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. rogressives Hope He Will Take
Means to Restore Harmony.
WAS DECEIVED. THEY SAY
Think Mr. Taft Will Be Glad to
Have Vice -President Make
Way for Mr. Roosevelt.
Will Vice-President Sherman announce
•oo:i that he misunderstood th« conditions
which governed the "old guard" in electing
him a? temporary chairman of the Repub
lican State Convention, and that therefore
he had d»cide<3 to decline the honor in the
interest of harmony within the party? Re
publicans in this city have, been told by
feme of the Progressive leaders that be
■was alii Till certain to do so. On the other
hand. Mr. Sherman'? interview at Beverly
bas placed him on record as accepting the
honor and committing himself to a -Re
publican platform" not a Progressive one.
Interest in Republican political circles
•yesterday ■*■■ focussed on the coming vis
its of Lloyd C. Griscom and Collector Loeb
to President Taft The general belief is
that both these men will tell President
Ta/t that to dispel what many believe is
the result of deliberate mischief making
he should make a statement of his position
or authorize tome definite statement of bis
views on the situation in this state The
misunderstanding between the President
and Mr. Roosevelt, Progressives believe,
could be cleared up easily, as they feel
thai Mr. Taft stands with the Progressives
here.
The Sherman-Roosevelt affair is regarded
as a part of the other matter. Some Re
publicans are convinced that Mr. Sher
man was victimized by Messrs. Barnes,
Ward. Woodruff and Wadsworth. of the
"old guard." who misrepresented the situa
tion to him. They believe it was urged
that he as a representative of the national
administration should have the place and
should take It to show that the New York
State Republicans v. . ■>■ standing behind
President Taft. - *
These Progressives think that If Mr. Sher
man becomes convinced that he did not
■understand the situation, and did not real
ize how strong was the demand that Mr.
.Roosevelt serve as temporary chairman
he will be willing to withdraw. Also, they
believe President Taft will be quite willing
to have the Vice-President withdraw, and
may be willing to go on record as saying
that his views had been misunderstood,
that he and Mr. Roosevelt were in accord
on the state situation and that he would
be glad to see Mr. Roosevelt act as tem
porary chairman.
Such Republicans »- were willing to dis
cuss the situation for publication yesterday
said they thought the retirement of Mr.
Sherman at this time would be the solution
of the problem.
"The withdrawal of Vice-President Sher
man as temporary chairman of the Repub
lican State Convention would be com
mendable and praiseworthy." said Assem
blyman Andrew V. Murray. "It would in
no sense detract from his dignity or lessen
respect for him. The members of the state
committee who manipulated Colonel Boose
velt's rejection were concerned with some
■■ ••• : other thai th<; election of the Re
publican ticket this falL
'"The issue Is government of, by and for
the bosses or government of, by and for
the people. The people know that in all
such contests in recent years Colonel
Roosevelt has been their most successful
and conspicuous champion. Th«y therefore
naturally looked to him to take the leading
part In this state on their 'behalf.
-Vice-Presidrnt i Sherman doubtless has
the fullest measure of public conlidence,
tiut-the people expected and desired Col
one] Roosevelt to be their ' temporary
chairmsn. and the-.- were not prepared to
accept another, and certainly not one made
by the methods adopted by those who con
trived to reject Roosevelt."
"Certainly, something should be done to
-._-_.•■- two elements of the Re
publican pariy.** said Assemblyman Will-
Jam M. Bennett. leader of the litfa Assem
bly district. "The party will lose thou
sands of troths if "a reconciliation Is not ef
fected in some fashion. It can't be done
by . ignoring or wiping <.ut of existence
those who believe they are fighting lor bet
ter things within the party," as the "old
guard' would do. The retirement of Vice-
President Sherman might be a step toward
harmony, and might make possli ■ a rec
onciliation which would assure party suc
< «■:<;■ this fall, which we all desiie."
LA FOLLETTES FARM CAMPAIGN
Pitches Hay Between Times in Direct
ing Fight for Re-election.
Madison. Wis,. Aug. 20.— -■ ■ tor La FOl
..... is directing his fight for denomination
*rom his farm, three miles from here. His
campaign managers and stenographers no
over to the farm daily and. receive his di
rections. Durins th* time between his po
litical work and. his sleeping and rf^adinK
hours he poes out in the tield.- and works
with the farmhands, pitching hay and grain
and cultivating growing crops. He is «c
pected to make one or two political ad
lit mm just before the primary election, on
September 6.
SPALDING INDORSED?
Supporters Claim He Has Carried 53
California Districts.
San Francisco. Aug. -•■ —In the contest
on th^- advisory vote by legislative districts
for United Slates Senator in the recent
Mate primary late returns Indicate a slight
plurality for John D. Works. Supporters
ot Alk-i! G. Spalding claim the indorsement
... candidate, eclating he lias capt
xired ■ •••.. out of the one hundred
districts, which would oblige his party rep
resentative&'in thf- Legislature to vote for
him. r^ganSlees of Works's plurality of
votes. . _-'■'.
BENNETT STILL IN THE RACE
Denies That He Has Withdrawn from
Contest. for Congress.
it-ports tliai Assemblyman William M
■.-.■• was to Shan • his fight to beat
R<-prek>'.t<«U»>: J. Van Vechten Olcott for
r<oini:ui.Uon to mas from tho Mb Dis
trict w« ■. Sflenledfyltn fsbme^heat by Mr.
