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WOMAN IS ROBBED
AND BEATEN WITH
WORKMEN NEARBY
Subway Lahorers Weren't At
tracted by Assault on White
law Reds Housekeerer.

While n scoro or more OF subway
laborers worked within hearing dis
lance and within full view OF any
ono who mi''ht be passing ut tho
time. Susie Mcdonald. sixty years OF
are, who says abe " n housckccper
for Mrs. Whit.law q. Rod. was as
saultci and robbed az she was enter
inB her rooms In No 152 Lexington
avenue shortly after D O'Clock to-day.
Her skull Is probably fractured.
BLOW after blow was raincd on the
aged househ ccpers head by the as
sailant, who was armed with heavy
iron pipe crcascd In newspapers. She
was finally left lying unconscious In a
pool of blood. while the man made off
with her pocketbook. containing SIS.
and several bundles Of feminine wear
Ing apparel.
Miss Mcdonald, who had expected
to 80 to Waterbury, Conn, to-mor-
row, had left her rooms at the Lex
ington avenue house early this morn
in; TO make u few purchases. She
returned NJ aIbut y y CLOCK WIN Nov
cr;,l bundles under on. arm anj her
black hand bag over tho other. She
noticed, ~ she mounted tho front
steps, a man sitting on the adjoining
/ steps holding In his hands what APP
poared to be- roll of music wrapped
: In paper, Sho rang the bell. and tho
next instant felt IL crushing blow on
! Ia. back of her head. followed 10y
another and another Then she foil
unconscious 10 the floor of the vesti-
bulc, where sho was found shortly ar
terward by Mrs. Mary Mcclure. with
whom she boards. The pipe with
which the assault had been commit.
ted lay beside her.
To Lieut.. Murphy Of the East
Thlrty-nfth street station Miss Me-
Donald described her assailant al
about forty years OF age, small Of
stature. black hair and swarthI
complexion, lie wore green slouct
hat, gray tweed suit and black shoes
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Miss Kathryn Steele, daughter of
Charles Steele OF the firm Of J. =.
Morgan & Co, was a passenger on
the Olympic, arriving to-day. Miss
steele brought with her a dog Of the
now breed known az the Seaiyham.
The Sealyham Is q mixture OF breeds,
In which the Scotch and fox TERROR
predominant.
81 don't know how tho dog II gpins
o. ~, ro,,,,o, n, ,,. ,,r,,,v" .a,d
~ N"o '
MISS steele put thousht wou'd
take a chance. Jouy. as I call my
dog 4, N wonderful r.,ter and I'm
-, a., ,.t,. g.. ,,,o,,, :, ,.-,,,
e"'"N '" h'' "'' p''".' Va "''
nifty down on Long Island 10 ohaSe
rats"
Mis-. s,oo,. .a,d .bo had hs,ra
=.
that tho r'hslish po'o team "as IN
bad shape ana that there was some
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STOLEN MOVIE FILMS
NEARLY PUT AMBITIOUS
BOYS IN BUSINESS
Vgilant Detective Finds Three
Of Them Running Show
on Small Scale.

How the modest efforts Of three
twelve year-old boys to become NOV
ing picture magnates was nipped IN
tho bud last night by an inquisitivs
detective was told In the Childrsn's
Court, Brooklyn. to-day when Edwtn
Riley. Harry Langford and 0eoryo
Skeets, tho boys In question. were e.
rsigned on q charge OF larceny. They
live at Nos. ~, ~ and IS Fleet street.
respectively.
Detective Roddy. passing No. -
Fleet street last evening. saw . num-
her Of boys and girls trooping into
the cellar. He questioned one ~
and was told that the crowd was %.
ing to-, a moving picture show--Adml1.
sion. two cents. Roddy went into
tho cellar and found a boy at TIE
door collecting pennies and two Other
boys operating a toy moving picture
machine set on top Of barrel. The
machine was of tho seventy five ceae
variety, but the films were Of the
standard make. ~
Roddy recalled that three resls al
Aims valued at $3.50 were stolen last
Thursday night from the office Of
Jacob Gswertz. who runs . mov1o
theatre at No. 1ss Myrtle avenue. The
detective found that Riley. LAnsford
and Skeets were running tho cellas
show. They admitted stealing the
nims. saying they hid in the theatre
after the performance and entered the
office after the house was locked up.
They had ruined the Aims by cutting
them down TO At their toy machine
Their object. they said. was to 81
money enough to rent a regular thea
tire and go into the business.
Justice Wilkin held them In e1o(
bail each for trial next Tuesday.
Bonds were furnished and the boys
went home to explain to their par
ents. 'M
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DIPLOMATS WIFE
|MPALED0NFENCE
AFTER LONG FALL
Mrs. Louise Echegaray, Wife
of Huerta's Minister to Costa
RIGA, Killed by Plunge.
LEAVES LITTLE BABY.
Barnard College Girls See the
Body of Woman Lying, Ter
ribly Injured, in Street.
LEAVES LITTLE BABY.

