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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
LET US ABOLISH CONGRESS
An Irate Celt Suggests That Our Am
bassadors Tell Us What Laws For
eien Nations Desire.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: II would appear that the present
Democratic administration at Washington
had about made up its mind that no. 'eg-
islation Objectionable to foreign powers
is to be passed by Congress. The fact
that much Of this legislation is desirable,
and in some cases even vital, for the
welfare of the Republic does not alter
the situation from the point OF view u
our peerless" Secretary Of State.
California is prevented from passing
laws which she desires because Japan
threatens war; the immigration oil must
be shelved because Italy objects to II.
and the government will do nothing 10
aid an American merchant marine be-
cause Englands friendship is at stake
and Mr.. Bryan is more concerned over
English feelings than anything that nay
happen to our shipping.
From a review OF these facts, and they
are undisputed, it would appear that
there is no good reason for the existence
of the Congress OF the United States II
would be more economical, and certainly
much time would be saved, by having the
ambassadors of the foreign nations at
Washington indicate what legislation
their respective governments would be
willing to permit shis Republic to have.
EDWARD DWYER.
No. s35 18th street, Brooklyn, March
IA, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
HUNGRY MEN AND THE CHURCHES
What Months Of Unemployment
Teaches.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: l wish to comment briefly on
Nora Cantwelrs letter, which appeared in
yesterdays Tribune. and say that my own
personal experience proves the truth OF
her statement in every detail. AS to Mr.
Changers reply to her letter, there is
much that can be said on both sides. But,
much to my sorrow. many months OF un-
employment have proved to me beyond
doubt las aforesaid, that she is correct IN
her assertion that the Church as a whols
falls far short Of doing Christs work in
world of men.
Not that L approve OF revolutionary
methods. but suppose in the recent church
raids that all who came along, regardless
of being undeserving or otherwise, had
been received courteously, instead OF ar
rests being made anywhere. Would IL not
have reflected great credit on churches OF
all denominations?
HENRY CHANCELLOR
New York, March i2, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
ENGLISH LED AND ENGLISH RULED,
A Reader Strongly Objects to Our Am.
bessador's Utterances.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: You are constantly metioninr ,b,
stand President Wilson has taken 4,
reference to the Panama Canal tolls q,
fulsome praise. It has occurred m -.
that The Tribune could perform q o.,
public benefit should II insist upon Pc,
dent Wilson's recalling the American A..
bassador TO Great Britain-Mr. Pago o..
his Page's) insult TO the entire nao,,.
the United States in his recent snooo,. !.
delivered In England. in which ho a,
clared that the United States goyernr,or,
was still English led and English r,,,.,, :,
and that the United States govsr,n,s,.
was greatly rejoiced in the knov,oSas
that We had built the Panama CoraI O.
the glory and benefit OF England
England some time ago declaroa a..
she would not recognize nor would sho-
exhibit at the Panama Exposition q, So
Francisco in 1915, but since President VII
sons reasonable message has heon mn
lished she England has declared ,n.,
she is DESTROYS of exhibiting NJ san -
cisco in 1915. Why this sudden chansa -,
Engiand's part? Is she trying her bnuy'
ing tactics again?
GEORGE w wAcNrp
No. A6 West losth street N.w W..
March IA, IDA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
THE ARMY AND HORSE SHOWS
Protest Is Made Against Congress
Effort to Stop Exhibiting by Officers.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is with great regret that l per-
ceive a provision was made in the army
appropriation bill and passed the House
which, IL accepted by the Senate, would
preclude army officers owning good horses
from exhibiting them at our and other
horse shows unless the officers them
selves bear all the expenses of exhibiting
The amendment was offered by Repre-
sentative Webb, Of North Carolina, who
urged it on the ground that it would re-
duce expenses. 1t follows an Item allow
ing $4,000 for army horses, and provides
that hereafter no part Of this or any
other appropriation shall be expended for
defraying the expenses of officers, enlist
ed men or horses attending or taking
part in horse shows"
Now, / think It is well known that few
army officers can afford the expenses
which are very conslderable-of trans
porting their horses and paying other ex-
penses In connection with making exhib-
its. 1t is also a well known fact that the
international contests held at our and
other horse shows have done much 10
improve the service in equitation, and
raise the standard of the army horses,
besides begetting the keenest emulation
throughout the service.
To cut off all government aid would be
to arrest a continuous Improvement in the
mounted service and be sad disgrace TO
the country.
JAMES T. HYDE, Secretary.
New York, March H. 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
UNDERGROUND Wires in Rural Regions.

