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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11

Have YOU a German housemaid IN
your home? And do you discuss the
war. from a pro-English point OF view,
at the family dinner?
Probably you DO, for everybody talks
about the war now, and many Ameri-
cans side with the Allies. And II you
have a German maid, its ten 10 one
that you never stop 70 think how your
denunciations of "Teuton mllitarlsm'
may pierce the heart of the fresh
skinned, blue-eyed girl who waits on
you so n0iselessly.
Hear what Frauline Maria LYDIA
Winkler says about it. For years she
has maintained the Deutsche Hemat-
haus. refuge for girls from the
fatheriand who are out of work. On
February | the house. at 100 East 9otn
st. is to be closed Few German girls
are coming to America row. trauleln
Winkler declares. And those who are
here await only an opportunity 10 re-
turn. She herself will soon 20 back to
warn her countrywomen that while the
American dollar is bigger than the
German dollar it is ''loveless and hard,
very hard 49,,
"Ach!" she said yesterday. MY
heart breaNs for the young girls VINO,
to earn their bread, must hear our
fatherland spoken of so cruelty. 1t
was only Yesterday one came 10 me.
'Fraulein Winkler,' she told me with
tears. 4 cannot endure i. Four years
/ hat been with this family. And
no :. as | wait on table, must hear
them say: Another German defeat
GOOD, Ii serves the brutes right! j
hear them telling each other. W. wiSh
the German Emperor would be killed
|. is nv Emperor, fraulein, and can
MT bear it.
at is the ladies that are the worst"
Fraulein Winkler continued. some
times the American men are hard 1t
was last week | sent a pretty young
girl to be nurse. id in New fork
family. She was good nurse, quiet
and faithful. In three hours she came
to me weepins. i took care OF the
little children an hour she related;
Then their father came in. very red
and anc,y. "Why hat you hired Ger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11
MUST GET So A SECOND
Stevens Men TO Raise 81, $50
600 in Ten Days.

With s560.0OO already pledged, the
Stevens Institute of Technology be
gins with Il dinner at the Hotel Astor
tonight ten-day campaign TO raise
$1,000 600 The Rockefeller Educa-
tional Fund has promised s25o'Ooo' ITS
first gift TO a technical schooi, II t.e
rest is raised. The Carnegie Founda-
ton has made a similar promise. Con
tributions of $4,000 and $4,000 have
been given by friends OF Stevens
Two hundred business ana ptoies'
sioral men will attend the dinner pc
tails of the campaign will be DIS
cussed. Speeches will be made by Or.
II. s. Pritchett. secretary Of me Car
negie Foundation, and J. T. MeCleary'
former Representative and now secre,
tary of the American Iron and steel
Institute
Volunteer workers, who start their
campaign early tomorrow, VIII meet
every day for luncheon at the Ma,
ehin-y Club, in the Hudson Terminal
Building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11
MOTHER;
WALKS TO DEATH
Salesman Is Killed by Train Be-
fore CONDITIONER Faint
al Fatal Accident.

Harrison. n. j., Jan. l0.-Charles G,
McTaggart, Of 1873 Bergen Az. kearny
was killed by an Erie train in front OF
the Kearny station this noon. Owing
to repairs on the bridge over the Pas
sale River the train which McTaggart
had intended 20 take 10 New York was
running on the westbound track.
Several women in the crowd at the
station tainted when the accident &C.
Cured.
McTacgart was forty-fve years old
and was employed by ". d. Marshal
& Co.. seed dealers at l46 West sd
ST.. New York. His work called him
to the store yesterday, though he hest
tated 10 go. as il was the first day IN
weeks that his mother had been able
TO leave her bed. =,
"Go along" she advised. cheerfully
"and when you come back I'll COOK your
supper for you myself
McTaggart was walking between the
tracks and stepped across the west
bound track to the station platform, d.
rectlv in front OF the train.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11
REVIEWS LONG WAR
ON RINTELEN WILL
Nephew Now Takes to Appellate
Court Fight That's Been On
More than Four Years.

