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The evening world., 1912-05-22
BOY PURSE-SNATCHER
AND BURGLAR FREED T
By COURT LEN|ENCy
"First Offcnsc" in Each Case
Earns Suspension of
Sentence.

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ee' sessions yesterday '"uso SUI
Ivan allowed two to 20 free' whi'e
Judge Grain set at liberty the third.
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'"e' e'Spos'uon vas az io
UV SoOoe oScII'vSN.
David Lee. eighteen years old. a
negro bell-boy who pleaded guilty OF
having a revolver In his possession.
was sent 10 the Elmira Reformstory.
While Lee had never before been con-
victed he bore bad record. inforrAa-
non being given to the Court that he
was IN the habit OF carrying hrearuss
and had once shot hoy
FRANK co'ora. eishteen years oiu' VINO
grabbed handbag containingN from
woman on street and was convicted
OF petty larceny. got or with a sus-
pended sentence. II was shown TO the
Court that Colora had borne a good
reputation.
charles rss,on tweu,v..lx ypars old
49, r,.. ,rd,o,aa ,or vr.nd ,.ro.ry
-
"eahns my consS wor'n VI oIo'"-
ing from a Doaraihs mouse where ne
SEQ pleaded guilty OF petty larceny
Sentence was suspended on him. with
the understanding that he was to re-
turn TO his home in Cincinnati.
nv uL0ce cpAiN
The evening world., 1912-05-22

Automobile busters, single and
Wind shields in
sleeves. Mohairs. Pop'in, Linen.
Khaki and Repp, Regularly
AZ. 50 Ia 80. 90; at...... ~ 90
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

chaplain: George II. Pecnc, guide; VIII
lam f.. Rieger, secretary; Edward S. Petit
collector.
The bill introduced by Assembyman
William S. Coffey, of Mount Vernon. when
gives Westchester County permanent ac.,
cess TO the New York City supply OF
water is meeting with approval through
out the county. but 1t is feared that 1t viii
not pass because it Is understood that the
Senate will not look Ipon 1t favorab!y.
The cities of Mount Vernon, Yonkers and
White Plains are anxious to secure an
additional supply of water, and there has
been talk of condemning additional water
shed and arranging for municipal water
plants for the different places, but so far
no definite action has been taken. For
that reason Assemblyman Coifey intro
duced his bill, which provides that II the
waters of the natural lakes in Westchester
County have been or shall be acquired by
New York City, or reservoirs constructed,
residents of the county shall have the
rights or boating and fishing In the lakes
and reservoirs and of taking ice there
from, subject to regulations fixed by the
Commissioner Of Water Supply, Gas and
Electricity Of the city of New York to
preserve the purity Of the water and to pre-
vent nuisances.
1t also provides that any city. village
or town in Westchester County, or a cor
poration authorized to establish a water
works system for supplying a city, village
or town in that county with water, may
connect its water mains with the lakes
streams. reservoirs, aqueducts and con-
duits' Of New York City, and take water
therefrom. The manner Of such connec-
tions shall be agreed upon between the
different authorities and the Commissioner
Of Water Supply of New York, or shall
be directed by the Special Term of the
Supreme Court In the Second Judicial Dis
trict
Work on the new Kensico reservoir and
dam is now proceeding rapidly, and the
work of constructing the section Of the
Kensico and then to the Hill View reservoir
IS also nearing completion.
The new Kensico dam will be one of the
largest in the"chain of dams from Ashokan
in the Catskills, to Manhattan, and the total
cost of the work at Kensico alone, II is re-
ported, will be close to 100000.
The water has been drawn of the old
Kenslco reservoir so that the work on the
new one could be started. Great changes
will soon take place around Kensico, as the
highways will have TO be changed and new
ones constructed in the place of the roads
which will be flooded by the new artificial
lake.
The work on the aqueduct from Kensico
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

suited in finding out all that is known Oh
the terrashot II seems that the amman
lives i'm the little meadows and parks IN
the higher portions of the range where
Il gradually Increases in numbers until
seized by strange impulse TO migrate.
The beasts then form long professions
and march IN single file down into
the desert valley, presumably with the in
tenton OF crossing TO other ranges, that
can be seen in the distance. Not one OF
them, however, ever gets across. As they
encounter the hot sands they rapidly swell
with the heat and one after another they
blow up with resounding reports. leaving
deep, grave-shaped holes in the sand.
In the mountains of Colorado. where in
summer the woods are becoming infested
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

