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New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
GIRL HELD FOR LARCENY.
Story of Gay Times and Betting
on Races Has Feminine Setting.
TRACED BY LOST CHECK
Employer Places Loss at 81 zoo
and Police Say Prisoner Con-
fessed to Stealing.

A story of peculations extending over
many months TO pay for theatre parties
expensive clothes and a general "good
time" with various young men and women
friends, followed later by frantic attempts
to make up the stolen amounts by betting
en- the races, and. finally the appropriation
Of a $500 check, which led to her discovery
were features in the alleged confession
made to the police by Ada Elss, the at
tractive stenographer and bOokkeeper OF
Joseph w. Cushman & Co.. who was ar
rested last night. On the complaint OF Mr..
Cushman. Detectives Martin and Scanlon
went to the offices of the company at NO
24C West 23d street and took Miss Elss to
the West 10Th street station on a charge
Of grand larceny
The check which brought about the ar
rest Of the young woman was received at
the company's offices about ten days ago.
Members of the firm say that Miss Elss
was sent to deposit the check. When II
failed to come through the bank an inves-
tigation was started. which disclosed the
the fact that it had been cashed. A secret
examination of the books was begun, and
Mr.. Cushman declares he then found the
accounts were so deXterously juggled that
he could not tell exactly how much was
missing. but he could point to loss of at
least 81 200 since last September. Then
he sent for the police and had the book
keeper arrested.
After she had been put in a cell at the
station house. the police say. Miss Elss
freely acknowledged that she cashed the
$500 check and that she had taken In all
about 81 200 OF the firms money She said
she was the daughter of the late president
Of the Ellis Piano Company, OF New Jer-
sey. and that her home was at Englewood.
although she had recently been in the habit
OF staying in town with a girl friend, who
lives at No. 300 Broadway
She told the detectives, they say, that she
was educated i'm a French convent and ac-
customed to travel and luxury up to the
time of her fathers death, when she was
compelled to go to work. The monthly
salary Of s45 which she received from the
real estate company was hardly sufficient
to stand the strain OF theatre parties, fash
ionable clothes and dinners, and she began
to take money from the TIL.
Last summer the realization of what she
faced caused the young woman to try TO
recover some OF the money by the pony
route About $500 went to handbook men
in small amounts. but there were no WIN
nings, and she soon gave 1t up. Miss Elss
was dressed In fur hat. fut coat and car
ried a fur nun when she was taken TO
the police station. She refused to give her
address in Englewood.
Mr.. Cushman i'd last night at his home.
No 432 West 23d street that he was con-
vnced the girl had not started out on her
career as an embezzler on her own initia-
tive, but that there was some one back OF
her who prompted the thefts and he would
prosecute the case for the purpose Of find
ing this person.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
RABIES KILLS ANIMALS
Long Island Property Owners
Alarmed by Death of Mad Dog.
QUARANTINE PROBABLE
Polo Pony and Brood Mare Be-
longing to John S. Phipps Put
Out of Misery.

Wheatley Hills Long Island. Jan. %
Especial. Owners Of large country places
in this neiGhborhood Who have on their
estates valuable horses. polo ponies and
hunters prize cattle sheep and swine are
greatly disturbed over the killing OF mad
dog few days ago. which showed upon
examination by Or Harry s. Fields every
symptom Of having been suffering from
rabies in its advanced stages. Among tn"
prominent property owners Of WestDury
and the sections about Rosyn, Manhasset
Glen Cove and oyster Bay all horses and
cattle are being carefully guarded.
The matter has been brought 10 the at
tention OF the state Toard Of Health and
the Department Of Agriculture at Albany.
and within fcw days a strict quarantine
will probably be declared against the town
Of North Hampstead. Similar action may
again be taken agonst the town Of oyster
Bav. which was under rigid quarantine
some months ago
Yesterday at tho large country place Of
John : Phipps, prominent member Of the
Mca Tow Brook Hunt club. one Of his most
valuable polo ponies vas killed after II hal
shown signs of rabies in its advanced
stages. The pony Cay Boy. was valued at
$1,000 and had been imported by Mr..
Phipps TO play in the international polo
tournaments last spring.
Mr. Phipps also lost a valuable brood
mare which was imported from England.
When DR. Fields entered the stable 10 eX-
anime the mare closely he was driven from
the stall by her mad rushes at him Find
Ing that IL would be impossible 10 save heT
from a lingering death. the mare was
killed by order Of Mr. Phipps An cNami-
nation of the head OF the mare at the Pas
tour Institute disclosed that she had rabies
iE its worst form.
Just before Gay Boy was Killed his
groom joseph Quinn. entered his stall. not
The pony grabbed the groom by the shout
der and shook him Ike a terrier does a rat.
and the man escaped only after the most
desperate struggle Mr.. Phipus sent Quinn
10 the Pastcur Institute for treatment.
In order that spread of the disease
might be- prevented. Or. Fields to-day
iuoculatcd all the other ponies on the place,
the serum being from tho Pastcur Institute.
Dr Wheeler, Of that institute also. assist
ing. Several Scotch sheep on the PhippS
place arc being carefully watched, for fear
that the mad dog may have been among
thcm and at the first sign the flock will
be- Isolated.
estate " X. Dudley Winthrop. and T.. -.
Morgan, Clarence II MaCkay Harold
Phpps, Thomas Hitchcock. ir.. Robert Ba-
con and many others are within a radius OF
two miles Of tho Phipps place, where the
dog was known 10 have bitten the horses.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
CONWAY SUCCEEDS GILROY
Anti Cassidy Man Appointed
Magistrate in Queens County.

