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The evening world., 1911-11-18
SLAIN ON TRAIN
AS He GUARDED
EXPRESS MONEY
Victim Robbed After He Had
Allowed Man to Ride in
Car With Him.

SCRANTON. Pa. Nov. lS,-Within
a few hours after the murder of Irvan
@. Berger and the robbery OF t,700
from the United States Express car
on a Lackawanna train, on which Dor
ger was messenger. william +. Bishie,
tw~enty.one years OF age. a discharged
employees of the express company. was
arrested here and, according to County
Detective Rafter. confessed.
1t IL thought Bishie II Insane. IN
his confession. As told by Rafter
Bishie said:
"Borger let me In his car at Taylor
Station TO ride to Scranton. Shortly
after the train started l drew IA re.
volver and Aired twice at Berger. tn,
fir~t entering his head and tho nox
going wild. Then ! too the money
When tho train slowed down foi
Scranton I got on, threw my revolver
and some papers into the river am
went 20 bed"
Blshie was arrested while asleep a
a hotel.
The evening world., 1911-11-18
TlE.UP ON THE ERIE ROAD.
Draw bridge Spanning the Hacken,
sack Fails to Work.

New Jerseys great army Of com
muters who use the Erie Railroad to get
to their Manhattan offices, came to town
to-day in peevish humor after being
held up from a half to t~hroe-quarters
OF an hour just the other sid OF the
Hackensack River. owing to an accident
to the new electric drawDr.t &c. The
bridge stuck fast when wide open and
could no. be moved for more than half
an hour. The open bridge tied up not
only the e. stbound trains but held up
the Ions strings OF empty cars that are
run out from Jersey City every morning
TO poirA along the line. where they are
made INTO trains for the ~city-bound
Commuters. This depleted tho equip
ment by about two-third' and forced
that percentage OF the con uters u
stand all the a to New York.
The accident was caused by tn
| blowing out OF a light pressure fuse
by using the S~usquehanna and Western
and the Newark branches he company
~succeeded in getting all but twenty OF
its commuter trains into Jersey City or
time.
The evening world., 1911-11-18
c. B. K0UNTZE DIES IN DENVER
Youngest OF Kountze Brothers Wa
III ScyeraI Months.

Charles B. Kountze OF the Wall street
house OF Kountze Brothers died
to-day in Denver after an illness which
began I'm this city early In october.
with a complication Of heart and
3right's diseases. Mr.. Kountze was the
youngest OF the four Kountze Brothers
who built up the extended interests OF
the family here and In the West.
Charles b. Kountzc was sixry-eIgnt
years old. lie was born In Ohio, In
1862 his Oldest brother. Luther kountze.
started the Kountze banking house in
Denver, where Charles b, Kountze
Joined him two years later Out of tina,
house grew the Colorado National Bank
OF which Charles Is. Kountze was presi'
dent. Mr., Kountze had large mining in
forests In Colorado and extensive resI
estate holdings,
He 10 survived b. a w!dow who va,
Miss Mary Estabrooli. a son. Harold
who Is now assistant cashier In the
Colorado National Bank, and thres
daughters. Mrs. Best, Mrs. Brown ant
Mrs. skinner.
The evening world., 1911-11-18
MANBEATSSISTER
IN A RAGE, CROWD
NEARLY KILLS HIM
Women Kick and Scratch
Williamsburg Machinist to
Avenge Attack in Home.

In n drunken rage. James Donohue, q
machinis,. attacked his sister. Sarah
Donohue. In their home at No. tn
Broadway, williamsburg. to-day. drsve
her into the street. and there attacked
her again. choking and pounding her
with his fists. Several times the younx
woman broke from him and Led and
finally tho crowd which had watched
the first two attacks separated the
brother and sister a. Sicgel street ana
Broadway. flung the nachinist Into the
gutter and almost kicked hnd ciubbs6
him TO death.
Miss Donohue supports her mother
and father by d~resrnakins. Her
brother. who Is thirty eight. 10 rass:,
employed and spends most of his Tine
In saloons. After remaining u al
night he came staggering In early TO-
day n demanded his breakfast. His
sister upbraided him and provoked the
brutal age and attack.
The young woman had been cruelty
beaten before the crowd realized what
was happening. Then men and women
threw themselves upon the drunken ma
! chlnlst and r%etailatei pon him with the
same fury h had show In attacksel
his sister. First he was tripod an0
thrown on his head. Then he was kicked
In the face and walked on. wonsn
reached dow and scratched his f0es.
He was dubbed n stoned and ham-
mered into unconsclousness by the tina
Patrolman Kane arrived.
Kane had to stand over the man end
fght tho mob OF while he whistied fos
assistance. Five policemen came end
helped him carry the machinist to the
stage street station. where An ambu-
lance surgeon revived him and sswed ~
his wounds. The sister was ministsssd
to by n neiGhborhood physician n Z
drug store and vas able to appear twu
hours later In Manhattan Avenue rsatss
Court.
The evening world., 1911-11-18
0NEL0NE TURN|P
RAT|0NS FOR SIX
2DAYS ON WRECK
Survivors Are Brought to Port
From Savannah Via
Liverpool.

