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Little Falls herald., 1914-02-13

/ A new ice house has been erected for
the Little Falls Creamery and is now be-
ing filed. The ice is being taken from
the river west of the creamery, and by
means Of q chute is carried directly into
the ice house. ...>-. 3..-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
FIRE OF QUESTIONS
FOR NINE. CAILLAUX
"Why Did You Buy a Re.
volver and Practice
ShOOting?" Asked.

Paris. March 26.-"Why DID you buy a
revolver" Henri Boucard. the examining
MAGISTRATE. to-day asked Nine. Joseph
Calllaux. who underwent examination for
the fourth time regarding the killing of
Castor Calmette. editor Of lie Figaro.
II your object in calling on N. Calmette
was to talk about letters which YOU
feared would be published"
"T prepared for eventualities Nine
Caillaux replied. IF he did not give ME
satisfaction ! meant to shoot him to Gre
ate 2 scandal"
"Then why did YOU not speak to NJ.
Calmette about the letters befort shooting
him."
II lost all idea of the object OF my visit
when entered his office. Ny voice seemed
stihed A fear took hold OF me which
even to-day IS inexplicable. I lost my
head and fred" replied Nine. Cailaux.
NJ. Boucard reminded Nine CaillauK
that her statements to him were incon-
sistent with those she made to the police
commissary an hour after the shooting
had occurred. to which she replied:
That may we'll be. / had had no
luncheon or dinner. This fact and the
emotion which overpowered me made it
impossible for me to give the commlssary
a coherent explanation. | meant to shoot
II NJ. Calmette gave me no satisfaction,
hut ! did not mean TO kill him
Examined as 10 why she had practised
pistol shooting, Nine. Caillaux replied II
did not practise with the object OF learn
ing TO shoot, but merely to familiarize
myself with the working of the automatic
pistol"
With a cry OF Indignation Nine. Call
laux reminded the magistrate how lie
Figaro" had baited her husband about
the Thy Joe" letter. She then began 10
weep.
Il regret profoundly the consequence OF
my act" said the witness amid her
tears Il would prefer a thousand times
that the campaign had continued rather
than ! should have killed NJ. Calmette
II is impossible TO find in my act another
cause than that which | have given.
NJ. Roucard sought an explanation OF
the DISCREPANCIES in Nine. Caillaux's re-
Glfll before ll4lIi anu AiA' SNN'- '''N $3.50
the police
in attacking your husband said the
magistrate. M Calmette was fighting
the politician, not the private citizen.
Moreover. the letter signed Thy Joe con-
cerned another woman
Yes" responded the witness, but It
was who succeeded that woman as the
wife Of NJ Caillaux. l will recall 20 you
how NJ. Calmette. in an article on March
Is bantered my husband, regarding the
intimate nature of this letter; and that
is not politics
Nine. Caillaux told the magistrate that
she had received on March Is an anony-
nous letter. which she had since de-
stroyed. informing her Of the imminent
publication of letters concerning her.
Asked by VI. Boucard to enlighten him
regarding the contents OF the letters. the
nublication OF which she feared. Nine.
caulaux said they concerned the private
life of her husband and herself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
SURE NEW EVIDENCE
WILL SAVE FRANK
Detective Here Hints More than
One Person Aided in
WOman's Death.

William J. Burns. who will leave here
to-day for Atlanta 10 turn in his report
on the murder OF Mary Phagan. for which
Leo NJ Frank was convicted and SEN
fenced to die. said last night that mora
than one person was responsible for her
death. The evidence which he had dug
up, he said. IL properly used. would clear
up the whole affair. II is believed that
Purns's report Will clear Frank.
lie refused to tell the result Of his work
or what had brought him to New York.
All that would be in his report. which
would be made public in Atlanta. he said
His demeanor was so assured last night
that il was taken TO mean that evidence
found during his visit 10 New York had
helped materially in solving the mystery.
There is no longer any mystery in the
case" said Burns. Il have found evil
dence showing who the guilty persons -
He hesitated a moment. and some one
asked him II he meant that several ar
rests would follow his report
"I'n qualify that statement" said
Burns. What | mean Is that the evil
dence left behind by those responsible for
the girls death IS sufficient to clear up the
whole affair II properly used
Burns said that il was untrue that he
had received an unusually large retaining
fee to enter the case. AS matter Of
fact, he said. he had taken the case for
half his usual fee. Several We'll known
New York men. he said. had been instru-
mental In persuading him TO take the
case
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
TO CALL BELMONT AGAIN
Counsel for Sons Wife to Ask
About Raymond's Income.

