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    PAGE SIX
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1912.
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Women's Column
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PADS THAT HA VIS "CAUGHT ON"
Approbation of Fashion Secured by a
Number of Striking Innovations.
Waists of real lace, notably those
In Veniso and Irish, are much seen,
and Irish laco coata nro being reviv
ed. Long handbags of theso mater
ials are much in evidence, being
Bwung from long cords and carried
with lingerio dresses.
Nenrly all of the latest lingerie
dresses aro of pure white. That is,
they show practically no colored em
broidery. Tho color is usually added
in tho garniture of girdle, sash,
tunic, coat or princess slip.
Cotton ratine is having a great
popularity for misses' suits, with
crystal or ball ivory buttons for trim
ming. It is one of tho now tube ma
terials In demand for Bhirtwalsts.
Laco trimmed and laco covered
parasols aro nmong tho spring and
summer novelties. Laco covered
fans aro also having a reign of popu
larity. Thero is a new red srade, known
as "primrose red." It originated in
Paris, and seems to bo a combination
of wine, fralso, grosiollo and cerise
shades. It Is claimed that the com
bined tints aro more artistic than a
distinct color.
Uso of lllnck Hibbon.
Black ribbon Jewelry is tho strik
ing contribution to smartness made
now by tho designers of fashionable
gowgaws. The ribbon chosen is of
tho watered or moire kind, and In
all cases is allied to precious stones.
A watch for tho wrist is a fas
cinating trifle. Tho band is compos
ed of ribbon, and tho watch is
mounted in platinum set with dia
monds, the combination of black and
whlto making a very striking orna
ment for tho wrist. Such a wrist
rwatch is not heavy to wear nor over
whelming in appearance; indeed,
quite the reverse.
Us of Hrluht Colors.
Though gray is again to bo in
great favor, yet there are to be some
lovely bright colors seen in dress this
season, and our modistes are unlike
ly to forget that tho success of all
such bright colors lies in the mod
eration with which they are used.
At a sensational dress show last
week the draped skirt and the bunch
ed pannier were features of many of
tho models, and the modified color
touch proved once more how telling
it is. For instance, a fawn colored,
embroidered tussore coat and skirt
had a Chinese red collar, which gave
it a cachet. From this exhibition wo
learned that black patent leather is
again in favor for belts, and that
oriental embroidery is in greater de
mand than over.
Fashion Notes.
Brown, which is not usually class
ed as smart, is much worn this sea
son. One sees brown chiffon coats
and overdresses, veils, hats and
plumes. A new shade with a pur
plish tinge to it Is especially effective
and becoming.
Tho pannier has met with an en
couraging reception. Tho panniers
aro not bunched upon tho hips, as of
old, but tho traperles descend to the
hem of tho gown, whero they aro
caught up with a handsome orna
ment of somo variety.
Very popular for motor wear is tho
veiling of shadow chiffon. This veil
ing comes In biscuit, cerise, golden
brown, gray, a pretty shado of laven
der and green. A faint thread of
black runs through tho chiffon, mak
ing tho veiling peculiarly becoming.
Belts, which play an important
part in tho summer wardrobe, are
seen in stunning combinations of
both material and color. Ono of
black kid, studden here and there
with gilt nail heads, has shaped
pieces of soft red kid run through
eyelets. The square buckle of black
kid Is perfectly plain.
To be absolutely In touch with tho
present season's fashion tendencies,
ono must bo more than careful to
avoid too great severity In one's
frocks and afternoon gowns, or even
in one's tailored suits. Touches of
hand embroidery, braid trimmings,
hand-bound scallops, hand-embroidery
yokes and revers of real lace
all of theso are among tho good feat
ures of tho modes of today.
For evening dress tho very tight
long sleeve, with a square decollet
age, predicted somo time ago, has
made its appearance.
For tho decoration of tho garden
party or country hat, wreaths of
liowers, berries, or fruit aro now
moro often applied round the edgo of
the brim, than as heretofore about
tho crown. Ono charming example In
natural color straw was trimmed
with little black and red cherries
with foliage, a black ribbon velvet
passing round and over tho crown.
tho strings knotted loosely under tho
cum.
