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Page Two STORMS WORK i HAVOC ALONG I ATLANTIC COAST Damage Along Waterfront Will Reach Million Dollars, in Estimated 1 ■ u. S. S. KANSAS IS RETORTED IN TROUBLE t Part of Board Walk at Atlantic City, Carried Away by Water —Cottages Lost NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 7.—Unoffi cial and unconfirmed reports re ceived here early today etated that the warship reported in distress off Ocean City, Md., was the bat tleship Kansas, but that she was not In danger, and was merely an ciioied to await cessation of the storm sweeping the coast. The revenue cutter Itasca, sum moned from here by wireless, was due to reach North Beach some time this morning. The Itasca was aiding the Cape Charles lightship, adrift off Vir ginia beach, when ordered to the relief of the war vessel. NEW YORK. IJec. 7 The entire Atlantic seaboard from Norfolk to Maine is being lashed today b> u gale that at some points has attained the velocity of 70 miles an hour. The storm has been blowing from the northeast for more than 48 hours. Shipping at many points has been completely paralyzed. Many vessels which put out before the blow began are unreported and much anxiety is felt for their safety. At many points along the Jersey coast and on both shores of l.ong Island Sound, cottages near the sea front have been undermined or are being pounded to pieces. Scores of bath houses at several New Jersey and Long Island summer resorts have been swept to sea •It is estimated the damage will amount to a million dollars or more. The smashing seas off Navesink beach and the Highlands ripped a gaping hole in the retaining walls and let in a flood of water that under minder railroad tracks and demol ished dozens of buildings with a loss of more than SIOO,OOO. The roads at Normandie were washed away, bring ing ample Are apparatus from reach ing a blaze In the Normandie hotel. The damage done by flames was $25,- 000. The summer home of Secretary of War Garrison, and other handsome summer residences at the same place are surrounded by water. Cellars are flooded and the foundations washed out. Workmen labored all night and today to save the cottage of F. Hall Packer, which la in danger of being irwept to sea. Part of the board walk at Atlantic City early today was carried away. The $20,000 ballroom on the end of the steel pier is threatened, the foundations having been damaged to such an extent that the extreme end of the pier had to be loped off. Two hundred men have been working since midnight to save further dam age wTiich already amounts to $40,000. The new retaining wall at Seabrlght which was badly damaged a year ago has broken in several places and bath houses and cottages have been blown down. Seafaring men declared today that the storm Is the worst that has rav aged the coast In many years. ARIZONA SENATORS THE STATE’S BEST HOUSEKEEPER ffmmwmv / fr&n C'esW/tt tiit dL$ PRESCOTT, Ariz., Dec. 7.—9\fomen of Arizona bad tbelr first change to vote at the November election, and the first thing they did with the bal lot was to vote a woman, Mrs. Fran ces W. Munds, Into the state senate. The members of the senate have invited Mrs. Munds to be the presi dent of the tipper house, but she has declined the honor because she wants to give her entire time in the legisla ture to committee work. Mrs. Munds directed the campaign that won votes for women In Arizona in 1912. Although she gives a great deal of time to civic and educational work, she has had time to earn the reputation of being "the best house keeper In Arizona " Senator Munds has three grown children, and she's the proud grandmother of a slx months’-old baby girl. A public Initiation and exhibition drill by the degree staff will be given by Columbia chapter. No. 142. Ameri can Insurance union, in Gentsch ball. , No. 1274 Gratlot-avp., Tuesday even- W| D**- •- Several prominent na tlonal officers will be present. Include btfif National Counselor John V Rees ■THuntlpgton. Ind . and National Or •anlser Charles B. Hill, of Orand Rap- and dancing will r©n eiode the evening's entertainment. Light refreshments will be served. PROHIBITION BIGGEST ISSUE FOR ARIZONA Defeat of Capital Punishment Uaused by Fear of Anti- Saloon Vote 0 mi i ini « ■ i «-e ONLY THREE-FOURTHS OF TOTAL VOTE CAST Sociologists Feel People Have Not Yet Expressed Them selves on Referendum PHOENIX, Ariz.. Dec. 7.