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VOL. LXXX. NO. 66.
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1912. Copyrlfsf. 101J. oyil.. Sim PrMtno and PabtUMng AModatton.
PRICE 'TWO CENTS.
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IN HAVANA RIOT
Serious Early Morning Fight
ing Between Cuban Po
litical Parties.
GOMEZ MAY RESIGN
Government Will Not Sur
vive 72 Hours Is the
Prediction.
JIOIJE F1UIITS ARE FEARED
Mliernls and Conservatives Roth
i'ledii't Trouble nt Election,
November 1.
Special Cable tletpatch to The Six,
IUva.va, Oct. 25. One man was killed
mid more than twenty wounded, two
of them fatally, In a fight In Central
i'.-irk, In the heart of Havana, that fol
lowed a political meeting here early this
morning.
The university medical students had
meeting this afternoon which broke
up In a light. A negro was shot and
severely wounded.
The bitter feeling aroused makes It
certain that there will be fighting nil
through the city on November 1 when
the election for President and Vice-
'resident of the republic is held.
High Government olllclals this after
noon expressed the belief that the Gov
ernment will not survive for seventy
two hours. It Is rumored that President
Gomez will resign.
The Liberals held a meeting Inst night
In the park and on the sidewalk of the
Hiuare In front of the lnglatcrra and
Telgrefo hotels, which are the main
ktrongholds of the Conservatives, who
vt the same time held a meeting at
Jesus Delmonto, a Liberal stronghold
on the outskirts of the city. Crowds
which numbered from 25,000 to 30,000
attended each meeting. The Liberal pro
(colons were made up chtetly of ne
groes of the lowest classes, who marched
lo the music of an African tomtom and
danced the obscene Congo danco known
ap the "Rumba."
There were only slight disturbances
up to 12:30 this morning, when thu Con
koivatlves on returning to town were
attacked by the Liberals.
It Is Imiiosslble to determino who fired
the first shot, but It seems probable that
It was a negro by the name of Acea, u
man with a long criminal record whom
President Gomez pardoned when the
rlmlnal was serving a ninety-eight year
ten tuner.
The firing quickly became general.
Altogether more than a thousand shots
were fired, although the police seem:d
to tire chiefly In the air. The walls
and windows of the lnglatcrra Hotel
were marked with many bullet holes.
From there the firing extended across
the park, then down the Prado and a
parallel street. In the first block down
the Prado from the park occurred the
fiercest fighting. One side of the street
la the headquarters of Gov. Asbert, who
deserted the Liberals to become Gen.
Mcnocal's running mate on the Con-
ervatlve ticket. On the other side of
the street are the offices of the Liberal
organs, I. a Opinion and L'Ultima llora
Here hundreds of shots were fired from
the street and the newspaper offices at
the Asbert Club, members of which re
plied from the second story and bal
cony. Many bullets struck the Ameri
can Club, a little lower down and across
Iht street. '
The police were absolutely helpless
to stop the rioting until the rurales ar
med and charged tho crowd through a
rop tire, using tho flat part of their
maolietcs. The rurales charged down
the promenade which runs between tint
ITado's two driveways, their hidden
Kkmnlrig In tho electric lights. Shots
were coming from all directions and
hows were falling dead or wounded In
tie Mt'ei'l ,'tnrl thin crnvo nil thp nittutnp..
ncf cit the liveliest kind of a battle.
'Mio horse, which wbh shot, went down
and, Jumping up without his rider,
piiinued hli way through tho crowd.
Another horse was allot dead and his
rider. Lieut, Ortiz of the rurales, re
ceived a wound In the forearm.
s conn at the shooting ended Chief
of Police Agulrro raided tho Asbert
t'lub anil arrested everybody iprcsc'nt.
There were forty men there and they
had exhausted their ammunition. The
Conservatives regard this action of the
police nx marked discrimination, as no
arrests were made In the opposite bulld
lns occupied by tho Liberals, from
which a heavy tiro was poured Into the
Ubert Club. The Indignant Conserva
tives spent tho morning trying to secure
'he relen.'ie of tho men arrested at their
i ml., declaring that If they were not all
allowed to go they would take them
"ii b force. They were all released
this afternoon.
There was a stormy meeting this
af ei noon between Gen. Menocal, the
conservative candidate for President;
fliw im'ir icuuers, wiwi
"redden! Gomez. Tim Mpnnrnl nnnnln
A
DAD
HUB
s iiix-eil upon the appointment of a su
i' iMMor uf police, bccausQ Agulrre Is
" tabid a .aylstn. using the police
"fca.im tho Conservatives, thus muklng
Li ii election Impossible. Secretary of
' Sangully, who has been acting ns
trie Secretary of the Interior sinco tho
''Mitiutlon of Scnor Laredo, finally
ierrfi to accept a military supervisor
"f the police, whereupon President
nine, filcneil a decree appointing Col.
