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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
BALKS AT $4,000
YEARLY ALIMONY
Retired Iron Manufacturer Says
He Cannot Afford Demand
in Divorce Suit.

Mrs. Catherine Thompson has asked
the Supreme Court for $3.50 a month
alimony in her suit for divorce against
Frank T. Thompson, retired IRON
Of Pittsburgh. Justice
Hendrick reserved decision on the APP
plication for alimony. The Thompson
we're married in 1888 in Steubenville,
Ohio. They have two grown sons.
Mrs. Thompson mentioned a woman
in her suit. The son said that his father
had an income Of from $4,000 to Si5,-
600 year, and that one day IN sara
tona he had shown him a roll or bills
containing $4,000. This, the son SAID
his father had told him he made In one
transaction.
Thompson, in his reply to the sppll-
cation. said that occasionally ne won
money in card games at his club bu'
that these occasional streaks OF tor
tune could not be used AS a basis Tor
the awarding Of slimony, and that ne
could not afford TO pay either 500 a
month or the $500 his wife had asked
for counsel fees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16

War meat prices and refusal OF
further credit stirred up rebellion
among several thousand Russians ana
po,ss in the Blissville section o. Long
Island City yesterday afternoon. he-
serves from the Ath 81. station mouse
Uere called out and a squad ct SIX
mounted men was placed IN the WAT
1one A telephone headquarters was
one,eS in a hotel, so that quick com
,npnieation could be had with the po-
Ice station in the event Of further
hostilities. -.
According TO the police. five meat
S.slers who supply the colony, en-
tered combine TO raise the price OF
meat and al the same time shut down
on further credit.
Tbis action is said TO have been
brought about by the fact that wltnlh
the last week q thousand men nave ave
i,een laid OF Al the Standard Oh
works. the chemical works and other
factories in that section on account OF
Che war. The men, with few eXcep-
lions, are married and have large
n was not until the women OF the
households went out late yesterday
afternoon 20 make their Sunday pnr-
ebases Of meat that they learned OF the
combine. Those who had accounts
were refused further credit and those,
who settled their accounts were asked
10 pay cash. H. -
Gradually crowds began 10 gather IN
front az the meat shops in Greenpoint,
Bradley, Star and Review ayes. Inc
crowd on Greenpolnt ay. became SO
threatening that Patrolman Patrick
McNerney went TO disperse them:
When be tried 20 arrest Frank Cot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
GERMANS cash FOR MEAT
STARTS A RUSSIAN RlO1
Refused Further Credit, Men Lately thrown Gut Oh
Work Menace Butchers and Attack Polce-NeSefVeS
Ouen Outburst but More Trouble Is Feared

peltz. Of 70 Greenpoint av., who was
making a speech, the crowd set upon
McNerney. His prisoner was taken
from him and he was being roughly
handled when a man telephoned to the
police station that riot was under
way.
. Sergeant George Bolton, in charge
Of the reserves from the 4th st. police
station, answered the call. The polce
found Greenpoint av. blockaded with
an angry crowd of men, women and
children. whom several orators were
haranguing from doorsteps. Inc ma
;oritv Of the meat dealers IN that sec
ton are Germans.
IL would have required several IN
terpreters TO tell what the speakers
were saying, as all spoke in different
dialects. The police charged m, res
cued McNerney, recaptured his pris-
oner. Gotpeitz. and took the latter 70
the station. The crowd retired TO the
doorways, still defiant.
Police Captain Thomas Maude sta,
toned the reserves in the troubled
section and placed the entire mounted
squad Of six men assigned 70 that pre-
cinct or duty in front Of the threat
ened shops.
The butchers say they made no IN
usual raise in the price Of beef, but
they were compelled for their own pro
lection TO refuse further credit. NOT
only have more than one thousand men
been laid of. but hundreds nave been
clamoring TO be sent back to Russia, so
they can take part in the war With
the breadwinners out of work or out
of the country, the butchers did not
think they could safely give further
credit. The police fear that further
outbreaks may result seriously.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
HOW LOCAL MEAT PRICES HAVE
RISEN SINCE EUROPEAN WAR BEGAN

The following compiled by Commissioner Hssan shows the
rise in the of meats the last month:
sold Is pound wholesale
porterhouse irion 30 cents
round steak 30
advanced Wholesale pound Reta
selling IS cents son u
steak. 20 cents.
chops 80 cents and
leg of lamb 20 cents on that day.
quoted wholesale Chops on that DAY
sold al retail and leg of lamb at IS cents
sold 1885 wholesale Lon Of pork at retail on
ths dsy sold at cents, and chops -
August H. Lon Of pork sold
at retail the day cents. andch a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
OF LARKIN
GIRL CONFESSES
Negro Voluntarily Admits Crime
and Says He Had Been
Drunk Two Days.

