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The Washington times., 1911-05-03
CLERKS GAGGED
AND BA|TED BY
CHIEFS, He SAYS
Secretary Morrison Tells
House Committee Of Rail
way Service Abuses.
Continued from First Page.)

former Postmaster General Cortelyou
and the present Postmaster General
once said there was nothing in the
postal regulations to prevent the or
ganizing of clerks unions Recently
however, the department has begun
system of intimidation, and en-
ployes are threatened with dismissal
or demotion If they attempt to organ
ize.
Senator La Toilette, who would con-
serve to the clerks their rights. has re-
ceived thousands of letters from these
intimidated employees. / doubt not that
the committee can get the same infor-
nation If 1t desires to go into this ques-
ton thoroughly"
After all. it is a mere matter of diff
ference in opinion regarding administra-
a committee member.
can it that if you like" said Mr.
Morrison. The cleIks in the railway
mail service want protection: they want
steel cars TO insure greater safety:
they want an employers liability law
s"cn as was promised in the Demo
cratic platform, and they want reason
able hours and compensation. would
regard these things as more than
mere difference of opinion concerning
administration of the department"
Long on Agreeing"
Il think the Administration agrees
that the clerks ought to have steel cars,
such as are provided on some of the
roads for passengers, said Representa-
tive Gillett. a Republican member of
the committee.
The Administration always agrees.
= il takes its time about instituting
,.-,se Improvements" was the retort
of Secretary Morrison.
A call of the House interrupted the
testimony of Mr.. Morrison. Chairman
Goodwin announced that the committee
will meet again Friday morning, when
Mr.. Morrison will resume. He will be
followed by Second Assistant Attorney
General Stewart and by President Nell
son. OF the National Mails Clerks Pro-
teCtiNe Association.
The Lloyd bill provides that member
ship in any society, association club, or
other form of organization having for
its objects Improvements In the condi-
tion of labor shall not constitute cause
for reduction in rank or compensation
or removal from the service.
The Washington times., 1911-05-03
BARTHOLDT WILL
CO To GERMANY TO
PRESENT STATUE
To Represent United States
at Presentation of Won
Steuben Cast.

The announcement was made at the
White House this afternoon that Rep
resentative Bartholdt OF Missouri will
represent the United States at the pre-
sentation of replica of the Baron Won
Steuben statue 10 the German people.
which event is to take place some time
within the next few months. Congress
has appropriated $4,000 for this work.
and the sculptor, Jaegers, is in Germany
now arranging with the German govern
ment for site.
When the delegation of grangers
comes to Washington on May II to ap-
pear before the Finance Committee Of
the Senate in opposition to reciprocity,
1t will be received by the President at
the Executive Offices. This was an
nounced today. While 1t is true that
the farmers are fighting the Presidents 8
pet policy, he is anxious 20 meet them
and hopes to persuade them of the error
of their way.
The evening world., 1911-01-13
Fat Women, This Month
Should Interest You

This kind OF weather is the very kind
fat people should take advantage OF and
remove their fat without any fear OF ex-
hausting Themselves. Go to your druggist.
no matter where yea i've, and buy a case
Of the famous MArmola Tablets. lust the
same as the world renowned Marmola
Prescription. and take one OF these tab
lets after each meal. Your fat will dis
appear at the rate OF from IL to 10
ounces per day. and you will correct the
digestive juices OF your system so that
they will no longer turn your food into
fat. They will make you stronger. and
they will not harm any one. No matter
whether you eat at home or away from
home. your Marmola Tablets can always
be carried and you will thus be free from
any worry about that which YOU eat. These
tablets will stop all fat-maklng. and the
beauty OF them lies In the fact that they
will not leave huge wrinkles after the fat
goes away. II you will try them just one
week you Will become Crc OF the thou
sands to whom we can refer you. Mar.
moia Tablets for sale BY all druggist.
everywhere, or. " you prefer. send the
price OF n case tTb cts.l to the Marmola
Company. 1ss Farmer Bldg, DetrOst
| Mich. and they will send same to you b,
return mail in plain package.
The evening world., 1911-01-13
CARNEGIE TRUST CASH.
lawyer wants Funds Of Bankrupt
Concern Released.