1 ujol. who is the beBt otllcer In tho
"Ciilar urm. It la expected that Chief
Mrulrre will resign as a consequence of
'n appointment of a supervisor, which
o deeply reflects on his conduct of tho
pollre
Kenor Kerrarj, the Speaker of tho
ftmiac of Itepresentatlves, this after
noon said that the Government's actions
t serving simply morn to excite popu
r frr lings, and unless tho Government
Minorities take, energetic measures
wiere will be no election af all. II
ys that this morning's battle Is th
"'eursnr of more serious conflicts.
The Mcnocallsts declare that they
have alt tho six provinces won If the
elections are fair and thnt tho Zaylstas
In despair are trying to steal the elec
tions by violence and Intimidation,
which they (thr Menocnllstas) trill not
enduro. Vhey declare that while they
will not provoke any trouble they will
retaliate to every aggression and are
prepared for any amount of bloodshed.
A notablu fact Is that many of those
who were arrested for participation In
tho battle carried new pistols which
were of the regulation police .44 calibre
Colt guns.
If the elections occur and Gen. Meno
cal Is elected, a Government official
said, peace may follow, as the Zaylstas
fear the United States Government sup
port of Gen. Menocal, with whom la alao
Gen. Montcngudo with his armed
forces. If Zoyas Is elected, ho said,
troublo is certain, as the whole of the
better element Is tired of the wholesale
stealing which hus marked the Liberal
administration and which has bank
rupted the treasury.
Military supervisors of the police have
also been appointed In Cienfuegos, Colon
and other Important towns. The rurales
uro ready to take charge of Havana at
nny minute. The air Is surcharged, but
there probably will be no serious out
break until to-morrow night, when the
Liberals and tho Conservatives will re
peat their monster meetings.
Scnor Snngully has cabled to Wash
ington an absurdly belittling account of
the disturbance.
Tho Menocnllstas for the moment are
satisfied with the appointment of Col.
Pujol as the supervisor of the police,
thus nullifying Chief Agulrre, who Is
so rabidly opposed to tho Conservatives.
Incidentally Agulrre Is the brother-in-law
of Senor Kerrara, the Speaker of
the House.
AVIATOR'S DEVICE SAVES HIM.
W. I. Tuouiler'a Airship rails, bat
. lie Karaites Injury.
An Invention of W. Irving Twomley,
amateur aviator, probably saved his life
in an aeroplane accident at the Hemp
stead Plains Aviation Field yesterday.
lly means of the Invention the avi
ator was able to retain his seat In tho
machine until It was close to the
ground and then he Jumped, escaping
with a slinking up.
Twomley's invention consists of a se
ries of straps passing over his shoul
ders, concentrating In a disc (directly
In front of his chest and held there by
a pin which prevents the aviator from
falling from his seat.
Twomley was up seventy-five feet
and the machine started to rapidly de
scend when his engine went dead. The
straps held him In his scat and he re
leased the pla as he neared the ground
and then Jumped clear of tho machine,
which was wrecked as It struok the
ground.
Twomley qualified for an aviator's
license July 19 and was making his first
flight since then. He is a member of
the Aero Club and Is president of the
His wife saw the accident.
KENL0N SAVES LOT OF DRINKS.
Ilranily, Whiskey and Uln Escape
Tongue of Factor? Fire.
Chief Kenlon called out a big fores
of lire lighters lint night when flames
spread from the fifth story windows of
tho seven" story factory building at 481
and 483 Washington street, one door
north of Canal street.
In the rear of the building Is F, C.
Llnde's warehouse, where It was said
48,000 barrels of brandy were stored,
and Just to the south Is a six story
building occupied by the Old Cliff Whls.
key Company and the Vranda Dry Gin
Company.
The Loewenthal Company, dealers In
rubber scrans. occupies the first six
stories of the building. The top floor
Is used by the Miller, Tompkins Com
pany, maker of paper bags.
After an hour's work the firemen suc
ceeded In confining the blaze to the
three upper floors of the building In
which It started and to the top floor of
487, also occupied by the paper bag
company. The damage to the latter
building was slight.
Paul Loewenthal said the damage
would amount to about $50,000.
MANIAC THREATENED EDISON.
Jt mi Sent to Asylum for Sending I n
tcntor Many Letters.
Baltimore, Oct. 25. A man giving tho
name of Harry Mitchell was arrested
this afternoon and Is believed by Chief
of Police Far nan to be a dangerous
maniac. He Is charged with sending
threatening letters to Thomas A. Kdlson.
For neernl months Mr. Edison has
been nnnoyed by letters from a man
signing himself Harry Mitchell. Tho
letters were mailed from various parts
of the country, and the writer In
variably demanded large sums of money
under threat of death. Mr, Edison put
the matter In tho hands of the postal
authorities, who, after Investigating, de.
clarcd that the writer of the letters
must be of unsound mind.
