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THE WEATHER FORECAST. Showers and warmer to-day; showers to- morrow and cooler by night. Detailed weather reports will be found on page 15. un. VOL. LXXIX. NO. 228. NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1912. Copvriaht, HI!, by Iht Sim frhlino and PblMina AModalion. PRICE TWO CENTS. CHURCH FLOOR FALLS WITH 30 Two Persons Killed and Fifty Hurl at Dedication in Hnr lington Park, N. J. T X.I Hi KD PRIEST A HERO Willi Foot Crushed He Aids in Worko' Rescue Women mid Children Victims. CONTRACTOR IS BLAMED lo Denies Thnt Ho Is in Any Way Responsible, ns His Work Was Hurried. Tno women wero killed nnd more than 1 r fly por-ons were severely injured by fie caving in of tho floor of an unfinished '!ninuu Catholic Church at Harrington irk. N. J., yesterday afternoon. Tern- Vona minded , .t Three It,.,. r porary wooden supports under the floor ' AM shown. rlmbu could not stand tho weight of .too eager mm and women who had rushed Into ,1TIuf? l'T Jhi J-7" .amu$" , , , ,, themselves by blowing snuff In the gallery ih edifice, snapped nnd tho planking of ,he Fourteenth Street Theatre yester Imwed down to tho cellar ten feet below1 day afternoon were finally ejected from in the form of n hopper. Into this space ! the place and arrested after they had the men, women and children wero thrown ! blinded Mr. Oiuwle Rerginzi of 16? West hrlter skelter nnd upon them came heavy piles of lumler which had been left In tho room. It was this lumbor that did rno-t of the damage, although suffocation leneath tho struggling mass accounts fir the two deaths. THK ukau. tt.KrT Mr". Him. s: jct oKI. of III11 sl.lr, S .1 (irriii.si).v, Xtr. Nichol.s, 41 jcars old, of I'flurlh nciiuc. WcstKoori, N. J. roiix or run isimr.ii. M'lint A", I in, Olil Tappnn, broken In. if.T, the Itcv. Dion. Trnm'v, (cct Inlurrri. oki.in, Ml I... Alpine. Inttrnxl Injuries. nnrr.ii. Uaime, New York, Interns! lalurle Mi MniET, (.nosas. ltnrrlnrton Park, rye ana Ifi tnturril. HciNiiorr, Mr". Ilitsnis C. Harrlnj inn Park, In'rrn.il InJ'irli1". 'tUMKUT, Humus C. Harrington Part. In 'rrii.il Injuries. Avriitx, Mr. t'nis'K. Wctnooit, Internal In-.''irlc- '.tsirnA.:;. lasxn. "t-ood, right knee In- jjrM Slct'or. l'ruNK, llumont. .both let" brokrn, I pjr'rvrooti Hospital. !'LPIN, l-ORErr,., ir.-.Mprlh, 111 t. Iirn!..n ' 'os-xon. .toiix 1)1 1 Tapiian, leir broVrn Knclev ooil llo.llltnl. 1 I'ickkr'mi, Mm. Mart. j eir" "IJ, of llarrlne-1 tn rnru, nnklr broUcn, Knglcwnou llopllAl. Skmob. (luoma J.. HsrrlniOn Park, arm, 1 roken. lacerated face. iiuilOT, IlKMir, .New York. cM foot crmh frt Toole.v, ilAsnx J Harl:en"ack, ear almoM mrn oil w LLce. Mrs., to years old, Harrington !ark. !ni rr.al Inlurlci. W !.rzBi. Mrs. K. U' Harrington Park, right rr.'.ic Injured. Hi.nxER. Mrs. V II., Clojter. les cr'ih-d. iMitir. Mrs. Mart, Tenallx. broken leir and lairrAllnnt, Hnclenood Hospital. ' onwix, :oxa, llarrlneten Purl;, ruts and tr ..sp" u'.iss, Mr". Wii.laim. U'rttnomt, tody tl htd and bruited. ' i hkk. Wiu.iau. tlarkensack, foot crushed. ' s ji L. Jaues, Hillsdale, rontuttons of fare HotMiiAX. Joskhi. Hlllrdate. broken ler, Ln;leood Hospital. i.ACiiiit'M), Jr., Mrs. Coxrao, Hillsdale, both ariKit's broken. Iitntx, Mrs. Nonwoon, lacerations and -1 's ncd ankle. V'IMax, Mr". Javiw. Old Tappon, fractured sr.nle I noma, Mrs. It., Wesuvood, dislocated ankle. I'osi. John. AVeMwood. tuu and bruises. 'tur, Mrs. CiTHKiiisK. Tenally. broken let sr.., brul-e", i:nelenod Hopltal. 1'tie ceremony of laying and blessing f ciirncrhtono of the llttlo Churcii of Our I-idy of the Victory at Harrington l'jri;, X, J drew a crowd of about 100 churchmen and churchwomcn from the s i rounding suburbs. Tho church i weil .idvancod toward completion, but in' -)rni;rtono liau never leen ItleHwd. I Saiigle .V Wisener, tlmcontruclors. havoj 'one wnlU of the basement, the sieu s ties nn me niglillouilChliingle r -f in place tho bolfry lulled and ; ; '"a" f'"" ,r.U,.w r,", ,c,lurcni on n Mi.., Jim uuuiii iisj yaius irom it" xtntmn, so it has not been necessary ' lo any excavating. I. - de the church tho first layer of floor I' ' a nit down u week ago but thU not i-iipported by the iron beams ire to go there. Tho curtKjnterH ! ' oi thought fit to nut anvthine there ' ie(.iijs.) they did not use. the lloor. I r they did put beneath It at irregular 1 ' alJ about ten supports made by ' t; Mire.; Jolts two Inches by six 1 ' f'Ktl.iT. These rested on concrete I in the collar. It will have to be ' nniieil by tho investigations of the ' i county Coroners and tho County i' r : ho is to blame for permitting , 'opli'torushin on such a flimsy super ' re, 'I he contractor said ho had ''Inly hurried because of the cere " v hich had been set for a part leu 1 1 y while I'athir Delehanty of West 'l tim priest in charge, asserts that he 'en i.i-Mired by tho contractor tho ..s cafe. 1 "remony was set for 3 o'clock in rnoon and when the time arrived i ""i r more were thero. If the day had I " ''ii so threatening there would havo '"iee iih many. Although the I ie women and a majority of tho in I ere women, men predominated in ' n.wd, which waa a good thing when uie camo for tho rescues, f" was a notable array of priests 1 UiiMeis around the cornerstone I d tier Delehanty, whose jiarlsh ' Harrington Park, liegan tho 1 ie; thn Wry llov. J. .It Con v hi of the iliocese, waa just be I ' ' i and so were Father Dion Best 1 '-.ln.ni f the Carmelites; Father ti if I'lainileM, who was later to '.o address; Fathers Manna gan ' (!'. Mi'Dennitt or Kingsland, ''! McDonald of Knglewood, An- tcHlsiinl on fourth Pop FIND MI3SD?Q HUNTER DEAD. t.lfe Savers Pick Vp Hods- t Dr. C. A. demons, Lost on Jan. n. The l)ody of Dr. Carl II. demons, who wan lost In n gule on tho Great South Way on January 5, wns found near the Short Beach life saving station by a life saver yesterday morning. The IkxJt was positively Identified by Capt. Charles Veltmnn, father of Tom Veltmnn, who wrnt on the duck hunting expedition and whoso body has not been recovered, George Vnn Nostrand, keeper of the life raving station, on patrol along Short Beach, tliree miles across tho bay from Bay .Shore, where the hunting party started from in the January gale, enme across the body lying on the leach in yesterday's dawn. He telephoned to his station nnd word was sent to Fire Island, where a general alarm was sent. out. At first it wes thought that the body was that of Ed mund S. Dailey, an insurance broker and the third member or tho hunting party, lini ley's wife waa told of the discovery of the body yesterday and left Washington, where she has been since tho tragedy, to go to Hay Shore. But whllo she was hurrying there ('apt. Veltman identified the body as that of Dr, Clomons. Mrs. demons heard of the discovery and went from tho Van Dyke apartments on West .Seventy-second street, where tho doctor lived, to Bay Shore, there to wait whllo tho body was brought from Short Beach on a motor bait. BLEW SNUFF IN THEATRE, Houston street, line or tne tliree nan put MiufT on the back of his hand nnd blown It directly into the woman's eyes. Crying with pain she staggered up the nisle and groped her way to the manager's office. Policeman Mansini of tile West Seventeenth street station was called in and he proceeded to the gallery. When he got there he found many person who had suffered from the MiufY blowing clamoring to have the boys put out The youths showed tight when ap ptoaehed by different person who re monstrated with them, and Mrs, Merginxl said afterward that one of them had threatened to slap her face if she Inter fered with his sport. Jlar.slni grabld the three offenders and took them to the police station. They said they were William Burke, to. of 221 Valid: street; Joseph Silvn. 17. of 128 I,eroy street, and Samuel Weinberg, 17. of 220 Variek street. Burke and Weinberg said they were errand boys nnd Silva said he was an office boy. . . ntii.niM.Ti STROSNEIDER ARRESTED AGAINTT I'linraed Willi Anullirr II line I. of Wire TmipliiK Sri Indira. JlosioN, April II - .lame St rosnntder. alias Dig l.em. called by tlu poliro lin king of wire tappur.4, was arreted at Petersburg, W, Va., laM night by the Pinkorton agency on'a seciet indictment warrant charging him with swindling Samuel Butter or Host on out of $7 TiiXJ in August, mil, by the wire tapping game. Big Iamii wa nrrestol in connection with Big Bill Kellher's 'faro gang." which was charged with looting the National City Bank of Cambridge through George W. Coleman. Stroneider is alfo wanted in l'dgar towu, W. Va., for swindling a clergyman out of $10,000 by means or the wile tap- pping game on December 1. 1011, He is also charged with swindling a l luyton. Ala., business man out of C,000 in Chicago. In the Boston indictment Strosnelder is charged with being one of the gang which on July 18. 