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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
ROCKEFELLER SEES NEW HOME,
Visits Pocantico Hills and Inspects the
Nearly Finished Mansion.

VtbitS EOCAIhtiCu 81 Ahu AispCVN TIC
Nearly Finished Mansion.
T~ARRYTowN, June 5.-ohn d. Rookie.
Teller and his little granddaughter arrived
at Pocantico Hills at about 2 o'clock thi,
afternoon. Mrs. Rockefeller. who ha.
been very i'll with pneumonia, was not
we'll enough to make the trip, and Mr.
Rockefeller brought his granddaughter
along for company. They came up in
an automobile and were driven to the
new mansion on the hill. John D. Rookie.
Teller, Jr.. was on hand to Welcome his
father.
Mr.. Rockefeller had not been to Po-
cantico Hills for several months, and
while he has been away many changes
have taken place. His mansion has been
about finished and many OF the outside
gardens have been completed. Mr.;
Rockefeller and his son walked around
he SPACIOUS veranda and viewed the
grounds from all sides. Mr.. Rockefeller
seemed much delighted with all he saw
As IL was raining this afternoon he did
not 60 wi to play golf, as he expected.
This afternoon Mr.. Rockefeller had a
call from his architect and later he rested
Tomorrow morning he will attend service
in the First Baptist Church.
Mrs. Rockefeller will not come to Terry
town, but after resting for a while In New
York will 20 direct to Cleveland. Mr..
Rockefeller will probably be hero for
two or three weeks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
MUST KEEP 1ssD ST. STATION.
COMMISSIONS Eustis VIII Not Approve
n. Y. ,Centrai's Application.

The New York Central railroad viii
not be allowed to close the station at
1ssd street IN its Harlem division. The
final hearing on the application OF the
company to abandon the station was held
yesterday by the Public Service Commits
sion, and Commissioner Eustis. who pre-
sided at the hearing, made 1t plain that
he would recommend the continuance
Of the station.
Il think he said at the close OF the
hearing, that the New York Central Is
morally bound to keep this station open:
Tho property wner Of the neighborhood
paid 1 5000 toward the cost OF eetab-
fishing this station and the city paid the
expense Of depressing the tracks. Now
II permission h given by this board to
do away with the station the company
would probably avail itself OF the prec-
edent to ask for the closing Of other
improbable stations in The Bronx. In
the hearings which have been held no
evidence has been adduced showing
that the station Is not beneficial to the
surrounding property and II Is my con-
clusion that for The protection OF persona
who bought property In the vicinity OF
the station that station should be re-
tained.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
WATER AND THE Law.
We'll n River Supplies n BE Mix ed
81. for Staten ISLANDS Use.

TRENTON, N. j.. June 5.-Attorney-
General Edmund Wilson submitted an
opinion to the State Water Supply Com
mission to-day holding that it was with
out power TO grant permission to the
Hudson Water Company to divert water
from the Passaio River for the purpose
Of supplying Staten Island.
The water company has a number Of
driven wells at Belleville and it was pro-
posed to combine the water taken from
these with water diverted from the Pas
saic by the East Jersey Water Company.
The company proposed that no more
water should be sent to Staten Island
than was actual derived from the wells,
and suggested that this could be deter
mined-by meters. thus enabling the COM
pany to use a single pipeline from Kearny
to Bayonhe.
The Attorney General holds that the
commission has no control over the sub
tsrranean waters procured from wells,
but cannot permit this to be mixed with
surface water from the Passaio and then
taken out OF the State.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
Bills Against an Aged Bridegr Dom.

TRENTON. n. j., June 5.-Patrick Cof-
field, a well to do octogenarian, who
married a>Bordentown girl last Thursday
night, was made a defendant to-day in two
suits instituted by his son and daughter
in-law. The son. George F. Cofield.
claims that his father owes him s 2,6Ao
for hoard and lodging during the last five
years During the whole Of this period,
he says. he supplied his, father with egg
nogg four times a day.
The younger Mrs. Coffeld claims
S,771 for care bestowed upon her father
in-!aw during the same period. She says
she had to hattie. feed and otherwise
care for hiu.. and places the value Of her
cervices at $50 a week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
GIBBONEY RUNS WELL,
But philadelphia Gang wins District At.
torneyship Primary Fight.