Test cases for the purpose OF finding
out whether deposits Of the moneys Of
bankrupts In the banks designated by
the Judges OF the United States Dis
trict Court should be given preference
have been Instituted by Samuel J. Gold
smith In the Bankruptcy Division OF the
District Court.
As attorney for Charles l.. Brcokheim,
trustee in bankruptcy OF tAe assets OF
Philip Bologh * CO., he obtained an
order from Judge Holt to-day directing
O. II. Cheney, state superintendent of
Banks, to show cause on Monday next
why he should not pay over to Truutce
b%rookheim the funds OF the bankrupt
firm, sl2. 1873. now In the Carnegie Trust
Company. which Is Ia the hands OF
Supt. Cheney.
MIR. Goldsmith, attorney for himself
as trustee of the assets OF Frederick
| Rosenzwcig. doing business as the Art
| Novelty Company at No. - Spring street
and alleged to he bankrupt, got a sim
liar order IN the matter OF the Si,2h
assets he has in the Carnegie Trust
Company. r%cturnable also on Monday.
The evening world., 1911-01-13
SH-HH-H! DIGNITY
NOW THE RULE IN
THEP0L|CEC COURTS
More Than That, Every
body Stands Up When
Judge" Comes.

The last voe'ige OF the old order OF
things I'm the police courts OF Manhattan
n the BronS-iho frec-and-easy man
ncr OF netting out Justice, the constant
turmoil. the solicitation OF cases by
lawyers. the clamorous debates OF lit
giants In the corridors. the shouted or
ders by the officers on duty-disappcared
to-day. Hereafter the courts OF inferior
jurisdiction viii conduct their business
with a dignity epualling that OF the
Supreme Court. This reform. so often
urged by sociologists and students of
criminal procedure. was decided upon by
the Board OF Magistrates at its last
session and put into effect when the
courts opened for business to-day.
The early bird" police court lawyer
and lawyers runner, waiting In thu
corridors OF the courts to b%uttonhole ali
and sundry having business with tho
Magistrates. hopeful that n ease
might develop. or be developed under his
skilful tutclage, was the first to he hit
by the order promulgated by Chie;
Magistrate McAdoo and posted in large,
black letters. where all could see. The
order reads.
mo person shall speak to another in
the courtroom, halls or corridors ada
cent thereto. inquiring as to his or her
business. recommending lawyers, offer
ing services or any Kind OF advice or
Information"
Inside the court-rooms silence was on.
forced with strlctest severity. Even the
reporters had to pat the soft pedal on
their strenuousncss. The cloister-likc
silence Of the United States States Su.
prcme Court had nothing on the quiet
OF the police courts.
Nor was this all. When the black.
gowned Magistrates assembled the bench
The evening world., 1911-01-13
CHORUS GIRL WIFE
F|GHTSFOR CHILD;
SUEOFORD DIVORCE
Helen Wall, Married TO Clar-
ence A. Stevenson, Makes a
Scene in Court.
CHARGES KIDNAPPING.
Case Is Postponed, but She Is
Permitted to See Baby
in Lawyers Office.
CHARGES KIDNAPPING.

