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TAAW AIDS ANTI-VICE
SOCIETY,", AGAINST WHITE

SOSiG HGfNiiNS' VIII e
New York, Feb. 13.-Anthony Com
stock, head of the Anti-Nice society.
has given u this interview:
Il know that Stanford Viii was a
human monster. / know that much of
what Mrs. Harry Thaw has stated as
a witness is true. l know that Stan
ford Whites den in the tower of Mad
scribed it. i know that White made a
business of destroying young girls. L
know of at least one specific instance.
And what l know | learned after
had been given the first clews by Harry
Kendall Thaw himself.
My first knowledge of this case dates
from the sumner of l905-about a wear
before the killing. / should say. One al,
ternoon a tall. Well dressed. we'll bred
Young man came to me in my office in
the Temple Bar building. He seemed
to be laboring under excitement. and
it was evident tina he was desperately
In earnest. He opened The conyarsation
by asking me if i were interested in the
suppression of vice. Then he wanted
70 know if my society gave special al
tention 10 the arrest and punishment of
men who proved upon Young Girls. I
told him thar we did. He i9mpe8 mn
a~nruDt1v said he vn,la Soc mo agai.
and ieft without telling me his name
,,+roa,,oa. p;...t
~; ~ ~ aass lateI ne came PACK.
ll!ls tlile n seemed more az ease out
lion as ! nan - I4Ia ! 80 saa s VIZ ~ ~
roduce himself. AS nearly as / can
recall he said.
am Harry kendau Tbaw of
P~ittsburg. You may have heard of
me. want TO tell Won of a man WIN
has betrayed more Young girls thar.
any man in New YORK NJ is nortic.
Wlarly given TO PURSUING the yollae .,irI,
of ma STAGE ~ l. ~. ~ ~ =
owes 10 itself to halt him now before
he brings shame and sorrow 10 any
more victims.
lie has come into my own lifa ",
such a way that desire above eyer,-.
thing else TO see his practices ston,5ad
i'm order that others NAV Ne e,,erai 80
suffering he has BROUGHT upot me- ana
ming, His name is stanford White
lie !; an architect ANA he has a,i in.
famous den in the tower of the Nadieor
aquare Garden
THAT in effect was his Statement ,
continued Mir. Comstock. "alth0IIpb OF
course, / asked him a great deal mora
of the matter. lie left after seclfif-y
my promise to investigate. He agreed
to pay the cost of looking into fhe
case. he at once mailed Ire a check of
au.iClelt size 70 eeffaY the necessary
sHpealSeS. ana consequently wrote me
SgEtt%t tllIies upon the subject of
w nv, 'sh',g eteh Nllf!e what progress
"e "StN Ai,th7ii5.
10 Catch White.
Our Investigation confirmed To a.
great degree What Thaw had told me.
our detectives We're ~astounded at what
they discovered. We worked hard, and
learned a great deal, but of all cases
these are the hardest to prove under
the rules of evidence, and before risk
ing an arrest ! determined To catch
White.
II learned that his rooms in the
tower We're as Mrs. Evelyn Thaw has
described them in the trial. Two of our
detectives endeavored to hire rooms i'll
the same tower in order to watch his
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SHIPS COLLIDE, men
FREEZE TO DEATH
Scores OF Lives Are Los
When Schooner and Steamer
Crash Together.
H@In RAJ kS RESCtIE
COLD BALkS RESCUE
Victims Try for Shore of Block lsiane,
but Many Fail to Reach 1t
Cause of the Disaster
Is Unknown.
EIGHTY DYING
PERSONS LANDED.

New York, Feb. 14.-Captain
McNey communicated With the
Joy Line officials In this city by
telephone from Block Island this
afternoon and said: Larchmont
sank within ten minutes after
the collision. After cruising
about in a small boat in an Icy
gale from II p. m. to s a, m. he
landed on Block Island.
Close behind his boat another
landed, bringing fifteen dead and
eighty dying persons.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-12
More Railroad Reform.

TOPEKA. Kan, March 1l.-The House
today adopted the Senate two-cent- fare
bill.
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FIGHT OVER THE
COLLEGE QUESTION
Heated Arguments Had in the
House During Session
Monday Afternoon.
DEBATE OVER PARK
BILL IS THE CAUSE
Night Session Is Necessary to
Dispose of the Great
Question.