1mpaled on an iron fence In front
Of tho Fairholm apartments. No. 500
West One Hundred and Twenty-Hrs
street. where she lived with her six
teen months old daughter. Mrs.
Louise Echegaray. twenty-nine years
old. wife OF President Huerta's Min
lister to Costa Rica, was found to-day
by the janitor of the building. She
died soon after being taken to the
knickcrbocker Hospital.
The police were unable to determine
whether she accidentally fell from IA
window Of her apartment, on the NTH
floor OF the building, or committed sui
eide by jumping. II she deliberately
ended her life she left no message to
explain her net. Her husband Is now
In San Jose, Costa Rica.
Persons in the Fairholm who knew
Mrs. Echegaray say she had been
despondent for several weeks. One
o. the tenants declared she broodcd
constantly over the fact that she and
her baby were away from her hus-
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WEALTHY V0YAGERS
CROWD THE FRANCE.
IN EUROPEAN RUSH
The w. X. Vanderbilts and
Mrs. Schiff Among PaSSeI-
gers-Anna Held Sails.

The spring rush In search OF rest
blast. Milionaircs and their wivc8,
society leaders. artists and actresses,
ordinary people of wealth. singers,
dancers and pretty girls were cius-
tered aboard the big French liner
France when she sailed this morning.
for Havrc.
In the suite dc luAc, tho most lux
urious apartment on the ship. were
Mr.. and Mrs. w. x. Vanderbilt. Miss
rutherford, daughter Of Mrs. Van
derbilt, was OF tho party Mr.. Van
derbllt was accompanied only by his
valet, the women by their maids
This Is the first trip tho Nunderbilts
have made together to Europe IN
many moons. with no definite plans
for their pleasure, the party VIII re-
main In Europe during tho summer.
Mrs. Mortimer J.. Schif, two chill
dren and their nurse, maid and Mr.
Schiff's valet occupied another SUIT
on - deck. Mr.. Schiff will join his
wife lator abroad. Across from Their
on I'll. Same iack was Anna Held
who held u small lcvoo In bowel
OF flowers scnt by admirers. Mrs
Levi T.. Morton was on the SAM
deck.
Edward NJ. Grccnway, leader o
San Francisco's 1900 and the arbitel
OF social fate on tn" Pacific Coast
sailed for an eight weeks stay oi
the continent. lie said mat lari
might afford something new for sal
Francisco In tho way of the dance
| but he doubted II, san Francisco
he siid, Is fairly original In tang'
and other tcrpslchorean fcats' WI
! Greenway was enthusiastic on tn
| success OF the Panama Pacific Expo
sition. Great preparations are beini
made for the coasts great event an
the world and his wife are going L
| have the treat Of their lives, h" said
| Canon Douglass Of st. Johns Eps
| copal Church, his bride and her mai,
| were also passengers on the France
| H.. T.. Bonaventurc, the art collector
his wife and her maid and thei
three daughters-the Misses Yvonn,
Simone and Genevicve-left for
journey through France.
The France was a little late in get
ting away from her pier In conSe
| uuence Of the big crowds assemble
| to wave a farewell.
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CHARGE WASTE Of
WIDOWS ESTATE
Sue to Dust George w. Young
as Attorney for Late Widow
of Millionaire.

