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New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
Talks with Senator Brown
and Will Confer with
Harold J. Hinman.
KOENIG DENIES
HE WANTS OFFICE
Place at $4,000 a Year Sought
for Him Goes to State COM
mittee Secretary.

Senator Elon r. Brown, who has oeeh
tacitly agreed upon as President pro
TEN. of the Senate under the kePuoii-
can reorganization, having had talk
with Governor-elect Whitman'about his
legislative programme, has called con-
ference of the reelected Republican
Senators 10 discuss those matters; IL
is understood the conference VIII De
held in Watertown, the home OF senator
Brown, some day this week.
The Governor-elect, back yesterday
from his brief vacation IN west VIZ
ginia, said he had gone over the legis-
lative programme fully with Senator
Brown last week, he knew OF the con,
ference of the old Senators, and had
an appointment TO see the Senator next
week, after it was over.
1t is known that among the matters
discussed by Mr.. Whitman and senator
Bro IN was the workmen's compensa-
ton law, but just what changes were
suggested could not be learned yester-
day. Neither is in favor of weakening
the law in any of its important features
In line with his consideration OF a
legislative programme Mr.. Whitman
will talk with Assemblyman Harold j.
Hinman, of Albany, to-day. Mr.. HIM
man will be majority leader in the AS
sembly. He would like 90 be Speaker,
but the sentiment in favor Of the re-
election of Speaker Sweet to that post
is too pronounced TO be overcome.
The Governor-elect had no appoint
ments to announce yesterday but intl-
mated that he might settle on hls sec
retary and personal counsel before the
end of the week. One that is giving
him considerable trouble is the Super
intendent of Public Works. There have
been no applications for this place, al
though a number of men have been
suggested for IL.
The man who seems TO have maze
the strongest impression upon the Gov
ernor-elect is Winslow NJ. Mead, OF
Rochester. who for sixteen years was
first deputy in the office. Former Sen
ator Frederick c. Stevens, of Wyoming
County, who was Commissioner of Pub
lie Works under Governor Hughes, had
two talks with Mr.. Whitman yesterday.
He frankly stated he was doing all IN
his power to obtain the appointment OF
Dir. Mead, as he thought he was the
most capable man for the place.
Controller-e Travis had luncheon
with Mr.. Whitman and spent the great
er part of the afternoon with him.
They discussed appointments to be
made by Mr.. Travis. Mr.. Whitman
said, however, that they did not talk
of the transfer tax attorneyship for
New York County, as he understood 1t
had been settled.
Mr.. Travis has promised this place,
IN
fees, to Lafayette B. Gleason, secre-
tary of the state committee. 1t is
largely personal appointment Friends
of Samuel s. Koenig, president of the
county committee, urged Mr.. Travis TO
name him for this important place. He
was practically the choice of the or
ganization, but Mr.; Travis replied ne
had already made his selection.
Mr.. Koenig said yesterday he was
not candidate for this or any other
place
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
DOCTOR TO TESTIFY
AGAINST CLEARY
Will Swear He Knew of
His Daughters Marriage
TO Newman.

A new witness, who, it is said, will
testify that William Cleary, former
Town Clerk of Haverstra~, was aware
before he shot and killed Eugene New
man in his Office last July that the
young man was married TO his daugh-
ter Anna, will be produced when Cleary
is tried for murder at New City next
week.
Relatives Of Cleary's victim, who
was eighteen years old, say they have
found the witness, DR.. Schultz, Man
haitian physician, who attended the
young widow after her collapse when
she learned Newman was killed, and
they assert that he conveyed TO Cleary
on the day before the murder the news
that his daughter and Newman were
married.
Frederick Newman, father of the
young man, is confident that the physi-
clans testimony will Offset that Of
Cleary himself, who contends that he
shot young Newman in a blind rage,
believing he had failed TO marry his
daughter Newman said yesterday that
not only did the physician inform
Cleary Of the wedding at Weehawken,
but that his son told his grandmother,
Mrs. A. N. Kennedy, that Mrs. Cleary
had said to him that his father-in-law
knew of the marriage.
Mrs. Cleary is said to have advised
Newman to go to her husband "and
talk nice to him; then everything
would be all right" Newman went, and
was slain.
Letters written by Anna Cleary to
| Newman are in possession of the dead
! mans father, who will use them at the
trial before Justice Joseph Morschaus-
er, of the supreme Court, if neces-
sary, to establish that the former
Town Clerk was not ignorant of the
marriage when he did the shooting.
They will only be read, however, in the
even of Anna Newman taking the stand
| in defence of her father.
DR.. p. David Schultz mot Sehulte), of
| Broadway and 156th St, who attended
young Mrs. Newman after the murder
declared last night that he had not
been called as witness in the trial
and said he had never made any state
ments as to his knowledge of the case.
He said he knew nothing about any
tsuch new testimony as the Newman
family expects.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
DIVORCED WIFE TO
SHARE IN ESTATE
Will of First "FlorodOra" Con.
ductOr Makes Unusual
Provision.

