TRANSFER TAX HITS

WALL ST. RENTALS

One Compiiy Finds llnikcrs Al-

ready Moving 1 flii'iipcrQuart crs.

EXCHAXMK M FX WOKHY

Situntion Like Insurance Coin-p- ti

iiit-- s Crisis, Says (lorjrN. Towlc.

Organized protest ugnlnst (lov. Sui-

ter's hill to Increase lliu Stale tux onMock transfer from ?- - to $1 n tiuiidrcilshares h:m now extended further tlmnthe stoi'Mimkiri,. A petition ugnlnstthe hill wax wlili l circulated amongtin- - employees ol blikerugo houses yen-tpnl-

and drew more than l.ooo signa-tures; rial cstalo men ahead organ-Itf- d

to light the hill Increased tholr y,

anil a rail wan out to WallStreet telegraphers, of whom there arcabout 40U, to meet on Monday to pro-test.

A Stock Kxchange committer, toWhich which has Uen ndilnl Sammi P.Strclt of H. T. Cney & Co., making tenmembers, met yesterday lifter noon anillast night to discuss xvnys anil mrannof proving to tli Legislature the gen-

eral harm which they bellevo Uic hill, will cause. At the end of the afternoon

session tho committee gave out thistatement:"The tax Is unjust. There Is no similar

cl&x on sales of cotton, coffee, drain,mtals. dry goods. &c.

"It Is a tax on business, not on property."The doubling of the tax will un-

doubtedly contract the volume of transac-tions and the revenuo will not come upto expectations,

"A Miry confldernble amount of busi-ness will undoubtedly leave the State.

"The market will be narrowed, and asmarketability add to value. Its loss willproportionately decrease values.

"London has been made the financialcetitro of the world by its free and un-restricted banking and rtock exchangebusiness.

"New York has become the centre ofthe New World in the same way. This

i proposed Increase would prove unques-tionably a blow to the Importance of thecity and Stile of New York."

One member said as such:"The State will find that It Is a loser

financially In several Indliect ways, with-out being much of a gainer In direct way.

"In 1306 the State leallzul aboutI6.000,000 from Its tux. That was thefirst full year the K was In operation.Last ytar the revenue amounted to aboutI!, MO, 000.

"Tho raising of that $2 tax to x wouldmean a much further slump and woulddrive million of dullars of business awnfrom New York city, which would sufferproportionately. If there t lots of moneyIn town It means lots of ptosperlty forevery one; the bootmaker, the tailor, thetheatre manager, the hotel man thebutcher w ill do buslneti. will be pros-perous, and as they can sell their w.m-t- .

they can pass the prospeilt .ilon; tothose from whom they buy.

"New York Is Hie financial ientre ofAmerica and such a law might take thldistinction away from us."

Churles P. Holzderber, a member ofthe committee, also pointed out thatthe strength or New York us a tlnanclatcentre would he seriously affected. Hesaid:

"At the pics.nt tune Neiv Vnik u.tracts gnat amounts of money from nilover the country. It is the leudlnesthat the Stock exchange affords foi thelending of money on the hlghct kind ofcollateral security and the possibility ofImmediate withdrawal of money mi loanswhen wanted that brine large sumshere from the rest of the counti

"This will be lot should tho pioposdtax become law just In so far at thattax will reduce the activity on the siKkmarket and render the great lint of securi-ties on the cxehniice vahnble acollateral.

"The market will he dilutive, theprices and quotations wide inn! ,i unitiesless salable, foi the i eason that the trad' i

will be largely eilnitnatnl by the newtax. The trader Is the menus of makingclose prlceH and netlve markets whichmake good collateral and attract moneyhere."

George N. Towle of Thompson,Towle & Co. said that the Stock Kx-change naa now coins through a periodof change and transformation similar tothat which the Insurance companieswent through several years nun. Mr.Towle expressed himself as decidedly Infavor of changes In the xvorklng of tintexchange that would bring .ilioiit neces-sary and snno Improvement.

He said that ho looked for the emerg-ing of the Stock KxclmiiKe and its as-sociated interests from this period ofcriticism, attach and change with

strength and ability. lie wentstrongly on record, however, againstlegislation doubling the trnnt-fe- tax. liefelt that It wan a measure that typllledthe attempt of politicians to make po-litical capital out of radical attacks.

"Such a measure as this must lsstrongly opposed In the Interests of rtnlreform of u sound nature." he said.

Mortimer or thoUnited States Realty and ImpiovementCompany said the proposed tux alreadyhus had an effect on tho renting liusl-nes-

Brokers whoso leases run outshortly are citlier refusing to make s

until tho situation clears or elsnarc giving up their offices and engagingcheaper (iiiiirters.

