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New-York tribune., 1912-08-16

and blistered faces. as result of coming
in contact with it.
AS if the legitimate damage TO fields
and gardens by battling troops was not
enough trouble for the provost marshals
charged with reimbursing owners. new
sort Of depreciation was brought TO their
attention to-day. Mrs. Smith Wheeler
who owns a handsome farmhouse on the
Huntington East Village Road. drove up
10 1st Brigade headquarters to-day on the
verge Of Mysteries.
Il just came back from a visit 10 the
seashore." she said land when I entered
my home to-day l found the front door
smashed, the windows all broken my
chickens stolen and my cattle let out
This IS outrageous. My neighbors saw
soldiers doing it"
Woman Asks for Guard.
Although Mrs. Wheeler was told that
the provosts would look into the damage
she could not be pacihed until she was
furnished with a guard about her house.
'I live there alone" she said. "and I
would be afraid to sleep in country
swarming with such ruffians. Will leave
1t was said that the same sort Of out
RACES had been committed Oil along the
march of the command and they are SUP
posed to have been done by the same men.
An Investigation was started to discover
who they are, and severe punishment will
he meted out to them If they are found.
In to-morrow's battle all the most mod
ern devices of warfare will be used. The
opposing commanders will be kept IN con-
slant touch with their entire lines both
by field telegraph and wireless Aero
planes, too, will play part. LieutenantS
Foulois and Arnold, of the aviation squad
ron. have been detailed 10 DO the air
spying for the Reds, while their conf
rades. Lieutenants Milling and Kirkland,
will perform a like service for the Blues.
In order to command a view Of both
forces when they Join In a general battle
General Bliss, chief umpire, to-day moved
his headquarters to Newtown. The gem
eral expressed to-day great approval Of
the way the state troops were behaving
In the campaign.
The body Of Oliver y. james. Of Dor
chester, a signal corps man OF the 2d
Massachusetts Regiment. who was
drowned in the Housatonic on Tuesday
while trying to 20 20 the aid Of comrades
in distress, was recovered to-day. So far
his death is the only actual fatality re-
ported in the campaign. although hun
dreds have been theoretically slain.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
COURT CENsUREs PATRoLMAN
Chief Magistrate McAdoo Symua.
thizes with Prisoners in Arrest

Chief Magistrate McAdoo, in the Tomb.
court yesterday morning, denounced Pa,
trolman Harry Leddy. OF Traffic Squad q
for his treatment OF Leroy Sussman 1,
shipping clerk in the employ Of the United
Fruit Company. who lives at No 3sl An
street, Brooklyn. Sussman was arrested
by Leddy early yesterday morning on =
train returning from Coney Island.
The magistrate on hearing both side.
of the story, said Leddy was entirely IN
the wrong, and that he would report tho
case to Commissioner Waldo, with tho
request that Leddy be dismissed. Suss.
man said Leddy had sat beside him IN
the train, refusing to allow him to get on
at his station, and upon reaching ths
Brooklyn Bridge took the young man 10
the Oak street station, charging him with
disorderly conduct The patrolman said
Sussman was occupying two seats and
using Objectionable language when the
officer wished to sit down.
The magistrate said that any one could
see that Sussman was no rowdy and OK.
pressed regret that ne should have been
subjected TO arrest and arraignment
New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
FORTUNE FOR CHAUFFEUR
But Heir to $4,000 Will Keep
at Same Job.

Bay Shore. Long Island, Aug. l5.-Not-
with standing that he has Just received
word that he has fallen heir 10 something
over 10000. left him by an uncle, Frank
knight, a chauffeur. says he sees no rea-
son why ne should give up his job Not
only does he intend to continue TO work,
but he will remain with his present en-
ployer as long as he keeps him.
The lucky man. who is envied by every
one in town, is thirty-fve years old and
single. He is at present employed as a
chauffeur by J. II. Beales, a wealthy sum-
mer resident, who has an estate IN Ocean
avenue.
Knight declined to discuss the legacy to-
day, but he did admit that an uncle who
died some time ago left him $500 He
says that not for several months, how
ever, will the money actually come into
his possession. and in the mean time he
Will hold his job. After the money Is re-
ceived, he says. he will also continue to
work for Mr. Beales.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
AUTO EXPERT A SUICIDE
Henry Donaldson Found Dead IN
Home from Rifle Bullet.
UNDISCOVERED THREE DAYS
Wife of President of Automobile
Engineers Society Had Been
Away in the Country.

