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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-05
AMERICAN LEGION
IS INCORPORATED
Adding Words ito Pro-
mote Patriotism" Wins
Approval of Justice.
LEADERS DENY ANY
POLITICAL MOTIVE
Expert National Committee To
BE So Representative as to
End Suspicion.

Justice GaveGan approved the incor-
poretion Of the American Legion in the
Supreme Court yesterday, and the ar
tiles are 10 be filed this morning.
Justice Gavegan thought that the
purpose was not stated Clearly enough,
and the Legions attorney, f. Ormonde
Power, inserted the words "to promote
patriotism Then the justice signed
the certificate promptly. The applica-
ton, as amended, read:
1T is formed 70 promote patriotism
and 70 organize American citizens not
in the military or naval service OF the
United States or any of the several
states who are especially qualified to
serve the United States in the event or
lmmnepce of war
The articles of incorporation were
signed By Alexander NJ. White, 80 Rem
sen Street. Brooklyn Julien T. Davis.
jr.. Babylon; Theodore Roosevelt, jr.,
165 Seventy-fourth Street. Manhattan;
Arthur ). Hoffman, Richmond Hill. and
first Street. MIR. White has seen ser
Cuba and the Philippines.
in the Maritime Building, 10 Bridge
Street, MIR. Power denied emphatically
the rumor that the Legion was a po-
litical move.
Even among the five who signed
the application" he said, there are
divergent political beliefs. But we are
going to Kill that politics notion when
the national advisory committee is an
W 70
or more men Of real national proml-
renee make up that body. Just as soon
as all have accepted. we will make
their names public. They will include
men OF such different political views
that every one will be convinced
The application blanks specify sew
enty different classes of men who are
Among them are found
divers. photographers, pharmacists,
saddlers, cooks, bakers,
butchers, cowboys. explorers, scouts,
trappers, hunters, chaplains and dem
fists.
The five men signing the application
for incorporation will serve as the
directors Of the Legion until the first
annual meeting is convened.
General Wood has not made sublic
the letter sent him by Bishop David
II. Greer. explaining the latter's posi-
ton. General Wood had asked the
Bishop TO correct a statement in a
telegram of protest sent by the Amer
lean League to Limit Armaments,
signed by Bishop Greer, charging that
in favor of the American
Legion had been issued from General
Woods headquarters.
1t was said at Governors Island
last evening that General Wood had
replied to Bishop Greer's letter, and
if he had anything to make public, it
would be after receiving second let
ter from the Bishop.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-05
Nurse for His Children.

! The story went yesterday that Lily
! became q nurse three years ago for the
three children in the fine $4,000 house
on the Park Slope. but that after a
time she told Mayo. or Dudley. as he
was known, that the work was too
hard, and he volunteered to employ her
in his factory.
She went TO New Haven early in
1914. Since then she has been home
few times. She wrote sometimes, but
not too often. Just before she disap-
peared she sent her mother $40 in an
enyelop, and scrawled across it, For
my mother, with love, from Lily" And
she wrote the same day in letter:
ave didn't have a holiday on Wash
in9ton's Birthday, and | was just as
well pleased for | hate holidays here
when ! am not coming home. The day
always seems so long and dreary. Per
haps if ! had been coming home ne
would have let me stay until Thurs
day"
II had been said that Mayo went TO
Washington the same day the girl
dropped out of the eyes OF her little
world. but he repudiated this lndlg-
nantly. He said he went to Washing
ton, il was true, but only on business,
accompanied by Chance Vought. OF his
aeroplane department. The radiator
man has been making aircraft FOR
about four years. and has lately beeA
in negotiation with the Russian gov
eminent for war flers.
eve reached Washington az noon
Friday. after stop in Philadelphia,
end at the New Willard | received "a
message that Lily had disappeared. |
called up the factory and Fife Doher,
~ answed the phone. told her to tel
the police. remarked to Nought II
was good thing nc was along WIN
me. We remained in Washington that
night and Saturday morning | went
home.
when I got to New Haven wanted
10 offer large reward, but the pc,
lice told me $500 was enough. III
make il larger II the girl is not found
right away" continued Mayo. " had
10 90 to Buffalo Sunday night, but |
went to Brooklyn Tuesday, and went
20 the Cook home and begged them 10
come to New Haven, which they dld'
They used my automobile while they
were here"
Talked Often Of suicide.
In contradiction TO the stories tha'
/ Lily Cook went straight from the qua
ley or waterbury HOHC' vi N"N
| Slope, to the radiator factory, Mayo
said this was not true. lie declared
she left Miss Waterbury's employ, ana
then went TO learn stenography. at the
Adelphi College until her tatner
money gave out. It was then. Mayo
said. he gave her place in his factory.
THE girl has acted queer!y more
than once" he said. "Mr. oppiee, OF
my office staff, found her one day lying
with her arms over her typewriter ana
CRYING. The letter she had ritter,
seemed TO be addressed to her mother
"Her sister and father told NE she was
often lost in self-abstraction SAID cap
tain Donnclly of the New Haven DE,
tective Bureau, "and think her mental
condition was evidenced b. the faci
+ that she took of all her jewelry and
left il i'm her room the day she dlsap-
reared. She talked SO often about SUI
eide her fellow employees never expect,
"a to see her again after she dropped
/ out Of sight
Miss Wilson. the siris roommate
told the New Haven police that about
SIX months ego she found the 81!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-05
Continued from page !

