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PURGE NOSTRUMS
OF DOPE, URGE
HEALTH EXPERTS
U. S. Called On to T.xpel
Defect Lurk-n? in Har?
rison Ac*.
DOCTORS WHO USE
DRUGS A MENACE
Ccasus of Addicts and State
I aus Acainst Mall Ofdcf
Cures Viewed a VrrJv
R? soht.i BOPKiNa idajis.
?{o-h. ' ft ? ? '?' Habit
?
addicted ts their ?as
?pic diseui -
?-?in!ir ?Ie8':*i Assoeia
.-.* .t- general ml after
noon. Th< diaeus?iion eentred oa the
? ?ml?tic eommittse on
f which Dr C K
1 < rr?. of ! Ils, F'.a., il chair
trin. Chai I la Harrison a-.t
Btie in?*, whieh seeks to con'ro' by
.
, her "dope?,"
a the in port
The mendatien
jv h o? et tion aix o? the Harrii
Th.? h ? ? ? sieh < aemi !
,.??.. i ai the
la?. an?l permits motp. ia, ete.,
? < l.e
? ithout a ?n'a pre?c
? i form i ? ?
ob'iB.ni d i on.
The responsibility
a? we!', .i? .-n? fi ? the
of 'he Iruf hai ' WSS r-rognired, S.11
i m selut " ? mes is ?
tion thai physicians ah own *
, ' narcotic? be refus? i
the right to prescribe them; si?
v ho i.r.? addicts be ref
? on ah iiapensers of the?.?1
drufr/. Thia clause is based upon t1 e
proni-ne?? of ?it tag-taking phreiclars
a*id druggists to prescribe and advi?,?
the u?-e of "ilope" where it ? need. II ?
and d.inirerou?.
Other Important recommendations
were that a eeneui of ? I
drug addict a; that ?astitutiena for ti .?
cure of ad.i eta l>? establish*
vimon for the commitment of non
criminai addictl 10 *ne?e be enacted,
such in?' tutiona a? well as similar
private institution? to be under the
supervision and regulation of the state
boards of health; that earh stat?
should enact law? to abolish mail o
der cures for the drag habit, such
cures being invariably unavailing, an i
often pernicious, and thnt all medieal
schools und training schools for nurse?
specially impress upon all pupil?- the
need of greater caution in the admin?
istration of narcotic drags. Fin all;
ommittee ?avs:
"in submitting this report we would j
emphusize the fi?ct that it ia '.he
on of the committee as a whole'
that the problem of narcotism is of far
? r significance to this country'
than has been generally supposed; that
existing legislation will not prove a
solution, and that the utmost effort
should be made by the members of the '
American Public Health Association
and all concerned with the public wel?
fare to reach an early solution."
Supporting the views of the commit-'
tec papers srefe presented by several of
the members. J. Frank (hase, secretary
of the New Kngland Watch and Word
feociety. favored compulsory institu- ?
uons for addicta More than f>0 per
cent of habitual drug user?, he said,,
were criminals. In most prisons they
found little difficulty in securing draga,
and not Infrequent]?/ convict? formed
the drug habit in the jails. The great?
est factor in the spread of the drug
habit, said Mr. i hnse, is thi- contaRious
influence of the confirmed addict
Chairmnn Terry of the committee
?ailed attention to the exemption of
nostrums from the provisions of the
Harrison law as constituting a grave
weakness. Too much latitude is al?
lowed the physician, also, he said, and
a practitioner who is himself a "dope"
fiend may without restriction make ad?
dicts of hi? patients by the continual
administering of this class of drugs.
Lucius P. Brown, director of the Bureau
if Food Inspection of the New York
City Health Department, also advo?
cated more stringent restrictive meas?
ures and more efficient curative
methods.
An informal smoker to the members
of the association was given at the
Towers Hotel in the evening.
ARRESTS DEATH CAR DRIVER
Korkland Coroner Aaks Inquevt in
Hnnrvmoon Accident.
Coroner Theodore Semendinger of
BiOahlaoJ County yesterday arrested
William A Curran, driver of the tour?
ing car that turned over and killed Mr.
and Mn. I.eorge Windier, of Haver
Btraw. as they started on their hom-v
moon and accused him of manslaughter
in the first degree. He acted Staoi
recomtrendation of Thomas (iagan, the
District Attorney.
? urran e?v? bond and wa? released
by Pallet) Juatiee Heimer. The inquest
will b? hold t.ext week. Curran sav? in
the darkn.ss lie turned 'he car into the
space hetwooa two white stone?, which
he took to be the roadwav. but wh ch
was a ditch
s^Day
EXCURSIONS
MAUCH CHUNK'1.50
?CXT SUNDAY, MI?T. |f*J
tv. W. |M St. S 10; Utttfty St. I 30*
Jitktoa A?t . Jtft-y c.-r, 8 ?7 t a
,B-o?d S?. . Ntwtit.g Ht m
MASjOCOAL no SMOM OOBSrONT
REVISION CALLED
BEST SINCE 1787
BY WiaERSHAl??
