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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
WOMAN WINS IN $2,ooo,ooo CASE
Irish Claimants Beaten In COntes
for MckeOwn Estate.

WAsHINGroN. Pa. Sept. 3,-Judge 3.
A. Mcllvaine handed down decree to-
day sustaining Mrs. Anna Braden Of this
place In her claim to the property left
ner by her mother. Mrs. Sara King Me-
keown. wifi. of John Mckeown. who
died three years ago. The decision
settled an International contest foi
the estate Of $4,000. 900 left by John
Mckeown. who for years was leading
oil producer of western Pennsylvania
The contention was made that McKeown
never was married legally.
Mrs Bradens three brothers. William
and Scott McKeown of Washington. and
James h. McKeown of Franklin. several
weeks ago effected a settlement by pay
ing $4,000 to Irish claimants Of the
estate. Mrs. Braden. the only daughter
refused to settle and has won in net
long hght. the Irish claimants having
failed to fle exceptions within the time
limit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
SING SING LITER" MISSING.
kilbride KILLED Brooklyn woman
Other COnvicta Cheer.

OssiNiNG, Sept. 3.-John Kilbride. 3s
years old, a life prisoner at Sing Sing
for murder. escaped late this afternoon.
He was In his place at 40 o'clock. but
when the prisoners were aligned prepara.
o'clock he was missing.
All the keepers who had been on duty
to-day were present and at the direction
OF Warden Clancy they assisted In q
search OF tho boxes ready for shipmen,
and other places In which he might have
hidden.
kilbride was under the charge oi
Keeper Hugh Lavery In the shipping de-
partment. The prison officials said the,
were sure KilbrIde coud not have go,
outside the prison walls.
The convicts yelled and hurrahed wher
through cell windows they saw the crowd,
on the outside attracted by the blowing OF
the big whistle. and there was considera.
BILE excitement among them for an houi
or more.
kilbride came to the prison from Kings
county on July IS. 1906. He had beer
convicted Of murder in the second degree
At party given in Brooklyn on tn,
night oCJune 6. 1905. John Kilbride paid
marked attention to a certain Mrs
John Kelly. the wife OF an employee o
the Crescent Athletic Club. Kelly called
at the reception for his wife and wher
he found her with Kilbride he began
heated argument. kilbride drew a CUR
and fired at Kelly. but the bullet strucl
Mrs. Kelly. killing her. kiibrde ther
made a dash for the door and escaped
on June kilbride surrendered him
self to the police at Fort Hamilton sta
tton and after a quick trial got a lif'
sentence.
Recently at Sing Sing he confessed Il
having murdered young man namet
Hardy. whose body was found in New
York Bay.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
HETCH. WATER
BILL PASSED BY HOUSE
Project for Lake in Beautiful
Valley Has Been Denounced
as q Grab.

wAsHINGroN. Sept 3--The House by q
vote Of 1873 to 43 passed to-day the water
project bill providing for the grant Of an
extensive tract OF land In the Hetch-
Hetchy Valley. part OF the Yosemite
Valley National Park. This project has
been before Congress for several years
and has been u matter Of bitter contro-
versy.
II was opposed by a group OF Legislators
who insist that the creation Of $4,000
acre lake in the Hetch.IIetchy Valley de-
stroys n place OF natural beauty. second
only to the wonderful Yosemite Valley.
The Hetch-Hetchy Valley is more than
1900 feet above the level OF the sea. II IL
about l&O miles southeast OF San Fran.
cisco. The creation Of the Hetch- -Hetchy
Valley lake is projected primarily TO sup.
ply pure water for drinking and other pur.
poses to San Francisco. The water sup
ply Is expected incidentally to be utilized
by power plants
San Francisco has bonded itself to pro
vide for the construction OF the lake anC
the adueduct. The cost of the scheme vii
approximate $4,000, 900. Engineers hav.
estimated that the water power obtainabl,
through the downward steps of the sque
duct from the Hetch-Hetchy Valley to
San Francisco will prove Of great profit tt
the projectors Of the scheme and tn,
lessees Of the water power.
one Of the stanchest opponents OF tn,
Hetch- -Hetchy lake project for many year,
has been John Muir. the naturalist. wht
has expressed the opinion that the Hetch
Hetchy Valley is the most beautiful wood
land spot in the world. In his writing.
and lectures he has fought the project.
The bill In Congress grants to the mu
nicipal corporation OF San Francisco all o
the rights in perpetuity
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
LARRY DOYLE IS MARRIED.
Miss Gertrude T.. McCOmbs aud
Giants Captain We'd at City Hail.

