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PROTECT MORGAN
MELLEN'S PLAN
Tried to Shield Banker in
Grand Trunk Inquiry,
He Testifies.
OFFERED TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY
Ex-President of New Haven
Fails to Remember Alleged
Talk with Prosecutor.
Charles S Mellen, who for weeks
has amazed the court in the New
Haven trial by hi? remembrance of.
countless detail? In thirty year? of New ;
England railroading, nonplussed the (
government attorneys yesterday by hi? '
Inability to recall on the witness stand
a conversation they thought they had
with him an hour or bo before in the
Federal building corridor.
Frank M. Swacker wa? questioning ?
Mellen In regard to an investigation by |
the government threatened in 1911 Into (
whether the New Haven had agree-j
mentB with the Grand Trunk to ?up-.
pre?? competition. He was trying to j
get from the witness what advice E. D. !
Robbins, general counsel for the
New Haven, gave Mr. Mellen In view
of the impend.ng trouble.
"Did Mr. Robbins ?ay to you, 'We
won't have a leg to stand <>n if the in- I
vestigation gr.es into the question of,
monopoly?*'' Swacker asked.
"I don't recall that he said that," j
Mellen replied.
"Why, Mr. Mellen, isn't it a fact that
you had a discussion with me in the
corridor of tin? building a short while
ago to-day and made that statement?"
Swacker said.
"If you ?ay so, I weal ''..^jiute you,"
Mellen replud, his face flushing.
Stacker's voice hardened with in?
sistence, as he reiterated, "I>id you not
tell me thut Mr. Robbie? ?aid that?"
Didn't Recall Statement.
"I won't dispute you If you say I
did, but I don't recall that I made any
such statement to you," Mellen said.
Michael Kenealy, counsel for .tob
binB, objected to evidence in regard to '
what Kobbias said te Mellen on the
ground that it was advice given by i
counsel to a client.
The court ruled agaiast him, and
Molleo ?aid that he had many conver?
sations with Robbins on the subject of I
the threatened investigation. All wer?-,
to the general effect that such u visita?
tion would bring about financial and i
legislative confusion for the New
?laven interests.
Daring the morning session Me!.en
told of his efforts to stand between
the late J. Pierpont Morgan and the |
government investigators in regard to:
Morgan's part in the Grand Trunk
agreements.
"1 wrot? to Henry A. Wiso, United
States Attorney, offering to waive im-)
tnunity and fro before the grand Jury
to tel! it everything," Mellen said.
"The papers were filled with a lot of
attacks and ?tines about the Grand
Trunk matter, and I thought by till?
ing the grand jury all I knew I would
put the attack.-? on the New Haven on
Um bum."
"Why did you want to appear before
the grand jury?" R. V. I.indabury, of
counsel for the defence, asked.
"To protect Mr. Morgan," Mel.en
?aid. "He wa? in a very nervous it ite
at that time From information that'
came to me on the 'grapevine' I V.niw !
that he had something to do with the j
I it?rd Trunk matter I did not kno'
about
Circumstantial Evidence.
"I had c:rcum?tantial evidence thi
there had been some und?-?
tween hiaa and the Grand Trun? I
instance, OBSS, when I bad a :
with Mr. Chamberlain, pre
Grani Trunk, at pay office, I had
nf to Mr. .Mon,-.. t, hot ?
the ?.??pointed hour he Was rich*
: pot. the ;: r?t on the Maine. 1
on? Incident that convinced r-..- Mi
Morgu knew all nhout it, and I ha
other information through eeilfldsittil
sources.
"1 wanted to go before tho gran
jury and take the whole rcj-por
i.r.d leiiv.. Mr. Morgan out. I v.,-?
(ifra.tl he'd gt.no and ?lone somethin
1 knew nothing about, and I didn't wan
l* bo mixed up in a nasty inei
?.it."
There were put in evidence com
munieation? from Attorney Genera
George ft. Wickersham, written ii
1912, to Mellan, asking whethei thi
?imult-aneous ?u?pen?ion of oertail
building operation? by the New Havei
and the Grand Trunk did not indicat?
SS nirrremont contrary to law. Mr
Mellen rep.led, disavowing that fieri
arsis any such agreement?. Mr. Wich
ersham then wr..
