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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
KIDNAPPING BAIL CUT
New Indictments Against one
Man Held in Longo Case.

The six Italians. one of them won
an. who were indicted Wednesday on
charge of kidnapping Frank Longo;
Of 100 Blocker St. were arralgheu
Yesterday before Judge Swami IN len
cral Sessions. Antonio Siragusa', the
alleged leader of the gang, has nsd me niS
bail reduced from $4,000 to S-O'VoV:
The bail of $4,000 IN the case OF
the Others. as set by Magistrate NC
Quaide. stands. . c..
In opposing the reduction OF sra
cusa's bail Assistant District Attorney
Weller said that the man had many
friends who would gladly give bal to
the extent of $4,000 and that II sra
gusa was released he would doubtlessly
90 back to Italy and escape punish
ment. None of the prisoners VIII be
placed on trial until the investigation
of the so-called "kidnapper trust has
been completed. They were unable to
furnish bail and were sent back to the
TOmbs. 3,
Nicola Ratola. one of the men held
in connection with the Longo case, was
also indicted yesterday on charge o..
being implicated in the kidnapping OF
Cosmo de Fiore. of 1873 West Houston
Il. Four indictments were returned IN
all. Ratola will be brought up TO
plead to the new Indictment to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
Welded, TO CROSS
SEA in LIFEB0AT
Honeymoon Trip in &C.
Footer Planned by Capt.
SiVard and Bride.

A trip across the Atlantic in a thlr-
ty-six-foot power lfeboat is not a
Journey that many honeymoon couples
enjoy. In fact, Einar Sivard. naval
architect and superintendent of the
Weln Marine Equipment Company, of
Long Island City. and his young wife.
Signc Holm Sivard. will be the first ones
to attempt it. They expect to sail from
the Battery July - and 20 by way Of
Boston and Halifax 10 ST. Johns. and
cross the ocean from that point 20
Queenstown
TIE Sivards were married recently.
In order that the young wife may ac-
company her husband on the trip she
will muster in as cook. The crew VIII
include navigator. wireless oper-
ator, an engineer and one sailor. They
expect 20 make the trip in about a
month unless the weather proves too
unfavOrable.
The lifoboat is Lundin OF the type
asserted to be non-capsizable. non
smashable and practically non-sink-
Bile. The boat is expected to weather
any seas. Captain Sivard SAYS the
onlv danger is in being run down by
an ocean liner. The little vessel was
lAuUNntu .
company Wednesday afternoon.
While 7he was constructed especially
for this trip. she differs only in size
from power lifcboats Of the same type
DESIGNED for actual use on ocean liners.
She mas a length of thlrty-slX tect ara
beam Of twelve feet. while the larg
est similar craft previously built is
thirty feet long and ten feet wide. Her
cabin for ;he captain and his wife and
sleeping quarters for the crew.
The craft is built oF galvanized steel,
with a watcrtight deck about six inches
above the load water line. The space
between this deck and the bottom IS
eubdlvided into numerous watertlght
commandments. several Of which may
become filled with water without IN the
least cadangcring the boat steel
house With watertight portfolios doors
and ventilators encloses all but d small
part 1f the boat fore and aft, where
short decks are provided for the helms
man and the lookout.
Il is equipped with thirty-two- morse
power. four-cyliuder engine and Gaso-
lene tanks that will enable IT 20 remain
ct sea for many days. II has also a
Marconi wireless apparatus with a
radius o. from so TO 100 miles
The mower boat will tow an open
lifcboat on the journey. The open sea
trip from St. Johns 10 Queenstown IS
expected to occupy from ifteen 70 sew
cntcen DAYS. From Queenstown the lit
tie craft will proceed along the ring
lisb coast to London. If all goes well
the retIln trip may be made over the
same route.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
CURTISS HANDLES
SEA FLIER BETTER
Raises America from Lake S
Surface with Load Of
1900 Pounds.

