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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05

dent. Miss Ethel told the detectives she
was trying to complete it before her sis
ter returned, so she would be able to pre-
sent il 10. him by Christmas.
While the search was being made Tor
the missing girl. which was entered into
by members Of St Marks Episcopal
Church. in which Miss Mccain was a
Sunday school teacher, neighbors told
those working on the disappearance or
the girl that on the morning she left home
Miss Mccain left in hun" following
words with her mother. This was denied
at the Mccain home.
II was said there that Miss Jessie had
crying spell that morning and her moth
er tried to persuade her to remain home.
When she left her mother watched her
from 4 window and was much surprised
TO see her daughter walk In an opposite
direction from that which she usually
took Mrs Mccain remarked TO her
Younger daughter. Ethel. several times
during the day that she was upset over
Jessie.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
STORM BOUND. HE STARVED
Waterman Found Dead Alone
on Plum Island.

Redbank, n. j.. Jan. 4.-Preventeo ny
the storm from rowing to Highlands
for provisions from his home on Plum
Island. which is divided from SANDY
Hook by the Shrewsbury River Hls-
worth Cottrell. fifty-two years olu'
Highlands waterman. was found oedo
to-day from starvation and exposure
He lived alone. His wife ana son.
Ellsworth. jr.. resided at the Highianos'
Gilbert Clayton. friend. who KEPT
boats on the island, went there IN MS
power boat to-day to see II they hso
been damaged by the storm. When he
called for Cottrell and received no re-
Spouse. he looked in window ana 81"
him lying on the floor. Thinking nc
was still alive. Clayton carried nm IN
his boat to the Highlands.
The doctors and Coroner Fay say ne
had been dead several hours. lie was
last seen alive on Fridly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
M'CANN FAMILY
BLAMES NO ONE
Nervousness Caused Suicide, Says
Father - Accident, Is
Brothers Theory.

All through the afternoon. after the
news that Miss McCann's body had been
found, the house Of the Mccain family,
AT No 4SS East 21st street, Flatbush, was
an object of interest. and the rain did not
prevent groups Of persons from lingering
about the vicinity. Acquaintance of the
family called to express their sympathy.
and until late last night people came and
went.
Il blame no one for the death Of my
daughter" said Mr.. Mccain. her father.
last night. 81 believe now. as always,
that Jessie was subject TO spells of de-
preston. and that her last ordeal OF
melanchola was too much 20 stand.
am sure that this was simply due TO her
nervous condition"
Robert Mccain. her brother. had only
one. theory 10 offer for the family's be-
lief that she had committed suicide.
From what / have heard he said,
Sis was tired out from the hard work
at the settlement school ! think that
she went to Coney Island TO get away
from her thoughts and fell asleep on the
rocks Before she awoke, ! think, the
tide rose and she was swept away"
Her brother could not explain how she
was seen by the nurse at Coney Island
twenty-four hours after she was last seen
al the school at that place.
Dr. Roger Durham. Of No. 322 Park
Place, Brooklyn. the family physician,
said he was willing TO stake his pro-
fessional reputation on his belief that all
Miss McCanns mental trouble arose from
the nervousness from which she had
suffered for several years.
she was a neurasthenic," he said, ana
was subject 10 depression and spells OF
melancholia This neurasthenia undoubt-
eddy was responsible for whatever physi-
cal troubles she may have had, and the
melancholia developed at last into suici-
dial mania. l mean by that that Miss
Mccain was mentally unbalanced at the
time when she committed suicide
Wendell Squires. the student at Column
bia 10 whom she was engaged, had start
ed for the Mccain home before he
learned that her body had been found. lie
refused TO add anything to his former
statements about his secret romance.
Harold Menken. of No. 79l West End
avenue. who says he last saw Miss Nc
Cam at Good Ground, Long Island. last
August. confined his remarks to an ex-
preston OF sympathy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
REYBURN'S DEATH SUDDEN
Former Philadelphia Mayor Ill
Only Few Minutes.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE death of John
f. Reyburn, exMayor of Philadelphia
which occurred here early this morning
was entirely unexpected by his family
and friends. He had been in excellent
health. and spent last evening with Mrs
Reyburn i'm their home here.
Mr. Reyburn retired about midnight
and AT 1870 O'Clock this morning Mrs
Reyburn heard him groaning. She arose
and found him sitting on the side OF the
bed. He remarked that he felt badly
Within half an hour he died.
Mr.. Reyburn is survived by n son, w
s. Reyburn. a former Representative. and
two daughters. one the wife of Brigadier
General William Crozler, chief OF ord
nance OF the army. and the other I'M
married
The former Mayor had served in the
Pennsylvania House OF Representatives
and Senate and also several terms in
Congress. representing the 9Th Pennsyl-
vania District. He served as Mayor Of
Philadelphia from 1907 to 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
MCCALL MIDNIGHT
CALLER ON GLYNN
Compensation Commissionership
Said to Have Been Offered
to Tammany Man.
lBy Telegraph TO The tribune.

