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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
FIREMAN.DETECTIvE LAUDED
Adamson and Marshal Commend Him
for Arrest of Alleged lncendiary.

In a general order yesterday, Fire
Commissioner Adamson publicly com
mended Lieutenant Hugh J. Joyce, OF
the Theatre Inspection Squad. for in
telligent and effective work" in the ar
rest Of Edward j. Putter, the alleged
West side frebug.
The Commissioner makes public Il
letter from the Fire MarshaPs Office
in which the lieutenant's action Is
called 20 his attention.
"When his attention was called by
a policeman TO the fact that an at
tempt had been made 70 burn a build
ing, and his investigation disclosed
evidences Of inceidiarism,' the letter
says. Lieutenant Joyce at once had
me advised Of the material facts. He
personally remained at the premises
with Putter, who had reported in
cendiary preparations, until the arri-
val of my assistants. He was intclli-
gent enough TO realize the Importance
Of prompt and efficient action"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
GIANT U. S. PLANE
TO CARRY 80 MIN
Trip'aue, Six Times Bigger ts,,
TIE Fokker, VIII Have
9-Centimetre Gum

Wes, Point, ". Y, Jan. 2o-a,,
lean built aeroplane soon 70 b, ...1'
the war which Will carry a a..
metre gun and which viii BE- .ir So.
as large az the new Germa, 80
monoplanes, was described b.,s
by 6. Douglas Wardrop, edi.o, o, .r,,
Aerial Age" in an address % -. ;"
dets and Instructors 0, tho u,,.',
states Military Academy.
After stating that the sersl so-.
ment Of the United States army "a,
every way inadequate, Nr. w,,s..
said: "We have heard very mv,. !.
late concerning the Fokker nons,i,.
the machine tha, sp.rals 70 a ,r.-,.
dous altitude and then darts d..
down upon i's opponent. mss,s."
showering a hail Of deadly bulls,, -.
It's adversary.
We IN this country are quietly q,
pairing monster machine that x,ii -,
resent the conquest Of even the 49,.
German achievement. This asrsri,,.
will be 7ir times larger than s,y ".
tried. Il can carry sufiicien, qs,s,.,.
70 give a speed Of seventy.fye 80.
an hour and cruising range 0, -.
than 900 miles. The power plsn. N,
sists o. seven motors. Elk Of i60-ho,u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
CHURCHILL RAPS
ESTIMATE BOARD
Saws Political Interference IS
Wrecking Schools OF
the CITY.

Unanimous objection TO the inter
ference Of politics, whether by the
state or by the Board Of Estimate, in
the control Of the public schools was
expressed by the speakers az tho an
nual dinner Of the Men Principals As
ISOLATION Of ;he City Of New York,
held last night At the Aldine Club, 200
Fifth Avenue
The speakers were Borough Presi-
dents Marks and Connolly, Dr. Thomas
f. Finegan, Deputy Commissioner Of
Education; Assemblyman George K.
Brennan. DR.. Joseph Van Denburg, who
was POSTMASTER, and President Church
III Of the Board of Education.
"The present posture of the Board Of
Estimate toward the schools" said
President Churchill, lis that Of undis-
guised and bitter hostility. Our plans
are thrown into confusion, our hands
bound, our teachers harassed, our chill
dren packed into scant space.
81 have no quarrel with Mr.. Mitchell
OF Mr. Prcndcrgast. ! can DO nothing
20 them; they can co nothing 10 me.
But the Mayor and the Controller, as
officials Of the city, have IN my opln-
ion. assumed an utterly unwise concep-
ton of the relation OF those oihcers 10
public education.
"The wrec.ing Of the schools can now
be prevented only by removing from
the Mayor the temptation 70 controi
policies of the Department Of Educa-
ion through appointment and by re
moving from the Board Of Estimate
every vestige Of power 70 control the
amount Of money raised for the schools
or the purpose for which the money
will be spent by the schools.
This city Is 10 be the scene OF a
struggle for the rescue OF universal
public education. II is good that the
crisis has come, for the sooner the
fight, the sooner the victory. Let us
resolve that out Of this insuiferabie
condition will issue the complete adop-
tion Of the fundamental proposition
that boards OF education are, and Of
right ought TO be, free and independent
agencies for the schooling of the
people"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
BRYAN WANTS TO BE
ST. LOUIS CHAIRMAN
Chairman McCombs Said to
Favor His Selection.