Learning that thirteen-year-old Cain,
crime Larkin. who had been imprisoned
in a pipe vault of Public School 4,
Kingsbridge av. and 232d ST., was not
dead. as he supposed, but would appear
in court to Identify him, George Webb,
Of 100 East bath ST., sent word from
his cell in The Bronx County jail yes
terday that he wanted TO make CON
fession. The negro says he had been
terrible" drunk for two days.
He was taken TO the Office of District
Attorney Martin, where in the presence
Of Sheriff O'Brien and several news
paper men ne said his confession was
entirely voluntary. He explained that
no promise of immunity had been made.
He simply wanted 10 make amends for
the wrong he had done the girl. Three
months before, Webb added, he tried TO
lure another girl into the school, where
he was assistant Janitor g,
The prisoner told of seeing the girl
going from st. Johns Roman Catholic
Church to her home, at DOL Broad
way, and of getting her into the build
inc by a ruse. Once inside, he choked
her and took her to the basement. The
arrival of painters made him hide her
i'm the vault. where she was bound and
gagged for four days. He intended 70
take food to her, he said, but always
the painters were there and he was
afraid of detection.
When he had told all Webb said he
was glad he had made the confession
and would 90 back 10 his cell with his
mind a. peace. lie still insisted that
the liquor he had drunk was respon-
sible for his crime.
Residents of the Kingsbridge av. sec
ton of The Bronx will meet in st.
Johns Roman Catholic Church. 230th
ST.. to protest against the lack of police
protection in the neighborhood and to
draw up a resolution to be offered TO
the Board of Education, looking toward
a change in the method of selecting
assistant janitors in the public schools.
District Attorney Martin will be
present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
Husband Sails to Fight
for England-She Re-
mains Here.
WIFE A DAUGHTER
OF S. II. WHEELER
Midnight Marriage Performed
by Rural PoStman Preacher
Her Father Opposed.
fRy r,lerraph 10 nc rrfbun..

Baltimore, Aug. 15.-Csptain Charles
Glenn Collins, an English army officer.
who was recently on trial in the erin
insl court here, and Miss Amelia Rum
sey Wheeler, daughter OF Samuel r.
Wheeler, sewing machine manufact
urer Of Fairfield, Conn, were married
at midnight last night by the Rev.
Thomas Pearce, retired Baptis.
preacher, now a rural mail carrier, at
Glen Arm, Nd. Several other minis
ters had refused to tie the knot. The
marriage had been strenuously op-
posed by the brides father. Captain
Collins was on trial here charged with
obtaining s25 from a local banker by
false pretences.
The captain was divorced in the New
York courts in 1907. His first wife
was Miss Nathalie Schenck, niece Of
Matthew Morgan.
Announcement of the marriage OF
Captain Collins TO Miss Wheeler was
made here from the Office Of Captain
Collins's lawyers, 0'Gormsn, Battle &
Vanderyeer
Miss Wheeler is the only child 81
Samuel II. Wheeler, of Bridgeport,
Conn, and Chicago. This marriage
comes as the elimination of romance
that has caused much international
comment.
Captain Collins is a veteran of the
Egyptian and South African cam
paigns, and in the latter war was men
toned in dispatches for gsllsntry on
the field He is entitled TO wear six
medals, with numerous bars, signify
ing British victories gained in those
campaigns. His regiment is the
Queens Own Cameron Highlanders, OF
which King George is the colonel in
chief
Captain Collins's brother, Godfrey
Collins, VI. p. for Greenock, Scotland,
who holds the position in the British
government of Secretary TO the War
Minister, csbled urging his brother 20
join the colors Immediately.
Leaving his bride with her sister
in-law in this city, the captain has
sailed to join his regiment. As soon
as conditions in Great Britain are
more settled, Mrs. Collins will follog
her husband TO assist in Red Cross
work, in which she is deeply inter
ested.
Mr.. Wheeler opposed his daughter
marriage largely on account of Cap
tain Collins's divorce, which was Oh.
tanned by his former wife six years
ago. She later married William Lain
beer, who was killed in an automobile
accident at Long Beach, Long Island
last year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
FOOD WAR PRICE
PROBE WIDESPREAD
Department of Justice
Reports Activity in
Every State.
II. S. GRAND JURY TO
ACT IN BROOKLYN
Many Federal Attorneys Ask for
Special Agents to Push
Fight on Manipulators.

