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New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
Used Gas AND MORPHINE.
Young Southerner in Prison Yard,
CHARGED 1fth attempted Suicide.

Henry Carleton Jones' a young who came to
this city recently from the South. was found, un-
conscious from illuminating and morphine IN
his room OF the top floor Of a boarding house at
Nc 123 East 2sth street yesterday morning Mrs
Louisa Elberson- who runs the house. in hunting
for gas leak traced II to his room
Jones lay. fully dressed, on the bed. Beside him
Law bottle Of chloroform which appeared undis-
rrrbed; on table a box Of morphine tablets
The room filed with gas and the windows
were tightly closed. Dr. Perkins. who lives in the
house. was called but was unable TO resuscitate
Jones. aud the man taken to Bellevue and
placed in the prison ward
Jones had been at Mrs Elberson's house only
since last Thursday. with q letter Of reconmenda-
ton from Henry Cooper Slacey. Of lioth street and
Riverside Drive. He had cards OF several well
known persons in his wallet, membership cards OF
several golf clubs and return ticket to Florida In
his pockets. On a dresser were three pictures OF
himself on horseback. with fine house in the back
ground.
A letter from Fond du Lac, Wis written May &
and signed by Emily de B. Levin, was found among
his effects H-spoh&of death and offered conso-
fation and sympathy ''in THIS time of trouble
Jones appeared TO be well 10 do. day or so agc
he was slightly ILL., and was attended by physician
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
MAGISTRATE pENoUNCEs SUNDAY LAW
House Tells Police to Stop Arresting Store
keepers Under It

Following the arraignment Of about score Of
East Side storekeepers in the Essex Market court
yesterday morning. Magistrate House ordered the
various precincts sending prisoners to that court
TO stop making Of this character. In speak
Eng Of the reasons for doing this the magistrate
anil:
"T believe that the Sunday law in this state is
all wrong. especially for conditions that exist in
this section. A is allowed TO sell cigars.
candy ice cream or even cooked meat. but when il
comes to selling raw meat. vegetables or groceries
he IS arrested II is all wrong. know for a fact
that the police DO make these arrests until
some walking delegate appears at the station and
makes the complaint The police would never think
of making such an arrest unless he appeared. The
magistrates compelled under the law to fine the
prisoner IS the first offence and SO on the
second.
1T would a good thing II the Legislature
would come down here some Sunday and invest-
gate the conditions. II would be far better for
them 10 do this than order the investigation Of
some polluted brook. The law should he changed
and will DO my best that il is.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
EARTHQUAKE ALARMS ALLENTOWN.
Buildings Rock, Chimneys Fall and People
Rush from Houses.

Allentown Penn, May 31.-AT Allentown was
thrown into a of excitement al 1912 p. m.
to-day by what is believed to have been an earth
quake shock. The shock was severe enough to
rock buildings. rattle windows. clatter crockery,
tumble down two or three sheky chimneys and
upset small children.
People rushed out of their homes in great alarm
and mothers carried out their children fear that
their homes about to fall. The shaking was
felt all over the city. but not in any of the suburbs
In the western part Of the city. where the shock
was the greatest the people heard muff1ed sound.
Rumors spread that powder mill FIVE miles from
Allentown had blown up and that boilers at various
manufacturing plants had exploded, but all these
reports proved false leaving only the conclusion
that it earthquake.
This section experienced such seismic disturb
ance on Sunday twenty-four years ago.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01