1811, enticed nutter to Providence, where they robbod him of t7,S00 by means of a dummy telephone and telegraph outfit and racing charts. In 10P) Strosnelder was arrested nt Flatbush, N. Y., on n charge of aiding In tho larceny of 13,100 from the Cambridge Bank, and he w as admitted on 110,001 hall, but thn case was never brought to trial. MISS ANKERS GONE AGAIN. ,,'' " J'tU Bol"r Appeals tu the Police. nran .r .,.,,,. .rrhant of Cm.,. inland, Md.. camo to with his wife to transa. town last we. -It ransact some business. He also brought his seventeen-year-old sister, Mary, who yearned to see the city. Mr. Ankers took an apartment at 27 West Thirty-seventh street. laiBt Friday Mary told her brother that she thoroughly enjoyed the town. She thought she would rather like to stay hero permanently and if necessary get a Job. Mr. Ankers said "No" with much emphasis. But that did not deter tho girl from looking for a position. She camn back later In the day and announced that she had a place In a restaurant. The Cumberland man thought he gave suffi cient advice to her to cause her to change her mind, but nevertheless sho skipped out when he wasn't looking. That's the last that's been seen or her. Last night Mr. Ankers took the detec tive.4 into his confidence and now a gen eral alarm has been sent out for Miss Ankers. Her brother told the pollco that this was not the first time that she ! had left him while on a trip. She usually I conies bark when her money is gone, 1 . . . . , i i . . , she had only a dollar when she left. DOG FINDS MURDERED MAN. Body lu a Clump of Bushes, With Man? Stab Wounds. Km?,aiikth, N. J April 14. -John j Olbbons's collie dog round thn body of a mumerea man ims oiicrnoon in a clump of bushes near the Stephenson car works, South Elizabeth. I hero were two stab wounds in the neck, one on tho right side of the forehead, one under the left eye and another on tho left cheek. It ia the opinion of the authorities that the man wan murdered In a saloon brawl In the Polish section of the city and that his IkmW then waa draggod out to the place where It was found. He evidently was a laborer. lie wax about SO year old. weighed IK pounds and waa S feet 10 Inches tall. L BY ICE, CALLS HELP Then Reports All llijyht She Hot in Hero Late Last. Night. CARMAXfA GOT TUB WORD She Also Wns Afoul of the Ice Fields nnd Saw '25 Hei'gs at Once. The French liner Niagara, hound for this port from Havre with about 100 cabin and more than BOO steerage passengers, was for an hour in peril off tho Banks on Thursday afternoon tho sea (lowing into her through two holes stove in her hull by Ice floes, through which she had lieen picking her way for several hours. Shn got hare safely latn last night and will dock to-day. Tho Cunarder Car- mania, In yesterday from Liverpool nnd Queenptown, brought word of the French ship's temporary distress. Capt. Dow of the Carmanlu found the Atlantic lane unexpectedly frosted when he looked from the bridge, seventy feet above the scu, on Thursday morning and descried dimly on his Marboard bow half a doten stumpy but long icebergs. He changed his course to the southward, but he had already become enmeshed In an extended field of Ice. which to starboard and tlcad ahead reached beyond the vision nud to port for miles At noon the p:isengers came from their luncheon to take in the unuual Arctic nect and look at the bergs. One that looked like a floating table mountain formed of solid green ice, Inspired the snapshot tor to get out their cameras. Some of the passenger were frightened by the crunch ing of the ico under the bow und tho scrtping of floe alongside the ship, but the otlleen said that three wastio danger. The wirtlesH operator startled Capt. Dow about 12:10 P. M. by bringing him a wireless from tho Niagara, which was out of flight on tho starboard quarter of the Cunarder, saying that the French' man had two hole punched in her below the water line and would the tarmania stand by her as she was in imminent peril. Capt. Dow thought a little over this urgent request and, partly with the idea of getting out of the Ice field and partly to so immediately to the help of the Niagara, he turned his ship around and steered northeastward. In about an hour-another message came frrmi - the Ugara. saying that she could take care of herself, 'apt Dow Inferred that the holes wero not so big as the French skipper had at first surmised and that he had stopped tho leaks. Another mos sage sold a hteamhip was standing by the Niagara. The Carmanla then turned nnd stood on her cours-.. again. Sho found the ice much further sotitn than usual at this season and her ice log says that f-ho stopednt l.Xi o'clock, pass ing through field ice, and proceeded dead slow The whistle was sounded, fog having set in, nnd all the usual precau tions were taken. Thereafter until 3:10 o'clock the fog was intermittent. Then the sun burst through the vapor and the ship went full speed. A dense fog wiped our everything afloat and the siren began to complain again, the ship stopping for a time and then going dead slow. The nir was very cold and the near ness of bergs wan apparent. The sound of the ice against the ship's sides made the timid shiver as much as for the cold. Every