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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
WASHINGTON UNVEILS
STATUE OF JOHN BARRY
President Addresses Throng at
Exercises i'm Honor of
"Fathcr Of Navy"

WASH INGToN, May 16.--The statue OF
John Barry, Irishman born and American
by adoption. acclaimed Az the father Of
the American navy, was unveiled In WASH
ington to-day before a distinguished
throng with the President OF the United
States for the principal speaker.
Commodore Barrys bronze effigy. he.
roic In size and surrounding pedestal of
cream coiored granite, occupied a con-
spicuous position on the west side OF
Franklin Square. IL was sculptured by
John Boyle
Irish Americans from every quarter OF
the United States gathered to pay honor
to the first Irish American to write this
hyphenaton into che scrolls OF history.
The Presidents speech was without ref
erence to present day problems. and inter-
national policies were referred to only in
the most abstract way when the President
said:
There are just as vital things stirring
now that concern the existence OF the ma :
ton as were stirring then. and every man
who worthily stands In this presence
should examine himself and see whether
he has the full conception OF what IL
means that America shall live her own
life
Washington saw II when he wrote his
farewell address. II was not merely be-
cause Of passing and transient circum-
stances that Washington said we must
keep from entangling alliances. II was
because he saw that no country had vet
set It's face In the same direction In which
America had set her face. We cannot
form alliances with those who are not go
Ing our way. and In our might and
majesty and In the certainty OF our own
purpose we need not and we should NOT
form alliances with any nation I'm the
world
Those who are right, those who studv
their consciences In determining their
policies, those who hold their honor higher
than their advantage do not need ALL
ances. You need alliances when you are
not strong. and you are weak only when
you are not true to yourself You are
weak only when you are In the wrong /:
you are weak only when you are afraid
To do the right you are weak only when
you doubt your cause and the majesty OF
nations might asserted"
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels also
spoke.
The Right Rev. Alfred Harding. Episco-
pal Bishop OF the Diocese of Washington.
pronounced the invocation. Mgr. William
T. Russell, rector of st. Patricks Catholic
Church. pronounced the benedlction,
In addition TO the President and Secr.-
tary Daniels. other speakers at the I'M
yelling were James j. Regain. president OF
the Ancient order OF Hibernians Michael
j. Ryan. president OF the United Irish
League OF America Col. Asa Bird Gardi-
ner. representing the Society OF the Gin
cinnau, and the Rev. James \. Hamill.
Honest jim" Of Jersey City.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
DIGS UP GEMS MAID STOLE.
Detective Guided 10 Hurled Loot by
Girls Confcssion.

fet'a Machnick, the maid who dIsan
peared win Jewelry worth about s3,5OO
from the home of Mrs. Lena Lehman OF
70 West Ninety-second street during tho
excitement caused by an assault on Mrs
Johanna Mannheim, Mrs. Iehmann's
daughter. by DIR. Arthur Verney, alias DR..
Archie Goldstone, was held by Magistrat q
F'reschi yesterday In the West Side court
In $4,000 bail
Detective Donnelly. following the girls
directions. found the missing jewelrv
buried in the cellar OF a delicatessen shop
In Spring Valley and brought 1t back
yesterday.
Max Denziger Of 81 East 1Isth street
to whom Yetta Mechanik said she gave
one OF the rings she stole, was arrested
last night charged with receiving stolen
goods. The girl said that Denzger got
500 for the ring and placed It In a
bank as their joint account Denziger.
married man with two children. denied
receiving the ring. but said he had re.
ceived 500 from the girl. which he had
put In the bank He did II because he
has known her long time and was look
ing out for her welfare" he said
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17