Bennett yt-sK-rda.j'.. 4 . \i- considers th<»ra
i fries' ' jut out t^,inf-o«'nc} the result at
IY-.r- urimarltas. * * -'■
•■J have not aiStidon*<l c th*- Jighi. anil
th«-r»- is no d&pasltjoa on my p\srt to com
lirotni^c - J >' taking a denomination to the
Aj-sesnbiy. ' said h«- "Th** demand .Jjj
«jthvr part <jf th»»-frC>untry. for the ret In
rmr.i of Mr. CajAoih 3 'is Speaker, which
has been *niphii. < -i^yj1 (r V'ec« p ntly oy the .-tat^
... of Mr. .'•*•«•■■ is at strong in
ih«* lT»tb Concress^pMrJct ■•• this siat^ as
it is in other paxt«r:<tf the Country.
"Jn yit»> r of M r/, Carinon'» t«?i t etat<
ment rthai he v. ill ;*.■;;» candidate for re
t-lf-ction as Sjx'ake^ jli«' nect^ity stili ex
ists for tli** ♦•t*c-iJffuy<7 a Congreteman from
the jr»fh Con&resdfVifaixhci u!if> ivili repre-
its-- -■•fr.lim'-ntf,' '.!. am a ■...!■- for
the nomination to }* ■onKr«-}-» «nd .--ill r. -
■■■•■•■ cJoto „t the pol!s on
1 rimarj- day." ■'■* •• .. * " . .
MONROE COMMITTEE FOR DUNN.
Kochest'-r, ,A'-;g- ,2??fAt .■ m <■-*•« iris of. the
Ge'jwal ji«pufc!i<:i.dT > o:ni:iittois. of Miriroe
County ".." jo'-fjiiy -;*lh? yarrdidacy of 'Staje
Tr*a*<:tw Tnoinks "}'., Tjirnn '■,• Governor
v.as un;iriiriioiiiii.vr:tß<jors^<3 in i'.'VC;t oV.re&O'
latqituj. wt>ic«i».«l*o- j '» 11-'-i—tttf1 1- '-i— tttf -ti'irnJnlstra
aVcs oi [hi oiiice of State Treasurer.
PRAISE FOR MR. TAFT
John Hays Hammond Calls Him
Most Sagacious Executive.
Cleveland. Aug. - 1 " 1 With the statement
that President Taft was one of the most
able and sagacious of the Executives of
the United States. John Hays Hammond
made a vigorous defence of the administra
tion to-day at the annual outing of the
Cuyahoga County League of Republican
Clubs.
Mr. Hammond justified Mr. Taffs support
of the Aldrich-Cannon section of the party
on the ground that if he had plunged into
a Republican civil war his lour years* term
.<: office would have been barren of re
sults, and not one of his campaign pledges
could have been carried out. Mr. Ham
mond said in part:
The people have come to regard President
Tan as a man of indomitable courage and
Inflexible determination. In th? t-ariy part
of his administration it used to be fre
quently asserted that President Taft did
not understand the political game. It is
quite true that ue dyes not play "good
politics ' according to the concepts of pot
house politicians, in that he does not
subordinate questions of national impor
tance to those of party expediency, or
even to those of sell-aggrandizement, but
recent events must have impressed it on
the minds of all critics that the President
has a masterful grasp of political affairs
nd of political methods. '
It has also been asserted by critics of the
administration that the President was
being unduly influenced and imposed, upon
by what was alleged to ' be- the- unholy
Cannon-Aldrich alliance.
He has been criticised severely for hav
ing any intercourse- with that faction of
the party; but, fortunately, the President
has wisely preferred not to assume a self
righteous' attitude and not to decline the
co-operation of Republican? of whatever
faction, when such assistance would avail
to insure the enactment of needed legisla-
ti<">n. ■
It required admirable moral courage and
farsisrhted statesmanship for President Taft
to pursue the course he did pursue. Any
other course would have resulted In four
years of futile Republican administration.
Mr. Hammond asserted that all talk of a
new party was absurd, as such a move
ment would 'die at its birth for lack of
popular support. He declared that there
was no possibility of any man save Mr.
Tatt receiving the next Republican nomina
tion for President, and scouted the idea of
the Democrats obtaining control of Con
gress, on account of what he termed their
failure to offer the people any definite pro
gramme. '
FEATHERSON TO STEP DOWN
Friends Say Tammany Leader in
20th Will Soon Retire.
Frk nds of Maurice Featherson. Tam
leader of the 20th District, say he
has told them he intended to quit poli
' let whoever desired the leadership
: • ■ district take it. Featherson men
think William Shannon, who has been the
s first lieutenant, probably will sue
to the leadership. Featherson was
: mwh yesterday. His men at the
tee <*lub didn't care to discuss his
n tin ment.
Fen thereon in recent years has become
known as the bitterest anti-Murphy man
in Tammany. Several primary contests
nave been made against him by Murphy
• . ;t lie has managed to hang on to
bis leadership despite them. His reason
for Riving it up now. it Is said, is to "give
the young fellows a chance." Featherson
Is forty-nine years old, but doesn't look it.
