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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-29

THERE Is A MORAL LAW.-n
looks hopeless to say anything about
nonresistance while so much of the
world is fighting and the rest of it
crazy to get ready to fight. But
exhaustion will cure the craze later.
1t is discouraging to preach anything
outside the current channels of
thought unless it can be commercial
lied and connected with material
property.
The philosophy of evolution is a
frantic effort to get rid of an intel
igent Creator and account for the
existence of things by an automatic
mechanical system which is more in
comprehensive than the dark the
ologies of the past. 1t is satisfactory
to some minds to think that is the
way to escape from moral response
bility. But all the time the prog
ress of humanity demonstrates the
fact of moral law, which will be-
come clearer and clearer as history
is made. .'.-
Null SSISIdHCe Is uuC CuOuSuL
that is derided by the unthinking. 1t
is a thought, however, that controls
the majority of mankind who unwit-
tingly obey it. But for the lives and
actions of those who do not resist,
but serve because the law of life is
service, mankind would have be-
come extinct in their efforts to civ
ilize themselves by force.
The present war in Europe demon
Strates clearly the fallacy Of the force
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-29
UTILIZING THE TAX

UTILIZING THE TAX.-Income
tax constitutional! Best news from
that fossilized institute of obsolete
precedent and customs l have heard
in many a moon. Now would sug-
gest law graduating income rates
from 1 per cent for $4,000 to so per
cent for 81, 100000. Let them pay the
tax who are most capable of bearing
the burden.
What are we going to do with that
heap of money thus accumulated?
Army? Navy? Ambassadorial pal
aces? Nonsense!
Improve our natural resources.
Construct public buildings and public
works which have been waiting years
for an appropriation. Extend loans
to the small farmer and rural grange
societies. Endow public institutions
such as clinics, laboratories, research
stations and hospitals.
Employ experts with sufficient sal
airy inducements so that they can
devote their entire time to the discov-
cry of scientific truths and methods
of their application, thus alternating
misery and disease and making life
the more worth while.
Establish labor exchanges in every
city in the country under direct con-
troll of the federal govt, and make
these the sole means of bringing the
employer and employees together, saw
ing in this way much of the bitterness
and heart pangs that come to him or
her who must trudge from shop to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-03
PUBLIC SERVICE HITS
CAR TRACK DANGER
Advises City 'Gondolas' Require
Shifting of One Set of Rails.

The Public Service Commission yes
terday advised the Borough President
and the Board of Estimate TO take
steps 10 widen the space between the
street surface car tracks. especially IL
Broadway. The suggestion was made
IT, view OF recent accidents when pedes-
trians have been caught in the narrow
space between two passing cars.
The commission submitted 2 repor.
of its electrical engineer. Clifton W.
Wilder. showing that thirty-seven seri-
Gus accidents have occurred on Broad
way since January l. 1914. three Of
which were fatal. The accidents oc-
Cured between the "gondola" cars, or
the other pay-as-yOu-enter type. which
are considerably broader than other
types of cars. The so-called "devil
strip" or space, between these cars Is
only Si2 inches. According to stand
ard army measurements a mans av-
erage depth is Il inches. The space
between two of the standard boXcars
is 1914 inches
Engineer Wilder states that there is
1920 feet Of track on Broadway where
the street surface has not been re
stored over the subway construction
and one track could readily be shifted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-03
HIS ROYAL MIEN,
A DIVORCE PLEA
Accused Husbands Resem-
blance to King Edward
Impressed Porter.

THAT there man an King Edward ez
alike % two peas in pod" Horatio
wilcox. Pullman porter, soliloduized
on the trip north from New Orleans on
February .. 1915. The man was Fred
erick William Hunter, a lawyer, with
A city home at l27 East Thirty-'oyenth
Street, this city, and a residence at
Fr ehold y. j.
wilcox appeared Ia the Supreme
Court Yesterday in the suit for divorce
brought by Mrs. Anna Bclieville
Hunter. az witness for the wife. lie
declared he had seen iluyer and Mrs.
T.. Grenner. 'of 49, West 10th
Street. the correspondent, in n state
room of his car. lie Identified Hunter
and Mrs. Grenner.
Asked how he remembered Hunter
OF all the passengers, he eXplairri the
resemblance to King Edward that I'M
pressed him az the time.
Hunter is also plaintiff. as well rs
defendant. He thinks that his wife
was too friendly with John harret.
Kerfoot. novelist and literary editor OF
Life" Hunter Is suing hertoot Tor
$4,000 Kcrfoot. who was graduated
with Hunter from Columbia college N
1887. said that Mrs. unter's affection
could not be alienated. because 10 az
lection existed between Hunter enc ms
wife.
The friendship begun at college con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-03
Mrs. S. Barton French, Kai-
GERS Guest, Active in Ser
HAN Work, 'Tabulated.'
WARNINGS MEANING
ISN'T MADE CLEAR
De-, Ioke Not, She Will Make
1000. Mile Tour for Funds
Societies Report.

