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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20

rarm purchased for him by his friends AT
the time Of his parole from Sing Sing.
The veteran boat captain is seventy
three years old He had Ia his credit a
long and honorable record OF service on
the waters in and around New York when
his steamer. the General Slocum, burned
off North Brother Island. Hell Gate on
June l.. 1891 with loss of loo lives.
The steamer was bound up the Sound At
the time. loaded To capacity with PIE
nickers from a Lutheran Sunday school
Captain Van Schaick was accused OF
negligence for falling 10 have sufficient
lifesaving and fire equipment aboard. lie
was tried and convicted on this charge.
and nearly TWO years after the catas-
trophe he was sentenced To ten years ~
Sing Sing. An appeal was taken and a
retrial granted. lie began his term on
February Is. 1908. and three and "a halr
years later. i'm August 1911. was released
on parole. This parole was secured
through the untlring efforts OF his wife.
formerly Miss Grace Mary scott. head
nurse i'm Lebanon Hospital She was
aided by the American Mates and Pilots
Association. the members Of which also
took an active part In raising the 5000
frnd for the purchase Of his farm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20
TWENTY-FIVE MILES IN
SNOW THOSE WOMEN CO
Suffrage Corps Arrives at Fish
kill, Tired, but Happy, A.
ter Hard March.
ARMY NOW NUMBERS FIVE
Private Stubs Rejoins from
Furlough and One Recruit
Takes On" for Hike
to Albany,

From Slan Correspondent, OF The Tribune
Iisukiu-on-Iiudson. y. Y. Dec. 19.-It
vas showing hard when the suffrage pill
e,ims reached Fishkll tonight For the
last two hours the march had been i'm the
dark and i'm the face of a singing wind.
which smieked SNOW go in every blast
lr, the dauntlcss little company pressed
ON ignoring the "carry-all" which was
Just ahead with their baggage and plenty
cf empty seats.
Two or three SchooiboyS who came out
,o i.er remained to pilot the pilgrims
ACROSS lots. thus saving in, n many weary
s,cys About mile from l|ishkill three
ycuus girls representing the Sunragsts
81 that village met and escorted them
into town. The escort was composed Of
Miss Marion Startup Miss Marie Briggs
ard Miss Ella r. Pcll Just as it began
go snow and the way seemed most cruel
tr. pilgrims were choercd by one of the
little Incidents which have Kept thei"
hearts warm all alons the way. \ little
tld woman. with a gray shawl over her
head ran out from her warm kitchen
into the snow 10 greet them.
God bless YOU, God bless YOU :" she
cried. You're doing a noble work. my
d.ars I'm Sevcnty-fve years old, hut [
may [ may live to see Justice TO women
Nav YOU have "A successful trip, my
dcars"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20
FOR The FIRST CHRISTMAS.

hov lust past his fifteenth birthday
il the owner of Il library Of fifteen com
plete sets OF books. each Of standard
author. and all beautifully bound. A girl
INST i'm her teens has thirteen perfectly
matched pearls. Both of these young
.,aople have reaped the benefits of that
pretty custom that is growing among
American parents. of starting at the
childs first Christmas a collection Of
yvortn-while things. and adding To II each
holiday season.
The boy whose father began a library
for him did not, of course. appreciate the
Herbert Spencer he got on his first Christ
mas nor the Shakespeare on his second,
but now he is beginning to understand
what his library signifies, and when he -
,,yenty-one he Will be very proud OF IT.
And nv the time the little woman with
IN. pearls is ready for society she WILL
have enough for beautiful necklace or
bracelet
The fashion Of giving silver 70 children
* not a new one. The Christmas and
hirthday spoons make "A dozen very sooh;
then the forks are presented. little
uine-year-old has set of heavy dessert
snoons and the dozen forks TO match.
The idea Of having the child's bank ac-
count originate with his first Christmas
is also a wise one, though more prosaic
than the collection Of books and Jewels.
Picture loving parents might prefer TO
rive the young son or daughter a good
nicture each Christmas. IT is always safe
IA give a good copy OF one OF the works
of the masters. Age cannot stale" their
excellence. and what is so good for u
child as To grow up surrounded by good
pictures?
At any rate. books, pictures, silver or
Jewels. or anything else of true value, is
a better investment than the oversupply
of expensive and perishable toys some
parents spend oceans of money upon each
Christmas season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20

