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M:\V-Vom. TUESDAY. APRIL 2. 1912.-FOURTEEN PAGES. ? ? PRICE ONE CENT
lu fit) of New York, Jersey City and
Kl >i H HI Kl. TWO CLNTS
IK BILL DEATH
F
Dr. Ira S. Wile Says Low Grade
Product Would Cause Death of
Hundreds, Perhaps Thou?
sands, of Little Ones.
WOMEN'S CLUBS PROTEST
All Organizations Interested in
Reducing Infant Mortality
Send Appeals to Gov?
ernor Dix Not to
Sign Bill.
?If Governor Dix siens the Wheeler
bill, aimed to abolish the milk standard,
hr will sien at the same time the death
warrant of hundreds and perhaps thou
fand? of hables In the coming summer
months."
Such was the statement made yester?
day by Pr. Ira B. Wlls, of the New York
Milk Committee.
"Not only "HI ,f <-&"** the deaths of
large numbers of babies in this city,"
said Dr. Wile, "but su. h will he the i ase
throughout the state No more vicious
blow *??* *ver al!1irrl at the "ork "f
saving the Uvat of helpless infants.
?Let that bill become a law and do
what the Health Commissioner would
he cou-..-: never offset the effect on the
babies of the low grade milk which
would most assuredly come into this
city Every effort which has been put
forth In tht last twenty-five years to
reduce Infant mortality would be nulli?
fied by such a law.
"I not only believe the dlarrh?al dis?
eases among children?known commonly
as summer complaint?would Increase to
an alarm.ng extent with the introduc?
tion of the low grade milk, but I think
It would tncrtaat the contagious dis?
eases, and toward the latter part of the
summer would bring about a wholesale
Increase of t>phoid fever."
Ask Health Officers to Protest.
Paul K. Taylor, .?secretary of the Milk
Committee, which was the first organi?
sation to protest against the hill, said
yesterday that the committee had sent
telegrams to health officers in a Largo
number of Jtles upstate asking them
to protest to Governor Dix against the
measure and to join the cry for a pub?
lic hearing, at which the bill could b
tbaroaghly thrashed out and an effort
made to find out Just who was behind
It and why it should have been Jammed
through the Senate at the last minute,
with no chance for debate.
Health Commissioner Lederle reaf?
firmed yesterday his statement of the
night before that he ?as absolutely op?
posed to the bill and that he had asked
the Corporation Counsel to oppose it.
If the Governor signs the bill, Commis?
sioner Lederle said, he would do all in
his power to prevent the sale of any low
grade milk In the city.
"While It wojld he impossible to trace
the low grade milk to Its source," eald
the commissioner, "It would be possible
to prosecute any dialer who sold milk
that did not come up to the standard.
Commissioner Lederle said that
Deputy Commissioner Flanders of the
State Department of Agriculture had
appeared before the Committee on Agri?
culture of the Senate and had advocab d
the passage of the bill.
The Health Commissioner said that he
?as the sole opponent In 1910 of the
bill passed by the Legislature and signed
by Governor Hughes, reducing the total
solids In milk from VI to ll'.? per cent.
Tht Board of Health had ruled that
milk sold in this city should have a \'l
per cent total of solids. The board w;is
forced to amend Its ruling.
"I do not believe this bill will greatly
affect the city, but it will affect the
?Ute. As I have already said, I am op?
posed to It. It Is a bill, however, which
seems to have the sanction of the State
Department of Agriculture."
The Commissioner said he understood
that the bill had been considered at the
instance of the tmall dealers. But he
*??? at a loat, however, to find a reason
*hy such a measure should have been
rushed through the Senate at the last
minute.
Women Working Against Till.
From every organization Interested In
the work of redi? mg infant mortality
h<tve eamt protests against the signing
of the pill. The mule committee of the
Sute Federation of Women's Clubs
KotesU-J t-. (?overnor Dix yesterduy
*??inn what It called a most vicious
measure. The Bureau of Municipal Be
?earch sen: the following telegram to the.
