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FRiARS [H?IH
S
Comedians Are Guyed Without
Mercy, Following Traditions cf
Jolly Organization.
* _____
GALLERY GODDESSES THERE
Broadway Fun Makers Take
Their Med?-cine Cheerfully
and Then Join in Feast
at Hotel Astor.
,'??? W. .-.nil 1.. w Fit! Is. or .Morris
boenfeld, to give them
?heir baptismal name*, I la RrtinfiliT Wolf.
;. ?i . i.H a ?
Ballroom ?f tbe n<>'?>! Actor, trl Ren
nold Wolf, for il ? s uab of tbe team,"
\ii Goodwin, for i-i-'d?. unclothed
their pcraoiialltlea t?> tbe indulgent gate of
1.7'JU ?1 n. | - and I9C "gallery c
"A con nil"???it.?iy dinner*1 waa the manu
design..ti??n of the occasion, but the great?
?st compliment paid t<? tbe two eetnedlana
was tin ae*rumption b* every ?ne that they
possessed i n adam ni te of humor to
* bhUitl them against "reeata "
This assumption, furthermore, was en?
tirely correct, for although th. two guests
of honor ti ?ed to cliokt- eat h other and
gouge each- other's eyts out, they main?
tained toward the!) uproarious attdh -
attitude of extreme cor lialltv which th?.'
eudlcnce reciprocated with inter?s!. An?,
aftc the ordeal was over they Joined in
the gen?'rnl appreciation of an entertain?
ment ananged fo, t . atagt of tbe big
room by PMar Raymond HlUrhcock.
Abbot Rumsey, once tbe coffee arrived
. and Sidney Jarvis had sun-- the Friars'
aong. rose to say that seventy-nine theatri
. cal m-nageis in New York City alone
claimed the distinction of having dlacovered
the genius o** Weber and Heide a number
which compare?. favoraN? with ihe forty
three dwell.i,u hou??'., scattered throughout
the country In each one ??f which George
. Washington ? a? \ urn. 'Two regular fel?
lers" h. called his gueeta, and then he
consigned Mr. Weber to the care of Mr.
Wolf. Aa "advance agent" Mr. Wolf
ahOwed himself a past i~*a~rt?r at raising
the laugh at any cost. He began thus:
"In assignment of agents to the two
guests of the evening 1 have Rot the short
end of it. the sq;'.:ib of the team, and this
course will be roast squab on toast. If I
vue to deliver a apeech the size of my
subject It wouldn't run longer than the
run of "The Lon.lon Follies' at the Weber
Theatre.
Weber Not a Regular Actor.
Wolf followed his vt-tim through the va?
ri our atasca of his career f r? m ticket
ape? Ulator to comedian. It was in 1*~96 that
Wei t?) und Fields leased their music hall
lit 1 ?roadway and *flth Btrcet.
"About that time Weber married." the
speaker continued, "and he is still married
to the same wife, which proves conclusive?
ly that ht? Is not a regular actor." (?'>'
cloni* laughter ?i??l a axuvereal shifting of
tbe gam toward Nat QtMdwtn).
At this peint Mr. Wolf ekvatod his glance
to the centre Lox, where Miss Lillian Rus?
sell sat enthroned.
' ? ha, "I am violating no con
.t the beautiful prima
.. of the Weber and Wields or| .
,i' n haa also I ??? n marrl
\o laughter followed this remark, but a
- prodlgloua handctapplng irianed as Miss
i ?.rose red to the sea of
a ?
?. foltotrtni al the name vetii
at i. ?-?.'?v,. r i? taftrhed:
?l.ii,- Mr. Weber
'nit not in tbe aame ?daces. With an
; ?dominai ? _d and a fistful of Ostermoor
- - I?' will uii'lertake to reproduce
The ?. ?!? n of Allah '
Goodwin Attende to Fields.
B onltln*" .- ? . most profitable thhig
do," he ended, referrlnff to tb* re*
um,;?tion of the Weber ?and l lelda partner
? ebjp
William,Collier waa to have attended to
a, but threatened erysipelas
him in bed, Abbott Rumsey ex?
plain**-, in his place the committee ha?
lad Nat C. Qoodyrin, and Mr. Gtoodwln
?.-?.iioiided must ma*~nanlmoualy.
? l a Mel sojourn In vaudeville lust
?uiinmei-." began Mr. Goodwin in a rather
Indistinct tone, "and as a rule I had a
tad placo on the bill."
'-Louder, louder!" ""?ailed some remote lls
? teners.
"And as a nil* I had a bad place on the
bill." shoutr-d the actor a??- his uudlei.ee
almost broke down and wept.
