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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
SHOOTS WOMAN HE
SAVED FROM WIFE
Man Who Rescued Former
Sweetheart Fatally
Wounds Her.

Robert Kane. college graduate and
prosperous civil engineer. went to 30
Varet St, Williamsburg. yesterday af-
ternoon, called Mrs. Annie Kleine TO
the door and fired six shots at her from
an automatic revolver.
one struck Mrs. Kleine just above
the heart, another above the right ear,
and two in the right arm. She was
rushed to St. GATHERINGS Hospital,
where late last night DR.. Oscher said
her death was only a question of
few hours. Kane made desperate at
tempt to escape, but was overpowered
and taken to the Stage st. station.
where a charge of felonious assault
was preferred against him, pending fur
ther news from the hospital
Nav Mrs. Kane, who had heard that
her husband was paying attention to
Mrs. Kleine, left home taking re-
volver with her. with the avowed in
tention of killing Mrs. Kleine, it is
said.
Kane got an inkling Of her plan.
hurried over TO Williamsburg and
burst into the sitting room Just as his
wife, facing Mrs. Kleine, was strug-
CLING 20 draw the pistol. Both women
are young and pretty. Mrs. Kane is
a slender brunette, with masses Of
black hair and very dark eyes. Mrs.
Kleine, who is only twenty-five, is a
pretty blonde, with golden hair and
light blue eyes.
Kane disarmed his wife after a
struggle. The grand jury failed to in
dict Mrs. Kane and the magistrate
refused to entertain any charge against
her husband.
AS his wife refused to return 10 their
home Kane grew respondent and be-
to his old friend. He bought the au-
tomato revolver and started for Will
liamsburg early in the afternoon. He
stopped, the police have found out, at
numerous saloons on the way. each
time drinking whiskey.
Mrs. Kleine lives with her parents.
and her father, August Bondorff, met
Kane at the door An alteration en-
sued, Bondorff refusing to let Kane see
Mrs. Kleine. Kane, it Is said, called
her, she came to the door and he
emptied his revolver at her.
AS Kane darted down the avenue,
Joseph Wolf, a brewery driver, who
had heard the shots, intercepted him.
The men fought hard until Kane, with
his revolver. knocked the driver insen-
sible. Police Sergeant Keppler rushed
up and with the assistance Of Detec-
tives Ferris and Faschetti overpowered
the engineer.
When he was brought to the station
he was apparently dazed and declined
to make any statement. Neighbors
insisted that Mrs. Kane had no reason
TO be jealous Of Mrs. Kleine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
CONEY PIER NOW SAFE
Steamboat Company Repaired
Public Landing.

There is to be a public pier at Coney
Island this summer. Some time ago
the Sinking Fund Commission directed
Park Commissioner Ingersoll. of Brook
lyn, to destroy the old pier at Dream
land Park, as 1t was in an unsafe con-
dition.
a delegation from Coney Island pro-
tested that there was no place for boats
to land except pier privately owned.
The Coney Island and Rockaway
Steamboat Company offered to put the
Dreamland pier in safe condition and
to allow all steamboats, to land there
free of charge. This offer was accepted
by the Sinking Fund Commission and
the pier was turned over to the Dock
Department yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
BRITISH PRINCESS
HELD AS MILITANT
Soldier Rejects Her Royal Word
That Trespasser Is No
Suffragette.
fRv Cable 70 The Tribune.

London, May 21.-The Tribune corre-
spondent learns that Princess Mary
was arrested as a suffragette while a.
Aldershot recently with the King and
Queen, the latter of whom has a per-
feet horror Of the militant women. The
princess wet before breakfast 10 the
aircraft inclosure in order to take some
photographs. The public is absolutely
excluded from this inclosure, and the
sentry Immediately placed the princess
under arrest, positively disbelieving
her claim to be a princess and express
ing with soldierly plainness OF speech
his conviction that she was a suffra-
gette.
She was detained a quarter Of an
hour in the inclosure before an officer
who knew her happened TO pass. The
officer escorted her TO the Kings quar-
ters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
VATERLAND
WILL DOCK TO-DAY
Liner, on Maiden Voyage from
Hamburg, Making Good Time
Despite FOgs.

