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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
BILLY RAIDS FLEET
FOR 400 RECRUITS
Sailors Sign Gospel Arti-
CleS After He Turns His
BrOadSide on Satan.

From s..- Correspondent n TIE Tribunel
Paterson. y. J., May -. Fleet
night in the Tabernacle, Billy Sunday
and MA" standing in a fashlight pict-
ure with 500 sailors. Rodey working
THE Star Spangled Banner for every
stripe and every star.
Sailormcn roaring out Brewers Big
Horses" At the end Of the sermon
Billy Hurting out the lifeline aud IN
vitng the lads 10 hit the trail.
That's something of a composite
picture Of the evening.
OF course. the tars hit the trail with
a bang. Four hundred Of the 800
filed up to shake Billy's hand.
Billy started slambang of into the
nautical atmosphere by wrapping his
verbal offering with the language OF
the sea.
"Twenty-eicht years ago | was a
derelict on the sea of life" he said.
Already the sailors began 10 look up.
But / sighted the lighthouse of God
flashing at the harbOr entrance. and !
headed in and got into the drydock. |
scraped the barnacles off and got the
old engines fixed and took on a cargo
of pcace and ioy And ! loaded with
GOSPEL shells and headed out 10 sea.
81 sighted some dreadnoughts, lads.
and | cleared for action, and ! cut
loose with nv old 14-inch guns. Boys,
I'm proud 10 say I've sent good many
of the old devils submarines and
dreadnouchts to Davy Jones's locker
OF course. that put everybody INTO
A summer sea humor, and Billy IN
creased il when the collection was
taken up by shouting: say, ushers'
mass up the sailor bows But the
sailor bows would not be denied. and
Wrestling tin pan from an usher they
passed it among themselves. The col
lection for the evening incidentally to-
tailed S5l4 and went to charity.
At the end of the trail hitting sun
day got right into the war news by
praying for President Wilson
God give our President strength IN
these irving times. We don't know
what he's going TO do, but whatever ne
does we'll stand by him
The sailormen were very much as
Amounted when their friend, Mrs. Fin
lev j. Shepard, the former Helen Could
was kept away by the heavy shower
Sunday received another invitation to-
dav to speak at Sing Sing, this time
from Warden Osborne. The reVivallS'
saws if he is able to return to fater-
son by > p. m. Monday, to participate
in the baseball game between the min
listers and news papermen, he Will prop
ably 20 TO the prison that morning
lie speaks 70 women only FRIDAY, after
noon and night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
$3.50 FOR MIR SERABEND
Antique Carpet Brings Top
Price at Anderson Galleries.

An antique Mir Serabend carpet.
with a deep rose ground and small
palm leaf pattern, brought the top
price yesterday at the sale. at the An
derson Galleries, of the Hall and La
Porte collections. l. was sold TO VI.
Barrett for $3.50. The Same buyer
gave $3.50 for an Asia Minor carpet
With a mulberry ground. and $3.50 for
a khorassan carpet with rose centre
and green medallion and corners.
An antique Cabistan carpet in mel
low tones Of gray was sold on order
for $14750. a set Of six antique side
chairs of Chippcndale style was sold
on order for SiO0. and a Queen Anne
lowboy went 10 Smith Il WATSON for
$50. The total Of th- sale was S4,-
1880
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13

Camille Saint-Saens, the aged French
composer. arrived here yesterday from
bordeaux on the French liner Rocham-
bcau. He is going to the Panama
Pacific Exposition, where hymn com,
nosed for the State Of California will
no sung by "A choral society OF many
voices on his arrival
n Saint-S acns heard about the loss
II the Lusitania by wireless, and IT in
,o,si6ed the musicians feeling against
germany and its people. He said he
felt too much depressed to give way
80 utterance and asked that the sub
oct Of Germany ana the Lusitania be
not suggested in his presence. Several
"OtbusIastic women rushed toward the
French music master as ne came ashore;
hut thinking them German he waved
them aside.
Ueonold Godowsky. the pianist. Many
,osrs ago Godowsky was a pupil of
SsGnt- Saers, and they had not met IN
twenty years, Suddenly the French
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
Lecture by Clayton Hamil-
ton at BandboX-MiSS
Nanscn in PhOtO-Play

