Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-08-27

all day for $1.25. The charges are ex
cossiye.'
Habor J. Ajax. wealthy Syrian mer-
chant OF Hayti. WAS arrested ia connec-
ton with the alleged naturalization
IraAds. According to the officials the
papers We're secured by wealthy residents
Of Hayii and other South American re-
publics fer protection purposes Weil-to-
do men there learned that ghey could es-
cape the eNofhitant tayatious OF the littIc
republic IT naruialiZel citizens of this
country. In some way Il baud of men,
chiefly foreigners. vino have made the,r
headquarters III Waterbury,. Conn. have
been engaged supplying citizenship pl
pers 10 natives OF Hayti. The name o
the applicant would he forwarded TO the
/ leader who would promptly have man
apply for citizenship papers under that
name. Atiak pleaded not guilty and was
held in $500 bail.
Five-year-olj Elsie Gellert. the heroine
Of an alleged international kidnauing emf
sode started for her home in Denmark
Oh the steamship United States. She was
placed on board the steamship by Acting
Consul George Bcch. who has represent
ed the Danish consul general in the nego-
tiatioas pending the childS rCcapture and
return to her parents. Since the child
was taken from William and Mary
Jensen in Chicago she has been kept ii
the closest seclusion by the Danish au-
thorit!es for fear that she might be
stolen from them, in which event they
would have been p0werlesS to act against
the kidnapers until power 1T attorney
mad been obtained from her parents
For two years, at the solicitation of the
parents of the child. the Danish govern
ment has been employing every means
FOR her recovery.
William Z. Dewey of New York city
Is advertising for persons who lost money
in the Colorado Fuel and Iron through
tips received from John W. Gates to
join in the suit against Mr.. Gates. Dewey
alleges that one of his clients lost $40
900 i'll the transaction through Gates
tips when about two years ago Gates
attempted to get control of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company. a close friend
OF Mr.. Gates said today: Mr.. Dewey
suit will have no standing in court John
W. Gates did not deceive anybody. He
was thoroughly honest in his belief that
Colorado Fuel and Iron was fine prop
erty. was himself greatly deceived and
lost a whole pile of money through the
drop in the stock"
For the purpose OF establishing a test
power has been turned ON in the rapid
transit subway, and trains We're run over
the Ilne from downtown stations To liar
lem. The climax of the test was made
by picked crew with four cars. run AT
high speed over the entire route. Some
of the turns were made at dizzy gait,
precautions having been taken to have
the track clear for the one great effort of
tho night. The experiment WAS Il COM
plete success. and Harlem was reached
well within the time allowance Of fifteen
minutes. 70 those on the train the sta
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picture. The greatest secrecy was main
tanned by the officials of The road. One
Of the objects of the experiment was To
familiarize the men at the controllers
with the twists and turns of the road.
The final act in a bit of litigation which
has lasted since January. 1898. and
which involved the right of the United
States government to sell copyrighted or
patented goods which had been SNUG,
gled, has developed through two men
turning over TO the appraisers stores %.
$50 grains of phenacetine, TO he de-
stroyed. The drug. which is worth s.
an ounce. was smngeled into the couns
try, seized and sold The purchasers. two
local agents, began preparations to sell |
it, but were halted by an injunction pro-
cured by the German manufacturers. The
latter claimed to have sole right to the |
name of the drug. having procured Il
copyright on the word. and were upheld. !
The men who bought the drug from the |
government have now been, compelled TO |
turn it back, and can only recover
through "A special act of Congress.
George w. Vanderbilt proposes to take |
things in his own hands when he comes |
back to BiltmOre in the autumn. He will |
personally look after the management Of |
his estate, which consists of Il quarter of !
million Of acres of land and hundred |
or more different departments. including |
Il dairy, a truck garden. etc. When Mr. |
Vanderbilt left Biltmore last sDring he
was much dissatisfied with the way
things We're going. He dismissed several |
of the head employees who had been com |
ing up short in their accounts. and or
dered that some changes be made Re !
Gently Col. McNamec. his manager. went |
to Seattle to look after some of the Van
derbilt affairs there. 1t is understood |
that Mr. McNamee will remain in Seat |
tie and that Mr.. Vanderbilt will look !
after his own affairs nj Fillmore Mr.. |
and Mrs. Vanderbilt are expected soon
for the winter.
Announcement that the peterborough |
Rapid Transit comnany would begin
10 hand ont application blanks 10
those desiring Jobs in the rapid transit |
tunnel attracted several thousand persons |
10 1G Dew street long before the hour set. !
In the first twenty minutes more than |
1000 blanks were given ont AMI twenty |
were returned filed in Then the appl- |
cations began to come in rapidly and the |
clerks were kept busy al day The an
plicants must he over II and under 40 |
years of age; must he az least , feet { |
inches in height; must purchase stand |
ard uniform; must he able to read and |
write the English language; must he Of |
good health ard in full possession of
every faculty must pass medical eXami- !
nation by the company's surgeon; must |
he familiar with the streets and street car
and ferry lines and points of interest III |
New York city.
The leading social event of the New |
port season was given recently. ii |
being the "hal blanc" given by Mrs. |
Hermann OerchS at her villa, Rosecliff, !