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MOTHER ACCUSED
BY STANFORD HEIR
IN $100,000 SUIT
TnHor L. Hanson Sayn She
Had Him Declared Insane
Tlirotiffli Judge's Aid.
WIFE NOW SEEKING
ALIENATION DAMAGES
Testimony by Walter Lathrnp Ifan
son, grand-nephew of the lat Iceland
Stanford .iikI lurlr to one-third of a
JI.OOO.COO estate, In which he chargei
his mother with having lilin declared
Insane through the ul'l of ex-Judge
Nash Kockwood nf Saratoga county. al
thuucli lie la sufficiently sans now to
act as chauffeur for a California, alien
lit, became, public In tlio Supreme Court
rsterday.
Young Hanson, wlio Is son of the
lain Wnltrr llcndrlck Hanson, a pros
perous New York business man, eloped
to Newark. N. .1.. on November 5. 1912,
and married .Miss Henrietta Itcnttl,
whom lie met when nil" m singing In
laudeilllr. An soon as Mrs. Hanson
heard or lier son' net she Marled In
competency proieeillngs against hlin In
Saratoga i-omity mid later sent lilin to
Canada. Ills wife Is now suing hl
niotlier for $lni),ooo ilmungrH for iillen
atlng Ills affections. It is In connection
with this suit that Hanson made Ms
allldavlt. Tlio c.imi van marked ready
for trial on Supreme Court Justice
1'ord'n calendar yesterday.
The testimony of Hanson, who I now
10 j ears old, was taken hy commission
nl t'an THvko. Cal , where he Is m
plo.icd undr the name of William Hurt
W lir. C. U Htoildard, un alienist. He
said lie fears tn return to this State Iw
r.iuse he lM-llcvt lila mother mil have
Mm tmt In an nsylum again. Hanson's
testimony refloi-ted seriously on mem
bers uf hla family.
Tattabt Poker hy I'nrenta.
Hanson was asked how old 'he wai
when he was tlrst pennltte! to drink
Honor and said ho wuh always permit
ted t" drink. Asked who taught him ti
tlay poker and bridge for money, he
s-ilil his mother and father did. He
ietllled that when he tlrst plaj.nl poker
his mother told him to take her hand
and In won M from his father.
.Many of the questions related to In
""'dents at the Hanson summer place
at Charleston like. Out., when th cider
Hanson was alive. The young man was
sked, "When you were at Charleston
Lake your mother was very friendly with
the Itev. Mr. llllles, was she not"" and he
replied, "Yes jdr. she thought quite, a
goes! deal of him."
"What did your mother say about the
actions and character of one Itoyce
Cody?"
"She said my father told her that Codi-
waa what la called a 'tamo cat.' After
my father's death toy mother sent to
Montreal for Cody to come and visit
her."
"Where nere his pcrson.il belongings?"
"In my mother's apartment."
Hanson testified thut Cody had no oc
cupation or business that he knew of.
although lie painted dinner cards as a
pastime. Concerning a talk with his
wtfo after Cody went to live In the
Hanson apartment, the wltnes said :
"1 told Henrietta nftr my visit to
my mother's apartment to Ret my
clothes, that It did not look very nice
fur my mother to be supporting a man,
and for Cody to bo In her apartment.
1 am not casting aspersions, but the
questions were asked and I answer
them."
Hanson said he was Introduced to
his wife when she was playing the
piano In a hotel parlor In Saratoga.
Ilia mother Introduced him. and he
itemed to have unusual affection for
Ml.-.-i Kcuttl; but as soon as she heard
of the marriage she lcgan to plan In
eonip'tetiey proccllngs against her son
: tid an anion to annul tlio marriage.
(tui-Mlon and Ananrri.
"''he questions and answers relating to
the Incompetency proceeding follow:
"What ingestion did your mother or
this Judge make In reference to your
allowing Incompetency proceedings to be
liken against you?"
"They both agreed that after a eoup
of j ears they would remoio the In
competency proceeding and would bold
a hearing In Judge Ttoekwood's office
and I would get no notoriety."
"What illil your mother tell von about
Judge 1 lock wood's liilluence at Saratoga,
politically and otherwise?''
".My mother said, 'You know you have
not made any progress with your case
became Judge Itookwood owns the court
and can do about as be pleases.' "
"What did Judge Itockwood state to
ou at that time about his exceptional
influence In Saratoga inunty?"
"1 told him I did not think be could
put tlio Incompetency proceedings on mc
without my being present, and ho said.
Oh, Walt, I own the courts here and I
Can do Just n.i I please. You take, my
word and sign this paper for Judge Kel
logg and go to Canada, and don't worry
about anything and I'll put It through
all right.'"
Hanson testified that his mother told
him It wouldn't do any good for his
wife to fight because Judge llnckwood
would have the case tried In Saratoga
county. Iter attorney didn't have u
chanco to win becim- J lid go Jtockwood
"ruled the court." Mrs. Hanson Is, al
leged to have Mtld.
A settlement was finally arranged
under which young Hanson was to get
94,Oili a ear. be declared Incompetent
and tho marriage would be annulled, In
the course of which proceedings sonic
financial provision would be made for
his wife, He said that his mother finally
refused to sign the agreement becauso
Judge Uockwood told her the younger
Mrs. Hanson could use it as the basis
of an alienation Milt. After a committee
nf Hanson's property watt appointed ho
began roving around the country, keep
Ing outsldo of New York State, and
finally reached California.
"Do you still havo In your mind the
least affection for your mother or loy
alty to tho memory of your father?
was another question asked Hanson.
"I liked my father," h replied, "but
my mother has treated me so that I
am rather undecided whether I have
ny love or affection for her left.
