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The evening world., 1911-02-25
ZOO DRIVERS QUIT
GROCERY TRUCKS
IN WAGE STRIKE
Number Growing Every Day
and Employers Get Protec-
ton Against Violence.

The strike OF grocery truck drivers Is
on IN earnest. Tails morning siNty-fivc
men employed by the Francis II. Leg
gett Company went out. making about
two hundred IN all who nave quit work.
The men belong to Local No. 40 Of the
International Brotherhood of Teimsters
and their demands include an increase
OF 81 a week pay and thirty cents an
hour overtime. They want a ten-hour
day ana recognition of the union. They
are now getting So u week and . r"h.s
overtime.
The trouble began three days AGO..
when the Austin Nichols Company re-
fused the demands and about sixty men
walked out. The same proceeding fol-
lowed yesterday. when the drivers for
the Butler line of stores were refused.
The men have promised that no v.o-
lence viii be used. The employers have
called on the police for protection, and
this afternoon thirty patrolmen were
assigned to strike duty.
The first act OF violence was an attack
on william Spite, a driver for Clark,
Chaplin N Bushnell, produce dealers at
No. JJ Greenwich street, lie was so
badly beaten up that he vas obliged to
go home. The assault occurred near the
store and no arrests were made.
At the corner of Hudson and Beach
streets "A crowd Of half a hundred
strike sympathlzers held up a line of
Ave Lcggett wagons which We're under
police guard. 1hcy hooted the drivers
and one mar grabbed a horse By the
bride.
As though this were a signal, there
came "A shower OF bottles u mtss. ys
from the roofs Of the ~ncghborng
houses II tao special police ON the
wagons got of u make some arrests.
\ mb who hurled a bottle was chased
into a hallway, ana atter a light De-
tectivc Frederick aUu SpctiI. Onicar
Kerr arrested him.
lie was John Rcnner of No. 81 Charles
street, one of the striking LcEgctt dr.y-
ers, lie Was sent TO the Workhouse for
ten days hy Max strate Ncruunnun 10
Centre street Court. The MAGISTRATE
announced tlat he was determined To
stamp out violence of this kind.
one Of the striking drivers said to-
day: we want a ton-hour day and
more none In all classes of driving.
We want Sl6 for the doublc-horse truck
AS Cor the three-horst and S22 for the
Atpur-horso wagon. We rave been work
ing A twelve hour day and getting 81
cents overtime. We also want to have
the union recognized and on this las,
demand we are !nsistent."
The evening world., 1911-02-25
SUPERSTITION CAUSES
SHOOTING AT PINOCHLE.
Battle Started When One PLAYER
Threw Another's Black Coat
Out of Window.

Having a superstitious belief that the
sight Of anything black was an omen
that his fiye-year-old daughter. Marian.
would die, Frederick M~eisensahl, TWEEN.
ty-four. OF no. 2lIS Lexington avenue,
stopped a pinochle game at his rooms
long enough to throw Joseph CarmichIe's
black coat and hat out ~ the fourth
story window last night
Carmichael. VINO was his partner in
the game TO settle the ownership Of a
S. pawn ticket for "A photograph, did
not understand why his coat and nat
should suddenly be sent sailing to he
courtyard, and words followed.
Then somebody shot Meiscnaahl in the
loft llng nd inc Is In the Harlem Hos.
pi,il lu a serious condition. Carrich-
arl. Who Is twenty-five. and lives AZ No.
3lj East one Hundred and Nineteenth
street. IS said 20 ave been flourish.
ms a pistol waen he disappeared after
the shooting.
The evening world., 1911-02-25
COUNTESS GIVE
Up HER TITLE AND
BES|MPLY"MRS. "
American Wife Who Divorced
Won Beroldingen VIII Wed
Samuel Morris.

