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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-24
MORGAN ESTATE WINS SUIT.
Court Rejects c. l.. BARRIERS Claim
on Mexican Company.

New HAVEN, Conn, July 23.-ln the
$4,000 suit brought by Clarence l.
BARBER against the estate OF j. Pier
pont Morgan 10 recover on claim
against the International Company. a
developing concern In Mexico, a decision
was given for the defendant to-day In
the Superior Court here. The claim was
held hy Frank l.. Bates but was as
signed by him to Mr. Barber.
The international Company was capt.
talizcd at 500. 900. 900 and Mr., Morgan
held $500. 900 OF the stock. 1t trans
ferred all it's franchises and property In
Mexico to an English company and Mr.
Bates, suing the American company, got
a judgment in the California courts.
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DR., ANNA SHAW WARNS
WOMEN OF COLORADO
Treason for Mrs. Brown to Run
Against Senator Thomas, Says
Suffragist Leader.

"J, "a Ave years too soon for any
woman to- 90 to Congress and II IL treason
Cor a Colorado woman TO run against sena-
cor Thomas" said DR.. Anna howard
ch. president Of the National Suffrage
,..,.,at,on. in commenting Jpn the candi-
dacv of Mrs. James J. Brown OF Denver
for the United States Senate
"I have never met Mrs Brown anu
know nothing Of her qualihcauons i"t
office. but I understand that she has hau
no political experience. No man "ouiu
,hirr or running for the Senate without
1T. no,itical experience in hts own
Co.. Mr.. Brown should run for her
own Legislature.
.,U,yen ~ she were elected. the Senate
r-ohablv would not seat her NJ leas,
without a struggle, for II claims the
-,xh, 20 nudge its members as to nj
ness.
"No ono could do more for the suffrage
auendment than Senator Thomas mas
dome. Putting forward woman NJ th's
dim. TO defeat Mr.. Thomas merely ne
80. ha 10 a Democrat IL Just about the
,aar.a Of political sagacity that | shou'u
sxnsct of the Congressional Union rhey
nave the greatest lack OF that quality OF
anv group of women l have ever he"r'
~ II they want TO accomplish any
cor suffrage let them go out to th'
campaign states and make speeches g. Tne e,
.e,,I neSer get anywhere by going up ant
| down hill 10 Congress
Mi Mrs brown had not decided yesterua
whcther she would rum though sue So
that obtaining nomination "'"''
] ian
,,r have brought M four families my
and three others" she said. i nav
nv card sense and I don't care for nos ",
H. w. sbould I be expected TO milde"!
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When the cauldron Of tho storm witches
was brewing in Jersey at 3 80 O'Clock
the Thermometer on the top of tho White.
hail Building had gone up to 90 Down
In the street the mercury climbed aos.
eral degrees higher. When the storm en-.
velored in It's blackness and its roarins
waters the tower Of the prophets III.
mercury started rushing down the tube
In Ave minutes It had dropped to q
The rainfall for few minutes WAS at
the rate Of about four inches an hour. al.
though the total precipitation was less
than a quarter Of an inch.
Naturally, in a blast so strong. windows
were smashed, pushcarts blown from their
moornEs and their contents distributed
over the landscape wagons were over
turned, fences Frustrated and "A lot ~
filmy summer millinery was damaged or
carried away.
More than 10000 persons were at
there and nearly all Of them were unpre-
pared for drenching. The suddcnnoss
of the visitation caught most OF the muit-
tude before they could reach shelter. Sey-
eral thousand women and children rushed
for the turnstles OF the Brighton Beach
station and bore down the guards AMI
| ticket choppers. The station platform Is
small and only a small part of the crowd
got in out of the downpour. big tree
blown across the Brighton Beach track
delayed traffic twenty minutes.
The wind swept the ladders from under
the feet Of GLACIERS. who were putting
| in a large glass at Is East Forty-hrst
! street The glass and the glaciers went
down together. Herman Goldstein, FL
/ East oath street, was badly cut, his right
| leg being nearly severed by the glass
Policemen Young and Klldun saved
Goldsteins life by stopping the flow OF
blood with tourniquets improvised with
clubs. Philip Menkin of 2l0 Moore
street. Brooklyn. also was badly cut
Both were taken to Flower Hospital. Two
others, Thomas MCGOWAN and julius
Spirits, We're slightly cut.
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could be lowered. and things not Walled
down or anchored In offices were carried
away as the wind roared through
The baseball throng before TIM SrNs
bulletin melted under the assault of vnuI
and rain like Mexicans before a battery
of rapid nrers. In less than minute 1ttr-
the squil hit the downtown district There
was not a human being on the usually
crowded lanes leading to the briif" on
trance. The same scenes were repeated
at other bridge entrances on this side oi
the East River.
only twice before in tho history "
meteorological happenings hcroabout have
there been nercer ive minute spiuuu-s
of the official thermometer, and They We're
not ~ summer The record WAS on Feb
ruary %, 1912. when the blast achieved
90 miles. on May %. this year, the
Wind LleW %.
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STANDARD TO FIGHT
FOR LIFE IN JERSEY
Hudson County Law Officers,
Charging Discrimination,
Allege Personal Guilt.
RATE CUT STARTS INQUIRY
Alleged Confession in Mutual
Oil COmpany's Circular Leads
to Prosecution.

