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under our form OF questioning they
could not secure any conviction. So l
had the forms of application changed
but even then we got no support from
the Distrlct-Attorneys ONCE"
The records In the Morris Pollack
were read. lie had sworn ne never had
been arrested, although he once mad
been arrested and tried for homicide In
killing q policeman In a street car col
lision while he was a motorman.
Thought the question meant whether
I had been arrested for anything Grim
inal." had been Pollack's answer. Poi
lack was appointed to the force by Mr..
waldo.
n good policeman? A. Look here, Mr..
Buckner. I want to say right now that
YOU ought to 60 careful about talking
about liars. why. when you had His
Honor, the Mayor, on the witness
stand you deliberately falsihed In ask
ing questions Or perhaps I should
say that you were guilty Of the petty
sharp practices Of a little lawyer, just
for petty politics"
Buckner. pale and trembling, shout
ed: What do you mean?"
~ mean" said Creelman, that you
made a false statement to the Mayor
when you said burglary insurance
rates had gone up"
Buckner lost control VI himself.
II made the statement that there had
been an Increase OF 81 per cent in burg.
larry insurance on the authority OF the
manager OF the National Surety Com
pany. I am young man and young IN
the practice OF law, hut never made
false statement knowingly and never
...lNN
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STOP sUckNER FROM LYINol'
cREELMAN DEMANDS.

Euckncr said resa rd!rg one applicant:
The records show that this man was
arrested four times. without consider
ns the trtv!af1ty OF these larceny
charges. do you think this man should
have got on the force?"
Mr., Creelman half rose.
This examination Is going to end n
have to answer any OF those lying
questions This riao was not n thief.
You deliberately lied in those uues-
lions. want this Chairman immeii-
tte,y to order iris lawyer to stop ask
ing me these lying questions. This II
little Republican ring politics. and I
do not propose to come here and be
heckled by a lot of lying questions to
help out a lot of cheap politicians.
These lies have gone TO far"
Alderman Robert Downing was on his
feet:
IT want you TO understand, Mr..
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cURRAN CALLS cREeLMAN TO
ORDER WITH SHARP REBukE.

There was a loud outburst OF hand
| clapping. which brought Chairman
Curran to his feet on the rostrum,
pounding his gavel.
Mr.. Creelman." he shouted, I'VE are
here to investigate these charges and
not to indulge in petty personalities
Your remarks are entirely uncalled for
and II you will stick TO your testimony
and not indulge in personalities, we
Will get along better"
There was more handclapping. Creel-
man, furious, rose from his chair,
shouted:
I started to Illustrate my opinion by n
proper explanation. I am here TO state
facts and not to play politics--.r am not
here to play with petty politicians. This
committee In expected TO hear me as I
wish to express myself. and I want to
state emphatically that this committee
annot compel me to answer as thr, COM
mittee wishes me to answer"
y Then the voice OF . woman in the
gallery squeaked: That's right"
Il want to add" shouted Mr.. Creel-
man. that do not propose to have
you petty politicians do as you wish.
You Will take my testimony as wish
to give it--you cannot compel me to
testify, and IL I am not permitted to
testify as wish ] shall withdraw"
Curran pounded for order. Il was a
considerable time before order could be
restored.
Mr.. Creelman. you must cease these
personalities Immediately" said the
chairman. and stop talking OF false
hoods"
Alderman bowling. the Tammany
leader. rose. shouting ut Mr.. Curran:
You are standing up there like a
smooth bartender. Why don't you quit
talking about falsehoods yourself. You
have given out more false statements
than any other man In the whole case.
Stop playing politics. know what ]
am talking about. n can take care OF
myself, too. here or anywhere else"
| .Curran, still pounding with his gaveI,
said nothing. and Buckner, resuminR,
asked the witness Of the case Of Charles
w. olsr. who was personally heard
under oath by tho Civil Service Commits
sion. Oler had been arrested for stree,
fighting. Sentence was suspended. lie
was certified by the commission.
-Creelman's replies were combative and
not at all instructive.
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CREELMAN CALLS
BUCKNER LIAR:
ALDERMAN SAME
Continued from First Page.)

rejected by Commissioner Cropsey. most
OF whom later got on the force. your
Commissioner having recertihed them
to Mr.. Waldo. Mr.. Waldo said he dbl
rot investigate these cases; that he
turned them all over to you and that
YOU Investigated. DO you recall that
Mr.. Waldo was appointed May %. 1911?
4. Yes.
Q. When did you see him after that
appointment? A. Immediately.
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down MURPHY"
|SW|LSON'S ORDER
JEOPARDY LEADERS
CONTINUED from First Page)