Tho third Of the series OF lectures
held under the auspices Of the Wash
ingtan square Players will be given on
Sunday afternoon at the BandboX The
atro by Clayton Hamilton The sub
jet will be The Little Theatre: How
Can /. Crow up" Mr.. Hamilton will
discuss the possibilities and oppor-
tunltIcs OF the small experimental tine
atre, Of which the Washington Square
Players furnish type, and the best
means OF taking advantage Of them
The lecture Will be open 10 subscribers
Of the theatre and 10 all others who
are Interested. Owing to the demand
for tickets for the present bill. which
was given for the first time at the
BandboN last week, the Washington
Square Players will give several extra
performances. This week they will
play on Thursday evening "a we'll as
Friday and Saturday, and next week
and the week following they will play
on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday evenings.
The first showing of an elaborate
photo-nlay based on Count Leo Tol-
stoy's The Resurrection with Miss
Betty hansen in the role Of katusha
Nasloya, viii be made at the New York
Ulppodrome next week Miss Manson
was the actress who created the role Of
Hcdda Gabblcr when Ibscn's much Dis
cussed play Of the same title was first
produced in ChristIania.
The dramatic department Of Gal
brath WEIGH has just concluded ar
rangcmeuts for Norman NcKnuel to
come over i'm August TO play the lead
i'm the dramatic version of THE Devils
Garden" which is 20 be produced by
Arthur Hophirg The decentralization ls
20 be made by Edith Ellis. Mr.. McKin-
mel is now serving as a volunteer lieu
tenant in the English army and IS at
present in the trenches in France.
The last concert of the season at the
Columbia Theatre will be given next
Sunday with night performance only.
The event will he a complimentary tes-
timonial to Jack Shea, who has been IN
charge Of the Sunday performances at
g., & house for the last four seasons.
The programme will consist Of twenty
acts selected from the most popular
headl.nerS that are usually seen al the
leading vaudeville houses.
All sailors in uniform from the bat
tleships will be admitted free 70 the
Broadway Theatre this afternoon be-
tween the hours Of II 80 and p. m.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
MISS SEDGWICK RETURNS
Starts Back to Lenox from
California.

Lcnox. Mass. May - Miss Chris,
tine Scdgvick, daughter Of Mr. ana
Mrs. Alexander Sedgwick, is on her
way to Stockbridge, where the Man
SION i the country place Of the Sedg-
wicEs. has been opened. Mrs. Sedg-
wick and Miss SodRwlck were travel
ling to San Francisco. where Mr.. Sedg-
wick is Massachusetts commissioner at
the fair. when Miss .Sedgwick was
stricken with pneumonia.
General and Mrs. James Brattle Bur
bank and Mr.. and Mrs. Warren NJ
Salisbury have arrived at their coun-
try places in Pittsfield.
Miss Adelaide Bayliss arrived to-day
in ctockbridge for the season.
Miss Edith Bryce and William Bryce
have arrived in Pittsfeld, where their
villa is being opened.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
REQUEST COSTS S41,559
bingham Lawrence Must Pay
Tax on $630,000.

bingham Lawrence. of Mill Road,
Cold Spring Harbor. Long Island, will
have to pay the state Of New York
Sal. $50 as an inheritance tax upon the
S63O.0OO given him in the will OF
Charles II. SenfT. who lived in White
stone. Surrogate Daniel Noble, of ia
maica, yesterday approved the APP
praisal of the property.
Mr.. Lawrence fought hard to get the
beouest. which was not embodied In
the will proper, but in codicil.
Mr.. Lawrence and Mr.. Senf were
close friends. The latter placed a
large sum Of money in the former
hands for investment or speculation,
and it was that money which was given
Mr.. Lawrence in the codicil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
WHAT is GOING on TO-DAY.

Ffe tirisson 90 me American Museum o'
Nt'l-f Hisop Metropolitan Museum 81 A. arc
uf Al.suuu
Toy enlisted men. : , m. reception foi
e'tr~ Union League club 8 p m.
'.nirrur. q ue National Fire Projection As
o. is'loa. h0'c Aston 10 .. N.
'~,e'ior ~ NE American Bookseller A"ocia-
-" Haci Aston. 10 a o.. diautr. 80 ?. ~.
Luncheon - %. Merchants Association q New
'"t ho'el Aston. - 20 ..
La'choon 81 me NstionAl order o. Danes Of
N'A Legion. Hote MoApin. ] . M.
Aesiifs ~ ne New York library Club. wash
HHol living High School. . m
hee'ins - he Chndfcn Of 1918. Hotel Wander
tf. = n.
Dinner - the Boston University Association 81
Nes fofs A'diue Grub. . 80 .. m.
I, birner = TIE Alumni Assccittion q Lying In
""lfAI. Hotel Manhattan. ,. Ia
he'r!oa o. ths Uni,ersi,y Club. clubhouse.
oells
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
JOHN s. PECkHAM.

