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New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
NEW COMET ABOUT TO SPLIT.
Indicated by the Peculiar Tail, Says
Professor Gould

Seattle, Jan. 2T.-According to Professor
J. r, Gould, head of the department OF
astronomy at the University OF Washing
ton, comet A, 1910. which is visible In the
western sky just after sunset. shows signs
OF splitting in two.
Il noticed peculiar feature of the comet
TAIL" said the professor last night 1T was
not as continuous as such tails usually ar.
This is TO be attributed to certain electrical
disturbances which have been noted in
comets Just before they split in two"
According TO a dispatch from San Jose.
Professor William H. Wright, astronomer
a the Lick Observatory. on Mount IIarril-
ton obtained several good photographs of
the new comet last night. He said traces
of sodium we're visible after the comet had
disappeared from view.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
LIEUT.. TORNEY FREE.
But Miss Milholland Must
Wojt to Learn Fate.

Miss Inez MilhoIland. OF 3 East 9Th
street Vassar graduate, law student and
exponent of woman militant, held the
centre Of the stage yesterday in the Jeffer-
son Market police court
Miss Milholland was arrested on January
IL with Lieutenant Henry W. Torney. U 8
A an old West Point football star. for
taking part in an alleged unlawful as
semblage of shirtwaist strikers in Waverley
Place Lieutenant Torney was discharged
Yesterday. Miss MiIholland will not know
her fate until February 5.
Miss Mflholland made desperate but futile
efforts to cross-exarnine Captain Henry, the
policeman who caused her arrest and that
OF Lieutenant Torney, in the Mercer street
station, whittier they had accompanied
number of arrested strikers.
When Magistrate Herman parried her
queries aimed at the police officer with
the statement that she could examine the
witnesses only through her lawyer, she whis-
pered TO Miles NJ. Dawson, who represented
her, to ask why she had been arrested at
the station house and not at the scene OF
the alleged offence, and then only after
the fourteen other young women arrested
had been disposed OF.
II considered you above the ordinary
class of people brought into a station
house." answered Captain Henry. looking
reproachfully at the prisoner. Il did not
want 10 make scene
Her retort was TO unloose a hroadside
OF further questions upon her counsel who.
apparently annoyed at her disposition to
coach him. said:
Really, Miss Milholland, your Interrupt
tions make it difficult for me to proceed"
in her chair, favoring Mr.. Dawson with a
repetition of the curious glance she had
given him earlier in the day when ne said
that Martin ". LittIeton had appeared at
a previous hearing because he was too
busy
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28

10 man whom she does not love" An
other demand is that law be enacted by
crown and parliament compelling every
man to we'd before ne is thirty Demand
ls Is to the effect that special pains be
taken TO prevent unsuitable persons from
marrying each other. In order to make
sneif meaning entirely clear. the petition
ers explain that bad men should marry
pad women and that innocent youths
shouio marry innocent girls, and so
ihey do not say wnat impelled them to
make this remarkable proposition. but the
sress which they laid upon it shows that
eAeS considered it of great Importance.
peHiand 20 insists that only those men
should be permitted to become soldiers
VINO are by temperament or otherwise
cieariy untitled to become husbands and
Fathers. Clause 10 of the petition reads
follows:
Since widows. even If they have lost
one or more husbands. do not refrain
from enticing innocent young men, we beg
Tor the enactment of a law forbidding wild
oWs TO marry after they have passed the
age OF forty years, and our reason for max
ing lhls request is because at that age
"ioows should no longer be frolicsome
aho anxious TO win the love of young men,
out should spend their time in spinning
and at prayer"
The petitioners admit that some women
are plain looking, and that a few are even
oecioedly ugly. For the benefit of the latter
tney ask that all aids to beauty, presum-
aoly meaning thereby cosmetics rouge.
iaise hair and the like, be admitted into the
country free of duty. since no obstacles
should be placed in the way of unsttrac-
tive young women who desire TO render
themselves attractive in the eyes of young
men"
am unable to furnish any information
as 10 whether King Ladislas " and the
parliament of Poland granted this remark
able petition or not. History is silent
the subject. But the very fact that it
should have been presented TO the sover-
eign and should have received his con-
sideration. as well as that of the national
legislature of Poland, more than ESQ years
ago. cannot fail to prove of interest TO
all the women who are now engaged in
this country and in England in an en-
deavor TO secure the recognition of rights
equal TO those of men
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Miss Eliza Morris will appear in a Rus
sian dance and the Hungarian "Csardas
this afternoon at the Criterion Theatre at
the benefit for the girls branch of the
Public Schools Athletic League. Mrs. Ed
win Arden, president of the Twelfth Night
Club. has appointed a committee of well
known actresses to distribute souvenirs in
the lobby of the theatre.
f. II. Sothern and Julia Marowe will
come to the Academy of Music on Febru-
airy 10 for an engagement OF four weeks
In repertory of Shakespearian plays
Eighty attaches of the banking house
headed by the late Spencer Trask attern
ed the performance of The Little ToNn
of Bethlehem" at the Garden Theatre last
night. His widow, Ia trina Trask. is the
author OF the play
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
DINNER FOR KIKUCHI.
Japanese University President
Cheers Peace Speech.

