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New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
J. D. ROCKEFELLER, FIREMAN
Gives 500 to Company and
Wants to Ride on the Engine.

John d. Rockefeller may not wear the
flreman's red shirt, and he won't have
to hustle out of bed when the fire alarm
sounds, but II the plans OF some Of the
members OF Columbia Hose Company, OF
Tarrytown. carry he will be elected an
honorary member, in appreciation of his
gift Of $500 TO complete the amount
needed for a new automobile fire engine.
The check arrived yesterday, and great
is the Joy in Sleepy Hollow, where the
company is housed. Columbia Hose
Company has for several years been try
ing to get an automobile apparatus.
First It asked the taxpayers for $4,000
and Mr.. Rockefeller supported the prop
osition and it was carried. This sum
was found insufficient. and last year
$4,000 more was appropriated. When
the company decided on a machine 1t
found It was still $1,000 short of the
price desired. 1t raised 5000 In small
subscriptions, and then decided to appeal
TO Mr.. Rockefeller. He was glad to see
the committee, and said:
Boys I want to see this department
among the finest You go back home
and I'll see II can't think up way to
help you out"
Accompanying the check was note
saving Mr.. Rockefeller would like to ride
ON the new machine once, just to expert
ence the sensation of fireman going
10 n fire.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
GENERAL MILES FINDS
HIS BROTHER DYING
Makes Startling Discovery When
He Stops to Aid Man Who
Dropped in Park.
BODY TAKEN HOME IN AUTO
Daniel G. Miles, Stricken with
Heart Disease, Expires in Car
Had Just Finished
Game of Chess.
BODY TAKEN HOME IN AUTO
fFrnm The Tribune Bureau. !

Washington. Feb 22-While riding by
I,afavette Square in his motor car his
evening Lieutenant General Nelson \.
Miles. observing a group of persons
, standing about the figure Of a man who
had fallen in one of the pathways of .he
park opposite the White House, stopped
to offer his aid, and found his brother,
Daniel c. Miles, of Westminster, Mass,
dying. He had been walking briskly
through the park I'm the twilight, when
he suddenly crumpled down in heap
and then fell sprawling in the pathway.
General Miles left his car to peer over
the heads of the crowd which had
gathered
IT'S my brother" said the general
when he saw the upturned face.
Then he and his son took the body In
their arms and carried it to the auto
mobile.
Only short time before General Miles,
his son. Lieutenant Sherman Miles. OF
the Sd Field Artillery. and his brother
were playing chess. a game Of which
they all were fond, at the Chess Club. a
short distance from the park. Mr. Miles
left his brother and nephew. saying he
would walk through the park to the
Rochambeau, where General Miles has
an apartment.
General Miles and his son finished their
game and started home I'm the generals
motor car. Passing Lafayette Square
they saw the group and stopped.
Shocked at the sight of his brother, Gen
eral Miles, with his son. hastily bore the
limp figure to the automobile and hur-
ried to the apartment, but before they
arrived life was extinct.
Mr.. Miles, who was eighty-five years
DID, had suffered from heart disease for
some time. He had been the guest Of
General Miles three weeks.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
RUSSIA PLANS REPR|SALS
NationaIistS Favor Excluding
u. S. Jews and Tariff War.
PRESIDENT TAFT PRAISED
Roosevelt Denounced as Coun-
try's Enemy-Many Douma
Members Present.

ST. Petersburg, Feb. 22.-The mass
meeting OF the Nationalist party in the
Hall OF the Nobility tonight TO protest
against the attitude OF the United States
in denouncing the so-American
Treaty Of 1882 was attended by fifty
members of the Douma- many public
officials and several thousand others m
terested in the retaliatory action which
Russia proposes 10 take. The German
Ambassador. Count Won Pourtales, was
among the foreign representatives pres
ent.
After four set speeches resolutions
were read In support of the Nationalist
proposals for the total exclusion OF
Americans of Jewish faith from Russia
and the necessity for tariff reprtsa
These proposals We're introduced In the
Douma on December 81 The customs
duties are to he raised 100 per cent in
certain cases.
The declaration Of the speakers depre-
eating Jewish influence In the United
States, which, II was alleged, was re-
Russian internal affairs and avowing
the determination Of Russians 10 be their
own masters within their own doors,
elected applause. In other respects the
speeches merely reviewed ancient matter.
A booklet, reproducing editorials and
cartoons which appeared I'm American
papers last December. was, distributed.
and n large map showing the irrigated
and irrigable sections Of Turkestan was
displayed, as showing the possibility OF
dispensing with American cotton.
Count Vladimir Bobrinsky. president
of the constitutional Conservative party
and one of the most prominent MEM
bers Of the Douma, said in this connec-
tion:
I'VE may come to bless the day when
President Taft abrogated the treaty"
Professor Lavroff, speaking of Amer
lean pretensions, touched on the treat
ment of negroes In the United States.
Other speakers made friendly references
to the qualities OF the American people.
and all attempted to explain how the
Jews had taken advantage of the ext
gencies OF a party situation, with the
elections near at hand.
NJ. Won Eggert praised President Taft,
while Count Bobrinsky declared that ex-
President Roosevelt was the sworn
enemy of Russia.
The meeting was sanctioned by the
Minister of the Interior and was pre-
sided over by A. A. Motoviloff, a MEM
ber of the Douma and great land
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
RENT RECEIPT MANS UNDoING
Wife Finds One for Flat Other than
Theirs-Bigamy Indictment Follows.

