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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-21
BRYAN DOVE FLEES
BEFORE FIST FIGHT
Kentucky Member and Lawyer
Go One Fast Round in
Committee Room.
rTron The Tribune Bureau

Washington. Jan. O.-Mr. Bryan's dove
Of peace took flight from the national
capital to-day while Representative Ben
Johnson a Kentucky Democrat. and John
r. Shields. a Washington lawyer. fought
one round 10 a draw at hearing before
A subcommittee Of the House District
Committee. Of which Mr.. Johnson is
chairman.
When the men were separated. after an
interchange Of a dozen blows. the Ken
tuckiau fought 10 reach his pistol. which
was I'm desk in his private office. While
committee members and clerks struggled
with him. ne cried repeatedly: Let me
get my pistol, Give me my pistol.
Meanwhile Shields was pushed into the
corridor by a half dozen House members
and he was struggling TO get back INTO
the committee room TO renew the fray.
The trouble was caused by Representa-
tive Johnson's charge that the attorney
had been lobbyist for a bill 70 increase
the rank and pay Of traffic policemen In
WASHINGTON. As Mr. Shields asserted
that the charge was false" he was
struck on the jaw by the Kentucky mem
Der. Shields. who is an athlete, struck
back viciously. Chairs were overturned
and the two combatants scufhed over
half OF the committee room before they
could be separated. Johnson's face was
cut by a blow and Shields also carried
away a bruised countenance.
When Johnson broke away and dashed
into his private Office demanding his PTS
Rtr VIZ nrnfff &c
clerks and Representative Reed, of Ne"
Hampshire. who prevented him from
reaching his desk. Finally, opening the
door. Johnson hurled himself back into
the committee room, shouting; Where
is he? III kill him"
Hes gone. now. Ben" said Repre-
sentative German, who had aided in fore
ing Shields into the corridor and into the
elevator.
About 2 score of persons witnessed the
fight. but when Johnson started for his
revolver Representative keister OF Penn
svlvania. yelled: Get out, everybody
He's going to shoot" All save three OF
four of the innocent bystanders made
hurried exit.
The subcommittee was considering
bill TO permit Washington policemen ano
firemen 10 ride free on streetcars. John-
son said he wanted TO remind the ne"
members present that Shields had loopieo
last session for bill 10 increase the pay
Of traffic policemen.
IF YOU report this bill you may give
the policemen free rides" he said 'pu'
YOU may also be putting several thousaho
dollars into this mans pocket
"A lot Of false statements have oee1
made" said Shields, and then Johnson
FIST fell souarely upon his jaw
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-21
MICHIGAN IN FROM MEXICO
Battleship Which Rescued Felix
Diaz Arrives at Navy Yard.

The battleship Michigan arrived at the
navy yard, Brooklyn. shortly after .
o'clock yesterday afternoon from Mexican
waters. AS soon as she cast anchor half
her crew, Of 80 officers and men. set out
on shore leave II was the first time they
had been on solid ground for more than
six months. The boat was in Mexican
waters for six months-a longer period
than any other vessel She was 10 have
returned TO this port on September 90
1913. but delays occurred and she did not
get away until last Tuesday week when
she was relieved by the Minnesota. The
Michigan will stay at the navy yard until
February .. receiving an overhauling, and
will then leave for Norfolk On February
she will go from Norfolk 10 take part
I'm the naval maneuvres off Culeora ISL
and.
II was the Michigan which received
General Felix Diaz on board al Vera
Cruz when he was fleeing from Huerta'
and took him 70 vessel bound Tor
Havana.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-21
HELD UP IN HIS STORE
Grocer Beaten Unconscious and
Robbed bY Gunner.

Three young men, armed with reVoiV-
ers. assaulted and robbed Myer BerkoWitz
Yesterday in his grocery store, NO. 10
South sth street, Brooklyn. BerkoWiD
was later found senseless at his cash
register. showing he had tried 10 foii
the thieves.
Two women. about 10 enter the store'
were knocked down by the three fusi-
tives who ran TO the Williamsburg
Bridge. where they boarded car for
Manhattan.
Berkcwitz said that the men first held
him up at the point of revolver. lie
refused 10 give them money. and one OF
them struck him on the head with re-
volver.
.Berkowitz staggered toward the cash
register. but was knocked sepseless by
another blow. The thieves then riied tie
cash drawer. getting sS5.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-21
Takes Oath as 4lst EXeCu-
tive of New Jersey at IS
Minutes Past Noon.
"HOODOO" WILSON'S
LUCKY NUMBER
Hailed BY His Friends as Happy
Omen-TWo Big PlumS
Handed Out.