Hammondsport, y. Y. July 10. With
Glenn Curtiss in the pilots seat, the
transatlantic flying boat America
planed TO-DAY more successfully than
i'm her previous tests. The America
arose on slow speed from the surface
Of Lake Keuka with load OF approx
nately 300 pounds.
The new sea sled Of the craft was
boarded at each side to-day TO prevent
the wash of waters over the upper sur
face. and the boards ripped on IN
tests Yesterday were replaced. Ny
Curtiss said that he may make tests to-
morrow with the full transatlantic
load.
There is q question Of the temporary
hull being able 10 sustain the shock or
landing. It's principle is. right, Mr..
Curtiss and Lieutenant Porte believe,
and after few trials with the tenn
porsrv null Mr. Curtiss will notify
Lieutenant Porte 20 return here from
New York.
II Lieutenant Porte finds the ne"
hull satisfactory he Will Immediately
prepare for his departure for -.
John. Nfld. Meanwhile the America
will be equipped with a permanent sea
sled bottom and shipped TO Newfound-
land for start across the ocean, prob
ably about August 10, it was said TO-
deN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
WOMAN'S DEATH
PUZZLES POLICE
Body Found at Foot Of Stair
way in Basement-Skull
Fractured.

Mrs. Mary Fitzpatrick, Of go 7th ST..
BROOKLYN, was found dead early TINS
morning at the foot of the basement
stairs in the home Of her niece. Mrs.
Frederick b. Adams. at $50 8th 81.
The Adams family were out Tor the
evening When they returned they no
ticed that the door leading 20 the base
mcnt was open. One Of them switched
on the lights and saw the body OF Mrs.
Fitzpatrick lying on the floor near the
bottom Of the stairway.
DR.. Wood was called from the Metho-
dist Episcopal Hospital. He said that
the woman's skull had been fractured
and that She had been dead some time.
The physician did not agree with the
t,eory OF the police that Mrs. Fitz-
patrick had been attacked by burg
lars. Detective, are puzzled by inc
case.
70 Is believed that she started 20
enter the parlor when she arrived last
o,ght and found the family out, and
mistook the basement door. which IS on
the same level
The accident theory was further
strengthened By a careful examination
Of the house. There was no sign Of
burglars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17

Notwithstanding Jim" Corbetts
fainting dead away and interrupting
things for a while, it was great day
the Friars had up at Glenwood- on the
Sound. Jim" didn't take much time
out. He lust went quietly OF and lay
down under the trees while the ball
game was going on, and DR.. hehry
Carey put ice on the gentlemanly wal
lopcr's mead until he came completely
back
Yes. completely back although not
ten minutes before young man
scarcely known to the public. but
whose initials are George VI. Conan.
had said something hard and crool
about Corbett. 1t came about this way:
Jim" who was playing for the Col
lier-Collier senior and Collier Junior
team. took one more base than Frank
Sheridan was willing to give free. TO
back, Go back" yelled Sheridan.
ayes, go back! go back muttered
the son Of Jerry j. Conan, the orotner
Of Josephine Niblo,. the husband Of
we'll. ANYHOW. Huh! that fellows been
going back for years" he concluded, IN
n stage whisper.
II Wasn't the Cigar.
Some persons thought it was this re-
mark that made Jim" faint; others
fancied II was the cigar he smoked
while rlayinc first base. But II couldn't
have been the cigar, for Jim was
still working on the butt, as he sat,
looking tit and fine, on the porch at
Karatsonyi's Hotel an hour later.
Dr. J. Victor Wilson. who does the
press work for the Strand Theatre,
tainted IL bit later IN the day. and
Willie Collier had his nose slammed
BY Al Cross elbow until n near blcd.
but these were the only other tragic
Happenings.
And now. having listed the casualties
first. as is always proper in a news
paper story. its worth mentioning that
the Cohan team licked the Collier ag-
grcgation by score Of 10 TO g.
The sOrcst person Of all, necessarily.
was Buster" Collier, who il an actor,
too. sometimes. when they have Juvc-
nile casts His aged father. who
pitched. and "Jack" Gleason. who
caught. and johnny Hyams. who played
third base. and MONTY" Sampler. who
really starred al second, didn't seem 70
mind nearly % much ~ "RustcI' dad
although. TO he sure. Collier pcrc did
kick like a real big Lacquer when Sam
n iris. Who pitched for the Cohan
team. tried 10 establish the pitcher
box some thlrty-two feet from the
plate.
Georgia Cohan played second for his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
HELD BY 0OZE, HE
BROWNS in TIDE
Steps Off Bridge Over Marsh at
Night-Find Boys Body in
Staten Island Sound.

