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StORS. TRACED BY
HUMAN EAR. ARRESTED
Four. Leading Detectives in aj
Chase of 1 1 Weeks. Caught at
City's Waterfront.
STRIKE BREAKER MUTILATED
gis Ear. Sent by Mail, Puts Post
oSice Inspectors on Trail of
Buffalo — Mayhem and
Robbery the Charge.
j^fter a diase consuming eleven weeks
end covering the cities at Cleveland.
Dalath. Toledo. Chicago, Detroit and
Sev York. PostoSee Insrx-ctor J. F. Old
«e]S- °- Washington, and Detectives
.c v B Hurray and Edward Newton, as
•orted by Detectives Finn and Focarty,
Of 2Cew York Headquarters, yesterday
Crested four sailors charged with may
fceir. <. and robbery. The four men under
zres' are Joseph Meyers, alias Arm
ctronr: Richard Cochrane, Harry Moran
jtsd Michael Kane. They were arrested
2 : t^e corner of "West and 12th streets.
m d pave their address as No. 507 West
SHTtt.
The arrest is the outcome of an as
ssult committed on June 2~ on Edward
Frazier. a sailor, of Sault Ste. Marie.
Oat-, came to Buffalo as a non
caion sailor. He was met on his arrival
ia Buffalo by a picket of the Marine
Firemen. Oilers and Water Tenders'
rnicn. which has been conducting a
strike on the Great Lakes asainst the
like Carriers' Association, the organiza
tion which ao°s the bulk of the freight
- ----5- on The lakes.
Mutilated and Slashed.
ifter being entertained at a saloon he
•w-ES Introduced to another picket and
taker, to a saloon run by Henry Ensres
s«-. at Main and Lake streets. Buffalo,
•Riihin a block of ■ pol - station.
--.-- it is said, Frazier was met by
tear men and "knockout" trope put ii a
drink. H*> was found two hours later in
tie rear of a soap factory with his left
ear chewed or cut oft. an 11-inch slash
!a the abdomen, a 17-inch gas in the
-;--•_ and cuts all over his body.
Over Frazier"s left eye was pasted an
oval sticker, on which was printed in
r*3 letters: "Ptrike. sailor?, marine
foremen .-.—.--. cooks, Eainst Lake
Carriers' Association. Keep away from
lakes. Don't be a scab." Frazier was
Obes to an emergency hospital, weak
lan the loss of blood, but recovered
F^.rifntly to describe his assailants.
H»ri day Harry Coulby. president of
ih*> PitTsburrr Steamship Company, with
offices in the Rockefeller Building. Cleve
land, cot throurh the mail a battle cor.
iairinsr a human ear <-meared with blood.
■With this bottle RBI ?. .-...,-■ in
t difsmised handwritir.c, sayine:
"Tour heart -will r>e next. You kill my
brother, kiled Italian*. This is one- of
your men's earrs. '
Then, lapsing into correct English, the
r.ot*» ad<i«-o:
g • . bo matter irhere
The lower left har.d corner of the rough
bimrp pap^r on "which th<=- note was •writ
ten was decorated with a har.d smeared
.. black :r.k. while on the other side, in
re£ iuk. were marked rosace an-5 flap
prs. On the envelope the inscrip
&m: "No call f>>r ... ._ Limeridc,
Cl Terrace. Buffalo, V Y."
Human Ear Starts Search.
Th* far and letter w^re forwarded to
th*= "P^=ir\-f^rf r>?partnT=rit at Wrtshirsstnn
fey ITr. Coulby and Inspector Oldfield
■«&£ put on the case. X* 1 went to Bull
•here Police Pur^rint^ridcnt Reaean as
rizr.f-'l Detectives Murray and ■-....
the cas*-. Inspector Oldfield. in speaking
cf the case last night, said that Presi
***rt Sta'k of the union conducting the
Rrflw srd the oth^r officers of that or
ganization had done all in their power
tf» brin? to justice the perpetrators of
the "'j'rage o n Frazier.
