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The evening world., 1909-02-02
THROWS "SHORT
AND UGLY NAME"
BACK AT METZ
Comptroller Did Say Cash
Was Ready for Brooklyn Sub
way, Wilcox Declares.

Chairman Wilcox, OF the Public Ser
vice Commission, gave out to-day a
statement taking Comptroller Metz
sharply to task for alleged statements,
in which he used term much like de-
liberate Justification in describing those
who declared that s23O0o,0co had been
set aside for the construction of the
Fourth Avenue subway, In an inter-
view, Chairman Wilcox pointed out
Mr.. Metz was quoted as saying that the
sum in question was never set aside.
"He calls by a short and ugly name
those who say It was" said the chair.
man. During the autumn OF 1907, when
the commission had under consideration
the plans for the Fourth Avenue sub
wa. which had come from the Board
OF Rapid Transit Commissioners, sew
eral meetings We're held protesting
against any change In policy ard de-
harding that tn" Fourth Avenue Sub
way be built. At one OF these meetings
held In Brooklyn, sept. II, ly0,, Mr..
Metz Is quoted.
Every one here thought that we
would have the subway; In Manhattan
hey thought otherwise We got six
votes from the Rapid Transit Commits
sion. We got them the very afternoon
that Mr.. Hurley was elected a member
OF that Commission. realize the sec
ton in question is a growing one. II
needs a subway. The money has been
appropriated
MIR. Metz followed this with Ella horate
figures showing the necessity for build
ing the Fourth avenue subwar. At Il
meeting held the next night in Cooper
Union Mr.. Metz said;
The sum OF 100000 has been set
aside for the building of the subway
by the Beard Of Estimate and AppOr.
tionment and that ii was the duty Of
the Public Service Commission to begin
work at. C.,o.
AT the same meeting in Cooper
Union Acting MAJOR MCGOWAN in the
presence of Comptrol.. Mc'z stated:
Tie Appropriation for the subway was
raised from $4,000 to $23,Coo,a0o, 80
that there can he no double fares nor
drawbacks. The money is reaLy and
TIE city cannot borrow again.. =.
IF n MS statements mad" in public
meetings and in his statements to mem.
hers OF tie Commission Mr. Metz "a led
TO tell the truth of distorted the facts,
then so lie It; or II President McGowan
did not know what he was talking
about, then So be 1t, but i IS q little
unfair that at this late date one should
be accused OF not telling The ,rutl WHOM
quotations IA made from tie lips OF
the 'many-sided' Comptroller
The evening world., 1909-02-02
SEEKS TO DIVORCE AN
OFFICER IN THE NAVY.
Fair Wife of Iieutenant-Com-
mander Benton Says He
Sinned With Waitress.

Justice Gerard, NJ the Supreme Court,
Yesterday appointed Daniel +. Cohalan
referee to take testimony and report
to the court his findings In IA suit for
divorce brought by Mrs. Frederick l..
Benton.
Mrs BENTON Ia from South Carolina
Her husband has the rank Of lieutenant.
commander in the navy, and formerly
was attached to the Brooklyn Naval
Hospital
Mrs BENTON declares her husband has
been guilty OF ind'srretions with n
pretty waitress nj the Naval Hospital at
the time he was stationed there, The
papers We're served on Benton ut Camp
Columbia. Cuba. to which post he had
been assigned.
The evening world., 1909-02-02
ACCUSED AS SH0PLIFTER.
sophie schwnrtJc Released N 500
Bail.

Sophie Schwartz, twc1t"thro" years
old good-l,ok'rE and well dressed, was
arra,gned In the Adams Street P.'iso
Court in Brooklyn to-day IN charge
Of shoplt;irs. TIE Eirl VINO said she
lived NJ no. -, rhir.y-nnth stree
E.orklyu, ~ ares ed last n.s, In a
department stcT" ou Fultul Sil2e, D.
Grace Berg, u store detective. To de
tert!vc sid ttat she ha' seen i.c Gir
,aHc.a handing aad srNrral small art
clos and conceal them iN her Wuf
In court to-day lav}"~ appeared tor
her and asked tor ui adjournment,
which Wa granted tn girl was on
released In ;iN bonds and Urro' from
TIE courtroom. alter having sen; cut Tor
q heavy Veil.
The evening world., 1909-02-02
DENTISTS FATHER ENDS LIFE
Tired Of Living Because He Pre-
frrrcd Drink to Wife,

