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# i i Hl Ki ik, i - ; ' T H i E i a if til ; £ z z i & j zd § f : - f i E i : $3} i £ ' i : LETHE § i I H i é : i Bl ini : f B: ESE 40 és sth ene wow ‘ i CALLED STUDENT ENDEARING ME Trained, Nurse Who Joined, Confraternity at Cornell, 1S CRITICALLY SICK AFTER OPERATION. Admits False Testimony. HAD “TO SAVE SELF.” Says Vera Black, Whose Hus- band Sues, Called College Boy “Her Tonkie.” Joba Braest Wadleigh te suing Lor | fag Tonkin, a Cornell graduate, for $38,000 alleging that Tonkin stole Mra, Wadleigh’s affections. The case came te the Supreme Court before Justice Dugro to-day. Miss Harriet Dreyor, formerly @ friend of Mra, Wadleigh, ‘who used to be Vera Black, was on the stand. Miss Dreyer, with cyon flashing anger at Robert W. Elder, attorney for Tonkin, wae forced to admit she testified falmely at the first trial of the @ltenation of affections sult. Elder fead the testimony she gave at the ivdece sult in 1912, when Wadleigh, who named Tonkin an co-respondent, @ot a decree. Q. Why did you testify falsely at that trial? A. 1 had to protect my- self, but I don't sce where that ts any business of yours. Q. Why 414 you have to protect yourself? A, Well, there were some people present in the courtroom whom I knew very well and I didn’t weat them to know anything about me. Miss Dreyer went on\to explain how ahe cam@ to adopt tho woeds of a college widow. “I introduced myself to Vera Black nd Ole Crane in New York,” she . |Felated. “They said they were going & it 4H E i i os 3 i gs uit iss ; ffi HI i 3 i 3 z ‘os 1.00 to ge § [ | g ti H re : 5 g i 5 i i st ie j is | ANION GONE. ‘ od by Ges in a Missing. | 1 af i i i i i i i li ¥ peice if £ = yerit Yd Hil to Ithaca and asked me to go. On the train we talked about college Q. And did you meet any college YOUNG MS BURDEN LLAFTER OPERATION OR MASTOOMS Condition So Serious That Parents Are Summoned From Denver Home. Mrs. I. Townsend Burden §r. fe fll og | at her residence, No. 6 East Seventy- told how Vera Black ain as her college boy came running to the train je Widow Vera was ex- ‘affeofiohate, the witness testi. Wadleigh Rise him? es. And hug him? A. Yes, aid be call her? A. it did she call him? the train the party of ‘paired off, selecting partners mi college boys who were waiting uteide of the Ithaca Hotel. They @ined that evening at the hotel. Under a gruelling cross-exzamina- questions, she said she was again a trained nurse. This revealed that she ts going abroad to-morrow on the steamer Kronprinzessin Cecilie and who was going with her. “I em going with @ patient,” Miss Dreyer said. “I refuse to answer that question. Absolutely it ls no business of any one’s.” Mise Dreyer nearly fainted when @be reaghed the corridor, but Wad- teigh succeeded in comforting her, —e——— WILSON SAYS TARIFF HAS HELPED BUSINESS President Says Business Generally Throughout Country Is in Hopeful State. (peelal to The Brontng Werld,) WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—President ‘eon was asked to-day what in- mn he had received as to gen- business conditions of the coun- Me replied that business gen- tn @ hopeful state. It ts than that, he added; it ip i bility, for $10 to $16 @ eighth etrest, after an operation for mastolditis was performed on Satur- da: by Dr, Gorham Bacon. Her oon- dition ts so serious that her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Sheedy, are on their way to ber bedside from Denver, Cok Mre. Burden bas been ailing for eome weeks and, her illness having developed complications, abe under- went an operation Saturday by advice of Dr. Bacon, He had counselled that course before, but the patient's condi- tion made a postponement advisable. ‘The operation was si but it left Mra. Burden in such @ condi. tion that It was deemed best to wire for her parents. They replied that they would start at once. It was sald thfs morning that Mre, Burden’s cea- difion was not unfavorable, Mrs, Burden was Florence Sheedy, “Denver's richest girl.” Her father, President of the First National Bank of Denver, has extensive interests in mines and cattle ranges as well. She was married June 17, father's palatial home on Capi Mr. Burden ts the son of the ‘Townsend Burden, who died Jest at his residence, Ni ty-eecond street. The latter's ronmaster of Troy.” made a fortune from the invention a machine for making horse shoes, His son, father of the present 1. ‘Townsend Burden, strongly in society and is eredited with having said two years there was no longer any exclusiveness to be had, even in Newport, patient Marni cude REV. DR. GANTER CALLED. Newark tet: mee te St. igna- tiue Eptecopal Church, Fey L Ei SRERS BURNED AUTO MAL TRUCK Spy Declares Chauffeur Boast- ed That He Destroyed Car Carrying Letters. eousicassiflse GUNMEN WERE PAID. Gangsters Got $200 to Intim- idate Loyal Drivers During the Strike. A wordy battle between Col, Mana Trice and Federal Judge Killite marked the opening of the third Gay of the trial of fifteen atriking mail chauffeurs charged with obstructiog the passage of the United States matls, Col. Trice again reiterating hie plea for exclusion of reference to all overt acte not mentioned in indlote mont. Judge Killits had frequently aa- Monished Col. Trice to refrain from “stump speeches” in making obdjec- tlons. Theos continued delays taxed the Judge's patience. “If you don't cease these lengthy fi @ Gpvech which lasted twenty i j F E i “Your trouble is thet you concede that the Court bout the law in i i z 5 i = z 5 i L ; Hi “It wap the easiest thing in the world,” he ; .