Cinderella wore a gold shipper. The fairy
books say it was glass. but It was really
gold and she will wear IL tomorrow night
in the play given by a club Of Italian girls
at the Hartley House Settlement Such
fun as they did have getting the costume
ready, And the finished product was
unanimously declared simply gorgeous.
The only unpleasant thing about the
whole affair was the fact that one OF the
girls had TO drop out because she must
work every night during the Christm IS
rush season and this. Of course, was just
when the rehearSals were becoming eXcit-
ing. There came very near being some
thing else of different sort of unpleas-
antness. however Cinderella cannot be
played without rats and mice. At first the
search for them was unavailns, and one
day before they had been successfully
trapped in the 10-cent store the club leader
was walking the street, cudSelling her
brains for likely place TO find some,
when what should she see on the sidewalk
>Sut a real one-dead. She confessed after
ward that at that moment she had been
The pumpkin is TO be the real thing, how
ever. and everybody has gIoated over il in
advance.
Not only Cinderella and The wicked
sisters are to be Italian girls from the clup
but the prince himself on ordinary days
goes to business in skirt, too.
The drama seems to be the favorite
form of Christmas week entertainment at
Hartley House, for this year there are
going to be three plays
Two clubs Of small children. seven years
old or whereabouts. have worked to-
gether and are going TO produce SNOW
White" This Will not be Mr.. Ames
version. The children dramatlzed 1t for
themselves. and while grown ups have
been suffered to witness Tehearsals, no
one has had the audacity to revise the
literary work Of the children themselves.
one of the most profoundly dramatic
speeches in the play is, "She is more
beautifuler than me. She Is more beauti-
fuller than I, What am | going to do
about. II? T know. / will take this apple
| bought off the push cart man at the
corner and will poison half Of it,
There Will be plenty of lust parties
too. during the coming week. The
mothers club has already had its cele-
bration. The mothers hurried up their
fun and got it out OF the way, leaving
themselves plenty Of time 10 see to i
that the Riddles nave a merry Christmas.
Their fun came early. and there was
great deal OF it, as any one who has ever
been TO a cobweb party knows. Every
present is tieG TO long ribbon, and these
ribbons are woven in and out and round
about Ike cobweb. No one is allowed
to see the present until it is trailed down
properly. and scissors are taboo. 4 half
hour Of such complicated unwindins never
fails to break the ice even in the stiffest
kind OF party.
Christmas Day the Hartley House Set
Element will rest in peace, but there will
be great jollihcation at its farm In New
Jersey for many Of the club members.
Further down on the West Side Green
wlch House is seething with holiday &C
tivities. Instead OF beginning a week OF
merrymakng yesterday, however, they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20
MCFARLAND CASE PARALLEL

charles W. Rochefort was placed on
trial Yesterday in Newark charged WIN
having attempted to poison his Wiie III
June. -,
pocbefort was machinist at the works
..,,ore Allison mcfarland. who was con
,.icted of numbering his wife but was ac-
,i,ted ON a second trial, was employed.
pocbefort is accused of having at
'pted 10 give his wife cyanide OF
.e,npssi,,n the poison from which Mrs.
MacFarland died. 1t is charged that on
NAV IS Rochcfort .bigamousiy married
Nav De Barleon His infatuation for the
iii is alleged To have been the motive for
the attempt on his wifes life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20
BABY 5 RATTLE A THIEF TRAP
1t Causes Arrest of Manufacturer 8
Wife.

Mrs Erminie Drab wife Of prosper
GUS manufacturer, who lives AT No. 522
West l47th street, was arraigned I'm the
Harlem court yesterday, charged with
stealing bottle Of milk. She was held
in $500 bail for trial Bernard Pearson,
who lives i'm the fiat under the Drab fiat.
had missed his milk for several days. and
set trap.
He attached thread TO the bottom Of
a milk bottle by means Of a seal and tied
"A baby's rattle to the other end While
ne and his wife were at breakfast the
rattle began To sound. and Pearson ran to
the front door. He says he saw Mrs
Drab going up the stairs with the milk
bottle under her arm. She pleaded not
guilty. but was locked up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20
SEVERITY FOR SUFFRAGETTES
Twenty-two-Y earOld Girl Sent to
Jail for Three Months.

London. Dec. g-Another militant
sufragette Norah Lackey, was sent to
Jail to-day for giving false fire alarms.
The sentence melted out this time was one
Of three months Imprisonment. and the
MAGISTRATE OF the Westminster Police
Court admonished the defendant that she
would be even more severely punished II
she repeated her offence. The prisoner
is only twenty-five years old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20
SUIT IS AND STILL GROWING
Filed in 1899, Brought Before % JUS
tees. Is Again Postponed.

