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So-Called Rights Assigned.

Some time after 1872 these rights
were assigned to John r. Livingston,
and he assigned them to Aaron Ogden
of New Jersey.
ogden made memorial and petition
to the then legislature of New York of
1914, which was referred to a select
committee to hear the controversy be-
tween John Fitch and Livingston and
Fulton on priority of invention per-
tanning to steamboats,. when claimants
appeared by counsel, and March S, 1914,
this committee reported that the Liv-
ingston and Fulton steamboats, were in
substance the invention of John Fitch,
patented to him in 1871 by the ma
tional government of the United States.
ogden then brought suit against
Thomas Gibbons for infringement of
these so-called rights obtained from
Livingston and Fulton, and he (Ogden)
was sustained by the New York courts.
but which on appeal by Gibbons went
to the Supreme Court of the United
States ana was heard at the February
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following:
Edward Matthews and Mary +. Lee.
Henry W. Hansen and Ella W. John
son, both of Philadelphia, Pa.
Simon =. Griffith of this city and
Katherine Simms of Rock Point, Md.
Wexford F. Jones of King George
county, Va, and Marie E. Clagett of
this city.
Leon Proctor and Marion Laws.
Jerry A. Pierce of Denver. Col and
Leta E. Turner of Corning, Iowa.
John Moses and Rebecca Morton.
Louis n. Yockleson and Lillian Levy.
Joseph T. Spriggs of this city and
Irene E. Weeden of Halls Hill, Va.
George H: Grigsby and Maggie
Hatcher, both of Waterfall, Va.
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term. 1924. Daniel Webster appeared
Tor the appellant. Gibbons. The United
states Supreme Court reversed and an
nulied all these legislative grants made
by New York to Livingston and Fulton,
sustaining Mr.. Webster's argument that
these legislative grants created a mo-
nopoly to Livingston and Fulton with
conhscatory penalties which were
hostile to all the other citizens of New
York, hostile to the citizens of all the
other states and hostile to the sover-
eighty of the United States This end
ed the Livingston and Fulton monop-
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Would Be Ready to Fight Fire.

There is one plank in our platform
to which 1 cannot subscribe. 1 do not
want TO put the fire engines out of COM
mission when there is confiagration
raging, with no rain in sight and a
high wind blowing. I think it is the
part of wisdom to be ready to fight
fire. Our Capitol has been burned
once-remember our plight in 1S11-1S15.
Lest we forget Let us keep the
peace here. If we have to fight for it.
The remedy?-more democracy,
larger electorate. See what a mess the
Evening star., 1915-02-23
Bryan Wears Emblem of Peace.

Secretary Bryan appeared at the cabi-
net meeting today wearing on his coat
lapel an enamel white dove of peace
with an olive branch in it's mouth. The
Secretary said it was gift of friend,
and pointed to 1t when questioned con-
cerning possible complications for the
United States in the foreign situation.
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New Board of Trade Members.

At a meeting of the executive commit
tee Of the Board of Trade today new
members were elected as follows: G. L.
Peckham, Frank W. Bolgiano, Ralph l..
Warren, Justus c. Nelson, John T Bard
rolf, J. Lawrence Solly, Joseph Rice,
James b. Brown, Alfred b. Leet, William
T. knight, George T. Parker and W. P.
Cox.
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RAW SILK IMPORTS GROW.
Totaled "a, 100000 Pounds Last
Year, Three-F -Fourths From Japan.

Importations of raw silk during the
fiscal year 1914. totaling s34.500,00O
pounds. broke all previous records. ac-
cording to the Department of Com
merce today. This was an increase of
10000 pounds over the imports dur
ing 1913; and 21,5O0,00O pounds more
than in 1900. Japan supplied almost
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Was Copy Boy. Became Editor.

