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SICK;
FORCED TO GIVE UP
CAMPAIGN WITH T.R.
Friends Fear Prendergast May
Have an Attack of
Appendicitis.

Comptro,,sr William a. rrssslsrgssl
10 seriously III At his home. No. 800 Fifth
street. Brooklyn. His physicians ~.
ported to-day that no Will not b. able
to leave his homo for at least . wesh.
and It may be longer before no can ~
sumo his duties. The Comptrollsr 10
said to bs suffering from lndigsst1eu.
although Il was stated at the msee1ng
Of the Board Of Estimate to-day that
the attack may result In appendicitis
sMr. prsndersasrs III health was
noted at the meeting Of the Board Of
Estimate last night when the Comp.
troiier was near collapse during the
discussion Of the subway report He
hurried from the nestins u his homo
and summoned. . physician who found
him suffering acutsly. HiS place IN
the Board OF Estimate to-day Was o.
cupied by Deputy Comptroller DouGla1
Mathewson.
Tho Comptroiier's niness comes 1T Q
critical moment in his political caresr.
During Col. Rooscveat's invasion q
New Jersey IN the interests Of his can
didacy Mr.. Prsnderwast was looked IA
be Of great aid 20 the Colonei's stump
ing campaign. II will be necessary for
the Comptroller to forego tho Jersey
spoil binding trip. and In the event that
his illness does not respond TO treat.
ment his friends fear he may DO un.
able 10 place Col. Roosevelt's name In
nomination at the Chicago convention
The evening world., 1912-05-23
COCAINE ROUNDUP
BY HARLEM SLEUTAS
WITH TWO ARRESTS
Boys and Girls Had Been Sup
piled Mysteriously and Raid
Follows Complaint.

Complaints have been coming In from
Police Headquarters In Harlem from
Eighty-sixth street up to the river that
young men and women. mere boys and
sdrls. In fact. were being supplied with
cocaine from some unknown source. and
detectiyss from che East Eighty-sishth
strset. East One Hundred ana Fourth
street end East One Hundred and Twsn-
ty-Gixkh street. police stations have been
detained Sor several weeks past TO trace
the pssUonS who we're furnishing the
dsstfuesavs drug. Detectives Ditsch.
UnO9 saa Kahn. good; patient sisuths
and roaGh end tumble Aghtsrs. from the
One aundrsd ana Fourth street station.
ere the men who worksd on the eass,
and arrested two men giving their
names a. John Callahan and George
Doyle - trsl
The TITO descended THE Afternoon on
. nat at No. In East One Hundred and
Fourth street. and while Kahn knocked
at the door In M hallway. which
opened Into the kitchen. the Others went
around to the rear end got in through
a parior window. Callahan opened the
door In response to Kahn'e summons.
but held II in check by . chain. Kahn
told him that he was . railroad In
spoctor and wanted Information on q
case which he declaredl the men were
witnesses. An argument ensued. dur
Ing which Dltsoh and UnGer had made
their entrance. They now came for.
ward and opened the door to admi,
Kahn. When questioned a. to having
any Of the drug In their possession
both men made Vigorous denial. The
ofYicers proceeded to make a search.
One eight ounce vial OF cocaine WA,
found and seven smaller bottles con-
tanning IN all ten more ounces. In the
stove were found ono hundred and Mt,
tiny bottles. each capable Of contain
ing about q tablespoon Of the drus
All the bottles and the cocaine wer'
taken a. evidences and the men escorted
to the One Hundred and Fourth stree
Police Station. Late this afternoon tn,
men were ariaigped, before ,MAgistrat,
Freschi and held for examinati3n.
Callahan gave as his occupation a
that Of electric engineer. his age thirty
hve. and his addresB at the nat. Doyle
twenty-five years Of age. gave his oc
cupation ~ that Of a plumber. iivini
at No. lz72 East One Hundred and Sew
enty.second street. In the kitchen wa
found q wireless machine and CALLAHAN
in Response to inquiries by the polic6
| said that he was familiar with Its use
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GALLONS ROPE BREAKS,
DASHlNG CONDEMNED MAN
TO YARD OF PRISON.
Spectators Almost Faint as Limp
Form Is Lifted and Again
Swung From Gibbet.