FIRE EVICTS MANY FAMILIES.
l.uft llallilliiir Illate In Itnnsevelt
street Cauer Three Alarms,
Flames which radiated such Intense
heat that firemen ami apparatus sum
moned by thrcH Hln.imn l.td U iomlU
fifty feet from tho blaze, yesterday la
stroyed tho loft building at lti-1'1 Howe
velt btruet, As a precaution. Chief Ken'
loti ordered dozens of families In tho
adjoining buildings to the street, St,
Joachim's Church was thrown open to
thorn by tlio llov. Father Jminuhst and
coiteu was tci'cd to tho wotiion and
children,
Se.vcral policemen forced an entrance
to llio building tnl carried out two
watchmen who were partly overcome by
smoke. I'olUouiau O'Hara, ran into '.'.'I
Itoomvelt Ktrecl after the tenumts had
tied and carried Mrs. Vincent Campbell')
tw o.inoiitli.old taliy to safety.
The burned building waa occupied
by l.lknH d Drlvas, Importers, of wlm-i
Mid oils, and )!. Ilehrlnger A Co.,
dealers In m tal goods, Tho estimated
AaniHcfi m'flH to nnn
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D. A. R. REGENTS AND VICE-REGENTS IN
JICFT to right, Mrs. Charles H. GoldsborouRh, vice
rRetit Manhattan Chapter, New York city;
Mrs. O. T. Moon, Jr., regent Women of "16 Chapter,
Brooklyn; Mrs. T. Livingston Kennedy, regent Rich
mond County Chuptor; Mrs. Archibald 11. Fisk, re
gent Mary Murray Chapter, New York; Mrs. Victor
Thero will be n tag day collection
In New York to-morrow for tho benefit
of the 3,000,00') destltuto women and
children In llclglum and northern
I'rance. A similar collection will be
made to-morrow In many other cities.
The, collcctlon.i are to be made by tho
Pailghters of the American He volution,
who suggested tho Idea, and are working
In conjunction with the Commission for
lte!lef In Melglum.
Tho scheme has been Indorsed by the
Mayora of 1,000 cities and tho tlo
crnors of thlrty-rlve States. In the vari
ous cities where collections aro to be
made practically lihi.000 Daughters of
the American Involution will sell small
ltelglan Hags at a minimum cost of
seven cents, the amount requited for one
day's rations for on ll. k'lan. Two hun
dred thousand nf these Hags have been
prepared for sale.
Tho women collectors in New York
will wear hats of the Ilelglan colors,
red. black and jellow, and ltelglan
sashes. They will be escorted hy men
who have oluntered their services and
GAMBLERS ALL OYER i
TOWN ROUNDED UP
Kaided Hun-!
Seven Places
drcils Found at Tables
35 Made Prisoners.
OX V. TRAIL LEU TO ALL
Seven gambling places weie i aided
ynterday and thlity-tlve men were ar
rested. One hundred policemen arxl three
patrolmen participated In th business.
Besides a lot of gambling paraphernalia
the police gathered up $:',200. The lalds
wtre directed and plauneil by Lieut.
Costlgan after six weeks of preparation.
It was the biggest cleanup In gambling
the police have accomplished for a long
time. The places raided dotted Manhat
tan all the way from Fulton street down
town to West 115th striet In the upper
reaches of the city. The strange part of
the story Is that evidence agains.1 six oi .
the gambling houses was obtained by'
cliajtce wnne uciectives were cuiuiuciiok
an tlaborato campaign against tho elder
offender, a house in Grand street near
Forsyth.
In one of the houses the ponce lounu
50 men gathered around tables where
stuss and crap games were In progrts.
In another there were '-'u nun.
Tin- Place Itilldeil.
The places raided wero at the fol
lowing ncldrvssea: 102 Fulton street, on
tho fifth tlooi : :27 Fifth avenue, be
tween Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh
streets: 11.1 West Ulth street, IS West
lluth street. 34 West 114th sticet. L'di
Grand street and a houe In Monnm
street. The lutter place was closed, but
four men were arrested outside.
In tho houses wero found men from
alout every State In tho I'nloti. Most
of them caino from New Jersey, Texas
contributed the jie.xt largest number.
Lieut. Costlgan nald that in one linuso
ho found a Massachusetts State otllclal,
;iud In another an Alderman from a New
Jersey town. He would not give their
names.
Cops ('hummed With (ialllhlers.
Six weeks ago Lieut. Costlgan lecaine
convinced that gambling was going on
In the Social Club at ifi Uraitd tret.
Hh iiMlgncd di-tf Hive to follow tho men
who caino out of tho building. They dirt,
with tho result that many of the a-
Irons weiu found to bo Ironworkers, liv
ing In Jersey City.
Costlgan then nicked out Hair u nozen
detectives who had been Itonwoikera and
n'lit thorn over to Jeisey City to bocomo
chummy with tho uppoed gamblers.
Tiiey clld their work so well that they
not only were taken to the tirand street
house, where tney ontainea tue necessary
evidence, hut were taken to the other
places in Manhattan and to tnreo places
In PasiNiic und two In Yonkers.
AH seven places were raided filmul
tiuieously at t o'clock In tlio afternoon.
So far Costlgan has been able to d
ternilnn tfnev onerated senarately, The
detectives were suiuiltcd with fifty-six
John Doe warrants by Chief Magimrsito
MoAdoo on WedneKlay. Tlilrty-seven or
fbi'iu. weto served, and thlity-llve men
were taken to Headquarters. Twenty or
the men are charged with felonies, me
others wltti misdemeanors.
500,000 SEE HARLEM PARADE.
lx Divisions, Three Mile I. on,
.March In the Main.
Hsrlcm and Tlt Hrnnv the biggest
parade In their history last night Inci
dent to the Harlem carnival. It was
three miles long and took hours to wind
Its way through the northern streelH of
the city.
In spite of the rain, which at limes
fell heavily, no leas than rno,OMi per
sona stood banked on the sidewalks oh
the parade passed, It wan composed nf
six divisions, each ulth a baud. The
Hist wuh military, Including i.imo men
of tho Seventy-first lleghiicnt. The sec
ond division was mude up of floats. The
third represented the Industrial ad
vamenieiit of Haltcm. Ill the fourth
were hundreds of automobiles. The flflli
showed 1 1 mux lloala and In the sixth were
New Jersey cNhlblts, Including the
twelve "lighting Mayors," Inspector
Ityan with 6011 policemen kept good
order.
