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u mim uchu bunmur.
Harlem Store Wrecked Afler
Proprietor Had Sent Black
mailer to Prison.
WAITED WITH SHOTGUN
Had Been Warned to Pay
$2,000, and Later Sl.ooo
Was Demanded.
A bomb exploded at 2.30 A. M. to
day against tho door of Vlto Ml
renda'i drug store, at No. UU Kast
One Hundred nnd Twelfth Street,
luid within a few mlmltcs five liun
dr4 tonantH In tlic tiolKhborhouil
wara crowdluK down lml I a and fire
eicapci.
The plate glass of the drug store
rwas broken and bottles were blown
from shelves and show rases. Win
dows were demolished In more thun
half a donen buildings on each side
Of the street, the damage beln;; '.'00.
Mlrenda lives across the strcnt, In
Vo. 313, with hln wlfn nml four chil
dren, and most of his front windows
ware broken. 1 In knew wlion h
. . V. . . .... . K ...Un( I, ... i u tin
Aral', tm wimh iv n .--. ...I ....
hd sat at ono of thn windows for
eany nights with a shot, gun arross
his knees to prevent It.
In 113 Mlrenda roeolveil several
letter demanding JS.ono. They told
Mm to tnke the uiiiuuy to llronx I'ark
and hand It to n man with a led
bandanna hnndkerehlef who would
ask "Ilnvn you a Mali?" Hn gavn thn
latter to tfln police and Dctnctlvo Dl
Martini wan sent to work In the drug
tors as a clerk.
An appointment finally was madn
for thn Idaekmnllera to snml- to thn
ptora for thn moimy, and whim l.o
renso Collar, naked for It hn mid lli
detectlxe almost wrecked tlm stoic In
thn light that followed. Coll.ua was
sent to Sin Sing, where he died
Within a abort tlmn the druggist
received n new batch of lntters, blam
ing him for Collnra'n death and of.
faring to 1st him alonn for l,(KW. It
was then he watched with a gun
from his window. Only oncn did he
dose, on the night of March 6, 1914,
and on that night a bomb wrecked
the front of hts storn an It did this
morning. The last letter hn received
was In February, demanding $l,0iw.
New York's Mobile
Army of Homcseekors
House hunters, like soldiers in i cam
palxn, would be sreatly hiinUctpprd if
they did not have the uclliiles to move
from one pliire to another quickly and
to tielr best advanUgv.
But such is not the case with New
York tenants.
A telephone call will bring a caravan
of moving vans, if needed, to your door
on short notice, while
WORLD ADS. SHOW A OR EAT VARI
ETY OF HOUSE, AI'ARTMliN T, STORE
AND OFFICE VACANCIES EVERY DAYl
22,946
World "To Let" and "Hoarders Wanted"
Ads. Were Printed Last Month.
14,856
More Than the I Irrulil.
Rtad World Ads. for tlamcs I
Use World Ads. for Tenants I
EITEL IS FORCED
PLYMPTOS, OUhTIMi:
kta:u vta it fifrv nr
PNKUMONIA ATT A Cli '
S EBrlKT' Pl-y MPTON . . J
Kben Plyinploii, sixty years old, an'
old tunc no' or. died at 1. 4.". A. M, to-1
. ila in a hotel at I'oity-llfth Slrrct
land Ulglith Avi'iilie after an I'lness of.
I nine days from iiiieiiinoiiia. He had
! been in III health for a lone tune,
'however. Ills last 'tid.meinent was
Sir Toby In "Twelfth Xittht."
He was bom in llomon nnd his
I leal name was Kben llradtee. lie
wan graduated fimu thn amateur to
the piofesalotial t-liici' and made hln
ilehut In Haeraiiifiilo, Oal., with a
slock eompauy. Nest hn was with
John .MefiilloiiKhN eompauy In Ju
venile roles. 1'or sevural years he
appeared with most of thn stars that
played at the California Theatre.
Plympton enmn Mast to heroinn a
mi-ember of Wullack's slock company
and sinrn then had plnsed leading
roles with mot of th stats, including
the HmtllH, i:,i.'iilt, t'lira Mori'lx,
MM,e"i,n. Mim l..iouu and Mrs.
