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HUDSON MARU HERE
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HELD UP BY RAIDER
Officer of JapniipAc Ship Tells
of Sinkings in llic South
Atlantic.
TOOK PRISON KKS TO POUT
German Son Terror Relieved to
Havo Been Outfitted in
Navy Yard.
The Hudson Maru. the Japanese ship
r;,r.A w it,. nn.ii mlilrr which i
iarrflHH th fenuth Atlantic trade lineal amt n.0"n -Pt. Takeshlma that he .
ttrrorlied the Bouth Atlantic truuc lines (mUHt be rc th) (o receve
in December and January, put in nore
yesterday from Pernambuco, llraill.
Her captain, T. Takeshlma, who waa
called on board the raider and given In
structlonn to take tho captured crcwK of
ships to a Bouth American port, con
firmed tho Impression that tho raider
was a carefully outlined vesnel from a
German port.
The Hudson Marti wan captured on
January 0 whllo on a voyage from Uoni
by to New York. She followed tho
raider under orders irlven by a Gorman
officer, who backed up his commands by
t ft threat to blow up tho tdilp. for several
days and then waa released after the
captured crown had been placed aboard
her. Bhe reached I'crnambuco January
II, and proceeded to New York by way
of Barbados. First Olllcer CI. Hayaslil
told of their experiences with the raider
ll) tho absence of Capt. TaUesliiinii, who
had gone to tho ofHco of the ship's agents
M soon as the vessel docked.
The behavior of the Uerman sailors
and oftlcera who boarded the Hudson
Marti was always courteous, he said, and
the men seemed to be under such cxccl
leat discipline that ho Judged they were
from tho Herman navy. Cmt. Take
attlma In particular was kindly treated
by tho German captain, and Invited on
beard the raider on one occasion for
nch. The raider Kecmcd to bs strictly
, k commerce destroyer.
Boarded by (irrninns '
Wo were about 200 miles off the coast
tjf Brazil on the afternoon of January
' he aald. "when we saw a vessel lo
the eastward following u course parallel
to ours. By 2 o'clock we could sec that
the was a converted merchant vessel
With schooner rigged masts, one funnel
and her upper works, palnteil yellow. She
changed her course lo cut across our
bows, making about lfi',1 knots an hour
to our 7 '4. Finally she broke out tho
Blfnal 'JIN,' which means "Htop and be
quick about it,' and the captain ordered
the crew to make rady to abandon ship.
We guessed what she was then.
J "When wo had hove to a Uerman oftl
oer with a squad of suitors armed with
rifles came aboard and took all our
papers after usklng many ituestloiiH.
' There was no distinguishing mark of
any kind on the caps or utilfoms of tho
men. Ho left us for n time and then
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DIED.
BBITTON. Charles Price,
February 17, HIT.
suddenly, on
Funeral service nt his late linni.
west bevanty.flfth itreet, on Thursday
afternoon. 4 o'clock. Interment at
Kent. Conn.. Krldty. 11 M.
TJTLER. At hie residence. J7 Grand
avenue, llrooklyn, on February J.
I17. Bamiiel Slrjfcer Butler, hush-ind
Sarah B. Douglna und son of Mary
Bcudder anil the ljto Henry U Uutler,
aged 66 years.
Funeral services at the raldenr of his
daughter. Mrs. Bayard U reck, :7
Henry street. Brooklyn, on Thursday,
March 1. at 3 P. M.
LAPP. On Wednesday, February CS, at
his home, 27S Usury street, Brooklyn,
after a short Illness, of pneumonia. In
hla sixty-fourth jear, William Ilalnei.
eon c' the Into Mary I and Htllinan S.
Clapp.
Funeral services will he held at lila Inle
heme on Friday, March 2. t 3 P. M.
It la requested that no (lowers bo sent.
DOLE. Suddenly, at Bucklncham Hotel,
New York, on Wednesday, February
SI, Helen Kyle, widow of Willi :n
Hartley Dole.
Funeral private. .Pleats omit flowers.
ABTO.V. Suddenly. February :i. 11T.
abel J. Ktaton, widow of the late
Frederick J. Easton.
Funeral services at her residence, c:s
Park avenue, New York city, on
Saturday morning, March 3, at 10:30
o'clock.
ElJtO. At Parli. France, February ",
Henrietta Low King, daughter of the
late Charles King and Henrietta Low.
In her elghtythlrd year.
KcFADDISN. Suddenly, at his residence,
J75 Summit avenue, Hackensack, N. J..
February 37, 1317, Dr. Eugene Anson,
bolovea nushani. of Laura A. McFadden,
Funeral service will be hetd at his late
residence on Thursday evening, March
1, 1917, at sight o'clock. Interment pri
vate at the convenience of the family.
TONNEIX. The night Itov. Bernard T.
