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THE SUN, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1915.
THOUSANDS FOR
SUBWAY JOBS;
FEW ARE HIRED
fonfradors )ny V-,uv JVn
HltiVs. Kvcti if Law Is
Ilcpcalcd.
1,I.I!IK KOI, YKAKS.
IT LAV 1)011)1 A NT
Am I ions, native r i . uii .i ' ;.!( ! by
the thousands, lunl-l yctcidny morn
ing toward the vailous shufls In the
city which nre thn heiuhiuarU rs of the j
subway contractors. All were anxious
(or work; nil were eager I" work ill
.0 cent .in hour; nil w-rn willing to
handle sp .lit? or pick, and cadi thought
in was physically lli to duplicate
the work of mhii foielgner who had '
hrcn Uf lurgcd bceaiisii tho Court of
Vppeils held that It Is Illegal to employ j
h foreigner mi public work.
Hut. according to olili lul reports
rrydo by tho contrai'tnie to the Public..
Fervid- C'urnmlHotoii. onl uhout 9,000 '
men were ut work, on liunlt coii!t ruc
tion yot-terday, whereas about Si.tiAO
ti employed on February 1.
Just way this is tho cnnlrnctois re
fused to nay, r ferrlng the matter (
( A. t'runi', secietary of tin- (leneral
I'liiilrnctors Amo latloij mid spokesman
ior tho contractors engaged In transit
lonstructi-jr.. He was In A'baliy. Ob
servers mm nw un- men iihiiik -'ii
unric thought incy iookcii us strong
.in tho nirn thoy hoped to Mipplnnt,
and their pres-onco ut tho shafts seek
ing for work "howisl that tho wago
nai enough.
Hundred 'I' or ii I'll tvii).
At the haft of tlie Degimn Construe
t1 n Company at Canal and Varlck
i-treels, for example, hundred." of men
lad ben turned away nt 11 o'clock.
,.iirl at lean suo men were Mill in nn.
Tile lompany had accepted only thirty
laree men, hut hid told tltteeu morn to
itixirt for work this morning. And yet
i io company reported that only about
i) per cent of Its 1. 200 workers had
iU3.i'd tho c.ttzen.hlp test applied In
tiie morn.ng. aim that moru than SCO
nun were needed.
The ltapi.l Transit Subway Construe-tl-n
Company's idiaft In at Seventh ave
nue and Thirty-eighth .i-trect. Only
llfty-two men were working there yes
terday, comp.iiicl with C2S men a month
kko. but hundreds of applicants were
urnnd away.
It wns Impossible to estimate whether
the :o.O0'i Americans, for whom the
.i.'r.i. tors aiked on Sunday, applied
woerday, bin visits to eeveinl shafts
. !: ated that they bid. And yet It
i nunat.-'i that le3 than 1.000 men j
w. e hired .,,.,, a. v ..
No utlk'.'-l leport has been made by
t ontraeters as to the number of men
v o weie discharge! b.-1-.iuse they are ,
r ens. but a report wa- made by many I
i raciori. at to the mmibe- of nun
wn were working jesterday. Con
t ti'is who had 1.1.5CU men at work on
1-M.i i iry 1 had Com men working es
teniay. If this pmportloti was muln-
,e f-.r th" rest of the contractors
shout f anl men were at wo:k ycsterda.
libor men said that co.itra.'tors were
Just marking time to w.nt for tho I.egl"
liture to repeal section 11 of the labor
l.n, which Is the one that foiblds the
employment of elieiis on public work, i
''hn contractors preferred to me the for-
U'.ers. '.t was said, becauce often tney
:m men at $1.00 a day to do work
alued at more by the unions.
miitriirtom I'ner Mills.
The point was raited yesterday that
even If the Legislature repealed the law
he cent i actors' xsltlon would still bo
fir from comfortable, as they would be
r.niinally and civilly liable for having
'nlrtted the law dining the years that'
It lay dormant, nnd they might hav I
the.r contracts voided.
r.ach contract for subway work con
tains a provision thut the alien labor
law must bo obeyed or the contract be
comes void, Kven If the law Is repealed
inmii one Is liable to bring a taxpayer'!;
suit ut any time to void the contracts
under this clause. It s pos'ime ior in
eK.slature to allow i cut contracts to I
le amended so that this clause might In
ilr ken out, and Travlh H. Whitney,
sevietarv of the l'ublle Service Commis
si in, went tj Albany jesterday after
noon to call thib phase of tho situation
tho stti.ittoti of the legislators and
the c.overnor
The law committee of tho (leneral
Contractors Association held a closed
'iert,ng at 11 o'clock yeu'rila-. at
w-'n.ch word was lecelved that the I.'K-.idat'-'re
might repeal the law last night,
i A Crane liinnedlately cauglit a train
fir Albany, and that Is why the contrac
tors had no tpo'ii "man here.
Wiilic- 1.. Seais, head of the Munlrl
pil Ihiplownent Hureau. said that the
fontraeturs had only askeil him to sup
r ix 300 men The contractors wero
Jaiobs A. Davis of llrooklyn, tho Crui
ford Contracting Company and the
United States Itealty Company. Ilu hup
plied these, :n said, and hud nbout tlfty
rnoie applicants for Job on the subway,
if the contractors ottered the right
condition.," bald Mr. Sears, "I could sup.
1' all the biborers they need In u re.i-
o .able tune Itlght conditions are eight
hour days at lir, or 30 cents an honr.
Tt,e contractors only pay SO cents, and
i t :-. ...
y Hi t get any Aniei icnn laborers at
tin- price."
T.i Hotel de (link reported that
t'lir'y of Its patrons had applied tor
v.. work, and some of them hud
teen employed
It iai Ii for First I'npeis.
