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New-York tribune., 1912-01-31
TRUNK TOO BIG FOR BUNK
So Missouri Maid Pays More and Takes
Her Clothes Galore.

BY the Cincinnatfs railing, looking lazy
al the bay. sat young Missouri maiden
from ST. Joseph yesterday. Though the
parting groups around her wept a bit and
whispered low, Julia Ackcrman sat think
ing Of her baggage down below and she
thought perhaps she'd stay here along the
gay White Way rather than be out Of
fashion on the road to Mandalay-on the
road TO Mandalay, where she'd never been
thay say, she'd be sure to feel like thun-
der II her clothing weren't au fait
As the vessels siren beloved, bidding
an to go ashore who had not engaged n
passage for the three months cruise or
more, came "A steward up TO Julia to in
form her that her trunk. which she labelled
tor her stateroom would not go beneath
her bunk.
stop the ship at once ! say. cried the
girl. Nov tell me. pray, may "A woman
dare go trunkless IN the road 20 Manda-
lay?"
Several officers, appearing as she raised
her voice IN woe, searched the vessel for
IL cabin where the naughty trunk would go
and they found one. blt il rented at 81 90
hizher. What care IL" announced Miss
julia ~ n holds ~ ms attire?" So she
went below IT, nsY and the ship got under
way. trcrty m'rmc9 late in s,drtins on
lhe read T. Mdndai1y
New-York tribune., 1912-01-31
WOMAN JARS SENATORS
Georgia Cyclone" Hints Some
Are Mighty Poor Lawyers.

Washington, Jan. 30.-Mrs. Mary Har-
ris Armour, of Eastman. Ga, known m
prohibition circles in her own state as
the Georgia Cyclone" Jared Senatorial
dignity to-day. She told the dignliied
members of the Senate Committee on the
judiciary. i'm the hearing on the pro-
posed law prohibiting shipment of alco-
holic liquors into dry" states, that they
could learn a lot" and thai whoever on
the committee voted against the bill was
"a mighty poor lawyer She was sup
ported by Mrs l. NJ. y. Stevens, presi-
dent of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union: half a hundred members OF
that organi2ation. several Georgia wom~
eli and few men.
Il don't know why we should he here
at ALL" said Mrs Armour, since it is
an insult to your intelligence for us to
have to plead for such a law. | don't
want to hurt anybody's feelings, but l
am here to talk common sense, and
haven't any time to waste on you all.
Mrs. Armour and Mrs. Stevens spoke
tonight at a temperance rally and the
former told the Senators she thought it
would do them good If they would at
tend.
You Senators think you all are too
big folks to come and hear me speak.
she said but ! want 10 tell you that
you could learn a lot But, speaking of
this bill. l am no lawyer, but I've read
law, and any one who votes against this
bill because Of alleged unconstitutional
ity is a mighty poor lawyer"
New-York tribune., 1912-01-31
.BLAMES THE POLICE FOR
TH|EF'S LIGHT SENTENCE
Judge Swami Says Court Had No
Record of Burglar Caught
in Senator Fox'S Home.
FAULT OF ARBITRARY RULE
Writes House Owner That Pun
ishment Would Have Been
More Severe Had Prison
er's Career Been Known.