Another chapter will be added to-
day to the long litigation TO break the
will of Miss Elizabeth Rintelen, who
died on August 10, 1910, leaving an
estate of 100000. Joseph c. Rim
telen. a nephew. who was bequeathed
81 coo, alleged undue influence on the
part of Frank Schaefer, whose G4ugh-
ter was made the principal beneficiary.
Three decisions have already been
rendered, two of which sustained the
will. An appeal from the last decision
will be filed by Rintelen to-day in the
Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court in Brooklyn.
Since the start OF the litigation
Schaefer and several other witnesses
have died. Hundreds of witnesses
have been examined and more than
three months has been spent in actual
trial of the case. The testimony covers
thousands of pages.
When Miss Rintelen was more than
seventy years old she went TO live at
the home of Schaefcr. in Woodhaven,
Long Island. Shortly aftervard a court
declared her incompetent and appoint
ed Schacfer 10 look after her property.
This DECISION was later reversed and
she was pronounced sane. The will
was made in May, 1910. and provided
that the nephew, her only relative,
should receive the $1,000 only in case
he did not contest the will.
Rintelen, who lives at 24S New York
av.. East New York. started the con-
test in January. 1911. Justice Jaycox,
in the Queens County Supreme Court,
sustained the will. On appeal the case
went before Justice Benedict, Of the
same court, and the will was set aside.
In June Of last year a jury tried the
Ease before Justice Scudder and dis
agreed. The court directed verdict
sustaining the will.
Rintelen testified at the trials that
he was not permitted to see Miss Rim
telen after she went to the Schaefer
home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11
BOOST NEW JERSEY,
MEETINGS SLOGAN
Manufacturers Rally at Newark
for Discussion of States In
dustrial Future.

New Jersey manufacturers, to the
number of 700 or more, VIII meet II
convention tomorrow at the Washing
ton Restaurant. Newark. Topics for
discussion will be industrial possloiil-
ties of the state, effects OF recent led
eral legislation, the establishment OF
the Federal Trade Commission and the
United States Commission on Indus
trial Relations.
Among the speakers will be James
A. Emery. general counsel for the Ma
tional Council for Industrial Defence;
Robert II. McCarter. former Attorney
General of New Jersey; NJ. W: Alex
snder. chairman of the conference
Roard on Safety and Sanitation, ana
Eugene L. Fisk. j. Philip Bird, presl-
dent of the Manufacturers Associa-
tion. will preside. Other officers are
". c. Billman, secretary. and Jonn w
Ferguson, vice-president. A dinner
will follow the convention.
In terms Of value OF products, LABOR
wages and horsepower. New jersey
takes a high place among manufactur,
inc states. Her manufacturers Zee
that this is sometimes lost sight OF be
cause so many Of New Jerseys prod,
ucts reach the consumer by way OF
New York and Philadelphia that those
cities get the credit.
In 1913 the total value OF New Jer-
scy's manufactured products was esti-
mated at sl.l45, 100000. In her fac
tories $4,000 wage earners are EN-
ployed. whose annual earnings amour
to s225,O00,0O0. .
Arranged according 10 their MINOR
lance the leading industries OF IN;
state arc: Oils. machinery. chemical
products, woollen and worsted goods
brewery products, silk. cigars. tobacco
rubber products, shipbullding, bricH
and terra Gotta. electrical appliances
drawn wire and wire cloth. leather
metal goods. steel and iron iforgingl'
boilers. paper. pottery. jewelry. steel
and iron tgtructuraD. lamps. furniture,
glass. artisans tools and hats.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11
Even the Children the Impudence to Those German
Housemaids Gve-Deutsche t4emathaus Will
Close-Its Dwelers Sigh for Fatherland

