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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
SHOT PIERCES AIRB0AT
Hits Propeller, But Doesn't
Halt Navy Aviator.

Annapolis. Md. June II. - While
making n flight in an airboat TO Gales
vile. about fifteen miles from Annapo-
lis. Lieutenant 4. A. Cunningham. of
the Navy Aviation Corps. was literally
under fire this afternoon.
A projectile Of fairly large calihre
pierced the propeller Of the machine
and glanced off after striking another
part Of the mechanism. II passed with
in a few feet Of Lieutenant Cunning
ham. and Mechanician Green, who was
with him. II is not known where the
missile came from
While the occupants Of the machine
had narrow escape their flight vas
not interrupted, and the return was
made TO Annapolis without descending.
Three other machines also made the
fight. The trip, about thirty-hvs
miles. was made in SO minutes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
FIRE BREAKS LIFE CHARM
OF OLD ASTOR HOUSE
Abandoned Granite Pile Attacked by Flames;
Damage $800-"Dying with Its Boots
On" Old Friend Whispers.

fighters piled into the shop. armed with
hose and srike.
Ry the time the flames gave way be-
fore the onslaught Of water little was
left Of the barber shop. The tarnished
mirrors. which once had reflected the
features Of men known the world over
cracked ana clattered 10 the floor. The
ancient ceilings warped and shed their
dried paint. and the chairs and other
fixtures quickly succumbed to the scar
let tongues OF fire.
Having destroyed everything nova
bile in the barber shop, the fire ate its
way through the mouldy wall into the
typewriter shop" in the adjoining
room and repeated its work Of destruc-
tion there. Even one of the bedrooms
on the second floor. directly above the
burned area. was smirched by the
smoke and the ancient wall paper yell
lowed 10y its soaring tongue.
Firomcn rummaged about in the
ruins. throwing out smouldering piles
Of rubbish. while a small crowd looked
on. We'll. the old place is dying with
its boots on" said an elderly man, a
gulp in his throat.
The fire was soon out There were
no unusual features; nothing TO lift II
out of the ordinary run of small fires
except that it was the Astor House.
The damage will not amount to more
than $500. and that will come out OF
the stock and fixtures" said a cynic
THE damage to the building amounts
TO nothing. because the old shack is
coming down anyway"
That was what the man said. but the
old Astor House continued to look
grimly out on Broadway. dreaming OF
triumphs of the past. No fire, great
or small, no carping critics, could take
away from its fame.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13

In the almost fourscore span of
years IN which the old Astor House.
now closed forever. entertained Is
world famous guests, witnessed the
rise and fall OF empires. saw countries
laid low by fire and sword and con-
tinued 20 raise its granite head proud -
Is I'm the shadow OF St Paul's spire. II
spent a quiet. peaceful existence.
The civil War. with its heavy toll
~ life. ravaged the country from At
lantic to Pacific, yet the old Astor
House kept on tho even tenor Of It's
way. offering its kindly shelter 10 Poe
and Thackeray. Dickens and John Bur
roughs. and others famous in the coun-
try's annals. Nothing appeared TO dis
turb the equanimity OF the revercnt
old pile. IL bore a charmed life.
Last night. however. the irony Of fate
decreed that the Astor House. it's win
dows now barred and it's empty halls
resounding 10 the fall Of the auction
eers hammer, should receive its bap-
tism' Of fire.
The quiet which brooded over the
dismantled hotel was disturbed abou:
o'clock by the cry Of Fire." followed
by the staccato pounding Of a patrol
mans club on the pavement and the
tinkling Of the bell in the fire alarm
box at the corner OF Broadway and
Ncsey street.
few moments and the clang and
roar Of motor fire engines and hook
and ladder wagons awoke the dead
echoes about the place. Firemen
swarmed about the old building. at
tacking 1t on the Nesey street side with
ruthless hands, where flames were seen
through the windows Of the barber
shop. A crash Of glass and the fire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
DEATH IN BLAZING BlPLANE
Wright Pupil Takes One Joy
Ride Too Many.

