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Rain to-dav and to-mornm.
Moderate ea?t to ?, mtiu i-t wteate.
NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1913.-18 PA6ES.
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1>I1 l/'l-" /?XT"L' *"iV VT In (llr of New Vork,.leraey (Ht and Hoboken.
I 1(11 l\ U.N F1; l. f'SS 1 KKSKMHKHK TWO CENTS.
WILSON IN CROWD;
SAYRES DODGE IT
President Here for Football
Game and to See Bridal
Couple Off.
NEWLYYVEDS ESCAPE
IN BAGGAGE ROOM
Flec to Automobile and Waldorf
During Battle of Sleuth and
Rcckless Camera Man.
nt Wilson cnnie to New Tork
last Blghl with tba twofold IMirpoaa <>f
biddlng bon voysga to hte daughter
and aon-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Franris
B. Bayre, and Of seilng to-day the rir.-t
Annj and Navy football game t<> ba
played n New Vork. Ma apenl the
ai tho boms of his old flisnd,
. M. Houaa, in East 35th
street, thi Bral night that ho has apeni
in thla It) Miu-e his Itmuguratlon.
After dlnner with Coiomi Houaa he
attended a perfornwuice <>f "Potaah and
? ? ' al the ("onan Thaatra
the Piaaldenl arrlvad at the
nia station, ahortly after
k. he found a t>;g 1 rowd i>f
I waiting for B gllmpse of
Ui | Mra S|i\i<'. They wara dleap
I owaver, for, although the
iple were In tha Prealdentlal
party they walted ln the car until the
crowd had dlaairpearod, and were then
UlK' ? the baggage room to a
. where they entered tha
r Colonel Houaa, the
of whlch had Inatructlona to
drlvi to thi '."aldorf. lt was denlcd at
the hotel that the ne/wlyweda w._re
however.
Sees Camera Battle.
The Prealdent received ? l*earty
i he cmerged from the ata
. ? | itornoMlc wlth
Eleanor Wilson, his youngeal
daughter; Miss Marjorie Brown, who
waa one of tha bildeamalda al the wed
"uesday, and Dr. Caty Gray
:\al ald, who composed the
Preoident'a party, with the addltion of
i p. Tumulty, bla prtvate aecre
-
As the Prealdenl was passing through
tha ? wltneaaed a brief
? of tba Becrel Ber?
. mj a photographer who had
?Bt ofl ihllghl in order to gel a
ra of the party. The Prealdi nt,
;. gori "i veteran la
the flashlight brlgade, didn't nilnd tba
tlat-h aa inu- !i as the Sc-ret larvfce
man, who rushed over nnd Bwattad the
|,h,i ig] .]'.;?-r who had vtOlated expllclt
- in aettlng off the flashlight
Thi ? I wi nt at once to the
? i Houaa, whlle Mlaa
eaaor Wilson an?i Miss Brown wenl to
tbe Waldorf, which seemed to connrm
Itory that the newlyweds had gone
there, too. After dinner tbe Prealdenl
? theatre.
Cheered by Audience.
Presldenl Wilson and his party oo
Cupted th< lower lefthand stage boX,
wbicb waa draped wirli Aineri, an flaga
Be r-.. bed the theatre lifteen minmes
before the curtain roaa, but was qulck
OgnJaad and chcered. Thl n
anotrur demonstration as he left llie
theatr', which was added t<> by tne
f flre et ginea on th? ir way io
i ?
ln addition to the PrealdeBi and Mlaa
l Wilson. thope in th<=- boa vrare
nd Mrs. Houte and Mr. .md
Mrs. : idle; pjoid Malone. Thl Pl
return to ?v*aabia*rton on the
Budmght train to-nlght. lt is wlils
per that after se'ing the football
he wiii go to aaotbar theatre in
the evening. lt was amiounc'ed last
nigi-.t that the PrasMeftl arlll attend do
i] conferencea whlle h're.
v me of thoae who casae to attend
th, game are, of tba Araa) Captaln
t'eattnawd SS third page, aeeond eolunin.
This Morning's Neivs.
LOCAL. Page.
Wiii i aa \ res riera. l
^ Vaalahea Again. l
? in Bttike Riol. 1
1 Rob Two m < 'ar. 1
'lan Maaaaaci e._. 2
?x Doa Orand Jury. a
i ,i Artna on stnp. a
? wi. 3
?k- Corpua W'tit for /.elaya. 3
n Republican Confareace.... 3
. ' hief" Is Told. 3
^v Bl ?'...''. laspects lliirhnr. 5
- Wrecker, Free To-da\... 5
I iyi Oallaghar. 5
? .- "Cooaine Klng". 8
? l iriimi.v Archltect, itesd.. 9
Blg p..- -? r,rm |-8||v.X8
? " i." Tralna *'rash.18
OEBEJtAL.
ii of Chihuahua_ l
Mayor Bhank Hesigns. 1
waaklngton'a Burvaylag Perfscl. l
Man Battlaahlpa Orderad te Mexico.. a
Mezlco city Heara of vletarta'a Fall.. a
?eAdoo -?? te Reaaaure Banka.... 4
aaarderi L'rgei Clossr ttotetlona. 4
i. ing Inquiry Broadena. 4
taeaeral Etectrli Btrlke Bnded. 5
:.,. k i" Washingtoa. . e
FOUEIGN.
