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EXPECTS PASSAGE TO-DAY
Princeton Man Also Says Tail
May Not Touch Earth.
Princeton, X J.. May 19.— Professor !
Henry vorrts Russsll, of th^ astronomical j
department of Princeton University, ■»■
clare! to-day that, basing his calculations
en tie Trtdth If the comet's tail ear- tO;
i?Br M compared -p-ith previous morning*.
tte earth w£.« not near enougfc to pass
♦trough -the tail of the comet this morning.
bat -very likely it will do so early to-morrow.
"At 1 *. m. to-day the sky -was brilliantly
clear, without trace of moonlight or da^rn."
said Professor Puss-::! "The comet's tail :
tvjls conspicuous in the east a? a band of j
H(H about eight 'decrees •wide and quits .
etraight. Its central line passed about ;
Tnidirax between the stars Alpha and Gam- |
ma 'P# gasi. and its end "was lost in the
-Jilky Way : hi AQuila. No trace of the tail
MM be det^sje* beyond the Milky Way,
and no illumination could be seen In the
Trestcrn sky in spite of careful search under
T«rv favorable conditions The zodiacal
light v~as visible in the southeast, separates
from the comet's tail by a dark interval
ibout ten degrees in breadth.
"The tall *-a.s apparently between two and
three time* as Tide as on the morning of
Tuesday. May 17. If its real -width has not
eSamfWl It must still have be*", fully one- ;
third as far from m on the 19th a? it was j
trro days before, vhlch would make the ;
ttat d the earth's passage through it come
en the morning Of the 20th."
Professor Russell said to-night in refcr
■d to th- statement of Dr. Campbell that
♦he earth may Ml pass through the tail of ]
the ceraet: "From the appearance at Prince- ;
ton this morning it looked then as if it
••ere likely that we would pass through
the southern edge ef the tail. Professor
Campbell, however, observing three hours
later, would be in a position to make a
MOM accurate estimate, and It may be that
t* wili pass, just outside of it." He de- ■
l ar?'? that It-4*MM be- impossible to note
anything further about the comet until
about S o'clock to-morrow morning, owing
t<s the brightness of the moon to-night.
Professor Russell declared that the spots
on the- sun seen by Western astronomers
" -rt a typical group and not extraordinary.
H* added that the spots have nothing to do
vtth th? ccmet. The largest of the spots,
Professor Ryssell said, was 20.000 miles tn
«siam»ter. and the entire gTOun covered a
MM of about 120.000 miles.
Professor Russell gave up his observa
tions at 5 o'clock to-night, owing .. to tbe
brightness of the moon. He declares that
th? pass*g€ •of th*» <--prth through" "the
comet's tail .will probablj- cause a much
?TeaT*r curve in the latter than already
exists. The fact that the curve in the "tail
Teas not noticed sooner is laid to the fact
that it was • possible to see the tail only
from the sidft."
COMET CAUSES SUICIDE ATTEMPT.
Stephen A. Connor, forty years old, of
I<*o. 401 East 50tn street, tried to kill him
self yesterday in the car barns at 50th
etre*-» and Sixth avenue, while he was em
ployed as a helper. Seventeen stitches were
needed to se^ up a gash he made in hie
throat. He uras locked up in the West 47th
street station
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WIRELESS HAD NO TROUBLE
i Alleged Passage Through the
Comet' Tail Left No Traces.
The passage of the earth through . the
tall of Halley's comet, which some scien
tists thought would affect the sending of
wireless messages, had not the slightest
eriect, as fir as reports made yesterday in
dicated. ..
John Bottomley,- manager of the Mar
coni Wireless Telegraph Company. said
that "speaking wlrelessljv we don't know
that the comet has a tail. It has not af
fected our system at all." Th» manager
of the De Forest Radio Telegraph Com
pany said that a test between .New York.
Chicago and Washington on "Wednesday
showed no extraordinary atmospheric con
ditions that Interfered with wireless mes
sages. Dr. De Forest ordered all operators
of the company to watch XoV "celestial
music,' 1 but none was reported.
The operators of the Western Union Tele
graph Company, the Postal Telegraph-
Cable Company and the New York Tele
phone Company were told to observe any
thing out of the ordinary, as the influence
of the comet was an unknown quantity and
sun spots were expected. Appearance of
sun spots and auroras and Interference with
telegraph service are sometimes coincident,
but Euch was not the case Wednesday night
or yesterday morning. .
SUSPECTS LAGGING TAIL
Lick Professor Thinks Collision
Ma/ Be Avoided.
