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"One Touch
of Humor?"
Brings has that touch?
rvery morning?to make
the whole world kin.
But he has more; he
strikes a human note that
gives to all his work an ap?
peal that's universal?and
unique. Turn to his cartoon
tlu-j morning. Page 14.
?he ?tribune
Firtt to L*?t?the Truth:
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i'-i- i??? 138 Front Street.
th* official translation and trat at hand,
but it la stated authoritatively that
th* Unlt.d Stet** will enter Into no
?-Change of opinions as th* Vienna
loreign Office 1* represented a* sug?
gesting, and absolutely will decline to
??issue? th* facts of th* torpedoing *nd
?helling of th* Anco: a.
No official word had reached the
Btate Department to-dsy that the
Austrian teply had been delivered to
American Ambassador Penfield, but the
I r*Wb dlspatchea containing excerpts
v?*ie taken in official auarters as suffi
< -* ? evidence that tna r?joind*r is
on its way to Washington.
Fr*m such part of th* unofficial t*xt
et la contained In the news dispatches
c.iTirials considered th* reply vague in
mai.y respe?-'.?, hut they war* not pr*
par*.l ti decide wlieth*r tha* w-??
caused by the translation.
The outline of the reply wa* dis
appointing because soni* American offl
rials had been led to believe by pr*
diction* from Germanic quarter* that
It would be favorable, or at least would
propose something which 'he I'niUd
grates could accepr.
No Room for Dispute.
>? - >>?rretary Lanfin?; based the rep
itions in bis note on the official
?tatenient of the Au?trian Admiralty
American officia!?? are at a Io?b
?erstand where there is much
for discussion or disput* of
facts.
New? recently from Vienna that the
*..bmarlne which sank the Ancona wa*
missing led some officials to believe
th*t a new element had been nitro
??uced Into the dispute which has
promise of carrying some weight. Th_
point, however, seem? to have
????regarded in Austria'* answer *
i?s officials can judge from the unoffi?
cial text received here
American official? believed that tak
i'-.g as a bail? the official admission of
th* Austrian Admir&lry, that th?
Ancona wa* ?helled, torpedoed *nd
sunk whi'.e passenger? ?till were
aboard, there would be little room for
H?eo??lo_ of Secretary Landing's con?
tention that th* commander violated
tha principle? of International law and
humanity and that It wa? "wanton
alaughter ef defenceless non-combat?
ant?."
('rials Bare to Tome.
Official? pointed out to-day that a
Hieronghlji unsatisfactory and unre
tpontivt reply from Austria would
bring; diplomatic relol ?1 aea the
two countries to a cri.-ia because of
the eiosing words of Secretary I.an
?ing'* not*, which declared th?t "good
relations between the two cour.trie!
reet upon a common regard for la"-?
and humanity," und that Austria,
appreciating the gravity of the ca?e.
"w: . herede to its i the Unite?. State'*;
demand promptly."
Vienna Asks Proofs;
Upholds U-Boat Chief
London, I)ec. IS. The reply of the
Auvo'-fungarian (rovernment to the
note from tne Cmted Statea or, the
r of the Ancona was handsd to
Fr?'!<?i:ck I. Penf.eld, American Am
bootodor it Vieano, en Tuesday, ac
Mrdittg to a Reuter dispatch from
Ams'erdam The correspondent quotca
from the reply a? follows.
from th* sharnness with which
th* government of the United States
believed \\ ought to censure the
commander of the submarine and
from th? firmness *?ith which the
demand* addressed to the Austro
Hungariai ?-overnment appear to
have been brooghl lurward. it could
be expected thai the American gov?
ernment would elcarlv giv? the
actual circum?fances upon which it
relie?. A? can be easily recognixed.
the representation of the eircum
?tance? contained in the note allow?
numerous doubts and (rives not at
?11 sufficient renions for blaming the
commander of the submarine and ?he
Austro-Hunganan government, even
if tha representation prove? cor?
rect in ?11 point? nnd judgment in
the ease ia based m the most rigor
->us legal Interpretadlo?.
Vienna Ask* Proof?.
i he American goveniinen? a.so
omitted to indicat? the per?.m s to
whose statement* it refers and to
whtOI it apparently believes !t mus?
attribut? a higher degree of trust?
worthiness than to a commander of
?he Imperial Royal Navy.
