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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
CHILD'S HAND SAVES 4 LIVES.
signals Danger and Brings Aid to
Family overcome by Gas.

Tenants whose roorls faced on tho
COURTYARD OF 400 south Fourth street.
liamsbuvg. saw small hand protrud-
ing from Il window yesterday morning.
The hand did not move.
At first 1t attracted little attention,
but when the hand had not moved for
several hours II occurred TO some OF the
NJ. ghbors that something was wrong
4 policeman was called. He broke into
the apartment and found a small boy
unconscious by the window. There was
n heavy smell of coal gas In the apart
ment.
Another boy, sngh,ly older, also uN-
conscious was on the bed, and In anotne!
room two women We're in bed. also over
come by the gas.
The policeman threw open the windows
ana telephoned to the Eastern District
Hospital for an ambulance, Dr. Gutmit'
worked two hours over the four persons
and finally revived them. He said " tnc
neighbors had waited another hour the
whole family would have been dead.
The boy who threw open the window
was Abraham Cohen, years old, lie
said that he woke up and got TO the win
dow liz liftcd the window three inches
and stuck his hand out, hut was unable
TO opeu It more. lie fell unconscious
and was there i've hours before the neigh
| bors summoned hcip,
The others We're Mrs. Sarah Cohen. ID
! years old. and her other children Mrs
! Pauline Kess'cr, 90 years, and Jacob.
years old. They moved into the apart
ment Saturday night and did NOT kno"
how TO AK the drauehts Of the stove 80
that the coal gus could escape,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
WOMEN PLAN TO SUE CITY.
Five Probation Ohicers Dropped
From IA, roll viii FtSht.

Alfred J. Ta,icy has been retained by
Henrietta l.. Smith. Frances stevens
Broadhrad. Mary l.. Moore, Julia COLEMAN
and Jennie II. Sha probation Officers
r. thc Mag strate's courts IN Manhattan
and The Bronx to make light Tor To- -
t,ntlon of Their positions. I he Board Of
Estimate failed to provide for the salaries
OF five of the ten women probation officers
in the courts. and IN Move Wbcr last they
yer. notified that they would NdN" To- 60.
The women insist 40 dissatisfaction
with their services WAS expressed hy any
Of III" Magistrates and contend nat s
the Board of Estimate made provision 'i'
the budget FOR the salaries o! iNo addi-
tionul men probation officers The I'VE
women were not dropped Tor economy,
None Of tho women nas been paid since
January and within the past week. 1t lei
said som. of thu cases of women ar
ra!gned before Magistrates have pc'u
turned oy,r to nlc' probation officers Tor
Investigation. contrary To- Tho original plan
when the women w,gc APPOINTED,
The women are backed In their Hgui
by the N.w Work. Federation - WolIr' :
clubs. the Women Municipal Lcasu" ai1d
other organizations Of women.
Mir. Talley said yesterday tnat IN 1919
.O7iS cases Of women came up Deiur,
the MAGISTRATES In Manhattan ~ d IH'
Bronx against 1887 IN JAZZ.
eft seems an anomaly h" said, "tNai
the Magistrates IN Brooklyn find enou-
work To- keep fifteen women PROBATION
officer. engaged, whereas the Nj gistlatra
in Manhattan and The Bronx with cor
siderahly larger number of cases 10
handle. should be compelled 10 got along
with the serN iccs of five women,
M Tallcy said suits Will bc commtNc. 81
against the city to recover the SALARIES
due to the women from January !,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
URGES FURTHER WAGE INQUIRY
Magasinc says Factory Commission
Needs More Money.

The forthcoming issue OF the surrey
VIII contain AN editorial urging the neces-
sl,y of passage by the Legislature OF "A
bin 10 appropriate $40, goo 10 enable the
Factory Investigating Commission 10 con-
tinuc It's work for another year In order
to complete It's minimum wage inquiry.
The commission desires also to hold public
hearings on thu basis OF its findings and
to canvass legislative remedies.
The surrey points ou- that tn" New
York commissions cypcrts have secured
records for $4,000 men, women and chill
drcr. all OF which data are locked up on
rch DUE cards IN HIS office with only half
OF the statistical force to work on them,
ana that hal' working without pay. This
Is five times the number OF records secured
from original sources by the Massachu-
setts commission together with Federal
data applicable In the four lines OF in
qulry made. The Massachusetts inquiry
was hitherto the largcstInqury made.
In three OF tho Industries studied by the
New York commission. confectionery,
paper boxes and mems shirts, the data
represent, between so and 30 per cent.
OF the employees In Greater New York;
whereas the Federal wage census OF 1905
covered only about 80 per cent. In the
same territory.
Thu schedule called for rate. hours. adj
ditions and subtractions and net earnings
Z week
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
U. OF P. MEN PLANNING TO.
OPEN CLUBHOUSE HERE
Think of Taking Webster Build
ing in West Forty
fifth Street.