Charging that George w. Young.
banker and director Of the INTERIOR
ough Rapid Transit Company. and
husband Of Nine Lillian Nordica, has
wasted the funds OF the estate Of tine
late Mary Adelaide Ycrkcs, widow Of
Charles +. Yerkes. the traction mag
nate. suit has been begun in the SUI
preme Court by Charles Sims, Anna
Hurlock Sims. his wife. who is the
sister OF Mrs. Yerkes. and Morris Il.
Bockius, as executors OF the estate, t.
Dust Young as attorney in fact for
Mrs. Ysrkes.
Among other allegations Is the
charge that Young formed a dummy
corporation in Maine composed OF
clerks and employees In his office
to which no sold securities owned by
Mrs. Yerkes at half their value,
Young admits in his answering affi-
davit that the stock OF the concern
Is owned by Nine. Nordica. "who for
many years has been a woman OF
Independent means and resources"
The charge is also made that In 1903
Young made an illegal contract with
Mrs Yerkes by which he was to take
vice he was to receive 25 per cent. of
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all money he collected for her Sims
and the other executors ask the Court
10 cancel the contract and to compel
Young 10 make an accounting OF all
the money he has received for the
estate.
in the business affairs Of her hus-
band in relation to his conduct of
Mrs. YeTkes's % business Is given
prominence ip the suit 1t appears
from the papers that Young never
would have undertaken the task Of
caring for Mrs. Yerkcs's affairs eX-
cept for the urging Of Nine. Nordica,
to whom he was then betrothed.
81 first became acquainted with
Mrs. Yerkes in April. 1905" Young
says In his first AFFIDAVIT. MY broth
er, John Alvin Young. at that time
President OF the Windsor Trust Com
pany. came TO me and told me that
he had promised to make a loan of
SIS, 900 to Mrs. Yerkcs He said, how
ever. that the trust company director
ate would not approve the loan and
he asked me to make the loan so as
TO relieve him Of any embarrass-
ment.
Then Mary A. Fitzpatrick. who
had boon Charles T. Yerkess private
secretary and who became Mrs.
Yerkes's secretary, came 70 mo and
asked for the loan and | arranged It,
and at the same time Mira. Nerkes
gave me a power Of attorney.
I'm the spring OF 1909 Miss Fitz-
patrick came to me again and asked
me TO take charge OF Mrs. Yerkes's
affairs ard bring about an adjust
ment. She said that tho estate of
Charles Y. Yerkes was extremely com
plicated and that Mrs. Yerkes was
greatly embarrassed thereby. re-
piled that I could not undertake the
work, as did not have tho time and
did not care to shoulder such a great
responsibility. Miss Fitzpatrick Of
fered me one-quarter Of anything
might be able to collect, but de-
| clined.
subsequently Madame Nordica
then my hancee, informed me that
she had been importuned by Miss
! TillinRhast. II well known artist and
friend OF Mrs, ferkes, to,persuadn inc
to accept the employment. Pursuant
to this request Of Nine. Nord.ca.
/ yielded.
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GOVERNMENT GlVESWATCHES

WASHINGTON. May The United
States Government to-day forwarded SIX
gold watches and chains to the legation
at Peking Tor distribution among Chi
nose officers and ciyiliaus In recognition
OF services In saving the lives Of Ameri-
can citizens In China
The Hon. Tao Feng Chi. the Kuan Cha
Shi Of HsiaHg Yang. a civil officer Of the
Hupei district. with Con. wv Ching
Tong, Col Chae Flu Hui. Capt, Tsen kuo
Lang and Sergt, Lu Wen Tsen. officers
In the Chinese army. distinguished them
selves In the rescue OF American mis-
siunnrica held by bandits ut Tsao Yang
In October, 1918. MIR. Wang CHANG
Tsuen, who was also among those who
received one OF the watches. was "A
teacher In the military school nj Hsian
Fu. where ne offered protection "a
Der, 1911.
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Brooklyn. exactly two weeks ago
yesterday. lie has wavy yellow hair
hanging over the nape OF his plump
white neck. and remarkably fair
complexion.
When found he was well drossod In
black velvet Jacket and knicker-
bockers. with black laced shoes and
stockings. Under his jacket he wore
a brown sweater. On his head was
grey-striped golf cap. q bit toe
large for him.
lie can say papa" mama
candy" and ''goodby." But wher
no is asked what his name Is. oil
where he lives. he only hangs his
! head. dc has seemed utterly con.
tented at the rooms OF the Brookly n
s. +. c. c.. and he is tho pet Of
everybody I'm the place. Besides
Buster" he answers TO the names
OF Baby" Chubby" and Honey
| Boy"
! He Is much too nice a boy to bs
lost and tie persons to whom he be
| longs may have him by "provinl
property" to the satisfaction OF @. II
Horn, Society for the Prevention o
! Cruelty to Children, No. los Scher
! mnrhOrn street, Brooklyn.
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Surgeons Asked to BE Ready fOs
War,

ST. LOUIS. May 6.-Twenty physicians
and surgeons Of st. Louis. who are
first lieutenants In the medical reserve
corps OF the army. have been requested
by Surgeon-Ceneral Corgas to hold
themselves In readings for active duty.
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GlLlY SETTLES TO SAIL.
sisnor Had to Pay Deputy sh~rin
or Abandon Trip.