A? to th* number, the names and
th* details concerning the fate of the
American eitiseOS who, in the eritleal
moment, were aboard the above men?
tioned ??earner the not* doe? not
give guy exploaation. Flut In view
of th? fact that the Wat-liincrton Cob
Inet now boa given a positive declaia
ties that at the above mentioned in
ddaal subject? of the United .c* I
cam* to grief, the Austro-Hungarlar.
goverrm?nt, in principle, Is orepnred
to et ? c-*?fh?ng* or opinion
with rhe Amtric* governmenl Bal
In the mee it muit raitt th)
?uestion of why this govemmcii' n
raiaed from juridically motivating
?he demand? stated in its note with
regard to the -ferial circumstance*
of the ineriminsting .i.cidont. which
are esptcislly pointed out bv the
Aqmerlcar. government, and it the
place of such motivation mentioned
an exchange ef correspondence which
it had with another government about
another a fiai.
The Austro-Hunghilan government
is th* less able to follow the Wash?
ington Cabinet in this unusual atti?
tude as it in no way posserses a
?lode* of all the correspondence
having reference to it. Th* Austro
Kungarlan government tito i? not of
tha opinion that thi* knowledge could
b? sufficient for the present case.
which, according to Its twt inf?rma?
la materially different from the
case or cases to which tho American
eoTornmenl tpoorontli n referring
Therefore the Anstro-Ilungarinn go\
en men* matt leave It to the Wash
legion ?"abinet to diaw up 'h* in?
dividual lepr.l maxim? which the com?
mander of the submarin* is allcg??:
to have violated when elnkng fh?
Ancona.
The American, government siso
thought it advisable to point eal
tads which tl.c Bertin Cabinet In
?he he'ore-rrer.tioned exehang* e!
correspondence had taken. In the.
highly esteemed note ths a
Hungarian government ?ndt dc sap*
port for 'his course. If the Amrri
can government should have intend- '
?by to express an opinion as
If a precedent exists for the present
case, the Au?tro-Hungarisn govern -
order to nieven? misunder
itondingn must declare thai I of
mtttl pre??r\e fi'll lib tl
"ige 't? own legal Interpn
? ., .,-- .*,,?, * .(??? ..,,., ,,- .i . Anrons
r
Malone to Talk on Defence.
A meetit.it nnd concert of the 11..
manftarian Coll ?HII be held December
21 at Letli? Hal, Kighty-third ?Street
and Broadway, a?. 8:10 o'clock. Dudlev
Field Maione will ?peak on national d*
fence. Oth?r speakers will be Mr?
?illiam (Jummiij Story, W. John Mur
?y and Mi.?ha F. Applebaum
3L Miman $c ota
Clothes of Distinction
for Yonne Men
The young man wlho makes a point of
being fau-t?ess.y dressed wlVi find
the assortments o??
Evening Dress Suits Dinner Suits
Cutaway Frock Coats
and Waistcoats
in every way dessrab?e and! timely for
selection in view of the social activi?
ties of the ho.ioay season.
The tailoring and qualities are beyond
question, and the prices reasonable.
Especially attractive Sack Suits may
be obtained at $25.00.
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GERMAN PAPER
DELIGHTED WI1
AUSTRIA'S NO
All Express Warm
provai of the "Lessoi
Imparted to Wilson
REPLY REGARDED
AS BITING IRO
London Press Sees in C<
Biirian's Answer a Deliber?
Snub to America.
Berlir Pec. IT. The "Lakai
?siger." "he "Tages Zeitung."
"Kreuz Zeitung" and th? "Zeitung
M;*??/'- all express tborooghgoing
prova! of th? Austro-Hungarian i
to the American not? on uta An?
Oi ?he out of town papera, the Call
"(??ezette" and the Cologne "Volks
tung" praise "ths ?left and pell
n*ann?r in which Cant Burian f<
weakness in his opponent'! fence."
The "Lokal Anzeiger" points out
the Austrian reply hat no*, fuit!
American expectation! of prompt t
pliance with all the demande, but t
on the contrary, th? Auttre-Hunga
government, while entering "a d.giv
disclaimer against the wholly unju
fed sharpness of the American
mandi," requeets soma legal founda
for the accusations against the sub
rine eomander.
"President Wilson," the paper <
tinues, "has considered It right ??>
mar.d in th? brusc*u?st ton? comp?r
tion and self-puniihrnin* on the bi
of statements of anonymous witnei
on the baeie of material which i
so slightly convincing that th? ?
lector was forced t-o reit? it of effect!
n?s? by Indefinite expressions, like
Yah!,-? information,' or that 'the s
apparently did not attempt to esca
Proof Vp to Wilson.
