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GUARANTEE Your M-mey Back If You Want It. Se* Editorial Pa?e, Firat Column. V(l1. 1NXV....NO- 24?985. Nm i0t?( ?MImtt* WEATHER FA? Ain rttoi r.a toiht. tai? To-Mniaowi ?abiari.k *TSDa>, Taster*?r'? Temi-mier fllsh. ?*; lo?. ?I. lull report on Pa?? 10. First to Last?the Truth: News - Editorials - Advertisements it"i...i?iit. mi-. Il? Th?* Trthune Aaao. lallon . 1 TUESDAY. APRIL 18, 1915. ? * PRICE OXF? CENT la Cltf of >?w York, >???? *ark, Jersey rite and Horxtlaen, BLBKWRBBB Two cknt? Tribune Answers $500.000 Suits Savs It Performed Publie Service in Expos? ure of " Iniquitous Schemes and Busi? ness Methods" of Kosofskys and Libermans. Th? Tribune an?! Samuel Hopkins Ailnms have filed their answers in ?hf three libel suits, for damage? apRrcpatinp $1)00,000, brought against ?hem by Meyer and Isaac Libennan in the names of two of their romp?:in?, growing out of the publication of the scries of articles by Ur. Adams upo*1 advertising method? that ha? been running in the ..per. In their answers the defendants stand firmly upon the ground taken in the-? and ivtorpose the affirmative defence of justification for Y?i x hed. Two of the suit-- ?ire baaed upon what Mr. Adams ^(j ?r ipon wore the methods followed by Meyer and i<^ac Liberman i ling and conducting business under the name of Stewart & ' o., al l ifth Avenue and Thirty-seventh Street. These suits ire br " name o? M. I. Stewart & Co., as a corporation. In the first suit, brought on articles published in January, the plaintiff thi rond, based upon articles pub ? v. for -. Thr ' ' is brought by a corporation which Meyer and Isaac I iberir.. sed under the name of "The John Porsythe & Co., Inc.," whioh ai >0,000 damages, because of what Mr. Adams wrote and jh?? Tr.- hed concerning allepcd Liberman methods of advertising and do; g i?'r the Porsythe name. Martin W. Littleton is the in the three suit.-, while Sackett. Chapman & gtfren the defendants. DEFENCE OF JUSTIFICATION. intially the same subject and the plead them are similar. A synopsis of the answer to the first cause erf ??ftioi * by M. I. Stewart iv Co. shows the nature of the ? As predicted by Henry W. Sackett. counsel for The Tribu? i . in a previous article in this newspaper, giving details of the ..ere tiled, in addition to the usual formal defences, the defence of justification is interposed in all three cases. The com? ' first action recites the statements in the Adams article-, about the alleged methods of Aaron Kosofsky and Philip Liber nan, which S oharpe "that Kosofsky was a typi? cally QM ? fraudulent and dishonest merchant." and that "Philip Liberr.v ? siness pr?cticos expressed and represented the extreme c( the '- degenerate methods ascribed to Kosofsky ( nnllmicil on page 10. column ?. TERRE HAUTE MEN BEGIN JAIL TERMS Mayor Roberts Gets Six Years and S2.000 Fine Only 8 Lscape Sentence. ; India: *; April 12. Fojr men ; COBV.C-.??'? Terre Haute election 'raud " enteneed by .Tudfte An e'enor. I Federal penitcn tj.ry at 1 rl I.cavenworth, Kan., re? ceived - mitmenl papers late to-day and a re given until Sunday lo bt-ir. ? to r""on The ? ? neludinf Major who received prison ? ?fnter.r? . p? aled, and the eighty Mres I ' ''Tri one day to til m i ?? jail, were in It wai II be ?riven two ei ? obtain mr the i I. Edwsrd Holier ? . who had plead? : . i a priaon . Tbi : from the ippei?. ii Masselink, Seiler of V.i ;-.:-- and Measure fx-nifirr re; Arthur Gillii, . lection official; Joteph Sti quor salesman, and! Oecrf-p Sovern, (-ambler. Each had j been sentenced to a year and a day in $100. They '' oeparted for '.'fir?. Haute to-night, "?here the*, wi I remain until they leave for !.. unaccompanied ruards. To obti -? pending hia appeal, I Mayor ; enteneed to , pn*n- pay a fine of 12,0 riven a bond of I ? bonda for thi ui'ter r.oon. If i ? .!1 mean a total of I, Only light of 1 ?apeti ; ] in. i wi i tatet Dia I tencec , invalidate their ?? al of Roy ? aagr? ? a Diatrict, ?no fi who were . la pa i Judge A .I to comment del ing the who will eaTi : time a li come i II riae up ?nd inta is we nav? ?i stewed ?, the cen ? ' ion in the election at Th? c? noticed that ?ai u had appeared a? . robu.