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New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
THREE MEN TO GO.
Potr0lmen's Dismissal VII BE
Recommended.

J1ix-e patroIn1en were up charges be-
fore Deputy Commissioner Walsh, yes
terdav. in connection with the alleged as
sauIt on Annie Anderson In barber snop,
at No. 404 East Gath street, on the after
noon of January q. Commissioner Walsh
said he would recommend the dismissal
from the force of Patrolmen Henry G
Weitzel, of traffic squad c, and Arthur r.
Temple and Patrick ]. BTgh, OF the East
25tb street station Decision IN the case
of Patrolman John ". Grove and Detective
James B. StapIeton was reserved
Weitzel was charged with taking the
woman into the barber shop and drinking
v wh!skey with her. Raymond Fosdick.
Commissioner of Accounts, who made an
investigation Of the case at the request
of Mayor Gaynor, testified .Jhat he had
examined Weitzel on February ), when
the accused patrolman had admitted tax
ing the woman into the shop.
In his own defence, WeitzeI denied re-
turning to the place second time Inc
first he knew of the woman being az
tackled. he said was three or four days
later. when he was told that she had been
attacked by one Of the BARRIERS.
When asked il he had taken any action
when he heard of the assault Weitzel said:
II did nothing ] did not think it impor-
tant enough to report to my superior
officers
Grove was charged with conduct un-
becoming an officer and neglect of duty
Detective Stapleton was charged with not
making report of the assault charged By
the Anderson woman. after he had learned
of II. on the evening Of its occurrence
Stapleton said that he had no direct
connection with the case. and that ne
heard the assault mentioned while lie was
on his way home on the evening OF Janu-
ary 20 lie was talking to Patrolman
Bligh he said, about the case, and al
vfsed Bligh 20 make report on the mat
ter Decision in his case was also re-
served
4 charge Of assault such as this IS
seldom publicly made against policeman,
IT was said yesterday by Il law firm which
has handled many police cases. AS rule
the complainant is seen and through
threats or money is persuaded not 70
make any trouble Many women have
been persuaded TO take a sum of money
and leave the country instead of pre-
ferring such a charge against MEM
Der of the force.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
KILLED BEFORE PEDESTRIANS,
Two Italians Shoot Fellow Country
man in the Street and Escape.

Several pedestrians in Carroll street.
Brooklyn. last evening saw an Italian shot
down and killed in the street by TWO of his
countrvmen. who succeeded in making
their escape The murdered man was
identified by relative as Giovanni Gallo.
forty-four years old. OF No. 81 Carroll
street which is in the heart OF one of the
Italian colonies of Brooklyn.
The witnesses of the killing say they saw
Gallo. with a bundle Of kindlinG wood on
his back, going through Carroll street. and
that at Clinton street the taller OF his
assailants advanced and. placing revolver
against his left ear, fired. Gallo fell. and
the other man then shot him twice ir the
neck
GalIo's body was taken to the Butler
street police station. His pockets con-
tanned sl56 IN casa and papers bearing his
name His wife and son-in-law called at
the station and the police had difficuluty
in ouieting them. The son-in-law gave the
police the names of some Italians who
are supposed to have been enemies of Gallo.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
PLEA FOR AUT0ISTS
HEIRINGON MEASURE
Bic Rcrenue Promised If Bill
Becomes q Lac.
[rrom The Trlhune Rureau.l