LANCASTER. Pa. May 2s-As he
made a vain protes;atlon Of Innocence
when the trap was sprung. ghe body OF
Antonio MomezZo. doomed to die for
The murder Of a companion. Tony Ser
afine, some months ago. was shot
downward from the gallows here to-
day. As II reached the bottom OF the
drop the rope broke just above the knot
and the body crashed Oh down to the
prison court yard. Several OF the spec
ators almost tainted.
The sheriff and his deputies hurried
down and picked up the form Of the
murderer. rendered unconscious by the
fall. Another knot was tied In the
rope and 1t was readjusted and the
crap again sprung. This time the hemp
held and tho condemned man died
slowly of strangulatlon.
Up to the time that he was ordered
to walk to the gallows Romexxo re-
fused to credit the L,,.o' that he must
die. lilo laughed and joked yy.,.. ~.
prison guards and insisted that the en-
tire plan of trial and sentence was q
huge joke designed to scare and make
him confess to q crime about which
he knew nothing.
Not until he stood squareiy on the
scaffold and the rope was being ad-
justed over the black cap did no real
lie thai. he was TO die. And. az his last
despairfhg protestation OF innocence
rang out tho trap was sprung. The
motive OF the crime was robbery.
The evening world., 1912-05-23
THRILLING RUNAWAY ENDS
IN INJURY TO FIREMAN
Driver of Hose Cart Thrown From
His Seat and Wheel Frac-
lures Ankle.

The busiest corner In the Bronx was
the scene OF a thrilling runaway this
afternoon In which team OF horses
attached to a fire hose cart zizagsed
wildly through the crowded thorough
fares while the driver. John Rahley,
was thrown from his seat to be run
over by one Of the wheels OF the truck.
An alarm had been sounded from West
chester and Robbins avenues. Engine
Company No. II, which 10 quartered In
One Hundred and Fiftieth street. went
out OH the jump followed By the hose
cart There Is an incline leading from
Mc,rose TO Third avenue and when tho
fire apparatus struck this II was go
ing at a rapid rate.
The engine swung through the crowd
cd place where Westchester avenue,
Melrose avenue. Bergen avenue. ana
One Hundred and Fiftieth street run
into one another. q A Westchester ave.
nue. car came through just as the en-
CINE sped by. Behind was the FIRE truck
and the driver saw that n collision was
Imminent " he did not swing out OF the
way. Rahlcy pulled heavily on his knes
and his horses were almost thrown from
their feet. Then Rahley pulled them
back again and IN the mix-up lost con-
troll of the iean.
The horses dashed into Bergen ave-
nue., and as Rahley pulled at them
again they swerved to the sidewalk. vs.
he was pulling them ON the s'dew1't
the Jerk hurled him from mis- seat tn
the street. The front wheel OF the ,art
passed over the dNver's right ankle.
fracturing II.
The evening world., 1912-05-23

IRON the Boston Trsnscriptl
Mr. Spooner Ito her Kid brother)-May
hope to SEQ your sister pretty soon:
Kld Brother-You'n see her pretty. all
right. She's fixin' up to beat the band.
The evening world., 1912-05-23
TAFT IN PHILADELPHIA
. FOR MASONIC CEREMONY

