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PRENDERCAST'SA AID
MAKES AN ATTACK
ON NEW CHARTER
Tells Committee at Public
Hearing Why He Opposes
the Measure.
WOMEN PROTEST TOO.
Senator Cullen Says All Or
atory of Cart-Tail Variety
Will Be Barred.
WOMEN PROTEST, TOO

In the absence OF Comptroller Prem
derGast. who IL abroad. Deputy Comp
troiier Douglas Matthewson appeared to-
day before the cities Committee Of the
Legislature. which Is holding public
hearings in tho City Hall on the pro-
posed city charter. and protested visor-
ousiy to several of the sections affecting
the Finance Department and the Board
Of Estimate. He Objected 70 these pro-
posed provisions:
G4vins the chairman Of the Aidermanic
Finance Committee . seat In the Board
Of Estimate with a salary Of 5000.
The power of veto proposed to be vest
cd In tho Mayor ovsr acts Of the Board
OF Estimate.
Permitting ths aenrstarv of h Board
Of Estimate to conduct separate tnvesti-
cations regarding Board OF Estimate
matters or to make up the budget.
Allowing the Mayor 70 have the nnal
say regarding the destruction Of useless
oficiai city records.
Mr.. Matthewson declared that the
courts should pass upon such matters.
Secretary Smith Of the Committee re-
piled that courts only Ind jurisdiction In
tho matter of county records.
Reposing the power of settling all dis
putes regarding the transfer and leases
The evening world., 1911-08-21
THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, AUGUST 81, 1911.

Of city property an6 matters anectirI
the budget In the Mayor
Misses Estcllc and Isabella Evesson NJ
No Us West Ninety-rourth street were
the only women spectators amon the
group Of one hundred thai sat In the
Aldormanic chamber during the hear
The young wonen-former foot
light stars-clalmed that one section Of
the proposed charter IL aimed at the
c~onfscation OF the estate OF their grand
Abraham ia ssford. The Bass
ford estate has figured In the courts.
The Misses Evesson were prepared.
they declared, to address h commit.
tee on the section which deals wholly
with court records as affecting the
Bassford estate.
At the outset OF the hearing Senator
Cullen gave warning that no speeches
OF the "cart-tail" variety would be
tolerated. lie said: "There has been In
instances far too much ~denuncia-
tion and abuse INDUCED In and far too
little fair and logical criticism. This
committee IL here to listen 10 a free and
and is not here to be burdened with
speeches of the cart-tail variety. II goes
without saying that the bill before
US Is OF the tmo importance and de-
clean, able and dignined discus
sion and the Chair has the support OF
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YORKER ACCUSED
OF OFFERING BRIDES.
Theodore Schwake Arrested al
Kingston on Charges OF Judge
and Lawyer.

KINGSTON. n. y, Aug. 2i.-Four
men. accused Of being expert pick
pockets. who have been operating OF
Hudson River steamers and trains. were
sentenced TO six months In the Albany
Penitentiary here to-day. but n more
serious charge. that OF attempting 20
bride both judge and opposing counsel.
vas lodged against the man who sp-
peared as their attorney.
When tho prisoners were a%rraiened to-
day. Amos Van Etten. who appeared
~ attorney for the Ne WORK Central
Railroad. told the Court ahs CHS man.
who Eave his name a. Theodore
schwake. and SAID he was q New York
attorney. had offered him an automo-
bile II he woui withdraw the complaint
Soon afterwArd Recorder Groves Or
dersd Sch wakes arrest The Recorder
said that while he was talking with the
attorney. he latter slipped 90 n his
desk. schwaks WAS hold in 5000 bail
for a hearing on Wednesday.
The men sentenced were Joseph
Steiner, Martin Ryan. William arnett
and James 6tickncy. All were arrested
in Aiabny last Saturday and pleaded
to charges Of disorderly conduct
and loitcrinG.
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UNITED WIRELESS CROOKS
90 TO PRISON TOMORROW.
Appeal From Sentence Denied to
Millionaire Wilson and Other
Convicted Officials,

The mandate Of the United States
Circuit Court OF Appeals. anirmins the
verdict In the case OF Col. Christopher
Columbus Wilson. president of the
United Wireless Telegraph Company;
Francis X. Butler. counsel OF and d.
rector In the same corporation. and
william w. Tompkins. head OF the New
York Selling Agency. which disposed Of
wireless stock 20 investors. was filed
to-day.
The men were convicted OF misuse OF
the mails to defraud investors In United
Wireless stock Wilson was sentenced
by Judge Martin to three ear tmpris.
In tho Federal Penitentiary at
Atlanta. Ga: Butler to n two-year
term In the same place. and Tompkins
To one years Imprisonment In h Peni-
Tertiary on Blackwells Island.
United states Marshal Henkel to-day
directed the three men to be ready to
70 to prison Tomorrow morning.
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PROD|GAL TOOK
HIS LIFE JUST AS
HE GOT new JOB
Agent for Asbestos Concern
Found Dead from Gas
in Office.
LEFT FATHERS LETTER.
"For Gods Sake Behave Your
self" Parent Wrote When
Another Chance Came.

