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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-02
SAYS BECKER ARREST
EVIDENCE WAS WEAK
District Attorney Fights Pro-
posed Abolition of Grand
jury system.

Albany. july district Attorney
Perkins of New York asserted tonight
before the judiciary committee Of the
Constitutional Convention that neither
Charles Bcc.,r nor william j. Cum
mings could have been convicted, or
even prosecuted. on the evidence which
the District Attorney held against them
al the time Of their arrests. Mr.. Per-
kins made this statement in arguing
against proposal TO abolish the grand
jury system.
There was not enough evidence" he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-02
Bronx to Fight Fake Cures.

For the purpose Of clearing the mar
ket of fraudulent patent medicines.
there will be a mass meeting tonight
under the auspices of the Bronx Phar-
maceutical Association, az the Mckin-
ley Square Casino, l69th Street and
Boston Road, The Bronx, at 9 o'clock.
The speakers will include Deputy
Health Commissioner Emerson and Al
derman Jacob We'll.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-02
Mrs. Thaw Ill at Camp.
lBy Telegraph to The TrIbuneI

Lyon Mountain. y. Y, July 1.-Indi-
cation to-day are that Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw NAV be physically unable to I'M
dertake the trip 70 New York TO testify
at the Thaw hearing. She was Ill this
forenoon and went to bed.
Dr. Thurber, of Brainardsville, five
miles away, was summoned by tele-
phone tie reached Mrs. Thaw's camp
about 6 o'clock this afternoon. She was
then sitting up. but very weak.
Il was the physicians opinion that il
would be dangerous and unwise for her
10 make the attempt TO go 20 New York
and go through the ordeal Of testifyng.
1t is probable, therefore. that unless
there is a marked Improvement in Mrs.
Thaw's condition she will not appear
20 testify.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-02
Monk Eastman" Sentenced

Albany, July William Courtney,
commonly known as monk EASTMAN"
former New York gang leader who
figured in the first Harry Thaw trial, is
on his way back 70 prison again He
pleaded guilty in the County Court here
today 10 robbing an Albany home and
eleven months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-02
Perkins Goes to Albany.

District Attorney Perkins left at
noon yesterday for Albany. Before
leaving his Office he said he was not
going there on any summons from
Governor Whitman in connection with
the Becker case. but on an invitation
from the Constitutional Convention.
His purpose, he said, was 10 address
that body on the question as to wheth-
er General Sessions should be merged
with the Court Of Special Sessions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-02
Real Food CRATER in 1909 Sing Sing Scandal Hopes Jesse
D. Frost VIII Read How Prisoner Repaid Old Sys-
TEN and Tricked Grand Jury Investigators.

The story graft Sing Sing 1902 hoo the Neo
York Conty qrand Jury Investigators d told for the first
time BIZ Conric $780, Vho has j down the ver He us
of the oy he felt and Others Co he accused Of treat
ina him uasty By public opinion qn though no
ccrc couLd be 1rorcd l1ainst them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-02

Frank Wosserman, seventy years old,
retired jewe.ler, Of 1924 Park Avenue,
committed suicide yesterday in Clare
mont Park, The Bronx. by drinking
poison. He wss suffering from asthma,
his widow sid
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-02

msoh6M
ZM.la&
: ! ~
.NetorLine-|
Which?
When men wish to catch
much, they use a net and
leave the lines to others.
The New York Surface
Cars cover Manhattan,
Westchester, and the
Bronx with a net. the
strands Of which run
north and south. east and
west, and diagonally.
These surface cars reach
every neighborhood.
They AXE passengers
from anywhere to any
where. They pass the
doors of nearly every
important dealer.
Advertising here not only
influences about two
million passengers daily
but, owing to the net-like
way in which the routes
of the cars traverse New
York, this Advertising is
Of the greatest help to the
most dealers. Think this
orer-it's fact
To catch the big fish in
the New York business
sea, use New York City
Surface Cars for your
advertising.
Railway Advertising Co.,
New York City Car Advertising Co.
JESSE WINEBURGH. President
22S Fifth Avenue Brunswick BuldlnsI
Telephone Madison Square 1859
The Surface Cars Of Manhattan.
The Bronx and WeStchssisr.
The Fifth Avenue Buses.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-02

were present and watched Thaw close
". DR.. William Hirsch, another alien
list, sat where he could watch Thaw's
foce
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09

