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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
TIGER LIEUTENANT
WEBS MURPHY'S KIN
Ellsworth J. Healy, Leader in
Bronx, and Miss Mary A. Muir
ply Quietly Married.

Ellsworth J. Healy, leader of the
18th Assembly District, The Bronx,
and a favor,te lieutenant of Charles +
Murphy, married at noon yesterday at
ST. AIMS Church. 1l2 East Twelfth
Street. Miss May A. Murphy. a niece Of
the big Chief The ceremony was
performer by Father Bresnahan, Of
Fordham
Few besides the members Of both
families and intimate friends were in
vited The boss of Tammany Hal! was
unable TO attend. owing 10 the fact that
he was obliged TO serve as pallbearer
at the funeral of Monsgnor Mcmahon,
of the Church of the Epiphany.
The bride wore white silk and
carried a shesf Of lilies-of-the-valley.
She WAS attended by her sister, Miss
Katherine Murphy. Or. Mark Healy
brother Of the bridegroom. was best
man. After the ceremony the wedding
party posed for photographs on the
steps of the church. and Immediately
thereafter Mr. and Mrs. Healy left for
tour of the South.
Mrs. Healy is Il daughter OF the late
John Murphy. Her husband was grad
uated from Fordham in 1904 He then
studied AT Columbia and the New York
Law School. Since he was chosen
leader OF his district. in 1912, he has
built up for himself the reputation Of
being one Of the strongest politicians
in The Bronx. He is member OF the
law firm OF Healy, Hammer & Cahill,
2sO4 Third Avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
May Keep State Banks
Out of Reserve System

The charges Of the Riggs National
Bank Of Washington against the Con
troller Of the Currency and the Sec
rotary of the Treasury may prove a
serious stumbling block in the efforts
of the Federal Reserve Board to bring
State banks and trust companies into
the reserve system. This is the view
taken by prominent New York bankers.
At meeting attended by officers and
directors of the New York Reserve
Bank and the presidents of several Of
the big downtown national banks this
question was discussed, but no prog
ress vas made. Those present outside
the reserve institution included Frank
A. Nanderlip, president Of the National
City Bank; Albert II. Wiggin. president
OF the Chase National; +. /. Hine,
president Of the First National, and
James S. Alexander, president Of the
National Bank of Commerce.
The view of these bankers is that
If the charges of the Riggs National
Bank are substantiated the State banks
will feel even more strongly than they
do now that it will not be to their
advantage TO join the reserve system.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
IS KILLED IN CAR SMASH
Twenty More Injured in Col
lision in Detroit.

Detroit, April 14-Fifteen persons
were killed and about twenty injured
late to-day in a collision between a
streetcar and train of freight cars
pushed by a switch engine on the De
troit, Toledo & lronton Railroad
Most Of the dead are foreigners, four
Of them being women
As the car approached the railroad
crossing it stopped and the conductor
ran ahead to see if the track was clear
He signalled the motorman to wait,
but apparently the latter. who is said
10 have been inexperienced. misunder-
stood his signal. lie applied the
power and the car ran rapidly down an
incline and onto the railroad tracks.
The freight cars struck the street
car fairly in the middle, smashing il
almost = bits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
MURDERED GIRL
IS IDENTIFIED;
BUILDER HELD
Aunt Says Man Arrested
Menaced Victim, Who
Is Claudia Hansburg.
FATHER TRAPPED
BY SONS WORDS
Pen Clew Leads Detective TO
Bronx Contractor-Note
Found in His Pocket.

