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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24
RINC-TAIL SQUEALER
TRICKS FITZGERALD
Representative Sued by Woman
for Monkeys Pranks.

when Representative John J. Fitz-
gerald, Of Brooklyn. paid q visit to the
Panama Canal IN 1913 an admirer
presented him with a monkey known
a O ring-tsil squealer. II was against
Mr.. FitzgerAlds better political judg-
ment To have anything 70 do with any
sort of squesler. But he made an ex-
eeption In the case Of the simian, and
brough, him North. Now he is CO.
defendant with Battalion Chief John
Dooley In a suit for $1,000 damages.
Ii happened this way: The monkey
broke so much bric-a-brac that Mr..
fitzgerald gave him TO Chief Dooley
Of Engine Company l26. The men
promptly named him 'Fitz."
"Fitz" early developed rowing dis
nosition. On one of these expeditions,
According 70 Mrs. Clara F. Burch, OF
4i7 State Street, the animal skipped
three fences and entered her apart
ment. When she tried TO shoe him
out he scratched and bit her. For
this she Is suing for $1,000, naming
Fitzgerald and Dooley as tho ones who
ought 70 pay her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24
VESTS RICHEST BRIDE
GETS Sll,000,000 MORE
Sale of Car Co. Adds to Fort' 'e
of Mrs. H. H. Spaulding, Jr.
TBy Telegraph 20 me Tribune. ]


Ch;caoo. Dec. 23.-About s1l, 900. 900
in cash has been added TO the fortune
Of Mrs. Howard II. Spaulding, jr., BY
the sale Of the Haskell and Barker
Car Company, Of Michigan City. Ind
The money will be turned over 10 the
trustees for Mrs. Spaulding, who Is
nineteen years old, and who, as MISS
Catherine Barker, ward OF James b.
Forcan, was the Middle Vests richest
young woman.
Sale Of the big car concern was
closed yesterday by Z. X. Boisot. wee
president Of the First Trust and Saw
ings Bank and trustee OF the Barker
property. Mr.. Boisot intimated that
the basis Of the sale was spot cash.
He admitted that the old management
would have no hand in future affairs
Of the company. That leaves Howar
y. Spaulding, jr., husband Of Mrs
Spauldng, with nothing to do. Mr..
Spaulding has been assistant secretary
Of the company.
Miss Barker and Mr.. Spaulding were
married last July.
The Haskell and Barker Car Com
pany was organized in 1852 by John
II. Barker, who died in 1910. After
lis death the property was placed in
the hands Of James B. Forgan. Z. K.
BoIsot and W. j. Mcbride as trustees.
The property, valued at S30.00O,00O,
was left 20 his daughter, Catherine
Barker. then fourteen years old. ar
Iangements for purchase of the con-
Germ ware made by Potter, Choate &
Prentice and +, b, keecb 4 Company,
Of New York. d.. -..-..-.----..-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24
SHIP BILL WILL WIN
FOR G. O. P. OUT WEST

"You can rest assured that all a..
states west Of the Rocky Moun.i~,
will 90 Republican at the coming Pr,,
dental election. We are erperlene,,.
real hard times In Oregon on accom-,
Of the tariff, the shipping bill and y.
repeal of the free tolls act for Ars,.
lean shippers through the Psn,r,
Canal. The situation is the same Ia n
of the Far Western states"
That was the statement yesterday a,
R. f. Williams, Republican ns,icn,I
committeeman from Oregon. who csll,
on Charles d. Hilles, chairman Of a.
national committee, TO discuss the M.
uation in the Far West
Mr.. Williams said that the timber n.
terests were greatly Handicapped /,
shipping their lumber. The shippl,,
bill required the use Of American bo,'
toms, and there were none now on n,
Pacific coast, he said, while Canada a,
ship lumber in any kind Of bottom,
1--WE haven't got down 10 dlseuai,,
individual candidates for the pr
dency out there yet" he said. ~.
Republicans will get solidly back n
any candidate, whoever he may h
Everybody comedies that Justice Hugss
would be a good strong man In d.
running. Colonel Roosevelt has a per.
sonal following, mostly among the Pr.
gressives. There hasn't been much talk
of him as the Republican candidate IL
our state. The Gary dinner seems "a
have put him in the limelight here re
Gently"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24
WILSON RECEIVES
REPORT ON ANC0NA
Lansing Communication Believed
to Give Details of ZWie-
dinek Conversations.

