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New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
MINISTERS HEAR WHITMAN
District Attorney Outlines His
Fight Against System

District Attorney Whitman addressed
the Clerical Conference OF Greater New
York Yesterday afternoon in the assem-
bly, room OF the Metropolitan Life build
ing. upon the general police conditions Of
the city
The conference is composed Of the cler-
icals Of New York and includes clergy
men, priests. rabbis and lecturers Of re-
lgious and ethical societies. There were
seven hundred members present yester-
day when Mr.. Whitman spoke for almost
an hour.
It is customary with the conference TO
assure its speakers that no reporters or
non-fnembers are allowed In the hall. and
IL desired. their remarks are considered
confidential. From one OF the ministers
present yesterday. however. who ex-
plained that the District Attorney had
made no confidential restrictions on his
address. il was learned that he had given
them an outline OF the workings OF the
police System aS exemplifed In the
Sipp case, which has been the base or
the Harlem graft inquiry.
lie explained I'm detail the various steps
by which Sipp, a graft paying friend
the further steps by which the police. the
Commissioner and tho Mayor impeded
the investigation OF Sipp's accusations.
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
SENATE RULES TANG[E
THE v|CE-PRES|DENT
Fears Ignorance of Procedure
will Cause Him Trouble, but
SupposeS He'll Learn.
GOES TO SEE SICK FRIEND
Scare Over Business Outlook
Must Stop, He Says on Boston
Visit-Praises Wilson's At
titude on Chinese Loan.

Boston. March 2i-The intricacies OF
parliamentary law are botherng vice.
President Marshall more than the prop
lem Of tariff revision. The Nicc-Presidcnt,
who spent the day I'm this city, told callers
of his troubles as presiding officer of the
United States Senate.
80 FAR as ! know" he said. Il am the
only person except Mr.. Roosevelt to oc-
cupy the Nico-Presidency without pre-
vious national legislative experience. l
do not know very much about parliamen-
tary procedure. and often I am afraid
that my ignorance Of the subject may
cause me trouble.
II have the benefit of the experience or
several Senate clerks. but sometimes they
succeed in getting mo pretty badly tan
glcd, though their intentions are the best.
For example. | may Use the word and
i'm connection with the disposition OF a
motion. think | am doing all right, but
a minute or two later some clerk VIII
send me note. saying: You made a
mistake that time; you should have said
but instead Of and However, / sup
pose I'll learn i'm time
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
1.-THE SPIRITUALIST"
New Comedy at Forty Eighth
Street Theatre.

\ streak ~ fantasy shot through The
Spirituali't' saves poor play from be-
ine very bad II is said that all play
needs is ono good act and Francis VIII
sons new comedy. which was seen at the
Forty Eighth street Theatre last night
has that in the second period VI the
end Of this act the fantasy IS screwed up
10 the breaking point. but finally gets
away safely with the achievement of a
theatrical novelty. The spirlts turn to
and raise old Hob. Lights dance about.
furniture flies w into the air and the
walls leap forward ana back. out Of
the chaos comes a message from tho
bcncfccnt demons The little heir is saved
from the dreadful posoncr.
when the curtain goes down At the end
Of the first act with a clap Of thunder
and some other claptrap, all that the
spectator has learned IL that Eleanor
Roywell. now a widow. didn't marry
stephen Atwcll originally because hc was
crank. that. although he hasn't i'm
proved in that respect. hc has now prom
Used her mother 10 conceal his belief in
SIlIltldISIls anu lildl III. AllUbHN u
poisoning Eleanor's little boy, presumably
because "A wicked relative has offered
some inducemont one doesn't need 10 be
| told that through the spirituaism which
Eleanor abhors Atwell is going to learn
the horrid truth and save her child.
Francis Wilson. as Atwcll. always knew
where 10 lay his hand IN a laugh when
hc wanted IL. and the audience became 50
well pleased with him as the play got
along that their minds were happily di-
yertcd from the heavy dosage of love
| making In the first act. The chief expo
ncnt of fantasy was John Blair. as Gus
tav Schumacher. a fanatical professor Of
natural sciences. who kept cgging Atwcll
on To tamper with the astral plane. The
professors studio, with charts of the
hypnodon and archooptcryX on the wall,
Was al apt milicu Tor the scancc.
The baby IS ailing. and the grand moth
crs instinct tells her that something Is
wrong. II must be her instinct since, un-
like the audience. she did not see the doe
tor hand some nasty looking little pills
to the nurse. who happens To be in love
with him and agrees TO go OH with a
rather distasteful job. Mrs. Prince. the
grandmother. admirably played by fIar-
riet Otis Dellcnbaugh. possessing this real
maternal instinct. calls In another doctor.
| Thus she learns that the infant has no
organic defect, or. in other words. that
Dr. Anthony has been lying. If she
could have her own way and bring the
baby home from the sanatOrium there
would be no more comedy, no seancc. 10
anything. so she refrains from using any
argument with her daughter so direct as
telling what she has learned.
There is no clcvcrness in working out
the plot. no induction. Spirit messages
give it all away. But the seancc is well
worked up. Its success is due partly to
the simple way in which it is handled.
From effects that are incongruous ard
prepostcrous the thing goes on until IT
redeems itself by sheer extravaganza.
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
Real Estate Man on Stand.

