The Inter Ocean from Chicago, Illinois • Page 1

ili The Only Republican Newspaper 1 in 7e Only Republican Newspaper in Chicago. VOLUME XXXVII. NO. 235. CHICAGO, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1908.

miCE TWO CENTS. ATTEMPT SEEN TO ii 91 LIGHTCONTRACT School Trustee M. J. Spiegel Is Criticised for Urgin Acceptance ol Commonwealth Ison Company Bid of 3 Cents Per Kilowatt Hour. SANITARY BOARD WILL DO BETTER President McCormlck Oiler to H- laminate City.

tastttuttemta of Learning Rate of 2 Cents Per Kilowatt Hour "Dunne Members" Start' an Investigation "Jokers" Found In Proposal. That School Trustee Modle'J. Spiegel at tempted to rush through the boardnf educa tlon contract (or lighting and furnishing power to the city schools, which, had It been passed, would have obligated, the payment Curing an indefinite term years of thous ands of dollars a year too much for such serv ice. was yesterday's most striking charge In the fight of the "Dunne members of the board against the Commonwealth-Edison company's proposed service agreement. It was shown that the subcommittee of the committee on buildings and grounds had completely ignored the drainage board's ability to lurnlsa light and power to all the schools of the city at a flat rate of cents per kilowatt hour.

Three and one-half cents per kilowatt hoar was the bid of the Common wealth-Ed ion company. Dawser Called Catapaw. A-further charge la Indirectly made by the member of the board opposed jto the pro posal offered by the Commonwealth-Edison company, to the eilect that former Building Commissioner Joseph Downey has been used as a eats paw to further the effort to secure the board's indorsement of the The "Dunn members" of the board, who are opposing the -Commonwealth-Edison oomjo iar UaynHMtd Robins, -i Wiley Hills, Or. Johth-Guetin, Louis F. Post, ao4 John J.

They assert tfeatlbe drainage board ofXbi cago pas-pared to enter into" a contract to furntek light and power to all the. schools of the city at a flat rate or- centff pet kilo? watt hour. In this assertion they axe backed up by President McCormlck of the drainage board and William D. Ray. who is in charge or tne Board's contracting department.

When the board of education night before last, upon motion of RobinS, rttfrtfld tne contract back to the committee on build Ings and grounds, lgay that comalUfe US'y! uri omciu opportunity pass: uponine cetiraDinty ot the proposal. Had the efforts of Trust es Spiegel icd Downey to pass the contract been secce'ssful the city would have been debarred for years from enjoying the benefit of the drainage board's lower rate, say the opponents of the measure. 9lrsrl 61ti HI" Side. Mr. Spiegel asserts that the contract offered by the Commonwealth Edlcon company will resnlt In a saving of several thoa- aand dollars over the contract now In force with the same company, which expires April 13.

1910. Ho says the "contract was offered as a direct result of his personal efforts to secure a lower rate for light and power in the city schools. When asked why he did not carry his search for cheaper service far enough to get the cheapest service by publicly advertising for bids or by notifying the drainage board ot his Investigations. Mr. Spiegel said be was certain the drainage board could not furnish the power.

Asked if he bad submitted any proposal to the drainage board or had received official information from any of Its officers that it could not furnish the required service, he said he bad not. The fight on the proposed contract will some to a climax next Friday, when the committee on buildings and grounds will meet to discuss the situation. At that time a letter from President McCormlck of the drain-ago board offering power at 2 cents per kilowatt hour will rvad. and an effort will be made by the "Dunne members" of the committee to have this offer acpud instead of the Commonwealth proposal. Crrtlsg 1 Ctst Rate Wsir.

At present tbe Commonwealth Edison com- any Is furnishing light and power to all ut four of the city schools, and is receiving 10 cents per kilowatt hour for the lighting current and 4 cents per kilowatt hour for the power current. If the new contract is not' accepted the board will be obliged to continue the present arrangement fourteen months. At the end of that time, the "Dunne members" say, the drainage board will be ready to take the contracts. 1 The present situation is the direct outgrowth ot the efforts of Trustee Spiegel to obtain -a lower rate immediately. On Sept.

