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New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
WOMAN KILLS SELF
In HER STUDIO
Expert in Bookbinding Found
Dead on Couch by Wife of
Hotel Proprietor.

Miss Mary z. Chatfeld. an artist ana
expert i'm hand. bookbinding. was found
dead in her studio. on the top floor OF the
building at No. 400 West 2Sd street. yes
terday 4 long dagger shaped paper cut
ter living by the couch where her body
rested and a deep wound in her breast
told the story Of the woman's suicide a
note found on the table indicated the
woman had taken her own life. The note
also said Mrs. Howard is 10 blame for
this" Miss Chatfield was about ftty
years old.
Until five weeks ago. when Miss Chat
field rented the West 2Sd street studio,
she had lived with her brother Henry ;.
Chatfield. and his wife at No. 100 East
SD street Mr.. Chatfeld is also an artist
and bookbinder. The dead woman had
acted as nurse for several months to her
sister. VINO died recently in the Adiron-
dacks Her brother and other members
Of the family could give no other reason
for her act than that her mind had be-
come temporarily unbalanced because OF
the severe nervous strain resulting from
her sisters illness ana death.
DIR. Gertrude g. Mack. OF No. . West
gath street. the Chatfield family physician.
said Yesterday she had attended Miss
Chatfield last summer for nervous
breakdown. 4 specialist was called in
consultation at that time. DR.. Mack said,
and Miss Chatfeld was told 10 take long
rest, but she insisted on returning to her
sick sister There was evidence OF an un-
settled mind then. DR.. Mack said. and
there was little doubt the woman took
her own life during one OF her nervous
outbreaks.
Miss Chathelds brother and DR.. Mack
both declared they mad never heard OF
Mrs. Howard" and believed the woman
was merely hallucination Of the dead
woman.
| Miss Chat6sId was last seen alive BY
| Christopher Martinsen the jsnitor of the
! West 23d' street building, early Saturday
afternoon when she entered her studio.
/ The body was found yesterday forenoon
| by Mrs Charles TAYLOR, wife OF the pro-
/ prietor OF the Hotel Martinique, at Broad
way and 32d street, who went TO the
! studio TO get the artist TO bind q book
for her. After repeated knocking al the
| door without response. Mrs. Taylor noti-
fed the iantor and he called Patrolman
| Leblanc. OF the West 17th street station,
who forced the door
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
IN WEDDING AUTO,
SPEEDS TO CELL
Man Calling Himself w. A. West,
Yale, II. Drives with Bride
Till Law Steps In.

Walter A West, who SAYS he is Yale
graduate OF the class OF II. and once
meCha nican for Louis Chevrolet. the
automobile racing driver. and who has
been earning n living recently as taxi.
cab chauffeur spent the first hours OF his
honeymoon in the West lj2d street police
station last night Though a young
woman who said she was his wife begged
Lieutenant Connor for his release, West
will have to be in court this morning "a
answer to n charge OF driving an automo-
bile while intoxicated.
Patrolman Duggan. on aXed post in
Riverside Drive at l52d street, heard a
crash early this morning and looked up
In time TO see a taXicab hop nimbly back
into the roadway after moving down a
tree in one OF the grass plots. The car.
cavorting from one side OF the drive to
the other approached rapidly.
AS it came up Duggsn leaped aboard
and ordered the chauffeur to drive 10 the
antly gave the name of West. \ young
man with him. who was released, soon
reappeared with a girl. who told the lieu
tenant she was Vests wife and that they
had been married that day
Later West became somewhat conf.
dental with his captors. lie said that
the young woman was Connie" and IN
answer TO more questions remarked:
"Connie-sure. that's here name. Why
all the fellows at New Haven know her,
for she was some popular. Now. she's my
wife. I've been celebrating my wedding
ana | don't care who knows it,"
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
HIS FIFTH SENSE WON
Detectives Intuition Leads to
Recovery of Diamond Pin.