Meyers, nne of the men arrested, is
Bfider herd for J2/W0 on an assault
<harjre. a? he left Buffalo with the
f thf-rs. and They answered the descrip
tion giv^r; fey Frazier. th*» "facers 1 railed
ft"m, Bret to T ledo. then to Duluth.
Chicago and D^tmit. Finally the men
("'Be to N"ew York, and for weeks the
postoffioe inspector and the Buffalo <zf
tective*, assist*^ by Detectives Finn
£cd FosTirry, have br-en haunting the
front Yesterday they came upon
the four men and placed them under ar
:-;;' AH will be taken back to Buffalo
Stor trial.
AUTO CLIMBED A TREE
first I: Went Through a Fence,
Throwing a Passenger.
Kaiarr.azoo. Mich.. F^pl. 13. — While go
kg abost seventy miles an hour at the
Becreatton Park racecourse here to-day,
c racing car ia a preliminary ran for the
to-morrow went through a fence,
throwing Benjamin Van Nerman, a
writer, who was in the car, a
...... Five of his ribs
£a - an arm were broken and he sus-
internal Injuries from which he
5^7 die. O*-orge Pad ley, of Muskeson.
■
■A^ter the machine shot through the
fence it leaped ix:to th<- air in such a
aaaner that a front wbeel caught in the
-"*"•*> of a tree, where the machine huns
K£ til taken down. The car was little
damaged and will ent^r thf races to bo
-tid ut the park to-morrow.
FISHERIES AWARD STANDS
?o Appeal Having Been Made-.
. iiagne Decision Is Irrevocable.
<r^> Jiag-HV S^pt. 32.— Th*? anard of t'.ie
•^•^"Eatfor.al Court of Arbitration la the
• gySoariiHMnd fisheries cast- became Irrev
oo^* io-dai- with tj 2t . «.\- I ,iratir;.i <f the
**.'* **?* »I»wcd Icr uu appeal, without
~^ •!'-• ITnttrd Ftiitrs or Gr-at Britain
-»'.i^g titerfd a pr*t£*t iisa.in*t the nr~i
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ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE
Lloyd-George Says Its Influence
Would Be Immense.
;Bv Cable to Th» Tribune]
London. Pept. 14— David Lloyd"
Georpe. Chancellor of the Exchequer.
made the following reference to the ques
■'■ an Ar.pl. >- American alliance in
the course af ■ v markable Interview
published in "The Review of Reviews" :
"I am enthusiastically in favor of
everything that will draw the two great
halves of the- English speakiner world
into fraternal union. Think for a mo
ment what micht not be effected for the
weifare of mankind If the empire and
Qm BepubUi toe. 'her addressed them
'ution of thi- great prob
lejaa which make for the worlds peace".
"Nn other state regrard such an
alliance as a menace to its safety or in
dependence, it would b<^ an Anglo-Amer
ican insurance corporation acninst in
ternational a.r.are by, international brig
andag^ and international lawlessness in
any part of the world. Its mural influ
woold be immense "
BRITISH FREE-TRADERS" JOY
London Editors See Blow to
Protection in Maine Election.
[By .■^b;<> to TV Trtb mi
Son, Sept. :4. — This morning's
papers give considerable attention in
their news columns to the elections in
Maine, but editorial comment i? mainly
• ed to the :rpp trade journals. "The
Deader," "The New«** and "The Chron
all shout with glee That the Demo
cratic victory Is a staggering blow at
Ugh prite.-ti.-ir. in America. "The Mail"
head? n dispatch "Crushing Blow to
Roosevelt's Enemi-s." hut its editorial
unns. like those of the other Union
ist newspapers which advocate the pol
icy of tariff refuim ■ for Great Britain.
an > ■ '
CAB HORSE RUNDOWN TWO
Smashes Fireplug and Floods
Street— "'Cop'" Catches Him.
I runaway horse attached to a han
- ■ Bh knocked down and trampled
two persons and the lives of
many ethers last r.isrht. until a patrol
man ?• ;; • 1 tan. after a perilous run
• fifteen blocks.
The injured were Mrs Kisener, of No.
