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New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
The Horses of To-day Are
Unlike Their Ancestors

Occasionally venerable victoria, rather
shabby as to cushions, rather dull as to paint
and decidedly discouraged as to horse and
driver, would traverse the bridge even of re-
cent days. Where these ancient equipages
have been hidden and how their owners have
managed to survive is mystery, the more so
as their favorite clients seem to be nuns who
are not given to joy rides.
For the most part, however, the horses
which use the bridge to-day are shaggy,
big-footed, massve-shouldered beasts, in
ured to the hairbreadth escapes which
form the daily round of their lives in this
m + r.rj n n a ~ off
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23

opened with lot of ceremony In 1888.
In those days it was not only business
thoroughfare, but was something of boule-
ward and promenade. 1t was far more en-
joyable and fashionable to roll grandly across
the bridge in ones barouche or victoria with
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23

Ev en- the horses
seem to have become
more or less mechan-
ical. Some Of the stolid
an m a Is which plod
across the bridge look
as though their prog
eny or their progeny's
progeny at least might
be born with crank
shafts protruding from
their chests.
You might think that
the long vista Of the
bridge, with its hoof-
comforting plank road
way completely devoid
of motor cars of any
description, would it'll
late the soul of the
most ignoble horse, but
there is no evidence Of
it.. There is, in fact,
every evidence that the
horse that uses the
bridge to-day is in an
indeterminate state of
development where it
has neither a soul nor
a crank shaft.
Not an ear is pricked
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23

TSoRTY years ago it would have been re
n garded as an absurdity if any one had
J. suggested that the Brooklyn Bridge
might be inadequate to handle the
traffic between Manhattan-New York it was
.hen-and Brooklyn, The only question then
was whether there ever would be enough traf-
&c on the structure to justify the enormous
expense Of s25,ooo,ooo involved in it's con-
ssruction
Now, with four bridges across the East
River three Of them between Brooklyn and
Manhattan, it has been found necessary to
Divert all motor traffic-by far the heaviest
part of vehicular trafhc--to the other bridges,
having the plank roadways of the Brooklyn
Bridge open only to horse-drawn vehicles
Even the mail trucks have been barred from
Brooklyn Bridge, in spite of the protests of
Walter C. Burton, Postmaster of Brooklyn,
who says the detour that the vehicles now
must make will cost the government more than
$4,000 year.
Grover A. Whalen, Commissioner Of Plant
and Structures, who issued the order that re-
stored the youth Of the Brooklyn Bridge,
eliminating with q stroke Of his pen all the
years Of the gasoline era from it's thirty-nine
year span of service and bringing about
reversion to the days when leisurely, clumping
horspe had ha roaSuavs IN +henosa1yec Sc
certain of the merits of his plan.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
Record for CT Single Day
Is $4,000 Vehicles

SAA wv, iiA - L q, ClS aNSfc
driven or horse-drawn
bridge daily was 6,6O5.
one-way regulations in
an official in position to
not have the figures at
for twenty-four hours w;
exact figures were refu
Whalen at the time this
article was written.
Owing to thaCom-
missioner's unwilling
ness to make the fig
ures public until he
had compiled them for
a definite period, it is
impossible to say what
the daily record is now
that only horse-drawn
vehicles are allowed on
the bridge. The de-
crease in traffic is tre-
mendous, however, and
offers visible evidence
of the decline of the
horse.
The old bridge must
think it has reverted to
the days of it's youth,
when wiseacres were
wondering whether it
ever would have traffic
enough to warrant the
expense of its con-
struction. AS a matter
of fact, there is prob
ably less We hicuIar
traffic on the Brooklyn
B r ! d e to-day than
there was when it was
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New-York tribune., 1922-07-23

that half the horses which ventured upon the
bridge were not manned or killed.
During the one-way hours, when traffic was
streaming westward across the bridge, glis
tenlng pleasure cars hummed unceasinglv
along the south roadway, while the north
roadway was jammed with toiling horses.
sputtering motor trucks whose heavy wheels
ground the planks to slivers beneath their
tread and trolley cars, which sometimes
crawled and sometimes sped along in sharp
sprint according to whether the track had
been usurped by ponderous trucks or Law clear
before them.
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

