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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
BOYS DEATH CAUSES SCARE
St. Paups Sohoolboy Victim OF
Infantile Paralysis.
LBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.

Concord n H.. June 4-The death from
inrantile paralysis OF Edmund Armour,
thirteen years old, Of Princeton. n. j., and
a student Of St. Paul's School, has dissr-
ranged the plans for the anniversary week
of the Institution.
AT the Eagle Hotel to-day, In the Alumni
House at Milville and other places where
the parents and friends OF the boys have
been gathering In anticipation Of pleas
ant holiday, there is alarm Some fathers
have telegraphed to have their sons leave
for home a. once or have come after them
personally. The school authorities have
told the parents that they do not expect
any more cases OF the disease. but they do
not advise the guardians OF the pupils
either to take them away or to leave them.
DR. Samuel s. Drury and other members
of the faculty are endeavoring 10 go on
with the plans for anniversary week, but
the sudden death OF young Armour has cast
gloom over the school community. Armour
who was a relative OF the Chicago Ar
mours was taken i'll on Saturday, and DR..
Charles r. Walker the school physician
Immediately diagnosed the case as infantile
paralysis He summoned the best OF as
sstance, but the situation was hopeless
and the boy died Yesterday His parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Armour, arrived at
Milville on Saturday. They left this
afternoon for Boston. and Will take
night train for their home in Princeton
The body OF their son accompanied them.
St Paul's School closes June 10. Many
Of the students who have gone home, ii is
said. will not he allowed to return this
wear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
GAS KILLS THREE GENERATIONS
Woman Sends Gard to Friend and
Dead Bodies Are Found Later.

The bodies OF Mrs. Gabrielle n. Werner
her son. Ansel and her granddaughter.
Yvonne, we're found by the police yeeter-
day in the three rooms occupied by the
family at No. 2i6 Bradhurst avenue, The
Bronx All had been killed by inhalins IL
Eliminating gas. Miss Lena Conrad Of No
500 West 14lst street got a card yesterday
written by Mrs. Werner. informing her that
when she received the message the Werners
would be dead.
Mrs Werner had written another note in
which she said the struggle was too much
The police did not get much information
about the Werners The dead woman was
about forty-nine years old. and her son in
the twenties. IL was said that they had
relatives living in White Plains. The po-
lice were inclined TO believe that Mrs. Wer-
ner had turned on the gas In her sons room
while he was asleep, and then killed her
self and the child. II was apparent that
he had tried to get out of the room. There
was little food and no money found In the
fat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
MINORITY GRABS RAILROAD
Seven Men Elect Directors Of
Wheeling and Lake Erie.

Cleveland June THE minority stock
holders OF the Wheeling & Lake Erie Rail-
road met here to-day ard. over the protest
Of the majority. elected board Of direc-
tors Tie attorneys representing the ma
Ioritv do not admit the election, saying the
real meeting will he held tomorrow.
The annual meeting NJ the stockholders
was 10 have teen held on May !, but on
that date adjournment was taken until
June The clerk, transcribing the minutes
and sending out the call, made the date
Wednesday June 4"
Az the meeting to-day were eight stock
holders The minority stockholders were
headed by Joseph Ramsay, jr, OF New
York. former president Of the Wabash
Railroad. the Wabssh-Pfttsburg Terminal
and the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad,
and were seven In number. The eighth
man was John Watson, attorney, OF
this city, representing the Wabash-Pttts-
burgh Terminal Company and its owner
ship OF 1910 shares Of the Wheeling a
Lake Erie, or 5lis per cent Of the capital
stock
Watson called the meeting TO order,
moved its adjournment until tomorrow
seconded the motion. put II and announced
II carried.
Ramsay, backed by his six associates
maintained that to adjourn would require
a majority vote OF those present, the stock
control having naught to do with IT.
The seven then, over the protest of Wat.
SON who remained throughout the pro-
| ceedings. but would take no part. elected
| n hoa,d of diractors and held that fhey
had acquired control of a 100000 rail-
| road
Ramsay and his friends said they pur
posed taking the Wheeling & Lake Erie
from the hands OF receivers and Wrestling
II from tho Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal
domination. which they maintain operates
II not for the benefit of the Wheeling &
Lake Erie, but for it's own interests.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
MRS. HEATH WINS AGAIN
Women Give Her Credit for Halt.
ing Market Plan.