Chicago, Jan. william J. Bryan
wants 70 be temporary chairman Of the
Democratic National Convention at 81
Louis. Failing in this. he is willing 20
accept the chairmanship Of the Com
mittee on Resolutions.
The meeting Of the subcommittee on
arrangements Of the Democratic Ma
tionsl Committee. TO be held in St.
Louis on February s. will be the open
ing test as 70 the ability Of the ex-
Secretary of State to deliver the key
note speech Of Democracy.
Mr. Bryan is said TO be not only will
ing but anxious TO take on the tenn
porary craftsmanship provided he can
get it when the subcommittee meets
next week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
BRANDEIS CHOICE
DAZES EAST SIDE
Street and Synagogue Hum
with Amusement al Wilson
Appointment.

Across the way from the magic bulle-
tin board, with its single line of news
IN hurriedly fashioned Yiddish letter.,
a bewidered crowd choked the en-
frances to Seward Park and the mar
row sidewalk skirting H. Dressed in
their Sabbath best. with cheap laces
and brushed derbies and ready-made
scarfS they half waited for the in
formation 10 vanish, smoke-like
"Wunderbarl" exclaimed an unbar-
bered ancient. "A jew! 4 Jewl"
Half afraid II was some joke OF
which il was the butt, yet eXQuisitely
happy. the crowd stared at the line
Of news and stared and stared. II read:
Louis d. Brandeis, the first jew
nominated by President Wilson to the
Supreme Court of the United States
1T must be true said white
bearded man. "Nhy should they fool
us?"
God be blessed" devoutly breathe
a younger man. with long, black fore
locks escaping from an diversified hat
band. IN Russia We dreamed OF H.
Here il is fact"
The East Side crowd passed on It's
way to the ,ynagogues and the smaller
places of worship. New streams Of be-
decked immigrants took their place,
stared as their co-religionists had
stared. passed on with the same feeling
Of happiness and pride and wonder.
They realized dimly what the Office
meant.
1T must be nearly as great an honor
a. TO be President of the Unite6
States suggested a matron, with a
child clinging to her work-roughened
hands.
"Nu. Nu!' cried another, shaking
her head. What an honor
On the front page of the leading
Yiddish daily a great scare head an
nounced the wonderful news.
In the synagogues a mumbling OF
voices Indicated what was the topic
of the day Rabbis who spoke from
the pulpits and bemas managed 20
mention the nomination of "the lead
ing jew Of the country somewhere IN
their morning sermons. Their audi
ences. Prohibited by Jewish law from
applauding, were thrilled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
AUTO SMASH STOPS MAYOR
Mitchell Caught IN Traffic Jam When
Tr,rk Jumns Fifth Avenue Curb.

Mayor Mitchell and Theodore Rous-
seau. In the Mayors automobile, were
caught In n traffic jam late yesterday
afternoon at Fifth Avenue and Forty
second Street, when an electric DEW
cry truck jumped the curb and Knocked
down four persons.
Philip Clngman. the driver oil the
truck. told the police that a touring
chr struck the wagon, forcing II up on
the curb and across the sidewalk. Isaac
and Morris Pearlman, Of 1904 Char
lotto street. The Bronx; Miss Emma
Krug. Of 1893 Jefferson Avenue, Brook
lyn. and Andrew Colette. OF 4b2 Fifth
Avenue, were upset by the machine;
The accident occurred at O'CLOCK
Sailing traffic In Forty-second street
and on Fifth Avenue. Deputy Police
Commissioner Durham and Inspector
Meyers, Of the Traffic Squad. took
charge of the situation. An ambulance
surgeon attended the injured. Cling
man was arrested.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
LABOR PRAISE FOR BRANDEIS
Central Federated Union Urges Sena
tors To Confirm Appointment.