Dinh Gilly. baritone OF tho Metropoli-
tan company, sailed this morning on the
France. He came near not sailing. The
cruel hand of the law was lad upon
him at the last moment The boat was
late In getting away and he was saved.
The American Mus nj News Service
recently brought sL.t against SisnOr
Gilly IT Was alleged that the baritone
was to pay SEQ for tn" exploitation OF
himself to the public and 500 for Ike
exploitation 81 Miss Emmy Destinn.
The baritone declared that the service
was punk and paid over only $3.50 which
was for his fellow artist, For himself
he would pay nothing. Zum' zum
big chord Judgment was secured
against the singer for sylll Just
about two minutes before the France
was to sail Deputy sheriff Mcdonald
climbed aboard. Signor Gilly settled
the bill In full,
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Blue Eyed, CHUNKY Tot
of TWo and a Halt, Un-
able to Locate His Home
Says Only "Papa,"
"Mamn,a," "Candy"
and "Coodby."

Who Is Buster?
The Brooklyn Society for the Pre-
vention OF Cruelty to Children is very
much interested In tho answer to
that question. Much more interested
than Buster himself. Indeed. bland
Indifference is no unfair summing up
~ his attitude. He salutes every
woman he sees as mama" greets
every man as papa and remains
absolutely mute as to his own iden-
tity.
He Is a blue-eyed. chunky young
ster, about two-and a-half years Old
whom Patrolman John J. Fitzgerald
found at Smith and Bergen streets
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FLANDERS. n Z. May 6.-The Hal
lock House. a summer hotel on Pecon-
10 Bay. was destroyed by fire this
morning with all It's contents. The loss
IL about $4,000. The hotel was run
by Misses Phebe and Fannie Hallock.
They and their brother. Capt. Nate Hal
lock. live In q cottage . short dis
lance from the hotel. The hotel had
Labor Day last fall.
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WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE Brazilian
Minister In Mexico City informed the
State department to-day that American
Consul Bonney, reported under arrest In
CITY With Mrs. Bonney. Both We're safe
and we'll The Minister added that at
last accounts all Americans In San Luis
Potosi were safe
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-26

their choice It may put the same
men into office as under the present
system of election short cuts, but at
least it will make the people know
that they have voice in the school
affairs and do away with the present
feeling that few men dictate school
destines as autocrats. Another need
ed revision is in mixing all school
employees stay cut of such elections
by fixing penalty of dismissal. The
spectacle frequently seen 'of the school
head hot-footing up and down the
streets campaigning for any groups
or else buzzing around tho polling
place Would disappear Any employe
Of the school district is drawing mon
ey from all patrons and is supposed
to give value in service to the dis.
trict rather than to the little group
which happens to do the hiring. -
Twin Falls Times.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-26
A FARM WoMAN's EXCHANGE

Bayfield,, Wis, will try out the ex-
pertinent OF farm woman's ex-
change. Cooperative effort is we'll
understood in Bayfield, where the fruit
growers have built an industry by or
ganization. Now the farm women
encouraged by town women will ap-
ply the well known principles of a
woman's exchange to the marketing
of eggs, butter, poultry, vegetables,
and even SKINNED milk, cottagecheese
and buttcr-milk.
1t is purely housekeepers' enter
prise. twenty-five farm women have
enrolled in the informal association
for a try out in comparison with the
crude method of kitchen door peddling
They have agreed to cut the market
quotations in consideration of the
saving in energy and labor. The
committee of town women will grade
and inspect all food products.
There are visions Of a permanent
organization called q "Woman's Co.
Operative Association" And there
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-26
THE ROCK PILE FOR sPEEDERs

In these days of freak legislation,
fanatical laws and attempts to regu-
late habits and personal affairs by
legal rules, it is refreshing to come
across new idea in city ordinances
which, hurting no one, acts as a
means of saving lives and reducing
the number of accidents.
Portland, Ore, is the city which
is to be complimented upon writing
Into its code a law which has made
the place unique in one respect
There are 100000 people in Portland
and there are countless automobiles.
Yet in the last nine months there has
not been one person injured, mucn
less killed in an automobile accident
in that city
And why is this so? Because in
Portland the driver of an automobile
who exceeds the speed limit is put
to work on the rockpile, for from
two to thirty days. No fines accept
ed. If the driver is convicted he
must do his time at hard labor and
no exceptions are made Portland's
streets are safe to pedestrians.
Here is an idea which ought to
spread eastward.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-26
WAR BOON TO U. S.
SUGAR INDUSTRY