I'ractlcally all the dealers InterestedIn real estate Houth of Pulton street arenow enlisted against tho hill. Amongthose who sent word to Itryan Ken-nell-

who Is heading the Unlit, that theywill give him support are ThomasMarch, representing tin; Ini I'out cmn-pan-

which Is erecting the new Krju.table Hulldlng; Irving A. Riilund, 3lleekman street, e. president (,r theIleal Kstate Kxchnngo; William A.Whiting; William V., (J. Calllnrd of

(inlllard & Co.; I'ease & Kill-ma- n;

Herbert A. Sherman, representingtho Huvemcyers, William a. White &Sons, K. A. Crulksh.tnk .V Co., WilliamII. ChesehrouKh and K. A. Treadw;cll,president of the Ileal Kstato Hoard ofHrokors,

Tho Ci.ileolldnteil Stock Kxc hunge Isto mako n light tiKainst the bill throughlt commltteo on leghlatlon, composedof W. U S. Webster, Ogden D Huddand M. I J. do Aguero, now president oftho Consolidated Stock Kxchange. Mr,de AKiiero brings out theso points;

"That the tax heai h lieiivlly um, Hlimited number of eliUens, Instead ofbeing equally dlstrlbiileii."That It falls with unreasonable se.verity upon room ti.nleis."That It Is onerous hectuss It is ciimu-latlv- o

taxation In tint the same crtlll.cate may iiimwei foi iui Imnsaclloiisduring the da ami ihneroio b.j taxedten tlnua.Tliat It is iIush hgliilatloii almi dgainst t lie muni imdeih, ilu, wouldhave to pay half the tuxes."

AI.HANV, Feb. i. w. ,.. van Ant-werp of the New York Slock Kxchangehart an interview wltll (lov. Sulzer thlimorning.

("1 told tho Governor," said Mr. Van

1

Antwerp, "that far from taking anypart in the discourteous Incident at tho

brokers' meeting Wednesdaynight, the members of the Stock Hxchange were and are it unit In applaud-ing htm for his fair and dignified treat-me- n

or the matters affecting the ex-change.

"Tho Oovernor told me Hint far fromwishing to do the exchange nn Injurylie was desirous of promoting Its wel-

fare, and I am sure every one whoknows him understands that this liasbeen his altitude right along.

"I have covered some f,00i) miles ofterritory within the past month, andfiom Florida to Minnesota I have foundthe average layman denouncing thoStock Kxchange for thlmts thai neverwere on laud or sea, If a crookedmine has been sold, leaving a long trainof chromo stock ccrtltlcntes In thehands of credulous people, the StockKxchunse Is held responsible, night jhero In Albany the latest trust companydefaulter Is said to have lost his com-pany's moneys speculating In the Stockl'xchange. although everybody shouldknow that women and real e.tate got Itii 1."

ADMIIS ROBBING MANY HOMES. I

loulh or When the .olor !

Threaten lo Tell Ills Hrvcctheiirt.New Itociliu.l.i:, N. Y Feb.

than tiling illsgrnee upon his sneethesit,whose photograph lie carried In hispocket, Charles .1. II Williams. Hi yeatsolil, confessed y that he robbed

In the fashionable section of NewHochtlle within the last two weeks. Therewere other robberlis bete ami along lmgIsland Sound, ninountliig to J:o,0M, thatthe polite believe he is guilty of.

The robbeiies Williams has admittedcommitted In the homes of William

O'.Menra In Forest Heights. WilliamIn lion Air I'ark, .1. K. Kodils and

K. N. Hates In neecbniontPolice Lieut. Frank Cody found Will-lam- s

at a Mills hotel hist lllttht, where helixl leghtcrcil under the name of (Ireen.He had a suit case beating the nam" of"Nick l!ate, Jr.. Fordham l'nl'erlt ."Much of the jewelry and a loaded ieolverwere found In the case.

Williams denied the robberle until thePolice threatened to Hud the alii in thePicture and bring her to New liochelle asa witness. Then he broke down.

CALLS HER HUSBAND A FORGER.

I'm out en I,nner'a Wife Mny lie lre- -

pareil Waldorf mil.Mrs. Marie Mulock Dudley of New- - Voik

and Philadelphia, who Is being vied fordivorce by Kdward Dudley, a rich Camdenlawyer, and who has filed n counter suitcharging Infidelity, yesterday stated before

Stevenson, in .lersey fit-- ,

that a bill for her room In the Waldorf fromApril s to 15, iwo.'i, was a roigery by herhuxband.

"Why. never tvtw that bill lieloie.asserted Ml" Dudley ' I was at our homeill Philadelphia fromthe sthto 1Mb of Mull,iisi.i Ibe bill has been forged by Dudley "

"Why do you charge Dndlev with foringthat bill''" asked Mian II Htrnng. couiim1for Dudley.

i(ecuue iiis sister, ,Mr. .mry (iioin olPnlniieli. toll) me one rime tliul Ditiilevforced Ids father's will' the ierday. was ordereil direct from Head- -"

tieorae W Dorrance of itri.tol. Pa . a! J",ltr!r" S"wnp)' ,,a'1

eloe Irleml of Dudley, denied the i barges U1.'1JUHI',of Mr Dudley that Dudley hihI Mi Klia- - I rhe et Atlorney i giving atten-bet- h

llatelle Vanderpool. u widow ofs.iiigei- - tion to the reported lintnunitv from arresthad acted linpto.erly of a Harlem gambler who is said to haveon tin- - way home from l.urope in the -- urn- mt.n running a hamliiook in a num.

nier of iws

THE SEAGOERS.

riiuse Nallluii To.ilay for i:uroie.Went Indies nml Ilerniniln.

