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HP ON CLUBHOUSE
WATCHED BY 5,000
Citadel of the "Ramapo Club."
in Broadway. Built
Like a Fortress.
AXE S MADE MO IMPRESSION
p^jce Had to Get Scaling Lart-
L r Climb Wall and Smash
Window to Effect Entrance
Seven Arrested.
jjje treating cf a car wheel at 8
■ lpcK IBFt <' V€>nin * RHve Inspector
Ridiard Walsh five thousand specta
in addition to the- usual Broadway
-pVd for the moat spectacular raid of
thf cpaFon on an alleged v gambling
v „c;f The raided pla/v was the'"Ram
c Club-" situated on the third floor of
building at Broad-way and 4»th street.
erven prisoners were taken in the raid.
The "Ramapo Club" was so well forti
• <ed the police for a time despaired
If -gjaing entrance, and it was only by
th/foriunate discovery of the "Achilles
j^l" in the club's defence that the "blue
cot In at all.
Inspector Walsh. Captain Thomas
.pp.imw. of the West 47th street station;
j>utenar.t Strobel^ of the inspector's
r.a'. and twelve policemen in uniform.
errand with axes, crowbars and seven
-John Pop" warrants, issued by Mag:
jjtraie Harris, in the West Side court,
slighted from a patrol wagon in front of
fee building at 5:45 o'clock, and at once
frepsn the attack. The entrance to the
tending -is in 45<th street. The "police
found the door on the ground floor
iM»d. but it yielded to a few blows of
■ aac B n( * the police rushed in.
At -c top of the first flight, -however,
*w an entirely different proposition, in
•he .ape of an "icebox" door, so clev
,. aisn strongly constructed that the
T-eapons of the raiders had no effect on
it. After battering it with axes and
crowbars for ten mlnues the police pave
up the attack and held a consultation.
Wr.iip ' ':■• "icebox" door was foiling
•i* police a car wheel on a northbound
sixth and Amsterdam avenue car in
Sid street, just east of Ninth avenue,
west to smash and stopped the car.
Traffic piled ip behind, so that within a
few minutes there was a solid line of
rars from Sixth to Ninth avenue, block
ing both northbound and southbound
trafic on Eighth avenue. " Broadway.
Seventh and Sixth avenues. After
fuming and fretting at the delay a large
proportion of the passengers made for
fee Broadway subway stations, and
rave the police all the audience they
rould stain for their operations, v
ciT&Se Brw r?way was, rapidly assuni
** the aspect of an election, night,
Q» police deliberated and surveyed the
buiWir.sr. Finally a ladder was placed
swirl?? a twelve-foot wall that sepa
rates th* Broadway sidewalk from a
vacsni srar? In the rear of the besieged
fjaWng. and over this wall the blue
coatF clambered, with the crowd cheer
ir.e them on. They placed their ladder
£t the sill of a window on the second
floor, smashed it and swarmed In. They
'"ur.r; themselves inside the "ice-box"
coor at last.
The r^st was comparatively easy. The
*»"r to the "Ramapo Club" yielded to a
frw blows. Inside, the police say. they
ftmnd sixty men occupying a room 14
nj" sft *«>t in size, equipped with tables
for jx'ker. <*raps and Stuns and a black
board for the ; -play of racing results.
Catdf and chips Uttered the Boor.
There was BO resistance on the part of
the sixty men. the only cxit — besides the
windows with a three-story — being
the <3oor by which the police had en
tered. Th*- sixty were" lined up while
the «*• pn for whom the police had war-
Ms •were picked out. After their names
ten taken xh* others were allowed to ero.
At the West nth street station the
prisoners paid they were John W. Wheel
er, auctioneer, of No. IS4 West 106 th
Rue*!: Jmmrm Johnson, electrician, of No.
:?l*T\"eEt 13£ th street: Frederick Jones,
cierk of No. 135 West 13Sth street;
niMCL Mahoney, horseshoer, of No. l! is
Ean 4<>th street; Harry McCormick, gar
frner. of Xn. .4 Morton street: James P»
*'a]or.ey, bartender. Hotel Bristol. and
*»Villiam Robbing, clerk, of No. 344 West
HJhsireet Wheeler, Johnson and Jones
an« charged with accepting bets on
kirse races and the other four with be
* <x.rr.Tn'.n gamblers.
