The sun. [volume], February 11, 1916, Page 14, Image 14

About The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916

Image provided by: The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation

                
14 4
THE SUN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1916.
GONE AFTER SALE
OF $300,000 STOCK
. ON INSTALMENT
flost Office Inspectors Cnn't
Find Broker Putnam, Who
Has New Idea.
PROMISED MO ritOFlTS
ON SMALL INVESTMENT
Pot Office Inspectors Honnrd U.
lUyhevr and HuRh .1. McQuillan visited
the brokcniRe otllces of Jolm H. Vntn.im
CsCo. yesterday ti Inquire Into thnt con
eerti' widely mlvirtlsctl method of sell
In oil Ktiwkn on the Instalment plan
Th Inspectors hoped to nsk .lolin II.
I'utnam, author of the I'uttmm method
nd head of the company, a few qucs-
tlons. but they were told th.it Tie hud ,
Itone nwny after having withdrawn hid,
Account from the Sobo.iril .Vitlonal 1
Hank.
Further inquiry annum the I'utri.iiii
wmjiloycrti Including wim' irolt stcnor-.
raphe if developed tin- f.ict thai l'titiMin
made his departum last S.ilurdn), but.
that he dipped back to
tlie olllce last 1
night and 1' ft .i pathetic
note, with iik'UkIi cash
oITlce font. 1
In tho nb?cnce of Mr. I'utnam hi
, mnuaKtr, IaiuLs Tlionet, mil iiske.1 to pi
' to tno l-'ideral llulldlnK for nn Inter! lew
i with Assistant United States Attorney
Kdwln M. Stanton. After ;i half hour
talk with Mr. Stanton Thonet wu al
io ed to pi'.
Flood of
Order, s,iijs lilrf.
Then a Kill
Mho said she Mas I Mit-
. nam's
seeretniy Mils calleil Into the
Iodic
, She told newspaper men after
ward tli.it I'utnam toward tho last was
reeelvlin: liundreds of orders for stock
every day and that a number of the pur
chasers w ere dom.ilidlliK the drill cry of
the stock,
"Wjieii it came to telling slock I'ul
'nam was tneic. ' said the ir: "Win
vm had to use a mulllKrnph macho,.' to
. Ket the letter, out. Many of the hucis
t were oltlclnls of out of town bank". I
i Information gathered by agencies' In
the financial illstilct Is said to show
that the linn of John II. Putnam A. ".,
. although stillilml only last 1 H-ember.
Iiflw token it, I . i ween f.lioi.iiiHi and
3 li.iti.riiin The e.tsli and morc-i oidcrs
1-eceliid f i on stuck (tun Imm-is, it is
aid. amounted al nines to between JSl'.
1100 and J lo.oim a il.ii
John II I'u'nam . t'o. did not dial In
wildcat slocks. The linn's letterhead"
announced that tt dealt ill hank and
trust company s'i"ks, lnur.un.e com
pany Mm ks mil tie 'entitles of the
Standard hi' subs thanes, public utility
coinpaiin s, :h. lu-lt i.il concents and mu
nition leu Ufa. tun rs Tin linn's cin u-
' v..:.'' .a,;.. IiS- .f1
"liuliig the sto.li of tlie Ohio ml t'om-1
pany and the Standaid ml I'ompany of j
t. allfoi n.,i, both M.iliil.ml mi sunslcl.
iarlis.
A Wll to .Ml Per I rut. Prom.
The it. ulars loll bow Putnam's In
Malmetil jtui hae plan made I! Istssl--1
ilo fin- I he iliMstm to lealle a ptolll
sjf Tin p. - i tit. on hi- Im.'stniehi The
phase, ot the bntlm s tliat itt'eiesls the
i I Hist olh.e iiuthoi lib .-. lioweM't. I how
' much slot k was actually ilruercil by
lllf It'll'
When
tin alleiitiou of Hie lio.iueial
ia diaun t.i the Putnam mn-1
illMri.t
i..rti l,v i,.., si, ii ,,f its t.iiuilU iiicteatllic
'biltiness the tlrst ill, i. it that caught tin'
f.je of in. .ni mils wa- the imino of
I'hallrs S llaikiies . I 'ni n.i tn Junior I
partner i e of his einn.ats 1
srllt OU' '.el W.IK III- Mllssing lit OMT
Is said ., h.ai nifoiin.-il his clients tliat
bis Jtlli.i i- pat liter .u n lupin w or the ,
second laigist to. kholiler of Hie Stall-
,..ii.l ml ronii.in. I
Agent f..r Hishop's Her i.e. the agency
I wnleb wkJii Hie mi' -ligation of the ,
I Putnam pain. Iloa'lv asked Putnam
If hlN Jiioioi !'. 1 1 ti. i was Hlateil to
Charles U llarkt
s.s, one of the latgest I
tockhold. i' of tin M. unlaid till I'mn
)alii. Putiiaio Is s.,1,1 to bale i.'illed
lll.lt whlh lllele wie Inert lelatlon.
' i.lilp ' hate S. llnikiiesV father, who
1lM Oil a lllllill 111 Hie esl. Mils in
f lOtne ma-tor eoinii , led with the Stan-
I iliml lilt 'niiiiaii. .
' At tl line of Mlitr.ij. Pretillie ,x
How laud, iilti't nr s for Charles W, llaik
lit, It was s.ttd oMclilaj thai their
i-llent hud no nephew named Charles S
llarl.it'
What I ' ii I u ii in linered.
Putll.l'tl i s lid to ll.ne tent ll i.i n of
hin rlrcul.iis to tniuilclp.il iinplojees.