The detectives fifth sense which
prompted George Randolph to stand in
front of an Eighth avenue pawnsnop
yesterday afternoon led to the finding
Of a 81 900 diamond horseshoe which
Mrs. Edward y. Stone, OF No. 215 West
9Sth street. lost while dining in n
Broadway restaurant on Saturday
night
Randolph was in front Of the pawn
shop when two men brushed by him
and entered. He walked in after them
and got sight OF diamond pin which
answered the description of the Stone
iewelry. He took chance and ar
rested both men.
Mrs. Stone was called and promptly
identified one Of the men as the waiter
who had served her In the care on. sat
urday night and the ornament as neI
property. II was q horseshoe Of forty
diamonds. set in platinum. Both pris-
oners acknowledged that they were EN-
ployed in the restaurant where the loss
occurred.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
ADAMS EXPRESS TO PARE
Parcel Post Puts End to $12 a
Share Dividend.
Ia Telerrnnh io The Trihune-

Philadelphia, Dec. CIV NJ. Barrett.
president Of the Adams Express Com
pany, said to-day the company lost 70
per cent OF its business in the last year
because Of the parcel post. The extension
of The parcel post weight limit on Janu-
AIRY / still further would hit the express
companies, he said
In addition, the 10 per cent decrease in
express rates, to take effect then. as or
dered by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. will make still further inroads
in the express company business.
The express companies. Mr.. Barret.
says, have accepted the ruling OF the In
terstate Commerce Commission as IN
evitable, and they will now make re-
trenchments TO show profits. For the
year ended June 30, he said. the deficit
in the Adams company was $50 a. This
being the case. IL IL suggested that the
sl2 yearly dividend probably will he cut
next year.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
Police Commissioner Says
He Wants Term to
End Tomorrow.
SILVER SERVICE
GIFT AT DINNER
Kline Was to Preside, but Was
Kept Away by Cold-Hint
at Disagreement.

Those who had a large supply OF com
piimentary things to say to Police COM
missioner Waldo went TO the Waldorf
Astoria last night and after entertaining
him at dinner swamped him with praises
for the way i'm which he has conducted
the Police Department during the 'tu-
multuous times OF storm and stress
which they agreed. following the phrase
introduced by Martin w. Littleton. in his
eulogy, was the proper way to describe
his term OF office. Then. to climax the
good words. they gave him silver ser
vice OF forty-seven pieces. costing SZ,O"'
as a more lasting token or their esteem.
4 few hours before this Mr.. Waldo had
sent his formal resignation TO Mayor
Kline. His letter was as follows:
December % 1913.
Hon. Ardolph l.. Kline. Mayor. City Of
New York
sir: | have the honor to tender my
resignation as Police Commissioner, To
take effect a your convenience. but rot
later than II O'Clock, midnight December
81, 1913 Very respectfully.
"RHINELANDER WALDO.
Commissioner
Il regret To announce" said Benedict !.
Grecnhut. who was toastmastcr. "ths {
MAYOR Kline cannot attend-G will not
say because of Illness, but because OF a
slight indisposition."
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
SAYS SHE SAW SLAYERS
Woman Was Jostled by Men
Who Were Wheeling Trunk.

4 possible clew to the trunk mystery
was furnished last night by Mrs fannie
Wexler. OF No. 26c Division street Brook
Ivn. who is at the Gouverneur Hospital
urder treatment for broken hip. She
told the police that she was walking in
front Of No. a Pitt street when two ltal-
ians. coming in an opposite direction,
struck her with trunk which they were
carrying.
According 10 her story. they pushed her
out of their way into the street and hur-
ried on with their burden. Mrs. WeAler
said that both men were Italians and
were about twenty years old.
The injured woman. who is NIFTY years
old was confused by the injury which
size received when the trunk struck her
and was not able 70 give the police
clear description o. the men. The acci-
dent occurred about an hour before the
Nndinr of the trunk which contained the
body OF the murdered man
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
HUNT ROBBERS IN TAXI
Police Arrest Two Men Whom
They Accuse of Hold Up.