Governor:
m^*. children of New York Stat? aie the
??"U U-n-n.-iaile? .,t pan sups taKen by
i.i?, . '"ldl authorities to improve and
ri ,. n"' niilk supply- The children will
?Jtlw ?ictliiij. of the Wheeler bill if ap
?'yV. ,v >'" "I it become law ?i-aleis
.?' ?''on value" consumers with Impu
?t>. ?ii.i, >s prevented by local authorities,
?J"W*>r??"?PPfd.or comptent
rtgoroii
iki
n TliK sudden attempt to
r?L?? la'. I;,w '?? removing the penal
?? w '!? b si proof that t)i? penal
*??se should stay. The milk supply Is
ana . ',' ""' "huiild lie governed by statt
?nd rot local regulations.
". roN?.,.,f,nl> 1||Ki fi;)t ymj V((0 (hf!
?r .T hl" ah vicious, against the lntei. ?t
?" tli* people ot the state and of benefit
!"?'?> th. dealer*, who will profit at the
?!*nhe o? ai!.
No reply v.as received yesterda) by
the New York Milk Committee In an
??er to its telegram to Governor Dix
<"n Saturday asking for a nubile hear?
ing.
w* hav> always kept a sharp looh
""' for any blllg which aimed t.. Inter
???with the ?,11k supply." said Psul B.
?Mor, s.ireiary of the committee, "and
*' would have made a strenuous fi*;ht
*? ?his bin if we had had any Intimation
"?t It was to be considerad We knew ,
-*?'0? "f h until we Haw tht am.ounce
*"t that it bad be? n rushed through!
P****te and gant ta the Oovtrnor for
6ls??Kh?ture."
J' *as learned nt the liaalth DeftirV
'r,t yesterdaj tnat there were ? nun
T f,I nnlk dealers in this city whose
?J* ?apply was barely Inside the pro
m** ih.? such dealers, it we
'? ?hen the total of solids was \ ? ?.,
%*nt; k*f't '"''i" ?upply at ?. point barely
J"0*? It. and when it had .o reduced
, ?JJi Ihej i.r.d followed the same
?"Ursa in regard to that.
I
MRP EDWARD BROWN AL80P
Who before her recent maniate to In
elderlv husband was Eflle Pope Hill, <
Georgia. She va.? nineteen and he se'
enty-flve Mr Aleop has conveyed pro|
erty worth f3.fV0.fi00 to his sons, and h
young wife Is In a Connecticut sani
l oil urn
AISOP DEEDS $3.000.0(111
10 HIS YOUNG SON!
Papers Signed on Day Befon
Marriage to Miss Hill Filed
in Pittsburgh.
NO SHARE FOR GIRL BRIDE
Regarded by Friends as Partly
Confirming; Reported Estrange?
ment of Couple?Wife at
Sanatorium.
[Py T>lenr.-iph \n The Trll un? 1
Pittsburgh, April 1.?Edward B. Alsop
seventy-five years old, a wealthy retired
steel manufacturer of Pittsburgh anc
Washington, fllerl a deed here to-day
transferring to his young sons, Harold
P. I", and Edward H. Alsop, property
valued at more thHn 18,000,000. Th<
deed was dated February 14, the da?
before Aloop marrie.1 ||iaa Eflle Pope
Hill, of ? ?confia, and Is regarded b>
friends of the husband as confirming at
hast ?n part the reported estrongeme ,t
of the nowly wadood couple bocauoe 61
the Stipul?t lone of the document that
Mrs. Alsop shall in no way share In *h'<
Income from the property either during
her husband's life or after his death.
The deed was (lied to-day In the city
deed department and provides f"r ?
trust, of which Mr. Alsnp and Reese D.
Alsop are trustees. Alsop is to draw the
rents and all prollts during hie life, and
Diese upon his death are to go to the
sens named.
