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| \ pares PREST SETS DOWN AS PURE FICTION ABUSE OF OROHANS Mount Loretto Mission, Staten Island, Modern and Model Home, Father Doyle Says. ‘The Rev. Father Thomas J. Doyle of No. 142 East Twenty-ninth Street was called to-day by John M. Bowers, attorney for the State Charities > 4 Board, as first witnens for the Jefense tm the investigation being conducted by Commissioner Charles H. Strong at the Bar Association. Father Doyle is chaplain of the Mission of the Immaculate Concep- tion at Mount Loretto, Staten Isiand, which has been severely criticised by pep ote of the Charities Depart- New York City, Father Doyle was present whon the in He uaid the wash- ie ry! dressed in trunks while they bathed Rv boy had a toothbrush, th el in said. As to the ollcloth cov- ers of the dining room tables, they | were conducive to oleaniiness and bt chauged twice a year. The absence of dressing tables and of chairs from the ‘mitories had uene O. by the Deputy Chief Department. Father Doy denied that there was no soctal trai tug for the boys; he said every clans. elal centre and there was overnment by uupervixion of the orphans under the the teachers. investigators had attended only one meal at the mission. ‘ther Doyle said there wi 3 oy of outdoor play in summe: sea bathing and ball by the bere “day; walks and swings Thor on. Winter there was a field for when weather permitted, and otherwise indoor play in the large hall of the main buliding. witness sald there was a band with forty boys and an orchestra with thirty-six boys and a fife and , @rum corps of forty boys. In 1914 there were 180 boys engaged in learn- = ing tailoring, shoemaking, carpenter- Ing, print d like employm CORNS COME OFF LIKE BANANA PEEL Wondertul, Simple “Gete-It" Never Faille to Remove Any Corn Easily. “Wouldn't it Jar you? Here I've been for years, with one desperate “ea trying to rid of eet eat off the toes, it Use “Gete-1t" for Geran eve ‘our Life and Your Teest (apes that atick to the stocking, bandages aud plasters that make a package of the ss v 1 and you ought to have seen that Some oF —Jork the @ banana pool.” simple, wonderfu: sinless, appiled rte healthy flea! Nothing ‘@ press on the corn. alls. Quit the ol ye for once anyway and try to-night, For corns, calluses, unions. ia sold everywhere, B5c Lawrence & "te sold in PORT WINE OLIVE OIL ae sam mom Ss SO, Cote the fee Provement. Ask your do taste of oil. At your deale: aoe, Take no substitu ce. tng ALT DEWEY & sons ot Pet at tay) pert (Phone we In Our Age of Specialists The Public Demands the Services of Professional Men who Specialize. Sco _we have Dentists for the Teeth and for the same reascn we have Optome- trists for the Eyes. Optometrists Are the Only Specialists Registered under State Op- tometry Laws for theexam- anon of Eyes for glasses. iblished for Informati get Public. by the Ouromerrical w of the City of New York Father Doyle said the | THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, What Ex-Senator Root Said About President’ 8 War Policy In his epeeoh at the Republican State Convention ex-United States Benator Root sid: “The Government of the United States irnored, condoned the munier of American men and the rape of American women and destruction of American property and insult to American officers and defilement of the American flag and joined itaeif to the men who were guilty of all these things to pull down the power of Huerta. “And for the death and outrage, the suffering and ruin of our own brethren, the hatred and contempt for our country and the dishonor of our name in that Jand the Adrminiatration at Washington shares responsi - bility with the inhuman brutes with whom it made common cause, “When our Government gave notice to Germany that it would destroy American lives aod American ships at ite pertl our words, which would have been potent if sustained by adequate preparation to make them good, and by the prestige and authority of the moral leadership of a great people in a great caune, were treated with a contempt which @hould have been foreseen; and when our Government failed to make thome words g00d ite diplomacy was bankrupt. ‘We have not been following the path of peace. We have bean blindly stumbting along the road that, continued, will lead to inevitable war, “The great decisive question upon which our peace depends in the question whether the rule of action applied to Belgium ia to be tolerated. If it dn tolerated by the civilized world this nation will have to Might for tts life, There will be no escape. “No man should draw a pistol who dures not shoot. The Government that shakes its fet first and its finger afterward falls into contempt. “Throughout the world the phrase ‘too proud to fight’ became a by- word of derision and contempt for the Government of the United Btates, “We must play our part in the universal