Hot Springs, Va. Dec. 29.-President
Wilson received to-day a communication
from Secretary Lansing relative to for
eign affairs. II Is understood that the
letter told Of recent conversations the
Secretary of State has had with Baron
zwiedinek, charge d'affaires of the Aus
trian Embassy, regarding the demands
of the United States growing out of the
sinking of the AncOna.
The President spent some time at
work with his stenographer He read
Mr.. Lansing's letter and Enclosures and
dictated replies 10 various letters for
warded here from the White House.
There is no present plan to have
Colonel House come here for a confer
ence before leaving for Europe as a
special diplomatic representative to
discuss important questions with
American ambassadors az the capitals
of belligerent powers. The President
and Colonel House, however, are in
constant communication by letter and
telegraph.
The President has directed that con-
gratulations on his wedding sent by
rulers of foreign countries be acknowl-
and he Is supervising personally the
answering of similar messages from
American diplomats abroad, officials In
this country and personal friends.
The principal celebration of Christ
mas here will be held tomorrow night,
and the President and Mrs. Wilson
have been urgently invited to part CT
pate. Invitations to attend a Sunday
school celebration in the Presbyterian
Church and 20 take tea with one Of the
cottagers were declined to-day.
For the first time since their arrival
the President and his wife played golf
to-day. They went on the course while
many Of the other guests were having
lunch, and on their return TO the hote
found practically all Of the winter col
ony gathered on the lawns 60 greet
hem. They had played fourteen holes,
with two Secret Service men acting as
caddies. The caddies ms sted that no
score was kept. Mrs. Wilson is be
ginner on the links, but under the
coaching Of he President IS rapidly
improving her game. .,
Late in the aftoru Don the couple took
an hours automobile ride TO points OF
historic interest in the vicinity. return
ing after dark in time for d.-uer.
Mrs. r. y. Guuton, who invited Presi-
dent and Mrs Wilson for afternoon tea
at her place here to-day, received a
note from Mrs. Wilson this morning IN
which she declined the invitation, say
ing that she ard Nj. Wilson were max
/ ng no social engagements during, theiT
| stay.
Lord and Lady Aberdeen arrived to-
| day from St Louis to spend Christma'
at The Homestead. They will go to
Washington next week TO take part u
the civic congress there. Mrs. W. W
| Sanford, who was with them in Sar
Francisco when Lady Aberdeen pre-
sided over the women's congress, viii
! Join them tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24
COOKING, ALMOST FINDS
TROLLEY CAR IN SOUP
Woman Jumps for Life as Pas
sengers Land In Her Kitchen.

Mrs. David II. Armstrong; prepare
lions for supper IN the kitchen Of her
cottage home on Butler Place in Gran
itsviils, Staten Island, we're interrupted
last evening. A trolley car crashed
through the side OF the house and
stopped with the fender lettering in
front Of her stove.
The car left Port Richmond Square
at 5;15 with women and girls-all
Chtistmas shoppers laden with bundles
among It's 'forty-two passengers. As
Aotorman Frank COwies WAS rounding
the letter curve at Richmond Ave
nue., the car jumped the track Bump
ing along down Butler Place for a
quarter Of block, II swerved 70 the
right, broke through a picket fence and
stuck It's nose into Mrs. Armstrong;
kitchen.
Conductor Baker locked the rear
doors in the faces Of hysterica women
who were trying 20 get out. Their
screams Of fright impelled some one %
call an ambulance from 81. Vincent
Hospital. A fcw passengers were
treated for trivial cuts and bruises, bat
no one was taken 20 the hospital.
AZ for Mrs. Armstrong, Ehe jumped
for safety into the dining room as the
runaway visitor held up Mr.. Arm
strenx's evening meal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24
Shun Crowds and Grip,
Warns Health Official

Philadelphia, Dec. 23.-The death
rate from the outbreak Of grip now
sweeping the state has been so high
that Samuel G. Dixon, State Health
Commissioner, at Harrisburg tonight
cautioned the public that if the disease
is TO be avoided. Sacrifices must be
made"
keep out of crowded places" Dr..
Dixon says, "as one person having the
grip may give it to a carload OF pas
sengers.' . g,
In this city the Bureau Of Vital
Statistics issued $50 burial permits
during the first three days Of this week,
the majority of the deaths being due
directly or indirectly to the grip. This
is more than double the ordinary death
rate. 1t is estimated that nearly l6,OOO
persons in Philadelphia alone are SUI
fering with the disease, which mas
been particularly fatal to the very old
and the very young. Attendance at all
the public schools has been greatly re-
duced and in several sections OF the
state schools and colleges have been
forced to close.
Factories, department stores and
other business houses have also been
affected. In many instances the mum
Der Of employees obliged TO remain at
home has been so great as TO seriously
curtail operations. Hundreds OF fire
men and policemen are confined 20
their homes with the disease, while
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany reports 400 Of its employees on the
sick list
Reports from Camden, y. j., tonight
were that there are at least thousand
cases in that city, with nifty deaths
during the last week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24

