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PEOPLE VS.
KNAPP
K II1ENCH IN TltlAIi OK RANKER
AT COOPERSTOWX SHOWS
HANK WAS OFTEN SHOUT OK
READY CASH AXI OFFICIALS
RAISED MONEY AS REST THEY
COULD AXOTHEU CASE XEXT
FALL.
At Cooperstown the trial ot
Charles P. Knapp before Judge Co
man and an Otsego county Jury la
still on. It was decided that Justice
could not be done if both Charles P.
and Charles J. Knapp were tried at
the same time, so the people's case
against Charles J. Knapp will go
over until fall.
The Indictment on which Charles
P. Knapp Is on trial Is against him
and his uncle, Charles J. Knapp,
president of the Binghamton Trust
Co., Jointly, and charges that they
wilfully and fraudently received a
deposit of ?50 from Ansel Barnes of
Deposit when they knew the hank
must close.
Morris A. Knapp, who, with his
sister, Florence Knapp Yocutn, and
C. P. and C. J. Knapp, constituted
the firm of Knapp Bros., was the first
witness called by the state. He Is
27 years old and although he be
came a member of the Arm in 1904,
he took no part in the affairs of the
bank until Jan. 20, 1909. when his
cousin, Charles P. Knapp. the de
fendant, made arrangements with
him to be at the bank while the tel
ler was away, meet the customers,
take care of the overdrafts and oth
erwise look after the affairs of the
company. On one occasion, he testl
lied, Mr. Howell, the cashier, called
him over to the bank and asked him
to go out and get some money, as
there wasn't enough currency to
carry them along. This was object
ed to and ordered stricken out.
The witness said he went out and
got $200 to $500, which he deposited
to the credit of those from whom he
obtained It. He testified that when
he took Charles P. Knapp's working
place as clerk in the bank he found
only $1,500 to $3,000 cash on hand.
The notes the Outing company Cried
to sell the company were overdrawn,
in some casc3rthousands of dollars:'
U. J. ivnapp loin tuo wiiiitisswim
was to protest, C. P. Knapp's checks
and told the latter he was not to
overdraw his account further. C.
J. Knapp also took C. P. Knapp to
task for turning over Interest coup
ons on mortgage bonds of the Out
ing company to the latter company,
before being paid.
About March 15 Charles J. Knapp
complained in C. P. Knapp's pres
ence that the Outing company was
unprofitable, in Binghamton, on the
same date, the witness agreed to
raise $2,000 or $3,000; his sister,
Mrs. Yocura, $10,000 and C. J.
Knapp said he could get about $2,
000, all for the Knapp Bros.' bank,
which must have the money. C. P.
Knapp said he had lost all he had
and could not raise any. At this
time creditors threatened to sue the
Outing company on notes. A few
days previous to March 15 the wit
ness began to protest all Outing
company checks except those drawn
to employees.
Morris Knapp t explained that
Charles P. Knapp claimed the fam
ous $100,000 "Knapp old account"
overdraft came about the time the
Knapps took over the old Deposit
National bank. New hooks were
started and all old accounts were
charged under that heading. About
$50,000 of Outing assets were held
to cover this, also some other se
curities. Morris A. Knapp, on cross-examination
by Frank J. Mangan, recalled
that in a conversation with Mr.
Mangan at the Imperial hotel in
New York, he had said:
'The worst that can be said about
Charley Knapp is that he is a poor
business man."
Mr. Moran tried to prove there
was no unusual shortage of currency
at the bank and that the financial
panic of 1907 caused a money strln
gency in 1908. The witness said he
protested about every Outing check
for ten days, following his own Judg
ment. Florence Knapp Yocum testified
she was a member of Knapp Bros.,
but knew nothing about the affairs
of the firm. She was not consult
ed, she said, or receive statements of
the bank's condition. She held one
deposit certificate for $10,500 and
another for $6,300. In 1906, when
Bho wanted to withdraw $15,000,
C. P, Knapp asked her to get the
monev elsewhere. Three times she
tried to do so and found the certl
lleates were not good collateral, be
lne told so by the bank at East
Orange. N. J., her home. C. P
Knapp told her not to show tho
pprHflcates nround. They drew
six ner cent, interest.
