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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
Puts 20 Years as Earning
Period, and He Fears
Poverty Now.
ANSWERS WIFE'S SUIT
FOR SEPARATION
Some Plays Have Paid Him Well,
but He Mentions Many That
Were Not SO Profitable.

George Broadhurst. author of many
plays. including Bought and Paid For
and THE Man Of the Hour wrote OK
pertly about the earning capacity OF play
wrights. and especially about the moneys
that his own efforts have Melted him. in
an affidavit which he filed in the Supreme
Court in the suit of Mrs Ida Raymond
Broadhurst for a separation
According to Broadhurst. twenty years
is the period in which a playwright may
depend on his work. He pointed out in
support Of this assertion that Arthur
Wing Pinero and Henry Arthur Jones
have not done any Of their great WORK
lately. In his own case, said Broadhurst
he has had several successful plays m
the twenty years lie has been writing. but
now his only certain estate IS the $4,000
that he has laid away. from which he
draws an income of about 5000 a year.
Mrs Broadhurst who is to receive eli
mony OF $1,000 a year. pending the trial
OF the suit. mentioned the name of Diva
Mlralda vino played in several Of the
Broadhurst plays. The first evidence she
had of this alleged attachment. she said,
was when she went to witness the play
THE Poor Little Rich Girl" Mrs. Broad
hurst and her daughter occupied a stage
box Broadhurst and Miss Miralda occu-
pied the stage box opposite Mrs. Broad
hurst alleged.
There is a letter in the case which
Broadhurst wrote to his wife, in which
he suggested that they be divorced. ''For
wears our married life has been a sham
he wrote. 1T brings no happiness to
YOU and none % me. ] suggest that We
end this sham py divorce"
The playwright said the divorce could
be arranged quietly and without notoriety.
Mrs. Broadhurst wrote a spirited reply.
refusing TO sgre TO the plan. She also re-
iected the plan OF her husband 10 set
aside 10000, from which she should have
the income. Broadhurst agreed TO have
his wife leave $4,000 Of this money 10
their daughter, dispose OF $1,000 az she
chose. and 10000 was 10 revert to the
estate.
Broadhurst said an author might earn
5000 in. three or four years and never
write another successful play. "One
he added, absolutely
necessary for playwritng is imagination,
and that IS an attribute of youth. AZ one
grows older he becomes more conserva-
tive and his Imagination is not so vivid.
Broadhurst said that Bought and Paid
For" netted him Sl3sCpo since 1906, but
that it has been everywhere and its earn
ing power has ceased. lie told about nu-
merous plays that he wrote that were
failures.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
WAR OF WORDS OVER
WIDOWED MOTHERS
Friends of Organized Char
tiles Oppose Plan for
State Pensions.

Pensions for widowed mothers caused =
lively discussion yesterday afternoon in
the Board % Estimate room at the City
Hall The occasion was one OF series
of hearings called by the commission
appointed by William Sulzer while Gov
ernor to inquire into a state pension for
widows with dependent children. The bill
was fathered by Aaron Levy, now mu-
nicipal court Justice, known 10 the for
mer Governors East Side friends as
Suffers impeacher.' Levy presided n
the hearing.
The first break in the smoothness of the
proceedings came when Miss Sadie
American. president OF the New York sec
ton of the National Council of Jewish
Women. told the, commission that entire
" too much emphasis had been put on
the needs of widows. She said the move
ment was largely the result of wasted
sentiment In her opinion, the state
should have an interest in the child and
not i'm the mother.
She refused TO lndorse the state pension
lu'd ana ndu a Suhtp TIT WIFI DtN -
Much interest was shown when Ainsley
Wilcox. a member OF the commission from
Buffalo. questioned the Rev. John Haynes
Holmes pastor of the Church OF the Mes
siah, who argued against all private char
liable activities, saying that the state
only should extend relief.
Mr.. Wilcox is the president OF the Char
ity Organization Society of Buffalo and
opposes the pensioning Of widows as a
socialistic venture.
do YOU think" asked Mr.. Wilcox.
that the State of New York has done
the charitable work already imposed upon
il in a manner that warrants the eX-
penditure of millions Of dollars in the
way of added duties?''
DR.. Holmes answered that he thought
the cure for the ills of democracy was
more democracy and that the added bur
den OF taxation would arouse the interest
Of the public to a fuller realization Of
the states obligations.
Don't you know" continued Mr.. Will
cox. that the record of the State of New
York shows il to he utterly inadequate.
absolutely wrong. in its care OF prisoners
and of the insane; that II is lacking in
reformatories, and that on the questions
Of tramps and inebriates It has done
nothing? And its records as 10 hospitals
is way behind. The state has not done
its duty In any OF these things. How can
you say that it ought TO take on this other
burden"
Others who spoke in favor of state pen
bins, head worker of the United Neigh
borhood Guild Of Brooklyn; Ernest Bohn
and Thomas l.. Curtis, of the Central
Federated Union, and Miss Grace
Strachan, district school superintendent.
Others present were Robert w. Hebberd'
secretary OF the State Board Of Chair
ties Robert W de Forest and Otto 7.
Barnard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
Tunnels Not Wanted Either,
Property Owners Spokes-
man Asserts.
SENATOR PROMISES
ACROSS RIVER AID
Federated Civic Associations Ad.
journ Without IndOrsing Prof.
ect-Will Try Again.