Edgar NJ Burr, real estate salesman
of Glen Morris. Long Island. formerly
employed by Linton. was also a witness
before the grand jury. Mr.. Burr. before
being called by District Attorney Each
said he left Lintons employ WHOM he dis
covered that the Manhattan Mutual Real
~ Company was not living up 10 It's con
tracts
District Attorney Each had ready for
the grand iurys inspection the original
certificate OF Incorporation Of the Man
haitian Mutual Realty Company. which
gave the capitalization Of the company
as $4,000 so of which was paid in. Lin
ton was down for three shares. and two
others were credited with the remaining
two.
AS figured out by Linton himself. each
contract. If the near-endless chain worked
out. would bring in $3.50 This would
mean that ne would have to build that
number of houses. at an average cost OF
5000 each, If each purchaser Of Home
Contract demanded 1t. for the contracts
bind him TO do 1t. TO build these houses
would require a capital Of s25.36o.Coo
And since we're on figures. let us take
this into consideration. There are AT least
600 Of these contracts in existence, accord
ing to District Attorney Each. II each OF
these resulted in the completion OF the
ncar-cndlcss chain IL would mean that
the Manhattan Mutual Realty Company
would have 100000 persons TO deal with.
or about the population Of New York
city.
Then. taking this figure. and assuming
that each Of the five million and odd de-
manded that Lintons company, with its
less than a hundred dollars in bank or
anywhere else. build each OF them "A
5000 house. nc would require "A capital
of sl5 166. 00o.0oo. which is little more
than double the surplus OF the entire
chain Of national banks in the United
States in 1912.
But what is matter Of fifteen billions
OF dollars or so-which. by the way, Is
one and half times the assessed valua-
ton of real and personal property in the
entire state of New York-to a man OF
Lintons fertile Imagination?
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25

one of the censors. 10 meet the Assis,a,,
District Attorney some time this wa,L
on the motion of DIR. Emil Altman, IL w.'
ordered that the committee should reno,
back to the society before lending its an
proval 10 the measure.
The bill comes up for third reading :,
the Assembly to-day. Mr.. Delehantv
promised last night. however. that 6ns,
action would not be taken until IN.
County Medical Society had been c,yor
time to come TO a decision with regard
to it's stand. provided ii decided before
the Legislature adjourned.
When Mr.. Delehanty had escaped from
his gentle critics he intimated that tho
bill might go through without the IN.
dorsement of the New York County Medj.
cal Society.
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
Visits a Sick Friend.

Nj Marshall. who addressed tho Young
Mems Christian Association at Spring
field yesterday, came here last night to
visit President Henry T. Brown. of tho
Valparaiso OndJ University Mr. Brown
has been III at hotel in this city since
last August. when he was stricken with
paralysis while attending a consistory OF
Scottish Rite Masons i'm company with
the Vicc-Prcsident
Mr.. Marshall is not worrying about tho
business outlook THAT scare has got To
stop" hc said. "aud stop soon. This
country won't stand for a.
y man came to ine tho other day IN
Washington and said: Mr. Marshall. I'm
one of a group Of mon who represent
;,5.co0.coo. which is waiting 10 be invest
cd.' What are you waiting for?' asked.
He replied. We're waiting FOR Congress
to soc what Congress is going TO DO.
~ said. Well 10 had my way Id SEQ
that sjo1o.D0 baked boiled and fricassced
and showed down rho throats Of the men
who own II. Capital that can't stand q
square doal isn't much good 70 anybody
capital that has no initiative isn't much
-hffls fIlh capital lfd' " NtillN' -'f'A ititi 'it
assistance IN It's investment isn't much
good to tho country
we might as wcll face this scare ousi-
noss now as al any time II was bound
10 como. anyway u won't amount to
anything. for this country's prosperity l.
on too solid q basis to be easily scared.
Vice President Marshall expressed tho
opinion that tho Presidents decision on
tho Chinese loan question constituted ono
OF the most significant policies that could
30 cnunciated at the beginning Of the ad-
mlnlstration. lie believed that the coun-
try already had seen the wisdom Of taking
tho government out Of the promotion
business" in that particular case.
~ never could gof myself into tho frame
~ mind 90 believe tlat the government
WAS organized 10 promote any particular
iirc of business for any particular set of
mon Nr Marshall said
"TEcro is 10 question but tho govern
mcnt has been "A promoter Of business
big business has resulted and big fortunes
lave noen amasscd. The country has suf-
fc-od. and now We walt To change all this
in order that an business men shall bc
treated fairly
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
JOHN MOORE FOR REGENT.

