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Circulation yesterday 4 , 2 1 8 (tithe Advertiser-Journal Grow T H E A D V E R T ISE R -J O U R N A L T H E S E C O N D O L D E S T D A IL Y N E W S P A P E R W E S T O F T H E H U D S O N R IV E R THIS W E A 1 K E H Cloud v ton iy u t .in . hiyli «*Y»U*rJy u,?»rl'> d n n ^ u u 1 tonight. iv#\lj,founded 1829. ;rTISV;R fo u n d e d lSI-l. AUBURN, N. Y. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1913 PRICE TWO CENT.' PEATS TESTIMONY E Wirt Tells of Giving Democratic Chairman $ 5 0 0 Contribution— Whitman Follows Up Startling Story Involving Gaffney in $ 1 1 ,0 0 0 Graft Vork, P k . 10— D . 10. Van W i r t , or of H u d s o n Falls, X . Y ., -enacd to appear beforo tho Jury today to repeat his tcsti- tho John D o e inq u iry yesterday hwl given a chock for $500 in to ^George M . Palmer, chair- tie Democratic Sta/te Comm ittee tribution fro m V a n W irt’s firm , ion. I t is ag a in s t the law for ' itioo to give a political con- and D is t r ic t A ltornoy W h it- -ks Palmer's indictm e n t for a anor. A r t h u r A- McLean, trea- lie Dem o c ratic State Commit- indicted under sim ilar cirann- last week, th o fourth man to be since the s t a r t of thc inquiry, ony taken so fa r has revealed it $25,000 wtfs contributed by ora .to D e m o c ratic cam p a ign al not reported. Mr. W h itm a n -y that he expected to vm x n - c r before ho w a s through. Wring up th c Palmer m a tte r was expected th a t the Grand Id rcsimio consideration of the homos H a s s e tt, formerly of the 'necr’s oflice, accused of accept- .from a contractor to expedite t for state v o r k . Iriet atto r n e y w ill then plunge of the m o s t im p o r tant phases vcstigation y e t brought to testimony of John F. Mur- icr. in p a v in g materials, th a t a $ 11,000 commission w ith . Gaffney, close associate of \ Murphy, leader of T a m m a n y Joseph D . Carroll, former y treasurer, in return for their . ivith state officials, is dead. G a ffney is tho m a n W illiam Sulzer said ho and . Murphy s p li t bccattse Sulzer appoint G a ffney commissioner ays. As president af the B o s to n Xational League Club Gaffney is at present attending tho Icaguo meeting here. When asked albout M u r p h y ’s tes tim o n y ho smiled. “I will say in reply,\ ho said, “that the Boston Nationals will positively be a t tlic Giants next year.” Glynn Denounces Story as False Albany, X . Y., Dcc. 10.— R epresenta tives of many varied interests which w o u ld be affected by the passage of a workmen's compensation b ill gath ered a t thc capitol today for a joint hearing by the Judiciary Committees. Tho committeeincn said they would give the speakers ample opportunity present all their arguments. However, thc bill probably will be brought up for passage on Friday when sill thc argu ments have been heard. Neither the Senate nor the Assembly convened this morning and only a few members were in sight. Publication of a story th a t Governor G ly n n was desirous of succeeding h im self as governor or of going to thc U n ited vStates Senate brought a warm reply from him today. “X want it distinctly understood that T am a candidate for no office,” he said. “I t has been intimated th a t 1 have been making, deals for support I want no job and I have made no bargain.” Tho question as to whether thc atate or Washington County should pay the expenses of the Great Meadow Prison investigation was settled adversely lo thc county today by the governor. He said he saw no reason for p u t t in g thc expenso on thc state WARNINGS ORDERED STED ON GREAT LAKES SMITH NOW PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL SYSTEM Minn., Pee. 10 —Thc U n ited feather H u r c a n here ordered tunings posted on Uikes Su- |uron, E r ie a n d Ontario. I t I fturbancc on L a k e Superior is £ in velocity and will m o v e attended by high westerly Iring the n e x t 2-1 to 36 hours.