To these and lo his other i bents lie
offered Ohio oil and Stand, ml nil Com
pany Of Ctl'forl'l l si,,.- .;,sr pr.
incuts. In the past w.tlt (tlilo nil has
advanceil In price fto n 1 7.1 to !!10.
i'litliani would oifn- a block of 100
nharci, for an Initial paynnnt of jsr, a
share, or JII.500 for tlio Inn shate-. That
left fit. "On still to be paid, on which
Putn.il", (Icinanili .1 an annual Inteiest of
S per rent. Then lit told his prosper
tile, line-turn that as iiluo nil stock
hid paid iiiMdeiids aaioiinttnc to pt-r
rent In Ihe last quaitir the Iniestor's
icarl ptilll-. inn aft-i' ileilip tlig Ihe
1700 luieirst on Ihe ii :i i I1 Instalments
woul'l ate "Uhl to 1 1,7""
Such pu.i basts. I Mi y 1 1 1 1 insisted, were
not liiargili ir.insai lions and wete not
subject lo "rails" In the iiiiit of an)
depreciation of the tlocl,, lie also pre
dicted tliat Ohio oil would -ell at !!,uon
a thare before the mil of the .iineiil
jrar.
Assistant 1 mini Mates Mlortie)
Wanton Is Mill anxious to ipj turn t "ill -nam
ami lias giteii the ..i-l olhre ln
spectois an jiceiirale desei-iitlon of Ihe
lulShlng InoKir. Putnam Is said lo If
of pn posn-bMi'S appearanie. lie in s
fet time in. las in height, weighs ;mi
pnuudt. is a drooping mustache and
jiluavs drtst-es well. lie Usui to stay
lit the Prince Heirge llol-l. but tonartl
the last was liiing at 1 0.1 Last Set cut
fifth strict.
I.ttlle noil n of Poloani's I'asl,
Tills inlieh has bfeii karued eontein
ir.g tin brohct't patt. Hi has sold slock
I in various patts of c.inatla and in
Springllebl, M.iss . and li Allgeles, C.il
Hefore the war in WMled londoii, n
turning to tin- uiuutr n-M-r.il months
after tin beginning of hostilities.
When he took his ollK'is on tho sixth
floor of the building at OS Hroad stieet
he gale lis iefinni.es the millets of an
ofhen building in Spinigllebl, Mass., n,
a batik in that tit). These leferiliies
were liivenigateil nt the time and pioved
satisf.ictori Piitiiain Is sanl to have
paid for all his olllce furniture In cash.
He irisltted on opining all the Incoming
ninll hltiisrlf .'mil would ni ver divulge
the names of the hrohcis thloiigh whotii
lie bought III- hint k In leply to ipies
tlons ill., ml I,,. ..i 1 1 1 1-1 , lliilkness, lie
nsiiall) said tli.it the paitnir lived nut
M'est nnd wa.- to., wi.illhv lo be bothetitl
IllHiut matteis of i, III, i iliselpPlle
It Is sen.-r.il )i..is s.nce Wall Street
hst expernn i a ihi.II limn the ex-
pnauu of a d.un.g gi t rn h ipipk schenie
' and llirie was mini cm iIciiii nt whm the
list ollhr 1 1 is. i ..- tois took eliaige uf the
emve lit t Hto.ol suecl
NEW ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE MAP SHOWS
BIG GAIN IN STATE FOR PROHIBITION
Of 32 Townships, 121 Are
Tr.v, a Cain of (t.1 Since
November Last.
l.arKC gains for the "drys" are shown,
It Ik claimed by the Anti-Saloon league
of New York. In the "net and dry" map
It bag just lulled.
In thlH map of New Vork State the
townships which are dry are pure white,
the townships havltiK partial license, are
Rruy, and the wet townships arc black.
Four counties aie entirely white Yated,
Tloua, Deleuare and Kchuylor. Thre
counties me dry, rxrept for the third
clans cities, Tomplilns is dry except for
Utile farewell ; ti,i,.,i, i henmng except for Hlmlra, and
to pay off the 1 mtai in except for tleneva and I'anan
, dalgiia.
Ml the southern part of the State,
from a few miles west of the Hudson
Itlier clear to Lake Uric and the l'enn
syliauia line, has been captured by ill
dry. The central part of tho State is
merely speckled with black. Hut a
solid phalanx of black townships follows
the iouim- . the Hudson Hler, and
llei'almer, Hamilton, Kultnti, Montiroin
cry ami Lewis counties, uru the hue of
midnight.
The league announces a gain of eighty-
tliien townships In the election of No
vember '', 1 it I S. (if the 93! townships . Albany, holding that until oters of all
in the Slate tl'l are now dry. Of these parts of New Vork. and not merely those I
CM fourteen wete gained during- the ' In the smaller cities, may hae a voice
year. I In deciding whether liquor shall be sold
rhe Anti-Saloon League Is backing the
.optional prohibition referendum bill In
FIGHT RIKER'S ISLAND
GARBAGE PLANT PLAN
linmw Dwellers Sav Otlor.s
AVotiltl lie Not Only I'npleas
ant lint Dangerous.
I The refusal of ltorough President
j MatheWMiu to vole In the Hoard of llstl
I mate last week for the award of a
contract to ilaffncy
iJahagan & Van Ktten was
yesterday by lepresentathes
apptnied
of many
, civic organizations In The Hrnnx who
appealed before the Finance Committee
of the Hoard of Aldermen. The com
jtnlttee bad bef.iie It the resolution of
the Hoard of estimate calling for an
I appiopriation of l.SliO.OOii to btllld a
disposal plant on Hiki r's Island.
1 Led by a delegation from the lironx
1 Hoard of Trade these cltlznts complained
I to tlie i onunltte.' that the construction
of a garbage disposal plant on this
Island in. aus future loinienl for iom
I dents of Ti e ilionx. it was nrgind
thai the Miiithea.-t winds ivbteli prevail
In the huumi) r Minihl waft to the nostrils
i.f The Mniiix dwell, rs odois to tbno
ious as to lr not null iinpb asatit but
, ., 'fllOM' will
darigeious. TIiom' who own pniperty
., . isn,ns of the value of their
,,,,,1 ,.Mlllf, ,tl imiiis below the point
),,.,. , M ) v.i.ltll the taxes on it.
