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FRANK CASE CLOSED,
JURY INQUIRY FAILS
No Evidence h'ntinri to indict
Any of Mi lij nrher, Is
Verdict.
ITATK 1)0 NO MOKE
MtairrtA. c.i . flenl Th lnvtl
return of inn lynching nf l.rn M. 1m. ink I
film In .in ii. I to-diiv lir i 1 1 1 t'ohbl
Hwti tlt-and Jurj after a tra dm
Ion reported i" .tudse I . 1 1 :-. - ttiit I
irtitli ! - irt',i; t!uM Hud been fi nnd, t 0
evidence era, ineualelent t- bring Indict
ments egntnii nny nr.
The mutter otilil he taken up by a;
iurrrr.liiiK ir.in.l Jury, but thin. It is
win MVti ! ilnii". The Oovernorl
his don .iii In hat power In offering I
the lewRMl .if II.. '."ii. i'.klf r the entire
fund Rl -n dllpOMk
Mora ill. in t M i it -It v- WltMaMI xxero
ggamlncd yesurday nnd to-day, but the
Majority of thetn were on the tt ml for
only r few ill DUtM AH refused In db
con what tin told tii jurymen, but
it gnderetood thai few facta of Impof
tamo wen brought out. In part the
pfescntmenta My :
W have diligent!) Inquired, without
tiv. hatred or malice and without fc,ir,
fjvoi. affection, taward ur hope thereof,
Into :i the clrcumetance connected
with tin- k;n.:'- ol Ijro l frank. we
hav worked fa i i r u ' ; and hard to die-1
cover who : iii'- perpetratori nf the
crime.
"We have h.id the active conperatletx I
of the llovernor, lie giving ur alt in
formation that he ha; of the Attorrxev
Oeneral. ami eepectally 'have we had
the ajft'.ve cooperation of the Solteltor
Qensral of thll circuit and. of the
Sheriff nnil hl deputy In I'ohb OOUnty,
and have examined before our body
every wltiMM we could find who might
know anything pertaining to thle matter.
"We have found revere! dues, but .
have liecn ur.able to tltnl anv one whol
coum Identify any party. We have 'lone
our lieal. under "in oath, anil we regret
to alata that we have been unable to
flmi enough evidence to indict any on-'
for thia crime.
"W'e have lie, n unable to connefll gB -boily
wiiii iho perpetration of thla of
feme, or to identify an) one who Braa
connected with it.
"r'roi careful Invettlgatieo we find'
that tin reporta which have gone all
over the country of lawleeeneae in Cobb
county ami the clt) of Marietta before
and after thla crime arc tint: lie."
CHAMP CLARK HALTS LYNCHING
Prrfilln Miiniiiri I'drmrra tn
BoWMNQ llMMX, Mt.. Sept. I, Hft.r-
rivon R04K, i -kvo vlaytr of DiaHl DetvJdai
Mm til fl.itk.l. Uo. a whit fanner,
owes hi! lif' td SnitUT Chattnp 'Mark.
AtoumU from hli btd esrly to-da b)
tho v'hiiKKiiiK f six MUtomoliilcs Inufldl
witii faitncri from C1aittsvt1ta who won
intrnt upon huDtciKR th ntciu, ('lurk
wrnt pimonc th- crowd and exhortod tiic
menibt'!- 10 lot tlio law tBko its course.
There wore murmur MTU Inst th intrr-ferent-r.
but the Se.ikor'H wonl pre
Vailed and (he nun dUpened.
Rom Ii In jail here, ii kiiini Dftvld
oon ftsterday in a quarrel while hoth
were employed in a thtenhitiff crew.
ASKS $150,000 FOR LOST BRIDE.
Klnprr PwOfl I nlhcr-in-li, I.oiiIm J.
MrhhiBiN. fur I Iriiu I ln.
Max S (a-itmr. son of a leveland
mauufat -ttirer. filed suit in the SuprtMiif
Court yeaterday afainal iiin fathe r-in-law.
Loula f Hchloat. and the latteri
brother. Michael Behloaa, matriDari of
SehlosK Hrop., wholesHl' t'lothitiK nmnu
farturerH, for $150,000 damacen for
alienatlna the affe ;tiiiH of his wife, for
merly Miss Ituth NchloHH of the Hotel
Annonla.
The BUll dlacloaad the elopement on
July II laal of Leltner ami MIkk Bchloea.
1U came here on a visit and persuaded
II lei ScIiIoph to marry hhn at the 'lty
Hall Then liny went to Cleveland to
visit the brtdegfrooni! family ami wired
the brides father nf the marriage, They
were Invited lo visit Mrs. la itm r's um le
In Baltimore and went there expeetlnif
to be foi'Kiven.
in his oomplalm Leltner alleged thai
when Ids wife's relatives ot her In
Baltlniore the said things to her that
tail her lo forsake him ami return home
to New York. Me rharices thai his bride
Was won from him by "trick and device
and false statements."
FORGED TO FEED CHILD.
roklii Wldou Hi. ai. IIimyii
Hint idJaalta Uatlti
wiiKn arraigned yeeterday morning
before JiiiIkh Hike in the County Court,
Brooklyn, on an Indictment charKlinc her
with paaelng forged utiecke, Mrs. iielan
Fahl. i.",. u wnlow. of til tirandvlew
avenue, broke down ami admitted her
guilt. HavtiiK she eraa driven to forgery
in onler to get fo.nl for her little daugh
IBT ;tnl alao to buy the latter a dress
for her fleet communion.
lira, Kahl pleaded with the court not
to Mend her lo prison anil aaparate her
from her child. She said she had not
forsred the checka with "matlcloua In
ti nt" and protnlaod to repay every oent.
Th total Involved is less than S0,
Judse Dike accepted a plea or guilty
of attempted forgery in the aaoond de
gree. Five yea re In prlaon is the iruutl
mum penalty. Sentence will be Impoaed
Tuemlay.