—ln analyz ing the recent Arizona election, stu dents of sociology whose attention ) :t has attracted through the defeat of the referendum measure abolishing capitel punishment will And food for more than passing thought. The re sult ol the election has more far reaching importance than the mere sealing of the doom of ten or a dozen men who had hoped that a popular vote would have their lives. The official returns on the legisla live measures are still lacking from two counties, but semi-official figures prove Interesting The total votes r ast for governor. United States sen ator and other state office's to be filled varied in round numbers from 43.000 to 50,000, and an equal vote was cast on the prohibition amendment. On the question of the abolishment of capital punishment, however, less than 38.000 voters expressed them sel\es and the measure was defeated uy only a little over 1,200. The ques tion then arises: Have the people of Arizona really spoken on this subject, notwithstanding the referendum, or did it go by default through lack of Interest, attention being diverted In other directions 0 The registered vote of the state was about 65,000, so that little more than three-fourths of the voters expressed themselves on any question, and on this question little more than half of them voted, those who did pass Judg ment being quite evenly divided. The question is of such Importance that it might well be the people failed to vote, and It finds answer In a variety of reasons. Notwithstanding the adoption of the state constitution by a vote of disappointing numbers, there is a very healthy minority in Arizona which has no friendship for referendum machinery. Many of them ordinarily vote against referendum measures on general principles, pre ferring to defeat even a good law rather than to secure one through such process. Others Interested In issue's that come closer to home urged voters to ‘pass up" everything except the one measure they were most con cerned In and which was identified by number. Again, there was a large number of women who voted for the first time. Some got stage fright as the blanket ballot spread before them. Many went to the polls to vote for the particular candidate or issue that concerned them and let the rest go. ' In many Instances this Issue was prohibition with both men and women. That amendment received in the ag gregate about as many votes as were cast for all candidates for any particu lar sr&te office. Expression on capital punishment was far behind, though It ranked several other referendum measures that were known to be of strictly Socialist or strictly corpora tion origin. Prol !bit ion was the paramount is sue. Men who at other times hold decided tpiMonr on capital punish ment as will as the liquor question in tbis instance lost sis hi of every thing tut the latter, which they be lieved to b© vital whichever side claimed their alignment, especially this year, when the success of prohi bition meant the further disturbance of business, already suffering from nation wide conditions. The gov ernorship was second in Importance, but the present incumbent held a pee s:tion so impregnable he devoted most of his attent'on to furthering tli» ref erendum for abolishing capital pun ishment. the keynote of his campaign. Tli© Republican strength that devel oped against him was no less surprtx ng to most of the Republicans than it was to Gov. Hunt. Another conclusion Is p f SO me tn terest relate to the operations of the Initiative and referendum. The governor had been on© of its most ardent advocates, and was president of the convention that devised the constitution—a document so planned that the people should make their own law let the people rule; and now he has witnessed the slaughter of his favorite measure at the hand3 of a minority of the populace Tt does not appear that a majority of the peo pie have yet expressed themselves in this question. . HAS GUN BATTLE WITH BURGLARS I'atrolman Reins Exchanges Shota With Fair Found Rob bing Clippert Home Patiolman Johu Reiss, of Vinewood station, indulged In a revolver battle with two burglars whom he surprised Jn an attempt to burglarize the resi dence of Georg* H. Clippert, No. ltlfi Mlphigan-axe., at 2:30 o’clock. Monday morning, but the burglars escaped, after the officer had flred two shots at them, and they had returned his fire, with two shots apfece. H«-1 1* ruing to the scene at daylight. Patrolman Reiss searched the prem ises thoroughly, and found two screw drivers, and a steel automobile tire tool that had evidently been intended for us* as a "jimmy." Detective Kolb went to the house later to get finger