Th*- evidence against them. Inspector
Walth says, was obtained by two civil
lang. former gamblers, row attached to
Policy He-.n3quartera. Par several days,
'.he inspector says, the men have been
"trying their luck" with the various
lames of rhanee the "Ramapo Club" af
•fjra'ed.
VETERAN TRIED FOR CHERRIES
Climbed a Tree After Them and Fell
From It a* He Beached Limb.
v* ■€■ rip* out hi Hollis, Long
"tend. y*M«>rday. and the inmates of the
*• FVHows" Home greeted the first ones
"'- f^ason with delight. A crowd of
«*». not on*> und«*r fifty, went out on
t<L la«n of ihe home to set pome of
*** frut. stones, sticks and hats were
« r o»n et »he cue pood tree on the lawn.
J* tf i*. ch#-rri*-s Fell only one at a time.
V* *ork of scrambling Ear each cherry as
f 'H tir*d the men and they were about
• If I**1 ** vp uh< * H John Phillip*. sixty-eight
th Jounßi i* 1 a cooky with the crowd
t!* 1 * "■ M sata the tre*
fliiT *** was lakH, up «n.i Phillips
a.^j ''■♦• '<--< ■ Coached by his com
t/^ ioa »- he 0* to the Ik-si part of the
r , , ■Mi s'..-..] to shake a limb. when.
,h, h * T^sii, he and the limb landed on
„ ' **' w '" i Phillip* was picked up
and an am bulance was called from
-Wiim r * Hospital, where he was taken.
j^? rt J 5R from in Jurif-s to the ,m*me. He
R EAK JAIL WITH RAZOR BLADE.
mown « V v - June 2*-— A new use
l<jhn* fny razors has been discovered by
v IJr Jant and Clarence Brown, who
yy ii * i ' res 'ed here recently, charged with
•rtfert Tiie •Wai their way from jail to
'.... m to-<Jav with a tsose blade. Bryant
** r «*a DJ ur<rd.
;- v , OELIGHTFLLLY COOL.
t lt*J.. J ' v RIVER Tl RES are cool and
- L Try •!■._!;, tu-<Ja: Ad' t. .
To-day and to-morrow . e*nrra!i, f a | r .
PLANE RUIN:_AVIATOR SAFE
Crowd Sees Strang Wrecked in
Machine at Garden City.
MbMota, L ong i slandi June
Sprang, the well known automobile
driver, narrowly escaped injury here to
day, when a newly constructed aero
plane in which he was flying close to
the ground struck the top of a knoll on
the Garden City aviation field. Strang
■ rhmwn oiu and the aeroplane was
turned upside down. The engine was
wrecked and win require a thorough
overhauling.
The accident was witnessed by hun
dreds of people, among them several
aviators. A crowd rushed to the assist
ance of Ptranjr. but he was able to pick
himself up and -walk to the shed in
whjr-h. the aeroplane : kept. The
■wrecked machine was picked up and
taken to the Phed. where the work of re
pairing the engine was started immedi
ately.
The aeroplane is one constructed by
Philip W. Wilcox, a young mechanical
and civil engineer, who was graduated
from Columbia University this year.
FLAMES _SWEEP_ TIMBER
Damage of Millions of Dollars
Reported in Ontario.
Fort. William. Ont.. June 24.— Millions
of dolars worth of damage has been
caused by forest fires in the Atikokan
district. Two and a half miles west of
Aiikokan H.SOOUQOQ damage was done by
the burning of timber berth No. 01, forty
one miles square, the property of the
F. Wayerhauser Company, of St. Paul.
The fire is raging practically all the way
from Atikokan to Ffcrt Francis. The
Rat Portage Lumber Company's and the
Northern Construction Company's camps
have been destroyed.
WILD AUTO^CAUSES PANIC
Tears Through Crowded Street
with No One at Helm.
Patrick Hlggins. a chauffeur, of
Swayne street. Bronxville. alighted from
an automobile he was driving last night
at the corner of 12T»th street and Seventh
avenue and went into a cigar store for
a smoke. While he was looking over
th< stock two men drew up beside the
machine and began to discuss its merits.
One of the men. more versed in the in
tricacies of the machine than his friend,
began to demonstrate how it was
started and ?topr*d. To make himself
more clear the man cranked the car and
worked the ignition switch.
"Without warning the car suddenly
leaped forward like a bucking bronco
and knocked the man fiat on his back.
