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New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
GIRL PLAYS DETECTIVE
Causes Arrest of Man Accused Of
Stealing Merchandise.

Tho clever detective work of Julia Gala
han nineteen years old, resulted in the
capt1Ire of a driver who is charged with
having stolen a load Of merchandise valued
At 50 900 and selling il 10 q fence for $ioo
The arrest will be followed by that Of
others implicated in the robbery. Miss CAL
,aban is Bookkeeper and office manager
for her father, who has a large trucking
buei,ess. His home is at No. 26S Ath street
Jersey City
Thomas Kehoc a driver, who had been
in his employ only a few days, was sent
IN haul Il load Of merchandise for the
Durdee Express Company from the Erie
Railroad freight platform, Jersey City. IT
was not delivered and the truck was found
emptv and abandoned in Second avenue,
Manhattan Kchoe and his family-a wife
and Two disposed Of their belong
ings and hurricdly left jersey city.
The police were informed and detectives
so,rcbe6 in vain for q clew. Miss Callahan
Investigated on her own hook and received
-, formation that the fugitive was living at
No 4 Daniel street. Albany Detective
stevens was sent 10 that city, and with the
aid Of the police there arrested kehoe,
who If is said made a complete confess
sior He implicated tive others known to the
ro1ice who he says got $500 each and gave
hin, only 500 for his share.
,<ohoe will be brought back to Jersey city
on requisiuon papers.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
FIGHT ALL SUNDAY GAMES
Methodist Conference Also
Against Delivery Of Beer.
INV Telegraph TO The Tribune ,

~ lfltEI tIil w INV '''
Asbrry Park, y. j., March l3.-Ihe sew
entv-sixth annual session of the New Jer-
sev Conference Of the Methodist Eplscopai
Church opened here this morning with
1isbon Jogerh i. Berry, OF Buffalo. presid-
ing Six hundred clorgymen ana lay dele
gates are'!n attendance.
Members Of the conference voiced their
willingness 10 do jury duty when they voted
,,rariroously in favor Of "A resolution pre-
sented by Secretary Melville =. Snyder
nroteetIng against the passage OF n meas
nre introduced in the state Assembly pro-
,idinp for the exemption of cltrgymen
from duty on grand and petit jnri"s' The
resolution was, that as ministers OF the
oosneI we are stnl citizens Of the state
snd so nrize our citizenship that we do not
wish 70 be relieved from the responsibility
The particular bills which should be OPP
nosed by the conference, SAID the FeV'
lanes w. Marshall, were those legalizlng
na nasebalI. football. golf and other sports on
sunday and the delivery OF beer ana o'ngr
iptoxicating liquors in places ""'re no "
ceuses are obtainable This came up J" the
renort Of the legislative committee
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
REVENGE FOR CHINESE GOD
Engineer Says Society Has
Trailed Him with Death Threats.

Believing that he has been trailed by
members of a Chinese secret society all
the way from the narbor of Che-FOo,
China. to this city, with ultimate death at
their hands as an inevitable result Alfred
X. Scanze, a mechanical engineer Of No.
6S2 st. Johns Place, Brooklyn, applied yes
terdav to Fourth Deputy Police Commis-
sioner Dillon for permit to carry re-
yolver. His request was granted, after he
had shown Dillon letters of a threatening
character from a Chinese band
According TO Scanze, in 1908 he was a
midshipman on the gunboat Miadora, lying
in the harbor of Che-Foo, and while on
leave Of absence took small river steamer
up the Yangtse River. on the way back
Scanze saw a young Chinese woman leap
into the river He plunged after her and
rescued the woman.
When he told the story later on the Min
dora his shlpmates told him he might get
into trouble. as the Chinese regarded the
girl offered as a sacrifice to the river god,
who had flooded the river. and in rescuing
the giIl nc had deprived the god of his
sacrifice
one Of the letters received by Scanze
was delivered to him on Saturday morning
while he was at work on a new building
at broadway and S4th street. The note was
handed 10 him by one of the workmen en-
ployed on the building, who said China
man had asked him to give it 10 Scanze.
The letter referred to the rescue OF the
Young Chinese woman by Scanze, and
warned the latter 'to be prepared for a
visit from the river gods messenger"
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
N. Y. A. G. SPLIT OVER GENE
Coach Storm Centre Between
Social and Athletic Elements.

