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The sun., 1916-11-04
ROFRANOA FRAMEUP
VICTIM, SAYS CURICA
COILABORATED IN JAIL
Witness Tells Of Conferences
With MOntimagnO, La
Sale and Miro.

sl,a:orr Curicn. known as Chocolate
ard Chuck in the trial Of Michael R"-
,rano. and on whom the defence relies
,,,c.ly 4, prove that Ttofrano was
,,,m.d up by Mon;inaano and Al Ga
r,ri testified yesterday that he was
,,,on by detectives to the various places
.,,, in the murder story and coached
a. :, what his part was to be in The
prosecution.
,'urica is the man who escaped from
IRE West Fifty-thrd street prison.
,,h,rc he says. the stories to he told on
,hc stand were talked over every day
n, Montlmagno. Joe La Sale. Louis
Miro and himself.
lilo got In touch with attorneys Tor
,br defence, met them In Newark anC
there told them. he says. what was go
,rs an uptown Then he gave himself
nm and on October ls was indicted for
rr,dor In the first degree. This Sc
ouenrc of events is made much OF by
the defence.
,'huck Curica denied that he ever sar
rofraro before he met him In the
Tomhs after giving himself up. that
there was any bridge conference on th'
morniuc Gaimarl was killed and in
which Rofrano Is said to have taken
mart. or that he ever met Rofrano IN
the Rrondini house.
Curic, said he was first brought iuto
the case when hi, mother and brother
visited him a; Ilarts Island. where IL
was serving u sentence for grand lar
csny. and told him that Montimasno
family wanted hin to help Montimagno.
who was convicted OF the murder OF
Camari.
He left the island on a writ OF habeas
corpus and was taken to the District
A,,rney's office, where ne saw Detective
Martini and Al Gaimari. brother OF the
mv.d-red man. He doesn't know what he
said then, because. he declares. he was
under the influence OF morphine. which
Se had got into the habit OF taking or
IL island.
Curica was taken back TO the prison
and there began to learn his story from
Montimagno. he asserts. AS to how ht
had seen Rof-ano at the Brondini home
In corroboration OF Montimagno's story
He was with Montimagno all the time
ne says, even slept in his cell at nigh
sometimes and with La Sale and Mirt
talked over the story continually.
They had whiskey which Gaimar
smuggled to them and we're drunk when
ever they wanted to be. Then Martint
and Cuniff and Al Gaimari took him OF
an automobile ride on which they pointed
out the place where he had picked pock
cts on the bridge and where he hat
gone after seeing Rofrano talking wit!
Cornell and Montimagno under tn
bridge. They received pictures OF Ro
franc SO that they would know him
he said
Chuck's story was attacked savagel,
BY Assistant District Attorney Brothe, :
who read to him n long statement pur
porting to have been made by Chuck ~
first day he was taken to the Distric
Attorneys Office and which differed al
b. together from the story he told yester
\ day Chuck said he couldn't remembe
what he said because OF the mNphin
be had taken.
The sun., 1916-11-04
CENTRAL's EARNINGS JUMP.
Increase In septem her Over same
Period In 1915.