Sailing y by the Noith HermanLloyd Huer (5eurgo Washington for Plymouth. fherliourg and llrmeii.Albert C. Talboi 'r mil Mt. tt llllmMr. and Mm. Alexander (lUrnhclm

Amor Mrs. waiiri Haw lhurMMr unit Mm. W.T. Pen- - ii i.fKiiriin

tlnrk-.Mnlt- Mr mid Mrs. jonn l.Mr. ami Mrs. n&jnionil I ririrpltfi I'nrrnll t c. l.uk

Msl i,i.-at-e den nml Mr I

Mr .1 nn Mrs. (ironic A. .I'.'k.f?'!,..nreper 11. S!?llr ana Mrs. II. W. lluii- - Mr Itah i.aMi''and Mr. K. S. Talk

Itnssn Swln

.l.rV.l.'?..i..:.,,vlorn l.uuis .vllot!. "n Von

bv the White Star linerMajestic for Plymouth. Cherbourg andSmithampton :

II. V Ar.rlrewx lten l.otit.lnj;e oriri' ll. oic i:. A. v. st.nilei

K. I Iji Mnntnzii' mi.s vinnreii iiowesMti... Ilnrntht linirilull mm Marie rrnunPercy 11. Manner. Jonn Warrington

11 the H.imburg-Anierle.i- n liner Ham-burg fur Madeira, Gibraltar and theMediterranean ;

Mr t'harie I). Atwooil Mr anil lr I.. A.Mr anil Mrs !:. t, iiunrne

Palll Capi W A. P. SmithMr. ana Mr De Wilt Mr and Mm J. li.

lliiimi I'nhen ht'rwnodllr. II M. Trainer Mr. A i: Tlinnia

Mlllam II Mrs. William I'I IraniFor (tlasgun by th Aneh.n liner

Caledonia ;

Mrs Marrareifhapman I.i.mI MerrlekOr Sarah Nohlr Mr anil Mrs John MapCharles Mnnles I ran MaulcJohn I. liruh.lor Umdon h the Atlsntle rrnnsport

air anil i.uuaru ii. "rs m u .mure.Carle ! " Manlel

Cltiforii C I'lhcr Mr ini l x Wall- -. I.It I). Ihurlii-- r Mill

Hy the Hoyal Mall liner Arc idlan forIlennuila :

llursrll Peril Mr anil Mrv. John .Capi. .1. P. Iireen Munw.nMrs V W t.nrd llr 1. Milan Simile)Mr ami Mrv I". n Mr anil Mrs J. Mien

Mawi II J'uw nwmlThe Kr l .1 Power

For Porto Hleo b the New York andI'orto Illco stenmhliip Conmo:Mr ami Mrs 'I. J Ueorire llnCTnian

lloone rrnnkllii I arriil. JrMr and Mrs. Mnlrnlni l.nrrnn .Semul.

Illder Mr. anil Mrs II II.Mr anil Mrs C. l licyo

Parllii J.I. VewMrli

CITY JOTTINGS

Tin; New York Auxihai of I lieSouthern Industrial IMucatlonal Associa-tion will give a bridge part at the

Hotel on l.'nsler Tuesday to raiseJfiOO.

.Innies I'rltihaid of the Pawnbrokers-Sale- s

Stoic at Z53 West Forty secondstreet was Indicted esterday for re-ceiving iitolen property after two bellboyspleaded guilty to stealing $10,000 In Jew-elry from Miss Frances names,

Justice (Inff esterilay sentenced fivevoting men said to have blown open ascum of safes In Tho Hronx.

Suits aggtcgallng ISO.OOO were broughtagainst Commissioner Waldo yestuidayby William Lenlhan, George HwnrtoutAdolph Zorn and Jnmes I' Judgii forfalsi nrrest and malicious prosecution.The suits grow out of tho waiters'strike.

Assistant Cnlted States Attorney JohnN lloyhi yesterday sent to Washingtonthe leeords or the which ob-

tained the release or Gen. Cipriani) ("as-tr- o

and Kdward F. Myllim

The Tax Commissioners are undecidedwhether Pastor Charles T Kussell is

a. religious enterprise or is for-feiting his claim to tux exemption Ounproperty Inuilved Is valued at JIOO.OiiQand another assessed at 120,000.

The exhibition if women's portraits atthe dlneurer Galleries will be open t.iiuinow ariernoon to I lie public at thlegiilar charge, as well as to tlm aitstudents

The police iae Ik en naked to huntfor lludolph Kiiuze, n sulnonkceper at.null rant av'nue, who dlsapiienrvd daybefore ycaterda)'.

THE SUN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1918.

SWEENEY'S RECORD IN

STOCK DEALS SOUGHT

Wliil man Knows Urokors He Js

Said lo Have Traded Withon Margins.

NAOLF DKXIKS FAVOHS

Dislrict Attorney Hears NewWitnesses on I'olitleal and

Poliee draft.

Information regarding slocik tradingaccount- - allegod to have been maintainedliy Inspector Dennis Sweeney with twodowntown brokerage ilrms a receivedly District Attorney Whitman yesterday.

