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YOIY O1 - LXX. N° 23,200.
liCK LEADERS
BEGIN CAMPAIGN
Trying to Show That Governor
Has Compromised Himself on
Direct Primaries.
BOSSES" GUNS ARE SPIKED
Bevised Cobb Measure Almost
Identical with Hinman-
Green Bill as Far
as It Goes.
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IBy Tciosraph to Th* Triune ] |
Mtony June 1. -According to word j
received here to-day by direct nomma- j
lions advocates, machine politicians.
'raring that the Cobb direct.nomlna
iions bill »i» be passed at the extra
session, have begun a systematic cam
paign agatort that meuun rs well as
the Hinman-Gre<A bill abolishing all
conventions. Their weapons are said .to
include misrepresentations, direct r.us
rtatemrnts regarding the provisions of
the bill and assertions that Governor
Hughes is "back tracking" on the direct
nominations issue.
Efforts are being made to show that
th« Governor has "compromised" hfan
f*lf in giving his provisional approval
f. this -compromise bill." Machine lead
ers and their "bosslcts" all down the
Yne according to to-day's information.
aro fedulously spreading the "informa
tion" that the Governor has abandoned
advocacy of the Hinman-Green state
wide bill, and in expressing approval ir
any degree of another measure has
yielded his support of direct nomina
tions.
Whether .... campaign is mak
ing any headway cannot be learned. Its
absurdity has not prevented it from be
ing taken up by some newspapers, most
ly bos? owned or controlled. Yet only
the slightest knowledge of the Gov
ernor's i>osition and the hastiest ulan-e
at the provisions of the two bills are
necessary to enow to what straits the
machine men must l<e reduced if these
are their heaviest gun i
Revised Bill Sound in Structure.
Governor Hughe? told Senators Cobb.
Hinman and Meade. the committee rep
resenting the conference of Republican
Senators which sought his views regard
ing the so-called . obb compromise bill,
that it would receive his approval if
passed in its latest form. He told them
why— briefly, because the bill as revised
rind changed was smmd in structure,
und while not going so far a= he desired
represented a great step forward in
nominating methods. That position was
co "back tracking' or changing from
hi? position advocating th. passage of
the Hin roan -Green bill, because th.»
Cobb bill, which passed the .Senate,
virtually was the Hinman-Green bill ex
*<--pt that it did not provide for direct
nomination of judges or state officers.
A little study of the political situation
:ir,tv makes it very apparent why the
Governor is willing thus to accept a
measure which does not go quite so far
a? h^ desires. Also it shows precisely
■why the political bosses are fighting as
desperately against Senator Cobb*s ear
nest effort to reconcile the Governor
3nd the party leaders on this issue as
they did against the Hinman-Green bill.
■The reason is that there is to be a com
plete political change at the coming
election — a change from twp to bottom.
From Governor down to count:.* officers,
>. new set of public servants is to be
chosen.
Extension of System Expected.
Senat
: . ■ • -. ntatives in Coi
and th
That would pive
pretty thorough try
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On ..... hand, the machine men
have ■•••■..- gain by delay. If
they could prevent the enactment of a
'Jirect nominations law at the extra ses
sion, they would have put off the adop
tion of that rystem at least tw.j years,
bfcaus«» it would be 1912 before a new
could be chosen. Also, there 5s
the possibility that a Governor might be
♦ lei ted this fall who would be luke
warm, if not positively hostile, to that
system of nominating public officers. So
the machine leaders all ''own the scale
*re working overtime against the Oobb
measure, which they conceive to lie very
cang' rous.
THe Cobb Measure Analyzed.
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Senators. Assemblymen^ Congressmen
L.-id county officers would be nominated
directly at the primaries under this bill.
tx«-*pt county i«?Bcer* in those counties
in New York City in a municipal elec
tion year. The ,>a;ty's candidates would
be chosen from among names appearing
ou the tiullot group* under the title <>f
•lie office for which they were randi
>lbU s First in each group would come
rfce name ot a man designated by the
j-urty committee in the district; undt-r
i.:^ name, arranged in the order of tiling,
vou'.d come the names of men whom
c».h<r groups of party voters believfcd
<...!•■ inurd an •eeSßi | •-•
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T"-«t:n. H<>«<!>.
