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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-09-08
GIRL DEAD IN GROVE;
ESCORT ALSO SHOT
Tragic Ending to Trip Of High
School Students, Who Started
Out to Pick Mushrooms.

SALEM. O.. Sept. a-rhs body Of IDA
Lee, eighteen years old. . high school
girl. was found In . grove north Of here
early to-day with . bullst-hols through
her head.
She had been missing since Saturday,
whom she went mushroom hunting with
Oscar Gray. also eighteen.
The body OF Gray was found later on
. farm adjoining that of his grand
mother. Ars. Theda Gray. at Patmos,
six miles distant. Gray was Q high
school student and leading athlete.
When the couple did not return homo
Saturday evening an siopement was sus-
pected. Then Jesse Gray. the boys
father. found tina his revolver was
missing. Alarmed. he notified the par
ents OF the girl. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Lee. and . search was Instituted. Mrs.
Allen satd he appeared at her home
Saturday morning. greatly excited. and
then disappsarsd In the woods. II 70
supposed he shot himself.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-09-08
WALDO IS READY TO CLOSE
HOUSES As PUBLIC NUisANcEs.

Police Commissioner Waldo. who In
stigated the proceedings against the red
light dramas-and 1.-THE Lure" and
THE Fight" were merely opening
wedges to admit flood OF Nth to
the New York stage-ssys he will take
steps to close The Hudson Theatre and
Maxine Elliots Theatre tomorrow
night as public nuisances. should such
q proc eeding be found necessary. There
will be no interference with the two
houses this evening.
The police" said tho Commissioner.
"have full authority to suppress these
performances while the issue Is in the
courts II the arrangements should per-
sist in trying to give performances.
which I DO not anticipate, the police
would simply proceed against them as
they are empowered by law to pro-
coed against any public nuisance.
II have instructed Deputy Commits
sioner Newburger to consult with the
Corporation Counsel for the purpose OF
getting additional afidavits to substan-
tiate the charge that the two plays In
question are indecent and immoral"
Mrs Harris and william Harris were
greatly depressed by Magistrate Nc
Adoo's action. Lee Shubert would not
talk when asked IL no would promptly
close THE Lure" on Magistrate Nc
Adoo's report. a. he promised on Sat-
urday.
EACH DENoUNcEs THE PLAY OF
THE OTHER.
The Harrises were represented by Max
Steuer. Lee Shubert's lawyer was WILL
liam Klein. WITH Mrs. Harris and Mr..
Harris was Bayard WELLER. the author
OF The Fight" and under his arm Mr..
WELLER carried the original manuscript
Of tho piece.
A peculiar feature Of the matter ID
that Mr.. Shubert readily comedies that
The Fight" the second act OF which
70 staged In . disorderly house. 10 q
public nuisance. but vigorously denies
that THE Lure" the second act OF
which is staged in . disorderly house.
ls anything but a moral lesson. And
Mr.. WELLER. although holding that the
second act OF THE Fight" 10 a moral
lesson. agrees with critics OF Cha Shu-
bert piece that the second act Of "rhs
Lure" II an ofrenss against public
morals.
II claim" declared Mr.. WELLER. that
there IL q great moral lesson In my play.
I am amazed that Mr.. shubert should
! have said that It was the big scene In
The Fight that stirred up this agita-
| ton against the two performances.
my play was written year ago ]
made no secret Of the fact that the Sec
ond act portrayed scene In . disorder
iy house. II was generally known In
thes&rioal circles.
But what about The Lursr II was
rshsarsed In secret The actors In the
cast were sworn to secrecy. And II was
produced a. q surprise with . second
act Of sepsat; NAL nature.
ITO show what think Of my play,
| an willing to leave Its fate to Masis-
trate McAdoo. II he decides that any
parts Of II are morally offensive will
cut those parts out. II he decides that
the play should be closed We will with
draw It."
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-09-08
Twenty boat Houses Buv.eA.

WATERToWN.N n. ". Sept. S-Twen-
ty boat houses, containing motor boats
and skins. located In a row beneath
and near the lookout over the dock at
Thousand Island Psrk. were burned
early to-day. at . loss estimated at
oAoA 0tfA t1eIs tneurassA .
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-09-08
lrIRELv UNNECESSARY FoR
ANY GOOD PURPOSE.


