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The sun., 1910-05-22
\O COWEr ~ CHIC iGO.
Z Giouds Prevent ObseFN aIIORs LSss of the
Tan TReOry Discussed.

CHICAGO. MAJ IL All observations Cf
fhe comet and is tail we're prevented by
cloudiuess whitl prevailed here during
the afternoon and evening The comet
Ell probably not ba well observed until
Monday night Prof Frost. director n
the Yerses Observatory. said to-day that
hs consifrre the theory that the cumst
had ceased 10 create tail quite possible.
I have been considering the theory
carefully sad Prof Frost. and ! re-
gard = as hkalv that the comet may
have ceased its activity In producing a
tail a. did Bcrelll's comet IN isN
The theory thl' the comet ~ nov gen.
erA;ing new tail was sdvanced nv the
Rsv Daniel ] McHugh professor n
Ostrono1rv A. De PauW University to- dav.
The old fail Nas forced away from the
comet hv tho fcrce IT Unusual electrical
rspplslou caused nv the sun sDuts whioh
we're So urum'1ent uu Wednesday. la
thinks
ItismV opinion said Prof McHuEh
'thAt he come. ios' i's tail ON Wednesday
night there ara records OF its having
done ths samc thing IN is15 and Il il alsU
believed thA, its tai was io~' IN March
oi this wear I believe. thA' there - Dot
the slightest chance " the earth coming
IN coutact with the tail IN his Wait
Observations made ia california. ac-
oori!rg to repcris Nv telegraph. bv the
LEX ard Mourt Wilson astrono rners
showed shat the tail Was sDr-ad family
behind NE heal for distance of ten or
ffteen degrees. broadening a. the end
The same sight vas noticed by Prof " ]
Hussev II the University of Michigan al
Anr Arbor This morning Prof Edward
4 Barnard was unable IN ind anything
ir The eastern sky that looked like the
remnant u Cometary tail
The mystery has quite vanishe
sad Prof Barnard to-day II W. had
taken time n think there might not have
been 20 much mystery a. first. when We
saw the tail ~ the east after the head
hal passe1 the sun INTO the western
tky ! was puzzled thea. but now ] see
lhat the mystery Va- dtIe entirely 20 the
curve In tra tail We ought "a see the
curve soon Duf ~ ~ not vet turned toward
iis We arr now looking across IL.
Whether We have passed througl,
the tai vii have 90 b. deiermined 10y
bong calculations after We have gathered
ploTe data about the curve
The sun., 1910-05-22
COWET ON TINE AT ST. LOCIS.
Observations Made ~ uhe Astronomers
Tail POlntIng Toward the MOSn.


ST LoUIs, May y Promptly on
schedule time Halleys comet appeared
tonight IN the western sky tail and
all. and remained On exhibition fully two
hours The Rev Father Martin : Bren-
nan reported finding the comet az 80
p VI shining brilliantly. with well de.
veloped tail II shone at its hest az s1O,
he avs and will be even better sight
to-morrow night
Brother Hubert NJ the Christian
BROTHERS College picked up tho comet at
7W ?, " and kept Il IN view nearly two
hours According to Brother Hubert's
observations. made a. SCI p VI the
comet had an inclination Of FROM seven
% tn degrees from a horizontal direction
and an elevation above the horizon "
u degrees minutes. The comets tail
he said. pointed toward the southeast,
directly toward the moon.
Brother Hubert asserts positively, a.
result Of hls observations made on Friday
night with Brother lgnatius that the
earth PASSED through the comets tail on
Friday night instead of "Wednesday night.
as was predicted. He says he was con
vtEred Wednesday morning from the
angle AZ which the comets tad appeared
at that time that " could not reach the
earth before FRIDAY and these calculations
prove accurate a. the earth undoubtedly
passsd the comets tail on Friday night
The sun., 1910-05-22
SET TRAP FOR BLlCk HANDEC
And Caught IIim After He Had Thrown
Away MARKED Buls and q Re' nNe


