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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03
WASHINGTON WAS
OF ROYAL LINEAGE
Descended from Louis TX OF
France and Edward | of Eng
land, Students Find.
lbs telegraph 70 Tho Tn5une.l

St. Louis, Dec. THAT George
Washington was a direct descendant
in an unbroken line OF Louis TX OF
France has been established by the
class of the Rev. Father Lawrence j.
Kenny, of st. Louis University, who
pored over hundreds of volumes and
many musty old manuscripts before
they obtained the data.
II was far more difficult to trace the
Washington line from the arrival Of
the family in America, when the name
was never changed, than it was TO run
back to the times of the Crusades,
through the French and English
families.
Father Kenny prepared the genealog-
ical tree, showing the line OF descent:
Philip III of France was a son of
Louis TX. To Philip was born a daugh-
ter, Margaret, who married Edward |
of England. To Edward | and Queen
Margaret was born son. Edmund, Ear!
of Kent, who married another Mar
garet, and 10 them was born Joan. the
Fair Maid Of Kent" who married
Thomas De Holland. Earl Of Kent. As
a result OF this marriage was born an
other Thomas De Holland. also Earl Of
Kent. He lived from 1850 to 1897.
This Earl of Kent married Alice OF
Arundel, and to them was born Eleanor.
who was married 20 Edward Charlton:
Baron of Powys, who died in l42l. or
this union, Joyce Charlton was born
in 1903. She became the wife Of Sir
John Tiptoft. OF this marriage was
born Joyce Tiptoft, who married Ed
ward de Sutton, and Of this marriage
a son, John Sutton, was born. History
does not record who John Sutton mar
ried. but there was a daughter, Mar
garet Sutton. She died in 1868. after
having married John Butler. She bore
q son, William Butler.
To William Butler and his wife was
born Margaret Butler, who was married
to Lawrence Washington, Of Sulgrave'
To them was born a son, the Rev. Law
renee Washington, who married Am
philis Roades. He died in 1862.
John Washington was born as re-
suit of this marriage. He went 70 Nir-
ginia in 1858 and was married to Anne
Pope. To them was born a son. Law
renee Washington. To Lawrence Wash
ington and his wife Augustine Wash
ington was born in 1894. Augustine
Washington's second wife was Mary
Ball. These were the parents Of George
Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03
SUNDAY PAPER HELD
WORK OF NECESSITY
More Potent than Weekday
Prints, Says Missouri Court.

Jefferson City, Mo. Dec. 2.-The val
idity of contracts for advertising in
Sunday newspapers was upheld by the
Missouri Supreme Court to-day. The
case q. issue was a suit Of the Pulitzer
Publishing Company (St. Louis Post
Dispatch") against Henry J. McNichols
for part payment on contract for
Sunday advertising. McNichols's de-
fence was that the publication of a
newspaper on Sunday was violation
OF the state labor law. The st. Louis
Court of Appeals decided against The
Post-Dispatch," which appealed to the
Supreme Court. The opinion says:
"The only question presented for de-
termination is whether the publication
of the great daily papers OF the country
on Sunday is q work Of necessity.
"The great service the press is rem
dering humanity is performed on Sun
day as we'll as upon Monday, or upon
any other day of the week, and its
benefcence is more potent on the former
than on the latter. for the simple rea-
son that the toiling masses have more
time TO read the papers on Sunday and,
therefore. acquire greater knowledge
and information from them on that
day than upon any other day of the
week
upon this state of affairs, where is
the court or jury in Christendom which
would convict the publishers of The
Post Dispatch il indicted for publish
ing thai paper on Sunday? This is the
test. OF course they do not exist. and
that is because the former would take
judicial notice of the fact that such
publications are matters of public ne
cessitY."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03

