The evening world. Newspaper, August 9, 1912, Page 5

-R. COMES HOME; PLANNING FOR ATOT CAMPAIGN Perkins Made Chairman of Executive Committee for “His Fine Work.” RIVE BATTLE CENTRES, untry to Be Divided Into ‘Districts With G. W. in General Charge Here. Ox weeks ago Theodore Roosevelt came back from the Republican Nation- al Convention in Chicago # bitter and disappointed man. To-day Theodore Roosevelt stepped fram the Twentieth Century Limited imy the Grand Central Station apparently aghappy as an ico man over the prot pects Of a protracted hot spell. When some enthusiastic Bull Moose shouted are | cheers for the next President of le United States,” Col. Roosevelt doffed his chapeau and smiled radiantly, a8 though ed it. The Limited was twenty-five minutes late and it was 9.9 when the Big Bull Moose, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, his nephew, Geoge Hamblin Roosevelt, and Ernest Abbott, of the Otulook ‘aff, came into the station. To a group of reporters the Bull Moose smiled, but had nothing to say There were few persons In the station ®t the time, but most of them recog- nized Roosevelt and bowed. On the way to the Forty-third street entrance, where an automobile was waiting, pa Sengers cheered Roosevelt and many of Swe followed, A large crowd had weathered by the time te party entered their car, and then some one in the throng shouted: “Three cheers for the next President of the United Stat COLONEL WAVES HIS HAND AT CROWD. ely pleased, Roosevelt stood up in the car and waved his hat, Roosevelt showed no sigas of fatigue as a result of his own little con- Vention at Chicago, The Colonel went to the Outlook office, where he planned to do a little Work for Lyman Abbott until 3 o'clock, when he set out for Oyster Bay, to spend a week in preparing for the ardous campaign tour he is mapping out for himself. He refused to talk Politics when he first reached the office, the moment the train which he was a passenger made Ite first stop at Elkhart, Ind. lust nigtt, he’ knew the “Roosevelt hunch” was loage on the country. “Moo-odo-wow,” &@ shousand people hooted at him ax the train stopped. He laughed lony and loud and began shaking hand with ‘the small boys who were the first to crowd !n back of the observ: tion platform of the rear car of ine train. “Why don't you shake hands with the real voters,” yelled a man in over- alls. “What's the use of wasting your timle.on kids.” 4 se Uttle moose will be bull mo6se some day,” T. R. shouted back “gd the women, who made up more thie halt of his noisy audience, fairly screamed their approval. A straw vote in the Colonel's train, taken by @ volunteer enthusiast, was scored ax follows: Roosevelt, 54; Wil- som; 26; Taft, 11. LEADERS TO VISIT HIM AT OYSTER BAY. The Colone! will begin his campaign Aumj 16. It is expectod in the mean time George W. Perkins and other lead- era ip the Bull Moose movement will visit Oyster Bay and help map out the plans of battle. Perkins has been made chairman of the Lxccutive Com- mittee by the Progressive Furty Na- tional Committee. Perkins told the con not fetain a single single trust waose invwieste iuight be affected one way or euother by the re- sult of the impending pulitical cam- paign. He suid ue had preparea for work of promoting to Progressive mittee he does rnection with @ embarrass whom he would management of the campaign, e of be associated in the becarse fine work and is in a position to render very effective service in the future, he said. Oscar Straus of New York will p ply be Chairman of the Finance ¢ mittee. FLYNN LIKELY TO HEAD FEDERAL SECRET SERVICE. Secretary MacVeagh Takes Up Mat- ter of Filling Vacancy Due to Transfer of Wilkie. