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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-11
SEEK SLAIN BABY'S MAID
Police Say SOrenSOn Servant
Made Threats.
WAS DISMISSED MAY 20
Autopsy Shows Child Poisoned
and Reveals Needles in
Flesh-Prosecutor to Act.

District Attorney Matthew j. Smith q
Queens County IS investigating the death
OF Anna. the c'eycn-months-o'd daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs Norman sorenson. OF
No. 6l5 Gherardi avenue. Woodhaven.
Long Island. who died suddenly on Mon
day. Coroner Gustav J. Schaefers au-
topsy showed that tho child had died
from poison. two needles also being
found in her body.
Coroner Schaefcr sent 10 the District
Attorneys office tho contents OF tho
child's stomach. a bottle partly filled
with medicine prescribed for the child
By Dr. Z. p. Porter. OF Brooklyn. tho
nursing bottle from which she drank
shortly before she became SD and a bot
tie OF black shoe polish found in the So
renson home. These are being analysed.
but the District Attorney has not yet re-
ccived the report OF the chemist
Though District Attorney Smith refuses
10 discuss the case. II IS known that his
whole office Is M work trying 70 solve the
mystery and that his two county detec-
tives are conducting an investigation IN
dependent OF that being pursued by Cap
ltlll iNNAil'l llbAl * NA Allt pL'lo i AZ u pre-
cinct.
The police are trying 10 find the where
abouts OF a Swiss woman named Alice.
who was formerly n servant Of tho Soren-
sons. She was discharged two weeks ago.
and ii is said threatened 10 be revenged.
The police refuse TO reveal Allce's last
name. but have not succeeded in locating
her. Alice is described as being about
forty-hve years old.
The servant left tho employ OF the
Sorensons on May 20 and IT was admitted
yesterday at the Sorenson home that she
had left without her pay She had been
employed by them about two months.
Ella Jerrold. OF Baldwin. Long Island.
a fourteen-year-old girl. who has been
visiting the Sorensons. declare that the
servant treated the Sorenson children
brutally and also made threats against
their parents. The neighbors however. do
not agree with this statement. several OF
them saying that the servant seemed un-
usually fond Of the children and partlcu-
larly OF Anna.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-11
AFTER BROADWAY LOAFERS
Merchants Ask Waldo to Instil
Move On" Spirit.

II will not be the fault OF the several
hundred merchants who compose the
Broadway Association II Broadway does
not experience the cleanup" OF its
career in the near future. for at their
meeting at the Hotel McAlpn yesterday
a lot Of things were done with this as the
principal object in view.
Merchants whose stores extend from
Doth street TO 10th street In Broadway
nave sent in so many complaints about
the men who in groups loter along the
sidewalks that a resolution was adopted
asking Police Commissioner Waldo TO in
still the move on" spirit into the police
men and compel them to enforce the law
which prohibits lettering.
One merchant told OF his experiences
while trying to rent a store. Il found a
group OF twenty-five loafers." he said,
"congregated daily in front OF this store.
and I finally told the landlord that all
negotiations were off and / would not
rent the place at any price"
With the cooperation OF the president.
]. ID. Thompson. who presided. n special
committee, composed Of II. @ Opdycke.
l.. NJ. Boomer and J. D. Wilhoite. was
authorized TO take steps 10 clear the OBJ
structions 10 traffic at 3ith street and
Broadway.
Secretary David Robinson said that
Frank Hedley. general manager OF tho
New York City Railways. had notified
him that nolseless crossovers are to be
installed at Broadway and 18th street at
once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-11
OIL CUSTER REPORT MADE
Missouri Court Gets Facts About
Standard of Indiana.