lfrom a stan Correspondent or The Tribune
Trenton. y J.. Jan. 20.-At 1913 o'clock
this afternoon James 7. Fielder took the
oath Of office as the forty-frst Governor
OF New Jersey. Thirteen is the lucky
number of President Wilson, and the new
Governors friends looked upon its crop
pins up to-day as a happy omen for the
new Executive.
The inaugural exercises were impress
sivcly simple and brief less than an hour
elapsing between the opening prayer and
the bcncdiction. but In that time Mr..
Fielder had become Governor OF New
Jeresy. had paid graceful tribute 10
President Wilson and had called the
needs Of the state 20 the attention OF the
members OF the Senate and the Assembly
in way that left no doubt that he meant
business
Summarized Governor Fielders recon
meudations TO the Legislature were as
follows:
Less hasty and ir-considered legisla-
ton. with time limit for introduction Of
bills. greater care with state appropria-
lions. with economy and efficiency as the
watchword. reform IN prison methods
with all convicts at work under direct
state control: enactment Of chancellor
sheriff jury reform bill. without referen-
dun: two constitutional amendments. one
for more liberal method Of amendment,
the other for election OF Assemblymen by
districts: enactment Of mandatory bill
giving small board Of freeholders TO every
county. reform I'm taxing methods. with
tax lists open 10 public. repeal Of the
Hillery maximum tax act and changes in
law governing bank stock taxing; i'm
proved method OF selecting election OIL
GERS with state county and municipal
officers 10 serve in this capacity; system
OF preferential voting al the primaries:
improved courses In farming at State
Agricultural College. placing Of more de-
tail work on department heads and less
of il on the Governor
After the parade there was a luncheon.
From 20 3 O'Clock Governor Fielder held
a public reception, and then with Mrs.
Fielder returned to Jersey City, where
they were guests al a dance al the Car
teret Club Governor Fielder received
kilograms Of congratulations from Presi-
dent Wilson and his secretary, Joseph !.
Tumulty.
Almost the first nomination made by
the new Governor was that Of John W.
Westcott Of Camden. 10 be Attorney Cen
eral Nj Westcott nominated President
Wilson at the Baltimore convention.
Colonel Edwin Stevens was reappOinted
Road commissioner by Governor Fielder
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-21
FIGHT POSTMASTER
AS CENSOR OF ART
"Metropolitan's" Publishers
Denounce Morgan Action
as "Childish."
MAGAZINE WINS
FIRST SKIRMISH
Picture of Sculpture Bought by
John d. Rockefeller Cause
of Trouble.

battle ROYAL over the right OF maya
zine to print pictures Of art objects, when
such reproductions offend the taste Of the
Postmaster is under way between The
Metropolitan Magazine" and Postmaster
Edward NJ Morgan Of this city. Bitter
dcnunciatlons were engaged in yesterday
by both sides, THE Metropolitan Maya
zine publishers having the upper hand,
following permission from Washington 20
go ahead mailing the February number
that contains the pictures which Mr.. Nor
gan called indecent
"The pictures in question were discov-
cred by n mailing clerk" said Postmaster
Morgan yesterday" and were brought 10
me as Objectionable. That was Tuesday
a week ago. ! sent copy Of the maya
zine on 10 the Attorney General for the
Postoffics Department, William II. La
mar. and on my own judgment that the
magazine should not go through the
mails, ! held it up. The following day a
telegram from Washington released the
publication pending decision.
There is no doubt in my mind the
pictures are Indecent The one OF the
'Centaur and Dryad' IS bestial. II depicts
the leering passions OF monster The
one OF the Wood Nymph's Dance IS a
centaur pursuing a girl and is something
! would not permit in my family circle.
The Metropolitan Magazine may call
me the Puritan Postmaster. but by the
time l get through with them they may
not be so anxious TO publish pictures OF
this sort
And by the time We get through with
Postmaster Morgan" retorted VI. J.
WhigFam. publisher OF the magazine, "he
may not be so ready 70 censor. without
cause. q perfectly decent and artistic
effort and cause US 10 lose thousands Of
dollars through his whms. The reproduc-
lions objected 10 are those Of two sculpt-
ures that won prizes at the recent exhi-
bition in the National Academy Of De-
sign, one Of them The Centaur and
Dryad, taking first prize. The sculptures
by Paul Manship were, we thought inter
esting and we tried TO depict them for
readers through the country who could
not travel to the winter exhibition
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-21
HELD IN POLICE SHOOTING
Son of Lieutenant Aiken Ac-
cused of Firing on Patrolman.