rh. reason the plan for the new West
washington and Gansevoort Market VIII
not co 10 the Board OF Estimate and APP
nor,ionnent with the approval OF the re-
comfy appointed market commission is due
- ,bo fact that Mrs. Julian Heath. presi-
sor, ~ the Housewives League. was on her
Ioh uben the hour arrived for yesterday s
boor,ne on the plan before the commission.
a, ,oas, that is what the women think. A
rr,,her Of them occupied front seats when
the hearing opened at City Hall with Cyrus
W. miller. President OF The Bronx. In the
chair.
After a number OF men had spoken Mr..
Miller exclaimed:
Several hearings have been held. and all
the evidence worth anything could be put
into five typewriter pages"
rse chairman declared his intention of
sending the plan on TO the Board OF Esti-
mate and Apportionment. and, with that
ont Of the way. holding a hearing on gen.
oral market conditions. He asked Mrs.
Heath to be ready with suggestions as to
the retail markets which the league want
ed established.
There was more violent opposition 10 the
Gsnseyoort plan on the part OF men speak
ers when Mrs. Flora Spiegelberg got the
noor. She couldn't see. she said, why all
that money should be spent to build a
wholesale market away downtown. Why
NOT build retail markets?
Mrs. Heath would not speak until Mr..
Miller had pressed her TO do SO. She said
she was emphatically against the plan that
was under discussion. and before she sat
down Mr.. Miller had assured her that 1t
shouldn't have the Endorsement of his COM
mission when II went to the Board of Esti-
mate and Apportionment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
KISSES FOR RosTRON SAILING
Captair Gets a Kitten First and Then
Oscillations Begin.

Kisses and a kitten were the need Of
CAPTAIN A. H. Rostron, hero Of the Titanic
disaster, Just before he hacked his vessel
ont into the Hudson on her way TO the
Mediterranean. yesterday morning. Per-
haps It isn't just proper to say that the
many young women who crowded the
bridge actually gave the kisses 10 the cap
tain. but. on the other hand, one can't sus-
pect the captain of voluntarily handing out
half a hundred oscillations in return for
one black cat.
The kitten was the gift of Miss Grace
Kemble and Miss Irene Claire, buds Of the
Winter Garden, who wanted to show their
appreciation of the captains manly act
When the presentation had been made TO
the smiling skipper somehow or other the
kisses got started. and they didn't stop until
all the unmarried girls in the vicinity had
had q chance. -------
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
MRS. ARNOLD HOME AGAIN
Return from Europe Revives Rumors
Of Daughter. Dorothy's, whereabouts.

The return from Europe Of Mrs. Francis
p Arnold on the Red Star liner Finland
Yesterday gave rise again TO speculation as
IN the fate OF Dorothy Arnold, who disap-
peared from her home In East 18th street
q wear ago last December, and has never
bean heard from. Passengers on the boat
brought the rumor that Mrs Anold had
h.er stav,ng with her daughter at a small
health resort I'm Germany nut no more
foundation for the report couio ne fouhu
than for thousand and one others which
have cropped up since the disappearance
became public.
Neither Mrs. Arnold nor the members OF
her family who met her at the pier wouin
saw anything on the subject. Mrs. Arno'd
was dressed in mourning. and her son ana
h,ehsnd wore mourning bands
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
NEWSGIRL WEEDS WEALTH
Husband One Of First to Buy
from Her at Hotel Vanderbilt.

