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VETERAN GAMBLER
NAMES TWO DOZEN
James Purcell, Informer, Says
He Paid $50,000 to New York
Police Officers.
New York, Feb. 10.—An even two
dozen—some dead, some retired, some
still on the New York police forces—
were branded as grafters or go
betweens Saturday In the reclatal of
James Purcell, a veteran gambler, who
told the aldermanic investigating com
mittee how he and his associates had
given up $50,000 protection money in
17 years. His story was the most im
portant told to the committee since it
began its - inquiry into police condi
tions following the murder of Herman
Rosenthal. shot down because he
“squealed.”
There was no session of the alder
manic committee today and it was
not made known whether Purcell would
be recalled to the stand on Monday.
Interest centered largely at police
headquarters, though It was not
believed that Commissioner Waldo
would suspend any of those named by
Purcell until he had confirmed the
truth of the charges by an investiga
tion. The aldermanic committee is
w-orking hand in hand with the dis
trict attorney’s office and as the po
lice department and district attorney
are at daggers’ points neither is ac
cepting the word or co-operating with
the other in any way.
Grand Jury to Act.
On Monday Capt. Thomas Walsh,
wrho recently confessed to grafting
and implicated Inspector Sweeney, is to
go before the grand jury and tell his
story. Both he and Sweeney are now
under suspension. After the Walsh
evidence is presented, Purcell will tell
his tale and a big batch of indict
ments is expected within 10 days.
Former Sheriff Harvey, of Queen*
county; Police Inspector McT.aughlln,
half a dozen police captains, including
a brotherinlaw of Charles F.' Murphy,
the Tammany leader, and a score of
ward heelers and policemen, were
among the men who got the money,
he said. Once he said orders came “in
directly” from Murphy himself to close
up. He moved at once.
Paid Money to All.
Charles Becker, now in the death
house at Sing Sing, N. Y., for the
murder of Rosenthal, got $350 from him
for “fixing” the evidence against him
and five others taken in a raid Becker
made on his gambling house, Purcell
declared. Becker was then head of the
“strong arm” squad for the suppres
sion of gambling.
“I have paid money to every squad
that was ever detailed by headquar
ters to suppress gambling, except one,”
Purcell testified. “They all took it ex
cept Costigan. Costigan was on the
level.”
Costigan was referred to during the
first investigation of the Rosenthal
case as “the honest policeman.”
In return for this protection money,
Purcell said the police generally let
him alone. When they had to act on
complaints from the outside they
“tipped him off,” he declared. He al
ways moved to another house when
thus informed. For a while he moved
every day.
Police Commissioner Waldo today
took up the lead opened by the alder
manic investigation of police graft and
began the investigation of charges
made by James Purcell, a veteran
gambler, against four captains now on
the force. On the strength of Pur
cell’s unsupported story, Waldo said
he would do nothing, but if his investi
gation confirmed the gambler’s charge*
he would suspend the accused offi
cers.
The police captains Purcell charged
with receiving tribute for protecting
his gambling establishments, are Pat
rick J. Gray, brotherinlaw of Charles
F. Murphy, the Tammany leader, and
Captains Martens. Maude and Coch
rane. Others he mentioned are no
longer on the force.
BUCKET SHUP UWNERS
ASSESSED BIG FINES
Eight Pay $50,000—Several
Dismissed—One Case Yet to
Be Tried.
Washington, Feb. 10.—Eight men
caught in the government anti-bucket
shop crusade in 1910 pleaded guilty
or nolle coptendre In the district court
here today and paid fines aggregating
$50,000.
Louis Celia, of St. Louis, Angela
Celia and Samuel W. Alder, of New
York, pleaded guilty and were fined
$10,000 each. Oscar J. Rappell, of Jer
sey City, pleaded guilty and was fined
$5 000. William F. Fox, of Baltimore,
and Charles R. Aller, of Washington,
pleaded nolle contendro and were fined
$2,500 each.