man maid?" he asked Of my mistress.
81 will hsf nobody from that accursed
country tending my children So |
had 10 CO."
Some American mistresses, Fraulein
Winller declares, are not above play
ing cruel jests upon their German do
mestics. making them, if they are un-
informed. think conditions at home lar
worse than they really are.
One day at the beginning OF the war
a girl came TO the Deutsche Heimat-
haus in great distress. She was en-
ploved as a maid -of-all- in Long
/ Island town.
"Fraulein Winkler,' she said, "is it
true that we are all French? That Is
what my mistress told me. She came
TO me in the kitchen and said: Now.
Anna. you are French. The French
have conquered all Germany-the news
paper says so. You have no fatherland
anv more Fraulein, is it true"
The children add to the sorrow OF
the German aliens in our midst. DC
YOU let your small sons and daughters
play the game OF German nursemaic
batting?
"They NAH it one more excuse not
J to obey" mourned the fraulein. They
stand up and say: 'Ah, you are Ger
man! No, won't pick up my toys, you
/ German. you'll"
All this, however. doesn't deter
Fraulein Winkler from longing to re-
turn % East Prussia. the home Of her
childhood. She is going first to take a
brief trip through several American
cities, where she will establish bureaus
to which German girls who may in the
future be lured by the American dollar
to seek these shores may go for help
and information. Then she will take
the first opportunity to cross the ocean.
There are dozen reserlSts who will
mourn the closing of the Deutsche
Heimathaus. for it is a home for them.
They are stranded, because no ship will
take them. Fraulein Wnkler has
"made little family she says, OF
them. but with her going they will be
homeless. She made a Christmas, too,
for them and for the girls who are with
her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11
Oppenheimer Rules Proof
of Burglary Need Not
Be Absolute.
COMPANY DEMANDED
DIRECT EVIDENCE
Justice Declares This Often I'm.
possible and Awards $500
for Lost Diamonds.

Justice Oppenheimer, Of the 9Th Dis
trict Municipal Court, has rendered
decision which should be Of intsres, 20
all persons holding burglary insurance
policies, for, contrary 20 other de-
csions. Justice Oppenheimer holds that
affirmative proof Of loss by thief. is
sufficient to establish a claim under a
policy.
The companies have always refused
TO pay losses unless there was positive
proof Of loss by burglar or theft.
A suit was brought by Nathan tien-
glas. of ll6l 46th 81, Borough PARK
against the New Amsterdam Casualty
Company. The plaintiffs wife lost Jew
elry valued at more than 5000, and ner
husband claimed Naturalization on
81 900 policy. Payment was refused,
and Fienglas sued.
Milton VI. Blumenthal. OF Blumen-
stiel g. Blumenstiel, counsel for the
plaintiff. oontended chat the presence
of stranger in the house where the
loss occurred, having an opportunity TO
steal, coupled with the disappearance
of the property. was sufficient 70 meet
the terms of the policy. In this Jus
tice Oppenheimer mas sustained Dir.
Blumenthal. and has given Judgment
for $500 against the casualty company.
The case was heard by a jury, but
both sides agreed 20 have the justice
decide IL himself.
The testimony showed that Mrs.
Fienglas kept her jewelry, which IN.
cluded a diamond ring and a PAIR o.
earrings. in jewel box on her dresser.
On the day OF the loss a man entered
the house 10 inquire about the renting
of the upper floor Of the two family
house. Mrs. Fienglas went 20 obtain
permission for the prospective tenant
10 see the rooms. That night she dis
covered the loss OF her diamonds.
II believe" said the justice. that
sufficient proof of theft was furnished.
Evidence beyond a reasonable doubt
cannot be required under the terms OF
the policy. II is true that the disap-
pearance of the jewelry, barren or
every other circumstance, would not be
sufficient evidence. The suspicious per-
son had an excellent opportunity 20
steal the jewelry. The only hypothesis
under the circumstances, think, IS
that he stole 1t.
'Tt was the intention of the plaintiff
10 secure from the defendant lnsur'
ance which would insure. Conclusive
evidence of theft il is frequently I'M
possible 10 obtain. Thieves are cunning
and frequently leave no trace OF
theft. not even finger prints. Inc
policy should receive reasonable con,
struction. II contains the language OF
the defendant and should be Literally
construed in favor of the plaintiff"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11
SIN ONLY SHAM, HE SAYS
Wife Asked Him TO Trans
gress, Thomas Asserts.

So many conflicting afidavits have
been fled in the divorce suit OF Mrs.
Lucretia b. J. Thomas against William
J. Thomas that Justice Golf has had TO
ask former Justice Henry A. Glider
sleeve to straighten the matter out. =.
Thomas says his wife suggested d.
vorcc and promised not TO ask for all
mony. He asserts that under this ar
rangement he slammed transgression
and then Mrs. Thomas demanded ALI
mony.
Thomas blames his mother-in-law'
lie says she objected that Mrs. Thomas
was not living in the manner to which
she was accustomed before marriage:
Mrs. Thomas first brought suit Tor
separation and that was dismissed. she
also had her husband arrested for no.
supporting her, but in the Domestic Re
lations Court it was held she had de-
serted him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11
MARRIAGE MADE ON EARTH
DR.. E. Gardner Smith Says
Heaven Isn't Responsible.