CONEY S LAST SHARK CAUGHT.
Second niitnrr In ?0fa Dgygaw
II,, , , l to I BNajMOBi
Another aliark was caught at t'oney
Island yeaterdaj lie waan't nulte so
bia the one c'HUghl off M'aal Twenty
ttiird Hlreet on Weflncsday, but he was
harder to conquer.
Fishermen who hud lost several baifs
of llsh wflluh they had put into water
to keep the hah freah told William Mat
Ban and Andrew gimme, employeoa at
th Dreamland pier, that they believed
H Hhark was cl'Ulelng around there.
The two men baited a hook, attached it
to a atOUl ' lollies line and hurled It far
out into the water.
They hadn't lung to wait for a bite.
When they began hauling in the biR
nan tiny grew afraid that he would
break the line with hla tall. So Simms
got a long lope, fixed a nooae, and the
next nine th, ahark'a tail appeared
above ih water he laaaoed It, Just
after that the clothes line broke and the
ehnrk oaitte ashore tall first. He was
executed on the beach, He was seven
fen long and weighed about 100 pounds.
Thin is said to he the last ,.f (he
eharka In t-'oiie island waters
MRS. MOHR HELD AS MURDER PLOTTER;
NEGROES ACCUSE HER IN CONFESSIONS
VonUnutd from flrsl Pass.
co ne right on. The world is with me
in my Borrow, i am heartbroken.
"MkiBABVra Tiiivny at on a."
Inapector O'Neill aaked Mrs. Muhr
to-daj to Write her signature, n
'aid it compared exactly with the Kin ..i
lure to the letter. Iater he milled thai
Mra Mohr had ndmlttad writina r
threatening letter to mirk Hura1" be
cause of her htMbanoVi affection for the
young woman. Wanting MlM Huruer to
keep away from him.
Accord ina to the police thia alleged
mlaaive stated: "if you don't keep
away from my husband I'll fix you."
The details r told by the police of
the alleged eon-ill.l on tile Hrt of
Mis. Aloli- and the three negrOOl show
I1-.'; Ire IhOOtlng Waa arr.maed care
fllllj In Mob:, win. enjoyed a large
ptactne here anil In MOWpOft, where he
and Ins wife formerly had a large
house toaether, used to motor to New
port Tuesday and Saturdays, some
times with Miss Burger or Mies Orms
bee His Providence home had bean moved
to the HmWood BOOtlotl after the
separation from his Wife two years ago
and she lived In the immediate neiah-
burhood.
ii was expected by the aiieaed con
plratora that Miss Burger would i-e
with ir Mohr on Tuesday nltrtit.
Brown and Healls. they said, accordinx
to the police account, had cnnfcreiioes
With Mrs Mohr at Newport and at
Providence, at one time her seven-year-old
son actitiK as Intermediary. It was
because Hrown received a note tr.eu
Mrs. Mohr by the hoy that RroWfl was
dlechafjed some time ago by ! Mohr,
The lasr ronfarence before the an t -ins
was aald to h.iic been held on Mun-
Mrs. Elizabeth Mohr, at the top.
day night As a eatltt of i: Ilea
ask d Miss Burger tun" with Pi Mohr
on Tuesday night.
Here is the Hrown confession I,, tin
police :
"1. Cecil Viator Hrown. 117 years old.
of i9 Hammond atreet, Huston. Maav
saw BllBabeth t", Mohi Mottdaj nlghl
between mid I v. M. aukusi :m, ivi&.
She sent for me and told in,- to pr pare
to kin Dr. Mohr becauae he could not
slaiul this any lotiKcr.
"I did not want to do ii. Then ahe
says then is soinethniK in I; for von
I will put you m ih, garage bualneaa
Don't be afraid, as i atand in with all
of the detectlvea and chief down m
Newport and iha .luiigen iii travldenoe.
She save If we Kot In any trouble she
would spend her lam dollar to get us
out of it and be sure and tell tleurga to
come over so an she could nave a good
talk with him. After nine days ahe
would have everything settled, t .at
her part of the aetata,
she alao aald she did nol know if his
other 'wo children belonging to inn iimt
wife would come in for their share and
she would pay ine L'.i"iu and also pa)
ileorge lt.000 and Henr) 11,1 and n
she had a DO Ugh left enc would give ma
1(00 more. 'There 1- no need of Ileitis j
stared, everything will blow over,
This is something tint lias got lo bi
done- i
"She made me rub to Hoston on the
train leaving Providence at 7:40 l'. M
to purchaae a revolver in a pawnshop
on Beech atreet, about three months ago.
which 1 paid for Mrs. Mohr said:
r.et a good one.' if we did not kill him;
she Waa ...ins to do ;t heist II. Sue paid
1100 fie the motorcycle i got m .ia
this year."
Healla got Mlaa Hue,.': and Or. Mohr
and drove toward N'ewpoil Miss Bur
ger aald that she noted lliat the cat
turned 'iff t lie direct route suing into
the Harrington rood llealia complain it
Of engine trouble all tile way and When
he nailed to descend the lull, Juet he-1
fore he stalled the engine completely, lie
flashed the big headlight! three times
At the loot of the hill the machine :
atopped. Healla got out and lifted one'
bide of the hOOd. Jual then shots rang,
out. in Mohr pitched forward and
Miss lluriier, attempting lo bap out of
the car. was shot too. The two negroea !
Who did the shooting escaped op a
motorcycle,
Ha lie vraa la .ei $0,000.
Haalla'a confeaoran
way 1
wound up tins
"Mis. Mohr sent for me Tuesday night,
. August 31. She told me that if i would
I Otop w hen. Victor Hrown told me to
she would give me 11,000."
The police learned too thai Brawn
. hud been ner iht road on ins motor
I cycle a few houra before the ahootlnaT.