Earnings Of the New York Central
..hes for september amounted to SAL
sos's7j, or s4.527.943 more than In Sep
suember, 1915. Net earnings were $1i.-
..oo's3", an increase OF Sl.272.68s. For
uls nine months ended September 80
kloss earnings totailed 3267.07s.3S3. an
.rfease Of $57.3t3.34s. while net was
s's.ol6,62s, gain OF &29.73s.4l6.
New York Central proper In $eptem-
r earned gross $i7,SsS.il0. an Increase
VI Giss,203 over September last year.
snlie net earnings we're 36.i7s.077, an
'hrfease of S596.70S. For the nine
,.oh,hs gross earnings aggregated $780,
n.'.si, an increase OF .330.Sls.S72, and
. after taxes Sts.O25.52s. \ gain of
,,,aso9'Soa, ,,' There WAS carried to sur
more than In the nine mUnths 6 1olS.
The sun., 1916-11-04
COP. CAMPAIGN
FUND is S2,O12,5S6
Supplemental Report Shows
Rival Party's Total Is
$1,31O,729.
c. II. DODGE GIVES $4,000
Democrats Also Get $4,000
From +. l.. DOhcny-Rcpub-
licans Have 5,OO8 Gifts.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 3. - Supplemental
reports filed here to-day show the Re-
publican national campaign fund totalled
s2.0ic.535 and the Democratic national
campaign fund to.alled si.31o.7c9 at the
close Of business October 80 In addi-
ton TO contributions already acknow!-
edged the trcasurcrs of both national
committees to-day reported supplement
tai collections.
The Democratic committee reported an
additional s30i.44s to the sl,oo6,es3 pre-
vlously reported. and the Republican
committee reported s3i4.77s in addition
to the s1.s67.757 hitherto acknowledged.
The accounts to date show total expendi-
lures OF si.ss6,56e for the Republicans
and $l,I26,76c for the Democrats.
S.OOs New Contributors.
To-day's list Of contributors to the
Republican fund. while showing only the
names Of those who gave $1,000 or more.
accounts for the contributions OF 5.oos
additional persons.
II. q. Frick and Payne whitney head
the list with 1000 each. The Union
League clubs campaign funds OF Phila-
delpha and New York were next with
$50. 900 aud sl3.c5o respectively. Other
contributors were Charles Warren Fair
banks. candidate for Nice-President. and
Eugene Meyer. Jr.. with $4,000 each.
A. W. Mellon and r. Il. Mellon gave
The sun., 1916-11-04
"BOOFUL BABY" LOSES CASH.
Appellate Division Reduces DANA
ne. From $4,000 to a25,OOO,

The Appellate Division Of the supreme
Court Yesterday reduced the damages
obtained 10y Mrs Cora Maude Clark in
her third suit for breach OF promise
against John Leon Martin. son of one
time hranccr, from S+0.o00 to $4,000
Mdrtin l. now married for the third time
before this marriage he became ac-
quaiutcd with Mrs. I,ark. whom he ad-
dressed In letters rctd AZ the trials as
"Buo'ful Eaby"
The sun., 1916-11-04

MISS CECILIA WRIGHT establish altitude record for
women climbed the height of 51o0 feet in standard aero
equipped with 1876 mace
motor at Mnos field yesterday She was in the air 81 minutes
cordng the Army plans and and under Army super
Observers excellent
Tex Mlman chief aviation who with Miss Wright
said had encountered such bad conditions.
The sun., 1916-11-04
whitman's Last speech Up state.

There are 5000 enrolled Republican,
in jamestown Llone, and II seemed to-
night as IL every one OF them had come
out to assure the Governor OF Their
support. But .he voters came from
Mayvilie. Dunkrk. Wcstneld Bemu'
Point. Falconer Kennedy. Busti and
o;her towns to join in the rally.
There was parade Of more than
1000 stanch Republicans, while fully
$4,000 men and women gathered In
the streets Ia watch the parade a,l
to greet the Governor and Mrs. Whit
man. with fireworks. torches and
bombs the voters expressed their an.
thusiasm and then they tammed :he
car barns. where 1000 persons fought
their way in and yelled themselv"a
hoarse.
The Governor. who slept twelve hours
last night after his rigorous campaign
in New York. was IN excellent spirits.
and the manner In which he raped
Judge Seabury and set forth the accom-
plshmen,s OF his administration kept his
hearers constantly intcrrupting with
applause.
This is my last speech UP state
said the Governor. "and all during this
campaign | have challenged the vague
statements made ny Mr.. Seabury con-
cerning the inefiiclcncy, extravaganza
and corruption of my administration.
have asked him to he man enough to
specify. but not once has he made {,
satisfactory or complete statement. True
he has made charges. but almost immc-
diately his campaign managers have
apu!ogzed to me for them
The sun., 1916-11-04
WHITMAN CLINCHES
UPSTATE PLURALITY
Governor Travels $50 Miles to
Speak in Mayvillc and
Jamestown.
CHAUTAUQUA co. Is SAFE
Voters of Allcgany and Cat
taraugus Join in Tribute
to G. o. p. Nominee.

