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New-York tribune., 1915-03-13
PENN DESERTED
FOR FILM LIFE IN GOTHAM
Youno but Ambitious Girl Comes from Philadelphia
with Hope and Scenario, and Lands in
Arms OF the Chldrens Society.

anyhow, she couldn't run away as cas-
lily as her collaboration.
Agnes Ms!loy stinted herself for
months until she had saved enough
money to get to New York, and then,
without warning. she left her aunt's
home. She got here yesterday and
Immediately sought show producer.
She reached the Universal Film Com
pany, at 1000 Broadway, yesterday af-
tvru0On.
I'm a movie play writer ard a
movie play star, and want 10 sell
YOU the play and act IN II. It's got
awfully strong scenes, especially tno
place where the hero crushes me 10
his breast, after throwing the villain
off the Brooklyn Bridge"
But the producer wasn't very appre-
ciatue. James Barry, assistant man
qger Of the company, took charge OF
Agnes. and led her last night 10 the
West Forty-Seventh Street police sta
tion. where the little girl told Lieu
tenant Noble all about her ambitions
and hopes.
All the lieutenant could do was TO
send her 20 the ChiIdren's Society.
which viii communicate with her aunt.
..rnes D. s,ill firmly determined TO be =
movie" star.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13
RAILROADS OBTAIN
$2OO,OOO,OOO Gift
Rider on Law Passed by
Congress Increases
Freight Rates.

Chicago, March II. Senate Bill
4.522, jammed through the lower house
Of Congress on March and signed by
President Wilson on March 4, carried
with il a rider designed to lower the
freight tariffs on fancy livestock ship
ments. In reality it has developed into
d 100000 year windfall for the
railroads.
Chicago rate experts were unani-
nous to-day in predicting 10 per
cent increase on all class and COM
modify rates over the entire country
as an automatic result Of the new law.
which will become effective or June 3.
The rider. which was introduced by
Senator Cummns, in effect restores
the old common Law rule prOh biting a
common carrier from limiting its lla-
bility lower ;han the actual los in
damages to the shipper. ne UNIFORM
bill OF lading drawn up by the Inter
state Commerce Commission accord
ance with Supreme Court findings al
lows the railroads TO make two charges
FOR limited and unlimited liability, the
latter 10 per cent higher than in the
case where the carrier agrees TO pay d
fixed damage.
Il is contcnded the new Law annuls
the charge under the limited liability
and leaves the higher charge a. the
only alternative. Estimates made to
day show that more than % per cent
of the traffic Of the country, valued at
more than S2.GOO,00OO00 annually,
moves under the limited liability
clause
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13

Impressive funeral services were held
Yesterday for Captain Albert Polls, one
Of the directors Of the Hamburg Amerl-
can Line, who d led recently aboard the
Vaterland in Hoboken. A large num-
Der of employees and officials OF the
German steamship company came 10
nav their last tribute 10 their forme
chief. who was one Of the oldest ON
cials of the German company and one
of the best known men in German ma
rlnc circles.
Upon the receipt of the news OF her
fathers sudden death Miss Elfrlede
Polls, made record trip from Ger
MANY to Hoboken, by way of Swltzer-
land and Italy. She will sail back for
Germany to-day aboard the Italian
liner Duca degli Abruzzi to convey .ner
fathers body TO its last resting place
in German soil. ,
america is wonderful country"
exclaimed Miss Polls in answer TO a
question about her first impression
1T must be wonderful to live in such
a glorious country when half the world
Is engaged in bloody war. The only
thing that iarred me was the few pres
reports which | saw ~ New YORK
papers about Germany. They seemed
so hostile in tone and so far fetched
from the truth
Miss Polls, no reads and speaks
English fluently, is a native of Ham
burg. one of the three free cities IN
the German Empire.
1T is true that we are passing
through hard time," she admitted,
But no one who does not know that
war exists wond realize that Germany
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13
TO REPAIR STATUES
Art Commission Will Take
Charge of City Monuments.