Standard OIL Company officials and the
prosecutors office OF Hudson county are
preparing for what promises to be the
biggest fight over corporations exist
ence in the history of the New Jersey
courts 1t is all because the Mutual oil
Company. an alleged subsidiary OF the
Standard oil. cut the price on gasolene
in Jersey City from 20 cents a gallon to
gi2 cents and the Crew Levlck OIL Com
pany. a competitor complained to Attor-
ney- General John w. Wescott.
Tho standard is charged with violating
the section of she seven sisters" law
which prohibits discrimination OF one cor
poratlon against another in any particular
locality.
a warrant charging the Standard oil
with misdemeanor. issued by County
Judge George %. Tenant Wednesday
was served ON George u. Hennessy. gen
eral superintendent OF the Bayonne plant.
yesterday. = was agreed that service
should ne made upon him as the resident
agent Hcnnessy turned the warrant over
to ex-Prosecutor Pierre l.. Garven. chief
counsel for the STANDARD. He Will ask for
"A hearing before one OF he county Judges,
either Judge Tenant or Judge Mark a.
sullivan. II was the intention OF the de-
PENDANT to fight every step OF the way and
have the case dismissed before II reaches
the Grand Jury II this is possible
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DELUGE WITH A 90 MILE WIND
PLUNGES CITY INTO DARKNESS
Rain Falling Four Inches Hour Makes Rivers of
Strees-Mercury Falls Twenty De-
grees in Five Minutes.


Out OF black cloud rampant that
eclipsed the horizon Jerseyward about
o'clock yesterday afternoon there whirled
toward Manhattan wind and rain squat
OF phenomenal force that snuffcd out the
daylight OF all the boroughs and set the
electric blossoms glowing In myriad WIN
dows and In all the surface cars In an
instant day was turned practically INTO
night Catarscts and cascades or ram
that smote the town clogsed sewers Tor Il
while and created In some streets. notably
Park Row, an evanescent imitation OF
breakers piling on storm swept beach.
The blast along which the rain was
horne almost horizontally at times. en-
cent when 1t richochettcd from big build
ings. varied between eishty-hVe and
ninety miles and for the Ave minutes end
ing at ii minutes past o'clock 1t aver
aged the unprecedented summer velocity
of eighty-eight miles. New Jersey got AS
fierce a lambasting as this city ana one
man was killed In Newark by taH
fence that was blown on top or him. Roofs
were ripped from several buildings III
Newark, including the Essex county JAN
Trees were uprooted, and one OF them
falling across trolley wires, tied up the
BERGEN street trolley line more than an
hour.
William Spacknger 20. of b56 Clinton
avenue. West Hobokcn was drowned in
New York Bay. with william Smith, Is,
Of 1868 Garfield avenue, Jersey city,
Spacklnger was in a rowboat OFT 'hap-
nell avenue, Jersey city, when the storm
broke The terrific wind capsized the
small craft and both men were thrown
into the water. Smith, who Is good
swimmer, made every effort to save MS
COMPANION but was unable to get near
him. He became exhausted with his own
struggles and had to cling to the up
turned boat until rescued by boatmen.
Ferries Keep 10 slips.
Trees blown down all over Hudson
county. New Jersav, fell on telegraph and
e .ephone wires and the service was para
ivzsd several hours. The Marion Power
Plant OF the Public Service shut down
half an hour and many concerns de
pendent on the company for power had t'
suspend business. Ferries between Man
haitian and Jersey kept In their slips II
the brief period when the storm wa'
raging.
peaected by the towering facades OF
the skyscrspers the wind dipped down
into the streets. which were momentariS
the beds of foaming rivulets, and tore th'
rushing water to tatters, sweeping II ih''
the faces Of folks who were running t"i
shelter Hats. umbrellas and newspaper
went swirling up the fue near the WOOL
worth cloud percer, and all the news
paper vendors in Park Row who had theii
, wares on the sidewalk saw them fyins
like mad seagulIs up the viewless winding
stair OF the blast.
omen windows that faced the storm
e let In singing gushes OF ram pei"re 'he!
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"staudnrd oil Gasoline"