Arnold Ro.hkrarz, n cGrpen.e- cut Of
work, killed himself with a shot in the
head at Mrs. Mary Thorapsons beard
rs-house. No. ~ s.. AIMS stonue
'ally to-day. Ne told the landla1y yes.
Iel'day THAI he was sick ct lie and him.
srlr because he found that he would
-atnrr drink than live n home with lis
wife n RichmcTd I'M. His son. w. G.
Is q dentist ct No. - West
street, opp s,c the Wal.
torf- astoria
The evening world., 1909-02-02
CHILD FATALLY BURNED.
Susie Yimmcrmnn's Dress Caught
from Live Coal In Kitchen Stove.

Five car-old Susie Zimmerman, who
was fatally burned about the face,
hands and body in the Kitchen of her
home at No. "a Avenue a last night,
when her dress caught fire from a live
coal from the kitchen stove, was re-
ported to be dying In Bellevue Hospital
to-day.
The child's mother left her alone in
the Zimmerman apartment last evening
when she went to a nearby store.
Samuel Stern, who lives on the same
girls screams, climbed through the
Kitchen window and smothered the fire
with blanket. but not until she was
fatally burned.
The evening world., 1909-02-02
QUEENS FIRE SERVICE BAD.
Deputy whitney Gets Fund to Re-
atCrc Damugc by Storm

Deputy Fire Commissioner Whitnoy
appealed to the Board OF A dermcn to.
day for permission to make repairs,
without public 'cc;tlnc, To tho Queens
hre alarm system. which was practi-
cally destroyed by the ~ecrnt storm.
Deputy Whitney cNpla rcd that II IL
imperative that repairs he Immediately
made MS defective system will con-
tinue 10 leave parts of the borough
unprotected. lie asked Tor $500. The
Board voted Gfiir'1a'ively.
The evening world., 1909-02-02
HARRY C. EVA CONVICTED.
Ran His "Hnricm Mission" without
Necessary License.

Harry c. Eva, who ran a begsars re.
treat at No. ll3 East One Hundred and
Sixteenth street, which he called the
Harlem Mission" was convicted OF
keeping a chidren's lodginghouse
without license in Special Sessions
to-day.
Eva's lawyer presented lot OF letters
tending to snow that Eva was Il pure
minded philanthrnolst who was being
prosecuted by the State Board Of
Health. The AGENTS Of tho Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty TO Children
told the Judges some things about Eva,
and they said that they would take a
week to decide what his sentence should
be. Meantime his bail of ,3o0 was con.
tinued
The evening world., 1909-02-02
Police 'i'o'N Niccas'S Attentions
to Wife Caused Row in
Nili,elm Family,
WOMAN GIVES "TIP."
Mrs. Dillon and Widow of
Dead Man Both Detained
as We'll as Architect.