18 of this year Mr. Spiegel reported, in an executive session of the committee on build-: lags and grounds, that he had been ttegotiat-. lng with the Commonwealth Edison company and asked that he be authorized to continue the negotiations, to the end that better contract might be closed with the company. Mis request was granted. i On Oct.

18 he made to the committee a verbal report of his progress and asked that a special subcommittee bo appointed to complete the negotiations. Adolph F. Garts, then chairman ot the committee, appointed following subcommittee: Trustees Spiegel, Alfred R. Urion, John R. Morron, and Otto C.

Schneider. This subcommittee waa Instructed tp report back to the committee, on buildings and grounds as soon as It had completed Its negotiations. Aske Slsraatare for Contract. That was all the committee on buildings and grounds, as a whole, ever heard of the subcommittee and lta work. But on the night of Nov.

18, when all the members of the board were assembled for a regular meeting. Trustee Downey made personal requests of all the members of the committee on buildings and grounds that they sign the contract which had been agreed upon by the subcommittee and the officials of the Commonwealth Edison company. Mr. Downey explained to the members of the committee that the matter must be passed on Immediately. Tber would be no time, he said, to take It up at a regular committee meeting, for the reason that Chief Engineer T.

J. Waters was delaying the letting of contracts for two new high schools oa Page 2, Column) 2.) RAILROAD School Trustees 'Busy Explaining1 Lighting Scandal ESAU GIRL OFFERS OF BRIBERY Young 'Woman' SaTfoHavfe Been 'Insulted by Milwaukee Million- aire receives mysxenous uaiicrs at Home. James O. Klapp. the Milwaukee millionaire accused-of making indecent proposals to Gertrude Eaau, ia said to be trying to buy Immunity from prosecution.

According to Miss Esau', a man called her up over the phone yesterday and offered her money If she would drop the case. The matter was immediately reported to the police by the girl, and it is believed that some friend of Klapp made the offer. -Make Mystrrlass Of fe. Two men also visited the Esau home at 12S Barry avenue yesterday morning and told the girl it would be to her advantage to go to Milwaukee with them. They would not state on what mission, and refused to allow the mother to accompany her daughter.

The proposal was not accepted. Klapp seems very much disconcerted by the prominence be has attained. Yesterday he admitted that he was the man- wanted ere. Half an hour later be denied it. He admits, however, that he was in Chi cago the day that "James Klapp" was ar-reated.

was himself arrested, and had G. W. Webster of the Wisconsin Central furnish his bond. Seeoaa Like Ilreavsa. 'What happened In Chicago that day seems to me like a dream," said Klapp yesterday.

"I do not remember meeting any girl, hut I waa arrested for something, I don't know That he is the man, however, there is no disputing, but, according to Chief Shippy, ho on Page 3, Column C) ii REPORTS STAY AT HOME," SAYS MARGARET 1LLINGTON Weary of Stage Glamour, Illinois Actress Will Return to Quiet Fireside at Bloomington to Seek Long Rest From Emotional Strain. Special Diapatcb to The later Ocean. NEW YORK, Dec. J. Weary of the plaud its of thousands, tired of the glamour of the footlights -and the ceaseless and grinding labor, demanded of the modern emotional actress, Margaret Illlngton, daughter of Bloomlngton, 11L, and favorite ot Chicago theaters, la coming home to rest.

"I am going home to pass tne rest 01 my days In peace and in the work that should be every woman a to oecome good wife at my own fireside, surrounded by my own people, gleaning happiness trom their happiness and Joy in their love." said Miss Illington today, when it was announced that she had forever forsaken the stage. In private life Miss Illington is Mrs. Daniel Frohman, wife of the great theatrical mag nate, under whose management she has been for several years. Mr, Frohman heartily ap proves of his wife's professional retirement and It was tnrougn mm tne announce ment was made that his wife would never again grace the boards. "Of course I regret leaving my friends or tbe stage and the art welch I Lave worshiped for years," -continued the "But -all regrets are loct in the Joys of anticipation of quiet, rest, anu lore.

at my own hearthstone and with my own neoplo. POJSOIIJII LETTER EIIDS MAII'S LIFEf "POLICE SEEKWOMAH Henry Boas San Francisco Sales man. Dies After Taking Powder Sent Him Through the Mails by Unknown Person. CUNNING' OF MODERN BORGIA BAFFLES FINDING OF CLEW Authorities Believe the Drug Was Posted by Former Sweetheart, Was Deserted or Jilted by the Murdered Man. i Special ttispateh to The Inter Oeean.

i BAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 8-The police are searching tor a clew to a modern Borgia, the woman who is responsible for the mysterious death of Henry Boas, a salesman for an electric company, who died here today from some subtle poison, the nature of 'which has not yet been determined by chemists. The poison plot ot which Boas was the vic tim was so Machlavclian in its cunning that the police are absolutely baffled and the federal poatoffl.ee authorities have been called Into the case to aid in tracing the letter in which the deadly drug waa sent. Boas was found in his apartments today an almost unconscious condition.

Before be expired, a few minutes later, be pointed to a table near his bedside and mouthed un Intelligible words. PalaU ts Letter. On the tsble lay an opened letter, the handwriting of which was plainly that of a woman. Boas died without bring able to make a statement. The.

letter purported to be from a physician and advised "the taking of powders in closed as a remedy for the Indigestion- from which Boas had been wruer, however, was plainly Ignorant of the primary principles of medicine, and those who read the letter after the salesman's death wondered that he trusted source of the The story behind the oeathW Boas is the phase of the case which is puzzling the police. Friends of Boas' kaow ofao entanglements er-iove affairs, 11 yewvhe sending of the poison was. evtdenftrr the euaning vengeance evolvtd- by some Tollee Meek Wowaa. The authorities are making every effort to now learn who and where th ia mysterious woman la and why she sought the life of the i The sender of the letter showed great cunning and carl ion tn perpetrating the death, plow'" The -handwriting Mras evidently dls-fruised -to -'some extent; while, not even a stater mark served to ehow where the paper WMts purrbaaedThe-enrelope bore the otamp of -a station- far froxxs- the home of Boas mod fnrnlshed no clew, to the solving of J.he 1 tery. The- police are tov delving tat or the past life.

of the murdered man In an endeavor to uncover some affair of the heart of which he' had never even spoken to his Want Right Date of Church's Foandiitj in School Histories "pectal XHsoateh" to The -thfr Ocran. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Dec J. The synod of the Springfield diocese of the Episcopal church in session today took initial steps ia a move to compel publtehera of histories used in the public schools of this state to correct what is termed misleading statements relative to the founding of the church of England.

A committee was nsmed which will confer either with Superintendent ot Public Instruction Blair or. with the publishers ulrect. The majority of histories In common use. It is stated, give the founding of the church as taking place during the reign of Henry while records of the church. It ts asserted, show that conferences ot Bishops of tbe church were held as early as the second century DEGREE FOR GERMAN CONSUL I'alveralty- t'hlraao to Reeosalae Ilia Rervlee to EdwcatTon.

Dr. Walter Wevcr. the imperial German Consul General at Chicago, will receive the honorary degree of doctor of laws at the coming convocation of the University of Chicago, to be held Dec. 18. This is in recognition of his valuable service in helping to bring- about a friendly understanding between the educational institutions of the two countries.

Dr. W'ever has been appointed to the Consul Generalship In South Africa and leaves for Cape Town on Dec. 20. Don't you think mo ungrateful to the public that has so generously recognized me and applauded my work. Remembrances of whatever success I may" have attained on the stage will form a sweet part of my future life.

"But I believe a woman owes something to herself and to her own. The public praise and the applause of hundreds Is glorious for the mement, but it is soon forgotten, while the Joys of home, love, and friends are as lasting as the ages. O. I've thought it over carefully, and I know that I am going back to life's greatest work and Joy, "Mr. Frohman Is more than enthusiastic and Intends spending a great part of his time In our quiet little home Bloomlngton." Miss Illington appeared first in New York eight years ago with James K.

Harkett In "The Pride of Jennico." Later she acted with E. H. Sot hern In "If I Were King." In "A Japanese Nightingale." and in "Mrs. Leffingweil's Boots." She first attained great prominence while playing with John Drew Jn "His House in Order," and then came her big success as Msrle Louise with Kyrle Bellew in "The Thief." It was while playing this highly emotional part that she suffered the nervous breakdown that has caused her to seek other fields of usefulness than the stage, mm BARES SOOLi ADMITS ESCAPADES 1 WITH DR. nusTin Mrs.

