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AMERICANS HELD IIP BY HA FOR MONEY TO CARRY ON WAR Evening World Wins Fight for Cheaper Taxicabs W VMIKII I nsrttled Tn-Mahl and Saturday. Hl:tlHKII-lnPIIIH ln-Mahl and s.tard.y. IrlNAt I I EDITION I PRICE ONE CENT. i iini i nn nT nrn mm i nibn mm mum l FIXING TAXI RATES IS LEGAL; PRIVATE STANDS ABOLISHED The Appellate Court Sustains Justice Seabury's Decision, Ends Hotel Stand Tribute and Gives Strict Regulations. The Evening World'l fight for tion of the private hack stand privileges unc Willi t.i-.liv w lir-n Ittt Aiwltote handed down a practically unanimous opinion sustaining in toto the deci sion of Justice Samuel Seabury that the ordinance passed by the Board of Aldermen was legal and valid. i il. MdnlUd ,.f p,i 1,,'lnir vl'ifi 111 lite IIMUd u, ituuus . w a ..... ou..., ...v Division was unanimous with the exception of Justice Scott, who wrote a dissenting opinion. In the matter of abolishng prvate hack stands, Presiding Justice ingraham and Justice Scott wrote dissenting opinions. All the other Justices concurred in the remarkably lucid decision handed down bv Jusii-e Seabi ry, who declared the ordinance for which .The , u .. . evening WOrlO lOUgni so iumj mi icmiii ui mature uciiucuiuuti, careful investigation and was warranted in all its premises. Under this decision the tax'.cao trusts and the hotel may tPPl the Court pa Jipi'r ii". uut . -1 . .1. ..... it v iKe V other i entraining order will be per niltted them. The Mayors Ilureau of Licenses, under to-day's sweeping vic tory, Is empowered Immediately to begin tlM enforcement of the ordinance and to compel the Immediate llceniltif ot i every taxi lb driver :n New Voik. REDUCES RATE AND ABOLISHES PRIVATE HACKSTANDS. The tax 1 1 kb ordinance, upheld by Jus tice Beabur) and Iha Appellate Division, n demanded i Tho Bvonlni World utter a thorough Investigation ol the situation. Under its provisions, taalcab ilea were reduced to iti osms iui it "drop" "f the Bag- one nail mile nd to SO cents a mile. With a gfsdU- ly Increasing i .la for three or more people. The ton . rate, as maintained by tho Taalcab Trust, called for N c.-nta lor lbs first ball milt) or M cents, a mile. Tin ordlnanct also abolished the ne farious private hackstand privilege, by I h.u the Taxicab Trust through the payments ol huge sums to hotel, Clubs, and restaurants, were able to procure a : eomplsts monopoly of the city's streets and drive Independent laxleab owners from bualneaa, By means ,.f Hi. private hackstand privileges only truat oaba were permit ted to pick up puasengert l" front jgt botela ind rostauranta, For this prr?l i.ge the Taxicab Trusts pall Immense sum tu lh hotel and rt stuui .mis. In j some case as much a VMM t year. The court examlnatl th iks of, the Taxicab Trual howd that half niiiiioii dollar a year was being paui by the trut to procure thl Illegal mon opoly on the city' street. Thl lui"-;e ,1111, of course, cajn I row me poc ,: f th. riding public by means ot Illegally Increaai I rates. JUSTICE SAID PRIVATE STANDS WESE ILLEGAL. Under th decision ol J U tics Heabury. sustained to-day, these moiiopollttit sturi of the city's street ale de- luie.l IIU--:. . and ui.l.-;.. in inn lax. cos IV ,j - it. .--, ui elteoiual in. ans ot lagging li i IHgl monopoly. ha i.i .in in. . siistumon in-uny wat naased bj Hie Board ol Aldermen oily alter T;i.- A "Ms expos of Ihu ulll- inst existing between certain Alderman and tlw i'1"'. Taxicab Company, the iContln ed on Ninth Page.) Await Word to Act UVhlli j fleet ot Amtrican DsttltllllpS I a.cait ord.