It was snit! that. Sweeneyhas been a heavy margin operntor MrWhitman has the nanus of Iwo commls- -

,slon houses whero Sweeney had accountsiit"l will call employeert of these to testifyon Monday regarding nweeuey s rrans-acttoii-

AmntiR the witnesses examined by thoDistrict Attorney yesterday were a manwho Is said to liavo acted an an Infonnorfor Sweeney on gambling houso mattersand tho Informer's wife. The man saidtint ho had lxoif sent around by thoInspector to got Into tho good graces oftho gambling houso keepers and get alino on the amount of business lielng iloiioby each, ho as to lix tho amount of grafttu Ik tvtld. The .informer's .wife corrobo-rato- d

himThis infonnor said that when Sweeney's

name was brought into tho graft invostl-gutto- u

by ('apt Walsh ho was urged by acertain lawyer, whoso name he gave toMr Whitman, to leave town. This lawyerwill le calledtothoCriminal Courts Build-ing on Monday lo explain,

The saloon of l.loyil t Newman, onlloth street between Madison and Parkavenues, has been mentioned by wit-lies-

ns a sort of clearing house for theexchango of collection money betweenthe collectors for the pollen unci tho col-

lectors for certain oliticians.'Thomas Lloyd, one of the proprietors-i- s

a tnemlier of tho Tammany Hull gen-eral committee in the Thirtieth Assemblydistrict, of which I'erclvul K. Nagla isleader.

When Policeman Kugene Fox wasarrested Lloyd went to the CriminalCourts Building with a woman whooffered real estate liond for Fox. Thebond was rejected Iwenuse of a secondmortgage on the property. Fox. it wassaid, spent somn time in Lloyd's saloonin conference with Llovd on the nlehtbefore the policeman's confession.

Sweeney made a raid on n Third avenuegambling place alleged to have Ii eenconducted by Lloyd mmc two or three

lyenis ago. I lie raid. It was sunt yes

Harlem saloons for a longtime.I The information which has reached(the District Attorney on this point ex- -plains that this freedom to conduct his

i gambling operations without hindrancewas in return tor certain favors tligambler was able to do for ixilleo andIsiliticians m the matter of graft collec-tions.

Percy Nagle had this to iay yesterday...reKartung toe reporieti conueciiou fs'li.i i ii i - l.. i -" niu s .11111 (sjiii e griiu in liurieini -- If "! Isiliticians are tied up withthe police grafters in Harlem I am notone or t liein. 1 ilerv t be no ce. the fur... .r,,,..., ...ii.... ,,i ii,A !...,uu ,1,111,1,111,1.111, iur ,iauivv niiuinrj n

' onice to show any connection betweenmvse f n nil Sweenev. N alsii. Duflv orf'"t' 1 mjver talked with Sweenev morehan half a doen times in my life, and

not much of tener with alsh.- never wskel a favor of any kindfrom anv one of those, men. Th reisirt"' 1 Alfrisl .1. Talley ru

se for Sweeney is untrue. I haveot "'" "r I"ke!i witi Tnlley within

the last year''V i'wt Attorney lias tho names

of other plHces than the saloon mentionedwhich are alleged to have been usedas clearing houses for tho collectors,but the one named is said to have beentho most

Information is now being gatheredbv Mr Whitman's investigators in whichcharges are made that not only havecertain politicians pnrtlcitiutod in thegraft collected from questionable resorts,gamblers and excise violators, but thatthey havo had a part in the establish-meji- t

of certain resorts for tho assistantst which these places would lie able to give

them at election time' "'"' 1""" described y, acquaintances as liable, if the DistrictAltoniev is able lo get n case against

! him. to join the ranks of those who haveI decided lo K'ietiein sieves at the penso; oi iin-i- r uhsociaies in uio grail collectingniisilles

'Hut I lisf net blnrn,M' Ii tl.o. f- .i.-'- - 'iHilileian through whose efforts it is-- mil hweenej- - was transferred to thoHarlem district and was kept there.

It was learnmi yesterday that friendsof InsiM.otor Sweeney, who believe thatthe best course lor him is to make the bestterms lie can with the District Attorney,have approached the Rv Father .lamesW. Power, pastor of All Saints' Church,at I'.'Olh street ami Muili-o- n avenue,and have urged the priest tu intercedewith Sweeney and suggest (hat htich acourse would bo tho wisest for him. ("apt.Wnlsh and Men Sipp, wife of George A.Sipp. are members oi' this same church

ergl Peter ,1 DulTy, who was arrestedon Thursday lollowing his indictmenton a briber- - charge and who spent'IhuiHlay night in the Tombs, was

define ,iist Goi yeritiMilavaflernoon He had no lawyer'witli himand askeil for an iidiourumonl of thopleading until he could consult one.Pail was !l.o al M.ooo at tho requeMof Assistant District Attorney Clark andHie pleading wan set down for Mon-day morning A surety company lur-nlsh-

tin. bail Polfceman TliomusI' llobiuson, who was indicted againon Thursday for extortion, was iirrnigneilon tills indictment yesterday ilisoriginall.ul of f.'i.otui was continued to coverthe new indictment

Kdward !. Newell, .under two indict-ments and who is ill in St Luke's Hos-pital, was unable to apisiar for plead-ing yeslenl.iy and iinotnor adjournmentwas erniileil Newell Is K.1I1I to hn lm.proving, but isstlll pretty ill.