Wilson either late last night or early
to-day before he left his summer nome
at Deal Beach for New York. AS soon
as he arrived In the city he went into
conference wi.h Senator O'Gorman in
l.e rooms of tho National Committees
headquarters ANA appraised him Of the
message he had brought from Wilson.
Long before the Campaign Committee
met 1T noon 10 consider the Murply-
y German iight and Its effect upon
state ana national issues the word had
spread out oi Inc building ana down to
Fourteenth street that thu big Boss OF
AL had given the WORD whicn may MAKE
NJ urphy hsnt as he has never lousn t
before Tor MS political existence.
1t - an open secret that the National
Campaign Committee vas greatly
lcnicd by the tenor OF Gov. Wilson'S
message, since its members have be-
come convinced within tAe past few
weeks tAat tho Democrats cannot win
this fall with Dix at the head OF the
ticket. II Is more than an open secret
II Is common know Icdge--that no cor
diality toward Charles II. Murphy exists
In the corporate breast OF the COM
mittee,
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115 DROWNED IN WRECK.
Lost From Russiau steam.
er In Collision.

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 2s.-The
steamer obnovka was sunk In n COLI
sion on the River Dwina to-day. One
hundred and fifteen persons were
drowned.
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10 CANDIDATE PICKED; o'eoR-
MAN FAvORs M'AOOO,

Hitherto, opposition 10 Aiurpny's
plans has Deen purely negative, INSOFAR
Az no canuIuate has been chosen to
oppose DiAs pretensions. At head
quarters carly to-day no word could be
obtained that indicated any progress
along this line. Senator OGorman still
insists that McAdoo himself is the
bgical candidate. but the tunnel builder
enowed to-day his HAT refusal tc stand
lor the nomination.
Though Murphy remained in seclu..ion
At Good Ground, Taminany Hall was
buzzing all morning In proxy for him,
IL was evident thai, though Gov. Will
sons announcement was no great sur
prise, there had been a strong belief
that he would hold to what Senator
o German quoted him as laying after
tho convention In Baltimore, which was
that he would not pat his finger In State
pclit,cs. They had another briKh.
thought at TammIny Han to-day-a
thought which Is told conhdentally In
corners.
Murphy is only putting up a blum
hsht against o'Gorman. this wireless
has II. He has been tipped on to the
solid opposition he could expect from
the up-Stare delegates. at Syracuse and
has realized that he could not lam
Dix through. Consequently ne Is pre-.
pairing to put up only 50 much fight as
would ''let Dix down easy" and gain
possible concessions for Murphy In
throwing over the present incumbent OF
the Guberna t0rial chair. Secretary Tom
Smiths assurances within the past few
days that there 10 no real quarrel be-
tween Murphy and O'oorman are taken
as straws which point the wind In this
matter
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youth OF medium height clad IN DARK
s,nt and wearing q little black slouch
