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New-York tribune., 1912-08-24
GIRL FALLS ON ELEVATOR
Mortally Hurt When Car Is Ac.
cidentally Started.

Pauline Tobias. sixteen years old OF
No. 1884 Washington avenue, The Bronx.
was mortally injured and several other
girls were made hysterical from terror in
an elevator accident in the factory and
loft building at Nos. 3s and 20 West 33d
street yesterday
Miss Tobias, who was employed as a
clothing operator by the Arid Goa tes-
Carter Company. which has Offices on the
NTH floor of the building. was standing
In the doorway about 10 step into the
elevator, In which were dozen other
young women, when the car suddenly
dropped two floors. She lost her balance
and pitched suddenly 10 the top of the
car, striking on the steel cables.
. The elevator runner Malcolm Young. a
negro. of No. 225 West 10th street, con-
tinued TO the basement, where the injured
girl was taken from the top of the car
by employees Of the building An ambu-
lance from New York Hospital brought
DR. Ward. who found the girl suffering
from fractured skull. a fractured left
leg and internal injuries. She died at the
hospital little before IL o'clock last
night.
Several of the girls who were in the
car said that Rosie Capagne, of No. 2S4
I'd street. Brooklyn, told them her hand
had struck against the operating lever
by accident and caused the car TO drop.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-24
WANTS PROSPERITY PASSED
Motorcyclist's Wife in Divorce
Suit Asks More Money.

Otto Schaffrodt, who is a professional
motorcyclst riding under the name OF
Arthur Chapple. was made defendant yes
'terday in a divorce suit brought by his
wife. Mrs. Lucy Schafrrodt. The husba nd
is now taking part In the motorcycle
races at Brighton Beach.
His wife says that this hazardous work
nets him 500 a week, and that he allows
her and their child only 80 a week. and
at times does not give her any OF his
earnings. The suit is based on the allie
cation that Schaffrodt, In company with
young woman. name unknown. went TO
the ST. Paul Hotel. Mrs. schafrrodt says
she surprised her husband there. and that
he explained that he had gone to the
hotel 10 talk over some business affairs.
About Ave years ago Mrs. Schaffrodt
sued her husband for a separation on the
ground OF cruelty The couple became
reconciled. She alleged that she pawned
her jewelry to help Schaffrodt. When ne
married. the daring rider Of motorcycles
was attending a newsstand at the Grand
Central Station at a modest wage. When
he lost that job his wife had come to his
aid Mrs Schaffrodt has applied for 500
a month alimony and 800 counsel fee.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-24
ONE LEG NON-SUPP0RTING
Jobless Man Sued for Mainte
nance of Son Who Works.

Thomas +. Brown. n One-lcgged deco
rator. out Of work. is in imminent danger
OF going to jail for contempt Of court for
the non-payment of s72 50, which he owes
his wife for the support OF their son.
nineteen years old. who has a good job
This curious state Of affairs was
brought TO light In the Supreme Court
Brooklyn. Yesterday, when Mrs. Mary c.
Brown applied to Justice Aspinall TO
punish her husband The couple were
legally separated IN 1907. Justice Maddox,
who tried the case, directed Brown 10
pay his wife s. week for the support
OF the son, Lloyd +. Brown, then q
schoolboy.
g. Is. Van Wart. the former Municipal
Court justice, appeared yesterday for the
man and asked that the order of separa-
tiop be so modified as to relieve Brown
from the necessity of further contribut-
ing to the boys support. Justice AspinaIl
sent the case TO Justice Maddox TO de-
New-York tribune., 1912-08-24
Coroner Orders Autopsy.

When he particulars reached the Coro-
ner's office the body was removed to the
morgue. and the autopsy ordered by Cor
oner Winterbottom. DR.. Schultzs find
ings stirred up the Detective Bureau. and
Detectives Haley and Sharp, of the West
6sth street station. were put to work to
find Reilly" Kinnears said he could
not imagine the motive had been robbery,
as the woman had no valuable jeweiry
and seldom had more than $40 or Sl2 with
her. DR.. Schultz found that the fingers
had been scratched. as II an effort had
been made to remove rings. The brother
ln-law said a picture postcard had been
received at his home from Miss Curran
the day of the murder.
The two detectives questioned the pro-
prietor and employees Of the hotel. Later,
after an examination OF the register, they
said II contained Reilly and wife" on
several pages within the last two weeks
and that the handwriting compared well
with that of the man who registered with
the Curran girl
Haley and Sharp say that three other
people have been found dead In room No.
II in the hotel. About three years ago a
woman under treatment by a physician
was assigned 10 this loom, and the story
at the time was that the doctor gave her
an overdose OF n powerful drug and
caused her death. lie was so overcome
that he went out and, securing some
cyanide of potassium, killed himself be-
side her. The other death was OF sus-
picious character.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-24
NO FUR STRIKE AGREEMENT
Employers Declare They Will
Keep Up the Fight.