Havcrstraw. July Is. Persons living
in the neIglborhood recalled. after the
body Of Paul Fisher had been found
to-day near Iona Island, that they had
heard terrible cries "a little before
dawn. Fisher was caught in the mud
and held there, slowly sinking, until
the tide drowned him.
II is believed that he walked of the
narrow bridge over the marsh late at
night. He sank until only his head and
shoulders were above the surface.
Fisher was a man Of powerful build
and a former sailor He was sixty
five years old.
\ body which had been in the water
less than twenty-four hours. physl-
cIans think. was found in Staten Island
Sound off the Bergen Point lighthouse
yesterday
II was the body Of boy about four
teen years old. four feet i've inches
tall and weighing about siXty-iive
pounds. II was clad in blue bathing
suit. On the middle finger Of the left
hand was a signet ring with the initials
IL. R.
Frank NJ. Packard, Of Continental
Vile. lost his train by five seconds at
the Storm King station yesterday, and
Albert Adams. twelve years old, and
Louis Wixcn, fourteen, owe their lives
20 Packard's Ill luck.
Packard had seated himself on the
river bank to cool off after his futile
run He heard cries and saw the boys
struggling in the water beside an over
turned canoe He swan out and got
the Adams boy. leaving WiXon clingrg
TO the canoe. Then he went back and
brought Wiz ashore.
Edward Reineck. nine years old. Of
2ll East seth St. was saved last night
from the East River by Frederick
Helen. Of the East 55th st. lfesaving
station. The boy was caught by the
current and carried beyond the reach
OF the Youngsters with him.
None of them could swim. so they
screamed for help. Hefcn jumped in.
got the child by the hair and brought
him ashore after a hard fight with the
cddieS of the 55th ST. docks. A Flower
Hospital ambulance surgeon revived
Reincck and sent him home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
Sperry Unable to Com
plete Safety Device in
Time for Start.
TRANS-SEA FLIGHT
TO BEGIN AUGUST ID
De Lloyd Thompson May Try for
American Altitude Record
July %.

Lieutenant John c. Porte will be
unable TO obtain a Sperry staollizer
for use when he tries to ny across
tho Atlantic Ocean next month, &C
cordinr 10 information given out last
nigh, bv William d. Cash, who is IN
charge Of the preparations Tor the at
tempt to win the $4,000 prize ohered
bv 1.-THE London Daily Mall
Aftcr conference with Mr.. Sperry'
Nr. Cash said that II would BE- I'M
nossible 10 finish one Of the instru-
ments IN time for the flight. when
* expected to take place about Au-
gust 10. Ii had been planned TO ask
the United States government, TOT
which the first six stabillzers are 10
he made. 70 reinQuish It's claim 10 the
first one. that Porte might use ~;
In view Of the short time when VIII
elapse before the flight, however ~. ~
is not likely that such request VIII
be made. ,
Mr.. Sperry has been in Washington
for several days. consulting win
navy officials. and he reports that
there is a growing optimism among
lem regarding the possibility Of
successful trip across the ocean M
Sperry spent some time YESTERDAY
consulting with Lieutenant forte anu .I
Captain Creagh- Osborne. Porte. "lli
take things easy until ne is ADVISED
that the America is in shape for far-
Their ex. eriments. This will be two OF
three days.
President Alan r. Hswlev. Of the
Aero Club OF America is IN receipt
OF telegram from ". b. Strang. VINO
represents the club in Kansas City
asking for the loan of barograpn
capable of registering an altitude OF
$4,000 feet. The message says tnat
DeLloyd Thompson, one of the few
"loopers" IN America, intends 10 try
FOR the worlds altitude record at
Overland Aviation Field July %.
No instrument in this country Will
register the height mentioned, and
1t would take six weeks TO obtain
the Paragraph from France. so It Is
unlikely that Thompson will be able
10 make the attempt at the time
named. He may 60 out for the Amer
lcan record, however. in an effort 20
beat the mark Of 1919 feet made
by Theodore c. MacCauley. In order
10 win an official record Thompson
would have 10 ascend 10 an altitude
Of $50 metres above the existing rec
ord
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
RATTLESNAKE PETE
BITTEN; MAY DIE
New Jersey Expert on Reptiles
Fails to Hold Big Copper
head He Had COrnered.

