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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20

b:l5 P NJ.
orran recital, with assistance Of Robert Toedt'
violinist. and Paul Suerth. harpst.
CHRISTMAS DAY. 8 4. NJ.
Ote-tory anthem, Child Is Born. .Chsdwick
Sanctus in F......... ...'..'.'. wesley
II A. NJ.
Te Deunn and Jubilate in 49,. west
ot.rtor1y anthem, There Were Shepherds.
OHei'o'' e"'' william
e..,. a.. ........ Gounod
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
MADISON AVENUE REFORMED CHURCH,
Madison Avenue. corner OF 57th Street.
l lac s. = N N HUGH BLACK
Special music both services. Sacred cantsta
IN afternoon
REFORMED CHuRCH or HARLEM.

LtnoY Avenue and l23d 81.
Rev. EDGAR TILTON. Jr.. y. n, Niniste
Christmas Services. IL A. NJ and T. \
Preaching by the Pastor. Special Music.
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ETHICAL CULTURE.

THE SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL CULTURE.
' Founded 1915
Meeting House. Central PARK West 4 eAth St
II A. M.-CHILDREN'S SUNDAY.
addresses by DIR. John l.. Elliott
and Alfred w. Martin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.

RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENps.-Mset
ings for worship, II a. m. at 22i East 18th 81
Manhattan. and 10 Schermerhorn ST.. Brookl,I
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Professional, Hark, the Herald, Angels Sing
Mendelssohn
Nenite NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .......... Alcock
1s Deum ............ ............. 'ltIssel
BenedictuS $500 ''..'..'''... SIlihIt
E1Icharistic Office in F................ .COncone
lntroit. AdeSte F1deles ............... Heading
Once hymn, Angels from the Realms OF
.
Offertorium, Christs Incarnation ...... Foster
Eucharistic hymn. AMI Now, o Father,
Mindful Of the Love .... ............. Monk
Post Communion. Sslutaris Hostia. .Gounod
Professional, once in Roya, David's city.
Gauntlet
New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
NO BO0KMAKING AT TRACK
August Belmont Replies to
Charges of Open Gambling.

August Belmont appeared 10 be no whit
disturbed when shown a published article
Yesterday AZ Belmont Park that gam
bling was going on openly AT the race
track and that Governor Sulzer could
have proof Of same for tho asking
The chairman Of the Jockey Club At
first did not care 10 dignity the charges
with a reply, but later issued the follow
Ing statement:
The associations conducting the race
meeting now I'm progress have given strict
Instructions from the outset 10 the Pink
erton Agency and its officers 10 enforce
the law against gambling at Belmont
Park, and they have the most positive
orders 10 cooperate in every way with
the sheriffs. their deputies and the dis
trict attorneys OF both Nassau and Queens
counties to that end.
We cannot but believe that the So
called proofs OF open gambling are simply
isolated cases established after careful
sitting OF the large and orderly attend
ance at tho track
As To their validity as proof OF what the
American" and Evening Journal lain.
the courts and not we are competent 20
decide II anything might he ultimately
shown TO have been Illegally donc by any
one on the grounds IL will have been
committed not only without our sanction
but against our positive and recorded
orders
Mr.. Belmont Will sail for England TO-
morrow, being called abroad on some i'm
pOrtant business. He also will see some
raCinS. but said nc would be back in time
for tho midsummer meeting at Saratoga
Springs, in August.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
GEM-LADEN GIRLS, PUZZLE
Bootblack, Their Accuser, Has
Remarka BILE Lapse of Memory.