Albany. March 2i-John Moore Of FL
mira, Chemung County. tonight was
chosen as the Democratic candidate
for member Of the state Board of
Regents TO succeed the late Daniel
Beach. Of Watkins. AT a joint caucus OF
Senators and Asscmblymcn Of that party.
The Republican choice was Howard ID.
Newton. Of Norwich. Chensngo County.
The election Will be held on Wednesday.
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
MRS. MACKAYS TICKET WINS.

Trinity Episcopal Church. in Roslyn.
Long Island, popularly known as Mrs.
Mackays church from the fact that Mrs.
Clarence H. Mackay is one Of the most
prominent members was the scene OF
another contest between two rival fac
tions in the congregation when the an
nual Easter Monday election Of officers
was held YESTERDAY The ticket which
was backed by the pastor. the Rev. Cliff
ton H. Brewer and which was also be-
lieved 10 be that favored by Mrs. Mackay,
was elected.
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
RESORTS.
SANITARIUMS
and Health Resorts.

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Working along the most scientific
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methods and sanitary conditions.
Booklets or circulars OF the following
ssnitariuIns and health resorts may be
obtained by calling writing cr telCphon-
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Tribune Building, New York. Telephone
5000 Beekman.
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
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a beautifully located Sanitarium for the
care and treatment OF Nervous Diseases,
Drug and Liquor habitudtion and Invalid SIN
from any cause. Separate buildings and
grounds for proper segregation. thus avoiding
uncougenial associations. Ideal for rest and
recuperatiOn. Limousine with attendants
sent for patients.
Sanitarium phone 2i BUtl,r
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New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
Less than 500 in Cash.

BEFORE the grand jury took up the mat
ter OF Iinton's Manhattan Mutual Realty
Company District Attorney Each told tho
reporter for The Tribune that he had
evidence to SHOW that this corporation,
which Linton has been representing TO
have assets of nearly s25H"". really had
less than Slc0 in cash or other tangible
assets.
'It hasn't any real estate whatever on
staten Island here or anywhere else that
| can ind out" said District Attorney
Each. 1T has been operating extensively
here. ana one Of its agents has been col
lcctinS 81 a week from about sixty poor
people. can't anticipate what the grand
Jury viii do. bat this much I know. moth
ing viii he left undone 30 got ~ tho bot
tom Of this scheme. This proceeding is
20 determine n any crime has been com
mittcd 10y Linton or his corporation. ]
had talk with Linton on Saturday. and
charity pron.pts mr To- let this description
Of him remain for the prcsent-he is an
artfu painter Of rainbows."
And The "artml painter of rainhow7' 90
10 borrow District Attorney Each g
I
/ mi nd when he left tho grand jury room.
| The smile that is part Of his stock in
| trade had fed. and I'm its place was a
/ hassard. weary expression.
/ Earlier In the day he asked The Tribune
I to print his explanation ~ his affairs.
/ But all the reporter could got from him
were promises 10 tell tho whole story
/ from ! 10 T." and refusal 10 say II the
/ Manhattan Mutual Realty Company had
any assets.
How do voI oXpain YOUR passing
worthless checks" he was asked.
"Evcrybody got their money finally.
didn't they he replied
The reporter called HE attention 10
some checks that stiil were being held by
persons he had given them 20 as far back
as eight months ago. notably cX-Uni'ed
states Senator Charles a. Towne and hts
legal partner. Benjamin +. Spoliman Lin
tons reply was lengthy. but not rcspon-
.ivo. and. being pressed with other qucs-
lions. he said:
Wait till "" SIT down and talk il al
over. and IN give you the whole story
from 4 to T."
Eut maybe Linton viii finally tell about
It.
Another witness before the grand jury
was Bank Examiner James J. KENNEDY.
of the state Banking Department. Re
fore going into the grand jury room Mr..
Kennedy said that the state Banking
Department investigated the Manhattan
! Mutual Realty Company several months
ago Superintendent Van Tuyl believed
the taking of one dollar weekly from peo-
pie by tho concern was a violation Of
| Section 101 Of the state banking law. lie
sent the results Of his departments In
vestigation to the Attorney General Of the
state for action.
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
KENSE
On the Green.
NORWiLk. tONi'

