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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-24
MOORE SCORNED
CITY'S WHISKEY
Not Good Enough to Give
His Friends, Accused
OverSeer Says.
WITNESS GOT CASH,
DEAF. BOY TESTIFIES
Repeats Story of Plot to Frame
Reformatory Head-DOc-
tor Admits Threats.

81 never thought the whiskey sup
Piled by the Correction Department was
good enough 10 give to my friends,
said Martin J. Moore, overseer of the
reformatory at IIarts Island, whose
trial for misconduct and wrongful APP
preparation OF supplies was continued
before Katharine b. Davis, Commits
s,oner Ct Correction, al her Office yes
terday
Moore was called on 10 explain why
he had requisitioned seven gallons OF
whiskey and eighteen cases OF vichy,
when only a small part of the first and
none Of the latter was used in the hos
pitRi. He explained that much of the
vichy went 70 visitors.
Il gave some of il TO DR.. Lewis, sec
retary Of the Prison Association he
Hdded. DR.. Lewis nodded confirmation,
A good part Of the whiskey went
toward the doctoring OF sick horse.
The remainder, the overseer asserted,
was in his locker.
James p Hsnrahsn, deaf boy. who
was in the reformatory when. it is al
Legged, James Mcconnell, keeper, beat
Louis Levine, an inmate, startled the
judges by asserting that Levine gave
money to one of Miss Daviss principal
witnesses on leaving the Municipal
Building last Friday.
81 saw Louis give Ralph SmonS some
cash after Ralph had testified" Hanra-
han said. zone of the boys told me in
the reform&tory that Ralph was stool
pigeon, who had been sent over there to
frame up Mr.. Moore"
What made you believe that" Miss
Davis asked him in writing.
when | found that this was Simons's
second term" the witness answered, 81
told him that he would be transferred,
but he waved his hand and said, Not
me-. Then the boys told me that
Simons had testified against Keeper
Bartel, in the workhouse, and that the
keeper had been fined one years pay"
DR.. Maurice Levey, physician to the
reformatory until January /, 1915, Nas
then recalled
When asked by Mr.. Moore whether
he had ever threatened to "get" ;he
Cverseel. the witness answered that he
had made such a statement after find
ing that boy had been kept in soil
tary confinement without bread or
water fCr twenty-e:ght hours. lie also
asserted that Captain Dillon, the drill
master, had a habit of kicking and
maltreating the inmates.
There is great system OF spying
at the institution" he announced
"Not five minutes after | made the
threat that | would get the overseer
and Captain Dillon Mr. Moore came
into my room and wanted to know what
! meant. ! was sorry that / had made
the remark and told him so"
At the close of the morning session
the hearing adjourned until Friday
when Mr. Moore will present his wit
nesses.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-24
DUDE" GETS FIVE YEARS
DESPITE INNOCENCE PLEA
Thief Swears He Won't Let Golden Brotherhood Re
form Him, but viii Come from Sing Sing
Ready to Rob and Murder

a similar charge after he had told the
jury a remarkable story of his life, ad-
hitting that he had served many prison
terms. but asserting that he had al
ways pleaded guilty when guilty. The
second time his tale did not help him.
When seen in the Tombs after being
sentenced Dan the Dude" refused to
tell who the real eulprit was, but said :
1--WE been broken on the wheel, and
it's my past that done it. OF course,
I've read about the Golden Rule
Brotherhood at Sing Sing. but putting
NE there won't do any good. I'll bear a
grudge against society 20 the longest
day Of my life I'm going 70 be a thief
as long az live-snd murderer
too. As true as my mother is dead, and
haven't sworn that oath for years,
they're seLding to jail an innocent
man."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-24

Thomas Jefferson said every man IS
entitled to life, liberty and the pur-
suit Of happiness. There's no happi-
ness left in life for me now, but my
liberty is as dear to me. your honor,
as yours is to you. II won't do soeiety
any good TO put me in prison; ! won !
be honest when come out I'm NOT
crying or whining, but ! asa you "
give me a suspended sentence;
In snite Of this plea by Louis Harris,
aDsn the Dude in General Sessions
vssterday. Judge Wadhams gave MIN
The maximum penalty the law allows
90 n Grand larceny in the second degree,
So. years in Sing Sing. He also pro
nouneed Harris an habitusl criminal:
Harris was convicted last week Of
stealing a package of silk worth about
$50. A month ago he VIZ acquitted oil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-24
Bismarck Relative to Wed.