Shortly after o'clock this morning two
men entered the restaurant of Herman
Wertz at No. 214s Broadway, and held
Wertz up at the point of a gun, demand :
ing money. Wertz broke away from the
men and ran to the street.
The men jumped into a taxicab outside
the store and ordered the chauffeur to
drive up Broadway. Three policemen ran
TO the spot and commandeered another
taxi. They chased the men in the taxi
from 10Th TO 18th street where. with
drawn revolvers. they commanded the
taxi driver TO stop. He did as directed
and the men were arrested. The taxi
driver was not held.
On the floor OF the taxi was found
.3S caibre revolver.
The men arrested said they were George
Kenneth a chauffeur. of No. 593 Amster-
dam avenue and John Warren, q sales
man, address refused. They are charged
with robbery.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
HUERTA'S CABINET BREAKS
Moheno and Lozano Reported
About to Resign.
INV Cable 10 Tho TrIbun

Mexico City, Dec. 29.--It is rumored
that the Cabinet is 10 be reorganlzed
with the New Year. and that Senor
Moheno. Minister of Foreign Relations
and Sehor Lozano. Minister Of Com
munications, will resign.
The budget for the current fiscal year
has been increased by the appropris-
ton of 9,4Ol ,23l pesos to enable the
government to meet the maturing fixed
charges Of the National Railways Of
Mexico, for which it is liable. This
appropriation puts an end to rumors
Of possible default in interest payments
on mortgage bonds.
Word has been received that govern
ment forces have recovered Cuatro
Cienegas, the last town in the state Of
Coahuila in rebel hands.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
H. B. PLATT BADLY HURT
Whitman's Assistant Has Skull
Broken from Horses Kick.

An injury at first thought to be slight.
is now causing concern TO the relatives OF
Deputy Assistant District Attorney lIar-
old b. Plat. who while riding In Pros
pect Park last Sunday. was thrown and
then kicked by his horse. When he was
removed 10 the home OF his father. Willard
H. Plat. at No. IlJ Cambridge Place.
Brooklyn. It was believed that he had
sustained a few trivial cuts on the head.
but n more thorough examination yester-
day gives rise TO the fear that his skull
may he fractured
Mr. Platt is twenty-six and has not
been long out OF Harvard. Ills home is
at No. i23 West IlSth street Manhattan.
ON Sunday he was riding with two
young men, also attached 10 Troop &.
They had cantered smoothly into the
park and were half way through before
Platts horse became go restless he could
not manage H. He was thrown suddenIy
and. before he could roll out OF the way.
the horse kicked him wciously in the
head
The horse ran away. but automobiIists
passing at the tine gave chase and cap
tured II. The members OF another auto
mobile party came TO Platts assistance
and AT his request took him TO his father 9
Eomc' where the family physician attend
cd him I'm tho excitement no Thought
was given 10 a police record
Mr.. Plat is single. He has been with
Mr.. whitman since last June.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
ENGLAND LANDS MARINES
Move to Maintain Neutrality OF
British Honduras.

London. Dec. 29-The British Admiralty
confirmed this evening the report Of tn.
landing OF men from the cruiser bancas-
ter i'm British Honduras in a communioe-
tion which says
owing TO reports that parties OF Mexi-
cans were crossing into British HonduraA
detachments OF British bluejackets ana
marines have been landed there I'm order
to assist in the maintenance OF order and
to see that British territory is not used
for illegal purposes"
The Governor of British Honduras has
not yet advised the government that ma
rnes have been actually stationed on the
Mexican frontier. Such action, however,
has been expected, with "a view Of stop
ping the supply Of arms and ammunition
To the Mexican rebels and guarding the
British frontier against violation by either
the Federals or the rebels.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
Brooklyn Woman Beaten
to Death and Body Is
Hid i'm Cellar.
HUSBAND, TRAPPED
BY DAUGHTER, FLEES
He Tried to Poison Spouse Once
Police Believe Him Mad
and Expect Suicide.

