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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08

Transfer Of prisoners by drafting
has been resorted to by. Warden Us
borne to relieve congestion at sing
Sing. His calls for volunteers brought
no response. There are l,7SO PRISON
ers. and all want to stay.
Burglars used explosives and can
opener" on a butchers safe at 2eoO
Broadway. The shop is beside, the
10th Street subway station, and the
safe is visible from the street. The
safe blowers got $3.50.
Charged with arson for setting, IRE
TO the House of Refuge on Randall 5
Island. Henry Samsra pleaded guilty
and George Jecko not guilty Ihey
are under $1,000 bail each for examl-
nation Friday in Harlem Court
Mrs. Elizabeth Vail, who thinks
Black Handlers use her front yard ior
cemetery, is in the .pSychopathIc
ward of Bellevue Hospital She -four
ished revolver OF City Island car
Her home is at 40 West Carroll Street
City Island.
Suit against Forrest +. Dryden, presi-
dent Of the Prudential Insurance Com
panv. was filed in Newark by counsel
for Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. Jorslemon'
Of 7 Emmett Street, Newark. They are
seeking $4,000 damages for injuries
sustained by Mrs. Joralemon when
struck by an automobile owned by Mr..
Dryden
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08
WIDOWS PENSION =
BILL IS SIGNED
Whitman Says Only Defect Is
That Mothers Fitness Can't
Be Determined.


Albany, April THE widowed
mother pension bill introduced by SEN
ator William H. Hill. OF BingTmton,
was signed this afternoon by Governor
Whitman. His act marks the culmina-
ton Of years of effort TO get on the
statute books legislation which will re
Iievc destitute widows with children.
The measure is the result of an in
vestigation made by legislative com
mittee appointed IN 1913. 1t passed
both houses of the Legislature by over
whelming majorities, and party lines
were forgotten.
The bill provides for the appointment
Of local boards of child welfare in New
York City and in each county of the
state outside the city. The members are
70 serve without compensation. Inc
boards are 20 grant allowances to
widowed mothers with one or more
children under the age of sixteen years,
in order that such children may be suit
ably cared for in their homes by such
mothers" These allowances are to be
granted at the discretion of the boards
Of supervisors in the counties and Of
the Board of Estimate and AppOrtlOn-
ment in New York City.
The allowance will be made only 10
such mothers as are adJudged fit TO
bring up children, who shall otherwise
be cared for in an institutional home.
The allowances are to be no greater
than would be used for the children
were they sent TO such an institutional
home.
Governor Whitman said that the. bill
has only one defect-it provides no
procedure for the determination of the
fitness of mother to care for her
children. He suggests that this defect
be remedied by amendment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08
SUMMIT STRIKERS
COWED BY POLICE
Man Charged with Assaulting
Priest Held-TOWn OFF,
Gals at Odds,

Summit, n. j., April 7.-Cowed by
the determination of the authorities
TO prosecute disturbers, the former en-
ployes of the Summit Silk Company,
who are on strike and are seeking TO
make the $50 strike breakers quit, gave
absolutely no trouble to-day. The in
Gications are that no more violence ls
10 be feared.
Prosecutor Alfred A. Stein. of Sum-
nit County. who appeared in court here
to-day against the strikers charged
with assaulting Father Paul Kassar, a
Syrian priest, Monday night, said he
would devote all his time to seeing
that both strikers and strike breakers
conducted themselves in an orderly
manner.
When the accused strikers were ar
raigned before Magistrate Arthur W.
Hicks, Michael Cassatley. charged with
attacking the priest, was held IN Sl,OVO
bail, and John Malone. n strike breaker,
charged with assaultint striking
weaver. was held in $500 bail. Two
striking weayers, accused OF annoying
girls. were discharged for lack of evi-
dence.
The three strikers charged with bonn
harding Father kassar's home last
night were sraigned in Elizabeth be,
fore Justice Of the Peace Mabon, and
each held in $500 bail for the grand
jury.
The police saw 20 it tonight that
the strikers. who used TO follow the
strike breakers 20 their homes. stopped
at least two blocks from that point
Mayor Francis II. Bergen and Chief
Charles II Wilson, Of the Fire Depart
ment. are angry at each other. The
Mayer, last night, ordered the chief to
douse the strikers with water. The
chief refused, saying such an action
would lower the dignity of his depart
ment. The civic dispute will undoubt-
eddy lead 10 interesting consequences.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08
EXPLOITS OF HELEN
IN BRONX REAL LIFE
Like Film HeroineS, Girl Bides
Her Time and Gets Bold,
Bad Burglar Man.