- San Jose, Cal.. May 19.— According to Dr.
Campbell, of Lick Observatory, there is a
possibility that the earth . may not pass
through the comet's tail after all. In a
statement issued to-day he said:
"The tail was visible as soon as the moon
sot. It is probable that W6 shall miss
passing through the tail to-night because
it is lagging by several million miles. The
cornet's orbit is inclined to an angle with
the earth's orbit, and It is probable we
shall not pass through the tall at aIL
"The diameter of the tail at the point In
which we are especially interested— l4.ooo,ooo
miles from the head— was about S degrees.
If the tail at daylight had been almost in
contact with the earth we should hava ex
pected the angular diameter to be much
greater than it was. The tan was therefore
probably several million miles away, in
which case the earth and the tail did not
meet this morning.
"If this meeting is delayed until to-night
then there can be little doubt the earth will
not pass through the tail at all, but will
pass to the south of it. The reason for this
is simple. The tail lags behind in the plane
of the comet's orbit; the comet's orbital
clans makes an angle of 18 degrees with
the earth's orbital plane; the retardation
of the tail, therefore, draws it away from
the plane In which the earth is moving,
and the earth will pass to the south of it.
The observed position of the tail this morn
ins was appreciably further north than
that of yesterday morning.
"This l&Eginjr of the tail produces an in
teresting: situation. If we- could have ob
served the entire comat this morning, we
should have seen the head of the comet
well below the sun and the tail extending
far above the. sun. We have been so nearly
In the riane of the comet's orbit during
the last fortnight- that it has been, impos
sible to observe directly the lagging of the
tall, for the curvature has been away from
us. If th- observer were situated out in
space. far 10 the north cr the south of the
ear and the comet, be would undoubtedly
have been able to see the tail strongly
curved backward with reference to the di
rection or motion of the ccmet.
"Our conclusions yesterday that the tail
was Ugsing were based on the fact that
the ansular- diameter of the tail did not
increase so rapidly as It should have done
had the tail -been pointing exactly away
: from the sun." . - -.
VIEWS AT WASHINGTON
Error in Calculation Blamed for
Delayed Syzygy.
Washington, May 19.— The failure of the
earth to pass through the tail of the comet
as was expected last night is merely an
error, in theoretical calculation, say the
astronomers at the- United States Naval
Observatory." .There is.no doubt, however,
they say, that the. earth passed into a less
dense -portion of the tail at 2 o'clock this
morning. The error in calculation was un
doubtedly due. they think, to the variance
of the degree of the curve of the tail from
what they had estimated it.
Kane of the scientists here Is ready to
agree that the earth will not pass through
the tail at all, as has b*;en advanced by
Professor Campbell, of Lick Observatory.
They are Inclined to the opinion that the
earth is passing through the tail, and base
that view on their observations, which dis
closed what they believed to be a less dense
part of the tail early to-day.
A large group of solar spots has formed
on the sun's visible disk since yesterday
Boon, as shown by the daily solar photo
graph taken by George H. "Peters, of the
observatory. They are in south latitude
and in a position corresponding to a rota
tional displacement of two day? from the
sun's eastern limb. These, together with
th» large groups observed at the. observa
tory in the last week, which are also In the
Southern Hemisphere, It is stated, form an
unusual condition for this neriod in the
sun spot cycle.
"THE COMET GIRL" ARRIVES. i
Chicago, May 19.— Halley Abrams ' is the
name of a tiny little girl who arrived yes
terday at the home of J. Y. Abrams. chief
house detective at a downtown hotel. The
physician who attended asked permission
to name her. Permission b*!nr given, he
said: "All right You will henceforth be
known as Th*> Comet Girl,' and- I choose
for you the name of Halley.**
CATCH SHORT WEIGHT MEN
Inspector Makes More Fraud
Discoveries in Brooklyn.
Complaints were made yesterday in
Brooklyn against six storekeepers of that
be-rough on the strength of a report made
by Inspector Ell wood Hanson, of the Bu
reau of Weights and Measures, who re
ported that they had given short weight to
their customers. Proceedings against them
will be instituted by the bureau, which has
made similar complaints, based on one of
its sealers' reports against the Sheffield
Parma Siawson-Decker Milk Company.
Mr. Hanson found the worst conditions
In sections where the poor lived. In a Co
lumbia street grocery store, one . of many
branches of a concern which handles large
quantities of groceries. Mr. Hanson pur
chased a pound of rice, which proved to
t* one-quarter of an ounc* short, and a
pound of sugar.* which was short half an
ounce. The scoop on the scales in this
store was coated with sugar, which when
scraped off weighed one-quarter of an
ounce. Four one-pound bags of powdered
sugar were all short from one-quarter to
half en ounce. Packages of oatmeal proved
i" per cent short in weight."