-- II ido?d: : h e m to I don't approve a.s it MORGAN'S AID REFUSED His Loan of Chinese Porcelains Housed at Museum's Expense. ?JJ-Pierponl Morgan offered to reim bur??' the ! ; . .m for the ****"' - installing hi? , jtthcr'- , , ; orce- ! *"" wl | to Duveen Brother! ?st I. iblish i Mr. Mor- I tor of ?'?>** mi. April bull? '"e tru I Mr, Morcan'? ' v V '' larch 15, M r. , *?obius,(-, wro,( Mr Morgan that the ***** FBI thi collection "ould he used again, ami a.? to other i x F*'1"'; itive ??' mm I ? '? th? ply repaid r f. ha i.' a'hh-hi ^ ?<? ' benefit ami enjoj mein ' *t?a | ' ? - ? **^" "?afca lu the museum.'' .. _ GOVERNOR VETOES ANTI-LINDSEY BILL Grand Jury Exonerates Denver Judge of Mis? conduct Charges. cr, April 12. Governor George A. Carlson to-day announced his veto of the billa designed to transfer the authority and duties of Judge Ben R. Ltadaey'a juvenile court to the District four; of Denver County. At almo??, the same hour Judge Lind sey vas exonerated of all charges of misconduct in a report of the county grand jury. Frank L. Rose was indicted on a charge of criminal libel in connection w 'h affidavit a reflecting on the char? acter of Judge Lindaejr. The Governor said his veto message would take the position that the elec Denver have ample means of displacing ?Judge Lindsey through the recall, and that it il a local matter in which the state has no concern. SUBWAY SWALLOWS PART OF BROADWAY One Hundred Feet of Sidewalk Near 28th Street Sinks Four Feet. A localized earthquake, caused by f ulty underpinning in the new subway excavation, gave Broadway pedestrians a ?care at 6 o'clock yesterday after? noon, when a hundred feet of the aide walk near the northwest corner of Twenty-eighth Street suddenly dropped four feet below the level of the curb. The r-hrieks of the involuntary occu- i pants of ?he newly made trench, min? gled with the rumble caused by several , ions of earth which fell into the dig- ? gave n*-e to .a rumor that a I number of persons had been killed. ? ., few minutes of excited search- '? mt:, It vva.i diseovered that no one was ' even hurt. A few members of the audi- ! Proctor'? Fifth Avenue The- ] ? ? DOia?, departed ' Inspector Morris, in charge of police ? -, roped off that portion of the block which had caved in, and ordere.I 1189, 1191 and 1193 Broadway to evacuate, for fear that laine? arould collapse. Traffic tely resumed for two hours. I he accident wa-? caused when the props supporting the sidewalk at the point where it caved in dropped away and allowed the eaith and stone which eld bark t<> avalanche into the excaval on. Subway worker*, ?aid that .it have been caused by tl e constant jar of traffic overhead, ? . vibration of the blaating or by . rcolation of water from reeei ? I here wa? no danger of further trouble, Ihej ?aid, and announced that ?? would be repaired at once. PHOTO GIVEs'aWAY BANDIT Stage Robber Identified by Girl Victim's Snapshot. Cheyenne, Wyo? April 12. Charles1 ,,-h. an Idaho ranchman, who is , -?i having perpetrated the Yellowstone I'Hrk itae-e miner, will be tried in on 'l n? iday. , , ?a ? it hpenbacn tble m that identification of the robber reata on a snapshot nhotograph of him taken by a girl pa?scnger on rn<. 0f he held up. Kpen 1 ach wa ?mated on the strength of .tograph. were stopped by the all took pi. . ,ytime, and after commit t mg ibbei boldly iode out o? thc^ ?-.?a. ?