THE SUN, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1912.
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refer In these Jsuics. Republicans hope
that thn lntfotm utterances on these
subject will In) of such a striking charae
tor as to hnvn u marked effect outside
of New York State.
hmuel S. Koenlg of thn Republican
committee? of this county returned from
Washington yesterday ufter having Riven
President Taft the nmuranco that not
only will lil Administration lie indorsed,
ut III" ltoehesier convention liut that
tht'ilclogatostol hlcago will be instructed !
for him. This nssiirance ho novo to Mr.... vv ,mvvo ,TVn,,R ivtwuis
Tnft after consulting in Washington with ' I ItMVAb UM)Ml 11 ATM
the Jicliutillcnn members of Congress
from this Stale, Senator Hoot, Secretary
Ktimt-on and other representative Re
publicans from the State.
There has been snnto talk among party
lenders of approving the Taft Adminis
tration and not Instructing the Chicago
delegates.
"Of course wo have all heard those
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kinds of reports," Mr. Koenlg said, "but
there are no grounds for them and you
will llnd that tho convention will bo prac
tically unanimous on tho questions of
Indorsement and instructions."
The only light that will take place at
KochcMer, Mr. Koenlg believes, will lie ,
in uie loom oi inn piatiorm committee.
It Is possible, he thinks, that the mem
bers of that committee nominated by
William L. Ward, the liepubllcnn boss of
Westchewter. and Lucius N. Littauer of
Gloveii-villo will seek to have incor
porated in the platform clauses advocat
ing inn modified form some of Col. Roose
velt's doctrines. Any effort made in that
direction Mr. Koenlg thinks will be
squolrhvl immediately.
It woul 1 bo useless, in tho opinion of
Mr. Koenlg. for the Itoosevelt men to raise
any fight in the open convention because
h says Mr. Uoonelt will not have more
than f-ccnty-!lvo out of tho more than l
ane thounnd delegates to tho conven
tion. I he business of the convention will
be finished in ono day, Mr. Koenlg said.
BOY HITCHED TO AUTO HURT.
Trolley L'psrt the Machine and Young.
iter's Skull Fractured.
Peter Kelly, 11 years old, of 802
Holers ncnue, lirooklyn, while on his
roller h'iuicm last night, hitched on be
hind an automobile driven by John
Mortz, a chauffeur for William .lohn
sdn of IOC Prospect Park West. In the I
tonneau was Thomas I.eddy of lsir,
Atlantic avenue, n friend of the chauf
our. When the auto was crossing
Bedford nveniie (it Church avenue
Held avenue trolley ar lilt It In the
middle and 1 1 j rl it m'er.
The boy who was hitching behind
was the worst hint. He w.i.s taken to
the King County Hospital with bis
skull fractured, his left arm broKen
nnd with Internal lnjutles. I.eddy was
cut nnd bruised. He was p.itched up,
at the hospital. Mortz eseaied Injury.
The automobile was badly daiiuigHd,
STILL HUNTING FOR POGGI.
If Vound Ciintllgliter Who llriiKc 1'iiriilc
Will irt OnliL Trial.
The case of I.011U 1'uggl, tbe iruntlnliter
who s'lppeil his IihII iimi then lirnke the
psrols under which Judge Cralti of (leiierl
Sessions hd plated him, ns tnuisrrrred
yesterday to tlm riniliiul llranch of the
Supremo Court If tlm gumthler, ln
already has served u ejr for the l.lllliiit
of Kid Twist, decides lo return to rnc
the latest rhargo aicaliist him before tlm
end of this month lie wilt he urraieiied
before Justice Davis
The trausler of case from General Ses
sions to thn Criminal llranch of the Su
preme Court Is not an uncommon pro
ceeding, in the present case It prohsblv
means tin ealy trial for l'isl whcneier
he does shnn- up
Robert M Moore, the attorney In whone
custody I'okrI was pnrolsd. uud a big
force of detectives are lookln for the
Italian. I'okkI's hall, which was ome
forfeited and then was ordeied lemltted
by Jtidire ('raid before th Judge paroled
the prisoner, is still In the hands or I ho
City Chamberlain.
