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New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
MAN BELIEVED TO Be
SWARTZ SEEN IN WEST
Continued from first page.

takers here. and it IS understood a Ne"
York detective will come TO New London
TO see II IL is that Of the suspected convict.
Another tale was told yesterday, throw
ing q dark shadow on the behavior OF
Nathan SwartZ, the paro!ed convict, upon
whom suspicion now centres in the murder
OF little Julia Connors. The latest recital
OF the questionable actions Of the young
man, to find whom the police are now cCn-
centraNng all efforts. came from little
girl who lives in the same house from
which swartz disappeared so suddenly.
Lillian Hummc!, who IS not older than
the murdered girl and is the daughter OF
a barber az No. 1870 Third avenue, described
an attempt made recently BY swartz 10
lure her into his rooms From the little
girls story it appeared that Swartz cou!d
draw and make attractive pencil sketches
ard he used these means TO interest tho
child and 10 make friends with her.
Although Lillian could not remember the
exact date. she said that Il was not long
before little Ju!!as tragic death that SWa!tz
spoke 10 her on the streets. He told her
that he could make fine pencil enlarge
ments from photographs and from me- ana
he asked her 70 come to his Nat.
The handsome picture no showed her
made her want one. too. Lillian said, and
she was willing 70 so with him right away.
swartz, however. according TO the little
girl. told her that he could not do the
work right when people were around, and
iust at that time he was not alone IN the
fat He told her, Lillian declared, that he
would take her there some other afternoon
when he was und!sturbed. A few days
later he disappeared.
The expectation reused among detec-
t!ves that Swartz had been apprehenced
| in Westchester County on Saturday
where a man answering HIS description
was arrested at Hawthorne by the Aque-
duct police. was dispelled when detectives
from the Central Office reached White
Plains and confronted the man. They
said that he did not resemble Swartz at
all ard returned 10 Manhattan.
The man arrested gave his name as
Frank Julio. an Italian. twenty-eight
years old He was accused by Mrs. Nellie
/ Reynolds of having tried 10 entice her
| s!x-yea--oId daughter into a tent on
+, lawn IN the rear Of the Reynolds home.
The mother called a policeman and had
the man arrested
Julio was held by Justice Of the Peace
D. W Quinn, OF Hawthorne, for eXam!na-
ton. When the police searched him they
found clippings Of stories telling OF at
tacks upon little girls, and there were
also pictures OF girls cut from various
publications.
In a pocketbook. the police said, they
found strands of black hair. which ap-
| reared TO have been cut from the head Of a
child
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
CLOUDbURST DELUGES
ALTON, ILL.,, KILLING FOUR
Water from Valley Races Through
the City-A Mother Dies
CIinging to Her Child.
BABY GIRL SWEPT AWAY
Two Miles of Streets Are Gone
St. Louis and Surrounding
Cities Struck-Loss
Will Be Heavy.
IBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune }

ST Louis, July IA cloudburst, re-
norted to be the most destructive IN
many years, struck st. Louis and sur
rounding cities ar O'Clock this morning.
The greatest damage was done at Alton
II. near the junction of the Missouri ana
Mississippi rivers.
Four persons were drowned in the
cloudburst at Alton, when a nme-too'
wall Of water from the Piasa valley
raced down Belle and Piasa streets,
deluging two homes.
The dead are Mrs. Frances MCGUIRE
fortv-fve years old, and her daughter
Goldie. three years old, who were
drowned in their home. at 9Th and Belle
streets, and Mrs. Hester Moss ana Ar
thur Boyce, negroes. who were drowned
,,.ha, the wall Of water reached their
home. a block from the MCGUIRE resi-
dence.
Mrs Naguire. who was deaf and dumb
died clinging to her baby daughter ana
the child was jerked from her arms by
tho sudden food and washed out Of a
window and lodged or fence snort
distance away. where the body was re-
covered.
Mrs. Mary Moore and her son, Wes-
Low Moore. boarded at the Mcguire homo
and they with two Of Mrs. MaguEes
ether children, Fanny. aged twelve. and
William, ten, had a narrow escape from
drowning.
Moore succeeded IN rescuing his
mother and the two Mcguire children by
carving them to the roof of the house
until the wall Of water had passed. he
ATTEMPTED 70 rescue Mrs. Mcguire but
found It impossible TO get her on the
roof When he found he could not save
Mrs Magu!re he attempted TO take the
three-year -old daughter from her arms.
Mrs Mcguire screamed and c!ung 70 her
Youngest child. Moore was forced 70
fee to save his own life.
The damage 10 property at Alton is
$3.50 900. The Alton gas works were de-
stroyed.
The food water was seven feet deep
IN ATOMS streets, and two miles ot
streets were destroyed. Several buildings
were wrecked. There were many heroic
rescues.
Lightning struck many buildings IN
ST. Louis and surrounding cities. 4 bolt
Of lightning destroyed the main building
Of the East st. Louis Cotton OIL Com
pany, at National City, Ill, two miles
from East St Louis.
At Edwardsville, Ill, the storm caused
Z property loss Of $4,000. The heaviest
loser there was the Banner Clay Works,
a ST. Louis corporation.
Charles Shaw's one-year-old child went
into convulsions from fright when the
storm was at its height in Mitchell, near
Edwardsville and died in a few min
utes.
Three persons were seriously injured
In st. Louis and scores were routed from
| their homes by the river Des Peres,
which flows through Forest Park and
the most fashionable residence district
Of the city. Forest Park and the sur
rounding section resenbled a lake before
the flood began receding to-day.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
NATURAL GAS FOR AUTOS
Motorists Unknowingly Use High
Explosive for Power.
tBy Telegraph 10 TIE Tribune.