Later she got tho money from tho
Binghamton Trust company, through
the assistance of C. P. Knapp. She
was never able to withdraw her $22,-
000 from tho Knapp bank.
During tho testimony of Leonard
Howell, a clerk In the Knapp bank, i
he was asked what was done whenj
there was a shortage of currency, i
He nnswered that C. P. Knapp told 1
him to order more, either from New
York. Binghamton or Calllcoon. He
also stated that one Saturday In the
summer of 1908 there was but $200
or $300 In the bank. When the cur
rency was low they also went around
among the business men of Deposit
and secured deposits from them In
order to carry the hank along.
Mr. Howell Identified letters,
notes, statements, etc. Most of the
letters were correspondence between
C. P. Knapp and. Harry Rogers at
Calllcoon, relative to the money
transferred between the two hanks
and wiring of money to the Chase
National bank to cover drafs. Once
the defendant asked Rogers to trans
er money to Deposit, telling him he
had drawn $5,000 from the Bing
hamton Trust company, and saying:
"I don't want to crowd tho
mourners too much."
Knapp Bros, began paying 4
per cent. Interest Jan. 1, 1908.
Entries were offered regarding
one transaction of $150,000 and one
of $75,000 In connection with the
Calllcoon bank opening. Objection
to the lecelpt of this in evidence
was made by the defense. District
Attorney Meagher said:
"We propose to show the entries
are false and that no such transac
tion ever took place."
Miss Pauline Munson, nn em
ployee of the bank, said in one ac
count Frank Lyon came to the bank
and wanted to draw some money.
Mi Lyon wanted currency and C.
P. Knapp tried to persuade hlra to
take a draft. Mr. Lyon offered to
pay the express on the currency If
Knapp would pay it. On cross-examination
she said it was usual to
keep about $3000 currency In the
bank.
Harry B. Rogers in his testimony
said that when the Calllcoon branch
was started $15,000 was sent the
Chase National bank, $10,000 was
deposited to the credit of the Calll
coon bank, and $5,000 In currency
was sent back for use at Callcoon.
,That ended all the important tes
timony for the week.
BASEBALL SCORES. J
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Results of Garnet Played In National
and American Leagues.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Brooklyn New York, 0; Brook
lyn, 3. Batteries Ames, Crandall and
Meyers; Bell, Scanlon and Erwln.
At Philadelphia Philadelphia, 3:
Boston, 1. Batteries Stack and Mo
ran; Curtis and Graham.
At Chicago Chicago, 5; Cincinnati.
4. Batteries Mclntyre and Kllng;
Suggs and McLean.
At St. Louis Pittsburg, 0; St, Louis.
1. Batteries Webb and Gibson; Har
mon, Corrldon, Phelps nnd Bliss.
STANDING OP THE CLUBS.
W.
L.
10
21
23
20
20
29
2U
37
P.O.
OSH
.500
.531
,4'JO
.480
.403
.442
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Chicago 35
New Vork 31
Pittsburg 20
Clnclnnutl 23
Philadelphia 24
St. Louis 25
Brooklyn n 23
Boston 18
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At New York-Philadelphia, 8; New
York, 0. Batteries Coombs and Lapp;
Manning, Wnrhop and Sweeney.
Second Game Philadelphia, 0; New
York, 2. Batteries Bender and Dono
hue; Hughes and Mitchell.
At Boston Boston, 0; Washington,
0. Batteries Clcotte nnd Klelnow;
Itelsltng and Street.
Second Game Boston, 2; Washing
ton, 1. Batteries Smith nnd Klelnow;
Johnson and Street.
At Dotrolt-St. Louis, 11; Detroit, A).
Batteries Powell, Gllllgau and Ste
phens; Pcrnoll, Strand, Mullln nnd
Stanage.