tered the car and the big man said:
Lookee here. Mr.. Conductor, some
cnump on the train has swiped my
umbrella an | want 1t back! A man
wnoll steal an umbrella will steal a
sneep! II l kin lay hands on the man
VINO done 1t. I'll wipe up the ground
with him; that's what l will. Things
nave come to pretty pass when a
man can't leave an umbrella In a car
without having it swiped."
A hook-nosed old woman with a pair
OF small black eyes glittering behind
lron-rimmed spectacles leaned for
ward across the aisle. and, pointing a
lean finger towards Hawkins, said in
h1sh-pitched, nasal voice:
That man there TUX your umbrella
an handed 1t to some one on the plat
form. seen him."
The irate man squared himself and
glared at Hawkins.
What you got to say to that, my
friend?' he asked
I-1-beg your pardon" said Hawk.
ing, but I-I-thought the umbrella
belonged to the lady who left the car
at the last station. I-I-gave 1t to a
boy to hand to her. I'm very sorry"
Are. hey? Well. my meddlin'
friend, l hope you're sorry six dollars
an fifty cents worth, for that's what
it'll cost you to git out O. this scrape.
So fork overt"
Tit seems to me that-that-"
1T seems to me that you'll fork over
six dollars an fifty cents, or I'll take
it out Of your hide! l amt eoin' to
lose no six-dollar-a nd-a-half umbrella
on account O your meddlin'. So, you
anty up"
Hawkins, who tips the beam at 1856.
looked at the muscular giant before
him, and then, holding out ten-dollar
bill said ,meekly:
Have you three dollars and fifty
cents in change"
There is such thing as man bein'
too derned obligin'." said the beefy
man, as he handed Hawkins the re-
CURED change and then went back to
the smoker while Hawkins affected
not to hear the litter of the hook -nosed
old lady across the aisle
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09
The Old Woman's Remarks

Il don't know what's to become O
the oil man eff they keep on votin' the
states dry" said the old lady. 1T
didn't cost so much fer him to go to
Chattynoogy, but as Tennessee will be
as dry as bone in July, thatll take
him step further, an he jest can't
afford the money OF course he XIII,
bind-tiger it to Georgy, but it's nc
longer safe fer him to do so, seem
that he kin no more kiver I'D his
tracks, fer ever time he tries 1t they
ketch up with him an haul him UP be
tore meetin'. an he's gittin' too OF
now ter risk bein turned out the
church, fer Satan might ketch him on
the outside an sweep him off fore he
has chance to git back ag'in. But
the states air dryin' up one after an
other an | kin see him buyin' a rail
road ticket as fur as kalamazoo-an
| h'lieve that country would be dry
fore he hit it.'-Atlanta Constitu
ton.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09
Valuable Chinese Coins.

An American. who recently arrived
in Picking from the far interior OF Chi
ma, had with him when he reached Pc
king a string of copper coins with
holes through the center such as he
had been using on his journey. The
whole string, two feet in length, was
deemed to be worth about ten or If,
teen cents, for the coins were only the
ordinary cash in current use in the
province of Shensi, from which the
traveller came; but upon examination
by a member of the American legation
who knows the Chinese language il
was found that some bore the marks
of emperors as far back as the year
2S4 b. C On the string were cash
representing every reign since the be
ginning OF the Ching dynasty, many
of the Ming dynasty and even the
dynasties that precede the latter,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09
A Kindness That
Failed
BY Martin Wilson
Copyright. by J. B. Lippincott Co..
BY Martin Wilson

