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New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
WHITE MOTH HERE AGAIN
Littie Pests Pay Visit, Despite EHtO-
mOI0giccI Prediction.

An avalanche Of white moths descended on tbs
Grand Central Station. Washington Heights and
Harlem last night and caused much annoyancs.
owing 10 their ability 70 crawl in through the
windows matter how small the opening In the
Grand Central Station the moths particularly
noticeable and persons had their hands fun trying.
rid themselves Of the white-v-inged army that
besieged them
This is the first time this year that the Insects
have put in an appearance on July 19. 1893. when
the dutterilg visitation Of the million q the satny
white moths began Dr. Edward 3 SOUthwick, the
city entonoIogisr said that the white-wingsd army
expect them again for twenty years.
The insect IS generally known as the elm span~
worm Dr. SoUthwick said this about IT.
This insect is widely spread have observed 10
in the forests cf Northern Maine IN August and E
IS common in the middle states. The eggs are
deposited by the female moth toward the begin
ming OF July. OILY trunks and branches OF
the early Ieahng trees, but on numerous other OBJ
tects to the number of from twenty to two hun
dred and fifty in irregular clusters During this
period they are about the size Of a small pins head
conicaI in form. and somewhat compressed at their
points: first Of a yeIlowish. then Of light olivs
green and later OF a DARK brown They are COW
cred with a thick. sticky. glutinous matter. amt
adhere strongly 70 the object which they ara
deposited"
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
KILLED IN COLLISION.
Ne7c HGren Business Man ThrO5cn
against Wall When Car Hits AUTO.
TBy Telegraph 20 The TRIBUNE

BY Telegraph The TRIBUNE
New Haven. July 25-Charles =. Buckingham.
well known business man of this city was in
stant'y killed this afternoon just south Of
Cheshire fifteen niles from here. when his auto
mobile was In collision with q trolley RI
was thrown fifty feet against stone wall and
his skull was fractured
Both the car and buckingham were coming
from Cheshire toward this city. The automobile
sl5idded in mud puddle and swervcd across the
car tracks at the steepest part of tha Cheshire
hill. The trolley car travelling at "A high
rate OF speed and its running board clipped of
both wheels on side Of the automobile.
with buckingham in the machine we're his
wife and two nteces. Miss Eleanor Bro6erick and
Miss Luella Hynemar. of West Hay'n. Mrs
Buckingham was seriously hurt and Ter nieces
were badly bruised. but the recovery OF an three
is expected.
Mr.. buckingham was secretary and treasurer
of the Mathaushek Piano Company and of the
Treat and shepard Music companies, Of this city.
He was ffty-hve years old
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
FLEETS QUIET SUNDAY
Sailors Go to Church and Later See
T7cO Baseball Games.

Provincetown. Mass. July 25-The crooked finger
OF Cape Cod tonight sheltered the entire North
Atlantic fleet. except the Wisconsin. which lays
OF the Truro shore. isolated from the remainder
OF the vessels because OF the existence Of tvTkOid
fever aboard.
The day was one Of quiet aboard the Var ma
chimes. but three thousand sailors shore leave
gave an impetus 10 business and afforded inter
esting spectacle IN this quaint little town 1t was
a wide open Sunday at many places OF business
for the tars had been paid on yesterday and dis
played their usual recklessness IN expenditures
The example of Rear Admiral SChrOede-, Who ac-
companied Mrs Schroeder to the Methodist Church.
was followed by many OF the early arrivals. while
those who came ashore later had attended services
aboard their respective ships.
Two games Of baseball were played. one between
the tars from the Georgia and the Rhode Island
and another between those from the New Jersey
and the Minnesota. In the former contest The
Rhode Island sailors won. TO ;, while the New
Jersey players defeated their opponents to 3
During the day the Massachusetts and Maine
Naval Reserves arrived in town, ready for a weeks
toun OF duty the battleships-
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
TT LACKS VITAL NOTE.
So the Rev. DR.. Price Says Of Er-
President Eliot S Greed.