Acting on information furnished ny the
mans eight-year-old daughter, the ponce
of every borough are looking for Jonf'
Nonahan. of No. eS Sth street. Brooklyn
the body of whose wife, beaten and mutt
lated, was found in R coal bin in the cell
lar of the Monahan home yesterday after
noon.
Monahan formerly controlled big
trucking business in Manhattan, employ
ing several hundred men. Through mat
,ention 10 business and losses from theii
no found himself in financial trouble two
years ago Since then he had neelecte'
his work and become morose and melan-
choly.
Two weeks ago Monahan. his wife be-
Iieved, tried TO poison her by dropping a
mercury solution in cup Of tea AFTER
this his moroseness increased until Sat
ruday. when Mrs. Monahan. fearing FOR
the life Of younger child. Ienle. sent
her To the home Of cousin in The Bronx
Yesterday morning the older girl, Irene
was dressing. when Monahan entered hei
room and said that her mother had eone
to The Bronx for the day. The child was
suspicious and began a search of the
house. Monahan. nervous and protesting
following her The child finally went into
the cellar and searched every part OF II
except the coal bin. the door to which Was
locked She was about 10 start upstairs
again when her father approached her as
she stood under one OF the cellar win
dows.
In the dim light that came through the
pancs above her head .he little girl saw.
she said. blood specks on her father
glasses and collar. She screamed ana
Monahan leaped at her. and seizing her
by the throat. threw her on the cellar
floor. lie finally relaxed his hold ana
dragged her upstairs. Then. as she be-
came queter. Monahan retired to ms
room. dressed himself in his hest clothe'
and left the house.
Some hours after the child went to a
neighbor's house across the street and
told her story. The police OF the PARK
willie station were notified and squad
Of detectives went TO the house.
In the coal bin thev found Mrs. Mona
hans body. The face was marrsd by
blows and the skull was punctured and
crushed in "A half-dozen places. In barn
in the rear Of the house the detectives
found a suit OF Monshsns clothes. the
" hole left side soaked with blood.
The little girl told the police that when
her father left home nc had with him a
revolver and a bottle bearing poison
label The police think he viii have com
mitted suicide before they can get on his
trail.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30

glad to continue in the office OF Ponce
Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo. we
hope the administration Of Mayor Mitchell
will be a tremendous success We nope
those who have been eliminating ano
slandering this fairest OF cities VIII
cease"
The progressive voice Of praise for
Waldo was. raised by Bajnbridge Colby
who praised without stint, saying The
Honorable Rhnelander Waldo has made
good impressively and unqualihediy
who" he said lat the outset Of his term
was criticised bitterly, designediy and
methodically."
Other speakers were j. Van Vechten
Olcott and George D. Porter, director OF
public safety, OF Philadelphia. About four
hundred persons were present
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
Aeroplanes a $4,000 Fire

From The Tribune Correspondent
Mineola. Long Island. Dec. 29.-Fire de-
stroyed six OF the hangers On the grounds
of the Hampstead Plains Aviation Com
pany this morning and caused a loss to
buildings and contents estimated at
$4,000
Those who suffered the greatest loss
were Frederick G. Hid and Edward
Marshonett, who had all their savings
invested i'm four aeroplanes one bipane
and three monoplanes. which were unn-
sured and were to have been shipped 10
Sapto Domii go in few days. The ma
chimes had been built for that govern
ment They were a total loss
More than $4,000 worth of machines were
In the Moisant hangers. but the flames
could not reach them. The aviators, i'm
saving their machines and tools. were
severely burned. The origin of the fire is
not known.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
WILL TAKE HAMPDEN ROAD
Boston & Maine Directors Vote
to Buy or Lease

Boston. Dec. 29.-Directors OF the Bos-
ton & Maine Railroad voted to-day to
purchase or lease the Hampden Railroad.
The terms as to price and conditions, it
was announced, will be such as may be
approved by the Public Service Commits
sion.
The directors also voted TO follow the
recommendations OF the Public Service
Commission. that the Boston g. Maine
Join with the Hampden road in petition
ing the Legislature for relief from the
obligation to build branch lines into
Chicopee and Ilolyoke.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
Turns Over War Munitions.