The property includes valuable Mctlom
in the business lection Of the city, a plot
of five acres in the Shady Side district
and another of fourteen acres in the
fashionable H<iu!rre! Hill residential sec?
tion.
Surprise Ro-na"ce of Season.
The marriage of Alsop and Miss Hill,
of Washington, was the surprise ro?
mance of the season In Pittsburgh. New
York and Washington, the mlllionlare
having mot his fianc?e In the last named
city, where he spends most of hit? time.
Mrs. Hill, OH hearing the early rumors
of the engagement, strenuously opposed
the match? but she was handily outwit?
ted by the aged lover and her young
daughter.
It was first planned that th? wedding
should take place on March 13, but the
young girl balked and declared that sha
would not be married on the supposedly
unlucky date.
The we Jlng." the young bride ex?
plained after the ceremony, "was to
hove been held en March 18, as was pub?
lished, but We ?hanged It because I did
not want to be married -<n a 'hoodoo
day.' "
Just prior to the wedding Aloop's two
sons, both of whom n? older than their
stepmother, were reported as being very
much opposed to the notch.
Calls Stepmother a Pippin.
"Hol" and "Ned" Alsop, the former at?
tending Harvard and the latter QfotOB
School at the time of the nuptiale, how?
ever, discounted this report after a fly?
ing visit to see their father's new wife.
Harold, v. !i< n asked an opinion of his
mot In r, replied:
Say, fellows? shew a pippin, a regular
peacberlno, and If pop doesn't keep his
eyes open mamma and I will elope."
Recentlya after a forty-five-day honey?
moon, the Alsops returned home, and,
it is said, separated Immedletely, the
bride going to a Connecticut sanatorium
and her husband supposedly to Pitts?
burgh. Il WOS variously reported that
Mrs. Alsops mother had declared and
denied that ber daughter never would
rejoin her buchend. Aloop was sought
here fof confirmation or denial of HiHr
reported estrangement, but escaped all
reporters, his cloSSOt friends denying
knowledge of his whereabouts.
Those ?lose to the retired steel man
express the opinion thai the deed of
transfer filed to-day was an ante-nuptial
agTeenteni domonded by the Aloop fam?
ily to protect themselves from losing
their expected inherit a n<e, part of whi? h
1. presents property which was lefi by
the first Mr? Alsop. They also express
ihe priv?te opinion that it confirms th?
,.,.,,,,? of hi estrangement between 11?*?
millionaire end hin young wife.
nfatereury, Coon.? April l. Mir. Edward
i ., \ihop is in Utchneld, under the core of
p_ j j Huel, in the Buel Sanatorium
! Those ?lose to Mrs. Alsop s;<v ehe selected
Mi- iiiiei-i because or the preeeno there of
intimate friends whom ."he migbl see dally.
j This ?ventai Mra Alsop' denied the rt
1 ported breach with her husbsn I, and said
Isii.- was In Mt'bfleiii to recuper?te and to
Kvt a niucb OOOOOd rent.
DROP MAN 41 El
AFTER ROBBNG1
i
Brooklyn Produce Mrchant Vic
tim of Mysterious Hold-Up
in Broad Dayiith! in
Busy Sectioi.
THIEVES MAKE $1200 HAUI
Victim Was on His Way to Ban]
When Two Men Attacked
Him ?Tells of ?rip in
| Wagon and Fall
Through Spree.
Bobbed of $1,200, DOUnl, Ragged fin?
dropped forty feet into ? railroad CUl
where he remained aboil live or si:
hours- this was the esperance s Brook
l.v n man had yesterday. The robber:
occurred In the district. Kar the Busl
Terminal in bmad dayllgtt- In fact, n
iho noon Imur, when th- s'reets wen
crowded with people am wagons, bur
Irying to complet? their t.sks before tiv
: noon whistle blew When the man wa;
taken befor he was dnpped into ?in
ravine he does not know for the enfin
affair is closely t rapped n mystery.