Nearly every gown of tho lingerie
description Is trimmed with ribbon,
but tho ribbon In a'most every in
stance Is threaded through tho
foundation, and only appears as a
kind of shadow, gleaming through
tho interstices of tho laco or em
broidery. Tho color is usually re
peated in tho caso of tho walstbolt.
and a pretty fashion is that of lin
ing tho sash ends of tho latter with
another color, tho palest shell-nlnk
being chosen In tho majority of
cases.
A now hatpin 1b in Ivory, tinted to
look like a roso, sometimes pink,
sometimes yellow, sometlmos deep
red.
Ostrich feather bows aro worn in
Taris with white satin gowns.
Bands of sablo trim white inous
Eollno do solo dresses.
Now styles in middy dresses aro
shown Tor littlo girls.
Somo of tho newest hair oma
ments aro of marabout.
Tho ono-nlcco dresses buttoned
all tho way dawn aro as popular as
ever.
Crazy In Moderation.
Wife If I woro to dlo. Phil, what
would you do? Phil I'd bo almost
crazy, wire would you marry
agam? i'uii No: I wouldn't bo
that crazy.
New York's
Murder
Was Herman Rosenthal,
Gambler, Slain by the
"System?"
ay JAMES A. EDCEtlTON.
IT takes a big thing to bo talked
nbout for moro than 0110 day lu
New York. By Uila token tho Ro
senthal cnno 1h a very big tiling,
for tho Gothnmltcs luivc been talking
of it for porno weeks now and bccui
more interested than ever.
Tho metropolis has not been eo stir
red by the murder itself, although that
was sufficiently sensational, but by tho
evident conspiracy behind it. In a
word, the chargo heard from every lip
is that Rosenthal was killed bocautx)
he wna nbout to expose tho corrupt al
liance between tho gamblers and tho
police. Clrcumstnntlal ovldouco of po
llco graft will nlways start New York
to seething, and It haa certainly been
busy in tho seething lino during these
hot weeks. Tho papcra havo had mul
tiplied columns and first pago scroam
heads every day, tho mayor and police
commissioner havo been writing let
ters and Gotham has been humming
with tho matter nil the "way from tho
underworld to Fifth avenue and from
Connecticut to Jersey.
The publicity of tho caps is stirring
other cities. Stories of pollco graft are
heard in Chicago nnd Philadelphia. It
is not impossible that the Bhooting of
this gambler may start a wave of in
vestigation tliat will not only sweep
over New York, but will reach other
American cities. In this aspect it Is of
vital importance to tno cutiro nation.
Tho story of the crime itself is now
ancient history and needs but a brief
reforence hero. At about 2 o'clock on
the morning of July 1C, Herman Ito
sonthal, a New York gambling house
proprietor, was sliot to death In front
of tho Hotel Metropole. Rosenthal had
been dining In the hotel, -which was
filled with peoplo.
On the Great White Way.
The Mctropolo is situated on Forty
third street Just n step from Broadway
and in tho very heart of the city. This
is the famous Times square section at
the upper end of the Great White
Way. Within a block are tho Hotel
Astor, tho Knickerbocker and other ho
tels, lobster palaces nnd famous thea
ters. Even at 2 o'clock in tho morning
tills section Is as light as day nnd the
streets arc still alive with automobiles
and people. There were said to bo
fifty persons within sight of tho shoot
lug when It occurred, and several hun
dred gathered a few moments later.
Seven pollcomen havo posts within a
block. The shooting was done by four
men, who ran to a gray automobile
standing across tho street and by It
were whisked nwny. A plain clothes
man eating n few tabloa from Rosen
thal heard tho sliootlng, ran out and,
Jumping into a taxicnb, tried to catch
tho fleeing motor, but soon lost the
trail. None of the pollco got tho cor
rect number of tho gray car, but one
private citizen did get It, and he was
arrested for his pains.
The events preceding and following
the nrrcst were equnlly significant
Rosenthal had boon in consultation
with Charles & Whitman, district at
torney of New York county, and had
given Information both to him and to
tho press concerning police protection
for gamblers. The day following his
murder lie was to havo furnlBhed Mr.
Whitman tho namoa of many of thoso
paying for such protection. Rosenthal
assorted that LleutennntCharles Beck
er, bond of tho "strong arm squad,"
to whom had tecn Intrusted tho raid
ing of gambling eotablishmcntR, bad
advanced him money, had boon his
partner in tho gambling business and
had received a certain percentago of
tho profits.
