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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-18
Nicaragua Signs Peace Treaty

TFrOm Tho TrIbunc I5uTcHu.T
Washington. Dec 1.-THE Secretary OF
State has bound another nation. Mica
ragua, TO his peace plan, with Its pro-
Visions that In case there is any misunder-
standing between the two countries there
shall be an investigation. lasting az least n
according TO the theory, heated blood will
cool and war will be made improba BILE
BY the treaty signed by Nicaragua to-
day that country agrees not to make war
on the United States without due deliber-
alton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-18
Sole Street Topic.

All the papers deal editorially WIN
the one topic Of street discussion Al
IN ugh Mr. Mallaby- Deeley fatty denies
that any syndicate backs him and says
that the deal represents private IN
yestment. no part Of which Is goihs
into the hands of company 'llS
is much doubted. especially as ne sald
the same thing when he bought the
Piccadiuy Hotel, and no" the flcc"-
div is. as a matter Of fact owned ny
a limited liability company. Ihe aulo-
mobile industry situated in LorG Acre
needs expansion.
Mr.. Mallaby Deeley says he has con-
sidercd Mr.. Lloyd Georges proposals
very carefully. and has not the slight
est fear OF the effect of the same on
either rural or urban land, so long as
il is not downright coniiscatlon' Out
others. not so sanguine. point out that
thc Duke Of Bedford holds now only
81. 800 acres i'm England. against S|o"
in 1904.
Real estate men fear that the keen
business heads of such men as Lord
Northbrook. Lord St Germans, the
Duke II Westminster. Lord Howard
DO Walden. Lord Portman and Lord
Dartmouth may prompt them to IN
loa !. and thus produce serious results
To land values in London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-18
Peerage for James Bryce?

London. Dec. 1.-THE bestowal OF a
peerage on James Bryce former British
Ambassador In Washington. is forecasted
to-day by the periodical Truth" in an
article on probable New Years honors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-18
Question Of Market Tolls.

Cnycnt Garden merchants are atraiu
the new owner will not he 50 senti-
mental as was the Duke OF Bedford III
his business relations. even though the
market tolls are now considered liSh
orough but Mr.. Malldby-Deeley de-
clarcs that all traditions viii be pre-
served and promises even greater Sc
r,,rity Of tenure than at present IN
der the Bedford regime merchants
tcuancics in the market were ohIy
weekly. and thus goodwill conlh
rcvor he sold. Not only i'm the five ana
oua-balf acres Of the actual market
hut I'm the adjoining streets. the duke
charged toll on every single cart ana
wagon. Also. dealers who were allowed
IN coll their produce i'm the neighbor-
ing streets paid as II inside the market.
Holly and evergroens pay ! cents
n carload and u cents a wagon. n
s,,k of potatoes . cents, a chest OF
oranges y cents, a sack OF peas or
bcans . cents, bushel of apples OF
NUNS / cent. Even If the prodhce
sold in the market was by sample only,
the actual goods being turned over to
the purchaser miles away the duke
collected just the same.
The estate of John Russell was valued
II, 1552 At S37 80. 1t has risen In value
probably at the rate Of Sl25,OO0 an
uually. II is impossible to establish
another market in radius OF less imam
six and one-h half miles without intrinS-
ing the Bedford charter. In 1886 tn"
NOT proft of the market was $4,000;
t., 1893 il was $4,000. No figures on
t,,o subject have been published since
1898.
I'm 1852 the ninth duke offered the
historic market to the city OF London,
but declined To renew the offer III 1899.
Whom ne dled the negotiations were
continued by the tenth duke. but he
died also. and the matter was never
settled.
No actual figures Of the Mallaby-
pcoIev deal have been made public yet
I, v,s estimated that anywhere be-
tween $50. 900 900 and si5,0OO,0OO had
changed hands. The Daily Mali and
"The Times" however, announce thar
fine price paid for the estate was
slightly less than three million pounds
sterling (sI5. 1000. OOO). Earlier estimates
,,ere based. il is added. OH the analogy
~ tho London County Council site in
tho strand. but these prove in the light
If information now to hand TO be err
roneous.
Thus nineteen acres in the very CEN
ire of London, including about 40
buildings and 1000 leasehold tenancies
and right TO the tolls on all the prod
nee entering Covent Garden market.
have changed hands at an approximate
nrice of three-quarters of million dol
lars an acre.
Mr. Mallaby Deely gave yesterday
an account OF the negotiations leading
IN the purchase. They lasted only a
few weeks. the initiative in the transac-
ton coming from the duke. Mr.. NAL
laby-Deeley concluded the bargain IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-18
SAYS JOB HUNG
ON $4,000 GRAFT
Douglass Asserts He Lost
Aoueduct Contract When
He Rebuffed 'Bagman.'
RID THE LOWEST
FOR HUDSON SIPhON
Award Made to Another at Price
100000 Higher-Water
Officials in Denial.