Pittsburgh. July IA high explosive
as-gasolene, with a gravity test Of
from so TO 95 degrees is being handled
and sold by some Of the garages in this
city as pure gasolene. 1t is a by-prod-
uct taken directly from the natural gas
well, and by condensation converted into
a liquid gas, then mixed with benzine
or naphtha.
The discovery was made recently
through the railroads refusing to ham
die II after having had several tank cars
blown up. Those autoists who have
learned that they have been riding over
such a high explosive are making every
effort TO have an ordinance enacted ut
once to make the dealers liable for ham
ding high explosives.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
VAN NEST HEARD FROM
MissingoLawyer Seen on Jersey
Train Yesterday.

Two members OF the Metropolitan Club
one OF them E. $. Lyon-are reported 10
have seen G. Willett Van Nest. the law
yer. who disappeared last Friday after
leaving the Tuxedo Club I'm Tuxedo Park.
apparently bound for this city.
According 20 the missing lawyers s
brother, DR.. Rynier Van Nest, who lives
at the Murray Hill Hotel Mr. Lyon met
tho missing lawyer on a train that left
Atlantic City yesterday afternoon.
My brother" said Dr.. Van Nest, got
OF the train at Newark and I am conf
dent that he started for Tuxedo Park"
DR.. Van Nest was evidently pleased over
the news and he said that he was conf
dent that he would see his brother In the
next twelve hours. He kept In constant
communication With Tuxedo Park. but up
to late hour last night nothing had been
heard Of his brother at tho Tuxedo Club.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
AUTO ACCIDENT FATAL
R. D. Masters Dies-"Knockout"
Brown and Chandler Better.

Without regaining consciousness, Richard
D Masters died early yesterday morning
at the Rockaway Beach Hospital. KNOCK
out" Brown and while" Chandler, his
sparying partner, who, with Masters. were
injured when their automobile crashed into
s. moving van. were said TO be recovering
at the hospital.
Masters, who was twenty-e!ght years old.
was the son OF ex-Comnodore Joseph w.
Masters OF the Belle Harbor Yacht Club.
For several years he had been employed by
his father, Custom House broker, with
offices at No. ! State street, Manhattan.
During tho summer the family live at Bay
Side and Monmouth avenues, Belle Harbor.
Coroner Amber has ordered the police 10
make an investigation regarding the acc!-
dent The body OF Masters was removed to
his parents home, where the funeral will
be held tomorrow evening The burial will
be in Greenwood Cemetery.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
TWO KILLED AND Dozen
HURT IN AUTO M|SHAPS
Stage Carpenter Knocked Down
AIighting from Broadway Car
and Dies in Hospital.
FAMILY IN FATAL CRASH
BROOKLYN Youths Neck Broken in
Accident Near Ossining--An-
other Motor Victim
Mortally Injured.

