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New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
BRIDGE AND LUNCHEONS
AT NARRAGANSETT
Mrs. Wharton Poor Entertains
at Flat Rock.

Narragansett Pier, R. l., July 25.-
The Point judith polo tournament Will
be continued tomorrow with the first
round in the open championship events
and the final in the Randolph cup
series.
Mrs. Wharton Poor, Of Philadelphia
gave a bridge and tea at Flat kocK
this afternoon in honor of Mrs. Frank
B. Washburn, of New York. Other
guests were Mrs. Caryl Roberts, Mrs.
David S. Baker, Mrs: FRANCES W.
Miss Bessie Munnikhuysen, Mrs. Erling
c. Ostby, Mrs. Rowland Hazard, Miss
Helen Ostby, Miss Margarite Prescott,
Miss Anna Lou Grimes, Mrs. Benjamin
K Gatins, Miss Bessie Samuels, Mrs.
H. d. Waller and Miss Roberta Slade.
Miss Bessie Munnikhuysen, Of Balti-
more, entertained at dinner last night
at the Imperial.
At a luncheon given by Robert Trit-
ton, of London. to-day at the Casino,
the guests were Lady Williams Taylor.
Miss Benda Williams Taylor, Reginald
McDougall, Of England, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry Belmont, Of New York.
Mrs. William Sprague plans TO sail
for Paris on the steamer Rochambeau,
Of the French line. on August 4.
Miss Beatrice Wetmore, of Warning
ton, Penn, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Rowland Hazard, at Peacedale.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
PROHIBITION MAKES
RUSSIA PROSPEROUS
Former Commercial Agent Tells
of Opportunities for Trade.

Russia is more prosperous to-day
than 1t was before the sale OF Vodka
was forbidden, according 70 Henry ID:
Baker. former commercial attache OF
the Department of Commerce at Petro-
grad. who spoke yesterday at lunch
cor at the Bankers Club, given by the
American Russian Chamber OF Com
merce.
In speaking of the future of Ameri-
can trade in Russia, Mr. Baker said:
"As a result of my own observations
I feel sure the purchasing power OF
the great mass of the Russian peopla
has been greatly increased by the elimi-
nation of the vodka habit. and the
tremendous increase in the eifciency
of the labor. | also am confident that
there is a very serious shortage Oh an
kinds Of merchandise in Russia and
there will be an enormous demand Tor
everything when the special restrlc-
tions now imposed are removed.
ain nv opinion, after the war, the
Russian government will arrange It's
duties and tariff rates TO produce the
maximum revenue. II will encourage
Russian industry. This will mean the
importation of machinery OF all KINDS.
In agriculture. in development OF forest
areas. of oil fields and mining enter
nrises. the extension of cotton plant
ing, in the development OF irrigation
and in the construction Of the great
new railway systems, there VIII be de-
mands for articles which the Ameri-
can manufacturer can produce:
"In return Russia can furnish TO the
United States large quantities OF raw
material. such as hides, calf and goat
skins- fax. wool, etc"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
DANIELS REPLIES
TO HIS CRITICS
Secretary Denies the Navy
Has Lost Anything in
Efficiency.

Staunton, Va, July 25.-Secretary
Daniels, speaking tonight before the
Virginia Press Association, replied to
what he called the campaign argument
that the American navy was losing in
efficiency because it is managed by a
country editor" Such charges were
made, he said, in spite Of the fact that
there are ffty-six more ships in COM
mission now than on March 4, 1913.
There are 5000 more men and large
number of officers and an authorization
by the Senate of enough additional
men 10 fully man every fighting ship
i'm the navy, so that to-day twenty-five
battieships more than ever before
are engaged with the Atlantic eet IN
manUuvTcs."
at has never been my teaching,
said the secretary, nor-l hope ! may
say il with becoming modesty-my ex-
pericnce that the ownership and edi-
torship of a more or less country jour
nal had tended to incapacitate men for
the holding Of public position.
"The test OF a Secretary OF the Navy
is whether he is a good managing edi-
tor. If he is, he will chiefly concern
himself with this strong right arm OF
the nations defence. will always have
the feet prepared TO uphold the just
demands and honor of tn country, and
will know where trouble may break
loose next snd be ready with well
manned ship on the spot, prepared for
any emergency
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
COMPERS BIDS LABOR
BRING MEXICAN PEACE
Says u. S. Efforts Are Tinged
with Capitalism.

