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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
OFFICE ONCE MORE FATAL
Unger Third Head of Firm to
Meet Violent Death.
From Tho Tribune Correspondent.

Montclair. n J.. July F-Raymond
Unger. twenty-eieht years old. OF No
40 Cooper avenue. president Of the firm
Of Ungcr Brothers. silversmiths and cut
glass manufacturers. OF Newark. COM
mitted suicide last night at his home by
drinking cyanide OF potassium. used "a
clean silverware in his factory. His act
Is believed 10 be due 10 q disagreement
between himself and his wife.
q. La Rue Masters. brothcr-in-law Of
Unger. SAYS that Mrs. Ungcr and daugh-
ter Sibyl. three years old. went "a
Evanston. H.. on June Is TO visit her
parents. and have not returned The
neighbors say that Mrs. Ungcr was home
on Monday. and that she had quarrel
with her husband. following which she
took her daughter and told them she was
going to her fathers home.
Mrs. Unger has been summoned. Mr..
Masters said. and is on her way To her
Montclair home l'nger's mother and
sister. Miss Helen Unger. who were I'm
Maine. are also coming here. At the
home Of Mrs Ungcr's father. in Evans
ton. to-day II was said that there Is no
foundation for the report that Mrs. Unger
had left her husband
This is the third tragic death in the
family since July 10. 1905. when Herman
Unger. uncle Of Raymond. shot himself
on the shores Of the Raritan River. near
Bound Brook. lie was then president OF
the firm.
The next death was that OF Eugene
Tnger. father of Raymond. sixteen
months later. He was returning to his
home. i'm Madison, y. j., after horse
back ride. when his mount bottled directly
i'm front of his home. Unger was thrown
and received injuries from which he died
an hour later. He was president of the
firm, having succeeded his brother.
Since the death OF his father Raymond
had been president OF the firm,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
DISAGREE ON PAUL'S CAFE
Jurors Not Convinced by Testi'
mony of Dentists Wife.

Decision I'm the action brought by the
Hebrew Free Loan Society 10 dispossesS
Anton SomIyo from the Continental a
core. cafe. AZ 80 los Second avenue. Of
which sam" Paul is the manager. was
further DELAYED yesterday. when the jury
failed 10 agree on a verdict in the Madl-
son street municipal court. Judge Snitkin
ordered the case on the calendar for re-
trial Thursday.
Somlyo was called TO testify in his own
defence. He denied that his place vas a
"hangout for thieves and pickpockets
as the petition said. and asserted he had
no knowledge Of any gambling or disorder
on the premises He admitted, however,
that such persons as Dollar John,
sam" Boston and Harry Jacobs fire.
queuted hts cafe In regard 10 the recent
stabbing Of Bridge" Weber few min
utes after Weber had left the Continental
Somlyo said he knew OF only one visit
TO his place by Weber and that Weber
had been told TO keep away.
lie said he paid Sam" Paul '2j week
and | per cent Of the receipts to manage
the Continental and was accustomed to
say that laul Mds MS pdItHtI III OEuc1
To gain the patronage OF Pauls friends.
Seven witnesses were called to prove
that the Continental was not disrepu-
table place. The only witness for the
petitioners was Mrs Martha Stern. wife
OF Max Stern. a dentist. She said she
complained to the police that her husband
had lost money there. She also said she
had seen men playing cards for money In
the Continental. This testimony was
stricken from the record.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
DESTROYER HIT LOG
Tanning, of Brazil Battleship
Escort. Back for Repairs.