Washlngton l.etter l'etehes |9'">. 3
BrittehXifllcera to stand Trial. 3
Chrry i ikM to DajbUa.... 3 |
MIBCELLABTEOVS.
Kewi for Woman . Bl
A"nv ;,:,.) Navy. 6 j
''??'ireh Na.wa. 7 1
. 8;
. . . 9
Beal, . 91
."'lt':;," . g
'?i:?l Bl .10 lll'l 11 '
.18 and 13 j
st''l'P!ni' .13
W,
?thi .13
l and Markets .1* and 16
***! i:*tate .18
KAMl'KL L. BHANK.
Rain Promised
for Big Game
Rain. (Ii-in.il rain. wa- predh teil laat
nl?ht Bry the vtealher foreca-ler for the
Arm.i-Navy foiitlialt came to-ili?> .
Ihe . adet. of \t e-l Poiiit anil th*
miiNhipiiicii ,,f AimapolU ?lll niarch on
the ____?__? ?liortl.v fiftcr 1)18 ,,'clo, I*.
lln K'liine .?i11 he , ulled pn>m|itl- at
I ..'< lo, U _) V\. S. | angfaid tlie referee.
Ihe Polo l.roiiiid- ma., he reai heil hv
Ihe Mheray IS 19119 -trert and llrond
naj '.a the Bpeaehray esBiauaee, sad bj
Ihe >i\lh or Ninlh mrniie ftevatcd to
19919 r-treet for other rntrnmes.
FIND WASHINGTON
PERFECT SURVEYOR
Modern Instruments Discovcr No
F.rrors in Lincs Run by
Him in 1751.
WMhtngton, Nov. 28. George HVaah
Ington'a aurveylng, done Ib 1731, a
as a lad i.f nlaeti ? n h< ran Hni a Ith
chaln and compaas through tha erllder
neaa of tha Vlrtrlnla hlUa for Lord Palr
fa\. has I---. hecksd up bj govern
menl aurveyoaa who have Jual made
Ihelr raport, a-i.l who found tha erork
i ?? rfect,
WMhlngton - ?' ? *Ith
primltlva Inatrumenta and _*__t_lrei on
hllltopa, left monumenta and boun
dariea Ib whl< h t< ehnicallj educated
gurveyori uaing high power tranalta
and all I - ned modern Inatru
in< nts have beati able to find bo varta*
U'.n.
Krom the top of Middle Mountain, ln
the llaaoanuttan Range, the old Falr
iax line may be dlstingulahed wlthout
the use of instruments. and >an ba fol?
;,,v ed bj boundarj f< bi i - dating from
the earlleal daya and bj blocka of t i i. - -
ber whlch come up from the county
Hnaa and stand oul like aquarea npon a
checker board. Dowb acroaa tha val?
|?y ..f thi BOUth fork nf 'he Shr-naii
d'.ah. as far ns the eyc <an diatingUlah,
the line ahowa plalnly.
Waahli-gtisn'a Burvey biaaea cul into
the trunka of treea and long grown
over have bean radiai loverad, nnd all
ar,-. aeveral faei hlgher fr? the ground
than thoaa tin- aroods-oen of to-day
arould make. S'.m.- authorlt ics con
lehd Waahington mad.- them fr..m lha
aaddle wltb a long-handled axe.
The governmenl haa been reiraclng
the old lincs becauae it la buylng land
through the tanitory arhlch they run
for the new Appalachlan foreal ra
serve
ASKED WHY SHE'S 100
SHE FLOUTS SAVANT
Newark Centenarian. Sayinj; God
Gives Her Age, Itjnores Pro
fessor Fisher's Queslions.
Mrs. Marraret Klddmrj. n vrtdOW,
arho llvaa at Na U!." North 'ith atraat,
Newark, eelebrated her one hinidrrdth
blrthday yeatarday. Helplng her cala
brate erta bar 9-Bj*ty-9eve*-ye8ur?4?_d
alster, Mrs. Annla Oarabrant
Th. r. araa a TiiankstrhIng reunlon
i? the '?Btanarlan- little homa, and
man) called to congratulate her, T'ie
aged woman had cookad a chicken dln?
ner, arlth the Beceaaary vegeUblee, fnr
h.rs.it' and her Immedlate gui ita, wbo
arere har Bdater and thr- latter'a daugn
ter, aon-ln-lnw and ihelr chUdrea.
