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THE SUN, TUESDAY,
MARCH 2,
GIRL TO IAKE IDLE
BROTHER BEHAVE
MRS. STEGLER, FREE, SA YS SHE FOUGHT
OFF PASSPORT STORY DENIAL IN HOTEL
GOLDMAN DIVORCE LA YS SINGER'S A TTEMPT
RAIDS DESCRIBED! ON LIFE TO TEMPERAMENT
ACCOUNT ARRESTED
Itoelicster Milliner Confront
II. A. Vnn A iikcn nnd (!ii
in if Slore.
Assorts German Heporters
Kilnn Waltlier'.s Aunt Snys
She llns One Worthy of n
Prima Donna.
1S1.., nn,in..j I ......
Art ross-Wife, of banker's Son
Confessed lmirnprietles,
Declares Witness.
wintii'ii :vnius mini
Lciihod AiHirtnu'iifs to itc ; Poniunded Shi' Admit
Mnnly, Hays Sister. 1 Husband
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KfffiM :l i
XO OKFKNTE AGAINST LAW!
"The devil," remarked Seuorita Cnlota
Maria Plehnido, ns she raised from a
book of Trrnoli verse such lustrous eye
as one usually nsyoeliitrs with mnmlllas. !
sultarn strumming In tin? rlhuin "nil the
scent of delicate perfumes, nnd glanced, I
nil too briefly, at the. reporter, "tin- devil
finds work for Idle hand" I It not so?" I
It was not a question easily iui"wcred
by a member of a moil linluttlous class (
of workmen, to whom Idlem- W un- I
known and repugnant, so the. reporter i
hooted to tho buslnc-s which had sent
h'm to the tnipci.tor upa.t.ui-nl at 723 ,
itlvcrslde Drive, where Senorltn C.ilolu .
Maria Plcharelo liven with her mylhvr,
Senora .Marl. i. anil her brother. Pedro.
"Von know, then, why I have railed?"
licked th te porter
"Certainly, cs," stld the Seuorita, In
her correct and pleasant lltuilsh. "It I
wtm Jk of' tlTe KriS ' " h" h hd T,'
of Idlem ss To-day tradcsp.-ople-au- culng Cipt. Ibiy-hei, Germnn Naval At
tomobllc dealers, real estate iiKelits. va- , lache, of helping her husband to Ret
rloun persons complained to the DIs- ' a f., passport. She says that when
trlct Attorney that my brother hud made
(til anrlu ..f 11 rr.t Mt'emr'ntM t.l lltIV faff, til
rent expensive apartment-, to spend vast '
rums, and had not what do ou say? j
had no! 'made good.' "
Pnscil n Wrnlthv linn.
"That is about the slue of It," agreed
the reporter. "Some very angry per
ons applied to the Dlstilct Attorney
to ttnd out what could ho done about
1'edro. They said that he bud assured
them o was about to fall heir to $75,
000. Apparently he contracted to buy
automobiles, rent apartment and to
spread a Rood part of tho $75,000 In the
channel of tiade. Tim complainant
were angry because, as they said, he en
Joyed ni.iny'freo rides, accepted dinners
which oust him nothing und allowed
hlimvlf to be treated with the considera
tion duo to a rich man who meant to
buy generously."
t...i ,1... nt.., t.t ii,n,iiut. ti'lii, .tia
he "say Hundred the Senorltn. some-1
thing very like a smile playing about i" t.iversiue i'ihb "
her lips. Stegler and lMttcnhelm have denied led
"The District Att.irnev told the com- to the resurrection of tb marriage
plallianls that nothing could be dnlio I.e. license taken out by Stegler and All
cauert otir brother had coinmitteil no' netto 1'ope on December 7 las' In this
olTence agninst the law. He told them!. Mrs. Stegler swore that she was about
that If they had swallowed your to be married for the llrst time. Asked
brother's stories In the hope of making about thl esterday she said that sho
money that it was their own lookout. ' didn't recall the circumstances and that
Now tell ino. What aio the fae; in the i it must h.ie been a clerical error,
case"" ! Late esterday Mrs, Stegler. at the
"This time Senorlta Calota Maria .' otlloe of her husband's attoi uey, Charles
laughed quite frankly. 11. Orllllths, : Hector stteet. told her
"1 shouldn't, I komv," she said, "but ' story of Sunday night's proceedings.
1'edro Is Jul a kid, although he is 13 She says she flrst met Anna Hoffman,
years of age. 1 am much ounger, bStt who was with her on Sunday night. In
1 really have to make him behave In Noi ember last at a doctor's olllce. She
order to stvu trouble for mother, and ' saw her again on Sui.day and -Miss HofT
inany of these complaints I have myself mini suggested going out In the evening
received over the telephone from per- with a man friend of hers.
ons who were very, very angry. 1
very angry
Work Is Aunlnst Ills stnre
"It Is this way. 1'edro has
some
rropcrty himself, although nothing like
$75,000 worth. He Is a good boy. He
never drinks. He Is nlway
is In lied by
hthita ir '
oclock at night and hi
ronoraliv i.vMl,.m lint h ,i,.i,.t. t
work In 'stuffy downtown ofllce buildings.
It Is against lib, whole nature. The
fault Is not his. ;
"You see we arn a Dominican family. !
My father. Gen. Jose Dolores Plcharrio, '
who has been dead for several years,
was Governor of Santo Domingo for
twenty years. He was rich. Our family
owned haciendas In the country anil
probably In the city. When father
died mother sold our plan'atlons and
we came to this city to live. I was
educated at the Mount St. Vincent Con
vent School. Having been brought up
In the way he was, my brother naturally
rimlkert the notion of conllning work.
