pujz THE SUN, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1914.

OSBORN WINS BY

GRACE OF MURPHY

Tnnimim.v Chief Controls StateCommittee, lint, Doesn't

Muko a Flffht.

STOHM KEEPS MANY AWAY

Palmer Hosisriis Cluiirnmnship-- Glynn's Man .Sueeeeds

No Opposition.

Charles )'. Murphy war not (Unlimitedyesterday ns leader of the Democraticorganization In thin State. Ho eliminatedhimself.

"When It was nil over and WilliamChurch Osborn hail been elected chair-ma- n

of the. Htntc committee Sir. Murphywalked up to the new chairman's deskand paid

"Congratulations, Mr. Chairman.""Thank you. Mr. Murphy," paid Mr.

Osborn.lf you need ino for anything-.- Mr.

Murphy went on, with a rmlle, "send forme."

"I will," suld Mr. Osborn also with amile.

A few minutes later, ulten Mr. Murphywas leavlnh the banquet room ut theKnickerbocker, whro tho meeting washeld. George M. I'ulmer. the retiringohalrman. stepped ulongslde.

"If uu nted mo for anything," saidSir. Palmer, "send for me."

"I will," said Mr. Murphy.The fact was that Tammany yielded

up control of the Htato organization withperfect rood humor. Tammany voteselected Mr. Osborn and gave himmore power an Statu chairman than unyparty otllcer has held In tho history ofthe committee In this State. If Mr,Murphy had had the least desire to fighthe could have put himself or any-body else In George M. Palmer's place.Know kept most of the commit-teemen at home, and the control of themeeting was easily In the hands of Tam-many. Nevertheless the programme de-cided upon Sunday and yesterday morn-ing by William F. McCombs and Gov,Glynn was cirrlcd out scrupulously.

The explanation given yesterday wasthat Tammany wus tired of running

politics. With the prospect of a ly

arduous State campaign nextfall, when direct primaries wilt put newdifficulties and extraordinary expenses inthe way of party officers, Tammany waswilling to let somebody else do It.

Think Mnrptay Learned Lesson.The Tammany leaders said that Murphy

had learned his lesson through the Suiterincldtnt and realized that It was a mis-take for Tammany to take the lead InState politics. So they wero willing to letGov. Glynn have his way and let Mr.Osborn and his friends pay the bills.

On the side it was saidyesterday that Murphy didn't want to facea fight for State control, that he wouldhave his hands full keeping the lines tightin New York city. Under the leadershipof Mr. Osborn, lo. Glynn and his friendsiook for a regeneration of the partythroughout the State and hope that Tam-many will fall In with the schemes ofrt'orm nith Murphy, If necessary, andwithout him If possible.

Mr Osborn had something to say withreference to the exposures Inpolitics which In some measure precipi-tated tho change In leadership.

'The political waters of the State haveben visited by a storm of turbulent anddecadent politics and are still In restlessmotion." hu said In his speech of accept-ance. "The public li being continuallystirred by Investigations and charges,sensationally made and tinged with per-ton- al

or political motives. So far the re-

sults have nut been of much value."Dtpnlte charges should be Investigated

and heard by u tribunal commanding re-spect. If any Milwlantlal public authoritywishnu to Investigate a specific subjectand gives Mild reasons It sliould get anappropriation and bo held responsible forresults No man KhouM oonduct an In-

vestigation as a ooNur for a canvass foroffice.

"These ebullient charge get theirstrength from a deep rooted public con-viction that the political organizations ofthis State are largely managed and con-trolled for personal gain. Though there Ismuch patriotism and public service In thepolitical organizations of the State thetendency to control tho Government forthe sake of personal profit la no usualthat It may 1m considered an ever threat-nln- g

defect of party govurnment. ItCiaa bioasetl the caucus and threatenshe direct primary, but It thrives only

wlrnn citizens neglect their political duties.Ilecauso of this conviction the public hasInsisted on and has necured a changein the system well as In the leader-ship."

The first business that the committeeundertook after George M. l'almor calledthe meeting to order was tho filling ofvacancies. John II. McCooey, the It rook,lyn leader, nominated Thomas J. Dren-na- n

to suceed the btte James S. Regan,memtmr from the Fourth district Theo-lor- e

C. Upplg was nominated to member-nhl- p

from he Ninth district in place of thelate John T. WHIoughby and Mark Gold-berg waa nominated to fill Bart Dunn'eplace In tho Sixteenth. Uart Dunn wasconvicted of highway graft. All the nom-Inee- e

were electod.

McLean's Ilesla-natlo- Accepted.'Arthur Murphy, leader of The Uronx,

moved that a committee be appointed toaudit the accounts of Arthur A, McLean,the outgoing treasurer. Eugene LambIllchards, who worked up the case againstWilliam Sulzer, J. Sergeant Cram andGeorge W. Dattcn wero named as thoauditors.

Then Mr. Palmer turned over to thesecretary the resignations of John A. Ma-eo- n,

as secretary, and Mr. McLean, astreasurer. They were accepted. Mr.Palmer then offered his own resignation.