404 West 31st street, and Richard
Quins, of Xo. 43<^ "West 36th street, who
were crossing the street at 35th street
and ■■•- avenue when the driverless
horse me tearing along and ran them
down.
The horse took fright from some un
known cause at 22d street and Ninth
avenue, the driver having apparently
left the animal unattended. At 36th
street the cab struck a fireplug, which
broke off short, deluging the street until
the main was shut off. Then Patrolman
James Maloney grabbed the bridle and
stopped th* horse, though in so doing he
had his uniform torn and suffered many
painful injuries.
Up to a iate hour nobody had called
a: the W^st 37th street police station to
Claim the horse. Th<* can bore the
fwa • : 5.406 The police said
- vas avoiding arrest until he
MILLIONS OF IMMIGRANTS
In Ten Years 9,771,512 Aliens
Have Come to United States.
Washington. Sept. 13. — Since 1901
0,771.512 aliens have arrived in the
United States. The races represented
have been classified into forty sub
divisions by The statisticians of the
Immigration Bureau. The Southern
Italians lead all in numbers, with a
total of 1.76U948, with the Jews second,
at 976^63. Polish homes^ekers were
third in number, with 873.600. The Pa
cific islander? were the least in num
ber. Only Otil of them have Isiml
grated in the ten years.
The amount of money possessed
by each alien at landing averages
£22. but some amazing individual dif
ferences are evident. The Spanish-
Americans were richest, averaging $104
each, and the Coreans were poorest,
with only $7 each. Pacific Islanders av
eraged (S3 and the Japanese $41. The
Jews are among the poorest. Their av
erage was $1^
Th<-- ■ ■-. ' - ■ ■ pulation of
New Ha-npshire. Yen
Mass.) .- ■ de Island. Connecti
cut, : tad N- " Jeraey is n..t
equal U the Immigration in the last I
; ■ :irs
BIG FIRE IN NEW HAVEN
Blaze in Business Section Does
$200,000 Damage.
New Haven. Sept. 13. — Two four story
brick blocks at George and Church
streets, in the business section of the
city, the Woods Building and the build
ing of the Hegel Furniture Company,
were destroyed by fire early this morn
ing, with a loss estimated at $200,000.
The loss to the Hegel Furniture Com
pany is estimated at JIOO.OOOI The other
$100,000 loss is shared by the occupants
of the offices in the Woods Building, the
drygooda store of Max EUpp* on the
ground floor of the Woods block and
Woods's drug store. The cause of the
fire has not be^n ascertained.
CANNON NEEDS NO LICENSE
Speaker Plans Two Weeks' Tour of
This State This Fall.
Albany. Sept. 12. — Speaker Joseph C
Ciinnon has written from Danville, 111- ask
ir.a S. S. Extents; Secretary •.--■• if It is
zn-n-ssary for him to have a New York
State autoroobDe registration number dur
ing a two weeks' tour of New York State,
wlijch he ... ■to make this fall. ( Speak
er Cannon does not Indicate the purpose
o* lils trip. He will \>e informed that he
need not take ov. i a li^nse. j
CHIEF OF POLICE ARRESTED,
Treated Friends in Local Option Town
to Whiskey from a Polics Convention.
Portsmouth. Ohio, Sept. IZ— The chief of i
lio'sce or this town. VV. N. Davidson, ' ■--
arrested to-day, clu^rßed with violating the i
He """ treated >oir.e friends to samples
r ' ™-Vi«Mlcev he had brought back from
fhinUotm'. wt«r» he ■■•••r. .-1 a police
convention. . ___ ;
„„„ ■• rue rtvMsn -y.^:a.-«. rArl^at or
To-ic'i'ebWcs. Sper-ct- 's. -• Huiden Lane.
-Advt.
BROOM BRIDGE FIRE
MAKES 150,000 WALK
Immense Crowd Watches Blaze
from City Hall Park Dur
ing Rush Period.
DUE TO A SHORT CIRCUIT
Brilliant Pyrotechnical Display
in Signal Tower When Con
centrated Power Lines
Flash.
As a result of a fire on the Manhat
tan terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge
shortly before 530 p. m. yesterday fully
one hundred and fifty thousand persons
had to walk to Brooklyn, and a few
j thousand had to walk to Manhattan.