THORN'S BAD INVESTMENTS.
Put S.f.'O lii Mr. florham's Schemes
and Now Charges Fraud.
Allocations of frnwl arc made nsalnt
John M. liurham, 11 Iiiwv.t, In u FUlt tiled
jestenlny by William II Thorn to re
cover ,32e.i iiiiuii ass that In 1!07
Uorham whs nrfjantrliiu tlm Ti-imliml
Trust Company mid lepiesented tliut
i-hvpi.iI wealthy men were Inteiested In
thn Hint company with him ami that a
lnrg" iimnuiit of cjpllul Htor I; had ht'cu
HiiUporllx-il fin lioihum iuhl hlni III"
clink was n hiife liiv.Htnii'iit, he said, ami
Ue took :':i shines ut Y::M, hut the 1 1 11st
rompany was mwi oiK.inleil 11ml all th?
money wits Inst. .
Thorn also nlleged 1 tint Ofiihain lepre
kellteil himself to ln half onner of tlm
(lol Diim Cuiisiilhliileil .Mlnllm' Cnnuiuiiy,
which was 11 hiif,. Iiiestiiipiit, mid Thmn
took 7,11011 Mimes fin Jti.uiM, The stock
luoied to l" alisoliitelr worthless iiml
h has nevei I u ahln to (:( any nf
the money had;
Test tins From New llrunswlrk Wells
Moncton, N It, Apill r. fjas from
the natural bus wells In Albert count v
hiis hen suecessfiilly ti sti d In one of
ill- foundries nit. Th ounets of the
finiinli s,i 1 1 1 .- u 1-in siillslh-il II111I th-iisi-
of tlila n.iluril u.is will ul their i--pensi-H
fin fui-i In iui, c w Hnhlnsiin
of Monvton i-tlili-s Hi;, I .Mnuctoii null
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lui.il iras Is imnliui-il In- the wells nlreiidv
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FLOOD MOUNTS HIGHER;
NO HOPE FOR RELIEF
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Wind Breaks Lcvccs
Miles of Lowlands Arc
Inundated.
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Arkansas .Soldiers Working on Kmbnnk-
nients and Rescuing Residents
of Flooded Towns.
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St. I.OL'ls, April 5. There Is no hope
of relief to-night for tho flood doomed
HICKMAN,
resions of tho lower M!.l-slipl Valley, J
All indications nro that the water will I
ro hieherand that the presniitilainaK" will
by iniiiillcant comp.iieil to what Is 1,1
follow .
These predictions niv ba-cd mi reports
of unusual rics at point above the con
fluenen of the Mixslsnippi und (Jhiu liiM-rs,
nnd weather luireau pieilicliotis.
A ldnh wind to-day caused a break in
iiim i.overniueut levee ut nines neiow 1
llicl.'iuan, Ky. Ilickinnii itself is partly 1
submerned and a muiotitv of its tieoplo!
are refiij;et-s in nearby towns, I
Tlm break c.ime at I o'clock this after- '
noon and caused hundieds of thmi'-inds
of dollars iIiimiuko. No lives were !()!
mi far ns can Ihi learned, 1
Memphis, Tenn., mis iven up hope, '
uud the lower part of the city is con-J
t-ldi-ied iloomej '1 he wnteis uie within
a few inches of foily-lhn feet, the flood j
htaj;e, which is tho utmost limit at which
the levees protecting the lower city can'
hold hack. I he river Is risiiiR and l,iK,
winds, which hao continued all day,
havo dissipated all hoj
The Krcaiost riie to-day was registered
ut Louisiana, Mo., where tho Mississippi
rose I foot 4 inchiM in twenty-four hours.
Louisiana is uboe the mouth of the
MUsouri and Illinois rivers, nnd the rise
hhows that u flood is coming down the J
upper .Mississippi.
Other rises follow: Evansville, Ind.,
I inches; Warsaw, 111., 2 inches: Oulncv.