Helen Nortz captured her burglar
i'i night. She has been after him
Ahee September. 1914. Helen is eleven
ears old and al ardent admirer of the
esyer women whose exploits as detec-
aNes are pictured by the moving
N.lure writers.
Helen's home is at 1906 Webster
venue, The Bronx. On September 3,
Ai, she visited her sister, who lives
q l2S6 Washington Avenue. While
ne was alone in the house young
n'h entered on the pretence that he
"" an Inspector for the gas company.
He struck her on the head, and while
ne was unconscious stole about $500
'9f'h Of jewelry.
40 MIN heroine was more indelibly
autographed on Helen's memory than
sue The features Of the thief. From
gay Gay forth she watched for him.
.Cersl times she saw him and ran 10
Sephone the police. He persisted in
hg
~. Last night she saw John Doherty, of
=. last l63d Street. at Brook Avenue
80 l'Oth Street. Convincing herself
~s. he was the man she wanted, Helen
-.aoned TO some Of her companions to
,.2foach. She sent them to do the
.".Stphonlng while she hid behind tree
- - watched her quarry She was right
I'm, ~ me spot this time when detectives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08
HOTEL DE GMK MOVING DAY
MADE SAD BY FIVE ARRESTS
Police Speed Parting Hoboes, Whose King Renews At
tack on Charity Trust" When He Learns of Follow
ers Plght-Survivors Ready for Farming.

From appearances yesterday after
noon. most OF the loyal had remained
chiefly from curiosity. They were anx-
ious to see their fellow hoboes work,
and they sat around the hotel, smoking
and watching with close attention,
while jeff and one or two others
wrestled with packing boxes and swept
and furnished, so that they might leave
the premises clean behind them and
90 to chicken farming with clear con-
science.
For Chi Rusty and Boxcar Dave are
going TO be known henceforth as Cory
don and Thestylis After considera-
tion Of estates IN Wcstchcster and New
Jersey jeff has decided that George
Crater's offer Of 450-ac.e farm at
Yaphank. Long Island. holds the true
bucolic appeal ThIther viii the hoboes
lie them elves as soon as the arrival
81 tho motor trucks permits them 20
evacuate and shake the dust OF the city
from their tires.
While watching their comrades labor
ing yesterday the gluks all confessed
that growing Cumps was the ambition
Of their lives. Gump is hoboese for
chicken, and the theories Of poultry
culture were all debated at length.
When approached with due consid-
Grafton for his turbulent mood yester,,
day afternoon the hobo king disclaimed
that he was in any way responsible Tor
the actions which had landed his re
tainers in Jail. They behaved them
selves all right while they were IN the
Hotel de Gink." ne said. Their arrest
vas just a depicsble trick OF the
charity trust to put US IN bad door
when we leave. Men get desperate ana
do things they would not think OF IN
their sane moments. IL isn't the iauiI
OF the hotel. Church members commit
murder sometimes, but tha5 does not
mean that all the churches should be
.bu, t,n does IL -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08
MANY Feel It COnfers Too
Great Power on City
Superintendent.
EXPERIMENT IN
ETHICAL CULTURE
Work of the Late Miss Lillian
Belle Sage Is Warmly
Praised.
By HENRIETTA RODMAN.

The Lockwood Human bill, pre-
sented by the State Department Of
Education, is causing almost as much
excitement as the Cromwell bill, which
threatened the teachers salaries.
II provides for New York a Board
OF Education of twenty-three members.
According to all educational authorities
with which I am familiar, this would
be a change in the direction Of greater
efficiency.
The bill maintains the present status
of teachers salaries.
II confers powers on the Board OF
Education which are now held by the
Legislature.
II is an established fact that the
teachers fear home rule. 1--WE trust
the Board of Education no more than
we trust the Board of Estimate" said
Edward Mandel, the authorized spokes-
man of the teachers, at the hearing be-
fore the Cities Committee.
1t is probable, however, that the
most Objectionable feature of the bill
from the teachers point of view is
that il confers almost absolute power
il the schools upon the City Superln-
tendent.
Those of us. and we are many, who
have felt our initiative repressed, our
creative impulses crushed by the RI
gidity of the system established by
one-man power in the New York pub
lie schools, will resist the passage OF
/ the Lockwood Human bill until we are
assured that the interests OF democ-
racy in the schools will be safeguarded.
Speaking of democracy, visited yes
\ terday the experimental class" in the
| Ethical Culture School. There are six
/ teen Youngsters from three and halt
| to eight years old.
You might almost be in that class
Yourself. If you were you could Learn
TO read or write. or do number work, II
YOU chose. If you didn't choose any
of these conventional subjects yol
could play store or go to sleep or rur
around the room.
But if you took a nap, when yot
walked up you'd probably want to dc
something active. Say you felt IKE
running around the room, the tim'
would come when you'd want to stop
and then the sight of other boys anC
girls writing letters TO drop in the toy
postofice. or making furniture for th'
playhouse would no doubt lure ever
YOUR lazy self to useful activity.
It's so simple, and so peasant, thu
Governmental class" The children
Just play till they're tired Of playin'
and then go to work because they wan
to. Or possibly they begin with work
and play later. -. A.:
Miss Catherine Tracy. whose idea thi
is. is quite in harmony with Superln
tendent Wirt's theory that chlidrel
who have had plenty of chance to pla'
will want to begin work.
In a letter to Commissioner finle!
on the Lockwood Hinman bill MI
Churchill wrote:
"While ! do not desire to take up 10
criticism an act which is in process o
modification and amendment. do cal
your attention to the proposed repea
of laws which are the basis OF man!
educational activities; nor IS their
nrovision for the uninterrupted con
tinuance of such activities when on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08

