VOlV 01 - JJiIX ..S° 22.814.
HAS LAND FOR GOLONi
riX EEDEX GETS OPTION
ON npoo ACRES
Ready to Establish Co-operative
Commumiji in North Carolina
on the Cape Fear River.
Frederick van Eeden, of Amsterdam, Holland.
Is ready *• launch th<=> firFt of his co-operative
colonies. With W. J. Hoggson, of this city, and
Hugh Macßae, of Wilmington. N. C . an option
■a 11,000 acres of land on the Cape Fear River,
near Wilminejton. has been obtained, iih a ten
tative option on 11.000 acres more, or thirt>
fj\e square mi! ?? in all. It is the ntentfon to
make the beginning in SCJiculture. and then
jrradually -work up until everything that a civ
ilized people may require can be produced and
■BpatectßvaA. In a few days a meeting wtll l»e
field, at wbk* fifty trustees will b. chosen, and
rr>TTl their Dumber a board at directors will be
■ ppointed- All of the?'? will be investors, and
xrill tain a more or less active part In the man
agement of the enterprise.
As i nl—lmll told In The Tribune, Mr. van
Eeder. returned to this country late n t 1"
winter of this year for the Epresa purpose of
furthering bfa scheme, outlined here last year.
A aaatatrre capital of fI.OQIMMM was decided
opon trWn as the amount necessary for a be
*inr,inr. and while that may be the amount
fixed upon at a meeting to be beW iv a short
time, If the large ion is not subscribed at once
the capital will be made half, or $300,000. Mr.
ran Eeden will not incorporate fir more than 1s
actually subscribed, and ho has been assured l ' :
$500,000.
Mr. van Eeden on his return to this city from
Holland went on a lectui tour after a oon
■ultation with Mr. Hoggson. who, while be was
■aajr. communicated with others, ami began to
plan fcr active work. Recently, on Mr. van
Eeden's return from the West, he and Mr.
Hoggson went to Wilmington and met Mr. Mac-
Rae, a banker in that city, who will take an in
terest in the colony. With him they mad<* a
thorough survey of the country around Wil
mington, and decided that the colony should be
piaced thero. Other sections had been con
■Mered, but In North Carolina the conditions
vere found more nearly to meet the require
ments.
At Wilmington the land is exceptionally rich,
Mr. van Eedea said. and.l rail and water fa
cilities arc excellent. The property fronts on
the broad reaches of the river. which is. in fact,
* harbor from the city to the sea. It is be-
Ueve-J that it will be poaaiWe to cultivate
oysters in Hie -waters, and these will be an
idded nurce of profit lo the colony. On the
Ktan journey Mr. van Eeden and Mr. Hoggi
visited President Taft, Becretan Nagel and
Secretary Wilson. Mr. van Eeden >aui:
•■"W> tad a most satisfactory audience with
the President and with Secretaries Nagel and
Wiisor.. II i found much interest la our plans
tnd received much cn?jurage:nent. "We were
the guests at luncheon of Mr. Loudoi'. the Min
'teter'ef the Netherlands, vrho likewise showed
his appreciation and sympathy. v.iUiin a
fhbrt tiroe we hop^ to be abk? to give a full
announcer?!?!.' of the plan, with further detail*
about the dirr-ctors, trustees, capital and initial
proceedings.
•"vTe have decided that our beginning must b9
in sarfcaKuxe, as it • - the basis of anterprise.
"V~e shall chooie a manager of general and tech
nical skill and knowledge to take care of our
work. The transportation facilities at Wll
mington ar- very good; Uu land is rich and the
ciima- equable. We will be ui'i" to reach all
markets without difficulty."
According to Mr. van Eeden's i-ians. every
person employed will have -a financial interest
in the colony. 6tock to be issued to all. This
Ftock will not be negotiable, and when a per
son ■wishes to withdraw his nterest will be pur
chased by the company at par. The medical
end educational needs of tl c colony will form
one of the initial parts of the project. The
fifty persons to hp chosen as trustees ar" all
tnen of m*ans and, in the main, of ractical
taancss experience.
PLATS F tTHER'S REQUIEM
Son Did Xot Know Old Bandmaster
Was Dying. *
Frederick Vops, leader of the Ist Tlegl
.tuer.t Band of New Jersey, was dying at his
home m >.'<£•* ark on Saturday night, is son
Andrew, not knowing that his father had be«?n
ftricken, ■ "3? at. the armory '^adins Urn band
la "Nearer. My God. to Thee."
The occasion whlefa caused this coincidence
"■as the celebration of the hFersary of the
departure of the regiment for the Spanish-
American War Taps had been sounded by the
field music and young Voss was in the midst of
the .final >mn hymn when a telephone message
•arr» announcing Urn Arstn of the old leader.
Colonc-1 Freeman at once announced that the
younger Vofs ■would be mado bandmaster in his
father's place.
For forty yars Frederick Voaa bas been
Vrwa b as leader of Vosr's Band, an or^aniza
i ' ic h .-lppeared at many national jjather
■ BettubUcan conventions.