Jefferson City. Mo. June 10.-Contaln-
ing no finding or recommendations the re-
port Of John Montgomery. of Sedala. Mo-.
Commissioner OF the Missouri Supreme
Court. TO take testimony in the rehearing
OF the states custer proceedings against
the Standard oil Company OF Indiana. was
flied with the court here to-day.
The report conveyed transcript OF evil
dence taken at hearings IN Kansas City.
Chicago and jefferson City and embraced
the sworn testimony OF officers and d.
rectors of the Standard oil Company OF
Indiana. This, in brief. was that all of the
antitrust laws Of the state have been OBJ
served strictly since proceedings against
the company were started, and that this is
to be the policy of the company In the
future.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-11
JOHNSON ON FIREWORKS
Issues Early Warning About
Fourth Of July Sale.

Fire Commissioner Joseph Johnson last
night made the following statement in
regard to selling fireworks for Fourth OF
July celebrations:
1T is Illegal to sell fireworks in this
city except under the provisions OF Sec
ton 232 OF the Municipal Explosives Com
missions regulations. This section says
that no permit for the storage or sale
OF fireworks shall be issued for any
wooden structures or for stores where
the premises above are occupied as a
tenement house. school, workshop. fac
tory. theatre or place OF public amuso-
ment No place selling tobacco. cigars
and cigarettes can obtain a permit"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-11
PRETTY RAW FOR JUNa
Thermometer Touched 40 Ys1
terday-Warmer Tomorrow

The early bird caught a cold yes'
day. At $50 a. m. the thermons
recorded 40 degrees. The day does
hold its record undivided, for on "
10, 1851, the same temperature "
touched. Humidity, which covers
multitude Of sin. was almost ero'''
off the map yesterday. At p u
was only 33. but II managed 70 =
up bit toward nightfall. when o. v
recorded.
The mercury also grew ambitious
attained a mark OF 20 at $50 ,
June will soon be back in the par
which It has been assigned oy ~
Of all time, and the imposter VINO I
been attempting the role will oe 0.'@ !.
According to the prediction o.
weather man. by tomorrow i'''
be unnecessary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-11
$50 FOR HIS OLD ROOM
Patron Of Astor House Outbids
Dealers in Furniture Sale.

The sale Of the Astor House furniture
began Yesterday morning. and a large
crowd attended. The prices paid for tho
furniture In each room. however, did n 4
range much higher than $50. except in
one instance, where the bidder was n
man who had a sentimental interest I'm
the room.
Many OF the dealers. not knowing why
tho man desired the furniture i'm THIS par
ticular room. No. go. kept up a spirited
bidding until the sale was closed at So
The furniture was bought by Mr.. crane,
who had lived In the room for many
years. While ~ was n trihe old-fash-
ioned II was In good condition.
The sale viii be continued every dav.
The famous Chinese bridal canopy bed
said TO be worth several thousand dollars,
will be auctioned off on Monday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-11
SHERIFF ON ACTORS TEETH
Hates Bad Ones, So Roberts
Can Go from Jail to Dentist.

II was within the power of Sheriff Har-
burger TO send Theodore Roberts, an actor,
now prisoner in Ludlow street Jail, back
TO the stage with disordered teeth. but the
Sheriff would not do such a thing. Rob-
ertss six months for failing TO pay all
mony will expire on July /. He applied
to Justice Pendleton for permission TO
leave the prison in the mean time long
enough TO have his teeth cared for. The
court granted the order yesterday and a
copy was served on the Sheriff II was
not a peremptory demand. but gave the
Sheriff discretionary powers.
Mr. Hamburger submitted the matter 10
his counsel. who told him that he would
have TO assume all responsibilities II Rob
erts took too much gas. 'I'll take n
chance" said Sheriff Hamburger. Il hate
TO see an actor with bad teeth"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-11

Glad as we are to have h
wear the thousands Of \ /,
folks and double breasted :,
which we make for bows r.
8 to 10
We're ready for EN-
minute they plead for h
trousers.
Our boys suits with h,
trousers Isles IA to le)
all designed on real live b
and are cut on just as SIN,
lines as our models for youl
and young men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-11
TURTLE GERMS MAY FL'
friedman Institute 0mc'
Cast Ewes on Newark

