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CURRAN INQUIRY
DEF|ED BY MAYOR
Continued from first page.

10 produce any documents from the
files of the Police Department on re-
quest of the committee unless sub
ponas were served for the data re-
quired.
Subppnas duces tecum were straight
way served on the Commissioner, ana
the police records Of raids and arrests
on gambling houses, disorderly houses
and ether matters desired by the COM
mittee were produced, Chairman Cur
ran said.
Mayor Gaynor's letter TO Alderman
Curran was as follows
City OF New York.
Office Of the Mayor.
September O. 1872.
Sir. While away for a short vacation
received your letter or September .
asking me TO attend before the commit /
tee of the Board Of Aldermen which Is
inquiring into the Police Department. ana
state my views with regard to the 40 /,
minisuation OF that department anu
whether any changes in law or system
sponsibility in the Commissioner.
Your letter makes il necessary for me
to speak plainly 10 you, much as / iS-
greet TO do SO. ! cannot ally myselt WIN
you in any effort to discover WrohB-
doing in the Police Department. / nave
devoted much Of my life TO .enorts 10
lift government up and make IT respect
able and honest and | intend TO continue
that work. but | have never allied my ser
in IL with any one who was not MINI
self above reproach. ,,
have called attention to the miseraple
yrafting carried on by members OF tne
Board OF Aldermen In respect 10 mo
licensing OF the news stands and the IKE
throughout the city. BY an ordinance
OF your board the Bureau or Licenses
cannot grant these licenses except on
certificate OF approval Of the alderman
OF the district in which the license is
TO he granted. | have now FOR more
than two years been calling the atten-
ton OF the Board Of Aldermen 10 cases
where aldermen refuse TO grant these
permits Jnless the licensec pays heaVlly
for them. Sums Of 500 and $50 are
commonly paid. and there are about
seven thousand Of such licensed STANDS
The method by which this Is done Is
that the aldermen. in place or dealing
With the licensee personally and hand-
ing the certificate over TO him personal
~, as the law and official duty REQUIRE
refers such licensee 10 gO-Det"eeh,
who is generally what is called war1
heller. and then hands the certltcate
over TO such go-between, who holds IL
and refuses to deliver il TO the llcenHee
until he is paid for IT.
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seeing Lieutenant Becker in his cell In
the Tombs hereafter unless they go In
h0dV-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-10
Whitman Fears No Jury.

This latest and probably last move for
DELAY by Beckers lawyers may take the
case 10 Binghamton, the county seat Of
Broome County: Norwich. the seat II
ChenangO, or Cortland. the seat OF the
county of the same name. In any event.
IL IS likely that Justice Golf Will be the
Justice presiding at Becker's trial, and
Mr.. Whitman is convinced that he can
convict Becker before a jury anywhere In
the state.
Tho District Attorney let II be known
last night that he expected TO convict
Becker, not on the evidence supplied by
Rose. Weber. Valnsky and Schepps, al
though their testimony will be Of great
value 10 the state. but on the testimony
of q number OF witnesses whose names
have not yet appeared in the case-wit-
nesses who can swear that for six months
preceding tho Rosenthal murder there
was not a single day on which Becker
did not visit Rose at Roses house, or
Rose visit Becker at Becker's house.
With that point so strongly clinched,
Mr.. Whitman is not worried over the in
timations from the defence that they in
tend 10 blacken the character OF Bald
Jack" Rose. The more they blacken
Roses character the more the evidence
the District Attorney will present dis
closing the extremely close relations be-
tween Rose and Becker will hurt the lat
ter.
Mr. Whitman had talk yesterday with
the Salvation Army lassie who was an
eyewitness of the murder lie declined TO
give out her name, but said she had
picked out the pictures OF the four gun
men of the murder from batch Of pict-
ures. and there was no question but what
she could identify the murderers positive
IT, The District Attorney is satisfied
that her testimony, together with that OF
other eyewitnesses. Will absolutely dis
prove any claims Of the defence that
Vainsky did the shooting.
Another eyewitness 10 the murder came
to see Mr.. Whitman yesterday. This one,
man, told Mr. Whitman that he had
seen the murder at close range. but had
gone out Of town Immediately after It
because he did not want to get mixed up
in the case as a witness He said the
stories he had read in the newspapers
convinced him that the District Attorney
needed all the confederation he could get
and he felt Il was his duty as a citizen
10 come forward. His story of the murder
corroborates that told by the Salvation
| Army girl and by Giovanni Stanich. Mr..
Whitman will not divuige his name until
| he produces him on the stand as a wit
/
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20

