The evening world., 1911-09-12
Ar ektDpED GOING AROUND
SHARP TURN IN ROAD.

Miss Woertshoffer was running the
automobile. a large. five-seated touring
cor. and Miss Dunlap sat alongside Of
her. The car a just left Cannonsburs,
and was on the way to the railroad sta
tiou. The deserted road tempted Miss
wosrishoffer to let the car out a bit,
without taking into account its wet and
muddy condition. Miss Woerishorer let
her Car take q sharp turn at full speed.
The automobile skidded. and. leaving
the road made directly for an embank-
ment. Miss Dunlap screamed with
fright. and covered In her seat. Mss
W~oerishoffer tugged desperately at the
steering wheel in an effort to turn the
car away from the embankment. She
had almost regained control OF her ma
chine when one Of the drlving-chains
snapped. and h car went hurting
down the e~mbankment with Miss
w~oerishoffer still working the steering
wheel. The car toppled to one side.
hurting Miss Dunlap out. and then. as
nearly as she was able 10 remember
the details of the accident this morn
ing. shot right over her. and turned.
turtle, dashlng Miss woerishoffer
against the wheel. The car fell clear Of
the unconscious girl.
A. soon as Miss Dunlap was able che
rem TO her friends side. Finding her
unconscious, she ran back dow the
road for help. She returned with sew
srai women. The injured girl was car
rsed TO the home OF DR., Partridge. at
Cannonsburg. Then Miss Dunlap tele-
graphed to Miss Simkowich, at whose
request Drs. Baldw.n-Mann and Oar
ragh of Roosevelt Hospital. who are
interested in the settlement. FASTENED
TO tho injured girl.
The accident occurred at I O'Clock IN
the afternoon, and Miss Woerishofter
fingered until s o'clock the next morn
ing. During the night she rallied for a
while. and told Miss Dunlap. who had
not left her side, that she was sure she
would get we'll, end for n time II seemed
that her superb physical condition and
hsr GRIT would pull her through. Put
ane of the three ribs which had been
broken had penetrated her lung. and
though an operation was performed AT
3 o'clock yesterday morning, her lie
could not be saved,
GIRL GAVE UP SOCIETY TO PUR.
sue SOCIAL WORK.
Society had no appeal for Miss woer-
.shoffer, who had but two interests In
life: social work and athletic sports.
She was an excellent swimmer, proficient
IN water-polo, could fence and box and
ride, and she was talking Of qualifying
rs An aviator before she departed on
her fatal mission, Ever since her sradu-
ation from Bryn Mawr, In 1907. when
she was twenty-five, sho had devoted
most of her attention TO Industrial con-
.Iftions, and for the past four years had
been one of the Board Of Managers OF
Greenwich louise
Az n member OF the Women's Trade
Union League Miss Woerishofier made
number Of Investigations of the condi-
ions under which her sex labor. She
rave to tho Wainwright Committee the
,esu,t OF her investigation OF sixteen
;team laundries. II was her testimony
hat caused tho enactment of the pres
snt supervisory law. Her testimony
vas also a large factor In passing the
Employers Liability law. Another one
of her activities was the Committee on
Congested Population.
When the girls mother sailed for
Europe early this summer the family
residence at No. II East Forty-ffth
sire et was closed and Miss Woer!shoffer
went 10 live at the Greenwich House,
The girls father, Charles Woerls-
nofsr. was In his time one of the most
conspicuous operators in Wall street
and his banking house n OF the most
powerful. Her sister. who died in 1901
and left her $4,000, was the Countess
Antoinette Sellem. Her uncle, the late
Edward uhl, was also associated with
the stats Zeitung. Last year her
mother gave slOo, OOo TO the German Hos
uItal and Dispensary for the erection
Of 4 wing to be called the DR.. Abraham
Jacob Children's Division.