___* DEACONS OPPOSE COMMUNION FOR REVIVAL SERVICE Officials of Madison Ave. Baptist Church Halt Rev. Dr. Eaton's Plan. 200 MINISTERS MEET TO URGE MOVEMENT Volunteers Asked to Pray That Religious Fervor May Spread Throu?hout the City. (in invitation of the pastor, the Rev. Pr. Charle? A. Katon, more than two hundred Protestant clergymen and ?hurch offleiaia of all denominations met In the Madison Avenue Baptist Church yesterday afternoon to cele? brate a union communion service and pray for a revival in New York. Much to the surprise of the minis? ters ?ho are planning the revival, no communion service was held. Several deacons in I?r. Katon's church had Bug gested to him Sunday evening that it would not be the part of wisdom to have clergymen an?i laymen of other denomination? partake of the sacra? ment in a Baptist house of worship. Dr. Kuton therefore notified the Rev. Charles W. Welch, chairman of the re- | vival committee, yesterday morning that the communion icrviee would ha.-e to be abandoned. It was impossible, however, to notify all seven members of the committee. Pray for Revival. Inder I?r. Welch's leadership the congregation joined in revival hym. i, and there was a general response to the call for volunteer prayer that a wave of religious fervor should stir the population of the city. At the close of the meeting announce? ment was ma.le that I>r. Katon had in? vited all those interested in a revival to meet in his church again next Mon? day afternoon at 4 o'clock. Pr. Welch said last night that the difference of opinion between Pr. Katon and some oi hil deneons had no effect whatever on the meeting. "We are going to continue the Mon? day afternoon meetings and we are going to invite men and women from every Protestant church on this isl- , and." he said. "If the interest increases in the next month in the same propor- ' tion as it has in the last four weeks, New York will be a long way towaiat ; a genuine revival." Pr. Katon left for his home in Plain field, N. .1, immediately after the ser? vice. Some of his friend? said that he was embarrassed more than he cared to confess by the admonition from his deacons, which destroyed hi? vision of an undenominational communion ser? vice. Krom b member of Pr. Welch's com? mittee it was learned that the Madi?on Avenue Baptist deacons did not meet to take formal action on Pr. Katon'? invitation to the other churches. After the Sunday evening service, this min? ister was informed, four of the deacon I engaged in conversation with Pr. Kuton about yeiterday'i meeting. Two of them were in favor of the union com? munion service and two were opposed. Pastor Disappointed. After discussing the denominational precedent? involved, one of the deacons told Dr. Kuton that it would not be the part of wisdom to celebrate the sacra? ment. While the pastor was disap-, pointed deeply, there was no ?how of feeling and no heated argument on either side. Loral clergymen recalled last night , that the Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman. Pre? bytenan evangelist, had conducted summer services in the Madison Ave- , tue Baptist Church, and they a??erted that he had administered communion j to his congregations. Presbyterian ministers who attended the Presbytery of New York's session yeaterda) denied that the Baptist dea? cons' veto on a union communion ser- | vice had anything to do with the fail? ure of the Piesbyteiy to attend the re- ! vival service in a body. They pointed out that items of business prolonged the session and made the luncheon so late that they could not have arrived at Dr. Katon's church by 4 o'clock. S,nce the initial meeting of a fevr ministers in the l'ark Avenue Presby? terian ?'hurch, four weeks ago yester- i day afternoon, Dr. Katon has been one ' of the moving spirits of the revival I project. He made the most stirring ad? dress at the third meeting, a week ag". When called upon to apeak yeaterday I he waa brief and to the point. ''I want, of all. to express my joy in having you meet in our hou?e of Worahip," he SHiiI. "We want \ou to come apm next week. "Let us forget that we are this or we I nut innr.l on pale ?, rnlumn 4 PEACE NOW SPELLS RUIN, SAYS ELIOT - Declares Triumph of Militarism Would Set World Back Centuries. 