SIX shipwrecked Mariners "ho i'e"
thirty-six hours on one turnip ana had
to 20 to Liverpool In order to get from
savannah, Ga, to Boston. arrived to-
da, an tho ce,,ic.
C-. T.. crou and Mat. poh.r,
spa a',.h o.. saamor .,.r,oa
L'nusas' WV" D. ~ U.s. a.. 60.
from Sa'an"n" ~ -,
n'asted schooner stephen ~ L"uu
laden with lumber. The home port OF
the schooner was Tenant Harbor. Me-.
and her owner Thomas F.. Hart. The
day after the start of the voyage the
.os.on.r m, into n s,iff northeast gale.
a. ..,,,, r. sohoonor heyar % al,
~ a.. - - -.
"he" '"oi"i"s oai"" '"' '"'"
The evening world., 1911-11-18
NOVEL BROUGHT
BUT $685.; AUTHOR
SUES PUBLISHERS
Who Wrote "Sowing
of Swords" Indignant at
Neale Concern.

A 5000 damage suit for alleged breach
Of contract has been begun IN the
Supreme Court. Kings County. by Mrs..
Elisabeth A. Meriwether Of 81. Louis.
author OF several novels of Southern
life, against the Neale Publishing Com
pany Of No. IS East Sc, enteenth street.
Manhattan. She says that - . result
OF a circular issued by the Neale Arm.
declaring its devotion to the publica-
ton OF Southern books. she sent the
manuscript OF . novel. Sowing OF
Swords" TO the concern In November,
1909.
In December. she says. Walter Neaie,
president Of the company, wrote to her
telling OF the cost OF marketing and
selling 1000 copies OF the new book.
He added, she says. ''The contract that
Ii offered you does not properly re-
munerate us for the expense OF manu-
facture alone. Forward us the contract
with remittance of $500. We propose to
issue the book In handsome style ana
rush the work. which should not be
delayed at this season. Tho book should
now be on the market"
Mrs. Meriwether thought 900 . dis
proportionate part OF the expense for
t"o eeeh0a ~ 70 Nv AoAVu eN0oiv WHY
30 much was demanded.
Her husband. II Is said. received an
answer estimating that the sale of tho
INST edition would bring 81. lb6. 50. which
less the commission and deducting the
$500 the author vas expected to advance.
would bring her . net proft OF S2s8.50
But" the letter added. I'VE do not
guarantee tho accuracy OF this fore
cast"
The book finally was published. The
author says that. excluding twenty-five
copies she sold through a friend. In the
irst four months the Neale Company
sold seventeen copies. She asserts she
was charged u<.l6 for postage and that
her receipts were eI.3.
Mr.. Neale said yesterday the contract
specified that the company did not guar
antee the sale OF the book. He asserted
that Mrs. Meriwether was told tho COM
pany could not undertake 10 say the
book would sell. She has been treated
with the utmost fairness and considera-
tion." said he. I'm every respect We
have kept all the obligations imposed
upon us. We never were sued before"
The evening world., 1911-11-18
MARIE APARACON
OF SERVANTS
TWO WHOLE HOURS
Then She Fled, Taking $500
Worth of Articles From
Mrs. Fields Home.

Mrs. Ellen Field OF No. I5i YVES, One
Hundred ana T-we,,v..iyb,, .,roa, Il.
no, in IN. marh., 80. -. -.
ito ru..uo.- 60
~ cue so' one "S' ihurs-
uas "ornins' ana her name was Marie.
""e'e' on' where IL Marie now Yrs.
Field would like to know. for the in
comparable Marie only remained on the
Job two hours. and when she Iert she
cleaned our tho ,ower mar, n, AZ.
Fields home-ne, plunder worth .iO0
Marie had n mug nos. md broad
shoulders She smoke broke, I,y,,sh
and said she hailed from stockbo,rn.
She said she could cook. wnsh and was
a wizard at general houseworking. And
SHE ONLY WANTED SIS A MONTH.
Mrs. Field had been In the habit OF
p ylng t25 for an inferior class OF SER
want.
The way Marie set to work was in
spring. She swept like n miraculously
The evening world., 1911-11-18
TAXI HITS TWO MEN;
ONE IS BADLY INJURED