"Without pausing the wild automobile
then knocked down Miss Fanny Willen.
of No. 24 East 120 th street, bruising her
peverelv. It then kept surging ahead
and finally bumped its nose into the rear
of a big sightseeing automobile directly
in its path. The larger machine was
shoved back for fifteen feet, the runaway
automobile trying to climb over it. The
chauffeur of the big car. who had been
standing on the curb, suddenly jumped
into the seat and set the brakes, causing
Higgins's machine to push and puff In
vain.
In the middle of the excitement, which
by this time had drawn a great crowd,
Higgins had heard the noise and shouts
and rushed out of the cigar store. It did
not tak* him long to leap into his car
and shut *>ff the power; then he looked
around for the man who had caused all
the trouble, but that individual had
picked himself up and disappeared In
the crowd.
HURT IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH
Mr. and Mrs. N. J. G-aylord and Son
in Collision at Montclair. N. J.
TRy Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Montclair. N. .T.. June While an auto
mobile containing Nelson J. Gaylord. of No.
104 Maple avenue. Mrs. Gaylord and their
son Stanley, fourteen years old, and driven
by Lawrence Larvisare. their chauffeur,
\va? pome south on Midland avenue to
night, it ran into a westbound trolley car
at the corner of Bloomfield avenue.
Mrs. Gaylord was thrown out and eerl
ously injured. Mr. Gaylord was also se
verely bruised, but young Gaylord, who
was hurled through the wind shield when
the cars came together, was only slightly
injured. The chauffeur escaped" unhurt.
The automobile was badly damaged. The
Gaylords were removed to their home in
another automobile.
AUTO BREAKS SURGEON'S LEG
Dr. Pfaff. of Indianapolis, Injured at
Little Falls. N. Y.
Utica. N. V . .'une 24. -Dr. « ). G. Pfaff. a
veil known surgeon of Indianapolis, re
turning from Europe and on hi? way from
Kew York to his i7ome city in an automo
bile accompanied by his wife and two sons,
was the victim of an accident at Little
Fall* this afternoon. Turning part way
from the road to admit the passage of an
other ov. I>r. PtUTm automobile was over-
THREE BOYS BURN TO DEATH
Their Presence in Barn Not Known
Till Bodies Are Found.
rßy THr*raph to The Tribune.]
CatFkill. N. V.. June 24.-Three children
were burned to death in a barn at Sauger
ties this afternoon. John Doyle, five years
old. and Richard Doyle, aged three, sons
of John Doyle, and Harry Abeel jr.. the
four-year-old son of Harry Abeel, had been
playing in the haymow, and it is supposed
that one of them had matches, which
started the nre.
The boys' presence in the barn was not
suspected until after, their bodies had been
found, burned to a crisp. The entire town
is in mourning for them to-night.
WALKS OUT OF "jAIL IN SKIRTS
prisoner Wore Cook's Clothing— Told
of Escape Over 'Phone.
Heaver. Perm., ■'•»'•* 2* .-Dressing himself
the skirts shirtwaist and sunbonnet of
the Jail" coo*. Jam- McCleary. a convict,
Initialed this afternoon with some visitors
§££ Beaver County Jail and walked out
Litl, them. His escape was not discov-
Lt until an hour later, when Mc< leary
himself called up Deputy Sheriff HartzeH.
X -id passed him out. and ' acquainted
The Sheriff with the fact of his escape
bleary was serving a term for surety
Meciejrj rf . C ently had a bitter
of »,! h «it P h^ a rtzell inside the jail. Me
fight with "£;J.,, d to nasfr that h* would
deary '" ff ,^ and ihai he would
NEW-YORK, SATIKDAY, JIM: 25, 1910.-BIXTKEN PAGES,
BARGE STRIKES YACHT
IN HELL GATE SWIRL
Christabel, with Walton Fergu
son, sr.. and Many Guests
Aboard, in Peril.
CAUGHT ON LONG TOW ROPE
Vessel Not Badly Hurt, Works
Clear and Keeps on Up the
Sound to Stamford, Get
ting There for Dinner.
Her bow cutting the water of Hell
Gate, through which was running a
strong ebb tide, the 150-foot steam yacht
Christabel, the property of Walton Fer
guso.i. sr.. of Stamford. Conn., a mem
ber of the New York Yacht Club, headed
for Tx>ng Tsland Sound yesterday after
noon with a large party of Mr. Fer
guson's friends aboard. The vessel, one
of the handsomest in the New York
Yacht Club, had little trouble in fight
ing: the tide, which was running: against
her.