I'lsKr. n h.id Imtu xi. Hied in till-
eoiiutry and had won a ipiitatlon liy
his work In KiiKlaiid l-'nr a tlmn hn
h.ih Mary Anderson's leading man,
nnd hn was ono of thn ilrst of thn
legltlmntn actors to go no thn vaude
ville ntngn, touring for several sea
sons in "Old Iivn Letters."
In recent years he was In "The
Man from Home," "Thn Duel." thn
all-star revival of "llomeo nnd Ju
liet," "London Assurance" and "The
O.irdcn of Allah."
ACCUSED OF ROBBING
HIS MOTHER'S GUEST
Mrs. Hslwr's Jewels Vanish, an.l
Youth Who Uesontcd linjuirv
l Arrested.'
lumes Hutchinson, eighteen e,its
old, will bu arraiKiied in the Wen
Side Court to-day, charged with
stealing 1200 worth of Juwnliy from
Mrs. J. It, 1'lshnr of Newburgh. N. V.,
a visitor at thn home of young
Hutchliihon's mother, at No. til West
Plfty-sixth Slrcol, Thfi youth has
confessed, according to Detectives
Kllgallun and Noar. who arrested
Yilm at 1 o'clock this morning and
took him to Pollen HradiunrterK.
Thn Jewelry several rings, two
bracelets, two nlns and a silver mesh-
hug disappeared Saturday. Mrs.
Hutchinson called In thnj detectives,,
who questioned thu boy. Young
Hutchinson Imi-amn Indignant and
oidered tlmm out of thn house. IjihI
nlglit they followed him. saw him
enter a hnusn on West Porty-thlid
Street, where he called on n young
woman, and then followed him to a
rextaurant, whero ho was seized, Hn
broke down and told where ho had
hidden the Jewelry, the detectives say.
S ST m
SEES BRIDE'S FACE
AFTER SIP OF WINE
IT
Oriental .M.imajie I'erfnrme.l
in House 'Mid Chinese
Cubic Musie.
BUliAKPAST 1:1. A HOR ATI-
There Will Me Viu Courses,
in Tt House 'Mid Chi
nese Cubist Music.
Into a throng that looked like a
dice of thn Orient, at No. .'I'l Molt
Street at 2 A M. to-day, ten men In
long, embroidered robes led l.en I. lug
You, and at thn namu moment elderly
chaperones escorted to htm Mlsn An
Toy Yust, nwathod from head to foot
in a thick md veil. Mr. Yuu, who Is
twcnt, drew uway thn Mlk mo.ili
from the fate of Miss Yust, nineteen,
and for thn first tlmu In twolvn years
hn beheld htn bride.
Tliein a a chant in which thu
coiiili worn nlNheil many children, a
long and happ. lire, and other blexs
tng. Mr. You and Mies Yitst took a
sip of rtco wine, and a foimal bow
madn tl'"m man and wife, according
to (iilne.to ciiMtom.
.M noon to-da thn couU will get
a matiiagn llieii.sn pieparalory o
being married Aipeiic.in utile by Dr.
Henry, pastor of thn Church of All
.Nations, at 7 o'clock to-night.
Hut this will not eml the ceiemrmy,
which is onn of tlm few teal Chimin
marriages ever celubraled In Now
York. Tlieio is to I in a :i(H)-cour.in
wedding hicnkfaat beginning next
Saturdai night. Thn cost or t no imp.
tlalx is Tstimatod all thn way from
i:,(i"ii to Jll.iico.
Thu romancn began In 'iilna. '..eo
Ylk You, father of thn bridegroom,
nnd Au Tong, father of thn btlde, tiM-d
to llvn near each other In Canton. Thn
children weru daj mates. I.eo Ylk
You ami hln Tamil) came to America,
l.en l.ing, the .nlltli just married, be.
cami a 1 in ii t in thn Sins e.uit
lllgli Si liool, and a tew mnutlis n
del nleil it w.in time to lliiuU of liio
maniage. bad not forgotten Au
To. his former playmate, and she
was located In Huston, whurn her
father Is in busluoss, Tlio lest was
easy.