PHILADELPHIA, June 5~.-Inoomplete re-
turns Of the uniform primary elections
to-day indicate that d. c. Gibboney
polled a big vote for the Republican
nomination for District Attorney. But the
voting for the William Penn ticket by
thousands Of independents cost him the
fight.
In independent wards .Gibboney polled
an enormous plurality wei District At
torney Samuel P. Rotan, the ~organiza-
ton candidate. In the central wards the
gang agents were able to count the usual
high vote.
In the great vote polled for Gibboney
evidence was given OF the public senti-
niept aroused over the transit situation
the Rapid Transit Company's abolition
OF the six for a quarter tickets and the
efforts put forth in the strike by the Rey-
burn administration.
Some Of the strongest organization
divisions in ordinary elections gave
pluralities for Gibboney.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
DYING WOMAN Confessed
She Helped Murder Miss olive N. Broad
in Maine Seven Years Ago.

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in Maine Seven Years Ago.
B1ppRroRp, Me-. June 6.-The mys-
FERROUS murder of Olive N. Broad. which
occurred at the fair grounds at Cornish,
Me-. on August 20. 1902, while an sgrioul.
tural fair vas in progress, has been cleared
up. The principal in tho crime was .
woman who died recently after making
a confession.
Miss Broad was knocked down In .
road near the fair grounds with q scythe
snath, dragged a dozen feet. gagged
and shot twice. She had gone to North
Conway to get 500 from her guardian,
and late in the afternoon had returned
by train and started to walk to her homo.
A negro tramp arrested as q suspect
proved an aiibi. Later County Attor.
ney Emery heard Of . man who could
furnish evidence. but "a . deputy sheriff
and Mr.. Emery approached the house
this person committed suicide.
Recently q young woman living near
Cornish was taken III and before dying
ehe made q confession TO her mother.
She said that she met q man BY appoint
ment at q deserted house and both drank
considerable liquor. This man knew d
the mon Mis- Broad WAS to come
home with and they decided to rob her.
As Miss Broad oame along the road the
man knocked her down and the young
woman shot her. Because the mother
Of the murderess 10 still living her name
has boon suppressed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
DOUBLE MURDER OR SUICIDE.
walter r. Towns and His Sister Found
Dead In Their Rooms in Jamaica Plains.

Dead In Their Rooms In Jamaica Plains.
BOSTON. June 5,-Walter F. Towns, SO
years OF g and his sister, Miss Anna l..
Towns, IS years old, were found dead in
the suite they occupied together in Centre
place, Jamaica Plains. early this afternoon.
The man had a bullet hole in his head
and a revolver lay at his side. Miss
| Iowns's throat was cut ana a razor was
| found on the floor. The police have not
been able to determine whether it Is a
case of murder and suicide or a double
suicide.
No one has beer found who knows il the
Townses have any relatives living and the
bodies we're taken to the Morgue. Towns
had not paid his rent for several months
and to-day the landlord. accompanied
by a constable went to the apartment to
serve a writ Of ejeotment. They could
get no responses to knocks at the door
and finally vent in through a window. The
bodies were found lying on blankets
spread on the floor with the heads resting
upon a rolled up hammock.
The Townses. who.were English people.
were seen by a letter carrier this fore
noon. 1t is believed that the double
crime was due to dependency. as the
man had been out Of employment for
some time and. so far as is known was
without
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
A CRIME.
Texas wbman Kills Her Three Children
and Herself With . Razor.

DALLAS. Tex. June 5.-Mrs. j. NJ
Green Of .Richlsnd. Tex. to-day killed
her three children, ~, Z and 2 years old,
and then killed herself, She used a razor.
Her husband was absent at the time.
The Oldest child was a girl and the other
two boys.
been married thirteen years. Her hus-
band, j.. NJ. Green, was arrested OIL Mon
day following his wife's complaint that
he was guilty Of a serious offence. He
was released when the Grand Jury refused
to indict him. Last night he went home
and demanded one Of his children, saying
he would not live with his wife.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
Work for a Lawyer Convict.

TSNgos, N. j., June S.-John Sykes, q
lawyer recently sentenced to sixteen years
a State prison for forgery and embezzle-
msut, has been assigned t act as legal
adviser 10 oonvicts seeking paroles or
pafdons. In addition he viii act as type
writer for the head keeper, assistant
Tor " oouvicts' correspondence school.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
OIL MAN A SUICIDE.