PA.STOP TRIUMPHS OVER HATS
'Wben Women Remove Them He Rejoices at
Sight of Their Facer.
In the .-•-:-. of the Redeemer, at Dioad and
H'.'l street*. N>»ark, yesterday, the p^ach basket,
*l»hpaT-. sad other types of feminfaM headwear dis
«*peare«l temporarily at the morning servtea as a
osßsesaeapa of a request by the pastor, the Rev.
He: r>- n. Hose, that the women be latlesa wliile.
h * preached hia aeraass
Hr. Rose took socaslsci to comment upon the
innovation, sayinc that for the first time In many
•Bombs he saw the faces sf more than a third of
Ms congregation. 1Vom«»n minus their hats are sot
■'together a. novelty in Mr. Hose's congregation, ex
**Pt at the morning services. Months ago, when
>c milliners' styles changed and the big hats bs
eaiae the rait«», the pa-stor found It a source of an-
T 'OT«.nc* to be preaching to what he said appasnd
ttJ be nothing but hats. Ai« gently as possible lio
Jj**^* » request that the fa.ir wo»Shlppera doff their
*>w!*ear at the rvenii.« Fervices.
CUTS NEW NOSE FOR BOY FROM RIBS.
Denver Surgeon Replaces Destroyed Organ
. with One Made of Cartilage.
' ' 1- •'. 1 By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
| I>«av«r, May 2.— Surgical ekill has given to eight
_**f-ol<l c"arl Trewor?y a new no«», taken from
|a« cartilage of one of hia ribs. About a year a.go
* ■'** run down by an automobile and cne of the
*^el» P*«£«<l ever his face, fracturing the nasal
*°a« an<j practically roving the organ.
&*■ Lymaii, • local eurgwon. removed a n«..-»-
*nap*a piece of cartl!a?« about two locb«a '<■>■'£
from the boy's „],!., gag .i r .. w s kin from eillicr Side
°* th» face o\er It. Thi« was penerated by tubes,
* 0CJ »ctinj witii tli« criminal no*trU* ..
y^'^--— — - NEW- YORK, MONDAY, \\ W 3, 1909. TWELVE PAGES.
XOTHIXG BUT AN AIRSHIP.
Mexican Could Fly, but Not Land —
A Useful Toy Balloon.
TBy Ts>jraph to Th» Tribune. J
Puebla, Mexico. May 2. — Having failed to per
f-?-'t the descending mechanism of his aeroplane,
Peiix Gallo, of this city, was suspended for an
embarrassing period in th air this morning.
The machine ascended with the lightness and
jrace of a bird. It attained an altitude of six
teen metrps, whereat Gallo execut^ii varioua
evolutions. When he attempted to descend, th*
">inar machine refused to obey. Finally, a boy
sent i;p a toy rubber balloon, to which was at
tached a fine thread, and with this thread Gallo
pulled up a stout cord, which in turn pulled up
a rope. Men seized the rope and pulled the
aeroplane back to e3rth. ,
FEAR FATE OF PETUOSISO
Dreed of Black Hand Keeps Many
Aicay from Benefit for His Widotp.
There were hardly a dozen Italians in the
small audience that attended tne benefit per
formance for the widow of the late Detective
Petrosino at the Academy of Music ln>t night.
Only two or three of the many Italian perform
ers who had promised to give their services were
on hand wh"n the entertainment began. Every
good living Italian in the city kept away, it was
said, because of a fear that some Black Hand
deed would be perpetrated. Hundreds of Amer
icans who had arranged to attend the perform
ance hesitated at the last moment. The upper
part of th«s house was only half filled, and there
were not more than two hundred persons in the
orchestra at 8:."»O o'clock. A curious crowd of
more than a thousand, mostly men. assembled
on the sidewalks about th«: Academy, half ex
pecting that something would happen.
There were not many police on hand:' in fact,
no more than the usual quota allotted to public
performances on Sunday night, but those who
were there appeared to be alert. It was said
that y.-s. Petrosino might attend, but she did
not. The entertainment was given under tha
auspices of the Timothy D. Sullivan Associa
tion and of Cohan and Harris. Several well
known performers were among those who gave
their services. Th<> b<>x office receipts were not
large, but it Is the hope of those who conducted
it that returns from persona who had blocks of
seats to dispose of may make the total S".oi»> or
more.
BVSTAXDER KNOCKED OUT
Ballplayer Szcings His Bat with Al
most Fatal Result.
The Riverdale baseball team played th« Mo
hegan nine In Van Certlandt Park yesterday af
ternoon. Among the three hundred spectators
were William J. Cotten, a. real ettat* man. and
his aged father. William Cotten. both of whom
live in Mosholu avenue, Riverdale. They wefe
standing Just outside the third base line when
one of the. Rhrerdale players v<*ni to th* bar.
H» fwunjr ith all his strength at a slow ball,
and fanned. The bat slipped from his srrasp
and hurtled across the third base line, striking
tin? younger Cotten on the right <h> of tha
head.
He feil senseless to the ground. The crowd
flocked around, and the garao was abandoned.