Cases against Edward Allemus and
Robert Hall, Jersey City; Henry R.
Duryee, of Washington; Henry C.
3tumpf, of Philadelphia; E. M. Brown
ing of Baltimore, and Samuel Ray
mond, Jersey City, were dismissed.
The defendants had appealed in vain
to the supreme court of the United
States. Today’s action ends all the
bucket shop cases pending except that
against Price & Company, which will
be tried later this month.
OKLAHOMA JUSTICE
SETSSPEED RECORD
Muskogee, Okla., Feb. 10.—Justice
moved swiftly when R. P. Lusk, for
mer president of the First National
bank of Wilburton, was indicted Wed
nesday for misapplication of the bank’s
funds. Lusk was sentenced late yes
terday to five years in prison. A war
rant was issued for the banker on
Thursday. Friday at 5 o’clock he ar
rived here, went before the federal
court, pleaded guilty-and wan sen
tenced. At 9 o'clock he was on a train
carrying him to the penitentiary at
Fort Leavenworth. Lusk’s shortage
was said to be $40,000. it is under
stood that relatives made good the
amount.
OSCAR STRAUS MOVES
, INTO PLUTE LOCALITY
Tarrytown, N. Y.. Feb. to.—Oscar S.
Straus, former ambassador to Turkey,
and recently progressive candidate for
governor of New York state, is to es
tablish himself here as a close neighbor
to John D Rockefeller. He has bought
the Horton farm, between here and
Pleasantville, which is one of the old
est estates in this section. It consists
of about 80 acres for which Mr. Straus
Is said to have paid $55,000. Mr. Straus
said he was going to build a very simple
home here.
SUFFRAGETS RUIN
FLORAL DISPLAYS
Valuable Plants In Public Gar
den Destroyed—Windows
Smashed.
London, Feb. 10.—Militant suffragist*
destroyed many valuable plants and
did other damages amounting to |45,000
to the hot houses of the Kew horti
cultural gardens during the early
hours of the morning. Thus they de
veloped another plan of campaign to
force the government to give the vote
to women.
It Is believed a number of women
hid themselves In the gardens over
night for this morning long before the
day staff came on duty It was found
that a large number of rare orchids
had been uprooted and scattered In all
directions. Thirty panes of glass In
the orchid house were broken^-,
Windows Shattered.
When the night watchmen made
their rounds at 1 o'clock in the morn
ing everything was still In good order
and the women must have laid their
plans before hand In order to find hid
ing places where they could lie In se
curity. No trace of them has been
seen since.
The window smashing raids con
tinued in London today. Two Im
mense windows in an establishment in
Oxford street which has heretofore
been immune because of the proprie
tor's contributions to the women's
funds were broken during the early
morning hours.
The postal authorities today Issued
a notice that there would be delay on
all telegrams to the north of England
as the result of cutting of telegraph
wires in the provinces by the suffra
gets yesterday.
ALL KINDS OF LOTIONS FOR
SUFFRAGETS’ SORE TOOTSIES
New York, Feb. 10.—"Try our rubber
heels, try our soap, try our eourtplast
er. try our sure cure for blisters!”
These are but a few of the many re
quests which "General” Rosalie Jones,
commander of the approaching suffra
get march to Washington is receiving
from manufacturing firms desiring ad
vertisement for their wares. Her mall
is flooded daily with samples of va
rious articles which might be of use
to the women on their 230-mlle jour
ney—from hairpins to pedometers—and
if the flood keeps up she promises an
auction sale of her collection for the
benefit of the cause.
Profiting from'her experience on her
recent march to Albany, the general
has provided for each member on this
trip a kit. of selected medical supplies
calculated to relieve all pains less se
rious than a broken limb. This time
her army will go uniformed in cloak
and hood of flannel, after the manner
of the pilgrims of old.