Lake Okeechobee, Florida 1t is of enormous
size and feeds exclusively on human be-
ings, particularly negro pickaninnies. In
form il resembles a huge crocodile nut
is covered with long, glossy fur and mas
no legs or fins except one long spike on
its back To enable it TO travel through
the muddy waters in which it lives, nature
has provided It with an arrangement o1
three bony plates on the end of it's TAIL
much resembling the propeller of steam
boat. These, however. serve an additional
purpose, for when the creature catches a
colored person il tosses the victim up and
backward so as TO impale him upon the
spike-fin. The snoligoster's tail is then
driven into the mud and revolves until a
hole is scooped out, wherein the prey Is
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

entirely harmless though very curious
beast It Is said to be fairly common in
the hemlock forests of Pennsylvania, and
IL travels about only at twilight. Because
of it's msfittng skin. which is covered with
warts and moles, it is always unhappy.
Hunters are able to follow the Gquonk by
it's tear-stained trail, for the animal weeps
constantly. When cOTnered and escape
seems impossible. ii may even dissolve
itself i'm tears ON frosty, moonlight nights
il is often heard weeping under the boughs
Of dark hemlock trees. J. +. Venting,
formerly Of Pennsylvania. but now resid-
ing at St. Anthony Park. Mimi, had
disappointing experience with squonk
near Mont Alto. He made a clever capture
by mimicking the squonk and inducing II
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

to hop into a sack, In which he was car
rying il home. when suddenly the burden
lightcned and the weeping ceased. Went
ling unslung the sack and looked In. There
was nothing but tears and bubbles.
Every lumber region. says Mr.. Cox, has
its strange animals, almost or wholly un-
known to science. Thus, I'm the soggy coun-
try along the Pacific Coast. from Grays
Barbor TO Humboldt Bay, there ranges
Kind Of creature that has caused much an
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
News of Citizen Soldiers in National Guard

eye Of officers of the army last summer In
coast fortifications. The 9th is another
regiment whose officers believe that Gen
eral Verbeck, by innuendo, tried to give II
a black eye in his recent annual report
They declare, however, that what the
army officers say is worth more than re-
ports from any other source. as they come
from professional soldiers. Lieutenant
David III. Ray and Captain T. W. Baldwin,
both OF the 2lst Company, who we're re-
Gently appointed, have passed the examin-
ing board.
officers of the Sth Regiment will hold
their annual dinner on the night of Feb
ruary II. and Adjutant General Verbeck.
it is expected, will be special guest. The
9th Company will hold military carnival
in the armory next Saturday night. A
number OF outside organizations will take
part.
Colonel Bates of the list Regiment has
appointed First Sergeant j. William
Marcy. OF Company L. second lieutenant
of Company A.
The 9Th Company of the 18th Regiment
announces an exhibition drill in the armory,
to be followed by review and parade
about March % next Senator Loring NJ.
Black will be the guest OF the company.
Sergeant Harry A. Haywood, Of the 4th
Company, has been promoted first SER
geant. First Sergeant w. r. Chadwick. 9Th
Company, has taken his honorable G's-
charge.
Colonel George r. Dyer Of the 18th Regt-
ment is expected home from Europe in a
few days. Company B. Captain Downs,
will hold a dance In the armory next Sat
urday night. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas
F. Huston is now able to attend regimental
duties at the armory. He was laid up in
the hospital for some two months from
being run over by a trolley car. Lieuten-
ant Colonel N. B. Thurston. chief ordnance
officer OF the state. will lecture to the Of
ficers of the regiment tomorrow night
Colonel w. B. Hotchkin and officers Of
the 22d Regiment will attend the annual
dinner of the Defendam Association, COM
posed of ex-members Of the regiment.
which is to be held at the Park Avenue
Hotel. Saturday night, February IL. The
association has elected officers for the en-
suing year as follows: President, Reginald
s. Doull; first vice-president, Major Daniel
]. Murphy: second vice-president, Captain
Maurice e Burnton; secretary. Captain
William F. Barber: treasurer, Lieutenant
James E. McAllister, and chaplain, the
Rev. William N. Dunnell In the compe-
tition OF the Three Months Series Match
by Company D. In the armory range last
Tuesday the prize winners were Lieuten.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

Mountain tcrrashot, which is certainly the
most unfortunate of animals. From II
probably comes the name of the Funeral
range in California. The creature has a
collin shaped body, six TO eight feet long,
with a fat shell running the whole length
of its back. II was FIRST seen and reported
by some Mormon cmigrants, who observed
a peculiar procession entering the desert
from a certain range of mountains, after
ward named the Funeral Mountains. They
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