Washington. Feb. 17.-Members of the ma
tional Legislative convention of the Amer
lean Automobile Associatio made strong
arguments to-day before the House Com
nttee on Interstate Commerce in favor of
the bill introduced by Representative
Cocks, of New York, providing for the
federal licensing of automobiles. 1t was
apparent however. that several changes in
the measure wifi have to he made before
il is acceptable II the committee on consti-
tutonal grounds. Tie fact that majority
of the committee favors the purpose or
the BILL however, was a source of great
qualification 20 the automobilists.
President Lewis r. Speare of the Aneri-
can Automobile Association was the hrst
witness lie pointed out many OF the VeA-
atious obstacles which are placed IN the
path of the autOmobilist in travelling from
state 10 state and objected particularly 10
a graduated tax.
Charles Thaddeus Terry, chairman or the
legislative corlrnittae began with the state
ment that the Cocks Dill did not interfere
with the police powers of he states fep-
resentative Mann Immediately began
series OF questions tending TO draw from
the witness that the bill would be usur-
patton of police powers. lie and MI Terry
coul6 NOT agree and Mr.. Mann conciuded
nv questioning whether Congress mas tie
authority to enact law which should
grant one man the privilege of interstate
travel dependent upon his having COM
rlied with the laws of a single state as
provided in the bill
Representative Bartlett, of Georgia, aShe"
how much revenue the government Noulo
derive from q federal license, and MI. 1eFIS
showed that it would bring more tnah
1900 900 a year into tho national tFeasu' - >
as there are more than $4,000 machlhes III
use at the present time and the tax Would
hardly be less than s.. Representat''e
Cocks made a brief statement in favor OF
the measure, as did Neal Brown, or WIS
consin.
Edward s Cornell, secretary or the 40
fional Highway Society, VINO ai iil'eu
here to-day. said that he found sentiment
in Washington to be against federal aut'
mobile legislation at this time
The bills now before Congress ne sala'
esnecialIy the Cocks bill, have provisions
that would destroy the rights OF tile s'a'o
70 cause the arrest of an operator OF
car before an accident occurred. "A motoi
car operator travelling from one state TO
a,,o+b.r would under this law Mr.. Cornell
argued. be practically immune from arrest
1859 t, an officer of the United states
court -
Tnor this ground Representative Mann
opposed the Cocks bill to-day
Mr. Sneara opposed the provision Which
1o1,,d regulate the licensing of automo-
hiles according TO horsepower ne ~
,lained that a machine OF small power. put
running rapidly, might do more oalila %
than a machine OF greater power running
at a slower rate.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
DROPS n COMPLAINT.
Nan Who accuses Policeman
Chances His Mind.

Charged with wrecking a storekeepers
home, Patrolman Henry Fitzgerald, OF the
Bergen street station. was arrested yester-
day afternoon and locked UP in Brooklyn
Headquarters in that borough. The case
was dismissed later in the Adams street
police court the complainant refusing 10
make charge. On Wednesday night Louis
T. Murtagh, a former patrolman OF the
same station. was arrested in the station
house for disorderly conduct.
At noon Yesterday Philip Benavitz, who
has a store at No 442 Atlantic avenue. tels-
phoned to headquarters that policeman
had broken into an apartment in the house
and was wreckinG it. Detectives went to
the house and arrested Fitzgerald They
found him, they said. in the apartment of
William Friedman, a storekeepeT, who was
not in the house,
The place had been literally wrecked
Renavitz insisted at first that Fitzgera:d ID
had broken into the place, but at Eead-
quarters refused to make a complaint
Fitzgerald denied that he had broken into
the place. but Deputy Police Commissioner
Reynolds sent for Captain Hayes and Police
Surgeon webster DR. Webster decided
that the patroImar had been drinking
FITZGERALD started on his vaca ton yestSI =
day, and when that had become known the
policemen at headquarters srinned. fitz-
gerald will have to do come explaining on
the next trial day.
Murtagh, the former patrolman. was halo
Yesterday by Magistrate Geismar. in the
Myrtle avenue court. in 800 bail on =
charge of disorderly conduct. The CON-
plainant is Captain Hayes He says inst
Murtagh caused a disturbance in the sta
tinn on Wednesday nis;nr. In court yester-
day Murtagh said he wanted to make
charge of assault against Cap an Hayes.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
TO RACE ON BEACH,.
Bic automobile Match Likely
at Florida Speed Cmniuol.