prints, but the rain had obliterated them. Motorcycles In Africa. In Johannesburg. Transvasl, South Africa, there are 1,000 motorcycles registered, according to B. R. Hunt, a motorcycle dealer of that country. “Many of these," says Mr. Hunt, "are American motorcycles, and the popu laiity of the Amarlcarv-built machine la constantly Increasing In this ter tilery. THE DETROIT TIMEB, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1»14. TURKEY MINE; NEEDS BUT SPARK TO EXPLODE IT '" f' Only Superhuman Effort by U. S. Embassador Has Urevented International Urisis FOREIGNERS FLEEING AS IF FROM PLAGUE Two Thousand Refugees Held in Turkish Town, Finan cially Impotent - - By HENRY WOOD. {staff Correspondent United Prest.) SALON 1C A, Dee. 3.—(Via lxmdou .) (Delayed ! Turkey is a mine. A spark of fanaticism, likely to be struck at any moment, would cause an explosion which would shatter all elements of Euroyeauisui in the coun ! try. Foreigners are constantly men aced Only superhuman effort day and night, by American Ambassador Morgentkau has prevented au inter national crisis. Morgenthau now rep resents eight nations. 1 arrived here today from Con stantinople. The city is practically isolated There is only one line of rigidly censored telegraphic communi cation. Every letter and paper 1b confiscated by Turkish border patrols. Foreigners are fleeing as from the plague. The border towns are filled with anxious men who dare not step on Turkish soil to rescue their wom ankind. Refugees are only permitted to take !50 in gold with them. If they carry | more than this amount, the authori ties confiscate it and give in return the depreciated Turkish paper. At Dedeaghatch, there are 2.000 Euro pean refugees financially unable to proceed. j The day I left Constantinople the government was permitting the depar ture only of foreign women and chll- I dren, and holding all men who might bear arms upon returning to their j native countries. They are threaten ing to Imprison these men In the con j centratlon camps. Ambassador Mor- j genthau is fighting this pl&h. The j | few thousand ‘Europeans still rematn ; tng in Turkey consist of those finan cially unable to leave. Their condl : tion is miserable. Ambassador Morgenthau now rep I resents the American. British. French. 1 I Belgian, Servian. Swiss, Danish and Argentine Interests at the capital He alone has prevented the Turks ablaze with determination to throw off all European Interference, from Impris oning all foreigners In concentration , camps. He and his staff have worked • day and night since Turkey entered the war. The embassy Is open 24 hours a day. The ambassador or a member of his staff personally accom pany most of the refugee trains to the border. When the Turkish fury against Eu ropeanism first broke, Morgenthau stood alone between foreigners and Turkish reprisals. Before he could act all European hotels, stores, fac tories, banks and schools had been seized. So far as can be known, he has prevented violence to individuals. The Turks' word Is not to be trust ed. Bcorew of times the authorities have promised non-interference with the departure of trains loaded with European refugees. Every time the police have held up the trains, the refugees complained to the ambassa dor. He hurried to the ministry and obtained safe conducts The govern-! ment apologized. Then the next day. the same thing would happen. Mor genth&u’s only answer from the Turk-1 lsh authorities? would be that they "forgot their promises" On the occasion of one of these in cidents which I personally noted, the high government official to which Mor genthau protested replied: "We can’t understand your solici tude- we haven’t killed, hung or shot anyone yet.” Wholesale arrests of prominent for eigners was the first step the young Turks took. Their search for papers and private wireless stations was through Robert Frew, for years rector of the Episcopal church here, was a victim. The authorities seized every scrap of paper in hFa home, even including his sermons for 15 years. All foreign schools were taken j over. In Constantinople alone. 