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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-17

by Billie BURKE.
The First Word-Men do not
like a woman who cannot keep a
secret.
Ever since Adam and. Eve left
the garden, man has de1uded
himself with the idea that there is
something mysterious about wo-
man. Consequently it is up to the
clever woman to fatter his vanity
by making him think he is right!
Don't you like close wo-
MANI" asked man of me the
other day.
What do you mean by a close
woman?" l asked in return.
Why, a woman who keeps her.
counsel, who does not burden
you with her worries, and, above
all, who does not evince a great
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
BORROWS TO ENTERTAIN
Metropolitan Club Gives Mort
gage for $4,000.

The Metropolitan Club has borrowed
so5 900 at AZ per cent for the sole pur-
,,oso or increasing its fund devoted to
tho entertainment OF its guests. Inc
loor which was recorded yesterday,
was attained by Charles Lanier ana
otber persons, as trustees of the CLUB
ON the home OF the organization, at the
northeast corner Of Goth street ana
,,,,,h avenue. 1t is for term OF three
voars The Helvetia Realty Company
in which the Iseiin family. of New ho-
ohere is interested. gave the money.
There is prior mortgage OF S9oo'ooo
on the club property.
Last year J. Pierpont Morgan Johh
! Cadwalader and Charles Lanier
hought dwelling house in 6oth street
adioining the club property. Al that
,i,,,o II was said the club was In need
90 moro suace to transform into recep-
,ior rooms. At stated intervals recep-
tions for members and their wives or
women guests are given. These social
acfoirs If was learned last night, had
hecome unusually popular. In order
that they might not be affected by lack
of funds IL was decided TO put sec
ond mortgage on the club properly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
BRITISH MINISTRY WINS
Medical Opposition to Insurance
Act Virtually Collapses.
lBy cable to The Tribune.l

London, Dec. 2S.-WhateVer hopes
the minority of the British Medical AS
sociation may have entertained Of ef-
fectively boycotting the insurance act
must be fast crumbling away in the
face of reports from all parts of the
countxy. In London all the medical
men required to serve on the panels are
now forthcoming, though three days
are still left in which further names
can be sent in.
Reports from the provinces are
equally encouraging, and in the dis
tricts where the divisional voting Of
the British Medical Association ran
heavily against the service the situa-
tion is rapidly changing. Newcastle,
Gateshead. Leeds. Hull, Leicester and
many other districts have thrown the
British Medical Association scheme to
the winds and have decided to accept
the service.
In those areas where there is diff
Guilty i'm forming panels the govern
ment is prepared with a scheme which
will insure the goods being delivered on
January 10. the date on which the BEN
eft provisions of the act become OPP
erative.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
SCHOONER AFlRE AT SEA;
GALE. HALTS LIFESAVERS
Unknown Vessel Reported Burn
ing OF Block Island-Cut-
ters Rush to Rescue.

Newport. r. l., Dec. 21.-An un-
known schooner ahrc twelve miles
southeast of Block Island. .Ayith no pos
sibility of assistance from life-saving
stations. owing to a heavy gale and
high seas. was reported by wireless to-
night to the revenue cutters Seneca
and Acushnet.
The Seneca. from New London, was
first in the vicinity of the burning yes
sci and was joined about midnight by
the AcuShnet. from Woods Hole. Each
cutter used its searchlights. as il was
believed that the crew of the ship had
been driven To their boats by the fire.
Little hope was felt that the small
boats could live in such "A sea as was
running tonight The wind was blow
ing at between fifty and sixty miles an
hour and The cold was bitter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
TOO WEAK TO Be SANTA,
SHE'S FROZEN TO DEATH
Jersey Woman Sinks Under
Weight of Christmas Bundles
on Lone Road.
DAUGHTER SAVES SISTER
Protects Younger Girl with
Cloak and May Have to
Have Hands and Feet
Amputated.

