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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
DENOUNCED BY DAVENPORT
Progressive Leader Objects to
Convention Bill.

Albany. May Am earnest protest
against the signing of the McClelland
Tammany constitutional convention bill
was sent 10 Governor Sulzer tonight by
ex-senator Davenport. chairman OF the
legislative committee of the Progressive
party.
with the hope that fusion In the mo
tropolis against the machines may be lost
sight OF IN the fight for partisan dele
gates" the protest declares with the
hope that rapidly rairoaded Tammany
constitutional convention may take care
of its own and adjourn. leaving the people
still crying for bread and stili shorn OF
their rights and their power. this ma
chine measure provides for the waste II
million dollars for "A June election, and
for purely partisan delegates 10 a con
vention which should be free and non
partisan gathering OF the best mind and
conscience OF the state"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
GIRL LAW STUDENT DIES
Returns Home from Ball and Takes
Life by Inhaling Gas.

Miss Minnie Weinstein, a young law
student returned from a ball To her
home. at No. Attorney street. Early
yesterday morning. entered the bathroom
and committed suicide by inhaling lila
minating gas.
When the family broke in the door they
found the young womans body lying on
the floor Nearby was "A large basket OF
roses which had been given her n few
hours before
BENJAMIN Wcinstein. father OF the dead
girl said she had been busy lately with
her studies and with the organization of
a club OF friends. whose ball she attend
ed on Saturday night and that he be
heved her mind had been affected by
overwoTk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
TO TRY FLIGHT TO ENGLAND
Aero Yacht to Start by July /,
Saws Batson Official.
fBy telegraph TO The Tribune.

Savannah. May A Batson aero
yacht will start by July l for fight
across the Atlantic ocean, according to
the statement made to-day by repre-
sentative of the company.
1t is the purpose of the Batson inter
ests to fly from Savannah to New York
with a letter from Mayor Richard j..
Davant to Mayor William ]. Gaynor.
Then the trip will be extended to
Washington, where, with letter from
President Wilson to King George. the
start on the transatlantic flight will be
attempted.
Captain NJ. A. Batson, L. 5. A, re-
tired, is the inventor and designer Of
the new air craft. His officers express
confidence of winning the prize of $780,
600 offered by Lord Northcliffe through
THE London Daily Mail for the first
transatlantic fight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
SEEKS DIVORCE FIVE TIME!
Aged Woman Fails in Each Car
to Convince Court.

Reno. New. MAY Airs. Lusss y
Lagerquist. business woman Wv
enty-three years old. experienced '~
tcrday her NTH defeat In the divc'"
courts. in which she has been masH
earnest attempts 90 gain dfa"
from Eric Lagereuist. OF tho same |"
She has accused him 81 deser'ioh'
constancy. failure 20 provide, es''e"
cruelty and constructive deser'loh J.
has failed in each case 10 produce SUI
cicnt evidence TO satisfy the courts
Three efforts were made BY NJ
Lagerquist I'm Massachusetts, ana
here. She Il the owner ~ large 's.-
and apartment house properties 10 y.
York, Boston and Cambridge
court here declared that idcniich ".
,ions between the couple had are
been considered by the courts an'
prayers denied. thereby pfe''"''~
jurisdiction In this case. Mrs lay
quist Will return 60 New York Clp.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
BARNES FOR PRIMARY LAW
Republican State Chairman
FavOrs Brown Vert Bill.

In statement issued yesterday by way
Of summarizing the direct primary legls-
lative attempts OF the session Just closed.
William Barnes. jr.. commends the meas
ure introduced by Senator Elon x. Brown
and Assemblyman Vert as the embodl-
ment OF all that should be attempted in
the way Of direct primary work until a
trial demonstrates It's efficacy
He enumerated the points OF the Brown
Vert BILL including the short ballot. abol-
ition OF committee designations for pri-
maries, abolition OF the preferential col
umn and party emblem for primaries and
reducing the number OF signatures neces-
sary for petitions. and said that these
same points were prominent In Governor
Suffers bill.
Mr.. Barnes ridlculed the Governors
proposed party council feature as a
substitute for state conventions In plat
form making. because. he said, THE lat
ter would be composed practically only
OF ofiiceseekers who would have more
interest in their own election than they
would have in a declaration Of faith"
Confusion and disorder would result
from such a method OF nominating such
important officers as Governor, Controller
and Judges of the Court OF Appeals. which
would be abominable." said Mr.. Barnes
In speaking Of Governor Suffers substi-
tute for the state convention, whereas
a contest over Sheriff or County Clerk In
a county by direct nomination does not
necessarily present any such disorderly
picture"
Mr.. Barnes believes that at the extra
session Of the Legislature enough Demo-
Gratis should Join with the Republican, TO
pass bill containing the features OF both
the Brown-vert and tho Governors bill.
with the exception OF the abolition OF the
state convention In the latter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
STANDARD OIL MEN
WORKED LIKE Dogs
Continued from first page.

