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New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
MINISTER LOCKED OUT
TRUSTEES CLOSE CHURCH
4G1INST DIR. TATE.
West 18th Street Congregation Sur
prised to Find PIacard Posted
on the Door.
on the Door.

Some of the things likely TO happen when
stubborn Scot ard unyielding Scotchman fall
out points Of doctrine and kirk government
happened yesterday where the Seventh Avenue
Presbyterian Church turns a sober brownstone
front the quiet OF West 18th street over beyond
Fifth avenue. The trustees locked out the par
morning and evening. and the congregation
was there on one side Of the street or the other,
according as they held with the preacher or ses-
sion. to look on and comment This is the story
as a member Of the preachers faction told IT,
The Rev J. Howard Tate has been minister
of the church for the last sixtten years. Fer
the first ten all ran smoothly. The church was
then in Seventh avenue Something over five
years ago the old edifce disposed of and
the congregation moved into the 18th street
brownstone building which was sold to them
by another church that had gone uptown Ana
here began the Rev Mr.. Tate's real troubles.
As true blue Covcnanters the congregation
had never tolerated the sound of a musical in
strument within their walls. Now in the new
church there was great organ. II stood silent
for while. Then the minister suggested that
the church might do as had others Of the de-
nomination which OF late years had fallen away
from the practices Of the fathers, and let the
organ follow the precentor through the Psalms.
The older members we're horrifed. The same
their foundations. and in the country has split
them wide apart. The dispute was long and
stern. but in the end the pastors faction
triumphed and the organ Joined in the service
The old feeling has lived on, however and the
organist has always been a stranger to members
Of the opposition.
Some six weeks ago a organist was
named. He was Paul Tate. a nephew Of the
minister. He is employed in the Chemical Ma
tional Bank. The old feeling famed UP. There
was talk of favoritism and there was gossip
which. the preachers supporters say, was
spread eagerly by the other side Three weeks
ago the minister resigned.
The congregation accepted the resignation
The Presbytery. meeting In Brooklyn. invest-
gated and refused 10 allow the resignation 10
stand Yesterday morning when the children
came for Sunday school, just before 10 o'clock.
they found the church locked. On the high
black door was a placard:
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
TWO BURNED TO DEATH.
Bodies of 4ged Couple Found in Bed
Landlord 4rresfed.

Patchogue. Long Island. July 11--Towuseud
Gcritv ninety-three years old. and his wife
CYNTHIA. VINO was eehty-four years old. were
burned to death in their bed early this morning.
After the fire which partly destroyed their
house. the fremen found their bodies
Peter ZeetkaIazitch. who owned the house
ard lived on the ground floor. arrested and
Is being held pending further Investigation. as
the authorities say the fire of incendiary
origin and that the old couple were probably
robbed before the fire set.
The aged victims had lived allowance
made them by a who lives in New York
CITY The police say their landlord. who is a
Iaborer. has been out of work recently and was
short of money but $50 were found him
when he was arrested. He is known to his
neghbors as a hard working. sober man.
What makes the authorities suspicious is that
he was outside the house with the door locked
when the fire was discovered Zeetkalazitch
saws he retired and went to sleep about IL
o'clock he was awakened how he does not
know. about 2:45 o'clock and smelIed smoke
and heard the roar OF flames. He Ieaped from
the window of his room, and then ran 10 the
front and tried to arouse the aged couple up
stairs The house on the outskirts of the
village. and il fifteen minutes after the
alarm was given before the first firemen arrived
Isv that time the interior of the building was a
furnace The damage is about $500. This is
fully covered by insurance.
Zeetkalazitch and neighbors say Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerity always kept a light burning in their
rooms. and think the fire may have started from
an explosion of their lamp. Coroner Savage
held ZeetkaIazitch until tomorrow on motion
of Assistant District Attorney Blue. who has
taken charge of the investigation. The authOri-
ties are trying to get into communication with
the son of the Geritys. but the absence of a
street address has hampered them.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
SHOT DOU'N IN H4LLW4Y.
Father and Little Son VictimS of
18th Street Crime.