O'Connell, In tlto sixtieth year of his
age, at Phllllpsburg, N, J., February 37,
smnerul Monday morning, March C, at
the Church of Bt. Philip and St. James,
Phllllpsburg. Solemn mass nt It o'clock.
FBTTIT. nov. George A., lato' president
of l'ordham University, on Febru
ary 37.
Funeral services nl St. Andrew on Hud.
son, Poughktcpsle, N. Y., Friday, 10:30
A. M.
Fordham University Alumni nre asked
to attend. Train leaves Grand Central
for PnughUeepnle. 7:10 A. M. b'lgned
Geo. A. Leltner, M. D. Joseph 1).
Mlddleton.
POWELL. On February 3. 1'J17, at Uolse,
Iduho, Samui'l JItideon Powell, beloved
husband1 of Mary Potter PoniMl.
Funeral services .Saturday at S P, M. at
his lata residence, 1 3 so Union street,
BrooliUn.
TEBBINS. At Plalnlleld, N. .1., on
Vedncday, February 38, 1517, Al
bert C. atebblns. In his seventy-second
yeur.
Services at his late residence, 535 West
Seventh street, riHlnlleld, N, J on
Saturday, March 3, at 3:10 P, M.
SI! YD AM. Suddenly, on February 58,
1017, Caroline A., widow of the late
John Fine Suyilam, at her late rel
denc Garden City, Long Island.
Funeral prhute, Kindly omit llowers.
TANDYCK. Henry I. P.., at Jersey City,
Jf. J., TucHlay, February 37, 1017, ill
the eightieth year of li lo llfn.
runeral nt la New kirk itreet, Jersey
City. 10 A. M. Friday. Mi r-h 2. Inter
rnenl ut Klnsston, N. .1.
Ill Meniorlniii.
fcUXTON, In IonIiis ineiiiory of William
Luxlon, who died March I, 1910,
Wife and Children.
MUIIPIIY, In memory of Mix. Abk'alt
Duiiworth Murphy, who illi'il March 1,
1M0. Mass at Church of llli-Mad
ruinent, West tietenty.tlrrl slroet. March
3. at S A. V.
UMIKItTAKKIlS.
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tVt1.. "aV. V RANK CAMPBELL 'fiJBk
came back wllli a petty officer and two
"wiiiud null VirVlllAI 111 III
which wero pent ilown Into the boiler
i wiiiii, no men prcscnieu mo peuy "ni
cer to llio cnptnln, nnd said:
" 'This man In now In command of this
"hip. You will obey him In everything.
If you refuso ho will not hcHltate to
shoot you and blow up the ship.'
"We were ordered to follow the raider
nnd precede Mm by night. The raider
left us and went off toward the coast
on January 7. We causht up with Iilm
about noon, while ho waa taking the
rrcw off u IirltlHh freighter, the It.Unor
hire. A llttlo ufter 2 o'clock there was
a tremendous explosion and the ltadnor
shlro disappeared In a few minutes.
More Ships Destroyed.
"On January 9 the raider caught an
other freighter, the Mlnlch, and we bIho
heard the explosion which sent her down.
The next ship she overhauled was the
rmneroy Hall, which, we tninK, was
destroyed by gunfire."
On January 11 tho German captain
apparently decided to use tho Hudson
Muru to get rid of hli Drlsoners. for he
sent an officer aboard, who made an
estimate of her coal und food supplies
237 n.n.,.r. Th.v....m .hn.nl
and Capt. Takeshlma was ordered to sail 1
directly cast until C o'clock and then go
where he pleased. The prisoners wero
landed at Pernambuco, and It wus then
that the world got tho first good Idea of
what the raider was like.
Tho prisoners had been kept under
trlot guard on the raider and It was not
until they reached the Hudson Maru
that they rould compare experiences.
They nil agreed tun raider was out
lined In n way which Indicated It had
been done In a navy yard. Thero worn
two guns and two torpedo tubes, In
Btallcd with great care, and tho vessel
also had an extra funnel which could
b raised or-lowercd to conceal her
identity.
LITERACY TESTS FOR
NEW VOTERS FOUGHT
LouiH Marshall and Victor
Bidder Lend in linking
Protest at Albany.
Albant, Feb. :s. LkjuIs Marshall and
Victor Rldder of New York, with others
ho said they represented foreign horn
citizens, appeared before tho Senato Ju
ellclary Commltteo to-day to protest
attains! Senator lilon It. Brown s nro
posed amendment to the Constitution
providing that voters after January 1.
19S0, must be able to read and write the
English language. They said the ma
Jorlty of foreign bom cltlrens labored
hard every day and had no time to
learn English, and that nny amendment
which might deprive them of the right
of franchise would be un-American, un
democratic and unjust.
Advocacy of the measure was led by
Senator, Brown and by Charles H.