Dover. y. j.. July Is. "Rattlesuake
Pete" at Lake Denmark. who has capt
ured more live snakes than any other
man in this section, was bitten by a
big copperhead this morning. II is
feared tonight he will die.
Pete corucrcd the snake one of the
largest specimens ever seen here but
after grabbing IT could not hold It. and
the reptile sank its tangs into his left
hand. Pete. was rushed TO DR.. II. W.
Rice. AT Wharton. but tonight the vet
Grams hand is as large as h ham.
Rockaway. y. j.. July Is. William
Odell. of PlcatInny. was bitten on the
right hand to-day as he was catching a
pilot snake. He had been offered S25
for a live pilot. When he became un-
but the doctor said his condition was
cure and that ne would recover.
Stony Point. y. y. July lG. super
ntendent Herbert Andrew. Of Palisadc
Park. where two women have been bit
ten by copperheads this week. one Of
whom Miss May !. Lcrc. Of Brooklyu
died yesterday. said to-day that the un-
usual number Of snakes seen this sea
son is tho result of the wet weather.
In ordinary summers The snakes would
have sought the Swamps before this
time.
John Saunders was attacked by q
coppcrhcad AT Rockland Lake to-day
but succeeded in killing It with a crow
bar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
NO RELIEF FOR BANKRUPT
Judge Refuses Discharge Be
cause Surplus Vanished.

Because Max Loeb of the firm of VI.
Loeb & Co., wholesale milliners. of 10
Division ST.. issued statement indi-
eating that the firm had surplus of
$4,000 few months before it went on
the rocks. in 1912. Judge Hand, in the
federal district court. yesterday de-
clined to discharge him from bank
ruptcy. The court consented. how
ever, to the discharge of Solomon Lib
Ian. Loeb's partner.
Loeb's discharge was opposed by
Martin {. AnSorge for the Bryant
Park Bank. one of the creditors. The
referee decided in favor Of the bank
rupts on the ground that Loeb may
have made a mistake in making up
his inventory. Judge Hand held that
suggested error may have been either
way and ought to be disregafded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
HORSES KILL AND MAIN
One Baby Injured and Another
Dead in The Bronx.

Horses. instead of automobiles. were
guilty Of the death Of one child and
the injury Of another IN The Bronx
yesterday.
Edith Johnson. two and a half years
old. was playing with some children in
a vacant lot near the beach at Lob
bauer's Park while her mother was
bathing. 4 construction company had
teams in the lot, and the baby wan
dered under one OF the carts A horse
kicked her on the head and killed her.
Peter Matesse. eighteen months old,
trudged up to horse attached to an
express wagon in Lorillard Place. The
Bronx. yesterday afternoon, and the
animal seized him by the shoulder,
biting out piece Of flesh. The wound
was superficial one. surgeons at
Fordham Hospital said
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
WOMAN KILLED BY TRAIN
Five Year old Boy with Her
Fatally Injured.