T,hel"rH.!1n fln'nTr'r'l.u11''. but found the apar'tment. ' It
eny. the devil finds work for Idle hands. .,. ,,. -, , . '.,. a
"As I understand It. he. has heard
IVactmg T. le 7,.
and he was Imriressed with the lmpor- ;
tnnce of any one who can do such pre
tentious thing. Therefore, to be very .
manly and to please Me sense of 1m- 1
jiortance,
he too ordered rars and I
leased apartments.
Hut no harm has
een done and 1'edro took no goods fruni
any one I
"However. I shall make my big
brother behave better after this. Does
that make the matter clear to you?"
"rniiiip .r s..nni-lt.-i . -jl.l tlm r.
porter, bowing with such grace a. be
could assume. "AUlos,
"Adlos, Senor'
TATUM CASE GOES OVER.
Knit Attnlnst Ottninn llemoved
Prom the Court Calendar.
MlNEor.A. h. I., Mnrch 1 The suit
for $50,000 brought by John c. T.Tum
against Jacob Ottman for alienating the
affections of Ills wife, Miry Jane Tatum,
who defeated him In a dlvoice action
with Ottman named as corespondent,
went off tho calendar of the Supreme
Court at tho opening of the March term
to-day.
This Is the second time this action
lias been taken. Tlie request was made
$y counsel for Tatum.
The carte cannot be heard before tbe
June term.
FEARFUL FOR IDA WALTERS.
Connael Protests Aicnlniif Her At
tending Inqueat To-morrow,
Abraham Levy, counsel for Mrs. Ida
Hnltlen Wallers, has forwarded to DIs
Irlst Attorney Francis Martin and lo
I oroncr tvillllini J. i ij.hu i um iiiuim Trlrnlmnril In Ih. K..II...
a letter nddiessed to Coroner Klynn pro- Telephone.! to the Police.
teting against tho Intention of that of- Finally, she says, Sander told Matei-
tlcl.il to call Mrs. Walters at his Inquest kat :
to-morrow morning Into the death of "We can't do anything with her She
Mrs. Walters'", children, whom Bhe pot- has no sense nnd doesn't know when she
poned by bichloride of mereurv. bus friends. We want to get you out of
"Mrs. "Watters'H physical and mental this, little girl. We want to free you
rondltlon." nays her counsel In bis letter, from this bum of a husband."
is such that If she I compelled to un- she paid no attention. Then they
f.ergo the unnecessary ordeal to which spoke of locking her up. To this she
you will subject her I nm fearful there 8ayi, lle WUH Btient, one of them tele
may bo serlou consequences. Her pre- , ,,0f(i nBani ,. B!iyti tnl, tnl8 to tne
enco Is not required In nr.y way. The ,. A dBclVs came and Mrs. Steg.
Orand Jury of Hronx county has Indict- , ,er May, ,ut Jn Mm Mf
ra ner u, "';.'""' Sander grabbed a seltier bottle and put
nd '(' "w'Xn "H ' It elown In the flteplace and then put
preme Court, oiir Inquest is merely to . . ucros the table When th. 1
l. canny uruci ....ui. ... .(,,, ....-o-
rnce of Mrr, Wnlters,
$65,000 BONUS TO EMPLOYEES, iam toresf:'- 'mMv w,w rr
( In th police court Matelkat and
ltlranneler Smith A .Sema .Mnke Sander did not hesitate to siy that
n....Hl lllslrlltntlnn ""'' hl"" X,l,i''n Mr'- ''tegicr t.) the hotel
Seml-AnniiHl insinuation. n ,hn ()f Reltll(f hcr , hny tBt
YoNKKHH, N. Y , March 1 The eighth her husband had lied In the passport
semi-annual bonus, amounting to . case, Matelkat testified that Sander
66,000, was distributed to-day among 'and Mrs. Stegler went Into n room u).
bont 3,000 of the employee of Alexnn- Joining one where h" was silting with
eaer Htnltli & Soria Carpet Company. F.in- Miss Hoffman. Tinea hours later, ho
jdoye.rs who hnve been In the company's swure, Sander gave him a prearranged
dervico for ten years: received 10 per signal and ho eiiteie-d tlmlr room to
eent. of their earning for the six II ml Mrs, Stegler undiessed On a table
months ended December M, 1P14, and Uy an ullldavll repudlntlng her hus
rtnployee of live years slnnillng re- bind's story and he-r own statements. In
celved fi per cent of their earnings for hi upport, Matelkat testliled, After
the same peilnd a few word, he said, Mr, Stegler be-
In giving this Tnotiry thr company Is eame hysterlral, threw the (..dUer laiille
following a pinilt sharing policy est.ib. at liliu and struck him on the head with
Jlshed In the fall or 1U11 slnre wlilch his silver headed eiine-,
line 1537,000 has been distributed. I Detective U'Cunnell or the Second
y 1 i
IXDIOTJIEXTS FOUND
KOK MADDEN AND COOK
Mis. Annette I'ope Stealer, wife of
llichard t'cter Stegler, -ho U accused
of getting n American passport by
means of fraud. was freed yesterday In
the West .Side police court by Magistrate
Harlow on a charge of assault made, by
two reporter for a Herman newiipaper.
Arthur W. Matelkat of 1086 Coney
M:in, avenue, llrooklyn, and Albert A.
,, , - .. ..ii .....,.
s'" ' f S7S Con' 1"land ave"u''
i n newspaper owner anerwnru earn
the reporters were not acting under
ofllce orders.
Matelkat ami Bander bad taken Mrs.