Voung, who as a delegate to the Con
stitutional Convention tried to have a
literacy test Inserted In tho proposed
new Constitution, which waa submitted
to the electors. Mr. Young Mild the
point raised by Mr. Marshall nnd Mr.
Kidder that the foreign born element
had no time to acquire a knowledge of
English could be met by the establish
ment of special night" schools so they
rould qualify during the five year period
they must wait after arriving In this
country before admission to citizenship.
"Much of the opposition to this amend
ment," i-ald Senator Brown, "la due to
the wronr Idea that it interferes with
any one now a citizen and enjoying the
right to vote. It does not. .1 am not
narrow, nor am I prejudiced, but I think
all our voters should understand English t
If we nre to be ono big people and
tlon. I do not bellevo a new arrival in
this country should be permitted to vote
before ho la in h position to know tho
policies und alms of this country and
have a conception or tho history of the
republic.
"Such a condition would do away with
clique voting and we would not then
have political mountebanks catering to1
tho Jewish vote, the German, voto and 1
the Italian vote. My Idea Is to create a
cltlsenshlp of full Americans nnd not
part Americans, a citizenship of Amerl -
cans who can vote Intelligently. And
how can a citizen vole Intelligently If ho
cannot read even the ballot ha Is voting
und has to vote as some one else tells
him?
I was prompted to introduce this
amendment In time to meet tho condi
tion which will exist at the close of the
present .war, when thousands will flee
from Europe to this free land. We will
do our best to receive and digest them.
but we want them at least to he able to
get all the Information they can through
reading before they become American
cltizons. All hell could not stop them
from learning to read and write the
English language If they realized It was
an absolutely necessary equipment for
the enjoyment of the duties and prlvl
leges of American citizens."
EPISCOPAL PENSION
FUND S COMPLETED
Subscription Total $6 00,000
and System Will Co Into
Operation To-day.
Tho Bight Bev. William Lawrence.
Bishop of Massachusetts, who for tho ,
last year has been engaged in collecting
a .'. uOO.ooo pension fund for Troteitant
Episcopal clergymen who he.ve reached
the age of 08, announced last night that
llio fund had been oversubscribed by at
least 11,000,000 and that the operation
of the new pension system would begin
to-day.
Bishop Lawrence was relieved from
active work In his jwn diocese und has
hud his headquarteis at 14 Wall street
during his nationwide campaign for sub
scriptions. J. P. Morgan Is treasurer of
tho undertaking.
The !,000,000 fund was tho minimum
which would Insure tho solvency of tho
echcine, Tho additional amount raised
will make it possible for the fund to as
sume the obligations of the General
Clergy Belief Fund, which has been con
solidated with tile new undertaking, and
to tuko over certain diocesan funds. Un
der t lie plan adopted every actl mem
ber of the Episcopal clergy on attaining
tho ago of 68 will be ellgiuio to retire
ment on a minimum pension of $600 a
yeur.
The maximum pension will be arrived
ut by taking the applicant's: average
salury for tho total penou or active ser
vlco and applyln to It an nnrual per- i
ccnt.'U'o equal to ono and u quarter times ,
Hid iiiiinix'i' ot years assessment mai
havo been paid on hla behalf by the
parishes ho haa served sb.v'o March 1,
181". Widows will receive one-half of
the amount to which their husbands
would have been entitled.
t'Riiard Line liny tjtilpa.
Pmi.ADEU'iiiA, Feb. 28. Announce
ment waa made to-day that the tfun
Shipbuilding Company at Chester, I'u.,
bad received a contract from tho Cunnrd
Lino for two stundard 10,000 ton cargo
boats. Other concerns, Including the
Bethlehem Steel Company, havo received
similar contracts, but It Is understood
the Sun company contract was tho llrst
given nut nnd also tho flit awarded
to an American shipyard by a British
concern in lifty years.
PATRIOTISM CLASH
IN WEST SIDE TALK
Riverside 'Jf paring Onuses E.
II. Outerbridffc to Roil
Bowling.
MANY APPROVE OF PLAN
Irving T. Bush Sn.vs It Will
Relievo Intolerable Traf
fic Condition.
The Board of Kstlmate hearing on the
New York Central West Sldo Improve-
mcnt plan and contract frequently roams
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1,,lIe "llon to the business nt hnn.l,
Yesterday U-boats raised their perl
copes In tho City Hall, with Alder
manic President Frank Dowllug skir
mishing to torpedo Kugcnc II. Outer-
bridge, president of tho Chamber of
Commerce, and with Mr. Outerbrldgo
replying wllh foro nnd aft guns. Mr.
Uulerbridge waa supporting the con
tract.
"The mass of people trust the city
ortlclal.s turn! know that this blp; track
problem will bo satisfactorily solved by
tho Board of ICsllmate," said he. "But
the mass of people are not organized.
