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New-York tribune., 1910-12-23

hin, Just the same" cried Mr.. Chance
who By this time had put his hat on
his head in his excitement.
Take your hat OFT 30 gentleman
wears hat in the ladies' saloon?
shouted some one.
That's right-hats off, shouted an
other.
Take your hat off, mo swearing.
Remember the LADIES' who hit him 2''
sTake that hat ofte' He was a gentle
man. who's swearing" and so on
until Mr. Chances hat came off, i'm
PEELED by the crook of some enemy
cane. and he retired in confusion.
group Of pro-Cook cohorts then
gathered about The Tribune reporter and
hen,rned him in effectually against the
contamination OF the other side, while
man and woman and child poured into
his ear an insistent retutaticn Of every
thing the other side had said or yelled.
WHY, he was with us all the way
over" they said. He was in excellent
spirits. and made a splendid companion
This man Chance. now: he hardly ap-
peared at all. We never saw him in the
smoking room once and he only showed
himself on deck the last two days
Supporters Plead for Him.
We were the liveiiest party on board
anyway" put in a young woman with
vivid cheeks The rest of them didn't
know they were alive or wished they
were dead DR.. Cook was with us all
the time. He made hit with me-
Sure said E. 3. Clark. My little
girl. Cecil, made friends with him and
sat on his lap. Come here. dear"
Don't you say anything against DR..
Cook said Miss Cecil. He's a very
nice man.
But what did Dr. Cook say about his
expedition to the North Pole?" asked
the besieged reporter.
"Oh, none of us had the nerve to talk
with him about that replied Mr.. Clark.
except one old fellow who was slightly
intoxicated He went up 10 him in the
smoking room one night and shouted:
Are you DR.. Cooke
Yes. I'm DR.. Cook the doctor said.
Are YOU the Or. Cook who's been to
the North Poie?'
"'Ye-es, I was there.
DR.. Cook went to the Waldorf, where
he occupied the same suite he had year
ago last September. He left Mrs. Cook
and his children in France, but he means
to make America his home, he says.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-23

r,,. blic business on the part OF our officials.
and Insisting upon their maintaining high
standard of public duty, and when that IA
done there will be less Of this dishor4~v
which is so constantly fouted TO US Tier.
will be less tendency 70 doubt the eapacit-
Of this great city properly 70 provide fer
itself and properly to govern itself Thsr.
VIII be less of a tendency to doubt our "a.
pacity for sslf-government."
The dinner was the 1o5th annual festival
of the society in New York, and was ths
occasion for the installation Of the new
president Rowland Davis. for the coming
wear and the retirement OF Seth Low fYor-
the chief ONCE of the society. At the taf,4
with Mr. Low. who was POSTMASTER. war~
President Thomas OF Middlebury College
Darwin P. Kingsley, president of the New
York Life Insurance Society; Major Cen
eraI Frederick d. Grant, j. Pierpont Nor
gan, General Thomas n. Hubbard, Austin
&. Fletcher. A Barton Hepburn, John j.
Delany and Lloyd 3. Sanderson-
Many we'll known persons were scattered
through the hall. Among them vera
Samuel P. Colt. Henry P. Dawson, Charles
R Flint Edwin Hawley, Alexander ).
HemphilI. Phoenix Insraham, Charles ".
Jesup. Clarence H. KELSEY. the Rev.
Hudson Maxim. Seth NJ Milliken. Dr. John
P. Munn. Frank A. Munsey. Morgan J.
O-Brien. George H. Olney. George W.
Perkins, John d Rockefeller. jr.. Georges
r. Sheldon, ElbTfdgs G. Snow. John C..
spooner, MyIes Standish and General
Thomas L. Watson.
The speeches for the most part were tor
the glorifcation OF New England Ths
Rev john NJ. Thomas. president Of Mid
dlebury College. Middlebury, Vt. re-
sponded TO the toast "F'orefathers' Day
and Darwin P. Kingsley spoke on the fore
fathers and the American idea, vhils
former Congressman James T.. McCIeary.
of Minnesota, talked on the opportunity
of the young man.
Mr.. kingsley was the only one who
failed to preach reverence for the foEe-
fathers He attacked their preJudiees.
I'VE have credited the Puritan with an
intense love of liberty" said he. I'VE have
supposed. some of US. that he abandoHed
his home and faced the terrors of savage
country at the other end of the world be-
cause he wanted to esta5lish-away from
corruption of the aristOcracy and or the
Church, government dedicated TO civil
and religious freedom What are the facts
The Puritan believed in Hberty-for himself
and for those who believed exactly as he
did. The liberty he allowed 70 others was
the liberty to keep away from him and u
such as came to besone az fast and as far
as possible.
1.-THE Puritan was bigoted, unsympatheric.
harsh-even cruel-but he believed In his
right 10 govern himself and to worsnip
God as he saw fit and, incidentally, 10
make everybody else do as he did Bu.
this was really incidental The great
thing about the Puritan, the thing thar
made him a benefcent- and lasting power
i'm The world was his intense Belief IN his
Individual responsibility. the assertion OF
his individuality"
New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
pRoPERrYLEET TO GoULps SOLD