Lloyd Osborne has one of his delight
ful South Sea Island stories, which he
calls "A Son of Empire" in our
next Sunday Magazine. The island was
Rakahansa, away down in Oceanica
where the narrator Of the story and his
friend attended to all the local trading.
assisted old David, the missionary. to rule
it with a rod of iron, and We're generally
leading citizens OF the near-republic.
Their fancied independence was mos,
rudely disturbed one day when a ship
hove to in the offiing. and a man came
ashore, who instantly proclaimed himself
James Howard Fftzroy GLENN, ESQ.,,
resident deputy commissioner" who
forthwith annexed the island lin the
name of her royal and imperial majesty
Queen Victoria
GLENN was the worst possible kind OF
despot. and ruled the innocent inhabitants
with the merciless hand of a despot.
Things went from bad to worse, with
harassing taxes and rigid laws, until at
last 1t was found that the poor deluded
people had been-its a capital story and
would doubtless have made considerable
impression on the judges of our prize
story competition this spring, if it had
been entered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
DEAD IN ROOM AT HOTEL,
WITH THE GAS TURNED ON
Mystery Surrounds Case of Robert
Elan, Clerk in the City
Post Office

Robert Elan, thirty-four years old. a
clerk in the city post Office was found
dead in bed in a room on the third floor
of the Burdine Hotel on D street this
morning, his death having resulted from
the inhalation of Illuminating gas.
Whether the gas was turned on with
suicidal intent or as the result of an acct
dent is not known. No note indicating
suicide was found in the ROOM nor had
Elan ever made any suggestion that he
was tired Of life.
Two horseshoes hung on the wall Of
the room in which he died, but the death
of the occupant dtspelled the idea that
they were an omen of cook luck in his
case.
In the pockets of the clothing Of the
dead man the police found cards indicat-
ing bets on race horses, the tickets bear
ing the names of Pine HILL Mercantile,
Cecil, Hunter, Houston and GAINESVILLE
clubs, and memorandum indicating
business with money-lender.
ELAN resided at AL 0 street north
west. Yesterday afternoon he registered
at the hotel and asked the clerk to tele-
phone to the post Office that he was sick
and unable to attend to his duties.
This morning about $50 o'clock Theo-
dore Green, colored porter in the hotel
went to the door of the room occupied
by Elan and called him. The porter
said he got a response from ELAN. Two
hours later he returned and found the
guest dead. Coroner hewitt made an in
vestigation and gave a certificate OF acct
dental death. His body was turned over
to an undertaken and prepared for burial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
MISSION WORK REPORTED.
Conference of M. P. Church Hears
of Foreign Activities.

BALTIMORE. May 2O.-The quadrennia]
report of the secretary treasurer Of the
board of foreign missions Of the Metho-
dist Protestant Church for presentation
to the general conference Of the denomi-
nation now holding its twenty-first ses-
sion here. was made public today.
The church maintains a mission in
Japan, where 1t has ! .144 enrolled mem
bers, 2,77O Sunday school scholars and "a
ministers. The total value of the church
property In Japan Is 81, 4SO.
Union in educational work was IA
vored by the missionaries of the United
Brethren Church, the Evangelical Asso-
citation Church and the Methodist Protes-
tants, and suggested plan" was
adopted, but nothing definite looking to
its contamination has been done.
Four-fifths of the ministers Of the
Methodist Protestant Church in Japan
having expressed their opposition to the
proposed union with the Japan Methodist
Church. the question, the report says. is
"a dead issue"
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BISHOPS NOT YET ELECTED,
Methodist Conference Has Difficult
Task Before It,