\’ Ras Oie la s t w arning to m a r i ne issued fro m the local bureau pn. Few boats arc on thc lakes. New \ork, Dcc. 10.— A. II. Smith wns today elcctcd president and d i rector of tho Xew York Central and thi L a k e Shore and Michigan Southern Railt-oads to succced W . C. Brown, re cently resigned. Mr. S m ith was form crly senior vice president of the* lin.'s. M r . Sm ith has been connected with thc Xew Vork Central system since 1S90 when he wns a division supcrin Icm lcnt on thc Lake Shore. pm Deering, Founder of Vast harvester Business, Dies in Florida [His Entire Fortune at One Time to Put the Grain Binder on the Market Mitehel Disappoints Job Hunters X o v Y o r k , l>ec. 10—-After vainly a ttcn ip t in g to havt Colonel Goethals ac cept the position of police commissioner o f Xew York City, Mayor-cMcrt John Purroy M itehel has returned here from a trip to Panam a and the W e st Indira He was accom panied by Mrs. Mitehel o n tho trip. Mr Mitehel stated that lie would not give o u t his decision on a n y of his appointments until Dei’ 31 Considering Government Ownership of Telephone and Telegraph Lines ^UuUinjftou, ownership o f telegraph' and leWpfiorie lines throughout ' tlio country is in:in;;' seriously considered by President \\ il- 5011. Conference between the president nnd Postmaster G e n e ral Iiuiie=ou liavo led to a gathering o f inform a tion about the practical w o rld rig of government ow n e r ship in those nations in which such a system is in operation Thc subject w ill 'he discussed u t somo length in the post master general's am m .il report soon to he made public though it is by no m e a n s a-niivcd th a t he will make any punitive recommendations The p'lslma^ter gen eral «aw the president today and w h ile t'icy d:d not ili^ u s i the subject, M r llmlebon Miid a* lie left the ^ h itc House th a t on previous occasions when he had discussed thc question w ith the president he h a d found h is'm in d open. Though bills ha.ve been drafted by ATLANTIC CITY POLITICAL LEADER BECOMES CONVICT Kuehnle Begins Prison Term of One Year— Leaves Home in Own AutOj Accompanied by Sheriff Trenton; X . J.. Dec. 10-— L ouis Kuehnle, for years thc powerful ‘p o lity cal leader of A tlantic City, enteral the Xew Jersey State Prison a t 10 o'clocx this morning to serve a onc-ycur sen tence imposed on him in A tlantic C o u n ty moro than 12 months ago. He was convicted of being financially interested in a large contract awarded by thc A t lantic City Board of W a ter Com m ission ers of whieh he was a member when thc contract was let. Kuehnle loft A tlantic C ity this m o r n ing in his own automobile accompanied by the sheriff and a close personal friend, llo w ill be kept in quarantine for tw o weeks iu accordance w ith regulations after whieh he w ill be assigned to some kind of work. Iu compliance w ith thc prison rules ho wns given a bath, prints of his fin gers were taken and he donned thc prison RALLY OF FOES OF Phalanxes of Temperance Advo cates Storm the Capitol CARRY LENGTHY PETITIONS garb, after which lie was confined iu a cell, lie will be known during his prison term as Convict 2872. K u e h n le made a long light to keep out of prison. The county judge of Atlantic C o u n t y was set aside in thc prosecution and K u e h n lo was indicted by an KUaor- D r a w n Grand Ju r y . Attorney General YYilson in the adm inistration of Gover nor W o o d row W ilson was interested iu tlic prosecution and Supreme Court Ju s tice Kalisch was sent to Atlantic City to preside a t Kuchnle’s trial. A fter his conviction the case was carried through u ll thc state courts and each sustained tho conviction. The final decision against him eamc a b o u t two^wecks ago. Thc belief is general among friends of K u o h n le tliat tho Court of Pardons will in a short time take favorable action on an application for pardon. BENSEL CORROBORATES QUINLAN’S TESTIMONY FIFTY MILLION?. CANAHCIINDAL Minority Leader Hinman’s Reve lations Startle Assembly DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION W a n ts Bensel to Cost of B a rge Account for vxcets Canal- Wh*t‘ H a s *' Become of the M o n ey ?