An alienist to-nlglit said Mitchell was
dangerously Insane, and ho was com
mitted to the City Insane Asylum.
PIANO CO. MUST PAY ALIMONY,
Fined fur llefainl to Obey Conrt Or
der as to Ootids.
The Appellate Division yesterday di
rected that tho Schomacker Piano
Manufacturing Company be punished
for contempt of court for refusing to
aid Mrs. Lillian I. Garden to collect
alimony duo her from Alfred L. Garden,
who sued her for divorce in 1888 and
who was directed to pay her tit a
week pending the trial.
Garden went to Franc and has lived
there ever since. There Is now $17,000
duo Mrs. Garden, which she has been
trying for some years to collect. Sim
had a receiver appointed for Garden's
property and tho receiver learned that
Garden owned $13,000 worth of bonds
of the piano company. Tho receiver got
u court order restraining the piano
company from paying the Income on tho
bonds to any one other than the plain
tiff, but tho company has refused.
The court decided that tho piano
company had no reason to refuse to
obey tho order because the company
was n "mcro stakeholder." Tho com
pany was lined $780, the amount now
duo from tho bonds, and If the fine Is
not paid proceedings will be taken to
send the officers of the company to Jail.
ARMED GUARD
PORROOSEVELT
Friends Afraid Cranks Will
Attempt His Life at
Oyster Bay.
EX-CONVICT FEARED
Colombian, Qnce in Danne
mora, Sought Him in Chlr
cago and May Follow.
ONE APPEAHED YESTERDAY
Effort Made to Get White'
House Agent Who Pro
tected Colonel.
OrsTEn Hay, N. T Oct. 25. Uecent
threats and the reported presence of a
crank In the neighborhood will effect a
change In the free and easy outdoor llfo
which Col. xItoosevelt hoped to take
up again.
When he Is able to leave yie nous,
as he Is expected to do In a day or two,
he will be accompanied on every occa
sion by u bodyguard, who will be on
duty throughout the rest of the cam
paign. An effort will bo made to get
Frank Tyree, the United States Mar
shal from West Virginia, who was a
former secret service man and the Colo
nel's personal bodyguard during his oc
cupancy of the White House.
Warnings have been received from
several quarters that a man, who Is be
lieved to have attempted to force his
way Into Mercy Hospital In Chicago,
would try to reach Col. Ilooscvelt here.
In Chicago the man declared he came
from Colombia, and rolled against the
ex-Presldcnt for his connection with
the acquisition of the Panama Canal
Zone. When he was denied entrance at
Mercy Hospital he Is said to have ex
hibited a railway ticket with the threat
that he would follow the Colonel to New
York.
Dr. George W. Faller, who lives In
Oyster Bay and has been attending Col.
Roosevelt, received a" letter from John
A. Waldron, appointment clerk for the
Board of Prison Commissioners, at Al
bany to-day, containing a newspaper
clipping of a despatch dated Plattsburg.
N.X. October 24. Kblcb-dejcribed la. de
tail the record of a prisoner in Clinton
prison, Dannemora, who was a Colom
bian. In June, 1906, tho prison officials
Intercepted a letter In Spanish from this
man which contained threats against
Col. Hoosevelt and declared ho had com
mitted a crime against Colombia. Noth
ing had been heard of him since his re
lease. The clipping expresses the opin
ion that this Is the same Individual who
created the disturbance In Chicago.
"This article was called to the atten
tion of Col. Scott, superintendent of
State prisons," said Mr. Waldron. "It
seemed to me that the matter was of ut
most Importance and that I ought to
send him the newspaper article so that
he could take the necessary steps.
"This man was pardoned by Gov. Hlg-
gins In June, 1S06. Upon the Governor's
learning of the statement which had
been made by the prisoner In this let
ter he revoked the pardon and the man
was compelled to serve his entire term,
less tho commutation he earned In the
Clinton prison."
Emphasis was added to the uneasi
ness felt by the Colonel's friends on the
score of possible Injury from cranks by
the appearance on the hill to-day of an
unidentified man who attempted to ef
feet an entrance to the house. He pen
cilled a note to the Colonel before he
could bo prsuadd to toko his departure.
Its rambling, incohrent character ut
tested the condition of the man's mind.
He Is described as a paranoiac, very
tall and powerful and equal to proving
himself a dangerous antagonist should
he encounter the Colonel upon one of
his solitary excursions on foot. Ho wears
a sombrero hat. No one In the village
could explain his presence.
Col. Roosevelt'B Improvement to-day
was even more marked than yesterday.
He proved that he was almost ready to
get back Into his old stride by turning
out a full day's work without showing
the slightest ill effects.
