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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
HELLO, RACHEL'S LANE!
PIG ALLEY IS NO MORE
White and Blue Sign Gives New
Name to impossible Street.
where is Rachel's Lane >

w mere Is kachel Lane
If you had asked that question two
weeks ago your answer would probably
have been. you've got me-" But il
you had added an inquiry as 70 the
whereabouts of Pig Alley you would
have been directed 10 the land that the
street cleaners forgot, far east OF
Broadway along Grand Street TO
Goerck Street. Then, IL you could have
made yourself understood, you would
have been directed north half a block,
and you would have come upon what
was Pig Alley and is now RachePs
Lane.
Years ago. when people talked OF
going to Grand Street in the same way
that they now talk Of going to 2l2th
Street. there was farmer who had
his pigsty there. As the city grew the
sty became offensive, and, history re-
lates, il took ten years OF litigation
before he could be induced 10 give up
his hogs.
Finally the hogs departed and th.
old man died but the name stayed with
the alley until two weeks ago. Now
it is adorned at each end with a white
and blue street sign. just as though
il were more than twelve feet in width
and we're not impossible because Of
tho winters accumulation Of snow and
debris
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
Babe Her Cook, Read ClaS-
sizes and Stop Looking
Out of the Window.
BOTH SEEK TO CUT
MARRIAGE BONDS
Jewish Clergyman.Husband Calls
Her Insanely Jealous and
Restaurant Habitue.

On the ground that his wife does not
love him, the Rev Bernard Steinberg,
chief cantor OF Temple BETHEL. at
Fifth Avenue and Se~enty-sixth Street.
is suing to annul his marriage TO Mrs.
Hazel Steinberg.
Duties of wifehood, says the clergy
man, do not appeal TO Mrs. Steinberg,
who is nineteen years old and fifteen
years the junior of her husband. The
couple were married a year ago, and
during this brief marital life, accord
ing to the plaintiff, Mrs. Steinberg has
been "insanely jealous of her hus-
band.
"My wife thinks" says Dr. Steinberg,
that because OF my position as a
clergyman and because my existence
will be ruined by the publication OF
her charges, she can compel me to beg,
/. borrow or steal money TO give her. She
took no interest in household affairs,
and when not going to restaurants and
places of amusement she was spending
her time looking out of the window or
reading trashy novels
Wife's Counter Suit.
Mrs. Stenberg also has a suit for
separation. on the ground OF cruelty.
One Of these offences is that Or. Stein
berg told her 20 stop reading love
stories and take up the classics.
"Omar Khayam," for instance. But she
also has more serious grievances.
"He calls me blackmailer. yet he
knows down in the bottom OF his black
heart of the sufferings | endured while
living with him" she charges. "A beast
of the wilderness would have received
better treatment than | received from
such brute as he Is"
Mrs. Steinberg said she sued for a
separation in Brooklyn, but discon-
tinued the action under an agreement
with her husband, py the terms OF
which he was 10 sue 20 annul the mar
riage.
When Or. Steinberg did bring nis
suit the grounds he stated were not
those agreed upon. the wife says.
Mrs. Steinberg complains that her
husband was cruel. As for visiting
restaurants, this is what she says:
Gle compelled me to accompany him
10 restaurants at such hours as his
business permitted him to think Of
such an unesthetic thing as food.
Her husband, too, was jealous, she de
clares. calling her a "firt.'
According 10 his wife, DR.. Steinbers
knew before he married her that she
could not cook. but he said this would
make no difference. as he would have
servants. Mrs. Steinberg asserts that
she was the only servant, "and Their he
maltreated me for my inability to MAKE
the delicacies and luXuries his aesthetic
temperament required
Mrs. Steinberg is now living with her
widowed mother. In asking for $3.50 a
week alimony and $500 counsel fees
she declares that her husbands income
from his religious duties amounts TO
$4,000, anC that he earns az much
more from his music studio.
Justice Finch awarded the wife so a
week alimony and $50 for counsel fees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
PREMIER AUTO EVENT
CUT TO $50 NILES
Sheepshead Bay Speedway Has
Four Big Races for May IS.