In a Third avenue store of the same con
cern Mr. Hanson purchased a five-pound
moke/5 shoulder. It was four and one
quarter ounces short. A strip of bacon,
wrapped up for delivery, was found to con
tain five ounces I<m>s than the three pound*
charged for. In another branch store Mr
Hanson purchased one pcund seven ounces
of bacon at 32 cents a pound. In the weight
was included one and one-half ounces of
paper.
A Columbia' 'Heights store sold a cus
tomer a pound of butter which was three
cuarters of an ounce short. When caught
the manager said a mistake must have
been made. He was asked to weigh on his
own eca!es twenty cne-pound packages of
butter end thirteen weighed less than a
pound, including the wrappings. "'" ' J
XEW-t^>M€ TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, MAY 20. 1910.
LUMINOUS IN LONDON
Watching Crowds Saw Wonder
ful Sunset, Followed by Storm.
BRILLIANT BANDS OP LIGHT
Thousands Convinced That They
Identified the Comet's
Tail,
1 [By Cab!* to The Tribune]
London, May 19.— The eve of the royal
pageant was marked by a wonderful
sunset to-night, followed quickly by a
thunderstorm. There were thousands of
watchers in quest of the broad, luminous
band which could be identified with the
comet's tail. They -were rewarded by
a vivid and glorious spectacle. Long
streamers of light ran upward and out
ward from the setting sun.
In accordance with the forecasts, the
head of the comet was invisible, but the
bands were remarkably brilliant. Prob
ably the spectacle would not have at
tracted attention if the newspapers had
not advertised it in advance.
As it was, thousands were convinced
that they had seen th« comefs tail,
especially as there was a sudden elec
trical disturbance and downpour of rain,
as there had been in the early morning,
when the earth was supposed to be
passing- through the gaseous tract. The
phenomenon was of short duration, as
the ■western sky rapidly clouded over,
but while it lasted it was a most brilliant
display.
COMET AS SEEN ABROAD
West Indian Observers Say It
Seemed Larger than Last Week.
St. Thomas, D. XV. 1., May 19.— Halley's
comet was visible in its usual eastern po
sition this morning. Its enormous dimen
sions appeared fourfold greater than a
week ago, the tail stretching over two
thirds of the firmament, although the head
had not yet risen above the horizon. There
were no unusual phenomena observed last
night.
Honolulu. May 19.— Professor F. EHerman.
of the Carnegie Observatory, at Mount Wil
son, Cal., and his party of American as
tronomers, who crossed three thousand
miles of the Pacific to see Halley's comet
against the sun, reported last night that
their efforts had been in rain, so far as
seeing the actual transit was concerned.
Frc-m their temporary observatory at Dia
mond Head, near this city, they saw ths
sun spots, but not the comet. Reports to
the same effect were made by -Professor
J. S. Dcnagho, .of the Hawaii College Ob
servatory, on Kaimuki Hill.
Al! observations were negative in Hawaii,
the spot most favored by astronomers for
viewing the great event. The weather was
perfectly clear. Boih astronomers agree
that the comet contains nothing solid large
enough to be visible through a 6ii-inch tele
scopa against the background of the sun.
Great fear v.-as manifested among the
Orientals on the islands as the time for
the comet's approach drew near. The
Japanese on two large plantations on the
island of Hawaii abandoned their work' be
cause of the strange visitor.
Manila, May 19.— Father Algue, an as
tronomer, believes that the long cherished
scientific theory of a solid composition
forming the nucleus of comets is now dis
proved. Exhaustive observations made
from 3:30 to 11:30 a. m. to-day at the Jesuit
observatories at Manila, Baguio and Anti
polo failed to reveal a trace of solid mat
ter. The weather conditions were perfect,
and the observers were assisted by three
natural sun spots, which facilitate the de
tection of solids.
Many of the natives were frightened last
night by a magnetic storm, which disar
ranged nic electric power service, extin
guishing the lights and interrupting the
streetcar service for a few moments.
Aden, Arabia, May 19.— The tail of Hal
ley's comet appeared as the rays of a gi
gantic searchlight at 4:50 o'clock this morn
ing. The head was invisible.