,. loiilia.t for t lisposal of tlie
t.. p,1K,. ,. M ,,,ate, Hun the disposal
U1, fha, ,, . , ,., t,., ,n n,,. w aters
,,,,, ,...,. ..,... is..M1i r .lamaka
.. .... i, ,,v ;i,oi's Island as
ltossdile site for Hie ploposcil plant
For wars olijn lion- have lieen mail" to
tin- plant on Itarri n I.-and and those
who appeatid .Mstilda) ih-rlaird that
I the objeilloll- to ,i ilanl on llnrieii s.
'and bold as well against I lit- building of
' a plant on Itikei's Island.
It was pointed out tliat me plant win
i over about right acres of land and that
It will be localid !.'.-: than half a mile
Iroin tin itionx shore line and less than
a mile from the shore line of IJurens.
It Is ralt iilati d Dial between 2,000 and
L'.Mli. tons of gailtage wll' be disposed
of da'I). liesiilenls of Tit.' Ilroux do not
contemplate Hn- magnitude or such ills
posal w.th unrnllled fellings
In e.ti olllclals on the nth
It is argued
r hand that
with the pew grate which It is proposed
to Install In tlie plant nn offensive odors
will arise from the process.
The lotntnltt'o .11.1 not Indicate tpe
nature of the repou which will be Hied
with tlie Hoard of Aldermen.
WIFE SLAIN, HE IS ACCUSED.
I 'lee
With Our of Ills Sons
Wlrr
Woman In .Murdered,
Two hour: lifter' Mary Sui.nl was
inurdiied vestetilai nfleriiooii in her
home, l'l" Foil! -seiond stiot, Hrook-
I) n. Charles Surliii, In r husband, w.us nr -
icste.i, chaig.-i win, the .rim..
Fifteen-) ear-old Cliaih-s Suilnl w.if in
Hie SI. C.illieillle p.lloilllal school w hell I
Ills father riLsliid In. kissed tho boy and I
went awai. t.il.lng ulilt lilm his )oungesl 1
son. Willi, nn
Cli.ules, fearing that romcthlug had i
liapp. ned I" Ids mother, wept home. I
When lie entered the K i t ' 1 1 1 1 lie found tlie I
body of Ills lnothir. Slie hart been cut1
about the face and nuns, presumably
vvltli a lazor The pov said that before
he went to f i iiool his parents were quar
relling.
A lew- minutes nfier 10 o'clock- the
polite sent out a genci.il alarm for the
irte.st of Mirlm ihe commalnler of the
c.ieeupoint aiemie .station, kuriiviug that
Suilni'M S'Mir lived in that precinct.
ordered out the teserves. The mail was
irrested mar lor home.
FAILS AT SCHOOL, TRIES TO DIE,
Hit) I ke l'olmiri When He Dora
.Not l'nss lliamlnntlon.
Despondent because he failed to pass
an examination l"f piouiotion in the
IIIUIII Itlllise w inn i i- ..in ..iiittiiii llltli
School, ICilwaid Mooliey, PI yearn old, of
I'Jti Wist Twetuy-uliilh street attempted
to commit suicide jesterrtny by taking
Iodine. He was lakm in tho Polyclinic
Hospital. It Is believed that lie Is not III
a serious coiiiinion.
Mooney Is employed as n stock clerk
In an automobile coucein at S29 West
Forty-nlntli stieet. 'Ihe buy was found
al hlf desk ill a dazed coudiliou by one
of the einplojies and Dr. Nixon was
suuimoiieil.
1'uslom House HeoclptK.
Total ireelpls for dulles nt tlie Cus
Imil Hiiuse .veslertlay were HOS.SU 91,
of which lftli,ri0l1 was for merrhaii
Use withdrawn limn bonded ware
houses and )J 18,3 10.11 for lucent Importation.
- effective rmrnCPf 1
OCTOBER I, 1016 ,?3ln Li'
FULL LICENIE '"Miin 5?
In the town, there s not even manhood
suftr.-iKe in New York.
THIRSTY LUCKY STONE
At Least So a !- oot
Miyer Says anil She's
'Held hy .liul-e.
1?xttaord liar) powers of ab-orplion
possessed by a lucky stone while under
the liiltuenc" of llipior were n veiled
In the Wist Side lourt )esterday when
said thirsty luiky etotie was aieused
of swallowing a diamond ring worth
J300, 2s in bills and 2.7:. in sliver.
Ma) be thl assertion seems hazy. Then
hearken
Mrs. Felice Van Pencil of 91? Am
sterdam avenue has been consulting a
K) psi palm reader who i alls herself
Itose Macill. The sreress li.s with a
nomad band on the lironx Itlier road
near the ouleklrls of Vnnkers. Mrs.
Van Herirn said ill court )esterday
that she had paid the g)psy more til Hi
t'o to hale her fortune told Accord
ing to testimony, Miss Magill decided
last lieienilier lll.lt It would lie neccs.
s.ity to mike a charm to banish perma
nent!) the troubbs of her ilient Here
Is the recipe for the charm '
line small tin box Into wlinh Mrs.
Van liervctfK J .triii 1 1 1 .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 ring was
pi I . ad. Ie,l, f:'s in bills, and LI In
silver, u ist Important of all, the link)
stone poured over all. one drink of
W'lllslir)
The charm box was then t ed In the
prcsoio' of Mrs. Win Ihtmii and the
palmist. It Is alb-ged, plomiseil to ie
turn on tlie tlurii eiith ila (nun dab
and open the box. 'Hi the thirteenth
da) tlie gipsy returned, but before
opoilug the box, which all the time had
been In tlie cilslody of its owner, she
I said that It the charm "worked" the
link) stone would have absorbed the
i olllellts of the box
Sure enough, when the box was
opon-d tin- luck) stone and one ipiarter.