"I he Austrian note will bring Pr?
?Vileon to a realisation that in
tcrnational relations it is not su
cirri' ?o make demands, bu* that I
first far's mi which demands are pot
must be substantiated, and that ml
inif proofs cannot be replaced by b
rude words. It Is the President's ci
now t?i prove that the Ar.cona did I
flee. U he is unsuccessful in this
will have no alternative, In view
his earlier interpretation of Interr
tional laiv, te .abandoning satiefacti
of his demands.
? i be Austro-Hangarlas governme
ir. any case, has placed him In the n
pleasaat position of being forced to i
c? re an invitation to exchange vie?
rathar than the expected prompt rep
complying with his wishes."
The "Kieur Zeitung" do?s not i
tempt to conceal its pleasure and satl
faction a? "the delicious way" in srhi
ths slsmaatai. lessons in diplomai
procedure have been imparted, ai
?renders whether President Wilson ai
Beeretery Lansing "will accept the
defeat or sevei uiplomatio relation?
"The. resal? will be very it.ntruc.i-. ?
?ays ths 'Kreuz Zeitung,' "ai ?.owii
which marner of treatment Is to I
recommended in th? relntions wi
Washington."
Thinks T*. S. No<e (ha W'tsakar.
The ?Yologna "Gaiette" says: "Tl
Austro-Hui.garian note Is much sul
tli r, ar.d th'-refore more effective, ths
the American nute. Washington hi
made the task unusually light, by i
ee te 'he correspondence wit
In earnest und polite ton?
Hangars ressnrss complei
lihert] to discuss ths Ancor.? esas."
Th? "Volks Zeitung" says: "i sai
Buviun clion?e? against President Wi
?OB'S pond?reos method the trenchar
a >- pon ef hltir.g irony. His answe
is reaiiy a refreshing treat and slrnl
f i??, "or 'iif t.rne being, a Hat rejectio
of Sir IrVilSOB'S demands."
h* . ?M. 'i. Tria? IM
London, Dec. I?. "Austria flout
America" is the way a majority of th
i.e?-paper contents billa de-cr.hc Atll
tria's reply to tl Ancona not?
the word "impudent" is the label at
tached by the puhlie. ?.?enera! op.i.io
it ths reply cannot ?atisfy Anieric
and probably ?ill lead to a serious sit
uatlon.
""'he Fvening New?" says editorially
a:'er suggesting that the reply lack
nothing in offens!*,eness and probabl;
derived its ir.ppiration from Berlin, i
it was not actually dictated there:
"It is in effect a itatement that tin
American note is a blundering docu
ment, making wild and rliT li
charges without offering any support
ing evidence. Read in conjunction
with the American note, the reply e\ i
ll intended as a rasping snub
That Americans generally will accep" i'
at? such cannot be doubted. Thtl
of course, complicate President WY
son'? task of maintaining cordial rela?
tions with a power whose Anibassador
he has rejected for the crime of plo'
ting against the domestic peace of the
United State!. i
"it may be that President Wilson
e kble to hold out a little longer,
or may be he will proceed to argue
upon the allegations of blind asf-ertion
. . i lock if cv.deuce which Austria ha?
made. In any case we presume there
will he another addition to the wonder
ful ?ollertion of notes that mu.-t have
swelled enormously the archives in
r\ sshincton and Berlin.
"We In Great Britain have ceased to
Y-ike breathless interest in the pr-r.ree.1
nigs. If we have regret, It Is that the
great nation speaking our language and
largely akin te os has already lost
much of Its dignity in the eyes of the
world. B.i*. that is a regret, not a
ri i vanee."
"Taking it? cue from th* G*
correspondence ?bout the Lusitania.
says "The Westminster Gazette," "Vi?
enna's purpose la c'.e?riy to temporil*
and involve the Amenc?n government
- - lud SO* exchange of documents
i :?,_ ?'? th? American mind will
have forgo"?- th* neiden?. The real
question is whether the t.'nitad State*
is or is not t.red of this kind of thing."
