Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

as seen In the Great American
Metropolis from Day 20 Day
The innovation in criminal practice In
augurated by Justice Malone In assign
Ing eminent lawyers to defend poor per
sons accused OF crime, had It's first test
in New York a few days ago. August
Cristanti, an Italian woman charged with
the murder Of her husband, was defended
by Sam Untermyer. and acquitted. Self
defense was the plea Of the accused, and
It was established to the satisfaction of
the jury. In fact, the jury was so pleased
with the showing OF Lawyer Untermyer
that the embers subscribed to a fund
for the benefit Of the accused, but Mr..
Untermyer would not accept Il for his
client, stating that the sum Of $500 allowed
him by the court would be given her and
was sufficient for her needs. One of the
many features of the trial was a showing
Of the handicap of poverty in securing JUS
tlce. out OF his own funds Mr.. Inter
myer spent $1,000 in securing evidence for
his client, being obliged to meet and over
come police opposition on all sides. In
his summing up he spoke of the confine-
ment Of witnesses In the House of De-
%tention. August Branchi, a witness, had
told how he had gone to see Alfred Girls
tamil in the House Of Detention and been
thrown out by a police officer. Mr.. IN
termyeT said: American people are
criticising French methods Of administer
ing justice. We had better look at our
own methods. 1 can conceive Of nothing
more m than the situation dis
covered by that correspondence offered by
me here earlier in the trial. II that Is the
way Justice is administered here we had
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France and it's methods"
There is going to be a chance for more
lawyers of note to defend poor prisoners
In murder cases. Judge Malone has as
signed William b. Hornblower to defend
a penniless man named Washington. This
case will be tried on February L. De
Lancey Nicoll has been appointd counsel
in a murder case soon to come on.
Existing conditions in the garment trades
In New York City is one of the Industrial
and social topics discussed in the current
issue of the National Civic Federation Re
view. 1t is disclosed that so per cent of
the garments are made in tenements
hygienically unfit to be used as work
rooms. This is a revelation Of Importance
to both the producers and consumers In
this industry. But there appears also the
cheering Information that many employers
have planned Improvements, in response to
the offer ito acqualnt all manufacturer
in the trade with the best that is being
done in welfare work for employees, that
all may be stimulated to adopt 1t when
possible in their own concerns, and to in
form them Of the worst conditions existing
in the manufacture OF garments, hoping
that they may cooperate in the effort to
improve them" These employers, who are
leading manufacturers in the country, were
deeply impressed, and there is promised a
rapid extension of welfare work in this
line of industry.
The Cooperative Service league Of New
York has Varied the strident and scattered
cry of Vote for women! by a demand
Of Hotels for women!" Tine members
have gone further than that. They have
directed the architect husband of one of
the members to draw plans for "a Hotel
home for women. Not a hotel Home
for women. The structure is to treat
women guests as other hotels treat
their male guests. 1t is not to be a Home,
hut a seml-charitable, emphasis on the
H, but a real home where respectable and
self-respecting women are to be housed in
freedom and comfort.
HhCSNS VIII " pei HlllISu 10 COME IN at
night at any hour they choose. They can
lie in bed all day If they wish to. There
will be a cafe in addition to the usual
dining room, but the list Of bottle names
on the menu has not been yet arranged.
The barber shop will be supplanted by a
hairdressing and manlcuring parlor, with
women bootblacks.
Said one Of the sponsors Hor the move
ment: There will be nothing charitable
about 1t. The managers will not attempt
moral guardianship over the women guests.
To get In, Of course, a woman must be
known as properly vouched for, but after
that she will be allowed to live her home
life as she chooses, provided she pays her
bills, respects the rights of her neighbors
and does not smoke cigarettes.
The Gilsey house, once a hotel of such
magnificence that ii was regarded one of
the sights of the city, but which long has
been ecIipsed by many modern hostelries,
has been sold to RUDE r. Fogel Of lit
Broadway. 1t is rumored the price paid
was $780, 900. What Fogel will do with
1t B a question which is interesting the
old timers and horsemen who have made
it their headquarters since it was built
In 1870. There has been rumors that 1t
Will be torn down and a twenty-story
building put up on the fine site at the
northeast corner of Twenty-ninth street
and Broadway.
Combinations Of leading bread baking
establishments located in Manhattan,
Brooklyn, and on the west Of the Hudson
into a giant baking trust that will control
the output of upward of 100000 loaves
Of bread a week is The object of negotia-
lions and conferences which are now go
ing forward. Representatives of con-
Germs which have three-quarters of the
entire factory" capacity of this profitable
territory have already taken part in these
conferences, and 1t is now declared by
prominent bakers that a combination is