now and then the 'growlers" which may be floes crunching against larger floes of bergs or great hunks of Ice breaking from the sides of bergs and plunging growllngly into the aea startled the watchers and listeners on the Car mania's decks. l'lii) fog veil would lilt occasionally and reveal groups of bergs to the north of the rhlp. One of these was low lying and long, and when (apt. Dow got his first glimpse of it faintly in outline ho thought that it wa another ship. Within three hours the passengers sighted twenty-fivo bergs, tho grcatet number ever seen from a liner, the nearest of which was not mora than a quarter mile away There was no breeze worth recording while the Carmanla steamed thr ugh the Ice, but there was a mighty swell und the noes, most of which were larger than a lifeboat, rota and fell as If endowed with life. It was supposed that a -growler' from one of the bergs may have smashed against the side of the Niagara and given her thn wounds that made her Hltlper fearful that she might not get through her trouble without help The passengers united in declaring that the vision of the colony of Lergs when the sun came out and broke hi lancen on their hhlmmering masses was better than a moving picture show or tho hlghuut class. There was not a moving picture man aboard to tako advantage of the occasion. Capt. Dow will not promise to let his next lot of voyagers go "seeing the iceberg. Some passenger i said the situation when the fog was ju t thick enough to reveal indistinctly the menacing loo mountains was uncanny. 1 he plaint of the siren and tho grinding of the floes on the reverberating ateel sides of the ship gave them the creeps. The skipper said that at one time from hit seventy foot perch he could see nothing but ice In every direction, and ho was mighty glad to get clear of it. He saw at one time a full rigged ship and a fishing schooner courtesying in the ice crowned swells, i he tank steamship Excelsior, in from Hamburg, passed on Wednesday an ice Held fifteen miles, long In which there waa a bark which displayed no signals. Several fteamshlps recently arriving at this port and Boston have reported en countering Ice a llttlo further north than tho place whore the Carmania discovered tho herd or bergs. The Niagara is a twin screw of about n knots Hh rLrinr Lit ,n Ii... , 11 knots. Sho curries only one class of cabin iwHsengers (second) and has nceom- modatlon for about 1,000 steerage ruuisen. ger. She sailed from Havre on Anrii She measures S,sso tons gross and Is tat imi long. BANK 8H0RT; 3 IN JAIL. Teutnnla Trust of e Orleans lie linrlril In Trouble. Nkw Oiii,i:anh, April II, A shortage of lietween 30U,)00 and ItUO.OOU has been uncovered in the Teutonia Hunk and Trust Company, 027 Charles street, by State Bank Examiner W. I.. Voung. The Institution hod a capital or t2(,oni) and surplus of 170,000, according to Its report. F.ugeno V. Beuhlcr, president; Joseph A. (lomila, chairman of the finance com mittee, and Frank J Brutid, former as sistant cashier, are held In the parish prison, the first two under charges of concealing the true condition of the bank from the State authorities nnd the last on chargeN or embezzlements totalling WO.OOO. Statu Bank F.xnmlncr Young began an investigation of the bank's books some limn ago. He issued a statement to night in which he said he had discovered conditions which demanded assistance from some outsldn souroe nnd had railed in the New Orleans Clearing House Asso ciation. The clearing house held a meet ing at 0 o'clock to-night, viewed ft con Holidated presentation of tho bank's status and bttsued a statement in which It was announced that, tho situation was such that tho association could not Intervene and the Stato would have to take charge. Mr. Young will tako charge of the bank Monday morning. Huinorsaysthat dead accounts of firms long out of business have been carried and that directors have been beneficiaries of large loans, employed in business venture. Brnud, the former assistant cashier, has been out of the bank eighteen months This would indicate that the alleged de falcations have been going on for a long time. Other directors have been sent for to confer with the District Attorney nnd it is probable more arrests will be made before morning. Valuable records have been destroyed, according to the State officials, and it ia imKnuilile to more than estimate the shortage. It 1 known, however, that it exceeds capital and surplus, and probably by I100.0OO. The bank paid I tier cent, on savings dosits. 