Stealer on Sunday night to the Hotel
Grenoble and asked her to slirn a itate-
she refused to elgn they called a detec-
me anu accuseu ner ox assauiu
Soon after Mrs. Stegler was freed her
husband and two others, nlchartl Mnd
dMi and Gti"tav Cook, were Indicted by
the Federal Grand Jury on charges of
conspiring to defraud the United States
In the pasHH)rt matter. They were ar
raigned before Judge Neterer In the
Putted States District Court and pleaded
not guilty. They have a short time in
which to decide whether they will
change their pleas or stand trial. Steg
ler's case will not come up nitaln until
March Hi.
.MarrlKKr License lllspnrlt y.
Atlanta despatches which represented
Mrs. Stegler's father as saying that she
was married to Harry Dotter.helm of
Mrs. Stealer saya she demuned but
that Miss I luff man said the friend knew
nothing about th story of Stegler's ar
rest. So they walked out together and
at 127th street and Seventh avenue
Mrs. Stegler lives at 2& St. NMcholas
Terrace rhey met Snnder, who had a
cloned automobile waiting. A few mln-
utes later Hamler picKe.1 up .MaieiMit,
Introducing him as a friend. They all
Iiove through the park to a restaurant
at il.xty-slxth street and Columbus ave
nue, getting thero about 0 o'clock.
One Cocktnll, She Says.
There, says Mr. Stegler, she drank
one cocktail and tho men mnaiy more.
After 10 o'clock t.iey drove In round
aliout fashion to tho Hole! Grenoble and
hud a drink there. Mrs. Stegler says
she asked for ginger ale. She heard the
men talking and they spoke of a friend
who hid an aparttnent In the hotel. It
was decided to go up and get htm.
They were not shown up. says Mrs.
wan empty. v hen she wanted to leave
ehe nays the door was locked. Tln-n
a newspaper from his p;ket nnd re
, marking:
"What's the use of wasting any more
I tlme7" Sho asserts, he pointed to her
i';u" t 11
"" m , j-
""J . , .... ... ,
Al you're the patriotic citizen and
the beautiful Southern brunette Now
lat 1"lV0 !" h"'" you will be a
ruined woman to-morrow unless you
lgn a statement stating that the story
i thilt Stegler ha told Is a He."
I.nt Chniice In Tell Truth.
"I said, 'It I not a He and everything
that he his said In the truth,'" Mis.
Stegler told her husband's lawyer. "He
then called up on the telephone and
spoke In German, but before he got the
number ho said : 'This I your last
chance : now speak the truth. Now Isn't
Stegler telling n lie? Isn't he telling a
lie'."
"After speaking over the telephone
Sander said to Matelkat 'We'll give
I her nnother chance.'
.ir,. stegler says she appealed to Miss
Hoffman, who said she had been taken In
by all this too. Miss Hoffman went Into
nn adjoining room behind portieres. Then,
saya Stegler's wife, the two Germans
again demanded that she admit her hus
band had lied. She says Sander said:
"Now this Is your last chance. I sup
pose you know by now that we are from
Hoy-Ed."
They continued to call up on the tele
phone nnd tnlk In German, she says, al
ways prefacing their telephone calls
with the urging;
"Now this Is your chance , say It
now."
Stegler had Just thrown a seltzer bottle
nt Matelkat and struck him with a evme.
Copyright liy lnuerwd . Underwood,
Mrs. Richard
branch detective bureau testified that
when he arrived Mr. Stegler was fully
clothed. j
"I asked Malelkat If he had any
marks to show where she had struck
him, but he said tie hadn't." the detec
tive told XUglstrate Harlow. "Then I I
asked him If he could prove It, and he j
said he could prove It by his friend
Sander.
"'You haven't got any case,' I told
him. 'You'e got no evidence.'
"That's all right,' lie anweied me. i
'You must art est her. I want the arrest
made right now.' So that was all I
could do." I
Sander bore out Matelknt's story In
all details and was less flustered on
the stand. Mls Hoffman w-as t't in
court and no one seemed to know where ',
she hud gone. Iloth reporters said they
had not !en sent out by their otllce to
get Uie stury. but were acting on their
own resiwnslblllty Maglsfate Harlow
said to Mrs. Stegler;
"If you had agreed with these men
In saying that while you were dis
robed and alone In a room with on"
tho other rame In at a glvn signal,
I would not hesitate In sending both
of them to the workhoue for a long
term. As It Is, all I can do Is to
discharge you."
Mrs. Stegler didn't dny yesterday
j LEFT HAND TRAFFIC '
! TURNS ARE APPROVED
Mayor's Committee Would I'nr
Cruisiiiff Cabs From Fifth
Avenue.
I
i Th Mayor's Committee on Streei
Tratllc and Safety nt Its weekly meet
I Ing yesterday afternoon pased a reso
' lutbm not to eliminate the left hand
I turn at striet comers. It wo decided
that to have tratllc swing first to the
right and describe three-quarters of a
circle, as at Columbus circle, would
cause confusion and block the streets.
It wK also lesnlved that cabs cruls
Ing In tearch of fares should be elim-
, Inated from Fifth avenue. Thl res
lutlon will probably be put In the form
of an ordinance by the Hoard of Al
dermen, The matltr of sightseeing vebloles was
j considered, hearings being given to the
i eub-cnmmlttee, owners of sightseeing
,(ars nnd Inspector Myers of the Traffic
Squad. No definite action was taken,
j Inspector Myers believes sightseeing
I car contribute appreciably to tratllc
I congestion
C. W. MORSE LOSES CONTROL.
I Hudson Navigation Co. fusses Into
Hands of llailen, Stone A Co,
Charles W. Morse, president of the
Hudson Navigation Company, is no
longer the controlling force In that com-i
pany. though Mil! In the chief executive
position. It Is unders'ood that Hayden.
Stone & Co., Stock Kuchange members,
acquired controlling stock Interest dur
ing January.