-. ana r,r.~sen street Brooklyn, Paul Funk. a
designer of No lll Bedford avenue. and Bernard
Rentrop a dyer Of No. 4S Clinton avenue were
arrested last night and locked up in Brooklyn An
additional charge Of running automobile WITH
ont q chsuffetr's license was lodged against Funk
The machine belonged TO Rentrop but Funk was
running IL. Ridgewood avenue was croWoeo Win
people when the two into the rear OF a car
riacs in which August Giese. OF NO % fNo0h
away Road Ozone Park. with his son. August
siese il. Both thrown out. ana ohe hoi'es
dashed away endangering the lives of NUMBERS OF
people Mr.. Giese and his son were aoie 10 so
home after being treated by Dr. DAVIS oi ~
Bradford Street Hospital
At Huntington. Long Island. deputy sherihs 80
Fahxloa were probably deprived Of most OF VIC
+i-,e hv the Rasranoby Brothers. who run the
Chateau des Beeux Arts the shore OF f,uii'IIle
ton Bay Word of the descent OF the sheiiI' .
,eler.hones 20 the chateau. and pfckets were sen.
ryo miles out Of Huntington 10 cover eei'
approaching from the west
e,e-i- John s Wells and his deputies soon ai'e'
starting out arrested James Russell chauleui io
a New Yorker, and f. Murray GIBSON OF rh"e
ton hut no more The former was fined Sle aho i'e
latter held until to-day The sheI1hs later
81 tsshzlon F w Parsons and Percy + owens
Alter considerable delay each was fined sis-
neterr,iued to stop speeding in East S4th street
.n the direction of the Long Island ferrF, ooi
missioner Bingham placed speclal souaa VI -
rvcle men there yesterday, who mace SIX eiie
Fsuard F. Hutton a broker, Of No % Ne" street,
living at No. IA West 57th street was chaIeeu
with rcins twenty miles hour, and put UP siV"
IN cash as security for his appearance IN cOui'
TODAY. After a lively chase Edward F. Buchanan
hs,l.r Of No 30 Broad street, living at the
waldorf Astoria was arrested on charge OF ruii-
ming his machine twenty-one miles an hour
Other victims were William C. Could OF NO %
Fse- nth street, who didn't have enough lnones
with him for cash bail and so put up ms hous,
valued at $1,000 Policy Rocket, a contractor, oi
No 62s West lSsrh street; August Reiss, OF bose-
water. " J.. who left behind him diamond ring
valued at $3.50 and NJ c. Abrams, chauieur h0i
A Y Greene Of the Manhattan Hotel
c,e-rish Il. Nlken, drygoods merchant OF NJ
= Leonard street, living at No sso Nlaoison -
u-ex arrested later in the evening for speeding IN
First avenue between S5th and seth streets Inc
prisoner furnished cash bail at the East S7th steel
station and released.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
BOY FINDS FATHER DEAD IN CELLAR
Alleged Suicide Said Once to Have Been J.
P. Morgans Coachman.

Harold Blows, fifteen years old. of No. 100 West
45th street, stumbled over the body of his father
Frank H. Blows, ffty-four years old. in the cellar
of his house at that address yesterday afternoon
A partially emptied phial of carbolic acid was
found near by.
Neishbors say the father was employed a
coachnan by ]. Pierpont Morgan for many years
and until a few years ago had appeared regularly
driver in the horse shows at Madison Square
Garden DR.. Cartnell, of Roosevelt Hospital, said
Blows had been dead for several hours. The police
entered the death the blotter a suicide Mrs
Blows protested that death due to apoplexy
Blows had not been about the house since
Friday.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
TIBERCULOSIS CONGRESS.
President RooseueRs Acceptance OF
Presidency Thereof.