Fredrickpon, vice-regent Knickerbocker Chapter;
Mrs. William Arrowsmith, regent Manhattan Chap
ter, Manhattan; Mrs. William II. Dumond, treasurer
Battle Pass Chapter; Mrs. B. L. McCallum, Eliza
beth Annesley Lewis Chapter, Jamaica; Miss A. S.
Brackctt, Knickerbocker Chapter.
will take up places at all subway and
elevated stations and at the crowded
corners In the downtown and uptown
sections of the city.
At a meeting of the regents nd vlee
presldents of the flreater New York
chapters held estcrday It as decided
to continue the appeal over Sunday so
that lira era may be offered in the
churches and additional funds collected.
Tho public Is requested to wear their
tags to church Sunday. H 1 hoped
that more than 11.000,000 will be col
lected. At the meeting yesterday Mrs. Will
iam Arrowsmlth. regent of the Manhat
tan Chapter, acted as chairman. Others
attending were: Mrs. tl. T. Moon. Jr.,
regent Women of '76 Chapter, Brook
lyn ; Mrs. T. Livingston Kennedy, re
gent Tllchmond County rnapter: Mrs.
Archibald C. Kiske, regent Mary Mur- ,
ray Chapter. New York : Mrs. tlrove .VL i
Wright. regent Mesereau Chapter, 1
Staten Island : Mrs. Victor Frederick
son, vice-regent Knickerbocker Chapter,
New York; Mrs. Charles It. Goldsbor
ough, vice. regent Manhattan Chapter,
New York. Mr. William 11. Dumond.
CLUE TO ALMA MYERS
PROVES FRUITLESS.
Womau KeseniMinp; Missing,
(.Mrl Seen in Harrison, N. .T., ,
I'liones .to Mother.
Another promising clue In the s.-auh
for the missing Alma Fuller Oer
of Kast Orange, who disappeared last
Saturday while in this city, failed last
night, and tho girl's mother Iji an
nouncing it seemed to entertain lees hope
than ever of finding her daughter. Her
father, Charles U. Myers, an Insurance
broker of uti .Maiden lane, came to
New York again In the evening to be
In close touch with Lieut, tlrant Will
iams of the bureau of mlsalng per
sons, who I directing the iearch here.
The clue which came to light yester
day was unearthed In Harrison. N. J.,
where It was thought a girl armwcrlng
the dcsuiiptloii of Miss Myers iwxih seen
on Satmday et online with a young man.
Both young people cntcreil n drug wore
In Iliinlsiin, and a physician was callcl
to treat the girl. The physician, Dr.
William 11. McGlenuan, and the drug
clerk, John Sloan, believed the girl was
Miss Myers. Mr. Myem talked with
Sloan i Wednesday night, but was
not cheered by tho Interview, and did
not believe the girl In the Harrison
incident was his daughter.
His suspicion was confirmed last night
when .lrw. Myers announce! that a
volco over the teleplwine about 9 o'clock
said she wa.s the woman who went to
the drugstore last Satuiday and that
the ouuk man with her was her hue
band The Itev John C, Uimntll. paator of St.
Tliom.Ls Kplsopal Church In Newark, to
which -Miss Myers belonged, relegated
part of his work to an HKnletunt ye-
terday to take an active part himself
In the search for the missing girl.
Lieut. Williams examined a batch of
letters ro-lved by the girl's parents,
but none of them offered a promising
lead. Mis. Myors said last night that
she did not think Iter daughter hnd
any love affairs. She said every house-
hold where tho girl might have stayed
had been visited In vain.
TO GET $7,000,000 MORE TAXES.
I.eKlslatlTP Leaders Aitree on In
direct Levy Plan.
Aliiant, April 6. The republican
legislative leaders have agree! upon
revenue legislation which will raise be
tween 6,00O,ii(0 and (7,000,000 addi
tional from Indirect sources of taxation.
A new secured debt tax law Is to be
enacted which will ralne about 900,000,
under which secured debts paying three
(uarterH of I per cent, tax between May
and January this year will secure an ex
emption from taxation for five years.
and bona lido liond brokers nre permitted
to deduct debts nsulnst securities which
they hold for sale.
The excise taxes are lxisted one-quarter,
which, It Is estimated, will raise an
additional I3.S00.0OO,
The Inheritance tax rates are "pushed
together," which. It Is estimated, will
bring In $:,000,000 more. The definition
In the inheritance tax law as to what
constitutes a resilient Is changed so t)iat
a man Is a resident of this State who
resides over six months In any one year
In the Statu of New York for two years
previous to bis death.
As to non-residents, It Is provided
that their Intangible property shall not
Ik taxed, but it la provided that the
capltul Invested III tills State of non
residents doing business here shall be
taxed. The same provision aa applies
to tho taxing of property of non-residents
Is m.-ulc to apply to the Inheritance
tux on non-residents.
These additional revenue bills. It Is
expected, will pass the Legislature be
fore It adjourns on Wednesday, April 19.
TEACHER'S COAT WAS RUINED.
tin She Sues Fn t her of Iloy Ac
cused of Putting; llruir In Pocket.
Mlna Anna If. tjuennunl, a public
school teacher In Astoria, wants $17,110
for a coat she says was ruined by
asafoedlta put in one of lis pockets.
Ho fiho applied yrsttrJay to Municipal
Court Justice Cragen tn appoint William
J, Ilelnie guardian of his son Benjamin,
14 years old, so the father may be sued.
The teacher says the Itolm boy played
the prank that ruined the coat
THE SUN, FRIDAY,
CONFERENCE.
treasurer Ilattln I'ass Chapter: Mrs. n.
U McCallum, Ktlz.ibeth Annesley Lewis
Chapter, Jamaica, ami Miss A. S.
Hrackett of the Knickerbocker Chapter,
New York.
