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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19

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CHICAGO, March 19.-James G,
Jordon Of Los Angeles, California,
shot and probably fatally injured him
self on an A. T. and s. F. train. He
was found by the conductor of the
train two hours after arriving In Chi
cago and hurried to a hospital with a
bullet wound in his right temple.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19

The fashions are the very latest and only the best
tons offered for your inspection and approval 1t is
display that no eye rest without cleaning with
pleasure. Styles attractive fabrics pleas
ing, and the values are the most extraordinary have
ever shown.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Shot on Train.

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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
h. a.Collier Makes Success
tul Flights Today--NoW Pr
lots His kaehine Alone.
Is HIS FAVORITE SPORT
I GGSSaayer GS Looming of New York
Inventor OF New Aero
Boat" Builds Hangar
MAKES TEST IN WATER
:, snaCators Flock to Place TO
See Stunts of Air Men,
Weather Ideal.
Is HIS FAvORITE SPORT
MAKES TEST IN WATER
specfal to tIs 1VENING NEWS.


Soldiers Beach, April 24.-Avia-
tion will be poular attraction again
here this summer. P. j. Collier has
already made several flights and
Grover Looming of New York Is test
ing out an "aeroboat," which is his
= own Invention He has erected an
hangar. on the shore and expects TO
accomplish some great feats during
the next few weeks.
Mr.. Collier, who Is president of the
Aero Club of America, made two
pretty fights about II o'clock yester-
day morning alone in his bydro-aero-
plane. On Sunday, April IL, he ven
rrred to make fight in pouring
rain and despite the heavy wind pi-
loted his craft around without mis-
hap. Thousands visited this place
last summer to witness the aerial
events. Mr.. Golfers flights yester-
day were viewed by several hundred
people.
Mr. Looming, the inventor of the
new machine called the "aero-boat,"
will make his first official test of the
machine this afternoon. Mr.. Looming
put the machine in the water the
first time this morning, but the en-
gine was not started.
Mr.. Collier went out again in his
hydro-areoplane today, flying to-
wards Keyport. and for more than
mile out over Raritan bay. The trip
was marked by no handicap what
ever from any irregularity in the
mechanism of his machine.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
DIVIDE POLICE
INTO 4 SQUADS
Matter Is Being Considered
by Authorities Today

A proposition to divide the police
force into four squads far alternate
days and night service will be con-
sidered at meeting Of Mayor Ferd
Garretson, Chief of Police Burke,
the police committee of the council
and committee Of the present night
force, at police headquarters this
afternoon. The idea is fostered by
the night men. The day policemen
are opposed to 1t, because they
would have to alternate with others
In working days and nights.
By reason OF the fact that a
change as proposed would give the
city continual service, Mayor Ferd
Garretson seems to think well Of It,.
However, he Is desirous of noting
the success of similar methods in
other cities before making himself
a party to its installation.
The proposition is to have four
squads of six men each. One squad
would work from 4 o'clock In the
morning until 8 o'clock at night,
two squads from until 4 o'clock in
the morning. BY such system the
monthly vacation of one day and all
dinner hours would be abolished
The squads would work on a circuit,
taking one shift one week, the sue
ceeding Shift the following week and
so on.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
$|,337 TOTAL
OF FLOOD FUND
Last of Money Received For
wardsd by Mayor

The last money received by Mayor
Ferd Garretson for the relief of
flood sufferers in the middle west
amounting to s64.59, was sent to-
day to the head of the National Red
Cross. Mrs. C. G. Baldwin is pre-
pairing to pack and send the third
and last box of clothing for the
flood victims. The box will be ship
ped tomorrow afternoon, SO that all
who wish, may still contribute cloth
ing for the men, women and children
who have been caused to suffer by
the devastating floods. Mrs. Bald
win will be glad to receive such con-
until tomorrow afternoon,
that she may fill the box to its ut
most capacity. Among the largest
of clothes to aid in fill
ing the last box were Mrs. Ada
'Hommedieu and Mrs. r. w.
Deacon.
Mayor Garretson has received a
total of S1,014.59 in cash for the
flood victims. Of that amount he
sent $3.50 In amounts ranging from
$50 to $500. The balance was sent
today. The total amount of cash con-
as recently announced in
the NEWS was $1,337. That in
cludes funds which Mr.. Garretson
did not receive, and were sent direct
ly from one organization to another.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
FIRE CONSUMES.
STORAGE SHED.
Lively Blaze In Rear of 1856
State Street