10 Frank J. Braud to-nlp,ht confessed that he took $72,000 from the Teutonia, covering up tho shortage a he went along, and gave the money to Clark Steen. Hteen was secretary of the Dock Board. Some months ago he rented a skiff at West End, rowed out into Lake Pont Chartrain and jumped overboard. He was drowned. No one ever wa able to suggest a motivo for the suicide. GUARD OVER CONVENTION. Poller and Mllltla Watching Chi rac? o Democrats. Chicago, April 14. Actual hostilities between the Sullivan "Kegulors" and the Hearst-Harrison combination for control of tho Democratic county con vention, scheduled for to-morrow began- late to-n'Kht. Squads of mounted police under com mand of Patrick .1. I.avln nttlnjr under orders of Chief of Pollco McWeeney. surrounded the Seventh Iteglment Ar mory, nt Tt ,rty-thlrd street Hnd Went worth avenue. Within the building, under the per sonal command of Col. Daniel Morlarty, were twenty-live men of the Seventh, rendy for action. A full battalion of the Irish soldiery was within reach nt the signal from Col. Morlarty, but not under arms. The building itself was locked and barred. Not a policeman was allowed to enter. The final blow delivered from the Sullivan camp was an Injunction from Superior Court .ludge McKlnley re straining County Judge Owens, tho Hoard of Election Commissioners, Sheriff and Chief of Police from Inter fering with the control of the tem porary organization of the convention by County Chairman John McQlllen. Mayor Harrison at midnight sent a long telegram to Gov. Deneen pro testing In the strongest language against the use of the military of the State, us predicted by Col. Morlarty. SILVER KING WON'T MOVE. KrrpVrs ('una and I'rud thr Ilia? Polar Bear In Vain. All attempt to move an XOO pound polar bear kept Curator Ditmais and three kvepens of the Bronx zoo busy for 3V- eral crowded hours buforo the big pur It opened yesterduy morniuir.. Ihe bear is Silver King, that Paul Itainey brought down from the north lu September, i9io. Silver king I the biggest olar beir that has eaten llsh in The Bronx and they had to matin a specially strong cugo by the side of the other polar hear to put the King in when ho got here. At that they fought the lear all day to gel him in. Fifty Teet away Troiii this special caga is thn polar bear den, now empty or bears, for the two that had the run of it havo died. The curator decided thnt Silver King would be happier in the roomier den than in Ins present somewhat cramped cage, So Mr Ditmars anil Keepers Ferguson, Snyder and Fleuman went out with a stepl tranfor cage on wheels at yester day's; dawn nnd tried to ji.'r.uiada thn King to get In the cage and miko tits trip. They laid rut, tempting liH on thu floor or the transrer cage, they spoko kl nd words. One keener even attempted a little prodding until the great hulk moved anil a paw flashed. The thump of that uaw on the floor stoDnert all prod ding. After that the bear just lay on the floor blinking his ovll llttlo eyes but not budging an inch. They had lu give up at the arrival of the first visitor, but Mr. Dltuiara saya they will try again this morning. KEEPS TROOPS FROM PEKIN. Nankin Council Consents In Hold Back ftnnthcrn Force. Special Cable DfPQtch lo Tus Bus. London. April 15. A 1'ckln dcsnal"'' to thu Dally Tclcuraph suya the Nankin Advisory Council bus consented not to bring 2,000 southern troops to i'eklu. and cot.Koquently the proposal that realiieiit vnan shiii K'nt umi ii... nr.... U1MIPIII IIIUl I ernment otllclals should locate temno- rarlly ut tho hunting, park outside the ly has bee n abandoned. ' The same correspondent claims lo ,mve omcla information thn. events In Mongolia are tending toward the aban - I donmont of tho recently declared In. dependence and n return to the Chinese' fold. He says new moves are being prtparcu, wun wntcn n connects itus sla and Japan, TO HfWEHIT ICEBERG Wireless From S. 8. Virginian, Which Is Rushing: to Titnnlc's Aid. XO WORD COMES I)IRK(;T White Star People Puzzled by Seeming; Conflict in Despatches. Montiikai., April 14. A report is cur rent here to-night that the new White Star liner Titanic has struck an Ice berg. What news has been received here came to the Allen line offices In a wire less message from the captain of that fine's ship Virginian. The captain reported that he had been In communication with the Titanic, which had asked for assistance after having struck an Iceberg. The captain of th Virginian, which left Halifax this morning and which should have been somewhere off Capo Itace, reported that he wns on his way to the Titanic. The Virginian has 900 passenger! aboard. Tho message from the Virginian was tent by wireless to Cape Race and from there by cable to Halifax and then by wire to Montreal. Passenger Agent Jeffries of the White Star line said this morning that tho Titanic, according