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The fool-killer., 1913-10-01
THE FOOLS.

a WhaCk at the SdlllDi1llS iOOAo.
Gambling is. getting dangerous
these days because it IS getting
popular. It has got so that peo-
Die who boast Of belonging to the.
"best sawsiety,' and even leaders
in the church, consider it no harm
to gamble. Only they don't call
it by that ugly name. They call
it innocent amusement
[ quote the following from Rev.
Josephus Stephan, Of St. Louis:
"a fond mother was showing a Wis
itor, in the presence Of her son, a fine
punch bowl which she had won a short
time before at a progressive euchre
party, and she was very proud indeed
of her achievement. Suddenly her SON,
just reaching manhood, pulled out a
roll Of greenbacks and, humping it On
the table, said: See what I won playing
cards the other night The mother,
startled and Mortified, said: Why, SON,
nave you been gamblinge'"
Now, then, good people, what
do you think Of that? You see
that poor fool woman had sense
enough to recognize the fact and
call it by its right name when done
by her son, but she failed to see
that she had just as certainly been
gambling as he had, and that she
was just as guilty, morally and le-
gally. In fact, she was more gull
ty than he was. That boy would
not have been a gambler if his
fine, fashionable, church-going
nanny had not set the example.
And if the devil takes that boy to
hell and don't take his mammy
also, he is not fit to be a devil.
Fully half of the churches, es-.
pecially the city churches, have
been turned into veritable gam
bling dens. They want money to
carpet the church, and they get up
a church social of some kind, at
which they have a number of Gin
nocent' card games and other
gambling devices to get the
money. Then they want a desk
or a chart Or something for the
Sunday School room. Nothing
to do but stir around and get UP a
church fair or some other sort of
a shlndlg, and there's your money.
It's just as easy as for a tobacco
chewer to spit ambear on the front
elevation Of his billed shirt.
The church in these days don't
care a continental dried-apple snap
whether the world opens it's heart
to the gospel or not, just so it
opens its pocket-book good and
wide. An infdel once said: "I
think your God must be- in great
need OF money, by the tricks the
churches practice to get it for
him. And that was a hard lick.
and well aimed, although it came
from an infdel.
The main big reason that gamb-
ling OF all kinds is on the increase
throughout the world is that the
old, poor, blind, miserable, naked
Laodicean Church of Mammon
has taken it up and teaches it in
the Sunday School along with the
The fool-killer., 1913-10-01

How do you like to sop your
mental hap-jack in The Fool-Kill-
er's editorial molasses?
The fool-killer., 1913-10-01

A slop-barrel is cleaner than a
gossip's aouth.
The fool-killer., 1913-10-01

If "Rev::" Hans Schmidt has two
personalities, the only safe thing to
do is to execute both of them.
The fool-killer., 1913-10-01

Talk is cheap, but grub is as
costly as ever.
The fool-killer., 1913-10-01

The peace movement is sti
fighting it's way to the front.
The fool-killer., 1913-10-01

What we intend to do to-mor-
row won't bring home any bread
and butter to-day.
The fool-killer., 1913-10-01
EDITORIALS.

EDITORIALS.
Talk is cheap, but grub is as
costly as ever
A slop-barre1 is cleaner than a
gossip's mouth.
The peace movement is still
fighting its way to the front.
What we intend to do to-mor-
roy won't bring home any bread
and butter to-day.
If "Rev::" Hans Schmidt has two
personalities, the only safe thing to
do is to execute both of them.
How do you like to sop your
mental fap-jack in The Fool-Kill-
er's editorial mo1asses?
There is said to be a remedy for
everything in the world except
some Of the remedies.
The booger-man will get you if
yOu4dOn't subscribe for The Fool
Killer.
The people of olden times be-
lieved that the world was square.
Perhaps it was in those days.
A starving man don't want to
hear a lecture on the science of
cooking-he wants a piece of
bread.
The reason some people have
such a little mind is because they
are always giving other people a
piece Of it:
Ten million dollars is what Prof.
Pickering says it will cost to send
a message to Mars. Dog my cats
if | wouldn't send it collect.
While Mexico was looking
around for presidential timber,
somebody ought to have called her
attention to Harry Thaw.
Did you ever read about where
Jesus buik a fne church, installed
a pipe organ, and then charged
pew rent? No, I don't think YOU
ever did.
There may be lots of honest
men in this country, but they are
all lost in the woods and we can't
spare the time to hunt for them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
DROPS POISONED CANDY.
stranger Leaves Package on Allan.
tic CITY Sidewalk.

