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New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
NEW BRANCH OF LEGAL SOCIETY.

A new branch Office OF the Legal Aid So
clety was opened yesterday at No. l2'
Madison avenue at the offices OF the New
York-New Jersey Committee OF the North
American Civic League for Immigrants. At
the new, office all poor and worthy mlni'
grants who arc unable 10 engage attorneys
NAV obtain relief. regardless OF race, color
or creed. George Muller practising s.-
torney, has been placed in charge of thh
branch, ...f
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15

THE AINSWORTH CASE-Tre appar-
ent determination OF the Democrats IN tho
House TO play politics with the AAsworth
case makes it important that the actual
situation which led TO tho retirement OF
the adjutant general should he understood
as it can he understood only from the ex-
haustive record which has been sent 10
the House This. then, is the case in brief:
As adjutant general General Ainsworth
had entire charge of the muster rolls and
records OF the army. 1t IS estimated that
each member of Congress introduces from
ten 10 fifteen private pension bills a year.
Before these bills can be introduced II Is
necessary to procure more or less extern
sive information from the Office of the ad-
jutant general II has long been the boast
of General Ainsworth that every letter
received from a member of Congress by
his Office was answered on the same day.
lt is obvious that such service, especially
when compared with some offices I'm the
government which are deplorably SLOW,
won for the adjutant general the intense
admiration and gratitude Of members OF
Congress. From their point OF view Gen
eral Aiusworth's Office was tho one bureau
Of the government which was run as It
should be. From the point of view of the
government, however this situation pre-.
sented a wholly different aspect. 1t was
precisely like the large retail store which
maintained a force of statesmen so large
that no customer was ever kept waiting,
whether the customers came I'm droves in
the rush hour or dropped in in ones
and twos in slack periods. As every busi-
ness man knows, such force would bank
rupt a private institution. But as long
as Uncle sam paid the bills that was not
an occasion of anxiety TO the adjutant
general For some time. however, there
has been a determined effort to curtail
the expense Of doing business in the gov
ernment departments. In the War Depart
ment it was found that the preparation
and maintenance of the records were cost
ing six times as much as the same work
was costing in the Navy Department. and
this led the Secretary of War to seek a
reform Every effort at such reform has
been vigorously opposed by General Aims
worth, and he has enjoyed the support of
the grateful members of Congress, who
would be seriously inconvenenced by any
diminution Of the facility with which their
requests for information were attended TO-.
A clever politician General Ainsworth
utilized the opposition of Congress to the
full. and it was not until Secretary Slim
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
ALLEGED FoReeR HELD IN $1,000.

Bail TO the amount of $4,000 was fixed by
Magistrate House in the Tombs police court
Yesterday morning, in the case OF Chester
/, L,rrico. of Stockton, y. j.. charged with
forrery. Errico was arrested day before
Yesterday In Boston.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15

At another point, In describing the move
ments OF Major Ray and his part In ttefn'
the general said:
81 hope God and the committee Will for
give me for II, but I did it,
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
Ten Groups Of Big interests.

More important than this local centraliza-
ton, the Commissioner says. are the opera-
tions Of ten large groups Of interests
which possess control or influence over
i,s21, 900 developed horsepower, about 90 per
cent of the commercial water power in the
United States, together with $4,000 horse
power undeveioped.
The General Electric interests. the report
says control or influence $4,000 horsepower
Of developed water power In eighteen diff
ferent states and $4,000 horsepower of un-
developed resources, grand total OF over
10000 horsepower. II adds:
Next are the Stone and Webster interests
27s,000 horsepower. chiefly In connection with
public service concerns They exercise con
troll. largely through management rather
than ownership, over tifty or sixty com
panies. Eight have water power. the larg-
est being on the Mississippi River and In
the Puget Sound region.
The other groups are the Hydraulic
Power Company. OF Niagara Falls, $4,000
horsepower; the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company with over l1s,0oe horsepower de-
large portion OF California: the group
known as the Clark Foote- -Hodenpyl-wai-
bridge interests, 1000 horsepower largely
Michigan and also active in Maine and
Oregon: the Southern Power Company,
l0l voD horsepower which owns the great
bulk of the commercially developed power
in South Carolina; the 5. Morgan Smith
interests (Georgia), 7eo00 horsepower: the
Brady interests (Tennesseel, 1000 horse
power: the United Missouri River Power
Company 5000 horsepower. which with
the Butte Electric Power Company General
Electric group, practically dominates the
power situation in Montana, and the Tellu-
ride Power Company Colorado. Idaho and
Utah), 5000 horsepower The last-named
nine interests also include under their in
fuence $1,000 horsepower undeveloped.
The two greatest OF the General Electric
and the Stone and Webster groups have di-
rectors in o number Of the same corpora
tione They and the 3. Morgan Smith,
Westinghouse and Brady interests are sim
ilarly connected.
Discussing IAN increased nftiation Of
water power concerns and public service
companies" the Commissioner says
Tho companies IN the General Electric
group control street railways in sixteen
towns, electric lighting plants IN seventy
eight and gas plants In nineteen. Altogether,
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15