Do YOU want a bridge over the North
River, or do YOU want tunnel under It?
Or are you violently opposed TO either
All OF which is not a conundrum. but
merely repetition OF the question which
faced the Federated Civic Associations at
its meeting at the Merchants Association
in the Wooworth Building Yesterday at
ternoon.
The meeting had been called Ito make
plans for better traffic facilities across
the river" and twenty out OF the thirty
five associations invited We're represented.
Senator Johnson, of New Jersey. opened
with a speech on the readiness of that
state to do it's share. both financial and
legislative, toward obtaining the proposed
facilities.
"A bridge would cost about s42 00o.0oo
ne said, whereas tunnels would cost
about ST. 10000 a pair. Which to choose,
however, is easily settled by whether you
want the junction to be made above t9th
street or below; if above the height Of
the bdfkS Uldhts lDI lIt ~ lN6ts II 'NAN'f
their small rise makes for the tunnels.
Expert computation has proved thai
either is completely possible. The con
struction Of the bridge would take SIX
years, and sentiment in New Jersey IS
such that ! anticipate no trouble In OBJ
tanning the necessary appropriation,
should New York decide 20 enter the
~ CnflrGp would
be split equally between us.
At this point DR.. Berg. representing the
Harlem Property Owners Association.
suggested the eXpediency of finding out
whether they wanted better traffic faciii-
ties with New Jersey before they argued
on how TO obtain the money TO make
them.
Bridges and tunnels Will do a great
deal for New Jersey" he said. but they
will correspondingly damage Manhattan.
They will raise the price OF land across
the river and lower it here. for they Will
draw away our population, whose density
causes our high valuations
He admitted that tunnels at Cana
street would do much 10 relieve the con
gcstion on the piers OF the lower river,
but insisted that they be confined to traf-
Gc alone. He added that lie was unal-
terably opposed to any connection be-
tween the tunnels and railroads entering
the city from the north and northeast
as such connection would rob New YORK
Of what the traveller spent during his
stay in the city"
Mr. Duryea. Of the Fifth Avenue Asso-
citation. insisted that the city's growth
had been in large part due 20 its bridges
which had opened for II the markets OF
! the surrounding country. Such openings
he said. had raised not lowered the city
valuations.
Much wrangling followed. in the course
OF which DR.. Berg asserted that the
PENNSYLVANIA terminal had had an adj
verse effect on land values in Broadway
as il had facilitated ones exit from the
city. The meeting adjourned without &C
tiOu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
COLUMBIA STUDENT
ARRESTED AS THIEF
levine Said to Have Had Three
Lockers in Gym Full of Loot
Stolen i'm College.