He is Rohen il Cooser, thtrty-twi
vears old. a wholesale rroduce dealer
with ? place of business al the Bus?
docks, at 47th street. Bouth Brooklyn
Ho lives with his wife and child r.t No
586 Decntur street. Mr Cooper Is ?
successful business man, and It Is evl
dent that the bandits who nttai had bin
knew of his prosperity.
He re elved a telephone m?ssi<<
shortly before noon yesterday purptXt
ing to be from one of his customers 01
Second avenue.
"If you'll d'-^p in while you are ?i
your way to the bank I'll pay you tha
bill, and it will save me the trouble r>
coming around there.'' the manage rar
Mr. Cooper was on his way to tbi
Fiatbush Branch of the corn Exchanf
Bank, with $1.2"0 In bills and chocks ?i
his Inside pocket, and thought he nilgl.
as well --t .o f,,r tho payment and depon!
it with tin- ot her money.
He wound his way In and out Btnonj
the wagons and people, his thoughts ben
on hi? buslneaa. At the corner of 44t!
street and Bevond avenue he looked ui
sharply, for two non were right in fron
of him. Bef?te he could sav anythnu
one of them struck him In the cheat, h<
thlnhS with a piece of lead pipe, for h<
Immediately lapsed Into unconsciousness
When he recovered consciousness h?
found himself flat on his buck, truaaoi
and gagged. Thet, was a ?'loth over hi'
fare that half Shaded his eye? He hear
a number of voices, and then he bean
a man ?ay:
"I don't think he'll coin" to noon."
"No. I hit him an awful wallop," said
another voice.
Carried Away in Wagon.
Mr. Cooper kept his eves closed, }?'?>
lng the worst, lo- still feigned uncoil
?dousness. The conversation continu-':
a few minutes, and then a cloth whs
bound tightly over his eves Ht fell
himself lifted up and carried somt dl
tance and then laid down hk-tIii He
could tell by the creak of wheels and
the stamp of ? horse's feel thnt he w is
In a wagon. Tin men mounted the mi'
OBS threw a heavy blanket over the re?
cumbent form on the floor of the wagon
Mr. Cooper Wat almost stillet. All his
Joints were stiff and sore and the jrae;
in his mouth pained him fearfully. On
the wagon rattled ?aid every time the
winds struck an obstruction the man
was Jolted and brulfOd against the
hard boards
At last the vehicle stopped Mr.
Cooper felt himself lifted out again. One
man took his feet, the other his load.
He was only half conscious then, but
suddenly, with a shock of horror, he fell
himself falling.
"I fell, and I fell, and I fell. ? though?
I would never stop falling. Oh, God, it
was terrible!" he said to the detectives at
the Fort Hamilton station last night.
It was after S p. ni. when Dennis Mn
honey, of No. 366 69'h street, was cross?
ing the bridge over the Long Island Bail
road's 40-foot cut at Fifth avenue and
<57th street. He heard a man moaning,
?topped to listen, and then climbed down
the steep sides. At the bottom he found
Mr. Cooper, still bound and gagged
Fortunately the only trains that pass
along are freights, and there are few of
these The victim WSJ found about one
hundred feet west of the bridge, and it
is thought he must ha?e rolled this dis?
tance In his struggles.
Ifahoney got two other men and they
helped Mr. Cooper out of tho cut. Ha
wna in h pitiable i oaditlon when the
patrol wagon came and took hltn to the
Fort Hamilton station, where i>r. Car
ter, of the Norwegian Hospital, patched
up his bruises ami i Uta As soon as be
had revived sufflctentl) Detective Lieu?
tenant Thomas Flay and a ?quad of
men began to question him. His brother,
Hedle) Coopei, who Is studying for the
ministry and Is In charge of a church
at Greenwood Lake, Long Island, ar?
rived and helped to care for the Injured
man.
Not All Money Taken.