Lima. Ohio, June 12.-Andrew Drew.
pupil of Orville Wright. volplaned to
death here this evening in blazing
biplane. Drew was killed as a result
of a desire to take Just a little JOY
ride"-his last words to his partner-in
a machine which he had not thoroughly
tested. His partner in local school
Of aviation. j. c. Brabazon. had urged
him not to make the trip. but Drew
wished to try out the biplane.
He fell 200 feet, his big machine fall
ing like torch hurled from the sky.
He was dead when Brabazon and sew
eral workmen at the Lima State Hos
pital pulled his body from under the
wreck
The machine which the aviator used
was the one in which calvin Rodgers
made the last lap of his coast to coast
flight two years ago.
The death of Drew is the 276th in the
annals Of aviation and the 5sth since
January /, 1913
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
"BIG TIM GOING STRONG
T. D. Sullivan "the Life OF the
Party" Aboard Ship.
IRY Wireless 10 The Tribune.

steamship Cincinnati. June 12.-Rep-
resentatIve Timothy d. sullivan Oh
New York, who sailed from Boston last
Saturday TO regain his health abroad
after long illness, eats and sleeps
well. He is the life Of the party He
is in the best OF humor and spends
much OF his time telling stories Of his
life in New York. big Tim already
looks better.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
WILSON'S GOING TO COAST
President May Join Family on
Trip to Fair Site.

Los Angeles. June 12.-Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson. her three daughters and per
haps the President himself will come
to California i'm the next few months it
was announced to-day by Robert :.
Hudspcth Of Jersey city. y. J.
Mr. Hudspoth is chairman Of the
commission appointed by the Presidenf
scy 10 select a site for the New Jer-
sey Building at the Panama Pacific
Exposition al San Francisco.
Mr. Hudspeth said that one of the
Presidents daughters. probably Miss
Jessie. would handle the trowel in lay
ing the cornerstone Of the New Jersey
Building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
ANXIOUS DAY IN LONDON
Settlement on Stock Market
May See Some Failures.

lBy Gable to The Tribune
London, June 13-Acute nervous ten
sion prevailed on the Stock Exchange
Yesterday, on the eve Of the anXiously
awaited settlement At the outset
prices suffered an almost general re-
LAPSE. and the recovery that followed
which was due chiefly to the Balkan
news. was. generally speaking. some
what halfhearted affair.
All this feverish activity, OF course
did nothing to relieve the intense anX-
ietv as to the outcome Of the settle
ment. To-days session will be criti-
cal one and IL will be a pleasant sur
prise indeed If the hammer does not
fall. e., If no failures are announced
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
BLEASE DEFAMER INDICTED
North Carolina Editor Said
Governor Should Be Shot.
fRy Telegraph TO The Tribune.

Raleigh. y. G., June 12.-The federal
court to-day indicted W. o. Saunders,
Of Elizabeth City, editor Of The Down
Homer" as the result of the publica-
ton OF an article in which Saunders
declared Governor Blease should be
shot.
The attack on Bloase followed his
Richmond speech, in which he de-
Tended mobs that lynch negroes. The
article, headed "Blease Should Be
Shot" asserted: THE mob is enemy to
the state. Blease openly gives aid and
comfort to the enemy: therefore, ! re-
neat, Blease SHOULD be shot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
GIVE BRYAN GRAPE JUICE
Californians Bring Beverage in
Eucalyptus Case.

Washington. June IA delegation
of Richmond Cal. business men called
on Secretary Bryan at the state De-
partment to-day and presented him
with a quantity of California grape
juice in eucalyptus wood case with
a silver inscription plate.
The Secretary said Mrs. Bryan made
the best grape juice in the world. but
that he would be delighted to try the
California article.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
J. Macy WiIIetS Bought Works
Steadily for Two Years at
the BeheSt Of Co
Iumbia Student"
ACCUMULATED A FLATFUL
Scion of Old Family Began to
Doubt When His Partner
Disappeared-Now Word
Comes of His Arrest
in California.

