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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
Letter Carrier, Loued BY ALL
Is Cd and Worth $500, 600
Martin l.. Henry, Twenty
Years on Seventy-second
Street Route, Made
Fortune in Real
Estate.

Even the nursegirls and children IN
East Seventy-second Street all know
Martin L. Henry. the letter carrier, who
for more than twenty years has been
delivering mail to homes between Firth
and Third Avenues. But not many OF
them are aware that the sixty-four-
year~old man who blows his whistle at
the door each morning is one OF the
wealthiest employees Of Uncle Sam IN
the country.
Henry is estimated TO be worth about
5000 900. and when he is not at WORK
with a bundle of letters in his hand ne
is bu,y at his home, l94S Bathgate
Avenue. The Bronx, transacting q real
estate business.
Twenty-nine years ago, just before
he was appointed TO the government
service. Henry had few hundred dol
lars. He carried this in his wallet
Until he met a couple of swindlers, who
reIisyed him Of his roll. Then he be-
came a letter carrier.
ON his Scventy-second Street route,
which also includes the Central farh
Casino. Henry became acquainted with
so,nraI veil to- do families. Mrs. Rhine
lander Waldo, mother Of the former
Police Commissioner, took an interest
in him. A.,
Occasionally Henry would get TIP
from a wealthy person at whose nome
Ia left Letters, and with the small sum
he saved from his wages he began 10
;nyost in stocks. His first transaction
tmrned out profitably. but he was not
satisfied with Wall Street. He wanted
something more certain. So he turned
IN real estate.
" Lots in The Bronx were then selling
., few hundred dollars each, SO
Henry bought many of them. Later
hn ~ cot rid of them with another
n nS 70 their price. Soon he had &C
aa ,;.od nroperty in willamsbridge, in
p pannsvlyania, a few pieces Of property
- The Bronx and Manhattan and even
.. ~ lots in Lakewood, n. D..
The letter carrier then engaged IN
IN. an money on mortgages, which
naid him we'll. But with the real estate
pim ",rk practically at a standstiii now
W , s wondering just how much
lawyer he will stay on the governmeh.
.ons soi, Postoffice officials believe thst
pa pa' must be working for love and the
NE Of greeting his old friend: on
KS route. for they cannot hgure .nA.
w. "a in the game for the sl,2oo year
that IL pays him'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
COURT VOIDS WILL
OF MISS MCDOWELL
Fund of $4,000 to Establish
Home for Protestant Women
Goes TO Her Sister.

Surrogate Sawyer, of Westchester
County. has declared void the will OF
Miss Annie Coe Mcdowell, who LETT
$4,000 to establish home in lon-
kers for refined, educated Protestant
gentlewomen. whose means are small
and whose homes are made unhappy by
having TO live with relatives VINO
think them in the way" M
Miss Mcdowell died January 20
1914. To her sister, Mrs. jessie NJ
Gibson. her only heir-at-law, she LEFT
81, saying that the latter had money
Of her own, independent Of the haAf
OF the estate she received from her
father, David Mcdowell. She also ieit
TO her sister pictures and trlnKets as
a remembrance.
In her will Miss Mcdowell gave her
slater the preference of being an IN
mate of the home she sought TO create,
and also mentioned some cousins and
friends who could avail themselves OF
the comforts of the home without be-
ing subject to its rules. Miss Nc
Dowcll also expressed the hope that
her sister would leave her share OF
their fathers estate 70 the home in
memory of their mother.
The will was contested on the ground
that the proceeds OF the charitable
trust which she sought TO create for
her relatives and friends would be de-
voted, in part at least, to a private use.
Surrogate Sawyer sustained the OBJ
;ection 10 the will, saying that in Civ
INC preference TO certain individuals
beneficiaries Of the trust, Miss Nc
Doweil sought primarily TO benefit the
nersons specified and only secondarily
10 benefit the refined, educated Prot.
ss,snt gentlewomen" she mentioned
;r another part Of her will. The Sur
rogate held that the testatrix died IN
testate. and her entire estate VIII go
20 her sister, Mrs. Gibson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
WOULD END WAR
BY FOOD EMBARGO
Meyer London, Socialist
M. C.-Elect, Says Peace
Is Sure in This Way.