Many naembers of the North Refoftnad
I'liur. h. of Whlch Mrs. Klddney 19 a
member, i allad l.Bfratttlata har.#
Mrs. Ktddne) rece!vad a lattar "f
rongratulatlon fn.ni Profeaaor irving
Fiaher, of Tale Unlveralty, aaking that
ah>- forw__rd to him a statetnatil aa to
whal bablta and clrcumstancaa she aa_
crlbed her tofigavlty, but she rtdtculed
th? raqueal and said:
"HOW fnii'ilsh ba is! I'm not rcspon
gjble for llvlnf -><> loaf. 11? God wno
han made nv llva ?" lmiK 1*11 not
araita ta him "
L>r-spit?- har raara ami aitnough ?oine
nf bar facutttea ara araitfng, Mrs. Kiiid
ni \ is stUl able t<> attend to. an.i per
i,,riii tin- houaahold dutlea of bar little
hotti. .
A I'onv Kh'SH of i?r. Blegert'e angos
TURA BITTERS daily ib a *plendid toiuc.
? A'l. ?
SHANK RESIGNS;
FACED REMOVAL
Indianapolis Mayor Fore
stalls Impeachment
Proceedings.
CRISIS COMES ON
EVE OF NEW STRIKE
Novel Official Career Brought to
Close Within Month of
F.nd of Term.
Indianapolis. Nov. 28. Rathei than
face Itnpeachmenl proceedlnga Bamuel
Lewia Bhank reslgned Ba Mayor "f ln
dlanapolia thla afternoon, and was
automatii ally aui i et di d bj Harry R.
Walhv e, < Jltj (Jontroller.
A coninilttee of buaim aa men had
prcpared proceedlnga to remove Bhank
from ofllce In case of snj further labor
trouble in the dty, and srhea the
Mayor was told b) labor leaidera ihis
afternoon that ;. atiike "f union team
atera was imminenl he aenl ins res
ignation t" the city Clerk. Bhank'a
term WOUld have expired OD .l.inuar.v 1.
"I feel tha'. 1 did ? ?? I* thing 0*1 niy
part to he fair t" both aldCS during the
racenl streetcar atrike," aald Mayor
I Bhank In announcing hia raalgnatlon,
"bul after the critkism thal has beea
I heaped on tne by Ih. BSfet) board of
the Chamber of Commerci I feel lhal i
probably ? ould noi n taln mj posltlon
aml do niv duty t., thi general public
as Mayor on accouni "t" ihe Mtter feel?
ing that has gTOWn OUl "f the lalior
< ontroversy"
Mayor in Charge of Police.
Mayoi Wallaci laaued a atati n ? nt, ;??
whlch he said: "i ahall domy duty Im
partlall) and fearlessiy. Life snd
property must he protected at what
ever coal and the fair nama of our Itj
restored. BvaT) perBOB h.is a ng! I '
conducl his own l.iislness in his own
WB) BO long as ln dOSS II lawfully. and
i wiii not tolerata any Intarfi n
with it l>> others. '
Mayor Wsllace aald the police altua
tion was si, ritiCSl that he would take
poraonal charge "t Hm departmenl foi
a time. The nea Mayor haa been
promlnent In Republlcan polltlca i"i
Bjome tinv Ha m i vad one terni aa
i'ounty tuditor and is on hia .-- "nd
tei m as countj < halnnan
Mayor Bhaak'a attltude in the recenl
Btraetcar attiko, when he h-t it i
known thal te dM bw a Ish pofli < raen
to ride on tbe cara maanod bj atrlka
breakara. cauaed tbe restgnatlon "t
Martln J. Hylaad Buperlntgndenl ol
Police, and Wllllam E Davla presldanl
i.i the Board of PuWii Bafi tj ,
At ti". t'nsi polioa roii all aftei Hy
land had reslgned Mayor Bhank medi a
?..,. ... ii. in whli h he said in did nol
wiah the patrohnen to rldi on wagona
driven by non-union teamatera If ?
strike ,1. curred. Thla atatemant, ll
aaid, reaulted In the beglnning of prep
arationa to Bla Impeachmenl pr.l?
ii*.. - agalnal the Ma) oi
Shank Piclureaque Mayor.