Santi GaIletta. twenty-nine years old. a barber,
OF No. $50 East 18th street. and his son. Michael
eight years old. were shot down in the hallway
os their home last night and taken to Bellevue
Hospital both refusing TO shed light on the at
tack The police of the Fifth street station are
holding GiamOri Farane. a piano maker from
Palermo Italy. who lives with his wife and three
children at No 275 Avenue 3. charging him with
feIonious assault
FIRST avenue and 18th and 18th streets have
seen a dozen shOOtings within the last three
months Shots have been fired from windows
and doorways and a week ago woman was at
tackled as she walked in the middle Of the street
Be cause Of these disorders. Detectives Nelson
and Bishop of the Fifth street station. were de-
tailed 10 the neighbOrhoOd last night.
They heard three shots fired just before mid
night and rushed 10 Galletta's home They say
they saw Farane rush from the hallway over the
bodies Of the victims and throw away revolver
He ran toward First avenue. with large crowd
be hind him. and took refuge in Mares drug
store at No. 225 First avenue. The two detee-
tfves ran in and knocked himsdOwn-
GaIetta was shot in the back of his neck and
his son in the left foot.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
FooTRACING sHIPBoARD DIVERSION.
Mrs. Robert Goelet Starts It, and Holds the
Four-Mile Record

four-mIle Marathon" it is believed, will here
after be a popular pastime for travellers rhe
steamers of the Hamburg American Line.
The first attempt at this heathful and weight-re-
dlcng diversion made by dozen women pas
seneers including Mrs. Robert Goelet on the
steamer Cincinnati which arrived here yesterday
from Hamburg.
on the second day out of port Mrs Goeet paced
the deck OF the liner during the forenoon until
mile had been made. Other women thought this
excellent thing and foined in walking, making a
race of IT, but they astounded to see Mrs.
Coelet out on the course in the afternoon for
three-ruiIe walk Some of the more coura geOus
women oined her. but they dropped cut after the
irst half mile had heen made Mrs. Goelet. how
ever continued, and up her total for the day
10 four miles. She repeated the performance every
day OF the passage and although several
later walked and sprinted to the three-mie
mark Mrs Goelei held the record.
Il was said YESTERDAY hat the deck course would
be measured and distances marked of in the belief
that Mrs GoeIet's initiative may be followed.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
FOUND BOMB; THREU 1T.
1t Vas a Boy and Not the Bl0ch
HandZNO One Hurt.

There was excitement In the ltahih Sec'l''' ~
Brooklyn yesterday afternoon ""eu
49,, b,. q small boy. exploded. in the yard In
t,,a roar ~ M 315 Hudson avenue shattering
-. ~ rho windows Qf the building. The
,,, ,,.,s a section of steel pipe. about eight
inches long, and fred it is supposed ny inc
fuse from, a irecra c<er. The pipe did not burst'
onI, tbe corled M. ends being blown out.
The bomb thrower was Alphonse Sacrlscah
twelve wears old. of No 3Ol Hudson avenue
After he had tossed the pipe into the yard he
ran awav. but Patrolman owens. of the ADAMS
street station got his name and detectives capt
ured linn 1t thought then thi't ne h'u
hcen hired to destroy the grocery store OF Annie
Vuelo, in the building. The youhgs'er oeclaIeu
that he had found the bomb IN the street ana
not realizing what II was had tossed II INTO
the ward lie was not arrested
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
HURRICANE ON ISTHMUS.
HeaUy Damage in Pdnama-People
Flee to the Churches.

Panama. July IA hurricane Of unusual Sc
verify occurred here last night, doing much
damage to property. The electric plant in Pan
anna put out of commission. and the city
was left In darkness. which increased the alarm.
At the time there was a great crowd at the Ma
'onal Theatre. at which Maria Guerrero. the
Spanish actress, was playing. The performance
stopped, but the audience remained compare
lively quiet
Many Of the residents who were unaccUs-
toned to such violent storms left their houses
and sought safety within the churches the
doors Of which were thrown open TO shelter the
crowds
Telegraphic communication has been badly
interrupted. and advices are meagre regarding
the damage on the isthmus. 1t is feared that
the interior and coast towns have suffered con-
sderably The government has sent two steam
ers along the coast
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
RIOTS AT INVERNESS MINES.
Troops Sent from Halifax to Stop Disorders
in Coal Region.

sydney C. B.. July I.-Unabe 10 cope with the
lavess strike rioters at the Inverness colliery to-
cav. Navor d. II. Mcleod was forced to call troops
from Halifax 10 restore order. The colliery Is
ov ned by Mackenzie & Mann. II is not connected
q, anv way with the Dominion Coal Company
against which the Glace Bay strike is aimed
About half the at the Inverness colliery be
long TO the United Mine Workers of America and
went out on a sympathetic strike last Friday.
The men of the Provincial Workingmens As
ISOLATION continued at work in the mine but late
Yesterday when they leaving the workings for
their homes they met by a crowd OF three
hundred men, boys and women. mostly Belgians
who attacked them with sticks and stones. One
workingman hurt.
specja train from Halifax arrived here\ this
evening with one hundred and fifty men from the
Roval Canadian Regiment. who at once went on
r,,,9rd a. tLe coIIierY There were disturbances
a6out the place tonight. but II IS reared that
there may be further trouble tomorrow morning
There was no disorder at the Glace Bay mines TO-
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
MOB 1TT4CKS Police.
Tzco Mounted officers" GHard Pris-
ORers 7cith ReTOIJcrS.

