The chronicle=news., 1913-04-12

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pIctely .npuifed New York city and
nowhere lis erect IT. more keenlv
Iou than IL. the Tcndcrlolu district.
By order of the mayor the licenses
which permitted n large number OF
places where llIpor l. sold. to keep
npcn all nigh,. ahvc been revoked
and tho police hnv. received strict
orders Ia see 10 II thar all such rlac-
cs he closed upon the stroke OF one
/ in tn. morning. lust what prompt
ed tho mayor 10 issue this order is
no, known. but 1, is believed that
he WIS driven TO 1t by ,hc numerous
complaints he received concerning
tn. vile character OF V'ftain cabage,
shows. lie came to the conclusion
that the only WAY he could stop these
performances without showing par
,inii,y was. To treat all alike aud
compel all drinking places 10 clos"
nj I In the morning,
The ease OF Henry j. klotz, who
wna arrested "a fow days ago upon
the ci,nre. oi having killed a woman
known In the Tcndcrioin district ns
Helen Taylor. by means Of n bomb
which he sen, TO her apartment ON
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cfiing psychological problem. II
seems TO h" another car" Of DIR.
JCkyll aud Mr.. hydc. kio,z I, u
dr,ueh,sman and for +. wears he has
held u position in tn. typographical
bureau of the city. enjoying tn" nh
soiutc coniidonc. Of his superiors
and friends. VI. WAS skilliul work.
cr ard faithful In attending TO his
duii.g An Iu,osi cation Icy the de-
icctiy's H. said to have established
the fac, that this side Of kioiz's M
tur. formed II strong contrast with
tho indiVldInli,y he presented out
sid. OF office hours. After leaving
the office kiois was In the habit OF
returning 20 his fathers nome In the
ErnnN. There hr secluded himself
in an ci.c;ricnlly guarded room.
whrr. he spent his tim. manufacture
inE bombs and Internal machines. or
hc Slipped ont of the house unseen.
To drink and cnrouse with the dcs
ciu," women of III" white Light dis
nI,i. Th.r. he WAS known ms Cray
Henry" ana had u large circle Of ne
arain;anc.s among the men aud wo-
mon OF the underworld.
While ai work In his well guarded
room n week ago y bomb with which
he was experimenting. exploded and
Eiotz was seriously injured. ~" WAS
taken TO the .Fordhnm hospital and
tho policC hcgan to investigate the
cause Of the accident. The detectives
found certain .vidcnc" which made
them suspect that Nlotz had been re-
sponsibic not only FOR the explosion
which killed Helen Taylor. hut for u
rumbcr OF other bomb explosions
whici, psult.d In the death or In
Jury Of several persons. Klo,x was
ARRESTED at the hospital and Will be
carefully guarded there until he
shall he abl. 20 leave that institution
10 cp TO jail.s-
At last III. board OF aldermen hns
sccn III to modify by the passage oi
an ordinnnc. one OF ,ho most object
! icnnl'lc features Of the stupid Sulli-
van law. Tn. ordinance permits any
reputable householder or storckocper
to keep u loaded revolver in his home
or store, provided he Obtain n permit
to that effect from u magistrate. tho
police comissioncr. an inspector or
lieutenant. The fec for cnch permit
IL 81 and the money shall go To the
police fund.
Mrs. Harriet stanton lilatch IL one
of the lending suffrage workers In
this part o the country aud has al
ways been extremely active In agi-
tatine and prosclyting for the
ausc." /, is n rather interesting
aud somewhat peculiar fac, thai;
Mrs. Eiaich IL n British subject. She
was born from American parents at
Seneca. ~ Y. but married an Eng
iishman who is engaged in the brok-
cragc business on Wall street. Gy
her marriage she became n British
subject. Scmc time ago Mrs. Batch
applied for admission to American
citizenship. hut the federal district
court decided that she could not he
Omitted because she is married to a
British subject. So long as her his-
band remains true to his British al
legiancc Mrs. Blatch cannot recover
her native citizenship. 1t !s not cx-
pccted however, that this decision OF
tho cour, will interfere with Mrs
Biatch's activity in the suffrage
cause.
I;y supreme court evidently thinks
that there is n great deal in n name
The ether day an organization re-
Gently formed in Long Island City
under the name OF silent Twelve.
applied for Incorporation. The ar
ticlcs of the organization stated that
II was intended to promote social
intercourse and entertainment fni
\ its members. Justice 1aycoN refused
to grant the application upon the
ground that the name of the orea'
nization indicated some necessity
for secrecy in the carrying out of, Its
aims for promoting socal intercourse
and providing Its members with en-
tCrtainmont
The crcdulity and gullibility OF
some persons is almost beyond be-