Raymond Aiken. the twenty-one-year-
old son Of Lieutenant Samuel Aiken. OF
the Greenwich station. was held for eX-
animation yesterday on the charge OF
shooting policeman while attempting TO
rescue a prisoner yesterday at 10th street
and Seventh avenue.
John J. Shea. twenty-one years old. who
was with young Aiken when Pdtrolman
Christopher Mills was wounded In the
right hand and the rieht shoulder. was
arralgned on charge of stealing horse
blanket Both eases were set for to-
morrow.
Mills said that Aiken had shot him
when he tried to arrest Shea. Both men.
the policeman said. were hilarious
Mrs. Aiken, who was in court offered TO
20 on her sons bail up to 5000 but
Magistrate Herbert fixed the amount at
$500. and the prisoner was held.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-21

LAS soon az heard the February issue
was held I'D ! went with my attorney to
see Postmaster Morgan. He acted child
ishly I requested him 20 telegraph TO
Washington for a quick answer, but he
wanted il to ccrne back by mall I said
10 him. Postmaster. we're losing about
g 900 an hour on this delay He replied
that Il was nothing 10 him. The following
afternoon a telegram came from the At
torney General releasing the magazine.
John D. Rockefeller has bought the
'Centaur and Dryad' group from Mr..
Manship. the sculptor; ne found nothing
Objectionable in it. To say that an art OBJ
iect which wins first prize in an exhioi-
ton cannot be reproduced merely because
the whim OF some individual in the POST
Office says il cannot, is unjust"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-21
DIRECTORS REELECTED
Merchants Assn Will Name
President at Later Meeting.

The Merchants Association OF New
York, at its annual meeting in the as
sembly room at No. 23S Broadway, yes
terday reelected the following directors
for three-year terms:
Frank r. Chambers. president OF the
Rogers Peet Company; William Fellowes
Morgan. president of the Brooklyn Bridge
Freezing and Cold Storage Company; J.
Crawford McCreery. Of the James Nc
Creery Realty Corporation; G. ". Ne
Vile. Of Weld & Neville: L. T. Pierson,
president OF Austin. Nichols Il Co; Gus
tav Vintschger. president OF the Msrkt &
Hammacher Company; silas D. Webb.
president Of the China and Japan Trad
ing Company. Limited, and William II.
Wilcox.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-21
second Trial for Mining Fraud.

n. second t-ial ~ Archie l.. Wisner.
I'm Meyers and the a. j. Wisncr
r,-sarv on an Indictment charging con
r-ay 90 dc.raud Investors in mining
rrs. operated bv means Of the mails
u. begun yesterday before Judge Martin
,-ss tg-v tn the Criminal Branch Of the
Ys.-si District Court The frauds, &C.
..srr On Fostofce Inspector McQuil-
u -lr into tlc millions. The first trial
-gftnc ~ q clsa-reeu emit covered a
go Of nine weeks. and 70 IS believed
4. 7-esert rial cannot De finished IN less
ffr ech- weeks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-21
Fined in Feather Plot.

Judge Hunt. sitting in the Federal Dis
trict Court. Yesterday fined Albert Hoe
heirner & Co, Of No. res Broadway. 40
for shipp,ng feathers and flowers from
this city 10 Los Angeles as millinery
goods SO az 10 save 8 10 in the transportn-
lion charges from the railroads. The
company entered a plea Of guilty and paid
the nue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-21
SIMPLE AS A. B. {.

It is easier to pour water
into a we'll than it is to pull
il out.
1t is easier to put money
into an investment than 1t is
to Get it back.
And the Owner Of a build
ing operation who overlOoks
this consideration at the start
will have cause to regret it
in the end.
But if he does not overlook
this consideration, he will real
ize the Importance Of selecting
the right contractor-and we
shall have another job on our
hands.
THOMPsoN-STARRETT
COMPANY
Building Construction
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-21