August Belmont will be cross-examlned
in the Supreme Court to-day in the suit
which Mrs Ethel Lindner Belmont is
bringing against his son, Raymond Bel
mont.
Mr.. Belmont testified few days ago
that his son had an income Of only s5l2
a year, but Edmund l.. Mooney, coun-
sci for Mrs Belmont has had an &C
countant examine the books Of August
Belmont & Co. and he will try 10
show that Raymond gets more than Sol2
The account OF Raymond Belmont
shows that his holding Of 1ls shares OF
United States Steel, which used 70 pro
duce an income Of ssl2 a year has been
reduced 10 16 shares. Young Belmont
also holds 300 shares OF the Westchester
Racing Association. of $500 par value.
which have yielded no income since lS9'
S. $50 worth OF Wabash per cent bonds.
but these are OF doubtful! value. because
Of foreclosure proceedings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
URGES PASSAGE OF
BOYLAN MEASURE
Campaigners Against Drug Evil
Wire Albany to Rush the
Measure.

Ernest K Coulter, who Is IN charge OF
Mrs William 1. Vanderbilt's campaign
against the drug evil. spoke yesterday at
the Berkeley Theatre on The Delinquent
Parent" before the League for Political
Education. kilograms from the repre-
sentatives OF twenty-five organizations
were sent 70 Albany urging the passage
by the Assembly Of the Boylan drug bill.
Mr.. Coulter spoke on the bill before taxi
Ing I'D his announced subject lie ex-
plained that It prohibited the use OF
heroin unless prescribed by a physician.
and pointed out that II had been passed
py the Senate, and that since tomorrow
is the last day OF the session II would be
lost unless quick action were obtained
THE bill Is being strongly opposed" he
said. and the opposition has telegraphed
to druggists asking each Of them 70 call
upon his Assemblyman % vote against
any drug restricting bill Heroln Is 4
modification Of morphine and is as fearful
in its effects as cocaine.
FIFTY thousand pounds OF opium en-
tered the country last year and only .
per cent Of it was used FOR legitimate pur-
poses. Telegraph to-day 10 Harold Hin
man. majority leader OF the Assembly. To
bring the Boylan bin out OF the Rules
Committee and TO ask the Assembly 10
pass IL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
HORSE HURLS BABY
FROM HER CARRIAGE
First Throws Driver Out OF
Runaboyt and DemOlishes
Vehicle.

Baby. q spirited bay horse owned by
Alexander Smith. an lie manufacturer OF
No. PSI East 10th street. when fright
ened by an automobile Yesterday threw
its owner from the runabout and ran
through the = o'clock crowds IN ieXing-
ton avenue for half a mile. upsettinS a
baby carriage and seriously nJurng the
six months OLD child in il and bruislng the
mother Mrs Richard Garland
An automobile hit the hub OF the run
about a l3lst street and caused the horse
70 sidestep into an obstruction i'm the
road, almost capsizing the runabout and
throwing Mr. Smith to the pavement.
The horse went az wild gallop west IN
l3lst street. overturning a wagon at ttftl
avenue and demoishing the runabout.
With broken harness and parts of the
wreck swinging behind him the animal
ran upon the sidewalk aud into Mrs.
Garland and her baby carriage.
The horse continued down the street.
syverving from one curb 10 the other. AT
Seventh avenue George Hobson, Of No.
2i49 Eighth avenue. clasped his arms
about the horses neck. and after being
dragged half block turned the animal
over to a patrolman,
~ the Harlem Hospital Il was reported
lest night that the baby. Lucy Garland.
was in a serious condition, but that Mrs
Garland and Mr. Smith were not badly
hurt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
BANK LAW CHANGES
Savings Banks to Figure Sur.
plus on Market Values.

Albany. March 26-Officials Of saw
ings banks have been in doubt as &c
whether. under the new Van Tuyl Com
mission Banking Law they must calcu-
late their surplus on market values or
on investment values.
Senator Pollock. the irtroducer OF the
measure. said the surplus must be cali
cul1ted on the estimlted market value.
The Senator also explained the section
OF the act relative TO the 10 per cent
surplus guarantee furd required OF
savings banks.
The set. he said provides that per
cent OF the net earnings Of savings
bank shall be set aside for the first
year and I per cent additional for the
ensuing five years. until the 10 per cent
surplus guarantee fund is created.
The accumulation Of the 10 per cent
surplus guarantee fund viii not prevent
a bank from declaring al least 5is per
cent dividends
In determining the amount Of the
guarantee fund Of a savings bank, the
act provides that the banks total liza
hilities. due and accrued. its undivided
profits aud its net earnings since tho
last declaration - dividends. shall be
sUbtracted from its total assets
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
LORD q TAYLOR
BUILDING IS SOLD
Historic Site Passes Into New
Hands-Great Increase
i'm It's Value.