if you will to your enemies. but you
shall not make the United States an
indorser Of your lies
"Come back with this message TO the
people of the United States: THE law
passed by Congress must be obeyed and
must be respected
William Rand, it, employed the en-
tire morning session of the court in
making mis- pleas for the defendants.
II was an argument that the defend
ants had no wrong intent in making
errors in their manifests and that
the government had not been greatly
harmed thereby.
Judge Howe, who had prepared his
charge in writing, read it carefully
TO the jury, repeating often to i'm
press upon them the significance OF
his instructions. Several times he
simplfied the legal phraseology by
homely illustrations.
"The principal questions for you to
decide are very few and simple he
said.
"A good question for you TO ask
yourselves is, Did the defendants have
a common purpose or design to defraud
the United States, and did they pursue
il by common means. whether acting
separately or together II would con-
stitute fraud against the United
States to procure a clearance from the
Collector of Customs at port Of the
United States by Intentionally making
a false manifest regarding the kind or
quantity of cargo shipped, or the des-
tnation of such cargo, whether it was
at a foreign port or at place on the
high seas where vessels were intended
TO be met for the purpose of deliver
ing cargo for such war vessels. You
can find them all guilty or not guilty
on such indictment, or you can find
any two of them guilty on one or both
cf the indictments.
"If you do not find at least two Of
the defendants guilty on one of the
indictments, your verdict must b. not
guilty as to them ALL
The prisoners were ordered to APP
pear in court this morning at 1880
o'clock, when counsel will probably
move to arrest judgment. Mr.. Cans
wished to make such motion last night.
but Mr.. Wood suggested that court be
adjourned until to-day.
The court will set date for sentenc-
ing the men. Meanwhile they will be
perhaps released in higher bail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03
HAMBURG LINE
CHIEFS CONVICTED
Continued from page I

sideration of such an alleged offence
by explaining to the jurymen that the
defendants had not violated the law in
chartering. provisioning and coaling
steamships and sending them out TO
supply warships of Germany.
"The verdict was rendered on the
charge Of the two indictments, the first
accusing the defendants Of defrauding
the United States by getting clearance
papers through false ships manifests
and false captains manifests, and the
second by causing the collectors of
customs throughout the United States
to make false statistics and to trans
NIT such false statistics to the Depart
ment of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, thereby causing the United
States TO compile false records.
Roger b. Wood, the prosecutor, spent
over an hour preceding the judges
charge in merciless arraignment of
the four defendants. His summing
up laid bare the entire scheme Of the
men to falsfy the manifests, that they
might get American clearance papers,
which he said were the best passports
on the high seas. He took up the
participation of eAch defendant in the
alleged conspiracy and accused them
Of lying. when they said they did not
know that they were doing wrong.
Gentlemen OF the jury" he shouted,
mis- hands trembling with emotion, al
want 20 ask you what you would have
done If you were in Germany and in
the position of these men. Suppose
that the United States was at war with
Great Britain and you were ordered
10 help coal the American feet, which
was of the German coast Suppose
Won were informed that you could not
DO il without violating the laws OF
Germany. What would you do? Why,
Won would do what you could even in
defiance of German laws to coal that
American feet, and you would be
proud of il.
But, gentlemen you would DO more;
You would have the manhood TO stand
IN il YOU were caught at II and take
vour medicine. You'd come into court
and be proud OF your patriotism. NO
one would blame you, and you'd get an
IRON cross If such honor was bestowed
for such work.
"The defendants here have not done
this. They have been caught and they
DENY that they have violated the law.
Why don't they admit their guilt IN
stead Of binding behind others was
NJ loss for word 70 describe their
patriotism until Mr.. Marshall gave II
10 me. The word IL 'whimpering
"Never in all these transactions did
the Hamburg American Line do any
thing itself in the open. Always II was
some one else who was acting for them.
"They got two Agerican ships and
sailed the seas under the protection Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03

The grass il wet with silvery dew.
! can see Il. cannot your
Up I'm the sky the sun Is bright,
And shines II up with a sparkling light.
On Algernon 8. Norton the Supreme
Court yesterday conferred the i'm
portant and solemn mission of being
the arbiter of the destinies of the boy
who is responsible for the above lines
Mr.. Norton must decide whether Pierre
Van Arsdale Smith, jr., also known as
the Marquis de Cresson, shall continue
In the custody of his grandmother
Mrs. Isabella c. y. Smith, at 6l0 West
116th Street, or shall be given into the
custody of his mother, Mrs. Mignon
Zabriskie Smith, who lives at SO Put
nam Avenue, Brooklyn.
Pierre. who is twelve years old, is
to be a poet in Manhattan or, as coun-
sci for the mother said, just a man
in Brooklyn. /. is all up to Mr.. Nor
ton, as referee appointed by Justice
Giegerich If the decision is in favor
Of Grandmother Smith, then some day
one may expect to see the second
stanza of the above quoted poem. On
the other hand, if Mamma Smith wins,
then the lines of the budding Manhat-
tan poet will remain unsung. Being
Just a man might mean being a lawyer
or physician, or something else that Is
useful.
And Pierre has a sister, Camilla
Meserole Smith, who IS year older
She. too, is IN the custody of the elder
Mrs. Smith, and the child's mother
wants her, too. For her the grand
mother has decided on an operate
career. OF course ner talent for the
INTERPRETATION of Verdi, Gounod, Wag-
ne- or Victor Herbert cannot be set
forth like that of her poetic brother.
Neighbors Might Know.
However, the information, no doubt
could be obtained from neighbors in
the Harlem apartment house where
Camilla has shown her operate in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03
AUSTRIA PAID
FOR RITTER OATH
Cleveland Man Got $500
for Swearing Lusitania
Carried Explosive.
CONSUL DENIES
AFFIDAVIT BOUGHT
Supplied Him with Funds for
His Investigation and for
Information.

