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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-10-13
WIFE
FOUND DEAD IN
HER LONELY FLAT
Autopsy to Determine if Young
Mrs. Martin Was Slain
in Attack.

Until an autopsy has been held It will
not be known whether Mrs. Agnes Mar
tin, OF Williamsburg, died from natural
causes or was the victim of an attack.
Her body was found to-day in the bed
room OF the apartment where she lived
on the upper floor OF the two-story
house at No. 465 Grand street She had
been dead several days.
Mrs Martin was thirty-three years
old Since last March she had been
separated from her husband, Joseph.
who has a shoe store at No. 100 Grand
street. Every week he sent her $40.
At night she WAS alone in the building
after workers in the grocery store
downstairs had left.
This being the day for his weekly
payment. the husband sent Joseph
Sneckens, an employee. TO the house
with It. Sneckens found the door I'M
locked. The parlor, dining room and
kitchen were deserted. but in the bed
room he came upon the occupant. She
was lying. face upward, on the floor.
A glance told she was dead.
Sneckens ran back to the shoe store
and told his boss that his wife was
dead. Martin hurried toward the place
He met Police Captain Dooley. who
went with him.
The dead woman was fully dressed
except for her hat. There were no signs
of a struggle and nothing In the fiat APP
parently had been destroyed. but marks
on the face. forehead and the back of
the neck led Capt. Dooley to believe
that there might have been violence. He
notified the Coroner.
Mrs. Martin was last seen alive last
Friday night. when with Mrs. Annie
Pershinisky, of No. go briggs avenue
she visited a cafe OF Metropolitan ave-
nue. and had so Mrs. Pershinisky says.
glass or two Of beer.
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DIES Of BROKEN
HEAD AFTER AN
ALL NIGHT SPREE
Fall During. Celebration of Sis
ter's Coming Wedding Fatal
to T. c. NevinS.

Thomas c. Nevins, a married man
with two children. died of fractured
skull to-day in the office of lumber
yard at No. 424 East Thirty-nrst street.
following an all-night carouse which
was undertaken in celebration OF the
approaching marriage of Nevins's sister
to Irving Smith. OF Monessng. Pa. De-
tective Murphy. of the East Thirty-fifth
street station, arrested Smith and A. j.
Keenan,, also OF Monesslng, and is look
ing for Edgar Burgess, manager. and
William Monroe, bookkeeper Of the lum-
Der Arm.
The men under arrest and Oscar Nor
ris, foreman OF the lumber yard, an
other witness, assert that Nevns re-
ceived the injury which caused his
death by falling on the sidewalk.
All Went on a Spree.
1t appears that Burgess, the manager.
is an old friend of Keenan, and Smith
The two Monessing men came to town
yesterday and. after a call upon Smiths
bride-to-be, got Nevins and went to call
on Burgess. Monroe and Morris were
introduced to the Monessing men. and
Nevins and the six men went together
to dinner.
After dinner they drank great deal.
wandering OBVIOUSLY in the direction OF
the east side. and at 3 O'Clock this morn
ing were in saloon and hotel at TWEEN
ty-sixth street and Fourth avenue.
There, IL is said. Nevins essayed to
leave the party and go home. but fell
from the doorstep of the saloon. landing
on his head.
No sign of injury showed except a cut
Nevins's muddled companions put him
in a cab and took him to the office Of
the lumber yard, where they stretched
him out on the floor and covered him
with blankets. keenan, volunteered to
remain and watch him, Morris went to
his home at No. POI East ,Thirtieth
street, and Burgess, Monroe and Smith
returned to the Fourth Avenue Hotel
Awoke to Find Him Dying.
keenan, went to sleep. When he woke
up even his muddled intelligence could
discern thatthere was something wrong
with Nevins. He went out to look for
doctor and found DR.. Gambrino. of No.
33l East Thirty-trst street. When DR..
Gambrino got to work on Nevins he was
past human aid.
fifth Street Station, was notified and
reported the matter TO the station house.
Detective Murphy was assigned TO make
an investigation, and found Morris, who
told the story outlined above. keenan,
and Smith were found together In a
saloon a short distance from the lumber
ward. They said that Nevins lived In
Eighty-second street, between Second
and Third avenues.
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FLAMES CAUGHT
5-yEAR-OLD COOK
AT HER BONFIRE
Owes Her Life to Bravery of
Fourteen-Year-Old
Brother.
IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
BegS Doctor to Bring Some
of Her Roasted Sweet
Potatoes.
IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