Black Hand letters have been r1Ei1st0
Giacomo Cammarata, a grocer a. $50 ta'i
Fourteenth street, ever snCs Iaus'iAas
The first one demanded 5000 but .atterv
the writer has expressed himself N'h
heing c1ntent with less. Camfaari'a g.
one on Friday which asked Tor 0a.v 81
but the letter was 40 threatening ina' ''
went 90 Police Headquarters about /.
Detectives Gratano and Carle.l i1.n
the grocer how 90 manage the aflT y"
was 20 mark thrss 81 bills. DO them lF ID q
neat package with strips Of nswspa'e.
take them 70 the centre ot suyNes-'n'
Park and hand them over Ju-' az Va
written in the letter
Gratano. Carnelli and four Cue. T''1
from tho Central once followed am
marAta 20 the park last night az " '.'''.
They saw him pass the package o. o i''
who met him. The stranger seeiAE '.'
dstsctives closing In. staTte 3 '.-
corner q the square a. First ayerlr pro
Livingston place. They saw hm p.
the package a. ke ran. and fep r...7
further on he threw away q revg''rI
One ~ the detectives caught MN
Police Headquarters he sad d.
was salvatore TulaCio, 4 hborer
a. Bf Fast Fourteenth street
The revolver and th" W1dilfrd i7 ~
were picked Ip
The sun., 1910-05-22
BEART PIERCED Nv NEEDLE.
freight Handler Killed while sky IAFhiRE
WITH . COmDanion.

Arthur DevsreauK. 20 years old. Of SS1
West TWsnty-iourth StTset. Manhattan.
was instantly killed in the Eric Railroad
freight yards ~ Wsehawksu yesterday
afternoon by having q az inch steel needle
ACCIDENTALLY driven into his heart while
he was skylar<ing with Nicholas Dilcher.
q fellow workman living az 90 Hudson
avenue. West New York. y. ;.
Both were memhors ola gang Of freight
handlers engaged IN unloading hags Of
-four. and DevereauH Wus assigned 10 The
work of sewing M holes In the hags n
prevent Leakage He wore around hia
ns~k q stout thread. from ono end OF
which dangied a needle A. DtlCher
sto0ped n pick up n bag DevereauH
reached over and tickled him in the rihs
Dlcher involuntaTlly jumped backward.
knocking IlevereauK against a bag n four
on "a truck. Tho nes'dle vas driven into
DeyeTeaua's heart and he fell. e1claiming
I'm stuck. Ne waa picked up dad.
Dilcher vas gFisiElFickHn over ~ aoui-
dent. He vas nut arrestHd
The sun., 1910-05-22
40 COUEI NJ BALLOON ROuTE.
Prof ro6d NHkVs = Record VsyaGe. but
Fails To see Visitor m the skies

Fails to see Visitor IN the Skies.
AMHERST Mass Nav p The longest
balloon rign' made from New England
vas made last nj ght and to-day by the
Cleveland which assembled az North
Adams az Gas o'clock as' night and
landed her Passengers safely a. 81
Hyacn'he Que thlrty-su miles south.
sast ~ Montreal az y o'clock this morn
ing The balloon travelled a distance
Of more than .up miles IN an air line and
vac IN the az ~ hour, and 50 minutes
II reached an altitude of II 40 feet
This Information was received by tele-
phone to-day by Mr. Mabel l. Todd
whose husband Prof David Todd Of
Amherst College. a. ended IN the balloon
NTH three companions. 4 Leo Stevens
pilot' charles Somerville of New York
and n sherman of London a Williams
College junior
The aefouauts were unsuccessful in the
principal object " the lnp--an Obssrya-
lion ~ Halley's comet. The atmOspherr
vas hazy and the D ght dif,sed through
the must by the moon made u impOaei be
20 Cafch 4 glimpse ~ either the nucleus
or The tail Prof Todd earned instru-
nents that included large portable
telescope ami q device ~ his own inven-
tion by which The a-rouauts are warned
AZ the ascending or d-Csending of the
balloon by an slectTc bell
This voyage make- the balloon a claim
an Tor two CuU=. one offered by a news
paper of Montreal Tor the New England
balloon landing nearest Co that city and
she other hv Cor'landt Field B-hOp Of
The Aero Club of America for the New
England balloon making the longest fight
The previous long flight record was made
bv William Nan-lest vino covered q dis
tAnce Of 1876 miles last summer from North
Adams % lOpsham VI.
The sun., 1910-05-22
WHITE SLAVE MINT N SOUTH.
Wan and woman FTOm New YSrk In New
Ogleans l.asklng lnts the subjeet.