A 'i port spre'ui among tho discharged
.'cis the n'lK.il to be passed
the Lgisl'turo would be In tho na
e t a coitipromtsit with the unlotis
thi ii w.eild permit men who had
ou' t i' :" Hi st naturalization p.i-
i i lie tmplnyed on public work
.it Die i.p was right or wring II
ii- i e-i- 'e in iiner siiottey i.ii.'o-
. ... i iturullzati'iii bureau toe
' 'i'si j-ip. is I'olllily Clelk Si llliel
i .ili.it y.tge evra eleiks, and ll,t
1 ' i i did not i io-., until two hours
i its ii-ua. , me.
Ine general i xeciiMii, board of tin.
Ti Fi derated I'l.lnn at a meetinr.
! M'i,.,ir Ii llHeihoveli Hall, 210
1 f e -ic t, appointed a ronil'illtteo of
en i:o to Albany on Saturday
tj. i see flov. U'hltiuan and pro-
-' UH l ni, pllipnsed ri Ileal of Iho
'i T'n rt. in 1 1 1 consists of lllllcst
' si i i n id lip, C, F It. , lld-
I 1 1 , ' ii ill ilrni.m oi its ooiii
ii a , n.idoj ne nl, and I 'r .ii. k X.
f ' . a . i cj .
FIGHT REPEAL.
Will-ner I riirt lleiirliiu Will I'liss
on i liiirsdit -, Siijs Droit ii,
Ativ via.-cii l -lllon It Hrown,
He i ! !' "f the State Senate,
te- dov Wl it in,, n to-day that the
l.i ' 1 1' H e wo.ild liass this week Sena
11 !ii i i s bill permlltln; aliens to
' cr-pl' veil l.i New Vork tubway con
H j Uvui wv,rk and other public worlia.
I i
PH YLLIS NEILSON- TERR Y '
CHARMS IN 'LADY URSULA",
'HBl
Miss Phyllis Neilson-Tcrry as the Lady Ursula Barrington
and Montague Love as Sir George Sylvester in "The Adventure
of Lady Ursula."
v
At ' j
I
The .Vlirnture of tally t'rsuli'
Mmlne Klllott's Thentre,
Sir Cienree Sylvester. .MuntJgu liav
Harl of HuMcnden .Hohrrt Whltwortli
Tin- Itev. Mr. Hllmbue. .. (Veil King
Mr Dent CimiiWi Onlian
Jlr. Conlleton Cliarbs Coleman
Sir Ibib'rt Clifford. .Fr,Ierlrk M.ickl)n
Mr Wnr.l
Mr DevrrcUX. . . .
(Jullton
MliU
Dorothy l'enton. .
Mr ronton .
. . I.elle AUFt.'ii
KJnar.l Martyn
WltlLim litn iM
I.eillo Knyrrnft
. Vlritlnl.i Fox llrooks
.. . Annie Kmond
lty Cralo ltarrtnrtn.
l'hyllli Nellon-Terry
J
Joseph Hrooks was courageous enough
last night to defy tradition and revive
at .Maxlre Klllott's Theatre the fantastic
comedy of Anthony Hope called "The
Adventure of Lady 1'rsula." It has
been seventeen years since New York
this play llrst. Then K. H. Sothern
and Virginia Harned acted tho leading
rede at Daniel I- ruhman s famous Ly
icum Theatre In Fourth avenue. The New
Ynr), ,.,.. ls smio,0,i ta ,B nrofour.dlv
Indifferent to plays that have been acted
before and reglects them even though
tho generation may be altogether Ig
norant of their excellence.
Mr. Hrooks's production of "The Ad
enture of Iady I'r.'ul.i" was In every
way designed to reveal the best qualltl's
of the play. Karely ha a drama been
-pore ar'lstically put before the public,
j,H lnv,.stllure mvoked Irres-lstlbly the
eighteenth century spirit In. which Its
action p.scs, Tlieatregoers who neglect
"Tlie Adventure of l.ady Ursula" at the
present time Just becauee the play Is not
r.ow will miss an altogether delightful
production of a dainty comedy.
"Mr. Hopes fantasy nbout the young
woman who to save her brother tnai
fueradtd .is a than takes of course a
special patience. It Is an rernotn from
all human probability as a play well
could be. Then Its action seems at times
rather thinly spread over four acts.
This bill ivas Introduced last week
medlatelv following the Court of
,
Deals decision upholding the alien labor
law. Oov. Whitman told Senator Hrowr
he would give him an emergency mo
pago If necessary to get the bill through
tho Senate. Assembly .is won as pos
Blble. Senator Hroxvn expected the Senate
Committee on Labor and Industries
would meet to-night und report tho bill
out at once, but Chairman sprlr.R ot ,
tne committee did pot attend to-night's i
session. It Is expetled that tl o Po'r.o
crats will light the repeal, at least Sena-'
tor Wagner ib.lared ho would opikiso
the bill until the representatives of labor
had a hearing beroro tho legislative
committee. Senator Hro-ivn said tho
Senate commlttic would give a luarlng
on the bill to-morrow afternoon. This
means that the bill cannot pass the
Legislature before Wedneday, but Oov.
Whitman arid Senator Hrown expected
f.,o bill would become a law by Thurs-
lay at tho latesL
xirnnn BTaPvc trMTVCR PTTTAIR
WOOD BLOCKS UNDER PILLARb.
-.ervlee C'un.mU.I".. r.nnlnerp Cor-
robonilea llrooklyn Man.
Michael O'Sulllv.in of llrooklyn was
. . . . ..i t.nUA .1...
j J'Km wnen e ''" " ' '
1 "liiiinnsoii comm ttto on Saturday that
wooikii blocks had been left beneath
some of the steel columns of the new
Fourth avenue ubway In llrooklyn.