"I find that the Crand Trunk Rail
way Company secured from tho s'a?' ?
o? Msssschnsstta snd Rhode Islam
charters ?f Incorporation on aossswhai
unusually favorable terms by rea?on ol
solemn repretentatiom to the effed
that tho railway from Palmer t?. '?
donco would be conatructed Ind? pond
Sntljf of any traffic agreement w;th youi
?y?tcm; that the Stale of Phode l.-ilanrj
i.nd th<* ( it y ?if Providence ha?
pended very large sums of money in
aid of this enteiTinse, ami that th'
den stoppage of troth nnd up'
abandonment of the enterprise, ei
with th.* ?nfi-rma'ion that traffic ar
inngement?, which had always bsi
nied by the New Haven ?ystem to thi
Grand Trunk, have recently been eon*
ctdetl, has awakened a very great feel'
ing of popular indignation in the
effected. In view ?.f which and of
ments made to mo by various persons
Interested and by officials of those
?tatrs I have deemed it necessary to
direct a thorough investigation of the
whole matter."
POLICEMAN BEAT HIM,
PLAYWRIGHT CHARGES
Struck for Taking Officer's Num.
ber, Geddebro Says.
Charged with assaulting Fred Ged?
debro, a Dnni.?h playwright and jour?
nalist, with his nightstick on the night
of November 7, Patrolman Francis J.
Mace, of the West Twentieth Street
station, was placed on trial yesterday
before Deputy Commissioner Dunham.
Mr. Geddebro, who came to this
country seven years ago at the request
of the late Jacob Riis, his friend, live?
at 431 West Nineteenth Street. He
testified that he and two friends, John
W. Jensen and Chr.? Jen?en, of Ho
boken, after attending a lecture by the
P.fv. John Haynes Holme? at tho
Church of the Messiah, were on their
way to the West Twenty-third Street
ferry when the alleged assault wa?
made.
At Tenth Avenue, he said, he saw
Mace holding a woman and he took
the officer's number. Mace, noting the
action, let the woman go and struck
Geddebro, the latter Says, with his
nightstick on the mouth. The officer,
the playwright swore, ?truck him again
on the forehead while he lay on the
ground. He rlisplaycd two broken
t'.th as corroboration. The Jensens
bore out Geddebro'? testimony.
The officer testified that he wa? at?
tempting to direct a woman who was
slightly under the influence of liquor.
He was escorting her acroFs the street,
when she tripped on a car-rail. !!??
lost hit balance, he said, and his night?
stick, hanging on hi? left arm, struck
the woman. He denied striking Gedde?
bro, and said that the playwright re?
ceived his injuries by falling.
Mace added that he had several wit?
nesses, but they did not appear. Tin?
case was adjourned until next Friday
morning.
WHITMAN SEEKING
M'CALL SUCCESSOR
Continue-?! from pag<? 1
it wai hert. He declared that he'bal s
perfect right as a member of the com?
mission to accept a retainer from a
client, and he had no excuse to offer for
his statement that when he became
chairman of the Publie Service Cora.
mission It wa? with the knowledge that
he was going to practise law w'r
the opportunity offered.
Metall ins.-ted that he had made a
legal transfer of the 387 shares of
atock to hi? wife. He quoted legal au?
thorities to prove this.
"I transferred this ?tock by delivery
to Mrs. Mc all," he ?aid, with emrha
?i?, "declaring it to be an Irrevoei b!>?
rift I concealed nothing. I wu? abso?
lutely frank in the whole transaction."
McCall ?aid he did not believe that
because his wife held the ?tock he was
disqualified from ?erring a? chairman
of the Public Service Commission. He
accused th? Deputy Attorney der.eral
of demanding hi? removal not on the
law as it ?tands but upon change.? that
he wants ? law. He de?
clared there vaus not one ?crap of evi?
dence that the stocks were, not now
owned by Mrn MeCall.
About this time McCall grew white
with rage a* he discovered Senator
Thompson whispering something to one
of the counsel for the committee. Shak?
ing his : red te the
charge? on I i "contempt!
ble ir.? naal i of the chairman of this
committee.'' He del let
bave catt a vote In tbe AflMtercJes?.