New Constitution "for?
ward Looking,*1 Says
Floor Leader.
BOTH PARTIES
?SUPPORT PLAN
Jud^r O'Brien Dfc'arrs Pro?
posais Will Win 90 Per Ont
of Democrats.
. ? \r i ..? 1*. TVl a. e '
Alben; Il ?i ?he moel
,. : ? ' constitutional gov?
ernment evei prepared by a;> conven?
more forward la
?? ? ill ec 1717. There
? ? ? U'a'b revi?;- I
r of the state govern*
nee 'hat true "
.. .? the statement mad
\\ V? ck? . ll an.. -\ 1 B ta :
?attorney General and floor
leader of the convention, when a?'r.-.l
. , . by -he . . indent
for his i - f the pi oposed con
State of New York,
?
by Fred Hammond, the cler?. or
the convention
? \\ hnv" ?cu had from
the people of the state is *o what they
f the work of the convention?"
v ? u ??;. ? ham v.-a? n*k< t?.
? ..il M r Wiekersham,
ear from all the kiek?
Al! the.?,. will bring
? rtl ibje? - - iron, the people who
?..-?? sq ? pie who
? upport the con?t:- itior will be
ill will find
them in the rity."
KiMit Asks Delegates' r'a.lenoe.
Mr ?' . * i were typical
of the average dele,- erviewed
. hi All | to talk
wh le "the tedious proceed*
inga" the word? are those of Klihu
Hoot of reading the S 1.200 word? of
th?. proposed constitution was in proc
?
Hefore the clerk began. Senator Root,
who was presiding, addressed the deb
gates:
"The rule and the proprieties de?
mand that this document shnll be read
tl entirety from beginning to
end," said the Senator. "The chair
i? vokes the patience of th? delegates
through this long and tedious proceed?
ing "
?hen the clerk began rending from
the document, a masterpiece of the em?
bosser's art, done on parchment, bound
in brown morocco, and tooled in gold,
The new constitution is a departure
from legal documents, in that the lan?
guage, punrtuatnn and the use of cap?
itals follows the style of the newspaper
rather than the ornate and heavily
labored periods of its predecessors. To
Lemuel Fly Quigg, who in his time was
a star reporter, more than to any one
else on the revision committee, this
change is due.
Simple Language the Hule.
The report of the revision commit?
tee., rolling of the change? mad? ii I ?
various proposals as read to the con?
vention, began by statin;; 'hat only
such changes had been made as were
Deeeeaary to incorporate the amend
n.ir ;.'< d by the convention and
alterations to make their language con
irn.
It then related that the presen? c
stitution, adopted in 1 Si'4. abounded in
th?- ust- of capitals, and that the com?
mittee threw most of these capitals in
the waste paper basket along with
twenty-nine commas and a half dozen
sets of quotation marks.
It next censored the use of the word
"said" in such instances as "said col?
ony," "said court," "said constitution,":
etc., and substituted therefor the word
"such." This was done in thirty eases.
It refused to accept the spelling of
the p'ural of money as "monies. It
decided on "moneys." It broutrlit parts
of v??rb? together. It decided the phrase
"constitute a quorum" was bad F.ng
lish, and used instead "form a quorum."
"The revipion committee is to he
marvelled at and admired," said "Al"
.imith, "It's got my vote."
Few Democrats Oppose.
The out?poken opposition of a week
ngo on the? part of the reactionaries
Cave way to-night to silence or quali?
fied praise. Th?> only two who spoke
against it to-night to newspaper men
were Democrats, Senator Robert F.
Wagner and ex-Lieutenant Governor
.m F. Sheehan.
(?n the other hand, the ranking Dem?
o-rat?, .tudge Morgan J. O'Brien, sec
cond vice-preside.it of the convention,
iriii?ed the propo?als, and said that 90
per cent of the Democrats of the state
would vote for it
"The row constitution is not entirely
satisfactory," 'aid Judge O'Brien, "but
it is certainly an improvement on th?
present one "
Senator Wagner said that if the re
apportionment article Is not submitted
separately, be will vote against the en?
tire constitution.
Mr. Sheehaa said that there were
many things in the constitution that
be would like to vote for, but that he
would not vote for it in its entiretv.
To Appeal to People.
Russell Wiggins, Republican, of Mid
dletown. who opposed nearly all the
progressive measures, said that the
<? would have to be convinced of
its worth before they would support it.
To meet objection? like those of Mr.
Wiggins the convention has appointed
a committee to prepare a message to
the people, as announced in The Trib
, une on Monday. This committee was
working to-night on the votes on the
various proposals, and it was noticed
; that Democrats and Republicans alike
voted to rass the amendments adopted.
