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THE SUN, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1913. 3 POLICE CAN'T ' CURB WOMEN ion IV Ii Keep Suf I'rjijrrllrs I'mler (tuaril, Smvs London Official. f I,I,STHK)I ANARCHISTS Ilfiinc Secret ii i',v. Nov'Vtr. lleliiM's In ('nil (Mil Troops , lo Keep Order. sn r.N ItKLKASKD ON IUII, f nines Krrortl in Court Shows IMi'iif of .MililimK Orprcilntiniis. l f. ,i; i ttHf tiftpatci tn Tim Sir. f.nvfuiv. May Iti.--Although proml-r- "fUnnl? of the Home i.'fllco hne "p. atniiy urged Itrginald McKcnn,i, i' II tiic Secretary, lo use troops to .i t'v stittniRctto campaign there Is - i ,p iibhty thill tin will ilo Fo. Mr. I tniM uiilll.o Winston Churchill. wlun Home Secretary, employed I - In Sjilncy street .md In Smith W.t r mtirely disapproves of c.-illtni; oi ''ip ml'ltiiry forces except in tho nv m dangerous emergencies. p '.( if ttrliits refuse to discuss tho m t i v proposal, hut nccordlnsr to the ' T-WeiNipft this mnrnlnu SeoMiind ' I m- n s-.ny that the resources of tliat .; iii.M.'tit ha vi been severely ttii :ii-tl months past hy their extra duties .i i.f.. i tion with the .suffragettes ami ' " i.iultant campaign continues mure n il ho needed and a sp-clal up . .prl.itlon will ! necessa r . T: Imilp Tclryniph quotes nn tin--nm 1 ofllcial especially engaged In ili.ihns with tho militants a saying thv fie only way to deal with the m n s crime mania Is to treat the ' ndrr? of the suffragettes a annr- i t". ,hadov them constantly, watch 'iert!.lnK they do, everywhere they :i and keen In constant touch with '(l : liberated temporarily and other s nhi are known as potential offender. T..l.. he added, would mean a more lib eral fxpindlturo, but It Is impisMble i carry out such a plan as things rc njw. Instancing the difficulty the orllcinl alrt "The militants are now behaving exactly like anarchists; they use false names and are constantly Hitting from ene residence to another and spreading Iale Information. Two weeks ago Mrs. l'lora Drummond, living In an unpre tentious little villa in Ilattcrsea. wan 'alien III at Itow .-treet police station. She was taken away by friends, hut before she left court she mnde n re markable recovery. She was taken to a nurslnir home at I'einbrldgo Gardens, where Mrs. I'ankhurst was for a time. V iw inquiry shows that she and "her l.im.ly have left Hnttersea all together." 'Tie young hot bloods." the otticer addfd. "are even more dltllcult to deal with. They keep no homes. They sleep anywhere, with friends or otherwise, ml fee.1 In the same manner. They do i't care about votes, but merely want 'Mttement and the morbid satisfaction '' '! iint; something wronB. -Ml the wijnen s mischief seems to be abetted ty a tew of the wealthiest who are 'early to give ball, lend automobiles nnd f.' f money " fifii Ont on Hall. I'l.'i - ,m aggregate ball amount-'-v ' " 4i.''00, six militant suf fragertes and one male sympathizer '- released at How street police y storday to await trial at the next e" r if the Central Criminal Court on itr. of conspiracy under the ma lul'p. damage to property act. t' e prisoners were rebased on the f""'l " n ihai they would undertake to iun from militant methods In the ien' me None of them chose the al "ri'i'A. of spending the Interval In The women prisoners were Mlsa ! irri.'t Hebecca Kerr, Miss Alice Lake, I P... he! Carret, Mrs. Heatrlce Saun- Mi's Annie Kenney nnd Miss i'i l.-nnov. The man was Clayton, ara.vt'ial ehemlM, who Is accused ' t.'m.' aided the women by Blvln ";n detailed Information for the con- r. i.iii nf liombs and appliances for ". dtstriK tlon of letters In street plllnr v caton, in whose ca-e the Uu '"ate hitherto hud refused ball. eli,,,.,! tll n .r)uinal bond of '"'"i an I two sureties of $1,500 each. Mm Klora nrummond, known a the. "0' n"r;i,." who Ih already on ball and Is 1 a' 'i nursing home, presumably will .'i tn.il with the others. TV" Mawlstrate, Henry Curtis Ben t1" aft. r hearing tho .speeches of tiii,t for the defence said he had no ' - p jirejudlre the Issue and would itT!',i. tefrulii from answerlm; tho it-uni" .t - of the prisoners' counsel, ill ""k'h lie mlKht easily have dono so. b"'ii uas Mnt on Wednesday to Mr. v tin. nillltant suffraRettes, ann 'ao il. t, , tw.H (rom Scotland Yard have, 'en a.Ktied to accompany him to and "m the court every day to protect irn from attack, 'me llrrurd 1'roilucrd. Ope nf the InteresthtK documetltn " 'lii 'eii at yesterday's trial was one en ded "The Crimes llecord Book," In " leh details of more than a thousand "' 'racef eommltted by the militants rr BiM'i. 