Cleveland, Dec. 1.-The Austro-Hun-
garian Consulate here issued state
ment in the Ritter case at noon to-day,
admitting that DR.. K. W. Ritter had
been supplied with funds during inves-
tigation OF his inventions, and that he
had prepared the affidavit charging that
guncotton was on board the Lusitania,
but denying that the affidavit was
bought.
Charles s. Reed. attorney for Ernest
Ludwig, Austrian Consul, also gave out
a statement in which he said that Lud-
wig paid s4O0 to Ritter for the Lusl-
tania affidavit. Reed said: 81 did not
know what to think of the story, but
Mr.. Ludwig believed il and reported it
TO Baron Zwedenik, the Austrian
Charge at Washington, and the baron
came to Cleveland and met Ritter in
my office in the presence Of Mr.. Lud-
wig and myself. This was last June"
Washington. Dec. 2.-Officials of the
Department Of Justice were not inclined
to-day to attach much Importance TO
statements Of r. W. Ritter, now in Gus
tody in Cleveland, concerning alleged
attempts to violate neutrality laws. 1t
was said that no evidence had been
found TO substantiate his plot stories.
The State Department has received
from the Austro- Hungarian govern
ment. through Ambassador Penfield. at
Vienna, a formal inquiry regarding the
statement recently issued at the De-
partment of Justice. which was con-
strued by the Austrian Embassy here
as being in confirmation of the charges
made by Dr.. Goricar, an ex-Austrian
consul.
Austria's inquiry asked whether the
Department of Justice had issued such
statement, and, if so, on what
grounds it was based. Goricar charged
that Austrian consulates in the United
States, operating under the direction
of the German Embassy, were con-
cerred in conspiracies to cripple NUM-
tiopc plaptS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03
"DEKES" PLAN NEW HOME
Fraternity House To Be in Greek Style
Will Cost s250,000.

Plans for a new S250,00O clubhouse
in this city for the Delta Kappa Ep-
silon Fraternity will be presented TO
about 500 "Dekes" at their annual din
ner at the Hotel Plaza tomorrow
night. Besides serving members in
and about New York, the new building
will be the national headquarters for
the $4,000 members of the fraternity
throughout the country.
Oswald c. Herring, the New York
architect, has designed the proposed
house. which will be modelled along
Greek lines. The building will be nine
stories high, with residence quarters
SQUASH courts, administration Offices
and all improved club facilities
Several sites are now in consideration,
all of them in the club zone"
Many notable members Of the fra
ternity will be on hand Tomorrow,
among them Rear Admiral Robert r.
Peary, Powdoin, IT, and Senator-elec'
James ". Wadsworth, Yale, go. who
will be speakers; also Baron Chinda'
the japanese Ambassador, who is
Deke from Depauw University; James
c. Colgate, A. Barton Hepburn, the
Right Rev. Charles S. Burch and og-
den Mills Reid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03