The mutilated body Of the girl found
by boys last Saturday in a rock pile on
the Astor estate, at Noble Avenue and
NTH Street, The Bronx, was identified
early this morning by Mrs. Christine
Carr. Of 1888 First Avenue, as that OF
her niece, Miss Claudia llansburg, OF
Lansingburg, \. 7.
The Identification was brought about
through the arrest at little before
midnight of Rafaello Piciullo, con-
tractor living at $50 East 189th street.
In Piciullo's pocket was found card
with Mrs. Cars name and address.
Detectives Immediately took Mrs. Carr
to the Bronx detective bureau, where
they showed her a photograph of the
dead girl. She at once identified it and
completed the Identification at the
morgue.
Piciullo was arrested, loudly pro-
testing. at his home and taken 70 the
detective bureau. His capture was the
result Of untiring work by the detec-
tives in running down the meagre clew
furnished by fountain pen found near
the girls body in the woods.
One of the detectives carrying the
pen In his hand approached Piciullo's
eleven year-old son and asked him il
he knew to whom the pen belonged.
The hey answered instantly, "Why, my
Papa" =,
The contractor steadfastly denied
that he knew anything of the murder
and declared that the card found in
lis pocket was given him by friend.
Along with the card was a note in a
scrawling girls hand, which reads as
follows:
"Will you please give me So, so that
I can give it to my mother? | will
be on the stoop. Do not let Mrs. Carr
see YOU give the money to me-"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
In Piciullo. clothes were found 'sv

In Piciullo'. clothes were found sew
eral bloodstained cards. So
The dead girls aunt told the ponce
Piciullo had threatened to kiIl her
when she interfered With his ntten'
tions 10 her niece.
She declared also that the contractor
was a persistent sritor OF the siam
Mss Harrisburg. her aunt said. came
10 this city about nine months ago
from Lansingburg. N. Y. She had
worked in laundrles and factories on
the East Side, and from time TO time
had lived with Mrs. Carr. AZ other
intervals she had taken furnished
rooms to be nearer her work. she was
twenty-five years old and one OF -FOUR
children Of M and Mrs. George Hang
burg. Of the upstate town.
Piciullo is forty-eight years DID,
married. and said to be rich. He has
a wife and seven children at the losth
Street address.
District Attorney Francis Martin
ioined Acting Captain Andrew Wines
and the detectives in the inquisition OF
Piciullo. He admitted Knowing MISC
Hansburg, but said ne had not seen her
for three weeks.
when Mrs. Carr reached the Detec-
tie Bureau she recognized Piciullo i'm
nediately as her niece's troublesome
sutton. The woman did not know when
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15

Mrs. r. II. Hartman was witness
yesterday before Justice Scudder IN
the Supreme Court in Brooklyn in the
suit brought by Miss Sarah Lynch
against the Mutual Life Insurance
Company. She showed no symptoms of
the illness which was responsible for
her first refusal to obey the courts
subpoena.
Clad in black and quite unembar-
raised at the interest with which spec
tators awaited her appearance on the
stand. Mrs. Hartman answered the
questions put to her with the utmost
brevity. Her recollection as to the
request Miss Lynch made of her to IN
sure her life with the Mutual Life In
surance Company was hazy. She was
sure, however. that she had never re-
garded the suggestion with favor and
that no officer of the company had
sought TO influence her.
II did not believe in life insurance
for myself" said Mrs. Hartman. Il
did not feel that | required any
This revelation from the widow Of
the great railroad man brought litter
from the audience.
II have always had a great deal Of
sympathy for the woman working for
her own living" continued the witness,
"but ! have had none for Miss Lynch
since she brought this suit"
Mrs Hartman evidently felt that her
testimony had not been Of much value
in the case, for "a she left the room
she was heard to say: Il should think
they might have told me If they didn't
need me az a witness
DR.. julius Dilworth. who was dis
patched by Justice Scudder to inquire
into the present state of Mrs. Harri-
mans health, merely reported 10 the
court that the witness was on her way
to testify. Mrs Hartman was accom-
panied by Charles Peabody, president
Of the Mutual Life Insurance Company,
and by her secretary.
Mr. Peabody in an affidavit denied
that Miss Lynch was under contract 70
establish a woman's department in the
insurance company or to solicit insur-
ance from Mrs. Hartman. She simply
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
STRANGLES Chin
WITH GOLD CHAN