Elmer NJ. Hammons. thirty-nve yeass
old. New York representative o. the
United States Asbestos Company Of
Philadelphia. committed suicide to-day
by lnhalinE gas through q tube In one
of the Offices he occupied on h third
noor OF No. 2i Pearl street. He had
been dead several hours when Joseph
Weiss. Q seventeen-year-old boy en-
ployed by the printing concern Of Wood
4 Salter, with q loft on the fourth floor
OF the building. climbed down . hre-
escape and broke into a window OF che
asbestos c%ompany's warerooms.
The suicide had fastened tho tube IN
his mouth after he had stretched him.
self on a table under the gas fixtures.
BY the time tho employees OF Wood 4
safe. arrived this morning the hall
ways were filled with gas. Tho fumes
were traced to the door OF the asbestos
company's offices. but this door was
locked and boltcd. When the suicide
VA discovered Patrolman Carmody Of
the Oak Street Station was sent for. He
learned that Il. IL. Martin. who repre-
scnts anOtner bDestos coilpany At NO.
20 Broadway. was a friend OF Ham,
mons, and sent for him. A boy m
sloyed by Martin Identified the body.
Letters in tho young mans clothing
Nlnched the Identification. There was
,ne letter written by Chester Lawrence
i'm, president of the United States
Asbestos Company. to George Hammons
II Chicago. general manager Of the
Advance Packing Company n father
OF the suicide. In this letter Mr.. Hin
toIA the elder Hammons that he was 60
ing to give his son a good job and that
II The would only mix with decent as
soclates and behave himself no would
get along.
The elder Hammons had forwarded
this letter to bis son and had written
beneath the signature OF Mr.. Hill:
MY Dear Son-For Gods sake. make
good on this Job and behave yours self
DO this for the sake Of your mother
and father
No one In the Pearl street building
had any intimate acquaintance with
young HIammons. and Mr.. Martin. his
business associate. could not be found.
His employer was telegraphed TO and
promised to arrive In New York this
afternoon.
When the Coroner arrived he found
several letters written by young women,
all of who asked why Hammons neg.
leotsd 20 write to them. Ono OF thess
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the committee to hew close along these
lines"
Alderman John walsh. the Orator"
from Tammsny Leader Nick IIayes's
district, appeared before the committee,
not as = Cty Father. nc explained, but
Ne an Interested citizen lie advo-
Gated the return OF the franchise-giving
power 10 the Board Of Aldermen. lie
declared that the Board is one Of the
most powerful branches Of the city
government and that IL was "unpa-
triotic and un-American" for the Lcgis-
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letters vas written from Monroe, Me.
n signed Florence" Another came
from Kenilworth. n. j.. and was signed
Mary" None OF these missives dis
closed how far the suicide's fr~ienship
for the writer's had progressed.
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lature 10 deprive the Board OF the power
to pass upon franchises.
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Vccosee eAxeaAC
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures nothing in
the house fit to eat. I'm going home
to my mother.
Mr.. Justwed (broke)-Wait till get
my hat, and Ill go with you.
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Venice.

OF the books about Venice there IL
no end. For the historian the Queen
Of the Adriatic" has always possessed
a peculiar charm. and there are any
number of histories of the famous
city-state. OF course the great reser'
voir of information concerning the We.
netian republic is the "Archi-ks of
Venice" published at intervals
throughout the years and still being
regularly added to. In order to be-
come posted on the monetary sys.
TEN Of the Venetian Republic" one
would have to wade through many
works bearing generally upon Vene
tian history. There is no single ex.
haustive work along that particular
line, but in nearly all of the histories
Of the republic may be found some
thing illustrative OF her wonderful
financial system.
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MAKING GOOD CIDER VINEGAR
Process Is Simple and Involves Very
Little Work-CIeanlness Is First
important Factor.