For treatment OF nervous patieuts-alcoholin
and drug addictons. Address Dr. Edwin
Everett smith. Telephone $50 SO. Norwalk.
or DIR. J. T.. Engleson. i3I r.. j1th St. y. \.
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
HART|CAN WILL GET
FINAL CHANCE TODAY
Convicted PatroIman May OBJ
tain Suspended Sentence if
He ConfeSSeS to Judge.
WHITMAN SURE OF GUILT
Three Harlem Gamblers See
Prosecutor and Outline Evl-
dence Which Will Be Used
in Trial of Sweeney.

Mrs. Thomas w Walsh, wife OF the
police captain who collected graft for
more than FIVE years in the Harlem dis
trct and who was the chief witness
against Patrolman John J. Hartigan
when that hcnchman Of Inspector
Sweeneys was convicted Of perjury
called on District Attorney Whitman yes
terday afternoon at his home and again
went over every detail of the Hartigan
case.
As a result. Mr. Whitman said last
night that he had not the slightest
shadow of doubt but that Ilartigan
vas guilty, and while he would much
prefer to have Hartigan confess and lend
his aid TO the state i'm the graft prose-
cution. he would not move to hold up
the case If Justice Soabury decided TO
sentence Hartigan this morning.
Hartigan is scheduled to appear for
sentence at 10 o'clock this morning. Every
opportunity has been given him 10
straighten out his case. and although nc
has not received any definite assurance
IL is pretty we'll understood that If he
confessed before he came UP for sentence
he would be In a fair way to escape
with a suspended sentence. Justice Sea
bury IL is understood. believes that Har-
tigan has had his chance and that sem
;cnco for the perjury OF which the jury
found him guilty should be metcd ont
without further delav
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
SULzER SHR|NKS FROM
REAL WAR ON MURPHY
Continued from frst page.

TO fill soon-two places in the upstate
Public Service Commission, Superin-
tendent Of Highways, state Architect
and a Justice of the Supreme Court to
succeed Mr.. Mccall.
Object to County Unit Plan.
His visitors went over with him the
text Of the county autonomy pro-
nunciamento which he is TO deliver to-
morrow night. They weren't very Halter
ing. They told him that tho people OF the
state wouldn't consider "A declaration
Of Independence of Murphy, and mat
he never would get any real following
of independents by such speech. They
urged him not TO appoint George NJ
Palmer as one of tho Public Service
commissioners. Palmer, they said. had
been Murphy's state chairman, ana
would he regarded as Murphys com
missioner.
At this the Governor baked. lie SAID
Palmer had the Endorsement of more
than fifty of the sixty-one counties OF
the state and had been elected many
times to the Assembly from Schoharie,
the best Democratic county in the
state. He didn't feel like turning down
man with such a Democratic record.
About this time some of the anti
N,rphv men began 10 sit back and
sniff when the Governor continued ms
war" talk.
Carlisle Spurns Highway JOB.
Efforts were made TO get John y.
Carlisle 10 ccnscnt 10 become SupeJ.n-
tcndent of Highways. Carlisle refused.
He wanted a Public Service Commits
sionership. which tho Governor had
promised him. or nothing. Appoint
mcnt of Carlisle and Palmer. some OF
the Governors visitors argued, wouid
bc considercd a deal with Tammany.
Presently talk shifted 10 the prospect
Of a confirmation by the Senate OF iona
y. Riley. whom the Governor nominat-
ed TO succeed Colonel Scott as super
jntcndent of Prisons. Then the Gov
crnor discovered that not one of his Wis
itors. nor all Of them put together.
could deliver one Senator for Riley =
Murphy sent out word TO reject the
RILEY nomination.
Among other things, the conference
discussed the possibility Of making
Mr.. Saguc Superintendent of lIicn-
wavs. This didn't appeal to him, al
though he didn't definitely refuse II
Tho name Of J. Stewart Barney. "f
Sew York. candidate for state Ar
chitcct. also WAS considered.
The conference broke up with Moth
ing decided save that tho Governor
would not send in any new appoint
ments Of importance TO the Senate Gn-
Ill Judge Rucy's nomination Is dis
posed of.
legislative leaders expressed the
opinion tonight that the Senate A.
nance committee would take no action
on Mr.. Rilcys name this week. II was
stated that the committee has received
"A number of communications protest
ing against the confirmation of Judge
Riley's nomination and tie advisable
ity Of holding hearing on these pro-
tests is under consideration
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
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Residen; physician and trained nurses IN
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New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
Visits His Wife