A parcel Of real estate at the south
west corner OF Goth street and Broadway.
part of the former home OF Lord * Tay-
Tor. was sold yesterday. The property
has q frontage OF 276 feet on Broadway
and 94lt feet I'm 20th street II was pur-
chased by the late Henry Badeau in 1912
for $4,000 To-day the value Of the land
is assessed at S252. 900. and with the Ave
story building on the site at s271,00O.
For many wears Mr.. Badeau had a
grocery on the property. lie was one Of
the best known grocers in the Madison
Square section of the city and accumu-
lated wealth Since his death the prop
erty has been handed down from one gen
Grafton 10 another OF the family. The
sale. therefore. marked the first change
In ownership Of the property in seventy
two years II was sold for Catherine p.
Deane and Mile c. Bragdon TO an m
weston.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
TANGO SKIRT IS POPULAR
Partisan Creations Draw Crowd
to Altman's Shop.

More than five thousand persons crowd
ed into Altman's store. at Fifth avenue
and 34th street. yesterday 70 500 the
Paquin gowns which Nine. Henri Jolre
brought to this country to give Americans
a more comprehensive view Of the output
Of the Paqun firm. The gowns were
worn b. mannequins who walked up and
down the store to give those present an
opportunity 10 feel OF tho materials and
examine closely into the way they were
put together.
Two hundred orders for reproductions
of the gowns were taken early In the
day. proving. as the Altman firm said
that the future 90 the tango skirt was
assured. The question whether this skirt
would be accepted by American women
in place OF the slit and narrow skirts OF
other designers has been worrying the
fashion mongers ever since Nine. Joire
first displayed her invention. The fact
that the Paquin tango skirt is so easy &c
duplicate in soft materials lends color "a
the prophecy that it Will be popular in
summer frocks this season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
Rejects mitchell REQUEST
State Civil Service Board Will
Not Give Three Secretaries.

Mayor Mitchers request 10 have three
additional secretaries placed in the ex-
ernpt class was refused b. the State Civil
Service Commission. The Municipal Civil
service Commission had acted favorably.
The state board consists OF Jacob Neu.
Republican. and Never Wolf and James
". Lavery. Democrats.
The Mayor wanted 10 appoint secre-
tary At $500 a year 10 attend 10 Board
OF Estimate matters and two others at
$1,000 each for investigation work In its
memorandum the state board held that
the duties Of the men would not be con-
ffdential necessarily, and that there Was
constant and growing effort 10 place new
Jobs In the city departments In the ex-
Grant class
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
GAINS IN CALIFORNIA
Republican Party Taking Votes
from PrOgressiveS.

Charles y Hlles. chairman OF the Re
publican National Committee. has just
received information from California
that the registration there has shown a
considerable decrease in Progressive
sentiment and A corresponding increase
In Republican strength
Under the California law said
Chairman Hlles YESTERDAY. there IS a
bi"nnial registration. which begins on
January and continues to July J. The
figures received show the returns from
twelve % the larger counties for the
first ten weeks. They give the Republi-
cans q lead Of 55.f2e. which was a gain
for the Republicans in one week Of 1910.
The total OF the registration omit
ting the Socialist party. which polled .
per cent 81 the total vote IN 1922 is ap-
proximately $1,000 The whole vote in
1912 was $4,000. so IL we estimate the
Socialist registration we may say that
out 80 per cent OF the voters have
registered in the first ten weeks this
year"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
MILITANTS ROUT
HOSTILE COUNCIL
With Clubs Women Drive Menu
bers from Hall and Then
Hold a Meeting.