B Nicola SiCCa was arrcs cd to-day b.
! the Newark police who were inves,igat-
! ing the harder OF Frank Wilhelm, a
contractor, at his home, No. AS High
I street. Newark. last nilh' With Slcoa
Mrs. Wilhelm "AH woman, who said
she was "3I"t. Dillon. Of New Norh."
are detained.
The police have story from Mrs.
Dillon" TINT Wilhelm f'equoltly threat
cred to tie, Il divorce rom his wife on
account of her friendship with Sicca.
. Mrs. billion Went to Police Head1uar-
te.s at Ne"'irli to-day ard asked to he
told where tho .W.lhelms lived. aavlng
b she had memorandum Of Their address
wien she let New York bu. had lost
! It. She seemed greatly shocked when
I she learned that Mr. Wilhelm had been
! killed In the basement Of his home last
! night, and told a story about the family
! life Of the "lhc'ms which interested
| the police ;rca, deal and led to the
arrest OF S.cca ana the detention of her
I self and Mrs Wnheiul/
.
Mrs, Dillon said there was an Italian
! VINO naa como INTO me He OF the WIZ
l heifns' ana haH maze hiuch trouble
between them. She said this man had
frequent quarrels with Mr. Wilhelm.
Found at Wilhelm House.
soror,, ,i,,.s .,o eat, v.u,o,,, haa
..u.,,o,t, ,.. .I
! .no,dar, T., d,ra.,a a,,i.
Can, csrro,r If tho Her.,r, no,,oo
After hearing this story set watch an
, the house sicca was ,rrs wi,ha,,,,s
F; first man yisi,or and was arrested ia
!, n, orc,i.or, who ,ad ,n.na,I,. ,,,'a,
In ~, borso and u.,,, ,ou. ,,,.s . ",
,G Uash,,v,o, s,r,o,
slice, said he trev ,o,h,,, y, ,ho
murder and dec,ared bio ,-ros, an or,.
raee But the nolice have Mrs WI.
+; helms s,a,enan, tina, the archi,ec, bad
| money differences with hsr husband and
ouarre,ed with him ,reousrt,v she said
nothing NJ rho alsn,,tes which had artisan
| over tho Italians adnIra,io, for horss,r
| Tho roI,,s a,s, -sar,e, ,ho, ,ho eide
= Aoo- q, .bo yuh.,,, ,ou.o ,.,, o,,,o,,
,,v,r,ob,y ,ocLad hr, TIM, yos.ora,,
.,,.r t,,s murder ras d,scoyersd 4, %,
| ,ornd n ma u,r,,ched Nrs wubo,,,,
who was ont all vos,eravd and Who
! brought friends with her when she re.
! turned la,e las, rIghi could No, nv,
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p'a'" Nv" '"e uo'' V"'Hc 10 oe uA'
Ham. Mot eohh.d
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, '''a'e'' '''''"'"e vac u''eoNe'' Vi
the murder the police began search
/ Of the house Money, Jewels and other
vs,ush,.s wore ,,,,ct Tbis c,,v,,o.d
40 Wv 49,
the police that the murder was not for
robbery.
AR, Wilhelm, renor,ed tina, sh. found
"''' '"e "
5 the oody OIL Her husoahd IN the halfway
b OF the basement Mrs Wilhelm
cot, sho ,a,, ,o,,o ,o,.or,,. o,or
, o."
: noon about O'Clock and went to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Farmer, friends.
I uho iva a, M y proons s,r,a, Ia.
Nv i'e'
. husband told HeF lie intended gong to
The evening world., 1909-02-02
CHAPEL HEARING PUT OFF.

BY conscn, OF TIE attorneys represent.
ing ST. johns parish and Trinity Cor
pnr4ion the injunction hearing which
WAS to have been held to-day In the
supreme Court wAs postponed until
The evening world., 1909-02-02
BOY STOLE $448
AND TOOK HIS
CHUM TO TEXAS
Money Went Before They
Could Buy Ranch and Stock
to Become Cowboys.
CONFESS TO POLICE.
Brought Back, Young Davis
Pleads Guilty to Theft,
Comrade Fights.

