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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
"MR. PLATTER" IDENTIFIED.
Man Arrested In Battle Creek Was Known
to Some rs "Mr. smith,

BATTLE CREEK. Mich, April 1.-THE
man calling himself II. c. Platter Of the
Waples-Platter Grocery Company OF Fort
Worth, Tex. who was arrested here in
the office of cereal food manufacturer
suspected of being a swindler, was iden-
titled here to-day as the man who got
over 81 900 out Of manufacturers Of
grocers' specialties in New York.
The identification was made by Joseph
A. Whitaker. president OF the j. W.
Beardsleys Sons Company. shredded
Goldfish manufacturers Although Mr..
Whitaker knew the man as Mr.. Smith
of a wholesale grocery firm in Brown
wood, Tex, he had no difficulty in identi-
flying mir Platter" as the man who got
$50 from him.
Mr.. Whitaker WAS so convinced that
the man was all he claimed TO be that he
took the supposed Southern merchant
to his home in East Orange and enter
tanned him there.
There is no complaint against the man
here. because policeman was called in "a
arrest him az soon as he appeared. He
will remain in Jail here until extradition
papers arrive from New York. when he
will be tax en- there for trial, The prisoner
has taken his arrest calmly. He regis
tered at local hotel as r. G. Platter. and
refuses to give any other name or say
anything more abo ut himself.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
BRIGAND ASKS THE POPE'S AID
saIOmOne. to Be Tried for Few Murders
Complains Of Priests InEratitude.

'NpfCids tdWf DfsU1ifN 10 lhf NUNs
ROME. April l4.-Salomone. the no.
torious Sicilan brigand who is impris-
oned at Aguila awaiting trial for several
murders, has written to the Pope be-
seeching aid. He bases his plea on the
allegation that when tried for a murder
in Perigia in 1909 he exonerated when
he might have falsely accused two priests
who were suspected of instigating the
murder. The two promised. he says.
that as a reward he would be helped in
the future. but they have done nothing
now that he is in prison.
Salomone begs the Pope to remind the
priests Of their promise, which, he says.
would be- fulfilled by obtaining lawyers
TO defend him. The brigand admits one
murder some time ago, but assures the
Pope that the killing Awas a necessity.
He declares that he is innocent OF the
other crimes for which he.has been COM
mtted and says that Mulone, the brigand
who escaped to America, is responsible
for the crime.
II is reported without confirmation
that the Pope has ordered the local Bishop
to investigate the case and to remind the
priests Of their promise II he thinks that
it IL desirable to do so.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
SUES FOR HALF WIFE,S INCOME.
Mrs. Phelps In Her Answer Says She
signed Under Duress.

The answer OF Eleanor Livingston Pell
Phelps to the suit brought by her hus-
band. Charles Harris Phelps OF Paris.
to compel her to pay him half of the
SIS 900 income she receives from the
estate OF her father. John Pell. was fled
in the Supreme Court yesterday. Phelps
is suing under an agreement his wife
executed in London in 1888 and her answer
says that the agreement was obtained
by fraud. chicanery. undue in6uepce.
duress and wicked and unlawful schem
ing to obtain possession of the defen-
dant property or large part thereof"
Mrs. Phelps said that the agreement
is void because she received 10 considera-
ton for it, She further says that she gave
her husband not only half but all her
income between 1888 and July. 1910. and
that he allowed her only Sl2 week out
of the amount for herself.
At the time of her marriage to Phelps
in 1878. the defen dant SAYS. she was only
20 years old and her husband was 80 and
time Of the marriage" she says. he OBJ
tained over the defendant by reason of
his strong will and dominating and mas
terful disposition and characteristics COM
plete control and dominated defendant
in her every act"
Mrs. Phelps says that before she eA-
ecuted the agreement her husband made
frequent false accusations against her and
for this reason she was compelled to leave
him in 1884. Her father was living in the
sout h of France at this time and she went
to stay with him. While she was there
he suffered stroke of paralysis and be-
came incompetent. Then. Mrs. Phelps
says. her husband got back into her good
graces and induced her to come to New
York and apply for a committee of her
father estate. A boy Harris Livingston
Phelps, had been born to them in 1885
and Phelps induced his wife to leave the
boy in England. she said
Up to this time Mrs. Phelps says, she
and her husband had been living on the
bounty OF her father. but when the COM
mittee OF the estate was appointed the
court gave them an allowance out of the
estate.
Mrs. Phelps says she then became
reconciled with her husband "for the sole
purpose Of procuring access to my child, I"
He was a shrewd and astute lawyer and
he prepared the agreement she signed.
she said.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
CRANE, AUTO DRIVER, KILLED.
Car Throws Tire and Turns over, Break.
ing His Neck.