-.s Ifom Utiwle sun iu enlurce1 I'eice in MrtiCOi rilULSANOi UF WUKLLi h BAD tHs Wilt) HAVE POSITIONS, SIKVlCLs, HOMES, INhii MENTS, BARGAINS, K)"ND ARTICLES, ETC., TO OFFER, AWAIT WORD THROUQH WORLD ads ro HIRB, work, Hr'NT, INVEST BUY, SltLL, ETC. ON A MUTUAL BENtFIT BASIS. Therefore, for srvvdy ictlotl Jn3 proIt, ADVERTISE IN NEXT SUNDAY'S .WORLD! t'oorrlsht. 11(1.1. br . (Thl Now AW reduced taxicab rates and for the aboli granted to the taxicab monopolies Division of the Supreme Court rnt,c r fi.r cum th ArmMlTtf WHAT YOU WILL PAY FOR RIDE IN TAXICAB UNDER NEW LAW. Tim former taxicab rates called for 30 cents for the llrat balf-mile for anv number of paasi-ngers, with I rate of V cents a mile. The new late, effective under the court decision t .-.lay, is as follows: Kin- motor vehicle (except for slsht- iselng cars), Pof not mora than 'n persons: l or the first half mile or fraction thereof y) eent For joh suoceedlng one quxrter milt It eenti rhe rale, therefore, for one mile. Is on cents POH TrUlBU ou nu n PAiMBX DURB; l-'or the flrat half-mile or fraction thereof 40 .-,.nts for each luoeeedlnt onslxtb of a mile or fra tion jo rent-. pint HORBK-DHAAVM VBHI oust. Tor cabs: for each half-mile or frac tion thereof bo cents i.'.ir taoh suoceedlng half. mil.- or fraotlon Ihereof... X cents POIi COACH I IS: l-'.ir th.- first mile or frac tion thereof 7 vents For each succeeding half mile or fraction thereof . 3D cents Calculate waiting time nt 10 cent! 'or each four m. notes. THREE PASSENGERS HURT IN GAR CRASH Collision at Crossing in Brooklyn Also Splinters Many Windows. A St .Imhn's place car of thn B. R, T of the new centre door heavy type smashed Into the rear pl.ttform ot a Sl- leenth avenue ear at Atlantic .mil Van- derbllt avenues. Brooklyn, early to-day Both CXr w.-re heavily loaded Th heavy ear was crossing Vxii lerblli ava. ' nu and oould ii t b.- itoppod by Motor- m m John ngany in time I avoid an ibllqU OOlllslon wit h the lighter cur. i The n-iir platform of tin. sixteenth1 avenue oar was de-no. ished. im,, pa.-, senger, John Bldrldge .,r $a w.i Vaader- i!t aven. i... was taken to the Rwadlati Hntpltal with a broken am. Tv oth- .rs, Nathan I'ohi-n of No. is; Sixteenth ' nvenu ami Edward Murray of xu. m Sixteenth tvenot, had th ruu anJi brulae ainiut the head ami t.jiy patched tip by the ambulance surgeon ami wen.' abl t" go to tihelr homes. Rum of the Window of the St. .Iohn'81 pla.-e car were broken, but nunc of Uie , uwei ttr Injured. ilNTSPlXI VMM nrilMKKV Ualiosti, ut.siUisr. stlidtr i k.iJss K4lm. A.'. Lui .. lit N V Mil, FOR RACING SEE PAQI 22. " Circulation Books Open to All." Th. Press faMlshlng York World. E KILLS WEDDED BLISS JOR TWO Breakfast in He J and Highballs Not to Quaint Husband's Liking. LIVED IN WALK-UP FLAT. She Thinks That Dreadful, and She Used to Elevators! In Divorce Court Now. Winsome (Iraee rhilllps celebrated her twcnty-tlrst birthday on Oct 30, Which alao was the anniversary of her wadding, which took place two years ago. lnil I, she wan u young bride. I but for accomplishments In the art of laving . wife-s iife according to th moat modern dlctatea, her husband, Andrew, aaya she Is a prl-; winner. Some of her modern rules for a nappy wire' existent, according to h'r BU,bnd, anJ "rhloh say, she didn't hastate to carrv uut. war: Eat breakfast in bed. If yov can't eat It In bed get up and eat In your robes de nult. Never go near the stove or the pantry. Head novels In bed all day. Hrlnk four or five highballs In quick sui-i'easion m the morning. When ther arc no books to read spend the spars time primping, (if course Andrew wouldn't say all I Hose thiiik'H precisely about M pretty '.rib. althouKh Bile lias aued him for a Separation and he In reply sues her for i H divorce, mentioning all his Utile ob- ) J action to her end adding t r: itt before she WaS wadded to Mm she was too friendly with one Harold O, lluyden of ! No. 