Hubert Illilgway, l'ublle tftrviro Com
mission engineer, found that the-sc.
bh-iks were used In tho subway south
of Forlj-thlld stteet with the knowi
edge of another commission engineer.
However, they were only two Inches
sipiare, tiro einbeddivl In concrete, and,
according to Mr. Hldgway, amply sup
port th" plllais.
THE WEEK'S CHANGES.
j -,,, sei-n on .New tlimes Here
Tills Wee I..
The ufuM shift nf plays at the .om
.ii'ittii'.i (heatres liroiight poverties to
seviral slagis. At Iho Standaul The
ntie "The Slnry of tho llosary'' was
actei befnro a laige audlenco with prne. t
Hi illy the same cast which was seen at ,
the Manhattan Opera House when this
Interesting melodrama was shown there.
Hronx tlieiitregoerH never seem to get
too much of "Seven Keys to Haldpale,"
which Cohan it Harris btought hack In
t.m lliiiiis opera House last night to
the delight of n bilge audience, iSeorgo
I'.iisnii.i Is at the head of this company, i
which Includes some of the players Ui I
III,, original cast at tho Astor Theatre,
Itsslo Iloustelli' and her stock playoru
were seen at tho West Knd Theatro last
night In "The Hlg Idea," by A, I;.
'rim i u .mil Pl.'ivtnn 1 T.'i inirinn. It oueil
to bo thought that onii of the purpose-)
of the drama was to establish Illusion
This farce shown tho result of working
for the dcntrur-tlon of Illusion from the
Hrnt Ppecch tu thu last.
Tho (Irand Opera Housti lias retained
Flske O'Hnra In ".lack's. Homance" for
a second week, so eagerly have, tho an
dlencen wolromcil tho return to drama
at thin theatro.
. . ...
ll'Jt It is expertly done, the d.alogue
whim more than ft Shcnd.ni and
W'ate- with the pr por-lon of 1120 In
creasing every suceei'illng yen
Hut It Is all amiable and. In mot of
Its details Inst night, very charming,
! The audience was const intly Interested
I In the actors .is the play progressed
1 from scene to scene.
, Hut It was In the manner of Its per-!
formance that the novelty lay Inst night.
I I'hylhs Nelon-Terr., who h is been
seen here but In a few representations
of "Twelfth Night.-' had a second op-
1 portunlty to explain her great London
i vagii". Mi" was mc m.isiiueraiiing
young woman. Until last night she li.nl .
never played the role It was. of course, !
easy for an actress of her technical pro
ficiency to uiaMi r Its ihief difficulties.
To show that she was still a bashful
joung woman, although disguised an a ,
man. to swagger and tremble alternately, i
t.i forget nerseir ami courtesy wnen sn.!
should bow all these hurdles idio could
take without difficulty. Hut sho did
more.
Certain of her scenes she acted with
genuine delir ley and she Imparted to
others a touch of feeling which gave
them tho priceless grace of warmth,
which Is a iiuallty not ahvan to he
enjoyed In her acting. Tlun ber diction
was a source of pleasure always
It was altogether an exceptionally
attnuthe ortraal of the lole. Ml-i
Ne llMin-Torry w ill make many frl nds
hero If she Is nlwavs so urtlstlc. what
ever the degrees of her allurement on
the persnnrl lde may be.
Montague Love as the woman hater
played so well by K. II. Soth.-rn. was
eMvllent. nnd Virginia llrooks in an In
I Idental role revealed a delightfully svm
I pathetic and agr-ealne personality Tills
I young woman, who acted with uncommon
l assuranco in view nf her nitlr" Iii-k of
experience, had the t-pertators on her
side so soon as h appeared. Vouthful,
comely, with tine dark eyes and a nug
, gestlon of Maude Adams In her looks,
. sho acted with a dogree of naturnluiwi
; nnd sjsintanelty that made it certain she
!wlll be la ard from In much more con
fcplcuous opiortiinltlex eoon
Mr. Hmilis had even provided suit
able eighteenth renturv mns- fo- hi
performance, whh h under the direction
of Frank Vernon was a del gi tful pic
1 tu.-e of tho period,
$100,000 COMPANY TO
GIVE BALLET FORMED1
Mctropolitnii Opera Men
irimizc- to Import Itus
sian Dant'ors.
A corporation backed with a capital
of $100,1100 has been formed by men
connected with the Metropolitan Opera
Company called the Metropolitan Hallet
1 Company. Inc.. to operate and control i
i tin, Imperial Husslan Hallet, which, as
i I(,,,ort(.,- pveral weeks ago. Is to b
brought over from Ilurope to givo a ,
eas-on's engagiinent at tho Cmtury
r i Hmiie pi(H.M of lncorpor.lt!(m
"ero tiled yesterday In Albany.
i The directors of tho new company
' '
uii, .iijiiii jiiutvn, iiu-nnesri vuiiipirouer
of the Metropolitan Opera Company;
Htn Stern, formerly general manager
for H. 11. Harris, and ICrnest Ilenkel,
assistant business manager of the
.Metropolitan.
lies des tho season nt the Century
Oihtii House, tho Uus'fd.in Ballot, It
wits annouticed yesterday, will bo taken
on a tour of the principal cities of the
ioimtry. It Ii said unotllrlnlly that the
pew balbi m.iy bo made a part of i Andy Lewis as the star of Pave Mar
vim regular reperlulrn of tlm oimra ion's Hlg Preainlatid Cimnwiny burleiU
house In the event of a successful wn. organization Is at the Columbia The.it in '
son nt tho Conturv and on the road. this week, his tlrst aiirieiiiatiii. nt this '
Tho Imperial Husslan Hallet Is
headisl bv Mm... Thaniar K'ursavlrin
and Waslaw Nljlnskl and Is under rtio
direction of M PliiRhllew. It has at-
traoted wido attention in Lurojiean
ia pllalt.