'n,e suffraKettes rail It the rn" honor ' it contains th names t hundreds of women ent to prison "ilffr.'tcctte outr.iKes and copies of 'aiy lecelpts of money Klven to tho I'Tf trators. Wonien who were mix "t to have their acts mentioned with ' ,r'ir in this book wern obllKcd to bIvo 'ill details of their exploits, the datn ' 'heir conviction, the length of the "mi of Imprisonment to which they '"re sentenced and full Information as ' H"w they had conducted themselves ' U 1. r Th campaign of mitruBo continues f hrlckly as ever, HevcraJ bomba wore ' nnd yesterday In various parts of lVin None exploded. Ono whs, fnuiul iir'y yesterday mornliiB outside tho Na 'J"ii.il Oallery In TrafalKar Square. Al ' "unh It contained explosives, It hud " exploding mechanism. Another was li"'iere(i at Aylesburv railway sin " and another outsldo the Hotel R'riiifwodd. , A bomb which appears to be a vry diiimerniis explosive was found In the I private chapel f Ihe Duke of lluccleuch I at Dalkeith, wrapped up nnd labelled I With sulTraKctte Inscriptions. As leported previously In these cable despatches, scleral of Uiu "bombs" ro ciillly discovered have proved to be hoaxes. Others, thouith contalnltiK ex- ploslies, were harmless. Obviously ' nicy were instruments in an advertise i nient campalun. This Is beconilriK nen- eially lecoKtilzed, us the bomb scare Is fadltiR nwny, but many bulldltmii continue to be set on tire by sulTni Bctles, Clinreh t nn Fire. St Anne's Church t Kastliourne was thn latest scene of a suffriiBCtte out rn bp. Cassocks were piled up In the basement and petroleum poured over them. The Verer on rnterlliB the elitirch found thn btilldlnK full of smoke mill Knve an nlartu. riremen arrived In time to proNent the. (Ire from spreadlliB and saved the hulldltiB form destruc tion. I addition to attemptlnK to de stroy the church the perpetrators of the outrage defaced a latKe paliitintr, u replica of rrancla's "Kntornbment of Christ." The word "vole" In Iiiibo let ters was scratched In many places cm the canvas. The newest feature of the suffragette campalsn Is a threat to kidnap the ehll dren of Winston Spencer Churchill, First I-ord of tho Admiralty, rtoth Mr. mid Mrs. Churchill have received letters making this threat and In consequence a Scotland Yard detective accompanies the children and their nurse whenever they leavo the house. Considerable umiiseinent has been caused by the relations existing between w'ln Mr- llourrhler for a three months' the Women's Social nnd Political Cnlon , ,IU"! ,no Oarrlck Theatre, beglnnlnB and the National. Labor party In refer- 011 and payltiB ",500 In ad- ence to Ih'e prlntlnB of the Sufjnificttr. ' vance. The National Labor party, iioslnc us the M llarvcn said he etiRaged Mr. white souled champion of the liberty of Uourchler at a salary of T2." a week, the press, took oft Its coat to flKht the "''tit," he added, "Mr, Itoutchier, with lloverntnent. Not only did the latter by ioll consultltiB me enuaBer. a. company Its announcement of yesterday show and starts rehearsals and when May 10 there was nothlni; to lli?ht for, tint Miss arrives not or'y will he not hand over Chrlstabel I'ankhurst directed the'tl'c theatre, but he. places a policeman Women's Social and Political I'nlon to " Buard so that I can't Bet in. The repudiate a champion who stlnulnteH . man whom I hired as an employee now that they should not Incite to crime. ! 1ti.. . fV 1 .... . . . . .. ' The offer made by Hamsay MacDonnld, the labor leader, was In effect: "I will print the paper and defy the Gown ment If you promise that there will be nothing contained In It which may le.id to my appearance In How Street." The gist of Miss Pankhttrst's reply was: "My champion must be made of moto violent HitifT than this." So the deal fell through and the National Labor party Is now out of the running. There are plenty of printers In ("real Hrit.iln willing to undertake the publi cation of the sulTraBette organ on the same conditions as the National Uibor party, namely, a guarantee that nothing criminal shall appear and a promise to Indemnify the publishers for the cotts of any legal proceedlnBs. So far as can be learned