SUNDAYS YORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
FOR 40 so a ycsr.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
COSMOS

This weeks bill at the Cosmos Thea
ter is. one of the best ever offered at
that house In that all OF tho acts are
new to Washington, and every act is a
good one. and some OF them exception
ally so.
corridor In n prison. with convicts
In striped suits In their cells. is the
unique scenic setting OF christmas
Eve on BlackwelTs Island" an entirely
novel offering by Sydney Dean and his
company OF four men. The curtain
rises with a Christmas anthem; then
follows a succession OF songs. well sung,
and comical repartee. the curtain fall
ing on a spotlight picture at the close
OF sentimental song by Mr.. Dean.
lie Brow, Crystal, and company kept
four capacity audiences laughing heart.
lily from the start to the finish OF their
unusually funny farce-comedietta, "A
Matrimonial Wager"
Pankleb and company. THE Plastic
Comlques," furnish entertainment and
amusement with their clay modelling
the Three Troubadours. a hiBh-ciass
song offering as n male trio: Miss Mae
Francis. pleasing singer OF sweet
songs. exhibits striking costumes OF
unusual beauty, and Monsieur Herbert
and Vera DE Long combine In an act
of equilibristic skill by the former and
poses and song by the latter. The fam.
Gus Pathe Weekly Review of current
events OF the world. which leads the
film pictures always at the Cosmos
presents remarkable ship fire scene
this week.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
POLI'S.

Harry Breen. monologist; Carter and
Bolden. singers and dancers. and Md
dleton and Spellmyer. in a playette OF
the West. help to make an unusually
good bill for election week In Polls
vaudeville house. They are helped out
by other good acts by VIII Lacey, the
Three Franks. and Amini who fddles
Breen, with his ingenious foolery. was
the headliner with the rather we'll
filed house. II, AS he says II takes Il
wise man to play the fool. he is a
genius. At any rate, he made one wom-
an who sat well down In front iaug h
until she couldn't control herself and
almost had Mysteries. And this woman
was not alone In her merriment
Middleton and Spellmyer. assisted by
an alleged full-bloodcd Indian, played a
rather interesting little drama and sang
one song. Carter and sBoldcn sang and
danced. Miss Boiden making a hit with
her juvenile impersonations
The Three Franks gave an unusually
good acrobatic act In which one dives
over half IA dozen chairs. landing with
his hands on the hands Of the other
Altogether the show Is better than the
average.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
MUSICAL OFFERING
SCORES A SUCCESS
At THE NATIONAL
A. H. Woods Production of
Gypsy Love" Well
Received.