" IN lilb ATTEST VI l.. LtNiflts q SlNbtttl
suspended for non-attendance at lectures,
the authorities of Columbia University
think that they nave the man who for
six months has been pilfering overcoats,
hats, instruments and books. levine was
arrested in the gymnasium yesterday
morning by Central Office detective
and was taken TO the West 10th street
police station.
According to the police. levine had
three lockers in the gymnasium in which
he stored his stolen goods, and the game
he played was so daring they marvel
that he was not detected long ago. over
coats. books, drawing instruments and
fountain pens were found in great num-
bers in the lockers.
one of the coats was identified by r..
A. Erickson. g., a freshman, whose home
is at No los North Main street, Port
Chester. n. Y. Confronted by Erickson,
levine said he bought the coat from a
second hand dealer in December. Erick-
son was able to prove that he had lost It
on January 10, and, at the request Of the
university authorities. he pressed the
charge.
levine said he was twenty-five years
old aud lived at No. q West io6th street.
Later he changed this address TO No. 10
Second avenue. which was found to be
correct. lie was registered in the eN-
tension classes in September, after hav-
ing been dismissed from New York Unit
versity and the College OF the city OF
New York lie failed 20 attend his
classes regularly and was suspended.
Attention was first fixed on levine ten
days ago, when. in company with other
students, he was snowbaling in front OF
University Hall, while a dinner was be-
ing held for John r. Mott, the revival
ist. lie was hailed by Henry Lang, the
assistant superintendent. before Henry
Lee Norris. the director Of buildings, and
Lang was told TO keep an eye on him.
Lang did. and found that levine made a
practice Of going from locker to locker
in the gymnasium.
Then his lockers were examined when
levine made his appearance Yesterday
he was told TO step into the gymnasium
ONCE. where he was placed under arrest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
KENTUCKY GUSHING LIQUOR
Legislature Takes Step for
State Wide Prohibition.

Frankfort Ky, March l2.-The Ken
lucky House Of Representatives, by a
vote Of 50 to 49, passed to-day bill pro-
vlding for the submission 10 the voters
AT the election in 1915 OF constitutional
amendment providing for statewide pro-
hibition. The bill also provides for a
state dispensary system 10 dispense
liquor for medicinal purposes. The bill
goes to the Senate now.
All but nineteen counties in the state
are dry" and the unit law enacted ear
Iier in this session OF the Legislature will
cause local option elections in most of
these counties. The wet" counties con-
tain the larger cities and the big distil-
leries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
S2.4OO FOR A HOPPNER
Artists Portrait Of Mrs. Pen
rose" Coveted by Bidders.

All the available seating space in the
Fifth Avenue Art Galleries was occupied
last night at the sale OF ancient and mod
ern paintings ordered sold by Edward
Brandus. James J.. Silo conducted the
sale. which brought a total Of $500.
Portrait OF Mrs. Ponrose." a canvas by
Hopper. brought the top price OF the
evening. $500, paid by w. T. Drew The
next two highest prices were SEQ for
Countess dc Mumm.' by Drouais. and
g. 20 for Portrait Of Maria Of Austria
These were sold 10 an anonymous
buyer.
Edson Bradley. Of Washington. gave
81 250 for Miss Elizabeth Phelps" can
vas by the Rev. william Peters. and {.
shancr paid $40 for a Daubigny, Fields
Of Valmondois.'
James EMERSON. Of Philadelphia. gave
81 90 for the only Constant IN the collec-
ton. y Moorish Woman" and IT Is
credited with the Legion Of Honor. Paris
Salon and OGicicr medals. Elizabeth
Bcauclerck," by Lawrence, from the col
lection Of Mrs. Fritz Mundy. went 10
& x Montgomery for $50 l., l.. Scnncu
obtained. Tor 800. a Dupre Landscape
aud Cattle" lie also gave the same price
for Portrait ~ Ia Marquise dc BE
fhunc." by Van loo The sale concludes
,silh tO-nights session
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
PLEA FOR WOMEN T0ILERS
Mrs. ]. B. Hartman Compares
Conditions Here with Belgium s

The important work of the industrial
relations commission. Mrs. j. Borden
Hartman, the only woman member Of
the commission. told an audience at the
Hudson Theatre yesterday, Is the investi-
CATION Of physical conditions under which
women work.
Much has been done FOR safety ana
sanitation in factories she said, but
little has been done toward conserving the
health and vigor OF women toilers. These
are the problems we are trying 10 work
out. We want to make employers sec
that a treadmill which raises a woman's
feet fourteen inches above the ground IS
not as good as one that raises her feet
only six inches. We want 10 get them TO
turn machines so that the light comes
from over the shoulder. instead Of glarins
straight into the eyes.
THE great problem of the day or
course is unemployment. | believe that
the irreguarlty of employment, the fact
that so many of tie trades are seasonal,
is at the bottom OF n good deal OF this.
II seems to me that some factories at
least might solve this difficulty and keep
their people busy the year round in some
such wav as that adopted by coal com
panv I'm Chicago. which goes into the ice
business i'm the summer months
Mrs Hartman praised Belgium as the
country i'm which working people were
probably happiest, because they had 80
many opportunities for healthful recrea-
ton and social mingling. They controlled
their own theatres. she said, had parks
and Fairgrounds and so many places oil
inexpensive amusement. that. although
their wages are not good. they are really
better off than workers in any other land.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
BRTHERS DANCE ON SAND
Palm Beach Visitors One Step
to Music of Negro Band.
fBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune.