'Jim We-t One Hundred and Forty third strut. An. I the Unit Indent ettt of all, she i answers, was he- huaban I' .'mute that she ilrnnk liquor to fis. w hen all her 1 friends and her husband's friends knew 'that she dMn'l drink at '11 And to prove ahe doegn't, she aaya that she took i the plidne before she married and only ,roke It once, and that VII when ahe took a drink with her liusband at their wed ling! Mrs. Phillip strenuously objects to i some of the antl-niodorn ideas her hus band has. u, for Instance, when he I told her to g.-t a ObMP walk-up apart I ment on West one Hundred and Pifty- I fourth street and ahe hud been ac- i customed to t.tVatOf. After aim hud j nioved In he walked out and never am back except ..nee. .tith he explains J this return trip by saying: received a phone call that my vef was dying." Andre B PftttJT well off, the wife says, and sp.oide the summer In his little motor boat .MimeoKu, which he quarters at the Cobweb Yacht oiub at the font of One Hundred and Kifty. third strevt, Hudson Itiver. In aplte of the husband' objections Supreme Court Justice C 00111 to-day ordered Andrew to pay his wife tSi u week alimony and to aettle with her attorneys. NO CONGRESS ADJOURNMENT. Bairn lonalM w in Merge w in, the Hrllllar on lire. I. WAXHIMaTON. He,-. 21 -The Democratic. Steering Committee to-daj decided that th sgtr session of t'on- grss will not adjourn, but the praatnl aeasion will run into the regular session beginning Doe l 'fin gteering Oommlt. ti .lis" 'I'1 "I' d that a I i.onooratlc cur- renoy cauoU will not be held Immediate- ly and that the general ourrenoy debate sli ill open in tne nwnate next .Monday. The Hu in loader win stand by t S nate pi'.iir..m:ne. I bin means lb i i thai there .-an - no i . . hu n t , i-en .viiiHtriK tively -and no fight over the muoh i It qusetion of mileage. This was aK-.-.-i upon lonlay by the leader ""' tnltttlon ol a problem tiiat threat- ci.od to be coral a tMiih'le. " $12 Men's 0'coats & Suits, $5.95 The "MVV i n. liners. Broadway, eor liar. lay Sir. AS TO II HOUSE, will 1 to-lay and Raturday, 1,(00 Men' Winter I gull and nver. oath, Mack thibet, fanoy i grays. ului i-e. i stlluvs, nrowns and itur mixed w irsteds, ail sines, ,u t,, worth II I hi "bv oilier More, our Mtoia .Vl:' .r," rXl-.iKi 53WMWftri ewntr Barclay Str.-Adr' i MODERN W NEW YORK, FRIDAY, Mrs. Hetty Green Photographed At Home on Her 78th Birthday Hfl IPHyhtfk tl (Bl?fi H Wmm Sal Kli v asssi has'WaamP' WaV tV . aaaEdH aVHB-f?-' JlRll aa ' afl C''SWail K!9IbW j B - , 1HOMP50N . . t 1iiiaTi i:....r.i f ..Jut v Mx"J rs"H ri '? TALK 4,000 MILES IS GERMAN CLAIM Admiral in Kaiser's Navy Says Message F'assed Between Hanover and New Jersey. HRKMN, Nov. 21 The triinsmlSHlon of a wireless telephonic communication over a distance of nearly four thousand miles, from Neustadt-am-ltiicbcnhcrge In Hanover, to Now Jersey, whs gcoom. pllshed on Oct. 27 by n Herman wlrele- e ompany, according to hear-Adnili 1 1 fleors AusoHt Kmsmann In a report to day to the Uerman nipouildlng Re ciety. The RMMMt w;l" sent and pgotlvad In the mMdjlt 'f the afternoon 111 tp( of the daytime being most UnfaVOrabli fr wlrelee ooauminloatlon Th two Kill tn.IlH al e over llgtH hundred feet Mich. Bnrller attempt had provad thai clearly llttd tone- were audible and finally a spoken message Wag trans mitted and distinctly rtctlvtdj, Bmperor William and Prlnoe Henry of Prussia have taken a great I orsonal interest in tin. experiment. Ilerr llr.sliw, director of a rival wire less company, at the same meeting de scribed the 'lerman wireless net. Hun. dred of wlr. l.ss despatches were pass ing daily h.