The negroea enlarged upon their written
confeaaluna later to-day ami aald Mrs.
Mohr had promlaed them ample protec-
1 on as soon as she got In r biisband's
fortune of 1100,000,
Healta'i tlrsi sinri. run ..f the holdup
i by strangles while be will repairing Ins
stalled engine, was refuted Hral "f all by
neighbor! who heard the ihoti ami ran
down to where lb.- Mohr aui.cn. .Ini,.
I alood on the road. Healls forgot about
. the atalllng then md ract.i away to the
j Ithodn island Hoapital.
After Mrs. Mohr's arrest Hrown a. i.d
; as spokesman for hla companion!, The)
arranged to attack the physician nit
Tueaday, the negroes aald. lo bolster hp
the robbery theory, it being In. Millie's
i custom to carry a bu g. gmounl of
1 money with him on tin- first duy of the
month.
, "i made the final arrangameuta with
Mrs. Mohr on Monday night," said
. Hrown. "She sent for me ami told me
sin- wanted the. dts-tor killed, but nol
the girl. 'Shoot the girl.' she said, 'bul
.lo not kill Imr.' I did not like to do
II, bin she was persistent and said the
stood in well. Spellman was to get
I II. mni for shooting the girl."
Mrs. Mohr heard all these d. tail!
the oonfeaalona of the negroes- .read be-
fore Judge llaminlll. The complaint
; against her stated that ahe "did felonl
; ously and with malice afprethough aid.
'assist, nli. t, counsel, hire, command and
! procure Ileorge W. Ilealis. Cecil Victor
; BrOWn ami Henry Spellman to COmmll a
certain crime, to wit, feloniously ami
Willi malice a forel builgbt kill and sla y
oiut i '. Franklin Mohi ."
Mis Mohr pleaded not guilty and was
held Without bail, hut an attempt was
t . i.e iii oi.. later to obtain ball for her
jbcion Judgt Ceorgt 'i Brown of the
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and, below, the home of the slain
Superior t'ourt Tin- ncgroc- were lic.t!
without ''all. All will receive a bearing
on Repll mber I ;.
When Judge Brown heard the appli-l
cation he- fixed Mr-. Mohr's bail it'
110,000, which was furnished b) her I
counsel anil a few of her nelghbora.
.Mrs. Muhr aald ahe might make a etJU
meat In tin- morning.
TeHe of I'liri'nls.
Tiie police received additional in
formal. on th oughout the dav lending
to corroborate one pr another detail of
tin. alleged ioneplracy. Mis Kisie
Mu Her. formerly hnuaekeepar for in
Mohr hare and at Newport, told Ihent
that she left hla employ because of
threats i hat had been made.
Mr. Muhr, she sa'tl. ki'pl a constant
ea iage and the aervanta w re , on-
st. inlly wo king with Mis. Mohr, Tin
police ais anted that Hrown met
Healla mar the Mohr iesiibi.ee at New
port a few nights ago while Mis. Mohr
was at Xewport.
Dr. and Mrs. Mohr were married
twelve years ago and have two children,
' Franklin. Jr. in years old. and Vir
ginia. 7 years old. The question of
maintenance In Mrs. Mohr's lenaratlon
sun was tn come up In the Superior
Court Ibis month. It g aald that Mrs
Mohr was trying to effect a reconcilia
tion. n Wednesday she was appointed
guardian of her husband's estate, but
to-day she realgned ami Mr dialling,
her counsel, was appointed instead.
LITTLE PRACTICE HERE.
Itr. Mi.hr BaiOg I I, . s I, I for '
.Ileum Ion Here In I MOT.
William tireenthal, a lawyer (" iitt
Broadway, yeaterda pictured Dr, Mohr
THINK MILLION DEAL j
LED TO CORD MURDER !
Police and Proiieeator Gel In-
formation About Big Flor- i
um 1 raiiMHciion.
Campbn, n 3., Sept. 2. Prosecutor
Kro.fl and (he police are working on the
theory that Samuel t'nrd, wealthy real
estate dealer ami lumber merchant of
Philadelphia ami baurel springs, n. j
was murdered last Monday as the out
come of a lumber t ra nsat.M ion Involving
more than u million dollars olaf Potar
mn, partner or the dead man in the
Uuchannon I. umber Company) who wa-
arrestad as a material Witness, I old the
Prosecutor to-day 'hat he believed this
lUtTrbar contract was at the bottom .if
the mystery.
Both men were also officers of the
f otida i.an.i Improvement Compati)
ami a cheek for JlH.iuiu to this concern
as a tiii payment on Ilia, 000 from the
Florida Lumber Company w-aa due to
day't Wlietlior t h is check arrived to-dao
or p. 'i tiie Prosecutor would not gay, nor
would lie Illuminate the report that a
contract covering this mailer between
ilie Iwo companies had been found In
Petereon'a pocket.
Mr. Kraft refused alio lo
names on two uusctit letters
give the
found 111
Cord'a pockets, una of them
dreaaad to a married woman
was ad
and the
other io an unmarried woman.
petereon has given the authorities
considerable information regarding the
lumber thai, ami the delectlves aie
working on the idea that Ibis trans. i.
iion, which apparently would havi
meant much to Oordi a rouged 'be
enmity nf bis competitors, a boy em
ployed III lbs OfflOa of ford In the Hub
bit Building in Philadelphia has de
aerlbed a man whom, he su.vs. be wan
forbidden to admit to Cord'a office.
Peterson aayg he will spare m. expense
in tracing Hie murderer or lbs peraons
who instigated the crime.
THE SUN, FRIDAY,
physiciar at Elmwood, R. I.
in. 1 1
a I. ll
Oil)
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front oi
n it .it 1 I ,' West Mlaty-lltll i s:i lid
With little in mi practl. l tireenthal
couldn't understand I o Di Mohr has
appeared n , w Knglan i
rich man, With autotnoblli
and a nr ictlce In .ew nun
entl) ae .,
i. id hoisc.-
Mi tireenthal was it inael for
Mohr In Is'.it orheii the duciui sued Dr.