To-morrow, fair; «-«t w»"'N.
GOT $200 NOT TO APPEAR?
Woman Bookkeeper at Trial Ac
cuses Pawtucket Postmaster.
Providence. June i.— A remarkable
■tory was told in the Superior Court to
day by Miss ( divine Bedard, formerly i
bookkeeper for James Beach. ■ contrac
tor, who. with Peter Casey, is charged
with defrauding the city of Pawtucket
„• sum by means of false vouchers in
oontracts.
Miss Bedard testified that William H.
Barclay, postmaster at Pawtucket and
formerly s city official, pave her S'JiM to
leave the city and not testify in the
atone contract case. She went .to
Springfield, where she alleges Barclay
followed her and told her the Sheriff
was kmU-g for her. She then entered
:. Montreal convent. In Montre.nl the
young woman says she was visited by
■,v ■ r, who advised her to change
She finally did so and went
■},•■ . . ovent.
trial of Beai h and Casey is ex
.? t-. last all the w« k
PRIESTS IN AUTO CRASH
Three Hurt in Collision with W.
Bayard Cutting" s Car.
Sayvflle. I/>nc Island, Jane I.— Father
N F. Heffernan, of St. Lawrence's
Catho ■ ■'■• w;lp badly ln
this afternoon, when an au
whi.-h he was riding was In
collision with one owned by W. Bayard
Cutting, containing Mr. Cutting and his
son.
Both machines were wrecked and both
the Cuttings were shaken up and
bruised, but not seriously hurt. Father
Welsher, assistant to Father Heffernan.
was bruised and shaken up. as were
Father Frank Cullen, of New York City.
and Thomas Wheeler, of Sayville. the
few „f the car containing the
priest
The priests" car Was chartered t.. take
them to a school entertainment at
At a curve in the road the
steering pear gave way and the car
nto the Cutting automobile.
(Ternan's rieht leg was fract
ured and his lefl > (j =: was badly bruised.
CURTIS'S _LEG_JFRACTURED
Penumonia, Too, Attacks Assist
ant Secretary of Treasury.
James F. Curtis. Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury-, was s;r'd at the Cus
tom House yesterday to be seriously ill
. home of a relative in Lawrence.
I ong Island. Mr. '"urtis was on an offi
cial visit to the city two weeks ago. He
Intended I ' to Washington on
May l*J. and went to Lawrence the day
When it was first learned that he was
HI ir was supposed thnt there was noth
rious about it. The report yester
u that lie had bad a Call, in which
a les was broken, and that he was suf
from pneumonia and w;>s in a
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Mr. Curtis was appointed to succeed
James Burton Reynolds as the assistant
secretary in charge of the customs busi
ness of the department. He was deeply
interested in the new automatic scale
which was installed at the Havemeyer
& Elder dock about two weeks ago. and
when her- last saw a practical test of
the weighing machine.
DRAGGED BY TAXICAB
Old Man Seriously Injured in
Broadway Before Car Stops.
Cugle, Bixty-on< years old, °ft.
• t. manager of How
ard & Co.'s dressmaking establishment,*
md Fifth avenue, was
struck • b at 43d street and
Broad wa; last night. He was di
about thirty feet before the cab stopped.
,'.m]i two friends, was cross
is- was warned of the
appros cab, but could not avoid
it. It struck him In the side and threw
him with great tore.- t.> the ground.
Then the crank caught his clothing and
his head was beaten against the road
b i h- was dragged » loner. v,,v a
time he was unconscious.
!)• was removed to Flower Hospital,
ng from internal injuries and con
tusions. His condition, it was stated, is
serious The chauffeur, George Dundy,
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STAGE STORY COMES TRUE
William Norris Marries Miss
Mordaunt, "Cinderella Girl."
to T1 •■ 7'r!b:;ne. 1
Chicago, June I. -William Norris,
"star" of "The Cinderella Girl.*" which
has l" • n playing for some time at the
Whit,- • House, and .Miss Mabel
Mordaunt, who enacts the "Girl,** were
married to-day al St. James's Episcopal
• aeon Toll performed the
my.