bia and Amherst were the others. 1t
may not be precisely nice, but mas
much as the truth is about TO be told
il must be said that there seemed to
have been some nisgivings in some
quarters about what was to take place.
1t Is true that the singing became a
bit rough onw and then and the judges.
Walter Damroach. Henry Hadley and
George w. Chadwick, were on the
verge OF cautioning some of the bassos
now and then, but there was never a
moment when any OF the boys was in
physical danger.
But il seems certain that the ofiiclals
over in the University OF Pennsylvania
must have misinterpreted the invitation.
Or possibly the spring call for football
material became confused with the glee
CLUB schedule. 1t may be, 10 be sure,
that Penn did send the glee club.
The contest was a fair one. One by
one the clubs, parked themselves in neat
rows on the stage and sang song.
Then they returned. one by one. and
sang another song--the prize song. II
was Bantock's Give q Rouse" and had
much to do with King Charles. The
victorious Harvard team sang 1t "Kink
Chawles" and Yale. which won honor
able mention (second award), made him
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
SCOTTISH RITE BIDS
FOR THE MANHATTAN
MasOnS Would Transform
Famous Opera House
Into Lodge Rooms.
PRICE is NOT STATED
Architects Prepare Plans
and Transfer Looked For
Oh Tuesday.
HOUSE OF NOTED HISTORY
Stars and Operas of Fame
Heard There for First Time
i'm America.

A deal is under way whereby the
Scottish Rite Masons will take over
the Manhattan Opera House this week.
1t was said yesterday there is reason
to believe the negotiations will be sue
cessfully consummated not later than
Tuesday, as only few minor details
remain to be agreed upon.
The famous theater wherein the late
Oscar Hammerstein challenged and
fought the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany with such vocal warriors behind
him as Melba, Dalmores, Garden, Tet-
razzini, Bonci, Renaud, De Cisneros,
Mazarin, Sammarco, Zenatello and
scores more, is to converted into lodge
rooms and offices.
For three months the negotiations
have been proceeding. The Scottish
Rite, being forced by expansion of
its work and the increase in it's nu-
merical strength to seek adequate
quarters, has come to definite under
standing with the present owners and
from several reliable sources it was
learned the transfer is as good as
made.
w. w. Griffith. commander in chief
OF the thirty-second degree Masons. veri-
fled the report, but said he was not pre-
pared to give out details, inasmuch as
the necessary papers have not been
signed and there was still a chance OF
n hitch-although a remote one. The
building will be completely altered. and
architects already are working on the
plans, il was learned.
Just how much the Masons are to pay
for the property was not revealed. Last
June. when it was sold at auction TO
Mrs Stella Keating and Mrs. Rose Tos-
tovin. daughters of Oscar Hammerstein,
they paid $145.000. But that gives no
basis on which the price to be paid by
the Masons may be computed At that
time it was purchased at auction to
satisfy a judgment against the property
obtained by Mrs. Heating and Mrs. Tos-
tevin.
Sold on ForccIosure.
Their stepmother widow of Mr.. Ham
merstein. owned the building. it having
passed into her possession when her
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

King Char-r-les-s-s-s just to prove that
Yale is still democratic.
That done each club sang some one
Or combination of college songs and
II just dragged one back to those tragic
Gays when the bunch that knew in ad-
vance what was going to happen TO
its individual members in the midyears
used TO get together and sing Almost
Persuaded" But all these things are
cnly Incidents. The hero of the oc-
casion was the third tenor from the
left (back row for Harvard.
The prize, cup offered by the Uni
versity Glee Club OF New York city,
vas awarded for collective and not
individual merit. But that third tenor
from the left could have lifted the cup
single handed. Proha bly, no vocal chord
ever admitted to Carnegie Hall had a
great deal on this lads. lie sang
Cftener, louder and more than any boy
in the place The program said that
the judging would be based upon tone.
diction, ensemble. Interpretation and
pitch. This boy had all of these, plus
strength.
He was out 10 win and he sang them
IS he found them. lie did all that any
college could expect of man and then
went out looking for more work. lie
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

even had time to give the proper sign
to the girl i'm red in the box over 10 the
right of the stage. He ruined two col
lars and fell down the stage steps twice.
AS has been said. no artist could do
more. II this lad doesn't get his II
sor last nights work then there Is some
hing crooked in college singing
Even the scrub team or club brought
along by way OF showing appreciation
for its work in giving the variety prac-
tice all winter. applaudel this tenor. and
when a second string or scrub tenor
ono offense) applauds varsity tenor
there Is reason for IL. When this Har-
ward lad let himself out 10 the last notch
folks got TO reflectng what he could
have done back in the wet years with
such gems az THE Heart Of the City,
The Louisville Disaster" and the like
Last year Harvard won, but Dart
mouth came In second. Yale was en-
tered for the first time this year, and the
way she made Harvard sing for her
.laurels had the Cambridge men in the
audience shaking their heads in appre-
hension.
yale seems to be coming back" said
one.
Yes" agreed another this explains
where she has been concentrating"
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
CUBAN ROBIN HOOD
AT HAVANA IN CHAINS
Ramon Arroyo Caught After
Months of Banditry.