Although yesterday marked the last
Of the five days Of grace given the
hoboes for their evacuation of the
Hotel de Gink, nightfal found King
Jeff and few of the faithful still
holding the onion keep Of their palace.
II was not affection for New York
which detained them, but the non-ar-
rival Of transport train of motor
trucks which the hoboes had been
promised.
Alarms and excursions occupied the
greater part of the day and by the
time the shades of evening fell the
beleaguered monarch had waXed con
siderably wroth In the first place, a
tactless city mad assigned TO the hotel
d guard of honor. consisting of eight
patrolmen and a sergeant, who were to
speed the parting ginks. This breach
of etiquette was bad enough, but the
police violated good form still further
by arresting five of Jeff's minons.
Deep was the wrath of the good king
when he learned that a quintet of his
household had been forcibly introduced
10 Magistrate Ten Eyck, OF the Iombs
court. and were now in duress vile.
awaiting trial. Abraham Jackness and
Edward A. Walden were accused OF car
rving concealed weapons, Charles Bar.
beri Of combining the professions OF
hobo and burglar and August Gherzzi
and Stephen Rosaco Of steallngaIhlrtS
from Solomon Lowenfeld, a Sa0et-
dasher, of IS Wall Street.
Immediately after the de Gink pa
irons found that they would be obliged
to clean up their quarters and pack r.
resistible wanderlust seized most oil
them. SO prevalent was The disease
that when the time came for packing
the furnishings OF the hosiery, JeH
and Monopede, whose one leg keeps
HIM from wanderlusting, were among
IL L.. 4 ~ M a ed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08
JACK JOHNSON GETS
AMERICAN PASSPORT
SWears That He Has Never Been
Convicted of Felony in
United States.

Havana, April Jack Johnson. who
lost the heavyweight championship to
Jess Willard last Monday, to-day OBJ
tanned passport for himself and his
wife at the American Legation.
Johnson swore TO an affidavit that he
had never been convicted of a felony in
the United States and that he was not
subject to arrest if he returned to
America. He also swore that he pos
sessed American passports when he
came TO Cuba, but that these had been
stolen from him while here.
The former champion said he pur-
posed to go from Cuba TO Jamaica and
thence TO England and France, where
he hoped to make more money Before
setiring to the life Of a farmer in
France. Johnson said he expected to
ally himself with motion picture CON
Germs in Europe, and that he probably
would lecture before and during the
exhibition of the pictures of the tight
in which Willard defeated him.
Johnson's desire for passport
seems to be because without one he will
be unable TO return to Paris until the
close of the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08

board is preeipitately abolished and
another created"
Speaking on the same subject ne
fore the Cities Committee, Mr.
Churchill said:
"A lot Of bumps are working over
time. For heavens sake, leave US
alone this year"
. MADAM: Miss Lillian Belle Sage,
who died at her home In NORWICH
n. Y. after an illness Of three months
was chairman of the biology depart
ment of the Washington Irving hlgn
School, and had been connected with
the school since it's founding. in Sep
TENDER, 1902. She helped institute
lecture centre of the Museum OF Nat
ural History at Washington irving
High School. She started a vivarium
in the Washington Irving High Sehoo'
and organized the extension WORK ior
the elementary schools IN connection
with IL. This extension WORK resulted
in thousands of children visiting the
viyarium and listening to lectures on
animals. She started and maintained
a greenhouse on the roof OF the WASH
ington Irving High School, where the
students raise plants from seeds, BUDS
and cuttings. But above and beyond
her work and zeal shone the sweetness
and charm Of her personality, and II is
in that personality that the school Will
recognize its greatest loss.
EDWARD C. ZABRISKlE,
Principal"
The eighth annual dinner Of the
Fordham University School Of Law will
be held at the Hotel Aston on Satur-
day evening at 7 o'clock. Tickets may
be obtained at the law school, lao Mas
sau Street
The Interborough Association OF
Women Teachers announces that 1t Will
celebrate it's ninth birthday" at the
Waldorf-Astoria on Saturday, April II,
at s o'clock.
There will be an entertainment at
s: 80. dancing and supper at 10:30.
Subscription is $3.50. The proceeds
will be given TO the School Relief Com
mittee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08
gAVIATORS ENTER
NATIONAL CONTEST
O'enn L. Martin and Antony Jan.
Jus tnrolled-Time Extended
rom July 4 TO October ~.