Larry Doyle. captain and second base
man OF the Giants. and Miss Gertrude
Elizabeth McCombs Of Florida were mar
ried yesterday in the City Hall by Alder
man Nathan Lieberman.
II took some ,iinc TO ind the Alderman
after the license WAS obtained. Free!
Merkle. first baseman OF the Giants, aided
DOYLE I'm getting the license in the morn
ing and helped in the search for the AL
derman. After the marriage the coupl,
hurried away in "A taxicab and Merkle
went to the Polo Grounds. Arthur Shafer
played second base in Doyle's place.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
MOORE, THE ALlM0NY
D0DGER, DIES SUDDENLY
He Owed His Wife $4,000 and
Was Arrested Many
Times.

HAcxENsAcK. y. J.. Sept 3---Henry T..
Moore. the wealthy Philadelphia aiimony
dodser died in the Hackensack Hospital
late tonight. lie was under $4,000
bail pending his wtfe's suit to recover
$4,000 back alimony.
Eice-Chancellor Stevens recently ap-
pointed commission to inquire into
Moores sanity on September 10. Death
Is thought to have been due to acute
BriGhts disease and paresis.
Moore had succeeded for over ten years
in defying the courts by dodging payment
on alimony awarded to his wife. Gertrude
L. Moore. in 1909 by Philadelphia
Judge. who granted her a bill Of separa-
tion. The alinony was fixed at S333.33 IA
month.
Moore got out OF the jurisdiction OF the
Pennsylvania courts and came to New
York He lived at 209 West Ninety
| seventh street. In the following year
Moore was accused by James keeyan. a
New York teamster. OF stealing his wife.
Keegan attacked him and was sent to jail
/ for sixty days for assault.
In 1909 Mrs. Moore had her former
husband arrested ON charge Of living
| with a woman known as Mrs. Anna Bel
| mont. She also began action in New
| York to enforce the payment of the
Philadelphia slimony judgment. Moore
| was held in contempt OF court here and
again fed from his troubles. lie next
turned up In Rutherford. y. j., where a
| niece Of Mrs. Moore found him in 1911
| living the life OF an idle gentleman. He
was arrested In contempt proceedings.
| Mrs. Moore alleging that she had reason
to believe that he intended to leave the
State.
Moore was sent to the Hackensack
Hospital instead of to the county jail.
on the plea that he was sick. Four
months later ex-Mayor H. Otto Wittpen
of Jersey City interested himself In
Moore's behalf and he was released In
| $4,000 bail. furnished by william c.
Sherwood, ex-City Clerk John II. Morris.
John Prout and County Judge George O..
Tenant. all Of Jersey City.
Moore again disappeared. but the
| bondsmen found him In New Haven.
| Conn, In the middle OF July last. and he
was returned to the county Jail In
| Hackensack.
He was released from Jail on August
10 under a $50. 900 surety bond Later
Vice. ncellor Stevens appointed COM
| mission to examine into his sanity. He
| was then In the Hackensack Hospital
| where he remained until he died.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
CHICAGO GAINS e2,l00.
CITY Directory Census Made % show
2.8ss,BOO Population.

CHIcAoo. Sept. 3.--Chlcago's population
has Increased 62.10O since September.
1912, according TO the count made BY the
Chicago Directory Company. The popula-
tion this year is estimated at i,SSS.bOO
Last year II was 2.32S.%0O.
The new 1918 directory made its ap-
pearance to-day. The book contains
nearly 100000 names. not counting
duplicates in the business and home sec.
tons Of the volume.
The increase OF 62.100 10 based on Q
census taken by the publishing company
In which canvassers go over the city three
times to make sure they have not missed
any names.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
ANNIVERSARY OF SEDAN.
Ed"uard Oetaiile's Reply 10 German
Who Wanted Battle Psiuted.
SDsri0I Cohl, D,snafrh IN Tar 0uS