ATLANTIC CITY, y. j., Sept, 10
Wealthy residents in Chelsea, the fashion
able cottage section OF this resort, We're
excited this morning Oy the dropping OF n
box OF poisoned chocolates on the sidewalk
at Winchester and Hartford avenues.
Two domestics employed In cottage
near by saw a stranger drop the confec-
tonery on the sidewalk. They picked up
the parcel. tied neatly with ribbon. just
as two children appeared and ran toward
the inviting looking package. From the
strangers action the domestics came 10
the conclusion that there might be some
trick. and hailing Policeman kiger had
him investigate Its contents.
Kiger took the package to a druggist
who found thai small section Of bi-
chloride Of mercury tablet had been in
serted into each Of the candles and the
hole carefully sealed with tho chocolate
paste. The druggist said that sufficient
poison had been placed In the candles to
have affected seriously II not fatally any
person who ate ono OF them and several
would have been sufficient to have ~.
suited In death.
The domestics when questioned could
give no further inf nation than that the
stranger wore blue serge suit. tan shoes.
no hat and had dar., hair. lie appeared
to be middle aged. After dropping tho
hos he walked rapid, md then ran
toW ard the beach.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
DR.. HANLEY IS INDICTED.
II ock efeIler's eH.PastOr ExpIain M
why He whipped His Father,

TERRE HAUrE. Ind. Sept. 1o.-The Rev
DIR. +. \. Hanley, president of the In
diana Baptist College at Franklin. for
merly pastor Of John D. Rockefeller's
church at Cleveland and later, for two
years pastor OF church at Providence.
was indicted to-day by the Grand Jury
for assault and battery on his father. Cal.
win Hanley. aged SO.
Dr. Hanley. who admitted he switched"
his father. has issued two long statements
to the press explaining that he did so as
a measure Of discipline because for thirty
years his father had been cruel to his
mother.
The Grand Jury heard the testimony Of
DIR. Hanley's brother Oakley Hanley :
Mrs. Calvin Hanley and the wife of Oak
ley Hanlcy. who We're the only cyewlt-
nesses. and DR.. Payne. who attended the
father and found him badly injured
The father was not summoned The
eyewitnesses admitted that in infiicting
punishment Dr, Hanley had to use con-
siderable force 10 make his father SUBJ
nit. They also admit that the immediate
occasion for tn" punishment was a rough
wittcism the old man made about Mrs
Oakley Haney and when Dr. Hanley de-
manded that he apologize and he refused
the whipping began.
DR.. Hanley's statements laid grea.
stress bn the treatment to which his
mother had been subjected Neighbors
OF a quarter of a century say they
never heard of this cruelty
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
DEER BREAKS INTO THE ZOO.
Walks RiEht In. Turns Around,
walks Right Out Again.

