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The evening world., 1911-09-06
BURGESS SW|MS
NGL|SHCHANNE
IN WATER "a HOURS
Wins in Ninth Attempt and Is
Only Man to Duplicate the
Feat of Capt. Webb.

CALAIS. France. Sept. 6.-wmiam
Burgess to-day swan the English Chan.
mel from South Fereland TO Cape Girls
Mes at the mouth Of Calais Harbo..
being the second man in history to &C.
complish the feat. He started at 1880
A. NJ. yesterday and left the water at
io.O this morning. Capt. Webb was the
first and only previous swimmer to pass
the ~trsacherous channel.
Burgess Is q Yorkshireman and for
several ear It had been his ambition
to swim the channel and he made .
study Of II. During his trials he was
never actually exhausted. but stopped
after making . study Of the conditions
he had to overcome.
The distance from Dover to Calais =
twenty miles and from South Forsland
to Cape Gris-Nez 10 slightly less. Bur-
gess's swim was a remarkable exhibition
Of pluck and determination In the face
Of adverse tides and heavy fogs. He
vas accompanied by friends In . motor
launch and several times during the
long ordeal stopped for food and rest,
which he took In the water. His mother
awaited him at the landing here and was
the first to congratulate him.
BURGESS success to-day In SWIM
ming the English Channel followed
nine plucky but unsuccessful attempts
10 negotiate the narrow span OF water
between the French and English
coasts. Numerous attempts have bee n
made to swim the Channel since 1875.
when Capt. Matthew Webb swan from
Dover to Calais in n hours and %
minutes. but no ons hal been able to
duplicate Capt. Webb's feat until to-
day.
Burgess made his frst try for the
honor on Sept. 8, 1904, but gave up
after a struggle OF about fifteen hours.
The next day he started again. but,
after covering twenty-five miles In
don his attempt because Of a gale. In
his successive tries Burgess each time
was forced to abandon the ATTEMPT
when the goal was almost within his
grasp.
While the Channel between Dove,
and Cape Gris-Nez Is only twenty miles
wide. the tide through the straits il
very strong and swimmers are obliged
to cross At q wide angle.
An fort recently to erect a statue to
the memory OF Capt. Webb. the frs,
channe! swimmer. was abandoned wher
the people OF his native village objected
because the famous swimmers ngur,
was draped only In bathing trunks.
The evening world., 1911-09-06
BLACK HAND
Chief HELD FOR
Carrying BOMB
Continued from First Page)

Of other gangs. lie blazed the way
that others followed.
The detectives hope TO prove that he
mad the bombs which were used not
only by his own followers but by other
gang leaders Ia Harlem. Brooklyn and
nearby cities.
BY the power OF his nerve and his
ability to command the obedience OF
reckless young men, Costabilo levied
tribute on his countrymen OF the cast
side as the Camorra levies tribute In
tho province Of Italy. None disputed
his right to prey In the territory he had
selected as his own. He had the col
lection OF blackmail down TO a system.
"~Costabilo." said Inspector Hughes
to-day, visited the small merchants
and pushcart men Of the east side with
The evening world., 1911-09-06
ST. LOUIS MAN FREED
OF ABANDONING WIFE.
Son of Millionaire Hotel Owner
Discharged Here as Case
Is Settled.

James Adolph Abeles. son OF julius
ID. Abeles. millionaire owner OF the Ter
minal Hotel in st. Louis, who was ar
rested Aug. % In his office at No. So
Warren street in response to a request
from Chief Of Police William Young OF
ST. Louis that he be held on a charge OF
abandoning his wife. was discharged
this afternoon In Centre Street Police
Court.
The Abeles family is prominent So
oially in 81. Louis and the domestic
troubles OF the pair have provided a
lively bit OF scandal, The wife, Mrs,
Helen Abeles, sued her father-in-law for
$4,000 damages for alienation OF her
husbands affections and young Abeles
brought a action for divorce. In re-
tAliataon, Mrs. Abeles obtained a war
rlnt charging her husband with aban-
donment, which Is a felony In Missouri,
Inspector Hughes told Magistrate
o'Connor he had received a telegram
from Chief Young. saying the Governor
OF Missouri had refused requisitlon pa
pers and that he understood the case
had been settled.
The evening world., 1911-09-06
BIG TIM" TELLS
JUST WHAT HIS
GUN La MEANS