CALVE NOW IN VAUDEVILLE.
I'rlniH
lloiinit Is
Ibe
Well Itecelveil nl
I'lilnee,
Another leaf In vaudeville history was I
lurned yesterday afternoon at tho Fal
.icn Theatre when .Minn. Liuma Calve, i
formerly of the Metropolitan opera t'om-1
puny and elsewhere and famous for her
portrayals, of r'niincii in lllzct'n opera nf
that name, made her llrst uppiaiancn
on any st'ign under vaudeville auspices.
Minn. Calvo sang three siuikh "Lu
Myslll" Irom tho iipct.i "Fiiio du
ltresll," "l.o Clarion" and tho famous
"Habanera" from "Carmen " Sho was
In splendid voice. To cai Iho clluiax
,of her lecltal ilme. Calvo literally
i brought down
tin, house when as an
ncoro number after her last song nhn
pang "Way Umvn Upon the Suwnneo
Itlver" In Mngllsh, Tho "Habanera," was
mm; in costume
Another feature of rlin bill was tho
vaudeville, debut of Kdlth Taliaferro In
"A Ilreath of Old Virginia," a pleasant
civil war pleco with a distinctly South.
rn utmosphcro.
E. B. ALSOP, 80, SUES
WIFE, 22, FOR DECREE
Wcnltliy Filfslmrcr's Action
Follows Suit by Former
Telephone Oirl.
II K I'll A IIOKS HKSKHT10N
rtrrsiit iio. Mnreli I. I" n suit entered
belore JiiiIkc llrnwu to-day lMward If.
AIsop. so jnrn old, a wealthy resident
of this oily and who also maintains a
home In Washington, began divorce pro-
ccedlnits nicalnn his youniT wife, Kllle
I'ope ANop, -iceil '.'2. llo eharpoH his I
w fe with doertlnir him. When oen
nil., in suit was lllcd Mr. Aisop k-t
run-d to talk,
Th" I'ouple separateil over a year nito,
th' wlf MUdib-nly leavlnir Alsop's home
In Washington. The tiling of the ,llvorc
suit Is the culmination of a romance
I which bad Its Inception eight years ngo
nt Lake Toxuwny, N. C. l:tllo l'opn
II II, ihen only 14 e.irs old, was roam
ln iibout the lawn of the hotel In a sun
Ismnet and e.illeo garb. Alnp roon
Ix'gan paving her markiil attentions,
wiura he oonMnunl ii'itll their m.irrlnge.
Krotn the moment Kill.- l'opo Hill.
who had been a telephonn operator
nt tho Hotel Knlo.herboekcr. marrUd
ICdward It. Alsop, a retired manu
! faeturer, "7 years old, he and she havo
tiMon irettliii? Intr tho newspapers fre
quently. She wis in years old wlior.
I sh" left the switchlmanl to become a
bride. Thev were married In Trinity
Church on February 15, 1011. by the
' Hi v H""SD K. Alsop of llrooklyn. a
' bi.ither of the brldegioom Mr. AIsip'
. two wins, who were students nt U.ir-
i vard. were the only members of the
families present. 1
1 I.csm than two mnitlis after that .Mr. 1
lop transferred U.OOO.OOu worth of I
'alt proisTty to his sons and about tho 1
, same time cam" tho admission from
the mother of Mrs. Alnop that tho !
youthful brldo was In a sanitarium. It
was ibnled that there was an estrange
nvnt, but two months later Mr. Alsop
packitl his grips and left for parts
unknown.
Mrs. Alsop was ojerteil from the nlcht
! court for overlndulgenc" In lnughter
whll" her friend, Mrs. Tom l'Jerce, was
there on a e.'i.irgc of refusing to pay a
iiiil. This was after their return from
Hurope. where Mrs. Alop raid she had
hail a winder o' a time
Liter Mrs. Alop was arrested on a
charge of refusing to pay a
charge. She was discharged.
tnxlcab
ln Or- J
t. ber of last year Mrk Alsop. who was
living at Til I'.fth avenue while lur
husband was In Washington, announced
tint thev nn.l separattu
Mrs. Alsop aplN'.ired last IVremhe-
iit llamrnersteln'.s Vl'io'la Theatre as
"The nritoi'.altc s Hrlde " She nppear-
d for one week. , month later Mrs. Al-
p sued ner nunan,i ror nivorco on
tho ground of rrueltv and began to givo
advice to young girls
KLAW REPLIES TO BRADY.
Ills l'llllll
llnte
Word, Hi' sn. In
Ticket lllsciilon.
cm
In reply to the article by William A.
Hrady In last Sunday's SfN on the out
rate theatro ticket discussion Marc Klaw
isterday made tho following statement,
which he said would be his Unal answer.
"In referenco to William A. Hrady's ,
screed In yesterdays Str.v I want to say i
that 1 don't propose to cairy on a dls-
cufsion with a man who argues from I
f ilse pn-mlscs It Mr I trail: darns that
II was ever !lanmd liv mr or thus,. ui-
soelated with mr to establish a crural hospital supplies from the American lied
tuket office to take "le place of Tyson'd ' Cms for use In Servku whero the need
"zy' "''- rr
lime, ho dellher.ittly states that w hlch pressing. The shipment will be divlite.i
he knows lo be untrue. I still assert ' between Hclgrado and Oevgell i, where
that the bill heforo the I.ei-lslaturo last thorw .,r American Ited Cross cont.n
year to defeat which Mr. Hrady lined I , . , , .
un w.th the Tvsrm comiianv was the 1
inly one which would have cured the
ticket specula: ng evil In New Vork city.