Wan and woman FTOm New York In New
Orleans lssskihg lnts the subJect.
NEW ORLEANS. May q 1t was learned
this afternoon that the so-called white
slave hunt of New York has extended 20
this city Two detectives. a man and a
woman. have been operating IN the red
light district here for a week independent
OF the local police. What they discovered
convinced the man detective. he says
that New Orleans is the most wicked
city in the country. HIS odmrAde. a
young college woman. refused 20 give
her conclusions She has kept her
identity secret.
The man detective said he found that
many young women were brought here
from Central America and Cuba and sent
10 New York and Chicago After the
discoveries in New YORK shut down on
the market girls were sent there from
Trieste and French ports, The detective
said that scores of oCtOroons posing as
white girls are sent from the country dis
tricts 81 Louisiana and Mississippi TO
New York and Chicago. Most of these
girls are Of an unusual style II beauty
and the demand for them n large
The detective says that in the line Of
Investigation he ~ nov following he has
never encountered worse red light
system than IN New Orleans One ~ the
peculiar features of his discovery here Is
that he found little actual white slave
trading for New Orleans Most ~ the
prOCured girls are wanted FOR the North
he said that many octoroons are seni to
Paris
The sun., 1910-05-22
FINE IIrW ~ mCHMOVD
Comet Sn View Nearly Two bSurS-
Negroes PRAY Fer,enily for salvation.

RICHMOND. Va. MAY Flor nearly
two hours this evening Halley's comet
was visible 10 the naked eve in the south
west heavens. coming first into view
shortly after the setting Of the sun and
appearing above and southwest Of the
star Aldeharan Il became gradually
brighter up until about s.t5 O'Clock. when
It's radiance began to gradually fade.
finally disappearing entirely at a.i5.
Not only the head Of the comet but the
tail. which seemed TO envelop the head
and 10 stream out In a curve toward the
south. was easily distiuguishable. Thou
sands Of people were out for look. and
excitement ran high among the blacks.
many ~ whom thought that the end Of
the world had come for suah In many
places they collected and offered up
prayers, each praying tervently for his
or her individual salvation Even after
the comet had disappeared there was no
end TO their fears, A. one irantically
declared that shes sneakin round "a hat
.,is In de- back
Fear was not confined tO the blacks
alone. for many superstitiOUs whites were
certain that the day o. iVlEment bad
arrived
The sun., 1910-05-22
rOM JOHNSON ~ con TROL,
Dominates the Demo cratic COunty Cen
NentIon IN Cleveland.


CLEVELAND. May 81 i-Ex-Mayor Tom
l.. johnson. just hack from a health
seeking stay in England. to-day dom
mated the Democratic county oOnven-
ton here. Hs named the legislative
ticket and the delegations 10 the State
convention and Judicial conventions. and
the platform adopted by his delegates
includes planks demanding the initiative
and referendum and the recall.
Charles Salen. once the powerful leu
tenant Of Mayor johnson and later a
troublesome opponent in fights for the
county organization. was in the cOnyen-
ton. but had no more than six delegates
behind him. not venturing 10 contest
Mayor JOhnson's programme.
Il is understood that the johnson State
convention delegation will attempt 60
force the Dayton convention in June 60
iRdorss a candidate for the United States
senate in opposition TO Gov. Harmon 3
hope TO keep the Senatorship out OF the
Convention.
The sun., 1910-05-22
IN SAMUEL SPENCEFS MEMORr.
statue OG the southern Railways late
President Unveiled IN Atlanta.