He is rated as wealthy. His chief occupa
tion now Is engineering real estate deals.
Twice he was elected Senator.
ruder the Tirst Mot'lellun administration
he was appointed Dock Commissioner, by
grace of <"harles F. Murphy. When Mc-
Clellan broke with Murphy Featherson
st;'-k to the Mayor. Thus his friendship
with Ifurphy went to smash, and Tammany
Hall never was warm to him thereafter.
He expects to go to the state covention
hemline the delegates from his district, and
to work as usual for the Democratic ticket
in the campaign. His retirement is sched
uled to take place on January 1 of next
>ear.
OPPOSED TO CANNON
Five lowa Congressmen Say He
Wont Be Speaker.
[By T< I'cr. );:■. to Th» Tribune 1
I ><■-.«. Koines. I"wa. Aug jfl .— '"oncressman
Walter 1 Smith and four other members
<>f the iowa delegation in the lower house
of the national Legislature came out flat
footed to-day in statements declaring
against Joseph G Cannon as the next
• r AU of th<=-m probably will be in
ipj ! of Smith, himself a candidate for
the place.
Thos* 1 who announced themselves to-day
were Smith, C K. Pickett, Frank P. Woods,
James W. Good and S. F. Prouty. Good
expressed the opinion of these men when
he said that the position of Nicholas Long
worth, as shown In his recent statement,
was that of practically all members of the
lower house. Good declared that for one
reason or another M per rent of the Re
publican members of the. lower house
would refuse to support Cannon in the next
.-.-.-in.
EICHMOND DEMOCRATS SPLIT
Regulars and Insurgents in the County
Opposed in Bitter Fight.
Richmond County Is said to be in a cha-
politically, with the question
What is a Democrat?" uppermost in the
mm :s of citizens The regular organiza
tion, beaded by X .gene Lamb Richards,
; : !i : the insurgents, under the leadership
Formei Dtetrici Attorney John j. Ken
• . ■ re opposed li: a warm Tight
It Ik the bitterest fight In the history of
the Democratic party in the county. The
factions aw spreading campaign literature
broadcast. It is said that Tharlos F. Mt:r
- • ftcfcing Kennev Richards is h rioj-e
of • k- Mayor McClellan. having been
h a personal counsel in the Hearst recount
case The state ■■ommittee lias also taken a
. □ !':,« affair and. it is understood, ha*
ordered I i« factions to come to some kind
• :_;.-. . mejnt
DOLLIVER LOOKS UP RUBBER
Apparently Trying to Help Out His
Friend Bristow. :
(ny T>l"Kraph to The Tribune )
Cincinnati. Aug. 20.— United States Sen
ator J. P. Dolliver, of lowa, while in Cin
cinnati for a couple of hours to-day, made
inquiries of Cincinnati rubber dealers as to
what they kn^w about Senator AJdrich'a
connection a/itfa the so-called "rubber
trust." "Senator Dolliver evidently wants
to help his brother insurgent. Senator
Bristow, of Kansas, who has accused Ben
ator Aldrich of being financially interested
in tli»- tariff on rubber.
Senator Dolliver describes 'the insurgent
movement as l-<-ing aimed to remove the
Republican party from 'the control of the
•■--;..•' Interest ' The old leaders of the
party, h*- .-;»>■*:, are responsible for Its pres
ent condition, and when they are succeeded
by younger men the division in the party
will be a thing of the past. Dolliv»-r pre
dicts Republican victory in "the West this
f;:li. M. .-.!■. i the people ■•'■ the West thought
that Congressman Nicholas Longworth
was a lon* time in coming to bis present
state of mind regarding Speaker Cannon
He would nay nothing as to the results of
his rubber investigation to-day.
' FARMER ORATOR" ENTERS RACE
Martine. of Plainfield, Out for Demo
cratic Senator from New Jersey.
Trenton, K. J. Aug. SO (Special) — James
TZ. Martinc-. •■! Plainfield, known throughout
JC«w Jersey as the "Farmer Orator," and
a follower mi the political fortunes of WHl
i;«m J. Bryan, to-day formally declared him
s'-lf a Democratic candidate for the United
State's -Senate, to nice.-,! John Keari.
Martin" lihh petitions circulating in ten
or New Jersey's counties, which are betas;
signed by Democrats, •■■ -<i;n - f • . ■ ft t);. .Secre
'■■••■ State to print his name on the offi
cial ballots; to Ui --• d Imftlituflifect pri
n-.KiK-m -m September 13 iin a candidate for
the tec-nate. ll<> expects to tile petitions con
-tuir.ir - t wast two thousand names, al
though the law requires only one thousand.
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 21. 1010.
BEVERLY STILL SILENT
No Word on Condition of Affairs
in New York.
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TAFT WORKS ON LETTER
President and Party on Sylph
Sees Harpoon Win Taft Cup
in Sonder Races.
Beverly. Mas? . Aue. 2fK — Beverly was as
silent as ever to-day concerning tiie
tangled condition of affairs in New York
State politics and the reported break in re
lations between President Taft and Theo
dore Roosrvelt There still appears to be
a disposition in administration circles here
to minimize, if not tn disregard entirely,
the newspaper reports from New York and
Oyster Bay If there is any intention here
of issuing "a statement in reply to the
Roosevelt reports it has been effectually
concealed up to this time. President Taft
was up at 5:30 o'clock this morning work
ing on the Utter he is to contribute to the
Republican Congress campaign textbook.