The prospect Of the Friedman =
tute being able 10 resume business 'ai.,
the lifting Of the Health 'DepaIus =
ban on the use Of live germs " "
far off.
Therefore. Or. Friedman ana ?.
sociates. Morltz Eisner ana III, -,
Gibier Rambaud. of the Pasteur I'.s+ !.
have their eyes turned toward s'.D' A.,
nearby town that is outside OF me =
dlction Of the New York Board q !" ~
Yonkers. Greenwich or even Flora ~
Long Island. will do. one OF the y. ~
Of the institute intlmated very
that Newark was the place IN ME" y,
Mr.. Eisner denied that any denniu .
had been made. and declared wv. 81.
no certainty that any new ins'l'u"
be opened I'm the near future
The Eisner-Mendelson Comp' -,
which Mr.. Eisner is the presios"' ~
laboratory in Newark. and a son :. Il.
Eisner, an officer OF the oompan"
there. ,h 81
The New York Board OF Hea's
believed. will not come TO a oeo !
10 whether or not its prohiol'iOn ~
turtle germ will remain or not ven
inside Of a year. 40
II was said yesterday that lne .IIsS
be undertaken involved conn -
problem that would require 'O"'
tlflc observation. -
The Friedman Institute man. -. 81
quests of the Board OF Health u, =
for a special permit TO give N I
iections and the other asks '"s "A y
stitute be allowed 10 present p''
the germs are harmless
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-11
How Appeal May Be Made.

According to the reports circulated
among the fusionist aldermen yester-
day. the appeal to Governor Sulzer on
the Waldo removal question. If that Is
defeated in the board. will be made
through some prominent citizen, who
will prefer charges based on parts Of
the Curran committees exposure Of
conditions in the department under
! Commissioner Waldo.
Chief among these points. IL was
said would be the matter OF the rein
statement Of Patrolman Thomas f.
Campbell. which Waldo's opponents
claim was a direct violation Of the law
Campbells reinstatement at the end Of
q nine-year fight, according to story
told yesterday. came as the result Of
many Assemblyman, a friend Of Camp
bells, agreed TO support the so-called
"Gaynor charter" in the last Legislat-
ure in return for the reinstatement Of
/ the patrolman.
Commissioner Waldo. his friends adj
mitted yesterday. is more worried over
the recent demands for his official head
than he was over any OF the startling
exposures in the Police Department
that followed in the wake Of the Ro-
seminal murder. He is reported as be-
lieving that the report. carrying with it
the recommendation for his removal.
will gain a number Of indorsing votes
from Tammany members who have
been keeping very quiet in all the ad-
vance fight talk.
He is not ready 70 believe the claim
Of Alderman Bowling that the thirty
seven Tammany votes in the board will
be cast solidly for the rejection Of the
report, and In spite Of his many recent
conferences with Mayor Gaynor he is
said TO have admitted to friends that
he is not at all sure Of what kind Of
action the Mayor might take If the re-
n1oval recommendation came 10 him
with the approval Of majority OF the
ALBANIAN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-11
sUFFRAGlsT HURT IN RUNAWAY

Wilton. Conn, June l0.-Mrs. Il. c. III.
Schenck. well known as a worker for sur
frage. was seriously injured near her
home here to-day when the team Of
horses she was driving ran away. She
was thrown over tho dashboard and the
hoofs Of one OF the horses struck her I'm
the chest She has a broken shoulder
alGa.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-11

Youths suits sizes 80 to
chest are the next step!
Then young mems sui,
mems, big mems and great i
mems.
Our suits for men and bn
literally range from 2ls y,,
old sizes to "a chest.
Hats, shoes and furnishjp,
in corresponding sizes.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY,
Three Broadway Stores
Warren St 18th ST. AZ,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
DOCTOR HELD FOR
CRUELTY TO DOGS
Girl TeStIfies That Machine
Was Used to Break Backs,