The retiring chairman said that he.brought back to the committee the com-mission which It gave him two years agoand that It born no taint of defeat. .Hetald that the Administration at Washing-ton had the confidence of the people andthat the work of the Governor was suchthat the party could expect a victory nextfall.

William W, Farley. State Excise Com-missioner, mt.vcd that Mr. Palmer'snation bo accepted. The committee slg.nlfled by a ilslng voto that It was sorryto seo Mr. Palmer retire.

Then Jerry F. O'Connor of Oneida wascalled to the chair. For two minutes noth-ing happened. According to the programmedevized by Gov. Glynn and Mr. McCombsEdward K. Perkins of Poughkeepsle wasscheduled to nominate Mr. Osborn. Thatwas the way Mr. O'Connor had beencoached, but for 120 seconds he stood si-

lently looking at tho committee, waiting(or Mr. Perkins to stand up.j "la Mr. Perkins of Dutchess herer haaid at last

Mr. Perkins waa not II was caughtsomewhere In the storm, so a man not onthe programme Jumped Into the breach,it was the only instance In which thaOlynn-McCotn- plan fell down. The manwho met tha situation waa Eugene LambRichards. He moved the vote of thankato Mr. Palmer, and then started on anImpromptu speech, nominating Mr. Palmer,

Mr. Klchards said that the mate chair-manship offered a great opportunity for" man with strength of character suff-icient to withstand popular clamor and atthe same time not to forget party worker!through listening to Idealists."

Ha said that ,Mr, Osborn waa "sound,(air minded andj energetic" and that Ala

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election presaged harmony between up- -State and New York Democrats.

Mr. Osborn's nomination was not on- -poeed. Charier V. Murphy said "Oiborn"In a clear, strong voice, though hliked It. When Mr. Osborn entered theroom he was received with polite ap-plause, which was repeated at the end ofhis speech.

It was Mr. Htchards again who nomi-nated the successor to John A, Mason assecretary William Allaire ghortt ofItlchmond. The election of a treasurerfell through because telegraph wires weredown, and consent could not be obtainedfrom the man Gov. Glynn, Mr. McCombsand Mr. Osborn had In mind, supposedlyGeorge Foster Peabody. So tho commit-tee gave Mr. Osborn the authority to namea committed which should pick the treas-urer later on.

Mr. Osborn also received the un-precedented power. In so far as the StateIs concerned, of naming the campaigncommittee and the finance committee, themembers of which need not lie membersof the State committee. He also receivedauthority to (Ml vacancies on tho execu-tlv- c

committee.This unexampled gift of authority was

made on the suggestion of William F.McComb. who was not surprised to learnafterward that tho resolution conferringIt had gone through. Mr. McCombs re-ceived similar authority from the Demo-cratic National Committee prior to the1917 campaign.

Mr. Osborn said afterward that heunderstood the power that the committerhad put In his hands, and accepted Itaa an Immense responsibility.

GLYNN IS PLEASED

Goremor Thinks Osl.nrn rie.t Man InState to tiiccrrd Palmer.

Gov. Glynn, looking out of his windowon the tenth floor of the VunderblltHotel at the snow which kept him a pris-oner In New York yesterday, said he wasvery well satisfied with his new Statechairman.

"I bellevo that the Democrats have se-lected the best qualified nuin in thu Stateto be chairman of the Democratic Stutecommittee," said th Governor.

Tho Governor would not venture aprophecy as to the effect of the day's

upon Charles F. Murphy as afactor In Democratic politics. Hut It wasclear that tho Governor believed thatunder thu new direct primary law thetenure of nny party leader would be short.

Mr. Glynn realize that there Is only onesure way of overthrowing Charles F, Mur--pny or any other leader, and that Isthrough the right of voting at the pri-maries. In otliT words, If Murphy Is tobe overturned the. thing must be accom-plished at the polls next fall, and thenonly by voting against the leaders whoare Known to be Murphy men.

The Governor thinks that President Wil-son strongly approves the selection ofWilliam Church Otborn as State chairmandespite alt reports whlch come from thecamp of Dudley Field Mulone.

"The selection of Mr. Osborn Is a verydistinct step In advance." said William F.McCombs. "It pluces tremendous respon-sibilities on Mr. Osborn, and I think theyare rightly placed there. The resolutionsgive him a very concentrated power.Through, it he may harmonize any differ-ences that may exist In the State andwork out a constructive and militant or-ganization."

"In Manhattan too?" he waa asked,"Statewide," he replied.

GUNMEN NOW BLAME

WEBBER AND VALLON

Father of Lefty Lonlo Says He

Has Evidence to Ac-

quit the Four.

Following the visit of Jacob nosenberg,father of Lefty Louie, to fling Sing yes-terd-

came a report that those workingfor tho gunmen have discovered wit-nesses who will swear that Tlridgle Web-ber and Hnrry Vallon did the actualshooting that brought about the deathof Herman Itoscnthnl.