Twelve women, Miss Jones an
nounced today, have promised to walk
every step of the Journey, which is
scheduled to begin oh Lincoln’s birth
'day, to be completed on February 28,
in time for the marchers to recuperate
for the inaugural parade, in which
they will take part. The 12 include
Miss Ida Craft and Miss Lavina Dock,
two of the original “hikers” to Albany.
Two mere men, Ernest Stevens, a
member of the Men’s Walking club,
of Philadelphia, and George Wendt, Jr.,
of Albany, have promised to walk the
entire distance and act as bodyguards.
A farm wagon painted in suffraget
yellow by Miss Jones’ own hand, will
lead the van and carry Miss Elizabeth
Freeman, who will act as speechmaker
at various rallies to be held along the
route.
DEPARTMENT STORES
FORM HUGE COMBINE
Corporation With $75,000,000
Purchasing Power to Elim
inate Wholesaler.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 10.—Announce
ment was made iiere yesterday that
department stores in many large cit
ies of the United States have organ
ized the American Department Store
corporation to consolidate their pur
chases and thereby get low prices from
the manufacturers. The wholesaler is
to be eliminated as far as the stores in
the corporation are concerned. The
stores in the new company have an ag
gregate purchasing power of more than
$75,000,000 annually. J. R. Shea, of Pitts
burgh, has been elected president of
the corporation, w hich will be capital
ized at a nominal amount and char
tered in New York.
Among the cities that have a store
in the corporation are St. Louis, San
Francisco, Boston and Pittsburgh. Ne
gotiations are in progress for the ad
mission of stores in Chicago and New
York, and later stores in small cities
will be taken In.
WOULD LESSEN BIRTH
RATE IN NEW ZEALAND
Wellington. New Zealand. Feb. 10.—
One of the strangest resolutions passed
by any responsible body was adopted
at a general meeting of the Christ
Church Labor union today, when the
citizens of New Zealand were urged to
do all in their power to lessen the
birth rate.
Believing that compulsory defenso
act is a blot on the record of a civilized
country, the unicn now asks that num
ber of births of New Zealanders be
kept down so as to lessen the number
of youths who must take the compul
sory military training. • Union officials
said it was hoped the act would be re
pealed. when the resolution would be
rescinded.
PRINCE AZIZ SAFE.
Alexandria, Egypt, Feb. 10— Prince
Aziz Hassan, cousin of the khedlve ot
Egypt, who was supposed to have been
courtmart'aled and executed at Con
stantinople for ilering at the battle of
Kirk-Killlse, arrived here by a French
steamer. He declined to give any ex
planation of his escape from the tiring
squad.
SKULL OF POLICEMAN
FRACTURED BY ROBBERS
Pcs Moines. la.. Fob. 10.—Policeman
Joshua Suit.«, a veteran member of the
force, was found early today wandering
dmlessly about Llghth and Locust
-tr.'-.-ta with hi3 akul! fractured, nose
broken and club, Etar and flashlight
;ono. Police arrested three men sup
posed to have assaulted the officer. It
ih «u:>;ed the policeman Intercepted
i horn while attempting to commit rob
bery.
GREAT BEDS OF GOAL
BORNING IN DAKOTA
Thousands of Tons Consumed
By Fires Which Have Smoul
dered for Years.
Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 10.—Hun*
dreds of thousands of tons of coal are
being consumed In western North Da
kota by fires which are burning In un
developed mines and action will be
taken by the state legislature to halt
this destruction of the state's natural
resources.
Evidence regarding the destruction
of Ignited coal by slow fires was re
ceived at a hearing yesterday to In
vestigate the possibilities of North Da
kota coal.
The state geologist reported that
there are approximately 32,000 square
miles of coal beds in the state, with an
estimated tonnage of 500,000,0000,000
tons.
"The burning bluffs," along the Mis
souri river and over the Western part
of the state are mentioned as far back
as the reports of the Lewis & Clark
expedition, while oldest inhabitants de
clare that many of these burning bluffs
or lignite beds have been smouldering
over since they came to the territory.
