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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
DIGNITY OF LABOR UPHELD
Liners Workers Halt Task Long
Enough to Listen.

The task OF getting the Lusitania READY
to sail FOR england At o'clock last night
was interrupted long enough for the work
ers 10 listen 70 a few words from the Rev.
William wilkinson, Of Trinity Church'
breaking from that part OF the ioith Psalm
which says. Man goeth forth TO ms iaDor
until the evening" He said. in part:
Do took forty years 20 place IN BRUSH iaW
. provision that no woman or emu s. ID,.i'
work in anv mill or factory before . Ciot =
ir rho morning OF after = cio,k ~. -
evening, or on Sundsf. ~ Wo,ho ~ 49,
believed that this Is so n we Glu 10 1 n~,o
h. 10 be true. Ia the old World or buIeps
md in America We are not yet up 70 Als-
traha in the question II wages. 1hFIe ~
have a wsees board. with the power ~
execute the law The sweating syst' ~.
there unknown No man may pay lTss ,,,@ y y
tle standard wage. This has beeH AO"''N
30 work well. ,abor
scamp cannot engage sweat lapoe
and undersell an honest man IN ne s"i,,N
business 4 manufacturer III, .ra5o
knows all engaged IN his me on I'D
ana business nave 70 pay theI M ~, he
women workers the same sum q uaS 70
pays, and this has manv peheh,ciI,. o,,,r
suits. III makes the sweat shop tti" In
ana u gives dignity 70 the WXhr that
fhe last analysis n viii be loulln 81
whoever and whatever honor mast
serving the highest possible ehN''
present prospective. a,d work
The earth. the sea, the Az az" ucalth
sre the sources from WIN"
tSiHR..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
BISHOP WARNS RICHMOND
Calls Astor's Critic Strrmy Petrol
in Church Affairs.


Philadelphia. Sept. 3.-The Rev. George
Chalmers Richmond. who stirred MP opposi-
ron 10 the Astor-Force wedding, is 'on
probation" so far as the Church authori-
ties here are concerned. Just prior 10 his
leaving Philadelphia for Narragansett Pier
last Friday he received word that Bishop
Mackay- Smith, head Of this diocese. was
willing to give him one more chance TO
prove that he is "A proper man TO wear the
vestments of the Episcopal Church.
When Bishop Mackay-Smith sailed for
Europe recently he sent for one OF the
prominent laymen OF this diocese and TO
him intrusted a message to the Rev Mr..
Richmond.
Tell Mr. Richmond for me-" said the
Bishop. that [ have no desire 10 drive
him out OF the Church. He has outraged
the ministry by his talk and he has been
a stormy petrol, no matter where he has
been. He braggs of his knowledge OF the
canons and says he IL so strongly IN
trerched with his parishioners that he VIII
have a charge so long a. he lives
"IIindlv tell Mr. Richmond ne has done
things for which he can be censured and
II is probable that an ecclesiastical court
would not take such charitable view Of
some OF his actions. He has given out a
letter of mine. This letter was marked
.Privare and confidential This IS some
thing no gentleman would do, not 70 say A
minister
Risbon NT,ckay-Smith closed his message
N Mr.. Richmond by saying that as ne
did not expect 10 be the ecclesiastical nean
of the Pennsylvania Diocese for long ne
was willing 10 place Mr.. Richmond on pro
bstion 10 see II Or Rhinelander, who has
been selected as cosdjutor bishop and who
eventually will succeed Bishop Mackay-
smith could get along with Mr.. Richmond
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04

Christian Bible, was the best and only ~
ligion that satisfied modern needs.
In explaining the first point Mr.. Bryan
asserted that no knew OF no foundation on
which TO build system Of morals except
a religious foundation. Reason was not
sufficient guide. because a mans character
Wa largely formed before his reason vas
mature enough 10 develop a code OF morals
citing his own experience az example. ne
said that his strongest CONVICTIONS ha'
been instined into him before ne was to-"
years old
Before was ten" said Hr Prysn. my
father laugh, me 20 despse gambling.
have been through three national CAM
nairns and I have never lost an opportu-
nitv 10 advise my friends not 70 bet On
elections And none % them" he added.
when the laughter subsidized, that took my
advice lost am money
NIr Brvan's attack vas most bitter IN
the ministers of to-day whose aim Is -
make Christianity cover certain bad con-
dtions Of the present
IT many people want - Eet drunk Nc
maintained. ~ Is better 20 stop them than
N construe Christianity so that n VIII w
dorse getting drunk. The churches OF IN
dav would no stronger n they I'D not make
IL SO easy 20 profess Christianity IL ny
sroka tn the rich as Christ spoke 70 me
rich young man.
The Young man Is the one VINO appsH'
10 me. especially the college ored yo'ns
man. who is so amazed AZ the amount o.
knowledge in the world that ne forsets AZ
that IS unknown. want TO tell MIN ,hs'
rho fear Of God is the beginning Of wlsdo"
and that the things that sway his me Ar>
NOT the things that scientists can measure
and weigh"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
BRYAN SPEAKS IN Church
Talks OF Old Fashioned Religion
and Is Cordially Received.
THOUSAND SHAKE HIS HAND
Criticises Ministers Who Try to
Stretch Scriptures to Meet
Bad Modern Conditions.