A hundred thousand persons or more
watched the progress of the blaze from
City Hall Park during the height of
the rush period, and those who had
I left Brooklyn and were on the ele
1 vated trains at the time were removed
from the cars with considerable diffi
culty. while thousands who had started
from the Brooklyn side on trolleys had
to walk the greater part of the distance
across the bridge when the trolley ser
vice was suspended as a result of the
blaze.
Between 4:30 p. m. and 6:45 p. m. a
train a minute leaves the Manhattan
elevated terminal of the Brooklyn
Bridge. With the rush in full force
I about 5:20 p. m., a Brisrhton Beach
I train, with Frank Helium as motorman,
I was starting for the platform where it
: was to take on the nine hundred pas
i sengers which make up the usual quota
of trains during rush hours.
As the train approached the Fifth ave
| nue platform on the southbound white
line, there was a flash of flame from the
1 third rail. The contact shoe on the
Brighton Beach express had grot caught
under the third rail at a switch, and. as
a result, a short circuit was established.
Immediately there was a flash along
the tracks from the south side of the
: terminal, where the trouble began, up
! to th*? switch tower, where John Walker.
the towerman. was on duty directing
the various trains to the proper tracks.
Short Circuit Melts Wire.
The short circuit on the third rail
away across the station caused the
pressure to back up into the signal tower,
where the power lines were concentrated,
£-nd the short circuit established there
melted the wire which led from the
track whore the trouble occurred. The
Halted wire fell across the five other
live wires in the tower, and there was a
brilliant pyrotechnical display, which
: r roved decidedly unpleasant and upset
ting to the tnwerman. He did not know
which way to turn, and when George Gal
taghan the electrician of the terminal,
reached the tower a minute after the
first short circuit occurred, the tower
man was so confused that he did not
know what was the best thing to do.
Acting Captain Edward J. Bourke, of
bridg-e traffic squad A. was standing
on the Fifth avenue platform when the
trouble started, and when he saw the
explosion in the tower produced by the
transmission of electricity thereto, he
jumped across the tracks and ran up the
ladder to the tower, carrying a chemical
extinguisher.
W. Little, a motorman. and Harry
Thurber, main tender of the Brooklyn
Kapid Transit, at the Manhattan end of
the bridge, also climbed the ladder to
the switching tower and aided in pull
ins out the plugs of the various switches.
Their work, however, was of little avail,
for the power was still on in full force.
and there was an occasional display of
electric flames that spread terror among
the thousands below on the platforms
waiting for the various trains.
Acting Captain Bourke, seeing: that the
extinguisher which he took up to the
tower was almost exhausted, climbed
down to get a fresh extinguisher. By
this time, all the plugs had been pulled
and the other men had left the tower.
leaving Callaphan. the electrician, turn
in? on the chemical in the extinguisher.
As Bourke started to go back up the
ladder, there was another burst of elec
tricity and in the midst of the pyrotech
nic display he beheld Callaghan at his
post.
Alarmed for Electrician.
The policeman rushed up the ladder,
,nd when l.c reached the top no one was
to be seen in the tower. He jumped into
the tangle of burned wires to try to
find Callaghan. but soon discovered that
the electrician, who was familiar with
the tower, had made his way out of the
i low ' window at the rear of the tower
and was safe on the sloping roof of the
bridge structure.
Deputy Chief Binns and Battalion
Chief Sullivan, with the men of the fire
stations in the district, were on the spot
soon after the alarm was turned in.
They were handicapped by the fact that
the electricity was still turned on. It
was out or the question to turn on
streams, as the electric current would
have run up the Sheets of water and
prostrated the firemen at th«j hose.
J. B. Burns, the trainmaster at the
terminal, telephoned to Brooklyn as soon
as the lire started, but it was twenty
live minutes before the power was dis
connected so that the firemen could turn
on streams. In the mean time they
used chemicals and chopped away por
tions of the woodwork about the tower.