Gypsy Love-" Franz Lehar, Phyllis
Partington, and "The Melody OF Love"
are the names conjured by the bill at
the National this week. Here Is music
for the crowd, In which the unframed
may take keen delight and the mus-
clan no less satisfaction, In that 1t Is
at once genuinely good music and OF
such enhancing character that II marks
n goal for other writer's Of romantic
mus cal opera or of that frequent mis-
nomer, comic opera.
THE Merry Widow" made Lehar' 4
name and most of his fortune. The
Viennese composer. who lives up to the
traditions of Viennese composers, writ
ing songs on menus and finding inspra
ton In the noise and hustle or aiming
crowds, has surpassed his first success.
And. as Americans pay FOR what they
like, the house of Lehar Will have more
sumptuous decorations before the pre-
dicted long run of Gypsy Love- has
come to a turn.
Text Lacks Originality.
The tale is that of wilmer and Bro
dansky, adapted by those wheel horses
OF light llbretto, Harry and Robert
Smith. or startling originality in the
text there is none. Zorika, Rou'
manian beauty, Is betrothed to Fedor,
young man of her own station In lfe'
She becomes infatuated with Jozsi, a
gypsy musician. and decides to abandon
the uulet ways OF semi-patrician life
for the unconventional-unco ortable
would be more apt-freedom OF Zigany
existence. She Is to leave with Jozs
In the morning. On the advice OF hei
nurse-a very keen nurse. by the way
she drinks of the waters OF spring
which reveal to her gllmpses OF the
future. Now this Is not unusual MOI
original Based on myths and traditions
as old as the desire Of man to know the
future. the plot Is even faded. But one
reckons without Lehar.
THE second scene. a part of the visior
of the infatuated Zorika, IL the palm
garden Of a Vienna cafe. Lehar wa:
quite at home and he wrote into this
act not only all the fine things he ha:
As a result the bewitChing music ele
Yates the entire scene to plane where
one is as ready to admit originality II
the text as to defend the beauty OF hi
love after a first kiss.
Scoring Is Effective.
There are lovely melodies. motif
which catch in the memory and, above
all, some very clever and effective scor
ing. For Lehar does not pile up efrecti
to no purpose. Fash instrument Is per
mitted to make Its voice heard. Their
! Is economy of effort In the writing o
the music and this indicates a degree O
muslcianship on par with I.ehar's un
| doubted ability to write fine. catching
| melody.
. The third act is happy and conven
uonal Zorika has seen Jozsi divide hi
amorous attentions with other beautIc
, and when she is aroused from he
trance she looks upon the devoted Fe
| dor with chastened eyes. Jozsi ha
! found young widow. lima, who ha
. struck his itinerant fancy particular
| hard. and numerous couples arrang
! themselves for double blessedness.
\ Phyllis Partingt"n Is Iorika. Sh
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
CASINO.

quite a wonderful animal is No-Ko-
Mis-, the man-monkey, whose act heads
the Casino Theater bill this week. He
Is Of the highly trained kind. and does al
most everything but talk. including a
performance on the banjo, the musical
bells, the flying rings. and some roller
skate feats. Four large audiences
seemed to greatly enjoy his perform
ances yesterday afternoon and last
evening.
other features Of the bill include Kam-
plan and Deralda, real art lists with the
violin, cello and piano, whose musical
offering IL OF the exceptional kind: the
Flying Werntz In an elaborate and
thrilling aerial act: the Nelson kearns
company in a very laughabie sketch
concerning "a professor In acting, and
his only pair Of trousers, entitled Need
who. as a tramp, sings, dances, tells
comical stories and Is really amusing.
and Adeline Denette, pretty and ac-
complished, as a singer OF sweet songs.
New motion pictures OF the enjoyable
kind complete the entertainment.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
LYCEUM

Lew Hilton made big hit at the
New Lyceum Theater last night In the
opening performance OF THE Pace
Makers" which is playing at this popu-
lar playhouse this week. From the
first rise OF the curtain until the close
of tho show Hilton kept the audience in
an uproar. As Abraham Intchinski. a
financier. he has a part which brings
out strongly his real ability as a come
dian. He is supported by Miss Leslie
Hunter. Miss Margie Catlin. Bert Lewis,
Billy Mossey. Miss Mae Yuir. Harry r.
Kelley, and a chorus OF twenty.
The FIRST act shows two scenes at a
girls seminary. The second is that OF
a cafe and circus In New York city.
How DO You Know" sung by Hill
ton and the chorus. made a big hit.
six encores were given. Another song
which met with eppreciatIve approval
was Every Road Leads Me Back to
You"
Between the first and second acts the
Four Dancing Harmonists" entertained
the audience with a singing and dancing
turn. The singing OF the quartet was
especially good.
Besides the songs. there are Just
enough snappy Jokes tn make the show
interesting.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
GAYETY

one Of the best companies OF the sea-
son. 1.-THE Ginger Girls" is appearing
at the Gayety this week. The program
given by this organization is a varied
combination of fun, music. and beauty.
and in the two burlesques some of the
best-known performers on the burlesque
circuit figure. The comedy work OF Ed.
Lee Wrothe. as Janitor Higgins, was
the feature of the show, and upon his
efforts depended the success OF the per-
formance. He was ably assisted by
Frank Wakefield. Harry Z. Nelson, Joe
Buckley, and Gus Roeber. Margie Aus
Tin and Mabel Blake lead IA large and
attractive chorus In many popular
songs.
The burlesque is in two acts. the
opening number being Higgins at the
Races" while Higgins in Alaska Is
the title of the closing number The
chorus Is not only we'll drilled. but each
member aids materially In making the
performance success from start to
iinish. The stage settings and costum-
ing are among the best seen at the
Gayety this season. and two capacity
audiences yesterday gave unqualified
approval OF another Hurtig show.
Tonight cabaret show after the
regular performance will be feature
for election night. a number OF high
class acts being promised
The Washington times., 1912-11-05