BE Price, Of the Washington Heights Meth
ok Easoopal Church, at Amsterdam avenue and
81 street, in q sermon last night criticised as un-
C-sisn the new religion of Dr- Charles "
Eit former president OF Harvard University Dr
fdss topic vas Ny Fathers Cod" and he de-
aE,ea that men never were ana never could be
El:ted by the recital Of mere moral axioHs He
sd that 10 make men better there must be some
IA note in The creed which they are taught, and
tk cnly could be found in the Christian religion
the fathers, EheEe Christ by reason Of his living
tanpe, vas the stimulus toward the better life
d Price said:
II Hsryaros prophecy q a new evangeI We miss
u Wal note. Something more than high moral
sonlng Is essential Motive power Is lndispens-
t4s Jesus Christ said - am come that they
4soi have life and millions who have accepted
II by simple faith have been Transformed For
l5ss souls religion is not an -asJic philosophy,
- schene II ethics. but lie with all tts fOTces,
s sei-consci0us energies and the quick suscepti-
s-aes q lie. No moral teaching. however lofty,
stss NE The Gospel is the power Of God unto
s-.ealoh 70 every one that belieVeth. whether he
laiolsue.
Under Dr.. Elot-s new SreIigIon the surgeon be-
-lss minister and agent for its progress. But
- sln 9 Is me prc41ct Of Christian civilization
- dlDe savage or cultured. has lis medicine
-, - olt z Christian nations alone do We find a
- - I-gical science Neither ethical teaching
= physical science VIII suffice Only lfe. spiritual
49, - eiu mai abundant life comes through Jesus
-ee new -eigion viii not BE- an emascuIation. but
- : portion OF the dominant creed Of to-day, and
- - warrant has anv prophet for eliminating the
l5ass Oi thrlst from tie coming creed Of Chris
finally Or. Eliot tells rs The new religion viii
L. s--l4pl - reconcile people 10 present IT'S by
Te-Iae OF future coHlpensF ton. Now. this sort
t-r,a---s l-se 331losopiy NAY be- warranted bE It's
ess-- -4l..-hj have heard that Bostonfans con
~ H. clSE As a little ahead of heaven. But We
~ NE N New York stan do find help in looking
ssr- ~ y ina, Is Yet To come. Here We have 10
r-fs GIsaaDDoniilents and losses. iniustices and
rs- r,ss here however good and true 2 man may
trss, - ne- We have 10 stand by the edge of our
irs.esseSe eAu with ~mptied arm and treasure
L r-et-ss - agony n unsDeakable bereavement
re-s y sspn3o, never did the people OF the city
FcSys. gr g more readily welcome the Old Gospel
a 10 Nihch offers pardon for all our SINS heal
] fs.-,.n-. "g0nos and comfort for our troubles.
NJ Nss1- % Relieve that the students Of the HaT-
ths E s.hiE school VIII DO far better 10 hark back
- r. .-ssLleils Of genuine evangelical religion
~. SSaa their time IN scanning the horizon for
sste 59eL 9seL htiy STYLED bv President Eliot Prsg-
ss-t~- -lsl7ISs1sn- Il has been well said that no
| fos "a ever give his blood for this new re-
| tnt ~ ~ ~ our own judgment il needs 10 well
'asnptive powers
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
LITTLE THINGS COUNT
SAYS MR. ROCKEFELLER.
Best Investment to Do Something to
Cheer Some One Else.
IBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune. ]