Word reached the District Attorneys
Office Yesterday Of the arrest I'm Los
Angeles of Henry r. Scwcll q young
man who is said 10 have swindlcd j..
Macy Willets, of No. 80 West j2d
street. ont Of $4,000 by selling him
de luxe" editions. The methods
ascribed to Sewell are novel. lie is In
dicted for grand larceny. II is alleged
that he put up 5000 worth Of auto
graphs belonging 10 Willets as col
lateral for a note for $500.
Willets said last night that he didn't
know how much Sewell had got from
him. He left all that 10 his lawyers.
he said. Charles X. Carpenter, Willetss
attorney, said last night that S2Jo'Vo
was an exaggeration.
WiIlets said that ne met Sewell IN
November. 1910. in his apartments.
then at No. Al Park avenue. Seven
said that he was working his way
through Columbia. anu that If he had
some capital behind him he and his
mariner could clean up a round sum
i'm rare editions.
Bought Sixteen Queens for s''2oo'
Willets approved of the plan. lie IN
vested about 5000 in books. Sixteen
volumes II Queens Of England Tor
which ne paid, it is alleged, Sl.2OO. were
APPRAISED by an expert 10 he worm
$40 The prices of the other books are
said to be in proportion.
Among other works which Willets
savs he bought were S2,4OO worth OF
Moljere. said to be worth $50, S0Vo
worth Of Rcalists and Romanticists,
appraised at $500. and two volumes OF
Iconographic Dictionaries, the entire
set of twelve volumes TO cost S2l,vo.
Regarding the dictionaries, r. NJ.
Honkins. the expert who appraised the
hooks. said that they had no market
value but were "skilfully constructed
gold bricks" for which the publisher
might show expensive production, but
which would not bring more than 5000
at auction.
Then there was deal in Hallowell
editions of Shakespeare. Willets says
that he got two sets of the books, pay
ing $500 for them, and finally
emerged from the deal with autographs
of civil War personages which Sewell
valued at $500 and with Sewelrs as
sertion that one of the sets had been
traded for set of American states
men. The latter was said to be espe-
ciaIly valuable because Of the auto
graphs Willets said that he saw
neither American statesmen nor their
autographs.
Cornoisseur OF Automobiles also.
According to Willets he first met the
columbia student" in 1910, and they
continued their dealings up to Decem-
,or,inu,d on flfth page, seventh column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
MAY Y0HE IN LONDON
To Revive Honey, Ma Honey
and Wear a Near Diamond.
( BY cable to The Tribune.

THN IH0IN 10 INC TTIbune.
London June 12.-Miss May Yohe
will appear on the London stage again,
reviving Honey, Ma Honey" at the
London Opera House on Monday. and
wearing an imitation of the famous
Hope diamond.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
SULzER WOULD SAVE BABES
Disgrace That State Loses
$4,000 Yearly, He Says.

Albany. juno l2.-More IMAM I"eHI5 nv =
thousand babies less than year OLD dled
In New York State during the year lsi-'
These statistics Governor Sulzer declared
in addressing an infant welfare confer
ence to-day. ARE an Indictment against
our civilization" inasmuch as well
known authorities estimate that AT least
half of these deaths were preventable by
known practicable methods
The Governor said he hoped the new
health law enacted by the last Legislat-
ure would soon he put in operation and
that II would accomplish much for the
conservation Of child life
1T Is a'disgrace." he concluded that
We have not heretofore given this subject
the consideration 20 which II is entitled. y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
WANTS NEW COIN FOR ECONOMY.
fPy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.

lEl lfAfkAolh w iH' iiI'IHf
Boston. June l2-Mayor Fitzgerald has
evolved n new scheme TO cut down the
nigh cost OF living. He wants the gov
ernment 20 coin seven-cent pieces. which,
he thinks, will IN many cases bring down
10 seven cents articles now sold for ten
cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
Bar Association Committee,
Angry at Def" by Justice,
Suggests Action by
Governor SuIzer.
SEES POLITICS IN REPLY
Members Declare Accused Jur.
ist Has Sought to Cloud Issue
by Assertion That Body
Has No Jurisdiction
in Matter.

The belated reply yesterday Of Jus
the grievance committee Of the Bar
Association, in which he challenged the
jurisdiction Of that body 10 make an
investigation Of the charges made
against him by his former client. John
, \. Connolly. and curtly informed the
committee that he had, taken the mat
ter mp TO Governor Sulzer. incense1
some members Of the committee TO the
point Of suggesting that it looked like
a political play.
one member of the committee said
that if Governor Sulzer had not be-
come a party 10 an attempt at white
washing the only tactful thing for him
to do would be 10 request the Bar As
sociation to present the case to :he
Legislature.
The feeling among the committee
members was that Justice Cohalan had
sought TO cloud the issue by declaring
in his letter 10 Howard Townsend,
chairman of the committee, that tho
association had mo jurisdiction over
the matter"
Now Up TO Governor.
1t was emphatically stated that the
committee considered il had the power
and jurisdiction TO investigate tie
charges against the Justice especially
as he was a member of the association.
The members felt, il was said. as
they had begun the investigation, after
giving a reasonable time TO Justice
Cohalan to reply TO their invitation 10
appear before them and had not heard
from him until yesterday, that if fair
inquiry was cOurted the only thing the
Governor could do would be to request
the association TO present the evidence
IT had accumulated.
While the communication from JUS
tice Cohalan. tending to override the
grievance committee would not neces-
sarily check the inquiry before that
body. IL was said, the investigation bv
suspended, at least 20 await develop
ments from Albany. II the Governor
should not request the association 10
present the evidence IL has. IL was
pointed out that II might petition the
Legislature for a hearing for that pur-
pose.
Invitation and Reply.
Justice Cohalan made public Mr..
Townsend's letter requesting him to
appear before the grievance committee.
and his reply before the chairman of
the committee had received the CO.
halan letter
Mr.. Townsend's letter and Justice
Cohalan's reply were as follows:
Dear Sir: The Association OF the
Bar OF the City of New York has been
Continued on third page, fourth column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
Engineer Has Disappeared.