no one has yet been found who Is willing to under take the unsecured risk. Nevertheless, the members of the Women's Social and Political I'nlon say that the Suffragette will appear to-morrow, as usual. AVIATOR IN BRITISH COURT. Frenchman Plead Utility tn Chnme nf Vlnlntlnu it I. una. fpttial Ct'itt lieiiHttclk to The Sts. LoNt).v, May 1,1. The first prosecu tion under the new Hritish aviation laws leitrictlng foreign visitors was Instituted at How Street Court to-day 'vhen the French aviator. Marcel !. Hrlndejotie des Moullmils, was ar raigned on two summonses, one rharg- It.g bin. with flying In the Cnlted King- don, w thout first landing in ono of tho . . " ... . V having untitled the authorities that he intended to make a (tight, Mr. P.riude- j June lauded at Ileudou near London on Sunday after making a flight of ISO i miles from liremen. The aviator pleaded guilty to the I charges. Counsel for the Home Office ' pointed out that the offence on thl.that thf ,,Brracks w(.rr lllU,,e for' lhh iiecisliiti wils nurelv technical uno ho . occasion wits purely technical and ho said he did not propose to take a serious view of It. as he was f.atltird that It was due to ignorance of the law. Ho asked for no penalty. The Magistrate bound over the aviator in IL'OO bail to I appear for Judgment If called upon. WILL EXTEND ROYAL VISIT. " . . . HrltUl. Kin and Unrrn tn "Prnd' Ten IlH)a In (ierninii. Hi fiat I'atilt Ufpatrh tn Tin. Si. Lonikin, May 15. The visit ot King George and Queen Mary to Germany to attend the marriage of the Kaiser's daughter. Princess Victoria Luise, to Princv Hrnrtt of Cumberland will bo extended heond their original inten tion. They had arranged to remain there only two days, but now It has been decided that they will leav.i on May 19 , and return on May ;.S or 2D. Tho mar- riago will bo celebrated on May '.M. There Is nothing to Indicate that ths j private nature of tho visit has been altered. $25,000,000 MEXICAN LOAN. Knnrta Krriirrtl Abroad Will Br Vard tn Itratore Ilallroad. LoNtio.v, May 16. It was learned In financial circles this afternoon that a Mexican loan of J25.0U0.000 has been practically arranged in London und In Paris. The loan will he used for the restoration of the railroads In Mexico. Tho terms of the loan are understood to bo high. Tho ngei.ts of thn Mexican Govern ment In Kuropn nro attempting to se cure loans of about 16,000,000. The other J5O.O00.O0O will be used by thn Government for purposes other than railroads. KENILWORTH CASTLE SAFE. Itrltlth Cruiser Find Only Wreck of Old French Warship. fiprtfal Cable Dispatch to This Ho. LoNt'ON. May 15. Tho anxiety felt re gardlng the Kenllworth Castle of the Unlon-C'astlo Linn which, it waa feared, might be the steamship wrecked off Cnnn Itlnnro. near Avudlr. Morocco, was relieved to-day when nows was received that hn had been spoken and reported all well. Tho Hrltlsh cruiser Forto bent a wire less iiic&saKQ to-day saying that she had found nothing on thn coast In thn neigh borhood of Capo Blanco beyond tho wreck of tho Frunch warship Jean Hart, which has been lying there slnco 1907. FLASHES FROM THE CABLE. Rvpnev. The American schooner George II. Hillings, from Portland, Ore., went ashore In Ilotany Pay. A tug Is at tempting tn refloat her- London, -The taxpayers of London In tho past year devoted 1430,000 to feeding 38,000 poor school children. SAYS PLAY "CRffiSDS" Cliirnjrnnn Doclnros He Has Knixlish Hilil.s to Hoths child Piece. AUTHOR KEEPS SILENT . Salter Hansen Sn.VH He Will Sue. Dramatist for DamaffeH. fp'Cfl! Cable fittpatrS tn Th St. LoNnav, May If;. There In n possi bility, accordliiB to Salter Hanson, the Chlcatro theatrical man, that t)r. Henri do llothschild'H play "I'nrsus," will not be produced In London nn May 21' as advertised. Mr. Hansen says ho Is the proprietor of the play and tells a plaintive story of his troubles. Ho declare he has served an Injunction on Arthur Uour chler and Dr. de llothschlld in pre vent them from producing tho play and 1" RoIiib to suo them for damages. He declares that he bought the Kngllsh and American rights of "Crn'sus" direct from Or. do Rothschild and arranged 'm" ,nr' P,rt' ,ind nwrythliw. T've Bot .1 I I ....... I t . -1. , nn injunction and I mean to ask heavy damages." Dr. de Rothschild declined to mako any wtatenient on tho matter to-night. Mr. Uourchler, who la acting at the Klngsway Theatre, was offered an op portunity to give his version of the trouble, but he Inumkly refused. Mr. Uourchler sent a circular to tho press asking thnt nothing h printed concerning "Crn-sus" unless It comen from him or Dr. de Rothschild Mr. Hansen had sent a similar circular to the newspapers saying It Is Important that there should be no public misap prehension and arklng them to print nothing from any source, but himself. FRANCE CAN'T REDUCE ARMY. I'rrmler Kiplaln Whr t'laaa M t Bp Kept With the Color. rii?f ValAt llenptltch to Thk St'N Paris, May 15.