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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
SUPPOSED DEAD WIFE SUES
Comes from Scotland Demanding
Divorce-Husband Remarked.

Mrs. Jane s Connolly, who left her husband
eleven years ago, and whom her husband
believed to he dead, proved Yesterday that
she was still among the living by sling a
suit for divorce against Paul Connolly,
who. in her long absence, married 4 Sec
ond wife. by which union he has five chill
dren.
Counsel FOR Mrs Connolly said the plain
uff and defendant were married eighteen
wears ago After they lived together a
month the wife decided To 30 to the home
or her parents. az her husband was UNI
able TO maintain a home for her. She was
To wait until Connolly was better situated,
when he was to send for her.
For a year after Mrs. Connolly left her
husband he heard from her regularly. Thor
there was a lapse of five years. when lie
did not hear from her at all. Connolly met
another woman whom he loved, and they
were married. Connolly feeling that his
first wife was dead
few weeks ago a brother OF the nrst
Mrs Connolly met Connolly and his second
wife and he at once informed his sister,
who hurried over from Scotland. Detectives
ybo were engaged on the case learned that
Connolly and his family were living at No.
90, Fast 13Oth street. Connolly was much
surprised when he learned that his hfst
wife was alive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
LITTLE GIRLS RUN AWAY
Glad To Be Back at Charity
Home, After Long Walk.

Six girls, who for more than month
have been inmates OF the Eastern District
Industrial School and Home, in South "a
street, Williamsburg, escaped from the In
stitution yesterday morning and, after
walking nearly four miles, were found In a
hallway at No. 1911 Broadway, by PATROL
man Armbruster, OF the Ralph avenue sta
ton. They describe themselves as Mary
SmaIling. twelve years old: Annie Smalllng,
eight years old; Olive Smalling, six years
old; Violet Trueman, nine years Ole; Lille
Trueman. seven years old, and Carrie True
man. three years old.
Violet spoke for the party Of little ones.
Her story ran in this way:
I'VE all had TO work in the Industrial
home except my sister, Carrie and oilEe
SmalIing. They were too little to work
had to wash the dishes. Lille had to fold
the bibs Mary mad to wash the faces OIL
fourteen girls every day. Annie had 10
make the beds We didn't like the nome'
and that's why we ran away You see'
nv mamma died and left us all alone
Papa works ali day. so he sent us 10 'iie
home. but we don't like II.
II was learned at the home that the chill
dren made their escape through an open
window Just before daybreak. After Arm
bruster got some food for the children they
were taken back to the home. They were
all pIad to return. Tired and sleepy after
their long walk, they all went to bed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
OLD HORSES WILL PARADE
Women's League for Animals An
nounces Several New Entries.

OLD horses, as BELTS their years, Will have
n prominent position in the work horse pa
radc. which will take place Memorial Day
under the auspices CT the Womens League
for Animals.
There will be more OF them In line thlS
wear than ever before, the Oldest being
Harry Boy, a gay charger Of twenty-eight
wears. the property OF Charles Rothschid'
and driven by his owner. Harry Boy has
been in service for the last twenty-one
wears and seems 10 thrive on it.
Nnuss Brothers. owners and Richard
Prey. driver. have entered the next oldest
horse. twenty six year old Jack. which has
seen twenty years daily labor. For twenty
voars OF his twenty five another horse,
Norman has been a breadwinner His
owners are Fischer & Co and his driver is
George Guide.
Besides the Individual entries In the old
horse class there will be sub class for
old horses that travel as teams. In this
class Sam and Bob have the call. Sam Is
thirtv-three and has served twenty-sevcn
wears. while Bob ia thirty-one and has
worked twenty-six years. John NJ. Burke
Will drive them for the Haywood Bros. &
Wakefield Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
SHOCKS TO GET VOTES
Spectacular Publicity Urged by
Western SuffragiSt.
MONEY IS EASILY OBTAINED
CRYSTAL Eastman Benedict So
Tells Mississippi Valley
Association.