Cleveland July 25-John d. Rockefeller. speak
ing this morning before the Euclid Avenue Bap-
list Church. offered this definition of the safest
and soundest investment:
The best investment any Of US can make in this
world is each day TO set about doing something,
however small or big, that will cheer the pathway
OF some one else. This was the life and is to-day
the gospel of Jesus Christ"
Mr. Rockefeller late to-day in arriving at
Sunday school, and the lesson hour almost
over when his big red automobile dashed UP to the
East 18th street entrance OF the church With hat,
stick and gloves in hand Mr. Rockefeller entered
the Sunday school ROOM stopping here and there
as he passed TO the OF the to shake
hands with the pupils and teachers He seated
himself directly in front Of Professor Il G. Ditner,
superintendent of the school At the end of the
lesson Professor Dtner invited MIR Rockefeller to
address the school
I am almost afraid 10 say anything this morn
Ing. Mr Rockefeller responded. stepping to the
TostruE The superintendent has clearly stated
the lesson OF the morning that fear that there IS
nothing which 1 can add. find every day in INV
own experience that l have to learn over and over
again things which thought had long ago mas
tered am continually confronted with the pict-
ure Of how different life and affairs would be II
only the proper moment I could remember the
truths learned.
'Dr. Bustard and 1 are attending a little school
of We are taking lessons: r. golf and
every day promise our teacher that We will be
good boys and that this time we won't forget.
Our teacher continually 10 keep an Eye
on the bail-a keen, steady eye the ball. And
We continually say We wilI-over and over again
we promise TO keep eye the bal--and then,
before we realize bunder. have forg5otten
all about teacher and his warnings.
But notice what a Ii;tle thing 1t 10 which our
teacher draws attention Believe me. 1t Is the
E.tio things that count"
Turning to the question OF eating M Rockefeller
asked: Who is il lives the longest? Is # the one
who eats the most?'
The Bible says that he who obeys his father and
mother lives the longest yentured old woman
IN the audience.
Yes answered Mr. Rockefeller. 'but our parents
90 not leach to eat wisely. They often permit
us to cat too much
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
MACHINE GOES OVER EMBANKMENT
Three Hurt in Effort to Avoid Collision with
Racing Automobile
TRv TeIerraph 10 the Tribune !

Atlantic City, July 25.-Mr. and Mrs John f.
Blackburn and their son Lee were injured tonight
when they ran their automobile into the fence
and down the embankment Of the Meadow boula-
ward near PIeasantTile, to avoid being struck 10y
a big machine which coming across tie boule-
ward at racing speed.
Mr. Blackburns machine wrecked, and he
received decorations OF the face and hands. Mrs.
Blackburn is suffering with q possible fractured
shoulder, and the son is here in the hospital with
two ribs fractured. The Blackburns, who live in
philadelphia, notored here TO spend the day and
were on their way home when the accident oc-
CURED All came 10 this city and were treated at
the hospital Mr.. and Mrs Blackburn took a late
train for their home. but their Will stay In the
hospital until he recovers
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
TIGER CLAWS TRAINER.
SKULL SPLIT BY BLOW.
Falkendorth an COHey Island Hos
pitaI Not Expected to Lice.

Henry Falkendorth, lion and tiger trainer az
BOstock's. Coney Island. attacked by tiger
IN the arena yesterday afternoon and so severely
injured that he lies in the Coney Island Reception
Hospital with small hope held out for his Ts-
covery.
The auditorium was filed when Fa1keDdorth en-
tered the arena for the o'clock show. Seven lions
and two tigers perched their pedestals
waiting for the word to go through their paces II
never came Mogul. a Bengal tiger, who has
created no end OF trouble since he added TO
the company Of performers two weeks ago. and
who was chained TO Of the bars Of the arena.
sprang from his pedestal The chain snapped and
Mogul landed the trainers back. bearing hin1s
10 the ground.
Instantly the auditorium was in an uproar In
less time than it takes it five hundred per-
sons were streaming IN a panic through the exits.
The band played lively tunes. and the manager.
Matt Johnson, shouted that FaIkendOrth a1Ons
Eas in danger, but without avail
Meanwhile several attendants. led BY Jack
Bonavits. who lost in the arena last year:
Jack AIartiuo and Thomas CaIIum Jumped into
the cage. armed with iron prods and revolvers
loaded with blank cartridges. They found Fanzen-
dOrth struggling against overwhelming odds. He
had succeeded IN drawing his revolver but not ons
OF the five blank cartridges IN its chambers
poded as he rranticaIly pulled the trigger A ter
rife blow from the tigers paw opened his scalp
and he sank unconscious.
The other trainers and attendants interfered az
this point and put 8IoguI on the defensive. He was
driven into corner OF the and his head
pinned TO the ground with iron prod. WhiIe
FeIkendorth being lifted out Of the cage Nero.
Nubian lion. left his pedestal A cry from the
few persons who remained n the auditorium warned
those IN the cage OF their danger. and Nero was
driven back to IFS place.
As the unconscious trainer was clrrled through
the auditorium several women tainted He was
taken 70 the DreamIand Hospital where the arrival
Of tcur physicians from the C0neT Island Reception
Hospital was awaited, hurry call having been sent
in soon it was seen that the trainer could not
escape serious injury They cauterized his Wounds
and. s,iu unconscious. he was removed 10 the hos
pitaI
There it found that MoguTs claws had left
ten deep wounds. extending from his neck 70 the
small OF his back. The trainers coat had been
ripped Off ar the first lunge OF the infuriated ami
NAL His right cIawed TO ribbons and his
scalp was hanging by thread So great had been
the force OF the blow that lifted his scalp that
FaIkendorth received a fractured skull
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
POLICEMEN AS COWBOYS.
Round Up and Lasso Steers and Cows on East
New York Prairies.