The mystery surrounding Helen ana
Dolly Haddon. the two stylshly dressed
and gem-laden Young women who were
arrested in Ioboken on Monday night
ON a charge of attempted pocket picking.
was not solved when they were arraigned
yesterday morning before Recorder Nc
Govern.
Their sccuser. Michael Biancaniano. 4
bootblack in whose shoe shining parlor.
AT 18th and Washington streets. the al
legged Iight-hngercd attempt was made.
had a remarkable lapse of memory dur
ing the night. and when he took the
stand was unable To remember having
made any complaint against the girls
Harlan Besson. the lawyer who ap-
peared for tho girls. asked that they be
discharged, but the recorder decided to
hold them In the same bail-f"o each
until this morning To give the police an
opportunity 10 look them up. When bail
had been furnished the young women
were escorted by Thomas Mclaughlin
Assistant street Commissioner of Hobo
ken. through a rear door of the city
Hall Here an automobile. i'm which sat
broad-shouldered young man. was in
waiting. and the girls were whisked on
I'm the direction of the l4th street ferrY.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
WELLESLEYS QUOTA 274
Graduates Admonished Against
Spirit of "Knowingness."

Wellesley. Mass. June IA class OF
274 young women was graduated at the
thlrty-hfth annual commencement OF
Wellesley College to-day 80 honorary
degrees we're conferred
"A Lesson from Erasmus" was the sub
iect Of the commencement address deliv-
cred by Professor Bliss Perry. Of Ha--
ward. who warned the graduates against
the spirit ~ "knowingness' and "calcula-
ton"
an around rs YOU will find a new
half knowledge" said Professor Perry.
1T pretends for the moment to be knowl-
edge. but IL Is only knowingness. We
teachers are constantly delivering our
selves OF immature and amateur judg-
ments upon the most complicated prob
lens OF our day We talk knowingly
when We do not now really know-that is
our academic sin.
The spirit Of calculation likewise has
stolen into the college world from con-
temporary sources outside the college. II
b,trays lack Of faith In instinct. In
spontanclty We have too much college
machinery in proportion TO the power
plant We offer courses in the theory Of
efficiency. but the efficient person Is "a
rare as ever
Both the spirit Of knowingness and the
spirit Of calculation are destructive OF
charm. Charm is very precious thing
10 the individual or 10 a civilization. II
college life is in any way destructive OF
natural charm. one pays heavily for the
diploma
New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
CLASS DAY AT HARVARD
Orator Warns Graduates Not to
Despise the Past.

Cambridge. Mass. June IA bright
sun. whose rays were tempered by cool
westerly breezcs. smiled on the Harvard
seniors at their class day exercises to-
day. and from early morning the univer-
sity precincts were thronged with stu
dents and guests.
Daniel Sargent. Of Wellesley the ora.
tor spoke on Life" telling his class
mates not to dcspise the lessons Of the
past and to believe that the future also
would be a worthy teacher. Amos Philip
McNIahon. Of Mexico city, read the class
poem. and the ode. by William Roger
Buriuramc. Of New York. was sung TO
the tune Of Fair Harvard"
Noonday spreads occupied several
hours. and then the crowd began to drift
to the stadium for the ivy Grafton. by
Paul W. Holl!ster. Of Grand Rapids
Mich the cheering and the confetti bat
tie between the crowd and the college
men.
Teas. dances singing by the slee clue
and instrumental music in and about the
historic yard filled up the programme
for the late day and evening
New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
DEGREE FOR {. E. MCALL
Manhattan College Also Awards
Diplomas to Large Glass.

