 22. It is understood the
employes will take $150,000 more of the stock.
NO TROO*S TO ENFORCE RATE LAW.
[By Telegraph to Tlie Tribune.)
Kansas City, Mo.. June 12.-Governor Folk denies
that he ever has had any Intention of calling out
the stat.» militia to enforce the 2-cent passenger
f.irr- law.
REDUCE OKLAHOMA EXPRESS RATES.
Guthrie. Okie.. June 12. — The State Corporation
Commission yesterday issued an order reducing
express rates in Oklahoma from 25 to 40 per cent
State Auditor N. K. Trapp announced the assessed
valuation of the property of the . \Vt>*tern Union
and Postal Telegraph companies to-day a.s rixed
by the state board of equalization. The estimate
eubmltted by th* Western Union company of
slightly in excess ol $300,000 was increased to $1.
907.770. while the valuation of the Postal company
was fixed at |48..'40. about double the company's
nt in
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GRAND LODGE, G. T.. NAMES OFFICERS.
Washington, Juna 12.— The convention of the
Grand Lodge, Order of Good Templars, adjourned
to-night, following election and Installation of offi
cers. The now Grand Chief Templar Is George F.
Cotteren, of Seattle, and the new Grand Councillor
la A. M. Lefllnwell, of Watertown. N. Y.
VILLANOVA CONFERS DEGREES.
Philadelphia, June 11— Tb« degree •>( i>..,M..r of
Laws wan conferred to-day upon Judge M. a. Tier
n.y. of Troy. N. y , and the Rev. Hu^-h V. I l.. m i,, K>
it Orange, N J, .it the commencement exercises
at Viilanova Coiie£»>
DIES AFTER COMFI A I ST.
Nicaragiian Consul Had Had War
rant Issued Against Ex-Convict.
v M hmi !■!■*> *»»t Ram " n '**!*!!"
Imrled oa Monday. S.lvor Ecl»»tr,tt. «. «-*■
unconscious In Columbus avenue about »*»*«*«
for the tetter** arrest. The warrant, howler. was
not executed until last Tuesday- - VPn i n e
At Roosevelt Hospital it was •»*■ last evening
that Seller Krhazarretta died from an Btef«» on
the brain. Mr. McNish. Assistant "*ti&*S
ney, «aid last night he understood that the dead
man had been hit by a car. but wm not cer aln
about it. At the arraignment of Hallen before
Magistrate Wahle the day after W«JW«^
rettas funeral no mention was made of his death.
The prisoner was held In *«M bail, and is now in
the Tombs, awaiting a hearing- ,„,„««
Hallen was charged with the larceny of »«•■»•
He entered Into an agreement, ft Is charged, with
Senor Echazarretta to supply the Nlcaraeuan gov
ernment with cartridge and obtained the money
for the ammunition, but th» government or Nica
ragua, it is Mid, received Junk instead of car
tridges.
According to Mr. McNlsh. Hailen did not know
when he was arraigned that Seftor Echazarretta
was dead. Th- Assistant District Attorney said
that his office would now have to get some repre
sentative of the Nicaraguan government to prove
that the money was paid to Senor Echazarretta.
There is proof at hand, he «aid. to show that the
latter turned It over to Hallen. Hallen Is an ex
convict.
Sefior Echazarretta was a Spaniard, about forty
five years old. The funeral was at the home of
a friend in Brooklyn, the burial being in Holy
Cross Cemetery.
THKEE YEARS TOR MAIL SWINDLER.
H. A. Blackmur and Woman Associate
Found Guilty.
Horace a Blackmur and Miss Edna Van Arsdale
were found guilty yesterday before Judge Hough.
In the Criminal Branch of the United States Cir
cuit Court, of using the mails to defraud. Judge
Hough told Blackmur he was an old offender and
sentenced him to three years in state prison at
Clinton. N. Y.
