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New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
DISABLED IN THE SOUND
Excursion Boat Towed to City
with Panicstricken Passengers.

The steamer John Sylvester. which
went down the Sound from Norwalk-
Conn. yesterday morning, was 80 Grip
pied in the gale that sprang up later
that she had to be towed to this city
The Sylvester had on board the members
of fire company bound on days out
ing. and when found by the excursion
steamer RosedsIe was lying in a heavy
sea off Port Chester. blowing her whistles
for aid. with panfcstricken lot Of ex-
cursionists on board
BY means of the siren the Rosedaie.
bound up the Sound from New York. 10
Gated the Sylvester through the rain ard
fog. The RosedaIe was herself on an
excursion trip hawser was passed
over and The RosedaIe towed the Syl-
vester 10 the foot Of East 13sth street
and then took the members Of the fire
compan- to Roton. Conn
Relatives of those on board the Rose
dale were anxious last night, es she
had been expected TO dock at D m. and
besieged headquarters with inquiries
She landed her passengers at the 1Ssth
street wharf
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
TILTED, OUT FOR BLOOD
Sailor Breaks Into Sweetheart s
Home. but She Outtalks Him:

Seeking love with the aid of loaded
revolver, Thomas Hansen, twenty-one
wears old. a sailor, climbed over high
board fence tore off a woven iron screen
from basement window at the rear Of
No 80 Second Place, Brooklyn. and
came upon his former sweetheart in her
room. early yesterday morning. The
girl. Hulda Johansen, awoKe TO look
down the barrel of the weapon and to
listen to some startling talk from Han
sen.
The sailor declared that his life was
hardly worth living, she having Tilted
him. and he thought that he would Kill
her and commit suicide. She persuaded
him to o-think the matter over, and he
gave her respite until o'clock in the
afternoon. after she had promised 10
n. Of him at Second Place and Henry
street. Then he departed the way be
had come.
The girl told the story TO her en-
plover. Mrs. George Harsted. and Act
ing CAPTAIN Savage, of the Butler street
nolice station, was called into consulta-
finn He attended the tryst with a
couDls Of policemen, and the sailor was
captured- He was found to be walk
ing arsenal. He is charged with burg
larry and attempted felonOUs assault
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
CYCLlST DIES IN STREET
Stricken with Heart Disease
Riding Up Fifth Avenue.

Fifth avenue. between oath and 20th
streets was crowded with people yester-
day afternoon, when suddenly a swiftly
moving motorcycle swerved from us
course and zigzagged toward the west
curb. Policemen Moynihan and Hide
brandt. of the new West 10th street sta
ton. ran toward the motorcycle. but be-
fore they reached it it struck against
the curb and the rider fell off
The rider said he was Charles W Bar
rett, of No $40 Quincy street, Brook
lyn. an inspector for the Otis Elevator
Company. He told the officers ne had
lost control of his machine OWING 10
sudden illness. and Moynihan ran TO
summon DR.. Morris from the New YORK
Hospital When the surgeon arrlVed
Mr.. Barrett had died of heart failure
The body was taken TO the new west
Goth street station house. and Mrs Bar
ratt was notified of her husbands death
by Coroner Feinberg-
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06

summoned TO the mans side. While the
other men barred their heads in little
group about the injured man, Father
the Church. He was then taken to
Gouvernepr Hospital. where IT is said
that ne cannot live.
il was later learned that this man was
the same Lieutenant Tighe VINO had
been injured before. but had insisted on
returning To fight the fire
In the immediate neighorhood Of the
burning area are numerous tenements.
and Chief Croker sent some of his men
and the police into these buildings %
order the tenants out. This was done,
and the street was soon filled with men.
women and children. who were forced
10 descend To- the street without hardly
enough clothing TO cover their bodies
They were all taken care of by other
people who live in the vicinity
Next door to the burned building
namely at No 10S, is two story building
occupied by R J. Donovan. a contractor
in which there were about fifty horses
These animals began to stampede when
the thick smoke began to sweep through
their stalls. and it was at hrst feareu
that all would be destroyed, but the po-
lice reserves from the Fulton. Jonn anu
Church street stations, who were FORM
ing fire line about the burning area
went to the rescue. and after breaAlns
down the doors ran through the staiis
and cut the halters which held the AMI
mails. They were then led out of the
stable and sheltered in nearby buildings
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
EXTENSIVE MURDER AGENCY
Physician Confesses to Innocu-
lating with Cholera Bacilii.