While playing cook over a bonfire
around which were twelve of her little
companions, fve-year-old Annie Delphi,
OF No 72l East Two Hundred and Thir-
tenth street, was so severely burned
to-day that her life is despaired of in
Fordham Hospital.
with her little friends, Annie secured
several big sweet potatoes. Her brother
Tony built the fire and she forked the
delicacies and was holding several on a
long wire. Some of the youngsters piled
some light brush on the blaze and at
once it shot upward. The sparks quick
w iynited the little girls light dress and
she was in flames in an instant.
Dropping the wire, she ran screaming
from the crowd. Tony and the 9th ar
children set up wild shouting for
help. The brother darted after the ter
ror-stricken child, throwing of his coat
as he ran. Almost at the gate of his
home he overlook her and threw her
to the sidewalk. He bravely wrapped
his coat about her. extinguishinS the
FIRE. but not In time to save little Annie
from fainting.
Policeman Gerdenbach picked up the
child and then called DR.. Vail, OF Ford
ham Hospital. AS the physician exam
ined the little patient she opened her
eyes and said:
Doctor, bring me some Of those sweet
potatoes tomorrow"
Her condition is precarious. Her body
IN frightfully burned, most Of her cloth
ing being destroyed.
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Drinking Men
Not Reliable
Employers Want Sober Men

Competition IL too keen and life In too
strenuous for an employer to keep men on his
payroll whose nerves are unsteady and whose
brains are not clear,
Every line of business IL beginning to
close Its doors TO drinking men.
Drunkenness Is disease and. like nsost
diseases. has Its remedy. orrine Is the rsli-
able treatment and lie sold under a positive
guarantee 10 effect cure or your money
VIII be refunded. orrine is In two forms:
No. l, which can be used without the
patients knowledge In tea, coffee or food;
and No. ?, for those who wish to be cured
The guarantee applies to both forms
haled In plain. sealed packages on re
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in the neighborhood were boarded up
and business was interfered with.
Mrs. DrummOnd, Mrs. Pankhurst and
Miss Cristabel FankhuTst We're taken
into custody this evening and locked up
i'm the Bow street Police Court on war
rants charging them with melting to dis
order. TIL" three women are leaders OF
The sufIaElst movement They appealed
last week 70 the public 10 help them
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BRASS KING BRADY
SUED BY A PORTER

Daniel NJ. Brady, millionaire, head OF
several big corporations. is defendant
in an action brought by George w.
Griffin, a colored Pullman buffet car
porter. for $4,000 damages. The plain
tiff declares the defendant accused him
of stealing a pocketbook and having
been arrested and locked up in Montreal
on Jan. Is, 1906.
Morris tribune., 1908-08-08
Taft Club of Fat Men.

The giants who shackle hogs and las
so cattle in the Chicago stockyards
have organized the first ''fat mans
Taft club" No man is eligible who
weighs less than $50 pounds. Frank
L. Beveridge, commission man, who
weighs 285. is the president.
One member weights 800 and is still
growing up and out. He is Everett
Jackson, twenty eight years old, This
is their platform:
Realizing the heavy Importance OF
good and well bred men working to-
gether in harmony and in view of add
ing weight to the political situation
and showing our preponderous apprecia-
ton Of the greatness Of our Republican
convention In nominating such large
and manly expansionist as they did,
we hereby organize ourselves in what
will be termed "a fat mans Taft club
Of the Union stockyards Of Chicago
Morris tribune., 1908-08-08
TIN CAN CLUBS.
Their Mission Is to Supply the De.
mand For New Forests.

Their Mission Is to Supply the De-
mand For New Forests.
B. Fl. Green of Monterey, CAL, has
sent out a circular giving information
regarding the tin can clubs through
whose benefcent activities he expects
to see the United States supplied with
needed forests.
The attempts to cultivate tree claims
in the Dakotas many years ago were
rather discouraging, says the National
Magazine, but Mr.. Green insists that
he has been successful in planting tree
seeds, nuts and cuttings in refuse tin
cans and can now show an oak tree
twenty feet high only eight years Of
age, and also redwood tree, grown
from seed, which is now fully thirty
feet high and only twelve years Of
age.
Mr.. Green insists that tomato can
with a fair sized hole punched in the
bottom and filed with good earth Is
just the thing needed to start tree in
and that if the earth is never allowed
to become dry the growth of the young
tree will be amazing. Later the little
trees are transplanted without remOv-
ing from the cans, for the rust eats
away the can sufficiently to allow the
roots to free themselves as they need
more room.
Morris tribune., 1908-08-08
MOVING PICTURES NEW USE.
Modern Farming Methods TO Be Shown
In Novel Way.

