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ITALY TO
LIM ‘ WAR
TO TRIPOLI
*—r ■■■■'
Powers Will So Notify
Turkey, It Is
Said.
• . ~
PRESIDENT TAFT MAY
BRING ABOUT PEACE
Instructs United States Ambas
sador Rockhifl to Use
Influence.
ROME, via Frontier, Oct. 9.—Friends
o£ Richard Pasha explain that his re
fusal to accept the portfolio uf foreign
affairs in the new Turkish cabinet was
due to a disagreement with his col
leagues over a program which he sub
mitted as a basis for a settlement with
Italy. Ho was convinced that the only
possible way in which Turkey could
save anything was to cede Tripoli to
this country now.
Demonstrations in honor of King
Victor Emmanuel as he proceeded fnom
San Rossore to Naples for a l'urewell
to the troops embarking for Tripoli, in
dicate that the war continues popular.
During last night gre-t crowds ill led
the railway stations and lined the
route of the royal train. They carried
lanterns and torches and whenever the
train stopped demanded to see the king.
Although his majesty was badly in need
of rest, he was compelled to appear re
peatedly. He was rewarded invariably
with an outburst of applause.
Most of the bishops have directed the
clergy to urge their congregations to
pray for the success of the Italian
army.
It is understood here that the powers
will make representations at Constan
tinople notifying Turkey that Italy,
with a view to avoiding very grave
complications, the consequences of
which would be' detrimental chiefly to
Turkey, has agreed to limit the war to
Tripoli.
LONDON, Oct. 9.—A dispatch from
Constantinople -today says that the
American ambassador, W. W. Rock
hill, has received instructions from
President Taft to use his influence to
bring about peace immediately between
TWl Italy.
Mr. RockhiU called upon the grand
vizier and will have a further Inter
view' with him today.
Russia, It Is said, has joined the
United States In offering her good of
fices.
Turkey has sent another note to the
powers, asking for Intervention and of
fering to grant every reasonable con
cession to Italy.
PER LA PACE
Italian! Espulsi L’America
Intervene.
Telegrafano da Costantinopoli cho
1‘Ambasclatore Americano Rockill, ha
rlcevuto lstruzloni dal Preeldente Taft,
perche s'adoperi con la sua Influenza
a far cessare le ostillta. La flotta
Italiana segulta l’lntrapreso sorvlzlo dl
vigil \nza 1 M*~ to le conte dell' Adrlatlco,
alio eboooo del Dardanelll, nell’ Jonlo
e nel mar Rosso.
La Tuchla segulta a mandar note
rile potenze perche Intervengano nel
eonfllttj oon V Italia promettendo
larghe concesslonl.
COSTANTINOPOLI. 9 Ottobre.—II
eonslgllo del mlnlstrl ha ordlnata fe
epulslone delgl Itallanl resldenti In Tur
ehla che sono da ho a 60 mlla—S’aspet
tano nottzie precise circa lo sbarco delle
truppe.
MEXICAN VICE-PRESIDENCY
IS STILL UNSETTLED.
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 9.—Should Con
gress this week hasten the enactment
ef the promised constitutional amend
ment, which will prevent the reelectton
of a president and thus bar from the
vice-presidency the present provisional
president, Francisco de la Barra, the
•lectors of the Catholic party ^-111 start
working next Sunday for Dr. Francisco
Vasquez Gomez.
If the amendment is not promulgated
before that time they will cast their
ballots for de la Barra, making almost
certain that none of three candidates
for the vice-presidency will receive a
majority df the votes. In which case
the vice-president will be chosen by
the Chamber of Deputies.
RELICS OF OLD MAINE
CAUSE ARREST OF MAN.
TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 9.—George Norris,
a tugboat engineer, was arrested when
he landed from Cuba last night on a
charge of having in his possession
relics from the wreck of the battleship
Maine, in Havana harbor. The tug on
which Norris was at work was used
by the government engineers in con
nection with the raising of the Maine,
giving Norris, it is alleged, opportunity
to get hold of a quantity of bayonets,
iron bolts, knives and other imple
ments.
