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That most OF them did no work IL
very conclusi>elv demonstrated by the
fact that they have claimed not hing for
travelling excuses to New York or hotel
hills which thcy would have been sure
+, A, IL these had been incurred"
r,he Assemble of 1918 was
CON posod OF eleven members. eight of
whom lived in Nav York city. Twenty
uvo hearings wore hold and. the exnndi
,uro VS. S,52>32 a.. Of which so
VAS maid Ia tho Enick. rNocker Hotel.
I.n,r ,.h,,,.s ran from sl.5 to sa33 a
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The Assembly VI 1919 spent
$25.S65.S3. and in addition there We're
counsel fees. making II grand total OF
S3o.1ss.OI. Of this amount the Biltmorc
Hotel got ~$a.0.J.gS. the room charges
running from nothing to $40. and the
restaurant charges running from sll.co
10 $.6t.2a. The committee TOOK aus
pages of testimony and employed twenty
clerks. eleven messengers. four stenoH-
amber two subpoena servers ana TWO
observation-disclosures.
The senate committee Of 1915 spent
only S3,1i61j, but allowances Tor 'ouisel
fe, ~in its one case MAS 5000. It's
hotel bill was only s3o?.sl.
The conclusion seems irresistible.
saws the report, that the committees on
Privileges and Elections of hoth houses
have been t. a large extent excuses for
juukets, for the enjoyment "t the mem
bcrs thereof.
at is utterly impossible to contem-
plate the lists of employees without COM
ing to the conclusion that the greater
humble Of thcs. employees Were APP
pointed IN pay political debts, with the
understanding. faithfully adhered to. that
they should do NO work whatsoever.
In many instances the New forN
members Of the committee. who would
necessarily have come 4" New York any
way for the week end, charged Their
travelling expenses down and back,
More than that. the restaurant and room
charges of the members from New N"rh
and vicinity seem. with some exceptions,
10 hc quite a. great and IN some cases
greater ,han those OF the up-ftatc mem
bcrs'
eft is also difficult To- comprehend why
members from New Nork and vicinity
should need to incur room rent AZ all.
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Springs in the air, and
Spring things in our stores.
Spring suits in bright new
Spring overcoats shape!y
coats of Oxford and black
roomy coats Of tweeds ana
'cheviots.
Scotch Mists' (ia .,J
good rain or shine.
Rogers Peet' Dcrb'es
and soft hats.
Stetson hats, including the
"Stetson Specials which we
alone sell in New YORK.
Everything men and boys
wear in Spring.
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,,,Jn ,onliod ihc ~vitnnss.
No' - w. ,,n. Ui,,I.ws
"h" salu ne ma" N.omm ~" "e'or
presineh. " "" .om'p"",i ni,, ~,
'a'he" SuoMas ~. "o, ho .,iL
e'l'ra' na'u!e " ,ho ,i,v ,uL
was 10 neso''aLe Co.. ,a,n,s th,, would
me in..l"ol""S" III .tdn. uf course
pe sa.hiae,ons won, on he said the
A. nc 'on ,ha .. nni,ials concerned
a''l'uuS " IL All un, kuuw' he
"dH ,n' .nN ~ ,ha -,i,v ntbciaIs
'"'',na'' a. T;s ro,Sinr INTO the
onios.u rno,i,inu
III ,h,. cIty officials were not OPP
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rorsbrey worked alone. although
sometimes he had the girl loiter near a
house which he was robbinS ~ that she
could carry away his loot. II" made "A
living for the two without being ar
rested until July 20. 1912.
Then "A holdup man Killed Morris
Schwartzkopf a Delaney street jeweller,
and escaped. 4 few hours later Max
Katz, a clerk in a Cooper Square cigar
shop, WAS held up at the point of a
gun. Katz closed with the holdup man
and was shot twice. but not killed.
Citizens caught the holdup man, who
proved TO be Forsbrey.
Forsbrey was sent to the Tombs 20
await trial for killing Schwarizkopf.
Then he WAS identified as one of three
holdup men who had killed Walter
Neseritz, a Flatbush avenue haber-
dasher. six months before. He admitted
ne had been present when Meserltz was
killed. but said he had not done The
shooting.
On August 20 the Tnmbs officials f"und
three saws and "A bottle of acid in Fors'
brcy's cell. Margaret Ryan had SNUG
cled them to him. she admitted. Thei
on September . Forsbrcy disappeared
Inv. stigation showed that he had Skinned
up "A ventila,or in his cell, pried it lose
with "A saw Margaret had Struggled u
him, wrigglei his way in an air shaft
made his way TO the carpenter shop ar,
thence TO the Tombs yard. where he go
over the high stone fence and into tn
street.
Forsbrcy stayed out until Septembel
"a. spending much Of his time on th'
Bowery. lie vas finally found In II fla
in Fox street. The Bronx, living Will
Miss Ryan. lie had been indicted II
Brooklyn and Manhattan for murder IL
the first degree, but on November 10 h
was allowed to plead guilty to s.con,
degree murder and was =, utenced t.
twenty-five years in banncmora, wher
he NOM In.
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BURGLARS GIRL AID,
| DYING A SUICIDE,
LEAVES WARNING
Margaret Ryan, %, Who
Helped FOrsbrcy to Escape
Tombs, Tires Of Life.
"THE WAGES of SIN Is
DEATH" HER MESSAGE