NEWPORT. Feb. s. ountess Mar
got Won Beroldlngsn's betrothal to SAM
uel Morris OF Bristol. secretary OF the
United States Rubber 4, ,mpany. was an
nounced yesterday by the Morris fam
NY. The wedding will take place here
In early spring. with her daughter
A~lexandrine, aged five. and her mother.
Mrs. Joseph Stone of New York. the
Countess remained In the family cot
taEe in bellevue avenue here until very
recently, when she went to Washington.
Mr.. Morris IL n member of the Rhode
Island bar and has served In the Legis-
nature. His winter home Is In New
York.
The announcement puts completely at
rest all surmise as 20 the outcome OF the
Alliance OF this New York girl with the
Austrian nobility. Her return to this
country in 1905 with her little daughter
provoked suspicion that life had not
gone well with her titNl husband. In
Inmates OF the family then understood
that h had then been apart from him
for eighteen months. living in Paris
with her mother. while he remained In
Austria. A divorce followed.
One popularity OF her first marriage
was that. although the brides family
had wealth. the Counts purpose was
not TO marry money. nor vas Miss stone
keen for q title. He had come to this
country 10 earn his living and turn
American In everything except nation
ality. For several years ne had em-
ployment with an express company and
won promotion by industry and merit.
He made no boast OF hrs title. n even
when the marriage disclosed 1t he dis
Outraged It's use among his friends. For
q long time after the marriage In 1904
he held to his job.
Life went happily with he couple in
this country. Trouble came with his In
~heritance. which necessltated living
abroad and maintaining like an aristo-
crat LANDED estates whose income was
consumed by taxes.
The evening world., 1911-02-25
HITS At FARMERS
IN FIGHTING THE
RECIPROCITY BILL.
cCunber BlameS
Them for the Tariff Agree
ment With Canada.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2j.-Responsibil-
ity for the conditions with which they
are now confronted was charged in part
TO the farmers themselves by senator
McCumber of North Dakota to-day in a
speech in the Senate against the Mccall
bill, which puts into form for enactment
into law the provisions of the
reciprocity agreement.
Holding that the ratification Of the
agreement would spell disaster for the
agricultural interests. t5e senator a.d
that their having loaned their ears 10
the arguments that were urged for lower
rates OF duty at the time of the pas
SAGE Of the Payne-Aidrich bill. and their
having given their votes I'm the ensuing
election to the opponents of those MEM
bers of Congress who had voted with
the leaders in the two Houses, had been
the undoing of n farmers.
He declared that when a crusade
against the whole tariff system was
launched in the press that natural
conservatism lost her balance n every
thing In the tariff bill was Condemned
That We needed money" ne continued.
ITO run the Government was lost sight
of and a wave Of free trad!sm that
would have destroyed every yestige of
protection and left the Government with
out revenue swept over the country"
The President, said Mr.. McCumber,
should not be censured for his advocacy
Of the reciprocity agreement. The farm
ers had shown by their votes last fall
that they had not wanted to return the
The evening world., 1911-02-25
JOHN !. N0ONAN,
ONCE POLITICAL
BOSS, IS DEAD
Companion Of Richard Croker
and Leader in Tammany
Hall Many Years.

John J. Noonan. an old frfen0 OF
Richard croker and political leader In
the old Seventh ward, died early to.
day at Bellevue Hospital from . com
plies ton OF diseases. lie was but dfty-
three years old. Mr.. Noonnn was taken
from his home. No. Sal East n Hun
dred and Eighty-second street. TO the
Hospital several weeks ago on he I'D
vice o. his physician. Police Surgeon
Nammack. lie was finally operated
on. but this was not successful.
Noonan leaves three daughters. Mrs..
Anna Beauchamp of No 200 East E1gh-
ty-sixth street. Priscilla. who attends
the Normal College and a younger Giri.
Nonan kept a saloon at Market and
Madison streets in the old days which
was noted as the rendezvous for the
political leaders in the early eighties.
lie was a companion of Paddy Diver
and the most able lieutenant of John +.
Ahearn. then the district leader.
Under Mayor Mcclellan. Noonan was
given "A responsible position In the De-
partment of Docks which he held up TO
the time of his last illness.
In personal appearance Noonan close
" resembled former Chief OF Police
Devery. and It was a constant Joke
with Noonan and his friends when Dew
cry was chief to see the patrolmen
salute him by mistake.
Noonan was "A member of the Demo-
cratic. Cherokee and Atlantic Yacht
Clubs and was an active power in the
knights OF Columbus. Funeral ar
engagements have not yet been made.
The evening world., 1911-02-25
LIFE PRISONERS WEALTH..
Estate Left by stephnni, Now In
Dannrmorn, Nears sIOO,OOO.