It takes more than si4S IS to take two
boys TO Texas. buy a ranch and two
horses and enable the youths TO become
cowboys Raymond Brill and George
Davis will make affidavit to that effect
and they ought to kulw-for they tried
IT and failed.
Between me and you,' said young
Davis in the Chlldren's Court this morn
ing after we got to Texas we found
this thing about buying horses not what
it's cracked up to be, Say, II horses had
been 10 cents carload, we didn't have
enough money to holler whoa"
The way George. who lives at No. 81
Fast One Hundred and Forty-nlnth
street. tells 1t was this.
George is fourteen years old, and for
the past few years his particular chum
has been Raymond Brill. also four.
teen, Of No SIS Bathgate avenue, the
Bronx Young Brill was employ ed UNI
I'll last month as messenger boy for
the Home Pattern Company OF No. Cl5
West Forty-thrd street.
Took Money and Fled.
The boys had read Of cheap lands TO
be had in Texas also that horses ran
wild In the Lone Star State. So it was
arranged that they raise enough money
to go to Texas, buy farm and be-
come cowboys.
on Jan. W. o. Bagley, assistant
treasurer OF the Home Pattern Com
pany, rent young Bril- to Il branch
Office at No. / Madison avenue with
package OF envelopes, Each envelope
contained money, and in all there was
si4S,3S in,rusted to the care Of the young
messenger.
Bagley saw nothing more OF the boy,
and learned, upon investigating, that
the money had not been delivered. Two
weeks passed and then letter came
from the police Of Houston, Texas, that
boy named Brill was being detained
there, and that he had told the police
he had taken some money from the
Home Pattern Company
Bagcy went to the Ch!ldrens Court
and procured warrant for Bills ar
rest and Detective Patrick II. Giery, Of
Central Office. was sent to Houston.
There he found no; only Brill but his
! friend, Davis.
Wanted to Get Back
The latter told the detectives he was
a party to the theft OF the money, and
wanted TO come back to New York
Texas was better Mt a distance, the lad
declared and he was willing to take
punishment If the detective would bring
him back.
C;Iery arrived with the two boys yes
terday and they were both arraigned in
the Chidren's Court this morning. Davis
told the Court he had accompanied Brill
to Philadelphia where the money was
divided, and that ycy had gone on TO
Houston together Davis pleaded guilty
to tie charge OF grand larceny, but
YOUNG Brill pleaded not sulty. His
ease was adjourned until Feb l. Davis
viii rot he sentenced until his TESTIMONY
has been heard in the case against Brill
The evening world., 1909-02-02
MAYOR GIVES WIFE OFFICE.

Mrs. GEORGE y. Mcclellan. wife Of the
Mayer, got an Office vest, rday at her
husbands hands. Sic was reapoo!n,ed
a member OF the Be ard OF Mana gers OF
the Bellevue Training seaeol Tor
The evening world., 1909-02-02
PARK AND TlLFoRD DANCE.

The entertainment to be given by the
Employees Mutual Benefit Association
OF Park & Tilford will take place this
evening
The evening world., 1909-02-02
SUES HUBBY WHO
WON HER WHILE
FILLING HER TEETH
Kramer Began His Wooing on
Her Second Visit, Wife
Declares.
THEIR ROMANCE SHORT.
Left Him After Three Weeks,
He Replies to Plea for
Alimony.
THEIR ROMANCE SHORT

Mrs. Ethel Kramer suing DR.. Joseph
Kramer, dentist. OF No, 900 West Forty
eighth street, for separation on the
ground Of cruel treatment. desertion
and non-support, asked Justice Err
LANCER for an order to the doctor to
pay her $50 weekly alimony pending
the trial Of her case and 500 for her
lawyer. A. B. Schleimer.
Mrs. Kramer tells story OF re-
markable courtship In an affidavit. 1t
was carried on while she lay In the
doctors chair and lie was putting her
she says by implication that he was
employed Several years as a mechanic,
making crowns, preparing bridgework,
making teeth, artificial mouth work."
and so on, and though his pretty pa
tlcnt needed none OF these things, for
she was but nineteen years old, 1t is
presumed that he knew how to perform
the work needed.
And what II chance It gave him to
make love-
He Lost No Time.
ION my second visit lie told me was
a handsome. tall young lady" says Mrs
Kramer, "and that would make a good
wife for him. paid no serious atten-
ton to his professions Of love. | had a
good chance to marry a rich business
man At the time | did not suspect that
DR. Kramer was one of those low crea-
women. did not know that lie was II
gambler.
lie finally got my consent to marry
him, and for Il while everything went
me he was not born to be a married
man. He said
81 believe in free love, as all an
archsts do. III"
There We're allegations OF cruelty,
physical and mental, too
But DR.. Kramer returned an answer
to this, through May e. jacobson, as
fun OF odd things as the complaint
The Doctor said:
Il was not making nearly so much
money as my wife would have 1t appear
but | told her ! would do the best
could. She was satisfied. After our
marriage she lived with mo about three
weeks. During that time she was con
gtantly demanding money and more
money. ! gave her practically all
earned and when | could no, pay her
more she became enraged, called me
vile names and hurled various missiles
at me.
Mother HeIp:u, He Says.
She frequently came into my ofllc
with her mother and raised scenes as
a result of which patients left tie Of
fee and | was In constant dread OF los
ing my business. When | was unable
to meet her demands for more money
she left me
AT the present time have absolutely
no connection with the firm Of which
was member. Ny wife came to the
office where | am now employed about
two weeks ago and asked her to re-
turn 10 my home But she refused. say
Ing she had a chance TO get married In
the spring.
1T IS false that | ran after young
girls and women, and | challenge her
to name any female person that have
run after
Then Dr. Kramer rccited a dolcful tale
from which 1t might BE- inferred thar he
could hardly provide for himself alone.
though lie had paralytic brother to
care for and out Of It all Justice Err
LANCER decided that Dr. Kramer ought
to pay so weekto Ethel pending the
suit
The evening world., 1909-02-02