In a statement Iwnoil yesterday by
the commission for Kellef tu Itelglum
John Heaver White, director, made an
appeal for cooperation and a bigger
rrsponso to the D. A. It. appeal for the
destitute Kelgan.
"Hread lines In llclglum are growing
each day," he said, "and If the work
of the C. It. 11. was Interrupted by lack
of funds America would -witness the
greatest catastrophe In the history of
the world lit Belgium. The C. It. II.
appeals to every American to help swell
the fund that the D. A. It. a to asking
to help clothe and feed th- afflicted Hel-
glans.
The commission made public a cable
reieed from Herbert Hoover, chair
man of the commission, which read
"llest wishes for succesful tlag day and
many thanks to the Daughtm of the
American Hevniutlon for their humane
activity on behalf of a much afflicted
people."
FIGHT FILM LAW
EVASION POSSIBLE
That's Wliat Henry A. Wise
Says of Kephntofrrnphin'e
lohuMtu-Willard PiVtures.
FOITS ACROSS HORDER
A stoiy from l!ou-es Point, N. V.. that
an eiTort Is to le made to rcphotograph
the Johnson-WIIIard right Uinta on United
States mjII while the tight pictures ar
being shown on a scu-en on Canadian
soil, ho as In eail the Federal law
which prohibits the lmjottatlon of such
pictures taken outside of this country,
is given considerable credit by legal ex
petts. None other than ev-l'nited States Dis
trict Attorney Henry A. Wise believes
It a legitimate evasion or the law, though
An obvious subterfuge. Hi- said It would
seem to be lust as permissible an eva
sion as for a group of residents of a
dry State to hire a l-oat i.ml go bejond
the thtee mile limit I" drink to their
hoarts' content.
Going Into the liner points of the legal
question. Mr. Wise said It would be per
fectly proper i-.d legal for a person to
go outsldo of the I'nlted States and make
mental notes of a picture which Is not
lermitted In tips country, then come
lck and paint the picture. That he
held to be eiittiely within the legal
rights of any uie.
"It may he called an .iiiimii tatlon of a
view or an Impression," he said. "In any
case this seems to b, a very clever
method of evading tlio Federal law. al
though It is In eiery sense a sublerfuae.
It la a new legal point, and I doubt If It
lias over come up bjfore. It seems abso
lutely to discount any action on the part
of the Federal Government because the
picture Is not In a strut legal sense
Imported, therefore It doc- not come un
der the Jurisdiction of (lie Federal au
thorities. "It In fact becomes a Mate matter If It
Is successfully ncld that the scheme, does
not embrace Importation of tho picture.
In that case It Is for the Stale sllce to
see that no law Is violated "
DR. MAINS IS TO RETIRE.
Aiieiit of llethnilUt Hook Concern
to Take I i Wrltlnii.
SrAMFOno, Conn., April 6. Dr. .!eorge
V. Multis, for many years agent of the
Methodist Hook Concern, announced to
day that he would not be a candidate for
reappointment to this position, ultliough
he Intimated that lie would be glad If
the New York Kast Conference sent him
as ltd delegate to the Oeueral Conference,
as It has done seven times.
lie said that upon retiring from the
position of book agent he would devote
himself to literary pursuits. In the
course of his remarks to the New Yoik
JIast Conference, In session here. Dr.
Mains leferred to attacks mado upon
him In circulars tent to Methodlsta
throughout the country by an evangelist
whose name he did not mention, but
the delegates understood him to refer
to the Itev. L. W. Munhall of Philadel
phia, a member of the tirneral Conven
tion. Tlie anonymous gift of $in,0OO for the
New ork Last Conference claimant en
dowment and of $40,1100 for the tleucral
claimant fund were announced by the
Itev. Dr. F. M. North. Tho first dona
tion makes available a conditional dona
tion of $2,000 from MrV: K, lleruler Shaw
of Hrookl ii,
CORNER SPEEDERS ARE FINED.
Trrrnt-nlne Offender Pnulahrd
for llnstr In Turnliiw Streets.
lu a campaign m euforcn Uie city
ordinance limiting the. speed of automo
biles turning coi tiers to four iiiIIch an
hour, Magistrate Jlurtls In tlio Yorkvlllu
(pollen court yesterday lined luenty-ulno
oirenders, who turned Forty-nrth street
and Park aicnue faster than the law al
lows. Twenty-slx drliers weto fined $25 each
And three hecouil offenders were fined
$50, Tho Police Commissioner hat sta
tioned Motorcycle Patrolmen Mutt and
Lynch of Traftlo t! at this corner with
Mop watchca and alec! tare to summon
thn violators. Mott was the complainant
SLgatnn fourteen and Lynch against fifteen.
'APRITJ 7, 1918.
80 GENT GAS FOR
ALL OF BROOKLYN
Legislature Fixes Bate for Ex
cepted Wards and Over
rides Service Board.
LATTER IS ATTACKED
At.KANT, April 6. For the first lime
since the cicatlon of the labile Service
Commissions of the Slate by Gov.
Hughes In IVOR one was overridden by
tho Legislature to-day when the Senate
passed the Thompson committee bill
extending the 80 cent gas rate to the
two exempted wards of Hrooklyn, the
Thirtieth and Thirty-first.
For six years the representatives In
the Legislature of the districts affected
have been upon the heels of the Flrat
District Public Service Commission, pro
testing against these wards paying It
for gas while the ralo prevailing else
wheio In New York city was 20 ornts
less.
The ctlsis In the situation was reached
to-day following a recent telegram from
Oscar S. Straus, chairman of the New
York city commission, which Senator
Thompson read on the floor of the Hen
ate. It provoked severe criticism of the
commission. Senator Brown said he
would remain consistent with his imel
tlon not to favor legislation proposing to
exercise functions already vested In the
commission. Ho was Inclined to prolong
the legislative session another month,
he said, and advocate legislation abolish
ing the two Public Service Commissions.