CarmeI'a Niette six year, Il,
Mott Street, was almost 49,, n 4,
death last night when a n,arisi !.
snatched at the gold loekst .s..s,yss,
neck, twisting the chain until aI'y y V
fell unconscious. ~ 'as Il.
Carmella was playing x,n
palIons near her home, WIFI. ~ " sss
wayman stood watching n. E 70
for a time. Suddenly Ne =. saiki,.
ward and snatched az the y;,p 10y. z,
The screams Of the childres -. losss
robber. and, giving a last - N Z
chain, which failed 20 brsak Is " Z,
he ran 10 Hester Street "ts
ING east. was lost In the poEsr-1 ",
No one knew Of Carmella's VIZ
I'll those who had pursued he I
turned and found her Wing ~. >
had fallen. a policeman having =, q
chain that BIT deeply into -, ~ .
She will recover. we
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15

The SRI met Piciullo. ~.
following the <EL .ltkoa,! vssA.
on learning he VA 49,, a m C,s
him 70 enter her house 80,
20 take the girl out ny oss~.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15

will be ready, IL IL said. to go ahead
The iniunctions. n granted By the
,ourt would restrain Mr. Williams
FROM Interfering or intcrmeddling IN
any unlawful manner with the prop
ertv Of the bank or It's officers; from
subiecting the bank or it's officers TO
anv penalties or forfcitures. and from
refusirg 10 approve the bank rs a de-
positorv for the funds OF other ma
tional banks. They would cnjon sec
retary McAdoo from assisting or abet,
ting Williams in the particulars citsd
and from assuming or usurping the
duties and functions OF the treasurer
of the United States; declare the pen
altv Of $4,000 null and void. and cnJoin
Treasurer Burke from converting the
$4,000 into the Treasury OF the Uni'ed
States.
After the conclusion OF this case in
terest will centre on the prosecution o.
the bank by the Treasury Department
on the alleged irregularities and IN
lawful practices charged by Controller
Williams in his formal statement. ~
is believed. however. that this VIII d"-
nend largely on the results OF the IN
junction proceedings brought b. the
bank.
Controller Williams declared. IN dis
cussing the statement issued by the
Riggs Bank, that it was unfair to PICK
his statement TO pieces and attack one
part of it. He alluded TO the statement
Of the bank that, together with certain
stocks Of low market v.lue, which the
Controller held up as being poor col
lateral for loans. there were other
stocks Of high market value.
81 did not say that the stocks ! men
TONED we're the only security for this
loan" said Mr.. Williams.
Were the loans which yoI men
toned IN your statement secured by
ample collateral" he was asked.
- think they we're he replied. after
4 brief pause.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
hat he will introduc. a bill with this

that he will introduce a bill with this
object.
Il is pointed out that under the Fed
eral Reserve act the Office has been
almost unnecessary and that IL in
wolves, TO a certain extent. conflict
in authority between the Reserve
Board. having jurisdiction over the ma
tional banks, and the Controller.
From partisan standpoint, II was
pointed out to-day that MIR Williams
could not be removed by the mere ap-
pointment OF his successor. either by
President Wilson or by the President
who will take his seat March 4. l9l -
since he had been appointed for five,
year term, which would not expire until
more than two years after the new
administration came into power.
II was thought in political circles TO-
night, however, extremely improbable
that the administration would permit
Mr.. Williams to be ousted from ONCE,
From the attitude of the Treasury
Department. evidently dictated by Sec
rotary McAdoo, though he is still too
i'll to go 10 mis- Office. 1T was regarded
as certain that the administration
would line up with the Controller
against the Riggs Bank and against
what friends of the administration
call "the National City Bank crowd"
Mr.. McAdoo is included in the suit
brought by the Riggs Bank, though it
is not so bitter against McAdoo as
against Williams.
Controller Williams had long con-
ference with Secretary McAdoo at his
home. but declined TO make any com
ments on what agreements were
reached Mr. Brandeis conferred with
other attorneys who are working up
the case for the Treasury Department
Injunction Proceedings Tomorrow.
The injunction proceedings, which
will come before the District Supreme
Court on Friday morning. will not be
at the request Of the De-
psrtment Of Justice attorneys, as they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
Widow of Railway Operator, Recovered from Illness
Takes Stand Against Woman Who, Suing Mutual,
Says She Tried to Make Her Poicyhoder.