"I seem to have a bad place on the bill
to-nlt-ht," he continued. "But after resting
a couple of years travelling through the
Fo'-th It is a great pit?liege to face my
only g"Od house in that time.
"My friend Fields is not like myself?a
recular actor. I know I am one. 1 have
tried hard to plav Romeo and now I am
iatcd xryib a Rill Bikes. This man
Wolfs pratln?? about the regard his tub
jtcts have for the sanctity of marriage It
all b'Tcombe. Whv otherwise should Pteldl
triare The Tien-Perks' 'The Midnight
Sons.' The Jolly Bachelors' and other
shovs of their lib? Tl.? se men believe in
the afar system and so do I. I should be
delight? d to "feed'them on or off the stage."
And This la What They Said.
Then the -tram" arose a.~ one man.
"Brother Friars," riped T.ew.
"Friar Abrott," intoned Joe.
"Say '(""lusts.' " commanded Lew of Joe.
"Guess what?" asked Joe.
" 'Guests.' Just 'Gt)e*-ts.' "
"Oh. 1 gues? 1.1 ?V
"What did Mr. Wolf say about us?'
-Baked Lew of .!???
"All 1 e said about you is true," repliud
Joe. "What he said about me wasn't true."
?"Mr M would Ilk?- to be
with the choius to me and i said to him,
?If you car?- to m ?k? a chance we'll be de?
lighted to havt you,' " remarked Lew.
"What ?iid I aay?" Interrupted Joe.
??*t'ou ?riiil 'How much do you want?
"Bight away."
r the fin i ? rfo: tiian.-e of Weber
and Fields on Thursday night," continued
Lew, "we d<ci?'e,i pre. would have to make
tome euta Weber said, 'Cut the saludes
tlrsi
"Lee ?i ta bai laterpelatod Joe, ?? *go
Yon do It. 1 haven't *; ? the
nerve.' "
i It haan'l yet," explained
Law.
finally Fields accused Weber of telling
NSol' ?-) right nain?-, and hi
to ebok? Wei or. TlM n be tried to gouge
out I. i d Weber reciprocated in
Finally Fields got his diminutive
antagonist :il bis mere) and picked up a
I ol?!- " i i m ben the ap* lau
tlbsided.
Da Wolf Hopper Maa Hia Say.
Wolf Hopper's speech was in the
tmtui :?. gut. it was h? who spoke
of th" "gallery goddesses" who ha?i
aomevbat re the pre,loin word
he-fretted thai ih pot -on
a level ?-?th th din. r
eo far above U3 giver, a boost toi the _uf
v. re Chailws J. Ross,
M?xaii.l.- P. Moor?-, Nat C. Good
Win, Joseph I'?- Orlamer, Amonio Scott!,
"Emio, ?*?ruso, Charlea Strauss. Daniel
? l.i W l-'Iei.lH *.i,l.?t
? Wolf Hopper,
nold Wolf, i ?. will
Jar?!.?-. Sheriff Julius Hart- Cptn
Johnson, Judge Otto R<?
? ?Smith, Charlea Burnham
and .) ,'y.
[
? ??m'nurd fr??m 9tmt 1>*K''
'several hundred persons had actually
-/enturad out on the Ice for _ distan?*?*
!of one hundred and flfii' fleet some
making their way ??ver the rough eak<BS
i that l?ad basa ?-innealed into a eoiid man.-.
...? sere waatber all the way to 86th
stf.t. Brooklyn.
liven the ?Street Cleaning Department
wan hit try the toe congested condition
?a th?- iretarways ?surrounding the ctty
for last night Commissioner Edwards
?aid he had been forced to order beck to
the stables the department carts, be?
cause it was ImpnasIMn far ihe annas
tit-ed In removing ihe garba-'?' to be
brought ..': ?ngsid.? the piers.
Th?. ice on the lakM In Central Park
Trotona Lake, in The 1'r.inx. and ?M
ponds ta ml streams in Van ?tJortlandt
Park was in Ideal coadlUon yeeterday
and vasl crowds of peopta took advan
tagS of the opportunity to Skin* ov? r its
glassy surface. Captsln Carson of the
?\rs? nni station estimated the number of
I abaters on tb>- Bva lakes In Ontral Parb
I to be more than 22,000, while in the S?b
juay, all through the day, the meulllc
] "clink" of skates carried bjr thousands
i of men, women and children on tl??ir
j way tu and from The Bronx and Van
j Cc^tlandt lakes at timen drowned the
? roar of the trains.
Skater Knocked Unconscious.
Although man:* ?thout-an-ds were ."i
. the Ice ori!> one ?serious accident was re
?portad. ?Charles Wagner, a youth of
; nineteen or twenty yean, living, at No.
