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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-20
SAY COP DREW PISTOL;
MADE THREAT TO KILL
Witnesses Accuse Flanagan of
CRYING I'm Gyp the Blood"
to Stranger.

Patrolman Frank } Flanagan of the
NaCdOugal street station, who lives at
l97 Nermilye avenue, was suspended yes
terday afternoon and then locked up in
the kingsbridgc police station on a charge
of attempted felonious assault made by
Clarence Bennett Of 3Oi East l3Gth street
Flanagan drew a revolver in saloon and
after proclaiming himself Gyp the Bloot!
threatened to kill Bennett
Bennett is employed as a liaeman by
the Union Railway Company and with
several others was stringing wires in
Barley boulevard. The Bronx, when some
thing went wrong with the auto truck
which they werc using. II was about
dinner time and the machine was driven
TO Tenth avenue and 217th street. whore
Joseph Met ann has a "a loon While his
fellow workmcn went TO a nearby restau-
rant Bennett and Charles Dubois, the
chauffeur. went into McCann's saloon TO
telephone.
Dubois was at the telephone and Bennett
put Is cents down on the bar. Then
he glanced around into the muzzle of a
revolver. Behind the gun was man
witt staring eyes, who shouted:
I'm Gyp the Blood. I'm going to kill
YOU
Bennett never saw the man before and
said SO, while other men in the place
stepped up and asked the man with the
revolver TO put II up. He did so, but
watched Bennett closely Bennett then
| started to run, after observing that
Dubois had slipped out. Then the gun
| was flashed again, with the words
| you've been going around trying 10
harm me You're a crook and q thief ="
! They told Sergt Schermerhorn and
! Policeman Fitzpatrick of III" kingSb-idgc
station what had happened and when
they a went back the saloon they found
| the man with the gun seated in chair
/ before the bar. SChermerhorn grabbed
| the revolver.
The stranger protested and said he was
n policeman He showed his shield
! police whistle and blackjac and said
! his name was Flanagan. When told he
I was under arrest he berated Bennett
/ While riding in the subway to the stat ion
house he tried 10 slip some change into
| Bennett's coat pocket. Bennett stopped
| him and Flanagan declared that Bennett
! had tried to rob him.
Lieut. Frank Price took charge Of
, Flanagan at the station When he wa
searched his shield couldn't be- found,
buI il was recovered later a McCann' 5
saloon. Police Surgeon Williams called
and h" declared that Flanagan was sober
and fit for duty Fourth Deputy Police
Commissioner Dillon was notified and he
! suspended Flanagan
Policemen in The Bronx who know
| Flanagan say they never knew him 10
| axe "A drink He is % years old and is
married He will be arraigncd in the
| MOrriSania police court this morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-20
PUSH LONG ISLAND CANAL
TO CUT OUT THIS CITY
state Waterways Association to
Ask Legislation for Jamaica
Bay scheme.

WArERTows. y. Y, Sept. =? Th'
State Waterways Association ncsan a
two days session in this city to-day.
on Saturday the 10 delegates IN at-
tendance Will take n trip To- the 81
Lawrence. Tomorrow morning has
been set for a trip to CartnaG" to in
spect water power conditions and look
into the necessity for canal from that
village to Lake Ontario, for which an
appropriation was made by the last
Legislature and vetoed by Gov. Dix on
a tcchnicalty.
\ resolution was adopted indorsing
the proposition to develop the Black
River canal from Carthage to Lake On
tario and twelve resolutions were dis
cussed relative to proposed canal, river
and harbcr improvements within the
State,
The Jamaica Bay Improvement Asso-
citation presented n resolution favoring
the construction of a canal across Long
Island to Jamaica Bay. thereby provid-
ing a route for the barge canal shipping
direct TO sea wharves without passing
through New York.
The Albany Chamber of Commerce
presented resolution asking that the
association urge the Federal Govern
mcnt to construct channel in the
upper Hudson To depth Of - feet
and at least 400 feet wide ia per-
nit steamers and barGcs To pass w
as far north rs the city of Troy.
Frederick w. Cameron ot Albany de-
livcred an address on the advantages
of transportation by water. George
i. Decker. counsel tn tho Public Ser
vice Commission, spoke on tho relation
of the State to water development.
Noble T. Whitford spoke on the barge
canal.
y. Il. l[ilmer Of Brooklyn talked on
National. State and city cooperation In
the Development OF Jamaica Fay and
waters adjacent" dealing especially
with the proposed canal across Long
Island, bill for which will go into
the Legislature along with the propo-
sition to build the Black River and
other canals. Tho Harlem Rivers i'm
portance as n link in interstate COM
mence was discussed by Charles b.
Mclean Of New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-20
SIX MORE DIE OF SMALLPOX.
PittsburE Also Reports Ten New
Cases; Vaccination Opposed.