The statements made at the mass meet
ing OF the striking members of the Fur
rlers Union on Thursday that a tenta-
tive agreement had been reached be-
tween representatives OF the strikers and
the employers We're emphatically denied
by the representatives of the employers
yesterday.
1t was also stated that a fund OF not
less than $4,000 had been guaranteed. to
be used If necessary in keeping up the
fight for the open shop. Late in the
afternoon representatives of the employ
ers held a meeting at the Hotel Imperial
to consider the situation. After the
meeting Louis Dorfman, counsel for the
Associated Manufacturers. said on behalf
of all the employers against whom the
strike is directed:
while II is true, as stated by Never
London, counsel for the strikers. that
there was conference between repre-
sentatves of the two organizations of
employers and of the strikers at the
Grand Hotel, the employers went there
only as individuals and had no power TO
effect a tentative settlement with the
striking furiers.
I'VE talked for some time over the
proposition TO appoint a permanent joInt
arbitration board. but were informed by
the representatives Of the strikers that
the strikers would not return to work un-
conditionally In the mean time, and wa
called all negotiations off,"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-24
EX-PATROLMAN KILLED
Run Down by an Automobile,
Whose Occupants Escape.
SAID TO BE "J0Y RIDERS"
Victim Once Sergeant in the
Old Brooklyn Bridge
Department.

James McGloin, formerly a sergeant ir
the old Brooklyn Bridge police depart
ment before the days Of the consolidation
and the man who organized the detach'
ment. was knocked down and killed by ar
automobile carly yesterday morning al
Goth street and Amsterdam avenue. After
killing the old policeman the occupants
of the car put on speed and were soon
lost to sight. The police OF the West
Tooth street station are trying TO trace
the men in the machine.
McGloin, who was sixty years old, lived
at No. Il: West s1st street with his fam
ily. lie had been employed recently at a
restaurant at 97th street and Broadway
acting as porter. and was we'll known
In the neighborhood At the time OF his
death Yesterday he was carrying bag
of rolls to his home for breakfast.
According 10 three men who witnessed
the accident. the machine was backing out
Of Goth street when il struck the former
policeman. He was hurled to the pave
mcnt and one of the rear wheels passed
over his abdomen. McGlon made no out
cry. and after striking him the machine
peared.
Patrolmen Mullally and Murphy were
told of the accident by fruit venders
who have a stand on the corner. They
summoned an ambulance from the New
York Hospital and Or. Dixon responded.
He said the man had died almost instant
ly The body was artcrward identified BY
a daughter Of McGlon's and taken to the
station house.
The police learned from James Carson,
of No. o1S East s7th street. who was on
the corner when McCIoin was killed that
the car, a large black touring machine.
was occupied by two men. Carson also
told the number of the cars license and
the search for the owners then began.
Detective LHeroaux found the machine
was owned by the Allis-Chalmers Com
pany. Of No 1872 Broadway. Ohicials ot
tho company. however. said the car had
heen taken out without permission. and
they did not know who occupied the ma
chine when IL ran down McGloin. The
car was found not far from the scene Of
Tho men in the car were described az
Young and clean shaven Neither wore a
hat or coat.
James McGloin was a son OF Or. r. j.
McGloin. an oldtime physician OF this city,
and II Is said that his mother was con-
nccted with the Van Den Huyscn family,
one OF the oldest IN Manhattan
New-York tribune., 1912-08-24
WASHINGTON MARKET SHOW
One Hundredth Anniversary of
Founding To Be Celebrated.

