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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
AMERICAN EXPRESS
HAS $4,000 FIRE
Fifty Auto Trucks, Part Owned
by WestcOtts, Destroyed.

While two hundred horses calmly
munched their aay in their stalls on
the second and third floors fire ragged
for an hour and half last night in
the basement Of the American Express
Company Building. at 2l9 % 229 East
Forty-seeond Street. Starting among
the fifty auto trucks. gasolene tanks
and supplies in the basement, the fire
destroyed fifteen Of the vehicles and
their loads
The fireproof construction Of the
building confined the fire TO the base
ment which became 80 filled with
the clouds Of smoke from the gaso-
lene that fremen said II was black as
a coal mine Streams were played into
Il until IL was half filed with water.
Police lines, which held up traffic in
Forty-second Street and Second and
Third Avenues for more than an hour,
prevented the usual Sunday night SER
vices at St. Bartholomew Church.
Battalion Chief Martin estimated tho
damage at $4,000. The trucks de
stroyed belonged TO the American and
Westcott Express companies. a fire in
gas storage building directly across
the street destroyed a motor truck
valued at $4,000 less than q week ago,
but no trace could be found last night
of the work Of an incendiary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
SUBMARINE EXPERT SHIFTED.
Secretary Daniels Orders Lieutenant
Nimitz TO Collier Duty.

Lieutenant Chester ". Nimitz, who
for two years has been submarine ex-
pert at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, has
been ordered to install the engines in
the new collier Maumee, which is being
towed through the Panama Canal, and
will reach this port next month. Upon
completing this work he will become
engineer officer aboard the collier.
Officials at the Navy Yard said last
night that Secretary Daniels. in giving
these orders, had dealt a severe GLOW
to the submarine branch Of the service
inasmuch as officers with a knowledge
Of submarines were at a great premi am
at the present time. If they are to
strengthen the submarine division, they
have need Of an increased number Of
experts. Lieutenant Nimitz was for
two years commander Of the Atlantic
submarine NOtilla.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
PASTOR ACCUSES O'GORMAN
Betrayed American Honor, Says DR..
Goodchild.

"Are We nation Of doughfaces ?"
was the text Of the sermon preached
yesterday morning By the Rev. DR..
Frank VI. Goodchild. pastor of the Cen
trail Baptist Church. lie made a few
pointed quotations. The first was from
the inaugural address OF Woodrow Viii
son. as president of Princeton Uniycr-
sity. The then university president
said: ave are not put into this world
10 sit still and know-we are put into
II TO act"
we can let President Wilson, like
Germany" commented DR.. Goodchild.
condemn himself from his own lips.
How strange these words sound when
we sec the fine knowledge Of what is
right, given 20 us in the Presidents
notes, and then see the meagre list of
acts he has given u.s."
The speaker said: Among those who
have betrayed American honor In the
recent Congressional fight ere Senator
James A. O'Gorman. of this state, and
Representative Walter NJ. Chandler, Of
this district"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
POLICE STOP GIRLS
$50 THREE.DAY FEAST
Philadelphia's Champagne and
Lobster Saved by n. Y. Alarm.

Philadelphia, March IA delight
full three dsys' feast on Philadelphia
lobster salad and champagne, at cost
Of S84.O3. was ended to-day when two
New York girls, neither over fifteen
years old, were arrested in a rooming
house near Sixteenth and Arch streets.
The search for the girls began
Wednesday night, when the New YORK
authorities telegraphed description
of Miss Amelia Fischer and Miss Bea-
trice Itch. who had run away from
home
The girls are charged with forging
two SIG checks on a branch bank OF
the Union Exchange at 1862 Fifth Ave
nue. and on the Twenty eighth Street
branch of the Corn Exchange Bank.
The name Of p. 7. We'll, a shirtwaist
manufacturer. was signed TO both
checks. The Itch girl was employed
as stenographer by Mr.. We'll. She
saws she lives at So East 117th Street.
Her companion gives her address as
1913 West 1l5th Street.
At headquarters it was said the New
York police had asked that the girls
be sought as missing persons, but knew
nothing Of the forgery charge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
CHINESE TROOPS
CRUSHING REVOLT
Government Forces Marching
on Yunnanfu, Says Picking.