PHILADELPHIA; Pa, February '23.-
George W. P. Carteret at one time a
newspaper reporter in Washington,
D. c., died here last night. He had
experience as a reporter, on a number
of papers in this city and New York.
becoming in time city editor of the
Journal and the World and finally as
sociate editor of the latter paper He
began his newspaper work as a copy
boy.
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three-fourths of the amount imported.
Silk manufactures imported during
1914 were valued at $35.50O,00O. In ad-
dition more than s4.000.0o0 worth of
artificial silks were imported
During the thirty-hve years since
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1850 silk manufacturs of the United
States have consumed approximately
450, ,000. 900 pounds of raw material, and
the value OF their output has increased
from Sal 100000 to upward of s20o, ,00o,
600.
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DR.. Wiley's Address.

While indorsing the movement for in
ternational peace DIR. Harvey w. Wiley
declared that this was not the time for
a reduction of armament.
1 am in hearty sympathy with the
movement to end this awful destruc-
tfon and to make another such war i'm
possible, said DR.. Wiley. I'VE must
not forget that the present condition
of war is a direct challenge of educa-
ton. science, civilization and Christi
anity. With two exceptions all the ma
tions now at war profess Christianity
1t IS science that has brought into
service all the improved methods of
killing men Science has furnished the
forty rty-tWo-centimeter gun, smokeIess
powder. the aeroplane the mine and
the submarine. Education has supplied
the statesmen. the literate soldiers, the
offlcers and the engineers. Civilization
has given the precepts Of service, the
ambulance. the surgeon, the nurse and
the Red Cross. Agriculture furnishes
the food and clothing, without which
men could not fight.
In the nature of things, this con
hict cannot long continue. Already the
greatest peacemaker in Immediate view
may be dimly seen. The gaunt specter
of hunger may be seen amid the fogs
OF Flanders and the frosts of the Car
pathians. If warning nations will not
listen to reason. if they are deaf to the
from the plea of pity. they will not be
Indifferent to the arguments of hunger
A greater curse than war may after all
destroy war. The voice of neutral ma
tions is feeble. But the modified ar
mics of neutrals are mighty
Evening star., 1915-02-23

Mrs. Minnie Leggett was placed on
trial at Hagerstown. Nd, yesterday
charged with the murder of her husband,
Clifton Leggett, January u, last.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
HONOR IS
CLAIMED FOR JOHN FITCH
Representative Lonergan of Con-
necticut Presents Data to Sup
port Contention.

The claim by the state of Connecti
cut that John Fitch of Windsor, in
that state, was the first man to place
a successful steamboat in the water
was presented on the floor of the
House late yesterday by Representa-
tive Lonergan of Connecticut. The
data to support the claim, he said, had
been collected by the Admiral Bunce
section of the Navy League of the
United States, at Hartford, Comp. Mr..
Lonergan said Fitch was operating
steamboat in 1856, and that his in
vention dates back to 1885, which an
tedates the Clermont of Fulton by
eighteen years.
Representative Sonersan said in part:
"1n 1885, upon the petition of Fitch,
New Jersey granted him sole and ex-
elusive rights in her navigab1e waters
for a period of fourteen years for his
steamboat invention. This original
petition of Fitch, which was lost for
1914-by Adjt. Gen. Wilbur F. Sadler
of New Jersey, and Photographic copy
of Same forwarded to Connecticut.
In 1887 four other states, viz, Della
ware, Pennsylvania. Virginia and New
York, granted Fitch similar rights in
their naVigable waters for period of
fourteen years for his steamboat in
vention. These grants to Fitch were
made twenty years before Robert Full
ton launched his first steamboat, the
Clermont, on the Hudson river in 1907.
Fitch Granted Patent in 1871.
I'm 1891 the national government
granted Fitch letters patent for his
steamboat invention for period of four
teen years.
In 1898, nine years after control of
navigable waters Of New York had passed
over to the national government, and
seven years after the national govern
ment had granted Fitch letters patent for
his steamboat invention Chancellor
Robert r. Livingston petitioned the then
legislature of New York to repeal the
act of 1887. which granted Fitch rights
in the navigable waters of his state, and
to grant to him, Livingston, similar rights
i'll the navigab1e waters of New York.
This extraordinary petition of Livingston
for a limited period of twenty years was
granted, Notwithstanding New York had
no navigable rights to grant to anybody,
they having been passed over to the
national government in 1889.
Up to 1903 Livingstons and F'ulton's
experiments i'll steam propulsion of YES
sells through water had proved fruitless,'
and they asked this legislature to grant
them two years more of time to deter
mine the practicability of their expert
ments, which was granted, conditioned,
however, that if successful these expert
ments should be submitted to a commits
sion F'ulton's Clermont was not launched
the Hudson river until 1907
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Convinced by His Reasoning.