The storm of dissatisfaction which has
been brewing at the New York Athletic
club for several months burst yesterday,
with Eugene J. Gianinni in the centre of
things Gene" as he is called by those
who believe in the athletic future Of the or
ganization being of paramount Importance,
is the target for the attack of those mem
bers of the club who placdly take their eX-
ercise sitting down.
This element was prominently to the
front in the ticket elected at the last an
nual election on January Q. and at the first
meeting of the board Of governors in tho
same month it was decided TO allow
Gianinni to resign as rowing coach. trainer
of the track teams and general director of
the gymnasium II was held that Martin
Austin, the assistant to Gianinni, could do
all the athletic training and directing that
the club needed and that Gianinni's salary,
which is said TO be $4,000 a year. could he
saved.
The sound Of the first gun OF retrcnch-
ment evoked a vigorous protest. Fred w
Kroehle, formerly one Of the governors
and others who regularly frequented the
gymnasium, made IT evident Immediately
that Gianinni should not be lost to the club
after more than fifteen years OF associa-
tion with its winning crews and track
teams Robert W. Kammerer, also a
former governor: Hugh Baxter, a former
captain and champion pole vaulter. and
others, soon enlisted in the campaign for
Gianlnnl. and this led the board of gov
ernors to decide to mark time and find out
how matters stood.
The athletic forces Of the club, under the
leadership OF Hugh Baxter, circulated a
petitiOn requesting the retention OF
Glannni. which was signed by several
hundred members and presented TO the gov.
ernors at the regular Tuesday night meet
ing. IT is said that the board houtcd the
pcttion, and last night the supporters OF
the athletic director were making plans for
the next move.
One OF the oldtimc athletes said last
night that Gianinni would probably leave
the club anyway after such tempest had
bocn raised lie has had several offers
from other organizations.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
YACHT RACING DATES OUT
Active Season Promised for the
Boats Of Grayesend Bay.

Racing dates for the coming summer were
adopted al @ special meeting OF the dele
gates of the Yacht Racing Association Of
Grayestud Bay at the Crescent Athletic
Club, Brooklyn, on Tuesday night. The
season VIII start on May %, with an open
regatta for IN classes, held under the au-
spices Of the Atlantic Yacht club The
same organization will hold the final race
q the wear on september n
Racing win he held on each Saturday and
holiday throughout the season, with the
exception of July % and q, these being the
'Vo Ss,yr5 VS. Of LaTchmOnt race week.
The delegates decided 70 make no changes
IL the racing courses this year They, how
ever, accepted TWO cups from Gherardi
Davis -f ''a Atlantic Yacht Club. which
vii be ua for competition under different
conditions than those that govern the
Championship races. Tho organization also
oecidea not 90 govern the handicap class.
ne racing dates adopted follow.
NAY e. atlantic Yacht club, May 60
Na''ona Yacht Club.
June T. Belso1hurst Yacht Club, June S.
"uant'- Yacht club; June 15, New York
'snos Club championship, June p, Cres-
'@a' Athletic Club championship. June -,
atlantic Yacht Club championship.
1lly Boreonhurst Yacht Club, July 8.
1suonai Yacht Club championship; July
i, Atau'io Yacht Club mpionship);
'.y - oreu. July q, open.
,a-gts' ., Marine and Field Club Cham
EIitShip, August 10. National Yacht Club
ng.gns hips August l7 Atlantic Yacht
i..O elamr.0nsrip; August -, Benson
o. Marine and Field club Cchampionship)
,s.Ptenler @ Atlantic Yacht Club; Sep
,5Eo'eE J Crescent Athletic Club champion
lclp,, September u, Atlantic Yacht Cub
"'Hihol,0ID, September Il, open.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
FORGOT HIS LATEST NAME
Ex- Convict Embarrassed When
Called for Sentence.

Louis Danaschcfsky, a plump little man
wearing a worried expression, stood in the
middle Of a long line of prisoners who
were arraigned for pleading and sentence
Yesterday before Judge Swami, in General
Sessions. As each name was called Louis
looked anxiously at his neighbors, and IL
there was no immediate response he
started forward. When the belated answer
came the small man unobtrusivcly found
his place in tnc line again, his red mus
tache dropping apologetically.
Joseph Levy to the bar" called Edward
Cov.ing. clerk Of the court. and Danaschef-
skv's forward movement was 50 pronounced
that judge Swami noticed It,
your namo isn't Levy. is it, he asked
I'm not sure" was the answer. I've
used so many names that ! can't remember
them all.
When his turn finally came he pleaded
guilty to grand larceny and was sentenced
to serve five years Three other names arc
mentioned in the indictment, Louis DeninG,
I,ouis Grafonowich and Isaac Brown, and
tbe police credit him with many more. He
is ffty-dve years old. 4 tailor and lived at
M $40 Henry street. Brooklyn. lie has
baan rour times convicted.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
MRS. FURNISS PRESSES SUIT
Fails to Agree with Husband and
Demands Separation.