Alfred .I Tnlloy, counsel (or Sweeney,said yesteiuay mat MwiH-no- would pleadnot guilty on Monday and that ho wouldnsk for two weeks ill which to prelumtho tlefence Mr Tnlley again Insistedthat his client would not confess.

Inspector Dwyer believes that he hasuncovered material which will lie ofvalue In tho present Investigation inii,.. n, ..ii,,,. ,,,r , ..,.,,,,,,i,. ....l.i,--i iviriHIR nof gaiubliug buslnesH in u gamblinghouse in of,t Mnety-soveiit- h street.

VACURIS HITS POLICE RULE.

of llnllun Miioinl Tells llmrWnliln tbollsbeil It.

Lieut Antonio Vnchrls, who suc-ceeded Lieut. Petioslno In command ofthe Italian squad of the detective u

and who retired from tho PollenDepartment after Commissioner Waldohad kept him nt City Island for four-teen months, told thn Curran Alder- -

manic committee yesterday afternoonof tho results of tho work for whichLieut. Pctroslno sacrificed his life.

Lieut. Vnchrls was In tho departmenttwenty years, of which he spent eigh-teen In the detective bureau. Lieut.Pctroslno, ho said, was sent to ItalyIn 1IHI9 by Commissioner Hlngham toget records of Italian criminals In theUnited States.

Pctroslno was assassinated at Palermoand Lieut. Vnchrls and Detective JohnH. Crowley of the Italian squad weresent to Italy to finish the work.

Ilefore their work was finished Com.mlssloner IJlngham was succeeded byCommissioner Haker and Vnchrls andCrowley received telegraphic orders tocome back. The two detectives broughtNick the crlmlnnl records of 700 Italian.!In this country.

For the first three months afterVaehrls's return lie was assignee) toclerical work at Headquarters andtrnnsluted the records and put them oncards. Then he was transferred toHrooklyn and It was not until a yearlater that he got back to New Yorkand took up the work of getting lit"700 criminals out or the country.

He found the records "all upset" in .1

drawer at He.idiiu.irteiT! he wild.When I'ommlisloner Wnldo took com-

mand of the department, on May 2i,1P1I. Vnchrls said, he began cuttingdown the Italian sipind, four or five

n week, until of the originaltwenty only four were left.

Vnchrls called up Deputy Commis-sioner Dougherty and protested hecould do nothing with the several kid-napping cases then In his hands unlesshe could have more men. Doughertyreplied, nccnrdlng to Vnchrls, "I knowIt's till wrong, but the Mayor has hisown Ideas about It,"

Vnchrls explained the work of thesquad to Commissioner Waldo, whosaid; "I understand, but you knowthis Is another administration. That'all."

"Ami It was all," Vnchrls commentedto the committee.

Vnchrls was taken from the Italiansquad and put In command of theStventh detect!o district In The Hronx.Aft r twenty days there he was trans-ferred from the detective bureau to dodesk tluty and was sent to City Island.He remained at City from Sep-tember, Dili, until he retired on Oc-tober 19 last.

Lieut. Vnchrls said that tinder thepresent administration the railroad sta-tions are left uncovered and thatcrooks come In freely from other partsor tne country, bringing their tools withthem.

Vnchrls strongly urged the restora-tion of the lineup as the only means ofeducating tit detective..

"New York detictlves are as good ora shade better thnn any In the world."Vnchrls concluded, "hut they aren'thandled light."

fapt. Matthew-- McKeon said that afirst year patrolman, receiving a salaryof J800. had to spend from $250 to 275for uniforms, equipment and stationHouse expenses.

other witnesses liefore the committeei yesterday were llr Albert Pecorlnl. onj Italian tdltor. and Dr Lconhard F. Fuld.Ian examiner for tho Municipal CivilService Commission and the author ofa book on police administration.

The committee adjourned until 11o'clock Monday morning. Former Com-missioner Frank Moss win be a wit-ness in the morning and Former Com-missioner McAllllO 111 the nflal'imnn fi.n

, Hlngham will he called Tuesday If he Is'back from Panama In time. Other wi-tnesses Tuesday will ! Arthur Woods,11111! Hurt Hanson, both jeputy commls-- ,sloners under Bingham. Mo-- jChilian will he called Wednesday morn-- Ilug and Low Wednesday nf--iternoon. One of the witnesses scheduled

jfor Thursday is McCullagh,Dig Hill Dovcry's predecessor.

' TELLS HOW TO STOP GRAFT.

llr. Mlian- Snr Women With VoteWonlil Soltr roller Problem.

Dr. Anna Howard Hhaw says thatwomen could solve the police situationin New York If they had the vote.

Speaking at the New York UniversityForum yesterday, hhe cited the case ofDenver, wjicre the police had planned touso the women of the underworld asrepeat rs. The women objected to lie-

lng compelled to register, since they hadto give their teal name, and appealedto tho Woman's Club.

"The club consulted with its ,"

sold Dr. Shaw, "and sent theMayor an ultimatum that If he tlld notdismiss the chief of pollen he himselfwould lie so badly snowed under onelection day that he would never bepolitically resurrected. The chief wasdismissed three days before the elec-tion, nml women can only 5 per cent,of the total xote In the underworld pre-cincts."