I'VE guarantee the gasolene We sell IL
the regular Standard oil Companys mo-
tor gasolene. Just the kind every one
has been charging YOU from 90 10 %
cents gallon for. and our oil Is the gem
uine Polarne oil.
"Our future depends upon your sup
port Do YOU want 70 see the price OF
gasolene and oil kept at a low price,
II so YOU must support us. II YOU do
We will keep these places open and pledge
YOU our word to keep the prices low.
II was suggested yesterday that II the
Mutual OIL Company was selling at cost
Nav 27. when the price OF gasolene was
10 cents gallon, II is selling at
and an cents n gallon below cost now
for the sake OF increasing its trade
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Prosecutor L. Hopeful.


This case is not like the one We had
against the beef trust some years ago,
said George +. Nickers, assistant prose-
cutor. last night. I'VE have the men we
want right in this State, the big plant IL
In our own county We can get service
without much trouble. the corporation is a
New Jersey one and We have complete
Jurisdiction. We intend To make corporate
guilt personal. II we succeed in convict
ing the men responsible for what appears
to be a clear nfraction Of the law the
next step will be TO take away the stand
ard Oils New Jersey char;er.'
Gasolene prices are lower In Hudson
county than IN any other part OF New
Jersey. \ rate war has been carried
on In al the twenty-one counties, but
the competition has been keener here than
elsewhere. THIS is In itself an infractlon
OF the law, according TO the Prosecutor =
office, as the statutes do not permit a
difference In prices between one locality
and another excepting 30 far as the rates
are affected by transportation costs.
The Mutual oil Company, by mistake,
sent one Of its circular letters ANNOUNCE
ing the rate war to William II. laawd-
| ham, who was the Hudson county agent
/ for the Crew LeviCk Oh Company. The
Prosecutors Office asserts that the let
ter was confession that the STANDARD
/ oil Is Interested In the Mutual OIL Com
! pany Dated May %. when the rate war
began, the letter was signed q r.
Rlakeslee and F.. II. Ryder owners and
bore tho heading, standard oil Case
lcne at 10 cents gallon 1t was as
follows:
I'VE propose to sell you gasolene and
oil at practically cost. We seek 10 re
duce the cost of maintenance Of autos
We have opened three retail service sta
tinns under the name OF the Mutual Oh
Company at the following places; Boule
ut. a
ward and Old Bergen road, Jersey city, ant
Communipaw avenue opposite West Sid
Park. Jersey city
You probably have noticed that ever
garage has dropped IN the price OF gaso
lene this month. The answer Is, Tn
Mutual oil Company is retailing II n
cost price. We must have volume I
make these stations pay. II we die you
price at the garages will go back 10 III
old price.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01

Matchless Enthusiasm Aroused by Vera VIAL
sewa, a Gypsy Singer, in St. Petersburg
and Among the Soldiers in Manchuria
During the War With Japan