Anthony {. Douglass, former Mayor
If Niagara Falls and tunnel con-
.ractor who has built several of the
,,io mower tunnels around the Falls,
ms witness yesterday before the
rand Jury for more than two hours.
us story of his relations with the col
,,ctors of contract graft" was of such
,.neth that Samuel Beskin, of Beacon,
and John NJ. Murphy, The Bronx con-
tractor. who were subpnnaed yester-
5ay. we're not heard, and will be called
again to-day.
DoueIass's story, it is understood,
MAS that he was asked TO contribute
$4,000 just at the time when his bid
an Contract No. 90 of the Aqueduct
system was in the hands of the Board
az Water Supply. His bid was for 81
l%22. 30 30, and. according 10 the rec
crds of the board. was the lowest bid
received on that contract. which is for
the Hudson siphon that is TO carry the
Catskin water under the Hudson from
orange to Duchess counties.
He refused to contribute anything,
much less the $4,000 asked for. and
The contract went TO the 7. \. Giles
pie Company for S1.649,O2O, or almost
S21IOO0 more than the Douglass bid.
The contract was AWARDED on June 20.
1911. and along with Douglass the
board turned down another bid lower
than the Gillespie companys, which
had been made by Winston & Co. and
Rrcuchaud for 81 1888
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-18
WANTS PERUGIA FREED
Mona Lisa" Thief's Counsel
Saws There Is No Complaint.

Perugia. charged with abstracting the
Mona Lisa" from the Louvre. has asked
that Perugia be liberated on the ground
that France has not entered prosecution
against him before the Italian courts.
Paris. Dec 1.-THE first real clew To the
theft Of the painting Mona Lisa was
furnished TO the French police by Jean
Guifrey, now curator OF the Museum Of
Fine Arts. At Boston. Mass. and for
merry assistant conservator Of the Louvre.
Pierre Marcel. who Is charged with a
mission at the Louvre, makes this decla-
ration to-day. He says NJ. Guiffrey at
the time wrote giving the reasons Why the
picture must have been stolen by one Of
the men employed in the framing Of pict-
Uros at the Louvre The director Of the
French National Museums. Eugene PuJa-
let. was impressed by NJ. Guiffrey's rea-
soning and informed the police. VI. Mar
Gel adds that II the clew had been ade-
quately followed the Mona Lisa would
have been discovered long ago.
The police have found the girl who
signed the name Mathilde 10 the love
letters discovered in the room Of Vim
cenzo Pcrugia after his arrest al Flor
ence She had been unable however. 10
throw any light on the theft Of the paint
ing. She remembered seeing wooden
box i'm Peruga's room, but declared that
she never, saw or heard anything Of the
Mona Lisa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-18
"JUST BAD BOYS"
IS CUNMEN'S PLEA
Rosenthal Slayers' Lawyer
Calls Clients SneakS
and towards.
JURY UNDER CtNSURE
FOR QUICK VERDICT
hysteria and Effective Use of
Aliases Cited as CapseS
for the Conviction.
Bl TeIograph 10 &c TrIbune. !

Albany, Dec. 17.-Not swashbucklcrs.
but merely bad boys, with not enough
courage to enter an ARRAY where guns
were used, was the way Judge \. T.
Clearwater to-day described the four gun
men sentenced to die with Charles Beck
er. the New York police Lieutenant. for
the murder Of Herman Rosenthal. Judge
Clearwater appeared for them in the ap-
peal made this afternoon for their lives
before the Court Of Appeals.
The convicted men are Frank Cirohci.
Harry Horowitz. Louis Rosenberg and
Jacob Seidenshur. and it is expected that
decisions I'm their case as well as M
that Of Becker, will be handed down some
time in January. Becker's appeal was
heard two weeks ago
Judge Clearwater. who was assisted 10y
Charles G. f. Wahle and II. Lionel krin-
gel. took all the afternoon i'm his argument
and will continue tomorrow. Assistant
District Attorney Robert {. Taylor. ap-
pearing for the prosecution. Will complete
the argument in the afternoon.
These four defendants" said Judge
Clearwater. were brought up under evil
surroundings. They were not men OF cour-
axe. not swashbucklers. The District At
torney created that impression by callnS
them gunner. They are towards, sneak5
and far from the bold, aggressive, sWsSh-
buckling type of city desperate. Their
crimes were crimes OF stealth-not Nio-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-18
"Hysteria Prevailed at Trial"