- said from Nauen to Ray .ilk. Lj I.. Rnd to Tofloland, Weal Africa L'onnectloni betweur Togoland nut uerman souinwesi Ain.-a am to i eel next year and with Kaat Africa ln im hU communication between BY WIRELESS PHONE " NOVEMBER 21, ? WILSON CUTS OUT MEW YEAR'S LEVEE AT WHITE HOUSE President Smashes Century ( )ld Precedent hy Dropping Public Reception. WAIHrNOTON, Nov. .'1 President tWllSOn hhattere.1 a prtctdnl of more than one hundred years' standing to lay He anno in el that there would lie no public rocoptlon at the Willi KOUSS on New Year's Hay Kor man ems It has been customary for the restdent It stand In the lllue Room from I to Ave hours and shake hand HI, all w ho coins along I bis l" not tie done this year. Instead 'be President will go aws- from Washington for 11 ' brief holi. la , , ktlOft" and w.ll not be In the While HOUM "n New Year's Hay. i ,, ia and New (iulnea would be estate .in-1 in April next In til' course ui ine Discussion Heir ",,1..w said the prophecy mads hy Admiral l-.-nsMianii lii it wireless te... phony would tupplsnl Wlrelee teleg raphy would not i. iKirn. out, s teig raphy would alwayi possess practloal advantagi s. STEAMSHIPS 0UF. TO-DAY. ggl-nti Palermo . . . 0 A. at Maracalbu, La Ouayra 10 A. M Ancoa, Crlst'tial HA H Mbaroiia, 9ftf4tg ir,H, Circulation llooks Open to 1913. 28 PAGES M'GUIRE ADMITS HE ASKED BARBER Told Warner-Quintan Repre sentative Ho Could Get state Work for S ..(too. IXiDCiliS MANY QU!IRIKS. Denies Having Atleiuled Con ference Willi Sutzer at Which Asphalt Was Disaissed. rieorge H MeChrtrt of Ryracuas m aanln a Witness this afternoon nt the John Hoe Irnislry Into up-stute graft that Is being conducted hy Chief Mgg si rate McAdoo. UoGuJr had beui called before the (Irand Jury earlier1 In the day and It was reported he had told that body about a conference in Oooptrttewn which was attended by Mr. Hulser ind siui.. Highway Commissioner Carlisle and at which Ibe subject of the use of asphalt In state roads was ills nssed This rontermoe . alleged to havo been held on July 2f, and It Is a mil ter of rscord that on July orders were eent nut that all asphslt sps.-l-nratlrma were to be rigidly enforced This, It was said, aided the Harber As pbalt Interests because they alone could comply with the spe. Ilea. ions. In his testimony last Wednesday Meiiiilre said lis ami hlet brother kt a cuin mlsslon on ill asphalt ptoducts t.ov sold to the slate. M'OUIRE'8 ATTORNEY MAKES A PROTEST TO THE COURT. it.-r. MtOllIrt began l is testimony this afternoon Henry A. Wise, lleQUIr' DOUnSSl. a . pealed to the Court for the protection ol his client Ha said thai lh e ported intention of Mr Whitman to a,. k for perjury Indictment as tne result of M Oil) ' testimony, did HOI Htfe. t Ins client in the least. Unit he was there til tell the truth, not to change Ids lS- llmonj - "Yes, but lies ohangsd ins tssUmony every Urns lies be. n on the stand,' said Mr Whitman. Tho axAhilnxtlon r MoQuIrt began with an Inquiry us to thJlged Con ference In Cooperilown on July J last. Mciiilre I Wo re he whs not m COOPOrt town on July 6, that hs went thiouK'i there in a motor oar with his wife and that the register of the llotei iswe gatoM would show when hu was there. He denied having seen either Qov. Mui isr ..r state Highway Commlsslonsr ''arllsle at UooperatOWn. Mr. Whitman then loo