to their reports re ceived yesterday morning, was BOO miles south of Sable Island. While he could not question the report received from the Virginian, he was puzzled to Itnow why, If such an accident had hap pened, the Titanic herself had not been In direct communication with the shore. The I'nlted "Wireless station here early this morning said that their sta tion at I'astport. Me., had picked up wireless messages from the Titanic saying that she had atruck an Iceberg. Her position was then 1,218 miles cast of Sandy Hook. The Titanic was reported by wireless to bo 1.2SS miles east of Sandy Hook at 2:15 A. .M. yesterday. At the pier last night It was said that nothing had been heard of any audi accident to the Titanic. She Is due here late to-morrow evening or early Wednesday morning, The Titanic Is the newest of the White Star licet and the biggest liner afloat. The Titanic Is of 4S.O0O tons register and CC.O00 tons displacement. She I 1S64 feet long and ?2,,4 feet beam. .She will carry S.OOO passengers, COO In the saloon, 500 In -cond cabin and 1,900 In the steerage, and this number can be Increased If the company should desire to carry less cargo and more steerage passengers. The vessel car iles a cfew of S60 men. Among the saloon passengers are Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor, K. D. Millet, the artist and president of the Con solidated American Academy at Rome; C. M. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Hallway; the Karl of Rothes and Major Archibald Ilutt, military aid to President Taft; Joseph Bruce Ismay, Clarence Moore, H. II. Harris, Hose Stahl. W. T. Stead, Benjamin Guggen helm, Mr, nnd Mrs. G. D. Wldener and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wldener. RAFFLE FOR BABY STOPPED. l.aUrtrood Anthorltlra Put Kad tu llan Solve Child question. f.AKKWOot, N. .1 , April H. It was reported yesterday that a liaby was to be auctioned off hern to show the coun try how a woman with too many chil dren to support could be relieved of her burden. When this became noised around complaints camu in by the score to tho members of the Common Council and at a meeting Borough Attor ney W. H. Jayne, Jr., pointed out that ruffles or lotteries of any kind wero con trary to tho laws of tho State, so it was decided that the police notify George Sanford of Sanford'a Academy, where thn ruffle was to be held, that it would not be ermltted. The raffle had been extensively adver tised, uumlered coupons wero attacked to the nencral admission tickets, which cost a dime, and the holder of tho lucky number was to receive the baby. The mother of the child is poor and cousented to dispose of her two-weeks-old baby in tho raffle. A warrant has been Issued ut the request or John Hyno, over seer of the' poor, for the arrest of the allegod father, Harry Bowman, who has left the town. The Children's Aid So o'.oty, It Is said, will take the child PRODUCE DIRECT TO C0NSUM1R. Bessemer and Lake Erie Will Beatln Market Train service To-day . PiTTSSURa, April 14. The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad announced to day that It will begin Its market train service to-morrow, In rosponse to efforts of clubwomen of Pittsburg, to bring country produce direct to the consumer und thus lower the cost of food by elim inating the middleman's profits. Arriving nt midnight, the first train will be placed on n siding to-morrow nnd the contents sold directly to the consumer. This arrangement will be - , curried out until llie company erects a imirket house In Hast Pittsburg, and tho "tunuura nr inn nuirKei win ie iookcu , attvr und arranged by Iho farmers, ' , At Um IliM the shipments will consist lirgely of milk, cream, butter, eggn. 1 potatoes and apples, but thoy will be heavier when gurden products und curly ' " "rp '?iy for market. Tho HrHsemcr und Iakn Erie Rail road traverses one of tho best agricul tural districts In the Stat. TO SLEEPY HOLLOW TO WED Sir. Wendler and Silas Keller of New York on llonryinoon Takbyiow.s'. N. Y April II. As the Rev. (i. It. liegeman, pastor of tho Sec ond Reformed Churchjwns entering the dining room of tho Florence Inn Friday evening he wns stopped by a timid young man who held n piece of paper in his hand. Ho said he would like to get mar rled and produced a license. Ho went Into the parlor and led forth tho bride- elect, and a man and woman followed, The young man then said that ho was Fdwin K. Wendler of 3 dramercy Park, New York, nnd his bride was Miss Mary Kelley of Oil Forty-ninth street, Brook lyn. The witnesses were Miss Catherine Kerr and D. P. Ilyan. Mr. Wendler said ho was on Amherst student and he nnd his briilo decided to come out to the romantic Sleepy Hollow