/ Modern Farming Methods TO Be Shown
In Novel Way.
Like the photograph, the moving pic.
ture machine is to be made to serve
a more worthy purpose than gathering
in the nickels and dimes at small the
alter doors. 1t is to be put to the most
practical purpose MISUNDERSTANDING
modern methods on the farm.
@. w. Martin, an Omaha insurance
man, has demonstrated that the NOV.
ing picture machine was made for a
more worthy purpose than reproduc.
ing a prize fight by rounds, showing
children how daring firemen rescue
people from burning buildings OF
throwing upon a white sheet a Mex
lean bullfight or the dancers Of bal
let show.
AS result of a conference with the
managers of the national corn exposi-
ton, which is to be held at Omaha
Dec. 8 to 10, Martin is visiting the
model" farms of Illinois, Iowa and
Nebraska and making pictures which
are to be later shown at the big agri-
cultural show in Omaha and the vari-
GUS colleges and experiment stations in
the west Farmers will be shown on
the canvas using the latest planting,
cultivating and harvesting machinery,
says an Omaha correspondent of the
Chicago News. While a lecturer ex-
plains the process the model farmers
will be seen going about their work.
Every one will be interested in
knowing something more Of the proc.
ess responsible for the loaf Of bread
that comes to the table daily. The
moving picture camera will show the
modern wheat drill at seeding time,
the perfection self binder which cuts
the grain, binds, punches, ready for
the shockers at one process, and the
modern steam thrasher which cuts the
bands from the bundles, feeds the
grain into the machine with more than
human precision, separates the grain
from the straw, fans and cleans it
ready for the great mills and elevates
the grain into the wagon ready for its
journey from the farm to the Touring
mills.
Morris tribune., 1908-08-08
Ode bx AM oIxmpic competitor.

Ia poem written by the young Univer-
sity of Virginia Splinter James Alcorn
Rector just before departing for London
to participate in the Olympic games.l
I've heard about the enchanted lands
Ye fairy lands-and all,
But when die just let me rest
Way down in Arkansaw.
Where may We find such mountains?
Search We long and far
Ye'l never find such fountains
Such as spring from Arkansaw.
Name me place in this big world
Where nature is it's law,
Where plains and valleys so beautiful
1y unfuri
AS they do in Arkansaw.
Majestic are her long leaf pines;
Her pearls are without flaw.
Beautiful are the rivers that graceful
1y wind
Way down in Arkansaw.
Nowhere do flowers bloom SO bright,
And musical is the crows cav
AS they wing their way in rapid flight
Way down in Arkansaw.
So I've heard about enchanted lands
Ye fairy lands-and all,
But when I die just let me rest
Way down in Arkansaw.
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Morris tribune., 1908-08-08
New Job For Women.

The steamship Carmania of the Gu,
nard line has woman assistant fol
the purser to answer many of the
questions which that hard worked au.
thority is asked previous to the sail
ing of the vessel. She is Miss Cath
arine Leith, who is described in the
passenger list as typo and steno" It
is said that other ocean liners may
adopt the idea.
Morris tribune., 1908-08-08
kern's Cane of Historic Wood.

S. J. Murdoch Of Alabama recently
presented a handsome cane to John w.
Kern, Democratic candidate for vice
president says an Indianapolis dis
patch. tits made of shittim wood, the
same WOOD, It is claimed, that was
contained In the ark of the covenant.
There are only two places where this
wood grows. it is asserted-Palestine
and MontesaKB, near Huntsville, Ala.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
PANTOMIMfS HOLD
BOARDS IN LONDON
Usual Boxing Day. Entertain
ments Produced at Theaters
in Gorgeous Style
RevivaIs of ''Peter Pan" and
Other Plays Captivate Holi=
day Pleasure Seekers