Repairing and restoring public
monument will be supervised by the
Municipal Art Commission in the tut
urc. This suggestion from Park Com
missioner Cabot Ward WAS accepted
yesterday afternoon at meeting Of
the associates of the Art Commission
in the Cit, Hall
Commissioner Ward explained r let
ter written 10 tho commission on Janu-
AIRY -. IN which he pointed out that
many monuments in Manhattan we're
in bad condition and that there was
no system Of maintenance for them.
He advocated obtaining, If possible.
the .Xpcr. advice # those who were
responsible for the erection Of the
monuments. and suggested that il
would be better for the Art Commis-
sion TO take over this work than to
have no system devised.
Resolutions we're passed approving
The suggestion and calling for the sp-
pointment o! committees 20 put the
plan in operation. Experts selected by
the Art Commission will advise the
Par; Commission how the monuments
should 6c repaired, and the labor will
be r. nishod by the Park Depart
mcut
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13
Child ard Dog VIII Make Appeal at Ex0osHfon-Re let
Committees Stunned Parent Who Acknowledged
IT, S. as Birthplace.

they found that Mr.. Bedgood was born
in America. "Wc are organized 10 ara
Helgians, not American citizens.
Nr. BcdcOod explained in French
he doesn't know word of English
that his parents, who were BeglanS,
took him back TO Belgium when he was
but four years old, that he married a
Belgian. that their lives were spent IN
that country and that GeOrGette was
born there. He was told that the rules
OF the organization put II out OF the
question TO give him a cent.
II was the same with the American
Commission for Relief in Pe!clum but
when the family was about 10 be ev!ct-
ed from the room they occupied a. l5
Oliver street members Of the American
Committee for Relief of Babes IN Pel-
gium intervcued. They gave little
aid as individuals and tried to get the
committee 20 do something. The treas
urer. also Z member Of the belgian
Relief 'Uud. Denounced tnis as lrrc"u-
lar. GeorGctte was not, he said. babe
I'm Belgium. He refused 20 sign tn
check which some OF the members
hoped to give To Georgct.C.
The Charity Organization paid the
Bedcoods 50 a week for two weeks. but
could do no more. Mr.. Pedgoof il
hardly able to work yet. and though he
is an excellent painter he Is handi-
capped in his search for a job by his
ignorance Of English. SO the family
is anxious 20 90 to Paris. whore Mrs.
Pedsood has d sister who will helr
them little and where she and
Georcette viii receive a few sous a
day from the French government.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13

Georgettc Yvonne Bedgood is Sci
gian baby stranded in New York and
very much in need Of help. But the
Belgian Relief Fund and other Belgian
societies can't help her because her
fathers parents Chanced 10 be in Amer
lea when he was born, and that, they
say. makes the family American and
outside their scope Georgctte, who is
Belgian TO the bone, can't understand
this red tape, but she is bravely trying
to help herself To-day, at the MADE
in the L. :. A" Exposition at the
Grand Central Palace, with the assist
&nce of Petit Blanc, a French poodle,
this twenty -months-old Belgian maid
will ask for aid that she and her par
ents. who are both i'll, NAV return 70
Europe. where red tape will not inter
fere with their receiving sucror.
Georcette cent SPEAK English. but
helped out by her mothe-, she can say
d good deal in French She can tell
YOU how she and her parents were
driven out of their little home IN Brus-
sells, and how they came here because
their friends all said:
THE Americans are so kind they Will
help you if YOU 20 TO them"
They made their way here, but be-
cause they could get no passport they
were not allowed to bring baggage.
Peing insuficicntlv clothed. the father
contracted malarial fever aud Went
from the boat to Bellevue Hospital.
lie was scarcely out before the mother
had arrendicius They appealed 20
tie Relgian Relief Fund for he,p
"lmpossible," said the officers, when
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13
DOUBLE TRIAL"
BILL APPROVED
Mills.Hoff Measure Wins Sup
port of Charity Organiza-
ton Society.

