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THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Which Came Back, and M | igh Came Back, and Map CAT COMES BALK, 18, 1911. MORAL DISABILITY ile eyes until he had examined the markings on the cat's paws and head Then ho was convinced, WOMAN KEEPS UP MYSTERY. MOND WANTS ** Restful Sleep Restored--- SUBWAY BUILT TOT RHTANAY gation Appears Before ‘Public Service Board to ‘Urge Extension. COST _ $6,000,000. mission Didn’t Know it $25,000 Appropriation Survey to Staten Island. 99. tAr delegation from Staten Istand ap- ‘Pegred to-day before the Public Service ‘Semmission to urge the laying out of a ‘Weway route under the narrows to St. re, 8. 1., from the end of the pro- Fort Hamilton extension of the hi h avenue subway at Sixty-fifth street, South Brooklyn. Nixon, the shipbullde:, and Bor- ough President Cromwell headed the dei- Other speakers were President ‘Wiliam 8. Van Clief of the Staten al- @né Chamber of Commerce; Henry P. in, an engineer; David J. Tyson John Martin. estimated cost of the proposed ex- ‘temsion te $600,000, which means an an- nual interest charge tothe city on the “ t of $250,000, Yent® 1009 the net loss to the city tn the q@peration of the present municipal ferry Island was $1,021,821.08. On this the construction of a subway to Staten Island would show a large profit ality, although there would have @ limited ferry service to Rich- Borough for teams, However, nt of this character was of- at to-day’s hearing, Mr. Van Clief’s Argument. ehalf of the Chamber of Com- » Mr. Van Cilef, who made the yal speech, said in part: a * co Bor been found te raised values of $0, 00, If the city performs its duty @ =Borougs of Richmond and tly ouilds this subway extension, one hundred millions lars will not cover the Increase in ble values of Richmond. Thus Proposition assumes the character businesa venture for the city. would call your attention to the that the ost of this extension, we understand to be $5,000,000 or 00 is just about one-half our re- increase upon the tax rolls.” . Morrison said: ten our Richmond tunnel and will have regulated congestion. ry dollar of subway money hereto- expended has bern to increa sin localities where rents were already high. Hasten the building of . thig subway and you will introduce poor man to cheap land.” . Martin spoke particularly of the ff of the congestion in population, ” my 4 subway were constructed, with ‘kel fare, and trip of possible Afteen from any point below Four- t street, doubtless a ‘city’ similar toltne Bronx would be created in a Aqfade or two. Water front develop- it in Richmond would take the homes of vast numbers of dock workers te cheap homes in Richmond.” No One Route, Mr. Lewis Nixon said that the mn of the commission wanted all confiued to the “support” of Ke BEET, of the Boaml of Bstimate it, that official made ‘to correct the impression. ‘ere not supporting any particu- ite," said Chairman Willcox. Mr. ‘went on: is needed ts a plan which pro- immediately for adequate trans- facilities in Queens and Rich- Boroughs, not after vast addi- 8 ‘tions to the existing systems in Man- New York needs ‘operating company with enterprise popula- tion of the two sparsely settled bor- in the development ‘and joughs. “The people should not permit the adoption of any system of rapid transit | be wise enough to adopt a polic: will permit the butlding of tun to Staten Island in the near future mot delay this most desirable addi ‘to the city’s wealth and welfare by 1g it with @ staggering expendi- the financing of which may take For Stapleton End. George Von Kromer opposed the pyro. route to Fort George because | not the most direct. by he said well satis. George are amply served agnificent munictpal ferry 4, as far as I know, ar dated vy the Board of Estimat rvey. ‘Commissioner McCarroll said he ha knowledge of any such funds an 1 of the $25,000, Board of Aldermen that the mone appropriated and that It has been ie declared Mr, | idie for a year, * spoke up Commissioner Eustis 4 eastic tone. rhaps,’ ing of the dir 6 Bank held to- A. Nash retired as presider was elected chair 4} of directors, Water 1 Frew, vic , Was elected president to eu ir. Nash and William H. Nichols, it, was elected first vice- t@ succeed Mr, Frow, Witloox4 particular, route laid out by the the mn Will pronounce for efficient it communication with Richmond | , and that the elty government | He wanted the | ‘with that means of transportation.” P. EB. Davis said that $25,000 had been Year ago for making the necessary rman Willcox also professed ignor- have it on the word of Comptroller dergast and President Mitchel of ho you belleve everything they tel replied Mr, Davia sith | qwitiam Donohu “Anyhow, I don't believe all that Cromwell of Rich: | said that Mr, Davis's information | pion injured in a freig! of the board | ing a dozen others, | WooDBURY ce DRLAVRO wie wm wae BACK « » | 1m,” Ly - % wh PHILAR PLOHIA Tmaces Kose | | Sveatotthon | * cag . , | LANCASTER se gio, EA AVL VILLE VINELAND “BUTTAKESFNVE MONTHS TODO Incidentally, Minnie Walks} 137 Miles and Crosses Sev- eral Rivers on Way Home. (Spectal to The Bvening World.) LANCASTER, Pa., Jan, 18.