Only a small and consistent minority
of both parties opposed the proposals
adopted. This will be emphasized in
the appeal. This will be read toinor
row, whoa It? formal adoption will be
asked.
The reading o* the constitution was
finished at 10:81, lacking but live min?
utes of two hours. The convention then
adjourned until to-morrow morning,
when the vote will be taken.
\qi Per MONTH ON PLEDGE
J TO OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
THE PKOVIDEiVI LO.AN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
ISANslATTAjs BHU.V\
Fourth Avenue, cor. 25th Street. Courtlandt Av.. cor. 148th SL
Lldrldfs St., cor. Kivfngton St p ..... uuxhjui.\u
ami t. io,k ?,. Smith St., cor. Livingston St,
bevetith Avc. bet 4Sth & 49th S.a. ?rahim Av _ cor. Oebevolit St
Lexington Av.. cor. t24lh St f Pitkin Av.. cor. Rockawiy Av.
'jrand St.. cor. Clinton St. \ m i>m CENT. CHARGED ON
E. 72d St., bet. Uxlngton & 3d Avi. *\a\ LOANS REPAID WITHIN
tin ?iouiton St., cor. tue? St I /W TWO WEEKS PR?.M DATE.
MRS. NICHOLS DIED
MARTYR TO HOBBY
t .... ;,?.?.I frnm pase I
left Mrs. Nichol?, recommending Tals?.
as his iucce??or.
Five associates of Waldemar and
Talas ar? held by the police. The cook
and Fdith Langteldt, the maid, are held
as materiel witnesses in the ltouie of
Detention. In?p?.ctor Faurot has ex?
onerated thi-rn o? any responsibility in
the crime F.rne?t Vital, the head bu'
1er, ha? proved a complet* alibi.
Medical Kiamlner Silent.
An autopsy wh? performed on the
1 o,!y o' Mrs. Nichol? yesterday after
noon a* the andortaking room* of Will
ism .1. Minor, lo.'. Fojrth Avenue, by
Assistant State Medical L'xaminer Otto
Srhultr.e, assisted by Dr. Benjamin
Schwartz, of the Coroner's staff. Dr.
**chult7c refused to make any state?
ment about the cause of death, re
ferring all reporters to Assister.'
trict Attorney \V. Deacon Murphy, head
of the homicide bureau.
??n the death certificate which Dr.
Schnitze made out, however, del
Bttl ' uted to the assault made upon
Mrs. Nichols. The autopsy revealed
thai ?he was afllicted with chronic in
terstitia' nephritis and hypertrophy of
the left ventricle. Abiasions of the
forehead were noted. These afflictions.
coupled With the shock of being con?
fronted by mnsked burglars, might have
killed Mrs. Nichols, but the denth cer
'.'lieate bears out the charge of homi?
cide mark- against Tala?. The phy
sicians who performed th? autopsy re
fused to ?ay anything about mark? 01
SLAIN WIDOW AM) SERVANT
TIKI IT I) ?TEWEL ROBBERS.
WHO
Ahuvc?.Mrs. Elizabeth Gri??s Nichols, widow <>l lames E. Nichols, who
wai ?-lain in her home by masked men. Below?Onnl Talas, twenty-two,
butler's assistant. In custody of detective? Confession implicates three otheri
in plot to steal jewels, which resulted in murder.
the neck which were supposed to show
that Mrs. Nichols had been strangled.
When asked tor his opinion on thr
/illation theory, Inspector Faurol
said ',),;:' 'he sheet which was founc
around Mr?. Nichols's head hr.d hnen
removed when he arrived at the hoUM
on Wednesday night.. He understood
however, that the sheet had been wounc
about her head and mouth to act a? a
gng. He refused to confirm or deny
the rep.rt that a smnll doily In addi
, tion to the sheet was found knotted
about her neck.
Ifaltland F. Gripgs. of Ardsley-on
Hudson, a nephew of and attorney for
; Mrs. Nichol*. announced last night that
funeral services would be held from
the house on Fast Seventy-ninth Street,
probnbly on Sunday afternoon. The
fur.eral will be private. Burial will be
in Woodlawn Cemetery.
"Mrs. Nichols was very reticent about
her love of jewelry." said Mr. Griggs
when questioned about the approximate
value of bis aunt's precious stones.
"She never t..Id me how much jewelry
she had in the bouse, and I have no
way of knowing the value of the rings
stripped from her fingers. I do not
' believe, however, that moro than $10,
000 worth was taken. Whether ?he
kept most of the jewelry in a safe de?
posit vault downtown, I do not know."
More Arrests, Says Faurot.
"Several more arrests will be made,"
said Inspector Faurot at 6 p. m., as he
left for his home to get some sleep.