The play 10 said to b an expose
Of white slavery, and therefore 70
BE- used - . valuable preventive
against young girls being lured into
these traps. This play 10 said by
its defenders to be . sort OF moral
pqophylaxis against prostitution. 1t
%, will We not soon see exhibitions
on the stage showing the advantages
Of sanitary prophylaxis against some
Of the accidental and painful re-
suits Of this vicef
We do not need to uncover
sewer to convince people a. to Its
flthiness. nor to warn those OF
ordinary clearly habits against get
ting into II. A considerable portion
Of our police force IL devoted to
preventing exhibitions OF solicitors
for prostitution. and brazen harlotry
on our public streets. How useless
10 this II We are to have more slar-
Ing exhibitions Of this vice on the
stage. including portrayal Of the In.
terior OF brothels. to be served up
to adolescent youth and pureminded
young girls!
What tho opinion of other citi-
Gems may be as to this play and its
moral lesson does not really con-
Germ me. I am asked. on the re-
sponsibility Of my office. to answer
the question categorically and d.
rectly whether or not this play 10
indecent and immoral and an offenss
In the meaning OF the statute. They
have no such responsibility: they
only speak for themselves. More
over. some people are so afraid OF
being considered finicky. puritan
ical. old-fashtoned and. above all,
provincial that they would rather
be known as somewhat wicked,
blass. liberal and tolerant men Of
the world. This play 10 entirely
unnecessary for any good purpose
II Il has any moral lesson I failed
to discover Il. You might - we'll
say that an author could write Q
book Of 700 pages full OF obscenity
and nth and nnish II BY adding at
the end few moral maxims such
as BE virtuous and you will be
happy" Honesty 10 the best pol
ICY" and thus sterilizs the preced-
ing Nth and convert tho book into
an instrument Of moral betterment.
Tho motive Of the play 10 to make
money. taking advantage Of the
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-09-08
SAYS TWo.THIRps OF AssEMeLN
COULD lMPEAch.

Deputy Attorney General Norton saidI
that the people Of the State OF New
York. In making their constitution. had
right to give the power OF inpesch-,
ment TO any man or body Of men N
pleased.
DO you mean asked Justice HAS.
brouck. that II two-thirds OF the As.
sembly met. without notice to the other
one-third. they Gould tmpeach3'
Yes" said Mr.. Norton. pre-
Mr.. Norton renewed q point made by
Mr.. Watson that the Governor could.
under Gen. Tracy's construction. call ono
extra session after another. standing
off impeachment.
'He might then commit murder. h.,
might be tried and convicted, he might
burn down the Capitol. he might dc
anything grossly criminal. and from hi:
cell he could issue a pardon TO himself.
We think II peculiar that this question
should be brought up at this time. within
a week OF the impeachment trial a.
Albany"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-09-08
ROBIN SMILES As BATTLE FOR
PARDON aoEs ON.

During the proceedings Robin. smiling
at his feet. sat behind his counsel and
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-09-08

loudly dressed managing harlot.
who. at intervals. when not descant-
ing on the sordid and criminal fea-
lures Of her trade and house. and
boasting Of her rise from q trumpet
Of the streets to her present pros
porous condition. 10 smoking tobac-
CO and consuming draughts of va
rious alcoholic drinks. As repre-
sented In this play she 10 an ex-
trsme type Of the women for whom
warrants OF arrest are issued daily
In these courts. and whom It 10 ono
Of the penalties OF once to have to
come In contact with ofYicially. One
of the other characters 10 . disgust
Ing creature. said to be Of the male
species. and known TO the police as
Q cadet. Another character 10 . de-
graded and heartless beast said to
represent . ward Politician; add to
this 10 . hard-faced and callous
woman servant. and an impossible
detective.
Into th,. scsne and amidst those
people enters the heroine. repre-
sentins an honest working girl
who comes there At the invitation
Of the madam. who tells her she
will give her night work. about the
nature OF which the young woman
makes no Investigation. The man
aging harlot brutally proposes to
this young woman to sell herself.
body and soul. for one hundred dol
lars. and. after q short struggle.
she half consents. The scene cul-
inmates by this young woman
being half pushed and half coaxed.
clad In the costume Of these bawdy
houses. into . room. where some
male beasts await her. The door
10 closed upon her. and the intelli.
gent audience 10 left to It's own
thoughts. This seemed 70 me %
sevolt1A6 that ! was tempted 70
lsevs Ne theatre.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
INGRAM ESTATE
 SETTLES CLAIM
 OF MISS HARDAY