He began the day with the announce
ment that his headquarters here would
be the source of all his campaign state
ments.
His two secretaries were on hand
early. After disposing of some of his
moat urgent letters he took up his Madl
son Square Garden speech and dictated
until luncheon, which he had with Frank
A. Munsey, George W. Perkins and
William H. Hotchklss, Who motored out
for a long conference. In the after
noon he met his physicians. Between
times he managed to sandwich In a
careful reading of Morgan's "Zoology.'
Drs. Lambert, Brewer and Faller gave
out this statement to-night: ,
"Col. Itoosevelt Is In good condition
and the wound Is progressing favorably,
but he will not be able to work or re
ceive visitors for some days. Unless
some unforeseen complication should
arise he will be able to speak for twenty
or thirty minutes on Wednesday night,
but he must return to Oyster Bay and
not attempt to campaign."
JACK MILLS ENDS HIS LIFE.
Author of Oklahoma Tales Br
qaraths Body to ftarareona.
Fort Smith, Ark.. Oct. 25. Jack Mills,
author, Journalist and one of the unique
characters of the oary days of Indian
Territory, committed suicide by shooting
at Perry, Okla.. according to information
received here to-day. In a note he be
queathed his body to the medical frater
nity, "That I may bo of use to the world
through death."
Mills's only relative Is a slater In Mis
souri. Mills was an authority on early
Oklahoma history and Ills stories have
been widely foatured. Ho began llfo as
a printer's devil and once had a $50,000
two year contract from an Eastern pub
llshlnf house. Ht wan (S ycara old.
R008EVELT SUES FOR LIBEL.
To I'rosernte au F.dltor Wlto Printed
"He (iris Drank."
Col. Roosevelt has started criminal
ml civil libel suits in the Circuit Court
at Marquette, Mich., against George A.
Newett of Islipemlng, Mich., publisher
of a weekly newspaper, Iron Ore, accord
ing to a statement put forth by Na
tional Progressive headquarters yester
day. It Is alleged that in Iron Ore on Octo
ber 12 there was an article headed "The
Itoosevelt Way," which Included this
paragraph:
'Itoosevelt lies and curses In a most
disgusting way. Ho gets drunk, too, and
that not infrequently, ana an nis inti
mates know about It."
The suits nro thus explained In the
Progressive statement:
It has been well known to Col. Rooae-
velt and his friends for a long time that
his opponents were conducting an Insid
ious campaign of slander against him and
seeking by Innuendo and covert sugges
tion to create the Impression throughout
the country that he Is a heavy drinker and
that he Is frequently Intoxicated. No re
spectable porson of responsibility, so far
as he Is known to Col. Itoosevelt and his
friends, has dared to make this charge In
an open nnd responsible way until Mr.
Newett made It In his newspaper.
Col. Itoosevelt has always been loath to
give any recognition to this slander or to
take any poslttvo action about It. Borne
weeks ago, however. It was presented to
him In such a light that ho decided to
give some recognition to It, and he then
wrote the letter In which he dlscloaed
fully his habit regarding all beverages and
said that he drank about as much as Or.
Lyman Abbott.
The publication of the libel In the Ih-
pemlng Iron Ore Is the first case that has
come to the notice of Col. Itoosevelt or
his friends of such utteranco of this libel
by a retpomlble Individual. Prosecution
Immediately follows. Judge James II.
Pound of Detroit has been retained as
counsel for Col. Itoosevelt.
Col. Itoosevelt Is not seeking to recover
money damages, and the amount asked In
the civil suit In therefore fixed at the
nominal sum of $5,000.
There Is no hope of bringing either of
these cases to trial before election. The
esses aro not undertaken for any such
purpose or with any such expectation.
GOES UP 500 FEET TOES FIRST.
Tries to Cut Loose From CSas Da,
Bat Falls and Land Safely,
IlALEiaii, N. C, Oct. 25. Visitors from
Wake to tho Cumberland fair brought
the story to-day of James Smith's es-i
cape yesterday from a balloon that as
cended prematurely and carried him
with It.
Smlti. who Is a farmer, was standing
In the crowd when Walter Haub was
preparing the ship. It broke away from
the men and a ropo caught Smith's
foot. At a height of S00 feet he was
seen struggling as If to cut the rope.
Ho gave this up and climbed to the
parachute trapeze, where' he held onl
until thn h ttrvm irrrfl TrVmn!t)lltfax 1
until thp baMooTTSHfled twt mnerawa?
and Mettled to the ground, the gas bag
burying the terrified farmer, who
crawled out unhurt-
Smith said afterward that ho tried
to get nt his knife, to cut the rope and
fall. Ah the 'balloon was going up the
aeronaut tried to tell the farmer how
to work the parachute, but Smith
could not understand.