Abraham S!ern. referee in the partition
proceeding brought by George J.. Gould
for the sale Of certain property left by
an uncle, reported yesterday. The prop
erty at No IS East 18th street. Nos. 81
and Sc East 18th Street, and Nos. and Z
Walker street, brought $50 $50, sa5,soo and
81. 500, respectively Mrs. George J. Gould
and Mrs Edwin Gould released their
dover rights in the properly. Mrs. How
ard Gould, wlo is separated from her hus-
band, opposed ths sale. but the court
oyerruled her objections.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
COLLEGE MAN FOR SALE
Graduate Offers Himself IN Ex
change for Board and Clothes.

IBv Telegraph to The Tribune
New Orleans, Dec. 22.-Oferlns to sell
himself into slavery. provided his pur-
chasers supplied food and clothing,
Charles H. Scott, twenty-five years old,
college graduate, bookkeeper, typist and
nossessing a knowledge of medicine, to-
day. secured free space in the For Sale
columns of charitably inclined news
papers.
Scott says: 'I would like to get JOB
of any kind. That's why l am wiling TO
sell myself outright, and take good board
and lodging in return for my services
T have pawned my overcoat, suitcase
last clean shirt and all my trinkets. Its
a case of slave or starve. l am Wiling
to bind myself by legal contract.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
RAILROAD STRIKE NEARER
Chicago Negotiations Fruitless
-Ta1k of Open Break.

: Chicago, Dec. e2.-settlement of the wage
controversy between the managing commit
rec and the engineers Of sxty-one Western
railroads was not in sight tonight. al
though Charles P NeiIl. Commissioner OF
Labor, spent the day in conference with
tbe engineers. An open breach is believed
near
Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the en-
sineers declared that the men would not
recede from their demands and when the
conference adjourned no plans were made
} or another meeting in the immediate future.
Mr. NeiI met members of the railroads
committee in conference tonight.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
CITY HONEST, CONTROLLER
Prendergast Thinks 1t Can Be
Trusted in Proper Enterprise.
so OPPOSES MAYORS VIEW
Talk at New England Dinner,
Is Regarded by Diners as
Reply to Gaynor.

The New Englanders and the Irish fore-
xathered at the Waldorf last night anu
talked about themselves to one anotner-
Abor1t i've hundred members or the we"
England Society of New York represented
the rock bound coast, while Controier
Prendergaet was the only one VINO ach-
nowJedeed he was Irish. but he did IL SO
intrepidIy that tho harp that once through
Tara,s halls was in no danger of hanging
mute upon the walls
And beside. waving the flag Of Erin, the
Controller defended the people or Ne"
York from the aspersion that they might
be incapable of self-gove-nment
Some one said to-day, I believe. SAID
Mr. Prendergast, that this great city was
not capable Of undertaking the management
of great business enterprises upon a m'i-
nicipal scale because the honesty OF 1ts
neonle. il you please, had not been raised
tn that level that would permit close man
,genent and honest management Of its al
@.yrs can hardly believe that this senti-
mont was intended in the literal sense tnat
its words convey. i rather believe that this
cItv OF New York has demonstrated TIE
possession Of the very highest quanties oi
civic virtues and honesty.
All this was taken to be a reply to Mayor
Cavuor's expressed sentiments in favor OF
a universal single fare subway
'I do not believe the Controller con-
tinued. amid applause. that there Is any
enterprise that a people can consistently
undertake that would rot be safe WITHIN
the keeping and management of the city OF
New York. My friends. just so long as
men elected to office will follow but one
guide and that is their own conscience
will know but one master. and that Is
right, will follow no course but the one
they believe justice and upriShtness sus-
gest, SO long as public officials will do that,
the credit of the city and the honor of the
city are safe. But the moment that public
officials gather the idea that political adj
vancen,ent is dependent upon subjugatins
their honest convictions to the expediency
of the hour in that moment the interests
of the city are not safe within their keep
ing
little further along in his speech the
Controller came back to this subject
again
II glory in the fact ne said. II am
proud of it, that an opportunity. has been
accepted III the city of New York to-day
TO try TO give the people the kind Of gov
ernncnt in which the forefathers believed
in a conscience government, in a square
.deal The city of New York has always
been. responsive to everything conducive
to high type OF citizenship, and I trust
the day may not be far distant when. no
matter where we go in the great United
States we will hear less talk of what we
call municipal misgovernment. nismanage-
ment in affairs, graft and other Unfavorabls
tendencies in government
IT believe that extent these evils
are overworked. or oyertalked sometimes
possibly with fair intent. And the only
way in which we can avoid these unfavor-
able characterizations of our city is by in
sisting upon the very closest attention to
New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
TWO DIE IN TRAIN CRASH
Freights in Rear End Collisio1
on New Haven Road.

