*
THUGSBOTJEWELER
CAUGHT. TOOK POT SOX
'JSreaUotced Carbolic Acid as
Police Cornered Him.
After shooting Frederick Bocttcher in hfs
jewelry atcre, No. S5 Myrtle avenue, Brook-
Ij-n. yesterday afternoon, a man as yet un
irtenti^ed was cornered in the street by
sev<^al. patrolmen and an excited crowd
of citizen?, and swalloved carbolic acid.
He died shortly afterward in State «=tr^et
Police Headquarierp. Before being taken
tb the Brooklyn- Hospital, -vvheje his condi
tion is wild to be serious. Mr. Boettcher
identified his assailant, who evidently had
Intended to rob him.
The stranger entered the jewelry store
•bout 5 o'clock, wkctl Myrtle avenue was
crowded with p»or>!e. He had called several
tlm"s to inspect rings, and Mr. Boettcher
knew him. Mrs. Boettcher a few minutes
b*for*> had pone upstairs, where the fam
ily lived. The man asked the Jeweller to
show him a $130 diamond ring, and said he
»ould tak« it. but h* wanted It altered in
several details. Mr. Boettcher consented
to make the alterations, and led the
atranger to hi? workroom in the rear of
the stor».
Mr. Boettcher was bending over a work
table, when th» man hit him over the head
with a sandbag. A? the jeweller fell the
man shot him behind the left ear.
Hearing the shot, Mrs. Boettcher ran
'downstairs ar.d into the store screaming.
Th» stranger ilred *ev«»ral other shots, but
whether at the -wounded man or at Mrs.
•Boettcher is not known. She fi>d to the
• etreet, her screams attracting a crowd.
The Intruder threw aside the pistol and
r.ifed through the crowd at the door of
the rtore. He ran down Jay street find
thenc* to Tillary, a .shouting crowd in bia
' wake. Patrolmen Malahen and Hagg*rdon
•joined in the chase, and at Tillary street
captured their man. The patrolmen had
come difficulty in restraining the crowd
I from attacking the stranger, but succeeded
iln getting h:m as far as the Adams street
; station, a few blocks away. There Eor
'cugh Inspector Holohan ordered them to
! take their priFon^r to State Street H*»ad
iQuarterP b a patrol wagon. In the wagon
; the prisoner be'am«t ill. • and the officers
! with him pnielled the odor of carbolic acid.
Then th»>y remembered that he had fwal-
I laaraf f-om«thing while running away from
them, apparently a capsule containing the
■ poison.
At Headquarter? the prisoner had to be
i helped cut of the waflon. He was taken
1 before f <wU'lian> Duane, in the Dptective
. Bureau, but was unable to walk. He sank
'.to the floor, and the patrolmen carried him
'■ l^to tr» Fitting room. There, he died be
fpTA the arrival of r»r. T>oehr. of the Cum
,'fc*rlanfl Street Hospital. H» had not ut
• i*>r*3 a word after his capture.
, The dead man apparently waa about
j thirty- three y*ars olfl. Hi? face had a.
j prewth cf brown et'ibble. His clothes were
• pray, shabby and of cheap» material. His
hends showed eigns of manual labor. In
his pockfts were found a ra'r of kid
' g-'^vf =, a few soiled, handkerchiefs, a '■heap
Fold filled watch, a briarwood r'P , a few
! f*earette<: a tie riqsp of sterling silver.
I |t"id bsrided and with th* initials v. W.
V "
On HMfr way with the r r icr>rior to the
AtHß] street station th» patrolmen took
j T^e. prisoner into the jewelry store, whore
Mr. Bcettcher, who was under the minis
'.Trations of his wife and Dr. Isquith, of the
Brook^Ti Hospital, Identified h*m .
The dead man was photographed, Ma fin
p*.r prints wer« taken, and he was meas
ured by the Berrillon ■=■ Bb&WL, po that the
r^-ic* may be. aided in tracing a possible
criminal record.
BLACKMAIL. HE SAYS.
> 'Counsel Attacks William Gug
genheim?* Former Wife.
Justice Gerard, ft the Supreme OmtC,
y^f-'rved decision yesterday on an appli
fstion made by MrF. Aim" Steinberger
Oiigpenheim. wife of - William Gugeer,
lr=!m. to enjoin Mrp Gra«-e B WahU
.who H>talned 'a divorce from Mr. Guegen
h*im in Chicago in 1901. from continuing
The proceedings to review the Illinois de
cre* in order to have it set asid«».
The Appellate Division has alrea-iv re
fosafl to eet aside the Chicago divorce
and Mrc. Guggenheim says that the only
BCtion permiEFafcl* now for Mrs Wahl Is
er *ppea! to the Court of Appeals of this
Btata
Samuel Vnt*rmyer. who appeared for
Mrs Guggenheim, said that the action of
Kra W»hl was "blackmail pure and sim
rl^ " He eald that after Mrs Wahl ob
tained her divorce from Mr. Guggen
heim Ehe released her dower right In his
es-tatf in consideration of $150,000 and
rouneel fees. She subsequently married
a Frenchman named Wahl. ■ Mr. . Gug
fenheim, relying on the validity of the
Ivoroe, married his present wife In 1904.
Th^v hay«» a child, born in 1907. In 1908
Kra WaM began her action to set aside
the Chicago divorce, saying that It was
fraudulent^ and co'lusive and that her
3«"gal home was in New York
M. (jntennyer produced a letter written
to Mr. Guggenheim from hys former wife
importuning him for money, which ho said
vsF blackmail. He also produced a derree
cf divorce obtained by Wahl in Franc*,
•which the lawyer said wafc collusive.
Bpeaking of Mrs. Guipgenheim. Mr.