Who these witnesses are will not berevealed at present, but It was said theyare willing to appear before Gor, GlynnIn behalf of a respite that Mil be askedfor pending a motion for a new trialof nil the men. They will also appearIn court

Mr. Iloaenberg would not talk of thedetails of the case last night He re-

sponded to an Inquiry over the telephone."Have you discovered new evidence

which, In your opinion, will save theboyar

"We have," came the errtphatlo answer.In a conversation after Ma return ha

aald he had found his son and the otherthree cheerful and confident They hadnot quarrelled with Decker, nor were theybitter against, litm. They had every hopeof being saved.

Tha Ilecker case In the city froze upyesterday. Joseph A. Bhay waa storm-bound at his home In Cedarhurst, andthe District Attorney's ottloe marked, timeexcept for receiving a visit from JacobLuban, brother of Morris Liban, a wit-ness who waa scored by tho decision oftha Court of Appeals. Jacob alleged thateat.e one connected with the Becker caishad approached his brother In Nassauatreet soma daya ago and offered him110,000 to vanlah. Jacob aald hla brotherwould make an affidavit to thlt effeot andweald nave orrroboratloa.

.William Church Osborn.

FOWLER WINS FIGHT

TO AVOID TRIAL HERE

Court Rules Alleged Extortionof "Bagman" Wasn't

Committed Here.

i WHITMAN WILL APPEAL

Hassctt Refuses to Plcnd in

350,000 Graft Case TrialSet for March 16.

Supreme Court Justice Vernon M. Davishanded down an opinion yesterday sus-taining tho demurrer to the Indictment ofEverett Fowler for extortion. DistrictAttorney Whitman nnnounced that hewould tako'the case to tho AppillateDivision Immediately.

The demurrer Is sustained on theground that the alleged crlm for whichFowler was Indicted was committed eitherin Cortland or Onondaga county andthat the part of the transaction whichthe District Attorney malntnlns was es-

sential to tho completion of tho extortionwas In fact not a part cf It. TheIndorsement of a check In this city byArthur A. McLean and the depositing oftho money to the account of the Demo-

cratic State committee are held by JusticeDavis not to bo successive steps In theextortion.

Mr. Fowler, a lawyer of Kingston, N. Ywas alleged to be the chief "bagman" ofthe Democratic State committee to collectcampaign contributions from highway con-tractors. He was the firs' man to beIndicted as a result of the John Doo In.qutry.

Accuser Totrt of Threats.The complainant against him In this

case was Sentca P. Hull of Cdrtland. In1011 Hull had the contract for the con-struction of a highway from Truxton toDo lluyter. It called for an expindltureof (23,668.3!. In October of mi Hullreceived a letter from State Committee-man William II. Kelly of Syracuse and Inresponse to .It went to Syracuse. Therelie met Kverett Fowler, who was takingcampaign contributions.

Hull is a Ilepubllcan and when he wasasked to contribute he said he would notHe testified in the John Doo Inquiry andlater before the Grand Jury that Fowlerthen threaten d to hamper him In carry-ing out his contract unless he contributed.

The result was that Hull drew a checkfor 1250 on the National Bank of Cort-land and sent It to Norman II Mack, whowas at that time chairman of the Demo-cratic committee. The check was Indorsedand sent to headquarters In this city.Here It was rubber stamped by ArthurA. Mclean and deposited at the FourthNational Bank to the credit of the Democratlc State committee.

Martin W. Littleton, counsel for Fow-ler, demurred to tho indictment on theground that the rpeclal Grand Jury hadno authority to Indict, that tho allegedcrime was committed either In Cortlandor Onondaga county and that It wan notpartly committed In Now York county,Mr, Whitman argued that the extortionwaa not completed until Mr. McLean de-

posited ihe money to the account of theDemocratic State committee and that thecrlmo was therefore partly committed InNew York county.

Hassett Trial Bet fur March 16.Thomas J. Hassett under Indictment

for attempting to obtain 110.000 underfalse pretneces from Anthony C. Douglassan aqueduct contractor, refused to pleadwhen arraigned before Justice Seahuryyesterday. Hla counsel submitted amemorandum setting forth that sincethere was one Grand Jury sitting In NewYork county with general powers at thetime 'the indictment was returned all In-

dictments returned by the special GrandJury sitting In the graft cases aro nulland void.

Justice Seabury directed that a plea ofnot guilty be entered for Haasett, a'nd thenfixed March 10 as the dato for the begin-ning of the trial.

That the Ashokan reservoir basin waaknown as "plum land" and that thosewho got jobs aa title searchers, apprais-ers and condemnation commissioners wereknown aa "plum landers" was the testi-mony of witnesses called yesterday inthe John Doo proceedings. One of thewitnesses frankfly declared that Now Yorkcity would have made money by buyingthe whole of Ulster county outright andthen proceeding to build Its aqueduct

FTXIPIrTO DEMAND ON CONGRESS,

Assembly Ask Democrats to RedeemIndependence Pledge.

Washington, March 2. Immediate In-dependence of the Philippines Is demandedIn resolutions from tho PhilippineAssembly made public here y byManuel Quezon, Philippine delegate InCongress. Tha resolutions calling uponthe Democratic Administration and Con-gress to live up to the Daltlmoro platriumpledge were passed by the PhlllpplnoAeaembly on Saturday,

Delegate Quezon will formally preaentthe resolutions to the HouseTheir test waa cabled to him.