Two men were killed and another VIII
probably die as the result of automobile
accidents yesterday while two others re-
ce!vod serious injuries. Eleven persons es-
cared harm through great good lucH;
Most OF the nshaps were due to the sud
den rain, which made roads wet and
treacherous.
Harry Heller, twenty years old, stage
carpenter in the Golden Rule Theatre In
Pivington street who lived at NO. loo
Ludlow street, was knocked down by an
automobile as he was getting on a nortn-
bound Broadway car at 23d street He was
removed to the New York Hospital, where
he soon died The automobile was owned
by William II. McKiernan, a retired mer-
chant, Of No 1875 Caton avenue, BROOK
lyn, and was driven by HIS chauffeur AL
fred Merit, of No SO West street, Brook
lyn
The machine struck Heller Just as ne
was allght!ng from the car and before no
had q chance TO dodge. The blow tossed
him into the gutter. Mr.. McNernan oraereo
his driver 10 stop, and, picking up the
tniured man, made the best speed possible
10 the hosptal He told the doctors to
spare no expense in their efforts to save
the mans lie. as he would be responsible
,or the bill No arrests were made, as
witnesses said that the accident was un-
avoidable.
The doctors found that IN addition TO
fractured skull Heller was suffering from
conclusion Of the brain and a punctured
lung.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
SAY SCIENCE YIELDS LIFE
Guinea Pigs Produced Artificial
ly, Experimenters Declare.
fRv TelerrapK 70 rhe Tr!hune.


Philadelphia, July l4-Following the re-
search experiments performed at the Rock
efeller Institute, in New. York. the patholo-
gists OF the University of Pennsylvania
have almost completed a series OF CON-
narrative animal tests which. It is asserted
have proved that 1t is possible to produce
animal life artiicially. The work is still !r
the experimental stage, but II has pro-
gressed far enough TO prove that female
guinea pig, impregnated with an artificial
solution, has produced normal progeny.
The work IS yet to be perfected, but DR..
Edward Lodholz. the assistant professor o!
physiology. is IN Europe investigating the
methods which scientists of Munich. Vienna
and Paris have used in similar attempts to
produce artificial life.
Several female guinea pigs were isolated
and injected with a certain solution. Three
Of them bore offspring. Two of the artir'
ciany produced pigs died but one is stu
living.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
CAPITAL HIT BY STORM
Trail Of Devastation Throughout Dis
trict Of Columbia.

Washington. July 1.-THE most severe
thunderstorm in years swept down upon
this city Tonight, and, with the terrific
wind which accompanied II, left a trail OF
devastation throughout the District OF Co
lrmbia. While the downpour was at It's
height two and one-half inches OF rain fell
In three-quarters CT an hour
Cellars were submerged, trees were up
rooted traffic on trolley lines was sus-
pended and the telephone service 70 a
great extent was put out Of commission
for the night The heaviest damage, esti-
mated at between $200oo and $1,000 was
done In the submerged Easements Of the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing and
the Government Printing oftice where val
liable paper stock was rendered worthless.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
FLYER PLUNGES DOWN BANK
One Dead, Many Hurt in Oriental
Limited Wreck.

Fargo n. D, July 14--Willian Campbell.
OF Minneapolis, was killed and several other
passengers are said TO have been injured
Ia the wreck Of the Oriental Limited the
Great Northerns fast Coast train to-day
at Ashby, small station seventy-four
miles east Of here The cars jumped the
track and plunged down an eznbankment
They took fire and some Of them were con-
sumed.
Campbell was instantly killed, but all the
other passengers were removed from the
wrecked cars before the IRE started 4
heavy wind and rain storm swept over
Ashby az the time Of the wreck and tele-
phone and telegraph wires are down.
Rumors oS other deaths are denied by the
railroad officials.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
ALL FRANCE CELEBRATES

Paris, July 1.-THE national fete was
celebrated to-day with an enthusiasm un-
equalled in many years A great review of
the garrison of Paris was held IN the morn
ing at the Longchamps racetrack Presl-
dent Fallieres, whose term OF office eX-
p!res in January next attended, and the
spectators numbered more than three hun
dred thousand
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
FIGHT THE LAUNDRY TRUST

About Ave hundred proprietors Of hand
laundries, who say they represent FIVE thou.
sand concerns, met last night at Clinton
Hall, No. Isl Clinton street, to talk over
ways and means Of fighting an alleged
steam laundry trust
II was decided 10 form a central body of
the cooperative plants, Of which Morris
Kliegman was elected temporary chairman.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
MILLION DAMAGE BY STORM
One Life Lost in Cloudburst at
Denver.

Denver. July lL-More than 81 600 90
damage and one life known TO have been
lost are the result OF a cloudhurst here
tonight.
Cherry Creek. Which extends along the
northwest, west and south boundaries of
Denver, overlowed and approximately
four square miles are under 1ater.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
Cyclists Nose Almost Cut OF.