Danielson Conn June Frank VI.
Bates. wealthy jewelry manufacture Of
Attleboro. Mass, and Miss Nan Corrigan.
Of No ms West 9sth street. New York. came
here tonight in a large touring car from
Providence and we're married by Justice
Bill They left town Immediately after the
ceremony for Boston. Mr. Bates gave his
age as thirty-three and HIS brides as TWEEN
ty-tvo.
Up 10 last Saturday Miss Corrtgan stood
behind the news stand at the Hotel Van
derbit Mr. Bates, who was one ~ the
FIRST persons TO register In that hotel when
II opened. very soon began TO buy out her
stock every day
And then he proposed 10 her Miss Corri-
gan and her friend Miss Ann Began. a
stenographer. OF No 24s West li5th street,
went TO Providence for the wedding yester-
day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
MIDDIEs IN HASTE TO WE'D
Eager for Honor of Being First Mar
ried Man of Graduating Glass.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

lBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l
Annspolis, June 4-The new law by which
midshipmen are commissioned as ensigns
Immediately on graduation has been such
a SPUR to matrimony that IT Is stated
q dozen members OF the class are TO be
married Immediately after graduation,
while they are on leave pending orders 10
Join ships.
In some cases announcements have been
made and In others the midshipmen are
keeping the matter secret. 1t is said
,bere will be something Of a race for the
marriage license clerk and the clergyman
IN a contest for the honor OF being the first
married man in the class.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
COCKTAILS HERE FOR HoNoRs
To Get a Columbia Degree and Will
See Son Graduated at Harvard.

Colonel George ". Goethals, in charge OF
the construction OF the Parma Canal, came
into port yesterday on the United Fruit
Company's steamer Carrillo. The object of
his tourney. he said, was 10 be present at
the graduation Of his son. Thomas Rodman
Goethals, who is in the class Of ~ at Har-
ward University.
Before seeing his son laden with aca-
demic honors. however. the colonel VIII
capture some himself, being scheduled 10
receive the degree Of Doctor OF Science
from Columbia at the commencement ex-
ercises to-day.
Captain Charles Barstow and score OF
the crew Of the fruit companys steamship
Metapan. which went ashore near Carta-
gena recently while trying 10 pull the Ar
cadian of the shoals, were also aboard.
SUNDAYS NETWORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in tho United States
Gar e so 4 year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
TWO MORE SUE RosENHElMER.

George Fedden filed suit yesterday for
$4,000 damages and Miss Anna McCabe
at the same time filed her suit for $4,000
damages. both against Edward r. Rosen-
beimer, whose automobile ran into buggy
owned by Fedden, injuring the plaintiffs
and killing Miss Grace Hough. third &C
Plough, father OF Miss Hough. recently OBJ
tanned a verdict of $500 against Rosen-
heimer for the death of his daughter Ros-
enheimer was tried on the charge of man
slaughter for the death Of Miss Hough and
Was acquitted. ------------..-A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
DRESS Of CHICAGO GIRLS
SHOCKS WOMAN JUDGE
Rides in Taxi with Reporter and
Points Out Fifty WearerS of
"ShameIeSs" Costumes.
ICALLS SKIRTS TOO TIGHT
Hats Too Gaudy and Shoes
Might as Well Be Stills, She
says-Lays Blame
to Mothers.
tpr rslerranh to The Tribune !

Chicago. June 4.-Specifc examples Of
.reskishly dressed girls were pointed out
,o.dav by Miss Mary NJ Bartelme. public
r,,ardian for delinquents, who has been
chosen to act as assistant Judge Of the
Juvenile Court Miss Bartelme. accom-
rsnied by reporter. rode in a taXlcab
from Lincoln Park, on the Lake Shore
Drive. Michigan avenue, to Jackson Boule-
ward and up and down other streets, until
.be had indicated at least fifty girls whose
oIothing. she declared. bore out assertions
made bv her yesterday-that many Chicago
girls dress to display, shamelessly, their
nhvslcal rather than their innocent girlish
charms
The taxicab had scarcely started when
Miss Bartelme exclaimed:
There, Look at that skirt, that hat
those shoes Ten years ago that girl would
have been arrested"
The girl Miss Bartelme indicated was at
tired IN pale gray skirt, tight and short
q tight fitting coat TO match. held at the
waist WIKI q shiny patent leather belt On
her head vas a red Tam O Shanter. rak-
ishly set with long. dropping red
feather extending backward from the
crown Her shoes were q bright tan. with
high heels, and the six inches at least of
her stockings that were visible proclaimed
them 70 be Of thin silk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
DIVORCE FOR MRS. ROBBINS
Reno Court Grants Decree to Brook
lyp Woman on Cruelty Charge