Helen wall, chorus girl wife OF Clar-
ence a. Stevenson, made a dramaiie
appeal to-day in the supreme Court
for the custody OF Mur el, their two
year-old daughter. she declared the
child had been kidnapped by her hus-
band.
Stevenson's lawyer, Marshall \. Bar
ney. asked for an adjournment OF the
case. He said Miss Wall had only
served the writ for the production or
the child last evening. and that he was
not ready to 20 with the case.
Il don't care whether you are rady
or not" Miss Wal told her husbands
lawyer. II want my child. You can't
keep my child from me"
Sued for Divorce.
Az hat moment a woman accompany
ing Mr.. Barney tried TO serve Miss
Wall with a copy OF a summons and
complaint In a suit by her husband for
divorce. Miss Wal turned away, re-
fusing TO accept the papers. The papers
hay on the floor until an attendant
picked them up and consigned them to
the waste basket.
where is my baby? That's all | care
about" aid Miss Wall. after recovering
her composure. They haven't brought
my baby TO court. and | want them pun
ished."
1t was explained that the baby had
been left at Mr.. Barney's office. No. ljl
Nassau street.
well. I'll 20 there" said Miss Wall.
"Then they1l serve you with those
papers," she was reminded.
"oh. I don't care anything about that.
| want to see my baby"
Huber Il. Lewis. counse for Miss
Wall. finally consented to an adjourn
ment OF the case. and Justice Page said
he would set 1t down for Monday after
noon.
Miss Wall Immediately went TO Mr..
Barney's office, where she spent half an
hour with little Murlel. There was a
pathetic scene when they parted. both
mother and child crying.
Calls II a Kidnapping.
Stevenson Is the stepson OF a mining
man n hotel owner. DIR. Francis l.
De Glers, who lives in the ~Collingwood
In West Thirty-hfth street. Miss Wal
declared that Stevenson, his stepfathei
and mother kidnapped Muriel last Sat
urday from the home OF Miss Gun.
bingham. No. II Wadsworth avenue,
where she had been staying. and tool
her away In a red automobile.
Stevenson was married to Miss Wal
Nov. Is, 1907. after "A romantic courtship
They parted last year. on Oct. % las
Miss Wall was arrested In Philadelphia,
nm m IA. o. upNAp ArtN hs hAR ItNg
band She was taken "a q police court
With her was Kenneth IL. Blair.
student OF the University of Pennsyl
,vania. They were each held In 500 bail
but nothing ever came of the case.
In the suit he has brought for dlvorc
Stevenson names young Blair as co
respondent.
The evening world., 1911-01-13

the officer on the bridge raped for
order and announced:
THE Judge. Arise!' And everybody
rose.
When Ills Honor had taken his seat
the oncial crler spoke again:
BE seated" And everybody sat down.
Court officers performed their duty in
military fashion, and no one spoke ex-
cept IN answer to questions by the
Magistrates.
when It was FIRST proposed that the
Police Magistrates don robes several ob-
jectcd on the ground that 1t would rob
the Police Cou of that democracy
which made IT the poor mans court
But even those who were loudest In
their objection to DOMINIC the robe APP
prove OF the new dignity which the Po-
lice Courts have acquired.
The evening world., 1911-01-13
TUG PICKS UP OIL BOAT.
Antwerp windjammcr Glad to Gct
Tow From sandy Hook.

The tug Dalzelline OF the Dalzell Tow
ing Company picked up the oil carrying
windjammer Halnault. sixty-two days
out Of Antwerp. in the fog of Sandy
Hook to-day and towec the vessel to
n mooring on Tompkinsville.
Tho |I1ainault was laundering about
in the fog and her skipper was mighty
glad to accept a tow. The Dalzellino
had Just towed the oil carrier Jules
Henry. bound for Marsellles. outside
the Hook and was on her way back 20
port when she almost ran into the
Hainault.
Head winds and heavy winter storms
had made the voyage OF tho H~ainault
an lnch-by- Inch progress across the
Atlantic.
The evening world., 1911-01-13
PARK CLERK ACQUITTED.
Accused OF Passing Fraudulent
MN. Found Not Guilty.

without leaving their seats, n Jury In
Judge Rosalsky's part OF the General
Sessions to-day acquitted Hugh Martin.
a clerk IN the office Of the Bronx Su-
pcrlntendent Of Parks, who was ON trial
for attempted grand larceny.
Martin. VINO II a prominent
Of the Knights OF Columbus, was ar
rested MAY 20, 1903, charged with having
passed n fraudulent Hill for coal deliv-
cred to the Park Department. The Com
missioner OF Accounts accused hin of
having received nifty tons or coal from
George NJ. Kuhn. a dealer OF Webster
avenue and one Hundred and seventy
seventh street, and crcditlng him with
the delivery Of 1G2 tons. The jury In
Kuhn's case. which was tried severa
daNs ago, disagreed.
The evening world., 1911-12-20

