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NEW-YORK. SATURDAY. JANUARY 20, li)l2.-FOURTEEN PAGES. * PRICK OXE (liXT^'-iaa^a^
?DING CASE CALLS
FOUL H A PttStHMNT
Staten Island Grand Jury Con?
demns Conditions at the
City Farm Colony.
NO BLAME FOR MR. FLICK
gays Superintendent Should
Have Larger Appropriation?
Now May Probe Bor
ough Offices.
The grand Jury of Richmond County
for the January term of the Supreme
Court handed up a presentment to Jus
tic? Lester W. riark yesterday condemn
jnf certain conditions at, the New York
City Farm Colony, at -Oastlcton Cornors,
Staten Island.
In accepting the present?..ent Justice
Clark said that he, like the grand jurors,
aas shocked to learn of the conditions
prevailing at the farm colony, and In?
formed the grand Jurors that he would
M? that the presentment went to the
proper officials.
Th* resentment, which speaks highly
of the work dune at the farm colony by
its superintendent, Joseph IX Flick, rec?
ommends, among other things, that the
medical staff he Increased forthwith to
care properly for the large number of
patients being transferred to the farm
colony from city hospital? because of
chronic illness, and the engagement of
? prorer staff of nurses to look after the
?ick.
At jresent there are only one resident
physician and one visiting physician at?
tached to tho farm colony. There are
only two trained nurses in the institu
thn and a little over sixty "hospital
helpers," who receive from $120 to $4"*0
a year.
Presentment Describes Condition*?.
The ?rand jury's presentment, which
?as signed by K. Stewart Taxter, the
foreman, was as follows:
We, the (?rand jurors for the January
term of the Supreme Court, having had our
attention particularly called to alleged con?
ations of a criminal character at the ?'itv
Kann colony, in the county of Riehmon?'.
have, on our own Initiative and at our ?
?wn expense, undertaken to investigate the
genet al condition.- prevailing there, and do
hereby And as follows:
There are 1,100 Inmates of the City Farm
colony, most of whom an- between the
ages of fifty and ninety. Of this number
there are zm suffering from Idiocy, Imbe?
cility, senility, epilepsy and chronic physi?
cal diseases, all of whom are permitted to
Intermingle with each other.
We have als?? found .that the number of
paid employes is totally inadequate: that
tiiT? are not a sufficient numb.-r of medi?
cal men properly to look after th?- larme
number of patients at the colony, nor are
there a sufficient n :mber ot nurses and or?
derlies properly to ?are for the individuals
suffering from chronic physical infirmities
To a farg?! exten*. those ""Uflferlna from
diseases are looked after by individuals
who aie nut paid therefor, and who are
committed to the said City Form colony
as Inmates; and It has been ascertained
that aome <>f thos*? Inmatps so perfonuLuttj
work of the character herein ?et forth ;\r?i
ex-ionvlcts; one In particular, who was en?
gaged as a?i orderly, had prevloosly serv.-d
twelve terms In pri-on for felonlea and
other offences.
The superintendent of the Institution 's
performing an extraordinary amount of
v ora*, considering the facilities at his cora
tiiand and the small appropriation allowed
him by the city of New York for the main?
tenance of that institution. The aforesaid
findings are not due to any Inefficiency on
his part. but. on the contrary, to the fail?
ure of the city of New York to nppropriate
the accessary amount of monev In order,
to permit the aforesaid work to be per?
formed by competent and efficient em
Condemns Lack of Discrimination.
The method of committing inmates to the
said City Farm colony is without a proper
investigation for determining the character
of the individuals committed thereto, no
discrimination being exercised between
paupers whose character is otherwise
good and ex-eonvicts of vicious propensi?
ties, who should properly be committed as
vagrants to other institutions of a penal
character.
\V<- .io therefore recommend that the-city
of New York immediately appropriate a
sufficient amount of money to permit of
th.- following:
first?The segregation of Individuals suf?
fering from mental diseases from those
suffering from physical infirmities of an
Incurable character and from those In a
h'flthy state.
Second?That more circumspection be ex
I in determining the worthiness of
an applicant for admission to the said
farm lolcny. in order that ex-convict?
who have not tamed their rehabilitation
may not be permitted to contaminate men
ami women whose only misfortune Is pov
ert. that means be taken to properly care
for pauperized ex-convicts In other Insti?
tutions.
Third?That the medical staff be Increased
forthwith to properly care for the large
number of patients being transferred to the
colonv from city hospitals because of
chronic illnesses, and that a proper staff
of nurses, male and female, be forthwith
provided to care for the said patients, and
that a sufficient number of paid ordeiiies
be emplov-d to take the place of the pres?
ent Individuals who are serving without
compensation, and who are selected from
the Inmates.