"A score of detectives are at work try?
ing to round up the other men connect?
ed with the crime. Talas will not be
arrnigned before the Coroner until to?
morrow."
The inspector said that he had had
orden not to make public the rom
pletl ? ' mmle and ?igned by
Talas, :it the 3d Branch Detective
Bnreau, on 116th Street, re terday
morning after un all ?nii'ht grilling, He
summarized the confession verhall'? as
follows :
"For some time several men have
been after Talan to stand in with them
to rob Mrs. Nichols. He had refused
up to Tiu-sdav night, when he con?
sented, with the agreement that Mrs.
Nicho!.? whs not to be molested and
that no jewels would be taken other
tfiiiii those she wore on her person. By
arrangement, the three men arrived in
fron' of the S.'ichols hou.?e at 9 o'clock.
A prearranged signal, the ringing of
two bells nt the basement door, ad?
mitted them.
"Tala? permitted the man to tie his
1 wrists together behind his buck, but
he ?us free to walk about the house
or give nn ?ilarm if he had so desired.
They found the maid, Edith I.angfeldt,
in the butler's pantry in the basement.
Phe whs tied op, and one of the men
?vas left to guard her while the other
two went upstairs to the third floor.
Talas says tnat he is i?noriint of what
occurrrd in Mrs. Nichols's sitting
room. He heard nothing until the men
came down nftir ten or fifteen minutes,
passed bv without Baying a word am!
t left by tfie front door. He remembers
hearing the command ,of one of the
men to 'hurry up,' and that's all.
Talas refuses to go into details a* to
what would be his share in the rob
He named some of the men con?
nected with the crime, and we imme?
diately sturted a search to round them
. up"
Inspector Fauro? refused to say
m -
whether Arthur Waldemar is the foi
mer servant sought by the polie?.
"Have you Tingar prints of this foi
mer servant?" he was asked.
"We took all the tinger prints 'hit
we -ould lind in the house," was th
reply.
"Was it, in vour opinion, an amaten
job*"
"It was a bold job, and they seem t
havo done their work pretty well."
Tho pr?vete safe in Mrs. Nichols'
room played no part in the crime, th
inspector said. Although they ha
plenty of time to remove the key fror
a ribhon around the woman's neck an
unlock the sale, apparently the burg?
lars fled without completing their jot
They did 'lot even wait to tell Onn
their confederate, what had happer.ee
lie and the maid found the body, an
the ma:d gav.? the alarm to the Ens
Sixty-cventr Street station house.
Neither Mr. Griggs, Inspector Fau
rot or any one else connected with th.
case would talk about the contents o
the safe. Callers at the Nichols housi
yesterday were denied admission by i
servan?-.
At '.he jeweii-y shop of Cyril F. Peck
353 F-f'h A\enue, one of the elerki
estimated that the firm had sold fron
$100,000 to $160,000 worth of jeweir
to Mr?. Nichols during the last ter
years She was a steady customer
Among the articles of jewelry recenth
sold to her from this shop were a dof
collar of --eacls witn a centrepiece oi
diamoa Is. a pearl necklace appraiser
at $40,000, pearl earrings, an emeralc
rings and numerou.? diamond ring?
When Mr. Peck returns to his office
to-day he will be questioned by a repre?
sentative of Inspector Faurot for addi
tional information about the murderec
woman's jewels.
A police list and description of the
jewels known to have been torn from
Mrs. Nichols follows:
F.merald ring with four two-carat
dinmonds.
Four solitaire diamond rings, each of
1 two carats.
Lady's open-faced watch, the size of
a 'J.r,-eent piece, its back inlaid with dia?
monds.
Ph.in gold wedding ring with initials
. "L. G." or "L. G. N."
Every pa?vnshop in New York and
imm?diate vicinity has been notified to
- be on the lookout for any of this
jewelry. Deteetivoi have been a signed
to the various railroad terminals nnd
ferries and the police within a radius
of J00 miles have been furnished with
a description of at !.'ast one of the
three men wanted for the crime.
Assistant District Attorney W. Dea?
con Murphy, of the homicide bureau,
went to the Third Branch Bureau yes?
terday afternoon to question Talas. It
i? believed that he is withholding facts
that would be of aid in apprehending
his confederates. After interrogating
Ir.las for fourteen hours Inspector
Faurot gave orders to havo him locked
up at Headquarters until to-morrow.
Talas was taken to the Nichols house
yesterday afternoon to re-enact his
; story of the crime, and later taken to
several poolrooms in Harlem to point
': out the haunt.? of the men accused by
him of the murder.
Corroborative evidence that the for?
mer servant named by Talas was near
the Nichols residence at 8 p. m. Wednes?
day came from the cook. Ileona Toivon
nen. She recognized him in a group
of three men loitering around the
doorway when she started for a mo?
tion-picture house. He asked her to
take a walk with him in ?entrai Park
but she ?-efused. She told the police
that one of th? men followed her until
he saw her enter the "movie" house.