"It seems TO me and n number of other
officers | have convcrsed with" said a
well known officer, that during the last
few days Adjutant General Verbeck has
forgotten that part of his recent report
wherein he spoke about officers giving in
terviews to the public press on inside mat
ters, in which he said: 4 recommend that
the freedom with which officers resort to
the public press be drastically dealt with
"The general certainly violated not only
his own recommendation but the military
regulations in making the statements he
did when ne resigned. He then asserted
among other things. that there was TOO
much politics In the national guard. This
was considered a highly unmilitary express
sion for the chief OF staff OF the Governor
to make. Then, see how quick General
Verbeck caused TO be published the matter
relating to the interview with Major Wal
ton. of the 9th Regiment, giving out his
own letter and that of the majors, pup
lished I'm The Tribune of last Thursday.
His remarks on recruiting, In the annual
report, wherein he states that there is no
diniculty in getting recruits, are cohsid-
cred childish. and at the end Of the present
official musters / will. / think. be able TO
give The Tribune some interesting figures.
Officers of the 69th Regiment believe
General Verbeck, In his annual report. re-
ferred to the regiment in a very uncalled
for manner when he made remarks about
the poor condition of organizations VINO ap-
neared I'm print too much in regimental
politics.
An officer OF that organization said: The
official reports of the army officers ana
the state officers on the recent annuel In
spection will show how silly the remarks
In the report Of General Verbeck are. The
Goth made an exceptionally fine showing In
all the essentials called for, and it was the
best inspection the regiment ever mace
The official reports will show this, and In
due time they will be made public"
review of the regiment will be heid
in the armory tomorrow night by Cardi-
nal Farley. The interior of the armory
will be lavlshly decorated. and also the
front Of the building. with bunting and COL
ored electric lights. Company ID, Captain
John p. Everett, has been detailed as the
euard on the above occasion. The military
exerc,ses are to begin at $50. There Is a
big demand for tickets.
A review of the 9th Regiment by Major
General Charles +. Roe will be held in the
armory next Friday night, and a fegi'
mental drill will be among the military
features. The regiment has received
snlendid official report from the War De-
nartment on its practical work under The
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

Tentative plans already under way show
that the celebration OF the 225th anniver-
sary Of the settlement Of New Rochelle ny
tho Huguenots which is to take place In
June. 1913, will be the biggest affair that
has ever taken place In that CITY,
President Henry NJ Lester, James s.
Hav,land and Walter r. Selth, the celebra-
,,on committee OF the Huguenot Associa-
tIon have conferred with Mayor Frederick
Waldorf on the matter, and he has prom
ised official aid.
In addition to big parade and other
calebrations on land, there will also be a
water pageant, which will depict the land
ing Of the Huguenots.
Tho executive committee just appointed to
aid In carrying out the project is made up
q, the following: Mayor Waldorf, chair
man. ex-Mayor George C. Raymond, ex-
Mayor Harry T.. Colwell, Carl T. Kuchler'
w r. Carleton, Henry NJ. Lloyd, Dr. Al
hort Leonard. DR.. Charles F. Canedy,
Henry C. Perley, George F. Lewis, Robert
Lesser ]. Albert Mahlstedt and Ernest b.
Wright.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
OLD POINT COMFORT.

Old Point Comfort, Va. jan 2-Polished
copper kettles cleaning under the refiec-
ton Of many electric lights furnished the
unusual decorations for the seasons mer-
riest party. when Mr.. and Mrs. George f.
Adams entertained about nifty guests IN
the huge kitchen Of the Hotel Chamber
lin at an oyster roast last evening. there
being many army officers and their wives
present aside from number Of New York
and Brooklyn people. who unanimously
agreed that the AFFAIR was the greatest fun
Of the year,
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
THE sILLpAD FISHING ANIMAL OF THE MAINE


lutions a minute. The body is long and tri-
angular in section. with three complete
sets of legs. This is a great convenience
in an earthquake country. II the floor
suddenly becomes ceiling 1t does not mat
ter. for the whintosser is always there with
the legs All OF its hair is bristly and
slants forward at a sharp angle.
A cats nine lives are as nothing to the
ones possessed by a whintosser. This beast
may be shot. dubbed or strung on pike
pole without stopping its wriggling, whirl-
ing motions, or it's screams OF rage. Tho
only successful way OF killing 1t is to poke
It into a hume pipe so that all its feet strike
the surface. when 1t Immediately starts to
walk in three different directions at once
and tears itself apart. RENE BACHE.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
THE WEEPING SoUONK.