Samuel Gompers. president Of the
American Federation Of Labor, issued a
statement yesterday telling why he
thought there should be Pan-Ameri-
can Fededation Of Labor. His state
mennt deals largely with Mexico. Gov
ernmental efforts to bring closer rela-
tions between the two nations have
been tinged with capitalism, he says,
and it is time that the worklngmen OF
each country made the acquaintance OF
those of the other.
a Pan-American Federation of La
bor," says the statement, "is not only
possible, but II is necessary
No one representing human interests
and the rights and welfare OF the
masses was found by Mr.. Gompers
among the members of the recent gov
ernment high commission of United
States capitalists who went TO South
America to establish closer bonds with
nations there.
In the Constitutionalist party in
Mexico Mr.. Gompers recognizes "a
genuine effort on the part Of Mexicans
to establish institutions of freedom
and justice" :,
Copies of the statement were issued
70 representatives of organized labor IN
Mexico who participated in the. inter-
national labor conference recently heid
in Washington.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
LAWYER MEETS DEATH
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
l. h. Slease Instantly Killed
Friends Skull Fractured.

p Clyde H. Slease, a lawyer, of 100
broadway, New York, who lived at Has
erouek Heights, near Hackensack, was
instantly killed early yesterday morn
ing when his automobile went over an
embankment near Goshen. Three
friends were in the car with him at the
Ime' Edwin f. Benedict, an insurance
.toker' Of rs William Street, Manhat-
an, VINO is in the Goshen Hospital
SSlth fractured skull, and William A.
HooIe and Harry L. Brooks, both Of
aassorouck Heights, who escaped with
Nr' Slease was forty years old His
vIe and two children survive him
,s s; siease Is in the Hackensack Hos
Ia, and has not been told Of her
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
PAUL ARMSTRONG DIED
IN DEBT, SAYS WIDOW
Playwright Spent All of His
Thousands of Royalties.

Paul Armstrong, author of numerous
successful plays, which brought him
large royalties, died insolven.. Arm
strong died August 2. 1915. and all
that the man who wrote Alias Jimmy
Valentine" left in worldly goods vas
s217 in cash, an automobile valued at
5000 and wearing apparel worth ABOUT
$50. All his estate went FOR funerai
expenses, so tha. in view OF the deots
left by the playwright there was
large deficit
Mrs. Catherine Calvert Armstrong,
second wife of Paul Armstrong, VINO
appeared in his plays before his nrst
wife divorced him, told yesterday, In
an affidavit filed in the Surrogate's
Court about the financial condition OF
her husbands estate. The kirke La
Shelle Company brought a proceeding
in the Supreme Court to compel the
payment by Armstrong; estate oS a
judgment of Sl9,337 obtained against
him in the Federal Court. The suit grew
out Of the alleged plagiarism OF story
from which Armstrong wrote the play,
"The Heir TO the Hoorah."
Mrs. Armstrong, as administering,
filed her affidavit regarding the con-
Gition Of the estate TO show why the
judgment could not be paid.
"If Mr.. Armstrong really left less
than $500, it is very strange and we
want to know why" said counsel for
the claimant in the Surrogate's Court.
Mrs. Rella Abel Armstrong. who OBJ
tanned a divorce from Armstrong in
1918. received an award of $500 all
mony from the Supreme Court.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
Churchman's Son, Seeking Aid,
Quickly Pleased by Caramel
Tommy. Two Years Old, Not Even Investigated by Mrs
Vandcrblt-Show Girls to Invade Financial District
To-day with Field Day Tickets.