Light ea-e . i it wa? be for- the eom
mittion, bit ne added that it wr.i with
a aense of propriety that he refrained
from voting on the cate.
Calla It Vile Slander.
MeCall r"f??rrr>d to tbe committee'!
charget In the Amsterdam cate a? a
vile and miacrable Blander.
"I now openly ?ay." MeCall thun?
dered, "that it vea? done with malice
aforethought. You mutt have known
hew intlgnificant the iharge tbat the
city loot it? rights when the commis?
sion approved the aale of the 122
?ham of Arr.'erdam ?tock U> the
Hrooklvn EOiaon Company. You mu?t
nave known how inaigniftcant thi*
. y*.*** VVh>r- '? w-? worthy of a
* S , ? 'n hl" ftm y**r ?> ?be law
achool.
He ?ieclared that tbe eaesttea of the
?ale Of these 121 share? was silly, ??
he Bad looked it up and bad found that
th? ei'y had lost none of ita rights.
"No ?as but a person muddled in hit
mental proeeaaei eeald make that as
?ertion.'' Mt< all declarad.
Deputy Attorn?) '.????ral I^wit
watted little ' m? la pr*-H?ing the
charge? ??ck ? ? McCall
"No-- rman M<?r all haa ?aid,"
began Ml ' i". ?onrlnced me
that h?- the cwn?r of that
rsff7 share? of K>- I - ? *c H * Heat
and Power
Mr. Lewi? ?bowed that the Kings
/ company ?-wned all of the ?lock
In tbe Brool > ? ' ompany, and
tbat tb? 111 .npany
bow own? all of the rtork In the Am
?Urdarr, company id il ?hat
tb etluf to get
tommi?*ior, u.t th? talc of th?
?hare? of Am?Urda no
?on compaur had lain donuaiit uatil
after Assistant Corporation Counsel
Hurr had been removed by Corporation
Counsel Pu'.k. Mr. Lowla read letters
that William S. Sheehan had written to
Commissioners Maltlne und (rain. They
were dated July 23, and he considered
it significant thvt the commission ap?
proval the sie a few day.? later, Mr.
Hurr having been out of the t orporu
tion Counsel's office for Marly u month.
Approval Construed by Court.
Jn-t.re Hatch, Mr !? -aid. ha.l
eonstraed the approval of the sale as
also upprovmg tl 'he Amster?
dam company and th? itapaay
to ?aerar*), th? ihjecl I ' v.hieh wa? to
givo th? latter :ne use of the former*!
franchise, which the city was at that
tim ? seeking to annul.
"Mr. Met all declared that the com?
mittee's construction of the approval of
this sale of stock," Mr. Dew.
"would n t do credit to a stud
nrSi .Mar at law school. Jndge
Hatch held the same opinion that thil
committee holds, and I wonder if Mr.
Mc all ail] Spnl? that statement to
Jadfc Hatch, whose ubihty ant! char?
acter I arn ';uite sure he respect?."
Mr. Lewis eaatsndsd that Chairman
McCull d.d own the oot ?hares of the
stock on the ?lay the order was made
by the Commission without a protest
on hi? part. He declared that it was
McCall'a duty as a representative of
the people on the commission to at least
protest against tho order if he did not
want to vote against it.
"It i? a question," Mr. Lewi? said,
"whether it was proper for McCall to
act with the t-tork in Mrs. McCall's
possession.
"If the law- provides," Mr. Lewi?
went on. "that oniy a Commissioner is
prohibited from holding stocks and
that hi.? wife or any other n
do ao it may be r.eci?sary to amend
the law. Personally I think a
missiomr who lit I by as McCall did
and ?ect an Order of this kind ap?
proved without proteat should be pre?
vented from being a member of the
Commiaaioi If the law did not pre?
vent th.? Commissioner from taking
part he himself should."
McCall then replied to various other
charges which th.- .-onimittee ha? made,
and Mr. Lew:? ;.r? SI tsd the commit?
tee's Side briefly.
liefer? to "Veil?.** Dog Fund."