President Unveiled IN Atlanta,
e ATLANTA. Ga.. May IA bronze statue
Of the late samuel spencer, first president
Of the Southern Railway. was unveilpl
this afternoon. Il was presented 70 the
city and State by 5000 employees of the
system. The cords were unloosed by
Violet Spencer. the four-year old grand
daughter of the railroad president. who
met death In "a wreck on his own system
on November -. 1913
The esteem Ia which Mr.. Spenc Ger was
held by employees of the system was
attested by the attendance of hundreds
repr-ssntinR all branches of the service
J. ". COnnally of Washington, d. C.,
chairman Of the committee which raised
the fund. following prayer bs Episcopal
Bishop Nelson told how the money had
been secured, each Of the ~ ON employees
voluntarily contributing according TO
his means
J. 3. y. Thompson, assistant 10 the
president. spoke in cOmmendRtion Of
the spirit shown by the railway employees
and was followed by President ". W.
Finley 81 the Southern who referred
20 the monument A. -aymbolizing the
ideal relation between the manager Of
a railway and those who work under him
Judge Alexander p Humphrey. general
counsel for the Southern Railway at
Louisville. delivered the chief address
Gov Brown and Mayor MADDOX received
the monument in behalf Of the State and
city.
The statue represents Mr. Spencer
seated in an once chair Il rests upon
the plaza Of the Atlanta terminal station
The pedestal of Tennessee marble IL eight
feet tall aud six feet square with a rounded
front The pedestal n Ornamented with
q torch at each corner and with garlands
Il Southern pine branches and cones
The sun., 1910-05-22
CROKER on TINE JOB AGAIN.
Men win soft snaps Afraid Something
MAJ Happen 20 Them.

Men win soft snaps Afraid Something
MAY Happen 10 Them.
Chief Croker of the Firs Department
came back from Chicago late Friday
night and denied the report that IL cir
culAted everyllittle while that he intended
20 resign. He had been reading before
a meeting Of the National Board Of Fire
Underwriters a paper on fighting fire.
He said yesterday that his relations with
the Fire Commissioner were amicable
There Is good authority for saying that
no trouble has arisen 10 far between the
Commissioner and the chief. but there
are men in the department Who are IN
easv over their prOspacts Commissioner
Waldo has been abolishing Soft snaps in
the department lie found a number Oi
able bodied men detailed % clerical work
even company comm anders- and he
has put them hack On fire duty and put
In the clerical places men partly crippled
in the service. II was not the latter
who objected. There are a number Of
men that have been detailed az the chiefs
request and 20 far they have been i'm
mtine A rlmOr reached some u these
men that they were 20 be sent hack %
work In quarters end they ara said 90
have sent a hurry call 20 Chicago Tor the
Chief's return.
Commissioner Waldo said yesterday
that he and the chief we're working In
harmony and that from the beginning
of his term a. Commt.sioner he had given
the chief greater authority In the de-
partment than he ever had had before.
He had enlarged his powers by turning
over 90 his Jurisdiction the Bureau %
Auxiliary Appliances and Violations.
The Commi-sioner added that in future
the chief would have all the authority
conferred on him 10y law and that the
Commissioner would too These latter
powers include the power 10 transfer
The sun., 1910-05-22
OOLITH STONE FOR PtRIS.
SlN BiE niOcks shlpDed From Indiana
VIII ne Wade into statues.

BLOoNINGTON, Ind. May Il. Six oi the
largest blocks Of ooltic stone ever slapped
out - the oolitic stons bolt were started
on their way % Paris. France. to-day
from the Consolidated stone quarry
The blocks we're placed on six 1f the
biggest capacity cars obtaInable. ~ the
total weight % the stones va 20 tons.
EItra precautions we're used IN getting
out the blocks On thelr2arrival IN Paris
they are 20 be- carved into statues q
Jupiter. Neptune. Vulcan. Pluto and
figures representing fire aud air The
order was placed by a French importer
ot New York. who realized the superb
ority of the Indiana stone above all others
in competition The stones a. taken out
oi the quarry brought a total o. S2.tOO
The sun., 1910-05-22
IDlesi IN RAILWAY ssatIsn.

Theodore JArkson Chandler. 81 years
old, Of lst Walnut strsst. Paterson, col-
Apsod in the arms of his son. Theodore
r. Chandler. a. h. was boarding New
ARK brahch train az the Erie Railroad
station in Jersey City yesterday and died
u hear. disease. He had huen visiting
A niace In Brooklyn with HI vile ard
was on his Wav home. Mrs Chandler hAv-
ing prpCpded him 20 pateraUn On an earlier
train Mr.. Chandler underwent an uper-
alton for Appendicitis flve year. ago ana
hsart trouble developed.
The sun., 1910-05-22
COWEr SEEN ~ WiSHINGrON.
Rhcn Viewed with the Naked EyP u Vas
Dim and NO Tail Was Vislble.