As the vessel was in the middle of the
treacherous channel and half way on
her i-.-u-s.iff through it she passed a
doughy little tug. puffing: along down
the river with a large barge behind, at
tached to a long hawser. As the Chris
tabel passed her the tide and wash of
the tug suddenly caused her to swerve
in her course, and before her*skipper
could prevent it she was riding the
water between the barge and the tug
and over the hawser, which lay low in
the water.
While Mr. Ferguson and his friends
crowded to the rails to watch with anx
iety the outcome the Christabels cap
tain did his best to get her out of the
way of the barge, which, propelled by
the strong tide, was bearing down upon
her. The captain shouted orders, and
the crew and captain of the tug. some
distance away, called suggestions, while
the guests looked on. rather scared. As
the excitement reached its height, and
despite the captains best efforts, the
barge struck the Christabel squarely on
the starboard bow.
The yacht shivered under the impact
of the blow, but almost immediately,
aided by the tide, swung clear of the
barge and got into safe water. Without
help she made off toward her destination
under her own steam. Examination of
the bow was made later and it was
found that the damage done would not
delay the vessel's trip. Mr. Walton con
vinced his friends that his craft was all
right and the party recovered from the
excitement.
It was said at the home of Mr. Fer
guson, in Stamford, last night that no
one was hurt aboard the yacht. Mrs.
Ferguson was one of the members of
the party. She and Mr. Ferguson
reached their home in time for dinner
last night and retired early. Mr. Fergu
son is a member of the banking firm of
J. & S. Ferguson, with offices at No. 15
William street, and is a director in many
corporations, among them the Edison
Electric Illuminating Company of Brook
lyn and the Kings County Electric Light
and Power Company.
BIRTHDAY GIFT A MOUNTAIN
Son of ex- Governor Proctor of
Vermont Plans Game Preserve.
1 By Telegraph t>> The Tribune.]
Rutland, Vt., June 114. — On attaining
his majority to-day Mortimer R. Proc
tor, son of ex-Governor Fletcher D.
Proctor of Vermont, received as a birth
day gift from his father the whole of
Mount Pico, one of the highest peaks in
the Green Mountains, having an altitude
of 3.5J00 feet. The tract contains one
thousand acres and is heavily wooded,
and although it contains some <>f the
ni«»st valuable timber to be found in
New England young Proctor- will not
let an axe touch it. as he intends event
ually to convert it into a game pre
serve.
On the mountain is a pond and a
hunting lodge, where the !ate United
States Senator Redtield Proctor, grand
father of young Proctor, spent his vaca
tions for many years.
PITTSBURG BOYCOTTS POULTRY
But Storage Men Lay Chickens Away
for Winter Demand.
[By Teleirrarh to The Tribune. 1
Pittsburg, June 24.— Smaller restaurants
a/id hotels in Pittsburg have nearly all
ceased buying poultry owing to the sudden
Jump in prices in the last few weeks. .Stor
age houses are being filled with tiozen
chickens, which, it is expected, will o* Bold
at fancy prices next winter. Spring broi'eis
which, one year ago. sold at 75 cents a pair,
are now quoted in the retail market, at 50
cents a pound, and hotel men say they can
not serve this food at such prices.
In explanation of the jump in broilers
and other poultry, it is said that trie stor
age men are taking everything off the
hands of country jobbers and putting ir on
ice The Ohio Valley and other territory
between Pittsburg, Cincinnati and Chicago
is being scoured by buyers. Broilers we
quoted at wholesale here to-day at £S and
40 cents a pound.
ARREST GIRL IN MALE GARB
Discharged When She Tells of Plan to
Surprise Her Sweetheart.
Miss Nellie Ong. twenty years old, an
operator on automobile garments, of No.
773 Tenth avenue, was a prisoner in the
night court last night, charged with mas
querading in male attire. The young
woman's defence was that she had donned
the natty blue serge suit as a surprise to
her sweetheart, at whose home a surprise
£ arty -was to have been given during the
evening.
She as first seen ,by two detectives at
E7th street and Seventh avenue, In company
with three men. They followed the party
some distance to verify thejr sunpicions of
Miss Ong, and then made the arrest.