Despite the fact that Ikj had paid for
IKtlico protection, Rosenthal complain
ed that his plnco had locn raided by
Becker and tliat a policeman had boon
posted In his hooao for months, al
though tlw usual procedure was to
wltiulraw tlw "coo in nbout twenty
four liours after n raid. This determin
ed tho gnmblcr to fight or, In tho lan
guage of the fratcnUty, to "squeal."
Whitman on the Job.
Following tho murder of Rosenthal,
the pollco boo rood strangely inactlvo
in making arrests. When a citizen, as
ulready stated, reported tho correct
number of tho gray car tho owner
nnd drivor woro apprehended. From
them were learned tho names of thoso
who did tho Bhooting, yet, with ono
exception, Uiceo men remained at
largo for wooks. Jock Roso, who had
hired tho car; "Bridgey" Webber; a
gambler in wltow lionso tho gang had
met prior to tho murder, nnd Frauk
Vallon, or Vallnsky, a go-between,
voluntarily gnvo themselves up. "Da
go Frank," ono of thoso alleged to
havo dono tho shooting, was found in
u flat stupefied by opium. Jacob A.
Reich, who Is known as Jack Sullivan,
tho "king of tho nowBboys," was iden
tified as ono of thoso at tho sccno of
tho critno ami wob arrested.
Roso confessed, implicating Lieuten
ant Becker as tho actual instigator of
tho assassination, and Docker was ar
rested while still In his pollco uni
form. Rose's confession was corrobo
rated by Wobbor and Vallon. Tims
matters stood moro than two weeks
after tho shooting.
Many of tho arrests were mado by
District Attorney Whitman and his
Gre&i
Scandal
Probe May Show Alliance
Between Police and
Outlaws.
small corps of detectives, nnd nil of
tho confessions were obtained by him.
Whitman was the man on tho Job.
Not only has ho mado practicnlly all
of tho progress that has been mado
in unraveling tho conspiracy and ap
prehending thoso guilty, but now is In
n fair way to find the "men higher up"
nnd to bring about an exposure that
has not been equaled since tho dnys of
the Iexow Investigation. Yet, despite
nil that ho has accomplished and is in
a fair way to accomplish, he has boon
assailed while on thin case, nnd that
by no less parsonages than Mnyor Gay
nor nnd Police Commissioner Waldo.
Graft of Millions.
Jack Rose did more than to impli
cate a police lieutenant in the murder
of Rosenthal. He also told In doixll
of tlie collections made by the iwllee
from the gamblers and other law
breakers. Ho said that ho had acted
ns Becker's collector and therefore was
familiar with conditions. He gave It
ns his opinion that 2,-100,000 was col
lected yearly by tho pollco from Il
legal resorts. Others claiming to bo
Photos of murder cur and Waldo by American Press Association.
1. THE MURDER CAR. 2. FOLICE LIEUTENAKH.' CnARLES BECICER.
3. HERMAN ROSENTHAL. 4. POLICE COMMISSIONER WALDO.
familiar with conditions are now say
ing that this Is n consorvntivo estl
mato; that indeed It is but a drop in
tho bucket compared to tho total po
llco graft These sny that Rose knows
nothing of conditions in certain parts
of Manhattan Island.
General Theodore A. Bingham, for
mer police commissioner, onco stated
In a magazine artlclo that tho pollco
graft In Greater New York amounted
annually to tho enormous sum of $100,
000,000 and added that this was under
rather than over tho truo amount
Others on tho inside aro said to have
laughed when they heard that Roso
placed tho figure at $2,400,000.
Tho underworld of Now York evi
dently has sonvo news to tell that part
of tlw inhabitants living in the sun
shino. Probably all of It will never be
told, but even these few little hints
havo given tho big town such a Jolt ns
it has not received In years.
Now for tho other sldo of the story,
for there is another side, although It Is
not being bilked of much in the news
papers. Whatever wo may believe of
tho truth of any given situation, It is
only fair that everybody bo given a
heariug. Pollco Commissioner Waldo
does not bcliovo thero Is any grafting,
at least none on a largo scala. Ho lias
gone Into rather elaborate details to
provo that protection money would do
nobody any good oven if paid. Ills ar
gument in brief is that ho has several
squads raiding tho gambling houses
and that theso work Independently of
each otlicr, tho head of ono squad
knowing nothing of tho activities of
tho others; therefore money paid to ono
man would bo no protection against tho
other raiding squads.