Miners claim that the fires can be ex
tinguished and there is a movement on
foot to turn the task over to an ex
perienced engineer.
RICH “OLD SPAVS” TO
REGAIN LOST VIGOR
Walking Club Composed of
Such Well Known Athletes As
Schiff and Carnegie.
New York. Feb. 10.—Some fine day
«oon visitors to New York may be sur
prised to see such notable athletes as
Joseph H. Choate, former ambassador
to Great Britain, who recently cele
brated his 81st birthday; John E. Par
sons, the 84-year-old nestor of the New
York bar; Louis Windmuller, a wealthy
merchant, aged 78; Mayor William J.
Gaynor and William B. Hornblower,
each 62 years old, striding up Broad
way on a hike to Yonkers.
The men named are, according to Mr.
Windmuller, charter members of a
walking club, with the Idea that some
of the older New Yorkers will set an
example to the younger generation. An
drew Carnegie, the 78-year-old iron
master; Isaac H. Sellgman, who would
be the "baby” of the club, as he Is
only 68 years old; Gen. George W. Win
gate, head of the Public Schools Ath
letic league, who is 78, and Jacob H.
Schiff, the banker, aged 66, are said to
be prospective members.
An agreement among the charter
members Is said to be on file In the
mayor’s office outlining the objects of
the club as furtherance of the fine art
of walking and enjoying it right here in
New York city.
SCHOOL FUND FOR
WESTERN INDIANS
Washington, Feb. 10—The Lndian ap
propriation bill has been reported by
the Senate Indian committee. The Ne
braska items Include $72,300. For the
Indian school at Genoa, for clerk and
labor hire at Winnebago agency, $4,
040. For repairing Knox county bridge
across the Niobrara for use of Santee
and Ponca Indians, $1,200. The South
Dakota items are: School at Flan
dreau, $66,600; school at Pierre, $57,
000; school at Rapid City, $53,500. The
bill contains the necessary allowances
for support of the different Sioux
tribes in Nebraska, South Dakota and
North Dakota, amounting in all to
$307,000. Other South Dakota items
are: For day and industrial schools
among the Sioux, $200,000; Yankton
Sioux, $14,000; Canton asylum, $30,
000. Employes’ headquarters buildings
at Pine Ridge and improvements, $16,
000. Payment of voucher 63 for bene
fits to Pine Ridge Indians for last
quarter in 1910 is authorized and also
minor Items.
ONCE FAMOUS BEAUTY
DIES OF STARVATION
New York, Feb. 10.—Lillian Lorraine
Hollis, who was said to be a famous
beauty of the Pacific coast in 1892, died
In obscurity here last Monday. It was
learned today. Her body was found In
a little furnished room on Forty-ninth
street. In which a score of cats were
found slinking about, and there was
every evidence, physicians said, that
her death was caused by Inanition and
lack of nourishment, or practically
starvation.
"In a voting contest conducted by
several California newspapers in 1892,”
said one of those who knew the wom
an here, "Miss Hollis was proclaimed
the prettiest woman of the Pacific
coast.”
A number of actors and actresses
visited an undertaking establishment
to see her body borne to a crematory
after simple services.
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4 NEVER GET PEEVISH 4
4 WITH A GOLF BALL 4
4 4
4 New York, Feb. 10—Don’t open 4
4 golf balls to see what’s inside, so 4
4 many disgruntled players have 4
4 given vent to their wrath over 4
ta poor stroke, or satisfied their 4
curiosity by smashing golf balls 4
4 open, with disastrous results, 4
4 that the United States Golf as- 4
4 soclatlon is preparing an official 4
4 warning to club members 4
4 throughout the country against 4
4 such a practice. Several in- 4
4 stances have been recorded in 4
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4 a ball, or squeezing it In a vise 4
4 has caused it to burst open and 4
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4 several persons. Acids and other 4
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4 used In the manufacture of some 4
4 golf balls. 4
PROTEST CREATION
OF EUGENICS BOARD
Sait Lake City, Utah. Feb. 10.—
“Physical defects and crippled souls"
cannot be overcome by barring the
unfit from marriage, according to Og
den socialists. Declaring that "crime
is the product of wrong and perverted
economic conditions,” copies of resolu
tions protesting against the bill that
provides for a board of eugenics to
control marriages were received by all
members of the Utah legislature.