At 11 o'clock he boarded the Fylph and
Went out to see the little American sonder
Harpoon win the Taft cup in the Spanish-
American races. He took a lot of material
and a stenographer with him, and con
tinued work on the letter while at sea
The President was accompanied to the
races by Mrs. Taft. "Aunt Delia" Torrsy,
Representative Samuel W. KcCaJL "f Mas
sachusetts, and George Lyman, former Col
lector of the Port of Boston. After tne
races luncheon was served on board tae
Sylph, which did not return to her an
chorage until 3 o'clock. Next week the
President will present cups to the sonder
winners. Representative McCall is chair
man of the Ballinger-Pinchot investigating
committee He wili soon start for St. Paul,
where the committee is to meet to formu- 1
late its report. Whether he talked with
Mr. Taft about the Ballinger matter or not
could not be learned.
ROOSEVELT_ DENIES IT
Says He Has Sent No Ultimatum
or Message to Beverly.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 20— Theodore Roosevelt
denied emphatically to-day that fie had sent
an ultimatum to President Taft demanding
that the President break with Vice-Presi
dent Sherman.
Mr. Roosevelt's attention was called to a
report to the effect that I.loyd C. Griscom,
president of the New York Republican
County Committee, was to go to the sum
mer capital next week to "carry the terms
of peace between Beverly and Sagamore
Hill."
"I have sent no ultimatum to President
Taft," Mr. Roosevelt said. "The report is
a tissue of falsehood from beginning to end
and has no warrant in fact."
He added that he had not sent Mr. Gris
com or any one else to Beverly on any mis
sion. He made it clear that he had no in
tention of doing so. and recognized no sit
uation which could call for such a step.
CHIEF OF POLICE ARRESTED
He and Club Officer Apprehended
Following Narragansett Raid
. Narragansett Pifr. R. 1., Aug. 20.— Chief
of Police James B. Caswell was arrested
to-day on a warrant charging malfeasance
in office as a result of the raid on the
Narragansett Club a week ago Sunday
morning, at which Chief Caswell is alleged
to have tried to protect the gamblers. Will
iam E. Arnold, vice-president of the club,
was aLso arrested- for the second time on
the charge of maintaining a gambling nui
sance. „ ; -.. . - . .■
Both .arrests were made by Constable
John G. Cross, who created' a sensation by
raiding the exclusive Narnagansett Club
when it was filled with men and women on
August 7. Arnold was apprehended in front
of the Narragansett Club. He was taken
across the street to the office of Edgar W.
Watts justice of the peace, where he was
released on bonds of $1,000 for a hearing on
Monday. . ■.
BRINGS SUIT AGAINST CUBS
Manager Chance Must Answer
Complaint of Former Pitcher.
Frank L. Chance, manager of the
"hated" Cubs, otherwise the Chicago
baseball team belonging to the .National
League, and "hated" because they have
persisted in keeping ahead of the
Giants, will have to appear here before
United States Commissioner Alexander
on' August 2."> in a hearing of the suit of
Andrew J. Coakley for a share in the
club exhibition game receipts in 1909.
Coakley asked for $3,280 in a suit
brought in the state courts, but when it
■was learned that the Cubs were a cor
poration under the Illinois law the case
was transferred to the United States
Circuit Court. Judge Hough granted the
order yesterday for the examination of
Captain Chance, and unless he can find
some legal excuse to stay away he will
have to appear on August 23.
Coakley, who was dropped from the
Cubs, said his contract called for a share
of the receipts in exhibition games. To
find out what these were Chnnce will
have to produce the books of the games.
He is a director of the club.
TAXI LEAPS TO SIDEWALK
Three Persons in Path of Uncon
trollable Cab Hurt.
. A taxlcab, out of control because of a
break in the steering K<-*ar. vaulted to the
sidewalk at 102 d Street and Columbus ave
nue yesterday afternoon and struck three
persons, narrowly missing a fourth, but
without Injuring any of them seriously.
The machine was being driven down Co
lumbus avenue by Frank Blake, of No 444
West f>6th street, when a bolt dropped off
the steering post. It swerved to the curb
and mounted it before Blake could apply
the brake. Its victims were Mrs Winifred
J,;idd, of No. 153 West 100 th street, and her
three-year-old niece, Eva I^add, of the same
address, and John WlslOW, of No. ISB West
103 d street.
Patrolman Meyer, of the West 100 th street
station, arrested Blak<* on a charge of reck
less driving and called Dr. Goldberger. of
the J. Hood Wright Memorial Hospital,
who found that Mrs. I>add had both arms
slightly hurt and that Eva I^add had a
bruise on her head. Both were attended
and went home.
DELAWARE AUTOS PRIVILEGED
Alone of All Eastern States Can Be
Run Here Without License.
Albany, Aug. 20— Samuel S. Koenig. Sec
retary of State* announced to-day that Del
aware's automobiles ulone of all the East
ern Stales, ran be run in New York State
without procuring a New York license.
The other states are Illinois.. lndiana. lowa.