Baal >S3d street, was knocked un?
conscious by an unknown skat**t ,,n tn"
?big ink.- In Central ?Park. His face was
? i\ lacerated, ami when Dr. Bmlth,
Of the Presbyterian Hospital. SJUUnlnad
i him he was found t? bs suffarlng from
; concussion of the brnin. He was re
; mowed t<* ?te Presbyterian Hospital, and
, later taken to Bellevue.
in spue of the extremely cold i-reether
gnd ihe heavy storms that have been
I raging-over the lake -regions and the
'western part of Pennsylvania for the
leal three days, there does not seem to
I be any indication that ths price of coal
I will be subject to a li?e, unless the
I severe weather continu? s for S great
'length of time. Large dealers said
?yesterday the supply In Ute coal pockets
! In the city was more than sdequate to
hold over a 1? ng period, during which
?shipments by rail or water from the coa!
regions might be snow .?r it*, bound, and
that thus iar the dealers had not found
themselves hard prasssd in ?supplying the
demand. They said they had b.en look?
ing for a serious cold snap for the last
tv o weeks, and while the waterways
?ware open had their conalgnmenta
rushed through.
A cumber of barges of coal fot thj
Curtis-Blai?dell company that wer
towed up the North Riv? r ?yesterdi y had
to wait in midstream until tugs could
be pressed into service to break Ihe ?ce
that had made it impossible for them to
be unloaded at the company's piers ut
?tilth street.
When th?' policemen on duty at tii"
fixed posts went out at 11 o'clock last
night they found the weather conditions
.. little less severe than they had been
th j>i?'\ i?>.j^ night, but the temperature
was still below the point whir? land?
ir.g for any length of time in one spot
was enjoyable.
a ?policeman who is o"n a fixed poet
In one of the downtown precincts said
yesterday: "The men do not regard
Work on these ??old nights: as duty;
It is torture. U we were allowed the
privilege of "standing ?. any "i the
four corners of an intersection of streets
instead of being com; ?lied to remain
in the middle of the street WS wool.I
have som? 'han'e of <l?>dting th< ?cj
winds, but as long as the regulation
stands the wav it is now we are bound
t?. get the full benefit of every wind
that blows."
t ? ?
TYRONE POWER RESCUED
Ploughs Dig Out Train After 36
Hours' Imprisonment.
Albany. Feb. IL?The train carrying
Tyrone Power and his theatrical eompaay
?.in! forty oth? r passengers, which was
stalle;! in the mow on the New York C<tl -
tr.?I Railroad ten miles east of Opwc'o.
was released at n? m to-day ?fter havtaa
'.??H iiei.l tii.rtv-six hours- Two big ro?
tary snowploughs which were sent to th
rescue of ?lie Imprlsone?! passengers were
forc?*d to tunnel through huge drifts, an?!
later the root ot ths tunnel was knocke?!
in and ths snow removed. Never before
In railroad history In this state, the official
say. have t-uch conditions existed.
Steam was kept up In the boiler of the
ngine l?v ?borelUng snow into It, and food
was obtained from a hot"! about a mi'.r
away? so that the passengers were kepi
fairly comfortable during their long wait.
Two oilier pSBSSBgei trains whl^h had
been stalled at Red Ore. k. eresl of Oswego.
were shovelled out last night after having
i??-, n detained twenty-four hoirs.
A train load of hog?, bound from Chicago
to Ho*-ton, which hart b?-en shipped In open
ears. becn,me stall? d In a drift west of
Syracus*?. and many of them were frozen
to death. An attempt was made to un?
load the animals at Syracuse whtsn the
train reached tli?-re. but Hiere was no place
to shelter them, and they were for?*ed to
go on. Tin- trainmen report that the
squ.-alintr of the ?suffering bogs was pitiful.
Although the weather mort, rated some?
what to-i,.?v train-, from the West were
several hours late Man? railroad men are
reported ill as a result of exposure during
the last few days.
ICE PACK IMPRISONS BOATS
Many in Distress off Cape Cod_
Gre8ham Rescues Tv/o.
Chatham, Mass.. Feb. U.?The ic. pack
oft this cof.st let-da** held ap a small a? et
of SCbOOOere, tugs and barges. Which were
f. reed to anchor aerthweal of Handkerchief
ShunJs Lightship. One three n._st*-d schocgi
er displ-tycd her colors union down, but no
lUasavtag ere*?, s could rn?ke their way
through the ic?. ?Aass to ge to her aid. Sev?
eral other schooners were in danxerous po?
sitions, though they hoiste? no distress sig?
nals.
The iwyenoe entter Gresham tow?*! two
disabled scSooners, the Anni ? R, I??wis,
lloboker. for Duxbury. Mass., anrt the
j Rhoda Holm? s. Staten Island for Rockland,
; Me., into the hurbor at Rrovlncetewn. Roth
I were picked up off Chatham practically
helpless. It is expected that Captnln Win
tarn, of the Greshum, will start out asaln
to-night or to-morrow to lend ?ild to other
vessels.