Palm Beach. Fla. March IA band Of
negro performers struck up n one-step
this morning At the Casino just as the
bathers were entering the water. and sew
eral couples Obeyed the impulse and
danced on the sand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson left here
to-day on their houseboat. the RoXana,
for their home in Brookline. Mass.
Mrs. James Sullivan. who has been at
the Breakers for several weeks. will leave
next Tuesday for New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays Caperton, OF
Louisville. left Palm Beach to-day for
the Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs.
West Virginia.
Miss Grace Thompson will return to
Philadelphia on Sunday after spending
the season here.
Mrs. J. Il. Hanna OF Wilmington. Del.
arrived here to-day
Air. and Mrs. William Thaw Cd. gave a
dinner party tonight at the Beach Club.
l.. Clarence Jones also was a dinner host.
+. S. Webster. Charles I. O'Reilly and
II. y. Carhart gave sailing parties this
afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
LOSES JOB. KILLS HERSELF
Miss Pigott, Movie Ticket Girl,
Fires Shot Into Heart.

When Robert Pigott Of No. Ga ST
Mary's avenue. Rosebank. Staten Island
went into the parlor OF his home yester-
day morning he found his nineteen-year-
old sister, Theresa. dead on the floor. She
had shot herself through the heart.
Pigott notified lis parents and they dis
covered a letter which the girl had left.
II asked that her mother forgive her and
take good care OF BABY her younger
sister. and requested that word Of the
suicide be sent TO James Taylor. pro-
prietor OF a moving picture theatre in
Stapleton.
The girl worked as a ticket seller for
Taylor up to " ednesday night. when she
was discharged for damaging a film. She
told Taylor she would end her life Unless
he took her back. lie asked her to come
around yesterday and see him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
TO COMBINE UNIVERSE
FOR RELIGIOUS PEACE
Continued from frst page.

communion may avoid, SO far as pos
siblc. any controversial declaration of
IFS own position in relation to others,
but rather that all things be said and
zone as II in preparation for the COM
ing together of faithful disciples from
every nation and tongue 10 implore a
fresh outpourlng Of Gods Holy Spirit.
Before all indifference. doubt and
misgivings We would hold UP the belief
that the lords prayer for the oneness
Of His disciples was intended TO be full
filled. and that II ought not to be i'm
possible i'm the comprehension Of the
Church. IS il is practicable in the state.
for men OF various tcmpcraments and
divergent convictions 10 dwell together
on agreed principles Of unity.
we would therefore urge all who
hold positions Of leadership or author
tty in the Church TO labor without
ccasing to work out ia this generation,
by mutual recognitions and possible
readiustmcnts, practical basis Of
unity in liberty, in order, in truth, in
power and in peace. To this end we
ask Your prayers.
by order of the advisory committee
Of the commission on the world con-
ference on faith and order.
CIVILIAN r. MANNING, chairman.
ROBERT II. GARDINER. Secretary
Great Britain Commission.
Tie American deputation sent on
December 80. 1913. to present the pro-
posal of the world conference to
the non-Anglican. or Nonconformist
churches of Great Britain reported that
l. had met thirty-onc groups in confer
cnce and had availed itself Of every
opportunity To make known the plan
and scope Of the project. with the re-
suit that IT brought back the definite
promise of all communions in Great
Britain 10 appoint commissions for the
world conference.
This deputation consisted Of Or.
Newman Smyth. OF New Haven, head
of the Congregational commission. DIR.
w. II. Roberts. of Philadelphia, head OF
the Presbyterian General Assembly, and
DR.. Peter Ainslee. of Baltimore. repre-
scnting the Disciples of Christ
Conferences were held with the Off
Gals of the Presbyterian Church Of
England the Primitive Methodists, the
Baptists, the Congregationalists of Eng
land and Wales. the Welsh Calvinistic
Mcthodists the Friends, the Moravians
and the Disciples.
IN Scotland Lord Balfour Of Bur
leigh presided al a meeting Of the Off
cial representatives Of the Church OF
Scotland. the United Free Church, the
PRESBYTERIAN Church Of Ireland, the
congregational Church in Scotland, ana
Other Scottish churches.
The Church Of England has already
Joined the conference and will aid in
presenting the proposition TO the
churches in it's colonies. The rest of
tbc world viii be canvasscd at once.
and the commission expects 10 call the
conference within five. or perhaps three.
voars. and 50 make II possible for Tho
present generation To see the entire
christian world unified.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
BEARDSLEY GETS 5 YEARS
Farmer Who Shot Poor Over
seer Is Sentenced.