NssHiNGroN. May Fl The comet was
visihis to the naked eye here ~ short
intervals between and 80 o'clock
tonight huttt = douhtSui ifmsny persons
other than the Oiservers a. the Naval
Observatory ssW 10 BY s.3O O'Clock the
clouds Rad become 20 heavy 10 the north
West 'hat the astrDnOrners no longer
could view ths vlsItSr With their glass
The coniet when seen without the aid u
glasses early 10 the evening was dim
ard no tail was visible 20 the eve The
comet was d ittle north of due Wesi
The sun., 1910-05-22
LOCKED ~ ms SHOW WIVDOW.
Vert wayne shoe Dealer Ha Hard Time
20 Get Help for RrIeasr.

FoEr WATNE. Ind. May p Edward
Ofenloch. a shoe merchant was In the
show window Of his store from . TO 7
O'Clock last night. Eesliculating wildly TO
paasersby. Several women got indig-
nnnt. thinking the merchant was trying
70 hirt with them. Men laughed a. his
antics. believing he was trying 70 adver-
tise his place.
When the police arrived u was found
that hs was locked IN hia show window
and could not get out. Entrance 10 the
store was forced from the rear and the
perspiring merchant was released
The sun., 1910-05-22
COWErS TIIL SPLIT
TheSry IN sOHth Africa Thhi the Earth
u Now Between the Divisions.

BLoOMIN0ToN, Ind, May p That the
earth ia now lying midway between two
divisions Of the tail Of Halley's comet 10
the statement made m a telegram received
to-day from the johannesburg Ohserva-
tory. johannesburg South Africa. by
Prof. W. 4 Cogshall head Of the depart
ment Of astronomy At Indiana University.
The telegram from the south African
observatory told u ObserS atiJns there
which found the comets head and a tail
fOurteen degrees long OC the wg-tern side
of the earth. while a. the saine time
c1mprehansitle portion ~ he tail was
seen in the eastern sky. ACCording %
the astronomers theSe phenomena ara dis
tiuct signs Of he theory that the tail is
split and that the earth 10 wing IN the split
az present
The sun., 1910-05-22

They raise families IN Bolivia Two or
them sailed yesterday for an indefinite
stay In France by the Hamburg American
liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Gen.
MOntes. Bolivian Minister AZ Paris. headed
one Aggregation consisting Of ten younger
MOnteses. an sons and daughters u the
Minister The other fruitful Bolivians
were Mr. and Mrs. L Zalles with nine
children The whole Bolivian party was
made Ip n twenty -siK persons, including <
Cherbourg ia ~ tgD
The sun., 1910-05-22
COP SAVES BOIrS LIFE.
IeIsIirr OG the Williamsburg fOrre Has
Other Rescues 10 Hs Credit

Policeman Martin r. Zeidlsr OF the
StaEg street station. Williamsburg. mar
roWly escaped being drowned In New
town Creek last evening while trying 20
rescue eleven-year-old Nathan Stumpf Of
500 BushWick avenue. who had fallen into
the water from a small raft that the boy
and two others had made Of boards
The boys launched the raft IN shallow
water az the foot q Scott avenue and
then padded into deeper water. The
frail raft upset and the boys were thrown
into the water The Stumpf boys CON-
panions could swim but he COULDN'T
The other boys Cries Tor help. were
heard by LeidleT Tie threw on hts coat
and helmet and dived into the creek
When he got the boy n the dock the lat
ter was insensible An ambulance sur
geon from ~. Catherine's Hospital worked
over him for nearly half an hour hefor,'
he revived Xeidler was relieved from
duty for the day He has saved other
boys from drowning
The sun., 1910-05-22

The Wall Street edition oi THE EvENN0
SuN contains al the nnnncial news and
ths stock and bond quotations 10 the cloas
Of the market The closing quotations..
includiug the bid aud asked prices. with
additional news matter. are oontained also
IN the night edition - THE EvENIN0 Sun.
The sun., 1910-05-22
tome, on Hens Nerves Too

MoNTCLAIE. Y. J May Il Fireman
James n Banks Of Hose Company !.
who lives at 81 Portland place. is the
posseesor u comet egg he has
white Wyandotte hen that laid a soft
shell egg with a FIVE inch tail attached.
The tail IL a. thick a. a mans finger and
II crescent shared
The sun., 1910-05-22
ran LiGGING BEHIND.
Prof. wendell sa~ Comets Appenda 20
M the Vast on FRIDAY.