A spectator helped the victim's father carry bhSi
across the street to a nearby cafe. Pr. T. W.
Martin, of No. 3072 Bailey avenue, was sum
moned, and after working for some time on Cot
ton the Injured man recovered conacJoaanesa and
v.us removed to hi> home.
Meantime th« battT had d;sar,p«>are(i and the
police are looking for him. as it la feared that
Ootten'a skull is fractured.
STABS WOMAN IN STREET.
Italian Runs Amuck in West 78th
Street— Chased by Mob.
Antonio Balloni. an Italian, twenty years old,
Who claimed to live in \\>-;t 83d street, ran
atrsuck last night in the fashionable residential
section of West TSth street, and before he was
finally captured and placed under arrest bad
■tabbed one woman in the arm. s-arrd half a
dozen others and led two mobs a merry chase.
The young Italian was first seen at. TSth street
and Central Park West where it was F*id that
several boys bad been making fun of him, until
he became enraged and ran west through TSth
street, nourishing a. long stiletto in his right
hand, When he had run half way through the
block between Central Park "West and Amster
dam avenue he encountered a wc-1! dressed man
and his wife walking on the south side of the
street. Hurling imprecations at them, the crazed
man made a lunge at the woman, but was
beaten off by the cane of her escort. As ho
started ane* on hia way through th« street th«
Italian was followed by a mob, who burled
ston<=s •'- " sticks at him.
At Amsterdam avenue and 77th street,
th>- man Bucceeded In evaxllng the crowd
a t his }i«=.. l«= and ran on till he reached
Broadway. Here Mr?. Gertrude Holmaji, wife,
of H. <; Hoi man, of No. 172 West 7Tth
street, was the object of thp infuriated man's
attack Mra. Holman was alone, and had
ju«=t left her bouse, when «he was met by Bal
loni. who aimpd a vicious blow at her throat
with the gleaming dagger. Involuntarily sh«
| irew up her arm to ward off t!i« thrust, and
received the point of tn blad e on her right arm
With a scream Mrs. Holman fell to the ground
In a faint.
man ran on. and at Amsterdam ays-
Dtn be ran headlong Into the arm* of Police
man Bower, of the West 68th street station.
Bower had to use his nightstick to subdu* the
m;,n. and then, as the mob was growing danger
oua, he hailed a passing automobile and took th»
ma:; in th^ machine to the station house. While
he was being questioned by the lieutenant Mr.
Hotmail, a civil engineer, appeared and made a
complaint of felonious assault against Balloni.
Mm. Holman was treated at home by her physi
cian.
TO MAKE IOWA OFFICERS KEEP BOOKS
By Governor's Plan They WiU Maie Notes
of Expenditures.
Dcs Mnlnns lowb, May 2.— A ae-sr regime In th«
mutter of state ofHcers' expenses goea Into effect
In lowa to-morrow. Th» etate will keep absolute,
record of all expenses by a system of books given
to officers and employes.
The record will embrace railroad fares, hotel bllis
iin<l expenditures for conveyances and express.
with a. complete record of t!m» ar:»i p!ac« when
such exper.-efc -were incurred. The books will then
be turn^i la to tha executive council, sworn to and
audited Governor Carroll is responsible for 'the
eystem.
ROBERT S. M'CORMICK REPORTED ILL.
Boston, May J- — RobTt S. MeConnlck, formerly
Ambassador of the United States to Russia, is re
pcrted to be 111 at Ike Ste<3mnn private hospital m
BrookllneC Dr. H. R- Steflajaii, wbe c«n<l:i<^;« .ho
Institution, r«tused to-night eith«r | 0 coanrm or
fieaj the report. --• - . ;v. ~
DOfr REPORTS TRAGEDY
LEADS MASTERS FATHER
TO OVERTURNED SKIFF.
Bodies of Three Boys Who Took
( y ollie Clamming with Them
Xot Yet Recovered.
The family, of William Hnlts at Bferrick,
Long Island, was roused from a sound sleep at
midnight on Saturday by the barking of a dog.
Hults raised a window and. seeing a collie
owned by his son David, aged sixteen, shouted
to the animal to keep quiet, but the collie's bark
changed to a plaintive moan, and he clawed til*
door frantically.
Mr. Halts v* .-Tit to the rr><«m of his son to le.irn
what was the matter, but on looking in the b"> s
bed found he was not there. Mr. Hulta knew
that iiis s"ii had gone clamming *n n small
skiff vith t>\<> young friends, but he thought
the boy had returned after the family had gone
to bed.
Becoming alarmed, the father dressed, and
with other members of the family went to the
door where the dog- was moaning. As soon as
the door waa opened the collie jumped up on
Mr. Units and atarted to run toward the mead
ov\s of Hempstead Bay, but seeing that no one
followed lie ret^rn^d and continued t'.> moan.
"Something is wrong,"* swid the father. "The
boys must be in trouble along the beach, and I
am going to follow him."
The dog led the way to the beach and ran
up and down frantically, but there was mill
ing along the beach to indicate that the skiff
had been wrecked, and the father returned to
his homo.