Albany, Jan. Edward r.. Mccall,
OF New York. chairman OF the Public
Service Commission, who ran for Mayor
on the Tammany ticket, paid a secret
visit ia Governor Glynn last night.
Politicians here say the visit means
highest positions in the state.
The biggest place from the patronage
point of view is that Of chairman Of
the Compensation Commission. This
carries with 1t a salary OF 5000 a
year-about half the salary Mr.. Nc
Call now receives-but the chairman OF
the Compensation Commission has the
appointment OF hundreds TO newly ere
ated jobs.
Those who discussed Mr. McCall's
secret visit TO the Executive Mansion
say that II he was not offered the head
of the commission he was rendered the
vacancy in the Court OF Appeals. which
pays $4,000 a year and is for fourteen
years.
There are some who believe that Mr.
Mccall also brought a message from
Charles +. Murphy TO Governor Glynn.
Mccall was the messenger between
Sulzer and Murphy when Sulzer tried
10 cut loose from the domination OF
Tammany.
Mr.. Mccall, it is said, arrived at the
Executive Mansion a little before mid
night and remained there for several
hours. He took the 80 o'clock train
this morning for New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
SEARCH FOR GIRL
AIDED BY CHURCH
Miss McCann's Sunday School
Class Joined in Hunt-Seen
at Beach by Nurse.

The dav following the announced as
..ooarance of Miss Jessie T.. Mccann
r,a,, ber home. at no. i3S East Hst
street. all sorts Of reports or the sh'
having been seen in several places on
Long Island. as well as III New ioIh
civ poured in on the McCanh FANNY
ord detectives The reports were lnNesu-
o,a,ad nv Detectives States and briartoh'
h,,t oil lacked confirmation except that
,.a civil had been seen on the day she
d,sanneared by I.aurette Dore nurse. AT
,ha Shelbourne Hotel. in Ocean PARKWAY
and by the attendants AT fuoh' "ehoo'
100 in West Sd street Brooklyn
Miss Dore was the first to report seeing
Miss Mccain at the beach. Shc sald sue
enent half an hour in conversation win
,ha Girl i'm Seaside Park, which adJons
,ha hotel at Coney Island. This Is snort
dis,orce from where the body was found.
MIC NcCann told Miss Dore she went TO
the seashore because Of feeling iadisposed
and hoped the bracipg air WOULD heip
her. AZ, AZ
When the two girls separated MISS NC
Cam started toward chamberss drug
store which Is opposite the Brighton
Beach Railroad terminal she hau III
vited Miss Dore to accompany her 'heie
TO drink a soda.
Miss Mccain was next reported "
Frank j. Arnold. principal OF fuoi'c
School 100 as having been to MS schoo''
Miss Mccain came there during the al
ternoon session Of Thursday. introduced
herself TO the principal and asked per
mission 10 spend some time with the
teachers. Mr. Arnold introduced her 10
Miss Goldsmith. Miss Phillips and MISS
1.achase. Miss Mccain seemed much IN
,oras,.d and AT recess she was seen IN
tho playground taking part in the games
with the children. Miss Phillips ana MISS
Lachase saw Miss McCann again after
school on the beach just about where ner
body was found.
Mrs William Prayer. by whom MISS
Dore is employed as nurse. was sure she
saw the missing girl again late frluay
af,ernoon She called Miss Dore 10 the
window and pointed out a girl walking
q, Ocean Parkway toward Brighton
Reach. IL was getting dark. and 1t was
never positively established whether or
not il was Miss Mccain.
Reports were received OF her haNihs
boen seen I'm Philadelphia, Good Ground
Long Island. and at Broadway and wall
street. but these rumors proved frultlesS.
Two weeks ago Miss Ethel Mccain. in
talking over the case with the detectives.
made remark which gave rise to the re-
port that the family knew OF the where
abouts Of the girl. Miss Ethel was work
Ing the word Columbia" on cushion
which her sister was preparing as gift
for I. Wendell Squires. a Columbia stu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
PROTEST ON SEGREGATION
Resolution Adopted Against
DENYING Negroes Their Right.