"Hysteria Prevailed at TRIAL
1T was upon their evil records that they
were tried. yet even in the atmosphere OI
hysteria that prevailed in the courtroom
they would never have been convicted eA-
cept through the manner in which their
records were portrayed
II was stated that Cirohci was not at
the scene Of the murder, which prompted
Judge Hiscock TO ask how the other three
men explained why they were at the
Metropoe Hotel at that time.
They were told to come there and
meet Policemen Stencrt and White said
Mr.. Wahle.
Yes. and | am not sure that they
were not brought there said Judge
Clearwater. Ito be shot themselves IN
order to make clean Job OF getting I'D
of the enemies Of Rose.
Judge Clearwater said that the verdict
of the Jury as 20 the motive for the muir
der should be regarded as conclusive but
that the conviction of his four clients was
untimely
"In coming to its verdict the jury took
loss than one hour he said; yet the
trial of the case lasted one week, the
udpe's charge took three hours. and the
record contained 2l0.oVJ words. Think or
1.-THE fury thrashed out all this matter
I'm loss than sixty minutes, This verdict
was secured by an appeal to passions and
prejudices.
"These young men were tried IN an
atmosphere Of hostility. They are victims
of the hysteria that exists In the twepu-
9th century as il existed I'm the second
and third centuries. At no time has this
bvstcria been more of menace than to-
day"
Says Judge Erred CraVely.
Judge Clearwater said he relied for
reversal Of the conviction .on the grave
errors committed by the learned judge
who presided at the trial one OF these
errors. he said. was putting 1t TO the
Jury TO decide whether Sam Schepps was
an accomplish He said that Schepps
should have been declared an accomplice
by the Judge, as a matter OF law.
Sam Schepps was characterized by Judge
Clearwater as a parasite. a tool OF Rose
to fetch and carry. He was in the conn
dence of Rose. and knew all about what
there was OF the homicide.
Another error. Judge Clearwater con-
tended, was the putting in evidence OF
the two revolvers found in the trunks OF
one OF the convicted. men. There was
nothing TO connect il with the crime he
said. "lt was unfair. improper and came
at a crucial point in the case. IL cannot
he that IL was innocently done, or done in
ignorance Of the law.
Judge Clearwater denied that the So
called gunner had anything to do with
the homicide. or that they were In any
ARRAY where firearms were used.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-18

success of the whole work hinged. we
could not afford to risk success against
the 100000 difference in the two bids"
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
.SlUMS OF LONDON
Houses Are Owned by EngIand's
WeaIthiest Men.
inhabItants Are Little, Deformed, Bent
Creatures, Who Creep Out Of the
Alloys by the rhousands
to Sell Flowers.

London.-The interest Of London
has no end. for after one has visited
all the regular tourist sights the Alb
hey, the Parliament, the Tower, the
British Museum, the National Gal
lery and st. Paul's, there springs up
countless other places that one should
not miss seeing. 1t is such vast
place that even the average London
or does not know London. He may
know Kensington, Putney and
Knightsbridge. and never have been
in Elephant of Castle, Wormwood.
scrubs or Whitechapel, or vice versa.
1t Is Picadilly. oxford. Circus. Trafal.
gar Square, The Strand. Fleet street
and Regent street that everybody
knows.
There are two distinct types Of Lon.
doners. First. the tall and lank Eng.
lish gentleman who travels in the
subway and cabs, and wears gray
spats, a high silk hat. monocle and
carries a cane; and, second, there is
the LOndOner OF the underworld
which comprises about 100000 peo.
pie. They are little, deformed. bent
creatures. toothless and dirty, who
creep out OF the alleys and slums by
thousands and food the fashionable
streets selling toys and flowers on
the sidewalk. They make quite con.
trast to the flowers, the lovely, fra.
grant English flowers. that they sell.
And such prices for flowers! A
bunch Of violets and lilies.of. .the.valley
for a penny 1.-TWO cents), or six glow.
Ing jonquils for a penny. These pen.
MES do not 60 for food and clothing.
but for rum and porter at the pub
lie houses that are so plentiful In
London.
The slums Of London are scattered
everywhere. One street may be the
most fashionable in London and
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
Gotham Means Place Of Goats.