—-Intio*- ^ duccs Resolutions. ___ . > a»ooo Men and W omen Take P a r t in B ig Demonstration in W a s h ington in Behalf of Drastic Prohibition Amendment. ^mcpibera.iof” Congress ^looking ,to govern- ment'owncrs-hipj nont^Hns been ogr&od u]K>n \a»-an f a d m inistration meaamu vTstlgationrf are \being awaited. “Thtjr& la^no doubt,\ aaid Mr. Burle son, ‘‘th a t thc inauguration of the parcel post and thc postal savings system has given a tremendous impetus to thc de sire of people all over thc country to have the government beeomc thc means oC~ communication everywhere. It is a subject involving two and three hun dred m illion dollars, and wc must go very slowly in inquiring into it. Every great nation evucpt us ! m ? adapted it. “W hen ^ir \Herbert Samuels, postmas* ter general of (lieat Mritain, uns here recently I had two long talks with him. ft has proved a success in Knglaud* T don’t w ant to make any rceonunen- da.tions to Congress u n t il I am abso lutely sure of m y ground” jl-'la.. Dch.. 10.— W illiam Decr- of the Deering Harvester ■ \lio for som e timo lms been Bfied a t a la t e hour last nig h t. |of his im m e d iate fam ily were T a t the tim e of his death. ii Dec. 10 .— M r. Deering w e n t to f er.il weeks ago accompanied Jenbers o f his immediate fam- r ' l ' c Jhe rigors of the w inter P hope his failin g health would (ted p in g born a t Smith Paris, Pri’ 'S20. After tcveral 1 native tow n as manufactur- I PWc interested in western hich lie became a large owner. Hi Seth M illike n , he form e d in Blaine, the firm of Dccring- • Company, w h ich bccamc one JScst dry-goods commission country. Chicago in 1ST0 Mr. Dcerin t Gam m o n , a n old Maine nc t \ h ° w'as engaged in soiling #1 m a c h inery. W ith him he r Srm of G a m m o n & Deering. 7 ^ t e r M r . Deering became th e . of the business, fin d lgso M r . Deering a t th e fortune p u t on tho m a r k e t a grain binder invented by -J I Appleby, which automatically bound the shea'cs w ith twine. This machine lacked much in the first years or being a complete success but today almost all of thc grain harvestcL by machinery is gathered by it. This succcss was jeopardized for a tim e by the failure to find*a tw ine adopt ed to thc use of the binder. A successful tw ine finally was manufactured from luanila fibre In 1S7-! thc Deering factory was moved from Plano, Ills., to Chicago, where !),000 operatives arc now cm p'oyed In 100 -J the Deering interests were merged with thc International Har vester Company. M r. Deering admitted his two sons and his son-in-law to partnership and in 1001 lie retired from nctive work, spend ing a large part of each year a t his winter home. Thc wealth of thc founder of thc har vester business is estimated a t from 530 , 000,000 to $30,000,000. Villa’s Army May Attack Ojinaga Juarc?, Mcx'ieo, Dot 10 -hvent3 to day indicated th a t Ojinaga, tom e tm ies called Presidio Del Norte, tho sm a ll M.Mexican v illage on the border opposite I’rcsidio, Texas, would be the scenc of t’.ic next im p o r t a n t move in thc M e x i can revolution Kcbel leaders ic lt tb a t Ojinaga, where the federal troops ha\c couccntratcd. cannot be ignored by G e n eral tra n c isjo \ iJl.i ^/ith in the tow n are fortified practically all thc fedcial trm-ps of tbe north with most of t h e i r ’ important general* I heir retreat thither avow e d ly to obtain nio n c j and provisions bccause iu the interior they had been w ithout pay and were 011 tllie verge of famine. , Hc-provisioncd and provided w ith money the federals could renew hostilities. Should lie determ ine to attack the fed e r a l V illa, now- a t Chihuahua C ity , would have to delay liis advance so u t h ward tow a rd Torreon but it would be in lino w ith hi* plan to leave only rebel torritocv