JAMEsrowN. y. V. Nov. 3.--Goi.
Whitman travelled $50 miles to make
speeches to-day In MaScille and James
town. While the jump from New YORK.
was the longest OF his campaign ana
ends his upstate campaign, 1t was not
taken because tn. Governor feared he
would lose Chautauqua county. II was
made for the reason that the Governor
had promised weeks ago to speak here
"You don't need to come. Governor,
Luther s. Lakln. Jr.. county chairman.
told him. because we're going to 81 g
you 10000 plurality anyway. But We
wan, you to come up We want you to
try and make the county unanimous for
you. You're going to get the Progress
sive vote and the Suzcr vote OF two
years ago and We want your aid u
swing over the Democratic vote"
And when the Governor promised Las
week to come up, arrangements wcr'
made to have n sort Of grand rally "i
three counties of the southwestern Coz
ner OF the State--thc three counties
that are expected to give Gov. VIM
man a plurality Of 10000 votes. Ac-
cordngly politicians and leaders frot'
Alegany and Cattaraugus countics
turned toward jamestown to-day ahl
gathered here to give the Governor ou
of the most rousing receptions OF Ii .
campaign.
The state herald., 1916-10-20

"'Ts weai madame docs not oyer.
hear that confession. An heiress, and
beautiful! PHI! but she might find
others to her liking rather than this
Cassion."
ut u small chance she has had to
make choice, and as to her being an
helress, where heard you such q ru-
NOR, Colonel Delguard7"
The officer straightened up.
"You forget, SIR" he said slowly,
"that the papers passed through my
hands after Captain la Chesnayne's
death. It was at your request they
failed to reach the hands Of Fronte-
mac"
La Barre gazed at him across the
desk. his brows contracted into
frown.
mo. I had not forgotten" and the
words sounded harsh. "But they came
to me properly sealed, and supposed
unopened. I think have some reason
to ask an explanation, monsieur"
and one easily made. l saw only
the letter, but that revealed enough to
permit Of my guessing the rest. 1t
Is true. is 1t not, that La Chesnayne
left an estate Of value"
He thought so, but, as you must
be aware, 1t had been allenated by act
of treason"
"Ayl but Comts de Frontenac ap-
pealed the case to the king, who grant
ed pardon and restoration"
$50, twas rumored. but unsupport-
ed BY the records. So far as New
The state herald., 1916-10-20
CHAPTER v.
The Order of Ia Barre.

I did not recognize tho voice speak.
ing-A husky voice. tho words indis.
dsct. yet withai forccfui-nor do I
know what II was no said. But when
the other answered. tapping on the
desk with some instrument. knew the
second speaker to BE- La Barre, and
leaned back Just far enough to gaiS
glimpse through the opening In the
drapery. He sat at the desk, his back
toward us, while his companion, a red.
faced. heavily moustachcd man, In uni.
form Of the Rifles, stood opposite. ons
arm on the mantsi over tho fircplacs.
His expression was that Of amused
interest.
"You saw tho indyr' he asked.
I'm the receiving line for n moment
only; q fair enough innid to bc loved
for her own sake. I should say. Faith,
never have I seen handsomer syss."
The other laughed.
The state herald., 1916-10-20
SYNOPSIS.