boon taken TO heart after having been vainly pre-
sor+od nv MANY other storms in many preceding
,,.,rtars The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, we
orc told win at once begin TO put into underground
.ondnjts all the telegraph and telephone wires
obicb are now strung on poles across New Jersey
and pennsylvania. from Jersey City to Philadelphia.
W. sbonld think il would do so, and we should
ffinl, that other corporations using many wires
,,o,,,d FOLLOW the example In that storm thou
sonds If noes and tens Of thousands of miles OF
,,,,ro ware broken down The cost of repairs Will
30 orormous. The inconvenience, the monetary
Ioss and the peril to property and life caused by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15

many davis OF disorraniEation IL not total suspen'
sion OF the telegraph, telephone hre a'''ni ""'
electric lighting systems are beyond al c"'o"a"V'
It would probably be lmpracncaoe 10 put w
wires in rural regions underground but IN o'osc"
inhabited suburbs and along railroads ana co'''
mon roads where there are many wires inc unoe'
ground system should be made compulsory suc
reform would save the public from the eVils 81
the last dozen days and 1t would probably IN ume
be for the direct profit of the companies themselves
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
An OpenF
IHE AOLCN11N Debate.

air brake, the late Henry Miller, Of Chap
paaua. n. Y? Honor to whom honor
belongs"
DO you not think it just to this man ana
his family that It be stated correctly IN
the papers? WILLIAM Z. flEhO'
No 20 Waller avenue, White Plains
N Y, March IA, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
The Invention of the Air Brake.
League.
New York, Ma

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The New York papers give George
Westinghouse the honor of inventing the
air brake. Is it possible not one of them
knows the true inventor Of the steam or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15

villa or nobody" is said to be Pancho villa
forecast of the Mexican Presidency. There was a
man in Delaware who similarly said of a
United States Senatorship. "Addicks or nobody"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15

1t may be remarked again that park is park
and not building site.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Federal League magnates missed point
when they failed to flash their bank rolls before
Jim" Thorpe, the only real Jumper with the Nc
Graw -Comiskey band Of baseball tourists. The
Indian won fame Jumper" at the Olympic
games at Stockholm in 1912 He would have been
"Tip-Top" drawing card.
at CAN'T BE DONE"
The man who misses all the fun
Is he who says ut can't be done!"
In solemn pride he stands aloof
And greets each venture with reproof
Had he the power, he'd eitace
The history of the human race;
We'd have no steam or trolley cars,
No streets lit by electric stars;
No telegraph telephone,
We'd linger in the age of stone
Where when some keen barbaric brain
OF lifes conditions dared complain,
And planned a wheel on which to roll
The load his arms could not control
Sneers rose from all the mighty crew
That ever SCOTS at what is new.
The world would sleep If things were run
Bv men who say 1T can't be donci'
The Times Of Cuba.
The Society Of Futurists has issued from its head
quarters in Milan a circular in which the tango and
"ParsifaW are denounced. Printed in large letters
across the top of the four page document the
wyrds Down with the tango-down with Par
sifal'" After denouncing the fashionable dance
the opera is described a production of ncurable
musical nausea 1t is a systematic depreciation of
lfe-a cooperative hope and despair factory"
NJ Cleopatra williams dreamed with her friend,
Miss Eva Stanton, Friday night-Ash Grove (Mo)
Commonwealth.
Jaley, the lazy and overgrown son of a resident
of The Bronx, was recently hailed before the mag
istrae ir the Morrsana police court by his father,
who charged him with being incorrgible, deadly
enemy of work in all it's branches staying out late
at nights, smoking cigarettes and few other habits
unbecomng a boy the threshold of manhood.
The parent was mad clear through and told the
court in no soft language just what he thought his
boy coming TO.
Does he strike your" asked the judge of the young
mans father when the latter had cooled off some
whi.
"Strke?" came back the father why, Mr.. Judge,
your honor, how dot boy strike ven he doesn't
even woik?"
lady whose name is Brown recently proceeded
from the breakfast table the telephone in the hall
to order things from the butcher "Halloa"'
said Mrs Brown is that Mr. Battys?' Yes -
We'll. this is Mrs. Browns residence viii you send
me "a large, thick steak by o'clock The boy in
the butchers shop happened 10 answer the tele-
phone, and promptly responded well, you just bet
your sweet life will" DO you know, sir, TO whom
you are speaking" Indignantly inquired Mrs Brown.
Sure l do" said the boy. You're Jenny Mrs.
Browns cook" You mistaken, young man.
Yo- speaking with Mrs. Brown herself" as
that so7" replied the boy. Then in that case
madam. We'll call the bet off."-Dundee Advertiser
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
Atn.3lork Tribntte.