behind him in hi3 southw a r d march- The rr-lwl forces about O jinaga arc \rcatlv in excess of the number a t first reported. I t was thought 3,000 troops V illa sent south of Juarez about 10 daj -3 ago have dotoured eastward and aro now on the road to Ojinaga. The threatened m u t in y of the federals U 3 was show n by their calling across the river to th c Am e rican side th a t they would desert if attacked, is relied upon hy thc rebcJs. W I L L ATT E M P T LONG FLIGHT. | LOCAL NEWS TO-DAY ON I | PAGES 4, 5, 6, 7, 1 0 ,1 5 § W ashington, Dec. 10— Under tlio dome of tho capitol, 2,000 men and women ropresent/mg thc Anti-Saloon League of America and tho Woxnon'H-Christian Temperance Union, assembled today for a demonstration against tho liquor tra(!iv.‘ t '\;. , v - In two phalanxes, thc men nnd women mAruhod froiH'r*thc downtown section of tlic city to tho cast front of thc capitol. JCach bore petitions demanding* nation a l prohibition by constitutional am e n d ment. On tho stops of thc capitol the petitions wore received by Representa tive Richmond P . Tfobson of A lab a m a , author of such a proposed am e n d m e n t, and by Senator Morris Shuppard of Texas. Tho legislators also received from a special committee of the anti- liquor fortes a copy of another reso lution wliich^suggested to forever pro hibit thc manufacture or sale of in to x icating liquors exccpt for sacram c u tal and medicinal purposes. In their mnTeh to the ea.pitol thc Anti-Saloon Jjeaguc forces were led by Brigadier General A . S. Baggett. M rs. L illian M. X . Stevens, o* M aine, presi dent general of tlic W , C, T. U., m a r shaled thc women, who waved banners as they paraded down P e n n s y lvania Avenue* Following thc presentation of petitions which were filed in thc Senate and Hou?c prohibition spccchcra were made. On the speakers program were Ernest II. Uhcrrjngton of W c s tville Ohio, former governor M. K. Patterson of Tennessee, Mrs E lla A. Boolo of Brooklyn, X V., president of the X e w York State W C. T. U .( and Mrs. M a r y H a rris Armor of Georgia. H ig h w a y Commission Permitted Use of W a rner Company's Asphalt. A lb a n y , X . Y., Dec. 10 ~ 6 lato E n gineer Bcnsel, in testifying today be foro Special Commissioner Osborne in the -Carlisle asphalt hearing, declared thc old highw a y commission had adopted a resolution whioh, in cfTceL* permitted tho use of the Warner-Quintan asphalt on X e w York state roads. In this rc* spcct he corroborated thc testimony of P . R . Quinlan, vico president of thc com p a n y which brought tho ehargc* a g a in s t Carlisle. Bensct explained that a lth o u g h tho new rule was adopted, tho old ono whieh barred tho Warner- Q u in lan product, remained as ono of tho specifications. T h o W a rner people assert they sup plied usphalt to the state for about a year before orders from Carlisle, last J u l y , prevented contractors‘ from using their product.*- P e r r y Filkin, a division engineer of tho H ighw a y Departm ent, later test!*: lied th a t, shortly after thc Oarlislo or der, ho had a conference in Xew York w itli A . S. Johnson, an agent of thc B a rber Asphalt Company, and w ith a “IMr. MucHler,” auothcr omployo otf thc com p a n y . Thc conference, ho said, was only to obtain their views concerning a highw a y problem he was engaged in solving. ‘W h y didn’t you consult with Mr. Diehl, or Parker or W ashington, Car lislo s expert advisers?” asked the War- ncr-Quinhui attorney. “Beeitttoo they arc theoretical men and w a u led tho advice of practical ‘rule o f th u m b ’ workers,” was the rnply. F ilk in said*neither Johnson nor Muel 3or had attem p ted to sell him any a s p h a lt or to influenco him , in favor of the Barber Company's product. A f t e r Rubino had introduced much docum e n tary evidence concerning thc appointm e n t of the Board of Advisory Engineers, and their preparation of highw a y specifications, tho hearing was adjourned until next