The torpedo boat destroyer Tanning.
which sprang a leak Wednesday night
while two miles east Of the Fire Island
liebtship. arrived at the New York Navy
Yard yesterday. The flaming formed
part of the escort Of the Brazilian battle
ship Minas Gereas, on board Of which
was DR.. I.auro Muller Minister Of Foreign
Affairs of the South American Republic
The injuries received by the destroyer
were revealed when she was placed in
Drydock No. 3 The port screw was
broken and a hole two feet long and
eighteen inches wide was knocked in the
aft trimming tank on the port side. Re
pairs will take two days and will cost $500
According TO the officers, the destroyer
was speeding along at thirty knots an
hour. when the battleshp Arkansas
crossed her bow. compelling her to back
water. In backing she struck some float
ing object, probably log, which became
entangled with the port screw and was
thrashed against the side Of the vessel
until il knocked out plate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
CUSTOMS MAN ENDS LIFE
Inspector Kills Himself, Despite
Tussle to Save.

Hart 3. Fenton, a customs inspector.
committed suicide yesterday by shooting
himself three times. He killed himself in
the inspectors locker room in the base
ment Of the Custom House. He had re-
turned a short time before from inspect
ing baggage taken from the steamship
stephano at Pier 80, Brooklyn. He made
his report and then went to the locker
room.
The only other person in the room at
the time was John ]. Sculy, custodian Of
the records OF the naval office. At the
first shot scully ran up 10 Fenton, whom
he found leaning against his locker with
his revolver in his hand. Scully attempt
ell TO wrest the revolver from the in
speotor's grasp.
who are you? What are you doing
here. and what right have you TO inter
fere?" Fenton said, wrenching himself
free
He thrust the revolver into his mouth
and fired. sculy struck him on the head
as he fell in an effort to overpower him.
but he still chung TO his revolver. and
while lying on the floor fred again, the
last shot taking effect I'm the right side Of
his neck. passing into the base OF his
brain and causing instant death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
GRAND CENTRAL PETE DIES
"Cleverest Green Goods Man
No More to Meet Trains.

No more will Grand Central Pete,
known by the police of every city and
hamlet from the Atlantic to the Paci-
ic as the cleverest green goods
man in the country in his day, greet
"come-ons" when they alight from in
coming trains at the Grand Central
Terminal
on July II. an aged. bent, white
haired man, his face criss-crossed by
a thousand wrinkles. died in Bellevue
Hospital Of a complication Of diseases.
II was not known that he had any
relatives. In the hospital records he
had given his name as Peter Lake
no home" Nobody in Bellevue knew
anything Of Peter Lakes personal
history; he looked like any one of a
thousand and one relics who drift
into the city hospitals knowing the
next step will be in the Potter.s Field.
To the nurses who attended him in
his last illness he was Just a simple,
accomplishing old man whom the
world had treated rather roughly
1t was Grand Central Pcte's' spe-
cialty. I'm his palmy days. 10 greet the
"rubos" from upstate cfusiycly as they
left an incoming train and then 10 sep
arate them from their money in a man
ner guaranteed TO be painless. 20
Countless jails have harbored Pete In
the last twenty years.
His wife. who was employed in a
hotel at Arvernc. came To the hospital
the day after his death and claimed his
tady
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
CAPTAINS SON IN COURT
Young DuIfer Pleads Not Guilty
to Stealing Woman's Purse.
POLICE AT WORK IS HINT
Prosecutor Believes System
Has Finger in Case-Trial
of Boy Set for Monday.