In th> play Mr. Xorrifi falls In love
with the "Cinderella Girl" and marries
just as it happened to-day in real
life. The couple became acquainted In
I run of ;!)•■ piec< In Chicago.
Mordaunl la twenty-one years old
■.■■.-• in Springfield, 115.
SIR F. S. HADEN DEAD
The Noted English Etcher Ex
pires at Bradford.
London, June 1 Sir Francis Seymour
Haden, founder and president of the
Royal Sock I of Painter Etchi rs, died
;■' Bradford to-day.
M Sen m a:- born In
I > ide . v. ho w:i - i laaha l wlano
i <.f Major < leorgv W.
er, U. fl A . died in IMS. She was
Mi Had* ii in IM7. when her
.i.i.m.- McNeil Whistler, the
•i.h. j and painter. «•' ' "'"• • n
m Mr. Haden waa knighted In i k< '!
ork mm an an
on art an'i natural ;ni«i
THRES BHIGK HOUSES HERE
Woman, Dead in Michigan, Remem
bered Old Days in New York.
(Jsy Telegraph to The Tribune-. )
Pontiac. Mioj,.. June, i.— .Mr*. Martha
Maddoek. one of the o!<Jp<-t women in Mich
igan, died here to-day ;»t the ,i.. of ?<••■
3 ears. She remembered New York- wh<n
there were only three brick houses in the
city- Michigan was a bare wilderness .'tn-1
lirtroit a Iradng post when she settled
:.- t*.
YEW-YORK THURSDAY, .M NE 2, l!H ( i. — M)l kIIJ.n pages.** mice one cext
SUBWAY PASSENGERS
OVERCOME BY SMOKE
One of the Worst Accidents in
the System Due to Blaze in
Pimping Station.
TRAIN RUMS INTO ANOTHER
One Car Thrown from Rails — j
Panic Follows — Employe
Only One To Be
Badly Injured.
Smoke from a fire in a pumping sta
«ion about three hundred feet south of
the Mott avenue station of the Lenox
avenue branch of the subway, shortly
after 11 o'clock last night, filled the tube
i collision between two
southbound trains at the Mott avenue
station.
Several persons were overcome by the
smoke and were attended by physicians
from Lincoln and Lebanon hospitals. An |
employe of the subway also was taken
to the latter institution suffering from a
lacerated scalp wound received in an un
usual manner.
Albert Buftington, a guard on the sec
ond of the southbound trains, was sent
back to fiag the following train, as the
smoke was so dense that the motorman
was not expected to be able to see the
danger that lay ahead of him.
While Kuffingtou was making Jiis way
back toward 14!<th street with a red
lantern which he had taken from the
rear of his train he was struck by the
train which he had started to flag. The
motorman saw r m In time to avoid a
: more serious accident, and Buffington's
wound was slight.
Panic at the Station.
Meanwhile there was a panic at the
Mott avenue station. There were about
eight hundred passengers in the two
trains when the collision carre. The
passengers of the first train were uneasy
because of the smoke in the subway and
the fact that the motorman did not dare
to proceed. -At that point the subway
[s one hundred feet below the surface,
and the smoke was gradually becoming
denser.
Just as the passengers were coming
to the belief that their plight was a
serious one the train following crashed
into the stalled train. All the cars
stood the force of the collision well,
with the exception of the second car
of the second train. This car was of
lijrht construction and was badly shat
tered.
Th<> car was about half full of pas
sengers, but none was seriously injured.
A Mrs. O'Brien, who paid she lived in
Brooklyn. fainted and her seven
months' oU baby fell to the floor. Mrs.
O'Brien did not revive completely un
til she was taken out of the subway
& veral minutes later.
Captain Post. Bf the Alexander avenue
station, brought over his reserves and
Inspector Flood led the reserves of the
tforrisania station to the scene. They
pushed down into the subway at Mott
avenue and did everything possible to
quiet the panicstricken passengers. Al
bert Cummings, of No. 2238 Second ave
nue, the elevator runner, kept the car
going up and down as fast as he could
under the handicap of the dense smoke.
