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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
WIFE SCOLDED
HUSBAND; SHOT
He Returns from Work, After
Drinking, Police Say, and
Attacks Her in Argument.

81 hope you never get up" Mrs. John
Mckee. in desperation, told her hus-
band yesterday morning when he re.
fused TO bestir himself TO go out and
follow his calling as derrick man.
When Mckee arose at noon he re-
called his wife's words. There was an
argument. and he left the apartment.
at 316 West 1l7th Street in a hun.
When he returned after 3 o'clock last
night he had been drinking.
did you mean what you said this
morning when you said you hoped d
never get up" he asked his wife.
Mrs. Mckee repeated that she did.
Take that. then replied the hus-
band, drawing a revolver. and firing a
shot into his wife's breast.
When Patrolman Butler. Of the West
125th Street station. and Lieutenant
FRYE, of the West Forty-seventh Stree.
station, who was OFF duty, ran 10 the
Mckee apartment they found little
Merwin Mckee crying in the hall.
Mother has been shot he walled
With drawn revolvers the police
broke into the locked apartment and
found Mckee crouching in DARK
room. His wife had run down stairs
TO a neighbours rooms, where sur
geon found her and took her to the
Knickerbocker Hospital, in a critical
condition. She told the police how
the quarrel started.
The husband was arrested, charged
with felouious assault.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
CARNECIE'S HOLIDAY
AND BIRTHDAY QUIET
At 80, Laird of Skibo Takes
Double Celebration Calmly.

Andrew Carnegie's eightieth birth
day found him somewhat tired last
evening but in good spirits and health
and showing no i'll effects OF the double
celebration Of his birthday and Thanks
giving.
The Laird of Skibo stuck to his de-
termination of the day before, to forego
his annual interview with reporters,
at which it was his wont to tell the
newspaper men that he always re-
GREETED not having devoted some of his
years TO journalistic endeavor. Also
missing was the inevitable reply of the
reporters that they were willing to
change positions with him at any time.
"Mr. Carnegie spent the day. with
his family and receiving a few callers
said his physician. DR., Jasper j. Gar
many. last night. "He showed no effects
of the excitemen. of the day and re-
tired early. He had dinner with Mrs.
Carnegie and his daughter and son-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. George Lauder"
Among the few callers received by
Mr.. Carnegie was Elihu Root.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
LIBERTY BELL
SAFE AT HOME
Thousands See Precious
Relic Replaced in In
dependence Hall.

Philadelphia, Nov. 25.-The Liberty
Bell received rousing welcome home
when it arrived here from the Pacific
Coast a little before o'clock this
afternoon.
Escorted from the railroad station in
West Philadelphia by a big military
delegation. the bell was safely lodged
in its glass case in Independence Hall
after it had passed thousands Of per-
sons who lined both sides Of the streets
through which the procession marched.
AZ independence Hall patriotic exer-
cises were held. the tenor OF which was
that thanksgiving should be given that
the bell had withstood the long Journey
and had returned without injury. Many
in Philadelphia had feared that the
relic might meet with an accident in its
trip TO and from the coast.
Officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad
announced that in its journey TO the
coast and return the bell had traversed
about 1900 miles through thirty
States of the Union.
The Liberty Bell reached Scranton
at 8 o'clock a. m. from Albany, two
hours late. Fifteen thousand persons
headed by Mayor Jermyn and City
Councils massed about the relic anG
gave it an enthusiastic welcome. Thou
sands of school children were in the
crowd.
A local committee. headed by Ad-
iutant General W. F. Sadler and Mayor
Frederick W. Donnelly met the special
train at the Asylum Station in Trenton
and added a wreath Of flowers to the
already large number of floral pieces
around the bell. The committee rode
on the train TO a siding close TO the
City Hall, where about $4,000 persons
had gathered. About 800 school chill
dren were in this number and all car
ried American flags.
Between 5000 and 10000 men, WON
en- and children greeted the Liberty
Bell in Phillipsburg The local band
rendered selections and as many per
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
TUBE UNDER RIVER BLOCKED
Train Contact Shoe Burns Outline
Useless twenty-five Minutes.