Philadeiphia.-Dr. J. r. Sweet, ns-
sistant professor of surgical research
Of the medical department of the Uni
vcrsity OF Pennsylvania, was held In
$500 bail for court here by Magistrate
HnGgerty on q charge made by the
Society For the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals. Cruelty to dogs In the
vtvisection and experimental lubora-
tories Of tho university was alleged
Miss Henrietta Ford Ogden. rich,
testified that every Friday for six
months she had crawled through a
hole in fence so that she could gain
entrance to the kennels OF the UNI
vc1sity and obtain evidence. Miss Og-
den Identified the back breaking ma
chine, which she alleged Is used in
the laboratories TO crush out the lives
Of dogs.
The mach1ne h best described as q
dlminutive galhows. A heavy iron
weight IS operated on ropes and pull
leys so that It will descend with suf-
hcicnt force to break the backbon of
any animal held beneath It
Magistrate Haggerty at this point
said: I'VE realize the right Of the
university to perform necessary ami
nal experiments, but there is nothing
too severe for II person who would de-
wise or use such IN apparatus rs this.
1t is almost Incredible to believe that
n civilized human being would use an
apparatus of this sort 1t Ia ON in
fGrnnl machine"
Samuel S. Gcyer, formerly in charge
OF the university kennels, said that
the members Of the faculty ordered
the surgeons 10 remove all evidences
OF cruelty, to animals when the legts-
1ature was acting on the vivisection
bill. He declared that after the meas
ure was defeated and after the danger
mad passed the practices were con-
tinued.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
MUTE MONTHS, Girl
RESUMES TALKING
Peculiar Case Case Brought Brought en- on by by
OyerStudy at School.

b. Louis.-Ircne Burnes, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. James @. Burnes OF
H1llyard, who for the last seven and q
half months has been confined ut the
Sacred Heart hospital on account of a
most serious and peculiar case Of hys-
terra, which baflled local physicians
for several months on account Of her
refusal to talk, is improving.
In about month she will be ablo TO
leave the hospital, at which time she
Will be taken for visit to Lewiston,
ILL.,
Miss Burnes was at her home for 4
few hours recently, the first time since
Oct. 2. when she was taken to the hos
pltal- Although she has not entirely
recovered her power Of speech, she Will
at times, especially in the mornings
when rested. talk for little while.
She understands all snid to her, but un-
der no condition can she talk unless
she be thoroughly rested.
MISS Bailey. her nurse, takes her for
a walk each day. Miss Burncs since
March has been under the care Of DR..
W. II. Ply
The illness was brought on last sum-
mer as the result Of ovcrstudy Mt n
summer school and following the ex-
'cItement Of the final examinations.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
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VERY OLD PAPERS FOUND.
-lOocuments Signed by Preside nts Jack
son, Arthur and Grant.


Greeley. Colo. - Valuable papers
!~hich have laid in closet in the
scourthousc for years apparently forgot.
ten were unearthed the other day by
County Clerk J. Il. Shook. the very ex.
tstence of which had been entirely I'D
known In the past decade. Included IN
the lot were a number of la,od patents
Tor which the owners have been In
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One was issued to Jeremiah VII.
nhms. a corporal In Captain Clums
company In the war Of 1912, IN eX.
change for scrip which he got for sexv-
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Another was granted to Elizabeth
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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
SNAKES OVERRUN HOME.
Make lncuroions From Family Well
Near the Residence.

wear the Hc3iConCo.
Glendale, In.-Thc premises OF VIII
Ham Horton. near this place, are In
Tested with snakes to such un extent
that he and his family are In danger OF
being driven from their homo. The
snakes are Il spotted variety Of blue
racer from two to four feet long.
Last summer Mr. Horton Ind II simi-
lar siege and killed nearly Il hundred
OF the reptiles.
The chief source Of the snakes seems
30 be the family we'll, which stnnds
near the back door and from which the
zanily has for many years drawn It's
water for drinking purposes. The ser.
penis even have entered the house, one
big one having been killed there this
summer.
30 offensive became the old family
well on account Of the swarming rep.
tiles that 1t became necessary to build
clStcrn for drinking water
Mr.. Horizons little children are Kent
out Of the yard for fear they will be
bitten. The slaughter Of the snakes
goes on daily. bat the situation appears
to be hopeless
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
BREAKS HIS WOODEN LEG.
'Ja''er Nails II Together so Prisoner
Can Go to Workhouse