Michael Dalton Made . Fortune Year.
Ago andhLSst II.
CoRsY. Pa. June s.-Miohael Dalton.
es years old. Of Sugar Grove. Pa. com.
mitted suicide in q grove nsar james
town late yesterday BY cutting his throat
With rasor. Dalton made and LOST
Q large fortune, having been . close friend
OF John D. Arohbold, FAgler and Other
Standard Oil mon. Then he joined the
independents and vas accused Of 'dyna-
mitink . Standard OIL Pipe line, but was
never tried.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
QUARREL OF CHILDs BROTHERS.
Irving Asks for the Removal OF Eversley
as Trustee Of 81, 500, 900 Estate.

Supreme Court Justice Guy has denied
an application by counsel for Eversley
Childs to strike out from the complaint In
an action brought against him by his
brother. Irving W. Childs, allegations
declared TO be scandalous and irrelevant.
Irving Childs asks for the removal Of his
brother as the trustee of bis estate. y
Eversley Childs is the sole executor and
trustee OF the estate left by William H. H.
Childs, who died in 1898, leaving about
ST. o 900. The plaintiff alleges that there
Is now in the hands Of his brother as trus-
tee about 81. 900, 900 Of tile residuary estate.
OF which he Is entitled to receiue half when
he is rs, and that the defendant has n
troll Of a trust fund Of 3s5 900 for his bene-
ft. He say an income Of $4,000 will be
due him in July. He declares that unless
his brother is removed the trust estats
will be wasted and dissipated. O.
The complaint ssys that the executor
mortgages o. which thirty were delivered
to Walter A. Forman, an employee OF the
executor. and that no assignments were
recorded OF the delivery OF the bonds to
the executor and trustee. 1t Is charged
that the trust funds were allowed to re-
main in the sole CUSTODY Of Forman for
years and that he is still in a position to
sell or dispose Of them and obtain loans
upon them as collateral, whereby hun
estate are liable at any time to be irrev-
ooably lost to the estate"
The plaintiff alleges further that the
trustee charged himself with $3.50. 900 from
the proceeds Of the sale OF 2,757 shares Of
the American Coal Products Company
and that the sale was a false and fraudu-
lent transaction. as the stock was worth
much more. 1t Is alleged that the estate
lost s125, 100 by this transaction. He says
his brother refused to pay him his income
since January, 1908. until compelled TO do
30 in a proceeding for contempt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
President and vce-President Play Golf

WASHINGTON. June president Taft
and Vice-President Sherman played golf
at Chevy Chase this afternoon in a four
bali match with Thomas Sherman. the
Vice-President's son. and Gen. Clarence
X. Edwards. There was a heavy shower
early in the afternoon and the course
was rather soggy. but the President and
his companions seemed to enjoy the
sport. The result OF the match was not
announced. On account Of the rain
the foursome started late and the play
did not end until nearly dark.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
MEDAL TO SAN FRANCISCO.
Jusserand Presents The Gold Emblem on
Behaif OF His People.

SAN FRANc1soo. June 5.-There was a
great popular demonstration at the
Orpheum Theatre this morning when Am
baseador Jusserand presented to San
Francisco the gold medal struck by the
French Government 10 commemorate
the city's rehabilitation. The big house
was crowded. 1t was beautifully deco
rated with French and American colors.
M. Jusserand's address was an eloquent
review Of French sentiment toward the
stricken city OF three years g and of
the desire OF France to show its apprecia-
ton Of the courage exhibited in quick re-
building. Mayor Taylor responded.
Tonight the Ambassador was the guest
Of honor at q dinner given by the city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
. $500. 900 Texas Ca Company Char.
tered.

AUSTIN. Tex. June 5.-The charter OF
the Lone Star Gas Company OF Fort
Worth, with a capital stock OF 81. 500, 900,
was filed to-day in the Secretary Of States
office. The company intends to pipe
natural gas from the Henrietta fefd TO
Fort Worth, about a hundred miles.
u B. Denning Of Wellston, Ohio. and /. H.
Kempner OF Galveston are the chief stock
holders.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
New Hamburg Liner Due Today.

The new Hamburg-Amerioan liner Gin
onnati. reported by wireless yesterday
afternoon within s3s miles Of Sandy Hook,
lie due to arrive at her Hoboken pier this
morning. She is a lister ship to the
Cleveland and willenable the line to main.
tRin a ~semi-weekly service between New
YORK and Hamburg. She is more than
600 feet long. dis plaoes 5000 tons and is
propelled by tw in screws. Like the Oeve-
land she will sail from New York on Sat,ir-
days. She is equipped with everything
to make sea going safe and luxurious.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
Cabinet Members in Chicago.