Chicago. May 2l.-Suffragists were ad-
vsed to do spectacular things to obtain
newspaper publicity by Mrs. Edna Cutter.
corresponding secretary of the Kansas City
Equal Suffrage Association, at the Missis-
sippi Valley suffrage conference tonight.
The subject Of her address was Methods
of Reaching the Press"
while We may not believe in the meth
DDS of the English suffragettes," she said,
they unquestionably create news worthy
of display under big headlines and calling
for photographs. This forces people 10
read and think about the subject
BE spectacular. which is possible with
out being outlandish. Do the things that
will force the Indifferent to read OF suff-
rage. Particularly do these things which
Will prove suffrage is not fad OF the Idle
rich. but that It stands for the betterment
of all grades OF their sex"
Mrs. Crystal Eastman Benedict, formerly
OF New York, now OF Milwaukee. told the
women how TO obtain money for carrying
on campaigns.
when you are in need Of financial help
20 out and ask for it," said Mrs Benedict.
Either they will help you because they are
Interested in the cause. or they will give
you something To get rid OF you, or they
will hand you something because they like
your looks"
-Suffraglsts must carry their arguments
for votes for women into the factories and
shops, INTO every place where people
gather. We cannot expect to gain success
by waiting for them to come to us said
Mrs. Harriet Taylor. MrF. Upton IS presi-
dent Of the Ohio Equal Suffrage League,
ard h"r talk was in the nnturc II a report
on suffrage conditions IN hcr home state.
I'VE have had women speaking to crowds
I'm the primary campaign and we are going
10 win i'm Ohio The East is looking at our
campaign" continued Mrs Upton. "for
they realize that their fate lies in the sue
ccssful outcome OF our fight
Women in six Western states will vote
for President this fall. delegates pointed
out. in six other Western states the grant
ing Of votes 10 women will be SUBMITTED to
referendum within the next six months.
These states, where active campaigns are
now in progress, are Ohio. Michigan, Kan
sas. Wisconsin. oregon aud Nevada. IN
addition. provided the present petition cam
paign IS successful. the suffrage question
viii be put 10 an advisory referendum vote
N tho November election IN Illinois.
The states included in the conference as
organized to-day are Illinois, Ohio NIchi-
gan. Minnesota. Wisconsin. Indiana, Ken
tucky. Tennessee, Mississippi Iowa. KAN
eas. oklahoma, Nebraska. Louisiana and
South Dakota.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
CROWD KIND TO SUFFRAGE
Speakers at Street Meeting FIRE.
auentlY Applauded.

Reasons why women should vote were
fred in rapid succession at a crowd OF at
least five hundred at 145th street ana
Broadway last night and the only Interrupt
lions after the first few minutes were those
of applause. Some young rowdies inHsted
on making a disturbance at the start, but
the policeman who was stationed at the
corner quickly dispersed them. After that
n clever young man guffawed a couple OF
times The second time man turned TO
him and said
Would you laugh at a man II he was
on the chair speaking? Try TO oe decent.
The clever young man disappeared. The
meeting was conducted under the auspices
OF the Interborough Suffrage Club. which
intends to hold meetings there every Tues
day night. Miss Mary Donnelly, organizer
Of the club, presided, and after 1t was over
observed:
There couldn't be a more orderly crowd.
This IS how We ind It almost everywhere
now Two years ago, such an orderly
meeting would have been impossible. IL
shows how things have changed"
Besides Miss Donnely, the others who
spoke we're Miss Grace Raymond, who had
an epistolary controversy with the Mayor
about the ill-treatment OF the women who
marched in the last suffrage parade and
the lack OF police protection afforded them:
Mrs. Sophie Kramer; Mrs. Harry Hastings.
a member OF the Board OF Education, and
Mrs. Julia Reinhardt. one OF the most
youthful-looking grandmothers In New
York. who has lahored forty years for the
cause Of woman suffrage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
SUFFRAGISTS BEFORE JURY
Mrs. Pankhurst Contends Her OF.
fence Is Not Criminal.

London, May 21.-The trial at the Old
Bailey OF Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst lead
er of the militant suffragettcs, and MT.
and Mrs Pethick Lawrence, Joint editors
of Votes for Women" on the charge OF
conspiracy and Of melting their followers
TO the malicious damaging Of property
will come to an end tomorrow. The de-
PENDANTS to-day addressed the jury.
Mrs Pankhurst, who frequently appeared
TO be at the point OF breaking down through
emotion, pleaded that the offence which
had brought woman no longer young
into this dock" was political and not crimi-
nal 1t was wrong. she said, to treat them
az criminals. They were not acting for
selfish or a personal advantage.
The government expected, Mrs. Pank-
hurst declared, to make a clean sweep OF
the political brains Of the women's social
movements by the present proceedings, but
II never would be able TO crush the WON.
ems movement
The only witness to-day was DR.. Ethel
Smyth who averred that the only person
who had melted her 10 militancy was Lewis
V. Harcourt, Secretary of State for the
Colonies. His remarks about his Amer
lean wife and womans suffrage. the wit
ness said, acted upon her like red nag
on bull.
.Fie said,' DR.. Smyth continued, II
should not object 10 women having the
vote II they all were as intelligent and as
well-balanced and altogether as admirable
as my own Wife That Is the most inlpu-
dent thing ever heard and as fatuous as
IL he had the pick OF the basket. The win
dow | broke was Lewis Harcourts and !
got two months Imprisonment fer that
actp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
WOMEN WAR ON SUFFRAGE
Activity of Sex in Ohio Primary
Arouses Their Hostility.
rBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.