There was oratory and oratory and
oratory in the lower House of the Cen
eral Assembly Monday The pyrotech-
mics were fred promptly at 9 o'clock
and from that time on for several hours
there were continuous explosions and
showers Of oratory.
The Park BILL S, b. No. III, propos-
ing amendment 10 section = of article
X. Of the Constitution of Utah, relat-
ing 10 the public system of maintenance
tion of the Agricultural College and
the University of Utah, and perpetual
ing into the said University of Utah
and the several colleges and schools
all the rights, immunities, franchises
and endowments hereafter granted or
conferred unto the Agricultural Col.
lege and the University Of Utah, was
the cause of the oratorical display
This measure was the special order
for 9 o'clock, and as soon as the speak.
er's gavel fell the ball was opened.
The lobby was packed and all the avail
able space on the floor was filed with
spectators.
AS soon as the clerk had read the
bill Mr.. Mills was recognized and pro"
ceeded to make strong argument in
favor of the measure, He had lust
NblUlt' up W ln' HuDIcCb "HtD Ilnp
was called and he was compelled to
stop.
Their Mr.. Thompson moved effective
" that all persons who desired to speak
upon the question be given thirty min
utes In which to present their views
upon the bill,
Prof Mills then continued his ar
gument in favor of the bill. He gave
facts and figures and made strong
nIna fDT tbo Of hn ISn
give the people an opportunity TO vote
upon the question.
Mr.. Peterson followed Mr.. Mills in
oposItion to the measure. He main
tanned that the Agricultural College of
Utah was the greatest institution of
its KIND IN the country. The consitu-
tion fixed the location of the several
institutions of the State, and there
they should remain The college has
taken care of itself and is now a great
institution. MIR Pedersen made
strong plea in urging the House 10 vote
the bill down.
Mr.. Westphal then delivered a care.
fully prepared address in which he
made an appeal for consolidation and
which twelve years, he said, had aci.
tated the people of Utah lie had not
concluded his address when he had ex-
hausted his time. He declined 10 an.
swer questions propounded
Mr. Howe opposed consolidation. He
declared that such method would alb
solutely close the doors of the Apri-
cultural College. He made the state
ment that % per cent of the people
Of Utah county was with him in his
view of the matter. 1t was, he said.
the duty of the Legislature in enact
ing laws to build up, rather than tear
down, The Agricultural College was
ono of the greatest institutions the
state had, and he believed that it
should not he consolidated He ap.
pealed 10 his colleagues TO vote against
the bill
Mr., Jackson of Utah county deIiy-
Continued on Page Two)
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District Attorney Absolutely Unable to
Controvert Terrible Story Told
BY the Girl Wife of
Whites Slayer.
CALIFORNIA LAWYER PROVES MORE
THAN MATCH FOR THE PROSECUTOR
Nine Tenths of the Days Session Occupied With
Hotly Contested Legal Battles
Between Counsel.