CHICAGO. June 5.-The Commercial
Club entertained tonight W. members
Of President Taft's Enthusiastically OF
War Jacob Dickinson and Secretary OF the
Treasury Franklin MacVeegh-at a din
ner given in the Congress Hotel.
Both men predicted a great trade i'm
provement as soon as the tariff schedules
have been decided upon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
Power Plant Burns, Trinidad Dark.

TsNDAp. Col. June Sire tonight
destroyed the plant Of the Southern
Colorado Power Company. causing a
loss OF $500, 900 and stopping the opera
ton OF the street railway and electric
lighting system here.
This city Of 10000 people is burning
leading coal mines and coke ovens Of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
throughout the county are idle for lack
of mower.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
CHICAGO MERCHANTS WIN.
Delivery Drivers Glad 70 Get Their Job
hack ut the Old Rates.

hack nc inc Oto hates-
CHICAGO. juno 6.-The State Street
Merchants Association scored q com.
plete victory In its fight with the parcel
delivery drivers to-day when the union
decided not only to abandon efforts to
get q wage increase but to have as many
as possible OF its members who were dis
charged or quit work at the Boston Store
and the Fair 60 back at tho old wage scale
and under the same working conditions.
When the meeting Of the union ad-
journed there wa . rush Of drivers to
both stores. Aside from granting the
discharged drivers permission to hle
applications for their old jobs not q con-
cession was made by the merohants.
according 70 Henry @. Hart. Manager
Of the Boston Store.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
Biueb,rd Nests In Mail Box,
From the Hood River Glacier.

FroW INC HOod HiVtT UTdcter,
A bluebird has q nest In an Odeu mail
boz and has now q little bird, the mother
bird having remained at her post while
mall was deposited ip. the box by both
carrier and patron. and having now become
90 tame as TO ALLOW one to stroke her with
b hand az she sits upon the nest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-23
SEATTLE CARRIES
OFF THE HONOR
IN WRESTLING

Tacoma failed to get a single
place in the championship wresl-
Il ing tournament of the Northwest
held at the Y. M. c. A. last night.
! Seattle won three out of five of
the honors and Everett and Van
couver each took one.
Luck seemed against Tacoma.
Harry Talbot, touted to win the
145-pound class, was disposed of
by Mcdonald of Seattle in a fly
ing fall, and Clinton Jones of Ia
coma was put out by a dislocated
elbow.
The results of the match were
as follows:
115-pound class - Preliminar-
les: Chapman. Vancouver. threw
Sharpe, Tacoma, in 1893; Donald
son, Seattle. threw Brown. Taco
ma, in AT. Finals: Donaldson
threw Chapman in $3.50.
1885, pound class-Salifers, Sc
attic, threw Jones. Tacoma, In
SIT.
135-pound class - Preliminar-
les: Scrondall, Everett, won from
Huber, Seattle, In 8 minutes. Fin
ais: Scrondall, Everett, threw
Lite, Tacoma, in 2:55.
145-pound class Mcdonald,
Seattle, threw Talbot, Tacoma, in
l5:05; Mcdonald threw Wray, Sc
attic. in $40.
158-pound class Preliminar-
les: Burke, Vancouver, threw Sea-
grave, Seattle, In :3S; Lindgren,
Seattle, threw Mahncke, Tacoma,
lin 5:55; Kennedy, Tacoma, threw
EDarman, Everett, in 2:13. Semi
| finals: Kennedy won decision
| from Lindgren in 6 minutes;
Burke drew bye. Finals: Burke
threw Kennedy in 2:45.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-23
\ TODA US SPORTING NEWS
HURRICANE" HARRISONS DISAPPEARING BALL
CHEMICALLY PREPARED SPHERE cAUsEDMANY HEARTACHEs