The Central Federated Union ycster-
day sent request 10 United States
Senators to confirm the appointment by
President Wilson Of Louis d. Brandeis
10 the United States supreme Court.
Speeches were made at the meeting
Of the union TO ;he effect that the de-
cisions Of Mr. Brandeis in labor dis
putes were fair and acceptable 70 or
gained labor and that he has always
shown pronounced liberalism ~
mind
II was decided that the union COM
mend President Wilson for his appoint
ment Of Brandcis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
BOSTON IS BRANDEIS FAULT
Baldwin, Of Connecticut, Says Massa-
chusetts Is Getting Too Many Justices

Nv Telegraph 60 Tho Tribune
New Haven, Jan. %. -Ex-Governor
Simeon f.. Baldwin, Democrat formerly
Chief Justice Of Connecticut. thinks
that Massachusetts, may have too many
members on the Supreme bench. Re
ferrine TO the appointment OF Louis u.
Brandcis. he said:
Boston will have two Justices IN
the Supreme Court. If Mr.. Brandeis IS
confirmed think the New England
bar would have been better pleased II
any New England man was TO he ap
pointed. TO have him come from some
other state than Massachusetts,, pro
vided there was the right man else
where. We had very good DemocratiH
material in Connecticut in Justice
Wheeler. Of the Supreme Court of Err
rors, and very good Republican ma
tcrial in cX-Prcsident Taft
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Judge Lindsey Goes to Berlin

The Hague. Jan 20 Ben b. Lindsey
has left Holland for Berlin 70 study the
needs Of children in the belligerent
countries II is said that Henry Ford.
before leaving Christiania. told Mr.
Lindsey that, if IL was feasible, he
would provide ample funds 20 help the
children Judge Lindsey hopes later TO
20 20 England and will leave there for
the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Big Gain in Argentina Exports.

Buenos Ayres. Jan. 29.-Official sta
tistics Of the foreign trade Of Argen-
tina in 1915 show imports Of S226, 1892.
600 and exports OF sos 100000. I'M
ports decreased ss5 100000, while ex-
ports increased s209, 0O0,0 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

siro 10 prevent him from again pein1
tho candidate, the only reserVation
beInv that II "the beans are spilled
again. IA in the Thompson committee
Incident. his denomination viii not Dc
so certain.
The reconciliation" between cover
nor Whitman and Senator 1hompsoh
this week was the frat practicai step
In the harmony plan. WIN me re
publicans In the Senate torn ny as.
sension, the digcordsnt elements had
20 be brought together 40 That s,hf.
could be made toward the enactment OF
legislation.
Steering Committee in Charge.
One Of tho frat things was 70 let
Governor Whitman know that he hac %
drop his Presidential ambitions " ne
wanted 70 90 20 the Chicago convention
ns a delegate-at-larRe The Cove nor
didn't like 10 do IL, but he do"ided "a
head the delegation. All that - l'ft
Of his aspirations is a fond none iha'
n kind Providence may still max" nm
n dark horse choice. As matter OF
fact, the Governor wouldn't mi0d get
ting the nomination for Vice-President
II 1t came his way.
IA a result Of the new agreement q
steering committee will be appointed IN
each branch OF the Legislature 10 bring
about action on important neaF Irea
What will be the fate Of the Governor
financial bills has not yet been deter
mined. The Assembly fayors them bu'
In the Senate there is opposition. They
are 10 be taken up az the comio2 con
ference Of the Republican SENATOR
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-12
life
THE HAPP.|EsT
SAYS JACKSON
And All Who Really Live Ii
Agree with the Brilliant
Virginia Evangelist.

The Rev, Frank Y. Jackson
preached another great sermon last
evening. He selected as his text the
ninth chapter of the gospel, by st
Luke, and the twenty-third verse. "ii
any man will come after me, let him
deny himself and take up his cross
daily and follow me-" He spoke In
part as follows:
Possibly the most misunderstood
saying Of our Lord is this text. The
cross is a symbol Of the greatest pain
and shame; but Jesus did not init
mate that the Christian life was a
life Of pain and shame. Nevertheless,
men have persis1ently supposed that
to be follower of Jesus meant ia
live life filed with sorrow and suf-
fering. On the contrary, to become q
Christian is to live the largest freest,
noblest and happiest life. Every fig-
ure OF speech in the New Testament
indicates this truth. Life, light, love.
Joy and peace are the words which
spring up in the gospel stories as the
sewers are coming forth nthe mead
ows today. The cross is His way CT
saying: In order to have tine best
things in the universe we must en-
ter into this relationship with whole
hearted purpose.
Then followed the discussion OF
self denial, in (which the preacher
said; "Sin is always bad bargain.
1t sells the greater for the less; the
future for the present, the inner for
the outer, the eternal for the tetnpor-
al. Nations have usually supposed
they were great because OF great
warehouses;, railroads, fields and
and furnaces; because OF navies and
armies and great Notifications; but
this has always been a hideous con-
ception. Nations are only great be-
cause Of their great characters. 1
cannot inveigh against world Of
pleasure seekers, we naturally crave
pleasure: but do inveigh against
the methods men are seeking pleas
ure. The sweet is not in the sugar,
the music is not in the piano. pleas
ure Is stored in no thing without a
mind. The sweet is within US. The
pleasures Of life are within us. I
stand on my old ship OF Zion with
my Divine pilot and hear the laugh
ter Of the gay company In the little
sail boats that dot the seas Of life.
but my Master reminds me that mo
good thing will He withhold from
them that walk uprightly.' and while
I am looking over the tossing waves
see the surf sweeping the little
boats to certain destruction. On the
ship of Zion there is absolute safety,
and yonder on the horizon arises a
threatening storm which will whip
the wide seas into fury that knows
no mercy. There Is not, a single
craft that can outride that storm,
save the old ship. The most ration
al thing then, is with purpose un-
shakable and dauntless to stay
on the old ship. Make His cross the
mast OF the ship and we may cling to
Him with deepest assurance that we
will anchor bye and bye within the
distant port.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-12
VILLA NOT WOUNDED
EVEN SAYS CATTLEMAN
ar syAssoe,A-.o r....,

