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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
AST0R SERVANTSCHASE BOY
Youth Who Took Horse and
Wagon EXCites Fifth Avenue.

youth, sixteen years old, who said he
was Tony Kuvellon. OF No. 239 Elizabeth
street, led several policemen and crowd
OF people an exciting chase yesterday
morning through e5th street. past the
Astor home. and was finally captured
when he lodged through line OF the
Astor servants and leaped wall in Cen
trail Park
At tho Arsenal station Henry Van Horn.
driver for Ferdinand Graf, a butcher, OF
62d street and Third avenue said the hoy
had Jumped into his wagon while II was
standing I'm front Of house nj Fifth ave
nue. and sd street. and driven off at a
mad pace
The Astor servants. hearing the clamor
or the crowd. ran into the street Seeing
the boy leading the chase toward the
Astor house they attempted to stop him.
and were 80 incensed by the rumpus while
Mrs. Aston lay Ill indoors that they Joined
in the chase.
The boy said that he had been put out
OF his home and had not had anything to
eat for three DAYS. In the Yorkvile court
yesterday afternoon he was held In s.. 900
bail by Magistrate OConnor after he had
pleaded guilty to taking a horse and
wagon valued at $50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
WRECK KILLS SPECTATOR
Drops Dead as He Views VIC
Tins of Railroad Disaster.
FOUR KILLED: FORTY HURT
New Haven Locomotive and
Two Passenger Cars Piled Up
in Marsh at Dorchester.

Boston. Aug 8-TWo engincmen and 1" o
passenger were killed. a spectator dropped
dead and forty or more passengers were
Injured shortly before noon to-day. when
an inbound train on the Plymouth dly-
sion Of the New York. New Haven Il
Hartford Railroad Jumped the track I'm
Dorchester.
The dead are:
BOwDITCH. Mrs A g Braln,rse
TIRREiL. William J. ir. engineer. A'lth
Braintres.
CAMPBELL. Frank. fireman. cohssse,.
JENKINS. Mr.. Frank, passenger. Atlantic
DALEY. Michael spectator. Dorche't'r.
The list Of injured includes:
BULLEN. tho Rev. George and Mrs. hrg
ham.
CHANDLER, Mrs Fred. Weymouth
ETLIER. Mrs z. j.. stamford Conn.
LIND. Mrs Sophia, Braintree.
Unknown man ana unknown woman
The train, made up OF locomotive
three passenger coaches and baggage
car, was running at thirty-fve miles mn
hour through Dorchester, and had
reached a sharp curve opposite the 'res-
cent avenue station when the locomotive
Jumped the rails. Two Of the passenger
cars followed the engine or the track and
bumped over the sleepers for hundred
feet or more. The locomotive then
plunged OF into the marsh land and
half buried Itself The momentum OF the
train carried two OF the passenger cars
over the engine. the projections Of which
ripped open the sides Of the cars and
tore out the seats along one sid" The
third passenger car and baggage car re-
mained on the rails.
The bodies OF the engineer and orems n
were found buried deep In the debris
about the engine and badly mancled. \
FIRE had started IN a passenger car direct
" over the submerged locomotive. but
was quickly extingushed by hremen.
Mrs Frank jenkins. a passenger. was
scaded by steam so severely that she
died after her removal 10 a hospital.
Three or four other passengers are In q
serious condition. but are expected 70 re-
cover Mrs Bowditch died late tonight
Michael Daley. OF Dorchester. was
stricken with heart failure while looking
ct the dead and injured ana died shortly
afterward.
Railroad officials declined tonight 10
express any opinion as TO the cause OF the
accident. saying that an investigation
was being made one theory advanced
was that the track had settled over the
marshy land and another was that a
spike or other obstruction had been
placed on the rail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
six MEN HURT IN SHAFT
Platform Fall Released Tons Of
Material on Aaueduct.