At Cleveland (fourteen Innlugs)
Cleveland, 3; Chicago, 2. Batteries
Hurkness nnd Easterly; Walsh and
Block.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
W. L. P.O.
Philadelphia 35 17
Detroit 30 22
.073
.021
.000
.538
.457
.420
.418
.255
New York 30
Boston 28
Cleveland 21
Chicago "...21
Washington 23
Rt. Louis 13
20
24
or.
20
32
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BACK WITH RIBBONS.
Judge Moore, With Horse Show Prizes,
Sails For Home.
London, June 23. Judge William II.
Moore of New York, whoso horses
won numorous prlzea at Olympla mid
Richmond, sailed for Now York on the
steamship Kaiser Wllhelm II. Ills
horses will bo shipped homo on Satur
day on the Atlantic Transport steam
ship Minnowaska.
Other prominent persons on the Kai
ser are the Marquis do Wentworth of
New York, the noted, portrait painter;
Norman Whltehousc, Ilarley Proctor,
Mrs. Sidney D. Ripley, Lester Leland,
Forbes Hennetsy and J. EC. Borden,
Americans Enthuse Over
German Aerial Line.
PREDIGTSKY ENTERPRISES HERE
Aviators Assembled In New York
Deeply Interested In Count's 300
Mile Voyage In Deutschland
With Thirteen Passengers.
New York, June 23. New York,
filled today with flying mnchlne enthu
siasts whose minds nre filled with big
plans for the future of aerial naviga
tion In America, still throbs with inter
est in the new German air line opened
by Count von Zeppelin between Dus
foldorf and Frledrlchshafen. It was
confidently predicted that similar en
terprises will not be long delayed in
this country. AH Join In praising Zep
pelin's enterprise.
The Aero Club of Americu has won
a victory in bringing about an alliance
with the American Aeronautical asso
ciation and taking
under Its wing
thirty-eight of the
strongest clubs In
this country. This
new body will bo
kuown as the Na-1
tlonnl Council of
AfllllutedClubs and
will control all na
tional events, while
tho parent body
will act as its
foreign representa
tive. In forming
COUNT ZEITEI.IN.
this compact it meant a defeat for the
Aeronautic Federation of America,
which hud proposed a consolidation
with the other organization. The two
bodies failed to come together as a
result of a dispute over credentials,
nnd it was charged by the Aeronautic
Federation of America that Augustus
Post, chairman of the credential com
mittee of the other organization, had
H. . ' 1 - . . . , a. i 1 . . 1 .. . . .
pjiuriiosciy or uuierwise iusi uiu iuu.cn
investing delegates with authority. It
was claimed that the Aeronautic fed
ertlon would have been the ruling ele
ment had the compact been formed
and all of the credentials recognized.
Zeppelin's Air Line.
Dussoldorf, Germany, June 23.
Aerial navigation entered a new epoch
when Count Zeppelin's monster dirigi
ble, the Deutschlnnd, with thirteen
passengers aboard, made a 300 mile
trip from Frledrlchshafen to this city
according to a prearranged schedule.
The flight was the first of a r'egulai
scehduled service to be Inaugurated.
Under clear skies and with practical
ly no wind to mar or retard, the giant
craft ascended from Its shaft. Count
Zeppelin himself was at the helm, and
his guests consisted of members ol
the Hamburg-American Steamship line
the German Airship Stock company
and a number of close friends. From
the start the Journey was without a
hitch or accident of any kind. The
giant twin propellers wore In perfect
working order, nnd they drove tho big
craft through the gentle breezes at an
average rate of thirty-three miles an
hour. Tho 121 miles lying between the
starting point and Stuttgart, however,
were covered nt the rate of forty-one
miles nn hour.