Dr. Shaw said she watched outsideof one voting place In a prlx-at- e house,as most of them were, and never saxvso much politeness l,i her life. Not awoman, In the opinion of tho candidates,was able to go up two steps unassisted.As for the babies, it was one day In theyear In xvhlch they did not huvo to

outside alone, for willing hands re-ceived them or xvhecled the perambula-tor while mamma voted.

WILL BEGIN INQUIRY FEB. 26.

Legislative Poller In estlunters In( oiilieriite With Xlilrinien,

The first session of tlm Wagner leg-

islative committee on remedial pollenlegislation will bo held on Wednesdaymorning nt 11 o'clock, The session willprobably be held in the Surrogate'scourt, but this hnd not been definitelysettled yesterday.

A of the AldermanlcInvcstls-alin-g committee called on Sen-at-

Robert F. Wagner, chairman of Hi"legislative committee, yesterday. ThoAldermen wore accompanied hy Mr.Huckner. counsel to their committee.After tho conference Senator Wagner."aid:

"There Is no doubt Hint the best solutionof the police problem In the illy of NewYoik will he brought about tlirouxh Hi"cooperation of tills eominlttee and ourown and that the people will Iid benefitedtherebj. Lach eonunlltee Is aeluated byHie same motive. Mdernian t'lirraii andMr. Huckner assured our committee llmtthe Aldermunlc invent ivnllnu would behastened in order lo be In a position withina very sliorl time lo prepare a report

certain recommendations,"Our committee will hold lis first sessionon Wediiesilnx niorulig nt o'clock Weihnve been In iccelpt already of ninny letterfrom prominent rltizens, public olTleliils amirepresentative of civic and religious or-- I

gnnlalion asoiring u of their hellerIn tliesinceiils- - or our mission nml pledg-ing their earnest cooperation. Them U'absolute harmony on all hi i let and our coin-inltl-

Is Indeed very much gratified at Hidoutlook.

The legislative commltteo will probablyannounce on Monday Its programme forthe lirst day'a tesalon.

ANOTHER ARREST DUE

TO WILSON THREAT

Second New Jorscy MountaineerHorne Fighting to a City

Lockup.

HAD ItKXEWEI) LETTEHS

This Time to Kill Those WhoHad Jailed His Mnte

Weeks Before.

Two worn Federal officers climbed offa train ut Hoboken last night, betweenthem they half carried a huge moun-taineer, clad In corduroys and n blueshirt, who In spite of the fact thnt hehud fought his captors for hours stillhad enough spirit left to require theattention of a squad of Holniken policebefore he could bo hurled Into a patrolwagon.

The prisoner was Sceley Davenport,one of the three trappers of Wharton,In Morris county, X. J who were ar-

rested for sending letters threateningthe life of PrcBldent-oloc- t Wilson onDecember 10. Ho was released thenand his urrcst yetcrdy was caused bythe receipt on the part of thoso whoarrested him of another letter.

Peter and .lacob Dunn and SeelcyDavenport lived far up on the ridgeof the Sparta Mountains looking downover a wild country to the mining townof Wharton. They were tho terror ofthe countryside. When one of themcame down to town and- - went on a de-

bauch the residents of Wharton keptIndoors until he had gone. Constableswere their matutinal diet.

The scrawls they sent threatening thelife of Oovernor Wilson xvere tracedto their filth littered hut on the lnoun-tul- n

side by l S. Deputy MarshalLewis G. lleekman and Post OHlce In-

spector Francis Ilutler of Newark.There they were arrested hy the twoofficers and arraigned before C. S.Commissioner lllchard Stockton InXcwnrk. The evidence against JacobDunn xvas sufllclent to send him to theKssex county Jail to await thn actionof the Grand Jury. There a notenough to hold the other two.

On February 1 Marshal lleekman re-

ceived a letter telling him that If. JacobDunn were not Immediately liberatedthe marshal would be shot doxvn. Hefound that Inspector Ilutler had re-

ceived a similar xvarnlng. Both lettersxvere .written in the same handwritingns these that had threatened Gov. Wil-

son. Furthermore It xvas learned thatPeter and Seeley had been to the Jailto see their Imprisoned comrade. Withthis evidence the Grand Jury Indictednfl three on February IS.

lleekman and Ilutler start d out earlyyesterday morning xvlth a bench xvar-rn- nt

for Seeley Davenport, the warrantfor Dunn not being ready. Tbey tookan automobile from Wharton, while thoInhabitants, who had learned of theirmission, wished them luck at tl j crossroads. lp a winding mountain roadthey went. A mile from the hut theirmachine refused to buck such a roadany longer and they went on afoot.

Very gingerly too they went, for theyremembered their last experlenco whenguns hud been shown. lleekman, scout-ing ahead, saxv no signs of life In theclearing in front of the frowsy littlehut. He beckoned to Butler and thetwo slipped out of the bushes and werethundering at the front door tho nextmoment.

There xvas no response. The hearda man snoring Inside.

With his body shielded by the side ofthe house lleekman thrust n cautioushand with a revolx'er in It against thedoor and pushed It open. Slumped ona bench was Seeley deep In alcoholicsleep. The two stood over him andawakened him and then Butler wentout to look for the other trupper. Pres-ently Dunn come through the woods.

Ho stormed when Butler told himwhat he was there for, but as soon ashe dlsoix-ere- that there was no xvarrantfor him, contented himself with swear-ing.