authentic picture OF the typical Bowery
tough that has been seen across the
footlights In some. years, Byron Beas-
ley is forccful and clean-cut in his en-
actment OF Heinrich Schultz. and Ida
Lewis contributes an amusing portrait
In Mrs. Bates. and Robert Taber Is cf-
fective as DR.. Taylor. The balance Of
the players leave little to be desired.
There are Inconsistencies in Kind
ling" OF course, In the matter of close
and water-tight construction. but its
sarnestness and sincerity have sweep
and effect which dwarf all other i'm
pressions. II deserves the patronage of
those who hope to see the playhouse
more closely allied to life than II Is at
present. and who believe the stage
should deal with facts and not with
pleasant fctions.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
"K|NDL|NG" MAKES
MOST IMPRESSIVE
APPEARANCE HERE
Three-Act Drama of the
Slums Presented by Marga-
ret Ellington and Company.

! "Klndling." n threc-act drama from
out of the depths of the slums, Is one
or the most effective human documents
the American stage has offered In re-
cent years. II is poignant. telling. as
direct In its realism as an arrow In
air. Zola could have written 1t, ar Gals
worthy, but 1t was young and hither-
TO unknown playwright from san
Francisco. Charles Kenyon. who Gre
atcd 1t. The play was presented by
Margaret Ellington and her competent
company at the Belasco Theater last
evening.
Drab and sodden as tho play Is in It's
picture OF the sheer tragedy of the
modern tenement, with its harvest OF
disease, broken lives. stunted morals.
forceful message ringing through 1t and
the admirably restrained manner of Its
acting. There is no banal melodrama
ltn "kindling," although many of it's
common or garden variety of drama
tist to rcvel in platitudes and preach
ments. The real beauty OF the piece Is
its simplicity and sincerity. 1t has
neither the technical intricacy of a
l'inero play nor the forceful punch
OF Eugene Walter composition. 1t iss
q direct and even naive. transcript OF
life.
To Live and Give Life.
The right to life and TO give life-this
is tnp1ne worthy VI tHe ptst 'Tdui-
tions of the stage. 1t is a simple socio-
logical theorem which would not be
questioned as an abstraction. and yet
Cften is in real life. What right has a
bring child into the world, certain to
be blighted by the deadly tenement
THAT is the question which wracks the
mind of Maggie Schultz and which she
answers in her own io WaI yer ENerS Eye has ,n
right to motherhood, despite the warn.
ings of her husband. her friends, ana
the commonly accepted teachings OF tne
sociologist. To win FOR , herself wat Wnat
comfort or fine feathers. she SAYS
but Just food and warmth and sheter,
she steals, and in the stealing all OUT
heaps the typical harvest of her act
a trip 'up to Blackwelrs Island" as
New York knows 1t. ,, :,
Such a story has true force behind 1t
I'm its stark and naked realism II Is faI
removed from the ruling lnnuehGSts .,
the American stage. such as the high'y
polished artihces of Belasco
Miss Ellington Stars.
Miss Ellington, to whose initiative the
play owes ITS production. Is to be con-
gratulated. She acts brilliantly the role
Of Maggie Schultz. never once stepping
but of her character to make bravura
effect common to the elder gulld ol
emotional actresses, and playing with
the direct and sure touch of one who
knew exactly what she was doing. II
as easily the achievement of her careei
and points the way to future triumphs
Actresses with the courage to produce
such a play as "Kindling." and with
self-abnegation sufficient to bury theii
personalities IN such n drab and color.
less role as Maggie, are all too rare
nowadays.
The company is adequate. comprising
as 1t does Jnly ten members. Malcolm
duncan contributes a vivid bit of char
acter acting In that of the East Side
parosite steve Eatcs. This Is the most
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
ACADEMY

