New-York tribune., 1919-03-01
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MAGISTRATE MARSH yesterday
'A held purely private and select
horse show in front of the Yorkvlle
court, to which seat Of justice Jacob
Levine, of "a East 115th Street, brought
brown gelding and complaint
against Jacob Werner, horse dealer
According to Levine, he purchased
the animal from Werner, who guar
anteed it sound and of good wind
Still, according to the purchaser, he
has never been able to make the crit
ter 60 more than two blocks in sue
cession
Much testimony by veterinarians was
introduced, and at its conclusion Mag
istrate dismissed the complaint.
demanded to be shown the horse. After
watching the animal prance through
large assortment Of PAGES, the mag
israte dismissed the complaint.
nR. SCOTT NEARING, whose efforts
~ up to now have been devoted to
moulding the world closer to his
hearts desire, yesterday began cam
pnign to reorganize heaven
"The idea of the Christian heaven"
he said in an address at the Rand
School, "is place whore you don't
have to work, whore they hand you a
crown and n harp and then everybody
sings Glory. nallelujnhl' The minds
That conceived paradise in that
sense must have been terribly weary,
That Ia the type of idea we must eradi
cate"
WHEN Erick Monk, Of All First
w street, Hoboken, lost his right
arm In the Fischer Sweeney Bronze
Company's factory last October, the
New Jursey Workmen's Compensatjon
AL. l.
ior ZIG weeks. In addition to tbjs
Erick wants &g5
rms, he hsHerts. covers tho expennea
OF the funeral which he held with ell.
pomp and ceremony for ha Departed
member. Then. he says. he and his
iriohds saw that 1t was decenty in
TERED In lersey City eemetory.
Legality OF Monks claim for the fu-
neral ,expenses for his arm was chal-
lengod before Deputy Commissioner
Jaeger, Of the State Department of
Labor. After much vain searching
through law books. the deputy com
missioner was unable to discover anv
precedent that fitted the case and re-
served decision.
WASHINGTONIANs are earnestly
w requested to find the shirt stud
I of Representative Charles Bennett
Smith, of New York, and thus lift
a cloud of suspicion from two estim-
able gentlemen
Mr. Smith lost it at the Presidents
dinner to members of the Senate and
House Foreign Relations Committees.
Il will ask no questions if it is re-
turned" he said. 81 have nothing to
say except that sat at the dinner be-
tween Senator Philander C. Knox and
Senator Charles S. Thomas"
pROHIBITION1STS were chuckling
IL aloud yesterday. Tho cause for
Jubilation is the discovery of prof
lteerlne scheme Of saloon propretors
which IS calculated, they say, to win
many drink opponents as soon as the
consuming public learns of it.
Alcoholic camouflage" is the latest
pastime of the saloon. It's chief pur-
pose is to avoid the payment of high
revenue. Strangely enough, it was
not William II. Anderson nor one of
his colleagues who unearthed the new
est scandal. 1t was the Lion Brew
cry. The following warning, issued
by the Lion company to the saloons
on It's list of customers, explains all:
"To our customers:
please take notice that if any Of
i our customers mixes near beer with
our lager beer we will Immediately
discontinue serving him with our beer,
and il we find that he is selling such
mixture as Lion Brewery lager beer
we will take such steps as we arc
advised are necessary to effect the
discontinuance Of such practice and
to preserve the reputation OF our
beer"
a bartender was asked whether near
beer could be mixed with other beer
without the difference being detected
Sure" was the reply; chats easy,