Davtora Fla. Feb. 17.-At recent meet
inc of the board of directors of the floi''a
t..st Coast Automobile Association IL was
decided that the 1910 Ormond-Da ION"
Beach speed carnival would be heiu o
March % % and "a. For seVerai lhoii'"o
ma ST il seemed as though the fastest auto
mobile racecourse in the world "ouiu pe
t.,5oned and it was not until the Benz
and Fiat enthusiasts engaged IN coil-
troversv as to which Of the TWO brooA-
lands track cars was the raster. lhe o"ii-
ers agreeing 10 decide the question on Tue
beach. that local interest was reFNeu'
Then the officials and members oI t"e
FLORIDA East Coast Automobile Association
became active in planning Tor 'he conniiiS
tournament.
f. W. c. Arnold. of New YORK, OWNER
of the Fiat car in which Lewis Strans
r,,.6e sucb remarkable records, and now to
he driven by Ralph De Palma, and barney
O1ddeld the track champion, who recently
nurchased the Hemery Benz, which traV-
eIed faster on the Brookands track than
Marriott in his steamer did on the Florida
sands are now arranging the details OF the
nroposed match, which viii be the piece
de resistance of the March meeting
Oldfield is confident he can cover mile
in % or 20 seconds, which Will OF course
beat the mile record OF rs 10. made oy
Marriott in 1906
There will be four or five races Tor an
ferent classes of cars scheduled each day
of the meet and the Minneapolis. sir
Thomas Dewar, Cold Speed King two
miles-a -minute) and other trophies Will DC
awarded to the winning cars.
The meet will be under the sanction OF
the American Automobile Association, and
s. NJ Butler chairman of the national
contest board, has been selected as referee.
T L. Fitzgerald, secretary of the local
organization, will have active charge of
details of the speed carnival
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
MARIO OUTPOINTED BY CROSS
Rallies in Last Two Rounds, but Fails
to Overcome Lead

Leach Cross outpointed Johnny Mario in
q ten round bout at The Long Acre Athletic
Club last night. Quick left jabs to Marto's
face. followed by hard right swings TO the
body and jaw gave Cross lead that Mar
tos furious rallies in the ninth and tenth
rounds could not overcome
The best round for Cross was the sixth,
when he rocked Mario with :, series of
blows to jaw and body. and cleverIy evaded
the attempts Of the latter 10 counter with
the right Mario made a great rally in the
ninth round, and. by landing many heavy
bodv blows slowed Cross up considerably
Mario also had shade" in the tenth
Phil Cross, Leachs brother, made Il show
Of George IIoey in six rounds
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
JERSEY MAY ACCEDE
Commissioner Thorn pson Says
Richmond Wust Haze Water.

There Is a strong probability that VIXEN
the McCran bill, which prevents the d.
version OF subterranean water. is reported
in the New Jersey Assembly on Monday
night 1T will be amended 50 that the
Hudson County Water Company can carry
out it's contract to supply Staten Island
with water. This amendment, which, il
IS understood, is now In course OF prep
aration. will exempt from the provisions
of the law the taking out OF the state o.
ten million gallons daily for period OF
ten years The judiciary COMMITTEES. ot
which Mr.. McCran is a member viii re-
port the original bill favorably on Mon
day night as a compliment to the Passaic
AssembIyman. although there is strong
sentiment among the other members in
favor OF the amendment
According {, Henry S. Thompson. Com
missioner OF Water Supply. Gas and Elec-
tricitv Of New York Staten Island is in
extreme need OF New Jersey water NJ
THOMPSON said yesterday that the pressn.
water supply of Staten Island was a dS-
grace to the city. but there was no way Of
rernedyiug it Just nov. unless New jersey
gave it's help. The Commissioner said hs
had a number OF engineers az Work on
the island looking for water. but Htcie suc-
cess had crowned their efforts 30 Tar
About half OF the water now supplied, be
said. contained too much salt. and vas
not fit to drink
Hardly a day passes BY" said Commits
sioner Thompson, without my receiving
f:onl two to FIVE letters complaining OF
the quality and quantity of water sup
piled to the residents Of Staten Island.
President Cromwell OF the Borough ot
Richmond has pleaded for relief. and unless
va get supply from New Jersey I d9
not see how I can help him Why, I hsva
had TO send men TO the homes OF the resi-
dents of the island TO instruct them 10 use
the utmost care in the use of water, 80
bad is the situation.
We are simply asking New jersey 70
give us enough water 20 supply staten
Island until the new Catskill aqueduct Ia
completed. which. il is expected. will BE- in
five or six years. but not more than ren At
the most When this aqueduct IS working
we will gladly return To New Jersey the
water it gava 10 US IL the state feels that
it needs it,
Mr.. Thompson said that following hear
ing on the bill ar Trenton about ten DAY 4
ago q private conference was had vitE
Governor Fort, and when 1t was SHOWN 20
him the plentiful supply Of water that New
Jersey had he appeared astonished, fer' IL
vas pointed out, there was more water IN
! eight than the state could use N dIfy
vaars Governor Fort. the ConTnlssioner
! eaid asserted that under the conditions hs
| could not see where any harm couid cs
| done to rhe stare by helping Ne" 1orh N
| this emergency
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
MR.. BARNARD OFFERS TROPHY
Twenty-one School Teams to Play for
Indoor Baseball Title.