William Jennings BRYAN talked at Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church. in West 1o4th
street. last night and when finished nearly
two thousand persons fled or the plat
form 10 shake him by the hand. Outside
800 more waited, unable 10 gain admittance
10 the church When he appeared at the
front door a dozen little white and blue
frocked girls made a concerted dive FOR
his hand
Hello. Mr. Bryan. How do. Mr. Bryan?
Shake hands with us. Mr. Bryan they
carolled in chorus as ne was escorted 70
the waiting automobile. a hundred PAGES
away. into which he climbed.
Now a real old-fashloned cheer" called
an enthusiastic octogenarisn. "a loud as
his lungs would bear. II was given, and
Dir. Bryan rolled away toward the Hoff-
man House.
When the church doors were opened ar
I'D last evening there was already a crowd
OF thousand waiting IN the street II was
hardly more than a half hour thereafter
that the doors were closed again against
the many that tried to gain admittance
after the church was filed. Dr. Christian
r. Reisner. the pastor kept the congrega-
Ilpu III u epOu uhllpT Wien lHf Allc lpt
Mr.. Bryan's remarks had long passed and
Mr. Bryan was not there to make them.
Mr.. Bryan explained that he had stopped
10 get a bite 10 eat on his way in from
Stonybrook. Long Island, where ne had
spent the afternoon.
There are two reasons why I speak
here tonight" began Mr. Bryan. after
Or. Reisner had introduced him as the
chief citizen Of the United States. zone
is that I was much impressed by the
earnestress Of the invitation Of your pas
tor. But the larger reason is that I am
indebted 10 Christianity for all I am or
can be, and all can do To repay that debt
will always he too small"
Taking religion then as the theme Of his
address. Mr.. Bryan brought forward two
points-frst, that religion was a necessary
thing in mans life, and that unless he had
religion in his heart he had irreligion;
and second. that the "oIdtime religion"
as he called It, the religion founded on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
SAYS SHE WAS ABDUCTED
Edith Hughes, 16, Tells OF Being
Held Prisoner in City.

Edith Georgiana Hughes. sixteen years
old, the typist who mysteriously oisap-
peared from her home, No. East o"o
street. last Friday returned Yesterday al
ternoon shortly after o'clock. rang the
bell and threw herself. sobbing, into the
arms OF her mother, who opened the door.
She said she had been held q prisoner
somewhere in the city. At least three ar
rests may result from the story the girl
told Detective Van Twistern.
Van Twistern and Detective Captain Clos
ter. who were assigned 20 the case by Com
missioner Waldo, had been at the girls
home in the afternoon rummagtng over her
letters. They had reached the conclusion
that the stories Edith had told her mother
about trying 10 get work as a stenogrspher
from the Remington agency did not agree
with the facts.
They left tire house and walked toward
Madison avenue A few econds later
Edith came I'D Fifth avenue and turned
into SD street and walked quickly up 10
the house Mrs Hughes sent neighbor
child after the detectives, and they re-
turned 70 interrogate the girl. Van IWis-
tern talked. with her an hour and then
warned her father and mother TO say
nothing about the case until he gave them
permission TO do so.
Mr.. Hughes told tho reporters that Edith
mad been forcibly detained ard that several
men would be put behind the bars II the
detectives made a good job Of II. That was
al he would say.
Detective Van Twistern said last night
the girl admitted to him that she had re-
NAMED away from her home Of her own
FREQ will and had spent two DAYS on the
West side with two mon and two other
girls According 10 Van Twistern. the girl
told him she invented the story about hav'
in, obtained employment as a ruse TO de-
ceive her mother so that she could spend
her tine with companions Of her own
choosing
The Girl. said Van Twistern told him
that on Friday morning she met the two
men. whose names she did not remember,
ion an automobile at SD street and Column
bus avenue Thon. according 70 Van Twis-
torn. they went for Joy ride" and after
ward TO a fat. the address Of which the
girl did not know.
Tile detective said the girl told him 1t
was because Of the restraint put on her
movements at home that made her resort
10 the T1isc OF getting a place as a stenog-
rapher.
Among the persons reported missing 10
the police yesterday Is young girl. who
disappeared ON Saturday. She is Agnes
Tracey fourteen years old, OF No. ~
East f1Vth street She was last seen at
nor home on the afternoon OF Saturday.
when she left home snc wore light sum-
mer dress, no hat and black shoes ana
stockings She is about four feet SIX
inches tall. has brown eyes, dark COM
UIeXion and dark hair.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
ELECTRICIAN DISAPPEARS
Missing Since August 10, FANNY
savs-Had Started for Albany.