III., 7 inches; VlcksburR, Miss., 7 Inches;;
Chester, III., 3 inches; Iturllngtoii, In., j
2 inches; Pearl, III., t inch, 1
Most of these points are above the pros- i
ent crest of tho flood and tho ligureB j
mean that a still greater rush of water is!
bearing down onthe stricken region.
Tho Mississippi is eight miles wide at
Qttincy, III , and has reached the highest
point since IHOli,
At Kvansvllle, hid , the Ohio Itiver
will reach the -It foot stage by Sunday,
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SPRING SUITS AT $25
Not the ordinary sortwe're not doing ordinary things here;
these suits have all the character of made-to-measure garments
at double our price; a personal inspection and "try on" will
convince you.
Easter purchases made here will be delitercd on lime.
Farmers living In tho bottoms between
here and Paducah, Ky., report great
loss of stock and thousand of acres
of growing wheat will bo ruined along
Um lower Ohio and Wabash rivers.
In tho Whlto Illvcr farmers say they
aro looking for tho woret flood since
tho great deluge of 1875.
(lov. Donaghey of Arkansas to-day
sent the Adjutant-tlcnernl of tho State
to tho flooded district to take charge
of troops, who are working on tho levcee
and rescuing families from the lowlands.
Arkansas levees aro at the breaking
point and a few Inches mora (rise will
send the water Into the lowlands.
Tho Mississippi at St. Louis rose one
Inch to-duy. Mayor Krelsmann ner-
milieu mo uso or l ho city harnor boat
Krastus Wells to carry food and supplies
to the flooded districts.
Tho entire town of Wyatt, Mo., is under
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the water is on thrco sides of Uie town
and threateni; to overflow' the village.
A despatch tfi-tiighl fioin 1'riars Point.
Miss , savs tho water is going over the
lcee at Kangaroo Point on tlm Arkansas
side of the Missit-suipi At (ite-uvile.
Mis,, heroin t-ITort is U-ing made to-night
to Mive the Misdssippi lece
At Carlo, III., the gauge to-night reads
.'.t.Ofeet.a rise of one-tenth of a loot since
uiinrning. Hut foru scare during the toie-
iiuuii, miru uu- repon ciicuiuted Ilia;
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,," (1-..-T1 nun MifuniiiK. toe IIHV would
havo passed without incident. Mail scr-
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to the noith. and to WfcklilTo iiiid ttw
iiuiium 1 iMiirui 10 urn Houm.
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tvs,.DtiH in t .1, tt ucfjcr, Hi'j irvrn
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one holding between ( hosier and Cotton.
wood Point. Whistler made tho trip
tiuoiigh the overflowed distiict to-day
in a motor boat and savs that the water
is ribbing through Mississippi i-ountv with
great damage Probublv not nu acre of
ground in the western n"irt of the county
Is alsive overflow. All of tho territory be
tween Chaileston mid tho liver Is inun
dated. There is the greatest distress and
destitution among tho poorer neoplo nnd
relief committees from Charleston aro
working to Uiko earn of tho refugees and
to rcscuo peoplo from second Htoiies of
houses.
'In one case a mother with a babe lu her
arms was rescued from a tree where she
was dinging.
At W'vnt Ma tl.A .. 1. .1 -.
deep over the entire town.
, At Price's Ijindlng the water is two
feet higher than was over known. The
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the west of (. haileston is above overflow.
1 ut. ntui 1 iuuiii) luvrt-proieciH nioretnati
$1,0(10.000 worth of bottom land In .Scott
Mississippi and Now Madrid counties bo-
iweenuiH (Ilkeston Hidge and Charleston,
and Mr. W heeler wiyst his loveo will utami
Irom one to two feet of water with no
likelihood of breaking
'I he water between the levee and Com
merce bus topped Methodist itfdge, in
ono plant 11 few Inches deep, nnd this
goes into thn Northern .Swamp, but is not
siiftlcient to do any material duniuge,
A leport Is ourient here at Cairo," III.
FLOODED RAILROAD TRACKS.
that there has, been considerable loss of
life in Mississippi county, but telephone
connection was broken to-day and the
report could not be confirmed.