Take it from DR.. Z. Gardner Smith.
marriages are not made in heaven
They are accidents, OF varying serious
ness.
In his address on Engagements and
Marriages at the West Side Y. VI. c. A.
Yesterday afternoon DR.. Smith. who
has studied matrimony for years, alb
solved the celestial powers of all re-
sponsibility in mans choosing his mate.
at would be sacrilege to say that
some marriages are made in heaven
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11

he said. "If man wishes heaven 10
select his wife for him, let him pray
and then go out and meet as many
girls as possible.
Marriages happen this way" the
speaker explained. "A man sees a girl.
likes her and, if she will have him,
marries her. With woman. she meets
a man, likes him, and they are mar
ried."
DR.. Smith warned his hearers against
marrying women whose personalities
confiicted with theirs. IL is best in
mis- opinion, for a quarrelsome man to
marry a wife with a sharp temper.
Under these conditions, both parties
would enjoy the ensuing squabbles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11
REPORT
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11
Nurse Dies; Two Are Held

Following the death in Harlem Hos
pi,al yesterday Of Margaret Callahan
twenty-one years old. nurse, o. 40 West
i2sth ST. Michael Hagan, a salesman,
Of $40 East Goth ST., and Filippins d.
Franco. a midwife. OF 1856 Lexington
sv.. were held in $4,000 and $4,000 bail
respectively By Coroner Hsllenstein on
charges Of homicide.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-27
DEATH TURKS AT CROSSINGS.
Nearly 30 Per Cent of Autoists Speed
Over Tracks.

The Southern Pacific railroad has
issued a statement to show that care
lessness is responsible for many of the
accidents at grade crossings Agents
of the company observed the actions
of 1921 motor vehicles on approach
ing railroad crossings in a number of
widely separated localities. OF the
total 1885 drivers. or 50 II per cent,
looked neither to right nor left before
crossing the tracks; 2-7 per cent look
ed only one way. and only 27.S per
cent looked in both directions, while
1901 or 1913 per cent, ran over the
crossing at a reckless rate of speed,
and only 35 stopped before crossing
OF 1889 drivers of teams, 1874 per
cent loked in neither direction, Sc
per cent looked only one way, and on
~ So per cent looked in both direc-
TONS The statement concludes:
LAS the country develops it will be
necessary for the railways to continue
to eliminate grade crossings as rapid
ly as they can, and the increases of
population and industry that makes
such expenditures necessary should
naturally tend to so increase earnings
as to enable the roads to meet them:
but meanwhile a great deal can be ac-
complished to make conditions safer
if the roads can secure the interest
and cooperation of the public and
of its representatives
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-27
NYQUIsT IN TOPEKA.
Rock Island Assistant Secretary Talks
of Reorganization.

Carl Nyquist OF Chicago. assistant
secretary of the Rock Island Lines,
spent Christmas day and Sunday in
'sTopeka visiting relatives.
+ In speaking of the Rock Island re-
.organiza ton plans, Mr.. Nyquist said:
81 believe that everything will turn
out favorably for us in 1916 and 1917
and the road is going to be established
on a sound basis. Our operating ter
ritory, which includes Iowa, Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, is com
posed of rich states where the reha-
bilitated system ought to make rea-
sonabIe dividends in the future. OF
the exact nature of the reorganization
can hardly say"
Mr.. Nyquist was asked if he knew
ANYTHING of the successor for A. E.
Sweet general manager of the Rock
Island in Topeka, who leaves the last
half of this week to become vice pres
ident of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad.
''I know nothing about the matter.
he said. Il presume that A. c. Ridge
wav, the chief operating officer Will
make an announcement regarding 1t
some time during the coming week.
Nyquist returned to Chicago Sunday
night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-27
LADY COPS IN CHICAGO
Hundreds Patrol Tough District in
New Citizen Plan There.