William dtevent for lio,uoa dainagi - foi
alienation of h s aife'i air ttono. There
waa a certain amount inyatcr) in thia
case ai. .i Hie lawyei void nf n yester
day MDr Mohra complalnl waa ibe.i on
June HI. 1007, unU the answer on July it.
A bill of particulate waa Hied on August
I4t Toe attorney fi Di Vtevena waa
William ll.iit, of :: Broadway, noe
dead.
"I recall lint Dr Mohr's alleged wife
was young and pretty about 3. years
Old. sin- waa dark and well dreaood of
course a cotitruet to .Mohr's upiararauce
I remembei that lr. Hlevena wautel a
bill of particulars, and lie. wanted to
know when and win. Mohr ami Ins
wife were married, i pieased Muhr fo
that Information, either b documentary
proof or wltneaaes. Otherwise, i tohi
him. I Would drop the case
-The next thing i heard from him was
that the matter bail been lettled and
that Dr, Btevena had given him promts
eory notea, lr Stevens set up in li s
answer that In. Mohr and the woman he
called his wife had entered Into a con-
Bnlracy to defraud him and that the)
were not really married."
Mr tireenthal raid thai Mr Mohr i,..i
in V' r paid him a cent for his legal ser
vices. a search yeeterday In the ia nr
Bocords failed to discover any of the
papera in the Mohr-tttevena suit
ZOO'S MUSICAL BEAR
EATS A MOUTH ORGAN
Nuirar Coated Inntrunienl In
Swallowed Hurinir One nf
nm mi v tier n i.psmhis.
Up Ii Iha giant sloth hear captured
in the wilils of the Himalaya Moun
tains a year ago anil I ra usferrcd to the
Ceutral Park Boo for tin benafll of art
ist! and moving picture operators, for
Zip has been called the Itnool specimen
of his I. mil in captivity. About two
monlha ago. Head Keeper Bill Snyder,
who is fond of muatc. noticed that Blp
bad a long Iomci hp and. as a long
low er lip is necessary In playing I be
mOUth organ, Hill decided that Ilie
hear would make a worthy subject to
leach.
The difficult pari of the teaching was
to make Zip keep th. organ in Ins
ntOUth. Hill conceived Hie Idea of coal
ing the mouth organ wnh sugar.
The mistake was that no allowance
was made ftn zips enthusiasm lor
sweets ami yesterday, while playing
lustily, he swallowed the mouth organ.
gnydrr is considerably worried, for
in nil ins twenty yeara keeper lie
bus hail no similar ruee ami he is nol
sine thai mouth organs ami hear orgatu
agree Zip Is being watched closely
for signs of Indigestion.
JETWOOD
A SMART COLLAR.
WITH A COfirORT
ABLE LOW FRONT
RED MAN
2 ion. 25
TlOY BUT
peooucr
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SEPTEMBER 3, 1915.
BEER AND BLOWS IN
CHOIR SINGER'S SUIT
iifiiipsiPiHi chnrpli Mcmbcn
Crowd into Court tt Ileal'
tf Miiritnl Dlscortl.
Ill -SUA MCs NO IKS FLAT
HBMPSTgAn, U T. Sept 'J He-r bot
tle tops which had been hldjdjOTI 'n a
nova iggred in the - of Mrs
Beatrice Be bar loVlay whan -he brought
auit againat her haaband charging Km
With dOgortlnn, The case vas lo aril In -fore
Justice of the Peace Walter It
Jones with a . row.l of women church
members present The 'Hev. In. ' A
Ahrena paatorof the Hempetaad Hapiist
C'liurch. Wa also among the spectators,
as many relativea of Mr Be. ker are
weniberi of hB ehtirt h.
Mre Hccker is a ilioir singer in the
PrebBytorlaii Church ami in.- hue band
Baa foranerly a ttnger In the Baptlat
Church. Their muaical aocompliahmenta
brougiu thiii together and in ii" ihey
wt ro in irriedi
Mr-. Becki 1 aiiegeti i i ere w is another
woman In n.e as., and the buabaud
said he came home from rehearaal Dr
Cadmani chui In Brooklyn one s.n.n
day digit: ami fotiiNi peer boitle topi in
the aiov .1:1. 1 remnant' 01 1 cake nJ
cigar aahca 01 1U1 aliidoaalll Hi ne
bedroom, indicaiingi 10 hia mimii mat
there pad been eomething an usual going
on m his abaence.
He -aid ins wife admitted tint she
and her eleter, Mis. Ktoretice Douglae,
ai i .Mis frederii i. Hatch bad drunk
tb.ee bottlea 01 beer, but when be aaked
her who drank tin nine other bottlea
ahe refused lo tell him. The husband
admitted In' was a bll JealOUa and Bald
Ills Wife's reUVllVOB Were tile cause of his
troubles
St.'J In fourteen Month.
Mrs. Beckei alleged thai nei haaband
bit her fourteen months ago ami liui
only given her in that inn. She aald
on the -04 a ud that whan ahe went
Brooklyn 1.. see a man named Hani igaiii
b whom he. husband was imployedi lie
told her that Beckei "was no. migh ,
ing .11 ot in 1 woman."