"There is no penitentiary in this state." said
Judge Hough, "to which I can send this woman
with the hope that she will come out better than
she went In. I understand she has been faithful to
the other prisoner for other than financial reasons
and that she has been employed by a Fifth avenue
real estate man for the last three months, and I
will remand her for sentence until next Monday.
Something might be done for her if she could be
kept apart from her old associates.**
The pair were jointly indicted for using the malls
to defraud stock investors in bucket shop busi
ness alleged to have been operated at No. IS Broad
way.
CHIEF OF POLICE ARRESTED.
Rye Officer Charged with Using Blackjack
on Editor's Head.
I/ouls T. Elsmer, chief of police of Rye. was
placed under arrest yesterday on the charge of
assault in the second degree. He is accused of
using a blackjack on the head of Reginald T. Sher
man, the Rye editor of "The port Chester Record."
"When Chief Klsmer was taken into custody a big
crowd gathered and followed him to the office of
the justice before whom he was arraigned. There
were cries of "Lynch him!" "Club him!" but no
actual violence was off-red. The trouble between
Chief Elsmer and Mr. Sherman resulted from the
appearance in the paper on Thursday of an article
headed "Chief Elsmer on. the Rampage." The
chief waa quoted as saying; that he would "like to
put on the gloves'' with Justus A. B. Cowles, presi
dent of Rye villaore. unit »o having severely criti
cised the board of trustees.
News of the fight spread rapidly, and at noon
Justus A. B. Cowles. president of the village of
Rye. telephoned from his office here to Police Head
quarters at Rye and suspended Chief Elsmer. A
special meeting of the Board -of Trustees has been
calltnl for to-day, when Chief Elsmer will be tried.
Chief Klsmer has been at the head of the Rye Po
lice Department only since last August.
MAXIM DISCUSSES NOISELSSS GUN.
Will Make Details Public When All Pat
ents Are Taken. Out.
[Hy Telefrraph tf» The Tribun" I
Hartford, Conn.. June 12.— Hiram P. Maxim, in
ventor of the noiseless gun, of which he gave a
demonstration before the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals in New York on Thursday,
discussed his invention at some length to-night at
his home here. He said that he expected that all
of his foreign patents would be taken out by Au
gust, and that then he would be able to make public
the scientific details of bis gun.
He said that the silencer on the aim would b«
much smaller than on the one that he used in
New York, and that it would be at the end of the
muzzle on th-* under side, but not interfering with
the sight, bayonet attachment or strap buckle.
The sun will be of the same weight as the
present government rifle, but with a new kind of
barrel. It would be excellent for skirmishing, he
said, but for night work he was going to invent a
noiseless trigger. He explained the working of the
noiseless attachment by saying that as soon as the
bullet passed a small piston slid across the barrel
of the gun, shutting off all gases, which otherwise
emitted would cause an explosion. These gases
are diverted into cells, from which they are allowed
to escape slowly and quietly. .
DOZEN HURT WHEN PLATFORM FALLS.
Were Attending Exercises at Unveiling of
Lee Monument in Birmingham. Ala.
Montgomery. a: i.. June 12. More than a ilozen
persona were hurt at Capitol Heights, ■ suburb of
Montgomery, late to-day, when a platform at the
unveiling of a statue of General Robert F. Lee
Collapsed. The moil seriously injured nr<- K. 1..
May, Mrs. William Knox. Mrs William 11. May
bin. Miss Arline Barry. Miss Harry. Mrs. Jefferson
Falkner, H. C. Brown. Mrs. Harvey E. Jones. Mr.
and Mis. c.ljrnPr and Mrs. Robert Collins.
•Mr. May is private Fcirttary to Judge Thomas
G. Jones, of the United States Court, who was the
speaker of the occasion. Mrs. Jones is the wife
of the adjutant general of Alabama. Division. United
Confederate Vet rin« Many Confederate veterans
returning from the reunion at Birmingham stopped
here to attend the unveiling, and the temporary
platform was taxed to the utmost.
