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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
WOMEN ANGRY AT SLOWER
One Wishes She Could Draw Sal
ary for Making Promises.

Mrs Charles \ Bryan. ~ tie Riverside
branch ~ tho Wom'us Municipal League.
talked for forty-6vc minutes with Park
Commissioner Stover Yesterday about
boautifyiug West End avenue. And At the
end ~ that time Mrs. Bryan cam" out Of
the officials Office and announced that
Commissioner Stover Was still promising
to plant trees and place sod on West End
avenue. hut no had don" that. an" DO
clarod. two yesrg ago. and had continued
q over since. Mrs Bryan was all ont OF
natiopco with tho Commissioner. and *
messed her mind freely about III" park
officials,
u asked Commissioner Stovor II We we're
"a have the trees and sod in short Time
said Mrs BRYAN "IIe told mo he had
ieeuod the order and believed tho planting
was being done Then pinned MN d""h'
and no didn't know whether it 0aS being
done or not. It's the same thing al inc
time He Is long on promises pH' w ''''
cant begin to do auythinS.
Mrs. Bryan was mad clear ihrooEn a.
,.as .nother member 81 tho league VINO
.ccompanicd her. why. ! asked 'on'fnlS'
sioner Stovcr 10 put In four sand boxes III
Central Park I'm the first part OF MS d"-
,,,ris,ratiou." sho said. 'He has never
done it. Instead. he has placed about III
several other parks sand piles that are no"
il, .ucb a condition that II "ould Nv ~
menace 10 the health Of any chiid 10 U.S.
them They are full Of cigar ana Cigar cue
.,,,r,rs and fruit skins and other ruoo'S"
..,,,d an in the sand the children are
supposed TO play in. ] wish 'o".a VI q"
, GOOD salary for making promises
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
EAT AND TALK MARKETS
Housewives and Marketmen CuI-
tivate Better Understanding.
MODEL MARKET NEEDED
Mrs. Julian Heath Speaks, anc
Improvements Planned Are
Discussed by City Employe.

The friendly relations between the House
wives League and the Washington Market
Association. which began so auspiciousy
last Wednesday. eliminated yesterday in a
meeting and luncheon at Smith McNelIs
Hotel
The markctmen wore their white aprons
and the housewives their Easter bonncts,
and both parties were agreed as 10 the de-
STABILITY Of seeing more OF each other IN
future than they have in the past. Carl
Eoolsch. president Of The Marketmen's A
ISOLATION. urged the housewives 10 come
and see the market In it's ordinary dress
and Mrs. Julian Heath. their president
suggested that this ordinary dress might
he made q little NOR" attractive. 50 that
the day OF marketing might be day Of
pleasure.
We have model stores churches aud
theatres she said What We need now
- model market We should make the
market that We have model one. and
then pattern other markets after IT,
DR.. ". T. Patterson. speaking as the
representative of Borough President Georg"
McAncnv. evoked great applause h' an
nouncinG that the city vas goiuS to equip
Washington Market with electric lights
al a cost Of t21 0oN-and would also put in
new floors and stalls and sewer system.
In return. he thought that the dealers
might keep rubbish and other obatructions
, ont Of the windows.
Lawrence r. briggs. chairman ~ M
city Clubs committee on markets. suggest
cd that a department ~ markets. with 4
commissioner At Us head +" collect intor-
nation from the farmers Of tho stat" A.
10 the produce they have 20 sell. and th"n
publish it in The CITY Record might do
much 10 relieve the situation.
MANY upstate farmers have their prod
ucts rot on their hands" h" said. 'hocaHsa
they can Ind no market for u In New
York one farmer In columbia county
told me last Christmas that 10 had hfir
barrels ~ apples rottinE in his cellar They
were the kind Of apples that were then
selling in Sew York at ~" cents apiece.
hu, he would have sold them At 3 barrel
II he could have found a market
Now. II there had been department Of
markets this fact could have been pub
ushed I'm The city Record. and ANYBODY
who wanted the apples could have bought
them"
About public markets Mr.. briggs vas not
specially enthusiastic The city club was
not taking sidcs iu tho matter he said. nut
the data II had collected showed tendency
on the part Of foreign governments TO do
away with markets.
This has been done in Glasgow and also
in Paris but iu the latter city retail de-
partmcnt has been retained "a An annex TO
the wholesale department. IA for Wash
ington Market. IT was run at loss TO the
city Of $500 annually
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
THREE STRUCK BY AUTOS
Children May Die as Result Of
Series of Accidents.
BOY HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Pulled from Beneath Trolley
Car Without so Much
as Bruise.