James ]. Conway, Of No ~ Pearson
street Long Island City was appointed
police magistrate YESTERDAY by the Mayor
to succeed the late Magistrate Gilroy. Mr.
Conway is forty-four years Old, and has
lived in Queens for seventeen years. He Is
treasurer OF the Long Island City Business
Mems Association and member of the
executive board Of the Queens County Bar
Association Mr. Conway opposed Joseph
Cassidy every time Cassidy ran for Bor-
Ough President.
Police courts In Queens Borough will he
convened at 7:SO o'clock this morning and
then the magistrates will hear arraign-
ments only. Adjournment is to be taken
in time for them TO reach Long Island CITY
TO take the s:21 o'clock train for Far Rock
away. where they will attend the funeral
of Magistrate Eugene G. GiIroy
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
BUTTER MAY HIT so CENTS
Exchange Official Predicts Big
Climb for Wholesale Price.

New York is on the verge of a butter
famine. Prices are ascending steadily, and
before the end of March the wholesale
figures will reach 80 cents a pound, which
means that the consumer will have to
pay as high as 60 and 65 cents, according
10 a prophecy made yesterday by Edwin
T.. Martin an official OF the Mercantile Ex-
change.
Yesterday the wholesale prices quoted
were the highest recorded in twenty-eight
years A. cents being asked for pound Of
the best grade butter. AS there is no re-
lief in sight it will be May before the mar
kets VIII be adequately stocked, and in the
mean time butter threatens TO become a
luxury rather than a necessity. Retail
dealers were selling the high grades from
30 to 50 cents pound yesterday, and by
the end Of the week it is likely that the
cost will soar still higher.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
SIXTY CENT BUTTER SOON?
Dairy Product Reaches Highest Price
Recorded in Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. 16.-Sixty cents a pound for
butter was said to-day to be the price 10
which retail dealers in Chicago looked for
ward. Quotations this afternoon reached
q cents, the highest in the city's market
history
This additional burden on the cost of
living was blamed by the storekeepers TO
scarcity resulting from the recent severe
weather conditions, but other persons were
not slow to ascribe the advance to an al
legged trust, which has been under investi-
cation by federal authorities.
The onus. according to one usually well
posted authority, was declared TO be on
Eastern houses that have been manipulate
ing prices by means Of large holdings Of
cold storage butter.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
YEARS SALARY FOR MRS. HARLAN

Washington, Jan. is. Representative
sherley. of Kentucky. said to-day that he
would endeavor to incorporate In one OF
the appropriation bills for the coming year
a provision that the widow OF Justice Har-
Ian receive the equivalent Of years sal
airy OF Supreme Court Justice, Sl3.5oo.
This was authorized by Congress for the
widow Of Justice Brewer
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
TRIP SOUTH FOR PERKINS.

George w. Perkins will leave here this
morning for an extended trip through the
South. The trip, 1t is said, is for rest and
recreation and has nothing TO do with poll
ties or business Mr.. Perkins has a bun
galow on the cost In northern Florida.
where he generally spends several weeks
every winter, resting from his activities in
Wall Street, and 1t is understood that he
will stay there for a time while he Is away
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
FOUR WOMEN GET STATE JOBS.