Willi ll It evidently disregarded as bas- r
stuff, riinatneil. Mrs Van Pencil via
t un aditseii to throw the riliiuants of
the charm down a fewer, where It would
In- caught h the river mil tent and
eieiituill) be whirled out lo t a. It
would cam her tioublrs with It
I'our days later, after the thirst)
link) stone was tar up hi Us Joiirtie),
Mrs. Van Iiervep decided thai It had
tifi! i-i ci i-nit till tiff 1 iii i H ildu lltti ll .iful
i M)UK,t t!l0 ad ,,f detectlvts of the
t . 1. lirmn.li hiiee.in lleleelKt-M Kerr
ami Hawkins jesterdm found the
charoi maker In the tolony hi the
lironx itlier road.
As th" detectives and their prisoner
were leaving a member of the band !
slipped a package Into the hand of
I ,
one or tlie detectives ami then Mitt- I
Ished. The pickago was opened nnd
was found to contain the mhfltig ting
and II on in gold.
Magistrate Nolan, not being a sooth-
La) rr or a drratner, exonerated the
lucky stone, but held lis owner III ll.ntio
lull for a further hearing Into the mvs-
ter) next Monday.
, ' ' .
; . . ,
THRFF INCHFS AROVF
ANKLE, TOLEDO'S LMTi
Women Angry Over Ordi
nance Fixing Length of
Their Skirts.
Tol.l.no, Ohio, Feb, 10.- Councilmati
Stanley Kryzsulak lias incpared au or
dinance to lie intiotluccd 7iet Mond.iy
providing fine and Imprisonment lor
women wearing on the street outer
skirls higher titan three Inches above tbn
ankle,
Kryzsnlak originally diafled the bill
to read "one inch abovn sho tops," luit
changed it when lie poled the height of
prt sent day shoca.
"High skirts are bad fur the morals."
says Kryzauilak. Women who have.
heard of the ordinance have sot up
; t..,m,ous opposition
o It.
SEEKS P. S. ECONOMIES.
(omnilttrc lo lleporl nn ("niiiiiils.
rtloii'a llureau Oriiaiilrallon.
At a meeting of tho Public Service j
Coniiillsslnn yesterday Chairman iHcari
S. Straus appointed Foliimlssloiiera Hay-
ward and Hodgn a committee to Invesil
gate and repot I mi the organization
of
all bureaus of 1 1 in commission.
A 1 1' koI ut It i o was pasH'd at a meeting
of the executive committee of the coin
inlsslon last Wednesday calling fur sin h
a committee, They will recommend
such alterations, changes and rearrange
ment as they diem wise for better rill-,
elency and tu accomplish such economics
(ih may be possible In the working KtulT
of the commission's various buieaus.
iv tlie outlook
tliev laitlnlied
t tit ml In the
t d id's winter
t!i. lower home.
MOTHER, BABY DYING,
FORCED TO TESTIFY!
( !lllillt ('11111111111 "s M;
s-Ms on Itoilv Alliicli
int'iil Sen ire.
Mis Catlnrtiio Amnio of P.'T
street was subpo naed before
Court Justice riaieu.-in as a
.lestelday in behalf ol the .let.
Lltlrttlge
Sltpieme
w Itness
ml. ml ill
a suit for damages bioughl by Maria
de t'arilo, a neighbor of Mrs Amnio,
against Llhui iottfricr.il, owner of tile
hotis,., i.ts'atise she was Injured bv a
fall
.Mis Anialo fa. led to apiitar ami
William 1. Knfei. trial onnsi I for
Amos II S'ephi t . .I'tfi'iii'v for a cas
ualty company di fending the iase, asked
for a bod) attachment. The attachment
was dellleleil lo I h I'll l Sheriff lliow
ner, who went to tlie house with Lvan P.
Armstrong, an rinplo.iee of the defend
ant's altornci
The ilcput) Shei' :f found Mrs. Atoato
With llllee llltli . 1 1 1 1 I . 1 1 , Ihe )ouiigest
a luttcoitotiili--"! I infant She saii
that she colli. l-i I gt, t nrl bet ailse her
baby was III and "h,. hail ho one to care
lor ll Itrowner found that I lie i h. Id had
a high feiir He suggested that It
would be a pity to lon.pcl Mi- n am
t, ..it t., eotllt Willi Ihe slelc 1,ili. lint
I ., , '. . i
tine i.iM.ein ii(.-.ii .nix- r. -
i-lit, so ?lt-- .iliaio. who h.is in liars,
luni'll-'tl up the Ii 1 If 1 ami wint to . mirt.
Input) Shetiff lit owner ixplain.-d
in. ill. is to .lustlie OaM-gati and Mis.
Amain was railed at on. e As soon as
she had testlllcd the mint eallisl for a
phislclau tiil Pr .1. S Porlatt of .::M
.lelTet son avenue. I tl toils I) ti, a witness
for the plalnillf. i anilned lb" i luld and
declared lb it the bah) bad pneumonia
alel their was llllle i halt, e fol its If
colli). He look Mi.-. Aniato ami the
baby home in Ins rar
It was said at the Atnato honir last
night H al no ni li r jtli.. -ii-n ii had I n
called h .t and H" labi app.il enll)
showi-tl no ill 'fleets of the trip to court.
NECKLACE ROMANCE BLOWS UP.
Nothing I lllisual tiolll
S 1 ,111111,111111
Pearl t oiisluiiineo
n s llrrlcer.
MicIi.iiI I in i- t r of the linn of Hn l er
,v Co Jftif lifts, '00 Fifth avitnie, r.'
fused to admit la-i night thai thin, w r.
an.vlhliig I lllf u.i I about i -lilpnient of
pe.uls consigned to his lonipany tecel.cd
at the Ciisloni House about a fnittilght
ago. A te port cnrtint .itsterday that
a siring of peatN aipt"Xlniatltig 'L-
iii.ii.it ii ti In value had bei u n lied finni
Max Meer of Londoii and Paris cans, d
uilli-h speculalion about the history of
the exceptional gein"
"The consignment." T.lf Pioicei s.nd.