the witness to the matter of ,is;.balt MoOUlr ad inltted that he li.nl naked 'arbsle to In sert the word "natural'' before the wiu-ds S'-lld anpjMtit" In Mtate contracts. WISE MAKES A FIGHT TO KEEP OUT STORY. Hut before this answer was adduced there was a red hot tilt between Mr Whitman and Mr. Wise. Tim latter arose to protest aaamst the Uestlonliig of his client. Mr Whitman protested, dal-iilng that Mr Wise had no standing before the ciurt. Mr Wise continued tils protests and Mr Whitman peremptorily threat I gad to withdraw. I'll Lake this witness before the .Irand Jury, Your Honor, If Mr Wise is permlttd to continue," he ss'.d, "to protest In the name of the peop;e--tht is sn outrage " Mr Wise was nut to bs stopped. Ht asppsd up every lima Mr Whitmsn toppsd for breath Finally Magistrate McAdoo bad to wave Mr Wise to his -eat ..gain i hen the proceeding went eg MoOuIre boked If he had not RIVAE FOR MONEY relished one '.it In I'd between 'be twi;the theatre tl.'set situation, ami every Ittornsy, pgrtlCUltrly when the words I hody knows the fare to Mexico Is ex '. ir ind Jury" . re used i orbltant and ticket speculators' airless I'.r Whitman so mlii t bring out IS'it M.tiilre had caused natural solid as phalt to be IpeClfled, In order to keep t,e Warner-y ,li lan .'ompany out of ontra. t ADMITS HE WANTED TO AID BARBER COMPANY. OUl Hit Warner tjulnlan Company, bul aid ii had d o " ii because it would Keephelp along the company from which he would get a commission on asphalt sales " 1 o y.i'i raniaiiar a iviapnona i .oner sstlnn vi. i cad w.Oi Mr Cm it ..f ths Wai nei -ijulnlan Vspb.i't ' 'ompany In th natter of a campaign oontrbuilun (Centlbasd an Second Pag il 1 1 r I Aii I I BP'TION. j All." TO PAY HUERTA PUTS WAR TAX ON AMERICAN FIRMS They and Other Foreign Interests in Monterey Commanded by Dictator to Hand Over $250,000 Under Separate Assessments. TWO MADEROS PUT ABOARD AMERICAN BATTLESHIP Fearing Death They Are Escorted by Lind From U. S Consulate Ruler Fights Landing of Marines. Mi:.JCO CITY, Nov. 21. A levy of 3uo,ooo pesos, about $250,000 in Arrsfricirt money, has been made at Monterey to pay the tnxips there, according to reliable reports. It Is stated that ihe American Smeliim; and Refining Company's contribution toward this amount was 25,000 pe-os. A demand was nude by the Federal military authorities on all the foreign business concerns in Monterey for cash to provide for the maintenance of tne army in that district. Hrmn the Monterey Steel Company ju.000 pesos was asked and from the WatersPirce oil Company lS.uoo peso, while others were taxed in proportion to their Importance. Thl Mexican peso is worth about SO cents in American coin. The managers here of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company instructed their representative in Monterey to retu.se payment of the lew and to place themselves and the property of the company under the protection "t the American ( lonsul. The economic K.tuatlon In MeSI' r'ttyt la in- in; alarm. inert- Is leas than atising alarm. Ther. ,Q9t tons ot coal In the city, and b. . uusu of the condition of the railroads, due to rebel aot.vlMes. there I "u Pos sibility of more being brought In, All the oil In the city, about J4.ii barrels, Is In possession of llireo concerns, and they have boosted the price almost be yond re.t'-h. No mors oil ran bo brought In. because it comes from TampiCO, where the rebels ore m con trol. The light and power of the capital nre generated by water power, and the hortagS of fuel will not affect them, tiut things would be at a standstill and In darkness should the rebels capture the