A legacy to a divorced wife, which
is an unusual provision for a testator
who has remarked and leaves his lat.
est wife, is made in the will of Arthur
Cyril Gordon Weld, filed yesterday in
a we'll known conductor of light operas
and composer. He was the first con-
ductor of the original 'Florodora'
company, from which he won much OF
his prominence in the musical world
Mr.. Weld dropped dead on October 1
while driving an automobile near West
Point.
To his son, Arthur Cyril Gordon
Weld, the testator left all his pistols,
camping outfit and all articles pertain
ing to outdoor life. To his wife, Mrs.
Claudia Clarke Weld, who was a mu-
steal comedy actress, he left all his
household articles and music library
and the proceeds from contracts with
managers and from royalties due him
and one-half of the residue.
Mr.. Weld directed that the rest Of
his estate be sold, and from the pro-
ceeds he left to his friend, Herbert L..
Harding, Boston lawyer, $4,000; the
reit is to be divided, one-fourth to
Mrs. Kate Woodbury. Weld. his first
wife; one-fourth to Mrs. Rennell Weld
Moretti, of Geneva, Switzerland, eld-
est daughter Of his first marriage, and
one-half to Mrs. Alice Weld Astuto.
youngest daughter Of the marriage,
who lives in Rome and is the wife Of
an Italian official now in Tripoli.
Mr.. Weld provided in his will that
il his former wife contests his will
the share that he left for her is to
go to his last wife. lie was married
three times.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
MOOSE RESOLVE
PARTY STILL LIVES
County Committee Acts to Com
bat Rumor of Impending Pro-
gTeSsive Dissolution.

The New York County Progressive
Committee believes its party is not
dead, and II, as alleged by certain per-
sons, il is dying, il wants oxygen ad-
ministered. At meeting held in Ter
race Garden last night this resolution
was passed:
Resolved, That il is due the 1,600,-
900 citizens VINO voted the Progressive
ticket at the last election throughout
the country that the party be kept alive
as an active and aggressive political
organization in every state in the
Union. free from any entanglements or
alliance with political organizations
but guided solely by the principles laid
down in the covenant with the people
adopted at the Chicago convention OF
1912"
II was decided 10 send a copy o. the
resolution TO the Chicago conference 10
be held tomorrow and put a copy in
the hands of Gerge W. Perkins, not as
chairman Of the executive committee OF
the Natczal Committee, which meets
at that time, but as the New York
State representative on the National
Committee.
Jacob K. Schiff. viee-chairman Of the
committee, presided last night. Francis
". Dliut Chhtihdu, mas HoNtu 70 DOH
ton. and his resignation will probably
be acted on at the next meeting. Lin
don Bates, jr, is talked Of as his sue
cessor.
Mr.. Perkins and o. X. Davis, secre-
tary Of the national executive com
mittee. started for Chicago on the $3.50
train yesterday afternoon. A Progress
sive who Rad talked with them said
last night he did not look for radical
action as result Of the meeting.
while the main headquarters may be
moved 20 Chicago, the Office here will
probably be kept up with a reduced
etaff.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
DECIDES Jim CROW
OKLAHOMA CASE
Supreme Court Holds Law
UncOnStitutiOnal-No
Decree.

Washington, Nov. 30.-A majority o.
the Supreme Court to-day Joined lhH
opinion that the Oklahoma Jim Crcs
law proviso permitting railroads y
furnish sleeping, dining and char q
accommodation only to the whlte is
was unconstitutional. but they did o.
SO decree because Of imperfeetions y
the petition on which the case resehss
the courts.
The case was one in which I'VE n
groes, contending the entire law ~
unconstitutional sought an inluneuel
TO restrain five railroads in Oklsncn'
from enforcing it. The Oklahoms M M
eral courts dismissed the petition, nO'.'
ing the law constitutional. Inc M
jority Of the Supreme Court aifrm.'
the dismissal to-day, because the . ns,
groes had not shown they had apps..
to the railroads for accommodsu'.
under the law or that the RAILROADS -.
notified them that they would DC !"
fused certain Accommodations ..,
The majority, through Ju.us.
Hughes. stated. however, that ms,
could not agree with the lower , eVs'
that the proviso as TO sleeping, oiN',
and chair cars was constltutlohsi.
minority. consisting Of Chief Ji'u'.
White and Justices. Holmes, Lamar ~. -.
McReynolds, concurred merely IN ~ :.
order of affirmance, but expresses !"
views on the constitutional quest'Oin... ~.
In the opinion by the majority ~
tice Hughes stated that previous ~,
cisions that laws for separate eVasa, ;a..
for the two races were unconsttu'i0p'
were not TO be questioned.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01