A learned writer informs us that
Gotham means the place of the goats.
II has been commonly supposed that
Gotham was named after the Goths.
But that Is not SO, according to the
informant. who has proven that the
name of the village in Nottingham.
shire, England, from whence the
originated, was really "Gat-Ham:" and
Cat" being the Anglo-SaXon for
goat" Gatham, afterward Gotham.
simply means the home of the goats,
So when the title is applied to New
York, 1t means the place of the goats.
This derivation is proved by the
proper pronunciation Of the word.
which is Gotham. and not Gotham,
as 1t is often pronounced. However.
the only possessor OF goats In this
neck OF the woods are THE Three
Wise Men Of Gotham"-the mayor
the police commissioner and the dis.
trict attorney.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08

around the corner one of the worst
slums. These slums are owned by
some of the richest men in the world,
such as the duke of Bedford and the
duke of Westminster. In London peo-
pie do not own their own houses, but
merely lease them for period Of
years from these rich lords.
And Of the duke of Bedford's prize
possessions is the Covent Garden Mar
ket, the greatest flower market in the
world. We went one spring morn
ing at six o'clock to see tho market,
and such a wilderness OF flowers can
be found nowhere else in the world
The street venders were getting
their supply for the day. and they
looked at us with their CHASTITY faces,
and cried: Buy tuppence worth
loidy!" and IL we did not buy, "Hain't
youse out early?" or Don't look so
sour. me darlin'!"
But In the most unique market in
all London Is the Sunday fair at Pet
ticoat Lane. At seven o'clock Sun
day morning Petticoat Lane Is de-
.
ing erected, at eight everything is
ready. and at nine, Middlesex street
and all the side streets are one great
mass of bowling humanity. principally
Jews. There are the auctioneers, the
statesmen. the lookerson, the buyers
and the policemen. You thank the
little tin-gods for the policemen in
Petticoat Lane.
They keep you or try to keep you
from being murdered. from getting
into fight and from being robbed
They are stationed about four to
every block, and certainly are needed
Anything can be bought here from
piano to a collar-button. hats, furs
pants, cheap jewelry or good jewelry
antiques, dogs, cats, pink lemonade
sandwiches, suspenders, eels. goods
by the yard: In fact anything under
the sun in Petticoat Lane on Sun
day morning. Cabs and autos are not
allowed on the streets, and SO to see
the place you must travel on foot.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
CHEATED OF HUMAN MEAL
Seven Stranded Sailors Rescued FROM
Jaws Of Hungry Man.
Eaters.

New York.-How seven sailors, who
had been without food and water for
three days on sinking barkentine,
were rescued just as they were about
to fall prey to a school of sharks, was
told by Captain Blackadder of a steam
err. which arrived recently from Ha-
vana.
On March H. on the way to Havana,
the steamer ran into the end of hur-
ricane. In the distance derelict with
seven men aboard was sighted. Cap
tain Blackadder headed for the wreck.
The sea was so rough that it was i'm
possible to lower a lifeboat.
Jump overheard, and we will save
you." shouted Captain Blackadder.
The men pointed to the water, For
the first time those on the steamer
saw a great school of man-eatinG
sharks following the wreck.
Captain Blackadder realized that the
wreck would go down In a few min
utes and called for volunteers to man
a lifeboat, Five men responded, and
after a hard fight reached the wreck
and took the seven survivors aboard
Five minutes later the wreck sank
The rescued men were Off the brigan
tine Mary Burke, which sailed from
Pensacola. loaded with mahogany.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
LINER HALTS TO HELP MAN
Signal for Doctor Brings Swift Allan.
tic Transport to Stop IN Mid.
ocean.

New York.--A steamer Of the Allan.
tic fleet, in recently from London and
Southampton, was halted in midocean
by the little British freight steamship
Mora, bound for Hamburg. which sig
nailed that she needed medical assist
ance.
The sea was rough, but the captain
of the steamer decided not to pass up
an ambulance call from a doctorless
freighter flying the flag Of his own
country.
So the emergency boat of the liner
was lowered with surgeon aboard
lie climbed up the swaying sea ladder
of the Mora and found a fireman suf-
fering from epilepsy. The patient re-
vived under treatment by the surgeon,
who left medicine and advice with the
Mora's skipper. and then returned to
the liner.
Among those who saw the unusual
incident of the steamship line was
Beatrice Harraden. novelist, known
chiefly as the author of "Ships That
Pass In the Night"
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
There with the "Nerve."