1 wo four masted schooners were caught
i?i the ice south of Nantj.ket to-day and
ono waa strand?! for an ho?*r on Rass Rip,
but was release?! by the tide. At sundown
hot!, vessels wer. in de.-p water, but still
Inprlsoned In the Ice. They hud all sails
set and appeared to be working out befoie
a streng northerly wind. The lea oa Nan?
tucket Shoals Is reported to bo drifting
I rapidly.
TO CROSS GREAT LAKE IN AUTO.
Tort Arthur, Out.. Feb. 11.-Att? tripling In
an automobile <o cross !_ik? Superior on
ib.? ice, witb Did?th as ids rtsatlnatloB? D.
Bourea, of port Arthur, 1? : ster
?l.? Th. distance Rourea propose? to cover
?i, m mily?.
iKNOn Iff ILL WARN
EURO!1- TO KEEP OFF
; Secretary's Visit to Caribbean
? Countries Notice That Monroe
Doctrine Still Lives.
DIPLOMATS PRAISE MiSSIOM ;
Centrai American Representa?
tives See Advantage in Move
?Policy of U. S. Dictated
by Pressure.
! Washington, Feb. 11.-World-wide s'.gnin
? in ? i attaches to the visit so^n to be made
by Secretary Knox. at the direction of j
,?:it Taft, to the countries bordering
on the Caribbean Sea. European ?ilplo
mats, recalling a recent speech of Mr. ?.nox
bttort lbs New York State Bar Associa-j
tloii on the Monroe Doctrine, lo? k upon the [
proposed trip with more than a passive In-j
terest. That speech now Is being Inter
preted as the latest notice given by the
i'nited States that the principle of America
for Americans must he observed.
Cental American diplomats were unani?
mous in their statements to-night that the
Secretary's visit not only would allay inter- I
?na! ?Loubt as to the attitude of the I.'nited
Slates government toward their countries,,
'. ut would ward off possible encroachments I
or nations in the other hcmispiu-re.
The present state of unrest in many j
Latin-Am? ri< ?in countries, the rfTorts of
the State Department to maintain neu
traUty as h.twe.n the reput.lic? of the
south i.i?d Its endeavors to unravel their
llrancial tangleB have proceeded. It Is said,
not ?Without the potential lnflm-nces of
world powern
?Particular attention was drawn hy a
number of diplomats, discussing the wld-i j
clrcuia'.ion now bring given to Secretary j
Knox's speech? to those portion? in which j
he advocated the Immediate adoption of j
tie loun conventions with Nicaragua nn?l ;
Honduras, now pending In the United
States Senate. It ?a? pointed out that Mr
Knox had urged their passage because Of
"the cver-lm-reaslng political reason of
avoiding the danger of European entangle?
ment in the affairs of the countries sur
roundlrg the Caribbean."
Must Not Neglect Safeguards.
I Another paragraph that elicited renewed
Comment to-day was that In which he said:
logic of political gecgrapl% and ot
I strategy, .iml no?\ our liera i?oo? .- na
! tioiml inte.es; c?ate?l bv the Panam ?
( _: il, make Ihe afet?, th i ea? e int th*
?I rit? .?I ?i entrai America ami ihe zone
??? tin Carlbboaa of ptuan.o ?ut ?rt.rest to
| the Filled ?States Thus, trie malady of
revolution! aid (Inaneta! ccllepee l* mos
? nrecleel* In the region where it I
dangerous to us. It would ne< I ?
{kan 10 uphold .i mat pollcv like the
I Monroe Doctrine and to repudiate- lt
? nt c. .-.???.. ry eurollsrles end nculect t'?e se*i
?Ible meAsures which reusen dltate- a?
?????fi trvards.
jt wee pointed out to-.!ay that the a?!opt
Cd policy of th. United States?to bolster
ur? those countries 1n trouble on ths hem
is?.!. i. -had In a measure hern a cons".
? ii.er.... of pressure fiom Hm opean coun
i .. ? To ? eni Interference in countries
wher? Bui pean flnsncial ?ntere-?ts have
?Uttered Ioss?M tin ?.ugh the w.latlle and ln
' ::j 't*n; administrations of Central Amer?
ican politicians, the I'nited State? ha? ti-k
' n n leclded stand though not without
- >: in ths ipprebenslvs s-rutiny of po?
litical pan!-*? In some of the republic?
Will Explain Hopes for Cansl.