The route lay over Stuttgart, Mann
holm nnd Cologne, and nt each of
ZEPPELIN'S AIRSHIP,
these places monster crowds, attracted
by advance notices, had gathered to
witness tho flight. Thoy gave vent to
their enthusiasm with tho ringing of
bells, the firing of guns, the tooting of
whistles and by yells from thousands
of leathern lunged throats. Each of
the cities was reached on almost the
exact hour named In tho schedule.
Telegraph wires flashed tho news oil
ahead, and tho enthusiasm of tho
irowds grow ns bulletins In front of
tho nowspaper offices and other public
places announced the progress of tho
fltebt
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The passengers on board spent the
time In lolling nbout the big luxurious
ly appointed stateroom nnd feasting !
their eye on the scenery which flew
away beneath. The craft was kept nt i
nn average height of alout 300 feet, '
nnd the vlow was said to have been '
magnlflceut.
Tho big airship swung to her landing
here about noon. Big crowds were on
hand, nnd the passengers, nnd particu
larly the builder, received a domonstru
Mve welcome.
Tickets for other scheduled trips nro
nlrcady on sale, nnd the ones thus far
sold have brought from $215 to $40.
Former Socretary of Treasury
Leads With Summer Raiment.
New York, June 23. Summer cos
tumes on men have made their appear
ance unblushingly in the lobbies of the
hotels and along Fifth avenue and
Broadway. They displayed a variety
of design nnd some originality. Lots
of commuters came Into town wearing
crash and linen suits, but they looked
as hnfas the men who. were sticking
to flannels.
About the coolest looking man to. be
seen wns John G. Carlisle, former sec
retary of the treasury. In honor of
the season lie had donned a gray suit
of some thin material with a long
frock cbnt and a white stovepipe hat.
Mr. Carlisle has worn a white stove
pipe hat In the summer time for many
years. Those who saw him snld that
more white stovepipe hats ought to
lie worn In New York in the summer,
if only for the sartorial effect and the '
cooling Influence upon those who pre
fer other styles of headgear. Mr. Car
lisle is enjoying the best of health.
URGE HARMON'S MERITS.
Ohio Democrats Call Nation's Atten
tion to Governor's Presidential Boom.
Dayton, 0 June 23. The presiden
tial liooin of Governor Judsou Harmon,
who wns renominated at the Demo
cratic state convention, was not over
looked before the convention adjourn
ed. As there will be no state conven
tion next year at which the party's
voice can bo heard, the following reso
lution was unanimously passed:
'We invite the attention of the na
tlou to Judson Harmon and the work
he Is doing for Ohio. Two yenrs hence
It will have been completed. Then we
can spare him for larger duties. He
believes that guilt Is personal Is act
ing on that belief at home nnd would
act upon It in wider fields. A high
sense of duty provides his only motive
fur oillclal action, nnd his sense of
Justice alone compels Judgment. Firm
ness and strength mark him the man
to supplant vacillation and weakness.
The nation needs n real man, nnd t.
Ohio Democracy presents nnd Indorses
for the presidency In 1012 Judson Har
mon." JEWELS LOST.
Baroness von Schroeder Believes They
Are In the Pipes.
San Francisco, Juuo 23. Baroness
von Schroeder, daughter of tho late
pioneer Peter Donahue of this city,
who left a fortune of millions, is tear
ing out tho plumbing of her country
home, Eaglo's Nest, lu tho foothills of
the Santu Lucia mountains, in San
Luis Obispo county, in a search for
Jewels valued nt $30,000. Tho Jewels
were carelessly tossed into a wash ba
sin .by a maid and were swept Into the
pipes. Tho plumbing of the entire
houso has been dismantled without
success. It is now behoved tho Jewels
are wedged In ono of tho pipes, and
thoao ore to bo ripped open.
Cholera Epidemic.
Odessa, Juue 23. Cholera Is becom
ing epidemic in this city. There hare
been 2)0 deaths, and there aro 700
cases under treatment
TttnTcTCA
AWAIT NEXT MOVEJSLAND DROWNING
Party Leaders In Pennsyl
vania Watch Situation,
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STRIVE TO PREVENT DISCORD. '
While the Republicans Are Exerting
Themselves to Unite Organization
Democrats Hope to See Anti-Tener-Penrose
Ticket In Field.