Nothing" Inspires them to coino hero.
They are not like the advocates of nil In
ternational and foreign Interest nnd they
am not like the pacifists who urn or
ganlzid and alert. Tho mass of th
people arc patriotic, but patriotism 111
not orgnnlzed any more than Is the sup
port of this track Improvement plan."
"Can't you leave that matter to the
President?" Interrupted President Dow
ling sharply.
"I said that If tho President would
handle the matter properly "
"Well, can't you leave It lo him?" In
sisted Mr. Dowllng.
"Well, I hope ho Is going to,'1 re
turned Mr. Outerbrldge, and Comptroller
Prcndcrgast went through tho motiona of
clapping his hands.
Representatives of many trade organi
zations nnd nrlvnte concern Joined Mr.
Outerbrldgo In advocating the proposed
contract between tho city and tho New
York Central Railroad. Irving T. Bush,
chairman of the Harbor and Terminal
Committee of the Chamber of Commerce,
favored the plan "because It would wtlr
the New Jersey railroads to get busy."
Anything that will relieve the Intolerable
situation on the West Hide will benefit
the merchants of New York, Mr. Bush
trdld.
Mayor Mltchel asked if delay in acting
could be translated Into monetary loss If
persisted In for years. Mr. Bush waa cer
tain that would result.
"Does tho Chamber of Commerce go
on record as favoring u perpetual fran
chise?" asked President Dowllng.
"The chamber ha not recorded Itself
on any details," replied Mr. Bush. "The
broad principles of the plan wero passed
on und confidence waa express-ed In the
city officials."
Mr. Bush predicted tlint large Interests
would leave Manhattan for Now Jersey
If relief wasn't afforded In tho terminal
facilities situation.
Clarence H. Kelsey. representing tho
Advisory Board of Real Katatn Inter
ests, said that two commlttefB nf his or
ganization had approved the plan wlth-
diucji,,,; details.
no tnought tho
i.m. j.v.r. hut i that the con
na-jtracl be cotl at once If tho rlly could
,ft no better terms. He promptly ndded
he believed the Inequalities were In favor
of tho city.
Henry W. Hay den, secretary of the
Grant Monument Association, read a
resolution opposing the plan because the
Grant Monument foundations might he
endangered,
William C. Breed helleed the contract
looked like u good business proposition
I for the city. Jllverslde 1'arK would havo
Mo be disturbed some, but only for the
1 greater punilo good.
J. Van Vechten Olcott took Issue with
his fellow members of the West End As
sociation nnd favored the plan.
J. E. Keene for the Central Mercantile
Association Indorsed the plan, na did C.
II. Fuller of tho Harlem Board of Com
merce. Heads of private concerns aald
there would be great business saving If
tho track plan was put through.
Tho hearing was marked by sharp con
troverblea In which Mayor Mltchel, Pres
Ident Dowllng, President Connolly of
Queens und Ira H, riace of the rsew
York Central took part.
Mr. Place will conclude the presenta
tion of the proponents' side when tho
hearing Is resumed at 10 A. M. to-day.
FIRE POTS OUT BRONX LIGHTS.
Blase Causes I.ltllo Damage at Edl
ron rower House.
A small Are ln the feed house ad
Joining the Edison company's main
power house In Tho Bronx, at 4731 Park
avenue, destroyed some wires and shut
off the electricity from the street lights
In the Tremont, Fordham and half of
the Klverdale sections last night from
about 7 o'clock until 9:30, when tho wires
were repaired.
The origin of the fire Is unknown and
caused only about $100 damage.
I KfEBCER i
I A conspicuous feature of Mercer con- II
II x, struction is a low, properly balanced II
II car. This assures not only a greater Iw
II dptrrpe. of comfort in ridint?. hut much' IM
Hi t. r... i Im
greater stuciy ui iiigii specua, h
I HI m 9 j a iv ar 4W
sbhs n M a. n mm r jaw
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w n l i i in u mui UK Luwr a n i i m
A 1802 Broadway, New Yolk 486 Central Ave., Newatk IM
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18111 mi ana mm l mmj 1 . , ' K
THE SUN, 1 THURSDAY, MARCH 1,
SECRETS
THI title to Andrew Car
negie's purchaie at
IlIUi Avenue and 90th Street
wm examined In oar office.
very detail of the trans
action was known to us tor
weeks before those In Inter
est decided to make the story
public.
Although It was a news
item of Interest to all those
who deal In real estate, this
sale like all others handled
by us was held Iq absolute
confidence.
The necessity of such se
crecy is appreciated by every
employee. When you want
such business capably and
confidentially done, you can
not do better than bring It
to us.