Johannesburg. May 19.— According to the
observations made at the Transvaal Ob
servatory, of which R. T. A. Trsnes is the
director, the earth had not traversed the
tail of Halley's comet at dawn to-day. The
tail was still north of the ecliptic, and at
the observatory it was thought probable
that the earth would pass considerably to
the south of it
Transvaal time is 6 hours and 58 minutes
earlier than New York time
GOT METEORIC DUST, MAYBE
German Balloonists Bottled Air
at Height of 11,385 Feet.
Berlin, May 19.— The balloon Abercron
was the only one among a large number
making ascensions in Germany which
succeeded in getting observations of the
comet. The aeronauts report that they
reached an altitude of 11,383 feet. They
noted extraordinarily brilliant horizontal
lights like meteors.
They secured four bottles of air at that
height, which will undergo expert ex
amination for meteoric dust and other
ingredients. They were compelled to
depcend owing to an electrical storm.
The Empress, the Crown Prince and
Crown Princess and oth*r royal per
sonages visited the Potsdam observatory
to-night and watched the sky for a long
time, but they failed to F»e the comet.
CUBAN DISASTER. ACCIDENT
Fatal Explosion Due to Carpen
ter's Carelessness, It Is Said.
Havana, Cuba. May 19. — fatal ex
plosion at thousands of pounds of dyna
mite, at the barracks at Pinar del Rio yes
terday, It officially declared to have been
due to the carelessness of a carpenter en
gaged in repairing detective cases of dyna
mite which were being loaded on a wagon
for transport ' to the railway station.
The carpenter was in ths act of nailing
th lid on a broken case when the dyna
mite exploded, detonating the rest of the
dynamite on the wagon and Instantly kill
ing all in the courtyard and blowing down
the wall of an adjacent store room in which
the remainder of the dynamite was depos
ited. This precipitated a second explosion,
completing the destruction of the buildings.
The carpenter's head was found a quarter
of a mile away from scene of the ex
plision.
Already twenty-eight bodies have been
recovered from the ruins of the barracks.
The lateet official returns received here in
dicate that the total fatalities may not ex
ceed thirty-flve. Th« injured number 145.
of whom two have died in the hospital.
The injuries of the great majority of the
others are not considered serious.
Captain Betancourt. of the rural guard,
who was previously reported dead, escaped,
the only officers killed being Captain Al
fredo Ravena and Lieutenant Dihigo, who
perished with their families quartered in
the barracks.
The dead include Charles 'Wella, an
American surveyor in the Department ot
Public Works: eeveral clerks "and four
women stenographers in the same depart
ment. The others were non-commissioned
officers and privates c*. two troops of rural
guards and a few civil employes.
• *
WHY COMET IS SHY
Too Transparent To U Seen.
Says Professor Jacoby.
ALREADY PASSED BY US
Think? Negative Views in Far
East Throw Light on What
Comet Really Is.
Harold A. Jacoby, Rutherford profss^r
of astronomy at Columbia University, when
asked yesterday about the reported failure
of astronomers stationed at Manila and
Honolulu to see the actual transit of Hal
ley's comet, said:
"The fact that they did not see the head
of the comet in transit dees no: prove that
it did not occur. I think it merely means
that even th 9 head of the comet is so trans
parent that it could -not be seen when pro
jected against the bright disk X the sun.
"This would fit in with our theory about
the 'constitution of comets. Tnis negative
result is therefore of importaice, and not
to be regarded as a failure. TOi hays never
had such a chance before to \ertfy in this
way our ideas as to the lack of density in
the comets. I think that is quite a de
sirable result. '
Referring to reports from th« West Indies
and elsewhere that the comsfs tail was
seen in the eastern sky on Thursday morn
ing, Professor Jacoby said: 'If the tall of
the comet or any -part of it was seen en
Thursday morning early in a position simi
lar to its former one, this observation sim
ply means that the tail, or part of it, was
really stil! in its old pesition.
'That may sound almost too foolishly
simple a proposition to state In other
words, at that hour we had nst yet passed
through or by the tail. I tr.lnk that the
next time we see the comet we shall find
that the tail, If still visible, has gone
around us, as predicted. Thit is to say,
when the comet becomes visible in the
western sky after sunset we shall see the
tail pointing away from the sun, as usual "
Asked, on what night we should probably
get th& best view of the comet, Mr. Jacoby
said that, assuming a cloudless sky,' the
excellence of our view ef the puzzling
traveller would depend on three factors
first, the intrinsic brightness of the comet;
second, the absence of twilight in the sky,
and, third, the absence cf moonlight.