of suicide, and then the body was
taken to an undertaker's. Frank Cook,
of 229 Union Street. Brooklyn, reached
New Haven "A few hours later. 1t Is
probable there will be an autopsy, and
after that the father will take his girls
body home TO Brooklyn.
Mayor, or Dudley, mas tG!d every one
he was more than ANXIOUS to find the
girl He had said he would increase
his reward of S500-which Phillips VIII
receive to-day-to $1,000. He had told
newspaper men and Otners that ne had
been notified by telephone OF her DIS
appearance and that he had hurried 10
New Haven to try to solve II.
When the allegations against his prl-
yate life were put TO him, he came nat
ly out in an almost defiant statement
and said. yes. that the woman living AT
$40 Fourth Street, Brooklyn. was not
Mrs. Lois +. Dudley, nor was she ms
wife, but that she was Miss Lois Wa
terbury. his former stenegrapher.
1.-TWO OF the little girls who live with
her are our daughters. The other ia
the child of friend of hers. | intend
TO adopt the children. ! own the house.
She hasn't any regard for the conven-
tions, and neither have ]. ] know I'm
no. an angel, and don't care what
people say" was the blunt statement
the man made. He is fine looking,
silver haired man, as straight as an
Indian warrior. and with an engaging
manner" so an acquaintance character
lied it last night.
There have been lots of stories cir
culated about me, probably because |
have enemies" he went on. "lt's said
! broke up several families in Flat
bush, that | viSted an artists model
there, and that | am a wife beater and
once beat my wife within an inch Of
her life. | never called on families in
Flatbush
Model His Daughter.
"The artists model may be my daugh.
= ~ a |. "a IL. z.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-05

An uncann y
screech in a
London fog by
a ghoSt-l bird
prov d the
ImeanSof thwart-
ing anO er
murder by Flu
Manchu. "The
White Peacock" is
another tale of the
arch-criminal of the
Orient in this week s
Golfers;
NATIONAL WEEKLY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-05
WOMAN ROBBED
IN TAXI. IS CHARGE
WITHIN Unconscious - $4,000
Ping Disappears-Chauffeur
Accuses Public Porter.

woman about ;hirty-seycn years
- Who described herself as Edith
y,,nnson. a widow, and refused to
.,rs her address. is IN the alcoholic
ward Of Bellevue Hospital. where she
90, taken after having been robbed Of
wing she valued at $4,000 while she
~, unconscious in taxicab. A pub
Il, porter. Thomas A. Shevlin, was ar
,...sd. charged with stealing the ring.
Yesterday afternoon Charles Lucas,
q tsyiesb chauffeur, received a call to
he Belmont Hotel, wnere. he says, sew
e-sl men assisted the woman into his
ssb. placing suitcase alongside her.
one Of them told Lucas the woman
wanted 70 60 90 Paterson.
Lucas drove her 70 the West Twenty
bird Street ferry, and when he opened
.bo door for further instructions found
b,- i'm q coma. lie called several men,
among them ShcvliD. who IS twenty
light years old and lives at 459 West
Tbirtieth Street.
Unable 70 revive her, Lucas went to
q saloon. and when he returned with a
drink he found. he alleges, Shevlin
standing over the woman. Shev!in,
.svinr that ne had 20 go 70 work, i'm
rediatelv left ]. was then that Lucas
noticed that the voman's ruby ring,
SET with diamonds, was missing.
Pstrolmau Flynn. after calling an
ambulance from New York Hospital,
fouri Shev'in and arrested him on the
chauffeur, complaint in the mean
time Dr.. uiueer. diagnosing the case as
one OF "srocbout drops removed the
woman 70 Bellevue.
Dr. Gregory. after revlvlng Mrs.
Thompson. could find no evidence OF
poisonirc. and sent her TO the alcoholic
ward. a prisoner. She gave her name
first a, Jan. Smith and then as Ihomp-
son. and her hest friend as NJ. {. Ives,
Of 700 Lexington Avenue. Later she
said Ives was her mothers name, but
there Was no answer 20 the bell at the
Lexington Avenue address. and no one
in the uc;ctb0rhood could recall the
name o. Ives or Thompson.
The woman told the police she had
been an inmate of the Woodscot Sana-
forum AZ South Norwalk. a receipt
from the institution having been found
in her bag. She had been treated for
alcoholism. She added and had been
discharged Yesterday
Shey.iu. when taken 10 the West
Twentieth Street police station, denied
having taken the ring. which the wom
an told the doctors and police had
been stolen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-05
WANT U. S. TO BUY
WESTERN PACIFIC
Spreckels and Other BOndhold-
ers of Bankrupt Road Con-
slider Proposal.