The explanation offered by Miss Ong
Beemd sufficient to Magistrate Kernochan,
for he ordered her dlschage. A young man
then approached her and handed her a
bundle. It contained female apparel. Miss
Ong retired to the apartment of the matron
of the Jefferson Market prison and soon af
terward left clothed in her own garments.
The SamOsrt Hotel. Itockland Breakwater,
Maine the finest located mountain and Ma
iviorc r.-f-ori in New England. Now open
f"ilf. Tennis, Raining, Mut>lr Kicker Hotel
('•' . J'rcp' . v - w Hodsdon, ilgr Ad\t.
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ITALY'S ATTITUDE
MAT FREE CHARLTON
Growing Belief in Washington of
Possible Escape of Confessed
Slayer of Wife.
BUSY IN DEFENCE HERE
Counsel for Wife's Brother
Seeks to Hasten Action of
Authorities and to Insure
Trial in Italian Courts.
fFrom The Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. June '24.— While there
have been few developments in the
Oharlton case here to-day, the impres
sion appears to be growing stronger in
official circles that Charlton will go free,
as was suggested in The Tribune this
morning. In this connection it is sur
fe-estt (1 by one of the ablest lawyers in
the administration that the quickest way
to test the situation would be for Judge
Charlton, father of the prisoner, to ap
ply for a writ of habeas corpus, which,
it is believed, would bring the case
promptly before the courts and pos
sibly result in the discharge of the pris
oner.
Italy has made no formal application
for Charlton's extradition, although it is
said that some representations have been
made, but these are aescribed as am
biguous and as not of a character which
would warrant action by the Department
of State, nor is it believed the Italian
government will be disposed to go
further in an effort to bring Charlton
to justice.
As was pointed out in The Tribune
this morning. Italy cannot formally de
mand Charlton's extradition without
stultifying itself. That country has
taken the position more than once that
the existing treaty does not provide for
the extradition of a citizen of either of
the signatories for trial in the other
country, and any formal demand for
Charlton's extradition would involve the
abandonment of that position.
Italy's Position Difficult.
Italy's position, according to the un
derstanding, is made the more difficult
for the reason that the Italian penal code
specifically declares that no Italian sub
ject shall be extradited from his own
country for trial in any other country.
As a matter of principle, what is termed
"mutuality," this government would not
consent to the extradition of one of its
citizens for trial in Italy unless Italy
were to abandon its former position and
pledge itself to construe the treaty in
the same way were a demand made by
the United States for the extradition of
an Italian charged with the commission
of crime in the United States.
The ablest lawyers m the. administra
tion further express the belief that there
is no law under which Charlton can be
tried in the United States for a crime
committed in Italy, and itjs on the rea
soning set forth that the belief is held
that it will be found necessary to release
Charlton whenever habeas corpus pro
ceedings may be instituted.
It is regarded as reasonably sure that
the Department of State will have to re
view the proceedings at Hoboken before
final disposition of the case is made, and
there will probably be, therefore, no at
tempt to advise the New. Jersey author
ities until all the papers in the case have
reached Washington.
Recorder McGovern asked the Depart
ment of Justice to-day by telegraph
what were its wishes in regard to Charl
ton, and Solicitor General Bowers, Act
ing Attorney General, telegraphed back
that the matter was in the hands of the
State Department.
ALIENISTS STUDY CHARLTON
Lay Foundation of Insanity Plea
— Case in New Court.
The affairs of Porter Charlton, who
confessed on Thursday to the murder
of Mrs. Mary Scott Castle Charlton, his
wife, at Uake Como, Italy, went on yes
terday with a speed that bade fair to set
a record in international criminal cases.
The fight on his extradition is already
under way, with a battery of alienists
and lawyers in eager consultation for
the defence ranged against the Italian
government, the prosecuting officers of
New Jersey and the family of the mur
dered woman.
Soon after noon four alienists employed
by the defence were closeted with
Charlton in the county jail, on Jersey
City Heights, and ren.ained with him for
an hour and a half, laying the founda
tion of the insanity plea of the defence.
At about the same time the Marquis
Paolo di Montagliari. the Italian Charged
d'Affaires in Washington, was preparing
the papers for the application to the
State Department for extradition papers,
while Gustavo di R«sa. the acting Italian
Consul in this city, under direction of
Assistant Prosecutor George T. Vickers
of Hudson County, was swearing to the
compjaint to remove the case from the
municipal jurisdiction of Hoboken to
municipal jurisdiction of Hudson County.