~hs fac. that Mrs. s. Barton French
-. h.en calculated regardless Of
~b,. impending fate that word may
.~r,v-vill not be permitted to inter
+ ,.r with her 7,OOO-mile tour in be-
t,f Of Serbian relief.
". Freneh's "tabulation" was first
,..rcbt 70 her notice in two anonymous
,.,.sys received O month ago, when she
-. warned that in giving aid indirect
l. 20 the Allies she was storing up trou-
-. Cor herself. Shortly afterward Mrs.
y,sncb was called to the telephone at
-;S,icbt in her Hotel Vanderbilt apart
ut, and a man who spoke English
.;,bout accent repeated the written
warning.
by putting your social prestige at
=. service OF the Allies" he told her.
s ne are guilty Of breach Of courtesy
~, after having been the Kaiser's
est YOU aid his enemies. SO you
ssTe been ,abulated.'
Nins Duryea, through whose per-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-03
DUTCH LINGO WON
ACTRESS HER JOB
DialectShe Once MimiCked
Got Miss Longenecker
Role in'ErstwhiIc Susan

Zach, " you viii? II ISIS no use"
Miss Maud Longenecker, of 245 West
Forty-ffth Street, daughter OF Rear
Admiral Edwin Longenecker, Of Wer-
nersville, Penn, and granddaughter Of
Jacob :. Haldeman, former United
states Minister TO Sweden, laughed as
the Pennsylvania Dutch slid smoothly
from her tongue.
"If couldn't say that just so,' she
remarked, Il probably wouldn't be
where am to-day
You sec, il gives something nice 70
speak the Pennsylvania Dutch, already
get. Il enabled Miss Longenecker TO
bridge the chasm between the dainty,
trailing gowns Of a rear admirafs
daughter leading the biggest naval ball
Of the season and the sober black
cashmere robes and bonnet Of a little
Mennonite maid. II transformed her
from a society girl into plain I'm
Wackernagcl of "Erstwhile Susan"
\ rear admiral or foreign minister
doesn't raise his daughter 70 be an
actress. MOI is the profession alto
rether approved at the naughty Phila-
dolphian boarding school Of the Misses
Irwin. descendants Of Benjamin Frank
lin. where Miss Longenecker was cdu-
Gated. 1t SIMPLY isn't done.
"But | made up my mind 10 go on
tho stage when was tiny girl, try
ing to talk like the Pennsylvania
Dutch farmers around Wernersville,"
she said. "And then an adored high
school teacher of mine made me de-
tsrmine TO co something more than
Law around at dances and receptions.
She played round until she reached
the magic age Of twenty-One, because
the family thought ! was nutty nut
20 want to 90 on the stage Miss
Longenocker said, her blue eyes laugh
ing. and hcr expressive, charactor-part
face alive with mirth. Then she came
t. New Yo~s had year at the Amcri-
can Academy Of Dramatic Art, Played
IN Fine Feathers and Alias Jimmy
Valentine" and came 10 the beginning
or the season with no engagement.
Miss Fernandez, an agent much sought
by unlocked actresses, told her then
that Pennsylvania Dutch was in high
favor with the "Erstwhile Susan"
folks, and Miss Longenecker hurried
there.
at gives much rain to-day" she
said TO Madison Corey, busy engaging
the cast. ITS all, any more?' This
YVES her Pennsylvania Dutch way 81
asking If the cast was complete.
There's room for YOU" declared Mr..
Corey with emphasis.
SO Miss Longenecker called to her
a:C Samuel Schmucker, New York ar
tist, her childhood's playmate, and a
defendant of old Muhlenberg, ere
Fighting Parson" Of Revolutionary
days, whose statue guards the City
Hall in Philadelphia. Presently she
was a full-fedged En- Wackernagel,
Veil. velll it pays 10 know the
languages, no?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-03