The estate OF Alphonse J., StephanA,
wha is serving a life term I'm Dame
mora prison and Is legally dead, Is
steadily increasing, according to an ac-
counting filed I'm the supreme Court to-
day by the Trust Company Of America,
ACTING as n committee. OF the property.
Stephani IL worth $9l,u M invested in
railroad stocks, bonds, mortgages and
real estate, During the past year his
income from dividends was $5.iil,43.
while the expense in managing his es-
tate was only El,055.1 Stephan drew
only $500 for his personal use during the
year.
When the trust company was appoint
ed to take charge Of the property II was
said Stephanl had no relatives living.
The evening world., 1911-02-25
CURB BROKERS BAND
INTO REAL EXCHANGE,
Association Has Nucleus of Us
Members TO Operate Under
Rules on Street.

One hundred n seventy-fve curb
brokers out OF two hundred have en-
dorsed the proposed constitution OF the
New York Curb Market" association,
thereby assuring the success OF the
plan. Two hundred brokers' of good
standing were given the privilege Of
joining the new organization, which ia
to be governed along lines somewhat
similar to the rules OF the New York
Stock Exchange.
The organization rules will not be-
come effective until the organization OF
the association is completed. Ut is
likely tina, the election of officers and
committees Will take place early next
week.
The evening world., 1911-02-25
FAULTY GAS STOVE KILLS..
Rosenberg Forgcts Ia Turn ON
second jet aud IL Asph,,Intcd,

Oscar Rosenberg, sixty years old.
had trouble to-day with the gas stove
in his room at 40, 35 East Elghty-srr-
ond street. When he couldn't light II.
he closed one jet. but forgot to close
the other.
The escaping gas gave him a head
ache ana he returned 60 bed, whore he
was overcome. When he was dis
covered, he was able 10 tell what had
happened, but immediately collapsed
and dc Hi5 body was claimed by his
wife. Nina Rosenberg Of so. 1870 Sec
ond avenue, from whom ne was
separated.
The evening world., 1911-02-25
To Ala widowed Nuihrrs,

At the second annual meeting ~ the
widowed Mothers FUND Association, to-
he held AZ the Hotel Aston tomorrow
afternoon, Miss Emma Dunn viii read
q poem dedicated To the work. There
VIII ne speeches los Michael j. Drum
mord, John J Murphy, Robert W. Heb
bard and Leon Zelotkoff. The aim OF
tao association IS to help widowed
mothers and their children without
scnUiag their children TO orphan asy-
lums,
The evening world., 1911-02-25
GAYN0R TO COLLEGE MEN.
Needed In Politics, but should be-
gln nj the bottom.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Feb. Mayor
W. J Gaynor OF New York advised COL
lege men TO 60 In for politics ana 20
start al the bottom IN the Yale DAILY
News to-day. lie said
Yes, college men ur educated men,
provided they are honest. are needed In
politics. II Is impossible TO tel them
where TO begin. Most Of them want to
begin at the top, wilsl is folly. They
ought to begin At the bottom"
The evening world., 1911-02-25
Fire Departments Help Each Other

The fire departments of Newark and
Fast Orange combined to-day to put
out the flames which practically de-
stroyed Thopas Smiths saloon and
bowling alley at Sixth avenue and
Fourteenth street, Newark. The othc:
side Of Fourteenth street is In East
orange; hence the b%rotherly effort.
The damage was estimated at s10.O0 o
The evening world., 1911-02-25
rio, 10 KIN r~re.id.n, of na,t,.

kINGSTON, JlmlICl, FrO, y, FrI-
Nate Hdvic,s state that a few days ago
an attempt was made to asslsSInnte
President Simon OF liaytl, hut the plot
failed. The British Minister at iluyti
has cabled to the British representa-
tves here asking that "a second cruiser
be- sent there 20 protec; British Inter
ests.
The evening world., 1911-02-25
Blind Man Killed by Fail.