Dr. I-:. I'ixley. of No. 482 Mott avenue,
arrived and offered his services. He
treated more than fifty persons who
were brought out of the subway at
Mott avenue.
Meanwhile n northbound train had
pushed up through the smoke from 135 th
Rtreet and the passengers and employs
on the stalled trains pleaded with the
motorman to take as many of them as
possible aboard and carry them to the
149 th street station. According to Rob
ert Hamburger, of No. 242« I^orillard
Place, The Bronx, the motorman refused,
and pushed on-withoul giving any assist-
Traffic Long Tied Up.
Tlx- motorman <>£ the second train
that appeared was more charitable.
and he waited ions enough to take on
as many passengers as his train could
carry conveniently. At 14!»th street
those who were nearly overcome by
the smoke were attended by physicians
and by clerks in Herman's a.nd Rikers
drugstores at that point. Traffic was
tied up for more than two hours.
As soon as the last iirissenger had
i n transferred from the stalled trains
subway employes hauled them quickly
away, so that it was impossible to learn
the exaci damage that had been done to
the cars, or how well they had withstood
the force of the collision.
The last car on the first train was
thrown from the rails, but its steel
construction sH\e<l it from more serious
damage than ■ slight denting, in the
case of the first car of the second train,
it was held that the steel construction
probably saved the life of the motorman,
John Montgomery.
One of Worst Accidents.
Montgomery and the motorman of the
train which he rammed took an active
part in the rescue work at the Mott
avenue station. The former was almost
crushed under the rush of passengers of
his train, who sought to reach the station
platform and make their way to the
street. Aided by other employes, by the
police and the men under Deputy. Chief
Ahearn. who responded to an alarm of
lire, some sort of calm was brought about
..in! the frightened passengers were held
back and compelled to make their escape
in an orderly manner.
Many persons climbed the five flights
of stairs to the street, and to this exer
tion .is much as to the smoke which they
had Inhaled the physicians placed the
C mi of the numerous cases they were
tailed upon to handle
Many of the doctor*, ponce ami nre
meri Lid that they regarded the accident
ib one of the worst that the Interborough
had ever had in the subway, and added
that ■ more favorable spot for a serious
accident could not have been found on
my section of the underground mad.
In addition to being one hundred feet
below the surface and therefore offering
small vent for the escape of smoke, the
station at Mott avenue is the only one
betw^n ISSth street and Lenox avenue
n< j [49t.ii .street and Third avenue, a dU
.,,.,. of nearly a mile and a half.
SOME COMMANDERS IN THE ESTRADA REVOLUTIONARY ARMY.
Lower row W, to right-General F. Saenz. General Tomas Macis. General Lsds fyrrea and General Juan Corrales. The
, men standing are aids to the generals.
BLUEHELDS AGAIN FE
Remnant of the Madriz Forces
Reported in Retreat.
RAMA MAY BE RELIEVED
Commander Gilmer Sends Word
of Repulse of Besiegers—
U. S. Warships Move.
Panama. June 1. — Salvador Chamorro,
father of General Chamorro. one of the
leaders of the provisional army, has re
ceived a wireless message from Blue
fields, dated May 81, saying that his son
had defeated the Madriz forces under
Generals I.ara and Padilla. after a battle
which lasted three days. The number of
casualties is not given, but it is reported
that three hundred prisoners were capt
ured by Chamorro.
Washington, June 1. — A dispatch re
ceived to-day at the State Department
from Captain Gihner. commanding the
Paducah at Blueflelds, says that General
Lara has been defeated by the Estrada
forces and is in full retreat with the
remnant of his army, numbering about
thr^e hundred men. It was dated yes
terday.
With the exception of these three hun
dred men the Only forces of Madriz on
the oast coast, it is understood here, are
a detachment on Blueflelds Bluff, ab* at
six miles ea?t of Blueljelas Cftyi and a'
force estimated at not exceeding one
thousand men facing General Mena. the
Estrada commander, at Rama. It is
pointed out that General Estrada with
his victorious army could without hin
drance roach Rama and. joining forces
with General Mena, readily disperse the
Madriz army in front of that city.