75 j such institutions, valued at $10,000,000! were seized and convented Into hos pltals, barracks and Constantinople colleges, slone escaped, alt Hough the wireless apparatus at the former place was destroyed. As I left Constantinople, the govern ment was seizing foreign owned util ity concerslonw, Including the English naval construction yards. valued at $5,000,000. The French waterworks have also been taken over. The rail roads to Damascus and Smyrna were seized on the day I left anil the gov ernment officially announced its Inten tion to take over all transportation and public utilities on the excuse that all foreign owners had fled or been expelled and that none remained to operate them. So far they have loft the telephone system alone. It being officially admitted that It couldn't be operated without European assistance Turkish controllers have been In stalled In all foreign banks and are administering rite public deht. The search for papers of every' de scription Is so strict at the frontier towns that Wylie Brown, ‘secretary of the American chamber of commerce was forced to hand over business let iters from American Ambnssador Mor ! genthau and th** consul-general, to | gather wMth a list of merchandise or ders and consular reports, including a I list of all American firms? doing busi ness in the Orient. I said Constantinople was Isolated. It I*. Thorn are no regular train or I steamship schedules. The populace is totally without news -except the flav ored official vtatem? nta. So U-ng as Ambassador Morgenthau can eucceed In aiding foreigners, a-? he has done —all will be well. But there may come a time when his de mands will not be acceded to. Fanat icism may break Then the wrorld may be shocked by Turkey’s throwing off the veneer of European ism. Children Ory FOR FLETCHER’S CASTO R I A In Local Playhouses LYCEUM. "Maggie Pepper," Charles Klein s popular play of department store Use. is the attraction in the Lyceum thea ter, this week. The production Ut well staged, aud ail the parts credits bly bundled, the work of Miss Kather ine Miller lu the name part. Indicat ing a high degree of ability. Johu Thorne, as Joe Holbrook, and Victor Travers, as Rothschild, the Jobber, also get the most out of their parts, and Horace V. Noble, as Johu Har gett. does an admirable piece of work. The characters in "Maggie Pepper are essentially true to life, aud auy one who has ev©u the most superfi cial acquaintance with a city depart ment store may recognize many of them ou sight. The story' deals with the rise of Maggie, who Is to be discharged by a pompous and hide bound manager, John Hargcu, atter 15 years of faithful service lu Holbrook & Co.’s department store. Joe Holbrook. Parisian cutup, re cently returned to take up the man agement of his father’s business, rec ognizes her ability aud places her in the position of head buyer. Through follow lug her suggestions he becomes known as the "Napoleou of Dry goods’’ His fiance, Ethel Hargen, niece of the manage*, becomes Jeal ous of Maggie, and insists ou her dis charge. Joe refuses, but Maggie, be coming acquainted with the trouble, resigns. Young Holbrook breaks his engagement, and after rescuing Mag gie from "Joe” Dark in, a blackmail ing gambler, second husband of Mag gie's sister-in-law, who seeks to de prive her of the custody of her broth er’s child, becomes engaged to Ida for mer employe. BROADWAY. "On Belgian Battlefields.” a series of motion picture* of the European war arena, taken by Edwin F. Wei gle, staff photographer of the Chicago Tribune, are being shown In the Broadway theater, this week, large audiences witnessing the opening per formances Sunday. The pictures give a faithful per spective of the early engagements In Belgium, when the Germans were Invading the country. The burning of Antwerp—long known as the city of art —now the city of sorrow; the battle of Alost. the destruction of Termonde, the fighting at AerschoL the flooding of Lierre and, lastly, the terrible combat at Mallnes are succes sively presented in graphic manner. There is real fighting going on; machine guns and cannon are in ac tion; from the trenches the rifles are spitting fire; shells are blowing up buildings, and shrapnel is bursting on the firing line, within 100 yards of Mr. Weigle’s point of vantage at times. There are many pictures which give side-lights into what war means that in themselves tell perhaps the most Interesting story of all. The pictures are all clear and with out a flicker, and this In spite of the fact that Mr. Welgle was oftan in such perilous positions that he could not use the tripod for his camera. The pictures were taken by permission of the Belgian government, the Chicago Tribune having undertaken to turn over one-half Os the proceeds of the American exhibition of the pictures to the Belgian Red Cross fund, which is being done. In Detroit the locaJ branch of the American Red Cross society Is receiving a certain percent age of the