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Washington. April "details Of
some of the workings of the labor
agents in Newark, New York, Jersey
City and other large cities, who in
addition to conducting this business
often engage in private banking for
were given yesterday af-
ternoon by Mrs Mary Grace Ruack-
e1lbos, of New York city. in the hear
Ing before the Committee on Immi-
grafton and Naturalization, of which
representative Howell ID the chair
man.
IN her statement before tire com-
mittee Mrs. teuackenbos declared
that there were foreign agents In all
OF the farge cities in tho vicinity of
New York, and more especially in
New York. who deliberately plum
dered their own ac0untrymen by
senuing them to places for employ
ment where they did not obtain the
employment they wished, and by coli
lecting money for tickets to Ear dis
tant cities and then sending the inn
migrants to near by towns. Specific
instances OF this sort were given
which had come to her notice while
working on the pe0nage eases for
The federal government.
Mrs Quackenbos expressed the
belief that II the federal government
could enact soma legislation that
would place the foreign labor agents
under federal supervision. that
many of the cases of this kind OF ex-
tortinn and misrepresentation world
be stopped. The members OF the
committee consider Mrs. 0nacken-
hos one of the most Interesting Wit
nesses that has appeared before the
committee, and much of iaer testi-
mony created considerable surprise.
as il was not thought the conditions
Chat existed were as bad as she rep
resented them to be.
Numerous oranges OF the Patrons
OF uusbandry, an organization of
farmers, in various parts of the state
OF New Jersey. have come out
strongly in favor Of the passage Of
the bill to permit the Telepost Com
pany to enter the District OF Colum-
bia and to lay its wires in that city.
This Is form OF machine telegraph
which, it is said, will result in d re-
iduetion OF the rates on telegrams
in all parts of the country once il
has been generally introduced.
The Patrons of Husbaldry are al
so interested in the establishment OF
"a postal savings bank and parcel
post RESOLUTIONS In favor OF these
two objects adopted by many of the
branches OF the oranges are being
received BY the New Jersey con
gregsmen daily. Representative
Howell has received these petitions
from the Pomona Grange, NO. ~. OF
tarmingdale, Monmouth county.
Mrs. r. r. Lippincott, of 280 ID.
street, southS@st, formerly a resident
of New Brunswick, had a marrow .es-
cape frem serious, if not fatal, in
Jury Wednesday, Mrs. Lippincott
was in the act of alighting from an
electric car on Pennsylvania avenue.
when the car was started without
any warning. She had stepped one
foot on the pavement, and as she
was in the act OF completing the stem
the car suddenly started. She was
thrown suddenly and heavily 10 the
paxament. The fall bruised her 60
sverely about the body. Several lys-
ISLANDERS Fastened to the aid of Mrs.
LiDpincott, and it was soon ascer-
tanned that no bones had been bro
ken. She was assisted to her home
and she is suffering some from the
nervous shock occasioned BY her un.
ipssasant axl etieHee. she had a mar
row escape fro mbeing thrown under
the trolley car. Several witnesses
of the accident declared thar the
conductor was 10 blame, rs he
started the car without any warning.
and they gave Mrs Lippfnoott their
cards and offered to testify in her
|lbehGf in case she had any trouble
with the company.
William E. Volz, of Roosevelt.
Middlesex county, stopped at Che
capitOl Wednesday on his way home
from the south. Mrs. volx has made
many trips to Washington In past
years on business, but seldom had
any time to visit the capitol. He
called>son Representative Howell yes
terday afternoon, saw the House and
Senate in session and spent some
time in looking through the build
ling.
Mrs. John r. Dryden, Of Newark,
wife of former United States Senator
Dryden, gave a beaufifu.iy appointed
luncheon yesterday in honor Of AIRS.