'n? Tsleeraah le 1 ? Pi Boston, April 12. "Don't pray for Kuropean peace now," was the ad' :re given to-day to the Baptist minis' their weekly meeting in Tremont Tem? ple by President Kmentus Kliot of Harvard University. "I cannot conceive of a worse catas? trophe for the human race than pea.-e in Kuropr now," he said. "If it were declared no? Germany would be in poaaeaaion of Belgium and (?erman Sggreaaive militarism would have tri? umphed. That would be lUCCCI Germany after she had committed the greateal erine a nation ?an commit namely, faithlessness to treaty rights and the sanctity of contracts would pass for nothing and civilization would be set bark centuries. 1 don't see how any thinking American can keep himself neutral. Liberty and every other American ideal are in? volved in this war." Asked by a minister. "When may we begin to pray for peace?" Pr. Kliot an awered. "When Germany i? driven! back into her own territory anil forced! to jjaj- lull .BdcmmlaV to Belgium." ' ?Gen. Huerta Here, Vows. He'll Be Good; May Stay "I salute this great nation," ?-aid G salute its flat*.), when he Exiled Dictator Silent on Since Flight to Frai and Plans Mi 'neral Victoriano Muerta (who did not came ?r the bay yesterday. Mexican Affairs?1 las Aged ice?Praises Americans ich Sightseeing. Cieneral Victoriano Huerta, the ei iled ex-President of Mexico, who ai rived in New York laa! night, is no going back to MeJ CO. Neither will h ven'ure to Cuba, nor anywhere out o the United States, on tins visit a least. h a aworn statement *o the immi gration authorities, who out hir ' r x n m ?nation while hi ateamer, the Antonio Lupe/, fron Cadiz, Spain, waa proceeding up th. bay t.. her pier in the Eai River, th. former dictator declare.! he intendei to remain in New York for an in lietinite period. Refore he was permitted to leave thi steamer Gen<ra! Huerta took an oatr that while in this country he wouli BEAR EATS HORSE AND CLOSES TOWN Redding, Conn.. Awaits Day to Invade Bcasi's Lair in Devil's Den. Bj ;? i ? r ibaat ' South Norwalk, Conn., April 12. It's a bear, all. right Last week several ci'izens of Redding declared they had .seen an honest-to-goodne?? bear in the viiii.il? just outside of this city. They lost Standing in the community at once. How could there be a bear within fifty miles of New Yoik City? All bunk! Hut when one of .lame.-? Green's lior-p, **.. - nd to-day. half rat?*n, on his farm apologies were in Also there was a general scurry in? doors bv the populace. The farmers are satisfied that nothing short of a fear could treat Mr. Green's horse bo roughly. To-night Redding is a closed town. Front doors bristle with padlocks. Ancient rifles have been cleared and bright lipht?, burn in every house. Wives are sharing the vigil with their ) isbanda ?nd th? village board of strategy ia carrying on ita del ibera - ? ver the telephone. The tir-t con thai the beast has been win ? m P.nil's Pen, in a piece of in- ; il. forest, nearby. Ry to-mor-j row tlie big bear hunt t-hould be on in cart.. 1 commit no act in violation of the neu trality of the I'nited State?. "This is my first visit to New York I hope to do a lot of sightseeing," wa< the only oral statement he made. Re fore ho left the pier for the Hot--! An sonia he expressed his delight at being among the American people in a written Statement prepared by his secretary. Huerta Praises Americans. "It is a pleasure for me to be ntruin in the 1'nite?' States." ?? read, "as it gives me the opportunity to admire once more the greatness of the Amer? ican people, whom I salute through their press. "It is nothing strange that on step Contlnued on pas' 8. column 7 ROOSEVELT TO SIT IN PEW WITH TAFT Will Also Meet Baldwin. "Un progressive Judge," at Louns bury Funeral. New- Haven, April 12. Kx-l'resident William H. Taft and ex-Governor Simeon E. Raldwm of Connecticut, neither of