, mrl : I '
the cut rate ticket practice, whlch'eeem
to have been halt In his wounds. I ti:i
adhere to. A manager should not charge
I.ss for t.ckets disposed of outld of
h.s theatro than lie does at his box of-
lice '
' "This
his ends tho argument so f ir as
am A. Hrady and I are concerned,
Willi
1 because I don't Intend to be put to th,
1 trouble of correcting his misstatement-,
I naver i tho time."
v " burlesqu-
UntertHlrimeiil In He ptceii In the
Vnrlrly TlieHtres,
Or-
Olga Fetrova and Trixle Frigar.za
i divide the le.idlnr honors at llaninier
stein's Victoria Theatre this wis-k as
it.irl of in, i.vcenl l,n;itlv wtroni? ltil'i.
uihers on the Tiroer.imnie include 1M.
die I-onard. the minstrel. Morton end
Moo, Ioulso ai.il Crete Ilni'.ellu,
llarry Stevens, .lulla Curtis, Itellow, the I now employed py tne .-.uvaimn ani' in
Hlson City tjuartet, Ford and Hewitt. miking bandage! may b,, kept In work
ileorgfi -M. Htown and company, and i Ing material.
others. ! Four little Indian 1oh fiom ti e O-.r-
lru T.e-illn Pnrlir l nf tho rVitnniinl den ltlVCr reservation In Ullt.lllO. C.U.-
Theatro this week, having Just inado
her vaudeville debut. Sho Is appearing
Hi the famous fourth net of her former
success "Zaza," as tho leading attrac
tion ..1 the week and her leollng man
is 1 1. million Ilr voile The supporting
bill includes I.llll.iit Lorraine in new
songs, the Misses Campbell, IJIce and
Conn In "An llaily Hieakf.ist," the
Long Tack Sam Company, Muller and
Stanley, Allman and Stine, Hoblns and
Cole and Pi nnliy.
The Four Marx Hrotliers In "Home
Again" ar the piiilcular attraction
this week at the Alhainbra Theatre.
Th" net requires a cast of twenty and Is
in two scenes. Little Hllllo Is another
'. teatuie of the programme
'thorn In-
elude Mario Nords.rom (Mrs. Henry H.
Plxey) In "Hits of Acting," Hert Levy,
i Mdes and Itay, Mnr.in and Wiser, Joe
"'id Lew Cooper and the Uardlnor Trio,
1 theatre In two yeais. The show. In two
iicts, Is called respectively "The Tangle"
, aid "Whlrlirun " Mr. Lewis Is sup-
pursed by Vein Ueorjp . Inez de Verdl-r.
Jessie hitucy. Urac, Holiday, Vlvlenne
Hilighatn, Al Weston and tills Jtober.
The Pavlou Family, acrobats, In an 1 National and thu war orphans Hind. M
added featuii'. , lliieiix's ih-si Iptlon of the heroism of
"Tho High Hollers" Is thn title of tho I France's peasant soldiery was applauded.
lMirlesiim at tb Murray Hill Theatre I Tho Flench peasant bis not the cul
this week, Thn company Includes John turr of ilermar.y, ho confessed, "but has
lllack, Arthur Mayer, (lenrgo Heynolds, what Is belter, an Ineradicable seiwo of
Fain Lawrence, llmli Curtis and Vlr- i national honor."
Klnia Tyson. Keyri. an Oriental dancer. 1 Tho vineyards of the champagne die
Is tiro leaturo of th vaudevlllo part of trlst, he -said, havn been so completely
the entertainment. 'destroyed that it will tahi. five years tv
.. .. . iiestore them by Importing vines from
"LIFE" GOING TO CHICAGO.
To lie si,,. iie, led nl Vliinhiilliiii
Opera Mouse Iiy " hc Hint- lllril,"
"Life." it was announced yesterday,
will chiso Its engagement al thn Mnn-
liatluu Opera llnuso In two weeks after
.i long I uii nun win no rui-cci.iieii uy
"The Hluo lllrd." under tho dlrectlun
of thn Messrs. Shilbert.
Thn llrndy production will go to Chi -
cago to open a spring season before
being shipped to thu Prtiry Lane. The.
aire, London. A special train of ten
biiggago cars, two dining cars, one horss
car and six sleepers, running In two
bcollons, will bo necessary to transport
the pioductlon to Cnlcago,
CAN'T PUT PASSENGERS
OFF, SAYS WHITRIDGE
But If Goldwater Will Supply Enough Police, He'll
Obey Health Department Order Defends Service
and Denies Jurisdiction in Sharp Letter.
Kitderlck W. Whltrldite, president of
tho Third Avenuo Hallway, which con
trols tho Klfty-nlnth Htreet trolley line,
which has been forbidden by Commis
sioner of Health (loldwnter to permit
moro inssem?crn on Its ears than 160
per cent, of tho prating capacity, sent a
letter to the Hoard of Health yesterday
which whs written In Mr. A hltrldce 8
own cliiiruclerlstle style, a style which
Tubllc Kervlcn Commlssloiu rs have often
rouna to no tinpieaaiiiiy peppery.
Mr WhltrldBo says In brief that
transit conditions urn none of tk butl-li-s
of tho Hoard of Health, lie then
brings three points to the consideration
of tho board: llrst, that the lino Is oper-1
ntlng a sulllrlent s-rvlee: second, that
the company cannot divide tho passen
gers among tho cars In compliance with
any one's desire, und third, that the rec
ords of the l'ublle Service Commission
show that In no caso has tho number of
standee In tho cam been equal to .10 p-r
cent, of thoso seated.