St. Petersburg, June 5.-The mystic
rious death Of young and wealthy
army officer. Count Bouturlin. has led
TO the discovery of an extensive muir
der agency. Routurln's brother-in-
law, Count Delassy, and his physician
Dr. Patchenko who attended Bouturlin
at Delassy's suggestion. are both under
arrest. DR.. Patchenko has confessed to
the police that he inoculated Bouturlin
with cholera bacilli. He further admit
ted that he poisoned other wealthy per-
sons in a similar manner during the re-
cent cholera epidemic under pretence of
inoculating them against the disease
For this work he was paid huge sums
by relatives Of the victims
BY a strange coincidence the murder
Of q wealthy Polish land owner named
Krjanowsky at Warsaw has led to the
arrest Of his brother-in-law, Count
Roniker. who. il turns out. is connected
with Delassy.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
DRIVING OUT THE JEWS
Over 200 Families Expelled from
Kief-Little Harshness.

st. Petersburg. June 6.-The Jewish
relief committee Of Kieff. through its at
torney. NJ Glikman, telegraphs to St
Petersburg regarding the situation in
that city in connection with the expul-
sion of the Jews The dispatch, which
corroborates previous reports as 10 the
number Of families expelled and indi-
Gates that the process is being carried on
in a very moderate way, reads as fol-
lows:
About two hundred families have al
ready been expelled from Kieff, but the
number is increasing daily. Those who
are amena BILE 10 the edict of expulsion
either have a short time set in which to
prepare for their departure without re-
striction, or temporary passports are is
sued in their names. good only TO the
specified destination Jewish persons
having no families are the first TO be ex-
PEELED
Another dispatch from Kieff says that
large numbers of Hebrews are preparing
TO cross the river, where il is expected all
will be permitted to reside.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
MYERS HOPES FOR QUAKE
Minister Wants Jeffries-Johnson
Fight Stopped at Any Cost.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune

Boston. June ST hope Jack John
son gives the white man the worst beat
ing he or any other one ever experienced
,f the proposed night takes place I hope
an earthquake comes on July and wipes
ont this stigma on American citizenship.
That fight is nothing more than he'll
transferred to earth. and any man who
Is inside the arena TO witness II is hope
less: he might just as we'll be swallowed
up as not
The Rev Dr. Cortland Myers. in his
sermon. tonight at the fremont Temple.
On ..,The Modern Sampson thus ex-
nressed himself on the tight proper, but
he paid his respects to Johnson TO even
greater length:
"A year ago the Grand Central Sta
.iou In New York was crowded as never
before and the mass of humanity there
overnoved into the street, so that everg
reserve policeman in the city was called
ont IN preserve order. Was it presi-
dant they had come to meet or a king?
No IL was a great, burly, muscular, un-
couth negro. Jack" Johnson. One look
at him made II easy to think that the
missing link has been discovered, but
thousands and thousands had come TO
greet one who is lowest of the low.
had come into the Grand Central sta
,,or hundreds OF times. No one came
70 me No one carried my satchel God
helm US. a minister OF Jesus Christ, the
minister of the largest church in New
York City. and no one 20 meet him.
while a negro pugilist is greeted BY a
mob of cheering humanity"
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
NO DISORDER AT NANKlNG
Merchants Returning to City
Exposition Opened.

Nanking. China, June 5.-Notwitn-
standing recent threats that a revolu-
tionary movement would be started to-
dav. the date set for the opening OF the
s1oosition. thiS ceremony was carried
ont without the slightest disorder. While
the foreigners have been warned not 10
interfere in any way with the military
preparations. this warning mas not
served to alarm them TO any extent ana
chinese merchants who few DAYS ago
we're leaving the city are now returning
THE situation is not considered seroius-
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
SALOON IN FRONTIER STYLE
Opens Near Brooklyn Church, Expect
ing to Remain, Despite Opposition.