Bhank la probably tba moal pktu
resque flgure lhal avi r t> cupled lha
Mayor'a offlce in Indlanspolte. He sl -
trai ted much attentlon b) bla handJing
of tin- aaloon problem early In hia ad
mlnlatratlon. Bal.ikeepera who vio
lated th< law were taken before the
Mayor, and In man) instaneca theh
llcensea were aupendad for parloda
varylng from a faw hour: to um
daya One Ba440onke*yper*a Ucenac was
Buspended until ba could show tba
Mayor a iertlfl<at<. Blgned b) B mln- I
ister, that he had attended ehun h.
shank also gained nation-wlde temel
in 1911 hy his light on the hlgh COBt "I
livlng. He found that the city market
was faihng in Ita "iiginal purpoM l"
bring tin- producer am) consumer* to*
gether, and Lmported alxteen carloada
ot' potatoes, which he retalled al T."i
tents a bUSbeL PotatOSa were retail
ing at .*l #0, bul prlcea tumbled "v-r
'nlghl and did not regam their high
rnark during the season. He also aold
fruits, veajetabtea and poultry in <..m
petition with the dty market
He made a flfhl 0B iiiMiraiue rates ;
in the clty, whlch was ratxeeaful ln
eausing a rodu-ction of $200,000 a year. j
He took Rre.it dellght ln performing a |
marriage i < remony. and always turned j
whatever fee he reoelvad ?>\er to the
bride as a pn Benl
The former Mayor BOTVed one term ,
as Rei order of that eounty, and pgfore i
enterlng polith s was an aiutioneer and
atorage house prapriator.
?
SMASHES MASHER IN FACE
Girl Turns Upon Annoyer and
Then Oalls Police.
Ulsi Bells Pankowlta, aeventeen
years old, of No. 1928 Sccond avenue.
waa walklng east in Mth street, he
i ,,,n BOCOnd and Third Hvenues, with
two girl eoinparions at 6:3a last nlghl
when Bhe fell a hand ktld upon her
|.;.. i. Turnlng milckly she found her
... lf looklnsr into the laughlng features
,,( a young man. said i" he Mayer Llp
man, Of So L'"l BbBI llith street. a
manager in a 14th street hat store.
Miss I'ankowltz rebuked him and con
ttnued walklng.
At.out a hundred feel further on she j
waa annoyed a serond time. Ag.iin she j
,,,,,1 about. and' this tlme swting her j
light hand BgalnSl the grlnnlng faee ofl
young Upman. Bha seised him thenj
Bnd BbOUtsd for a poli. eman.
Upman waa belng htdbjr aaad by tbe
croWd that ril.sheil t" the glrl's aid
when Fa'rolman QUOVadO, of the E&sl
"?.I street poltee station. arrlved. Llp
nian was arraigncd in the nlght court.
V
PANAMA CHANNEL BLOCKED
Fresh Oucaracha Slide May Cut
Off Navigation.
I'nnama. Nov. 81.?The fucnracha
slide developed B fresh movrnieiu
doamward to-day. nearly cloalng the
channel arhlch has been malntalned
through the slide for the last six weeka
Thi:: channel has 1 e.-n BUfhclenl tO al
low the pa_BB-f8 of tUga and laumhes
TUgS whlch went through this morn?
lng acraped the bottom for Bavaral hun
drsd feet
A furtber mnvoment of the slide will
protehly reault bi tbe caanplate btock
ade of the channel < me ol tha dredgea
has been moved oul of tha sone of dan
gi r
BANDITS ROB TWO
IN A TOURING CAR
Real tstate Man and Woman
Held Up in Pelham
Parkway.
a tourtng car owned bj Cornellus
Doremua, a realtj agenl al No. SO
chur.h atreel and livlng at No. 51
Weal 87th street. Manhattan. IU held
i,|, ir. I'rlhim IMrkvay. The Bl-BB,
ai i :;n o'clock thta mornlng l?j two
niaskcd tn* m.
I'laciti- revolvera al tha beada of
Doremua, hla young woman campanloa
and the chauffeur. Joaeph I.Bard,
I thej ..ri|. n d all i" make im outcry,
Tbe men then w/aal Ihrough Doremus'a
I... k.-ts. taklng |!ua_ ni ? aah and atrlp- I
1 ptng him of his fowelry. Thaj alao
made thi young woman retnove all her
jeweln ?
Than, wlth aboul II OOM arorth 'if
i, u.-ir> and the caah ll thelr poa ? -
?ton. the men orderad them lo keep
qulel and daabed iBto the wooda.
Aa soon aa the blghwaj men bad tlmi
to dlaappear Ib the gtoom _*eonard
la.cd hla -ar to the West. In ster poUca
Btatlon, where Doremua told his ex
perli ip c to Captaln Pla< e. Thi lal
t. r at on<. -' Bl a Bc/uad of dk U ctlvea
an.i unifonned men oul to Bearch the
? arooda along Palham Parkwaj as far
j south aa rlunter*a laland.
i- -.... found nei ? aaarj lo K"r lha
yotiag woman aith Doremua medical
attentlon, aa ahe had faJnted wiu n tha
hlghwaymen first made th<-ir appi ar
. , , . -rer conaciou ?
j untll afti r rea hli | th< police station.
T, , elected bj the hold-up
, ,?,,, for theli atl f k apon thi auto
j mobile waa ? ravorable one for
I Tl ?? apeedway al thal
Hi ted gnd far frofll B
LEAVES fcENT TO HtS WIFE
Father Remembers Children in
Same Way in His Will.