on charges OF attempted highway robbery. two
young men who said they were Anthony Lang
and Thomas Gordon. We're held In the night
court last evening in $1,000 bail each for eNami-
nation in the Morrisanla court Tuesday morning.
The disappearance Of the complainant woman
who became separated from the officers, who
when they arrested the men. were attacked by-a
mob near the Dyckman street subway station.
complicated matters Following is the story told
BY the police
Mounted Patroman Feulner. of the Kings
bridge station was on duty near Sherman ave
nue. and Dyckman street last night. when an
unidentified woman ran to him and declared
that two men had tried TO rob her Of her handbag
Feuner found a man secreted in the grass pre-
tending sleep and turned him over to Mounted
Patrolman Golden Fitzgerald. Of the West l'2d
street station FeuIner then went back to
search the high grass along the avenue for the
second alleged robber. Hardly WAS he out of
sight when a man suddenly sprang from behind
upon Fitzgerald, and the officer his assailant
and the prisoner all rolled down ten-foot en-
bankment. Fitzgerald kept his hold on the
prisoner and managed to get a grip on the sec
ond man. At the same time he yelled for Feul-
ner who came running to his assistance.
The officers with the two prisoners and the
woman complainant then started for the Dyck-
man street subway station. on their way they
encountered ii crowd of about thousand ball
players ard their friends. returning from Van
Cortlandt Park This crowd hurled sticks and
stones at them. Feulner and Fitzgerald bruised
and bleeding from several small wounds took
refuge on the station platform. They locked
their prisoners in the porter's room. and with
drawn revolvers stood guard outside until the
arrival OF the reserves from the kingsbridge
station.
The prisoners were taken to the Kingsbridge
station. but the unidentified woman complainant
had been lost In the shuttle.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
TOOK FRIENDS CLOTHES.
Boston La7cyer's Gratitude-Sdys
He Meant to Return Them.

Detectives Martin and Flynn Of the Central
Office, brought back from Boston yesterday
John Hudson Merrill. a lawyer and member of
a prominent Boston family, who is charged with
larceny by Frank @. Macomber, jr. OF the Hotel
Royalton. No. il West 44th street Macomber
says Merrill stole from him a suit of clothes
valued at $50 and S2j Panama hat
Merrill lives at No. % Pinkney street Boston
and about weeks ago to New York
Macombers roommate, Matthew Bolles who
was classmate Of Merrill in Harvard. met the
Boston man the street on July l. Merrill
according to Bolles. was in pretty bad shape
and he took him in hand 10 see If he could
straighten him up.
BoIles took him to his room and gave him
some clean clothes. The next day BolIes and
Macomber went to Atlantic city over the holi-
day. believing that Merrill had gone home but
during their absence Merrill returned 10 the
hotel and persuaded the clerk to let him into his
friends room. When Macomber and Bolles re-
turned on July d. they say they found Merrill
in the room intoxicated, and ordered him out
After he had gone Macomber missed his hat
and a suit of clothes. He reported the matter
TO the police. Detective Haggerty who was as
signed to the case. got a warrant for MerriIrs
from Magistrate Hermann, in the York
willie court. He traced the man to Boston where
he had him arrested. Merrill was accompanied
by Roger Merrill, a brother, who is a cotton
broker in Boston.
Merrill admits taking the suit and hat but
says he intended returning them when he got
back home. He came to New York without
eNtradition. The police say he obtained Sl5
from the clerk of the Royalton on a bad check
This Merrill denies
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
No Services To-dav.
Church closed bv order of Board ~ Trustees

Most of the children went across the street
and waited Presently the older folk began to
come up. They. too. went across the street and
waited Five minutes before church time. which
Is at II o'clock. the minister arrived. With him
were score of his supporters. among them sew
eraI ~ his own family They looked at the
notice and tho rusted padlooks on the iron gates
and waited
They were there for hour or more. Both
sides talked among themselves. and some Of the
remarks might have been heard across the
street When the prayer and sermon should
properly have been over the pastor turned and
walked back home and the sidewalk congrega-
tlon broke up.
It was much the same in the evening. except
that n newspaper photographer tried to make
nashIIght picture. and sent the minister hurry
ing hornevard AT the end Of five minutes. The
pastor refused 20 make any statement or ex-
plonation OF the affair.
At the meeting Of the church trustees on Tues
dav. II is said the vote was taken TO close the
church George A. Miller. a brother-in-law ot
the minister: Samuel J. Kane and ID : era" o.
ford are named as having voted In the negative
and Robert j Knipe. J. =. Ritchie, Ambrose Mat
tocks William J McMchael W W. Leisinger
and William Camlin as supporting the measure.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
lPF4UL RENEUS ATTACK.
Bishop Denounces Colleges at Cor
nerstOne Ceremony.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J