When bis son <!id not return yesterday morn
ing Mr. Halts communicated with the family of
Henry Ludlow, a chum of his son. also of Mer
rick, who. with William Kmu, of West Ho
boken. made up the clamming party. Young
Ludlow hrf.l ii..t returned, either. The twj
fath'-rs then set out to search for their son.«.
The dog. which was drenched when It first
clawed at the door of the Units h^nio. was as
frantic -ah at midnight, and led Mr Hull
Mr. Ludlow to ■ placi on the sneadowa wh< re. In
the morning light, they saw the overturned skiff
with a broken std-k and sail missing. The boat
waa hauled orer, but no bodies wero found under
it. a walk down the beach revealed U
pounding about on G ■
b<» found.
The parents of th€ missing boy« patroll the
beach until dark last night, but r hen they
started for home the collie refused to accom
pany thrm. The search for the bodies will be
continued to-day at low water.
The boys went out on their clammin; trip
early on .Saturday ->rning. and it la believed
that they were caught in the westerly storm
that came up in the afternoon. The dog vias In
the boat with the boys, and swam BShon it is
believed, throogfa a y-^a th« boys were unable to
cope with.
l>avid Ifults was employed as a printer by
••The South Side Observer," of Rodcville Centre.
MAROOXED MEN RESCUED
Those Caught on Old Orchard Pier
Taken Off in Boats.
•■■ . Or ~ird, Me. May 2— Hix workmei
■ n maroon 1 In the Casino, a< the ocean
end of Urn storm wrecked Old ■ pier.
since FYiday morning, were taken ashore
in rowboata to-day, the ms having sal
sufflciently to permit reseuera to make the a<
finpt.
Although weary from exposure and !."-k of
sleep, the njen were otherwise unharmed by
their experience. They «ren -
end of the pl'-r. figiiteen hundred feet from
shore, last Friday morning to begin some repair
vork. the mi-idle section ol th« structur
ins; been swept away In a storm vmr weeks
;;s-o. The gale of PYiday raised tit combers
• beach to such a height that -
out of the question until to-day. Food w i
to them, however, by m^ans of a wire which
eft hanging between the two endi of the
pier wh»n the middle was carried a* •■
SCHOONER BREAKING UP.
The U'illiom C. Carnegie PouruHng
to Pieces Off Long Island Const.
Moriches. Long Island. May 2 The schooner
William C. Carnegie, which was washed ashore
during Saturday's storm, was reported by the
Ufesaving station here to-night as slowly break
ing up. The masts are still standing, but are
loose and swaying from side to aide. The, deck
house has be?n »mpletely swept awaj and
oth«r wre.-kage. is being washed ashore.
TELL OF IDEAL WIVES."
A Hundred IVould-Be Husbands
Want "Old-Fashioned Girls:'
In- Telegraph to Th>» Tribunal
Chicago May 2.-Bachelors and widowers to
the number of more than one hundred made
appeaLs for wives to-night through the Rev. Dr
Vaughan at the Halstead Street Institutional
Church. The letters of many of the yearning
swains, all describing In detail the qualification!
of the women whom they desired as helpmates,
were read to an appreciative congregation by
tho pastor of the church.
Dr. Vaughan preached his regular Sunday
evening sermon on the. subject of "The Ideal
Wife." His material he obtained from the let
ters which he read.
While the qualifications mentioned for wives
were varied and amusing in many cases. It wa.s
evident that most of the men who wrote to the
nastor were serious In their requests. Every
man wrote that he did not wish his wife to be
a colle-e graduate, nor a club woman or a. re
former Neither was it considered essential
that sh*» be. pretty or talented. What every
man wanted was an "old-fashioned girl." Also
every aspirant for matrimonial blis.<» wrot. that
he wanted his wife to be a good cook
SAVE COLORADO FRUIT WITH FIRES.
Men, Women and Children Protect Buds from
Frost for Two Nights.
[By Telffaph to TIM Tribune.)
r>enver. May ".—Ninety per cent Of the fruit
crop In the principal orchard sections of Colorado
was saved from being blighted by frost by two
nights of hard work by men. women and children.
The use of oil smudse pota and fires of rerese
raised tho temperature sufllcieatly tv prevent the
freestng of the tender buds.
The temperature was from 22' to -.". d-'Kr»-.-* above
zeitJthe last two nig-lits, and in orchards not thu<*
bested the cn>p was practically destroyed, but the
great fruit dlstricta of tti<* Orand \ali--y and Fre
mont County were protected, and will have nearly
m. fuU crop. j__. ' .... .": . ."- -
FISHERY RULES MADE
CAXADIAX COXTEXTIOXS
I'PHELD.
A Federal Staff Proiided—Size
Limit* Fibred — A Neutral Zovp
m Lake Eric.