Keepers at the Bronx Geological Park
were startled yesterday to find that
wild deer had broken into the park. For
an hour they maneuvred to capture the
deer until they cornered it at one end
OF the park. Then the deer jumped over
q six foot fence and was away.
1t was about 8 o'clock in the morning
when the deer was first seen in the
park and the alarm was sent out that
one of the zoos regular inhabitants had
broken out. But when the keepers found
the deer. which was a big whitetailed
buck. near the BronXdale entrance to
the park at the foot OF Lake Agassiz
they saw Mt once that 1t was stranger
within their gates.
The head keeper marshalled a battalion
Of keepers with lariats and closed in
on the Whitehall. After running back
through a patch OF woods the buck found
himself up against the fence. He leaped
II easily and fed down the Boston road
The keepers returned to their regular
work much disturbed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
AMERICAN INDICTED
FOR ORTIZ MURDER
Barney Cline and Ills Thirteen
Mcxicans May Be Hanged
Together.
L. $. TROOPS GUARD JAIL
Carrizo Springs Gets Warning
Of Impending Attack by Rebel
Friends Of Prisoners.

CApRiso SPRINGS. Tex. Sept. l5.-Bar.
ney Cline. an American. and thirteen
Mexican members Of his band Of ammuni.
tion smugglers were indicted for murder
to-day by q special Grand Jury.
They will be put on trial Wednesday
II a verdict Of guilty Is brought in as ID
now expected. they will all be hanged al
one time.
Cline is about 50 years old and gives
evidence Of having a good education. He
says ne was graduated from Harvard. but
that Cline is not his right name. He re-
fuses to throw any light on his past life.
Local feeling here is strong against hirl
and his Mexican companions because Of
the cruelties they inflicted upon Deputy
sheriff Manuel Ortiz before ihey. finally
placed him before a firing squad The
War Depa rtment in response to an appeal
sent from this city has ordered that n
strong military guard be maintained
around the Jail and throughout the tow,
pending the final outcome OF the cases.
a cowboy from the Coleman ranch
forty miles south OF here. who arrived
here to-day. reported that a band OF Mex.
leans haa gathered at the Cochino wells
for the purpose Of making a raid on Car
rizo Springs to rescue the prisoners The
report caused little excitement here. The
town is well guarded and, in tact. he
male residents. fortified by large con.
tngent Of cowboys from the adjacclt
ranches. would welcome brush with tn,
Mexicans. As precaution. however, n
detachment of the Fourteenth cavairy
was sent south to intercept any adv ance
on the town.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
DOCTORS WIFE VICTIM
OF HIS EXPERIMENT
Explosion Of Tanks I'm Syn.
thetic Rubber Process
Wrecks Laboratory.

WOODBRIDGE. y. j.. Sept. I5.-Mrs
Louis Gottschaik was killed by an ex-
plosion In her husbands laboratory this
morning while watching the progress Of
his work in trying to make synthetic rub
Der
DR.. Gottschalk had tanks filled with
gases and fluids under compression. Be-
fore breakfast the doctor and his wife had
applied heat to increase the pressure and
left the chemicals while they ate break
fast.
Mrs. Gottschalk was impatient TO get
back TO the laboratory and see what prog.
ress was made. She left the table before
her husband and as he stepped outside the
house on the-xay to the lakosNtOry the
building was blown to bits. DIR. Goi,-
schalk found his wife dead In the wreck
agA
II was impossible 10 discover what had
caused the explosion. whether 1t was due
to some intudicious act OF Mrs Gottschalk
or was due to a weakening in one of the
tanks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
BOYS SAVE NEW HAVEN TRAIN.
Discover Broken Rail and Motif,
tlaRman Just In Time.