Rockville Centre, Long Island, Nov.
30.-"Well, what do you know about
that? Miller, the $500 per cent Mil
ler,' has been living among US for
going on ten years and we've known
nothing about i'll"
Ask any one in Rockville Centre
about the discovery that William
Schmidt, the local real estate man.
active in the affairs Of the village and
highly respected, was really none
other than William F. Miller. who
served time for floating the Franklin
Syndicate, and tn foregoing Is an au-
thoritative reply. After that comments
vary.
BY far the greater portion Of the
inhabitants incline TO the view that
the former get-rich-quiek schemer
should be allowed 10 continue as a
useful citizen. unhampered by the
past. But there are others, and among
them are several victims OF the scheme
that was to pay them 10 per cent. a
week.
Miller himself is diffident. lie would
discuss briefly the incident that re-
vealed his identity. but that was all.
Saturday he had His broiher-in-law.
Charles Schmidt. arrested for assault.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
Blue DISPUTES
ROOSEVELT CLAIM
Navy Short 4,60O Men,
Not $4,000, Latter's
Figure.
From The Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington, Nov. 3O--A wide dis
crepancy between the figures of two
high officials OF the navy regarding the
shortage of enlisted men needed in
war time was developed to-day, when
Rear Admiral Victor Blue, chief of the
Bureau Of Navigation, testified before
the House Naval Affairs Committee
that the navy is short only 4,60O men
Of its war strength. These figures dif-
fer considerably from those given out
few weeks ago by Franklin ID. Roose-
welt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
who asserted the navy was short lo,OOO
men.
Admiral Blue made no direct refer
ence to Assistant Secretary Roosevelt 8
estimates, but told the committee mis-
leading statements were being circu-
lated, and he thought they should be
corrected.
The object of Admiral Blue was to
allay any anxiety that may have arisen
because of the agitation by Representa-
tive Gardner, of Massachusetts, for IN
creases in the strength of the army
and navy.
MIR. Roosevelt in his statement OF
October 21 last declared that as re-
suit of a shortage of $4,000 men sew
enty-one vessels would be practically
useless in war time, and he pointed out
that battleships, cruisers and other
warships carried only from 70 to 5O
per cent of the crews necessary TO
man them in case of war.
The chief of the Bureau of Naviga-
tion advised the House committee that
instead of worrying over the personnel
of the navy more attention should be
paid TO construction--the building of
battleships and auxiliary vessels-and
he suggested that naval reserve would
speedily solve the question OF shortage
of mon.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
E. P. HOWARD ELECTED
Succeeds John Temple Graves
as President of Press Club.

Edward Percy Howard, night editor
Of "The New York Press" was elected
president of the New York Press Club
last night, succeeding John Temple
Graves, Of the Hearst newspapers. G.
Herbert Daley, sporting editor of The
Tribune. was reelected first vice
president.
TIE other officers are: Arthur Ben
ington, second yice-president; Oscar
Watson, third vice-president; Ralph
w. St. Hill, treasurer (re-election); /;
c. Selmer-Fougner, financial secretary;
Charles f. b. Moir. recording secre-
tary; Caleb II. Redfern, corresponding
secretary (re-election); Frank |. Cad
walader, librarian (re-election); Will
lam f. Connell, C. Fred Crosby (re-
election) and George p. II. McVay,
trustees for three years, and ]. Clyde
Oswald and CORTLAND Smith, trustees
for one year.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
TEACHER MOTHER
TELLSOF BABY BOY
Child Has Made Her Real
Human Being to Pupils,
Saws Mrs. Breithut.