The brldc-to-bo made the trip from
lloston in a touting car, w ruling her
robes and scnrlet veil, und accompan
lud by hor parents In another car.
They were welcomed ut thn Mott
Street homo of thu bridegroom by
thu hitter's father,
Thn giil wan taken to 'lie ippor
rooms and seated in a stiff hack
chair, mi III wearing her ei, facing
tlio wall. There relatives and friends
gathered foilhv ceremonies. The In
terior of the house looked like a lo
shop and the men and women IiUi
curious little dolls. Tlieie were piles
and stacks of silks and things fiom
China, and Chlnon musicians made
cubist music during thn evening. Il
will take n week for thn huiln to get
acquainted with all her new relatives.
Illmen. Ton, Snrt'llirnrl In
liilnn t nlted In Hiirr lime,
ITIIAi:A. N. .. April 12.- The til hi
Chlneso wedding ever soleninl.ed In
lthaei took place when Simmon Mis
worth Shen, a graduate student in
Cornell I'nlverslty, was married to
Mim S.i n pan llll.i Se, a sludeiit In
Wells College at Aurora, N. Y by the
Ilev. Herbert M. Mooie, Thn couple
were old lime sweethearts ami neigh
bors In Shanghai. Shen cninn in Cor
nell several sears ago, and two yearn
inter Mies S.e also r.ime to thin
country, enteilng Well College,
which is only twenty milcn from
Ithuf.i. Mr. and Mrs. Shen will mil
for jshans-bal late In June,
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NGLANO MAY BUY
UP ALL BREWERIES
Government Ownership at
Cost ol SI, 500,000,000 to
Solve Drink Problem.
NO IMPORTED BI5HRS.
Reduction in Quantity of Al
cohol in Leverages At
tack on Lloyd George.
LONDON, April II. The Dlly Bx
press to-day editorially denounced
Chancellor of I ho Kxnhciiucr David
l.lojil (ienrge for wh.it It declares Is
Ills Intention lo establish a llovorn
inenl monopoly on the manufacture
and wain of beer. t
The plan, which Ui "Expiesa'as'V
will be announced within u few days.
lenlls for the outright purchase, by
thn Covernmrnt, of every brewery
I In the United Kingdom, at a cost be
lieved to exceed $1,600,000,000. Little
leash will figure In tho selsure, the
I brewers being paid in four per cent.
(iuvrrnincnt bonds for llielr properly.
An soon as the purchase Is com
pleted, the prtvutc manufacture of
beer will be a crime. Only tho very
lightest heels will bp manufactured,
heavy and strong beer being barred,
and nn beer may be unpolled from
abroad, cien after the conclusion of
tho war.
Overlapping and competing hicw
eiies will be closed and great econ
omy In manufacture will be practised
by the (lovornmcnt.
The Kxprcss. speaking editorially
of thn plan, nays:
"It Is more like a leelotallnis' night
mare Hi, in a piece of .statecraft, Tho
scheme Is u socialistic experiment on
a vast scale and Is an electioneering
dodge for tho benefit of Mr, Lloyd
(leorge."
UPROOTS TREES AS EXERCISE
More Til mi mi I'nlleil I p nn llrltr li
Minted llrmiLrii Man.
''nllmunK a t in II of uplnofeil liics
III IliM'l' Mr I'ark rxtciiilllig from One
Hunched and Knrtj thltd Htreel to Onn
Hundred and Knrty-slxth Stront,
Chrldtnphnr Mcflulri', the psrk keeper,
Init night fnund JoKcipli Hlnck ntmut
to weed nut a group of thn moat highly
prised Jspannse shrubs alone Itlveralde
Drlvo.
"HI, t'lrrn, what are you doing?"
called McGulro.
"Just exercliing my back a Utile,"
replied Illsek, giving a tug tn a phi
tlcuhirly well-roott'd bunh. tin was
locked up timmfil with malicious mil
chief nnd Intoxication
ImentlRiitlnn iionei that lll.icli hsd
upiooleil nearly thirty trens nd
ilirub' Thu il.iiiiiR" was estimated nt
JMmi
HUERTA DUE HERE TO-DAY.