North Grosvenordale. Conn. Dec %.
The engineer and fireman of local freizh.
train were killed and brakeman vas IN
jured in a rear end collision between ths
local and a regular freight train on the
New Haven road tonight. Ths- dead are:
Charles Tufts, engineer, of Hartford: John
Murphy, fireman. Of Providence. and the
injured man is Frank Peters OF BostoR-
The regular train was standing at ths
station when the local crashed INTO IT, de-
molishing the ca aboose and overturning the
engine of the local. in which the killed
and injured were riding The responsibility
for the accident has not been placed
New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
SUNSET EXPRESS HELD UP.
Eighwayman Gets Only $3.50
from Pullman Passengers.

FL Paso, Tex, Dec. 1.-THE Sunset tx
press, the Southern Pacific through passen-
ger train from San Francisco to New Or
leans, was robbed in the heart Of this city
by a highwayn1an at Z o'clock tonight
The bandit bearded the observation car
as il was leaving the Stanton street sta
ton With two revolvers he forced a, porter
to walk ahead IF him through the Pullman
and commando the passengers to stand
and deliver" He got $50 in money and
two railway tickets. After riding three
blocks the rotber commanded a brakeman
to stop the tain. As it slowed down ne
Jumped off AMI disappeared.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
TO START WAR ON INSANITY.

The first public nleeting in the campaign
for the prevention of insanity will be held
this evening at Sis o'clock at the New
York Academy OF Medicine. No. II to Il
West 43d street The speakers Will be DR.
Albert Warren Ferris. DR. M Allen Starr
Homer Folks and DR.. Samuel McCune Lind
say The meeting will be held under the
auspices of the committee on mental hy-
giene Of the State Charities Aid Associa-
ton.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
MILLIONAIRE MAYOR ACCUSED.

Freeport, Ill, Dec. 22-W. T. Rawleigh,
millionaire Mayor of Freeport and mem
ber-elect of the State Legislature, was in
dicted to-day. charged with violating the
law prohibiting a. public official being in
terested in contracts.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
WHITE RESTORES clrIzENsnIp.

Albany, Dec. 22.-Christn,as gifts in the
form OF restorations to citizenship were
given today by Governor White to eighteen
former convicts residing IN various sections
~ +he state The Governor is considering
hundreds of applications for pardons and
communications.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-23