London. March 26.-An extraordinary
suffragette disturbance occurred to-day at
a meeting OF the Poplar Borough Council
v hich had voted adversely to letting out
council halls for 'suffragette meetings.
With shouts Of "Cowards,' and other
offensive eplthets large number OF
women invaded that section Of the hall
reserved for the councillors. Bombs con-
tanning evil smelling chemicals were ok
ploded by scores; a bag containing similar
substances was thrown from the gallery;
bags of -four md stones were flung at the
members The councillors were soon
struggling with the Infatuated women
many q whom were armed with blud-
geons and bottles.
Shrleks and shouts. the smashing OF
glass and splintering OF chairs completed
one OF the worst scenes OF pandemonium
i'm the history OF the sufragette move
n.ent The police were sent fer, but Tor
some reason refrained from interference.
The Mayor remained in the chair in
vain endeavor 10 resume the council pro-
ceeGings, but finally the council beat a
retreat. leaving the women In possess sion
OF the hall, with few Socialist members
Of the council. who remained 10 hear
speeches delivered by Miss Zeie Emerson.
of dickson. Mich. and others
While Miss Emerson was speaking the
councillors ventured to return 10 the
chamber and carried resolution exclud-
ing the public from the chamber for three
months.
George Lansbury. member ~ the
council and a strong supporter OF the mill
tan, movement. hcrcely protested against
this proceeding az irregular. and threw
the town clock. hooks and papers 10 the
floor. amid cheers from the suffragettes
The council meeting then adjourned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
THREE MAKE SHIP BY TUG
America Slows Down to Pick
Up Belated Travellers.

When the outbound Hamburg
steamship Amerika was abeam the Bat
terry Yesterday she reduced speed 10 mere
steerageway and took line from A tug
that was waiting for her few hundred
Yards off Governors Island.
The mission of tho tug was to put
aboard some belated travellers.
Charles Pringle. nephew OF Sir John
Pringle. OF Jamaica. had booked passage
on the vessel. and at go a. m. was trans
acting some business I'm Battery Place
He thought the Amerika. which sailed at
10 o'clock. was scheduled 10 leave port
at II a. IN. Realizing then that he could
not get to the pier in iIoboken. he tele-
phoned the pier to have Captain Schulke
slow down OF the Battery.
David Tolmie. n banana planter. and
Miss Nina Darese. an opera singer, also
beiated were instructed to 60 out on MT
Pringle's tug.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
CHECKS 6 YEARS OLD N. G.
Call Learns That Is the Limit
for Being Cashed by State.

Albany March 2s.-The Attorney-Gen-
erals Department has rendered an opn-
ion in response TO an inquiry from STATE
Treasurer Homer y. Call, that checks
issued by the state are barred oy the
statute of limitations after the lapse OF
six years. and should not be paid by the
state nor credit allowed 10 any bank
which may pay or honor such checks.
The inquiry of the State Treasurer was
made because II appeared that checks
ranging IN age from three to twenty
wears were outstanding for more than
10000.
\ check thirteen years old recently re-
turned 10 the Treasurer Office through
an exchange bank in the regular course
of business, and an Investigation showed
that il had been gent 10 some creditor OF
the state and he had hie.l IL aWay with
correspondence which accompanied IT,
only 10 be found upon his death by his
adm Illustrator, who promptly passed IL
through the bank.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
Girls IN PANIC AS
GANGS YELL FIRE."
Men Rush Into Building
and Shower Oil Over
Factory Workers.
900 FLEE IN WILD
SCRAMBLE TO ESCAPE
u,stsrious Alarm for Small Blaze
Adds TO Confusion-Gang-
sters Get Away.

r,o,,e hundred girls were thrown
manic in a tcn-story loft build
No ~ West 22d street yester-
ssy afternoon by two parties Of thugs
-,sned into the factories on floors
sand : yelling Fire" and throwing
.-,ds oil over the Girls and the chill
,..o.s clothing they were working on.
., ,be rush FOR the fire escapes sew
...i m The girls were hurt. Many Of
.,em tainted and others became hys-
.a.,cai and had 90 he carried out. The
.,o,res OF several were ruined with the
III and others had their dresses torn
IN the scramble 20 get 10 the street.
abou, $50 o'clock the thugs. eight
or nine i'm each party. ran up the
stairs Of the building. putting out the
o,ecfric lights boy ort-circuiting the
u.,res simultaneously they burst into
tho lofts Of Herman Baer. on the sixth
eoor. and the Hirschheld-Simon Com
many. on the eighth.
ON each floor there were about fifty
Girls making dresses. The intruders.
who were armed with bottles full Of
crr5e OIL. broke the necks Of the bot
,les and threw the oil into the air as
,bev ran I'm and out of the room shout
Ing "Fire'
few moments earlier an alarm of
srs had been sent in from a box al
Seventh avenue. a fire having started
in the cellar Of Mrs. Mary Joan's house
at No. 15S West 22d street. The noise
n, the engine arriving could be heard
IN the loft building and that com
peted the panic.
Never Simon. who was superintend-
ing the girls, and was drenched with
the oil. believing that the building was
on fire, pulled the alarm gong. That
spread the panic throughout the
building. and as Simon and Baer be-
gan leading the girls down the escapes
they were overwhelmed by the rush
from the upper stories.
Captain Albert Mason and the police
reserves tried to calm the workers
bu, for a while only increased theil
terror. As the policemen pushed thei
way about to tell the girls there was
no cause for fear. their presence spread
Zoe belief n/the danger.
Not until some time later was ordeI
restored and the girls persuaded tt
return 10 work.
The men who threw the oil escaped
into the crowd during the excitement
They looked like gangsters, Mr.. Simons
said. and he thought they probably
had been hired 70 make the attack.
The fire marshal is making an in
vcsHgaton as to the alarm for the
small fire at Mrs. Joans. No one
could be found who sent II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
EXILE TELLS OF ATTEMPT TO
FREE MOTHER OF REVOLUTION
Freedom Almost in Sight When Nine Breshkovskaya
Was Recaptured Says Michael Smrnof
Who Escaped Siberia.