Subway traffic in the tube from the
Battery TO Borough Hall, Brooklyn, was
tied up for twenty-five minutes begin
ming at half past five last evening. when
a contact shoe on n Manhattan bound
train burned out on the incline leading
under Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, TO
the East River.
When the current was short circuited
there was fash, then lights IN the
train went out. Smoke filed the cars
and passengers became panicky, but
were calmed by the guards. Holiday
crowds thronged the Brooklyn subway
stations while the stalled train was
being towed out Of the tube. A shuttle
service was inaugurated on the one
clear track. and train made several
trips between the Battery and Borough
Hall stations before the west bound
tunnel was cleared.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
RECEIVERSHIP RUhORED
FOR 2 NEWARK PAPERS
DaiIies Are Said To Be Owned
by Ex-senator Smith.

Newark, n. j., Nov. 25.-The Newark
Daily Advertiser Publishing Company,
which controls THE Newark Morning
Eagle" and "The Newark Evening Star"
two publications said to be owned by
ex-United States Senator James Smith,
It is said will pass into the hands of a
receiver tomorrow, Louis Hood, chief
of counsel for the Fidelity Trust Com
pany, trustee Of the Smith properties,
is expected to appear before Vice-Chan-
cellor Howell to ask for the appoint
ment of receiver, or at least for a
rule to show cause why a receiver
should not be appointed.
Work of compiling schedule Of the
Senator's assets is progressing under
the supervision of Mr.. Hood, who ex-
poets to have it ready for filing by
Saturday. The work is slow because
many Of the securities listed in the
assets have 20 be traced and their pres
ent location and Smiths equity in them
verified.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26

Of success. For one thing, Samuel
Gompers will not come TO Wilkes
Barre to attempt to make peace. He
was appealed 70 by wire in San Fran
cisco, and replied that he had referred
the matter to W. d. Mahon. interna.
tional president of the Amalgamated
of Street Railway En-
ployes. Mahon, in turn, declined on
the ground Of pressure Of other bust
ness.
Another move was to seek re-
quest from the management Of the
company to Governor Brumbaugh to in.
tervene. the Governor having promised
10 act if both sides requested him TO.
This request will not be made, though
any request from the Governor for a
conference would in all probability be
respected, Whether such request will
be made by him is moot question.
Governor Brumbaugh's friends would
like to win for him the prestige of end
ing the trouble, more especially as the
blame for existing conditions is to-
night laid by a local paper, not
friendly to the company, at the door Of
his sppointee to the headship of the
Labor Department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
SUFFRAGE ENJOYS
TO ARRIVE TODAY
Victorious Auto Tour from Cali
fOrnia to End with a
Parade Here.

Two women who have driven an au-
third who has made suffrage speeches
across the continent will arrive in New
York to-day. Suffragists will welcome
them with an automobile parade, gay
with flags and flowers. The suffrage
ENJOYS have not only proved them
selves equal to engineering an automo-
bile three thousand miles without mas
cuine assistance, but they also engi-
neered the equally difficult task of driv-
ing home a outrage lesson to nine Gov
errors, fifty Representatives and the
Mayor of every city between here and
the Golden Gate, with the exception Of
one.
Miss Ingsborg Kinstedt is the chauf-
feur, Miss Maria Kindberg, the machin-
list Of the suffrage car, and
Mrs Sara Bard Field, the orator.
They are carrying the Congressional
Unions petition to Congress from the
women voters convention in San Fran
cisco. They will be received by Presi-
dent Wilson at the White House on
December and at the Capitol the next
day.
The sLfFragist wives of city officials,
Mrs. George McAneny, Mrs. Henry
Bruere, Mrs Robert Adamson and Mrs.
William A. Prendergast, will meet the
ENJOYS this afternoon at the city limits
and offer them the hospitality of the
city. At Eighty third street and Fifth
avenue they will be met by other men,
bers Of the Congressional Union, who
will fall in line behind them in an au-
tomobile parade down Fifth avenue.
George McAneny, Acting Mayor, will
welcome the ENJOYS at Sherry's, where
a recention will be held
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
D. A. R. MARK RED0UBT SITE
Washington Heights Chapter Places
Tablet In Trinity Cemetery.

"This tablet reminds us once again
that all true Americans must stand be-
hind the success Of George Washing
ton and that we must be prepared for
the defence of our country" said
Charles r. Lamb yesterday during the
ceremony Of unwilling a tablet al
Trinity Cemetery &c mark the site OF
Notifications built in the Revolu-
tionary war.
The tablet was placed by the Wash
ington Heights Chapter Of the Daugh-
ters OF the American Revolution. IT
was designed by Mr. Lamb. and the
Inscription on it reads: within Trim
itv Cemetery IN 1916. the American
army constructed the middle redoubt
and other works OF the second line Of
defence which. under the observation
Of General Washington. was defended
bv the Third Pennsylvania Battalion.
and the Connecticut Rangers under
Colonel Lambert Holmes, November
49,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
HOSIERY DISPLAY
BLOCKS TRAFFIC
Girls" in Mems Night Court Pay
for Enchanting Crowds by
Dainty Ankles.