Held a Contention of Weakness,
It was pointed out that Chairman
Straus's statement that the commission
was not opposed to the Legislature giv
ing the complaining Hrooklynltes the re
lief they Nought was a confession of
weakness on the part of the commission,
Senator Itrown characterized It as "a
so i iiJ.il In the administration of elllcient
government." He Insisted that If the
people could not find tho remedy for
such defects as existed In the tribunals
nronerlv vested with authority to act
they should clean out the, tribunals. The
Democratic Senators mado much out of
Senator ltrown's criticism of the com
mission. Senator Wagner urged him to
put into effect his Idea of prolonging the
session.
"If the nlaii Is to stay hero four weeks
more and put the commissions out of
business altogether and do business as
was done before they were createa. xne
Democrats will support it." Insist d
Senator Wagner.
The overhauling of the Flrat District
commission stalled when Senator
Thoiimson called ud his motion to sus
pelid the rules to ermlt the passage of
his committee's Din. fcnaior urown
was the on v one to oppose tills motion
while forty-IHe Senators voted for It.
With the bill before the Senate for final
passage a dozen or more Si tutors on
both sides of the House attacked the
commission.
Senator Itrown Insisted that the Leg
Islature would be In better bushiest!
working on a scheme for the establish
ment of a new sstcm to take the place
of the Public Service Commissions than
to spend time remedying complaints
which established boards bad failed to
dlsnoiJe of.
Senator Sage dcclated that he was as
consistent as Senator lirown In support
ing the Public Service Commitsion. but
the manner In winch tne rin-i iJisirici
commission had been conducting Its
buines bad made hlui mi disgusted that
"for the llrst time, and I hope tho last,
be would vote to ov rriile the cnmmls
sion and let the Legislature go Into the
rate fixing business.
Mr. Sage dded that he telleved the
commission was utterly Incompetent.
Only reiently he had written asking
for certain Information rrom tne com.
mission relatlie to the Drown bill af
fectiiiE Its regulatory powers.
"I havfn't received the Information
et." continued Senator Sage, "but I
will iirobablr get It In the usual course
of time about thtee or four ears. It
lu ,n .1 ..ititct triti .if thn ..mnnilsMlllll ll.tV-
1 Ing a lack of .)wer. It Is a question
of utter Incompetency. Now tin., come
to the Senate as fearful children might,
seeking to be relieved of a uulv which Is
clearly their own. It l the fault of tho
Senate itself for the pctvotinel of this
commhelon."
The ote on the filial passage of the
bill was l.i to 3. Senators Agcmngtr,
Itrown and Mullen were In the nega
tive. Senators Doll and Newton were
ab&ent.
tiieena llnlc llcnrina.
No sootier had the Senate passed the
"J cent cas bill for HnioM.wi than
Senator Thompson, cii.ilt man of the
Public Service Committee, wllhdtew
from the Senate and gale a heailtu' on
Senator Patten's bill leduclim fiom II
to !n0 centi the price of gas in the
Second and Fourth ward" of Qucpih
borough. Original!) this bill al-n Hindi
the price so cents In the Third ward,
but )cstenl.iy Senator Patten amended
the bill to permit the tate to continue
there.
Judge William N. Dykman of Itrook
lMi, n prescntll'-g the gas companies In
tjueeus, said that to teiluce the juice to
do cents would be conllicatloti. and he
poilitiil out that Public Set vice Cnminis.
eloner lla.iuanl had rendered an opinion
that the price of gas In the Sivotnl ward
should nut be reduced below Id cents
while W. F. lline, the chief gat, engineer
of the New Yoik city Public Service
Commission, after an Investigation re
ported that the evidence docs not Justify
any teducllon In the inesent rates m tlu
Fourth ward of Queens.
It Is expected that the Tlionipi-oti com
mittee will report this bill favorably.
MAY LICENSE AUTO OWNERS.
NrTT lllll Is . greed Oh II ci ill ring
Chmiffenr's CertlMcatc,
Ai.basv. April '.- Amendments to the
Simpson-Kelly hills reipilrlng owneis of
automobiles to obtain .1 license similar
to a chauffeur's license as HKieed upon
to-day by legislative Icadem will limit
the operation of these bills to New York
city. The amendment havo been sanc
tioned by Police Commissioner Woods,
who was one of the early agltatots for a
law requiring owners' operating llcem-ea,
The bills provide a levy of $1 for the
Initial license and cents for renewnlt..
The effect of the hills will be to facilitate
Identification, The power of suspension
Is vested by tho bills In a Magistrate
and the power uf relocation In tin, sec
retary of State. Tile bills have the sup
port of the New York city Chamber nf
Commerce, the Automobile Club of
America, the Merchants Atoenton, the
Citizens I'nlon and other civic lusllen
of New York city.
TEACHERS' PENSIONS TO WIN.
.XI Us Mrachan, After Itciienrd
llrarlna. Predicts lllll Will I ..
At. rant, April . Picsldent William
IJ, Wlllcox of the New York city lloaril
of Kducatlon gave ten advocates of the
teachers' peiinlon fund bill and as many
opponents of It tho right to remain over
until totln.i for the renewed hearing.
There weie frequent tilts between
fi lends anil foes of the measure, htit at
the conclusion of Hie hearing thn advo
cates weie confident of victor)'.
Miss tiraee C Striichan, chairman of
the pension committee, predicted the
passage of the bill, Senator Lnekwood,
sponsor for the measure In the Senate,
mill that sIimh coming to Albany on
Tuesday last he had received K.P n 7 pig
natures for tit bill and only 896
against It.
DR. WAITE ORDERED $15,000
CHECK TO GIVE EMBALMER
District Attorney Has Letter Sent to Poisoner's
Brokers Renews Search
Bellevue Prisoner Soon
District Attorney Swann and Assist
ants Doollng and Mancuso centred their
Inquiry yesterday Into the activities of
Dr. Arthur Warren Walte, Indicted for
the murder of his father-in-law, John K.
Peck, around Walte's financial dealings.
looking Into tho possibility of blackmail
and also the fund with which Walta
hoped to obtain the suppression of hit
crime.