San Francisco. March A plan to
have the Western Pacific Railroad, now
in the hands of receivers, tax II over
and operated by the federal govern
ment was discussed at an informal con-
ference by Rudolph Spreckels and other
Western Pacific bondholders to-day.
Spreckes said he would telegraph
c. lifornia's representatives In con-
gress to consider the proposal. and
might ask the State Legislature to
memorabilia Congress in behalf Of the
Dlan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-05
AYSBALLOU'S FALL
WAS NOT ACCIDENT
Continued from page !

no marks on his body which might not
have been so caused.
The only answer Judge Downs sue
ceeded in getting as TO the ind!cat ions
that Mr. Ballou fell as the result Of
a faiuting spell was the admission
from DR.. Weaver that the heart W.s
slightly smaller than normal, showing
signs of senile Atrophy.
as it not true that senile atrophy
NAV cause dizziness? - he demanded.
at may" answered DR.. Weaver.
DR.. Weaver said he had performed
"a MANY as 500 autopsies. He said his
examination in this case on the morn
ING after Mr Ballou died was directed
esDecially to the heart and brains. to
learn If thew were responsible for the
death.
"The valves of the heart were nor
ma" he said. "Mr. Ballou did not have
heart failure"
"The brain was normal"
"Did he have apoplexy?' asked At
torney Cummings.
HE did not"
Agree on Death Casue.
Or. Samuel Person, OF Stamford,
who recognized Mr. Bal!ou when he was
brought to the Stamford Hospital be
tween II and T. o'clock on the night Of
June %. and who attended the autopsy
the next morning, gave practically the
same testimony.
DR.. George Sheriff.. OF Stamford,
who attended the second autopsy tes-
tined that it would have been impos-
sible FOR any one to speak after suffer
ing such blow on the back Of the
head as that which caused Mr.. Bal
lou's death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-05
GERMANY HIRES
$4,000 REPORTER
H. Gable 20 The Tribune. !

Copenhagen, March 4.--Sven Hedin,
the Swedish explorer and writer, who
is now with the German army at Os-
tend, has been engaged as a war cor
respondent by the German govern
ment, at a yearly salary of $4,000
1t is said that henceforth all German
passports for travellers TO neutral
countries are to be Endorsed Colt
strafe England" C"May God harm Eng
lundivl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-05

A little group of men sitting at the
Cornell University Club, 90 Park Ave
rue, last night heard some things ABOUT
me European war. which made them
,,o.,, with astonlshment. DR.. Robert l.
Morris. surgeon and author, was the
s,eaker. II. based his ideas upon
Jew fundamental biological truths MS
..;ortifc Interpretation of war and
other world events included such state
ments as:
Jeremiah ". jerks and a. Morgan
Sinister are the onl5 men in the world
Who could stop this war within Few
weeks.
"Protoplasm Is the only question IN
VOWED in the War-there are no othef
considerations.
or England wins. Russia does not
count from the biological viewpoint
"There Will always be wars until the
nations understand and prac1Ise oar
wins doctrine Of mutual dependence.
sees .Hore Revolts in Mexico.
"Nexico is duo TO have series or
harm revolutions Tor hundreds Of
Years. No one faction OF the popula-
no ia destined TO dominate IN that
country. r,.,.--...
Look for trouble in the Philippine;
+, = few wears. The people there will
never be capable Of self government
This biological fact is unknown to our
political class Of rulers.
The Jews will be the next race to
t,;,,+a tho limited States After
them. Z Slay race, and then new ma
ton. to rise from the Orient.
Biology does not admit that the
United States y A melting pot lor
various races. There Is nothing to IN
dictate that the United States IS des-
tined to have long life as nation
Two definitions give the key to Dr..
Morris's biological code. Protoplasm,
the word he used every two minutes. Is
the basic unit of all organic life, the
stuff that every living cell IS made OF.
A hybrid is the offspring resulting from
the crossing of TWO species.
Protoplasm Is Basis.
The way nations come and 60"
aid DR.. Morris, their strength, de-
pends upon the kind Of hybrids which
caused that variety. Think of this old
earth as something that has been
wound up and is now running down.
The great fund Of protoplasmic en-
ergy is vested in the whole human
race. but lesser funds are expended
quickly. from the viewpoint Of natu-
raj history, in special varieties that
gro evolved. Your Puritan and Caya-
her, FOR instance, are ysrietal hybrids,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-05
Redmond's Loyalty
Praised by Gibbons