Mount Holly. y. J.. Dec. 27.-Just an
hour before the time when John
Lowthcr and bis family were TO have
gathered around the dinner table on
Christmas Day a neighbor entered,
carrying the frozen body Of Mrs. Eliza
beth I.owther. The Good Samaritan
also brought home the unconscious
form of Mrs. Lowthers daughter.
Mary. fourteen years old. whose life as
well may pay toll as the result of
wandering all night through the woods
in the snow.
The family lives i'm an isolated sec
ton of the country. and the tale Of
winter suffering was brought TO light
only when application was made to-
day TO the county authorities for per
nit to bury the victim Of winters first
blast.
Mrs. Lowthcr. whose home is in the
pines some distance from Chatsworth.
with Mary and younger daughter had
been shopping the day before Christ
mas. and late IN the afternoon started
back. They left the train at Harris
station. and. carrying several bundles.
started TO walk the four miles through
woodland and open country that lay
between them and their home.
Mrs. Lowthcr tired early. having TO
break the way through the snow, which
was several inches deep. In some man
ner she lost her way and turned from
the path which she should have fol-
lowed. She toiled on until she could
go no further and collapsed. Mary,
who had followed her mother. urged
her To keep on. When the mother
failed 10 respond Mary took the
younger sister on her back and started
forward alone, hoping 10 reach house
where she could send help.
She managed to reach a wood rodd
and staggered along this for a short
time and then succumbcd sun she
thought Of her little sister. and when
she finally gave up she gave the child
the best Of the cloak she wore. She
also dragged the child down beside
her and sheltered her
The TWO girls lay where they fell all
night Christmas morning 81 man haul
ing shingles ont Of the woods came upon
the two girls. From the Younger child
ne learned Of the mother being iu the
woods. Mary was not able to talk.
The man threw off his load of
shingles. put the girls into his cart and
started back along their trail to find
the mother. he found her dead in the
snow.
Dr. Haincs was called and has been
treating the girls since Mary's hands
and feet were badly frozen. and it was
at first thought that it would be i'm
possible 10 avoid amputation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
TRAIN KILLS WARRIORS KIN
Descendant of Count Won Bue-
low Dies in Nevada.

Reno, New Dec. 27.-With both
hands cut off and his skull fractured
Max Won Bulow. said To be a descend
ant of Count Won Bulow. the famous
German general, was picked up on the
railroad track near the state line to-
day and died in the railroad hospital
at Starks.
Won BuOw was a globe trottcr and
soldier of fortune. Several years ago
he married Miss Christine Plumcr. a
wealthy woman Of Pueblo. col. and
they travelled through Europe in regal
style. They were divorced
Won Bulow was highly educated and
spoke several languages. 1t is believed
he was beating his way West on n
passenger train last night and fell be-
meath the wheels.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28

tionmeut and the Dock Commissioner
have virtually agreed 10 construct a
public marginal road behind the docks
at South Brooklyn from Brooklyn
Bridge TO the Pennsylvania Terminal
at Bay Ridge This will open up that
entire section for modern development.
The construction Of such a marginal
road behind the docks, over which
traffic shall circulate i'm as public and
unobstructed a manner AS marine
traffic does i'm front Of the docks, viii
afford the opportunity FOR an immense
private exploitation of dock properties
on the water side Of the railroad and
Of factory and warehouse properties on
the inshore side.
II Is very necessary that the private
use of capital in development Of
terminal facilities should supplement
the gradual acquisition and cOnstruc-
ton of waterfront docks and railroads.
The citys credit is necessarily limited
but the construction of such a road
involving the expenditure OF s., 800, =
600, will promptly result i'm the eX-
penditure Of many times that amount
by private investors in improving
adjacent properties along it's length
Continued on fifth page. third column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28

In answer 10 your query what the
civ may except I'm 1913 in the way of
picrs and other Improvements, would
answer that. based on the experience
of the three prior years. the city can
NOT expect much. since little has been
done during the present adminlstra-
ton except to provide for maintenance
ami operation and To construct a few
small docks principally in outlying
sections
over thirty applications on the part
of railroad and steamship companies
seeking additional terminal facilities
at the waterfront arc awaiting action
bv the city. and the traffic which VIII
grow out of the Erie and Panama
Canal trades is stimulating great de-
mands for terminal facilities here.
There are signs, however, that New
York CITY is overcoming its inertia, ana
that as soon as the Appellate Division
shall determine the precise amount OF
dock credits available. based on self
sustaining dock properties, forward
poIicv will be adopted and some of the
nIans of the Dock Department Which
have been awaiting acceptance VIII be
put into effect.
The Board of Estimate and Appor-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
NO. 100 A CLUBS HOODOO
Death Claims Member When
ever Hundredth Is Elected
by Telegraph to The Tribune.