away. and then the little attic was
overrun with them.
Finally the condition got so bad that
the mother who had scrubbed all day
did not dare to sleep at night for fear
the rats might harm her babies. When
an investigator came upon her yes
terday, she had for several days slept
only during the hours between day
break and seven o'clock, when she goes
out TO work. She received money and
the janitor of the tenement warning
that he must stop up its rat holes.
To relieve hundreds OF other in
stances, Mrs Vanderbilt, aided by Mrs
NJ. B. Stanton, "the efficiency lady
will to-day direct $50 show girls who
will sell tickets for the National
Guardsmen Field Day benefit, to be
held at the Sheepshead Bay Speedway
next Saturday. II is the hope Of those
in charge TO raise $50, 900 to aid those
who are in distress through tho abb
sence of their breadwnners.
At IL o'clock this morning two hun
dred show girls and society women will
20 out from the Hotel Vanderbilt TO
begin their two-day ticket sale. They
will be conveyed by automobiles and
motor buses loaned by various con-
Germs and individual owners lnrough
the business and financial districts. Il
is expected that the sale will be one
of the liveliest ever known in New
York.
Bitten Benz to Race.
The Bitten Benz, the fastest auto
mobile in the world, with record of
1927 miles an hour, will be driven at
the Sheepshead Bay Speedway on Sat
urday by Harry S. Harkness, its mill
ionaire owner, against the original Sun
beam, owned by the Adams brothers.
It was learned yesterday that large
number of West Point Cadets would
drill at the National Guardsmen Field
Day.
The New Jersey Soldiers Relief
League, OF which Mrs. James 8. Fielder,
wife of Governor Fielder, is the head
yesterday began sending out checks
ranging from $50 TO $3.50 TO each OF the
New Jersey companies of infantry on
the Mexican border, 10 provide small
articles TO add to the comfort Of the
soldiers.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
PARTY LEAVES SEATTLE
TO MEET STEFANSS0N
Capt. Lane and Borden Of in
Specially Built Schooner.

Seattle. July %. - The new power
schooner Great Bear, owned BY Captain
Louis Lane, widely known Arctic
navigator. and John Borden. wealthy
Chicago sportsman. sailed tonight for
tht far North in the expectation OF
making a junction with Nilhjalmur Ste
fansson.
The Great Bear, built especially for
the trip, will go first 70 Anadir Bay and
Indian Point, Siberia, and then along
the Arctic coast Of Alaska 10 Point
Barrow, Herschel Island and Banks
Land. where Captain Lane left Stefans-
son with the old lane trading schooner
Polar Bear last year.
Aboard the Great Bear. besides Cap
tain Lane and Mr.. Borden, are Mrs.
Lane and her sister Mrs. Isabel Rob-
son; Miss Anita Allen. a niece Of Cap
tain Lane; Rochester Slaughter, a big
Barbara, Cal; c. K. Knickerbocker and
Norris Bloku, of Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
MRS. IRWIN CHANGES
MIND IN 100000 SUIT
Will Defend Alienation Action
Begun by Mrs. BlalOck.

Mrs. Grace NJ. Irwin, former wife Of
John Benjamin Irwin. son OF the
Sugar King" Of Honolulu. has changed
her mind about not defending the
100000 alienation suit brought against
her by Mrs. Jennie Whitelaw Blalock.
The plaintiff alleges that the wealthy
defendant, who lives at the Ritz and
owned stable of race horses, won the
affections of her husband, James Will
lam Blalock, who was Mrs. Twins
trainer and betting commissioner.
Mrs. Irwin failed TO defend the suit,
and Justice Goff last week ordered that
it be sent to the Sheriff's Court for the
assessment of damages. Yesterday she
obtained an order from the Supreme
Court directing Mrs. Blalock TO show
cause why the default should not be
opened. She said she would fight to
the end. She also filed an appearance
in the divorce suit brought by Mrs.
Blalock in which she is named core
spondent.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
MEN ON BLACKWELL'S
TO CELEBRATE TO-DAY
Institution on Island Has Been
Reformatory for Year.