Margaret Ryan has tried to break her
brcy that she would wait for hin to fin-
ish his long prison term for murder so
that she could marry him.
She Was found unconscious yesterday
morning In "a furnished room at 3Sj
Dean street. The gas was turned
on and there were evidences that she
mad taken a quantity Of carbolic acid
after she had swallowed several bichlor-
ide of mercury tablets. She was taken to
the Methodist Episcopal Hospital. where
It was said last night that her chances
for life are slim.
A tilt with her latest admircr had
caused the girl. for she Is only 20 years
old. in SPITE of her years Of crimc--to
try to hill herself. This occurred late
on Thursday night. After it was over
the girl, left alone. began 10 brood over
her life.
Then she made w her mind to kill
herself. and with the same grim deter
mination that characterized her several
stit'lI'lS W i'lp LOINpi'N 'e''P
from jail. one OF which was successful,
The began Preparations.
Girl Leaves ~SOrrOwful Note.
Before the girl became unconscious
she yenned n note, possibly with the
hope OF saving some other girl from the
~unhapplncSe she brought upon herself.
She wrote:
Il am Margaret Ryan. the sweetheart
of Reynolds Forsbrey. Let me say tina,
the wages Of sin * death. Notify Thomp-
son. kayscr SIX Mills. Forsbre!'s ad.
dress is II Ban Camper street, Dams
vile. ~. v"
After the girl Was sent to the hospital
the police learned that Thompson Is
Lloyd Thompson. AN employ e OF tn.
Kayser SILK Mills. with whom the cir
had been living for two months, they
going under III. name of Mr.. and Mrs
Lloyd Thompson. Thompson admitted
that he had met the girl III a Brooklyr
cabaret ten months ago.
Thompson said that after midnigh'
Thursday he returned to the Dean street
house and found Margaret Ryan OH the
stoop talking To "A man, a stranger tt
linn. lie ordered the man away. he said
and when he got the girl TO their room
he upbraided her. They had a viqlcn'
quarrel. he added. during which thu
girl threw a clock al him. lie left i'm
mediately.
~ made up my mind then and there
that | would leave her" he said. "Sh'
never threatened to Kill herself | Ia,
no idea she was 80 desperate.
The girl lived in keap street. Brook
Ign. with her Woodworking parents nv
Years aHo. They aud she were respecte,
in the n.ighborhood.
Then She met Fursbrcy and left hom'
10 live with him. Forsbrey was under
sized. thin and unattractive he IL nov
80 years bid. lie had a criminal reCor,
dating back 10 when he was 10 years old
at which tim. he was convicted -
forgery and sent to the House Of Refuge
In 1909 Forsbrey was sent to Sing Sin,
for burglary. and in 1907 he had heel
sent to I.linira for attempted burglary
La has ndniitDi thai he usel cocaine
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never to mount him, and she had wit
messed so many exhibitions of his mean
ness that even she had no desire to. But
tonight it never occurred to her to hesi-
tate. Bride and saddle in hand, she went
straight to his stall. Dazed by her eff
frontery, Young Nick took the bit before
he knew it. Five minutes later she was
galloping headlong down the trail.
1t was that same trail where, less than
a year before, the merrymakers had ridden
up through the laurel to be at Judys
wedding. Prettier even than the trail
itself then was the brown stream beside
it, slipping on from sunshine to shadow
with never a sound but its own soft MUIR
muir and the bird-song from the hidden
depths of thicket and tree. But wilder
and far more glorious is it's beauty in
winter, when it tears its way furiously
through the ice-cOvered rocks. In the
lOwlands the streams were frozen deep;
but Bear was a mountain stream-it
couldn't stop to freeze. Colder than ice,
its swollen waters laved the rocks high up
on the banks and forged their way through
miniature gorges and caverns of ice. Little
flying beads Of spray froze as they lighted
on the jagged green leaves Of holly and
pine. But Nance had no eyes for the
beauties of the way, nor even for the
dazzling splendor of the moonlight on the
snow, that gave such superhuman glory
to the wilderness Of the night.
Not for one minute of that ten-mile
ride could she relax her vigilance. At
every step Of the way it was contest be-
tween her sheer will and Young Nick's.
Something in the spell Of the night came
to her aid Never in the mundane light
of day could he have been persuaded to
the adventure. Furiously she dashed him
through the untrodden drifts. Twelve
times the trail crossed the stream. She
didn't wait till he refused the descent,
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then sometimes her glance would wander
back from the vision to Judy.
"An' if hit s agirl-child, she would finish
softly aloud, you'll have to Farm hit your
ways"
1T was early in February when Nance
shut the door on her own cabin and
went over to live with Judy. 1t was a
month of storms. Toward the very end,
after day when the blue skies and the
soft air and the trickle of melting snow
from the roof gave promise of early
spring, there came a snowfall that was
worse than any of all the winter Silently
and softly it began in the night. When
the two women awoke in the morning,
it was piled up high, and still coming
down fast and straight. At noon it was
coming down faster still. The wind had
risen, and all the white peacefulness
was changed to fury. For two days it
ragged, filling up the valleys and obliterat-
ing the trails. After the storm came
bitter cold.
"If hit keeps on like this the men won't
never be able to git here, Judy said.
"But they kin stay, fer all us; we amt
a-needin' EN- air we?s she smiled, to hide
little longing in her heart for her hus-
band to be there at her side.
1t was that very night that Nance was
reused by her cries of agony.
There was only one mule on the place
Young Nick, left behind because he
was no use in the woods. On Big Stoney
no one asks of mule that he shall be al
together gentle, but the cunning treachery
Of Young Nick put him into a class by
himself. "He's got more tricks than the
old Nick ever dreamed of, Pop said; but
he kept him because of his marvellous
strength and his good looks. Some day
he meant to get the mastery over him.
Strictest orders had been given to Nance
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MAGAZINE SECTION for June IS, 1916