Hamburg. Dec. 1* The "Hamburger
Fremdeahlatt'' and th* "Hamburger
Nachrichten" comment at length on the
r i it? -?? ? by ?'- i I'nited States to Aus
tha concerning the Ancona case. The
"Fr-'mdenblatt" says:
"The note has caused extraordinary
sa-.-prise in Oof?SOOT, riot only because
of Its harsh tone, but also because of
its contradictory contents. 1 he An
eona was fired upon because she tried
to escape, not tried to escape because
?he wa? ??rst fired upon."
Th* Tret-arteablott" thirks that th*
not* cannot ha explained by the im
Hiedi?te oecasior that g?v# rise to )t,
bu* ?a*,? that probao1- tlie President's
"temperament wa? ?trongly influenced
by genera1 vexa-.ion? like what leeon)
ly ocrurred." But th* Pr*?ident, rfe
rlares ?he paper, "in view of the re?
sponsibility resting upon him, and also
in Justice of th* judgment which h?
claims for him?*lf. must *ft?r ?11 *t
tach more value to frank joint effort?
to clear the atmoiphere than te a mo?
mentary explosion of psssion."
GOLD FIND TURNS
TO BARS OF IRON
Sandwich Man, His Shoe
Pierced by Pin, Picks Up
Case of Jewelry.
"Beb" D?sirer, ssndwleh mar, dodged
under th* no?? of a hors?, eluded ?
taxic?b, and leaped upon the curb only
to land uron ?omething that stuck up
and hurt hi? foot.
Dodging hone?, taxicab? and truck?
is sasy for Decker, but th* sol?s of
? andwich'f men'? shoe? do not giv*
great protection again?t ?harp ebject*
on the sidewalk -So Decker lifted the
injured foot to nurse it and mumb.e
something about the object on the side?
walk.
To do justice to th* denur.ciat.on of
th* ob*tacl?, Decker frowned down
upon it Then his frown disappeared,
the pain in hi? foot wa? forgotten and
he gingerly ttuoped down and pioksd
.' np.
"It'? got rock? in It or I ain't got ?
lias on my beck," hs mumbisn.
Decker wa? right. Th* *bj*et wa? a
.-iinall iewel ca**. Th* ln?*rtion of a
trembling linger revealed a platinum
chain s*t with diamonds, a green
enam*l watch, in the centre of which
wai a three karat diamond, a laval
i lier?, a lady's diamond ring and a
watch chain.
To the sandwich man it looked like
me-ils for his wife and three children,
?hoes, coal in the coal bin and -then he
threw his sign into an alley near
Forty-second Mreet and Hrosdway and
hurried to the place he calls home, at
?54 Bedford Street.
Decker drew his wife ov?r to the
smoking lamp, opened the rase and
emptied the guttering mass into her
' hand. The woman looked at them ner
j vously, then handed them back.
"Bob, you didn't, you didn't steal
' them t" she asked.
"No, T found them. I p*?**-*?***-- '?""?
1 up on Broadway, down there near Por
i ty-second Street."
' "But thsv're not yours, nohow." pet*
I ?isted the woman. "You saa*l sell 'em. '
There was a long conference. The
' result wa? that the ring "vas pawned
for f'_. Nothing more was sacrificed
for a -.ver'-. ?obodl tppeotod to claim
the jewels and Dsi'Wer, ever ?n need o'
money for food, sen*, his wife to a
Sixth Avenue pawn shop to raise
something on the v.at-ch.
The watch had hardly been placed
on the glass show case when Detec?
tives Whalen ar.d Clsre stepped up ?nd
' took possescion of It ?id the arm of
? lbs woman. An hour Inter the entire
; story had been told The jewels had
: DOOS recovered and turned over to the
i detective?. Decker wa? locked up on
: the purely technical charge of
1 lnrreny.
"He's certain to be released as he
make any effort to ?teal the
jewel?," explained Detective Whalen.
' Hell be out in time to have the
Christmas dinner his wife and children
dreamed of when they saw the jewsl
box."
But the sandwich man is far from
?tic.
"V. hen ? steps on anything I know
|l don't me.in nothing, but * pain in
the foot, ami that'? all I ever get." he
?f
WILLS HIMSELF A COFFIN
Coi Van Wyck Alao l)e-*?-rib?rd Flo? He
Wanted to Be Dressed.
' oleael WUllam E. Van Wyck, a ps
i tired ?rholetola paper merchant, who
i died on June 2 at 129 West. Ninety
; fifth Street, ?*ved his family mnch
; trouble In th* matter in arranging his
funeral. He attended to ?11 the neees
Fary details In his will, which ws?
filed in the Surrogates" Court yester
da;.