hat.
POLICEMAN sEes THE HoLD-UP
AND FLIGHT.
whether or not they had been stand
ing on the corner waiting TO see him
come along. Pepper could not tell. In
exchanging greetings with Easan and
Philip J. Curry. who has real estate
once q No, 70, West Seventeenth
street.. he had failed 20 glance toward
he corner. Curry and Easan and Pa
trolmsn Martin OF the West Twentieth
street station. the latter scarcely half
. block away. and saunterinS along
swinging his biiiy. all saw what hap
Dened wfsn Pepper came abreast with
the two young men.
The tail blond was nearest the msr-
chant. and when he oame within arfn's
reach his rfght hand flashed out Of his
Jacket pocket and he swung his black
jaok tor ~ DC. brosd-shouidsrer msr-
chants head. Pepper threw up his
hand which held che satchei to ward on
the blow. and - he did % the smaller
OF the two thugs sprang in on hdm.
Grsebe1 ne satchd and tore II free.
leavtng ne handle still In Poppers
eraAp.
HAT sAvfs VICTIM FROM sgRI.
Que WOUND.
The merchant had caught the blow Of
the blackjack on the rist and his arm
was eeaasn down ~ the satchel was
hts iosSsd weapon s~ain and erourh,
Il craSAins down on Peppers head. ns
hat wee prebabiy all that saved his
skull from being split open. As II was
h was beaten TO his knees and fell
out On ~ hands on the pavement as
hie as.ai,en4 surues ana sprintsd after
m cou,a.,on.
N. ..,1n~.r. n, ~. ..,.u, and
A. 49,. 81. -. .,,,.n.a ,h.
~,..,.. $1,000 ,o,h
,. eu y" ny"
ncss OF seventeenth street eno ~ inc
Nmrn eVsnue corner Policeman MAI
~ svsn had been scarcely able 10
oeaieve his eyss. and the two thugs
were Turning the corner Of Ninth ave-
=, 6efore he rot under way. There
- . As..n veIllns man IN front of
RIM. I'm sco,s. a. other, rushing out
- -. 80 snrnn,,n. ,,or, aoorwav.
~. 49, .a,,nnss Snsv.s .sioon
.S.S ,n N,n,h ov.nme
~. .urrsh N ,ims An zee m. oair NJ
..AS -, IT, Mr "a siy.cyIind.,
rr. "a -. .o,,,a n..r ~.
$3.50 ~..S,. 80. ~. .nswS,.,,r.
''vys 60 49,. ~ o,,s "a 90 h.i,
~ -,a.. ~ .s,a 40 .ha ar,v.,
WIN 'ns e'o"~ ao -.
GAN ID MATTED IN MiOoIE or
BLOCK,
-,.,,.. =, A.. .., IA.
ns e.I s,..,,s 80,
OF inc way oe."o.n ,o 800
ano Eighteehth stIee., po'n'eo so"'"
wasd. nunened up nus man wy"
hat pulled down over MS eyes was al
the whssl. The engine was drumming
under . fall head OF power and u only
remained Cor the chauffeur to throw In
the clutch.
!. He obsyed the command Of the blond
Nigh wayman and set his gears for four
speeds 20 that the BIZ auto fairly
isapea from where u stood and rushed
q ne mob OF men piiing toward II.
No elRosS ~ made to turn the car and
n n sped a the blond bandit stood up
IN n e0uaeeu end swung up from his
his nockea 4 big elistsninx revolver. lie
aiu,eA ~ INTO the crowd and took him
for Ponooounu Naptin. Who vas swirlins
aionr "a 4 Dress 81 shouting men. The
hasdM 800 airing before the car vas
half vay 10 the corner OF Seventeenth
strsss ana the atst bullet Eraxed he
cheek OF Henry Becker. n barber OF
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BELIEVES THE AUTO CAN BE
IDENTIFIED.