Tea Kettles
Percolators
T~oasterS

S'e'sy q Pitnaa........................z6 Warren St
Storage Battery Supply Cs..............29 E. 9th S,
Wsssm Electric Co ................... Murray S.
Electric Heating and Cooking Appliances
Acme El. HS. Co.-Ths Bunder Co. As,. 50 Church S,
Anenean Electric Heater Co.-Wessn Electric Co..
Agent. Murray s.,
Cadillac Electric Mfe. Ce.-lndspsadens Electric
Supply Co., Agents. 50 Warren S,
Cuder. Hammer Co. Tinss Bldg
Excel Electric Heating Ce.-Lnws Electric Co..
ASenS. - Vssey 81
General Electric co-Sblsy 4 PiuAn. Agents.
rs Warren S,
Hugh.. Electric Heating co.............llel Broadway
Miller Elec. Ce--Arh Organ. Agent. . ia Liberty S,
Pa. Eiee: Hs. co-c. p. Wood, Agent. 1876 Liberty S,
PsIou.' Electric Heater Coz. L. cr.aA As.n.
30E. 20h S,
Phelps Mt. Cos: R Schwartz. Agent. o. Walker S,
QusrtzIiH Co. (Hss"r)-AHhur Organ. Agent
~ Liberty ST
s s;ssi:: Mt HI.., Gs' { G.:,I ,;''; 3.-.R:::, w H. Rs.d' 81
syl.: MI. C: Fiii;.i::. cool.j"e i. Gs' &c oh 10
Vulcan Elee. Htg. Co.-Rsz Salss Co. At. 20 Wes, S,
Westinghouse Eke. d Nit. s............i 1865 Broadway
The evening world., 1911-12-20
News Oddities

They were interrupted by the appear
ancs Of BAGg himself. who has just
finished reading his obituaries and said
he wouldn't have believed he was worth
% much space.
Family Live In Chicken Coop
Bsilt Before the Civil War.
J. J. March. . farmer near Worcester.
Mass. has been arrested for living with
his vito and five children In a chicken
coop built before the civil war. lie
keeps his horses and cows in Q large
new barn.
Oficers testified that h children rad
TO sleep on a filthy mattress with only
one blanket. March was ordered to
Lav the hen coop repaired.
Cha mpiOn Joker Carries Out Prank
en- Friends After Hts Death.
George Ssiperi, for many years q bar
Der and champion practical Joker at
Elizabeth. N. j., Is dead. but while
| dying he planned a last joke that he
| could play after death.
He provided for the placing Of q sill.
yer plate on his CONN with the inscrip
| ton: You're next" It's friends. wher
| they look At It. don't know whether &c
| laugh or b shocked.
Dsnied Citizenship Becauso HI
Never Heard of w. J. Bryan.
Charles Kallitsch. whilo being exam
med as to his qualifications for Amsri
can citizenship at Allentown. Pa. ad
mitted he had never heard Of William
Jennings RFyan.
Citizenship was denied him and h,
was advised 20 acauaint himself wit
this country's statesmen before apply
: ing again.
The evening world., 1911-12-20
OVERCOME
FIGHTING FLAMES
ON THE ALABAMA
Fire Was in the Dynamo Room
and Only Two Men Could
Enter at a Time.

Fire in the dynamo room IN the hold
OF the battlsship Alabama kept every
one In the Brooklyn Navy Yard on tip
too for moro than an hour last night.
The extent Of the damage 10 unknown.
but according to Capt. L. 8. Van Duzer.
the captain Of the yard. Il may run from
81, ZOO to $4,000.
Twelve years ago the Alabama was
tho particular pride OF the United
States Navy. She was built At Cramps
shfpyards in Philadelphia. and on her
hrst trip developed . speed Of i7.3 knots.
although but sixteen knots were ~.
quired. During the last eighteen months
she has been out Of commission and
anchored at the Navy Yard.
At 80 =. ~. the time Of the IRE.
there was only n Waterman aboard.
lie sent in . yard alarm" Three
thousand men from the six vessels now
there. responded.
They found Il almost impossible h
' get at the IRE as only two men coult
The evening world., 1911-12-20

streets and stretches from river to
river. He 10 htmss,f . visible proof Of
the danVsv to b encountered In II. In
the ParaeG Building IRE In January.
1904 whore several fremsn were kIlsd.
LAngford was drageed from the debris
haif dead BY Battalion Chief Rosa. He
~ Ions in thu hospital after that. In
lSol he fell four stories from a fire.
escape during a blaze at Prince and
Wooster streets. It was six months be-
fore he could 90 back on duty again.
Chief Langford wal one Of the four
men who recently took the examination
for Chief Of the department.
The evening world., 1911-12-20
CHILDREN PLAY WITH FIRE.