Mctlcim llx-lllelntiii' Is lltiirrtrd
In Allrnipl In l.nnil.
The fipnnloh lln'i Antnnln Iiprj,
from I'ndU. on bnntd nf which Hen.
Yictorinnri lluirtH Is a passenger, I
, X pri ted here (Millie tlmn tn-in.
At the urncc of tlm line it wit. .said
rmlv tn dm IIihI nnthlng vis knnnn
n In the lilnns nf the foimer Mexican
dlitntni The opinion Is, hnwinnr. that
(l n I lucrtii will lone the l.opi i hern
ii, il will tint tn HnvHtia
STEAMSHIPS DUE TO-DAY.
Minnehaha, London 8 A, M.
F.aperanzs, Havana 9 A. M,
Pannaylvanian, Colon 10 A.M.
noehambtau, Havre 11A.M.
Ryndam. Rotterdam 11A.M.
SAILING TO-DAY.
Maditon, Norfolk IP,
AND RUN SALOONS
INTO
Last of the German Sea Raiders
Which Has Reached Newport News
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Thl KBONPglNZ WILHELM
List of 14 Ships Sent to Bottom
By Cruiser Kronprinz Wilhetm
' 'nWi'OUT NKWH, Va., April II, The dest'lnntlnii slid rnrgo nf
,ieseln sunk by the Herman auxiliary cruiser Kronprlns Wllhelm fol
ToWi Hrltlsh steamer Indian Prince, ('apt. Urny, from Itahla for New
York, wilh fofferi and isieoa, Klvn paMsengers, thirty-two officers and
crew. Sunk Sept. I, 1U14,
lliltlsh steamer i Coirenlln.i, from Ui Platte for Loudon. Willi
S.COO.OOU pounds of meal. Tweiily-alx pa.sscngcrs, ninety-five officers
and crew. Sunk Oct. T, 1311.
r'rench bark t'nloti. dipt, (lregoiie, from Port Talbot for Valparaiso,
with 3,100 tons cojI. Twenty-four officers lind ernw. Hunk Ocl. V'S, 1311,
French hark Anne ile llretngne, ('apt. Picaid. fi urn I'redlikslad for
Sydney and Newcustle, with cargo of wood. Twenty-four offlceis and
crew. Hunk Nov. 21. 1914.
Hrltlsh steamer llellevun, Capt. Itnbnrtson. fiom l.leipuol for Hoillh
America, with cargo of cool. Thlrt four olllrein and clew. Hunk Deo.
I, I9H.
I'rench steamer Mont Agel, fiom Marsellb's for South America, In
lullast. Thirty-two olllcers and crew. Sunk J lee. 4, 1914.
Hrltlsh steamer Hemisphere, fiom Hull for Itosarlo, with 5,000 Inns
nf coal. Twenty. U olllcers and crew, Sunk Dec. 2R, 1914.
Hrltlsh at owner I'otaro, from Liverpool for Soulh Aineilca, In ballast.
1'orty.svvcn officers and erew. Sunk Jan. to. HHfi,
Hrillah steamer Highland llrae, from Iimlou for lluenos Ayins, with
meat and shoes. Fifty passeugeis nnd ninety. one officers and crew.
Hunk .Tan. 14, 19 1.1.
Itlitlsh schooner Wilfred M., Capl. Piitks, from SI. Johns for llahla.
with fish and potatoes. Heven olllcnrn and crew. Sunk Jan. 14, 1015.
Norwegian bark Homnntha, Capt. Halversen, from Llnnlon for Fal
mouth, with cargo of wheat. Twenty-thren officers nnd clew. Hunk
Feb. 5, 1915.
French passenger steamer (luadeloiipe. Capt. Jnssoatl, from Ituenon
Ayrnn for llordeanx, with general cjirgo. Onn hundred and forty-threo
pnsHengnrn nnd onn hundred and fifty crew. Hunk Feb, 2:1, 1915.
Hrltlsh steamer Tamnr, from Santos for Havre, with fis.noo sacks of
coffee, Thlrly-threr officers and erew. Sunk Match 25, 1915.