Ex-Governor William C. Gates, who presided, and
Judge Jones, the speaker, prevented a panic by
urging those present not to be alarmed.
The statue of Lee is of bronze and surmounts a
column twenty feet high.
SHERIFF ATTACHED A TRAIN.
Chained It to the Track and Must Now An
swer to Infraction of Postal Laws.
Jacksonville. Fta.. June 12.— Chaining a passen
ger train of the Valdosta Southern Railroad to the
track and standing guard over it with a shotgun.
Deputy Sheriff I. C. Hunter, of Ponetta. Fla.. ran
amuck with the postal laws of th* United States
by delaying the mails, according to an indictment
returned by the federal grand jury.
Hunter was brought before Commissioner Locke
to-day, and held under bond for his appearance m
the December term of the court.
OSTEOPATHS WIN AGAIN.
In th*- proceedings brought by Dr. Charles F.
Handel, of Brooklyn, against the Board of Health
to teal the legality of t*e law permitting the regis
tering of osteopaths as licensed practitioners and
the filing of death certificates by then, another
victory was won for the osteopaths yesterday
when the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court,
Brooklyn, upheld the decision of Justice Dickey
recognizing osteopathy
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WOT BRIBE OFFICER?
Charged by Detective —'Alleged
J excel Thieve a Held for Smuggling.
[By T»l»^rap?! SI Th« Tribune 1
FUtsburg. June, 12.— R. S. Saunters, alia* Albert i
Walker, the English Jewelry salesman who, w»
J. A. White, alias Ralph Waldnian, of J. H. ]■£,
& Bros.. Jewelers, of Kingston. Jamaica, wai tr
rested here on Wednesday charged with stealtr
jrr.".o«) worth of Jewels from toe forcer's rmjwj
ers. Abraham Brothers, of Birmingham. Engaal,
according to a statement by Edwin HcG«?X
captain of detectives, to day, oflered him a3 of
the diamonds that wer* l<»ft. sold SB be Tilmi «
tnrt.O*^, if he would release them from eoNe>.
When th- offer was refused, Mr. McGoogh mn.
Paunders declared that he meant no 4saaß>
thinking this was the way affairs in police drde
were conducted in this country. Saunder3 »»«.
dignant when he was not allowed to send to»stej
for his meals, and threatened to appeal «> tta
British Ambassador.
M. H. Garland, surveyor of th» part of Etjj.
burg, filed the complaint against the men txiay,
charging smuggling.
Superintendent of Pol-.-- Tnonas A. ilcQ'xiida
has received an answer to his cable msaegl to
Birmingham. England, which to an ext«RU mrttei
the story and alleged confession of Sauoin, or
Walker. While in Panama, he told the poUce. tai
firm order him home, and he had a prem<.iid«n
that he was to be discharged. Th»n "* nut Mad
man. and the two decided so come to the "mt*t
States, bringing the Jewels with them. They con
fess to havinz eluded the customs oSwni 0»
their persons when arrested and at their hotel to
two men had stones and Jewelry »stla;ate>l to to
worth Sls.<»>. Th» police were given to cadarsasl
that they have other gems, worth MM, ia Ja
maica, under bond.
The chief constable of Birmingitan mid ttmt
Abrahams Brothers last heard f roa Wolser ■*»■
t*en days aea. He started on his tr!» to °* **
Indies ia February, carrying Jewelry aw pas
worth about 9X7JW , and with what since twa
added should now have about *»*.«•• worth. : "Hw
Enerlish officer makes no mention of prt-s«sii=J
Walker. ■
BEPRIEVE FOR BILLIK.
Appeal to Federal Supreme Court
Gra n ted — Great De m onstration.