DR. Cook first appeared among them OF
where he boarded the ship. He seemed
suddenly to emerge in their midst the
first day out OF southampton. One pas
senser more observant than the rest
however. quickly dispelled the mystery
by explaining that the long absent ex-
plorer had come aboard at Southampton
wearing a heard and an emotional length
Of hair, and that Immediately after
slowing his baggage in stateroom No. ut
he had sought the barber and later had
,eappeared his old self.
His presence on board split the entire
first cabin into two hostile factions The
reporters, upon entering the women's
cabin, became each a storm centre OF
shouting and gesticulating partisans, and
il looked for time as if blows would be
struck and the newspaper men smoth-
cred.
Or Cook had Just assured his tor
mentors that he would return in half an
hour with his statement. and had- retired
With the magazine man TO prepare It,
when the tempest broke. A tail, Pare
man in an ulster and soft brown hat and
wearing q 1nonocIe STROBE over to the
knot forming about the reporters ana
cried :. -
Hostll. Factions Express Views.
Who says DR. Cook was received with
cren arms by the other passengers? i
-.1l- vow I refused 70 shake hands With
fir-a. and many other men and women on
hoard followed suit. IT'S too bad you re-
rer,ers came to meet him instead Of a
squad Of policemen"
Gone off, What dc you know about
ST." shouted q rotund citizen with
eri7zled r1usteche. II never saw MIN
before" said he to the reporters, and
p-ss in the smoking room every night
with Dr.. Cock There wasn't more
roru1sr man aboard than DR.. Cook, and
don't you let this fellow give you steer
7 son't know who this chap is. but he
got bs6 liver
A milling herd of men we're elboTins
each other in the centre Of the floor,
-r.npling On each others toes, shaking
their fingers in each others faces ano
sholltine UNQUALIFIED. red-faced contra
eicr1ons down each others threats
Women had given -lp rourins tea to
stand On I'll. broca ded chairs, finger tips
nn their escorts shoulders. looking over
she rins Of the tlarons into the vortex OF
the discussion.
e-vvts. do vcu knocr about il ?" shouted
~ c su-eeue, Of Detroit. at the pale
man NTH the nonocle, who turned cut
~ be sn Auerican citizen named 2 Z
fh.roe. who lives in Paris fYcu were
siot in vour berth all the way over
.av he was q perfect gentleman through
cut the trip
- perfect gentleman to take the honor
xyav from Feery. suppose" retorted
Mr. Chance. Who had refused to give his
name Hes "a
Nc selt-respectins man would permit
,;n,ssI@ 10 shake hands with him. broke
.r " Eerkness. Of Rochester, whose
close cropped gray naustaohe accentu-
--ed the frosty unconcern with which hs
FACED the Cook psrtissns. Very few
people Of any sort did -
E-e.ch Between Factions Widen..
The disprte began To widen and new
ro,oes entered it That's not true, and
-zor know it's not true when you say
81. shouted another II don't know
rhetrsr he reached the pole or not. but
has behaved like a gentleman on thi:
trip.
..s,,4 tae passengers didn't receive
New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
E-..es Between Faetior. Widen..

The dispute began To widen and new
sr,,oes entered 1T That's not true. end
-,o,, know it's not true when you say
$. shouted another IT don't know
whether he reached the pole or not. but
he has behaved like a gentleman on this
trip
..R,,4 the passengers didn't receive
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
WORK THE SLOW DRAG CAME
Two Colored Men Fit it Onto Youth
of Their Race.
PLUCK THE BOY FOR SOME COIN
One Man Finds the PhOny Pocket
book BuIsinE with Money and
Between Them They Get
$50 from the Lad.

Ralph Bates, a colored youth of II years,
is a wiser boy than he was Thursday He
is also a fortunate lad.
Thursday while he was standing at the
corner OF Sixteenth and Farnam streets an
other colored man picked up what ap-
peared to be plump pocketbook from the
gutter. Bates saw him and the man slyly
edged over to ollie Sullivan, also colored
and the boy informed them that he would
be glad to divide the contents of the
pocketbook If they would not say any
thing about 1t Sullivan agreed, as did
Bates.
When the contents were noted, the finder
informed Bates that II contained a 500 bill
Sullivan had only $40 with him and the
other man had but IS, so the big bill could
not be split up unless change was OBJ
tanned. Bates had but 81 on his person, so
he was urged to get $50 to make change
The lad works for Myers Dillon Drug
company as errand boy. He has money in
the bank, and when he went into the
store and asked for $50 It was given to
him.
He turned the money over to the man
who found the wallet and waited for a di-
vision OF the spoils. Under some pretenss
the man made his escape. Bates became
suspicious and reported the incident to Cap
tain Savage at the police station Detec-
dives were sent out after Ollie Sullivan
and when brought TO the station was con-
fronted with the boys story. He deniea
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
Five Buildings in
Friday S Fire List
One, a Lunch Counter, is Entirely
Destroyed, the Others Only
Partially.

The daily fire record for Omaha reached
number five Friday afternoon.
Nathan Pearlman's little lunch counter
ana Morris Cohn's little secondhand store
were put out of business Friday morning
by a fire. The fire broke out in the res
taurant $40 North Sixteenth street, and
DESTROYED II. II was a tiny building and the
total less is estimated at $500, which "a
covered by insurance Cohn's establishment
Is at g22 North Sixteenth street, and 1t was
set ablaze by the restaurant fire and Mr.
Cohn says, damaged to the extent OF $500
though not destroyed, Mr.. Cohn had S6OO
insurance. however.
Fire OF unknown origin in the cupola over
the elevator shaft in the building at Thir-
teenth and Leavenworth streets. occupied
by the Booth Fisheries company, caused
$500 damage, Friday afternoon. There was
no fish on the floor where the fire started
but large quality was stored on the lower
floors. The management said that II Is
unable 10 give an estimate Of the com
pAny's loss at this time.
Sparks from an engine ignited the roof
Of a switch shanty on the tracks near
Fifteenth and Mason street, while the
Booth fire was In progress A detachment
OF firemen put It out before any eonsid-
erabe damage was done.
The fire department was called at noon
to extinguish tiny blaze at the city dump,
Eleventh. and Lake streets
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