Adele Ia Chesnnync. belle Of New
France. is among conspirators At her un-
has enlisted her Uncle Chevets aid
against La Sale. D'Artigny. La Salle's
friend, offers his services as guide to Cas-
sion's party on the journey to the wilder
he ue,e he ih.orms M Naeie ' snr,ds he
her to SEQ D'Artigny again. In Quebec
Adele visits her friend, Sister Celeste.
who brings D'Artigny to her. She tells
him her story and he vows to release her
from tho bargain with Cassion. D'Artig-
ny leaves promising to see her at the
dance. Cassion escorts Adele to the hall.
She meets the governor. La Barre. and
hears him warn the commissairo against
D'Artigny. D'Artigny's ticket to tho ball
has been recalled.
The state herald., 1916-10-20

And Held Aside the Drapsry."
France knows there was NO reply from
versailles."
Tho colonel stood erect and advanced
q step. his expression one Of sudden
curiosity.
"In faith. governor" he said swiftly,
"but your statement awakens wonder.
II this be 70 why does Francois Cas-
sion seek the maid % ardentlyl Never
did deem that cavalier one to throw
himself away without due reward"
La Barre laughed.
"Perchance you do Francois III judg-
ment, Monsieur 10 Colonel" hs replied
amused. "No doubt tbs love, for. In
truth. the witch would send sluggish
blood dancing with the glance Of her
eyes. stili." more soberly. his eyes
falling to the desk, "'tis. a. you say.
scarce in accord with Cassion's ma
ture to thus make sacrifice, and there
have been times when I suspected he
did some secret purpose. I use the
man. yet never trust him."
"Nor !. since he played me foul
trick at La Chine. Could he have
found the paper Of restoration, and
kept It concealed, until all wa in his
handsY
II have thought Of that, yet II doth
not appear possible. Francois was In
III grace with Frontenac. and could
never have reached the archives. II
the paper came to his hands II was
BY accident, or through some trcach-
cry. Well. It's small use Of our dis
cussing the matter. He hath won my
pledge to Mademoiselle II Chesnayne's
hand, for I would have him friend, not
enemy, Just now. They marry on his
return"
"He IL chosen then for the mission
to Fort 81. Louisr'
"Ay. there were reasons for his 90
lection. The company departs at dawn.
Tell him. monsieur. that await him
now for Anal interview"
I watched Delguard salute. and turn
away to execute his order. La Barre
drew q paper from q drawer of the
desk and bent over II. pen in hand.
Ny eyes lifted to the face OF DART.
Gny. standing motionlcss behind me In
The deeper shadow.
You overheard. monaesrr I whis.
psrcd.
He leaned closer. his lips at my ear,
his eyes dark with eagcrness.
Every word, mademoiselie! Fear
not. shall yet learn tho truth from
this Cassion. You suspectedf'
shook my head, uncertain.
my father died In that faith. mon
sieur. but Chevst called me a bcggar."
"Chsvetl no doubt he knows all. and
has q dirty hand In the mess. He
called you beggar. heyiEhush. tho fol.
low comes"
He was q picture Of insolent ser
Witty. ~ he stood there bowling. his
gny dress nuttcrinR with ribbons, his
face smiling. yet utterly expression.
less. La Barre lifted his eyes. and
surveyed him coldly.
"You sent for me, sirf'
"Ycs. although scarcely thought at
this hour You would appcnr In the ap.
parei Of q dandy. have chosen you
for serious work. monsieur. and tho
tifvc In near for your departure. Surc.
y my orders were sufficiently clearY"
"They wero. Governor Ia Barrs,"
The state herald., 1916-10-20

Tho way Of . man with maid
Adele foruets her own dam
ger to warn D'Artlany against
the plotting Of La Barre and
cassIon. The youth 6nds HIM
self In the role Of protector to
the girl. How he learns some
Of the enemy's secrets and why
they hate him and want to con.
troll the girl are told In an ab-
sorblna manner In this INSTALL
ment.
The state herald., 1916-10-20

his expression. For the moment he
remained silent turning the AFFAIR over
In his mind.
II thank you, madcmoisells." hs said
finally. and touched my hand, "for
your report gives me one mors link to
my chain. have picked up several
In tho past few hours, and all seem
The state herald., 1916-10-20

with only Q few ksvrs Inter
vsnlns hssers the psriieus Jour
ney 70 the Illinois country 10 b..
Gun BY cassIon and D'Artleny
and the othsrs, what can the
young gentleman ef France do
TO assure Adsls's safety until hls
return 70 ousbsef
The state herald., 1916-10-20
injured Man Gets Lump Benefit.