| the first scheduled District-Attorney Roger Wood and Col. Trice. The Colonel had just asked a question, when Wood jumped to his feet and shook Bie fist under Trice's nose. “I am tired of this!” he cried. “We've done nothing to deserve these insinuations and they've got to stop!” Col. Trice glared at the smaller be forced to reprimand you , OF even worne.” Col. Trice tried to argu: \t’ his cross-examination, but stopped to argue a few moments later. “Call the next witness,” directed Judge Killits, and rapped Colonel | Trice’s expostulatious to silence. takes effect May 1. Bishop Greer has confirmed the call, Bt. Ignati a the “highest” of the metropolitan Episcopal churches. Dr. 30,000 MINERS ALSO AFFECTED BY STRIKE. @CRANTON, Pa, Jan, 19—The Delaware and Hudson Railroad tie- up to-day is complete, the Pennsyl- vanta division alone from Nineveh, N. Y., to Wilkes-Barre furnishing 2,200 of the men who are on atriko, These are figures of Clinton Mor. gan, acting superintondent, if any trains are run during the day or get lato service before the strike ts settied they will be those that handle the malls, but no attempt will be made to carry Not only does the strike tie-up the failroad, but it will mean the shuttt down of about thirty coal mines erated directly by Delaware Hudson Company in the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valleys,.and also up- ward of twenty other operations whose product railroad, in t least 90,000 ent of reine fry superinten of entire hare foray for New York to meet President Loree, General Manager @ims and other officials of the com- over this | Frese! 5000 TRANMEN STRKE ON DELAWARE AND HUDSON ROAD “(Continued trom Firet Page.) anaemia tween union leaders and officials of the company. NO VIOLENCE WILL BE TOLER: ATED, SAY THE STRIKERS, / in no agreement. Neither side state what had been considered no plane for another conference were Mr. Hanger te de,” jd Mr, Sime, whe arrived in th elty later in the day, “le te convines Mr. Carey that arbitration eho: rted te. We now before a atrike wae sailed.” Mr. Gime remained at hie office and eald he would be ready to ge inte ference at any hour Mr, Carey and ® anion crew reached here at 9.60 o'clock from Binghamton. Only trains scheduled to leave ter- minals before 6.45 A. M. started thsir runs thie morning. The telegraphers, including signal men, left their keys shortly before noon after disposition of every train was made. Local railroad oMotals had nothing to @ay this morning. Strike leaders reiterated their assertion that only concession of the contested point will effect a settioment. They said, how- ever, that no violence would be tol- @o far ae possible” wae their watoh- ‘word. Frem aii points of the railroad came reports that the strikers quit their trains quietly. ‘The mea’e grievances date back more than a year. They assert that | officials compaay laid off one rep- resentative of each brotherhood. Company officials say the mun were justed. Recently the unions demanded thut the two men in the other cases be reinstated with back pay for the en- tire time, and conferences were held Without result, Recently grand off- core of the brotherhoods ocdnferred with Mr. Sime and it was believed @aturdey night that an agreement had been reached, but at 1 o'’clook yesterday morning the international ‘went into eession and decided the etrike. otrike will mot affect the rus- Tune Rouse's Point into nor it have any effect on York Central or other trains over the Delaware and Hud- tracks. ®QUFFER MOST. Cities north of Glens Falls and Rouse’s Point are the greatest suf- ferers from the strike. The Delaware and Hudson line ts their only means ‘There are several service between here and ployes are uniontsed, they are not ami- ted with the railway workmen and fow think a sympathetic strike would follow the installation of a double service. Leeally these has been some appre- ension over a coal famine, as a re- sult of the unwarranted, A formal acknowledgment of Com- missioner of: Labor Lynch's letter asking that the differences be sub- mitted to arbitration was received at his office to-day. The Commissioner was expected to arrive here from Syracuse this afternoon. Pending his arrival the State Labor Department took no further action. PREOERAL DIATION AGENT WORKS FOR PEACE. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Jan. 19.— ‘The strike order of the officers of the Delaware and Hudson Trainmen's Union was obeyed almost to a man here to-day. About 310 employees who reported to the roundhouse here refused to take out their trains to- day. One passenger train, however, loft this city on time on ite, way north, manned by the regular crew. It was train of the day, but none followed. There was no disorder, the men simply waiting around for additional orders from their leaders. No extra police were put on here to-day. SARATOGA, N. Y., Jan. 19.—Opera- tions on the D. and H. Railroad are at &@ standstill. All the men are out but are observing the general orders to keep away from the company's prop- erty. Everything is quiet and fo trains have been moved in the yards (nce the strike was called. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 19,—The Fed- eral board of mediation and concilia- pected to reach Albany some time day. Me will offer the services of the board to the strikers. Judge W. L. Chambers, chairman of the board, said to-day that no word of the im- strike had reached Wash- ington until late last night, when the railroad asked for the services of the board. —_—— SECRETARY OLY PHANT MAROONED UP STATE. PLATTSBURG, N. Y. Jan. The secretary of the Delaware and Hudson Company, F. Murray Olyphant was one of the travellers marooned here to-day by the strike on that rail road. Mr. Olyphant came here yeater. day to address the Young Men's Chris- tian Association, and at noon was atili here, unable to return to his home is New York, The railroad blockade t! afternoon wes complete. No mails had moved in or out since the strike began this morning. MAILS ARE HELD UP BY D. & H. STRIKE. (Ryeeial to The Broning Wortd.) ONBONTA, N. ¥., Jan, 19.—The @usquehanna Division of the Dela- ware and Hudson, of which this city fo the division headquarters, the div:- ston on which most of the trouble leading up to the strike took placo, handled only one train after 6.40 A. M. to-day. That war @ U7 train which left Binghamton at 4,50 o'clock bound for Albany, and was al- lowed to prceens to ite destination, ‘The strikers held a big meeting in bo | te City Hall at 0.90 o'clock, News that the entire road was tied up and that not one union man had yefused to obey the strike order was greeted with cheers. ‘The mall pouches which were to teeter eeeedianatamceatisits * CAL FOR RADI TORALT YEARLY - DEATHS OF 75,00 Doctors Want Government Control of Mineral as Aid to Cancer Sufferers, WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. — The House Mines Committee to-day began hearings regarding radium and the economic questions involved in pro- poned legislation for withdrawing from settlement public lands contain- ing radium-producing ores. Advocates and opponents of the Foster bill, pre- pared with tho approval of the’ In- terlor Department, gave their views, and Chairman Foster of the com: mittee expects that legislation alo the lines of hie bill will be expedited by Congress, . Dr. Howard A. Kelly of Baltimore, the radium expert, testified as to the necessity of immediate action from the standpoint of the medical profession, Dr. Gaylord of New York was ready to present his views. Dr. Kelly told the committee of eeveral recent cases in his own perience where radium had made pos- sible complete cures of cancer, He declared that radium bearing ores were exported from the United States in considerable amounts. He thought that if lands were left open to pro- jevtures and « Government factory was ready to take over and work all ores no monopoly would be possible. Dr. Kelly said 75,000 persons died annually in the United States from cancer and that there were three or four times that many cases. Dr. Robert Abbe of St. Luke's Hos- pital, New York, favored Government control of the use of radium hereafter produced from Government lands. Dr. Gaylord, director of the New York Cancer Laboratory, also favored Government control of the use of . F. Burnham of Johns Hop- kins University, Baltimore, iad he had visited virtually every institution in Europe where radium is used and had been discouraged by results he had ecen of efforts to employ it in the treatment of othgr diseases than cancer. He urged prompt action to mal radium availabig to hospitals of merit now without it, —_———S SS Fatlroad traffic on the Delaware and Hudson was completely tied up here to-day by the strike, No mail reached the city during the forencon from pui~ts on the road, and there was congestion of mall and express matter at th Delaware and Hudson station. Cummuters who depénded on the road to reach town from the suburbs were seriously inconvenienced. _sS LOREE TAKES PERSONAL CHARGE OF STRIKE. President Loree af the Delaware & Hudson took personal ¢herge of: the strike situation at the general offices, Ne. 82 Nassau street, to-day. His re- porte stated that every man en the road, with the exception of