weeks were past Vera sang with her
bodice covered with jewels. All st.
Petersburg was at her feet.
In the midst Of all this success the
Russo-JaHanese war broke out The
singers husband was ordered to the
front. For a few weeks she stayed
behind in ST. Petersburg. where the
liant as ever. in spite of serious de-
feats OF the Russian forces in Man
churia. Suddenly Vera wialsewa dis
appeared.
She was on her way to the seat Of
war Some OF her admirers overlook
her, ordered magnificent train to be
fitted up for her and declared they
would accompany her. She travelled
across Siberia with all the magnlficence
and homage that could be accorded an
stopped she gave a concert. Rich ST.
berian merchants. who had been sigh
ing for the joys of Moscow and st.
Petersburg, lavished gifts of gold and
jewels upon her with true Russian
recklessness. Her train was besieged
smile and would wait patiently for
hours to catch "A glimpse Of her fac.
Her arrival in Manchuria was hailed
as II II We're "A victory over the
Japanese. All the wealth she had
gained on the way she Immediately
gave to be distributed among the sick
| and wounded soldiers. She went to the
hospitals and sang to them there. For
eigners who did not know the ways Of
Russia used TO ask on seeing her train
arrive whom all the stan was going to
| meet and what member OF the imperial
family had arrived.
They were much surprised to hear
that gypsy singer from st. Petersburg
| was the cause OF the hustle and en-
thusiasm. Generals said Wat her pres
| ence near a camp did more 10 raise the
| spirits OF officers and men than IA mill
| tary success.
Wialsewa retained for herself but
little II any OF the gold that poured in
on her. The bulk of 1t went to the
soldiers, and she returned from the war
far poorer than she started. The en-
thuslasm with which she was greeted
on her return to Europe was as great
as the Joy with which they had hailed
her In Manchuria. She went on giving
concerts for the victims Of the war and
collected a fortune for this purpose.
| Her husband died from the effects
Of a wound received In the war, and left
her q large fortune. Wialsewa cannot,
however, settle down. She goes from,
town to town. singing with the gypsy
chorus or forming the chief attraction
at some grand ducal entertainment. She
has dyed her hair In the fashionable
color and wears dresses Of golden tissue
when she sings. But her charm Ii the
same as when, dressed In gypsy cos
tune. she astonished the supper party
In the isles"
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Mrs. William Grant Brown.

some occupation. They should be fitted
to the work and not the work fitted to
them. In other words care should be
taken to see that the girl is placed in a
position most suited to her talents and
inclinations. For this purpose voca-
tional schools should lie established
everywhere.
Il think the theory that low wages
are responsible for the misfortunes OF
the women Of the street has been sue
cessfuily exploded. This is an atrocious
Islander Of hundreds Of thousands Of
working girls. The good cook. when
she is taught to take pride in her work;
the housemaid. when she Is ambitious to
excel in her employment. or any girl
who is fully occupied with work that is
congenial will find little time or inolna-
ton to cultivate thoughts or desires
which imperil her virtue.
AT the Rescue Home you will find
devotion which money cannot purchase.
And in another sense when girl is de-
voted to her work money ceases tn Ice
more than a passing consideration. OF
course this does not mean that ] am
satisfied with the money value placed
on the services OF New York women,
but it does mean that when persons say
working girls go astray essentially be-
cause of a monetary consideration they
utter a foul Islander on the humble
members of my sex.
II repeat. Give every woman some
thing to do and fit her for that service
make it attractive and absorbing and
then you will witness a surprising de-
cline in vice.
Mrs. Brown claims that she is not a
new" woman. but an old woman.
81 believe in old fashioned love. old
fashioned virtue. old fashioned fidelity.
and my observation Of women in this
community convinces me that these at
tributes are as much esteemed in these
days as in any OF the old days, the
passing of which We are sometimes
tempted to regret" said Mrs. Brown.
II believe" continued Mrs. Brown
that the time has come when every girl
should be taught that I'm whatever useful
| work she Is engaged she is doing a SER
vice that society appreciates. Teach her
that she l. not only servant OF So
Ciety but an absolutely indispensable
part of society. If this doctrine or truth
Is intelligently inculcatod you viii Wit
ness surprising dimlnuti"n Of vice
| The attitude of society toward the cir
engaged in the so-called mental avo-
| cations has been and Is yet, To n large
| extent, trotesquely unjust and pre-
posterously absurd.
This does not mean that ! favor thu
| immediate elevation of persons who d,
not possess the necessary qualifications
| to social eminence. But ! insist, and
think the enlightened justice and intelli'
gence Of the age supports me in this
view. that there should he cooperation
between the cook and her employer, bee
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Mrs. William Grant Brown Says She
Has No Time for Social Functions
When There Are So Many
Erring Sisters to Aid