The suit of Joseph Hendler against the
ID. f.. Culver Company for breach of con-
tract. which was brought in 1889 and re-
calls Dickens's "Jarndyce and Jarndyce.'
was again in the Supreme Court yester-
day.
The suit has been before twenty-five
justices on various moves. Five OF the
justices are dead and four others. Leven-
tritt. Freedman. Gildersleeve and German.
VINO resigned to accept the United states
Senatorship, are no longer on the prnch.
tcrday to have the case come up Tor ar
gument on June II, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20
MAINE CHANGERS FOR SUFFRAGE

Portland. Ne. Dec. ia resolution
indorsing equal suffrage for women ana
recommending that the Legislature next
month submit To the people constltu-
tional amendment providing for It, was
adopted by the Maine State Grange TO-
daN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20
oREooN's FIRST WOMAN MAYOR

Warrenton. ore. Dec. BY a margin
OF sixteen votes this town elected Miss
Clara Munson its Mayor yesterday She
is the first woman Mayor elected In Ore-
gon. She headed the Citizens ticket
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20
Private Stubs Holds Forth.

Mrs Richard Giles met the army d
Cold Springs and implored the marchers ~ ~
spend the night with her. but "Generai
Jones had her heart set on F1shhili' an"
on they went through the cold ana oarN'
The reason was that there was SUI
frage opportunity in Fishkill, where the
Tompkius hose company was hoIdi's 10
twenty-sixth annual dinner and had re-
quested suffrage speaker They oiu
reach F1shkiu. and Mrs. Jessie Harry
Stubbs the only private IN 'he corps
did the oratorical honors.
Mrs. Stubs also took the opportunity
to issue a challenge to all anu SUI
fra gists between here and Albany TO meet
her on the way for suffrage debate
Circulars TO this effect as well as the
usual suffrage literature were left on the
rural delivery mail boxes all along the
route to-day.
ITS only the English suffragettes VINO
pour acid into mail boxes" said the pn-
erims, proudly I'VE do only good deeds
So fired was Mrs Lillian jackson py
the enthusiasm Of the pilgrims that she
determined to join them on the march W
Albany. thus swelling the ranks 10 nNe
women and ten war correspondents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20

THE MOST UNIQUE AND EXCLUSIVE
Christmas presents. the best ever made
and imported. the finest workmanship and
finish the latest Paris creations I'm Simlli
diamonds and Perles Electra. the very thing
10 please your fastidious friend Of birth and
refinement. are displayed in an immense va
JAMMES. the Unique Paris Shop. AS 5th
ave, near 3sth st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20
Betterment League Ranges
from Inebriety to Opera.
HYPNOTISM'S DEADLY WORK
Mysterious Dark Woman Leads
Meeting Away from Reform
to High Art.

The Retirement League. which charge.
40 dues and has set out
TO exterminate dust. germs, insanity,
CONTAGIOUS diseases, court case delays.
smoke. inebriety, criminals, detectives
and the death penalty.
To regulate marriage.
To uphold the Board Of Health.
To secure pure morals foods and drugs.
To unity the sciences.
To simplify law. and
To educate the young to avoid pitfalls,
prevent disease. solve the sex problem
and master psychology
We'll! This organization held It's first
annual business meeting at the Hotel
Aston yesterday.
owing. Mrs. Nellie b. Van Siingerland
explained to the eXigencies Of Christmas
shopping. only sixteen members were
present. but by doubling up considerably
and drawing freely on the absent pres
ident. nine vice-presdents. two score
| taries. treasurer. auditor. historian. etc.
were elected and "A committee was formed
| for each one Of the various objects which
the league stands pledged to carry
| through
Mrs. Helen J. Andruss. who Is president
Of the New York County Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union, occupied the
chair The first thing the meeting did
was to elect Mrs Van Slingerland presi-
dent Mrs. Van Shngerland Immediately
stated that she had always suspected
that she was a big woman. and now she
was going TO prove Il by rcsigning TO
have that noted clubwoman, Mrs. Will
lam Cumming Story, elected head of the
Betterment League. Mrs. Story WASH
! there. but the meeting elected her in
| stantly. despite the frantic protests of
| Mrs. Andruss.
! Mrs. Andruss said the whole proceeding
was most supplementary. They hadn
acted on Mrs. Won Slingcrland's resisua-
! ton. and here they were elccting another
/ president, But the others said, "Oh. well.
never mind. lets act on Mrs. Won Singer
| lands resignation now; 50 they dill.
while Mrs Andruss fell back IN her chair
and let her gavel drop with a crash She
sat up again. though when She heard
herself voted in az chairman OF !nebriety.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20
The Conversion Of Donahue.