Resolutions OF protest against the segre'
cation OF negroes in government depaH'
ments at Washington were adopted 70 "
sent 70 the President at meeting nea
last night under the auspices OK tns Va
tional Association for the Advancement
of Colored People in the Church OF ua
Messiah, 3ith street and Park avenue
discuss the question OF race discrimiha'
ton. The speakers were former kepir
sentative William ). Bennett. Dr. W. Il
b. Du Bots and Miss Mary White OWING
ton. The Rev. Or. John Haynes hoims'
presided. All urged the danger OF u'
tendency. claimed 10 be on the Increase
TO deny negroes their political and ino's-
trial rights.
The programme for the annual mee'hH
OF the National Association for the Az
vancement OF ,olored People, 10
held to-day in the auditorium OF "'
United Charities Building, az No. loo Las'
22d street, will include speeches By MT
Belle c. La Toilette. wife of Senator
Robert NJ. La Toilette; Charles bdHnS
Russell and DR.. VI. f.. b. Dubois.
The general inject will be "segresF
ton" There will be two sessions. us
business meeting in the afternoon AZ
o'clock being open only 10 members. Ins
following are TO be voted on for directors
EIbridge l.. Adams. the Rev. Hutchl"'
{. Bishop. the Rev. W. II. Brooks ~
". T. y. Dubois. Mrs. Florence kehe,'
Charles Edward Russell and John W
Underhill. OF New York. Miss hs''
" bite Ovington. os Brooklyn. ana N'',
Jane Adams and Or. &. r. Bentley -
Chicago.
Farm segregation. conceded 10 ~
new and significant development IN Wv
South. viii be the main topic N the even
ing. The discussion will be- presided CIV,
by Oswald Garrison Willard. chairman "
TIE board OF directors. \ movement "
allow voters in the South 10 control . as.
tenure. alleged To be aimed agalnsS H.
grOes. will be thoroughly cNd.h'u
DR.. Dubois. About two thousaip ,,s
bcrs from cities from the Aihn'ic w
Pacific coast are expected 70 h' nv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
Pick Kline's Successor

The Republican designating comm
OF the 5lst A.dermanic District n'os 49,, J,
met yesterday afternoon al the i'sP'' -.
club OF the 10th Assembly District ~" -,
ton and Myrtle avenues. BTooh's"' -.
chose Angus, Ferrand. 'em'r'
chant. TO succeed ex-Masor Nu"I" a.
Kline as the districts represe"''"''
the Board OF Aldermen .ts.,.
Mr.. Kline has been sworn w -. ,he
man. and will hold his seat until Si.'' III,
organization meeting to-day ""' ''.,.., OF
resign 10 become Tax 'omr''s,'
Brooklyn. Afterward Mr. te'."' .,d,r.
lection will be passed upon ~ wv
men
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
KAISER AND SON AT ODDS
Grown Prince Favors Offending
Zabern officer.

Berlin. Jan. Grown Prince Fred
erick William appears again to have taken
an attitude Of opposition to the govern
ment and the Emperor, this time In con-
nection with the Zabern afrair. Rumors
have been In circulation for some time
past that the Crown Prince had sent a
telegram to Colonel Won Reuter-. the COM
mander OF the 99th Regiment. who is said
TO have instructed his officers to act ag-
gressively in case OF trouble between the
German soldiers and the townspeople.
commencing the ccloneis stand
Not much attention was paid to the
rumors until they were published In a
Paris paper. The "Frankfurter Zeitung."
now commenting on the story. says II Is
unable to verify IL. but adds signincantly
that intlmates OF the Crown Prince do not
deny the report.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
STUDENTS AID MISSIONS
Volunteer Convention Ends with
Foreign Greetings.

Kansas city. Mo. Jan. 4-The Student
Volunteer convention for foreign missions.
In session here since Wednesday. ended
tonight kilograms OF greeting from all
parts of the world were read
Two hundred volunteers sat on the
platforms and many delivered brief mes
sages telling why they were taking up
foreign missionary work as a iife's voca-
ton. The object OF the movement is TO
recruit college men for the missionary
fields
The question OF the next meeting place
is In the hands OF the executive commit
tee. which probably will not make a de-
cislon until next year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
CAPTAIN BOUDlNOT
DIES In STREETCAR
Old Soldier Expires as Trolley
Turned Into Ambulance,
Races for Hospital.