Edward HolOran, IN octogenarian,
who was totally blind, fell dean a flight
OF stairs In his home. No. los Vine
street, Paterson, y. j., to-day and broke
his neck. lie died instantly.
Ho'oran intended 10 20 to the yard TO
the rear of his home Tor a summing when
The accident happened.
The evening world., 1911-02-25

The mystery OF tho Red Triangle
given in book form with next Sundays
World. a great Detective Story. en-
titled The Case Of n1r. Jacob Mason
another of tho ROD Triangle stories in
which the great London Detectives ad-
ventures in the solution Of this per-
picking mystery are related, free with
next Sundays World.
The evening world., 1911-02-25
HOTEL MAN GIVES
BACK CAMERA He
HELD AS SECURITY
Real Estate Broker Lost Il
Taking Soldiers on Outing
at Long Beach.

A sh,,wreck on Long Beach. a com
many nj so,diers ~ ~. Natior.l
cuord valuable ,,mora rowho,t.
.
~
''oe "es''iNes WIZ "'"'"e '"e
'a"s "hlch weht TO make ihteres''n"
a suit which was tried before Jus'r"
~Oppenheimer In the Sixth Dis riot
Municipal Court. EIghty-third street
and Third avenue n decided to-day.
The plaintiff. Emanuel rannenba i'm,
a member OF the New York Board or
Real Estate Brokers. sued to ecovcr
possession OF a camera valued at $50.
which. II was asserted. was unlavfullv
held by the defendant IN the action.
Bernard a. Smith. a Long Island hotel
keeper.
Tannenbaum .p,nt his vacation las,
summer ut Ions Beach. Labor Day
he went to tho beach to take some
pictures. There ne met a company Of
soldiers of h the National Guard and
took several pictures. II occurred to
him that II he could arrange for the
o''f' " ~ ''h'" GU. W " VIZ" y"
shore they "ouid make an effective
picture.
lilo suggested this to william Right
mire, a hotel proprietor, as a good adj
&, r,isemen, for him ~ IA. Womb pro-
,A1o ,,,,s :, oor,o. ,no soid,.rs "a tho
-
Wv So
10 '"rhlSh 'he ho'eINeePer WIN v" pn"-
toSraphs OF the expedition MT Rlght-
mire consented.
Tannenbaum says he wished to march
with his military friends and as he did
The evening world., 1911-02-25
COLLEGE JAN|TOR
STOLE CATS FOR
GIRL CUT-UPS
Pets Follow Tramp FelineS
Into Oblivion and Sleuths
Nab Squires.
HE MAKES CONFESSION.
Pussies Of Every Degree Were
His Victims, and Collegians
Carved EN-.
HE MAKES CONFESSION.