Ell PASo, April 12.-An entirely
new version of the story OF Villa s
death was brought here today by a
Mexican cattleman who claimed to
have suffered a visitation from a
band Of Villa followers on his ranch
near Bachiniba. This man said that
Villa was neither dead nor wound
ed but that Pablo Lopez, the bandits
notorious lieutenant and executioner
in chief, had died and that Villa had
deliberately used his death as the
basis Of the story of his own finish.
The; cattleman told the following
story:
II was in Guerrero at the time
Villa came there and afterwards
when the American soldiers arrived
I believed 1t was safe for me to re-
turn to my ranch.
Last Thursday band Of twenty
Of Villas men rode up to the ranch
house. They took little grain that
had and killed one OF my cows and
had a great feast. They had several
bottles OF liquor that they had Sc
cured at Guerrero and Minaca and
got pretty drunk before they were
through.
"They ridiculed the American SOL
dfers and boasted about the way
Villa had fooled the 'gringoes' by
sending guides to the American on
GERS with stories Of different places
in which he was hiding. Then they
talked about Lopez and said he was
dying and that as soon as he was dead
the 'gringoes' would be told It was
Villa and then they would all &c
home.
They did not say anything differ.
ent about the whereabouts Of
Villa, but I understood from
their talk that he was far to the
south and that they were under or.
ders to meet him somewhere neal
Parral."
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-12
PATHETIC TALES TOLD
BY MEXICAN WIDOWS

PERsHING's CAMP AT THE
FRONT, April 10, via aeroplane to
Columbus. N. NJ, April 1.-two
widows Of Carranza officers slain by
Villa near here, passed through camp
today enroute to chihuahua. One
was Sonora Innocente Rivera, age
16, and the other Sonora Tomas MI.
Ian. aged 20.
''I wished to kill Villa myself. ("
said Sonora Riviera, $50 they are
sending US away from this part Of
the country"
Sonora Riviera had been married
three months when her husband was
killed by some OF Villas forces at
Guerrero March 28. The sixteen
year-old bride was In. Minaca at a
dance that night, while her husband,
colonel, was on duty In Guerrero.
The other young woman. Sonora
Milan, had been to San Ysidro to a
Sunday night dance from which she
was returning, accompanied by her
husband, a lieutenant colonel, whom
some Of Villas men came upon them.
Sonora Mia was short and her hus-
band was tall. A Villa off1cer lev
elled his rife directly over her head
as she sought to protect her husband,
and shot him dead.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-12
Mr.. Pinchot Denounces
The Pending Shields Bin

eliminate in conference. We
might let 1t go In and then dispose
OF 1t in conference" (CongressionaJ
Record, March s., 1915, page 4285. y
We can beat this plan only BY let
ting the people understand the. facts.
This the power interests have set out
to prevent by confusing the public
mind with interested statements and
personal attacks.
am asking for your help once
more to get the House to pass good
bill, and then to stand by It, no mat
ter what the conferees may do. II
the House stands Arm, the people
will win this fight. But the House
needs to know that the people are
behind it.
Let me call your attention again
to the Ferris bill, good bill dealing
with waterpower on public lands and
national forests, which has twice
passed the House: An undesirable
substitute, the Myers bill, now before
the Senate, gives the public water
powers away in perpetuity. Under
1t, the power interests could occupy
and exploit the Grand Canyon itself,
the greatest natural wonder on this
continent.
The water power interests want
everything or nothing. In the last
eight years they have killed eight
waterpower development bills that
were fair to both the corporations
and to the public. What the people
need is waterpower development ON
equitable terms without further de-
lay. They can have what they want
by letting the House know 1t.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-12
CASES DECIDED
BY HIGH COURT
West Virginia Supreme Court
of Appeals Passes on Five
Appeal Cases.