The International Congress on tuberculosis 10 10
meet In Washington from September Il TO oc,oosi
r. In accepting the presidency Of the oody rIesi-
dent Roosevelt addressed the following letter 70
DR. L, e Flick OF Philadelphia. chairman Oh 'he
COMMITTEES Of arrangements for the congress-
The White House.
Washington May ~. 1905
Sir 1t is with great pleasure tha1 anrress on Tu-
bercuoss which is to meet in & TINS cit ~ October
II isw Gficis duties however. may preyen, I'ig y
presiding at the initial meeting OF Ine rortsIx6r
The iImportance of the crusade against tunercu- .
loss. in the interest of which thus con - rsaI,zed
venes. cannot be overestimated when & ~ ,s bunaTsd
that tuberculosis costs our country Two mum, I'LL
thousand lives yea5 and the sh1lrs most serious
handicap to material progIess to society
most often in those walks OF 1fs "nere 'he Dui0'"
is least bearabe s,-..so -,, bs
stamped out. but the rapidity ana comps -
with which this be accomplished depend tot npon
tuberculosis be inculcaed into the minds OF ts
people ard engrafed upon our customs
of world wide workers in this magnlncent ca use u.s.;
sTss psr Of 2DRSstP4 Se
The modern crusade against tuberculosis p5lngs
and thousands OF victims of the disease. who under
old teachings were abandoned to despair, 1hs ne
the latest studies and investigations before the
ali the A4e p's' and
methods of treating the disease knowledge
people and viii the]kby increase our public wealth
and happiness. -.
The International Congress on Tsberculos's Is
in the interest of universal peace. BY Joining In
such a warfare against a common foe the people
of the world brought closer together and made
to realize better the brotherhood Of man: for a
united interest against a common foe fosters uni
versaI friendship. Our country which is honored
this year the host of other nations in this great
gathering Of leaders and experts and as the Gus
todtan Of the gnificent exhibit which Will be
up by the entire world should manifest its
appreciation by giving the congress setting
worthy of the cause OF guests and of our
selves. We should endeavor to make 1t the great
est and the most fruitful congress which has
yet been held, and I you of my interest
and services to that end.
With expressions of appreciation for the com
pliment conferred in extending the invitation to
become president of the congress, very respect
fully, THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
SAYS BRYAN Is CHOICE.
according to Senator Stone, Jon"so"
Has No Chance.

senato- w J. Stone OF Missouri. who pore pa :
in the fribuster against the currency plii IN ,Io
Senate was at the Hoffman House last h'sh
is on his way home. where there Is niuoi. W. ,tn
be done in fixing up his fences for the hs rI.
Governor Folk for denomination to the se'a'e- ~
..r, svr;rse newt wear and his successor is piac-
tically selected at the primaries 10 oe heiu on =,
same day the national election is helo ii -
was in Missouri looking after these ltiteies 49,.
he was called TO Washington to WORK asaii -
currency bill. The Senator does not WISH " Si.
overconhdent that Governor Folk Will De uiis '
- ot his .e,+ in the Senate but his manner wouio
,,dica4a that he would come out on the rlsh' e'oo
of the fight. =. 49,, e1t
II wish to deny that was ensaseu ~ .ts
huster" said the Senator, with t"liihe " ~,
eve I'VE did not hope to defeat the cuiis' a
but we believed it bad measure anu W
oX+od n de1av action on 1t long as posslple'
+he+ .varvbodv might become acquainted Win IT'S
+od fea+,res 7 promised that I would neip oe-n
TOR Ia Toilette TO that end. and did So ''d' % ~
there that"
Senator Stone is by no means "ofshippei W
uyiI,ian, Jennings Bryan, but he does not thinH
tbat any one else has chance OF nonliilauoh
bv the Democrats at Denver Governor Johnson
has not the ghost Of a show was the way ne
exnressed his idea OF the boom Of the Minnesota
-
There is not the slightest chance In the worid
that President Roosevelt will be renominated ny
the Republicans" said Senator Stone, when the
talk turned on the action Of the Chicago conven-
ton II do not believe he wants to be renon-
mated, and 1 do not believe he could get renom-
ination now if he did want it. There seems 10
be no question of the nomination of TAFT
Although he does not enthuse to any great ex-
tent over the chances of Bryan in PresldentldI
campaign, Senator Stone seems to think that the
fight will not be at all one-sded. secretary tart
will know he has had fight" was the way he
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
FRIGHT LEADS TO HURI.
Three Women Jump from Streetcar
One May Die.