Plttsburgh.-James Burns, sixty years
old, giving his home as Homestead
charged with vagrancy, was sentenced
TO the workhouse for thirty days by
Magistrate Justus Schroedel In the east
end police station.
burns has wooden leg, and while
ne was IN a cell another prisoner fell
on the leg and broke it. Burns told
one of the turkeys that his leg was
broken, and the officer thought it was
a human leg.
"hen he discovered his mistake he
TOOK the wooden leg and nailed it to-
gether so that Burns was able to get
TO the workhouse
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
And For Three Summers Mrs. Vim.
cent Was Unable to Attend to
Any of Her Homework.

Pleasant fill, N. CO suffered for
hree summers" writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent, of this town, land the third and
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had dreadful nervous headaches and
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walk about. Could not do any of my
housework.
l also had dreadful! pains In my back
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sinking spells would come on me, |
would have to give up and lie down,
until II wore off.
was certainly In q dreadful state OF
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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
CORNELL MEMS EARNINGS
1869 Make $184,eo6 90 Per Cent Of Col.
leqe Expenses

Ithaca. N. UT Is found that 1859
Cornell undergraduates are partially
self supporting. and their combined
earnings year amount to 1884 0Oe, OF
$173 per capita, by figures compiled by
the Scroll and Spade, an organization
Of working students.
This sum represents 80 per cent Of
their college expenses, which amount
ed to 1913, 704. Only 1913 students are
earning their room and board
or individual earnings $50 men made
between 500 and $500, 21S between
$500 and $500, 81 from $500 to $500, 81
between $500 and $500 and AZ more
than $500.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
SPOOK PROPHECY FAILS.
millionaire Oios Fourteon Tears Bo4o~e
"GhoSt Advice" Da*e.


"Ghost Advice" Date.
Denvcr.-Alonxo Thompson. eighty
one years oh, millionaire, spiritunlist
and war time auditor Of Missouri, who
believed Khoetiy udyices that he could
not dio before no was ninety-hve years
old. Is dead. For six weeks Mr. Thomp-
sons belief in bis imagined span OF
life supported him In resisting pnesl-
nonta and IN incidental operation for
removal Of nib. A year ago his doo-
Mrntton that his guides" told him his
wife and son weHo conspiring to set
bis fortune led to Mrs TbotnpsOn's
divorce decree
The millionaire, although three times
married, was planning To follow his
guides into fourth matrimonial
ventura
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Expected $4,000. Got NOTHING,

Aurora. iil.-Heirs Of Charles Tue
gee. who died nine years ago. found
the key to safety deposit box wbicb
had not been opened for twenty-nine
years.. In tho recess they discovered
q will. which deprived them Of the
$4,000 estate which they had expected
to inherit TaeEoe loft his property to
his widow. who died In March, and bis
relatives Will get nothing.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05

ter the chickens stuck their heads
through the Stats of the coop amt sip.
ped the liquor. Soon afterward the
roosters began to crow noisily. the pull
lets Tapped their wings. and 1t was evil
dent all the fowls were drunk.
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At Eiehty-four Cuts Third Set of Teeth
Brazil, Tnd.-Mrs. Caroline McGregor,
aged eighty four, mother of Judge
Samuel NJ. McGregor. Is cutting her
third set of teeth. Eight teeth Of the
third set have come out SO far as to
prevent her wearing her false set
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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05

Toompson sDd Thompson sre in
reality The bustlers Of busters in
be clothing line and their STOCK
Is up 10 date in e,yle and sbsdss.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
Free Drinks For Chickeps

Kansas City.A dozen chickens in =
coop at the city market were GcIuged
oy broken jug Of whisky. AS the
jugs contents triclilcd toward the gut
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