for fourteen hours. That is total OF
thirty-eight hours Of work out of forty
eight hours
For this the majority of the men are
paid SD a week. Some make SIT %
and a few-experienced stillmen-earn
S24. The work is the hardest kind Of
manual labor, consisting Of firing boil
ers. hauling fires, wheeling out ashes
and stripping stills. These stills, In
several instances, are in the open air,
where the men do their work in winter
in the snow and cold, and In the sum-
mer under the blazing sun. A large
percentage Of the men are Poles and
other foreigners, and support large
families.
THE awful condition of the men can't
be exaggerated Mr.. Healy declared to
a representative of The Tribune yes
terday. The men are worked like
dogs. and, in some cases, treated still
more like dogs by their superintend-
ents.
Il have seen them come off their
twenty-four hour shifts so dead tired
that they drop down on the grass as II
IL Is summer and lay there asleep for
ten hours. until they have TO go to
work again for another fourteen hours.
And when they eat during their work.
ing hours, they have to do it by snatch
ing a bite between shovels of coal"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
uAMMERSTEIN RACES
AT CITY CLUB PLANS
Impresario Says 1t Has No
Qualifications to Give Opera
for People.

Oscar Hammerstein Is on the wsrpath'
He fguratively and literally took OF MS
coat I'm his offices at the Victoria Theatre
last night displaying a pair of vivid blue
and white cubist suspenders, and de-
clared himself ready to fight the cry
Club in its scheme for popular opera 10
a finish The challenge was hurled IN
the absence of any representative OF the
City Club
After having dealt with sewers and
lampposts in front of Saloons Mr.. Ham
merstein declared, waving stub OF
black cigar like a conductors baton,
chat organization now starts out TO
educate the people In music. II an
nounced its plans after | made public my
intention OF building house TO give
English opera. They are just slap AT
me.
Now it's leaders say they are going TO
give opera, with s. the highest price, and
they expect To do II on $l3.J0O week.
They can't. II they try TO they will give
cheap opera. that will be an insult TO
the New York public. The public here
has an intuitive sense of what is fine
and IL won't stand for cheap stuff. You
can't give opera unless you have mag
nIfcent scenery and all the rest OF II. /
know. / have discovered thirty-two OF
the great singers Of to-day, and nobody
else will ever do as much as that again" -
Asked IL he would go ahead with his
plans for his new house at DIST street and
Lexington avenue. Mr.. Hammerstein
waved his cigar stu more frantically and
backed up against the wall OF his office
in a nghting attitude while he said.
you bet | will! I'm not planning TO do
! II: I'm going To do IL! Some people need
spring tonIcs: | need a fight once In so
often, and that theatre is going to open
without any fresh paint signs around
on the night OF November 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
CAN'T FIND $1,000 PIGEONS
Thousands Search in Vain for
Pair of Wild Birds.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Ansonia, Penn, May 4.-Thousands
OF persons in this vicinity spent the
day in the country in an effort TO find
two wild pigeons and get a reward of
$4,000 which has been standing for
several years for pair of the birds
taken alive.
Mark Hauser, president Of the Lee
high Motor Club. and Moses Newhard
reported several days ago that they had
seen two of the pigeons. Years ago
the birds were here by the thousands,
but suddenly disappeared. The $4,000
reward was offered by a New Yorl,
weekly sporting paper.
When the searchers returned to-
night not one of them was able TO re-
port having seen the birds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05

Cambridge. Mass. May 4.-The effect OF
radium In the treatment Of cancer is to
be made the subject Of special invesu-
CATION at the Harvard Medical School,
under the direction of DR.. William Duane
For the present the experiments VIII De
conducted In the Coils p. Huntington
building, but In the near future a special
building is to be erected. adjoining the
medical school, and devoted entirely 10
the work of radium investigation.
DR.. Duane has studied In the laboratory
OF Nine. Curie. the discoverer OF radium'
and has been In touch also with the
work Of the Radium Institute In LONDON
The investigation Is to be made under the
general supervision Of the cancer COM
mission of Harvard. An announcement
by DR.. T.. E. Tyzzee. director OF the COM
mission, says a group Of investigators Is
being assembled to attack the problem OF
cancer treatment from various points or
view.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
BRYAN ON HIS WAY BACK
Secretary Has Nothing to Say
on Land Bill Outlook.