Robert sterke. two. Of No. 100 North
Seventh street. Paterson. N. J.. 10 dead.
and his four.year-old sister. Pauline. u
dying At the General Hospital. that city.
from burns they received At their homo
yesterday afternoon. The mother had
left the children alone In the idtchen
while she went to the cellar for coal.
GOAL from the range. The ohild's himsy
dress took IRE at once.
His sister ran to his aid and her dress
was quickly ablaze. Tho little girl
fought the IRE until both children fell
exhausted to the floor. Netghbors pre-
vented the mother from being fatally
burned In her attempt to q v her chill
dren. She Is In the General Hospital.
Firemen sxtinguished the blaze In the
house.
The evening world., 1911-12-20
ROOSEVELT GOES =,
home WHILE TAFT
IS IN NEW YORK
Viii Spend Day at Oyster
Bay and So Two vii.
Not Meet.

Friends Of President Taft and former
President Roosevelt, who had hoped
hey would meet during Mr.. Taft's stay
b New York, we're disappointsd to-day
b learn that Col. Roosevelt went to
fsSter Bay about an hour before the
PRESIDENT arrived last evening. and will
bt return to-day except to ali . din.
~ sngassmsnt.
No meeting between the two will take
49,. u y positively announced. The
inner engagement Col. Roosevelt will
bep this evening was arranged several
Sssks ago BY Mrs. Roosevelt. and. be-
10 purely . social AFFAIR. Col. Rooss-
BIZ will meet no politicians there.
Frank Harper. Col. Roosevelt's sscrs-
lfy. has announced . nsw system ~
kssrds Col. Roossveit's visitors. Here
.bfore, with one or two exceptions, the
kt has been open to the inspection Of
M one who cared to see II. Mr.. Harper
hnounces that hereafter no list Of call
r. will be furnished to any one.
Some persons who heard this an.
cuncement regarded Il as highly sig
iNcant IN view Of the increased activ.
II of Roosevet's friends to induce him
5 agree to accept . denomination for
he Presidency. The refusal to give
Ames Of visitors followed pon the ap-
iearance OF thirty or forty men from ali
ARTS Of the country in the reception
BON Monday.
Under the new rule It seems probable
hat any widely known politician wear
hg q false beard and automobile Cog
les will be able to make q call without
ksr Of detection. unless he drops his
listing card somewhere in the Outlook
nee or on the road to Sycamore Hill.
The evening world., 1911-12-20
LANGFCRD FORGOT,
BUT BOYS KNEW
HIS ANNIVERSARY
Deputy Fire Chiefs Hurry Cali
Was to Get Floral Horse
shoe and Loving Cup.