clinations. That, too. is response
bili:y on the shoulders Of Mr.. Norton.
All the parties TO the controversy
over guardianship. including the en-
bryo poet ana prima donna. were IN
court yesterday on writ OF habeas
corpus sworn out by Mrs. Smith, the
mother, 70 compel her husbands
mother 10 show cause why she should
not relinqush the custody OF the chill
dren. Mrs. Smith, the grandmother,
told the court that she was sure
Pierre was destined to be poet and
that Camilla would some day be a
great singer.
~ am willing" she said. ito spend
any amount of money to see TO it that
their artistic tendencies are Guilt
waited"
Mrs. Smith. of BROOKLYN, insisted
that her mother-in-law had no lega.
right TO retain the children in her
house and intimated that the chit
dren were insufficiently fed. The moth
er also complained that the elder Mrs
Smith had poisoned the minds Of the
children against her and taught them
to believe that their mother had de-
serted them. Mrs. Smiths own story
is that she sacrificed the comfort and
pleasure of her children's society
through dire necessity, for which her
husband, the son of the woman who
keeps the children from her. was re-
sponsible.
Pierre Van Arsdale Smith, sr., is tn ,
son Ct the late Charles H. Ludlow
Smith, who was a porcelain manufact-
urer in Brooklyn. Since 1904. when
his wife obtained a decree OF separa-
ton from him. with alimony of $25
a week, he has not spent much time
in this Jurisdiction. The purpose Of
his absence, his wife says, is to avoid
paying alimony. He comes here surrep-
titiously now and then, Mrs. Smith al
leges.
In 1907 Mr.. Zabriskie, father of Mrs.
Smith, with whom she has been liv-
ing. suffered financial reverses. Mrs.
Smith decided TO support herself. She
obtained employment in millinery
establishment at $50 week. But she
was unable to provide for her two
children. She requested her mother
in-law TO care for the children until!
such time as the mother was again
able 70 properly care for them. Mrs.
Smith asserts that her father has re-
habilitated himself financially. that
she lives in his fine three story house
at 90 Putnam Avenue, and she wants
her son and daughter as per the agree
ment with the other Mrs. Smith.
The grandmother refused to give up
Pierre and Camilla. Last September
the mother went to the Harlem house
and forcibly took the boy, who was with
her a week Counsel for the grand
mother told story about Pierre hav-
ing been taken year ago by three
ruffians while he was on his way 70 a
dentist, who bundled him into taxicab
and took him to Coney Island. There
he remained imprisoned in hotel for
three days, it was related, when he es-
caued and returned to the home of his
grandmother, leaving his coat and hat
behind.
1t was also stated that the present
guardian had once turned the children
over to their mother, but that after a
year Mrs. Smith took them back TO
the Harlem apartment, rang the bell
and ran away Then, it was told to
the court, the paternal grandmother de-
cided she would rear her grandchildren.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03
READING JOINS GRAIN
EMBARGO FOR EXPORT
BY Telegraph to The Tribune.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.-The Philadel-
pha e. Reading to-day swung into line
with other Eastern trunk line railroads
which have levied an embargo on grain
destined for export. The order, which
will 90 into effect tomorrow, will pre-
vent the acceptance Of all grain for eX-
port through this port.
The action Of the Reading will result
in completely shutting out from this
port quantities of grain already COM
tracted for by the Allied nations Of
Europe. The embargo applies to ex-
port grain strictly. Domestic ship
ments will be taken and handled with
the usual dispatch.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad an
nounced last night its condition regard
ing the export and domestic freight
situation at New York Harbor.
Figures given out show that of the
freight awaiting delivery all but a
small quantity is for export, and is
being held until ships can be provided
TO carry it TO destination. Officials of
the railroad said every effort was be
ing made to handle the situation and
that there had been no difficulty with
the westbound freight movement on
their line.
At its New York terminals the Lc-
high Valley has a total Of 1870 cars Of
freight as yet undeivered. OF these
$3.50 cars are for export. The differ
ence represents freight for domestic
consumption, delivery of which is being
made as rapidly as possible. or the
export freight, 1872 cars remain un-
loaded. The contents of 2,0l4 cars are
held on piers and at warehouses. The
contents Of 1914 cars have been un-
loaded on the company's property in
Jersey City and vicinity. In addition
1853 ears of export freight, not included
| in the total given as being at New York
Harbor are held on side tracks along
! the line west Of Newark.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03
FINDS BERGDoLL is SANE
Jury Decides Racer Is Capable OF
Handling His 100000.