Referring to the rumors which for
isiopet Maltbis said he had
heard regarding a "yellow dog" fund of
???,."..'1,000 to be usel in obtaining legis?
lation m the Manhattan interboroash
third tracking contract, McCall said
that the committee should have sub
i other of?
ficer? of the I..' <l out
th? facts, in*.trad of going up to lio
ton and endeavoring to look through
the paper? of the Lie Gardiner I...?
"Why not ?ubptena tho ofl'.ar ? of tho
InterboroughV" be shouted. "H
Shor.ts an?I QtJachesha lb in re ?nil get
instead of mousing uround
a dead man'? efTecta."
McCall declared that be was never in
favor of the St??veni contract.
"If there w.re any basis for tho?o
charges against me," he said, "you
would hav? to deplete the entire city
government, Including the Hoard of
? ate "
In clo?lng hi? plea to the Governor
MeCall declared that he would never
be rushed of. bit feet "by any pander?
ing or heaee'ionai rol "
"I will do eqosl justice when I am
railed upon to decide. I will act ac?
cording '... '??/.beil^.JKinerit," he ?Hid.
WILD WEST TALK
AT 'BUS HEARING
"I've Killed a Man for Less
than That!" Bainbridge
Colby Shouts at Taunt.
-
INTERBOROUGH FIGHTS
OWN LINE'S FRANCHISE
Estimate Board Committee's
Recommendation Likely to
Win for New York Co.
The Board of Estimate closed Its
hearings yesterday on the new motor
| 'bus routes for Manhattan. The New
York .Motor 'Pus Company and the
i Fifth Avenue Coach Company, a sub
lidiary of the Interborough Rapid
" < BSBBeay, which operates the
exist . | routes, are the applicants for
the franchise. Acting Mayor McAncny
declined to forecast which company
? would win, but as the franchise com
Btlttoe of the board has recommended
the Motor 'Pus Company proposal it is
likely tbat that company will get the
' franc
A series of exciting tilt? between
!.- Colby, counsel for the "but
f, and William I). Guthrie,
counsel for the Interborough, enliv
Bl . 1 tbe i-nal hearing. Glaring at Mr.
Ciu-h no. Mr. Colby said:
"It is a grewsome spectacle to wit- '
B< ? counsel for the Interborough op
po.?ir.g an application for a franchise
from the Fifth Avenue Coach Com
. is ruit only dominated but
ied by the Interborough. Thia
y seeks n franchise sought by
the New York Motor 'Pus Compinv,
but th" Interborough counsel pre?., ids
?-?i both applications. The in
owns at least 4.) per cent
of the h.tth Avor.u?j company's stock.
Four of its nine directors are directors
of the Fifth Avenue. President Shonts
it one of them. 1 am informed that
Mr Shouts of the Interborough, as a
!he Fifth Avenue, voted to
ask for the franchise. I ask to be cor?
rected if this is not true."
"We do not know how Mr. Shonts
voted." interposed William H. Page, of
the Fifth Avenue company.
"The Interborough game of accel?
eration has been characteristic," said
Mr. Colby. "We find a machine gath?
ering, headed by Mr. Guthrie, here to?
il, i.., attempting to deprive a reputable
snd resnonaible company of a fran?
chise fvuich it asks for an Interbor
ouk'h subsidiary company."
"You are the last to talk about ae- '
eeleration," interrupted Mr. Guthrie.
"Yi u have sent out letters to citizens
g them to come here and help
you g< t the franchise."
"Produce the letters," shouted Mr.
Colby.
After an hour's hunt Mr. Guthrie
produced a letter which, in SubstBBee,
.1 the citizens that the Fifth A.e
r.ue company sought an additional
franch is? desired by the New York
'Bus Company. Mr. Colby declared he
would be proud to acknowledge the
authorship of the letter, if he wrote it. ,
H? angrily denied, however, that he
had sent i.ut any letter?.
"You hava a falsetto voice," sug
;? III !' ige,
"I have killed a man for less than
that," ihouted Mr. Colby.
Mr. McAneny called the lawyers to
order.
Henry G. Schneider, a public school
teacher, protested at so much an
men? by the lawyer? on the wh
question. He declared they had clrnr?,
the record? of the Boarii of I' ' "
Mr. Schneider often appears
board aa a heehler. Boroa*ra Pr--..!?