"L'ntermyer said: "'lf phe had not a right
to marry, then no one can marry a di
>-orced person hereaftet This plaintiff has
he«n harassed and dragged in th*> mire
ar>d compelled to submit to humiliation at
th*> hands of this woman."
luetice Gerard intimated that if he could
«s«> so h<» would put a stop to the actions of
>frF Watt] He said that th«* proceeding
■under no circumstances couid be excused or
yalliated. and was brought in order fo
fnake the- marriage of Mr Guggenheim to
Me . prei*-r!t wife bigamous and the i^sue
ft the marriage- illegitimate.
HE WENT RIGHT BACK AGAIN.
All Hassan, a robust Mupsulman, onxiAut
In live In ib« land of th« fr»*». arrive^ h»r»
•< '"lay <>n th# Pteamfhlp Ocania from
NBp>«?E Ha ran 'ip against a snag right
sway. The ■jaaataja that tirousht about a
free tfefcet haeli to Naples for All Hassan
was:
"Do you betteva In polysramy?" The In
terpreter put It plainer, tJM] AH Hassan re
p!l»<j
"Oh, -. *f. I believe In It."
Do You Need
Cheering Up:
Read Sewell Ford's
latest "Shorty" Story
m Next SUNDAY'S
TRIBUNE : : : :
" A Long Shot
on Delancey"
It Makes One
Laugh, and Laughing
Aids Digestion.
RECOVERS HER CHILD.
Court Reunites a Yon Bluccher
1 Descendant and Parent.
lira. Ella yon Bliicher. wife of Count
Eberhardt.vtm Blilcher. « Kran<l*on of the
famous German field marshal of that name.
succeeded yesterday in th* Supreme Court
in rec3inine the custody of her ,fourteen
yoar-old daughter.^ Ella Antolne Esta yon
Blilcher. who for four months had been in
the rar* Of Mrs "Acn-s Gamnes. .
Tlie. Yon BHicliers have suffered .many,
vicissitudes. Count yon BHlcher is now an
inmate of the. Soldiers' ' Home in T WaahfßC
ton. His wife, who isa member of a fam
ily of reported distinction In Denmark,, Is
living with- a friend in this city. Family
pride has prevented them from applying- to
their kinsmen for aid in their reduced cir
cumstances. - *
Mrs. Gamnes also is a Dane, and Mrs.
yon Blticher pave her young daughter over
to her care last September, but when she
wanted the girl back Mrs. Gamnes refused
to return Jier.
W. L." Stout, s lawyer, of Xi H Wnil
6troet. volunteering hla services to the
mother, obtained a writ of habeas rorpus
from Justice Amend. Mr?, yon Blucher
told Justice Amend that Mrs. Gamnes con
templated a trip to Europe, and she feared
that she, would take her daughter with her
to turn her over to Mrs. yon Blurher«
family, with a possible thought of reward
foi her care.
When the case came up yesterday Justlco
Amend decided that Mrs. Gamnes must
give up the. child, and there followed a
tearful and affecting reunion between
mother and daughter.
Count yon Bl'irher, who never used his
title in this country, fought on the Union
side in th* CUfl War. Feme a former
officer In the Prussian army. Emperor
Wilhelm I reprimanded him for taking part
In a wsr In a foreign country.
AGREE ON SEWER.
Opposition to Passaic Valley
Plan To Be Withdrawn.
Opposition on the part of the United
States government to th° building- of the
Passaic Valley trunk sewer will bs with
drawn as the result of a conference held in
this city yesterday, and New York City and
State, as a queT!'"e. will probably oher
no further objections to the carrying out of
the project.
Judge Joseph Coult and Chandler W.
Rlker, counsel for the Passaic Valley Pew
erage Commission, accompanied by Chief
Engineer Harrison and Mr. Fuller, the con
sulting engineer, had a final conference
with Hugh Gordon Miller, special assistant
to Attorney General TVickersham. yester
day, on til© details of the t^rrns of a con
tract to b« n t«. r e.d into r.*tw»«»n the TJnitM
State? and the Ptate of New Jersey and
th*> oooimfaalon, which contract is *o gov
ern th» manner and character of th« dis
chare* cf the sewage into New York Har
bor
Th» improved and detailed plans of th*
commission have been agreed to. and New
J^rs*>y has b^en requir by the United
States to confirm the stipulation or con
tract as to the quality of its sewage by an
act of the Legislature now in session. Sen
ators BrigEß and K«an have assured the
"Washington authorities that this will be
done at once, and an act was drawn at
jneaterda.y*B conference to be presented to
Attorney General Wickersham for his ap
proval.
The agreement, it is understood, includes
undertakings on the part of New Jersey
and the commission that substantially 25
per cent of the putrescible matter contained
in the sewage shall be removed before it Is
discharged into the harbor near the Statue
of Liberty. This Is the percentage of puri
fication for which Colonel Black and the
government authorities have been contend
ing
BOURTSEFF TO SPEAK.
Russian Ex poser ' of Spies at
Grand Central Palace To-night
Vladimir BourtsofT, the Russian Tevo
lutionist, who boasts that he has never
met with failure to expoee any spy of the
government toward whom his attention was
directed, was surrounded*, by idolators in
East Broadway yesterday^ He will speak
in Itiiflan at a meeting to-night in the
Grand Central Palace.
About, pa?t triumphs-in trifiginr to book
Az*ff. Harting and many other spies he
was entertaining and not loath to ppeak.
p m the detective-historian shrugged his
shoulders in a polite but positive manner
when a=k<=-d anything about his intentions
as relating to spies in this country.