SUNDAY. MARoH Is, 1914
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23
THREE INJURED
WHEN CARS CRASH
Rear-end Collision Takes Place
at Concord and Lafayette
at $3.50 A. M.

Three street cars, crowded with per-
sons going to work, crashed In a
rear-end collision at Concord-ave. and
Lafayette-ave\ east, Friday morning at
$3.50 O'Clock. The injured:
Charles Hart. AZ years old, OF No.
4s5 Maybury-ave.: motorman. cut on
the head. removed to St Mary's hos
pital.
Annabelle Hulme. Of No. SO Gal
stcr-st.. bruised on the right shoulder;
removed to her home.
Michael Snyder. OF No. 25ss Jeffer-
son ave. bruised about the legs; taxi
en- home.
The three cars were south-bound.
Baker. No. 22s. was standing In front
of Crosstown. No. 992, when another
Crofstown car, No. s3s, struck the
rear end OF No. ss2. The force OF the
collision sent Crosstown No. se2
crashing into the end Of the Baker
car.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23
IBAlKS ON GIVING
STORY OF TALK
WITH SCHREITER
w. E., Hunt Declares That Con.
versation With Former Secre-
tary Was Confidential
COURT RULES THAT
WITNESS MUST ANSWER
Can't Be Excused Like Physi-
clan and Attorney, Judge
Phelan Declares

William e. Hunt, q newspaper re-
porter, was called to the witness
stand, Friday morning. when the taxi
Ing OF testimony was resumed In the
Gilman bribery case. Hunt testified
that he had q tolk with Eddie"
Schreiter on Labor day, 1912, but he
said the conversation was confiden-
tial. 49,
did he talk about his confession r.
Frazer objected To- Mcnamara using
the word confession" but the Judge
said he would allow AN answer to Nc
Schreiter had been interrogated on
the witness stand regarding his CON
fession" and that reference had been
made to conversation Schreiter had
with newspaper reporter. Hunt was
not anxious to talk. The jury was ex-
cused while the counsel and the court
debated on whether or not Hunt
should disclose what Schreiter said
to him.
Newspaper men have regulations
to protect as well as anybody else:
have q lot of other condolences l have
kept q good long time" said Hunt.
II don't know any rule OF law that
seals the lips OF q newspaper re-
porter" observed the court. The
rule affecting physicians and attorneys
does not apply here"
Then I could blast as many repu-
tations az many physicians" retorted
Hunt.
THAT may be true said the court.
Bring IN the Jury"
When court adjourned, Thursday
afternoon. Attorney Mcnamara stated
to Judge Phelan that only two. more
Witnesses remained to be examined
by the defense. Former Prosecutor
Hugh Shepherd was one of the two
he said. With the testimony Of the
defense In only the rebuttal and argu
ment viii be left before the case ID
ready for the Jury. Prosecutor Frazer
may use "Eddie'' Schreiter. former
clerk of the council committees, IN
rebuttal. Schreiter's testimony was
ruled out earlier In the case. but the
court at that time said that SchreiteI
might be used In rebuttal II Gilman
took the stand
Frank n. Smiley, former field man
tCentisued on Page sevenD.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23
WARRANTS OUT
FOR ARREST OF
LORIMER GANG
Former u. 8. Senator Charged
With Conspiracy, Larceny and
Embezzlement
IA BLAMED FOR
LOOTING OF BANK
Haul Amounted to s2,500,0 ,000.
Chicago Grand Jury De-
clared

CHICAGO. Oct. 23.--Capiases were
issued today for the arrest OF William
Lorimer, former United States So
ator from Illinois. and president O.
the defunct la Salle-st Trust q 9oy<
ings bank. and IS Of his associates g.
the banking business who were ~
dicted yesterday. N
The grand jury charged that the c.
persons named had looted the wroc
cd bank and smaller aflliated insf11
lions OF nearly e2.500. 900, and -
practically every known DankinG NJ
OF the state had been violated. L.
mer himself was Indicted for conoo
acy. larceny and embe1nlomG
Charges against his associatee roc
from embesslemsnt 10 con5Dlroc1
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23
Once Gayest Capital of Europe
Now Place Of Despair-Talk OF
Defeats Means Arrest
Spies Everywhere
RED CROSS UNABLE
TO MEET DEMANDS
Distressed Murmur Against Ricl
Mobiles Who Fail to Open
Purses to Poor
(eY ALICE RoHE)