Speaking at a dinner given for Baron
Dairohu Kikuchi. president of the Univer-
sity of Kyoto. by Acting Consul General
h. Yamasaki at Sherrys last night, the
Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott proposed a triple
alliance OF the United States. Great Britain
and Japan to guarantee the worlds peace
AS he spoke the words declaring that
these three countries should stand shouI-
Ger to shoulder. arm in arm, for all that
makes for universal peace, the forty diners.
mainly Americans, with a few Japanese.
broke into applause. Mr.. Yamasak and
Baron Kikuchi led the handclapping, and
kept it Up even after the others had
stopped.
Among those who applauded were Pro-
lessor John B. Clarke. Of Columbia: Charles
A Coffin. John Foord. E. S A. de Lima.
Henry Clews. DR.. L. L. Seaman, Walter II.
Page, Robert Erskine Ely. X Seko and K.
1manishi. DIR. Abbott said:
The great idea OF the century is worlds
peace. Most of us have been looking for
ward to a united nation of the world, as
on this continent we have these United
States. have great hopes that the Hague
congress will tend to accomplish this. 1
believe it is only a question of time when
the common conscience will take the place
OF great guns in determining questions dis
turbing the nations of the world | believe
the realization of it will be witnessed by
the coming generation
Japan leads in the East. America in the
West, and England is the greatest power In
Europe These countries represent the three
great sections of the globe. We are three
great democracies.
Baron Kikuchi said that the dinner re-
minded him OF Kipling's lines: 'Oh. East
is East. and West is West, and never the
twain shall meet
Which Is East. and which is West?
asked the baron. who then went to say
that when he left Japan he found he was
coming to the West, and when he arrived
in New York he was not asked II he had
come from the East, but if he had come
from the West He added that Japan is
wide awake in these times and not at all
backward in adopting new methods.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
MANUFACTURERS DINNER.
Speakers Discuss Economic and Politi-
cal Questions.

