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Any insurance company. association or
society, agent, solicitor or broker, or any
person, Arm. association or corporation,
violating the provisions of this section OF
this act shall be guilty OF a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof, shall be SEN
fenced to pay fine OF not more than one
hundred dollars for each and every viola
ton, or In the discretion of the court, to
Imprisonment for a period Of not more than
SIX months The Insurance commissi oner.
after hearing, shall have authority in
his discretion to revoke or suspend the
license heretofore issued to any company.
assoclation or society, agent or broker, for
a period not exceeding one year.
Section 3, No person shall be excused
from tesufyng or from producing any
books, papers contracts. agreements or
documents ct the trial or hearing OF any
person or company, association or society
charged with violating any provision OF
sections one and two of this act, on the
ground that such testimony or evidence
may tend to incriminate himself. but no
person shall be prosecuted for any act con-
corning which he shall be compelled so to
testify or produce evidence documentary
or otherwise, except for perjury committed
in so tesufyng.
Section 4. Chapter one hundred ten and
chapter one hundred twenty-one Of the
public laws of nineteen hundred seven and
chapter two hundred seven of the public
laws of nineteen hundred nine are hereby
repealed.
IApproved March Il. 1871
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to such abutting estates by such sprinkiing
Provided. however, that II horse railroads
or street railroads are operated upon sucn
public ways or portions thereof as saio
city. town or village corporation may ue-
termine to sprinkle at the expense OF the
on the amount Of space included between
the outer rails and one foot beyond on each
side extended such distance as such rail-
roads operate on said way or portion
tomato rate as said space bears to the
amount assessed in the whole space in
cluded within said limits of said public
way. and provided further that the pro
shah not apply to suburban districts. but
only to thickly populated portions of a city
town or village corporation. nor to tracks
laid along the side OF streets or ways, and
road for such sprinkling In any street shall
not exceed one-third of the rest OF such
sprinkl!ng along the line of said railroads
Instead of paying an assessment as above
provided, a street railroad shall have the
right to sprinkle at its own expense its
tracks
The amount of such assessment upon
each estate and upon said railroad shall be
determined by the municipal officers, or II
said municipal officers so designate by the
board Of public works, board of street COM
missioners superintendent of streets or
other officers. and said municipal officers
or other officers or officer aforesaid as
soon as may be after the first day OF April
of such streets or portions thereof to be
made, specifying each abutting estate, the
length of track Of street railroads on such
streets to be sbrinkled. and the amount
determined to DO assessed as aforesaid,
against each abutting estate and said rail-
road and certify and commit said list %
the assessors OF taxes
(Approved March 20, 1919
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AN ACT to Amend Section Three of Chap
ter One Hundred Sixty-two of the Public
Laws of Nineteen Hundred Five Entitled
AN Act Enlarging the Duties and Fixing
the Compensation OF the Attorney Gem
erai."
Be II enacted, etc:
Section three of chapter one hundred
sixty-two Of the public laws OF nineteen
hundred Ave is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following words: He may also
institute and conduct prosecutions for all
ave and xix o. the revised statutes, and for
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ter One Hundred Eighty-edght of the
Public Laws Of Nineteen Hundred Seven
as Amended by Chapter Forty-seven Of
and Nine, Relating to the Assessment OF
Taxes for Street Sprinkling.
Be II enacted, etc:
Section two Of chapter one hundred
lightweight of the public laws OF nineteen
hundred seven as amended by chapter for
ty-seven of the public laws Of nineteen
hundred and nine Is hereby further amend
ed by inserting after the word city"
wherever 1t occurs in said section. the
words town or village corporation so that
said section as amended shall read as fol-
lows
Section . If city. town or village cor
poration determine that streets or certain
streets or portions Of streets shall be
sprinkled in whole or In part at the ex-
pense OF the, abutters thereon, such ex-
pense for sprinklipx for a municipal year
and the proportions thereof to be borne by
abutters shall be determined by the munic-
.pal officers who after such notice as they
may order shall view the abutting estates
and after hearing determine the amount
to be assessed on estates sbutting on such
streets In proportion to the benefit secured
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100 ICEBoUND ON FERRYBoAr.
situation Growing Serious NJ Food
and Fuel Run short.