tinued long afterward. and Eerfoot
married a sister OF Hunter. Sno died.
kerfoot continued TO live at the city
home of his brothcr-in-law
No effort was made yesterday by
Hunter to deny that he had called on
Mrs. Grenner. but he insisted that
whenever he called on her one Miss
Shine was present. Az 10 the trip 10
New Orleans. Hunter said he needed
rest. He wanted Mrs. Grenner and
Miss Shine 70 accompany him. Miss
Shine became III. so Hunter and Mrs.
Gronner went without her.
That he occupied berth in the
sleeping car while Mr.. Gronner had y
compartment is Hunters contention.
In New Orleans they registered under
their own names and occupied senarate
rooms, which were connected. iunter
spent much Of his time on the trim
playing rhum but he drank only min
eral water Kerfoot has been active IN
obtaining evidence ia the Hunter d.
vorce. The trial will be continued to-
dav
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-03
Prisoner Gave Alarm After
Murder of Aged Kins-
man and Housekeeper.
STAINS ON CLOTHES
USED FOR EVIDENCE
Wyckoff Threatens Captors Af-
ter Unexpected Arrest in
Jersey Farm Mystery.

Trenton. =. j.. March William
Henry Wyckof. the executor and sole
beneficiary under the will of Richard J.
Wyckof, was to-day charged with the
murder Of the aged Wyckofr aad his
housekeeper. Catherine Ann Fisher
on February II, at their home in
Wertsville, Hunterdon County. The ar
rest of young Wyckoff, who is a distant
relative, came as a surprise.
Wyckof was taken last night and
was lodged in Jail at Flemingto1 with.
out any explanation. The arrest was
caused by Sheriff Sharp and Detective
Ham, following consultation yester-
day with Detective Grove, Detective
OBricn and Constable Cashel. Of the
Mercer County Prosecutors Office
Nyckofs brother, Nelson, was als9
apprenended, but was released.
TIL bodies of both victims, with the
heads crushed. were found by the
Wyckof who is now being held. lie
notified the neighbors and police
Already Wyckoff had advertised the
sale OF the personal property on the
estate for next Saturday. The old man
left two farms and $1,000 in cash.
To-day the accused man WAS put
through a severe discrimination.
When the officers tried to discre6it his
alibi, Wyckoif wanted TO fight. AZ
times he threatened 10 use his fists on
his questloners.
Finally the prisoner said: Gentle
men. these are the clothes wore on
the day of the crime" Later his gar
ments were closely examined. Spots
were found. and the officers believe
they are blood marks. Wye, Off. when
asked abou. them. remarked: "Tf it is
blood. it is not the blood of the old
people" The clothes will be seat TO a
chemist for examination.
Although the murder was not COM
mitted in Mercer County, the officials
there devoted their time 20 unravelling
the mystery. IN hopes OF earning the
1000 reward that was offered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-03
Kansas City Reports Mys-
ferrous Traveller Who
Looks Like Dancer.
ON WAY TO COAST
TO REST FOR a WHILE
Manager and Ship News Report.
erS Here Sure He Sailed on
Adriatic February II.
by Telegraph to TIE rr.s1rel


Kansas City, March 2.-Reports said
and reports at times can be so beast
- unreliable that Vernon Castle had
packed his steamer trunk. had made his
last rounds Of the Grca. White Way,
and, oh. so reluctantly. bade eoodby
70 Broadway. All this, it was said. was
on the eve Of his departure to Eng
land TO Join the aviation corps. He
had taken lessons in aviation under the
personal tutelage Of Mr.. Curiss. Of
aeroplane fame.
Mr.. Castle "a neither going 20 the
war nor dancing. He is travelling 10
California just now for his health, he
says.
Mr.. Castle was at the Union Station
here. few minutes last night. lie IN
troduced himself 70 a passenger agent
and several of the station employees ana
then walked away and ssked clerk
in the newsstand whether he had any
magazines containing his vernon
Castle's) pictures. Finding none, he
walked out.
To visitor who boarded his train
Mr.. Castle had HUE 70 say.
81 am on my way TO California nc
condescended. where in California !!
Why. | don't know-just anywhere
am Going out there for three months
and not do a blessed thing. Ineh !
will 90 TO dancing again.
II did not sail for England and did
not ioin the aviation corps simply be-
cause am physically and mentally
disabled"
lie did not look il. He was care
fully dressed, and appeared as though
ready to step upon the stage and give
a performance.
The long-talkcd-of aeroplane express
service between London and New lors
has probably been quietly put into
orcration. Mr.. Castle unless he
iumped overheard and swan back 70
broadway after tho Adriatic had
droppcd America astern just two weeks
ago must have returned by the air
route. otherwise he could hardly have
made the round trip IN 80 short a time
Shin news reporters interviewed me
departing dancer aboard the Adrlatic
Immediately before she sailed. they
know his name was on the passenger
list and know he did not come ashore
while the vessel was visible ~ lnr
naked journalistic e.e.
II was on February II that the Adri-
attic carried Vernon away and the
Adriatic at her best is an eight day
boat. Had the Adiiatic merely touched
Liverpool after the fashion Of land
lubbing base runner and started back
directly with the important passenger
in question, quite a number of miles
would still lie between her and vision
of the Fire Island light.
Irene Castle. who is playing - NIL.
waukec with the watch Your step
company, was informed by wire OF the
discovery" Of her husband in Kansas
City. Her reply:
81 received cable Saturday saying
he had arrived safely, and their infor-
nation is ridiculous.
IRENE CASTLE"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-03
CRAVEN MAY
FACE CHARGES
Continued from page |