Chicago, Feb 22.-Cornelius kiley found
himself In an unexpected dilemma last night
because Of a recent receipt for Nat other
than the only one he was supposed 10 be
occupying, left by him inadvertently In a
pocket OF his clothing.
Mrs. Kiley found the receipt and hasty
investigation followed. The result was a
grand jury true bin for bigamy. which was
returned yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. KiIey went to the second address.
She was met by a young woman VINO
when inquiry for Kiley was made, SAID ne
was her husband. After conference wife
No, left for the home OF her parents
while No. 1 sought warrant for kileys
arrest
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
HALF THE Co-EDs KNoCKKNEED
Many Flatfooted Freshmen Also at
University of Wisconsin,
fnv Telegraph to The Tribune

Madison. Wis, Feb 1-That 81 per cent
., the freshman "co-eds" at the University
., wisconsin are knockkneed and 1s per
cent are fatfooted is shown in the report
=, Miss A. s. Mayhem, director of the woni-
on,s gymnasium for the years 1910 and 1911.
srhe report makes no effort TO explain this
condition of affairs.
THE average weight of the Badger State
.co-ed" is 12s pounds. while the average
ho,ght Is Ss.s inches. The value OF the cor
rectiye exercises used for curvature OF
the spine is shown In the statement that
a,,t ~ the fifty-six girls who we're treated
4, the first semester eleven were dismissed
a. entirely cured. and twelve cases showed
marked improvement
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
FINDS SOURCE OF RAGTIME
f" "Alexander's Rag Time Band" Note
for Note Like Opera Theme.
| BY Telegraph to The Tribune. |

Boston. Feb 22.-Felix Weingartner. 1.-The
famous Viennese conductor, has discovered
that "Alexander's Ragtime Band" is, note
for note, Ike the syncopated theme OF the
opera, "The Girl of the Golden West"
There is the same rhythm. the same no
tation, only the key is different" the con-
ductor maintains. This Is a very odd co.
incidence, and yet the history Of music is
full of such condolences One composer
writes something he believes to be original
and discovers that another in a distant
pa n of the wo-id has produced the same
melody at about the same time"
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
BREAKS AERIAL RECORDS
vedrines, in a Monoplane, Sets
Two New Speed Marks.

Pau, France, Feb. 22.-Jules Vedrines
broke the speed record for monoplanes
to-day, flying one hundred kilometres IN
81 minutes. and two hundred kilometers
in hour and Is minutes.
The previous record for one hundreo
kilometres (sixty-two miles) was MADE
bv Bathlat, at Douzy, on January zo'
when he covered the distance In Al MIN
utes and % seconds. The two hundred
l,ilometre record made at Pau on jan
nary "a by Maurice Tabuteau, was l
hour. "a minutes and 81 seconds.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
VETERAN OF 1912 DEAD AT l24
Kentucky Pioneer Reputed TO BE oid-
est Man in America.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune ]

Columbia, KY, Feb. 22-The reputed olu'
est man in America was found dead TINS
morning in his little log hut on the banKs
OF Indian Creek. "Uncle" Johnny MORE
as ne has been known even TO the Oldest
inhabitants. 124 years old. veteran OF the
war OF 1872 and one of the best boxers IN
the South fifty years ago, died without any
relatives whatever
Morg knew many of the pioneer COM
manders, among them General Jackson and
the Indian chief Tecumseh. He came 10
this country from Germany In 1872 and Inn
,,od,ateIy entered the American army.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
HAT AND HEAD LONG IN RING
Gov. Wilson Retorts to Colonel
Roosevelt's Statement.