Abbie Rice Discloses Relations i With PhysicianandTeUsof Their I fhaitly Agreement 'to Jointly Erid Their Lives. .5 BREAKS DOWN WHEN 'SHE -YTELLS OF DOCTOR'S MOTHER Great Crowd in Courtroom to See Woman Undergo Ordeal De-- fendant Davis Accompanied at Trial by Hi Capitalist Brothers. Rpecial Xipteh to The later Ouaan. OMAHA, Dec. S.

Reclttng her rela-tlons with Dr. Rustin and their agreement to en4 their Uvea together, MrsAbbie Rice, aa the principal witness for the prosecution, ws the central figure today lw the trial of Charles E. Davis for the murder of the physician on Sept- 2. -1 Mrs, Rice's story waa but her voice was clear, and her detceaeor.eool as she'told how. the doctor's Anahplai difficulties weighed on him, and how gt his request she agreed to take his life and-then end her own.

She then told how at minute she lost her nerve and could not fire the fatal She was. about to begin that part of her testimony, by.whlch the state hopes to connect Davis with tbe murder when court recessed for the day. laeetatsr Pack Ceart. The courtroom was packed with spectators to hear brr testimony, but despite the throng Mrs. Rice waa cool throughout the ordeal save when she spoke of Dr.

Rusttns mother. Then for a brief moment she broke down and ehed The defense made every effort to exclude aa much -of her testimony -as 'poeeible, but In almost every Instance the court ruled to allow as many details as possible to be introduced. I The defendant waa-jut aipwb.ied in court by his -two brothers-, prominent capitalists of Omaha. Mr, nieo O. at eta Craws, When Mrs.

Riee was called the crowd jammed the big courtroom. tnM teemed quiet, as she walked to the stand. She wore a neat, blue tailored suit with hat Attorney Engllf at once went rato the history of her early 'life and qulrkly came to the point where she termed Dr. Rnstlna She told of calling him to a pub-lie house to perform an operation for an organic disease, which was her flrtt acquaintance with him. Following kr raevry she left tbe Walton hnuw.

and went tf a hotel Bj tet0d, Ir. Rusttn Wid her ek- penEts. Nearly every quetlonArouibt an obfeetion from tbe defence. ilUMllsh. tor Uhe.stgta, aaked the wttneseasisai she leaew 01 at nnaaees.

sue sopite knew ste -permitted his bills to run at the botnA where she was staying; and also itw bills tent to him through the read. Utters to him asking the physician for Mrs; Rlc stated that Kurt in became -more de-stoadent oa account of hia debts; and that he began drinking more than, usual, generally drinking two flasks of whisky, dally, peter' 9 peaks mt Death. that time, abe stated, "be Introduced the subject of his death. He said he wished to provide for his family, and suggested that I' shoot him. saying he did not wish to com.

mlt suicide as in that event Mrs. Rustin could not collect his insurance. Ue talked ot It continually, and suggested -a plan by which i should shoot him la his office. "-promised to comply with his He proposed I do the shooting, because he- said he would trust no other person." In reply to questions witness told of Dr. Rustin telling of hia numerous Unsocial ob ligations.

Including a note coming due at the First National bank. He then purchased a declared Mrs. Rice. Mrs. Rlee broke the gun and it could not be used, which caused the proposed shooting to be delayed.

She then identified the revolver, which was later exchanged for a perfect weapon. It waa still out of repair. His family returned borne the day the gun was broken, she' said, and the doctor remarked that their return would hurry the plans for his death. Ordered From Hotel. "The following Thursday the Loyal hotel management asked us to leave," she nervously admitted, "and we went to the Millard.

Dr. Rustin suggested that we go to Council Bluffs and have the gun repaired. doe-tor went to a pawnshop to have the repairing done. He later rejoined me and we arranged to meet in Omaha, which was done. It was then decided that the shooting should be carried out in his office, but we found there were loo many people in the vicinity.

It was then decided, the said, to carry out the. shooting at his home. Mrs, Rice then placed a loaded cartridge in her pocket, which was to replace the empty cartridge after the shooting. Mrs. Rice said: "1 as to take my own life, and we decided that If all th cartridgca were found in the revolver were loaded I would not be suspected of the shooting.