PARIs. Sept. 3.-The anniversary OF the
disaster to the French arms at Sedan in
the Franco-Prussian war recalls the story
OF the late EdOuard Detailie's re,ort to
the German impressario who asked the
famous painter OF battle scenes to paint
panorama Of incidents in the battles
around Sedan and offered him 1000 francs
t$600). Detaille refused.
How much. then asked the German,
Five miliards replied Detalle. re-
ferring to the indemnity one billion dollars
which France was obi ged to pay TO Prus-
sla after the war
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
GERMANY SEEKS OWN WIRELESS
Trying TO Establish System inde-
pendent Of the British.
IL CahI< n IN Tae sur

BERLIN. Sept. S.-Recent experiments
with new method OF wireless telegraphy.
especially those conducted by Goldschmidt
at Hanover and Tuckerton. N. j.. have
stimulated Germany to try TO perfect a
scheme which would make II independent
Of the British wireless system.
An effort In now being made to estab-
Iish a wireless system between Nauen and
Togoland. Southwest Africa, and the Cam
eroOns II Ia proposed also to establish
an Independent German wireless system
In the South Pacific A large station Is to
he built Rt Samoa with range OF 1870
miles. with stations In New Guinea and
MarshAll Islands. all interconnected and
In direct communication with Europe by
means Of the Dutch cable from Yap. one
Of the islands In the Caroline group.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
COL. FITzGE0RGE HERE.
Younger Son Of the Duke Of Cam.
bridse Criticises HaIdane.

Col. Sir Augustus Fitzgeorge. X. C..
V. O.. G. b.. younger son OF the late
Duke OF Cambridge, was a passenger
on the steamship Csrmania. which ar
rived from Liverpool yesterday. He 10 a
retired soldier. 65 years old and unmar-
ried. He Is on his way to Cobalt. Canada.
where he owns three mines.
He classed Viscount Haldane. who re-
Gently visited New York. as a good poll
tician and lawyer. but bad soldier.
Col. Fitzgeorge. who was formerly an
officer In the citadel at Quebec. said that
Viscount Haldane antagonixed military
men In England while Secretary Of State
for War by his efforts to abolish the
militia system
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
ODDS IA to l AGAINST GAYN0R
Drsp From to I In . Week-Mc.
Call At Evens.

Betting odds In Wall Street yesterday
were ~ 70 l against Mayor Gaynor. A
week ago they were to l.
In certain quarters the betting was
/. to against Mitchell and to against
Gaynor. while the betting on Mccall was
even A, she opening Of the betting last
week tho c,sis were 8 to against Mitchell.
. to against Mayor Gaynor and even
on MCCALL.
One bet Of $500 was registered At even
money on MCCALL yesterday. and It Ia
asserted that there 10 plenty Of money
to be staked on the sarne basis.
One man said yesterday that II Hearst
was nominated he had $500 to bet
against $500 that he would be elected.
while In another quarter 800 to $500 was
wagersd that Mccall gets $4,000 plurality.
A bet OF $500 even money was also re-
corded that Prsndergast beats Metx.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
DEMOCRACY AT HER BEST.
ters Servants In London.
SpeciAi Gable DsspQfch TO Tax SuN.

LONDON. Sept. SIT has just become
generally known that u daughter Of Min
lister OF Agriculture Petersen Of Denmark
Is working in London as domestic ser
want In family which was astonished
when her Identity became known acci-
dentaliy.
The daughter Of Minister Of Education
Nielsen is also in London looking for a
similar position. The object OF the young
women Ia to learn the English language
and domestic life. Their parents approve
Of the method they have adopted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
GAYNoR cHEERED BY 5000.
remarkable scene Attends Mayors
Opeu AIR NOnination.

