TAMMANYISM

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 107, 1 November 1913, Page 5

TAMMANYISM

— ♦ FIGHT FOR LIFE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE "BOSS" INSTIGATED BY MR. SULZER'S FRIEND. (By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright.) (Received November 1, 11.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, 31sfc October. Mr. John Hennessy, a friend of exGovernor Sulzer, has instigated proceedings against "Boss" Murphy with the object of bringing to light corruption and the methods Tammany utilises against those in disfavour. Mr. Hennessy gave a. list containing fifty names to th« District Attorney, who promises a thorough investigation. [Mr. Hennessy recently explained to a crowded meeting in New York that Mr. Sulzei 1 while Governor resisted every attempt at bribery. This proved distasteful to Tammany, which thereby lost some power. Mr. Hennessy said he did not believe, that Mr. Glynn, who has been appointed Governor, would be more pliant. He had no doubt Tammany would also find some reason for his (Mr. Glynn's) removal. Mp. Sulzer had never been Governor of New York State except nominally. Sulzer took the orders given him until he was unable to stand " Boss " Murphy's- exactions any longer ; then he rebelled, because his conscience reasserted itself.] MAYORAL ELECTION. INVECTIVE AND PERSONALITIES. (Times— Sydney Sun Special Cables.) NEW YORK, 31st October. The Mayoral election to fill the vacancy created by the death of Mr. Gaynor ia the fiercest in the city's history. The invectives and personalities employed constitute a record, and Tammany is fighting for its very existence. WRECKED FRENCH BATTLESHIP ♦ WHAT WAS FOUND ON BOARD. (By Telegraph.— Press Association. — Copyright.) (Received November 1, 11 a.m.) PARIS, 31st October. 'A Genoese firm at Marseilles engaged in demolishing the remains of the wrecked battleship Jena, found in the hold unburned coal worth £640 and several guns in perfect condition ; also a quantity of shells. ,■ [On 12th March, 1907, the battleship Jena was lying in dock at Toulon, when an explosion occurred, 114 lives being lost.] » VARIOUS CABLES (By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright.) A DUKE'S DEER LAND. " LONDON, 31st October. The newspaper Scotsman says that developments in connection with the Duke of Sutherland's offer to sell to the Government at £2 an acre 400,000 acres of deer land in Sutherlandshire are awaited with interest. The cry for land in Sutherlandshire is incessant. Experts declare that the Sutherland deer country is not fertile, and would not prove remunerative under any system of cultivation. LONDON, 31st October. Oameron of Lochiel is willing to sell his deal* forest. He declines the responsibility of recommending deer forest land aB a good investment for the insurance funds. COMMUTATION OF DEATH SENTENCE. SYDNEY, 31st October. The sentence of death which was passed upon Ernest Alfred Bradley, convicted of the murder of Mary Jane Greentree, with whom he had been living for four years near Cobar, has been commuted to imprisonment for life. [Bradley pleaded that the woman shot herself because a constable's remarks about her children had preyed on her mind,] NEW SOUTH WALES REVENUE. SYDNEY, 31st October. The New South Wales State revenue for the last four months increased by £534,405, compared with the same period of last year. COLONEL ROBIN. LONDON, 31st October. The officers of King Edward's Horse banqueted Colonel A. W. Robin, C.M.G., on the eve of his return to New Zealand, and paid a tribute to his efforts to secure the New Zealand Government's recognition of the regiment as an important link of the Empire. STRIKE OF ENGLISH TEACHERS. LONDON, 31st October. One ( hundred school teachers in Herefordshire have struck for higher pay, and tendered their resignations. LORD ADVOCATE FOR SCOTLAND. LONDON, 31st October. Mr. Robert Munro, K.C., Liberal member for Wick Burghs, and Advocate Depute, has been appointed Lord Advocate for Scotland in succession to the Right Hon. Alexander Ure, elevated to the Scottish Bench. A by-election for Wicks Burghs will be necessary. [Mr. Munro has been Liberal member for Wick Burghs' since, January, 1910. He was born in 1868, and educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and Edinburgh University. Called to theBar in 1895, he was appointed Advo-cate-Depute in 1908.] ' NEW COMET 1 . SYDNEY, This Day. The Observatory has received a cable message from Kiel announcing the discovery of a new comet, Westphal. It may prove to be the same as the third coniet of 1900. At 9 o'clock last night its position was right ascension 19 hours 18 minutes 40 seconds, and declination 11 degrees 39 minutes south. MAWSON EXPEDITION. MELBOURNE, This Day. The Antarctic ship Aurora sails on the Bth inst. for Hobart, whence she sails on the 15th for the Macquaries to relieve Dr. Mawson. NOBEL PRIZE FOR SCIENCE. BERLIN, 31st October. Professor Charles Richet, president of the Society of International Arbitration, has been awivrded the Nobel Prize for science. [Professor Richet was born in 1850, and educated at the Lycee Bonaparte. In 1905 he was president of the Society for Physical Researches of London. His writings are numerous.]