By 8. NJ MILLER.)
There are many apple orchards, es.
pecially those that have never been
sprayed or cultivated, in which large
quantities of apples are allowed to go
to waste every year.
Such fruit makes a good grade Of
cider vinegar, and handsome profit
can be made in utilizing 1t in this way
Even If one sprays and cultivates the
orchard regularly each season and
does everything possible to prevent
having anything but marketable fruit
there will always be a good many
culls.
However, do not allow these unmer.
charitable apples to go to waste. Make
cider vinegar from them and get
good price for the product right here
at home.
Making cider vinegar is very simple.
There is practically no labor attached
to it other than extracting the juice
from the apples.
| Perfect cleanliness first, last and all
| the time is matter Of vital impor.
lance. Apples that are picked up from
the ground are usually dirty and
should be thoroughly washed before
being placed in the cider mill.
The mill and all utensils used in the
making must be kept we'll cleaned If
a good product is to be made. To use
unclean fruit or unclean vessels sim
ply invites bad fermentation.
If all sorts of germs which are found
on dirty and decayed fruit are put in
the cider a good quality OF vinegar
must not be expected.
Where one has no mill the fruit can
be pulped by hand with wooden mauls
in wooden trough, and where only a
sufficient quantity of vinegar is want
ed for home use 1t is not difficult
matter to secure 1t in this way.
The best receptacles in which to
put the cider are molasses kegs or
barrels, preferably those which have
held vinegar previously, since fermen
tation commences sooner when the fer
menting organism is present than
when it must find it's way into the
liquid from outside mediums.
To made a good grade Of vinegar
two factors are essential during the
process of fermentation. First, thu
air must have free access to the liquil
to support the organism. Second, the
temperature must be favorable for the
growth of the fermenting agent.
The barrels or kegs should be placed
In a room where the temperature will
be fairly constant at 70 to Is degrees
placed on their sides in order to give
more surface to the atmosphere, and
filled with the juice to within six in
ches to eight inches of the bunghole
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LUCKY MISTAKE.
Grocer Sent Pkg. Of Postum ana
Opened the Eyes Of the Family.

A lady writes from Brookline, Mass:
"A package Of Postum was sent mo
one day by mistake.
II notified the grocer. but finding
that there was no coffee for breakfast
next morning I prepared some OF tho
Postum, following the directions very
carefully.
1T was an immediate success in my
family, and from that day We have
used it constantly, parents and chill
dren, too-for my three rosy young
sters are allowed to drink it freely at
breakfast and luncheon. They think 1t
delicious, and l would have mutiny
on my hands should l omit the be-
loved beverage.
my husband used to have a very
delicate stomach while we were using
coffee, but to our surprise his stom
ach has grown strong and entirely well
since we quit coffee and have been on
Postum.
Noting the good effects in my fam
lily wrote to my sister, who was
coffee topper, and after much persua
sion got her to try Postum.
"She was prejudiced against 1t a,
first, but when she presently found
| that all the ailments that coffee gave
her left and she got we'll quickly she
| became and remains a thorough and
| enthusiastic Postum convert.
| "Her nerves, which had become
| shattered by the use Of coffee have
| grown healthy again, and today she is
a new woman. thanks to Postum"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. and the "cause why" will
90 found in the great little book, "The
Road to Wellville," which comes 4
pkgs.
Ever read the above letterI pew
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of Aunas
interest.
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KEEP THE LAWN BEAUTIFUL
Rake All Moss Out and Cut Darde-
lions and PIantain Well Below
Crowns-Plant Borders.

Go over the lawn and If you find
moss rake it out. Cut we'll below the
crowns of dandelions and plantain. IT
possible top dress the lawn with leaf
mold or thoroughly rotten straw or
manure.
The continuous Towering border
recommends itself to the busy house
wife who wants lot OF flowers and
who has but little time to give to them.
Prepare a border two or two and one
half feet wide and spade it two feet
deep, enriching it with well-rotted
manure. Into this border plant all
sorts of ANIMALS, perennials and bulbs
placing the tall growing ones in the
hack row and the short ones alons
the edge OF the border. As the year:
pass the border will grow in beaut!
ami bloam ten months In the year.
almost.
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their fingers. A premonltion of some
thing of this kind may be what ill.,
duced King George to prohibit moving
picture men from being present at the
coronation.
Such affairs as the primitive hustle
for food In st. Stephens hall tend not
only to keep our vision clear in this
respect, but to bring home the truth
behind an answer once made by the
founder of the house Of Astor-that
all he was able to get out Of life were
three meals day, place to sleep
and clothing to wear.
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Thirst for knowledge.