backed by the JGcksonian element Of the
party.
Geilus will, 1t is understood. do the field
work in this section, under the advice of
Hitchcock, Bergman. Marshall and the
few other Jacksonian leaders In the past
the state game warden has been with the
Dahlman element and It was through the
backing Of the mayor, Colonel Tanning,
George Rogers and Tom Flynn, largely
that he was able to pull down the plum he
got. Hence the Dahlman hackers figure
Mr. Geilus will not be able to turn many
votes no matter what backing he may have.
Mayor Dahlman insists that he has made
no combination OF any kind; that he Is hoe
ing his own row. and expects to keep on
doing no industriously He does not say
however, that later on he will not consider
such thing II the necessity arises. Natur-
ally. in that case, w. II. Thompson OF
Grand island would be the most likely
ally of the mayor Of Omaha; but II seems
certain that up TO date no agreement has
been reached between the two men. They
are waiting the next move OF the Hitch
cock-Shallenberger forces.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
MUST COOPERATE FOR CLEAN
CITY, SAYS MAYOR DAHLMAN
Letter from Business Man Calls Down
Fire of ReprOach ON Head of
Kicker Himself.

Street Commissioner Flynn is in re-
ceipt Of q communication from a promi-
nent business man of Omaha which has
caused some city officials to make caus-
tic remarks The letter relates that a dead
dog has been lying in certain place In
the wholesale district for a month, to the
writer's personal knowledge, and his clerks
tell him 1t has been there much longer
The statement is made the firm has been
waiting with some curiosity to see Just
how long the dead canine would be per-
mitted to remain where 1t died or was
thrown.
Commissioner Flynn showed the letter
TO Mayor Dahlman as a sample, he SAID Of
the aid given to beautify Omaha by help
ing to clean up.
"Of course, the letter should have gone
to the health commissioner" said the
mayor, but that's a mere detail. How
would the health commissioner or any
other officer of the city government ever
be able TO do anything in the way OF
cleaning up IL everybody were to pursue
the course adopted by this business man?
In order to have dead animals removed re-
port has to be made to the health office,
when orders are issued to the man charged
with the duty Of hauling away dead anil
mails to get busy. There is only one man
at work on that end of the health com
missioner's department, and he is not able
to go out ana hunt through every street
and alley, or under sidewalks, for dead
animals.
I'VE would have a nice condition, in
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
COMBINING AGAINST "Jld"
Hitchcock and Shallenberger Said to
Be in Silent Partnership.
DAHLMAN FACTION UNSURPASSED
Mayors Friends Declare. They Have
Calculated ON This Move Long in
AdVanes--KsepinE Eye on
Dan Geilus.

Apparently well founded rumor reaching
Omaha il to the effect that the result of
the recent Syracuse meeting OF democrats
is tie-up Of Congressman Hitchcock and
Governor 5hallenberger.
As the story goes the congressman -edl-
tor Is to work quietly in Douglas county
and throughout the Second congressional
district to swing a fair portion of . the
democratic strength to the governor In
return, the governor Will send forth the
word through his appointees that Hitch
cock is to have all the votes the Shallen-
berger men can throw TO him, and both
win oppose Bryans county option scheme.
Mayor Dahlman's friends do not appear
to be worried to any great extent by the
alleged tie-up; in fact, some men close
70 the mayor say they have discounted
this move for some time. The Dahlman
managers do not believe the Douglas
county senatorial candidate win dare to
fight the mayor opsuly in his home baili-
wick. All they will attempt to guard
against is the influence that Chief Game
Warden Dan Geilus may be able TO WELD.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
No Pay, No w ater
for the Streets
Ultimatum of Frank Yates, Who Runs
the Sprinklers at So Much
Per Sprinkle.

mo pay, no sprinkling," is the ultimatum
OF the Omaha Street Sprinkling company
This declaration was made by Frank
Yates, manager of the company In
criticism Of the protest that has been
made anent the dusty condition OF the
streets, which eliminated In the miniature
sandstorm of Wednesday. He disclaimed
any responsibility for the present state OF
the streets and says that his company does
not begin operations until April l. The
service is maintained until November l.
But the public and the store keepers
must understand" he said, that we viii
only sprinkle before those places the own
ers of which pay for 1t. II there Is skip
In a block the public will know why.
I'VE are not in this business for our
health. We are a private concern and we
have to pay the Omaha Water company
for our water. We think we render good
service for what we charge and we sprln-
kle from three to four times day."