New York's automobile racing sea-
son for 1916 will be officially opened
on Saturday, May 10. when the confess,
for the Metropolitan Cup, heralded by
motor enthusiasts as the great event
Of the year. will be held at the new
Sheepshead BAY Speedway. Announce
ment 10 this effect was made Yesterday
by Everard Thompson, manager OF the
speedway, who added that. IN addition
20 the contest for the Metropolitan
Trophy. there will be other races for
the Queens County Cup, the Coney ISL
and Cup and the william Kemble Cup.
Twenty thousand dollars in cash prizes
will be offered
The contest for the Metropolitan
Cup will mark an innovation in auto.
mobile racing in that the distance OF
the race will be only $50 miles. Inc
distance Of the other contests Will be
as follows: Queens County Cup. ttty
miles; Coney Island Cup. twenty miles
and the William kemble Cup, ten miles.
Thus the public demand for shorter
races with livelier action will be met
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
FARRELL FLAYS CHARITY
INQUIRY IN PAMPHLET
Catholic Rector Calls II Priest
Batting in 1916

Politics" is the word that is flying
from the lips Of Catholic priests 20
thousands % Catholic ears, and from
the pages Of Catholic publications 10
hundreds Of thousands Of Catholic
eyes. The tension among Catholics
was not lessened by the distribution
Yesterday OF 100000 copies Of Priest
Batting in 1916" written by the Rev.
Father William r. Farrell, rector Of
the Church Of IS. Peter and Paul,
Brooklyn, attacking tho Strong chair
ties investigation.
Store this in your heart and re-
member It a. the next Election Day
was the charge given BY the Rev.
Father Flood 70 the worshippers at the
Church Of St. Saviour yesterday morn
ing.
"When politics declares unto itself
that II is time for housecleanlng.
declares the leading editorial Of the
March rs issue Of "The Tablet the
Catholic weekly Of the Brooklyn do
cese, at never has any trouble IN find
ing the material that is. men OF an
other political creed to be swept
aside. We all know that reform rs a
Joke. But when VIC are IN the spasms
Of IT, some Of Us actually think that We
are trembling with righteous indIgna-
ton What a farce II. however, be-
fore II plays itself out 10 presents the
scene OF the invest gators themselves
being investigated. the laughs 1t will
occasion will have lost their sheer.
"Who is paying this person from
Pennsylvania 20 outpry Doherty? and
Why" the editorial demands.
Cardinal Farley will soon express his
Indignation at the attitude Of the
Strong commission by publishing pas
toral on the subject, according TO
Father Farrell. Such pastoral Would
20 TO millions Of Catholics.
A parishioner from one Of the
churches hurried TO Commissioner
Strong with his copy OF Father Far
rell's pamphlet yesterday. The COM
missioner read II, but made no COM
mcnt for publication. II was intImsted
from a source close TO the commission
or that he considered the subject mat
ter Of the pamphlet libellous and might
proceed accordingly.
Copies Of protest 20 be forwarded
20 Governor Whitman having for its
purpose the dissemination Of the
Strong investigation were distributed
yesterday 20 the 5000 delegates who
attended the quarterly meeting OF the
Holy Name Society and to congrcga-
tions throughout New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
DECLARES AMERICANS
ARE UNFIT FOR WAR
Harvard Professor Says Citizens
Are Physically Weak.
by telegraph To TIE Tribune.

Cambridge. Mass, March 1.-The
American citizen is physically unfit for
military duty, declared DR.. Dudley A.
Sargent, Of Harvard. in statement to-
day. adding that lack Of proper physi-
cal training had brought the nation TO
its present weakened straits.
"The mental capacity OF our rank and
file is not what it should be-" said DR..
Sargent, being limited By our made
cuate blood supply and our over
wrought nervous system. Our moral
courage lacks the stimulus derived
from the practice Of manly sports -the
only real and superior substitute for
the stimulus Of war.
"Our forefathers were pioneers, men
Of hardihood, courage and indomitable
will, used 70 a wholesome mingling Of
mental. moral and physical hardships
and trials Since then the paths have
grown easier, and weaker stock has
followed in the trails blazed by the
strong.
love OF country. manly vigor and
the spirit of cooperation are not too
plentiful
mo people living under the trying
conditions Of our complex modern life
can. in any considerable proportion.
withstand the hsrdships of modern
warfare, 70 say nothing Of rendering
service. unless it pays considerable at
tention 10 counteracting the devitaliz-
ing and overspecializing tendencies OF
modern working and living conditions.
Further. any people who persist IN
ignoring tho fundamental requirements
for keeping up the efficiency Of the
human mechanism will become subordi-
nate 10 or dependent upon another
wiser and stronger and more efficient
group or nation.
"Of the men drafted in the Civil
War 36.7 per cent from all occupations
we're rejected on account Of their phys
zeal disability. 50 per cent from the
professional class. 40 per cent from
the mercantile class and ABA per cent
from the unskilled laborers. OF the
men accepted thousands became a bur
den rather than a help, partly through
the ignorance OF their officers. partly
from their own inferior physique and
quality and their ignorance Of how 20
live"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
BLAKELOCK CAN RESUME
PLACE, ARTIST THINKS
Carl J. Blenner Says Appeal for
Funds Should Be Made.