,,,,, i.,i,, oln i" naj eau b, aa marke I,
... ahow lhal i dtdnM forajei thalr Draa
. n,. rn thla ararld and ln mi mi u.'-ry."
?it,,. above wai the onl) provlaion
urd Bleganer made In his wlll for
hli wlfe, who w ? ? paratad from
,,?,i i,er five chlldran, Mr. Blagi n i b
wiu. h waa Bled Ib Un Burrofatfa.
Courl yeaterday, araa dated November
L..; i-hj ii, ghid oa November 20.
! Mrs Llsaie Bleganer, hla wWow, llvea
i ai Na 23-_J Bet i ntb ai ? Bue.
Mr. Clegi i.. !? lefl his entlre estati lo
lru( frlend." Mrs. laan Wlller, i t
Ho, .,:ii Bergcn av< nua, The Brona
HE'LL CHEER ARMY ALOFT
Sergeant Katzman to Sce Game
from Aeroplane.
Bergeanl Bamuel Katammn, ol thi
artillery eorpa nl Wr"' Patat, uft thia
city for Nyach yeaterday, from whlch
plai ?? he wlll fly hi "n iirm>' av_-t>pl-U_9
,,, ,;,,M-..,ors laland to-day. Tba aai >
ptane wlll U decorated wlth Saga bear
Ing the olora of VtVeet i*'*>*?<- ?">'1 ll is
Bergeanl hUtiunan'a Intentlon to fl)
near Ihe Polo Orounda thla afternoon
while ihe Army-Navj gama la Ua _a-og
reaa,
it a/aa said that be received i- rmla
aieta to make um fllfht, and th.u ba
a/ould start from Oovernor'a laland,
wcath.r permlttlng, to fl) bp tha North
River aoon before tbe gama begina.
jt ls probabte thal Bergeanl Kata
nan Intenda to fly only wltbln vlaw -.f
ti?. ipectatora al th.- football gama, ia
avlatora Uva baan cautlonad by tb9
a.io Club oi Amert a and other organ
iaattona aK-'inst Bylag over large
crowds.
TYPH-TeT-WkES
ENTIRE FAMILY
Parents and Two Children in
Bed III Without Doctor
or Food.
Btrtchan arlth lyiaaold favar, a family
of four aaa fcaind b. bad without doc?
tor or food last night Paul Brendroubl,
foreman af a iishmarkn on Amsterdam
avenue. and livlng al Na. IS*. Amster?
dam avenue, was taken stck about
three weeka ago. He contlnued ta go
to work untll a araab ago, when ba
found H uttrrly imposslbto to fO out
,?f ihe houaa.
A few daya before, bbi aon, Paul,
,_a|m v. Urfl old. had berii tak. n Bfch
, ,h ,il conflned to bla bad. Tba
mother nursed the two untll four daya
SSThen she was baraelf ?trtchen.aad
at the same time the two-year-old
dausrhter l.isio. bacagBja ll-.
"ccordlBg to thelr story last night
ihewhad " doctor In tb9 flrat place,
h ',se.lto .'all after alew'vlslt,
1 v Shbora diacovered thelr pught and
,,,f,,rin.'.l Ihe P_J4ce, Ur. Jac-ol.s, who
'.'as sent fn-m Washin-ton il.-igliia
Koapltal, -aio ?_?? ?'?< .-".?-..??.-. .
trphoid, an- Ihe father and aofl vvere
.:' "li..... conditioii. H. took them
Hospltal, said all were Bufferlng rrora
typboid,
ln seriov..
both lo the hoepltal.
The Bo?rd of Health was mformeri\
?is m? the Charilies tirganlzallon. and
ihe mother and daughter will be car.d
f,,r in thelr apanment
STOVER RESIGNS;
MYSTERY DEEPENS
Missing Park Head Wrltes|
from Cincinnati to Mayor
and Successor.
_
KLINE APPOINTS
LA ROCHE TO JOB:
No Trace of Ex-Commissioner
Nor Explanation of Delay in
Announcinn: Letters.
A brief atatemenl laaued sl the
Mavor's Ofllce Iate yesterds) alt'-r
lioon. announcing thal Mayor Kline
iind received and accepted the reslgns
tion of Charlea B. Btover, the missing
Park Commlasloner, and had appointed
Louis F, La Roche, noa actlng Com
mtesloner; to the placs. wss the tir->'
glMhmer of light on the myatery of
Btover'a sbsence. No Information was
Included in Ihe atatemenl to Indlcati
Mr. Btover'a sjbereabouta bul in a let?
ter a rltten b) blm t" Mr. La Roi he
from Cincinnati, dated November 24,
the absenl Commlasloner sani thal he
had forward'd hia reatgnation to the
Ma)or at tii.it iIma
Mr. I.a Roche said that ln had W?
t-elved 'he Btover letter on ' eddeeda)
mornlng snd informed the ' lyoraboul
,t tbai day. Although 8ti r had been
missing aince October lli snd no word
had heen r. eived frocn him hy hi>
frienda Mayor Kllne, f"r s"me reason
not claar, held up the Information until
Iate yeaterday when hte atatement was
laaued. La Roche said the Mayor had
asked him not t" aa) anything about
the Btoi' r letter.