Alexander M Eveienko. of No 102 West
*?th street, denied yesterday that, he was
to stand trial fT having betrayed the revo
lutionists' cause. It was said that Bp-jrt
s"ff had brought evidence bearing on the
charges again?' Evelenko with him to this
country.
BourtsefTs object n roming to the United
Sta^s la to interest th« people here in the
cause of the Russian revolutionists by
lecturinaj in many cities. He Is forty-seven
years old and i? psi-l to be of noble birth.
The first time tit was arrested, he said,
was in 155.2 when a student in the univer
sity at St. Petersburg. After he was re
leaF*<i he b<vam«» more active than ever
as a member of th* party of the "Pr-opleß
Will " He was sent to Siberia in l»4. es
rapc-'i in 18W and w*nt to Switzerland.
There he b^gan the publication of a revo
lutionary paper that did not long exist.
GIFT FOR CHARLES A. MOOFF.
Retires as President of American Pro
tective Tariff League.
Charles A. Moore, for nine years presi
dent of the American Protective Tariff
T.eague, retired yesterday from that office,
and wae replaced by William Barbour, at
the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the
league, held at the headquarters. No. 339
Broadway. Mr. Moore received as a fare
w«?n jrlft a vase of sterling silver, standing
three feet, high and bearing the following
inscription:
\\ ■■■■ >• - - ■ •
• I JAN't'APT. mi. JANUARY. 1010. '
To
CHARLES A. . MOORE.
In Arpreciatlon <-.f Hi*
j Loyalty. Fi<l€ll»y. Kn»rg> and Efficiency ' ;
in th<» Cauee of ■ Proto^tlon
as Preeiii»nt of the
j American Prot«>(tlv<> Tariff l^-afue.
! Pr*s»nte4 by D*fTi<s»r«. January 20, 1910. :
« i :: — -~ ; » j
<v — ■ -^
John K. Reyburn, Mayor of Philadelphia,
second vice-pre*idont of Qm les«rii<\ made
the presentation. Th* other officer* of the
league ei^ted, yesterday w»--re: Wllljam F.
Draper, first vi^e-prerident; John E. Rey
burn. Meaai vice-president: Wilbur F ■
"V\"«k*man, treasurer and general secre
tary.
SUE ESTATE OF EX TREASURER
State of Ohio Charges Misappropriation
fc; of $116,000.
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 20. — Two suits,
amounting to $141,506, w#re filed here to
day by the State of Ohio against the cc
tate. of William B. McKinnon and the men
who were his bondsmen during his two
terms of office _as State Treasurer. The
suits are the result of the inquiry Institu
ted by Governor Harmon some weeks
ago. . U*;f. : , =•<>;'
The petition alleges that the Treasurer
collected and converted to .-his own use
gtate funds amounting to f1i6,140. This
s-jin and Intereal amguntlng to $25,306 are
cued for. It i« alleged that the executors of
McKinnon's .estate continue unlawfully to
hold the money. The suits involve «b
bor.de eno co defendants a number of
i>rominent men In Columbus an( ABhta
tula County.
ttEW-YORK DAILY TKIBTNE, FRinAV, JAJWJARY 21, 1910.
'PLANES IN A HACE
cvrtiss the victor.
Ha7iiil ion's Narrow Escape—
'Prizes Are Awarded.
(T,os Anpei^ji. .Tan. 20.— As dusk gathered
over, tlie j old ' Dpmihguez ranch to-night
four 'flylnsr. machines that had been circling
In; the atr descended/ the aviators walked
to their ti-'nt.«, the great crowd filed down
the . roadway and the, first- International
aviation meet held In America was finished.
While Charles K. Hamilton was return
ing from a. fifteen-mite : flight toward th«
ocean to-night th*> crank, shaft of his ma
chine snapped a mile from the field and
he , narrowly • escaped death, r Hamilton
Phut, off the engine and .-so- levelled > and
swayed his planes that he .came down
gently. It was a clever 'emergency
handling of .a machine, but .was not seen
by the spectators.
" Curtlss and.Paulhan furnished the excite
ment of the closing day.' Paulhan went
up at (3:25 o'clock for an endurance flight.
After h» had done two or three laps of
the course Curtiss. started a ten-lap speed
trial, half a lap, or more ihan three
quarters of a mile, behind Paulhan. It
was the first real race of the ten days'
m»et . ,V : .-■.-',.'.'■?»' '•.', . :~',;:: ~',; :
The two aeroplanes came over the grand
stand with the speed of , express trains.
Curtiss gained swiftly on Paulhan, and
on the third lap h* reached Paulhan, flying
above him. The Frenchman for a tew
seconds held even. Then rurtiss. in his
American machine, forged ahead a length,
and finally half a lap.
It was no race after that. The American
machine was the faster beyond question.
Paulhan went on until he had travelled
64.4 miles ana had been in the air nearly
an hour and a half. Curtlss came down
after a thirty-mile trip.
This race gives the whole story of the
meet. The Curtiss machines won all the
prizes for speed, quick starts, perfect land-
Ings, and those events where a light, swift
machine showed best.
Paulhan won all the 'cross-country, pas
senger carrjing and endurance tests, hav
ing a heavier, slower machine .and an en
gine which he trusts absolutely. He took
more than $lo.<*y> m prizes, and broke the
world's records for altitude and 'cross
country flights, alone and with a passenger.
Curtlss broke no world's records, and
won less than $5,000 in prizes.
Hamilton and Willard took second and
third prizes in most event?.
The prizes won during the aviation mn-t
follow:
Height— First, $3. 000, T o>i!9 Paulhan, 4.165
feet: second, $2,00<\ Charles X Hamilton.
530.5 feet; third. $500, Glenn Curtiss, no offi
cial height taken.