Manhattan college ueld its siNueth am
nuel commencement last night in Carnegie
Hail Twcuty-thrcc young men received
degrees and tweuty-four commercial di-
pIomas. The Rev. Monsignor Lavelle
made the awards. There were also two
honorary degrees awarded. Patrick 7.
Curran being made Master OF Arts and
Public Service Commissioner Edward l..
Mccall a Doctor Of Laws.
Commissioner Mccall made the address
10 the graduating class. telling the Young
men that the best training for the false
doctrines they would meet IN the world
was 10 be found In the Catholic college.
The degree Of Bachelor OF Arts was con-
ferred on the following named:
George Peter Becker. Bryan Joseph Mo
Entcgart John Henry Moriarty. william
Francis Lally. John Joseph Barrett lr,
Laurence Leo Cassidy. Philip AlOyslus
Murphy and William Patrick Ryan.
The degree Of Bachelor Of Science In
civil Engineering was conferred on:
James Patrick IIanley Edward Vincent
Smyth. Daniel Anthony Draddy, william
Valentine Enright. Henry ColIinS keHy'
Vincent Pasquale LAURA, Charles AIphon-
sus Duffy and Joseph Patrick Carey
The degree Of Civil Engineer was con-
fcrred upon the following:
William J. Decvy. g. S: William -.
Carroll. b. S. George j. Noise. y. S:
Joseph NJ. Holahan. B. S John T. Ryan,
p. S.. and Thomas J. McEntegdrt B. 5.
The degree Of Master OF Arts was CON
ferred upon
John Francis Brosnan.
Commercial diplomas were awarded to;
Joseph Vincent Callahan. Thomas Pat
rick Carroll. Philip Henry Coon, Francis
Joseph Curlcy John Joseph Donovan.
Iohn Martin Dyer. John Joseph Harrity'
Mario AvoIino Hernandez. John Joseph
Uerold. ir., Walter Michael lioulihan,
Anthony Aloysius kuhnel Joseph Alloy
sius I,ynch. James Martin McGinity, Vim
cent Nanas. Pierce Aloysius Manchester.
James Eugene March. ~. Joseph Vincent
March. John 1gnatius Millct. John Robert
Norton. John Paul O'DOnnell, John Jo-
seph Powers. Gullcrmo Alvarez Riesgo,
John James Ryan and Francis Dominic
ord
New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
SMITHS LARGEST CLASS
Degree Of A. B. Conferred on
381 Young Women.
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degree OF Bachelor of Arts was conferred
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gree Of Doctor OF Laws was bestowed on
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New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
fOR WHITMAN CANDIDACY
west Side Business Men and
bronx Democrats Indorse Him.

"a, = Stilger. president Of the West
Business Mems Association. at a
ing at the Hotel Astor last night
r.. ~ he Organization had already secured
,g .',g signatures to petitions favoring the
tauon .. Of District Attorney Whitman
u. mayor lie declared enough money
-. ua' been promised 10 finance the en-
Ne campaign
snnittees from the Bronx County In
nSu ,naent Democracy and the italian Re
ss"n gp"ean League Of Greater New York
,.., on District Attorney Whitman yes
Mayor. "''' ~ ""S ''ie'' '"''0' 80
~ District Attorney told The Bronx
y, 1'sis he appreciated their esteem.
h N'n elected Mayor" he said. II shall
tueff no hsoon-partisan Mayor and shall con-
ihe oss M ofiice as | have tried TO conduct
% ths OF District Attorney, according
Jose,.ts s'tef and the spirit Of the law"
IN 81 MacrO, president Of the lial-
tFesG, uDIcan League. said his league
1trs y, numbered four thousand mem
6Ifirte.ila That canvass Of the italian
frtsiesS OF the city showed that q far
q H. number would support Whitman
Asero pyiiS. There was no doubt, Mr..
vas Aaid, that the District Attorney
Mayor cnoice Of his countrymen for
New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
$4,000 GOES TO PRINCETON
G.. L. Hall Also Creates $4,000 Life
Trust for Wife.

The will Of George II. Hall. who died on
June AT the Presbyterian Hospital. was
filed. Yesterday He left $500 TO Prince
ton University and created fund of 81
GOO to bear the name "Ellen r. Hall
fund" I'm memory Of his mother. the in
como 10 be paid to the Presbyterian
Church ~ Bedford. Penn.
Mr. Hall left to his wife. Mrs. Florence
Walker Hall. Of Pittsburgh. all his per
sonal belongings and created trust Of
$50 600 from which she is TO have the in
come for life, the principal to go TO his
two brothers and three sisters at the
death Of Mrs. Hall. Mrs. Hall and the
brothers and sisters Of Mr. Hall also get
the residue
New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
WORSHIP STRAWBERRY
IN OLD INDIAN DANCE
Hiawatha. Minnehaha, Noko-
mis- and Pau-Puk-KeeWiS OBJ
serve Ancient Custom.
BRAVES HONOR TRADITION
Festival Ends as Sun Reaches
It's zenith-Keeper Of the
Faith Gives Thanks to
Great Spirit.