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, May 2O.-With
the general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church scheduled to adjourn
May %. more than half of the bishops
yet are to be elected and the church
must consider several topics. some OF
which may occasion strenuous debate.
1t was announced shortly after noon
today that no election resulted on the
sixth ballot for bishop. DR.. w. o. Shep-
ard Of Chicago retained his position as
high man. with 423 votes, drop of Il
from his fifth ballot.
At the Baltimore conference four years
ago 1t required nineteen ballots to elect
eight bishops. Six have been taken at the
present session, and delegates declare that
the record at Baltimore will be broken.
But one man has been named, DR.. Homer
c. Stuntz of New York
With the amusement question settled
last week by the retention in the church
discipline of the paragraph which pro-
hibits dancing, card playing and theater-
going. 1t is probable that much Of the
routine business of the conference hastily
will be disposed of.
nnTY POINTED OFT
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dragged the almost lifeless man t.

dragged the almost Hfeless man 20
safety.
According to the story told the falls
police by the rescued man. he was
walking along the edge of the river
about $50 feet above the falls when ne
fell into the water. Kavorkien heard
his cry for help. ran to one OF the
many stations where life preservers
and other rescue appliances are kept
grabbed a pike pole. and waded into
the river. Park employees and others
nearby also waded into the river, In
terlocking their arms and being held
steady by a rope from shore.
This chain extended to within hum
dred feet of the falls close In shore
and the victim of the current neared
Kavorkien oe reached out the pike pole
and caught the man on the hook.
After being dried at the police sta
ton. Mr. Smith-LutZ went out to get
something to take the chill off his
stomach. He was very energetic, and
a few hours later the police had to
rescue him again. but this time not on
a pike pole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
LINCOLN HALL DEDICATED.
Latest Addition to Large Colored In
stitute at Claremont. Va.

CLAREMoNT. Va. May 20.-Lincoln
Memorial Hall. the latest addition TO
the buildings of the Temperance. In
dustrial and Collegiate Institute here.
was dedicated today with elaborate ex-
ercises. presided over by Gov. Mann.
The institute, which now has a plant
worth three-quarters of a million dol
lars and Is attended by negro students
from all over the country. was found
ed twenty years ago by John ]. Small
wood. a negro educator, with ten
pupils and less than $50 in cash. Mrs
John Hay was the chief contributor 10
the $50 900 fund for Lincoln Hall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
Overcome Working on Gas Main.

Russell Howard Of 2549 37th street
was overcome by gas this morning
while making a gas main connection
at 26th street and East place north
west. He was unconscious when taken
from the excavation, and was hurried
to Georgetown University Hospital. 1t
is thought he will recover. Howard is
employed by the Georgetown Gas Light
Company =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
CRoTHERS GROWS WEAKER.
Former Governor Of Maryland I
Given Opiates.

ELKTON, Nd, May 20.-There is ap-
parently no change in the condition of
former Gov. Crothers. who is critically In
with Bright's disease. other than that he
is gradually growing weaker. The pa
tient still remains in a delirious state the
greater portion of the time Mr.. Crothers
rested fairly well the early part Of last
night, but toward midnight became rest
less, and opiates had to be administered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
Vice Presidents Auto in Collision

Vice President Sherman's automobile.
with Edward Newton, colored, chauffeur
the only occupant collided with a de-
livery wagon belonging to Holmes
bakery this morning. The accident hap
pened near Massachusetts, avenue and
North Capitol street. Both vehicles
were damaged, and the horse attached
to the wagon sustained slight injury.
Nobody was hurt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
SAVED FROM NIAGARA FALLS.
Rescuers Form Human Chain and
Drag Man From River.

BUFFALO,, May 20-A man who gave
his name as H. j. Smith and later as H.
J. Lutz of Buffalo was saved from be-
ing swept over the American falls
yesterday.
That the man is alive at all is due
to Aran Kavorkien. a twenty-year-
old resident Of Niagara Falls, who
waded into the strong current above
the falls, speared the clothing of the
victim with a pike pole. and. steadied
by a human chain formed from shore,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
ATLANTA NEXT HOST
Presbyterian Assembly to
Meet There in 1913.
DECISION AT LOUISVILLE
Missionary Societies of Northern
Church in Annual Session.
HARD TASK FOR METHODISTS
General Conference Takes Fruitless
Ballots for Bishop, With Seven
to Be Chosen.
HARD TASK FOR METH0DIsTs