HARTFORD. Conn. Sept l6.--Quick ac-
tiOn and cool wits averted a serious wreck
on the New Haven road here this after
noon. when six boys ran to the fiagman at
the Sigourney street crossing and shouted
that one OF the rails on the inbound tracks
of the Midland division was broken
The hagman rushed down the tracks
and stopped u train from New Britain
within thirty feet of the broken rail. The
train was sent to IA crossover and the
boys, provided with red flag, stood guard
until arrangements were made for re-
routing all trains coming into Hartford
and for repairing the rail.
The boys are Matthew Despard. John
and Thomas Wilson. George Pagan.
Charles Zilch and Martin Shea, who were
on their way home from school. Their
names will be sent to the company's
office at New Haven with the recon-
mendation that they be rewarded.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
AMERICAN ENGINEER KILLED,
Refugees Tell Of Murder Of Morris
y. Root by Rebels.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. l5.-Refugees
who arrived here yesterday brought word
OF the murder Of Norris p. Root. an
American mining engineer. by q band OF
revolutionists. Root was the superin.
tendent of tho El Tigre mines at Tepic
While OH his way to Join employees OF the
company preparing to defend the mine
property against attacks Of guerrillas he
IL said to have been seized by a dozen
bandits. disarmed and cut to pieces.
Root had been In Mexico for sixteen
years. He was so years old.
Max Lambert, another American enRi.
neer. who came In on the Peru. had q
narrow escape from bandits In the state
of Topic while defending his wife and
child from an attack. Lambert took his
wife and child out OF window OF their
home and they escaped. He remained to
fight and was cruelty beaten and left for
dead. the bandits then proceeding to loot
the house. After they had left Mrs. Lam
bert returned and managed to obtain aid
for her husband.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
GAYNOR MOVEMENT
FALLING INTO CHAOS
Ross Appleton Says lie Has No
Heart to Look for New
Candidate.
mitchell KEEPS SILENT
'Committce Of 1000" Declares
for Fusion. but Lacks
Enthusiasm.
mitchell KEEPS SILENT

The Gaynor independent movement ID
broken. II. Ross Appleton. chairman Of
the Gaynor League. said yesterday that
there can be no successor to the Mayor,
for the uprising In his favor was per-
sonal Mr.. Appleton said he had no
heart to look for a man to take his
placc and no hope Of finding ono.
An attempt was made to swing some
OF the lesser Gaynor organizations to
John Purroy Mitchell. but very little de-
velopcd. The executive committee Of
William I.ustgarteu's organization, the
committee OF 1000. spoke out for the
fusion ticket but without enthusiasm.
Representatives Of other organizations
whom Lustgarten called in session
passed lukewarm resolution to carry
out the Mayors wishes"-in just what
way was not explained.
Job T.. Hedges. Republican candidate
for Governor last fall. has been picked
to manage the Mitchell campaign. He
arrived last night on the kroonland
from vacation abroad. but had no
definite answer ready. He sent word by
cable last week. however. that he would
accept if his health and ngagements
allowed.
John Purroy Mitchell came back from
the Adirondacks. He attended lunch
con of Republican district leaders which
was arranged before the Mayor died.
He had little to say to them about poll
tics, asking that they wait until after
the Mayors funeral
This is primary day and the polls will
be open from 3 o'clock this afternoon to
= o'clock tonight. The primaries will
probably be peaceful. though there were
the usual charges last night that politi-
cal leaders were bent upon fraud. The
primaries are open only to enrolled
voters Of the several parties
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
AMERICAN REFUGEES SAFE.
Party Reported Captured Il Found
Near SaltillO.


MEXICO CITY. Sept. 10. - Attorney
Auolio de IN Lama was sworn In an
Minister OF justice to-day. ana another
lawyer arturo HiNaraueJo' was appointed
SUD- o-Mihister.
Attorney antonio de Ia fena Reyes
was sworn In as sub Minister OF Foreign
Relations jose Maria Lozano WAS 10
nave been sworn in as Minister OF Com
munications. but was absent from the
city.
Eduardo Tamariz is temporary Minis
ter of Public Instruction and Leopoldo
Rebollar Is temporary Minister OF the In
terror. Both of these men are lawyers
and are now sub Ministers.
Information mas been received al the
American Embassy from the consulate
ut Saltillo that the lo' refugees from
Torreon who We're reported captured ar
rived at Saltillo at o'clock this after
noon. They say they were not molested
on the way and suffered nothing but thu.
bardsb,ps which ar. na,ura, ~ , long
,.,... o.. mn. ,,,., 49,, A., :
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
100000 FIRE WRECKS
new ROCHELLE STORES
Ware Department Store Is De-
strOyed-Girl Cashier
Missing.