Deputy Fire Chief Thomas r. Lang
ford-'Blg Tom Langford TO every
ofhcer and man Ia the Department.
received . At his quarters IN
Lafayette street to-day that sent him
rushing for his automobile. In . trics
Eddie Rogsn. his driver. was whirltng
him over 70 Truek Ne house at Ne.
10 Mercer street. Tue msssaGs aid
there was Q lot q trsuois there end
ne Deputy chief was wanted II .
hurry. On the wey Chief Lsnsferd
questioned hogan. bit the driver Wal
~ mystined a. his boss. LAnsford
didn't remember what day II was ana
battalion Chis< Hslms. who sent the
message. didn't explain.
Al the door Of Truck %. Chez LanS.
ford was met BY Acting Battalion ChSss
jennings and was conducted Do the
assembly room on the third moor. The
hrst thing that caught hts , there
was . great horai horseshoe. Beside
II was . glass case containing . pieoe
Of siiverware. Fifty hrSmen were
standing around.
Then It dawned on Chief IAngfosd.
To-day was the twsnty-dfth annaver-
AIRY Of his appointment - the Fire
Department and his friends had not
forgotten It. The floral horseshoe was
from Rogan. The silver piece IA a
loving cup from the ofhcers and mon Of
the Second District. where Langford
commands.
THE INSCRIPTION ON THE Low.
ING CUP.
On the loving cup was this inscrip"
ton:
Presented TO Thomas r. IAnsford.
Chief of the Second District. by the
officers and men Of the Third.
Fourth and Fifth BattAlions. on the
anniversary Of his twenty-five years
in the service. Al . token Of their
esteem and friendship. Dec. 90"
Chief LAngford was taken all aback.
There was no specchmaking. There
was no need Of II. Langford shook
hands all around. Rogan carried the
flowers and the loving cup TO the au-
tomobile and made of with them to
the Chiefs quarters. The only thins
that seemed to be on t~Angford's mind
that o. q fear that the "Jigger'
might have tapped but IN alarm while
he was away.
Chief Langford's district 10 congd-
cred the most hazardous In the city. II
lies between Fourteenth and Canal
The evening world., 1911-12-20
Tioklsd at His Obituary Because
He Got so Mach space.


An ekmcI gift vile carry your holiday greetings n~ and Mhw useful ewVd ymh the year
1t is not merely remembrance but an added comfort and ommmem the home
Some Suggested Gifts and the Places From Which they May Be Obtained
III N~Y York Edison Company Supplies Only the Electric Current
The evening world., 1911-12-20

A general city alarm was Their sent in
and Ave engine companies and two IRE
boats responded.
BY the time the hremen came. ssversi
sailors had been overcome by smokc.
All were quickly revived. After the
irs was out the yard officers decided II
would be best not to attempt any close
investigation OF the damage dom until
morning.
The evening world., 1911-12-20
Rich Gold strike.

DAWSON, Yukon. Dec. CA STAN
sds to the head Of Sixty-Mile River 10
b progress as the result Of . rich gold
trike there. e Of which was brought
y John Matson. who told Of getting
hwo and q half ounces OF gold. worth
harry $40. from q bed rock space Ave by
light feet. Many old p~rcspectors have
tarted over the l3o-m!ls trail to the new
~llvgings. which are twenty miles from
he ALASKAN boundary.
The evening world., 1911-12-20
'By'Vk

On Jan. .. 1901. the Alabama - -
bsttieship Kentucky wsrs Ia eeuisona -
New York harbor. Neithse veugn1 -
damaged to any great extent I'D ~
we're able to take part II the naoooU-
vr0 OF the feet the following nooan.
During the maaosuvrO Of the booeto.
ship feet In ~ the eunnsn 49,
Alabama were twice winners at tnoD8
practice for the ehsmpiouship soSthe
navy.
The evening world., 1911-12-20
Plane Lamps
Desk Lamps
Bed Lamps
Library Lamps
chahns Dishe'
Coffee Pots

Supply Houses Carrying Complete
Lines Of Electrical Devices
c. c. Bonn Electric Co. $50 oh Az
W. A. Bonnet Ce.....l32 Church 81
Broadway Electrical Novelty Co.
Al Broadway and 32% Bowsry
]. n. Bunnell q Ce........O Pa,k Pi
Fletcher Stanley Co.32.34 Frankfot s.
Fullerton Gaze Co. .lO9.ilS W. 10Th St
W. F. Irish Electric Coco Cortlsndt 81
E. q. Latham q Co..
Broadway and Murray S,
Chss. W. L~everidse. 1883 Greenwich S,
Lowe Electric Co. 81 Vsssy 81
Msnha,.sn Electric Supply Co.
~ Park Pl
The evening world., 1911-12-20

Many charitable requests are made
by the will Of Mrs. Evelyn g. Ridgway.
Widow of former District-Attorney
James W. Ridgway OF brooklyn. whose
ieath quickly followed her husbands.
about . yea ago in Europe. He left his
sntirS estate to Mrs. RidGway. The
property disposed OF by her Is estimated
1t yer 100000. The bulk Of tho estate
goes to relatives. and thirteen charitable
Institutions receive bequests Of from
d, 900 70 1850 each.