"I order and direct," h* said, "that
tr.y de.-.d body be laid out in colonel's
fall dress uniform and In black merino
or cloth covered coffin and silver plat*
handlet and name plate to cost
thou-. SoO. and leid in my own burial
plot Ot V.'oodlawn i emetcry."
I clone! Van Wvck was s re?eran
of the I'ivil Wsr, in which he fough*
with distinction with the 7th Regi
and was at one t'me president
o? the New York Athletic Club. Hi
lite th? iiios? explicit directions
th? maoagoatool of his e?'rtt?.
and eriolned his executor "to keep
fro* fron legal interference,
ting the exp?rience of - i writer
the) an estate Ii oftei ? -.,. -,
legitimate prey for those who practice
'? i th ut tonseienc
lepresents saving, not ipscnlttion, ai >i
:.? to about >?i"'."
Colonel Van Wyck al?o explained in
his will that he left nothing to chant,
it* he coiatdered that such ten
tributions should be ?nnd*? during one's
l.fetime. He further said that for
Ifty years he had assisted many of
h.? relatives and that he had decided
"they mot! have no more help from '
m ('??...te."
A m \ h
si Shopping for a man's gift i-" ->
? Pure silk shirts ?f
')?"- m
$3.55
>j were ?8, I?, H ft $5 %
'/? Silk and si.k-i.ibccd pajamas I
\ 54.00 h
1 were 57, ? & 55 ?
J Fancy mixture sack suits ?
. *25 ?
: ware $3?, ?5, ?32, ?0 & t_S |J
1 ^
: Brokaw Brothers ;
Jj Astor Place ? Rnir?h Avrnue :>
SEEK VOTE TEST
FOR HOME RULE
City Officials Agree That
Referendum Would End
Legislative Tangle.
BUDGET MAKERS
MAY BE CENSURED
Brown Committee Hears Pren?
dergast Blame New Yorkers
for Many Burdens.
A referendum as to whe-her the peo
p.- of New York City prefer to govern
"himssives or ha*? their affairs rep
ulated in a large measure by manda?
tory legislation at Albany was the
trir.eipai suggestion brought out ves
terday at the hearing of the Brown
?g'slative committee, which ii inree
'igating the city's finances Senator
Flon R Brown, chairman, mado the
? uggestlo-i during th? examination sf
Controller Pr?nd?rga?t and Pr??id?n*
MeAner.y of *h? Board of Aldermen,
the two witneiies yesterday
Both of the city officiais expressed
the opinion that a referendum would
be a good method to ?lear the situa?
tion, but Mr McAneny said he though I
relief would come quicker If the L-sgn
latur? would take fmme.liato steps to
do away with the worst features of
?sistiag laws which Impoie flnsncial
burdens upon 'he city.
"A refe-endum would go to the hear:
of the home rule question," said Sen
StOI Brown, "and put the whole matter
at rest."
"Settle tha* and there is no more te
it," said Mr. Prendergast "The worst
offenders against ".he principle of horn ?
rule are the representative? of New
York ?it>? in th? Legislature."
With his associa'es Chairman Brown
folded his tent yesterday and ?ill no*
perform again until aft-ir ?Jhristmaa.
At the close of Mr. McAneny'n testi?
mony in regard to mandatory legisla?
tion the chairman announced that th"
committee would tek? a recess until
lie-ember V.
Mr. McAn?ny a as eslled as a witness
a* the opening of the -iftemoon sea
sion.
"Generally speaking," said Mr. Mc
Aneny, 'T concur with everything
Mayor Mitchel has said on mandator;
legislation. My judgment Is that th i ?^
administration iiai gone as far a?? It
can go, without the aid of legislation
in relieving the financial burden of the
i-ifv. Becaus? of mandatory Isgislatioi
SB? about M per <-ent of the budge*.
.s discretions!*? with the city."
McAneny for Consolidation
"A great part of economy in the
future,' said Mr. Anon?,, "ought to be
secured by ths consolidation of de?
partment? which are now working in?
dependently. The Mayor then would
be able to sit down with a compact and
working cabinet linular to thru of tho
Pr?sidant of the United States."
Mr M^Aneriy's idea of a Board o'
Kilucation vv-is a highly paid hend. ap?
pointed by the Mayor, ?? ith nine mein
hers.