Washington, March 12-Dispatches
TO the Chinese Legation here tonight
from Picking indicated that the reyolu-
ton was well in hand and probably
would be crushed in a short time. A
translation OF the dispatches follows:
"The government troops, after hav-
ing taken Suchow, Kiangan and Nahki,
in the southwest Of Szechuan, have
crossed the Kincha-Kiang or the Gold
en- Sand River, in Yunnan, and are rap
idly marching toward Yunnanfu, the
occupation Of which will terminate the
trouble in that isolated region. The
distance between the Golden Sand
River and Yunnan Is only 100 miles and
can be easily covered by few days
forced march.
"The troops under command or Cen
eral Lung Chen-Kuang, garrison COM
missioner of Kwangsi, who last week
retook Po Yai, the most important
strategic point on the border OF yum
nan, have reached Kwangnsn Fu, not
far from the scene Of disturbance,
while the troops under General La
Yung-Ting, military governor OF kwei-
chow, are driving back the rebels out
Of his province
There is much JOY in Chinese circles
h.re tonight as the result OF the news
OF the rapid advance into territory OF
the insurgents by the government
troops. Local Chinese say that the
rebellion was caused by the indigna
ton Of the opium growers at the gov
eminent suppression Of the traffic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
SENATE INCREASE OPPOSED
City VIII Be Loser, Citizens Union
Points Out.

Members of the Citizens Union yes
to-day made known their objections
TO the proposed plan Of fixing the
membership of the State Senate at
fifty-one.
The chief objection lies in the fact
that the additional member Of the SEN
ate, as planned. will be allotted 20 the
small upstate counties at the expense
Of the City Of New York. According
to the figures submitted by members
Of the union, the rural districts will
have representation in the Senate for
each 1921 of population, while New
York City will have representation for
each lsO,153 only.
In the communication that will be
received by the Apportionment Com
mttee this morning, the union sets
forth that the constitution provides
for the alteration Of Senate districts
in such a manner that each district
shall have as nearly an equal number
OF inhabitants as possible, exclusive
Of aliens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
NEW CARD INDEX FOR SWAMI
District Attorney Seeks Cooperation on
Criminals' Records.

For devising means to establish
card index of criminals, District At
torney Swami will on Wednesday hold
a conference with Police Commissioner
Woods, the Commissioner Of Correc-
ton and representatives Of the Char
tiles Department When put into op-
Grafton the system will be for records
OF criminals and men of criminal ten
denotes what the Rogues' Gallery Is
for actual Identification.
Because of A lack Of fling methods
activities OF witnesses and defendants
in criminal cases have been hard to Oh
tain at the time when they are most
wanted, and the District Attorney ad-
mits he Is seriously handicapped.
II is the District Attorneys beliet
that with the cooperation Of the entire
rolice force the Correction and other
Departments a useful record can be
kent scientifically. This will be espe-
cially valuable for use against men OF
criminal tendencies who appear as wit
nesses 20 establish alibis for men on
trial for murder and lesser crimes. In
ability to attack the crsdibility Of such
witnesses has been the main difficulty
in the District Attorneys Office for
years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
LAUDS GERMAN-AMERICANS
Weismann. at Bazaar, Disputes Dis
loyalty Argument-Fund Now S222 900.

The receipts of the German bazaar
at Madison Square Garden. for the re-
lief Of widows and orphans of soldiers,
were announced last night as S222,OO0.
Officials estimated that with the pres
ent outlook they would average $4,000
a day.
Yesterday was known AS Brooklyn
and Queens day, and il was estimated
that 10000 persons visited the Ca
den. Twice during the afternoon the
crowd became so large that the police
ordered the doors closed.
Henry Weismann, president OF the
German American Alliance, in an al
dress last night, said he wanted 30
refute every argument made against
the loyalty of COMMUNICATIONS.
AS demonstrated before he de-
clared, Germans do not fight for them
selves, but for others, for a word Of
liberty and prosperity. The end Of
this war will show that Germany
achieved a world OF liberty Of the seas
and OF the small states.
I'VE in this country, while sympa-
thizing with Germany, are trying 10
promote Americanism and American
prosperity IL is for these reasons
that we are fighting for this great ad-
herence TO American neutrality
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
WOMAN TO COW STRIKERS
Jerseys Star Under Sheriff Sent 10
Help Beleaguered Firm.