Kentucky, Michigan. Nebraska, Ohio, Ore
gon. South Dakota, Utah. Washington and
Wisconsin The regiHtration of automo
biles, which is continuing at the rate of
several hundred a day, will be largely in
creased by this ruling, which is* in accord
ance with the opinion of Attorney General
O'Malley ,
POLICE CAPTAIN GALVIN DYING.
Captain Michael Galvin. of the Coney
Island police station.'" who is In St. Vln
. .ni •.- Hospital suffering from Bright* di*
.a:.- and a nervous breakdown,"- had a re
lapse, last-night, and early this morning It
wan said. he was "faHin^. rapidly. The doc
tors.cave it as their ••. i. ■» in thul hv would
hardly U*at Oioub'h the Uay.
MORE FACTORIES TO CLOSE
Independent Cloakmakers Offer
to Join in Shutdown.
As a result of the proposed plan nT tn ®
Cloak. Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' As
f^ciation to shut down their factories for
the remaJnder of this season, on account of
the strike of the cloakmakers. ten Independ
ent manufacturers who have settled with
the union have decided tr> join in the. shut
down if it is finally decided on. They sent
letters to the executive committee of the
association yesterday saying they were
tired of the domination of the union, which
bad become intolerable, and would be
willing to join in any movement which
would promise, relief.
The executive, committee of th* associa
tion held a meeting yesterday afternoon,
after which it was stated that the question
of a shutdown had not been finally decided
on. The manufacturers denied that in case
of a shutdown the tradr would he diverted
permanently to other cities, as New York
must always remain the centre of styles.
Complaints were mad? yesterday by
Waltman, Pollack & Co., of No. 35 West
33d street, that the firm was not receiving
adequate protection for its employes For
that reason the factory was idle. A repre
sentative of the firm said:
• All our men are afraid to ro to work,
though they want to do so. Yesterday a
desiffner was coming here when he was held
up by a mob at the corner and taken to
the Hotel Martinique, where the crowd
pathered around him. We asked the police
man at the door to protect him. but he said
he had no power to act unless people were
attacked. We received the same reply when
we applied to , the lieutenant at the desk in
the West 3ftth street station."
Another East Side unfortunate thrown out
of work because of the strike killed himself
\esterday when he saw the rations of the
family setting smaller day by day. He was
Aaron Brown, of No. 442 East Houston
street. His eldest daughter, Mollie. nine
teen years old. found him in a storeroom in
the basement, unconscious from gas. He
was hurried to Bellevue Hospital, where he
died.
L 0 NOT A BIGAMIST
Matter Straightened Out While
Indian Was Explaining to Wife.
There was a time when Woohin, a full-
M.iorU'ri Seneca Indian, was a power on
the 'varsity football team of Carlisle. Un
der the name of Joseph Nelson he was
held in $1,000 bail yesterday in the Adams
street police court, Brooklyn, on a chare*
of larceny. The Indian also hart to explain
to his vife that he was not ;i bigamist.
Abraham Wolf told the court that on
Thursday the Indian entered his saloon.
at No. 2tfl High street, and stole $1-19 from
the cash drawer. Wolf said that after
taking I he money Woohin darted out of
the store, jumped on a trolley oar and got
away.
While Woohin's case was up his wifo
was told that he had been arrested for
bigamy. She was Lena May, a bachelor
of arts of a Massachusetts college, and
met Nelson when he was playing halfback
on the Carlisle team, two years ago. They
were married after Woohin had been
graduated from Carlisle.
Tine thing, eh? You have more wives?"
said Mrs. Nelson, when she reached the
court.
"Sweetheart," said the Indian, "it's all
a mistake. I'm here on a fal.-e charge of
stealing money."
Just then Abdul Ameen, a Malay, whom
some reporter had described as a bipamlst.
yeas brought from the pen. Mrs. Nelson
had confused the two oases. The Indian
heard, and explained to bis wife. She
beamed on her husband. So satisfied was
sb« that she got a lawyer for him and
also a Vond for his appearance on Wednes
day.
FIRES TWO SHOTS AT WIFE
Children Tell of Attempted
Shooting After Mans Escape.
It David Walsh should be brought to
trial on a charge of having attempted to
shoot his wife last night, the prosecution
would depend largely on the testimony of
two children. Harry Cleary. ten years Old,
who lives in the tenement house at No. 115
Kast 110 th street, where the attempted
shooting occurred, and Nellie r>ixon, twelve
years old. who lives at No l*>o Ba^t 110 th
street, which is across the street
deary told the police of the East 104 th
street station that he was in the hallway
of the second floor when he saw Walsh
come up the stairs and knock on the door
of the rooms occupied by Mrs. Mary Con
nors, who is the mother n( his wife When
Mrs Walsh came to the door her husband
shoved his foot in
"I am froing to shoot you!" the boy says
be shouted as he pulled out a revolver and
fired two shots. Then Walsh ran down-
Hairs, slioutinj? "I'll kill the baby."
The sound of the pistol shots aroused the
neighborhood and Walsh was seen running
east on liuth street, with the revolver in
his hand He ran down to tOStb Street.
and midway between I^?xin«ton and Park
avenues be disappeared in a tenement
houte.
FINDS DOG HAD RABIES
Three Children It Had Bitten
Hurried to Pasteur's.