rBy Telegraph 10 the TrlDuHe.I
Cincinnati. May H-The suffrage question
has divided the women Of Cincinnati VINO
have pronounced views on the subject The
activity of the uffragists in the Presidential
primary campaign has stirred those hoIo-
ing opposite opinions to activity. IL was
announced to-day that prominent members
NJ tho Woman's Club, Noman's Press Clup,
Madison Mothers Club and others are
about ready to announce their arrange
ments for an anti-suffrage organization In
this city It is said they regard the SUI
frage movement as menace to the coun-
try.
"The protestants will claim, at meet
ING aoou 70 be held" said one or their
nurobar tonight, that pursuit or the SUI
fraelst idea is liable to create In the minds
Of its followers a condition or unrest ahu'
.,vorst Of all. a dstaste for home ana JUS
obligations. This situation will be subject
for argument, and, therefore. the formation
n the new club and the PRONUNCIATION or It's
ideas. coming into contact with the well
L,oun views Of the suffragists. are bound
IN create a cataclysm that Will make the
old town hum when It gets started.
Every phase OF the hubby business
eyerv variation of the baby business ana
everv possibility OF the divine relationship
betveen the sexes will, Of course, be
,brashcd out by these two forces, one OF
which may be denominatcd the progress
sIonists and the other the stand-patters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
WAS MRS. CLARK JOKING?
Name of Swanson Fails Her, and
She Must Show" Women.
Irrnm The Trihune Bureau.l


Washington, May 2L-"Was she Joking or
was she not?" is the momentous question
which may make the memories OF the
great Dolly Madison breakfast OF yestcr-
day harmonious or discordant. It was all
about Mrs. Champ Clark toastmistress.
and Mrs. Claud> 4. Swanson. wife OF Sen
ator Swanson, Of Virginia.
Mrs Clark had given a brief sketch OF
the husband of each woman az she intro
duced her to respond TO a toast--iust
light reflected light, as IT were. When,
finally Mrs Swanson, said TO he the
beauty Of the Senate Coterie. was to be in
troduced to read Woodrow Wilson's letter
Of regret that his wife could not be there
that treacherous imp called memory flew
the track, and there Mrs. Clark stood con
fused. amused and what not because for
the moment she could not speak the name
Of the woman she greatly admircs, to say
nothing OF cxtolling her husband.
What is her name" sh- asked with true
Missouri accent. What is her name"'
Still there WAS no answer. Mrs. Clark
looked inquiringly into the prOyOkingy
smiling face Of Mrs.. Swanson, who said
nothing. Those around Mrs. Clark thought
she was up to some joke, the point Of
which would soon be evident, for they
could not have guessed that her memory
had played the toastmistress sorry trick.
At length the name was supplied, and
aith 4 pretty bow Mrs. Swanson, looking
her handsomest, stood and waited for the
eulogy Of her husband Again Mrs. Clark 9
memory failed her and she took on an
amused air. asking: Her husband-who
was he. anyway Right there was where
the clever wife of Speaker Clark wrecked
her ship In the minds Of many Of the Viz
ginia and Maryland women present.
Not 10 recall Claude a. Swanson, OF Viz
cinia. cX-menber of the House, ex-Gov-
crnor Of Virginia and now the Old Do
miniou Junior Senator-well. it was almost
TOO much to bear. They all laughed, just
little: then they looked askance, and
whether il was a joke. slip Of the mem
ory or small indlgnity-a thing Of which
Mrs. Clark never was accused-she Will
have TO SHOW them" for she Is from Mis-
souri,.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
NEW TIP ON THE FLY
Expert Advises Hackensack
Women to Watch Garbage Dump.

Hackensack. y. j. May 2l.-"The swat
the ny" movement started by the Womans
club Of lTackensact received fresh Impetus
at tho afternoon session held IN Oritanl
Hall to-day. al which the chief speaker was
pr John J. Cronin. assistant inspector Of
the New York Medical Department. But
Or. Cronln said this business OF swatting
the fly was not the means To DC employed.
Eliminate the breeding places" said tn"
speaker. Continuing. he said:
Now. that garbage dump on tho Hack
cnsack meadows. where this town dumps
its refuse. IS ono az the most disEraceful
things ! have met in a long time"
Mayor Charles W. Bel. on hearing Of this.
said. Il was invited to tine meeting Of the
WoWan's club. at which Or. Crouin black
guarded our town officials. but / declined
to attend. Tho trouble is that orr town has
lots Of critics who arc forever spouting
about reform and improvements but who
kick and sCold when 1t comes 10 providing
tie taxes necessary to make tho improve
mfnig'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
ANOTHER POLICE COMPLAINT
Suffrage Leader Says Rescue
Worker Was Mistreated.