TiTlE GUARANTEE
AND TRUST
Capital . . $ 5,000,000
Surplus (all earned) 11,000,000
lTBwsy.N.Y. 1 7B "temsen St., rVklrn.
330 run on m Jamaica.
WHY HETTY GREEN
CHANGED RELIGION
Kci'Hiuc an Episcopalian (o Ho
Iliiricd in Family riot
With Husband.
Mrs. Hetty (ireen, who was frequently
called tho richest woman in the world
and was reared In the Quaker faith, ac
cepted tho Episcopalian creed three
years before her death to bo buried in
tho family plot with her husband. The
story became known before Surrogate
Kowler yesterday In transfer lu pro
ceedings to determine Mrs. Clrccn's legal
place of abode.
This circumstance was cited by
PhnrlM W. TMersrHi nf A IfTn ni1r
i:tn ,,nnni' fne rni. vriu-ui-.i it. li
.ireen. son, und Mrs. Matthew Astor C1111 Properly had been touched. Pas
Wilkes, daughter, of Mrs. f Ireen. In "cngers said tho rebels were acting un
aecklng to show the woman inlander's order that they should under no
regaid for Bellows Vnlls, Vt which the
(teen heirs maintain was her residence.
If tills claim Is rejected tho estate, rated
at from $100,000,000 to tl70.000.000,
will yield an Inheritance tax of from
$4,000,000 to 16,000,000.
Ilemembered Hrr Ititie inoiin.
'Mrs. Green's attachment," said the
lawyer, "for tho placo to which her
young husband toed: her as his bride tlfty
yearH ago was so strong that she waa
baptized Into the Episcopal faith a few
yearH beforo her death because she
feared she otherwise might not be Tr-
mltted to lie after death beside her bus-
hanrt In the remsterv of tht ..hurrh In
Bellows Palls.'
In opposing Mr. Plcrson's argument
John B. Glcason of counsel for the
Transfer Tax Department, roferred to
tho fact thot seven cities aspired to tho
honor of being Homers birthplace, while
three Stuteg havo made claims ofllclally
or othenlse to being thn residence of
Mrs. nreen. The Statea ho cited wero
New ork. Vermont and New Jersey
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nrougnt into mo case ty .Mr. i.ieason.,
who quoted the ancient Latin definition
ni a mans uomicno os oeing wnrre nis.Wanl Lno Hteamshln th a week.
lares and penates were situated," Tho(
word "lares" meant household goods, j
Drntrn She- la Itraldrnl.
"Mrs. Greens lares," raM Mr Gleasnn,
"wero her bank deposits, and those uhe
kept right hero In New York.'
Mr. Plcrson's retort to this j that
Mrs. Green had money hero because New
York Is a business centre for all personi
high in the financial world. Much of his
time was devoted to a tiansfcr tax
statuto passed by the Legislature alKut
a month before Mrs. Green's death. This
law, Mr. Pierson said, holds that a
person living hero six months, subscrib
ing to a legal document which gives his
address as Mew lorn, or giving tins
State as hla place of abode In his will, is
a resident.
Mr. Pierson emphasized that Mrs.
Green did none of these things. The
Surrogate reserved decision.
FARMERS OPEN CITY )FFICE.
Dairymen's I.enicue Haa Headquar
ter" In Tall cv York IlulIdlnK.
The Palrymen's League lias opened
headquarters on tho sixteenth floor of
110 West Fortieth street. The dairy
men moved to the metropolis to be In
closer touch with milk distributers nnd
others having business with the or
ganization. The league now has a mem
bership of 32,500 farmers In sixty-eight ,
counties, Including counties ln Conncctl
cut, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The1
members own and control a total of '
106,367 cows.
The new headquarters will be a sorl of
social centre for league members and J
their wives when they come to town to i
look over tho areat White Way and
Its environs.
! nnn z vr t tit tat nrnr ait
UUBAN KBYULUUUn
SAIDTOBESERIOUS
Hefiiffccs Arriving Hero He
port IMsing in Oricntc Uc
yond Mcnocnl's Control.
U. 8. CONSUL AHHESTE1)
Editor Who Fled ItcbolCavnlry
Makes His Way Along
Const in a Launch.
Conditions In Cuba are more serious
than reports from Havana would Indi
cate, nnd tho Menocal Government ts
far from having any control over tho
revolution. This was tho news brought
by passengers arriving yesterday from
Anllllu on tho Munson I.lno steamship
Munnmar. Many of llio passenger wero
refugees from the scene of fighting, and
one passenger, Ncnicslo Valdcz, had an
o.tcltlng cvporlenco escaping from a van
guard of tho revolutionary army and
making his way along tho coast In a
small launch to Anllllu.