receipts. WASHINGTON. "The Rose of the Rancho," the ro mance of Spanish California which David Belasco originally produced with such beauty and Bkill, aud which made Frances Starr, a star, was shown in the Washington theater. Sunday, In motion picture form Bessie Barrls cale. whose charming work will be remembered by local playgoers as Lu ana. in the Hawaiian play. "The Btrd of Paradise," has Miss Starr s srlgi nal role in "The Rose of the Rancho.” The plav offers a pretty romance, exquisite scenic settings and much life and color, especially in the scene of the fiesta. Travel, comedy and war pictures complete the program. GARRICK. The Lyman H. Howe travel festival In motion pictures presented in the Garrick theater. Sunday even'ng. at tracted a large crowd of Howe admir ers. The pictures presented offered a wide variety of subject including trav el. war, educational, thrillers, scenic, portraiture, etc. It is the Howe custom to make many of the pictures more realistic to the spectator In the use of mechanical r.ppliance that accentuate salient points In the picture shown. A num ber of comedy films produced hearty laughter. AVENUE. There's one of the most striking cli matic points ever attempted In the third act of "Sold for Money,” the play being presented In the Avenue theater, this week. The particular scene Is where a young wife, about to receive a visit from the stork, is asked by the wealthy parent of her husband to name the price she will [take to release her spouse from his marriage. She refuses, and is recog nized by her lawyer as his lost daugh ter. In the role of Kate Warner, af terwards the wife of Hallet Morgan, Jr., Miss Corinne Cantwell again has a part that enables her to display a i fine talent for those roles that tug at the heart strings. There is a cleverly conceived clos ing scene in the last act, where Kate appears once more In her early role of cabaret entertainer that she may bring hack the memory to her hus band, who has been the victim of an accident. In this role, Roy Walling appears to good advantage. The others in the cast are Russell Brady, as Bill Wall; Harry A. Burr, mi Hnllet Morgan, sr.; Milton Nobles, as Walter Scire!, a young lawyer; Ralph Ravencroft. as Henry Wain wright; George Earle, as Mahoney, a detective; William A. Stanton, as Snm Wilson, an auto racer; A. W. la-uls. as a waiter at the Yacht club: Ruth Ain os. a 9 Edith Morgan, and Lynda Earle, as Mrs. Selgel. Walters mother. "The King of the Opium Ring" is underlined for the coming week. GAYETY. ' The Girls of the Moulin Rouge.” a sparkling, burlesque organization, Is the nttrkeffon in the Gayety 'heater this week. The performance is ambl- Gouw for its kind, and the as well as the member* of the danc ing chorus, are willing workers. Pret ty scenery and handsome gowns add to the attractiveness ot the perform ance Moreover, the comedians are funny, the prima donna can ting and the chorus girls are comely. There are very few suggestive Hues in the show. Maybelle Morgan playa the leading role. She la aaalated by Harry Wooda, Henry P. Nelaou. Primroae Seamou, Jimmy Connors, Arthur Conrad, Ethel Maruiont. Mabel lineal aud Fred J. Gardner. There la a »ort of mualcal comedy plot which la supposed to start In the cellar and finish In the garret, but in two acta and (our acenea euough of the plot does not unfold itaelf to hang the hero’s hat on. A little comedian does moat of the work. In the devel opment of the • plot’* it la necessary for hit colleagues to continually swat him in the face. Battling Nelson In hu prime never took as much punish ment in a 20-round bout a* th»* little comedian does in two acta. His con tract must eventually call for a knoclc out. Four members of the chorus do a good dancing specialty between acta. IMnceea Doveer Is a classical dancer who displays bare ankles. FOLLY. One of the best things in this weeks show In the Folly theater is an Impressive bit of scenery, repre senting the tall and slender ferry Francisco bay and beyond to the Golden Gate, bearing upon its dome the significant numerals “1915,” as an advertisement of the coming exposi tion. The picture la beautiful, and In addition, relieving, as one alts through the Folly show. It makes one think of a spot about as far away from the Folly as one can get without crossing the ocean. And after hearing some ‘rough atuff" in the performance by "The Midnight Maidens,” the person who Is Just ordinarily respectable has some reason for thinking of a far off spot The principals of the show. In fact the entire