s0rsLs AND RESTAURANTS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-30

small flowers arranged in tight con
centric circles and wore artificial
wreathes of the same flowers on their
hats Mrs. Huntington, the brides
mother. wore blue taffeta and chiffon
The Episcopal marriage service was
read By Rev. Charles II. Duncan, rec.
tor OF St Msrgaret's church. After
the ceremony there vas a family we'd
ding breakfast.
Mr.. Astor's gift to his bride was a
magnificent pearl necklace which she
wore at the wedding ceremony. The
citizens OF Huntington. Ind. which
was named for one of the brides an
cestors. sent the bride a great cedar
chest.
Among the guests was Mr.. Astor's
mother. Mrs. Ava Willing Aston, who
since her divorce from Colonel Jonn
Jacob Astor. has spent much of her
time in England. BY the terms OF that
separation Vincent became the ward
OF his father. and his sister, Alice. was
given into the care o. her mother.
The brides only brother. Robert. a
student at St. PauTs school in Con-
cord. y. H.. came home FOR the we'd
ding.
The bride is the Oldest child OF Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Huntington and de-
scendaut OF Samuel Huntington OF
Norwich. Conn. a signer OF the Declar-
alton OF independence. In 1900 this
branch OF the family lef' New England
and settled in Virginia and later
moved to Kentucky. whence came
Miss HuntlnEtcn's father TO make his
home in Rhinebeck. Two OF her an
cestors on the Huntington side were
Justice OF the United states supreme
court. Her grandfather on her moth
er's side was Alvin Adams, founder
OF the Adams Express company. Her
maternal grandfather was the late
William r. Dinsmore, whose widow
was one Of the wedding guests. The
Dfnsmore family came from Sco-----',
early in the Eighteenth century ann
settled in New England. The bride
IS fond OF outdoor sports and has
spent most of her life in the country.
Vincent Astor will be % on the 10th
OF next November. AS a child he was
delicate and the outdoor life pre-
scribed by his physicians became
habit to which he still adheres. He
received most of his early schooling
from private tutors: but for time he
attended Eton, in England He enter
cd Harvard, but the death of his faith
er three years ago and the respohsioli-
ities that came to him with the great
Astor estate caused him TO leave the
At present he is learning
10 handle the Aston interests In this
country. His fortune has been esu-
mated at between S75.00O.000 and $780,
600 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-30
CHAUNCEY DEPEW
IN HIS BOTH YEAR
Sense of Humor and Enjoyment
of 1t One of Principal
Source of Longevity.

( In the course of a speech on the
occasion of his sOth birthday at the
Montauk club. Brooklyn. y. Y, April
| %. Chauncey Dcpew said:
"One of the -rincipal sources of
healthy longevity and the pleasure of
living is a sense OF humor and keen
enjoyment OF IT. People who laugh
easily and often never have appendi-
c!tis. American humor and its Guilt
walton were accelerated during the ad-
ministration of President Lincoln. No
president ever had presented to him
so many and such vexing problems or
from men so important and difficult.
He rarely argued. but illustrated his
position and confused his questioner
by an apt story admirably told. He
told me IL of them to chow how each
story had confounded his questioner
or critic and ended the discussion.
These anecdotes spread through Wash
ington and all over the country, and
We became a nation of story-tellers.
When / was secretary of state and
living in Albany so years ago, Arte-
mus Ward. whose fame as a humorist
was worldwide. came there to lecture.
Inc duQleuCt was ludut up VI tie
bluest blood OF the old colonial Dutch
aristocracy. They did not crack
smile until the evening was half over,
when Ward came to the front of the
platform. and looking whimsically oven
the crowd for five minutes without
word. finally said, that last remark of
mine was a joke The Vans after this
laughed immoderately at everything.
The next night Artemus Ward was at
Troy. The Trojans had heard of the
Albany density. and to show that they
knew a joke when they saw 1t, and
that they saw it at once, they began
TO laugh when the lecturer began and
soon were in violent Mysteries whether
Ward was speaking or looking at
them. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mark
Twain, Bret Harte and an innumerable
company have contributed to the hap
piness of the people and the gayety
of nations. The increasing intensity
OF our lives, the craze for money, and
the craze for new and bizarre amuse
ments among those who have money
have limited conversation 10 the stock
market, the shop and the affairs of
society. / fear It is rapidly destroying
American humor. The venerable wit
of the camp among the Philip
pine veterans who had formed the
Caraboa society delighted Roosevelt
while president, and Taft's laughter
made the country join. But after the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-30
z6eate'lIg|
AT THE ILLINOIS.