It Is understood that, aside from the
? moral effect that Secretary Knot? visit
may have in remov'n* ???."plclens of Amer?
ican territorial nTgrandizemnit the head
of various Central American countries
will receive a personal explanation of the
hopes of the Unite 1 state? with reference
to the Panama Canal.
Opinion was peneral ntront? the Central
(?can diplomats that President Taft
had chosen an opportuae rnom<nt to ?end
Secretary Knix to the Caribbean.
Dr. loa'ivtri Ifendes, Minister from
<", tat?mala said. 'I believe the visit will
be fruitful of ?results In tho^e countries,
which within a short time will receive a
irres' stimulus through the opening of the
Panama f*an?il "
Sefior Calvo. Minister from Costa Rica,
but ?peaking also on behalf of Salvador,
whose minister I? absent. declared that th?
visit of Secretary Ktox "would help to con
tlaus that goo?! 'elatlonshlp."
Dr. Fausto Davilla. Minister from Hon?
dura?, was so ?mi ressed with the announce?
m"nt of Secretary Knox's trip that he will
make a ?pedal trip to his country to be
there when Mr. Knox arrive?.
Dr. Salvator ?'nstt illo, Minister from Nic?
aragua, predicted that the political partie?
which had misrepresented the attlude of
the United S'ates as aggrandizing and am?
bitious territorially would learn from Sec?
retary Knox that the United States har?
bored no ?uch Intention.
Says Trip Will Help Cuba.
Si f,or RlverO, th.- Cuban Minister wh?.
represented his country In Mexico when
6??? rotary of State Hoot visited there, de
'hired: "I believe and hope that Secretary
Knox's tiip will be as beneficial In the rela
ilon? of Cuba and the United States as
Wfta Mr. Hoofs tiip In South America."
teflor Hojas, the Minister fiom Venezuela,
h. i*;.n Immediate communication with the
President of his country, pteparlng for Mr
Kn?>x's reception. The representatives of
I-tsytl, Dominican Republic and Panama
? xi.vesfed gratification an! did likewise.
Mr. Knox, it was announced to-day, will
leave here to-mor:ow night for Palm
I?(-ach. Fla., where he will remain for a
week while th ? cruiser Washington is pre?
paring to receive him. About Wednesday,
February 21, he plan? to leave, and prob?
ably will sail direct to Colon, Panam i
After visiting the canal he will embark
from th.' Pacific coast of Panama, on the
cruiser Maryland, proceeding up the west
coast of Lena a'. America, because many ot
the capitals o* those c unirles are more
accessible from the Pacific side, Crossing
Ouatemala by rail, he will be met again
by th?? < i ni.- r Washington at Porto Har
rios and will sail for Caracas, V'eneiuela.
and thence to Porto Rico, Santo Domingo,
Ilaytl and Cuba.
POLICE FEED S TAP.VINO MAN
Later Send Him to Hospital, After E<*
Collapses in Station.
After he had had les? than an hour'?
fitful sleep In the dooiway of a tenement
house In Rlvlngton street during the pre?
vious forty-eight hour?, and had crouched
on a bench In City Hal! Park during the
early hturs of the morning, when the tem?
po! a*ure was below zero, a blue faced, tat
i?..?l man. having ne home or occupation,
staggered Into the Elizabeth street station
? yestefd <y afternoon.
When IJeutenunt Houirlgen looked up
the man was swaying. He pressed a but?
ton beneath his desk and Patrolman Kelly,
running from the r? serve room, caught the
emaciated, chilled form as It collapsed.
', u- stranger was wrapped In warm blan- '
kets. Half an ho-*?r later he said:
* I am Greco Corkney. I am thirty-five
????ar--. old. I have neither employment nor
a home. For the la?t week I have been
tramping the street?. There 1? not a bit of
warmth left In my body-I am chilled "
He said he had not eaten for two days.
A hat was pass?.?l by one of the reserve
patrolmen and u handful Of silver coins
were put In a pocket of the man's tattered
.??,??t. Warm mifk and food were brought
li. M" ai" ravenoii?iy. I?ater, as he was
? ?* station, he collapsed. An
?i.? l.uliiii.? Was .ailed from Relievue Ho?
pttal and Corkney was taken to that insti?
tution.
END OF COLD SPELL NEAI
Weather Map Heralds Coming o
Moderate Temperatures.
Washington. F.b. U.-The most sever
?nd pr? traded cold snell of many year
probably will be broken this week, an?
tbe unusual winter, which has partiell'
paralyzed transportation on land and sea
taken many Uves and caused untold suf
ierlr.g In all parts of the ountry. wll
gi.e way t?< more seasonable temperatures
observers of the Weather Bureau do no
iroml'e there will be no more eld wav.i
tills winter, but they predi t that the nexi
week or ten days will be the forerunnei
of a sptll of moderate weather.