late Inspector Thomas Byrnes. which has
never become public
MIR. Byrnes, who was mentioned by ex-
President Charles s. Mellen of the New
Raven railroad as the go-between In the
distribution OF sl,2OO,OOO OF New Haven
stock TO get the charter of the New York.
Westchester and Boston railroad modified
10 suit the New Haven, left a total estate
or only S20,073, according to the apprai-
sal. The stock holdings OF the estate in
Guided no New Haven or Westminster
and Boston stock. The tax paid by the
estate was $3.50.
The report states that Mr.. Byrness
only realty holding was 1861 Amsterdam
avenue. which was appraised at $50, 900.
Out was mortgaged for $4,000 lie had
TWO automobiles, worth 81 900 and $500.
ana held promissory notes appraised as of
no value. Tho stock holdings were as
follows.
Fifty-two shares Monmouth County
Horse Show. $3.50: rs shares of Rumson
Country Club. $4,000: four shares OF
Monmouth County Fair Association, 800
2Oal7 shares of Nevada Shelters and
Mines Corporation. $500; 10000 shares
OF Maverick Copper Company, $4,000 and
oe.772 shares of Hall-Florence Mining
Company, of no value.
Mr. Byrnes left his entire estate to his
wife. Ophelia A. Byrnes, OF SIS West Sew
enty-seventh street. shortly before his
death on May 7. 1910. Mr.. Byrnes trans.
ferred to his wife the title to Ave story
building at the corner of Forty sixth
street and Fifth avenue. worth $3.50, 900.
II was said at the time that the ex-
inspector bought the property twenty
years before, and that the purchase was
made as the result of casual CONVEX
sation on a street car with real es-
tate Spectator. who told of the rapid
rise In Manhattan real estate values.
Byrnes bought the property few days
late. 1t Is said for half what 1t was
worth when he died.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
SUBWAY BLAZE BURNS THREE.
short Circuit Ties Up service for
Nearly an Hour.

A short circuit in a feed cable near the
Dyckman street station of the subway
Yesterday morning resulted In three men
being badly burned and the tying up of
the Broadway service north OF lSlsl
street for nearly an hour.
The three men who were burned were
doing repair work to one OF the cables
and were standing on platform beneath
the northbound track. The subway here
IN elevated above the street. There was
an explosion and John Moore OF De-
catur street. Brooklyn; Michael Hogan OF
sOs9 Third avenue and John Mellow OF
3so West Forty ninth street were In the
midst OF flames which enveloped the plat
form. They wiggled through the cables
and dropped eighteen feet to the ground.
n vgan and MedOw were severely burned
and are at the Lincoln Hospital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
SEEKS DEATH WITH MOTHER.
Daughter Induces old Woman OF 70
20 Take Poison Too.

CAMDEN. y. j.. May l6.-Mrs. Ida
Davis. 30 years old. persuaded her
mother. Mrs. Louisa Weinhold. 20 years
old. TO join her in attempting suicide last
night by swallowing poison. The two
women were found early this morning.
They were unconscious. They were taken
to the Cooper Hospital. where 1t was
said their condition was serious.
Mrs Davis has been separated from
her husband, Charles Davis. a grocer. for
about seven years. When she regained
consciousness at the hospital she told her
brother. Ernest Weinhold. that she had
grown tired of life and wanted to end
her troubles and take her mother with
her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
NORTH BEACH SEASON OPENS.
Trolley service Increased and Boats
start Running To-day.

An increased trolley service will go into
effect to-day from the Manhattan end OF
the greensboro Bridge to North Beach.
The season at the beach has opened.
Boats begin to run to-day from East
Ninety ninth street, and next Sunday the
summer time table from East l3ith street
becomes effective
Many improvements have been made at
the beach during the winter. There are
many free features and Gala Park and
the giant swimming pool are undergoing
changes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
Fair Proposition.