Henry Plant. twenty-nine years oiu,. 81
electrician, OF Troy, y. y, di7appeaie' w
this city on August Is, while waiting 70
ta,o tho Z, 10 train for Troy at the Grand
central Station. He had been visiting MS
wife ana children at Fort Toteen. and ien
,ben 10 take a night boat TO Albany. Al
20 o'clock that morning he mailed posi-
card from Station A, Manhattan ihior'h'"s
his wife that he had missed his boat an"
would take the II 20 train.
Relatives from Burlington. Vt. nave MO
cd his wife and sister. Mrs. Joseph Mulpers'
ar Fort Totten. In their search for nim'
There we're no domestic troubles 10 explain
his disappearance. they said Plant nan
been in i'll health for some time but ap-
nareutlv had not been melancholy.
He was 1--WE feet six inches In height
weighed III pounds. and had light hair ana
Size evas The foreinger and the thumb
on his right hand were MISSING Ne had IN
his possession the address OF his fatner,
paul plant. No. "a interval avenue, Bur-
Iington. VT, and 81 in currency.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
TO CLASSIFY COLLEGES
Education Bureau to Separate
Good and Bad for Public Benefit.

Washington. Sept. 5.-All the universities
and colleges in the United states Will be
classified in the order Of their merit when
the investigation being conducted by mo
United states Bureau Of Education Is com
pleted. Incidentally, this investigation al
ready Is said 70 have brought 10 Highland
doubtless will find many more-'fake' uni
yersities and schools which award all sorts
Of degrees with a minimum study. SO e%-
tensively is the bureau going into this ques-
ton that IL will be more than year before
a published report Is made.
The main object Of the investigation
said Mr.. Claxton. the Commissioner ot
Education. to-day, IS 70 arrange colleges
SO that prospective students may know
where they NAV receive an education which
will mean something 70 them and where
thew may obtain degrees that VIII have
real value. At the same time. we Will be
glad 10 expose those so-called universities
which peddle diplomas to people all over the
world after a small amount Of work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
FINISHING DREAONOUGHTS
Florida and Utah, Navy Biggest
Ships, in Fighting Trim Soon.

Washington Sept. G.-The sister DreDl-
noughts Florida and Utah, the mightiest
varships in the American navy will be iu
fighting trim by November -. according
TO the caIcu lstion OF naval experts With
in a week the Utah. just placed IN com
mission. will enter the docks OF the New
York Navy Yard 10 receive the finishing
touches This work involves the installa-
ton of coming towers and the sights for
her guns. AS much secrecy surrounds
these devices, they are invariably con-
structed at a government yard instead or
in the plant of private builder. The
Florida will be placed in commission
about September rs and will be ready for
active service simultaneously with the
Utah
These two floating fortresses Will be
attached 10 the first division Of the At
Iantic feet. the Florida becoming the reg
ular flagship of the division and me Ctah
occupying that signal relation whenever
her sister goes TO dock for overnauling.
Captain Harry :. knapp will command
the Florida and Captain Henry ,. Ben
son the Utah.
Greater in every respect-size. armor
and armament-the Florida ard the Utah
will wrest from the Delaware and the
North Dakota the place Of honor as the
most powerful war vessels ahoat. The
displacement of the two new Dread
noughts is e1,s25 tons each. Ten l2-inch
guns. distributed I'm five turrets. and six
.. teen 5-inch rifles constitute their main
batteries The huils are belted with ar
NOR ranging from nine 10 eleven inches IN
FfrH
through protect the turrets. Inc ships
are SCI feet long and are equipped with
turbine engines generating $4,000 horse
power. which. it is expected Will drive
them At a speed greater than the 2O.f5
knots required by the Navy Department
specifications.
Each Of these great battleships VIII be
manned by ~ officers and SS men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
DOG BITES FOUR IN FAMILY
Finally Decided to Deliver Pet
Terrier 10 Police.