Endurance and tim« — F«r<«t. SS.'vvv LiOuls
Paulhan, 75.77 miles, 1 58:32; second, $2,000,
Charles. K. Hamilton. 19.44 miles, 89:00 2-5;
third. $300, Glenn H. 'Curtlss. 16.11 mHes,
24:54 2-5.
Speed, ten -Flr«t, $?.o™, Glenn H. Cur
t'ss. lCvll miles, 23:43 3-5; "cond. J2.'*iQ. IjOuls
Paulhan, 16.11 milps, 24:59 8-5; third. $500.
Charles K. Hamilton. l«.ll miles. 30:34 3-5.
Three laps with p3?seneer_Fir«:t. 51,000,
Louis Paulhan. 4?3 miles, S:161-5. No
others contested.
Slowest lap— F«rst, $500. Charles X Ham
ilton. 1.61 miles. 3:36 2-5.
Quickest start— First, $2. r A Glenn H. Cur
ties, 9S feet.
Starting and . landing 1n pquare— s2so,
Char'ep F. Willard won; score perfect.
■rvo?p country— slo,^'>; Paulhan won.
The following are records for the course
also made
Speed, one i ar 2:12, Glenn H. Curtis?.
Shortest tim? in rising, 6 2-5 seconds,
Glenn H. Curtiss.' * ; ' .
Dirigibles, : one lap. ' 4:57 4-5. Lincoin
H»achey. ;« :
.There was an odd parade to-day, phow
ir.g ths evolution of travelling. It was
headed by old Ezra Meeker,' cf : Oregon
trail fame, seated in a prairie schooner
drawn by oxen After him' came cow
boys, burros,' carriages, automobiles, "bal
loons, dirigibles and finally the various
aerodromes, ending with a multiplane that
looked like a wheat harvester. Curtiss
and Paulhan walked in the van like bash
ful schoolboys. '
Charles K. Hamilton will go fo San
Diego to-morrow and attempt to get the
world's record for altitude, now held by
Paulhan, h* says; Glenn H Curtiss *»
morrow will-. leave Los Ane«i>--s t6r Ham
mc-ndsport, N. V.. and Charles H. 'Willard
Will go to Portland, Or«.
CROSS FOR FARLEY.
Archbishop Receives Gift from
Fordham—Talk of Athletics.
Archbishop Farley was the guest of honor
at the annual dinner of the Fordham Uni
versity alumni last night at Delmonico's.
To mark th* fortieth anniversary of his
ordination to th«* priesthood his fellow
alumnf presented to his grace a geld pec
toral cross set with diamonds.
Francis Dw-ight Dowley, the toastmast?r.
in welcoming the guests pointed out that
th» date of the establishment of the as?/>
ciation coincided with that of the ordina
tion of Archbishop Farley Th<s Arch
bishop, in receiving the gold crops, paid:
"This presentation of yours establishes
on* more link in the golden chain between
Fordham and the Vatican. May the. chain
go on ever strengthening, and may the bom
of Fordham be ever loyal and attached to
the Holy See— how could they b»
otherwise when they have been trained by
those great defenders of the Roman pon
tiffs, the Jesuit fathers?"
Father Daniel J. Qulnn, president of
Fordham University, gave Eonie figures
showing the progress made, by Fordham in
recfnt yoars, and then spoke of the need
of $500,000 for the law school.
"The medical school rou'd employ a
million with profit, but we would be satis
fled with the modicum of $100,000 to estab
lish a. hospital for our students.
"Out of deference to the wishes of our
boys' parents and to maintain our high
standard of scholarship," said Father
Quinn. evidently referring to football, "we
may find it necessary to restrain the ath
letic activities of the college." .--".-'
Albany, Jan 20. — The Assembly day
adopted a resolution offered by Mr. Oliver,
of New ' Tork. conveying the spate's con
gratulations to ArchbjFhop John M. Farley,
of New York,, on the occasion of the fo r .
tteth anniversary of his ordination to the
priesthoood.
rRED LENGTHENS HIS NAME.
• Kdward Fred, of \o 41 TTnfon Fquar*
Weet. complained 10 Hendrick yes
terday that new quaintances invariably
considered his name on hearing it for the
first time incomplete, and always wanted
to know the r*st, of It. That ho might
avoid this vexation he prayed •to be al
lowed to »dopt th*. full «fzed nam» of
Edward Fi ederickn. .Inftice Hendrick
granted tha petition.
RCTAW
A BRACER,
THE MORNING AFTER
■w =^t W■-'W ■-' IS ' A H'AHKLINii TKEATE!)
WATtll AND ACTH BPEEDILT JN CASES
OF NEHVOUS HEADA' HE A >.D DEPRES
SION FOLLOWTNQ ALCOHOLIC AND
O-IHER EXCESSES. BOTTLED IN 6PLIT9
NOT A MXATHTI ' ' '
Hotels. Club«, Ctltm , nil l tM|> a
ONE CLUBBER (JOES
OTHERS MAY FOLLOW.
Four Suspended- on Complaints
of Citizens.
;; The crusade against the retention In the
Police Department' of such members as fx
.hibit, a tendency to beconie intoxicated
while on duty or to-use their clubs on ordi
nary citizens,. or both, went merrily onyes
terday. At nightfall the net'result Vaa ono
man dismissed from the department j and
four others- suspended .to await ; trial on
■ charges of clubbing, and one man suspend
ed pending trial on a charge of being drunk
,ln a saloon. when he- should have .been. on
patrol. .