Il. 4. Blakelock can come back and
resume his place ms one Of America 8
foremost artists, in the opinion Of Carl
!. Blenner, the portrait painter and
landscape artist
Efforts are being made 70 arouse the
sympathy of art loving Americans TO
raise money TO provide studio, care
and comforts for Blakelock. providing
his release from the Middletown In
sane Asylum. where he has been con-
fined sixteen years. can be procured.
The artist whose paintings, Mr.. Blen-
ner says, rank with Sargent and George
lines. Americas most famous portrait
and landscape artists. shows signs Of
sanity and a return 20 his normal self.
according 10 physicians.
81 knew Mr.. BlakclOck slightly" said
Mr. Blenuer in his studio. at 5s West
Fifty-seveath Street. last night. He
used 20 visit Harry Watrous. secretary
Of tho Academy Of Design, and | would
meet him often in the corridors. That
was almost twenty years ago. He was
eccentric and used 10 have cords tied
around the bottom Of his trousers. lie
was a wonderful painter, but made lit
tie money from his work. His fame has
come since he has been in Mddletown.'
II ia not unusual TO find eccentricity
or even insanity among artists. accord.
ing 20 Slr. Blenncr
whistler was eccentric" he said.
"Millet died pauper, and after his
death his 'Angelus' was sold for $4,000,
a record price a: that time. Munkacsy,
the famous Bohemian artist, who paint
ed the celebrated picture. Christ Be
fore Plate and whose painting At
the Pawnshop' hangs in the Metropoli-
tan Museum. died insane"
Hans Makart, whose Diana at the
Hunt" is in the Metropolitan Museum,
also went insane before he died, ac-
cording TO Nr. Blenner.
Blakelock. Mr.. Blcnner is sure, can
resume his great work if reports OF his
condition are true.
But" said Mr. Blenner. III they
wish TO raise funds for him they should
interest art lovers and the brokers who
sell pictures and get the biggest share
OF the profits. and not artists. They
are almost as poor to-day as they were
in Millet's time"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
BANKER LOSES BAG OF GEN,
Diamonds Drop from Running Boar,
of Automobile.

Somewhere between the Pennsylv.,.
ferry and the Fort Lee ferry b,s a,
diamonds not 10 mention psI.nr
linen, toilet articles and other i,,r,
needed on week end trip to A,l.up,
City dropped off the running board .,
an automobile last night as negotiss.
mama for the needy The au,omobl,
belonged 20 Henry II. Powell. CASH,
Of the Importers and Traders Ban.
Returning from Atlantic City a.,
met at the station by his car. NJ,
Powell gave his bag to his chsuseu
who put it on the running board On,
forgot IT. II wasn't missed until n,
machine was at the ferry. Mr.. Powell
after rotracing his course, DELAYED n,
return 20 his home In Englewood. n!
long enough 70 report his loss a. n,
ith Branch Detective Bureau. n. 81.
the contents Of the bag were valued q
several thousands Of dollars"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
MOUNTAINEERS GUARD
ENGLISH DEATH HOUSE
Sor of Slain Lawyer Arrives and
Claims Body.

Frederick City, Md. March 10
Thomas Dunn English, Of Now YorS
City. a son by former marriage OF
Arthur English. the New York lawyer
shot to death yesterday by his wife
Eloisc Young English, arrived here this
morning and took charge OF the body
He arranged for burial in Mount Olivci
Cemetery here.
Armed Catoctin mountainecrs today
guarded the so-callcd haunted house"
and also the Foxes Dem the quaint
old house on the mountanside where
the tragedy occurred. The guard
would permit no one 10 enter.
The citizens Of Frederick laud Mrs.
English as a heroine, and sympathi,e
with her and her children. She Is at
the home Of her brother-in-law, Rakcr
Johnson, IN this city. Reports that she
had attempted suicide and was suffer
ing from nervous breakdown were de-
MED By the family.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
SUES G.. n. LANDERS
FOR Sl,OlS,2SS DAMAGES
Momand Says He Played Into the
Hands of Rival Gas Firm.

