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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
BOTH LEGS CUT OFF AGAIN
Boy Loses Second Set, Wooden,
Saving Woman's Life.

Westbury, Long Island, March r.
For the second time within five years
William Fitting. nineteen years old, Of
East Williston. had his legs amputated
by train on the Long Island Rail-
road To-day's accident. however was
harmless. He saved woman from
sure death by dragging her off the
track but the train struck him and he
was rolled under the wheels. His two
legs were cut off clean. hut as they
were both of wood he was not badly
injured. although more or less bruised
and cut
II was four years since Fitting fell
under a train on the Long Island Rail-
road at Glen Head and had both his
first legs cut off. To-day he was stand
ing at the Westbury station Of the
road. when he saw that Polish woman
was a bout TO be killed. Fitting hurried
to her side and managed 10 push her
from the tracks, but hindered by
orutches and wooden legs he was
knocked down and under the wheels
Bystanders at the station expected he
would be killed. but found that he had
only suffered the loss Of his legs"
again
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
boy" OF SO NOT LOST
Near -Centenarian Comes Home
After Night with Friends.

Dennis Redman. ninety nine years
old denied last night that there was
any occasion for alarm when he stayed
out all Tuesday night. He expressed
displcasure because his SON. in law.
Battalion CHIEF Nash. with whom he
lives. ut No s99 Morris avenue. The
Bronx. had caused an alarm TO be sent
out for him by the police.
just because I'm ninety-nine." said
Mir. Redman. is no reason why | can't
hook after myself I don't feel ninety
nine feel as young as boy. can't
see why my son in-law sent out an
alarm for me. and ! told him So"
Redmond LETT his home Tuesday
morning and when nothing was heard
oi him by evening CHIEF Nash notified
the police He was worried until yes
terday morning. when his father in =
law returned.
Il hadn't been downtown for four or
hVc years" ne said. and I thought I'd
like t. look up some Of my old friends.
found them and | stayed with them
for the night. That's ali there was
to il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
C|TY'S TRAFFIC KILLS
THREE, INJURIES TWO
Automobiles Are Responsible
for All but One of the Days
List of Accidents.
TWO HURT IN ELMSF0RD
Motorist Hurrying to Hospital
with Injured Boy Hits Little
Girl and Brings Two Pa
tients Instead of One.

Three persons killed and two others
injured were the toll which New York
traffic demanded Yesterday. IN four Of
the five cases. all told. automobiles
were responsible FOR the accidents, the
nth being caused by a streetcar
Eddie Schesinger. eleven years old.
living at No. hos Fifth avenue: John
DAILY. sixty-one years old. of No. 213
Tenth avenue. and an unidentified man
about forty-five years old. are the dead:
Philip Manturie. aged four. and LYDIA
Sokoicz. aged i've. the injured.
The Schlcsnger boy was struck yer-
terday afternoon while playing ball n
the street near his home. He and h's
twin brother. Rudolph, had left school
a short time before and had taken uP
their game. when automobile Ere en-
CINE J.5. stationed at No. II West ll'tn
street. bore down on them after having
been 10 a small fire. In spite of the
efforts of Rudolph to pull his brother
out Of the engines path, the boy was
run over and died on the way TO Mount
Sinai Hospital where he was taken by
the men attached TO the engine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
DR.. BORDEN SUED FOR
$3.50 GAMBLING DEBT
Son of Late Cotton Manufact-
urer Charges Conspiracy to
Get His Money.