Coatroller r.?t.dergast eanearrsd
v.ith the Mayor and Pre?' ?? I "
Aneny in nio?t of their sugges'lons in
??gard to the diepeeltios of inondator*
Y'g'ilation and the adoption of hume
rule. He vent one ?tep further than
Mr. McAnen; and declared that b-oi
ough government, as welt as SSIWty
iinee ? ibljtorated
DAINTY WAISTS TRAP OWNER
Billiard Mar Didn't Declare All His
Binase?. Say Custom? Men.
A little fl.er in dainty French blouses
ha? entangled Praneii I ,rnu" I assig
nol, French champion billiard player,
and hi? son's fiancee, Mary Louise Ba.;
hau*, in the meshes of l.'ncle Sam's
revenue law!.
While his BOB ?SS fighting for France
in the Balkan? Cas-ignol came to Amer
ica to pick up a few more medals as
a billiard expert. Miss Bauhaus aceom
. him.
Meaawhtle, sceordiag ta the charge?
?liaoe by go? sraroent inspectors, tl i
billiard champion became interested in
a great stock of French blonSS
;.a 1 escaped the American market lu
cause of the war. So, it Is said, he
bought the blous?s, packed them in
trunk? and boarded a steamer for
America.
While en route, ?ay th? lnspec'or?.
?asilgnol divided th? stock, giving Miss
Bsilhaus 2 %60 franc? worth, while he
retained 5.200 franc? worth, which he
declared on arriving her?. .S'elther Ml?s
Baiihaus nor (.assfgnol thought of de?
claring the young woman's share, say
th? inspector.
The tw3 amateur blouse dealers were
?rrested by Customs Inspector Murphy
on charge? of smuggling. They we-c
released on bond? fixed at $1.000 for
Ca??igr,ol ?r.l |M0 for Miss Ballhaus.
schumannSeinks
son can quit hiding
Check for $336 Solves F.m
bezzlement Charge.
Paterson. N*. J., I>ee. IS.?Out in some
Middle Western town a young man to?
morrow will ?ay aside his identity a?
an empY-ye of a big cui-pora'ion to re
lome that of the son of Mme. Schu
maiin-Heink, grand opera prima donna.
If he so desires, he may return to the
homo from which he was exiled, he
says, through a mistake.
City Counsel Kdward F. Merry to day
accepted a check for S.'.'R'iO from at- ,
torneys representing Mme. .-'chumann
Heink as full settlement of the short?
age declared to exist In the accounts
of Henry 8. Stink a? clerk for P.e
eorder James t. < srrolL In so doing
young Beinh ?ras freed from a charge
of embezzlement.
Immediately after new? of the short?
age became public, the former Becord
er's clerk secretly ieft Paters..n.
Prank Meyer, a i'hieago attorney, who
presented the check to the City <'oun
sel. insisted that Ileink had eommrtted ,
tentioaal wrong. He said that the j
if? whs due to an error in ac- '
our, ting.
POISON PEN TRAP
CLOSES ON GIRL
Daughter of Goshen Fam?
ily Has Confessed, De?
tectives Say.
TRACED BY 3 NOTES
SENT TO NEIGHBOR
Paper from Hospital Where
Mother Died Gives Clew to
Romance Wrecker.
Following a skllfnl piece of detec?
tive work, Postoffice Inspectors Fitch
and Duryea arrested Theresa Samuels,
twenty-five years old, daughter of a
prominent Jewish family of Goshen,
M, Y, at her home there yeiterday
afternoon, charged with writing the
"poison pen" letters to more than
twenty girle of social ?tending whose
engagements nav* been announced in
the papers in the last two year*.
i rofs-examined in the parlor of the
Occidental Hotel at Go?h?n ye?terday,
Inspector Fitch ?aid that the young
woman broke down and made a com?
plete confession. She is held in ?6,000
hail to appear before Commissioner
Cloreoee S. Houghton to day ?t 2
o'clock, when A?slst?nt United States
Attorney Kdword W. McDonald will
present a? evidence the twenty-odd let?
ter? in the hands of the government.
The woman, wiio has never been in an
asylum and arP??rs ?an?, can b* sen
tonced to five years in pn?on or fined
f;5.000. or both, for *acb of the offend
ng epistle*.