KANSAS CITY. April iA.-Ned Crane.
driving a Buick racing car In . practice
test at Elm Ridge racetraok prepara-
tory to his attempt to be made tomorrow
to establish new records. was killed
this afternoon when the machine threw .
tire and turned over, Crane died in
stantly. although his body was not
mangled or crushed.
The % horsepower car that Crane
drove was making fast turn at the
west Of the track beyond the clubhouse
and opposite the locker house when
the front tire on the outside burst and
sent the machine hurling over and over
three times. Crane lay on the track
motionless, his head turned under his
chest superficial examination in
dioeted that his neck was broken
On the track several yards away lay
Bert Dodge. a mechanic. who was riding
with Crane. At first it was thought that
he was dead too. but he soon recovered
consciousness and responded to emer-
gency treatment when two physicians
arrived. His injuries are not dangerous.
Ned Crane Was the holder OF four inter-
national motor car racing records. In
1910 he established worlds record for a
mile on a circular. level track at Pimlico
in so 2-5 seconds; in the Fiat Cyclone.
Another OF Cranes records of which he
was especially proud was that Of hour
Is minutes and 3-5 seconds for one hundred
miles on the Indianapolis track. made
May 70 last
Crane was to have been entered in all
the big races that the Kansas City Auto
mobile Club has planned to hold on the
Elm Ridge track this summer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
NEEDN'T he SIDEWALK TICKETS
Man Who Sold EN- Indoors Fined $40 by
Magistrate House.

As Policeman Brady of the West Thirty
seventh street station was passing the
Amsterdam Theatre last night there came
to him voice crying This way for tickets
got some good seats for tonight ="
Policeman Brady pondered this and ar
rested Lew Hart OF 1873 Lenox avenue as
a speculator. Harts method was to in
vite the possible patron into a nearby
saloon. where he kept his wares
Hart told Magistrate House in night
court that a lawyer had assured him the
ordinance couldn't touch him unless he
made the sale on the street He was told
that the lawyer had erred.
you spectators are trying by every
means to evade the new ordinance" said
Magistrate House. "It's as much viola
tion to solicit customers on the street as
to sell ON the street, The ordinance is
widely inclusive and I'm going to impose
the limit fine. $40. on every speculator
caught. wish it were larger.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
To SELL MRS. HILLSSABLE Goa 7
Marshal Henkci VIII Put II Up At Auction
on April IS.

A black Russian sable coat valued at
5000. two gold rings and black dress
which were smuggied in last January by
Mrs Roberta Menges Corwin Hill will
be sold by Marshal Henfel at public
auction in the Federal Building on April
?s. Mrs. Hill pleaded guilty to the charge
of smuggling and was sentenced to serve
three days Imprisonment in the Tombs
and to pay n Inc Of 81 600.
On the same day the Marshal will sell
four diamond rings which were smuggled
in by William Rind. first officer Of the
steamship st. Paul. on January l. 1911.
Rind also pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced TO a years imprisonment on
Blackwel's Island.
In addition to the Hill and Rind seizures
the Government will sell at the same time
ten rings five settings for rings. three
packages of unset stones. twenty -four
safety holders and six empty jewel boxes
the lot having home value Of 81. .722 as.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
BLIND GET EASTER FLOWERS.
Brought Them 10y Blind Folks to Touch.
and Therefore see.

Unique in Easter flower distributions
yesterday was that made by blind men
and blind women acting IA agents for the
lighthouse of the New York Association
for the Blind and as committees for the
blind mems and blind women's clubs.
Friends of the association had sent in a
large number of plants. including part
OF special importation Of growing lilies
from Bermuda
Blind men and women. guided by seeing
boys and girls. were on their way to all
parts of the city delivering these flowers
to less fortunate blind men and women
in the tenements Inasmuch as the blind
have to handle the leaves and flowers to
see them the fact that these plants live
and thrive is surprising. II seeing people
attempted to handle them in the same
wav the plants would be almost certain
to die. but the touch Of the blind is per.
force delicate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15

on each third day until the oleotion sup
plomental statements shall be Gled ahow.
ing In detail contributions that have been
made that do not appear In the first
accounting.
Democratic leaders are somewhat
oha8rined over the embarrassment
thrown into their ranks by the prsssnta-
ton Of the jackson amendment. Up to
to-day the Democratic machine had been
running smoothly. It wabbled in To-.
days session and for time IL seemed a
II the Democrats would retire bested BY
the Republicans. who are hopelessly In
the minority.
However. the Democrats are oheered
by the record Of the session. past and
prospective. Yesterday they put through
a resolution proposing an amendment To
the Constitution whereby Senators shall
be elected by direct vote Of the people.
To-day the Rucker bill was passed on to
the Senate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD
Naval Constructor Baxter Ordered Ia
boston.