Reno, New, June Mrs Georgiana Sex
ton Robbins, Of Brooklyn, gained an abso-
Lutte divorce to-day from Charles Randall
Robbins. OF Tarrytown, n Y, auditor Of
the American Locomotive Works on the
ground Of cruelty. The testimony was
heard behind closed doors. Robbins did not
contest the suit. but was represented by
attorney.
The couple were married in Brooklyn In
1904. Until two years ego they resided at
Babylon, Long Island, where Robbins built
O large home. Both are said TO be wealthy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
ee,oee FOR sUFFRAeETTEs.

A bridge and euchre party for the oenen'
-, ,ho marlborough Suffrage Club. OF wnich
a. Rnb.rt Fl. Elder is president. VIII be
m, =, the clubhouse. No. l2o West Hs'
street. this evening from CLOCK 10 , -.
A number of prizes VIII DE given anu M
Mary Donnelly. organizer OF the ciuD' GA
nounces that there VIII be plenty o. s''N
things to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
STRIKE NEAR END,
HOTEL MEN SAY
'SCOUTS LEND A LANDSCAPES PRICE OF FISH ST
Continued from iirst page.

five walters refused to respond when a
whistle was blown at 7:3O o'clock.
| The rumor persisted around strike
headquarters yesterday, as II to counter
act the reports that the treasury was
exhausted, that Rose Pastor Stokes was
to carry on the fight, but Blochlinger,
with the manner which he assumes when
he does not want TO deny a report. de-
clared he would say nothing about 1t
one way or the other.
Nor would Mrs. Stokes consent to
speak about the matter. She advised
the walters at one Of their meetings
yesterday to stick together, telling them
they needed no outside aid, and were
powerful enough to win with their own
resources.
Brokers in Walters Roles.
The downtown eating clubs which
were left without walters at the luncheon
hour were the Machinery Club, No so
Church street, and the Luncheon Club.
Of the New York Stock Exchange The
members took turns at serving. The
Stock Exchange brokers voted the new
walters the best they had ever seen in
the club. Eleven cooks walked out at
the Grand Central Station restaurant
Their Jobs were Immediately filled by
negro cooks from the Pullman service
Frederick NJ. Reed, president of the
Hotel Association, said after a meeting
Yesterday afternoon that the strike was
dying out.
I'VE talked OF little" he said. save
the plans Of the proposed school for hotel
help which we intend to start In a
rented building shortly. 1t will have
two objects: TO prevent difficulties such
as we experienced at the beginning OF
this strike and the betterment OF the
hotel service. Twelve hotels reported
their old employees asking to come back"
The walters held two large meetings
during the afternoon at Bryant Hall.
They will hold a big mass meeting to-
night in Carnegie Hall, which will be
addressed by Morris Hillquit, the So
cialist lawyer: John stanhope. a Social
list editor, and Adoph Gremer, of the
United Mine Workers Union.
Hotel Manager Assaulted.
A strike breaker named John Citron,
who had been employed at the Marie
Antoinette, was discharged yesterday
morning by J. B. Slocum, the manager.
who did not like his work. Citron re-
ceived pay at the rate Of 81 day and
demanded 50, saying that was the agree
ment. This demand was granted. but
when Citron demanded an entire days
pay after working less than an hour
Mr.. Slocum refused. Citron thereupon
struck Mr.. Slocum In the face. He was
arrested and fined S. by Magistrate Nc
QUade in the West Side court.
At Bustanoby's restaurant, No. 40
West 39th street. which has been cred
tied with being closed on account OF the
strike. II was said yesterday that the
doors had never been shut. AS soon as
ten or fifteen men went out last Thurs
day. IL was said, their places were filled
and the restaurant had been the better
for losing them, as they were undesira-
bles. any way. More than a hundred
men. IL was said, remained faithful to
the management when the attempted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
HOLDS RUNAWAY RECORD.