Three children were run down and Sc
riously if not fatally injured by motor
vehicles yesterday, and a fourth escaped
death almost miraculously under the
wheels OF trolley car in series Of ac-
cidents here and in Jersey City
Louis Eisman, an errand boy. was
stealing a ride on a Madison avenue car
at Houston street and the Bowery. Thu
conductor started after him and Eisman
jumped and fell against the side of An
electric truck. The front wheel caught
him and threw him on his face and the
rear wheel ran over him. He was taken
to ST. Vincents Hospital with a scalp
wound and internal injuries.
Four-year- old Jacob Schnelnek hal
the remarkabl escape from death. He
tailor shop at No. lI47 Lexington ave-
nue.. He stumbled and fell on his face
on the tracks and a car passed over
him. When his father, who was stand
ing in the shop door reached the side Of
the car he and the terrified motorman
heard the little boy from under the car
crying that he was all right. The from:
of the car had not so much as bruised
him, and the motorman had come to a
halt when the rear trucks were within
an inch of him.
Marie Smith, four-year- old girl, liv-
ing at No "a Communipaw avenue, Jer-
sey City. was playing in the street when
she was struck an an automobile owned
and driven by William Fl. Taylor. Tay-
Tor picked the child up and took her TO
doctors office, where she was attended.
Her skull was fractured and she was in
jured internally. Taylor was arrested.
The fourth child wss Annie O'Grady
ten years old. of No. 10 18th street, Jer-
sey City. She was hit by an automobile
belonging to Walter Pierson. who was
driving ii. He took the child in the ma
chine TO the st. Francis Hospital, where
II was found that the little girls back
was injured. Pierson was arrested
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
NEVER MARRIED TO SNYDER
Woman Held as Slayer Changes
Previous Statements.

What was taken rs the first sign OF weak
oning on the part OF the self-styled Mrs.
Walter j. Snyder came Yesterday when
she confessed in the Tombs that she was
never married to the man she Is accused
Of Staying with pair Of scissors. Three
hours after Coroner Hellenstein found
Snyder's body In the apartments in St
Nicholas avenue last Sunday the woman
under arrest for homicide told Theron r.
Strong. OF the District Attorneys office,
that she was the dead mans wife. This
and all other statements she made 10 eX-
plain how Snyder accidentally stabbed
himself with the scissors she has affirmed
again and again. Yesterday, however she
went back on the marriage story
The woman's spirits ran high yesterday
when her lawyer and her brother brought
the news to her cell that the police were
baffied in their search for evidence 10 con-
Wet her OF killing Snyder. She also showed
signs OF grief over her companions death
when I awake I can't believe that ne L.
gone,' she exclaimed Il am 80 gratetuI
10 every one who believes in my Innocence
for before God I am innocent WIN al
my heart ! WISH MT. oHghti ""'
The woman has been in the Tomps hea''y
four DAYS, and week or confinement
lies ahead Of her before the coroner :
inquest on April IS. Her LAWYER CnalleS
sobcI SAWS her detention is unprecedented
hut no thinks he will take no steps to get
a habcas corpus writ. Coroner hehens'el
says no amount Of persuasion VIII lnouoe
him to set an earlier date for the inquest
District Attorney Whitman frankly @u-
r,,,s that there, isn't any evidence on "hicn
TO convict the accused woman. he sa'p
las, night that he did not desire to 90 'ne
prisoner an Injustice, but he felt he ouSn'
10 give the Homicide Bureau a ntt'e "'o'
time. ny bringing the case oelo'' -"
grand Jury to-day the District AttorneS
can dispose Of it pretty quickly ana set III.
u.orran free because the evidence ISM
strong enough. ne says. for oven an inolc' ,
ment lie may take it before the sr'n'
,rr,, before the Coroner holds his inquest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11