Rear Admiral Leutze. commandant
of thu Brooklyn navy yard, yesterday re-
ceived orders from Washington trans
ferring Naval Constructor William ].
Baxter from the local yard to the station
at Boston and also announcing that
Naval Constructor Robert Stockton. a
member Of the board of inspection and
survey at Washington, had been ap-
pointed Mr.. Baxter's successor.
Capt. Baxter has been at the Brooklyn
yard since 1903 and the news that he was
to leave caused general regret among the
yard employees and there was talk among
them Of organizing a mass meeting to
request the department to reconsider his
transfer. Commandant Leutze said:
Naval Constructor Baxter IA hss been .
see him go
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
EDWARD CUDAHY TO WE'D.
Young Man Who Was Once Kidnapped
Now Free From tuberculosis.

CHICAGO. April i4-Edward Cudahy.
the once kidnapped son Of f. A. Cudahy
will marry Miss Leonore Brewer of San
Francisco. marriage license issued at
Redlands, the winter home OF the Cudahys.
recalled to-day the announcement OF the
engagement on July 27. 1909. and how il
was followed by a denial which later was
denied.
A month after the engagement was
announced the announcement was made
that the wedding had been postponed
indefinitely.
1t was said that Mr.. Cudahy had found
himself afflicted with tuberculosis Ru-
mors of a broken engagement followed,
but by November they were dispelled
by the announcement of Miss Brewer
that the engagement never had been
broken, Friends Of the young man as
serted that he had consulted the worlds
best experts on tuberculosis and that
they had told him he was free from the
disease
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
HER BAROMETRIC GOWNS.
They We're Set OH With Precious Stones
Each Day Aboard the INsit ania.

Miss Dazy Weelson of Paris and New
York. who arrived yesterday by the
Cunarder Iusitania brought 500 worth
Of the finest Partisan candy and $50 worth
of the latest Partisan toys for her little
friends in this neighborhood She paid
the duty with a smile and the necessary
coin She paid nothing on her jewelry,
appraised at $4,000. which she has worn
here before.
She was altogether the most attractive
figure on the ship, wearing different
gown. of the slit pattern. which the FASH
ion expert Of the ultramarines described
as clinging to her like dampened tissue
paper. on every day Of the trip. There
were no two gowns alike. and the colors
were inclined to be a bit vivid: also
every day she wore sapphires. emeralds
rubies. diamonds pearls or other gems
to harmonize with the gowns.
Miss Weelson will stop at the St, Regis
with her mother.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
O'GORMAN,S COMMyTrEES.
The Senator Expresses His Preference fol
Judiciary and Jmmigratloo.

WASHINGTON. April Ex-senator O'Gor-
man OF New York will in all probability
be appointed on the Judiciary and Imni-
grafton committees OF the Senate. These
are his preferences expressed to mem
bers OF the Democratic steering commit
tee. who yesterday called on all Demo-
cratic Senators to file list OF committee
assignments they desired.
Senator O'Gorman was being con-
sidered for appointment on the Finance
Committee. which considers all tariff
matters and which is regarded as the
most important OF all Senate commit
tees. Some surprise was oocasioned when
it became known that the New York
Senator was not particularly anxious
about appointment to this committee.
However. Judiciary is one of the fore
most of Senate committees. Senator
Root is ambitious TO serve on Judiciary
and it is very likely that New York will
have two representatives on this impor-
tant committee.
Members OF the Democratic steering
committee do not think there will be any
trouble about gratifying Senator O'Gor-
mans wishes with regard to both the
In addition to these two the new Senator
from New York will be assigned to other
committees OF lesser importance.
The Democratic steering committee
held only brief session to-day and then
adjourned until Thursday OF next week.
In the meantime the members will go over
the requests OF Senators for assignments
and will be prepared to act at the meeting
of the committee next week.
The greatest interest centres in the sc.
lection of three minority Senators to men,
bership ON the Finance Committee. The
steering committee is unanimously for
John Sharp Williams for one Of the va
cancies. The Senators considered for
the other two places are Shively and Kern
OF Indiana. johnson of Maine and John
on of Alabama.
Senator Johnston is being urged for
appointment by Senator Bailey and his
friends, and it is understood that there
is opposition on the part OF majority OF
the steering committee. which is Of the
opinion that a more active Senator and
one considered more thoroughly in accord
with the party on the tariff should be
selected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
DIR. D.K.PEARSONS'S LAST GIFT
HE SIGNS A S1OO,OOO CHECK
AND SAYS THAT'S ALL.
Has Spent Twenty.twO Years In GivinE
Away Millions He Had Previously
Made--His Final Gn. Memorial to
His Wife-Advises Young Men to Wed.