Judge Edward Swami. Of the Court Of
General Sessions. received letter few
days ago from ex-senator John Fox, eN-
president Of the National Democratic
club. asking why II was that "A young
man by the name Of John Edwards. who
broko into Senator FoX's house, No 10
East JOth street, 10y going through tn"
coal hole I'm the sidewalk, one night last
December, was sentenced to only TOUR
months on Blackwclrs Island Judge
Swann's reply. mailed yesterday an
swcrs Senator Fox's question, and also
contains a severe criticism Of the Police
DEPARTMENT The letter Says
Il find that this case was sent from
the calendar Of this court to the cal
endar of the Criminal Branch Of the
Supreme Court for trial, and when 1t
WAS called the defendant offered TO
plead guilty TO unlawful entry, which Is
q misdcmcanor. and because there was
no police record among the papers or In
the possession Of Patrolman Frank f..
Green. of the East Jlst street police sta
tion. the very brave officer who followed
the prisoner through the dark coat hole,
Iusticc Marcus (of Buffalo, did not
know, and had no means of Knowing
except through the Police Department,
that the defendant was notorious
burglar with four previous convictions.
why the Police Department does not
Ia.
criminal record Of a prisoner on trial
when the officer Is the necessary witness
and is the only source of information to
tho court the department is the best
the officer. but Of some arbitrary rule Of
the department. Such record Is neces-
sary in cross examination of the de-
fendant. as when he puts his alleged
nreyious good character in evidence, or
when he pleads guilty and the judge
wishes to inform himself as to the previ-
ous life of the defendant so as to intelli-
gently determine the extent Of the sem
tence.
"I am convinced" concludes Judge
Of the mans criminal career he would
have imposed a very substantial sem
tence in state prison. | regret very
much that he did not know the facts"
When Edwards pleaded guilty, ID. F.
Conway, a probation officer employed by
the Catholic Protective Society. gave a
good character to Justice Marcus in be-
half of Edwards. The prisoner. how
ever. admitted that he had been on
Blackwelrs Island for four months for
disorderly conduct
on the receipt of Senator Fox's lester
Judge Swami put his probation officer.
Miss Celia Jossum. at work on the case
In the office of the clerk of the court
two indictment records having yellow
slips were found. These yellow slips
showed that Edwards had three previ-
Gus convictions against him.
Edwards's picture in The Rogue Gal
lery is No B03S6.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-31
WANTS BIBLE AND BRANDY
Commodore Hastings's Son Asks
Court for Heirlooms.
d Telegraph 10 The TrIbune.

Boston. Jan 3O.-Henry hastings.
sor of tSc late Commodore Hastings
flied bi;! of complaint with ,he clerk
f the Suffolk Superior Court to-day.
as sking for an injunction against j. War
rem Bailey, Of Newton executor under
the Will Of Kate Hastings, who dieG
February 2 1907, after a decree Lad been
given to the complainant for return
Of his personal property by n master
This property. which is listed under two
exhibits, is said TO be the most unusual
over filed in Suffolk County. II contains
a list OF material from a bottle Of brandy
left by great grandmother Hastings to
the family Bible.
Here are some Of the articles:
\ mustard pot fathers Harvard College
book and plate. great -grandmother's fan.
mothers wedding slippers, a bear head,
loon. buffalo horns. a collection of eggs.
Eedspread from Hong Kong, a fox, an
eagle. an owl, a dictionary set OF tools, a
coat Of arms. a group picture taken when
a baby. two cologne bottles, punch bowl
with grapes painted on IT, bottle of
brandy left by eat-grandmothcr. and the
family Bible
New-York tribune., 1912-01-31
CARS TRIBUTE TO T0LSTOI
Grants Pension to Widow of
Great Russian Reformer.

-. Petersburg. Jan. 3O.-Thc Russian
Emperor has granted a pension to tho
widow of Tolsto who hereafter will re-
ccivc 10000 rubles ($5,O00) annually.
Countess Tolstoi was before her marriage
Sophia Bchrs, daughter of fashionable
doctor of Moscow. She was married to
Count Tolstoi in 1862. The couple had thir-
teen children. Although Tolstoi once char
acterized his wife as by no means a
trincr but an earnest helpmeet" she did
not carry her sympathy with his later So
Geological doctrines to the extent of shar-
Ing his ascetc mode of life, nor did he re-
quire il Of her. When, I'm 1855. in pursuance
Of his principles he renounced all claims
to his este tes everything was made over
to his wife and children, the countess
acting as trustee They continued, how
ever, under the same roof
TolstoPs opinions brought him much per-
secuton at the hands Of the government,
mostly of an indirect sort through the sup
preston of his works. Following his at
tack on the Orthodox Church In his novel
Resurrection" he was accommodated.
the decree dating from February o. 1901.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-31
NEGRO THINKS HANGING FINE
Bravado of Convicted Murderer Brings
Him Life Imprisonment.