Prisoners on Blackwelrs Island will
celebrate to-day the first anniversary
of the transformation of the peni-
tertiary into reformatory. In the
morning there will be music by the
prison orchestra and speeches by
Burdette G.. Lewis. Commissioner Of
Correction. Warden John j. Murtha
and Hugh s. Bryar. One prisoner will
tell what changes have been made and
how they have affected the men.
After field sports. which begin at
1880, there will be baseball game be-
tween the team from the battleship
Oklahoma and the Murtha Stars of the
penitentary, who have not been beaten
this season. There will be q concert
in the evening.
In the August number Of "The Prison
Observer" published at the peniten-
tiary. is Z poem addressed to Warden
Murtha on the completion of his first
wear
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
SALVATION ARMY'S
WEALTH IS $S,353.l79
Organizations Liabilities $4,-
256,637, Court Is Told.

The Salvation Army yesterday ad-
mitted that IL was worth $685. ,179
IN this country to obtain permission
from the Supreme Court. Brooklyn. to
mortgage property at Court and Carroll
Streets for $500. The proceeds of
this MORTGAGE will be used TO renovate
the present building on the site TO con-
form with plans now under way so
that the Salvationists of the district
may have an up-to-date barracks.
In the petition IL is stated that real
estate holdings total 6,S46,05l.S9 and
personal property sl,507, ,l2S.0S. Its
liabilities are S4.256,6S7.9s. OF which
nearly Sl.500,000 is unsecured. Will
lam Peart, chief secretary for the
army, and vice-president Of its board
of trustees. made the affidavit. which
was filed yesterday in the County
Clerks Office. Brooklyn, after Justice
Benedict gave permission for the
mortgage.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
STONES HURLED
IN CAR STRIKE
Mob Pursues and Attacks
Men Seeking Work on
Trolleys in Yonkers.

The first violence of the trolley
strike that has tied up the lines OF
Yonkers, New Rochelle and Mount
Vernon occurred yesterday in Yon-
kers.
Three men applied TO the Offices OF
the streetcar company for work. A
crowd gathered quickly. When the
men left the building they took one
look at the crowd and began to run.
Down Riverdale Avenue from Main
Street they fed, with the yelling MOB
at their heels. At Washington Street
the runners were surrounded. Stones
were thrown and blow or two
struck.
A motorman and a conductor stepped
beside the three men and held the
crowd back until the police arrived.
The men were escorted by the police
70 South Broadway, and then told to
rush for the safety OF the subway.
No arrests were made.
Samuel Hoey, chairman Of the JOINT
NON and New Rochelle unions, says a
new local has been formed with 100
members, all employed on the Kings
bridge division Of the Union lines. lhe
other two-thirds of the men on that di-
vision are expected to join.
The strikers are making every efort
to have all the employees OF the Ihird
Avenue system, including the Bronx,
U:.1.kr;doa and Manhattan Belt lines,
back them up in their demands. They
have issued to all conductors and mo-
tormen on the Union lines circulars
asking for cooperation in their demand
for a revision of the wage scale.
Mayor James 7. Lennon expects the
Public Service Commission TO give d
tore the Yonkers Railroad TO move Its
cars. In the mean time the residents
of the strike zone are either walking
or riding in litneys.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
RELATIVES FIGHT WILL
OF GRACE h'LAUGHLIN
Eloper Stevens Must Prove His
Claim to S250,000.

George NJ. Stevens, garage owner,
who eloped last December with Miss
Grace Mclaughlin. must prove in court
his right to hold the estate.estimsted
at $4,000 which Miss Mclaughlin
left to him at her death.
Five aunts and two uncles OF the
young woman, all living in Ireland tled
a contest of the will in the Surrogate's
Court Yesterday. They allege that Miss
Mclaughlin was not Of sound mind
when she executed the document and
that il was obtained by fraud and un-
due influence"
Miss McLaughlin's death from tuber-
culosis occurred four months age. IN
Havana. She and stevens expected to
he married as soon as they left New
York, but Stevens's divorce from ms
former wife had not been made hnaI.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
Women Not Partisans.
lanes WHITCOMB RILEY
BURIED IN INDIANAPOLIS
Thousands See Body Of Poe
Carried to Vault.