Stringent laws prevent the serving
of liquor even in dining cars on trains
in North Dakota, but the walters have
exact knowledge Of the state boun.
Diary lines, according to the St. Louis
Mirror. They had been rolling
through that interminable state a
long time, when the w. G. T. U.
delegate from the east came into the
car for her dinner. Casting her eye
out of the window upon q somewhat
changed landscape. she remarked to
the waiter: Are we still in North
Dakota?" mo, maam," answered
George alertly, with a hospitable gcig.
"Whatll YOU drink. ma'a,n?"
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ed, his horse wearied and had to be
spurred into the swifter stride. but
the man seemed tireless. The sun was
an hour high when they climbed the
long hill, and loped into Carson City.
The cantonment was to the right, but
Keith, having no report to make. rode
directly ahead down the one long
street to livery corral. leaving his
horse there. and sought the nearest
restaurant.
Exhausted by a night of high play
and deep drinking, the border town
was sleeping off it's debauch, saloons
and gambling dens silent, the streets
almost deserted. To Keith, whose for.
mer acquaintance with the place had
been entirely after nightfall. the view
of 1t now was almost a shock-the
miserable shacks, the gaudy saloon
fronts, the littesred streets, the dingy,
implanted hotel. sf'e dirty flap of can
vas, the unoccupied road, the dull
prairie sweeping away 20 the hori>on.
all composed a hfdeous picture be-
meath the sun glare. He could scarce
ly find man to attend his horse, and
at the restaurant a drowsy Chinaman
had to be shaken awake, and fright.
ened into serving him. He sat down
to the miserable meal oppressed with
disgust-never before had his lite
seemed so mean, useless, utterly with
out excuse.
He possessed the appetite Of the
open, Of the normal man in perfect
physical health, and he ate heartily.
his eyes wandering out Of the olJnn
window down the long. dismal street.
A drunken man lay in front Of the
RED Light" saloon sleeping undis-
turbed; two cur dogs were snarling at
each other just beyond over bone;
movers wagon was slowly coming
in across the open through cloud Of
yellow dust. That was all within the
radius of vision. For the first time in
years the East called him-the old
life of cleanliness and responsibility
He swore to himself as he tossed the
Chinaman pay for his breakfast. and
| strobe out onto the steps. Two men
were coming up the street together
from the opposite direction-one lean,
dark skinned, with black goatee, the
other heavily set with closely trim
med gray beard. Keith knew the lat
ter, and waited, leaning against the
door, one hand on his hip.
"Hullo, Bob" he said genially;
"they must have routed you out pref
ty early today"
They shore Gid. jack" Tas the 70
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"No more than an unborn babe.
have been here but an hour"
"Thats it: If yer had been longer
thar wouldn't be no trouble. Yo're
wanted for KILN couple O. men out
at Cimmaron Crossin' early yesterday
mornin'."
Keith stared at him too completely
astounded for the Instant to even
speak Then he gasped.
"For Gods sake, Hicks, do you be-
lieve that?"
"1m damned If I know" returned
the marshal, doubtfully. Don't seem
like ye'd do it, but the evidence ia
straight 'nough, an thar amt nothin'
fer me ter do but take We in. amt
no jedge an jury"
'No, but you ought to have ordinary
sense, an you've known me for three
years."
"Sure l have, Jack, but If yee've
gone wrong, you won't be the first
good man I've seen do it. Anyhow, the
evidence is dead agin you, an I'd ar
rest my own grand-dad if they give
me warrant agin him.
"What evidence is there?"
give men swear they saw We haul
in the bodies about, and lootin' the
pockets"
Then Keith understood, his heart
beating rapidly, his teeth clenched to
keep back an outburst of passion. So
that was their game, was it?-some
act of his had awakened the cowardly
suspicious of those watching him
across the river. They were afraid
that he knew them as white men.
And they had found way to safely
muzzle him. They must have ridden
hard over those sand dunes to have
reached Carson City and sworn out
this warrant. 1t was good trick,
likely enough to hang him, if the fell
lows only stuck to their story. All
this flashed through his brain, yet
somehow he could not clearly compre
bend the full meaning, his mind con
fused and dazed by this sudden real
ization of danger. His eyes wandered
from the steady gaze of the marshal
who had half drawn his gun fearing
resistance, to the man at the bottom
of the steps. Suddenly 1t dawnec
upon him where he had seen thai
dark-skinned face, with the black goa
tee, before-at the faro table of thu
Red Light" He gripped his hands
together, instantly connecting tina
sneering, sinister face with the plot.
"Who swore out that warrants"
II did, If you need to know" a sar
castle smile revealing CLEAN o
white teeth, ION the affidavit of others
friends of NINE"
"Who are you?"
"1'm mostly called Black Bart"
That was it; he had the name nov
-"Black Bart" He Strengthened VI
SO quickly, his eyes blazing, tina
the marshal jerked his gun clear.
"See here, Jack" shortly, ARE We
goin' to raise row, or come alonI
quiet?"
AS though the words had arouse'
him from bad dream, Keith turne'
to front the stern, bearded face.
"There'n be no row, Bob" he said
quietly. "1'll go with you"
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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Spouse. He came up the steps some
what heavily, his companion stopping
below. "1'he boys raise hell all night,
an then come ter me ter straighten
it out in the mawnin'. When did ye
git in?"
can hour ago; had to wake the
'chink' up to get any chuck. Town
looks dead"
"Tain't over lively at this time O.
day." permitting his blue eyes to wan.
der up the silent street, but instantly
bringing them back to Keith's face,
"but reckon It'll wake up later on"
He stood squarely on both feet, and
one hand rested on the butt of re-
volver. Keith noticed this, wonder
ing vaguely.
Il reckon yer know, Jack, as how
ginerally git what goes after" said
the slow, drawing voice, AN that
draw bout as quick as any O. the
boys. They tell me yo're gun-fight.
er, but it won't do ye no good ter
make play yere, fer one O. us is sure
to git yer-do yer sabe?"
Get me?" Keith's voice and face
expressed establishment, but not a
muscle of his body moved. "What do
you mean, Bob-are you fellows after
MOI"
Sure thing; got the warrant here" "
and he tapped the breast Of his shirt
with his left hand.
The color mounted into the cheeks
Of the other. his lips grew set and
white, and his gray eyes darkened.
LET it all out. Marshal" he said
sternly, you've got me roped and
tied. Now what's the charger"
Neither man moved. but the one be-
low swung about so as to face them.
! one hand thrust out Of sight beneath
the tail Of his long coat.
make him throw up his hands,
Bob" he said sharply.
"Oh, l reckon thar amt goin' ter
! be no trouble" returned the marshal
genially, yet with no relaxation of at
tention. Keith knows me, an ex.
poets fair deal. Still. maybe l bet.
ter ask yer to unhitch yer belt, Jack"
A moment Keith seemed to hesitate
plainly puzzled by the situation and
endeavoring to see some way of es
cape; then his lips smiled. and he
silently unlocked the belt, handing 1t
over.
Sure, know you're square, Hicks.
he said, coolly. "And now I've unlim
bered, kindly inform me what this is
all about"
81 reckon yer do1't know"
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A Rebuff.
Listen to the voice of reaG. n.
II isn't coming from yoa
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When All Are Alike