The tlrm la said to be the controlling
fnctor In tho Metropolitan Steamship
Company and the Kastern Steamship ,
Company. The acquisition of thi, Hud 1
son Illver line I said to havo been
made In completion of a bjateni of lines
converging at New York.
Marshall M. Ferguson, who has been
connected with the tlrm, was made sec
retary nnd tteasuier. llnyden, Hume
& Co. elected nine of the elxteen dlrec-
i tors. John B. Onsley, formerly of the
New Haven's Sound steamship lines,
, was elected first vice-president In chars
of operation.
MAYOR RAPS BOARD'S BILL.
Relocation llody's 11 en sure- "Vicious
Legislation," He ns.
"F.nltrely vicious leglHlnllon and a
sidendld way to run the budget up
I', riftft rtftft nn tee. neiADAn n
Mayor Mllchel's comment )esterday o:v
the hill originating in the Iki.ird or
Kelucntlon and Intended to free that
body from the Hoard of Fsllniate's
financial control.
The Citizens Union. lias prepared a bill
reducing the size of the Hoard or Alder
men nbout :ti per cent,, niut making
the Aldermanln districts uniform ns to
voting population. Asked for his opin
ion or tnis measure, the .Mayor said
I "That question will be ronslileic.l by
the charter revision committee, timer
jolly speaking, )ou imii get better work
out of a wnall hoard than a large one,"
! Woman, Wedded Hit Ve-lirs, Hies,
Mrs. Thomas Held, aged SO, died ye,
lerday at her home, no Dauforlh avn- '
nue, Jersey City. Shn and her husband
celebrated their cM. fifth wedding an
ulversary mi Jul- last. Mrn, Held
IihiI lived In the Greenville section fot
more than fifty years. She is survived
by her husband, two daughters, one,
son, eleven granilehlldien und tevtni ,
greul-grandchlldren I
P. Stegler.
that she had been iit.nii,. i u?:o u Steg
ler married her, but Insisted that it was
not to Dottcuhelm. She said she ob
tained her divorce III Chattanooga,
Term., and that the law firm of Trim
ble Moon repti suited her In the pro
ci tilings,
Her husband remains lorktd up !n
the ab-enco of a Jli.iiuo bond Hall
wa not reduced, as his friends had
hoped. Judge Neterer holding that tho I
offence with which h I chniged I
too serious to warrant a lower lmd.
Gustavo Cook's Ujnd was rltlc,.il to
J.'i.OOO, which he had not provided laat
night.
Dr. Hernnrd Dernbutg, who ha be-n
creillted with lelng the German Km
peroi'r personal jeprti-entntlve here(
said yesterday that the rewrt that
Ambassador von HernlnrfC was to bo
recalled because of the pasisrt rao
and other dltllcultbs was ridiculous.
In hi looms at the Itltz-Cnrltou he
said.
"The Mory Is part of a deliberate
attempt of English ugents to discredit
liromlnent Germans in America. As
far ns I uin concerned, tho whole
tiling Is bunk"
The a.'iount named Haron Treutler
as von Herustorff's successor. Dr. Dein
burg w,u represented as holding di
vergent views from the Ambassador
JUVENILE COPS GO
AFTER TOUGHS TO-DAY
Force of Hundred ami Fifty
Will Help Clean Fp (ias
House District.
j
I
J
organized !
Th Juvenile police force
by Capt, John it. Sexton of the i:,it
Twentv -"e.-ond street station to help
clean up the tough boys in tho en house
district, between Fourteenth and ,
1 wenty-fourth street. and Second ave-
nue and the Kast Hlvir. start on their 1
round this morning ut 7 o'clock armed
with badges and regular nippers I..it i
nlirlit the boy elected the following
otricere Captain, Theodore Cotter.u;
lieutenant and drill master, Frank f -India.
eiTriv.iiitk. Italidi Norrls and WU--laui
Miller.
Tlm force consists of 130 boy from
10 to l. ve.irs old ami will b.i dlvid, d
Into squad to look after Winflre makers,
smokers, petty thieves, e They wilt
leport to Lieut. ICeano every Monday, i
Weilnedn and Friday at t P. M. nnd
will be tra.ned and drilled In the ruTcs
of Mm Po'd e Department Tim Juveinlu
'cops" w ill work In pairs.
D0ELGER ESTATE APPEAL.
I
Comptroller nj Apprnlser Didn't
t'si- tifioil .TnilKiiieut,
An appeal by State Comptroller
Travis from the transfer tax appraisal
of 7.M6,12S tiled by former Appraiser
John V. Coggey on the estate of Peter
Doelger. tho brewer, wns riled In the
Surrognto'H Court yesterday, The
Comptroller snys that tho npprnlser
found "a state of bankruptcy exletlng
iu the business, while a correct readimr
of the racts nnd the exercise or good
Judgment would have shown n very sol
vent and luosp.-rous business,"
Comptroller Travlee also appealed
freem Mr Coggey' aptirnls.il of the
estate of Henry llachmelstor, who wa
brew- master of tho George Itlnglcr
brewery Tho appraiser fixed the value
of 3,000 shares of htewery stock own.-1
bj Mr, llni'hnielster nt f 3Slar4(). but th.i
Comptroller contend that competent
proof a to the value of the assets wa
not taken,
. .- - .
DEWA HAD NO TROUBLE HERE,
stnte Department Iti .ents t'n-
rounded lt. ioi i Vln.iit idmlrnl.
AHiu.NiiroN, March I Hosentment
that lepicsentnllves of foreign Govern-
nienls Hhould be made victims of irie-
sionslble Journalism was cxpussed at
the State Department lo-ilny with re-
gard to published leporlH that Admiral
I tat on Dew-a, Japan's representative to
the Sail FiiiiicIkco llxposllion, and
i-i'iitly a guest of the Gov ei niiirnt at
Washington, li.nl been Kubjecled lo
illillgllltles lit (he Gland Central Station.