The se,O0o suit brought by Mar Raret Harday of this city against Ben- jannfn F. Pike, administrator on tho W. W. Ingham estate, has been set lied ont Of court The matter has been pending for several months in the superior court and although no information was given regarding the amount of settlement it was said to be large.
 The plaintiff claimed that from December, 1s06,s to December, 1911, she nursed Ingham and his wife and it was promised that certain property would be bequeathed to her win en InRharn died. His death occurred 4n 1911 but he did not leave the plain tiff anything. She alleged her ser vices for the period of six years were worth s4.6So and there were other small items of expense.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
BRIDGEPORT WILL SEND 50 TO BULL
 MOOSE REUNION

Members of the Progressive party of bridgeport will meet at their club room in the Plaza theatre building, Fairfield avenue, this evening, to make final plans to attend the big State Reunion of the Progressives at Savin Rock tomorrow The number who are going will probably not be known un- til tomorrow. The management of Bishops Colonnade has made arrange mentsst to feed 300 persons and tickets for the dinner can be purchased of the committee at Savfn Rock up to the hour the dinner is served.
 James U. Sammis, F. w. Towne and James Devlin are the committee ar ranging for the Bridgeport party. Rob ert Marshall is getting up a party to make the trip to the RoDk in an au- to-bus. Others will go in automobiles but the majority will make the trip by trolley leaving Bridgeport at 10:3O- Because the question of dinner tickets has been left open, many Bridgeport Progressives are waiting until the last minute before deciding whether or not they will attend the reunion.
 Some of the members have proposed that the Bridgeport men wear a dis tinctive badge and this will be decid- ed at the meeting tonight. It is De lieved now that at least fifty mem bers of the party from Bridgeport will attend the reunion and a number o1 them will take their wives.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
BRAKES STOP FATAL
 GAR READILY WITH
 OIL GONE FROM RAILS

After inspection of the airbrakes and praking facilities on the Connec- ticut company's cars which on July 1st ran down and killed Peter H. Cole of this city, made today in the presence Of Coroner John J. Phelan. Superintendent Charles H. Chapman and General Manager J. K, Penderford, a test run was held in Barnum avenue this morning.
 Motorrnan J. H. Crowley. of New Haven. who had charge of the car on the day of the fatality, demonstrated how he believed he had applied his brakes in an effort to prevent collis- ion with the result that the car was stopped within a distance of 130 feet as against the 200 it is said to have run after application of the brakes when Cole was killed.
 On the day in question the tracks are said to have been oiled and the gen. eraI prevailing belief after witnessing today's tests is that the car would have been stopped had it not been fol this cause. Coroner Phe1an will issue no finding until after a full report is received from Engineer c. c. Elwell of the Public Utilities Commission as to the condition in which he found the brakes upon examination which he made yesterday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
 DIED.

JOHNSON.-I Fairfield, Conn, We'd nesday. July 16, 1913, Sarah E., widow of Lorenzo W. Johnson,s aged 63 years. 1 month, days
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral at her late resfd ence. Strat- field Road, Fairfield on Friday, July 18th. at 2 p. m.
 Interment at Fairfield East ceme- tery. a* CIlANCY.-In this city, Wednesday, July 18th. 1913, James A, beloved son of David and Hainora Clancy, aged 1 years, 8 months, 12 days Friends are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of his parents. No. AS Centre street, on Saturday. July 9th st s:30 a. m, and from Saint Pat11 1ck,s church at g o'clock.
 Interment at St. Michaers ceme- O tery- P17 be PRATT-In this city, July 18th, 1918. Charles Reed Pratt. M D.. aged 83 years.
 Funeral service vzt11 be held at his late residence, No 432 State street, on Friday. July 18th, at 1 D. m-
 Burial in Everereen cemetery, New Haven. P16b~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
SOLDIERS OFF ON HIKE FOR
 LAKE BATTLE

Niantic. Conn, July 17-Just what progress they have made under the instruction Of the regular army offie- CTS will be demonstrated by the in fantry men of the Connecticut NFa- tiona1 Guard, in camp here when they get together tomorrow in the battle which will be the climax to their tour of duty.
 his staff and the camp staff followed the troops in an automobile and watched the maneuvers today with evident interest. The battle tomorrow is expected to be fought in Old Say brook somewhere in the vicinity of Roberts Lake.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
STAMFORD WOMAN SUES CONN. co. FOR
 CHANGE IN GRADE

