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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
TRANSATLANTIC AIRSHIPS
Monster Vessels Designed in
Germany-150 Passengers.


London. April lO.-Germany intends to
lead the world in the construction or
huge lighter than-air vessels and to be-
gin aerial navigation on an unprece-
dented scale. According To information
furnished by the Berlin correspondent
of "The standard" two companies ere In
nrocess of formation for this purpose.
one of them has decided To adopt the
nlaps of . German engineer. Herr
Roerner. for the construction Of mon
s,er airship. with capacity Of l2o,WO
cubic metres. so that the new vessel VIII
he eight times larger than Count Yep
nelin's latest creation. Apart from the
otf,cers and crew. numbering together
ono hundred. the airship will he capable
of carving two hundred passengers.
Two Of these new airships. according
IN the plans Of the organizer of the
,o,npanv. will he employed for passen-
qer traffic between New York and Lon
don owing 40 the greater quantity Of
Iuyrape carried on such voyages the ves-
sells will limit their number Of passen-
gers to 10.
Herr Boerner says That the transit
frnm Now York To London will he ac-
compljshed I'm three days. and that each
airship will he able 10 make SIX trans
atlantic trips month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
DEATH FOLLOWS A BLOW
Bible Student, Attacked IN
Street, Dies in Hospital.
WAS ONCE AN ANARCHIST
Sole Witness Says He Saw Man
Strike Victim in Face and
Then Run Away.

Luigo Usay. twenty-eight years Old
who. two and half years ago. was
converted from anarchism and became a
divinity student. died yesterday III
Flower Hospital from fracture ot the
base of tho skull. resulting from, piow
he received at the hands Of an unNnowh
man on Saturday.
Last night detectives from the rast
61th street station arrested man VINO
described himself as Otto Schaffer. Ia
borer of No. Al East Saith street AZ o-d
street and Second avenue. He was
locked I'D. charged with assault
After the police had learned more of
the affair the charge was changed 10 tnat
of homicide. Schaffer was arrested by
Detectives McGee. Skelly and Digilio.
They said he admitted striking Csay.
He was asked what caused the quarrel.
and the detectives declared he told them
that he understood that Usay had In
suited his (Schaffer's) wife.
Usav was student at the Bible
Teachers Training School Lexington
avenue and .ath street. and lived at the
home for the Italian students of the
school. at No 23e East 6Oth street.
The Rev. w w Ketchun, secretary of
the school said that Usay came to this
country from Sicily FIVE years ago. a red
hot anarchist. Two and a half years
seo he attended an evangelist's tent
meeting and was converted. He in,me-
diately took up a study of the Bible and
entered the training school. OF late Mr.
Ketchum said. Usay had been acting as
an assistant TO the Rev. Francis Trapani
at the John Hall Memorial Chapel. 63d
street and First avenue. and IL was ex-
pccted that he would he ordained soon.
Usay was attacked about , o'clock on
Saturday afternoon at J9th street and
First avenue boy named Thomas
Oronan. of No "a Sutton Place, is the
only actual witness 10 the assault that
the police have found. He said he saw
man of medium build and wearing A
black soft hat and dark clothes strike
Usay in the face. The student fell.
striking the back Of his head. and this
probably caused the fracture of the
skull. the police think The assailan,
ran up 59th street and turned into Sec
ond avenue. where he was lost in the
crowds.
Thomas Farley. of No. 1903 First ave
nue. also saw man running away, but
said he did not witness the actual as
sault.
Patrolman James Tierney. of the East
5Ist street station. was the first police
man on the scene. He found Csay lying
in the street in an unconscious condition
and called DR.. Crook from Flower Hos
pital.
There was a cut on Usay's lip where
he had been struck by the assaliant
fist. The injured man was removed to
Flower Hospital. but he remained in a
semi-conscious condition up to the time
that he died and was unable to give any
reason for the assault.
His body will be taken care of by the
Training School.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
NEW BRIDGE IN 49 SECONDS
Engineers Perform Remarkable
Feat on Boston & Albany r. r.