The rubber boots and the mudcaked
brogans Of the other pilgrims all played
their part for the cause, however
There's where the whole credit for the
conversion Of John comes in. John Dona-
hue was one Of the kind of anti who
believes everything he reads I'm yellow
journals" about suffragists Tommy
rot" he sputtered them women trying
To- walk to Albany this time OF the year
in silk stockings and dancing slippers!
Ii shows how much sense they'd nave 10
vote"
When the army arrived in Garrison MI
Donahue was led i'm after luncheon 10 De
introduced. He took one look at Genera
Jones. her jaunty little hat and trim
figure and rubber boots size 81. lie TOOK
another look at the row Of rubber ooo''
end was converted.
You're all right. girls he said II
vote for you in 1915
Mrs. Annie MacKellar and Mrs Lillian
jackson escorted the army out OF feeKs-
Kill this morning until they were met d.
Garrison by Mrs. Florence NJ. CooleS'
waving the purple. green and Whlte Hde
Of the Woman's Political Union
Mrs. Cooley is spending the winter or
ganizing Putnam County for the cause
She escorted the pilgrims TO Garrison 10
luncheon served by local suffragists'
Mrs. John Donahue Mrs. Harry Lud"Is
and Mrs. Howard c. Robinson. ME
Ellen Kemble Lent. president OF the fu'-
nam County suffrage organization sent Z"
greeting TO the army.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20
Medical Staff Tired Out.

Tho pilgrims were almost exhausted
when they reached their headquarters for
the night, but they would not admit even
suggestion that they give up the trip.
Even if the snow Is inches deep, well
press on" said General" Resale Jones
we may have to rest in the morning be
cause to-day has been very hard, but we
nave only eight miles to do and we'll be
~ WappinCer's Falls on schedule time
We've got 70 go on. that's ALL
Little DOC" Dock sank into the hotel
cushions and said she just couldn't move,
mot even if Governor Sulzer himself were
here" she said. Il couldn't get up to
give him the message
We'll. if Governor Sulzer were here
he'd 20 down on his knees TO you cried
Miss Jones. putting her arms around her
comrade. and together they stumbled up
stairs to bed.
II was the longest and hardest day OF
the march, for twenty-five miles were
covered. and the road was either ankle
deep i'm mud or up and down those steep,
bleak hills which make the Hudson High
lands. The glory Of the scene did not
escape the marchers.
II will look upon the mountains from
whence cometh my strength quoted
Miss Jones, and the little force pressed
on with fresh vigor
This reminds me OF the whole state
of Won an" murmured Miss Dock. Here
are these awful muddy roads through
which we must trail along through much
hardship, and up there are the clear
mountain heights We hope to reach when
women get the vote.
Not once in all the long. difficult day
did the little army lose courage. 1t rained
q cold. sleety. wind-driven rain in the
early morning but General Jones tied
a veil over her face and trudged on They
came 10 q long stretch Of read whe .
the mud was ankle deep, and they had
10 pick their way in single file. They
had been warned Of this, and Miss Jones
spent the early morning hours trying on
rubber boots i'm Peekskill. No was
the best she could do. because the stores
OF the largest village in the state were
not prepared for little New York mill
ionaire women who take il into their
heads TO plough through country mud and
intended only for the Christening Of men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20

Captain Van Schaick is now living near
Amsterdam y Y. his birthplace. on
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-02
Murder and Suicide.

George Shaw, a wealthy farmer,
shot his wife, Jennie B. Shaw, prop
ably fatally at West Pelham, Mass
yesterday, and then blew himself To
pieces with dynamite, which he placed
in stump and sat upon.
Mrs. Shaw had come from Hartford,
Conn, to place flowers on her SON.
grave. She had not seen her husband
since she left him, in January, 1911,
until she encountered him near his
home yesterday as she was driving
to the cemetery. Mrs. Shaw at the
time was accompanied by her daugh-
ter. Mrs. H. w. Griffin, of Chicopee,
and Mrs. William Barnes, of Spring
field.
No words were exchanged between
Shaw and his wife when they passed
on the road, but the man immediate
ly went home, procured a light driv-
ing rig. and, following his wife, caught
up with her in the cemetery. Jump
ing to the ground he began firing al
her with revolver as she sat in her
carriage.
Mrs. Shaw's horse ran away, throw
inc the three women out. Shaw ran
up to his wife when she fell TO the
ground and pounded her on the head
with his fists and with the revolye"
until she was insensiblc.
Leaving her apparently dead, the
man made his way to his home. When
search was made for him little latec
bits of his body were found scattered
about an open lot.
Investigation showed that Shaw HAD
placed several sticks of dynamite il,
the stump Of an old tree in his bacN
ward and then, after seating nlmSeIi
upon the stump, exploded the dyna-
mite
An examination Of Mrs. Shaw
showed that two bullets passed
through her abdomen. Her skull wa'
fractured and her right arm broken
Physicians held out little hope for ne!
recovery.
Nearly two years ago Mrs. Shaw
suddenly left her home, and ali ef-
forts of her husband to locate her were
unavaling, though he said ne be-
lieved he could win her back II ht
could see her. The cause of their sep
aration was not made public.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-02
Governor Wilson Presides.