Many times he has been at variance
with these plans, but when the women
have listened to his calm reasoning
they have invariably felt the force of
his arguments and have left the White
House determined that they would sup
port the President in his efforts to pre-
serve peace in this country. The or
ganIZed womanhood of the United
states are almost without exception
standing solidly by the President in
ms efforts No appeal of the practical
politician or the scream of the Ameri
can eagle, as voiced by some alarmist,
has power to move them. Nor has the
hope of benefiting financially by big
war contracts warped their determine
ton Without exception they have
stood for peace, believing that the
words of the Scripture are true, that
the country that lives by the sword
shall perish by the sword"
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Contrasts Conditions.

If we, who are in a land of peace
and plenty, find it difficult to see but
the dim outlines of the eternal verities
through the blur of blood and smoke
and can catch but the echo of the clear
high note of truth above the trium-
phant din of cannon and the heart
rendinS monotone of sigh and sob,
said Mrs. Barrett, .'how can we expect
the women who have their own flesh
and blood at the front and who today
are weeping beside the silent bier or
picturing the lonely trench on the des-
olate battlefield, know just who is
right or know just what is best to do?
Those who are affiliated with the
National Council of Women of the
United States. what of them? These
100000 of women, and many others
not affiliated with the council, have
Joined together in one of the most
magnificent notifications of women
that the world has ever seen in the
new woman's peace party. Its plat
form for constructive and fundamental
principles has never been equaled. The
enthusiasm with which the movement
has met is beyond belief. Never in the
history of the world has there ever
been such complete mobilizat tion for
any one purpose of such unanimity of
opinion and oneness of purpose. One
cannot help but be struck with this
from the reports which have come from
the many delegations of women who
have visited the President and present.
ed to him their plan for ending war
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HUNGER THEFACTOR
| FOR ENDING BIG WAR
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley Says
Starvation Will Bring
Peace in Europe.
DELIVERS AN ADDRESS
BEFORE WOMAN'S PARTY
Mass Meeting Held for Promotion of
Movement to Bring About Inter- =,
national Amity.

Though the warning nations will not
listen to reason, are deaf to the voice
of religion and turn aside from the
plea of pity. they will soon answer to
the greatest peacemaker in the world
hunger. This was the declaration OF
Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, yesterday aft
ernoon, in the course of an address be-
fore a meeting of the Washington
branch of the woman's peace party. All
the speakers saw in woman the great
power for bringing about international
peace among the nations of the world
The meeting was held in the audi
torium of the New Masonic Temple.
18th street and New A--k avenue, and
was presided over by Mrs. John n.
Speel, second vice president of the To-
{ executive committee. Following
the singing of america by the audi
ence Mrs. Speel read the platform of
the party.
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett voiced the
sentiment of the women of the world
for international peace.
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men have made Of the world At least
woman could do no worse! We have
miserably failed, and for one invite the
women to come in and save the frag-
ments. In my faint view into the future
I see war averted only by justice-equa1
rights and equal privileges to all men and
women of all pations is the one bar
rier against war that will prove effec-
tive.
Vested privileges of sex or divine
rights of kings and queens, of kaisers
and emperors. of sultans and sheiks, of
bosses and millionaires, must all go in
to the scrap heap before war ends. The
peace for which ! am looking will not
be found in the councils of prime min
isters. nor yet in the peace palaces of
The Hague. When it really comes. and
come it will, 1t will be in the hearts
and homes of the free men and women
of all nations, when there will be no
longer any divine right except that of
the people-no more heirs apparent to
be slain. but a universal entente and
alliance of all nations
Evening star., 1915-02-23

Rear Admiral and Mrs. Van Reypen
have gone to Atlantic City, and will be
away for several days.
Evening star., 1915-02-23