The brightness of the comet is diminish
ing, he said, so that this factor is becom
ing less favorable as the comet moves fur
ther from th 6 earth Eight after night. But,
he added, the other two factors will become
more favorable because the comet will set
later each evening, giving an opportunity
to await the disappearance of twilight and
because the moonlight will also diminish
after the full moon on May 23.
'"It follows that as these factors are act
ing in opposite directions wa cannot fore
tell." said Mr. Jacob}-, 'the exact dat 6
when the sum of their effects will be most
favorable. It would not surprise me if we
have a better view on Saturday week than
we shall have this Saturday-.
"There is eoing to be a tot^.l eclipse of
the moon on the 23d," continued Mr. Jac
oby. "Those who have noticed how badly
the moonlierht interferes with observations
of the comet may have been looking for
ward to this eclipse as an opportunity to
view the comet without moonlight. In fact,
statements to this effect hav6 appeared in
some of the newspapers. Unfortunately, at
New York the eclipse will not begin until
lust about the time when the comet wfll
set. so we shall probably get little help
from the eclipse."
UP TO WHITRIDGE'S MEN
Many or* Their Statements Dis
proved by P. S. 0.
While the Public Service Commission
has sent no formal reply to the 'stter of
Frederick W. Whitridge, receiver for the
Third Avenue Railroad system, an in
vestigation made by the officers of the
commission yesterday disproved some of
the charges made by Mr. Whitridge
against Public Service inspectors.
"While the reports forwarded by Mr.
Whitridge gave no _ names, the details
given by the sleuths allowed the identifi
cation of the men referred to and other
portions df the report fixed the dates of
the sleuthing. It developed that two of
the inspectors referred to were off duty
on the days when they were followed by
Mr. Whitridge's ThiM avenue detectives,
so that their movements wer6 of no in
terest to the commission.
George P. Hammond, formerly of Dis
trict Attorney Jeromes investigating staff,
turned up bright and early at the office of
the commission yesterday and explained
that he was the man who called at a
saloon and left a letter with the bartender
while Mr. Whitridge s detectives were
watching.
Hammond was not working as an in
spector of service, however, but was secur
ing consents for property on Whitlock
avenue for the Broadway- Lexington ave
nue subway rdute in The Bronx. The
saloonkeeper had been away on tha oc
casion of two previous calls, and Ham
mond therefore took along with him a
blank consent paper which he left for the
saloonkeeper to sigc.
MISSING MAN IN JAIL
Cleveland Manufacturer Said to
Have Many Wives.
Cleveland, May 19— Walter C. Lytle. a
manufacturer, who has been missing from
here for a year, has been found in a Mis
sissippi penitentiary, where he Is serving
v ten-year sentence for bigamy. v Simulta
neously comes the discovery that Lytle's
bigamous wives number at least four and
probably many more. He is said to possess
considerable means.
Lytle was convicted in February at Tu
pelo. Miss., on the complaint of M ; ss
Mamie Burke, whom bo married in Decem
ber. According to the Tupelo sheri.f he
has information that Lyt'e has at. least
.<->>: ' wives scattered through the Un^tei
tes. At Camden a warrant is held lor
L,> tie charging bigamy, on the evidence of
Estella Shinr.. who claims to have mariied
Lytl6 twenty-six years ago, and abo on
the charge of Hattle L. Lamont, who say 3
sh<> became Mrs. i.ytle on June 9, 190?. On
Saturday, in Montrose. Col., Mrs. Anna D.
Brown Lytle obtained a divorce on the
giounds of bigamy. She was the woman
whom Lytl» left behind him in Cleveland
when he disappeared. »
MARSHALL GETS A PLUM
Report That He Will Succeed Eidman
as Internal Revenue Collector. ,
It was said on good authority last night
that President Taf t had decided to appoint
Dr. Frederick L. Marshall, the new Re
publican leafier of the 10th Assembly Dis
trict, as deputy collector of internal reve
nue for the 3d District. He will succeed
in that office the late Ferdinand Eidman
as . he has in the leadership of the 10th
district. The office rays 14,000 a yaar.
Lloyd C. Griscom. president of the Re
publican County .Commttiee. recommended
the appointment of Dr. Marshall after going
over the situation carefully and consider
ing the many applicants for the place. The
3d in an East Fide district, th« head
quarters b(»lng In Third avenu*. and it was
deemed advisable to select a. man from
the East Bide to fill it. The. other appli
cants were from other sections of the city.
Dr. Marshall is a dentist* at No. {S3 Sec
ond avenue, and has been active in Re
publican politics for twenty yearn. «H had
been the virtual leader of the 10th district
for several years prior to the death of Mr.
Eidman.