In the meantime Insldo the hut Ucek-ma- n

was having his hands full. As hobecamo fully awako tho Spartan moun-taineer seized Beekman by the throatand the two went to the floor.

Over urrf over in tho dirt they rolled,lleekman had put aside his gun and

reaching for his billy. He managedto keep the big hai.ds of the trapper offlong enough to twist round and get theweapon.

He hnd clubbed Seoley Into submis-sion when Ilutler with Dunn at hisheels tumbled In. There was anotherlong argument and then Seeley agreedto come quietly. At the top of therlcketty front steps, however, Beekman,off his gunrd for u moment, was shoveddown and Into a very sticky mud puddleby Seeley. The officers said afterwardthat they then ''hnndlcd Reeloy as muchas xxns necessary." ''You see," they ex-plained, "he xvas drunk, and we couldn'tbe loo rough."

When they got Sceley Into tho ma-

chine waiting a mile, away with theround curses of Dunn echoing In tholrears they had a triumphal processionthrough Wharton. Kveryhody from thehead of tho foundr to the postmaster'swife came out to thank litem for therelief. They earnestly besought the offi-

cers never to bring Sceley hnck againand to bo sure and come back for Dunn.

On the xvuy in the smoking car ofthe Lackawanna train was enlivened bySeeley's efforts to escape. Though hewas liaiidciilTed he managed to rear upand beat down both deputies severaltimes, It looked n- - If there had beensomo morn diplomatic "handling'' whentho party anally got to Hoboken. Hexvas locked up in the Hudson CountyJnll there.

MUST PAY HIS UNCLE'S BILL

r. v. Tolilllnson Ordered n NetlleMil, ,11)11 l.nver' Fee,

John C. Toniliiison, a lawyer, is entitledto recover tJ.SDl) from his nephew, Theodoro1',. Toniliiison, for legal services, under adecision of the Appellate Division of theSupreme Court yesterday Toniliiison xx asmanager of the lubricating oil departmentof tin Indian Iteftuliig I'oiup.iny, and wroteIlls mien mat lie owned tne rigid to me,i iraoe oniue inr aiiioniooue on, nut tliatthe Indian Defining Company xhh makingsuch a poor brand or oil Unit the value orthe trade name was being Impaired, andby there l ore anted to be released fromhis five year contract xx ith I lint lonrnrn,Lawyer Tnmllnson got his nephew re.leased from a contract that paid htm iiu.nuoa year in salary uud Vf. per cent cnnmiio.slons, and T L. Toniliiison took his tradename wltll him When his uncle sent hima bill for legal services he refused to pay onthe ground that It was exorbitant.

1. Altman $c Go.

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On TUESDAY,

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C'oiHiFiMCd torn First I'auc.

ter Is reported to District AttorneyWhitman.

Dr. Russell thought he could furnishthe lawyer's name to the committeelater, but that for the present It had"escaped him." He had no reason, hesaid, for concealing the name. Ho couldnot give n description of the man.

During the examination Dr. Hussellwas asked whether he now consideredThaw sane, but he refused to ansxver,saying that his opinion xxa a matterof court record last July, and that It

had not slnco changed."Do you think he should be re-

leased?" asked counsel."Thnt Is a question for the courts to

decide." answered the"I have refused to discharge htm."

Continuing the inquiry as to the Iden-

tify of the lawyer Dr. Ilussell xxa.

naked:"Did you take the J20.000 from him?""I haven't got It." he replied."Did you take It and later return

It?""No, sir."Dr. Russell testified that Secretary

Clark had telegraphed him to come toAlbany to testify before tho Inquirycommission. When Dr. Russell reachedAlbany, he fald, Mr. Clark took him tohis office In the rooms of the commis-sion, and told him he need not sayanything to Chairman Carlisle aboutIho release of Thaw, "because Carlisledocs not know anything about It." Herepeated that Clark said the Governorwished Thaw discharged, and that Dr.May would give him the order.

On February 10, Dr. Russell said, hennd Secretary- - CUrk dined at the Al-

bany Club, on which occasion Clarkagreed to Introduce him to ChairmanCarlisle of tho commission. While withClark before his Introduction to Car-lisle, Dr, Russell testified, Clark snld tohim: "Noxv I will tell Chairman Car-lisle that you have learned that wo oroto cut your all to hell,and you are mad about It, and you havecome up here to see him about It,"

Testifying regarding Clark's first callon him at the hospital on Jnnuary 8, Dr,Russell testified that he had met Clarkoutside the building and that afterClark hnd made a demand for certainInformation Dr. Russell asked If howanted to see tho wards.

"What In hell do I to see thowards for?" asked Mr. Clark, accordingto tho witness. Dr. Russell said hu thengot tho Information which Mr. Clark haddemanded, relating to certain statisticswanted by the commission.

Dr, Russell testified that the Thawprlx-at- detective, the man Hoffman,from had informed htmthat he would he called to Albany andthat (lov. Sulzcr wanted Mr. Thaw re-leased, before ho had been summoned toAlbany by Clark, The detectlx-- e also toldhtm hn would be told this by Clark andthat Dr, llay would give him the orderof release signed by tho Oovernor.