The seventeenth annual dinner of the
Manufacturers Association OF New York
was held last night In the Masonic Temple
Brooklyn. Arthur F. Wilson presided The
speakers were Robert w Bonynge, mem
Der Of the National Monetary Commission;
former Representative Charles Z. Little
field, Job z. Hedges, the Rev. DIR. j. Wes-
ley Hill, Borough President Steers, William
Loeb, jr.. and Lewis Nixon.
Mr.. Bonynge advocated governmental su-
pervision and control Of the banking sys-
tenn of the country.
Mr.. Littleheld said that he favored or
gantzation by employers and employees, but
that both should conf1ne their operations
within the law.
Collector Loeb said that he regarded the
work of the Custom House here simply as
a business proposition. He said that he
had found the service when he took charge
of II at a low grade, but he felt now that
he had purged it of sloth and corruption. in
which work he had been upheld by Presi-
dent Taft
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
MRS. ELIZABETH l.. DUNN.
tFrom The Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, Jan. 27.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Lanier Dunn. widow of General William
Mckee Dunn, formerly judge advocate
general of the United States army. died
tlis morning at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. David r. Mckee,. She was almost
eighty-eight years old. More than forty
years of Mrs Dunns life were spent in this
city, where she held high social position. She
was greatly beloved for her fine traits of
character and her benevolence. Three
children, Mrs. Mckee Colonel George NJ
Dunn. L s A. now stationed in this city,
and Lanier DGrn, now in Europe, survive
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
PE4RT TO SCHIFF.
Message ReUiUes South Polar
Expedition Report.

Icy Telegraph TO The Tribune
Pittsburg. Jan. 21.-Commander Rob
ert E. Peary stopped here at o'clock
tonight on his way from Chicago to
New York long enough to send mes
sage to Jacob H. Schiff. of Kuhn, Loeb
& Co, requesting the financier to meet
him tomorrow at the Hotel Imperial,
New York. some time between 8 o'clock
in the morning and in the afternoon.
Although Mr.. Peary in Chicago yester-
day denied that he would lead an ex-
pedition to find the South Pole, it is re-
ported here that the interview with Mr.
Schif is for the purpose of discussing
this project. It is understood that Mr..
Schif has made advances to the ex-
plorer intimating that he is willing to
finance such an expedition if Peary. as
representative of the United States,
will consent to lead it
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Oticial Record and Forecast.-washinston
Jan. 2I.-Warmer weather prevails along the
Atlantic Coast. and a general though moderate
fall in temperature has taken place in the Ohio
and Mississippi valleys. the lake region and the
plains states. No unusually low temperatures
reported from any region. and the readings
generally above the normal through houJ the
country. The centre OF the lake storm has moved
during the last twenry-four hours il caused
in the lake region. the upper Ohio Valley
and Northern New England. and light rain in
Southern New England and the middle Atlantic
states. In all other districts. except the Pacific
states. where rains have again fallen the
weather was fair during Wednesday night and
Thursday
The weather during Friday and SATURDAY will
be generally fair IN the middle Atlantic and New
Ensland states the Ohio Valley, the upper lake
region. Tennessee. the Mississippi Valley the
west Gulf and plains states and the ROCKY
Mountain and plateau regions. There will he
snow followed by clearing weather Friday and
fair weather saturday in the lower lake region
In South Carolina, Georgia. Eastern Florida and
the Gulf states there will be local rains
Friday. followed by fair weather Saturday THe
weather will be somewhat colder Friday in the
middle Atlantic states. Tennessee and the Gull
states, and Saturday in the South Atlantic
states. In other region. the temperature will
not change materially during the next forty
eight hours
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
THE GERMAN CHARITY BALL

DIR. A L Peters. with Mrs. W o 9.
kiene. led the grand march at the German
charity ball last night. in the new ballroom
at the Hotel Astor- About three thousand
guests attended the ball. which was man
aged by the bachelor circles OF the AriOn.
Liederkranz and Beethoven singing So
ciettss- The entire lower floor OF the Hotel
Astor was used. and two orchestras fur
nished music The boxholders included
Louis Bossert, Herman Ridder Edward
c. and R J. Schaefer. Gustav Z RudoIphy
and George S. Nicholas
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
DIED..