Fright caused three women to jump from a
rapidly moving open streetcar in Williamsburg
last night, when the controller box exploded
and one of them, who has not been fdentihed'
probably will die. The two others are seriously
injured The car was opposite No. 1858 Myrtle
avenue on its way from Ridgewood to MAN.
haitian, when the box exploded. Miss Efizaoetn
Reid of No 365 Powers street. and Miss Eliza
beth Ham. of No. 234 Stanhope street BROOK
jvn and a third woman, all badly frightened,
flung themselves head first into the street
Miss Reid broke her left ankle and was Sc
verelv cut about the head. She was taken to
the Eastern District Hospital. Miss Ham was
severely injured internally. and was taken with
the unidentified woman TO the Bushwick Avenue
Hospital.
The third woman has fractured skull and
severe Internal injuries She is about thlrty
years old, of light complexion and well built
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
AERONAUT DROPS In
English AnsMp Student MAKES f'y-
ing 7'rip to To7cn.

$50, ~ .,va,d.r wealthy Englishman.
with aeronautics his hobby, IS ID tius 'i1S
fyug trip Mr.. Alexander Is in the haoit oi n'e
ovine trims from one country another. to say
hello to his friends. who for the most part h
finds knee deep in the study of acronauticai mat
ters as is true In the present instance ne ieaV7
the city on Wednesday next, having arrlVed on tie
campania on Saturday. He Will then mako an
other flying trip. to Europe probably. having lelt
encouraging words behind him.
On the Campania Mr.. Alexander had the oppor-
t,nity to make some interesting and valuable ex-
periments along the sarae lines were started by
him when he made his last flying trip to America.
in January. With the steamer ploughing ahead at
given number of knots the pressure OF
the air against surfaces be accurately deter
mined the wind being steady by reason of the
great speed of the ship. Various shapes OF pro-
pe1lers be tried out and many phenomena re-
corded in the making of such tests. Mr. Alexander
has not been feeling well for soma time. and de-
cided few days ago that he would make the
voyage to this country. He believed that renewed
health would result from trip that combined
pleasure and tie making Of scientific researches
He wished it "e1nphatically understood. yester-
day. at the Hotel Manhattan. that he was not an
agent OF his majesty the King of England. nor
he here to discover the secret of the Wr1snt
brothers. as alleged. He expressed surprise at the
splash about the Wrghts.' which he said ne hao
noticed in one of the New York morning papers. re-
garding the plans filed by them last January IN
Paris.
Mr.. Alexander is naturally Of a retiring olsposi-
ton at least so far newspaper notorlety is con-
cerned. Like Wilbur Wright, the Ohio aviator MI
Alexander believes in keeping away from reporters
Mr. Wright changed hotels with sucn rapioi'S
during his recent visit to New York that the re-
porters were left behind. While Mr.. Alexander ooes
not deny that he is the Hotel Manhattan ne
evidently has patent pocket sanctuary. with auto
matte equilibrium attachment, and a peiisOp
trained to sight reporter not less than thirty ni
utes before the naked eye can discern MIN coming
up over the horizon. at which instant the sahct-
uary closes with bang and leaves the "orio 'o
darkness and the reporter.
with disconnected telephone, and his presence
,ndenied. Mr. Alexander is like a prisoner al the
Hotel Manhattan A..
It is not expected that he will permit dinner 10
be given here ir his honor.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
GOES TO CHANGE GOWN, KILLS SELF.
Wife of Woollen Merchant Commits Suicide
at Dinner Hour

Mrs. Henrietta Butzel, wife Of Solomon II. Butzel
dealer in woollens No. IS Franklin street.
rntted suicide last night by shooting herself in
the right temple on the second floor of her home,
at No 1851 5Gth street. Brooklyn. Mrs. Butzel had
not been well for some time
Mr. Butzel and his and daughter had just
down to dinner when they heard a shot. NJ
Rutzel found his wife the floor, wound in the
temple and revolver in hand. Before he could
speak to her she became unconscious and died
two hours later She f1ftyeight years old.
Mr. Butzel said his home late last night that
he was at loss 20 account for his wtfes act. He
said tha; prior 20 the shooting she had told him
that she going to change her gown Only
few minutes elapsed when he heard the shot.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS AGREE
COMPROMISE Reached on Wage Scale To Be
in Effect for Year