Nrs James Lees Laidaw. chairman ot
Tho Borough Of Manhattan for the Woman
Surfra-e party. has written Mayor Gaynor
end Police Commissioner Waldo telling
them that the police are not sfcrding prop
er protection 10 rescue workers in China
town. and describing injuries received. she
declares. by Mrs Rose Livingston I'm that
district WREN she was saving girls from the
"cadets." Mrs Laidlaw mentions by name
threc members Of tho force and two plain
cloths men who need. she thinks 10 be
shaken up by the Commissioner
"If Inspector DAILY does not know ABOUT
4tesr things what goes on in chinatown
Csptaln Tierney and Oficcr sullivan must
.he says in her letter 10 the head OF the
roI,ce force Hundreds Of people arc
aroused b. the ou,rages that have occurred
tu. we will suspend action, trusting that
either at Your suggestion or Of their own
Initiative the police will perform their duty
Of protecting honest citizens and suppress
ting vice
In hcr letter 20 tho Mayor Mrs. Laid
law mentions two T'ainclothcs men-Tuller
end Eagau-as needing some lessons in the
duties Of officers of tho law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
AGED WOMAN DROPS CHARGE
Widow of S. Newton Smith Had
Accused Relatives of SWindlinp

The Indictment for grand larceny against
Mrs. Antoinette w. Brown and her SON
Newton Davis. was dismissed yesterday by
Judge O'Sullivan in General Sessions on
the motion Of Deacon Murphy, the Assist
ant District Attorney who has had The case
in charge. The two were arrested in March
on charge OF swindling Mrs. Browns
aunt, Mrs. Harriet Wells Smith, who IS
scventy-ive years old and a paralytlc. out
of a good part Of the income she derived
from 100000 trust fund left by her hus-
band, S. Newton Smith. The Indictment
charged the larceny Of one check for sll9
Mr.. Murphy told the court that about
$4,000 of the $4,000 which it was alleged
had been taken had been returned and
that he considered it doubtful II a convic-
ton could be obtained. Besides refunding
large part of the money Mrs. Brown and
her son dsclaimed any criminal intent and
sent back to Mrs. Smith also two trunks
Of silVerware and household furniture TO
the total value of about 5000. a civil ac-
ton brought by Mrs. Smith to recover her
money has likewise been discontinued.
Mrs. Smith is now living at the Holly
apartments in Washington Square West.
At the time when she made the complaint
against her niece and Davis she was living
in furnished room house on the upper
West Side. She said that on one protext or
another Mrs. Brown and Newton Davis
had taken almost every check that came
to her and appropriated it to their own use.
S. Newton Smith died four years ago lie
was we'll known as a lnancier and was in
strumental in building the elevated rail-
road in Brooklyn. Until the elevated lines
of Brooklyn were merged in the b. r. 7.
lie was an official of one Of the roads.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
FAILS TO BREAK AUNT'S WILL
Alleged She Was to Have Bulk Of Es-
tate for Unfortunate Marriage.

4 fury I'm the Supreme Court upheld yes
terday the will made By Mrs. Sarah Bell
who died In 1893, at the age Of ninety-three'
leaving an estate valued at $4,000. Alleg-
ing that she was not OF sound mind when
she made her Will, Mrs. Mary Carroll a
niece of the testatrix. sued Dennis Quinn. a
LAWYER, and Bernard g. Haggln. who with
her. each received one-third of the residue
NJ the estate. Mrs Carroll said that be-
cause Of an unfortunate marriage. for
which her aunt was responsible. Mrs. Bell
had promised TO leave her the bulk Of her
estate.
Quinn. who was Mrs. Bells attorney. and
Haggin we're the defendants In the suit.
II vas alleged that Mrs Bell did not know
the purport Of her Will Quinn produced
WITNESSES who testified that Mrs. Bell wa
~ eound mind, and the jury decided that
the viii should not be disturbed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
WILL CONTEST IN A LIBRARY
Surrogate Saves Witnesses Trouble by
Holding Court at His Home.