After acknowledging receipt of the
Health Commissioner's order and ipiot
, lug from It Mr. Whltrldge continues In
I this vein : ,
rnlr, . .Inrlsilletlo...
"On the face of that order the matter
Is obviously not within our Jurisdiction.
1 notice, however. In the press that you
ha" apparently discovered something
or other which you think confers upon
vuu such Jurisdiction. 1 think we are
entitled to have n statement of what
that Is, and I shall be much obliged If
you will be good enough to send It to
me. Assuming that the l'ublle Service
Commission has atxllcated In your favor
or that for somo other reason I am to
iicognlzn thU order, 1 beg to siy that
If sou will kindly translate It Into u
Mateinent of ho.v many additional ears
you wish to have run on the llelt lino I
will put thni cars Into fervlto with
pleasute, but beforo taking that action
, I Invite your attention to thu following
consideration" :
"Klrst Iiurlnff the rush hours the cars
on the Fifty-ninth Street Killway are.
run on a llfty-tlvo second headway. Pur-
Ing other hours of th" day they are run
on a headway of n minute and a half.
Our Judgment Is that this Is a suf-
llclent srvlce t.-i comply with your order
and tint practically no more cars enn
be run.
HOSPITAL SUPPLIES
SHIPPED TO SERVIA
Sfi'iiiiicr Goorerins Carric-s Many
Cases for the Ann-ricim
Red rroi-s.
KP.LIF.K FFXPS
The s'eamer Oeorglos, sailing
ll, Ill ,i!..n.nl.l l.v 11... f,.,.l ....,....,. ,.i
'111L.I. lu-uaj, mil i i i , j ...--
Fiats at worK. ine materials v.
assembled from vnrious parts
of the
coning
ruuntr. the greati r donations
I'lrotn the Vacation War Hellef Commit
tee, the Salvation Army and tho Central
' ,.lllb (or Xmf. all of New Vork.
, ' ' . ' for Pel.ef In Helglum
I T ,n ' """ for u'rt "
' announced yesterday that 2S0 tons of
f,,(Ml have been assured for th" New Vork
S( , t,f Marpalyce, silling from i
' . ,... 1
this port on Saturday, and that so many
j offers of additional food h ive arrived
' that a second steamer, the St. Kentlgern,
sailing early In April, will cairy an
' ciual If not a greater tonnage. The
womcn'h (-ectlon of the commission, un
der the chairmanship of Mrs. I.lndon
W. Hates, Is organising committees .n
various pirts of the State to facilitate
the collection of donations f"r tho St
Kentigi rn.
Cirdln.U Fnrley undervoK yesterday
to have tho St. Vincent de Haul societies
1 throughout the city Join In an eiTort to
I i.dbs t old linen that the 30a old g'i'-
ada, o.nno to New ork visterdav in
take part In tho "I'hildrn.'.s llcvolu
tint)," lo Isi presuited at the Century .
Theutrn on Thursdav aftiriioon for the
Isnetlt of the Lafayetto Fund.
The Jlelglan Hellef Fund retried
yesterday that lm'ssagcs I'm the 1'iln
os .Marie Jo.e of Helglum scrapbo 'k
contlnilii to arrive from about iver
State lu the Union dally Tw.ntv-llve
ci-nts Insuies the Insertion of a n.ess ,gi
In this sorapbook, but the i. nations aie
avenulng a greater amount
Viirlous relief funds 'ickrowbslKed
tho following old ami new iMntrlliuiieiis
yesterday: New Vork Slate Hoard of
American Hod Cross, 23.'l 25, making i
total of $ti",l.ri.M.20 ; Secours Natlnna.
Fund, 173. making a total of !i;u,."-2 17
Helglun Hellfif Fund, 12,312 Of,, making
a total of t950,S3'.i,fni Jlrlt s': Atnerb',.n
War Hellef Fund, M.aib'.Ot
I7imeiie llrli-iii'n l.eeliiri- for Wnr
Hellef Ni ls I ,.-.011.
Hugeno Hrleux, the Freni h dramatist,
yesterday made an eloquent defence of
France an a belligerent in a conference
on "Franco of ro-daV bcfoie an audi-
euce in lieu in inn naiiiooin in ui' uiu-
i'.irlton for the penciu or rile .-ecouis
I the Unltid Stales
IVederli! it Coinlert. ticiisurer of the
war orphans' fund, at 2 Iti-'tor stieet
liitroduced M Hrleux nnd made a plea
for belli for the parcnth Hn, starving dill
ilrcli of th" frcuilbir. Mrs. Whitney U ur
ren. 1 Last Forty-seventh stieet, is
treasurer of tho Secours National. Thn
j,5on taken In yesteiday will bo divided
i mjniui v Pel ween t no two reiiets.
I
' sUty llm-niir l Klrvntnr.
,
I Sixty men and women oniploved at
. r.n West Third aired weir, carrle.1 firim
tho upper lloors by six trips of thn eln
valor yesterday when thn llrst Hoot was
1 In IIiuiich. Morrla (Icnnbcrg, the eleva
i tor man, rtnyed at hlH poat throughout i
the
fire.
"Second It is oliile lmrioslliln for
Us to divide the passengers nmom? the
ears an we or you wish. Any observer
iiiiiv seo with his own eyes nt any point
that If tliero arn two r threi curt
st.indltiR tln publle inslstH on Kettlni;
Into the first eir, and particularly on u
Hue where the rides do not nveraKo tnor
than live minutes In length the fact
that they havo to stand seems to ho of
lei consequence whatevor.
niTir !