Senator Timothy D.. Sullivan to-day
took Issue with Dhtrict-Attornsy Whit
man and other lawyers upon the consti.
tutionality of his bill to prevent the un-
licensed sale or possession Of weapons.
In a lengthy statement no insisted that
It Is entirely within the police power OF
the state 10 require . license ~ 4 condi.
ton prerequisite to buying. carrying or
keeping at ones homo weapons pro-
scribed In what 10 known a. The sull..
van bill"
Chiefly Of interest in the statement 10
the assertion that before It was present.
ed to the Legislature It was revised by
. Justice Of the Supreme Court. The
Senator declares h a the bill 10 simple
and easy Of understanding, He charges
that manufa cturers Of firearms are be.
hind many Of the technical objections
to the bill. upon which point he says:
II have got my suspicious that a lot
OF these technicalities and hair-splittinss
are being thrown u or inspired by
those who are most Interested In nav
Ing the provisions OF the law annul!ed
that is the manufacturers and dealers
In irearms-who seem not to care how
many people are killed. how many am
lilies are being b~ereavsd. how many de
pendent widows and orphans are lef
how many are wounded and manned a,
a result Of the promiscuous sale AM
use OF frearms so lorg as they get theil
fun share OF the profit through an In
discriminate sale"
He said that the purpose of the bill
was to prevent undesirables from pos
sesslng weapons. and that he favored
the issuance OF licenses to household
ers (who, under the whitman opinion
have u right to keep weapons bough'
prior to Sept. !. anyway not only b,
the Police Department but by tn,
Magistrate sitting in each Jurisdiction
and at n nominal fea,
The Senator's statement with regars
to keeping pistols at homo 10 chiefly o
moment. In II he says:
The law means Just what II says
that II was my !dea-that the intent o
the Legislature TO make every persol
who keeps any pistol, revolver or othe
hrearm OF a size which nay be con
ceaied upon the person-who keeps l
anywhere In his house, place OF bus!
ness. In his store or In his trunk-t
take out a license for SO keeping IL
The evening world., 1911-09-06
BROADWAY CROWD
SEES RAIDERS PULL
DOWN SHOWCASES
Bureau of ~Encumbrances Re-
moves DISTINCTIONS to Traf-
fic in Forty-second Street.

A gang OF men from tho Bureau Of
Membranes. escorted by Q Sergeant
OF police and i've patrolmen and ae-
compan!cd by a big truck. descended
on the block in Forty-second street be-
tween Sixth avenue and Broadway This
afternoon and began a raid on show
cases and other distractions 20 trafic
outside the stoop line arbitrarily placed
recently when the project OF widening
the street was adopted. Within ten
minutes after the raid started h block
was the busiest place In town.
TIC invaders worked on jo,h sides Of
the street. The owners Of the stores
had been previously warned and the po-
iicemen had the proper authority to
warrant the seizure Of distractions.
Shopkeepers were permitted to remove
their displays from the showcases be-
fore the latter were pried from their
f~astenlngs and loaded on the truck.
A cigar case near sixth avenue was
the first TO go. Then a dentist wal al
lowed 10 take his display of false teeth
and similar evidences OF his trade from
q big glass showcase which was roughly
yanked from its place. The protests OF
the storekeepers and their clerks at
tracted such a crowd that the cross
tow car line was locked and the over
flow. spreading into Longacre Square
and mingling with the matinee crowds
impeded the progresses Of the Broadway
cars.
The evening world., 1911-09-06
GIRLS SCREAMS BRING RE.
SERVES FROM STATION.