Hackensack, y. j., March 12.-Strk-
ing weavcr5 who have contemplated
use Of strong-arm methods in dealing
with the $500 workers who have re-
turned TO their looms at Garfield may
change their minds when they learn
tomorrow the name Of the formidable
antagonist arrayed against them
Constance Kopp. under sheriff and
woman detective. who has attained a
reputation for bringing in any man
she goes out 20 get. has been sent
down TO Garfield with orders to pre-
vent outbreaks Sheriff Robert y.
Heath was asked By the Fortsmann &
Huffman Silk Company this afternoon
20 send help. He Immediately assigned
the intrepid woman TO the task With
her are two other under detectives.
but II is probable the male contingent
will find little TO do.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
Werner, Former Police
man, "DespiCable Char
acter," Court Declares.
SHE WANTED LOVE;
HE WANTED MONEY
Heiress "Weak Woman" De-
cision Says, and easy Prey
of This Forceful Man"

Justice Hasbrouck. OF the Supreme
Court, in Sullivan County, handed
down yesterday decision by which
the marriage OF Giula Morosini the
Italian heiress, and Arthur W. Wer-
ner, former mounted policeman and
termed by the judge "a character un-
usually despicable," was declared
snnulled.
The decision asserts that Werner's
divorce at Reno, from his first wife,
Alice Redding, is null and void;
sbsolves Miss Morosini from the
charge Of having paid the policeman's
first wife TO leave him, and censures
Werner's "sordid lust after money"
'For all the wrongs this woman and
the court of a sister state have been
subjected to. the court can furnish no
adequate remedy" the decision con
cludes. "The least that can be given
is a judgment Of annulment."
After reviewing the facts Of the case
from the fall of 1909, when Werner
became manager Of the Morosini estate,
until, after obtaining a divorce in
Nevada without establishing legal
residence there, he married Miss Moro
SIM. and lived with her until April 1,
1914, Judge Hasbrouck attacks the con
duet Of the man.
"Werner's conduct he says. "in be-
ing willing TO divorce his first wife; to
receive from the court Of Nevada di-
vorce which he and his attorney must
have known to be illegal; in purchas-
ing his wife's consent thereto; in be
ing willing TO receive large sums Of
money from Miss Morosini prior to his
marriage 20 her; in forcing an agree
ment from her for $4,000 year by
representation Of procuring reinstate-
ment in the police force; and finally in
inducing her to enter into an agreement
to pay him $4,000 in consideration of
a release, reveals a character I'M
usually despicable.'
In discussing the conduct Of Miss
Morosini, he says: at is certain that
she knew of the marriage of Werner TO
Alice Redding. The inference is mex
orable that the money paid her TO con-
sent 10 the Nevada decree was that
of the plaintiff here. However that
may be, am not satisfied that Miss
Morosini knew that her money was be
ing used by Werner to get a divorce
from Alice Redding.
81 am satisfied that she has no IN
tellectual strength; that she Is a weak
woman; that the defendant, in the days
of her mature wOmanhood, made love
to her and that, reciprocating and
under the spell Of the sublime pas
sion,' she became the easy prey Of this
'forceful man, the defendant.
"She wanted only affection. He
wanted nothing but money. From
whatever angle we hold these circum-
stances up TO view, the sordid lust of
the defendant after money seems ever
present. Such being the motive in this
drama in real life, there should be no
difficulty in exculpating an unoifending
player"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
MEEK SCHOLAR A TOY
FOR LOVE AND RUN
while Breathe, | Hope" Muir
murs Learned Mendicant.