ca,.Ie svlators have entered the ma
~ seroplane competition. and the
ny, ~ Of the competition has been ex-
Cia from July 1 10 October -.
l,,.snh l.. Martin, of Los Angeles. and
d, n! Janus, Of Baltimore. in enter
,,,s sse contest by wire yesterday. de-
.r;e mat their states were enthusi-
~. ar. Martin asked that Los An
b;,. Ge designated the official starting
nv IN California.
III !, entrants and the machines they
..ro'S,..enee B. Sperry. in a Curtiss land
ts,I ''sne and a Curtiss flying boat,
'quipped with Sperry gyro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08
MICHEL READY
TO URGE HALT
IN DIRECT TAX
u,vor and CommitteeWil
plead To-day with
Legislature
NAY STOP BILLS
THAT CAUSE LEVY
consideration Will Be Asked
for Highway Repair and
Other Measures.

y.~or Mitchell went with the mem
~ the budget committee Of the
W, Of Estimate Controller Prem
SO President McAneny Of the
go Of Aldermen, and Borough PreSi-
-. Pounds and Mathewson to Al
s..y last night to plead with the lead
no, TO pass any legislation that will
Hesitate direct state tax.
they have an appointment at $3.50
.'..,o~,irc with Senator Brown. pres
~ ~, mo tenn. and Senator Sage. chair
" II the Finance Committee OF the
s.~.,e According 20 Mn McAneny'
go are the specific things to De dis
ssssed; ....-4 .,,,,rlv hills
S1scial appropriation bills.
ronIvirc funds for the barge canal.
rss highway appropriation.
w. arc gong 10 ask for a rccons'd-
I'm Of the bin appropriating So
.',So00 for Che repair OF highways,
- Vas signed by the Governor on
$50. ID . declared M McAneny. "Ap.
..,sr,Iy the pi.u is to spend a OF OF
lnen"i Tor reconstruction of highways
hVas! .,o -uise Of repairs.
20. 20 beIsvS The reconstruction Of high
sbould bc done from the proceeds
'fEonds as is the case with the orig
~ construction. There IS not nlle
..E..s,e highway IN New York City, and
20 this appropriation stands. we VII
1--we 10 pay = per cent OF the cost OF
...o,str3c.inC highways IN other parts
.s,bs state from which the majority OF
~, citizens get no benefit.
As for the general apProp rlation ~
r.. sball ask that it be kept within
80 limits Of the one passed iaSt year
VI NcAneny said he was thoroughly
20 sympathy with the tone OF the ietteI,
awarded TO Senator Brown ana
S,ssker Sweet of the Assembly ny Mel
cnercer and Robert :. Binkerd,
'..-o.sr,. ON BEHALF OF the City Club
,,..srdsy.
Tic Letter urges:
THAT the appropriation for 'malnt
lance and repair of highways be re-
ned hy 81 least 100000.
IT. no money be appropriated
.,or, current revenues for canal con
,.~,ction hut that a final bond issue
D.. tho completion Of the canal bC
,s,~iited 20 a referendum this fall.
ira no special or extra appropri
,.;or Hills be adopted this year, un
-. ,bev arc clearly Of an emergency
...-scter
@Orr Immediate object in making
...s. reogests." they say. "is to avoid
. no..ible. the imposition OF a direc'
,,,,s tax this year. Our ultimate OBJ
;s,,i, 10 conserve the interests and the
.rsrsial ability Of both the city and
.sr stste
S,sskirr of the highway appropria-
.sT the letter saws:
.0pr request for a reduction is based
~ an examination of the supporting
,5edules on which these appropria
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08
DEATH PENALTY UPHELD
Minister Votes with Majority
in New jersey House.