AKRg&og LII i1og-, ThTTsasy 9Is. Jan, Jsnuasy ialo
I6. mother OF Abraham A, Julius and Louis
J. Altkrus
Funeral services at his late residence. No. go
Dugan st. Jamaica, Friday. p m
CLARKlOn January 27. 1910. the horn. o.
his parents. No. s04 Windsor Place. Brooklyn.
private; kindly omit flowers
DoHERTY-On January IS. ISABELLA c. Doh.rty.
Services at The Funeral Church. No 2t1 V.sr
25d st Campbell Building. on Friday after
noon at 4 o'clock
GIDDINGS-On "Wednesday. January 2s. 1910.
Thomas. beloved husband Of Lydia Giddinzs-
GRANT-suddenIy. at Red Bank. N J.. ou
Wednesday. January 20. Eliza Jane Watson.
on Saturday. January %. 1910 at 2,So p NJ.
from her late home. near Red Bank. " J.
train leaving CortIandr St penn r r. a.
1880 ,. m, Interne1t Sunday. Mount oltver
HAGGERTY-on January q. 1910. at the hons
Loretta daughter OF jeremiah J. and the late
Hannah J. Haggerty-
HALLANBECK--On January %. 1910. Marsu.--
rite HalIenbeck beloved daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs G. c Hallen5eck- No. 30 Hampton Place.
Brooklyn Interment at Greenwood. Friday
afternoon Funeral private
January y. 1910. Alfred. OF the late David
and Elizabeth Rodney LAndreth. OF Philadsl-
phia. In his 18TH year
sCHEILzAt the Plaza Hotel Tuesday. Janua-x
IS 1910 Edward Heartt Scheii IN tn. sd
year OF his age Funeral services Friday.
ian sT. 2 sns at 16ts 5as GhuTse 59s os
kindly requested that no flowers be sent.
THOMAS-On Thursday morning January q
1910 zt Elizabeth. y J. Eliza Carow Thomas
daughter OF the late James Provost Thorra.
and Mary Carow Thomas Funeral services
will be held Saturday afternoon. January
-. az O'Clock. at No 21s West Jersey 81
Elizabeth N J.
VAN WYCK-At Hopeven Junction. N T.
Thursday noon. January =, Phebe Curry
Workman. widow OF Cornelius R. Van vyrk
in the s7th year OF her age Funeral services
will be held at her late residence Monday.
January 81. at II a m Carriages will meet
i.54 a n train from Grand Central Depot
at HOpeweH Junction.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
WILLIAM FLEGENHEIMER.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

1ET TsTeETsPT TTiDu1s-
Richmond Va, Jan. Civilian Fleg
enheimer. for sixty years n resident of
Richmond, died at his home to-day. He
was one Of the oldest Republican leaders
in the state. having been a member Of
that party when it meant possible danger
to life ir the South.
He engrossed the ordinance of secession
for the Virginia Convention, wrote the
credentials of Mason and Sidell whose
seizure from an English vessel by Union
naval officers nearly involved this country
in a war with England and later wrote
the bail bond of jefferson Davis. He saw
military service around Richmond as 4
member of the Confederate Army.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28

Nehemiah Mayo Dyer, as captain of the
Baltimore. was the oldest officer in COM
mand of a vessel in the United States navy
during the Spanish war He was on the
bridge Of his vessel throughout the battle
OF Manila Bay. though then fifty-nine years
old After the main battle, in which Dewey
had destroyed the Spanish feet. he was
ordered TO silence the shore batteries. which
he accomplished against the fercest re-
sistance Of the entire engagement
Admiral Dyer had a diversified career.
and fought his way up to a captaincy
without ever having attended the Naval
throughout the Civil War and was made
a commander in tho regular navy on March
IL, 1868 While commanding the Ossipee,
going from the Mexican coast to the North.
an incident happened which showed his
bravery and the regard he had for his men.
A sailor accidentally fell overheard. Com
mander Dyer Immediately jumped in and
saved the man from drowning and from
the sharks
For his services at Manila Bay he was
advanced seven numbers in rank He was
seventy-one years old at the time of his
death.
he mad made his home in Melrose since
his retirement from active service in 1901
with sister, Mrs Eunice P Phinney,
and a niece Miss Mary 1. Hersey He was
never married
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
DRAM
H Strong Cast Plays The
Hatcher" at Comedy Theatre.