DR.. G. Ward Champion secretary OF this
Public Schools Athletic League, announced
yesterday that Otto T. Barnard, president
of the New York Trust Company, had Of
fered trophy for the indoor baseball
championship OF greater New York.
The city has been divided into four sec
tions. the teams of Brooklyn, The Bronx,
upper Manhattan and lower Manhattan TO
compete within their districts. and the wiz
ners OF these four sections TO play a series
for the city championship, Public School
Is NJ Richmond. viii hc Included in the
lower Manhattan mines. Twenty one teams
III all Will strive for the title and trophy.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
MORE COLE DATES
TOURNAMENT IN Mdl i.
Morris County Ltnks those"
for Local Cham piionshtp.

The amateur championship 'o'l' 'o III .,,
:l,e Metropolitan Golf Association VIZ
he'd over the links OF the Morris SoOil,S
Golf Club on, MAY % 10 IS. This was set
tied nj = meeting OF the executive eo'i'i''''-
tee OF the association held in this city yes
tcrday. The dates selected are iii "'"ofo-
a,.ce with Il time honored custom OF '''S
body. Although Morris County has oeeh
the scene of national tournaments Tor po''
men and women, this viii be the first time
the course near Morristown has been IA
vored for the mems metropolitan olile'
clubs that put in an application for this at
traction were the Fox Hills Golf Club, the
Montclair Golf Club and the Midland con
Club.
The metropolitan handicap committee TINS
wear consists o. J. f. EriCl son. chairman :
Z. J Phillips and James II. Turner. y
fourth member Will be selected later. II IS
said that the codfication committee, con-
sisting Of Walter J. Travis. chairman ::
Leighton Calkins and Max Behr. will have
its report ready about the middle Of March.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
STEVENS LACROSSE DATES.

T-b. schedule o1 the Stevens institute
}aerosse team for The coming season was
announced Yesterday as follows:
,.,s, % 1euy York Lacrosse CLUB at Ho-
5.,lser,. Aprjl q Crescent Athletic tiGD al
gs2v Ridge: April l6. Carlisle indians, Al
iIonnker: April .. Harvard. 81 itopoBHn,
An-jg % SnaTthmore. ~ Sws rthrnore' MAJ
foi7ns Hopkins ~ Hoboken: May ]3.
r'e4,isa a. south bethlehem: Nay =. Cor
,seg al T9oboaen. Nay :, open
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
HIS MASTER SHOTGUN
Dog Presses Trigger and Hunter VS.
Lose a Hand.

Albany. Ca. Feb. 1s.-Paui H. Jones
accidentally shot to-day and may ''s
hand as the result. He was ridine -
hunting field in an automobile VS." .a,.
dog. which pressed the trigger u 49,,
gun with his paws. sending the l0"~
his masters arm. Al
President Joseph s Davis OF -,..osi
bany Trust Company haF'o"''
death from the charge.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
TO AUCTION HORSES.
Colonel Chinn s String WM Be
Sold at Jacksonville.