The one hundredth anniversary OF the
founding OF Washington Market is to be
celebrated from October to II with fes-
tivities. On the first day there will be
addresses by Mayor Gaypor. Borough
President McAneny. Controller Prender-
gast and several well known citizens.
While the celebration, is nominaly In
the hands OF the Washington Market
Merchants Association, the city is to de-
fray part of the expense. One of the
main features will be an industrial ex-
hihit OF commodities open TO manufact-
urers Of table products In. all parts OF the
country. The products will be displayed
In the elaborate show windows which
were recently installed about the build
ing. One day is to be set aside as chill
dren's day. and committee has been
appointed to entertain them.
Souvenirs OF a suitable character are to
be distributed
New-York tribune., 1912-08-24
RESCUE FROM SHIP AF|RE
Three-Masted Schooner Burned
to Make a Holiday.
IN KEANSBURG CARNIVAL
Grew Taken of in Breeches
Buoy and Surf Boat While
Thousands Look On.

Keansburg. y. j., Aug. 23.-Summer WIS.,
itors 10 aeknsburg, who seldom get the
chance 10 see how ships are wrecked along
the shore and how the lifesayers 60 TO
the rescue Of imperilled crews. saw how
the whole thing was done tonight. In
order 10 carry out fully the Idea Dig
three-masted schooner was burned 10 the
waters edge and six men risked their
lives Thousands OF spectators along the
shore stood spellbound from the time the
first alarm was sounded until the last OF
the crew was taken from the burning ves-
sci and landed safely upon the beach.
The Keansburg division of the American
Life Saving Society staged the spectacle
for the carnival. A little after dark the
CRY OF "Ship ashore" was sounded along
the beach. and thousands rushed TO the
waters edge. 4 quarter OF mile offshore
the Mary Doe, that for more than a week
had been safely anchored, was seen TO be
on fire and sending up rockets. Almost
within the time that II takes to tell OF II
the lifesavers had got out their apparatus.
Aired a line across the bows OF the burning
schooner and set up the breeches buoy
tackle. At the same time other members
OF the crew had brought out the surfboat,
launched her through the breakers and
were pulling steadily and surely to the
vessel
The Mary Doe burned rapidly. and only
two Of her crew had come ashore by
means OF the breeches buoy when the life
boat reached the side OF the schooner.
The four remaining members and the
ships cat were tax into the surfboat
and brought to land.
So realistic was the work Of the life
savers and the crew that the thousands
along the beach get up cheer after cheer
as the men were landed.
Afterward there was a mimic drowning
and rescue and an exhibition OF first aid
methods. The nights festivities were
closed with a celebration on the board
walk in which five hundred young persons
attired in fancy dress bombarded each
other with confetti. Tonight there was
a ball at the New Point Comfort Casino
which was attended by nearly a thou
sand dancers
New-York tribune., 1912-08-24
BULLETS FROM CAR TRACKS
Franks of Brooklyn Boys Cause Man
to Get Shot in Leg

The police Of the C1ymer street station,
Williamsburg, had a shooting mystery to
solve yesterday. Alfred Browhall, real
estate dealer of No. 7o1 Halsey street,
had been shot in one of his legs at Lee
avenue and Middleton street.
II was some time before the police dis
covered several nattened cartridges be-
tween the car tracks Of the Nostrand
avenue line at the corner where Browhali
was shot. The police then advanced the
theory that some mischievous boy had
placed loaded cartridges OH the track. and
when a car came along they exploded,
one of the bullets hitting Browhall The
injured man was taken to his home In
an ambulance.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-24
GENERAL wANsER MAY RESIGN

1t is reported in Jersey City that Post
master Peter Farmer Wanser will resign
as major general Of the New Jersey
National Guard In a few days. He will
reach the retirement age -sixty-four years
in January. but It Is because Of his lack
Of health he has resolved to resign. He
has been q member Of the New Jersey
militia aimee 1870. '-''
New-York tribune., 1912-08-24
SHORTHAND REPORTERS ELECT

The National Shorthand Reporters con-
vention ended yesterday afternoon. after
the election OF the following officers for
the coming year: President. Charles w.
Reitler, OF Denver; vice-president, VIII
lam T.. Bottome, of New York; secre.
tary Edward II. Eldrldge. of Boston, ana
treasurer. George a. Mcbride, OF Phiia-
delphia.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-24
WOMAN MURDERED IN
HOTELS HOODOO ROOM
Julia Curran, a GoverneSs.
StrangIed in No. Fl, Where
Three Had Died.
MALE COMPANION MISSING
Girl, Who Was Servant OF
Wealthy Woman, Met Strange
Death in Broadway
Raines Law Resort.