Rema rka bIe scene Atoeu0s Mayors
Opep AIR Nonination.
Mayor Gaynor sat in the portico Of the
City Hall In the noon hour yesterday
and heard from the lips Of 5000 OF his
fellow citizens that he Is their chosen
candidate again for the office OF Mayor
of New York. He agreed to run.
Mr.. Gaynor was not we'll. The dis
tressing throat trouble which kept him
away from his office all Of last week
was stiil upon him. Most Of the time
that the ceremony Of notification was
going on he sat among the leaders OF his
cause.
His secretary, Robert Adamson. read
his speech OF acceptance while the Mayor
looked on. But when MIR. Adamson
reached the end Of the address--it was
very short and full OF barbed shafts
and read the sentence concluding The
people of this city are going to shovel all
Of these miserable little political srafters
into one common dump heap the Mayor
jumped forward and said;
Yes. that is what we are going to do
shovel all the miserable grafters into the
common dump"
And fitting his action to the words he
seized a workmans spade and went
through the motions Of shovelling. the
politicians out. II was Tot the ghded
spade with the red white and blue handle
that he used. but one Of the homely tools
that laborer will use to-day. perhaps.
in digging for the citys new subway
system
The crowd clapped the Mayor. and then
he and his leaders-R. Ross Appleton.
Jacob H. Schiff. Herman Ridder. Fire
Commissioner johnson and the rest-re-
tired to the recessss OF the City Hall.
Sack 10 the OLD Days.
! It was q celebration without precedent
almost since the days OF Now Amsterdam.
Pohtca! srayheads who gathered In City
Hall Park yesterday had never before seen
town meeting Of this metropolis. town
meeting which had as dts purpose the re-
nomination Of Mayor. There have been
notification meetings without end. per-
'unctory affairs at which the nominee
strikes his keynote and all the political
drausht horses stand by and applaud. But
not within the memory OF the oldest in
habitant have we publicly nominated .
MayU IN town meeting
The Mayor made no eonorous promises.
He said that the incident was unique. that
me nomination was made IN the open air
and not In upstairs conferences Of the
oossea' He added in three short SON.
fences that his chosen emblem Of the
shovel means not only the construction
OF The city's new subway systems. but
Hs elimination Of graft.
Inc Mayors speech had no word for
.ne rlsionists. 1t was aimed directly at
Iammany Hail. and he mentioned the
~ H..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
ZIONIST CONGRESS IN uPRoAR.
AccssatOry TeleGram From MaH
NoPdau Causes General Disturbance.

NoPdau Causes General Disturba nee.
Special Cable Dsspofch TO Tas suH.
VIENNA, Sept. 3.-There was a breezy
session of the Zionist Congress here to-
day following the receipt Of telegram
from DR.. Max Nordau from Paris ac-
cusing the leaders Of the movement Of
having forsaken their high ideals.
Some Of the delegates hotiy opposed
ths proposal to send reply to the tele-
gram and In the medley Of proposals and
counter proposals. shouted fiom all parts
Of the hail President wolfYsohn could
not make himself heard. Peace was
finally restored. but the session WAS ad-
journed without q decision having been
reached in regard to the Nordau tele-
gram.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
$s7. 500 FOR GRAM OF RADIUM.
PrussiRu Government buys II fol
Hospital and Scientific Use.
Special Cable Despatch TO t.

Spetl07 t06Ie DesDdfcN 70 TIE Sun.
BERLIN. Sept. 3.-The Prussian Govern
ment has bought gram OF radium for
$S7.500 for hospital and scientific use.
Prof Hys is making an appeal to the
nation to subscribe to the fund for tine
purchase of radium. which has already
reached $2OO,O
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
INQUIRY GOES ON IN SECRET.
Coroner and state OniciaIs Refuse
10 give Out Testimony.

NEW HAVEN, Sept. 3.-The inquiry he
gun yesterday morning by the New Haven
railroad officials the Public Utilities Com
mission OF Connecticut and Coroner Ell
MixSnto the wreck at North Haven yes
terday in which twenty-one persons We're
killed. was continued this morning In the
railroads offices.
As on the preceding day the inquiry was
secret and little more than the names Of
the witnesses WAS made public. Tho
policy of secrecy which Is being followed
WAS attributed to-day by the railroad
officials TO the desires Of Coroner Nix
and of Chief Engineer c. c. Elwell of
the Public Utilities Commission.
The question whether this policy should
be pursued further in the face of the
criticism 1t was evoking was discussed
practically all this afternoon by railroad
men and by other officials involved. The
matter finally was put up to Mix and
Elwell with compet. power to do as they
saw fit.
Both declined to alter the position which
they had taken yesterday and tine testi-
mony Of the witnesses remained in The
hands only Of the officials mentioned and
OF the railroad.
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said that he would explain his reasons
to the newspaper men II they would call
| on MN al the Coroners oftlce'
The chief engineer or the commission
came out into the narrow hall leading 70
the Coroner's office, which is upstairs
over a restaurant, after repeated knock
% roronsr and s,,,ss Attorney Arnon A
Alling agreed that 1t would he unwise 10
allow the statements made at the inquiry
to fall into the hands OF possible de-
PENDANTS In case criminal prosecution
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04

ustyss ssss si sisss s,sppsssd Ss,tisG-Als.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-04
Mayor Gaynos's speech.