Following the arraignment OF Arthur
Dulfer, the twenty-year-old son Of Police
Captain John Dulfcr. OF the Richmond
Hin precinct before County Judge Dixie.
in Brooklyn. yesterday on two indict-
ments. charging grand larceny and rob
berry In the second degree. FOR stealing
the purse OF Agnes Anderson. District
Attorney Crorsey moved the trial Of the
case for Monday. which was granted by
the court
When arraigned young Dulfer, who was
ACCOMPANIED by his father, suspended yes
terLay by Deputy Commissioner Mckay.
entered a plea Of not guilty and his bal!
bond OF $50 was continued.
District Attorney Cropsey refused To
discuss the rumor that the grand jury
was considering the hndng OF an indlct-
ment against Captain Dufcr on a charge
of having been concerned In the disap-
pearance Of Miss Anderson. who went to
Davenport. Iowa. the day following the
robbery. MI Cropsey however made the
following statement:
If was convinced from the beginning OF
this case that IN. police system was AZ
work. but did not have the necessary
proofs until Mr. ana Mrs. Barr told their
story. Captain Dulfcr pleaded with Mr..
Barr not 10 have Miss Anderson prose-
cute his son. Mr.. and Mrs. Barr told
;hoir story 10 the grand Jury and the
facts were known al Police headquarters
very soon after. Deputy Commissioner
Neubergcr had the facts as soon as did.
How he got them will be a question for
an investigation.
Perhaps somebody in the department
knew that CAPTAIN Dulfer paid the money
before did Mr.. Barr went to Head
quarters. told his story there. and then
Captain Dulfcr was suspended"
The FIST story told by Lockwood
Barr. Of 10 So Hawthorne street the
former employer Of Miss Anderson. was
that he had advanced the 80 TO her 50
that she might visit her brother in the
West Mr.. Barr changed this story yes
terday. when ne told Deputy Commits
sioncr Dillon that Captain Dulfer on the
night his son was arrested had called at
his house and paid him so FOR the girl
Part Of this money was used in the
purchase Of railroad ticket TO the
West. the balance being given I'm cash
to the girl The charges against Captain
Dufer will be those ~ making a false
statement TO superior officer and con-
duct unbecoming an officer. The trial IS
expected 10 take place at Police Head
quarters within two weeks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18

ments. These experts will hold Clint.
tomorrow.
Officers for the ensuing year VA.
chosen just before the noon recess H..
We're no contests except FOR places on "a.
membership committee. Following o..
tom. the vice-president, DR.. William
Gelston, OF Camden. was elevated 10 .
presidency. He was placed in nomt
ton by DR.. Richard s. Hopkins, OF yn
ark. Other officers chosen were:
Vice-president, DIR. Walter F. Barr Il,
Orange; treasurer, Dr. Charles F. Jons,
of Elizabeth; secretary. DR.. John c Po.
syth. OF Trenton; executive commIt,..
DR.. Henry Fowler. OF Harrison. n.
James l. Woolverton. OF Trenton. II,
Joseph Kussy, OF Newark. and DR.. EAv,.
W. Harlau. Of Jersey City. member,b,.
committee. DR. Asher s. Burton. o, A.,
bury Park; DR.. Horace b. Van Dorm =,
Red Bank; DR.. Franklin Rhythmic a.,
Paterson; DR.. Joseph Crandall and n,
Arthur L. Wescott, both OF Atlantic o,,v
Other committeeman will be named ls,s,
by the new president. DR.. Charles P Tn,
tie, of Camden, was recommended for an.
pointment by Governor Fielder 10 IN.
state Board OF Registration ana Examin,.
ton in Dentistry, to succeed DR.. AlphonS
Irwin, of Camden, whose term will soon
expire.
Business sessions Of the society will b,
resumed tomorrow morning, when IA.
reports of the State Board OF Examine.
and the standing committees will be sub.
mitted and new members elected Tn,
convention will end tomorrow Afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
CORTELYOU FIRES BLASTS
FAR UNDER HE'LL GATE
Gas Company's Tunnel, 24o
Feet Below Surface, Ready
After 3 Years Work.
TUBE ABOUT MILE LONG
Two 72.Inch Mains Are To BE
Installed at Once to Connect
Bronx with the Plants
in Astoria.