whom, it is believed, has spoken to Theodore Roosevelt for years, will serve with him as honorary pallbearers tomorrow at the funeral of Professor Thoma? R. Lounsbury. Five years ago President Taft met Colonel Roosevelt in New Haven at tha* home of the late Henry ('. White. Four years ago Colonel Roosevelt an?! Governor Baldwin were invited bv the New Haven Chamber of Commerce to its annual dinner. Governor Hald win declined the invitation, announc? ing that he did not Care to sit down with Colonel Roosevelt. Roosevelt, during the campaign of 1912, referred to Governor Raldwin as "an Miprogres sive judge." The Colonel, with Pr. Rrandei " thews, is to reoresent the American Arailcmv of Arts and Letters. Mr. Taft, with President Hadlev of Yale and Pirertor I hittenden, of the entific School, represents the univer? sity. The pallbearers will sit toge'her in a front pew in Rattell Chapel. Save Your Graphic Sections The beautiful Camera-Photogravure Supplements of The .Sunday Tribune will serve as helpful and enjoyable re? minders in after years of to-day s pass.ng events. Your Children Will Appr?? ciai Your Thoughtfulne881 \ lave "lour Newsdealer Deliver The Sunday Tribune Regularly. PLACE VOUR ORDER 70-DAY RUSSIANS'SWEEP HURRIESRETREAT OF FOE IN GALICIA a Austrians North of Car? pathians Are Threat? ened with Destruction. CZAR'S MEN FAIL TO TAKE HILL 992 Defenders Still Hold Important Position as Invaders Advance on 120-Mile Front. Bj Csbtt It Th? Trli .n? I Petrograd, April 12. While the Rus? sians, now masters of the Carpathian passes for a distance of PJO miles west of the I'/.sok, are pouring down the southern slopes to the Hungarian plains by railways and along the roads and banks of rivers, the Austro-Ger man armies on the (ialirian side of the mountain range east of the I'zsok en? trance, acording to indications in un? official dispa?ches and the opinion of military experts, are preparing for a general retiring movement. The further southward advance of the Russians, which seems practically assured since their capture of one of the principal remaining obstacles in their path on the I'zsok-Rartfeld front, Hill !?09, will seriously endanger the Austrians north of the Carpathians all the way through F.astern (?alicia and Rtikowina. Armv officers insist that a I retreat will be the only means of sav? ing the Austrian force from being cut off from their base. The onwanl sweep of the Czar's troop? is also a direct menace to Ruda pest, the immediate objective of their forward movement across the flat land of Northern Hungary. Austrians Hold Hilt 992. The Au.tnans are s?ill holding by a desperate resistance the position known as Hill 992, which has been the scene of much hard fighting. The official report to-night admits the failure of the Russians to capture this place. The battle for the Uiaek Pass con? tinues with nndiminiahed violence, while the rear of the Austro-German armies in this section is daily more seriously threatened by the Russian advance further to the east. The Russian armies have made their i trreatts. gain in the direction of Oum '? meno. A* this point they descended the southern slope, forcing the Aus? trians hi'ck with heavy losses to the line between Mezolahorcz and Smo'.nik. At the same time the Czar's columns advanceii nlong the Une between Pukla ami Svednik, where the Austrians, un ! able to make a serious defence, nban i dor.ed their stores and transports in their ret rent. The battle, which has just been suc Ceasfully conducted by the Russians laste.) eighty daya, and was, from all accounts, one of the fiercest of the ?ar. 1 he manner in which the Russians over? came rhe difficulties of mountain fight? ing in midwinter Has been t!.e . .b.' et of praise by those who witnessed the operations -,r are acquainted with . .e country traversed. The most deter? mine.I opposition on this whole line of battle was on the part of the Hun gar an?, whose fighting