ones on the stand yesterday. But they
kept the chairman and the three coun-
sci hard at IL ali the time trying TO get
direct reply from them. From the
testimony extracted from them, and
the evidence Of documents introduced
while they were testifying. these facts
in the opinion OF the committee were
established:
That these two witnesses and other
officials OF the Public Service Commits
sion had before them when the prior
determination claim was up for con-
sideraton proof that Sl25,000 had been
paid TO some official OF the INTERIOR
ough, but that no effort was made to
learn who the official was or why he
had been paid;
THAT for reasons not explained
nine quarterly determinations involy-
ing SIS 100000 spent by the INTERIOR
ough have not been acted on, although
these matters affecting the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company are acted on
promptly;
THAT (in the opinion Of Mr..
Craven the Peterborough may at any
future time ask for a REORGANIZATION
of a sum for prior determination to-
falling nearly 100000 (this sum, IT
had been stated, was disallowed b.
Mr. Craven;
"Tha. Mr.. Craven, the srbiter Of
all determinations, made no lnyestlea-
tiOn of the claims OF the marlborough
Tor prior determination, but relied on
the say so of Richard Reed Rogers,
the company's counsel, who got a
$4,000 bonus, and some subordinate
officials Of the Public Service Com
mission;
THAT had reference been made TO
the dual contracts il would have been
evident TO Mr.. Craven that bonuses
and other items in the prior determl-
nation allowance were illegal and
should not have been approved"
Ii Mr. Craven was poor witness
with respect TO himself, he left TO one
in doubt as to his gameness. When
Mr.. Shuster asked him what part Of
the prior determination allowance he
assumed responsibility for, be an
sWered:
"All of it,
lie admitted that his principal in
formation OF these matters came from
an unsigned statement furnished by
the Interborough's counsel, Mr..
Rogers. to the Public Service Commits
sion's chief counsel.
Here is this claim for sl.532.000 for
administration, superntendency and
salaries Of officials on which $4,000
was allowed" said Mr.. Shuster. How
did YOU arrive at that figure"
Simply like O great many people
arrive at anything. p
Senator Thompson interrupted and
shouted:
"Tell us how you arrived at II"
81 didn't arrive az it, said Mr. Cra-
ven.
4 He explained that one Of his assist
ants. Mr.. Turner. and Counsel Cole
man had concluded, with the help Of
the Intcrborough's counsel. tina: the
sum Of Sl2j.000 was reasonable
What evidence did you have that It
was ?" asked Mr. Moss.
81 had none in the way of figures"
isn't II fact that you first actu-
ally determined Sl5O,000?' dsranded
Mr.. Shuster.
well, that was frs. thought Of"
After he had shifted and evaded for
several minutes. efforts - find cut II
J he had made q personal investigation,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-03

prior determination claim for WORK II
had done before the dual subway con-
tracts were signed.
Didn't YOU shut the door after the
horse was stolen? ?" asked Mr.. Moss.
Didn't Know About Bonuses.
"Not at all What do you mean
What horse was stolen ~
THE $4,000. the $4,000, the Slo'-
GOO"
Il didn't know about any bonuses
until / read Of y in the papers
Then he was asked about the quar-
terly determinations that have been
held IN on the PETERBOROUGH. He said
he did not know why II had been DONE
although he Is the sole judge.
elias single determination OF the
Interborough's that you made been
final except this prior determination
NO; but all the b. r. 7. determina-
lions are final
Mr.. Coleman was then called 70 the
stand. One Of his first sentences was
o denial OF Mr Craven's statement that
he had advised him with respect 20 the
sl25,000 item. lie also proved long.
winded fcncer 10 took him several
minutes 20 answer whether he believed
that legal charge Of $4,000 allowed IN
the prior determination proper. He
finally said they were.
He defended the $4,000 bonus 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-03
LET NE PAY AND START
ANEW, LYhAN'S PLEA
No Need OF Receiver, Solvent,
Saws Prisoner.