HUGE SNAPPER CAUGHT IN PARK.
Jioniier i nrtlr unci I'rryed on
toons Lake lluck for lO Years,
A monster snati)er turt le that had been
feeding on the young ducks in Central
Park for several years was captured yes
torday in Swan Lake, in the lower section
of the park. Tin) capture explained the
disappearance of the ducks that had been
puzzling the park authorities.
ho many of tho youngducks disappeared
that the Park Commissioner Btarted sev
eral investigations without result. Dur
mg tho sii miner of 1011 more than 161
young ducks were lost. Tho depredations
novo boon going on for nearly ten yoars.
Hawks and owl wore blamed until yes
terday, when Keeper Honolulu sawa dark
object on the surface of the lake near the
ducks. He fired a nlintgwn mid tho object
went down. Ho called Chief Keetier
Billy Snyder, who sawa giant turtle crawl
ing up tho hore from tho lake. Taking a
pleco of rope, ho ran to it and giving it a
sudden boost put it njon its back and
hitched the rope to a hind log.
fho snapper was dragged to the men
agerie, where it was weighed. It scaled
thirty-three pounds, the largest one that
tho chief keeper ever saw.
It is Htippobcd that some one dropped
the turtle in tho lake when it was young.
WHITRIDGE WAITS FOR HEN.
Drrlnrra Company Will Sat Art Un
less I'nlon lines,
Frederick W. Whltridge, president
of tlie Third Avenue Railroad, who
has refused tho demands made on
behalf of the motormen and conductors
of the Westchester Electric and the
Yonkera Railroad companies. Its sub
sidiaries, said yesterday that no new
step would be taken by the company
unlesB the union made some hostile
move. He said possible arbitrators had
not approached htm and that he did
not look for any overtures because he
had mad It plain hat the demands are
not arbitrable.
He said he had heard the leaders of
the union were going to call a mass
meeting In Yonkers to ascertain public
sentiment.
MISS ELKINS WON'T SAY.
nefnsei lo Deny Thai She
Is the
Wife of Billy Illtl.
Atkins, W. Va., Oct. 25. "I never
talked to a newspaper reporter In my life
and I never expect to. Irefuse either to
confirm or dony the story," was the
reply a newspaper reporter got from
Miss Kathcrlne K. Klltlns to-day on
asking hef for a statement concerning
her reportrd marriage to umy Hitt, son
uf ex-Congressman Hltt of Illinois.
Miss Klklns and her mother are at
their summer home, Halllehurat, here,
where they will remain until November.
nrrx'iAL Princeton footbaixtmains
rrnns)i-sni nturosa ror i-nncsioo-uartmouii
niiF. tuturdsr. October M. Isv Penntvl
nU HutkiD. NswVoik. U A. It.,
V rrlacttoa. vHsturali-.tlMr ramar-i.
COMMAND TO VERBECK
Governor Abolishes Office and
Places Control in Chief
of Staff.
TO END MILITIA QUA Kit EL
Major-GcncrAl Reduced to Su
pernumerary, but His Aids
Arc Retained.
Ai.bant, Oot. 25. Gov. Dix abolished
the office of Major OenoralJohn F. O'Ryan
as commander of the National Guard to
day and mado him a supernumerary. Dy
this action whatever power remained with
Major Gen. O'Ryan goes to Adjt.-Gen.
Verbeck by virtue of his ofllco ns colef
of staff, as well as Adjutant-General.
At the same time Gov. Dix made all of
the members of Major-Gen. O'Hyan's staff
supernumeraries and in another order
placed them on active duty afjain and as
signed them to the hoadquarters of the
militia until further orders, with two ex
ceptions. These exception are Lieut. -Col.
It. Foster Walton, who has been on
duty in New York city a Adjutant-General,
and Capt. .Edward Olmsted, who has
been Major-Gen. O'Ryan's personal aid.
These two officers are permitted to re
main on the supernumerary list.
Tlie Lieutenant-ColoneU or Gen.
O'Ryan's staff who will become tho staff
of Ad jt.-Gen.Verbock as chief of stair are:
Chauncey P. Williams, Adjutant-General's
department.
FranxJln W. Ward, Adjutant-General's
department.
William H. Cliapin, Inspector-General's
department. .
Cornelius Vonderbllt, Inspector-Gen
eral's department.
Louis V.Htotesbury.Inspector-Gencral's
department.
William' W. Ladd, Judge Advocate
General's department .
Arthur F. Townsend, Quartermaster's
department.
Henry 8. Sternberger, subslstenoe de
partment. Nathaniel B. Thurston, Ordnance de
partment. William G. Leboutiller, Medical Corps.
'Eugene W. V. C. Lucas, Corps of Engi
neers. Frederick T. Leigh, Signal Corps.