The crash of two blasts 246 feet below
the surface of Hell Gate yesterday marhen
the opening of the new tunnel throusi
which the Consolidated Gas Company VIII
pump gas from it's Astoria plant to CON
surcers in The Bronx. At precisely 80
u m George B. Cortelyou, president oil
the Consolidated Gas Company, threw tne
little silver switch that set on the nhdl
blast. completing two and halt years
work
Among those who went into the smart
with Mr.. Cortelyou were Nicholas +. Bra
DIV. president Of the New York EDISON
COMPANY: Lewis +. Cavity, vice-presl-
dent Of the Consolidated Gas Company D.
W Iieb ir. vice-president Of the Ne"
York Edison Company: Thomas Murray
yice-president Of the New YORK hIiSo',
Company: George W. Doane, president OF
the New Amsterdam Gas Company anu
William II Bradley chief engineer OF the
Consolidated Gas Company.
The tunnel vas dug under Mr.. brau-
lcy's direction. by Jacobs a. Davies me-
who designed and engineered the Penn
I svlyania tunnel and the McAdoo system.
Alfred I'm rubber coats and hats ana
hin boots. the official party descended INTO
the tunnel through the SHAFT on tne As
toria side This shaft. thirty-hve feet IN
diameter. IS 81 feet deep NJ the DOT
tom the tunnel runs of horizontally l'o
! feet below the bottom Of Hell Gaze. \
train Of little cars. run By cable, was IN
waiting 10 take the party 20 the scene OF
tho blast about 900 feet from the AS
toria end.
The digging had been done from botn
ends and only ten feet 81 rock separated
tho two borings. This intervening mass
had been well loaded with dynamite end
the charges wired. Connection was mace
In two silver clocks Mr.. Cortelyou stood
with his finger resting upon the hrst OF
the two little silver switches "hhe MI.
Bradley counted aloud At the thiTd
count the switch swung over and then
IT'S mate in the other clock. After sec
ond blast was set OF the party headed
by Mr.. Corteyou. crawled through the
newly blasted opening. y thousand ie''
further ON was the Bronx shaft. At us
ton success 20 the new tunnel was drunk
and a return to Astoria was made In the
| ship Katydid
The bore Of the tunnel is ID SNAPPED
q feet high by 70 feet inches WIde. IL j.
lined with concrete IS to 50 inches thIcN
and reinforced In places with steel RODS.
The total length Of the tunne 's 1l'!'''
feet. practically one mile. The installation
OF two 72-inch mains will be started al
once. Others will be put through as
| needed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
COLUMBIA RECORD JUMPS
Attendance at Summer Session
Increases Almost 1909.

All records for attendance at the sum-
ner session Of Columbia University were
broken this year. according 10 r. \.
Dickey. the registrar The total number
Of students is 1850. an increase Of almost
! .0O0 more than last year. when the regis
tration was 1902. The highest number
appearing on any one day this year was
an the third day, when l,i52 registered. as
against 1922, the highest in any other
year.
This is the fourteenth year OF the ses-
sion. which began in 1900. with Az stu
dents Since then there has been steady
Increase in numbers. except In 1907, 1910
and this year. when the increase was
much greater than the average. Although
the session lasts but six weeks, the budget
for its maintenance is greater than the
yearly outlay Of many Of the smaller col
leges.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
GUARD ROUTS DUMMIES
SiIhOuetteS Fall Before Charge
of Jersey Militia.
SEA GIRT TROOPS MASSED
Ghost Army Excels at Long
Range, but Willis Under
Bayonet Attack.
SEA GIRT TROOPS MASSED
From The Tribune Correspondent