Indianapolis, July 25.-The funeral
of James Whitcomb Riley, the Indiana
poet, was held privately at his home in
Lockerbie Street, to-day. The simple
services were attended by relatives
and few intimate friends. Large
crowds assembled to see the placing o!
the body in a vault in Crown Hill
Cemetery.
Services at the house were conducted
by the Rev. Joseph A. Milburn, OF Sc
vance. Tenn, former postor of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church here and a
close friend of the poet. The Rev.
Frederick +. Taylor, pastor OF the First
Baptist Church, assisted.
The vault in which the body was
placed pending arrangements for final
disposition was decorated with flowers
of brilliant colors, which the poet liked
best Rugs were spread on the floor.
A short prayer at the cemetery con-
cluded the services.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
Jersey WARDEN LAUDS
REFORMS AT SING SING
Conditions at Trenton Not Fa-
yorable to Adoption.

After a visit to Sing Sing prison yes.
terdsy. Warden Richard Hughes, Of
Trenton prison, said that ne was rot
planning any radical changes because
Of what he learned.
81 must say the men here look fine,
with scarcely tinge ~ prison pallor,
but the physical conditions at Trenton
are not favorable TO the recreative
privileges prisoner. enjoy here"
Hughes said.
However, Trenton prisoners enjoy
many Of the privileges allowed under
the Mutual Welfare League, even II
the prison is conducted under what is
called the old system" he added.
And the Trenton cells are at least 100
per cent better thahthose here"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
Prendergast Also Fails to
Attend, Although Both
Were Invited.
MARSH ASSAILS
CENTRAL'S TRAFFIC
Municipal Ownership and Oper.
alton League Names Body for
Hearing on Plan.

Mayor Mitchell and Controller
Prendergast. although invited, did not
attend or send representatives TO the
luncheon given yesterday by the
League for Municipal Ownership and
Operation in New York City, at the Re-
form Club. at which the West Side
Plan was discussed.
Charles Frederick Adams. ex-secre-
tary of the Borough Of Brooklyn, pre-
sided, and the speakers were John j.
Hopper. chairman Of the leagues COM
mittee on the New York Central fran
chise; julius Henry Cohen, Of the
Citizens Union; Cornelius VI. Sheehan.
of the Allied Boards of Trade; DR..
William H. Allen. director OF the In
stitute for Public Service. and Eugene
Blumenthal.
Assails n. Y. c. Monopoly.
"The plan should be considered
primarily from the point Of view OF the
needs of the city and the attitude OF
the New York Central 70 the needs OF
the city in the past" Mr.. Adams said.
"The New York Central appreciates
the importance Of the terminal dues-
ton and has attempted in the fran
chise sought TO obtain a monopoly
thereof, as shown by the fact that IL
refuses 10 contract TO permit other
roads, for proper remuneration. 70 use
its tracks in New York City"
Mr.. Cohen declared that the protest
on the part of the public was expected
by the Administration and that the re-
suit would depend on its vigor.
Referring to the model for Riverside
Drive changes, now on exhibition al tne
Grand Central Terminal, he said: 1T IS
a hope, not an agreement; an expecta-
ton. not a contract. The whole ques-
ton, boiled down, is what 1t Will cost
10 restore Riverside Park 10 the
waters edge. What We need 70 do to-
day is 70 carry out the suggestion
Mayor Mitchell made in l9l3.'
Calls Tariff High.
Mr.. Marsh urged merchants and man.
ufacturers TO consider the railroads
high tariffs before any further monop-
oily was granted.
DR.. Allen submitted six constructive
suggestions, covering the agreements
to be reached between the city and the
railroad in regard to improvements.
Mr.. Sheehan, after declaring that the
New York Central was protecting its
own monopoly, blamed the administra-
ton for the state Of affairs existing IN
what he termed the grab" franchise.
He expressed himself as in favor OF
referendum and recall power by the
citizens of New York TO protect them
against officials who would not do their
bidding -,
Frederick W. Hendricks, Dr. Allen
and Mr. Marsh were appointed COM
mittee to represent the league at the
hearing next Thursday.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
PROF. WHITAKER OUT
AS ADELPHI ART HEAD
At Eighty Retires to Devote
Himself to Painting.