LOUISVILLE. KY, May 2O-Atlanta,
Ga, was selected as host for the 1913
general assembly of the Northern Pres
Atlantic City, which were contenders,
withdrew. Atlanta plans to entertain
thousands Of members of each branch of
the Presbyterian Church in 1913.
Forty-two missionaries from all parts
of the world are scheduled to tell some
of their experiences and make recon-
mendations for future work at the an
nual meeting Of the woman's board of
foreign missions, which Is in session
here today in connection with the
general assembly.
Prominent Speakers.
Among the speakers are DR.. J. E.
Williams. vice president of the Nankin
University; DIR. William Dagar, from
Eilat, Africa; Mrs. A. M. Jefferson. from
and DR.. A. w. Halsey Of New York. sec
rotary Of the Presbyterian board Of
foreign missions.
The woman's board Of home missions
also convened in annual meeting this
Reports of committees, advocating the
policy of providing definite pensions or
annuities for all ministers, based upon the
period of service rendered, and the recon-
mendation of a church-wide movement
to secure a permanent endowment fund
of s1O,000.000, to be divided between the
board Of ministerial relief and the
ministerial sustenation fund. largely oc-
cupied the attention Of the general as
sembly at this mornings session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
Costa RIGA to Send Exhibit.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 2O-Word was
received at the headquarters at the Pan
anna Pacific International exposition last
night that Costa Rica will send an exhibit
In 1915. making the eighth nation that
has thus far accepted invitations sent
worldwide by President Taft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
DUTY POINTED OUT.
Speakers Advice to Negroes q
A, M. Z. Conference.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. May 2O.-"It is the
duty of all negro citizens to improve the
health of the state. but it is peculiarly
obligatory on the educated negroes to
save the less fortunate of the race from
dirt, disease and DEATH" said DR.. C. V.
Roman, a delegate to the African Meth
odist Episcopal conference. which was
resumed today, addressing an educa-
tional mass meeting.
Rev. R. D. Sunson, principal Of the At
lanta. Ca, Normal School, called atten-
ton to the necessity of negroes learning
manual labor, or honest work." as he
characterized 1T. The election Of officers
begun last week was expected to be COM
pleted today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
WILL NOT AID PEACE BUREAU,
House Refuses to Make Any Appro-
priation.

The House today refused to appropri-
ate money for contribution by the
United States toward the maintenance
of the bureau of interparliamentary union
for the promotion Of International arbi-
tration at Brussels, Belgium.
Representative Bartholdt Of Missouri
republican, pleaded in vain for the appro-
priation, declaring that it would be a
national disgrace to refuse to help when
such small nations as Denmark and
Switzerland contributed cheerfully.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
TWO DEAD, MANY INJURED,
IN ACCIDENT At WHARF
Temporary Gang Plank at Dock
Breaks, Precipitating Sixty
Persons Into Water.

SEATTLE Wash. May 20.-Two per-
sons are known to have been drowned
and forty or more were injured when
the adjustable end of a temporary
gang plank at the Colman dock
dropped, precipitating sixty passen-
gers into the water as they were pre-
barring to board the sound steamer
Flyer. for Tacoma.
Newton Johns, a negro bootblack.
leaped from the wharf when the acci-
dent happened and saved several
women.
Woman and Child Drown.
q. y. Learned, president Of q lumber
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
Falls From Scaffold and It Hurt.

Joseph Rogers. a bricklayer, fell from
the third floor of a structure near Mount
Pleasant and Lamont streets northwest
this morning. He was caught on joist
on the second floor and managed to hold
until assistance reached him. The injured
man was taken to Freedmen's Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
Noted LAWYER Dead.