Henry Donaldson, an automobile eN-
pert and president OF the Society OF
Automobile Engineers killed himself in
his apartment. at No. sos West l5'th
street. some time last Tuesday after
noon II is believed. and the BODY was
not found until yesterday.
Mrs Donaldson had been away in the
country. and because she had received
no letter from her husband for several
davs she came back 10 town yesterday
morning Snc went 20 her apartment
but as she had left her latch key at
home when she went away she could not
get In. Mrs Donald ON then went to her
husbands office. at so l7SG Broadway,
and learned from Donaldson's partner tn
the frm of Tracy * Donaldson that her
husband had not been downtown since
last Tuesday
Mr. Donaldson hurried back to the
nat and got the ianitor 20 call police
man TIE :wo men went 10 tho roof and
then down the lire escape to the Donald
son fat and got In through window
The body Of Donaldson was found In
the bathroom. There was a bullet mole
through me body in the region OF the
heart. ana the bullet was imbedded in
tn. bathroom wall. As Donaldson had
fallen 10 tie floor the Winchester re-
heating rifle with which he had killed
himself fen across his chest on the
floor NOR the body WAS an afternoon
uaper OF the date of Tuesday, August 10.
There was 10 explanation of the suicide
"a theory a. TO
the cause.
Mr. Donaldson had remained down
stairs while the Janitor and the police
man went To investigate, and she tainted
when told that her husband was dead
She was taken To al uelghbor's apart
ment and "a physician called TO attend
her She later called Henry y. Sweet
land. editor of The Motor Age on the
telephone. and he came to the house.
Mr.. Swe-tland said that Donaldson had
plenty Of money and that his business
was good. He believed that Donaldson
had been affected by the heat
Donaldson was forty-five years old.
and was at one time mechanic. lie
became one Of the best known auto
mobile experts In the country. and fire.
quently contributed TO automobile pub
licatlons His partner. Tracy. was at
one time well known as the driver or
racing cars.
That Donaldson used a rife To XIII
himself was accounted for by the fact
that he was n splendid rifle shot There
was no revolver in the house. The man
had removed all OF his clothing except
his under garments, and because OF the
position in which the body was found 1t
was believed that he had pulled the
trigger with his toe as he held the muz-
zle Of the gun over his heart
New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
HOTEL FIRE ALARMS GUESTS
Loss to Old Racing Rendezvous
at Sheepshead Bay $4,000.

What seemed at first TO be a dangerous
fire and thoroughly frightened sixty per-
sons, who were In the place at the time
broke out about O'Clock yesterday morn
ing in the pantry OF the jerome Hotel, In
Emmons avenue, Shore Road and East
18th street, Sheepshead Bay, and did 5000
damage 10 the kitchen and dining rooms
of the place.
The blaze was discovered by Thomas
Elkins. the night clerk, who aroused the
proprietors. Daniel Harrington and Ru-
dolph Sanders. The three men at once
started through the corridors on the three
floors of the house awakening the patrons.
The house was filed with smoke, and II
was with great difficulty that the patrons.
some Of whom were panicstrcken, could
be taken from their rooms without IN
jury.
The Jerome Hotel was built forty years
ago and owned by Mrs Anna Gilbert II
is named for the late Lawrence X
Jerome, father of william Travers jerome.
When racing was at its best In Sleeps
head Bay the hotel was a rendezvous Tor
the lovers of the sport.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
EDWARD 7. R0SENHE|MER
DECLARES HE'S BROKE
Man Whose Automobile Killed
Miss Grace HOugh Files
Bankruptcy Petition.
FLOOD OF DAMAGE SUITS
| III Luck Has Befallen Those
Who Lived in The Roses,
Mysterious House
in Pelham.

Edward r. Rosenheimer the heT ~
that mysterious house In Pelham called
The Roses filed a petition in bankruptcy
Yesterday. He included among his liabih-
ties the 81. 362 70 verdict against him Tor
killing Miss Grace Hough in an automo-
bile collision, and also the suits hied ior
$50 900 damages by two other victims Oh
the crash III luck has played its part III
the lives Of nearly all of those VINO lVeo
I'm the now burned house, and Rosen-
heimer's bankruptcy is only one more
chapter I'm the long story.
In his petition he cites liabilities oil
$j7.772 80 and no assets other than wear
ing apparel valued at 800. The two ac-
tions now pending, one brought by George
Fcdden for $4,000, and one brought py
Miss Anna McCabe for $4,000, the hough
verdict. claims of Reed * Barton. go, for
slverwarc: Samuel Budd, $H, haberdash-
cry: Whitaker & CO., 500, clothing; thc
New York Telephone Company, go, anu
Joseph A. Dennison, Boston, Sl64. for pro-
fessional services, make up the list OF
debts
Marcus Helfand. attorney for Rosen-
heimer, said he would apply 10 Judge
Holt to-day for an order restraining
further proceedings in the Fedden ana
McCabe suits, thus preventing BODY
execution against his client. and also an
execution against his property.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
TYPHOID CASES HOLD Up
Epidemic in Brooklyn and
Queens Prevents Decrease.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE BUSY
Men Assembled by Health Off
Ger May Suggest Important
Methods Of Control.