PHILADELPHIA, May e5-President
Taft. who arrived here this forenoon.
will spend tho entire day in Philadel-
phia, leaving at $50 y. NJ. for Camden.
across the Delaware River from this
city. to open his New Jersey campaign
for delegates to tho Republican Nation
al Convention.
The Presidents programme for the
day. called for an address Of welcome
to the delegates from thirty nations to
the twelfth International Congress OF
Navigation. After leaving the Metro
politan Opera House. where the con
gress Is holding Its opening session, the
President will he driven to q prominent
hotel where he will be entertained At
luncheon by William l.. Gorxss. oraud
Master Of the Masonic order In Penn
syivania. Most of the afternoon will be
spent by the President in the Masonic
Temple to witness a special Masonic
ceremony. and after taking dinner at q
hotel he will leave FOR New Jersey.
President Taft. on behalf OF the ma
ton. welcomed to this country the dele
gates from many countries to the
| twelfth international Congess OF Navi-
90 ,ion. which began here to-day and
will continue about n week. The Presi-
dent talked to tho delegates OF water
way projects and problems In this
| country. and also spoke about the Pan
ANA Canal.
II know you win believe me when
| say" the President declared. that the
building OF that great canal across the
nsrrowest part OF the western contin-
ent Is an evidence OF the desire OF the
United States to do something for the
welfare OF the people OF the world"
lie said that this ono great work
would be q monument to this nations
growth.
The President was cordially received
by the delegates and others invited to
The evening world., 1912-05-23
NEARLY ANYONE WHO'S DONE
ANYTHING HAS BEEN PAST 60.

Bismarck was ffty-hve when he con-
solldated the German Empire ana Lived
10 pass the eighty marx. Thiers Was
elected President OF France, after the
Franco Prusslan war, when he was
seventy three. Lord Beaconsield be-
came Premier OF Great Britain at sixty
four and at seventy-four took the lead
Of the Berlin Congress. Grant was over
forty when he became the greatest gen
erai the country ever produced. Robert
4. Lee was fifty-nve when he took COM
mand OF the Army OF Virginia. Ad-
miral Farragut was sixty-three at Mo-
bile Bay. Gen. w. 7. sherman was
sixty-fve when fame came TO him as
a general. and Won Moltke was seventy
when he became head OF the German
army.
''Ah the Republican leaders of the
Senate have passed the sixty mark. The
Judges of the Supreme Court are all
more than sixty. the best leading prac-
ticing lawyers are more than fifty.
President Eliot of Harvard is seventy,
Washington was fifty-six when he was
made President and Abraham Lincoln
fifty-two. Milton wrote Paradise Lost
when fifty-eight. Victor Hugo wal
sixty when he wrote Les Miserables.
and sixty four when he gave to thu
world The Toilsrs Of tho Sea-
IT am more than eighty years myself
and I don't think I'm old. / don't fee
that l am anyhow and ] am a very bus,
woman. / believe that after We have
passed the meridian we are all bettel
able to accomplish the work Of life
Columbus discovered America when HI
was ffty-six. Gen. Booth Is eighty
three and 10 still active In his work.
II don't see where DR. Osler gets an!
argument for his sensational expression
We see him disproved by the people vi
meet every day In every walk OF life.
Or. MILLS ALSO THROWS A FEW
tARPOoNe.
DR.. Charles F. Mills Of tho Newarl
Sanitarium Hospital didn't mention o.
Ter. but he shook the creases out Of hi
doctrine and his paper will bring 10,
to the youngsters Of seventy and eighty
He said In part:
''oM ass-thsss words ordinarily N
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bly, Ion yevi,y - well as senescence.
They describe symptom complex OF
senility which may be normal at given
period O. life and which may Ne prema-
ture II occurring at an earlier period.
Nher old age should normally make Its
appearance does not seem to have been
definitely anyyered yet. Death has been
a phenomenon Of adaptation which has
appeared in the course of the ages In
consequence Of tho evolution OF the
species. This is the opinion Of Daster.
who Is led to conclude that the expert
ments OF Maupis on the senescence of
the infusoria show that death must
have appeared at the same time as sex
ual reproduction. The organs which
show the wasting process most are the
brain and Its appenda2es. the genera
tive system and the mucous membrane
and glardular system.
Elements OF every age have been
thus side by side with senile elements.
50 long as the disorganix OF the
latter has not gone too far they may
be rejuvenated. Success In this respect
has ena bled the Russian psychologist.
Kuliabko. to keep mans heart beat
ing eighteen hours after the oficial
verifcation Of his death. Old age IT.
self, as a period OF life. Is clearly no
more to be treated as a state of dis
ease than life at any othe. stage. This
Is the opinion OF Quain. and he further
states:
For the attainment OF longevity.
many means have been proposed,
though as yet without any reliable re-
suit, the most diverse plans having
been equally successful or futile"
DR.. William Benham Snow made an
unconscious stab at the Beef Trust. but
perhaps. wasn't aware OF II. He said
that hissmission In life was to save life.
and thought that a preventive was bet
ter than a cure. He spoke on the re-
lation Of physical character to old age.
and said that IL the body were kept In
good condition old age would be kept
far away. Energy was the quality
needed to keep man In the best Of
condition. Exercise OF the proper kind
was the reJuvenating spark. and diet
went with exercise. People eat too
much meat, he said. II man only
realized the harm that an excess OF
meat did to him after a certain age. he
would bar meat from his menu.
DR.. Elinor Gridley Of Chicago and DR..
Cecile l.. Griel of New York both made
addresses. The latter described herself
as a woman's woman. She believed
that It was woman's province to
marry and to raise a family. She has
three children. the oldest a man OF
twenty-five. She was married when
sixteen and gave twenty years OF her
| life to raising her family and prepar-
ing herself for her mission In life. This
she thought every woman should do.
She studied medicine when her children
were all launched In the world. She
said she was forty and expected to live
forty or fifty years more.
The evening world., 1912-05-23