CHICAGO, April a. DR.. Daniel X. Pear
sons. nonagenarian philanthropist re-
Gently characterized by Andrew Carnegie
a. the prince Of givers.' 10 at a loss to
recall the total Of his countrywide gifts
which In the last twenty-five years have
aggregated 81 .OO0. 600. but he will never
forget the ninety first birthday which he
celebrated to-day.
On this anniversary he signed check
for siOO. 900, his last gift. as a memorial
to his wife and present to the American
Board OF Foreign Missions. Other gifts
amounting 10 $500 900 were distributed
among small colleges
At the banquet held at the Hinsdale
Sanitarium. DIR. Pearsonss s present home.
this afternoon. he paid a tribute to the
woman who had aided him in gathering
the fortune which he to-day finished be-
queathing TO educational institutions.
Gathered about him were friends and
recipients of his bounty from all parts Of
the country.
III tIie ihst twenty Two years eapu ia
Pearsons. Il have done nothing hut give
away my money have not taken time
to make Il single dollar. just as the
money came in l gave it away. l have
no idea how much have given away.
but do know that to-day I will make
my last gift. The last check ! will write
will be for 800. 900 to the American Board
OF Foreign Missions. II will be as u
memorial to my wife. the woman to whom
l owe all.
As look back over the last twenty
two years realize that none of my gifts
would have been possible without my
wife. II was she who taught me how to
make the money and imbued me with the
spirit OF philanthropy. To her owe
Everything. and my advice would be to
every young man who wants to start on
the road to fortune and wealth to marry
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
FACTORY FIRE TMPERILS MANY.
One Man Burned to Death-Negro Eleva.
tor BOY Saves SCORES or Women.

V"e "su DuTueu W Dcatu-Ne8rO kletes
tor BOY Saves SCORES Of Women.
ST. LOUIS, April 14.-One man 10 known
to have been killed and many more are
thought tohave died in fire which gitted
the Essex Building, si7 to s23 Washington
avenue, at O'Clock this afternoon.
The dead man is r. Meyer of A22O Del
mar avenue. His body IL at the morgue.
Among those thought to have perished
are three girls who appeared at the win
dows Of the fifth floor just a. the FIRE
engines dashed up. While the ladders
were being placed to rescue the trio they
We're enveloped in flames and smoke and
were seen no more.
Tho fifth and sixth floors fell an hour
after the fire started and the firemen who
began search of the ruins had not found
the bodies of the girls up to midnight.
Hundreds OF girls who were working
in the building for the six manufacturing z
firms that occupied the place escaped
down stairways and over the roof to the
fire escapes at the side and back.
The doors leading to the fire escapes
in the front down which the three girls
seen at the windows might have escaped
are said to have been locked. Building
Commissioner James A. Smith said to-
night that he would order rigid investi-
cation Of the premises II It appeared the
locked doors were the cause OF any fatali-
ties.
A negro elevator boy whose name the
police were unable to learn was the hero
OF the fire. With the flames cracking
about him he continued to run his car
TO and from the top floor. bringing down
over 100 girls who might have perished
had he not stuck to his post.
The FIRE started from an explosion OF
chemicals on the third floor. occupied by
the Mississippi Valley Drug Company.
Witnesses at the FIRE say they saw q puff
OF white smoke followed by q crash and
aninstant later flames were shooting out
|of the windows Of that floor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
WANTED MRS. TAFT,S NAME TOO.
North Dakota Lawyer Thought She
should Join In signing Land Patents.