Perhaps some Of the city officials were
pedtled around and sold IN the deal" con.
t'nued Mr. Metz, "as is often done. but the
proposition was fair and square on its
lace, and Mayor Mcclellan. President Pat
7ck T. MCGOWAN OF the Board of Alder
men and myself were willing to have that
Westchcster road built, and for the sake
ot good enterprise to overlook some I'M
Important technical details.
" can say positively that there was
no graft IN the Board OF Estimate in con-
necuon with that franchise. What may
nave been done elsewhere I don't know.
AS ! recall II there was question
netoTe the board M to whether or not
we New York, Westminster and Boston
company should forfeit it's franchise be-
cause 10 had not done a certain amount
OF construction work within the specified
ume The Westminster company had not
oeen able 10 get under the Astor property
IN" Bronx because II did not have the
r'ght at eminent domain It's early rival
we New York and Port Chester COM
pdng' dld have this right, and through the
merger ~ the two companies the West
cheste" finally obtained H..
mo question Of franchise forfeiture
vas p icTted by the Board Of Estimate to
me- Tor investigation. with Chandler
" 'n' Ston, chief engineer OF the Fina nee
rr'hdFlW"rt ! went over the whole situa-
WY, .uH I" md out whether the Westchester
D"lduy was showing good intent or was
T., hlling up building material which
. Wo not intend to u.s.. II was about
.'.' Time that Senator Thomas r. Grady
~" % me and said, I hope you are
e'Ns Too give us n fair shake and lie rea-
''.i'' ~ his Westchester proposition
made NJ my mind that the company
"'1 pINing with proper intent and I
oNlh,nded to the Board OF Estimate
,,,,'' 'n' franchise be not forfeited. Later
''N,'S Lyndc Stetson came before the
u''rd and We learned for the first time
u,"' the New Haven had taken over the
",s'chest"r franchise"
Mr. Metz could not indicate who tho
=, icons were who might have given Mr.,
","'h TO Understand that they were In
= POSITION to buy and sell members OF the
Estimate Board.
- w" Iammany politicians and an ally
:" one OF the Long Island boroughs were
.,'1 SestNday TO have gait cred up a lot
. NesiNhsster stock for Mr.. Mellen, but
time,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
Auto Hits Six-Year-OId Girl, Frac.
turing Skull.

Emma Salmonetti. years old of 4s5
West Forty-sixth street, playing in front
Of her home last evening. ran In front Of
an automobile driven by Eugen. J. Nc
cabe, chauffeur. The machine truck the
child. throwing her ten feet. McCabe took
the little girl to Polytechnic Hospital where
II was found that her skull was fractured
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
TWO CARS HIT TRUCK AT ONCE
East and West Bound Coaches Crush
It--Severnl Injured.

Eastbound and westbound Bergen street
surface cars struck big auto truck OF the
r. +. Stevens MIX Company at the same
time last night Mt Liberty avenue and
Ashford street. Brooklyn.
Several persons were cut by flying glass
and the line was tied up for an hour.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
7ELLSOF TAMMANY
7IEUP WITH MELLEN
Man Familiar With Situation
Says II Began With a &c.
600. 200 Contract.
MrRrIIl'S BROTHER GOT 1T
James u. Gaffncy Also in Deal
-Ey-ComptrOllcr Metz
Talks Again.

Tho" PEI phase OF the New Haven
rory e.. get untouched by the Interstat,
CommD,r commission. whic.l shows how
lose Mr. M-llen and the New Haven
we're I" Tammany as far back as 1905
and what astonishing privileges the rail
-oat GOT from the city In Improving It's
Harlem division, running VI through The
Bronx iui Wtstchester. As related Yes.
rerdsy hy 4 man who watched the inside
working of the Board of Estimate In
those days the facts are as follows:
The Harlem division had two tracks
-Four moro we're to be added. The con.
tract was to be for about $4,000. 900
Il was a fat job. and the contractors.
Daly a Holbrook. who had done much
work fur Mr.. Mellens railroad. expected
TO get o. Hut u went to the New York
Contracting and Trucking Company. al
though is bid fell 100000 short of
being thu lowest
: The president Of the New York Con-
tracing and Trucking Company was the
late John J. Murphy, a brother of Charles
r. Murphy leader of Tammany Hall.
lis general manager was James +. Gaff-
ney. who as Il member OF the railroad
committee II the Board of Aldermen In
1904. helped to report out tho ordinance
giving the Westchcster company It's
franchise
William T. McCombs, who held one
share OF Wsstchester stock in 1908, ac-
,ordug 10 a list supplied to the Govern
ment by Mr.. Mellen. was the company's
counsel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
Trade Hoard nil to stand.