Tho passengers also told of tho arrest
and Imprisonment for two hours of
American Consul Bayllss by the military
commander at Ar.tlila for protesting
against u Government order forbidding
more thnn two persons to walk together
In the atreetH. Ilnyllss, It seemed, was
arrested In Ignorauco of tho fact that
ho was tho American Consul. When tho
t.otcrnmcnt authorities learned his Iden
tity he waa rcltascil with many apolo
gies. A flock Moment aril jr lOxpcctrd.
Tho passengers expiessed great relief
at getting nwny from Antlltx, because
an attack by the revolutionists waa ex
pected momentarily. The Government
forces had thrown up breastworks and
had surrounded tho town with barbed
wire. Antilla Is one of tho few towns In
the provlnu' 'f Orlente stilt In tho hands
of tho (iovoi 'icnt. It wim raid, mid
doubt vns cxprc sed whether tho Men
ocal forces could hold out ngalnst tho
attacking force.
Rumors wero current In Antilla that
great damage had been dono to sugar
property In the Interior of tho Island,
but the belief was held that no Amcrl
, "" .. l..v..,. ...
cause many of tho railroads had been
seriously affected by the revolution It
was Impossible to move the cropi
whether American or Cuban. .
Fled From Rebel Cavalry.
Valdei!, editor of tho Conservative
organ Nl .Vniarfrero, at Maarl, twen
ty miles cast of Antilla, related a thrill
ing experience he had making his es
cape1 from tho rebels. Saturday morning,
lie said, ho was in his newspaper oftlce
when word waa brought of on approach-
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'"em,onr""
hut,ln. afe V "V"? ?fJ''" ",1rrf;
' l'or,wl ",at reb.e' cavalry were coming
up tho street. Valdef said he took one
look and then making his way' through
tho back door, mounted hla horse and
rode pott haste to Preston, a United
Fruit station ten nilha away.
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conclusion of the nddiesa Speaker Sweet
of the Assembly, who presided, requested
tho legislators and officers to convey,
the Hoover message to their various
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JACK CRAWFORD, '
'POET SCOUT,' DIES
Pneumonia Is Fatal to Man
Who Won Fame as a
Frontiersman.
F0UUHT AGAINST INDIANS
News of Death of Buffalo Bill,
His Early Teacher, De
pressed Him.
Cant. Jack Crawford, who succeeded
Col. William V. Cody as Chief of Bcoutn
of the United Slates army, died yoster-
day nt hla home, 745 Thrall avenue,
Woodhavon, Queens.
Pneumonia caused tils death, hla re
markablo constitution postponing the
inevitable for week arter physicians had
passed nentenco upon him.
As ho lay In bed 111 from a complica
tion of diseases he got the( news that
t'ol. Cody, with whom he had ridden In
many a wild chargo against tho Hloux,
had gone ocr the grout divide. It de
pressed him.
"Ho Hill Cody Jias goneT- paw ;api
Jack.
"I guess they will be pounding I
taps over mo pretty soon. Well, wiionMrH uHStn-g only daughter, Isalxdlc W.
wo moot Tall nun nnu tnai lougn uiu
codger 'Sitting Bull on the other sldo
and stick up our hands palm forward
and say. 'How, Kulal' thero will bo a
lot to talk about."
And so to Capt. Jack death was merely
the last great adventure. He would
havo liked to stay longer ln this world,
but almost all of tho great figures of the
Old West, the men with whom ho had
ridden nnd fought Custer, Crook, Mer
rltt, Sheridan, Cody are in the other
world, nnd firm believer as ho was ln
the future life, Jack Crawford looked
forward with keen anticipation to meet
ing them agnln.
One of n Frnrleaa Company.
He waa one of the fearless company
who pushed the frontier ever westward,
but llko Buffalo Bill was ever reticent
In tho matters of his own exploits. Ho
much preferred to talk religion Capt.
Jack was extremely pious or to re
cite poetry he had written much him
self In earning the title "the Poet hcout
than lo recall tho old days when he
led thin dusty files of United States
cavalrymen Into the sagebrush strong
holds of llio hostlles. But tho records
have preserved the achievements of the
old scout permanently, ono may hope.
He wan born ln Ireland In County
Donegal on March 4. 1847, and came to
the United States when he waa a mera
slip of n boy. Then the civil war began
and John Wallace Crawford, only 10
yearn of uge, ran away from home to
enlist. The recruiting officers turned him
down time after time, but ho finally
blarneyed the recruiting olllcer of the
Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Vnlunteer.1
and In hard service received wounda that
almost llnlshed him. Am he lay In a
hospital In West Philadelphia the Slaters
of Charity taught him to read and
write.
lie Loved Adveutnrr.