, . C, riKiirra,
Third-The
l'ublle Service t'ommii-
slon liar be. n (xamlnlng this road for
some months and while the tables of
their observers have never seemed to be
based mi common si nee they are not'
likely to favor the railroad companies, I
ntid from the twelve of those blue prints
showing the result of the commliMlon's
observations It appears that within tho
last few months kss than half of the
cars run on thl Hm, have had any
passengers standing, and In no case did
the number of standing passengers I
eipial fi per edit, of thoso seated. I,
inelos" thu Public Si rvire Commissions
leports. on which I hope you will res. Ind
our order. y
' To d more than to undertake to put
on as many cars as you may specllb ally
demand I eannot do Conductors will
be instructed not to admit to the cars
more than th" number of people you
think right, but we cannot be expected
to use forco to prevent th passenger
i nli ring tho car and still less to eject
th. m. We must ask you to provide a
sulll'ient force of police nt all the Junc
tion points to accomplish the results you
desire." )
This Is what t)r. rjnldwater said of
the letter. 1
"Mr. Whltridge'n letter, despltn Its
cr.iPiiety tone. Is a prompt and frank
acknowledgment of the f.u. that the
puollc has rlghb. It Is obvious, too,
thut the leprtment of Health, thanks
to the city charter. Is In a position to
defend those rlghU.
'our observers at Fifty-ninth street
report that already there nr more cars
m the line than ther were threo days
ago vt , navo received no otlleial com-inuiil'-atlon
from tho New Vork Hall
ways Company, whhih operates the
i:!ghtv-sxth street trinsverse line."
lir i loldwnter took another tep In Ills
campaign yesterday when he assigned .i
r-'ooi'r'0.''.'" T"idz
that borough on which vondltlons have
been reported as unsatisfactory. 1
Mould not mako public th ll-es being
Investigated
SEEN ON THE SCREEN.
.Mnimnn Anlarptlr tlititre
-Other
.i-nr I'llin IVnlllrrs.
Sir Douglan Maw son. tho Antnn-tle e.
piorer. Vgan nn engagement nt Weber's
Taeatre yesterday, presenting motion
pictures taken In the vicinity of the
s iuth pole Theso showed the experi
ences of the explorer and his companion.
In combating polar billiards Many
narrow escapes irom death arid many
form" of polar l'fe wore realistically pp.
fired. The rums tnter,v.ted a good sized
audience.
..,..,.. Wallace IMdlnger. In a reen version
(tl0 INI' o' "A (ientlernan of lA-sure." 1 tho fea
ture attraction nt the Strand Theatre
this week and is drawing -ho usual ea-
i pa. ity aiiuienres in ims popular motion
pieiure IIOU..I. i iie nuns aru stipple-
..... . ..... ........ ., tfc mil, i
SOlo.sTi.
Tlie Vitagrnph Theatro Is presenting
this week a varied programme, with
The Itiidlum Thieves" an the leading
irr.itliui. tUl.ers Include "Tho Jarr
F.unll llMovers Harlem,'' "Cupid's Col
unit,." ' A Child of the North" and
"Si .itched From a Hurtling Death " The
last. do-nbed as a melodramatic ex
travaganza, was produced by Charles I
C.aekill
At the liroadw.-iy Thentre Iianlel Froh-
man n ptesetiting i no Jve ltoute, ' a
fetture lUm. The programme n In
' . . .. '''"'" " - suioi-js.
V"',""; ,,.1.t,V'r r',f f",,.", ''nhv
P. sIjm in "Her Triumph." a FaramouV.
picture, is the announced feature.
Pliiys nnd llnyer.
Frederic McKay Is shortly to product!
a new play. "The Tricky Mrs. Trevor."
by i: Cronln Wilson The cast li.vn
been clioscn and rehearsals -js lit begin
to-day.
Thursday afternoon nt 3 o'clock at
the New Amsterdam Theatri K M New.
man xvi'l present hie 'augural travel
t v'k for this season.
"My but Sanatogen
makes one enjoy
living!"
AND you know it is a pleasure beyonil
the telling when, after weeks o(
overwork have weakened your system's
forces, you ht'Rin to take Sanatoucn anil
ful that old-time vinor come back with
a new desire to accomplish and a new
joy in living. .
The best of it is that it's no ttmporan
relief that Sanatogen (jives but a real,
lasting improvement in bodily health
and especially in the health of the nerv
ous system. For combining the proper
ties both of a food and a tonic, Sanatogen
nourishes the nerve-cells, rebuilds the
wasted energies and tones up the whole
system as it helps gather a new store of
strength.
You can scarcely doubt that Sanatogen
will hilp you when you remember that
over 21,000 doctors have endorsed it in
personal letters and when you read
what John Ilurroughs, the celebrated
naturalist, writes:
il tisls-n ff.f.tlv ta-fi'- 1 1 V Swil-jfa. Mi tWp
t. Mtll'l Mi Iiiii Hun II sill I'll ISO. 16-1 r-v
ir.ln-l an J Hif i'."h An; muth lniiruiil
Or what Colonel Watlcrson, the fam
ous editor, writes:
"I ilir.,'1 II InV I fiiil I hits t-ffttlnM riv tllilirv sltb
iil Sm.tt 'tf. i liritf ri.Uy la u the rtl i-Ml otf 111,
mil the lifnecrmriv
Sanatogen is sold bv good druggists
everywhere in three sizes, from $1.00 up.
'A
Oiund JYI:r, nfrriiiiflmirii' rrmorf i of
.1fdinrit'. Uthdun, I'M,'
for a Free cottv of "Nerve Health Resained. " If you
' . . .1 , I I , . ,
write
lor a cony OI tins nookici, ucauiiiuiiy niu-niaicii aim umiiiiiul im-
ibis of! ai reminder to addrejj THU 11 A UK R CHKMIfAI, CO. 1
Tear this
I
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a past or a future
If your business has a past a past which is an
unbroken record of honorable dealing then
the Equitable Building is a fitting place for it.