The interstate trade commission bill
is likely to he passed just as II was re-
ported.
The report on the stock and bond bill
was filed with the House to-day An in
direct reference is made 70 the affairs OF
the New Haven. The report says In part !:
THE committee has seen proper to re-
port a revision in the bill prohibiting COM
mon or interlocking directorates or man
agement. When we learned that the Ju-
dietary Committee was not undertaking
to deal with the directorates OF railroad
companies we then needed what appeared
to be public and almost universal de-
mand to prohibit interlocking directorates
Of carriers.
whether the necessity for this pro-
vision Is so great as represented or not.
and whether the anticipated provision
benefits are exaggerated or not. there
Is general impression that most OF
the wreck and ruin OF railroads and conse-
quent damage to public service and the
public interest has been due to the machi-
nations Of men who managed different
corporations and by the policies adopted
for the different corporations constituting
a system or about to be consolidated into a
system wrought ruin to some or all OF the
carriers involved.
1T has been represented to us that that
practice has ceased. that railroad men are
no longer dishonest or Incompetent that
IL IL a matter OF convenience for the same
men to handle different enterprises with
out having to consult so many different
people but our observation Is that there
are good enough men In the world TO I'll
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
Irit House. In "a Hollow.

4. .rE.u,,r said yesterday that on
Posrdt., avenue IN The Bronx the street
was raised until II was even with the tops
", the houses leaving the houses I'm a hol-
low. The same changes were made on
Van Buren,. Melville. Taylor and Garfield
streets, although there were only foot
bridges across the New Haven's tracks.
This method ~ raising the streets in
stead Of compelling the road to depress
Ne tracks cost property owners hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars" the engineer
said "and 10 this day they don't I'M
derstand how permission To do this was
Obtained from the Board Of Estimate"
!. III the New Haven railroad crowd paid
any money 10 get those Westminster fran
ch'se amendments through the Board OF
Estimate they spent money foolishly for
something they were sure to get anyway.
ex-comptroller Herman A. Metz said yes
'erday. And | think the New Haven
people were not that kind OF suckers"
Mr. Metz, now o representative In Con-
gresS from Brooklyn, was Comptroller OF
the city and member Of the Board Of
Estimate AT the time when, according to
charles $. Mellen. si200.000 In New
, Haven stock was distributed through eN-
Police Inspector Thomas Byrnes to get
from the board concessions that were
deemed essential TO the comrany's West
chester plans
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
ANTITRUST BILLS TO
BE DEBATED TUESDAY
House Will Try to Pass Three
Wilson Measures Be-
fore June 1.
SOME CHANGES PROPOSED
Railway capitalization and
Clayton Bills viii BE y"
Toned Down.

WAsHiSGToN, May 16.--Debate will be
begun in the House on Tuesday on the
three Administration antitrust bills An
agreement to this effect was reached to-
day The bills will have the right OF way
and the House kept at work on them un.
I'll they are passed. The leaders expect
10 transfer all these bills to the Senate
by June 1 at tho latest.
The bills will be taken up in the House
under rule that will be reported by the
Committee on Rules on Tuesday. There
Will be limitation on debate, but no bar
to amendments. Six hours debate will be
allowed on the interstate trade commits
sion bill. eighteen hours on the Clayton
bill and eight hours on the bill giving
the Interstate Commerce Commission SUI
pervlsion over the Issuance of railway
stocks and bonds. The bills will be
passed In the order named
II IL understood that important changes
will be made In the railway capitalization
bill and in the Clayton bill. The price
cutting sections OF the latter measure, re-
garded as drastic In tho extreme, are to
be toned down.
The railway capitalization bill il adj
mittedly faulty In number of respects
and will be perfected. That it's rigorous
regulations will be modified when the bill
is fully explained in debate Is predicted
by Republican critics Of the measure
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
BfRNES LEFT ONLY S20.073.
out tie Transferred S66O.OOO Prop
rrty 10 Wife Before His Death.

~ ~ search Of the surrosate's Court rec
~, yesterday disclosed the transfer tax
'''''. 'TS report on the estate Of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
tot what IL Wanted.

after that 100000 contract was
awarded to the Murphy Gaffney Company
the New Haven railroad got whatever II
wanted from the Board OF Estimate"
,ad the man who told the story. Later.
however. the company gave up the con-
tract and p.dy * Holbrook got 1t by pay
ing 100000"
Newspaper files show that James l..
Gainey said at the time that his concern
had Disposed OF the contract at a hand
some pyort II was explained that as the
Murphy7iaffney company had several big
contracts on it's hands, among them the
100 Of excavatIng for the Pennsylvania
station, 1t had decided to let the New
Haven contract 60 and concentrate OH
Other work. In 1908 the New York Con-
tractlnS and Trucking Company was dis
solved AID was succeeded by the Bradley
Gthney'Steers company, which also got
many contracts through its Tammany
Affiliations
The New Haven about finished its six
tracking Of the Harlem division in 1907.
Later curious changes in street grades
were made by the city to suit the rail-
road
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-30
NEARLY CRAZY WITH ECZEMA