DR. Matthew :. Borden. son Of the
late NJ. c. u. Borden. the largest cot
ton manufacturer in the world. who
settled an estate of 81 900 600 on his son
q few weeks before his death. in July.
1912. is being sued by John NJ Rich
monc. in the Supreme Court for $3.50
on note for a gambling debt.
The answer Of Di Borden fled yes
terday. says he and Richmond engaged
in game that consisted Of tossing a
coin IN the air and guessing whether
il would fall head OF tail M. At the
end Of the play the physician was in
formed hc had lost $3.50. J. .. Walsh.
in whose house the gambling took
place. offered To lend him the money.
which he did not have with him.
Walsh gave Dr. Borden check for
the amount he lost. which was to pay
Richmond. and Dr. Borden in turn gave
his note for the amount. The check
was returned marked no good bat the
Two men who the defendant says con-
spired to get his money had his note
for the check. Dr. Borden alleges that
he was piled with drinks while he was
playing
While at Yale DIR. Borden met Miss
Mildred Negbauer daughter OF New
Haven tailor. He fell in love with her
and married her. When the father
heard OF the Young Students marriage
creo, pressu,o was brought on the VIE
- release him and to show her love ior
Borden for it was represented that the
marriage would work to his social ana
financial disadvantage. Mis-. Borden
went TO South Dakota and obtained d
divorce on the ground Of desertion.
After a lapse of four years BORDEN
etll loved the New Haven taiior =
daughter. and he proved that the nrsl
marriage was not the result Of boyish
infetuation by remarrying Miss Neg
bauer. That union mas endured. The
older Nr Borden was opposed 10 the
marriage but he became reconclied'
and q few weeks before his death made
the settlement OF the Sl,rWCU on his
son.
Mr.. Borden left an estate valued at
81 600 OOD. all Of which he left 10 MS
sons with the exception Of S2JpV.
which he left TO Yale University.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
DIES BY FUGITIVE LAW.
Gonzales Latest Victim-Mex
leo Senate for Big Loan.

Mexico CITY. March l2.-Although IT is
denied in official quarters, there appears
,o be reason TO believe that Abraham
Gonzales. who was being brought TO Mex
lco CITY from Chihuahua. where he was
Governor. has been killed near Torreon.
I, is reported on good authority that he
was shot while trying to escape.
The amnesty bill In It's entirety was
passed In the Chamber Of Deputies to-
night. IL is expected that the Senate will
approve the bill.
Tbe Senate late tonight dispeled all
aount q. TO its attitude toward the loan
measure by the adoption Of the first seven
articles Of the measure, which call for
120OCO,OO0 pesos.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
Stories Of Refusal to Appoint
Gaffney and of Split with
Murphy Spring from Gov
ernor'S Inner Circle.
IS IT WAR OR PEACE?
Some Say Conflict Is On and
Others Declare Not a Cloud
Mars the Horizon, but 1t
All Depends on Who
Does the Talking.
GBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Albany, March l2.-The Sulzer ad-
ministration either is or is not in the
throes of a gigantic. blood curdling and
devastating war with Tammany Hall
and more particularly with Charles
Francis Murphy. of that organization.
Governor Sulzer who. early IN Janu-
arv announced himself state leader.
and early in March admitted that he
had gone to Murphy and Senator
O'Gorman for his friends VINO want
Jobs. either is or is not engaged IN
dcfyinS Murphy. refusing his demands
for appointments and coercing the Leg
islature into compliance with his will
ae to great reforms by legislation. II
all depends on tho man who furnishes
the information.
II YOU believe a man who is supposed
TO be i'm Governor suffers inmost con-
fidence and who * on the Sulzer pay
roll. the Governor has dcned Murphy
and all his Vaccinations. has denounced
the Legislature for doing Murphys bid
ding. is prepared to fight it out on that
line If il takes all summer
n YOU ask the Governor about II. he
announces portcntously that he has
nothing to say and looks stern and
fcarsome as hie fprelock 2 Ia Henry
CLAY hohs and 5riStles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
1000 MILES BY WIRELESS
Messages from Key West
Taken in Cairo. Egypt.

Key West, Fla. March 12.-Captain
Hayden. commandant of the Key West
naval station. has received letter
from Cairo, Egypt. stating that the
Lloyds wireless operators in that city
had on numerous occasions copied mes
sagcS sent from the Key West station.
II is believed this breaks all wireless
records. the distance involved being
more than seven thousand statute
miles. or more than five hundred miles
further than a former worlds record.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13

and lay dazed by the fall. Peterson put
him in the car and started for the hos
pltal.
In 1Oth street. Lydia Sokolicz dashed
out Just in time TO be stru X ana
thrown back on the sidewalk. She. too.
was placed in the tonncau of the car
and taken along with the little boy
Neither accident was due to Peterson $
carelessness. and there was no arrest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
DANIELS GETS A SHOCK
But Quickly Solves Mystery of
Black Hand Letter.
From The Tribune Bureau