pet terrier having bitten four members
~ the family Of John Bortell, ot No. 5l5
West Path street. IN the last few weeks.
the family decided yesterday that there
VAS something wrong with their dog Reg
gle and turned him over 20 the police.
Mr. Bortell had the dog FOR more tnan
three years, and when he attacked one Of
his sons It was considered mere prank
Then the animal bit another son on the
ankle and a week ago bit Mr.. Bortell
The terrier made 4 savage attack on
Mrs Borteu last Friday. and she had 70
be attended by DR.. Smith. Of the J. HOOD
Wright Hospital for wounds on one OF her
legs. II Was decided that Reggie was not
as vel lbahaved "a he should be. and "a
trolman Prince led him 10 rne West L'th
street station last night He VIII De eH'
amined by the Health Department DOCTORS
to-day and then put 20 death
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
COMSTOCK TO THE FRONT
Stops Rattle of Automobile in Aid
of Catholic Church.

Hobart, X. y. Sept. ANTHONY COM
stock. Of New York. who IN spending his
vacation At Stamford, A western Cstskiu
Mountain resort, has thrown the natives
and summer visitors there into a ferment
because OF his action in stopping the raffie
If an automobile TO help the finances of a
church Several summer visitors conceived
plsn 10 raise money for the Church OF the
Sacred Heart by rafting of an automobile
and tickets sold readily At 81 apiece
More than I've hundred tickets had been
sold when Mr. Comstock heard Of the
scheme and told the managers that they
must call the rafle of They protested
,,ioorouslv but Mr.. Comstock Was oh
durate. and minated that prosecutions
under tine anti-gsmbling law would follow
an attempt 10 hold the rattle Now me
managers are busy redecmlns the tickets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
TWO HURT IN AUTO RACE
Harry Knight, in a Westcott, Wins
200 Mile Contest in Columbus.

Columbus. ohio. Sept "a driver and a
inechanician slightly injured, two cars
wrecked and worlds record made for the
fastest contest mile on dirt track ny HAIRY
knight. of indianapolis, driving Westcott
machine. winning in hours and Is min
utes. tell the story Of the Domile auto
mobile sweepstakes race to-day. The race
took place al the Driving Park. under the
sanction OF the American Automobile Asso-
citation.
The injured were Lee Prayer, driver Of
the Red Wing Firestone-C Columbus ear, and
Rem Lawwel, Of Columbus. mechanician.
on a Buick. Both men are in hospitals,
but Will recover
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
q. Altn1att & On.

HAVE READY THEIR EARLY AUTUMN STOCK OF
MISSES AND CHILDRENS GARMENTS
WHICH INCLUDE SUITS, DRESSES ETC, SUITABLE
FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE OUTFITS;
JUNIOR TAILOR-MADE SUITS IN THE NEWEST FABRICS AND
STYLES REGULATION SAILOR SUITS AND DRESSES OF sERCE
AND OTHER CLOTHS AFTERNOON DRESSES OF VELVETEEN
AND CREPE METEOR; AND OF CHIFFON NET, ETC FOR
EVENING WEAR: MOTOR AND TRAVELLING COATS; WAISTS
OF CHIFFON OR sATINs EVENING WRAPS OF VARIOUS
MATERIALS.
pECIAI ATTENTION Is DIRECTED TO CtHDRENs GARMENT
IN SIZES FOUR TO FOURTEEN YEARS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
Back Riddisd With Shot.

The shot riddled his back. several #
them piercing his heart. The man stiff
fened a bit. cried out in Italian that he
was dying and rolled of the table 70 the
ground dead, according 10 John Sslvo, who
runs the bowling alley and the little res
taurant on the ground floor Of No. S32.
Sslvo sat At n table near by watching a
game between two late bowlers when the
shooting occurred. he told the police The
shot startled him. and he looked ND IN
time 10 see Russo fall but could not tell
where the shot came from. Salvo and the
other Italians in the place at the time
we're held Yesterday as material witnesses.
The police did not ind good clew 70
the slayer until last night, and then a
woman found n for them. Mrs. Ward,
who keeps a boarding house st No. $40
East SD street. looked out OF her window
ana saw single barrelled shotgun lying
N her back yard. partly hidden by the long
gra~s She was afraid 10 touch IL and
notified the police OF the East 67th street
station Detective De Clio. who had been
WORKING on the case. came and got It.
The Ward ward is directly opposite the
cack ward OF 40 go. The stock Of the
gun was dented where it struck the flag
giue IN the ward and Clipped II and
bounded into the grass. II had evidently
been thrown over the low shed roof COW
ering the 'boche' alley into the yard by
the man wEo fired the shot. The gun had
been recently discharged and fingerprints
were found on the stock when IL was ca
amired 81 the police station.
The gun was taken 10 Police Headquar-
ters last night for some ~ the hngerprint
experts 10 look over. The police expect
10 make quick work Of tracing the perpe-
traitor Of the crime from this piece Of evi-
l,ufp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
DROWNED AT MIDLAND BEACH
Police Launch Searches for Body OF
e. Z. Dukes.