MAcKINAw CITY. Mich. Feb. Annoy
ance has given way to anxiety and anx.
!ety soon may give way to suffering
among the 100 passengers aboard the
ferryboat Chief Wawatam. which is ice
bound in the Straits Of Mackinaw, four
miles from shore.
Food and coal on the vessel have be.
come nearly exhausted and the pas.
sengers are facing the alternative Of
walking ashore over four miles Of
ragged and slippery ice. with the ther.
mometer at zero. or taking their
chances aboard the boat. Two mile.
from the Wawatam the ferryboa, s.,
lgnacc is also fast in the ice, after try
Ing to go to the relief Of the Wawatam
on Wednesday.
The Wawatam was on heC way n
st. lgnace when she was caught in
the ice which has frozen since to a
depth Of thirty-five feet.
MUSHROOM, Mich, Feb. THE Good
Rich steamer Alabama Is still stuck
fast In the thick ice a thousand feet Of:
the pier here.
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MARRIED BESIDE DEAD MOTHER
Wedding Guests Become Mournrrs
At Funeral.

George Holfgott. clothier. Of 6 Eas,
10th street. and Violet Regina Lewis.
daughter Of Herman Lewis, a tobacco
merchant of 1l9 Floyd street. Brooklyn.
were married on Thursday in the same
room Of the lIolfgott home in which
the bridegroom's mother was lying dead
in her coffin.
The funeral Of the mother followed
the wedding: both services were con
Quoted by Rabbi Simeon X. Cohen Of
the Temple Beth-el-Ohin, Brooklyn, and
the wedding guests became the mourn.
ers at the funeral ceremony.
This programme was followed in ac.
cordance with the request OF Mrs. Min.
ME HelfSott, the bridegrooms mother,
who died on Wednesday night.
Il want to die knowing that my son
Will soon be happy" she said.
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GRAFT IN BOILER SQUAD.
CoSrt sustaias Disnissa Of Police
Examininw EnHineer.

Charges of graft in the boiler squad In
the Police Department were upheld yes
terday by the Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court in sustaining the dis
missal from the force OF John Lynch,
examining engineer of the boiler squad,
who conducted the examination Of candf-
dates for licenses as engineers.
Lynch, who had been examining engi-
neer for three years, was accused of ask
ing prearranEed questions of one William
II. Black. an applicant. The testimony
showed that Black made two attempts to
pass an examination, but couldn't answer
the questions. About three weeks after
the second attempt he returned to Head
quarters, was examined, and got per-
centase OF 100.
The testimony showed that on the
morning Of the third examination Black
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MAID SAVES BABIES FROM FIRE.
Carries Out Two Children Of e. "
LohIHry~r as Cribs Burn.

The young son and infant daughter
of Charles W. l.ohmcycr, a candy man
ufacturcr. living at l22 Kensington ave.
nuc, Jersey city, were saved by maiu
from being burned 10 death last night
in the nursery of the I.ohmeycr home
The maid, Miss Eliza Murray, smelIed
smoke, and when she burst into the
nursery saw flames sweeping across me
cribs Of three-year-old Carolina ana
s!X-ycar old Frederick. She snatcheo
up the children and rushed down stars
screaming.
Nclghbors called Or. W. s fason
and the fire department. The hame'
were put out before much damaR' wa
done.
The children had the hair burncd on
their heads and their faces and sh"uloe.'
were burned severely. They VII F"
cover.
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MAUDE DIDN'T KNOW PURCELL
>cvrr Heard Of Graft Witness, Ss,,
Police Captain.

Police captain Thomas Maude now
attached To- the Hunters Point station. In
Long Island titS. said last night that
he had never heard of Purcell
Lieut.. Herbert Graham. attached tn
the Queens detective bureau. with head.
quarters in tn" same precinct AS Can,
Naud"'s. said that Purcell was ABSOLUTELY
mistaken in accusing him of grating
He said the witness must mean some one
else
Former Sheriff Herbert r. Harvey
whose term expired i'm 1909 and who lives
in Flushing. said that Purcell must be-
crazy. He said that he began to hold
office in 1906 and that Purcell I'm mention.
ing his name must have been testifyinr
about happenings before 1906.
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CHICAGO A MEDICAL CENTRE.
University seeks Millions to crest,
Great College.

CHICAGO. Feb. IA medical college
which wHsl place Chicago on a par IN
respect to the study OF medicine with
any city in the world is ready for
launching by the trustees OF the Uni
versity OF Chicago. after two years of
quiet planning.
Millions OF dollars required for It's en-
dowmsnt are being sought from wealthy
citi2ens OF Chicago. \ long stretch Of
land fronting on the Midway will fur
nish the site for the buildings.
President Harry Pratt Judson in his
annual report submitted to-day makes
hrst announcement Of the plans,
In creating the complete new schoc
1t IS expected to take over the afiatei
Rush Medical College.
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Ills Talk with becker.