New York. 1 lespaUiies received at the
State Department to-day rliowed that
tlie reported iiniioynnc! of Aelmlt.il
Dew a never occuirid.
Sei'ietiiry Hryan received a despiiuii
to that i tract to-day. This message wns
In response to n telegram sunt to tlm
Admit nl yenleidny b) the Secret.ity
..xpressliig ugiets nftei' he i.,.,d Hie
published I. ports
Tho Down despatch said that Vice
President llurni-tt nt the Ni w York
Central Itnllroad esrnrted the Admiral
nil
tlie
and party from the enhance to
nation to their trulu,
OFFKUKD KAIDE1IS DHIXKS
Robert Goldman, son of Henry Gold
i man, head of the banking tlrm of Gold
man, Sachs Co., nnd who abandoned
' a college ".MjurFe In his sophomoro year
i at Williams to marry Kdlth Ostend, an
actress, in Jersey City on May 21 last,
came hero yesterday from a ranch at
i Meeker, Ool., where be was sent by his
I father after his mnrrHge, to testify In
n suit for divorce brought In h! be
hnlf The case was culled bofore Supreme j
'Court Justice Greenbaum. .Mrs. Gold-1
i man, who appeared eaily. said she 1
I didn't bellove her husband's parents !
would bring him to court to face her.
"If they do. they'll llnd that Hobby
I really lorn me," she announced.
1 Voung Goldman entered the court
rvom with his father and attorney. He
!m tn m nd and rueged. Ills wife, sat at
i, i K! nn,( inrv,i umiuraiv
.... ,, .
Into his eyc-i. Then sho binlled. "dd-
man returned tho greeting, but hi. always flew off the handle ut th
father tapped him on tbe slioulder and "lightest provocation and almost wlth
whlMnered Homethlng. whereiinon the Uiv out reason at nil. She has been with
turned ills back on his wife and didn't
look at her again.
Secrctiiry Tell of Itntd.
Chester 12. Mann, private secretary
to the bunker, was tlm first witness In
i behalf of young Goldman, who Is xiimg
through hi father as guardlin ad litem.
Mann told of a raid on Mrs. Goldman's
I apartment at tb; vt Ninth street,
which the evidence seekers entered by
I climbing down a fire escape. He said
Nathan Harris, a young attorney, was
ff irnd m the apartment and tlint Sir..
i U,ldnia:i woa sitting on a couch with
Harris.
"one of the men said to Mrs, Gold-
man: 'Till l a fine situation for a
young married woman to be found In." I
and sue replied, 'Oh, I dorit know.' and
continued making a clgarefe.' Mann
testified 1
Mann said he advised Mr. Goldman !
to
Ign a confelon so that "things
d be easier for Nathan Harris," and
would
she did ho, Then he testified offered
'"V" ''.'" inciiiuingjiiiiKer.
Greenbaum.
"1 don't know." replied Mann, "but it
.eeni to be a popular drink." A
stinger Is a mixture of white creme de
merit he and brandy
Mann testified that nfter he got home
he found he had left hi keys In Mrs.
Goldman's apartment, and on going back
for th'in she sai.l that a week previous,
when she w living In Manhattan ave
nue, her apartment was raided us an
opium den and sh rode In a patrol
wagon to the police stntlon. She said
that Mann and hi party "would havo
got some real divorce evidence" In the
Manhattan avenue flat.
Confenslnu Ilrnil In Court,
Mrs. Goldman' confeslon read: "All
that tlnse men say I true about Mr.
HnrrlH and mysolf being only partly
dressed. I hive signed this allldavit
voluntarily."
Mann tetlflel that he kept on Mrs.
i Goldman's trail in ."arch of divorce evi
dence and followed her to Chicago, where
si x was playing in "The 11,-11,. of Hond
.'reet ' He, told of rald'ng her room In
the Wellington Hotel and finding her
iwith a confidence man who had served
i term In tho ii-nltentlary. On this oc
,ilou Mi Goldman again offered
l ng'in to 'he raiders, but they d-
'ilned Telling of the raid, Mann said :
I "Mr Goldman said, "This Is awful,'
j nnJ I replied that we had the good on
ner this time rne saio, un, i uon i
know ' A we were leaving she said
that the Chicago detectives who raided
h"r were not as nice as the New York
I'a''','rl' " . i
i i no iiri v. in k j tMi kwit.nj
FOLKS SUCCEEDS PATTERSON.
HoroiiKh srerrtar) Appointed Dep
I .... r...,..,.l. ,..e f 1,11.- U'nrl...
' .,
i no rK!aiioii ui vv uiiain i. i .uier-j
on, who iriw appointed Deputy Commie-1
noner of Public Wurks elx yogi's ago.
went In'.o effect yesterday.
Horough President Marks appointed
Horotigh .secretary l!alih Folk to the
vacant Deputy Commlssionershlp Tn
salary ih Ji',000 a year. James W
Allans, who lia been secrctaiy to Mr.
.Miuk-s succeed Mr. Folks, and William
V I'lirgeson, secret .ry to Public Works
Commissioner H. V. Frothlnghnni. was
promoted to till Mr. Adams's place Mr.
AdauiM will receive 15,000 a j car. w hi. h
1 an inciease of SI 000 ovei his old pol
r.n Me Fii' gi s in s i-alt iv w II l c
' I one, whi.li i- .ii. rc.ise of $700. Mr
Mail,. said he was not ri ady to unpo nt
M I'uigi iiis MicceMir at preent.