noyance. This is the gumbcroo, which
fortunately is 80 rare that a specimen Is
seen only once in long while. IL Is be
l!Cvcd 10 remain in hiding most OF the time
inside OF huge. burned out cedar trees,
from which IL salios forth on marauding
expeditions. occasionally 1t Will cat a
whole horse at one sitting.
No other animal within It's range has
ever found a successful method of attack
Ing a gumbcroo. Whatever strikes the
beast pounds of 4 stone thrown at II ~
liable TO rebound from it's elastic hide IN
such a way as TO strike the thrower a
deadly blow. Even bullets are slnllarIy
shed. The scarcity Of gumbcroos Is thought
TO be due to their combustibe character
and the prevalence Of forest fires. Fire. IN
deed, is the only thing that Will destroy
them, and they burn like cclluloid, with eN-
ploslve force Frequently during and aitcr
a forest fire I'm the heavy ccdars near COOS
Pay woodsmcn have insisted that they
heard loud reports. quite unlike the SOUND
Of falling trees, and detected the smell OF
burning rubber I'm the air.
II is a sadness to speak OF the Funerai
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
BRONxVILlE.

The third annual charity ball for the
heneAt OF the Lawrence Park Hospital was
given last Friday evening in the grand ball
room of the Hotel Gramatan. Lawrence
Park. Bronxville. 1t was both a social and
financial success. due to the efforts OF the
committee and the loyal cooperation of the
social colony.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

ant Rulison and Corporal Hasselbauer,
who won the sharpshooters rapid hre
match. These shooting competitions are
exciting great interest. Lieutenant Fred
Callahan, OF Company II, has begun the
reorganization of Company B. and quite
number OF old members were at the
armory last Monday night.
Colonel John n. Partridge has been 70.
elected president OF the 23d Regiment Vet
eran Association for the ensuing year. Tho
ether officers elected are: First vice-prest-
dent. Charles E. Waters: second vice-pres-
ident, John II. Shearman secretary, Frank
Farrand; assistant secretary, Harry J.
Barriger; treasurer, George B. Glover: as
sistant treasurer. William Nicolson. Menu
bers OF the field music of the active regt.
ment. who have decided not to serve with
out pay, will receive their discharges to-
morrow night
The field music will then be reorganized
and only men will be enlisted who will
agree to serve without pay except when
ordered out by the Governor. In the past
members OF the field music have been paid
while performing ordinary duty on drills
and parades.
Mayor Gaynor will review the LIST Bat
TALON Of Naval Militia on the Granite State
tomorrow night
Colonel Bridgman. commanding the new
1st Regiment of Cavalry. has made formal
application for the old armory Of the sth
Regiment for the use of the LIST Squadron.
as soon as the regiment shall vacate the
old armory and enter the new building In
The Bronx. The squadron will then have
a building block square. 1t Is at present
quartered In an armory built only to ac-
commodate one troop. and the four troops
occupying the building cannot drill prop
erly and are badly OFF for room
Captain A. c. Mann, of the 18th Regi-
ment. who recently resigned. has been
honoraby discharged. General Roe win
review the regiment on February II.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
Fearsome Creatures os swamp
and Forest Almo5. Un-
known Have Been
can. Traced to Their
-r--.s-
o;rs
LARS.