Letter Withheld Two Daya.
The atatemenl waa laaued from 'he
Mayor'a Bflka after Mr Kllne had lefl
for the day. When aeen lasl nlght
Majnr KHne admitfed that he received
Mr. Btover'a reslgnstion "iate on
u/edneada) afteraoon.'' He aald that
I,.- had heard of ll prior t<> that time
from Mr. La !<"? hi,
"As i was i,,,t at my ofllce on
Thanksgiving dav," said the Mayor, "I
did ii"' make it known then. but I
turned II over to Aastetsnl Becretary
M.iihiws the Brsl thitig this morning
to be given out."
\\'!i. n told that it araa not given out
until Iate in the afternoon tin Ma\i,r
said he could ti"' undeTBtsnd lt. Aeked
if in the mean time he had made any '
Inqutry a* to Mr. La Roche*a retiuisltes
for Hie BOSitioa he said that had not
baen neceaaary, aa ne was confldent the
new Coremtealoner could ti,i thi plaoi
attefactorily. Asked if he knew Mr.
i.a Roche'a polltlca the Mayor said that
be was not sure, bul he pr'-sumed from
ihe fad thal the new park head wis a
brother "f Btah Benator i.a Roche that
be was a Petnocrat
Mr. Btover'a letter to Mr. i.a Roche
wai written on Monday nlghl in t'in
clnnstL i' was written oa a blank
aheet of paper and contalned no ud
dresa There was nothlng ia it '" aa
plaln tha former Commisstoner's long
? or mn reaaon why be had de
clded '" resign. it road aa foilows:
"My Dear Friend ' i Roche: i bave
-. , i. ,i iinclnnatl la my traiela and
wrlta you thla Monda) nlght, Novem?
ber 24, lo ht you know that when thla
letter reachea you my reslgnstion will
be in the handa of Mayor Kllna i
hope he will sppolnl vou aty auccessor,
aml i would therefore a,i\is? thal jwu
,s, .? blm Lmmedlately. Now, lel there
be no further concern about me. in
inv day i have travelled aol a llttle,
and Bffl fully ? ornp'tent tO tnnke my
way anywhere around thla world m
safety. I repeat, therefore, thal th.re
ii. no w "ri v ov i r my trai ela
"Hoping you wiii Bucceed me. r re
main with beal wtehes, to you and '"
aii, algcerely,
"CHARLB8 B. BTl IVER."
Whereabouts a Myatery.
Mr. i.a Roche aald i" aad no idea
where Mr. Stover was stajing m i'in
, innati. II" di'land that Mr. Stover
had never BUggSSted taking tin- atep he
had attd asking for his < I.a Roche'a) ap
poinlni'iii to the plai'?.
Although there have heen reporte
tii.it Mr Btover would nol again be
Indorsed ty aome of tin- persona who
...I-, Bpoaaora for him four yeara ago.
n was aald laal nlghl by thoae in
authority at tin- Unlvaralty Bettlement,
where Mr. Stover had lived. that those
eonnected with that inatltutlon had bv
lettded dolng s" again. Robbloa c;il
man, head worker, was out of the city,
hut h. was nOtifled that Mr. Stover
had been heard from. Bdwtn Newdick,
,r the si-it'ement, said:
? We all fell anxious ahout Mr.
Btover becauae he ctaanad up hia deak !'
in his room here before leaving. Qen-I1
irally he kepl it under a foot of papera i'
md books. It was unwritten law that i '
lt fhould not be touvhed.''
i 'ommlssloniT La Roche is appointed j '
ror the remalnder of the term, whlchM
igpirea January 1. The antiouneement
if the appointment from the Mayor s i '
ihice. read as follOWS:
"The Mayor to-day annotinred the s
ippnintment of Mr. Louis V. Ia Rorhe :
is rommlssioner of l'arks for the Bor
.ughs of Manhattan and Riehmond to
?ui eaad Charlea B. Stover. whose res
Ignation has been tendercd to and ac
epted by the Mayor.
Naw Park Haad'a Reoord.
? Mr. Ij* Rorha for aeveral years was
? nneeted with the Finance Depart
Bent, hantlling whlle there all budget
uy matters relanng to public porks,
Ugd is thoroughly ronversant with all
letalla of admlnlstratlon reiating there
( ontliiurcl on ttfth paae, fourth coln*??