A small crowd gathered earlv yester?
day morning in front of l^- imposing
house where the murder was committed
and was still there last evening. De
, tective? had to force their way through
? a crow 1 of several hundred when
I Tains was taken in a patrol wagon
from th.? Third Branch Bureau to
Headquarters.
FOUR NEW STRIKES
IN FACTORY BELT
Labor Troubles Grow in Amniu
nition Making Section of
New England.
Strikes continue and rumors of more
strikes persist in the ammunitions
manufacturing belt of New Kngland.
More than 1,??00 employes of the Ameri?
can (iraphaphone Company, in Bridge?
port, Conn , quit work yesterday st 10
I a. m. They demand the eight-hour day,
j 20 per cent increase in wages, adjust
| ment of a wage cut on piecework a
I year ago and the correction of a condi
i tion said to have developed by the em
. pioyment at less pay of 400 women in
i place of men on certain kinds of work.
In Waterbury, Conn., 200 operatives
of the tubing department of the Bene?
dict A Hurnham branch of the Ameri?
can ilrast Company struck. Laborers
at the Noera Manufacturing Company's
factory stepped work, ausing the plant
to close. Fifty freight handlers at the
local freight house also ?truck for ?J
a day and eight hour?.
A itatewide campaign for the eifiht
hour day was begun in New Haven
under the direction of the American
Federation of Labor. Leaders who have
figured in industrial adjustments in
Bridgeport since early summer came to
plan a speaking campaign. The strike
?it the Columbia Hosiery Company,
?here one hundred girls are out, was
unchanged.
The management of the Fxcelsior
Needle Company, the Standard Com?
pany and the Progressive Manufactur
i ing Company, in Torrington, Conn.,
posted a notice of a new working
schedule of hfty-five hours a week, an
increase of 10 per cent in wuges, and
piece work prices to be adjusted as
nearly as possible on the same basis.
The Torrington Manufacturing Com?
pany also posted a notice of a fifty
five hour week and an increase of 15
per cent in wages.
?
WORRY KILLS MOTHER OF 10
Mrs. Weir, of Sent land. Feared for Son
In Fnglish Army.
IB? T??lr?r?ph t?, Tilt Trir?un? I
Passaic, N. J., S?pt. 9. Mrs. Levena
W?ir, seventy years old, whose home
was in Fifeshire, Scotland, is dead at
the home of her ton, Nicol Weir, 88
i sntral Avenue, Passaic.
Mr?. Weir, the mother of ten chil
ditn, five m America and five in Scot
i'and, came to America to visit her chil
: dren a year ago. A few days ago she
wns attacked with paralysis. Worry
over her ?on James, who is righting
with the English in France, is thought
lesponsible for hor death.
Mrs. Weir had planned to return to
.Sc?itland within a week. Besides the
t? u children, Mrs. Weir leaves her hus
tand, Wiil.am Weir, mers-hant, in Fife
ihire, Scotland.
a
POISON DROPS LURK
UNDER CANDYCOATING
Sweets Man Sent Wife with Love
Contained Mercury Pills.
K box of candy left by the hu?band
ef i pkiitnt in the Esset County Hos?
pital loi the Insane, at Overbrook, X.
J., a few days ago, was found to con?
tain mercury tablets covered with
chocolate. A nurse, tempted by the
appearance of the sweets, bit into one
i.n.j ill; covered th?? poison. Authorities
of Esses ( otinty and hospital officials
are now looking for the husband, who
is ;aid to live in Newark.
The patient is a patient of middle
?g'. Her husband has frequently
brought dainties to her. His last call
waa atada on a day when visitors were
r. t allowed, and Dr. Cuy Payne, medi?
en! director, refused to let the man see
his ?if?-. Later he returned with the
itnuy and asked that it be given to
her, with hi? love.
REGULARS GAPE
AT TRM ROOKIES
"Best Yet" Greets Martial
Appearance of 36-Hour
Old Soldiers.
CAMP PREPARING
FOR THE WAR GAME
Rille Ranne Cleared for Practice
and Pontoon Outfit Starts
from Washington.
in? T.|-*T?ph o. Th* Trlbiin* 1
Pla-'sburg. N Y., ?Sept 9. At 4:45
thii af'ernoon the Provisional Ba'ta!
ion of the II. M. C I., after having
been in ramp Just thirty-six hours,
marched to the parade grounds at
Piattsbur-- barmen1? to see a drill by
the ?Second I'ntted States Cavalrv.
?np'ain HalatOad Dorev, the eamr
commander, commanded the business
men. The men'-i military bearing, the .
precise marching and execution of or
don created a mild surprise, especially I
amona; the regulars. A group of en?
listed men of the Thirteenth Cnited
States Infantry, one of '.he crack regi?
ments of the army, stood near the
mes? hall as thev marched by.