Anticipating that Governor Hughes VIII
sign the bill of Assemblyman Robert Conk-
lin. which provides that saloon cannot De
or.ened within three hundred feet of g.
church without permission, and having, 1t
Is said. complied with the provisions OF
the ConkIin bill and the present law
Ernest Rertram and Otto VOliy have Sc
cured 2 license and running a roohess
place at Franklin and DeKalb avenues.
Brooklyn. 2ls feet from the Dekalo Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church.
The bar is only a board, and the liquor
is drawn directly from the keg, according
10 the signs, while the front or the place
j. protected with boards The rough con-
dition Of the interior. il is said, has not
interfered with business The Rev. w. w.
" Wilson pastor Of the church, has
weeed 2 night against tho saloon men, but
they have complied with the laH as II is
to-day and cannot be oUsted.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
GALE IMPER|LS
MANY ON SOUND
One Vessel, Disabled. lowed to
Safety with PanicstriCken
Crowd Aboard.
ANOTHER STUCK IN BRONX
Merrymakers, Urging Captain to
Run for Shelter, Forced to
Make Way to Shore,
Through Mudbanks.

One steamer was disabled in the gale
in Long Island Sound yesterday. with
panicstricl<en crowd on board. and toved
TO 13Sth street by another excursion ves-
sci. A large launch. with $50 merry
makers on board. was forced into the
Bronx River and stuck IN the mud
whence her passengers were rescued by
the police. Earlier in the day two
launches had been disabled IN the East
River, and the police rescued their occu-
pants with some difficulty.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
PITTMAN WELL TREATED
Captured American Not To Be
Tried by Court Martial.

Washington, June 5-Dr. Luis Corea rep
resentative in Washington of the Madriz
government of Nicaragua, made public to-
dav the text of a dispatch which he had
received by cable from President MadriZ, 10
the effect that the government forces at
both Bluefields and Rama retired on orders
from Madriz and reconcentrated elsewhere.
Dr. Corea expressed doubts of the reports
that the retreat of the government troops
from those places was in fact a flight from
the insurgents. The text of the message
follows:
Managua, June 4.
Generals Lara and Godoy commanding
the government troops which were before
RlueheGS1 recOncentrated their forces oy
my order TO AlmendrO, I'm accordance with
your cable advices early this week that
they should not fight in the city of Blue
fields They withdrew with perfect organ
liza ton and with their arms and ammunl-
ton. | ordered General ChaVarrla 'com-
manding the government troops pelore
Pama) also TO reconCentrate at Muelles DC
Los Bueyes, and he has done so without
having an engagement MADhIA-
Dr. Corea said ne had received no word
regarding the capture of William p Pitt
man. the young BOstOnian. who yesterday
was reported 20 have been taken by Gen
aral Iriass troops while he was mining the
outposts of Bluefieds for the Estrada
.orces For this reason. the MadTiz repre-
sentative said he doubted the truth of
Pittman's capture. II ne had been taken.
b,wever. DIR. Corea said. he felt sure that
no fate would befall him that would cause
the limited States government any appre-
hensiOn.
Dr Corea points out that General Irias.
,nto whose hands Pittman apparently has
fallen. had a dispute with the deposed
President. Zelaya, because IL was said, he
did not approve OF the execution by' Zela-
- order of Groce and Cannon. With
General Irias is Francisco Altschul, who
- ,yicaraguan Consul at New orleans,
80 who according to DR.. Corea, we'll
,,r,o,rs the attitude of the American gov
ernment in such matters.
Assurances have been given to the State
r,,,artment by the Madriz faction that
,,,..r,ar will be treated fairly and consid-
a-ataIv These came to Secretary Knox
a., I'm a dispatch from the American
(.,.,I Mr. Olivares, at Mansgua. TO whom
~ secretary had sent the newspaper re-
ar,s of the fate which had befalien Pitt
-, and pointed out that this government
ia carefully scrutinize the treatment
.a6 him The dispatch also contained
- r,aternent that a court martial 10 trS
~ nrisoner had not been ordered The
- r,enartraent to-day sent . paraphraf {
fontinued On second rage.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
saving Adjoining Buildings.
Fireman Taken Out Dead.

When the fire in the building owned by
John Hobbie Son had been so con-
trolled that it was possible for the men
+o gain an entrance to the fourth floor
they found Fireman Gotter, of Engine
Company 6. who had been caught in the
hack draft with Chief O'Keefe and
others
c,otter was lying on the floor, face
downward, and when the men lifted him
thew found that he was dead.
AS the fire grew in volume. firemen be-
gan to drop back, beaten and made weak
nv their hopeless fight with the raging
flames. At times more than a dozen
men collapsed at time, and as fast as
they were knocked out others took their
nIaces and kept up the fight. A high
wind kept the flames roaring and made
the work doubly difficult.
soon after a crash In the building in
Washington street announced the fall
ing of one of the walls, IL was found
that one man who had been in that vi
cinity was missing. and after a frantic
search among the ruins his comrades
discovered him lying face downward on
the floor and half covered with bricks
and pieces of wreckage
II was at once seen that his condition
was serious, and Father Curran. OF st.
Peters Roman Catholic Church. was
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
4nANes upn jupes FOR FINE.