.IIARLBB B. BTOVER
RIVAL GANGSTERS
IN STRIKE BATTLE
Three Shot and Girls Stoned
After Opening Skirmish
nn Broadway.
Three BBen were shot, one probably
fatally; thr.-.- girls were stoned and
om man was airested aa the reault of
a battle between rlval gangs, one hired
u. prote ' atrike braakera and tbe ..ther
engaged as alliaa oi* th.- strtkera, in the
bal frame factory of B. Paldrnaa &
(?,... at No. 108 Graenestreet, yeatarday
afternoon. Mas Oreen, said to be a
member of a West Blde gang, was shot
throutTh the abdoman. Me is in st.
Vlncent'a Hoapital, and 'he surgeons
aa) he cannol hve.
Charlea Piasxo, nf n... _!<iT Orand
stre.-t. was shot ln tba left shoulder.
Herman Bmanuel, of No. Bl Harrison
Brooklyn, received a bullet in
t!;. rlghl leg He la said to be one of
ti.. atrikera, but denlea it.
Th-- three ^irls injured, all strike
breakera, are Badte Blattman, of No.
111 7th street. Manhattan; Sadie Imnn,
of N". 14GD 1'o'urth avenue, Brooklyn.
and Margaret Stiles, of No. 5420 .^;_th
avenue, Brooblyn. They were struek
b) Btonaa ..nd other mis.siles, and the
Hlattman girl racelvad a severe cut
over th.- rlght a)a
The troubfc started at Kroadvvay and
Houaton atreet, when an automoblle in
wh:. I: the strik-- breakers were being
taken to thelr bomea under guard was
greeted with a <(plley of stones. The
?hrieka of th.- injured giris ? aused the
ihauffeur t" head the advtee ofPatroi
B :i'ir.r and return to the factory.
While S.'harer was telephonlng for an
arabulance a crowd collected and three
shota were Rred. Oreen, who i.? also
known -is Harry Flelda, dropped, as dld
PlAtto and EmanueL Bcharer daabad
back to the scane, and found Harry
Oordon, of Na 1"- Kidrnlge street, said
to i - a naember of tbe ''Dopay Benny"
paiig. bending over Oreen and express
im-r Borrow al the siiooting.
Oordon was arraated, At Bt Vln?
cent'a Plaaao Identlfled him as the man
wh.. dld the Bhootlng. The girls wara
treated bj an ambu-ance aurgeon and
taken to then- homea.
8-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN MAIL
Carrier Makes Last Delivery in
7,000-Mile Trip.
? fi ihaaa l
New Lexlngton, Ohio, Nov.28.- Iv_an
the mall arrlved here this mornlng
postofflce employea were surprlaed to
iin,i it an elght-year-old giri hearing a
tag whlch had been placed ob her by
Nea ITork Immlgratlon offtdals, read
iws:
Tin.. chlld, Julla Kohan, ia going t.?
bar father, John Kohan, Boi 117, R.
9. D. No. 4, New la xington. Ohto."
After b braabfaat aupplted by tho
poetmaatar the chlld was taken la
are of B rural delivery carrier to the
home of her father, wiu. llvea six mllea
Bouth of here. Th.- trii> of leven thou
-and mllea from Havaria was mad. by
i.>r alone,
ONE-LEGGED MAN
RIVALS BRICKLEY
Kicks Field Goal from Forty
Yard Line with His
Wooden Toe.
i Bv Telearapb te Th* Trit.urie i
Plttaburgb, Nov. ____? j..hn Boley, aj
tormer puglllat, who retlred from thej
?ing some tlma ago when be Busctdent
Uly lost his ripht h'g. gjckad a Held ?
?eal from the ln-yard line with his ar-J
ttftctal fool while jdaying q_aiter-*_oa. J
? i-ster.lay _M tbe Indian Athletk) Club j
team ta 9 gama arlth tba Eagls Athi.iic
,'Iuh eleven.
Boley, whose i"g was cul off heiow
i.e knee, developed 9ucb prollciancy
aith bbi artlflclal n ib earlj in the aaa
u>n that he was placed at o,uarterbaek
ind has played finely in that positlon.
ilis fleld goal yesterday won the game.
?
Tigress at Large in Franne.
Epetnon, Franoe. Nov. _.? -The whole
?ountryalde ls livlng in terror of a tlgrejis
.v iiich racentty aacapad from aa ineiosure
*here a movlng picture tiKer hunt was
n proareaa, an.i which aawaaeadeMl ln
?e.nhliig the fotest. A <1etachrnent of
loldlera, .. nutnber of foraal gnar_s an.i
i few amateur lniiitsiiien have endeavnred
o tru'k th'- animal alnce. The tiKtess
ia.-- ii. caaionally been seen by terror
-rteken peasants. but so far it ls not
tnown to have killed any one.