Two detectives took Norris to a po
lice station, where he deposited his
collection. Norris gave $100 cash bond
and was released.
Knights of Columbus Bull.
Krueger Auditorium, Thursday evening.—Adv.
TRAIN HITS
AUTO, FOUR
ARE HURT
Tossed Like Corks, Prom
inent Elks Near
Death.
ERIE GRADE CROSSING
CLAIMS MORE VICTIMS
Machine Hurled Fifteen Feet.
Occupants Were on Way
to Their Home.
An unprotected grade crossing claimed
four more victims early today when a
speeding Erie train in Belleville crashed
into an automobile carrying four prom
inent Elks of Arlington. None were
killed, but all received severe injuries.
The auto, hit in the rear, was hurled
fifteen feet and turned around. The
rear was practically severed from the
front part of the car.
Caught unawares, the occupants were
• hurled In every direction, as If they
weighed no more than corks, and the
sound of exploding tires was heard for
blocks. •
The victims are Arthur Stevenson,
Harry Smith, Lewis P. Southard and
James Fitzpatrick.
One of Stevenson's collar bones was
dislocated, Smith sustained a broken,
arm nnd Southard and Fitzpatrick
were badly cut on the face and hands.
The men on their way home had
stopped at the headquarters of Belle
ville Elks. At the Rutgers street
crossing of the Erie there is no method
of warning the public of the approach
of a train.
The first to notice the locomotive was
Fitzpatrick, and at his cry of warning
Stevenson, who owned the car and was
driving, put on full speed. This prob
ably saved the lives of the occupants,
as only the extreme rear of the auto
was struck.
The Impact of the collision burst the
| tires, and the noise of the report was
1 heard by Chief of Police Flynn, who
was sitting In the police station, &
j short dstance away.
He hurried out, *atn
j ing the trouble su v .ysl
I clan Vail, who dressed the injuries of
the men, who later went to their homes
in the automobile of a friend.
Several close calls with death have
been experienced at the Rutgers street
crossing. Less than three months ago !
an auto carrying Dr. William E. Dore- !
mus and his wife was struck there and j
the occupants were thrown out, sus
taining painful bruises.
BOY JANITOR ADMITS
PLUNDERING LETTERS
Nabbed With Marked Coins in
Pockets.
With his pocket Jingling with coins
marked by detectives to catch him, :
17-year-old Henry Sulzmann was cap
tured by Detective Sergeants Keogh j
and Maler and arraigned today in the
First Precinct Court, charged with rob
bing the malls. He confessed and waa
held In J500 ball for the grand Jury.
A series of small robberies in the
Metropolitan building offices, where
Sulzmann was employed as a sweeper
and assistant Janitor, was reported to
the police about two weeks ago, and
Keogh and Maler were assigned to the
case. Rudolph Davis, superintendent
of the Catholic Memorial Art Company,
said his mall had been robbed three
times, each time of $1. The detectives
placed marked coins In an envelope and
dropped It In the mail box. When
Davis reported the next morning that J
the money was gone they arrested
Sulzmann. He confessed the entire se- j
rles of robberies, and also the robbery j
of 88.45 from the P. and S. Trading and ;
Furnishing Company. The money had
been returned by his father, who lives 1
at 31 Howard street, on condition that i
nothing would be said about it.
LEAPS FROM ELEVATOR
AS IT BOUNDS UPWARD;
Operator in Charge Has Remark
able Escape.
Trapped in a runaway elevator at the
City Hospital today, Walter Mackrille,
who had charge of the car, escaped by
leaping out as it struck the floor of
the basement and bounced back two
stories. The elevator is used for car
rying freight, and was going down;
from the top floor when Mackrille lost
control of. the stopping device. He es- j
caped uninjured. In rushing .down-!
-ward after bouncing up two stories, I
the car was automatically stopped by j
safety weights.