The separation suit of Mrs. b. Alice Fur
Mss against William Ponsonby Furniss.
which was begun several months ago and
then withdrawn, was restored to the cal
endar yesterday on an order signed by JUS
tice Newburger. The plaintiff formerly was
a member OF the Salvation Army. and the
defendant is a nephew of the three daugh-
ters OF William Ponsonby Furniss. who
died leaving an estate valued at $4,000 OO0
He Is a brother OF Grace Livingston Fur
Miss, u playwright.
When the case was withdrawn last No-
vember It was expected that the wife and
husband would reach some agreement, but
these negotiations have failed Miss Sophia
r. c. Furniss. aunt of the defendant, died
recently. She had third interest In the
estate OF her father and was trustee for
her two sisters, who receive the income
from the two other shares.
Furnlss, his sister and his son, who have
a reversionary interest in the estate, have
applied to the Surrogate's Court to have a
trustee appointed in place of Miss Sophia
II. Z. Furniss.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
CALLS TRACKMEN AT FAULT
Expert on Rails Says Rust Should
Have Been Detected.

Z The stories told by some who were early
on the scene TO the effect that the fracture
showed rust lines caused r. G.. Skerrett a
mechanical engineer Of this city and an
authority on steel rails, TO declare that the
wreck could have been averted had the
track walkers been diigent
Rust at fracture would not indicate
so much the badness of the rail as the bad
supervision of that section" he said. ANY
trackman up to his job would have de-
tected 1t and reported II 10 his superin-
tendent who would have the defective rail
removed at once.
There are faults within the rail which
would not show until the fracture oc-
Cured. | should say that tho wreck was
due entirely TO want of proper care on the
part OF the track walker or the supern-
tendent In charge OF that section"
Mr. Skerrett thinks that the rail must
have been defective for at least forty-eight
hours. assuming the stories told concerning
the rust lines TO be true.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
ANOTHER LINE FOR B. R. T.
Acquires Practical Control Of Coney
Island & Brooklyn.

Tho block of 1000 shares of Coney
Island & Brooklyn Railroad stock pur-
chased o. the brokerage house of George
If. Prcnlss & co. on Tuesday and, which
report said was to be turned over to the
Ipterborough. Rapid Transit interests, turns
out 10 have been bought for the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company An officer of the
latter company admitted yesterday that the
stock had been purchased for their account
and said the transaction would probably he
ratified by the executive committee on
Monday.
This means that the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company has acquired practical
control of the COncy Island q Brooklyn.
which has been the only independent line
I'm BROOKLYN. The conn any operates Two
lines to Concy Island, one in Franklin ave
uuc ard the other I'm Smith street, both
reaching the Island ly way of Coney Island
avenue. The Coney Island & Brooklyn also
las a road running out 10 RidgeWood by
way Of DeKalb avenue. The company mas
outstanding p 800 shares Of capital STOCK
and SJ.GIS O62 Of bonds.
The 10000 shares of stock. which were
taken over at -, were purchased from the
estate NJ the late Henry u. Hyde. founder
OF the Euuitablc Life Assurance Society
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
WRECK HORRORS NOW FEW
Their Rarity Attributed Largely
to Use of Steel Cars.