--Soldiers whose previ ous service with the colors In the French army expires this year must remain with their regiments for another year. Premier Louis Karthou explained this decision of the Onvernment In the Chumber to-day by saying that It waa due to the seriousness of the Kuropean situation. A lively delate followed the Premier's announcement, several De puties sharply criticising him for his pessimistic viewy. Deputy Antolne Durafeur, whose que tlun had brought forth the Premier's explanation, said that Mr. llarthou had . 'kiiiltuil.kiiult rof -rm I t'i ' ALr at utfn r ,los,lbi,ltv of wnr ..whcn thp ,(PacP J afhUr.. e a(1dl.d that France was losing the services of a quarter of a million of young men who were obliged to remain In the army he olid their regular period of mili tary service. , Other Deputies made, the assertion that there wai. no room In thn barracks f.it Ihii iivlm ntimliAf nf mcrtltfa Ami reason to become weeding places ror disease. LEON BLANC HOSPITAL OPENED. Inatltntlnn at At lea Rain la (ilft nf I. air Mr. -Morgan. Sprriit I'nlilr riftprttrh to Tllr tr Atx - i.es - Mains, May 15.--Walter Hums, n nephew of the late .1 Ior(,.in (nry ,. Dav)(, Plerpont I .Morgan, aim iienry r. uavison or ine j firm of Morgitn Co. represented tho J late financier at the opening here to-day I of the leon Hlanc Hoslptal, donated to tho city by Mr. Morgan In memory of Dr. Leon Hlanc, who was at ono time his physician. The inaugural ceremony was per formed by the Mayor and witnessed by representatives of the French Govern ment and the lied Cross Society. A gold medal, which was to have been presented to Mr. Morgan In recognition of his gift, was handed to Mr. Hums and Mr. Davison. ITALIANS WANT UNIVERSITY. Iti-qnrat tn natrla In FatahlUb In atltntlnn at Trteate. Speiinl I'nMr tirnpiitch to Tar. Six ItnMK, May 15. -The Halkan war has brought Italy and Austria Into1 even closer friendship than has existed be tween them since the formation of the Triple Alliance. In view of this Increased friendship the Italian Government has asked Aus tria to establish an Italian university at Tnene, a city where the greater part of the population is Italian and which hus been the scene of many antf-Austrlan demonstration!! on the part of Italian students. M0RLEY GOING TO BERLIN. Herman Preaa fteea Prnnrthlnir Of. Hrlnl In Hla Vlatl. Kptcott Cahlr ppateK In Tun Siv Lonpon, May 16,--The German prcsn Is making a grewt stir over the pro posed visit of Viscount Morley to Iter lln. The Herlln newspapers Insist, not withstanding Viscount Mnrley's denlsl and official statements regarding tho matter, that his vWt Is concerned with an Important mission. FOR ITALIAN AIR FLEET. Cnlnnlea In America lend fllO.non fnr Aid of government. Sp'aal Caltr lietpateh tn Till. Si N Komi:, May 15. Tho Itcllan colonies In the South American republics anil tho I'nlted States havo sent to tho home Government thn sum of 300,000 lire (160,000) for the purchase of neroplanes and dirigibles to be used hy Italy for military purposes. Much Nmallpus In Vera Cras. Sp'H.il Cnhlr Ifttpntrh tn Tar Sr Havana, May 16, The Cuban Consul nt Vera Cruz report" that there ore many cum of smallpox in that city. THE CAMPAIGN Every building operation u c undertake is conducted like a military campaign. Wc have our headquarters, our general staff, our commis sariat, our pickets in various material plants, and our rccon noitcrlng parties thut head off any delays that threaten the lines of communication be tween the sc.enc of action and the basis of supplies. It is a peaceful struggle in which Extravagance, Inferior Work and Delay go down to defeat under the onslaught of Economy, Quality and Speed. THOMPSON-STARRETT COMPANY Building Cotis'rurtlon LONDONERS OF NOTE OFF IN GOOD HUMOR Kx-I.ord Mnyor Hnd Lord Mnvor-Io-Hp Not InoliiiPd to