Captain william Bradford Stochl"ti
Boudinot. Civil War veteran, the ac-
tivities of whose ancestors were close
" interviewer with the history Of this
country. died suddenly yesterday after
noon on a Lexington avenue car mat
was turned from it's regular route IN
an endeavor to get him to hospital
in time to save his life.
Captain Boudinot, eighty-four and
resident Of Paterson, n. j.. came mere
several days ago to spend the holidays
with his niece, Mrs. John BROOKS
Leavitt, wife of the lawyer. The
Leavitts live at No. | Lexington ave.
nue..
Mrs. Leavitt and Captain Boudinot
went out early yesterday afternoon 10
visit friends. Returning home about b
O'Clock they boarded a southbound
Lexington avenue car. AS the car ap-
preached Doth street the captain fell
forward in his seat unconscious.
Charles Cacci, the conductor, who
lives at No. 1859 First avenue, was
called in by Mrs. Leavitt, and together
they tried to revive the man. Their
efforts failing, Cacci. learning that Mrs.
Leavitt lived on Lexington avenue near
21st street, offered to send the car as
an express to the switching point at
23d street, from which Captain Baudi-
not could be carried to his niece's home.
William Fay, the motorman, started
the car up at high speed, but only a
few blocks had been covered when the
sick man fell forward again. AT this
point the passengers conferred with
Cacci and vacated the car so that it
might be run east through I'D street
to First avenue, from which corner
Bellevue Hospital is only three blocks
distant. Cacci sprang off and ex-
planned the situation TO the switchman
and road inspector at 23d street, and
permission was quickly given for a
change Of course.
On arriving at First avenue police
man called DR.. Wellington in an am
bulance from Bellevue. The surgeon
got TO the car two minutes after Cap
tain Boudinot died. The body was
held in the car until Coroner Fem
berg arrived and gave permission for
its removal.
Captain Boudinot's sister, Miss Jane
J. Boudinot, who lives at the Hotel
Clarendon. No. 81 West 5Sth street.
was not told Of the captains death.
She is eighty years old.
Captain Boudinot's great-grandfather,
Elias Boudinot, was president of the
Continental Congress and signed the
peace treaty with Great Britain In 1ISt.
Captain Boudlnot enlisted as a private
in New Jersey regiment at the OPEN
ing of the Civil War and took part in
the Roanoke and Potomac engage
ments. Shortly before the wars close
he was made captain. He belonged
to the Loyal Legion and the Society of
the Cincinnati.
Captain Boudinots sister is a dis
tinguished writer OF history, and is
prominent in a number of historical So
cetes. Boudinot Keith, lawyer, who
lives at No. 33 West 9th street, is a
nephew. and Mrs. Morgan Colt, of New
Hope, Pa, niece of Boudinot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
BENSON'S BILL HELD UP
Carmody Opposes Payment for
Storage of State Documents.

Albany. Jan. 4.-The state viii not pay
Garrett J. Benson's claim of sl.lS rent
for the storage Of state highway docu-
ments by John A. Hennessy In Benson
hotel. IL Attorney General Carmody can
prevent il. lie made this statement to-
day i'm a letter TO Benson's attorney, and
termed the removal OF the documents
from the Capitol q "scandalous violation
Of the law
Hennessy. as a special investigator for
Governor SuZer. stored the papers In the
hotel. Months later the Attorney Cen
eraI and several deputies removed the
documents. despite the objection of Ben
son.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
DOUBTS M'CANN SUICIDE
Uncle of the Girl Sure Her
Death Was Accidental.

Alexander Mccain. OF St James's Ter
race. sherwood Park. Yonkers. an uncle
Of Jessie Mccain, said last night that ne
felt sure his niece was drowned acci-
dentally and did not commit suicide.
.T believe" said he that she was suf-
fering from aphasia, brought on by over
sissy and worry over her mothers III
ness. | think that while she was wander
ing around in that condition she fell into
the water and was drowned. There was
no reason why she should commit suicide
and I am sure she didn't
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05