Michael Shins, scholar. stood before
Magistrate Levy in the West Side court
Yesterday. In one trembling hand he
held o venerable derby.
HAS this man record oincer
asked the magistrate. impersonaI'y.
"He has" put in the shabby scholar
"And this is it;
"Rorn in Dublin. Ireland, of good
family and great promise. Graduate OF
Trinity College, Dublin; former pro-
fossor Of mathematics in 81. Francis
College. Brooklyn; former professor 20, OF
tbeolocy in Montreal-the college ! u
not mention: former teacher OF oooA-
keeping in Public School ~ nrooA''" ~
formerly twice arraigned on t ne
same charge-vagrancy, the poIlce'na'
~ his side finished for him. Inc EG,
liceman was Detective Caliaghan' ne
had testified that Shina had Deen Oeh
oing aimlessly and shamelessiy }"
Times Square before his arrest; c,.
ut is true enough" admlt'ed 0hi ..t-
aBut remember there must be cause
underlying all enects' Al" q
the effect you see before you was a
very beautiful but tickle young laoy !
am ffty-two now, and that Of course IS.
was many years ago. Even tnen 1 wa.
something Of a scholar, ou' .to n"e ~
more Of many os G'f her. 's She jilted me,
vi ostor mat I resorted TO the conso-
lation Of the flowing bowl.
'"- vacistra.e Levy heard the scholar
trrongb. His comment was brief:
Thirty days" ,..,i. -
it re tongue as he started toward
his St. Patrick's Day cell. Another
iesser scholar in the Sunday morning
line caught the words. .r.
1T was Latin, all right" he said III
means While l breathe ! hope
"Rp. hs's kiddin' himself
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
SIX HURT IN NEWARK CRASH
Trolley Car Hurts Jitney Against
Iron StanchiOn.

Six persons. two Of them young WON
en-, we're injured in Newark yesterday
wren q jitney bus in which they were
passengers was struck by trolley car
and thrown against an IRON stanchlon
on an isle of safety at Market and
Broad Streets. All but one Of the IN
iured were removed 70 the city hos
pital. Alexander Schuerie, nineteen
who was driving the jitney, Narrowly
escaped with his life and was later
arc sted.
The victims of the mishap were
Catharine McLarvey, twenty-one' OF
2li Highland Avenue, Kearny; Thomas
Price. twenty-three, of 16S Grant Ave
nue.. East Newark; John O'Connor' ~
Grant Avenue. East Newark; Leo Nc
Cue. Of All North Fourth Street har.
rison. Joseph Clark. twenty-three. OF
43O Second Street, East Newark; and
Miss Martha Hook, twenty-eight, OF 10
Watt Street, Kearny.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
English Sufragist 10 Lecture.

Mrs Bertrand Russell. Of london.
will lecture on "Why English Women
Need tho Vote in Time Of War" IN
Rumford Hall. 80 East Forty-hrst
Street. on Wednesday afternoon. March
p. She is ono Of the executive com
mtteo Of the constitutional suffrage
group in England, under the National
Union Of Womcn's Suffrage Societies.
o. which Mrs Henry Fawcctt. IL. r..
ig president. Mrs Winston Churchill
is chairman Of Che committee Of the
New York State Woman Suffrage party,
In charge Of the lecture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
FIND RARE DOG IN RAT TRAP
BeIlboys Save lost Hairless Mexieah
Chef Called Zone Big Rat

For a Mexican hairless\doS Weighing
three and one-half pounds he created
an awful uproar in the Hotel Majestic,
Seventy-second Street and Central
Park West. early yesterday morning
He became lost in the lobby while ms
owner. Or. r. II. Newman. an American
Red Cross director. of KNOXVILLE,
Tenn. returned to his Limousine for q
package. ..
An army OF bellboys and guests,
aroused from sleep, joined IN the
search. They hunted in vain.
Two hours later Jules Buchalre came
m from the pantry. mon Dieu. | have
caught heemi" he cried. "Ze one grand
big rat" The Mexican liliputian won
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
1915 GOOD YEAR FOR LABOR
Many Laws Passed Affecting tnem-
ployment and Minimum Wage.

Washington, March l2.-Unemploy-
ment problems were given attention by
many state legislatures last year, &C
cordng to a summary of 1915 labor
legislation, issued to-day by the De-
partment Of Labor, resulting in the en-
actment Of variety Of new statutes.
Illinois established a commission on
unemployment; California and Nevada
started Investigations Of the question;
Idaho provided for dealing with It
through county boards.
Minimum wage laws were enacted By
Arkansas and Kansas. and Arkansas
and Pennsylvania wrote advanced child
labor legislation Oh TO their statute
books. California, Massachusetts, end
Washington amended their laws, and
Idaho named commission to deal with
the subject.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
JOFFRE HEADS WAR COUNCIL
Presides at Meeting of Allies Repre-
sentatives at French Headquarters.