John s. Peckham. of the Hotel Nc.
Alpin. died yesterday at his home, li5
Lexington Avenue. Brooklyn. Mr;
Peckham, who was fftythree years Old
and a bachelor, suffered from COM
plication of diseases.
Member of the 18th Regiment, Com
panv {. Veterans, and former assistant
manager Of the Edgemere Club; at
Fdgemere, Long Island. Mr.. Peckham
had been with the McAlpln since the
onening Of the house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
The NeWSbOy S
Home Club

is not a lodging house, but
it does much for the news
boy, and does it in a chubby,
companionable, brotherly
way.
It's purpose is TO furnish
him a place to meet other
boys and study, play. battle,
debate, learn Manual Train
ing and hold entertain
ments-"give a show"
The instructors encour-
age him. study his habits.
find out what sort OF work
he has natural aptitude
for. If he wants help with
his studies, they interest
themselves in his school
work and reports.
In the Summer he can 60
with other boys TO a sea-
shore camp for a week.
The Newsboys Home
Club is located at Eleventh
Street and Second Avenue.
Many newsboys live in that
neighborhood. Over 1900
BOYS belong to the club.
1t is a good institution.
More power 10 it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
WOOIFt-FOSTER.

Vested, \. J., May =. Miss Elsie
Foster, daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Sam
uel G. Foster, of 535 Clark Street, was
married at her home this afternoon TO
Or. Clarence Wolfe, OF Providence.
The Rev. Dr. Shaw. pastor OF the FIRST
Methodist Episcopal Church. ofhclated.
Miss Edith Foster, sister OF the bride.
was bridesmaid. and Percy Foster her
brother, was best man. Inc couple VIII
live in Providence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
May BRIDE MATRON
FOR JUNE WEDDING
Mrs. Angler B. Duke Will
Be in Bridal Party of
Miss Mary L. Duke.
MISS MARGARET PRATT
TO WE'D F. J. FROST
Miss Eleanor r. Townsend En-
gagged to Horace Green-"Car-
mon" Tonight for War Relief.


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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13

GRAY, william. $50 East 2ooth St,
May O.
GREEN, John. 1908 Bathgate av.. Mayo.
GRIMM. Alice, 2O77 Clinton av.. May
10. Funeral to-day.
HOOLE, Lillian. 1884 Bryant av.
/ May 10.
/ KNICKERBOCKER. Katherine. 1853
West ll7th St, May 10. Funeral to-
morrow.
LAIR, Elizabeth, So Elton av. Funeral
to-day.
LAMPHEAR. Rosalind. l2s West s5th
St. May 10.
LAWSON. Samuel, May II. Funeral
tomorrow.
LORD, Charles. May II. Funeral to-
day.
WGOWN, Samson, 1876 West lO6'h st,
May 10.
RIOS Maria. May H. Funeral to-mor-
row.
SCHWARTZ, Abraham. ABS Convent
av.. May II. Funeral to-day.
SICKLES. Henry. 1876 Convent Gv, May
II. Funeral private.
. STRATFORD, Maria, Az West Dist st.
Funeral tomorrow.
THEIS, Margaret. 241 West 23d st.
Funeral to-day.
BROOKLYN.
BLEECKER. Ellen. 629 Eastern Park
way. May 10. Funeral private.
BRENNAN. Elizabeth. 100 Dean st.,
Nav II Funeral to-day.
Frederick. John, 569 Greene sv,
MAY II. Funeral tomorrow.
CARROLL. James, 623 Clinton ST.. May
II. Funeral tomorrow.
DlLLER. Peter. 1851 Lafayette av.. May
u. Funeral tomorrow.
FAIRWEATHER. Arthur, May 10.
Funeral private.
GALLAGHER, Edward. 277 Linden Az,
May II. Funeral tomorrow.
HANSON. Hanna, 257 5Oth St, May 10.
Funeral to-day.
. HENNESSY, Arthur, 4l2 Gold ST.. May
II. Funeral tomorrow.
KETCHUM, Ella, 1891 Bushwick av..
Nav II. Funeral to-day.
WCAHILL. Myles, 633 Both ST., May
-. Funeral tomorrow.
F MAGNUS, Iartin, 81 I'd ST., May ii.
Funeral private.
HOPPER. Elizabeth. May II. Funeral
tomorrow.
VINCENT, Peter, 80 McDonough st..
Ma. II. Funeral to-day.
NEW JERSEY.
RAIL. Emma, Newark. May 10.
Funeral to-day.
DAMN. Caroline. West Hoboken.
May 10.
DEHNZ. Hazel. Newark. May 10,
FAIR. James. Jersey City, May Q.
FEDDELER. Meta, Jersey City. May Q.
Flick. Mary, Jersey City, May 10.
Funeral to-day
FOX. Patrick. Jersey City, May 10.
GARRIGAN, Helen. Newark. May 10.
HAMMOND, George, Newark. May 10.
HAY. Cornelia. Jersey City, May 10.
HUCKELL, Mary. Newark, May IL.
MCCARTHY, Catherine, West Hoboken.
May 9.
M'KENNA. Elizabeth, Jersey City.
May 9.
PADDEN, John. Jersey City, May Il.
STEIN. Samuel. Newark, May II.
/ TOWNE, Alfred. Hoboken. May ..
+ WARD. Sarah. Newark, May 10.
, WERNER. Charles. Hoboken. May ..
LONG ISLAND.
FISCHER, Adolph. Astoria, May 10.
JENSEN. Henry. Lynbrook. May Q.
/ RAUCHENBERGER. John. College
Point. May ..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13