The new Hamburg American steam
ship Vaterland, the biggest merchant
man in service, is expected to dock this
afternoon on her maiden passage from
Hamburg. The great liner has made
good time, Notwithstanding the occa-
sional fog patches that have forced
Captain Ruser to put her under re-
duced speed.
The local Office Of the line received a
message from the skipper yesterday
stating that he expected TO arrive in
Quarantine by a. m. to-day, but tho
ships position was not made plain.
The last official report up TO noon
yesterday gave the steamships position
as 100 miles east of Sandy Hook at
IL 10 p. m. on Tuesday.
Her run yesterday. as reported 10
The Tribune by wireless, was 59f
miles, and her average speed 23.9
knots.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
MRS. Won CLAUSSEN
GUILTY, IS VERDICT
Jury Decides Letter Plot Case
Aft = Six and One-Half
Hours Consideration.

A jury in Part III, General Sessions.
which had been listening to evidence
against Mrs. Ida Won Claussen, indict-
ed for sending a threatening letter to
her former counsel, Charles Strauss,
president of the Board OF Water Sup
ply. returned a verdict of guilty last
night after being out six and one-half
hours. The trial was held before
Judge Rosalsky.
Among the things said in the letter
alleged TO have been written by Mrs.
Won Claussen was a statement that as
the result Of the lawyers handling Of
her divorce case she was prevented
from marrying a multi-millionaire in
London.
Mrs. Won Claussen was on the stand
for two days. She denied authorship
of the letter, but remarked that the
writing was somewhat similar 10 her
own.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
LAUGH AT JOKE is FATAL
Mirth Causes Death of Cashier
While Eating.

Keith Stewart. for seven years
cashier for Hayden. Stone & Co., bro
kers, of % Broad St. collapsed last
night while laughing at a joke told by
a member of a party with whom he
was dining. DR.. George David Stew
art, of 81 West 50th ST. who was called.
found the cashier dead.
Mr.. Stewart had planned to go to the
Canadian Club dinner at Delmonico's
last night with n. y. MacKelvie, a
member of the brokerage firm. The two
decided TO have luncheon first. and.
with several others. had sat down to
the table when the joke was told.
He lived at 147 Pierrepont st. Brook
lyn, a bachelor apartment house.
Mr. Stewart came from Canada,
where his parents and several broth
ers and sisters are still living.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
BY GEORGE GRIswoLD HILL

Niagara Falls, ont, May 20.-The
mediation conference which has for its
high purpose the prevention Of war and
a permanent settlement of Mexico's in
ternational and internal difficulties met
here at o'clock this afternoon in its
first formal session.
The Chilian minister was detained on
the way, but his absence did not inter-
fcre with the proceedings Senior Da
CANA. acting as spokesman for the
mediators, accepted the regrets Of his
colleague and welcomed the delegates
in an exceedingly graceful speech, in
which were some lines Of striking sig
nificance.
Expressing hope for the successful
outcome of the conference, he declared
that in rendering their good offices he
and his colleagues were inspired by the
sentiments of that human solidarity
which. not content with enjoying peace
in solitude, seeks TO extend its benefits
90 all"
And in conclusion the ambassador
said:
IF we succeed VIC shall have affirmed
by a striking example the never to be
forgotten lesson that, even in the midst
Of turmoil Of battle and the unclaimed
tempests of hate and conflicting ambi-
ubns. above all this tumult would be
heard the clear and persuasive voice of
reason counselling the sacrifice of per-
sons in favor of the collective interests
Continued on page 3, column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
HUERTA DENIES HE
OFFERED TO RESIGN
His Peace Delegates Here
Have No Instructions in
the Matter, He Says.
TBy Cable to The Tribune. !

Mexico City. May 2O-President
Huerta fatty denied to-day the state
ment that he had authorized his dele
gates to the peace conference In Mag
ara Falls to offer his resignation II 1t
should be declared desirable for him to
retire.
THE Mexican peace delegates" said
Huerta, have no instructions TO offer
my resignation at the conferences at
Niagara Falls" and he emphasized his
words with a characteristic gesture of
the right hand.
Prior to this the acting Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Esteva Ruiz, had de-
clared that the Mexican representatives
had been given,"ample- powers" by. the
government to deal with everything
that might he discussed at the peace
conference. with the object of solving
the international difficulty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
MELLEN PAVING WAY
FOR PROSECUTION OF
NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS
BATTLESHIP RESCUES 90
Connecticut Takes Americans
Off Grounded Vessel.

Galveston, May 20-The Norwegian
steamship Atlantis. which left Calves
ton May II for Tampico with ninety
passengers, many of them American oil
men returning to the fields. is aground
100 miles north of Tampico and tugs
have been ordered to her rescue. All
the passengers have been taken off by
the United States battleship Connecti-
cut. according to information received
here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
PEARSON FEARS BANDITS
Quevedo's' Outlaws Threaten
Oil Town in Chihuahua.