And we further recommend that In the
?\>m of a non-compliance by the proper
fiscal officer? with the fore?olng recom?
mendations, a subsequent grand jury take
such action In the premises as it may
deem expedient and as may be advised.
The grand jury visited the farm col?
ony on W'-dnesday morning at 7:30
.o'clock, aii?l remained there nearly four
hours. It summoned the superintendent
?' the colony yesterday and examined
him for more than an hour.
Scalding Led to Inquiry.
The investigation followed the indict?
ment of three men, two of them ex
convicts, former Inmates of the colony,
f'-r the death of Harry Williams, a par
abtlc, who was scalded to death In a
bathtub at the institution on Tuesday a
*eek ago and had been buried three
days when The Tribune exclusively laid
tare th? circumstances surrounding his
death.
District Attorney Albert C. Fach.
Whose office was not Informed until al?
most thirty-six hours after the man's
death, caus'-d the body to be exhumed,
and an autopsy was performed by Dr.
h. P. Thomas, whom lie remitted for the
purpose, ile caused the arr-att of tln;
three men Implicated, and they will be
tried the week beginning Monday. Jan?
uary 29.
^s the giand Jury was about to end
Us session for the day it entered court,
accompanied by the District Attorney.
Mr. Wach Informed Justice ("lark that
ih<- i/rund jury desired to eu?1?I Ml in
reatigatlon of the Richmond Borough
office?.
The Instil t Attorney tol?l th<- court
that ho oppoeed the idea unless he was
to tim grand Jurors had In their
potmeooioii evidei;?? or thought they
???ciii product ? -. ?lei,..- to show timt
i had been commKiod.
"1 do not know," ho ?aid, "of any
trim**, but I do know of dellnuuem-iea
tuiitiiiuc-J uu third was?
Half a Dozen Men
Sit in Congress
But Cannot Vote
The six Delegates and Com?
missioners, who are allowed
*o make speeches or intro?
duce bills but not to express
a choice in the rollcall, are
the subject of an interesting
article in
To-Morrow's Tribune
I PLATE KING'S HER
uves in mm M
Fifteen Servants Stand at Beck
of W. B. Leeds, Nine
Years Old.
MOTHER STAYS IN EUROPE
Lonely Little Fellow Builds Snow
Fort and Defends It Against
Footman in Mont
clair House.
Montclalr. N. J.. Jan. IS?. William
Bateman Lock,:?, niii? years old. son of
the inte "tin ?ilute king," William B.
Leeds, who is heir to the $-HWK>.??<K>
estate of his father, it became known to
ilny, is living lure with a governess,
housekeeper and household servants as
his only companions in the big house,
owned hy his motln-r. Mrs. Nonnie ?.?"?''Is,
at No. 206 South Mountain avenue.
The fact that the boy was in Montclalr
was known to n. few persons, hut the
gener.il public was not aware of his
presence here, as it had been published
at the time ?>f Mrs. I.ceds's departure for
Kurop? several weeks ago that he had
accompanied her and would be educated
abroad.
To-day, however, a Montclalr man who
had seen the boy in one of the big New
York hotels with his mother recognized
him when he drove up to the I^ai'ka
wanna station In a touring car. Inquiry
revealed the fact that the son of the
"tin plate king" la living In circum?
stances In accord with his position as
heir to ?ne of. the biggest fortunes In
tho United 8tat??s.
The factotum of the house Is Miss
Jeanne I'armenter, but the boy's reign
????r the mansion Is absolute. His
slightest wish is met by the fifteen ser?
vants In the household. Besides Min
Parmenter there Is a governess, a < hauf
feur, a coachman, a footman, a personal
male servant and the other ???rvants n?*o
cstsary for the conduct of a house the
size of the one at No. 208 Pou:h Moun?
tain avenue. Each day the boy Is taken
to the Montclalr Academy, a private
school for boys, where he receives special
instruction. Then he is taken home
again, and shortly after he drives out
behind ? faut team of bays, with a liv?
eried coachman driving and a footman.
Wherever the boy goes he is kept
under the strictest surveillance, and on
these rides he is never permitted to
leave the carriage, this rule, it is said,
having been laid down by Mrs. Leeds
when she departed on her trip abroad.
Sometimes the boy is accompanied on
these drives by Miss I'armenter and
sometimes by Miss Horrax, the gov
?rness, but more frequently he goes out
alone, except for the coachman and foot?
man. The automobile is used chiefly to
convey the boy *o and from the Mont?
clalr Academy. On Sunday young I..??<ls
drives to St. Luke's Upiscopal ?'hurch
with Miss Parmenter-.