An agreement between the newspaper publishers
and Big Six has been reached regarding the
scale of prices to be paid to the union printers.
The contention over the scale which expired on
May adjusted by the National Board of Ar
hftration. and will continue in effect until May
l, 1909.
James J. Murphy. the president of big Six"
who was selected arbitrator by the Printers
League of America and the Franklin Association of
Pressren. made the following award: That assist
ants attending one two machines shall be paid
s1S 50 weekly and that they shall not attend more
than two machines The original proposition of the
employers SIG a week and the employees
asked 500
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
PRIZE FOR POLITICAL ARTICLE.

Washington. May a.-A novel proposition has
been made by the Republican Congressional Com
raittee II has offered $15o for the best article,
moi exceeding thousand words. on the subject:
WHY the Republican Party Should Be Successful
Next November The contest is open TO the en-
tire country, and the award will be made TO the
successful contestant about August Is Manu-
scripts must he mailed the literary bureau. Re-
publican Congressional COMMITTEES. Washington, not
later than July Is No manuscripts will be
returned. The successful article viii be widely
used by the committee.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
JUDGE LOVING MOVES TO FLORIDA
ostracism of Daughter and Himself Since
Murder Acquittal Given as Reason.
icy Telegraph 10 The Tribune ]

Richmond. Va. May 31-Information from Low
ingston, Nelson County. tonight is to the effect
that ex-Judge William G. Loving. formerly man
ager for Thomas F. Ryan at Oak Ridge, started to-
night for Tallahassee, Fla, where he has accepted
a position as assistant counsel for the Sea board
Air Line Railway. Judge Loving will be Joined
Immediately by his family
Judge Loving was recently acquitted OF the muir
der cf Theodore Estes. whom he killed because
Of alleged wrong offered his young daughter, Eliza
beth The determination Of Judge Loving to leave
Virginia believed TO be due to the social ostra-
cisrn accorded his daughter and himself since the
dca h of Estes monument to whose memory was
recently unveiled at LoWngston by the women OF
Nelson County.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
DESTROY NEGRO'S TOBACCO BEDS.
Night Riders Also Blamed by Farmer for
Burning of His Barn.
tBy Telegraph TO Tho Tribune ]

Arvona, Va. May 31-"Nght riders last night
visited the premises OF JEFF Johnson a negro
planter and destroyed his tobacco beds. pulling up
the plants by the roots and tearing them TO pieces
Johnson, who is a successful farmer, is not a
member of the tobacco organization. He has
offered reward of 800 for the apprehension of the
depredators
Johnson lost several tons of hay few DAYS ago
by fire, one of his large barns being totally de-
stroyed in the night The victim is certain the
fire the work of incendiaries. and now be-
lieves that 1t was planned and executed by the
ones who last night destroyed his tobacco plants
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
CONSTABLE KILLS BROTHER OFFICER
Pistol Duel with Fatal Results Follows
Friendly Wrestling Match

Vermillion, Ill. May 31-Constable Bruce North
up. thrty-five years old. shot 10 death to-day
in a pistol duel by Constable Charles Crawford
twenty y-one years Old the outcome of quarrel
following friendly wrestling match. Crawford
surrendered and is in Jail.
Crawford worsted Northup in the wrestling
match and the latter picked up Crawford's pistol
which had fallen from his pocket. and said he
would keep IT unless Crawford was big enough to
take it away from him. Crawford got another
pistol and called at Northup's home. Northup
met him and both began firing. After several shots
had been exchanged Northup fell dead with a
bullet through his head. Mrs. Northup witnessed
the shooting.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
DRIVES HORSES INTO MUD HOLE.
Ellis Island Superintendent and His Team
Drawn Out by Firemen.