FL Paso, May 20-Rodrigo Quevedo's
reorganized bandit band is threatening
the town OF Pearson, Chihuahua, the To-
cation Of one of the largest plants Of
the Pearson Company, Limited, where
several American employees of the COM
pany are at work. The outlaws have
burned railroad bridge near Pearson,
precludlng the possibility Of aid from
rebel troops. and were reported to-day
10 be operating close TO the town.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
HALTS SURGEON FOR ESSAY
Harvard Sophomore Wins Prize
by Postponing Operation.

Cambridge. Mass, May @.-How
seventeen-year- r-old Joel Austin, OF this
city. Harvard sophomore, induced the
doctors to postpone operating on him
so that he could finish an essay be-
came known to-day when II won the
Bowdoin first prize OF $3.50. Its title
was "a Defence OF Debussy."
Austin had been rushed to a hospital
suffering from appendicitis. but though
the case was urgent he completed his
ESSAY in bed before he was carried TO
the operating table.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
tBy Gable to The Tribune. J

Vera Cruz, May 20.-Benite Noreiga,
Spanish subject, who was with Cen
eral Mas on the evacuation of Vera
Cruz and has accompanied him con-
tinually since, declared here to-day
that Huerta said at dinner two nights
ago: THE bandits of Villa or the SOL
diers of Wilson will enter Mexico City
only over my ashes"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
6 KILLED IN AUTO CRASH
Trolley Car Hits Machine at
Grade Crossing.

Columbus. Ohio, May 2o.-Six persons
were killed near Ashville, twenty-five
miles south of Columbus. when q sc,oto
Valley traction car struck an automobile
to-day at "A crossing.
The traction car and the automobile
were consumed by fire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
Heat Prostration Reported.

The first heat prostration for 1914 in
this city was reported yesterday. James
Mcclure, fifty years old. OF 3i3 West
36th ST., was overcome at Broadway and
saith ST. After being attended by DR..
Farnan. OF the New York Hospital. he
was able 10 go home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
ACTRESS IN HUERTA ROW
Handsome Girl Said To Be
Cause of Lozano's Resignation.
rBy Cable to The Tribune

BY Gable 20 TIC TrIbune
Vera Cruz, May 2O.-The resignation
of Huerta's righthand man and conf
Dental minister, Sefior Lozano, who
visited here frequently, has been
cleared up by a prominent member Of
the Jockey Club Of the capital.
This man says that the President and
the minister had a serious dispute over
their relations with handsome singer
on the variety and comic opera stage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
False Minutes Used.

The minutes Of the New Haven IL
rectors' meeting on October Z, 1905, Mr..
Mellen said, were TO be used as a per
suader" 10 make Mr.. Billiard disgorea
some Of the profits he made on tho
Boston & Maine deal This was three
months after the New Haven had els
tered into a contract with Billiard, Me-
len said, and he finally succeeded in
inducing Billiard TO give up S3O0Ooo ia
securities Of The Boston Herald"
Mellen refused 10 say that the direc-
tors had approved these minutes which
called for the turning over Of all profits
in the Boston & Maine deal. except a
reasonable commission to Billiard.
knowing they were false.
Mellen's tale to-day brought in the
name OF ex-senator Nelson w Aldrich
in connection with the purchase of the
Rhode Island trolley. This transaction.
he testified. was brought about by the
issuing Of $4,000, 600 in securities, al
though he believed the actual value %
the line was not more than $1,000. 900.
II also developed In Mr.. Mellen's tes-
timony that Morgan & Co. in April,
1905, had purchased $4,000 900 4 per
cent. debentures OF the New Haven. on
the sale Of which the firm had lost APP
proximately s630.000. He denied vigor-
ously that this money had ever been
repaid by the New Haven Railroad
Morsan's the Master Mind"
Mr.. Mcllen also told the involved and
complex story OF the acquisition OF the
Continued on page 4. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
Plans to Criss-CrOss Entire
Country on Record
Speaking Tour.
HIS IRE STIRRED BY
TOLLS AND COLOMBIA
Colonel at Sycamore Hill Hears
Film Plea and Listens to
Call of Moose.
IBy stan Correspondent of The Tribune.