A few days ago, when the snow was
thick on the grounds in front of the
house, the boy constructed a big snow
fort, about which he played soldier alone,
until M1rs I'armenter ordered the foot?
man to J?dn In the sport.
Mrs. Leeds keeps in touch with the lad
almost dailv. fable messages are fre?
quently sent from and received at the
bie li'ni:?*. and although the mother is
thousands of miles away from her only
son, it is the opinion here that she is kept
? ?instantly posted as to his physical con?
dition and the progresa that he Is making
at school and in his private studies.
CROWDS SEE GIRL DANGLE
Firemen Save Mill Worker Hang?
ing by Rope from Building.
| Hy Telegraph to The Tribune. J
Lawrence, Mass., Jan. I'.?.?Essex street
was jammed with fire apparatus, stalled
electrics and a crowd ?if several thou?
sand persons ?ate this afternoon while
Elizabeth Holm?, a young Knglish mill
girl, dangled halfway up the fa?;ade of
the Pond Building, caught in the toils of
a rope which sh?- had tried t?. slide down
from ? room on the fourth floor to es?
cape arrest.
Tlie ?Irl had been attending a heat?sd
session of striking textile operatives. As
the argum?'nt be? ame too strong some
on. hurled a pitcher, and it ?rashetl
through a window. The landlady ap?
peared and informed those present that
a cllcction for the window was expect?
ed. Nobody would contribute and the
li ndlady telephoned the police.
Klizabeth had no desire to be arrested.
BbO snatched up the rop??, which was
hitched to the wall to be us?-?! in case
ol fire. an?l start.-d to .slide down it. Sh ?
vot halfway down when she became
! ?aught. Sh?* could not free herself nor
i could any one else free her. As a'result
?Hi.? tireni'n w?-!?- ?ailed; and, while .1
?T'.wd ?>?' ? thousand strikers cheered, a
I firtmaii pached up from a .second story
? window and gathered her In. At the po
jl?e station 0jM *m ?harged with dls
| turblng the it&n-e. _
PRESIDENT GRANTS PARDON.
Wmmnintum- Jh"' i9_a ??***?*???? of
I justice eau??! Pr.ul'l.nt Taft .?-.lay |o
I ?rani ? full ?"?, un?'???lltlonal par.ion to
MMcar Kruek-er, ?"?* N"w Y,ork' w?> has
<"? hi. K Viv on?' year of an clifliteen
K.rve.l .<>?;? .J! In the Atlanta ,?,?,,,?!
":,V f-rldno teatiniony. it wma k.i.i.
?" ?' ,,,,n,??ii,i" tor hi?? conviction ?ha
was r??iyn*??H?ftg au ol.se n? Utter. A?
??!r?.-ttw ? v Htlgatlo.i b) ih. pepartmen
;.;,:;;;r,i'T.si?^^^:nK:i^,,,,''"<'''??
7si.ui ornU* Angoatfra Bittire
So '".'^Illlici drink?. Auvi.
I? auuvltea anu '"* ?
AUTO DRIVER SPEEDS ON
AFTER KILLING A BOY
Hurls Body from Hood, Where It
Lodged, and Disappeared Up
West End Avenue.
CHILDREN SEE ACCIDENT
Playmate of Dead Lad Starts
Out to Find Man in the Oar,
and Police Now Seek
Him, Too.
The entire police 'orce of the city was
asked last night to be on the lookout for
a mnn who drove an automobile at high
speed tip West Rnd avenue, early in the
evening, ran down a ten-year-old hoy,
killing hltn instantly, and stopped only
long enough to throw the body of the
child Oil the hood of his machine, where
it hsd lcdged. and dash away.
The hoy was Patrick Kay, jr., of No.
12 West Knd avenue. He had started
out ot the house t<-> play with two other
boys, f.r.c, the three had started across
the street, when the automobile suddenly
appeared out of the darkness, coming
north at high speed So fast was the
machine travelling that young Fay, the
only one of the three who saw it, had
.hist time to leap forward in Its path and
shove one of the children out of the way.
In so doing he lost his own ?han? e of
cscnpe, and the car struck him.
The impact threw the lad into the air.
snd his limp body camo down on the
hood of the cur, rolled back with a crash
Into the heavy windshield, breaking It,
and hung for a moment on the top of
the hood. The man at the wheel leaned
forward, pushed the body off Into the
roadwav and, turning to look ?>ver his
shoulder, laughed at the two terror
stricken lads, one of whom had dashed
after him crying out that h?> had "killed
Buster."
"Oh. that's all right," the man re?
marked, u* he pit on extra speed and
dashed off up the avenue.