The "System."
So far as I know, nobody questions
Rhlnelander Waldo's honesty or his
word. The only thing tliat is ques
tioned is his knowledge of actual con
ditions under him. It Is a popular mot
to among tho New York pollco that
"commissioners como and commission
ers go, but tho 'system' goes on for
ever." That is tho Gotham namo for it
tho "svstcin." It wns tho "system" In
LexowB day, and it is tho "system"
now. Tho knowing ones nllego that it
is essentially tho same "system" now
ns then. A few littlo angles havo been
knocked off, but tho body remains.
Yet Mr. Waldo's statement is
worthy of respectful consideration nnd
nt least in part is borno out by known
facta. For example, It Is truo that
thorn nro different raiders working In
dependently of each other. Thero Is
also n peculiar confirmation lu Rosen
thal's own story. If It is truo that ho
was paying Becker, why did Becker
raid his place, nnd why was n iwllco
man kept In the houw for months,
contrary to custom? The wols-wnliclm-crs
say that Becker's raid of Rosen
thal's place was a fake, but that tho
placing of the "cop" on the promises
was not. This was tho work of Waldo,
or, rather, of Mayor Gaynor. Tho story
haR been published In several of tho
newspapers that when Gaynor nnd
Magistrate Corrlgan had their row a
year or more ago over Corrlgan's al
legation of n "wide open town" and
graft conditions Gaynor got tho Idea
tliat Rosenthal had Informed Corrlgan;
therefore Rosenthal's plnco must bo
closed. Some of the mayor's feeling
ngalnst the dead gambler was display
ed in recent letters, in which ho descrll
cd Rosenthal In nnythlng but compli
mentary terms nnd expressed his sur
prise nud grief that Lieutenant Beck
er should have dined with such a man.
Are There Only a Few Crooks?
Tho Waldo statement throws somo
light on this whole Rosenthal nffair,
for if the gambler did pay for protec
tion which ho did not recclvo the ex
istence of the independent raiding
squads would explain why he did not
recclvo It. This would make It ap
pear that If thero was graft omong
tho police it was confined to a few in
dividuals and did not affect the activ
ities of tho force generally.
Thero is nothing lu the confession
of Rose that would disprove this theo-
ry, for his dealings were nil with
Bockor. Even if Becker divided with
men "higher up," as Roso alleges, this
still might be true without affoctlng
tho force generally, for nmong 10,000
men thero may bo a number of crooks
and yet tho vast majority romain hon
est On behalf of our faith in human
nature let us believe that this or some
thing like it is tho truo explanation.
Waldo Is not nlono In nsscrting tho
absence of graft among tho police.
Many other high officials of tho de
partment have mado similar state
ments. It Is hardly possible that graft
could exist wltlwut these men having
Bomo inkling of the fact that Is, un
less it was confined to a few crooks
who covered their tracks. Mayor Gay
nor has also expressed his faith in tho
honesty of tho pollco, whilo ripping it
into tho newspapers and most every
body clso. So If Gaynor, Waldo and
high pollco officials havo faith in them
selves nnd in each otlicr why should
wo not have faith in them also?
Yet against nil this pleasant opti
mism stands tho ono grim fact that
Herman Rosenthal, gambler, was shot
down at the Hotel Metropole only a
few hours before ho was to glvo cvl
denco against police graft And now,
ns ever, one fact is worth a thousand
theories.
WOULD LIMIT APPEALS.
Wlckersfiam Advises Congress Regard
ing Commerce Matters.
Attorney General Wickersham has
advised congress that ho does not ap
prove uny proposition to giro shippers
a blanket right of appeal to tho corn
merco court from nil so cnlled negntlvo
rulings of tho interstate commerce com
mission, no favors appeals only from
such decisions ns involvo questions of
law.
Mr. Wickersham make It plain that
shippers should not bo permitted to
appeal on questions of fact as to tho
reasonableness of their requests for re
ductions in rates in cases whero tho
commission denies tho relief. Tho ap
peal should Ho only when tho commis
sion refuses to decrenso n tariff be
cnuso of its supposed want of Juris
diction. Tho luwful power of tho in
terstate commerco commission to act
in tho premises should, tho attorney
general says, bo determined by a court
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