Alleging that her property on Main street, Stratford, has been damaged by the change in grade. Elnora Will coxson of Stratford has brought suit against the Connecticut Go. for $1,O00 Papers in the action were. filed today in the superior court
 It is claimed that in Septemb Der, 1910. the grade was changed in order to lay trolley tracks. The sidewalk in front of the Wilcoxson property was dug out, leaving the walk narrow and un- slightly and causing the earth to crum- ble and fall away. Material used in road construction was also piled on the lawn, thereby causing damage. The action is returnable to the sep- tenber term of court
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
HEARING SET
 FOR JULY 9
On Petition for Better Ser
 vice on Bridgeport 6 Dan
 bury Street Railway Go.

Hartford, Conn, July 17-Certain residents of Bridgeport have petitioned the Public Utilities Commission conn pIaining of the trolley service afford ed by the Bridgeport & Danbury Elec- tric Railway company in that city and asking for relief. The petitioners re- quest that the company provide bet ter service and larger cars and that they be run on a schedule of greater frequency, also that transfer be pro- vided between the terminus and North Main street in the city and the town line of Trumbull. A hearing on the petition is to be given at the Capitol July 25.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
ASSESSORS HEAR
 PROPERTY OWNERS

Board of Assessors met today to cNln- sider the complaints of about $50 dis satisfied taxpayers who feel that they have been over assessed The greater part of the morning was spent in vis- iting property in person. This work which has now bee min progress for a period Of two weeks is probable to continue for another.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
Chief Smith Says
 No Sunday Baseball
 at Lighthouse Point

New Haven, July 17.-"f it is put up to me there will be no Sunday baseball at the Lighthouse" This brief statement, made today by the Chief of Police Smith, put an end to the hope of the fans that Sunday baseball, fnterdicted at Savin Rock by the announcement of Prosecutor woodruff that further violations of the law would mean more arrests, might be played at Lighthouse Point as in former years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
BILL HAYWOOD
 HAS WITHDRAWN
 AS STRIKE LEADER

Paterson. N. J., July 17-The an nouncement last night that Big BilI'' Haywood had withdrawn from active participation in the silk mill workers strike here caused a break in the ranks today, and there was rush of hands to the mills Most of the weaving mills are running, and man ufacturers predict an end of the strike.
 Haywood. it was announced, is physically unfit to continue the leader ship.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
PEDESTRIAN WESTON
 HALTED BY THE HEAT

Janesville. Wis, July 1T-Edward PaEson Weston, who is walking to Minneapolis from New York arrived in JaEesviIle from Detroit at 6:50 Q clock this morning. oppressive heat r1alfng further walking impossible. He will leave for Evansville at p. m. end expects to reach Madison Friday morning.
 schedule and in good physical con- ditIon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
Jakey King Dies Al | LakeVieW Home

Jakey King for many years one of the best known characters in the city expired at Lakeview Home today. He had been an inmate of that place for several years. Death was due to dropsy- Under an agreement made same t me ago the Yale Medical school will have charge of the body. King was deformed and there were certain defects in his anatomy which made him an interesting study for medical scientists
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
CHILD OF SEVEN IS
 VICTIM OF HEAT

Seven year old Helen Povo1ock of Reilly street was prostrated by the heat about 2:15 o'clock this afternoon being stricken in front Of the house at 56 Sterling street near the Congress street bridge The ambulance was summoned and she was rushed to the Bridgeport hospital where at press hour it was stated that she was in a very serious condition.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
SIX ARRESTED AND FINED FOR
 FERN HARVESTING

Tyoodbury. Conn. July 17-six men, members ot a party of fern gatherers, who claim to have come from New York. were arrested yesterday after nu. n and fined $ and costs each, in an endeavor by the authorities to put sn end to the practice of fern harvest ing in this section.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
Five Men Drowned
 Imprisoned By Water
 In Mine oudburst

Eveleth. Ainn., July 17.-A1though shifts of men were kept at work all night at the Spruce mine of the OIi- yer Iron Mining Co.,, where 15 men were imprisoned fby water,. yester- day. following a cloudburst no trace has been found of the i've men who failed to escape. It is feared all five men were drowned 15O feet under ground
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
WOMAN HAS FATAL
 FALL FROM TROLLEY

Hartford, July 17.-Mrs. Jennie Weasberg of No. IA Bayford street died at St. Francis hospital this morn ing. an hour and a half after a fall from a trolley car on North Main street. The police say the woman att tempted to alight from the car while 1t was moving rapidly. Her skull was fractured in coming in contact with the asphalt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
RUBBISH FIRES

A rubbish fire near the viaduct on South Main street called out the auto chemical at 9:o9 o'clock this morning. No. Engine company was busy put ting out a fire on a. public dump at the foot of Fifth street at 2:3o o'clock fkhts afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
NICHOLS ST. SCHOOL PLANS.