Representative-elect Meyer London,
New York States only Socialist men,
Der Of Congress. says he is reading up
on law and history for the sake OF
teaching Congress something when he
gets to Washington next month.
Il will do everything In my power"
said Mr.. London yesterday at his Offices.
3O2 Broadway, ito place an embargo on
all exports of foodstufs from the
United States TO Europe. am going
to fight hard to starve Europe into q
peace. Germany will ultimately lose.
but II the war is to be brought to an
immediate close the next House will
have to be instrumental in forbidding
any and all food from leaving this
country for the belligerent nations.
II believe in war against war, and
IN spite Of reports TO the contrary the
United States is suffering just as
acutelys from the war as any Of tho
nations involved. Go TO the East Side
and see the suffering there. Inspect
our great industrial centres and tell me
whether there is any truth in the state
nent that great prosperity is beginning
&c shine on this country Of ours. Look
al our objects Of charity soliciting
ClOlHl1R anu DlLS OF 1000.
Mr.. London said that Democratic rep
resentatives in Washington are pre-
pairing statistics for legislation that
will stop all food exports. and that
their reasons are manifold. Some are
pro-German," said the Representative
elect, land by cutting down the supply
of food for the Entente they hope to
starve out the members Of that union.
Others are pro-English, and trust to
Starve out the members of the Alliance.
1--WE hold the key to the solution.
The war must stop and stop immedi-
ately if we refuse to ship food to any
Of the belligerent countries"
Mr.. London said that he would also
urge the passage Of the Kern-McGilli-
cuddy bill providing for a system Of
compensation for the governments en-
ployes in case Of injury or death.
1.-THE United States government" said
Mr.. London, "hss 100000 employees.
Yet the greatest employer Of all has
made no provision to take care Of the
families Of those who may have been
killed while attending a governmental
duty. | believe such neglect is out
rageous:"
thought the system of giving bundles
10 the poor degrading to both
the donor and the taker. "The man
who gives thinks he has done a whole
lot" said Mr.. London. land the man
who takes has started on the manhood
robbing path of charity. | cannot urge
too strongly against the scheme. II is
failure. Why don't the national.
state and city governments put forward
every effort to have some public i'm
provements started so as to use the
labor of these hundreds of thousands
Of unemployed?
"Why doesn't New York State loan
small sums to the unemployed? This
could be done by means Of the trade
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
MRS. JEFF JOINS
HOUSE HUNTERS
Wife Weary After First Day OF
Chase, but Goes to Hippo
drome with Husband.

JEFF Davis deserted the hoboes ~
his Hotel De Gink last evening to take
his wife TO the Hippodrome, where the
TWO we're in a box party with some
friends. Mrs. Davis confessed that she
was somewhat exhausted by her nrst
day In New York. She spent the after
noon looking for rooms near the hoteI'
TO live in with her children.
JEFF declared earnestly that he never
for moment intended his family 10
live at the Hotel De Gink.
There's nothing bad about the
Place" he said, "but | wouldn't want
ny children TO live there. II wouldn't
hurt my wife TO sleep on the top hoor,
and che would be willing 10 II u
wasn't for the children, for she al
ways has been as quick as was TO
make sacrifices for my work. =,
Ny little girl-that's what call
ny wife-is right with me In my work
Tor the hoboes. Sometimes she used
% say 70 me: JEFF, it's pretty hard;
J 90 suffer But I'd say: Little girl,
you're only one wife, and there's thou
Ands Of wives suffering. II 10 up TO
Us 10 try and make the world easier
'or them My wife knew this, and she
vas willing TO work hard ct home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
VOTE-GIRLS LOSE
RIDE ON ELEPHANT
The Beast Has a Cough and
Can't Help Advertise Tues
DAYS Suffrage Ball.

The elephants at the Hippodrome
have snti-suffrage tendencies. At least,
that is what the Women's Political
Union suspects.
Miss Alberta Hill. executive secre-
tsry Of the union, arranged 70 borrow
one of them TO take down Fifth Avenue
yesterday as an advertisement Of the
ball ut Grand Central Palace Tuesday
night. Decorations were prepared for
him, and at III q. m. suffragists, motion
picture men and interested onlookers
gathered at rs West Forty-ffth Street.
But the elephant came not. 1t was
1880 when . husky voice called Miss
Hill on the telephone.
Sorry, miss" said the voice. "The
elephant we was going to send has got
q cough, and we dassn't leave him out
this cold day."
II was a great disappointment, espe-
cislly to Miss Elisabeth Freeman and
the other suffragists who expected TO
ride on the elephant.
at does seem as IL there would be
one we'll elephant among all the Hippo
drome has" said Miss Freeman. prob
ably the Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage has been circularizing them"
Shorn of the elephant, the suffra-
gists decided to have pot boiling on
Fifth Avenue opposite the Public Lii
brsry. They had hard time getting
permit, but Borough President Nc
Aneny suspended some rules that were
III the way, and gave them the desired
paper.
For several hours Miss Eleanor
Brannan, Miss Anna Constable, Miss
Elisabeth Freeman, Miss Agnes Nor
genthau, Miss Mary Z. Thornton, Miss
Norma Castel, Miss Nanciska Berg and
Mrs. Walter Chambers offered ball tick
cts for sale, and invited the passersby
TO put contributions into the pot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
COAL H0D FREES WIFE
Mrs. Pettis's Plea Wins Sepa-
ration from Portrait Painter.