Monies turned over 10 the rebels . gst-
ling guns. $50 horses, 50 rifles. ? rapid
fire guns and 5000 rounds Of ammunition.
His action is declared by rebels tc be the
first Of series OF wholesale desertions
from the Federal ranks In the vicinity II
Monterey.
Carranza's forces practically control al
territory around Monterey. ani hoy claim
that the Federals are tired OF being bot.
tied Up, with no hope Of escape.
After four months Of wear waiting
residents in rebel territory I'm Mexico are
getting their mail. An accumulation ci
more. than seven hundred sack is beirs
forwarded 70 destinations I'm M5Xi"o as C
result OF the restoration OF railwcy COM
munication to points in the interior oil
Chihuahua.
As the rebels open up the lines OF COM
munication additional mail will he sent IN.
Many OF the letters now beinS sent nave
been held in FL Paso for months.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
CASH FOR MEXICAN BANK
London Said to Have Supplied
Funds to Meet Crisis.
IBy Cable 10 Mo Trlbnne. I

Mexico city. Dec. 29.-lt is said that
the Bank OF London and Mexico will re-
ceive tomorrow from London GSoVW
which viii enable ii to face the situation
and restore public confidence.
II is understood that tine money is being
furnished by the original group OF linan-
ciers interested in the Institution, and thst
as result control of the bank may once
more pass from Paris To London.
The parent institution was the Bank
OF London. Mexico and South America.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
Fur Merchant Dies in Street.

Samuel s. Cohen. president OF the $.
Cohen Manufacturing Company. furriers.
No. is West 3lst street. died suddenly late
Yesterday afternoon In front OF the Hotel
Wolcott as he was about 10 enter a taxi
cab for his home. No. $50 Stone avenue,
Brooklyn. 4 hurry call was sent TO the
New York Hospital. but Cohen was dead
before a surgeon arrived. Mr.. Cohen was
forty years old He leaves a wife and
three children.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30

body was found in a trunk on Pier IT,
East River, on January 10, 1901 dftor
the trunk had remained there for
dav. Weisbard represented an East
Side jewery firm and sold goods from
door to door on the East side Incr5
was never clew to the murderer.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
Moose Plan Lincoln Dinner

A meeting waS held at Progressive q
headquarters yesterday by representa-
tives OF the party from this city and
vicinity to arrange for their second an
nuai Lincoln Day dinner. II was decided
to hold the dinner In the Hotel Astor. A
committee was formed. with George W.
Perkins chairman. and including Francis
W. Bird, chairman Of the committee on
arrangements. and William II. Childs,
treasurer
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30