These officers are directed to report at
one to Adjt.-Gen. Verbeck in, person or
by mail for Instructions
The, afffot p( the orders of Gov.Jllx
1. VTu-ii-u .1.. .1: : :..:
is to abolish the division organization
which was established at the time Major
Gen. Ron wan brought into tho guard
in command. When Gen. lloo retired
under the age limit lost May ho was suc
ceeded by Major-Gen. O'Ryan, who shortly
afterward endeavored to draw tho pay
of a major-general, $8,000 a year, notwith
standing the fact that Gen, Roe had served
without pay.
Neither Oov. Dix. who was in Europe
at the time, nor Adjt.-Gen. Verbeck ap
proved what they termed thin "salary
grab." Turmoil in the National Guard
dated from this moment and many petty
diflerencets resulted between Major-Gen.
O'Ryan's headquarters in Now York city
and the Adjutant-General's headquarters
in Albany.
Things became so snarled that Attornoy-
General t'armody was asked to define the
duties of the Major-Genera! and the Adjutant-General.
Rut still the bickering
continued and Gov. Dix saw that Major
Gen. O'Ryan did not get his salary.
Gov. Dix issued an order about three
weeks ago creating the o!l!ce of Chief of
Staff for the National Guard and assigned
Adjt.-Gen. Verbeck to the post, while con
tinuing him as Adjutant-General. Tlie
effect of this was to transfer nearly all of
Major-Gen. O'Ryan'n admlnintrative
authority lo Adjt.-Gen. Verbeok us Chief
of Htaff,
To-day's orders complete Adjt.-Gen.
Verbeck 's full authority in guard matters,
subject only to the orders of Gov. Dix .
Shortly after the order creating tho
office of Chief of StalT was Issued Gen.
O'Ryan came to Albany and had a talk
with Gov. Dix and Adjt.-Gen. Verbeck,
and tho Governor told Gen. O'Ryan that
his authority was confined to supervision
of the troops in tho field. Gov. Dix
thought Gen. O'Ryan accepted this situa
tion.
Gen. O'Ryan, it Is said, summoned the
commanders of National Guard organiza
tlons to a conference in New York city
and there have been staterrrents that at
this conference recent ordors affecting
the National Guard were severely critl
cised. Adjt.-Gen. Verbeck refused to
discuss them, except to say that the
officer involved had violated the regula
tions. At this point Gov. Dix stepped
in and issued tho present order, with a
view of stopping all bickerings in the
guard by leaving Adjt.-Gen. Verbeck
in full control.
Gov, Dix was asked what the signifi
cance of the two orders was.
"Draw your own conclusions," he said
'There has been ao muoh turmoil in the
guard that theae orders were madeneces
sary."
"Is it a fair question to ask whether or
not these orders eliminate Major-Gen
O'Ryan?
"You may draw your own Inferences,"
the Governor replied.
BERRIES IN NEW ROCHE LLE.
They Have 'Em for Breakfast, and
Hvn Ball Players rind 'Km.
Eugene Curtlss picked a quart of straw-1
lierriea in Ills garden in ttociieiie iieighta
yesterday and tho family had thorn for
breakfast. They were small but sweet.
Allan Diothcnhein, whose home, the
Poplars, on North avenuo is one of tho
show, places, gathered nearly three quarts
of largo juicy borrlea on his plaoo in tho
afternoon and invited his neighbors to a
strawberry supper.
While the high school football team was
practising in the park in the afternoon
he Dajl was Ktoxea a paten or ilaxK-
MZii IfcijrtSi SS
MaoMwrTleSr
Tbm MpaaMMw oftha burriaa.Jjt ac-
oouai
Md for by Um rwatn warn wmUmt.
SULZER IN SUFFRAGE PARADE.
I'HiiilliIatr Accepts Inrltnllnn
Marrh on November II.
James Lees Laldlaw.of the Men's
League for Woman Suffrage received
this telegram last night from William
Sulzer:
"I will be glad to march In your torch
light parade on November 9."
Secretary Beadle explained that tho
telegram come In response to a special
Invitation to the candidate for'Governor.
"Our parade Is strictly non-partisan,"
said Mr. Beadle. "Wo shall have a po
litical division In which men of different
faiths will march under their own party
banners."
EVEN MONEY ON T. R. AND TAFT.
2,000 Offered on Popnlar Vole and
1,000 on State Awaits Taker.
Retting In the financial district was
moro brisk yesterday. Hackers of
Straus bet H.r.OO to 3,7G0 on him nt
frred Kchumm'a place and $2,000 was
wagered there at even money that
Itoosevelt would get a larger popular
vote than Taft. '
A small bet at 4 to 1 on Wilson was
recorded. There Is offered tl.600 to
$1,000 that Sulzer beats Straus and
$1,000 even that Taft gets more votes
in New York State than Roosevelt.