Although the stairs were wide and the
descent easy. the girls who thronged
down the fire-escapes screamed Is loud
ly as they could. Their clamor gath.
cred a great crowd which interfered
with h work of the firemen until
police reserves hustled round from the
West One Hurdredth street station.
Edward Conlon. the operator OF the
passenger elevator. N Michael Shea.
operator OF the freight elevator. ran
their cars to he top floor when the
alarm was sounded md descended slow
~. stopping at each floor. But the per-
sons who were not nghting the FIRE pre-
fsrred to descend by the stairways, ex-
cept two girls. who waited on the top
moor for conlon TO take care OF them.
The hre was confined to the third
moor. but considerable damage wa,
done by water TO the moving pictur,
show on the second noor and the store,
on the ground floor. The Ninth avenu,
~ road passes along Columbus aveau
At this point at a level with the tops O.
the buildings. and the operation o
trains was hampered by the clouds o
smoke from the rre which bothered 4,
motor engineers
The evening world., 1911-09-06
NEW PISTOL LAW ESCAPES
TEST IN POLICE COURT,
Magistrate O'Connor Says Facts Do
Not Warrant Holding of Ar
rested Bank Clerk.

Magistrate O'Connor In the Centre
street Court to-day discharged w. r.
Ruhl, a bank clerk. who had been ar
rested for violating the new Sullivan
law. without giving the Dlstrlct-At-
,orney's once a chance to make q ties,
case. The Dlstrict-Attorney had hoped
to get q construction OF the law agalns,
having weapons In the houses Of cit.
iZens.
Assistants wasservosei and John
stone, from the District-Attorney's
office. tried to have the defendant held.
but the Magistrate held that the facts
did not warrant holding Mr.. Ruhl. even
admitting the validity OF the law. The
evidence did not show. ne said. that the
automatic pistol which formed the basis
for the arrest was actually in Mr..
Ruhl's possession.
The evening world., 1911-09-06
MISSIONARY WAS POISONED.
Rev. d. IL. Davis Left Letter Telling
of PLOT by indians.

GEORGETOWN, British Guiana, Sept.
G-Rev, O, r. Davis, superintendent Of
the British Guiana Mission of the Sew
enth Day Adventlsts, whose death at
the hands Of natives In the interior was
announced yesterday, was poisoned, Let
tiers left by the missionary give In detail
the circumstances of the crime.
II Is understood that his campaign
against the practice OF polygamy exas-
perated the natives.
The evening world., 1911-09-06
GETS A CLAW|NG
FOR RESCU|NC CAT
FROM HIGH LEDGE
Maltese, Excited by Night Of
Peril at Window, Attacks
Porter.
MILLINERY.
Dodges Crowd in Street, Darts
Into Shop and Tears Up
Stuffed Birds.
DESTROYS MILLINERY.

The plump maltese eat that some way
got out onto the ledge OF the third
story window Of The closed apartment
OF Nine. Wechsler at No. lN West
Forty-ffth street last night and thrilled
many theatregoers BY refusing to bulge
when coaxed and urged by jewellers In
ne~ighborins houses. was scooped from
the ledge to-day by . colored porter In
sight OF cheering hundreds. The porter
risked his " life on the ledge of the
adjoining house At No. 14s.
The porter. George Washington Lin
coin Brown, got the cat with . crab
net. When he got back into the room
he had come out OF to rescue the cat
the u~ngra.eful feline attacked him
tooth and claw. escaped from him and
created havoc in a millinery shop on
the ground Moor.
BELL ON THE CAT TINkLEo
ALL NIGHT.
It II somebody's pet cat-probably
Nine. w~echsler's. Nine. wechsler Is
In the country. There 10 q collar about
%. ,,,,.a n.ck and a he'll m the col.
-. r,.. ,.u ,,rr,.a oil n,ght and
-,,-,-,. -,
're" tue a''e'.'o" VI
post-midhisht throhss "h'eh passe'
along the opposite way In front or the
Hudson Theatre. The cat was hrst
discovered before the theatre let out,
but the hours of darkness had given
way to the hours OF light before IN
sane effort was made to get tho cat of
The evening world., 1911-09-06

pouncsmsnt that he haA refused 20 en-
ciate.
50 far che Presbyterian and BaptiN
churches have not been put on record.
but It 10 universally known h . strict
ures on divorce IN those churches are
as severe as those of the Methodist
Episcopal and Protestant Episcopal
churches. This situation may compel
Col. Astor &c abandon all idea OF an
ecclesiastical marriage and content him
self with . OWL ceremony. He V now
In Newport with his bstrothed.
A shipload Of Miss Forces wedding
rairnent has arrived At the Astor man
sion and all plans are completed for the
honeymoon. Col. Aston refused 10 make
any upon the Rev. Brooks's re-
fusai to of1ciate at the marriage.
The evening world., 1911-09-06
E OF ~HAN0ERs.oN
ASSUME