Tiilk Seriously. Kir William Purdie. Treloar. former I.oril Mayor of London, mid Sir William Henry Dunn, who will tuko the posi tion later, Bailed yep.tonl.iy by iliu White Hlar liner Haltio for their native land, and before the idiip hacked out in Btrcum they utterd, Iwtween Scotch hlRtibullH, a few nentimenta about the time they had in the citlett they have, visited ainco their arrival aeveral weeks ago. Sir Will lam, ex-Mayor, did mont of the talking and Sir William, Mayor-to-be. confined himwlf to nxi of approval nnd Htmlc, otherwise, tluui thowi of tho Scotch viriety, which the ex-Mayor declared war. nuiierior to any liquor of Its kind procurable Helium hereubout. Polico Kraft aa it ban leen practiw-d in this city. Sir William Treloar laid, wan iiupoxnible in London because the bobbles were nuturally honest and be oauv! they ilid not havo a chance on account of the slrictnesa of the regula tions. Tho two detmrtin; visitors mid they never had been overcharged by taxicuh driver whilw in Now York, not because, thev had not itronized the taxis, but tieoaiiHo they mada it a noint of jointly protestlnK wlienver Uie charKi) struck tnem as too hinh, and their pro test waa Niorous and personal, the ox Mayor, who is tall and stout, weighing clost? to 300. leaning playfully against the taxi driwr and arguing tho cuso by the propulsive force of avoirdupois. Sir William Treloar said ho wished folks in America would not ask him any mom for his opinion of th suffragettes If he Mild he was not for them he hardly knew what might happen to him when he arrived in Iindon Ilo was for giving them a ton of crockery even- day and letting them get rid of superilous'steam by smashing the crockery. Seriously speaking, he said, he really Iwlieved in votes for- women, but he wanted only tho kistuhle ones to have tho franchise and that former Mayors of ljmlon should be the judges of the kissable Sir William Dunn nodded with emphasis at this propo rtion. The ship news men left the two or moro Shirs Billiams in the smokish rooms en treating all America to have just one more. HONEY FITZ BACK FROM SOUTH. Panama f'nnnl Inanirra lllm In Mint Prlf nf I n), (uethnla. Mayor John V Kifgernld of llosumand a irtyof members ol the Boston Chamber of Commerce, who have been in Soul hand Central America making the amualnt.ince of merchants am piomoting the com mercial interests of Huston, got luek yesterday by the Cnlted 1'iuit liner Met.i mn. They wiiled from Hoston on n United Kruit ship, but were unable to return to that town by the Metapnn, which has u habit of stopping at this luir Iwiric port The Mayor said he felt as if he had been kidnapped nnd brought to Manhattan by force, but he supposed he would have to stand il The Mavor said that two delegations nailed from Floston "to establish stronger trade relations" between tho town and ports of Central and South America Tho Mayor headed a delegation of thirty who visited the ltepublie of the t'liitiil States of Colombia and the Canal Zone. HAVANA PORT IMPROVEMENT. I'realdenl limner, signs lleeree for Work AinnnnlliiK In l:i.MMl,MMt. prnn t'htf lirtpiilet, to Till. l Havam, May 1.1. - President ftomer. signed a decree to-day nnlerlnir the Port Improvement Company to do wink umountlng to $3,0(ii,nfln In addition to Ihe terms of tho original conceson nnd ordaining that the (lovernment Is privi leged at any time to assume the work of the port, paying the company the value of Its outstatidlnu stuck according to tho appraisement of three exports, one of whom Is to be appointed by the I'nlted States, one hy the Cuban Oov crnment and the third by the company. The decree forbids the company to N sue any stock beyond that nt present outstanding, amounting in face value to f 10,000,000. It also extendi the ten year limit for the carrjing out of the port works to thirteen years. T. COLEMAN DU PONT SUED. i. . tiarillner eel iiOn,lOII for PatthiK ThroiiBli KqiiltHble Krai. T Cole.nidli dll Punt of Delaware, head of the Hii Pont pimder company and president of the corporation that bought the Kf(Utnble lliiilrllng property and Is erertlnc a new structure there, was sued for tSno.non n the .Supreme Court yestei day for services In putting through the Hqultable rtullillng deal, The plaintiff Is fteorge N, Oardlner, n paint merchant at in William street, who alleges that Mr. du Pont promised him a rommlsAlon of 1200,000 If