ID ialle 70 ANt ifHAHr
London, March i.-Cardinal Glib
bons. In letter TO John T.. Red
mond. expresses his admiration and
qualification at the Irish leaders
sterling 10y atty BY urging Irishmen
To support their government in the
crisis through which it ~ passing.
The letter adds:
"Iour words were most timely
and golden, and have added imml =
ursbly To the esteem in which you
are held BY right thinking men,"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-26
WHAT IS NEEDED
At kE0KUk HIGH
Something Has TO Happen u keokuk
is Going TO Rally and Defeat
Carthage Next
Saturday.
is THE DECIDING GAME
VIII Either be Even Wins and Losses
or Put Local Team, In
Gigantic Hole for
Season.

Is Keokuk going to be the victim of
the Carthage attack on next Saturday
here! II SO, the chances are that the
local team will not win another game
this season. The moral effect of an.
other defeat would be practically
enough to sap the vitality Of the team
and leave 1t open to defeat again at
the hands Of tfa Fort Madison team,
which has already beaten the locals,
the strong Quincy squad, which has
been making cleaning in its own
territory. the Carthage team, which
will be playing on it's own lot and tbs
Icorn-fed. husky Kirksvillites.
The big question is: What has
been responsible for Keokuk's losses
Is there dissention among the play
ers? Can it be that all are not work
ing together? With thirty reporting
for practice each night, II seems that
there ought to be eleven men who
can be drilled into q team worthy Of
the football traditions OF the school.
Hancock was out Of the game last
Saturday and the local team lost to
the Mount Pleasant squad by the
same score It beat the same squad
here earlier in the season when Han.
cock made the two touchdowns and
kicked the two goals that gave VIC
tory There may be no connection
between the two and then again there
may be everything IN the world
One thing is certain, Hancock IL need
ed back on the team II Keokuk Is go
ing to present an undivided front
against Carthage next Saturday. the
score Of which will either even up
the wins or losses or prove to the
world that Keokuk has been disas.
trously overwhelmed. four to two.
Rowe and Wygle have been display.
ing surprising form lately, and Evans
is filling hole in the back field. The
four together should now prove in
vincible II the line can hold better
than in the first few games.
! With the high school half again as
| large as 1t was in years not so Ions
past, why is 1t other teams as strong
as used to be turned out from the
school, do not appear to win prestise
for the Purple and White?
In past years Keokuk played the
Ibig teams OF the state and always haS
THE championship OF southeastern
! Iowa. And it was the second team
that always played Hamilton and drub
| bed 1t too.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-26
Annual Convention Iowa Federation
Of Women's Clubs Is Being Held
In Fort Madison
Today.
MRS. AYRES PROMINENT
President Of Civic League Of keokuk
Replies to Address Of Wei
come and Also Gives
Report.

The annual convention Of the first
district Iowa Federation of Womens
Clubs is being held today in Fort
Madison. Keokuk Is being well repre-
sented in the meeting today. Mrs. j
J. Ayres. president Of the Civic league
having a prominent part in the days
program.
Mrs. Ayres, Mrs. Leonard Matless,
Miss Eta Ayres and Miss Sallie Car
YER are among those who are repre-
senting Keokuk at the convention In
Fort Madison today. Mrs. Ayres re-
piled to the address of welcome given
the delegates by Mrs. C. F. Wahrer OF
Fort Madison. During the session
this afternoon. Mrs. Ayres reports on
the work being done by the civics
committee.
The social feature OF the session to-
day was the reception which was held
at the home of Mrs. George B. Stewart
this afternoon. A luncheon was given
at noon today in the Central Presby-
terrain church.
The convention lasts for one day.
and then adjourns Last year the
meeting was held in Keokuk with the
Civic league members entertaining
the delegates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-26
CITY NEWS.