The engineer OF the train which ran
into the rear car has disappeared.
While District Attorney Glenn A. Car
ter insists that he expects the missing
man 10 turn up in time for the inquest
to- morrow the Stamford police say
they do not believe he will return.
c. j. Dougherty, the missing engineer.
was the fireman on the train which
was wrecked last year al Westport.
Conn. He has since been promoted TO
an engineers job.
The Boston express train No SO, via
Springfield, divided into two sections
the same train which figured I'm the
Westport wreck-was the train IN
volvcd in to-days disaster Section
No. !, due in Stamford at 4:45 o'clock
this afternoon. drew up just east of
the station on time and stopped 20
change engines. Behind it. Section No.
> Of the same train came into the block
and telescoped the parlor car Of the
standing train.
Passengers in the last car OF the
standing train had no warning OF the
disaster until the black hulk OF the
plunging engine shot them through
broken windows. OF the five who were
killed. two. one woman and one man.
we're found jammed into the splintered
roof OF the wrecked car.
With both Dougherty, the engineer.
and Smith, the fireman. of the train
which smashed into the parlor car
missing the only available testimony as
TO the speed Of the plunging train comes
from the division superintendent. J. 4.
Droege, who said that as the train WAS
slowing down for the Stamford station
it was probably not going more than
fifteen miles an hour. The interlocked
engine and parlor car, however, stand
ing in one mass a quarter OF a mile
east OF the station here, now tell a diff
ferent story.
Half way through the parlor car the
front of the engine is imbedded, with
parts OF the walls of the car still in
casing II. The engine is not damaged.
The car. wooden one. is demolished
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
Ran by Signals and His Air
Brakes Failed to Work,
Is Roads Official Ex-
planation of Lat
est Disaster.
TWO WOMEN AMONG DEAD
Wooden Parlor Car Ground to Splin.
ters as Locomotive Cuts Halfway
Through It-First Half of Train
Waiting to Change Power
When Disaster Occurs.

From stan Correspondent NJ The Tribune
Stamford, Conn, June 12.-Thres
men and two women were killed and
seventeen persons injured in rear-end
collision on the New Haven Railroad
two blocks east OF the city station here
late this afternoon.
THE DEAD.
CANFlELD. Frank, No. 406 Main street,
Springfield, Mass.
HOWE, Or. j. G., No. 1877 High street,
Hartford Conn.
KELLY, Mrs. Edward j., No. 81 Tri.
dent avenue, Winthrop, Mass.
SEELEY, Mrs. w. H., wife Of the man.
ager Of the New Haven roads indus
trial bureau.
Broadway, Flushing, Long Island.
THE INJURED.
BENSON, Everett S., No. 255 Wes. s5.h
street, New York City; cuts and
bruises.
BERHELY, Father Antonio, No. 343
East 57th street. Manhattan; eontu-
sions about body.
BLUM, Eleanor, No. 1920 Jefferson ave.
nue., Brooklyn; bruises about body.
BRODERlCk. Margaret, Pennington,
Conn; cuts on face and head, nose
broken.
BROWN, r. NJ. Donean Hills. Staten
Island; scalp wounds and bruises.
BURGESS, Mrs. T. j.. No. 81 Washing.
ton road. Springfield, Mass; bruises.
GERETY. T. j., No. SO Linden street.
Hackensack; slight bruises.
GOSOiCk, Alfred, Prospect avenue,
Tho Bronx; fractured skull. may die.
HOUSTON. J. w., Roxbury, Mass.j
scalp wounds.
HUMES, Gregory T.. No. 152 East 35tn
street, Manhattan; fractured pelvis.
compound fracture OF both ankles.
JENNINGS. r. g., jr.. No. SO Park ave-
nue., Manhattan; broken arm, and leg.
JOHNSON, Helen. Springfield, Mass;
bruises.
MARTIN. j. j.. No. IA East 75th street,
Manhattan; bruises and cuts.
MEYERSON. Mrs. Rebeccs, No. 4eo
East 14tst street, The Bronx; cuts.
MEYERSON, Menina. seven months
old: slight bruises.
PAT eRSON, r. W. Red Sank, ", J.t
bruises.
THOMPSON, Florence. Flushing. Long
Island; arms cut, general contusions.
This wreck-the third disaster with
in two years on this section Of the road
came on a clear stretch Of track east
of the Canal street bridge with no ap-
parent cause in the way Of defective
equipment although in an official state
ment issued by the road, il was said
the air brakes on the second section OF
the train were not working.
The accident happened when the sec
ond section Of train No. 10, Boston for
New York. by way of Springfield.
crashed into the first section. which had
stopped to change power at Stamford
tower. All the victims were in ths
rear car of the first section.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
FIVE KILLED, IL INJURED, IN WRECK
ON NEW HAVEN RAILROAD IN STAMFORD