; Patrolman' George T. Hanson, of the Ad
ams street station. Brooklyn, was dismissed
ftjr being drunk and clubbing John F. Mul
lin, an employe of Me Laughlln Park, in
■Brooklyn, on . December 27. • Patrolmen
Frederick. Muus and John E. Groth, of the
Fourth avenue station. Bro.»Klyn. tempo
rarily assigned to Inspector Dillon; Patrol
man John Kelly, of the Bushwick avenue
station, and Patrolman Frederick Gebhatdt,
of the West 37th street station, were "sus
pended on clubbing charges. Patrolman
Charles E Pearce, of the Astoria, station,
was 'suspended on charges of being drunk
and off posL ■.;>■'. -V-- , ;
Gebhardt's suspension was the result of
an affidavit given to Mayor Gaynor yester
day morning by Ernest E. Oberst, who left
with the Mayor a blackjack with which, he
alleged. ,the patrolman assaulted him on
New Year's Eve in a saloon at No. 259
West 30th street, where he had been em
ployed for five years.
Oberst charged that just as the chimes
were ringing in 1910 Gebhardt entered the
saloon and pushed, the proprietor. John
Moore, against the wall. He was hit over •
the head/with the blackjack, he said, when
he went to his employer's assistance.
Later he. Moore, and another . man were,
arrested and taken to the West S7th street
station. While there another patrolman
punched him In the face, he said. Oberst
said that, so far as he knew, the case
againFt him had been dropped. The black-
Jack bears the initials "F. G.." cut twice in
its leather sides.
The Mayor ordered , th« suspension of
Patrolman John Kellv after a visit, from
Mies Anna Dickoff. of No. 13 West 115 th
street, her eleven-year-old brother Henry,
who lives at No. I<>l McKibben street,
Brooklyn, and Frank Jenny, of No. 1«2 Me
Kibben street. Both boys showed bruises
which they said had been caused by a
beating they had received froni a patrol
man whose name they thought was John
Kelly. They were watching a snow fight,
they said, when the patrolman appeared.
The other boys ran away, they add-=d. and
the patrolman struck them several -times
and then went away.
Kelly was summoned to headquarters
yesterday afternoon anrl lined up with a
dozen other patrolmen. The hoys were
then brought in and asked to pick out the
man who had assaulted them. Without
hesitation they pointed out Kelly. He had
taken his precinct number from his uni
form, and Commissioner' Baker preferred
an additional charge against him.
Mayor Gaynor said yesterday afternoon
that he intended to look into the leeality of
the carrying of blackjacks by patrolmen,
and also to investigate the matter of as
saults upon prisoners in station houses.
Commissioner Baker eaid he and the Mayor
would have a loner conference next week,
and that many changes in the department
would probably be the result
NO TRANSIT ARBITRATION.
Philadelphia" Carmen Are : Not Dis
couraged, However.
■ Philadelphia. Jan. —Although President
■Krugef of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company, wrote to the executive commit
te© of the trolley men's union to-day re
fusing to accept their proposal for arbitra
tion, the leaders of the union will make
further efforts to have their grievances
settled before ordering a strike.
President Kruger's letter says:
The agreement of June 5. 1909, provide?
a method for the adjustment of grievance*
and we see no reason why there should be
a change in this method, especially since
th*. company has not refused and does not
now refuse to meet your^ committee
In response to this letter the eajpcutlve
committee says
We s«e no good reason why th«-acree
r ment of June 5. 1909, should not be car
ried out by the officials of the Philadelphn
Rapid Transit Company. and we are pre
pared to have the accredited cossmlttea
representing- the emp'oyes meet .the--offi
cials of the company to ascertain their
reasons for not doing the same. ' '
The committee further expresses its will-«
■ ingness to confer with the Rapid Transit
officials at any hour to-morrow. Confer
ences were held with other labor leaders
to-day to secure the support of all union
men in case the strike If called.
MILLER rm ASF, roNTTNT^S
With Her Own and Husband's Detec
tives She Has Large Retinue. '
Youngstown, Ohio, Jan. 20— Mrs. Emma
Miller, wife of General Charles Miller,
tha Franklin, Perm . millionaire, who has
sued her for divoi cc. left here at noon to
day on a Pennsylvania tivain for Alliance.
Ohio, accompanied by her daugher and
two detectives. Six detectives in the em
ploy of General Miller left on the came
train • • •: ■ • . ,
It was believed . Mrs. Miller had an an
tomobile In waiting at one of th" small
stations which she would take to elude
her husbands detectives.- : -
ART EXHIBITIONS AND SALES. | ART EXHIBITIONS AND SALES.
The American Art Galleries
Madison Square South, New York
%42gg£r . At rtorestrlttel public m>.
This (Friday) and Saturday Afternoons at 2:30
At the American Art (lalleries
and This (Friday) Evening at 8:15
At Mendelssohn Hall
Fortieth Street, Vast of Rrnailw»y.
, Amn?pi<*>V BT CARP TO Bf HAD FREE OF THE MANAGERS )
The Beautiful Art Treasures
■ Collected by the Well-known Connoisseur, the late
Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq.
Includiag the Remarkable Collection of
BRONZES AND OTHER WORKS BY BARYE
yOTE.—In nrder that thl* valuable collection may M acquired by a
Mntewm of Art, nr othor public institution, it uill be offered first as a
v^hole, at a m nominal upset jyrlce—tchich itill b#mlmbwm*| at the time of
the conditional that the. museum or institution pjjwj the col
lection vtli keep the *ame intact, and exhibit it and label the mt - as the
"Citrus J. Lawrence Collection;' for at least twenty years.
: Btda for the collection in its entirety utll not be received from others
than those representing a museum or other public institution.
_ The sale will he conducted by MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY a|
The American Art Association, Managers
6 East 23d Street, Madison Square South, ' New York
TALK TO JEWELERS
SPICE AFTER DINNEB.