qualities ;.re also being highly complimented by R . (Heers. The calamity for Austro German strategy is held to be immedi? ately due to the energy and tactical nl.il ty of the Russian brigada leaders ? under General HroussilotT. New hind of Warfare. The fighting which has brought the Russians upon the southern slopes of the Carpathians is generally admitted to have been of a character unprece? dented in history. The three months of desperate conflict in midwinter across several parallel mountain ranges furnish an entirely new chapter to military history. Cavalry has been al? most useless, and big guns have been available only occasionally and in very ; restricted numbers. ? The most important part of the work has been done with the bayonet, but the Russians have not been slow at in? venting various unconventional d?vi?es to suit the special circumstances. Snow is undoubtedly the easiest material to handle in constructing shelters from rifle tire, and the Russians are quite at home with it. Also, they know how to keep comfortably warm in these snow ; shelters. Much of the fighting of the last win? ter has been done during the frequent 4 ?nliniirtl on l?H?e '?. i-olumn 7 HUSBAND HURLS BRIDE FROM AUTO Halts Rescuers with Gun as He Attempts to Run Her Down with Car on Bridge. Matthew I.atimer. a taxicab owner. . ' Newark, N. J? invited his wife to take an automobile ride with him ye? t?rd?y. They have been married lea than a year. At the Kne It I ridge in Pasaaic Street LLatimer gave i the wheel a sudden twist, which fright Mrs. I.atimer. Fearing that he in? terdi'.1 to plunge the car into the river, ? -.-lzeil his arm. Angered by her interference, ?he told the police, I.atimer flung her from the car and pursued her with it as ?lie ran along the sidewalk. In h s attempt to tun her down, Mr-. I.a; mer says, her husband drove his car for *-ome dis? tance on the walk Four men ran to her ?Baiatance and confronted I.atimer. They say he lev- ' elled a revolver at them nnd compelled them to keep their diatanee while he turned his car into the roadway and put on tull speed. Their about? brought policemen, who jumped into another | automobile and overhauled the fugi- ? He 2d Preeincl ita? tion and locked up oit n chai. lit and battery. The ' I.atimer? live at 72fi North Sixth Street. I.atimer i- twenty-tour y cari old and b'.? wife twenty-two. RIGGS BANK CHARGES M'ADOO AND WILLIAMS CONSPIRED TO RUIN IT WILLIAMS RETORTS IN COUNTER CHARGES Controller William? answer! ?he Rigg? Bank statement with the declaration that if the method? and practices of Ihe hank'B officers com? plained of had been permitted to continue "the result? would have been serious." He admit? the bank la solvent. The Controller chaire? that the bank's officer? have miiused their powers; have made false and mie leadlng statements; have refused data called for by the Controller'? department; have tempted women, including Treasury employe!, to en? gage in costly itock speculations, and have made many Improper loans lo persons connected with the bank through "dummies." Mr. Williams's statement at length will be found on Page 4. CATHEDRAL BOMB PLOTTERS FOUND GUILTS Jury Out More than Fiv< Hours Recommends Clemency. ACCUSED MEN UNMOVED AT FATE Abarno and Carbone, Trappe( by Detective as "Pal," May Face 25-Year Terms. Frank Atiarno and Carmine Carboni were found guilty at midnight of : it ting a bomb in ?St. Patrick's Cathedra! They were tried before Judge Nott ii lieneral Sessions. The jury returned at 11:30 and an pounced it had reached s rerdict. "Wi Rad the defendants both guilty, witl a recommendation for mercy," said thi foreman. lustice Nott announced that h< woulil unpn?e sentence and hear an: motions with regard to the case 01 'Friday, April 19. The prisoners wer? then remanded to the Tombs. Before the vprdict was announced thf greater part of th? crowd had melted away. Louise Berger and Ben Reitman ' were the only two