If your business has a future a future which is
bright with the prospects of a bigger and more
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ing is the logical place to develop it.
And our Renting Staff, now located on the
premises, will furnish you with a hundred
reasons why space in the Equitable Building is
the soundest proposition at present before the
Metropolitan business world.
t.catci now being made, from May I, 191..
Equitable Building
120 Kroadway
In asking for your favorite brand beware
the rink of being served with a substitute.
Look for the nam
F. CHAUVENET
on the bottle of the belt
SPARKLING BURGUNDY
red Cap
ii. r. riM.At co.. i,ti .v. t.
v.
w -,,ri
DTTTM AM OUPDUTv
Mil lu AW OEiVjivEil D
GIFT TO PUBLIC
New Prni'cssps for nasolcnc
mill for n.v"tuff Art"
I'lllOlltOll.
.SOON
WTI.l. UK KNOWN
Wapimnoton'. P. C. March 1. The
statemer.t was made at the pepartmen
of the Interior to-day that the two proc
esses dlseove-ed by Pr. Wilt or F. Ititt
man wherehy ,:he output of gasolene
from pitroleum can be Increased 20ft
per cent, and whereby toluol and benzol
in i,
manufactured from
ride petro -
, -
Ileum IW use ui in., uje wiviij
been p.itf ntsl bv P- Itlttrnar thr
henertr of the Amerlc iii people. J
Dr. Hltttnan uses as an Illustration of
bin process lor the Increase 1 output
of gasolene from petroleum "Ire breas-
ing up of the vapor from petroleum
win rca.4 under the old process
Hi,,
tl ..11 l.A1 e l, !. ..n ,,n ,
lluuld Itself whs broken up, so t"
speik. It ls declared that Dr. HHt-
man's proce-s is s-afcr, Mmplcr and I?
far more economical in way
'conomicHl in way of time
than the processes now In ute
The second proc. s dW,-vere,i le P-.
Itittman. tho manufacture, from crude
petroleum of toluol and benzol which
havo heietof re bren obtained from
coal tar. may menn the establishment In
this country of a big dyeftuff Industry.
Tin s, two substances ate ,,Ki ued as
( the bases of high explosives.
It Is claimed that the Kltfwin
procsM Is morn economical f an the
Her man mt tlnsl of ob'aln rg the,io
pHluetH from coal tar
Muht as soon
avail ttieiiwlifS
as persons w.mt o
of tne Itittir.iri d'.s-
i-over'e1- sa.d an oitic il of tne bu-
ish to Irani
.'1..,,.. ll....... J I .
roau of mile- tod.. v. "rim bureau un
der proper safeiruanM ,,nd regirlatloni
v.:: placo then at !h. d'sposal
CHEMISTS SKEPTICA L.
Tln Think l.iine i: tneuernteil
Itltllllllli's Illseoi erle..
I.Oi al Chi mists and dvestuffs pro
ducers were liielired jester-lay to t.ik
wnn a grain or su't the aMiuunceiiient
uy Secretary I.ane of the disivery f
processes which will greatlv increase His
I supply of g.isol. lie and also make the
jl'n.tid Stams Independent of other
I nations for supplied n, , ..M..iry In the dye
I industry and In th- manufacture of high
I explosives for warfare.
i Or Walter F. Itittman. chemical en
j Bin ,r of the Fedora I hur'.'iu of mines.
i who j. lreddd with m .king tho dls-
coverles and who has 1.. en doing his
work In the Colurnhl.i Fnii erslty labora
torles. wr.s in iihington In th
iibseiice of a direct statement from bint
no one could b found who was willing
to be ipioted In comm, il.
One chemist. onnecied with a larg.
riyestuffs inanufiKturii.it o n.-ein si!l
, that ho knew Pr llittonn to,, well o
heliive that he would make ins extrava
gant claims nr.d that he know eno igh
of Pr. Kittmau's work I, ertain
that S.-' ietary l.an'. nnnourn ement d I
exaggerate the facts
This belief W is supported bv tin, little
that could be learned at '"jlum1' i con
i iiiunir pr. llittmun's iI1.-com rle It
was said there that little or nothing was
i known as yet of th coiiitnerci.il pos
(.Ulllill, ,l Ml. 1. II .lllilll f ll.1l liver!,
Tu..,r H-.rtanc U.v. it wa-- j...!nr out
not si much in the onlin ir v coremerc a
u-es to which they maj lie put n In the
, 'act mat tie i ., n.awe tin- i ni'CM
-stales in'lepei.ileni l! mils, no if ip in
the manufacfire ,.f t'.e k.nd of expl-
siv, s that would be .ll-s ,Jut.v ll, 'esn,r
If the count, v I, a, I 'o go to w ir
At the Starid.-i'd otn.e t was sa 1
that without Know), dice of the deta'ls
of i' Itlitman's d'"iov,ry as regards
gasob ne no one could dts uss the pr.b
able (ffeet on th" oil busimss Kveit.
thing vvMtnd depend, It was said, upo'i
the cot of any new or Improved process
Pr Ititiniaii a cili '11 imrsml 1
received his I'h P from Colunieia Unb
virsity last year Hi w is born in Sin-
duskv. iih.o. and .s a graduate of Ohio
N-c tnern md w ,r' nnure , nlleges. At
! Sw.irthnio'e he wan iieown is n of
-io btt ,r',i,t'
, oileg., ever had
more nbout Sanative I""' " I' 11
.n.l inln.Ml.lln.l ,1 ll,
Hie I'U.itfs inlrrrst
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