The two bovs, David and Thomas Do
rens, ran back to when? Patrick's hodv
lay in the street and carried It toward
the house. They were met on the steps
hv Matthew Parry. Patrick's grand?
father, wh'i took the body from them
and carried it Into the house. Dr. H?r
rett, of the Flower Hospital, was ?ailed
and wild that the child had been killed
instantly.
Thomru? T.orenr. the older boy who had
rtin after the automobile, hurried home
and told his purent s what had taken
Place. He gave them a number which
lie said was that of the machine which
had killed his playmate, and said that
!.?> was going ?>ut to find the man who
did it. Hefore his parents could stop
him be had run fr< m the house H
retunvd hom<? lat?*r. after a fruitless
hunt.
Children who were In the street and
saw the accident were able to gl\ e -i
good description of the driver <>f the car,
Who, they say. was accompanied by an
?.thi-r man. The automobil?' bor? B ?lark
olive green enamel, and a piece of the
wind shield ?\as smashe?! out when Fay'a
body strii? k It. The number whi-n
Thomas Lorenz gave his parents Is be?
ing followed up by the police as a valua?
ble clew, and It Is believed that the
driver of the car will be captured within
twenty-four hours.
? The boy who was killed was a great
favorite In the neighborhood where lie
lived, and residents of the district arara
so wrought up last night over the affair
that automoblllats were cautioned about
i travelling along that section of the ave?
nue.
WATCH FOB ?COMMONER"!
Next Issue Will Oive Bryan's
Views on the "Fuss."
Tampa. Fla., Jan. lt.?William J, Bryan
was the guest of honor at a dinner given
by the Wood row Wilson Club here to?
night. Mr. Hryan made no reference to
the Watterson- Wilson- Harvey contro?
versy When asked for his opinion, he
said that be would give his views on the
incident in th<* m-xt issu?? of "The C>m
moner."
Mr. Bryan repeated his statement thnt
h<* had never said lie thought Mr. Wilson
the most available man for the Demo?
cratic nomination.
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BUTTED BY GOAT, SHE SUES
Woman Asks Damages for Broken Arm
and "Great Indignity."
Huston. Jan. 13.- When James F. Barry's
; r-oat Jumped out of its yard In Kas: Bos
I ton and playfully batted MIhs Cecilia Low
? ll, It was laying Dp trouble for Its owner.
.Miss Iyowell brought suit to-day for dam?
ages against Mr. Harry in the Munti-lp.il
Court and attached his property for J300.
She alleges not only a broken arm and
other physical Injuries as a result of the
encounter, but also great Indignity. Mr.
Parry has not stated what defen? e the
goat has to offer.
u
HIS TOUCH WORTH $25,000
?Billiard Player Sues Street Railway
Company for Damages.
gt, Louis, Jan. 1'.*.? The value of a pro
i fesslonal bllllnrdlst'B delicate touch was
; the point at Issue in a $25,000 damage suit
'against the street car company here which
i went to trial to-day. with Charles Peterson.
a professional, as plaintiff.
He was thrown from an automobile last
May, when the machine was struck by a
i streetcar. In his petition Peterson all?gea
the greatest Injury was to his nervous ays
! tern, and testified that the nervousness af
I fected his Income.
?
GAS STRIKE DECLARED OFF
Fifty Members of Union Vote Unani?
mously to End Dispute.
At a meeting of the Qu Workers' Union
! iH.st evening at the Labor Temple, in tcaat
Ixith sirt-ct. the strike declared recently
1 against w* Consolidated (?as Companies
I ?m,! us subsidiary companies was calle?! off
In the absence of Henry Kalie, president
I ,,f th?' union, J?hn J- Lyons was chosen as
! chairman of the BteetJtt-f. A motion t*J d*.
i clare the strike ff was then offered and
adoptad unanimously. The meeting was
??.tended >'> "bout tlfiv members of the or?
ganisation and lasted less than half an
hour.
HEARS SHOT OVER'PHGNE
THAT ENDS WIFE'S LIFE
Dr. U. G. Houck Rushes Home
and Finds She Has
Killed Herself.
VAINLY ASKED-FORGIVENESS
Woman Went on Sleigh Ride
with Another Man and Bitter
Quarrel Followed ? 111
Health, Says Husband.
F?.llf ing a bitter quarrel with her
husband on Thursday a'ternoon, Mrs.
Nora Houck, wife at Dr. Losses tirant
Houck, an inspector of the I'nited State*
Department of Agriculture, Bt?)od i.t the
tel-iihon? In her apartment, at No. l'_'.l
Wadsworth avenue, yesterday afternoo.i,
talking with her husband, who was In
?his offli-e. After pleading with him to
'f rgivo her and return i>> the house Mr;.