George W Landers, ex-president OF
the Connecticut Senate and president OF
the Pressure Lighting Company, is
being sued in the Supreme Court for
S1,O1s,2SS damages by Ragland Mo-
mand, general manager OF the Public
Lighting Service Corporation, whom
Landers recently sued for $4,000 Tor
Islander. In the Islander action the
Jury gave a verdict in favor Of Mo-
mand.
Landers and Momand were president
and president Of the Pressure
Lighting Company, and Momand ac-
cused Landers OF playing into the hands
OF the United Gas Improvement Com
pany, of Philadelphia. which controls
tho street lighting in most OF the large
cities Of the country. This action. IL IS
alleged, caused the Pressure Lighting
Company TO lose contracts IN Boston
INDIANAPOLIS and other cities. Arthur
l.. Livermore, secretary Of the Pressure
Lighting Company. is also a defendant
Momand alleges that the United Gas
Improvement Company ~ an "unlawiu'
monopoly" and has been so for ten
wears. charging exorbtant rates to mu-
nicipalities for street Lighting. Inc
PHILADELPHIA concern was able 20 do
this, Momand alleges. through It's con
troll of numerous lighting companies
throughout the country
During 1912, 1913 and 1914, says
Nomand, "the United Gas Improve
ment Company. through It's officers.
agents and attorneys. corruptly and
secretly approached tho individual de
fcndants and unlawfully alienated them
from the plaintiff and won them over 70
the side Of the Pressure Lighting Com
pany's competitors
Momand says that in 1919 the Press
ure Lighting Company was the only
genuine competitor Of the Philadelphia
company, the other supposed com
petitors being in reality dummy allies
lie alleges that the defendants de-
stroyed the good will of the Pressure
Lighting Company, on which ne piaces
a value of at least Sl,00O.0OO.
The defendants have made a general
denial of Momand's allegations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20

day about the Thompson committee he
shut off questioning by saying:
IL know nothing about it,"
THE charge that comes from the
grave OF the late Gardiner VI. Lane
said Senator Thompson, "is the big
thing. And we will not be shut of
from our search of the truth OF that
charge. Here was william A. Read.
one Of the Interborough directors, who
went to Mr.. Morgan with Mr.. Lane TO
protest against the thirdtrack contract
70 Shonts's friend Stevens, with its
s2,000,000 profit. And when We sent a
man 10 talk TO him about 1t he de-
clared he did not know a thing about
il. But when we put him on the stand
under oath he seemed TO know a great
deal about IT, That has been the way
with every witness we've had"
Senator Thompson said that after
the Legislature adjourned the commit
tee would hold FIVE sessions a week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
SON ACCUSES CLARE
IN DEATH OF wis,
Grandmother's Urging NJ.
Lads Story of Beat;r,

Under pressure brought 70
his grandmother, the polio. a, "
Island City say that Daniel Clsr, 49,
teen. was influenced 20 testify So,
his father at hearing TO d,,.r-. 90"
the facts about his mother, d...s
Friday afternoon. As q resul, ~. 7"
Of James J. Clare, politician, t.,s '
lightweight pugilist and keeper =, y
hotel at Queens Boulevard and r,,,.
Street. where his wife died. i, uI.s '
90 TO the grand jury. In the CO,o,.. =
court Clare was exonerated.
Mrs. Clare's body was found Z,
bedroom. Blood spots smear.S -.
walls Of three upstairs room, e."
said, according TO the police, TIA, A.
wife died from the result of.b,s o.
after she had been on a ten a.,
drinking debauch
Young Daniel denied tina, hi, no,,..
drank when questioned in Di,tr., A.
torney Dennis oLesys otseu ~.
Saturday night. Il is alleged tia, a.
boy told of his father beating A.
mother last Thursday morning !,
struggling to escape Mrs. Clare /, an.
posed to have fallen downstair, w.
first questioned, Daniel gave No 4,
formation that would assist the poll,,
He was persuaded to change hi, star,
the police say, by Mrs. Mary Lue,,
mother Of Mrs. Clare, who was pr..,,
at the hearing. Young Dsni. No.
placed in the custody Of the BrooLl,.
Children's Society.
Clare vas formerly one OF acr,l
Joe" Cassidy's lieutenants in ou,,,,
County politics.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
Morgan Refuses to Talk.

Commissioner Whitney said he be-
iieved it important that the Thompson
committee should proceed promptly TO
develop the more important matters it
has uncovered.
Last night Senator Thompson said
that if he could get George W. Young
he would put him on the stand TO fol-
low Mr. Shonts. He said he would not
call Mr.. Morgan to-day. but would prob
ably put him on the stand Friday.
When Mr.. Morgan was asked yester-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
MEASLES KILLS FOUR MORE
Hackensack's School Board Closes Kim
dergarten for Fortnight.