"Shv." said one of the regulars,
"what do you know about that ?
That's better work than the other
bunch did wh-n thev were thirty-six i
hours old." And this was the genera!
verdict of tho?e who witneaeed the
work of the recruits in the new busi?
ness men's ramn.
It is no reflection on ?he men of the.
last camp, either. The regular army !
officers in charge of the camp from
Captain Dorey down, have iearneJ
something in the last few weeks about
handling these military camD?. Then,
there were nearly a hundred "veter
ans" from the last camp who have
rtayod over. Thev have helped mate?
rially leavenlni the new material in
the present camp. Finally, there ar?
onlv six hundred men in this camp,
as attain*.! l,200 in the tirst, so the in?
structors have been able to give twice
Si much personal attention to each in?
dividual rookie.
The forenoon was occupied In close
rrder drills. At 11 o'clock the men
?..? re summoned to the "hot-air tent,"
'.I i name given to that part of the
cimp where the men gather and listen
to the talk? by the regular army ex
P< rts. Captain Dorey talked on "the
object of the camp."
"Having the status of cadets," said
Ci?ptalfl Dorey, ".ou will be required
tc conform s'rietly to the regulations
cf the regular army. While in any of
'he drill formations, your duty is that
of the enlisted man. As such you will
? bey implicitly th.' commands of your
cfficers. While off duty the relation?
ship between you and your instructors,
the officers, is as between one gentle
n.ar. and another."
Major Charles McKinley Saltzmnn
talked on the work of the Signal Corps.
Major Sal'.iman has been one of the
n.? st popular officers in the camp. The
gams that he had been ordered to
Prnamu to take charge of installing
telephone lines and apparatus and es
ti blishing the electric fire control ap?
paratus for the heavy coast defence
guns there caused much regret among
officers and me-i. Captain Gordon
.''.?hnston. the camp adjutant, in speak- '
ln*{ of Major Saltznan'l departure,
said: "The camp goes into mourning
to night for 'Sunshine Charlie.' Cap
t-iin C. A. Seaone will have charge of
the instruction in signalling from now
tn "
Captain Lincoln C. Andrews talked on
the work of the cavalry, Captain Locke
on the work of the artillery, Captain R.
0, Vanhorn on the infantry work, Cap?
tain T. K. Darby on "Sanitation," and
Lieutenant Crawford, of D Company,
United States Engineers, on "Engineer?
ing."
A pontoon train has been ordered
here from Washington Barracks, Wash?
ington, D. ('., te give the business men
practice in building pontoon bridges.
The pontoons will be taken along on
the "hike" during the last week in
camp to bridge rivers when the ap?
proaching encounter between the "Reds"
and the "Blues" occurs.
All the members of the Provisional
Battalion to-night turned in their
cards, Indicating what elective work
they desire to pursue.
To-morrow the preparation for rifle
practice will be commenced. There is
keen rivalry among the four companies
for victory.
WIFE NO. 3 PUTS
FITZSIMMONS OUT
Farm Sold to Pay Claims of
Lawyer in Divorce Suit?$10,
000 Place Goes for $100.
' Hi TVl'fMph t* Tli? TW ur.<> )
Metuchen, N. J., Sept. 9. In his bout
with Edward F. Houghfon, of Middle?
sex County, Bob Fitzsimmons received
a knockout.. His farm of fifty acres
at West Dunellen, near here, was sold
under foreclosure proceedings by
Sheriff Houghton.
The snle was under an execution
held by Cornelius See, a Chicago law?
yer, who had a part in the divorce pro?
ceeding!? instituted by Julia Gilford,
Mrs. Fitisimmons number three. There
are several other executions, one bein.t
held b\ Charles CowenOoven, of New
Brunswick; one by Joseph Her.dr.eks,
of Atlantic City, and one by Mr?. Pits?
simmons number four.
Joseph Hendrieka bought the prop
?r'.y subject to all claims for $100. The
place is said to be worth $10.000. Fitz
simmons did not attend the sale. A
. week ago he announced that his wife
was on the Pacific Coast and she had
$?0,000 worth of his jewelry with her.
At the time he said he expected to get
some of his jewelry, with ?Thick he
would ?ave his farm, but Mrs. Fitzsim
mons No. 4 did not come back.
SPEEDER IS TAUGHT
FLATBUSH GEOGRAPHY
Pays $25 to Learn That Parkway
Isn't Outside Village Limits.
Herbert B. Holman, twenty years old,
of Mi chaniesville, Penn., motored tow?
ard Coney Island vesterday. On arriv?
ing at Ocean Parkway Boulevard,
Brooklyn, he considered that he had
reached the village limits, so he
loosened his speed lever until he was
making about fifty miles an hour. At
Beverly Road Bicycle Patrolman Dough?
erty, of the Parkville station, overtook
him and summoned him to the Flatbush
court.