Houck dropped the re-elver, took a re?
volver Fran a sh?'lf and Khot h. r ?
through the left breast, Just abovi Iba
heart.
H.-r liiisbaii'l, he.uing the report o\er
the tel. phone, tried to pet Ills Wife to
speak to Mnt Failing, he ran to the
street, jumped into a taxicab ..nd hur?
ried t? his home. Mrs. Houck died about
ten minutes after be arrived there.
<>n Thursiiay afternoon, it is said. ? ?r.
Houck Darned that his wife hurl been
?lelffhing earlier In the ?lay with an?
other man. When she returned he up?
braided her. and it is said bitter words
wer?> used. Dr. Houck was still unfor?
giving when he left his home yestcplav
morning to go to his ??ftV'e, at No. 1<*4
West 42d street.
At ??? o'clock In the afternoon Mrs
Houck called up h.r husband's office
and talked with him for more than ten
minutes. She pleaded with hjin ear
nest'y, it is said, but the husband would
not be re. on? tied and would n??t tell her
If he woiili return to his home yrster
dn*..
Finally Mis Houck said over the tele?
phone: "Wry well. ?Dar. Just n moment
more, then,'' and the next moment Dr.
Houck beiird a inuttled sound at the
>>tlier en?: of the wire.
He was alarmed and called frantlrallv
to his wife to answer him. No word
came back, and the husband dropped his
receiver and rushe?! from his office.
When he reach??! his home he found
Frank ?'ardova, the ?levator boy, and
Ne!? Nelson, the superintendent, at the
d"or .?f his apartments. Dr. 'ienrgo 0.
Heffter. of No. BIS Wo#t lB?th street, was
Ifl the bedroom ??cmpled by Mrs. H.?i?k.
He was leaning OVOf th?? form <?f a per
! son lying <>n the bed. Dr. Hou? k ?aw
that It was his wife who waa being at?
tended by the physician. Dr. Hcffi.-r
?hook his hen?! when the husband uskod
It hla wife was attll alive.
According to i'ardova and Nelson, they
had heard the s??un?I of the revolver
slK't and had broken ?.p?ti the door of
th? npartm?nt. They found Mrs Houck
? lying on th.? tl??>r beneath the telephone,
a regulation army r?".olvcr, belonging to
her husband, . lutcbed In her right han?l.
She was un??onactOUO but still breathing.
Th?? roen carried Mrs. iiomk t.. h.?r
rooai and laid h? r on the be?l and then
summon.d Dr. Heffter. In spite of the
physician s efforts the woman died with?
in ten minutes. She was iinahle to malte
any statement.
Dr. Houck found a note ad'lressed to
him from his wife, but would n..t divulge
Its contents. He said It contained no
refet*e*ttca t<? his wife's act. He insist.?,i
she had killed hers.?if DOCauaO of 111
health.
The Hou? ks were married seven years
ago. '1 hey had no ? hlldreti.
Coronef "interhoftom was told <?f the
suicide and took charge of the case.
WISHED TO BE MARTYRS
Women Missionaries' Right to
Die Denied by Consul.
Victoria, H. ('., Jan. 10.--When Miss K.
Mollar*?" an?i Miss N. K. Sears, both mis?
sionaries, refuse?! to leave I-i'hang, as
advised by the British Consul, because
they "could not recognize ?-arthly
authority and <?o?l had not given per?
mission to vacate," the ?onsul had them
depotrted and recommend???! that permis?
sion to return to t'hina be denied to
them. ac< onllng to advices received by
the Kamakura Mam to-day. In his or?
der for deportation the ?onsul said;
"I cannot recognize your individual
right to die, as your deaths would in?
volve other foreigners and have far
reaching consequences."
HER CIGAREETE BILL $184
Tobacco Dealer, Sued, Has Counter
Claim Against Nashville Singer.
Miss Maria Estelle Markham. a sittf/er, of
Nashville, Tenn.. has sued William K.
Mutinies, a tobacco dealer, for M.bX) which
she said she lent him. ami he hue come
hack with a counter claim for 1184 for
cigarettes which lie ?aid Miss Markham
(?ought from November, Dio, to Aug'ist.
1911. This would make It out that about
twenty-seven of Mathucs's clgurettes were
consumed each ?at> during that period.
He also fli-nlea that he ??ver borrowed any
money from the plaintiff. Counsel for Miss
Markham refused to discuss the case except
to say that he waa sure the cigarettes were
rot for hla client. Miss Markham said
that tke debt was originally tUfl ?n,j thftt
Muthues paid off V?*> of this amount.
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ALIENATION SUIT FOR $50
Smallest Amount Ever Asked in Court
in Similar Case.