"Is simply one of the cii'lomary ship
rneiils which w e I ecelvc pel lodn all) fin. i
Fuiopi. although of siuiiewli.it gnaler
value than UMI.il Thete I t.o liutli In
the minor thai Hiev wen Involved In a
n in 1 1 rolib. iv o-i the wa) from Pari, lo
London in I'M I '
to quit tobacco co. office.
rllttllllls II, 1 llllle Isbrs In
lire iis Irr-l'i-r-lilrnt,
Tlimuaa I! Vu lie,
vh e-presldi tils of tile
Couipati), will ask .t
one of the four
f
Attn rl.'iin Toha.-. n
Hie , itiiiu.it stoi I.
.Ii Ise, I'll on
lioldets' meet In
M uch s that In- be not rreie, ted. He
will it-main a inenilter of tin- board of
illreclois. Mr S'uille lias I n a Vlie-
pieshlent of the totup.ini sin. r its le
organizalloti In PHI. lb- was previ
ously In the dlleiioiate of Ih. old coin
p.niy. It 's believed 1li.il no one will be
elected to slid rod Ml mile and th u
the cotnp.tny will get along with Unci
v l.e-presiilenls.
Nonl'ol n, V.i . Feb in Julius II
Mahler has been eie.-li d vice-pi e-nlr nt
of the American Tobacco Coinpan) with
a sal, tl') of h"". it ' l.s anuoilliced
lieie.
(Batzoood
EARL & WILSON
Ottlcers of -1-,' le.iuf
Is encourag nc. U hen
tlie lull the li.nl not i
Legislature. the - iv. .
tltey lime f .rti - uhi in
pleilgeil to nipp'T- . .
EDISON HONORED ON
69TH BIRTHDAY EVEi
Illuminating' Engineers Make
Him Member of Their So
eiet.v at, ISanquct.
DIXKItS AT 1ULTM0HE
; November ill, 1914, they got their
. eourago and perhaps the llnanvl.il Ill
banquet given for Thomas A.,durement up, and killed Haff.
I.'dieon by tho Illuminating Knglnecrlng
Society tit the Hlltmore last nlghf the tlnr'"k X-"ir Allhl.
Inventor was made nn honorary mem- Tho Zaf.irano brothers say, in'coid-
her of Hi society. The honor was a t'"1 l'lntrict Atontey. that a 5oung
.... . man met the murder party on Its way
birthday gift that Mr. Ldlson much Bp- , ,,. ,1Mrkt ,, ,, iem .., ,, thelr
precl.ited, as h Is 9 years old to-day. hob Mdl." Tho lumbers also toy they
'Hie ion diners applauded vigorously , were In (irieo'f. s.Iloou In llaib'iii when
as Hr. fharles V Stelnmeli, president '''"' ,h" ehaurfeur, IVrrara,
. , , . . ,, , ... ' quarre ed w in Uieco out the am. unit
of the society and chief consulting en- ,f lulr ,iaJ ,rivJ. (1(.,lV u.y ,la(,
glneer of the Ueneral llleetrlo f'ompany mnd In thu killing of llaff, Tit police
and himself an electrical wizard, for-. accept Ihla deuta,, for nil the. witnessed
mallv conferred the honor, the only one ' ' tho inurdir .l It was done by two
t .'. ii. i .i. i tnen ; that thcrn weie only two men In
of the kind the society has awarded ',,,.. ntlt01nol)11(, ,Nl,,,.H lhl;-cllauffeur and
Mr HdiMiu did not make any response, Ulilt t tlx-1- "f tli XafaratiOH Mas seen
W 'Ilium II Mea.lowctoft, his secretary In telling 'his story one of the V.ara
auil a-soclate, expressing for him his I ratios est. iblli-hed an alibi for his move,
appreciation. ! inents on a it rt.i.n mglil by s.ijltig he
Mr. IMIson nnd Mr. Stelnnetr. gen- w, renumbered that on that nivht he
erally get tom ther at least once a ear was In Ni wark stealing hoites, llo
at a com Pillion of IMIson nip titles, I ,.m,,itH d tliat when he took live in
put It was sain t'.v engineers inai iasii,v
night s banquet wa.s the tlrst In this city
at which the dlMlngulslieil pair eer sat
s'lle n tlile
M: Slr'nuvt.. who was the tlrst
tpeaker. gave a hltori of some o' Mr
l;d son's ai eonipllshnienls in the elertil
i a 1 woilil and tald It was Mr IMIson
hi created modern Illumination and
n ado It possible to coniert night Into
d.ii
"It Is with gteat pleasure that I greet
In our midst, as a meuier of this
soclet)," lie said, "the uroatet of tln.se
g. arils wlio have made me modern worm,
tin; genius lMIon."
l'ti presenting tlie honorary member
ship to Mr. IMIf-on, John W. Lleb, vle-
jplesldeiit of the. Niw Vork IMIson Com-
I panv. said :
"We are delegated to honor Thomas
I AH. i IMIson. not only as a gnat cl-
, entlst atid one of the gn-atest Inventlee
geniuses of all times, but as a modest,
, iiusp.illed and unassuming man, with
! hioad sympathies for all sorts and con
ditions of men: the gicalest living
Aiuerhali, a great benefactor of Ihe hu
man rice"
' T Ci.miiierforil Martin, exe. utile c. -
' rntfiiv .if H,.. V:ilh, n.il I'll I'lllc 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 As-
soi latlon. matle tlie closing s eh.
Mining thos,. .t tiif. Kni. is' talilr were
Prof I lug. i Miin- terberg. I if M P.
I lluti bison. F Park Lewis. A f: Ken-ii.-lh,
William i: M. Ka) Fatle) -
. good. Ilatei F.sk. Charles tnwlil
l.inib. Arthur W.llianis, William Will-
lams, i: II .lolmson and P S. J.icol.'is.
con i 7-;a' tiox opes's.
ltHor XlnUe WelrolilliiK Mldress
to llllliolontlou Couloeers.
