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??klio?ders *
!3f 'V Approve
Modified Lease!
lang? Proposed as Part of
P?a? ?f Iittcrboroiigh Re? {
1 organization Cuts Rental!
; to 3? Per Cent Minimum j
?Directors Are Elected
Jlttification Follows, Discus? i
| ?on in Which Proceed-j
j ings Are Termed Illegal i
I " i
1 8?ekho?a(?r owning ftve-sixths of the j
vsgt$ of the Manhattan Railway Com- '
CL approved yesterday the pian for !
Lflficatior. of the lease of the Eleva- i
led Railway properties to the Inter- '
^rough Rapid Transit Company in a ?
letting held at 165 Broadway.
?Tit? modification proposed is part 0fl
fhe i-porganiiat;.on plan of the Ir.te:
lorough announced by the Transit
Commission. It reduces the total of
firidentf rental from 7 per cent to a
Minimum of 8 per cent. Provision is
jnarf? for ?arger payments, when earn
?uji of thc elevated roads Justify
V^hp.r divi?ends.
? notification of the plan, which pre
i/ously as? been approved by thc board
p( directors, followed a heated discus?
i?n in which Clarence H. Veneer, a
?ttoority stockholder, declared he had
?gao suit against the Manhattan Corn
hoy early in last July to enjoin 11
Jrora approving the pian. Papers in the
jsit were not filed, Mr. Venner ad?
mitted, although he said the Manhai
|u company had answered the com
?itint. It was suggested ffiat papera
ja the action might not be filed
?st:i the case is ready to be brought
fo trial.
? Directors Elected
i The meeting was thc annual election
?f director-. Those elected were Ber?
tram Cutler, Edward L. Ballard, Jerome
p. Greene, Frederick Strauss, E. T.
'JefFery, Henry C. Phipps, Alvin W.
?trees David H. Taylor. Winsiow S.
fierce, Finley J. Shepard, Thomas I.
Parkinson, J. H. McOiemont and Alfred
jkitt. Directors Cutler, Pierce, Shep
trd and Parkinson replace William A.
thy, Joseph J. Slocum, Starr j. Murphy
nd Gecrge J. Gould. The latter ,e
t?rned from the board hist spring. Tfto
?itr directors named were re-elected.
>Mr. Venner, in his protest again.'.
?r ?proceeding*, said he regarded th?
liection as illegal. Twice during the
tSeeting he sought, to obtain an :>d
icnmment on thc ground that there
IS? bo quorum present. He obtained
Seimisston to have his objections en
sred on the records of the meccing.
h is presumed he intends to contest
the action taken. His objection was
me? on a contention that a proxy
Voted by Alvin W. Kroch, who presided,
?nd which represented 510,000 shares
?f stock, almost the total amount rep
tesuited, was ir.iprop?rly drawn and
therefore ineiT'.???: Ive.
Demands ??ecord Books
? The stoek represented by Mr. Krech
in proxy had been deposited by 92
fecr cent of the stockholders with a
protective commitK-o. This stock, un?
der the terms of the deposit, was ?
already p/edged to acceptance of -the
modification terms. Mr. Vernier pro?
tested that s proxy for this stock
would have to be signed by every
member of the committee. When the
meeting opened he demanded the stock
record books, and when informed thst
they were not at hand he refused to I
permit the meeting to proceed unti? i
they had been produced.
Mr. Venner then inquired ?a to reg?
istration of the deposited stock and
was toJd it had beef? entered on the
books in the names of the protective
committee members. Venner objected
to a vote being taken for directors, de?
manding a fuller report on the pro?
posed modification plan. He referred
to the proposed change and to the act
of the directors in approving it as a
"stench in the nostrils of the -stock?
holders."' Ho said:
Asks Directors' Accounting
"Let us have an accounting from
the directors. 1 want to have read
the minutes of every meeting of direc?
tors, the executive committee :>.nd the
special committee on I. R. T. affairs."
This request was complied with.