II regret very much that | took drop
too much, sir" said Iohn Reiss. jolly
Iooking sailor, when afraigned before Re
cor,1Ar Mara of Bayenne yesterday for
being drunk. The Recorder told the sailor
he would give him dance. II will fine
Won So and ciII take your word that you
viii psv II when 3cur Pup comes into port
again" Reia<- promised and was let go.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
Exn.rienee Worth WhiIs.

Besides. how slSilfully did the gallant
skipper handle the spick and span little
wheel of the Osprey and how curtly and
sternly were his orders to the alert crew
shouted between set lips, Yes, II was
an experience worth while TO sail the
bounding pillows with such master at
the wheel
Filled with sentiments such as these.
the Young folk and their elders did full
Justice to the excursion 70 Weitzelfs
Point View Grove. and there the tims
seemed short until the CHEEKY little whis-
tie of the Osprey squeaked friendly
warning 10 the n1errymakers that II was
time 10 return 20 New York.
Laughing. jostling and exchansins
playful quips. the Tenderloin Bcwlins
Club. $50 strong. tumblsd into the pant
ing osprey and settled into their seats
prepared for the fast run home. SONS
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
WOMAN RUNS DOWN ANOTHER
Skull of Victim Fractured and She
Dies in Few Minutes.

TAMPA. Fla. June 5-Mrs. j. II. Thomp-
son of this city. was run down this morn
ing by an automobile driven by Mrs. Oscar
Vindhorst The skull OF the woman was
fractured and she died In few minutes.
she was struck Just alter alighting from a
car Mrs. Windhorst vas not arrested
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
STRICKEN PLAYING BASEBALL

IbE IFIfsTeph 70 Inc IFIpuHt
Flemington. \. J., June John II
Swarer Reavilie business man, was
stricken with paralysis while playing with
the Reaville baseball team az Three Bridges
Yesterday afternoon. SWarer WAS playing
At hrst base. and during the game he sud
denly fell unconscious TO the ground. He
vas removed 20 his home and q physician
summoned His condition is critical
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
AGROUND IN BRONX MUD
Strange Mishap to Steamer os-
prev. with $50 Aboard.

Never again. has become the motto
of $50 members OF the TenderIoin Bowl
ing. Club their wives and their children.
after thrilling experience last night IT
the wilds and morasses of the swamp
land about Hunts Point
The merry party Of TenderlOin bOwlers
had started early in the day for an out
ing to WeitzelI's Point View Grove, on
Long Island Sound. and when they start
ed hOmeward on the good ship OSPREY.
seventy-f1ve feet on the waterline and
built throughout Of good old English oak.
thev were so buffeted about by waves
that ran mountain high and by cross
winds and tOrtuous currents that they
finally fetched UP in a mud bank IN West
Farms Greek
Here they were held prisoners OF fate
until an early hour this morning. when
they were carried. one by one, across
corduroy bridge to safety.
The outing Of the bowlers the White
Light district has been an event looked
forward to for months. and everybody
who could get away for the excursion
was at the pier at the Battery, and when
the little vessel blew a farewell salute
there we're many on the pier who had not
been able to worm themselves aboard
Osprey a Speedy Boat
The Osprey is known to fame as the
craft which makes the trip 70 Bedlow's
Island on week days She boasts twin
screws and has a reputation as a speedy.
rakish boat. and one which shows her
heels 20 most everything that floats in
the waters about New York Bay and tbs
two rivers
Jrp to Yesterday. however. her qualifi-
cations as a heavy sea boat had re-
mained INFESTED: those who made the
trip to the grove last night. and landed
deep in the Bronx mud will bear testi-
nony as TO her ability. or lack OF u. IN
such a sea.
The Osprey is fitted with small cabin
with a capacity Of not more than fifty
persons. and when the fifty are sheltered
therein no room remains for anything
else whatever.
Going out to the grove everything war
fine and nobody had cause for gruna-
bling. for were they not on an outing
bent? Besides, good mariners never
make weak protest against conditions
as they are met on the high seas
Captain Denken. the skipper Of the
Osprey. and his trusty first mate, An
drew Jackson Johnson seasoned salts
were prime favorites with all the yOuns
and unreasonable maidens on the boat
before the Osprey was out Of sight OF
the Battery The brass work. the spars-
the nice. shiny funnel and the pretty
spray which leaped from the keen prov
of the racer as she ehurned the waters
of the East River were all given an en-
thusiastic word of praise by the younS
| women
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06