Six men werc injured yesterday after
noon. rve Of them so seriously that they
were removed to hospitals, when plat
form gayo way four hundred feet below
the surface Of the street, on the cOnstruc
'iou work in shaft 80 ~ the Catskill
aoucduct at -. Nicholas avenue and 18TH
street on the fall 81 the platform hum
drcds Of tons Of iron, heavy boards and
concrete slid from tho sides 81 the az
cavation down upon the men.
The injured were Albert Burke. Of 40.
3o3 West li5th street. fractured left leg
Mason Calpau. negro. OF 40. 20 West
l-lth street internal injuries and tract
ur.d ribs: Potter S"mou. 81 80. so East
18th street. cuts on the face and head
4 Nicholas Yashonik. OF No. 2S62 Eighth
avenue. slight bruises about the body;
Phillip Nance. ~ No. 1852 Eighth avenue.
internal Injuries. ard Charles Il. FH-
garity. Of so. i0t East l72d street, contu-
sious 81 the body and the lot l'g. Va
Ionik Was taken - lls home, while Fc-
earltv Wa attended az Or. Lloyd's sana-
forum so. 81 Nicholas Place.
The platform. huilt Of heavy plank.
stretched across tuc bottom of TN" shaft
On, of the supports cracked. and the
weight ~ the six men was too much Tor
tho weakened support When the crash
Was heard iaborcrs from u,arHy buildings
rushed 10 tho sccu. and managed 20 clear
away tho debris. freeing the men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
WIDOW DEMANDS 1894, 900
Mrs. G.. L. Clark Sues Brokers
for Husbands Losses.

Roston. Aug: S-Acting as administra-
trix OF the estate Of her husband, the
late George l.. Clark Mrs. Helen A. G.
Clark brought suit In the Superior Court
here to-day against William C. Halves
j. Winthrop Tewksbury. Kenneth IT.
Lewis and Jere Coleman, copartners and
stock brokers in the firm of Halves
Tewksbury & Co.. of this city 10 recover
s59i.7s5. Mrs. Clark claims that her hus-
band lost the money in stock transac tions
while dealing with the defendants be-
tween September l. 1909. and January 90
1912
An attachment for $4,000 has been
placed on the property OF the defendants
Clark was the only son OF John ~
Clark. for many years Sheriff OF Suffolk
County. who left an estate valued al
s. 900 900 TO George l.. Clark. II is al
legged by Mrs. Clark that less than 1900, 0nC
OF the estate remains
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
Necessity Of investigation.

J. y. Sechrest, of the brokerage firm Of
]. y. Sechrest g. Co, OF Buffalo. advo-
Gated the creation of a national bureau OF
investigation for all promotion enter
prises Such a bureau, he said, would
save the public from imposition. while the
brokers each year would save thousands
Of dollars that are now spent in duplicat-
ing examinations OF worthless or fraudu-
lent propositions. He went on TO say:
The time has come when bankers ami
brokers must take decisive action to stamp
out the frauds and schemes that takers
continually try to have us pawn of upon
an innocent public. In most instances that
fered worthless securities TO the invest
ing public he has been more duped than
those to whom he gave his word Of honor
that the securities were good. II ~ this
which has resulted IN tho broker handling
unlisted securities being classed among
g,t-rich-quick and wildcat schemers By
some persons.
That is the condition which to-day Is
harming the brokerage business more
than any other thing. We all know We
selves, but for the sake OF the public as
we'll II is that which is making many
men enemies Of the broker.
A constitution and bylaws We're adopted
during the day session. and in the even
ing the delegates were entertained at a
dinner in the Waldorf-Astoria
One hundred and nifty members and
guests attended the dinner at the Wal.
dorf-Astoria. At the speakers table were
George b. Caldwell, Of Chicago: A. y.
Leach, OF New York; Allen q. Hoyt, OF
EeY York; II. r. Fenton, OF Chicago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
MAY MAKE FLYNN CHIEF
MacVeagh Likely to Appoint
Him Secret Service Head.

Washington. Aug. S-William J. Flynn,
In charge OF the New York division Of
The United States Secret Service, prob
ably VIII be appointed chief OF the ser
vice If the Secretary OF tho Treasury Mr.
MacNeagh. decides TO nj at this time the
vacancy caused by the appointment. two
years ago. Of John r. Wilkie an supcrvis-
ing special agent OF the customs service.
Mr. Wilkle has been overseeing the Sc
cret Service work I'm conjunction with his
present duties. While Mr.. McVeagh has
considered this an ideal arrangement with
out consolidating the two services, he
took Up to-day the question of the ex-
pedicncy Of filling chief Wilkes place.
Congress recently decreased the salary
Of the Office to $500 The Secretary Will
ask that II be restored 10 5000 in anticl-
patton of filing tho position. Mr. Flynn
was Deputy Police Commissioner OF New
York City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
ONE FALLS, TWO FOLLOW
Boy Tumbling from Roof Causes
Chain of Accidents.