Msyville. n. Y, March f.-Edward
Beardsley. the Summerdale farmer who
shot J. w Putnam. overseer Of the poor
Of Chautauqua County. was convicted OF
assault by a jury to-day and was SEN
fenced 10 serve not less than five years
nor more than nine years and six months
at Auburn Prison.
Beardsley shot the officer whom tho lat
ter entered his home to remove his chill
dren from their squalid surroundings. He
then bsrricaded himself and deaed the
authorities for eight DAYS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
"DIVORCONS" PERFORMED
Sardou's Comedy Put on by
Cercle Dramatique.

An interesting performance Of Sardou' 8
comedy "Divorcons" was given last night
at the Aerial Theatre by the Cercle ORA
matique OF the Alliance FRANCHISE. The
part Of Cyprlenne. played here last sea-
son by Grace George in the English YER
sion, was filled last night by Nine. DAM
brine, Of the Theatre des Varieties In
Paris. All the other parts we're played by
amateurs.
Des Pruneles the designing husband,
who cruelty estranges his wfe's affections
from her lover. was well played By Mr..
Wildenstein. SO, too, was De Gratignan.
tho lover, a PLAYED by Mr. Coupard. Mr..
Perrin gave II good performance as Jo-
seph, maItre de hotel.
The performance was the first Of the
third series Of plays that arc given annu-
ally by the Ccrcle Dramatique.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13

eral manager OF the Calumet and Hec'a
Copper Company lis the boss OF tho COP
per country I'm Michigan, the Colonel
Cocktails OF the copper zone" While
agreeing that the mining companies treat
their employees well In furnishing accom-
modations. Mr.. Taylor criticised them for
their refusal 10 recognize union men. He
declared that about 500 men arc on
strike in Michigan end are having mis-
cradle existence out In the snow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
|btlASC0 GIVES UP LEASE
.'Orrenders Republic to Oscar
After Film Show Row.

=" beissco Yesterday surrendered
Npabhc Theatre 10 oscar Hammer
80 'Aeaire which rs showing THE
~" ln Souls. film play. is owned
~, ~ hammersteln. bat was under lease
~ Dfiaheo until 1917 IN January Mr.
''''f'ifin sought 20 cujoin the NOV
''lI'h on The ground that they di-
INC ihe value ~ the property
''fni ST. iiamnefsic:a said that
at y vas possible the exhibition
present hilns would be- Transferred
-'y'hfr theatre 9pd ihat the Republic
-, 30 .s"d fof theatrical productions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
Antique Furniture Sold.

A Louis Ky drawing room suite, with
carved wood frames. covered in Aubusson
tapestry. brought the top price AT the
seventh session OF tho La Place sale yes
terday afternoon at the Fifth Avenue Auc-
ton Rooms The hi Salvo Brothers gave
$40 for it, They also paid $i25 for r.
Queen Anne rousseau chest. The total
To- date is S3l.026 25. The sale continues
this afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
'esrS TABS ON SPELLING
:. maxwell Asks Employers to
Aeport Errors Of Graduates.

~. '@iy school graduates looking
p,s,.. ~ would better spell ana write
h,s. - N t'n5ing Boz applications. B1si
- Il, (, n'.' been importnncd ~ report
Is,t.,. :, HD"ip 49, 1azwcll. The Ciiy III
lse,t 80, n"kfani orr0re 800 spelling
lb,m @'N' % grammar IN icitcfs rent T.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
To Proclaim Truce Of God

"The love Of Christ for the world con %
strains IS 10 ask you 20 join with US
and with His disciples Of every name
In proclaiming among the churches
throughout Christcndom truce or COO
&C; the questions that have troubled
us he fairly and clearly stated. Let
scholars. catholic and Protestant give
freely To tho people whatever light from
their historical studies they can throw
aver these subjects More than that II
g. ~ essential Importance for us TO seek
10 understand what In the religious OK
pcricncc Of others are the Things OF re"l
value which they would not lose ana
which should be- conserved ~ the one
household of faith
we pray also th9t each Christian