Hawkins is one of those amiable and
philanthropic men who are always
ready to fall over themselves in their
Efforts to do a kind deed, no matter
how trifing in importance 1t may be.
One day Hawkins was on a railroad
train, and directly in front of him
in the crowded car sat a big, red
faced, pugilistic looking man and a de-
mure looking little woman Presently
the beefy-looking man got up and went
forward into the smoking car.
At the next station but one the de-
mure looking little woman got up and
left the train. She had been gone but
a moment when Hawkins noticed she
had left handsome silk umbrella with
an ebony and silver handle on the seat
in which she had been sitting. Here
was Hawkins opportunity to obey the
old song in which we are hidden to
Do kind deed when you can. brother,
Do kind ded when you can.
Snatching up the umbrella, Hawkins
ran quickly to the door of the car and
looked for the woman in the crowd
ON the platform. He saw her at some
distance from the car talking to
herdic driver. and he was about to
hasten after her when the conductor
called out:
"All aboard"
Handing the umbrella to boy by
the car step. Hawkins said:
Here, boy. Hand this umbrella to
that lady with the blue hat talking to
the herdic driver at the end of the plat
form. She left it on the train. Per
haps she'll give you five cents for re-
turning 1t to her-yes, yes. the lady
in black, with the blue hat"
The train started, and Hawkins went
back to his seat with an inward exalta-
ton that comes from the doing OF a
good deed.
The train had gone three or four
miles when the beefy and pugilistic.
| looking individual came into the car.
and, walking up to the seat he had va
Gated, looked around for a moment,
and then said to Hawkins:
Scuse me, my friend, have you
seen anything of an umbrella | left
on this seat when | went forward into
the smoker?"
Hawkins paled as he said:
"Er-ah- ah-oh, did you leave an
umbrella on this seat ?"
That's what did. An a bran
spankin new one it was, at that.
gave six dollars an fifty cents for it
only yesterday! 1t had an eb'ny an
silver handle an BY lacks I want ~
Didn't see anyone swipe it, did you? 1t
couldn't be that that little woman l
was settn' with pinched it."
No-no-she-she --didn't," Hawk
ms said
AT that moment the conductor en-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09
MIDNIGHT MAGIC
BY cATHARlNE cANMER,

When the party assembled the day
before at Allisons s. there were nineteen
guests, one of whom was Mrs. Stanley
Smith, sister of the hostess, and ru-
mored lately to have become es-
tranged from her husband AS they
sat down to dinner Mrs. Allison re.
marked that everybody had arrived
except Stanley, who would be there
in time for the party next evening If
possible. More than one besides
Madge wondered whether she re-
ferred to Stanley Smith or Stanley
Parker, but owing to the rumored
break with Stanley Smith, nobody ven
tured to ask.
After dinner the next evening the big
ballroom on the third floor, which had
been mysteriously closed during the
day, was opened and there was re-
vealed all the paraphernalia for many
kinds of old-fashioned games and for.
tune telling.
There was one man lacking to make
the couples come out even, and just as
Mrs. Smith was protesting that she
much preferred to remain out so that
she could take flashlight of the
dancers there was a general exclama-
ton of surprise as man in travelling
clothes appeared in the doorway and
looked a bit uncertainty toward his
hostess. Mrs Allison's surprise was so
great that it was hard to tell whether
it was pleasant or otherwise, but she
quickly regained her composure and,
with side glance at her sister, who
was busy arranging jack o-lantern,
she moved toward the door, exclaim-
ing in an unnecessarily loud voice.
Why. Stanley Smith! You're better
late than never"
Mrs. Smith turned at the name, and
even in the dim light her face looked
ashen pale AS her husband was be-
ing greeted on all sides she looked
about as If seeking some means of
escape before he reached her. Then
he walked straight to her with look
Of such penitent pleading in his tired
eyes and with both hands extended,
so expressive of his desire to take her
again to his heart, that she almost
fell into his arms. Those who stood
near caught the sound of sob in
her voice as she said; Much better
late than never. l couldn't have
spared you much longer"
At few minutes before midnight
oil thn Il =,
sheeted and masked for midnight
procession backward downstairs. The
now radiantly happy Smiths managed
this part of the program. One by one
the ghostlike female figures silently
passed with their lighted candles back
ward down the right-hand flight of the
old colonial, stairway, whose two di
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09
A Place for Him.

While at lunch with William Ao
bingdon and Willie Collier. the ac-
tors. a young Englishman. also an
actor, INDUCED in numerous cru
cisms Of America and American IN
situations. 1t became very distaste-
full to Abingdon, who is a BRUSH
subject and was not permitted to JOIN
the army. even though he applied
III you don't like America and her
people," suggested Abingdon to mis-
Younger fellow-countryman, why
don't you go over to England and help
fight for your own country? you
could get in the army
mo, couldn't" the younger Eng
lishman FASTENED to explain. i tr1eo.
but they wouldn't let me in because
they said. ! had a floating kidney
WELL" suddenly interjected Collier
with bit of sarcasm that Wouldn
keep you from joining the navy, would
IT. Saturday Evening Post.
Drug Alone Stops Laughter.
Betsy Green, a stout" woman
stood beside a big fat man at River
view station here. when down the
street fitted a puff of wind and neatly
removed the fat mans hat and sent
II sailing up Central avenue.
Everyon. smiled as the fat man
gave chase as best his avoirdupois
would permit Betsy laughed.
When Betsy had laughed for one
hour and As minutes without being
able to stop an ambulance surgeon
stopped it with a dose of morphine
Kansas City Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09