(St0n Correspondent UHsIed fTesS.l
VIENNA, Oct. 6.--(By courier ~
Rome, thence by Mail to New York;
Vienna Ii city Of lost hope, OF
gloom, OF gray despair.
The once gayest and most beautf
full capital OF Europe is today the
saddest, the most distressed. Silent.
hopeless protests against the horrors
OF war which have turned this wors-
derful, Joyous city into melancholy
sepulchre for the living, permeates
every stratum OF society.
have seen a procession OF 4,J00
mothers. whose husbands have died
In Galicia, carrying In their arms
their fatherless babes. They filed
past the great. cold palace OF the min
istry OF war. II was their mute ap-
peal for peace.
/ have seen q procession OF little
children. plaintive and futile ennis
saries of life, silently protesting
against needless death.
I have seen trains arriving. every
one crowded to suffocation with the
wounded and dying. From the midst
OF these MANNED and mutilafed, SICK
eped and suffering men, have seen
uncomprehending soldiers, daEed by
the horrors Of war, crazed with JOY
a. being home, again. dragged from
their companions and placed under
arrest. Their crime f--Why. they
cried out In their delirium of excite
ment their curses against the Rus
SLAMS who had brought such terrible
defeat to the Austrian armies. For
no news must be whispered by the
wounded or the fugitive which reflects
the truth OF Austrian disasters.
And, above these visual pictures OF
the melancholy Vienna Of today, ]
have sensed the touch Of those gray
wings OF dread which cast their shad-
ow over the town--the soiled, the sor.
did, the horrible wings Of cholera
have felt with the people. stalk
ing beside this hideous enemy, the
plague-its sister spectre. hunger.
In Vienna today 10000 wounded are
being cared for In hospitals, schools,
universities, hotels, churches. The
Red Cross admits fits inability to care
for all the wounded and the sight Of
HELPLESS men, suffering needlessly and
hopelessly, Is one which confronts the
workers In the cause Of humanity.
In all Europe there does not exist
today another capital where the pub
lie ID treated so inconsiderably In re-
gard to war news. The newspapers
publish nothing save the oficial state
ments---and their news" can be
guessed at. Arrests are made hourly
OF viennese who whisper word of
Austrian defeat. Spies are every.
(Ccntisssl On Page seven).
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23
PRESIDENT IS
GIVEN PRAISE
BYPRENDERCAST.
Lauded for Cautious and Digni-
fed Course Relative to War
Situation
WILSON'S PARTY, THOUGH,
GIVEN WALLOPING
Speaker Attacks Tariff Law and
Urges Return Of Bull Moose
To G. O. p.

William A. Prendergast. former con.
troller of New York city, and the man
who placed Theodore Roosevelt In
nomination In the Chicago Bull Moose
convention Of 1912, addressing crowd
Of 1000 In the Light Guard armory.
Thursday night, declared that the
question Of supreme importance In the
publican majority In congress. As Q
means to this end he urged his former
political co-workers, the Progressives.
to return to the Republican fold.
Mr.. Prendergast arraigned the Dem.
ocrats for the enactment OF Q tarin
law which, he contends. has both par.
alyzed American businessSa Saud failed
to reduce the cost of9the necessities
Of life. He quoted figures a. to Inn
ports and exports since the Demr
.ocrstic tariff law went into effect N
the attempt 70 prove his point~
Speakins OF his connection with the
Progressive party and subsequent re-
turn to the Republican fold, Mr.. Prem
dergast said:
TN appealing to those who. like my
self, broke away from the old leaders
two years ago, want them seriously
to consider whether those things for
which we fought then, those things
for which we battled side by side. are
OF such vital importance as to be wor-
thy OF the sacrifice Of the high princi-
pies OF protection OF American indus
try for which the Republican Aarty
has always stood. want them Sc
riously to consider whether those
things are important enough to war
want the keeping alive OF third
party, which never was and never
can be strong enough to do anything
more than to give assurance OF con-
|tinued Democratic successes"
Mr.. Prendergast made an especial
plea for the election OF Charles A.
Nichols and Charles E. McCarty aa
members Of congress from the two
districts OF Detroit.
"The scope Of the present campaign
is almost entirely national" said Mr..
Prendergast. There are few I'M
portant state elections, but public In.
terest I'm the main largely concerns
itself with the political complexion OF
the next congress. When we speak
of public opinion II Is with the under
standing that only a moderate share
OF public interest In being manifested
in domestic politics. because on all
sides the great theater OF public and
private thought is the tremendous con-
test now being fought out In Europe.
The gravity OF this conflict has over
shadowed all other questions, and the
concentration OF public opinion upon
lit is depriving our own national needs
OF the attention which they deserve.
"The European war is being used
by the Democratic party as an excuse
for not discussing Its record since II
went into power. We are told that
the real issue is TO uphold the presi'
dent -- 49,
"It is true that IN his capacity as
the head OF a great neutral nation the
president Of the United states has q
(Continued on Page seven).
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23
aLITTLEST GIRL"
BOOSTS PLANFOR
CHRISTMAS SHIP
Arouses Enthusiasm Of Other
? Members of Chorus in Over
seas Charity
WILL BE LEADER IN SALE
OF FLOWERS ON STREET
Proceeds Will Buy Bit Of Christ
mas Cheer for Europe's
War Orphans