country to get married, for thoy wanted to get away from Iheir friends, who promised to make their wedding lively for them. Tho trip was mado to foal their friends. Mr. Hegeman Invited .them into the parsonage, where ho performed the cere mony. Tho bridegroom is about 20 nud the bride 22. They are still at tho Florence Inn. NEW CHANNEL LIGHT. A .100,000 Cnndlc l'nnrr liny lo Drsm Seaward from Staten Island. To-night for tho first time n great white ray of 800,000 candle power will bore a hole through tho gloom seaward from tho new lOO.foot tower on tho hill nt Hich mond, Staten Island, to assist navigators In finding their way into port through Ambrose Channel. Tho tower is of red brick, with a limestone base, and tho height of the powerful lamp will be 231 feet above mean low water. It can be seen thirty-five miles out at sea. Because of ita position on the heights of Rich mond tho tower will bo also a day guide to tho pilot. The light of the lamp is incandescent oil vapor. Capt. Frederick Nielsen is tho keeper of the light, which cost, with tho tower and tho llttlo brick house bestdo it for tho keeper, M00.O00, Tho tower ray is a rear rango light, tho front b.dng that at West Bank In the lower bay. HUGH GRANT LEFT $9,000,000. d-Maror Had 1, 000,000 Cnsh In Bank When He Died. The transfer tax appraisal of tho etate of former Mayor Hugh J. Grant, who died on November 3, 1910, will tshow that he left an estato valued at nearly fO.OOO.OOO. Of this amount about tl .000.000 was in cash on deposit in banks. Mr. Grant's will left tho entire estato to his wife for life, and upon her death it goes to her three children in such shares an sho appoints in her will, or In equal shares. Tho children are Julia, Edna and Hugh J. Grant, Jr. Mr. Grant, who ran for Mayor four times nnd wa elected Iwice, was n lawyer early In life but later turned to real estato Investments, in which his fortune was made. PTOMAINES KILL 5 CHILDREN. Little Ones Kat I'tsh forl)lnnrr and All I.o.r Their I.Ives. Halifax, N. S.. April 11. Five of the six children rf Patrick and Mr. Mngee of St. Mary's I toad, Prince Edward It-land, am dead Irom ptomaino potoning, brought on by eating herring for dinner. The sixth child was awuy when tho meal was eaten on Friday. After dinner they became sick and Dr. Fraser of .Vontaguo was sent for. He did all he could, but one of tho children died an our after his urrival, two others died at 10 o'clock that night and yester day morning tho remaining two died. The father and mother, who als , ato tho f'.sh, suffer o t no serious result.. Magee is a farmer. RAISES HIMSELF FROM GROUND French Aviator Takes Man Alone In Xev Ilevlee. Special Cable Dftpatck to Tus Sen, Rkimh, April It. Alexander Flament, who is popularly known at thn Avottrs aviation camp ns tho Wilbur Wright of France, raised himself from the ground with a man to-day in a flying device of his own invention. TheafTairconsistsof n small light motor strapped under the arm with palettes, which revolve 1,100 times u minute, Fla ment rose to a height of five meters and flew one nnd u half miles, when hu fell and was slightly hurt. Many Frenchmen are preparing to com pete for what is known as the Kunte nvlettu contest for a prize for it man who will rise from tho ground nnd fly threo mile with tho assistance of mechanism attached to tho person. FOOLED BY BRIDE, ENDED LIFE. (iroralan, Wedded tn (lelurnon, Feared Kxposure, Ai-kvnv, Gn., April II, Jesso W. Walters, Solicitor of the City Court of Albany, who shot himself through tho heart last week In the presence of his brother-in-law nnd of a friend, did no because of the exposure of an alleged episode In his life which ho thought had long since been forgotten. The episode occurred during a visit of Walters to Now York 'city five years ago, when, It Is said, he met, loved and married a beautiful octoroon, thinking she was white. The exposure of this alleged skeleton In the life of Walters was mado while he was a candidate for reelection to tho position of Solicitor, livery voter received an anonymous clrculur attack - Ing his record and closing with tho chnrge that he had married an octoroon, Tim accusation wu.h specific, giving the date of the wedding and naming J, B. Colloway and J. 1). Weston friends of Walters, iih witnesses. PLANS EQG LAYING CONTEST. Wnsliliiutnii Stale I'nlr Will Hold Kniliiriiner liner. Tacuma. Wash., April 11, The Slnte falr nt North Yiiklma to-duy announced rnry lor Mr. Taft to make a good showing prises for a sixty day endurance egg against Roosevelt In the coming primaries laying mntcrt, to begin nt noon "U in Mausach'l'-ett und Nebraska and In July as and cud on September ilur- the I'luitcni for delegates