BENEDICT At Montclair, y. j.. on
Nav If, 1915, Edwin p. Benedict, IN
his nth year. Funeral services from
his late residence, 33 North Fuller
ton av., Montclair, on Thursday, May
-. on arrival of train leaving Ho-
boken 1889, due az Montclair 2:l7
y. m. Carriages in waiting.
CENCI In Rome, Italy, on May s, 1912
Eleanora l.. s. Cenci, Princess de
Nicovaro. daughter of the late Lor-
Hard and Sarah Johnson Griswold
Spencer.
CLARK
MILITARY ORDER or THE LOYAL.
Legion, Commandery of the state Of
New York. Companion Brcyet Lieu
tenant-Co lonel Augustus VI. Clark
died May II. 1915. Funeral Friday
evening, at 8 o'clock, 8l2 Highland
av.. Newark, y. j. Companions viii
attend. BY order of Paymaster-Gen-
eral Edwin Stewart. L. s. ~. COM
mander. Brevet Lieutenant-COlonel
William S Cogswell, L. ). v, Re
cordor.
CUSHING - Marshall Cushing, on
Wednesday. May ~. at the Post
Graduate Hospital, in New York.
Interment bingham, Mass. Notice
of funeral in Boston and bingham
p2pers Friday or Saturday.
DARLINGTON On Tuesday, May II,
1915. John II. Darlington, in his s7th
wear. Funeral services at the resi-
dence Of his granddaughter. Mrs.
Thomas p Peters. 1855 Keap St.
Brooklyn, Thursday evening. May 10,
at $50; interment Friday. at New
burgh, y. \.
NAWRATH On Monday, May 10, 1915,
John r., beloved husband OF Mary
Nawrath, in his 59th year. Relatives
and friends are respectfully invited
TO attend funeral on Friday. May II,
at 9 a. m, from his late residence,
63l Union Place, Town OF Union,
y. j., thence 20 ST. Augustine's Z c.
Church. lnterment, Holy Name Gem
etcry.
MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.
DAVIS, Morris, $40 West l5sth ST.,
May II. Funeral ~rivate.
DOLL, Charles. 1913 East 18th St. May
10. Funeral notice later.
DONAHUE. Katherine, 1872 East list
ST.. May 10. Funeral private.
DORIAN. William, 43O West 25th St,
May 10. Funeral to-day.
FRIEDRICH, Gustave. 900 West l2oth
St. May ..
GEIBEL, Catherine. 1897. Avenue A,
May Q.
GOLDNER, Carl, 40 East l63d ST.
May 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
MARRIED.

TOMBSTONE WHITE May -, 1915,
at St. Marks Church in the Bou-
werie, New York City. by the Kew
W. y. Guthrie, Sara PIERCE White 10
William Bard tombstone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
CEMETERIES

THE WOODLAND CEMETERY.
.sad Sd By Harlem Train aud Oy Trolley.
OmsA - East ia ST. ". Z.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13

BENEDICT. Edwin p. Cushing. Marshall.
Cenci. f. l.. 8. Darlington, John II.
Clark, Augustus VI. Nawrath, John P.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
DIED.