pIrrsBuRG, Sept l9-Slx persons died
OF smallpox to-day and ten new cases
were reported. one girl, Elizabeth
Martin. aged .. died of blood poisoning
following the incubation of smallpox
virus.
Dr. Harry l.. Goehring started row
among the physicians OF the city by
denouncing vaccination as 'lnhuman
and unnecessary" DR.. Goehring said
that the compulsory vaccination OF
school children Is criminal
Health Director f.. r. Walters, who Is
in the pest house, a victim Of the
scourge, was vaccinated and had n sore
arm two weeks before he was stricken
with smallpox
The Allegheny County Tndertakcrs
Associa ton reported to-day twelve
bodies were taken from the pest house
last Sunday night. The Health Depart .
mcnt. at the urging Of the merchants,
is suppressing information as 10 actual
conditions,
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Denies lie Has Ever Given Ont Ora n d
Jury Proceedings.

HoT SPRINGS. Ark, Sept. l9.-District
Attorney Whitman did not return to the
city until late to- night from Little Rock.
where he and his wife and Assistant
District Attorney Rubin went this morn
Ing 10 visit the State Capitol When
questioned regarding the letter issued
by Mayor Gaynor OF New York in which
the District Attorney is criticised he
issued the following;
| have seen only the telegraphed de-
spatches to representatives OF the press
here. The secrets of the Grand Jury room
have not been violated. as every member
of the Grand Juiy knows The minutes Of
the Grand Jury have not been made pub
lie since have been District Attorney eX-
csp; by order Of the court, and every Judge
of General Sessions and of the supreme
Court, whenever such a suggestion has
been made, has been able to satisfy him
self on this point and in some instance
has done SO by the merest reference to
the Grand Jury minutes.
II is not "A statutory crime for the Dis
trict Attorney TO retail testimony before
the Grand Jury, although agree that no
conscientious public official would do so
except as provided by law.
II "a interesting at this time to recall
that something more than a year ago
Mayor Gaynor himself was a witness be-
lOr" w" 'iranu jury. Tie complained Tor
publication the following day that his
testimony had been made public by me. 1t
developed later that the statement In Ques-
ton, relating to the retirement OF Deputy
Commissioner Flynn. was not made by
Mayor Gaynor before the Grand Jury at
all, and tina: he had been examined in
the Grand Jury room by Mr.. George Cor
don Battle and Mr.. Moss and not by the
District Attorney. who was not even in
no " no Snhfe
to.
7 do not propose 70 he diverted from
the prosecution o' the cases growing out
of tho murder OF Herman Rosenthal now
and intend 70 ignore any further efforts
to bcCloud the issue II the Mayor or
any other citizen has any charges to pre-
fer against mo. he is at liberty TO do so
and the sooner the better.
Attorney John w. Hart, representing
Lieut.. Becker. accompanied by his wife,
arrived in Hot Springs this morning to
attend the examination of local wit
nesses before Special Commissioner c.
Floyd Huff.
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untempted chastity, think OF her with
an indignant shudder, would have known
the agony OF remorse and OF despair.
on that one degraded and ignobe form
are concentrated the passions that
might have Allied the world with shame
She remains. while creeds and civil-
cations rise and fall. the eternal priest
ess Of humanity, blasted for the sins
of the people
But let me forbear. The subject "a
one to weep over rather than to bring
into politics. And yet in this city little
politicians and investigators every few
years try to crawl into office over the
bodies OF these unfortunate women or
by starting a hue and cry about them
But none OF them has ever succeeded
Nowhere else in the world has such a
base spectacle been presented And
| there are others who in this respect
and In all matters OF vice and crime are
constantly bent on hum,liating and de-
grading this city--the most decent and
! orderly large city in The world"
Moss Won't Discuss Letter.
Acting District Attorney Moss. referred
to as "a voice from he District Attorney S
office" in Mayor Gaynor's letter to Mr.
Hayes. said yesterday that he could not
discuss the letter in detail.
at would hardly be fitting for me to
make any reply" he said.
Asked "1s it true or untrue that testi-
mony before the Grand Jury has been
given out by any member Of the District
Attorneys starr" Mr.. Moss said that il
was untrue and added:
II have often been before the Grand
Jury and noticed the next morning in
the newspapers what purported to'be a
report of what had gone on in the Grand
Jury room. The reports were always
incomplete and inaccurate
You never gave out anything that
transpired in the Grand Jury room;'
Mr.. Moss was asked.
Certainly not" he replied, and when
asked if District Attorney Whitman had
ever done so he said emphatically, Most
certainly not"
To the question. Have false accusat ions
in the Rosenthal case emanated from the
District Attorneys office?r Mr.. Moss re
piled:
! NO, not to my knowledge. know that
every effort has been made to avoid any
state ment that might in any way be con-
sidered unfair. 1t has been policy of the
office"
Rabbi Wise Makes No Reply.
Rabbi Stephen s. Wise. who once said
that the only letter 10 be desired from the
Mayor was one OF resignation. refused TO
reply to Mayor Gaynors s statement that
DR. Wise, in company with theirs. had at :
tackled him in "the most uncharitable and
vicious manner"
Alderman Curran. chairman Of he COM
mittee now investigating the police. said
that, although interesting. the Mayor
opinion of the present administ ration Of
the Police Depart ment had not hing to do
! withthe Alderrnanic invest igation. which.
MIR Curran said would go right ahead and
! be thorough and complete.
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rise was collecting graft during the present
administration? A Why, have read the
papers.
q No. 7 mean outside OF what you read
III The papers. A have not.
=. tan you remember now the name Of
any other man that was mentioned az a
collector? A cannot
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-20