Camp Fielder. Sea Grit, y. j.. July IL
For the first time since the soldiers Of the
lst Regiment. y. G. y. J.. have been re-
ceiving instructions In actual conditions
Of warfare the three battaions Of the
regiment combined this afternoon. The
entire regiment. under command Of Colo
mel John ID. Fraser proceeded against a
theoretical army which had taken up
position behind the rife range pits. II
being the object Of the manpuvre 10 show
the effectiveness Of the fire from the
rifles OF the soldiers in the field
The entrenched enemy was represented
by long rows Of silhouette figures which
could be moved up and down by the men
operating the targets. II was on these
steel figures that the fire from the guards
mems rifles was concentrated during the
course Of the two hours battle
Starting from point in front Of the
Little White House" the soldiers opened
fire upon the figures I'm the pits Ad-
vances were made from time TO time II II
was ascertained from the disappearance OF
the silhouettes that the enemy was being
killed. As soon as a figure was struck
by a rife ball 1t was lowered Effective
fire upon the entire line entitled the
guardsmen TO advance. but IL the targets
did not move. which signlfed that they
had not been hit. the commanders Of the
shooters ordered their troops to retreat
il being the idea that the silhouettes had
withstood their assaults and repulsed
them.
The attacking force made little progress
against the enemy for the first hour
but the guardsmen finally won the day
with a spectacular charge and bayonet
conflict Ball cartridges were used for
the first time in to-day's problem.
Tomorrow the troops will go out into
the country for a concentrated manRuyre.
taking field wagons and camp accoutre-
ments along The field hospital will also
participate in the movement. The manp-
uvre will take. place in the morning and
the soldiers will rest during the after
noon.
More than eight hundred invitations
have been extended by Acting Governor
Fielder for the first Governors Day cele-
bration here tomorrow. They have been
circulated in Essex. Morris and Cape
May counties and prominent state leaders
I'm the Democratic, Progressive and Re
publican parties have already forwarded
their acceptances to the executive. \
luncheon will be served on the lawns
during the afternoon
Governor Fielder will receive the even
ing parade Of the lst Regiment at $50
D. m, and he and Mrs. Fielder and party
will attend the band concert as the
guests Of Colonel John y. Fraser to-
morrow night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
Adopts Presidents Suggestions.

The recommendations contained in
President Thompsous annual address
were adopted by the convention. after
having been considered by a special COM
mittee. OF which Or. Richard :. Hopkins.
OF Newark. was chairman. This commit
tee did not agree with the president :
suggestion that money be borrowed from
the Fund for INDECENT Dentists To liqui-
date the debts Of the society. but after
debate the presidents proposition was in
dorsed.
Another suggestion by President Thomp-
son that the state society affiliate with
the National Dental Society was indorsed.
and a special committee OF five will bs ap-
pointed to consider the scheme and re-
port AT the next annual convention.
The efforts Of the president TO restore
peace between the warning factions OF
the State Dental Society--the "Old
Guard" and the "Insurgents" like
wise sanctioned. and efforts will be made
TO settle suits now pending. the costs
being paid out Of the general fund OF the
state society. which is now controlled by
the insurgents"
The legislative committee will endeavor
to obtain legislation providing that
where vacancy exist on the State
Board Of Dental Examiners, a special
meeting OF the state society will he
called to recommend to the Governor a
member OF the society to MI the vacancy
Many Clinics Held.
Thirty-seycu clinics were conducted in
the Beach Auditorium this afternoon by
dental experts from New York and other
large cities DR.. William Carr OF New
York city. demonstrated oral surgery. as
did Or. Carlton y. Russell. of Philadel-
phia. DR. IT, T.. Tompkns. OF New York
city. exploited nitrous oNid-oXygen and
gave practical demonstration OF artih-
cal respiration without the use of pull
motor, Others 10 demonstrate the new
annsthctic were DR.. J. \. Heidbrink. Of
Minneapolis DR.. Louis J. Weinstein. OF
New York city, and Or. r. &. Shirley, OF
Newark. y. j.
Or Victor Hugo Jackson, Of New York
city. showed forty models used I'm the
treatment Of orthodontia and orthopedia
of the face Or. Herbert &. Hopkins, OF
Washington. and DR. W. A. Rea. OF
Baltimore. also exhibited impressions and
appliances for orthodontla
DR. James =. Ruyl. OF New York City,
exhibited countersunk teeth and explained
his method of producing hand stained
molars for natural results I'm artistic
prothesis. Or. J. 4. Smith. OF New Dorp
Staten Island exploited the advantages
OF artificial enamel, and DIR. l.. X. Mobley,
OF New York City, explained the proper
Instrumentation In the treatment of
pyorrhea.
A corps Of dentists from New York
College OF Dentistry demonstrated the
various methods employed I'm teaching
dentistry. and members OF the University
OF Pennsylvania STAFF showed comprehen-
siye undergraduate technique require
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
CONFERENCE ON COURTHOUSE
Definite Plans for Building Will Be
Held Up Until September.