MRS. A. R. CONKUNQ QUITS SUIT.
Ex-Aaaemhtrnian anil Wife Who
Wanted Separation Come lo Terms.
Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum
signed an order yesterday discontinuing
tho suit for separation brought by Mrs.
Kthel Johnson Conkllng against ex-As
semblyman Alfred Ronalds Conkllng
upon tho application of counsel for the
defendant, who presented a consent
signed by Mnx D. Steuer, attorney for
Mrs. Conkllng.
It Is understood that a separation
agreement, has been entered Into to
avoid a public trial, and that Mrs. Conk
llng will have the custody of her three
daughters part of the time.
Mrs. Conkllng alleged In the suit that
Iter husband humiliated her before the
servants and called her names, refused
to permit her to manage her household
and finally refused to provide for her
support.
Mr. Conkllng advertised that ho
wouldn't Be responsible for his wife's
bills.
SHOT ANOTHER TRYING TO DIE.
Jilted Man Fatally Wounds Brolher-
ln-laiv of Girl He Loves.
While attempting suicide yesterday
because Sadie AlJIan, seventeen-year-
old daughter of a silk weaver of 380
Sussex, street, Paterson. N. J., refused
to marry him, Leon Bogosta, an Ar
menlan, shot and fatally wounded Leon
Termanlan, the girl's brother-in-law.
' Rogoslb.' then drank poison, but an
ambulance surgeon pumped him out and
ho will recover.
Sadie AlJIan ran away from homo ten
days ago, leaving a note In which she
said that she was tired of being treated
as n child. Yesterday she appeared at
her brother-in-law's house at 335 Pax
ton street.
She had hardly entered tho house
when In ciane Ilogosla, who had often
asked her to marry him. Ho asked
aguln and when he was again refused
pulled out n revolver and said he would
kill himself. Termanlan grappled with
DoKosIa and In the struggle the revolver
was discharged.
DR. M ABIE'S SACRIFICE IS VAIN.
I'ostuonrs Voyage to Vote for T, H.,
Thru falls lo Itealster.
Summit, X. J., Oct. 25. Dr. Hamilton
Wilght Mubie, associate editor of tho
Outlook, who delayed a trip ti Japan on
a lecture tour for three weeks so that
he could cast a ballot here for Con
tributing Hilltor Theodore Itoosevelt of
the same publication, cannot vote, for
he failed to register.
"It's Just disgusting; that's what It
Is," said the editor when he was finally
convinced thut he could not vote for a
fact. "Why didn't some ono tell mo
about registering personally? liut
Ignorance of the law does not excuse
me,s' he added philosophically.
Dr. Mabln labored tinder the delusion
that he had voted at the September pri
mary nnd by virtue of that act was
registered for election.
An Investigation of the poll books of
his district showed that he had voted
nt the Presidential primaries but that
he had omitted the fall primaries.
Had Dr. Mabte consulted only his per
sonal engagements he would hava
started for Japan two weeks ago Mon
day. FINED FOR GIRLS' NIGHT WORK.
DprrckeU Ileflnrry Manager Prose
cuted Ity Women's League.
PlilLADRMMtM, Oct. 25. Otto J. Peter
son, general manager of tho Bpreckels
Sugar Iteflnlng Company, was fined $50
nnd costs by Magistrate Carey to-day
on charges of allowing girls under 18
years to work all night In the sugar re
finery. The conviction Is the direct result
of the work of women who have formed
the Consumers League. These women
picketed the plant nnd questioned the
girls as they left their work.
The women learned that tho children
went to woik at 8 o'clock at night and
worked until 6 o'clock In the morning,
wlttf fortv-flvn minutes for lunch.
After gathering the evidence thn!
women turned It over to the State fac
tory Inspector, by whom the charges
were mado, Hovernl employees testl
lied against the manager.
BRAZIL BRI0ANDS KILL 63 POLICE
FlKhdna- for Iteratnbllshment of
Kmplrr Under Hum Pedro III.
Lo,ndn, Oct. 20. A despatch from Rio
do .lunclrn to tho Times says nearly a
thousand brigands attacked and de
feated the pollen at Irany, In tho State
of Parana. A Colonel of the police and
two Lieutenants wcro killed and sixty
pollcernen were killed or wounded.
Tho war cry of the brigands Is'the re
establishment of an empire under Dom
Pedro III.
T10 situation Is rather serious and
Federal aid has been. Invoked, An ex-
pcdltlonary force of 85,000 men la being
em to i-arana. Mara, ngniing u ex
BECKER TO AWAIT
FATE IN SING SING
No Action By Attorneys Can
Prevent Passing of
Sentence.
PPEAL IS PREPARED
Mclntyre Thinks He Can
Find Grounds in 4,000
Exceptions Taken.