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LOSE FIGHT TO SAVE COP
AUTO INSTRUCTOR’S LEG. I
Doctors in 'the City Hospital today
lost their fight to save the fractured
leg of Henry J. Martin, driver of the '
Second precinct police auto patrol, who
was hurt on July 7 while breaking In
a "green hand." Every precaution was
taken by the physicians, but It was
found necessary to amputate the leg
today. At the time of the accident
Martin was standing on the step of
the auto demonstrating how to manage
the steering arrangement when a street 1
car struck him and hurled him to the ]
pavement t
GIRL DISCIPLE OF HYPNOTIC BEAUTY CULT
REVEALS SECRETS, SENDING LEADER TO JAIL
^ A
THREE POSES OF MARY T. SOFIA, DISCIPLE OF HYPNOTIC BEAUTY CULT, AND “DR. KRANZ."
DEATH RACE TO
WON I PRIEST
Life Sustained by Prayers of
1,000 Women as Son
Rushes to Her.
Rev. Dr. William Brothers, of Mont
clair, won his race with death across
the Atlantic to the bedside of his
mother, Mrs. Catherine C. Brothers, of
11 Summit street, Orange, today, only
through the fact that his mother,
strengthened by the knowledge that
1,000 women were praying for her, has
successfully battled death for several
days. He arrived at Hoboken from
Europe on the steamship George Wash
ington shortly before noon and im
mediately went to his mother’s bedside.
The women who are praying for Mrs.
Brothers are attending the Passionist
Fathers' mission in the Church of the
Immaculate? t Conception, Montclair, of
which Father Brothers is rector.
When she became critically ill word
was Immediately sent to her son in
Europe, and he sailed for home at once.
Mrs. Brothers's sole desire was that
she see her son before death. Her
wish was communicated to the women
attending the mission, and each day
for nearly a week prayers have been
offered in her behalf. The doctors say
that her tenacious hold on life may be
attributed to her confidence in the
prayers.
At the masses in the church yester
day the fathers repeated their desires
that prayers bo offered for Mrs. Broth
ers and the entire congregation re
sponded.
TAFT RISKS DEATH ON
ROUGH MOUNTAIN ROAD
Within Few Inches of 4,000
Foot Chasm’s Edge.
BELLINGHAM. Wash., Oct. 9.—
President Taft was near death on a
dangerous mountain road in the inky
darkness early this morning as a result
of the enthusiastic effort of citizens of
Tacoma to show him how badly needed I
is an appropriation to improve the !
roads in Mt. Ranler National Park. !
Had it not been that he believed it
Imperative that he reach his train and
keep up with his schedule, the party
would have spent the night on the
frigid heights of Mt. Ranter rather
than have risked their lives on the '<
rough and narrow mountain paths in
their automobiles. As It was, they were .
within a few inches of a 4,000-foot
;hasm, and were in constant peril until I
the end of their descent.
SWIMMER ALMOST SINKS
AS FLY FLIES INTO NOSE.
Grandson of Late Bishon, Souths j
gate Near Death.
NEW YOlfK, Oct. 9.—A big horsefly 4
lew up Horatio Southgate's nose and
dayed there while he was swimming in
Wreck Lead channel, back of Long
3each, L. I., yesterday. The fly stung
he swimmer and gave him great pain. I
3esides, as he could not breathe well 1
hrough his nostrils, Southgate had to
>pen his mouth, and he swalloyed I
nuch water. He would have drowned
lad not help been near; he was uncon
iclous when taken ashore.
He recovered Quickly under vigorous
reatment, and in a fit of sneezing dis
odged the fly from his nose.
Southgate, who lives at 489 Lafay- j
itte avenue, Brooklyn, is a grandson !
>f the late Bishop Southgate, of Long
Island.
TRENTON LOSES WIRE CLOTH CO.
TRENTON, Oet. 9.—The Roebllng
House has announced the removal of
he New Jersey Wire Cloth Company
ilant from this city to the town of
loebling. This makes the second large
ilant of this concern to go to the new
own in nine month*.
BASEBALL GAME
FOR BENEFIT OF
WEDDED KIDDIES
South Orange’s two youthful elopers,
who were married Saturday, after an
embarrassing search for a minister In
Long Island City, were guests of honor
last night at a party given by the
parents of the bridegroom, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry James, in their home at
S17 Academy street, South Orange.