What appeared to be two attractive
young girls accompanied by escorts
from the shore-leave list of the Allan
tic fleet were arraigned before Magis-
trate Koenig in the mems night court
last night.
you young men," read the magis-
trate from the warrant before him,
while most of the spectators filed out
OF court with an I-told-you-so attitude,
"are charged with masquerading and ex-
hibiting your lower limbs TO more than
the usually exposed state.
"Humph, you were arrested as
girls. so this seems 70 me TO be ques-
tion of ethics. What should be the ex-
don't believe the law recognizes that
there is supposed to be any exposed"
Detective Kellerman, of the West
Thirty-seventh Street station, told his
story, while the complaint was amended
to charge disorderly conduct. He had
met the sailors and their companions
at Eighth Avenue and Fortieth Street
at p. m. The girls" wore long black
coats, short black skirts, and black
fur hats with white tassels. Whenever
the. CIOSScu a Stittti tHt NVttNt4sS
swore most solemnly, they lifted their
short skirts foot or more, displaying
silk hosiery and dancing slippers.
You know, your honor, what crowd
there is on the streets Thanksgiving
night" said Kellerman. Fifty people
were following these four at Fortieth
Street, call it 100 at Forty-frst, and
when they blocked traffic at Forty-sec-
ond / simply had to arrest them, all
the while supposing they were girls.
And they were clever at it, with their
cheek paints and powder buffers"
William Kitory and Alexander Bril-
ar, both nineteen years old, and both
living at Alp West Fortieth Street, ad
mitted they were just girls" having
a good time on the Thanksgiving night.
Each paid a fine of SO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
HIT BY SHELL MAKERS AUTO
Boy Taken to Hospital-Police Arrest
J. II. HancOte.

While crossing St. Nicholas Avenue
at l34th Street early last evening,
James Foster. nine years old, of 318
West bath Street. was knocked down
by an automobile operated by James
II. Hancorte of IS Warburton Avenue,
Hastings -on-the Hudson. The child
was taken to Harlem Hospital with
possible fracture Of the skull, lacera-
lions Of the left leg, and possible in
ternal injuries.
Hancorte. who is connected with the
National Conduit & Cable Company,
munition factory in Hastings, was
placed under arrest on complaint OF
Arthur Blair. of 226 Bradhurst Avenue
n witness of the accident who charged
that Hancorte had neglected to give
the child any warning Hancorte was
locked up on charge Of felonious
assault.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
SHOT SISTER; MOTHER HELD
Boy Fired Toy" Gun Given Him by
Parent Who Found Il Sweeping.

In the rubbish she swept up while
cleaning the apartment house a. $50
Prospect Avenue, The Bronx, yester-
day, Mrs. Mary Leary, the janitor,
found a .3S calibre revolver.
She says she thought it was harm
less toy and gave it 70 her fye-yesr-
old son, Charles. When ne pulled the
trigger a bullet struck his sister Mar
garet, seven years old, in the leg. She
was taken TO Lincoln Hospital. Mrs.
Leary was arrested on a technical
charge of violating the Sullivan law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
Company Quits on May
'o "r,s Order as Crowd
Se;zes Public Square.
ooMpERS REFUSES
TO TO ATTEMPT PEACE
c.,s,uor Will Act Only Upon
O usouest of Both Sides-New
Meeting Tomorrow