Huntington. Mass. April IA three
span steel bridge. 24 feet long ana
weighing more than one thousand TONS
IN replace an old iron one spanning the
westfield River on the Boston Albany
Railroad. wa successfully rolled into
uosition here to-day. the entire work OF
taking away the old and placing the ne"
ST .ucture requiring but forty-nine sec
onds. Half an hour later. when the rails
were connected. the new bridge was
readv for service. Several officials OF
the road and guests witnessed the opera
ton.
The work Of building the new bridge on
the upstream side OF the old structure
hogan four weeks agJ. When completed
the new bridge and the old we're both
mounted on rollers and at the signal
given to-day the two masses OF steel and
iron were moved downstream until the
ole bridge was displaced and the new one
lined perrsctiy with tie tracks OF the
roadbed. Then the rails were Joined and
the lines were ready for use.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
COULDN'T GET RED SUIT
Attacked Tailor Who Wouldn' I
Match His Hair.

When Louis Watin. a tailor with a
shop at No 1921 Bathgate avenue, was
unable to comply yesterday afternoon
with the request Of a young man with
red hair who wanted a suit to harmon
ize with his hair. an argument ensued
which ended only when Watin was rem
dered unconscious by a blow OH the
head. inflicted with a heavy clothes
brush. He afterward said that five
young men had entered his shop and at
tackled him.
Watin said one Of the men had red
hair. and declared he wanted to buy
suit After showing them every sam
pie piece Of cloth he had, Watin said
the auburn haired youth upraided him
for failing 30 produce a piece of cloth
that would match his hair and when
Watin ordered them from his shop the
five set upon him and beat him. Inc
police say the men belong to a gang.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
WAGE BATTLE OF
DELAY AGAINST
FIRE PROTECTION
Property Owners Place Obstacles
in Way of Bureau OF
Buildings.
RICH ESTATES OFFENDERS
inspectors Report Consistent
Aversion of Astor Agents
Toward Obeying Fire
Escape Orders.
POLITICIANS ALSO LISTED
Congressman Levy and ". Bcurke
Cochran, Brian G. Hughes and Others
Fight Efforts to Safeguard En-
ployes, and City Puts Viola
tions'' in Hands Of Legal
Department.
POLITICIANS ALSO LISTED

The habitual resistance OF property
owners 10 the orders Of the Bureau ~
Buildings is one Of the chief obstacles
TO the proper safeguarding OF the city
against a repetition Of the Washington
Place disaster.
The table given below is taken from
list Of $50 violations" Of fire escape
orders" Of the Bureau Of Buildings which
have been sent along to the ONCE OF tho
CORPORATION Counsel for prosecution.
which list was referred to last week In
a public letter from a city official to Seth
Low
In the cases cited below. which run
from December. 1904. to the present time.
tho period between the two dates given
shows only the preliminary fighting In
this hattie of delay-the time expended
nv the Bureau OF Buildings in An effort
IN force compliance with orders for hre
escapes before passing them along to the
citv's legal department
The following table gives some cases
that have made much trouble for the
Bureau Of Buildings:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
Building
Dept

trian on Friday. just before she sailed
He was discovered by members OF the
crew on Saturday. and taken before the
captain. Then the wireless operator so'
busy. picked up the Georgian. ana wn'ie
the two liners lay to young Tart was
transferred 10 the Georgian in the Lam
castrian's lifeboat.
Taft is the son of F.. r. Tart, a
Springfield photographer and a grand-
son of P. w. Taft, who was for many
years resident of Boston and who no"
has his home in New Haven
The youth stole aboard the Lancas-
trian without being seen by any OF the
crew. He managed to find a hidins
Mace which looked safe and slowed him.
self and a little bundle of provisions ne
had brought with him away there. he
Law in safety through Friday night. but
with daylight on Saturday came discov-
cry.
In spite OF the evidence which the
provisions and the jug OF water pore
against him, young Taft tried TO pra@eh
IL out He was taken before captain
Alexander Fortay.
I'm a cattleman." he declared
where are your papers? ne was
asked.
Then he broke down. Captain rottay
knew. however. that the Georgian was
some where in the vicinity, In all prooa-
bilitv. and he decided to try ana PICK
her up. The wireless got busy ana re-
ceived a reply, which was fortunate TOT
Young Taft. for had he succeeded III
reaching England and then been dis-
covered he would have been liable 10
three months Imprisonment.
In spite OF the heavy seas II was ue-
cided TO transfer Taft. and this was DONE
lifeboat in command OF one OF the
lower officers taking the boy to the IN
bound liner
When the Georgian docked to-day lait
was turned over TO the Immigration
authorities, who wired his parents. Ihey
have sent the money needed for his re-
turn to Springfield and he will be sent
back tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
BOY HANGS SELF IN BARN
Feared Foster Parents Might
Send Him Back to Asylum.
nv TELEGRAPH 10 The Trihune