NEW YORK, March 11.-0n the first day of the states
in rebutta at the Thaw trial District Attorney Jer-
today came to a temporary sandst against the
practically solid wall the rules of evidence have built
around the story of Evelyn Nesb Thaw Mr. Jerome be-
gan to attack this story soon court opened this
morning. There ensued wellnigh ceaseIess battle be-
tween the prosecutor and Dolphin M. Demas leading
counsel for the defense at the end of which Justice Ftz
gerald upheld the rule laid down at the beginning of the
traI-that young Mrs Thaws story admissible only
as tending to show the effect it might have had in unba
ancing the defendants mind, and that its truth fasy
is not material.
Mr.. Jerome tried to evade this rule by declaring he
endeayOring merely to show by inference-by cir
cumsanaI evidence facts and details in the story
that Mrs Thaw could not possibly have told the story to
her husband Although he will doubtless be blocked by
the same rule, when the time comes it is said the Dis
tric Attorney may attempt in the same way to prove
alib for Stanford White the night lie is alleged to
have matreated Miss NeSbit.
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Nine -tenths of today's sessions were
spent in argument. and in nearly every
/ instance Mr.. Delmas won his point as
. to the law, while Mr.. Jerome in the
very argument itself had got before
the jury 4 perfect knowledge as TO
what his witnesses would have testi-
fed to had they been permitted, The
District Attorney called ten witnesses
during the day, but, aside from draw
ing from the State s eyewitnesses to
the tragedy the opinion that Thaw
seemed rational the night he shot and
killed Stanford White, little real head
way was made.
Lining up all his forces in rebuttal,
Mr.. Jerome decided to open his fight
by attacking Evelyn Thaw s story. He
called Frederick W, Longfellow. for
merly an attorney for Thaw, and asked
him first concerning the case in which
Ethel Thomas is alleged to have sued
Thaw for damages because of cruel
treatment. Mr.. Delmas objected, burt
before Justice Fitzgerald sustained the
objection and ruled out the evidence,
Mr. Jerome declared:
1.-The story of the girl tied to the
bedpost and whipped by Thaw is the
story of Ethel Thomas. This poor
girl is now dead -
Here Mr. Delmas objected to the
District Attorneys remarks, and the
latter began an attack along a differ
ent line
lie showed Mr. Longfellow the pho
tographic copy Of the affidavit Evelyn
Nesbit is said to have signed in the
Office of Hummcl. alleging that Thaw
treated her cruelty while abroad in
1903 because she 'would not tell
lies against Stanford White"
Another Turn Blocked,
Mr.. Jerome followed this up by ask
ing the witness if Mrs. Thaw had not
turned over to him certain papers to
which she had subscribed Mr. Long
fellow said she had There was q long
argument between Mr.. Jerome and Mr..
Delmas, al the conclusion Of which
Mr.. Lonefelow turned his entire ex.
animation TO nanght by declaring that
Mrs Thaw bad never shown him
paper similar TO the Hummel affidavit
in any way The witness was there.
fore excused without examination.
Police officers who saw Thaw the
night of the tragedy declared he acted
nationally. Capt Hodgius of the ten
derloin precinct, however, qualified his
answer to the question by saying: "'For
a man who had Just committed murder,
Tkaw acted rationally.'
This was stricken OUT, and he said:
We'll. his eyes had stare and |
gaze such as they show as | now look !
at them. This answer was also |
stricken out, and finally the captain de.
clared;
"Well, he seemed more rational than
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irrational-and that 5 the best answer
L can give.
Many of the witnesses called by the
State during the presentation of the
case in chief were called today. All
declared Thaw seemed rational.
Nh Jerome called DR.. Rudolph Wit
thaus, a chemist and expert in poisons.
Hours Storm of Argument.
The District Attorney framed by
pothetIcal question covering Evelyn
Nesbit g description of her night with
Stanford White in the Twenty fourth
street studio house and asked il there
was any known poison which would
cause insensibility IN two minutes and
permit of the quick recovery testified to
By Thaw S wife.
Around this vital point, opening up
as II did path through which the
prosecutor could march his forces in
attack upon the truth or falsity OF
Mrs. Thaw S story, the storm OF argu-
ment ragged for an hour or more. NJ.
Jerome pleaded with Justice Fitzger-
aid at great length. Mr.. Delmas in re-
ply cited Mr.. jerome S own words at
the beginning of the trial At that
time tho District Attorney had the
court instruct the itry that young Mrs.
Thaw s testimony was permissible only
as tending to show what effect its rela-
tions to Thaw may have had in un-
seating his mind. The prosecutor fur-
ther said that under the rules of evi-
dence he would not be permitted to at
tack the truth Of the story.
"Now,' said Mr.. Delmas, in con-.
clusion, che is attempting to do that
very thing
Mr.. Jerome said he was not attack
ing the truth of the story He was call
ing for an expert opinion TO the effect
that no known drug would produce the
effect testified to by Mrs. Thaw
Jerome Opens the Rebuttal,
with the trial entering its eighth week
today, District Attorney Jerome began
the real work of the prosecuton-the
offering OF testimony in rebuttal OF the
defense built up by Thaws attorney.
The states case In chief, which was
concluded In less than two hours after
the Jury. panel had been completed con-
sisted simply Of the testimony OF eye
20 the tragedy.
The first witness called by Mr.. Jerome
today was Frederick w. Longfellow, one
OF the Thaw family attorneys who
called by the defense some time ago 10
Identify certain letters which Harry X
Thaw wrote 20 him In 1908 Today Mr.,
Jerome wanted him 10 identify a letter
handed him by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
upon her arrival from Europe late in
1908.
Mr.. Longfellow met Mrs. Thow at the
ship when IL docked October 81. Mrs.
rhaw upon the witness stand. said she
could not FIX the date or the name of
The steamer
MIR. Lonefellow said he had acted 9s
rhaws attorney FOR some years prior ia
June 25 1906,
he suit Of Ethel Thomas against Harry
*. Thaw2" asked jerome.
Mr. Delmas objected. but Justice FIt1-
gerald ruled that The witness might an
;wer YES or no.
My firm handled the casa" SAID Mr.
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Salt Lake Woman Who Killed
Senator Brown Likely to
Take Stand.
HER ATTORNEYS SAY SHE
WILL BE GOOD WITNESS
Intention of the Defense Is to
Make the Trial Brief as
Possible.