Mr. Doollng still kept up his efforts to
trace the $1,200 which Was missing from
the 19,000 which Wntte said he paid to
Ktigeno Oliver Kane, tho embalmer em
ployed by John S, Potter, manager of
the Plowrlght unteitaklng establishment,
In an effort to get Kane to put arsenic
In Ftitnples of embalming fluid which
would deceive the District Attorney.
Mr. Doollng made public a letter writ
ten In Waltc's handwriting and signed
with his name In which his stock broken,
were requested to sell Hock that would
bring In enough for u check drawn for
$15,000 and made payable to Kane, l no
letter was dated .March 20. the same day.
according to the Assistant District Attor
ney, on Which wane eays lie gave s,'juvi
to the embalmer. The letter to the
broker la iih follows :
"I want you to do mo a favor. I sen!
n check for $1,083 and a draft for $7,898.
Will you please pay these Into your
account and sell sulllclent stock (say
N. V. C.) to bring the amount up to
$15,000 and make a check out for that
amount ($1D,000) payable to Bugene u.
Kane and mall said check to me Imme
diately, "You might put tins letter away so
no one else can refer to It, and of course
I depend on you to favor me with tho
utmost discretion at all times and to all
questioners. Can ou do this for me.
Tho reply of the biokerace house, Mr.
Doollng said, wns mailed the Maine day
and said that pursuant to Dr. Waltc's
letter they had fold 4 on shares or stock.
Since doing so, the communication ran,
FINANCIAL BILLS TO
SAVE CITY ADVANCED
Do in oe ra ( I'nnblp to Stop
Hrown Committee's Meas
ures in the Senate.
Ai.H.isr, April Despite opposition
from some of the Democrats and from
Senator llui lingaine. Republican, of
Kings, the bills recommended by the
Hrown committee, which Investigated tho
finances of the city of New York, were
advanced from central orders to third
reading tonlght in the State Senate.
Sinator Hurllngame appealed to Sen
ator Hrown to "di op the whole business
for another jear," which ptompted Sen
ator Hi own tn teply t nut such a sugges
tion was prompted b) the fart that some
peopln failed to realize that they were
toying with the city's gieatest financial
problem. The Mist of the committee bills
to come up for discussion was the "pay
as vim so" uronoMtlon.
Senator Wagner slid the only result
from this bill would le to stop all public
linproieineiils In New York city He
Insisted that the organized taxpayers
were all against It. Senator Foley
thought the Hrown committee had given
a black e)e to the reputation of the city
from a financial vlewiolnt.
"We have heaid a lot about the city
of New York being on the erge of
bankruptcy, mid that Its credit Is about
exhausted. I want to . that that Is
all buncombe. You noticed that the
financiers from abroad who came over
here tn borrow money found plenty of
lenders In New York city," said Senator
Foley.
Politics In Monition.
Tlie Democratic Senators Insisted that
the majority was permitting politics to
creep lu a situation which Senator Hrown
"to a certain limit had gone seriously
into. Penator Wagner declared his
committee did not go far enough.
"You ree the Republican here push
ing that $1,000,000 up-State highway
bl'l which will c.-t the city of New York
$l,t0ii.0"0," declared Senator Wagner,
"on the other hand ou hear the ma
jority talking alsiut saving our city
from" financial ruin. If their effortu aro
reilh aimed at preserving the financial
wclftiie of New York they will not tot
etate such extravagance up State.-'
"If tlie process of sinking New York
city In debt Is not checked by the Leg
Isl.itme," said Senator Hi own, "It means
the city will be sunk."
Senator Ml'l said It was a late day
for the Democratic Senators to start
battling ngalnt the Hrown committee
bills, lie Insisted the minority were
permuting the next .Mayoralty election
tu get mixed up lu the present earnest
attempts of a Republican legislative
i onmilttee to iillevc the city nf Its pro
mt financial embarrassment. Senator
.Mills defended the wotk of the Itrnwn
i oinillitten and asked why the Demo
crats, now ci lllclslng the measure, had
not gone to the rescue of the city when
they were ill control of the State's af
fairs. Senator Hrown InsNted that nil of the
Democratic members of the committee
had signed the icpoit witli tlie excep
tions of Senator Wagner ami Senator
Citllen, who had disagreed on one or two
en-entlals. lie thought It was odd that
serious opposition should arise at this
time.
I)eli llelliu p,.,
It in a uuetion of one administration
pill! up ileint to he saddled upon lis
siiciessor, and it mattered little, said
Senator 111 own, whether It was a Demo
cratic, lie publican or fusion administra
tion, the 1 1 sponsllilllty had In bo met
and the remedy was now lu the hands of
the piesent Leglslatute.
Senator Wagner insisted that any at
tempt now being made to reprownt the
Democratic Senators from New York as
standing In the way of a proper solution
of the iit'H financial problem was un
fair; that he i iiip uncd In a great many
essentials embodied in the drown com
mittee bills, but regretted the committee,
did not go ftitttter
Senator Hurlingame again appealed to
Senator Hrnw n "to let the hills go over
for iinotlier e;ir" Hut Senator Hrown
shook his head negatively.
Senator Mills nigge.fted that their was
unneccssai) fear on tl part of the
Democrats as to Just when tho referen
dum would be submitted, that If they
had the next Mayirally election In mind
they were uiinccethurlly agitated, "a U0
next adiulnlHtr.ili.nl In .New York will be
fusion."
Seuutnr Itrown Insisted upon hi mo
tion to ailvancc the "pay a.s oii go" till!
and It was can led by a lotc of ti 'J.
The Democratic Seiiatora did not opiio
slmllur action on tl tlier Hrown com
mittee bills, agreeing to i1I.ciiki each at
greater length when they came up on the
order of final passage.
for Blackmail Plotters
to Be Moved to Tombs.
they ha rcceiied a telephone message
trom nun to oo notiung unui incy neiiru
I'lom him further. The Assistant DIs-
t ... ....... ...I.L.,1 II. n, II... itnnlUI'lt
INK rtllVliinjr nuiicu .uv hi..
biokers still have lite check, as they held
it until tney couia see nun nnu pj un"
the $tf.000 In cash.
r-l. .. 1.1 . I,... ..1 ... I tn .'lull
11.3 t-iiii.uiiiivi iira.T uvvii no".' ...
the District Attorney's olMco .to-dny for
further questioning bdoui iiw iieanogs
wun tne prisoner.