It was by deduction of the Sherlock
Holme? verietv th?t In?p*ctor Fitch
came upon the trail which finally
brought him to th* door of a eulprlt
whose vic'ojs messages to girls about
to Lu married have menaced th? happi?
ness of young couple? in this neigh?
borhood this long while.
Thrs? of the notes, it was found, had
been addressed to a young woman tn
Goshen, X. Y.. while in every other
case only one letter had been sent to
each persea.
It -ni reasoned by the inspector that
the writer nsd a particular animu.? tow?
ard this one person, and probably knew
? has. So he transferred his attentions
. to Goshen. By watching the mails eini
llarities in handvuting were observed
between ?he poison pen notes and a
! ??-.'[ dispatched by Miss Samuels.
Further circumstances convinced the
tot that he had at last disco- .'r*d
the object of his **arch. and her ar?
rest followed.
The last letter to he received was dated
December 11, and poi?marked Erie Rail?
way PostoAtO, -V Y., and Salamanca.
It was addressed to Miss Elms Seydel,
of 400 West IStd Street, whose engage?
ment to Samuel Schary was recently
announced. On tat flap of th* envelope
the address, "Mount Sinai Hospital,
Fifth Avenue a'.id 100th Street," could
be mado out, although it was blotted
with ink.
Prosecutor McDonald said that Miss
Bomoolt'l mother, Mrs. Dora Samuels,
had died at that hospital several weeks
ego, following an operation, and It may
have been ?hat while visiting her on
her ilek bed Miss Samuels secured the
stationery.
A possible explanation of Mi?s Sam
Uels's acts wot found In this fact, as
she may have become mentally unbal?
anced because of grief and melancholia
. induced by her mother's illness.
WARSHIP SANTAS
SEND OUT S 0 S
With Christmas tor Only 100.
New York's Boys Swamped
with Pleas.
Bluejacket Santa Clauses on the
dreadnought New York, in Brooklyn,
have p.iused, right in the midst of
tumbling up and down perpendicular
laddei. wltt their arm? full of tree
decorations, to worry. And this It why.
Suppose that you wort ten year* old
and ; to sleep o' nights over
Bnehonting prospect of spending
i Christmas ?>n a dreadnought full o.
| ,; .. ? and turkey, torpedoes and
-am.
Suppose you found out all of a lud
den that the war?hip already had been
trowded to its limit with child cargo
i and that there wasn't going to b* any
? Christmas for you at all. What then?
That is th t problem that is worrying
1,000 tender-hearted b!uej?ekets over in
Brooklyn, almost as disappointed over
the lUO broken-hearted little Christmas
i applicants they have had to turn away
' as they are pleased over the onee who
are coming.
"What 1! the other kids do?" they de?
rm .1
Answer them, why don't you? Try
poor hand at being a substitute to s
tui-year-old ?or a torpedo and a vision
of shipboard ice cream. It's really a
pretty hard Job, worthy of the proudest
aspirant?.
We're saving every letter and every
name of the children who asked to
come, In the hope that some one else
will want to take them," said Boat?
swain'. Mate H. Percival yeeterday.
"Pleas* tell folk? about them."
I ite-aoroaod William Brandn*r,
1 rod batter of the ship, announce? that
the little Jack ard Jill Homers who
are co:. . ? nave ready 2u0 thumbs
and Tour tinms a. many lingers to pull
out the plums from the piummiest old
laed Christmas pudding that ever
WM? ca-riod aflame to a holiday dinner
tub!-*. A Punch and Judy, too, have
been found at last.
B
CHICAGO STRIKE NEARS END
Federal Mediator Finds Basis to Settle
Railway Men's Demanda.
ChtSOgO, Dec 16. Basis for a settle?
ment of th?* strike of the six hundred
railroad employes at the clearing switch
yards of the Belt P.ailway Company
wa? declare,) to ho in sight to-day
through the efforts of G. W. W. Han?
gar, uf the Federal Board of Mediation
and Conciliation.
The men demanded that transporta?
tion to their work be furnished by the
company.
IStAdt of freight cars, loaded
with all kinds of merchar?*???- -'? *-?
track? ef the railroodo,
CREANGE & WALTER
SEVENTEEN EAST FORTIETH STREET
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
i
We can convince you, too
We are frank to confess that many Equitable
tenants came out of curiosity and remained to
buy. They had but a mild, cursory interest to
begin with, but as the tremendous advantages
of this great building proposition were unfolded
to them, their indifference turned to enthusiasm
and a lease.