religion. Let them accept real Christian
itv, If any. Let them accept what we
haven't got-a Christianity that teaches a
politician when ne makes pledge to a
woman 10 keep il as honestly as he would
to a man If VIC i'm America knew one
tenth Of what the Chinese could teach US
Of reverence 10 parents, the sacredness o'
the family tie. honesty In business ana
the honor Of ones word. then maybe we
might become q civilized people. No, let
the Chinese adopt true Christianity, and
we'll learn from them. Some one asked
Wendell Phillips once what christianity
had accomplished and he said he didn I
know. it had never been tried
Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, chairman or
the Borough Of Manhattan Of the woman
suffrage party. who was presiding, called
upon the audience To feel the same shame
that she did that China, the nation We
call asleep, had given votes to women
when this. the most progressive country
in the world denied half of the popula-
ton the rights for which it had been
striving for seventy-ive years.
Women can fight If necessary she
said. War is not a human business at
all. but it is As much feminine as it is
masculine We can night but We don't
want to. We scorn, however. the imputa-
ton that We haven't the brain or the
Drawn or the courage 10 face bullets
\ large delegation Of men and women
from Chinatown was present. Other
speakers were Mrs. Yip Tipoon OF China
town Mrs. William Grant Brown and Mrs.
Charles T. Peck, who organized the meet
ing.
The first move iu the programme 10 cd
ucate Chinese women 10 the joys Of Amer
lean citizenship will be q talk given BY
Miss Elizabeth Freeman before the Chi
nese and BoWcry Girls Settlement 40. 10
Mott street. on April 26. The Chinese stu
dents Of Columbia University will give a
play on April p At tho 57th street branch
Of the Young Mems Christian Association
for the benefit OF the sufferers from the
War iu China
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
MRS. VAN VALKENBERG SUto
Artist Demands $4,000 for Por'
trait-Not Like Her, She Says.

The second trial of the suit OF Sainue. -
yvoolf an artist. to recover s2"o from MIS-
Nevada Van Valkenherg. WHO OF fn'l'P
Van Valkenberg for portrait that "
tainted ~ her. took piece yesterdsy VI me
civ Court Woolf told about MIS- an
vsikanbere ordering the portrait lhe
artist said he had painted PORTRAITS OF
Mark Twain. Cardinal L"Eu' ana many
other celebrities Mrs. Woolt. U7 VIZ
said Mrs. Van Nalkenberg had to'd h'i sn-
considered the painting lovely"
Mrs. Van Valkenbors said on taking '"e
s,and. 81 live at tho ST Regis "an'
Won gentlemen TO know all about thiS IL
fair The first time ever sa" TINS ma"
ha asked me II ! wouldn't pose Tor MINI
rro said ne Was tired Of painting ac'o's
ma actresses and wanted TO pant So
cistv woman. lie referred to my poP'.
i,ri,v with the newspapers and imploreo
mo IN nose for him. At first ! deu'u',eu'
AMI at last | consented merely 20 "pnss
him. lie painted my picture bu' l "ou,u
not recognize myself IN it II | met my ser
coming down the street
rho iurv took the case, and VIII mana Vi
A verdict this morning
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
WANTS CURFEW FOR MEN
Cincinnati Woman Says They
Should Be Home at Nine.


Cincinnati. April 1o.-What otherwise
would have hceu a dull and listl"ss meet
ing Of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was enlivcncd this afternoon whom
Mis-. Jennie Black stopped long enough I'M
her get speech before tho organization 10
advocate 4 curfew law for men IN Cincin-
natl The idea has taken root ana will he
discussed ~ meeting noNt week, whom
plans will he made to have such law
passed 81 possible.
Men should ho made n get off the
streets not later than . O'Clock said Miss
Black. unless they furnish ample excuse
for remaining out longer" Miss Black
added that women AMI children should he
permitted 10 stay ont As long As they
pleased and have the parks and streets 10
themselves.
Several leading members of women s
clubs have declared they viii support IN"
movement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
WOMAN TO F0RSAKe FLYING
Warned by Rodgers's Fate, Miss
Moisant Will Quit.
NV Telegraph 10 The Tribune

Wichita Falls. Tex. April 1o.-Miss Ma
thilde Moisant, woman aviator, has an
nounced that on the completion Of her ex-
hibition in this city she will retire perma-
nently from the flying game.
MY relatives have been urging me 10
quit for some time said Miss Moissnt.
"and the other day. when ! learned OF ths
death Of Car Rodgers, made up my mind
10 give aviation up. Car Rodgers was
probs bly, the most careful aviator this coun-
try has ever seen lie took every ,posstbl,
precautlon. and yet it got him.
1T seems to ne that it gets every ons
who stays with II long enough. and I'm
going to stop. ! think the Moisant family
already has contributed enough to the SCI
ence Of aviation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
$4,000 INCOME FOR GIRL
Miss Ringler, Brewers Daugh
ter Wins in surrogates' Court.

