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New-York tribune., 1913-11-01
FORUM HECKLES METZ
N. Y. u. Audience Has Fun with
Tammany Candidate.

The forum OF New York University,
which met yesterday afternoon at the
Judson Memorial Building. on Washing
ton Square. had lot Of fun hecklIns
Herman \. Metz, Tammauy candidate for
Controller Mr.. Metz had declared Tam
many Hall could not be routed because
of its assisting the poor, when some one
wanted to know why Tammany had
nominated Whitman.
Because they were not afraid to have
him elected" said Mr.. Metz.
Because there was not clean man in
the Tammany ranks they could put UP,
YOU men mean," another shouted.
Mr.. Metz vowed that was nonsense.
The audience howled. Several persons
Jumped up and talked. all at the same
time. Mr.. Metz declared when he could
be heard that Frank Moss would have
been nominated had Whitman not baan
named.
Moss would have declined the nomina-
ton" said one in the audience.
HE wouldn't" responded Metz. II
was present when he said he would run
for that Office. know what am talking
about"
80 do l." was the response.
Marcus NJ. Marks. fusion nominee for
President OF the Borough OF Manhattan.
and Justice William II. Wadhams pre-
sented arguments for the fusion ticket.
To Offset the difference in Tammany's
Mr.. Metz was allowed 10
talk twice.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-01
M'CAlL SAYS HE
WILL LIFT THE LID
Continued from first page.

the Public Service Commission I have
never received a request Of any kind
from Mr.. Murphy"
Before the Woman's Democratic
League, in the Hotel Astor, Mr.. Mccall
said that he supposed the women were
disgusted at the charges the "scamps'
had been making against him. While
he did not use names, it was under
stood that he referred TO John A. Hen
messy when he said:
This frightful creature that has
been going around our streets mouth
ing out his vituperation and scandal
completely went to pieces under the
cross examination Of tho District At
torney. He shame -facedly had to ad-
nit that what he was uttering, particu-
larly about myself, was based entirely
upon hearsay
New-York tribune., 1913-11-01
ENDORSEMENTS IN BRONX
Citizens Union Designates
Right Men for Votes.

The Citizens Union has ,ndorsed the
ticket chosen by the fusion committee for
the Borough and County OF The Bronx.
This ticket does not appear In It's en-
tlrety on any column of the official ballot.
The Union has indorsed the following
candidates for the Assembly In The
Bronx: SD District, Louis F. Grimler.
Republican,; SD. Francis Xavier Nc
Donough. Republican,; saith, Otto Hen
schel, Progressive and Independence
League. and S5th, Henry d. Patton, Re-
publican, Progressive and Independence
League.
The candidates for the Board OF Alder
men in The Bronx indorsed by the Union
are: 35th District, George w. johnston
Progressive, 37th. Charles Rathfelder.
Republican, 3Sth, Harry Cohen Progress
sive; 3sth, James Hamilton. Republican.
Progressive and Independence League
10th, Jacob We'll, Republican. Progressive
and Independence League, and 4lst. Fred
erick II. Wilmot. Republican, Progressive
and Independence League.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-01