The smoke from the burning tower
spread throughout the second floor of
the train shed, and thousands who had
boarded the P.idgewood elevated trains
or were waiting on the platforms for the
Fulton street city line and other trains
pressed downstairs, crushing back the
thousands who pressed upward to try
to get home. The reserves from the
Oak street station and from Police
Headquarters were called out to rein
force those of the bridge traffic squad,
but they had I•• greatest difficulty in
controlling the tens of thousands who
ofe«»ed forward and tilled City Hall
L ,l ttor o and the approaches to the
bridge.
T % u> trolley cars to Brooklyn were
ianimed to an even greater extent than
„\i biiL* .lit. a :<w minutes the tull-
Continue:! ou third pusc.
WOMEN AS WATCHERS IX THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
MI.S ELIZABETH Co 4 «p. AT THE VOTING PLACE OF THE 12TH ELECTION DISTRICT OF THE BTH *****
MISS ELIZABETH FRASER AT llifc >."* BLy DiSTRICT .
r-o ■. -t-p „,"■', r ' ■ THE POLICE =' T "A l TT'"''N
MISS HELMVTH AXr> MISS ™*%*Jgj™
00-e Strauss, who made tin ' n the right
SHE ADMITS SMSUNE HELLS WEN Offl
Woman Arrested in Philadelphia
Had $10,000 Worth of Jewels.
CAME THROUGH MEW YORK
Prisoner, Aged Sixty. Says She
Has Made a Practice of Bring
ing In Gems Duty Free.
Philadelphia. Sept. IS.-Mrs. Louisa
Klein, sixty years old. of Chicago, was
arrePte .i and Jewels valued at $lO,<JW,
which the police say she smuggled into
this country through New York on Au
gust h\ were seized here to-day by Cen
tral Office detectives.
The police say Mrs. Klein confessed to
them that she has been making a regular
practice of smuggling Jewels from
abroad and selling them in Chicago, New
York. Baltimore and Newport. This was
her first visit to thid city.
She arrived here from Baltimore on
last Thursday and secured apartments
in Arch street. While there she became
acquainted with a young school teacher
and tried to sell her a diamond ring The
teacher became Buspicious and informed
detectives. Thinking that the Jewelry
might be the proceeds of a robbery the
detectives Investigated and finally placed
Mrs. Klein under arrest.
When examined by Chief of Detectives
Pouder. the police say that she admit
ted purchasing the- jewels in Holland
and smuggling them Into Uiis country,
after having them set in Paris. It is
stated she arrived in New York from
Pi-f-m^n via Southampton on August 7.
on the steamship New .York.
F-iznins- illness she had little diffi
culty in passing the customs inspectors
with the jewc-'.s concealed under h<-r
clothing in a small plush bag. She w< nt
directly to Chicago where, if te stated,
she has a son living. She then went to
Baltimore, trom whi< h city sh^ came to
Philadelphia. She will be given a hear
ing to-morrow.
George J. Smyth, special deputy sur
veyor, said last night that he had not
heard of the arrest of Mrs. Klein, and
had not heard that she was suspected
of smuggling. The steamship New York
arrivea here from Southampton on
August 7.
HORNED MEN'S BONES FOUND
Stanford Professor Unearths
Them Near Santa Monica, Cal.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
San Francisco, Sept 13.— The horned
men of Topango have been discovered —
that is. they were almost horned and of
a physiognomy so strange that the sci
entists who unearthed their bones are
almost persuaded that they are of a
hitherto undreamed race of aborigines.
Professor J. R Pendloton, of the geo
logical department 'of Iceland Stanford
Junior University, with a party of Stan
ford students, found in the Topango
Canyon, near Santa Monica, in Southern
California, a mound containing the bones
cf thirty-four aborigines.
The brow is almost totally lacking,
rising from the line of the eyebrows
only three-quarters of an inch, and the
top of the bead is almost flat. The nose
projects horizontally, hornlike, and with
no resemblance to the human nose.
$28 70 TO ATLANTA AND RETURN.
Pennsylvania Railroad September 15, 16,
■ - and IS. TifUots Rood returning to reach
original starting ;■• In! befoi ■ miiinislu.