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UNGLE SAM FEARS
BREWING RUCTION
Deposed Dictators In Latin
States Said to Be Fomenting
Revolutions.
Washington, Feb. 10.—Preparation*
for Pushing five United States men of
war to both coasts of Central America
to meet any emergency which may
arise from there went forward today.
The gunboat Annapolis, her crew aug
mented from the South Dakota and
Colorado, started last night from San
Diego, Cal., for Amapala, Honduras, to
stand guard on the Pacific side. The
Nashville, at New Orleans, is expected
to put out for Puerto Cortez, Honduras,
on the Atlantic side, early Monday
morning. The cruiser Des Moines, now
at Guantanamo, the Cuban naval sta
tion, has been ordered to be at Blue
fields, Nicaragua, not later than Feb
ruary 15. The Denver, which has been
standing by distressed Americans
threatened wdth attack from Mexican
rebels at Acapulco, In a day or two
will drop down to Acajutla. Salvador.
It Is practically decided that these
four ships, whose movements were de
cided upon late yesterday, will be
augmented by the gunboat Tacoma,
now at Boston. Final orders for her
movement are expected probably today.
Many Ominous Report*.
From its confidential sources In Cen
tral America, this government, espec
ially interested In preserving the peace
among the little republics, has been re
ceiving ominous and speculative reports
of Juntas of deposed dictators and rev
olutionists meeting here and there, plot
ting trouble. While the presence of
American warships would be princip
ally intended to provide refuge for
Americans and other foreign citizens,
there Is no doubt that marines and
bluejackets might be used If a situa
tion should arise paralleling that in
Nicaragua in the recent revolution,
when American troops were called on
to open a railroad and engage the
rebels In battle.
There has been sharp criticism in
England of this government’s inter
ference In the Nicaragua revolution,
but it is said President Taft and Sec
retary Knox are convinced of their
right to use American forces for the
protection of United States citizens and
property whenever a state of anarchy
exists In Central America or the estab
lished governments fail to do so.
GUATEMALA AND SALVADOR
ARE SAID TO BE AT OUTS
New Orleans. Feb. 10.—Charges that
the recent attempted assassination of
President Arujo. of Salvador, was the
work of paid assassins sent from Guat
amala City, where the plot to kill the
executive was alleged to have been
hatched were denied today by Angel
Pena. Guatemalian consul at New Or
Serior Pena declared as entirely un
founded rumors that President Cab
rera was interested in plans to effect
a change in the executive power of
Salvador. "I am sure the Washington
government’s action in dispatching
warships to Central American waters
Is not based upon any unsettled con
ditions in Guatemala.” said Senor Pena.
Frbm other sources close to the gov
ernment of Salvador, it was declared
that for a month President Arujo had
been warned that President Cabrera
was planning action against Arujo’s
government. Relations between the
two presidents have not been friendly
for several months.
BLIND MEN GROPE
WAY OUT OF FIRE
fiemarkable Calmness Shown
By Fifty Who Felt Way
From Burning Building.
New York, Ffb. 10.—Blind men aet
an example of remarkable calmness
yesterday when 50 of them, all sight
less, felt their way quietly down from
tlie upper lloors of an institution on
Thirty-fifth street while the building
was afire.
The men were making baskets and
making brooms when one of them felt
drops of water pattering down upon
them.
"There must be a fire,’* cried one.