Costabiio 10 In the Tombs. but tho
fifteen or twenty men who were hi,
active agents and the scores Of hangers.
on who pronted by his operations are
at large and there Is fear that among
these n will take Up tho reins oil
command and carry on his operations.
Some ten days z Inspector Hughsi
summoned Detectives Charles Carrao,
Edward Castano and Peter Dondero "a
his once. There had been 4 series Of
bomb explosions on the east side.
DO you know 1 man called Pep.
peniello7'" asked the inspector.
I'VE know him WE'LL" replied Carrao.
I arrested him with Joe Petrosino three
years ago after We found his pal, Bona
ventura. setting OF . bomb At No. sit
fused to testify against him and be was
discharged In court"
90 out and get him." commanded
the Inspector. Don't stop until you
land him and don't land him until you
Get the goods on him."
The detectives proceeded 70 plant
Costabilo. Day and night one or the
other kept him In sight while he was
away from home In Chrystis street. Ere
Quently Costabilo spotted his shadowers.
They would purposeiy drop hun. to pick
him W again later.
WAS ADouT EARLIER THAN
USUAL YEsTERpAv.
Yesterday they saw him approaching
them In Prince street. They we're SUI
prissd. a. they were on his way to
plant" him. and he had not been n
the custom Of leaving his homo before
afternoon. Nfwas before noon when
Costsbilo was seer Approaching.
Catching sight Of the detectives Co.'S
tatilo turned and started back on his
tracks. Then they rushed up and
nabbsd him. knowing from his actions
that he was Afraid to meet them. And
untsr his Goa they found . bomb which
he was evidently about to deliver.
Coetabilo never set on his v
bombs. He had men Of proved nerve
and RESPONSIBILITIES to DO that for him.
In his gang hs divided his followers
into two classes. The irst class men
set OF the bombs and collected the
large money. The second class men
singled out victims and did small
blackmailing.
Some Of the members Of the gans
worked hard every day and assisted
Costa ilo only because they liked the
excitement, appreciated the little extra
money and backed In the reputation OF
being dssperadoss.
RETURNS TO AIDES NOT VERY
The evening world., 1911-09-06
Murderer Escapes After Shoot
ing in Resort at 9Th Ave-
nue. and 38th Street.
NO ONE WILL TELL NAME
Rubbish Angered Young Wo-
mans Followers by Urging
Her to Save Money.

n.,,A
,-..-
!" shoou"s ."r.s '"'' -
rupted the frantic EFFORTS OF Elsie r1's-
gerald. formerly . Iaundry GIRL 10 I'M
press Seventh avenue with the idea
that she r. "a good Teller" This time
Il wa, murder.
cs.r,.v p,,AN,.s ,
'''. 'es0'.
'y'eishth street, was shot deao WINE IN
was arguing with her IN the Effort TO
make her leave Seventh avenue Alone
and make better use Of the sso,om she
recently won from the Cadillac Hotel
a. damages Tor the loss OF q hand.
Three weeks ago Jimmy Boylan, bar
tender Of another hotel owned by Ruiz
b,sh and nj. n.r,r.r .ar,,.b" rhoma.
- - - -.
~ Wv" "' IAN " "
nonn"S !" . quanrc' resui''hs from .
scoidins siven Boylan by ThomHs boz
cause OF Boyian's acceptance OF the
lavish gifts the girl scattered with her
one whole hand. Boylsn 10 In Belle.
vue.
roi p HIM IN Cit o,,r orveNru
~
INV SUI ""s ss'u"s IN 'ne oaek room
VI runo,Sn ana nomas iiotei Charles
-ior"eriy ieachs ifotel OF unsavory
nemory-tnis AFTERNOON. taking to Ruiz
DISH In MS clumsy. g~ood-natured way
ne was trying :" tell her that sho was
making a TOOL 81 herself n ought IL
quit her recent companions.
They're making q boob Of you. Elsie
he said. They're n lot OF wolves after
q poor little one-armed girl and It makei
me sore Now. last night you borrowed
a hundred oh'n mo. i know you're good
for 1t. But II you keep on you won't bS
good for the price Of . shell Of beer In
six month";. Cut Il out"
The girl. a full -blooded beauty OF Z
The evening world., 1911-09-06
PANIC
Continued from First Page.)