party snert AL to-day. Thursday. on
the trair 20 Stockho' n.
One of he hiehes- officials of Nor
way denied 10 ne r. emphatic terms
to-day that Prime Minister Knudson
last spring gave Nine Rosika Schwim-
mer assurances either By letter or YER
bally. that the Norwegian government
would favor or take action toward a
peace conference.
This official, a member Of the Cabi
net, asserted that Nine. Schwimmer,
who. he understands, first proposed the
peace cruise 70 Henry Ford, visited the
Prime Minister twice last spring. Mr..
Knudson told her plainly then that any
manner of peace movement would be
futile at this time. He went so far as
to say that even should President Will
son ask Norway 20 join IN peace pro
after a conference with Denmark and
Sweden.
Prime Minister Knudson has been re-
ported as saying that If Nine. Schwim-
mer presented official credentials from
the United States, then concerted ac-
ton with America and Scandinavia
would be possible.
THE time is not ripe for peace" the
Cabinet officer told me to-day. "A neu-
tral conference would be useless now,
although no harm might come of it. |
think Nine. Schwimmer is honest, but
certainly no assurances were ever given
her"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24
HORSE ON MENU
NOT LIKELY HERE
Chef Recalls Famous Dinner In
London, but Doubts Meat
Will Become Popular.

The question Of the gustatory value
OF horse meat. which. with the recent
repeal by the Board Of Health of a sec
tion Of the code prohibiting the slaugh
ter Of horses for food, has aroused so
much interest in New York. Is not a
new one, according 10 Edouard Pan
chard chef of the Hotel McAlpin.
THE meat will never become popu-
lar" said Penchard yesterday. 81 do
not believe the good hotels will ever
serve il. Twenty years ago, in the Cafe
de Paris. | prepared a dinner for the
Hippophages, or persons who eat horse
flesh. The dinner in question was the
result Of wager. A young horseman
who had lost a valuable animal in a
racing accident, while being commits
Grated on its loss became engaged in
an argument on the nutritive value of
horsefesh, and the dinner. which
arranged, was the result"
"Then there was the famous dinner
In London. A group of scientists and
horsemen, stimulated by French
essay entitled, "Prejudices are the
diseases of the human mind" had q
dinner in 1868 at the Langham Hotel.
Every dish was horse. There was
'Consomme de cheVal Morse soup
'Terrine de fol msigre chevaline
simple terrine of horse liver, and
'Ssucissons de eheval aux pistaches
syriaques,' most euphonious name for
horse sausa2es.
"The menu was written In French
for the comfort of the squeamish beef
fed English stomachs. The dinner
served It's purpose in showing that the
meat of the horse was an edible as
that Of the COW. but the meat never
became popular in England.
III am ever called upon to add
horse 70 my menus, instead of the as
terisk which means ready dishes. |
shall probably have to put a footnote.
reading: An hour or two while the
chef sends out for young hackney
Horses would be hard 10 get In this
reneration Of the taxieab."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24
EXPLOSION ROCKS
BLISS WAR PLANT
Escaping Gas in Shell
Oven Blows Out Wall
and Kills One Man.
NOT A PLOT CASE,
POLICE CONVINCED
5000 Employees Stream Out of
Building in Panic, but Later
Return to Work.