Mathewson of Ths Hror.x q
? e? of the companies
regard to 'ho profit? they expected
make. He s?, i he understood the i
of the Fifth Avenue compa
had been 12 per cent, with 1"??*?
fare?. The reply was tha* no prot
had been made prior to "
P S. C. EXCEEDED POWER!
Can Make Rales, Not Fnforcp The
Appellate Division H?i!d*t.
The Appellate Division decided y<
terday that the Public Service C0i
mi?sion is without power to direct
common carrier to refund to a shipp
payment? found by the commission
be excetsive. The court, with Ju?t!
Lnughlin dissenting, held that tl
commission may only determine tl
}ast end reasonable regulations to 1
observed.
On complaint of Edward D. Murrd
and William P. Msrphy the Public Se
risa Csaimission pa ass d ? resolutio
directing the Nw York Central Ral
mad Company t., repay $17*1 for ur.r.i
sonable track storage ah SUSS. Su
wa? brought against tho ra.lroad con
pnny. Justice Gr?ent.aum decided ths
the order of the Pabllc Berries Con
mission wn? binding on the compan
rind gave Judgment in fa.or of th
Morphya 1 ?ion hs
reveraed this io?lameBt and ordered th
suit dismissed.
$10,000 OF SCOUT
$200,000 PLEDGEE
Campaign on Monday - Literarj
Safety First Crusade for
Boys Proposed.
More than DOO citizens divided ir.ti
seventy-five, teams pic iged themselvei
at a luncheon at f>7 I hambera Stree'
yesterday to raise $200,000 for th?
Boy Scouts in a four da] ligB tc
begin Monday. Preliminary contribu?
tion? of $10,000 were announced.
"We are determined to lift the Hoy
Scouts out of the charitable class and
? them u self sustaining I
said Walter W. Pnce, of States [aland,
chftirnihi of the campaign committee?,
"1 he fund WS ask for trill be su '
to provide for n three years' budget."
Acting Mayor M ?A ?en y sai?l he
would gladly aid the snt? rprise, adding
that the Boy Scouts was one of the
best movement? ever Isonehed for tho
boy. Chief Scout Ejecutiva .lames E,
Weal aaid that 11,000 ; era ins ii
er New Volk v. ho are worth from "a
hundred thousand to that many mil 1
l?ins" would I" called on by the can?
vassers.
To bring before tho public the boy't
? y j'.-rils, tho library i
of the Hoy Bcoutt of Amei ??. has
startetl a safety first juvenile book
wash. "A port of our leadership is
aimed to save the boy from exploita?
tion by certain anscrnpalooi publish?
ing hoases who ?en?! their
trash broadcast,'1 explained i
K. Mathiewa, chief Scout librarian, al
the Wanamakcr attditorium yesterday
afternoon.
There will be a Scout rally at 11 a. Da.
to-ilay at which the boya ?ill have a
ehaaee to m<et the men wh?.
creiited their heroes in fiction, includ?
ing Kalph Hensy Barber, Joseph A.
Altsheler. William Heiliger, Alfred
Bithop Ma?on, Joseph B. Ames, Irving
Cntrep, Psul n, P< rcj K
hofh snd Dan Heard. Thornton W.
Hur?.'*.'.?, author of "Bsdtil
and "Mother Weal Wind Stories," aril]
speak at 2:80 p. m.
WOODS AWARDS
SNUB TO ENRIGET
Lieutenant, First on List,
Fails to Get Cap?
tain's Post.
ELLISON ATTACK
COSTS PROMOTION
Ormsby, Aid to Dwyer, Loses
Broadway Power by Latest
Shake-Up.
Lieutenant Richard E. Enr.ght, the
( hauncey M. Derew of the Police De?
partment, wa? snubbed by Commis
tioner Wood? ye?terday. First on the
list of eligible?, the genial toastmaster
was ignored when two captains were
made.
The Commissioner's action in refus
iii'.varic" Earigbt was based on ;
the failure of the Lieutenants' Benevo- '
lent Association, of which Knright 1? (
? i repu!.ate tbe attacke
made upon the Woods administration
by V.'.::.,i:n B. Ellison, the orj-aniza
?1, after all tho other po
rgaaisatlOBI had taKen such ac?
tion.