side OF the building. They took to the
IRE escapes. The other girls made their
way to the s~tAircases and got down
safely.
on the fourth Moor Is an establishment
for the finishing OF moving picture nlms,
Owing to the infammabie nature OF the
stun handled, the factory 10 literally
TANNED with IRE extinguishers. The
employees Of this concern. armed with
~extinguishers rushed to the third floor
and did good work In preventing the
spread OF the flames before the arrival
Of the nremen.
The evening world., 1911-09-06

the regularity o: a collector for an In
stalment furniture house"
Although he has collected many
thousands of dollars from his country
men In New York by blackmaillng
methods, although he has blown up their
homes with bombs and. the detectives
assert. he has stolen and held children
for ransom, It Is not likely that any of
them will appear In court as COM
pisinants against him.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-16

severe and conventional as this Is wanted
but a sleeve as graceful as the kirono and
YET different.
To meet this demand all sorts Of corsage
and sleeve draperies have been devised. In
evening gowns there is often no clearly de-
fined sleeve form visible at all, but merely
a drapery that serves for both sleeve and
srsage In comparatively simple after
noon frocks of serge the corsage may be
d-aDed In such way as 10 leave somewhat
s'9ngated openings az the sides through
which the sleeves pass as through sepa-
rate garment. This arrangement serves 70
hide the seam. II the sleeve is sewed in, or
70 break the line over the shoulder, II the
sleeve IS Of the kimono kind.
Ore-sidedness. for which fashionable
women have had a fancy for some time, Is
O. much in favor as ever, and is az is
bsst. if f. has any best in draped evening
gowns of soft chifons and laces. II -
thought quite correct now 70 have one
sse of the corsage and q sleeve entirely
tHe-ent from the other side, not only in
material. but IN form as we'll. An eX-
ample " this was seen IN an exquisite
French gown. which had one short lace
hmono sleeve made rather stiff at the bot
ten 5y It's trimming and on the other side
flowing sleeve of chiffon, which fell in
Ioin. far below the waist line. lesser In
equality was seen IN another gown IN
which folds Of chiffon draped one shoulder
after the manner Of ichu, the ends pass
i1g under high cirdle. while on the other
SIDE fell free and unconhned over the
grdle and far down on the arm a beautiful
lisce OF Chanully weighted with a fringe
Of crystal and pearl beads.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-16
EoREcLosJRe SALES.