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Willlam J. Flynn, in charge of the New York Division of the United States Secret Service, probably will be appointed f of the service If Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh decides to fill at this time the vacancy caused by the appointment two years ago of John E. Wilkie as supervising special agent of the custoins service, Wilkie has deen overseeing the Se- cret Service work in conjunction with his present duties. Mr. MacVeagh took up to-day the question of the expe- diency of filling Wilkie's place, Congress recently decreased the sal- 600, The Secretary will ask restored to $4,000 In antielpa- tion of filling the po Axkwith MW. Au Askwith of t of the British T hortly 9%—Chairman George Industrial Commission Je will \asit or co) anddy ablest adjuster of indu dal disputes e men with | Watching Their Steps Interborough Man Sighs for the Old-fashioned Gowns that Didn’t Need a Stepl Car to Pre venta Traffic Tie-Up on Broadway. The Interborough Rapid Transit Com: | Pany has dealt a blow at the hobb j Skirt. It 1 detrimental to traMe, and Necessitates the employment of many extra men. George Keogan, general superintendent of transportation and assistant to the vice-president of the Interborough, is the oracle who declares hobble skirts must be abolished. ‘Although we do not find a marked difference in the time used by women in getting on and off the elevated and subway trains,” said Mr. Keegan, “the difference with the sur: is noticeable, On the elevated and subway trains the women are not forced | {0 step up. The trains are on @ level ; with the pavement, so ft means only 4 ites | work? one step farther to be in the train. During rush hours the women ha no time to walk slowly and impede traMc, The great force behind them pushes them along. They must go quickly whether they want to or not. HAVE TO WAIT FOR SKIRT TO BE RAISED. “On the surface cars, however, every- thing {8 entirely different, Often hun- dreds of people will be foreed to stand de patiently waiting for some woman 0 raise her skirts sufficientiy to al- low her to step into the car. The Kuards are oontinually complaining of tore throats owing to the fact that they are forced to repeat the words step | day Women do not reatise that were they to dress sensibly in wide skirte~ I think the old-fashioned pleated skirts are the best—they would greatly bene- fit the public. If skirts were wider there would be m0 cause for congestion on the side of the street where the cars st op. "Rinety-nine olit of every hundred busl- ness girls wear hobble skirts simply be- cause it js the fashion. When {t comes time to go home in the evening short steps hinder yin walking, ai they are often obl.ged to stand In the car, when, If they had walked quickly. might easily have procured he new stepless car which has re- MORE MANHATTAN TRAINS FROM LONG ISLAND CITY. Public Service Commission Orders Service to Beach Increased to Five Trains Daily Each Way. The Public Service Commission to-day ued an order directing the Long Hand fafiroad Company to increase tts service from Long Island City to Mane hattan Beach to five trains each way Sunday, when four trains At present but way on four tra week-d day i » Commanioner Wililar n tnt from the Manivattan Heach Estates that proper service was not being granted, The commission also approved the iGRAND RAPIDS FURNITURE CREDIT TERMS $3.00 Down $50.00 5.00 on 75.00 | 7.50 100.00 | 10.00 150.00 | 15.00 200.00 25.00 300.00 His ouass [Tala Every Lewy L FISHER BROS. COLUMBUS AYE. BET This Chased Leather Couch SHER BROS. MBUS AVE. BET. 103 & 104 STS. In Hobble Skirts, Women Delay the Street Cars AND THE WEAR AND TEAR. ON THE SIDEWALK! cently been operated along Broadway from the Battery to Fifty-ninth street has proved @ great invention. 80 much so that ave ordered 112 more, It ‘This is because they itep up. These cars to operate and are used almost find, also, that the hobble gkirt, as well impeding trafic, is ruinous to the sidewalk. When o girl weara a ‘hobble skirt she must necessarily take more steps. Now, if a girl weighs 125 . Juat think of the weight that on the pavement every time she takes a step. It wears the pave- ment out much quicker, and unless some- thing is done to change the style of dress soon we will be forced to put new sidewalks in tions. rly all of t in the subway are due to the fact that women wear hobble skirts. As you know, it ts to prevent the wide « between the train and th hs 18 WHAT CAUSES THE TROUBLE. Platform, Often women think they can make the step, and owing to the tight- of their skirts they miss and their go down in the space. In every We have to prove to the presiding ble, and that if the woman's dress was wider she could have prevented the ac- eldent.”’ transfer of the franchise of the South 2 Traction Company to the Man- h » ant Jamatoa Railroad Company and granted to the latter company a certificate of convenience and nece: for the operation of trolley service from Manhattan via the Queensboro Bridge. Queens boulevard, Guilford atreet Centra avenue to the Nassau County Une. John Howley, aged fifty to every one along the upper west side as "Old Honest John” Howley, was found dead to-day in a vacant lot at No. 523 Weat ty-seventh John rell of No, 6% West Pitty: seventh street. Howley was kneel: before a Jarge pile of rafiroad rails in the lot heart failure. He had been living with a married daughter at No, &8 Eleventh avenue. : 103 & 1O4 STS SOLID 9, DRLtvi Ayal DE Na "noo SET AS B10’ with every purchase of $50.00 We Farnish Apartments From $50.00 to $500.09 104th St. L Station ai Coraer 103d St. Subw.y Station Une Block Away OPEN SATURDAY <VENIN judge the fact that the gap Is unavold- | ath apparently wag due to * COURT PROBING WOMAN'S CHARGE AGAINST BLUECOAT Says Policeman Attacked He;, and Corrigan Orders Him to Face Her. Mary Cosgrove, a pretty twenty years old, stood before the rail in the West Side rt to-day befor Magistrate Corrigan, charged with in: woman toxication, Her clothing atained and dishevelted. Patroiman McKiever of the Wes: Thirty-seventh street station told the Court tha: he found her at 2 o'clock this morning staggering along Thirty- eighth street near Eighth avenue, tn such an Intoxicated condition he fel: called upon to lock her up, ‘The polices man sald she had a small baby at home which needed her attention. “What have you to ray for yourself?” anid Magistrate Corrigan, turning to the trembling woman before him. “About one o'clock this morning 1 could not sleep,” she said, “for tutty Httle room waa hot, On my way back home, about 1.15, I met a policeman, L do not know his name, but I am aure I could recognise him again, He was of dark complexion with dark hair. SAYS THE POLICEMAN AC- COSTED HER. “what are you doing out at this time of the night ' he asked me. I told him. ‘I wilt walk part of the way with you,’ he sald. He walked with me until we reached a nearby saloon. The police- man eqcorted me into a back room and we sat down at a table. “We had three drinks together and then the policeman leaned across the table and tried to seize me. I fought him ag hard as I could. He got up and came around to my side of the table, nd then I began scratching him with my fingernails and bit him as hard as I could in the cheek. That's how I got these stains on my dress. ‘The last thing I remember was that the policeman was standing by the aide of the table with his hands to his face and calling to the waiter to bring him a drink of whiskey. I don’t re- member another thing unt! I woke up to-day in the Went Thirty-meventh street police station.” Magistrate Corrigan questioned the young woman, She stuck to the story. He then questioned McKiever about @ | policeman who was mentioned. McKte- \ ver seemed anxious to have the wortan | released, #0 she might reurn to her | baby. “Have you a baby? sistrate Corrigan. s, Dut it will be in good hands. My mother will take care of her.” HE WANTS TO QUESTION THE POLICEMAN. Magistrate Corrigan then remanded the girl and ordersd MeKiever to re- turn with the patrolman whose name had been mentioned. want that man brought here to | face this girl and see what he has to sald) Magistrate Corrigan. "It this girl's story is true, a serious crime has been committed, and I intend to j Set at all the facts.” demanded Ma- —_—=»——--. Appointed by Taft. WASHINGTON, Aug. ‘President Taft to-day sent to the ate the nomination of James M. Morton jr, to be United States District Judge in Massachusotts to succeed Frederick | Dodge, elevated to the Circuit, Court | bench. Other nominations to-day _in- cluded: Cyrus @. Engle, to be Collector | of Customs at Natchez, Miss, and John |W. Cook, to be Register of the Land Office at lander, Wyo. | HE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1912. 