The water has backed up in tho sloughs
to within a mile llertruud. All of the of
skiffs that were available lietween
Charleston and Poplar HlufT have been
pressed Into service and refugees are
being brought into Charleston as rapidly
as they can bo handled.
At Caruthersville, Mo., the flood situa
tion to-day continues M-rious. Tho rise
from 0 this morning till n at night was
three Inches. The Mayor closed all
business places to-day and all tho male
population worked on tho levee. Com
panies of militia aro patrolling levees
night and day and two more companies
will arrive hero to-night.
At New Madrid, Mo., the Mississippi
continues lo rise witn no prospect 01
i reiiPf . The damairo is increasing overv
hour and food is becoming scarce. Every
i farm in tho territory reaching from Now
' Madrid '?1K all,a ?b?i3r" L? !,V firm
of tho river tow lost fences an I ftrm
buildings, which have been carried away
Tho foundations of other buildings
have l?en weakened and they aro sink
ing. Tho farmers who have built mounds
upon which they havo saved their stock
in former high water havo had to build
scaffolds and whenover possible get
barges and with tho aid or boats take
their stock to high ground. Several
of tho highest points In this city have
been used in this way, but all aro now
covered with water and platforms have
been built from four to six feet higher.
Tho Government guago at New Madrid
reached 44.7 at 1 o'clock this evening,
making nearly three inches rise during
tho last twenty-four hours
A long distance telephono message
from Union City, Tenn.. to-night said
that the government levee at that place
gavo way at t:30 o'clock and that water Is
now pouring into the Heelfoot Lake
district. 'I his urea of low land Is fifty
miles long ntut from live to thirty-five
miles wide. This is expected to aid Cairo,
as It givesan enormous outlet for the river.
Secretary Helm of thn levee board says
tho break Is ion yards wide and that
efforts aro being put forth to save the
rest of tho levee. The river Is said to
have fnllen uu Inch nt Hickman after tho
break.
The levee at Pecan Point Is threatening
to collapse. From nil along the line re
ports show distressing conditions of the
levees.
Maior Clark S. Smith, m charge of the
local levee district, gave out n statement
to-night in which he snld: "The situation
is very serious nnd has been for several
days, 'I he water at present is four feet
above any previous record and rising
rapidly.
"The tlrM uevr.se in the (iovernment
levees of the Memphis diMtirt came ut
1:20 this afternoon, in the lli-elfoot liike
line, about live tnilett below where it
lien tothehillsat Hickman. The crevasno
is beyond control nnd means the in
undatinti(of the bottom portion of Fulton
county. Kentucky, and practically alljof
I.IIM't. tflllll, l (-11 1 !.
This levee runs from the Cliicknsaw
ltluir at Hickman to the riilce of hiith
laud upon which Tiptouville is situated.
This water will past, throimh the Heel
foot Lake and into the MisMssippi Itiver
unuiii iiirongu i lie lovvianiis Known as trie
neuters of Iteeiroot, above the mouth
of Titter Tail Itiver. It may relieve the
situation opposite and below the crevasse,
but the pocket is too small for any con
siderable effect on the stage below.
Waniiinohi.v, April 5. After it con
ference witli President Taft em the Mis
souri and Mississippi flood situation to-
wuj Miiiiuuiii-riut'iii wiih llliuie y jtepre-
'senntive l-'itgerald of New York,
chairman of (lie House Committee on
Appropriations, that Comrress will not
vote money for the relief of flood sufferers
unless conditions become move serious,
I He said that the President informed hiiu
I thnt the Hed Cross and tlm War Depart
ment appear capable or bundling the
situation at present The Stute authori
ties in the flooded districts have notified
the President that they ure able to meet
the situation fairly well. Kepresentative
riigerani Hani man ougress would Hold
in ubevaiice tho resolution ltilrruln...il
Wednesday by representative James
of Kentucky, appropriating 1250,000 of
Government money for tents, food and
ciotning tor wie nooil sufferers.