There have been 3i3 cases OF typloii
fever IA greater New York since August
], according to tahulations OF the Depart
ment Of Health made up Yesterday. and Of
that number Brooklyn and queens uor-
oughs have been responsible for ~ cases.
The epidemic in these two boroughs viii.
If IT continues throughout the month.
bring the months total much above Int
years average for the same period.
In the Borough OF Brooklyn there have
been 18 cases. as compared with % for tn
same fifteen days last August. In Queens
there have been IS cases. or practically
four times as many FOR the same period
last year, when . were recorded.
Manhattan has had only 90 cases re-
ported. as against l72 for the same period
last August The Bronx had only l6 cases
as against 90 for the corresponding period
last year. The total number OF cases for
all boroughs was 10 fewer than for the
same time last year.
In Bay Ridge up 10 yesterday at II
O'Clock 81 cases had been reported to the
department. including three new ones,
while Woodhaven showed 81 cases four
OF which were new ones. 4 rigid investi-
cation IS being made by the health au-
thorites There are three sources from
which the Brooklyn and Queens epidemic
may be traced These are the milk sup
ply. the water supply and fly contamina-
ton.
The health authorities have been ad-
verse to the idea that persons home from
their vacations had developed the disease
after contracting II at resorts. THIS Is too
early I'm the season, and besides, II was
pointed out that the outbreak in Brookly n
and Queens was more or less confined 10
certain districts
The typhoid cases which result from IN
fection at resorts do not show much until
October. In recent years there has always
been q noticeable Increase in typhoid In
October and November. The State De-
partment OF Health has done much lately
to improve conditions at resorts In TINS
state. but reported recently that large
number Of camp and boarding house sites
were still under suspicion.
Important methods in the control OF ty-
phold fever may be brought out next
month when the advisory committee on
administrative control OF typhoid, which
was brought together by Commissioners
Lederle, will meet TO discuss such prob
lens. This committee was formed early
this year. and includes many well known
physicians and sanitarians. It's member
ship includes Professor William r. Sedg-
wick. Professor George c. Whipple. Pro-
fessor c. r. A. Winslow. Daniel d. Jack
son. DR.. John w. Brennan, DR.. Alexander
Lambert, Dr. Herbert Pease and Profes-
sor Thomas W Hastings
New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
BERMUDA TOURISTS RETURN
Oratava Comes In with 275 Passen-
gerS-Stoker Drowned.

About Ej passengers, most of them sun
burned tourists, arrived here yesterday
from Bermuda on the steamer Oratava,
of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.
Fair weather prevailed throughout the
three-day trip. y stoker was drowned
lust before the vessel LEFT the island.
His name was Harry Vaughan, an Irish
man. from Southampton.
race between lifeboats manned by
crews from the OrataVa and Mauretania,
which is due To arrive this morning. will
be held I'm the Hudson at o'clock this
afternoon. Starting two miles up the river
the crews will row 10 the point opposite
the Rolland-America Line pier, at Hlo-
bokeD
New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
MURDERERs' SHOW ENDS
Health Board Compels Burial of Mrs
Mary Hall 8 Slayers.

The bodies of the five men who were
executed at Sing Sing on Monday for the
murder of Mrs. Mary Hall were taken
yesterday from the undertaking rooms
at No. 236 Mulberry street. to Calvary
Cemetery. and buried The bodies had
been on display since the day Of the
execution and had been viewed by thou
sands of people, many OF whom gave a
contribution toward the expenses Of the
murderers' burial Three hundred dollars
in all was collected.
The plan was 10 continue the wake,
as II was called, and permit the viewing
OF the bodies until Saturday. but the
Board Of Health Issued an order to bury
them at once.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
SEND OUT PHTHIsIs PAMPHLETS,

The state Charities Aid Association
wants TO distribute among the health OF.
ficers and members of boards OF health IN
cities throughout the state a thousand
copies OF a pamphlet or the registration
and sanitary supervision of pulmonary
tuberculosis I'm New York City published
recently by the Department OF Health
and written by DR.. John S. Billings, Of the
department. The association has asked
the department at what price Il could get
thousand Of the pamphlets published
New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
sRENNAN's FUNERAL TO-DAY.