The Equitable will be just as big a revelation
tt> ?tau. When can tec talk to you about ?it
Equitable Building Corporation
120 Broadway
ANNONCE
FASHIONABLE FUR-TRIMMED COATS
Al $35 & $55 Formerly $50 to $75
Of smart Scotch and English materials, velours, etc.,
with collars and cuffs of high grade fashionable furs.
WOMEN'S & MISSES' SUITS- $35
Mostly Fur-Triwmed
Formerly $55 to $85
Sslected groups tor prompt clearance -including imsrt
style? suitable for skating, travelling, general utility, elc.
FUR-TRIMMED AFTERNOON COATS AND
EVENING WR.APS--S75 & *95
Formerly $95 to $145
Of chiffon-velvets, richly lined, and interlined.
STREET, AFTERNOON & DANCE DRESSES
At $35 Formerly $65 to $95
For immediate sale; in silk, cloth, tulle snd chiffon.
HOLIDAY BLOUSES? ?Z0% -$5, $7, $9
Of Georgelle crepe, ?ilk and lingerie.
Jem i4D res/T?a ts
$5&$10?
EASIER TERMS FOR
HOLIDAY BUYERS OF
?gANICH^BACH
^Z?Ftra-Qua?iiy P1ANO8
and Player Pianos
Until January 1st a down payment of $25 secure?
immediate delivery to your home of a $700 Grand
Piano, or a $700 Player Piano?with proportionate
reductions of initial payments on lower and higher
priced instruments.
KRANICH & BACH
Factory Warerooms, 235-247 E. 23d St.
Harlem Warerooms, 16 West 125th St.
$6,000 FOR BIRD SEED,
BONES AND BANANAS
;Dog and Parrot Will Chatter,
Bark and Eat on Trust Funds.
Pally, a parrot, and Hop S.ng, a dog
of degree, may griev? o? er the death
of thatr mistress. Mr?. Bel'.e B. Purdy.
??-ho died on Novemher 21 at 9 Mount
1 Morris Park West, but they need never
I worry about their future.
Through the affection that Mrs.
Purdy bore har two peta, Hop Sing
never mill be reduced to exploring ash
cana for a morse' of food, and Polly
I through all th? rest of her chattering
?l;fe will ba plent.fully supplied with
?ceda and bananas.
Mrs. Purdy provided in her will, filed
in the Surrogates' Court yesterday,
that her two pets should he supported
1 for Ufa out of two trust funds of
$"1.000 each which th? left to friends.
The trust fund? are to continue only
for the lifetime of the animals.
Mrs. Purdy wit th? widow of William
T. Purdy. Her provision for the par?
rot read?:
"If my parrot. Polly, be living at the
t.me of my death I give to the Farmers'
Loan and Trust Company the sum of
$.'1,000 to have and to hold in trust and
to pay the iiiconv* liiereof to my friend
Mary Davidson, ?if ttl ?*lifton Avenue,
Newark. N'. J.. during her life, and after
her death to Ella Keith, of 5 West r.'.d
Street, New York Cltf, during her life,;
ar.d upon her death to pay the prin
,? pal to Walter B R?vm-"' or hi? next
si kin.
?'This bequest il roiditioned on the
It* mg of the said parrot. When it
.1 e, the life e<tat.< sha!! eSSSS Hnd tho
-.?mninder shall vest. I request the
.?rcipia-nts of th* K?n?ilt ?f Mus pro
vi?ion to maka? ampY provision for the
tare of th" ?aid parrot."
The same pro.iaion is mad? for Hon
Maas
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Only 7 more shopping
Days before Christm**
Do your shopping now
and early in the day
ENGINEER DIES AT POtf
Signal to Start Train Not keeteete?
Hi* Ft reaten I ?earn* Why.
New Haven, Dec. 1" ISStt" *
Minty, engineer of a pa*?*ng*r tr?
on the New York, New Haven * Her?
ford Railroad, from New York *?
Springfield, died at the throttle of ?'
engine early to-day at **? ?,tp*rt,_,_
He had stopped the train on ?W~
The signal to proeeed was git?* ?_!
-...- tra :? did not star? The ttnuw
looked int.) Minty's side ef "??';,
and fonnd him lifele?? on ths tee
Death ?m due to heart failure. ,
Minty waa sixty year? o? ag*? |*
had been many year, in the Ne* J
ven ? ?--,-?. W?. V-?-.? ??? ?* mw