Washington. March 12-The Secre-
tary of the Navy was startled to-day.
when he returned TO his Office after the
Cabinet meeting, to find on his desk a
Black Hand epistle demanding So
coo 1t did not take Sescretary Daniels
long. however, TO solve tho mystery.
The letter. with a large ba * hand at
tached, read.
Leave $1,000 on the old stump or
you die"
Mr.. Daniels studied the letter a few
minutes and then called IT, his aid and
assistant secretary. and asked if either
OF his four sons had been in to see
him. He was told that two of the
Youngsters had called and had made
themselves at home at his desk.
Those rascals!' declared the official,
ms he passed the letter around.
No connoisseur oInits ANGOSTURA BIT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
NINE. BERNHARDT HURT
Her Auto in Collision with
Truck on Coast.

Los Angeles. March 12rSarah Bern
hardt, the noted French actress. suf-
fered painful but probably not serious
injuries in an automobile accident here
tonight.
Nine. Bernhardt was on her way to
Los Angeles from Venice. from tho
evening performance at local the
atre. when her automobile struck a
heavy truck
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
CHILD'S PRANK KILLS 3
Powder Scattered in Play lg
mites, Destroying Home.

Huntington. w. Va, March l2.-Mrs.
4. ]. Alexander and her two children
were killed to-day when their home at
Gravson. KY. was destroyed. by an eX-
plosion.
The father, a miner. had left ten Kegs
of powder in the house to keep 1T dry.
one of the children took handful or
the explosive and scattered 1T on the
floor from the kegs to fireplace. where
If became ignited.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
WIDOW BURNED SAVINGS
Banked in Stove, Forgot Her
$4,000 and Built Fire.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.

Wooster. Ohio. March 12'-Forgetting
that she had placed a roll OF Diiis CON-
tanning $500 in the ash pan Of coal
stove last night. because of her fear OF
burplars Mrs. Laura Smell. a widow
Of this city. started hre TINS morning
in the stove.
The fire had been burning for some
time before the woman remembered
that tho stove was her bank. Rushing
10 the stove. Mrs Smell pulled the ASH
nan out 10 find the roll OF bills mass
~ charred emberS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
Engines Bad Record.

According To the police yesterday $
accident is the third casualty caused
bv this engine since II was installed at
No ST West llJth street two years ago.
Several months ago ii struck and killed
q negro at ll6th street and LenoX ave-
nue..
DAILY was hit by a large New York
Transfer motor truck. knocked down
and then run over while he was cross
ing Tenth avenue and I'D street last
night. Both legs were broken and lis
skull fractured. He died two hours
later in the New York Hospital
James Jensen. twenty-three Years
old of No. I23 West 10Th street, driver
OF the truck, was not arrested. Daily
leaves n wife. six children and i"n
grandchildren.
The third fatality occurred when an
unidentified man. apparently a laborer.
was knocked down and killed by IA
northbound Broadway surface car at
Dey street shortly after 9:3O O'Clock.
The man. according 10 the motormin
Frank Reed of No. Ji9 West l25th
street. stepped from the east gutter OF
broadway and staggered directly in
front Of the car. Falling under he
fender he was pushed along the tracks
for several feet by the front truck be-
fore the car could he stopped.
Motorman Is Arrested.
Motorman Reed was arrested on
technical charge of homicide and taken
10 the Old Slip station. Hugh O'brien.
the conductor, of No. Ill West lIth
street. was taken In custody as ma
terial witness.
I'm his effort To make record time to
the Reception Hospital with a four
vear-old boy whom he had run down In
the street, Joseph Peterson. chauffeur,
ran down five year-old girl. and
turned up at the hospital with two
patients instead Of one. The little girl
went home after having her bruises
treated. but the boy remained ut the
institution with a btoken leg
The chauffeur was turning into Park
avenue from S9th street. when Philip
Nanturie ran out in front Of tho bg
ear. He was hurled ahead Of the car
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
Hunuer and the Need Of Cloth
ing Do Not Drive Their Sex
to immortality. Declare
Chicago De|inquentS.
LYING MEN ARE BLAMED
States Move to Begin White
Slave Inquiries-Gov. Fer
ris Asserts Every City in
Michigan Should Be
Investigated.