Chicago, June 4-Raymond Win'ams'
Twelve years old, Chicago's champion run,
away boy. is missing from MS home' 40. -, =,
Elizabeth street, for the seventy "'''
time in four years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05

the STYLES. They are grou,ns n,ors. and
worse each year. 1t is Shameless convins
on the part OF girls who wear ,har, They
are not pretty. They disp,av ,,uIoarlv the
contour of the wearer's or,,r. e. Iou,
much prettier a simple eirI,sh go u,ou,d
look! And It is so in ever, oo
Oh there's another ons-rool,r And
MISS baItei'he eyes turned to the opposite
'iue Vi 'he street. where there was a girl
ABOUT seventeen apparently attired in a
tisht htting shiny blue suit She wore
"hite shoes and thin white stockings. At
each step her skirt was drawn tight
She should be ashamed" Miss Rartelme
commented. When a girl dresse. IKE that
IL Is her mothers fault. The old fashioned
mother. who was content with simpIe
gowns and frocks, would not tolerate such
attire on her daughter. The old fashioned
motner Is sadly needed now 10 effect
radical dress reform"
In the downtown streets through which
Miss Barteme and the reporter rode similar
examples We're numerous. Following the
short trip. Miss Bartelrne declared she
would not retract from what she had said,
but rather would add to II.
Censures High School Girls.
i believe the girls who belong to the
high school sororities are the worst" she
asserted. NO style seems too daring for
them There are the panniers, the hobbies
ana how many other kinds Of absurd skirts
do not know. The high heeled shoes
meant for the ballroom and not for street
Wear-are common and uncomfortable As
l said, the girls might as well wear stills.
The stockings are too thin and the hats
are-well. rights
The delinquent girls whom I meet and
the factory girls are not to blame for
adopting these outlandish styles. They
copy them from the high school girls, whom
they believe TO be educated enough TO know
what is right Girls in high school are
just at the self-conscious age. That is the
time when motherly supervision IL essen
ual. Chicago mothers are not living up to
the requirements OF beautiful motherhood"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
LAW PUBLISHER A SUICIDE.

Rochester. June Am autopsy to-day
shows that Robert S. Williamson, treasurer
of the Williamson Law Book Company,
whose body was found beside a country
road near this city last night, committed
suicide bv taking csrbolic acid
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
"OutIandish and Improper"

There's a good example Of what 7 con-
denim" Miss Bartelme said. triumphantly.
such style as that is outlandish and i'm
proper The girl cannot be more than
eighteen. Her skirt reaches only a few
inches below the knees. Those shoes might
ss well he stills. so far as their being COM
forta bic Is concerned.
such clothes as those are worn only in
r1imicry Of some daring person who sets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14

TALKING MACHINES AND GRAPHOPHONfS,
from $lJ up; records. cabinets and supplies;
fun and complete stock.
4 H,1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14

Must Vacate I has s lsasea as b n g.
Orcr Entire Stock Jewelry Great Reduction
Mr. on Solid AK. Jewelry.
2Oes OF Fine Watches and CLOCKS
These are genuine reductions on the highest
class guaranteed goods
Henry c. Karr, Ser fS,h q Cigar Store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14
NAGEL WILL MAKE ADDRESS.
Conference on Weights and Measures
Will Open Tomorrow.

Secretary Nagel Of the Department of
Commerce and Labor will deliver the
opening address at the seventh annual
weights and measures conference, which
meets at the bureau of standards tomor-
ow. and Friday State inspectors of
weights and measures are expected to be
present from all parts of the country and
reports on progress in the several states
will. be read by a number of these dele
gates.
At Thursday mornings session, follow
ing Director STATIONS address of well
come F. S. Holbrook of the bureau of
standards will read a report on 1egisla-
ton which has been enacted during the
past year. W. F. Cluett, chief deputy
sealer of weights and measures of Chi
cago, will read a paper on Method of
Keeping City Sealers' Records
Among the addresses during the con-
ference will be one by G. A. Briggs Of
the bureau, who will discuss Platform
Scales,'' and by C. d. Palmer. chairman
of the Massachusetts state commission OF
weights and measures, who will report
for the committee on tolerances and
specifications.
At the Raleigh Hoteh which is down.
town headquarters for those attending
the. conference. banquet will be served
tomorrow night, and arrangements are
being made for the reception OF the visit
ing delegates by Ahe President.