Because Of the advanced age OF several
Of the witnesses in a will contest Surrogate
cohalan held court yesterday in his home
No 900 fremont avenue, The Bronx which
is not far from the home OF those VINO
were called to testify.
The contest is over the will Of Mary Ann
Kerr who died a few months ago at her
home. No. 259 fremont avenue, leaving
reol estate valued at $4,000. She left the
bulk of her estate TO her daughter Mary
Kraemer. a school teacher. one Of her
SONG a policeman, received a small legacy,
willie another son was entirely cut off. The
latter is a letter carrier and he is contest
ing his mothers will, alleging that his sis
ter used undue influence on their mother.
Mrs. Kerr was seventy years old when
che dicd and all her friends were old peO-
pie. so TO save these the trouble to come
"ourt Surrogate Cohalan turned his library
into courtroom.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
WE'D DESPITE KANSAS LAW
Mrs. Watson. Divorced From Army
Captain. Marries Marine Corps Officer

nv Telegraph 90 Tho Tribune.
San Francisco. MAY .l.-An army To-
nance with legal complications pas re-
vcalcd hero when Mrs. Maryland watson
who obtained a divorce under tho Kansas
law a week ago. WIS married To IicuteHani
John Potts. Of the United State Marin"
corps. who IS stationed at Mar" Island ana
is the son Of BriGadicr General Ramsay =.
potts. commaudant 81 tho army serve"
school at Fort LcavcnWorth.
Under tho laws Of Kansas decree Of d.
yorce does not become absolute nor take
effect until the expiration Of six months
from it's date. Mrs. Potts's former nus
band was captain James r. Watson. now
stationed at fort Lcavcuworth Mrs. Potts
father is John V. Spring. 81 san Antonio
Tov.. n wealthy cattle dealer.
when he couple applied IN the marriage
clerk the bri1c-to-te told the clerk she was
worried and wondered If she would got into
trouble by marrying here. The judge M
Kansas. she said. had ordered her not 10
marry for six months.
'It will be all right II you don't 80 back
to Kansas" said the clerk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
WOMEN MUST SAVE NATION
Urged to Learn How to Combat
High Cost of Living.
/ n Telegranh ID M Trlhnno

Cincinnati, May Y.-lt IS the housewives
Of this country ard not the physicians who
must cooperate TO prevent future genera
tons of America from being puny, under
sized and liable 10 disease. according o
Dr. Edwin NJ. Craig. of Norwood. who
spoke on Food Values 70 the members
Of the National Housewives League yes
terday.
The nation IS threatened with a period
Of decline. owing 10 the high cost Of liv-
ing. and unless housewives learn how 10
buy economically how TO substitute
cheaper foods for meats. there are going
10 he more and more divorces. owing TO
comfortless homes. and the race will suf-
fer" said DR.. Craig.
Husbands are not going 70 stand poor
meals al high cost, and unless the house
wives learn how to meet the conditions OF
life there are going 10 be more and more
assertions Wives should buy foods in
large quantities. should never run bills
and. above all. should never buy furniture
on the instalment plan"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
CHINESE BRIDE VAMIsHES
Husband Hour Late Getting
Home Cause of It All.

Tho gIooms were abroad in Chinatown
yesterday. Little Quong Shee Fee. bride OF
Lau Fee. tea merchant at No. Pell street.
ran away. and poor Lau Fee was 'VelIy
sick" I'm the head. But soon the bride came
back and all was well.
When pretty Quong Shee and Lau Fee
were married, about a year ago. in Chi
nese temple on fowery dals of PARKWAY
Canton. and afterward came to this city.
where Lau Fee entered the tea bust
ness. Quong Shee extracted a solemn prom
Use from her husband that he would al
ways come home by o'clock at night
I.au Fec is a member of the notorious
Four Brothers society, one Of the ever
warning tongs of Chinatown, and, of course,
a Chinese clubman has to stay out nights
just like his American brethren. In spite
of that, Lau Fee kept his promised word
kept It until Monday highland then he did
not get back to the house until after 10
o. clock.
First to greet his eyes as he darted across
the sidewalk to enter the door Of his house
at No. Pell street were bits of broken
tea pot and n piece Of chnaware from one
Of the pagodas of the Flowery Kingdom
There was much chop suey, many lichce
nuts and other things which spelled
spoiled supper TO Lau Fee.
He knew at once what had happened. His
sill<cn- gowncd little bride had left him, as
she had threatened TO do were Lau Fee
late In getting home The abandoned hus-
band looked around the sitting room of his
two-room apartment. His cunningy carved
Chinese vases. the grnning ivory monkeys
and sharp-cyed little elephants were there
on the shelf. but QuOng Shee was gone.
Lau Fee went to the Elizabeth street po-
lice station Yesterday morning and an
alarm for Quong Shce was sent out
Later Lau reported his wife had come
back and that they had "k'isscd and made
'Cm up"