Bridgeport. Conn. April '.-Wllie
RYAN. sixteen years old. hanged himself
Yesterday afternoon in the barn Of his
foster Parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest II.
Niver. in Stratford. II is believed the
act was the result Of fear that ne
nn. ght be returned to the st. FRANCIS
orphan Asylum. at New Haven. from
which he was taken two years ago
Recently young Ryan built bonfire
which did considerable damage to a
neighbors property. AS means cf
punishment Mr. and Mrs Niver told the
boy that they thought they would have
To return him 10 the asylum if he were
not more careful
This threat seems 10 have so worked
on the lads mind that he decided yester-
day that rather than return to the asy-
lum he would Kill himself. He therefore
took a rope from the neck of calf which
he had Just led into the barn. and slip
ping il over a beam put the other end
around his neck and jumped
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
FIRE RACES UNDER STREET
Took Three Days to Solve Mys-
ferv of Persistent Smoke.

Guests of the Hotel Aberdeen. at No.
II West 32d street, and householders in
the vicinity were greatly relieved last
night when the Fire Department discov-
cred a mysterious underground fire
which had smoked since Friday.
4 search for the fire was made imme-
dia.ely when smoke was first noticed is
suing from the pavement in front of the
hotd on Friday, but no fire was found,
and from being puzzled at first people
grew to be alarmed as the smoke con-
tinued 10 pour forth mysteriously.
Il continued all day Saturday, while
the Edison Electric Company's emer-
gency corps searched and searched. but
in vain. for a defect in the insulation
that might cause a fire in some part OF
the boiler room beneath the street. and
when the smoke did not cease yester
day morning +. II. Manning. the man
ager Of the hotel. sent call to Truck
Company "a.
Under chief Ross the fircrnen started
10 dig up the roadway. and about twen-
ty-iive feet Of the asphalt was taken up
In front Of the hotel After digging six
feet down the fremen came upon IA
number Of heavy planks which were
burning beneath the ground.
1t is supposed that the planks were
part Of the snoring used during the con-
struction of the Pennsylvania tunnel.
which runs BENEATH the streets. The
hremen think that the boards were ig-
nited by the boilers of the Aberdeen.
which are separated from the street by
cement wall The fremen's labors
were prolonged far into the night before
they found what ed street residents
had come to consider was little pri-
vate volcano of their own.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
Says City Has Lost Nothino.

Perhaps the first thing the public would
Ike 10 know is that. Notwithstanding all
the talk, not a dollar of the city's money
has been lost and not a dollar is IN jeop-
Tie first of the many statements that have
been fed 10 the public TO connect ne with
alleged improper transactions is q fair sam
pie OF all or most OF II. Ia tnat statement
the press bureau which has been busily
engaged in endeavOrinS TO poison the pub
IL mind spread out far and wide the story
that | x"Dt balance in the Northern Bank
OF over .i.CO.D0J From this il was impIied
or insinuated that there must have becn q
corrupt understanding with some one
This fairly illustrates the sort of ..eviderce'
upon which am being assailed. The facts
are as follows.
The designation OF the Northern Bank as
q cts depository was made long nefOre NV
term Of office began The selection of INC
Bronx branch Of that bank as the depos-
itorv 70 receive Bronx revenues was made
az the request Of Controller Prenderpast
who had been director Of that bank until
shortly before he took office M Wolfe
the chief auditor in the Controllers Office
was also vice-president until he took office
Janary I. 1910. The circumstances OF this
selection have already been publicly stated
and are well known. II is true that on
October 81. 1910 late al nicht, the receiver
q taxes (an appointee Of the Controller
DEPOSITED tho tax receipts for that dav
amounting 20 about 7O01. in the Northern
Bank. but IL n also true that $-D0G11 was
withdrawn 10y my deputy the next morning
leaving the banks balance Al the normal
amount. about slSs00 Yet the public is
wilfullv led 10 believe that I kent 81 .co0 ~
there. 70 he loaned IN friends Could any
thing be any more diabolcal?
Coming then 10 discussion Of the
relations Of his office with the Cummins
syndicate which was in control Of the
Carnegie Trust Company before that in
siitution went into the hands Of the
State Banking Department. Mr.. Hyde
says in effect that tho only basis for any
question WAS the story of Robin.
The coincidence of loans by some nine
teen hanks and trust companies 10 the
cummins syndicate at or very near the
time when those nineteen institutions
received augmented deposits Of city
money is suddenly discovered says
Mr. Hyde. and this syndicate was com
posed Of men who werc supposed TO
have my friendship"
His statement continues:
With Robins story as a basis. il is sud
denly discovered that syndicate or asso-
Continued second page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
WOMAN WILL BE MAYOR
Mrs. Ella Wilson to Take Office
as Executive Of Kansas Town.