after the wreck
oProb Ame1chFr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13

GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER.
soc. per case Of glass -stOppered bottieA
--AdvL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
GENERAL.
FOREIGN

np henels Defeated ...............
.I'usn Political Scandals.
american Yacht Held by Japan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13

Continued on nth page, seventh column.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-02

eastern coast 10 the western coast OF
the United States and Hawaii. and S12,
On.On worth TO foreign countries
while S39,0Jo.c0o worth of products OF
the Pacific coast and Hawaii moved east
ward 10 the Atlantic and gulf ports OF
the United States and $5.JO0.OOO to for
eign countries.
The remarkable growth in this trans
isthmian traffic, says a report from the
Department of Commerce has occurred
chiefly since the opening of the Tehuan-
tepec railroad January l, 1907. The traf-
nc via Panama alone was in 1903 but
100000 in value. During the first
years operation of the Tehuantepec
railroad the combined traffic Of the two
railroads was $21.OO0.0Co: In 1908 So,
00O.0O0: and so on. increasing until 4,
reached Sal, 100000 in 1912
The larger growth. 1t Is declared, has
been in the westbound movement Sugar
II Is declared. forms one-half of the
eastbound traffic, while iron and stee
manufactures form about one-fourth OF
the westbound traffic, cotton manufac.
turers- one-sixth and miscellaneous man.
ufactures large proportion of the re-
mainder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-02
OPPOSITION TO newman
IS BASED ON RESIDENCE
Members of Capitol Heights
Citizens Association
State Position.

Opposition to Oliver p. Newman as a
Commissioner of the District, If his resi-
dence in this city has not been long
enough to make him eligible FOR the posi-
ton. was voiced i'm resolution adopted
by the Capitol Heights Citizens Associa-
ton at a meeting in the town hall of
Capitol Heights, Md. last night The
resolution makes it clear that the oppo-
sition is based only on the question of Mr.
Newman's residence here. Many men,
| bers of the association reside within the
District.
The improvement of 61st street and Cen.
| trail avenue were urged by several mem
bers of the association. These thorough
| fares are said to be in great need of i'm
provement both as to roadway. pavement
and lighting. James NJ Wood explained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-02
WILSON AIDS MESSENGER.
Orders Transfer of 7. r. Stewart Be
cause of Efficiency.

Thomas r. Stewards high record fol
efficiency as messenger boy in the De-
partment of Commerce has caused the
President to issue an executive order
waving the rule of the civil service COM
mission which prohibits the transfer OF
promotion of messenger boys to positions
in the apportioned classified service. Stew
art, who was appointed a messenger
January "a. 1910. will be transferred to
the apportioned service in the position
Of assistant messenger in the office OF
the Secretary of Commerce.
The waving of the rule against sucf
promotions was upon the recommenda'
ton of Secretary Redfield.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-02
FEAR THE SUFFRACETTES
-.
Police Guard Regatta Course
to Prevent interruption
of Henley Races.

LONDON. july 1.-The banks of the
Thames. where the oarsmen for the Hen
ley regatta are encamped for the races
during the next five days. are the scenes
OF extensive precautions to prevent any
disturbance of the races by the suffra-
gettes Following the sensational act
at the derby. when the kings horse was
thrown by a woman. rumors have been
prevalent OF plots TO interfere with some
of the important events of the Henley.
Police on Guard.
There are fears that an attempt may
be made to destroy or injure some OF the
boats and that wires might he stretched
across the course in front Of the racing
crews. A strong force of police is guard
ing the tents in which the boats are
housed. and at night fires are kept
going to light up the camps. which are
surrounded by barbed wire entangle-
ments.