A taSicab struck Morris cherish, o.
No. 239 West Fourth street, and Thomas
II. Titos. OF No. 200 Bleecker street. two
druggists, as they were crossing Third
avenue at Thirty-fourth street. early to-
day. The wheels OF the taxi passed
over Ghersin's legs and knocked his
companion 10 n side.
They were taken to Bellevue Hospital.
where cherish was found TO have both
legs fractured. and to be in a serious
condition. Titos had Commissions OF the
right leg ana left arm. and after his IN
juries were dressed was able to go
home.
Thomas Larkln, OF No. l5l West FIJI
tenth street. driver OF the taxi. said
the men stepped directly In front OF his
machine, and that the accident was un-
avoidable. His name and address were
taken at the East Thlrty-hfth street
station and he was allowed to 20.
The evening world., 1911-11-18
BOARD
MAY WATCH OUR
DINNERS COOKED
Commissioner Lederle FavorS
Inspection Of Kitchens in
New York Homes

~, - ,,..
"'""ie YOU ""''a'o" q tne "''"
iord ana mistress Oh the COOKING range
for Health Commissioner Lederle ma!
get you.
IT,. u.n,. to rs.r. .,.o,a, ,orce
-
OK inspectors whose uuues wall 'heIuue
personal inspection of cooks in homes
wherever. in fact. cooks or chefs are
amnio,od ava 90 ,nsnac, n. we'll tbs
-, .n.,ota -. 49,
ioou prepared y" u ap' N'.n t"
~residences OF the "eai'hiest "ouIu no.
be secure from the ihquisitiVe eyes Oh
Commissions Lederle's band OF kitchen
invaders.
The Commissioner suggested the pos
s,h,i,y NJ sucb a system NJ inspection
III ...,i,y,ra ,o-day he,or. tha Fac.
"'"o -,
'ors i".e'''sa'i"s ""u
peen asked py ADram l. rikus u me- rs
Health Commissioner, would deem per-
sonal physical inspection of all bakers,
as well as the bakeries. necessary.
'I certainly would, IL the means we're
The evening world., 1911-11-18
TO FIGHT
IRON SPITE fence
z STORIES HIGH
The Plaza Management De-
clareS Sire Brothers Would
Shut Out Hostelry'S Light.
STRUCTURE ON ROOF.
Plan Is Said to Be Under Way
for Unique Obstruction, Fol-
lowing Long Dispute.
ON ROOF.

Numerous reasons are being advanced
BY the management Of tho Hotel Plaza
why there shall be no fence erected on
the roof Of the fve-story building at No.
) West Fifty -eighth street owned by
the four Sire brothers. The proposed
fence. whose object Is declared by the
hotel management to be the shutting
out Of the light OF the hotel apartments
on the southwest side. would have to be
built OF iron TO Withstand the wind. and
he twelve stories high, to accomplish
this. Such a fence Is thought to be a
structural impossibllity. on account OF
the limited space on the root OF the Sire
building.
The hotel management announces II
will night In the courts n attempt
upon the part Of the Sircs to build the
fence.
Mr.. Harry Black OF the Plaza Hold
Ing Company. owners OF the Plaza. was
seen to-day at his home. No. G61 Mad
ison avenue. Mr.. Black said he had not
heard OF the y. posed spite fence.
ENth u ttNh |" u "
said Mr.. Black. the apartments OF the
hotel are so constructed that l don't
think the fence would In n manner
affect the guests.
This. however. In the first I have
heard OF the proposition, and l shall
have to be informed upon the legal as
poet Of the case by the attorneys foi
the hotel. You can rest assured that II
either the value or beauty of our hote
IL affected In the slightest degree. the
so-cailed fence shal. never &c up"
MIR. Skinner. secretary to MIR. Fred
Sterry. managing director of the Plaza
said the hotel management received to
day It's first intimation that the Sire
Intended building n offensive struc
ture on the roof of their building. Thi
Ia not the first time the hostility Of tn
Slres has been directed toward tn
hotel. Mr.. Skinner intimated.
When the Pla- was first contem
plated and ground was being acquire
for its site. the Plaza Holding Company
a subsidiary concern Of the Unite
States Realty Company, owned fou
dwelling houses on Fifty-eighth street
Just west OF Fifth venue During tn
negotia lions the Sires bought No. !
West Fifty-eighth street. which Is near
est the hotel proper. and waited for tn
hotel to buy It.
The price asked. II was said to-day b,
one OF the hotel directors. was exorbi
tant. Then tho Sires remodelled tn
building and II has been rented to mo
distes and milliners, whose establish
ments are graced with Partisan titles
The evening world., 1911-11-18