In Now (lamp ing tho fair. rthlro If ho U to malutalu his grip upon th I null I," ""III IT I'llieiril ill It'il.ur. i. i,r kmn mill i. (-.muter The Mini., four hens and u rooster. Thu Stute will furnish free pens and feed. T. R.TO TRYTOGET SOUTH Ml TAFT Colonel Is Going Into That Section to Meet Delegates Already Pledged. TAFT TO FIGHT HARDER Will Push tho Battle in Mas sachusetts, Oregon, Ohio and Nebraska. NO COMPROMISE NOW President Dcelnres Again That lie Will Continue Till Last Vole Is Cast. 3101. K TALK OF HUGHES .Republicans nt Washington Siiy Neither Tnft Xor Roose velt Can He Elected. Iloosevelt's overwhelming victory In Pennsylvania on Saturday has drawn tho lines even tighter In the contest be tween the President and the ex-PresU dent. The Colonel feels encouraged to think that he may be able to win away from Mr. Taft somo if not all of the support that has boen pledged to him or that he ex pects in tho South, and Mr. Roosevelt will mako a stumping tour through that section as soon as ho gets through with his trip through tho West. Tho President again declares thit thero shall be no compromise, that he will s,tay to tho end and that ho was nominated four years ago without tho voles of Pennsyl vania, Illinois, Wisconsin and the othsr States that havo recently gone to Roo- velt. The President's manager announce that his side will fight; all tho hardor and will bo less squeamish about tho pro prieties of uam)algnlng. Heavy work Is to Iragin at once in Massachusetts and Nebraska. Many Republicans In Wnshintou siy tint neither Tart nor Roosovolt cm lis elected now, und thero i mu.?h talk or a compromis-j candidate with JuttfoJ Hughcb's namo at the front. In Pennsylvania tho complete return1! show thut Roosevelt will lnvo ;o of thi Stoto's "0 delogatcs, that Penross will In deposed as national oommitteenun an1 that an anti-machine Senator will prob ubly xs chosen when Penrosa's term expires. Wasiiixoto.v, April II. The over whelming victory of Roosevelt in Penn sylvania has brought the Taft candidacy for renomination to a crisis. Although Mr. Taft still ha a lead of at least 15I in the number of delegat3 elected, a situation has been cre.it i whore it is absolutely vital to his political fortunes that the strength of the Southern delegations bo held Intact. Col. Roosovelt appreciates this situa tion and is preparing to movo aaimt Tnft in the South. Roosevelt is going to mako a personal tour in the Southern State.. Nows of this plan of campaign was tho nost important dovelopmiris of to-day following the startling result in Pennsylvania. Tho Tnft peoplo are koenly alive to thn seriousness of the situation th.it is con fronting them, und after extended con ference." to-day tho decision was readied to enter immediately upon an aggresslvo campaign In Massachusetts, New Hamp shire, Nebraska and other State which ara to select delegates in the near future. Till decision on tho part of thu Taft management was reflected in u state ment issued to-night by Director McKinley of the Taft bureau in which ho openly accuses Roosevelt of having undertaken a nationwide campaign or wilful and malicious misrepresentation, vilification nnd unbuilt upon tho Presidont of tho United Stilte. McKlnley reiterates that tho President I in thn fight to thn (inlhnnd that he will not I Men to any suggestion of corr,-promit-e. Hn adds an emphatic predic tion that tho President will win by more than 200 vote in tho Chicago convention. Ho saya that President Taft needs only lTOmorodolegntes to Insure his ronom tui tion and that ho is already assured of 333 more delegates of tho J.20 still tobeelentf J. The seriousness with whicn thn Taft peoplo accepted the result in Pennsyl vania and their plans for increased activ ity do not comport with the cocksure atti tude nssumed by Mr. McKlnley in hi public statement. Tho Taft bureau to-night el il.no I twenty-one of the sixty-four district delegates elected In Pennsylvania yov.w day, but unbiassed reports from Ponuyl vania failed to sustain then figures. Whllo the Taft managers maintained a strong show of confidence in their pub- lio utterances, it is apparent that the 1 President's friends and supporters are greatly disturbed over thn unexpected turn of affairs in Pennsylvania. Many of them admitted to-day that the fight 1 for supremacy in the Chicago convention in going to bo hot from now on and that J t lrt m,ey to be a neck and neck affair, I Willi noilllllg uuillllio uum. u.uu ww national commltteo has decided the big batch of contests that will be Instituted by the Roosovelt managers. F.ven thu PrtMident'H friends uoknowl- edited, however, thut It would be neoe- . OUlll The Taft leaden ia Maasaohusvtta I