trial, whether we will or no, for upon the result depends directly the quowtion whether our republic can endure.” exclusively with the Whitman admin- istration and reading as follows: “On Jan, 1, 1916, after four years of chaos, disorder and extravagance, the Kepublican party was returned to power in the State of New York. “Order and eficiency have beon re- stored, constructive legislation has been enacted and our State Govern- ment has been placed in a position where the orderly progress of gov- ernment is possible once more. “We commend Gov. Whitman, the Togislature and the entire Republi. can administration. We commend the Governor particularly for the cour- age with which he has faced the RESOLUTION FAVORING ROOT AS CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT WITHHELD (Continued trom Firet Page.) Brown I will go over to Hill on the next ballot.” Barnes consulted with his follow- ers and decided to join with Thomp- financial necessities of the State and for his efforts to reform our fiscal system 80 as to insure economy and an adequate public knowledge and discussion of the State's business.” ‘The fight in the Committee on Dole- gates started late last night when the committees got down to business tn the headquarters of the Republi- can State Committee in West Thir- ty-ninth Street. William Barnes, after a prolonged discussion, offered a resolution providing that the con- vention submit to the Republican voters at the primaries Senator James W. Wadsworth, Gov, Charles 8. Whitman, State Chairman Fred- son in supporting Brown, Tho de- cinive vote was: Brown 27, Hill 4 WHITMAN OUT OF PRESIDEN- TIAL RACE. The indirect results of the conven- tion were as follows: Gov, Whitman has been completely eliminated as a possible oandidate for President. He will play only the minor role of a delegate second in stands for boty yoy ot government, for the full rights and Privileges of American citizensh|p, for the a of America and Ameri- cans against attack any quarter | whateoever, for the welfare of Ameri- can business and for the protection of American labor, but ail for those enduring principles of national honor, of liberty, Pe and of |fidellty to national obligations, | through adherence to whieh the na- \tion has grown great. | “It Delleves in the truth of Wash. | ington's declaration that the name of American, which belongs to us in our national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from either local or racial discriminations. The platform declares for the en- largement of the navy and the ap- polntment of a Naval General Staff and for the enlargement of the army, all for purposes of defense. No direct suggestions as to how large the navy and army are to be for adequate defense are made. The policy of the Wilson Administration as to Mexico fa condemned. On this point the platform says: ‘Suffering almost without modern |parallel, we demand that American rights in Mexico shal! be protected. ‘This should be done either by a re- Mexican Government or h co-operation with other Ainerican Republica in such Way as shall secure the independence, order and prosperity of Mexico.” The ptatform denounces the propo- sition now before Congress which | promines freedom to the Philippines. It demande the appointment of a | Tariff Commission and revision of the turiff “for the protection of American labor.” More protection for businens inter- sts 1s advocated, the inference of the platform being that business is harassed by various Government agencies, “Government regulation, not Government management,” of business is advocated. The platform declares for enlargement of the Amerioan merchant name, couragement of co-operation among farmer and amendments to the Fed eral Reserve Law to increase its pub- Ne_benefita. The following alternates delegate. At-large were named by the Conven- tion: Edward Butler, Buffalo; Cor- W. Anderson, jovernor Ed- ward Schoeneck. BRBVITY. William Ry, who saya he has the shortest name im the world, has been married, ee TWO HELD AS BURGLARS. Two men, who described themselves an James Moore, No. 1544 Second Ave- nd Thomas Kelly, No. 978 Second Avenue, are under arrest at Police Headquarters, charged with burglary in the poe house at No. 137 East his own State delegation at the Chi-jerick Tanner and William Rerrt, ry treet. ‘They were ar- editor of the Brooklyn Standard cago convention. Union, os delegates-at-large to the ght by Detective James Bo great is the iefaction of prominent Republicans from all parte of the State with Mr. Whitman's personality and con- duct that it le doubtful whether he will be considered as a candi- date fur renomination next au- tumn, The up-State leaders openly declared that the next Governer must come frem the rural districts, Chicar> convention. THOMPSON HAS HIS WAY ON “BIG FOUR.” ‘Tho rerolution received 26 votes, To the surprise of the Barnes members of the committee