4 night in the Tombs prison made
no change in the opinion of DR.. John
Grant Lyman that his brokerage firm
of John II. Putnam & CO., OF IS Broad
Street, was solvent.
The prisoner entered the Federal
building in merry mood, and was
promptly brought before Judge A. G..
Dayton, the indictment charging him
with having used the mails 10 defraud
investors with his bankrupt company
in Broad Street.
Nothing seemed TO disturb the natty
prisoner, not even the demand OF the
District Attorney that bail be fixed AZ
100000. Judge Dayton adjourned the
argument over the amount until to-day
In the civil Arrangement in connec-
ton with the bankruptcy proceedings
Lyman declined TO answer any ques-
tions.
II am not bankrupt" he declared
later. "and | know that | will be able
TO meet al! my obligations II an OPP
portunity Is given 10 me.
"If i, were not for the fact that
am Dr.. John Grant Lyman. under a
sentence now in appeal in the courts
of California, this proceeding in bank
ruptcy would never have been brought
against my company. ! am willing 10
paw nv debts and resume business.
maintain that no one has a right TO
handle my property.
81 am perfectly fair in this matter,
and will not in the slightest degree IN
terfere with the government. All | ask
is "A chance 10 prove my sol' -ncy. II
| am able 20 DO this. and u Is proved
that I'm insolyent. my efforts then
will be 70 do all in my power 70 aid the
receiver. There should be fair OPP
portunity. I'VE got to make show
down TO prove my solvency."
Lyman seemed fuoyed by the assur-
ance Of lawyer in this city that he
was not bankrupt.
The prisoner explained that the le-
gal opinion was not given by Frank j.
O'Neill. counsel who represented him
yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-03

sonal efforts fund Of $l,S00,00O for
war relief has been raised, has also
been "tabulatcd.'
American Hospital for Tihis.
Through the State Department ar
rangements have been made by the
American Committee for Armenian and
Syrian Relief to establish in Tifis, Rus
sian Caucasus, an American hospital
for the relief Of Armenian refugees.
The committee has given $4,000. with
the assurance that $4,000 more would
be given this week.
During the past week contributions
amounting 20 S2l 1881 have been re-
ccNcd. making total Of S345 .69S.3l.
Among the contributions were the fol-
lowing: Cleveland II. Dodge. $1,000;
Mrs. I. VI. Davis and Anonymous, ST.
O00 each; Second Presbyterian Church
of Cleveland, $50; Armenian Commit
tee of Westerly, Il. J., $500; Syracuse
Committee, S4S5.
French War Paintings Here.
More than 100 paintings by French
artists, with the war as the central
theme. released yesterday by the Gus
toms authorities. will be exhibited at
once in the Lafayette Exhibition, at
Fifth Avenue and Thirty-second Street,
for the benefit Of French war orphans
and wounded soldiers.
Contributions Of So 500 .5O290 in cash
and pledges for $3.50, 777.58 have been
received TO date by the American Jew
ish Relief Committee
Contributions of 500 or more re-
ceived yesterday for the Special Million
Dollar Fund were as follows: Balti-
more Committee, $4,000; San Jose Com
mittee, $2.4l4.S1; Hudson Committee,
Sl,083.S6; Waterbury Committee. $500;
North Hudson Committee, 1891 so; Con-
gregation Gcnisluth Chasscdim. $3.50;
Ladies' Hebrew Relief Fund Ball, $3.50;
Lafayette Committee, 1925; Mr. and
Mrs. Cyrus l.. Sulzbereer, William
ROsenbank. Mrs. Hanna Snmann and
Nine. Alma Gluck, 500 each
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-03
COLUMBIA DYNAMITE"
LOST As VAN STRAYS
Students Hunt While NeWsstands
Wait.

Somewhere about this city is a stray
van full Of dynamite" The police are
on the lookout for it. Columba's
students joined in the hunt last night.
Up on Morningside Heights it was
rumored that the van left downtown in
tho late afternoon, headed for Column
bia.
Unless il puts in an appearance or is
rounded up by the police during the
night, there may not he any "Dyna-
mite" for the newsstands at noon, as
was advertised.
a printer contracted 20 deliver
dynamite" 10 the radical students Of
Columbia University, and he asserts
his agreement has been fulfilled by
placing i on the van, addressed to
Ralph Perry.