the deal went through, of which lino.non was to bo in cash and ?no,non in common Mock of the corporation to be organized to finance the enterprise, (Jardhier alleges that he was to get his money out of tho llrst canli realized from the sale of the .'nrpontlon's ntn-lt, hut says that thn siihicrlplloua tn the $12,. nfto.nnn corporation have exceeded MOO, noo and that Du Pont has refused to giv hhn cither the i nsli or stuck jiromlsed. Itnbert tirnvr Off In Panama. Kohert tlrnve.s riilleil ,-sterdny for i-niiHiiii on yaciu liiiieiliie with n YELLOW TAXI AGENT BALKS IN JURY ROOM Circiilnr .Top" Vpmllir Hnvonls Only n Friendship for ! Mi'tMisp Chief. i .MAY UK MADE TO TKLL .SI.-i.WW ii Your 'ih by Com piniics to Aini'fmont House mill Mold Kinplojops. Circular .loo Vendlg. former book maker lllld recent lv it ennflilnntlnl ntrmil for thn Vellnw Taxlcab Company, told 1 a Sopieme Court Ornnd .Ittry yesterday! that he was nn intimate friend of .lames f Wnl'neo, dr.. chief of thn Bureau of Licenses, ,-md of Samuel Mart line, one of Mr Wnllaco'H Assistants. Ho refused in ii long session In answer any question which bronchi in their tianiei or was pertinent lo the Inquiry Assistant District Attorney Du Vlvler and wine ol' th liriuid Jurymen threat ened to linvo Vondig Inken before Jus tii.'o Seabury and there onlered to answer questions. Ho will tnko the stand again this morning, nnd If his attitude. Is the sjimo as it was yesterday it was said that measures will bo taken to compel him to testify. Ho was open enough In his declarations of friendship with Wallace nnd Martlme. Wallace ns head or tho Mayor's Bureau of Licenses wields th" greatest power of any city official when it cornea to regulating the taxicab business Other witnesses beforo the Orand Jury yesterday included Maxwell Khine. head ! of the billing department of the Yellow' Tnicab Company; Benjamin T. Rennet fer, head of the credit department, nnd ' Charles Pfloinm, u clerk. ! Pflomm is about HI years old and was called by tho District Attorney in tho hope that ho might bo able to reveal con- , neetlons between the taxicab company and city officials. Tho boy mado un excellent impression as a witness, but could givo little of valuo to the present inquiry. Assistant District Attorney Du Vivler. who is handling th lntiuirv for District Attorney Whitman, is hopeful of running down the payment of monev before he gets through, but so far he'hns been able to get evidence only of free tavlcab and automobile rides, champagne and dinners. Heports published yesterday that a chauffeur had been found who had witnessed the pavtuent of actual cash in n taxlcab which ho was driving were denied both by Mr. Du ivier anil by Judge Whitman t Kdwin P Hanta, upon whose informa tion the present phase of tho investigation is bused, has told tho District Attorney that he knew the Yellow Tnxienb Com pany (wild 1.". cents to hall bovs and tele phono operators each time "thev nsktsl for a yellow t.ixic.ih in their calls e iidd'-d that the .Masoii-S,..inian companv fiaid 35 cents for this --ervice on the art of operators nnd hall boys, and that this itetn alone costs the taxicab companies approximately ll.l.nooa year. After the (ir.uid Jury has llnished with cndig this morning it will call Albert K Hull, a clerk in the Hoard of Alder men: Horry Schwartz., general manager of the Yellow eomtiany; p J Holr.worth. secretary of tho oomiwinv. and if thein is time Aldermen McCanti. Cunningham and Coleman Mr Du Vivier expects, that the present material in his hands I will occupy the (inmd Jurv until Muii-i (lav. wnen Aiiierman (irimm mav be tecalled for a final examination. The nir.iirs of the Mn-on-Seaman com pany will be taken up next Tuesday if tho i.r.mii Jury end .Mr Du ivier haxe' leaned up their work with the Yellow. eoniany by that time Pgbert II Sea-' man, Jr , secretuiy ol the Mason-Seaman 1 comaiiy, cnll'il up .Mr Du Vivier on the telephone yesterday afternoon and made an appointment to call upon him at the Criminal Courts Building nt :i o'clock this afternoon Mr Seaman otlered to give nnv information in his power anil to fur nish al I the books ami records Mr Du Vivier might desire Pour officials of thiscompaiiv. includiia' Charles II MaMin, the president, and Mr Seaman, have been suhKin.icd for next Tuewlav. The -milieu change of front bv Alder man (irimm. chairman of the Aldermanio