There were fifty guests present, and
the 15-year-old bridegroom, Arthur
James, and his 14-year-old bride, who
was Ruth Day, received many con
gratulations.
Next Sunday the parents of the bride
will give a party in honor of the young
newlyweds. The two are living with
the parents of the bride. James went
to work today for Ills father as a
painter to support his bride.
A benefit baseball game will bo
given for the couple next Sunday after
noon on the Taylor grounds in South I
Orange. The proceeds will go to fur
nishing a house for them The teams I
to play are the "Swampers" and the ;
"Hillera,” and ns the rivalry between !
the two is unusually keen a large at- [
tendance of fans is expected.
The bridegroom and the bride re
ceived holy communion in the Episco
pal Church of the Holy Communion in
South Orange yesterday morning.
TROLLEY CAR LEAPS OFF
BRIDGE hTO SCHUYLKILL
Conductor and Motorman Jump
and Are Saved.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. it—A special
trolley car traveling at high speed to- I
day on a suburban line Jumped ttic
track on the Gray’s Ferry bridge span
ning the Schuylkill river, crashed i
through the railing and into the deep i
water of the river Fortunately the
car carried no passengers. The motor
man was drowned, but the conductor i
Jumped us the car struck the water,
and he was rescued.
BIPLANE FALLS IN LAKE;
AVIATORS ARE UNINJURED, ,
DETROIT, Mich. Oct. 9.—After I
making several successful flights In his
biplane, equipped with pontoons for
alighting on the water, Captain Fred
M. Alger and Aviator Frank Coffyn
dropped into Lake St. Clair yesterday.
The fall was only a short one and
neither man was injured.
DYNAMITE KILLS
FOUR. HURTS / IN
NEW YORK CITI
NEW YORK. Oct. 9.—Four men were
killed and six Injured today by an ex
plosb of dyna tite sixty feet under
ground in a shaft under Central Pai*,
where they were working ont^he aque
duct for the Catsklll water system.
The dead men were .ill Italian^abor
ers. Michtffil Kearney, foreman of the
gang, and John Waco, a workman, may
die. - Kearny and John W. Martin,
the night superintendent of the work,
were arrested on charges of criminal
negligence.
A new- shift of ten men had started
work this morning when a drill In
charge of John Paulino struck some
explosive. With a terrific roar, tons
of rock shot Into the air. Paulino and
the nearest workmen were blown to
pieces and two others were crushed to
death by falling stone.
OIL STARTS BLAZE THAT
WRECKS THREE BUILDINGS
"
Part of Balbach Smelting and
Refining Plant.
Fire wrecked three buildings of the
Balbach Smelting and Refining Com- j
pnny plant at 111 Passaic avenue to
day, causing a loss of at least 52,000. !
The fire originated in a building that
contained two oil tanks, and the igni
tion of the oil caused the flames to
spread rapidly. The flames communi
cated to the building holding the pump
ing machinery, and before the firemen
got control the blaze had spread to
the warehouse.
RODGERS CIRCLES OVER
JOLIET PRISON IN FLIGHT.
JOLIET, 111., Oct. 9.—C. P. Rodgers, |
the aviator who is attempting to liy ]
from New York to San Francisco, left |
litre at 8:25 a. m. today for St. Louis. |
He started from a field one mile north I
pf this city and circled over the Joliet I
penitentiary several times before re- j
iurning his journey southward. He j
passed over the city at an altitude of
L,500 feet going nearly a mile a minute. |
He is being followed by a special
rain, and expects to arrive in St. Louis
pefore dark.
Every school boy cr girl should se
>ure one of the Star Dictionaries. Cut
coupon from this paper.—-Adv.
Remarkable Story of “Doctor’s” Power Told
by Mary T. Sofia Involves Prominent
Newark Men and Women.
FOUND WEALTHY MEN AS ‘STUDENTS/
THEN EXTORTED CASH, SHE SAYS
“Mystic” Teacher Scored by Judge Hahn and With!