House. | think II was. Stephen Ryan, OF
Chenango. also was there. He had toId
me that he had some information along
tho Same line. and I asked him to meet
me there. too. found that Ryans tes-
timony wasn't much good, except that lie
told me that Everett Fowler, Oh Ming
ston, had gone TO Syracuse to meet the
contractors who had work on the cdnd'
and that he had met them there IN the
Office OF William II. Kelly, the Demo-
cratic leader of Onondaga.
RYAN said that the contractors had
there been subjected to percentage as
sessment contribution, based on the
amount OF their contracts on state work.
and that the assessments ran from N'""
to $3.50 each.
81 left RYAN then, and went up to
room with Mcclure. and Mcclure told me
that, among others. Samuel Beskih'
road contractor. OF Fishkill. and John f.
Donovan, a road contractor. OF SAUCER
ties. had been assessed for a smaii CON
tribution each in the 1911 campaign. lie
mentioned Henry +. Burgard, OF Buiaio'
also. as a contributor of $1,000 in the same
caupaien and one whose contribution
was not recorded i'm the sworn statements
filed with the Secretary OF state
IL told Mcclure that ] wanted sohe
cases on which TO question Mack ana ne
gave me a lst-the same list that Is IN
cluded in my affidavit now before 'he
court here
Were these contributions made IN the
last three years." Whitman asked.
"AlI he gave me were of contributions
in 1911 and 1912. except one replied Hen
messy land that was Jim Stewart 5
$4,000 in 1870
who was that given to?' Whitman
asked. "a
william ]. Conners, of Buffalo, toia
me that Murphy had asked him TO get
good contribution from Stewart Hen
messy explained, and Conners' VINO khe"
Stewart well--Murphy was not wen AZ
ouainted with the contractor-met him IN
Dunkirk. think 1t was. and there
Stewart personally turned over $[ooc IN
bills to Conners. That was In Oc'oDer'
1910.
Mcclure told me that Stewart gave
5000 in 1911, and that he handed II 10
]. Sergeant Cram. and that Stewart gave
500 in 1912, and that he handed that TO
Norman t. Mack. Mcclure didht tell
me who got that $500, but I'll explain
how | learned. A man named MacDoh-
aid. a big contractor in Niagara ana
friend of Suffers, called on me when
was in the Iroquois Hotel, I'm Buffalo, and
said Conners and Henry +. Burgard
would like to see me. Conners wanted
TO know what | knew about these CON
tributions from contractors, and told
him ] knew of three contributions by
Jim Stewart, one of $500, one OF $500
and another OF 5000.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-01
~ Got IT," Says Conners.

"Conners said: Well. now, I got that
5000; maybe that's it, Burgard heard
Conners tell me that. and maybe Mac
Donald did although Macdonald was
telephoning from the room just at that
minute. He was telephoning to the Dis
trict Attorney OF Erie Mr.. Dudley, about
some indictments we were just then get
ting on some Of the road work there.
well. Mcclure made out this list on
hand. but he said to me that II I'd get a
list of the contractors on roads I'm 1911
and 1912, Id have them all, because, he
said, no one escaped.
"a Mr. Donohue. a contractor who did
some work in Ulster, had told Mcclure
that he had subscribed, and that every
one who had contract, either for con-
struction or repair work. had TO SUBJ
scribe. Foley, another contractor on Mad
ison County work, told Mcclure. he in
formed me- that all contractors who got
repair contracts had to give a certain
percentage to Mclean, the Democratic
state treasurer. But | learned later that
on all those contracts the state later
Ind0c dn thtid d diiO"d VI ~ per tNft
SO | believe now that actually the state
paid all those contractors contributions.
John T.. Gonzales. road contractor
who had contracts under the name OF
the Herlihy Construction Company and
the Rob Roy Construction Company. told
Mcclure that he had collected money
from other contractors and taken II to
New York.
Later Gonzales offered to testify be-
fore me and tell all the facts. and rep
resentative Of his, Mr.. Curran, who IS
here in court. brought me the message
But I declined to accept the offer DIT the
time II was made, because OF some pros
pective indictments for work in Warren
County that Gonzales was in on. He
can give you list, AS he offered me.
He lives in Troy"
Hennessy interrupted the thread OF his
story at this point TO interpolate the re-
mark that he always understood. when
contractors and other informants spoke
of money going down to New York. that
they meant Ito Tammany Hall"
Mcclure told me-" he continued then.
that Jim Stewart had received an offer
from Thomas +. Smith, of Tammany
Hall. and Mr.. Doyle. by which Stewart
was to get canal contract No. n-A by the
payment OF $4,000 TO Smith and Doyle.
Stewart told a half dozen persons Of this
offer Mcclure said and this was the
proposition-that Stewart was the lowest
bidder on canal contract No. IA and
the next lowest bidder on 7l-A. and be-
cause he would have his plant all set up
on PA. ne offered to take OFF $4,000 on
his bid on 7l-A
The McGovern Construction Company.
which was the lowest bidder on n-A, Nc
Guire said, consisted chiefly Of Thomas
f. Smith. 'Phir Donohue and a Philade-
phia man. Mcclure said he was interest
ed In the affair because of his friendship
with Stewart. and after Stewards offer TO
reduce his bid on 7i-A there was re-
newal of the offer from Smith and Doyle,
New-York tribune., 1913-11-01
CONTRACTOR is EVASIVE
Doesn't Recall Whether or Not
He Made Contributions.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Saugerties. n. Y, oct. 3l.-John +.
Donavan. road contractor here, was
evasive In his answer tonight when
asked II he made a contribution to Tam
many Hall in 1911. as charged by John A.
Hennessy In New York. Donavan said
that Ito the best Of his knowledge" he
had never made such a contribution. but
added that some one else might have
done so.
Donavan said that in 1911 he was asso-
ciated, although not actually in partner
ship, with John Il. Consaulis, of Albany.
He said that Consaulis might have made
a contribution. but that If he did he did
not know of 1t, or the amount.
When asked II he had ever made con-
tribution TO the state or national Demo-
cratic campaign. Donavan said that he
never had.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-01
"NOTHING TO SAY"-WOOD
Lobbyist Exclaims Don't Get
Me Angry"