Professor JOHN Barnard Whitaker.
who for forty-one years occupied the
chief chair Of art at Adelphi College,
Brooklyn, yesterday retired at the age
of eighty. The board OF trustees.
awarded him a pension and conferred
the title Of Professor Of Art Emeritus;
James II. Post, president Of the board
Of trustees, yesterday expressed regret
at the resignation in behalf Of his
colleagues.
81 will now have the opportunity 70
paint pictures requiring consecutive
thought that il was not possible for me
10 accomplish" said the veteran
painter yesterday at his home, 4so Nc
Donough Street. Brooklyn. For the
last wear | have felt that il was time
for me TO get out. wanted to do
somethine else. loved the years |
spent at Adelphi. and loved my WORK
there ------------
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
WOMAN ARMY CAPTAIN DIES
Was Commissioned in the Confederate
Cavalry.

Richmond, Va, July 25.-Captain
Sally Louisa Tompkins, aged eighty
three. the only woman ever commis-
stoned as an officer in the Confederate
army, died to-day in the Home for
Confederate Women. She was commits
stoned captain of cavalry in order
that she might conduct a private hos
pitsl. -, .s,o .r.h
other institutions were ordered eioSea'
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
JEAN VALJEAN'S
DOUBLE FREED
Governor Pardon's Slayer
Who Escaped and Became
a Chief of Police.

Savannah, July 25.-Thomas Edgar
Stripping, who was found acting as
chief of police in Danville, Va, in
March, 1911, and brought back to the
state penitentisry here 70 serve life
term for a murder committed in 1897,
will 20 free Saturday. For more than
five years his family and friends failed
IN their efforts to obtain pardon. on
Saturday, however, it will be issued by
Governor Harris.
Stripling's story is so romantic that
in fiction it would seem unreal He
shot and killed W. J. Cornett, in Harris
County, Ga, in 1897. Despite his un-
written law defence, he was convicted
and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Through the connivance of jailer he
escaped from prison while his appeal
was pending.
He fed north. In North Carolina he
entered the employ of railroad as
detective. Fearless by nature, he
found the employment congenial. He
prospered, and his family joined him.
The kin Of his victim never suspected
that h. +. Morris, whose exploits as a
railroad detective sometimes got into
the Atlanta papers, was Thomas b.
Stripping.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
MRS. FRANK PEARCE.

Mrs. Frank Pearce, sixty years old,
mother of DR.. Matthtw c. Pesrce, a
physician Of East Grange, \. j., died
Yesterday at her home, at 262 Centre
Street, East Orange, after long ILL.,
ness. Mrs. Pearce had been resident
of the city all her life and was one
Of the oldest members Of the North
Orange Baptist Church. Funeral
services will be held from her late resi-
dence Thursday afternoon. Interment
will be in Rosedale Cemetery, Orange.
Besides her husband and DR.. Pearce.
she is survived by a daughter and
another son,
New-York tribune., 1916-07-26
STRANDED STEAMER FLOATEI
Invernan Proceeds to New York Little
Worse for Accident.

In the heavy fog yesterday morning
the British cargo steamer Invernan, OF
the Invernan Steamship Line, Glasgow
went aground on a sand bar of East
Moriches, Long Island.
High tide in the afternoon enabled
her TO float with little difficulty, and she
proceeded to New York little the worse
Large numbers OF summer colonists
gathered on the beach to watch the
work OF the coast guard who went
aboard the vessel TO offer assistance.