New backing for the bill introduced
At Albany By State Senator Ogden L.
Mills was furnished yesterday, when
the Charity Organization Society went
on record in opposition to the double
trial" system in the inferior courts Of
this city. Ii the bill becomes Law mag
istrates will have the power to dispose
Of many misdemeanors which now go
to Special Sessions.
The society's committee, in state
nent declared that Special Sessions
was constantly clogged with cases that
might have been disposed of by mag
istrate. What is called u typical case
was cited. A prisoner was arre gned
January y, 1914, for having knocked
down another man. On July l3 the
prisoner went free, "the witness for
the people failing TO appear Delay
tends to benefit the guilty defendant,
the statement asserted. Opportunities
ore offered for tampering with Wit
nesses, for their disappearance and for
their evidence 10 cool.
"Unless the changes which the Mills
lIofr bill would maze are put into e.
feet" the statement goes on, tine pub
lie will continue 10 be yictimizcd by
the turning loose OF persons really
guilty of the offences charged against
them because delays in the trial OF
their cases have permitted witnesses
to be tampered with or spirited away.
There is just complaint Of the laws
delays. but there should no longer be
amy reason for complaint OF delays in
cases like this, where the system can
SO easily be improved as to do away
with them
The bill proposes that magistrates
exercise the power OF justices OF Spe-
cial Sessions. except in disorderly
house and gambling cases, or ttPse in
which the prosecutor or defendant de-
mands q trial before three jud>es.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13
WILL ASK RETRlAL
OF SHILLITAM CASE
Littleton Resumes Fight
for Alleged Slayer-Per-
kins to Oppose Move.

Martin W. Littleton announced yes
terday that he would apply for new
trial for Oresto Shllitani, convicted a
year ago before Judge Malone, in Gen
eral Sessions, of fatally shooting John
Rizzo and then killing Patrolmen Will
lam B. Hcaney and Charles J. Teare
when they attempted to arrest him.
Four of the five witnesses in the trial
recanted their testimony, and yester-
day published afidavits in which they
allege that they were forced to give
evidence sagainst ShiIlitani by the
threats of the police.
These atfidavits were made, the wit
nesses said, because they feared for
themselves if Shiliitani went TO the
chair. lie is now in the death house
at Sing Sing. awaiting the action or
the Court of Appeals. The motion FOR
new trial will be based, the PRISON
er's lawyer said, upon the fact that the
chief witnesses have sworn that their
testimony was false, and upon the
usual rule that, if a witness swears on
trial to facts on which conviction
is later based and subsequently dis
avows his testimony, the court Will
order new trial.
"This disclosure affects the admins
tration of justice in this county Mr..
Littleton said. at runs right down to
the bottom of police methods and chal-
lcnges 'he severest inquiry by the Dis
trict Attorney into the methods By
wh .ch convictions are gained"
District Attorney Perkins stated last
evening that he would resist any ap.
plicati0n for a new trial. He sa h p
was convinced of the truth Of the te I'll
mouy given in the trial and was sur.
that there was nothing whatsocv 7 n
,he nature of frame up" IN the
case.
"The important thing ne said,
(which the making Of these aFdaylti
AZ this late day suggests IS VII thec
in this city witnesses who have giveA
truthful testimony on trial can there
after be so int.midated that they are
willing to lie and even TO perJure them
selves under circumsta~ cos such as 20
render themselves liable to twenty
years IMPRISONMENT in states pri !
rather than run the risk, which they
must regard as imminent and great. o.
personal violence and probable d attn
If they refuse to recan'
This is the condition VIII ch evl-
dertly exists. and it is this cord to1
which this Office IS investigating IN the
hope Of reaching the source OF the ter
rlble pressure which must have bee
brought to bear upon them. Our N
yestigation will be continued unit!
every source Of possible information
has been exhausted"
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13
SUBLIMATED STEW
TO BE MAYORS TREAT
King of All MulliganS viii Form
Piece de Resistance at
the Gink Tonight,