Monday. Commis sioner Osborne requested thc production of Gcorgo H. McGuire, who testified at the John Doe investigation in Xew York a t th a t time, or as soon thereafter as possible. RUMORED SALARY SLICING SURPRISES WASHINGTON ... — , / S teel Tonnage- Xcnv V o rk, Dec. 10— Thc unfilled to n nage of the U n ited States Steel C o r poration on X o v c m e r 30 totalled 4,30G,- 347 tons, a decrease of 117.420 tons from October.. Savannah, Cla., Dcc 10—J R. Kail, aeroplanist and a\ialion manager, was scheduled to start a flight from Ncw Y o r k to Jacksonville today. I/o cxpccts to mako a slop here en route and has been in Savannah completing some of his plans. Ho will be nccompanicd hy G u y Gilpatric. Stops w ill be made at all of the large cities along thc route. The machine in whieh Mr. Hall and Mr. Gilpatric were to fly from Xow Vork C ity to Jacksonville is a Sloanc monoplane, 100 horsepower, of thc mili tary passenger carrying type. It will bo driven by both M r H a ll and 3Ir. Gil patric, and it i 3 proposed to cover 200 m ilc 3 cach day. Washington, Dcc. 10.— As Governor General Francis Burton Harrison’s a n nounced policy has liccu to elTect econ om y in thc Philippine adm inistration by reduction of salaries in cxccss of ?.'i ,000 b u t not below th a t figure, oflicmls here do not understand how so great a re duction os $ 2 , 000,000 can be accomplished unless other estimates are cut. D u r in g last year the total am o u n t of. salaries was $7,330,000, thc average A m e rican salary being $1,72.'), and thc average Filipino salary ,$453. I t has been Governor Harrison 3 expee tation to reduce tho salary aggregate by combinations and reductions in the g o v ernmental bureaus. I t is expected here th a t if tho reduction of $ 2 , 000,000 is brought about it w ill be necessary to suspend some of the activities on public works. WALL ST. AWAITS NEW HAVEN DIVIDEND VERDICT New io r k , Dcc 10.— Whether th Xew Vork, Xew Haven &, H a rtford whs *to continue dividends on its stock at the present rate of (i per cent., rcdu.’e the rate, or stop payments was to be dccidcd lato today a t a meeting in this city of the Board of Directors. W a ll Street believed thc rate would bo rc duccd The commonest gucsa wns that it would he cut to 1 per cent, but that was merely a guess, for there was no authoritative inform a tion on the sub jeet. - Thc best indications of thc board’: probable action were the tremendous shrinkage in Xew Haven’s earnings of late and rcccnt intim a tions by Chair m a n E llio tt th a t it m ight be ncccssary to reduce disbursements on tho stock For many ycar 3 X e w Ilavcn paid per cent, annually w ith clock-like rcgii' larity . Financier Dead. Xew Vork, Dec 10—Jam e 3 -McMahon, a director of the K q u itiJde L ife A s s u r ance Society and of other leading finan cial institutions, died today a t hi^' :oun- try home in Sm ith town, Long Islan d . He was 32 years old Mr. Mc-'lahtfn was formerly president oi thc E m igrant Industrial S a v ings Bank. Big Mortgage Paid. There was* filed today in tho oflice of the county clerk a satisfaction of. mortgage of £'500,000 'made December 1001, by the Independent Union Tele phono Comjrany to thc Columbian Knick erbocker Trust Com p any of Xew York. The mortgage is now paid, discharged a n d cancelled. Albany, Dee. 10—(Minority licaopr Harold J . Ilin m n n exploded a bombsbcM in the A s s o m U y th is morning by' Intro* duoing resolutions dem a nding that S ta te (Engineer Benscl explain to thc LegiahU tiire of 1014 w h y tho bargo catial .la to cost $140,000,000 a n d necessitate »n-ex tra bond issue of $50,000,000 in order to •finish tho woT>k when three years ago the retiring s ta te engineer reported ‘th a t por cent, o f tho ’ whole work w a* finished or under contract, nnd ' t h a t I t - ■ould bn finished well w ithin th o 'l i m i t tho original appropriation of ' $ 101 ,- oo o / m . 