ire 1fstrspeiisan Opera Aouss. wSers
the opening formaiities were held. Mr..
TAFT being greeted with In Chautau-
Cos salute.
PRECEDENT Taft aiso touched upon uni
versal peace among the nations. hu-
merous1y remarking that Il 10 at pres
emit sufbsri . temporary halt. but
adding seriously that the hearts Of the
American people beat high for ssvsry
step toward the peace o. the world
not be built.
The evening world., 1912-05-23
WILBUR WRIGHT SINKING;
MAY DIE BEFORE NIGHT.
One Chance in a Thousand for
His Recovery, Says Brother
exc of the Aviator.

{ DAYTON. o.. May 2a-The death Of
Wulour Wright. noted American avia-
tor and builder Of aeroplanes. Is MON an
tariiy expected at his home here. where
he 70 suffering from typhoid fever.
z There II just q lighting chance that
my brother Wilbur may live through
the day." said Orvi)le Wright this after
noon. The doctors hold out bu. one
chance IN a thousand for his recovery"
t4eccrdiag to attending physicians.
W4baf Wright has been In a state Of
= - for two days. unable to recognise
any Of his relatives.
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PRAY AS BUILDING BURNS.


The services In the synagogue In the
rear yard OF the premises at No, ~
Ridge street continued to-day for an
hour, while firemen worked on a blaze
on the first floor OF the tenement In
front The congregation wanted to leave
when the first alarm was given. but
the rabbi. knowing they would have to
pass through the hallway of the tene-
ment to reach the street. exhorted them
20 remain. He held their attention until
-. ere MS- out
Tho b. -sas l. the living rooms In
tho rear Of the store OF .,Nraham YER
standig. Tho tenement 10 five stories
high and the tanants all escaped by the
stairways before the fire had spread.
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VIOLENT EARTNouAkE
. RECORD IN Washington
Shock Lasting Almost Two 49,
Indicated Bad Seismic Dlst1e
ance 1000 Miles Away. ~

Nay =. = ExtEGn11
Violent earth shocks. csntrins 49,
more than 400 miles from wssnln
we're recorded by the seisnsogrooo q
Georgetown University last night
vibrations began NJ ESQ and c0ne11U
until ia p. NJ. being most pronouoDo0
.. fo3
The record was marked, By simsse -
precedented kregular:ty.
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Living to Be a Hundred Is
Only a Matter Of Ones
. Mental Resolve.
HARPOONS FOR OSLER.
Woman Eighty Years Young
Is Among Medico-Legalists
Who Hurl Them.