Mrs. Charles Gurley Stott and Miss
Stott of 1854 18th street will not be at
home tomorrow afternoon.
Evening star., 1915-02-23

Miss Florence NJ Ziegler of Green
castle, Pa, is visiting Mrs Charles ].
Ziegler, 900 Westminster street north
west
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

Centre Street loop subway. This Is
recommended TO the Public service
Commission by Alfred Craven, chlef
engineer.
In August, 1914, when the company
began its temporary operation OF the
loop subway, the commission allowed u
TO use wooden cars temporarily, but
with the understanding that tney
should be replaced by steel ones as soon
rs possible.
Mr.. Craven now recommends that the
company be forced TO purchase all-steei
cars within the next eighteen months
Five hundred of these will be needed,
he believes, to oprate the subway.
Application of the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company for an extension or
time in which to submit criticisms re-
garding the form of contract for the
construction of the section Of Brooklyn
subway extending under Nostrand Ave
nue. from Flatbush TO Church, has been
denied by the Public Service Commits
sion.
The Interborough was also ordered
Yesterday TO make arrangements for
the construction Of an express platform
at Eighty-sixth Street on the Second
Avenue Elevated. The road Is being
third-tracked under the dual system
agreement, and the establishment Of an
express station at this point had been
omitted from the plans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

IFrom a stan Correspondent Of The Tnbune.l
Paterson, N. j., May lit was about
all Ma could do to drag Billy Sunday
off the baseball diamond to-day. Once
back on the green turf, the revivalist
capered about as if he loved 1T. lie
paved the grass, and you could a. most
see him trying to grip it with invisible
spikes.
"Strike tuh!" he yelled, one hand in
the air. 1t was just the same pose he
uses SO often on the platform, For
Sunday as an umpire looks and acts
like Sunday as preacher.
He was not a particularly good UNI
pire, for he had to reverse his decision
once, and so bring upon himself the
dear old bromides of "Robber!" shut
the gate!" and "Back to Winona Lake
He worked the full nine innings forr
the benefit of the Paterson High Schooi
and Newtown High School teams. New
town came all the way from Queens.
only to be defeated by the score OF
8 to /.
Before the game Sunday warmed up
a little with some of the students, and
slammed the ball over with surprising
speed. Ma, son George, son Paul, son
William and practically all the mem,
bers of the campaign party watched
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
[By telegraph 10 The Tribune ]

Burlington, n. j., May because a
high school teacher is alleged to have
ripped from the coats of pupils cards
bearing the words, Get right with
God" and to have burned the emblems,
clash is threatened between school au-
thorities and churches conducting the
tabernacle revival here under the au-
spices of David Hughes, an evangelist.
The affair, which has been lively topic
of discussion among parents for two
days, was brought to public notice by
Hughes tonight, who said parents had
complained to him of the matter.
"In all my experience / have never
heard of such case" he said. "lf the
cards had borne an attack upon any
denomination or religious sect the
teacher would have been entirely JUS
tilted; but if the facts as related are
true, it's high time you parents went
further than to complain to a visiting
evangelist"
At mass meeting in the tabernacle
tonight Hughes sprang sensation
by asking pertinent questions about al
legged individual violations Of the ex-
else law, which he said would be an
swered before the campaign was much
older.
Don't wonder about where ! get my
information" he said. 81 get it by the
same process that any public official
could get il If he wanted to get it,"
Red Bank, n. j., May The PEN
nant of the East Jersey High School
Baseball League may pass from con-
troll of the Red Bank High School nine
this year. The future Mathewsons
and Cobbs have quit-they're out on
strike. And all because a woman
teacher laughingly called John Shea,
the crack shortstop of the nine, "a
thick-headed Irishman," and because,
too, John was just Irish enough to
get "thick."
John, Thursday, during lecture,
failed to grasp something quickly and
the teacher, Miss Anne Dearborn, jok-
ingly applied the phrase. She didn't
mean 1t, and the others in the room
al laughed with Der. But, not John,
Tie vas angry. After sshso! John said
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
DRUG KING SHARED
BY THEFT OF AUTO
Police EIated Over Capt.
ure, in Jersey City, OF
Elusive bad Man"
STOLEN CAR USED
ON NARCOTIC RAIDS
Cocaine and Morphine Hid in
Connecticut, Says Gangster
Doctor Spells Plans.