Fearful of a wholesale infection of rabies
from the fox terrier which ran through
tl 1P streets of Klmhnrst. Iy>ng Island, on
Thursday, biting thr*>e children and more
than a score of dogs, until it was caught
and overpowered by the Rev. Dr. Kdward
M McGuffey and John B Meyers, residents
of that section yesterday took steps to
unite in a general crusade against stray
dogs.
This rrusad* will be hastened when it
becomes generally known that the Board
of Health, which took the carcass of the
dog for examination, made known the
news yesterday that the animal had hydro
phobia. Soon after this fact became known
Ruth llligan, seven- years old. Mabel Mey
erdiercks, fourteen years old. and Wallace
Rostand, eleven years old. who were bit
ten by the rabid dog. were taken to the
Pasteur Institute.
Agents from the Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty to Animals arrived in the
village yesterday and began rapturing
Stray dous. More than a score -vvero picked
up within a short time. Tnless the owners
of the dogs that are known to have been
bitten by the fox terrier have them killed
tht< people fear an epidemic of rabies.
CHIEF FRERE IN CHINATOWN
Paris Firefighter Piloted on Sightseeing
Trip by the Police.
Riioul Frere, chief of the Paris Klre De
partment, was an interested visitor | In
Chinatown last night. He was escorted by
Detective Ditseh, who speaks French, anil
the party was piloted by Otto Harris, who
lave claim to ; the distinction of being the
only white Chinatown guide who speaks
Chinese.
M Frere visited the Joss House, the
white dance hall.-i. the alleged' opium joints,
the lodging house and the tons quarters.
Ho was shown the "getaways" in the
cellars of tjie tenement houses, which art:
used by the "gunmen" of the tonga, and
he sampled tea at one Of the restaurants
. Yesterday was a busy sightseeing day
for M. Frere. In the morning he visited the
Edison plant, and in the afternoon be was
Inspector RuaaeU'a guest jit Police Head
quarters, At the end of Ms tour through
Chinatown be. was tired and returned to
tht, H 'itel Urevoort Ho will leave, here to
day for "Philadelphia." lie will probably pot
stop i-ff *' rlMahiHs. but go right throiißTi
!., Chicago, thence to Canada; returning? to
New STork on hid way buck to France.
HART ATTACKS SHERMAN
Says Vice-President Knew of
President's Wishes.
DAVENPORT GIVES VIEWS
Senator Declares Direct Primary
Issue Is Only Phase of
Contest.
T'tica. tt. V . Auk. 2>.-At the Sattirdny
afternoon luncheon of the Republican
League in this city to-day ex-AssemWy
mnn Hart, who has returned from a visit
to Theodora Roosevelt in New York, de
clared that the vote of the state com
mittr« whirh chose Mr. Sherman for tem
porary chairman of the convention was
"cooked up" Senator Davenport als>
spoke in criticism of affairs in Albany. Ir.
the course) of his speech Mr. Hart said:
•I assert that Mr. Sherman knew full
well that it was Mr. Taffs wish that no
move be made toward choosing a tem
porary chairman without th© fullest <-on
eultation with Mr. Roosevelt. A telegram
from Mr. Taft to Mr. Sherman to this ef
fect appears to have been suppressed, for
nothing has been heard of it. I ask Mr.
Sherman if it is not true that, in spite of
knowing that Mr. Roosevelt l.id shown a
willingness to act as temporary chairman,
and in the face of Mr. Taffs telegram, he
personally solicited votes for as
temporary chairman on Monday ni^ht i
New York < ; ity. Mr. Sherman, by lending
himself to this act of pettiest politics and
by insisting upon holding the appointment
as convention chairman. If he can hold it.
has allied himself openly with the WoosV
ruff-Barnes element and has threatened
the disruption of th© party in the state."
•The struggle within the Republican
party in this stale," said Senator Davtii
port. "has come to a point where thf direc*
primary issue, although a very important
phase, is only a phase of the contest. It is
ai important means to an <=-nd. But there
is something more than that involved in
this titanic contest for control in this State
of New York. Why are the destroyers of
tnV Republican party in th<* state so bold
and defiant of the pin in and decent senti
ment of the people? There la more involved
than loss of power through the direct
primary. What is involved, as every man
who knows the internal conditions is aware,
is tiie question of whether government and
legislation and certain of the departments
of state at Albany shaJl continue to 1>? u?-ed
as ii K''»">d thing by the few and the shrewd
and cunning.
"It is the question of whether private
land companies shall make exorbitant
profits by buying land at a bargain and
selling it to the state through the agency
and with tiie approval of political friends
who happen to be in places of public trust,
and it is the question of whether the de
partments of state shall be used as a
base of supplies for political and private
purposes.
"It is the question of whether it shall be
necessary for another fearless Governor to
scrutlnice certain kinds of legislation with
the eye of a hawk because of the ingenious
and subtle influences which are at work
upon that legislation against the interests
of the people. It is not only the power
over politics, but the power over the re
sources of governr.K-nt which is at staKe.
And it is for that reason among others
that certain men are willing to fight to the
last ditch th* onward movement of the Re
publican party and of the people. They
would rather see the state turned over to
the Democrats than to lose that power.
And th^y wish to have in the Legislature
at Albany only pliant tools, who. either
through lack of information or through
weakness of character, can be counted on
to do their bidding in legislative emer
gencies."