rr-pRFlfE COURT. COUNTY OF NEW YORK.
Tciu n Ives and Andres NJ. toupanioris a.
Trustees under VIII ~ Emilio del Pho. decd
Plaintins against Dennis Cunahan et al. De
fer1arts
I'M pursuance ~ = Judgment o' foreclosure and
sale duv made and entered in The aboie-en
fiffad arrion aud bearing date the 14th c2V o'
October 1911. T. the undersigned the Referee III
said Judgment named. will sell at public auc'oN,
Al the Exchange Salesroom. Nos. li-lb y ESQ.
New YORK, oa the Oh day OF NoNemcer, l'il. az
- o'clock noon on that DAY, bv Joseph ?. "a
Aucftlneer. the premises directed hy seli Ju,4E
inent o. 30 SOLD. and therein described a. 70
lows. ..,.-
An that certain Dot OF land, with The buildings
thereon. situate. lrinE and being u The IWefih
Ward OF the Borough Of Manhattan, u the 'ltJ
az New York. County and state " New ltrh'
bounded and described follows.
Beginning al o point o1 the ro1ihsrl' lae %.
Dr, hundred ard tveuty-seconG street. distant
Two hundred ard eishty-fOIr feet Westerly from
Tho Southwestcrlv corner Of Fourth Avenue aHd
ono hundred and tUecry-secort street, rHO
ming thence South@rIv and "a or the dlattil-
through a party wall, ono hundf"a 'i"i r..
ard eleven II inches 20 the cnntrs line uf tnF
tlrrs between one hundred AMI twenty mrs.
Sfro.t and one hundred and twenty se"0na
cfra.t. thence westerly parallel with one hun
grsI and twenty second street TWenty-One ~
feet. thence Nortberly and parallel with Fourtn
inches 90 One hundred and twenty second street
ami thence East'rly along SAID street Tvent
one tgll feet % the point or place Of beglnnln-
Dated N-v York October Il. 1911
JAMES KE,ARNEY. Referee.
EDWARD r. VOLLMER. Attorney for plaintiffs
So. 293 Broadve.i Borough or ManhatLaI
@apr York Cifv
THE following Is = diagram 81 tho proper -
De- sold. lts street Number is . East l--h4
street. ..
New-York tribune., 1911-10-16
BEWARE OF WINTER MOTHS.

This IS the season Of the year when one
should look out for moths as they are
seeking warm hooks % hide in for tho
winter. and many a choice article will be
eaten in tiny holes before spring II some
precaution is not taken. one very simple
remedy is oil Of wintergreen. poured out IN
small quantities in shallow saucers. these
10 be placed on the floor in the trunk
room, clothes closets. and even in the cor
ners Of the other rooms especially in those
where the coverings Of the furniture are
Of velvet or mohair plush or where there
are heavy hangings. If moths are even
suspected in a country house that Is 20 he
closed, saucers with this oil should DE set
about from garret TO cellar, or the winter
will show dire results from moth ravaGeS.
IL they are found In the town house the
bureau drawers should le painted with
naphtha before anything goes into Nthem
and the oil used as directed
New-York tribune., 1911-10-16
Of Interest TO TUomen
SOME GID FAVOR|TES
These Recipes Have Been Used
bV Five Generations.

The following recipes are taken from an
old recipe book belonging TO an American
izcd family OF Canadian ancestry Many
Of them are very old and all are tried and
true "
At least i've generations have tested the
recipe for "grandmothers pork cake" and
It is regarded by the family as one Of their
most valuable heirlooms. Have ready a
pound of fat pork. chopped fine, with bits Of
lean excluded, a pint OF molasses, coffee
cupful Of sugar. two teaspoonfuls Of soda,
two eggs, a pound each OF seeded raisins,
New-York tribune., 1911-10-16
SLEEVE AND CORSACE
Visible Scanned Connection Be-
Tween Them Not Wanted.

rae fashionable world having decided
~, II wants something new in sleeves,
"a the character Of bodice being neces-
ea.u,. decided 10 some extent by the kind
= sleeves 70 IS 10 have. it is evident that
considerable amount OF the attention given
s,,ring the last year TO skirts must now be
absorbed instead by the tops Of gowns.
The sleeve and bodice are all the more in
tsrdependent because, although change is
5ernanded. there is little inclination TO 20
hack TO the round armhole with a sleeve
r,diseuisedly Sewed into e. Nothing so
New-York tribune., 1911-10-16
l22nd street

The approximate amount % the lien or charge,
10 eatisfy which the aboye-dessribed property Is
10 le sold is Eighteen thousand seven hundre1
ard seven and S1-iOO Dollars. with interest
thereon from the 1ith day of october, l9ll' To-
-sther with costs and allowances Amounting 20
rNrse hundred and Thirty four Dollars, with IN
torsst from October IA. 1911, together with inc
expenses of the EalA The approximate amount
of the taNer. assessments and water rates, or
other liens which are % he allowed 20 the pur-
chaser ont OF the purchase money. or paid by NJ
Referee is Seven hundred and sixty eisht STU"
and interest
LATED. New York October a. lall
JAMES KEAR$EY. Referee.