Philadelphia, Dec. 2.-Grover Cleve-
land Bergdoll, the automobile racer and
aviator, was declared sane and capable
Of handling his fortune of 100000 by
r. Jury in the Common Pleas Court here
today, in proceedings brought by his
brother, Charles A. Bergdoll, who had
pctitioned for the appointment OF a
guardian.
Mrs. Emma c. Bergdoll defended the
sanity OF her son. Alienists, profess
sional automobile drivers with whom
Bergdoll had competed, the warden OF
the county prison where he spent a
term OF ninety days for breaking the
speed laws, and friends and acquaint'
ances also testified in his behalf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03
Federal Grand Jury Hears
Alleged MunitiOn PlOttel

San Francisco, Dec. 2.-Lewis J
Smith, alleged accomplice of Charles
c. Crowley. who is charged with con-
spiracy 20 destroy vessels bearing sup
plies TO the Entente Allies, was q wit
ness before the Federal Grand Jury to-
day.
Gle told all We want 20 know" said
Don Rathbun, special agent OF the De-
partment of Justice
According to Federal officers, the
evidence in the present case is ma
terial 10 the prosecution OF Lieuten-
ant Robert Fay, held in New York in
q similar case.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03

"These children are brought m ;,
love the beautiful, the true and 4.
noble in life" declared the lawyer q,
Grandmother Smith. Why, the b,r I.
already a poet. The Trinity ScioS
magazine contains one of his poems
any client wants her son 10 b, +,
man, that's ALL" said the mothers Ie,,i
representative. "And she wants =,
daughter to have the training that Mi
make a good woman of her. Al M,
present time the children are snobbiS
10 their own mother, and the trainir,
that they now get will never do ,h.s
any good"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03
TROLLEY WIRE FIRES AUTO
Passengers Jump to Safety as Short
Circuit Destroys Machine.

A trolley wire dropped on the hood
Of a runabout owned By Louis CANA
rella, of 425 Eastern Parkway, Brook
Ign, yesterday afternoon. made short
circuit and blocked traffic on Fulton
Street, Brooklyn, for half an hour.
Mrs. Sophie Camarella and John
Welsh, the chauffeur, jumped and es-
capped without burns. Mrs. Camarela
was said last night to be in d serious
condition from fright Hundreds OF
shoppers gathered at a safe distance to
watch the column of fame which shot
up from the wreck.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03

the American government. Why Be
cause they knew they would have bet
ter chance of delivering their coal and
provisions to the warships of Germany.
They knew that il would be good
thing TO be armed with good ships
papers.
"Why did they select Mr.. Kuhlen-
kamp to act for them? Because they
knew that he was a good and loyal sub
ject of Germany who would not squeal.
Kuhlenkamp said he didn't like 20 do
the work OF clearing the vessel, but
Dr. Buenz told him it had to be done
and they persuaded him TO 20 down to
the Custom House and swear to lie
"Dr. Buenz has been consul general
for nine years, a diplomat, lawyer
and a Judge in his own country, yet he
says he did not know what obligation
he owed the United States.
81 have been challenged TO say what
| think of DR.. Buenz. ] say | think he
lied. Hochmeister said he made a mis-
take-a blunder in emitting items
from the manifests. say to him that
he lied.
"The Unita that they chartered went
TO Cadz with the cargo that she took
out Of the United States. That is true"
Here Mr.. Wood turned from the jury
and. facing the defendants, shook his
fist at them, saying: "Yes, she went
to Cadiz, despite your criminality. be-
cause Of the honesty of the skipper
Olsen, who refused your ten thousand
dollar bribe.'
Mr.. Wood reviewed the admission of
the defence that there had been an
agreement between the Hamburg -Ameri-
can Line and the Admiralty in 1918
to coal and provision ships in the event
of war. Ii was sent to the German
| Embassy, in Washington, he said.
where il could not be extracted by
subpoena.
"All you have here. gentlemen. is
| their bare statement Of facts They
des troyed the writing. | venture to
say that there was evidence in that
document that was discriminating" he
| continued.
Harm Done to United States.
81 have been challenged TO come out
: into the open and show what harm
has been done 70 the United States BY
these men who were forever skulking
behind some ones skirts. We are here.
out in the open now. Five or six Of
the boats they chartered were captured
with papers saying that they cleared
properly from the United States. The
belligerents knew at once when the
ships were captured that the United
States was issuing a lie. The United
States had been made the indorser of
lie.
What is the damage? Every steam
ship that sails under the American flag
is subject to seizure and confscation.
because the belligerents have the right
10 say that every ships paper issued by
the United States Is a lie.
"The intention Of the defendants was
a process Of fraud and lies"
In conclusion, Mr.. Wood said: "Now,
gentlemen, go to your jury ROOM take
the case in all its aspects; and when
you come back. come back with mes
sage 10 every nation now al war: Lie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-03
Neighbors Might Know

However, the information, no doubt,
could be obtained from neighbors in
the Harlem apartment house where
Camilla has shown her operate in