Paterson, y. j., July IS. An uni
le,,.Ncd woman vas killed instantly
and n boy. evidently her son. fatally
Injured this evening when they were
truck By Lackawanna Railroad
train. The lad was taken 70 81 10
sephs Hospital suffering from ir1c-
t4rcd skuil
While the woman, who was ABOUT
fhirty-Gye years old. was walking on
the railroad track near West Paterson
the accident occurred. Her BODY "a'
tossed high 10 the air. and ne boy
VINO ~ five years old, "as thrown 20
Gre .LdN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
i'm CORBETT OUT AS FRlAR
BATTERS SIZZLE AT PLATE
Baseball Game Only Temporarily interrupted However
for Pugiis Proves He Can Come Back Even
Though George Cohan Hands Him Hot One

team for TWO innings. but when ne m
terrupted the game m order TO get
something amber and cool IN stone
mug. Fred Block. who acted as master
&c ceremonies. put Jim Montgomery IN
his place J., was soon afteward that
tho crowd mobbed Frank Sheridan.
Billy Murray and Frank Fogarty. VINO
said they were umplres.
Mcintosh Fastest Fat Man.
Like the roar Of wounded bull. as
thcy say i'm the Nick Carter stuff. the
voice Of Joe Humphreys then rang out.
sur?mouing all willing victims TO the
sports IN the arena. the first Of which
turned out 10 be a tifty-yard dash for
fat mon. Hugh Mcintosh, the fight
promoter. won this. with James =. GU
roy second and George Dougherty,
crstwhile Second Deputy Police Com
missioner. third. This was merely the
opening event for quite programme.
in which the list Of participants sound
ed like directory Of this city'S The
atrc Alley.
Hal Forde, Frank Sheridan and one
Chamcs Britt came one. two. three, re-
spectivelv, in the actors hfty-yard
dash. Carter De Haven finishing no
where. because mis- new mustache evl-
IDENTIFY overweighted him.
Buster" Collier finished first in the
egg race. successfully carrying the
heufruit balanced in spoon past the
goal line. while George b. Hunt and
Louis Weickum trailcd in his wake.
Wcickum. who is head Of the Ham
burg American Lines tourist depart
mcnt and hates you 10 mention il. won
the half-milc walk. with Mcintosh and
John Campbell second and third. The
other events were, with the winners:
F:fty-yard race LOUIS Silvcrs. T. Il.
Brown. Thomas J. Pcnfold. Managers
race George Il. Hunt, sam II. Harris.
Al Gross backward race d. Frank
Dodge. Louis Weickum, Ivan Rudisill
Obstacle race David Bennett. y.
White
After the races. there were swimming
and fancy diving. and then there was
clambakc. Sometime during the
evening the majority Of the Friars took
passage on board the Merchant. bound
for Manhattan Irving Berlin. how
ever, crowded Eddie Dunn. George Be
ban and jerome Rcmick into Joe
Schenck's fast motor boat. Mollic X.
Then Berlin looked M al Marshall +.
Wilder. standing on the deck Of the
Merchant
Say. like the name Of that boat"
he yelled. 1T makes me think Of the
Tired Business Man that pays money
to hear my songs"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
Mans Body Identified

The body of man found floating IN
the lIou.atonic River near Stratford.
Conn, yesterday. was identified a
Hugh J. Keenan,. who lived with his
wife and seven children at 6ij Jeirer
son Place. The Bronx. The railroad
officials said that train struck the
man Sunday a he was walking over II
bridge, and that the body fell into che
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
Finn Cots $4,000 Job.