fBy Stan Correspondent OF The Tribunal
oyster Bay. l.. l., May 20.--With the
tropic fever that wasted his frame still.
on him, but refreshed already by the
familiar and beautiful surroundings of
his home on Sycamore Hill. Theodore
Roosevelt jumped back again to-day
into politics. He is planning to make n
countrywide tour in the Congressional
campaign this fall, speaking in almost
every state.
Whether he will take a leading part
in the Progressive fight in this state
was not revealed. His plans look ahead
to 1916, with sustained campaigning for
the next two years.
He will attack the Wilson admins
tration on the Panama Canal tolls re-
peal and the payment of an indemnity
to Colombia for the taking of the Canal
Zone. OF the Colombia indemnity,
which he called ''blackmail." he said:
In submitting to this 1t is just as
though some future President Of the
United States should apologize to
successor of Huerta for the seizure of
Vera Cruz. As for the payment Of
s25,000,0 900 to Colombia Here the
colonel threw up his hands. We'll, that
is unthinkable."
Opposed to Tolls Plan.
Colonel Roosevelt expressed himself
as strongly opposed to the repeal or
the law for the exemption of American
coastwse ships from payment Of Pan
ANA Canal tolls. He said he thought
il perfectly right TO arbitrate the ques-
ton. if the rights of the country to
grant exemption were questioned, but
declared that to yield the point un-
eouivocally without arbitration was
indefensible. as he was convinced that
the United States was within its rights
in freeing coastwise ships from pay
ment Of tolls.
When he goes TO Washington next
week, he said, he will be ready to re-
flute statements Of Henry Savage Ian
dor. of England, and others who nave
EXPRESSED doubts as to the correctness
of his statement that he had discovered
q great river in the wilds of South
America.
THE river is still there" said the
colonel, with a laugh. 1T wasn't hhe
climbing an unexplored mountain or
going to the North Pole, for such eX-
neditions leave no traces which are
there a year later. But nobody Is go
ing to roll up that river and carry II
off. Anybody can go down there ana
see it for himself.
II will give him the address OF the
owner of a rubber plantation VINO VIII
furnish river men for the trip. The
lower third of the river is easily nav
igable."
The colonel went on to explain why
he made the trip 10 South America
81 wanted to do something more he
said. Il was getting to the age where l
felt that if l was TO do anything requir-
ing unusual physical exertion, l must
do il now. In fact was just little
over the age, but l put 1t through
Tells Of MeIlen Deal.
Colonel Roosevelt reverted to affairs
IN this country long enough to speak OF
the testimony in Washington yesterday
Of Charles s. Mellen, former president
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
Tells Of Mellen Deal.

Colonel Roosevelt reverted to affairs
In this country long enough to speak OF
the testimony in Washington yesterday
Of Charles s. Mellen. former president
of thdNew York. New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad. He said that when Mr..
Mellen went to him TO discuss the
merging of the New Haven with the
Boston & Maine he told him that so far
as he was concerned he would have no
objection, provided the merger came
within the law He said that he sent
Mr.. Mellen to Franklin K. Lane. then
Continued on page 8. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
Why Becker Will Not Testify.

"As the case now stands there Is
nothing Becker can do but deny the
testimony of three confessed murderers
and an admitted perjurer. The sub
stance of this testimony is words,
words and words. 1t would be super
fluous to deny it, as his plea of not
guilty is denial enough.
"lf he took the stand issues which
are foreign to tho question Of whether
or not he is guilty Of the murder Of
Herman RosenthaI might creep into the
case, nislead tho jury, and instead Of
affording help to the administration Of
justice, hinder it.
1T is to affront human intelligence
to ask to have the statements of self
confessed perjurers denied by an inno-
cent man. There is no Improvement
over the testimony offered at the last
trial, which was so vigorously con-
demned by the Court Of Appeals, which
referred TO the same witnesses as con-
fessed murderers and admitted per-
jurers, who care no more for their
oaths . N for the blowing of the
wind
The fact that the defence scored
heavily at the trial yesterday was un-
doubtedly a contributory reason for
reaching the decision last night. The
matter had been in allegiance at the
opening Of court. 1t is not unlikely
that the lawyers for the defence con-
cluded they could take the chance of
any presumption of guilt which the
defendants non-appearance on the wit
ness stand might have on the minds
Of the jury, in view of the doubt-creat-
ing evidence introduced by their wit
nesses yesterday.
Becker was said to have acquiesced
TO the decision to keep him from testi-
fying only after a stubborn argument
with his counsel. 3ourke Cochran, Mr.
Manton's partner, was brought into he
conference last night and was said to
have finally convinced Becker.
The case is expected to reach the jury
in short order now. With the calling
Of two or three more witnesses by the
defence to-day. and possibly about the
same number in rebuttal by the prose-
cution, Mr.. Manton is expected to sum
I'D for the defendant. District Attor-
peu, Whitman NAV complete his sum-
mary before court adjourns for ohe
Continued on page D. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21