= = = :: = = = i; :. !. = : !. :. ::
!. Special 10 The Tribune, :,
= WASHINGTON, March IL :.
= Will Anna Bradley be called to :
= the stand to tell her own story :.
= of the wrongs which she claims :.
= to have suffered at the hands of :.
= the late Arthur Brown7 :.
= This question can he an :.
:. swered only by the develop :.
= ments of the case, hut there ;,
= are evidences that Mrs. Brad :
= leys attorneys are favorably :.
= disposed towards such course. :.
= Attorney Hoover stated today !.
!. that Mrs, Bradley's kcenness of =
= intellect has not been dulled by ;:
\ the loug confinement and by ::
= the mental strain to which she :.
!. has been subjected, and that it +
= looked now as though she would !
= make n capital witness in her !,
!. own behalf :,
= This mental alertness is likely =
= to be the deciding point in do =
= take the witness stand, al :.
= though final decision will not be !.
= made until the prosecution S !,
= case is before the jury. !,
= Mrs, Bradley has lost some ).
= fifteen or twenty pounds in =
= weight since the shooting The :.
= present prospect is that the trial =.
= viii begin the latter part of :.
!. April or the first of MAY. The =
:. intention of the defense is to :.
= shorten the case as much as =
i. possible, the estimate being that =
= 1t will take not more than two =
= weeks Attorney Hoover wishes -
= the Bradley case to stand out =
= in contrast to the Thaw ease, =
= which, in his judgment, is being =
- dragged ont to the detriment of =
Y the defense, -
y =. y - - - - - 80 -. =. =. =.
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kosecution of Alleged Municipal CRATER
of San Francisco Scores
Many important
Points.
iFF IS DENIED WRIT FOR THE
T RESTRAINT OF JUDGE DUNNE
pttion For Writ of Kabeas Corpus Refused, and
the Right to Appeal Also Denied
By Court

X san FRANCISCO March 1l.-This the most event
fuI and for the Defense the most DISASTROUS day thus
far in the prosecution of alleged municipal graft in San
Francisco lis conclusion found the chief figure against
whom the efforts of the District Attorneys Office d.
trected-Abraham Ruef-nearer by far than he be-
fore had been to actual trial in department of the
Superior court to delay which his attorneys have been
drawing upon all their and bending all their
energies.
Among the many and fast following incidents of day
full of strenuous action and direct results the follow
! ing we're chief:
The Supreme court of California denied Ruefs appli
cation for writ of prohibition to restrain Judge Dunno
from proceeding to try him on the grand jury eXtOrtOn
indictments in the Superior courts; Judge DeHaven, in
tile United States District court refused Ruefs petition for
writ of habeas corpus having in view practically the
same end and denied Ruef the right to appeal from this
I decision.
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BETTER TIME SCHEDULE,
One Result of Conference Between Rail
roads and WoolgroWers.

l. o. Leonard of the Missouri Pa
cifc, and c. Ira TuttIe, livestock agent,
and f.. Buckingham. general superin.
tendent of the Oregon Short line, have
returned from Cheyenne. Wyo. where
they attended q meeting Of representa-
tives Of the National Woogrowers as
sociatons The meeting was held 10
consider matters pertinent TO the wool
industry, the season of which is ap.
proachjng, and fourteen railroads were
represented
One result of the meeting was the
reaching of an agreement whereby
train tonnage will be lightened, thus
enabling the carrying out of better
time schedule.
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had been or now was in custody in vio
latiou Of the sixth or fourteenth amend
ments to the Federal constitution, and
pointed out that before coming into the
United States District court for habeas
corpus he had failed To exhaust the
State courts, not having applied for re-
lief to either the District court of sp-
peal or the Supreme Court. Heney
maintained that in granting the writ
of error by which Ruef appealed to
the Supreme Court of the United
States, Superior Judge Hebbard acted
without jurisdiction-an assertion
which, he remarked, was well sustained
by the fact that both the District court
Of appeals and the State Supreme Court
have denied Rref s application for a
writ Of prohibition to prevent Superior
Judge Dunno from going ahead with
his trial while the determination of
that appeal Is pending,
Heney denounced the surrender of
Ruef by his bondsmen as pre.ar-
ranged scheme for the purpose on
Ruef S part of inviting himself into
nominal custody so that he might then
allege himself to be restrained of his
liberty and on that allegation sue out
q writ of habeas corpus, "Under such
circumstances, - said Hcney, "the con
stitution of the United States offers
this defendant no relief by the writ
he now seeks To obtain here.
Defense Alleges Contempt.
Mr. Murphy replied at great length,
denying all the important charges
made by the prosecution, and quoting
many authorities IN support of the con
tentiou Of the defense that the act of
! Superior Judge Hebbard in granting
Ruef an appeal by writ Of error was
n final Judgment in that particular
cause aud not renewable. Murphy
asserted that Judge Dunno, together
with Heney and other court officers,
had placed themselves clearly In con.
tempt of the Supreme Court Of the
United States by refusing TO recognize
in Ruef S appeal supersedas suspend
ing his trial in the lower court Henev
replied vigorously, md was followed
by Henry Ach, who made the final ar
| gument for Ruef
In denying Ruef 8 application for
writ of habeas corpus Judge DeHaven
said that the granting Of writ OF
habeas corpus is not an absolute right,
! and that the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States has declared in a long line
Of decisions that District and Circuit
courts should not interfere with actions
of Superior courts unless some right
guaranteed TO the ptitioner by the
| Federal constitution were being vio-
lated; in the present instance such
did not appear to be the case,
1" As for tho contention that the re.
spondents are committing contempt Of
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THREE TRAINMEN KILLED
Boiler of Locomotive EXplodes While
Drawing Heavy Load.