.Mis. Becker t..l al o thai when !ur
huabatel aaw her tea Jama '.1 -. m
in. in named Moree lie atru 1. Moist
.1.1 then atruck her ill thi face, sin
tie. tie. I thai Mo.se bad colled Oh .. ,:.
the abaence ot hei huaband nr that sin
b 1 1 1. 01 , ; o u Jamaica theatre wtib him
Hha ...ini Moree happeneO along 1
was koing bonie ami offered 0 take h,
io 1 hi' . 11. as 11 wai 1 lining
tiiw denied lb beei tupa and t..Mt-a-hes
atory a mi aald alia mi- . told her
usb.iml anything about anything oi thu
kind s.n ended hci leetlmuiiy .... gay
lug that she loved Iter huvbaiid until he
llt'Uck her, Ini that the nl..w killed her
HiVtfi S; . saai Boutd live with him
aaaltfi howevan as ahe needed hia bui -
poi 1
At one point in ti teatiiuony M -Beckei
aald that the seldom went out
with her huaband, but tii.it when 1
j practlaed singing ahe had tu leavu ih
hou-e, as the "noise was awful."
His Florence Douglae, the choir
ginger! sb-ler. n-.nl that '.. waa at the
theatre w in liei gletei slien l-er iius
band el ruck iicr. that Mors., did not go
there With her and II. at he only came
there bj accident.
rut Kiii-iiiinri' lo Nlurnate,
iier the her: ai 1 ':ike luciderd
Beckei aald lie win', awn) n'ilh a me
an leal omjiahy ind 1 '1
turned in found Ii wit.
I W i.. u be IN
had ett alter
placing the furniture In -
I le. I. el - t ..I ins Wife Ii
letti from M..T .. . . ai. n s
.1
en e.l a
1.1 to her
si-tec II. heal .1 t'le tlrs: pari : t. he
aald, which read: "My dear little ai 1
cnly ti yeara ubi 1 tin hoc tuind 1 ic
abuae I but um awfull aorry ovei
the abuse yon got " Itecker aald that
at tin- point he went Into 1 house.
he hid been stand. tig 11 ide the window,
and bis wife told him Hat letter w .
intended lor her elstcr, Florence
On eroeaexnminut!on ha aald in- and
Lis wife tsa.i lived w ih hla ther-in-
law, Mrs Smith Ketcham, 1 re week,
bul tiiat it seemed h-tc three yeara He
did w'ork for hla mothrr-ln-lnWi he aaldi
and all tin1 pay he got waa a bathing
rult. His wife Often stayed out late a'.
mailt, aomet Intel until 1 o'clock In 1 h
morning, he said, and "I had to i re 1
bicycle 10 find her."
Backet aald he did not strike hla wlft
at 1 e theatre, but that sin- atepped In
front of Morae and re. cue. 1 the blow
Intended foi Morse.
"I never Intetitluiially ntruek m wife."
be paid. "We hail low taps ..nil I gave
.her those occasluualty. she atruck me
I tt the nose so haul thai it bled."
1 Justice of tiie i'e ne Junes found
i Beckei gllill as a disorderly pgraon Itptl
. directed him to nas hla wife $.i a week
Reminders!
Everything for the Double
Holiday.
Clothing.
Norfolk suits, blue semes gad white
ftannoli, hata, sIhh s and furnishing!,
Luggage.
Wardrolw trunka and sun cam,
wecU-eiid trunks mid suit cases, filled
bags and lull case
Sporting Goods.
(lulllts lor golf, tenuis-every outdoor
sport .
Motor Wear.
, aii the eooeaaorie from iteamer
mgs to Thar rum bottlea.
Our stores are equipped to
expedite shopping.
Rogers Peet Company
Broadway
at 13th St.
Broadway
Broadway i
at 34th St. I
"The
Four
Corner!"
Fifth Ave.
at4l!t St.
at Warren
1 ol
SUES GIRL FOR $5,000;
ARRESTED AS MASHER
Importer smvs Ho is ,4No Otj
l.f(liHrio" AfflOflff Bronx
Voiinfl Women i
Samuel liieecbuum, an linnorter nf
South A marl CSH gnotls al XT Front
street, Nted a suit In the Hiiireme four!
yesterday in which he seeks lt.000
damagaa from Miss LOBfl Scher, a
music lea, iier of lOltfl Tiffany street,
The ttroux, bOOBtagl sin- hail hint ar
reatfd a g masher When filing lid
complaint tlreanbsum said he sueti the
'defendants -Ister, Hessie Sciier, in
Bronx csuntvi aet auao she had him
a Treated fur the same reason and thai
h" go- a Judgment for r.,o:x against
her
"I am HO gay Lothario. " said Hieen
hattm, "and If I collect anything In
these acttoni I Bill give III" mor.ey to
larlty, I am I f ;e.il" going business
man and 1 don't Lindaratand why they
i. id in. arrested for llirtllia wil l tiietn.
bacauaa I w is discharged each time."
in the complaint Mod jraaterdaxT
UreenbaUm alleged that the defendant
falsely ami malldouely "ehsrged h'.m
wi:h dlrting w.th her" ami that h
w.,s "honorablji dlarharBsd and vindi
cated" As proof of '; 1. infer. Hon thai
ih attenttona 10 the defendant WaTg
m.i 'inu e. nine lire nlMttllh o stibiyeti 1
bu nber id somen. r POVl irds winch
be aald be had received from Miss Is-ah
.-.it i and on winch she made engage
ment! to see him.
Under a neW statute a workhouse
lenience la the penally for 111. .slung.
Thi law is contained In subdivision 4,
11,1 sxr, of Ih! l'ennl Slatutes t'n
WllllngneOg on tiie part nf women to
appeai in court ban heretofore been
1 eeisone'.hlo for the liberty enjoyed b;
10 1 flirts, accord ng to the Pity Magis
trates. HrretofOlt thll subdivision, which Is
in tiie chapter pertaining to vagr-ints.
all.- 1.0 women who hail 110 lawful
.11.1 - ..1 auppori and who frequented
imblit plncea. it now appllea 10 frBr
who itand on stiet corners and 11 to
attract t; ttention of Women and
gill.- These men ran be classed hi
vagrant! end aantonced to the wort.
His. for s. ir. :.. is The offender!