'Tho resolution* indicate tho p o ints whom waste n n d extravaflanco is' »u«- pootcd nnd call upon the stato engineer to mako a f u l l an d satisfactory atdte-^ ment. T h is is tho Ilrst step in a j>rolx> ' that promises to bo ono of the : m o a t drastic in tho h i s t o r y 'o f the state; Tho resolutions olTered by Mr*, llin - m a n are m p a r t as follows: •• » Whereas, on tiho 8 th day of Decem ber, 1913. in a special message to-‘the Legislature, G o v e rnor Glynn in • e n u m erating the topics roeommcmded for its consideration specified among other* 'legislation up o n a n d relating to', the finances of th c s t a t e and nuiklng.-appro- priaiUons for a d m in is tration ’ and govarn- m c n tal purposes,” and ‘ ; ' ' Whereas, <jn tlho 31sfc day oI Deeism- or, .1019. -W a n k ' M .' W illiam s ! tfcmv.sta.t.'! ; engineer a n d surveyor, ,who*e:*tsrin‘ end- - ed o n 'th a t day , tn in s m ilW 4 ra'',repbrt to tho Legislature o f the progress of w o r k iij>ctv {.lie;; b a r 3 o.,can,Tj^Jiijj.he course of •vvliiiih h e 'stud i ' ‘T ' r c ^ o i t '{ho,'sta.tement that' the'whole-'iaitsV'/oau be jb u llt1, Wlih- the \ o r ig in a l appropriation; since 80 por cent, of tiho entire length o f th e canal is u n d e r 'co n trac t a t prices aggre gating tw o 'o r three m illion dollars lens than tlio ap p r o p r iatio n for these.pieces p t work,\ and sinco a contingent fu n d o i aoufc $4,000,000 included' ln the .orig- , in. 1 l appropriations has not been dr*.w n upon, this prediction seems well found- . ed.” Whereas, H appears in li’no sam e re port th a t the canal cannot bo' finished within the $ 10 1 , 000 , 000 , but that i t w ill take a t least 8110,000,000 to pay for the canal, and tb a t a situ a t io n , w ill arise next year w h e n thc entire'funds a p p r o priated b y tho stato m i l ’ bo <- e x h a u s ted ; and thc sta te -will bo under f u r th e r efoli- ; gations for exipenso for which there -will | Ibe no fu n d s avallalblo, and WIhcreas, I t haa been stated in th e public press th a t the preaent sta te -en gineer, has recently announced tha-t th e to tal cost o f tho bargo caaaJ w ill ex-, cowl $140,000,000, requiring' a n n a d d i tional l»ond issuo of nearly $50,000,000 to complete the bargo canal, and Whereas, T h o toUil authorized bonded debt of tlio sta te -is now $ 220 , 000,000 and it« bonds were found unsaleable la s t fall so th a t sh o r t term notes hsd-to be issued a t h ig h rates of interest .an d th e . credit of tho stato was 'thereby im-” paired; therefore, bo it Unsolved ( I f tho Senate concur),’ t h a t the state engineer and surveyor be a n d hereby is requested to present to the. iLcgislaUire otf 1014, upon the day on whieh it convenes, a detailed r e p o r t ' showing— W h a t has been the expenditure d u r in g his term of oflice for actual construction t ork, and e x tra or unapocificd 'Work o r ders. , H o w m u c h haa been paid from fu n d s accruing fro m bond issues under, h i s a d m inistratio n for engineering expenses, and a detailed Toport of w h a t those en gineering expenses include, and how fa r ' complied w i t h in the expenditure o f tho civil service rogulations have been uoh m o n e y , >nd a further detailed re port of the expenditures of a ll m o n e y s not a c t u a lly p a id to contractors fo r construction w o r k . T h a t he a k o report what has becom o of the co n t in g e n t fund of $ 1 , 000,000 ro-. ferred to in th e report of 'I'rank i t . M|il- liam s of D c c . 31, .1910, and t h c . $3,000*- 000 excess crcatcd 1 by the letting o f con tracts a t prices less than the o r ig in a l appropriation for that specific p o r tio n of the w o rk. T h a t he sta te how much m o n e y w ill lie required to complote the canal, w i t h out roference to claims for dam a g e s, th o paym e n t to rip a r ian owners a n d w h e n , in his op inion, w o rk on the canal m u s t cease for la c k of funds unloss’ theire, be a further appropriation or bond- isiiue.\ <-