NATTCK, Mass. reb. 25.-If all that
enc o,Ii,. said ,o.d,v at IN, ,rr,ivn-
m.nt Of Jsnitor John suu,,., Of Wei.
le,,ey College upon n charge Of the
sr.,, t.r,.,v az dty.rs an, y.,,,ns
-, - 49,.
- W" ~" 49,
p"Sss' me po'I.e W"u'n haNo '"u 'e-
"e'e thht the "e'IesI'E ''I'ese sh'S
JUS cote on cutting up fellies ana see
ting what makes them tick.
Nowhere around Natick or Wellesley
can you ma snv missiles An the
tram, ,.,. ,.v. v,,i.,., ,,o,, ia. ,,..
a, ,.--.... o.,
IS
'"' "o'""eueSs " Jew "eeNS Since
""eie"po" Na'ei "aro'" bfo"h Vi 'he
Nstick police was besought by the avn
ere OF the disappearing eats to scout
round ana nnd their darling tabbies.
Chief Brown secuted and soon made a
startling discovery. lie learned. he
says. that In the physiological laboratory
of Wellesley the dear girls were having
. perfectly lovely time carving and
hacking away at poor PUSHES. When
this got out there WAS II tremendous
uproAr. 80 hot was the Indignation
nat II fairly burned up the dead furze
Along the banks OF the nearby Charles.
Continue to Disappear.
Chief Brown WAS unsbl. To ASCERTAIN
whether or not viyisection was prae.
slsed. III. coll-y. professors deni,d
that such Was the case. Tn. dear Girls
shudder.d at the thought. but never.
thsless Tables aud toms and sleek
plump kittens continued To %sappe
There WAS q time at Natick when
the slightest howl of the night-staIk,n
Tom could he heard as far away AS
Auburndale. The mezzo-soprano ans
wei OF the Observation-Disclosures ia
would answer from behind the shelter
Of many serried hedges. Now all In
stii. Not the faintest meow" can b.
heard In these parts.
After Janitor Squires's arrest Chief
Brown thst he had wrunx
the confession from him that he had
eathered up Nniiek cats by the bushel;
ma ne s'a'Aea lhem al night. breaking
~ upon theif shriii amours; that by
Gay lie got a line upon their habitats
by rubbing his boots with catnip and
aiiing his pockets with In. same. thar
cats foiiow.d hin, h,., a. a., ,.,I...
,,od.n,. ,,iI,.., a.. NJ, n
a. -. ~ 10 i.'' 'iPe'' an"
80 s""'ss anu "hsuspectihs
S1s''eS :" INC 'apora'ofy' where the
lear girls were waiting to take them
apart and put them together again.
Every degree and or,:er of N,ti,k and
Wellesley cats is alleged tn h,va neon
saer,a,,sd I'm ,h, ,,,.,,., -. r..
iii. -, - "" "
"S" "' a''u' "ha'
"'"ue .'s PuIr' MSS SPIT breathe.
walk skulk' hght aud make love. This
professors were anxious that their pupils
should not only know something about
cat physiology, but feline p-sychoI,yv
q. wall
r. 49,,
ee' =" " oats Psseholosy you We
The evening world., 1911-02-25
Head of Hartman Lines Says
While Ruling Will Hamper,
II viii Not Block Them.
IMPROVEMENTS GO ON.
Hopes for New Ways 10 Re.
gain Confidence of Capital
and Get Needed Money.

Los ANGELES, cal. Feb. 2-"The
decision Ia bound TO have q depressing
effect" said X. s. Lovctt. President Of
the southern PaciHc and Union Pacific
Railroads. who arrived with a party OF
officers last night on n special train
from the East. while discussing the In
terstate Commerce Commissions rate
decision.
The railroads will be hampered In
getting money. but perhaps there may
be "A way TO regain the confidence Of
capital" he added alphabetically.
The country needs our railroads and
ali these facilities which we are going
10 provide. We cannot make progress
by IA rotrograde movement II We wait
until all our difficulties are out OF the
way We will find our lines falling behind
Instead OF doing their share In the de-
velopment Of the country traversed by
them. We have kept pace with the de-
velopnent SO far. and we intend to con-
tinue doing SO as long as We an. re-
gardless of temporary disturbances
OF any kind.
The evening world., 1911-02-25

l.. ID. Armstrong Of No. 40 Wall street.
one OF the attorneys representing the
Arnold family, said this afternoon that
he had no Information upon the reported
trip of Miss Arnold to Danville. He
added that the story was in keeping
with the general trend of discoveries
which had been made in various parts
of the world.
When the story from Danville was
read to M, Armstrong he said:
1T looks like one of the same tooL
that has been coming in right along
You remember they a her located in
Richmond q day or two ago. | cannot
see any difference between this story
and any one of the twenty or more that
have come from various other points"
The evening world., 1911-02-25
JAMES McCREERY& CO.
25rd Street 9Th Street

On Monday and Tuesday
February the 27th and 2Sth
The evening world., 1911-02-25
Railroads Must Progress.