An automobile dealer was positive
thai the car was Packard OF tho
make OF q few years ago and said that
II should be easy to identify II. AS the
radiator war leaking and the hood was
badly dented on the left side,
Tho only effort made 10 check the
rush OF the two robbers to their auto
mobile proved a disas trous experience
a. little Thomas Carroll, an errand boy
employed In McNeiily's grocery store at
No. III Ninth avenue. The boy was
atanding on the curb a dozen yards
from the automobile as the two bandits
ran along. He caught at the coattaiis
Of the blonde thug and the next In
slant he vas rolling In the gutter. blind
"a By stars aud Keeling moons. The
sesAt ~ swung be a.t On Teumy's
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Creelman." he said, that ! am NOT
here to play politics. and II you say this
is a Republican ring to play politics you
lie
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ONE BULLET CRASHES INTO A
STORE WINDOW.

Ono Of the bandits bullets smashed
through the window OF Max W1ldstono's
little notion store at No III Ninth ave-
nus. 0rosnsd against AN alarm elocl,
and then bored through tho showcase
In which wiIdstone was rcachsng at
the time. II was snab-nosed bullet of
Harry Ming. the provision merchants
Aeohksspss, said after the hold-up that
~ two robbers had visited the store
saturday night when he was counting
the money and asked 20 have a so bin
changed. He could not accommodate
them. Other shopkeepers In the district
recall having seen them on Saturday,
when they probably 20, a line on how
Pepper deposited his cash In the bank
Generally his Saturday collections
amount 10 more than 1900, but as last
Saturday was Q Jewish holiday ne took
IN onqy about half the usual amount.
BY the time the reserves and a half
dosen detectives reached the scene from
the West Twentieth street station the
auto bandits had a chance 10 put miles
between themselves and capture. The
arst four members OF the big red car
that were noted were 1909. There was
room for two or three more numbers
on the metal licsnse tag. but they were
plastered over with some dark sub
stance.
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ords over one by one, and he said, In
several Instances, 4 will appoint this
man now xi,hou, anv furtbcr t,vos,,.
va,,o,, NJ Cronsoy h,1 .o,ao,a,
$50.
"'0"' gu vi 'ne"' oe'"s Io'
pau chaFacter' len OF THESE men MI
waldo accepted on the spot without
asking US TO examine further into the
charges made by Mr. Cropsey.
u. And In three days you recertlhed
these cases back to Mr.. waldo for APP
pointment to the force? "A. Yes.
q. Did you recertlIy these thirty
seven. left by Mr.. Waldo, only after
Investigation. or did you exercise the
same discretion that Mr.. waldo did.
recerufying them on your own ludg-
ment. without examination! "A. do
not recall: but i know we made
complete investigation and acted con-
scientiously ana under the law.
Mr.. Creelman Interrupted then to say
that. under the law. his commission had
no power TO reject successful candidates
unless the candidates were formally
charged with onenses' given ample time
for defense and then given n hearing.
=. Patrick'Doyle was rejected by Com
missioner Cropsey. His name was sent
ha, IN hV Mr. Wllln and N thran
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e.Ds. xL-pAar Dnx OBJ.
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ARRESTED AT TWELVE YEARS;
ONCE STAMPED CARD WRONG.

AhNH ivioN'u inquiry INTO tue cases
OF Philip Maixner and 4. C. DeHart.
The latter had said he never was ar
rested. but, when examined after Lieut..
STATIONS report. said he had forgotten
an arrest Tade when he was twelve
years Old. lie had been arrested for
stealing an ear OF corn. and once was
discharged from work for Incorrectly
stamping time card.
Q. And you thought this man, whom
you re-ccrtified to Mr. Waldo ought to
be on the force? A. The Commission as
whole. voted to retain him. II was.
therefore. our Judgment that he was n.
to 10 on the force.
.. Did you make an Investigation into
the case OF Dennis Healey. who swore
he never was In the liquor business when
IN reality Ne had been? A. No. Mr..
Waldo took him with the ten men,
toned
@. Did You investigate the case o.
Morris Pollack? A. Yes.
Here Mr.. Creelmsn broke In with this
statement:
Il want to say this, right now. abou;
these perjury CHARGES: | have taken W
these cases with the Dlstrict-Attorney 3
Office. and In every case the District
Attorneys office has refused to prose-
cute
q. And so you thought because the
Dlstrict-Attorney refused to prosecute,
these men ought 10 go to the police
force?
ignoring this question. Mr. Creelman
continued:
when ] first took office I wns
strongly OF the opinion that all these
cases OF alleged perjury ought to be
prosecuted. The first case that came
TO my attention ! took before a Magis-
trate and asked for a warrant. The
warrant was refused, the Magistrato
sending us to the District tn
District-Attorneys Office elling us that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-16
GOSSIP Y
Y4nONG
| Sports

Jim MCGUIRE may scout for the
Tigers.
Baltimore will probably sell Noah
Hanline to Chattanooga.
From big league reports, ball play
ers now are being bought by weight.
One mans idea of absolutely no
sport at all is six days bicycle race.
IL Cravath can show, the Phillies.
1t is said, will let John Titus out next
| spring.
Continuous baseball might be more
profitable, but it is not necessary to
keep up interest.
Picking pennant winners has al
! ready begun. At ibis time of year all
the teams are on top.
Those who find all sports dull ex.
cept football might try watching
game of intercollegiate
George Huff and Sam Kennedy will
do all the scouting for the Maps next
year.
Johnny Kings chief ambition with
the Boston club is to nose out Brook.
lyD In 1912.
The average fight fan would rather
see ten rounds of really clever boxing
than knockout before the seats are
warmed.
Some day George Stovall will know
where he is going to land and if It is
under Connie Mack, as now rumored.
he will be well taken care of.
What satisfies fight fans? First
they object because fight is termin.
ated too soon: then they object be-
cause bout goes the limit.
Clark Griffith has refused to give
out hope of Washington winning a
pennant in 1912 He deserves some
sort of medal for such bravery.
Harry Davis, manager of the Cleye
land Maps, says he was a gridirou
hero for a day only. On that day in
the long ago three Indians sat on him
and fourth gave his leg twist that
kept him of his feet a week. That
was about all for him. Harry admits
John McGraw will feel the loss ot
Dick Kinsella as scout. Kinsella is
responsible for Larry Doyle, Jack Mey.
ers, Otis Crandall. Grover Hartley
Arthur Wilson, who have made good
and few others who came or arc
still possible.
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Military Guard Urged for White House