Governor Woodrow Wilson was the
central figure in yesterdays Demo
cratic State Convention at Trenton,
n. j., at which a State platform was
adopted and candidates for presiden-
tial electors were nominated.
The Governor not only presided a,
the convention, but as member OF
the committee on resolutions took a
hand in the drafting IF the declara-
tion of principles, put in proposals
eulogizing his administration, saw
them carried and proposed an indie
pendent and individual resolution
driving, in effect, a final mailing the
political coffin of ex-senator James
Smith, jr.
The resolution removed the one pos
sible chance that remained for any
Juggling to be done in the Legislature
to overcome the lead by which eXCon-
gressman William Hughes became the
choice of the primaries for United
States Senator.
The resolution noted that the legis-
lative candidates were bound by the
primary pledges to vote for Mr.
Hughes, and then it emphasized the
further fact that there were some hold
over senator's who had not made any
primary pledges As all Of these SEN
ators were members of the Democratic
convention under the compulsion OF
the new election law. platform
pledge demanding that they vote fol
Hughes would be personal pledge
as binding as that made in the prl-
maries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-02
Roosevelt in Washington.

Washington, Oct. 2-Colonel Roose-
welt arrived here at 10 o'clock, an
hour late, enroute from North Caro-
lima to New York, where he will ar
rive about 3 o'clock.
81 am feeling great" said Roose-
welt, as he stepped on his car plat
form a few minutes at the Union sta
ton to greet few capital Bull
Moose. Senator Dixon was unable
to greet Roosevelt at the station, as
he had planned, on account OF the de-
lay in the Colonels arrival.
This afternoon Roosevelt plans to
play tennis at Oyster Bay and take
a walk with George E. Roosevelt
He will remain at Oyster Bay until
Thursday, leaving New York at mid
night for Washington to testify be-
fore the Clapp committee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-02
TALE5NAN REFUSE
To ACT AS JURORS
Preliminaries of Trial Cause
Trouble in Salem
Mass.
ANOTHER Y E n IR E.
Two Hundred and Fifty-Three Called
Eighteenth Man Examined To-
day in Efforts to Secure Jury.

Court House, Salem, Mass, Oct. 3
The wholesale refusal Of the talesmen
Of Essex county to serve Us jurors in
the cases Of JOS. EttOr, Arturo Gior-
annitti and Joseph Caruso, charged
with being responsible for the shoot
ing last winter of Annie LopiZzo al
Lawrence during the textile workers
strike will eventually mean the dis
charge of the prisoners, according to
their counsel.
District Attorney Attwill denies
this, saying that if this venire is ex-
hausted without the drawing of the
requisite seven more jurors, he Will
require another venire.
"Big Bill' Haywood, Elizabeth Cur
ley Flynn and Mrs. Caruso were in
court oday.
The third juror selected was Willis
p. Cressy, Iaailmaker of Gloucester,
He was the 253d talesman called and
the eighteenth man examined today
The choice followed a short confer
ence between the prisoners and their
attorneys.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-02
Reported Murder of Vice Consul.

New York, Oct. 2.-The New York
Bureau issued the following today:
"a dispatch from Mexico City con-
veys the startling report that on last
Sunday the Mexican rebels murdered
che American vice consul at Durango,
Allan MacCaghm, as we'll as Robert
Russell and Mr.. Cliff, manager and
owners of San Juan Laviche ranch.
Washington, Get. 2.-The State De-
partment has received no word of the
reported killing of vice consul Allan
MacCaughn, American citizen by the
name of Robert Russell and another
by the name of Cliff, at Durango City
Mexico. The department officials do
not place much credit in the report as
they have hads communication from
Durango as late as yesterday, but no
mention of the reported deaths.