Mr?. Anna L?. Iloseman begun suit yes?
terday for $50 for the alienation of the af?
fections of her husband, Ixiuls Roseman.,
the smallest amount ever asked in a slnii
lar caae.
The defendants in the suit are Abraham
I'..??man, the father-in-law of the plain?
tiff, Mrs. Amelia Roseman, her mother In
law, and Isadora Bl?>ck, an uncle of the
plaintiff's husband.
Mrs. Roseman and her husband were
married In Beptembcr. 1910, and llv?2d to?
gether iiuiil I'.l.ruary. 1911. Then, acconl
Ing to Mrs. Roaeman, her husband aban?
doned her and left her p? nuil? .-s, through
the Influence exerte?! on him, she says, by
his parents and hi? uncle.
MRS. JULIAN' HEATH.
President of tha Hooaewhrea' League, wbieb ha I a thirty days' boycott on
butter.
WILD RUMORS IN PEK
European Families in Fea
Threats by Manchu Troop
London, Jan. *j(? Extravagant rti
are circulating in l'eklng that as .1
se?|uence of to-day's conferenc.? at
palace the Manchu .-oldiers have thi
'?n??d to kill Yuan Shih-kal, says a
king dispMtch to "The Pally Mall." d
Fru?a\ night.
To-night, the correspondent adds, f
of the European famlllea living in
dlstrli-t near the Chinese Foreign 0
I tiMik refuge In the legation quarter.
Three sp??lal trains are waiting at
Peking station for an unknown reasc
NOT OPPOSING TAFT
E. H. Gary Says U. S. Steel
Keeping Out of Politics.
p. f?rring to recent reporta that
l'niti'd states st.-ei Corporation
' supporting a movement to defent the
{ nomination of President Taft. Chatrr
' K. H. ??ar> >-.il<l yesterday:
"There Ik no foundation for the st;
' m?'nt that <>ur corporation or any of
i officers or any one in authority has d
i or said anything to favor or oppose
I nomination <?f any on?? for Presid?
We keep out of politics."
MEN FACE DEATH AT Si
Four Sailors in Rigging of Sut
en Schooner Prescott.
Beaufort, N. C, Jan. 16.? The schoo
Harry PreeCOtt, from New York to V
mlngton, N. ?'.. with salt, found? r.-d
Diamond shoals, <>ff the Hattaraa cos
to-day. Three of her crew of seven w
saved this afternoon, but the remain!
four are still clinging to th?- rlggii
The captain, mate ami one sailor sa\
theins'lves by Jumping Into the tea
that th.- Halteras life crew < ?mid pi
them UP
The revenue ? utter Itasi a reached t
echoonor ai i<> o'clock to-night and v
attempt to take off the four men in t
rigging. The lifesavers made a flr
attempt to rescue the men at 8 o'clo
to-night and failed. Because of hi
seas and the strong tide it Is feared t
men cannot bl reached t<.-nlght.
HEART BEATS REVEAL LI
Munsterberg System Make
Prisoner Tell Truth in Court.
Los /tngelee, Jan. 19.- What Is believi
to have been tile first demonstration In
court ??f Justice of the M?nsterberg th?
ory of criminal detection by heart puisi
tlons took place to-day at Watts. Tt
demonstration ended In the discharge ?
Arthur Smith, a metal worker from T?
coma, Wash.. \vh?> had been arrested t
a suspicious character.
He had consented to bo a party to th
experiment, ...nd his n?irmal pulse wa
found to be 79. It Increased to 91 beat
Whan h?* gave his name as James Smith
ers, and Judge Cassidy told him he wa
not telling the truth. His heart the
beat at tue rate of 95.
After a few seconds' hesitation th
man replied: "Arthur Smith Is my rlgh
name, but I am an honest worklngmai
and no vagrant I'm sorry I lied, bu
1 huve relatives in the North."
HERO FALLS TO DEATH
Steeplejack Tries to Save Com
rade?Both Are Killed.
Philadelphia, Jan. 19?Two steeple
Jacks fell i:i<> feet to death to-day wher
one of them attempted to save his com?
panion, who had slipped from a ladder
on the top of the North Broad Street
Presbyterian Church. When a passerby
who had witnessed their terrible fall
rea? bed their bodies he found the hand
of Herman C?reenwald, twenty-five years
old, still clutching the overalls on the
body of August Johnson, forty-eight
yean old, whose Ufe he had vainly at?
tempted to save.
The two men were engaged In placing
new slates ?>n the high steeple of the
chun-h, when Johnson, who was on a
ladder, suddenly sllpp?-?l and started to
slide down the Bteep incline. As he
rushed past Ureenwald, who was stand?
ing on the ledge, the latter grasped him,
but was unable to check his momentum
and wa? also dragged from his perch.
t
PAPAL NUNCIO DIES.