We Americans are Gf two kinds;
We either talk too loud or too low. par
ticularly in public places A European
emily VIII Sit down in public without
feeling the necessity OF putting mute
on the voice and retiring as though
behind a wall They are not noisy or
gay, they do not toot on tin horns, but
they say what they wish without low
cring the tone to that painful depth
which We Ii !stakn for cultivated
note Let is y hr,re, and be our.
selves; for nothing can he better than
that. Louise Closer Hale. in Cen.
fury.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09
The Lakeland Neps

! one OF tiorida's greatest weekles II
goes to every farmer, to every grower to
every village resident, in the northern mart
OF Folk county, Several hundred comics
so out OF the State every week to neon,.
VINO contemplate coming to Lakeland and
VINO are potential customers of Lakeland
merchants.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09
Two Sources of Income.

A Londoner was showing some n,
try relative the sights of London
day recently, and was pointing
magnificent old residence m
years ago by famous and rather
scrupulous lawyer OF his time. AM
the Londoner was asked was he Al
to build a house like that By lis m
tice?" Yes" was the rcp'v Nv
practice and his practices
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09
Interestinq.

A New York woman raises the
teresting question, WHO owns 4
ding presents?" Her husband q
his to his father and She claim,
wedding presents always brul.
the wife. Hereafter it may Wilt.
sary to state v HON the al.i Il la,t,
for and tile Til, Tide 1t r 4
house.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09

vergenr fights met on a Broad sssad-
ing and merged into a wider stairway
leading to the hall below. One by one
the ghostlike male figures passed
down the left-hand fight. On the
broad landing each pair of ghosts met
and passed silently down the broad
steps and disappeared in the semi
darkness of the drawing room. from
which. later. came many gay yells of
recognition.
Madge was the last girl to GU down.
The strong-armed ghost who met her
guided her quickly from the foot of
the stairway out under the heavy
hangings which concealed the back
hall
Up the narrow back stairway he ST.
lently urged her, then up the stairway
leading to the now deserted ballroom
the dimly lighted ballroom was in
tensified by the occasional sounds of
laughter from far below. Her strong
companion grasped Madge's hands
firmly but very tenderly. and as he
bent over and looked into her eyes he
spoke to Re- il voice that sounded
familiar and at the same time unlike
any voice she had ever heard.
Little ghost said the voice. I've
travelled far and fast to find you and
because I've been kept away from you
so long I'm selfish enough to stea, you
away from all the other ghosts Do
you care?"
DO | care?" repeated Madge, who
was strangely thrilled by the deep
voice and strangely uncertain wheth-
er she had heard it before.
The big ghost released her hsnds,
and with one of his own strong hands
pulled the pillow slip over her head,
at the same time pulling a larger one
from his own head, and Madge looked
blushingly up into the smiling face of
Stanley Parker. He smoothed his
rumpled black hair and she smoothed
her wavy. auburn hair. His brown
eyes laughed down into her hazel
eyes. Then his two strong hands took
both of her slender hands, and in
voice more soft. more deep, more alto
gether wonderful than she had ever
heard, he said. "Madge, do you Care
for me?"
And this time Madge answered
promptly, though almost inaudibly:
Yes. Stanley. Oh, how | care!"
Long before he had finished telling
her how he came by the last train
and dilapidated jitney in order to be
with her at this party, or before
she had finished telling him she
had hoped that he would miracult usly
appear at the last minute. the sound
of laughing voices on the stairway
reached them. In voice of friendly
warning, Mrs Smith called, "Oh, we're
coming to rout the ghosts from the
ballroom by singing Aud Lang
Syne.'
(Col wright, 1915 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndcatel
N.ao ri fbirJ Of hp N I,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09
Value Of Various Foods.