the Whitman people came across with tex for Dr, David Jayne Hill of Rochester instead jof Mr. Berri, and, Senator Thompson, Chairman of the Thompson Legisla- tive Committes, having the deciding vote, cast it for Wadsworth, Whit- man, Tanner and Senator Elon R. Elihu Root ts being seriously con-| Brown. sidered as a Presidential candidate,| ‘This condition prevailed hour attor hour, Senator Thompson refusing to! but he ordered suppressed the at | vote for either Berri or Hill or any | r tempted resolution in his favor be | compromise pandidate. Eventually he causé he did not want his speech of} won out. His compromise candidate, Jast night attacking the Democratic] Senator Brown, was unanimously 5 made the fourth’ member of the “Big Administration to be weakened by ed the tired committee, went | any suggestion of personal interest) +, Carnegte Hall to submit the re-| in the defeat of President Wilson. | port Wiliam Barnes has reguined con- ii, ae meen tine the | Sonventen, | aiderable of his loa power and pres-| eclatorm had been entertained Dy a | tige in the Republican Party, but is) pand concert and a witty speech by not yet ready to come out in the|ex-Senator Chauncey M. Depew. open to attempt to resume his former post of dictatorship. All attacks on Col. Roosevelt were | soft-pedatied in the interest of untt- ing the Progressives with the Re- publicans for the coming campaign. Mr. Root’s keynote speech ax tem- Elihu Root presided during the hours of waiting, and gave way to Senator Wadeworth, the permanent Chair- the convention got down t work had been nator keynote speech lost night and tho deliberation of the committees on Resolutions and Dele- convention! Kates comprised about all t the [arogt aria Bhi itieiann) HePUblicans of the state of New York jast nigl jeclat Y pol | expected to wccompliah so early in the to have been the greatest effort of his! campaign. The ‘convention perfunc- life and to stamp bin ae the leading torily, end oreed, the, platform and the Inited six F and adjourne Republican of the United States, Ale | IK no cantam' wan declared by the though he wae seventy-one years old! republics an leaders to be the pre- yesterday, he was as vigorous and| dominating note in the platform. This forceful tn delivering his address an|D'a\‘orm, “which probably outlines wha National platform of t & man of fifty, and the Old Guard of| Repunican party will advocate, R the Republican Party is solidly be- hind him at this time for the Repub- lican nomination. RESOLUTION FOR ROOT THAT WAS WITHHELD. The resolution to commit tho Re- publican convention to the candidacy of Mr. Root was Introduced early this morning In the Committee on Resolu- tions by John A. Sloicher and wa: seconded and advocated by Henry L, Stimson, After a prolonged argu- ment the resolution was withdrawn Nicholas Murray Butler, chairman of | the comunittes, issued the following | statoment about the Root resolution, | “There was discussion in the Com- mittee on Resolutions as to the wis- dom of commending Mr. Root to the Republicans of this country as the most fitting candidate for President There was complete agreement as to Mr. Root's pre-eminent fitness, but in view of the difference of opinion as to the wisdom of passing any reao-| lution whatsoever and since Mr, Root himself requested that no such action | be taken, no action was taken,” | Outside of the launching of the| Root boom, the feature of the con- vention was @ fight in the Commit. tee on Delegates between fictions controlled by William Barnes and| Gov, Whitman over the makeup of | the “Big Four” delegation at large to the Chieago convention, The com- mittee was deadlocked until nearly | o'clock this afternoon, Previously Gov. Whitman had won @ partial victory in the Committee on Resolutions, He had hoped to have, his administration indorsed in the| clares, in effect, for patriotism, pre- parednes* and a protective tariff. On the subject of “Americanism” the platform says urselves to the support and forward-facing nism. The Republican Party AlitfleCareand Alittle Cuticura DoWonders for ‘Tlairand Skin |The Soap to cleanse, parity ¢ pe d heauttiy, | the Ointment to soot, the and the tntruder: In a later search the police recovered ‘a bag of Jewelry and silver, which they say the men had taken from the room of Miss Azaline Jonany, a plano instruc- tor at Columbia University. Charen, Fholpe, 9 printer « York Farm Colony, Staten Losin the en-| JERSEY ASSEMBLY KILLS LOCAL OPTION, 40 TO 19 Rejects Gaunt Bill, Passed by Sen- ate, After Stormy Debate Last- ing Three Hours. TRENTON, N.J., Feb. 16.