\ four year-Old boys fall from the roof
OF the tenement house at 30. 30 Pike
street. Manhattan. resulted Indirectly yes
terday IN another boys falling from an
adjoining roof and IN q bystander break
Ing his leg
Rubin Glick1eld went n tho roof 10 ~ 4
kite lie lost his balance and fell six
stories. Luckily he struck clothcsliue
on the way down. and when picked up
was found 90 he un!njured.
Some one sent IN q call for an ambu-
lance. nevertheless. 1t was the changing
ambulance bell that aroused the curiosity
Of nine-year-old Abraham Leyy. who was
playing on the roof OF No l9j East Broad
way. Abraham went too near the edge
and fell
second ambulance was called. which
followed closely on the coming Of the first
The third accident Of the series occurred
when Charles s. Rand. ffty-six years old,
an inspector. living AZ No. 33s Hendrix
street. Brooklyn, ran after the same am
bulance Slipping. he fell and broke his
leg. HIS was the only real injury. for
tho Levy hoy escaped with a few minor
cuts and bruises.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
LAW BUMPS INTO LAW
Climber Stopped by Police in
Scaling Blair Building.

Rodman Law, parachute Jumper. with
side line OF climbing up the sides OF
buildings started 10 climb the sixteen
story Blair Building, at the corner OF
Broad and New streets, yesterday, but
his ascent was stopped at the third floor
by a policeman. Law was arrested and
taken to the Old Slip station on a charge
of disorderly conduct. Several motion
picture operators were baked by the ar
rest.
Patrolman Adam, OF the Old Slip sta
ton, happened along as Law WAS trying
10 negotiate a small space between the
Blair and Postal buildings at the third
floor. The patrolman learned from the
superintendent OF the building that Law
was making the climb without permits
sion, and he went to the third floor and
ordered Law down.
Law was arraigned before Magistrate
Herman in the Tombs court and dis
charged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09

Charles Schweppe, OF Chicago
Hayden. of Cleveland; W. ". Miner,
New York; Eugene +. Prussins' Oh -"
cago, and c. II. Poppenhusen. OF 'n..'e
The election OF the following oi''', !,
was announced: President, George
Caldwell, OF Chicago; first vice'pfes'u ~.
A. r. Leach, Of New York; second w,
president. ex-governor Frank W. m
Inns, OF Boston, third vice-presiden', w"
lam r.. Compton. Of St. Louis; lou
vice president, Louis r. Franklin oil &c
York; afth vtce-president warren r
Hayden, OF Cleveland; secretary, VIII.
Fenton, of Chicago: treasurer, u j. W"
Jams OF Baltimore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
Marriage Was Illuminating.

Nr.. Hardy sail In her suit that she
had suffered much humiliation because OF
the unfortunate position In which she was
placed I'm marrying a man who already
had n wife. lie was not even a good
fraudulent husband" she said. for he
treated he cruelty and greatly abused
her.
Albert Il. Oyitt an Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel in this city. was one OF the
witnesses in the case. He said that he
knew Hardy in 81. Paul and that the lat
ter worked for him there as stenograph-
er under the name OF Hardy. one day,
said Oyitt he met Hardy in New York
with several friends He addressed him
by his right name. and the much-married
man whispered 20 him: Don't call me-
that: have changed my name Ovitt
also testified to Hardy's first marriage.
Mrs. Hardy introduced in evidence q
letter written 10 her husband which gave
her proof that he was carrying on still
another affair with another woman. The
letter was written 10 Hardy by vaude-
Vile actress. who signed herself Viva
The letter expressed much love for Hardy
from 'lNd SHc sa'H 'HaN "'o "
coming TO New York from Los Angeles
with all the necessary props" for her
"spook act" She suggested that sh" and
Hardy rent n place in New York and so
into the mind reading business.
"Vlva" said: THE people like 10 be
fooled they Ike H. and | can do II In
this business" She added that they could
"coin money in New York City for at least
n wear"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
INJURED BY PRIESTS AUTO
Two Oregon Grinders Run Down and
Skull of One Fractured.

Two organ grinders were run down late
Wednesday night by an automobile
owned and driven by the Rev. Thomas j.
O'Brien, pastor of St Iuke's Roma
Catholic Church in Whitestone. The ac-
oident, which happened near the paren-
tai school, midway between Flushing and
jamaica, was attributed by Father
OBrien 10 the glare OF the searchlight
Of an approaching automobile which
blinded him.
One Of the injured mon. Petro Eaiz-
zalo, received a fractured skull. His COM
panion. Arrano 'rilisti. who said they lived
at No. Si5 East l05th street, Manhattan
ESCAPED with bruises. Eaizzalo was sent
70 the Flushing Hospital, where il was
said last night that his condition was
serious
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
WALDO MAKES 9th CAPTAIN
Lieutenant Promoted After Twenty
elk Years In Department.