Policemen mounted on horses and swinging
,sos pursued twenty and two bulls through
-. strasts OF the New Lots section OK East NSw
Wi, Yesterday morning. rounding them up be-
a,se OF an alleged violation OF corporation ordi-
,,,rce regarding the pasturage OF such animals.
There was excitement among persons bound 10
church services when the animals came dsshins
along with the policemen gaIloping behind Some
~ the animals led By the bulls. dashed along IN
a bunch Others, more independently disposed
leaned back fences. became tangled up in clothes
lines and washing hung out to dry. Garden patches
n-ara ruined Naddened by the sight Of all his
horticultural work ruined an excited resident
grasped a gun and emptied load OF shot into the
hide of a brute doing damage TO his premises
After an hours hard work and racing through
New Lots Road, Ifnwood street and other avenues
I'm the dist~G the animals rounded up IN
tive Tfbertv avenue police station where they were
held for the poundmaster.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
TRAIN FALLS INTO RIVER
Sir KILLED and Fifty Hurt IN
Wabash Urech.

Kansas CITY No. July 25-Six lives were lost
three persons We're probably fatally injured and
some fifty were hurt IN the wreck OF 4 wabash
passenger train that plunged into the Missouri
River thirty miles east Of Kansas City last night
while running only fourteen miles an hour.
The engineer. fireman and baggagemar, three
Iaborers and Daniel King, the two-year-od son Of
z 7 King. Of Eldon No. were killed. Frank Gard
uer Of Mount Vernon Ohio. and Mrs S s Hac1ett
and Miss Irene Dorton OF Erric6, Mo- were severe
y injured.
OF the eight cars in the train. FIVE coaches and
the locomotive n the river, with the water
covering all Of them except one end Of a sleeping
car. chair and two Pullmans remained unn-
5ured.
At the scene Of the wreck the river makes a bend
and the railroad follows it For days flood waters
have undermined the roadbed. making II go weak
% hold up the heavy trains Three hours before
the wreck freight train Of forty-nve loaded cars
passed the point safely.
Eight mail clerks were saved by the fact that
the roof Of their torn of. allowing them
to get out Of the car and swim 10 he bank. Al
were IL jured. in the Dcs Moines sleeping car
+ 7. King was holding his little son when tho
crash came. The child instantly killed, and
Mr King was unconscious when found.
Dr. Turner I.ohveck a physician, OF St
Louis was the heroine the wreck In thirty
minutes she attended twenty-seven injured per
sons Several women passengers assisted her by
preparing baudages.
1t seemed TO me that every woman there tore
up her skirts FOR dressings said Dr. Lohye-k
Clothing was freely given by the uninturru. anu
many emptied their baggage Of wearing apparel
Almost an acre Of ground surrounding the scene
Of the wreck cTumbled into the river to-day. and
tonight a large part OF the river is flowing over
the ground formerly covered By the roadbed- II
will be necessary TO build almost quarter of a
mile Of track around the washout.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
M1sHAps ON CONNECTICUT GRADES.
Friction of Brake Sets Auto On Fire-Rid-
der's Machine Causes Runaway.
fBv Telegraph to TAe Tribune. !