But above all she was sure that her
sister had worn the two rhinestone
buttons found on different strips OF her
dress for Ethel had herself procured
these buttons with no little dihhcul'E
after a long shopping hunt. Both she
and her brother agreed that the fan'iI|
might have been mistaken over '"e
make Of tho shoes.
4 coral necklace. the gold hrace'et
with the word isis" on IL, and the
brown velvet tam-o' -shanter hat, win
the orange plume, these details OF Jes-
sizes person were missing.
The Identification thus completed,
Coroner vrsnk Senior, Of Kings Coun-
". permitted the removal Of the BODY
20 the morgue attached 10 the Brook
.yn Hospital. at Willoughby and st.
Edward streets There Or. George
Reichcr assisted by DIR. Lester NolN.
both Of them Coroner's physicians, per
formed an autopsy. They came TO the
conclusion that death had been due TO
drowning. but they are TO make another
and more detailed examination Of the
lungs and the stomach before commit
ting themselves on this point
No Marks of Violence.
They decided also that the body had
been in tho water long time. held un-
der the surface by some weight Deputy
Commissioner Doughcrty said he believed
&. 1 L.. al. 10 doN Of
the disappearance.
There were no marks on IL TO indicate
violence other than that OF tho action OF
the water after death. No bones were
broken. In brief. the doctors eNamina-
ton confirmed the belief that Miss Me
Cam. at the age Of twenty-three years
had committed suicide from no othe'
cause except melancholia.
The body will be removed 10 the SIR
home
Miss Jessie Mccain disappeared from
home on the morning of Thursday. De-
cenher Z. Her father head clerk IN the
wholesale grocery house Of Austin. Men
OILS & Co. No 81 Hudson street. Man
haitian. lives with his family in one OF
three little brick houses in block IN
East 2lst street. Flatbush. Between the
house and the intersection of East Ist
street and Corteiyou Road j. a vacant lot
IL was therefore possible for her mother
10 watch Jessie as she turned into Ger
telyou Road on leaving the house on De-
cember T.
The daughter had been teaching IN ttle
kindergarten Of the Home Tor Destitute
Children. No. 2l7 Sterling Place. BROOK
lyn. Every morning she had been in the
habit Of turning west in Cortelyou Road
TO take q Flatbush avenue car for the
school. on this particular morning her
mother saw her turn east i'm the direction
of the Brighton Beach lire. leading 10
Coney Island. IT frightened her. TINS
variation from custom. particularly as
Jessie had Just had "cryinG spell. ana
her mother feared for her sanity.
Later she telephonod the Home for Des-
titute Children and learned that her
daughter had not appeared there. III u
supposed now that Jessie took train TOT
Corev Island at the Corteyou Road sta
ton. In the same forenoon Miss Loretta
bore. employed as a nurse by Mrs. WIFE
lam Prague. who lives in the Shelburne
Hotel. at Ocean Parkway and Sea Beach
avenue. Coney Island found Miss Mccain
sitting on a bench in the little park ne
tween Sea Beach avenue and Surf ave
nue. in front of the hotel.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-04
The MIGHTY HAAG SHOWS.

Wherever the Mighty Haag Shows
have exhibited. press and public have
been a unit in praising the exceedingly
large number of young and handsome
women performers. Bevies of the fair
sex are represented among the riders,
aerialists, cOntortiOnists, jugglers, high
wire artists, gymnasts, bicyclists. ami
NAL trainers, clowns, chariot drivers,
and in fact even among the ring mas
tiers. As may naturally be expected.
keen rivalry exists between the lady
and gentleman artist, a fact which
greatly enhances their performances.
The lengthy program presented this
year by these shows contains only the
best and most modern features that
money and labor can procure, and in
such quantity and variety as to satiate
every arenic taste and fancy lack of
space prevents enumeration Of all the
different acts, many of which must be
seen to be appreciated. There is an ex-
tended list. the last of which does not
by any means end the pleasures which
the Mighty Haag Shows provide patrons
September Sth, afternoon and evening.
in North Milford There are sports of
ancient Rome and modern fete day races
and contests; then the big menagerle
forms a geological display without
peer in all the world. Thus it will be
seen that there is a royal holiday feast
in store for all who attend.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-04
CAULK WON FROM Dover
and TIED UP The Series

On Thursday, August 27th, the Dover
team again visited Milford and lost an
exciting game to the Caulk Club by the
close score of to /, which victory tied
up the series, each team having won five
games. The deciding game will be
played in Milford this friday after
noon. Neither team could push a man
around in this conflict until the fourth
inning when Caulk scored an earned run
by punching three of their four hits.
Dover tied the score in the sixth inning
when our pitcher hit Jimmy Jackson,
followed by two hits. Keesey saved the
game for Milford in the seventh by
great catch near the fence, while a won
derful stab by Jimmy Jackson averted
trouble for Dover in the eighth, only to
lose out in the ninth by errors of Rob
ertson, which allowed Legar to score
the winning run for Milford. The game
abounded in spectacular plays. A stop
and throw by w. Jackson over second
base was like a Barry, while our own
Townsend showed his worth both in the
field and with the stick as did also our
Jackson. Both pitchers went along fine
and were most ably supported by their
catchers. Space will not allow a full re-
view of each ones work. The score