The pettion NJ George +. Trommer AS
.'ard,sr If Marie Ringler, sixteen years
old 20 collect for her use 5000 year from
i've osta,e Of william q. Ringler was
granted yesterday by Surrogate 'Cona'a 'Il.
Tho father of the girl left her Inc incon ~,
of $1,000. trust fund OF 700" ana o.
shares Of George Ringler q o. D,o"e,s.
Miss Ringler is now IN SCUM a'o ' 49,.
49, hoaith Her guardian said that her
hoard amounts TO $50 90 a week and that
,no oxnonse Of maintaining an automobile
was $40 month. -.
The Surrogate also granted permission 10
Mrs Anna Kearins. Of No. As East slst
street to draw out OF bank for the use OF
her two children 500. The money repre-
sents part of damages recovered by Mrs
Kearins for the death OF her husband. 1he
mother earns 81 a week working In bake
shop and 81 10 more a week as washwomah'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
WANTS TO GO TO CHAIR
Mrs. Nicodemus Halls Summing
Up by Sobs and Screams.

Worn by the strain Of her trial for the
murder Of her husband. which has been
conducted for just three weeks before
Judge Rosalsky in General Sessions. Mrs.
Genevieve Nicodemus broke out in an hys-
terical attack upon the Assistant District
Attorney. Frank Moss. Yesterday. 4 recess
Of nearly half an hour had to be taken
before Mr. Moss could continue his sum
ming IN.
While Mr. Moss was reviewing the testi-
mony Of Mrs. Margaret Murphy, who had
said the conduct Of the defendant while
living I'm her house was indiscreet, Mrs. Ida
Summerville. the defendants mother be-
gan to scream and sob. \ court attendant
and one of the spectators seized her arms
and dragged her out by main strength
Mrs Nicodemus did not turn her head.
She knew that her mother had broken
down. She. too. began 10 sob and scream
raising her arms in denunciaton Of Mr..
Moss
They're killing mamma! They're killing
mamma she cried. "Why do you let MIN
tell all these lies? Why don't you stop
him? It's all lies, Ic wouldn't let mo tell
my story. don't want 20 20 out, doh
want 10 be- acquitted II they dcGnlt mo
I'm Kill myself. want to 20 70 the cleo
trio chair"
Earlier in tho day Mrs. Nicodemus had
another attack Of hystrria. Sobhing ana
CRYING. she pointed at the revolver Win
which -hc shot her husband. which lay on
the counsel table She could not be quieted
until oscar Zluu. Mr. Moss assistant had
hidden III" weapon.
In summing up mis- case NJ. Moss Sa'n
that while he was in duty bound TO pre-
sent tho evidence. which 10 his MIND proved
tile crime Of murder in the hrst degree NJ
lbs no means expected such verdict ne
believed Io said. that homicide IN some
deere, had certainly been proved aho
showed apparent flaws In her defence tna'
sbo Was IN \ state Of nysterical mania no
cause of her husbands cruelty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
SCIENCE LEADER LOSES
Jury Finds Wright's Wife Competent
TO Manage Her Affairs.

The jury which had been hearing the case
Of Mrs Margaret Wright, former mem
her Of the Christian Science Church. whose
husband said she was not competent. re-
turned a verdict yesterday. in the Queens
County Court. in Long Island City. before
Judge Humphreys. declaring Mrs. Wright
10 be able to manage her affairs. Wright
of her property.
The case attracted much attention for
the reason that Christian Science methods
and teachings figured conspicuously In the
evidence The couple live IN the fashiona-
HE Baysdc section Of Queens. where
Wright * INST reader ia the Christian
Science Church.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
PARKS FREE TO LOVERS
Pittsburgh Police Will Permit
Roma Eide Wooing.

=
Pittsburgh. April io.-There WIN {" w
IL ,r,orfarance with persons who elect 70
make love in the pa rks this summer rstner
IT, {, their homes or other secluded
places.
The parks are maintained TOR INC pO
ple. said Superintendent OF the Ponce N'-
ouaide to-day, and I can see no NOR
harm in making honest love in inc PARIS
than anywhere else. OF course, the poiice
will permit no vulgar flirting or attemps
~ strangers to form acquaintance. on''
bona fide wooing will be countenanced.
Mcouaide declares there Is no more nar'''
IN present day working girls and lads seek
ing unobserved association in the PUBIC
marks than there was in strolins country
lanes by their grandfathers and gram
mothers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
cu1InRgN MEET ODD DEATHS
Fight Proves Fatal to Little Girl and
Electricity Kills Boy.