National Director Ulcknell of the Ited
Cross waa expected to reach the flooded
districts to-day and further action by
inn iwi irons win uepenu on mi reports.
In the meantime tho Governors of Mis
souri, Kentucky and Tennessee, who
have been in telegraphic communica
tion with tho lied t ross. went iirii Uil
by the authorities to-day lo 'ssue public
ajji-um iur I'uiieouoii 01 iuiius in tneir
resKotive Rtatcs, under the direction
of the local Hed (Voss agents. Mr. Bick
nell will supervixu the distribution of
funds or supplies raised in this man
ner. An ofllaial bulletin given out by the
Weather Ilureau to-night says;
"Uttest udvices from Cairo, 111 , are
that tho Pulton county Government
Ifivea below Hiukmau broke about 4:3d
l. M. in npito of erlorts of 4,ooo men
to save It and I hat warnings had been
Uiiled to the entire Heelfoot Ijikn und
Obion districts 'Mils will AikxI territory
fortv-llve to fifty niiles long bv livo to
thirty tullea wide and relieve the situa
tion at Cairo und New Madrid before
morning.
"Officially advised. Illinois Central Rail
road will resume local train servolco south
Saturday morning "
The dally special river bulletin issued
by the Weather Hureuil earlier rays:
"The Mississippi Hlver continues to rise
from Pavanport southward and Is above
Hood slage as far noitt us Keokuk.
Stages Friday wero in accordance with
previous forecasts and no changes havo
been made.
"The Ohio Itiver at Cairo is about on a
stand at S3.8 or 53 0 feet, but will remain
nearly at this stage for at least a week, as
another rise with flood stage Is coming
down the Ohio, as forecasted a few days
ago.
"The situation within Cairo proper li
considered safe, as it is thought that the
levees will hold. Warnings havo been
issued for another rise of about l.fi or
two feet from Kvansvllle to the mouth of
thn Wabash River during the nt four
or five days. Memphis will get about
forty-five feet within forty-eight hours
unless a break occurs In some iart of the
Arkansas levee. Helena will have llfty
tlirisj feev in two dajs."
'HEMPSTEAD WONBERS 1
WHY ELOPERS AB BACK
I)onl)t Thrown on Story of Fear
of Contagion for Cooko
Babies.
FRIENDS HIDE WHEREABOUTS
DoRerled Wife of Ex-Mlnlster Refuses
to Discuss Question of
a Divorce.
Hkmpstbad, L. I,, April 5. Residents
of this town are now asking why Dr.
Jero Knode Cooko and Floretta 'Whaler,
who eloped fire rears ago, came back.
Mrs. Whaloy, grandmother of the girl,
said that tho couple had returned to keep
their two children away from any danger,
of contagion. Tho positive statement
is made that there is no contagion now In
San Francisco.
That tho pair have returned cannot
be doubted. Several persons were found
to-day who saw Miss Whaley, or Mrs.
Unicorn, as she called herrelf in San Fran
cisco, leave for New York on a Sunday
evening train. These persons knew her
well when she lived here, and ear that
she has changed ho little that she was
easily recognized. She was dressed In
a brown suit and hat, and except that her
figure was more matured she had changed
but little.
Kdnn Whaley, Floretta's young sister,
as well as others, know where Dr. Cooke
nnd riorclta are, but none of them w
tell. They suggest that Dr. Cooke and
Miss Wholey would only bo bothered
by reporters. There is a suggestion too
that if they were found living together
in New York the officials might take
action. An arrest and conviction for the
offence they could Imj charged with might
carry a ienalty with twenty years im
prisonment.
Mrs. Cook, tho deserted wife, who is
now living in Hartford, has returned for
short visits here several times since the
elopement of her husband am, the sixteen-year-old
girl. She on one occasion
talked over the question of getting a
divorce with a close friend. At that time
she said that she knew she had been and
would continue to be severely criticised
for not getting a divorce so as to enable
her husband to remove the blemish on
the birth of thn two children of Dr. Cooke
and Floretta Whaley, but she didn't feel
that it'was for her to act. Her husband
could mako a move in that direction if
he wished to.