Albany. Jan. Estate Labor Commis-
sioner Williams has appointed the follow
ing as factory inspectors at an annual sal
ary OF $l,2U0: Miss Rose Delmlng. Rock
away Beach: Mrs. Mary c. Schoenberg and
Mrs Carrie T. IIouser. New York. and Miss
Minnie ]. Van Zandt. Rochester,
The Washington herald., 1912-12-06
ITINERARY OF COMMISSION.

Announcement was made yesterday by
Or. c. J. Owens. managing director of
the Southern Commercial Congress, OF
the itinerary of the American commits
sion OF the congress which will go
abroad next April to study European
systems of agricultural finance.
The commission will sail from New
York on the Cunard liner SaXonia on
April %. Following are the countries,
with the time to be spent in each, the
delegates will visit: Italy. eight days;
Austria, Ave days: Hungary. five days:
Germany. ten days: Denmark and Swed-
en-. ten days; Belgium and Holland, ten
days: France, eight days; England and
ireland. eight days, and the Balkans,
five days. The following cities will be
visited: Naples, Rome, Florence. Bo-
logna, Milan, Budapest. Vienna. Munich,
Dresden, Berlin, Cologne. Rotterdam,
Brussels. Paris. London. Dublin, Cork,
Queenstown, Copenhagen, Stockholm
Berne. st. Petersburg. and the capitals
OF the Balkan countries. The commits
sion will return on the Cedric, Of the
White Star Line, leaving Queenstown,
July IS. Including the ocean passage
the commission will be absent from the
United States three months.
The itinerary was mapped out by
David Lubin, American delegate to the
International Institute OF Agriculture at
The Washington herald., 1912-12-06

and 1 think II was favorably reported
by the committee and did not pass the
House. There is a bill reported by the
committee on reform In the civil service
in the last session for reclassifying the
civil service. Either Of these contains
foundation which light have been taken
up and enacted into law; but instead OF
adopting the system recommended by
the committee on refor in the civil sew
ice, you would return to the old-fashin-
ed way. which. a sorry to say. we have
been pursuing right along. You have
relaxed from our last years principle
of not making any increases, and now
for the Democratic administration you
are making increases both Of force and
salary.
The Appropriations Committee. last
year recognized that approximation was
one OF the evils Of the service. 1t Is
one Of the greatest problems that can be
tackled by any committee, and IL the
Committee on Appropriations would strike
out these two evils, would reclassify and
would strike out superannuation, they
would do something OF permanent value. ;"
Chairman Fitzgerald interrupted to re-
mind Mr.. Gillett that the committee had
ATTEMPTED something along the line sug-
gested in regard to the approximation
problem, referring to the seven-year ten
ure clause.
Yes. the committee did do it." re-
turned Gillett, but in such a crude and
preposterous way that I venture TO say
they won't dare TO repeat II when they
come into power"
Up to Committee.
'-Mr. Chairman" said Mr.. Burieson,
replying, to Gillett, every intelligent
member of Congress recognizes the fact
that there is a crying necessity for a
reform in the classified service of the
government. There is a committee OF
the House of long standing chargeable
with the responsibility of reporting to
this House remedial legislation looking
to the correction OF this great evil look
ing to the elimination OF approximation
in the departments.
That committee has been presided
over by a distin guished representative
for a number of years. l will not
charge that he has been guilty OF gross
neglect of duty. I will not charge that
he has idled on the job. but the chair
man OF the committee on reform in the
civil service in the Sixty-first Con-
gress. the Sixtieth Congress, and in the
Fifty-ninth Congress, at any time that
he wanted to correct this great evil
that has been pointed out by the gen.
tleman from Massachusetts,. could have
assembled his committee, formulated
his propositionI in the shape OF a bill.
and reported II to the House for con-
sideration
at was not the fault OF the minority
in those Congresses that this was not
done. and l will say II comes with poor
grace form the gentleman from Massa-
chusetts CMr. Gillett). who has held that
position as chsiran on the committee
on reform in the civil service for so
longf, to come here now and point out
that a feeble effrt is being made by the
majority at this time TO correct some OF
these anifest abuses in the civil serv-
ice
when he was at the head OF the COM
mittee there would not even have been
a basis for the criticism that he now
directs against the appropriations COM
mlttee."
The Washington herald., 1912-12-06
MOST SICKNESS COMES FROM
weak, INACTIVE KIDNEYS