The pfrson who has once cSre-isr-cd the
1lsauurs % a Iup ~ dsieious "s,laaa' Tsa
..nsss 's.!'y ptssuadsa 70 accept . sub
The Washington times., 1909-09-28
PINK UNDERWEAR
IS HIS OWN UNDOING
Roberts Love for Finery
Leads to Jail and Postpone
ment of Wedding.

No wedding bells will ring for Robert
Riceard for four long months at least.
and all because OF his love for fnery.
Riceard is the colored man who yester-
day evening created some excitement by
sprintlnE down Sixth street clad only
in his undergarments. He was ~arraign-
cd i'm Police Court this morning charged
with the larceny of one suit Of clothes
and various other articles OF wearing
apparel from Samuel Burnstein, a sec
ond-hand clothes dealer.
Wei. why did you TAX the clothes?'
queried Judge Mullowny.
ledge. 20 honor, All is a citizen OF
Alexandria. and today was to be ma
wedding day. so All came over 10 dis
yesterday 20 get nah troIsseau. All
was walking down d street m saw a
beautiful suit in front Of Mistah Burn
stems store. All stopped 10 examine it
and he said to NAH:
"'Come in and try II on and see how
becoming IL is
Now, JedEe, Al thought AT would
him, so in All steps. He made
me try on a beautiful pink suit oh
underwear, shoes, uh red necktie, and
high hat. Den as An felt very soCi-
able All invited him TO come over an
take a drink; then we came back TO
mis- store and had a little music on de
gra'phone. AS il wah getting late, All
told him All would have to be gOin',
would send him the none after
All came back from nah honeymoon.
Den he got mad an threw NAH down
an took the suit off nah. Den All
ran. An don't think An IS guilty,
ledge. CosC he did tempt NAH"
well. / think YOU had better sDeDd
the next four months in jail" REPLIED
his honor and Roberts wedding will
have 70 be postponed.
The Washington times., 1909-09-28
ARCHITECT HOLDS
LARGE BALANCE
More Than Three Millions
Left From Congress Ap-
preparations.

AS shown by the advance sheets OF
the annual report Of the supervising
architect OF n Treasury Department
for 1909, there is stiIl an available ball
ance Of g. IO,5OS-5O left over OF the APP
preparations made for sites, buildings,
and repairs within the District Of Co
lumbia. The total appropriation was
about $4,000. The balance indicates the
extent of Government building TO be
completed in the Capital.
The largest single item Of these ap-
propriat ons is S2.5OO.Oo0, appropriated for
a site for a building for the State. JUS
tice, and Commerce and Labor Depart
ments.
The site FOR the House Of Records. be-
tween Eighteen and Nineteenth streets
and between r and F streets has been
purpchased for SS03, i9S.S0, leaving UNI
expended SGT, 5000 of the 100000 ap-
~propfated.
The appropriation Of $4,000 for site
COR an addition 10 the Bureau Of Print
lnG and Engraving made this re- has
not been used.
The Washington times., 1909-09-28
INSURGENTS WILL RENEW
THEIR ACTIVITY.