state Camp. Sea Girt, y. J.. July 11--At the
Roman Catholic Church. Manasquan. this after
noon. Bishop James McFaul. of Trenton. de-
nounced in strenuous terms the higher critics in
the colleges and declared the Roman Church ac-
cepted the entire Bible including the snake
story in Genesis. and the whale story involving
Jonah.
He said the newspapers considered him an &c
cIesiastical pugIist because he had denounced
the educational leaders Of the great universi-
ties The danger 10 families, he declared, ex-
listed I'm sending their sons 20 state and non
sectarian schools He said the Catholic Church
would have beer led a merry pace If It had at
tempted 10 keep step with the statements % sci
ence and evolution That II would have been
like an Irishman with three fingers" Of whis-
KEY in him trying to steer an automobile
Bishop McFaul said the Catholic Church had
saved the Bible. and that far II was con
cerned there was no war between true science
and the facts Of religion the Catholic Church
interpreted them; but he at war, ne as
serted. with so-called science as It existed in
American colleges.
The St. Denis Church IS being built at Union
and Virginia avenues, Manasquan. The cere-
monies witnessed by large company from
nearby resorts. The church is the gift Of
Denis Sxeeny Of Amsterdam. y. Y; Martin
MaIoney. OF Spring Lake and Philadelphia, has
contributed 81 600 toward the furniture. and
Mrs Duffey. of New York has given $500 for
the PURPOSE
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
WIVES SEE THEM DROWN.
TzcO Men Perish When Steamer
SzCeH S7Camps ROzUbOat.

Ing Sound steamer, Albert Fisher. forty-seven
years old, machinist, of No. -554 West 54th
street. and Joseph Weber. forty-four years old.
blacksmith. of No 364 West 36th street were
drowned last evening off Hunts Point in sight
of their wives. Weber's ten-year-old son was
rescued. Fishers body was recovered.
Fisher and Weber. with their wives and the
boy. had just returned from a motor boat ex-
cursion. Leaving the motor boat tied up at the
landing, the two men and the boy put out from
shore in rowboat. Mrs. Fisher and Mrs
Weber stood on the landing and watched them
While the two men and the boy were struggling
in the water the wives screamed wildly for help
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
STMP4THETIC STRIKE.
Eighteen Thousand Coal Miners to
Help TinpIafe UOrkers.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Pittsburg. July 1.-THE strike of eighteen
Thousand coal miners employed by the Pittsburg
Coal Company, which has been ordered for next
Thursday morning, is understood to be In the
nature Of a strike in sympathy with the strike
OF the tinplate workers
The strike will work hardship 70 the mills OF
the United States Steel Corporation, which IS
supplied with coal by the Pittsburg Coal Com
pany. The Pittsburg Coal Company has
twenty five year contract with the Steel Cor
poration, and prospective strikers assert that
efforts on the part of other concerns to I'LL the
Pittsburg Coal Company's contracts with the
United states steel Corporation will result in
closing those mines also
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
B4TTLE NE4R TEHER4N.
Persian CoSsackS DriUen Bdch by
Nationalist Forces.

Teheran. Persia, July I1.-Persian Cossacks,
comma nded by Russian officers. and other troops
OF the shah numbering altogether twelve hun
dred made attack this morning the united
Nationalist forces. under Sipahdar and Sardah-
asad, At 4 point fifteen miles from Tehcran.
Although the Royalists sheled the National
lists position with four guns fer two hours. thew
failed to dslodge the enemy Two hundred
Cossacks advanced 70 within half mile II the
Nationalists keeping up a heavy FIRE with
Maxins and quick -frcrs The NntionaIists
piled at intervals with single gun. dropping
number Of shells among the cossacks and com
peling them 10 retire
No information has been received here re-
gardng the casualties.
st Petersburg July fI-Aecording 90 aivio"s
received here the Russian troops have arrived
at Kazvin, eighty-sx miles from Teh"ran
London. July IA dispatch from Teh"ran
says that I'm the engagement between the Shahs
troops and the Nationalists the latter fell back
a short distance To Dehshah. where owing 10
the nature of the ground fhc Eoyalists were
unable TO make use of their gums. TIN" only re-
port concerning casualties WAS that eight ~ the
Rakhtiaris were killed and twelve nf tho Shahs
men wounded The Nationalsts In the city.
who believe that the Rnyallsts were defeated.
are distributing arms to their followers The
legation quarters are considered comparatively
safe and are crowded with refugees from all
parts of the city
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
PREDICTS 25-CENT COTTON.
:. Parker Gives lis Reasons for Ex-
pecting Short Crop.
lsy re'eersph 70 The Tribune J