FRESCHI CALLS FOR JUDGE
Will Some Dog Fancier Assist
Magistrate to Decide a Case?
Magistrate Freschl appeals to some pub
lic-spirited citizen who is a judge of docs'
ages and has a flttle spare time on next
Saturday to come to the Morrisar.ia court
on that morning and decide a case for
him When it comes to saying whether a
dog is one year or ten years old the magis
trate pauses.
There are other questions for the public
spirited citizen and dog fancier in one to
determine. Whether the dog's name is
Tiger or Frenchy, and is it possible for a
dog to have an alias, thus accounting in a
way for his ans we' ing to two names
When these three questions are settled
Magistrate Preschi will decide whether a
French bulldog is the property oi Gus
tavus Whittes or Charles Homan.
Whlttes keeps a store on Thi'-d avenue,
and Friday night when Homan saw in
front of the store a French bulldog he
picked it up. exclaiming, "Ah. my long lost
Tiger." Whittes Interfered, a crowd col
lected, and a patrolman advised the men to
zo to court to settle the question of owner :
ship.
In court yesterday the dog answered
when either man en lied Tiger or Frenchy.
Whittes said the animal was ten years old.
and Homan asserted it was a year old.
"Well, all cume here next Saturday, and
in the mean time we may find in expert
who will help me out of this difficulty."
s;> id Magistrate Frescbt, adjourning the
ca.-^e. and placing the dog. meanwhile. In
the custody of Whlttes's lawyer.
FIGHT PICTURES LEGAL
Attorney General Holds They Do
Not Violate Law of State.
Albany. Aug. 29. — Attorney General
P'MaQey, in an opinion sent to-day to
Governor Hughes, holds that exhibitions
Of the Jeffries -Johnson right pictures are
not a violation of the pt-ruil law of the
state; that such exhibitions do not offend
public decency In the sen**.- in which those
words are used in tire Penal Cod* 1 , and that
they do not constitute an immoral exhibi
tion or show
"If, however," says the opinion, "such |
exhibitions, as a matter of fact, tended to i
arouse race prejudice or to instigate any j
considerable number of persons to deeds of ;
violence, they would, of course, become :
public nuisances as endangering the com
fort, repose and safety of the community i
and would be violative of the penal law.
"I have not overlooked the public policy
Of this state as declared in Section 1..10 of
the penal law. prohibiting the holding of
prizefights within this state, nor those- j
decisions In several other states in which
it is held that the giving of a prizefight ■
could be enjoined on the ground that it Is '
a public nuisance. But in mv opinion there
if a difference in the effect upon specta- '
lor* of an actual prizefight and of th« mere !
visual representation of such a contest."
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AUTO BREAKS MANS SKULL.
4
Walks from Behind Streetcar and
Chauffeur Could Not Stop.
, Louis H. Eck^rt. of No. 172 Stanley aye- j
nue, Yonkers, was hit by an automobile
last night as he was crossing Riverdale
;i venue and knocked to the ground. He
was removed to St. Joseph's Hospital,
where It w«.s found that his skull w»»s J
fractured. Joseph Bugnl, of No. 731 High !
Point street, who was driving the machine,
was arrested by Police Captain CsOSfy and
held in. $1,000 ban for examination to-mor
row on the charge of reckless driving,
Bckeri atevDed in th. path of lbs auto
mobile from behind a trolley ,-ur and before J
Hugui could apply the ."'emergency brakes \
he was hurled under th. «■!«■. ]> The chauf- i
four • immediately brought th* machine to ;
a stop and offered to ru#h his victim to the
hospital, but witness** picked up the. in-
Jur.-.l man and carried him to .* nearby ]
drug store, where ho remained until the
ambulance arrived. [
POLICEMAN SHOT IN FIGHT
Members of Gang Also Wound
One of Their Own Number.
Patrolman Thomas E. C. Gorman, of the
Fast .'.lst street police station, was shot ,in
front of No. 338 East ISth street last nlzht
while searching a prisoner whom he hsw
arrested for disorderly conduct. He is In
Flower Hospital with a bullet wound In
Us back, below the kidneys, and IS I" a
serious condition.
Gorman and two other policemen. Schoen
holz and Beron. were sent from the station
house to break up a caiift of men who were
drinking bear on ISth street. The three
found the men in front of the house at No.
33S and ordered them away. They showed
fight and the policemen used their clubs.
Gorman got hold of one Hugh Shields
and backed him against a wall As he did
so some one of UM gang shot him in the
back. He drew his revolver and fired in
n turn. Then he dropped unconscious.
• While Beron and Schoenholz chased sev
eral of the men into a hallway a citizen
ran to the East 51st street station and told
Lieutenant Daly of the fight. He sent the
reserves to the scene. When they got there
they found Beron and his fellow officer
having a hard tussle with several of the
gangsters in the hallway. With the ap
pearance of the reserves the members of
the gang ran away, leaving a man who
says he is James Shields, ' brother of the
first man caught, in the hands of Beron.
As Beron was walking away with him one
of the running men fired three shots at the
I policeman. They missed him and the bul
lets entered Shields's body, two In the left
foot and one In the back.
Ambulances were summoned from Flower
Hospital, and Gorman ami Shields were
taken there. The Rev. Father Murphy, of
St. Ajrnes's Roman Catholic Church, in
East 43d street, administered the last rites
of the church to Gorman in the station
house before he went to the hospital.