Recovered from his wounds ho went
West, Impelled by lovo of adventure;
presented himself before Gen. Crook,
who wa then, In 1S70, always busy with
troublesome Indians, and got an appoint
o Indians, and got an appoint- in,rnrnteMl. will be held t-day at Kln
r Ciook as scout. Buffalo Bill derhook, jf. Y.. where thf Interment will
s chief of scouts und under t ml,d. Memorial services will be held
ment under
was Crook'
Cody Crawford mle and fought many
a ear. When Cody retired from tho
scout service In IS78 Capt. Jack got his
place hh scout chief. Ho e-cned In nu
merous campaigns against tho Kloux
and the Apaches, and knew, as many an
other Indian fighter of that period knew,
what It was to take the dust of thn wily
Gcrnnlnin. Crook, Merrltt and Custer
hud a great affection for Capt. Jack and
ranked him as one of thn nerviest, most
resourceful tinllera that ever went after
bad Indians.
He quit the scout fcrvlco In 18SS,
mined and ranched In New Mexico for
ten years nnd then got the Klondike
fever. Two winters In Alaska failrrt to
pun out. and '"apt. Jack cams luck
to th Stales. In the subsequent years
he took up lecturing, which, with the
sale of his poems and contributions
tu the magazines, earned hint his living.
At one time lie was a special agent or
I the Department of Justice.
Among his writings were "The Poet
Established 1B52
a'
V ,
New York ToUplione, Circle 1400
Brooklyn ToUphone, Decatur 1484
Brom ToUphonc, MoItom 9933
Scout, a Book of Bong- and Story." 1885;
"Campflre SparkB," 1888: "Tat," a
drama In threo acts, 1900 : "Fonda," a
drama in three acts, and "Col. Bob," a
drama, 1909 ; "Private Brown," "Whar
the Hand 'o Qod la Seen" and other
poems, 1911 ; more than 100 short stories
and a doten songs set to music and
published.
Capt. Crawford is survived by Ida
widow, Mrs. Marin Crawford, who Is In
Kan Marclcl, N, M. ; three chlMron, Mrs.
Kva Ileckhart of Kl Paso, Tex.: Harry
W. Crawford of Clovte, .V. M., of which
town he was formerly Mayor, and Miss
May Crawford of Han Marclel; two
brothers, Austin Crawford of San Mar
clcl and William Crawford of Philadel
phia, and two slsteiti, -Mrs. John Ho j son
of Phlladelohla and Mrs. Ultiabeth Nat
Irene of San Marclcl.
Tho funeral will bo held to-morrow
night at 8 o'clock In the ttostrand Ave
nue Methodist Church In Brooklyn. Tho
rtev. II. B. Munson will officiate. Ser
vices also will be held by the Blks and
tho a, A. K. poet to which Capt. Craw
ford belonged. Interment will be In the
national cemetery at Cypress Hills Sat
urday morning.
MBS, ISABELLE J. EASTON. 1
Illes Suddenly an Train Iletiirnlnar
From Hoi Springs.
Sirs. Isaholle J. Easlmi, widow of
Frederick J. Kaston, died suddenly of
heart dlscaso yesterday morning on a
Pennsylvania train which waa bringing
her homo from Hot springs, Va. Mrs.
Iaston was 71 ycarA old and lived at
r. 21, Park avenue. Kha wuh accompanied
by her son and dnughtcr-ln-law.
Tho maid found her body while tho
train was speeding through New Jersey
ntirl it nhvslHan mi tlin tmlii siittl ilputli
due to natural causes. Last August
Easton, died suddenly at Poland Springs,
Me.
THE REV. 0. A. S. PETTO?, S. J.
Former President of Fordlinm I'nl-
lersltr Victim of I'liriimmilii.
PotloitKKErsti;, Feb. 2$. Tho llcv.
George Albert Joseph Pet,tlt, K. J.. mas
ter of novices of tho Maryland-New
York Province of tho" Society of Jesus
and for seveial.j;e:ns president of Ford
ham University, died last night of pneu
monia. Father Peltlt had hoen rector
of the novitiate of St. Andrew, near this
city, since April C, 1901, when ho left
Fordham.
Father Peltlt was S!) years old and
was born In Duntnore, County Galwny,
Ireland. Be wns educated In the pub
lic schools of New York nnd In 18S0
entered the Society of Jesus. Father
rcttlt began tho teaching of English
and the classics In 1SS7 at Gonzaga Col
lege. Washington, nnd in 1S90 went to
Fordham, where ho remained until 1892,
returning to Woodstock Theological
Seminary ln Maryland, where he wai
ordained to the priesthood In 1S9S. Ho
waR assigned tho same year lo Fordham
University as vice-president and prefect
of discipline. In 19U0 ho became presi
dent. 31 rs.
Emily i. Wilson.
I'lui.Aimi.riiiA, Feb. IS. Mrs. Emily
Graycroft Wilson, mother of Francta
Wilson, tho nctor, died to-night at lur
home, 4018 Gerard nveiiuo. Mr. Wilson
was married recently to Miss Edna
Bruns of St. Charles, Mo., nu actress
who formerly plaod ln his nunpuny,
nnd they aro now on their honeymoon.