Eugene +. Wood. the former Albany
lobbyist, mentioned by John A. Hennessy
as his chief informant on the matters re-
lating to Mccall and his relations with
Murphy, last night said he would say
nothing about the Hennessy testimony.
IL have nothing TO say; nothing what
soever to say" said Mr.. Wood. II shall
say nothing. one way or the other.
have told every one the same thing. II is
no use to ask me any questions. II will
be OF no use to try to see me later now
don't get me angry"
New-York tribune., 1913-11-01
DIES SUDDENLY IN THEATRE.

George Wheat an electrician, OF NO. Isl
Cumberland street, Brooklyn, was taken
i'll in Proctors East Fifty-eighth Street
Theatre last night and died after he hao
been carried to the stage. Miss MAY
Hanley. OF No. 166 Second avenue. VINO
accompanied Wheat. was overcome.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-01

this time the amount involved being
lowered to sl25.OI0.
Mcclure informed me that II. s. Ker-
baugh. OF Philadelphia, gave $4,000 In
1911 and 5000 in 1912, and that one or the
other went to Norman f.. Mack. Ker-
baugh has contracts amounting to almost
100000 on the watersheds. and Mcclure
said that Kerbaugh had to give up alto
gether about $4,000 to Murphy.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-01

in Delmonico's the week before AT
which William H. Fitzpatrick. OF Bul-
falo; Patrick 8. McCabe, Of Albany
McCooey, Senator Wagner, Judge NC
Call and Charles F. Murphy, and pos
sibly one or two others. were present
He told me that they discussed the I'M
peachment Of William Sulzer.
II told him knew that-that Mccall
had been up to Albany and tod Eo''
ernor Sulzer about 1t. Wood SAID MUIR
ply had warned McCabe not to tell
him, Wood. about 1t.
That brought up McCalls name ana
| told Wood that Mccall had told the
Governor about the meeting ana that
he. Mccall had told the conferrees they
were going too far, and that he, Mccall
had then left the meeting in high dua-
geon because they were going so far
Wood corrected me, and SAID that
the real reason Mccall had left the
meeting was that Mccall had suggested
to the conferrees they could not legally
impeach. Sulzer, and McCabe had called
Mccall down for his exposition OF the
law, saying, When we want any iegai
advice wen get a lawyer, and that
was the time and the reason OF mccall
leaving"
New-York tribune., 1913-11-01
FINDS FOOT EMBEDDED IN ROCK.

Decatur, H., Oct 3i.-John Magill. en-
ployed in the Lovington mines. to-day
unearthed what appeared to be a petri-
fled human foot. 1t was imbedded In the
rock 1000 feet below the surface.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-01
PIunses Steadily Along.

That ended Hennessy's story of the
Mccall nomination, but he plunged
steadily along toward the financial part
OF the story, for which he also credited
Wood.
Wood told me that the campaign
assessment for Mccall was paid by In
spector William w. Mclaughlin. He
said part Of 1t went to Plunkitt. He
didn't say that any of it. went to
Murphy. He said that the repayment
WAS slow, and Mclaughlin had to
threaten Mccall with suit-at least.
that Mclaughlin had his lawyer write
a threatening letter to Mccall.
'"rhe dispute came to a head nnaily'
Wood said. over the last 5000 pay
ment. because on that amount Mccall
New-York tribune., 1913-11-01
Mclean Didn't Respond.