os~ttwusd on yftA. Rs0st
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-22

A diamond is a chunk of highly com.
pressed prosperity, and is used prin'
cipally to announce the same.
Diamonds are composed Of pure car
bon. Next to being honest diamond
Is the hardest thing in the world When
Ii is found, 1t is rough and unattrac-
tive, and it takes months to grind II
down into a graceful shape. When q
diamond is cut and mounted, it spar<les
like best seller conversation. A large
diamond, worn In the shirt front, is q
beautiful ornament, and usually de-
tracts a great deal attention from the
plain face above 1t.
Diamonds are found In South Africa
and South America. The soil Of the
United States is not impregnated with
them, but II Broadway were to be swept
with a dragnet at night and the results
boiled down, 1t would yield upward Of q
carload of fine stones.
The diamond is used by young ladies
as an advertisement OF their engage
ment, and nothing so solidifies the love
of a girl for her hero as nice caret
stone in a ring. In some cases the more
heroes she can have the better. and
when she is finally married she has a
barrel of souvenir rings.
Diamonds are often INDUCED to excess
by the very rich. A few diamonds at
tached to q perfect lady are all right,
but when she has to wear them In her
teeth and on her ankles In order to
make room, she Is no better than a
pawnbroker's show window.
Diamonds are often used by men as
an investment The price OF diamonds
= always going UP. and the man who
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-22
Eastern Cities Fall in Line.

Jersey City will enjoy the distinction
of being the largest Eastern city to
adopt the commission form of govern
ment, which shows that this attempt
at municipal reform is eating its way
more and more into this section of the
United States after being in force and
on trial in the West. The spirit of the
times almost everywhere is one of dis
satisfaction with the results of a sys-
tenn of city rule which is partisan.
Therein, no doubt, lies the evil of its
i'll success, as the administration of the
business of a city is made a political,
and even personal, opportunity.
OF course there is a drawback in
this innovation. Nothing in the way
Of political administration can ever be-
come absolutely perfect Any COM
munity can get along with and exercise
control over handful of men elected
as their commissioners, but with an
entire party and ali that this means and
all that is behind it, they cannot.
Jersey City is called upon as one of
the leading cities of the East to DEM
onstrate what it can accomplish under
the new regime. If success there will
be other cities to follow suit, though
some of its near neighbors have de-
clined to take the step.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-22
Sheep.

The placing of raw wool on the free
list in the Underwood bill has brought
from the fock-masters of the country
very emphatic bleat Under the
present law they are protected by a
duty which in ad valorem terms is
equivalent to IS to so per cent. In
most cases the woolgrower sells his
wool at price equal to the London
price, plus the duty, and free wool
means serious competition and lower
prices.
In a general way the effect of free
wool-assuming for the present that
the Senate will leave it in the bill
can be foretold. The sheep of the
United States fall naturally into three
groups. In the first place, there are
approximately 100000 fine wool sheep,
kept chiefly in Ohio and the neighbor-
ing States. These sheep produce the
finest wool in the United States, and
are not used for mutton; the entire
cost of their keep is borne by the wool
and as a result the tariff board showed
a cost of 10 cents per pound against
the wool produced by these sheep.
When it is recalled that the net charge
against Australian wool is only few
cents, it is clear that these sheep can
not exist without tariff. These sheep
present to the legislator the question
whether or not it is economically profit
able to maintain this highly specialized
division of the industry.
In the second place, there are about
100000 so-called cross-bred sheep,
chiefly in the East and Middle West,
which are raised chiefly for their NUT
ton. Wool produced by these sheep is
a by-product, and the tariff board
showed that there is no net charge
against it. If all the sheep in the
United States were cross-breds and
were raised in connection with general
AdiihliiS, lIO duty "Oulu DC HS(CSodIy
Free wool will encourage the extension
of this branch of the wool industry.
There is, finally, the great focks on
the ranges of the far West, numbering
approximately 100000 Under the
existing conditions it costs 8 or 9
cents more to produce the wool grown
on these hocks than that grown on
the hocks of Australia. But if the
up-to-date methods used in Australia
were adopted in the West, the difference
in cost of production would be ma
terially diminished 1t is probable that
free wool, although at first injurious,
would ultimately benefit the wool
growing industry of Our far West.