Hunnewell. Kan. April 9.-Mrs. Ella
Wilson will he Mayor of this town after
all. Mrs. Wilson has received her certifi-
cate Of election. and on Monday. it is
said. she will be sworn into office.
The result of the election was a tie
vote between Mrs. Wilson and q. NJ.
Akers. Each received twenty-four votes.
Then the judges Of the election voted
the office TO Mrs. Wilson. a few days
later the Council reported that Mrs. Will
son should have been credited with only
twenty-three votes and purposed o seat
Akers.
The city secretary said Mrs Wilson's
election was valid. and yesterday the
Council yielded and acknowledged her
victory
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
TWINS NEARLY 7 78 YEARS OLD
New Hampshire Brothers Can
not Be Told Apart.

Portsmouth. y H. April 9.-The old
est twins I'm New Hampshire are to
celebrate the seventy-eighth anniversary
ot their birth on April II. They are La
fayette V. and Albert NJ. Newell. Of this
city
The Newell brothers are regarded as
the most remarkable twins in the Gran
,te state They are so alike they can
not be told apart They not only look
alike. but talk alike. sing alike ana
walk alike, The only means OF dlstln-
gushing them is by their clothes. Un-
iii he was twelve years old Albert wore
n string of red beads around his neck so
that his mother could tell him from La
fayette
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
PINNED UNDER AUTOMOBILE
Driver Hurt When Car Turns
Over-Companions Escape.

Charles A. Mccartney. OF No. 5S 'h
street, Brooklyn. is In a serious condition
in Seney Hospital AS the result OF his auto
mobile turning over I'm the South Road
near East Islip. Yesterday Three com
panions who were in the ear escaped with
slisht injuries All except Mr. Mccartney.
who WAS AT the wheel. were thrown clear
Of the heavy automobile.
His jaw and right arm were broken. ana
he is thought 10 have been internally in
iured Mr.. McCartney's companions car
rled him aboard train. which was met at
the Atlantic avenue station of the Long
Island Railroad. and he was rushed to the
hospital lie is the superintendent OF the
John Masury Paint Works. at No. 20 jay
street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
AGED COUPLE DIE TOGETHER
Lifelong Desire Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Irish of Oneonta, Granted.


Ringhamton, ~ Y. April 9.-The life
long desires OF Mr.. and Mrs. Raseias
Irish. of Oneonta. that they should not
be separated i'm death were strangely
granted by fate to-day. when they died
within an hour of each other They VIII
be buried together.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irish had been married
siytv-seven years. and as they grew old
their great dread was that one should
survive the other for considerable
length of time. In both instances death
was due to pneumonia. Mrs. lrish died
first and the undertaken had just
finished preparing the body when Mr..
Irish expired They leave four children
fourteen Grandchildren, sixteen great
Grandchildren ard four great-great-
ora rdc children.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

The Tribune tells to-day how
great many property owners
have resisted, in the many legal
ways open TO them, orders in
tended TO make their buildings
safe. There are thousands OF
Others whose responsibility
in case Of disaster would be
unquestionable Property own
ers can supply an immediate an
swer to The Tribune's repeated
question,
WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
ST0WAWAY SENT ASHORE
Youth Transferred from One
Liner to Another Far at Sea.
TAFT'S DISTANT RELATIVE
Timely Discovery Probably Saves
Springfield Lad from Sentence
to Prison in England.
Tp, Telsoranh 10 The Tribune

Boston April 9-Robert TAFT. nineteen
years old. Of Springfield. distant rela-
tive of President Taft. was brought into
port to-day as stowaway by the Ley
land liner Georgian. to which he was
transferred from the outbound liner Lam
castriar. Of tho same line. more than
three hundred miles at sea.
The boy slowed away on the Lancas-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
MASCOT INDIGNANT AT FIRE
Dog Bites a Policeman Who Puts Him
Outside the Lines

Indignant because Patrolman Bernard j.
coNey drove him back with crowd of
curious persons from In froht OF NO. ~
Canal street yesterday afternoon, where u
small fire was discovered. cinine mascot
Of Engine Company II bit the patrolman on
the left leg just above the afkle and dis-
appeared in the tangie of fre apparatus
After the fre coffey hobblet 10 GouVer-
neur Hospital The wound WIS cauterized
and he returned To his post "ttch VIII
be kept over the dog.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
WOMEN ASK FOR LICENSE
Boston's Exclusive Organization
Already Has Smoking Room.