Lieutenant William J. Clark, OF the
West 1920 street station, was promoted
yesterday TO the rank OF captain and as
signed TO the Charles street station. Clark
headed the civil service list. His father
wss q police lieutenant.
Captain Clark is forty-eight years old
and has been policeman for twenty six
years. He entered the detective bureau
in 1895 and served there several years He
Il the twenty-seventh policeman to be
appointed 20 a captaincy since Commits
sioner Waldo took Office fifteen months
ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
IDENTIFIED AS A. c. sTARIN.

man who had described himself as
Browne" when he took furnished room
at No 9o7 East 34th street, and VINO
committed suicide last WEDNESDAY was
identified yesterday as Alva {. Starln'
ffty-three years old. an engineer OF
Basking Ridge. y. j.. by his son, waiter
L. Starin. According to the son. he Is a
relative OF the late John II. Starin, who
was a wealthy steamboat man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
MAN OF 20 A SUICIDE.

John Magic. a carpenter, seventy ye'J
old, was found dead in bed last h'sn.
Eggers Hotel. Yonkers, where ne nv ~,
He had committed suicide, proUA, !.
yesterday, by shooting. No Gauss lain,
known. His son, Joseph Magic, vs. s.ary.
agent OF the Yonkers Railroad Coinp""'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
CHILD CRUSHED BY A TRUCK

Mildred kaplan. two years old. who
lived with her parents, at No. 9l2 East
15Sth street, The Bronx. was crushed to
death beneath the wheels of "A heavy
truck yesterday at Honeywell avenue and
l7sth street, when she ran out into the
street after a rubber ball, with which
she and her little brother had been
pla wing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
STILL IN DOUBT IN IDAHO.

Boise, Idaho, Aug. s.-Although ten days
have elapsed since the state primary. the
Republican nomination for governor still
Is in doubt. Late returns show gains for
Paul Clegstone over John NJ. Haines, who
led in the early returns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09

Who wants a slice Of this
melon" with soft hat time
almost here.
The maker Of the finest soft
hats let us have his samples
mostly $500 hats or better, q
goodly number of SO quality.
We added as many from
our regular stock-S3.5O and
$500 hats.
Colors and styles Of wide
variety-all perfect hats.
1855.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09

SUNDAYS NETWORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere In tho United
States for So so q year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09

HOW THE GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA NOKN9' $500.
a
Greenwich
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09

1854 other soft hats were
called imperfect by a perfect
manufacturer.
But they're SO far from
ordinary seconds" that only
an expert could find the al
legged imperfections.
$500 to $500 grades.
Sl.85.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
He Leaves ST. Paul.

After deserving his st Paul wife, &C
cordlng TO Mrs. Hardy. he went 70 New
Orleans. where he called himself Law"
renee Hamilton. There in 1927 he married
Miss Margaret Nall. although his first
wife was stlll living and had not obtained
n divorce from him. lie lived with this
second wife until 1895. when she obtained
q divorce from him. The court also
awarded wife 40. alimony.
TO escape paying the ailmony Hardy
came north from New Orleans. this time
under the name Of Francois Voiter. He
had studied French and pretended TO
be- a Frcnchman. so he adopted a name TO
it, la a small town IN New York State
Hardy found his third wife. She was Miss
Lois r. Jones They were married IN
1870 This wifo had the marriage an
nullcd I'm 1906 Then came the fourth mar
rage under the name OF La Roy. to the
woman who now IL freed from him.
IIardy.s child by hts FIRST marriage. q
daughter. IS now living IN Detroit. She
IS about eighteen years old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09

With every one of our
mems two-piece suits at SIS;
instead Of anywhere up to
$4,000
With thousands of mems
three-piece mixture suits re-
duced to Sl5, 500 and S25-
Not all the melons are in
the soft hat patch.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY, ;
Three Broadway Stores
Warren st. 18th ST. 54th S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
WIFE ribs HERSELF OF
MUCH MARRIED MAN
Testimony introduced to Show
He Had Used Many
Aliases.
MAY BE CRIMINAL ACTION
Plaintiff Tells the Court De-
PENDANT Was Not Even a
Good Fraudulent
Husband"
MAY BE CRIMINAL ACTION