Trenton, n. j., April 7.-Capital pun
ishment will continue the penalty for
murder in the first degree in this state.
the House this evening having defeated
the Hutchinson Senate bill, passed sew
eral weeks ago after q bitter fight. To-
days vote was II for to 20 against.
The Rev. Harry J. lobst, the min
lister member Of the House, created
great surprise when he attacked the
bill. He insisted that capital punish
ment was necessary as deterrent for
murder
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08
Cray Named Inspector

Captain John J. Cray, who has been
in charge of the First Branch at Pc
lice Headquarters since the reorgani-
cation Of the Detective Bureau, was
yesterday made an inspector by Com
missioner Woods. This puts two IN
spectors in the detective branch. the
other being Inspector Fsurot, head Of
the bureau
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08
WILLING WATERS
TIP" IS $4,000
Woman Rewards Faithful Ser
vitor in Will-Many Requests
for Charity.

Perhaps the largest Zip" ever earned
for good services is bestowed in the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-10
A Couple of Slick
NickeIS Get -Four
YoungMenArrested
POLICE sWooP DOWN ON A A.
M. CRAP GAME AND MAKE
A HAUL.

A little old battered and worn ten
of slick "jits,' composed the basis of
a 3 a. IN. argument in a rooming
house at Second and Evans streets to.
day, which resulted in the arrest of
four well-known Hattiesburg young
men on the charge of gaming. The
quartet will appear in Mayor Batson's s
court Monday morning to answer tho
charge, or else forfeit the cash bonds
on which they were released.
1t was exactly o'clock this morn.
ing when Policemen McInnis and Bev-
erly were passing the rooming house,
when they heard sounds coming from
the building. There was a spirited
argument on. Whenever a policeman
overhears snatches of an argument
at that time in the morning, he knows
that the fall of the Dardanelles; the
poor showing of the New York Giants
in the pennant race. or the relative
H
| merits of Ford car and an automo
bile, are not the topic.
The argument this morning, how
ever, was so spirited that the police
thought certainly there muse have
been at least go bits at stake. Sc
| they raided the place. There was Q
full-fledged crap game on, the police
say. They arrested j. c. Fisher, r. L
Davenport, B. F. Turnipseed, and Os
| car Black, and carried the quartet tt
| police headquarters, where the gam
| ing charge was made against them
The young men were not ready fol
| trial this morning so Mayor BatsoI
| postponed the case till Monday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-10
Of MRS.
BOLTON TOMORROW
WELL KNOWN HATTIESBURG WO-
MAN DIES AT INFIRMARY AZ
TER S WEEKS ILLNESS.

After an Hines of more than five
weeks, Mrs. Corinna Hollingsworth
Bolton, wife Of II. e. Bolton, of Hardy
& Bolton, Hattiesburg liverymen, died
at the South Mississippi Infirmary
shortly after 1890 o'clock this after
noon.
Funeral arrangements are being
completed this afternoon. The SER
vices will be held from the family
residence at Ala ROME street tomor.
row, at an hour yet to be fixed The
Rev. Lewis A. Kelly, pastor of the
Christian church, will conduct the ser
vices. The interment will take place
in the City cemetery.
Mrs. Bolton, formerly of Greenville
Miss, was 80 years old. She is sur
yived by her husband and one child.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-10

A war on speeding mortorists who
disregard the speed limits of the city,
and who each evening convert the
outlying streets into regular race
track, has been declared by Mayor
Batson and Chief of Police Bennett.
Announcement was made this after
noon by the chief that his men have
been given explicit instructions to
station themselves at those points In
the city, from which complaints
against the motorists are being regis
tered, with a view of arresting every
violator.
'There is hardly a day." Chief Ben
nett said, "that we do not receive
complaints regarding motorists who
run 20, 25 and 80 miles an hour over
the outlying streets. 1t is a danger
GUS practice, and should be stopped.
at is difficult, with our limited
force, to make arrests in every case.
The citizens of the city who see these
violations should assist us whenever
possible. Whenever it is seen that a
man is running dangerously fast, we
would like for the witnesses to get
the number of the car. We will do
the rest.
81 know that it is difficult at all
times to obtain these numbers, as the
machines often kick up such a dust
as to totally obscure the number tag.
But there are times when this can
be DONE"
Mayor Batson said that whenever
| it is found that motorists are driving
lrecklessly and too FAST he will see to
| it that the stipulated fine is affixed
81, too, have been receiving com
plaints," he said, "and these have be-
come so numerous that it has become
necessary to act. The speed mania
must be curbed, and Chief Bennett
and myself are determined to do it..
1.-THE limit in the city proper is II
miles an hour. 1t should not be diff
ficult for the motorists to drive at this
rate until the country roads are reach
ed"