William c. Moore superintendent at Ellis Island.
had irving experience late last evening when his
two trotters, attached 70 a light runabout, ran
into a deep mud hole at Coney Island and Ditmas
avenues. FYatbush AT this place an excavation
was recently filed in, and the rain of Saturday
made the dirt like ooze.
In trying extrcate the horses Mr.. Moore be
came stuck in the mud himself, and II fully
half an hour before he pulled out by fremen
Of Engine Company $50 and wrecking crew -
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, who were
called to his assistance by a motorman OF a
Coney Island The horses were drawn out by
a derrick. Neither of them hurt.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
VETERANS AT MEMORIAL sERV''s

Perhaps twoscore white haired veterans sr,ps
49,. r,,s,,oriaI service at the Metropolitan s.s-
18th street and Seventh avenue. las' his nv Jssz
a euIoefunn of their exploits by the ~. ,ai 70,
Wesley Hill. pastor or the church -. ~, hss
go back to antiquity. said the niiHs .. the psst.
romance The present Is better thah ~, George
rhemistocIes was not to be compared W. W. tines
Dewey. and no conquering general OF lsrsnt I'D
displayed the chfvalry toward foe 's''
at Appornartox"
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01

Gettysburg. Penn. May 31.-Speaker Cannon's
party arrived here O'Clock tonight from Wash
ngton. In confirmation of their assertion that they
had made good time from the national capital
the automobilists declared that they had been held
up soon after the start, charged with speeding.
Bicycle Policeman 162 stopped their machine in
Pennsylvania avenue, the White House.
Speaker Cannon assumed the responsibility, and
1aughingly begged the officer TO convey his respects
to Major Sylvester and assure the latter that the
Speaker would pay any fines due when he returned
to Washington in December.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
HELD FOR TAKING BOYS CLOTHES

Arthur Weaver. eleven years old accused bv
Charles Morgeniholer, ten years DID, OF No q
Siney street Jamaica, with having enticed him to
a swamp and having tied him to a tree. after TAX
ing away his clothes, was arrested yesterday at
Jamaica. When he was found by Detectives Till
man and Ebbers he was wearing his victim q
clothes, the police say. He confessed that the
clothes belonged 10 Morgentholer Arraigned in
the ms gistrate's court al Far Rockaway he was
held in 5000 bail and then taken to the Childrsn
AtS Society, Ia Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
OPEN AIR TUBERCULOSIS EXHIBITION

An open air stereopticon exhibition. showing how
to prevent and treat pulmonary tuberculosis, will
be given by the Department OF Health at De Witt
Clinton Park. SD street and Eleventh avenue to-
morrow evening at o'clock The department will
show what it is doing to prevent, supervise and
treat the nnalady in this CITY, and It will instruct
its audience how avoid contamination themselves
and to prevent the contanninating Of others
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
GAR VETERAN STRICKEN IN AUTO.
Had Been in Parade On Saturday, but Was
Forced to Quit Before End.
L. rn,-,h n tn. Trihr1nA. !

Waterbury Conn May 31.-Peter Sanford. sixty
Eve wears OLD. while running his own automooie
and accompanied by his wife and daughter, was
stricken with heart disease in Oaivine tonight
Re died few minutes later.
Mr. Sanford was engineer in the Waterbury
S-Io,ly ror,nanv As Grand Army veteran he
walked IN the Memorial Day parade yesterday, re-
marking that ne had never missed parade. Near
the END he was forced to drop out because Of
dizziness and weakness.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
TAFT TO SPEAK BEFORE CONVENTION

Secretary Taft who delivered the address al
Grants tomb on Saturday, left this city for WASH
ington at 9:25 a. m yesterday. When asked if that
speech was his last before the Chicago convention
he replied: IT wish I could say that. but L nave
one or two floating promises and 1 may be called
upon to make good on them.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-01

Charged with cutting open mail bag on the
steamship Amerika on which he was a second
class passenger. Saturday. A Rumler was
taken 10 Ellis Island yesterday and held for a
board OF special inquiry He probably will be de-
ported