the Blind Mems Club. died to-day az his
home, No. 90 West Forty-ninth street.
Mr.. Patrick, who was born In Eng
land, was In the employ OF the New
York Central Railroad when he was
stricken blind ten years & lie de-
voted all his time, as soon as he had
adapted himself 10 his afliction, TO aid
Ing other lind men and vas one ~ the
most valued workers for the New York
Association for the Blind at No. IFS
East Fifty-ninth street. where the blind
are taught to be self-supporting, He
was hftytwo years old.
The evening world., 1911-11-18
wiley Fights Absinthe.

WASHINGTON. Nov. ls.-Absinthe "a
an ensmy. DR.. II. W. Wiley Of the Fed
eral Chemistry Bureau declared to-day.
which the Pure Food Board 10 going to
night until II Ia banishsd from the United
states. It IL . foe, he asserted. which
a. yet has not Eripped the people Of this
country. and we will try to keep II from
getting any hold" he added. The board
will try TO prove that the drink 10 dan
gerous to health" and ~ such. undo
the law. It can be kept out Of the Units<
States.
The evening world., 1911-11-18
NAkEDNEsS THAT is FLAuNTE
IN PUBLIC PLACES.

~ women only wore these clothes ut
private functions It would not be quite
so reprehensible. But when they APP
pear In the dining rooms OF public cafes,
exposing themselves to the gaze of mea
of every class and description, II makes
you wonder where their sense OF shame
has gone.
1T makes one hearts.ck TO see women
In offices dressed as they would be AT
an afternoon tea. either with necks and
arms entirely exposed or So thinly coy
cred as to be even more suggestive. o
II have no sympathy with the pro-
posal to do away with skirts. ! do not
think even the divided skirt necessary,
Every wonan should wear a skirt OF
sufficient width and length. and trans.
parent or openwork stockings should
never be worn N the street.
Displays Of Jewelry are not for public
places, and only those who have lost the
freshness Ut youth should resort 70 art,-
ficial aids to nature In the matter Of
complexion. and then In extreme moder-
ation-nevor to an extent to make their
use obvlouA
The evening world., 1911-11-18

DANZIG. Germany. Nov. B.-Thsre Il
no truth In the report printed In Lon.
don and Berlin h a Crown Primo,
Frederick william has been ordered e
undergo q months detention on 40.
count Of his recent public display Of op'
position TO tho Governments settle
ment Of tho Moroccan question. The
young man 10 attending to his military
duties and appearing In public avery
day.
The evening world., 1911-11-18
Ruys Crystal Palace,

LONDON. Nov, G.-Ths Earl Of Fly.
mouth has bought Crystal Palace. ono
Of the great amusement places OF Eng
land. for ti.sSo.0 0 His purpose 10 to
hold Il until the nation shall buy II.
thus avoiding its sale at public suction.
The evening world., 1911-11-18
'sLndecent Eccentricities of Fashion" Worn
BIZ Women Greatest Obstacle to Suffrage
Haze Made Them a
Laughing Stock, and Hob
Die Skirts Convince Men
That Sex IL Unfit for Vote
or Anything but Frivolous
Amusement"

Most Influential Women APP
pear Publicly in Dress That
Exposes Arn,s, Bosom, and
Ankles S~han,eiessly and
COunteracts Good Work OF
Others"
The evening world., 1911-11-18