Waiting iu tie soup tire n.
NIa,or- have tasted uect.ic4l Drews-
Winch Of them classed with our M-..s'n
st4,, Of The evening beautiful stew.
/ i''-'' -'' '-'''' De Gink L.'ics.
Glulligan stew de luxe viii, be cerved
a. the Iotel De Gink to-nig"t, when
the hos Of the N..irtecn Club WI give
a dinner anu reception !" Mayor
Mitchell. Every known vegetable ever
seen. eaten or described by ID 'bo at
anv time anywhere, viii 5c put into
the pst. out Of 9, hich shall evolve IN"
ouintessencc Of hoboid connections.
Jeff DAYS received q letter Yesterday
from John Davis, who said the Mayor
woul surely come.
All arrangen nts have been com
plctcd for the Mayors visit. a large
Garnet Of rich red vii. be spread from
the curb 10 the door Of tn hosiery.
over 1t will be stretched canopy OF
lust IS rich carmine 10 protect his
bono~ should IL rain or snow. Ana a
bodvouard of 'bos will patrol the
neighborhood TO restrain the vulgar
crowd. ,..
tow there viii be three kinds Of
meats. Lesides the incidentalS. Three
hundred meals will be served, at total
cost Of S2.23 a plate. All the delicacies
viii be prepared on three gas raIges
which arrived t the hotel yesterday.
The Nullig N stew the biggest, best
and beautifulle,t ever Will be pre-
pareo in the lot opposite the hotel By
the elite of the d Gink's chefs. Ac-
cord rg 10 the head cook II won't mat
ter il it does in. The heaven-sent
water will only add sweetness TO the
I.lcacv
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13
NEGRO THIEF BEATS
P0LICEhAN'S WIFE
breaks Her Jaw with Blackjack
Holds Men at Bay with
Gun and Gets AWAY.

Ia negro snatched the purse Of Mrs.
Sie FULLY, Of 40 West l33d Street.
W. o. pa'rolmsn. last night. and
..'u Sne caught up with him he broke
NJ. JaW with blow from d blackjack.
Ls1a Knocked her down, with her
g%, With revolver he held at bav
~. men who chased him and escaped
Ws tenement in West i36th Street.
l..S Iully was on her way TO meet
l., husband. Patrick Tully, Of the
hSs" Avenue station. She had her
,ps' ~ carriage, and at Seventh Ave
o,,nd snd lSSth Street stopped over the
S,,.sge TO arrange the blankets. Some
l,," women pushed negro against
pr..aIn and ne grabbed her purse. She
ru ~ up the baby, but was unable to
.,,s.. after the thief because Of the in.
WLehee Of the women.
ep.tesh she did get started Mrs. Tullv
TssSna up with the negro d block away
,,hk ne stumbled and fell. She
ssra ssVeu the purse. which contained
Bon, !e%elry and about a dollar IN
i,,, lhe negro scrambled 10 his
NJ used his blackjack.
btsi July was taken 10 Harlem Hos
hsrs me baby was uuiniured. No
;td,,.I the thief or his women con
'S Was found by the police.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13
CUNCOTTON TRUNK
GOES BY EXPRESS
Federal Attorney Fears
Blowing Up of Train
at Any Time.