A terrific explosion, which shook the
armament plant of f. W. Bliss & Com
pany, at Second Avenue, Thirty
e Forty second Street, South Brooklyn,
last night, caused the death of one
employee, the injury Of another, and
threw the remaining force of 5000 into
a panic. Although the plant is work
ing three shifts daily on war orders
for the Allies, and squad of detec-
tives have been on guard more than
year in anticipation of trouble, the
police believe that the explosion was
an accident.
Alfred Ford, twenty-four years old,
of 262 Sixty-ninth Street, was killed,
and John Ediholm, twenty-four, of 38l
Twelfth Street. was injured, not Seri-
ously. The accident occurred in a
boiler room on the fourth floor Of the
six story structure, at 1855 p. m.
Instead of painting the shells manu-
featured on the premises, the men
place them in an oven, and the heat
puts a gloss on them. Il was in one
Of these oven rooms, about twenty
five feet square, partitioned by fire.
proof thing from the rest of the floor,
that Ford and Ediholm were standing,
about to slide a tray of shells into the
oven.
The fire in the oven had gone out,
but through some defect in the appa-
ratus believed 20 have been accidental
the gas continued to flow. Accord
ing TO the police. Ford advanced with
a paper in his hand to light the fire.
Immediately he opened the oven door
there was a frightful fash, followed by
& shock which rocked the building to
its foundation and shook the earth for
blocks around.
Ford was killed instantly and Edi-
holm was catapulted into the main
room through an opening m the walls,
which had been blown apart.
The 5000 employees made a wild rush
for stalrways and fire escapes. No one
was hurt
Captain James Gillian, Of the Fourth
Avenue station "a he'd reserves 20 the
pot and Police Sergeant Frank BGp
'sr hurried "a quad ot detectives IT'D
handle tuc pan estrcbon crowd Bat.
Talon Fire Chief Largaor. Gap tam
co-g'in. Assistant D.srl. Attorney
Wilson AVID Coroner Wagner wo.e
others who were quickly ON the scene.
The mon were assured trst there
could -o' 1e a1 explosion W aLy grca
consequence ig -la factory. as there
weren't ten pounds Of powder in the
whole plant, and the bu.idE. wh.ch is
-n -..--on.Iete aau stel. fracture. alb
1lu,ely Ireprooi, wa Amos. immune
from ire l.. was al noun before the
force returned 70 worn and the plant
was running smoothly again. Ford
body was .aken to The Fourth Avenue
ststIon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24
REFUSED TO PAY
POLICE, HE SWEARS
SaIoonkeeper Testifies He Was
Prosecuted When $50 a
Month Stopped.

Payment OF protection money to po-
lice was charged By Robert A. Kane,
president Of the Whitestone (Long
island Liquor Dealers Association,
when he appeared as witness in his
own behalf in the Queens County
Court yesterday.
Kane had been charged with running
disorderly saloon at Fourteenth
Street and Fourteenth Avenue, White
stone. He alleged that he was being
prosecuted because he would not con-
tinue 10 make regular monthly pay
ments 10 the police for the privilege
of keeping open after hours.
81 paid sums Of money to Captain
Thomas A. Darcy, who died FIVE years
ago, and to Captain Cornelius Leary'
now retired, and got into trouble when
| refused TO come across to Lieuten-
ant Thomas Kenny" said Kane.
"Did you pay this morty TO Darcy
and Leary for yourself or the liquor
dealers association ?" asked Attorney
Richard Adams, who acted for the
saloonkeeper.
~ got Il from the association" was
the reply. -,
Glow was the money raised?"
each saloonkeeper in the. organiza-
ton gave SO each month, making 500
month, of which $50 always went to the
police" ..-.. 49, 90
"Did you talk TO Lieutenant Kenny Z
ayes. He asked me whether | didn't
think there was something coming TO
him. and told him had been down to
see Mayor Caynor. who had put stop
10 such things. TO hell with Gaynor
Take care OF those who take care OF
YOU he said in reply"
Lieutenant Kenny testified shat he
never had had any conversation II the
sort with Kane and -mU.s ic4'iy do
MED that he ever had solicited any
protection money The case will 20 10
the Jury this morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24
Mrs. JOHNS FIST
ACHING FOR WAR
Walters Who Attacked
Cafe Would Have Had Ac-
ton if She Were There.