With the announcement of the pro?
fits cann> a shake
up of eaptaias. Staadiag out in that
?hi.kc-up is anotnur humiliation for
Enright. For over three months he has
been acting captain of the Snyder
I PlatbeaB, and accord
. tho order he i?) transferred to
do desk duty as a lieutenant in the
gg Street, a ,, station.
Lieutenant Edward F. McN'silly, for
many years one of the desk chiefs of
( tective Bureau,
who WBS No. I <>n the list, la made a
? . un.l o.iced in charge of the
Long Inland i ity station, where for
some time ha has be-on acting captain.
No. 3 on the list, Thoma? V. Un?
derbill, of tho Clasaon Avenue station,.
Il advanced and sent to take charge of
the ?Veal Porty-seveath Street station.
The last move ?."a? also a great sur
priso, for it removes the last of the
?tor Dwyai w.iluence SB Broad?
way, bfl I?. Ormsby, recog
nlsed a? laspeetoi Dwyer*! right hand
who always was aligned by
r aa sctiag laspeeter when Dwyer1
abaeaca, loses his ;
int po t, to ;..ako way for Cap
tala L'nderhill, and is sent to take
chargs of Traffic "< ."
Caiitain MrlH-rmntt Retire?.
MeDeraett's retire?
ment i-? ali-o announcod. McDermott!
? the three captains wh?. re
, . ? nisaioni r ?
when ! i.oiis to make vacan
i Id the raak of the captains in !
order to promote Lieutenant Enright.
"The transfert are for the good of!
the service." laid I omffl : - .loner Woods.
MDoea that moiiii," In- was asked.
"that the failure of the Lieutenante'
to take the action of tb?
? organizations in repudi- ;
ating Ellison is rospoasibls for the
that you refused to appoint En
i captain?"
"All I care to ?av sbout ?he matter
it Lieutenant Lr.ni;ht wa? not
I feel that I must
i upon ma
I which give? me the appointive
power. I believe my action Is for th
advancement of set only departmental
discipline, but for the public good"
The full list of transfer? i-- Lieu?
tenant Edward F. McNally promoted
to a captaincy and assigned to th ?
Long Island station; LI Bt
Thomas V. Underbill, promoted to a
captaincy and transferred to the Weet
Forty-seventh Street station; the re?
tirement of Captain Stephen B. Mc
tt. of Head<|uarters squid; the
re remint of Captain Patrick J. Tracy,
of the West New Brighton Btatioi
transfer of Captain Charles A. For?
mosa, former inspector of Wi.
burg, from the Rockaway ?ration to
Border Avenue, to take Li-utenant
Enr.ght'? place; the transfer of Cap
tain Jacob Brown from Traffic A to
Traffle C; the transfer of Captain
Ormsby from West Forty-seventh
Street to Traffic C; the placing of
Lieutenant Charles E. Norrhrup in
charge as acting captain of the Clas?
sen Avenue station; the trinsfcr of
Lieutenant Enright from Say 1er V.
rue as acting captain to the S agg
Street s'ation a? rle?k lieuter.an?. Bl I
Lieutenant Louis M. Haupt, of the ti
Branch Detective Bureau, as acti: g
captain of the Rockaway station.
WILSONS CANDIDACY
FILED IN NEBRASKA
Bryan's Brother and Brothcr-in
Law Refuse to Sign Petition.
[By T'Iei-rafli U? Tie M 'inr I
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 3. -Woodrow Wil
son's name wa? tiled to-day with the
Nebraska Secretary of State as a can?
didate for the Democratic nomination
for the Presidency, and unless the
President officially requests that it be
withdrawn the filing will ?tand. At?
tached to the petition were the names
of Governor J. H. Morehead, Sta?e Re?
gent Miller, L. B. Tobin, editor of "The
Lincoln Star"; National Committeeman
C. L. Ball and several other prominent
Democrats.
When the petition was pre?ented to
Mayor Charles W. Bryan, bro'her of
W. J, Bryan, for his signature, Mr.
Bryan refused to sign the paper, say
?ng: "I think it would embarra?> the
Presideafl non-partisan programme."