troupe, are not an untal ented organization. They make the beet of a vulgar mees. But the per son who wrote the lines of “The Beauty Ship,” as the burlesque Is called, apparently worked with the fear in his mind that he might miss suggesting some form of Immorality that Las not yet been called to the attention of even the hardened bur lesque patron. Some good dancing by Jean Jarvis, and the singing of Flo Gillespie off set. In a measure, the effects of the “comedy.” CADILLAC. A1 K. Hall, a lean and lithe com edian. who can tie himself Into all sorts of knots; Hazel Crosby, of sing ing ability; Flo Campbell, ditto, and Nat Baker and Ada Lum, the latter said to be the only Chinese soubrette in burlesque, head “The Broadway Girls,” which opened a week’s engage meat Sunday. In the Cadillac. The show presented Is above the average offering of its kind and Is well-dressed. The Inevitable “Tip perary.” sung by Flo Sampbell, was one of the hits of the piece because of the fetching way in which Miss Campbell sang It. The vaudeville Interpolations offer ed several clever acts. NEDDEMEYER’S BAND DELIGHTS AUDIENCE TschalkowsU’s overture. ”1811,” de scriptive of the invasion of Russia by the first Napoleon, offered a splendid vehicle for the display of the talents of Neddertneyer and his baud In the Sunday afternoon concert In the Gar rick theater. The manner in which this unusually difficult work was pre sented reflected great credit upon Mr. Xeddemeyer and his organization. Oreig's "Pere Oynt” suite No. 1 was also played In an excellent manner. Offering contrast to the first-named selections was an arrangement of Mas cagnl’s "Cavaleria Rustlcana.” The pealing organ tones of the Intermezzo were Interpreted with fidelity. Sousa’s “Manhattan Beach’’ march, a selection from Rubens' ’’Sunshine Girl.” and the ever-popular ’’Tlpper ary,” delighted lovers of lighter mu sic. Adolphe Becigneul. tenor, sang Ver di’s “Celeste Alda” and several other selections In an acceptable manner. POISON PEN CASE READY FOR TRIAL Mrs. Margaret McGready, Ypsi lanti, is Accused of Writing Obscene Letters Mrs. Margaret McCready. of Vpsi lanti, charged with sending obscene letters through tbe malls to a score of prominent Ypsllantlans, will be placed on trial before Judge Arthur J. Tuttle and a Jury In the United States court. Monday afternoon. The arrest of Mrs. McCready, June 18, 1914, a few hours after a federal grand Jury had voted a secret true bill against her, caused a profound sensation In Ypsilantl. The charge of mailing obscene letters Is a result of an Investigation of Incidents cov ering the last two years. It is alleged that the woman, who Is a nurse and the daughter of a prominent resident of Ypsilantl. Is the author of a series of letters accusing various persons of Immorality. Wealthy business men and tbelr wives had been recipients of letters purporting to have been written by a man, telling of alleged liaisons. Sev eral families were dragged Into se rious trouble and slander suits were instituted as a result of the letters Frank H Watson, former district attorney, will defend Mrs. McCready. She has been at liberty since her ar rest, on SI,OOO bail. PART OF HIS JACKET REMAINED IN WOUND Janesville! wis.. d«c. 7. Frank Clnrk Is at Mercy hospital re covering from a rather peculiar acci dent. Over a year ago, In an accident at his farm, the handle of a pitch fork was driven Into his back, under his shoulder blade. He received med leal attention, but the wound was stubborn In healing, causing him pain I continually. He Journey to Mercy hospital un der a doctor’s suggestion to have the wound opened. Physicians found a ; lece of the Jacket worn at the time in Clark's side. The cloth had been driven In on the handle of the fork by.the force of the Impact Detroit Job PHtUag Depart -4810 TUESDA Y $65.00 to $75.00 GOWNS $35.00 Five Hours, from 9 to 2. Gowns that are thoroughly representative of the fashions of the day, for afternoon, dinner and party wear. Every color note, every tone and every combination of color tone, every idea of clever draping of Silks, Nets, Laces and fancy Metallic Brocades is represented. Among the afternoon dresses are Rich Velvets, with fur trim ming, and evening gowns have silver embroidery', real lace effects and gold and green brocades. TUESDAY, FIVE HOURS, AT $35. frSltbM couu woosmmo » »un ■S common wn ttm otmoi Bronx HUBBELL TO MAKE ;SEWER SURVEY 1 Will Suggest Remedy For Pol lution of River—Well Quali fied For Work Clarence W. Hubbell, sanitary engi neer, has been