Eleven flyers have been wrecked on the
railroads Of the United States and Canada
| since January /. Yet the total death list
| is only twenty-one. That it is not many
| times that number is attributed largely to
the use of steel cars. In one previous wreck
| that of the State Express, at Garrison,
| n. Y, on October "a, 1S97-that number
were killed, nearly all the fatalities occur
| ring in wooden cars. All other circum-
stances surrounding the wreck were almost
Identical with those of yesterdays catas-
| trophe. In six of the eleven accidents Of
this year not life was lost. In practical
ly all, barring the steel cars, the elements
were present that would otherwise have
made heavy fatalities probable.
A broken rail threw three coaches of the
Rutland Railroad express from the track
near Montreal on January IA. They were
dragged along the ties for some distance,
humping against a bank No one was even
badly hurt Had the cars been wooden
they must inevitably have been shattered
Then there was the collision on January
% between the Panama Limited and the
New Orleans express on the Illinois Central
at Kinmundy, ILL.,, in which j. 7. Harahan
lost his life This was a rear-end colli-
sion. due TO error in running the trains too
closely together
When the Montreal flyer crashed into a
freight at Winchendon, Mass, on January
o. the freight engine was completely de-
molished and a dozen freight cars were
hurled from the track, but no one was hurt.
A broken rail wrecked the Federal ex-
press near Leetes Island Station, Conn, on
the Shore Line Division, on February IL
The big steel cars were hurled across the
tracks in every direction, but We're little
damaged and no one was hurt.
The first wreck of an all-steel train on
the Pennsylvania Railroad occurred on Feb
ruary IS, when the Pennsylvania Limited
jumped the track at Warriors Ridge and
nine cars rolled down an embankment
Only four persons were killed. The accident
was caused by heavy bar from the loco
motive falling under the car wheels. on
February II the Pennsylvania's Chicago
Limited ran into a work train at Tarville
Ind. Five workmen were killed. The coll
Iision was due TO a heavy fogs obscurins
the danger signals
Still another wreck on the Pennsylvania
occurred on February 20 near Mddletown.
Penn. when a brakeman threw a wrong
switch, letting a freight train on the pas
senger tracks. The Pennsylvania Special
hit it at sixty miles an hour. The two en-
gines were demolished, but the first car of
the special, a steel one. was the only one
| of that train damaged, and that only
slightly. The engine crews were the only
persons injured.
Four OF the crews were killed in the
Hoosac tunnel, also on February 20. when
Boston express crashed into a freight
Not a passenger was seriously hurt.
-Four more lost their lives by a broken
rail on March I, when the Continental
Limited, running at high speed on the
Wabash Railroad near West Lebanon, Ind,
left the tracks and rolled into a creek.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
WANT ORIENT PLAN SHARE
Construction Companies Stock.
holders Form Committee.
STILWELL'S COUNSEL TALKS
Takes Exception to Statement in
Article Quoted from an Adver-
tisement-New Enterprise.

Following the organization on Tuesday
OF committee 10 represent the first mort
gage bondholders Of the Kansas city, NnN-
leo & Orient Railway Company, which has
been placed in the hands OF receivers, an
nouncement was made yesterday OF the or
ganization Of a protective committee 10
represent the interests OF stockholders OF
the International Construction Company
and the Union Construction Company
which have done the work Of building the
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient road as FAR
as IL is completed.
The chairman OF the stockholders COM
mttee is John W. Platten, president OF the
United States Mortgage and Trust Conn
pany, and the other members are Lewis l..
Clark, president OF the American Exchange
National Bank; Frederick J. Lismsn. OF +.
]. Lisman G. Co.; John Z. Odell, who II
railroad expert; J. Herndon Smith OF the
banking firm OF a. q. Edwards x Sons Oh
st. Louis, and three Englishmen-Alfred -
Bird, Carl Derenburg and Philip d. Tuck
EFT. James NJ. Beck is counsel for the COM
mittee.
The construction companies were organ
lied to build the railroad, and IL develops
that their assets consist mainly OF securi-
ties of the railway company, most of when
are pledged for debts incurred by the con-
structfon companies, which the latter arc
unable to meet at maturity. The co-opera-
ton of the stockholders OF the construction
companies is asked that recognition ana
participation in any reorganization plan
which may be formulated for the railway
company may be secured.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
STAND UP FOR BASKETBALL
secretary of League Sees No
Danger Of It's Early Demise.

h. %"Iph Morgan, secretary Of the Intercol-
m ,s'a'e Basketball League. said yesterday
~. ne Old not see just what foundation
tN .. "oakley. the Cornell track coach, had
On saying that the death kneH Of inter-
M,s M-ss'a'e basketball had been sounded. Mr..
,'saA is an old University Of Pennsyl-
I'd I'D player, and has had hand I'm the
,+I1seinent Of the league for several years.
as s %ys that the league is in a more
~ v''s'iiR condition to-day than it ever
9, ana that the sport seems to have TAX
y, ne" hold all around lie has written
Gil 1'Cskley 10 find out just why he is
~ ,s''1e1 10 basketball and why he thinks
q eaine is nearing the end Of its period
" usefulness
he, aI.y ~. \. Fisher Of Columbia, a mem
and ~ ~ 'he Intercollegiate rules committee
n. 1' coach Of the Columbia team which
NJ -, ;,sl won the championship. sides with
tbe eIsan' ana Says that. 10 his opinion.
der. Has not SET reached IFS highest
cree Of popularity.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
TWO HURT IN AUTO CRASH
Mrs. T. H. Colby and Granddaughter
of Brooklyn, Cut by Glass

Mrs. Thomas II. Colby, Of No PSI Han
cock street, Brooklyn, and her grand
daughter, Ethel Colby. thirteen years old
were injured in an automobile accident al
Tonnele and Newark avenues, Jersey city,
Yesterday afternoon. Dr. Wallace w Col
by. Of Upper Montclair WAS driving They
were coming east and ran into Turnpik,
Line car, IN charge Of John Dunn, motor
man. and stephen Fies, conductor.
The automobile slid i'm front Of the car
and Mrs Coliy and Miss Colby were, cut
by tho glurs from the broken windshield
They were taken to Christ Hospital.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
eueARso ON CATTLE RAISED.