Alfred u. Finn. for several years one
of the department engineers Of the
Board Of Water Supply. yesterday was
appointed deputy chief engineer by
commissioner Chadwick. The salary
will be So 600. which is $1,000 less than
was paid to his predecessor, Merritt II.
Smith. who has been made chief cngi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
Samuel Brill Going TO Europe

Samuel Brill, Of Brill Brothers. viii
sail Saturday morning on the I'm
petator for an extended motor tour
through Europe. From Hamburg he
will go TO Berlin. Budapest. Carlsbad
and Maricnbad. after which he will 90
- Norway. where he will attend ihe
Norwegian Centennial Exposition. He
viii be accompanied by Mrs. Brill and
will be away twI months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17

neer Of the Department OF Water su,
ply. Gas and Electricity.
Thaddeus Merriman received the me-,
made vacant by Firms promotion. IT,.
three appointments are made possibls
by the resignation of |. VI. de Varou,
former chief engineer. who was retirod
on pension Of 50, 500 gear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
Marines Ordered 10 Cuba.

Thirty D. tac mtg marine 7tauoned
o. The Ser YoIk Navy Yard Nlll lcay"
by train to-mOfTO~ fOf Hampton
Road. where thcy HIil JOIN four hun
1re1 ofhers and be- tran ported on me
Hancock ~ Guantanamo, Cubs. Inc
order was received from Warrington
,ostsrdzy, and ~ believed 10 be IN er-
Deetsl.oa Of tSssb!s 81 Ssnto Domingo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
Saws Threats We're Made.

Arthur l.. Bergida, watcher at the
polls for the Honest Ballot Assocla-
ton. was the first witness called yes
terday. He told Of an attempt on the
part of Deputy superintendent of Elec-
ito : William y. Boyd to intimidate
him when he was performing his duty
in a Brooklyn polling place
"If you don't get out of here III
take you by the neck and kick you
out" Bergida testified Boyd said to
him.
Jacob Braun. another poll watcher,
told Of detecting voter who was not
a resident of the city. but whom the
election officials permitted to cast his
ballot
Another watcher called on to testify
was Henry j. Lauer. of 537 Broadway,
Long Island City. VINO. because of his
zeal, got into difficulties with the State
Superintendent of Elections. Bernard
Ajorean, a Bronx schoOlteacher, told
how the ballots az one polling place
were being folded so that the emblem
at the top Of the ballot was visible.
When he demonstrated. he said cleo
tions officers ignored his suggestion
and threatened unpleasant things.
The hearing will be resumed before
Special Commissioner Mcmahon, Of
Rome, y. Y. at 10 o'clock this morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-17
Rubin Says Superinten-
dent Took No Part in
the Prosecutions.
WATCHER TELLS OF
VIOLENCE THREATS
Teacher Testifies That Ballots
Were Folded with Their
EmblemS Visible.

That the Office Of the State Super
intendcnt of Elections did not aid or
seek TO aid the District Attorney IN
the prosecution of cases Of illegal reg
istration and voting last election or
the previous year was brought out at
the hearing of the charges OF neglect
and incompetence against John X.
Voorhis. State superintendent OF kiec-
tons, at the Bar Association yester-
day. j. Robert Rubin, Second Deputy
Police Commissioner, who. prior 10
his appointment to that Office IN Feb
ruary. was an Assistant District At
torney. gave the evidence of Mr..
Voorhis's neglect in that respect.
Last year. he said. he was in charge
of a special bureau of the District At
torney's office that dealt with all cleo
tion cases.
Did you secure any convictions :?
". Cleveland Runyon. attorney for
the Honest Ballot Association, asked.
I'VE got six or seven Commissioner
Rubin replied He himself presented
some eighty-nine cases 10 the Grand
Jury, he added, about % per cent OF
which were for false registration.
More than 100 warrants for Illegal
voting were sworn out last election
day, Commissioner Rubin said, and OF
the cases presented later TO magis-
trates. he added, he handled about
fifty of them personally.
Did the State Superintendent Of
Elections offer to aid you IN your
prosecution ?"
NO" replied Rubin. There were
no representatives of the State Super
intendent at any of the trials that |
saw"
On cross-cxamination by Leslie J.
Tompkins, counsel for Noorhis. Com
missioner Rubin said the District At
torney's Office did not ask assistance
of the State Superintendent Of Elec-
tons