September -'' Fnr atop-over privileges,
extend! of return iiir.U. and full particu
lars, consult Ticket Agents.— AdvL
Women Watchers Have Exciting
Time on the West Side.
RiDE IN PATROL WAGON
Several Arrested, but Court De
cides They Were Within
Their Rights.
-Hip women watchers in vetoterday's
primaries election had a lively time. Two
of them rode to court as prisoners in the
"Black Marie 1 " from the West 47th street
station; others walked thither under the
escort of policemen with a crowd of
jeering citizens at their h<*els. and sev
eral had the fists of local bosses shaken
in their faces.
It was up in Hell's Kit. hen that the
women were planted, thirteen of them.
ghlln, who was running for
t^ leadership of the l"th Assembly Dis
trict, thought he could have a better
• ng John S. Curry, the ea
tablishi d Tammany leader, if he eniis.-.?«l
the eagle eyes of the suffragettes to sp<n
fraudulent voters.
Miss Lavinia Dock. Democratic
watcher at the polling place at N* v ~-
Ninth avenue, was on hand long before
3 o'clock, with Miss Winifred Leonard.
for the Independence League, and Bfisß
Anne Herendeen, also Democratic 1 .
When the polls opened Miss Do. k in
sisted on leading Miss Herendeen and
M'sp Leonard inside the guard rail.
"Put those women out!" roared James
Campbell, a local Tammany boss.
"They're Lnterferin' the proceed
in* s."
But Miss Dock. planted her hack
against an election b..x and exhibited
her cn-denflals.
"We have a perfect right in here," she
said, smiling amicably at Mr. Campbell.
who by this time was reinforced by
Robert Jackson, chairman of the f»th
Election District, and three policemen.
"Put her ' out!" he bellowed to the
i chairman, who was there as inspector.
"Why don't you put her out?" the in
spector asked of the three policemen. A
little later the officers did put her out
Miss Dock challenged two voters
whoso names, she said, were not on the
voting list, and a general row, in which
Campbell, Jackson and the waiting
voters all Joined, started. One voter
took the part of. the women, and ad
vised Campbell to "keep his nose out of
trouble," but the police ended the
trouble by taking Miss Dock and Miss
Leonard to the West 47th street station
and thence in the patrol wagon to the
court, in West fi4th street.
Magistrate Kernochan proved ■ friend
and savior. Leader Curry pleaded hard
to have the women adjudged guilt? of
violating Section 4 of the electing law,
which states that voters shall be ap
pointed as watchers, but the magistrate
pinned his faith to Section 51). which
provides for the appointment of watch
ers without specifying sex or quality.
Whereupon Miss Dock and Miss Leonard
marched triumphantly back to the poll
ing place and challenged more voters.
Meanwhile at the polling place in the
undertaking shop at No. 202 Weal t>7th
street there was weeping and wailing
because the two women watchers, Mrs.
Alberta T. Hill and Mrs.. Helen Hoy
Greeley, codldn't get the police to arrest
thorn.
"I challenged ■ man because hr- voted
•.. . -v tickets all folded together; and the
Continued all »nuuj ijn;r
BANK OFFICERS HSR
■MAN FDR HELP
Large Sum Involved in Transac
tions with the Mercantile
National.
MAY ARREST MAN TO-DAY
President Nash Says Case Is in
District Attorney's Hands
— Amount Said To Be
$125,000.
District Attorney Whitman began an
investigation yesterday of a complaint
made to him by officers of the Mercan
tile National Bank. It was learned that
it rela&d to transactions aggregating
between .5125.000 and $130,000. The
other party to the transactions, which
cover pl lone: period, was under surveil
lance last night by detectives of the
District Attorney's staff, and an arrest
may be made to-day.
The name of the man in question could
: net be learned. Officials of the bank
| were reticent, and neither the District
| Attorney nor his assistant. Robert E.
' Manley, who was assigned to the case,
i would discuss it.
From reliable sources it was ascer
tained, however, that varying sums were
! paid by the bank from time to time to
' the man under surveillance upon al
f leged false credit statements, made
either to the bank direct or through
some mercantile agency.