Hackensack. Y. j., March l9.-Four
more deaths to-day resulted from Hack
ensack's epidemic ON measles, making
total Of eight. The local Board Of
Education held another special mid
night session last night and decided 20
close kindergarten classes for two
weeks and urge the parents Of children
in the other four grades who have. not
vet had the measles 10 keep them from
school for two weeks. II was also de .
cided TO allow children who have had
measles to return 70 school. 90,
The Health Board and the police VIII
infiSt that no child under twelve years
Of age be permitted to attend Sunday
school. theatres or places Of amusement
for two weeks Hundreds were sent
back from their Sunday schools to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
2'!::AdYsf;afE;;;&le
Conducted by Samuel Hopkins Adams.

Thi. department has the second of service to
Tribune readers. Primarily intended merely to separate
the sheep from the sost'snd hang bell on the
But now beyond mere Identification 1t embrace
study of sheep and You invited
printed in this department de'eno
ing eIPerenees-peont unpeaant-wih advertisers OF
merchandise excepting only patent incidence The tribune VIII
In merchandise OF Tribune adver-
important letter each month special prize
Of $4,000, payable similarly, will be awarded Name printed or
withheld prefer but must be signed or we will not know
where to send the Prro order Address, The Advisor Inc
Tribune, New York
sg5 qS s .teo To a y alleged of 3 Fa
bshmen Of one Of our correspondents We aT o nYesgon
especially the light recent interview with Mr. La Xie3s
for 4ysieati6n pgblon .... ,ono.
merchants without the safeguard sg6staniatns testimony
in our opinion dangerous ana % ' sanction ST such pro-
compliant o one esS 81 prize seekers and
beg request refrain from publishing Jgl.
S o. rrr o the facts before lending your
writer's ' u B. ALTMAN co.
request improper and refused Coming as does
from heavy advertiser sounds sinister echo Of the time by no means
remote this emanang from department stores
carried expected the force Of an imperial uke IN the
Offices The Tribune not edited by any ADVERTISER ana %
contained the Altman letter are not taken
Certain errors both noted No
snce was ever given to Atmas or any % bngb an eraI that
the policy Investigations The writer of the letter to
meen By no s juggling prize n-
reasonable irresponsible notwithstanding ettervr as the author
On me ] tb Standardization comes from person long known
The occupying important position in which accuracy OF OBJ
that
letter published knowledge of the character the e
mOny B. Altman Co. committing the very error which they mPHe
The Advisor They expressing conclusions without basis therefor
admirable store In other respects
admirable The Advisor will comment both phases with
evidence letters point or
another has done and will continue to do with other stores
Of the better 70
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
LAUNCH BENSON CANDIDACY
Socialists Cheer Pacihst Speeches at
Meeting TO Boom Writer.

Speeches against military prepared
ness were cheered yesterday afternoon
at Niblos Garden. 10th Street and
Third Avenue. where speakers. under
the auspices of The Bronx local Of the
Socialist party, addressed $500 per
sons.
The meeting served 20 inaugurate
the campaign Of Allen L. Benson. a
magazine writer. Of Yonkers. as Social
ist candidate for President. The chair
man was Mrs. Esther Friedman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
Shoyels WAY 10 His Patients.

Nctcong, y. j.. March 10 Because Of
the heavy snowdrifts In this section DR..
John Miller. physician Of this town.
IS having man, armed with snow
shovel. accompany him on his visits.
The roads through the country nre
piled 40 high with drifts that the doc
tors are having n hard time reaching
their patients. Dr. Miller IL stanch
advocate oil preparedness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
Englewood Ferry to Reopen.

The Health Board and the police will
having been closed for the winter
months. the Dyckman Street-Englewood
ferry will reopen March 30. Improve
ments have been made 10 the slips and
ferry houses.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20

If there newspaper published America with lower standards
morality than the Rochester Democrat and Cron
Rochester the Advisor doesn't know where find it, Under
heading Medical the classified department grouped Animal
painless pile quacks treatments of evia (sc habits
by drug methods Ocomotor aaxa swndes magnetic healing and
nassagng consultation and dugs healing Chronic
socaed ncuabsnd nesting unobusyey right in the midst
fakes truly delightful joke the quack
boosting newspaper and its quak advertisers, in this form
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20

u ESIDENTS OF Rochester. avoid quack
IN doctors. Quack dentists and patent
medicines. Your time and money will he
wasted you will not be cured and your
free confidential advice eoncerning YOU
health at the Health Bureau, Chestnut and
James streets Mondays and Thursdays,
10 I and Mondays I 10 Z. NJ. 1-3-6