THE Ghost Breaker" the Dickey-
Goddard play, with Victor Lambert as
its star, comes to the Illinois next
Sunday. In this play melodrama, farce
and romance in about equal quantities
are blended so deity that they make
one substance, and that is some tonic.
The story is that of a young Kentuck-
ian, unhappy heir of a family feud,
who after shooting the last member of
his enemy's family in a hotel in New
York, takes refuge in bed room
which chances to be that of Spanish
princess. There is hue and cry after
him, but the princess, sympathizing
with his story, protects him and then
engages him to rid her ancient castle
in Spain of the ghost which haunts
it, and which, it is feared. has caused
the death of her brother. Thus the
Kentuckian is started on a course OF
adventure which does not cease until
the ghost is laid, the castles store of
hidden treasure revealed, the plotters
overthrown, and the ghost breaker
started back for America with the
princess at his side. For Mr.. Lam
bert the new play and the role of War
rem Jarvis, the Kentuckian, offer even
greater opportunities than his former
great success, Alias Jimmy Valen-
tine" and long engagements and high
praise in New York, Chicago and Bos-
ton tell how he has availed himself of
them. With him is a company of act
ors of reputation. The attraction is
under the direction of Merle H. Nor.
ton. The scenic environment is I'M
usually good, especially the scenes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-30

recent rehearsal, the most distinguish
ed officers of the army and navy were
reprimanded and only saved from
court martial by the protest of the
/ people. Within few weeks the Amer
lean ambassador to Great Britain
ventured in an after-dinner speech to
follow Lowell and Phelps, Lincoln and
Hay, Croate and Reid in those pleas
antIies which add to the interest OF
| the occasion and contribute to inter-
national peace and good fellowship.
But the United States senate called
[ him down with unusual unanimity and
one senator solemnly declared that a
! joke or humor in an after-dinner
| speech was an objectionable offense
The Gridiron club of Washington has
always been privileged to put officials
/ from the president down upon its
grill. and the victims have enjoyed the
roast. But it is reported that the fun
at the last entertainment of these
merry gentlemen was Indignantly re-
scented rs coarse. personal and abu-
siye. As. Lincoln's stories made us
nation of jokers and story-tellers, pos
sibly these stern rebukes from the
highest official authorities may make
us a nation of bores. Let us hope not.
Il have found the best insurance
policy is the ability to say no. Many
of my friends have died before their
time, because they could not resist the
appetites which destroyed them. Abb
stinence is hard at first. requires will
power and self denial, but abstinence
soon 6Cnquers desire. Ever after is
the joy of victory and confidence in
that handspring of life-the will. Hor-
ace Greeley once said to me after
the payment of notes he had endorsed
HAD swept away years of savings,
'CEauncey. I want you TO have a law
passed making it a felony, punishable
with life Imprisonment, for a man to
put his name on the back OF another
mans paper AS / lament about one
Quarter of my earnings gone that way
because of NY inability to say no, and
S-ithuut any benefit to my friends, /
sympathize with Mr.. Greeley.
1T seems to me that the agnost!c
and the inconoclast lose much of the
restfulness, content and satisfaction
which come from faith. Better be
often deceived than lose faith in
friends. Faith in our church or poll
teal party grows by work. The Rich
mond colored preacher said, My
brethren and sisters, faith can move
mountains, but whar's de faith?' 1t is
behind the strength which is constant
ly moving mountains of difficulty, !
troubles and worry.
81 have tried. or known others who |
have tried, allopathy, homeopathy, |
osteJpathy. Christian science, faith,
cures, Swedish exercise. massage, |
famous healing springs, Turkish baths. |
chasing climates and other famed pre-
ventives and cures for relief from ills, |
or TO prevent their recurrence or to |
preserve long and healthy life. All have |
merits. But mind governs matter and |
to laugh with our friends. to contribute |
to their cheerfulness, to find out and |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-30

enjoy thc inexhaustible good fellow
ship which can be found in everybody,
have done more than all else to keep
me healthy and happy. The fated
four-score years have gone by. The
past has had its full share of acct
dents. mistakes. errors, misfortune
and hard luck, but its compensations
are so many and so great, that each
knock down seems in the retrospect
just the punishment and discipline
needed to learn the lesson for fruit
full life and the enjoyment of its bless
ings."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-30
CITY EMPLOYE SLOW TO
RECOVER FROM INJURIES

Members of his family state that
j. w. Bledsoe, who was injured while
in the city's employ April II, is more
seriously hurt than was at first
thought. Mr.. Bledsoe was working at
the reservoir and was caught under
falling concrete forms. He was con-
fined in st. Anthony's hospital for sew
eral days. Since his discharge it is
said it has been found that several
ribs are broken and others bruised,
while there are injuries to the head
which have not healed. Mr.. Bledsoe is
20 years of age and this fact operates
to make recovery slow. His home is
at S13 Ninth street.