After hearing the testimony Of Mrs.
Helen c. Pettis, daughter Of Lawrence
A. Southwick, portrait painter. Of
Manhattan. during which she told how
her husband, Clinton NJ. Pettis, who Is
worth more than 100000, made her
carry hods Of coal from the cellar and
scrub the floors, Justice Mills, in the
supreme Court at Mount Vernon, yes
terdsy granted her a separation. He
also allowed the plaintiff $1,000 a year
nlimony.
Pettis, who is a member Of the Yale
Club and lives In New Haven, put in
no defence. John NJ. Gardner, a law
yer. who appeared FOR Mrs. Pettis, said
Pettis had been served by publication,
but had paid no attention to the COM
plant.
Mrs. Pettis testified that she was
twenty-one years old when she was
married to Pettis, June II, 1912, in
New York City. He was then forty
years old, she said Mrs. Pettis said
that she was forced to leave her hus-
band while they were living in a bum
galow at Savin Rock, on the Sound,
in May, 1918, because Of his cruel and
inhuman treatment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
PIGEON DASHES TO DEATH
Prize Bird Impalsd on Diana
Arrow Atop Garden.

Phyllis was impsled yesterday in
pians's arrow as Diana stood q tip-tos
on the tower Of the Madison Square
Garden. Phyllis WAS . prise long dis
lance homing pigeon belonging to John
p. Howard, Of Ebensburg. Penn. Mr..
Howard had asked those in charge OF
the poultry show 10 see that his oirds
no given a little exercise on the roof
daily. II was while taking her exer-
else that Phyllis drove headlong upon
the point Of the arrow.
TELEGRAPH messages received at the
Garden last night announced that the
frst of the flock Of pigeons sent TO
Washington bearing messages to Pres
idsnt Wilson had arrived. To-day a
flock of twenty-five will be released In
Washington to make their way to the
BROOKLYN Cofeourse Association At
1912 Myrtle Avenue.
Suburbanitea gapsd yesterday at the
exhibit Of 81 Aneona chickens belong
ing to II. Cecil Sheppard, Of Berea,
Ohio. The chickens got seven hrsts,
three seconds, six thirds, three fourths
and six ffths. Sheppard started in
the poultry business nine years ago
with so chickens on . town lot and
made S4,22S in Q single year.
At the exhibit Of the Certified Farms
Company visitors had q chance to buy
eggs and poultry from the farms OF
railroad and business men. Moreover,
they were sold over the counter by
Charles J. Fisk, formerly Of Harvey
Fisk & Son, broker.
Il was announced that the first two
days of the show had exceeded the
attendance record Of any days last
year. The lectures were well patron
lied. Professor W. F. Kirkpatrick, Of
the Connecticut Agricultural College;
Victor G. Aubrey, Of the New Jersey
State College, Professor Harry E.
Lewis and Or. Beebs, will deliver lect-
ures to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
VILLA GETS GUADALAJARA
Carranxa Forces Driven from
the Mexican City.

FL Paso, Tex, Feb. 13.-Guadalajars,
the second largest city in Mexico, fell
into the hands Of the Villa troops to.
day, according to a telegram received
tonight by TIE Associated Press. Gen.
eral Villa describes his victory as com
plete. The telegram said:
1--WE entered Gusdalsjars to-day and
Immediately after continued to pursue
the enemy. II seems that the Csrrsnza
group has left In the direction OF Man
sillo, but active orders have been is
sued by General Medina to stop their
progress.
General Medina entered Guadalajsra
followed by q hundred Of his men. He
succeeded In surprising the weak garri-
son there, killing $50 Of the diegueI
troops and taking six machine guns and
much ammunition. The remainder
were disarmsd."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14