How can a teacher-mother bring up
her child? Answer-She shouldn't. II
is bad for children to be brought up all
the time.
This is the advice of a prominent
child specialist, and was quoted by
Mrs. Edith Commander Breithut, real
teacher-mother, in an address before
the Betterment League at IL East 35th
st. last night.
Mrs. Breithut, who teaches in Public
School "a, Manhattan, has a son four
years old. She explained TO her audi
enee of suffragists just how his life
was ordered. =.
"All nv time after school is his
she said, "and for the rest, he oughtn't
to be bossed by anybody. The tragedy
of city life for children is that they
are so seldom left alone 10 work out
their own individuality. We boss them
at home in order to save the neigh
bors from insanity, and we boss them
on,the street to keep them from getting
run over.
1--WE live on Washington Heights,
where there is a lot of vacant space
vet. Nv baby is taken out by his nurse
the first thing in the morning and
turned loose with his little wheelbar-
row and shovel. Sometimes there are
other children TO play with him, but
the nurse let's him alone. As long as
he is physically safe he needs nothing
from her.
Last summer, before going to the
country, | took him to well known
child specialist, and he was pronounced
in perfect condition. Then said:
Doctor, have you any advice for the
summer? only this he answered;
don't bring him up. Don't try to up
lif. his soul, or form his character, or
anything else-just let him rum
"My boy is my answer to the people
who say that woman can't be good
teacher and a good mother at the same
time. Nv baby hasn't suffered, and |
don't think my work has. OF course,
they say we have divided interests. Of
course. | have divided interests. | had
them before | had him. | had them be-
fore was married. When ] haven't
divided interests / hope I'll die. The
kind Of teacher who hasn't divided In
terests is the one the newspapers carl
cature and the children despise.
81 believe my baby has helped me in
my teaching in this way-that it has
made me seem real human being TO
the children in my classes. You know
children divide human beings into three
classes men, women and school teach
ers. The school teacher is the sub
normal individual. My baby has given
me a real personality in the children's
minds.
"The other point that anti-teacher
mothers always raise is the inefiiciency
of the teacher-father-tha is, the hus-
band of the teacher-mother. Well,
school teachers don't all marry mill
ionaires. They usually have TO work
one place or another. Ii is a question
whether they will work at something
they can do we'll or whether they will
begin anew and learn to wash and cook
and sweep"
Mrs. Clarence Burns presided over
the meeting, which was addressed also
by Miss Mary l.. Reed. of the School of
Motherhood.
The trial OF Miss Henrietta Rodman.
who wRs suspended from teaching high
school because Of her mother batting"
letter to The Tribune was postponed
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
CHILDREN TRY SUICIDE
One Girl Quarrelled with Her
Brother-Other Had Lost JOB

Youthful reverses caused two girls
to try the same remedy yesterday
suicide. Both will recover.
Maria Gallick, twelve years old,
daughter of a contractor, Joseph Cal
lick, of 400 Concord av., The Bronx,
drank iodine after a quarrel with her
brother. When two schoolmates called
for her and learned she had tried TO
die one got a bottle of milk and the
other called DR.. Smith from Lincoln
Hospital. She was taken to the hos
pital a prisoner after her mother had
forced her to drink the milk.
Because she had lost her place in a
department store, Annie Cannon, fif-
teen, of 1886 East 26th ST., jumped from
the third floor Of the building yester-
day afternoon. She was taken TO
Bellevue in an automobile truck.
where it was found that her back was
bruised and she was suffering from
slight internal injuries.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
[From The Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington, Nov. 30.-ln accordance
with the policy of watchful waiting, the
| State Department indicated to-day nc
disposition TO regard the entrance OF
/ General Pablo Gonzales into the field
of Mexican provisional presidents as q
complication of unusual gravity. II
was said that the report OF the actlvl-
ties of Gonzales was only a rumor
which had reached Queretaro, and that
in any event, he was so badly equipped
with men and resources that he was
not likely to become figure OF COM
manding importance.
The attitude of the State Department
indicates that the conclusion has been
reached that Carranza must go and
that the process of time and the ac-
tivities Of General Villa will bring
about that result. 1t is expected by
State Department officials that the next
few days will bring about results which
may point the way to definite course
of action.
Rafael Zubaran, Carranza agent here
late to-day made public a telegram
/ from San Antonio announcing that the
wife of General Pablo Gonzales had
| branded as absolutely false" the re-
port that her husband had proclaimed
himself Provisional President of Mex
leo.
The Carranza Mexican Bureau of In
formation reported receiving the fol
| lowing from Vera Cruz: q
General Pablo Gonzales has issued
a statement emphatically denying the
reports which claim that he has de-
clared himself Provisional President
He claims that the story is fabrica-
! tion of the Villa people. He maintains
that he is loyal to the Constitutional
cause and to CarranZa."
Official dispatches confirmed earlier
/ reports that General Luis Caballero
Governor of Tamaulipas, has Joined the
Villa forces in Mexico. As he is in
control of Tampico, the peaceful entry
| of the troops which have been march
/ ing eastward from San Luis Potosi is
now expected. Caballero has been
claimed by both the Carranza and Vills
/ factions. Caballero has telegraphed tC
4 Gutierrez his allegiance to the Aguas
calientes convention.
Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the British
Ambassador, informed the State Depart.
ment to-day Of the receipt of a report
from Charge Hohler, of the British
Embassy in Mexico City, saying thai
good order prevailed in the capital.
Mr.. Hohler said General Zapata was
not in the city, but was represented
by one of his officers.
Consul Canada to-day asked the State
Department to warn Americans anC
other foreigners against going to Vers
Cruz at this time. transportation ia
cilities between Mexico City and tn,
seaport were uncertain, IL was pointed
out, and those who ventured to Yer,
Cruz would in all probability be strand
ed there.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
DANCER SUED FOR 100000
Nance Gwyn Accused of Alien,
ating Managers Affections.