Mrs. Whaley, the grandmother. Is a
woman of some means and Is nearly 80
years old.
It is doubtful if the District Attorney
f this county would take action against
the elopers unless n complaint were rnado
to him by Mrs. Cooke or Mrs. Whaley.
Hartford, Conn., April O.At her home
in West Hartford this afternoon Mrs.
Marinda Clarko Cooke, deserted wife of
the Rev. Jere Knode Cooke, said that but
for the newspapers she would not have
known that her husband and Floretta
Whaley wero now In New York.
"In nil the time he' has been irone."
said Mrs. Cooke, "I hare heard nothing
from him. Why should I? It's simply
u forgotten chapter In my life. I under
stand that he has been living in California,
but I do not know where, and I have
not received nor would I have welcomed
any news from him. Of course I have
heard from other people about him and
at first I received anonymous letters
concerning him (Mrs. Cooke did not men
tion nis name , nut l-navo not answered
the letters or the stories. I have simply
remained passive to everything in the
affair."
"Do you Intend," Mrs. Cooko waa
asked, "to adhere to the position you took
at tho time of tho eldpement to neither
prosecuto Mr. Cooke nor set him free by
niung for a divorce?"
"I have no statement to make on my
future plans I have not even discussed
them yet with my attorney. xl havo not
said that I would continue to adhere
to this position, nor have I said I would
not." said Mrs. Cooke.
"Still." persisted the Questioner, "un
to this time there has come no change
in tho M,ltlon that you adopted at the
time of tho elopement?"
"No," admitted Mm. Cooke, "there
has been no change. I am maintaining
now the same riosition I have had since
ii iooh puice. itiieuier ur nov mere win
lie anv chntiffo in Wow of anv recent
developments I cannot say until after
a consultation witn my attorney.
HER COMPANION DIED.
Woman Arrested and Held In Ifnboken
for Examination.
A man and woman registered as "Mr.
and Mrs. F. White" at the Washington
Hotel, Washington and Ferry streets,
Hohoken, on Thursday night and the
woman left her jewelry with William
McNamara. the clerk, for safe keeDlnc,
When she applied for her property yes-
teruay morning sne was so apparently
ilet about something that McNamara
became suspicious. He made an investi
gation and found the man dead in bed.
Death was caused by heart disease.
The woman was arrested, She said
she was Mrs. Hridgot Delaney, 48 years
old, of 80S Willow avenue, Hohoken.
She was locked up for an examination
tn.nn TI.- ma.1,. Iul a iJ.lAl
ivr-. ,.. iiMun inMj .i-H tUOilllllOU
at V oik's morgue as that of Walter O'Con
nell, 48 years old, a driver on a Manhattan
horse car line. His address was not
learned.
Trjlng lo Pass a Workmen's Compenia
tlon BUI.
Ralph M Easily, chairman of the execu
tive council ui i no .inuuuai v,ivio t eaeration
nnnminrnrl veatenlitt' flint Anvtiat tl lmn.
chairman of its workmen's compensation
tiepartment, nas sent a letter to the mem
bers of ConirreM urging tho enactment of
n wtirKin.-ii n t-uiiiiriinitiiuii ion preijareir ly
n i-uiiiiiuiirt. iii eAiiriiH i, utter tue auspices
ill niv M-utiai ii.ii it tt.tr. biiiii ifiai IIIOUKII
nun ,'in, nun, i nun ifr-t-ii iiiiirtivru py a
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win nu iui it-i-i!iii in irtllliuill!ir llie WOlk
in inu itMiriniiuii iur iiiiiiuriu mate legisla
tion The hill has heen indorsed hy I he
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Tailors' Trure Continue!.
While no agreement was reached at the
second conference between representatives
or the Merchants Association of Ladles'
Tailors and Dressmakers and the Inter.
national Ladles' Garment Workers Union,
wnirn ivs rem lain yeateruay anemoon
at sea Fifth avenue to avert If possible the
threatened general strike of tailors In the
fifth avenue district, the true between
the tailors and the employers Is to con
tinue. Matters v.ere discussed for two
uuura j-utnorusy, out. no nasia or settlement
was reached and an adjournment was taken
until a week from next Monday.