Rad rowing commission to solicit in
surance. he said.
At the conclusion OF Mrs. Harriman's
testimony the case was submitted to
the jury. with instructions TO file
sealed verdict this morning.
Miss Lynch whose attorney caused
Mrs. Hartman TO be subpenaed,
brought suit for $500 against the
Mutual Life Insurance Company, al
leging breach of contract
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
RIGGS BANK CONTROVERSY
RECALLS JACKSON'S FIGHT
Marked Smilartes in the Present Struggle with the
Administration and That in Which Old Hickory
Defeated the Bank of the United States

storation OF the bank to its former
place as an agent Of the Government
as a necessary step to restore public
confidence, but these efforts were fruit
less. President Jackson by this time
had full control OF Congress against
the bank.
Jackson's party continued to attack
Nicholas Biddle, president OF the bank
as a despOt. who sought TO extend the
rule Of q moneyed aristocracy over the
nation (the cry Of STANDARD Cl' al
ready has been raised against the Riggs
Bank. and Biddle's friends came back
at Jackson with equal venom. Jackson
drove out of his presence populations
which came TO beg a Teprleve for the
bank, declaring to one delegation, 1t Is
said: "Come not to me for relief: go
TO the monster II is folly to talk to
Andrew Jackson; the government VIII
not bow to the monster
Specie Payment Suspended.
Thirteen days before the expiration
OF the charter of the Bank Of the
United States the State of Pennsyl-
vania granted it a charter as state
bank, but with the change of the bank
from a national to a state charter the
governments animosity toward Mr..
Biddle did not decrease. It extended
rather TO all banks of all kinds and de
grees, and on May 10 and May II, 1887,
all the banks in the United States sus-
pended specie payment. The suspen-
sion lasted, except for futile attempt
TO resume in 1888, until 1910.
The Bank Of the United States pros
pered for a time under its Pennsyl-
vania charter, and it's shares sold as
high as Iii in 1889, when Nicholas
Biddlc resigned as president, but in
1871 il made a final assignment, and
Jackson's victory was complete. The
notes and deposits of the bank were
paid in full, but the stockholders lost
averuthinp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
Miss Russell Talks of Beauty,

Miss Alma Guy and a group Of chill
drcu from her play garden visited the
Womcu's Exposition At the Grand Cen
.ral Palace yesterday, and for an hour
or SO the booths devoted 20 mechanical
toys swarmed with Youngsters. Peace,
suffrage and beauty were the topics OF
speeches yesterday, but Miss Lillian
Russell who told how compilations
might be restored, seemed 10 get closer
attention than any Of the other speak
ers. To-day will be Brooklyn day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15

There 8 considerable talk about put
ting a bill through Congress to abolish
The Office Of Controller, and it is stated
hat one Senator has declared privately
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
Cactus as LOckiaw Cure

rTon the New York Sun.
 A leaf of the common American cactus from the nearest florist was recommended as the best first aid for lockjaw by Dr. D. B. de Waltoff at tho eighteenth convention of the Ameri- can Medico-P o-Pharmaceutical league at the Hotel Astor.
 Treatment for tetanus' declared pr. Waltoff, can be begun immediate ly by subcutaneous application of one-half dram of the juice of the cac- tns. l have tested it In positive ex- periments."
 In the course of his paper on 'The Canteens." pr. Otto Henry Rhode. of Brooklyn, the president of the league. said that light wines and beers are active aids to the system as well as food and drink. and that the won- sn and children of the United States are injurlng their health by the inor- dinate use of soft drinks procured at soda fountains. Women, he said are the worst offenders in the use of high balls cocktails and other fancy drinks
 Several women are among the deie- gates from various parts of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
SOLICITORS OBJECT TO CORPORATION PROVISION
 OF NEW JUDICIARY BILL
Protest Against Feature of Bill Which Would Prevent Their Employment by Public Service Corporations
 Provision Works Big Hardship
Ny IL. .. BETTY