The funeral OF Assemblyman Thomas A.
Brennan, who died on Wednesday, in St.
Luke's Hospital. following an operation
for appendicitis, will be held to-day at
street. High mass will be held in St
Frances de Sales Church, 9sth street. be-
tween Lexington and Park avenues. and
the burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
bly, has appointed the following commit
tee Of Assemblymen TO attend the funeral:
Thomas b. Caughlan, Alfred r. Smith,
James ]. Walker Henry j.. Wford,
drew F. Murray, Dean Nelson and Will
lam 8. Cof.sy.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
Auto Crashed into Buggy.

Tho accident in which Miss Hough was
killed occurred August IS, 1910 buggy
without lights was going north In Pei
ham Parkway. not far from the city
line with Fedden driving the Misses
Hough and McCabe Suddenly touring
car smashed into it from behind, split
the buggy and sent the occupants flying
one girl was killed. the other being
seriously injured. Fedden was badly hurt
also.
The automobile sped on. and it was
only through another chauffeur, who put
his car over the road at seventy miles
an hour. that the identity Of the first
machine was established. lie came up
10 the Rosenheimer car which the own
er was trying to repair. He told the oc-
cupants Rosenheimer. an artist named
Milton Fleisher and another man, named
Schumann, that n girl had been killed.
but they drove away. Another witness
testified that he saw one Of the occupants
Of the car take a broken buggy wheel
of the mudguard of the auto and fling
1t in the bushes.
Rosenheimer was arrested and tried for
murder His contention was that he was
going at slow speed, and that the buggy
was without lights and on the wrong side
Of the road, and that he did not know
he had hit anything until he stopped TO
remove the buggy wheel He also said
th. second chauffeur had his number. so
he did not return
lie was locked up in the Tombs forty
tive days. but his trial had hardly begun
when his counsel. James W. Osborne. an
nounced to Justice O'Gorman that man
had offered To deliver" juror for 800.
The justice, lawyer and District Attorney
held a conference. and later trapped
George ". Yeandle. one OF the jurors.
with 800 in marked bills. Six weeks later
he was convicted OF bribery and sentenced
to serve from five to nine years in prison.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-16

ing out from the city in taxicao that
night, and he and every one else declared
the fire was the work OF an incendiary
New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
Acquitted in Two Trials.

After another trial Rosenheimer was ac-
Quilted. Then he was indicted for viola
ton Of the Callan law, but the law was
held To be unconstitutional, and he was
again freed. In the mean time Miss
Houghs father Walter b. Hough. a for
mer policeman. had entered civil suit
for $500 damages. A verdict for $500
was awarded, and afterward reduced TO
the figure already mentioned. The other
suits were then filed and are now pending.
Rosenheimer's father, Julius T. Rosen-
heimer, once poor East Side boy, built
the big white house known az The Roses
on land that had always had bad name.
once IT was called mo Mans Land" and
again was the site of tavern with an
unsavory reputation. The elder Rosen-
heimcr had made u fortune with his
needles. and when he built the house he
divided 1t into four parts. one for himself:
and wife. the others for his two sons
and daughter
But "Bennie'' Rosenheimer. the eldest
son. was killed before the house was COM
pleted He fell under the wheels of
train. Within a week his wife married
another man and disappeared.
The house stood for several years.
owner paid particular attention to the
grounds. and this part of the work was
completed in June. 1907.
The day afterward was a hot one. and
In the evening Mr.. and Mrs. Rosenheimer
took n walk Halfway between the river
and the piazza they stopped to look at
two men who clambered over the wall by
the river.
II think I'll go see what they want"
said Mr.. Rosenheimer.
Saw Her Husband Slain.
lie reached the men. and his wife
screamed as she saw the two beat her
husband to death. Young Edward Rosen-
heimcr ran out of the gymnasium, where
he had been sparring with kid" Ever
EFT, pugiist his father had befriended.
James T. Curnen, who had married the
daughter OF the house, fired his revolver.
But despite the fact that Julius Rosen-
hemer lay with his head crushed I'm, the
murderers were never found and the mo-
tive never definitely ascertained.
After the trial of Edward Rosenheimer
the Curnens left The Roses and went TO
live in West 143d street with the mother
of the family. Edward Rosenheimer
went to No. 6l6 West 1l6th street, his
present address.
only twenty-year-old caretaker was
left at The Roses. One night in May
1911, the caretaker awoke Oh the top
floor, where he slept. The room was
filled with smoke and flames licked up
over the veranda. lie fired his revolver
and screamed for help. A policeman came
running, leaped the park wall and yelled
to the caretaker to jump. The man leaped
out OF the window and reached the
ground unhurt,
But the house was doomed. and now
there is nothing there but a gaping black
cellar, with a mound of charred wood and
iron. Edward Rosenheimer came DASH
New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
StrategiCaI Restraint Removed
and Men Make Ready for
General Engagement.
ENGINEERS ARE CRITICISED
New York National Guardsmen
Say That Regulars Used Poor
Judgment in the Selec-
ton of Camp Sites.