Hrltlsh steamer Coleby. Capt. Crlghton, from Hoxarlo for St. Vln
ceii', with cargo of wheat. Tweot eight otricers sod new Sunk Match
2T, 1315
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BULLET AND SAVES
Herman Octjen Attacked as He
Counts Cafe Receipts, but
Locks Money in Safe.
A gold watch In the upi,er left
hand vest pockit of Herman Deljen,
directly against his heart, saved the
wearer's life when a robber shot at
hlni In the Oeljen cafe. No. 112 West
F.lghty-elghth Street, at 1 o'clock
this iiiurnlng. The watch deflected
the bullet.
Octjen had Just counted Ins day's
rrcflpts nnd was about to place th
mnne, donn up in a bag, in his safe
when two young nun stepped In and
levlled revolvers at htm. I In thi mi-
Hie money Into the Hafe, slammed thn
door and giving the knob a turn
locked the safe,
"Open up there and give us that
money," commanded onn of the rob
hern "Cut out the comedy. It's late.
Let's all have a drink." said Octjen,
grinning over having foiled lh lub
bers. The answer was it shot that hll thn
watch. Ottjtn set up an eutory and
PORT AT
GET A SING SING DEGREE!
AS GOOD AS HARVARD'S
SOON, SAYS OSBORNE'S AID
ALBANY, April 12 Deputy
Warden Johnson of Slno Slna
prison In an addreaa here said,
amonn other thinn.ii "The day will
imi when a certificate from Sinn
nn will be equivalent to a diplo-
l fram H rvipil."
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Ihe rnliiieifi fleil I'nllrenmn .lll
purmiPii iliem through Highly - eight h
Htieet to Collliiibus A nio ami
colli II to L.ght -seientli Street, tiring
eight stmts from IiIh automatic plntol.
Policemen Schllber and ll.illiu.in
headed the men off nt CViIiiiiiIiiih Ave
nuc anil ICIghty-seienth Street At
the Wist One Hundred Street Station
they said they wne .lames Ulan of
No 4SI West lifly-sernnd Stieet and
I riioinis .Miirniv or .No. 41" West
I'nrlv-eiu'hth Street.
1 llsan had a lo.idnd levnlvei and
the poll i, found niiuiliir ll e-clniin
hrt roolver with .no empty c.ni-
1 ridge In Higlity-elthth Stieet." Octjen
iiieniiueii Tiieiii irie ponce say.
Ilo, I'u ell Tn to Mou llir Ply,
Thrv hsve nrfHitd 11 iile tlioi Is t;
high for a poem that riic iilimit "Il.i.ith
to the lit 1 ' ii ml Hid l.nglnu'ooil folk urn
nulling the bloke who won't let thn.e
12 get liy All nmnteiir poets nhnuld
write to thill city, In care of It legal
Fly lighting Committee.
la llenil Hi tar of III-.'.
l;ucni:sTi;it. n v. April t; -i-.n
ah P Hoger'. oldest le.l.lrnt nf I ,'tn
ei.ee County. Is dead at Harlen. N Y.
Hi the flgc of 102 Mr linnet wjh Imiiii
In Lynn. Cnnu., Jan. 4. IMI, and cjim,
Ii CovhiRtou, now Pavilion, In 1615 He
ast hli Ural Mils fur Van Uuivu la
till.
TO AID
FAST GERMAN LINER
FLEES BACK TO PORT
AFTER 8 MONTHS RAIC
Kronprinz Wilhelm Dodges Througlj
Cordon of British Cruisers Into
Hampton Roads After Vain Ef
fort to Reach Old Berth Here.
SHORT OF FOOD AND COAL
AND NEEDS REPAIRS
Is Expected to Intern, Though Cap
tain Denies It Many
of Crew 111.
NOHI-'OI K, April 12. Tlie .slxty-onc prisoners will be lantkd to
day Irom the Herman auxiliary cruiser Kronpritu Wilhelm, the last oj
the f lerinan e.i raiders, which is at Newport News afler sinking fourteet
ships valued at is7,(XX),(X) ilnriiiK a career of elglit months.