I,ake Superior, greatest of the Greal
Lahee, is reported frozen over from shore
to sn'?re, _om.-thing never hereto?ore r? ?
corded. In the present month tbe mercury
at Sault Ste. Marie has touched 32 de~ree?
below; :.t Northheld, Vt.. 26 below, while
in San Francisco it lia, ne.er been elder
than 46 degrees above.
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CHESAPEAKE BAY CLOSED
Ice in Tributary Rivers Thicker than
in Thirty Years.
fBy T-le-T.-ph to Th? Tribune 1
Raltlmore, Feb. 11.?Navigation in Chesa?
peake Bay and the Potomac. Susqueh?nna.
Chester and other rivers, as w 11 as Tan?
gier Sound, Is blocked by ice. Not in thirty
years have the Ice conditions been so bad,
and the two icebrats are unable to k op
the channels open. Two Norfolk steamers
and a Boston liner got in to-day, but no
Hay liners were able to get out.
Ice practically sealed up Baltimore's ln
n*r harbor to-day, and with no boats mov?
ing, it is feared that by to-morrow Ice will
hive formed to'euch an extent that even
the heaviest vessels will be unable to make
port. Each hour finds the Ice increasing
In thickness, and there Is no relief In
Bight
The losses to the oyster trade and pack
tug interests in the last month by the
fi?eze-up Is estimated at more than 1500,
''00. All the oystetlng fleet of a thousand
or more boats Is tied up, and the packing
houses closed, throwing thousands of per?
sons out of employment nnd causing much
distress among the families of the fif-her
n'ell.
HE PRHCID 14,702
I
-
Wickersham Describes Work of
His Department for 1911.
?SPEAKS AT NEW ROCHELLE
i
j Justice Should Tread with a
I Leaden Heel, but Strike with
an Iron Hand, He Says.
Two thousand persons from various sec
; tiens of Westchester County and Manhat?
tan listened to an address which George W.
Wickersham. Attorney General of the
United States, delivered yesterday after?
noon under the auspices of the New Ro?
chelle People's Forum, during which he
praised the Taft administration and told of
the prosecutions of illegal combinations.
His subject was "The Administration of I
Federal Justice." The presiding officer was
William Church Osborn, of Garrison. N. Y.,
and the audience crowded the New Ko- j
chelle Theatre.
Mr. Wickersham declared that during the
tamt 19t*. his department had completed |
14,702 criminal prosecutions.
"So long as men believe." said Mr. Wick-1
er.-hi.rn. "either that they can violate the j
law without detection or that they can !
escape the penalty of such violation, they j
will only obey the law so far as It aecms i
to be to their advantage; and where the
penalty for violation of law is by Une j
merely, they will obey It only if the fine Is :
larger than the profit to be realized by vio- I
lating It, and where there Is a reasonable
certainty that they will be compelled to
pay the fine." Introducing his subject, Mr. i
Wickersham said:
Our dial svstem of government Is almost
the desjalr ot fo.cign students Looked.a*. :
from the outside, it seems incompreher.sibl.
that two governments, admlnl-tirb'K la-'S
cmancting from dlff~rent s< urcts. but op?
erative upon the ?ame ln?JI Id'ials, shou'd
eiiat without perpetual confusion and tur
mull. In the early days of the nation, state
laws and reflation- governed the aralrs
of rr.o?t men. and the federal government
and Its laws actually affected but few. an
exceptionally.
. ^?*.duay .th' ?"?oeencss ?-f our national unto
tu . J,r:tfmacy of our dealings with ou
Z t c,ltiz'"'s In many states have brough
the redorai government more and mo.
into contact with an increasingly large p?o
portion of our pecple. and It becomes o
more vital importance than ever lefo
that every citizen should have a clear un
demanding of the seo e and limitations ?j
the nat'onal ?overnment, the laws onact*<
in the exeielse of it? c nstltutional pew
ers, and the manner of their enforcement.
After reviewing in detail the varioui
kinds of prosecutlrns for vlclatlons of th?1
federal laws with which his department
had been concerned, Mr. Wlckersnam said
| Without reflecting upon anv other, I ma
iay that, under the present administra?
tion, the effort of the Department o? Jus
I tice has been carefully and impartially tc
i Investigate all complaints ot violation of
the feueral statutes which have beer
| brought to its attention. A sira." force ot
i competent invee:lg-?tors, selected entirely
On merit and without reeard to foll'.eil
ii flumce, las b?en engaged in the work
, of investigation and detection of crime.
I This force numbers abrut one hundred
i men?nearly half of whom are lawyer ,
; S'ltiiD twenty expert accountants, and the
| remainder keen, alert, lntell'gent obser er?.