METUCHEN. \, j., March H.
Three men were killed and several
others hurt and Metuchen was shaken
and threatened with fire today, when
a boiler OF a locomotive on the Penn.
sylvania railroad exploded while draw.
ing heavy freight train through
town.
", H Fritsche. the fireman: VIII.
lam Sisher, the engineer and Brake.
man Smith were killed.
The train was opposite the railroad
station when the boiler exploded. por.
tions Of the boiler were blown two
blocks away and tore through two
buildings, which were set on FIRE
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TWENTY Men Laid Of

A few days ago ten men in the Rio
Grande machine shop and ten men in
the car shop at this point were laid off
The reason given is that there is no
work for the full force and o policy
of retrenchment is being pursued 4
month ago the men were working extra
almost every night, but now there work
seems to have been fully overtakeu.
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Deal PRIDE

Yes local pride should impel
srw one TO see TO IL that a
sssoto or two OF every beautiful
pan,so In the West be entered In
sbe Beauty Contest
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Mayor Sehmitz demanded separate
.hl and his case was set for hearing
y ymoTow, but 10 follow the trial of
III
I'm charge of Elisor Biggy, Ruef ap-
Hed at 10 o'clock in Judge Dunno s
;NFtment- of the Superior court,
EIere an immense crowd was assem-
~, their interest aroused TO a great
+ RE the prospect Of seeing the in
mE polotlcal boss actually brought
1< bar in custody. II was Ruef s
up appearance in public since he
rf declared by Judge Dunno TO be a
Ptiye from Justice and since his cap
at Troeadero by the court elisor,
i Wetive Burns and their deputies.
ff was brought by automobile from
z prison chamber in the st. Francis
.e- and the officers having charge of
mad to literally fight passagcway
1pugb the dense crowd that packed
q corridors leading TO the courtroom
remple Israel. at California and
s0ster streets Seated near Rucf
nEn court opened was Mayor Schmitz,
upe'ed by the grand jury on five
Il pnis OF extortion identical with those
Pugnt by thar body against Ruef.
t Of Police Dinan, indicted for per.
II snd conspiracy, occupied seat in
rear of the room.
81 Ask Dismissal Of Appeal.
i I. ths days proceedings were opened
|, assistant District Attorney Heney
81 motion that Judge Dunno SCI
! the acts Of Superior Judge Heb
h os which Ruef took an appeal to
Il supreme court of the United States
,ne purpose of suspending his trial
= 'uuge Dunno. This motion, after
u TWO hours of heated argument by
frseL was taken under consideration
'ne court in fairness TO the defend.
sld IN order to gain the benefit of
l4~pending decision from the State
Fsne conrt. Judge Dunno contin-
'le nearing until 10 clock tomor-
81 morning.
~" counsel filed an afidavit of
's against Judge Dunno and an
d .'ea that tomorrow they will ask
cuange of trial Judges.
!, : latest, development of the dav
u IN the United States District
II : Wnere Ruef, accompanied by At.
: ys Aeh and Murphy, came before
ii pehaven in defense of his an.
uon Tor writ of habeas corpus
Heney and Prosecutor Hiram ipan,
sr sou were present to oppose the is.
gf the writ. The courtroom IN
yyNspfhce building was crowded
sST 4 F'etators, among them many OF
Il os'-known attorneys in the CITY
n Contention of the State.
neney read the sworn return .,
y y hegy as court eyisor. and aiso
j asihy aflidavit sworn 10 b~ vHg HensY |'sY
e S,|Is,u,, n, detailing the capture of the
)GN 0oss- lie denied that Ruet
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Railroad Notes

\. 3. Moseley, travelling passenger
agent of the Oregon Short line, came
down from Ogden Monday on business.
General Superintendent Buckingham
and family left for Omaha yesterday
and will he gone for a week or two.