Otrav a. Hay 2.— The draft <->f the uniform
fishery regulations governing the boundary
waters between Canada and the x/nited States
under the terms of the treaty passed last spring,
as prepared during the last six months by the
two commissioners. Professor E. K. Prince, Do
minion Fisheries Commissioner, and President
David Starr Jordan of Leland Stanford Univer
sity, representing the United States, has b-<»n
received In Ottawa from Palo Alto. ral.. where
the commissioners have just completed their
work. The result will be the observance, by the
United States and Canadian fishermen of the
regulations contended for by Canada in the
treaty waters from the Atlantic to the pacific.
These waters include the area of the waters at
the. mouth of the St. Croix River, the. St. John
River, where it forms the boundary between
Maine and New Brunswick, T.ake Champlain.
T^k- MemphVamagog, the Great Lakes from
Cornwall westward and the waters of Juan as
Fuca Strait and Puger Sound.
Under the regulations as now agreed upon the
United States government will appoint a federal
protection staff, with headquarters at Wash
ington, which will correspond wttli the Cana
dian fisheries protection service, with head
quarters at Ottawa- These two services will
co-operate in enforcing the uniform regulations
in a!! the wafe rs covered by the treaty. Theri
will be a common size limit for lobsters in
Manx and New Brunswick, mid minimum legal
sizei or weights for whltefish, iak.» trout, pick
«r< i. etc, m the Great Lakes, and a specified
mes.li and amount of net authorised.
In I,nkr Kr!i' th' re. will be :i neutral zone one
mile wide reserved down th'- middle of the lake
on which no fishing will b« permitted. Tn spe
cial areas, such as the Detroit River. St. Clair
T^ik.- and St. Cleir River, very strict limitations
or absolute prohibition m respect to some classes
of fishing will be imposed.
As a result of the new regulations agreed upon
the preservation and continued prosperity of the
Internation mired Th* details
of the regulations will be announced at an early
dare, as the pei I set for t - coming into fore»
: ri • >t .
MIXERS ESCAPE FLAMES.
Emergency Exit, Provided After
Previous Disasters, Saves Lives.
Pittsburg. Hay 2. — Twenty-five men were at
work making the usual Sunday repairs in tho
Forest Hill mine of the Pittsburg: Coal Company.
at BmJthdaie, tweaty^three miles from here, to
day, when fire broke out between them and tb*
mouth of the mine. When persons outside found
the -mine was burning, rescue parties were
formed, but were driven back by the flames.
While gangs were trying to save the Impris
ohed men the latter escaped through a rear en
try, op. -ned as an emergency exit soon after
the Darr mine disaster. No one was injured.
Twenty-live mul stabled in the mine were
burned.
A hundred men are working to-night to sub
due the names, which are thought to be under
>rigta of the 'fire is a mystery.
WORCESTER CURING SELF.
Founder of Emmanuel Movement
Mi/eh Improved.
I B.r Tslegraph t-5 The Tribune. 1
B> t.n. May 2.— The Rev. Dr. Elsrood Sa.
Worcester, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, known a.s the founder of th" Emmanuel
movement, is rapidly regaining his health. Phy
sicians and surgeons who are attending him
say that liis rapid recovery from an ailment that
would have made most men helpless invalids
has been due in the main to his own efforts. ti>
his faith in himself and to his faith in the doc
trine that for years he has been preaching that
th» remedy for many of the ills that man is
heir to lies in themselves.
■ v"' ember Dr. Worcester att<=mp < <-'1 lo
heavy trunk, and dislocated one of the
smaiw bones at the base of hi.- an
MISSING TWO WEEKS
Girl of 14 Sought by Police, Who
Also Want Boy of 18.
Miss Nin.i Knight, fourteen years old. disap- !
peared from her home. No. 43 Jefferson avenue.
Maspeth. Queens, t^o wesks ago. and detectives
hav< been scouring the entire city for traces of
her. The police are also looking for Frank
Murphy, eighteen years old, who until a few
day? ago lived at No. 65 Fowers street. Brook- j
lyn, !
Mr. Knight, the girl's father, is a metal pol
isher, who lives with his wire, two daughters and
one son. Mariendale Park is a few blocks away
from the Knight home, and on Saturday even
ing. ...pril 24. the girl asked permission to go to
the park with a few friends. She wore a black
skirt, a mixed gray jacket and a brown veil over j
her bead In place of a hat. The family have not j
seen her sine* The girl has light hair, bhm ,
eyes?, ami is about 5 feet 4 inches in height. She ,
attended tho Maspeth Grammar School.
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ARTIST MASTODON WAS A WHALE, j
But How It Got to Broadway and 40th Street j
Is What Puzzles Raymond. ;
Joseph Raymond may be a *ood artist, but as an I
authority on prehistoric fauna he will never win j
any medals, from the American Scenio and Hi-
torlc Preservation Society, at least ;
The »rtißi bas a studio it No. 110 West 40th street. j
F"or several days workmen have been exca\;i '
In the -it •••! opposite that noffltMr. On Saturday ;
Rayim/iiU stopped to io«.k into the hole, and below ;
a tangled web of gas mains, electricity •ondulta :
mid water pipes he perceived 'what looked to him ',
like s human skull. Closet observation convinced
liini that th< object was too large, and must be j
the bkull of a maMo-lon. fie Bsbed out tbe skoli, ;
with pome other bonesi which be told hi? friend? he .
boljeved ■.•>■• tbe remains of a ma.«todon. :
ProfesslODal scientists U-gan lo keep the elevator ;
boy lay, having alrea<lv entered '.In th<>lr record
books the discovery of the wonderful reJle. When
tb*ey saw aheap of bones that werep't eves petn
ti*»j they .shook t'neir heads .in', sadness. A repre
sentative i t' the society previously mentioned >tiiii '
that th* f artist's flnd'was'no move nor less than |
th<> vertebra 'jf a whale. "How could the ben«s |
of a. mastodon l>e found on Manhattan Island, any- .
wavY asketl '■• . • ... - .