A meeting of the Building Commit tee of the Board of Education, com prising Howard Challenger, Richard Murphy, A. w. Bell. and E. H. Ravens was held today to inspect tentative plans drawn by Leonard Asheim for the Nichols street school.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17

is soneh riGcak inspect honest land by ysuch i we mig 
 
 tlest s sun of all i've ndd that the Mil has been numbered
  to all We sale thankf for
  t
 of the bright the view u1tht
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17


 Splendid summer coats of silk and of fancy woolens and of attractive eponge, rich black and beautiful white and at tractive colors, many styles, worth $10 to $15,- $6.5O White skirts of linen and of rep, nice, models and nicely tailored, worth $2 to $2.50,- $1.50 Handsome ribbon of plain or of moire finish, tafeta of nice weight and quality, good colors, 5 inches wide, worth 19c and 21c yd,- 17c Mems neglige and soft shirts, some of pongee, in good patterns and the majori- ty of white with stripes or figures in black or color, worth $1;- 79c Summer underwear for men, ,balbriggan or open mesh, worth 5Oc- 39c Norfolk suits for men, every style of Norfolk of the season and in a wide range of colors, suits tailored as Norfolks need to be in order to make them worth buying, properly rated as extra good at usual Rowland price of $15,- $1O Trousers for men, a mighty attractive lot including dark sorts for wear at work and light gray or medium gray for out ing and such,- $1.5O Dandy suits for men, choice of all the fancy suits in the store almost without exception. In fact all that are excepted are those that were formerly to be bought at less than $20. This collection includes suits of fancy pattern from $2O up to as high as $4O,- $15 Boys wash suits in many styles includ- ing some with low neck and short sleeves, nice in color and style, worth 75c to $2,-
 39c to $1 20 Linen Norfolk suits for boys, wonderfully cool and attractive of appearance, worth s. $265 Ratine hats for boys, several shapes, worth $1,- 800 Straw hats for boys i nTyroI and Jack Straw hats for boys in I1yrol and Jack
 19c to 69c Decorated cottage dinner-sets of Amer ican porcelain, 46 pieces decorated in gold, regular price $3.25,- $225 Gut glass lemonade sets of, r pieces worth $1.50- 95c Inverted dime mantles for gas lights Baskets for fancywork, for lunch, and for knives, many patterns, worth 25c to $4.5O,- 13c to $225 Babbitt's soap, 6 cakes, and 2 pkgs of 1776 washing powder,- 25c Sets of canisters, 4 in set, graduated sizes, worth 75c,- 45c Rowland refrigerators, large, hard wood, galvanized lining, regular $12.75,- Garbage cans with deep rim cover, gall vanized, regular 45c,- 29c Toilet paper, regularly 6 rolls for 25c,-
 for 25c Tea kettles of gray enameled ware, reg ularly 50c,- 23c Haviland's French china dinner-sets, dcorated in late and tasteful patterns, 100 pieces, regular $24,- $19.5O Table tunblers of pressed glass, several styles regular 25c doz,- for 90 Gas plates, burners, nickeled finish, regular $1,- S9c @NOnr
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
DIR. DEANE ON AUTO TRIP.

Dr. c. W. Deane, superintendent of public schools in Bridgeport left to- day for an extended motor-trip through New England. Dr. Deane will be absent from the city about two weeks He will spend some time in Boston.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
$10,OOO FIRE LOSS
 ON CARRIAGE BARN

New Canaan, Conn, July 17-spon- taneous combustion is believed to have been responsible for a fire which today destroyed the carriage barn on the estate of LA P. Lappam, a New York merchant with loss of $1os 600.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-17
PORT COLLECTOR MITCHELL FOR MAYOR
 ON FUSION TICKET

New York, July 17-John Puroy Mitchell, recently appointed collector of the port of New York by President Wilson, announced today that he was willing to accept the nomination Hor Mayor on a fusion ticket The collec- tor becomes a rival aSpdrant with Dis trict Attorney whitman and George McAneny, president of the borough of Manhattan.