The cart receiving their 81 and paying
10 cents for charges.
The descriptions Of the two men
agreed with those given by LOUIS rem
stein. sixteen years old, Of No. Al Pitt
street and Samuel Nable, eight years
old. of the same address. They sald
that between 10 and il o'clock TWO
men. one Of whom was pushing cart
Tho kind used by East Side pedlers'
came south in Pitt street. When IN
front of No. 47. which is barber shop
owned b. p. Rciff they stopped In
the doorway of the house Mrs. Rein,
wife of the barber, and Mrs. Wilmer
we're standing talking. when they
noticed the two men and the pushcar''
ON which was the trunk. They thought
perhaps the better dressed Of the TWO
men. who appeared TO have hired the
other to move his trunk was to be
roomer i'm the house. Curious TO ma
ont into which apartment he was going
they waited TO see.
After fifteen minutes or so the h''h
called to the Feinstein boy, who was
in charge of candy stand in front OF
the address, and asked him to Watch
the trunk. which they had put down on
the sidewalk. Nable was with Fem
stein and the two promised to keep
an eye. on il until the men returned
After an hours wait they became Gu
rious and called the police.
After the body was discovered 1t was
taken TO the Clinton street police sta
,ion. where throughout the afternoon
hundreds of East Siders were permit
ted to look upon the face of the dead
man in the hope that some one would
recognize him.
There were many who recognized
Kremcn as a laborer working for CON
tractors as a house wrecker.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
Taken from Train on Wav
to Ell Paso and Reported
Executed.
CATTLE ADDED TO
RANSOM FOR SON
Thousands of Head Turned Ov,.
to Insurgents, Who Threater
to Kill Prisoner
fBy Telegraph 10 The rrih,,,.

III Paso, Tex, Dec 29.-Friends
city Of Jose A. Ynez. attorney o. "N
Chihuahua interests Of General E.ui. IT, w.
razas, and one Of the prominent Iavu.
OF Mexico. were advised TODAY tn..
lad been taken from a train pear ,..
border this morning and executed -
rebels. Confirmation of the remova, :,
Ynez from a northbound Mexican Con-,
train has been obtained. but IL has ~,
yet been determined definitely that n.
lawyer has been put TO death.
Ynez was coming to the border n .ss,,,
in the negotiations for the release =,
Colonel Luis Terrazas. jr., and il ia said
that he would probably be opposed q,
General Terrazas paying the 800 Oo0 ron.
som demanded by General Pancho vuI.
1t is believed mere that Ynez has been
made a prisoner to force him TO urge
payment Of the ransom.
In addition to the cash ransom IN.
rebels are demanding OF General Terraza.
all OF his cattle in the State of chihuahua
for the release Of his son. Bills Of sale for
thousands OF head OF cattle have been
given by the aged MEXICAN millionaire
through Gabriel Viscarre. the Constit,i.
tionalist agent i'm Fl Paso, in the effort Ia
get his son out OF the hands Of the rebels.
Negotiations for the payment OF the cash
ransom are being carried on here with
Aureliano Gonzales, formerly rebel Gov.
ernor of Chihuahua
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
TO CURE 4 COLD n ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUINlNE Tablets.
refund money n n fails TO cure e.
W GROVES signature II on each box. 25c
Adv
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
Cold Keeps Kline at Home.

There were rumors that the Mayor ab-
sence was due To the fact that durihs
the day he had found IL necessary to re-
verse Waldos orders transferring the
men I'm charge OF the departments at
Headquarters. and that this had caused
slight disagreement between the two.
However. there were plenty of others
there 10 raise the chorus OF praise. Mr..
Waldo himself. In a modest way, had a
few good words To say about the success
fu manner In which he had run the de-
partment. together with few slaps al
the motives OF his critics.
This IS. so far as know" Mr.. Wailo
said. the only occasion upon which a
dinner has been given TO The outgoing
Police Commissioner. In twelve years
there have been eight Police Commission
ers. the average time OF service, there
fore. being about one ana one-hait years
I have held that ONCE for almost twice
this period For my part ! am glad that
nay term is about completed.
Waldo said that his only future inter
est in the department was that the new
administration should Try to bring about
n higher standard OF honor and discipline
among the police. so that the people
should give II the respect and adml-
ration II deserves. Nothing does more
injury To the force" he said, than the
abuse piled upon eleven thousand men
by those seeking political fame and fort
uue. even at the expense Of thousands
of innocent men.
At the end OF years OF the most pains
taking Investigation" he continued. only
a small fraction OF I PEI cent of them
can be shown TO have been guilty OF any
crime. de- not know OF any body OF
men Of equal size who could have been
so thoroughly investigated and so few
found guilty