indianapolis, Jan. 3O.-Because George
Davis does not dread hanging, but regards
it as a desirable distinction, Governor Mar
shall tonight commuted his death sem
tence to imprisonment for life.
Davis, a negro, murdered a woman COM
panion at Gary, Ind. by cutting off her
head with knife. and was sentenced TO be
hanged next Friday Warden Fogarty of
the Michigan city Prison reported to the
Governor to-day that the condemned man
looked forward to the execution OF the
courts sentence as a mark OF honor.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-31
WILL SELL YERkEs's STOCK,

chicago, Jan. So-Probate Judge Charles
s Cutting to-day authorized Louis 3 ows-
ley. executor OF the Charles T. Yerkes es-
tate 10 sell 5000 shares OF stock i'm the
Underground Railways Company. Of B-n-
lOs
New-York tribune., 1912-01-31
WILSON WROTE KINDLY
TO COLONEL HARVEY
"Forqive Me and Forget My
Manners" He Says After
Conference at Club.
ALL LETTERS MADE PUBLIC
Governor Hoped "Harper's" Sup
port Might Be Continued-His
Manager Says Watterson
Has Helped Wilson.

The Wilson Correspondence School
added another and probably final course
to its curriculum yesterday. when the
letters exchanged between the Governor
Of New Jersey and Colonel George Har-
vey. editor of "iIarpers Weekly were
made public through THE EN ming
Post"
Neither of the men wished to he pu.
in the position of giving out private let
ters. but both were willing that the cor
respondencc, referred to by Colonel Wat
terson as the abject letters Of Governor
Wilson" should he made public.
William +. McCombs, the Wilson cam
paign manager had little comment 10
make upon the latest addition to the
letters of a Governor" but hoped that
the public would note that these letters
were all dated prior TO the time wh'd
Colonel Watterson issued his first pub
lie broadside against Wilson's candidacy
ITO my mind, it is significant that
Colonel Watterson. knowing Of these let
tcrs, as he apparently did. should issue
statements and talk Of them as he did.
At Colonel Harvey's office it was said
that he had nothing to say about the
letters or their contents, and attention
was directed to the fact that he has had
nothing to sIy at any time concerning
any of the points i'm the controversy.
The Evening Post" printed the let
ters with a preliminary explanation that
neither Of the correspondents wished TO
he put in the position Of giving out pri-
vate letters, but both asscnted to the
publication with the distinct understand
ing that the initiative came from The
Evening Post
Added 10 that The Evening Post
gave out the following letter. from Gov
ernor Wilson, in response to its request
for permission to publish the letters:
Trenton. y j. January %. 1912
To the Editor OF The Evening Post"
Sincerely appreciate your kindness II
certainly have no objection at all to the
publication Of my letters TO Colonel Har-
vey. but with regard To his letters TO me.
] have the strong feeling. which ! cannot
overcome, that ] should hate 10 Join the
ranks Of the men who are publishing prl-
Vate letters. There Is. Of course, nothing in
them that | should not he glad 10 see made
known.
The Wilson Harvey letters, in their
order, follow:
New-York tribune., 1912-01-31
VIE SLAYER eErs REspIrE.

Albany, Jan. 30.--Joseph ferrone Goa
icled ri ~. murder Of his wife in New
York city will not be killed by electricity
at Sing Sing prison during the week be-
6mnins February 2b. Inc ccath sentence
hoips lb@u tayc1 Us an drpcai to the
'-5aii II AIpl1@
New-York tribune., 1912-01-31
The Wilson Harvey letters, in their
order, follow:


7 HUI WN'TIU' dIlU JIIU NTINITI
Personal December y. 1911.
My Dear Colonel. Every day | am con-
frmed i'm The judgment that my mind is a
one-traCk road, and can run only one train
Of thought al a time. \ long time after
that interview with YOU and Marsc Henry
at the Manhattan Club II came over me
that when tat the close Of the Interview
YOU asked mo that question about the
weekly ] answered il simply as a mat
ter Of fact. and Of business and said never
word OF my SINGER" gratitude TO yOu FOR
all your generous support, or OF my hope
that IL might be continued. Forgive me
and forget my manners Faithfully yours.
WOODROW WILSON
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-27
Threatened TO
CURB HENRY FORD
DETROIT COUNCIL DIDN'T THINK
MUCH or FIRST AuTo-WANT-
ED TO RESTRICT INVENTOR TO
HOURS MIDNIGHT TO 4 A. M.
FOR DRIVING.