committee appointed lifteen months ago to frame new ti.xic.ib ordinances, when lie went before the (it-and Jurv on Wednes day has Minplill.il inquiry Into the meth ods the ta.xicali companies. t'ntil his appearance before the (Irnnil Jurv Mr. (Iriuuii had been unwilling to admit to ihe investigators that he had been on friendly terms with the officials of the Yellow company After he signed a xMiiver of Immunity and took the oath he lurixM about and, he said later, told the exact truth He told of a two hour ride in a touring car with an official of the taxicab company and of a dinner and cr.nfetenco at a hotel lasting another two hours lie admitted that he did not know the contents of a number of the provisions in proposed ordinances cousiderisl by the committee anil explained that his training had not been such as to enable him to understand them He depended, he said, upon l.iwyets for the taxicab company for information ns to their siguillcanco and did not consult the Cor poration Counsel on the matter. Hull, the Aldennunio clerk who is to testify to-day, xvns waiting outside the tirand Jury room yesterday. He told repoiteis that theohlv thing he had got out of the taxicab situation was a bad stomach from eating the dinners pro vided SING SING INQUIRY ORDERED. Snlrer Asks U'eateliester lllatrlel Al tnrney tn Tube It I'p. WHITO Pi xinh, May Ifi. -liov. SuUer has .isKeif Jitili't Attoinei Francis A Wlnslow of Westchester county to make a thormmh lux estimation of conditions at SltiK Slim prison, as reipteted by Warden Kenned) in ,i letter to Mr Wlnslmv and the Westchester ;rand .fur;, u.i of wnnn were rorw.trded to the Ooiernnr, It l understood that Warden Kennedy win apply for an extraordinary Orand jury io make inn investigation hiiimdl iei ine liraml Jury now In ws-liiu has a calendar that will enaai,-e It until June, and there will be rn niurdrr cases riciorn ine June iki. MOTHER HAS BUSTER BACK. Mr. B rot, hit llrliiRa Mnch Kid nnpprtl Bojr Rack From Wed, Mix rinrenre THnrr... Itplru... ..nrl I kidnapped nnd rekidiiapped kiii, flureiiee noree. ar,, netter Known a Hurler, ni rixed at the homo or Mrs. Hrokaw'H mother. Mr. Mortimer ('. Heiimnn, at I3n Plimpton avenue. The HrnnT, yesterday mornlni: Later Mrr. Hroltnw- toolt her "on Into the rountry, where Mr, Henman raid I nut nlht idie will remain for come time. Jlrr. Sea. man would not ray where her dafiRhtrr nna irrnndron hnd none. HiiHter. who Is yearn old, nai kidnnpped hy hiH father from Mr. Heanmn'M home n yenr uitp nnd wn inken to the home of Mr, Itrnlinw'H pnrento In Colormlo Kprltnt-. .Mr, l'rokaw followed. After llvln with her hilbhand AK.iln l.,i iiaIiIIk hhe left lilin. tierore Mio returned lla! h fe diiyH ago she i,uri it,'; '. r "'.V Saks-Hartmann "Berth-high" Steamer Wardrobe Trunks j One of the best wardrobe trunks made for rail nnd ocean travel. Its greatest merit is its capacity. There is such, economy used in the distribution of Its interior space that not nn inch of it is wasted. Another feature of the "Berth high ' is o hinged wardrobe tray, equipped to carry gowns or suits, as the case may be, which swings up and out and remains stationary, being automatically locked. Underneath this wardrobe tray, in the lower berth, so to speak, arc minor trays nnd compartments, conveniently arranged for whatever you care to put into them. A beautifully constructed trunk that will give n lifetime of hard service. For Men & Womenregular size 43 inches $15, $20, $25, $30, $37.50, $50, $60 and $65 Saks-Hartmann "Rite-Hite" Wardrobe Trunks J There are so many patented features in this celebrated wardrobe trunk that it would tax space and patience to de scribe them. Suffice it to say that all have for their'purposc the greater convenience and comfort of the user. The hangers are clean cut and not cumbersome, allowing more space for gowns or suits. The drawers arc most capacious, and a very ingenious contrivance is a pair of top drawers which arc readily convertible into a large compartment for the accommodation of millinery. A really wonderful trunk, and magnificently made and finished. Ten Models for Men and Women $50, $60, $65, $75, $80 and $95 nks&Q!ompntiij Broadway at 34th Street SHANLEYS CABARET SPLENDID Ty LUNCHEON 75c-(Music) in Masniftcent. High-Ceilinctd ar.d Best Ver.t'httd R staurant. BROADWAY, 43d TO 44th STREET. Our Popular Lunch and Dinner Resort in Shopping Zone. Broadway. 