Los Angeles. May 4-The Secretary OF
State. William j. Bryan, spent an hour
and a half here this morning on his way
to Washington from Sacramento. He was
met here by his son. William J. Bryan,
ir.. his wife and their two children, who
will accompany him as far as Tucson,
where they reside.
Mr.. Bryan had nothing TO say OH the
situation in Sacramento or Washington
regarding alien land legislation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
YUAN ISSUES WARNING
Will Employ Military Force
Against Conspirators.

Picking, May 4.-President Yuan Shin
kai has issued a manifesto warning the
people that. although he has refrained
up to the present from employing military
force against plotters. in the hope that
the conspiracies would cease. he will not
permit in the future conspirators to stir
up trouble.
He expresses the hope that after the
next Presidential election he will be re-
lieved from the cares of office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05

virulently anti-Asiatic than in the
Senate. There were many demands for
a stronger bill 10th from Democrats
and Progressives. out in the end it was
agreed that the act as drawn by At
torney General Webb would serve for
the present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
Remedial Legislation Passed.

These conditions were first brought
TO the attention of the investigators
last May, when the Factory Investigat-
ing Commission began its work. At that
time Mr.. Healy testified before the
commission. of which Senator Robert
+. Wagner IL chairman. Investigation
and reports from the State Department
Of Labor followed and laws were enact
ed to better conditions. The Legislators
included provisions for lavatories.
which were lacking before In most
cases. and for the Enclosure Of stills.
How the Standard OF Company has
complied with these requirements Is
the subject of the latest special report
prepared by Charles kovalsky, 81 the
Stationary Firemen. and now In Mr..
Hoaly's hands. The report declares
that I'm several instances nothing has
been done.
At the Queens County yard. accord
ing to Kovalskys report. "the wash
room Is there but the men cannot use
Il. as they have no lights or heat. or
lockers in Il. II seems TO me as though
IL In there for show only.
"All new stills are not covered as
yet" the report continues. The men
are exposed to all kinds ~ weather II
seems as II they have no intention OF
covering the frerooms."
At the Kings County yards, so-called,
the report reads. Improvements are
made. but they are not much good for
the men. as they have no bathtubs or
toilets as yet" Up TO February I. when
Pratt's North 18th street yard was In
vestigated. no improvements had been
made I'm sanitary arrangements
Reports made 10 me-" Mr. Heeiy
declared. show that In some cases tho
men have been compelled TO work IN
the snow and rain until they We're
drenched through. and when they had
finished they had no place 10 wash up
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05

had gone half block when the patro!-
man got to his feet and fired.
When Benz was arraigned ne sa'u
the Bridge Twisters' would lay LOT
Robinson tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05

fFrom The Tribune Bureau.1
Washington. May 4.-Two-thirds OF the
radium supply Of the world Is being pro-
duced in Europe from American ores. &C
cordIng to experts Of the United states
Bureau Of Mines. In statement Just Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
DELEGATES ARRIVE FOR
. BIG PEACE CONFERENCE
Continued from first page.