Much that was hitherto looked on mys-
terious in regard to certain little-known
and ferocious animals inhabiting the for
ests of this country has been made clear
by the investigations of eminent faunal
naturalist, William T. Cox. Mr. Cox, who
is now State Forester of Minnesota, with
headquarters at st. Paul, was for many
years connected with the government For
est Service. Incidentally to his duties he
spent many months in logging camps IN
more or less remote regions, and learned
a great deal about the creatures in ques-
tion from "lumberjacks'' and other eXpeu-
enced persons who had seen them.
II was in this way that he first heard
about the roperite, one Of the most re-
markable of these beasts. which carries
on the end of its nose a sort Of running
moose. In fact this prolongation of its
snout takes the form of a lasso, with
which the animal captures jackrabbits and
other prey, pursuing the latter with enor-
nous leaps and bounds and uttering the
while ferociOus yells that can be heard for
miles
No Cne seems to know with defniteness
anything about it's life history. and many
a discussion has been based on the ques-
ton whether it is born, Matched from an
egg. or comes into existence spontaneous
ly from some mountain cavern. The Dig
ger Indians say that ropertes are the
spirits Of carly Spanish ranchers, and
blood-cu~dling are the tales they tell Of
hapless persons pursued by the beast.
shared with its marvellous ropelike beak,
and dragscd 10 death through thorny
chapparal According to a. b. Patterson,
OF Hot Springs, Cal. who saw the last
specimen a-thcntically reported the ami
nal has q large set Of rattles on its tail,
which II vitrates when in pursuit Of game,
thus producing a whirring sound like that
Of n giant rettlesHake
The fact that the animals discussed by
Mir. Cox in a book just published by the
Buth Company ST. Paul (of which the
writer is permitted to make 'the first re-
vieNJ. are so little known is mainly at
tri6utablJ, first, TO the rarencss OF the
spocies concerned, and, second, TO their
seclusion in the densest and least explored (
forests. where raunal naturalists generally
have no. had q chance 20 come ct Or d.
scribe them.
Thus the strange and dangerous creature
known as the snolisOster is found only in
the most remote cypress swamps of the
South and particularly in the region about
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

Cemetery is we'll under way. The eXcaNat-
ing for the slphon under the Harlem Kan
road tracks east of Kensco Cemetery Is
completed and the pipes are being joined
together. From the siphon 1t connects
with A tunnel about 1000 feet long and con-
meets with an airlock at Elmsford.
From the Tarrytown Road at Elmsdort
n great deal Of the excavating Is done and
the concrete work I'm many sections Is COM
pleted. The work IS now rapidly nearing
Hin View reservoir, at Yonkers, which VIII
be the last place where the water from
tbe CatsklIl will sec daylight, as from there
ON II will pass through tunnels under the
city Of New York
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
Wild Reasts New to Science Found Remote and Dismal Hats
The Habits of the Roperite'
the Weeping Squonk and
the Whintosser Re-
vealed to Man
kind.

with tourists, much uncasiness nos
caused by the slide-rock bolter' ihis n'e
Ell or,,oa, lives only In the steepest noun
,ot, countrv where the slopes are greater
than 45 degrees. II has an immense heaa'
With small eyes. and an enormous m,ou'''
.,nr,ro back behind its ears. It's tall con-
sists OF a divided fpper. with huse srao
hooks. which il fastens over the crest Vi
r,o,,,,o,r ridge. often remaining there mo-
,,orIess for weeks at time and watching
the gulch for tourists.
At the right moment after signuns q
tourist II will lift its tall, thus ioosen'hs
its hold on the mountain, and' oroohhs
thin skid grease from the corners oi ~
mouth 0hus greatly acceleratins its speeu'
come down like a toboEgan, scoopihs III u
yic,in as IL gees. its own impetus carrying
Il I'D the next slope. where 1t again siaps
its tail over the ridge and waits.
forest ranger, whose district includes
the rough country between Ophir Peaks
! and the Lizard Head conceived the bold
idea OF decoying a slide-rock bolter TO It's
own destruction. A dummy tourist was
r,peed ND. with plaid Norfolk Jacket. knee
hreeches and guidebook OF Colorado. IL
was then filed with giant powder ann
illuminate caps and posted In conspicuous
place. where, sure enough, the next DAY IL
| attracted the attention Of bolter whicn
, Rad been hanging for days on the slope OF
Lizard Head The resulting explosion nat
tened half the buildings in Rico, wnicn
were never rebuilt
In the chaparral and foothill forests OK
California is found the tripodero-an ami
mai with two telescope legs and tall like
a kangaroos This popularity OF structure
ables the creature to elevate itself at VIII,
so that II may tower above the dense chap
arral. or. II 1t chooses, to pull In It's legs
and assume a compact form for crowding
through the brush. Its head is nearly all
snout and It kills its prey by discharging
from the end thereof pellets OF sun-dried
clay. which are projected at the target
with astonishing force and accuracy.
For hack Of space reference can be MADE
here ONLY 10 a few Of the interesting ana
little known animals described by Mr.. Cox
but, in conclusion. just word ought 10 ne
| said about the whintosser. This creature,
seen occasionally along the coast ranges OF
California, Is Of no great size. but remarka-
bly, constructed. It's head is fastened to It's
hody by a swivel neck, and so likewise Is
it's short tapering tail, and both can De
spun around at the rate of hundred reVo-