Following conference in the office of
Borough President McAneny yesterday
afternoon. I'm which Justice Seabury. OF
the Supreme Court; l.. Latin Kellogg,
representing the Court House Board and
Controller Prendergast and President Nc
Ancny participated. II was announced
that title to tho new courthouse site
would probably be taken July 2s
The Court House Board met later and
discussed various plans for the courthouse.
hut arrived at no decision with regard
10 any of them nor will any decision he
reached until September, according TO
present indications.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
WOMAN SUES HOSPITAL
Mrs. Heritage Says She Wa,
Burned by Hot Water Bars

Mrs. Katherine Heritage fled suit yes
terday against the POSTGRADUATE Hos.
pital. Or. George Grey Ward. jr., Of No
II West 10Th street, and DR.. Frederics
Pfetschinger. Of No. 5sl West '56th street.
for SIS. 900 damages for being burned Wills
she was a patient in the hospital
Mrs. Heritage was in the Post-Grsi.
uate Hospital last November, and she said
that water bags were applied to her sides
so hot that she was severely burned
Arthur II. Heritage has brought ssil
against the same defendants for ,25g
damages for the loss Of his wIfe's CON.
partnership while she was recovering from
the burns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
SAYS BANKRUPT HID $4,000
Witness Tells Commissioner Tia.
Enell's Widow Found the Money

Concealed in the lining Of an old hand
bag that hal belonged to Gabrielle J.
EneH. former president OF the bankrua
Kendall Nall and supply Company he
widow found $1,000. according 70 the tss.
timony OF Ralph A. Weschler. EneI'
hrother-in-law, al hearing yesterday =
the bankruptcy proceedings before Com
missioner Alexander Gilchrist
Mrs. Eneu had previously denied that
her husband had made preferential pay.
ment to her Of sll.7O0 shortly before hi
death. She said that she had gone to
safe deposit vault for him before he va
removed from the Waldorf 70 81 Luxe
Hospital and got $4,000. which she De
llvered to him. but. she said. that was al
she knew about the money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
NEW NAVAL STORES co.
Concern with 100000 Capital
Formed in Savannah.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Savannah. July IA buying and sell
ing naval stores company. with $4,000
capital stock. mas been organized in Sa-
vannah under the name Of the Rosln and
Turpentine Export Company. The or
ganzers nave arranged to take charter
under the laws of Delaware. Active OPP
crations will begin rot later than Au-
gust /.
The new company is backed by the
strongest naval stores interests I'm the
South. Its directors are officers OF the
Carson Naval stores Company. the Con-
solidated Naval stores Company. the Pro-
ducers' Naval stores Company and the
Flynn Harris Billiard Company II is
formed with the sanction of the govern
ment and is designed to supplant the old
American Naval Stores Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18

Savings within the grasp Of
any man with SIS, $40 or SO
to spend. =.
Up to to-day we haven t
been able to make much nose
about our SIS values-been
absorbed in the thousands Of
higher priced suits when
slipped to $50 and S25.
But now.
A still further markdown
! leaves us free to make Just as
merry over our $l5 bargains
as we are over the increased
variety of happy finds nov
at $40 and S25.
Something doing, YOU SEE
for every body.
p. S. Shirt Sale still on
very much so.
SI.l5 for $50 shirts.
$I.35 for $500 and S9'%
shirts.
$I.S5 for $500 and S3'N
shirts.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY,
Three Broadway Stores
Warren St. 18th St 3ftn "