Neither did the name of T. S. A'.len,
W. J. Bryan's brother-in-law, who ha.?
recently been appointed United States
Attorney tor Nebraska, appear on the
petition.
TOAST TRENCH UNDERWEAR
Austrian? Invent Electric Heated Gar?
ment? for Sniper?.
'Kr m The Trlin-e Hurta': 1
Washington, Dec. 3. - Electrically
heated underwear I? the latest inven?
tion of Austrian genius to mitigate life
in tho trenches through the eOBaiBg
winter. Garments have been devited
on the principle used in the little ma?
chi:,, i that toaat bread on the break?
fast table, ami uis equippe?! the Aus?
trian sniper enn lie comfortably out in
the snow and pot enemies at ?SO below
without danger to his ears ni d toes.
The tyatem, so far as has been re
ported, .:>.??? not work by wireies? a?
at, to it has the disadvantage of
hitching the electrical sold-.-r to hi I
bus.- of heat supply, But he will have
about the tame radiai of action as a
vacuum iweeper.
The plan is to weave into the fabric
light electric arirei and eo
te a .?hie that runs along tin- back of
the trench. The wirr? can be pat into
whatever pac of the garment or into
eBgfgarmsnta desired. Thus thi
Boldier .nth cold feet can get all
?oekS, ?he on.- with cold ear.? electric
| ar, he whoa? finder?
. arid the ot.o thnt is
cold nil over a complete suit of under
wear. The current costs about u ce I
?n hour a man, and the garments about
.<2u each.
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New Charms
for Old Pipes
VELVET SMOKAROLS?a new
form of the famous VELVET,
Smoothest Smoking Tobacco?ara
making a big hit with smokers.
Here is one reason. Watch for
others.
You can fill your pipe with a
VELVET SMOKAROL, and light
up quicker than you can open a bag or
tin. Prove it yourself.
1/efctt
SMOKAROLS
4 Packages
(2 oz., 24 .Smokes)
The same weight
of tobacco as in a
standard ten cent
tin
PATtMTfD JUME 29 1915
If yonr ?dealer cannot supply you,
we will send you a drum oi
VELVET SMOKAROLS ?U anosrss:
receipt of cash or stamps. 2I2 r,fth A.... ,w KorA
What better Christmas gift could
there be than a box of??ay?-100
of these perfect cigarettes.
25 cents for 10
Cera Tip and Plain End
FIRE LAWS TRAP
DOZEN OFFENDERS
Harlem and Yorkvllle Courts
Sustain Investigating
Officials.
I.*w?, regulating fire hazards In facto?
ries had their innings yesterday, thanki
to Robert Adamson, Eire Commissioner,
and investigator? for the State Labor
Department
Six men and one woman were ar?
raigned before Magistrate Frothlng
ham. In Yorkville Court, by fire in?
spectors on charges of violating the
r. galatloas regarding safety appli?
ances and smoking. Five were fined
und ?wo obtained an extension of time
to comply with the law.
Six factory owners were arraigned in
the Harlem Court before Magistrate
House, charged with failing to install
adequate exits. Two were fined, one
vas held for trial and the others were
granted short adjournment?.
.t: the \orkvihe Court Cornelius T.
Kennedy, who had smoked a cigarette
while working near films at 110 West
Fortieth Street, was warned and fined
|S. Charles K. Stein, charged with
smok;ng in a film concern at 1465
Broadway, wan fined $10. On similar
charges Adolph Weintraub and Hyman
Handel, of 11-5 West Twenty-ninth
Street, and Moses Falk, of 130 Weit
Twentv-oitrhth Street, were each fine?!
! $20. William D. Stewart pleaded ?rut?.,
to not having; proper rre escapea at Su
factory, at 111 Ka?t Seventeenth Street,
He has until I?eo??mber 31 to comply
with the regulations. Mist Imperlor
Briizanti wn? allowed thirtv ?lay? u
have a fire alarm apparatus u.stalltd ?a
her factory, at 20;> East Seveatatas?
' Street, where thirty-four persons trt
employed.