Jimmy Lorenzo, known in the under
world as a bad man, comes up for triai
in Jersey City tomorrow. A stolen
automobile was found in his possession
Police Commissioner Woods's men, par
ticularly Lieutenant Scherb, were elat-
ed yesterday when they learned that
Lorenzo, caught by the Federal agents
with cocaine in his rooms, In West
New York, was the same Jimmy Lo-
renzo they would appear against to-
morrow morning.
"Whv, he's one of the biggest dealers
in done in this country. Hes well on
He owns lots of property, but not In
his own name. That's the chap we've
caught several times, but he got away
from u.s." said one Of them.
Now, it so happens that an automo-
bile figures in raid upon drug stores
throughout Hudson County and IN paris
of Manhattan. This stolen machine
for the owner has since claimed IT, was
used by u gangster to make cleanup
Of dope just when the Harrison law
went into effect. The story came out
last night when one of the gang thought
he was talking to some one VINO was
right.
Large quantities of heroin, morphine,
cocaine and opium have been secreted
in Connecticut. One of the men VINO
we're in on the job said last night:
81 amt speaking wrong, for l know:
The gang tried to place ii in small
towns with some doctors they knew
were right with them. They were
fooled the first day. Why, one doctor
told all he knew the first time one OF
the Federal agents called on him."
"Now. about that stuff the gang got
into Connecticut; how did they get IT
there%
Huh, one of US has machine; see
how easy it was. All we did was round
up the people we bought from"
Did you hold them up for the
drugs" e..
"No; we only made them go fifty
fifty with US. 1t was give it to us or
to the cops, so they split with our
gang"
Exploiters Of so-called drug cures are
alarmed at the recent expose of thep
activity in New Jersey. Some OF them
announced last night that Tine New
York Tribune had placed them in
most embarrassing position.
"What can you do? Man alive, these
people have depended upon us for their
remedy. It's cheaper than the real
stuff, it's equally as effective, and If
they follow our directions we certainly
will cure them" one said.
Isn't. it true that some Of your So
called patients have been taking your
remedy for a number of years" was
asked.
"Yes."
The haunts of the dope fends were
being carefully watched in New Jersey
yesterday.
Politicians began to sit up. One OF
them was talking about the disclosures
made by The Tribune.
"Why, New Jersey is the home OF
President Wilson; he can't afford to
have it said that a Federal law is not
being enforced there" he remarked.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
FLAMES END CHlLD'S PLAY
Fatally Burn Three-Year- Old
Daughter of Passaic Judge.

Grace Cabcll, three years old, daugh-
ter of Judge Cabell, of the District
Court, of Passaic, n. j., was burned to
death last night, when her clothes
caught fire from a g>s range. Grace
and her sister Alice, four, were playing
in the kitchen, when the older saw
Grace's clothes afre She screamed
and brought her mother downstairs.
A neighbor heard the screams and
nut ont the flames with a blanket. The
little girl was taken TO st. Mary's Hos
pital. where she died at $3.50 o'clock,
Judge Cabell was appointed by
President Wilson when Governor OF
New Jersey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
OFFICER SOLD u. S.
ARMS TO MEXICANS

Washington, May 1.-The War De-
partment is investigating charges that
clothing, rifles and munitions owned by
the United States have been taken
across the border for sale to the Mexi-
can factions.
Recently the condition of the Texas
National Guard became so bad that the
War Department sent regular officers
there on a mission Of inspection. They
discovered that a commissioned officer
CT the guard was doing a land Office
business in slipping war munitions
across the Rio Grande.
His sales had been impartially dis
tributed both TO the Conventionalist
anC the Constitutionalist soldiers. The
inventory showed that there was a
shortage of uniforms, rifles and of
other munitions in the supply depots
OF the Lone Star State.
All the circumstances tended to es-
tablish connection between the
missing supplies and those shipped
across to the warning Mexican forces.
1t is expected here that the Depart
ment Of Justice will soon begin legal
proceedings against the suspected
ofhesT,