In the mean time' Emil E. Fuchs, at
torney for Captain Henry H. Scott,
brother of the dead woman, was seeking
to intervene in the case through the
State Department at Washington. Mr.
Fuchs has been attorney for the family
for the last two years, and acted for
Mrs. Charlton, then Mrs. Castle, when
she attempted to shoot William B. Craig
in the Waldorf last year.
Mr. Fuchs foresaw the probability of
an effort to free Charlton on a writ of
habeas corpus, as he was held in the
Hotibkan jail without a definite charge
against him. After a consultation with
the Italian acting consul and the New
j erse y officers the complaint was sworn
out and he was removed from the
custody of the municipal officials and
placed in the county jail.
Complaint Charges Murder.
The complaint is addressed to Judge
John A. Blair, of the Hudson Cuunty
Cottli of Oyer and Terminer, and charges
Charlton with the murder of his wife
;t t Multraiso, in the province of Como,
Italy. A copy of Charlton's confession
toil tinned on Hflh t'tige.
THK KAISER ON THE METEOB
The German Kmperor steered his yacht yesterday, but was defeated by Alexander S.
Oochran's American boat Westward. I
CLASS DANCES AS A CLUB KAISER AT HELM LOSES
East Orange High School Gradu
ates Circumvent "Color Line."
NEGRO GIRLS NOT INVITED
Police on Hand at Woman" s Club
to Prevent Trouble — Newark
Students "Draw Line."
[By T>lejrraph to The Tribune. 1
Kast Orange. N. J.. June 24.—Trans
formed overnight from the class of '10
of the East Orange High School .nto
"The East Orange Social Club." seventy
seven of the members of that class of
seventy-nine pupils held a "subscription
dance" to-night at the Woman's Club,
the place which had been originally
choeen for the dance that the negro
members of the class had announced
their intention of attending with male
escorts of their own race.
The two who were not there were Miss
Isabella Vandervall and Miss Irene Van
■dervall. the negro members of the '10
class, but not of '"the club." Word had
been passed around between the cancel
lation on Monday of the class dance and
to-night that the dance itself, but under
a changed title, would go on just the
same. The Misses Vandervall were not
told of the true state of affairs. John
Herbert Hermann, secretary of the class
and manager of the dance that was to
be. was at the dance to-night, but he
disclaimed having anything to do wjth
its management.
"This is only a subscription, dance."
he said, "and has nothing to do with the
class of '1O of the high school. It is
given by the "social club.' "
He said the "Social Club" had been in
existence for a year and a half. In spite
of the statement of the class secretary
the police were -Id to look out for
trouble and officers were on hand. The
Vandervall girls said that they never
had thought of trying to attend from
the time the class dance was given up.
In order to avert a repetition of the
trouble in the East Orange High School
over the "color" problem, the gradates
of the Barringer High School, in New
ark, who are arranging a post-graduate
dance, have decided to call their dance a
"subscription dance," so as to prevent
the colored graduates from obtaining
tickets. The closing exercises of the
school were held Thdisday night, and it
la said that one of the white girls
dropped out of line when she saw that
she would be paired with one of the
negro boys in the march to the plat
form.
In marching in pairs the pupils were
carrying out the instructions of Way
land E. Steams, th«) principal of the
scbool, who had warned them that they
must not repeat their action of class
night a week ago, when they marched in
single file, so that none of the white
pupils would have to march side by side
with the negroes.
MOVE AGAINST EASY DIVORCE
lowa Bar Association Urges State At
torney in Default Cases.
fßy Telegraph to The Tribune.] ' .
I"e.H Moines, lowa. June 24.— Divorce de
crees by default may not be had for tht>
askinK In the future if the lowa Bar Asso
ciation can influence the next Legislature
to ameftil the lowa divorce laws.
Upon motion of Judge Horace E. Deenter,
of the lowa Supreme bench, speaking for
the law. reform committee, the association
at a meeting to-day unanimously adopted
a resolution urging that the Legislature
pass an act requiring that the state be
represented by an attorney in every case
where a decree may be taken by default.
This attorney is to cross-examine the wit
nesses and Introduce testimony in order
that the court may paw upon the defend
ant's side of the case as well as that of the
person suing for the decree.
$9 NIAGARA FALLS AND RETURN.