tnin 4 rim ana uiansd ala a1s All VruR,
h.,,. 4. - a. 49, - -s-I -.
-.
so'"s " NV :" " "'"s" !"
nu'oT~o ana SsSS tninss cay. Don't
III 70 crowd al your sfforts into the
nret forty or fifty years OF youf exist
sncs: BE- temperate in eating ana drink.
I'M. avoid q meat diet. ana be oaim.
m. +rouh,> ,,,h "a. ....-a.r. ..
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"
eo''e's tns "'oor1 'ss' nisn''
!" tnat We nave srown TO accept nfty
OF sixty years Of life a. the average
limit Of existence on this mundane
sphere. A 4 matter Of auto-n,rrestion
thu mint NJ No. ,r.v,,.h,x nr,n,,. ~,
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49,. ~ ~. .,s.- 49,. =. 49, .s,.
10 rive 70 be n,ns,y or one hundr.S vssr.
old and tbink. r..o,ut.,v a, tn, no.
limit ana live. IN . wa - 20 cor..ry. ,hs
MIND ana hoav ,hs Az. ,v,.n.a o. ..
ian~.,v = matt. ~ co,r..
tn. ,h.o,v a, nv o.,.r ,h..
h.. r..ch.a ~. 80. ,,,,,, 40 .,..s,,,---
A. .Ir,v-thr.s ana I. No. -o-,h r,,,oh
.S,.r y. h.. $500 ,o.,v -. 60,
Nv Al, ,h. $1,000. a. ~. r"..,,.. -.
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p...,s... - Ce".. '"' ~o'onos vi
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- ~. , ~ anu ~n'e
o.,As oou " "aVe pA'seo 'ne
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on o.Dou' sou '"s' oIa
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W. "."ey oen iooAeo up
r "'0 why
"nsV
YOUNG LADY OF EIGHTY HAND
Do IT TO oSleR.
II was Miss Bessie Fowler. q youns
lady Of eighty. who adminis.ered the
medicine to Osier. Miss Fowler ad.
mitted that she was eighty. None OF
the ladies present had the shrinking
sensibilities of the girls who never &C.
knowledge twenty until they are thirty
They were all women Of inteliiSence, o,
force and energy. They were proud e
say how old they were; they wer.
prouder still Of their activities at thei,
age. What Is old age. anyhow? they
asked.
"Dr. Osler wanted to say someth!ns
sensational" Miss Fowler bngan
LYMAN n. ala ,b,, a mar more thav
forty years 10 useless. a man past sixt,
should be chloroformed.' It 10 not tru,
that the brain At the age Of forty siowl.
but steadily declines at the rate o. ar
ounce in TN years. The theory tina
the brain stops Srow,nR at the age O.
tventv-fye has been di.nroved n
w., w.ra oho,o,orr,na =. 49,, A..
I'LL -, ~ w
"o'u "oN'u ',",e e~' 'oS'r IL
e@perie"ee anu .sooo worA'
Corhenus Nsnoeront was 'event!
when he seized the opportunity of open
Ing transit to California by way o.
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AUTOMOBILE KILLS GIRL.
Frances Tork, IN, struck By ma
chine A. she Crosses street. %