Stra ford. Conn. Aug. 15.-At L. o'clock
tonight all strategical restraint viii b'
taken off Of the two great armies of the
Reds and the Blues. and they will be free
10 nv at each other in whatsoever fashion
their commanders think most destructive.
Along the SUBMITS of opposing ridges or
hills the two armies lie waiting, both
drawn up i'm full battle array. one in a
strong position of defence and the other
ready to throw its line forward in an
effort to sweep the defenders Of New YORK
from the hills on which they have drawn
back for a final stand after successive Dc
feats at various parts of their lines.
Midnight tonight ends the instructional
period Of the campaign. the end Of the
game which General Bliss, the chief UNI
pire. has been playing against himself
To-day the two opposing commanders
General Smith. Of the Red invaders, and
General Mills, Of the Blue defenders were
allowed TO marshal their troops as they
wished. although there were no battles to
be fought. Detachments of cavalry of the
opposing forces however, Clashed in BOT
fight near Newtown, that kept up TOT sew
eral miles along the roads.
A body Of eighteen Red horsemen had
been sent out by General Smith 10 teei
ont the left wing of the enemy. Th"y
bumped into thirty Blue horsemen on
patrol and the fight was on. 1t was an
hours hot work in the sun, and then the
Reds surrendered to the Blues. But tri-
umph was short lived for the vlctorS' Tor
when the matter was referred to the UNI
pires they declared that no fight had
occurred. since no fights were in the or
ders from headquarters The vanquished
Reds were allowed to 20. while the crest
fallen Blues quenched their wrath by
swim in the cooling waters OF Beaver
Brook
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WILL BE RETURNED TO THE
ROADS.

Officer Talbot yesterday arrested
Louis Cavanaugh, who came to this
city from Washington some time ago,
for begging on the streets, and for
disorderly conduct. According to the
testimony, the nomad had made sew
eral visits to house in the western
section of the city and been supplied
with food, but the family, not desir-
ing to have him as regular boarder
refused to give him anything when
he made his periodical visit yesterday
Cavanaugh then became disorderly
and threatened a member of the fam
lily with violence Officer Talbot was
within call at the time and he took
charge of the offender. The accused
was brought before the Police Court
this morning, when it was shown that
some time ago he had been sentenced
to jail for six months, which made hin
eligible for road duty. Justice Gator
sentenced him to serve six months
more.
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SENT TO GRAND JURY

Ernest Fox, colored, who was shoI
in the back by officer Wilkinson al
ter breaking away from the ia'tet
was brought before the police court
this morning TO answer to the charge
of breaking into and entering the
house of Hattie Fountain, coiored.
After hearing the testimony, the ac-
cused was held for the action OF the
grand jury.
It was ascertained today that FOX
is wanted in Alexandria county to an
swer the charge Of shooting at L. II.
West. car inspector at the Potohiac
railway wards. 1t is alleged that on
the night of May IL, 1912, Fox, VINO
at that time went by the name OF hen
rv Clarv. was one of gang OF neg
roes who was surprised by the car IN
snector while in the act OF roDoihe
cars Fox attempted to kill West by
discharging pistol at him. The ne
gro made his escape, but warrant
was issued for his arrest.
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Police Cour t
Justice H. B. Cation presiding


Louis CavanaugIl, charged with beg
ging on the street and disorderly con-
duct. was sent to Jail for six months
A young mar charged with disor.
derly conduct, forfeited his collateral
by failing to appear. Two young men
charged with similar offense, were
dismissed.
Edward Lane, colored, charged witt
assaulting Mary Thomas, colored, wa:
fined S..
Jesse Jackson, colored, charged with
cruelty to mules, was fined $40.
Sam Blendheim, colored, charged
with assaulting Maud Turner, colored
was dismissed.
A man, charged with exceeding th'
speed limit in an automobile and fol
failure to provide light for his ma
chine, was dismissed.
Ernest Fox, colored, charged witt
breaking into the house OF Hattie
Fountain, colored, was sent on to tn
grand jury.