Chicago. March 12-The State Sem
ste's vice investigation commission
and the women for whose moral down
fall the commission is trying to deter
mine the causes differed to-day in the
relation between low wages and low
morality Letters received by the com
mission from women Of the underworld
mocked at the work which the legisla-
tors are doing.
one Of these letters. signed X. r. L.,
reads:
To the Commission: Girls don't go
wrong because they are hungry or be
cause they need clothes. They go
wrong because they are tempted by lies
and overpowered by the evil in men.
They listen TO the fair and pretty
things that men tell them. and they
fan because they think they can trust
themselves and trust the tempters. 1t
j. not the employer. l was a good girl
and | worked in a store.
y didn't get much money but that
didn't matter. I lived on SIS week.
and would be living like that now, but
met men. They seemed to consider
me their prey. and all the time il was
fight. fight. They wanted TO be nice
TO me. they said. and to take me to the
theatre and treat me fair and give me
a chance To enjoy life.
Didn't Know Men Were Bad"
Il didn't know men were bad-all bad
where a girl is concerned ! thought
only women were bad. ! thought all
girl had 10 do TO remain good was 10
be truthful with herself. God pity
women who think that and who keep
their trust in men until it is too late.
Every day il was some one else. always
smiling al me. always trying to give me
fair chance TO be happy. In the
street they followed me. These | could
avoid. but not the friends who hung
around
That is the big. big secret Of the
hing that makes a good girl bad. If
they had left me be-if they had only
left me be--only let me live as wanted
the room when your commission was
irving TO solve things and wouldn't
have to sit in a corner with my veil
down, afraid TO look good woman in
the face"
Another cry from the underworld
echoed the words of this letter It was
more bitter, though, and it read in
parts
You're looking for the things that
maze such women as J. Low wages
Dance halls. Hunger. Cold. They all
helped a bit but they didn't turn the
trick themselves. You're all a bunch
Of hypocrites, afraid 10 look the thing
in the face and afraid 10 learn the
truth.
Blackeuards Hounded Him.
Il don't know any girls who sold
themselves for money TO buy bread or
clothes. But ! do know lots Of US who
hit the road for hell because a lot Of
blsokguards kept bounding them with
their rotten attentions God
help the men and not us. We're all
right when We start. All We need is
10 he left alone. There are hun
dreds and hundreds of kids and sports
70 hang around State street and walt
like wolves for the tired girls to leave
the store
Why don't you make the men be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
Hiqh School Teacher Cannot
Have Leave of Absence
to Bear and
Rear Child.
VOTE STOOD 80 TO 6
Woman Is Really Gamer, How
ever, for Physicians Ger
tificate Assures Her Of
90 Days Pay and 2
Months Vacation.

Mrs. Katherine c. Edgell, the Eras-
mus Hall High School teacher who ap-
piled for years leave OF absence
without pay To bear and rear chiiu'
lost her case by vote OF - 10 AT q
regular meeting of the Board OF Eau
cation yesterday.
Pecuniarily. however she is better OH
than if the board had granted her re-
quest. for she filed a physician cer'il-
cate showing she was physicaily uhapie
TO do her work. and this. II was sa'u'
would entitle her to ninety days pay
az well as two months vacation WITH
pay during the summer months ne
fore the end of which time she is eN-
pected TO become a mother.
Mrs. Edgell and her husband arc
teachers i'm the same school. She re
ccives a salary Of s.. 800 and Mr.. Edsell
$500. Their pay was Increased sloo
i'm 1912
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
Afraid TO Meet Problem.

Nv vote OF % to the board
adopted the gag rule shutting OH All
debate This was done when Dr. Ira
c VILE. who favored an open discus
sion. said he was willing To nave 'he
"cae rule" If the Board of Education
was willing that the people should see
thar II was afraid to meet the problem
The prospect Of a free discussion mad
drawn record crowd 10 the board as
semblv room The gallery was packed
Down on the main floor many were
standing. By far the greater number
Of spectators were women most OF
them Young women and some OF them
schoolgirls
Long before the meeting convened the
curious had been arriving. dreary
hour of routine matter before the
Edgoll case came up did not daunt the
standecs. When the ease Of the teacher
was finally reached the crowd was
reused a. from sleep. But curiosity
was to be poorly rewarded. In less
than ton minutes after II had been
taken up the Edgell case was done
with.
Thosc who voted 80 grant the leave
of absence without pay were MISS
olivia I.eycntritt. daughter Of Justice
Leventritt. Mrs Rcba G. Bambereer.
Arthur <. Somers. Dr. Ira :. VILE ana
Egcr:on J.. winthrop. jr
Those who voted for a discussion or
the case were Miss 1.evcntrltt. Mrs.
Rambcrger. Henry !. Bigham. lsadore
NJ. Levy. John Martin, Robert f.. Me
Canorty. Arthur :. Somers and Or. Ira
:. Vile.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13
Opposed by Nh. Stern.