Jacksonville. Fla. Feb. 17.-Racing ct
Moncrief Park was completely overshadowed
to-day by he announcement that II. 7.
Chinn. Of Lexington, Ky. would sell his
entire string of thoroughbreds here on
March al public auction.
Colonel Chinn said that he and his con-
ncctions were more than $500, 000 loser, and
that in view of the present chaotic condi-
tion of the American turf lie had decided
TO transfer the scene OF his operations to
Frence.
The summary OF The races run to-day
follows
First race purse; ,hree aaG half faTlongs)
Edmond Ada!ns. liz lMuEgrave1, 10 !, won.
Moacrief, 11s tTrcxler), 10 10. second: James
Nc, 10 tNfco.,- - 10 :, third Time 9:42SS .
STARTER. Inspector General, Dcmoness La L. and
second race selling. six furIonss)-s5t Jeanne
los tBut~eD. to ., won; critic, 100 'Oh"ftl.
5 20 J. third. Time. i:li. ArioEette Tres JcA
and George " Lebolt also ran
Third race selling ia fuTionss) sly.
io2 fhing] 20 J. Won: stsToYeI, I4 tDyefl.
90 10 !, s@oonf CooHskin. los toperp. II to ..
thiT'I. Time, l:1iss. Polly Lee. tiefn ReaeheJ,
Amanda Lee. Brisrens and Mr.. Snarty also ran
High Rang@ III fBUtwelD' - 10 ~, Won
CsTnpaigner loS Davis). 20 l. second les-
leaG.t wapon6ea. T5hon Elfail. Bat Master
son ana Howard Shsan also ran
Firth race ceiling ore mile ana Sc, en,y
s'roa55s. in 1Bui~-ii.. 70 third. Time.
49, Asrttn'e3, ~: 1o1st, Issio>@'' rs iiaFre'
Sfsfh selling one mile snd hlTtHenth'
~'on.raaR. 1n5 ,ohert) - "a J. E'on. foFehurE
10 Powers q to 10 third. T1ne l41il. mans
snc 81. Joseph also lan.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
CApABLANCA LOSES ONE GAME

J. Il capa blanca. tho Cuban chess OK
pert d"fented twenty-five PLAYERS a. The
Manhattan Chess Club last night The cx-
pert dew In three other games, while g, b
Northrup had the honor Of defeating the
Cuban. Mrs. Lillian Is. Franklin was one
of the irio who drew with Capanlancn the
q here being II. II Lin.burs and 8 Golden
berg.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
Ran Anomoh[no Golf Racing Hockey Racques Other Sports
Columbia Fails TO Score
Dartmouth Shoots Three Goals in What Was
Poor Game of Shinney.

teen minutes F. Eaton scored the first goal
for Dartmouth on n shot from tho left,
which Murphy should have STONED with
out trouble. but in attempting to clear he
missed the puck. entirely. and it sIipped
into the net For the remainder of the
half neither goal was in danger. the puck
being knocked back and forth with an
parently no object in view
Shortly after the second half opened Doe
was struck in the head by the puck and
badly cut, but after a short DELAY he CON
tinued in the game. For fifteen minutes
the players skated about without accom-
plishing anything but finally s. Eaton
scored, while Mckenzie was off for trim
ping. One minute later Wells tailed on a
pass from F. Eaton, who had carried the
rubber down the left side of the rink
Cassidy and Harrison We're each penaIzed
for infractions OF the rule immediately
afterward. and while they were with the
timers the Hanoverians tried hard to add
To their lead, but lack of team work and
poor shooting rendered their efforts fruit
less. Opening after opening was left but
the man with the shot was missing
The lineup and summary follow:
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
SCH 1EFER NE1R END.
THE Ui@ard' of Billiards Said
To Be Dung Ont Uest.

Denver Feb. flake Schaefer. the
wizard of billiards. is dying at his home
here II was said to-day
Schaefer came to Denver a year ago to
regain his lost health. OF late he has been
failing steadily. Death IS only a question
Of few days. his physicians say.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
MONTCLAIR MEN YIN.
North End Defeated IN 4th-
lptic BO7ciing League.