Il wish some of the people who now
object to our automobile laws, could
have been in my place a few years
ago" said Henry Ford.
THE city council of Detroit did me
the honor to threaten to pass an
ordinance forbidding me to run my
automobile at any time of day except
between II o'clock midnight, and 4
a. m. That was the only car in De-
troit at that time. ! had built it in
my workshop, and 1t only took a few
trips down the street to gain that
tremendous notoriety.
"Of course the horses were scared
because they had never seen an auto
mobile before, (pardon me if l refer
to that first a as an automobile);
the police wondered how they could
make me stop running it, but / was
working in the interests of science,
as it turned out, so l would not be put
off by the police; / kept on running
my car at any time / pleased, until
the city fathers thought there ought
to be a stop to automobiling, except
at the unearthly hours between mid
night and 4 a. N. @tE
Being one who likes to getaa little
sleep, that awful threatened ordinance
effectually interfered with the adj
vancement of the automobile business
In Detroit at that time, there being no
other cars in Detroit. There was one
kind of thing about it however; it
didn't limit me to fifteen miles an hour
during the four hours I was allowed
to run There wasn't any use for
speed limits of traffic policemen in
those early days"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-27

measure. According to the statement
made here today by John ". Farwel
of Chicago. president OF the National
Citizens league, which is conducting
a campaign for banking reform. the
national reserve association plan is
receiving the general support and APP
prevail of business men throughout the
country. He justif1es the discrimina
ton against New York by claiming
that the commission, in giving the
preponderance of authority to the west
and south, has merely favored the por-
tons of the country most in need OF
credit facilities at the expense of the
section already we'll supplied in this
respect. Thirty -four states have join
ed in the movement for the adoption
of the national reserve plan, according
to Mr.. Farwell.
With Oyster Bay, the home of Col
onel Roosevelt on one side and Wash
ington on the other, and as the head
quarters of the booms of several pres
idential a~spirants. New York this year
has become more than ever a center
OF all sorts of political stories and
ruInors. Its personal interest is made
more keen not only because Roosevelt,
the great unknown quantity in the
coming presidential race, is practically
a resident of this city, but also be-
cause Charles d. Hilles, Mr.. Taft's
chief adviser, who has lately had a
number of tits with the postmaster
general which make the cabinet look
too small to keep them both, was a
well-known worker here for many
years. In the Hilles- Hitchcock con-
troversy the sympathies of this city
are with Mr.. Hilles, as a native son.
Other factors, too, detract from sup
port of Mr.. Hitchcock. His proposal
for the government ownership Of tele-
graph lines finds little favor mere
where it IS regarded as the opening
wedge for government ownership Of
all public service facilities. 1t is be-
coming known, too, that railroad Of
icials here are bitterly opposed to Mr..
Hitchcock's plan for the re-adjustment
for railway mail pay, since they do
not hesitate to state that if 1t were
applied to all the business of the roads
1t would force them at once into bank
ruptcy. They assert that the fures
by which the postmaster general seeks
to sustain his claim that he can bring
about further reductions In the cost
Of mail transportation are distorted
and his conclusions u~nwarranted. The
which has caused most specu-
lation here. however, is that from
Oyster Bay that the colonel would
shortly go abroad for two months-a
most significant report, since such ac-
ton on his part would leave his friends
free to carry forward such plans ais
they might decide on. Altogether with
the convention still Ave months away.
New York is getting a bit dizzy. and
II rur1ors continue to fly at the present
rate this city's politicians will be
about ready for the strait-jacket by
the end of June.
With the admissipnn az three women
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-27
Leap Year Cheated,

A motorcycle eIopement, proposed,
planned and executed in an hour!
Such is the record of Casper Jaeger of
st. Louis, Nc. o.
Travelling with him on his tandem
motorcycle at the rate of thirty miles
an hour from st. Louis to Clayton
was Miss Clara Bafupno, his com
panion rider of several months. II
was the last ride during 1911 and in
cidently Jaeger's last chance to pro-
pose until 1918. He lost no time,
however, and his suggestion that they
get married at Clayton was promptly
accepted.
Arrived there they leaned the ma
chine against a tree while they went
in the courthouse and obtained a
license. Justice Of the Peace A. u.
Willecken tied the matrimonial knot
and the motorcycle clippers left there
as Mr.. and Mrs. Jaeger.
The honeymoon followed and Mrs
Jaeger said the motorcycle cheated
leap year of one of it's romances.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-27
AVIATION IN A