with plenty OF pretty girls, bright
music. and. best Of ALL two new char
acters that are really funny, Mutt and
Jeff' arrived last night at the Academy,
and started laugh that should con-
tinue throughout the entire week. Tn
like most OF the characters whose name
Is taken from the newspapers, both
Mutt and Jeff resemble Bud Fisher 4
creations In appearance, pose. and con
versation. The program gives the name
OF Fisher as one OF the librettists, and
his hand Is evident in many OF the
poses assumed by the two grotesque
characters
The play Is OF the usual musical COM
edy variety, with just enough plot to
carry the lyrics. but the pranks OF Mutt
and his diminutive companion appear to
fit into the settings better than the
usual funny man does In such presenta-
tions. Those who have enjoyed the
cartoons will not be disgappointed at
the stage production OF Mutt and Jeff.
Richard i. Freeman takes the part OF
Mutt. with Louis NJ. Merkel as Little
JEFF.
There Is nothing distinctive about the
other characters. Miss Dorothy Stone
was entertaining IN several pretty
songs, and Miss Augusta Lang won the
audience at once with her charming
personality as daughter OF the president
OF Nickadoria. Some pretty and unusu-
ally effective dancing was done by Miss
Flora Russell. The old-time "comc
woman" appeared for the first time In
years with being presented by Miss
Cecile Cummings. or especial note Is
the song II Love YOU" by Walter
Brewer. Miss Lang. and chorus
The stage settings were unusually
pretty, that of the good ship 1nsurgent
provoking applause. The orchestra al
the theater has been enlarged for the
engagement.
There were few local hits. but one
referring to the Bull Moose candidate
showed something Of the popularity oil
the Progressive candidate.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
MARBLE AND CHIP
HEADLINE NUMBER
ON CHASE'S BILL
Lyons and Yosco Given En-
thusiastic Welcome by
Audience.

Chases election week bill is one that
will probably be accepted by patrons
OF this house as pleasing one. just
the kind one wishes to enjoy when in
search of amusement OF the not too
heavy kind. The headliners are fav-
orites here. and received the heartiest
approval OF the audience.
Mary Marble and Sam Chip, on their
annual visit. come with new sketch.
which, OF course. carries the usual
Marble-Chip atmosphere, including the
formers bewitching chatter and the
latter's clever dancing. The name OF
the new sketch, which is by Herbert
Hall Winslow, Is The Land OF Dykes"
and the action takes place in Holland
There are several good song numbers.
The reception to Lyons and Yosco
the harpist and the singer. old Chase
favorites, at the opening performances
were undoubtedly the most demon
strative ever accorded an act in that
theatcr. Yosco's excellent voice Is
heard to good advantage in his sentl-
mental numbers. and the harp accom-
paniments by Lyons were a musical
treat. This team never fails to meet
popular favor with Capital audiences.
Miss Olive Briscoe Is good singer
and artistic dresser. who adds some
class to the program. She makes sew
eral changes Of costume.
Amelia Caire and Seymour Felix are
a youthful pair of entertainers who
have a pretentious singing and dancing
act. with elaborate costumlng and
scenic effects. The tabloid musical COM
edy is entitled "In Search OF a Past"
They are hard workers: in fact. they
work too hard for the results obtained.
| and both seem thoroughly exhausted at
their close.
The Four Royals present n novelty In
| feats OF strength and daring. Mcmahon,
| specialties. concluding with The Scare
crow Dance"
Martini and Macmillan give a laugh
able burlesque on illusions. The ami
mated weekly completes the bill.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
Newspaper Men Attend
DelaSco Production

More than fifty members OF the Ma
tional Press Club were the guests Of
the management of the Belasco Theater
last evening to see "kindiing' the play
by Charles Kenyon. OF San Francisco
in which Margaret Ellington has scored
such a marked success.
The courtesy was deeply appreciated
by members of the organization. and
the production was acclaimed one OF
the most interesting Of the present sea-
son.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-25
AUTO STRIKES LITTLE ONES
Three Year Old Has Broken Back
others Seriously Hurt

Burlington, May 24:-Irene Tabor,
three years old, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Arthur Taber of North street,
lies in an unconscious state at the
Mary Fletcher hospital tonight and
Irene Ferrien, FIVE, and John Ferrien,
two and half years old, are also at
the hospital in serious condition as
the result of having been run over by
a touring car tonight.
The machine was being driven by
c. A. Butler, Manager of the New
York Life Insurance company. 1t is
feared that the Taber girls back is
broken. No charges have been pre-.
ferred against Mr. Butler as witness.
es say he was driving the car slowly
at the time of the accident. He was
searching for a house number and the
three children ran directly in front OF
the machine. Mr. Butler at once
stopped and assisted in carrying the
children into their homes where he
summoned three physicians and
called an ambulance.