Mr. Cooper ?as able to give a fairly
food description of the men who at?
tacked him. athOUgh he was taken by
surprise when iht assault occurred On?
peculiar featurt of the robbery was that
t6Q m cash an?1 two checks in a pocket
book and a wallet In his hip pocket were
left to him. an< his watch, pin and ring,
valued together at $9O0k were undis?
turbed The railroad CUt Is at least two
miles from the scene of the attack.
?AMERICANS HELD CAPTIVE
1 Three Hundred Mexican Bandits
Detain Party of Miners.
La cross-. fttfl , April 1. Harry- Cnnk
lln, of this ?l.v. In a letter smuggled
i through the revolutionary lines from
i Lluvia de Oro.Chihuahua, Mexico, to his
j mother, in tab" i Ity. aaya that he and a
j party of Americana are held captives
there hv abou 100 Ifexloan bandits and
j that their live- ate in danger.
Thjiletter'vwssdated March It. Lluvia
i de 'tT? Is a m?uII seulement of American
miners.
LICKING THE CREAM OFF THE BABY'S MILK
The rt suit of the Wheeler bill, passed by Tammany and some upstate Republicans.
The Third Generation
A Western story extraor?
dinary, by one who
knows ihe West to-day
as it really is-hLMORE
ELLIOTT PEAKE in
Next Sunday's Magazine
New-York Tribune
FRESH FISH BY AEROPLANE
Restaurant Man Flics 20 Miles
for Supply Every Friday.
[Bj T' ;-k .?pi. i" The Tribun* ]
Janeeville, Win., April 1. The first
airship commercial route in amerlcs has
been started by Conrad McDonald, e
local restaurateur ami aeroplane ama?
teur. Every Frldaj he makes a trip
twenty miles by airship from ills home
lier- to Lake Kosh* >'i mg, where he gets
a supply of fish for the PYtday demand.
il.- began his nips in March, ami th*
airship fish line, as It Is .ailed here,
promises so to develop a taste for fresh
flab that he will ha\e t.? start another
ftylng machine to supply the demand.I
The machine Is one of his own df-slgnlnj;.
BANDITS AT WORK IN PARIS
Youths Lie in Wait for Bank
Messenger Carrying $200,000.
Paris, April 1 Several haridltB. armed
with revolvers, unsuccessfully tried to
roh n messenger of the iiank of Prance
carrying; v_'< ? i,< m m ? in s crowded street In
the centro or Paris to-day.
Two arrests were, made, hut the pris?
oners proved to he tw > irrest orisihl"
youths? whose headi apporentlj had
boon turned by reodlag the accounts of
recent robberies. Thi y were seen loiter?
ing for a long time outside a hank where
the Hank of Frenes wsoosnger collects
n large sum ?m the tlrst of the month.
Tho prose- uiion faced a IorhI dilemma
hoconos of the fact that, although they
admit they Intender to roh the messen
ger, they committed no act which could
he conHtrued into beginning to put their
plan Into operation. According to French
law. Intentions <lo BDI constitute a crime,
ami it Is believed (hut no ca.se can be
established against the accused youth*
e
CUMMINS MAY WITHDRAW
Taft's Capture of Iowa Likely to
Have That Result.
; B) Tclinrapli 10 Tlie Trlhun- ;
Den Mom- ?? Iowa, April 1.?All doubt
of Toft's control ?f six of the ??lev mi
Congress districts tnd tho Stall' of Iowa
wan settled to-day, when Clinton County?
in the 2d dl.strii t, and the COUOUgOl In
Cedar Rapids, I.Inn County, In the 5th
district, went for Taft The country
districts had previously boon for the
President
ThiB insure? the two dlHtrl? ts, control
lof the state convention, election of na?
tional oelegateo*et'large and an unqual?
ified Indorsement ?f the President
Mr. Cummins 15 so effectually Him
I lnated that hi done friends here to?
night intimate he will withdraw his
name an candidat* rather than go before
the national convention with a minority
deleKatlon fron, his own state. H>- 'ias
?o far only two del?gate?.
t>EWEY S OLD BURGUNDY <t CLARETS
.. ?,?'. !?'.'.?'.? ?.??'?flhrn? Brain nn.1 Ho<l
Ad L * t?U*NS C0'1JiFuil?"3l.1N.l
EXPRESS MES SHORN
BY Di? HOE BILL
Adamson Measure, Fr?sh from
Committee. Curtails Charges
for Transportation.