Popular Mechanics: When the sub
marine became a military success a
thrill Of horror passed around the
world, TO rit seemed as though no float
ing craft could protect itself against
this unseen foe of the deep. While
there yet remains great possibilities
for effective work with submarine. they
are no longer feared as they were at
first. Although it is too early to claim
a~'parallel in the the case of the aero
plane in war, it is coming to be gen.
orally conceded that the %dirigibIe as a
military arm is rapidly losing it's ter
rors, though for a time all England
shuddered every time it looked into the
sky. The waning reputation of the
dirigible airship is emphasized by the
destruction Of the military aircraft
built by the British government. It's
construction was purposely delayed in
order to take advantage of the expert
ment n experiences of other coun-
tries, n built at a cost of $500, 900,
this mammoth of the air--for it was
512 feet long-represented what SEEM
ed to be the best in a military air.
ship. Yet it collapsed in a nine-mile
breeze as it was bling taken out Of its
hangar for a trial.
A great airship such as Count Yep
pelin has been operating the past sum-
mer is a wonderful creation. As it
comes up through a valley with noun
tain peaks on either side 1t moves
toward one with an approach like a
cloud driven before a gale. Then as it
passes overhead the sound of the pro-
pellors and the trail of smoke from its
engines take it out Of the realm of
the unnatural: but there is left a feel
ing almost of awe. Not of the as
sembled thousands seemed prompted
to cheer; few spoke to their compan
ions. The multitude were silent. Not
withstanding all this, there is left in
the mind of the observer the positive
impression of the frailty of the device
and its inability to cope with storm, or
the value of its service as a war ma
chine. The ~dirigible, at present. must
have enormous bulk to afford any con-
siderable lifting power. and bulk spells
the toy of the winds. Even birds seek
shelter form an approaching storm.
The aeroplane has made some good
records this year, and the long-dis-
lance flights have been greatly length
ened, yet so far / fail to recognize any
specific performance by any aviator
which in time OF war could have stood
between victory and defeat. AS an
aerial scout the aeroplane will doubt
less find a place for itself, but as a
fighting machine-welI, nobody seems
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-27

New York, Jan. 27.-If the move
ment set on foot here this week is
carried through a new star will be
added to the national flag within the
next year or two. The roposal does
not look to the admission of Alaska
to the union as might be supposed,
but to the creation of the state of
Manhattan with boundaries practically
the same as those OF Greater New
York, except that the whole of Long
Island would be included instead of
only a part as at present. The plan
is being pushed in all seriousness and
a bill for accomplishing this purpose
has been introduced in the state Iegis-
lature. Before the new state can be-
come an actually the proposal for its
creation must be voted upon by the
people of the city and those of the
state and their action, If favorable,
would have to be ratified by the pres
ident and congress. While there
seems little doubt that the citizens
of the metropolitan district would
vote for a divorce from the rest of
the state, it is doubtful If the resi-
dents of "up-state'' would consent
since the state derives t~wo-thirds or
more OF its revenues from various
taxes contributed by the city. It is
pointed out by those behind the new
movement that the state of Manhat-
tan would be the richest in the coun-
try and that only two others would
have a larger population. The cost
of running the city is at present
$190,000,0 900 and will soon pass the
$200.000,O 900 mark which of course is
in excess of the governmental expens-
es OF any Of the states. The new
commonwealth would make a good,
showing in other respects than those
Of wealth and population too, for its
annual output in manufactures would
be nearly $500. 100000 and its com
merce would amount to nearly $4,000
100000. or more than half that of the
whole nation. incidentally Tammally
hall is in favor of the new plan as
most of its troubles as q political or
g~anization come from revolts origins
ating in other parts of the state.
The measure of Wall streets un-
popularity with the rest of the United
States was pretty well indicated here
this week by the approval which the
report OF the Monetary commission
providing for the reconstruction Of the
countryss banking and currency sys-
tenn has received from all parts OF the
country. The plan has been severely
criticised here on the ground that it
discriminates against this city by
giving it a representation in the di-
rectorate Of the proposed National Re
serve association which IS to super
wise the banking affairs of the nation,
Of only about one-third what 1t is n
titled to by its proportion OF the ma
tional banking resources. The very
fact, however, that the new plan will
curb the financial power Of Wall
street apparently Is the feature that
has contributed most largely to Sc
curing b enthusiastic approval Of the
gest Of the country Tor the proposed