The Industrial commission has d.
cided to give William ]. Conway. In
1ured at the Portland mine. the great
er part Of his injury pension In one
sum. Conway told the commission
that he has family dependent upon
him. and that II he could get money
enough to set up a small dairy he
would be Independent Of further aid.
The commission thereupon decided to
pay at once the $500 that he would
otherwise receive In weekly INSTALL
ments. Conway suffered the loss OF
IN eye when . splinter Of stone was
driven into II.
The state herald., 1916-10-20
Prohibition "LabeI" Clause Void.

The section Of the Colorado prohibit
tion law which provides that ship
ments Of liquor in this state are seiz-
able unless they are plainly marked.
This package contains intoxicating
liquor" is declared void in an opinion
handed down by Judge r. e. Lewis
of the Federal Court. Assumption of
authority already preempted by the
federal government is the basis for
the decision. The opinion calls atten-
tion to the fact that there is now .
federal statute regulating interstate
shipments of liquor to which 10 at
tached penalty for noncompliance.
The state herald., 1916-10-20
Expert Favors Tax Commission.

"The abolition Of the Colorado Tax
Commission would be unwise. The
trouble is not with the commission,
but with the system under which II u
operating and with the general tax
system" Such 10 the conclusion
reached by Robert Murray Haig. a..
sistant professor Of economics. Colum.
bia University. and former tax expert
for the committee ON taxation Of the
city Of New York. who has Just com.
pleted an exhaustive investigation Of
the work Of the Colorado tax commits
sion for the survey committee OF
state affairs.
The state herald., 1916-10-20
STATECAPITOL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
GOVERNOR CARLSON SUSTAINED.
Judge Cooper Decides capp's Re-
moval a. Warden Was Regular.

Judge Cooper Decides capp's Re-
moval a. Warden Was Regular.
Denver.-M. P. Capp. who has been
contesting his removal from the re-
formatory wardenship by Governor
Carlson, lost his case before Judge
Cooper at Buena Vista. The matter
came up on a quo warranto proceed.
Ing against the warden.
The Judge decided that the removal
Of Capp was regular under the civil
service rules: that he was amenabls
to them, and that r. L. Shaw has
been legally head Of the institution
since his appointment to that place
July 3.
Capp was ordered from the place
after the governor had held a hearing
on certain charges made against the
warden in the management Of the re-
formatory. Capp declared the gov
ernor was without power to remove
him, and held the reformatory against
entry by the governors appointee.
In an attempt to regain his office
as warden of the state reformatory.
Capp will appeal his case to the State
Supreme Court.
The state herald., 1916-10-20

Phone Company Hearings Resumed.
The State Utilities Commission re-
sumed its hearings in the investiga-
tion Of the rates and service Of the
Mountain States Telephone Company
and the taking Of testimony regarding
the value Of the company's property
in the state. These hearings. which
have been In progress for the last
four months. have resolved them
selves into the reading Of papers by
phone company officials ON the vari-
Gus branches Of the company's work.
Before they are completed q full his
tory Of the entire subject Of Colorado
telephone service will have been COM
piled.
The state herald., 1916-10-20
Appointments Announesd BY oovsrner