Philadelphia, June 23. Now that tho
Republican state convention has nam
ed all of tho candidates favored by
Senator Boles Penrose and has Ignored
the Insurgent clement In the party, ex
pected developments nre being anx
iously awaited by both Republican
and Democratic leaders.
The Democrats are hoping that the
Good Citizenship league will carry out
Its threat to put Dr. Clarence Glb
boney In the field as an Independent
candidate In the expectation that this
and other complications will divide the
Republican vote in such a manner as
to make Democratic victory at the
polls an easy matter.
The Republicans nre striving to re
store harmony In their ranks so that
the full party strength will be back of
the Tener ticket at the state election.
Ilarrlsburg, Pa., June 23. In record
breaking time nnd without a hitch In
the program of the leaders, the Penn
sylvania Republican state convention
nominated a state ticket as follows;
Governor, John K. Tenor of Washing
ton county; lieutenant governor, John
M. Reynolds of Bedford; secretary of
internnl affairs, Henry Houck of Leb
anon; state treasurer, Charles F.
Wright of Susquehanna.
Henry F. Walton of Philadelphia,
former speaker of the house of repre
sentatives, was elected state chairman
to succeed the late Wesley R. An
drews. .
. A' platform was adopted Indorsing
thenatloual state administration, ap
proving the i'ayne-'Aldrlch tariff law
nnd outlining a series of state Issues
for the coining campaign.
United Slxtes Senator Boise Penrose
and his friends were In entire control
of the situation. The senator sat In
the convention ns a delegate from
Philadelphia.
Mayor William A. Mngee of Fltts
burg, who last week started an Insur
gent movement for the uomlnntlon ol
Philander C. Knox for governor of
Pennsylvania and kept up the agita
tion until Knox, announced that he
would not ho a candidate, was a docile
participant In the proceedings and had
not a word of objection to anything
that was done.
In view of the failure of the Demo
crats to put up u ticket that would at
tract Independent Republicans the can
didates nominated are considered to
be as well assured of election as could
be under the circumstances. Tener,
the nominee for governor, Is u self
made man. having started his career
as a professional baseball player with
tho Chicago National team and later
transferred his activities to the build
ing up of the "magic city of Charle
rol," where he Is today a bank presi
dent and a big man generally In busi
ness nnd in Industrial affairs. He Is
a member of congress nnd secured re
uomluntlon nt the same primaries
at which were elected the delegates
who put hlui In nomination for govern
or. Tener wns head of the order of j
Elks lu America a few years ago and i
is personally popular. Reynolds, the
nominee for lieutenant governor, Is al
so a member of congress. Until the
Bryan free sliver stir Reynolds was a
Democrat, having been a delegate to
both the Cleveland conventions nnd
having served ns assistant secretary of
iio interior during the Cleveland ad
ministration. With other good Demo
crats he flopped to McKlnley and has
been a Republican ever since.
PASS POSTAL BANK BILL.
President Taft Made Happy by Suo
cess of Administration Measures.
Wushlngtou, Juno 23. President
Tuft's postal savings bank bill passed
the senate by a voto of 44 to 25. It
will bo signed by tho prcaldout today
and will go into effect sixty days later.
This bill is tho third big legislative
cfhlcvemcnt of tho Tuft administra
tion In this session of congress, the
railroad bill nnd tho statehood bill al
ready being upon tho statute books.
President Taft Is very happy over
tho way his program is sliding through
congress. He has already got as much
or more from congress than President
Roosevelt obtained In tiny single ses
sion, aud when tho record Is completed
on Saturday tho presldeut, it is said,
vlll have to his credit ono of tho most
impressive lists of measures that any
president since the civil war has got
in equal time.
EROY ROCKWELL GOES TO
WATERY GRAVE IX LAKE
ARIEL BODY FINALLY FOUND
BY DRAG AT SUNDOWN COM
PANION FAILS TO REACH VIC
TIM'S SIDE IN TIME.