p.-re Penn, Nov. 25.-Fear-
.'.A.bed. Mayor John '. ko'eK
hs n.rpOon had the management Of
ms ~, .Rarre Street Railways Sus-
the ".-,,ions. This vas at 8 o'clock
Psno mob Of 5000 persons in pos,
'ns i., Of Public Square threatened
IN ,be coming Of darkness TO get De-
~ che control Of the police.
'o nv when it appeared that no .Aore
-. would be run, the crowd s-o"iy
S ,' little knots stopping here ana
49,. .sars to talk with policemen and &C.
,ouuee the company.
:. gas the climax of day OF ten
nbicb began with the decision oil
=. company not to operate IN the
poroush Of Plymouth. This decision
-. reached after Captain Wilhelm
..rA;ne the State Police, had de-
.,.,sd that his men would Keep
Plymouth open.
.It will mean bloodshed II you try
~ said Thomas A. Wright, general
manager Of the company, "for Plymouth
!, the most dangerous spot OF the sys-
tom that is now being operated
probably" said the constable but
v. will do our duty"
I'VE won't try it. 1t Is not worth
while killing somebody" said Wright
and the troopers remained in their bar
racks.
But they did not remain there long
With the operating of the first cal
through Nanticoke came reports OF
trouble. which by noon reached the
pOint where the officials called upon
the company TO cease sending its cars
into the borough. In this contingency
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
BOY, Z, GETS BULLET IN EYE
In Hospital, Condition Serious-Gun
Wielder. Is, Arrested.

With bullet wound in his left eye,
Rossillo Scerio. seven years old, was
carried TO the POSTGRADUATE Hospital
last evening by his father, Anthony
Scerio of 80 Monroe Street. The boy
was placed on the operating table and
surgeons said that his condition was
serious.
Following the finding of an air gun
in the yard in the rear of "a Monroe
Street, Sergeant Ellis of the Oak
Street police station arrested Sal
vatore Cosa, thirteen. The police
say that Salvatore said that he was
standing with other boys on the roof
Of SO Hamilton Street shooting at a
target on the roof of the house where
Rossillo lived. After one shot they
heard a scream. When Salvatore told
his mother, according to the police, she
threw the air gun into the yard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
TWO KILLED IN AUTO UPSET
Scranton Physician and Wife Victims
of Odd Accident.

Wilkesbsrre, Penn, Nov. 25.-While
driving his automobile in the state
road at Plainsville, near here, last
night, DR.. John P. Stanton, of Scranton,
was compelled to suddenly throw on his
brakes because a car ahead stopped at
a railroad crossing. DR.. Stanton's car
upset and he was instantly killed. His
wife died later in hospital.
Five other occupants of the car
escaped with broken limbs and con-
tusions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
AWAITS ACTION ON MCALL
Thompson Committee to Adjourn In
Ill Governor Decides.

The Thompson Legislative Commit
tee, which has been investigating the
Public Service Commission, will hold a
short session to-day, and then adjourn
until the charges against Chairman
Mccall are disposed of by the Gov
ernor at the hearing on Tuesday.
The committee will be represented
at the hearing by Senator Thompson,
its chairman. and Deputy Attorney
General Lewis. its counsel. In add
ton, the committee will present brief
20 the Governor explaining in detail
the reasons which prompted II 20 ask
for McCalls removal.
The committee has sent word 90
Governor Whitman that it will prove
every one of it's charges. II the Gov
ernor removes Mccall, charges will
then be preferred against Commission
err Williams.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
DIES AT HOME CLUB DOOR
Unidentified Man Supposed To BE Law
renee Peterson.

4 man about 60 years old. believed to
be Lawrence Peterson, OF the Hotel
Latham, 4 East Twenty-Eighth street,
staggered into the entranc of the Home
Club. AT II East Forty-hfth street. last
night and died before the telephone
girl could call anyone to his assistance.
She heard him mutter my God, it's
terribe-it's going into the hands Of
p receiver and Pm ILL.," before he col
lapsed In his pocket was found key
70 room 9l2 in the Hotel Latham, which
discontinued business last night.
The manager Of the Latham said
room e12 had been occupied by Law
renee Peterson. He had, however, no
financial interest in the operating COM
pany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26