Berlin (via London, Feb. 23.-The
betrothal of Prince Won Bismarck's
eldest grandchild, Countess Hannah
Won Bismarck, to Captain Leopold Won
Bredow is announced. Captain Won
Bredow's first wife, who died IN 1907.
was Miss Frances Clara Newlands.
daughter Of Senator Francis G. New
lands. of Nevada.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-24

The New York City Association OF
High School Teachers OF English held
it3 third regular meeting for the year
on Saturday at the Washington Irving
High School. The principal subject
for discussion was "Co-operation Be
tween Other Departments and the Eng
lish Department 10 Secure Better Writ
ten and Oral English"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-01
CARE OF COSMOS

By taking a little trouble in the
summer Cosmos can be kept bloom
ing until Thanksgiving.
In planting the late blooming sorts
Lady Lenox is a fine variety-put a
few more plants than are needed into
as small pots as they will go, or if
you prefer, buy seeds and SOW them
in April or early May.
AS the plants grow, pinch out the
ends of the growth when they be-
come two OIL three inches long, and
repot as they need it.
The Cosmos is a gross feeder and
a rapid grower, requiring a rich.
w~ell-drained soil composed of garden
loan, horse and one part
sand.
Grow the plants out of doors in
summer, keep the pots in soil or fine
coal ashes. Lift the pots around &C.
casionally. SO the plants cannot root
into the ground. Water a~bundantly.
Upon the approach of frosty wealth
er, the plants must be taken indoors
or in the cellar, where they cannot
freeze. BY picking off the fading
flowers the plants will continue to
bloom until Thanksgiving.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-01
There Was Peaches With Hep Hardy
Hoofing It Down the Room.

think | was going to like America, 1
mean to say, but these Turkey Trot
parties have quite won me over
quite. l attend them constantly. I
was broken-hearted when they closed
the cabarets at one o'clock. Disgust
ing, really! What is life without the
turkey trot-nothingi What is ones
existence without the tango-nothing,
mean to say. Take away my Bunny
Hug and what have / left-nothing!
Separate me from my Boston Dip and
life becomes a drear expanse. What's
the use Of going to restaurants n
more? One can't eat ones soup with
out turkey trot music. I've tried it
and it splashes."
% know when the bug bites as
deep as that it does no good to yell
for peroxide.
Il say, old chap" His Lordship
ratified along, where's your charming
wife? l should like awfully to do the
New Orleans Drag with her-what?"
"She doesn't dance" 1 said. "One
foot is a Presbyterian; the other a
Notwithstanding doing"
Il think she does splendidly," the
truant from the House of Lords came
back at me. "Ah, there she is now
with my friend, Hardy; doing the Gin
cinnati Cling, aren't they?"
i looked and, suffering rag-time! his
blue-blooded Nibs was right. There
was Peaches with Hep Hardy hoofing it
down the and making the occa-
sion a jubilee of joy.
Gasping, l fell back on the trick sofa
and let Smoky Ookums" play to the
bitter end.
Bind up his wounds, Doctor; with
proper nursing we may pull him
through"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-01
Wrong Conception.

1t Is indeed amusing the wrong con-
ception foreigners have of the dis.
tances of principal cities in this coun-
try from the metropolis. The other
day a rich Spaniard arrived at a New
York hotel from Barcelona. After
duly registering he phoned some wom-
an relatives, making a dinner engage
ment for 7 p. m. at the hotel. Then
he disappeared. The women waited
three hours, but no don appeared.
They went home greatly alarmed and
reappeared early next day and re-
manned at the hotel all day, every
few minutes making anxious inquiries
for the missing Spaniard. About five
o'clock in the afternoon, just as the
women were about ready to notify the
police, their relative strobe in, COW
cred with dust. With cries of joy
they ran toward him, and all asked
where he had been. "Why," he said,
81 got into a car and told the chauf-
feur to drive me to Boston, which, l
thought, was only a suburb of New
York. But after three hours ride l
found out differently and lent a tele-
gram to you at the hotel" OF course,
the women lever got 1t because they
were not registered. Whereupon the
don, panied beyond expression, be-
gan to buy wine for them all in an
effort to square himself.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-01