Vienna, Jan. lil.-Monslgnor Alexander
Huvnna, th? papal nuncio here, died to?
night s< i
HOUaiVES' LEAGUE
STARTS BUTTER BOYCOT1
None To Be Eaten for at Least
Thirty Days, It Is Asked,
Unless Price Falls.
COOK WITH BACON DRIPPINGS
-
New York Women Working with
Those of Pittsburgh, Who
Led in Similar Move?
ment in Meat.
"Well. I think that seems kinda
stingy."
Though they are too polite to express
it thus. Miss Emma Bossond. teacher o?
the, d?menle science classes Mrs.
Julian Heath and some of her co-reform?
ers set going some time ago in I.eroy
street, declares to be the real feeling of
her tenement house pupils when she trfei
t ) show them ways of eonomizing in
that expensive luxury, butter.
To get people to boycott butter till
prices come down Is the ?jhj.?ct just now
of Mrs. Heath and the Housewives*
1 league of which she is president, but
Miss DoBBOnd says the boycott won't
come from the poor, for they wil' use all
the butter they ?an get on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednes?lay, ewn if they
have to go without anything then till
Saturday arrives with Its pay envelope,
Th? Housewives' League is appealing
Mpecialiy to the rich and the well-to-do
In this its latest move against the rise in
the cost of living. At ? meeting of the
central council <>n Thursday It was voted
to appeal to every member of th ? league
and every woman In greater New York
to let im butter pass h>T lips for tho
next thirty days -unless, of course, the
dealer! see the error of their ways and
put down the price.
"But no no butter"-apologies to
1 Shakespeare?wil be the motto of every
' loyal leaguer for the coming month. But?
, terless mulllns, dry toast, cake made
with bacon drippings instead of with the
output of the cow?it sounds hard, but
the leaguers think they can carry It
through.
This move Is la line with that of Mrs.
Enoch Hauh and other leaders in the
Congress of Women's Clubs In Pitts?
burgh. This organization, which started
the strike against the high prices of
meat several years ago?a strike which
was effective for a little while?is now
striking un the butter question. Mrs.
Hauh wants Pittsburgh to build.stands
along the Monongahela wharf so that
farmers could sell directly to consum?
ers.
Mrs. Hen'th Is revolving plans for
bringing the producer and the consumer
together and getting rid of the middle?
man, or at least clipping his profits a
bit.
A representative of some Long Island
farmers called m her yesterday and de?
clared that these farmers were fvilliiig
to Bell butter?the best?at 87 cents a
pound. To bring them Into touch with
consumers win be the next work of the
league.
Printed appeals to "eschew butter and
make the dealer come down off his high
priced perch" will be sent shortly to all
the leaguers. Meanwhile, Miss Bossond
Ik laboring hard to make Leroy street
save its drippings and bacon fat, but
without much success, she says.
"Why, do you know," she told tho
Tribune reporter yesterday, "there Is one
family living in a tumbledown tenement
house over there, a family of nine per?
sons, which uses seven pounds of butter
a week. When I talk to them about
cheap substitutes, about saving the
grease from their meat, I can tell that
they are thinking, *Well. that's rather
mean.' They wouldn't iiurt my feeMngs
by saying such things, but that's the at?
titude. People without much money are
the hardest 0008 to cbnvince of the dig?
nity and necessity of economy."
Mrs. Kmll Kuchllng, Mrs. George A.
Cop, Mrs. George Ayres and Mrs. M. 8
Meagher are members of the league's
council, which is circulating the "no
butter" pledge
The prices asked in the market? yes?
terday were slightly lower than those In
effect a few days ago. l-'lrst class tablo
butter W9M selling at 50 cents a pound
yesterday, against Li cents on Tuesday.
Continued on third paa?. A
OBSTACLE 10 PEACE
IN CUBA ARISES
General Nunez, Head of Veteran
Association, Denies Making
Pact with President
Gomez.
KNOX'S NOTE DISCUSSED
Soldiers Favor Continuing Agita?
tion, but Vote to Refrain from
Further Activity, in Hope
of Averting Ar<?eriean
Intervention.
Havana. Jan. 19 -\ poeelbly lerlotit
obstacle in the programme for the uni I
cation <'f ail factions of Cubana with th?s
purpcaa of reconciling political diiTer
enees in the face of the Intimation of in?
tervention by the United States, arose
to-day when General Kmillo Nun. z,
president of the Veterans' Associatb.n,
denied the correctness of the official not?-?
given out at the palace last night follow?
ing a conference of the President with
prominent men of all factions, which an?
nounce! that Nunez had given his ?
to President Gomez that the agitation
by the veterans would Immediately stop.