And this Ia the story of "the littiest
.r,.
Ns Cnris'nas siory IN an oc'oDer
setting, with chorus girl as heroine
and charity an q theme.
-Tbe .littIeat p,rl. ,oined "The MID
..-s. o,-,,, s
so $3.50
hogan TO shed illusions all over three
Gtates as the troupe journeyed west.
There were no lobster and vine sup
pers, no miiifonaires sons waiting
at the stage entrance. no wonderfui
green rooms with the chorus gfri serv-
ing ice-cream and champagne TO VIAL
tors, no villains waiting 70 seize ner'
no
Well. the stage was Just place on
wbtch 70 WORK. ttie Toed WAS 1ust
an endless somethiuS WIN N-.0tuSr -
towns and hotel clerks and stage
hands and scarcy walks aiong dark
streets from the thsater to the hotsi.'
wnerc tae sneets we're always damp
mate was oIten III ana kepe one
awake, ana, take II All togetner, tne
staee NE was sodden tning Wisn-
on. mucn JOY;
fcu see. the httiest girl hadn't
iound ner poiso as YET. ano oiont un-
ders.ano tnnss a. tney are. put' IN
stead ,ried 10 ny stage Things 70 num-
drum hie patterns Tnere were
great many Things sne oiont under
stana, ana wnen she triso sne round
results tnat rather shocked her.
The .littlest girl didn't Ike her
feilow chorus workers She was afraid
of them, and also Suspicious. They
seemed cold and heartless and rather
Indifferent to her tears-she cried
once IN the dressing room from home
sickness-and they refused TO let her
taik ABOUT ner mother. You see, they
didn't want to cry themselves and
SPOIL their makeup. but the "bttlest
girl didn't know tEat.
One day this week one OF the big.
stateiy blondes that always called her
MISE seized ner as she passed TO the
street and said come on The lit
tiest girl roaowed ner back between
the shadows OF the wings and out on
the Dig. pare stage. Sne was very
much surprised TOT q moment Here
were all the members OF the chorus,
ana such Q chattering and laughing
and talking. One OF the girls had
COPY OF The Times. ana she brought
usi ss sy ar TS ne. -. nS ss shoe
about the Christmas shop. told them
san 70 Europe with burden of toys
ior the orphaned ones IN the war
isnds toId mem IN simple words OF
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23
MRS. CARMARS
WORD AGAINST
MAIDS is ISSUE
Jury Must Decide Whether
Negro Girl or Mistress Is
Telling Truth
ACCUSED TO UNDERGO
GRILLING TODAY.
Doctors Wife Faces Stiff Cross
Examination by the Prose
cut0r

MINEOLA, L. l.. Oct 23.-The word
Of q Negro maid against that OF her
mistress: the word Of Z simple. un-
educated girl--who admits that she
perjured herself, lied repeatedly, ne-
fore finally telling what sne now
swears IL the truth-against that of
Q refined, cultured woman; that Is
Florence Carman will have to choose
from when all evidence is in and the
case has been placed In their hands.
Mrs. Carman faced the ordeal Of
cross-examination today. She told
her own story late yesterday, direct.
iy, with the utmost simplicjty and
without break or trsmors She could
have shown no less emotion had she
been explaining 20 the jury or TO
women fr1ends Why she preferred two
Jumps In her tea, instead Of one.
II Mrs. Carman felt that her life
depended upon the impression She
left with the jury. she masked what
was IN her heart and mind complete
ly. There was nothing dramatic
about her recital Of her movements
on the night OF June 80, when Mrs
Louise Bailey was shot down In the
once Of DR.. Carman. The accused
woman seemed prettier yesterday
than on any day aimee the. trial be
gan. Possibly the @breeses which
scurry through the court room at In.
tervais have famed back some OF
the color which ned during her Ions
confinement in . jail cell. A the day
A. -