Washington. Aug 15.-Reports 20 the
Department of Justice to-day show that
the investigation into food prices is
proceeding i'm every state and almost
every large city.
The United States Attorney at San
Francisco telegraphed that the inves-
tlgation already had prevented an in
crease IN shipping rates 60 foreign
ports on canned goods.
From Kansas City came n report that
there was no beet sugar on the market.
William j. Youngs, federal attorney
81 Brooklyn, telegraphed that he had
issued subpenas for grand jury
which will meet Wednesday. Other
federal attorneys asked for special
agents to supplement their own efforts.
The federal attorney at Baltimore
wants three special agents because Of
initiation Of prices there.
The Department Of Justice is gather
ing comparisons Of food prices on July
], 1913. July ], 1914, the prices before
the first declaration Of war i'm Europe,
and the present prices in this country.
Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 15.-U. G.. Den
man, the federal attorney here, notified
the Department of Justice at Washing
ton to-day that a hurried investigation
Of high prices Of foodstuffs in Cleye-
land, Toledo and other points in North
ern Ohio had convinced him that n
thorough federal probe was warranted.
lie asked the government, therefore. to
send special agents TO the district. Mr..
Denman also said that he would CO.
operate with county prosecuting attor-
news. Mr. Denman left here this after
noon for Cleveland. where the inquiry
will begin next week, it is expected.
Philadelphia, Aug. 15-Thc first com
plants received by special agents of
the federal government investigating
the increased prices Of necessaries OF
life here were filed to-day and related
to sugar and milk. One citizen COM
planned that a firm from which he
bought sugar had raised the price from
AZ cents to ~ cents a pound within
a few days. The other complaint was
against an interstate association Of
milk producers which, II Is charged,
had sent notice TO its members raising
the price of milk.
Chicago, Aug. 10. The federal grand
jury now sitting will be the medium
for the Chicago inquiry into wartime
prices, according to a statement made
by Federal Attorney Wilkerson to-day.
Merchants and dealers in foodstutfs,
he said, would be summoned Monday
to explain the true causes of the ad-
vance i'm prices. Cut meats az whole
sale were unchanged to-day, but the
packers said the tone was easier.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
NEW FIELD FOR POETRY
Blossom Picked from Arid
City Record" Pages.

The poets chance has come.
In yesterdays issue of "The City
Record" that hitherto dry weekly
directed by the municipal administra-
ton, there appears the following:
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Apropos OF those, fortunately few. Who
crlticlse the muzzling aw for dogs in this
city on the ground that muzzling tortures
tho animals. our readers will appreciate the
following lines by one whose deep human
sympathy 10 unquestoncd:
Artirtv.sectionist Mercy
That Counterpart that covers motherhood
Too often still becomes a shroud entvined'
Let not this sacred act demand our blood
Bat spare the dog and all his sacred kind.
Our little children fan hideous prey
To childhood's scourge, and broken, bent
.Plo: out this epidemic from the day.
Blu. spare the monkey and the stable N.Y.
Tho White Plague stalks abroad with poisoned
And leaves men PROSTATE like broken
"oh. spare Us from this poignant living
But do no. not tou:h the preciou. guinea pis.
From overseas the pest comes Ike a ghost.
And settles grinning Oh our household mats
"Oh. save US from this devastatlns hCs S5 en-.
rats"
A growth malign with tentacles score
me fairost and most useful friends VIII
ooh. lei us suffer from this soourge no more
But spare the mouse, We ask, IN Mercy
Samuel VI. Brickner NJ D.
David Ferguson. who used to be one
Of the city's most celebrated news
papcr men, is supervisor of "The City
Record" and he has been endeavorlnTg
for several years to brighten up the
publication. The departure in It's
latest issue indicates further changes
in the character of the contents, and
II is understood that hereafter light
verse, cartoons, humorous articles and
iokes will receive Mr.. Ferguson's con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
SUNDAY. Nem UorIs Trihn1rf. AUGUST

Ill. which was presented 10 the city Dy
Sir Thomas Upton, and which TOT sew,
eral years has served as hagstsH on
the Long Island City plaza OF the
Greensboro Bridge, was yesterday low,
cred 20 make room for the elevated
roads now being constructed IN Long
Island City.
The lowering was done by snare
Triest, contractors. All went well un,
iii a beam slipped from its place ana
shot out OF the pile. Frank Best, oil
1894 First av., and Joseph Roma, OF
fl45 First av., employed on the Joo,
were knocked unconscious by the tying
timber. They were taken to st. johns
Hospital and revived.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
Bigger Dying from Fall.