"We then went to the doctor's home and he went to the barn. I was to have gone to the rear of the barn, but a wagon passed and I became timid and walked down Farnum atreet a few blocks and waited for a car. When the car came' along and stopped tor me, Dr. Rustin stepped-off. He got off, and after scolding me.

took me back to the barn. He entered the front coor and opened the rear door to let tne In. He was angry and Insisted on me shooting him right He told me to step back some distance, so pow- (Continued on Page S. Column 4.) INDEX TO THE NEWS. Page.

-1 Attempt railroad Hafat eowtraet. Pulaoa seat i letter Mrs, Rlee- tell torr. MIm Esau telle of bribery offer, and doctor deay plot. Daaaeahaam divorce ease. Ma raw ret Illiaatoa tlrea of at a are.

r. aaay laterfrre la Hartl. 2 8. 4 Womea eoadeaia school prlaefpal. Baialskl xalta ark Iadepeadeat phone aeek to eater.

Geserat asortlaac aevro. Caaaoa rebakea latrara-eata. Kdltnrlal. ew of the theaters. sriaaaelal aewo for lareMan.

-r-'-' News of the railroads i Defend Harvester romblie, IMal fiaaaelal aevra. Wheat eloaed at hlich polat. Llrs-ateek market. Real eatate aewa. Staadard Oil hearlait.

Bin smaaTsIlna; caao scesu 8 IIAYTI I RIOTS LAST DENY POISON SCHEME Dr Bray field, ibuton ristrin Explaining the Death of Liatte Sneeiat Dtapatch te Ta Intar Onu. -BENTON, 111.. Dec. J. Dr.

Crayfield gave bail and returned to hie home In Mulkeytown today after pleading not guilty to the todfetments charging him with murdering Reuben F. Parrish and forging a certificate of Parrtsh'a death. Brayfleld also made a statement in his attorney's presence that his almost dsily meetings with Mrs. Pariith for tlx months prior tp her hntband's death were professional, her husband contenting. Mrs.

Parrish waa quoted today aa saying she had teen Brayfleld practically every day for six months prior to her husband's death. DANNENBAUM TELLS OF CRUELTIES Coffee Broker, Sued' for Separate Alainte-; nance, Declares Spouse Attempted His i Life and Was Insanely Jealous. Dragging Into the lime light of publicity camcw ot South Side women of more or less prominence, bare Intimate family relations, and promising exposures Involving many persons, the Dannenbaum divorce suit. In which the wife cf Charles J. Dannenbaum.

a wealthy coffee broker living at the Auditorium Annex, Is suing him tor separate maintenance, was begun yesterday before Judge Barnes In the Superior court. -When the suit was filed several months ago Mrs. Dannenbaum accused her husband of -having forty affinities and aimed Miss Mildred Hartman as one of the forty. Dannenbaum wis placed on the stand shortly after the. opening of what promises CHECK ON DIVORCES IS PROPOSED:" TO DRIVE "AFFINITY" FROM LAND "Affinltltls" ia sporadic and the wortt case cf "soolmatlsm" can be cured In twelve months, according to Alderman Britten, who thinks that he has a plan to stop the wrecking of homes and the increasing ot divorces by fair charmers.

His plan ia simple. It Is to increase the obstacles of. divorce getting by the pasaage of a law which will provide that a year shaU elapse alter the filing of the bill before evidence can be heard. If this la done. Alderman Britten declares that the affinity will wither and die and disappear from the land.

'If divorces weren't so easy there-would be no such thing aa an declared the alderman at the meeting of the council committee on state legislation. "By tbe way," -interrupted Alderman Con-Ion. "What Is an affinity? There aren't any in my ward, or, if there ore, we call them by some other-name." -V "Ajb-affinity, ia the plague of the land," rLIFEi LN. HAYTIe Bond, Joins Mrs; Par- but his attitude toward her and bis affection for her. If.

he felt any. was Inspired only by fatherly love. Brayfleld I 43 and Mrs. Parrish Is 27 and pretty. Bray field's wife, an Invalid, died four days after Parrtsh'a death last March.