vote.
Nothing has done 20 mach harm
TO suffrage In the past atty years
~ the way women have dressed
themselves In the last year or
two" she told o feminine audi
sncs 81 the waldorf. you have
aroused general contempt and ortiz
cism and have made men say every
whore that you have neither sense
no. judgment, ana 20 are not At TO
Be trusted With the ballot. Your
hats especially have made you OBJ
Jscts Of ridiculs and burlesqus
from n END Of the country to h
other"
And when I called on Mrs. Harper
yesterday her Indignation had not
cooled.
n oma who enters q great move
ment can allow herself the same free
dom she enjoyed before" she declared.
She Ii no longer responsible merely
as an individual. She Ia the embodi-
ment OF the cause she represents.
III h 10 . su1ragist, whatsvsr
silly thing she does II charged MP
to suffrage By the men. Therefore
I am convinced that nc one thing
has hurt b suffrage 30
much - the way women have
dressed, or undrssssd, In the pest
few years.
Their hats alone have made them
tho laughing stock Of the country.
These ridiculous objects are without
excuse in either shape or trimming,
Ind fhav ara ynaAo u,n~s& by, A. -.-
Ing Of long hat pins, which have been
such q menace to others that legal
relief has been sought all over the
land.
The most :uential women have
dresses on the street and In public
places In which a woman OF the DENT
monde would not have appeared a few
years ago. They have exposed figures,
arms. bosoms and ankles in 20 shame.
less a way that one is forced to suspc t
that II they have appeared modest In
h past II vas only because custom
demanded It and from no innate re-.
finsment.
1T IL impossible to 60 on the street
without seeing the absolute contempt
men feel for these women. and hearing
the sneers and obscene remarks directed
toward them. And as a result men say
women have shown themselves unfit for
suffrage or anything but dress and
bridge and tho most frivolous amuse-
ments."
But are such women seen on the
streets outside OF New York;" I asked.
They are everywhere. Almost every
little town has It would-be smart
women who parade the streets In all
the latest indecent eccentricities OF
fashion.
ONLY A SMALL PART, BUT THEY
iNJuRE CAUSE OF WHOLE.
o course these women really form
the smallest proportion compared with
the working women. the mothers Of
families and the women doing splendid
service In churches and other ~organiza-
tons. But. like the froth and foam they
are they come to the top. They show
themselves in public and assume a
much larger place than they really oc-
cupy. II they only injured themselves
1t would not be so bad. but they in1ure
every good thing other women Try to
do and so a long way to counterfeit
the magnificent work women have &C.
tually accomplished.
Another great evil 10 the way
these society butterflies are imi-
tatsd by working girls n wom-
on. Their false estimate Of the
necessity Of dress elaborate be-
yond their NEAR Otter leads them
to absolute crime"
What are the features Of modern
The evening world., 1911-11-18
POLICEMEN PROMISE TO FIND
HIM A JOB.

That's all right, kid" said DonneIly,
in Q somewhat husky voice. Now, you
lust sleep here and In the morning wen
see tho Judge and get you fixed up 10"
Q lob or something"
p without q word the happy ~youngstcr
turned over In the big chair and was
asleep before the two policemen had
shut the door behind them.
In the Brooklyn Children's Court to-
day young Mccarthy told his story to
Judge Ryan. The boy was dressed In
warm clothing sent to the station BY
the Children's Society and his frank.
manly bearing and big. honest brown
eyes made a great impression on every
M In the courtroom.
"You look like a fine boy and I'm
eoing to see what We can do for YOU"
said the Judge.
The kid, who Is small for his fourteen
years, was turned over to Probation Of
ficer Mallon OF the Ch!ldren's Court,
who will see about getting a good place
,yfor the homeless lad.
- Aay.sody WHO has q Job sor a bright.
honest-faced. curly-haired lad might do
wen to inquire at the Children's Society
oous In Brooklyn and take a look at
John McCa..Iy.
The evening world., 1911-11-18
FATHER CAME HOME DRUNK
AND DROVE HIM OUT.

'sMe ladder was always hitt!n' dc
booze, an Just after me mudder die
he come home drunk an drove me on;
of de house. lie told me he'd beat me
TO death IL I ever stuck my foot in de
house again.
.'For a few days | hung around.
sleepin' In Railways and in wagons l
found on open lots. Den ] found n
empty house at No. 81 President street
and got In t'roo de wlnder. Dere was
an old mattress upstairs and l slept
dere right along for nearly four weeks.
II got awful cold AMI took a chanst
nm lugged In some wood an built a
fire IN de fireplace IN de parlor room.
II tried all de time to get a Job but
nobody would give me none an once'
saw me fadde- on de street an toie
him ] was hungry an he Just laughed
at me. 7 ate what I could fnd on ia
street and oncet In a while I got "A few
cents for doin' jobs around dc neighbour
hood.
well de ~neighbors saw de smoke
comm from do empty house an mus
a. told de cops. for | seen a big col
standin' outside de house watchin' mex
day an I sneaked nut de back way
. "Dat was about tree days ago. Since
den I amt had no place to sleep but
Railways an ! most froze ter deaf
Ter-night ! jus couldn't stand 1t M
longer an I went down Hamilton ave
nue. hopin' ia find n cop, an here | am
/. say. you fellers certainly lid treat mi
ON de level"