This point cannot be better Illus
trated than by calling attention to Q
revolution at the dinner table. For in
stance, only few years ago after the
last course was served custom arbltra-
rily deman ded that the women retire. I
suppose this was done In order to allow
the men to enter into serious CONVEX
sation. in which the weaker sex was
generally conceded to be incapable Of
participating. Or there may have been
some other reason for this custom. At
any rate nowadays the custom is OBJ
solete and l am sure 1t will never lie
revived
"Of course this broadened and broad
ening view of woman's capacities has
made it possible for her to enter into
new fields where she can perform SER
vice in the interests of both sexes.
"Creeds and dopmas were formerly
obstacles to our progress as workers In
fields of human uplift. But to show
how these have given way before ethe
enlightened progress OF the age ] have
only to say in the woman's auxiliary
to the rescue home of the Salvation
Army practically all churches are rep
resented. l am a member Of the Dutch
Reformed Church. my secretary is a
good Methodist. my treasurer Is a
Catholic and the vice-p president is a
Presbyterian.
I'VE have found a common ground
and IA common cause and we work to-
gether in perfect harmony. I am en-
couraged to devote myself to this work
| by the success OF our previous efforts
During the last ten years 50 per cent
| Of the women who have passed through
the home have proved To he satisfactory
You must understand that through
| Brgader Bown and her officers We
keep constant eye on every girl. The
average age OF those who enter tn,
| home is about 80
| Mrs. Brown said II is not the woman
Of the streets who comes into the hands
Of the auxiliary. These women, sh,
said are provided for by those who's,
business II Is to keep them in a state
of moral slavery. The women who
come to the home for succor are those
who have been weak. confiding and tn,
prey OF the gay deceiver.
The work is as much one Of proven
ton as restoration" said Mrs. Brown
Long ago 1t was found that the plar
Of separating the mother and chilt
| was bad one. For many years th'
salvation Army has insisted that th'
product Of guilty love and its errlns
mother be kept together. Often tn
Low. for the child rekindles in the min'
OF woman her forfeited sslf-respect.
when the child is born the mothe
IL told that she owes it a double portion
OF love and her obligation is create
than would be the case were the infan
born in wedlock. She Is told that 10
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sN u ISussldn, no matter III what
~ quarter OF the earth you may
meet him, II he knows Wialsewa.
You are quite sure to get your
answer in the light which comes into
his eyes. His face will assume an
expression OF mingled longing and
pleasure. and his voice will hum the
weird strain of a gypsy song. II your
Russian is rich. a soldier and of
sentimental turn of mind he would
probably more than thank you II you
could lead him to the presence Of the
woman you have mentioned.
Ten years ago Wialsewa was a ser
want on a country estate in the Province
Of Moscow. Nobody knows exactly who
her parents We're. She had grown up in
the village without either mother or
father and. when l6 years old, went to
serve at the manor house. The inhabi-
tants were old fashio ned ladies who used
to teach the more capable village girls to
sew. They took fancy to Vera. as
Wialsewa was then known. and liked
NV W SIMS " tiitHl ia NIit
She had beautiful voice and sang the
Russian folksongs.
one day young officer came to see
the ladies. His name was Wialsew and
his regiment was in ST. Petersburg. He
fell in love with Vera and asked her il
she would like to make a career as a
singer in a gypsy chorus in ST.. Peters
burg The girl. who felt restless in the
manor, agreed. They went to the capital
together and Wialsew paid for her sing
ing lessons. Then he got her into q
gypsy chorus and asked a party Of his
friends to supper In a certain restaurant
given up to pleasure. where night is
turned into day and fortunes are spent
and made In very short time.
When a fashionable young man wants
to entertain his friends he invites them
to a private room in one Of the restau-
rants there and engages the services OF
o gypsy chorus. The best singer In the
| chorus. generally woman. sings the
| solos and the others Join In the refrain
playing on special kind of guitar.
When Wialsew invited his guests
Vera was the principal singer. She
was beautifully dressed in a gypsy
costume and her dark hair was then
undyed. People still speak Of that eve
ming with enthusiasm. Vera sang song
after song. and still her listeners had
not enough. They covered her plate
with money and begged her to sing on
The next evening all the frequenterf
Of the isles" were clamoring to bear
the new singer, and considerable sumi
were offered by rival supper givers
to obtain her services. Before many