Proceedings of directors' meetings for
the last twelve months were read. In
a discussion which followed it devel?
oped that since the acceptance of the
plan by the directors minor modifica?
tions had been agreed on. A record
of these changes was supposed to have
been mailed to each stockholder. Mr,
Venner said no copy had been mailed
to him. He then launched his attack
on the proposed plan, insisting that
sirco the lease of the Manhattan HnSi
contorna a clause providing that modi?
fication of terms can be had only or
consent of all stockholders the p'ar
could not he made effective. Since he
I represented more than 1 per cent ol
; the stockholders he objected to the
transaction. His motion to adjourt
' the meeting was defeated.
! Mr. Krcch gave a history of the
?financia! difficulties of the huer
! borough with resultant troubles of th<
: Manhattan. He raid the directors be
: lieved that since the Manhattan wouk
; under the proposed modification re
, wive money now owed it by the In
terborough "amounting to $7,000.000
I which otherwise it might not get. i'
! was thought best to consent to lessei
'. rental in order that this sum might bi
: secured.
E. S. Hobbs. another minority stock
' holder, also objected. He contendec
? that tfce Ir.lerhorough is able to pay it;
! obligations without modification o
! '.he ?ease., Mr. Kroch said ho though
: Mr. Hobbs was mainly Interested u
the welfare of Interborough 4*>2 pe
cent bondholders, of whom he sail
Hobbs war one. Mr Krech contende?
that. Interborough bondholders wouh
lose bv the modification because unde
its provisions they would beeom
creditors of the Interborough compan;
for the amount which would be pai
the ?Manhattan under the old obliga
tictes. The vote showed 519,780 share
favoring the modification and 1,32
shares against it.
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(?eorsetowu Registers Quake
WASHINGTON. Nov. 8. ? A pre
.nounced earthquake was recorded las
night at the Georgetown Universit
Seismological Observatory, tremors bt
?zinninjr at 6:11 p. m. and continuin
until ":10. The maximum intenait
was reached between 8:42 and 6:4
p. m.f according to the Rev. Fathe
Tondorff, director of the observator;
who estimated the center of disturl
anee to have been 4,600 miles south c
Washington.
*
Sues Bootlegger, Gets $3,500
MADISON, Wis.. Nov. 8.?Damagt
from the consumption of intoxicatin
liquor? may be collected by th* injure
person from the dispenser of the i I lie
liquor, the Wisconsin Supreme Cou:
decided to-day in affirming a low?
court award of, $3,500 to Mrs. Hele
Smithers, of Fond du Lac County, f<
injury to her husband.
Pistol Expert
And Mrs. Hall
To Be Named
(Continu?* fram este ans)
who was in her mother's confidence to
an amazing degree, also is to be ques?
tioned before thc grand jury as to any?
thing she may know about the quarrels
her mother may have had because of
the affair with *Dr. Hall.
Mr. Mott, it is understood, will in?
form the grand jurors that the killing
of Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills was the re?
sult of a plot that did not originate on
the night of the killing, but which had
been carefully worked out for weeks,
1 perhaps even months, before Septem
I her 14.
At least a dozen witnesses who have
' tried, according to the officials, to
; withhold information about the murder,
? or at least about the affair between
I the recto* and Mrs. Mills, are to he
' questioned before thc grand jury. Some
j of these people might reasonably be
| accused of wishing to shield surviving
j principals in the tragedy, but when
? they enter tho grand jury room they
i will be offered the alternative of tell?
; big what they know or of going to jail
In the opinion of the authorities thr
! Lake Hopatcong automobile tr;p on the
? day before the murders was arranged
j not so much to give Mr?. Mills and
! Mr?. Addisor, Clarke, supposedly hei
' friend, an outing as a reward for theii
j indefatigable work in the church as H
j give a certain person who was a mem
, ber of the party an opportunity to ob
i serve the actions of Mrs. Mills and th<
! rector, ?a person who already vas in t
1 highly emotional state because of bit
I tor jealousy.
To Trace Note and Phone Call
Mr.-?. Addison Clarke, who is the per
? son referred to by Mrs. Mills in one o
| her letters, in which she said "Minns
gets the crumbs," was a member o
i that motor party and on the day o
! the murder went to see Mrs. Hall am
! talked with her in the kitchen of tlv
| Hall home. Mrs. Clarke is to be sub
! pcenaed before the grand jury. Sh
has made a long statement to th
j officials, but when she is in the gram
! jury room she will be asked if she car
I ried to Mrs. Hall that afternoon a not
I from Mrs. Mills addressed to Dr. Hal
j The next witnesses to be questioner.