—After a debate lasting nearly three hours, the Assembly iate yesterday defeated the Gaunt Municipal Local Option Bill of the New Jersey Anti-Suloon League by a vote of 40 to 19. The Gaunt bill was passed by the Senate last week by a vote of 12 to % ‘This ends any | radical liquor legislation in the Lagis- lature this year, The galleries were crowded with men and women eager to listen to the debate. The Rev. Mr. lobst, Assem- | biyman of Hunterdon County, said no one has the inherent right to’ sell in- toxicating liquor. In the United! States 110,000 persons die annually! through rum, he declared, Sooner or later the people would rise and pun- he asserted. Mr, Schoen of Essex said business whould not be destroyed because the privilege of drinking was abused; that God punished Adam and Eve for | eating the forbidden fruit, but did not destroy the Garden of iden, He insisted the bill did not provide na It uld for compensating brewers and | saloonkeepers for loss of properties incident to a community voting out | liquor. Majority Leader Kates of Camden sald State Prison reports showed that a may y of the inmates were 1 because of drink BOY'S HONESTY WINS HOME FOR MOTHER | . j}Returns Jewels He Found Grateful Owner Aids Poor Family. The family of thirteen-yr dor Watin, at No, 4284 Third Avenue the Bronx, was pretty hard up yes- terday and about to be dispossessed To-day they have found a friend, It and ar-old Is ish legislators who oppose such a law, | | Bernard F. Golden, a real estate 6 _ 1916 LAST OF SULLIVAN CLAN | RIDIGULED IN SCHOOL, IS SHORN OF HIS POWER} THIS GIRL ENDS LIFE Patrick H. Read Out of Party and] Takes Poison After Teacher Reads Stripped of District , to Class a Note Sie Had Offices, Written to a Boy. The of) painting of “Big Tim" Sul-| HARTFORD, Conn, Feb. 16— {ivan on the wa ‘a the old heed Snort be denne betes beeneee | quarters of the T. D. Sullivan Asso- ber teacher had read to the class in clation, at No, 207 Bowery, is about |4 grammar school yesterday an inter- all that ts left to-day as a reminder cepted in which the girl had that the Sullivan clan once controlled lower Manhattan and east side polt- tics, ‘The Loft-Barra faction is now in the saddle, Alderman Patrick H. Sullivan bas | been read out of power tn the Third note, invited a boy friend to attend a val- entine social at a church. The girl took the gibes to heart, bought poison at a drug store and swallowed it at * laborer, of No. Assembly District, His failure to call) Cher es te voith* deren eae. toond & meeting of the aspoctation to name | dead in a Thala at No. 462 Eighth Dr, ‘Adair of New Fork | delegates to the Syracuse Democratic Conventioin led to this action Mon. day night. Caesar B. FP. Barra offered a reso- aid an overdose of morphine the man’s death. DUMPLINGS! The best part of meat stew when dumplings are made light with PRR ein Fave "Pree ln, Sh erecually irae tafe tet quickly and ince iy an Ba inte’ — A.W HA ty without remeving the cover wae H a eet me boty micieimetcmee Famous recipes in and lution, unanimously adopted by 136 members, in which P. H. Sullivan was accused of neglect and disloyalty to the association and deposed as| | Tammany leader of the district, Pres- | ident of the Sullivan Association and | Chairman of the County Committee jof the Third Assembly District. Of |course he retains his place as Alder- | man dealer at No. 217 Centre Street, was elected to fill the offices vacated. The positions of Secretary Michael Edel- | son, Vice President Dr. Abramowitz and of Treasurer and Sergeant at Arms were all filled by men aMllated with the Barra-Loft faction. Dele- | Rates elected to the Syracuse Con- ‘vention are Representative George W. ar B. F. Barra and George , Assistant District Attor- HEADACHE FROM YOUR and use it every day. It will comfortably care for twelve dresses or six suits. Practically maid or valet service, as everything is at your finger tips and kept in rfect order, The NEVERBREAK HUN- DRED serves a double pur- pore, and each one doubly well. Saks & Company Broadway at 34th Street Neverbreak Hundred | WARDROBE TRUNK | RIG THE REMOVABLE RACK IN ROOM A COLD? LISTEN!- young Watin found a handbag con taining jewels worth $450, He turned it over to the store manager, and the Isidor will begin to- five-and-ten-cent }as can work. | morrow in store. NEW ORLEA of the British steamer Baron a mule ship, which arrived here to day from Alexandria, Maypt. brought stories of a battle in the Mediterra- nean on Jan. 17 betwee next thing was that Mrs. Sophie Ad- ler of No, 618 Melrose Avenue, who j had lost the jewels, was jing a representative to the Watin home. It didn't take long to ferret out the fact that Mrs. Watin and Isidor’s ten brothers and sisters were in a bad way. Mrs. Adler will see to the removal of the dispossess notice, and that! there is work for such of the Watins happened because Isidor knew that! honesty is the best policy It compels systematic Walking through the five-and-ten- packing—with proper cent store at Third Avenue and One Cold Te ompound””| ace provided for yey Hundred and Fifty-second Street severe colds or thing you will want to take. grippe in few hours. Compartments with tie tapes