In the Harlem Court Sigmund Hineh.
berg wa? granted an ad ournment until
December 17 to provide for adeouati
I exits in hi? factory, at 33 West 126th
Street. Louis Cohen, o' 400 hast 1024
1 Street, wat fined $20 for fa.',,ire to pro
; vide proper exits. A fine of $25 wtt
I levied on Charles H. liar* for falling
to fireproof ?tairwHy? in his factory
1 building, at 157 East 128th Street. Jo
r.eph Nacht ha? until Pecemher 10 t?
finish work on exits in hi? factory, tt
184 East 114th Street.
The Edwin Cigar Company, of 2331
Third Avenue, a? a second o?Temler, wat
held in $f?0 bail for trial on ch?r??et of
not providing- adequate exits und t
dressing room for women employe!.
*
N. Y. Firemen Win Fair Medal.
Fire Commissioner Adarr.sor. receirt^
word from San Francisco yesterday that
the Panama-Pacific sTspssities ht?J
awarded hi? department, in connection
with its exhibit, a medal of honor for
fire fighting and fire prevention. Thie
award is equivalent to a prand prix, it
It la the hig-hest uwird given under
that clateifleatlon. In addition, a bronit
medal was awarded fur a model of in
extension ladder truck.
y^ctrola
Mighty as Caruso
Faultless as Melba
Tender as Paderewski
Sweet as Mischa Elman
Droll as Harry Lauder
Martial as Sousa
Trie Vwtrola i, all trtut? a?d ?!! nilrumroii
m oa? It five? you ike actual lose? ?I (ka
rirj-.nrJ ,.n'rr? and iir?rrum<nt?,ift? 01 th?
World It i? the (emu?, th? ?ower. the krauty
?t ?arery voice and earery .n.trunwnt It te
?h? ?upren? enu.uil t-utrutneat ot ail time
The Victor Dealers Listed
Below Will Give You
Demonstration.
Leading Places Where Victrolas
and Records Are Sold
Below 14th Street
ideal Music Co.29 John St.
Owens & Beers.81 Chambers St.
Singer Bros.82 Bowery
Jacob Mandel.246 Bowery
From 14th St. to 42d St. (Inclusive)?
Globe Talking Machine Co.9 West 2 3d St.
Chas. H. DiUon & Co.8. 10. 12 East 34th St
Ludwig Baumann & Comp'y- 8th Ave.. 35th to 36th St
James T. Coughlin.544 & 546 Eighth Av.
Knabe Warerooms.5th Av. at 39th St.
Michael Streamer.1 39 East 42d St.
Pease Piano Co.128 West 42d St, near Broadway
From 43d St. to 96th St. (Inclusive)?
Mathushek & Son Piano Co.Broadway fie 47th St.
Bloomingdale BroB.59th fit Lexington Ave.
Sol Lazarus.216 East 59th St
Adolph H. Mayers.1983 Broadway, near 67th St
Fuller & Bagley.2106 Broadway, near 7 3rd St.
I. Zion, Inc.2 300 Broadway, cor. 83rd St
M. J. Roth.3rd Ave. fit 84th St.
Henry Mielke.1680 Second Ave., cor. 87th St
Above 96th Street?
Emanuel Blout.2799 Broadway
Theo. Arison.52 Wes? I 16th St
Buckley-Newhall Co.5th Ave. fit 1 25th St
Kranich & Bach.?.16 West 1 25th St.
Albert Sichel.2 33 West 125th St
F. L. Steers Co., Inc.3496 Broadway
Lenox Talking Machine Co.312 West 145th St.
Epstein & Berdy.2977 Third Ave., near I 5 3rd St.
L. J. Rooney Co.. . 145 I St. Nicholas Av.. near 183rd St
Brooklyn
A. I. Namrn & Sob, Fulton St. at Hoyt St Subway Statn. B'khn
Epstein ?St Berdy. ... I 198 Fulton St.. near Bedford Ave.
Pease Piano Co.34 Fiatbush Ave., Brooklyn
B. Guy Warner. .Bedford Ave. fie Halsey St.. Brooklyn
Out of Town?
Hunt'? I.?.rl,n, Maiic Hoai?, Inc.. S2-S4 Mart,?. Av.. Win!? Plain?, N. Y
Ste-er & Sons Puno Mfg. Co.743 Broad St.. Newark. N. J