HAVANA, March 4.-The Robin Hood
of Cuba. Ramon Arroyo, whose game o.
hide and seek with the forces OF law
and order has puzzled the authorities
for months, was brought to Havana this
evening in chains and accorded prest
popular reception. Tee caree' cf
"Arroyto." as he is generally known,
brought about the issuan;e Of variants
for his arrest In virtually every munici-.
pality in the western half of the island.
His capture came accidentally yester-
day near Cabaiguan, Matanzas, when tire
military escort OF a train on which
Arroyo was travelling arrested him Tor
carrying arms without a license. he
later was identified at Santa Clara
The prisoner. who turned ban IL
wear ago. is said TO have fuiM OF
5000, 600 for his legal defense gathered
as ransom for various kidnapings and
through highway holdups.
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
ILLINOIS ALUMNI HEAR.
CAPPS LAUD GREECE
Secretary Mellon Also Praised
at Hotel Astor Feast.

The declaration that Greece Is the
only one OF Americas $ wartime allies
that has paid interest. as II has fallen
due, on her debt TO the United States
was made by DR.. Edward Capps. former
Minister 10 Greece at the Illinois Col
lege alumni dinner last night at the
Hotel Astor.
For this reason" said he II think
we should speedily recognize the Gov
ernment Of Greece l don't Believe that
many people are aware that the United
States Is not now represented by q
Minister in that country
Col. Edward Clifford. Assistant Sec
retary Of the Treasury. praised Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Mellon for ana
bling the Government 70 live within It's
income. Donaly G. Catlin. president OF
the New York alumni Of the college
was. another speaker
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
1921 RECORD PASSED
BY BANTON'S OFFICE
954 Cases Closed in TUo
Months This Year.

A gain Of 204 criminal cases disposed
of in the first two months OF this year
over the corresponding period of last
year was shown in a report made yester-
day by District Attorney Banton. In
January and February of this year 954
cases were disposed ot in the criminal
courts, as compared with $50 in the first
two months of 1920.
The report goes into detail in homicide
cases, showing that fifteen of this ma
ture were disposed of in the first two
months of this year as against six In the
same period last year. Two first degree
murder cases were handled in the two
month period just ended and none were
disposed Of in January and February OF
1921.
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

husband died. At the time Of that sale
the property was incumbered by mort
cages and other claims In excess or
$500 000 Mrs. Hammerstein retained
the wonderful living rooms at the top or
the theater wherein her genius husband
once lived. The courts granted her The
right to live there until February OF
this year.
Thus passes into more rractica. II less
romantic usage the house wherein Oscar
Hammerstein became famous--where ne
saw his happiest and saddest days. he
opened the theater in November. 1905,
and there was a considerable furore at
tending the occasion. inasmuch as MT
Eanmerstein announced he was out TO
break the opera trust" ard that inns
was to be the beginning of low Price
good opera in America fie was TO IN
Il oduce into the States the Continental
European scheme Of operate arr, peslh-
ming with imported stars and graduai'y
taking in pure American voices.
How he failed & neither here nor
there. but the fact remains that 70 the
Manhattan Opera House and ~ presid-
ing genius scores % hopeful young
American singers e-e almost evefs thinS
OF success they may have achieved since
the nlaca opened The first opera SUNG
in the Manhattan was Bellinfs II Puri-
tani." which had not been heard In Ne"
York for twenty-three years Aiessan-
dro Bonci made his American debut that
night The others were Mario Ancona'
Vittorio Arimondi an@ Regina Pinkert.
That first season was hugely successful
In december. 1907. Mr.. Hammerstein
announced his willingness TO quit giving
opera In his Manhattan. He said the
public did not appreciate him nor his
house and that he would close the doors.
He did not reopen the Manhattan lot
opera In 1908. And from that time on
until this week, when II passes INTO thr
hands OF the Masons, the Manhattan mas
been storm center of waning fortunes.
Famous First Nights.
It was in this theater that New York
first heard Louise" "Thais." Electra,
"Salome." "Pelleas and Mellisande" and
the "Juggler Of Notre Dame" When
Mr.. Hammerstein died and the place
passed into the ownership OF his wloow,
Mrs Emma Swift Hammerstein, IL was
announced that popular priced opera
would be heard there, and that most OF
it would be sung in English. as sort OF
fitting memorial to the dead impresario.
But Mrs. Hammerstein's financial az
fairs suffered reverses. The theater was
rented to various theatrical and musical
ENTERPRISES For one season 1t was q
prize fight arena, and 1t seemed a
though the dead Oscar must return 2
season later when the stage that once
had held Meba and Bressler-GianolI, not
to mention the rest Of them. was reduced
to support wrestling bouts.
In May. 1921. Mrs. keating and Mrs
Tostevin obtained judgment for
sl43,324s3 against their stepmother
The subsequent sale to the two dadgh-
ters revealed the fact that number OF
interests were willing to purchase the
place. At One time the United States
Government was considering 1t as
post Office site.
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
HARVARD'S SINGERS
WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
Yale Second in Contest Of In
tercollegiate Glee Clubs in
Carnegie Hall.