IANERiu1E Niass Nav p Prof o r.
Wendell ~ the Har, ard Observatory
saId this afternoon that che hand II light
which ''e local astronomers saw early
o. FRIDAY morning vas undoubtedly the
tai q HALEY comet None ~ the pro-
isssO-s ~ that time wuuld authOrize q
statement O. that elect hut Prof Wendell
Az rrar since y Vale ~ TarIhava
MeHioo. Iu~l y NstcaIf. NJ Taunton
Mas Director Campbell ~ Lick oh
terraf0rr and Ur E o. Curtis of Ann
Artor DN-srsafDrs all have triegraphed
the local astronomers that they saw the
ComeT q tai on -fdH. morning and fhair
"a s."I'tIons have ulurcd 10 n the same
BCs '.nf 20. ftn Harvard force hs believes
mat no fnl We. sen.
PROT Wendell sags that even nov ~ ~
rCssIhis fltr rnr lsI ha- MT vef taken
- ear-H u embrace nr r8ased hv lhe
Comet fsatf Is u fha western sk~ A. the
gi'"E p.aas ana. auy-n ff-1g computed nv
ela ah.ruLHlH..u f..s. frr.rE rr.- lsl
afftT0 ..s ... I. ... ... .H .1r.us
The sun., 1910-05-22
Noon Ouisbines Genet

PRINCETON. y. J May p The comet
vas visible in Princeton tonight a. about
$50. but no unusual observations were
made Mr. Daniel said that tho moonlight
was too bright and that nothing was seen
except the nucleus a. a round. hazv mass
The sun., 1910-05-22
BoardW aIksrs GOulsinI Naks Head or
Tau ~ a.

ATLANTIC CRY. v. y, Nav q Thou
sands Of people on the Boardwalk saw
the comet tonight az o'cloc. II stayed
In view for only a few minutes Il ap-
psared a. a nsbulous gleam. without head
or tail being sharply defined
The sun., 1910-05-22

6 Vvsry one eISs and therr vas all around
fhs expression Of iuhilant satisfaction
from thOss PARTICULAR porous Wh0 we're
60 hand tu see Il. Add theY went away
With tho determination 70 do great dsNl
oi croWirs over the ones who had stayed
gt hofrp
The sun., 1910-05-22

Or Charles y. Aked. who has been
seriously ~ with typhoid fever. took a
turn for the hettsr yesterday His tenn
paFature dropped two points from 100
10 i02 The outlook ~ for daily improve
FnHnt
The sun., 1910-05-22
,OuErW ELECTRIC STORMS.
Norwegian ObserNer Var North Detected
Them Before and AFTER Transit.


sgraI 'Cpais DssBpieh N TINS Sun
' JaEisrIANIA. Nav "a Prof Rirkeland,
WEo Vested Finmark IN the extreme
north = Norway. fnr the purpose II oh
serving HaIlcy's comet reports that whom
the comet passsd the suB he observed a
magnetic storm oC extraordinary strength
while FOR Jhly, hrforp the transit the at
m1srhsria conditions were excevdingly
ou,et - thrv have recn since
f. obtained excellent magnetoErams
and earth urrent CURVES during the
Storm and be alSo made valuable electric
and meteorological observations.
He could not observe the sun owing to
he weather being cioudv.
He - q the oplniOn ths' the phenomena
observed were due q. the tail of the comet,
which he S.ys must consis; principally
Of somesor, = al"ctucal iuy-.
The sun., 1910-05-22
INDERTAkERS
INFORMATION MANTEp.

FRANK y. CAMPBELL. 7Al-3A5 v. 1se a.
ChApeiA Ambulance servtca Te. l1,t ChesrA
The sun., 1910-05-22

FRANCIS , LAYTON Rsvard fo- s-y p
formation concerning him % HERMAN LlpEN
1s Past sath a. y city
The sun., 1910-05-22
RELIGIOUS NOTICES
On. MeIVOR TYNDALL 9y

one DO me Dead Return Truth About SPIN
lhisr. follow - hy mar CioLs tests ir Frr1at..
Thought Iransferencs other pslrhr r~d N'rl
Phenomena. sunday I've Ht hla. i1f4'sH
Lycrum, fth Ave and 51th ~