tribe. and commence its use at once.
When you have taken a few doses you
Will be surprised how differently you
will feel
Croxone cures the worst cases OF kid
ney, bladder trouble, and rheumatism
because It removes the cause. Pills,
tablets. and other remedies merely give
temporary relief at the best Croxona
cleans out the kidneys ana makes them
filter out all the poisonous waste mat
ter and uric acid that lodges In the
joints and muscles, causing rheumatism:
soothes and heals the bladder, and
quickly effects a permanent positive,
lasting cure.
You will find Croxone different from
all other remedies. There Is nothing else
on earth like It. 1t matters not how
old you are or how long you have SUI
fered. 1t Is 50 prepared that II 10 prac-
tcaliy impossible to take II into the hu-
man system without results.
You can secure an original package OF
Croxone from any frst-class druggist,
such as. O'Donnelrs Drug Store, Ninth
and F Streets Northwest, who will per-
sonally return the purchase price II Il
fails to give the desired results the wary
first tirne you -ass-A
The Washington herald., 1912-12-06
CONDEMNS PUBLIC BUILDING

The building occupied by the Geological
Survey is pronounced unfit for habita-
ton by Surgeon General Rupert Blue
in a report just made public by the ap-
preparations committee OF the House
1t is estimated that many Of the employees
in the building have a breathing space
CT only about by by S feet. and the
report states that this crowding works
toward decreasing the efficiency OF the
force Of the department.
The annex finds especial ill-favor in
the report. II is stated It IS unfit for
men to be in, and that in the loft. where
conditions are the worst. ten men are
employed.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-06
NEED BATTLESHIPS;
WANTS MORE POWER
Attorney General Wants
Legislation Permitting
Litigation Against
Both the Shoe MacHin-
cry and Coffee Trusts.

A demand for legislation permitting the
Department OF Justice to carry on its
litigation against the United States Shoe
Machinery Company and the so-called
Coffee Trust was the most important
measure advocated by Attorney General
Wickersham in his annual report, which
was read in both Houses OF Congress yes
terday In addition to this trust legisla-
ton, announcement was made of sec
ond procedure against the Lehigh Valley
Coal and Railroad Companies at an
early date.
The Attorney General reported that
there was collected and paid into the
Treasury of the United States, as a re-
suit OF suits brought, or compromises ef-
fected during the fiscal year, the sum OF
S2OlS, go. 90. besides $3.50, 1856 collected by
the Solicitor OF the Treasury in compro-
mise claims not in suit, making an ag-
gregate total of S2,749,07 During the
past fiscal year. says the report. 3.242
civil cases to which the United States
was a party and 16,l5S criminal prose-
cutions were disposed OF in the circuit
and district courts, and 1,211e cases in
the Court OF Claims.
The Offices performed by the Commerce
Court were highly commended by AttOr-
ney General Wickersham. With regard
to this subject he said:
UPhoIds Commerce Court.
In my opinion. the Commerce Court
has proved a far more satisfactory in
strument for the determination OF legal
questions arising out OF the orders OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission
than the former method by which such
questions were passed upon in the vari-
GUS circuit courts throughout the coun-
try.
1T is much more expeditions; it has
upheld the commission in a larger por-
ton Of cases than did either the circuit
courts or the supreme courts; and II has
granted temporary injunctions with less
freedom than the circuit courts did. l
interests of the public as well as to the
istration OF Justice TO now return to the
old plan OF distributing the litigation
among the many district courts the
United States"
In regard to the white slave traffic
the Attorney Generals report requests
that an Appropriation of at least 500 900
be made to carry on the work of the de-
partment.
The report advocated the establishment
of the merit system in the Department
OF Justice. and suggested a methodical
examination of the referees Offices with
a view 10 placing a Limitation upon the
fees they may demand for the admins
tratiOn Of their trusts. The establish
ment of a salary list for court clerks
instead of the present fee system, was
also advocated.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-06
Recent Reports. Show Hundreds
Suffer With Kidney Troubles
and Don't Know II.