WHITFA' LEWIS TRIAL NEXT
Confession by Ono of Gunmen
Expected (lyp's Wife Said
to Urge Hi in.
Lieut. Becker, under sentence ot
death, will await In Sing Sing prison the
decision of the Court of Appeals as to
whether or not he Is entitled to a new
trial.
No action by counsel can prevent
sentence being pronounced by Justice
Qoff next Wednesday, but tho appeal
will act as a stay ot execution.
liecker's chief counsel, John F. Mc
lntyre, whose fight persisted until tin
words that pronounced Decker tho real
murderer of Herman Rosenthal wen
uttered, seemed confident yesterday that
out of more than 4,000 exceptions ho
had taken to the rulings of Justice Goft
sufficient grouhds would be found to
justify the ordering of a new trial by
the highest court in the State.
Whllo District Attorney Whitman
and of courso Justice Qoff would not
discuss tho forthcoming appeal or thu
merits of such points of law and evi
dence as aro objected to by tho licckcr
lawyers, It is known that they feci that
Decker had a fair trial and siiat if any
thing the main contentions wcro decided
In his favor. These wero tho questions
as to whether or not the graft evidence
should be put before tho Jury mid
whether or not Bhaplro should bo al
lowed to tell that he had heard oua
of tho gunmen say to another that
"Becker has tho cops fixed and It will
be a clear getaway."
Charge Aid to State.
It Is generally recognized that tlio
effect of Justice doffs charge to th
Jury' was" a powerful aid' to 'Uio State's
case, but it Is pointed out that a Judga
has a great latitude In surveying thy
evidence provided he Is accurate In
quoting from testimony.
The jurors, faithful to Justice God's
admonition not to discuss tho proceed
ings In tho Jury room, havo said noth
ing directly aa to tho effect on them ot
tho charge, but It transpired yester
day that when they sat down to delib
erate they had made up their minds
that Jack Roso told the truth and that
thero was enough of circumstantial
evidence without taking Sam Schcpp'a
story Into consideration to corroborate
Rose's accusations against Becker. It
may be a blow to tho vanity of Schcpps,,
but tho truth seems to bo that he was
not such a "keystone of tho State's
ase" after all, and that the District
Attorney could have got a conviction
without htm.
With the Becker trial out of the way
tho attitude of the gunmen and tire
plans of the District Attorney regard
ing them become of the first Impor
tance. Becker's conviction shook their
Uellance and made them realize that
they are not as safe as they thought
they were.
The situation of the gunmen Is fur
ther Imperilled by Shapiro, chauffeur of
the murder cur. It was learned yester
day that Shapiro has made up his mind
to Identify Gyp, Lefty, Dago Frank and
Whltey Lewis as the four he took from
Webber's gambling house to tho Metro
pole arid whom he drove away after tha
murder.
There were positive efforts in their
behalf yesterday to ascertain If tho
District Attorney will make any sort
of terms with them. Charles G. K
Wahle, counsel for Gyp tho Blood,
Lefty Louie, Whltey Lewis and Dago
Frank, called on Mr, Whitman. It was
taken as a fact that Wahle wanted to
know what sort of a proposition ttm
District Attorney would make, nnd that
ho was told that If tho gunmen had
anything to say to tho prosecutor they
could say It, but that tho District At
torney would decline to communicate
with them until they had volunteered
the whole truth about the murder.
Whiter l.cnli't Trial First.
One of tho gunmin, probably Whltey
Lewis, whoso real namo 1b Frank Mul
ler, will be tried immediately after the
case of Red Phil Davidson, who mur
dered Big Jack Zcltg, is concluded. A
commission of alienists yesterday pro
nounced Davidson sane. Ho will be
placed on trial next Wednesday. Tha'
District Attorney wilt request Justice
Ooff to try either Whltey Lewis or
Lefty Louto on Thursday, November 7.
It would be no great surprise to the
District Attorney's staff If one of tho
gunmen made a confession. The llkell-
hood of a confession was Increased by
the conviction of Becker. The wifo ot
Lefty Louie Rosenberg has been active
In urging him to tell the truth and take
his chance with the prosecutor. The
District Attorney is not greatly con
cerned as to whether or not he gets a
confession, because all of the gunmen
have been Identified and the case against
eaoh one of them is stronger in direct
evidence than, was tha case against
Becker.
The machinery which must be put In
motion in order to get an appeal In
Lieut. Becker's case and the main points
on which the appeal will be based were
described yesterday by Mr. Mclntyre.
Becker's chief counsel oamo out of the
trial lit and weary. Heart trouble had
developed and Mr. Mclntyre was under
a terriflo strain while making his
closing argument to the Jury. He wai
worried besides by threats that have
been sent him through the malls. H la
Ja fact so muck- conctraed over these
ItfsaUa that to ks obtained a persstt to
w1