l1y reiesrsHh The Tribune
sulh.r..' Ia 5uly m.-John p Parker cotton
lanee :, sh9 On april l predicted the recent ad-
leach > 's market, said to-day that prices viii
Ialsn "a ss'i's pound before the seasons cam
aid -s4.i'aed - =. hot. dry weather in Texas he
couple -. excessive rains IA the eastern belt
sistex i Noh "eevh damage in the central
Yeas a., 'a0aa to cut the crop short Of previous
hasing ~, seessaTily run she price very high.
now an : nEures on favorable conditions from
aisses =. sstnate The present crop at between
Ion reser,s 'e'1oerst Ia It's summary Of cot
VIZ say to.,.-. me month ended THURSDAY. July g.
si.x shele t,1sre opinion is tha, taxing the belt
'us last report 'eeh d distinct Improvement
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
COL. POPE REPORTED SERIOUSLY Ill.

Colonel Alexander A. Pope. the pioneer manu-
,t,,rar of bjcvces and automobiles. is said to be
seriously III at his summer home in Cohasset
Mass While it was known to MS iriehus 'nat he
- -. a., the hest of health il was suspected
that he was so weak is indicated Colonel
Popes advanced age is AGAINST hln ~ M 'liheSs .,
~? arS.os system received a severe shock at the
time the Pope Manufacturing Company went into
the hands of a receiver several years ago.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
C. K. G. BILLINGS RIDES IN RUSSIA
Moscow Women Shower Lou Dillon with
Flowers-Loving Cup Presented.

81 petersburg. July IA dispatch to the No
voc Nremya' from Moscow saws that the trottinr
races there yesterday were marked bv an exhfbi-
uoh OF {. IA G. B3l!ngs's trotters whose appear
ance on the track was greeted with cbesrine n,
Dillon driven by her trainer made splendid
showing on the track while Terie. ridden bv Mr.
Billings gave a performance which ,,reatlv inter
ested Russian sportsmen. horseback trotting is
unusual IN this country. The women among the
spectators threw flowers the horses as tbe,, era
led past the tribunes.
The Trotting Society gave dinner in honor of
Mr. Billings. and presented loving cup TO him
BRETON WOODS, WHITE ure Al
information at Ill li22. and 1850 BTay"Advt
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
FROGS R4IN UPST4TE.
Ualhing Made Difficult at Courier
neur and Trains Delayed

Utica. y. Y July IA message received to-
night from Gouverneur states that in a heavy
wind and rain storm there thousands OF small
but perfectly formed frogs fell, covering the
sidewalks in Grove street TO such an extent
that walking difficult
The rails on the Rome Watertown & ogdens-
burg division Of the New York Central Railroad
for half a mile were covered and rendered so
slirperv that the speed of the trains ma
terislly leSsened
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
RACING ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
Everything Arranged Except the Wager,
Which Is To Be from $1,000 to S5G,OOO
IBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.

st. Louis, July u.-Rver steamboat racing, the
pastime of the early 7Os. when Mark Twain was
young. promises to be revived by the challenge
of Commodore Henry w. Leype. of the steamer
Alton. Captain W. II. Thorwegen. master Of
the steamer City of Providence. to race for any
amount from A.0o0 10 $4,000
Captain ThorWegen has accepted ;he challenge
and the wasers are placed the race will
be held.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
POLICEMAN WORTH s25O,OOO.
Philadelphian Aspiring To Be q Great Detec-
tive, Begins as Patrolman
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Philadelphia, July 11.-Possessed of a fortune
said tc exceed s25O,OOO. and the same time of
desire to become a great detective Arthur H. Null
holland has begun at the bottom of the ladder by
joining the city's police force a sub-patrolman
at 50 % a day
For the last few days he has been on reserve
night duty. occasionally going on the patrol
wagon, but to-day he given regular beat IN
a residence section.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
SIR PURDON TO RETURN.
Leaue of 4bSence Ertended-H'S
Health ImprOUing.

London July 11.-Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke
director of the Metropolitan Museum or Art
New York, denies the report published here that
he is about to retire from the drectorship He
said to-day that his leave of absence from his
duties had been extended account Of his III
health He is however much improved