Mitchel Hammers Aldermen--
A Senator's Confession.
. Th* jewellers of New Vorl< ("i»v pnjoy
high ass^SMllßt at the end ' r their annual
j dinner?. La«t nlsht, at the Waldorf, they
had their fill. One variety came from as
far west . as th«» "sun kissed peaks" of
.Arkansas,. and others were home products,
•not to mention^ a. touch of tabasco from
N'ebraskn. But the -whole.: was hot enough
for any. molting pot of .political creeds such
as the occasion developed. • ■■
First. John Purroy Mltchel pitched into
.that venerable institution, the Board of
•Aldermen, and got off a little of the steam
_«hich the Tammany committee ; appolnt
n.ehts in thit -..ody, s-^em to te continually
generating in his -50u1... He was Introduced
as the acting Mayor.
- "The • Board • of Aldermen Is a fairly an
cient institution,": said he. "and perhapn for
that reason ie rleservlne: of som* respect, but
for no other reason that T have been able
to discover In the record 3 of Its sjsaMtlaa in
recent years. Tarn beginning to wonder if
It wouldn't be better to persuade'the Legis
lature in Albany to wipe the. board and its
president "out of existence. The board has
become, of was recently, only a placo where
obstruction could be practised, a body which
kept in office a* man who had been derelict
In his duties as an elected servant of the
people
. "The same party which was responsible
for that piece of worlfc is again in control
,of . the board, thanks to the traitorous be
havior of a fusion member. It has taken
every vestiare of power out of the hands of
the. chair and out of the hands of the
minority by its committee appointments. If
the. people come to realize, the aldertnen
will also realize, that with that power comes
responsibility, and unless they live up to It.
in spite of the renowned patience of the
New York public, their days are numbered."
The President of the Board of Aldermen
then went on to say that the real govern
ment of the city lay in the Board ef
Estimate, and he outlined the reforms
which the present "board had in mind con
rernlng the budget, rapid transit and the
standardization of specifications. With re
gard to these measures, he said, the Mayor
and the other members of th© body were
one. and he confidently predicted that ths
whole programme would be carried out to
th« great satisfaction of the voters.
Senator Norrls Brown, of Nebraska, who
is a dealer in plated ware, said he would
not pretend to talk on that subject to the
"24 Karat Club." as the; jewellers' organiza
tion is stvied, except in its application to
legislation
"1 know all about alatad ware and gold
brick good?," he began— "that's how TameT <-ame
to get Into the T'nited States Senate. When
I got to Washington I found that there
were other fellows there who knew all
about th.e?e things, too.
"There are ninety men in the United
States Penat», but the 'real* Senate is com
posed of cnlv on* man. and he comes from
the State of Rhode Island. He is not al
ways unanimous on the roll-call, to be sure,
but it happens that h« never makes a mo
tion which isn't carried. That accounts for
his popularity.
"Occasionally the Vnit«d States Senate
hands out plated ware in the shape of
•legislation. There are a number of or
deals a new member of that august body
has to face, and when T went there, two
years ago, ths first I had to face was the
rollcall. I- heard my name called, and I
knew It was my name, but, in the language
of Adam Bede. I dldn t know, whether to
answer 'present* or 'not guilty.' "
The Senator had a serious side to his
£p*ech, however, and that, comprised a
denunciation of the New Tork argument
against the income, tax amendment. That
argument he called plated ware "of the
grossest character."
JEFF DAVIS EXPLODES.
. But fcr real torrid heat Senator Jeff
Davis, of Arkansas, had the others laid
away in lavender. Theirs were hot shots,
but his was the explosion of a volcano.
The toast he responded to was "The Dig
nity of Labor."
"Do you believe." he burst forth, "that
the laboring man receives his 111 st rewards?
If you do you can join any church on
earth, for you are the best, believers I •ror
fi<-ed. Fifty-one men own IS per cent of
the entire wealth of the nation They are
headed by Rockefeller -with $600,000,00*, and
you can't tell me that any man on earth
ever rrade that amount of money honestly.
"Four thousand other men have fortunes
ranging from one to fifteen millions and
togther with the fifty-one I have mentioned
they own 87^j per cent of the entire wealth
of the nation, whkh is $107,0iy>.' v <V*y. How
under such a state of affairs can laßor
hope for its just regard? "
Other speakers who added :i2z'*ng In
gredients to th>- st«w were Rabbi Stephen
S. Wis^, the Rev r>r. Neh<?miah Boynton.
"Walter M. r handler, a lawyer, and Ad
miral J. B Murdock In token of th» ap
pre.-iation i" wWen the jewelers held the
address he made at their dinner a year
ago th" club presented to Pr Boynton a
gold watch, embossed with his initials.
BERKSHIRE HOTEL MAN DROWNS?
Great Harrington. Mass , Jan. 2<V-An or
ganiaed search was begun to day for th»
body of J. Fred Fuller, ow of the best
known hotpj men In Berkshire County, who
is believed to have been drowned last night
while fishing through the lc« on T^ake Buel.
above seven miles from thts town. Mr
Fuller was proprietor of the Hotel Miller.
Great Harrington, and the Mount Everett
House. Santa Egr^mont.
APPROVE EDI SOX CAR
Inventor's Test uith Storage
Battery Observed by Experts.
■Wept Orange. N. J.. Jan. 20 (Special).— A
test made at rioon today of Thomas A.
Edison's storage battery car on the tracks
of the Public Service Company proved, ac
cording to some of the experts, that th*
Inventor had m^d" a miccec* and that the
future of the overhead trolley nr.'fm is
bound to 1 be a short one. Among the in
terested observers of the te«t were a num
ber of men of the Public Service trolley
systems, and they agreed with Edison him
self that he has made great'strides toward
his cherished goal-the ' perfection of -»
■traatcar that may be' run cheaply and
practicably ..without, the u«e of wires or
rail connection with outside power. .