••Well ho« could a r.hale fir '1 its way to Broad
way hbs 40th street. Id like to know!" e.\.-!aimert i
Raymond, as he.. went to tiio telephone and sent in I
an "order for an exjw«s» wagon. ,
A POST FOR SZECHEXYT
Report That Count Will Be Member
of Hungarian Cabiret.
[By Tel«rrapb o Tha Trtbui».]
Newport. R. 1., May 2.— A portfolio in the neT
cabinet of Hungary has been offered to Count
Szechenyi, . who married Miss Gladys Vander
bilt, according to what is heard here. This offer
is said to have been made by Count Andrassy. a
personal friend of Count Szechenyi, who was
asked to form a cabinet after th^ recent res
ignation of Dr. Wekerle, the Hungarian premier.
Count Szechenyi, who was visiting in this
country with the countess and her mother, left
here quite suddenly on April 24, and it is now
said that he was recalled because hia country
had been put upon a war footing.
JAIL FOR J. H. HYDE.
Sentenced by Default to One Month
for Automobile Accident.
Paris. May 2.— James Hazen Hyde, of N" e | '
York, former vic«-president of the Equitable
I/ife Assurance Society, and his chauffeur.
I.adwic*-, to-day wer« condemned by default,
Mr. Hyde to one month's imprison— ent and a
tine, of $100 and Ladwice to a month's impris
onment and a fine of $30. They were charged
with running into a public taxicab last October
and injuring a passenger. The complainants
charged that after the accident Tjadwieo sped
away. Under a law passed last July flight after
an accident is a special offence. Mr. Hyde is
on an automobile trip in the Riviera.
PATROLMAX SHOOTS BOY.
Was Closing Grocery Store HlcgaUjf
Open, Officer Says.
In closing a grocery store which was running
in violation of the Sunday laws Patrolman
James Dillon, of the Adams street station.
Brooklyn, shot and perhaps fatally wound»-l
Louis Probber. nineteen years old, son of the
proprietor. Isaac Probber. Dillon was later ar
rested by order of Coroner Brewer, of Brooklyn,
who was not informed of the shooting natfl
some hours after it had occurred. He will be
tak< n to the Brooklyn Hospital to confront the
wounded boy this morning, when an effort will
be made to have Probber identify the patrol
man as 'his assailant.
Dillon declares that he entered the little store
at No. JIT Myrtle avenue at 11:30 o'clock >«*•
tfday m'-rning and ordered Isaac Probber to
close it. The latter refused, he says, and when
be attempted to arrest the man the -whole fam
ily set upon him, forcing h!m, h» declares, to
dra.w his revolver. In a scuffle with Loans. Dil
lon save, his revolver was accidentaJly dis
charged, the bullet entering the boy's left sid"*
just under the lung.
Th*s Probber fainitv tell a totally different
story. According' to a statement made to Cor
oner Brewer by the wounded boy. Dillon had,
been accepting presents of fruit and groceries
from Isaac Probber for several month?, in re
turn for he allowed the store to remain
open on Sundays. Lately, declared Louis, th^
poUcemaa had been growing more insistent in
his demands, until finally affairs had reached
that ztAgu where ther«s was no profit in remain
ing- open Sundays.
Yesterday when. DOlon arr^ej ar the store,
according to young Probber. the father declared
he was not going to "give up" to the officer any
more, and was going t>-> remain open on Sun
days, as all the other stores in the neighbor
hood were doing. Thi3 started the trouble.
Louis told the Coroner, and when Dillon at
tacked Isaac Probber with his nightstick he at
tempted to interfere and wa? shot down.
While the boy Jay on the fonr the reserves
from the station lioujo arrived, and. his father,
mother and brother were plac»d under arrest.
After a consultation among tru- police, the
Probbers were released in $500 bail each.
DniOll is already facing charges of a different
nature, which will soon cosM up before I son
missloner Bingham
BROW CARS STALLED.
Burning Out of Szdtch Affect*
Many Surface Lines.
The burning out of a switch box at Madison
avenue and 135 th street at 12:09 o'clock this
morning affected a meter in the power house
of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, M
Lenox avenue and 147 th street, which supplies
current to the Union Railway Company, anl
put all surface lines in The Bronx south of 14ftn
street out of commission.