Leroy Rockwell, 14, son of Mr.
and-Mrs. Earl M. Rockwell of Lake
Ariel, was drowned In the lake
Wednesday noon. Ho went to the
island, so-called, with some com
panions to bathe. While walking
across a ledge that overhangs the
water he missed his footing and fell
In.
Young Rockwell cried out to the
other boys for help, but all except
one seemed terrorized. Newton
Quenttn, who is 15 years old, Jump
ed In and started for Rockwell.
Though a good swimmer he was too
late. Rockwell went down the third
time before Quentln got to hlra.
The hoy's parents were notified
and the neighborhood turned out.
At sundown the lad's father, as
sisted by Carl Schadt, dragged the
body out of the lake.
The drowning cast a gloom over
Lake Ariel. Young Rockwell was
a bright and likeable boy and the
community mourns with the strick
en parents.
The funeral will he held from the
house today.
JERSEY FIGHTS HIGH RATES.
Attorney General Nelson Goes Before
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Trenton, N. J., June 23. Attorney
General Edmund Wilson appeared bo
fore the Interstate commerce commis
sion today to present on behalf of
New Jersey a formal petition that the
commission exercise its powers to com
pel the railroads to suspend the pro
posed Increase lu passenger fares
scheduled to go Into effect on July 1.
His visit to Washington was under
taken at the Instance of Governor
r'Fort nnd in accordance with resolu
tions adopted at a session of the state
railroad commission directing and au
thorizing him to, present In the name
of the commission n formal protest
against the raising of rates pending a
full Investigation to determine wheth
er or not they are reasonable and le
gal. In the case of the Erie railroad
Attorney General Wilson thinks there
Is a iKJSslblllty that tho rate question
may be reached In a different wuy.
and he Is considering the practicabil
ity of filing nil information In the
court of chancery ngnlnst the com
pany praying for nn Injunction re
straining It from putting the proposed
Increase into effect.
Governor Fort has promised to co
operate with the attorney general In
every wuy and to tiny from the emer
gency fund nt his disposal whatever
expense may be Involved lu tho em-,
ploynient of experts or otherwise upon
the theory that thr state rather than
Individuals and municipalities should
bear the burden of all necessary llti
entlou. 0LBPIELD BREAKS RECORD.
Automobilist Goes Two Miles Over
Circular Track In 1:40.
St. Paul. Minn., June 23. Barney
Oldtluld, driving his 200 horsepower
machine, set a new record for two
miles on a circular track, negotiating
the distance In 1:40 fiat: The record
was niado on the I In ml! n state fnlr
mile truck between St. Paul and Min
neapolis. Oldlleld's time for the first
mile was 4114-5, boating De Pnlmas'
record by one second. Oldlleld's previ
ous record for two miles on a circular
truck was 1:44 4-5, made at Los An
geles. Ben Kercher, driving a 100 horse
power racer, hi which he won the Van
derbllt cut), also set n world's record
today In a three mile race agnlnst
time, driving the distance In 2:301-5;
former record, 2:3S4-5.
ACTRESS A SUICIDE.
Lila M. Burns Kills Herself In Den
ver. Denver, Juuo 23. Locking herself In
a room, Lila M. Burns, nineteen years
old, formerly an uctress, of New York
city placed a 32 caliber revolver to her
head and blew out her brains. No
kuown reason could be learned for th
uirl's act.
Runclmsn and Henley.
It is related that shortly after Ruucl
man, the well known writer on sea
farers and smugglers and poachers,
had bitterly fallen out with W. E. Hen
ley ho lay dying in Loudon. To lien
ley In Edluburgh, lnmo and 111, came
an indirect message that Ruuclman
belloved that if Henley would come
and look on him ho would get well.
It wus a dying man's whimsy, but
Henley took tho trulu from Edinburgh
and arrived in London to una ma
friend dead.