From a further examination of Dr.
.1 I . nnnnt.nt. Hlc Pl".! It... I-Attt II I II f1
convinced that the dentist had handed
over large sums as macamaii to some
person who was in n position to gie
damaging evidence against lilin.
Another line that tile Dlstiict Attor
ney's olllce pursued ycstenlay concerned
Mia tdrllfnil ,m:ih' Mtiiili of deadly
germs. Dr. Denyce of Flower Hospital
brought to tne omco or .vssisiaiu uisim i
Attorneys Doollng and Mancuso a iloien
cultures of bacteria on which the dentist
had Informed himself at the hospital
laboratories. The bacilli were the living
organisms of anthrax, typhoid, pneu
monta, Ulpntlieria anil innercuiosin, nun
were o virulent that thy were wrapped
In a upechil package to prevent ilangor
to those handling them.
Yesterday the prisoner was said to
bo so far Improved that he would soon be
moved from Hellevue Hospital to the
Tombs. anI It was a practical certainty
that lie would oe arratgneu ior pie-mum
before Judge Craln In Central Sslons
on Monday. Ills counsel, Walter It.
ti..i ...l.l ihni II wntilrl renlllro ornh-
ablv a month for the defence to prepate
their case,
M'..n XV Wnlle. father of the
prisoner, and Frank A. Walte. a brother,
visited the District Attorney yefieroay
to give additional details concerning the
strain of Insanity that Is wald to ttiu
through the Walte family Afterward
n,..,. tri u.iiii Willie's mother for their
home In Oram! Itaplds. Mich.
llnrolil pieinerg, counsel ir eur.
Margaret Weaver Horton, announced
that If Wolte contests his wlfe'n divorce
suit Mrs. Horton will bo a witness for
the defence.
TO SAVE $1,000,000
IN CITY'S REPAIRS
Consolidation nf Shop. Pro
vided in Kill. Promises
Keonomy, Is Report.
Senator Hrown has lull educed an
amendment to the bill which he fatlieied
at the Instance of Mayor Mltchcl. and
under which the name of the Department
of Hrldges will be changed to the De
partment of Plant and Structures, an-i
the maintenance and repair work of
other departments done by this depart
ment. The amendment carries this prln
Ctrl" "f .onsolldHtlon still further and
provides that all the repair shops or all
the city departments be consolidated
lu the Department of Plant and Struc
tuies. Fire Commissioner Adamxon. to whom
the matter wa- referred for study, has
reported that more than $1,000,000 a
year can be saved through such a con
solidation. In a repoit to the Mayor lie
says .
Pei hap the laigest single oppoi
ttinlty for eaving in yum departments
Is that which cm be realUcd by eon
f.nll.latlng the departmental rnralr
shops lu n single plant under eetitral
control.
There ie now seventy-one separate
shops in our departments and in Hel
levue and Allied Hospitals, not In
cludlus the repair shops of the Hor
ough Plesldents. The consolidation
of the repair shops alone would not
only save the city at least $1,000,000
a ear, but would also nffor.d ui an
Immensely better and more modern le
palr service.
The Commissioner tecomniends that
this central repair shop hale a cen
tra! location, and that It be larne
enousb to ptovide for a central
municipal Morehouse, for the eential
testing laboratory and for the police
and tlie drill .quad. I'ndrr the plan
proposed tlieie would bo blanch lepalr
shops for making of minor repairs.
lie denounces the present method of
handling icpalr work as wasteful njid
unbusinesslike. There nre seienti-one
lepalr shops under tlie Jurisdiction of
foutteen different conunit.-dotiers. Ilacli
of tluse shops Is operated as If It
were an Independent concent, tuid there
Is consequently miioh useless duplica
tion. Sixteen of the shops occupy bit id
lugs -and site- which are valuable mid
which could be Mild for siib-tnntl.il
priics, accordliu to tins Commission! r.
lie bcllcics that the proceeds of sui h
sales would go a long way tonatd meet
hig the estimated cost of the building
mid she of the new central repair chop,
wliMi is $l,.Min,0(.iii. 'rhe total iosl of
the city repair shop now Is l,n;i...
.Ili.'i.t.'i. It Is estimated that the new
plant could be operated at an annual
cost of $'.',)x7,!iiix '.', a saung of fl
OSI.fiSU a enr
SENATE FAVORS BILLS
ON 11TH AVE. TRACKS
One (lives Central T, .Months
to Itejiin Kliininntlon. Other
Forces Kleetrif ieat ion.
A I ii N i . Apill fi Sriatoi 'I li.'iip-ii
Mjcciedid tn-da.i lu Ii.imiii; the Si ii.n.
advance to tlx unlet of lln.il passage tin.
I'll! nbogin bill, which prnposrs pi fiu
the New Yoik city Hoard of ll.-tunaii
mid Apportionment u dcllnite tune ul
fifteen months to complete its plan-, f
the elimination of the. eleventh .mime
tiaclis,
The Thompson hill pun ulmg for Hie
i lectrlllcallou of Ihi' sunn mail was nexi
on the grill. This bill passed s.iiuc ilais
ago. Its aim, Its supporters insisted,
would be to foi iv tin Central In u-nioie
Its tracks altogether In prcfficn.v to go
ing to the expensi of clectrlf l log II
Senator Hrown called up his omiton i.,
reconsider the vote by which this b II
was passed. Senator Walker sud ho
would vote for the motion, not that im
favored Its puir, but biciiuse in be
lieved responsibility for delay In ti'in. i
Ing the tracks was wlioll.i upon tin
Hum. I of I'.slimale It was nil nghl. lie
Inslslrd, for "tlie ineiiibet-H nf thai bo.ud
to I'lltli'lse men IM.c mi si f licemi.e we
me nttlicheil to a i iilii'il piililii .il ui'gai .