A fire that originated from burn
ing pile of rubbish demolished the
three room shed in the rear of No
336 State street, owned by Frank
Gunkel, of Amboy avenue about 1.30
O'Clock this afternoon. Protection
Hook and Ladder Company and the
Lincoln Engine Company responded
to the alarm from box 81, and man
aged to extinguished the flames be-
fore they had reached the home of
Thomas McCollom a few yards dis
tant.
Mrs. McCollom had trunk,
buggy and pieces of furniture in one
room of the barn which was ruined.
Mostly kindling wood occupied the
other two rooms and was owned by
Mrs. M. Clark and Anton Jensen of
336 State street Mrs. McCollom es-
Inmates her loss at $50. She car
ried no insurance. The outhouse it
self was of little value being old and
dilapidated.
AL Foster, of 336 State street, was
burning rubbish back Of the house
and while he was absent in his home
the wind spread the fire to the out
house.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
FALLS FROM COAL CAR AT SOUTH
AMB0Y DOCKS AND MEETS DEATH
ENDS HIS LIFE
WITH REVOL YER

Depressed and melancholy over q
recent illness that had kept him from
work, William Jones, of Mechanics
Vile, took his own life by sending a
bullet through his right temple yes
terday. The fatal bullet was fired
by the suicide at his home in Raritan
street about IL o'clock yesterday
morning and he died at the city hos
pital here shortly after p, M, dur
ing which time he was unconscious.
1t is believed that the mans mind
had become affected In brooding over
his recent malady. He had been
sick for a week with grip, part of
which time he had been confined to
his bed.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Jones left
the house early and returned about
10 o'clock. His wife saw that he
acted strangely, as he continually
took from his pocket his revolver
which he carried while at work, he
having been q conductor for the
Pennsylvania railroad for several
years. The man went into the back
yard and began shooting at any
thing and everything. His wife
alarmed at his eccentric actions
pleaded with some passersby to take
the gun away from her husband, but
the men thought 1t was a domestic
affair and would not interfere. The
conductor finally went into the house
welding his revolver to and fro.
He said nothing to his wife, but
with demented look on his face
passed through the kitchen before
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24

her, as she covered in the presence
of the revolver. Mr.. Jones went
straight through the kitchen to the
bathroom, from which place Mrs.
Jones heard the report of shot en-
mate. She ran to the room. finding
her husband doubled up on the floor
with blood flowing from his temple.
She called in some neighbors who
helped her to administer first aid to
the suicide, who was unconscious.
Dr. NJ. S. Meinzer, of this city, was
called, and saw Immediately that the
mans condition was precarious and
had him removed to the city hospital
here.
The doctor was preparing to op-
crate on the man to eXtricate the
bullet or relieve his brain of the
blood clot which had formed by in
ternal hemorrhages, when the man 3
temperature suddenly shot up to an
extraordinary degree and the suicide
succumbed to the wounds inflicted
by his own hand without regaining
consciousness.
The victim leaves a wife and five
children. He had been employed by
the railroad company for about
twenty-five years, most of the time
as a brakeman, and during recent
years as a conductor. For about a
week he had been away from his du-
ties because of sickness. He was
about forty-five years of age. His
body was removed to his late home
in Mechanicsville late yesterday af-
tprDppO
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
SEIDLER'S WILL
BE USED AGAIN
FOR AIR CRAFT
STRIKERS RIOT
AT VALENTINES
Six Arrests Made --0thsr
Plants Are Quiet.