Washington. March l3.--The embargo
80, c"ttle from Great Britain, Importation
~ wbich into the United States has been
U,',oIiLited for almost a year because OF
lie foot and mouth disease. was lifted to-.
day by secretary Wilson. NO evidence of
tbr disease has been discovered III Great
Britaiu IoT three months.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
AN1,.eox,Ne BILL ADVANCED.

Albany, March lS.--The Ahen Dill re-
mailing the Frawley law of last year es-
,ahlIshlng a state athletic commission aud
reguIatIng boxing and sparring was ad-
yanced 10 third reading IN the Assemp'y
to-day. An effort to recommil the oi''
was defeated.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
unmistaksbls signs Of injuries.

ing unmistakable signs of injuries.
The unscathed passengers on the secohh
section. when the less fortunate ones were
put in with them, became a sort OF volun-
tary relief corps and did all they could 10
help them. They gave up their seats for
the comfort of the injured and helped them
to reach their cabs and cars when they ar
rived at the Grand Central.
Among the most seriously hurt was Mrs.
A. ID. White, who lives at the Wareham
Apartments, No 23i Lexington avenue. 1t
was necessary to carry her out in
stretcher to a cab, i'm which she was taken
to the New York Hospital There It was
found that she was suffering from fract-
ured arm. numerous cuts about her face
and body and from shock due to wetting
and exposure.
The full list OF injured as given out by
the company was as follows:
KEEFER. f. s., No. 254 Williamson street.
Elizabeth. N. j.; bruised.
KOCHS. August, room 500, Fisher Building.
Chicago; slightly bruised.
N MMICKEN. Mrs Jennie, No. 2413 Auburn ave-
nue., Auburn, Cincinnati; broken ribs.
NEW L. No. 53l Michigan avenue, Chicago;
head cut.
OIBENHElM, IL. s., No. AID Nortn bincOil
street, Chicago; left hand injured.
sTRAUS. Joseph, Kansas City, Mo-; hands cut.
STRONG, ]. r., No. East Both street, New
York; head bruised and hand cut
SWEENEY, Patrick NJ, No. SAT President
street. Brooklyn, cut by glass.
WHEELER. Fred b.. No. 2oe South street
Chicago; shoulder disocated.
WHITE, Mrs. A. B., Wareham apartments,
New York: arm fractured.
WILLARD. Thomas C., No. 1855 East s1st
street, Cleveland: internal injuries.
WooLF. Ben, No. 9OS South State street Chi
cago; bruised.
Several others not included in this list
were injured. but they refused to give their
names to the company. Their hurts con-
sisted chiefly of small cuts about the hands
from broken glass Among them was Mrs.
A. NJ. Gustaffson, j. II. Embrey, r. i.
Kefillnger. Mrs. b. Baruch. Of No. %6 st.
Johns Place, Brooklyn; Mrs. NJ. l.. Boggs,
A. III. Wettendorf, J. r. Giles, f. Lieben-
steir Gebrge T.. Hilton, a negro porter
r. FL. Wright T. NJ. Andrews and Frank
Lee, conductor of the train.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
Conductor Disregards Injuries.

a story of nerve and devotion to duty is
told of the last named, Frank Lee, conduc-
tor of the train, by passenger, &. X. Muir
ray, who escaped unhurt
II was out under the observation dome
of the last car" Mr. Murray said, when
the smashup came. Conductor Lee was
standing there, and was thrown down
among the stools and chairs. + When
he got up blood was gushing from his
mouth and he was staggered by the blows
he had received from the flying chairs. But
he did not stop to consider himself. He
just jumped up and grabbed a flag and
ran back 10 flag the second section of the
train. which was coming ten minutes be-
hind u.s."
J. Bechhofer, clothing merchant, of No.
400 Lafayette street, was among the pas
sengers who escaped injury, and was able
TO give a clear narrative of what happened
and the looks of things after the accident.
His story agreed in the main with that
told by Mr.. Willard, especially in regard
to the disposal of the cars on the tracks
and in the water Others to tell similar
stories were G. r. Murray and II. Frei-
stadt of No 3S Park Row. Harold F. Nc
Cormick, a son-in-aw of John d. Rookie
feller, was on the second section OF the
train.