1T Ii Impossible for the railroads to
stand still, and 1t IL necessary to have
money to carry out the programme OF
improvements We have determined
upon.
w have spent fabulous sums In the
last year developing our properties. and
we have kept 1t up despite handicaps
put on railroads by adverse legislation
and the restricting of our right to earn
fair returns on our legitimate expendi-
lures"
Mr.. Lovett and his party will spend
several days In Los Angeles n will
then return East by way OF San Fran
cisco. Portland and ogden.
WASHINGTON. Feb. a5.-The rail-
roads will not appeal the decision OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission
that freight rates cannot be Increased.
While no definite conclusion will be
reached until Monday. when a meeting
OF the executive heads and legal ad-
visers OF the big lines will be held. It Is
said the railroad lawyers are In doubt
as to the possibility Of appeal. and are
OF the opinion that tae railroads will not
van TO after the matter Is thoroughly
discussed. The Pennsylvania has denn-
itely announced that 4: will not join In
any appeal.
The evening world., 1911-02-25
DOROTHY ARNOLD
IS FOUND" AGAIN
N DANVLLE, VA.
Police Declare Missing Heiress
Spent Week There and Left
Suddenly.

DANNlIh.E. Va" Feb. 2i-Dorothy
ArnolC. the missing New York heiress.
whose whereabouts have been reported
from many parts or the United states
and Europe. spent rearly a week in
TINS city and left suddenly last We'd
nesday. according to the local police.
The officials declare emphatically
that a prepossessing young woman
who so%Journed here m~ysteriously and
left hurrledly was. without doubt. me
long-sought Miss Arnold. Every effort
is BENG made by detectives TO pick I'D
a clew indicating where the young
oma went after she left this city.
Evening journal., 1911-10-05
MORE RED CHIEFS
RAISED TO STUMPS

Great Mishinewa John +. Lynn, act
ing as great sachem, accompanied by
the following acting great chiefs,
Great Prophet William II. Ferguson,
Great Senior Sagamore William J.
Morris. Great Junior Sycamore Ed
ward Savers. Great Sannap David J..
Evans. Great Chief of Records VIII
liam ]. Hunter. Great Guard of Wig
wan William Il. Rutter, trailed to the
hunting grounds Of Talleyville and
raised the chiefs of Alapocha Tribe,
No. AZ, as follows Prophet, William
H. Appleton; sachem, Henry Wilson;
senior sycamore, Ernest Talleys
junior sycamore, Edwin Reynolds,
sannaps, Harold Mousley, Robert
Armstrong; warriors, Lewis Evans,
Harry c. Todd, Ralph Evans, Walter
l.. Wilson; braves. John T. Kay, Les
lie Wilson, Walter Talley, William M
McCrea; guard of forest. John Steifel;
guard OF wigwam, Earl Wilkinson
Long talks we're made by all the visit
ing great chiefs,
Great Senior Sycamore James T
Semerteen, assisted by the following
acting great chiefs. Great Prophet
Frank d. Walker, Great Senior Saga
more William ID. Morrow, Great Jun
ior Sycamore Harvey b. Hansbury
Great Sannap Clarence w. Porter
Great Mishinewa Abraham Bachracn
Great Guard of the Forest Charlie
Meechem. raised the chiefs of Chero
kee Tribe No. 4, on Tuesday evenin
as follows, Sachem, J. Franklin Len
derman; senior sycamore, Henry
Cohee; junior sycamore, Aubre
Brown; prophet, James F. Wharton
sannaps. Clarence w Porter. Duan
NJ Cohee; warriors. Maynard B. Yea
man. Jesse T. Semerteen, Howard !
Johnson, William S Holt; brave
William II. Huff, George w. M. Crosl
land. c. Howard Whiteford; guard
wigwam, Raymond p Bowers; gual
OF forest, Ernest Greenfield. Aft
long talks by the great chiefs Pa
Great Sachem Charles Mclntire, {
behalf OF the tribe, presented to Cla
ence W Porter. the retiring proph'
a past snchem's regalia and congrat
lated him and the other young mer
hers of the tribe for the active inte
est they were taking IN upbuiiding Il
organization. The newly rais'
sachem, J. Franklin Lenderman, pr
sented the tribe with a box Of cigar
Acting Deputy Great Sachem St
phen J. Barcuss with Past Sache
sziliiam ]. Buckley as Senior PA