Chicago. June 11.— -..■]* Lawi!3 reconsidsred tft
previous decision to-day, and granted a star « "*"
ration to Herman Billik. the Bohemian forenn
teller, condemned to death for the murder of to*
members of the Vzral family, to appeal his «•» »
the Supreme Court of the t'n:?»d States. _
The ruling- of Jwdg Land:? caused mteas* ***
Mght among the friends of Billik. -any of **«
believe him entirely saaa and a stlT F«ttf
number of whom believe that the proof ****
bin is not absolutely conclusive. Tbe fls« to ***
his life as it has t~en conducted ttnxa far has otn
one of the most strenuous and energetic «*« wu *
■eseed In this city in a similar case. .^^
The hour set lot BDlflfa «eetrt •■ •«■ v - "'■']?*
but Judge Landi* had directed the Sheriff »aw»
no action v. -:1 after decision of tlw our* "??!.•,
rendered. The Sheriff agreed (W awatt the Jj^,
decision, and Billik would nari been ; - an^ .":
mediately had the judge declined to order taa *"
of proceedings. ' 9
A tremendous demonstration wa* HMffl o?
crowd outside the jail when the stay of «et „
was announced. The uproar conveyed the new
the prisoners in the jail, who Imm-diately *« ,^l
terrific shout, which they continued for «* •
minutes, the noise being heard for Wocta iTVW^"
FINDS ALLEGED BURGLAR IN WOODS.
Cliffside Police Chief Uses Revolver a
Arresting Prisoner.
Hackenaack. N. X. J«n« « ( ?r?Ha!> JS
Chief Tobias ChehTo of CffiW*. aft?? '"""UtS
the man responsible for tna six *£?ES*W
have occurred here in the last week. trou. b i
the Hackensack jail to-night a poorer
he wns Alfor.se Kapolitanl He was i:l^" l holi
w00d... but not until th. chief had fired t«» •»
in the air when he trle.l to rtm away
Last Monday nisht the prisoner. It :* ai '«*™; m
tered the Hotel Bani The pr^'-tor » w
intruder and tired twice at him. The h '~ *"V' A
ever, got a* i> by Jompteg thr.vj.sti a •
hat left by nim was Mentifled ta> U» "£Z
that of ■ man. who had spent -> *• **££&
Place playing pool, and tt was the £"»**£
man that helped the chief In making *** 4rres ,
TO CONFER ON IMMIGRATION RUtf*
Waehta»ton. June M-SecretaryM -Secretary Bt»u. *** CJJ
missioner General of Immigrat.on X itk
visit Ellis IstentJ next Monday to confer •
Commissioner Watehorn *££££*££S*
nation station, at Boston. R.iU>P' ■•'• .
and Montreal, and with the ™^* 1 **^« c>
from the principal *™**J^£?J£js£
further perfect-,:- reculattoW 2L^ the •*•
the B ration laws and co-oTdtaatto* »
ministration at OH several ports.^ .
AERIAL DANCER FRACTURES SKULU
[By IMBBM to Tb. »*«• £ .> •<
New Haven. June a -mm Ada Men. « %
•Three Twins- company, was i.'ST*
dress rehearsal at the Hyperion TheajwW l^,
ternoon. While auspended in a harneM * ™ **»
an aerial dance, she slipped from the cU *£
fourteen feet, fracturing her skafl She w rtadJ .
to the General Hospital, unconscious. B«
tion at midnight was critical.
VICTIM OF PRANK CRITICALLY ILL^
Francisco Drassino. sixteen years oW. «
SSI Arthur avenue, was a"* l *"*?*'!!™ -** eOlB "
Justice Xellet ■ the ChUdrena twirt w^ t»
mitted to the ChtWre, - Society »»«« iit n*t»»
await the result of the irloS '^ * vrmlefc '*
McCormlck. of Mount Vernon. Mrs. * h slc!a 3*
In a critical con.lltton. according to the P ™
of the reewaaai Hospital, from h ""* wn^a»*
when i btazlns bundle of paper was «->ro a
her. it ■ charge,! by I*rasslm>. as "T^^jaf. ;
bench in Rose Mill Park. The Brow. i