Waterbury. Conn. July @-The steep grades Of
.to sortbington Mountains. the main road route
tbronah this section of the state. have been the
cause ID numerous mshaps TO automobiiists in the
,aet few davs While Frank Benton. of New York.
was driving his down one OF the steeDest In
lines on Saturday the friction caused by the brake
=. st. ,,Dderbodv afre and before the flames could
he extinguished the was damaged TO tho extent
- seo0 George Saunders, OF New York, had his
ot u 80 f' v,re,ed at almost the spot when at
a63ntinr TO get over rise. and X. 1. inters ;
snnfbfrs ran back into a when his brake re-
fused to work So. -. .,.-.- e-.,,,
John Fl Black and his mother we're thrown from
sn antouobie containing Victor Ndder son OF
Herman Ridder, Of New York ana ms cousin, I m
1870 bidder The horses away ana Black
md his mother hurled against pile or stones
IT, Biiders were arrested and taken TO Wolcott.
Here they are being held for the Superior Court.
black has retained counsel and VIII sue tor oam-
ages.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
ARMY OFFICER HELD FOR SPEEDING
Major w. L. Kenly Was Taking Party OF
Friends to Fort Schuyler

Major William l. Kenny. t. > ~, % -
Z. - ,,.bo Is in charge of the recruiting station
At No Is Third avenue, was arrested by Sergeant
-, cs Inspector Floods staff last night for
sneedfng his automobile in The Bronx. Nerney "h
his motorcycle chased Major keniys au'oihop'ie
rortb in Eastern Boulevard about n'e ,ta
-, The officer and a party OF frienos III ''ie
o'tr'ooh ~ NIddIetown Road, near the spot
.raro Florence Cook was killed ~.
ergeart Nierney took Major keniy TO 'hs YES eS,
- nolice station. where the major gave S caSn
,,an ~ 500 and departed with his I'ienuS emu
10. hound for Fort Schuyler he VIII O7
"eIe "s ~, the Morrisania police court
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
PRIEST DEGREES SUNDAY SHOWS.
New Rochelle Clergyman Will Ask Protestant
Aid to Close Theatre.

r,otber Thomas p Mclaughlin. formerly pas'0i
- The church of the TRANSPORTATION, IN Ne"
york's Chinatown, now pastor OF the Chtirei u
The R1essed Sacrament. at New Rochelle mas DC
gun crusade against Sunday MOVING pc
shows and vaudeville. Al eaeh oi t"e H'SS1s -,
-. bo delivered u sermon against the sunday
,,.rf,rrnances calling them outrageous ana AuVis
ing his parshioners TO keep away from thenl- nc
aid If the performances were continued re "oOiu
appeaI to the Protestant cieTsyineA OF 'iie c'S 10
ioln in the movement
t1atbar Mclaughlin is indignant over the action
- the Ioew Amusement Company, OF Brookiyh'
which recently bought the New Rochelle Theatre
and has put on a Sunday bill The theatre "is
formerly owned by the Knights OF CoiuiuOuS' VIM
sold il to its present owners ioi FS'''O"
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
POLICEMAN HURT CHASING TAxICAB
Pitched from His Motorcycle, He Collapses
Later in Court.

Patrolnlan John Il. H0ugh. Of the motorcycle
squad was thrown from his machine while pursu-
ing a taxlcab at Amsterdam avenue and ssh street
yesterday morning, and was so painfully injured
that he VIII be laid up for month. He had pre-
viously arrested II speeding automoblist IN another
part Of the city and he mped into Yorlofillc court
TO make his complaint. There he became exhausted
and was taken home IN cab.
At l O'Clock yesterday morning he arrested Joseph
Soleder. Of No 1873 West 5sth street, for speeding
his automobile on Fifth avenue. Later. while at
Broadway and 18th street Hough went In pursuit
OF 2 taxicab which he says making forty miles
an hour At 6sth street he ran into rut and was
pitched from his motorcycle. lie got up badly cut
on the left ankle and nine stitches were required
TO patch II up.
Soleder was held In 5000 bail for trial ty Magis-
trate Kernochan
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
FIGHT ON BOARD FISHING BOAT.
Man Laid on Pier Taken to Hospital with Bad
Scalp Wound