The only feasible means of communi
cation between Blueflelds and Rama is
by way of the Escondido River, and it is
understood that the banana vessels on
the river are available for transport of
the Estrada army to thnt point. It is
also conjectured that General Lara's
course of retreat will probably be down
the .oast to Monkey Point, where lie ami
his men mUht avoid capture by hoardimr
the Venus, but in any case it Is tM -
lieved here that the evacuation of the
coast is the only alternative open to
Madriz to avoid the destruction of his
armies.
Captain Gilmer has advised the NavT
Department that the Dnbuque. which
yesterday landed a force of marines at
Bluefielda from Colon, had returned to
Colon for coal and provisions. The de
partment has directed that the Vicks
burg proceed to Corinto, on the west
coast «.f Nicaragua, and there relieve the
gunboat Princeton, which has been or
dered to Bremerton, Puget Sound.
MINES USED AT RAMA
Americans Play Leading Part in
Defeat of Troops.
Blueneids. May 27 (via New Orleans). June
1 -Within the last few days General Ea
trada, commanding the Insurgents, has re
pulsed the enemy behind Blueflelds and at
Rama but lost the bluff and the customs
house through what he believes to have
been treachery.
This has been the bloodiest week of the
war and the total casualties on both Bides
win run up into the hundreds. including
several American* who had east their lot
with the rebels.
The first attack by the Madriz troops was
made at Rama early in the week. llama
is regarded as the greatest stronghold of
the insurgents on th* Rama River, fifty
miles or more from Blueflelds as the crow
flies. Estrada now believes that a well ar
ranged plan made some time ago by Madrii
called for the first attack at Rama so
that the Madriz troops, coming up behind
Bluenelds along the coast, would find the
garrison at the town largely depleted by
the withdrawal of men from the defence
at Rama.
This movement proved only partly suc
cessful for General Tara. commanding the
Madriz troops. , The plan was largely
thwarted by the work of a young Ameri
can Phil Pitman, of Boston, whose system
of mines around Bluetields proved an Im
portant factor in savmf the town
As the enemy advanced on the -oast, on*
of these mines was exploded, and ■ cpm :
nany of MadrlS men. not observing open
order in their advance, was almost anni
hilated Several Americana were handling
ra.'.i.i-n'r. R u»s behind the fortifications at
the time, an.l th« ranks of the advancing
army wavered and then broke for cover.
That ended the fighting behind Blueflelds
for that day.
Secure behind their fortifications, the
Estradan troops reported no loss of life.
and „,,,,1,1 only estimate the number of
dead on the other side. Estimates place
the caauality list In general Lara's, army
ai from fifty to one hundred.
That nlKht General Estrada brought three
hundred men down from Rama to reinforce
his troops behind Btuftnclds. a large
searchlight erected and operated by Guy
Ciiotinurd on »ectmd pace.
JURY WILL HAVE TO CHEW
Panel to Masticate Bread at
Bleached Flour Trial.
Kansas City, Mo., June I.— A jury was
obtained and the opening statement by
the government was be^un in the
bleached flour case before Federal Ju<lg-"
Smith McPherson to-day. Attorneys
think the case will be disposed of within
two week?.
Jurors will he called on Ib masticate
bread from bleached «nd from un
bleached flour, in an effort to convince
them whether the use of the different
processes changes the quality of the
food.
HARRiMAN SIGN UP AGAIN
Excitement at Turner Over New
Order of Erie Railroad.
[By TV!«>Rraph to The Tribune.]
Middletown. N. V.. June I.— The peo
ple of the village of Turner were
wrought up to a high pitch of excite
ment again this morning, when for the
second time within a week they found
that the sign on the railroad station,
which for the last half a century has
been called Turner, had been taken down
and a new signboard bearing the name
of Harriman was in its place.
Some time ago it was announced that
Mrs. E. H. Harriman would build a new
railroad station if the place was named
Harriman. Last Thursday the Erie
Railroad named the place Harriman, but
after twenty-four hours filled with pro
tests from the villagers changed the
name back to Turner.