A statement has been obtained by the
District Attorney from the accused man.
who voluntarily visited the former's,
office yesterday and went over the mat
ter, the officers of the Mercantile Na
tional Bank, who made the complaint,
being present. The conference lasted
fully two hours. Apparently the in
formation laid before the District At
torney was not sufficient to justify an
arrest, but detectives were assigned to
see that the man did not leave the city.
At the same time, it was reported, an
effort will be made to gain access to
certain books and documents, and upon
the outcome will depend whether or not
an arrest will be made to-day. The
I suggestion of impending developments
was confirmed by District Attorney
Whitman.
"You will understand to-morrow why
I cannot say anything at this time." he
said.
Willis G. Nash, president of the bank,
said last night:
"We to-day brought to the attention
of the District Attorney the case of a
man who obtained credit by making
false statements and by misrepresenta- I
tion. There is an uncovered balance due
of about £34.000. We expect to hold re
sponsible for this balance a German
I mercantile and banking house reputed to
be very wealthy and highly honorable.
The accused party was the duly accred
ited agent and representative of this
German firm and they are therefore re
sponsible for his acts. We brought the
matter before the District Attorney be
cause we feel that the party should be
properly punished for his misrepresenta
tion."
GIRL ELOPER A SUICIDE
Kills Herself as Police Arrive to
Arrest Her and Companion.
Alexandria. Va.. Sept. 13.— Ethel May
Pierce, a fifteen-year-old girl who eloped
from Chester, Perm.. yesterday, and early
to-day registered with William Firth,
jr.. at a local hotel, shot and killed her
self to-night as the Chief of Police was
trying to arrest the couple.
Firth, who says he is twenty-seven
years old and a railroad ticket agent at
Chester, carried passes for two to Jack
sonville, Fla.. but upon learning of the
publicity given their elopement they
changed their plan and stopped here to
evade the authorises. 1 The hotel pro
prietor notified the police, and the chief
was trying to enter the room when the
girl took a pistol from Firth's clothes.
stepped behind the door and shot herself
In the right temple, dying soon after
ward. ♦
Firth saifl to-night that he had known
Miss Pierce since last June, and that
her family had learned that he already
had a wife and child in Chester.
T. F. WALSH LEFT $6,500,000
Colorado Man's Estate Had Been Esti
mated as High as $100,000,000.
Denver. Sept. 13.— The estate of Thomas
F. Walsh, which had bees. estimated as
hich as $100,000,000^ ts worth only $fi.sC<>,uuO.
aceordlnc to the Inventory filed by S. A.
Osborn. representing the estate. Of this
valuation $3.Cm>A<o is Colorado property.
MOONLICHT TRIPS ON STR. 'ALBANY.-
Hudson River Day Line last tlovvn beat.—
— Advt.
GRISCGM ROUTS
IHE "01 D GUARD"
Primaries Result in Solid Delega
tion from This County for
Progressives.
WOODRUFF FIRM IN KINGS
Bennett Wins Big Victory Over
Taylor — Dady Staves Off
Defeat by Narrow
Margin.
The "old guard" contests against the
Republican Progressives in the primaries
in New York County yesterday came to
naught. President Lloyd C. '"'■'■' " of
the County Committee is counting on a
solid delegation of 190 to the Republi
can Stat? Convention at Saratoga from
Xew York County.
In Brooklyn the contests against the
leadership of State Chain— Woodruff
in the Ist. the 6th and th** 14th •were
unsuccessful. The "old guard" contest
against Naval Officer Kracke, in the
ISth. also was unsuccessful- State
Chairman Woodruff figures that the Pro
gressives will control thirty- three of the
142 delegates from Kings to the state
convention.
Assemblyman William M- Bennett,
candidate for re-election as leader of
the ir- Assembly District in New Torn
County, won easily over John H. Taylor.
This assures him the Republican nom
ination to Congress in the l.'th Congrea3
District, for which he ran against Rep
resentative J. Van Vechten Olcott. State
Committeeraan Harry W. Mack, the Ol-
Taylor candidate, « M defeated.
j The Barnes-Woodruff "old guard" last
night declared that the defeat of Mack
■ was a victory for them. Considering
that Bennett throughout made his cam
paign on Progressive issues and has been.
a hot Taft-Roosevelt-Hughea man. the
Progressives can't see Just how Messrs.