war. The veterans would be looked
up to with respect, he said, and no
one could claim that they were I'M
democratic.
Il can think of no greater induce
ment which could be offered to men
to enter the army than the thought
that some day they might be detailed
in Washington as a guard of honor to
the president of the republic" said
Colonel McElroy. ut would be a
splendid idea. Many of the nations
of Europe have such plan, and 1t
always has worked admirably. This
Is work for retired soldiers who
have not outlived their usefulness,
which should be advocated by all pat
riotic persons. 1t would be excellent
to have men in soldier uniform guard
ing both the inside and the outside OF
the executive mansion.
With the continued growth of the
city, it is said, all policemen will have
to be recalled from detail work, or
the force will have to be increased
Should the military guard be estab-
lished, they argue, the country would
not be put to any additional expense.
the presence of the soldiers at the
White House would add to the dignity
of the place, and the Washington po-
lice force would be made more eff.
cient.
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the coral or turquoise that is used to
set off the silver.
Most of the articles made by the
Navajo silversmith are sold to mem
bers Of the tribe, for probably no
other people in the world have such
fondness for jewelry, especially o.
massive design. The Navajo likes plen-
ty Of precious metal in his jewelry.
The wire bracelets and rings are all
right for the Americans who stray
across the reservation. but the Navajo
wears five or six heavy silver rings.
with turquoise settings, bracelet or
two, sometimes four or five inches
in width and correspondingly heavy.
belt Of huge silver discs about his
waist, massive silver necklace on
his breast, elaborate silver mountings
on his bride, Jacket buttons made OF
dimes. and huge turquoise earrings
dangling from the lobes Of his ears.
These, with the inevitable Navajo
blanket. about his shoulders. go
long way toward making the Navajo
strikingly picturesque figure.
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HAD HIGH OPINION OF TURKS
Gen. Miles In Eulosy Of the Fighting
Force Put In the Field by
Sultan's Empire.

During the spring of 1897 the war
between Turkey and Greece broke out
and Gen. Nelson A. Miles was ordered
to Europe to observe the military op-
erations. His opinion of the Turkish
army he gives in his book, Serving
the Republic:" 1.-THE Turkish army.
which we hear less about than any
other. is a well organized. disciplined
army, numbering at that time 100000
effective men. 1t is trained to look
upon the sultan as the spiritual head
of their religion on earth. This has
the effect on the mind of the Turk of
inspiring the belief that in serving his
sultan he is serving his God. There
is certainly one advantage in their re-
ligion. in that it maintains absolute so
briefly. The use of liquor is abhorrent
to the Mohammedan. and results In
their army being an absolutely tenn.
perate organization. The personnel of
their army is made up of strong men.
and their military establishment is
conducted with great economy.
Il had an audience with the sultan
and was cordially received by the high
officials OF the Turkish army. The
manner of his assuming sovereign
power. the fact Of his keeping his ell
der brother prisoner in palace just
above Constantinople on the Bosporus
for over twenty years, had prejudiced
me somewhat before meeting him. On
seing him found a man of small sta.
ture. keen. sharp face. cold. black.
cruel eyes. black hair and full beard
In conversation found him thorough
ly familiar with military affairs and
deeply interested in the condition OF
his army.
Great reverses occur In political al
well as in other walks of life. and It Is
somewhat remarkable that, after thir.
ty years. the man then occupying such
an autocratic position Is now prison.
er practically in the same condition as
his brother was at the time. and his
brother enjoys the liberty and author.
ity which he had been deprived of for
so many years"
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wooden navy, and are even now will
ing to give it the successful passage
OF examinations which were necessary
to them in order to hold their place
In the service. The custom has been
faithfully observed during balf CEN
fury of the academy's existence, dur
ing which it has grown from hand
full of unpretentious structures to a
collection of magnificent buildings
costing s12.0O0.000 and housing the
best equipped school for naval educa-
ton in the world
The authorities of the academy are
now securing data about the history
OF Tecumseh, the means by which 1t
reached the academy and the place Il
occupies in the tradition Of the insti-
tuition There is no doubt that when
it becomes generally known in the
navy that a move Is on foot to tear
the old god of a passing mark from
the surroundings in which it has be-
come tradition. protest will reach
the department which will make 1t Inn
possible to remove It to less O.
miliar location.