Appointments Announced BY oovsmer
The appointment Of Rex Yeaser to
the State Embalmins Board. Of J. G.
Bloom to the State Board Of Opto.
metry. and Of John Howell to Q com.
missionership In Montrosc county
were announced at the statchouse. Mr..
Howell fills = place made vacant BY
the accidental death Of Nicoiaus
krohn.
Billion and . Quarter Tax vaiuation.
beaverton total valuation Of g..
2?%.s7s.662. the State Board OF Equal.
ixation will fix the state tax levy this
year The report OF the State Tax
Commission fixed tho valuation Of The
state Of Colorado for taxation Dur.
poses ut those figures.
Drastic Rules BY Utilities Oeard.
Rules requiring maintenance Of high
standards Of service by all gas, cleo.
tric and water utility corporations In
tho state Of Colorado were promui.
gated BY tho State Public Utilities
Commission.
Good Wheat vIsid Near Denver.
That wheat In reaiiy king In the
non.irrigntcd district east Of Denver
10 shown by the hArvcsts. II 10 csti.
mated that 100000 bushels will be the
yield for tho section around Bennett.
strasburs and Dycrs. the farthsst
point east Of the Denver city limits
being forty.five miles. Ono farmer
has thrcshed 10000 bushels nnd there
arc many In tho district that have
from 1000 70 5000. Tho general sv.
eraes yioid was fifteen bushels. with
here and there fields running from
twenty to forty bushels TO tho acre
The state herald., 1916-10-20
CHAPTER lv-continued.

adele, arrived At the ball with Cas-
sIon, has Just been Introduced to Gov.
ernor La Barre. She hears him warn
her escort to beware Of D'ArtIony.)
The state herald., 1916-10-20

tTo an ooMr1Nunn.,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-18
SMALL INCREASED LEVY
WOULD PAY HOSPITAL
APPROX RATION IN YEAR

Referring to the election to be
held on Thursday of this week on the
proposition that the city give the
amount of $4,000 for the purpose of
completing the equipment of the
hospital, Mr. John NJ Keen has
made an investigation of the matter
and states that by the small addi-
tional levy of one and one-half mills
this sum could be easily raised in
one year. Mr.. Keen figures on the
present assessment of s2,S00.G Gc
and allows for 20 per cent delin-
quency.
1t should be understood that the
election does not contemplate a
bonding proposition but merely asks
the people to authorize the commits
sioners to furnish $4,000 to be ex-
pended in hospital equipment, and
this amount can be paid off in one
year with a levy of only one and
one-half mills.
People interested in the success
of the hospital should not fail to go
to the polls Thursday and vote in
favor of the proposition
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-18
FARMERS CLUB HELD
INTERESTING MEETING
ON SATURDAY

The Farmers Club met on Satur-
day with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Walker.
Their beautiful little bungalow, sur
rounded by orange trees-the veran-
das filled with ladies' busy with
Observation-Disclosures of men under
the trees discussing crops-made a
typical Farmers Club scene. There
was large crowd present, many of
them being strangers. A fine dinner
was served under the leafy canopy,
bespeaking the plenty of this goodly
land.
After dinner Miss Verda Thomp-
son and some of her girls of the
canning club, gave a demonstration
of canning tomatoes. While the
girls were filing the cans Miss
Thompson gave lecture on the
methods used and the many fruits
and vegetables canned by the can
ming club girls. Polk county made
the hneSt record in the State-32 =
S1S cans tomatoes in the grand to-
tai of all varieties of preserves,
canned vegetables. pickles. jelly,
catsup and marmalade 136,73S con-
tainers The business session was a
very interesting one, as it was ladies'
day Subject, The Home Cannery ="
Quotation, Preserve your energy;
conserve your resources and you can
do wonders.
Mrs. j. A. Walker, a successful
housekeeper, gave the opening talk,
telling of the many delicious fruits
and vegetables We could lay by for
our short Florida winter season"
(Continled on page 81
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-18
LAKELAND GAS CO.
PURCHASES Sparkling
PROPERTY; Will ERECT
BUILDING THEREON

Mr.. Rosco Nettles. manager OF
the Lakeland Gas Co., today closed
deal whereby the Lakeland Gas
Co. becomes the owner of the Sparl-
ing property, corner of Lemon street
and Kentucky avenue.
The sale price was $4,000, and
Mr. Nettles announces that the
Lakeland Gas Co. will, at a not far
distant date, erect thereon hand
some brick business house, which the
company will occupy. Being across
the street from the site recently
purchased by the Government " the
postofiice, this is one of the most de-
sirable pieces of business property in
the city, and will be an excellent To-
cation for the Gas Company's bust
ness.