Paris, March 12-General Joffre,
commander in chef Of the French
armies, presided over the council Of
war of the Entente Allies. which re
assembled to-day at the French army
headquarters
While the council is in session Great
Britain viii be represented by Cen
eral Sir Douglas Haig, commander in
chief of the British forces in France;
Russia by General Gilinsky, alde-de-
camp 70 the Russian Emperor; Rel
GUM by the chief Of the general staff,
and Serbia by Colonel Pachitch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
GIRL. IN BED. SCARES THIEF
Burglar Caught When lie Tries to Hide
in Mans Room.

Miss Augusta Falk. of Ia East Fifty
third Street, was awakened yesterday
morning by a man in her bedroom,
bending over dresser. Seeing Miss
Falk awake, the burglar seized watch
and jumped from the window. In his
effort to hide himself. he broke into
the apartment Of Harry Springer. Of
lG1 East Fifty-third Street Mr.
Springer also Gwoke. The intruder
continued his fight. pursued by the
pajama clad Mr.. Springer, and Patrol
man O'Sulliyan, who made the arrest.
The prisoner said he was Carl
Seller, twenty-five, Of 1921 Third
Avenue. He was held in $4,000 bail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
BUFFALO RECORDS QUAKE
Shock 1850 Miles Away, Probably In
Caribbean. Shown by Seismograph.

Buffalo. March 12.-An earthquake
shock that probably occurred in the
Caribbean Sea. the West Indies or Cen
trail America was recorded on the seis-
mograph at Canisius College to-day, the
indicated distance being $50 miles.
The preliminary shock occurred at
2:35 "A. m The main shock lasted from
2:A until 2:51 o'clock, with final
trcmors az o'clock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
PRINCESS HERE FOR DIVORCE
Says She'll Sue Victor of Thurn and
Taxis in Newark.

New Orleans, March - Princess
Josephine, wife OF Prince Victor Of
Thurn and TaXis. closely connected
with the rcigning family in Austria.
and a New Orleans girl before her
marriage, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Adrienne Perry, 1913 Bourbon Street,
here. Her announced purpose ia
coming TO the United States IS 70 sue
for a divorce.
ave have not lived together for
several years" said the princess, so
might as well tell you that / am
coming back TO America 10 establish "a
legal residence, and then 20 institute
divorce proceedings against my hus-
band IN Newark. y. j.. where J was
married 10 him in 1906"
Further than this the princess would
not say a word. but rumor has II that
she intends marrying an officer in the
English army after obtaining a divorce
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
WILL PAY $1,000 TO BE SHOT
Woman Makes Offer to Policeman
liz Takes Her TO bellevue.

A woman yesterday Thought OF ne"
favor TO ask of policemen. She was
Miss Emily Murray, seventy-three; OF
$50 Hicks Street, Brooklyn. According
10 Patrolman Frank Dougherty, OF the
Greenwich Street station, she ap-
preached him at the Battery with. an
Offer OF $1,000 If he would shoot her.
She was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
Neichbors on Hicks Street said that
irasmuch az Miss Murray had lived
there only a few months none Of them
knew her well. but they did not believe
she had the money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
CAR FENDER CRUSHEs .,
Rolls Workmen Under II and F.,
Skull of One

John Meyers and Patrick po,.,
members of track repair gsns 's
rolled under the fender Of TkiSsi va
nue. street car at 10th S,r.., Az
night, and so badly hurt tina, boil boil ~ ~
die. 1'i
Two policemen and a crowd a, -
zens upended the car and drsssn..,e a.
men out before the arrival >, e
traction wrecking crew. At n. 2,
ington Heights Hospital /. wa, W.,
that Donohue's skull had bee, 'sss:
tured and that Meyers had nros ne
sustained a similar injury. '0''l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
CONDUCTOR PICKED UP DEAD
william Gaskill Believed Victim Of
Foul Play on Train.

White Hill, y. j., March r. Missed
from his train after IT left the local
station at midnight, William Gaskill,
forty-nine, one Of the best known con-
ductors on the Trenton division Of the
pennsylvania Railroad, was found dead
beside the tracks under conditions that
Coroner Samuel Gaskll believes in
dicate that he met with foul play.
Detectives are Faid 10 have dis
covered that Gaskill had some bitter
enemies. lie leaves wife. Two daugh-
tiers and ono son.