During the 20 years I was in
base ball as manager and player,
saw a lot Of freaks" said Sport
Lowry. ''and not a few phenoms,"
he added, ruminatingly. when
'Catapsult' Catherton's arm ex-
ploded I was in bad. / didn't have
a classy pitcher.
"But I was lucky in those days,
and ra nacross youngster
named Harrison. He was physi-
cal culture crank, and first saw
him pitching to fellow who wore
a glove as big as a mattress, and
when ! saw Harrison let loose l
|opined that the backstop needed
the big mitt all right. Say, for
and ran across a youngster
had anything I ever seen beaten
to a Roosevelt FRAGILE. I signed
him that night, and he reported in
the spring fit to the minute.
well, sir, when Harrison be-
gan shooting 'em over to Pink
Lawson, the vet yelled. He
wouldn't work with the youngster
until l bought him a special glove,
and he always wore a big chunk
of raw beef in his palm, to take
away the sting. When he was
fixed up he used to grin like the
mummy of old Rameses II when
he coached Hurricane as he
called Harrison. When he grabbed
a fast ball Pink was Jared to
his heels. but he was game and
would call for curve that broke
like Joe Letters corner In wheat.
"The first day of the season
turned the kid loose, and what he
did was shame. He had those
400 hitters swinging like a pea.
cock tail fan over an eastern po-
|tentate's head. And that's the
way it was for couple of months.
Toward the middle of the, season
the good hitters began to get wise
to his speed and would get a hit
once in a while. And then he
really showed what a pitcher he
was.
"One day, when we were play
ing Sandy Gulch, the last game of
a hot series, Hurricane came to
me and said: Sport, keep your
eye on the pill when I begin to
smoke 'em oyer. LII show, you
something new. And he did. In
the second, with man on second
and the best hitter in the league
up, he turned loose a high fast
ball, across the inside corner, that
travelled SO fast 1t looked like a
two-cent Whitley. When Pink
taught the ball l saw him look at
t, then at Harrison and then back
It the ball! o Then he walked
.oward the box, and the two held
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-23
THE BATTER COULDN'T ACCOUNT FOR IT.

marble in a nebulous haze, az the
sun appears at times.
"All Hurricane ever adnaktod
was that he smeared the ball8Mtth
a secret preparation, which s4neF-
ated a gaseous haze when thSfbalt
was thrown at the terrific speed,
which only he possessed, making
it appear smaller than 1t really
was and giving the man at bat 2
minute target to swing on. q -
GAS you can imagine, with nch
"a pitcher, we easily won ant khef
championship. Hurricane H0rE4a
son became the sensation OF tl1e!
league, and his disappearing ball
was the wonder of the game. s HH
was drafted by Chicago, and
would have made them dizzy in
the big league If he hadn't thrown
out his arm that winter while
playing with a transforming ag-
gregation. The last / saw of him
he was barking for snake charm
|er, and could talk almost as fast
as he could pitch In the old days. "
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-23

club in a good first division berth,
but no matter where the outfit
finishes the fans of Cincinnati can
be assured he will give them the
best he has.
Many great batters are spoiled
by being forced to play sun
field. In most major league parks
Old Sol is bad only early and
late in the season.
To anyone who has never ex-
perienced the sensation of trying
ty catch. a ball, which scars d.
rectly into the sun, this would
not seem such a difficult task, but
when tried it becomes apparent
that 1t is a matter of no small
To the sun field that Willie
Keller has been forced to play in
New York is, he attributes, his
falling off in batting and, when
it is considered that he usually
hits well on the road, it is proba-
BILE there is something in his COM
plant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-23

q pow WOW.
when he went back to his
place 'Pink's' grin seemed to reach
to his ears. He called for another
fast ball, and it came like rifle
shot. 1 watched again, and right
before my eyes it grew smaller
and smaller as it travelled, and
when the man at bat swung, he
missed it. The kid kept up his
terrific speed, and although the
Sandy Gulch players and the UNI
pire thought he was substituting
"a smaller ball in some manner,
they could not detect him in the
act, and he continued to burn 'em
over like lightning, until the game
was won.
"Afterward / talked with him,
but all he would say was that 1t
was his secret. Pink Lawson
confided to me that when the
ball was approaching him it grew
smaller and smaller, seeming to
lose its character as solid sphere
and having the appearance of a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-23

"Griff'' has his men playing the
game to the limit at all times
usually after a couple of series
with club 1t is possible for the
opposition to be reasonably certain
what that club will do under GER
tain conditions, and, once KNOW
ing this, system is always looked
for.
Not so with Grif's TEAM.
There never was a moment when
the opposing team could be certain
they were going to attempt a
certain play. .--&.
As for trying to get their sig
mails, there never was a chance.
"Grfff" always had something up
his sleeve and above all never
know hat the word quit" mea1&.
That the HighIanders under
"Griff'' were the first team to sue
cessfully pull Off the Squeeze
play" shows that the new Red
manager is always alive tor the
possibilities of the game.
Besides this, the New York club
was the first team In the younger
organization to play the "hit and
rum" when the batter had two
strikes and no balls, and for a.
long time got away with the play
simply because no one ever figured
they would try anything SO dar-
ing.
Crit" may not turn out q pen
nant winner in Cincinnati next
season: In fact the chances are he
will have . tough time landing the