WASHINGTON. April IA lawyer in
North Dakota has made the discovery
that land patents are not valid because
they are signed simply by the President.
He has just written to the Commissioner
of the General Land Office returning a
Government patent with the reminder
to the Department that "by an oversight
manifestly" Mrs. Taft did not join in sign
ing the document.
The President seemed to enjoy the
letter more than any other person in the
official circle. As matter Of fact the
President never signs a land patent in
person. There is woman clerk in the
land Office who at the personal designation
OF the President is empowered to sign
the Presidents 8 name to land warrants
The North Dakota lawyer is tha first
person to conceive the idea that II was
requisite in land patent that the wife
Of the President join in the instrument
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
No DAMAGES on WEATHER.
Appellate Term Holds Defendant Wasn't
Responsible for Ice Formed.

The Appellate Term of the Supreme
Court reversed yesterday judgment for
$500 obtained against Alessandro Della
Paoli. the Italian banker, by Amedo
Gianopaolo because the plaintiffs wife
slipped on the steps OF building owned
by the banker. which were alleged to have
been slippery and icy. Witnesses for the
plaintiff said the steps had been icy for
two days,
In reversing the judgment the Appellate
Term said that the official weather re-
ports for the period In question showed
that for two days before the accident
the weather had been inclement and sleet
and rain had been falling constantly and
freezing on the ground, The court held
that the defendant want responsible
for the state Of the weather
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
A PROGRESSIVE SENTENCE.
Prisoner Fined $40 Asks for More ana
Finally Gets Six Months,

Dominick Hearns. a waiter Of 80 Bergen
street, Brooklyn. after being fined $40 in
the night court yesterday wanted more,
and got it as follows:
You'll wait for that SO. you four
eyed galoot,' he shouted to Magistrate
House.
SIN change that fine and send you
to the workhouee for twenty days.
said the Magistrate,
Jaw g'wan. make it more" said the
prisoner.
aOne month" replied the court.
"Once more" shouted Hesrns.
Two month";" said the Magistrate.
.Do 1t again. snsered Hearns.
"Six month";" adjudioated the Court
Hearns. then demanded q. year and
expressed hts opinion Of Magistrate
House In oaustio terms. 1t took three
policemen to remove Hearns from the
court room.
II wish could have made II q year. y
said Magistrate House. "Unfortuna ateiv
elk months 10 the limit
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
NEW HARVARD LABORATORY,
oIOO. 900 Raised for the woicott Gibbs
Building.

CAMBRIpoE. Mass. April 1.-THE VOL
colt Gibbs chemical laboratory at Harvard
10 assured. The fund Of Si00. 900 for it's
erection 10 now In the hands Of the treas.
urer OF Harvard.
Tho new laboratory will owe its exist
ence In great part to Dr.. Norris Loeb and
James Loeb. Harvard graduates and resi-
dents OF New York who started tho fund
over year ago with gift OF $50 900. with
the provision that on equal sum be raised.
architect, 10 we'll on his way With the plans
and ground 10 TO bs broken In the early
summer south Of the Peabody Museum
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
Antonio Zuecca Acquitted.

Antonio yucca. sometime Tammany
Coroner and head Of A. yucca 4 Co., i'm.
porters Of italian and Greek products ct
rs West Broadway, wns acquitted yostcr-
day in the Cnlscd stG,~s Circuit Court Of
the charge of undcrwc!ghing imports Of
The irst trial, in March. resulted In dis.
agreement Of tho jury.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
NAVAL AVIATOR KILLED.
By assOn's Machine Fell From 4OO Feet
without visible Cause.

Special Cable Despatch 10 THE SvN.
R>MBorILLEr April IA. Lieut. Byasson,
the first naval aviator Of France. was
killed near Versailles at 1885 tonight while
biplaning across country at height of
400 feet,
A calm prevailed at the time. Suddenly
the machine dipped and fell Byasson
was killed outright.
The cause Of the accident is a puzzle to
airmen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-15
CUBAN ARMY M0BILIzED.
Mont eagudo starts ManUuvres 10 Onse
Pino Guerra's Campaign,
special canis psspaieh 10 Tn srx.

special caS's psspaieh 10 TRs STR
HAVANA. April it.-oen. Montea guido,
tho Commandsr-ln-chief Of tho Cuban
army. has ordered . mobilization Of s,sot
troops for naAn0uvres at P!nar dol Rio
whsre Pino Guerra, tho former comman.
der.!n.Chisi, 10 campaigning against tho
reelection Of President 0onea.
The mAn0uvres Arc oonaidared a. q
prsesxt for Q peiitlcAi damanstrssion,
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