GRAFT PROBE IN DANCER
Continued from first pas-.
assertion as untrue. He review*"} I**
history of the investigation resolution
from the time of the AUds trial and th-i
fire insurance investigation begun by-
Superintendent Hotchkiss.
"Corrupt and improper practices were
seen to exist," said Senator Hinman,
"from the disclosures of that investi
gation. I said to three leaders of th«
Senate at that time it was up to us to
meet this just demand from the people
for an investigation and to go to the
bottom of all the charges. But things
went on and on in spite of this de
mand, and we sat here quietly as men
with no backbones , until the Governor
had to communicate to the Legislature
what the demand of the people cf the
state really was."
Senator Hinman then read some of
the stinging phrases of the Governor's
special message recommending a graft
probe.
'Acting on this recommendation of
the Governor. v:ho voices the will of the
people." said Senator Hinman. "the Sen
ate prepared a resolution which met the
situation. I complimented then, and I
desire to compliment now, the men who
drew that resolution and to express my
full appreciation of their -work. It pro
vided for just tha kind of a thorough
and sweeping investigation the Gov
ernor had in mind. That resolution was
transmitted to the Assembly, and some
of us who remembered a speech made
on the floor of the Assembly by its
leader on another resolution wondered
what would happen to it."
Quoted from Wadsv/orth's Speech,
Senator Hinman quoted extracts from
the speech of Speaker Wadsworth op
posing the Chanler resolution. He said
that a gTeat hue and cry had been made
there about political expediency.
'And so some of us wondered just,
what would happen In the other house,"
he continued. "Well, the resolution
came back amended. I weigh my words
when I say that a fraud was attempted
to be foisted on the people of the state.
I weighed that resolution as it came
back and analyzed it. I wonder if* the
sneered at spirit of reform had reached
the Assembly or if the resolution was
loaded with Jokers. I made my. view
known then to men in this body. I told
them that If that resolution in that form
was brought before the Senate I should
ha^'e to express my opinion of it pub
licly. At that time it contained nothing
about industrial insurance, but it was
reported in this house with the clause
about industrial insurance added to it.
Then I requested that it should lie over
until ws could get a chance to study it
thoroughly, although I realized that the
exigencies of the situation demanded
prompt action on our part.
"I want to say that we can't sit here
like weaklings or act liks crooks with
out the people knowing about what we
do, and forming their opinion on it. and
if the newspapers report what we do
rather than what we think we do they
ought not to be called muck-rakers.
"I am the general counsel for the.
Security Mutual of Binghamton. It is
not and never was an industrial insur
ance company. So far as the old line
companies are concerned the longer and
deeper investigation of industrial In
surance we have the better they. will,
like it. So you ace this accusation falls
to the ground on that score. I have fre
quently told members of the Senate that
industrial" insurance companies should
be investigated and legislated against
Their back door methods ought to be
stopped. Sometimes they are next door
to stealing."'
So far as the charges that Governor
Hughes and Mr. Hotchkiss were protect
ing the Metropolitan are concerned. Sen
ator Hinman pointed out that Mr. Hotch
kiss had had his experts making an in
vestigation or* the Metropolitan for sev
eral months. Governor Hugbes, in writ
ing the report of the Armstrong com
mittee, devoted much space to a criticism
of industrial insurance methods and the
Metropolitan company in particular. As
a result of this and the committee's work
officials of the Metropolitan were in
dicted, Mr. Hinman said.
"And yet this article is sent out with a
nasty elur against the Governor," said
the Senator, and the Governor and the
Superintendent of Insurance and myself
were charged with juggling with this
resolution because we do not dare to
touch this company."'
Clause of Resolution Criticised.
Then Senator Hinman took up the
phraseology of the Investigation resolu
tion. He criticised the clause which de
manded the filing of charges, "verified
upon knowledge." A member of the
Senate not long ago verified a charge
against another on kno^ ledge, he said,
and as a result was forced to resign
from -the Senate. That, he averred,
would not be likely to prove an incentive
to others to follow his example. Circum
stantial evidence might establish an
absolutely unbreakable chain," and yet
the lid be put on because for a man *o
verify charges on knowledge would
mean that he must have taken part in
the corrupt act. Senator Hinman criti
cised also the provision forbidding the
investigation of charges against anybody
who might be a candidate for office after
September 1, 1910.