AUTO SMASH PROVES FATAL
Two Dead as Result of Accident
at New Rochelle.
Coroner Boedecker made an investigation
yesterday of the automobile accident which
' ;iused the death of John Sullivan, a New
Rochelle hardware merchant, and Patrick
MeGrath. a bartender, at Drake avenue
and Pelham road, New Rochelle, late Fri
day night. William Wallace, owner of the
machine, is in the New Rochelle Hospital
in a serious condition, suffering from in
ternal injuries. Although he b conscious.
be i.-a unable to give a version of IBM
affair.
"Wallace was driving, with Grover Sypher
in the front seat, and It la reported that
the machine was going at the rat** of fifty
rules an hour. It la supposed that the car
either threw a shoe or one of the wheels
suddenly dished. The car was completely
wrecked and all of the occupants wre
thrown out in a heap except Sypher. who
grabbed the wheel and escaped uninjured.
Sullivan, MeGrath and George Eberle.
who were in the rear seat, were thrown
twenty feet. Sullivan was injured inter
nally, and MeGrath's skull was fractured.
Eberle. who is the assistant tax receiver
of New Rochelle. escaped with a few
bruises. Ait.ough suffering from ner
vous shock, he was able to give his ver
sion of the accident to the Coroner. There
is not enough of the car left to tell what
really happened.
Sullivan and MeGrath died ear!y yester
day morning in the New Rochelie Hos
pital. Both were single and the former re
cently entertained his mother and lister,
who live at Clifton Springs
AGED COUPLE MURDERED
Battered to Death by Robbers While
Asleep Over Store.
Wilmington. Del.. Aug. 30— Robert Casey,
jr.. keeper of a general store on the Phila
delphia and Wilmington turnpike, at Olay
mont. near here, and his wife, were mur
dered In their beds, in the house over the
store, some time last night, evidently while
they slept. The murder was commuted by
thieves, who afterward plundered the house
and store, breakin? open the safe and
carrying off all of the contents of value
Mr. and Mrs. Casey arere the only oc
cupants of the house.
The crime was committed with a clufe
about an inch thick and a foot long. With
this the heads of the. victims were battered
in. after which the club wa> t':r<->wn bt-
side the bed. where it was found to-day.
Mr. Casey was a veteran of the CtwV
War. having served in the 12-Jth and 112 th
Pennsylvania regiments. He was seventy
years old and his wife seventy-two
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made through the representatives i*
Washington.
Hornet Only Chartered. I;-: C^i
A statement was Issued by the Madrid
representatives that they had be»n a*.
vised that Estrada had been unable to
raise money to pay for the. former Amer
ican gunboat Hornet, which «air*.i r*.
ported to have been »old to him. and
that the vessel was to be returned totfc,
United States.
Senor Castrillo subsequently <len!es
that Estrada had ever intended to bey
the Hornet. He said the boat ha<
merely been chartered to make one voy,
age from New Orleans to Blue fields^.wujj
ammunition and provisions for th& la.
turgent army. "-.']?
FIREMEN PREVENT SUICIDE
Play Hose on Man Who Tries to
Cut His Throat
Clarerr.ont. N. H.. Aug. 20.— The -Pfe,
Department as a suicide previ»attvs
proved itself a great success to-day.
Despondent, the result of a long contin
ued illness. Dwight H. Johnson, a re»
tired manufacturer, obtained a razor
and entered a small shed in the r»ar <
a store, with the intention of ending jj 3
life. He was seen by several p»r»»,
and within a short time a large ere*4
assembled.
Chief at Police J. H. Ober and hi 3 of.
cers attempted to reach Johnson; bat
every time any one approached he raise!
«the razor to his throat. Finally, while
the chief kept him engaged in convers*.
tion a policeman went after a hos» co«.
pany. Quietly the firemen stretched four
hundred feet of hose from the n-ares:
hydrant, and when the connection irj,
made a stream with an eighty penal
pressure was directed at Jobasoa'j
chest. The stream upset him amttf
several dozen empty vine?ar bottles
stored in the shed, and for the test t»9
minutes there was a mixup of Johns**
police and hosemen. Johnson maaag*J
to gash his throat and one hand, but it
■was overpowered before he was sen
ously hurt. He will be examined bjrsa
alienist.
DR. WILEY SPEAKS UP
Says His Care Is for Health af
People. Not for Business: -
Washington. Aug. 20.— Willis Ba :— :
an attorney representing the food rmsl
facturers. cross-examined Dr. H. W.
Wiley to-day concerning the reports -d
experiments with the "poison aq'jaA"
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of the presence of nitrogenous matter a
the records of some of the experiment
Mr. Baldwin said:
"Those tests were immensely Im
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and products."
Eying th* attorney. Dr. Wiley replied
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the people"'
"You consider that 1 psctssi
than the interests of those wh<
hundreds of thousands of dollars deouj
in property and products?" :.' .; :ired ilr.
Baldwin.
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Wiley. "Where there are hundreds at
thousands of dollars involved there are
millions of lives hanging in the balance
which these investigations affect. It U
these that I consider and not the buair
ness which may be done by any cor
poration."
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the testimony of government witneasii
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