Ills Talk with becker.
81 went up to Becker and asked him
If he case was coming mp that night
~ in the morning. He said. who are
YOU? and I said was Interested in
the place. Can you do something for
u.s. He said he didn't know
lie and White had talk. and after
ward Becker came back. Purcell re-
pcatcd his question Becker said: II
can turn them out all right, but I am
not in 1t for my health"
81 says" tho witness went on, "'what
do You WANT and he says, I will do
it for $500 | laughed in his face. SO
! says, How about the other warrant p
lie says, 'You send in and the other
warrant will he all right SO | says,
i will SO" YOU in the morning.
Purcell went around the next morn
ing and said $500 was too much i)d
AT last got it down to $3.50 1t was
finally agreed that n lawyer named
Slichlin should he retained SliCklin
insisted on handling the money Purcell
said.
They only discharged the two door
men and Purcell wanted part of the
$3.50 hack Becker sent word that he
wanted the money and that If Purcell
ever opened up again he would tear
down the building. They finally com
promised on $500 and the other men
were held
Purcell wanted Ia open up again, hut
Policeman Ray of iIayes's staff said n"
would have to fix it up with Becker
hrsi. tie went from one to the other
and finally capt. Cray declined to al
low any poolrOom in his precinct. He
said that Commissioner Waldo would
not stand for any poolroom.
I, said that Commissioner Waldo
would not stand for any puolroom? \.
Yes ! said. How is II it's wide open be-
low Fourteenth stree; and | can't open
up II, answered. well hr don't want
any pooroons above Fourteenth street"
All this about Commissioner Waldo
was only the word of Policeman Ray.
supposed to he quoting Capt. Cray.
\ little later Purcell and Frank Eng
land went up To Slcklln's house where
they met White of Beckers stan. There
Frank England in the presence of the
other men gave White $3.50 in cash, tho
witness said
Did YOU see the money paid TO
White Purcell was asked. yes" he
replied.
Purcell spoke of more delays and
finally hc went into tho liquor business
down in B"eckcr street. After that he
went out West whore he remained until
he was found by ono Of MIR Whitmant
men. who brought him back.
Tho sessions will he resumed on Mon
day morning.
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sULZER AT GHOST CLUB TO-DAY
Governor Also VIII Look In at Two
Rails At Waldorf.

ALBANY, Feb. Gov, Sulzcr will 60
to New York early tomorrow. lie will
attend the dinner OF the Ghost club
and probably will look In on two dances
In tho Waldorf Tomorrow night.
lie will stay at the Waldorf The
Governor will return 10 Albany sun
day night, he said.
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Tells Of Paying DrittOn.