Ludwlck WoZny, thirty-fve years old, Of
Jackson and Beebe avenues, Long Island
City. was knocked down by an automobile
owned by Alexander c. Walter, broker,
OF No. Ala Riverside Drive New York. as
he was riding a bicycle on Jackson avenue
near his home. He was taken to ST. Johns
Hosp!ta! by Mr.. Walter. where his injuries
were attended TO. His nose had been al
most cut off, but the prompt work OF Dr.
Brown at the hospital saved him from
having to lead a noseless existence.
Joseph B. Abelgren, an automobile agent,
of No. LIS Schermeghorn street, Brooklyn,
and George NJ. Sanderson, OF Lawrence,
Long Island, We're driving along ST. Mary's
avenue Rosebank Staten Island when the
car ran into an uncovered manhole. Both
men escaped injury, but the front OF the
car was badly smashed. The damage
amounts TO $500
An automobile belonging to George Get
zoss, q Philadelphia piano dealer, skidded
of the sticky road across the Kearny
Meadows lust outside OF Kearny, n. j. Mr..
Getzoss, Mrs Getzoss and Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Fl. Tracy were thrown out Of the
automobile. They were fortunate TO escape
injury. for II the force Of the fall had car
ried them a few feet further they would
have been pitched into a deep gully. Both
couples were rounding out the last week
AZ a fortnights honeymoon.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
Family in Fatal Smash.

On the old Albany Post Road near Ossin-
ing a car owned and driven by Maxwell! Les
sing. Of No 20i5 East 3th street, Brooklyn
skidded on the slippery road and turned
turtle when the driver tried 70 jerk u BACK
into It's course Arthur Lessing, son OF
tho owner. was caught under the w!nd
shield. His neck was broken and his lungs
were punctured. He died While nelng sent
TO the Oss!ning Hospital.
Miss RAgncll, the lancee OF Arthur Les
sing. received q compound fracture OF the
right arm Maxwell Less!ng. his wife and
two younger sons escaped without injury.
At White street and Mott avenue, Far
Rockaway. James Gaffney. thirty-e!ght
years old, a newsdea!er OF No. 80 Eighth
avenue. New York, was struck by an au-
tornobi!e driven by James Tracy OF Clinton
and Dison places Far Rockaway. He was
knocked unconscious and at 81. Joseph 5
Hosp!ta! Il was found that he was suffer
ing from conclusion Of the brain. His con-
dition is critical.
White street is one OF the narrowest OF
Far Rockaways thoroughfares, and has
been the scene OF many automobile acci-
dents Gahney was struck as Tracy turned
his car into Mott avenue.
Earlier in the day car driven by Mrs
Gaby Lang, OF Bayview Terrace. Clstone
Park. Far Rockaway. tumbled Patrick Nc
Clone, of Grove street, Far Rockaway,
into the dirt OF Mott avenue. His right
arm and his lips were cut, but he escaped
serious injury
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
CHALQNER CUTS OFF
ALL HIS RELATIVES
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(D Second mortgage made by the Cn!tcd
Industrial Company TO the grantor upon !ts
lands and mills and buildings ana water
rights, situated az Roanoke kaP!as; HaN- Iads
FAX County, n c., dated September d. !e9S'
10 secure the payment OF &5,!l2 ol on sep.
tember -5, 1899. and interest thereon at per
cent per annum, subject to above men
toned first mortgage - c.u,ro
(5) The grantor's share IN the SoZine
farm IN New York City, left to him b. bis
grandaunt, Laura Astor De!1no.
(6) Lot OF land, with the ten story o.
Gee building thereon, situated In the Eo!-
ough Of Manhattan. in the C!ty ot NSw 55s
York. and known by the street NUMBER 20
Broadway. o.o .-. -, .Lo
Hudson River, in the township OF E!!-He-
beck. Duchess County, y. y. , T.,
C0 \ farm or tract OF land situated II. ~
the Town OF Red Hook, in the County oi
Dutchess in the State OF New YORK ca!!sa
the S!pperly Farm. comprising about S@iHty SHY
acres OF land, with small house ana Darn
thereon -. -. ,,ce
isI The three hundred acre. more o! less,
cotton plantation known as the Ea!,!'-,r, Eau-T1
place In Halifax County y. C, between
the towns OF Roanoke Rapids and We!aon,
together with several parcels OF real estate
in Roanoke Rapids.
New-York tribune., 1912-07-15
He Is Kin Of Astcrs.