The strawberry came into its own yes
terday morning, when the noble redman
humbled himself before il and danced
raptly in its worship beside the tiny pond
who're Hiawatha lives up at Fieldston
The white man never had the moral
courage to declare even half holiday
with pay) i'm honor of the strawberry,
but the redman. simple son Of the green
wood, knows good thing when he eats II.
lie has made the strawberry the occa-
sion CT one Of his three great thanksgiy-
ine DAYS. lie has ono to thank the Great
Spirit for the sweet sap when it runs in
the maple tree. another when he finds
the first red strawberry on the edge OF
the wood. and third when the corn is
ready to harvest.
Yesterday morning Tliawatha and Min
nehaha. Nokonis and Pau-Pul< Keevis
Oh changed their American clothes un-
usually early for their Sunday best In
diar suits. They coralled all the little
boys who were playing baseball, and left
word that tho milkman was not 70 OBJ
trude himself upon the sacred scene
vixen he came with the daily ten bottles
when ceremonial quiet had been at
tained and tho tribe was In place. 81 ated
I'm big ring. Skao- gch-dch. keeper OF
tho faith. the Cd man, delivered the in
cautatiou to the Great Spirit:
yFrcnds and relatives. We arc as
semblcd 20 observe an ancient custom.
n is an institution handed down to us by
our forcfathers. n was given 20 them by
the Great Spirit. lie has ever required Of
his people to return thanks TO Him for all
blessings received. We have always en-
deavored to live faithful u this wise
command.
Friends and relatives. continue 70
listen. II IS 20 perform this duty that we
are this day gathered. The season when
the berry ripens has again returned. We
are thankful that II is so. We all join in
a Thanksgiving to the Great Spirit, who
has wisely made the berry for the good OF
man"
NCkomls the old woman. who has seen
more than three score OF strawberry
festivals. then took the first taste OF the
seasons berry and passed it around the
ring There We're twenty quarts OF
strawberries, mashed and sweetened with
maple sugar. This was passed in big
pail, from which each brother or sister
dipped up tin cupful and drank in
solemn silence.
After that they danced II was too hot
however. for real religious fervor. and
the ladies were excused from any but the
most perfunctory saltations. The brayest
Of the brave. too. stopped frequently &c
map his brow with a red bandana banker
chief. and to moisten his throat with the
berry juice They KEEP, at II brayeiy. how
ever. until the hour set down in tradition
the hour when the sun looks down from
the middle OF the heavens
Part Of the festival Is the feasting upon
the remnants Of the sacred cup after the
dance IS over.
Nokomis mixed the berry juice with
boiled corn until 1t was a thick. pinky
mass. upon which the little pappooses fel
with joyous cries and pounding Tin
spoons.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS
IT FOIU IUE T TIIUUUF 1uT Fttl. 7
Washington, June t.
ORDERS ISSUED.-These army and
navy orders have been issued:
ARMY.
fFrom The Tribune Bureau.l