"Dr. Brayfleld is absolutely Innocent of the charge against him." eald Mrs. Parrish when seen today. "My husband was take III with the grip ia February, aad was never well until be died March 11. Dr.

Brayfleld was our physician, and he and my husband were Arm friends. Dr. Brayfleld was sot (Continue on Page I. Column to be one of the-most sensational divorce trials In the history ot Chicago, and his testimony hsd progressed at no grest length before he declared hlc wire to be the most jealous woman In the world, said she once turned on the gas in his sleeping room to kill him, had substituted him for a punching bag, and kicked him down stairs. Judge Barnes courtroom waa crowded when the Dannenbaum case was reached on the docket.

Society, women mostof them veiled, but some of 'them not occupied seats near the rail. Newspaper sketch artists sought ..5 (Continued on Page Column answered Alderman Britten. "Oh, a reformer," said the alderman from the West Side, softly. "People seem to think that the only remedy Is the divorce court." continued Alderman Britten. "They think so when the attack is strong upon them.

Now, If the law were changed so that no divorce could be obtained until a year after the filing of the bill there would be fewer divorces and fewer homes In. nine cases out of ten the trouble would be settled and the wife and husband would be reconciled." Alderman Bernarfi Clettenberg thought that the "soal mate" had reached international importance and that the matter was of sufficient importance to be made the. subject of an International law. The subject was referred to a subcommittee, as was also a bill fathered by Alderman Scully providing that all signer of mortgages and notes be registered with the county recorder as a means of protection against fraud. The Scully measure is an outcome of the Van Vllsilogen case.

American.Oovernment i Iels- Obligated to Protect Iriterests 6f Other Niatibns iii this IslandRioters Are Arrested. 12 ARE KILLED IN STREET BATTLES Special DUpatch ts Tb. Inter WASHINGTON. D. C.

"Dec In giving themselves over to rioting and pillaging the -Haytians are believed to be paving the way for American Intervention. In using the fact that there has been talk ot such Jnterven- -tlon to stir np an anti-foreign agitation, they are not helping themselves a biC Up to this time, however, this government has done nothing looking toward, interference or the taking up of grievances of other na- tlone. In fact, tbe positive assertion waa again made at the State Department today that the administration Is not thinking of -Intervention "at present. From a Haytian -point ot view it might be said that undue -emphasis was laid upon the words "at pres- ent." The inference plainly intended to bo drawn was that contingencies might easily be suggested which would warrant this government stepping in to restore the distracted republic and thereby keep faith with European governmenta. -j- Ceraaar hiy Atk Aetlra, If action on tbe part of the Cnited States is German influence will be accountable.

Germany's Interests on account of investments her subjects have In Hayti are -larger than those of any other probably, the largest -house In Port au Prince, has a big claim -Vigainet Hayti. as have other German firms. German statesmen and diplomats have growled more, about the American policy of forbidding European governmenta to take ac- tlon against turbulent American states than public men of any other nation. The expects- is that Germany soon will make representations to this government indicating that she considers it time the United Statea took. -Hayti in hand after the fashion set In Santo Hayti haa a gold debt amounting to and a native paper debt of 12.42S.739 gourdes, calling for, in terms of American -gold, $4,424,905.

Her receipts last year, chief-' iy from export duties, amounted to $2,730,761. and from import duties S.135.250 The commerce between tbe two countries," both ways, last year, amounted to $4,366,272. MarRetjilreOBttlaellelp. Official dispatches from Port au Prince today simply confirmed what waa contained la the newspaper reports of yesterday. One was received from Minister Furnlss and one from Commander Shipley.

Greatest official interest here centers in the friction that haa broken out between the public men from th two sections ot tha republic. Hayti has always had two factions divided according to territorial lines. Gen-; eral Antolne Simon, the leader of the sue- cesaful rebellion. Is a Southern man. but ad- -vices from Minister Furniss Indicate that the Northern taction ia not willing -to accept him or his dictation in the matter of the Presidency.

That dispute. It ts will make Impossible the restoration of or- -der by Haytians without outside help. -v '''Twelve Killed la' Hl1. Special Cable Dtvpatch to Tne Intet PORT AU Dee. 1.

Twelve per- -sons have been killed and many wounded is.