but spurred him into the icy waters,
where the swirling current lifted her
sometimes from the saddle, and only the
strength and sure-footedness of Young
Nick brought them safely in one last
mad scramble up the slippery bank
beyond.
All the way she had no other fear than
that she would be too late. Surely not
so long as this could Judy hold out. When
at last she arrived at the little log station
house at Badger, she did not dismount, but
managed to keep Young Nick before the
door until she had reused them and heard
her message telephoned to the new doctor
at Wenham, three miles down the track.
"Tell him if he don't git thar soon
soon!-hitll be no use to come"
Then she gave Young Nick his head.
Faster even than they had come was
their flying ride back "If it had ha' been
airy other mule we wouldn't ha' been thar
yit,' she said once to herself, in little
rush of gratitude to the strong beast be-
meath her.
RUT, in the very sight of home, Young
Nick took hisrevenge -perhaps because
it was his last chance, or because the spell
of the night was wearing off. Swerving
to avoid the last plunge into the stream,
he freed himself from the tangle of
bushes with one mad spring that I'M
seated Nance and hurled her against the
sharp rocks Of the bank. Then, after a
few vicious kicks, he cleared the stream
with one flying leap, and dashed on
home. "a
And thus it happened that the new
doctor at Wenham, had wondered
sometimes why he had ever come to
the derness,-answering the call post
haste, came just in the nick of time
to save two women's lives. But, Of those
two unborn lives, one had been crushed
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forever, out there in the cold of the dawn.
For days Nance lay perilously i'll. De-
lirium succeeded delirium. But at last
there came day when, despite the fever
still burning in her cheeks, she opened her
eyes and took cognizance of life again.
Memory stirred within her. Painfully she
tried to gather up the lost threads of
thought. Between this present moment
and whatever lay behind it there was
wall, a dark, impenetrable wall of agony
and pain. Then the wall became q veil,
thin, diaphanous, sheer; but still she
could not pierce it, The effort was more
torturing than the pain ITSELF
THEN suddenly, as her glance wandered
about thereon, the miracle was granted.
Sitting by the fire, her face as white and
sweet as bent lily, Judy sat nursing her
baby. just one minute Nance gazed at
the picture, and then the past was hers
again-but not quite.
aWhar's-whar's-? she cried pite-
ously.
4Nance!' Judy cried, coming over to
her. 4Air We back to yerself?'
But Nance's eyes were on the little
creature in her arms.
3Whar's-whar's-?' she tried again to
ask, lifting her beseeching eyes to Judy
But Judy understood.
4Hit lost hits life fer this un,' she an
swered tenderly.
Tears gathered in Nance's eyes and
rolled down her wasted cheeks. In her
heart there was new ache Of loneliness,
a desolation SO keen it seemed her heart
would break.
Then to Judy was inspiration granted.
Bending over, she laid the baby in Nance's
arms, and smiled to see his little fingers
close ON hers.
4Hit's oarn, she whispered. 4Don't
We see? Yourn an mine together
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to take part In the
W.oplds Series. In
1908 Larry. came
closest to realizing
his goal, the Cleve-
land club losing to
Detroit by the
scant margin of half
a game. Failure to
win that year was
a severe setback to
the big Frenchman.
1t took a great deal
of the joy out of
life--in fact, just