MAY BE REPORTED TO-DAY
Maximum Cost, Varying with
Distance, Fixed?Co-opera?
tion on Rural Mail Routes
Also Provided.
. Stem The Trit.un? Burean 1
Washington. April 1, The Adamson
I 111 regulating the rates which may b*>
charged i>v express companlee for the
transportation of packages or parcele
not exceeding eleven pounds in weight
will h.' the next drastic rate legislation
roiortci to the House i>y the Committee
on Int?ntate end Foreign Commerce.
Chairman Adamson said to-day that his
hill probably would be reported by the
committee to-morrow In the event s
quorum ? en he aseembled to take a
forma] vote on the measure.
There ue now half a dozen hills be
fore the Int?ntate commerce Commis?
sion for the redui tion of the alleged ex?
orbitant rates charged by express com?
panies. For several yean Chairman
Adamson las been at work on a scheme
to curtail the transportation i harRcs of
these companies, il" has finally evolved
a bill which, it Is understood, has re
celvi 'I the approval of the majority of
his ?i lleagues on the committee.
The Adamson lull fixes the maximum
raie which may be charged by express
compsnlee, th.- rate varying according to
the distance of the shipment, Between
points not more than two hundred and
fifty tulles apart th.. rate Is fixed at two
c. 1,1 a pound .hi packages not exceeding
eleven pounds In weight Between points
mon than two thousand miles apart a
rate Of 13 cents a pound Is allowed, with
a graduated Scale for distances between
the <T5d-mlle and the ".non-mile zone.
The Adamson hill also contains a pro?
vision Intended to benefit those residing
on rural mail routes. As there are no
expnsa companies on these rural rout" s.
Chairman Adamson proposes a reciprocal
arrangement1 permitting express com?
panies to mall packagn over rural routes
and authorising rural letter carriers to
express packages delivered to them by
moll patron?
Representative Adamson said to-day
that but express rate legislation Is en*
tln ly Indi P' lident of any scheme for the
establishment of a panels poet, and is
Intended solel} to correct the alleged uri
reasonable rates ef tin- companies hold?
ing a monopoly at present over the trans?
portation of small packages.
BECOMES LEADER FOR $20 68
Man Who Chose Cabbage as Emblem
Files Account of Expenses.
DavM Orerrihlatt, who defeated GOSTgO
A. My man ?f tbe primary election last
Tuesday for leed er of the independence
I., nine In tli?' Ith Assembly District by a
vote ?f '" ,0 Sj Ned his account of es
penses yesterday. Oreenbletl is the man
who selected the cabbage as his emblem
on the ballot. His account read:
h pr.MA?r itampi. leiSaadalibes fer
Fio-loi*? . ?>2; W?ltrlieis .-.. It OS
|?Q0 rlgsrl.$2?*lShoe Inther. SIS
6 pmkasf.i < Ifttr ? I Touch?? . 4 60
?>u?h . UlReat (or h?a<li|uar.
Fluid m i?r? at No 4*1
WatrMrs1 cettl ??rand ?treei.10no
ANGOSTURA BITTERS anvOBtf. 111 *f
fv to (rum o.creating.? Advt.
NURSES SAVE PATIENTS
Work with Doctor While Mount
Vernon Hospital Burns.
Through corridors Riled with choking
smoke thirty patients a/are removed
from the Bayra Hospital, in Mount Ver?
non, last Bight. Dr. John J. L'.limott and
his corps of nurses worked nke beavepa?i
getting out the Blck peop'e, who were
clad only In their ntghtclothea and suf?
fered very much from oxposure to the
raw night and the excitement of the fire.