Tha nilplnee are impatient over thadelay tn grantlag them Independence,Delegate Quesoa eaya, e

PINDAR, IN PRISON,

ASKS A REARGUMENT

Says Forgery Conviction Was

Unfair, as Fleitmann Was

Not Cross-examine- d.

J PRECEDENTS AGAINST HIM

Brief Says Tt Was Desired to

Prove Woman in Case WasKnown to Check Victim.

At.nANT, March 2. Application for areargnment of hln case win made to thoCourt of Appeals y in behalf of Will-

iam D. Pindar, whose sentence for forgerynnd larceny In the Otsego County Courton October 11, 1S1I. was recently affirmedby the Court of Appeals. The motion wasmade by Judise Nash llockwood of Sara-toga, fnunset for Pindar.

Pindar was convicted of grand larcenyIn obtaining f 1,200 from George L.

by means of a cho--k purporting tohave been made out by William M. Flclt-ina'i- u

of New York city, payable: to theorder of KlelUnann'a wlfn and Indorsedby her, by a woman numcd AldencMoreska, by Pindar and by Talmadge.Upon representations that the check wasrood Talmadge guaranteed the check nta bank In Ottego county, but subsequentlyhe had to maltu good the amount. Pindarcontended at hit trial that tho check, al-

though drawn nnd signed by him In Flclt-mann- 's

name, was good.Pindar sal J he was authorized by Flelt-man- n

to draw the check nt an InterviewIn his (Pindar's) room In New York cityat which Aldeno Mori-sk- was present.Pindar's story was that Fleltinaim hadpromised J 5,000 to Mme. Morcska to per-

mit her to pursue a career on tho vaude-ville stace.

Pindar said he was a friend of thewoman and obtained authority to signchocks totalling about Jj.OOO In her be-

half. Fleltmann on the stand denied Hinthe ever saw either Pindar or AldtncMoreska. One check was for 2,000 andfrom the money raUe.l on it Pindar paidTalmadge 11.200.

Says Talnsilsr ln Up Money,Pindar testified at his trial that Tal-

madge had put up a certain amount ofmoney to help him out of a business en-

tanglement and thnt he borrowed moremoney from him later, making In all11,200. He said that In May, 1911, hemet Aldene Morerka, whoe right nameIs Norora Wayt and that h becamefriendly with her.

Pindar added that he had Hen Flelt-mann with Moresk.i In tho Imperial Hotelnnd everal other places, extending oxeru period of from August. 1911, to Feb-ruary, 1512. He bald that he saw thewoman talking with Fleltmann at Fifthavenue and Fortieth ztrr?t. that the twolater went to his room at Z Kaat Fortiethstreet and that he followed them. Push-ing open the door he m!d he found Flelt-mann standing with his hat In his hand.

Pindar's story from that time on wasto the eltect that he. representing Mme.Moreska, arked Fhtlmanu for JD.00O,which he said he had heard Fleltmannpromise her to help her pursue a careeron the vaudeville stage. After some dis-cussion Pindar asserted that Fleltmanntold him he might make out checkstotalling about It.OOO payable to Mrs.Fleltmann.

Pindar further testified that when Fleltmann directed htm to make out the checkspayable to Mts. Heltmann he said.

"I want It payable to my wife andthen the banks won't sutpect any mlxupwith me. I never was mixed up with anyactrees but this woman, and I proposo tosafeguard myself a little."

The checks were drawn on tho MutuatHank--

ftara lie irr Met I'lndar.Fleltmann denied nt tho trial nnd In the

brief kubmltted to the Court of Appealsthat he had authorized I'lndar to makeout the check and that hu knew Mme.Moreska. He characterized Pindar as ablackmailer and said that he never sawhim before until pointed out at the trial.

The one act upon which the convictionof Pindar nns based was thnt no moneywas deposited to cover tho checks whichhe said Fleltmann had authorized him tomake out. Later, the brief lit the raseshows, Pindar went to Albany with Mme.Moreska and from there to Schcnevus,where with Talmadgo ho cashed a checkfor J2.000 upon the reprerentatlon that hnknew Fleltmann to bo a New York mill-ionaire who would make "good." Tal-madge vouched for Pindar's standing nndafter the check was made out receivedthe money that Pindar oicd him.

Lawyers pointed out here thatthere were only a few cases on recordwhere the Court of Appeals permitted thereargumcnt of a casn once It had affirmedIt In the face of this there Is little prob.ability that Pindar, who Is now servingfrom four to eight years In prison, willgain nnything by his application.

DEATH CAGE READY FOR PLEW,

Murderer of W. O. Wakefield WillBe Ilaiiiced I'urly .

Hartford, Conn., Marrh 2, Clean bed-ding and linen were placed In the deathcage at tho State prison at Wethcrsticld

and early JamesPlew, who stabbed and strangled WllllnmO. Wakctleld last summer, will be takento the cage, near the gallows on whichhe will be hanged a few minutes afterTuesday midnight.