about put ain end
to his managerial
career; for the fol-
lowing year he re-
tired as head of the
Cleveland club to
go back to the ranks
as a private.
"To be the man.
ager of a big-league
club was once the
height Of my ambi-
ton he says. Il
achieved it, had my
fling at the reins for
about five years,
and was glad then
to pass it up and
forget l ever was a
manager. A man
ager, you know, is
measured by one
standard success.
He is immense If
he wins. and a dub
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.
est pitcher you ever
batted against, Lar
ry?" l asked.
Il suppose you
figure that question
would set me to
thinking, but it
doesn't. I have
batted against a
great many Won
derful pitchers in
the last twenty
years, but l have
never in all that
time faced a man
who was harder for
me to hit than Wal
ter johnson. l re-
gard the star of the
Washington team
as by far the great
est pitcher | have
ever faced. l know
such a statement
will cause consider
able discussion. for
National League
adherents OF the
present time will
point to Mathew
son and Alexander
as superior to john
son. Unfortunate
ly, l have never
batted against
either of these two
pitchers. But l
have seen them
pitch, and have
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"HEY say this is my last year in
the big league, remarked Napo-.
leon Lajoie to me, just prior to
- his start for the South to begin
training. perhaps, it is, but lot of
people have been saying that about me
for the last ten years, and am still plug
cling along. If 1916 is my last, it comes
without pang of regret, for baseball
has been exceedingly kind to me. love
the baseball diamond in the summer, but
l love the old farm equally well in the
winter. 1t will be the simple life for the
entire year when finally get out Of base
ball.
For twenty years-about three times
the length of the career of the average
big-league player-Larry Lajoie has
basked in the spotlight Of popularity.
Despite the fact that no player was ever
idolized more than the big Frenchman, it
in no way affected him.
He's Popular with His Neighbors
nN well stocked little farm in the
- village of South Euclid, fifteen miles
from Cleveland, resides the great Napoleon
Lajoie. For the last five or six winters
Larry has lived the life of the typical
farmer; and he gives much credit to the
simple life Of the farm for his success on
the ball field
The other inhabitants Of South Euclid
get great deal of pride out of the fact
that Lajoie is one of them. He is no less
popular in his home village than he has
always been in the various cities Of the
American League circuit. Every young
ster in the place is strong admirer OF
Larry. He knows most of them by their
first names.
The present season marks Lajoie's
twenty-first year as big-league star.
From his very entry into the game in
1896 with the Philadelphia club of the
American League, he attracted wide
spread attention. Very few players who
were in the game then remain now in
harness He is the only one of the players
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with the American League at the start
who is still in active service. -. ~
Most Of the good things have come to
Lajoie in a baseball way, but he has
had two disappointments. After realizing
his ambition to become manager, he
failed to achieve his fondest hope-the
winning Of pennant, with its right
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5 Jimmy AIcJames
Virgil Garvin
6 Joe Meekin
Cy Young
Z Kid Nichols
8 Clarke Grimth
Jimmy Callahan
9 Jack Taylor
Doc White