Philadelphia. Dec. 27.-Thc Franklin
Inn club, which is composed of the
literary men Of Philadelphia. seems 70
be pursued by "one hundred" hoodoo
Every time since its organization that
the club has elected a one hundredth
member another member has died.
The last victim of this coincidence
was cyrus Elder, a lawyer who died
suddenly at his home here after at
tending a dinner at the club on FRIDAY.
December -. At the dinner Milton /
Greenman. of the Wister Institute. a
new member, was introduced. complet-
dred. The next morning Mr.. Elder was
found dead.
The first time such coincidence was
noted was when Craig Lippincott died.
after his son. Joseph Wharton Lippin-
colt. was elected a one hundredth mem
bcr The next to die was Howard Pyle.
the illustrator. who died suddenly
abroad. after a one hundredth member
was admitted. The third was DR. John
II. Musser, who died after short ILL
ness. when Lawrence Dudley was
elected one hundredth member
Many members of the club scoff at
any significance IN these deaths; but
there is a rumor that an unwritten by
law will be made. holding the club to
a membership of ninety nine.
Dr :. Weir Mitchell Is the oldest
member and president of the club.
Naxt to him I'm age are Francis Howard
Williams. the author, and i. HopNin-
SON smith. Third i'm age is Charles
Heber Clark. known as Max Adeler.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
SIXTH CONVICTION AT 19
Court Rebukes Thief for Never
Had Chance" Plea.

Angelina Romano. nineteen years old,
was sentenced TO three years and nine
months yesterday by Justice Goff on
his plea of guilty To burglary in the
third degree. 1t was Romano's sixth
conviction. He told Justice Goff he
had never had n chance, because his
parents died when he was a baby and
he grew up anyhow
Nonsense said Justice Goff; ''you
had the same chance thousands Of
other boys have had. You are by no
means the only poor orphan in the
world. Others have plodded along
honestly: some Of them have made
their marks in the world. You were
not willing TO work to make an honest
living and you destroyed your chances
Romano entered the home Of Adolph
Pusche, in East 10th street. on Novem-
her L. and stole so worth of clothes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
TORREY DECREE AFFIRMED
Justice Giegerich Keeps Up
Speed Record in Suit.

Justice Giegerich affirmed yesterday
the report of Mauri Dciches as ref
cree. recommending a decree Of divorce
to Mrs. Almirita Howes Torrey against
her husband, George Burroughs TOrrey
well known portrait painter. The
Justice signed an interlocutory decree,
keeping up the speed record which the
suit has made
The summons and complaint were
served on Torrey on December l6 at
the Hotel Vanderbilt. In eleven days
the case was heard by the deferce, the
report filed and the decree granted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
WAGES TOO SMALL TO
LIVE ON, SAY STRIKERS
Little Falls Operatives Paid as
Little as $3.50 a Week,
State MediatOrS Learn.
SENT SOME TO EUROPE
One Girl, by Shortening Lunch
con Period, Made Sc in One
Week, She Testifies-
Hit by 54-Hour Law.

Little Falls. y. Y. Dec. 1.-THE
wage question and that alone caused
the Little Falls textile strike. accord
ing to more than a score Of the strik-
ing workers. who testified before three
members of the State Board of Arbi-
tration. acting as medators. to-day
The strike has lasted for months and
many disturbances have occurred in
connection with it.
Most OF the Witnesses said that their
wages had been less since the j4-hour
law went into effect Some Jf them
said that out of their meagre wages
they would scrape money together to
send TO their parents in the old coun-
try. All were unanimous in saying
that the reason they quit work was
because they could not earn money
enough to live on.
Mary Sroka. two years i'm America,
testified that 10y working from ! a. m.
to q p. m. and taking very little time
Tor luncheon she had once made ST
in q week Of five days. Sometimes, she
said. She made only 81 - and 81. She
was an inspector i'm the finishing room
of the Phoenix Mills.
Frances Kazimrska. twcnty-three
years old said that she made 50
week ard that.shc went on strike when
her boss" made her increase her
work from go 10 80 dozen Of under
wear a day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
MAN AT BEST AT FIFTY
Opposite View Due to America.
Says Munsterberg.