2OALDERNE ~INNEW GRAFT HE SETINDETRO | | mmittees who are now at Hiberty on i, facing charges of receiving and conspiring to receive bribe money for giving the Wabash Railroad certain city property for building purposes. The latest arrests are alleged to be based on evidence obtained by the pros- ecutor covering the city administration ed to-day that he has struck many new instances of graft, but he refused to say whether the ev dence was obtained as it has been ru- mored, from confessions made by Alder- men previously arrested. He declared that several of the Aldermen would be held on more than two chi a. WALL STREET A moderate recovery was in progress at the outset of stock market trading to-day. Yesterday's selling pressure was withdrawn, and, dn response to a ACTUAL om —<er TTT HOW important is it to you, to your family, to the guests at your table, that the sugar you provide is as pure and clean as the water you drink? YOU are not content with drinking water unless it has been analyzed by expert chemists (23 and with its source far from possible contamination. WILL you be content with sugar that may be scooped from a barrel and repeatedly exposed to germs, flies and dirt (2 or sugar packed in porous bags, absorbing odors, and nosed by inquisitive animals? BUY only the sugar protected at every step by chemica analysis (refined by special process (£2 packed, weighed and sealed in dust-tight, germ-proof packages (2 sugar that reaches you as pure, as sparkling as the water at the mountain spring. 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Nearly sat their wearing in the subsequent dealings, Mike Donlin, star center fielder of] apparel, hi Pronounced improvement developed [n Pirates, to-day denied that his! the afternoon period, Ted by Readine, Mies Méime tite, the vaudevitied Steel and Consolidated Gas the entt list move to the highest range of t door, Donlin Is greatly imp READY TO USE smoke world. A Fine Salad Dressing by adding vinegar. At Delicatessen and Grovery stores. Owing to the great success of Inst Aun: | day's offer, another Woodrow Wilson picture coupon Kood for the eplendid photo vure will be printed in next Sunday'e id. 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Pirates for the balance of the season,” | | Park Today's Nahest, lowest and last prices of Mre, Donlin was el on in June} -_— | stocks: net changes ae ared with YO Poe intwatinal tro: terday's final figures ere aa follows ¥ hy DETROIT, Aug. 9—ensational de pool gdh pital, and for @ time it’ was feared she |} Mm lad. tay Would not recover. Later # velopments in the local Aldermanic Amat Cope. + ae aN fumicientiy to We re noved to he ., | graft scandal occurred to-day when| Am Can ‘ % Prosecuting Attorney Sheppard an- Pe Ry nounced that before night about " ih twenty Aldermen would be placed Nia ‘ is under arrest on charges of conspiracy re 14 iat to defraud the city in connection wivn 0) . ya Rag. Trans: RM their official positions. ‘The nine Ale | enya tay tran: Ws hd dermen recently arrested on a similar eee a le charge are algo included among tho| tity, i at 08% 108 twenty new arrests, eo. ae A t4 The roundup of the accused officials fy began this afternoon when the Superins | Ge th mo ers tendent of Police sent out near® every | Inter Met ads detective on the force to st the | eet ee is th Aldermen, and the prisoners were im-| lane Val ' ae ns Ss on mediaiely locked in cells at Poltca| Mon Kank ‘tek aa Headquarters. Moo Pac co.cc. TY * fol ew is V “They're coming in so fast t'm| Nori” te" =: My & th m afraid we'll have to put three in ench | 8.¥ Chie at b. 1nM ty cell pretty soon,” said the doorman, Kennepiea eee EN this afternoon, asing ABR 188 It is wald that the arresta to-day are a) hy 6 . based on entirely differant evidence than 1% N th | t that procured by William J, Burns and me Oo Ing else qul e€ his operatives a few weeks ago which vai led to the arrest of nine Aldermen and ae d rapt a fe a as good. C < As mild and fra- grant as any fine cigar. Piccadillys are the little aristocrats of the Refined, well bred and the quality is always there. 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