grown together and created this great
nation by the fusion Of the races.
Lord Weardale did not care to dis-
cuss the Panama question, which ne
called "a matter Of diplomatic discus
SION" but he added:
"All we say is that there Is not the
smallest reason in our minds why any
Of these questions should not be set
tied as other questions have been SET
tied between us, by the ordinary meth-
DDS of Cancellation and Of toleration'
and so on. on both sides"
OF the rest Of the English delegation,
Messrs. Mills, Primrose, 30: u BAKER,
Frewe. and Vivian are members OF
Parliament. Mr.. Primrose is son OF
Lord Roseberry.
The municipality Of Client is repre-
scented by C. De Bruyne. alderman
and Alphonse Van Werveke. curator
of archaeology Of the Museum of Client.
Canada sent Sir Edmund Walker, Sem
ator Raoul Dandurand. Charles A.
Magrath, Travers Lewis and Captain
Charles Frederick Hamilton. Austral-
la is represented by Sir George Hous-
ton Reid, High Commissioner for Aus
tralia in London.
Committee. Meets Visitors.
The peace visitors on the Caronia
were greeted down the bay by their
reception committee, Of which William
Church Osborn is chairman. The
members Of the committee, as guests
Of r. a. G. Smith, Dock Commission
er and vice-chairman OF the reception
committee, boarded the tug Brooklyn
at $50 O'Clock in the morning at 4lst
street and the North River
Among the persons on the tug were
William Curtis Demorest. chairman OF
the committee on general supervision;
John A. Stewart, chairman Of the ex-
ecutive committee; DR.. George T..
Kunz and William b. Rowland.
The other members Of the committee
who greeted the delegates at the pier
were Nicholas Murray Butler, presi-
dent Of Columbia University; Henry
Clews, George William Burleigh. sec
rotary Of the Pilgrims Of the United
States; Captain w. Il. Forbes, Austen
G.. Fox, Calvin w. Rice. William IL.
Short and George T. Wilson.
The programme to-day includes a
reception by the Mayor, luncheon ut
the Waldorf and a business session In
the afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
Amendments Voted Down.

The Assembly refused to strike out
the clause permitting leases, TO which
the Democrats objected yesterday.
Several other amendments were voted
down by the heavy administration ma
jority.
At no time during the course of the
arguments was the result in doubt.
The Democrats. following the lead OF
their colleagues in the Senate. made
desultory attempts to amend the meas
ure. or delay its passage, but without
effect.
When the body came 10 the consid-
Grafton Of the main question of bar
ring the japanese the debate was more
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-17
'iFF'Ff'F'f 'F'F'l''i'I F'F'f'F'f7'E'1
I FARM AND LIVE STOCK. !

Il. 5. Byars sold hcifcr to Vir-
gil Stewart this week for so.
Joe Quinlan sold IA bunch Of
hogs last week TO Powell and
Mundy at $3.50.
j. X. Shook has mule colt,
sired by ddy-Taxpayer, that he
was offered 1928 for, at two days
old. He thinks Teddy is all right.
Farmer Rusk inoculatcd lS5
hogs for +. l.. Crosby last week.
The hogs had just been shipped
in from Arkansas. They are Il
fine bunch, healthy and all right
but Mr.. Crosby thought 10 be on
the safe side against cholera.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-17
BEAN CREEK.

Farmers are busy sowing oats
this week.
Waiter Schultz, the little son of
William Shuttle, was driving a mali
a few days ago when the nail flew
out and struck him in the eye,
which since has caused him much
pain.
Rev. J. j. Griffin will preach at
Gilead the first Sunday in May,
instead Of the third Sunday in
this month.
NJ. Myers lost valuable horse
last week.
Dane Thompson of Mexico Wis
tied friends in this vicinity thi,
week.
c. Ii. Spotswood of Mexico was
the guest of r. Y. Byars and fam
lily last Sunday.
j. WILSON and wife of Santa f,
were the guests of his brother, Bil
Wilson, last week.
A certain young man of thi
community went to see his girl {
few Sunday nights ago, when hi
horse got loose and he had to wall
in home, He got in a little betor
day without any wildcats captur
ing him.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-17
BENTON CITY.

Miss Amelia Wrath of Alton,
ILL.,, is the guest of Mrs. j. w.
Hines and other friends here.
Mr.. Turner of Auxvasse takes
the place of j. T. Allen in the
blacksmith business here.
Romans & johnson shipped a
load of hogs to st. Louis Monday
hight.
f. 4. Okey and Fred Pearson
painted the residences of Miss Su-
sic Tanner and Mrs. S. 0. Wright
this week.
Mrs. w. II. Coil, Miss Eunicc
Coil and Mrs. Dovenspike were
shopping in Mexico Friday.
Miss Grace Collins of Mexico is
visiting her sisters here, Mrs. Hof-
sess and Mrs. Tratchel.
Mrs. A. +. Owens returned Mon.
day night from Bowling Greer
Springs, where she spent severa
weeks under treatment for rheu
matism.
Elder w. A. Cameron preached
two excellent sermons at the
Christian church Sunday. TIL,
one in the evening on Success
was exceptionally fine.
Mrs. Mat Mullins is on the sicl
list.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-17
LADDoNIA ITEMS.
Tom DeLaporte a Very Sick Boy
Mrs. Huntley Critically Ill.