ASKS N0RDICA FUND TRIAL.
diiilnltrntor Wants Jury to
fide Moeli Ownership.
tin.
rienn-n VV Vm.nv's .rnl.imllnn r,t hla
handling of the fund of his wife. Mme.
Lillian Nurdlca, hae failed to (satisfy
lawyers art Ing for the temporary ad -
mlnlstrator of her estate.
Ibnlle Drcvfu made a motion in tho
Surrogate's Court yesterday asking for
a Jury trial of the Issues r.ilsed In ref
Mcnee to the ownership of tf.00,000
north erf Mock In the Maine Securities
roinpai) He also asked that Young
be compelled to return to tho adminls
tl'.l or a fund estimated at ilHO.imO.
Sui legate Colulan reserved decision.
SAYS BECKER ACTED TOO LATE.
Perkins' lel Contests t p 1 1 cit I Ion
for n fie Trial,
Ai.n.vNT. March I. Tile long delay !n
b.liitiilig hefolu tho Cour: of Appe.i'e
i m- hp il for a nw trial for ex-Poiic
, l.leiiteiinnt Charles llecker, convicted of
i murdering Herman Hoanthnl, was
mule the ground for a motion to deny
I I'1" appeal made before the court to-day
by AsslNtnnt District Attorney Talor
of New York.
Martin T Manton. counsel f.n llecker.
fei ,i stnlem. lit with the court that he
would be . -ady to argue the ciso March
'Jl. This date was agreeable to .Mr.
Taylor Th" court took no action on
Mr Taylor's motion, but It Is thought
tuat nil iiunuuucftnint will b.i made to-
lnurniw'
BARS ALL STRICKEN CATTLE.
Yorl.
l-'ool
lilt h
lllse.nse
PeniiN l iuiIu'h
llnilinrgo.
lUimistit'iui, P.i March 1.
An nliso-
Into embargo ng.ilnM the shipnient
through Pcnnsylv inla of rattle from anv
illstiici iiutsiilc the State In which the
foot and mouth disease Is prevalent has
b. en csiiibllshi il hj older of the Slate
Live Slock S.niltiny lloird
Cattle mini f'lilcigo am other In
fected dlstilcls cinnot now be shipped
I through this Stntn to New York eir any
nthur point cunt of J-'cnimylvguliv,
Mrs 1.,-iura Walther. aunt and foMer
mother of IMna Walther, the youngest
singer eler heard at the .Metropolitan t
Opera House, who nttempted to end her (
llfo on Sunday morning by taking Iodine,
explained to a St.'M reporter lust night
ns the cause of the girl's net a conflict i
between her own motherly Interest In ,
the girl's welfare nnd the young stars
unhrldl'-d nmbltlon Hnd . "temperament"
that was worthy of a prima donna.
The attempt at suicide by the sixteen-year-old
singer, ex?ordlng to the physi
cians at Ilellevue Hospital, where IMna
Is held a prisoner, was only a feeble i
one. She n
Connolly
rapidly recovering, and
the physl. liui In charge, ,
expects her to le pratlcnlly well within
11 f',v '' She was visited yeMerday
by her father, who lives In Jersey City
he Is the brother of Mrs. Walther. A
young actres friend also callrd. Miss
Walther lefused to see reporters.
"I asked lalna yesterday why she did
It," said Mrs. Walther, "and she said,
j' I ieall don't know, mother. That Is
I all she admitted to me. So I cannot
account for lur act In any way except i
,,,,, ,,rm,c tmnrnn.i.i.il
me now seven yenr. I have been her
mother In that time and the girl had
everything he wanted that was good
for her to ha e "
"Ml Walther says she had a quarrel
with you." Mrs. Walther was told,
"We did have words n few days ago."
Mrs, Walther admitted. "Hut it was alt
smoothed over on Sunday morning.
There wa nothing to precipitate her
sudden vllt to tho drug store and her
taking Iodine. It was Just tho act of
a foolish girl, I think, and Kdna realizes
now how senseless she was,
"Why, here at tile hotel tthe Nor
mandle, where they llvel she had the
j bfst that was to bo uot You know
what young girls are nowaday, though
tninit tney Know more than their
elders who have their welfare at heart,
1 ,nlnk lo tll!lt badly advised
uppoed friends. She did not sing
,nl9 season because I am very
articular as to wn.it sne appears in now
vluw ",ff h"' 'en'',,rK't!,1,! lvlou sue
rp!""''; . 'ndoubled y her friend have
IJru iuimiis "Wl! lillllK Mild IlCr.
"I suppose I have been very strict
VIRGINIA TO SUE ;
FOR FAMOUS WILL
Art to lteirain Martha Wash
ington Testament, Owned
by J. P. Morgan.
Wasiiimitov, March 1 The Bfnto of
Virginia, through Its attorney, Grn.
John G Pollard, filed a petition In the
Supreme Court of the United State to-
day fir leave to file a bill In equity
.iglnt J. P. Morgan of New York, re-,
quiring him to show cause why he should
not ! required to deliver over to the
Commonwenltli the lust will und testa
ment of Martha Washington. The con
troversy Is one of long Mnndlng.
The complaint sets out that the docu
ment wa admitted to probate and record
before the County Court of Fairfax
county. Va. . that It bore date of Sep
tember 2. U00 . that the testatrix was
the wife of George Washington, and
wis the property of the State. i
Tho complaint nlo says the docu
ment disappeared from the County J
Clerk's ollhe during the civil war nnd
that the defendant. J P. Morgan, has no
I legal title to It as against the right of
the S'ate of Virginia. 1
The complaint furth'r at.f.o that re
t . . .. ., ,.. !-
.re.lien iiem.imi" oie t ...... ..
(Morgan for the return or the document,
nut tnni lie u.is laucu u coin,..
them and denies the right of the State
', of Virgin'. i to Us pots-ciainn.