Chicago. March -. Federal Attor-
ney Charles +. Clyne is in constant
expectation of hearing that a passenger
train on its way to San Francisco has
suddenly left its track with n terrific
explosion.
Such d train is said TO be carrying a
trunkful of guncotton, believed to be
the property of DR.. Herman Boden-
helm. a chemist of 1902 Nireo Avenue,
New York, who was arrested in ST.
Louis last night on a charge OF ship
ping explosives unlawfully.
The trunk is said TO have been traced
through 81. Louis and Kansas City, and
to be speeding farther westward at this
moment.
I'VE hope the discovery Of lis where
abouts will not be made in any such
disastrous manner" says Mr.. Clyne,
probability with il Of destruction of
both property and life"
The government authorities here are
not aware Of the purpose OF routing
such quantity OF the explosive by
passenger train. One explanation
which was offered To-Day was that ship
ping the explosive IN a dry state, IN
stead of the G5aal wet condition, en-
abled underselling Of competitors.
ST. Louis, March 12.-Dr. Herman
Bodcnheim, of New York. gave bond
before the United States Commissioner
here to-day for his appearance here on
April 10. On that date, IT was agreed,
he will give bond for his appearance in
Chicago later, to answer the charges
on which he was arrested here last
night.
6. Bonstelle, inspector in the fed
eral Bureau of Explosives, said that
the government had information on
which 10 base additional charges
against Bodenheim, and that Boden-
helms plant in New York City had
been closely watched.
Bodenheim, who sold chemicals TO
printing firms, said he did not con-
slider that the guncotton which he
shipped dry was dangerous when 1t
was closely confined.
The complaint on which he gave bond
to-day is that he shipped one hundred
ounces Of guncotton to a hicago en-
craving house by express in violation
of the federal law, which says eXplo-
sives may De shipped only by freight
and under certai' conditions.
At The Vireo Avenue address, IN The
Bronx. woman who said she was nrs.
Bodenheim answered the bell She re-
fused to make any comment OF her
husbands business and slammed the
door when asked if she knew he had
been arrested.
A merchant in the neighborhood said
he knew the chemist Two weeks ago
he came into the store and said he was
off for a trip to San Francisco. A few
davs afterward one Of Bodenhcim :
daugh ers he has fOur-called at the
store with a box, which she said she
wanted to send to Chicago.
It looked like hat box and weighed
a pound. The girl said it contained
straw hat. The merchant said 1t had
TO be Grated if Miss Bodenheim wanted
to send il.
The directory shows that Boden-
helms business address was SO Haus-
man Street, Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13
SING SING BASKS
IN BUSY SPOTLIGHT
Prisoners Have Round of
Entertainments, inClud-
inc Music and Drama.

Sing Sing is rapidly becoming one oi
the foremost one-night stands on the
trolley circuit. Last night lecturer
was booked in the prison, and tonight
there is to be programme OF grand
opera and other music. Two bookings
on consecutive nights breaks all rec
ords. but the musical troupe expects a
crowded house.
S. L. Fishbeck, OF Washington, lee
tured twice last night in the chapel TO
capacity audiences. 500 in each. lie
showed views Of the National Capitol
and all the place Of interest IN the
city. The boys were urged 10 go down
and see for themselves the beauties of
Washington at their first opportunity.
Il is the intention Of the manage
ment 10 make this evenings entertain
men. gala performance Several
residents OF Ossining have been IN
vited TO attend and hear the pro-
gramme provided by Baron Berthalds
organization. In addition 10 the baron
who has sung leading tenor roles IN
the ROYAL Court Opera. at Wiesbsden'
Bremen and COyent Garden, Augusta
Close. Adolf Close and Gretchen Near
will appear. a grand piano has been
sbipped from New York and SPECIAL
stage constructed.
An added attraction yesterday was
the visit Of Douglas Fairbanks ana
Edna Aug. OF THE Show shop com
pany at the Hudson Theatre. Mrs
Ernest Schelling, OF the prisons visit
ING board, motored out to Ossinlng
with them. and after they had IN
spected the prison they entertained the
prisoners with monologues.
Tomorrow the house goes back 10
pictures. That the policy Of pictures
with an occasional travelling attrac-
ton booked in. is popular with the
theatregoerS of Sing Sing has been
proved. The following letter. received
al the Strand Theatre, emphasize the
prevailing satisfaction with the policy;
"Whocver conceived the idea OF send
ing the picture machine to the fellow!
here at Sing Sing was all man. Could
wc have our way Of showing our ap-
nreciation We would hail the nearest
taxi. bundle you in and place Rectors
at your disposal. Come up and sec US
some evening. watch the play OF eX-
prcssions on our faces when the ma
chine IS in action, and If We do not
convince you that We are grateful,
nothing else would.
Many. many thanks for the gift. It
has let whole summer Of sunshine
INTO our hearts. As a fitting closing
let ny last words be thank you
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13