radicals left. NVithei Abarno nor Carbone displaye?! emotior when the verdict was announced. They will get an indeterminate sentence, the maximum being twenty-five years. After retiring at 6:35 the jurors ad j ?ourned at 7:30 to the Broadway ('en tral Hotel for supper. Nothing fur? ther erai heard from them until 11:30 when thev returned to the courtroorr 1 with a request for instructions from Juatice Not?. The foreman asked for information as to the culpability of a police officer who was an accomplice in the commission of a crime Justice Nott said that the law did not regard as guilty a police officer in the performance of his duty who aided , in the commission of a crime, because he did not have the guilty conscience necessary to make a crime. He said tho officer is preventing crime, al? though in doing go he frequently is obliged to assist in the preparations for a crime. George K Lewis, Juror No. 4, then asked ?he ?ustiee to define duress and to state how far duress would excuse ?he comnisaien of a crime. Justice Nott replied that if a defendant could prove that he had acted because he be lieved he wa? in danger of his life or of bodily harm, then he should be ex? cused. The jury retired again, and ten min? ute? Inter came back with the verdict. Frank Abarno was the mainstay of the defence. His testimony, after cross-examination by Assistant Dis 1 trict Attorney Train, was confused, but one thing ?tood out clear. He denied emphatically that he had lighted the bomb. "I did not light that fuse," he cried. "If I should be shot like a do;, I did not light it. anil the man who says I did is the bijruest kind of a liar. The fuae they ha?! at Police Headquarters they pulled out of the bomb and lighted down there." On his direct examination the wit? ness said that he became conscience ; stricken when he saw people worihip ning in the Cathedral, and matead of nolding the lighted cigar ready to touch off the bomb, h? concealed it in his hat, where it expired. In reply to Mr. Train's questions Abarno said that he had thrown the ?.gar away at the door of the Cathe? dra!. He persisted in his story that the police had forced him to tell the story tha* he tirsr told. "I was telling To per cent lies then," he declared, "but now I am telling 100 per cent truth". DetectiM- I'llignano, he asserted, had prompted him as to the responses he should make if arrested. At Head qusrtsra policemen "pushed him around," he said, and told him that if he admitted his guilt he would get off. Later he thought that the police had freate?! him pretty well, and recalled that his ?linner had been sent in to him during the course of his examination. Kaiser Keeps $10,000 Cup. K . Mr Wilhelm does not wish his $10.000 trophy'for the Brooklyn sing? ing festival to fall into the hands of the Allies. So instead of forwarding the nia.??ive gold and silver cup to be competed for next month by the North? eastern Saengerbund he has sent a copy n less costly material. The original, designeil by Professor i ??to Rohlofl*. will remain interned in Germany for the present. The festival. which is being arranged by the United Singen of Brooklyn, will be held in i the 13th Regimeat' Armory. ' " Brings Suit to En? join Officials from Interference. ASSERTS MALICE CAUSED TROUBLE Declares Hatred of Its Officers Motive of "Persecution." CALLS ACTS ILLEGAL Complaint Tells of Series of Improper Demands from Controller's Office. TTom Th? Trlt-un? Bureau 1 Washington, April 12.?William G. McAdoo. Secretary of the Treaaury, and John Skelton Williams, Controller of the Currency, are accused of con? spiracy in an attempt to wreck a na? tional bank, and personal malice and spite are assigned as their motives, in a suit filed in the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia late this af? ternoon by the Riggs National Hank of Washington. A temporary injunction restraining the Treasurer of the United States, John Burke, from