Chicago, Dec 27.-Hundreds of wo-
men were among the first 1000 of
Chicago's proposed 20, 900 citizen po-
lice force, which went on duty today
They took up their patrol in the po-
litest. as we'll as the toughest districts
in the city. Millionaires' row along
Lake Shore drive and Little Italy. n
short distance away. We're the districts
chosen. That women were to be all
lowed on the force was not known un-
til Louis Damon, secretary of the Civic
Corporations, sponsor for the move
ment, made the announcement today
They'll be better than men," said
Damon. They notice things quicker
than men. The force will be comprised
mostly of women
When complete, every block in the
city will have citizen policeman or
nOliceWOr1an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-27
HERE'S A FISH STORY


Editor Topeka State Journal In
reading in your paper the account of
r. G. Merrick's trained fish, which he
caught in the Ozarks, reminds me of
my fish which I caught way back in
the seventies.
My father owned a dairy farm in
Chenango county. N. Y, and in that
country at that time, trout were
plentiful. 1 was quite a lad and used
to catch large strings of fish frequent
ly. One day 1 came home with a nice
bunch of trout and l noticed that one
of them was smarter than the others
SO 1 commenced to train him. He
learned very rapidly and soon went
with me after the cows. After awhile
he would go and bring the cows up
without me and thus saved me many
footsteps There was a small stream
running through the middle of the
pasture which we had to cross on a
foot log. One day after a rain my
fish started after the cows and this
log being slipper in attempting to
cross on it. he slipped off IN the water
and drowned. Have never been able
to successfully train a fish since then.
B. p. HATCH.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-27

submarine itself was not visible. The
passengers praised the captain and
crew for their GOODNESS and discipline
There was no sign Of panic through
out the long ordeal.
A--Other Ancona Note Expected.
Washington, Dec. 27.-Unofficial
word that tho Vienna reply to the
last Ancona note may be favora BILE
has not served to alter the attitude
of the state department. The word
that the reply will be guided with
concern for the good relations" be-
tween the two countries officials take
it means that Australia
probably expects more diplomatic cor
respondence on the subject The
United States is disinclined to enter
into any such negotiations. Should
it develop that an Austrian submarine
torpedoad the Yasaka Maru without
warning, the Vienna foreign office un-
doUbtedly will be asked to disavow
the act and to give assurances to gov
ernment concerning the future con-
duct of her submarine warfare
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-27
LADIES on THE JOB.
d. & o. Puts Women Chaperons Oh
Its Trains

In the appointment of Mrs. c. H.
White and Mrs. Samuel Watkins as
travelling chaperons, who will have
charge of special parties of students
and other young women travelling
alone over the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road. as announced in circular just
issued by the passenger department.,
the latest idea for the comfort and
convenience of the travelling public
will be adopted.
This is a plan which was once con-
sidered by the Santa Fe. Whether or
not it is still being talked of by traf-
fic officials of the western road is not
known. If it is being talked of, the
conversation is on the quiet A year
or SO ago it was reported that the San
ia Fe was going to put on a few wom-
en- chaperons and the rumor was
printed in the newspapers The Of
flee of ]. M Connen, general passen-
ger agent, was filled for the next two
months by ladies who wanted such
jobs. His mail clerks were over
taxed Mr.. Connell had to take his
vacation several months earlier than
usual to get away from the feminine
job seekers
The Baltimore & Ohio officials must
have heard of the Santa Fe's diff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-27
SOMERS LAST CHANCE?
Magnatcs Will Try to .Straighten Out
His Affairs Wednesday.

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Another attempt
to straighten out the affair of the
Cleveland American League BASEBALL
club, and those of Charles Somers, as
owner. will be made at a special meet
ing of league magnates at Cleveland
next Wednesday. Announcement of
the meeting was made today by B. B.
Johnson, president of the league, who
will leave here for Cleveland Tuesday
night.
Mr.. Johnson, the individual club
owners, Mr.. Somers and the Cleveland
bankers will be at the meeting and the
league president said he hoped an ar
rangement would be made with the
bankers into whose hands some of
Somers' stock has been for some time.
whereby SOmers could resume his
place at the head of the club.