The, flrßt tests were made, without Edison
himself, being .present. So confident was
the inventor that he would get a favorable
report from the men who ran the car t;-,%r.
he told them to go ahead, as he- would not
leave his work at the laboratory. I,at»r.
however, Edison visited the scene of the
experiments and took a ride, In the. car
himself. . . , . •
- As h* rod*> over thn stretch of. track
.Edison gazed thoughtfully out cf.the car
wind6w. Suddenly his eye lighted on two
youngsters pointing with awe at the strange
spectacle of a car going along without a
trolley pole. Edison smiled and. turnin?
la the man who sat at his side, said;
"When you were a kid like- that your
eye* were just as big when you saw your
first car going along ths street without
horses. Those youngsters will live to see
the. day when there ara cars of this klni
only on the tracks of street railways."
The experimental trip was made wl'h
Benjamin Beach, a n«phew of Ralph H.
Beach, who helped Edison on th« battery,
at the controller. It attained a maximum
speed of twenty miles an hour and re
sponded in every way to the tests • put
upon it.
The experimental car Is M laal Ion? and
7 feet 6 Inches wide. It Is equipped with
two 7^-horsepower motors, and charged
at 110 volt?, to the full capacity of the bat
teries. It will run 150 miles at an average
speed without needing a renewal oi -the
charge. Edison's car weighs about five
tons, or half that of the ordinary trolley
car.
DRUG IX STOMACH.
Ocey Snead Morphine Victim,
Says Expert.
The b l<»f that Ocey W. M Sm»ad. for
whose, death in a bathtub in East Orange
on November 2?, her mother and two aunts,
the "Wardlaw sister?, are held on '•harg^s
of murder, was a victim of morphine, is
said to b» strengthened by the findings of
Dr. William H. Hicks, who has finished an
analysis of the contents of th» younsr
woman's stomach. It was learned in New
ark last night that Prosecutor Mott re
ceived word from Dr. Hicks that traces
of the drug were found in the specimen
under observation, as wel' as evidence that
the narcotic had been used mor« than one».
Another report paid to have reached the
Prosecutor 1s that of William .T Kinslev,
the handwriting expert, who is said to have
found that the suicide notes found near
the b dv and In the Hotel Bayard. Man
hattan, were written by th« woman, and
not by her mother or *ither of h»r aunt?.
The New Jersey authorities will, It is
understood, attempt to prove that ths mor
phin* was administered to Ocey Snead; and
that while she was under the influence of
it she was led to the bathtub in which she
met her death. ~
WOMAN BEARS !«TH CHILD.
Only 33 Years Old. Sh* Is Said t*> Hold
New England Record. ....••
[By Tel*grar^- to Th* Trlbun- T "•.."••;;-..'
Providence, Jan. 2".— By giving birth to,
her nineteenth child last evening, Mr«
Octav* -Chamberland, of French Canadian
descent, is believed to have established
a new record in New England for the
number of children born to a mother under
forty year? of age. Mrs. Chamberland re
sides in Phenix. a village in the , Paw
tucket Valley. and is thirty-eight years
old. All of her children came singly. Of
her nineteen offspring ten are living" Mrs.
Chamberland enjoys excellent health. .
Store Ready at 8:15 A M. ?' Eight Car Lines
Directly on the Interborough Subway. Each Way to Store.
* f -Tfc« TTAXAMAKEB
Concert ffj * /^* sews ras*» ■•••■'
Auditorium U U W\\/vWJ{^VJ v f </ m.v. e«^> 8 p..«
2 -P. 3/. M If »cl BrootJja s?*a4*
¥ J New York. January 2', 1910* •-■• Union.
Three Fold Opportunity in
Floor Coverings
Triple opportunity in the Carpet and Rug
Gallery for homes, hotels, offices and institutions.
The very first thing a visitor notices whether in home or office
is the RUG. Its color and quality speak for or against you.
In the Wanamaker Rug Store we are now offering ways to
secure beautiful American Wilton rugs or carpets, and French
Savonnerie rugs at prices that cannot usually buy them.
Fine Wilton Rugs Largest sire, 12 ft. 10 m. I 16
9 x 12 feet, $24.50. ft. 6 in.; largest price, ' $124.50..
9x 12 feet, $29. Various asked- for intermediate
All Persian, Turkish' and Asia sizes and prices— all prices if-
Minor patterns, in rehned colors, cently lessened one-third,
French Savonnerie Rugs Carpets by the Yard
Made in Aubusson, France, in Wilton Velvet. $1.10 a yard
Louis XV., XVI. and French Re- Velvet. 80c a yard.
naissance. medallion and plain Axminster. 85c a yard.
effects. Self colors and vari- Tapestry, 65c a yard.
colors in delicate dyes, fine Selected, season's best patterns •
weaves and exceptional warps. '' in monotones, brocaded colors
Smallest size. 6 ft. 6 in. x 9 ft. and Oriental combinations.
8 in.; smallest price. $28.50. Fourth Gallery. New Building. .
News Notes from
This Splendid White Sale
There are about fifty styles of corset covers in the White Sale
ranging from conservative lace and embroidery covers, at 70c, to
cobwebby creations of very fine laces and embroidery medallions ■
■I $5. All are ribbon-run, and particular attention has been gi ven
that the "fit" around the waist prevent any bulkiness. . ■.