RALEIGH. N. c.. May 20.-Richard
III. Battle. one of the leading lawyers
IN this state. died last night at the
age OF seventy-seven years. He was
private secretary to Gov. Vance dur
Ing the civil war and later was state
auditor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner Oakland. cord wood from a
Potomac point, at 10th street wharf for
L. A Clarke & Son: schooner Maggie
Marshall, at Alexandria with pulp wood
from Mattawoman creek for shipment to
West Virginia: tug Carter, from Indian
Head, towing two light coal-carrying
boats. schooner. Daniel at Alexandria,
laden with a horse-pulled street car, from
Fort Washington; District tug General
Warren. towing lighters from Occoquan
workhouse; power boat Rafting Joe, at
18th street wharf. with fish from river
gill nets: tug Minerva, with tow of
lighters, at Georgetown; tug Toby, with
Clarke Winston Company's pile driver,
from Fort Washington: scow Daisy, at
Alexandria, with wood for the dealers.
Departures.
Schooner John Taylor, from Alexan-
dria, with railroad ties for this city;
schooner Silver Star, light, for a lower
river point to load cord wood for the
dealers here; barge Baltimore. from
Quantico, with iron pyrites for Baltimore;
tug James o. Carter, towing coal-laden
boats from Georgetown for naval powder
factory at Indian Head. Md; schooner
John P. Robinson, from Alexandria, with
merchandise for Upper Machodoc creek
and fertilizer for Lower Machodoc creek:
f1attie, unnamed. from 18th street wharf
for the eastern shore of Chesapeake bay
to load clans for the market here; tug
Rosalie. towing lighters to stand and
gravel digging machines down river; tug
Miller. towing lighters from the Eastern
branch to Little Hunting creek; tug
Pride, towing lighters for quarries in
Occoquan creek, Va.
Memoranda.
Schooner Grace G. Bennett is due to sail
from Newbern, n. c., for this city with
lumber; schooner Alexander Wiley fs
at the Alexandria shipyard to be over
hauled; schooner Earl Biscoe is In Nomini
creek loading cord wood for dealers here;
sloop Rita Gator is at a Potomac point
to load for this city: schooner Mable is
on her way from Baltimore for STRAIT
ford. Potomac river, to load lumber;
schooner M. and A. Beswick has arrived
on the James river and is loading lum-
Der for this city; Standard Oil Company
tank barge No. 50 has arrived at Balti-
more from this city to load Oil in bulk
schooner Eta Is at river point to load
for this city: schooner Majestic is at
Wflkersons or Colonial Beach, Va, load
ing for this port; schooner Ella is in
Upper Machodoc creek to load for Alex
andria for this city; schooner Murray
Vandiver is at Baltimore with lumber
from the Rappahannock river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20

Princess Anne, Md.-Frank c. GLADDEN.,
after an illness of eleven weeks of pneu-
monia, died Sunday, aged thirty-three
years. He was a republican and presi-
dent of the board of election supervisors
of Somerset county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
Judges Work on Essays.

The work of the judges in examin-
ing the essays submitted in The Stars
anti-fly essay contest is but one-third fin
ished. The judges were given but one
third of the number of papers at the
close Of the contest. and there are two
other allotments which must be ex-
amined. Indications are that the names
of the winners will not be ready for
announcement before Thursday or Fri
day. The judges are Health officer
William C. Woodward, Alexander T.
Stuart. director of intermediate in
struction in the public schools, and
John G. McGrath, president of the
Park View Citizens Association.
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Increase With Warmth.

When the first flies began to appear,
fully two weeks after 1.-THE usual time for
this section of the country, The Star
anti-f1y campaign was on. which resulted
In giving the development Of the first
generation still further setback.
Warmer weather of the last few days.
however. has brought about a consider
able increase in the development of the
insects. which has led the health depart
ment to give out the usual warning con-
corning the Importance of screening and
keeping garbage cans covered.
with the expanding of the fly popula-
tion DR.. Woodward and DR.. Murray look
for an increase in the number of flies
killed daily by contestants in The Star S
campaign. Considering the scarcity of
the insects today, they regard the record
Of the campaign as being little short
of marvellous. and believe that it indi-
Gates a determination on the part of
the youth of the city to strike a blow
at the insect which will be far reaching.
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, I, you y nan; s, worn read the want col
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company. fell into the water with his

company. fell into the water with his
wife and three-year- SON. Mrs.
Learned drowned. but the father and
son were saved. Mr.. and Mrs. c. Bru-
der, whose child was drowned. were
rescued, although Mrs. Bruder suf
fered severely and Is unable to leave
the hospital.
Miss Lillian e. Halverson Of Chi
cago saved herself after sinking three
times by holding to the clothing Of a
foreigner who was clinging to a pill
ing. She was picked up by a lifeboat
Mr.. and Mrs. James Dalton Of Scran-
ton. Pa. were just about to step from
the gang plank to the steamer when
they fell.
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Twice Dragged Under Water.

I'VE were among the first to fall
into the water and everybody fell on
top OF US. holding US under" said Mr.
Dalton. when I came up I was
dragged under twice by people who
grabbed my clothing and I had given
up hope when hauled into q lifeboat. .