Some OF them go so far as TO say
that the veteran is only going to stay
in the service until Congress passes .
pension bill, which will relieve him
from active duty and settle upon him
part Of his salary. Many other employees,
they say, are holding their jobs for
the same reason, but, as one Official de-
clared, all the oldtimers may be in
heaven before that bill 10 passed.
Henry has only a single wish that
he would like to see the authorities
enact-that letter carriers be allowed
to wear shirtwaists while on duty In
the summer months.
Meanwhile, till the pension law is en-
acted, nursegirls and servants receive
their daily greeting from the old man.
and some Of them even manage to ae-
company him for a short walk through
the park paths with their baby ear
riages. Henry knows them all by their
first names, and has q lot Of Mays
and Kitties on his route, not TO men,
tion Lizzies, Armies and others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
HELD AS CASH BOX THIEF
Said by Drug Clerk To Be One
of Three Who Tricked Him.

Identified by clerk who had served
cup of hot fudge for him, Edward
Hart, of Seventh Avenue and Thirty
sixth Street, was held in Yorkville court
yesterday for trial on a charge OF lar
ceny. When arrested he had a cash box
containing the exact amount stolen
from the Caswell-Massey drug store, at
Broadway and Thirty-frst Street
The clerk, Julius 0masta, believes
that Hart was one of a gang Of three.
After Hart had been served the others
came in singly and inquired for articles
kept in different parts OF the store.
When he returned Hart and the cash
box were gone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
WOMAN SMUGGLER FIGHTS
Leads Band of Men in Battle
with Federal Officials.

Los Angeles, Feb. ia woman
smuggler known as Goldie Evans led
q hand Of nine men in battle against
three United States immigration OFF,
Gals at the Mexican border near Ca
lexico last night, according to word
received by federal officials here to-
day.
bullet. were exchanged in a running
6qht among the mesquite bushes OF
the desert, but in the end the woman,
one of her followers and six Chinese
whom they were trying to smuggle into
the United States were taken prisoners
by the three government agents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14

unions. These unions would report
which OF the unemployed we're in alb
solute want and deserving. The trouble
is that the state 10 not enough inter-
ested to 20 down deeper into the situs-
ton than has been and 10 It's present
luksvarm policy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14

while | was on my trips trying TO wake
the public UP TO the needs and rights
Of the hobo"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-29
SUITS FILED

John Renes filed suit in the clerk S office of the city court yesterday for 5000 against l.. B Self and A. A. Miles, Graymont Grocery company. alleging that on the first day of October A. A. Miles swore out a search warrant before Judge H. B. Abernethy, alleging that one Jim Williams had in his possession certain personal property and that 1t was con- cealed in MT. Renes residence and that the goods were feoniously taken from the Graymont Grocery company. The al- legation ayers that Jim Williams did not reside at MT Renes residence nor did A. A. Miles have probable cause to be- lieve that Jim Williams resided there. The allegation further stated that MT. Renes' Family suffered much shame and modification and that hls reputation and standing in the community was hurt.
 John Floyd filed suit in the city court yesterday for $1O00 against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad company alleg- ing that on October 21 he was maliciously arrested and imprisoned on a charge of larceny without probable cause.
 Ira Dexter filed suit in the clerks office OA tho NAANdit SOuit ycst0IQhy TOT 3JuUV against the Tennessee Coal and Iron com pany. alleging while in the discharge of his work of raking ashes from under . boiler at an ore mine near 1shlsooda a hose pipe attached to an injector was turned on and struck him in the right eye and his eyesight was impaired for sometime. court yesterday against the Bessemcr Coal. Iron and Land company for 5000 alleging that while convict at Bell FL len mines he fell into hole and broke his leg and was caused much suffer ing.
 Claud D. Cooper filed suit in the clerk $ office of the city court yesterday for $5O0( against Mrs. G. H. Mclaughlin. alleging that while riding motorcycle near Noun tain Lake. he was hit by Mrs McLaugh- lin's automobile and was caused to suffer great physical and mental pain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-29

through it all the senator remained firm and silent.
 Last night he came 70 Birmingham on business. To an Age-Herald reporter he said:
 'The bill has been amended Radical features, socialistic and paternal feat ures, have been eliminated l am in- formed. If this information is correct, in all probability all of the. opposing demo- crats will support the bill.
 "In it's original form the bill provided for partnership between the goyern- ment and individuals. and it's operation would have resulted in the government discriminat ting against certain of the ports This would have been out of har- mony with the constitution.
 'The bill as amended provides that the government shall own all the ships pur- chased and shall lease them to companies for operation. They will be made auxil- iaries of the American navy. and the navy in this manner will be materially strengthened. And in addition, a mer- chant marine, necessary to the develop ment of this country's trade, will be up- builded."
 The senator appeared to be very much pleased in that, on account of the eim- ination of obstacles, he could get With the President in support of the bill. fte estimated the cost of putting into effect the plans of the administration at be- tween s40.00ooo0 and s50,00o0oO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-29
JOHN w. KNIGHT IS
 CALLED AS WITNESS
John B. Waterman Occupies Stand Most of the Day in Crows Division
 of Circuit Court