answered. She's doing the Arma.
dillo B~endback!'
lust then Hep came up and asked
Peaches If she wouldn't glide out and
dodge the furniture with him, where.
upon the Queen of my Bungalow shud,
dered from halrpins to shoe buckles,
murmured, 81 don't know how" and
hid her head in my shoulder.
I'll fix that" squeaked Hep. and
two minutes later we were confronted
by a thick-set individual who talked in
chunks.
His name was Manuel Hochenstein
and he had a map on him like a cross.
section of the McAdoo tunnel.
Why don't you get out and hit the
hurdles with the hoppers?" he in.
quired.
MY wife wasn't brought up in a cir.
GUS" I went back at him; "and I'm a
shine acrobat"
"Aw, say, it's a cinch, this bunk
Turkey Trotting." Mr.. Hochenstein
informed US. why, in ten minutes
l an learn anybody that isn't a war
veteran with two wooden legs. l got a
Studio where l learn everybody-ten
dollars a lesson. Why, I've learned
some of the SWEETEST Society DANES in
this burg. You know | used to he a
bookmaker, but there's more money in
this game. It's a ten to one shot and
bring the bacon every time the flag
drops. It's a pipe-I can learn any.
body. ! learned Hep Hardy, didn't
I?-and his feet are like a couple OF
nervous ferry-boats.
"All the Turkey Trot needs is two
arms, two legs and a sunny DISPOSE.
ton.
Here's my card-anything you like
I'll learn you-the tango, the dip. the
trot, the glide. the lope. the squat, the
squirm, the slide, the spiral, the fore
and aft, and the s~ide-wheeI. Saw II
your wife will come out on the fire.
escape where it's quiet I'll learn her
the Texas Spider in eight minutes by
a stop-watch-get me?"
Il get you" l said. but / don't
need you"
Then we permitted Manuel to a d
abruptly out of our lives while
Peaches gurgled. why should any
sane person want to learn those aw.
full dances!"
True for you, little b~rightIamps,"
l chortled; but they tell me there's
a wiggly bit of a germ that gets in the
blood and then your temperature rises
ana you break out N a Bunny Hug"
"Nonsense!" she shifted and Jeff
! me fat Just as Hep hustled up AGAIN
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-01

1t necessary. Norma was going to
Baltimore, to spend a week with an
aunt there. and Harry, growing
anemic in the hot city, decided to run
up to the mountains for a brief rest.
And there he met Miriam Bendish.
And the moment he saw her lie real
lied that his latest heroine had come
into incarnation. She stood before
him, b~ronze-haired, demure and
piquant by turns; he knew every
turn and twist of her complex soul.
Even at the first interchange of
g~lances he knew that Miriam under
stood.
He watched her through the dinner
like a man in a dream. They were in
troduced that evening. They danced
together, talked together on the porch.
Their conversation, perfectly proper
and platonic, vas Enthusiastically one of
understanding.
All that night Harry lay awake,
thinking Of Miriam and again of Nor
ma. He remembered how he had
come into Norma's life, six months
before. He recalled how the serenity
of her nature had appealed to him.
There had been a sweetheart of Nor
ma's-a young man named Willis.
They had been comrades since child
hood, and, though nothing had been
said of love, most people had be-
lieved that Willis would marry Norma.
After Harry had made his appearance
Willis had left the town. Harry had
suspected that Miss Arbuekle resent
ed his having supplanted Willis, and
that that had been the cause of her
hostility.
Harry became conscious, with
amazement and distress, that he was
wishing Willis had stayed. He found
himself questioning his fitness to
marry Norma. Would their natures
blend. any more than light and dark.
ness? He knew his weakness. his
constant searching for that ideal whom
Norma did not represent and never
could represent.
Then the bronze hair and glorious
eyes of Miriam blotted out poor Nor
mas picture from his mind.
He stayed three days at the hotel
Instead of a week, and Miriam occu.
pied all his thoughts. They walked
together, danced and drove together
Yet, with a mighty effort Of will Har
ny, conscious as he was of Miriam's
power over him, refrained from any
love-making. Only, at the OF
parting, he asked permission to cal
on her in the city. And he saw an
answering light leap into Miriam's
eyes as she gave him her address,
"Good-by, Mr.. MacIntyre."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-01
When the
Dreamer
Walked
BY H. M. EGBERT

Copyright, 1915, by W. G. Chapman.)
I'm glad you are going to marry
Norma, Harry" said Norma's father
to her fiance. she is the best and
sweetest girl in the world, and | have
always hoped that she would marry a
good nan | think o arc the best
suited to Norma Of any man l know"
And Harry MacIntyre had gone
away from the dreaded interview feel
ing as if he were treading on air.
He counted the months that lay be-
tween him and the goal of his desires.
Norma, with her sweetness, her radi-
ant goodness, her simplicity of heart
was always in his thoughts. And
Norma was not "temperamental."
Like many, perhaps most literary
men, Harry was "temperamental." A
rising writer, already earning a COM
Portable income, Harry had created
heroines innumerable, blondes and
brunettes, ~piquant heroines, stately
ones, demure and dainty ones. Some
times he had wished that he could
turn some of these ideals into flesh
and blood. But alas! the ideal hero
inc is a Pigment Of the brain, an airy
nothing.
And Norma was not Harry's ideal.
She was simply a sweet girl, admir-
ably suited to him. Harry felt a re-
freshment of the spirit when. turning
away from his latest creation, he en-
countered the blue eyes of Norma,
sane, healthy and always bringing him
back to his proper appreciation of
life.
There was only one flaw in their
happiness. May Arbuckle, Norma's
best friend. was "temperamental."
And she did not like Harry.
Harry was conscious of this I'M
spoken hostility. He knew that if
ever the dreadful day dawned when
misunderstanding arose between him
and his f%lancee, he would have to
reckon with the implacable hostility
of Miss Arbuckle. He sensed that
through all the frigid courtesy of their
meetings.
Harry had gone into the country for
a brief vacation. He did not want to
cave Norma, but circumstances made
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-01