Thirteen-year-cld Agnes Malloy has
10 desire to be beautiful mglden VINO
lives IN a tower and lets down her hair
each night 50 her prince lover can
climb up to her. She doesn't want TO
be queen or an empress, or any KIND
Of royal lady. All she wants 20 be
is movie" actress, the star IN .
thrilling story OF love and romance.
That's why Agnes left her home N
Philadelphia. She lived there with her
aunt, for her parents arc both dead.
he drab life OF the Pennsylvania clty'
wncrc Billy" Penn looks down from
the City Hall Tower. didn't appea TO
her. What she wanted was the loot.
lichts. and big White Way she had read
cbout, and the applause Of the folks
who drive TO the movie shows IN
their iimouslncs.
So Agnes. and another Agnes whose
last aaIhe was CarlIn. and who also
lived in big, solemn Phlladelphis'
started TO write film scenario. II
was an about love and other things the
two little girls understood perfectly.
They'd sell ii to a producer who wore
diamond pin and diamond cuf INKS.
And Agnes Malloy wqc TO be TIE aero
inc. The other Agnes d.dnt mind, Tor
she vas a very altruls;ie Dersoa and
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13
SUGGESTS "PEACE" SHIP
Nine. Schwimmer Says It's
Last Hope to End War.

A peace shp-that's the idea of Nine.
Rosika Schwimmer, a Hungarian rep
resentative Of the international Suf-
frage Alliance.
"G have become convinced that the
United States will not call confer
ence Of the neutral nations" Nine.
Schwmmer said at the Hotel McAlpln
last night. The last resort, then, is q
reace ship.
delegates shall be chosen at mass
meetings throughout the country. They
shall sail to Europe and stop At all
neutral countries 10 carry delegates
those nations have chosen to gigantic
peace conference
Nine Schwimmer did not say where
the money would come from.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13
LOST som A 0ISHWASHER
Mother Finds N. Y. Youth in
Camp After Years Search.

10y 4 lerfa3. D Ihe IT NHnc.
Los Angeles, March l2.- Driving up
in her automobile to a road grading
camp at Boyd, Cal. near the Arizona
line. in the desert, Mrs K. b. Forch-
heimer. wife OF d New York importer,
ended to-day sesrch of a year for her
son. Herbert, who left home after a
misunderstanding with his father
Young Forchhemer was washing
dishes for the graders when his mother
arrived. lie told her that after leaving
home be came TO California. landing in
the Imperial Valley with 50. lie got a
lob on ranch, saved his money. and
now has lease on forty acres OF
alfalfa and is prosper.ng. To put IN
his idle time in the oil season torch-
heimer took whatever work was Of
fered. having secured the grading
camp Job only yesterday.
Mrs. Forchhemer first got word Of
her son in San Francisco, and in her
automobile traced him to the imperial
Valley.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13
SCIENTIST NO CRIMINAL
Heye Conviction Set Aside by
N. J. Supreme Court.

Trenton, y. J March l2.-The con
1euon Of George g. Heye. vice-presi-
cent OF the Museum of the University
y Pennsylvania and one Of the best
Lso"n anthropolog,sts IN the country,
" removing thirty skeletons Of Mini
1Snk Indians from their graves in
~'nSlnk Cemetery, Sussex County, was
day - ''N
ihe court held that although Heye
nay have violated the laws OF decency
.i sng morality he did not bring himself
'!n'h the jurisdiction Of the crimes
Following his conviction by the Com
Ta Toa Pleas Cour, Of Sussex County.
ns!e was fined SlOO lie justified his
~ oy declaring he was working IN
~e interests Of scientific research.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-13
JERSEY COMMUTERS WIN
Defeat Railroads Attempt to
Boost IntraState Rates.

Trenton. \. J., March Il ne az
temp, Of the railroads of New Jersey
TO raise the passenger rates between
points in this state was frustrated to
day oy the Board OF Public Utility
commissioners. The complaint fled
with the board against the increased
rates was that Of the South Jersey
Commuters Association. and 10 the
fight made by this body the commuters
of The state owe their victory.