The conversation led to the beauty
Of having abundant nerve the other
evening, when Senator Clapp Of Min.
nesota told Of man who went into
q fashionable restaurant. accompanied
by couple Of children. and after
ordering q lemon soda. asked the
waiter to bring him three plates.
This. according to Senator Clapp, the
w"iter did. but when he saw the man
take some sandwiches from his
pocket, put them on the plates. and
pass them around to the kids, he re-
ported the matter to the boss. What
are you doing?" Indignantly cried the
manager, rushing over to the sand.
wich party. Don't you know that
this isn't free picnic ground. where
you bring your own food?" rs that
so?" was the calm rejoinder Of the
man, passing along another sandwich.
"Who are you?" Il am the manager"
clustered the boss. with rising heat.
u" Just the very person that
! have been looking for" interjected
the imperturbed party. why isn't
the orchestra playing?"
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
Helpina the Little Fellow.

The United Shoe Machinery Com
pany Is the only real obstacle to the
formation Of O shoe trust. We help
the small manufacturer to start In
business and keep going. He could
not afford to buy and care for his ma
chimes, but he can afford to lease them
on the terms we give him based on
the number Of shoes he makes-an
average Of less than 2 2.3 cents a pair
and let us keep them up to date.
That is q fair arrangement. Some Of
the big fellows don't like our system.
because they think we ought to give
them special rates. But the little fel.
lows stand with US because they know
we treat ais manufacturers alike no
matter how MANI machines they use.
II It were not for our methods of doing
business there would be no small faa-
tories anywhere and no prosperous
factories in small towns.
The United Shoe Machinery Co,
Boston, Mass.-Adv.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
MORE THAN EVER
Increased Capacity for Mental Labor
Since Leaving OF Coffee.

Many former coffee drinkers who
have mental work to perform, day aft
er day. have found better capacity
and greater endurance by using Post
um instead OF coffee. An Ills. Woman
writes:
II had drank coffee for about twenty
years, and finally had what the doctor
called coffee heart I was nervous
and extremely respondent; had little
mental or physical strength left, had
kidney trouble and constipation.
1.-THE first noticeable benefit derived
from the change from coffee to Postum
was the natural action Of the kidneys
and bowels. In two weeks my heart
action was greatly improved and my
nerves steady.
"Then l became less despondent, and
the desire to be active again showed
proof of renewed physical and mental
strength.
81 am steadily gaining in physical
strength and brain power. / formerly
did mental work and had to give 1t up
on account of coffee. but since using
Postum l am doing hard mental labor
with less fatigue than ever before"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich.
Postum now comes In new concen.
trated form called Instant Postum. It
Is regular Postum, so processed at the
factory that only the soluble portions
| are retained.
A spoonful of Instant Postum with
hot water. and sugar and cream to
taste, produce instantly delicious
beverage.
Write for the little book. 1.-THE Road
70 Wellville."
| There's Q Reason" for Postum.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
Old Shin Still Stauneh,

Said to be the oldest ship In tho
world In active service, the Copen.
hagen yacht Constance has been sold
to a fisherman of Skaw. in Jutland.
who will use the ancient craft In his
trade. The Constance was built one
hundred and ninety-three years ago.
and in her long life she has sailed
into almost every port in the world.
Her timbers are still staunch. and her
new owner declares he can see no
reason why she should not sail the
seas for q century to come.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
ODD CHARM OF HAVANA, CUBA
Americans Visiting This City Declare
They Feel az II They Were
Abroad.

Havana, Cuba.--Americans driving
to their hotel through Havana's mar
row, noisy streets invariably exclaim
tht 1t seems to them "as II they we're
abroad" The question--to borrow a
phrase from the widely travelled but
Unconditional Mr.. Baedeker--"need not
detain them long," They are abroad.
Havana is not merely like a foreign
town." It is a foreign town. 1t has
its own odd look. Its special pictur-
esqueness. its own tumultuous life.
It abounds in unknown dishes and
strange fruits. and upon the hot tropic
night It pours out half barbaric music
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08

Palace ana PUBIC square, Havana.
and queer. melancholy songs. writes
Harrison Rhodes in the Metropolitan.
The long traditions Of the Spanish
dominion of the two Americas still
cling about Havana's fortresses and
the palaces, churches and monasteries
Of her ancient streets. She was
proud. rich city, the entrepot Of the
west, when our northern mainland was
q wilderness. And now In the Cuban
twentieth century she Is a crowded,
thriving. gay metropolis. with her own
pride. her own tropic airs and graces,
her own wholly un.American individu.
ality.
She may be crowded in the brief
winter season with American tourists,
may contain Gas indeed she always
has contained) a considerable Ameri-
can business colony, and may be
refuge for derelicts and vagabonds
straight from the pages Of o. Henry,
Richard Harding Davis and other Kip.
lings Of Spanish America. Still. she
Is always the old Havana, the Cuban
capital Of Cuba.