"I thought I was outside the village
limits, your honor," said Holman apol?
ogetically, addressing Magistrate Ester
brook.
"I am going to give you a lesion in
geography, young man. You were vio?
lating the Flatbush speed ordinances,
and Flatbush is a part of New York
I < ity. My tuition fee will he $25."
The Mechanicsville youth thanked
the court and paid his Ane.
MOSS WORRYING
MOOSE LEADERS
Lively Time Predicted for
Executive Committee
Meeting To-night.
STRAIGHT TICKET
QUESTION AT ISSUE
"Oood Angels" of Progressives
Want Perkins Indorsed Instead
of Republican Candidate.
Some straight from-the-shoulder talk
is predated for the meeting of the Pro?
gressive executive committee to be held
at headquarters to-night. Then the dis?
trict leaders will seek to determine just
where they "are at" In this campaign.
"To run or not to run" ? straight
ticket, "to run or not to run" Frank
Mois, Republican, as their candidate
for District Attorney, "that's the ques?
tion."
Most of the leaders are eager for the
Indorsement of Moss, but there are
tome elder statesmen not district
lenders, but men who in times past
have held high place? in the state or?
ganization and have been "good angels"
in time of need making a terrific effort
to lecure fh-> indorsement of I> tl
Attorney Perkins. Jacob R. Schiff,
chairman of the County Committee, is
supposed to be for Perkins, but he is
not ehowlng his hand. William M.
Chadbourne is the only op# of the ac?
tual leaders working with the elder
statesmen for the indorsement of the
present District Attorney.
There were several conferences yes?
terday, but they did not seem to damp?
en Ir the slightest the ardor of the
Mo?i men in the committee, who are
led by Lawrence Cioitl.
Argument for Perkins.
The argument was presented to them
that a? good citizens rather than par?
tisans they should do all in their power
to secure the re-election of District
Attorney Perkins. To this the reply
was made that the Progressives cer?
tainly owed nothing to Perkins, par?
ticularly as the Republican organisa?
tion itself had practically deserted him
by entering into a fusion on judges
with the Democrats. But Michael
Schapp, who would have been the bene?
ficiary of a fusion between the Repub?
licans and Progressives, getting a Re?
publican indorsement for City Court
in return for a Progressive indorse?
ment for District Attorney Perkins, ?va?
strong yesterday in his advocacy of
naming Perkins anyway.
John .1. O'Connell, who was desig?
nated for District Attorney on the
straight Progressive ticket, had no in?
tention of running. The Progressives
do not want to stand up and be counted
on Election Day with a member of their
own party as a candidate. The size of
the vote he would get would not be
impressive. I'ndor the present elec?
tion law, If Moss were the Progressive
candidate no distinction could be made
between the votes cast for him by Pro?
gressives and by Republicans.
For the same reason Williom Halpln,
the stra:gh' desiarnee for Sheriff, may
withdraw and nc one be put in his
place. Justices Clarke and (?reenbaum.
Republican and Democrat, respectively,
have been' indorsed by the Progres?
sives, but their other d?sign?es for the
Supreme Court are Progressives. With?
out much doubt the latter will be
withdrawn and Justices Shearn and
Delahanty, Democrats, also indorsed
by the Republicans, will be substituted.
May Not Indorse Finch.
It is doubtful whether Justice Ed?
ward R. Finch, named recently by
(lovernor Whitman, will receive an in?
dorsement. Thi3 is largely because of
the antipathy of the Progressives to
Governor Whitmin and the declaration
that he had something to do with the
fu?ion wherebv Justice Finch wa;-,
placed on the Tammany slate. Neither
will Justice Lorenz Zeller, of the City
Court, he indorsed, in all probability.
The chances are that the Progressive
candidates for these places will be
withdrawn and no subsitutions be made
for them.
Democratic leaders, it developed yes?
terday, were In considerable of a stew
for a few hours on Wednesday, when
they ?'hought the Republicans had not
carried out their part of the fusion
on judges. The Roard of Elections re?
ported that the sixth Republican d??
sign?e for the Supreme Court was
Abraham Schwartz, of The Bronx, and
that the name of Saul E. Rogers had
been filed as the d?sign?e for City
, Court.
When it was explained that the cir
i culation of the petitions had been
started several days before Tammany
Hall had agreed to the fusion; that
the name Of Schwartz was u?ed simply
i because the man in The Bronx had not
1 been agreed upon, and further that
! their declinations were ready to be
filed with the Board of Elections and
i the names of Justice William M. Tier
: ney and Justice Lorenz Ztdler would
be substituted, the perturbed leaders
calmed down.
n
TO KIDNAP FRED THOMPSON
Friends Will Pay Him Ransom, House
at Hath Beach.