VILLA PREDICTS
QUICK CAPTURE
OF CHIHUAHUA
Rebel Leader Tells The
Tribune His Men Will
Soon Take City.
HAS FOUGHT FOR
PEOPLE 19 YEARS
And Now, He Adds, He
Feels Their Victory Is
Practically Won.
REBELS GET MAZATLAN
Western Port Falls Into Their
Hands?Porfirio Diaz Again
in Mexican Army.
THE SITUATION IN MEXICO.
General Villa, the victorioua rebel
leader at Juarez, tells The Tribune
hia troopa will eat their meala in
Chihuahua City within two weeka.
Movement of rebel troops from
Juarez begina. oatenaibly to pursue
the defeated Federala, but really to
atrike at Chihuahua and then the
federal capital.
Three of the United Statea bat
tleahipa in the Mediterranean have
been ordered to the eaat coast of
Mexico to relieve three ships which
have been on duty there since laat
February.
The capture of Victona by the
rebels ia admitted in Mexico City,
and storiea are told of pillage and
murder by the Constitutionaliata in
Ihe conquered city.
The Britieh cruiser Suffolk ar
rived at Vera Cruz.
Rebels capture the important
western port of Mazatlan.
Ex-President Porfirio Diaz con
sents to return to service in tha
army and is placed on the active re
tired list.
TR-. TMairapli t? Tfca Trlbtir'1 I
El Paso, Tex.. Not. 2&?In thom.;grt
aocord with Ventistiano Carranza. and
ioggcdiy determlnad that the rulo of
Provisional rrcsldent Huerta la 88*1 8
Ico shal! be brought to an end throngH
rebel efforts and not by American ln
terventlon. Oeneral Pancho Villa. Con
jtitutionallst leader of I'hihuahua, for
mer bandlt and the ni W l "pular bors
if Northern M'xicans. doelared lO
Bigbl that within two weeks his army
a/ould ba eating their meals in the eitv
,f chihuahua.
The move on Chihuahua CltJ WBg
started by Villa to-night. wh*n he s. i.t
two troop trains south over the licXa
an Central Railroad. Ostenslhly ihe
purpose of the movemenl is to pursue
;he federal army whiefa Villa defeated
it I.a Mrsa. Tierra Blanca. Zarairnfla,
ind Flores Hanoli. ln rraltty. and
,rai tieally admitted by Villa. it ia the
beglnning of the sdvance upon i.'hi
iiiahua and Mexico i .ty.
"For nineteen years." said Villa to
rhe Tribune ilorrsaq oadant, "i have
heen nghting for the ? MBBBOB people of
Mexi"' against PorftrlO DhU and
fii8 suceessor as dietator. Victonano
Huerta. and now I feel that the \ic
lory for the people pradi- ally ls won.
Lawbraakar Only for the People.
,-l have been eonsldaiad an out law,
omniotily called a bandlt; have been
lUnted b) Mexlcan army men who
a/ould have kiiled me on sight. and
ia\e been feared by those who did not
in.i\v me among the people of Chi
luahua. Yet I have BSVer liroken the
aw exocpt in defen.e of the people's
.uise, and I have never harmed a man
vho was not elther a traitor to the
-eople or a soldier of the people's areh
>nemies, Porfirio Piaz and Yi'-toriann
Huerta.
"Two brigades of cavalry, eominand
,1 bj lonerals MaciOTla Herrera and
.ieut'tiant Colonel Faustiann Borunda,
n-e belng sent south twer the Central
Lgalnst the enemy. within Bra <lavs I
vill have (.000 \\< 11 equlpped Btsa mo?
ng south from this point against the
'in my. It is impossible to say juBt
vhen I will have, because there are
nany pr*\ssing matters here that gagd
ittention; but I will be gone by Baat
ruesday.
"If the Fed'i-als stay to tight you will
mon hear <>f a blg battle. because this
ime the gUOSttOB of suiiremacy in Clil
lUahttS will be derlnitely BOtvOd. Of
inirse. I caaaol tell where the light
vill take placa The enemy may de? ide
o make a stand some place betvv. n
luaiaa and Chihuahua. It Is posdible
hat the force we defeated recemly
BltSids of Juarea has not been able to
eturn to chihuahua. as (Jeneral Man
nl Chao's army of 'J.iMNt men may have
ntercepted tht ir retreat.
Will Use Captured Munitions.
"We have been ln need of cannon and
immunition up to this time," General
i'llla contlnued. "but now we ar* well
upplted. With the IAQ0 rlfles and 28.
iimi rounds of ammunition captured
rom the Huertlstas at Tierra Blanca
ve are better off now than "/??? *^>
ore.
"Artlltary Srlll l>lay a big part in the
omilig rtght, and W8 have notliing to
ear from the Kederals In this respeot.
B/g have seveti batteties. each con
aining four cannon. that vTitl be avall
ible for tbe flght, whether It is in the
orni of a siege or a battle in the open