The complaint asks the court to fusue
l.in order to prevent Mr Moigan trom
'i. 'moving the document from '.lie Jurls
' diction of the court m deposing of it In
I any wj pond ng the p'fu i of the ac
', tlun stalled tu-duy The complaint also
asks that he be rtqu'red to place the
paper "In souio appioprl.ite custody to
; await trie final Judgment of this court "
i It Is understood that while Mr. Mor
gan Is unwilling to recognize any title1
to tin- document subsisting in the Com
monwealth "i Viiglnla, he ha offered
to .i.ios'.i the Martha W.n-bmgt ,n will
w ' i th Mount Vernon Ao, l.itloti or
fine in her liistorli.il organization de
, v .ted to iiicserviig the memory, tradl-'
i lions and personal elTecte of the Father
'of Ills Country. I
! BRENTAN0 ESTATE $1,000,000.
1VI.I.,... Win. firt Hnlf, Atkril to
1 ,,,,,. r.if...
, OkaNok, .N. J., March 1 The will ol
.Simon Itreutiino, who dlisl I-ebruary IB
at hi home, Ji nejuo iis icrraio,
or.ingi, was tiled vvitn tne ivsnex cuiimy
Kurr.eg.ito to-diy and disposes of over
tt.uOo.i'OU. His widow Is executrix and
iivelvcs hall the estate outrlKht. Sim
Is asked to make certain glfls If her
income from stock of Hrentano'e, book
il.alcre. exceeds Jt.SOO a J.-ar.
These bequests Include JliuO icarly to
Mrs Sara Hreiilauo, mother of
tlie testator, not less than $.'.o nor
inure i il .u 1300 to lus sister. Laura
llnntatio. and 1110 to Killn per annum
to Tliekhi eiugeiiheim mid Maltha Stark,
also his sisters.
The rem, under of the estate Is di
vided In three paits lor Mr Premium's
children and will be held In trust for
Lowell and August Hreiitano until each
is Tlie boys are requested to enter
ih.' I Ire- m ;i no Itrtn. Lowell Is 10 and his
brother August, If. Ada Hrentnno s
likewise lo have her share kept In trust
and K'.OOu Is to be held iu trust for
lur loi life, elio tu receive only thu
luconi.
'1'lie Mihs.'" Gertrude and Fuilly Gug.
'nluiin ,ml Camlllo Stark and Mrs,
-I'lnilo Stark Hughes, nieces or Mr.
Hicutniio, each get 100 and Mrs Ten-
'H laiew enthal of llvnnstown, Ind , ru-
"ivcs j.,.n
WIDOW GETS BIG ESTATE.
A rib or , llotver, I. ale VIiiiiCiuui
Itiiiicliiiinii, VViirCh Hir.ll.lHMl,
Win li.Ai.NH, N Y. March 1. Tin
will of the late Arthur W Hower of
Mount Vernon, tiled m the. Westchester
couiilv Surrogate's Court to-day, dls
posis of nn estate worth about J 150,000
Mr Hower. who owned a big sheep
'.inch ,it eilt.H F.uls Mont, left his
A blow the liu.lt of tho estate, wall the
exception ,f a leg, i, j of l-,u"0 to lux
' Mler. Anna II Hussep of Poughkeepsln
limit JlO.nni) to hi hrothir, tiiiiiles j'
I Uowor.
IKL' V '1
& R i
i iA-n-s- mt. ii
m yit. i" ri
- v v
Edna Walther.
with her for her own good nnd that per
haps I may have been old fashioned
a few year lit hind the time but I
have had many years experlenco teach
ing music to girls In convents and
schools and lately vvc did disagree about
certain things."
l'rom what Mrs. Walther said no
youthful romance wa back of the girl's
act. It Is believed that the remarkable
early successes of the young star, who
first appeared as the Illue Mid. In the
fantasy "The Hlue Bird" nnd Inter In
"Koenlgsklnder," wanted to appear on
the stage In other than opera produc
tions and that her nunt frowned upon
thl course.
Mis Walther was known nmong the
principal at the Metropolitan as a girl
ut Intense vitality Although only 18
years old, she might easily pass for five
years older. While she was singing In
the "Koeiilgskinder," In a part for which
sh. wan selected by Humperdlrn'k. her
career was stopped by ugent of the
Children's society, hut In 101.1 ehe ap
peared In "Little Women" and In 1SW
she played with Sothern nnd Marlowe,
31 BUYERS JUST MISS
BEING CAUGHT IN WAR
All Hut Siv Are Women
Liner New York Waits
Half a Pay for Them.
The American liner New York, de
layed half a day at Liverpool waiting
for thirty-one American buyers who
had been held up nt Dieppe nnd were In
n hurry to get back to New York for
buInes reaeon. arrived yesterday
wittwiit lolty letters on her sides telling
her name and port. Capt. Itoberts was
Inclined to look upon the submarine
threat of Germany, so far as It related
to Yankee vessels, us a bp of a bluff ,
nevertheless he decided to take pre
cautions and to see that no undersea
skipper coming to the surface suddenly
should have any excuse for taking a
shot at the New York
He had nil of the electric lights burn
ing and a se.irchllg.it playing on the
Stars and Stripes riving ov- the taff
rail. Then he headed for the open at
full speed At times, he said, tlie ship
made twenty-one knots, which was bet
ter than she ever had dore hefoie. !!
heard that HrltNh destroiers would ac
company him, but he eaw none, al
though there may have been n fleet
guai.llrig the lane to tne sea too far off
to be seen ftom the bridge of the New
York. Ti.e thirty-one buyers told h w they
had missed at Dieppe the last boat to
Dover. The Hrltlsh Admiralty had Just
ordered the suspension of Channel traf
fic lKVause of probable Germ in subtna
ilne raids The learned that they
could 'et a steamer s.il'.ng from Havre
for Southampton, so the w.c.it v
llavte They had to handle their own
Islgg.ige. Onlj s ,,f the btijeis Were
men. Their gallarti was ample but
their strength limited, h. the women
h id rather a hard time of it.