Efforts to locate hlni have so far failed.
The funeral of Mrs. Wilson will be held
to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Ilotrlanrt Fnnrrnt nt Klnilrrlmok.
The funeral services for William
Bailey Howland, president of the Inde
pendent Corporation, publisher of tho
at, the National Arts Club, II Giumcrv
Park, at 3 P. M. Fiidaj.
SERVICES FOR C. S. HOUGHTON.
.Memorial Ceremonies Held In the
Federal Ciinrt.
Memorial services for the late I'rilfed
States Commissioner Clarence S. lliuigh
ton, were held estcrddy afternoon In
tho Federal Court. Five judges pro
sided at thn ceremonies which were
attended by member of the Department
of Justice and other Federal bureaus,
as well aa many members of the bar.
United States Attorney II. Snowden
Marshall preented a resolution of re
gret. In which he highly praised the
work of the late commissioner.
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ROBERT P. PORTER
DEAD IN LONDON
Editor and Correspondent
Mortally Hurt While Tnk
ing a Drive.
FOUNDED. N. Y. "JMIESS
Was Formerly in Census ani
Tariff Work for U. S.
Government.
Special I'ahlt Iletmti ' The Si.v trrm H,
London Time,
London, Feb. 2S. The Timrn pnv
llshes tho following:
"We deeply regret to announce t
sudden death of Itohcrt P. Porter, the
well known Journalist who was a much
loved member of the staff of the Tlmei
Mr. Porter met with mi nccldent hl
driving on Monday and nover rallied
from his Injuries, lie will be greatly
missed by his rnlleaguea In I'rlntlne
House Square and hla large circle of
frlenda In thh country and America."
After recounting nt length Mr. Portcr'i
American career tho article proccedi
"Ho was Induced by Walter Mntwrley
Bell to Join tho staff of tho Timrs, at first
tia editor of Its engineering supplement
During the Presidency of Col. Boose.
velt, for whom he lind the greatest i.
miration, advantage wns taken of Mr
Porter's unique knowledge of American
affairs to send li tin us principal cr
resvoiident of tho Timet to Washington
"Itoturnlng from Washington In ltM
he undertook tho task of editing many
special supplements of the Time whlfh
havo been produced from 1S09 to the
present date. This necessitated many
Journeys lo North and South America,
Japan and Biissla.
"Special Mipplemetits dealing with
South America, tho United Slates tariff,
tho Pacific voast, American rallwaji.
Japan, HuhsIii, Norway and Spain, be.
sides others dealing with special lndu
trlea such as printing, textiles, rubber
food and shipping wero produced under
his direction In rapid fcuereselon.
"Since the war lie baa been responsi
ble for tho lied Cross supplement, the
recruiting hupplement nnd the general
direction of the Timra history of the
war.
"All this work necessitated a tremen
dous amount of travelling and corre.
xpondenru and Interviewing. In this ac
tivity ho found a congenial occupation
that peculiarly suited his talents.
"Few had such genius for frlendslib
aa had Porter. The rango and aiiety
of his friends and acquaintances, par
ticularly hi tho United States and Japan
:iiid In this country wus extraordinary,
and besides all tills travelling for tin
Time's ho had In other years undertaken
many extensive Journeys In thn United
States and Mexico, France, Belgium,
Italy, tho Balkans, Itumniiln and Turkey
fur the putposo of Industrial Investiga
tions.
"He was completing a hort hlstoiy of
Jiipan for the Oxfotd University I'rtsa
at the time of Ills death."
rounder of .imv York "Pre."
ltobert P. Porter w.is found r of Hie
New York I'rrss, which last ai was
mewed with The Si n. Ho w.is boin In
Norwich, Knslund, in tsf.J and receded
hN education both In KiikIIsIi and Amer
ican Insllfutloi.f . He entered Journailun
on tho Chicago filler Oceon in 1872. II
win. engaged :m nil expert In th taking
of the United Stales census In 1(i0 an.1
1 SSI. Ho was nulled States Tariff com
mlhtloner in lSii-.
Hn wus Biicri'Hdvclj on llio staffs of
the .New Yoik Trlliinie and llio PhlUdfl
ihU Pre from 1SS4 to 1SS7. Ui I6S7
with Frank I lu t ton. lie founded the New
York 1'rr.iH and maintained his connec
tion with the iiper until U5t.
Mr. Porter was director of tho rlrv
entli Fulled Slates cciihis, lson ! 1SSI,
and w is designated .is Hie hpecl.il lis -hi
nnd tariff -omniisHioiier of I'rpMiiem
McKlnlcy to Cuba and Porto lli.o n
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