recently that one OF these lleutenan:s
was found taking graft from the gam
bers. Perhaps l should not say that
unqualifiedly. because the case has not
been tried. But II is 70 charged. OF
course 1t was a painful thing to the
Commissioner to be deceived in that
way by one Immediately under him
But the same might happen to any
Commissioners. the same as defalcations
Of bank officers and trusted employees
are constantly happening.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-20
Iiussctt Put on Stand.

Thomas lIassett, now confidential ad
visor to the State Engineer, with an Office
AZ Albany, was the next witness He
said that no had never heard of John r.
Roth until nc read the papers on Wcdnes.
day
q Did Mr. johnson bring Lieut. Rcith
IN your offlCe TO discuss the question of
Lieut.. Reith's promotion? A. My best
recollection and best Judgment is that
never have scon III" man in my life.
., Ncll, will YOU say that no lieutenant
OF poli'o was ever brought to YOU by Mr
johnson, without any reference al all 10
m"h"N tor the moment. brought 10 you
Tor ~" purpose of seeing If YOU could assist
him IN getting promotion? A. My best
iccoliNriion IS that he never did
y. without reference to Mr. johnson
'or the moment. did anybody ever bring
any lieutenant of police to you to discu uss
ths matter Of pTomotlon.2 A. haven
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any recollection of any such thing happen
ing.
Mr.. Hassett said that he had no recol-
lection of the matters related by Capt
Reith in his affidavit.
II can't say it il not true he said. Il
can't say one way or the Other about Y
Commissioner Waldo then resumed the
stand.
q. Did YOU ever hear that Mr. Johnson
had had any private detectives keeping
your secretary. ,ir Shcchan. under sur
vcillnncc? A. had
q Ani when did you first hear OF that?
4. A. the time IL occurred
q. What did MIR Shcchan say TO YOU
about i'Y 4. As I recall II. the men had
come TO his house and inquired about him
ana acted in suspicious manner and
claimed 10 be officers of the law
q. Did he say ANYTHING about tampe rim z
with his mail; A Not that remember.
q Now. after he told You that. what
did YOU do, II ANYTHING. with reference TO
il? 4. There apparently had been no
cause OF police action, 80 no further action
was taken.
Commissioner Waldo said that he didn Z
remember telling Capt. Kelleher at the
time of his promotion to Il captaincy
that he didn't like il that his brot her was
keeping one of Waldo's officers under
surveillance II may have mentioned
the fact TO him that his brot her was re =
ported to mo as having acted in a sus
piCiouS manner
Tells of shcchnu's Duties.
Q What function does Mr. Sheehan have?
4 Secretary.
Q llr has nothing 10 do In any wav
with tho routine of the department, has
he? 4 No has rot.
@ or the enforcement Of law? A. He
has not
q he has nothing 20 do with this vice
squad? \ lie has not.
q Nobody makes anv reports 10 him.
\ lney do not The ianitor Of the build
ing. / think. j. the only man who makes
a report TO him
q Did you tn,l Lieut.. Costican after
giving him the directions as TO hs general
duties. with this squad under him. md
getting h,s evidence and 80 forth. what
ever those orders We're. to make his reports
10 Mr. Sheehan, your secretary \. posi-.
lively did not
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-20
Hats for Men