Tho police Of Harbor Squad a we're re-
ouested last night TO search for tho body
Of BENJAMIN r. Dukes. thirty years old, Of
No. $40 East 6oth street, who, they were
toforr,ad Was drowned OF Midland Beach
in the afternoon while swimming
police launch. with graphing irons
aboard, was searching Tor the body mp TO
a late hour last night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
MAN SLAIN AS He SLEPT
FingerprintS on Gun CIeW in East
Side Murder Mystery.
BLACK HAND IS SUSPECTED
Buckshot Fired Into Italian S
Back as He Lay on Table
in Bowling Place.

One If those dark. quick killings which
may occur as the elimination Of an Old
World feud or be the work Of the vengetui
Black Hand IN this country took place
early Yesterday morning. when Frank RUS
So. thrifty young Siciian. Of No. N4 East
SD street. was shot IN cold blood AZ be lay
asleep on a table under the glare OF biz
arc light in the little "boche' alley OF out
of-doors bowling alley. frequeuted by ltsl-
ians, in the rear Of the tenement house at
No. 1872 East SD street.
Russo could not have been An easier mark
for his enemy. He lay face down on one
Of the small tables which stand on either
side OF the alley. on which food and drink
are served 10 the bowlers. directly beneath
the strong light IL was between L and Z
o'clock in the morning, and all save three
or four Of the PLAYERS had gone when Russo
appeared. ate and drank a little without
Joining IN the game and then stretched
himself on the table 70 take a nap. The
man who killed Russo fired heavy charge
Of buckEhot into his back, probably from
the fire escape or from one OF the upper
rear windows in the tenement houses which
back upon the small yard where "boche"
rs rlaved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
DANCES SEVEN HOURS; DIES
Man Testing Girls Endurance Sue
crumbs from Exhaustion.
nv Telegraph TO The Tribune. J

st. Paul Sept 3.-After dancing for
seven hours. A Z. Scott took his partner
10 a refreshment stand at Dreamland, IN
this CITY. early to-day. and toppled over
dead ~ he vas about to drink glass OF
soda. Miss Mamie Webb, SCOTS partner,
stood 5y his side a. ne fell.
II was In q spirit Of fun that the two
tested each others endurance. They start
ed dancing as soon as the pavilion opened
at 8 o'clock last night. and kept at II con-
stantlv save for the thirty seconds waits
Of the orchestra, until A, M to-day. Then
Scott. exhausted. decided N give up. He
was dead when bystanders started TO as
sist him ~ his feet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
Police Hurry 20 Scene.

Acting Captain Ward, Detective lie Gil
Ito and MCGOWAN and several uniformed
men were on the scene soon after the
shooting. The snot seemed 20 awaken the
whole neighborhood. and Italians from the
densely populated tenement houses sdioin-
in No. S22 ran into the street and gathered
IN excited little groups Patrolman Schrei-
Der, who was on post near by, reached the
place first and had sent call Tor Tie re-
serves.
Captain Ward and has men borrowed
lanterns from the Watchman az the hnick-
erbocker Ice Company plant across the
way, and quickly searched every room Ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
BOYS SUITS, COATS AND FURNISHINGS

BOYS SUITS. COATS AND FURNISHINGS
THE AUTUMN STOCK OF BOYS CLOTHING FOR
SCHOOL AND DRESS WEAR HAS BEEN OPENED
AND THERE ARE NOW BEING OFFERED SUITS OVERCoArs
AND REFERS IN THE NEW MATERIALS; TUXEDO SUITS
RIDING, DRIVING AND MOTOR GARMENTS: HATS. CAPS.
SHIRTS. PALAMAs. BATH ROBES. SWEATERS. NECKwEAR
CLOVES. SHOES HOSIERY, ETC
COMPLETE OUTFITS FOR BOYS ATTENDING
ACADEMIES PREPARATORY SCHOOLS, ETC.
Fifth Aurnur, 18th urh 1itr Strrrta, Afm unrk.