Who is there," he asked, "who thinks
he may be a candidate for office and is
afraid to have his record opened? I
have no patience with* a man who at
tempts "by innuendo- to blacken the char
acter of an3*body, but on the other hand
there is no reason why we should lumber
up the work of this committes by forcing
It to investigate industrial and casualty
insurance until September, and then say
'the lid is on; we can't Investigate any
graft.' Let this Legislature appoint a
committee for Investigating' industrial
insurance if you think you can't trust
the Superintendent of Insurance because
he Is In cohoots with these companies,
and I will vote for it. But you know that
that kind of an investigation, if properly
conducted, would take this committee
all the time between now and January 1.
• "A lot of stuff has b«en thrown in
here as a subterfuge to blind the eyes
of the people. There is not one thins
here which had not been monkeyed with.
The whole thing bears the earmarks of
fradulent transactions. When I am
charged \*if.h conspiring with th*» Gov
ernor and Superintendent Hotehkis* to
protttct an insurance company I cannot
permit these things to go unanswered.
An injustice has been done and I have
to etate there facts as I see them."
Senator Cobb retorted hotly:
"I regret that, smarting under criti
cism in ths newspapers. Senator Hin
man has so far forgotten himself and
his obligations to his brother Senator
as to indulge in thi3 unjust criticism."
ha said. "There is no excusft for it. ■*
know Governor Hughes did not asK
him to do it. It is one of those cheap
methods of advertising which are re
sorted to here entirely. too much. I re
sent ft as an insult and every honest
man. hers does wHen he says we sit
here as crooks weak-kneed and pass no
resolution." ■ .
Turning to Senator Hlnman and.shak
ing his fists at him. Senator Cobb
i shouted:
"I will not allow any man to criticise
me in that war, and if you are a man
you will arise from your chair and apol
ogize. You know how I acted, and every
Senator here acted in good faith on that
j resolution. We did. everything possible
j to have a good one. and passed it unan
imously. | The Assembly for some reason
changed it, probably so that they could ;
have the credit for passing: a. resolution !
they drafted. The resolution came back ;
here and was approved by the press of j
the state. It could ha»» been passed j
then without criticism. At some later
time Senator Hinman began to criticise
! it. I told him it could be taken up later. |
"The matter of industrial Insurance j
\ was called first to my attention by mem- |
bers of the Assembly who said they in
tended to include it in the resolution and
asked if in my opinion the resolution was,
broad enough to include industrial In
surance as it stood. Whether cr not it
i was included is more or less immaterial.
I want to say now that every moment of
delay on this resolution, except that oc
casioned by meetings of the committee, j
has been due to Senator Hinman, and
i now he comes here and calls us crooks
: and weaklings." ", v
Senator Cobb said Senator I-linmanj
] has submitted proposed amendments to j
the resolution to him. There would be \
a meeting of the committee to-night to i
consider them and any others proposed. j
"But he could not wait for this oppor- j
tunity to come here and criticise hi 3
brother Senators. He wanted it to go
broadcast through the state that he was j
the only saintly one, the 'holier than 1
thou,' and so this tirade is thrown into j
the Senate."
Senator Cobb said that he had a mem- '
, orandum in Senator Hinman's own writ- j
ing urging tha£ the clause referring: to j
industrial insurance be cut out of -the j
: investigation resolution.
'If there is anything •?*-'on§: with this
resolution it vriU be amended." said he.
"I do not . believe Speaker Wadsworth
entered into any deal to shield anybody
who is corrupt. lam not defending the
resolution, but I am defending the repu
tation of the men against Thorn Senator
Hinman has no right to make these
charges. He. should not come hers and
cast slurs on the entir9 Legislature, and
I trust he will have the decency to have
his words expunged from the record."
Senator Hinman said that he did not
intend his words to be regarded as
charging that the members of the Senate
crooks. Neither did ha intend to
insult Senator Cobb or any other Sen
ator.
• I -rould not remain in this body for a
minute if T believed its members were all
crooks," said he, 'and if any member be
lieves I meant that I apologize to hire."
H? said that he was on record -with
m»ny members of the Senate before the
industrial insurance clause was put into
the resolution as saying that he fouid
oppose it until it was amended to make
possible a genuine graft hunt.
LACKAWANNA WAGE INCREASE.
Scranton, Perm... May 19— The r>e!aware.
Lackawanna & Western Railroad has ad
vanced the wages of its firemen an aver
age of 12 per cent. The increase dates from
May i.
BOATS FOR WEST 129 TH STREET.
Beginning to-day, the steamers of the
Peoples Line for Albany will stop regu
larly at West 129 th street at S :30 p. m.