The city council today passed a
resolution establishing the grade OF
the following places In the city limits:
1t the intersection OF Twentieth and
Johnson street, 1873 feet: at point mid
way between Main and Johnson. 142.o.
at point midway between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets In alley through
block 12, Reeves. Perry and Williams.
addition 1900; at intersection OF
Bank and Kilbourne place, i66.50; at
point midway between Bank an
Timea streets at Kilbourne place,
1850.
Burning leaves were responsible
for another fire today. Sparks from
switch engine set fire to weeds. leaves
and rubbish in the vicinity OF Second
and Exchange streets shortly BEFORE
~ o'clock this morning. The blaze
was extinguished by the use OF on'
line OF hose.
| The city council today authorized
the city clerk to prepare notices Oh
assessment against property owners
in block I25 in favor of T. r. McAanus
and Company, for the paving with con
crete Of the alley in that block. Ihe
cost was s4i3.72.
The local police have been M
titled to look out for the robbers who
made a big haul in the retail store OF
Harper-McIntire Hardware company
at Ottumwa on Saturday night. Inc
thieves took a shot gun. two rfnes, t"o
dozen knives, six razors, several nasu
lights, two spedometers, three watches
land three 50 sweaters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-26
About Thirty Attend Semi-Annuai
Session Of County Medical
Association at the
Y. M. C. A.
ADDRESSES ARE MADE
Or. F. 3. Dorsey and Or. O. T. Clark
on the Afternoons Program
Banquet This
Evening.

The semiannual meeting Of the Lee
County Medical society opened this
afternoon at 8 o'clock in the Y. NJ. c.
A. auditorium and will close with a
banquet at the Hotel Iowa this even
ing at o'clock.
There were about thirty physicians
present this afternoon from Donnell
son, Fort Madison. Montrose. Charles
ton and other points in Lee county
including number OF local doctors.
Two Reokuk physicians and two
from Fort Madison were on the pro
gram, which was as follows:
Reports Of Unusual Fractures--Dr
2. p. Dorsey. Keokuk, Iowa.
a New Operation for Chronic Front
al Sinug!tsa-DT. F. i. Wahrer. Fort
Madison Iowa.
Mental Obliquity-Dr. F. c. Roberts
Fort Madison, Iowa.
Some interesting Medical and Sur
gical Work in Connection with Con
gtruction Work-Dr. o. T. Clark. Keo
kuk. Iowa.
At O'Clock the physicians Will be
banaueted at the Hotel Iowa. Follow
ing this there will be informal after
dinner talks and toasts. Most OF the
visitors will depart for their homes
this evening. while others will remain
over until tomorrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-26

tending influences of enthusiastic
buying and of selling for pronts Sc
today's market rose and fell IN Turn
and occasionally moved two ways az
the same time. At one time during
the morning there was an especial
demonstration of strength In which
railroad shares and automobile issues
benefited alike, but in the afternoon
there was an especial demonstrano,n
Of weakness In which not alone ralr
road and automobile stocks but also
the war industrials, played promin
ent part. It was the downward sweep
Of prices in the middle of the al.e'
noon that stood out as the most o,s'
tinctly significant Of the days oa'h
ward and forward movements. =,
Helping the stock market for part ..
the day vas the publication OF foreign
commerce returns for the currehs
seasons. Each day and week oeins
figures to demonstrate, IN more eu.
phatic way than before, the amaA.ns
transformation that has come over '1s
American export trade because "a
conditions prevailing in Europe
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-26
CITY SERVED WITH
NOTICES Of SUITS
Total Of $4,000 Asked by Missouri
Residents for Alleged Personal
Injuries and Car
Damages.
RAN INTO A HYDRANT
T. 3. wleland States In Petition That
Obstruction Was 90 Covered
With Weeds He Could
Not see II.
RAN INTO A HYDRANT

The city was served with notices
Of three suits for damages amounting
to $4,000 for alleged damages to an
automobile driven by T. B. Wieland of
Scotland county, Missouri, when 1t is
said to have run into q weed covered
hydrant on Commercial street on DC.
tober 9, and injuries to two Of the
occupants.
The first notice was flled by T. b.
Wieland He states that he was driv-
ing the car, and ran into a hydrant.
situated about 300 feet ween Of the
Harrison Box factory on Commercial
street. He states that because of the
fact that the obstruction was covered
with weeds that he could not sec IL
and he asks for 5000 for alleged dam.
ages to his automobile.
Two occupants Of the car, Theresa
Wieland and Melvina Wieland, ask
for $1,000 each for alleged injuries re.
ceived when the car struck the hyd.
drant.
In her petition Teresa wieland
states that she was thrown forward
and that her face and nose were
bruised to the extent of the aforesaid
81. 900.
Melvina Wieland states that she
was thrown out of the car and sustain
ed a bruised back, hip and face and
other injuries.