Mrs. Sue S. Plunkett, who is suing
Joseph l.. Plunkett, theatrical manager,
for a separation, yesterday filed in the
Supreme Court her threatened action
for alienation of affections against
Nance Gwyn, the dancer. from whom
she seeks 100000 damages.
Mrs. Plunkett alleged that she and
her husband lived happily together
until the husband began to associate
with Miss Gwyn, who has had four
husbands. Then Plunkett used to re-
main away from home and neglected
her, said Mrs. Plunkett. Ske tried to
break this association by appealing to
both her husband and to the dancer,
but without success.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
SHUTS LID ON 'TIPPERARY
Sec. Daniels Fears Offending
Germans and Austrians.
fFrom The Tribune Bureau.

Washington, Nov. 30.-The order of
Commander Evans forbidding at the
naval station at Newport the singing
of ats a Long Way to Tipperary" at
concert given by the naval appren-
tees, received the unofficial approval
Of Secretary Daniels to-day. The Sec
retary said Germans and Austrians
might take offence if il were to be
sung on a more or less official occasion
such as the Newport concert is con-
strued to be.
The Secretary Of the Navy will not
90 to the extent of issuing an order
silencing jackies who might choose in
dividually to sing 'It's a Long Way to
Tipperary." 1t will be left to the dis
cretion of commanding officers them
selves to determine whether or not it
can be sung with propriety.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
S7,O0O,O0O FOR HUDSON
Cost of improvements Much
More than First Estimate.

Washingt0n, Nov. 3O.-An ultimate
expenditure Of 100000 would be re-
quired TO carry out the proposed plans
for the improvement of the Hudson
River, instead of s5,000,000. as previ-
ously estimated, according TO data sub
mitted to-day to the House Rivers and
Harbors Committee.
The projects include the deepening
Of the Hudson to cooperate with the
barge canal, the construction Of locks
and dams at Troy. and the destruction
OF Coenties Reef, in New York Harbor.
The rivers and harbors bill to be re-
ported early in the session will carry
appropriations for at least part of the
Hudson River improvements.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
M'CALL HINT TO MAYOh
Hopes City Wont Dischars'
Faithful Old Workers.

After Mayor Mitchell had Iaudea
work Of the civic employment ou's
and declared that he feared tne ~, 49,
would have to discharge more einp,s' .iI
because Of the financial si;uac1,Vm ;cS',c
the annual dinner Of Corrigan SOyT Wss
7O5. Knights Of Columbus. az 4'e s.rvis r
i52d ST., last night, Public Il, SCI. s.iS:
Commissioner Edward Z. McSall 'a. a,.s
ii hope Mayor Mitchell will no. ...dviss r's
,;se The false economy Of remO'J,''|
from the service Of the city those :.
have been faithful TO IL for year. - I.
have given the best that was ID W. ~.
for the city. | hope that his s"'
ment will not lead him astrsy'
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
Resume German Parcel Fos'

Washington, Nov. 30.-ResuImpi,iTVofi, ,Toi,,,
parcel post service between ,ss .Hr
states and Germany and AustrI..s.T
cary was announced by Fgss FTnis
General Burleson tonight .hnn.ast
make possible the sending OF y tnIs,f Fnrsf
~ Christmas remembrances to hSIs h.;I,s
parcaI pt ~aI nost packages are now nal,,,t ana
20 all countries with wnlcn ,;ons Wy n
States has parcel post ,ta rnorths,
cent Belgium. Turkey and ,ne me.
and northeastern parts of
New-York tribune., 1914-12-01

yesterday until December Is. This was
the result of petition from Miss
Rodman asking for more time in which
to reply to the charges of insubordina-
tion made against her. Mrs. Jean Nor
ris is to be retained as Miss Rodman's
junior counsel. A committee of women
lawyers, including Mrs. Marion Goth
rem and Mrs. Inez Mlholland Boisse-
vain, is in charge of the case.