Notices OF marriages and deaths must
ne accom- pa MED by full name and address.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-11
SABBATH FINDS WAY TO HAND
"PEST" A SENTENCE

Frank Wicke, no home charged
with an indecent action towards
Dorothy Wicke, 6, 1000 w. Van Buren,
St, while she was in a movie show
with her father, was given hearing
in morals court today.
W1ke said he was intoxicated and
did not know what he was doing.
There is no use holding this
youth in JAIL" said Judge SABBATH. ct
would be practically impossible to get
a jury conviction in lbs case. Change
the charge to disorderly conduct and
l will give him six months or fine of
5000" ... .....
The charge was changed. .
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-11
hearing it is sure there will be warm
sessions, Chicago aldermen probably
appearing against the bill.

Sam Ettelson, the senator who
was most active for this fake home
rule bill is known to u.s. said Morton
L. Johnson, president Penny Phone
league "He is the lawyer who was
hired by the Illinois Telephone & Tel
egraph Co. to get results for them in
the council gas-oil committee. He
fought against a count of the phones
and contended the company had over
10000.
His law partner, Dan Schuyler, is
the new attorney for the State Street
Retail Stores assn. The two wrote
a brief arguing that the city has no
right to forfeit and the forfeiture
clause of the automatic franchise
should not be held to mean what it
says on the face of it. 1t is clear a
powerful and cunning lobby is at
work with Ettelson.
1.-THE one official body which should
have control over Chicago utilities is
the city council" said Aid Charles E.
Merriam. aldermen elected by the
people of their wards every two years
are much more likely to know what
the people want from the utilities
than a board of appointed commits
sioners responsible very indirectly to
the people"
-O-O-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-11
ALDERMEN ARE STRIPPED OF
POWER IN PROPOSED BILL.

POWER IN PROPOSED BILL
Springfield, June 11.-Telephone,
gas, electric light and surface street
railway corporations will be under
complete control Of Mayor Thomp-
son personally if the bill which passed
the senate shortly after midnight this
morning also gets by the house.
Five commissioners appointed by
the mayor of Chicago will have pow
ers wider than any exercised today
by the city council or by the state
utilities commission. Salary of each
commissioner is fixed at $4,000
year.
Sen. Morton D. Hull said the bill
takes away the most important
rights of the city council and makes
the aldermen nothing but a lot of
] clerks. Because aldermen are di-
irectly elected by the people and are
closer to the masses of the people,
e. Hull declared, the city council is the
Ionly official body that should have
power to regulate utilities.
! Sen. Ettelson spoke for the bill. He
fsaid Chicago ought to have home rule
and this bill is the last chance of
. Chicago for getting any home rule.
. The bill would give the five $4,000
commissioners power to authorize
the merger of the surface and elevat-
red lines at any capitalization they
4 choose. The city council gas-oiI and
transportation committees are COM
fpletely wiped out SO far as any
orders they might originate would
have final force over corporations.
The commissioners will fix rates, SUI
4pervise service. control equipment,
meters and so on to a finish.
Sen. Cornwen of Chicago joined
eEttelson in declaring the bill is bet
ter than no home rule bill at all.
These eight senators voted against it:
Campbell, Canaday, Hull, Manay,
-PinTcv RoOS TosSnV WOodard
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-07-29
VOTERS HAVE final
VOICE ON ROAD TAX
INCREASES, RULING
Attorney General Says Com
missioners Must Make Levy
General.

Pierre, S. D., July 24.-Attorney Gem
eral Caldwell has ruled that although
the law provides for a method of first
obtaining the general sentiment OF a
community about a raise in the tax
ers are obliged to make the levy uni
form in the organized townships OF
the county. A great sentiment for 1t in
one portion and none in another will
not bring about a raise in the tax
levy. The sentiment must be general
enough to warrant the raise above the
allowed 2 mills. A vote on the question
must decide the matter.
The attorney general also rules that
auto clubs, or other similar ~organ1za-
lions or individuals nave no right to
incur Indebtedness for the improve
ment of roadways which county COM
m~isSionerS would be bound to pay. The
law Of 1913 concerning the county mo-
tor vehicle road fund, from which such
expenses r met, and the amendment
of 1915, leaves the county commission
ers clearly the right and owe to pay
from that fund after a survey of work
done upon highways has been made by
them and meets their orders and re-
quirements.
A further ruling on roads says hat
If roads are so bad that children can
not be transported on the regular
route, mileage can be collected for
and most direct road, which can be
Travelled, to the school house. The law
intends and says the mileage should be
collected for the shortest route, but
Caldwell rules that it must mean a
paSsable road.