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PRICE ONE CENT
A. S. Cochran's Westward Wins
the Krupp Prize at Kiel.
RACING IN LIGHT WINDS
Emperor Nine Hours at Wheel of
the Meteor — A Dinner on
the Hohenzollern.
Kiel. June 24. — The American schooner
yacht Westward, owned by Alexander
S. t'ochran. of Xew York, won the Krupp
memorial prize, the chief contest in th"
regatta here to-day, beating Emperor
William's American built Meteor, with
the Emperor at the wheel, by half an
hour over a twenty-three-mile course.
The Hamburg, formerly the Rainbow,
which belongs to the Xorddeutsche Re
gatta Verein. came in third. The <;er
mania. which is owned by Lieutenant
Krupp yon Behlen und Halbaeh. and the
Cicely did not finish.
The Westward was sailed by Captain
Tharlie Barr, the American skipper, and
an expert crew. She outclassed the
other contestants, leading from start t<>
finish.
The race was sailed in almost a calm,
and there was a heavy rain throughout.
Emperor William personally steered the
Meteor during the nine hours it took to
complete the contest. The Prince of
Monaco, accompanied by Crown Prin
cess Frederick William, -followed the
yachts on board the Iduna. while Pi luce
and Princess Henry of Prussia and Prin
eVs Waldemar and Sigismund wen' on
board the Carmen.
Emperor William gave a dinner* on the
Hohenzolbrn this evening to Prince and
Princess Henry and the Prince of Mon
aco ;ind a large party. David Jayne Hill.
the American Ambassador, and Mrs. Hill,
arrived here to-night for the week, and
immediately went on board' the < >ceana
as the guest of Herr Ballin. director
general of the Hamburg-American Line.
The fact tbat Emperor William, per
sonally is taking part in the races has
giv»n new life to the itsjatja.
FAST FREIGHT KILLS GIRL
Merchant's Daughter Mangled
Near Schenectady.
[ By T*legraph to The Tribune ]
Sihenettady, N. V.. June 24. — Miss
Beatrice Clute. twenty-one years old.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman W.
Clute, of Scotia, across the Mohawk
River from Schenectady, was killed on
the tracks of' the Boston & Maino Rail
road to-day by a fast freight. She was
mangled almost beyond recogritkm.
Miss Clute was seen by bystanders to
walk deliberately on the tracks as though
unaware of the approaching train and
then to rush forward as though to catch
a waiting trolley car. The whistle failed
t-> deter her. She was killed instantly.
Mr. Clute, the father, is a prominent
merchant of Schenectady, being a mem
ber of the furniture house of A. Brown
& Son Co. He is prominent in county
politics and fraternal life. The girl for
merly kept company with a young man
who later went to sea after her father
had refused to consider their marriaj;e.
PECKS BAD BOY BURIED
Richard A. Coleman Achieved Success
in Part Twenty-five Years Ago.
{By Telegraph to Th- Tribune.]
Boston, June 24.— Richard A. Coleman.
the original Peck's Bad Boy, was laid
at rest in Holy Cross Cemetery. Maiden,
to-day. Mr. Coleman. who some twenty
five years ago, as a comedian, was known
to two continents, achieved his greatest
success in the title. role of- Peck's Pad Boy
a production which had an. extroardinary,
run of success In J this country. Great Britain
and Australia. Of late years, through poor
health. Mr. Coleman had confined his the
atrical interest to amateur productions in
Boston.
The Scenic Route to the North and West is
via Day ulne Strs. Thru rail tickets accepted
—Advt. ■- •■
la City of »w York. Jftmry City »nA Hob«k«u
■ ET.SEWTIERE TWO CENTS.
BRIBERY ALLEGED
BY SENAIOR GORE
Says $50,000 Was Offered Him
Not to Oppose Indian Land
Contracts in Oklahoma.
A BIG STEAL CHARGED
Story Involves Two Present
Congressmen and Two ex-
Senators Who Are Not Named
—Congress Holds Up Claims.
"Washington. June 24.— Senator Gore,
of Oklahoma, disclosed to-day what he
interpreted as an effort to brib* him la
I connection with legislation affecting: the
fortune in attorneys* fees claimed by J.
F. afcMurray. of Oklahoma, for services
rendered to the Chootaw and Chickasaw
nations in land and townslte cases..