Boston, Dec. 27.-"America is re-
sponsible for the unwarranted pretu-
dice against the man of fifty y.lrs in
Germany" declared Professor Hugo
Munsterberg. the psychologist of Har-
ward University. II say unwarranted
because the man OF fifty years is just
in his prime"
The discussion has reached an acute
stage in many parts Of the German
Empire, and such authorities as Pro-
fessor Krause are quoted Ito show that
the man at fifty is not only just in his
prime, but that he is generally more
valuable to his employer and to HIM
self than the man Of ten or more years
younger.
Professor krause is the greatest
clinical authority in Berlin" continued
Professor Munsterberg. Il agree with
his views in every particular. The man
of fifty is just in his prime. He is at
his best. IL cannot be said that he is
growing old Only in exceptional cases
due to special causes is the man of
fifty an exception to this statement"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
COMMISSIONER TOMKINS.
Who discusses the future OF the Port OF New ork.

Based on the results OF the years. Calvin Tom1n Comms
soner of Docks declares may little 1913 far
r and correlated improvements the plan
public behind the docks the Brooklyn shore
willingness long
and the prospect comprehensive policy of the
terminals on the west side him
forward
Without Mr. Tomkn the harbo of New
York cannot rivals He finds that
Atlantic Coast through which deliver
or pass commodities transit Magnitude overshdowed
facilities for local industries
The commissioner problems and conclusions
article specially prepared The Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
GAINS SIGHT BY PRAYER
Boy Looks on Dead Brother and
Blindness Returns.

Canton. Ohio, Dec. 27.-Earl White,
sixteen years old, totally blind for
yeays. knelt on Christmas Day beside
The body of his brother. killed in a
railroad accident. and prayed to see his
brothers face.
The youth prayed all day and all
night and i'm the morning his sight was
restored. He looked on the face Of his
dead brother. Then blindness returned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
MASTERPIECE FOR u. S.
Farinola Botticelli of St. Jerome
to Cross the Atlantic.

London. Dec. 2S.-"The Morning
Post" states that the famous picture
known as the Farinola Botticelli Of ST
jerome has been sold by the Duveens to
an American collector at very high
rripe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
LEARNING TO WALK AT TEN
Rare Operation Gives Boy
Cripple Use of His Leg.
lRy Telegraph to The Tribune

Boston, Dec. 2N-ThrOugh a rare
operation and the efforts of his school
teacher Wilfred Salmon, ten years old,
of Lynn, is learning TO walk. Since his
birth he had been unable TO stand on
his feet as the result of infantile
paralysis. An operation performed IN
the Lynn Hospital proved successful
and the lad is taking his hrst walking
lessons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
Fake Lists of Suspected" Places.

Testimony of a routine nature taken
at the afternoon session proved to be
astonishingly corroborative of Fos-
dicks intimations that the Commits
sioner could not cope with the "syS-
tenn" because it appeared from the cN-
now of the Madison street. but for
merly of the 9TH street station. that the
monthly reports of suspected places"
which is commissioners nam
standby in determining the general
conditions of any given district. are
made up largely by department Gus
tom" instead of according to the plain
wording Of the rules Of the force. and
do not contain more than a very small
percentage of the places actually "sus-
pected" of being dsorderly or gambling
houses.
In the morning Commissioner Waldo
himself was examined, but solely on
the point Of the facilities he had
afforded the committees Investigate tors
for their work at Police Headquarters.
The Commissioner finally allowed him
self to be put on the record To the
effect that he would allow William A.
Moore, one of the assistant counsel to
the committee, and one investigator to
go into the Detective Bureau and the
various record and filing rooms at
headquarters to make a general sur
vey of all documents therein, provided
they would not take papers or docu-
ments out of the room, except on
requisition approved by him, Mr..
Waldo claimed that he was giving
nothing new in that. and that he would
always have allowed the committee
that much leeway, but he objected TO
having the place overrun with young
men,"
Mr.. Buckner. on his part. was willing
to let the academic question OF past
obstructions go by the board i'm view
OF this admission by the Commissioner.
Mr.. Moore and several of the COM
mittee's investigators testified before
Mr. Waldo, all of them to the
effect that their work was hampered.
delayed and obstructed by the pro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
GENERAL.