Kansas City. Mo-. Feb. 22.-"My hat has,
been in the ring long time. and my head
has been In IT," said Governor Woodrow
Wilson OF New Jersey here to-day when hi5
attention was called TO Colonel RooseveIts
statement made last night to w. F. Eirick
at Cleveland.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
uome RULE BILL MARCH 20.

London. Feb. 22-It has been arranged
,rac,Ically that Premier Asquitli will In
,roduce the Home Rule bill In the House
Of Commons on March 20.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23

$50 NEW YORK TO PACIFIC COAST:
Lsligh Valley Railroad Mai 10 Apr H.
AdNt.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23

GREAT GEAR SPRING WATER:
soc. per case OF glass s-stoppered pot'ies.
--Advt.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
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New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
Brooklyn Hospital Infants Killed
by OxaIiC Acid Put in Milk
They Drank, 1t
Is Said.
WOMAN BOUGHT POISON
Detectives Unable to Fasten the
Blame on Attendant-Doctors
Trying to Save Four
More Children
Gravely Ill.

Eight little children are dead from
poison and four are i'm serious condi-
tion at the Brooklyn Nursery and In
fant's Hospital. No 1896 to 410 Herkimer
street. Brooklyn. An irritant toxin, pre-
sumably oxalic acid, placed in milk the
babies drank, Is said to be the cause "
the deaths.
The police after interrogating the ern-
ployes OF the institution, found them
selves completely baff1ed and were un-
able to determine II the poison was ad-
ministered with murderous intent by
some one suffering from homicidsi
mania or IL the whole thing was an
accident.
An autopsy was performed yesterday
on two Of the babies by DIR. Charles
Wuest, coroner's physician, and he found
in the stomachs traces Of poison which
he said resembled oxaiic acid.
When the police first arrived at the
bospital suspicion pointed to one'of the
inmates, but after long examination or
her the police said they had learned
nothing to warrant making an arrest.
ut is a shame to try to throw this on
my shoulders, as though was not carry
ing enough burden as 1t is," she said to A
reporter.
DR.. Wues. sent the organs TO chem
st for analysis. and until the report Of
the chemist is received the exact cause
Of death will not be known.
All the stricken children were occu-
pants Of the children's ward in the In
fant's Hospital, which adjoins the nurs-
cry building There are two wards In
the hospital, the other being known as
the bassinet ward.
On Saturday last Catherine Moore, OF
Kings Park. Long Island, and Leonora
Fisher, of No. III Gates avenue, Brook
lyn, were taken from the bassinet ward
because they were Ill and placed In the
children's ward. On Sunday morning
Catherine Moore, who was seven months
and twenty-six days old. died. Just be-
fore she died Miss NJ. Anderson. the
matron. and Miss Louise Howard, the
head nurse, called DR.. f. Rodney Fiske,
of No. 1172 Dean street, Brooklyn. While
he was treating the dying child. Leonora
Fisher. who was three months old, be-
came seriously Ill.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23