The Mt Pleasant. the Mt. Washington.
Booking Office. 2i3 9Th Av. Tel. $50 Mad So.
-Adyt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-21
Stock Bought, 1t Is Alleged,
Without Authority from
Railroad.
MILLIONS LOST IN
TROLLEY LINE DEALS
Ex-senator Aldrich Active in
Rhode Island Sale-False Min
utes Used on Billiard.
[From The Tribune Bureau.l

From The Tribune bureau
Washington, May 20.-The suspen-
sion Of the investigation into the
affairs Of the New Haven Railroad at
the end Of Charles S. Mellen's tssti-
mony, it was learned to-day. is under
consideration by Joseph W. Folk, chief
counsel for the Interstate Commerce
Commission. with a view TO turning
the case over to Attorney General Mo-
Reynolds for legal proceedings against
the directors.
Before Mr.. Mellen went on the stand
the Attorney General protested against
the examination OF New Haven direc-
tors by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. He said II would interfere
with plans he had under contemplate
for the prosecution OF those involved
in the New Haven's financial tranS-
actions. This plea was dsregardec
the commission. 1t is understood n'
that there is a sentiment among vac
commissioners that the Mellen dis
closures have supplied sufficient am
munition to enable the Attorney Gen
eral TO undertake his legal campaign.
Mr.. Mellen, continuing his amazing
tale OF the New Haven Railroads
financial transactions, told to-day OF
the sale of 1854 shares Of the
Worcester, Nashua g. Rochester Rail-
road stock TO the Boston Maine
Company by the late j. p. Morgan.
Morgan TeIephoned News.
This stock was held by the Mutual
Life Insurance Company OF New York,
and the first he had heard Of its sale
at a price of 16J, Mellen testified. was
when Mr. Morgan called him on the
telephone and told him about It Mel
len said he thought this was pretty
stiff" price and that he had expressed
amazement when Mr.. Morgan told him
of the figure. This stock, he said, had
been bought by Mr. Morgan without
consulting the directors Of the Boston
& Maine or the president Of the road.
Mr.. Mellen said that he understood
that the Mutual Life had to get rid Of
this stock at the time because Of laws
which had been passed by the Albany
LEGISLATURE. The first intimauon he
had of the price to be paid was when
Mr.. Morgan told him OF it on the tele-
phone, he said, and he did not think 1t
was ever considered by the Boston e.
Maine board Of directors until he had
laid it before Mr.. Tuttle, the president
OF that road, after the telephone con-
versation with Mr.. Morgan
II thought it was a desirable thing
to purchase it," -tr. Mellen said. Il
should have purchased it myself Il 1
had been clothed with authority. but
do not know whether 1 would have paid
that price. / thought it was a pretty
stiff price. I asked Mr.. Morgan why no
paid so much. He said it was the bes-
he could do"
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Continued on page 9. column 2
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WEATHER

To-day. fair.
TEMPERATURE YEsTEhDafi
High. IS; Law. 81
Full report on Page IL.
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Continued on page 5. column 2
The Republican journal., 1914-03-12
NEWS OF THE ORANGES.

Harvest Moon Grange, Thorndike, met as
usual Saturday evening, March 7th. In the
absence of the regular officers, Sister Maude
Ware was appointed lecturer and Sister Ham
lin lady assistant steward. After short
business session the Grange choir consisting
of Mrs. Hamlin, Bros Parsons and Atkinson.
with Maude Ware at the organ, rendered sew
eral selections in their usual pleasing manner
Brother Ware then opened the question" What
crops paid best last year," in his usual practi-
cal way, and gave it as his opinion that pota-
toes paid best. He was followed by Brother
E. A. Ward, whose favorites were grass and
grain. The worthy master quoted from the
ritual that "Grass is the basis of agriculture"
and argued the question along those lines.
Several others spoke in favor of the grass
crop as best in the long run. The hour having
grown late the choir gave closing song and
the Grange closed in the usual form. The
next meeting will be on the evening of Marc h
14th. The program will include the question,
"Is it advisable to sell the wood from the
FARM" to be opened by E. A. Ward, and a
duel by Brother Parsons and Sister Hamlln.
The ladies' are requested to give their views
on the question, '.Shoud we as matrons urge
Woman Suffrage in Maine?" Please 1emem-
ber the next meeting is in the evening.