. nd YOU a. Yes. went down to
sec IN" man and gave him $50 for Il couple
"i h"n'1~'
f"rS'" ''''d H'' re'a" 'h!@ man $
mann,
l'' you '',. pay hi'',H any ',''
b.. nt g. ,,,, rsr.,.I ~
was ,u,t.os ,.f.,,.;n'.,k 80, fn, c,,,.,r
If Tn..t,-s.,..rt -i,..t and Trrd ave-
nue.. ami b.. ,.', . man 10 lD,,, a n -,
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of the boiler squad and is alleged to have
got information from him as 10 the qio.
tions to be asked.
Justices Scott and Dowling disscn,cd
from the courts opinion.
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but there was n phalanx " District At
torneya attend; nts tu get him down
to Room - nni out In TIA" street.
Purcell coul and collected, took the
stand ~ soon as MIR. Burkncr had told
the committee that Assistant District
ATTORNEY Moss world ,lu tho t,uca,iun,
inr hccaus" ~ his greater familiarity
with what tho man was to- say. iurCcl
had bulky manuscript in his hand
which waa IN" oriGinHl of an affidavit
he had written aud signed for the lbs.
trict Attorney. Mr Moss had n type.
written copy "f this
Tho questions were asked from the
COPY ana 'arlv IN the testimony an.
swcred from IN" original Then when
Purcell got warmed mp. he seldom
looked nj his paper to recall names or
dates.
In Gambling V~re since 1893.
Purcell n, tho outset said he had been
engaged in the gambling business since
1895 Hts first work was when he ran
pri1eiight club in Third avenue be-
tween Thirty-ffth and Thirty sixth
streets Frank Ahrahall, a prl2cfight
promoter and poolroum man, came to
him and got permission To start pool
room on an upper foor Purcell be-
came dnorkccpcr He was there about
sin Wrohs
Thereafter he worked on the tele.
phone, sending uut racing Information
for the .luc Gleason syndicate at l2Sth
street and tttth avenue. and from there
he went to- tho bohemian cub IN AM
s'crdam avenue hctwceu Eichticth and
E.chty-drst streets. This was Abra
halls C'uh
rri2cfights wor" conducted in tho
building and a poolroum WAS on the
second noor HIS work was To- announce
rcsults; and carry out the cards. Capt.
Thomas. sine" dead. was IN command of
tho precinct then.
"p.d capt Thomas over come into
tho puolroom"" asked Mr. Moss.
capt. Thomas used to play in tho
of'Ir" regularly every day" was tho
answer
"lri you know him to bot there"
"Ifc hct anything from 80 to 5000 on
a race.
Did you hear any conversation he
tween capt Thomas ana Gleason, who
was "A partner Of Ahraualls?'
"Not between Gleason and Thomas
hut capt Thomas went IN there one day
and complained about the prices. liz,
wanted a hunCh on tn" prices they were
laying and Ahrahal gave in To- him
when he had To and talked him ont of it
when he could. scalpng the difference
himself
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open there, and they were collecting
for Inspector Cornelius Hayes. This
was In 1911. lie was raidcd In this place
by Lieut.. Becker James G.. White had
gotten into the place and got warrants.
When the raid came they only took
tn" employees mentioned. Purcell was
not in the list. He had talks with
Becker and White that night at tho
night court and learned that there was
still another warrant ont unscrvcd for
an employee named Daley. That was
to no held over tn" house. He spoke
to white and then to ReCkcr
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Back In Old Precinct.

Purcell said he went back in the old
Twenty-iirst precinct, which Is the
home Of DR., Parkhurst and the Rev.
Thomas Slicer. after his Long Islande X =
perence and tried to break in. Purcell
wanted tn get into the Sherman House
again, but he learned that Jim Mccoy,
whot was shot in the place, was 10 get
the place.
Was anythink ever said TO you about
paying money 10 McCoy?" asked Mr..
Moss
when w were in the Thirty-third
street place Mccoy came to us and
said that Mcclntock wanted $40 a
month. knew Mccoy and Mc,1,n-
'ncK w"T" very friendly and assumed
mat If Mccoy said that McClln,ock
wanted the $50 II was SO, and pa,d
HIM.
~ y" YOU remember n man namcd
h,th'ft Graham? A. Yes, he was n
pohcrmai, tn" wardman In Long Is
land City.
y. Did you have any financial deal.
MS ~ith him? a Yes: nc used 70
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after Mrs Walsh. ON his f1rst exam
ination he maintained much the same
attitude which he had assumed while
under examination by District Attorney
Whitman in the latter's Office on Thurs
day. After ihc had told her story Har-
tiCan was called back. Faced So Har-
tiGan admitted most of the important
details, hut continued to shield himself
whenever he was asked whether he ha d
ever collected any money for Walsh
or sweeney himself This he denied
stcadfastly.
Capt. Walsh admitted 10 Assistant
District Attorney Grochl yesterday that
ne had had other collectors besides Fox.
The Assistant District Attorney did not
press the captain for further informa-
ton. since IT Is the purpose Of Mr..
Whitman To first finish with Sweeney.
capt. Wals.'s admission that Fox was
not the only policeman collecting for
him confirms statements already made
10 the District Attorney by Fox. who
had promised to try to get the names
of these other collectors and assist in
gathering evidence against them. The
admission also goes to indicate thar
the amount of collection money mem
toned by Fox AZ the monthly toll paid
to him was only part of what Cant.
Walsh received. The graft from gam
bling and from excise violations. the
captain said. was taken from him some
two years or more ago when these two
matters were placed in other hands than
those Of the captains.
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Letter Writer'S Hint,