Following changes coast artillery ordered:
colonel CHARLES II. HUNTER. from Fort
Du Pont. 10 command Fort Adams and coast
defences OF Narragansett Bay. vice Colonel
Du Pont and scout defences az Delaware.
Major JAMES l.. BENANs. medical corpa
from Fort Mason. to san Francisco.
Following transfers field artillery ordered: Ma
ior TtEMAN y. HORN and First Lieuten-
ant EDWIN +. PRIrCHErT from 4th 10 "a
Captains BEN ERLEY /. BROWNE and
%. Captain THOMAS ". HOLIDAY. from
3d 70 I'd First Lieutcnants CORTLANDT
PARKER and ROBERT II. LEWIS, from
18th TO 2i Major WILLARD d. NEWBILL
and First Lieutenant CHARLES W. HAIR
Low. from "a to ith, Captains CONRAD
II. LAMA and DANIEL ". HAND. from
81 10 5th. Captain JOHN E. STEPHENS,
from 20 TO 30, on expiration leave Of alb
sence: First Licutenants JOHN r. STAR
KEY and CHARLES =. GEORGE. Jr., from
2d 10 9Th Officers transferred 70 2d Field
Artillery will be assigned TO 2d Battalion and
sail from san Francisco July FOR Manila
First Lieutenant CHARLES W HARLOW 10
regiment on expiration OF leave OF absence
Captain THEOPlilLuS g. STEEL. Coast Ar
captain HAYWOOD 5. HANSEI.I. Medical
Corps, TO Fort Mason. as surgeon.
captain CLIFFORD &. CARSON and First
Lieutenant HENRY T.. BURGlN. Coast Ar
tillcry, TO san Francisco. sailing August 5.
FOR Manila.
First Iieutenant ANTON c. CRoN. from 7,h
FIRST Lieutenant JOHN &. DELANCEY. from
10Th to Eth Infantry. on expiration leave OF
absence
First Lieutenant JULS c. LIE HARDY.
Medical Reserve Corps, from Fo1 Ward.
on arrival First lieutenant CHARLES H.
STEARNS. Medical Reserve Corps. to Benicia
Arsenal
First Lieutenant AUGUSTUS Il. ". MAC
MANuS retired. from Wenonah Military
First IIeutenant LANES q. STEESE. Corps Of
Engineers. TO Fort Leavenvorth. for tenn
porary duty. thence TO West Point. August 81
Second Lieutenant STANLEY ". WOOD,
7th Infantry. detailed with signal corps. to
signal corps aviation school. San Diego.
Leaves Of absence. First Lieutenant IRA c.
BROWN. medical reserve corps. four
months: First Lieutenant HARRY I. Pill
LANS, Ordnance Department. one month
and fourteen days
NAVY.
Lieutenant Junior grade> y. +. CASSIDY.
detached the West Virginia and Machin-
ist T. ~ WARMAN. detached the Iowa
home wait orders.
Ensign W G. OWEN detached the Barry.
command tho Decatur.
Carpenter F. VI. SMITH. detached navy yard
Boston; navy yard. Portsmouth.
MOVEMENTS OF WARsHIPs. The
following movements of navy vessels
have been reported to the Navy Depart
mont:
June 16.-The Casar and the Eagle, at New
York yard.
SAILED
June l6-The Cesar from New York yard
for Tompkinsviile; the Potomac. from
Charleston for Norfolk the Arkansas
from Hampton Roads for New York city.
the FL from Neah Bay for San Fran
cisco: the wyoming. the Florida. the North
Dakota, the Kansas. the Vermont and the
Louisiana. from Newport for Block Island
Sour
New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
INSTITUTE GRADUATES THIRTY

The ninety-hfth commencement OF 'he
New York Institute for the instruction o'
the Deaf and Dumb was held yesterday
afternoon on the lawn Of the institute al
Is3d street and Fort Washington avenue
Thirty students were graduated o. d" '''
rolment Of 50l. The Rev. DR.. Charles ~
stoddard. president Of the board OF d'-
rectors. made an address and presented
the diplomas. About three thousand VS.
itorg were present.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
FUSION CALL IN QUEENS.

Republicans. Independent Democrat -
and Progressives and all others III
Queens Borough opposed 10 the admin
istration Of Borough President Maurice
Il. Connolly have been invited to meet
on Monday night to bring the fusion
movement to "A focus. The meeting VIII
be held in the clubrooms OF the Queens
County Republican club. at No. 30l
Steinway avenue. Astoria. The call was
issued by the fusion committee of the
Republican party in Queens. of which
Edgar f. Hazleton. OF Jamaica, is secre-
tary.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
sMuecLEo GEMS BRING $4,000.