the Imperial German Army, for he still
ears his Uhlan uniform with the
hand-painted sleeves and the Murillo
panels inserted in the silk stockings.
Some class, take it from Uncle Jas
per!
There is such an air of subdued ele-
gance and concentrated luxury about
the layout that you want to rush to
a telephone, call up your office and tell
them there that you're never going to
work again as long as you live.
The elevator doors swing open dis
closing a picture post card of a Turk
ish seraglio-whatever that is. Then
a West Indian chauffeur, all dolled
like Sir Walter Raleigh on his way to
see Queen Elizabeth, gives you the
high sign and shoots Heavenward
while you sink to your waist in the
Persian rug on the floor of the gilded
cage.
Helps parade grounds are on the
Twelfth floor. His apartment consists
of eleven rooms and nine baths.
Through an oversight the dining room
and the butler's pantry have no bath
attached, but Hep says that defect will
be remedied II he has to drop another
$4,000 a year into the Kitty.
The Party was in full blast when
we reached the scene of the Coniagra-
ton.
A string orchestra concealed behind
a lot of ~aristocratic rubber plants scat.
tered enough rag-time for everybody
to dip in and help themselves, so up and
down through Helps library into the
drawing-room, through the living-room,
across the hall, and through the lard
room, around the foyer, back through
the sitting room, down the hall again
and back into the drawing-room the
various couples pranced and galloped
and wriggled and squirmed and ioshed
each other into the belief that this was
Life.
Hep met us at the door of the Fun
Factory and introduced us to all the
celebrities present, with the exception
of those who were busy stepping on
each others feet in the joyous dance.
Peaches and / sat down to watch the
mad revels, but as we did SO a music
box concealed in our little t~ete-a-tete
sofa began to play Smokey Ookums,"
So we arose hurriedly and decided to
stand during the rest of the carnival.
When we hurriedly arose to the oc-
CASTOR a Literary Gnat whose name is
George Nahum got the laugh of his
life.
Pardon mel" he said. giggling, but
to a man with my keen sense of hui
nor the episode of the concealed mu-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-01
ABOUT THE PERENNIALS

The perennial is essentially the busy
woman's favorite class of plants.
These hardy plants are ~propagated by
cutting and division which may be
done now.
When dividing such plants as peren-
NAL phlox, golden glow, feverfew,
daisy, peony, see that a crown, shoot
or bud is allowed each new plant.
Plant in rich soil that has been deep
ly spaded.
If you have a choice perennial phlox
Of which you wish to increase your
stock take a shoot, pinch out the ter
minal bud, cut off the first pair OF
leaves, and the second pair wholly,
and stick the cutting in wet sand.
plants.
For the sunless window provide a
few plants such as ferns, palms, ivies,
~tradacanties, ~araucarias, dragon trees
and the like.
By all means make a compost heap.
Gather into a sheltered corner or
shed, sods, weeds, refuse from the
kitchen and garden, wood ashes, bones,
rough manure, rotting chips, sawdust
and the like.
If it has to be made outside throw
boards over it to avoid teaching. Stir
frequently and pour soapsuds over it.
Do not neglect to pot a clump or
two of sweet alyssum. Cut the tops
back within two or three inches of
the roots; give sun and water, and
you will soon be rewarded with a lot
of honey-scented blooms
Do not be impatient with your ge-
raniums If they seem lazy. AS soon
as they become pot bound they will
flower; then they should have a week
ly dose of liquid manure
Sweet peas may be planted in the
fall in a well-drained spot. Plant a
little deeper than in spring, and
mulch.
Sow three or four seeds of the
large Towering mignonette in a pot,
and thin to one. This plant has a
long tap root, and does not take kind
ly to transplanting.> 1t makes a de-
lightful window plant.
Cuttings of roses-hardy and tender
may be made now. Cut slips four
to eight inches long. with a strong bud
nea the tip, bury it to within an inch
of the top bud in a sheltered and we'll
drained spot. firming the soil well
about it.
Then turn an old glass can, tum.
bier or broken bottle over it. When
the ground freezes bury it with straw
or leaves. :
In the spring you will find that the
cutting has rooted, and you may dis
pense with the glass covering.
Now is the time to plant for next
years garden. This is done by pro-
curing slips, seeds and roots; by
preparing the beds and borders for
early spring planting, and by planning
to avoid the mistakes made this and
former years.
A novel and interesting addition to
the window garden is a pot of grow
ing strawberries.
Select a vigorous. perfect Towering
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-01