John w. Knight of Decatur, former head Of the cotton firm of Knight, Yancey & Co.,, whose failure Tn 1910 aroused widespread interest, was on the witness stand yesterday in Judge Growers divi- sion of the circuit court, where the case of John B. Waterman against The Age Herald Publishing company is on trial.
 Mir Knight had been summoned by The Age-Herald to identify = certain corre- spondence alleged to have passed between him and MT. Waterman MT. Knight was accompanied to court by his personal counsel E. W. Godby, of Decatur, who declined to permit MT Knight to testify regarding the letters. on the ground that 1t might be used against him in litigation which is still pending, and which grew out of the Knight. Yancey 6 Co. bank ruptcy.
 MT. Waterman, the plaintiff. occupied the stand most of the day. His suit is based on a claim for damages because of the publication by The Age-Herald of a report of the proceedings in federal court of the Knight. Yancey & Co.,. bank ruptcy May 2S, 19lo
 w s. Lowell. receiver and trustee of Knight. Yancey & Co.,. was also wit ness yesterday, as was William Lind sey, the official stenographer who re- ported the bankruptcy proceedings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-29
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN;
 COMMITTEES ARE NAMED BY JOHNSON

There Is no more potent force for good than a strong. well-finaneed, democratic Chamber of Commerce. The modern Chamber of Commerce is no more like the old 'reso,uting' body than modern business methods are like those of 20 years ago.
 There is no phase of civic and com mercial activity that may not derive direct benefit from cooperation with a properly constituted Chamber of Commerce, and the cooperation of every business and professional man is essential to our success AS our plans mature we shall lay them before you in detail and we earn estly trust that they may meet with your approval
 "CRAwFoRD JOHNSON,
 President" The following committees for the cam paign have been appointed by the presi dent:
 Finance committee: ]. P. H. DeWindt chairman; George Gordon Crawford vic' chairman; Eugene L. Brown. G. w. Con nors. Harry Coffin. A. F. Hilleke. R. l. Ingalls,, NJ V. Joseph, J. D. Moore. Revision committee: Sydney J. Bowie chairman; Forney Johnston, vice chair man. George A. Blinn, Jr., Gus A. Pope Jr., J. D. Rosenberger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-29
DAVE CHAPLAIN GIVEN
 SHEAR SENTENCE
Attorney Gives Notice of Appeal to Supreme Court and Bond Is
 Fixed at 5000

Dave Caplan. the secondhand dealer who was convicted Wednesday night py jury of buying, receiving and conceaiins stolen property. was sentenced to three years in the state pententiary yesterday afternoon by Judge James F. Blaekwood. Caplans attorneys at once filed notice Of appeal to the supreme court and Judge Blackwood suspended the sentence ana set the bond at 5000 which. at a late hour last night, Caplan had not made.
 In connection with the Caplan case, Robert Lee. negro, was tried in Judge Blackwood s division of the criminal court yesterday afternoon an dwas convicted of burglary. It was the contention of the state that Caplan. as leader of com spiracy to rob and dispose of stolen prop erty, had the negro Lee to commit the burglaries. Lee will be sentenced tomor- row morning by Judge Blackwood.
 In both the Caplan and Lee cases the state was represented by Solicitors Black and Tate, and the defense was in the hands of Attorneys Vaughn and Silver man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-29

The Senator declared that Secretary McAdoo sent him advanced copies of the speech on the purchase of ships by the government, which he delivered in Boston sometime ago, and that his information respecting the amend ments to the bill is based on that speech.
 Tn all probability" he added. "I will support the bill. In it's old form how ever. it had no chance of success"
 Senator Bankheads opposition in the winter is held responsible for the defeat of the bill. It is known that President Wilson was imbucd with the idea that the Alabama senator had organized the op- position which brought about it's defeat And as is remembered the Alabama leg 'islature. on suggestion from a mysterious Washington source, memoralized the sem ator to abandon his position. His enemies sometime ago-and Dr. John w. Aber- crombie quite recently-charged that the senator had lined up with the republicans against the democratic President. And