Butter would be highly energizing
food for the body, but proves worth
less as an upbulder repairer OF the
waste constantly going on with every
breath iahaied Et'sutcl because OF It's
lack Of protein cvH'oht, The same
rule hold, sr N1.l FIN ar
carbahEde 2r9duc'
ers
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09
A Terrible Ihouuht.

i see when a man runs for Office
he has to put himself in the hands
Of his friends
Yes, my dear.
If a woman ran would she have
to put herself IN the hands OF ner
women friends
| suppose SO.
We'll, ! don't imagine many nom
en- will run Think OF taking SUCH
chances! - Louisville Courier.your
nal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09
And If She Stands for That,

When ] wants to be plumb i,
fed in muh mind dat si,t&
done been converted and nG;
merely pollyfoXin' to be poplar"
fessed sage old Parson Bagstfr
takes her husband to one side
tells him to let a wet dog inc
parlor de fust time it rains ~
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09

Nearly a third of tho whole length
of whale is taken UP by its head.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-09

Thoroughness.
Don half do thing Eat the whole
pie Galveston News
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-14

Hon. 4. A. 7enes. assistant secro-
tary OF Che interior. war given a
glimpse Of the nrst section OF the
highway 70 Jemez this morning. when
with Governor Mcdonald ana Chair
man John 8 heaven Of the county
road board. no went over the highway
to corrallcs and the bridge at that
point. One Of the principal matters
placed before Mr.. Jones at the in
formal reception and smoker tender
cd him In the Commercial club last
night. was the great need for a
bridge over the Jcmea river near the
Iemcz pueblo. which viii permit
pas1aRe At All times OF the year.
Speeches Ia this regard were made
By Colonel ID. X. n. Sellers who pre-
sided nt the meeting. A. u. MeMilen.
ana others. Ms. Jones agreed as 20
the apparent need for the bridge. and
90 do what he could 20 bring about
sts construction. The reception,
while entirely Informal. proved one
OF the mos ~ssrcessful the club has
rendered a public man in recent years.
The rncms were well filled with bust
nnxs men. who came. regardlcss %
political affiliations 10 greet one Of
New Mexlcc's foremost men and one
Of the nations leaders. Mr.. Jones
did not talk politics In pabllc On IN
prlvate. but ne did talk New Mexico
ard lts needs and outlook o in
tereEtingly.
Governor Mcdonald arrived from
DeminE his morning and shortly af-
ter breakfast had a talk with the as
sistant secretary OF the interior; not
the first since Mr.. Jones came out
from WASHINGTON. since he has been
the governors house guest az santa
Fe. They conferred again, Il Is un-
deFstood on New Mexico political
matters OF minor importance just be-
fore the governor left NTH the state
fair party for Farmington. The gov
ernor, Mr.. Jones ana Mr.. Beaver
spent the time from 3 until II o'clock
In going over the road 10 Corrales
Mr.. Jones left for hiu home In Las
Vegas this afternoon. He viii return
70 Washington within o few days.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-14
BLUEWATER VALLEY
DEVELOPMENT IS
APPROVED
Special Committee Strongly
Endorses Proposed Project
for Exploiting Resources of
Fertile Country Near Here.

Fun endorsement of the Blucwater
valley and Of the proposed project for
irrigation Ia given by the committee
appointed TO investigate the district
and It's needs and prospects, after thu
recent trip OF Albuquerque business
men to tine valley.
The report Says the chief difficulty
IN the way Of development Is the hold
The Blnewater Development company
has on the water rights and the dam
site. The committed declares that the
state engineer should take steps IL
force tho company 10 carry through
development or leave the way free for
valley settlers TO form an ]irrigatio7
district and put up a dam OF their
own.
Tho committee describes the valley
~ one OF the most fertile IN the state.
Commenting on the proposed irriFe
ton project, the report says:
such a project would be worth
hundreds Of Thousands OF dollars each
year / o the city or Albuquerque. ~ in
creased trade. as this city is tho nat
ural market Tor The crops raised and
for supplies purchased by the settlers
ia the valley; siace our trip M there
and as the direct result o. our club
showing some Interest In the welfare
OF the settlers In the Bluewater dis
triot one OF our merchants reports
that he has secured seven new ac-
counts from that section.
we recommend that the directors
Of the club and all the Members DO
what they can TO help this project ana
the people OF the Bluewater section,
both with the state engincer at the
meeting In Santa Fe and later % tho
water rigns are given 10 them. help
In the organization Of the proposed
irritation district.
The chairman OF the INVESTIGATING
committees Is 81. MandelL The other
members are A. Fleischer. =. s Don
nell and A ID. OFle.
The directors Of the Commercial
club viii meet this afternoon 10 con-
slider the report and discuss the pro-
posed Bluewaier project. The club
has already assured the people of The
valley that Il viii do everything In
iss power 10 help them attain the OBJ
Jects they seek.