Hennessy did not appear TO be unwilling
to give the material Whitman was after,
but he did appear to desire simply to
have II put upon the record that he was
not volunteering this testimony. He
turned to Chief Magistrate McAdoo with
the question that he supposed 1t would
be the same ruling as before, In the case
Of the Wood conversation.
The chief magistrate indicated that the
same ruling would apply, and Whitman
asked whether these two talks related to
contributions to Tammany Hall. Hem
messy replied in the affirmative, and con-
tinued:
We'll, Mr.. Mcclure had told me several
times about contributions which had been
made by barge canal and highway con-
tractors. ] went to Buffalo before the
primaries there, in August. and | made
some statements for publication. and for
the purpose of defeating William II. F'itz-
patrick in those primaries We defeated
him two TO one.
Il mentioned that several large con-
trlbutions had been handed to Norman
Z. Mack, that had not been reported
Mack is the national committeeman OF
the Democratic party in New York State.
Mack said my statements were untrue,
and that he would answer them any
where, under oath. He said that the rea-
son sfor them was solely to affect the
primaries.
IL challenged him to come 10 Albany
and submit TO my authority as a COM
missioner under the Moreland act. say
| ing that that would give him the oppor-
tunity of denying my statements under
oath, and the next day his newspaper
there printed an editorial which was
headed Mr.. Mack accepts
"It was arranged that he should come
| to Albany on the following Monday, but
| he did not come. That was on a Thurs
| day or a Friday, and between those two
| times I got Mr.. Mcguire on the telephone
| from Albany, reaching him in Syracuse.
| / told him of the Mack business. said l
| had made the statements In good faith
| and that I relied on him for the informa-
tion TO enable me to make good: and
when he said he was very busy and could
! not come to Albany just then, II was ar
ranged that we should meet half way. at
Utica, on the Friday before the Buffalo
| primaries.
Hennessy Meets Mcclure.
II met MCGUIRE in Utica, at the Utica
New-York tribune., 1913-11-01

II met Mcclure in Utica, at the Utica
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-26
MoDERNIzED THE ANGEL.
Mounted on Ball Bearings, 1t Now Acts
as a Weather Vane.

as WeaLncT Vd'e.
There are many kinds Of angels
ranging in style from those we read
about in the Bible to those who bring
out talent on the stage. 1t has remain
ed. however. for writer in he Amer
lean Machinst to discover II new type
of the seraphic assortmHnt. This an
gel is ball bearing" aha entirely un
like the common or garden variety
of angels. 1t stands on top Of the IA
nous tower known as the Canpnnie
di San Marco, in Venice, and swings to
the wind like a weather vane.
The statue of the angel San Marco
which surveyed the old city of Lngune>
since the sixteenth century, was found
but little damaged among the ruins
after the collapse of the tower. 1t was
repaired and now stands again on the
lofty height. but is supported in IL very
different manner from the old. for ii
now rests on modern ball bearings.
This method of mounting allows the
statue to be turned around vertical
axis by the wind. 81 that it swings nu.
tomatiralIy into such position thai
the angel always presents the small.
est surface to the wind or storm. II
one considers that the large wings OF
the angel. which are eleven feet high
project straight backward. it may be
imagined that the difference of the
wind pressure is considerable. whether
the wind blows against the small front
surface or against the side exposing
the large face of the wings.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-26
Roses For Restoring Hair.

Roses form the chief ingredient in
what is probably the earliest recipe for
a hair reStorer on record. According
to Pliny, wild rose leaves reduced into
liniment with bears grease make the
hair grow again in most marvellous
fashion. Pliny also recommends
ashes of roses as serving to trim
the hairs of the eyebrows" Roses
figured prominently in several old time
strong drinks, such as rosa soils, which
consisted Of rosewater mixed with
aqua vitae and favored with CHINA
mon. The favorite morning draft
among Elizabethan roisterers was
rosa soils, to wash the molligrubs out
of a moody hrain."-London Chronicle
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-26

The new congressional rcdistrict-
ing law seems to be giving the press
and politicians OF the state a great
deal Of trouble. The average paper is
Convinced that the legislature made
mess of it. But did Il? Let us see.
The law means exactly what it says
This act shall take effect ct the ex-
piration Of the present terms of Of
| flee of the Congressman now serving
from this State" The terms of Of
flee Of present Congressman expire
March 4, 1915. Ore IS serving the
State at large. one from the First
one from the Second and one from
the Third districts. Would a law
which deprived these men from rep
resenting certain counties comprising
district for which they were elected
De effective? Could the law rob them
Of part Of their districts? And if
t did make the attempt, would il
De good law? Scarcely. The new
,edistricting law is all right. It
means exactly what it says, and it
says exactly what it means. 1t
means that rev Congressional dis
riots have been created to become
he First, Second, Third and Fourth
Congressional Districts of Florida
when the present men serving from
differently constituted districts have
HE'D the terms for which they were
elected to represent those districts.
The legislature did know exactly |
what it was doing, and it did exact
y as it intended to do. These pa
,ers and the politicians jumped to
neir conclusions; they should have
waited until they had reed the law.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-26