At about the time ho enters the ragethe Supreme Court of Con-

necticut will assemble in Hartford tohear arguments on the appeal of Mrs.Bessie Wakefield, who also was sentencedto hang March 4, but whose counsel hastaken an appeal. Plew announced him-self reconciled, and from his first confes-sion has urged that there be no delay inhis execution,

There will be only the usual smallnumber of legal witnesses of the hanging,and thus far Plew has not used his pre-rogative of Inviting three persons. Onorepresentative of each of the Hartforddally newspapers nnd five reporters fromNew Haven county, In which the trialwas held, will be the only witnesses

a clergyman and the State prisondirectors.

SCHAAP DENIES A MOOSE FACT.

No Fusion With Tnmmany on Call'sElection, He Telle Assembly,

ALtUNT, March 2. Progressive LeaderMichael Schaap of New York rose to aquestion of personal privilege In the As-sembly ht and Insisted that the

and Tammany Hall had notmade any deal last week In 'connectionwith their fualon In the election of HomerD. Call, the labor leader of Syracuseaa State Treasurer.

The Republican leader, Harold J. Hln-ma- n

of Albany, made the comment: "Aguilty conscience needs no accuser,"The House broke Intn nn n,.- -- - i

Mr. Hlnman added : "If tho shoo ma youii un.

Mr. Sohaap Immediately demanded anprove the Progreaalves had not been aymny w mny um. Me DDjeOtea 10 eWVeril

BOOST FOR WANAMAKER FLIER.

Knalanil llellevcs It Is Only OneMUely to Cross Ocean,

Tho proposed oer ocean trip of theHying boat Olcnn II. Curtlss is bulldlr.gfor Hodman Wnnamakcr Is oonsldtred InHngland as tho only serious attempt towin tho lAjrd Northcllrto prize of themany that have been announced.

'Fltflht, un aviation magazine publishedIn London, nays editorially of tho overocean flight:

"There Is absolutely nothing that canbo left to chance. The mschlne on whichthe attempt Is to he made must bo of thebest In every detail ! things must be cal-culated with a sclentltic accuracy quiteutmeccjsaiy In another case; tho monmust not only be skilled nvlators butntvlj.itots of more than average attain-muni- s

i and, above all, there must be tnemoney behind It all In sufficient quan-tity to make certain that nothing downto the last detail has had to be niglectedfor want of funus.

"In the caee of the one nnnounced at-tempt, which Is so far to bo taken seri-ously, that which Is being Ilnanced by Mr.Wnnamaker, every one of the essentialshas been provided. Thero Is unlimitedmoney behind tho attempt. The Curtlssair boat is a most suitable craft In everyway. Llaut. PorU, who Is to have charceof tho actual flight. Is an aviator of longexperience, In addition to which he willprobably have as his colleague an Ameri-can naval officer, who has yet to bechosen. Humanly speaking, the organiza-tion will ii as perfect as knowledge andxirlfnr:e run make It. So far us Is

possible, therefore, all the elements of sue- -cess aro tht re, and, barrliig accidents, weeiive inai success may uo acmevea.Tho Aero Club of America received ys-terda- y

from A. 1). Lambert of St. Louisdetails of the organization of the UnitedStates Aviation Itcsemt;, which Mr. Lam-bert Is perfecting with tho approval ofJoscphua Danlola, Secretary ofho Navy,and Major-Ge- Icttnard Woo Chief ofStaff, War Department.

Tho plan Is, "In care of war to placeat the disposal of the United States Gov-ernment the Immediate service of themembers of this corps, and to place onfile with tho War Department, the NavyDepartment and the United States SignalCorps, the record of each member, typeof aeroplane, type of control, and per-sonal records of altitude, dlstanco andduration."

AUTO MAKERS TO GO

INTO BANKRUPTCY

Friction in $1,000,000 Palmcr-Siiijf- cr

Company Causes

Action.

The dlri-ctor- s of the Palmer & SingerManufacturing Company, a 11,000.000 cor-poration, mukers of the Palmr-Slnge- r

automobile, decided at u meeting yester-day to file a voluntury petition In bank-ruptcy for the purpose of protecting thestockholders. The papers will probably behied y before United States JudgeVeedcr In Brooklyn.

It could not N U.arneJ yesterday whatthe asiets and liabilities of the corpora-tion were. S. P. Woodard, the secretary,x.itd he didn't know the exact figures, butthat the liabilities were In excej of theaH.-et-s. In anticipation of the tiling of thepaper Mr. Woodard had prejured thefollowing statement :

"It Is slated by the ofllcera of the com-pany that the cause of this action was thefact thut developments along certain linesduring the last nine months had notproi'ed piolltable. Costly experimentswere Introduced which at the presenttime hive not been perfected and can-not be continued because of want of work-in- ir

capital."The ofllceis further dated that the

cause of the present situation was notany Ir.ublllty to market Palmer & Singercur, but that thi demands for these cancontinues In an Increasing olume. Onaccount of th tlrst mentioned develop-ments tho oflliers of the company feltt advlsnble to conserve the Interests ofthe creditors and Hockholdert of therumn.iny by a receivership.