LONDON. Dec. 26.-"Boxing day as
always, was marked by the production
Of big pantomimes. the management of
the Drury Lane again excelling with
the gorgeous spectacle, Dick Whiting
tom in which half a dozen of the lead
ing vaudeville stars provided the
comedy and an army of chorus girls
the picturesque. The Americans. Marie
George and Truly Shattuck, have the
leading parts.
Cinderella" is the attraction at the
Adelphi, while similar performances
hold the boards at the Lyceum and the
suburban and provincial theaters.
In addition TO pantomimes, the week
has seen several notable revivals.
Peter Pan" which was revived at the
Duke of York's theater. received an
enthusiastic welcome, a society known
as Peter Panites keeping up continu-
Gus applause and showering the per-
formers with flowers.
What Every Woman Knows" an
other of the plays, has been trans
ferred to the Hicks theater to make
way for Peter Pan" and continues to
be the most popular play of the year.
Other revivals are Dorothy at the
New theater. with c. Hayden Coffin,
Arthur Williams and Miss Louie
Pounds in their original parts. and the
ever popular "Chariey's Aunt at the
Aldwich, which theater Charles Froh-
man has just given up his lease having
expired
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
BOARD WRITES MAYOR
ABOUT FUNDS WITHHELD
Police Commission Retains
DancehaII License Fees
Pending Suit

To Mayor Taylor's letter Of inquiry
asking the police commission why its
secretary was accepting and retaining
'dancehan license" fees. the board
yesterday sent an answer which the
mayor Will lay. before the supervisors
Monday. The commission says that
the money. $I.425 in ali, had been col
lected from the dancehal owners for
the quarter beginning April ]. 1908.
and that Deputy Tax Collector Low
would not accept the fund unless it
was deposited as payment for the
quarter beginning January J, 1908. The
validity of the ordinance making the
SIS charge per quarter is now being
tested in the superior court.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
SUBSCRIPTION DANCE
AT ST. FRANCIS is HELD
Many Dinner Parties Precede
Ball and Artistic Decora=
tionS Mark Occasion

subscription dance given last evening
in the colonial ballroom at the st.
Francis. The ballroom was effectively
decorated in red berries. wreaths and
holiday greens, while the white and
gold room was also appropriately deco
rated for the supper that followed.
The second dance Will be given in
February and promises to be as sue
cessful as the initial dance last even
ing. A number of dinner parties pre-
ceded the ball
Among those who acted as pa
tronesses were Mrs. L. B. Levinson, Mrs
Leon Greenebaum, Mrs. Abraham Stern,
Mrs. Leon Sloss. Mrs. William Fries,
Mrs. Marcus S. Koshland, Mrs. Albert
Ehrman, Mrs. Walter Stetheimer. Mrs.
Moses Heller and Mrs. Alexis Ehrman.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
YOUNG GIRL PROVES
SHORTHAND WIZARD
Ruth 0hlsOn, Aged IA, Writes
and Reads $50 Words Dicta=
ton in Five Minutes

Ruth ohlson, a IA year old San Fran
cisco girl, established the world record
for her age for rapid shorthand writing
by writing in shorthand before Judge
Thomas z. Graham. judge of the supe-
rior court. $50 words in five minutes
and reading the same back correctly.
The statutory requirements of the
courts of this state are $50 words in
five minutes.
Miss Ohlsons record is phenomenal
as the matter read to and written by
her was taken from a transcript of pro-
ceedings that the judge produced from
the files of his office, and was entirely
strange to her
Miss Ohlson used the California sys-
ten Of shorthand reporting, adopted by
the courts of this state, and which is
rapidly coming into favor in the east
ern states. Miss Ohlson lives with her
parents at 24e Fifth avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
AMERICAN IN PARIS
SENTENCED TO JAIL
Husband of New York Actress
Buys Automobile With Creek
That Is Worthless
Vaudeville de Marigny Hall
Pleads He Is No Adyenturer,
Showing Papers

PARIS. Dec. 26-Mandevi1Ie de Ma
rigny Hall, an American living in
Paris. who recently was extradited from
London on the. charge of having OBJ
tanned an automobile on a worthless
check. was today sentenced to 10
months Imprisonment Evidence was
produced 10 show that Hall had sue
ceeded in passing two worthless checks
or the Credit Lyonnaise.
In 1904 Hall married an American
woman They were soon divorced,
however. and Hall married an actress
in New York. The couple came to
Paris.
The defense pleaded that he was not
an adventurer and produced documents
to show his worthy character and that
he was well connected in America 4.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
MEETINGS of THE FELLOWSHIP

An Interpretation Of "The Servant IN
the House." the popular play, with
illustrative readings, will be the sub
ject of an address by Mary Russell
Mills in Golden Gate hall at o'clock
this evening. Mrs. Mills is the wife of
Benjamin Fay Mills and has recently
come to this region to assist her hus-
band in the development OF the new
igious organizations, called the Fell
lowship, in San Francisco and Oakland.
This will be Mrs. Mills first public ad-
dress in San Francisco this winter. Mr..
Mills will speak in the same place at
II o'clock today on The Unknown, the
Mystic Future" New Years sermon.
There will be no charge for admission
to either of these gatherings.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
PHI CHI FRATERNITY
PLANS BIG REUNION
Annual Dance Given by Organi-
zation Will Be Held in St.
Francis on New Years