29th 30th Street CONEY CROWD FLOWER PELTED. llena;li llollilna, Wo Tickler. Jimt .I.lKhla. Clicrri anil Illoaaom. i 'hill weather that for u few moments llternlly put a dumper on the line of nmrch of I'oiiey Island's floral piraile lart nlKht enured the committee of Toney cltUeiif that had the affair In chaw rerloualy to dlKCurs postponlnK the cile bratlon. Hut the rnln hauled off and people came lo Surf aicnuo to the number of about 101.000 and the hands struck up a nil tho gaudj, K.iUJiy procession pascil alcni! Its appointed course In a blaze of (dor). ItiMet.rt of the dirty confetti, the blind InB face ticklers and the other iimtrlv iincer so dear to the rowdies who preyed through a Surf avenue of other dav. there miN an appreciative thront; upon which rained Rn-.it showers of real car nations and sweet pons, lilacs and other posies. Hefore the head of the procession came In siuht the committee members In automobiles heaped lilch with nowem loumed iilons the avenue thiowlmt the llowers to rlKht and left unions the on loukt rs. And then the parade came Into the view of the crowds. There were twelie attractive floats In the parade. A bid tlo.it called the "Queen of the Klowors," which headed the line, was stacked with beautiful tlowerr, from the lowly bloom ot kitchen Burdens up to the aristocratic orchid. Following this came floats, each decorated with nnd iiMued after a par tlrilbir flower. Coney's loveliest ladles sat enthroned In gay (and perhnps chilly) costumes, scatterlmi posies as they were trundled by. The fony Islnnd standby who more than any other Individual rescued Coney Island from Its old dive days and made It a dazzling thing to sec. Frederic Thomp son, bus been so perilously near pneumonia In the past few dajs thnt he was unable to take the netlvo pnrt In Inst night's festival that he had Intended to take, nevertheless, against the advice of two doctors, he sat In .i window of hU apait unnt nt Surf avenue and Seventeenth street and let loose a temple of cheers whenever cheers wire needed. The tlnrnl parade, plus an additional nt traction In the form of fancy dressed parallels, will be icpeated to-night, AImi to. night will be "t'nbniet Night," with pianists, singers and dancers performing out on the Surf incline paxemenl The children will hae n parade of their own on Sntuidny afternoon. On the corre sponding d.in of next week Ihe whole fertlvnl will be ii-pcatcd and then Coney I "officially" will have been opened. The nature of Inst night's celebration i was not only unique among Coney func-1 tlons, but another world's record was es-1 tabllhhed In the matter of arrests, Theie were no nrtests. Up to a late hour also; not an ambulance had been called out LmTlH UU lir.H CXMDI Urn Th best of tea from the best of land for the best of drinkers. UEaua4,Ab.TiWni. All Blflk-CUaa Sraccra Order Trltl FMksn TO-DATI ! Continuous every even ing SEVEN to ONE Russian Samarin Danc ing Troup;, Nola Locke, Scprano, and Fifteen other of Best and Big gest Acts in Cafe Vaudeville Mr. J. I'. Mirrlock liets Divorce. riiiruiO, May IS. Mrs. rina V. Sherlock itot a divorce from .lames 1' Sherlock, president of the Illinois Mail Company, to dav on ine ground of cruelty. Alimony of $;.",a a month was grunted. The Sherlock were married in l"(i, "Four alterations and I have it on!" i A gentleman was in to see us the other clay, who is noted for dignity and good taste m his dress. 3 And the conversation happening on tho subject of clothes, he yanked a rec reant collar into place and apostrophised the suit he was wearing in the follow ing terms: ji "Four alterations and at last I have it on! Made hy Mr. Blank and cost me 3So! What do you think of it?" i In reply to which we told him that we were alwavs re luctant to criticise other people's clothes, but that we thought he was old enough to know better. 2 No, Sir. he did not buy a suit ot Saks clothes, despite the fact that he has a singu larly receptive mind and is always open to reason. J But don't you know that there are certain people in this world who would rather spend $85 and be dissatis fied than spend $ 10 and be happy? I In which connection, and if you belong to the class of people referred to, let us suggest that you consider the advisability of coming to Saks' where satisfaction in clothes is a thing assured. $17.50 to $45 Broadway at 34th Street,