The lines affected were the 135 th street cross
town, the Southern Boulevard, the Willis ave
nue, the Third avenue, the Monnt Vernon. the
■■.Vest Farms and all lines running up Third
avenue to outlying points in Th* Bronx.
These lines are heavily patronized on Sun
day night. At th« terminal of the crosstown
line and at the Third avenue terminus the
crowds returning from Coney Island and other
resorts were especially great. When it became
evident that there was no immediate probabiiitv
of the resumption of service they scattered to
other routes of travel without disorder. All the
men the company could put to work were try
ing to get the power on again, and officials of
the Union Railway Company said that they
hoped to have the cars running before aioi'smv
Cars in the northern section of Manaattasi were
not affected.
COLD WINDS AT CONEY ISLAND.
Crowd of 100,000 Visits Shore, but Finds
Chill Weather.
Xbe continued spell of cold weather had it.' essael
at Coney Ifland yesterday, and. .while the ,-rowri
was estimated ai close to one hundred thousand,
..till the visitors kept within doors ana the streets
■wer? almost deserted. .
When the crowds bega.n to «ath*r at tbe JUn
huttai-'end of the Brooklyn Bridge there was a
ru-h for the spaa cars, which were installed on
the Brighton Beach Bas the previous Sunday.
Those «ho fought hardest for the vacant seats SB
the ..pen car?, however, were willing to change
places with thos<» who had been content te travel
in the losc4 can before the trip to the island had
been half completed. In the long open stretches
of the road ■ after leavin* 'Flat bush, wher» the
ocear. breezes have full sway, the effect on the
traVeUera was just the opposite of pleasant and
they shook-and shivered in. their seats.
The big touring auto-buses, which were so eon
»plcuoM* last Sunday, and- WBfcS iMIIStll^ hu;e
p«uch ■.w.-ket h;it? by reason of the many women
1-erche.l on tlv top seats, «er- IMSIJ and de^rted
yesterday, those wiru did make use of them stay
i-i- -;,1- tU? cuache*. where they .huddled closely
together for warmth. A sight that added to the
ohUly feelings of the b*j crowd was the spectacle
«f -.eve,T»! h.ir.i;. persops bathing in the surf.
SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW AT BATAVIA.
Batavia. N*. V., May 2. -Sevealncb.es of »now feU
iittt to-day. ■
PRICE THREE CENTS.
JEROME WISHES TO
ACCOINT TO PUBLIC
PEOPLES IXSTITCTF TO
EXAMINE HIM.
Will Ahsvcer All Questions Ahout
His Administration — Wins
Cooper Union Audience.
Sp-aking to an ■mllssma bsbbs half dozen
members •■• whi^h sepmed b*nt on preventins;
his being beard, Usti Attorney Jerome ask?-l
the Pe..pk Institute lust night to allow him %
future opportunity la go bafsfli it and explaia
the work nf his office and answer criticisms anl
questions. He won his right t^> speak by per
sisting, and he won his a-idienc<» at the sanw
time, for the interruptions ceased before h«» had
been speaking three sßßßoasa The applause that
punctuated his remarks be.arr,'- as enthusiastic
as the interruptions had be*>n.
His r^-.juest for a bsawsßf to r<»nd>T account
of his official sWe w.i- granted by » standing
voto waul he bad finished, only Jh^ half dozea
who had tried to interrupt him voting In tb*
negative, and t*»re was not 1 hiss In th<» wOd
applause that greeted the result of the vote.
The District Attorney waa Introduced by
Charles Spragurt Smith, who said that a maa
who had b*>- n "greatly criticised" in hi 3 puWli
career wished t<» speak to the people. AVhett
Mr. Jerome arose there were wild yelTs of
"Question"* 'Put him out— lie's no good:"
"Ladies and gentlemen." yelled Mr. isawasK
"Order— we will have enter,** yelled M.%
.^mit;:.
"Question:" "Question."'' "T him to sit
down!" yelled the interrupters, while brawny po
licemen elbowed themselves t;ircatenin?lj- to"*"*
ard the offenders.
DISTrRBEP.S THRUST INTO STREET.
As fast as a policeman reac * dist'irber
the disturber would subs d but another wo-iM
take up the cr; Two offenders were final'r
dragged, protesting to the doors and thrust
into the street. Then only did the District At
torney get a I hanca to make himself h?ard.
■When he was half through, bowerer] anot:,»r
disturber arose and shouted somotiiins: unin
telligible. The District Attorn jy faced him di
rectly, and shouted:
**Tou want fair pla;. then give it to assy*
and Urn offender sat down.
Mr. Jerome said:
I have come here to-night to as* a favor, t
was led to do H for this reason: It .seemed tr>
me that the public onVers in this city, and gen
erally in this country, were not sufficiently ta
touch -with nor did they fee! sufficient responsi
bility to th" persons who elected them.. or wh>
had the power of election at leas*. It scene-!
to me that a public servant from time to ttajs
should account to the public for his stewardship,
not account in written report, where h<? coul
give the thing the color he wanted, not in news
paper inters iew-s. where he could say what h.»
wanted and refrain from sayiasj what he want
ed, but face to face with the pe-3p'.e -arho haT*
the right to vote-
Now. I was not elected by a political partr 1
and did not run on the ticket of a politica
party. I cannot go to a political party to a«
count for my administration. I have got t«
find some way of accounting to the people. I
am not askir.g any favors from anybody, bet if
I have done wrong I should receive a fair shc*»\
I should be unders and I ought to be alV m
to stand here ss I do. If you will give me thH^
permission I am willing to have each and even
man or woman in this lienee. come here ar.l
ask me to answer any question which concert!.-,
the adminiatrati of my office, and I win stand
here and answer it.