engaged by Commis sioner Fenkell, of the department of public works, to study the effects of Detroit sewage on adjacent waters and make the necessary suggestions to remedy any pollution that exists. The common council recently appro priated 15,000 for a sewer survey, anticipating an order from the Inter national Joint Waterways commission compelling the city to change Its sew. er system. Mr. Hubbell is well qualified for the work. As engineer for the Detroit water board he selected the site of the present ln-take crib, and superin tended its construction. In 1907, Mr. Hubbell was appointed chief assistant engineer of the department of sewer and water works construction of Man ila. Philippine Islands. He Is a mem ber of a number of Important organ izations for engineers In the state and nation. He will begin work on the sewer survey at once. POLICE SEARCH FOR CARELESS DRIVER Wrecks Milk Wagon Out Wood ward With Auto, Then Hurries Away Police sent out a general alarm, early Monday morning, for the arrest of a careless autotnoblllst who crash* ed into a Towar Creamery Cos. wagon at Woodward-ave. and the Boulevard, at 3 o’clock, and sped on his way, leaving a trail of broken milk bottles strewn over the roadway, while the e agon was wrecked, and Driver George Ellsworth was bruised about the head. Ellsworth caught the number on the Itcense, as the auto sped away, he reported, and he gave the number to the police. CHARLES L LOVE DIES SUDDENLY Former Assistant Corporation Counsel is Victim of Heart Disease Charles E. Love, president of the Art Olasa Cos., Na 74 Fort-st. east, died suddenly of heart disease while In his office, Sunday afternoon. He was 44 year* old. Mr. !x>ve served two years as school Inspector from the Fifth ward, and was an assistant to former Cor poration Counsel Tarsney for three years. He was well known In Ms sonic circles. Funeral services will be held in the residence, No. 20« Bethune-eve. east, WednfMday at 2 o’clock. Burial will be In Woodmere. MANY BATTERED BY AUTOMOBILES Storm Held Partly He.sponsibl* For Big Gust of Week- End Mishaps Mrs. Helen Hastier, and Mrs. Host Tillack, both living at No. 31 Free toa st., were struck by an auto driven by J. L. C'aufleld, of No. 516 Pennayl vania-ave., as tbey were boarding « Sherman car at Hurlbut and Ker cheval aves., early Sunday evening Mrs. Kastler suffering a dislocatec left shoulder, while Mrs. Tillack wai bruised about the anus. The lnjurec women were taken home by Canfield John Holmes, 60 years old, of No 1152 Jefferson-ave., employed as i watchman for the Curry Constructioi Cos., was seriously Injured whet struck by an auto driven by Arthui H. Scratch, of Orosse Polnte, super lntendent of the Stormfeltz-Lovelj Real Ret ate Cos., at Mt. Elliott anc JefTerson-aves., Sunday afternoon. Ii Harper hospital, It was found tha< Holmes had suffered a serious frac ture of the skull, and he Is In a crltl cal condition. Scratch was held b] the police of Hunt-st. station, pend lng an Investigation. Edward O'Brien and William Con nolly, who were with Holmes, told th< police that Scratch was driving slow ly when the accident occurred, bul his auto skidded on the wet pave ment. The rain and sleet that fell, Satur day night, caused a number of mlnoi traffic accidents, the rain cloudlni windshields of autos, while wet pave ments made It difficult to stop the ma chines as they bore down on pedes trlans. The fact that many of the victim! of Injury carried umbrellas, and wer< unable to get a clear view of thi street, was another factor in the llsi of about a dozen accidents. Nous « the victims was fatally hurt. $12,000 RAISED , FOR WAR VICTIMS Sons of St. George Aid Wldown and Orphans of British Soldiers The Sons of St. George have 00l lected over $12,000 for the benefit o the widows and orphans of the Hrit lsh soldiers killed in the present war All amounts subscribed to this fuiu will be sent to the Prince of Walei relief fund, which is also utilised loi the benefit of the Belgium refugees. ' D. R. Carnegie, cashier of the Dlnn Savings hank, reports the followlni local contributions received up to th< first of the month: Bonn of Ht. Osorgs Msstlnfcs. ... 9127.1 Hons of Ht. Gsorgs Msstlngs ... 160. fr Mrs. D. w. H00d.,; 6.5 D. P Sullivan 6 Q D. C. A A. D Mathlsson LA G. E. Davis J * FrUnds Poatohartraln 20.*/ C. Brown )o W. R. 0rr....,» LA A. I»n >■ iO.O F. G. Sklnnsr, K. J. Ronsy l|a F. Hilton II W. A. Raynor is J K. Hhaw I.J J. Kray. it A. Garland (par Dr. Aarons).... iFfr /Andrew Hair Ss.o< G. B. Paris»,lo.o* 9416.1i