The Bra started in the kitchen of the
! hospital, whii h Is a private Institution
owned by Dr. Stnnott. He heard the cry
of alarm and ran immediately from his
office to the wards. < >ne of the nurse-i
dashed to the telephone and called u,>
Fire Headquarters, but In her excite?
ment she failed to mention which of the
hospital! was on fire. The lire chief
.thought It was the Mount Vernon City
Hospital, and turned in that number,
and all tho fire companies dashed hur?
riedly to the wrong place. This gave
the tire in the Sayre Hospital good head?
way, and by the Uma the department
arrived Dr. Stnnott and his nurses were
doing their bravest againal big odds.
The head of the Institution carried out
four women In his arms. Handing the
first one to the people In tin- crowd out?
side, he pulled his coat collar up around
his face, and ran back to get another,
until he had taken all four out. Then
he went back and brought out two
babies, one under each arm.
APRIL FOOL FANCY KILLS
Crowd Thought Painter Was
Joking Till He Fell 150 Feet.
[Bf T'loRraph to The Tribun? 1
Atlanta. April L?The fact that this
.vas April 1 cost Luther Williams his
life when oie of the ropes SU| porting
the slender platform on which he was
painting the smokestack of the Georgia
Railway and Electric Light Company gave
way late this afternoon. Making a des
paratt clutch, he caught the other rope,
and held to U for about ten minutes,
curing which he screamed and struggled,
while a great mob of curious people
watched him from the gtound, 150 feet
below.
lie Is playing an April fool Joke,"
they all said, and their opinion was
shared by workmen who were busy on
other parts of the smokestack.
Finally Willtatiurs body shot down?
ward ami fell through the roof over the
boiler shop Not until he fell did the
crowd realize his peril._
MAY END MURDER MYSTERY
Sailor Said to Have Confessed to i
Slaying Dr. Helen Knabe.
Portsmouth. N. H., April 1?Peth I
Ni?ois, h s?iih'r, who was arrested liefe j
Saturday on a churge of holding up a
bartender to get a drink, has confessed,
the polio? say, to the murder of Dr.
Helen Knabe, at Indianapolis, some
months ago. N'lcols says he did the deed
at the Instigation of another whose
name he declines to give, but says that
be vvas paid $1.900 to do It, according
to the police story.
Ni?ois Is a sailor, twenty-two years
old, and has been In Portsmouth several
times, the last being shortly before the
mysterious murder In Indianapolis. He
came here again last week to visit
friends.
A dlspat-h from Indianapolis said
N'lcols was i.i that city at the time of
the murder and visited his sister.
l?r. Knabe, who at one time was State
! fiactetiologist of Indiana, was found with
I per threat cut In her room? in Indianapolis
last November. The body was almost nude.
(lo motive could be found for the murder.
A SAFE COUGH REMEDY,
j hi>>wn s biuacuMl Iiutut*?uo opiates.?
'Advt.
WS TALE OF
FIGHT FOR POLE
BEAK LONDON
Narrative a Vivid Recorr? nf
Splendid Endeavor. Indom?
itable Courage and Thrill?
ing Adventure.
NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH
Faced Extraordinary Combina?
tion of Adverse Circum?
stances, Luck Being Per?
sistently Against Him
from the Outset.
PONIES ADRIFT ON SEA ICE
Dog Team Falling Into Crevasse, Head
of Expedition Saves Himself Only
by Hanging On to Bridge
Over Which Party Is
Travelling.
fBy Table to Th? Tribun? 1
London, April 2.?Captain Scott's own
story leaves no doubt that the honor of
discovering the South Pole belongs to
his Norwegian rival, Amundsen Th I
disappointment here la very great and
Is only partially relieved by the de?
cision of the newspapers that, like trie
Oxford and Cnmbridge struggle on Sat?
urday, there was no race.