' it is understood, will be Louise Geis
I and others who are in a position t
? testify about the telephone conversa
? tion between Mrs. Mills and Dr. Hal
j on the night of the murder. Mrs. Mill
; telephoned about 7:30 and the recto
? agreed to meet her about 8:15 o'clocl
| Louise Geist will be asked amon
i other things if it would not have bee
? possible for some interested person t
: have listened in on that conversatioi
i Dr. Hall used the telephone instrumer
1 that is on the second floor of the Ha
j home. There is an extension dowi
; stairs.
Louise also will be asked to answe
questions that she declined to answ?
a few days ago when investigatoi
sought to learn whether Dr. Hall ha
ever become unduly familiar with h?
during her employment in the Ha
household.
Between that telephone conversatio
! at 7:30 and the firing of the shots ths
! ended the lives of the lovers at 10:2'
i there is a gap in the state's case. Du
! ing those two hours and fifty minut?
i the grand jurors will be told the pe
1 sons who assisted or participated i
j the murder were summoned togethf
j and started out on the expedition th?
? was to end with the dramatic seer
that, the state will contend, was wi
nessed by Mrs. Jane Gibson.
But the testimony which is expect?
to overshadow all others is still to 1
foieed by a man and a woman who are
believed by the authorities to have
Been the murder party in De Russey
Lane that night at the same time that
Mrs. Gibson was there.
They were in a borrowed automobile,
according to an official. The msn is
married and is an officer of the Church
of St. John the Evangelist. His com?
panion iB a member of the church, ac?
cording to this official, who says that
Witnesses have been found who saw
them riding out Easton Avenue towards
the farm and beyond the point which
the couple asserted was the nearest
they approached the farm. The official
who discussed this pair said to-night
that both would be subpoenaed before
thr, grand jury and that there was a
strong hope and belief that they could
be forced to admit more than thev have
so far.
It is believed by the authorities that
the man had some inkling that there
was trouble in store for Dr. HbII that
night, but that he had no idea that the
affair was to end in a double murder.
They believe he may have told tales
on the clergyman, but they do not be?
lieve that either he or his companion
saw the murders.
After the grand jury has completed
the investigation of the murders, it
was said to-night by an official, it prob?
ably would be occupied with an inves?
tigation dealing with the suppression,
or attempts at suppression, of evidence
in this case.
Certain Men Eliminated
It was made clear to-night that cer?
tain men have been eliminated from
consideration as suspects. Willie Stev?
ens, the mentally sub-normal brother
cf the rector's widow, may, it was said,
be a witness before the grand jury, He
will be asked to tell, under oath,
whether he did accompany his sister
to the church several hours after mid?
night on the night, of the murder, as
she has contended. "" Other witnesses
will be A. H. Bennett, a neighbor, and
William Phillips, a watchman at the
State College for Women, both of whom
say they saw Mrs. Hall enter her side
pate at 2:10 o'clock that morning, and
that she was alone. Mrs. Hall says she
did not leave the house until 2:30, and
that she returned bout 3:30, and that
Willie was with her every second of
that time.
An official said to-night that he per?
sonally had eliminated Henry Stevens,
Mrs. Hall's other brother, from consid
I eration as a suspect, but that he be?
lieved that Mr. Stevens could be of
I great assistance to the authorities if
| he desired.
Although the investigation is com
i plcte so far as it can go without the
| exercise of the powers vested in the
| grand jury, Charlotte Mills and her
I "volunteer attorney," Miss Florence
North, are to be questioned to-morrow.
The girl is to be asked what the infor?
mation is thai she has been trying to
turn over to Governor Edward I, Ed?
wards. The woman lawyer is to be in?
terrogated about a statement in which
she said she knew the murderers and
that they were hired assassins. Miss
j North formerly was a boxing promoter.
j Tribune Readers Aid Needy
The Tribune sent to John Connors
I and his wife yesterday three checks
J aggregating $25 contributed by readers
whose sympathy had been aroused by
! the misfortunes of the family.
Their home at 217 Maujer Street,
! Brooklyn, was burned last week and
I their two infant children, Dorothy and
John, died in the fire. Mrs. Connors is
ill. They are living now at 45 Frank?
lin Street, Brooklyn.