A mass meeting Is to be held here on
Saturday night, when protests against
changing the name will be adopted and
sent to Congress, the PuWic Service
Commission and the Erie Railroad Com
pany.
NEW AIRSHIP PRIZE
$20,000 for New York-Wash
ington Flight Proposed.
Washington. June I.— The interest of
the nationnl capita] in the present agi
tation for long distance flights through
the air has crystallized into a definite
movement for an airship race between
New York ani Washington. The Fourth
of July hiis been tentatively set as the
date for the contest, and it is proposed to
make the prize to the winner $20,000.
Th" board of directors of the local
Chamber of Commerce to-day appointed
a committee to work with th»- Washing
ton Acn> Club with a view to raising, in
conjunction with other cities along the
proposed line of (light, a purse of the
amount mentioned. The flight probably
will start from Governor's Island, with
stops at Philadelphia and Baltimore, the
machines t.. land in Washington on the
Whit- Lot
FLIGHT IN 72 HOURS
Conditions of New York-Chicago
Aeroplane Trip.
Chicago, June l.— Aviators who enter
the Chicago and Sew York flying contest
f< r the I2&.&O0 prize offered by "The New-
York Times' and "The Chicago Evening
Post" must make the trip In less than
seventy-two hours. They will be per
mitted any number of stops and may
start from either end. The same opera
tor must remain in charge of the air
craft throughout the trip, which can be
made al any time between August 1 and
November 1. Kntries for the race must
be in by August 1.
These arrangements »•#■ agreed upon
to-day.
ST. LOUIS-KANSAS CITY FLIGHT
Governor Ha<6ey Contributes to Fund
for $10,000 Prize.
St. Louis. June I.— Governor Hadley and
John H. Curran. Commissioner of Immi
gration'of Missouri, started a fund to-day
which Is expected to reach J1O.OX), and
which will be Riven to the aviator who; In
twenty-four hours, shall fly from St. lajuls
to Kansas City, a distance of L*« miles. The
Governor and the Commissioner each sub
scribed $100 to the fund. .
650-MILE AEROPLANE RACE
Planned Over Triangular St. Louis-
Chicago-Indianapolis Course.
St. Loads, Jii'i. I.— a. B. I^ambert. presi
dent of the Aero Club of St. Ixnits. an
nounced tonight that plans are maturing
for a t>TiO-niila aeroplane race over a triangu
lar course from Indianapolis to St. Us*!*,
thence to Chicago, thence to Indianapolis.
Me ,■.l definite announcement as to rules
would ha mads witrftn a week.
The purse is expected to be about $40.(*V>.
of this amount the. aero clubs In St.
Louts. Chicago and Indianapolis will pro
vide j, . ... each, and the rest will be made
up from the seventy or more town* along
the course. The race will be h«kl proba
bly In October.
DEWEYS SUPERIOR OLD PORT WINE.
The most strengthening 1 vine we make.
H. T. Dewey'& Sons Co.. 113 Fulton St., IC.T.
•-Advt,
WOMEN SEE MAN KILLED
Railrcad Clerk Shot Dead by
Frenzied Husband.
"FAMILY TROUBLE" CAUSE
Pursued Victim Into Store, Then
Fired at Pursuers — Wife
Denies Wrongdoing.
In the presence of half a dozen women
huddled together in a crockery store at
Xo. 117 First avenue, last night. William
Schwartz, a poultry dealer, of No. 442
Kast 9th street, shot and killed John
Stnimpf. a clerk in the lighterage de
partment of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Schwartz had left his wife but a few
moments before and had pursued
Strumpf into the store, where he had
sought refuge. When asked why he had
killed the clerk, Schwartz answered.
"Family troubles." and refused to say
anything else.
After killing Stumpf. Schwartz ran
east through 7th street, firing one shot
at one pursuer and two at Patrolman
Purnhagen. of the sth street station,
who caught and disarmed him at 7th
street and Avenue A.