"The automatic sprinklers are work
ing."
"I smell smoke.” There Is a fire,
exclaimed others. And with little ado
they felt their way to the stairs and
marched calmly down to the street.
Firemen arrived a few minutes later
and extinguished a small blaze which
had started the automatic sprinklers,
but which was caught so quickly that
It did little damage. _
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4 YOU MUST HAVE VOTE 4
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4 Washington, Feb. 10.—"Beauty 4
4 follows the ballot,” In effect a 4
4 declaration made by Mrs. Glen- 4
4 dower* Evans, of Boston, one of 4
4 the leaders at national suftra- 4
4 gist headquarters here. Is ex- 4
4 pected today to win many con- 4
4 verts to the cause of universal 4
4 suffrage. Mrs. Evans told an 4
4 audience last night that, given 4
4 the right to vote, a woman 4
4 could renew her youth. 4
4 “Until I learned what It was 4
4 to vote.” she said, “and voted in 4
4 the school elections, I did not 4
4 have any Interest In anything, 4
4 political or commercial; but now 4
4 I can absorb the great questions ♦
4 with more interest than most 4
4 men, and, I think, with as much 4
4 understanding. 4
4 “One friend of mine stated 4
4 she had been made 10 years 4
4 younger by gaining the vote. 4
4 Women will continue to be 111 4
4 treated and underpaid until they 4
4 get the vote.” 4
4 Leaders in the suffragist 4
4 movement are redoubling their 4
4 efforts to convert the men of 4
4 Washington, especially now that 4
4 the adjournment of congress Is 4
4 approaching. 4
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REUNION IS HELD BY
DEATH VALLEY PIONEERS
Santa Cruz. Cal., Feb. 10.—-Survivors
of the pioneer band of “Death Valley
Argonauts” who crossed the desert in
to California <;3\years ago held a re
union here yesterday at the home of
Mrs James W. Rreier, one of the party,
r.ow 0!i years old. Thirty-six of the
land of 200. who drank ox blood to
quench their thirst in the arid saltsink,
were present—every living member
but one.
ATROCITIES IN RUBBER
FIELD CAUSE SHUDDER
Modern Exploitation of Per.
avian Indians Eivals Med
ieval Barbarism.
Washington, Feb. 10.—A 20th centurj
story of Anglo-Saxon exploitation of
South American Indians, rivaling as a
narrative of heartless cruelty, tales
which have come down from the old
Spanish captains, was laid bare today
In a special state department report
which President Taft transmitted to
congress. The present day victims of
a medieval system of barbarous op
pression are the Indian tribes of the
Putumayo district In Peru. It is shown
In the report that these helpless peo
ple have been driven to their death be
fore the lash wielded by the Peruvian
Amazon company, an English concern
which works the rubber fields In the
Upper Amazon country.
Little hope for the relief of the long
suffering Indians Is held out In the re
port for the Putumayo region Is remote
from the seat of the Peruvian govern
ment and Stuart J. Fuller, American
consul at Iqultos, Peru, who made the
Investigation, finds that the travesty
on justice which exists In the rubber
section is entirely in the hands of the
rubber company's section chiefs. It is
the Putumayo country’s remoteness
from the Peruvian capital, from ail
governmental authority that has left
the natives entirely at the mercy of
the company, according to the report.
In this far-away comer, with no
means of appeal or redress, the Indians
were held at the mercy of the com
pany's overseers. When they failed to
bring In a toll sufficient to satisfy the
demands of the overseers, flogging,
mutilation and sometimes death fol
lowed, It is asserted. Several of the
overseers are declared to have admit
ted that they had put Indians and even
white laborers In stocks for minor
offenses. Many of the Indians whom
Mr. Fuller saw, bore scars of floggings
and other maltreatment.
Peonage System.
Mr. Fuller found that the labor of
the Indians Is secured by a system of
peonage based on advance of mer
chandise. Although payment Is made
for this labor. It Is declared to be noth
ing more nor less than forced labor.