ceration IN the Bloom!ngdale Asylum
the affair created 4 furor in New fo:h
society. He is the eldest OF the eight
children Of Professor Chan!er, Of Co.
lumbia University who died some years
arc. and Is related 10 the Astor family
Of New York He is a cousin of william
Waldorf Astor and John Jacob -Astof'
who went down with the White star
liner Titanic. He IS now about. fifty
two years old.
Mr.. Chaloners brothers and sisters
are Winthrop Astor Chanler, Co!one!
William Astor Chan!er, ex-Congressman
from New York; Lewis stuyVesant
Chanler. former Lieutenant Governor OF
New York. Robert Winthrop Chanler.
formerly Sheriff OF Dutchess County
y. y; Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler
| Chairman, Margaret Livingstone Chan
Ier Aldrich and Aida Beeklnan Chanlcr
Emmet
John Armstrong Chaloner married
Amel!e Rives. the writer, on June IA
lSsS, and she divorced him in 1895, be-
cause OF incompatib!l!ty Of tempera-
ment She later married Prince Pierre
Troubetskoy a Russian portrait painter.
Ever since his liberation from Bloom
ingda!e Mr. Chaloner has shown the
greatest bitterness against his relatives
who sought 10 have him adjudged In
sane He has at all times refused 70
| treat with them. no matter what the &C.
casion.
In March, 1900. chaloner shot and
| killed John Gillard in the MerrY Mills
house in a scufiie over revolver. Gill
| lard had attacked his wife, and had
drawn the revolver, preparatory 10
shooting her. when Chaloner grappled
with the man the weapon being dis
charged In the fight. j jury Of Virginia
! farmers acquitted Chaloner and compli-
mented him on the splendid courage he
/ had shown in defending the life Of Mrs.
| Gillard.
! Chaloner later bought piece Of ground
and erected a monument TO GilIard on
which was the inscription:
John Gil!ard. March Is. 1909 He
died game"
On another occasion. In 1905. Mr. chal-
oner went to New York TO prosecute his
suit for conversion Of property against
Thomas Townsend Sherman. who had
been appointed his committee Of person
and property. He went there under pro-
lection Of a court order, which prevented
the New York authorities from placing
him In an asylum for second time.
Chaloner's suit against Mr.. Sherman is
still pending in the courts. When an at
tempt was made last night to reach Mr.
Sherman on the telephone at his home
in Rye 1t was said that he was IN Maine
and would not be back until September
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-07-25

We suppose that the third-party
moraiists have felt themselves driv-
en- to such immoral shifts as stealing
electors by the enormous difficulties
of organizing a nationwide tnde-
pendent movement. Those difficult
ties stand confessed. They are, in our
opinion. greater in some states than
they should be. In Kansas. for exam
pie, the obstacles placed by the new
ballot law in the way of independent
nominations are formidable--much
more SO than they ought to be In
fairness. Still, the facts are what
they are; and II Mr.. Roosevelt and
his friends have looked the whole
field over and counted the cost and
resolved to create a new party, 1t Is
for them to do so in honest and
straightforward fashion on the basis
of the situation as 1t actually exists.
In the long run, we believe, they
will gain by being explicit and direct.
Already they have suffered by the
evidence that thOy are willing to get
ahead by lodging around laws and
morals. American humor is not yet
extinct, and 1t will inevitably beat
in increasing volume upon a party
that shouts about It's own courage
and pure motives, but instantly sets
out to assume various opportune dis
guises. The country is still unwill-
ing to call old notions fudge, and
trickery will not smell any sweeter
by naming 1t progressive.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-07-25
IT'S AM Old DOCTRINE.

Hutchinson News: The theory OF
the Roosevelt politicians is that the
Republican label on the ballot can
be stolen in Kansas, because the
state convention voted that way, in
spite of the fact that Taft was NOM
mated by the national convention.
In other words, that the state party
can secede from the national party
This theory was strongly advo-
Gated by one John C. Calhoun, good
many years ago. Andrew Jackson,
who was president then, put the
scheme out of business and threat
ened to hang Mr.. Calhoun If he tried
1t. A few years later Mr.. Jefferson
Davis and others declared that the
state had a right to secede and select
its own president when not satisfied
with the national election. James
Buchanan, then president, while he
doubted the merit of the proposition,
said he could see no way to compel
the state to stay In If 1t wanted out.
But Abraham Lincoln found the way
and the doctrine of. states rights was
shot to pieces by a lot of boys iR
blue.
This latest Kansas Rooseveltian
theory is not new. It is merely re-
svival of the states right argument.
Instead Of taking Roosevelt's advie
and forming new party and fighting
for Roosevelt. the plan of the Kansas
politicians is to stay under the Repub-
lican flag with the hope Of electing
eight out of the ten electors in Kan
sas. At least that Is the ostensible
reason but the real reason why the
politicians don't want to organize a
new party in Kansas is that they are
afraid they will lose their jobs.
Hence the revival of the old states
right doctrine which might go with
Democrats but which is surely not
Republican.