Itino pay i'. 1 - Th y must be un
it tauntsil ii f. 'ii. i guilt)
The day the masher :s ovrr."
-.. 1 l dice 1 ' mn iaaloner Woo. is ves-
It 'a - "Wl going o r il tile com-
munity of maahera "
. 1. titling to 1 report 'I Police Head-
iiuartera eaterda) all patrolmen have
'. ti l to w..tt a for maahl s These
1. ci:. a rreated now ami iha wo-
ie w .11 no: be compelled
t.
,'pi
. ourt.
BIG MORTAR FIRING TO-DAY.
I'rraone Living ear l-'ori Toltra
ahonld Keep Wflne)oeva liasea
The filing of the big 12 inch mor
tals e. HI b. repealed al Fori Totteti
at o'vluek tins morning ami about
tl.e Same I, tltf tills eVCMI K-
i. eut -i'.iI. Heam. In command, has
naked Ihnt all windows in the vicinity
1
i, fi op. n ami the lame precautions
luken by
- rved las
trby 11 suient... as were ob-
mi sr. mi: Ms.
s, 1 ) 1 1 1 1 : 1. s t tins, I
GAIFTY , . . JUST OUTSIDE
, nM; THE DOOR
M I MIN M I IM I s.1 l Mill
Ruth L hat t e . ton in Daddy long Legs
!i LIBERTY v;.'
TW l 'K Uriilv I in l Kundii)
I : 4 Kelt Nt-lt J .-M - 7 l Kl
b. wVgriffith's'
lili. AN rt al'Ki I' v 1 I
g) mphoai i irchetra of 40
LYCEUM SJK
vev-r liny aKATo
nun i mvni sn
i The I Naihle i 'omedy mil
I M II VltKIK s
mis vi imi
and Koherl Mar-hill's
'. el otllish
I III III Kl III
Ml I H It tN'KII
MARIE
TEMPEST
acnilOl If! Weil 3d Kve at
IILtUULI" Mi.
Moil AWisI . an
h ii hi s
si IN .oi l
IM I
sett- Hrllilil s Wl'
' 'm" COHAN'S m'i'-' '
E ll I I V N
LTINGt
Seat- Belling s Weeks In dvame
II BAHOB't Thea.eH'yA lit HI Kvs.H SII
i uunan o mu lo-iiim Mon.aneo
I III MN
I I I I ." hi
II IHI.KN Kl.KIN
itinu i t.l 1'inleA .'lib I'boiit OAtlOl'ol
ranR i ... s iii Mail Wed a s.c j .
MAY IRWIN
.-Mr . (-;'( Mukrr .s'f.r.
in (hi m u I 'tnnfi
M W - MUM I ON
M.,t leMhtir t) Monaa) llel -.r- i
WINTFR PAROEN
W MUIM1 III vi
itt( t.f H tin it iiiiicn hho.
Ili'llhlatH leOr, WM eU.Jiili eVI.tMl,
lllt ihMMi I AIWIK HO
l!lJ,ViT!T
booth fi"! SV,;;:,,1;"?;,,,1;;?
i ii i
I ion'- '
LOUIS MANN ii,',,'",
i DMKIM ur v MTKKKf I. U K
Comedy i '. c,.1,;,;;',-' ' Labor Day Mai. ;',;
u "!:;V". !,!-"" ANEW PLAY SffllUW
'Audience gave every sign of
tits drBBet JgBBBBnfe. .HBS
"11 sti.uild be run
;, THE ROAD
lllllll leu
hence.' iiioi
I'll. Mini Krom
ISHUBERT
n it - r..rir..d. lUhaini
i . hi 'V '"'""" s. '
li b .vim u'.Mod on I he l our Motloni, oth.
Diii.lt mi s UKMoNAUK l'' lit: I. I'n ALL,.
nOLUMBIH : ' BURLESQUE
Mm.
'I'o day
U MAIDS OF AMERICA
rtiiiA i r .. v
I lo 1 1 l' M.
Ilk, 1 .. Illltll in ) MIX .V VII -.i.,,-
.'Ac, aot.it wt in Menuiilu. uthvT 1'icu.
DANCER SUES FOR DIVORCE.
MM I'nrcsuondcnt la "lelrr of
lifVOI I'eollll nelMtc.'i
Mrs. Bosallo Bleyei a dancaTi Bhd
has won more than Unn cups In com
petitive dances, has brought suit in Uai
Supreme CoUrl for a JlVOrOO IrOtll BBm
uel Hleyt r, also it dancer, who Is the
son of a wealthy paper manufacturer.
The couple wen- married at Delmonl-
cos on April l, l"lt. and Until Ihey
aapa rated lived al the Hotel Hargravc.
Mrs. Bleyar alleaea thai her huaband
ii.a enlliv nf mlarunducl at the Hotel
' i.afave'le at Long llcnolt Oft July Iii
last with a woman unknown lo ner.
but who she believes ii "an actrciH of
great prominent e."
Hleyer Hied an ii'iswe" -strrdriy
through Henry J. nnd Frederick K
tlotdamlth in which he denlea ins wife's
rhorgeo and says he has no Ideg of the
Identity ttf the woman act used 111 oth
reapondenti Bleyer says his wife is
jealoug of nil woman with whom he
daces, ami has matle Qllfoiinded
barges against hlffl lierore.
J. W. CAIN LEAVES $200,000.
Wmn ictlve In Qgl I'olltlci
Hntiportt r of BBBldy.
James W. Cain, a I'.-'nocralic pul'tl
dalt of Qtieona, who tlietl at his home lit
Hiysi ie last riiday, Ii t an .state of
1300,000, according to papers filed ei
lerday with gurrugata Daniel Noble.