“Chief Disciple” Is Held for the Grand Jury
Under Heavy Bonds.
nHARGED with whit© slavery under the strongest seotlon of the near StwMh
act, Reno H. Kranz, self-styled doctor, whose hypnotic health and beauty?
cult has Imposed upon and Jeopardized the reputation of many Newark
men and women, was held in $7,500 ball by Judge Hahn In the First Preuinod
Police Court today.
With an office at 42 Rector street and then at 1182 Broad street, In and
of the best residential sections of the city, "Dr.” Kranz had sumptuously-fur©
nlshed offices. Here, with a young woman as his assistant, he taught hid
hypnotic course of Oriental mysticism.
His beautiful young companion, Mary T. Sofia, whose charms were usetl
to lure men of wealth and repute into the hands of the so-called exponent ot
occultism and hypnotism, is being held as a material witness.
SHERRERD DEPUE,
LAWYER OF GREAT
DISTINCTION, DIES
One of the Leaders of Essex
County Bar Succumbs
to Diabetes.
Sherrerd Depue, distinguished mem
ber of the firm of Dindabury, Depue &
Faulks, died at his summer residence
near Stirling last night at 8:15 o'clock.
Mr. Depue succumbed to a very sud
den attack of diabetes, and his death
j comes as a great shock to his friends
j and members of the Essex county bar.
! On last Friday he appeared at Judgo
Martin’s court and gave a lengthy in
terpretation of the employers’ liabili
ties act In the case of Mrs. Floyd Sex
ton against tile Newark District Tele
graph Company.
He went out to his home that after
noon apparently in his usual health.
Saturday morning he complained of
not feeling very well, and Dr. Joseph
Fewsmith. of this city, attended him.
Throughout the summer Mr. Depue’s
health had not been very good, and his
complaint on Saturday did not give
cause for any grave alarm. The doc
tor announced that the patient’s health
had been somewhat i impaired from
rtverwork, and he advised Mr. Depue to
remain at home and forget all about
his business affairs for awhile.
There seemed to be no serious change
In Mr. Depue’s condition on Saturday,
and no great anxiety waq felt as he
retired Saturday night. Sunday morn
ing, however, he was found In a coma
tose state. Dr. Fewsmith was hastily
called. After fighting all day long to
revive the patient and restore con
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STABBED IN U S.; RUN
. INTO MEXICO; MURDERED
Montara, Insurrecto Leader,
Victim of Reward Offer.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Oct. 9.—Ramos
Montara, who commanded a troop In
the Insurrection in lower California,
was escorted to the international
boundary line yesterday and stabbed,
then rushed across into Mexico. There
It is asserted, he was at once slain.
The report was brought to this city
by a former member of Guerrero's band
that operated In lower California. He
said that two Mexicans engaged Mon
tara In a knife duel on the border and
taking him off his guard wounded him
and carried him across the line. It is
said that there was a large reward for
Montora because of his connection with
the recent revolt.
WOMAN AND HUSBAND
OVERCOME AT BIG FIRE
Rescued by Firemen at Penn
Building Blaze.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Oct. 9.—Fire of |
unknown origin in the Penn building j
early today damaged the structure
$15,000 and the stock of the Cohen Bros’.
Company, dealers In tailors' supplies,
to the extent of $60,000. Frank Brax
endall, superintendent of the building,
and his wife were overcome by smoke,
but were saved by firemen. Thousands
of workers were delayed when the
street car traffic was held up.
STRIKING OF MATCH MAY
CAUSE DEATH OF MAN.
SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 9.—When he
attempted to strike a match on the
seat of his trousers while on a moving
train, Max Freiing, 35. a traveling
salesman of Now York, fell from the
platform of a Seaboard Air Line coach,
thirty-eight miles west of here, yester
day, and was probably fat lly injured.
He was brought here for medical at
tention
v^iwu pcu n i wi "imc oiavci j miiutii iuw
strongest section of the new State act,
Reno H. Kranz, self-styled doctor,
whose hypnotic health and beauty oult
has Imposed upon and Jeopardized the
reputation of many Newark men and
women, was held In $7,600 ball by Judge
Hahn In the First Precinct Police Court
today.