BOSTON. April 1o.--Death claimed two chill
a., singular ways to-day. A frolicsome
nnnnv Jumped at Mary swistak and fright
80 - en- badly that she died before
sao,o- could reach her. Mary was four
usars old and lived in Ware.
In Manchester, Me- Frank W. Jones OF
,',a,,a,a Ne. sixteen years old, was gath
80, t-owntsil moth nests, when his prun-
ing pole came into contact win tue :, ni e,n
tension line Of a street railway, ano ii' 49,
yoIts passed through his body. killins MN
instantly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
DEED FOR HAwLBY's WARD
Miss Cameron Gets Railroad Man s
Long Island Place

Rverhoad. Long Island April "a deed
convevIny FfHnghsm Park, the country
place of the late Edwin Ilawley at Baby
ion. 10 Miss Emma G.. Cameron, Mr.. Haw-
Iey's ward. for q consideration ~ 81 has
been fled i'm the suffolk county Clerks Of
fee here.
The transfer is made by John J. Lain"
NJ No 52l West 18th street. Manhattan, n
u hon1 the property was conveyed on Fenrn-
crv q last by the administrators and heirs
~ EavIey's estate. Tn" deed conveying
the property 10 Miss Cameron is dated
March .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
MRS. too SLOAN ASKS DIVORCE

Mrs julia Sloan. better known as Julia
Sanderson. an actress, has filed suit for
divorce from her husband. Tod" Sloan.
who WAS once the leading Jockey on the
American turf The couple we're married in
1901 Mrs. Sloan accuses her husband Of
misconduct with several women in New
York and in Eurone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
Chinese Pastor Speaks.

Or. Lee Towe. pastor Of one OF the
churches In Chinatown. who came TO this
country twenty-five years ago, told how
he hoped his people would learn not only
the ways and customs Of America, but also
rs religion.
This was too much for Or Anna Howard
shaw, who In addition TO being president
Of the National Woman Suffrage Asso-
cistion is an ordained minister.
II don't agree with Mr.. Lee. she said
about wishing the Chimes 70 accept our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
GAVE EACH CHILD A FARM
Father Deeds Large Tract to 9
Sons and Daughters.
No.. r.ierranh to The Trihune.

7 BY IeIIsT"P7' To I110
Peoria, H.. April 10.-The eight sons ana
daughters of Henry Sieberns. OF NO. Ia
North street, each received farm to-day
from, their father, the total value or whlcn
"a $4,000. Mr.. sieberns made this dispo,
ELTON of his real estate when he reached
his eirhty-seventh birthday and the deeds
hoyo been filed In the counties OF Peoria
ana Livingston. He also promised his chill
40, today that II he reached his eighty
eighth birthday he would make s'''i'ia'
d,stribution Of his other property.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
MARRIED BY MAYOR WITTPENN

Miss Anna NJ. Cummings, twenty-one
years Old of No. ga West 1929 street. Man
haitian, and George J. Webster, thirty-four
OF the same address were married by
Mayor Wittpenn in Jersey City, yesterday.
The bridegroom is an advertising agent
and had been married and divorced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
CHINESE TALK SUFFRAGE
gio Chinatown Delegation at
Woman'S Party Rally.
MUCH ADO OVER BABIES
sufragettes Plead for an OPP
portunity for orientals to
Become Citizens.

The New York suffragists met their match
.,teydav. not in Theodore Roosevelt or
,coodrow Wilson. either, but I'm a Chinese
s.h,. IN red pantaloons. All the womanly
- nersua sive arts before which legislator
.;.ber Weld or fee we're lavished upon
r.,,g H. and she-of course. 1t was she,
-, can't imagine suffragists voluntarily
,v.rting themselves 10 please mere man
shud can you?-wcll. she bore them like
PATIENCE on a monument
pr Anna Howard Shaw smiled her most
-,o,herlv and benevolent smile. Mrs. James
rees Iaidlaw bent down and tickled the
inv chin and Mrs. Q. II. p. Belmont wave1
me fur tail Of her muff invitingly in front
~ the infants stolid black eyes. All m
ain. Ordinary suffragists by the dozen
eocl,ed around her with choruses Of "Oh,
,o,, adorable little thing" and Are YOU a
.gffraelst. darling" They stuck Votes
fo- Women" button in her little lavender
,sarf p liberty which she permitted; bat
.,..t herself she would not
a. sough the meeting for Chinese wom-
=, = y Al the Picking Restaurant under
,be auspices Of the Woman Suffrage party,
al through Mrs Belmont's devotions and
nr shav's Requirements she sat In dig
riAed silence What did she want Of 2
vote. anyway?
They stood her M on a chair on the
platform with all the other celebrities to
have her picture taken. and she never
uirked 2 Chinese eyelash when the hash
came. though the Americans shrieked.