Schwartz appeared at the entrance to
a saloon at 7th street and First avenue,
last evening-, accompanied by his "\ife
and a man not known to the police. He
was tugging at his wife's arm and urg
ing her to enter the place. Bystanders
heard the unknown man say. "I saw
her with him three times." and as he
did so Schwartz gave his wife a push
that landed her just inside the door of
the saloon.
Stumpf was standing at the bar. and
at the sound of the commotion he
turned, and when he saw Schwartz he
ran out at the First avenue entrance.
Schwartz pursued him. Stumpf ran
int.- the crockery store. There was a
brief struggle, in whu-h Schwartz forced
th other man to his knees. Then
Schwartz drew a revolver, placed it at
Stumpfs temple and pulled the trigger.
The women, shrieking, fled from the
shop. Stumpf made a few steps for
ward and fell dead.
Detective Maioney. of the Fifth street
station, after a search of the ncighW.r
■Ood found Mrs. Schwartz, terror
stricken, in the hallway on the second
floor of No. 212 First ;tvenue. He t.-ok
her to the station noose, where she de
clared there had never been anything
wrong in her relations with the man her
husband killed.
She said she had started to visit
friends in 4th street at H w Vlock last
night, and that her husband, and the
other man had suddenly come across
her at Avenue A and 7th street.
"He told me that if I didn't go in the
saloon he would kill me." she said 'I
met Stumpf two years ago at a howling
tournament, and. though we had been
friendly, there was never anything
wrong. I cannot imagine why my hus
l and should act in that way."
She said that she and her husband had
been married thirteen years, and had pa
children. Stumpf was single. Schwartz
kept a nv»ody silence in the station
house. He refused to tell anything to
the police or Coroner but his name and
address.
KNIGHT PROMISES TO TELL ALL
Signers of Spurious Cotton Bills of
Lading To Be Made Known.
Birmingham. Ala.. June I.— John W.
Knight, of Decatur. who was in charge of
the affairs of Knight. Yancey & Co. at the
time of the firm's recent failure. Is ex
pected to give important testimony to-mor
row before the meeting of the creditors of
the bankrupt firm. He was excused to-day.
One of the attorneys for Mr. Knisht
stated to-night that his client would go on
the stand to-morrow morning and tell who
signed the alleged suprlous bills of lading.
He stated that two and possibly three men
would be Involved. The attorney main
tained that Mr. Knight would make a clean
breast of the whole matter to-morrow and
that Knight himself would come out with
colors flying.
INCOME TAX IN LOUISIANA
People to Vote on Amendment in
May, 1912.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Baton Rouge. La.. June I.— The proposed
constitutional amendment providing for ■
federal Income tax bill will be decided by
referendum vote at the state primary elec
tion two years hence. In the State S«nat*
to-day a resolution in fa\or of the tax was
amended, on motion of ; Senator John
Mark?, so that the people of the state will
vote on the proposition in May. 1312. The
question will form an Issue In the next
state campaign.
The Scenic route to the North ami V\>s^
U via the Day LJne aura. Thru rail t'kts
•cc«pt«d.— Ad>t.
In Cltx •» Nerr York, 4rr**j City and HnMh— l
II>r.«HKRE TWO CENTS.
GOVERNMENT GIBS
11,00010 lfl HATS
Big Seizure ;i Warehouses of
Panama Headgear Greatly
Undervalued.
TRADE IS to A BAD WAY
Detectives Found All Qualities
Billed at Flat Low Bate —
dictments May Follow
Investigation.
More than Sl.«¥>.«<o worth of Panama
hats has been seized by Treasury
agents In this city. The hats are held in
bonded warehouses in the southern end
of Manhattan, and represent about two
) thirds of the stock depended on by the
trade to fill orders. Wholesale and re
tail hatters may not get the goods they
purchased from the importers until the
I season has passed. They are Ml of
wrath, and the old expression "Mad as
a hatter" fits the trade situation well.
Under, instructions from the Treasury
Department Secret Service agents have
been investigating for several months
the importation of Panama hats. They
delved into the book 3of several large
commission houses. They found things
that could not be explained. A charge
of undervaluation was made, and the
seizure followed.