When the steamer Angler locked at the Battery,
last night after her daily trip the fishing banks.
a man was carried down the gangway and laid on
the pier by several Of the passengers He was SUI
fertng from a badly Iacerated scalp wound and
was a weak condition
PatroIman BIass. OF the Fulton street station.
called by passersby. found that the injured man
was Charles O'NeiH Iaborer. of No 925 East
25th street BIass called ambulance from Hud-
son Street Hospital, and O'NeiI was attended by
DR.. SpaIding. who said that the man had been
drinking He took him to the hospital
Late last night a who said he was the pilot
Of the Angler called at the hospital and asked
about O'NeilI's condition He told that the
man was not seriously injured The caller declared
there had been a fight on board the fishing boat
which had resulted IN OrNei1is injury He had
been hit with some kind OF missile The fight. ir
was said looked as If it might become general az
one time but all hands queted down and ths
steamer docked without further trouble
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
TowERMAN SAVES TRAIN.
fBy Telegraph to The tribune. ]


Stanford Conn, July 25.-The presence of mind
OF Thomas Coyle. towerman at Darien. sn the New
York New Haven & Hartford Railroad, probably
prevented the wreck Of westbound express train
yesterday afternoon The axle Of mail broke
as the train was running past the tower at a fast
speed, and Coyle. catching sight of the broken
axle threw the block signal against the train and
stopped # just east of sharp curve. Had the
train hit the the mail would have been
thrown from the rails and there would have been
a wreck Neither the crew nor the passengers
knew what was the matter until Coyle told them.
The train was delayed while the disabled was
taken of.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
SIX MEN WHIP ONE AT RooKAwAY.
Boardwalk Throng Sees a Man Beaten Into
Unconsciousness.

Six paid off grudge against Samuel Rosen-
berg a lace importer, Of No. 621 Broadway. yes
terday morning. They chose the open sands Cf
Rockaway Beach for the scene Of their perform
ance and the fact that IT was just church time
did not prevent several thousands Of boardwalk
pronenaders from watching the affair. They
picked Rosenberg up unconscious, and II took much
patient surgery to patch up all his wounds.
After It was all Moses Hochster and his
brother Albert real estate dealers of No. 60 West
I2th street: Harry Kaufman, Of the Majestic
Hotel and Isaac Loeb OF No. 49l Broadway, who
is also hotel man. were arrested on Rosenberg $
complaint and held in $1,000 bail each.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
sAfS CREED IS TOO MPBRsoNAL
-'4" fastor Thinks Dr.. Eliot Is Right as
to Only Half of Life.

'-b e. v IMAM Ackroyd. pastor Of the Fifty
~ - Methodist Episcopal Church. added a
t.-,S-spoken criticism 10 the protest against
= -. Fs'oh of the Future which was set forth by
stes.vH pea'oent emeritus of Harvard. In an
7.. yesterday Mr. Ackrovd said
s-s : an Word I should say that President
= e.+,--, vas too impersonaI for human needs
srspso- p''hts Of his religion would be the
Eea =i,s,.' v an inpersonal Cod and OF a re-
iEtos - a1thorlty- I must disagree with that
hso,bi..,,- III Eliot unquestionably is correct
while he IS thorough and in the
FFen.t.,ss = ne goes. feel that he is right as 10
asss -. u life- We need that other halt Of
~ q. s4 CO.. and peculiarly religious-to con-
s Ia, !. hait Without IT the inteIectu-: Ead
Es !. = lie is left Hfeless and cold.
'ssa solestants have rejected the idea Of
1e 10 pi.,l y religion. and instead we rest
a. our court OF final appeal. To me