aWhat one thing about the game has
appealed most to your asked Larry.
4The honesty Of the SPORT was his
immediate reply. aThe spirit Of the game
never dies. A player may become tenn
porarily disgruntled because Of conditions
that exist on the team Of which he is
member; but he never tires Of the sport.
That is often the reason player takes a
new lease on life when sent to some other
club. Baseball is the cleanest Of profess
sional sports. The absence Of crooked
ness is due to the loyalty each man has
for the game In the twenty years have
been connected with the game have seen
hundreds of players come and go. In
great many cases, players believed their
failure was due to reasons over which they
had no control, yet never has player
dropped from the ranks said one single
word about the honesty Of the game.
There could be no greater tribute to the
sport In conclusion, let me say that
like my base hits; but just now like the
cows and chickens and the simple life
much better
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Lajoie, the Star and the Farmer

watched them closely; and, while have
the greatest admiration in the world for
the marvellous ability they possess, still
say without the slightest hesitation that
l would prefer hitting against either of
them to Johnson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18
By BILLY EVANS

=. J 20 ~ 2.
If !. he Hoses. l have been through the
mill, and. / know from Experience.
have enjoyed all the sensations and en-
dured all the. troubles. & Now that it
is all over, l seriously. question whether
my: career at the head Of the club was
worth while. feel 8 that it just cut
my playing career by about FIVE years. =
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The Greatest Pitchers Lajoie
Has Faced

HERE is the way Lajoie places the
greatest pitchers he has faced during
his score Of years in the majors, during
which time he has piled up batting
average Of considerably better than 300:
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l Walter johnson
2 Joe Wood
Rube Waddell
3 Addie Joss
Ed Walsh
4 Bill Donovan
Eddie Plank
vean Gregg
Jack Chesbro
Chief Bender
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-01
sharper" Campbell
Trembles Over Return

Sharper" Campbell, alias Jim Jones,
the big negro who so nearly killed
Captin Briggs OF the South Side po-
lice department several weeks ago,
will be taken to his home in DeKalb,
Miss, where ne must answer the
charge of murder in the courts at that
place.
Sheriff N. G. Briggs, Of DeKalb,
arrived in this city last night and
will leave with his prisoner on the
z o'clock train this morning.
Campbell has nearly recovered from
the gunshot wound in his side inflicted
by Officer Ballew. The big negro
gave way to a nervous breakdown
when told of his return to his home.
He begged the local authorities to ar
raign him in the local courts on the
charge Of burglary and murder, con-
tossing to imaginary crimes in an ef-
fort to delay his return.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-01
Thousands Flock
To Municipal Beach

Colonel Bingham, U. S. A. and
family were visitors at Municipal
beach, Carter lake, Tuesday after
noon. The colonel watched the merry
throng of bathers with considerable
interest.
Two thousand enjoyed the water
during the day. The four checkers
were kept busy and Life Guards Cone
and Swain were likewise on the alert
The organization at the beach is
working splendidly.
The sand patch east Of the bath
house was popular feature for the
Youngsters who enjoy romp be-
tween swins. The water is becoming
warmer every day, and the popularity
Of the beach this season is assured.
Clothes are checked without cost,
and paper and string are furnished
for those who wish to wrap their
bathing suits. There is a wringer to
lessen the moisture in bathing suits
before taking them home.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-01
Armed Mexicans
Camp Across Line

Marathon, Tex, May 3l.-Reports
that 900 armed Mexicans are en-
camped across the Rio Grande from
Santa Elena, an isolated hamlet
about eighty miles south Of here,
were brought here today by F. L.
White. a resident of Marathon Mr.
White said that he did not know
whether the Mexicans belonged to
any faction or were wandering ma
RAIDERS but he asserted that residents
of Santa Elena who seemed some
what alarmed, told him camp fires
had been seen on the Mexican side OF
the river for about a week, Military
authorities here could not confirm
Whites report