New ROCHELLE, N. Y. Sept. IA
100000 fire destroyed tonight the
large department store Of the Howard
Il. Ware Corporation. the stables OF the
James Butler Grocery Company and a
large part Of the Coutant pharmacy.
The fire started shortly after . o'clock
in the rear part Of the Ware store and ut
midnight. while under control. was still
burning fiercely. The fire spread rapidly
until the entire building extending from
Main street TO Leroy place was a mass 4
flames. The hremen had scarcely arrived
on the scene when the flames were shoot.
ing through the roof.
Mr.. Ware said he had not the slightest
idea what caused the blaze. unless it was
the work of an incendiary or due to de-
fective wiring. lie places his loss at
approximately $415.00O. while the re-
mainder of the loss was sustained by the
adjoining properties Of Coutant and But
Ter. Howard II. Ware head Of the cor
begin plans for the reopening Of another
store in this city
Fire Chief James Ross summoned help
from Mount Vernon. and two engines and
Il crew of twenty volunteer nremcn re-
spondcd.
Frank Kildare. Neptune Fire Com
pany. one OF the first OF the volunteer
fremen on the scene. broke In a rear door
Of the Ware Building and Was knocked
down by the explosion ana the falling
Of an elevator. Policeman Thomas Kier-
nan ana Fireman Adam Kystinger rushed
into the burning building and dragged
Iiiildare out unconscious. Herman and
kistinger were burned about the face
and hands.
Miss Anna Chase. the cashier. who va.
believed to BE- IN the office of the Ware
store Just before the Are. had not been
located at midnight and II was believed
that she was trapped in the building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
ICE FORMS IN MOHAWK VALLEY.
Frost Destroys Crops In the Genesee
Valley Also.

TRIBES HILL. " V. Sept. lo.--Heavy
frost In the Mohawk Valley did great
damage last night to late vegetables. par
ticularly to corn. potatoes and tomatoes.
II was the earliest heavy frost In num-
ber Of years. In some places half an inch
OF ice formed
GENEsEo. ~ V. Sept 15.-ThOusands
Of dollars OF loss to farmers resulted from
the killing frost In this section last night.
The frost Of last week killed potatoes and
corn plants on the flats alone. Last nights
forst killed potatoes and corn on n triple
area on the upland. Gardens are almost
entirely destroyed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
A B0WERY PROGRESSIVE.
THIRD Party VIII Nominate . Man
to Succeed Bis Tim.

WASHINGTON, Sept 15.-Twenty MEM
bers Of the Progressive party In Congress
met this morning In the office Of Repre-
sentative M. Clyde Kelly Of Pennsylvania
and formed the Progressive Congressional
campaign committee. 1t In understood
that Senator Poindexter of Washington
will associate himself with the organixa-
ton.
Representative Hinebaugh Of Illinois
was elected chairman OF tho new COM
mittee. Representative Rupley Of Penn
sylvania, secretary. and Representative
Hulings Of Pennsylvania. treasurer. The
Progressives will place candidates in
all Congressional districts for the cam
paign In 1914. They plan to start At
once putting nominees In the field In
districts In which there IL At present
q vacancy.
They will even put a Bull Moose In
nomination In the BOwery district made
vacant by the death Of Big Tim Sullivan.
There will be Progressive nominee In
tho Third Maryland district (Baltimore) 4,
formerly represented by George Koenig,
and In the Third Massachusetts, district
where william H. Willier. Republican. re-.
Gently died.
There will be an election In the First
West Virginia district on October ~. and
here too they will nominate. The West
Virginia election will be the first since
the upset OF Progressive hopes In tho
Third Maine diststse
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
VICTIMS HEIRS GET $4,000.
New Haven settles for Record
Amount In Connecticut.