DIRECT ROUTE TO FITeHBURG. MASS.
si- Line Special new train via N.Y..N.
L &H.R.R- Lv Grand Central Terminal
( a. = m. daily except Sunday. arrive
FitchblIrg 10 s. p. m--Advt
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06

t-erdriok Hudson f5oa- Robert Fulton
tEaT-lleEu rurtiss 1919 Tho psy Line
every week da..-Ad+t.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06

Continued On second rsss.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-24
METHODS OF POLICE
FLAYED BY SENATOR
Mr.. Hepburn, of Idaho. De-
clares Third Degree Con
flictS With Laws.

Declaring that the third degree. as
administered by the police departments
OF various American cities 10 prisoners
charged with crime was brutal. bar
barous, and unworthy Of our cIviI.za-
tiou. Senator Hepburn Of Idaho today
introduced a resolution calling upon the
Senate 10 investigate this ordeal
The resolution provides for the ap-
poiniment OF three Senators, who shall
elicit an facts in connection with this
method OF procuring evidence 20 use
against prisoners under arrest
Senator Hepburn, speaking Of his
resolution. said that the third de-
gree as IL was now abused. was more
barbarous than were the methods OF
the inQusition. He said the practice
was in conflict vita the American svs-
TEN Of Jurisprudence. which prohibits
an officer from even conversing with a
prisoner concerning tine crime with
which he is charged.
Speaking further, Senator Hepburn
said IL was both brutal and unjust for
officers 10 undertake. to Try a prisoner
i'm secret and without the benefit Of
counsel. lie said 10 was revolving 10
the conscience of tre American people
20 indulge ia such PRACTICES iu obtain
ing weapons TO use against a prisoner
in open trial
In this connection newspaper stories
were read concerning the third degree
through which William Sevler had been
1ut by the Atlantic City police. These
accounts become a part Of the record.
The resolution was referred 10 the Com
mittec on the Judiciary
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-24
WOULD REORGANIZE
THE POSTAL SYSTEM
Night Session Will Be Held
That Debate May Be
Concluded.

In presenting the Pos tofhce a appropris-
tions bin before the House today. Chair
man Weeks OF the House oPstOffces
Committee. came out sQuareIy I'm favor
OF the reorganization OF the postal sys-
TEN. MIR Weeks made this statement
during the course Of his remarks. ex-
planning the various items OF the bill,
which carries a total or approximately
So sized
In order that general debate may be
concluded upon the bill today, the House
decided upon night session. The House
viii take a recess this afternoon at $50
reconvening at 9 O'Clock, and adjournine
az IL o'eloeL tonight.
One Of the most important speeches.
from the Republican standpoint. 10 be
delivered during the course Of debate
on the bill is tGat OF Representative
Gardner of Massachusetts With the
aid of TWO charts, one showing the
nuctuation OF food prices in Great
Britain and the ether in the United
States. during the past thirty years.
Mr.. Gardner viii eHdeavor 10 prove that
the tariff has nothing 10 do with the
cost Of living.
This speech is considered significant
at this time because Il is thought 10
forecast what the Senate Investigating
Committee probably viii do If the high
tariff advocates Of both houses have
their way The Gardner speech anI
that of Senator Lodge in the Senate q
week ago are considered the first E,-
publican guns fired in the pending Cen
Eressional campaign
Chairman Weeks Informed the House
today that no member OF the House,
il he owned such a business as the
Postoffice Department. would conduct
it as it Is now being conducted. Mr..
Weeks said the Government could we'll
afford TO pay practical business man
10000 to conduct the POstonice De-
partment, and that with the introduc-
tion OF modern business methods. the
Government could save millions Of dol
lars annually
Under the existing law. AIr Weeks
said, this could not be done. but he
said il was a matter which Congress
ought TO consider.