Harvard won the intercollegiate sing
ing championship In Carnegie Hall last
night. scoring 2ss points out of pos
sible 800. The lads from Cambridge
were never in danger. Yale was a
were eight other college glee clubs in
the contest. but that seems 10 be about
as much as you can say for them.
The glee clubs of Princeton. Wesleyan
Pennsylvania state. Dartmouth Penn
sylvania, New York University. Colum-
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

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Evening star., 1922-01-08
PREACHER ACCUSED
AS BLACKHANDER
James H. Hall, CoIored, Held
in Case of Threatening
Frederick Letters.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

! Special Dispatch 10 The Star
FREDERICK. Md, January o.
) Traced through the lettering of
sign on an automobile repair shop
he conducted in an alley, James II.
! Hall, negro. evangelist, one-time
Brooklyn saloonkeeper, a longshore-
! man, was arrested in this city yes
| terday afternoon. charged witt. ka-.
| ing written "blackhand letters" to
Judge Glenn II. Worthington, Holmes
! ID. Baker. vice president of the Citi-
zens National Bank, and to ex-
Sheriff William o. WertenDaker.
! The letters were mailed last March
! and the investigation was dropped
! after five or six Washington opera
! tors had failed to run down a posi-
! BILE suspect.
| The case was reopened three weeks
| ago. when Postmaster j. A. William
| son and rural mail carrier saw
! the negro lettering sign on his
| garage, the lettering being an exact
! enlargement of the four blackhand
| letters.
Arrested at Meeting.
! Hall was arrested while he was
conducting an evangelistic meeting in
| Nazarite Hall, West All Saints street,
yesterday afternoon. There were sew
| eral negro women in the audience and
| A few men. He made no resistance
| and there was no disturbance. The
warrant was served by Sheriff James
| A. Jones and sworn out by Inspector
, Connor of Washington.
| The first blackhand letter. sent last
March. was received a short time
after the conviction of Charles Rob
InSon, negro, for the assault and mur-
der of Mrs. Edith NJ. Hightman Of
Middletown. 1t was dated March )
| and was sent to Mr.. Baker demand
| ing $4,000 to save Mr.. Bakers parents.
Joseph ID. Baker, president of the
Citizens, National Bank. and Mrs:
Baker, from death. 1t was followed
by second letter, repeating the de-
| mand for money, and naming the
place for the depositing of the ransom.
| Mr.. Baker both times went to the
designated place, with several de-
tectives and inspectors watching. The
! negro failed to keep the tryst.
Sheriff Wertenbaker next received
a letter. 1t reached. him a few days
before the date set for the execution
of Robinson. whom Hall had visited
! several times at the local Jail. The
death should he persist in carrying
ont the execution, and claimed that
$4,000 armed men stood ready to
stuIIn the Jail. The execution took
place without any disturbance.
.'Lets Judge Down Light"
The "blackhander" demanded 5000
from Judge Worthington, explaining
that he was letting the Judge down
light The money was asked to
prevent the kidnapping of Judge
Worthington's daughter, Miss Dor
othy Worthington.
Hall, inspectors say. first drew sus-
picion when he loitered in front of
; the Citizens National Bank. always
! disappearing soon after Holmes d.
Baker went into the bank. That was
| the only clue to the possible author
of the letters. A negro operator
from Washington was brought to the
city and lived for several weeks in
the home with Hall.
Evening star., 1922-01-08
PLAN BUILDING TIE.UP
RESUMPTION IN CHICAGO
Trades Council Votes, in Effect, to
Reject Lands Awards-Union
Men to Be Called Out.
b. the Associated Press.

! b. the Associated Press.
| CHICAGO, January 7-Business
agents of the various unions of the
Building Trades Council met today to
complete plans for resumption of the
building deadlock of last summer,
| following action of the council last
night in voting, in effect, to reject
/ the Lands wage awards, reducing
wartime wages.
! All union men. with the exception
of the bricklayers and electricians.
were to be called from all Jobs upon
| which non union men are working
Monday. At the meeting last night
! the officials of the bricklayers' union
opposed the walkout, while the rep
resentative of the electricians union
| did not vote.
| If this action is carried out by the
4 council it will mean a tie-up of near
| ly all building projects upon which
| work was stopped by last summers
strike. 1t will mean, further, a proc
lemation of war by unions upon the
citizens committee, composed of
large financial and business interests
of Chicago, whose object is enforce
ment of the Lands awards, with or
| without union labor.
| Strikes were called last Wednesday
on four large construction jobs, the
estimated cost of which is $4,500, 900.
These will be followed by strikes on
! additional construction work total
| ing more thai S100,000.O00.
Evening star., 1922-01-08

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