To the tboroughn ss of Investigation which
I is ea- rled on by the*e men before a pro*-e
enfion is instituted is creatly due the large
! r?ronerti? n of convictions resulting fron~
prosecution.
! Thus, of th? 14.70* criminal "Toseeutlo-*
i terminated durin<r the fls-sl year 1911. 3,385
re-tilted In conviction, 4.'"*) In pleas of
triilty, and ?Mi? were dismissed by the
government for me reason or another.
The speaker explained that the work of
his department comprehended the Investi?
gation and detection of crime, sometimes
without and sometimes with the aid of a
grand Jury, sometimes with and sometimes
without the aid of a hearing before a com?
missioner. Then he continued:
The administration of justice compre?
hends the investigation and detection, of
??nine sometimes without and sometimes
with tbe aid of a grand Jury: sometimes
with and sometimes without the aid of a
hearing before a commlsslontr.
Upon Indictment found by a grand Jury,
after technical obje- lions, such as demur?
rers or pleas, are disposed of, in c*s? the
defendant thall rot admit ils ??milt and
plead, acceptinp: euch reraity as the court
mav imroie, there is trial by jury, and,
If convicted, sentence, and possibly ap?
peal to the Court ci Appeals and some?
times to the Supreme Court, followed by
tho enfrrcement cf the sentence In cune
of conviction, payment of line or serving
of a term of ?mrrlscrment. subject to the
mitigating circumstances of jarcio or par?
don^_'
Mat??eson
"Silent Six.'
jBuill for thon u/ho uta th. bat
A tried and proven rlissal?
of excellent workmaashln.
BmsdwsT _t rt"r*d Street.
<
Throughout this whole procedure, from
.the 1n\e tigatlo.i of compl.tlnt or gug_?.s.
tlon of crlmo until ? onvlett vindication of
the law. the effort hss been to bear i?
rnind tbe fact that justice should trea?l
with a leaden heel tut strike with an Iroa
band. It is easy to injure the character
of a citizen bv clamorea.- lnv?*ctl-*- ;?t
I newspaper statement, but jus'lcc rejuir?e
?ihe production of evidence uefore a coi.rt
?and jury, the demonstration of iacrt, and
i the relentless but passionless imposition of
penalty.
TRAIN PURSUED BY STORK
Baby Born at Pennsylvania 8tatlon
Soon After Mother Arrives.
A bouncing bsby girl weighing eight and
a half pounds was born In the Penr.syi.
vania Station yesterday evening. Her
???other, Mrs. Christina Rehil, accompanied
by her husband, Henry, and a friend, had
Juet arrived on s train from New Bruns?
wick. If. J., where they live at No. i?t
Lastern avenue.
Mrs. Rehll was taken to the women'*
waiting room, where she was attend-d by
Dr. Bauman, of the emergency hospital -f
tbe station, and later an ambulance re?
moved mother and daughter to Bellevy
Hospital. Both were said to b<? doing
r.i?*e?y.
SUNDAY'S NEW-YORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
for $2.50 a year.
WANAMAKER'S
On the Subway at Asior Place j WANAMAKER'S
The Chair in which Lincoln sat
in his law office at Springfield,
Illinois, will be on exhibition to?
day in our Furniture Store. The
present owner, Mrs. Osborne H.
Oldroyd, of Washington, writes
that, seated in this chair, Lin?
coln drafted his first Inaugural
Address and selected the mem?
bers of his Cabinet.
Seventh Gallery, New building.
Lincoln Day Luncheon
Okra Soup.
Fried Chicken with Fried Grita.
Baked Sweet Potato.
Red Currant Jelly.
Corn Dodgera
Flummery. Coffee
Fifty Cents
Eighth Gallery. Restaurant.
Lincoln Day
A Home Day. A Day for the Whole
Family in the Wanamaker Galleries!
Choosing the tilings for the home, the furniture, the rugs, the pictures, is some?
thing in which each member of the family likes to have a voice.
We have planned specially today to make this store a meeting place. Our rest
rooms, ready rooms, and various conveniences are at your service, and in the bright at?
tractive Restaurant, on the Eighth floor, we will serve an Old Fashioned luncheon at
50c, with half price for children accompanied by parent.
All of the galleries will present attractive home-making features, not the least in?
viting of which is
THE WANAMAKER
February Furniture Sale!
All day Saturday and late into the night we were busy hurrying new things to the
floors. And we present for your inspection every sort of furniture you could desire,
furniture perfect in line, and true in workmanship, lifetime furniture at from 10 per
cent to one half less than regular prices.