Hats for Men
'NOBBS g. cos Fifth
l. Avenue Hats are worn
by the we'll dressed men Of
New York. Thesmart shapes
of Derbies and Soft Hats for
young men are the leading
examples of propriety and
good taste in headwear. IS.
Knapp-Felt De Luxe hats,
So, and Knapp-Fc cit hats, s.,
are shown in a variety Of
styles of Dobbs g. Co design.
Hats for Women
Exclusive imported models
and distinguished hats of
Dobbs g. Go Fifth Avenue
make for every occasion.
Dobbs g Co
PAP FIFTH AVENUE
between 9th and 2Sth Streets
REPRESENTED BY LEADING
HATTERS IN PRINCIPAL CITIES.
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"Fourth-We have done away with
the former practice of the police to
take sides In strikes and labor disputes,
ana commit unlawful acts of oppression
and violence therein. The police now
understand that their whole duty In
strikes is to preserve the public peace.
In order to accomplish this we had to
try and discipline certain officers who
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-05-24

For Mems Work
shlrts, all full cut,
never rip, fast eolors
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-05-24

For Mems 15c Work
Caps In Black and.
white, going fast.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-01
Make Artificial Flowers.

In New York City there are hundreds
of little girls. who help in the business
OF making artificial flowers. Others con-
tribute their labor TO the manufacture
of clothing. hats. toys. and various other
commercial articles, to.ling five or six
hours at night in the dim gaslight OF
unventilated tenement rooms. often
crowded to suffocation.
In glass factories, great numbers OF
little boys are found. and usually the
work they do is night work, which makes
IL particularly Objectionable. In this case
the problem is complicated by the cir
cumstances that the children are en-
ployed not by the owners OF the fac
tories but by the glassblowers. who
pay them out of their own wages, as
helpers. The perpetuation of this sys-
tenn, however, has been earnestly advo-
Gated by the manufacturers, on the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-01
Improbable Reformation.

From the New York Times
In restaurant that strives to inculcate
good manners, man who admitted that
he was rather slow on etiquette. but was
trying to learn, besought the waiter to
assist in the reformation.
My chief trouble" said he. lis splash
ing. / used to splash like anything. Bu
by degrees I am curing myself. Know
how? Well, Sir. l have made II a rule
TO cover all the spots l n.>Se on the
tablecloth with silver md ~ nickels
dimes, quarters. halves. whatever il
takes to cover them. and then give the
money away. AS / am not a rich man,
that nearly broke me and I began to re-
form"
The waiter nodded encoura gingly and
said he was glad to hear II. The man
ate a substantial meal. When he had
finished, the cloth was disfgured with
only one small coffee stain which a dime
easily covered. He handed the dime to
the waiter.
MY fines" he said, constitute my
tips
Mournfully the waiter watched him de-
part.
How ! WISH he sighed, that had
j known him in his sloppy days"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-01
story of n German Baker.

A German baker built an unlucky lit
tie oil works in a gully, SO the story
is rotated in Cleveland. Flagler had
formerly sold him barrel of -four AT
. time CT credit. The baker owed 5000
on the refinery and creditors were press
ing him for payment, Rockefeller and
Flagler bought him >out for $500. giving
hin, $500 IN cash and $500 in stock.
Then they hired him to work in their
barrel factory, where he learned about
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-01