The clay industry strike west of
this city spread to the tile depart
ment of the C. Pardee Works here
this noon. Strike agitators caused
several hundred employees of that
plant to go out, making the total
number on strike nearly 5000. EX-
cept for a charge of about fifty strik-
ers on deputies at Valentine brothers
brick factory near Fords last night,
there were no other changes in the
situation since yesterday.
Six arrests followed the charge.
Twenty-Five deputies under Sheriff
Albert Bollschweiler held the wild
mob at bay with the aid of riot
sticks. Some clubbing was done, but
no one was seriously hurt. Three
strikers were arrested for rioting and
three others for carrying loaded re-
volVers.
The charge was made about 6
O'Clock last night. Sticks and stones
were used by the strikers. The de-
puties furnished by the Waddell &
Mahon Corporation under Lieutenant
Bineen, although outnumbered two
to one, did not welsh. The mob was
driven back with no damage to prop
erty and few injuries. The men ar
rested are still in Jail, AS a result
of the attack Sheriff Bollschweiler
has increased the number of deputies
generally among the plants and fifty
are now stationed at the Valentine
factory.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
Harrv Dennen Dies
In Hospital Of
Injuries
BODY CRUSHED

After having been horribly crush
ed under a coal car, from which he
fell at the South Amboy coal docks,
Harry Dennen, of South Amboy, died
at the city hospital here about 1880
this morning. The brakeman lived
about two and one-half hours after
he was injured during most Of
which time he was semi-conscious.
Dennen, who was on the night
shift at the docks, had unloosed the
brakes of a loaded coal car about 5
o'clock this morning, and standing
on the little platform in the front OF
the car he held the wheel ready to
stop the conyeyor when it reached
the proper place on the dock. When
the car neared the place where It
was to be unloaded the brakeman
turned the wheel gradually with his
stick, slackening the speed of the
car. In turning the wheel, however,
his right hand slipped from the
stick and he lost his balance, falling
headlong in front of the car. He fell
in the middle of the two tracks,
escaping being cut in two by the
wheels of the conveyor. He fell on
his left side and as the coal carrier
passed over his body his right side
Just above the hip was gouged by
the mechanism of the car, and
sharp pointed piece of steel stabbed
him below the abdomen.
His injuries caused the most
acute agony and his pathetic moans
were heard by nearby workmen, who
came quickly to his aid. When they
reached him the car had passed on
down the dock, leaving its victim in
the middle of the tracks behind. One
of the men ran after the loose car
and soon had the brakes securely
attached. Two others bore the VIC
tim to an office of the coal company
and telephoned for DR.. E. H. Eulner.
On examining the crushed man the
doctor found that several of his
right ribs were crushed in. He adj
vised his removal at once to the
Perth Amboy city hospital.
A vehicle was obtained from
Michael Welch, and the suffering
man taken straightway to the insti-.
tuition. He reached there shortly
after o clock, succuhi5ilg 10 his
fearful wounds about an hour later.
DR.. j. G. Wilson at the hospital at
tended the victim, who had lapsed
into comatose state, and did all In
his power to make the man comfort
able and relieve him of his pain.
His wife and parents arrived at
the institution shortly after he died,
and the body was removed to their
home in South Amboy.
The young man is just thirty-five
years of age and leaves his widow
with three young children. 1t was a
heartrending scene at the city hospi-
tai this morning when the young
widow viewed the body of her hus-
band.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
JURY AWARDS
1898 VERDICT
FOR ACCIDENT
{. T. Tillinghast of Prince
Bay Wins His Suit Against
Public Ssrv Ice.
HORSE WAS KILLED BY
TROLLEY IN THIS CITY
Many Witnesses Put on the
Stand by Dsfeass--jury
Out Only 40 Minutes

After being out for about forty
minutes, the jury in the case of i.
T. Tillinghast, Of Prince Bay, s. L.,
against the Public Service Railway
Company, returned a verdict fixing
the damages to the plaintiff at seas.
The suit was brought following a
trolley accident November 9, of last
year, when a milk wagon, belonging
to Mr.. Tillinghast, was struck by a
trolley car, damaging the vehicle and
harness. The horse had a leg broken
in the accident and had to be shot
The plaintiff claimed damages
amounting to s293 in the original
state of demands, but made an
amendment to same, including the
hiring of horse after the death OF
the one in the accident, which made
the total damages $463. This
amendment was not allowed.
The jury placed the value of the
horse at s195, plus S25 for repair
ing wagon, $3.50 for repairing har-
ness, $3.50 for lost blanket and SIS
to have wagon repainted.
The plaintiff tried to placed the
blame for the accident on the negli-
gence of the company, and hal wit
nesses to testify that they heard no
gong from the approaching trolley
car. The driver, George Glass, of
Prince Bay, and another occupant Of
the milk wagon, Robert Van Pelt,
of this city, testifying that they had
heard no gong and seen no headlight.
and not even the trolley itself until
it was upon the wagon. The plain
tiff was represented by James s.
Wight, Of this city.
The defense, represented by Cliff
ford /. Voorhees,, Of New Brunswick,
tried to show that the carelessness of
the driver of the milk wagon was to
blame, and produced numerous wit
nesses who swore that the trolley car
had a headlight, and its gong was
ringing on its approaching the cor
ner of Maple and Smith streets, che
scene of the accident The trial be-
gan at 10 a, M, and the verdict was
returned shortly before p. M.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
MISS BORDEN
NOT KIDNAPPED
Back in Sanitarium Today
Dined With Friends.