General Nunez says:
I hav? made no pact with President
Gomez, as some newspapers have -i.ii-d.
In an Interview with th* president l ?greed
io use my Influence with th.- memhrrs of
the National ?'ouncil Of Veterans with Hie
purpoee that -resolutions might be adopted
to end the ?igttatlon. so far as it was un?
derstood hy soil!.? persons that tills agita?
lion contributed to the sending of the n?)lo
by the American government.
Rights of Veterans Asserted.
General Nunez is still disposed to pre?
serve the veterans' organization and
affirm tho constitutional rights of army
officers and members of the Rural Ooard
to attend the veteran meetings. In thij
he apparently has the support of a ma?
jority of the veterans. At a meeting In
the Veterans' Club to-day. whi?-h was
attended by many prominent revolution?
ary generals, the sentiment strongly fa?
vored a c??ntinuance of tha ngitatiou
against the holding <-?f offl?*e by so-called
traitors and guerillas, who formerly wero
activai*" opposed to the cause of Cuban
Independence, but it was decided to foreg<>
further activities in view of the present
crisis, which is considered perilous to
Cuban nationality.
The veterans are disposed to believe
this ?ourse will not provoke American
"pposition, it not being consldened con?
trary to the provisions of the I'latt
amendment, which gave the United
States the" right to preserve ord?;r n
Cuba. Colonel Corondo made a motion
at the meeting that a circular be sent to
all veteran clubs Instructing them to ab?
stain from all measures, except such ad
I are expressly warranted by the regula
t:ms of the association, and that the
veterans should confine themselves to
report i- evidence aK.ilnst objectionable
officeholders an?! refrain from any action
which would compel their resignation.
Th>? motion also called for the ?jsu
anc. of a manifesto exculpating the Vet?
erans' Association from any responsi?
bility for the state of affairs resulting
from the presentation of the American
note.
Colonel Aranda offered a motion to
sen?! a commission of veterans to Wash?
ington to explain their attitude to the
government and remove the Impression
that the veterans are responsible for
the prenant cr?ala. No action was taken
on either of the motions.
Generals Confer with Gomez.
A largtj, number of revolutionary gen?
erals from all parts of the Island, the
most prominent of whom was Mario
Mcnocal. Secretary of Justice, held a
1 >ng conference this afternoon at tho
palace with President Gomez. Greet in?
terest attached to the gathering. While
no official statement has been given out
concerning it, General Menocal, when
leaving the pala? e, said that President
Gomel had requested all the conferr.es
to give their views on the best course to
pursue. He said that no definite policy
had been adopted, but that tho utmost
harmony characterized the gathering.
All those pi csent, General M?nocal
?aid, agreed that it was the duty of
Cubans to face the present emergency
by sinking political considerations and
loyally unite in giving aid to Presi?i.tot
Gomez in compelling obedience to the
constitution and laws of the country, and
avoiding the faintest excuse for Amer?
ican Intervention, He said that another
conference would probably be held to?
morrow, a3 a considerable number of
gen? rals from distant districts had not
arrived ir. the capital.
After the conference Preshlent Gomez
pave a dinner for the visiting generals
and many notable Cubans, Including the
met?beri of u%* Cabinet and Vlce-Pree
ident Zayas.
A curious feature of the dinner was
the presence of General .Monteagudo and
General Pino Guerra. This was the first
meetiiirT of these rivals ?ince the at
laanptad eaaaealMatloa last year of l'tno
Guerra, as he Of** leaving the I'tesident'a
palace. Guerra openly charged at tha
time that the attempt at assas-,(nation
had been instigated by Monteagudo, who
afterward succeeded him a? commander
of the Cuban army.
Appeals have been made to President
Gomez for reinstatement of officeholder!!
who were ejected under suspension of
the civil service law In consequence of
charges by veterans that they were of
unpatriotic antecedents. If these ap?
peals are rejected the appellants purpo ??*?
to take their cases to the Supreme Court.
From various parts of the island to?
day reports were received of the dis?
banding of veteran clubs,
Washington. Jan. 10.?Reports re
i.hed at the State Department from
Cuba to-day indicated that the situa?
tion had improved.
i e>
SISTER OF JUSTICE WHITE DEAD.
Lexington, Ky.. Jan. 19. ? Miss Ely?
Whit?, tdettr ?if Chief Justice Edward
White of the Bupreme Court of the United
States, died at a sanatorium here to-night.
Shi w as sixty v. ars of age.
MAIL'.ARD'S BREAKFAST COCOA.
Finest winter drink of all. "It satisfi???
and keeps cut Uie cold." l?ouily piepartJ.
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