fOunG nm gnlltN Shouip 'f Uht''" ''''
without further delay.
Visits His Wife.
The convicted policeman was brought
over from the Tombs yesterday and was
allowed 10 see his wife i'm private room
in the Criminal Courts Building II IS be-
lleved that he has made UP his mind to
stick to the system and take has
medicine"
Mrs Walsh in her talk with the DIS
trict Attorney Yesterday. went over every
point and movement of IIartigan in the
Walsh fiat on the morning of December
%. bringing out but one small point that
was not covered during the trial-that the
envelope Hartigan carried from sweeney
with the $50 in il was a plain white one
unaddressed and unmarked, and that the
envelope substituted by her husband was
of the same variety.
Edward !. Newell. tho lawyer whose
trial for tampering with prospective
witness is set for Thursday. sent word to
District Attorney Whitman that he would
like to postpone his engagement made on
Sunday for yesterday. because his coun-
sci. former Judge W. NJ. X. Olcott. was
in Troy attending q service for the late
Frank S. Black.
Mr Whitman is confident after his
conference with Newell ard Judge Oicott
or Sunday that Newell viii join the "con-
fession club" As "A matter OF fact. New
ell IL Is understood. has already admitted
so much 10 Mr.. Whitman that IL would
oe suicidal 10 go TO trial. Linking up
what he has learned fro% Newell with in
formation previously brought to him by
Walsh. Fox and Sipp. and by former In
spector John J. Muriha. Mr.. Whitman is
now in a position to trace practically
every step Of the raising OF the two funds
which were gathered in behalf Of FoN
The smaller fund Of $1,000. Of which
800 was finally delivered to Sipp in New
ark. as n bribe to keep him away from
the witness chair. is the matter I'm which
Newell is involved He was able 10 cor
-ohorate the various items Of the story Of
.lie raising OF that fund. items which
sken together imrlicate Walsh. Sweeney
Uussev and Thompson In the Sipp 'si-
once fund" The larger fund. that OF
10000 which was the first part OF the
modest fortune which was 10 be given 10
Fox If he stood trial. fought he case and
<ept his mouth shut even II he had 10 60
10 the extent OF taking his medicine,
duplicates five police officials, and it is
understood that former Inspector MuTtha
rorroborated many parts of the story Of
that fund as it was first outlined 20 Whit
man by Fox. and later by Walsh.
Gamblers See Whitman.
Three Harlem gamblers and one hotel
keeper from the Sd inspection district
we're examined by Mr. Whitman yester-
day. and will be taken before the grand
Jury tomorrow. John Dunn. Jake" Nor
ris and Edward LeOrard were the Har-
emites. all OF whom are credited with
being proprietors of gambling places Of
one kind or another in the 9th inspection
lir..in. alnnc- 10Sfh street Edward Wal,
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25
Gamblers Soc Whitman.

Three Harlem gamblers and one hotel
keeper from the Sd inspection district
we're examined by Mr.. Whitman yester-
dsv. and will be taken before the grand
Jury tomorrow. John Dunn. Jake" Nor
ris and Edward LeOrard were the Har-
lemites. all OF whom arc credited with
being proprietors of gambling places Of
one kind or another in the 9th inspection
district. along 125th street. Edward Wal
dron. OF the Manhattan Casino, at 155th
street and Eighth avenue, also In the 9th
district. was another supposed graft payer
from that section who was examined yes
ierdav and who will probably appear be-
fore the grand jury on Thursday Their
testimony is said 10 be in the nature OF
cumulative evidence against Sweeney.
John Flannery. OF the Hotel Van Twill
ler. I'm East 25th street. was examined
with reference to graft paying in the Cd
inspection district under a former inspoc-
TOR. and was also subpGnaed for the
Grand jury on Thursday.
The Citizens Committee issued another
statement in favor OF its suggestion for a
hoard of social welfare or morals commits
sion TO handle ..ce and take II ont Of
The hands of the police. Former Mayor
Seth Low. in "A letter to the committee
which is included in the statement, put
himself on record as favoring the morals
commission idea.
New-York tribune., 1913-03-25

TO fill soon-two places in the upstate
Public Service Commission, a Superin
tendent Of Highways, state Architect
and a justice Of the Supreme Court to
succeed Mr. Mccall