Barnes and Woodruff figured it.
Huge Smile on Griscom.
Both sides seemed especially Jubilant
ever the results, though they were what
close observers had expected both In
Kings and New York counties. At the
headquarters of the Republican County
Committee President Griscom smiled
hu ~,My when he heard that the -old,
guard" contest, had failed in all d^
I triers where they were tried.
After learning the results in v-v -' York
County. Mr. Griscom dictated the follow
ing statement:
■I am sincerely gratified by the vote
or confidence which the voters have
i given to-day to the present administra
tion of the Republican County Com
mittee.
a:: efforts to break the solidarity of
our county have proved futile. ar.d I
j and those associated with me must
[ naturally feel greatly encouraged in our
work for clean and decent party man
agement. Our county will continue in
our loyal support of President Taft and
lend our best efforts to uphold his hands
in carrying out our party's pledge to the
nation.
•In the state we shall continue our
efforts to •---. ■ such a change in
party management as will assure the
confidence of the Republican \-oters and
brine about success at the polls in the
autumn. We welcome the aid which ex-
President Roosevelt will to brin?
1 about this success.**
At Republican state headquarters State
Chairman Woodruff. William Barnes, jr..
of Albany, and John Timlin, Jr.. of
Richmond County, sat getting the '•-
turns over the telephone. Chairman,
Woodruff was quite concerned over or.<%
or two of the Brooklyn districts. Mr.
Barnes declared solemnly that the it
feat of Mack in the 15th Consrress
District meant an anti-Roosevett-Taft-
Hughes man as his successor. Mr.
Woodruff wasn't quite so ■■»■ of thai.
Chairman Woodruff felt greatly pleased
that none of the fight 3 had gone asatnaf
him. He Issued this statement analyz
ing the results:
"The returns from •■---- primaries la
i King? County show that, while the dis
tricts controlled by Naval Oaeai KFachm
Postmaster Voorhies. Congressman Cal-
I der and Senator Travis have thirty
three delegates out of a total cf 142. dM
other 109 will all support the Klr.gs
County organization and vote la ratify
the votes of the state comrnltteerrien.
from Brooklyn In the selection of Vice-
President Sherman for temporary -■..-
man of the convention.
New York County Returns.
•The returns from New York Counts
indicate that one state committeemari.
Harry W. Mack, has lost his place la ---.
state committee and that a curator of
the delegations to the state convention
will support the state committee in th«
position which it has taken in the mat
ter of the temporary chairmanship.
"The returns show that all four dis
tricts In Queens were carried by the or
ganization forces, thus insuring a solid
delegation to the support of Vice-Presi
dent Sherman In the state convention.
"In Richmond there wa3 no -'■■■'.
but the delegation is understood to be
for Vice- President Sherman, thua Indi
cating that hi the greater city a con
siderable majority will support the state
organization."
Mr. Barnes seemed crrieved chiefly that
the ■oil auafdT had not had time to
beajhi fights all along the line asralnst
the Griscorn leaders in this county. He
appeared to believe that in that case the
Grlscomites would have lost district after
district. He took advantage of th#» op
portunity to deliever another attack on
ex- President Roosevelt. Ajrain he said
that the election of Roosevelt as tem
porary chairman would place New York
State alongside Kansas and lowa in the
populistie columu. This statement was
as follows:
"I see by the newspapers that Mr.
Roosevelt and his leading supporters tn
New Yorl. City have had a talk and Mr.
Griscnrc i ltd thai the action of the 5-tata
committee in selecting Mr. Sherman is
temporary chairman w il! certainly b^
$4 50 TO ATLANTIC CITY AND RETURN.
Pennsylvania Railroad, account G. A. R.
En'-arnpment Tickets on **!•» September
1* to -0. s:o>ml returning; to reach original
.■•.._ point on or before September 23.
Consult Ticket Agents.— Advt.