The lentil inidwliili r c.itiit utlon of
the llltinuuiiling Ihigitieeriiig Siie
I'peneil )eslli,l In the KltElllt nt lug
.sixietles lliiilding. We-i Thltti -ninth
sireet, Maior .vfit. hel making the ad
liless of Wei. I. me I r. A. I'.. Kemielly,
professor of electro al engineering at
llanat'l. lespondid
I r Chaihs I' Stemniel, president
of the so, ieti, made an adiliess, in which
he said light plotlllcllnti has reached
an ffi. leiii v niaktiig ntiillii.il illumltni
I .mi aiallalile for Industrial and other
wotk, ami so extending the houih of
d, n light He spoke of the so-called
"eye stialu" of attllhint ilbilnlnnllon
and added "Thete is no icason why
a good and pioperly desigiied .utill. I.il
illiniooari'tii should plate .inv great,
-'tain ot- it e i ves Hiaii an
ilai Tight r'uiiiinatioii "
'inallv g
Pint Hugo M unsterherg "f HaiMt l
Hi. I' Park Lewis ol Huflalo, Charles
Itowland Lamb, the an lutei t. and L. H
Marks. Inst president of Ihe socirtx.
also spoke.
Following a linn heon al the Hlltmore
Jones, I'roi Mm tan Hiooks, W.
F. Hodge ami It W Chullinui ne rcsol
pa pels
Another session will be held lo-da.
COMMISSIONER WARD SUED.
Former Park I onresslonalre sUs
K'.'ll.lllin llHIlinurs for l.eller.
I'ark Commissioner lat-l w-.is .ued
the Mipmni- Court
1 1. .a-111 1 1. frilner less,.,.
Taiein in Central
d llli.tL'. I HUe of
Mr Wan! on Nov
I ste
ni M
I'.ek.
I letl'
tlll.ei
div bv Max
i low n Pass
lor .i"n,nun
r wiittc, bv
1." I.i-t
tl m tin ''an
Major Mil' hel and nihil
1,'crnrtt on Piceinbii '.
The complaint sets foiih tliai hivi ni
lens, d ti e tavetii tn.in P'7 t . t I
and thr I.- recelv.il a letter from Con
mi-sl on Wattl -tatlti t'tat as he w a
in ,iiti;in K'.tO" on the 'cut lie 'tui-t
g.ve up the (tieinises mi Manh 1 I'M -Ho.
hni sa)s that he did so, but Hut i
Noveuilsr 12 Cnnimisnoticr Waul iin't
I li.it "Mei low lit. Pass Tavern wa- .Lis. I
tt) me owing jiartlv to I ir imnioi il
. oll'hl tons w lib h I'X'stetl thete and '
it f u-a I ot the c.n. esflonaitc to aba'
the litlls.lli.es cotllpalllied ol"
lleohni denies that the place via dis
ordei l) o that he maim i.m ! t -saner
Stepping livelier!
Price revisions on over
coats and suits make savings
plentiful.
All men's sizes.
Men's soft hats and
Derbies -all from our own
stock.
Formerly $3.00 to $5.00.
$2.55 now.
Everything men and boysi
wear. I
i
Rogers Peet Company j
Broadway
at l.lth St,
Mroadivay
ut Warren
Dromlwny
"Tlie
Four
Corners"
nt 34th St I
Fifth Ave. ,
at 41st St, 1
FOUR MURDERS PILED UP
AS SEQUEL
Coittlnunt om l'lrat I'mK.
found that Haft was with his son.
or
Ruarded by the plain clotheniin as
signed by tho police lit bl.s requi si, or
did not leave his olllce at the expected
tlin.
Kor two months these visitations
ceawd. Tho gunun u were holding
back, Oreco, the middleman between
them and their real employers, "was,"
says Idstrlil Attorney Swnnn, "chiding
them and urging Ihrm on." Finally, on
bursty to (ircco'a Maliin in Harlem
(,n ns
retuin
from Newark ilrero.uho
iharg.-il
him
fur tin )r krep, which.
said Zafaran" was milrageous. lor
so'iie tlti.e t,(, i-ii,i. haie In ni hunting
,ne of Hie '.ar.'ir.iin's M.t i a bench wat
t .it-t ehaiglng gi.tiid larcel y
tine of the Zafnraiiits said he under
stoul tliat ioolla got K'.'.O for his
sham In the Itaff murder, and thnt
(ireco w.is for ltli,c the chauffeur $90
. ,. ,,, lf ,,, jlu0 ,wl
was exiwcied,
I rem: "tlo
Imt that An-olla said to
ahead and pay hltn what he asks," which
Cn-co tlien did It.ith the ..ifaratio
brothers Insist that the chauffeur, IVr
rara, knew all about tie purpose of the
murder trip This 1'errar.i denies.
Fenara also denied having known
Arroll.t before the llaff murder, but yes-
, t -r il :i
m the
he admitted that lie nan liven
same block with him in Fast
107th strict ami knew lilm for four
' vears He gaie the addtcss of a latin
drv wlieie lie said An olla worked The
polite wei't lo this hiuttdr) )esterdai
and found in a safe there a rille and
a it-Milier
I The poll, e at tl He I iistt ml Attorney
diagiee as I, i wlnihi-1 Cuetnnn l.o
nmiite's rmirdei lie was shot on Octo
ber 13 la-i iear nt 110th street and
First aii'i"ie was a s.-nui 1 of tlie llaff
murder. The polite bold thnt It was not
Itnt Mr Swaiin said leslenhn it was
true thai Loliionle hail given i eMail'
infornutttii ngardlng Hi" murder of
llaff without naming Hie mutdeieis.
For the killing of l.Miiionle Antonio
lutiez". a fieipienter of the "murder
slable," where the aellMties of the Haff
(loo iciiire, Is now in the death house
; at Slug Sing.
tMTnnii Con Ineetl.
"I mn i nnvlnet "I." the Instriet Altor
' my said, "that Imt Ii I.onionte ami i lie. ...
aiel pissihli a brother of Lomonle's,
wete killid because of wli.it they knew
about the minder of Itaff. Tho man
who is n the diath house will be qucs.
tinned, loll 111. I) I"' stile."