Untloii, hut when II conies to doing r . -. 1 1
things themsehch, these einituni luuii.
blow' ate blind or looking doun luc lue
rscipi "
Senator Walker voted fur the Ih-niiu
motion a ptitesi MKiilii-i the boanl's
action, he said. Tlio motion was lost bv
a vote of IM to 2d, and Uiu bill now (joe's
to the Assembly,
FERGUSON TO BARE
H1LL1S CASE SOON
AfToinilinjr of IVtniA S.i.,.n.
In lions Is Duo. Inn
RefeiTP Is III.
AMj rONCKRNKD SI1.KNT
The details of the alleged speculatlen.
of tin Rev. Dr. Newell Dwlglit iril,
pastor of PI) mouth Church, Hrouldfn. i. i
con! and timber lands In Itrltish Ooltrn. j
lIa and of the admittedly tangled ftntrer
clat affairs of the preacher are cxpscts,
to come out to-iU) In the acuounthui
oideted by the Supreme Court to be nb.
milled by Frank L. Ferguson. forir
attorney In fact and business matiati
of Dr. llillls. "'
The story will bo presented from Mr
Ferguson's viewpoint and will bn ult j,,,
ter'a natratlve of his work for Dr. Ili;
covering a period of more Hum for
years, fiom May, 1010. lu April, 1015. !
will jirobably frame Hie Issues at a
between Dr. IIIllLi and Mr. Ferguson,
wluwc controversy has become s0 lntn!
us to attract nationwide attention.
Referee tn III.
The accounting was ordered riled
terday, but whether It was eiibmttlej ti
any representative of cx-Justku D.ek.
of Hrooklyn, sitting as a refere. TOii
not bo learned utithorltatliely last nlh
Mr. Dickey Is III and at his housH is)t
would say whether the report litid Uf
tiled. No Information could Hie u.tslr.l
fiom Judge Dickey's secretary
Mr. Ferguson was idlenl. II, W k'
logg, his attorney, would give no lnfr.
inatlon. It was asserted, howeve- thit
the accounting would bo presented k
was learned that both Mr, I'e-siisnn t
.Mr. Kellogg -worked all dav fro-n nrl
inornlng until long after the dinner t-u
preparing the data sought bv t curt
Hints Here thrown out thai Mr, yt'.
gUMin in his accounting would go In'e
o. long history of Dr. Illlllss fltia-!il
affairs, would show how th preach"
had become Involved In bis e-osl vi
tlmbe-r spevulatlona in Canada nisi bow
he had sought the aid of Mr. Fe-t g'lfn
to help him out of ellfllculty.
Tho accounting also Is exp.-u, tv
show- what Mr. Ferguson did for D-.
Illllls and to set forth the amoav.i
that Mr. Ferguson claims a- t oiti:n-s-shuts
on various transactions a ,.l fa
Mrvices us his hudneH inauasei l
1 1 1 1 ! already has chai ged thai Mi K
giisou owes lilm niotie.i, and Mr w
giisoti has retorted In kind T ltf rU r
set forth by Mr, Ferguson are expect
by members of Dr. Illllls's eonfi
tloti to b of Intense. Interer,
At Work for Weeks.
Mr. Ferguson, aided by ;.i a?- .r-jy
and issrps of stenographer-. it rt
from i-atly until late, has been ensarJ
for weeks in preparing hi- i,ii a-i our.t
of evidence that covers a d ade it
was said yesterday that the lepoitwnu'd
cover several hundied pages
Dr. Illllls's liabilities are said to w
been at one time almost a million dul.an
and It Is said that Mr. I'ergu.-nn hatvilM
a ilk amount during his sleward.si'r
Dr. Ilillls's attorneys bale assorted that
Mr. I'erguso'i has not furnlsliiil at a-
time any complete accounting of
stewardship, but the papers to fd
to-day, tf they wer.. not presemen to t-
referee last night, arc said t- un ntn
minute det.vl of every trans-n ii. t
Friends nf both hi Millie a'nl 'r
Fiigu-Mti sought to Iiom" the t c
their disagreement but without i
Then follow eil the suit, startco I Pr
mills to get ait ucinuitllng.
SQUIRE SING SING'S DOCTOR.
Witclii'f -r Pli)slclnii pimlnteit
to vacant Pott b I.) on.
OsSIXIXil. Aped ' Dr t"" 0
Squire i if i issuing who ireMcd !"mi'
of Slug Slug ptison lor i.m " t1'1
radium furnished by Frank A a If r
hp, was appointed acting pin-, an !
surgeon of the prison to-da t" -u !
Dr. c W F.trr, resigned
The iipiMciitmciii. whu It i tr f
until Dr. Sqlllle take- the ; t , l
service cx'amlii.i'iioi. w.i- n ,n. I su
perintendent of Prisons '.it I er r jfll
Klrchwey was among th"-e ' r ii
mciideit Dt. Sium wlu. a
backing of the Witihester . P
publican oig.ilii.atio:i He te e i twi
terms an Cornnei of the . iui i x s ri
time ago Mr V.iniler'qi pt icure I J
worth of ladiliiii for In Squlii. pa-' ef
with Ii be u nl u licit tig pi .c -it'i
and inmates if ie Ui I Ik e 't'
.ihiishouse
The world's finest woolens
go into our suits, and into
those of the high priced
tailors'.
But we have it on even
the best of tailors.
I While they fume and fus.
'we deliver your suit.
Fine rich mixtures many
our own design and all io:i
fined to our own use.
Silk linings, if you prdcr.
and tailoring as good ns the
best.
Sizes and uinatK-iis 01
sizes in so manv modi's that
fwc can safely say w "lit
900 out of every 100" men
who come into our st-rts
May vc prove on: ,iri'
tention?
The price, you kno "l
,be much less than Mi Good
i Tailor must ask.
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