Qaa Kills Two Accidentally.
.Tnfin P Vnvlttt at -. t.t - .t l,
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iaier-in-iaw, airs, nrwget Nevlna, a widow
urnr-it fnnnil rlntiH rmm in .... i,...-
......... ....., .,. nn llt vuoir nun
apartment at su Cast Nlnety-third street
i"1'"-" momma-, inn man tor over
twenty years was captain of a Street Clean
In.iP"Er,ln''ut "'"w j"""'""- ' fU"4
f.'il. fr!i2?"h i l,, r"n,i" 'P kitchen and
Ulis.lt lias Ta.II a ..-. .. .. -T - " . a " "l."
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HIGHLY IMPORTANT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
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An established, well equipped, rxclnslvc tnall order busl-
ness, handling practically nil linos of nicrclinndiso tticcl In
the Individual, tho houscfaold, and the farm, located near the
center of the United States, can be acquired on attractive term.
A very large business has already been established, nlilih
should be extended so as to rival the recent, conspicuous suc
cesses of mall order business on a large scale.
Reasons for selling entirely personal.
Speculators please not reply. Will deal only with tlioe
- able to handle an extensive proposition and who can command
capital.
POST OFFICE BOX 79, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
CINDER CAR MYSTERY
BAFFLES AUTHORITIES
Continued torn Klraf Pace.
until we have uncovered the truth of the
mystery, although it seem, tho case is
hopeless
The Kurmans havo at times been of
keen Interest to Middletown iieonle.
The elder Furman died about ten years
ago and there were stories that he had
come to h death violently. Of the
thirteen children six are alive. There
are five sons. Joseph. Eugene, Kusjell,
Webb and Theodore, and the daughter,
Kula. Ono son, Arthur, who died not
long ago, got into trouble for breaking
into a railroad station nt Kerhonkson,
on the Kingston division of the Ontario
and Western, and spent thirty days in
jail.
It is a curiously secretive family aim
not verv well understood bv its neishbors.
The sons have always, it Is said, been j
unuer tne nomination or uieir motner.
They aro big and blonds. Mrs. Furman
is small and dark. When she crooks her
little finger the sons step lively, so the
neighbors say. At any rate they are
following their mother's' course closely
nt present.
"Eugene and Joseph say they never
intended to tell tho police they had killed
thnir brother and that confessions were,
extorted from them by the police after
third degreo methods. Police Chief
McCoach denies this absolutely. Ho
savs Eucene accused Joseoh and that
Joseph accused Eugene. Hut why they
tola a story mat tney Knew was raise is
what puzzles tho authorities.
It is certain a man was murdered under
circumstances similar to those described
bv Eucene nnd Joseph in the fiction as
to their brother's deatn. but the authori
ties are absolutely unable to mako head
way because of the impossibility of iden
tifying the remains found in tne cinder
oar. Thev have nothimr excent a nart
of a head and a right arm. A careful
search of tho cinder car and of others
near by rovealed nothing more.
A story which has reached the police
brought in the names of Mrs. Betsy Steele
and her sister, Bella Shaw, young women
who lived for several years next door
to the Furmans and who were on friendly
terms with several of the Furman boys.
Mrs. Steele often gave Darties nt her
house which were attended by Joseph
and Theodore Furman, and Mrs. Fur
man, it is said, objected to her sons going
there and had it out with them on several
occasions.
Chief McCoach savs younc Mrs. Xteele
has had four husbands. and that their
names were Hamilton, Vreeland, Potter
and Steele. takingMhem in chronological
order. Vreeland, the police learned.
boarded at the house after he had been
succeeded by Steele.
Late on the night of December 27, 1011.
the police say, a neighbor of the Steeles
heard a shot ftred. A beer nartv had
been going on and it is slid that sev
eral of the Furman boys attended it. ,
.Mdoacn tninKs tins story, sum as it is,
is thoimly bit of information ho has tint
inlKhtnnve a liearing" on the mystory. .