Especial to The Eveuing Worid.)
0TAMFOl,n. Conn. May Blum over
by an automobile driven by a wealthy
Phsladelphian who with his wife.
daughter and SON, were en- route to their
summer resi lence in Rhode Island.
FSAnnes Tork, tne thrteen-year-old
dSugAter Of Stephen Tork of Darlen.
died early to-day. seven hours after the
aooidsnk.
TIN going TO sleep, papa she said 70
~ father. who sat by her bedside.
1NSa she closed her eyes and passed
away.
u ~ ascertained later that the own
= a the Gar Ia John II. Clayton tr 4.
vonnee summer residence II at No. 70 A..
~ street. Edgewood. r. !. His son
Je0Be .Was Aravins the CO.
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LIEGE. Belgium. May 23.-The auto
mobile IN which George A. Kessler OF
New York. well-known visitor to
Paris. was returning from Berlin was
overturned yesterday near here He was
not hurt. but hts wife's wrist was
broken.
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tnsua the Dvssoit rrs rrss.,
"Does your wife object when you
stay out late at nightf''
she couldn't file more ohjsotions. ny
dear ctr. n she were corporatien
lawyer"
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AnNther AtORy.

do you think the rich men o! ias
next generation will b able to say they
started In life as barefoot boys?"
mo. But some Of the wealthiest
dancers win be telling W. they started
n - barefoot E1saa."
The Washington times., 1912-07-24

vision of man permeated with such demagogy could
compass the big fact that the people Of this country
are not altogether ignorant.
The people do want good roads, and many OF
them want Federal aid to build them, but nobody
wants to charge the Government some thirty millions
of dollars year rent on roads used once day by
rural mail carrier Nobody but Congressman OF a
certain happily limited type would believe the Amer
can people to be capable Of such thing.
The people didn't rise up--as was expected---to
entwine the laurel and the bay about the brows Of
these dirt road statesmen. They didn't say thing.
And in the course Of time the Senate committee
had to cut out the Shackleford appendix. 1t pro-
vided in its stead that commission Of members Of
both houses be formed to study the good roads
problem in its Federal relation, thus making some
provision fora logical program before the road build
ers are turned loose with shovels in the coin vaults
OF the Treasury.
The curious thing about the whole fasco is the
lamentable attitude Of majority Of the members Of
the House Of both parties. Most Of them knew how
utterly silly, how worse than vicious, was this
Shackleford amendment. But because there is a
strong feeling favor OF Federal aid for good roads
they were afraid to vote against this particular meas
ure because they we're afraid to be ION record" as
voting against good roads In other words they sacr
fced their opinions because they we're afraid Of a
possible demagogic rival back home.
Which is all the more to the credit Of those few
men who fought the snake openly in the House and
did not depend upon the Senate to kill it.
The Washington times., 1912-07-24
DIRT ROADS AND sTATEsMANsHIP.

The postohice appropriation bill, emerging from
the Senate committee, has undergone surgical
operation. 1t has had its Shackleford appendix cut
out. 1t feels better 1t looks better. 1t is better
Mr.. Shackleford and some other dirt road states
men in the House, capalizng the proper interest in
the subject of good roads and employing every art-
fee OF demagogery-even to the extent Of making
speeches in the House that were not printed in the
Congressional Record-engrafted on the postoffce
appropriation bill amendment requiring the Gov
ernment to pay rent to local authorities on roads
used by the rural mail carriers There was not one
word in the engrafted amendment to stpulate that
the money, any of it, thus paid out in road rent
should be used to maintain good roads. There was
not word to direct the of cent Of this money to
encourage the construction of new roads.
The purpose was, of course, to get some money
from the Federal Treasury to be spent back home,
thus to provide excuse for the electors in some
Congressional districts to vote to return to Congress
some of the men now there.
1t is not to be expected that the narrow and short
The Washington times., 1912-07-24
REGULARITY" DEFINED.

The California State attorney who decided that
Roosevelt electors in that State regular" while
the Taft electors are irregular" did not make two
bites of one cherry
He simply said that the masses of voters in any
party determine the regularity of candidates, instead
of the reverse. If the majority of the party decides
it wants Roosevelt, then Roosevelt is the regular"
candidate and those electors pledged to him the
regular electors. Electors pledged to vote for
body the majority of their party do not want are
not regular, says the attorney.
Gould anything be more simple? Is anything
more fair?
1t is the overthrow of the rule of the minority the
establishment Of the rule of the majority.
The only wonder is that it did not come sooner.