Specidl by united Press Wire.
Pompton, April 24.-Declaring
that she had only been to a dinner
in Newark with friends, Miss Ro-
mona Borden, seventeen year old
daughter of Gail Borden, the milk
millionaire, was back in the Adams
sanitarium today, after she had been
reported kidnapped" by two
strange fashionable dressed women
in an automobile.
The girls return to the sanitarium
where she had been sent by her
New York physician to rest, was not
known until today, and the officials
secuted the story of the kidnapping,
"All we know" said the physician
in charge, lis that Miss Borden re-
turned last night after having din
ner in Newark with friends. She said
nothing about being carried away
from her nurse by women in an auto
mobile. She cannot be seen and has
nothing to say
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
PRESIDENT WILL LIGHT
UP W00LWORTH BLDG.

Special By United Press Wire.
New York, April 24.-All is in
readiness for President Wilson to
touch the button tonight in Wash
ington, that will send the Woolworth
building the highest in the world to
blazing from cellar to peak with it's
$4,000 electric lights. The building
will then be opened to the public and
ready to take in tenants. Many ap-
plications have been received for the
top story in the tower, the fifty-fifth,
but is has practically been decided to
use it for tea room, where visitors
may lunch or sip tea, 750 feet above
the roar and rush of lower Broadway
with an outlook into two states, SIX
counties, six rivers, four bays, two
mountain ranges and the Atlantic
ocean.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
BELIEVE MEN
IN MINE DEAD
Thirty Bodies Recovered at
FinIeyviIIe, Pa.
pecial by United Press Wire.

SpGcj0i by tHtted Press Wtfe.
Finleyville, Pa, April 24.-That
III of the 122 men penned in the
Cincinnati mine by yesterdays e&-
plosion are dead, was the belief of
many rescuers at noon today. Thirty
bodies have been recovered. Prepa-
ratious are being made to force air
into the mines and clear it of gas,
and men experienced in fighting
Minis disasters said today they ex-
pected to find men yet alive in the
mine. They believe the death list
would be well under 100.
The cause of the explosion is not
yet definitely known. The mine is
one of the largest and most gaseous
in the district and the stories told by
survivors of how they crawled,
stumbled and fell as they CROPPED
their way to daylight indicated little
hope for the men yet panned in the
mine. Many of the survivors tell of
companions who fell overcome by
gas in the dark recesses of the mine.
Parties OF three and four who struck
for safety were reduced to one or
two in some instances when the pure
ar was reached.
Flat cars were drawn up at the
entrance of the mine 10 receive the
dead bodies as they are brought up.
Word was passed around today that
the government relief station at
Pittsburgh offered aid to the mine
officials when they first heard of the
explosion aud that the company re-
piled they had a reliable first aid
which could cope with the
When the government
helmet men arrived about II O'Clock
last night no progress had been made
toward rescue. The gas had driven
the company's first aid corps back
from the entrances but the helmet
men were able to successfully fight
the fumes and good work was soon
being done.
One of the life savers, Helmetman
McCarty, the first to enter the mine,
was overcome twice by afterdamp
but continued to fight when revived.
His companions missed him after
time and returned along the path
they had taken to find him lying in
a pool OF water. With his last
breath he told the men to leave him
and get someone else out. The Gin
mine was opened about eighty
years ago and thirty years ago there
was an explosion in the mine with
such force that mule carts were
blown into the Monongahela river.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
STONE TIED To
BODY IN RIVER
Charles Miner of New Bruns-
wick Found Drowned.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