With an office first at 42 Rector street^
and then at 3182 Broad street. In one ot
the best residential sections of the city*
”Dr.” Kranz had sumptuously furnished
offices. Here, with a young woman a»
his assistant, he taught hlB hypnotle
course of Oriental mysticism.
His beautiful young companion, Mary
T. Sofia, whose charms, according to
her own confession, were used to lure
men of wealth and repute Into the
hands of the so-called exponent of oc
cultism and hypnotism. Is being held,
as a material witness.
Upon her story of the sordid and
hideous practises which she claimed
were veiled behind the apparent re
spectability of "Dr.” Kranz, the white
slavery charge will be pressed to th»
utmost.
Judge Hahn, when Kranx was ar
raigned, said:
"In view- of the revolting and dis
gusting facts revealed in this case, I
I feel that you are a menace to this
j community and that you ought not to
i lie allowed at large. In fixing bail I
I will put It at such a figure that I think
j you will be held without fall.”
Mary Sofia when called Into court
swept in with a rustle of silk. She
W'as gowned in a silk, low-cut evening
dress; her fingers were loaded with
rings and upon her breast sparkled a
single large diamond pendant.
In the court-room she carried her
self with a haughty bearing that ac
companied her brilliant costume. She
Identified the signed statements she
had made, and swore that they were
true In every particular. Her ball waa
set at $2,500.
For three years the mysterious school
of hypnotism, which was made the
shield for tho "doctor’s” illicit purposes,
has flourished in Newark. During the)
last month the police have been inves
tigating; and during that short time the
most sensational discoveries were made.
Plainclothesmen King and Smith fol
lowed up the case and did remarkable
detective work.
Peculiar Power Over Women.
Not only have men of wealth aad
prominence become involved in the
meshes so cunningly set by "Dr.”
Kranz, says his charming companion,
but Kranz, so she alleges, extended hix
practises into the very homes of
women who fell under the peculiar
power of his suave manner and com
pelling eye.
In Mary Sofia's room at 426 Higll
street was a remarkable display of
woman's finery, and the toilet necessi
ties w-hlch adorn only the boudoirs of
society's elect. Gorgeous silks and sat
ins, expensive perfumes, costumes cut
In the latest mode and evidently bjr
modistes of mole than ordinary repu
tation, were found in astounding num
ber. Tho jewelry found was of Orien
tal—heavy and of great value.
Tho way in which the hypnotic health
and beauty cult worked was simple.
A man, If he had money, was persuad
ed to visit "Dr.” Kranz. He had held
out to him unlimited possibilities of
becoinng graceful and strong, of learn
ing the secret of eternal youth and at-/
tractiveness. In the course of tills pre--'
llmlnary Miss Sofia, gowned like an*
Oriental princess, was introduced. Then,
her physical charms were described by'
"Dr. ' Kranz, who said that she was hisf1
model disciple. This, according to the
girl's own story, ended in an orgy.
At the New York home of Miss Sofia'*,
parents It was found by an Uvenlnra
STAR reporter that she had eloped affl
tho ago of 16 with a married man, after!
stealing, according to allegations ofl
members of the family, several hun-i
died dollars and some valuable Jewelry
from her family.
in spite of his cruelty to her, Mary
Sofia admits that he had somethin*
compelling and masterful about him.
"I Just couldn't hate him,’ she said.
‘‘When he looked at me I knew I‘
couldn't resist him. Whatever he
wanted to do 1 had to do. That was
what made him so terrible. He eoultfc
hypnotize almost anyone.”
Has After Wealthy Alen.
The "doctor’’ start d practise In',
Newark at 12 Rector street. There he.
hung out his sign and solicited patients,
and students of his method of hyp
notism and Oriental culture. Wealthy,
men. in particular, lit wanted.
The girl says she was used to obtain
ihese and hold them until Kranz hod
fCoatlsaed on *s*s A OelWi U jj