Mrs. Steele and her sister moved away!
from Middletown last February and are
living in Cincinnatus, X. Y. 'I he police
are trying to find Vreeland and have not
succeeded. They aro anxious also to
question Mrs. Steele and her sistcr.Bcllu
Shaw.
This afternoon The Sun man talked to
Theodore Furman while his motner sat
by, silent and watchful. Theodore is a
young giant, blue eyed, blond and good
looking. His glance is direct and there is
something rather taking about his per-1
sonality. He said he couldn't understand
why brother Eugehe accused brother
Joseph of killing him, or why Joseph '
turned around and accused Eugene, lie
had left home three months ago to see a
little of the world and to bunt a good job. '
"Why did you go away without telling
your mother?" he was asked.
Mrs. Furman looked up swiftly. '
"Oh, Itoys do that now and then," said
Theodore with a laugh. "l was afraid
mother wouldn't let mo leave home." i
His storv of working on a farm near1
Philadelphia most of the time be was
away from home and of applying at
Philadelphia to Lieut W. Unity 8mth
of the Marine Corps for enlistment has j
iieen' confirmed. Whatever his extraor-
efdveriiscmeni
JHN DAVID
Ed Had by Cffaumaf,
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Slradivarius. Why? Because the genius of Cre
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dreams and ideals the very song of his heart and the
vary carol of his pulses. A Hat may seem a simple thing
to make. It is, if it's only a lump of felt, silk and leather.
But, if its to throb with style and thrill with individuality
it must not be the fruit of a day's work, but of a life's work.
Roelofs idolizes and Idealizes Hats. And, because
he who is intense about one thine will always prove
immente in the doing of it, Roelofs makes Hats of utrikiitu
tmarlnnt, which have no kinship whatever with those
"distributed" by the thousand to the thousands.
For to-morrow Easier Sunday buy a debonair, dash
inc Roelofs and let it work wonders with your personality,
noise and profile. "A Hat is only a Hat, but a RotM
I a nnceia!nii ' ir Ya VlOriariArl nnd Vium.mA4 wltU
a possession,", to
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Derbies, $3, $4, $6.
Soft Hats, $3 to $20.
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dlrary brothers may have said, Theodore
appears to have stuck to the truth.
"Will you enlist now?" he was asked.
"iJentrndB on her." said Theodore. nnH.
ding toward tho grim figure in hlnck
bomliar.ino who was making the knitting
needles click an she watched nnd listened.
"And you?" said tho visitor to Mrs.
Furman.
"Don't know," she replied shortlv.
Then she row decisively nnd indicated
that nil ono had to do to get out of the
house was to open the door.
Joseph Furman, who is a fireman on
tho Ontario and Western most of the
Furmans nt ono tlmo or another luve
held railroad jobs -was getting some
sleep before tho callboy routed him out
for the night's run. Mrs. Furm in wouldn't
let anvbndy nee him. Eugene, employed
in n livery stable, merelv repeated "hi
former storv thnt the police extorted h
confession from him. as thev did from
Joseph. Webb and Tlussell Furman iy
they don't know anything about the civs.
gree!Taccusesgreek
And Swift Footed Detective Take a
Prisoner.
Themlstoclcs Thcodosopulus nf 101 IJat
Nineteenth street demanded fifty dollars
of Uetuire Skolarls of 407 Hast Ninth
stieet on April 1, anil backed U his
demand by a threat of death If the money
were refused. Skolarls consulted with lm
cousin Demetrius, nnd the tno conferred
with Detective McGrath of tho KlflU
stieet police station. Then they took i
marked twenty dollar bill nnd reticles
Pappas as vvltncF?. and while the detec
tive looki-d on yesterday they tendered
the hill to Themlstoclcs.
Hut he clKhted tho detective nnd did
a marathon, leavinn the hill on the push
cart. Met! rath outran the Greek and
took him to the Essex Markt police court,
where Themlstocles was held for trial
on the charge of attempted extortion.
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