Plan Wireless in Arctic Circle
EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. 8.?Plans
for a chain of dominion wireless sta?
tions to extend into the Arctic Circle
are about completed, it was announced
in official circles here to-day. Stations
will be located at Fort Smith, Resolu?
tion, Simpson, Norman and McPhcrson
on the Mackenzie and at Dawson City.
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Sumner Hints
BadBookLedto
Hall Murd?r
Vice Crusader, Hand Rest?
ing Unwittingly on Copy
of 'J?rgen,' Faces Critics
and Assails Prurience
Denies He's for a Censor
Carl Van Doren Replies
That Public No Longer
Thrills to Naughtiness
The profound questions of whethei
modern literature should be pure 01
prurient, and who has the right to de
termine which is which, and why, en
gaged the attention of some 300 lit
crary lights of New York City, mostl*,
women, in the National Arts Club las
night.
It was a debate on "Propriety am
Impropriety in Literature," with Johl
S. Sumner, secretary of the Society fo
the Suppression of Vice, as the prin
cipal upholder of best seller regulatior
by force if necessary, and Carl Va
Doren, literary critlu, as the main pre
ponent of the belief thjrt societies fo
the suppression of vice should fin
I something better to do than stop at;
thors from getting true expression int
their art, or vice versa.
Mr. Sumner, who declaimed with hi
left hand resting unwittingly on
copy of "J?rgen" before him on tr
speakers' table, defended the exlsten<
Of his organization chiefly on the C'
clesiastic theory that most people, ii
eluding book publishers, are constant
doing foolish things, and that some 01
ought to be on hand to save them fro
their own folly. The society, he co:
tended, filled the bill in that respe
for authors and publishers, and ther
fore should be praised rather th?
panned. He declared the society ,d
tot seek to establish a censorship d'v
literature.
After quoting the. laws bearing
obscene publieations, he went on
criticize recent decisions of New Yo
judges upholding books condemned
the society, notably the cases of "J?r?
gen" and "Satyricon," implying th?
jurists had* disregarded the proper
legal procedure in reaching their find?
ings. In connection with "J?rgen," he
took occasion to criticize Burton Ras
coe, literary editor of The Tribune,
for the latter'? praise of the book, say?
ing "It was dedicated to him."
lie even brought the Hall-Mills mur?
der case into the discussion.
"I have a letter from Charlotte
Mills," he said, "in which she states a
certain book was purchased by a cer?
tain minister and loaned to her mother
to read. Just how far the relations of
the two murdered persons were pro?
moted by the incitement of this book
no one can tell."
Licenses Next, He Warns
Mr. Sumner concluded as follows:
"If a certain element in the publish
1 ing business continues to publish de
j grading matter, and the other element
; complacently sits back and takes no
steps to discourage these harmful ac
! tivities, it is possible to imagine that a
j revenue-producing measure might be
enacted providing for the licensing of
j book and periodical publishers, the re?
quirement of a bond in connection
therewith, and the forfeiture of s
license where an act is committed it
the course of publication inimical tc
the best interests of the state."
Mr. Van Doren's main line of attacl
on Mr, Stunner's remarks was to th<
effect that if a book is offensive publii
opinion will discover the fact' sooi
enough and reject it, and that there
fore the existence of extra legal bodie
for the purpose is unnecessary. Th<
folk regard for good taste was a suffi
ciont restriction for authors he de
clared.
"I could not, for instance, tell
naughty story here and get away wit!
it," he said.
He urged Mr. Sumner to tufn hi
attention against "imbecility in litera
turc,'' which, he said, was far wors
for the public than naughtiness.
Other speakers were Frederick i
I Melcher, introduced as a "reform bool
seller," who said the pornographi
classics needed no editing but the pet
pie who read them did, and Mar
Austin, novelist and playwright, wh
spoke of complexes, and looking ha?
at Mr. Sumner told him that the bacl
ers of his society ought to get aft<
some of the "anything-goes-provide
she-saves-her-honor" books to be four
?in their own libraries, rather than aft?
such books as "J?rgen," which she d
fined as "a collection of Pullman smo
ing compartment stories which y<
j may or may not listen to, as y<
choose."
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