It wa 1 .in A M. when they left
Havre for Southampton and nearly all
wore I'fe pteserviis, n the captain of
th steamer s.ild he did not know wl at
lnlslit happen o.i the way Tile life
bo.il weie swiiiii; out on tin dix.ts
r.iil f... r slant launch. tig It was not
,i -let-riul trip They lrid telegraphist
to the American Amb.iss.idnr .it Iximlon
to have tho New Vork held for them,
Tlie) re.uihed Liverpool fro-n Somhrtnip.
ton ivvelvn hours after the eatllrg time
of the liner, which got away shortly
after midnight on Saturday
THROWN FROM AUTO; KILLED,
llcrend linns In Accident Tn
Others Injured.
Iterend Haa. lUti? Cropsey avenue,
l!rooklti, was thrown from ri speeding
automobile and killed yesterday after
i nun when the steering gear broke nnd
the car smashed Into a telegraph pole In
ll.irwny avenue near Twenty-fifth ave
nue, llrooklyn.
DouniM eiorey, isc Hnth avenue, who
was driving the automobile. w,i H,n
tin-own out Ills condition l serious
llo'h men were taken to the Cone
Island Hexipltnl, whvte Haas died ,i f,,
hours Inter. The car was ow r.c. l.
William C. Prnvist of X727 Twentietii
iivenue, llrooklyn.
As tho automobile x-eensl from the
telegraph pole It struck Miss Cl-ira
Houghton, who lives In Centre place, but
did not Injure her serlouely.
Van l,eeten lniniiiin stolen.
Viiinna. via Amsterdam, March t -Seven
pictures, including ,i Minimum
In l.ucvi van Leilen, whl-li was valued
nt 53,,nno. weie etnlen from tho famous
i 'nolle of Llcluenstein estenlay
Spring Derbys
Save $1.00
Tapering Crowns
Mack & Ilroun
SI .90 nnd $2.75
Ulsewlnre S.i 'o ,l
Fall S'l a $1.00 each
Were $1.90 and $2.-10
1
A woman who said she wi r
Harry A. Van Auken, owner of d jn
llnery etorn nt ItocheMer, f, Y nnieh
he runs tinder the. firm name of ttlr h
ardson, came pt haste to town .
terday r.o llnd out from tlin charge ac
count department of Glmbel's depnrt
ment store who was ordering the nn l
of feminine apparel charged agnv, n hr
on her February bill.
"Is Mr. Illchardson good for a t?
order he want. charged 7" a girl in th
charge account department asked, w uu
Mrs. Van Auken whj protesting alwu
her bill.
I "Mr, Richardson was my first hue.
t He's dead," said Mrs. Van ikn
who explained that he carried hr
charge ociviunt a well as her b i . ,,
at Hochester under her first hu-i,,mli
n;inK
Mm. Van Auken kept out of
while etore detective called Id V(f
ltlchardson," who was Van Auk , tv
a good looking companion Into an otti,-
The defectives sav Van Auken d i a
'young woman Indignantly protested that
they were "Mr nnd Mrs. Iticharil-, w
to the moment Mr. Van Ankrn iu
called Into the ofllce to confroi,.
luisb.ind,
A charge of grand larceny ww mad
ngntnst Van Auken and the onr
woman by the Glmboi firm, Mr Van
.Auken ngreelng that the charge sh.iin
1 1 made. Van Auken nnd hi ion, an
ion, who said at the West Th rt'h
street police station house that "i n ,
, Mis. Hetty McNeil of 410 Conveti' i -nue,
wero lockeI up despite Van An) n'e
pleadings to hi wife from Koche.--,.r
Van Auken and Miss McNeil w
nrrlagn'M tonlay In tho Jcfferboi Mar
ket court on the grand larceny i", irg
I'lnihlnK Police Captain tint.
Capt. Patrick Murphy of the riush n
station, at his own request, was n frei
from tho Police Department yeierlvy
ufter twenty-seven years of service t
cnute of physical disability. Mii-p'ij-has
been n captain since 1903. He . vi
,111 ?32 Seventy-fourth street, Hrookln
An added rnnrealenre.
The opening of our fourth
store yesterday simply
added another corner a
prize corner, real estate
men call it; for with the
main entrance on Fifth
avenue at 41st Street, and
another entrance on did
Street especially conven
ient for commuters, we're
right in the whirl of the
newest retail district.
Our Broadway stores at
the corners of Warren
Street. 13th Street anil
34th Street have no reason,
however, to be jealous of
the natural attention this
new trade child of ours will
get, for as always, all our
stores are equally well
equipped with good cloth
ing, furnishings, hats
shoes and sporting goods
You will, of course, trade
where best suits your con
venience, finding the same
j generous variety wherever
'ou drop in, as well
I identically the same mo
erate prices.
ds
The only rivalry will
he
as to which store can rivc
the best service to its tu.
tomers.
The salesmen whom onr
friends have known.
main, with few exception
at their old stands. The
force which mans the new
store, in conformity wit'
our usual policy "to iiirc
boys and raise men" is t. a
most gratifying extent 't
cruited from the juim"
who have grown up tramc-'
in our ways.
Spring styles in cverv
thing men and boys w 0 "
at all four stores.
, Roqrrs Pket Compan-
Broadway
at l.Uli St
Hi.-.
"Thr
Four
Cornri'.
Hrmielwav
at Warren
it