354 Plum St. Youngstown, Ohio
-Blotches like ringworms started to
come out all over my face and necs-
Later 1t took the form Of white fakes
and when would rub they came on In
little white scales. The eczema so
disfgured me that was ashamed
to go out anywhere. It itched all the
time and whenever perspired or got
my face the least bit wet. It would
burn until very nearly went crazy.
The more rubbed or scratched the
more 1t spread and It made mo 20
restless I could not sleep at night
"One day friend prevailed upon
me to get a sample OF Cuticura Soap
and Ointment They caused the Itch
ing to stop instantly and in very few
days my face and neck began to show
a marked Improvement. l used three
cakes Of Cuticura Soap and one box
of Cuticura Ointment and my face
and neck are completely cured.s
(Signed) Newton d. w. Chapman.
Feb. 81, 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post,
card "Cuticura. Dept. l.. Boston. ADV.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-30
CHAPTER XVII.

AS the sun, after a passing storm.
comes forth all the more gloriously. SO
the Joy of their new-found friendship
changed the world for Bud and Gra-
cia. The rainbow that glowed against
the retreating clouds held forth more
than promise of sunshine for them.
and they conversed only of pleasant
things as they rode on up the trail.
The dangers that still lay between
them and the border seemed very re-
mote now, and neither gave them a
thought. There was no one in all the
wide world but just these two, this
man and woman who had found them
selves.
Twenty miles ahead lay the northern
pass, and from there 1t was ten more
to Gadsden, but they spoke neither Of
the pass nor of Gadsden nor OF who
would be awaiting them there. Their
talk was like that of children, incon-
sequential and happy. They told Of
the times when they had seen each
other, and what they had thought; of
the days OF their childhood. before
they had met at Fortuna; of hopes
and fears and thwnrted ambitions and
all the young dreams of life.
Bud told OF his battle-scarred father
and their ranch in Arizona; Of his
mother and horse-breaking brothers.
and his wanderings through the West;
Gracia of her mother. with nothing of
her father, and how she had fiirted in
order to be sent to school where she
could gaze upon the outstanding Amer
leans. Only Bud thought OF the trail
and scanned the horizon for rebels,
but he seemed more to seek her eyes
than to watch for enemies and death.
They rode on until the sun sank low
and strange tracks struck their trail
from the east. Bud observed that the
horses were shod, and more tracks Of
mounted men came in beyond. He
turned sharply toward the west and
followed rocky ledge to the hills.
without leaving hoof-print to mark
the way of their retreat.
Thoce hoof prints brought Bud back
from the land of dreams in which
he had been wandering to reaiiza-
ton of the dangers that lurked about
them. But little way ahead was the
pass they must cross. and he sud-
denly realized that they could not
safely do SO in the broad light OF
day. He must not take such chances
of losing his new found happiness.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-30
Save Moon is oval shaped.

Astronomers will await with inter
est details of the experiment car
ried out by Professor Stiattesi at Bo-
logna by which he claims to have
demonstrated that the moon is oval
shaped.
The moon is more easily measured
than any other heavenly body. but
though 1t has been measured thou
sands OF times no difference has been
detected between its polar and equa-
torial diameters. A clergyman recently
put forward the theory that the side
of the moon always turned away from
the earth is of the same size and
shape as the great pyramid which, ac-
cording to Revelations, forms the
New jerusalem" Eventually, SO as
serts the author of the theory, the
moon will fall on the earth. and the
hemisphere turned earthward will
bury itself in our planet. while the
pyramidal New Jerusalem will project
above the rack and ruin OF the ele-
ments as the Celestial City, where the
faithful are to spend eternity.
This remarkable lunar theory has
been published with preface by the
bishop of Exeter.