Murder, the police say now, caused the
death of Julia Curran, who was found
lfeless in bed in Raines law hotel,
night before last although at first the
death was set down 10 natural causes.
An autopsy proved the Curran girl had
been strangled 10 death in the room,
where three persons have been found dead.
Furthlr proof Of murder was supplied by
tho fact that her head, face and body
were covered with bruises Great welts
all over her body showed that she had
been cruelty beaten. The police seek a
man with whom she registered as Reilly
and wife"
The case Is peculiar in more than one
respect, for the woman was the compan-
ion Of well-to-do woman Of the upper
Park avenue section. Miss Curran's
brother-in-law, John Kinnears. OF No. 2pS
West seth street, was amazed when the
woman's body was found In such circum-
stances He said she slept in his own
home every night.
Not an hour had elapsed between the
time the couple went to the hotel and
when. the woman was discovered lying
dead In the bed. Detectives say Miss
Curran and young man wearing black
clothes and Panama hat appeared at
the piace-the Boulevard Hotel, No. 1881
Broadway, Thursday evening, about $40.
Waiter Finds Her Dead.
william Bonsin, a waiter. served them
with drinks in a rear room. Then he
showed them TO the desk. where the man
signed the register. and the clerk gave
them Room No. q. II was only o'clock
when a waiter. carrying drinks down one
OF the corridors, noticed the door OF No.
p wide open and the glare from the gas
jet throwing a panel Of light on the car
pet in the hall. He peered inside the
room and saw the woman lying dead on
the bed.
Or. II. +. Fisher came from Flower
Hospital lie told DR.. Otto Schultz, Cor
oner's physician. yesterday, that he found
Rheinold Busse, the hotel proprietor,
waiter and two patrolmen in the room,
and that the womsn's face had been
bruised and that blood was flowing from
her mouth. According to the police, the
ambulance surgeon said the woman had
died from kidney disease. as shown by
the spots on her face. but he denied this
last night TO DR.. Schultz, and said he
had remarked This is a case for the
Coroner"
From letter in small handbag, Kin
nearss address was ascertained, and the
policeman went around and broke the
news by telling him his slster-in-law was
very H." On reaching the hotel the
entire truth was told TO him, and he
was apparently stunned BY the shock.
He told the police that Julia Curran.
who was thirty years old. came here from
Ireland. April 4 On the steamer she
mot q Mrs Smith. whose home is near
the corner OF Park avenue and 5sth street
This Mrs. Smith engaged the Irish girl
as companion. and Kinnesrs said he un-
derstood they both were to have left here
for Toronto in a few days. He added
that she was a sklful seamstress and
governess.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-24
Terms Of Sale Attractive.

The second class, of the same denom-
nations, was called 'accumulative
bonds" purchasable I'm ten yearly
payments, maturing. with per cent
compound interest. in either ten or
fifteen years, with a cash surrender
value always in excess Of all payments.
The third was called single payment
accumulative bonds" in which annual
instalments were discounted, being
payable in one sum in advance, this
payment, with per cent interest COM
pounded annually. aggregating the face
value of the bond at maturity, which
was then payable In gold.
These bonds were secured, 1t was ad-
vertised, by mortgages on real estate.
The .,ortgages, il was announced.
were for only GJ per cent of a purchase
price whicli an actual purchaser had
actually contracted 10 buy the prop
erty for, having already made >an
actual payment Of 30 per cent Of the
contracted price.
Other k-bottomed qualities of the
company were said to be In the fact
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-02
. -AaA1zV AID Nc2C2GA -a22fT ALIz2NNV