Montclair took the odd game from North
End in an uninteresting Athletic Bowling
League series rolled on the formers alleys
last night Montclair captured the first and
last games. while North End won the other
The final game was the closest the men
pnning strongly all the way. Montclair tax
ing ii with an advantage of nine pins.
Booth returned a score Of 220 in the first
game
The scores follow:
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
DEFEATED 1T LAST.
y. !. L. Basketball F'ue
Reoten after Tao Years.

Utica, n Y, Feb. 17.-Colsafe defeateo
New York University at basketbalt 1o-hisHs
by a score Of 25 to q, and they broke Ne"
York-s unhroken string of victories Of two
seasons The Colgate team has made a
fine record on its own floor, but has not
b.o, eo successfu1 in out-of town games.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18

Official notification has been sent 10 the
various clubs of the special interpretations
OF the rules of golf as passed by the ex-
eCutive committee of the United States Golf
Association The new constitution as
amended at the recent annual meeting in
this city has also beer published in circular
form and is being distributed. The inter
pretations on rules are q follows:
General Rule No 11-If Il ball lie on or
within "A clubs length OF a drain cover.
water pipe or hydrant II may be lifted and
dropped without penalty as near as pos
Sible 10 the place where II lay, hut not
nearer the hole-as near possible shall
-rnean-Uithin a clubs length II il he i'm =
for q player to drop the hall in conformity
with this Interpretation, he shall place the
bali as nearly possible within the limits
laid down IN this Interpretation. but not
nearer the hole
General Rule No PA moiehil or mole
tract. may be removed from the fair green
in any way which viii not unnecessarily
interfere with the surface of the green
General Rule No. IA player may take
a practice swing or swings after the ball Is
in play, more than clubs length from the
ball
General Rule No. 23-If il is doubtful that
g hall he out Of hounds. the PLAYER who
plaN ed 1T is not entitled TO presume that il
Is out OF bounds until he has made q search
of five minutes for il. Meanwhile. his op-
ponent may MAKE a search of FIVE minutes
for the ball within bounds. and II the ba II
is not found within that time the player
who struck the ball shall be given the
benefit of the doubt and the bail shall be
considered out of bounds.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
DRIVES AT SYSTEM
Continued from first page.

am Obliged to remit tho fine. Had 1 the
evidence before me that Gallagher and
Nelson had used vile language. / should
have punished them both
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18

It is understood that the interCity golf
matches fo1 the Griscom trophy between
teams Of women players from New York,
Philadelphia and Boston Will be decided
this year over the links of the Huntingdon
Valley Country Club. Philadelphia, between
June l and Is The Won1ens Golf Asso-
citation. of Philadelphia whose turn il is
to have this attraction, wishes to avoid
a clash in dates with the annual cham
pionship tournament of the Womens Met
ropolitan Golf Association, but the chances
are that the local body will follow GUS
tom and run off its tournament the latter
part of May The Huntingdon Valley
course is the longest, and at the same
time the most trying, in the Philadelphia
district Consequently, the women will
have TO ne at their best in order 10 get
around in low figures
The annual championship tournament of
the Philadelphia women's organization will
be held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club
on May o and following DAYS. Provided it
can be arranged the Wilmington Country
Club Will attempt 10 hold an invitation
tournament for women about this time.
The plan most favored now is to hold it
Immediately after the Eastern champion
ship and the triCity matches.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
AUTOMOBILES.
1lvFs 50. AUTOMOBILE co. BARGAINS

Jsr.est Dealers IL --eDT ana sed 'ais
- The wcrld no matter |i7st a
asD- ~ ren1srksbly Low Pff"sT
~C.Tz >T.-n15 Y 4Sfh St. ncsT "a -
49, rhasd.. Ch!cGse. e. LOUIS, AeA-sS LILY
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
SAN FRANCISCO MINING STOCKS.

San Francisco, Feb 1.-THE Official CLOS
ing quotations for mining stocks to-uaS
were as follows.