the shep and clerical forces was on strike at noon. ‘The telegraphers and signal men re- mained at their poste ‘ntl every wheel on the road had stopped turning and them they joined the strikers, Becond Vice-President and Gen- eral Manager Sims, who is in charge of the operation of the road and whose personal unpopularity te said to be the underlying cause of the strike, left for Albany on the Em- pire State Express this morning af- ter a conference with the general officers in this city lasting almost all night. Mr. Sims was followed to Albany by G. W. W. Hangar, As- sistant Secretary of the National Board of Mediation, who will make an effort to patch up @ truce, ‘This is the first strike on the Dela- ware @ Hudson and the fret rail- road strike in history in this coun- try in which all urttonised branches of employees in the operating depart- ment have joined, Mr. Hanger before leaving for Al- Dany to eee union officials said: “As I have only talked with parties to one side of the Controversy,” sald Mr. Hanger, “I cannot say that any progress has been made.” Culture,” For instance: Cream Chocolates, supplemented by a ll the essential elements for setters ots the "habit of shepping mn Loft’s. STOCKHOLM GIRL WHO GOES TO FRISCO TO AWAIT SWEETHEART. —v ERITZIE SCHIBBERT FAST WE. WANTS HER MME ON BREAD HAND LEFT POR Harry M. Gescheidt Left $150,- 000 to Establish a Breadline, rt . Mrs, Minnte D, Gescheidt, the first wife of Harry M. Gescheidt, a wealthy Brooklynite, whose will de- [crees $150,000 of his estate shall be set aside to provide a breadiine for the poor, declared to-day at her home at No, 1285 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, that she will not contest the provi- sions of the will, but would like to see her namo on each lonf of bread as well as that of her husband. “| divorced Mr. Gescheidt in 1900,” she said to an Evening World re- . “The courts awarded me the custody of my daughter, who is now sixteen. By a especial arrangement there was no alimony ordered, but this house was settled upon me. I have seen Mr. Gescheldt only intervais since then, although ften called at the house. A monetary set- tlement was also made. Mr. Ge- echeldt was very sentimental and, even after I divorced him, sent me Mrs, Geschiedt exhibited the fol- Jowing as a specimen of the dead roan'’s muse: Gupposing 1 wrote you in letters of gold, My wish, since our ways Ile apart, And framed it in stilted or flowery phrase, Would it better appeal to you, friend of past days, Would it reach any nearer your heart?” ‘The will is to be filed to-morrow and Mrs. Geacheldt believes it still contains the following clause: “That each loaf so distributed shall bear the name of Counsellor Harry M. and Minnie D. Gescheidt.” If this is the case, she Will insist on this provision of the document being carried out, Mr. Geacheidt will be buried to-day from the home where he lived with his second wife, Mra. Katherine Pack Gescheldt, at ‘No, 339 Lincoln road, Lycegge The cata take jace in Greenwood Cemetery, where bad erected a statue of himself and a large mausoleum. BOOST BEEF PRICE AS STRIKE IS CALLED. GLENS FALLS, N Y., Jan. 19.—The Price of beef rose two cents a pound to-day as soon as the loval hers found the strike on the Dela- ware and Hudson had tied up ship- ANDY has a high food valu than meats, and half pou a of Loft ae Style emall eanute, ), nourishing day's GIRL GOES TO COAS LOVER MUST EARN FARE /Sixteen-Year-Old Fritz! Schibbert Will Marry Wilhelmsen When He Gets Money. On receipt of a telegram from Sem Francisco to-day stating that anaunt of Frit! Bchibbert, a sixteen-year-old gitl who arrived on the Caronia yes- terday, will be responsible for her safety, immigration authorities re- leased the girl from Ellis Island and started her for the Pacific Coast. E. ‘W. Wilhelmsen, who arrived with the girl, was allowed to land. Both are from Stockholm Wilhelm. gen is thirty-five years old. le says he wanted to marry Fritsi at home, but was unable to get a guardian's consent, so both came to New York, imagining that getting married bere would be ple. But Fritst com- fessed that she was only sixteen, The immigration authorities refused to a! ee The girl had money on to pay» her way to the coast. belmace had not. He announced that he would get @ job and save up until he Res money enough to join Fritsi an@ marry her. —=—— Seuth Celebrates Leo's Birthéay. RICHMOND, Vt., Jan. 19.—Throwgh- \EY.—tn New York bod Jon anit ‘MOMRIS6) JOSEPH MORRISEY, aged @ years, wer of Mary Morrissey of 869 We diet at Funeral érom his late residence Twsee day at 2 P. M. Interment Calvary, Arrangeme! ‘Undertaker William PEGE fr 2 i Ht st i z i K tr ad tf iF f i | All the Comforts - of Home t Many people visit New York for-@ few weeks, especially in Winter time, They have many ways to turn, Thy may visit one of Gotham’s magnificent or more cosmopolitan hotels. 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