Il :.
committee on high schools and train
I ing schools to which body the Edse'l
request had been submitted by th"
/ board of supcrintcndents. moved IN"
adoption Of the report of the commit
tee. which was la favor Of granting the
request He was seconded Immediate
| ~ by Dr. Ira :. Vile.
The excitement in the board room.
especially among the spectators, was
! intense as Abraham Stern arose.
This ls subject" said Mr.. Stern.
about which the least said the better
! # will he for all concerned. For many
DAYS the full facts Of the case have
been freely published. II isn't neces-
sary for the board to listen 10 a discus
sion OF # at this time, foN every mem
her already has his mind made up ii
the matter
| Az Mr. Stern sat down Morton stein
arose and moved to have the discussion
closed.
! Dr. Ira :. Vile appealed to the jhair
ana fTcSluth' 'H"' ''''
him.
, 81 do not want to force discussion
of this matter" said Or. VILE. III the
| Board of Education Is willing 10 stand
before the people as afraid to meet TINS
uroblem. then | am willing 10 have it
closed. But put it on that basis.
Discussion Affects Judgment.
Iobn Martin said he would favor dis
cussion because he had heard so mucn
about the case yesterday afternoon hat
he was uncertain how to vote.
MIR. Stein again insisted that the lis
cuesion he closed. and when the motion
was put TO a vote it was carried
The resolution then coming before the
bouse the members voted on il. the re-
suit being an overwhelming defeat ot
the proposal to grant leave of abb
sence on such grounds.
When John Martin announced that
no favored "A discussion Of the facts IN
the case because he had heard so mucn
| in the board rooms prior to the meet
ing a ripple of laughter went over me
hoard. Mr.. Martin had publicly op-
posed granting the request on me
Ground that il was against the policy
p,rsued for many years by the cie-
mentary schools committee.
II was expected Miss Leventritt
would speak out on the matter. She
,.o,ed against the gag rule with much
determination.
Informal discussions of the Edgell
case we're participated in by numerous
teachers in the halls of the building.
and there was strong commendation OF
tho action of the board. There were
others. however. who contendcd just as
strongly that the board was wrong.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-13

No connoisseur omits ANGOSTURA BIT
TERS in punches and fancy drinks.-Advt
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-06
KING NOT A REAL BUTCHER
Ruler Of saxony Helping Unfortunate
Tradesman Is Taken for One Of
His Subjects.

The king of Saxony is man Of
democratic tastes, who likes nothing
better than to be taken for one of his
own subjects. One hot afternoon,
when he was out riding, accompanied
by an attendant, he came, it is said,
upon butcher who was trying to re-
pair the broken axle of his cart. The
king at once offered his assistance,
and for over an hour the three men
king, butcher and attendant
worked in silence beneath the blazing
sun.
When they had finished the butch
er stared stolidly at the king for a
moment. Then his face lighted up as
he thought that he saw the explana-
ton of the kindness.
"Oh," he said, "you also are g
butcher?"
NO." replied the king regretfully
81 only look like onep'
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-06
HORSE is FASTEST ANIMAL.

No. animal is known to have ex-
ceeded the speed attained by the
horse. instantaneous photographs of
one famous specimen showed the full
length of one complete stride of
about 26 feet. In the stride of the
fastest racers the hind quarters and
limbs are raised considerably higher
than the shoulders, and from this
relatively great height are brought
downward and forward, widely sepa-
rated from each other, to avoid strik-
ing the forelegs. The hare has not
m reality the speed of the dog. The
dog ON the other hand does not at
tain the speed of the horse. The gil
raffe is said to run at the rate of 10
yards second under the most favor
able conditions. The elephant, going
at the rate of two yards second, car
ries a weight approximating that
carried by six horses.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-06
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