An exceptionally capable cast. consisting
of the Messrs. John Emerson and Thurlow
Bergen and the Misses Percy Haswell.
Catherine Countiss and Marion Bailou,
presented at the Comedy Theatre last
night THE Watcher" a spirit drama by
Cora Maynard. There was no star and
no leading man or woman but everybody
did his work well.
The play is one of those intimate
dramas involving the life of a family.
which is so well adapted to the small
theatre of the Comedy type. Its primary
object. evidently, is to show the influence
of the spirit OF the dead on those who
are left behind. 1t concerns the lives of
George Kent John Emerson) a spend
thrift and gambler; Vivian Kent percy
HaswelD, his sister. a beautiful, refined
and spiritual girl; Felice Kent Catherine
Counttss), Georges wife. a girl OF low
birth and morals: and Joe" Worden (Thur-
low Bergen). a millionaire who aspires
to the hand of Vivian Kent.
The scenes are laid in present day New
York. In the first act Felice Kent. who has
been away for a visit, returns TO find that
Joe Worden. to whom she had once been
mistress, is in love with Vivian Kent, her
sister-in-law. Her old love awakens and
"
While Vivian is out one evening and George
is at the club Worden calls. Felice locks
the door, and they are found together by
George and Vivian She swears that she
had been Wordens mistress and that they
still loved each other. and that Worden had
called because he knew that George and
vivian were out. In the last act, however,
through the influence Of the spirit of the
mother. awakened by Vivian, she confesses
her lies and a disagreeable denouement is
averted.
Miss Haswell, the spiritual and beau
tiful Vivian, Is convincing at all times. The
revelation of the soul of her mother. who
has just died, comes to her at the end of
the first act before the nurse can announce
the death from the next room. Miss Has
well receives it naturally and beautifully.
as she frequently comnlunes with her
mothers spirit throughout the play. She
Is the balance wheel of the family, and
she plays her part with tact and charm.
Cathrine Countiss a. F'elce does excep-
donally well in the strong scenes in which
she declares to Worden her passion for
him. In these scenes, however, she loses
the supposedly French accent which she
uses in calmer moments. John Emerson
plays forcefully the part of George Kent.
He reminds one of Mr.. Tully Marshall in
The City Both men are actors and
stage managers of long experience, and
give finished performances along the same
lines. Thurlow Bergen, as Joe Worden. is
manly. Every gesture and facial express
sion carries conviction. Marion Ballou as
the servant was true to type and very
amusing.
CAST OF THE WATCHER"
Joe Worden- en-...-......-.-....T Thurlow Bergen
George Kent ..........,.,..... John Emerson
Vivian Kent ent............ Percy HasWeil
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
eRasTY HEADS ABEL COMPANY.

Baltimore Jan. T.-'The Sun tomorrow
will print the following:
Judge Niles. in the Circuit Court yester-
day. ratified the sale 10 Charles H Grasty
of a portion of the interest in The Sun
held by the Walter r. Abel estate
THE action OF the court completes
transaction by which Mr.. Cirasty becomes
president OF the A. S. Abel Company, pub
fishers of The Sun, and the executive
head OF the paper. All of the present
owners retain large interests"
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
FEDERAL SUPERVISION TALK.

The second dinner of this season OF the
Economic Club Of New York will take
place tonight at the Hotel Astor Francis
I.vnde Stetson. president OF the club, will
rreside and the subject for discussion
Viii be- The Federal Supervision of Rail-
road Corporations" The speakers will be
Indson c. Clements, member of the Inter
state Commerce Commission at Washing
+cr- Professor Emory r. Johnson of the
ITniversity of Pennsylvania; Walter d
Hines acting chairman of the Executive
committee of the Atchison. Topeka & San
"a Re Railroad and William McCarroll of
,ba public Service Commission
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
MARTIN CR6CEN,

Martin Cragen, father Of Justice John
NJ Cragen, of the Municipal Court of
Queens Borough, was found dead in bed
at his home, in Corona, Queens, yesterday
by his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Flanagan.
He died fron heart disease. Mr.. Cragen
had lived in Corona for forty years Be
sides Justice Cragen, he leaves another
son, Benjamin Cragen. of Bayside.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
FUNERAL OF MISS FAUST.