mover plant at Ne aka. I'ra.le In at lOW ebb, the people huy HETTY 6REEN 78 TO-DAY AND BUSY EVERY SECOND RfchesI Woman "Transacting Busi ness as Usual," Her Secietary Doesn't Know Where. Nobody knows Just how many millions Mrs Hetty Oretsi ass. Hut she will have hoarded away eevsnty-elght otrth davs to-day. That Is s matter of record. Mrs Oreen is transacting bus insss a usual. Hhu left Nu 7 West Ninetieth atreet) early this Morning tu fill aevera business engagements. tin many previous birthdays Mrs Green has been QUOted as eiylng ahe doesn't believe In woman's suffrage i n.n is not stuck 'eft to ask ier pt questions on the Mexican situation and are excessive. Hufflce It, then, to record that Mrs Oreen never looked better, never felt better and never worked harder than uti her seventy -eight birthday. M'COMBS GUEST OF WILSON. Deinoernlli- t'halrmnn anil Ilia llrlilr l.uneh at While House. WAIHINOTOM, Nov si -wni am Me I Comb, th- Oemoe rati! Natlnnal Chair 'man, and h's bride, who was Mtai Hor- iiiski M i,as -or- sth Wllllamt l Washing! n. took1 hi ui with President W to-dttl After luncheon conference with Itlcs. e the 1'ies.dent bad a Mr. McOombs on pol- PRICE ONE CENT. H!S TROOPS llo it, or., than nsntlSSilJI denands end fin merohaut are f ran Hi The f" i supply is said p. bs none ton plen tiful, anil a OMltlnuantS of present conditio might bring on a serious sltuailon. O'SHAUGHNESSY CONFERS WITH MEXICAN MINISTER. Ths fact that Nelson o'Shnu chnesey. American I'harga d'Affalrrs had had two .inferences with the Mexican Min ister ,,r foreign Affslrs during the pa-t few days became known here to-day The exact character of these meetings and the nature of the conversation were, lowever, not mule known, ths only thing gatherel In connection with the eonrerence beln that their net ie ult was to leave tne situation un changed. II is stH-ed, thougn. that representation- n. the Mexican Foreign office re mi'de i.y Mr. irShaugl,ne.,y, who asked for Ibe early ndjudlegtlog of the claim of Thoma Colw.-r.aa for the rsatoratioa of his title to the Island of Potrtrog, ort the Tuxpam oil district .,r t,,. state of Vera Drug, of which he hud bee, dis I".seead by the local auUlorltlss, who hud turned over the property to the in- nr. sis with wnich Lord) Cow dray ii i ..unci ten i n,. ,uso , till, t .e Supreme l ourt hen- at in Mr Coltmaa tuta that he was de prived of Ii s r.nhta mil pi .pert v flirt. ugh a encesson gr.,.,.,i hv .... Kderal Uovcrnmen; t th. 0 Klel.li ..r .Mexi o company, a IVarson in.i. ern, In spite or the fait that the la v g.v.s the .inner the title to any ,;. eral and oil deposits whi h m.iy ex .t Hard fighting wus reported lu-duy i be still In progress about ClUdad Vic toria, lh capital of the state ,.f Tamaullpaa, according t.. Information Issuetl by the War OHIO liere. Al- I hO Ugh the city ans said to have been captured by the rebels on Tuesday last. II Is now claimed that tien. Antonio HabagOi the Federal Commander is sou holding the place, although continuous Bghtlng ha. gor on Inside the city for the last Iwenty.four hours Ii 1 1 i troops under den. itcbl.. Nm arret, an other Kiticr.ii MNnmatMttri art due tg grrlvt .t Victoria to reUevs the garrison at any moment. Commenting On lh situation in an editorial article tO-day I'll Pabl says'. "Pott Prst lent PoodfOW Wilson not n w or does he nut care to knuw that In History and be'. -re the elvlltsed -vorld hs win ue obligated to angwtf the ahargei which Numaally trill make against Pranclectj VH1TH The ai t. d then recapitulates the crimes of murder and pillage attributed to Francisco Villa, ths rebel laader. at