George Miller, thirty-eight years old,
a rigger, of 80 South 18th St, Williams
burg, was mortally injured yesterday
when he fell from the roof of build
ing at 600 Kent av. He was rigging up
a scaffold TO tear down the building,
when he slipped and fell. Three ribs
were fractured, and besides a concUs.
sion Of the brain he was hurt intern
ally. He was taken 10 the Eastern
District Hospital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
SEEKS BALM FOR SHOCK
Actress Says superintendent
Entered Her Apartment.

Alleging that she has become amct.
ed with aphasia and suffered a great
mental and nervous shock when the SUI
perintendent Of the Cedarleigh' at oV'
to 81 West 122d ST., entered her apart
ment, Miss Gail Hamilton, an actress
filed suit in the Supreme Court yester-
day for $4,000 damages against the
Hancock Construction Company the
owner Of the house.
Miss Hamilton occupied an apart
ment with Miss Minerva Cutler. The
latter left the city on June IL. About 2
o'clock on the morning of June 10 Miss
Hamilton said the superintendent or
tho house. named Wallace, using pass
kcy. entered her apartment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
To Arbitrate Fur Disputes.

To arrange for the peaceable settle
ment of labor disputes in the fur trade,
the Associated Fur Manufacturers Of
this city yesterday entered into an
agreement with the Furriers' Union, Of
Greater New York, and the Interna-
tional Fur Workers Union, of the
United States and Canada, providing
for conference committee consisting
of five representatives, of the unions,
and five employers.
The Rev. DR.. J. L. Magnes has been
designated to act as chairman OF the
committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
Crushed to Death at Pier.

Christopher Johnson, thlrty-iive
vears old. of 1903 Leroy ST., while help
inc 10 unload an electric truck on
pier 1. North River, yesterday after
noon, was caught between, the truck
and the side OF the steamship I'll IN
ente and crushed 10 death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16

scribed has caused much comment
among the loan men. The list Is 90
follows: One diamond ring, OF
carats: one diamond ring, "a carats
one diamond ring, / y carats; pear
opera glasses studded with sapphlres
and rubies: one Jules Jurges0h
watch; one gold chain; one pair OF goiu
cuff links set with diamonds; one chsih
of thirty-eight large pearls; one layai
lisre with four drops, each drop con
tanning three diamonds; one watch se'
with ninety-eight diamonds; one ON
ner ring set with twenty diamonus'
one barb pin set with twenty DIAMONDS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
War Stops Steel Band.

Park Commissioner Ward announced
Yesterday that the Bethlehem Steel
Band, Of sixty-fve pieces, which was
scheduled to play in Central Park on
August %, had cancelled its tour on
account of the European war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
OLD SHAMROCK
MAST HURTS TWO
Flagstaff. Gift TO City by Lip
ton, Falls in Being Lowered
TO Give Elevated Room.

Two men were hurt when the six
tcen-ton steel mast Of the Shamrock
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-06

I am the pencil. l came from the
balsamic hills made fragrant BY the
breath Of kingiy cedars. In my heart
I carry the black carbon Of Pluto's
world Of the diamond.
msmorandum the business Of .
continent and strike the trial balance
N the trafac Of the nations.
In the disxy hours Of morning note
the doiugs OF the world. while presses
wait like couchant beasts to ming my
words to sleeping millions.
am . factor In the worlds great
things: millions OF nervous fingers
reach for mo every hour.
Through me captains Of New
Thouaht lead ON fast gathering hosts
% make the creed Of yesterday to-
morrow's statute. With me The er
mined seers mark out the canon that
haSmonises with the basic law.
With me the pale-faced scholar sum
mons Grant and Noltke and Hannibal
and 0enghis Kahn and makes their
phantom armies shake the world once
more.
I tahuIats the data from the crucibis
of w1xard men whose alchemy distilS
new serum 70 battle death again.
trace the drunken letters Of the
child. whose dimpled fingers flrDt try
70 form the charactsrs OF tabled Cad
mus.
|. sketch the song Of the eager post.
the WINS Of whose white soul beat
the cirrus clouds TO shreds.
I an the democrat; the Whitfield
nns~v~AA - En- rA~~NA urrhln conn.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-06
The Poets Auto

Though slim my purse
Somehow tt glads
Ny heart to read
The auto ads.
-Birminsham Ags-Hsrald
read them ere
Sleeps steals DER me.
And all night long
I drive one free.
--Bostou Transcript.
I scorch alcng
And pay no toll
And never hit
A post or pole.
--Rochester Post ExpresA
A this verse speeds
From town to town
Ny auto does.
And ne'er breaks down.
New York Evening Sun
An, ead ones lot
To % 20 poor.
TO just this pen
Are We chouReur.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-06