The European war will be a big
help to the American beet sugar man.
ufacturing industry, according to =
statement given out in San Francisco
following meeting Of the United
States Sugar Manufacturing associa-
ton. as embodying the views of its
members.
The European output for 1914-15
will be about 100000 tons instea I
of the estimated 5000, 900 tons, the
statement said, ''in consequence OF
which the rise in the price of sugar
has given the domestic producers a
respite"
Because Of low wages paid abroad
'all members declare that under nor
NAL market conditions sugar can net
be produced in competition with Gu
ban, or even European sugar." says
the statement, land are unable to
see why sugar, which has always been
a dutiable product, should have been
made tho goat of the Underwood tar
iff bill"
POPULATIONS were presented to show
that crops planted on fields previous
~ given over to beet cultivation show
great gains in yield, cereals improy.
Ing from 43 to 81 per cent.
Officers elected for the comm.
year are: President, Judge H. H.
Rolapp, Ogden, Utah; vice presidents,
Chester s. Morey, Denver; ]. Ross
Clark. Los Angeles; Carman N. Smith
Bay City, Mich; secretary-treasur-
or, Truman G. Palmer, Chicago.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-26

arc greater possibilities Of foreign
trade. 1t is even suggested that these
farm kitchen factories may sell pre-
serves to the city grocers in Mime
apolis and St. Paul Chicken aspic
in glass jars may become a Bayfield,
export. Bottled vinegar from Bayfield,
apples is within the range Of the pos
sibilities of this women's enterprise.
Some notable examples of CONNER
cial success have sprung from pin
money enterprises with no greater
promise than this. Deerfield, Mass,
is famous because of its domestic
made woven rugs. In Stevens Point,
Wis, a woman has developed a world
market for fish flies which she onca
manufactured in her home, Heinz Vi
pickle fame once pcddled kitchen mad
products in a wheel barrow. Bayfield,
has a germ.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-26
New Banks
On Monday

Last Monday the twelve regional
reserve banks provided by the new
law will begin business, and the pre-
sent system of the United States.
which has long survived its useful
ness, will give place to something bet
ter. There are many people in the
country who believe the establish
ment of a central bank would better
serve the business interests. At the
same time there has been deep
rooted prejudice against such an in
stitution from the time of Andrew
Jackson down to the present era.
jackson was soundly berated at the
time he removed the deposits from
the United States bank, and has been
severely criticised from that day to
this. At the same time attention
should be called to the fact that no
party, no matter how great its ma
jority, has ever attempted to re-estab-
lish the United States bank or any
thing like it.
The monetary commission selected
by congress to study the questions Of
a new currency system did finally de-
eide that the central bank idea was
the proper thing, but the political con-
plexion of the national administration
soon changed and the report Of Sena-
tor Aldrich, chairman of the commits
sion, went into the waste basket. 1t
is doubtful whether the central bank
plan of the Rhode Island leader would
have been adopted even If congress
had remained in control Of the Re
publicans, for reasons which need
not be enumerated.
The new currency system probably
does not approach perfection, but, all
things considered, it will answer the
purpose for which it is intended very
we'll. That is the opinion Of a great
majority Of the bankers, many of
whom we're opposed to it's adoption
But whether good, bad 'or Indifferent,
the new law becomes effective in a
very few days, and $4OO, ZOO, 900 now
held in reserve by the national banks
will be released and the money in
active circulation increased to that
extent. The borrowers will be en-.
abled to secure cash upon better term,
and the effect upon business ought
to be immediate. The financial skies
are beginning to clear in the east
and before the first of the new year
business in the United States should
at least be normal and the new bank
will doubtless play an important part
in the revival.-Tribune, Nov. 21.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-26

The -- would like to see
free night school opened in --
-, school in which foreigners
DESTROYS OF an education in English
and those born in America but who
for one reason or another have not
received the rudiments of education
may feel welcome A course in read
ing. writing. arithmetic, American
history and civil government with per.
haps hygiene and dietetics added
should make for real usefulness in
the lives of many of our people. The
would like to see in addition
to this night school several classes
in home economies opened in the
various neighborhoods where there
is need for such. Care Of children,
food values, methods of marketing,
cooking. etc.. could be made of won
derful interest and value to many.