Asked why he didn't mention tho af-fair to Chairman Carlisle, Dr. Russellreplied that ho was "new at tho politicalgame and did not know Just what todo." He said he wanted to see how farClark would Involve himself in tho planto release Thaxv. Ho said ho did notknow Clark, until a few weeks ago, butthat he was willing "to get something onhim" If he persisted ln the scheme. Hntestified he had thuught It "n crookedpiece of business,"

Dr, James V, May. president of thoState Hospital Commission, corroboratedin detail the testimony of Dr. Russell.Ho said Secrotary Clark had Informed1him that Oow Sulzer xvas desirous ofhaving Thaw discharged.

Dr. May testified thai he had Monoto see Gov. Sulzer, who tola Mm howould not Interfere In the Thaw casennd had not authorized any one to saythat he desired the releaso of Thaw.

wiiuam r. i.'iniKo's session on tlmstand was very Bhort. He was asked

Feb, 25th

Wonmeini's Sanirninnier DressesLimee, Epomige, etc., willoffered special prices; alsoWomen's iioiuise Oowmis, Negli-

gees amid Corsets.

$20,000 BRIBE

FREE THAW

superintendent.

appropriations

Poughkeepsle,

only fifteen questions. His answersxvus rather lengthy.

After saying that he llx-e- at the HotelSt. Jumes, In Nexv York city, nnd xvas

engaged most of the time ns n politicalnexvspaper reporter, Mr. Clarke ex-

plained that hu tirst met Dr. Rusjcll atthe Mattenwnn Asylum In the middle ofJanuary. In narrative form Clarke'stestimony In part follows:

"I to see. Dr. Russell occasion-ally In relation to his estimate.", toreally find out xvhut I could regardingtho story of the doctor's being offerednnd having recelxcd 23,000 to releaseThaxv. I talked xvlth the doctor abouthis estimates. 1 told him to come up lAlKtny, 1 Invited him to dinner and I

took him tu tho theatre. I pursued allthe regular lines that the ordlnannewspaper man pursue In g

to get this Information."The Governor never spoke to me of

the Thaxv subject xvhatever. I nevertold the doctor thnt tho Gox-crnn-r

wanted hltn to release Thaw. My co-nversations about Thuw at

own suggestion. One day at

Mattcnwun Russell allowed me to terThaw. I talked xvlth Thaw a while

"When 1 was going otu I said I dlilnsec anything the matter xvlth ThawRussell said, 'There Isn't anything th'matter xvlth hltn. He Is perfcctl saneI asked Russell why he did not let Thawout. I asked Dr. May xvhat authoritDr. Russell had. I xvunled lo 11 ml otnwhy they offered Russell this monoI found out that ho xx'aw the only person that had any authority whateverand that Iho Governor had no Jurisdic-tion whatever over the matter.

"That Is all I havo to say. Webring up tho rest of this matter iatei

SHEARN DOUBTS THE ST0R)

Only n I'onrt Order t.'ouhl llclcneThnn--, S l.nnirr,

Clarence .1. Shcarn. who represi nII. K. Thaw upon his habeas corpii.hearing before Supreme Court .lustlieKeogrh nt White Plains In June. UKsaid:

"The story tlint Gov Suler's name lu'lbeen used to induce Dr Ilussell to rele.--i

Thaw from Matteawan is highly ImprobableInmyoplnlon. In the flrat place Dr Kin'ellcould not under the law release any onefrom Matteawan without an order of connIt would muke no difference xho asked htm

to do It. Ills sole authority under the In1

Is to certify that TJiaw is fane, (in sueha certificate a court order of release can bfmade.

"In the next place, evon assumlnr th'Mr. Clark would use thn Governor's nam',neither Thaw nor his family would everconsent to back door methods to proctirhis release. All sorts of suggestions nrtpoured In upon Thaxv and his family Vntlas tho two years Rhat I representedhim I always advised against any quarkmethods, and both Thaw and his famlb'Invarlablytook the position that they wouldhave nothing to do with any pioceduroexcept a demonstration In an open and

official hearing that he was sauc and entitledto his freedom on that ground,

"I do not know whether Thaw has re-

tained new counsel since the conchwlonof tho hearing that I tried for him lait Jum.or whether he Is contemplating any freshproceeding In the near future, but I am

certain that he would not resort to ueh

crude and foolish prooedure as to cmrlorInfluence upon Dr. Ilussell Thaw knostho lunacy law as well as any lawyer H

knows that Dr. Russell could not let blmout If he would and ho Is too shrewd to

waste either tlmn or money In that direction-"If any alleged laxvyer offered a bribe to

Dr. Ilussell to release Thaw last Novemberhn xvas a fool as well as a criminal It hibeen commonly known that Dr Ilussellhas believed Thaw to bo sane ever sin"ho took charge of Matteawan Thnt wa

also tho opinion of his predecessor I,rMay Yet this xas of no avail, becauwIn order to procure Thaw's release It Jinecessary to satisfy tho coutt ol tlie fupon a hearing.

'"I haw Is perfectly sane and xvoulil lu"been released long ago but for the iiotorlithat his case has attracted 1 hope tlmt IU

nex lawyer, if bo has engaged one, 'succeed, both ns a matter of Justice 'n I n.i

nnd on uccount of his devoted mother

UVEA'SHAIR BALSAM

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