The Charm of an 1
i
English Dining Room |
0
■^yiTH agreeable effect the stately^
ritual of Eighteenth Century))
hospitality influenced the plenishmentsf
of the Georgian Dining Room. I
The bountiful Sideboard with its]
old-world grace of curving front and I
tapering supports,— the Cupboard*
through whose trellised lattice gleams
a hint of shining silver or of fine-col
oured porcelains, — the Table with its
ample surface of rich-hued and polished]
mahogany,— each one has its necessary!
part to play. : £j
Such an underlying sentiment, too,
is preserved in our faithful Reproduc*
tions of the work of Sheraton, Heppeli
. white, and the brothers Adam. I
Fwniitiire .Company : j
34 and 36 West 32d Street- j ,
Between Fifth Avenue and Broadway . " :
, New York
POLICE GUARD OFFICIAL
He Was in Car That Ran Do*
a Boy, but They Hide His aJJ
Edward Hooks, eight years eld, of v *
4&i Bergen avenue, vraa run do*^
i a touring: car at liSth street aa.i 7 '
| avenue. The Bronx, last night Brf*!
cut about the head and body. The m
was said by the police to bar- '
one of four passengers a city of**?
whose name they -would not sfr- 6 ~J* "
This man. th* police safd, gave me *,
a nicks! before he "went home.
: Eddie, with his sister Margaret 'aaj
boy living in the neighborhood *4
playing on the sidewalk. Eddie raa to
[the street Just as the auto pass?! a
struck him and threw him about* ten
feet. The accident was seen by rn Mil
hundred persons who were on th-fr
I to a nearby theatre. » • :.£•
In the car trere three rn«r, aaf' §
', lonian. One of the men and th# Wsfjg
get out and talked away. xHe (T,( T ,
other men and the chauffeur of tie tar
stood by. Th« police, said that tity
had been instructed not to give outage
name of the city official nrho iraj.-^
th* car. _ . •
SOCIALISM AND SUFFRAGE
» — — — — — —
Speaker Attacks Mrs. Belaoai
and Anne Morgan. : c v
[By TeZegr&vh «» Tha JO*!
Chicago. May 19.— The angry 4einsfc!_
ation of "soap boxers trying to na »
important convention" coming frem gas
of the leading members, amid cheers, a*
approval from many other Tea^r;
brought an abrupt end to to-days «s
sion of th<? National Socialist Congrea)
and contributed to making the day tte
stormiest of a stormy weak.
A feature of a detete on the safft*a»
question was a series of wafafcy
against following Mrs. O. H. P. Betaeat
and Miss Anna Morgan in seeking eqial
suffrage. Both ware denounced M
"notoriety seekers" and "representatives
of capital seeking centre! of -rcaez'j
votes as capital noT attempts to held
men's votes."
"We don't want to enlist the synjets
of Mrs. Belmorit nor have Anna Korgaa
tell us how to carry on the canpaifß.'
shouted Joseph D. Cannon, of Oklaheua,
The poor striking shirtwaist mate*
helped our cause five hundred tl~zt* «
much as these notoriety seekers. So
bon ton suffrage for socialism.**
"They're backed by capitalists,- »«h*
Mrs. Mary Marguerite Prevy, of Olio,
"and that's enough to keep them oat -'l*
we let them dominate now they vffl
dominate when we get the vote."
The committee report inserting a arf
frage plank was rushed to a vots tsd
was declared passed by the chainatc.
Shouts for a recount and ballot veto
from a large minority were drowwd to
a tumult from the victors.
DR. HYDE FILES APPEAL
Woman in Black from New York
Brings Him Roses.
Kansas City, j40.. May 13.— Attorneys fcr;
Dr. B. C. Hyfi» filed a motion for ft om
trial for their client to-day. Arsuassti-e
the motion will be heard by Judge Laotair
on June 4. The attorney* set forth tie tit
lowing to prove there was error in thsflrtll
court:
That Judge Latshaw showed prejud^*
against th« defendant and t*zt *• aeM
improperly toward Hyda's counsel.
That evidence other than that totxehirj
directly upon the death of Colons n«B«i
H. Swope should cot have been aicicsi
into the record.- 7 "■ c *
That the jurors -were rrT^»> •<» uauiM
the physician more by pa3's!or* arh! ?*#>
dice than by reflection on testimony. ;• "• "
"A woman In black." who says sh» !s
Mrs. D. H. Adkins, c* New York, called at
the Jail to-day with a large tex of rasa
and desired to be permitted to take £9
flowers to the physician. Dr. HycU sail la
did not know her. She was cot allcrxid
enter the jail. When she departed ;h« took
the roses with her.