"Mr. Klneer Muted that the order onthe books of tho company at tha first ofthe year were In exces of past recordsand more than sulliclent to maintain therunning capacity of the plant."

It was leani'd that another cause forthe failure Ir the lack of harmony

amoiic tho villous Intercuts In thecompany during the Lift nine month".The olllcer of the company. It Is said,nrce peifoctly. but some of the stock-holde-

oppose their plans for the com-pany.

The result hus been the development ofthe present financial dltllculty. It Is slidthat a number of suits will probably growout of the bankruptcy procedin;:a.

The largest stockholder In the companyIs tho ilmrjes A. Singer. Atone time Mr. Singer held more than 1500,-00- 0

In datum against tho company, buthe finally too't Mock for them. Theother o.-'- s aro Charles A. Singer,Jr.. G. Stanley Heft,treasuier; S. P. Woodward, secretary.The plant Is nt Webster and Sec-ond rlrccts, Long Island City.

HASN'T KILLED SUPPLY BILL.

Despite (toy. Glynn There'll lie OneThis Vrnr n Venal.

Aj.bany, March 2. Assemblyman Alex-ander MacDonald, chairman of tho Waysand Mean Committee of the Assembly,

that he had been besiegednil day by heads of Statu departmentsand their representatives seeking to haveput hack In the annual appropriation billItems which the committee has cut out.A total of 13,500,000 was cut from thebill, and Mr. MacPnnald declared thatstill more will be taken out before themeasure passes tho Assembly,

Ho says the committee may put backsome of the appropriations, but that theypromise to make additional cuts wher-ever such a course Is followed. Their aimH not to crlpplo any department but tohave the State government run efficientlynnd economically, Mr. MacDonald said

Theie will be a supply bin this yeardespite the declaration of Gov. Glynn tothe contrary, according to tho Ways andMeans chairman. He says it is Impos-albl- o

to do away with the hill In a yearbut promises that the Itepubllcans willcut out lt.COO.000 from It, making theirHla,0 ux,,tndltur" uout16 O00000

The Governor's workmen's compensationlaw was on the Assembly cnlcndar foras amended by the Itepubllcans.1LI Gov' 0,ynn c,nnot PP'n morethree persons of tho same politicalparty to tha compensation board of fivemembers. Democratic Leader Smithaaked that the bill go over until to-morrow for consideration, and this coursewas followed,

Senator Carroll, Democrat, of Brook-ly-Introduced a bill authorizing OovGlynn, Lleut.-Go- v. Wagner and SpeakerSweet of the State Aasembly, thtrustees of State public buildings, to leasea building In New York city for the useof branch offices of the State depart-ment- e

and boards in Albany.Senator Simpson, at the request of theNew York city Hoard of Klectlon. Intro,duced a bin permitting election registra-tion and votlnv hn.-- j. .

building. In NeVYortiUydlnK!President McAneny of th Posed 0eAldermen recently refused to favor r.Plan to Increase hla salary of 15,000. butTammany Senator James A. Foley to.

,n'rodu,c,, "HI Permitting theHoard Aldermen and the Board ofEatlmate and Apportionment to fix thesalaries of the v..m..i - ..Y.

AWjrmmt and.or all VmiSSfi

REALTY INGREASE

IS ONLY $43,212,051

It Js the Smallest of Any

Year Since tho City

Consolidation.

PKRSONALTY UP $U,874.,220

Assessment Rolls of City Re-

ceived by Aldermen Com-

parative Tobies.

In spite of the fact that new buildingsvalued at about 1175,000.000 have beenput up In New York within the last year,the assessment rolls, made public yester-

day by the Tax Department ehow anIncrease in realty valuations of only

Thh means that New York landand the buildings that were up a yearago have a taxable valuation of f

less than they had a year ago.The lncreaso in assessment is tho

smallest, with the exception of 1912,

recorded In any year since consolidation.Tho borrowing capacity of the city isbased on the value of the clty"a real es-

tate. It goes up only 14,310,000, abouttwlco the city's bill for snow removal Inthe last two storms. New York wasdangerously near the debt limit last year.

Personal property Increased In value114,874,220, making the total Increase Intax values $58,086,271.

The Tax Commissioners cut valuationsIn many sections where property has beendormant Some of It gives promise, realestate men said last night of furtherreductions. Tho effect of the cuts la toellmlnato In some degree the padding ofrealty values which caused criticism intho last campaign.

Reasons for Redactions.The reductions are in many cases ac-

counted for by real ottato movements Inthe last year. The blocks on Twenty-secon- d

and Twenty-thir- d streets, betweenFifth and Sixth avenues, for Instance,suffered a loss in value of 13.28J.000. TheStern storo moved from those blocks toForty-secon- d street, and the McCreerystoro un the Sixth avonuo corner wasclosed.

Similarly the old dry goods district be-tween Fourteenth street and Twenty-thir- d

street on Sixth avenue waa reduced Invalue by about 12,000,000. In this dis-trict the Fourteenth Street Store andSimpson, Crawford A Co. have met finan-cial reverses and tho Kesner store waaclosed.