Boston. April 9-After long. nara
struggle between two opposing factions.
,b, ticense members of the Chillon club
have won their point and the well known
womans club at No. 1872 Commonwealth
avenue. numbering in its membership
some Of the most prominent women IN
the city. is seeking "A license To sell spir-
ituous liquors.
cigarettes are already sold in the clup-
rooms. being served on trays by walt
resses. TIE club smoking room is on
the roof and only members are allowed
No guests. men or women. can ever Visit
The roof smoking room
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10

3 In other records Of the Buildings De-
oartment. those containing the reports
and orders on unsafe buildings-unsafe
by fire." there is a sequel TO one Of the
cases cited above, which discloses L
story of escape from a disaster which
might possibly hav@ been more terrible
than the recent Asch Building fire.
That is Fire Escape Order 235-l0,'
which, with its sequel, Unsafe Building
Order No. 525-1l," translated out OF the
technical forms of the reports, shows this
story The building at Nos. 9s3 and 995
Third avenue. owned by former Con-
gresham w. Bourke Cochran, was found
ipadequately provided with fire escape
| facilities in March. 1910. and on March
IL, 1910. the owner was served with the
following order by the Bureau OF Build
ings:
= on the seth street front of the building
an iron balcony four feet wide. taking IN
| the two mulion windows at the second.
third. fourth and ffth stories. with con-
Meeting iron stairs and drop ladder to
ground. also provide freproof doors open
ing in elevator shaft in cellar: also scuttle
not less than by feet. with stationary
iron ladder 10 scuttle.
After nearly years delay. during
which time both agents and owner unit
ed i'm the effort to evade or have the
order modified. Mr.. Cochran wrote to
the Superintendent Of Buildings as fol-
lows:
Il am the owner Of property at Nos. 9s3
and 995 Third avenue. against which I
understand there is a violation filed In
your office for failure To put on fire es-
capes. This violation grew out Of the
character of the business carried on by
one Monahan, who then occupied the
building He has since vacated the
premises. and therefore venture TO ask
that this violation be cancelled"
on February 20. 1911. an inspector was
sent out to the building, with Mr. Cock
rams letter. to verify the matter. He res
ported back to this effect:
In reference to the attached letter I
would respectfully report that this build
ing at the time the case was fled was
occupied as a furniture store. AS stated
I'm letter it has been vacated. but II Is
motion picture show. There has also
been an application for license 20 con-
duct a dance hall on second floor This
application has not been approved OF.
Presents Adverse Report.
This building is five stories high. and
I would suggest that the owner state in
what manner the upper floors are in
tended TO be occupied-nature of busi.
ness-before dismissing the case"
Fortunately Mr.. Cockran's building,
according to the records. remained va.
cant. and more fortunately there Was
not a moving picture show on the first
floor and dance hall on the second floor
a few weeks later for on March 8. 1911.
chief Croker telephoned to the Bureau Of
Buildings at 1915 o'clock i'm the morn
ing. after a Are In that building. to this
effect:
THE walls at the fire at 5sth street
and Third avenue are I'm a dangerous and
unsafe condition and in need Of imme-
date attention.
a Buildings Department inspector who
WAS assigned 10 the case reported back
that he had found the walls and metal
cornice In the building Nos 993 and ss5
Third avenue In unsafe and dangerous
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
JOHNSON CLOSE TO DEATH
Physician Says Ex- Mayors End
Is Very Near.

Cleveland. April "a. B. Du Pont,
former associate of Tom L. Johnson,
came from the sick room at 1890 o'clock
tonight and told reporters that DR..
Oscar Thomas, the attending physician,
said Mr.. Johnson was dying and that
the end was matter of minutes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
TWO HUNDRED DIE IN FIRE
Scene of Horror in a Thatched
Building at Bombay.

Bombay. British India April 1.-Two
hundred men. women and children were
burned to death tonight in fire which
destroyed a thatched structure In which
they had gathered for a festival. Five
hundred persons were in the building
when the fire broke out There was only
one exit. and an indescribable panic en-
sued
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
FASTEST DREAON0UGHT
New British Warship Makes a
Record of 20 Knots.

London. April 9-The new battieshlp-
cruiser Indefatigable has made the rec
ord speed for Dreadnoughts of 20 KNOTS.