! raises. them mostly just before holi'
days.
Chinese students have invented an
alphabet for their language. A. we un'
derstand the new Chinese custom u
probably omits the @.
The newest fashion fad calls upon
women TO wear hair the color OF their
dresses. Blond dresses. therefore
would seem to be coming In.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-06

Il may be that the boy In school one
Of these days will reply that the
Panama canal was . great engineering
feat uniting the two oceans and d.
v1ding the Democratic administrator.
Twelve Columns Of oulfport Nswe
Boiled Down for Busy Readers.
0ulfport, Miss. March 6s-(By Stan
Correopondent)--More rain.
The Rock Island needs $4,000. 900.
90, perhaps. personally. we're not 90
bad Oh. after all.
Avtrginia farmer raises geese the
year around. Our poultry dealer
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-06

must be pretty generally fatal.
Good morning; were you raidsd last
ntghtf
A day laborer In Berkeley. Cal. has
fallen heir to $25O.O00. That 10 to say.
IN ex-day laborer.
News from Washington Is to the ef-
feet that great minds do not agree on
the question OF tolls for the same
channel.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-06
A HABIT WORTH
CULTTVATINC

u have no domestic troubles and no
financial troubles Go speak of). ! am
not IN love vita anybody. slss's wife
ma / have no tspswerms ana ! have
not lost the recipe for rose beads.
Grange .mArmalads or peanut butter.
no one has swindled me and my neigh;
got along nrsf rate with the whole
bunch, and last Of al. have no fault
to ind with you. am writtne with
S Ssy s9 ssa 5ou ssou :as:s might si
. pleasant surprise for you to get .
letter Of the other sort for = change
from the eternal whine"
Thus runs recent letter to the oot
tor from . subscriber who ought TO
have lront scar In heaven.
Do you want to know how It made
~ foel? Like boy with his nrst pair
at gallusss or . maiden with her 6rst
sweetheart. The sky had been murky.
but Il seemed a n the sun had sud.
denly burst through, feeding the earth
with glory.
s. shines : kind word n : naughty
world.
Then W thoaght Of the millions Of
walking grouches who 60 through life
|raAie4ing discomfort uDon their fsll0X
workees and W Wondered what would
10 the sGoct OF. On . givsn day. Ct .
set hour. every one Of them could b
converted into Z glad-hand jollier.
Kind werds Are really very cheap
We don't know Of . thing that's cheap
= ana 6 he same time more valua-
Die. Thsv simply rsnsct habit q
mind
WV not ct the hsbie7
.I y
~ Gqvallssr e. incomes.
sWhatls exclaimed To cIothing
salesman from Boston. lyon cay
that every farmer "a this locality has
On sutomobflef That = 3 romaxkablo
showing. ! knew thu We . peooDogl
ous sectlon, but never imGg1ne6 any.
thing like that
~Yea ne tsue." repljed Uhcle
Gables. ~It was either a automobile
Or bein' compelled - pay o income
tax. An w thouoht IL ear was the
pleasantest horn g - dilemma
kgoahi~-Ju6ee
- oue q poaeo.
Nell suppose 4 = oeagl6egod gal
liant 70 kias . GIRLS ho1d.
Bale Gallant -. ut N&hsB out
a. place. l.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-06

sr'sWc~e ~.d. y,
tha Iirit.A Gtase
ser.t~sc trstit,,,
c~r scrsh,r ~.
1T. ~orr~snon
dance ~
Thss 4. ~. ers
,r.tsrce 80 ss;c
a-.ss~..rs -.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-06
Hardy Centennials

This centennial thing ID. SsttiAs %
be more and moro the rage. We pro-
pose celebrations @ follows:
The ter.centcnnial Of the birth Of
the newspaper Jest about women's
clothes not being - much. which came
into tie world wheA newspapers did.
800 years aso.
The centennial q the completion Of
the fxat hole through Swiss cheese,
By mechanical means, teeth having
been used until early IN the nineteenth
century.
The centennial Of the beginning o.
woman'e triumph, which occurred
whsn woman first commanded her hus-
band % button her dress n the back,
instead Of entSsating him.
The Qutnegntenary Of the growing
twins. Observation-Disclosures and
the o9l6-is-groWi ug-worse. which came
into existence shortly altar the inven-
don q printing disseminated philoso-
ply over the sarth.-Ths New York
Evening Sun.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-06

than
always claimed the men had more rights
reached into his pocket for h.