The sausage dates back to the year
S97. 1t has been asserted that the
Greeks in the days of Homer mnnufac-
tured sauSageS. but this prehistoric
mixture had nothing in common with
our modern product The ancient so
called sausage was composed Of the
same materials which enter into the
makeup of the bOudn of the French
market and the blood pudding of the
French Canadian. The ancient sausage
was envelOped in the stomuchs Of
goats. 1t was not until the tenth cen
fury that sausage made of hashed pork
became known. 1t was in or near the
year 1900 that thanks to the introduce
ton into Germany of cinnamon and
saffron. the suuSageS of Frankfort and
StrasSburg acquired Il universal repu-
tatiOn.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-26
Eatinq Grow,

Although the Use of the expression
ito eat crow" in Il metnphorical sense,
meaning to eat ones words may well
have dated from the time of Noah.
when the bird was first looked upon
as unCIeun and not fit to serve as food
for man. it seems to have arisen from
the old tale of the officer and the pri-
vate. a soldier, having shot tame
crow belonging to one of his officers
was discovered by the owner with the
bird in his hand. Selling the privates
gun. the officer commanded him to eat
the bird as Il punishment. With the
tirearm pointed at his head. the soldier
fell to, but no sooner had the officer
laid aside the gun than the culprit
graSped it and compelled his superior
to join in the distasteful banquet. The
private was court martialed the next
day. and when he was asked by the
examiners what had occurred he re-
piled, Nothing. except that Captain
Bank and dined together"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-26
AUCTION SALES.
Elisha Yale Held the First One In
England ir 1900

England lr 1900
The first auction sale in England
was held in 100 by Elisha Yale. VIII"
had been governor of Madras and VIII,
adopted that plan for selling the East
Indian wares he had brought home
The sale attracted wide attention and
was so successful that others immedi
ately adopted the plan.
Before the close of the eighteenth
century England began to place Il tan
on auction sales. and at times theS,
duties have ranged us high us pei
cent. In 1917 the tax was repealed
but n charge imposed on the license It
be taken out by all HnCtiOneerS. Th,
abuses at auctions. caused by comb
nations of brokers to bid up the offer
ingS, led to the adoption of stringent
regulation
In America auctioneerS of certain
class have also been guilty of many
impOSiti0ns on the public. Fake "aur
ton sales" of alleged bankrupt stock,
Of merchandise. fire sales" and simi
lar schemes have long been used t.
impose on the credulOus At many
such sales the auctioneer has cOnfed
crates in the crowd who start the bid
ding and continue it until some legti
mate bidder has offered Il price THAI
affords the promoters handsom,
profit. The imposition of heavy fine,
this class of auctionpers in most SEE
tons. Milwaukee Sentinel
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-26
SENT HIMSELF BY MAIL.
One Use to Which the Parcel Post In
England May Be Put.

England way be Put.
An EngliShman wished to reach a
customer living in remote part OF
BALKAN, one of the suburbs of Lon.
don, and it was very urgent that he
find him quickly
Knowing nothing of the locality. he
called at st. Martin lie Grand to con
suit directory. Stating his case to
u clerk, he was amazed to learn that
he could be sent to the address by
parcel post by paying a fee of three
pence Il mile. The gentleman had
never heard of-Snch a thing. and it is
said that very few in England know
that it can be done.
Accepting the offer, the gentleman
was placed in charge of messenger
familiar with all parts of the city and
was soon Oh his way. The boy carried
n printed slip on which was written Il
description of the parcel" in charge.
under the heading, Article required
to be delivered" and before leaving
the customers house both the GUS
toner and the gentleman were re-
qured to place their signatures on the
paper
The limit in weight for anything de
livcred by parcel post in England is
generally understood to he eleven
pounds. but there is one clause which
reads, A person may he conducted
by express messenger TO any address
on payment of mileage fee" -Argonaut