transferring to the I'nited States Treasury $5,000, belnf interest on government bonds owned by the Riggs Rank, but on deposit to i secure circulation, was granted by tho court. The court also Berved notice that Secretary McAdoo, Controller Williams and Treasurer Burke must show cause by April 1*5 why other ?njunctiona asked by the bank should not be grant? ed. The bank's bill waa filed by ex Senator Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, and Frank J. Hogan. Louis P. Rrandei?, of Boston, has been retained by the Department of Justice as special counsel to push charges of irregularities against the ' officers of the Riggs National Rank, Controller Williams said to-night. Mr. Williams declared so many irregulari i ties and unlawful practices had been i discovered by the Treasury Department that the whoe question had been re? ferred several weeks ago to the Depart? ment of Justice. Filing of this suit is the climax of a long feud existing between Williams i and McAdoo and the officers of thi Riggs National Bank, which happens also to he the Washington representa? tive of the National City Rank of New York. Incidentally, Milton F. Ailc, vice-president of the Riggs Rank, suc ? cceded Mr. Williams on the board of ; directors of the Seaboard Air I.ine when Mr. Williams was bowled out. Blamed for Tribune Articles. Coming down to a more recent date, Mr. Williams blamed the officers of the Riggs Rank for the accounts pub? lished in The New York Tribune in December, 1913, with regard to the ab? sorption of the I'mted Sutes Trust < omnany of Washington by 'he Mun sey Trust Company, in which R. Lan? caster Williams, a brother of the Con? troller, waa a director. This phase of the controversy ia i brought out in a lively manner in a letter to Controller Williams, given out i bv the bank this afternoon. In which the causes of the suit are rehearsed and which says in par?: "On December '.',. P.?I3. The Ne.f York Tribune published an article severely criticising you with respect to a cer i tain transaction conducted by you as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and when another article of similar import appeared In the same paper on the fol'owtng day. C. C. Glover, the president of this bank, received a re? quest to call at the office of the Secre? tary of the Treasury. Mr. Glover promptly compile?! with that request, though he httd not the remotest idea of Why H was made, and he had hardly more than entered the Secretar*,'s of? fice when he was charged in the moat offensive manner with having inspired those publications. "Mr. Glover emphatically denied that charge, and the Secretary then de? clared that if he (.lo. er wa? not him? self responsible for those article? the? were itlltigated bv ?OR?? of his associ? ate? in th:? bank. Mr Glo* cr de? manded to know who of h.? BBBOCietea were ?uppoaed to he responaibte, and the Secretar.' name.i >.'?,.? . ;i-e ; dent?, Mr. Flather aid Mr. \ Thereupon Mr. Glover replied tha- be? fore accusing those gentlemen the Sec? retary of the Treaaury should send for them and hear what they had to aay about the matter. ^ "Accordingly. Messrs. Ailea and , Flather were summoned to the Treaa ury Department and there, in your presence and the presence of Mr. Kl . iiott. the Secretary proceeded to ques? tion them abojt the newspaper article?. , He first qu?->tioned Mr. rlath-r, who declared that he had not been con j nected with the articles in any way, 1 and had not known anything of fh~-m until his attention was called to tnem. Secreteo Violent in language. "The Secretary then turn. .I '.. Mr. Ailes and charged him with having in? stigated the articles. Mr. As? serted distinctly and unequiv ically thai raa ia ?? way responsible for them, but the Secretary gr -??? increasingly violent in his denunciation, ami iinally ? eil, w ith an oat'., thai ? ould orqer Mr. A , ai i turning to Mr. (?lover, ?aid: 'Mr. ' (ootinurd on vase 4. ? ? -luniu 4