New Brunswick, April 24:-The
body of Charles H. Miner, of this
city, was found floating in the Rari-
tan river near the Albany street
bridge at $3.50 o'clock this morning
by William Latham, who was cross
ing the bridge at the time. When
the body was taken out of the water
a rope was found tied around the
right leg. To the other end of the
rope was fastened a stone.
Coroner William F. Harding, after
short investigation, believed Miner
committed suicide. However, Miners
family think that he was the victim
of foul play. He had about $50 and
a gold watch when he left home last,
they stated, and they believe robbery
was motive for murder. Two
bruises were found on Miner, one on
his forehead and swollen right eye,
which give weight to the family's
suspicious. A more thorough inyes-
tigation will be made.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
TEACHERS TO
FILE CHARGES
Opinion 10 Recorder on
Prosecution OF Parents

In future cases of prosecution for
neglect to send children to school,
teachers of the specific rooms in
which the children in question are
taught, must appear in person before
the recorder to make complaint and
testify. This is according to an optn-
ion of City Attorney c.. G. Hommann
handed down yesterday to Recorder
Pickersgill. it follows action taken
by the recorder to enable the school
authorities to prosecute to the full
est extent parents who fail to keep
their children in school until they
have reached an age under which
they may be released.
In accordance with Recorder Pick
ersgilrs statement on Saturday, all
parents who fail to send their chill
dren to school will be placed in jail
and held there until the school au-
thorities have finished the case. Mr..
Pickersgill puts the prosecution Of
such defendants squarely up to the
school heads and they must carry it
out In all Its phases. Therefore, to
furnish authoritive testimony con-
cerning the absence of children from
schools. the teachers OF the children
complained about mus: appear with
school records, attendance reports,
etc, to give positive evidence as to
the actions of the children in ques-
ton.
Mr.. Pickersgill was we'll aware
that such was the legal procedure,
but to have it made known to the
school authorities In an official way,
he secured an opinion from the City
Attorney Hommann. This opinion In
writing was given to Truant Officer
John Meshrow, last night for delivery
to Superintendent of Schools s. e.
Shull.
The result of hearings In several
school cases which are scheduled to
be heard at Z O'Clock tomorrow night
is awaited with interest.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
KICKS WOMAN
IN THE MOUTH
Several Teeth Knocked Out
AssaiIant FIHed $50.

Upon charges of having insulted a
married woman and kicked several
teeth out of her mouth for failure to
comply wnth his demands, Mike Liba
alais Mike Marashneski and Ignatz
Bassarop, of 723 Parker street, was
fined $50 this morning by Recorder
PickersgIll. John Brodnack, TWEEN
ty-two years old, of 1853 State street,
er and hit Patrolman Dunham while
he was arresting him, was fined $50
for interfering with an officer.
George Nolosen, of 331 Lawrence
street, appeared as complainant
against Leiba this morning, his wife
being too badly hurt to leave her
home. She is minus several teeth
and has badly swollen Jaw as the
result of being brutally kicked by
Lieba, according to testimony pro-
duced in court. Volosen declared
his wife complained to him that the
man had come to their home about
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He
forced his attentions upon her and
when she resented bis acts, he
knocked her down and kicked her.
She is now in serious condition.
Lieba was found drunk and ar
rested by Patrolman Durham at
State and Wayne streets about
o'clock last night. AS the officer was
dragging him from the entrance of
saloon, Brodnock appeared in back
of Dunham and would have struck
him but for the timely action of Pa
trolman Harding. He grabbed the
would-be assailant.
The police learned today that
Lieba served time in prison for cut
ting a mans eye out in a row In
Jersey City.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-24
"TY" COBB IN DETROIT
TO DISCUSS WAGE SCALE
pecias by United Press Wire.

Special by United Press Wire.
Detroit Mich, April 24.-Ty Cobb
of Georgia, will arrive in Detroit to-
day to discuss contract terms with
President Navins, of the Tigers. The
peach and Navins will get together
as soon as the slugging outfielder
gets into town and definite conclu-
sion to their arguments is expected
to be reached at their first confer
ence.
Cobb knew as soon as he left At
lanta Tuesday night just what he
could expect in the way of salary
from the Detroit club. What that
amount is no one aside from Navins
and Cobb know. 1t won't be S15,-
90 which Cobb has demanded. That
much is known from the personal
statement of Navins himself.