Senator Albert J. Beveridge. who
was one of the Senate insurgents in the
special session, and who refused to be
Lined up to support a tariff bill which
was not in accordance with the Repub-
licen platform, is out with an inter
view in which he makes it clear that
there is not going to be any letting
down IN the activity of the insurgent
Senators next winter.
Senator Beverage says no Iegisla-
ton is going TO be put through until
after it has been carefully examined
and closely scrutinized. In this. he
undoubtedly reflects the opinion of the
rest OF the group OF Republican in
surgents in the Senate, the members of
which are in close touch with each
other as a rule.
1t Is easy 20 overlook the import
ance of what Senator Beveridge saws.
but the significance of it viii not be-
lost on those who follow carefully the
course of things in Congress. It means
a great deal to have an active and ag-
gressive body of Senators or Repre-
sentatives bent on turning the search
light on every piece Of legislation that
is proposed. This is especially true in
the Senate because of the freedom of
the rules and the fact there is no
Speaker or Rules Committee to WELD a
club and punish any who have the
temerity to risk instruction.
1t was shown in the tariff debate in
the special session hat eight or ten
aggressive Senators can WELD a power
full influence merely by persistentlv ex-
posing the truth. 1t car be done with
respect to any measure that m be-
fore Congress.
1t does not require a majority TO
shape legislation in the Senate. Cour-
age, persistency, and a habit OF dis
Pensing facts are as potent oftentimes
as numbers 1t looks as if the num-
Der of Senate insurgents next winter
would be larger than it was in the spe-
cial session. If they persist in repre-
senting vigorously the public's in
terests in the matters that come up.
they will be a force to be reckoned
with. In effect, they will be the bal
ance Of power in the upper house, and
can practically control the course of
lawmaking.
The Washington times., 1909-09-28
TRYING TO MAKE AN ISSUE
ON THE TARIFF.

Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Bryan, as the
leaders of their respective parties, are
doing all in their power to develop a
~clear-cut issue on the tariff question.
It is not by any means beyond the
probabilities hat their joint efforts
may center the campaign of 1912 on
this issue.
In the making of the Psyne-Aldrich
measure there was a good deal of ros
ing and recrossing party lines. There
were Republican insurgents in both
houses who opposed the whole policy
of the measure and finally voted
against it. On the other hand, there
were Democrats in both houses who at
critical times came to the rescue of the
Republican program.
That sort of irregularity in both
parties makes a clear-cut issue impos-
sible. But Dir. Taft has gone TO
Winona and given his vigorous indorse-
ment TO the bill as it passed, and TO
the actions of the men who framed
and passed it. Mr.. Bryan has gone
into the South to enter his protest, as
party leader, with the Democratic
masses, against the actions of those
Democrats who became assistant" Re
publicans at certain iunctures.
If both men succeed in the effort
they have undertaken; if Mr.. Taft
makes regularity a test of Republican
good faith, and if Mr.. Bryan makes
.irregularity an evidence of Democratic
bad faith, then the Issue will rave been
made. The Republicans will have to
stand by the policy which the new law
represents; the Democrats viii have 10
declare squarely against that law and
its policy, and TO repudiate the men
who assisted in making it.
On that issue, the country would
have no great difficulty in dividing.
The question is. whether the two party
leaders have the strength TO hold their
forces. VIII the Democrats ~repudiate
Bailey and Simmons and the Louisiana
Senators, Taliaferro and the others
who voted for some protective duties
for the benefit Of local interests in
their StatesG VIII the Republicans
discard Cummins, Deliver, La Toilette,
Beverage. and Bristow. 1t is difficult
to believe that on either side the
parties will themselves become units
toward this issue.
The fact is that the tariff cannot be
reduced TO a merely partisan issue. 1t
ought not to be political. It ought,
therefore, to be taken out of The hands
OF Congress as TO details. When Messrs.
Taft and Bryan honestly have tried
and failcd-to make IL a simple party
issue. there will be a better chance
than eyer before TO take it away from
craftsmanship. Toy will prove at least
that no straight party line can be made
to separate the opposing views on the
tariff. Nothing but continuation of
chaos and confusion can result, until
the tariff shall have been put in the
control of a proper commission.