for hats, shoes, un- derwear and linens and a Your cold will break and all grippe! misery end after taking a dose of | -stri |"Pupe’s ‘Cold Compound” every two ||| large draw-string laundry Thours nntil three doses are taken. J | It promptly opens clogged-up_nos- >} c a ltrils and air pasenges in ead, Recents con nasty di me oF nose fun struction—vulcanized fibre relieves sick headache, dullness, ||| covered. All cold rolled ning, leverishness, sore throat, soreness and stiffness. | Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing! nd snuffling! Ease your throbbing | sneezing. ||| steel hardware and all hand riveted. Self-locking sna) lock and beautifully lin jhead—nothing else in the world gives such prompt relief as “Pape's Cold | The patented removable Compound,” which costs only 25 cents||} Sarment rack swings all @ store. It acts without | our clothing rene out be- tastes nice, and causes no ‘ore you and absolutely Accept no substitute, eliminates any chance of wrinkling or creasing. Saks Luggage Department YOU CAN’T GET THIS REMOVABLE RACK FEATURE IN ANY OTHER TRUNK ON THE MARKET. Guaranteed for five years! Can’t cost excess! Price $15 Stop in and see it today. Two Suites of Bed- room Furniture — one for $2,750, one for $67.75 ~illustrate how broadly the February Furniture | Sale covers the needs of all the people. There are 121 bedroom suites on the floor; mahogany, American walnut, Circassian walnut, oak in the different finishes, bird’s-eye maple,curly birch and enamels; a wide range of prices, at 10 to 50 per cent. savings. 20 examples: $244.50 for 8- dg ed American wal- nut bedroom, twin bedsteads, dresser, chiffonier, dressing table and toilet mirror, night stand, and hand-mirror, $224 for 4-piece American walnut bedroom suite, full-size bedstead, dresser, chiffonier and dressing table. $102.75 for 4-piece bird's-eye maple bedroom suite, full-size bedstead, dresser, chiffonier, and dressing table. forma) resolutions to be presented to the convention, The committee com. Promised by submitting to the con- Sample oe Spee ~ Mall With Orees vention a separate resolution dealing 8-Piece Bedroom Suite, American walnut or mahogany, February price, $244.50 $122.50 for 4-piece curly birch bed- Toom suite, full-size bedstead, dresser, chiffonier and dressing table. $191.25 for 3-piece mahogany bed- room suite, full-size bedstead with cane punel head-board, dresser, chif- fonier. $68 for 4-piece mahogany finish bedroom suite, full-size bedstead, dresser, chiffonier and dressing table with triplicate mirror. $102.75 for 4-piece mahogany bed- room suite, full-size bedstead, dresser, chiffonier and dressing table, $118.50 for 4-piece mahogany bed- room suite, full-size bedstead, dresser, chiffonier and dressing table, all pieces with turned posts. $140 for 4-piece mahogany bed- room suite, full-size bedstead, dresser, chiffonier, and dressing table. $211.75 for 4-piece American wal- nut bedroom suite, full-size bedstead, dresser, chiffonier and dressing table, $67.75 for 4-piece white enamel bedroom suite, full size bedstead, aresser, chiffonier and dressing t able, $188 for 4-piece black enamel hand- decorated bedroom suite, full size bed- end, dresser, chi{fonier and dressing table JOHN WANAMAKER | | Broadway at Ninth, New York } Saks&Company Broadway at 34th Street lines. , $192 for 7-piece black enamel hand- decorated bedroom suite, full-size bed- higher-priced styles stead, dresser, chiffonier, aressing ay le, chair, rocker and dressing table cha. $204.75 for 6-piece mahogany bed- making clothes. room suite, twin d-post bedsteads, dresser, ebifionier, table and night stand $185.75 for 6-piece mahogany bed- room suite, twin bedsteads, dresser, Beginning Today a Special Unqualified Clearance of | that formerly sold at $28 to $40 —Reduced to— | $21 We have gone the limit in these reductions to ensure an equally liberal response. | fact, some of the suits in this sale have sold at even higher prices than stated above—but only a very few of them, which | | is why we do not feature them in the head- The $35 and $40 suits, however, are | here in abundance, for the selections are composed entirely of those higher grade, backbone of our reputation in the art of A Small Charge Will Be Made for Alterations chiffonier and chifforobe. $172.50 for 5-piece Sheraton ma- hogany bedroom suite with inlaid lines, twin bedsteads, dresser, chif- fonier and dressing table. $155.50 for 4-piece mah room suite, full size bedst cane panels, dresser, chiffonier and dressing table, $180.50 for 4-piece mahogany bed- stead with cane panel, dresser, chif- fonier and dressing table. $128 for 3- Kino mahogany bed- room suite, full size bedstead, dresser and chiffonier. $145.75 for 4-piece mahogany bed- room suite, full-size Dedatead, dresser BRU deur ete thr anit ol Seventh Gallery, New Building. 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