to Inquire IL we we're having a good
time.
"Greatl" I ananniased; but, say,
Hepl you've been getting some new
s%tatuary, haven't you? What's that
over in the r there. with the
bright lights around it-A Venus de
Milo with the arms restored?"
Let go!" Hep %snickered. That's
Claribel Swift of the Frivolity The
ater."
"Oh!" l said; whats the matter
did the dressmaker disappoint her ?"
why, no." Hep assured me; she's
wearing the latest in French crea-
tions-the cobweb gown"
well, why not get the poor girl
a screen; she'll catch cold" l sug-
gested just as Lord Rumbo of Merry
England hawhawed his way over to
us, %whereupon Hep whispered some
thing to me about being kind to the
nobility and moseyed away.
Ripping, isn't it?" said His Lord.
ship.
Which one? ?" l querieda that makes
seven I've counted in half an hour"
What are you referring to, 1 mean
to say?" monocled the son of a Belted
Earl.
The SKIRTS" l answered; they've
been ripping eve since the music
started. Some of these ginks do the
Turkey trot like a hungry man going
up an apple tree for a midday meal"
Quite So" picadillied the last of
his race; "but l was referring to the
afair-the party! Ripping! l didn't
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-01
Good Reason for Being Woman.

By nature man belongs to the hunt
in the open, and to the fire in.
doors, and just here lies one of the
best reasons for being a woman rather
than a man, because a woman can get
along without a mans o%ut-of-doors
much better than a man can get along
without a woman's indoors, which
proves woman of the two the better
bachelor, as being more self-con-
tanned and self-contented. Every real
man when abroad on the hunt is al
way dreaming of a hearth and a
hob and a wife. whereas no real wom-
an, If she has the hearth and the hob,
is longing for mans hunting spear
or quarry. If she is indeed a real
woman she is very likely longing he
will not stay too long at a stretch,
but get out long enough to give her
time to brush up his hearth and rinse
his teapot satisfactorily to herself
Atlantic Monthly.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-01
GAY! did you ever get ready and go
~ to a Turkey Trot party?
Scold mel deserve it, Pawl

GAY! did you ever get ready and go
~ to a Turkey Trot party?
Scold mel deserve it, Paw!
You wouldn't think it, but here in
New York the Pet Of Fortune who
makes it his life's work to Burn Money
is sometimes hard put for an excuse to
Light the Match.
When a Paloofa with nothing in his
attic but shredded wheat falls heir to
a hatful of Mazuma he quickly realizes
that the money has to be ignited-but
how to do it,
The awning hat hangs between his
pompadour and his eyebrows becomes
Care-furrowed from trying to figure
out just how to set fire to the coin
Dad left him without attracting the
attention Of the police.
The Poor Thing soon discovers that
it's awfully hard to invent a new
style in Financial Bonfres, so he falls
back on the flint-and-steel method of
ignition-and Gives a Party.
He knows that his bundle of green
and yellow pathfinders will burn with
a brighter flame If he can induce a lot
of Night Riders to tarry by his hearth
stone during the ceremony.
And joy in abundance is his when
they begin to kick the ashes around
his $4,000 apartment with their slip
pered feet.
Having heard Peaches breathe a de-
sire to be Among Those Present at a
Turkey Toddle. our friend Hep Hardy
got busy with his favorite paying
teller and gave one.
l tried to explain to friend wife
that she'd find herself il a blush-pro-
ducing atmosphere where she'd hear
them discussing White Slave dramas.
hot from the Grand Jury room, but she
merely stung me with a dimpled smile
and said, "Tush; come on; let's tease
a taxi!"
Hep lives in one of those expensive
shacks where the entrance is made I'D
to look like the room Louis the FIT.
teenth used to get shaved in.
When you step in the front door you
think you've suddenly arrived at a
forced sale Of art objects and bric.a-
brac.
The attendant who greets you with
a grin like a comatose catfish must
have been at one time a Captain in