Ilroadway property between Howardand Hlcecker streets was cut 12.200,000and from Uleecker to Fourteenth rtrcetit was reduced by ll.500.00i). This Is thepart of tho wholesale dry goods districtthit has suffered through removals toFourth avenue.

The Union Square section and Fifthavenue, from Fourteenth street to CnlonS'lUiire, lost 19,000,000, owing largely tothe Incoming of manufacturers, whose em-ployes congest the streets at the noonhour.

The negro district north of 125th streetextending on thu east sidu of Seventh I

avenue as far ns H5th street, lost ubout i

J5.000.000.

Table for Manhattan.The recapitulation for Mnnl.Httan, as

tent out by Lawsnn I'urdy, president ofthe Tax Hoard, is ns follows:

Net1HS. isu. ineresee.

Ordin&rrreal fIMe T. IIS.TS4.6K ITi.CK.l.'l

I ior(.r.nion 1),H.KI lJ.00O7 6,:(,0ftltisl fra.i.ehle .. Oi.l.Eal 5I,,S11 !,ttl.::0

'KecTea'f.The comparative statement showing

aaseed valuations of personal propertyby boroushs l as follow s :

boroughs Is as follows :

ms. tSM lneres.e. I

Manhattan.... iw:,.m:,.3s kw.tcv.'O I.:.;;.:..m-- .

tli Uronx .."MAW ;,;6l.:tjlirnokljii 4S..ii: fv."..l.iri 7,'i).i,

o..ei.V'i .vu.lt '..,70uSurnt ',:;;.v;5 i.tw.krs x.tzoThe total increase ben. SH.M.UC.

Decrease.The comparative statement showing as-

sessed valuations of real entate. real estateof corporations and epeclnl finnchlsea byboroughs Is a3 follows ;

llll. IncreawManhattan, IJ.KOO.SV, J,H9,:w,TM i::,;o,CSThe hremx. nc.Jufsj 65n6K,c13 lvsti.uoUrooklyu... J,fvo,U3.t.Sl Mil.irc.930 l.!J7.flJueen :7,a;.0'. 4".mi,;m w,ij,'.cvKlchmond,. sl.fis.145 t:,llt.Ul fSe,207

Decrfae,The total increase btlr.g 118,212,051,The nggrcgatc assessed valuations for

the greater city for 1013 nnd 1914 Is nsfollows ;

113 iik. Increase?i."h,M,an !!...) IMJT.OD.CM 1(4.M4.IPThe nronx.. 64S.414.ers 4.SM.:tJ U.XUCOllrooklyn... t,"K31l).4il 1,710.471. Mf. 16.Mk.4tjQueen 4St,(33.ett 454,M1,90 lO.Otl-J-Klchmond.. M,l3i,4;i k3.cW.iu 13J.K;

I)ecre,Tho Aldernven recolvl the oswsssment

rolls yesterday nnd referreJ then to thefinance committee. Thero is no clmncothat tho Comptroller's Sigure on the taxrate, as given In Titu Sun last Saturday,will be oh.uured.

With tha lower oasettsmenta In manyInstances utd tho lower tax rates taxesin niowt cases will ba lower this yearthan last.

GIRL'S STORY CONVICTS SLAYER.

Oreste nhlllltonl. Killer of Three,C.ollty In rirst Decree.

Oresto Shlllltonl was found guilty ofmurder In the first degree by a Jury yes.terday In Judge Malone'a Court of GeneralSessions. This Is the third convictionfor this degree of murder since January 1.Sentence will bo pronounced Monday.

Hhlllltonl, tho son of a wealthy Italianwan on trial for tho murdor of PatrolmanWllllnm Hoaney, although It was broughtout In the courao of the trial that he aUoshot and killed I'ollceman Charles Tearsand John Hiiro. Tho latter killing, ac-cording to Assistant District AttorneyWaaiorvogel waa premeditated, the resultof a gang row,

Ileancy was on peg post when ho heardshooting In front of 239 Mulberry streetthe night of May 3 Jast He heard a shotand saw a man fall. He ran to the spotand, according to the evidence, waa Inthe act of striking Hhlllltonl when thelatter shot him. Team was a block awaywhen ho heard the firing nnd ho ran uponly to meet a like fate.

Nellie Ol Carlo, n flfteen-year-ol- d girl.S2rUw?.at 243 Mu1u"ry "feetagainst Shlllltonl. Sheswore she warn lr,ni,in ... V. .

dow when she saw Shlllltonl standing on- sinw nn rain ftp mmhim something that he Pt his rightcoat a eeve. tjn.e v, V,.

......- w, uuui uccM ona aha &uSolve" l,e"d 016 report

Geerae K. Meroh'i Sister Dea.

SVrin.March 22. died y at her hot? Thereaed 89 yeira. Bne was living with herbrother at the time he waaanwaa an Important wltnea. at i?qr"a

Watcherstep!Galoshes:

1 buckle, ai.oo4 heckle, 3,at

backle. S4.auStorm boots, $7.50 and $9,"Double" shoes, $6.Rubbers, $1.10.Rubber boots:

Kaee high, IThigh high. A

Everything men and bmiwear a blizzard!