HARTFORD. Conn. Sept. 15.-As damages
resulting from the fatal New Haven
wreck at Stamford on June ~ last the
New Haven road made settlement to-
day with the heirs Of Dr. Harmon G..
Howe Of this city. who was one OF tho
five killed. paying $l0.l0O. which Is 500
moro than the death Limitation under the
old Connecticut law.
The offer Of the railroads attorney for
settlement OF $500 was accepted at
hrst by the Howe estate executors. and
then the road paid the funeral expenses,
which included special funeral train
from this city to Jericho. W. After more
negotiations the road agreed to pay $500
additional. bringing the total to $40. 400.
which as far IN known, Is the largest
death claim settlement In Connection,
records.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
Asks Hour of Official
Mourning for Cavnor

Mayor Kline issued the following proela.
nation last night.
To M Pubite: The funeral Of he Hon.
Wtlfsm Joy Csyno'. Os klsesd late Meyss
u Nss Yssk city. WM seew next Msnisy
ms'ntns. SseismIs, u. si Trinity Chuseh.
7hs pssek u A6 Sv eannet psv a'e high
hsne' y 0s memory Of Ns great msa end
sss Msyov SAs psseiieslly gave up III, life
In lsh se,sies.
AZ Msvov Of Ms city through Tie saIamity
e hs tssA ! feel Nsi nsxi Msnlsv. DE dsy
ef his JansssL. shsuN h sSse,pel throughout
Ns city ~ ssos,sily a. psssiIls a. isy Of
'swnfns. Nsss)s's 'ssussi he eiii:sn, ef
An city. Q, . marx ef sespse b his mem.
sy. b piece all Aass at half mast On Msi day.
end soul1 suggest suspension Of su business
Je' . period q ON hour wAis he junsrai
ceremony 10 bsins held.
! ksrs ssitsei Msi all city department,
except tksss wAttk u Is neessss,v 10 keep open>
(ss As psSie eonssnienee skan be closed jos
Ns entire isy.
] bslfss Asi this is O. Hnt as can be done
b k0nss he memory Of tie man uhe pe,tormed
such lasting 'e'riee Jos our city and Gho 10 %
unisssely beieeed BY all its people.
Furthermore. ! desire 10 ennoune that
until stte' he funeral only Me neeessary sou.
tine bu'fness Of this office uM bc transacted.
Whds NE body cf Our late Mayo, Is on Me
eessn hound jos I'D, city and until otte, Ae
funeral ceremonies ] feel n 10 bs only fitting
hsi his memory should be konord in M. uoy.
AL. KLINE. Mayor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
FINE HOT DAY IN FRISCO.
warmest Of the Year. hut Brcess
Tempered Heat.

AN>FRANcIsco, Sept. 15.-This was the
hottest day of the year, the mercury ris-
ing to - degrees In the shade at 2 p NJ.
The heat was not oppressive. as 1t was
free from humidity, and by +, NJ. there
was q gentle breeze that tempered 1t.
In other parts Of the State high tenn
peratures were recorded. at Red Blum and
Fresno 100. Sacramento and San Jose 9S.
San Luis 80 and Los Angeles Sc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
MADERISTAS FLEE MEXICO.
Among Those to Reach Havana.
lpscfal Cable DespatcA q TuE auN.

HAVANA, Sept. l6.--Many Maderistas
arrived here to-day from ProgresO. where
they embarked under assumed names In
order to escape persecution by provisional
President Huerta. The chief OF police at
Yucatan boarded the ship and tried to
find the refugees. but was not successful.
Among those who arrived on tho vessel
from Progreso were Calixto MaldOnado,
Patron Correa and Arcade CenteAo.
Another man who fled from persecu-
ton by Huerta and who arrived from
Vera Cruz to-day In Joaquin Rosales. for
merly Governor Of the State Of Hidalgo.