Sheriff Kniffen appealed TO Captain
Wilhelm, and with an escort of troop
ors he went TO the place. Conditions
were so ugly that the guard of troop
ers was thought necessary for his
safety. These, with mounted men. kept
the crowds there in check, but, even
at that, there was much stoning Of
cars.
To meet this stoning the company to-
day put on armored cars. heavy
screens, such as are used on the pay
as-you-enter cars, covered the windows
10 protect passengers from injury from
missiles and flying glass, but there
were few passengers 10 protect, for
with the exception of handful of
apparently strangers in the city, there
was none brave enough TO take the OBJ
vious chance of injury.
1t was an ideal day for mob, clear
and cool and plenty of sun. The APP
pearance of the environs of the city
was that of place besieged. At bridge
heads there were guards. Along beau
tiful country roads the trim, business
like troopers rode in pairs, while here
and there, at fire built by the road
side, horsemen were making coffee.
Outside Nanticoke, the first place
visited, they were thick, apparently
on the alert for any crowd that might
seek TO join hands with those OF the
borough already bent on making trou-
BILE within the borough lines. The side
walks were jammed by an, ugly crowd
of men and half grown boys, minus
overcoats as a rule, and looking very
much prepared for trouble. All the
saloons were doing a rushing business.
Through this came car, trooper
slightly in advance and another follow
ing, until private right of way OF the
company was reached. Then they
turned and waited for another car.
Brick Ambuscade Planned.
Over in Plymouth there were the
same uglv crowds. There il had been
planned 10 surprise the first car with
bricks, and for that purpose IT had
been arranged that a mason's supply
truck should reach the spot about the
time the car arrived. Further down
the line in Plymouth, where some
buildings are in progress OF erection,
it had been planned to make. other
demonstrations if the cars got through
the first ambuscade.
Later in the afternoon the trouble
began to centre in Public Square. Men
and boys came from all directions. In
the centre of the square mounted po-
licemen were pleading with the crowds
TO keep moving and not impede trainc.
These requests were met win Jeers
as the policemen half-heartedly made
as il to chase this or that one across
+ba mark Wilkes Barre's mounted po-
licemen would never qualify for mem
bership in any crack cavalry company,
and the crowds refused to take them
seriously. Gradually however. the men
on foot began to find 1t necessary to
use real force. Then word was sent to
Mayor Kosek, in his Office block
away, and at his request the cars
ceased TO be operated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26

sons as possible passed close to the
patriotic relic Souvenirs were thrown
from the train into the crowd and in
the scramble TO get them there was
almost panic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-26
Peace Efforts Vain.

Efforts of various civic bodies to
bring about peace between the com
pany and its employees continued dur
ing the day, but with no great amount
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-03-25
ON THE SEbASTlCOOK.

CLINTON, Me-, March 10. The ice in Sc
basticook river is rapidly passing away
without breaking up and it is figured that
the river will be clear within a week.
Operations on the river are increasing
in volume and an active spring and sum-
mer is assured. Arthur Holt has many
thousands of feet of lumber to float down
from Pittsfeld and sections between
Clinton and there, The cottages on the
shores are being repaired and several
new ones are being added. Canoes and
row boats are receiving attention. Sore
new motors have been sent for. Tom
Ward has bought B. F. Beams old cot
tage and is having it repaired and fitted
up for the season. Mr.. Bean is building
larger cottage on the site of the old.
Ira A. Witham has bought the Arlon
Low cottage and is making extensive re-
pairs. C. C. Hayes has bought the
Blaisdell cottage and moved it to a new
location. He has also bought the large
motor boat. Marcellus Cain and Alphonso
Brown are adding to their improve
mepts. Sebasticook river haunts will be
in great demand this summer.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-03-25
HOW EUROPE MAKES HER SOIL
FERTILE.

Take Italy, for example. Her soils
were celebrated for their fertility more
than two thousand years ago. Cato, YER
gil, and Horace priced agriculture above
all other arts; and Pliny put together a
series of maXims that show a truer IN
sight into the essentials of agricultural
practice than the teaching of many of
our present-day experts.
The soils of Italy were under intensive
cultivation before the birth of Christ;
but after all these years of constant CROP
ping they remain among the most pro-
ductive in the world. In 1908, Italy's har-
vest of cereals alone was five times that
of New York, though her area is but
twice as great. Counting her systemat-
ically cropped forests, eighty-four per
cent, of her territory is worked by men
and women who understand the uses of
their land as thoroughly as a mechanic
understands his tools
In France, too, the soils have improved
with cultivation. Back in the days of
Napoleon her average per acre yield of
wheat was IL. 5 bushels; it was more than
20 in 1905. In the same period her per
acre production of barley rose from ID 8
to "a, of rye from 1915 to 16 8, of oats
liolh Ito 10 o.. Anu IL is interesting 10
note that the great increase in the yield
of cereal crops in France occurred before
1860-before the vast potash deposits of
Germany or the phosphates of South
Carolina had entered into commerce.
Go from France and Italy to Belgium
and Holland and Germany, to Austria
and Hungary and down to the Black Sea,
and still the story of the crop. records is
always the same; the longer the history
of cropping, the higher the yield of the
harvests. Robert W. Bruere in Harper
Magazine for April.