The tf nipt"tlon to abuse Is Imminent
and stisng, especially since the white
staff is offered a bonus for vigilance.
He reaches the conclusion that, con
sidering the remoteness of the coun
try and the poor quality of the rubber.
It Is unlikely to make the enterprise
pay without hard treatment of the In
dians. Although large numbers of the
Indians have been killed, and some
have escaped Into the South American
jungle, the output of rubber has In
creased despite the decrease in native
population. With governmental ma
chinery absent. Mr. Fuller Is of the
opinion that, should the rubber cor
poration cease Its activtles, the Indians
would fall to no better lot at the hands
of freebooting expeditions and slave
raiders.
Mr. Fuller finds that ancient, deep
rooted attitude of the white population
toward the Indian is a formidable ob
stacle t» be overcome in any solution
of the problem presented. While pro
fessing not to approve cruel and In
human treatment, the white generally
regard the Indian as having been
created by Providence for the use and
benefit of the superior race. This at
titude of the people has found concrete
expressions in the universal system of
peonage, an old institution, which Mr.
Fuller found, well established, recog
nized bv law and the basis upon which
the rubber business almost entirely
rests.
EDDY HEIRS ABANDON
SUIT TOJJREAK WILL
Massachusetts Legislature Has
Passed Act Which Enables
Church to Accept Fund.
Boston, Feb. 10.—The hetr have aban
doned their contest of the will of the
late Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy,
coincident with the adoption by the
Massachusetts legislature yesterday of
an enabling act permitting the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston,
to receive the Eddy bequest.
It Is maintained by both parties that
no consideration other than that shown
In the stipulations Influenced the re
tirement of the heirs from a contest
that has occupied the courts for more
than two years.
Mrs. Eddy died at Newton, Mass.,
December 4, 1910. Her will, which dis
posed of an estate of about $2,600,000,
left approximately $2,000,000 In trust to
the First Church of Christ, Scientist,
of Boston. The two sons who a year
before her death had received from
Mrs. Eddy $290,000 In satisfaction of all
claims against her estate, attacked tho
will in January, 1911._
SETTLE WATER RIGHTS.
Washington, Feb. 10.—The Senate
agreed today to vote on the legislative
day of February 11 on the Connecticut
river dath bill, which contains legis
lation that wojjld establish the govern
ment's right to tax and control water
powers. _ _
•f Urbana,111., Feb.10—"There Is 4
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4 NOT ONE GIRL IN 1,000_ f
4 HA3 PERFECT “TOOTSY" 4
+ - ' 4
4 not a perfect foot among the 1,000 4
4 girl students and more than that 4
4 there never will beaslongas shoe 4
4 fashions for women remain as 4
+ they are,” said Miss Gertrude M. 4
+ Moulton, director of physical 4
4 training at the University of 111- 4
4 Inols, last night after examine- 4
4 tion of the young women’s feet 4
4 had been finished. 4
+ “We did not make the examin- 4
4 atlon in quest of a perfect foot,” 4
4 continued Miss Moulton, “but 4
4 with the idea In view of helping 4
4 those with bad feet. We found 4
4 some that might have been near 4
4 perfect but shoes have* ruined 4
4 them. There was only one girl 4
+ whose measurements in the re- 4
4 motest manner approached per- 4
4 fectlon." 4
j jj ) t U ttt 1 l ! 1 M I )M t III
GIRLS TAKE INTEREST
IN SCHOOL ATHLETICS
New York, Feb. 10.—More than 17,000
girls In the New York public schools
are now enrolled in well organized
•athletic clubs, according to a report
of the girls’ branch of the public
schools athletic league. A remarkable
increase in the interest girls are taking
in the organized athletics is noticed.
Last season the 212 schools in which
athletic clubs have been formed, held
over 70 Inter-club meets.