Scott's narrative is B vivid record if
splendid endeavor, Indomitable courage
and thrilling adventure Terrible
weather and an accident robbed him of
many ponies and dogs, and from first
to last he had to face an extraordinary
combination of adverse CtrcumstetK M.
The story of the expedition is con?
tained in long statements In diary form.
The first, dated October 3<>, covers the
whole of the period between January
and October, 1011. the period of prep?
arations for the actual march to the
Pole from the base at IfcMurdO Sound
The second statement covers the variOUO
Stages of the march up to January '{,
when the party was ?n latitude s" df
grees 82 minutes?that Is. within on
hundred and fifty miles of the FYde.
Luck has been persistently agains
Captain Scott from the outset, and dur
ing the preparatory stages of the ?x
pedition in February, 1011, he hlmsel
had a narrow escape from death whll
returning ro Ids base camp on the ??
barrier. Uta ?og team suddenly fell int
a sjsevasse, sjod Captain Scott was onl
eaved by hanging on to th*?bridge OVO
which the party was travelling.
This, however, was but the first of hi
troubles. On March 1 the ice broke i
all around the camp, forcing the s'edg
party to beat a hurried retreat. Th
men were rescued without much diffl
culty and the sledges and loads wer
also saved, but four of the stronger
ponies were adrift on a sea of loe, ani
three of them wer.' lost.
Dogs Stricken with Disease.
Afterward his dogs' were stricken wit]
a mysterious disease, from which tat
er?il died at the end of September.
The first Antarctic telephone came int
use when Scott established COtnmUntCO
tion with his headquarters at Hut Point
over a distance of fifteen miles. Bvery
thing was now ready for the SOUthen
journey, and though the motor sledgt
did not work very satisfactorily on It?
sea ice, Scott Insists that there Is a gre.i
future for them in the work of Antarcts
exploration.
The loss of the ponies was a crea
handicap, and for this reason a tina
dash for the pole had to be delayed un
til very late In the season. Eventuell]
a start was made from Hut Point oi
November 2, the party consisting o:
S.ott. I>r. Wilson, Captain Oates. Lieu
tenant Bowers, Mr. Cherry (?arrard
lurgeon Atkinson. Mr. YVrlRht and
Petty officers Evans, ?'ream and Keo
hane.
Adopts Night Marches.
With the object of husbanding the re?
sources of his ponies Scott decided to
adopt night marches and rest during the
daytime so that the ponies might get
whatever benefit was to be derived from
the warmer weather.
The motor sledge party had cone aheai
five days pre?'iously, but before Scott's
party had covered sixty miles they found
that the motors had been abandoned.
In face of the blizzard the party pro?
ceeded sou:'award, and One Ton Camp
was reached on No\ ember I?.
They had already been Joined by th-?
dog team, and a stay of one day eras
made at ?me Ton Camp to give the
dogs and ponies a rest.
In view of the heavy loads to be car?
ried and the losses of animals, Pcott
limited his night marches to fifteen
miles, and this speed was maintained for
a week.
The motor party was at last overtak?
en, and though the motors had broken
down through the overheating of tlv
air cooled engines, Scott is convince?]
that that system of motor propulsion
in the Antarctic is entirely satisfactory;
Five Ponies Sacrificed.
The dispatch from latitude S 37. dated
December in. states that five ponies had
to be sacrificed to provide food for the
dogs, and as the party continued Its
southerly course the weather became
very bad. Fierce snowstorms were en?
countered and at times It was Impossible
to see land Nevertheless, the latitude of
S3:24 was reached on December 4, and
but for the weather becoming worse
Captain Scot thinks he could have
reached the Beardmore Glacier with five
ponies on December 5. As it was, how?
ever, his progress was seriously Inter?
fered with by a violent gale.
The snowfall was so heavy that the
party was kept busy digging out pont??
and tents. The storm lasted four days
and the depth of wet snow was so great
that the party would not have been able
tu advance further but for the fact that