Willi. ait Impairing the value of his
evbloit" Fifth Pepllt) Police Comrnls
slniit't s.. nil was al.Ie veslerdav to re
i leal some of the signposts (pat led to
the capture of Ihe i nifee colorcl car
that llgured In the Haff murder and to
i the arrest of Hie man who diove ii
, Fet-rira. It appears, sanl In- picked up
the gunmen on tlie afltrrioon of the niur
i der at l"3d stieet and Third avenue
' He dime them down Firs! avenue,
I Hit ongh Fotirtce! Hi street. T. nth live.
mie and Hloomlleid strnt to llnrtrenth
aienui
There, about half
block fr.m
the offce of Haff, bs pa
engers told
, hmi to. kn p his engine t
I rendi t'i dasii awa) wh
,ng an.l
to be
. n they
hoi. 1.1
I rellppe.l-
; T'icv vvre gone about ten mlnules i
' Tin ) had met Haff and killed hltn iMey
Jumped ml" tl"' antomohlie and told F.-r- ,
i rara to "illtM- like hell" lb- swears
I that It did ' Through C.ansevoorl.
West and It ink s'.eits to lininwlch
I avenue, thfo'iuli Twelfth street east to
Sixth avei'ite, to the Foiirleenth a: red
I stiitiou "f t ir S xth avenue i leva ted Per
I rara hit a -'iiokiiu pace
I lb fun. tak ng an ilevateil tram. MS"
I'etraia the gnmnen paid him $' for
' thiee hours' use of the car. He wen!
.hi to Hat!, m and n turn, d the car P.
Hie Maiket Into il.irag" at 431 Hast
l.ilth .street between tj .10 and 7 I' M
The whole adventure was bv da) light
'hc I'oiiltrv deal' i ' who saw the nut'
1 r an 1 -a at t' li'ne that tin dr.'!
i two hiiMtia' C the .rs numh'r wen
$10.75
Were $14.75
End
t m n .
w
v v
The Overcoat season i drawing to a
close. It is against the Aac polic
to carr' them over. The best va
to avoid this is to reduce prices tha't
the wise man cannot refuse to take
advantage of the opportunits offered
for a substantial saving.
- Be sure to visit this sale.
Store Open
All Day
Saturday
TO BAFFCASE
21 were right, .Mr. Soul, mild yesterday.
I'lm actual number was :4S3b. Heron-
they found that out, however, the police
ti need the histories and ownership of
about thirty "coffee colored" automobiles,
and directed pointed questions at n few
of Ntw Vork's best known citizens as
to the movements of their machines.
Unit I'nr Wn Found,
fine clue led to Wech.iwkert, others to
I,ong Island and Westchctter. une "lay
the detwtlves heatd of a brown or ma
roon ear that had leeri repainted In
Tarrvlown. As icpaltJing seetinM the
obvious thing for the gunmen h chauf
feur to have done, this lead looked good
to the police. They found the car all
right. It had leen painted black, but It
had an alibi. The police did Imt restrict
their quest to a search for cars bearing
tlie numerals !M. They poked Into all I
so-ts of garages tther machines of
shitly reputations were kept and they,
ran down elery automobile that wtia
owied by supposed ninlc of Itaff.
Meanwhile dreco was murdered and :
the police becamo convinced that In his
stable In Little Italy the KarT niur.bT
plot was batched, "Hie clrc! of their
Investigation narrowed to the Harlem I
Italian colon). There In thn Markcyi
auto garage In August last they found ,
the coffee toluted car -whose number In,
1H had been HS36. They made up
their minds that the chances were good'
of tills having been the Haff murder car.
Their task now was to llnd the. man
wlio drme II on November -1. li'H.
i They heard of a oung llumher, Fcrraru,
ocoislonall.v drove nil aulonio
bile from Ihe Market Auto C.arage.
From sci let soiines the) leal lied about
leu il.i)s nficr the Half murder that
thete was a nuariel oiei money in the
siiloou of Citeie "big iiiotie) ," Ihe In
formants said From a Hp In The llrotix
it was learned that Fenara frequented
liieco's place and was prnhnbly there
on Ihe night of tlie quarrel.
Detectives shadowed Feprara. He
went to Hie Mnrket Auto (larage, He
proved that be was well acquainted with
members of tlie llreeo gang. These and
othei things the police slowly, patiently
learned about Ferrnra, and when they
took him into custody they had a case
that was all ready to be turned oier
to the District Attorney,
Hut if tlie gunmen hadn't ttfrned nn
their padione, dreto, and murdered hltn,
the Haff murder Tfinbahly would not
hale been solved Admitted! tt was
Hit- murder of Uieto that gave the pu
bic Hit-ii best "leads' In their long hunt
foi the men who killed Half.
Among the names In a rihlebnok
whn h Ferrara carried In his fsitket was
thai of l.vert Jaiisen Wendell of 1.1
West Thlrn-elghtli slrret. the sports
man phllnrillunpist. who for many )eats
has devoied himself to helping poor
bojs. Fit rata said that he was "one
of Mr Wendell's bois"
TEACHERS CALLED
TO JOIN A UNION
Ttent Thousand I nt riift ir
in City Schools Asked
to Ornanii'.
Henry It Llnvllle, Ph P. leather of
biology In the Jamaica High School, has
called a meeting, t . iiobl Friday.
March In. In tin. Washington Irving
High Si hoot. Manhattan, for the pur
pose of forming a leacners labor union,
affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor Pr Llnvllle, whose home Is
on Alsop street. Jamaica, expressed be
lief last night tliat Ihe ;.(i0n seats In the
Washington Irving High School's audi-
i toiiuiu would be lllle.l by oue-tenlli of
I Ihe ipi.nwi jehtsil teachers In the cltv
and that the plan to fin in a teachers
labor union will be enthusiastically car
ried out
In calling the meeting Pr Llnvllle Is
acting as head of the e.xe.-utlie commit
tee of Ihe Teachers League The presi
dent. Pr iMvid II. Holmes of the east
ern Plsltlct High School. Hrookl.vn. rc
i etitly resigned. The vice. president of
the Teachers League Is Miss Sarah II
Fabry of Public School 117, itrookl) n
Mini? to Honor Cnl, iilcttin,
Jnstph II Cpoate. Hoc Whitman and
Ma.ior MltchM will be among the -peak-ei's
at a dinner lo Col iMmel Appleton.