Michael smirnoT. a Russian terrorist,
uho o.canod f,,r, si,o,i. .r+,. 3D.. ,,to,
W ID 9N"' a.
mother OF IN" revolution. failed, sat
Yesterday IN the once Of Dr Paul kap-
IAN NO. 25o East broadway and told OF
his dasn Tor liberty from kirensk. penal
settlement near me Arctic circle.
The revolution!st was surrounded by
friends VINO questioned newspaper men
closely a theH entered ana locked the
door aiter mem, "hil. SmlrnoH told OF
the escape ana recapture OF Nine. Bresh-
koVskaya. Smirnoh is short. thickset'
bearded nan 81 about forty-iiVe. lie had
served four years in 2 prison I'm odessa
and was sent to Siberia for life.
Nine. EreshkovSkaya is seventy-two
years Ola ana mas spent twenty-five years
in exile. she was the hrst woman ever
cxiled TO TN" Kara silver mines. Her
first sentence of tNenty-on" years was
served, and on her releaS" She came 20
this country to work for the reroluuon-
list cause In Russia. ON hcr return 10
Russia I'm 1910 she was sentenced to per-
petual exile, refusing 10 ASK the Gar
clemency, which she was told would
free her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
"42,200 PER CENT"
MAN AGAIN BAILED
Linton Arraigned in Tombs Court
While Waiting Sentence on
Staten Island.

John F Linton, the "42 200 per cent
man whose deals IN real estate con-
tracts were exposed by The Tribune a
year ago. was arraigned before Magistrate
Levy yesterday in the Tombs police court
on a charge Of petty larceny and held IN
900 bail for examination on Monday
Linton appeared 10 be I'm good health.
although on Wednesday when he was 10
be sentenced I'm Special Sessions. Staten
Island. for petty larceny. az the result of
The Tribune's exposure of his methods,
he sent a physicians certificate that he
was too III to appear. The charge against
Linton this time is the theft Of 81 from
Arthur w. Strang. locomotive engineer
living at No. 325 East l63d street. The
Bronx. The 81. II is alleged. is only one
Of more than seventy monthly payments
made ~ strang to Linton upon property
In Flatbush 10 which Linton was unable
70 give title
II IS alleged that the Flatbush property
upon which Strang had been paving LIN
ton sll monthly was owned by the New
York Mutual Real Estate Association.
Linton. II Is charged. bought the install
corporatlon-the Liedermann Realty Com
pany-in 1906 Soon afterward the Lieder-
mann company dissolved and Linton. II IS
alleged. took over the contract 10 pay 70
the Mutual Real Estate Association SO a
month until 30 per cent OF the purchase
price, $3.50, had been paid. Then he was
20 get title TO the property
Strang, who had been paying 81
month 10 the Liedermann company. was
Instructed, It Is said. after the breaking
up Of the company. 70 continue his pay
nents 10 Linton In his afiidavit he as
serts that he did so and paid. in all. $40.
Herman Behrens cashier Of the Mutual
Real Estate Association. made affidavit
that the association had received only $50
from Linton. and that this sum was paid
prior TO March u, 1907
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
Plum for StiIIget, Too.

Anthony Stillget. treasurer OF the Chel-
sea Exchange Bank OF New York. sc-
cording TO those in the confidence Of the
Governor. will probably be named TO sue
coed George c. Van Tuyl as Supern-
tendent of Banks
James Hoey, a former New York AS
semblyman and member OF Tammany
Hall, Is being considered as a successor
to William Temple Emmett. There are
several other candidates for the head Of
the Insurance Department, all with strong
backing.
Much anxiety on the part OF job seek
ers and their friends will be relieved to-
morrow, when the Governor. by virtue OF
law, must make the appointments emu
merated above, appointments which he
could have made in almost every instance
last January