Fred Thompson, the man who created
Luna Park and has been partially re
iponaible for the success of Coney Isl
andi will be kidnapped this afternoon
r>y friends and made to march before
a brass band, as he did in the old days,
ana bark the miraculous wonders of
the thousand and one side show? and
attractions of Luna. This is the means
they have devised of celebrating his
work.
To him will also be presented s house
in Bath Beach, as his friends are de?
termined that tie stay there and make
the place a success in the future as he
has done in the ;>ast.
American Cotton Oil Sells Notes
The Ameritan Cotton Oil Company
has ?ol-l to the First National Bank
IS.000,000 two-year 6 per cent gold
notes, the proceeds of whicn will be
used io retire an equal amount of 4ls
per Milt debenture bonds maturing No?
vember 1.
Z AM H EYED
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Cammeyer Quality
Cammeyer Service
Cammeyer Prices
Four ?p-r ifir r?*asrjna
why oura ii the largest
Shoe business of its
kind in the world.
GODOWSKY FOUND
RUDELY SHOCKED
So He Told Tenafly PoI?c.
When Papers Break
Seclusion.
Wouldn't If make you mad 1f:
You planned to go away to a qala-fj
place and write your masterpiece, !?aT?
ing behind a note stating your inter.?
tiens,
And
An Fn?{'.!*?h foxhound that eeti Geor?
gia neache? should hide the no's until
an Irifh washerwoman should find the
note in a pile of soiled linen,
While
Your friend? made more noise cv*f
your absence than a Pittsburgh |
nery buyer eating soup in MaxiwS
And
Skeptical policemen said the tsaatri?
ral season was about to begin tm\
talked about press agents"
of course it would.
So that you can appreciate how Lea?
pold (?odowsky, found yeiterday ig
Tenafly felt ?.???hen his quiet wai brokia
by loud headlines in New York pspsrt
he accidentally came upon in faraway
Hackcnsack.
Me w-as "rudely shocked."
In those exact words he deiertbetj
his feelings yesterday to B. k. C,
Smith, who bosses the Tenafly polies
department. He also told Mr. Smith
he intend? to remain in Tenafly. Mr.
Smith told Guy Scull, deputy police
commissioner, adding that Godowiky
plans to go back to his retreat.
Knowing all that, can you imsfiaa
what Mr. Scull said?
INCOME TAX NET
MAY OPEN WIDER
Reducing Exemptions by $1,000
Proposed as Revenue Saver.
(From Tht TrtNir.? B ?
Washington, Sept. 9. Seriom con?
sideration is being given by membin
of Congress to a plan for reducing tki
income tax exemption from $4,000 te
$3,000 for married men, and from $3,
000 to $2,000 for single men. Th? niel
of some new source of revenue rjnninj
far into the millions has been staring
the administration in the face for
months. The deficit is rapidly ir.cresi
injr and sugar goes on the free li?t on
May 1. It is planned to spend large
sums on national defence.
Merely re-enacting the war revenue
bill will not be anything like enough.
This bill will be continued for at ??sit
another year, probably witih substan?
tial additions, Secretary MeAdoo ad?
mits, while not a single member of
Congress thinks it can be- d.-per.;ed
with, save those who would restore tht
high tariff.
Figures on how much revenue would
be brought in by lowering the exemp?
tions from the income tax will be ob?
tained in a few days.
Congressmen admit that th? pro?
posed tax would be extreme!) unpopu?
lar. They defend it on the ground thai
when revenue was raised by custom!
duties it came from men with ?mall in
comes as well as from tho?e with large.
They argue that it would not be unfair
to make men with smaller income! psr
their share under the new plan. Ths
Republican leaders maintain that re?
ducing the duties has not cut the cos?
of living and that therefore the income
tax falls as an additional burden.
Defenders of the plan believe ths.
the great number of single men making
from $2,000 to $3,000 a year, snd of
married men making from $"?,000 te
$4,000 a year, who are now paying ao
income tax would pay a sum into the
treasury which would be ampie for sll
sound purposes. Incidentally, they
say, many who are now evading th? in?
come tax would be brought into line.
jiLIBI FOR H. EDWARDS
_
Prisoner in Worcester Removes See?
picions of Murder Investigators.
?By Trl.-jrtph to fSJB M
Providence. R. I., Sept. 9 Henry
Edwards, of Scituate, who was arrest?
ed in Worcester. Mess., on a chsrg* of
i robbery, was questioned to-day by po?
lice investigators of the murder of
! Judge Know!?? on Monday, The itorf
I he told of his whereabouts nut tte'i
tied hy the au'horitie-.. His alibi, thtT
I say, is complete.
Edwards was arraigned to-day In th!
District Court, Worcester, on the rob
I bery charge. He pleaded not gu'.l'f
I and was held for the Superior < ui-rt
! in bonds of $1,000.
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