Dix Makes Verbeck Militia Head. l
Small Wages Paid at Little Falls !
Perishes In Snow with Christmas Gifts 1
Dynamite Jury Still Out.............
Wilson in His Birthplace. ce............ 6
Roosevelt Pictures Future Historians 6
Auto Accident Scares Suffragist Army 2
Prouty Warns New England Roads le
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28

No New ears dinner complete without
a bottle OF Angcstura 6itters. Delicious
appetiZer.-Advt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28

DEWEY'S WINES FOR NEW YEAR'S.
Champagnes, stu Wines or Grape Juice.
HIT Dewey & Sons Co., l3S Fulton ST., MY.
-Advt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
This Mornings News
LOCAL.

LOCAL. dBe
Waldo Warned of Becker. l
Tomkins o, Future of Docks. .......
Girl Attacks Mrs Goodies Story ..... z
Want Receiver for Van Ness Estate. 8
W. Gould Brokaws Accuse Each other
Garment Workers May Strike To-day
Kingsland Home Raced. .............' 4
Boy Killed with Gift Rife: ..........
College Socialists Increase. .....-..... D
Despairs Of Finding w. Rockefeller. D
Edwards Cleaning Plan Approved. b
Farmers Await New Parcels POST. 6
sostwick VIII Declared Void. ........ 9
Navor Gibes an Lincoln.
Made Crook Inv Mouse He Saws. ......1a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
Not Once, but Half Dozen
Times, Beginning Six Months
Before Murder, SWears
Curran Witness.
POLICE TIPPED GAMBLERSI
Inquiries Have Been Checked
and Hampered in Many
Precincts, Former Com
missioner of Accounts
Testifies.

Raymond p. Fosdiek, former Com.
missioner OF Accounts, delivered few
seasonal compliments in the general
direction of the Police Department yes-
terday from the witness stand of the
Curran aldermanic investigating com
mittee
When Mr.. Fosdick finished these
points stood out in the record.
That he warned Commissioner
Waldo Of the questionable aetiVi-
ties Of the former head Of the
strong arm" squad, Lieutenant
Charles Becker, not once. but half
dozen times. beginning in Jan
uary, 1912. some six months be-
fore the RosenthaI murder.
That he made two comprehen-
sive and several restricted eSanni-
nations into Police Department sf
fairs. the last ore Of which was in
prouress at the time of the Rosen-
thai murder.
And finally, that when he was, as
he termed it, getting very warm"
on the question Of police graft on
personally traiIed his (Fosdick's)
Investigators and kept pIainclothes
men busy. not on the Job OF run.
nina down crime in the shape OF
openly running dsorderly houses IN
his district, but on the Job OF trail
ING Fosdck's men to try TO learn
what they were after.
Mr.. Fosdick told all this in a matter .
of-fact fashion, and seemed TO think IL
was nothing more than what might he
expected that the police should try 10
trail, check and hamper any such in
guiry as he was prosecuting.
Mayor Did Not Stop Him.
His final inquiry, which was halted
by the Rosenthal murder. was prose
cuted under his own initiative. Mr..
Fosdck said and not under orders
from Mayor Gaynor nor request from
Commissioner Waldo. and he stated
positively that be was not stopped by
the Mayor
When he tried To prosecute similar
inquiry into gambling matters, Fosdick
swore his investigators found that the
places suspected Of paving police graft
were either closed or being closed just
as his men arrived, and they learned
that the gamblers had been tipped
of" by the police that "Fosdick's men
were coming"
He recommended that force Of
somewhere around twenty men, not po-
licemen, be given 10 the Police Com
missioner as a sort OF secret service"
with which to check mp" on the Po-
lice Department system and asserted
that only by some such method could
Commissioner have serviceable knowl-
edge of the conditions of the depart
ment under him.
Waldo. he said. took no action what
ever on his reports of Becker's sus-
picious activities, and stood pat on the
claim that his (Waldo's) system of
checks and counter checks had elimi-
mated all graft in the department. al
though the Commissioner admitted TO
him. said Fosdick. that he. Waldo, be
Iieved they would all take 1t if they
could get by with it,