In drawers there is equal variety. All are so different and alt }
so comfortable. A Circular style has billowy fullness; an umbrella
style nearly ecUpses its namesake in size: the new saddle drawer.]
close-fitting, generous in size, has endeared itself to many; and the
garter drawer has been designed specially for women who like
drawers just the length of their hose-supporters. All are in tine
nainsook or cambric, lace or embroidery-trimmed, 45c to $6.73.
Women who like short petticoats are choosing the new kcick- ,
crbocker drawer, which combines bloomer drawers and a little cir->
cular petticoat, both joined on a deep close-fitting yoke, thus giving j
only one thickness over hips. $2.50. Third floor. Old Buildin*.
Formerly if/fTf /#- A/H/t A/f / * Broadway. A
A. T. Stewart & Co. <\A\lI U /Illl (I AH/* ** Fourth aye,
V\lVv\kJWWv*l * & Eighth to Tenth Sa.
URGE ART EXHIBIT
TO RE SRXT TO ROME.
Artists Praise Nczvlanfa f Of
Asking Appropriation.
Unusual in threat Is «a»?avM hv vttai. .
j this city In the *tf*i to have thta eSs
j represented at the*?xhibltlon tn RanT*
j 1911. The general s-ntlment a4n?\> 3
p=»'nt. r sculptor*, architects *rZ7LJ*
aaatns to t>* that it would b-'a nrs^
fortunate mistake not to have tfc« ar^T
effort of thl3 country dlsplave«» alou^
that of oth»r nation*. Particular tataM
seems to attach to th« fact th*t ltaas»!
! *•<> Identified with the history of a lj?
Senator Newlands's work In TTrrn'iJ'
to hm Con?res3 m»k© a »'.iit»ble a 2?
priation is commended. '-
"By all MtMr said William Zl Cha».
"The example of Herr H-jgo R-!?t n p*
cited in the editorial In Th» Tribnn- * t *. !
morning, gives us an incentive Ha ajl»
slders that the Germans will n» abui^^
astonished by the pros- of An»rip«
art. and if this li the view t*ken in'"<>
many. It shows of rh-i* worth I? wnnH».
to exhibit th* work af this country, ■ft,
American Academy Is tn Rone, and tiu t
* point that should no* b« forgattea. tt»
j are advancing all the time in the fie-
and the country's appreciation Is 4aßr|^
creasing. T look forward to th« t!rs« *>**,
r.-e v.ill hay» a minl»ter r>t fin* *rts ajrlt
member of the Cabinet. Tf America li t*»
represented at Rome It win be only aatQi*
I Indication of this country' 3 n«tn:es3 ay
, rawn«sa In many partl'-ular?
E<l-vln H. Blashfleld. who It confla^ t»
his rooms nursing an ankle wtfch't'j
»pram»d en th« Ice two weeks a?:, tj
another artist who •arne»t!y advocate* tm.
rejentatlon at Rome.
"I am satisfied we win hay- l*. tec.- i .
•aid last night. "Senator Newlands 13 t j,
i of the best men in Congress *n hli *tjt
tude toward th* arts and he will ■work Ar
j this appropriation It would b» a fatal a^.
j take for the sculpture and palntlaj «f £&
country, together with its ether arta, net
to b* put en exhibition in Rome. t>.BhO3»
1 cf art. Art Is universal and w« an»k«p|.
' Influenced by the art of other constrt?
yet we have developed en thi3 coriceu
a distinctive trend, and this wfll t» ttr*
I have Its effect on the art of crher li-ij. 1 *
Mr. Blashfteld agrees with Mr Cii3«j
idea of a minister, of Sue arts, aai so <fc»,
Paniei C. French, the sculptor. Mr. Ftmt
is also greatly In favor of sendtoj aa n
hlblt abroad.
"I hope, however, i* will be maaa^si »
; the right persons." he said. "Itw<rey&»
| a. mistake to send ■ '^ererogeneous cj*>.
I t!on of work. It should re -aref'j||».
lected, and th* best type 3 and eia^,
placed on exhibition."-
Charles A Flatt. the architect, was's^s
interested In the proposition. He io«h
some of the pa-ntings h* owbi to Es
Reisinger. and said last night that i» »»-
Heved in aid of. this kind whenever dm.
sary to stimulate interest In Americaipra.
ductlons.
1 The tirpa 13 short and action 3Nmld t»
taken." said Mr. Platt. "I h-pe Cob*w
wi!i net stand in th<» way of an apjrspij
tion, and, tf tha proper collection 13 SB#,
the United States win have a igiatt
. representation. American art has ImA \
long progression, and T think sam^Mflm
. various periods should be, 3ent as Mkar
ing the really remarkable stri<lt3 tint tt»
country's workers have mads."
•'I believe In th«» encouragement at Az.if
. can art by such maarri " said KssyciCit.
( "but I am awaiting the day— I bsßsp»
it will come In rime— when Aamkm
' people will, trust to thslr own artistic piz
ment without so much regard for Parof i>
Ideals. There Is no reason why tSis wal
. lzation should not coma about. AnwriaH
own art. born cf her own p«opla» Is grown*
greater every day. But I think «n ahiM-.
at Rome would b» of much valse. " ' *
. • Thomas' W. Dewing .sed, brush ia <m»
hand, and lighted a cigare-tte wtlk fl»
other, while his blend portrait model rwal
for a moment.
"It s«ens a iham#." . sa!S 3lr. D?Ti?.
"that the United States does not di3pUr
more' lnterest in this exhibition. To leiT*
this 2 country entirely utrepresented at
Rome, the hom<* of arts, would alsos: fc
dlcat* that painting, sculoture and ti*
allied arts have no plac* en" this conriastf.
I certainly hope that Senator N?wUab
, will be successful In his effqrts."