Rogers Peet Company,Three Broadway Stores

at at at

Warren St. 13th St. 34th 3t

BURLAP AND SUGAR

PUT IN STATE ROADS

Engineer Urennan Says tha

Commodities Wero Paid foron "Gallon" Basis.

HE TELLS OF FAVORITISM

Barber Asphalt tlie Recipient,He Declares to Assem-

bly Committee.

Albant. Mjreh 2. How the Stute rsmfor old sugar, brake shoes, bolts, r.t'.tand burlap In barrels of asphalt st iscents a gallon (8.3 pounds to a ga'Sjrwas told by William HreniiMn, a Jengineer of Herkimer, v htntestified before the Sullivan Invest Vat'r.ccommittee of the Ahsembly. Old (iar.-'- s,

without being cleaned, ure usd uy t ;e

arphalt people, Iw eald, and every":s dumped right In tho vats by S'at:highway contractor.

Mr. Urennan SAld that he four.d fc ifInches of sugar on tho bottom of himbarrels, all of which went Into the u'be;ause It wai Impu.si.lble to separate (t

No o.--.e ever asked Mm for u. campcontribution, Mr. Drtnnau said, and ?

nevir gav.j one. He declared that .

never tried to get lilrnway repair eritract during the last thrte or four y jbecaufe he "wasn't right politically."

Mr. Urennan, who has been a roadglneer for nine years, urged that tie- -

be fewer tschnlcalltles In the Hlgln.Department In order to get bitter ro..ii

Kor tho trunk liner, on which trait" 1

very heavy, Mr. Hrcnnan suggested 'huroads be built of brick, blthullthlcWarrenlte, with a heavy concrete bise.nt a cost of about 118,000 or I19.0U0mile.

Kor roads with less t raffle he thoughthat waterbound macadam at about 19. ja mile would stand up well. Gravel ro.iuMr. lirennan does not approve of m, -- vwhen soil conditions are right for a bamund whtn the roud can be well tirulr.ea

Brick, blthullthlc or Warrenlte rua- -with concrnto base should last rr.iyears without repairs Mr. Urennan sa.uHe declared that he knew of one ry&J aHome which has stood for thirteen ear.another In Home for tight year ult.any repairs, and that both ure ktlll Ir.cellent condition.

Mr. Ilrer.nun declared that cortra'tishould be let by the HUhways De partner'In the fall Instead of In the sprlni. asthe cuse at present. If contracts wire 'vertUed in tho fall contractors m Jhave an opportunity of tnpectlr.,: ,vroads to ascertain what the foil tor.wtlona were and to set other data

A three headed highway (onim:? n.auch uh was formed under the Hag ifadministration and legislated out of i..rby the Democrats In 1911, Is favorej SyMr. Urennan. Ho Kld that th 4h-- icommissioners can ke.p track of conur wtlon much better than a Blng'e tu(f. vtendent and be moro In contactwork.

Mr. Urennan tebtltlcd to having mjN'a contract from the Newjort Coi.xtni- -

Company In 1912 for a road about t .

miles long between Newport und i u'brIn Herkimer county. The road uas fTIshed In November of last year, a Jthough the law iay the tlnul i n ro.shall bo prepared within blxty dau VHrcnnan Is etiM waiting for lls.Ou K

Is a month and a half overdue.A supplemental agreement was irterfd

Into so that for e nhighway wero changed from wate.,lwu imocadum to bituminous muruda ' w tkasphalt to.i. Tho town boards at.mi.road petitioned for the change, M It" 'nan said, but he did not know who surteothe movement,

Mr. Hrennan's firm was prevented frvusing Hlcrley asphalt despite tthat the tenia had been pronounced ttfactorlly by Highways! Department evPerls. He was told that only "unrtur.uaphalt could bo laid. H.irber M""which he keh forced to , cocents a gallon more, ho t.ild

Mr. lirennan said ho had r.ot aplained becauso his tlnal istinwheld up.

"Arn you used to that?" aska "drClnrk.

"All contractors complain,"urennan. "It seems to be the -- a-i

over tho Stite."Another member of tho rommitwe nw

what the lilerley peoplo did when tefrom using their asphal'

Mr. lirennan replied:"They claimed It was only a camp.1

contribution holdup and said the e

and would tlx It up. They did not. thou;,for I heard they canto to Albans ju 'not go to the Highways Depurtn.r '

The commltteo adjourned nrt.l r i"day morning, when Its couneI. Jo r. K

Clark und Itoger ! Clark, will --

plied a preliminary rejort for subn n'.cto tho Legislature on Trldav.

Before ndjournlng Chief Ccurre' '""K. Clark culled attention to tho fift .itJames W, Osborne, Investigator 'otllynn, hns aaemUi (hat romra"too powerful in the Highways Der..r "

and auggfsted thnt deputies and otplos-ee-s be placed under civil t.ervlatlonu.

"I do thla so no cry of paitu.t.can be ralaed If we see fit to mak cw recommendatlone," aald Mr, firm