Mr. rain was at one time one of the
.test known farrneis on long Isl.iml
He waa BupBrlntendent of Highway!
when Joieph Caaaldy was Preeldenl of
Ljueena borough, Mr. ''am was -iiw
one of tiie directora of tin Flayatda n.
t nnal Bnnk. n I fortune wns made in
I 'ring .md m the sale of real aetata
if the relate It.ooo is 'e't to the
'i .ion reft f the Kluahing Hoiptial A
lew imall beQiteala are made to tela-
Uvea n il ti e balance Ii pUl lit trust for
, i . in la w, Mrs. Ida II ram. Widow
,:' Ml holaa V, it Cain t her death
rile propert) is to be distributed BQUBUy
between elghi naphejwa and nieces
DESPONDENT WRITER SIHCIDE.
Jnirph llonrilmnn. n irnHnte of
Oiirlmuiilh, ' "i- I'bronf.
JoBiph HohiMiimii. 31 ar old( A
wiidT. OOlntnlttsfd sult'hle yosi Ttl.iy In
a farntehd room houw at 407 Wt0
K(iPt -si'vrrtlh s'rrH Ht whi fotllld
lying MfOM tin- Ihmi in th roooi wtilcli
ho ; v tak.wi i ho dny boforo Hp wm
fully rirrMii Hli I h root hurt boon ottl
With a ruor Ho lofl t l(-ltrr for 1in
brothor Klchordi a towyoi1 of Ift
ihfttitfo htncOi .l'iMp I'liy.
BOMfdinotn w.is a Ki.Klii.ttc if lan-
mouth ii" hort io?i noonpiipor wru
it tiii- i! f. n number f jroetm, and
hod boon on tokinii i contributor of
voroi to mogTiisiiroo. Rorontly had
h-vn rilorouroitotl In li' BttomiUai t got
htr oorK ruhleiid. orortllug t Hvnry
Com bid Iiin hnuhor'n inn- portnor in
Jofooy 'n. '' v lu-ni ihj lotior ho hod
wrltlon W9U ilollvonnl ltthord ioird-
mnit War in Moinfl JfOOtCI i i .
CORD MEYERS LOSE JEWELS
Believe Handbag Wna i.en al
Belle Torre lob.
Mr n
t., wh
eml of
M:
. t'ord Meer of Rrook
.using along the eaatorti
laland In their tdeatn
ipeth, reported in Chief
I.
yacht the Ma
of I'..' ro Hie
arrival yeatert
that Ihey hiid
mining Jewelr;
s derabte mom
Batch and t t'.
flows) d
u
their
. 1 .
..1 Uri enporl
itlaaed a
Valued at
an old fi
valuables
tandbng eon
It (mu. run
ihlnned -old
Igl I s le lost
Belle 'IV' re
Mrs Ml Mr sad .- if I bo
the bag while visiting llu
Club at Port Jefferaon, I.
two age She said she eras
to recover the tvatch. w
uore anxious
'bh wai an
heirloom, than to timi the ntuer jew..;-:,.
AMl'BKMBXTa,
III I HI s IMI nil! lMs
NEW AMSTERDAM
M..t, I sIhh Ii... AWed '.' ii
- Muilcal Hhna Kver PrrKluciri
am giMi.miavi
NEW MIIIMI.II I FROLIC !
HUDSON ,
i nil si Kvea ai s is
I t l-M'W. Moll .V e I
I IMI I IIMIM M, World
UNDER FIRE
U II I I Wl
I III II I I.N tt
IHlRRifi " KKT til WT. lives ai s r.
Mm Ti i Mnii ,v u . i
II ts I III si II, III
I hi I . pnns
selasco , -
THE BOOMERANG
eltinge fttM-Si ;,;::.;. .v.".
K.1:.-lfVi-aj:l
T. HOY BARNES
V Ml VI' VI I I t vs
I'lJLTON !
H'wm Kvoj .mi
pi i u Mom Wtil
S0MEBA6Y!
l.ii'ieliitiat
Ti I Mm ph.' '
N . N Anifi irmi
GLOBE
Ml- il l W M ..I A VVnl
MONTGOMERY & STONE iUJjj
risiur p " ' n ai s ii
v-nu i ii l i ' - n
1 h.D Wi
mill 1 1 1 1 1 ii v
llrllrr lli.ui "Ilie M.n,
39TH ST. hs7. m' V "' 'li. 'i lT,r'. ,
iih.i.ihi ii viu in triiviTt in
rfTUilTiiwinnifiiifjirTj)
IIMI III. . 1 M, s I
44TH ST "" ' ' M'waj Kva
i vs i lin k: I.AB1 i 1 1 vii s
Ull M VI 1.1, ,
nml H IIKKM V.
vi i nv
MUM II l M. I I v I 111 It I I in ill I
i .ii lYciiv i Urls
hysterica! delight." 1 "s," " " s!;,', '
BBBbW gsB I
TO HAPPINESS
ilslil.elly
li.il I. ir II
llouie' Man II.,, I. 11,,,!,,." lilt, ide." M ol
rhea.,1 1 Hi. xv ,ufjl'ry r.v- s i., i,, i,olmrl)iu .v. xx od
VMIIMSllVl MVIIVri I.I s s v Is H. Ml.
KAIKX XIIIIMI MIIMIi, l.UUH WAV I.
AT0llinPBrrai itii. uawki in
I rl A II U N ' 'a 11 "" "Mearl of Jennifer'1
J""1"" ini. ,. uc airiiiiillrch ASoloUui
n.m xveck. Miry I'lekfunl In "Kmuerolila"
MlGHT0N EVA TANGUAY
'tiii i'ii nf -. i.
Itevoe.
g a gag m A Slupendeoi Nil
L U IM AltJN SBROtOWtyECHO
er m ' Cvanlne at BilOail X ,
Fre Dancin.', Conleat Thursday Nights
13 FAMILIES OWN
.1-15 OF MANHATTAN
Siicictv ( Lower Renin cfrrt
Vignm tf AnaeMed Vnlnen
on Iftlrind.