Mrs. Josh Jenkins is a very sick
woman, afflicted with cancer.
Mrs. Mary Landrum will leave
the latter part of the week for an
extended visit with her sister,
Mrs. Frank Ator of near Pitts
field, III.
j. p. llummell and family now
occupy Mrs. Nerdia Bowman S
property and Mr.. Maynard the
property of Mrs. Cordelia Morris,
the latter who died in Kansas City
last week and was buried here.
Mrs. Morris had lived in Laddo-
MIA many years.
Mrs. G. A. Torreyson and Mrs.
Geo. Ferris were Mexico visitors
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Ferris left
Tuesday for Artesia, New Mexico,
to visit their daughter, Mrs. Joe
Jesse.
Mrs. Clyde johnson of near
Vandalia, was at the bedside of
her brother, Thomas De Laporte,
several days last week.
Arch Morris and wife and little
son returned to Hannibal Sunday
after a visit with relatives here.
Born, to VIM. Huntley and wife,
a son, April Is. 1T died same day.
Thos, De Laporte is very sick
boy. Was operated on Monday
for appendicitis.
Mrs. VIM. Huntley is in very
critical. condition.
Mrs. Josh Jenkins is dangerous
ly sick.
Mr.. Freyer moved to the Wilder
place Tuesday.
Mrs. Frank Beam of Mexico
visited at VIM. Huntley's first of
the week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-17
Two Sides to the Jail Question

Rush Hill, Mo-, April l5.--lt is
said there are two sides to every
question. SO ii is with the new
Jail question. After reading
Results of Prohibition i'll Kan
sas, by Hon. John S. Dawson,
Attorney General, the truth of
which there need be no doubt, and
to which many other reliable peo-
pie will testify, the question arts
es: Is it to Mexico S credit to need
such a costly jail
1t is said that the scheme of the
"wets" to call an election before
the Unit Law goes into effect is
largely responsible for the defeat
of the Jail question. If the ''wets
are successful, Mexico Will, no
doubt, need the new Jail. But if
the "drys" are successful, and
the saloons are driven out, small
Jail would hold all the criminals
or the old Jail might be made to
do few years longer.
Let Mexico do away with her
liquor business, and see if there is
not wonderful change for the
better in a short time. Now is the
time to fight this evil. The papers
should work together.
Let the old topers and saloon
keepers howl and fight. What
one wants most--is to save our
young men and boys from the liq
uor habit. And when these gel
the reins of government into then
hands later on, they will make
Old Missouri a prohibition State,
if she is not already one befor,
that time.
A Mother.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-17
A Sad Sight.

Last Friday, as we went to
Mexico, we saw, north of Salt Riv-
er bridge, a covered wagon. with
man and several children, two
very thin horses. One badly Grip
pied, with the knee joint greatly
enlarged. We paid little atten-
ton to them, as we frequently
see the like. But OH our return,
very sad sight arrested our at
tention. Two little children were
on the cold ground beside the
crippled horse. The little girl,
two years old perhaps, was squat
ted down, covering her little cold
bare feet with the thin red slip
that covered her chilled little
body, crying, her little brother,
four years old perhaps, was stand
ing by his sister, a forlorn little
object, helpless to help his little
sister, his own little feet red and
cold. We stopped, lifted the little
sister into the only home she had,
the wagon.
The little boy was asked,
"Where is your motherf"
eve have no mother"
"Where is your father7'
"Gone to town to buy corn for
the horses. l."
Poor little babes. What if the
father should stay away till late
in the night, and those two babes
alonef
God pity the little ones who
have no mother.
Mrs. T. j. Harris.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-17
Obituary Notice.

Mary Elma Smallwood was the
infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. l., Smallwood of near Rush
Hill, Mo. She was born Nov. II,
1912, and died April 8, 1913, aged
four months and twenty-seven
days. We cannot understand, yet
we know that the kind Father
knoweth best. Mary Elma has
bat stepped before, to that better
land, and now beckons father
mother, brother, sister and friends
to that place of joy celestial.
The funeral service was con
Quoted at the home at 3 p. m.
April 10, by the Rev. E. V. Camp
bell, pastor of the Methodist Epis
copal church.
The body was taken to Illinois
and there laid to rest.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-17

The ladies of the Methodist
church will serve banquet to
the men and men-friends of the
church at the church next Satur-
day night. Rev. w. f. McMurry
of st. Louis and President Will
liam Webb of Central College and
former pastors of the church will
be guests of honor. Toasts and
responses will be given. A most
enjoyable time is looked forward
to.