The funeral Of Miss Lolita Faust was
held yesterday at the Merritt Funeral
Chapel Eighth avenue and 18th street,
at 1890 o'clock. Every seat in the chape
was occupied. The Rev. DR.. Young, OF
the German Lutheran Church, in Christie
pher street officia ted. Miss Lillian Her
fein and George L Moore sang. The body
was taken TO Kensico Cemetery for burial.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
WILL OF SARAH A. SHEPLEY.

The will of Sarah A. Shepley, who died
at Ssco. Me. on January ?, filed yesterday
in the Surrogate's office, Ieavea S2.eG0 to
th. American Female Guardian Society
md Home for the FriendIess. and a sim
liar bequest TO the Working Girls Vaca-
lion society The testatriX leaves seVera!
hond< and shares of the Utica. Chenango
e. Susouehanna Valley Railroad Company
% rieceg and nephews, TO whom she also
leaves The residue Of the estate
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
RoNcI IN "L'ELIsIR D'AMoRe."

Donizetti's 'L'Elisir d dAmore," with Ales-
sandro Ronci as Nemorino. received its first
production OF the season last night at the
Metropolitan Opera House. The audience
was of good size. and the production, If
on the part OF Adina not equal 10 some of
former years. was in all respects adequate
Mr.. Boncrs singing OF Una furtiva la
frima was eppiauoeu as Warmly as ever
ReIcori, and Mr. Pini-Corsi Dulcamara
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
eeAecH FOR DR.. RicHARos.s WILL.

George RI. Richards has obtained an order
IN the Surrogate's Court permitting him to
omen box kept by his father. the late
pev. william r. Richards pastor of the
prick Presbyterian Church. at the Lincoln
cafe Deposit vaults. 10 ascertain whether
tha latter left viii. A search has failed
90 reveal DR.. Richards's will and his son
,,sieves that his father deposited the doeu-
,,ant in mis- safe deposit box.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
woMENs RIGHTS IN oLDEN TIMES

"oNEN'S RIGHTS IN oLDEN TIMES
Lzdy Constance Lytton. Mrs Annon
hrEce, and other women on both sides
~ t-e Atlantic, who are now engaged
~ the struggle for "women's rights.
hssr he interested 10 learn that as
ohg ago as in 1he seventeenth century
movement Of this kind was already
Sfoot En- the Old World, and that in 1910
Aing Ladislss II OF Poland received
le'ltion still on file in the library Of the
l1Fersity Of Cracow, from the women OF
-Diano and Lithuania which by order or
e monarch was submitted To the pariia
MEM II Poland by 4 deputation OF the pc
Noners. who were asserted 10 represent
manageable women Of the country.
ll-e petition contained ~ Least a score Of
eni requests sonl+ Of which may be
'eihniende5 20 The equal rights movement
ne present 4ay mere IN the United
@les Thus. one of the demands IS as
follows
IL riew % the fact tnat the young
o tilis country are accustomed 10
fuo Tar too much time in courting. and
1 entering the state of wedlock as
'-en As possible. we your petitioners
s6iy sfk that limit be set 10 the
~. Tor eourtship and that il be made
e1''Fy Tor tae Young naen 10 marry the
-. Honeu whom they are courtlng
.9'fr than tke following June sfter
AHep company together failing whlch
Vea@lfy - imposed Of 900 gulden. 10
=o for the sspport of young Polish
f2Aan girls"
a., q iae requests relate 20 nefceh-
,, fiage s.ld fhe sovereign and parhs-
90 are u-gel 10 punish severely an
Who marry for money. ana 70
(, spec:sI care that mo fsthel shall
vfe give his caHei.te- n 17erf'asT