brows, swung their glittering robes
over their left arms and waded In
much as the members of promiscu-
aus crowd do at butchers picnic in
America. The stately countesses did
likewise. Possibly, because Of expert.
ence at bargain counters, they utilized
their elbows to better advantage than
the men. And probably 1t is the mer-
.ciless truth that some OF them used
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-08-10

There was one incident of the cor
onation ceremonies in London which
was not emphasized In the news re.
ports. 1t was the lunch served in old
st. Stephens hall after the main
event was over.
When the time came there was a
mad scramble for the tables where
the food was served. August earls
grabbed their segonets ~ their netle
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A Distinction.

Mrs. Gaddy-There are some dis
tinctions in life which are very puz-
Zling to me.
Professor Pundit-Like what, for in.
stance?
Mrs. Gaddy-When you write every.
thing bad and mean in mans life In
a book for everybody to read, 1t is
biography; but when you just tell the
same things to few people on front
porch, It's gossip.
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SYNOPSIS.

Jack Keith, a virginian. now a Dor
der plainsman, IL riding along the Santa
Fe trail on the lookout for roaming war
parties of savages. He. notices a. camp
attached to wagon and at full gallop
pursued by men on ponies. When Keith
reaches the wagon the raiders have mass
acred two men and departed. He searches
the victims finding papers and locket
with a woman's portrait. He resolves to
hunt down the murderers.
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ParaiyzinQ Effect,

"How much arc these banap'4 s?'
asked the man at the edge OF the side
walk.
Fifteen cents a Dozen" She pei
der answered, in husky whisper.
Whats the matter with yQv
voice."
Il was fined tree dol'a for ussea' II
yest'day."