CHARLESTON, April 12.-Five
opinions have been handed down by
the supreme court Of appeals. They
are as follows:
Dorr against railway company,
from Pocahontas county, reversed
and bill dismissed lumber company
arainst Odell. from Nicholas county,
reversed in part and decree for ap-
peliant; Smith against the county
court from Kanawha county, man.
damus refused; Fleming against
people, from Marion county, reversed
and judgment here; Fleming against
Morgan from Marion county, reversed
judgment here.
In the case of Smith against the
Kanawha county court, the decision
was rendered last Tuesday, but the
opinion, by Judge Poffenbarger, was
not reported until today. The sylla-
bus says in part:
"In the absence Of fraud or VIOLA
tion of positive law, courts will. rec
ognize and vindicate rights accorded
by the decision of such tribunals in
the cases in which statute makes
1t the duty to recognize and enforce
them.
"In the absence of a statute con-
ferring the jurisdiction, courts will
not undertake to settle and determ-
inc substantial controversies between
rival political committees or factions
Of such committees, the right ot
which is dependent upon party rules
usages and customs. nor grant relief
to, either OF such committees or fac
tions as the representative Of the par.
ty."
The court found in the decision in
the case OF Dorr against the Chesa.
peake and Ohio Railway Company
that equity will not cancel deed
for railroad right OF way, made or
valuable consideration expressed
therein when the sole cause alleged
for the cancellation is the failure OF
refusal OF a carrier engaged in inter
state commerce to issue annual pass
es for. life as additional considera.
tion pursuant to an oral agreement
An appeal and supercedeas was al
lowed in the case from Kanawhs
county Of Elk Milling and Producs
Company against G. G. Lewis, Jr.
and others. Writs Of error and su
percedeas were refused In the cases
Of F. B. Enlow, assignee. against cit,
Of Huntington, from Cabell county
and Fruit Dispatch Company against
Ellis, from; Marshall county. d
4 y Il.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-12
FOUR THOUSAND
KEGS EXpL LODED
Three Persons Are Killed, One
Perhaps Fatally Injured and
Two Others Hurt.
PLANT A COMPLETE WRECK
Two Men Are Crushed to Death
While Asleep at Home One
Mile Distant.
tsy AsseeiA1.p ,sEss,


BLUEFIELD. April 12.-Three per-
sons were killed. one perhaps fatally
injured and two others less seriously
hurt at the Nemours plant of the Du
Pont Powder Company. eight miles
from here. early Wednesday when
1000 kegs of black powder exploded.
The plant was almost completely de-
stroyed with loss of about $100, 900.
Howard Mathena, a glazer, had Just
entered the glazing shop when the ex-
plosion occurred and he was blown
to pieces. Calvin Butts, watchman,
was nearby and was so seriously hurt
that he may not recover. George and
Roy Crawford were asleep in their
home almost mile from the mill and
were crushed to death under a great
rock blown through the roof by the
force Of the blast.
Two other persons in the village
were injured by falling debric. The
sites of the buildings, which made up
the plant, are marked by great holes.
Officials are unable to assign any cause
for the explosion.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-12
PARALYSIS
Causes Death of John c. Hall
at His Home on Booths

John c. Hall. aged about 10, we,j
known farmer, died about 5 O'clock
Wednesday morning at his home on
Booths creek. He was stricken with
paralysis about two weeks ago and
gradually grew worse until the end
came. Funeral arrangements have
not yet been completed.
The deceased man was a SON OF
Courtney and Roanna HALL. both Of
whom are now dead. He was mar
ried to Miss Lucy Riffee and four
children were born to- this
union. One OF these children. Ger
trude. is dead. The three surviving
children are Charles, OF Elkins: Arab.
at home, and Mrs. Ebert sayers. Of
Bird dgeport. The widow also sur
The deceased man was q devout
Christian and FOR many years had
been member OF the Methodist
Episcopal church at Hoorhsytlle.