The inquiry led into the government
service, where the goods were received
and appraised upon examination. There
it was learned that an ancient system
was being leisurely followed— that of
taking the : invoices as the basis for
valuation. There may be another
shake-up as a result.
Panama hats are shipped to this port
from Colon, which receives the manu
factured article in cases from the west
coast of Panama and from Colombian
ports. The hats, without regard to dif
ference In quality, are packed in cases,
and Invoiced at a fiat cost. It was this
flat cost that attracted attention in the
first place. A price of $24 a dozen cov
ered hats that retailed for from $2 to
Trade Is in Straits.
Letters were found giving instructions
of such a nature to shippers that
clinched the case of the government.
From a careful appraisement of many
cases it was found that the undervalua
tion amounted to as much as "><> per
cent, and in Individual cases to many
times that. .
The seizure came to the knowledge of
the general trade when the real demand
for straw hats began. Retail merchant*
hail made their purchases, but had left
the goods in bonded warehouses. Many
had taken out a few cases to supply
customers who were early in the field.
This week the demand took a sudden
jump. The orders were rushed to the
warehouses. Then the blow fell. -Tied
up by the government." was the mes
sage brought back.
The clamor for stock is not confined to
the retailers. The wholesale dealers had
taken orders from all sections of the
country. Telegraph messages were re
ceived this week to ship, and the replies
told of the seizure.
May Seize at Other Ports.
It 'vis said last evening that the stock
at other ports would be held up if it was
discovered that the same conditions of
appraisement prevailed. If this should
be found necessary, the business of sup
plying Panama hats will be crippled for
this year. A seizure Ii likely to mean an
Indefinite holding up before there i? a
public sale. The government may rush
the rase to an early conclusion to help
the innocent dealers, but th». is a rou
tine to be followed that cannot be evad
ed, and which takes much time.
The books and papers of the firms In
volved are being sifted for information.
Should the evidence warrant court ac
tion, the United St.it- Attorney Gen
eral will l>e called in and indictments
may follow.
The Panama hat business In this coun
! try has grown to (Treat proportions in ten
years, or since the first few years after
the Span'.sh-American War. It is finn«
almost wholly on a commission basis by
the importers. Nearly one-fourth of M
straw hat business is In the Panama
product, shaped in staid, conventional
design or the fantastic fashions affected
'by the youth of th<» land. A well known
dealer said List night that one result of
the shortage of stock would be a great
Increase in prices.
AT 108, LIVES AFTER FALL
Brooklyn Patriarch Drops Out of
Window 20 Feet to Ground.
In spite of his suffering from bruises and
possibly internal Injuries. Solomon Levy,
apetl M years, of No. 22ST Pill avenue.
Brooklyn, was SI a happy mood last night.
Being nearly blind, he had yesterdar
morning walked through an open secoml
story window in mistake for a door.
Stepping out on to a cornice, he tost his
balance and dropped twenty feet to tli»
sidewalk. When picked up he wa* uncor
sMous. and an ambulance surgeon from th*
Bradford Street Hospital said he WOUlll
die. But last night he revived and told
the doctor he would recover.
•If he says he will get bett-r he will jr»t
better." ?ald Mrs. Pauline Blumberg Levy,
the aged man's r.-rty-nve-y. »r-ol,: wife,
who is the mother or his twenty-two-year
eid daughter. Theresa. Many residents of
Frowr.svtlle and East New York called ftf
the house last night to offer their sym
pathy.
CITY HIRES ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
It was announced yesterday in the Fi
nance Department that Abraham Lincoln
had been appointed Deputy City Paymas
ter, at C.500 «* year. Inquiry developed the
fact that Mr. Lincoln is an election district
captain In the 12th Assembly District.
Brooklyn, in which Controller Prendersa«t
GENERAL HENRY CONFIRMED.
Washington, June 1. — Nelson H. Henry,
of New York, was confirmed by th* Senata
to-day as surveyor of custom* at the Port
ot New Yorfk. He succeeds Jxrajta'%3^'
C!ark?on. The "salary, is ?3,00& a year.