Purcell here explained one OF the
r!hulatiun, of the gambler The letter
writer's wrg" oth"r pou,room men who
did not want them IN the district or
mon I" WAom they would not give Jobs
Purcell swur" that thereafter he and
Jaoh McAu.!ffc. tho N-pr.2cnsh,cr,
went in partnership in n poolrnom over
Paddy In" iIg's. a saloon around Thirty
sixth street and SIXTH avenue. They
PAD NJ protection, hut fought the
cops" They opened up and kept out
everybody they didn't know They
would send for couple of policemen
and put them on the door TO interfere
II tho policemen were tractable they
would get s. day apiece. II not,
nothing. McAul!tfe used 10 handle that
part of II.
Tho Tenderloin gambling houses and
poolrooms We're wide open, Purcell said,
but nobody was giving up big money
10 police officials. Inspector Walsh was
IN command of the district and he would
not d" business. They ran along thIs
for four months and then McAul!To
struck a man who said he had host SIG
in the place. There was an arrest and
later Purcell quit because the latter
could not stand MCAuiffc.
"Do you remember when Can't Shire
came In" asked Mr.. Moss, returning to
the twenty first precinct
Purcell remembered that Shire suc-
cood"d Delaney. vino got out on account
If IN" Mccoy shooting. Shire did
everything n" could to close The pool
rooms. Purcell tried to reach Shire
through Louis Goldstcin Of the Murray
ii!il Lyc"um, offering 800 a week for
protection Goldst"In told him that Shire
would stand for that If there was a
shift.
Il had lease on the place and had II
all opened up and had "A good game, so
| thought II ] could go for nothing |
did not see why | should shift and nav
money" the witness continued admit
Ting that all he ever knew about Shire
taking money was what Goldstein told
him.
q. During the period that Shire was
in command was any money paid TO
any other police a. Yes; Inspect ,r
trict and Joe O'Connor that was with
him came down to see me and wanted
800 a month
Paid OConnor 500 . Month.
Q, Is oConnor on the force? A. I
don't think SO.
q. Did YOU pay him 800 a month
A. ! paid him 500 month and then
his partner, Lyons, came 20 me and
asked IN" about it, oConnor told ne
not to say anything about giving up
and I" tell Lyons | would not give up
q, Is Lyons on tn" force? A. Yes.
John Lyons is his name.
Then Purcell took up the captains as
they came Capt, Naughton came and lre
had wardman named John l.. Sulli-
van, still on tho force. He got $50 a
week, There was an intWudc when the
name Of Scrgt, William Eggcrs, known
IN the days Of Commissioner McAdoo
was named. Frank England, partner
of Mccoy in the sherman House. came
around and said he was collecting for
Eggers. He got $50 "A week, because
f.ggcrs was very active.
Then they returned IN the captains.
sullivan as wardman was succeeded nv
Policeman Jim Mccormick, still a police
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SWEENEY GOT GRAFT,
SAYS WALSH'S WIFE

Continued from First Page.
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Learning Where Graft Went,

"" "ere 'rSt Went.
The captain has given the District
Attorney Information regarding the re-
ported destination of these two streams
or graft after the change, hut he 81
far has not been sufficiently dennitc IA
warrant any action.
The charge which will he presented IN
the Grand Jury on Monday when tho
Indictment of capt. Walsh will be asked
Tor is that he received $40 on Aprll :,
l'ii' from Dorian and Spp through
Fox. Tho story OF this payment as II
has been worked out by the Distrir,
Attorney is that Fox called on George
A. Sipp in the Twelfth Ward Bank
Building On la5th street on Aprll :.
1911, for the 500 due as protection FOR
the Avonel Sipp had not received the
money and sent his son, Howard, to the
Aronel to get the money from Thomas
J' Dorian, the manager. Howard Sipp
TOOK tho money back to his father and
the elder Sipp handed 1t over to Fox. Fox
then took out his 10 par cent. commission
and took the remaining $50 to Cant.
Walsh In the lattcr's office at the East
126th street station. Inspector Sweeney,
according to Capt. Walsh, came 10
Walshs office the same day and got
his share.
llartGan and Fox have been per-
sonal friends for close to twenty years.
Before they entered the Police Depart-
mcnt they worked together. After en-
terinG the department they worked to-
gether at various times. Both at one
time were attached to Capt. walsh's
staff In the East l:6th street station.
After the plain clothes men were taken
from the captains Hartigan went to In
spector Sweeney's STAFF and Fox, after
time. was sent to the West l52d street
station. But Fox continued collecting
in the East lo6th street precinct and
tho friendship Of tho two policemen
continued
The witnesses b, fore the Grand Jury
on Monday. when Walsh's case will
be considered, will include Sipp, Dorian.
Fox and. probably, Howard SIpp. As
soon as Capt. Walsh IL able to attend.
Mrs, Walsh, FOX, Dorian, sipp and
two other witnesses. one woman and
one man, will be called In regard to the