Struggled diamonds. weighing 2f car
ats. which were brought into the country
concealed I'm a registered mail package
containing the picture Of a woman in a
black leather frame marked In Memoir
iam." were sold at auction yesterday by
United States Marshal Henkel. The bid
ding opened az SIS a carat and rose 10 Ss5
a carat. Stern Brothers Il Co got the
entire lot for $4,000 L.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
ATHLETE TURNS ORATOR
John Paul Jones Gives Cornell
Glass Day Address.

Ithaca. y Y June John Paul
Iones the worlds amateur record mile
runner acting to-day as president of the
Cornell seniors. gave the class day ad-
dress in a natural amphitheatre on the
Cornell campus. About nine hundred
graduates the largest class in the his
tor OF Cornell. will receive their di-
rIoras tomorrow from Acting President
Crane.
George MacNoe, of Dansyille' recited
~ ciass grafton, and Miss H. a. Koch.
~ RrookIyn. the class poem. II. r.
soutbard. of Enid. okla, gave the class
hi.,ory and c. F. Cornet, OF st. Louis,
read the prophecy.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-04
WOULD SPEND 1T ALL AGAIN
Blind and "Rroke" Man Has No Regret
for s%quandering His $25o,ooo
Fortune.

Kansas City.-Jack Rickart, after 9
life Of riotous living during which he
got rid of $250,000 Is now at flfty-two
blind, pennies, rheumatic and under
Jail sentence for selling beer without
a license. but not repentant.
AS he sat in the station, awaiting
his parole, he was asked:
"If you had your life to live over
again what would you do?"
A smile broke over the wrinkled
face.
Let me tell you, boy, she would GO
the same old way" he said. Pros.
porous times can't last always, and
when the tide turns I'm willing to take
mine with the rest.
Il started life out in California dig.
ging sewers. In those days everybody
drank and gambled. l followed the
rest. I vas still young when l came
to Kansas City. I started in the gam.
bling and saloon business. Later ]
moved to the West Bottoms and open.
ed The Freighter' in James street
Nancy came in like water. Life In
those days was worth living; hundred
dollar bills were no more than SO
much dirt.
1.-TWO friends and myself took a trip
around the world. 1t took 1S months
and about s25, 700 apiece. 1t is better
than a good square meal to me just to
think Of that trip"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-04
OF WHITTIER
New Highlander Left Rich Herr.
tage of Poetry.
Lives, Events and Legends of His Sec.
ton and Nature His Inspiration
Was Devoted to His Mother
Not Highly Educated.

Hampton Falls, N. H.-As the years
80 by, New Englanders realize more
fully what a rich heritage they have
In claiming John Greenleaf Whittier
as their own poet. He drew his in
spiration from New England sources
from old legends and traditions,
from genes in the hardy lives Of
primitive people and from the depths
and sweetness of nature.
Whittier had no store Of deeply
grounded education to draw upon. He
had no memories of travel in old and
classic lands. But he could find in the
everyday familiar scenes in his native
New England as poetic beauty and
suggestion as others sought where
Theocritus sang in Sicily, or Catullus
on the shores of Lake Garda in Italy.
From the purpose INC hope which
brought the pilgrims of the Mayfower
to these shores, to a New England
husking party, Whittier could write
poems that had imaginative charm.
In his verse there may be found a
complete history of New England
events and the lives of persons who
played a part through historic days.
Whittier was one of the striking fig
ures in the days of the civil war. and
in reading his poems of that period
there m a keen realizing sense of
what that mighty struggle meant to
those who lived during its progress.
His "Snowbound" vas written in
1866, and in this mastery piece Of
simple verse the poet left abiding
pictures of his mother. his sister
Elizabeth and his Aunt Mercy.
Whittier was devoted to his mother,
and she lived till her son was fifty
years old. Between him and his sister
Elizabeth there was entire sympathy
and the strongest affection. She made
his home a happy one, with her con-
genial, loving spirit and the bright
sparkle of a wit that Whittier en-
joyed keenly.
The poet chung to his quaker asso-
Citations. although he said of himself
that he was not much of a sectarian;