—After a five months’ journey of at least 137 miles Minnie, a big Maltese cat, is safe at home in the cottage of R. W. Had-| No. &39 West Lemon street. Min- walked In last night, looking fine eeting to her master and mistress hopped up into the | chair she had been wont to py be- nie and without any sort of PRISON BETTER “THANPARK BENCH; _GETSTHREE YEARS With Only One Penny 4 $581 He Took Left, Thief | Gets Quick Trial. A ragged, unwashed man, shivering with cold, walked into the Detective | Bureau at Headquarters to-day and said to Lieut. Deevy: “I've come to give myself up.” “Who are you and what have you done?" asked the lieutenant. “I'm Joe Hickey of No. 629 West Ono Hundred and Twenty-fifth street,” satd the stranger, “and I ducked out no couple of weeks ago with a lot of dough, The money is gone and I'm all in and I'd rather be in a warm jail than a cold park.” Deevy looked up the records, Ho found that Hickey, who 1 ean organ maker (by trade, had been employed as a handy man ahout the cafe of Thomas Rogerson at No. 8157 Broadway. Jan, 3 Rogerson gave him $81 in cash and $200 in checks, to be deposited in the River- side Bank, Instead of going to tho ‘bank Hickey headed for Easton, Penn., where he had once served a two year sentence for burglary, and had a lot of congenial friends. “Crossing the Delaware River that might on the train I threw the bankbook in the water,” sald Hickey. ‘I burned up the checks and then I started tn to have a goed time with the money. I it, too, believe me. I was a great Uttle guy while tt lasted, but tt didn’t last. What I didn't give to my and epend on them, they stole from I've got Just this much left."* And he pulled a solitary penny out of his pocket and held it up. Finding that an indictment for grand larceny had been tesued against Hickey last week, Deevy sent him atraight to the Criminal Courts. There he pleaded gufity in Part V. of General Sessions and inside of three hours from the time he surrendered Judge Swann had ‘wentenced him to three years at hard labor and he was on his way to Bing Sing, Hickey, acoording to the Headquarters records, was once tried for killing a man who was shot while the two of them struggled for the possession of a revolver at Miftieth street and Seven avenue. This was in 189 and he was acquitted, cthinieoecttiemmmne GIRL AGAINST MOTHER IN SUIT FOR DIVORCE. Testifies {n Father's Action and Justice Declines to Let Lawyer |} Question Her, A pathetic case on the undefended di- vorce calendar in the Supreme Court to-day was that of Goorge FE. Paston, who sued his wife, Mrs. Keziah aston, One of the chief witnesses for the plain- tiff was tho pretty sixteen-year-ohl daughter of the couple, called by the father to prove his charge that the mother had been unduly friendly with Benjamin Langman, a salesman who, in 190%, folldwing the ¢eparation of t) Bastons, was a boarder in Mrs, Bas- ton's home at No, 612 West One Hun- dred and Twenty-ninth street. Th youg girl tearfully testified that she had seen her mother acting tmprop- erly with the boarder and then counsel for Baston asked her to go into more t | detatie, “Never Wende Buffalo. cannot be financed at an early It 4s earnestly hoped that mind," interposed Justice Blanchard. "Do not press this child any further. I belleve she ts telling the truth and what she has testified to ds suflicient.”* The weeping daughter was then ox- cused from the Witness stand and Ju tice Blanchané reserved decision, ton is @ prosperous insurance agent, wife {8 said to be travelling in the t with the man named as co-re- epondent in the suit. bh THREE TRAINMEN KILLED INN. Y. CENTRAL WRECK, | | ¥| Three Others Injured When Fast Freignts Crash at Oneida. Dozen Cars Smashed, (Special to The Lventog Work) ONEIDA, N. Y., Jan, 18, neineer ue of Albany, Fireman! 8. T, Eddy of Albany and Brakeman 5, | W. Walrath of Little Falls were in. stantly killed and three other railroad at wreck h look to-day on the New York Rallroad, Two fast tr were passing westbound, » hour, when of eastbound train, k nt | track Nos to tr 4 d in kmashed into from 2 and shattors| One engine was derailed and completely wrecked, 'T) four tracks were blocked for hours. The Allen House, opposite the sce of the wrec! re, but lieth qamage was done, ne one ca ok N ot Enginee Buffalo, and hi killed, and @ brakeman named Kichard , ¥!% Fott of Syr jured that he died after “e n, Cook, w ne EXPLOSION HURLS: THREE TO DEATH « FROM LOCOMOTIVE Boiler of New York Central Freight Engine Blows Up and Causes Havoc. BUFFALO, Jan. 18.