Justice Mccall signed yesterday decree
OF annulment OF the marriage OF MISS
Grace l.. Wood and Frank Hardy ana al
rected that the papers In the case be sent
TO the District Attorney, for the testimony
showed that Hardy under numerous
aliases married other women and was
still a married man when he married the
plaintiff in the action Just decided.
Mrs. Hardy was stenographer IN
January. 1910 when she married Hardy
who was then known as La Roy ne
was doing character sketch on the
vaudeville stage. They were twenty-one
and thirty-slx years old, respectively. Inc
marriage took place in New Jersey. Ac-
cordlng TO Mrs. Hardy. her husband rep-
resented himself as IAN upright and re-
spectacle man, without a stain on h!s
character" But she learned later, she
said that Hardy. whose real name shc
learned some time after they were mar
ried. had been convicted of various mis-
demeanors in this country and elsewhere
She learned, too. that in 1892 Hardy mar
RED a woman in 81. Paul. and that ne de-
serted her and their child in 1895.
The Washington times., 1912-02-23

other attempt next Friday TO obtain a
quorum and report out the Carlin bill,
which makes Immediately available for
the relief of the retirement fund all
District receipts from licenses other
than liquor licenses, I'm addition to the
revenues now authorized by law, in
such sum as may be needed to meet
the existing deficiency.
The committee also discussed informa-
ally today the johnson bill, making
more definite the methods of procedure
for the relief and retirement of police
men aud nrGmcn. OFFICER Smith, testify
amended so as to make the age of re-
tiTement iollow twenty consecutive
years of service instead Of twenty-five.
Blocks Polling Plan.
When the committee found itself with
out quorum today 1t was suggested
that the bill be reported anyway and
that the absentees be polled in favor OF
the bill
Il cannot consent to polling a commit
tee," said Chairman johnson. I'VE tried
that once and got into all sorts of trou-
BILE on the floor. Hereafter when a bill
Is reported quorum must be present
or ] shall oppose the measure on the
floor."
The ten members of the committed
who were ION the job today were
Congressman De Forest, Redfield, Dyer
Lobeck, Prouty, Kahn, Sulloway, John
son, Berger, and Rothermel, with MI
Anderson as an added starter. The alb.
sentees were congressman Akin, Ham.
Ill, Adair, 'Shaughnessy, George
Stack, KONG, and Cary.
The Washington times., 1912-02-23
SON OF HUTCH|NS
ASKS COURT AID
IN SEEING FATHER
Charges He Is Barred From
Bedside of Aged
Millionaire.
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have my father in custody in a house
owned and occupied by his wife, to
which 1 do not have access, and for
purposes which you do not disclose you
are determined to prevent me from see
ing him with DR.. Ruffin. This decision
of yours at a time when your profess
sional conduct in connection with my
fathers case is under judicial scrutiny
presents a condition which requires i'm
mediate investigation, and as such
will deal with II"
It is set forth in the petition Of the
son that only four times since october
Z. last, has he seen his father, the last
time being November H. DR.. Ruffin,
alleges the bill, has been denied admit
tance to the Hutchins home since May
10, 1911, when he refused to subscribe
to statement that the millionaire was
Insane, condition which was alleged
by Mrs. Hutchins. The son says that
even when his father was lat the point
of DEATH" on November l and I, Drs.
Morgan and Sewers did not notify him,
as they agreed to do.
The answer of Rose Keeling Hutchins
to the rule to show cause why she
should not be restrained from using
the credit of her husband or his as-
tate in contracting bills was a state
ment that "she has an inalienable right
and a declaration that her monthly al
lowance OF $500 is inadequate to meet
all the bills. She also asserted that the
expenses are legitimate, and that "the
establishment is no different than the
one maintained for years"
1T is almost impossible" says Mrs.
Hutchins in her answer, Ito give a list
of the monthly expenses, but aside from
"extraordinary expenses" she thinks
she could get along very we'll on $500 a
month. The extraordinary items she
gives as repairs and taxes to the home
at 1603 Massa chusetts avenue northwest,
the expenses OF the Paris apartment,
the physicians bills, rent for the sum-
mer cottage, and the cost of moving,
legal fees, and costs and unusual re-
pairs to her automobiles, exclusive of
tires, garage charges, chauffeur, etc.
Attorneys Branderburg G Branden-
burg, representing Trustee William j..
Dante, we're In court to look after the
interests of their client, but the trustee
Is not involved in the latest develop
ments In tho litigation except by inn
plication.