Seventh Itegluieiit. N ti N V. at the
Waldorf on February 2.1. Col Appleton
is retiring from the National ilijard after
fo-t.v-tlv.i )e.us of service
You will go away smiling
if you take advantage of our remarkab'e 'tr
Men's and Young MeiA
w
Were $22.50 and $19.75
The-e suits were originally sold for sio.75 aiui
and were excellent values even at that price,
to these is a large special purchase of new gi.-.J
in quality to the former. All of the .suits aiv -
1 j t 'I'l 1 . . . . .
cm ana coior.. 1 ney emixxtv the hn-ilMi
shies, a-s
well as more coiwrvatiw
The sies range
from M
a horded b tlie
low price of
their quick disposil. We
Imtter Overcoaits
-of -the -Season Sale
Among the st les ,m nu
everx thing shown tin- -sea-ni.
and double breasted Clu'ti
semi-form fitting or bo stvu
Raglans, in -, great ariet . t
and colors,
You will go away smiling.
R. II. Mtcy & C.'s AltrtrtUni Are
Htrkld Sj ti,
CONCILIATION FAILS
IN GARMENT STRIKE
Mayor's Efforts to I'nIHi T,
Peace. End in n
Wrangle.
ANOTHER TIM A I, T0.h,Y
Mnor Mltrhel'd roticil alloi
te mnde an effort lestenlne r
strike In the garment Indn'tr
Inn representatlicn of Imth t 1
and the workers for a cot fe en
Chamberlain llruereV olll. e
ldclp.ll llulhllng, bur the ntte
'"nmti.
'np th.
k f"
ne nrfft
III C'
I le M
It 111 ft
cl Ileal ion broke up In a wring r
Tho f:ouncll members w no arrrt
the meeting were Mr, Hrnc. i fimnii..
sloner Mosknwltr. of the c v , sc-v,-.,
C'nmmlssloji and Chaile-i , n,.-r ,n
of the Chamber of Con mer e n,.
Vork Afjtoclatloti of Home Prr , H,
Kiinouo Muliufaetllieis v r.nsi,.f
by nix members, headed b) Iui, ii'.
berg, president. The) ai.i on, , t
they spokn for the mat uf.. .ri-n
their particular lir.uii Ii of tla t..iitri
Industry. This staliinenl wh eiin.hu
Ically denied by lieiija ni'. !- t-.u;..
liresldent of the Interiiat or ,' li,,.
fiarment Workers I ri.on w ,i I
similar ii. It gut. mi f.r tl. st . p.
announced that Ihe iu m i e.i,-f ur.
gariizatlon rep-i'-ent. I oi v ur
of 1.10 emplo)er" and muld "i p,
for the entire Imdy.
The conference endid In a liiiier art'j
ment In which charges of hr,, tj f
li'kets, lilrlng of gangsiers a d graftirn
wero hurled promisciioulv Mr H,-.
concluded the tnenliiig le i.k i,s (b,
side to name one lepre-oiiat e t.i tn
for another coufetem . at I n, , i ,
afternoon in his olll. c, ami t ,k
agreed upoli.
If the conference fa is in err. !.
Ilemeiit the board of aih.tr it i,
Liake Up the question Si'il
liili.
Julian W. Mack of Chi. ago, hr , I
board, l.s on his wa) In n -n
reconciliation in th" geint.il t
dustry.
ticiijamiu Sthlesiiig.-t is- ,
terday that tin. numb, r of -n ,
clothing quarrel ,- , u ,r t
most i,f them gltl aid w in.- ,
$S or 11 a Week .llltl .It Ml i 'I ;
w orkinc conditio' ,s w. i , ,
In a nuinher of siioi- t . -
been Milled b) the stirrii I.
pt)crs. bill tlleite now ate . .
with Ihe niahufai inter- '
Five strikes are now mi - g .
one of the embroider i r
in Hudson count). N. w J.i-. ,
of t he 'JO non eniplov t ;
maniifactiiiei.s' assit, i.iti. t w ' r.
work as hii as the agn t in : n
Monday is sig-
Thirty gl'ls were nr'.iic i I
Magistrate Froihinghani . ,
night court last n.ghi h g. t,
order! v conduct Tin" h., i
In strike demoiistratio' s a" . .
".f
M.
rt
Hve were fPiod J;,, nVe
were caMtlnned at d live
t
FREIGHT HANDLERS STRIKE.
. O of I fn i rn I
don
eriiion Cs X t
Corcr Hull.
, f .n , F.
Ntw Lusrsix . i ' .n ,
hundred ,nnl s,.cen v fi it
I tlie ping wharf of tne c. t
! Hallway In F.ist ,.vv I
I strike this in. n nmg w i. i .
Iilsfd aii ineit-a.-e of f-
' Tin y Had be. i, g,.f,. . t .
I hour and demanded tvvt i
The demand tor the 'i .
ii as made a Unit . -i ei .
lowed the grantr-g of a'
f'nl and a hall about tw
M that time tl "i wen
teen atid otie-h ilf , . i
asked for tweriti .in - ..
was grantetl
Several "Hlk" 1 . . .
night ami more ,, e i -
to take the striker I ' i
llooii for 1., I. It. II, I ol iter.
Tt.lffie "It the 1,1 i.
1 Steinw in t "intiel i . t. i -
son avenue lo ihe II t
line station w ill 1 . g,
next Tin-din. Vlih. .
is i. nil- two I. l.i ks i' . , -.
mit I, en- l-i, in, i
at the Unit, is I ,
and lake tnt- i ,t
tan
to -2
Tho
OU t'
arm-
ll'Ull'
the
adie
$13.75
Were $ll.7") tci
Smite $1450
Their Law Prlre.
Anniversar
Prices Offer
Econonijv.
I
B'w.j,34lh l.35lliSl.
pa