—The engine of @ freight Wain on the New York Railroad blew up early to-day y miles east Dwye 0, I'm going by the new line. They. that she had eit make the distance in seventeen minutes wows Jess time.” , as if she had put on an extra ping t the we r It was about 9 o'clock when Minnie Mr, and Mrs, Hadden heard cratching at the door, Mr. d the door, and in walked Hadden thought St was | ater.) an apparition and almost swoongd. All| Bame Oj hope of ing Minnie had long | fore the family went to Sea Isle City, N. J., to spend the summer months, Minnte accompanied the family to Sea Isle City, but early in August she appeared, There were several chil- n visiting the Haddens at the time, and the cat bad manifested unequivocal signs of jealousy The family searched throughout the | nimer resort for the big Maltese, could get no trace of her. Minnie wed fe and a reward of- r return, But Minnie was | surely headed for home, As tho crow files it is one hundred | ven miles from Sea Isle; and thirty-s City to Lancaster, but as Minnie footed | it, It was undoubtedly many miles more. | There were several rivers to cross, in- | cluding the Delaware, and it is not) likely that Minnie swam them. How | she got over them and still managed to | p headed for Lancaster 1s both a| y and a marvel. was neither paciated nor She was round and coat In perfect condt- i e rigors of her y had interfered w 1 ablu- Her coat ordinarily it had been conceded r gone to the bow- nd anothe® home. Hadden could not believe r had fc n Mr. E _—— Between Meals Don’t deny yourself meal time. thirty minutes more work. recess, bread, You can eat them dry— or with milk. Uneeda Biscuit’ are always crisp and delightful, Nes ol (ergs ytd fo “SUNDAY. WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY MORNING WONDERS,— aortas 216: | before. food till When that midmorning hunger ap- proaches, satisfy it with Uneeda Biscuit. These biscuit are little nuggets of nutrition. Each crisp soda cracker contains energy for Many business men eat them at ten in the morning. So do school children at They’re more nutritive than NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY E ‘Mrs, Peterson” Agnin Refuses to Give Her Real Name. Judge O'Sullivan and Agent Kimball of the Prison Ald Society have been for months trying to find out some- | about Mrs. Ruthte Peterson, who | Bept. 2 cc ed tO 8 2 $100 | from Norman Corga, an automobile deal- | They both lived in the same board- ing house at No, 24 West Twenty-first street. r sentence to-day as ehe has been several times BROUGHT FARE BO TO STREET CAR Receiver Whitridge Explains Presence of Cash Collectors in Refunding Change. on She refused to answer any questions regarding her home, her people or her ry. I would rather stay in of my life,’ said Mrs. disgrace my family by giving my real The housekeeper of a city oMcial dropped a silver quarter tn Meu of a name." | She told Agent Kimball sho was a na. | Mickel tuto the cash box of a Third ave- dive ot Greenland *, but | Me car, Realizing ner mistake and told @ woman p her people | making a demand for her change, the had Mgh social pe weden, conductor sald he was powerless to make restitution, “Whatever goos into that box, Madam,” he said, “remains there, as far as I am concerned, Had you handed me the ————— GOVERNOR WILSON SURE OF SMITH’S DEFEAT. Martine Will Be Elected Senator, | He Declares, But Has Not Checked the Vote. TON, N. J., Jan. 18—Gov. at the State House to-day and en as anting the United States fenator which James FE. Mar- tine and James Smith Jr. are con ing, | ugain expres#ed his belief that the for-} Gov. Wilson would not predict on what ballot of the Legislature Mr. Martine would be elected Senator, and in reply to a question as to how many votes Mr. Martine had at present Gov. Wilson said he had not yet checked the votes up. ‘The Governor said he had received fay- orable information to~lay as to the con- dition of Mr, Martine, who ts {ll at his home in Plainfle Mr. Martine expects to be out In a few da —_— FROM 3,000,000 FARMERS. WASHINGTON, Jan of Senators by popul quarter I could have made change. If I give you twenty cents, I will be out that amount.” The olty oMcial wrote to Receiver Whitridge reciting the incident, for In the wing mail he received from Mr. wil ge two dimes and the following TRI m letter: “I enclose to you the twenty cents called for by the voucher of the con- ductor. The reason why that finan. cial transaction could not have been concluded on the car platform 1s, Yhat owing to the disabilities of most of the people to take the position of conductor—which in some cases is moral and others intellectual—it has been found best to have a fare box to which the conductor cannot have access, and therefore a quarter once dropped in the box is gone beyond recall ve have been trying a box in which the coin when dropped in reg- 4sters, and after having thus record- ed itself, may be obtained by the conductor for the purpose wf mak- ing change, but most of our fare | woxes are built on the first prin- 18.—The election | vote was given a boost late yesterday when Senator! ciple. ‘Terrell of G ted a memorial| “I am sorry your housekeeper was from the Leg mittee of the| inconvenienced, but as you will see Farmers operative | from the enclosed twenty cents I am still endeavoring to do right, “F, W. WHITRIDGE, Recetver."* ee His Vague Idea. 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