TAXES HEfJ) IM.IJI i,
The Society to l..wer Hems grid f
dtice Taxes on Homes IBIUed a I .1
ment yOBtardgy asserting lb, 11 1 litrtee-
famtllai own onoflfteenth .if iha ....
gasad Ignd valuation of Manliattun, t
total of IMIidOdtOfl for Ih thirteen
families, or It 1,000,000 a ramily, Th!
total number of famlllea in the Is i i- .
Is plaaeil at 110,000, Theae ngurea a.,
not Include iha land owned by tbe mmm
faunllei In other boroiisrhs of Ilie city,
The "thirteen land owning famll e,
as tnentlimed In the society's llatantOgt,
are
The Aatore, Vandorbllta, Hhinelandtn,
r h. Potter properties, .1 r. Morgan,
:. II Vim Ingen, vVondnla, I toilet i,
Hhret. ilerrye. ChsrleO F. II IT man .
iaie, wiuiam ii H Martin, BUgSJM
Hoffman,
The socieiy Undo that nearty .in-.;t.
teentb of ti.e asieaaed vnlualton f
Mi una: la It Is owned by two corporal in
s.uiors' Sninr Harboi atid TTlnlt) Cel.
porattori, the Former holding land i
aeaaed ai I10.40I.I00 ami building!
eeeeed at H.TIO.IOfl ami the laitei ai
.ng land aBeOCSed at II.OlT.tOfl and
iiuibiiUKe aaaeased al I3.lt4.l0u.
According to I he toniOt)'! Ilg.nrs $i
100,090, or nearl) onetwentleth ot in.
olty'a annual budget, goes for th bener;
of these thirteen lendownera, whn pa
'ti.lv 11,1 11,071 lb laves out of tin n onni
rent.
The Ft aaefoed vaiue of the "'..i tr
menta" on the nr pertlaa owned b) 'ha
tlnrteen famlllea, the BOCMHy sas, is
Ia0.9it7?e "a liiite more than on--
fourth of the vnliie of the land " Tl.i
si element add :
"The avarago amati he-mo owner h.i
three times as valuabto in Bpf n
as nil land, bul the totnl naeenel
value of land owned 1... the : i r : -. I "
thousand amall home owners of be c ,
ii l.s thai, it ,t of tin- Aalor fainli
In Manhattan, I h ugh their Improvetinx
ate worth eeveral 'line.- as much 3
i hoe of the Aatore. ami the ami 1 horn
iwnera, n tei; as all tenanta of the e;t
.i e taxed for till bsmefll of th.ee . i I
a 1 other lug '.and tltOI OpOllOO . I
' city.
"Theaa thirteen famlllea Illustrate
i reaaon for tiie opposition to the pro.
gramma f tie Uower Banta Socitiv
I io transfer taxes now levied on bu I
Miiks to land values, ami t . wee; gtl
ncreaaea in the city budge; by a tuper
j lax n land valm a."
WIFE ABSENT. HE ENDS LIFE.
unite She mi. mis Itecrptitia m
t'lce-Prealdrnl He ahoola lllniaelf,
tigatNOTOM, Ky., Rcpt. ! While Ii
wife was attending a reception given
In honor of Vlce-Prealdeul Mar
ben. to-day It ftnbert m Bryan, aged
45, ii pmtnlneni veiei Itnrlnn, Bred
, bullet Into i Ii hi in ami died so
j after.
I lr Bryan "a. gaaoelated In buelnesi
with Dr, i; Hoover, who is u counn
nf the Vice-President, ami Mis. Bry.il
waa aaaiatlng in recelvtng at l, Houtei -
i home.
IMI l MKNTn,
CANDLER
TIIKATHK '
Kvea. a i? Ihsrp
Li
I II Kl e4 BtCCCH
HIT
THAN
lONTPif.'
rnx. rifiRCIV R" wen
ASTOR
i ni. tTRE H i.;c v i
Kvi ajj Mais r,i
I IH l( I Mil 11 ,
A REAL PLAY AT LAST" M!l
C0HAN
HARRl&'i
greatest!
JRIUMPrjl
iongscre
lllg Sisler i.t Vin.
SEATS ON SALE
MONDAY for
I HI
BATTLE CRY
OF PEACE
VITAGRAPH THEATRF
ii lis. r timi:
THURS. SEPT. 9
Lexington ',V I;:
t-jliESS Potash & Perlmutter
Veil XXeek-' 7 KK - Til II XI Ill'X I I
STANDARD f, V -
Opni Mimj. il-aborllet) llnl
pr,V,,u,"""THE YELLOW TICKET
VflDI 1 "r Leiioi Xi i n
lUtlN ' '.y! Hi mbi
me i . . i i i
III s Moil I ilo i II. iv M.H -
te,,:uK'1 THE NATURAL LAW
"Mandalay
' i Floating Carni
K.V- Hem lit.. I I
I1IMMII Ullsl MIMS A IHNi IM
fpt . Ii Sjm-i-IhI I tint f-' Kshlnitiiiii I '
si 'pi 7 i .i is ' walk NiuiH, I irali llu
Kept. N Filtnlnil i'iiU 1111 Miatr iiiH .
Si i '. M.i-iuf ( u' inni It. ill. -mil.'
Klynn. ilraui, Youui Mi1- lUrrj i
i o.M
Kfpl ID Dam lni: unit"! lhafftt hi
'i it II loUIIHiln, I . tn-mil Hniii.il
Illi! Nlgttlt I tl W..I lit Si'.
I niMiiu lUltiTv I'n r ; .1 . i
HUTKtaM m HKTAl it i -
14th Street, near Fourth rcniu
Prince George Rcici
I llXInllll I I I II XM I
ai mxiiiitii i i ri i it s
-lit. WllM.s
New pegarturegirvlueBla Thiuei i
III XX bt .Hi lit U Wi, I. Hi .