answered Large business enterprises.
l perceived. must come together. We
had built up the Standard Oil Company
and proved that bigness saved waste
and promoted efficiency. / believed that
the iron and steel industry would some
time be centralized. Then ! thought
that l should like to take part in the
enterprise. Men having nothing but
money cannot buy their way into I'm
portant Undertakings They must also
be useful-that is, they Qust be nects-
sary.
How He Worked Him>cIf In.
IT began 10 thin. about orc. Yes,
about ore. | wondered !: I could obtain
some mines. l employed a number ~
men. and they explored the Northwest.
Fortunately. they found large tracts of
iron territory. They got options. After
further examination. ! bought the lands.
Naturally. l wanted to get the ore out.
wanted to begin drawing a dividend on
my capital But l had no vessels In
" hich to carry the ore to market. 1t
would not be good business. l thought.
to hire other peoples vessels. So In
the spring of 1880 / sent for Davy Nor
tom
Ii should be said right here that Da-
vid L. Norton is president of one Of the
greatest trust companies in the Middle
West Likewise. ii may he stated that
the bare mention of his name Will cause
any one who knows him to smile in adj
miration. and exclaimed. There's nc
finer man on earth.
so ! sent for D1vy Norton" Mr.
Rockefeller said. Way back in the
early '7Vs l had known him in the old
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-01

would make them rich. Logically. he
became suspicious.
Now, in his old age and in his Old
home. Mr.. Rockefeller would like newly
and rightly to be interpreted, but be
Persons who are near to him are afraid
TO talk. The spell of his secrecy wraps
him and them In gloom and doubt. His
agents and assistants have adopted his
viewpoint and submerged themselves IN
his atmosphere. Nor can the long. hard
customs of his life be changed easily.
In the very course OF matters, many
untrue statements have been made
about the Standard Oil Company and
its superhuman originator. They were
not denied on the spot. 4 smart man.
agement would have speedily and inter
estingly published the truth. But II was
''nobody's business" and little by little
hostility grew. and by and by the mo-
nopoly was knocked into more than
thirty pieces by the Supreme Court. Any
seasoned newspaper REPORTER N the
United States could have foretold the
event.
Details, however. are not the sum to-
tai of Mr. Rockefeller's genius They
alone cannot explain his achievements.
He is precise and mathematical. but
he has also a sure and extra ordinary
imagination. The gentleman who dared
to tell him that he was charged With
strangling his competitors, asked him
how he came to engage in the iron and
steel business The answer he heard
contained a revealing story-a story OF
method, prescience and memory.
Il saw the drift of matters, and could
look into the future" Mr.. Rockefeller
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-01
SCARCITY OF ROBINS.
Effect of Cold and backward Sea
son on Land and Sea Birds.

From the New YORK Sun.
After the hard winter of Is1l-1e
came a cold and backward spring. A
severe winter with much snow and
ice exposes birds to great hardships,
and II IL is followed by a late, cold.
stormy spring. the eggs sometimes lack
fertility and in many cases few young
robins are raised.
During the winter of 1911 large num-
bers of robins and some bluebirds re-
manned in the North, Notwithstanding
the severe weather of January and
February. Cold waves and snowstorms
extended far to the south, and must
have destroyed many birds which win
ter in the Northern. Middle. and South
ern States. These conditions did not
much affect those species which do not
winter in the United States. but mainly
pass on to Mexico. the Antilles, and
South America.
The spring flight OF robins was late.
and they were not SO numerous as
usual. and bluebirds were rather I'M
common in comparison with last year,
says Edward Howe Forbush, in the
Boston Transcript. but when in May
the migration warblers came along
they appeared in goOdly numbers.
Some species, however. continued their
flights later than usual. Most of these
warblers fly to Central and South
America, and thus escape the rlgors of
winter in the Northern continent. The
shore birds which go far south in win
ter also come back in numbers.
The scarcity of bluebirds has been
reported as far West as Michigan and
South TO Pennsylvania. over 4 wide
area quail did not winter well. and II
bluebirds and robins were destroyed in
numbers by severe weather in the
South. we may expect some reduction
in the number of woodcock, which win
ter in the same regions.
Many small birds are killed by the
Southern people. Last winter many
persons took advantage of the neces-
stiles of the birds to kill great num-
hers OF robins. bIackbirds. and blue
birds. The City Council OF Pittsboro
n. c., rescinded an ordinance forbid
ding shooting within the city limits
that the people might shoot the birds
that were driven by stress of weather
to that town to feed on berries. and
about 1000 robins were killed there in
short time. Quantities of blackbirds
and bobolinks have been killed in the
Carolinas by negroes. and these birds
are sold in Southern markets.
1t Is a remarkable coincidence, now
that robins and bluebirds are reduced
in numbers, that farmers are complain
ing loudly of the inroads of cut-worms
of which robins and bluebirds eat great
qua ntities