The charge created a sensation in the
Senate, which later extended to the
| House. The latter body In consequence
1 sent back to conference the general de
: ficiency bill, which carried an Item re
lating to contracts between the Indians
' and their attorneys.
Senator Gore finally involved % mem
ber of the Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs, a member of the House Com
mittee on Indian Affairs and two former
Senators — from Nebraska and th«
other from Kansas— but whose name*
were not made public in debate. »
An Investigation Probable.
In response to a suggestion by Senator
Bailey that he should name the Senate
! member of the Indian Affairs Commit
tee Mr. Gore demurred, but ! declared
that he would welcome an investigation
of the charges, so that the whole mat-
I ter might be brought out before a body
authorized to deal with his allegations.
Mr. McMurray declared to-night that
the charges reflecting on him In con
nection with his work in the Choctaw
and Chickasaw land and town site cases
I were absolutely false.
Mr. Gore was compelled to address IM
Senate three times before that body was
I fully aroused to the seriousness of the
! charges he made. His first effort was
' in connection wi-h the adoption of the
1 conference report on the deficiency bill.
which had been .presented by Senator
Hale. As passed by the Senate that
' measure contained an amendment which
would nullify contracts made, by the
Choctaw and Chickasaw* nations and by
individual members of these tribes with
'. their attorneys unless the contracts
were appro- d by Congress.
This provision was in accordance with
a resolution introduced by Mr. Gore on
May 4 last. It was designed to prevent
Mr. McMurray from obtaining fees
which, it is said, would aggregate
i $3,000,000. and which Mr. Gore com
• plained had not been earned by the at
! torney.
The conference report had been adopt
| ed by the Senate when Mr. Gore entered
j the chamber. He announced that he had
! been informed that the Senate had re
ceded from the amendment. requiring the
approval by Congress of tribal agree
ments, but Mr. Hale explained that the
matter had been properly safeguarded.
Mr Gore accepted the explanation, but
said that if the contracts were to be rec
ognized Mr. McMurray would receive
$0,000,000. It was in connection with
this point that he first declared that im
proper influence had been exerted by a,
representative of Mr. McMurray in an
effort to defeat the provision requiring
action by Corgress on the contracts.
Denounces Claims as Corrupt.
Characterizing the McMnrray claims
as having been "conceived in corrup
tion and brought forth in corruption."
Mr. Gore said he had been approached
by an outsider who desired to interest
him in the McMurray claims.
Later Mr. Gore examined the pro
vision as agreed on in conference. He
lost no time in returning to the Senate
chamber, where he moved to reconsider
the vote by which the conference report
had been adopted. The presiding officer
informed him that the report had passed
cut of the possession of the Senate. Mr.
I Gore then moved to recall the report,
but • Mr. Galllnger moved to lay this
motion on the table, which was done.
Addressing the Senate on a question
of personal privilege, the Oklahoma Sen
ator amplified his charges that corrupt
i methods had been attempted to defeat
i the Senate provision concerning the Ind
ian- contracts.
Mr. Gore explained that on May 4 last
he had offered a • resolution similar In
terms to the amendment he had placed
in the deficiency bill in the Senate and
that It had been referred to the Commit
tee on Indian Affairs. On the following
day Senator Hughes had been directed
to make a favorable report on the reso
lution, he said.
"On May 6," said Mr Gore, "a man
came to me with an improper suggestion.
He was a representative of Mr. M -Mur
ray, a resident of my home town, and
had been my friend in a time of need-
He assured me it would be to my finan
cial interest if I would call on the. Sena
tor from Colorado and advise him. not
to report the resolution. There was a
suggestion that $25,000 or $50,000 would
be available if the contracts were not
prohibited. And I am informed that a
similar proposition .was made yesterday .
to a member of the House of Represen
tatives."
Mr. Gore alas charged that "an ex-
Senator from Nebraska and an ex-Sena
tor from Kansas are interested in these
contracts," and declared that a .large
lobby was maintained in Washington in
that interest. He said he felt In honor
bound to continue these efforts "to pre
vent this steal from those defenceless
Indians in Oklahoma." He declared that
if the contracts were ever carried into
effect it must be "done with the full
know It-. that, whether or not there had
actually been corruption, it had been at
tempted." • t .
Learning that the House had not yet
acted on the conference report. Mr.
Gore hastened t'> the other, chamber,
where he told friends of the (Torts al
leged to have been made to corrupt
members.
I When the conference report was