While it is believed the Wilhelm will intern, her officers say she wit)
not. Hut the captain ol the t'rin. l-itel Friedrich made a similar denla)
until the d.i he did intern. The Wilhelm lived off the vessels she cap
lured, and as almost out of food and waler. She lias sixty-three cases
of heri-tieri aboard and lias had many narrow escapes from the enemy.
Collector Hamilton, when hn natl
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TO FLEE WHEN AUTO
FATALLY HURTS GIRL
Car Speeds wa.v After Run-
ning iJown Nurse
Road in Flatbush.
on
While Miss Olga Lund, a nurse rlrl,
twenty-four years old, la making a
probably hopeless fight for life In thn
Kings County Hospital, thn police of
tlie nntlrn city am hunting for thn
nutnmoblln and thn men nnd women
psssengers in II, who sped away after
running down the young woman at
Washington Avenue and Lincoln
(load, Flatbush. last night
Miss Lund Is employed In the fam
ily of M. S. Croiiiet, a merchant, at
No. 291 Argyll- Itoad, liatbusb. She
was classing Lincoln Itoad with Paul
Sweiiaon when the ailtoinolilln, with
out Hounding a warning, suddenl.v
bore down on them.
Sucnmn tried t. pull the girl to
Mifely, Inn Hi,, f.mder lilt lief and
toic her from his grasp
Their were Int. .ntu nn the flout
sea' of the ailtoniob.le and two
women nil the icar se it. The women
M'reaineil and c.llleil lo the men tn "go
on go on'" Instead of stopping, the
car went forward at greater speed.
Several persons 'i.iw the glii slrucK.
but no om caught the license nuiubii
of the automobile.
Swciison and one ar 'wu others
were utile to givi the police a fair y
ile-ailed description of the automobile
and paascjigi rs.
nrhl Irntrl Itiitfaiii.
m t-rr Ui.-Mi ItmLiiiv
tU U l'ir IL, N V (Mi
T' rt tiurr (r l ( mitwuf Itir.ntt.l, On
tril aiiti vitil h Adtt-n-'Hi aitftlat'Mii Itfitsa rjt;. .
at nt iutivll(M fir hl. I'licck noui fur ht
LAST
lleil tlm Wllhelm'M captain he raua4
leavn within twrnty.four hours un
less he can show repairs are neces
sary, was told that mpalra were de.
aired, but It could not be aald hon
long they would tnke. The huge four,
funnelled, 14,000-ton veaael, formal
North Oermnn Lloysl liner, ta dls.
reputable looking, with hor aldea
streaked with rust, her rails smashed
and her hides battered and dented,
and she has a list to port.
HER ENGLISH PRISONERS MAY
BE SENT HOME.
A siiriey will n made of the vassal
to. day and nomit definite announces,
ment may be mads as to her future
It has not been decided what will b
done with tho English prisoner aa
carries, but the Vice Consul la at
ranging to send them home.
It Is said In torn quarters thai' ,
the arrival of the Wilhelm may
raise a serious queatlen for tha
United States Government ta da- '
cide, for at the close of the was
tho nationa whose ships the Wil
helm have sunk may demand
psyment for them on the claim
that she was fitted up in Na
York aa a commerce destroyer,
aa in the Alabama cases. If the
Wllhelm internes It will give the
Unitod States soma security
against thete olaims, should they
be filed. The Wllhelm'a offloera
deny she was fitted up In port.
Why the big auxiliary cntlaor finally
came into poi t Is n matter for specu
lation. One theory Is that ahe ex
pected to got pro visions and coal from
the Hamburg-American steamship
Pisa, which two weeks ago was loaded
at her pier in South Hrookiyn, but
did nut succeed In getting away. An
other suggestion Is that It waa
planned to keep tho Kltel. the WIN
helm and the Odenyvald at sea prey
ing on commorco.
According to this theory, tha
Odenwsld was to dash from San
Jusn and replenish the Wilhelm.
then lying In Caribbean waters,
and the Wilhelm was then ta ga
to the aid of the Eltel, not than
Interned. .But the United State
prevented! the departure '
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