Montgomery, July 22.-(Special) Solicitors of Alabama object to that provision of the new bill proposed by preventing their employment in any capacity by public service corpora tions. Their protest to this feature of the measure was registered today at a public hearing before the judiciary committee of the house and senate.
 According to the declaration of a number of prominent solicitors this provision of the bill would work a serious hardship upon them, particu- larly inasmuch as they have little op- portunity to supplement their income from the state except by employment by corporations. Another provision of the bill against which they protested was that preventing them accepting passes from public service corpora tions
 Solicitor M. T. Ormond of Tuscaloosa representing the sixth judicial circuit was the first to oppose the bill. He de- o'ared that he had no objection to the work imposed in the proposed meas
 
 remains the same as under the old bin. but that he thought the committee was making rather stringent require ments in seeking to prevent solicitors from accepting employment from pub lie service corporations.
 J. Fritz Thompson of Centreville, representing the Fourth circuit; Solic- itor D. C. Almon of Decatur of the Eighth circuit, and others spoke in strong Opposition to the bi11
 None of them thought the proposed Dill imposed too heavy labors upon them or that the salary was not suf- fcient. The bill in this respect does not affect any of them, for the cir cults will remain practically un- changed.
 Seibels Protests
 Solicitor ". T. Seibels of Montgom- cry entered a vigorous protest before the committee against the salary pro- vision of the bill since. under the act, that feature affects the salaries of all the solicitors in the state.
 MT. Seibels told the committee that lie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
REVENUE MEASURE WILL BE AMENDED Big Majority Opposes En- cr0aching on Governors
 Power

Montgomery, July 22-(speciaL) Should the legislature pass the revenue measure preposed by the recess com mittee on finance and taxation, it will not contain the provision for the cleo ton of a state board of equalization by the legislature.
 Positive expression to this effect was made tonight by several members of the house committee on ways and means, which will meet tomorrow at 10 o'clock for the purpose of revising and amending that section of the bill.
 It is declared that the vote for the elimination of that feature taking from the governor his power to appoint the board will stand two to one. and 1t is asserted that nearly like proportion will mark the vote fin the house.
 The new revenue measure proposes the creation of a state board of equal ization in lieu of the state tax com mission. the members of the board to be elected by the legislature for terms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23

on the third floor of the steiner nuiia- ing and every scout in this city is urged to be present :. ... a
 Mr. and Mrs John M. Martin ana cbiidren have gone to Mentone, where they will spend several weeks
 Mrs. Harry Brewer is doing niceiy after an operation at the Eiizapeth Duncan hospital ,.,xsa
 The many friends of Jake Haitacre will regret to learn that he IS very i'll at the home of MT. and Mrs. John Neal on Third avenue.
 MT. and Mrs. George McDoweii nave returned from delightful visit 10 relatives in Tennessee. They were ac- com panied home by Mrs. McDoweii sister. Miss winnifred smith
 Mrs. James Cahill has gone to Edge water. where she is the guest of rel atives for several days.
 Mrs. Annie Gerald has been removed from the local hospital to her home.
 c. W. Nixon and son, David. or Holt visited friends in Bessemer today
 Mrs. ". R. West of Tuscaloosa was in Bessemer today visiting friepds.
 w. s. ESdge and Chelsea Hagier ie1t last night for Richmond and other points in Virginia, where they have zone on business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-23
Tune-Deafness
From Tit-Rit

Ioiu llt-DIls.
 Everyone has heard of color blind ness. but few people are aware that there is such Q malady as tune-deafness It prevents those affected from apprc- ciating music. which to the melody deaf Is nothing but noise. The most intelli- gent people often suffer in this way. Empress Catherine of Russia used to declare that for her music was nerve trying din. and Napoleon l hated any form of melody Victor Hugo had to be coaxed by the composer who put his famous lines to music. Are not my verses" he used to say. sufficiently harmonious to stand without the as sistance of disagreeable noises?" Doc tors say that the power to appreciate music depends upon perfect combii'a- ton of the nerves and brain. Some peo- ple's nerves readily carry musical sounds to the mind, whilst in others nerves impede their passage to the brain cells Good musicians are more often born than made. Nature has prc- sided them with nerves which instinct lively carry musical chords to the brain, That is why a good musician can mem orize a tune after hearing it played over once. Every note has been clearly re-