Even* piece of furniture in our stock is in this sale. Perhaps an odd piece or two
may he all that are needed?there are hundreds of such, many at half price. For example :
/
AUDITORIUM
CONCERT
Dally at 3 P. M
Miss Elo?sa Holden-Soprano
Mrs. Marshall Pease.. .Contralto
Mr. Alexander Russell.Piano ami Organ
Circassian Walnut Cheval Mirror, $87.50, reg?
ularly $175. *
Mahogany Inlaid Dresser, $95, regularly $130.
Chiffonier to match, $80, regularly $120.
Mahogany Dresser, beautifully carved, $80,
regularly $105.
Chiffonier to match, $75. regularly $95.
Mahogany Colonial Dresser, $55, regularly
$78.
Chiffonier to match, $47.50, regularly $67.
Mahcganv Chippendale Cheval Dresser, $130,
regularly $200.
Sheraton Mahogany Cheval Dresser, $210,
regularly $285.
Chiffonier to match, $130. regularly $165.
Mahogany Chiffonier, $85, regularly $135.
Mahogany Chiffonier, $75, regularly $110.
Mahogany Dresser, $55, regularly ?78.
Mahogany Sideboard, $45, regularly $90.
Mahogany Sideboard, $75, regularly $100.
Mahogany Sideboard, $90, regularly $125.
Mahogany Sideboard, $125, regularly $195.
Mahogany China Closet, mirror back, wood
shelves. $60, regularly $75.
Mahogany China Closet, mirror back, one
glass shelf, $66, regularly $88.
Mahogany China Closet, two mirror back, one
glass shelf, $68. regularly $90.
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Galleriev
A Wonderful
Exhibition of Oriental Rugs!
In the Rotunda of the Old Building, on the upper bridge and the Third Gallery,
New Building.
A limited number of small sized Oriental rugs at $15, $17.50 and $20 instead of
$20, $25 and $30.
At $40, some very choice Khiva Bokhara At $53.50 and $57.50, some 4 x 7 ft. Kerman
Rugs, 6x9 ft., that usually sell at $70 and $75. shah Rugs that usually sell at $70 and $75.
Qualified Persian Kermanshah Carpets
Thirty-five rrgs. each an exquisite example of Persian handicraft, marked at a
price W'hich will readily find it a new home
11 ft. 7 in. x 8 ft. 5 in., at $172. 11 ft. 2 in. x 9 ft. 2 in., at $181.
12 ft. 3 in. x 8 ft. 10 in., at $189. 13 ft. 1 in. x 8 ft. 3 in., at $189.
13 ft. 1 in. x 10 ft. 9 in., at $247. 12 ft. 5 in. x 9 ft. 1 in,, at $197.75.
14 ft. 9 in. x 10 ft. 5 in., at $269.50. 12 ft. 9 in x 10 ft. 7 in., at $226.75.
16 ft. 2 in. x 11 ft., at $306.25. 16 ft. 4 in. x 10 ft. 1 in., $288.75.
Fine Antique
Persian Camel's-hair, 10 ft. 9 in. x 6 ft. 3 in., $72.
Persian Fereghan, 12 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. 1 in., $79.50.
Persian Fereghan, 16 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 7 in., $97.50.
Persian Sereband, 13 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 2 in., $90.
Persian Camel's-hair, 11 ft. 7 in. x 6 ft. 7 in., $111.
Persian Fereghan, 16 ft. 1 in. x 7 ft. 4 in., $119.
Persian Rugs
Bijar Kurdistan, 11 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 2 in., $147.
Hamadan, 12 ft. 7 in. x 6 ft. 10 in., $148.
Bijar Kurdistan, 11 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 4 in., $152.
Bijar Kurdistan, 12 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 2 in., $158.
Bijar Kurdistan, 12 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 5 in., $185.
Bijai Kurdistan, 14 ft. x 9 ft. 4 in., $233.
Third Gallery, New Building
The February
Picture Sale
Presents pictures to go with the
new furniture. Here, for instance,
are all our framed oil paintings at an
average saving of a third from reg?
ular prices.
Oil Paintings Now $2.50
to $675,
instead of $3.75 to $1,000.
And with them, at savings of from
a quarter to one-third, are some ex?
cellent water colors from the brush
of men as well known as Chillman,
Robinson, Sedgwick, George Howell
Gay, Stevens, Wilson, Fontaine.
Carbon Photographs at
$2.50
In 3-inch mahogany and gilt
frame-*?some well known reproduc?
tions.
$3, Instead of $5
Colosseum and Forum, in beautiful
architectural frames, 25x46 inches.
$1, Regularly $1.75
Hand colored photogravures in
antique frame? with bow knot.
Eighth Gallery, New Building.
third Gallery, New Building. L
Great Lincoln Day for the Whole Family?Throughout These Great Galleries.
JOHN WANAMAKER
Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co., Broadway and Fourth Avenue, Eighth to Tenth Street.