The members of the Phi Chi frater-
nifty viii entertain at their annual
dance, to be given Monday evening, in
the colonial ballroom at the st. Fran
els. About coo >invitations have been
sent out fer the dance, and an enjoy
able reunion is anticipated by thesnem-
banquet of the organization will be
given New Years day at the St Fran
els.
The patronesses of the dance will be:
Mrs. J. H Abbott, Mrs. F. H Allen,
Mrs William Cannon, Mrs. George d.
Gray. Mrs T. S Osgood Mrs. r. W.
Osborn. Mrs. z. Parrish.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
URGES HASTE IN
OKLAHOMA SUITS
Senator Owen Appeals to the
President to Expedite
Pending Cases
Governor Haskell and Many
Other Prominent Men Are
Among Defendants

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2S.- Senator
owen of Oklahoma. who is one OF sew
eraI defendants in suits brought by the
government TO clear up titles TO Indian
lands in that state, is urging Presi-
dent Roosevelt to have these cases
settled at the earliest posslOie Hiolns,,s ,ls..-
h,- Attornev General Bonaparte taking
+ban, straight to the United states
supreme court if possible
Governor Haskell and many otner
nronoinent men in Oklahoma are de-
PENDANTS in these suits. for which the
government has been preparing Ior
two years -,
Senator owen says tnat tne SioN
.,-oseineY of the cases of which there
are ~ 600. is damaging to business and
development generally
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27

Do You Want $500:
Read The Calls weekly offer on page AZ
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27

Nuts form the principal diet OF the
Sonali soldier
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
WAITER Is BLooDTHrRsTY

Policeman T. F. Meehan saw a man
running across Twenty-second street
with a long knife in his hand Friday
night and started after him. Just as
the man was entering the poolroom OF
French Hubbard at 1895 Twenty
street Meehan caught him. The pris-
Oner gave his name as William Fox
and his occupation that of waiter. He
said he wanted TO carve Hubbard. Hfs
case was continued till December IS by
Police Judge Weller
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL

The twenty first annual Christmas
tree festival and entertainment of the
First English Lutheran Sunday school
viii be held Tuesday evening, Decent
ber %. commencing at 7:45 o'clock The
program win be even better than the
entertainments of previous years. Ar
rangements have been made to take
care Of a large crowd in the church
han in Gesry street near Octavia- It
is expected that quite an attendance of
friends Of the church viii be present
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
ROCKEFELLER JR. TO
PRESS LIBEL SUIT
Hearing of Charges Against a
Hearst Newspaper Is
Called in Court
Case Is Outcome of Publication
OF Story About Peonage Camp
Near Chicago

NEW YORK, Dec. 2e.-Hearing in the
criminal libel suit brought by John d.
Rockefeller Jr. against s. S. Carvalho.
Bradford Merrill and E. A. Clarke. re-
speetvely president, secretary and
treasurer of the star publishing COM
pany. which prints the New York
American, was postponed until Tuesday
by Magistrate Finney in the Tombs
police court today. The charge against
the newspaper publishers followed the
publication by the American about ten
days ago of story under a Chicago
date line IN which Rockefeller was ac-
cused of being responsible Tor the al
legged practice of -peonage in a labor
camp near Chicago.
Nuts form the principal diet OF the
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27

In rich Mahogany, Birdseye Maple and Quar-
tered Golden Oak. A superb Dresser, massive
in appearance; unusually richly finished and
has graceful serpentine front. Regular s41.50;
now $24.z0.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
FORMER TELLER
WANTS DAMAGES
Fitzgerald Sues Subtreasnrer
and a Private Detective
for $50,000
Action Is Outgrowth OF Arrest
and Acquittal on Charge
of Theft

CHICAGO. Dec. 26.-George W. Fitz-
gerald. former asserting teller of the
United States subtreasury at Chicago,
began suit today for s50 600 against
William Boldenweck, who is in charge
of the subtreasury. and H. F. Young,
a private detective.
The suit is an outgrowth of the SEN
sational arrest of Fitzgerald last spring
charged with stealing $17S,O0O from the
subtreasury.
Fitzgerald's acquittal promptly fol-
lowed Boldenweck's refusal under or
ders from Washington to testify in the
case
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