II is too bad that Mrs. John Miko-
laus, the buxom frau OF the restau-
rant owner whose place Of business,
at l05 Second Avenue. was attacked
by strikers Wednesday night. was not
present at the fray. Her husband and
son both frankly admit that she would
have been of grea. assistance. T. IS
even rumored that the wa ters selected
that night because she was away.
81 would have shown them the row
dies" she said yesterday afternoon,
her eyes blazing. in one minute you
would have seen d different looking
street. Empty IT would have been"
Mrs. Mikolaus seemed quite capable
Of making good her remarks. as she
glared around the small eating place.
She is tall and stout, and her health
is excellent
81 tell you how il all started" she
said. THE papers have it not right
At lunch fellow tries to stop the
peoples from coming TO eat. You see,
we don't belong to the union. 80 the
waters try to make trouble"
She said that her son. John. had put
the man out, and he had left the place
swearing that by night there would be
twenty men TO annoy them.
For why should we give in to the
union,' she demanded. What DO they
do for you? Run your place-that is
what they do. If you want 20 fire a
man you must ask the union. If you
want to hire him, you also must ask.
Everything goes TO the union. Here
is Charley, and Jakey and Henry. They
have been with me for twenty and if
teen years. They know the customers
what they like to eat, and every
thing about them. For them I should
Join union and get loafers? /
wouldn't do It,"
Wien Mrs. Mikolaus was asked what
she thought Of the fight that had taken
place outside the door. she said:
"a fine protection the police is. Ny
son Johnny had his head split open
by a policeman. Did you ever hear
such a thing? 1t isn't enough that
loafers hit him. so a cop must join in.
OF course. he didn't know who Johnny
was, but does that heal up the wound ?"
Mr.. MikolauS lost a diamond stick
pin worth 1915 and about $40 in bills
during the struggle with the strikers.
Before he could answer a question
about this his wife said:
Such know-nothings those people
are. In the other pocket was q roll
of $500, which he was going TO put in
the bank. But they didn't know it."
Whereupon the husband remarked that
she talked as II she wished they had.
The eight men who were arrested
on suspicion Of stealing the pin and
money were discharged yesterday
morning in the Essex Market Court,
when Mikolaus failed TO identify them.
II is apparent that his wife will re-
mind him of his failure on many oc-
casions.
why" she reproached him, why
did you let them get away from court
when they were in there already? Sup
pose you didn't know exactly! II they
were in with the crowd they should
have been done something by the law.
perhaps sent up to Sing Sing?"
bystander suggested.
"Sing Sing?" she shouted. "Sine
Sing | should say not. They should
enjoy themselves YETI"
Then where?" asked her husband.
"Blackwells Island, for my part"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24
French Ship Runs Ashore
While Fleeing from U.BOat

Tortosa. Spain, Dec 23.-The small
French steamship Loukkous, with a
cargo Of sugar, ran ashore at the mouth
of the Ebro River yesterday, whhe
attempting 10 escape from submarine.
The captain Of the Loukkous asserts
,bs submarine attempted TO torpedo
tbs vessel On being ordered to stop.
tbs captain. instead Of obeying, went
head at full speed, and succeeded IN
entering the mouth Of the Ebro.
according to this account, the sub
marine fred several shots at the Louk-
kous. without effect. The commando
Of the port has sent a rescue party 70
attempt to save the steamship and her
cargo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24
ROADS WIN RATE INCREASES
Western Railways Revenues Boosted
by Interstate Boards Decision.

Washington, Dec. 23.-Railroads op-
Grating between the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers and tho Rocky Mount
aims were granted increases in freight
rates by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to-day on many commodities,
including agricultural implements,
canned goods and boots and shoes. No
estimate Of the additional revenues the
roads will derive is in the commissions
report, but II will mount into hundreds
Of thousands annually, despite the fact
that numerous increases sought were
denied
Although there still is pending be-
fore the commission proposed increases
on a few other commodities, the gener-
al campaign Of the Western roads 70
obtain higher rates on tho more i'm
portant commodities virtually is al an
end. Both the case decided to-day
and the one gtiil pending are related
20 the called Western advance rate case.
The first and most important part Of
this case was decided weeks ago. some
Increases being allowed and Others re-
fused, and petition for its reopening
recently was denied.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24
GREEN YULETIDE
SPREADS GRIP
Thousands III from Dis
ease in City-Many
in Hospitals.
PNEUMONIA TOLL
GROWS RAPIDLY
Health Department Here Denies
There Is Cause for Alarm
at Present.

With two hundred cases Of influenza
at Bellevue, an equal number in hos
pitfalls below Fourteenth Street and the
number Of privately treated patients IN
the greater city running into the thou
sands, physicians are wondering to-day
whether they will have to face grip
epidemic like that which is now sweep
ing through cities in the West.
All the hospitals reported last night
that the total of influenza cases this
Christmas is much heavier than in past
wears and rivals that which followed
the blizzard two years ago.
Seventeen grip or pneumonia cases
are now at Gouverneur Hospital, seven
at Beth Israel, nine at St. Vincent,
five at the House of Relief and four at
s. Marks. Even these figures, how
ever. were admitted by staff physicians
to be higher than usual. and the blame
was put on the big snow of last week
and alternate thawing and freezing
since
Twenty -.,ses of pneumonia are now
being treated in Williamsburg al
Greenpoint, German, Williamsburg,
East End District and St. GATHERINGS,
and members of the staff have been
kept busy answering scores of calls
from private houses. A.
Dangers Of an epidemic were dis
counted yesterday, however, by Com-
missioner Haven Emerson Of the De-
partment of Health, who said:
"The increase in the number OF cases
during the last four weeks has been
in no way noticeable. There are al
ways a few more cases of pneumonia
and respiratory diseases at this time
of the wear. While departments OF
health out West are reporting many
cases, | believe that this Is nothing
more than the usual seasonal increase
of respiratory diseases following the
Indictment weather"