ID
and twenty-six days old. died. Just be-
fore she died Miss NJ. Anderson. the
matron. and Miss Louise Howard, the
head nurse, called DIR. f. Rodney Fiske,
of No. 1172 Dean street, Brooklyn. While
he was treating the dying child, Leonora
Fisher. who was three months old. be-
came seriously Ill.
Physicians Are Puzzled.
DR.. Fiske, thinking he had two cases
of spinal meningitis on his hands. called
in DIR. Herbert C. Allen. OF No. III Lef-
ferts Place, Brooklyn, and DR.. p. l.. De
Nvse, OF No. 6S1 Hancock street. Brook
lyn. The physicians found that the
mouth of the dead child was psrched
and inflamed, as though the little one
had suffered from high fever. But as
such had not been the case, they were
puzzled.
They had opportunity to observe the
second child and saw that she had con-
vulsions parched lips, infamed mouth
swollen tongue, inability to swallow ana
coma. About midnight the second child
died.
DIR. Fiske pronounced the deaths due
to spinal meningitis, as all the symptoms
were of that disease.
Two more children were suddenly
taken III on Monday, and after few
hours agony, followed by coma, they
died. They were James $. Hanyokis'
three months and seventeen days Old,
OF No. 81 Chester street, Brooklyn and
Elizabeth Lavalsky, two months Old
address not known.
Doctors Grow Suspicious.
When a fifth child. Richard Gamer
call six months old. address not known.
became suddenly Ill on Tuesday, with
all the symptoms that attended the
5eath of the four who had died, Dr.
Fiske and his associates grew suspicious
ord hogan TO seek a cause This child
soon died.
while they were Investigating two
more infants were stricken ana then
Coroner Glinnen was acquainted with
the facts.
This was late Wednesday night, AMI
the two babies had died.
bringing the death harvest up to seven.
They were Isador Wachtell. ten months
and twenty days old, OF No. 4Io Grand
street. Brooklyn, and Adele Leppo. thres
months and nineteen days old. of NO.
ia Belmont avenue. Brooklyn.
Coroner Suspects Foul Play.
Coroner Glinnen and Coroner's Physi-
ian Wuest went to the Infant Hospital
morning, and after the au-
opsy which was performed on tho
,oaies of the babies who had died the
Law before the two officials were con-
,inced that poison had been used and
hat perhaps. foul play had been done.
After a consultation with DR.. Fisks
Dr. Wuest was satisfied that the milk
4 the dead children had been poisoned.
nd Coroner Glinnen called for police
assistance.
When Detectives Roddy and Thomp-
on of the Brooklyn Headquarters staff.
rriyed at the hospital. they were Joined
W Mr.. Lee, Assistant District Attorney,
nd CAPTAIN Frederick Wohlfarth, of the
,tlantic avenue police station
After a thorough examination of all Z
he nurses, to the number of ten. the
,oljce confessed that they were unable
o say how the poison came to be placed
n the milk.
The only oxalic acid in the hospital
vas what remained of two ounces OF
he poison that had been purchased Sat-
rday at a drug store in Tompkins ave.
Iue.
This was purchased by Winifred An
ers, an attendant, who had been at the
ospital since June 2s when her infant.
gho was ailing, was taken to the hos
i.aI for treatment.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-12-12
East Aberdeen Streets

The action of the city council last
night, in ordering the paving of East
Heron, East Wishkah and Kansas
street, in East Aberdeen, will be found
i'll advised at this time, and it is
extremely doubtful If the property
owners will stand for such whole
sale procedure at this juncture. The
cost will fall largely upon a few own.
ers who fail to see the necessity of
improving Heron street if Wishkah
street is paved. The resolution as Or
dered improves East Heron from the
bridge to Benn street, East Wishkah
from Kansas to the city line and Kan
sas street between Heron and WISH
kah.
1t has been pointed out that the
paving of Heron street has not been
asked for by the owners or residents
Of that street, and that its improve
ment at this time will work a severe
hardship upon the largest industrial
plant in the city. The demand is
for good entrance to the city from
the east, and the improvement of
Wishkah street would provide that
entrance, as was pointed out by Coun-
Gilman Morck last night, so that the
order including Heron street appears
to have been made without due con-
sideration of the owners or the city
at large.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-12-12
ALONG THE WATERFRONT
Arrivals and Departures Of Vessels
and Those Loading at the Aber.
deem Saw Mills

l.
deem Saw Mills
The steamer Iaqua left yesterday
morning for San Francisco.
The schooner ]. w. Jewett sailed
yesterday for San Francisco.
With full passenger list and lum.
Der cargo, the steamer Norwood clear
ed port yesterday for San Francisco.
The steamer Centralia arrived yes.
terday from San Francisco and is load.
ing at the Anderson & Middleton mill.
The steamer San Jacinto completed
her cargo at the e. X. Wood mill
and sailed for San Francisco yester-
day.
The steamer Fair Oaks completed
her cargo at the s. E. Slade mill
yesterday and cleared for San Fran
cisco.
The steamer Temple E. Door is still
loading at the Donovan mill, but ex-
poets to clear for San Francisco to-
morrow.
The schooner Ludlow was lowed to
the lower bay yesterday bound for
Callao. She loaded at the Anderson
& Middleton mill.
The schooner Andy Mahoney from
San Francisco arrived in port last
night. She is lying in mid-stream
awaiting loading orders.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-12-12
Vigilance Necessary