There are scores Of nervous, tired, run
down people throughout the city, suf-
fering with pains in the back and sides,
dizzy spells, weaknesses OF the bladder
frequently causing annoyance at night.
who fail TO realize the seriousness OF
their troubles until such conditions as
chronic rheumatism. bladder troubles.
dropsy. diabetes. or even Brights dis
case result.
All this Is due to weak. inactive kid
neys The kidneys are tho flterers OF the
blood, and no one can be we'll and
healthy unless the kidneys work prop
frly. It Is even more important than
that the bowels move regularly.
II you suffer with such symptoms,
don't neglect yourself another day and
run the risk Of serious complications.
Secure an original package OF the new
discovery. Croxone. which costs but q
The Washington herald., 1912-12-06
Efficiency of Battleships
and Fleets Is Higher
- Than Ever Before, Ac-
cording to Secretary
of Navy'S Report.

The annual report Of the Secretary of
the Navy, George Won L. Meyer, SUBJ
mitted TO Congress yesterday, suggested
extensive changes in the administration
Of the Navy Department; reported the
efficiency of Uncle Sans battleships to
be higher than that maintained last year.
and recommended a provision for the
building OF four battleships. two cruisers,
sixteen torpedo-boat destroyers. and a
number Of auxiliary vessels at the pres
ent session of Congress.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer stated
that the augmentation of the present
naval force was a necessity to the per-
petuation OF the peaceful relations OF
the United States with the powers of
the world. He discounted the assertions
OF enemies Of a large navy that the
opening of the Panama Canal would
double the navy" characteriZing such
q proposition as erroneous. The compile
ton Of the canal, he said, would simply
enable the squadron on one side or the
North American continent to steam to
the help of the squadron on the other
side is less time than heretofore.
He stated that, with an immense coast
line, and with the whole OF South and
Central America to separate the East
from the West coast, this country needs
whole coastline is continuous The sec
retary's report stated that a total OF
forty-one battleships, with a proportional
number OF other fighting and auxiliary
vessels, was necessary to place this
country on a safe basis in its relations
with other world powers.
Wants Board of Advisers.
The Secretary reported that he was
thoroughly convinced. after a trial ex-
tending over three years, that efficient
administration of the navy cannot be
accomplished by a secretary without
some sort of a board or council made
up of expert advisers. He renewed his
recommendation of last year that the
council of four aids he had established
to help him in his work be legalized by
Congress.
The report advocated the establishment
OF a council of national defense to act
as an intermediary organization looking
toward the accordinatiOn Of Congress.
the army and the navy.
The report recommended the abolish
ment of the Bureau of Equipment,
which is characterized as both Illogical
and unbusinesslike." The offices per-
formed by this bureau, according TO the
report. could be distributed among other
departments of the navy to better ad-
vantage.
With regard to navy efficiency, the Sec
retary's report said:
The fleets are in a more efficient con-
dition than ever before. Their prepared
ness, as regards repairs and upkeep, has
been maintained at a most satisfactory
standard, and the ships of the navy. ir-
respective of their classes, have been
generally in a condition TO respond TO
lie NhaF hov nd
upon them. The fleet has maintained its
high standard in all branches of gun
merry. The general health of the fleet
has been good and shows a slight i'm
provement over that for the previous
year"
The Washington herald., 1912-12-06
Accidentally Shoot. Self.

Lyman D. Oberlin. a member OF the
senior class at Central High School. &C
cidentally shot himself while hunting
near -Four Corners. Montgomery County.
Nd, Wednesday morning. He was
brought to this city yesterday and taken
to the Garfield Hospital, where last night
Il was stated that despite the serious
nature of his injury his condition was
favorable
The Washington herald., 1912-12-06

After December 81 employees OF the De-
partner of Justice will be paid by check
on the United States Treasury instead OF
in cash. This change was announced
yesterday. 1t IS said that because the
Department OF Justice employees number
about 800. the work of making out the
checks will not be hard. None OF the
other departments of the government
contemplate such a change now.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-06
.BnI" Finn Files Accounting,

Harrisburg. Pa. Dec. 5.-The account
of William Finn. treasurer of the Wash
ington party. was filed to-day, showing
that he had spent $i5,1S6Os. d. o. Jones.
of Pittsburg. treasurer of the Washing
ton party of Western Pennsylvania filed
an account of SlS,530.6l. Finn reported
contributions of 5,5O7OS, of which he
gave S34,O70l4
The Washington herald., 1912-12-06
Col. Harvey Reticent.

New York, Dec. 5.-col George B.
Harvey today refused to discuss the
report that he probably would be chosen
as successor to Ambassador Reid at
the Court of st. James. When his pri-
vate secretary was asked either to af-
firm or deny the report. he replied:
You may say that Col. Harvey refuses
to be interviewed on the matter