he was too good to last long Another said he
might be a Government spy who would get them
all in trouble. That he went to mass regularly
was admitted but there some who remarked
that his manner of blessing himself revealed the
amateur worshiper. The conjecture that he might
be Government spy came to Bartley's own ears,
and at he set about to explode it.
The first thing BARLEY did was to go to
liquor sellers and get drunk. When he told
to get out he became abusive, cursing everybody
in authority, especially the Government, the Lord
Lieutenant, and the Queen. Rolling in the gutter,
he called for three cheers for Irish Republic
and a Parliament in College Green. When the
police came, BARLEY become more abusive. At
the station house he assaulted two of them. and
challenged any miserable hound that
the Queens uniform to a standup fight. When
he appeared before the magistrates he fined
heavily, and, in accordance with the part he was
playing, would have gone to Jail instead of paying
the fine, had not crowd of sympathizing Ma
tionalists in the body of the court subscribed the
amount Of the fine between them. After giving
this incontestabie proof that he was a genuine
Nationalist and Government spy, Bartley's
reputation re-established.
Work at the forge now became more brisk
But whereas previously the men brought spades.
shovels, and plowshares to mend, they now
brought pixies and muskets. BARLEY was trusted
as he had never been before. The week after his
encounter with the police he was sworn in as
regular member of the secret society ready to
take the field against the Government when the
rebellion was announced He had, however stipu-
lated that he should not be asked to leave the
forge until actual had broken out and his
wishes were respected. Many firearms were
mended and many pixies were made for the mem
bers Of the revolutionary society. BARLEY knew
the name of every member; the name of every
man who had rifle; the name of everybody who
committed an outrage for FIVE years previously
and the name of every person on whom an out.
rage intended 10 he committed Ear+Iav
made reports of these particulars to the central
office in Dublin. He was thanked and told to
keep cool. When the Government thought the net
was full they drew 1t out, and presto. the whole
town and district of Tubbercurry was thrown
into state of the widest confusion Summonses
were issued for all the names on Bartleys list
Those who felt that their cases were light attend
ed court and were let off with a fine.
BARLEY took the first train for Dublin as soon
as he heard that the first summons was issued
Had he remained few hours later he would
have been assuredly assassinated."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-02

scene was weird one; the surface
was absolutely still, and round about
were ten-foot high bushes, with what
were apparently great tufts of creamy
flowers. These, however, proved to
be nests of tree frogs.
"The place is a sanctuary for all
wild things, for no hunter would dare
to penetrate the bush to this dreaded
spot. AS we stood at the edge gazing
out over the water it's quiet was sud
denly broken by broad ripple, and
little fish were seen to spring agitated-
ly above the surface. A great python
was crossing, and this, We learned,
shared with the crocodiles the
guardianship of the Sacred Lake"
Describing visit to district where
all the houses were built of ebony.
Mr.. Talbot said:
THE side of our tent almost touched
little ebony hut built over a large
and gruesome looking pot, the sides of
which were prnamented with iron
hooks. Before this, about breast high,
and the length of man, was kind Of
altar, made of stout ebony blocks. In
front of our tent door was a tall cary
ed pillar, ornamented with strings of
human skulls. The people all had the
filed teeth and thin. shrunken appear
ance which are always associated with
cannibal rites. and although they one
and all stoutly denied knowledge Of
anything of the kind, every one of our
carriers said that not only was the
pot in the little hut meant for the sac
rifice of human victims. but the two
hideous mud figures of god and god
dess in another shed on the further
side of the carved pillar had had their
heads worn away by the. constant liba-
tons of human blood poured over
them"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-02
QUE IN AFRICA
Explorer Finds Lake of Dead and
a Strange People.
p. A. Talbot, Who Located Sacred
Body of Water, Describes Weird
Scene of Place Never Before
Seen by White Men.

Cape Town, Africa.-Mr. and Mrs.
P. Amaury Talbot have just returned
to London from Central Africa, where
they had spent two years in an anthro-
biological, botanical and geological sur
vey from the Gulf of Guinea eastward
across the continent. In a statement
issued to the London press, Mr.. Talbot
declares that certain territory he and
his wife trayersed had never been Wis
tied by white man before. He said
that in the Southern Nigerian bush he
found evidence of the origin of the
witchcraft panic, which swept over
England, New England and southeast
ern Europe in the middle of the sew
enteenth century. Said Mr.. Talbot:
"The bush, with its soft green twi-
light, dark shadows, and quivering
lights, is peopled by many terrors, but
among these 'ojje,' or witchcraft,
reigns supreme. Should the suspicion
of wttchcraft fall upon any one, only
trial by ordeal can free them. The
most usual one is that of eating esere,
a poisonous bean which almost In
Variably kills the suspected person.
The ordeals Of boiling oil poured upon
the palms of the hands and of pepper
corns inserted in the eyes are far less
dreaded, not only because their re-
suits are practically never fatal, but
because the physical anguish entailed
lis acknowledged to be less intense
than that caused by esere."
One Of the most interesting discov-
cries was that 6f the Lake of the
Dead in the Oban country.
"The name of this lake." said Mr..
Talbot, occurs in many of the tribal
songs, but for long time l could not
discover the meaning of the word, and
all inquiries failed to elicit informa-
tion, and when l believed l was in the
neighborhood of this haunted spot and
altered my course my carriers begged
TO be allowed not to proceed, and were
left behind. After struggle through
dense bush We could see the edge of a
sheet of water, along the banks Of
which were the holes of crocodifes,
whose tracks covered the shore. The