We have a democratic senate and
a democratic house, as we'll as dem.
ocratic president, but let no one think
it safe to 60 to Sleep One majority
in the senate is very small-a few re-
dictionaries may obstruct legislation
or insist on concessions as the price
Of support. There are reactionaries
In the house, also, and an eye must
be kept on them. It behooves every
democrat to be ON the alert and to
warn his senators and his member Of
congress against any backward step.
The Baltimore platform says: "Our
pledges are made to be kept when IN
ONCE ~ well a. relied upon during
the campaign" Every onicial should
be held to the letter and spirit of the
platform. Ten cents spent by each
voter for postal cards and cards used
to indorse faithful representatives and
to admonish unfaithful ones would
work wonders in securing progress
i've measures. The officials at Wash.
ington should be informed that the
rank and file of the democratic party
insists on the carrying out of the plat
form. The first work to be done is to
secure legislation which will give an
immediate reduction of the high tar.
iff make a nrivQto mOn0DO1v imnOs.
sible and reform the currency in the
interest of the whole people with pro-
lection against Wall Streets con.
trol.-Bryan's Commoner.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-12-12
THE Bridge Problem

In advocating the removal of the
Heron street bridge to Wishkah street
ne Aberdeen Herald has reached the
denly conclusion that can be reached
AV any one who studies this bridge
4roblem. It Is step which The
World has long insisted should be
taken, and is, in fact, the only one
that can be taken. While the Her.
gn street bridge may be made to
10" for a time, it will continue to
he q source of expense as it long
has been, and when repairs are made
the city will have, as it has now,
nothing but q makeshift, doomed to
n replaced by something permanent.
No more money should be wasted in
nftempts to repair the structure. No
1usiness man would conduct his bust.
1sss ON such basis; why should the
city.
The proper thing to do is to move
- Heron street bridge and then
-1uila . decent east end entrance In.
- The city. The present entrance is
- has been for years a reproach to
- city. It ia behind the times, be-
AfnA the rest Of the city. It served
- tight when Heron street was made
- clanks tackled on piles, but 1t does
- serve now.
MT II the bridge 10 not to be NOV
- ana the east road to the present
Astage to be improved. then the whole
auAA should be improved with no sec.
- exempt. The exemption now pro-
&oseA would make the improvement
- doubtful value, II it would have
NJ. The attempt to make the i'm
Sroyement with the exemption includ-
"A viii mean q legal fight, and the
Attempt to make it without the ex-
unption will likewise mean a strug.
lae.-Aberdeen World.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-12-12
Fake Sales

A movement is afoot among the
Aberdeen merchants to abolish fake
sales and to prevent fake advertising
in which effort they should receive
the cordial support of the press and
public. An ordinance will be present.
ed to the city council covering this
matter, which will be modelled after
the Seattle ordinance on that sub
ject.
The bogus sale swindle has assum-
ed such proportions that it is very
likely that a state law will be enact
ed by the coming legislature, max
ing it a penal offense to make false
representations in order to sell goods
and, Judging from a recent speech in
Seattle, Gov. Lister will probably rec
ommend such legislation in his mes
sage to the legislature.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-12-12

however, that the parent should not
discourage the proper kind Of social
amusements.
ION several occasions since I have
been in Aberdeen, and when the
school did not look with favor upon
such entertainments, there were
dances given by clubs in fraternity
halls. do not say that they were
lily conducted, but do say, it would
be far better to give the young peo-
pie at least portion of the enjoy
ment sthey should have"
Superintendent Wilson giving his
views as to extravaganza INDUCED in
by many Of the young female gradu-
ates in providing for their graduation
exercises, said that he had and al
ways would oppose this needless ex-
pense.
II remember one time was asked
to set fixed price for students to
expend on graduation costumes, and
to inform the graduating class of the
action" said Mr.. Wilson. Had ad-
hered to this request, l am sure that
the parents would tell me it was none
of my business. know full we'll that
this expense at times is great hard
ship on parents, and most certainly
l do approve of these modern-day
methods"
This being the first meeting OF the
association following the election of
officers, the attendance was small.
Mrs. J. A. Morley presided at the meet
ing. Mrs. Frank Beam resigned as
secretary of the association and Mrs.
w. G. Peckham elected as her sue
cessor.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-12-12
II Pointed the Way

The citizens non-partisan organiza-
sSon that proved so effective at the
SCHOOL elections last week, points the
Nay by which partisan politics may
be kept out of the city elections next
spring, and should by all means be
adopted. In the selection of city Of
lcials, their views on matters Of ma
saonal policy should no more be con.
videred than the color of their hair.
There are sufficient local issues upon
watch to divide without entering the
realm of national politics.