100,000 CASES IX SEVEN YEARS.
For seven years you ha-. intrusted to me tfca
great powers and 'responsibilities of the of2=*
of the District Attorney ot this county. In tha.
per'od more than one hundred thousand crimi
nal cases have gone through my office A3 t »
man-- of them, in the nature of things I coiim
have* no knowledge. As to others of them I ha»
full knowledge. lam not trying to STOW re
sponsibilities for my acts nor th-> »ot? of mr
chosen assistants. But do not condemn the act*
and conduct of any public office r on mm rumor.
Bring :m: m up betor^ you and examine aim «
he will come. 1 wiH come.
If he can satisfy you that hr did right, yw
should approve him. and if he cannot
you that he did right. then, if you tind it toantsr
an honest mJsta of judgment you stffl ehc-^T
approve him. None of you gentlemen In* jo'jr
own life without ir.-ikins? a mistake of judg
ment T>o you know- anybody who «50*?3 not
make mistakes, in judgm-nt? The onl;r rri«i
that I know that ar* infallible are m £•£»£?:
yard! And when they were walfemg aV>u» ih >
streets the oni; men that were infallible uxn
were in the Kveyaram
Now. what I propose to do this— ir T M-. »
your permission t~> do it-to cook ***2JSSi
a later meeting this ye*r to stata bn-ffy *^-
th« powers and duties of mv office are as I con
cefve them. To sta- v-ry brttfly ho "*' \ b *^
administered them ar then ans-.v-r eacß ar.a
*very qu°stioi>. that everybody may put toon?.
I should prefer to have the au-stions in *^™f
three days befor- the meeting-not gre^TOS
to refuse to answer any questions, but bec*a£
I don't want to make any misstatementa .of fact
When t have answered s '; t c^ es j™ n * h^
have be«»n put to me in writing: I w-u -"»"
atswer^nv P and eW Q«^M« £ "S^SS?
and kind whatsoever, if we star he^ all r sh'.
-onc^rripc the itions of my office- whil- t
"beeifthe incumbent. But if you don t ger
satisfactory and accurate information in r?r»M
to fi'cts when you asl a question, by word •-.
mouth it won't be ray faulr. 1 can only guar^
ante* accuracy of fact if you will giv m* tba
questions in advance, so I sbalX know what tc-i
Wa \"nian must be honest. I believe, to come be
fcre an audience like this and answer question*
nut to him. Public ofllfn should b* mm t->
feel that they ought to come personally facs t.>
face -.v-.th the people and allow the people r»
a=k them in a conversational way. -Why did y>t»
do such anrl snHi a Udasj The aentISBSBS)
who lon't like me are the gentleman I want »n
come and hear m<>. It ts not my friends 1 want
to convince, it s those \vh<> ar* my enemies.
My friends I don't a.-«k to convince, but ray
cn \Vh'en" a man tells you h<» d.-esnt care about
the approbations of his fellow men he is a fool
and * li-r. He is a liar becuus- he tettl yo-i
something thai is not true and he i? a fo
because n» thinks that you brlicvc it. T won!«l
rather hay» your approbation than tli.sappi
tion "but I come here not for your approbation
or disapprobation, so that it b in a sense im
mat^l whether I«H it- I think I see an op-
Dortunitv for public service. I think I see -an
opportunity for making it difficult for oth*r
public o«c*rs to evade mating ths BwSpl. fn.-«»
to fac* and answering their questions, and you
ne*d not be afraid of hnrtin* ray feel.n«» .Ton
can r.tit the. questions Just as directly and flatty
as you plrrnnr I will answer them Is the best
of my ability. -- ■ ' .•.
POSSE SEEKDfG^HAIR SJTTPPER
Three Hundred Armed Men Securing Baj Stai»-
Countryside for Masked Man.
rn> .^legrapb to Tlia Trlb««». I
FUchburs. Mass.. May 2.— A posse cl three fcun
dr»d armed ni'-n la scouring the countryside of
Ashburnham searching fer a masked iran W ta-»
been >nivninß the braids of yonn* girls from the.r
heads. His last fea»t was to enter the home Fri
day Si Thomas Mu>re. *nd. holding a revolver at
the head of Alma Moore, eighteen years, old. elO
of? her beautiful auburn hair. He then disap
p»»aretl. . ■ -
The man wore a mask and .•<rrt«l a lars- paS
of. shears. Wteit his motive ts.oo on knows.. for
money ia the house was uatouche-J and SS mad*
bo further attempt at robbery.