Tie alumni Of the University vi Penn
sylvania expect to open about September I
q clubhouse IN Wes, Forty-ffth street
which will compare fsvorably with.any OF
the great university clubs in this city. II
viii be IA national club. support ID :or the
comfort and pleasure OF Pennsylvania
men vino may come TO New York.
The alumni have in mind the Webster
Building on the south side OF Forty 9Th
a twelve story structure so feet vide and
90 feet deep. II Is in the Very centre OF
the club. hotel and social lie OF the city
The building was erected eight years age
At a cost OF 1886. o0c. The land is worth
as much more. and It's furnishings are
valued NJ $4,000.
The Pennsylvania men viii not attempt
for several years 10 assume a financial
burdsn of t,50.0O0 or 80. Their plan is
for II proprietary club, that Is. 20 turn
over To tn. owners of the clubhouse the
responsibilities and financial burdens OF
maintaining the establishment. The own
ers Will attempt to pay all charges and 10
make a pront from the dues and the re-
ceipts.
william "A. Redding, a lawyer OF IS
Park Row. who lives At 3ii West End
avenue spoke for the alumni associa tion
yesterday. when he said:
We must have 1900 members before
We can go ahead. The subscriptions n,
present are between 100 and Loo. Tn,
lis, should DE completed within six We Is
because Pennsylvania men are Responding
cuthusla stically. The dues FOR resident
members will be $50 a year and for non
residents $40 Il year"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
URGES JEWS TO BOYCOTT.
Dium-nthsi Advises Blow to Those
Who Are Hostile.

The Congrocution Rodeph Sholom held
- annual Purim celebration at the Tenn
l's building, sixty third street and Lex
!rr.pa avenue, yesterday. 4 Biblical play
w. presented by the children.
Among those present were Rabbi Ru-
6olpa Grossman. Congressman Henry NJ
GJldiogle Benjamin Blumenthal. presi-
De- Of the congregation; School Com
missioner VI. Samuel Stern. and ex-Judg"
S.Tpson Lachman.
Ev'pcputy Attorney General Maurice
B,Ime.thal IN an address said:
'To-days feast Of Pugm celebrates the
Triumph OF the jew over the religious
Persecution of semi-civihZed Persia many
centuries ago, ard yet Il cannot be de-
med that Ia these days of advanced civil
ztt'og the Jew continues the victim of
religious nigotry and discrimination ut
mo hands Of recognized Governments and
O. po".rr individuals.
In THIS very community Jews are re-
FUSED employment by powerful employers
Q. Labor, They are refused entertain
'ent ~ prominent hotels and are barred
rom admission into influential social
clubs, We have procured the passage OF
Avs Intended TO stop this disgraceful big
o'ry and Intolerance and We have q com
'nt,ce that viii SEQ 10 it that the laws
a. enforced next summer AT least as 10
Tie hotels.
But the hest way to meet the situation
's 10 leave the blgois to themselves and 10
maintain a strict policy OF boycott against
'Aen whereby no jew will have any com
h'rt.-l or other relations with them per-
fonal'' IN whatever enterprise they -
tAe.r associates may be engaged.
There is many an offender who whlC
Vry,Jg IN business with Jews barred
ron, his employment will soon go bank
rir, with the Jews money barred from
~ bank account"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
$4,000 AT CONEY ISLAND.
Resort Opens II. she'll While the
Sunshine Lasts.

Coney Island opened is shell - take A
peep at the nne weather yesterday and
kcp; Il open long as the bright sun
shine held the crowds. Only after the day
Ngat had gone and the chill OF evening
settled down did the shell close W. leav-
Ing the island in the drah drenr,aess OF
a summer resort In the wi-ter time.
IL you kept on the sunny side Of surf
avenue yesterday afternoon or walked
along the board promenade TO Brighton Il
ccemcd like early summer. Young women
IN spring dresses, with the heauS over
coatless, walked up and down. stopp,rg
for strange drinks. called lemOnad. and
oranlcadc. or lurtd by the call of the
hot w!su.rwurst sandwich man. \ few OF
the places opened w for business. and
others that are open the year round
were ready for the visitors
Not many automobile made the "trip,
but the street cars and elevated lines tool,
some $1,000 down. There Mere thirty-five
hatners In AT Brighton and Il hundred
times that many watching from the board
walk
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
HARBOR POLLUTION
BLAMED FOR ILLNESS
Metropolitan Sewerage Commits
sion Says New York Makes
Poor Showing.

The metropolitan Sewerage Commits
s!or. which has declared for a new main
drainage system for New York costing
about s2s.00o,o0o. vii send TO the Mayor
to-day a. comparison Of the death rate
In New Ypr,; with the prevailing NOR
tanty figures FOR Paris. London and Berlin.
New York has the worst VI It. and the
assumption OF tile commission Is that our
drainage system, causing polluted waters
for miles around the city. Is chiefly TO
blame for New Yorks bad showing.
The arGuinen; on ;his head" says the
report OF the commission. although cir
cumstant,al anu Incapable of mathemu,i-
cal demonstration. Is nevertheless COM
elusive. II rests upon the known relations
which now exist bttween the polluted con-
d.tlors OF the harbor and the public health
as FOR example. bathing. shellhsh. drift
wood. fles and doors. There Is posi-
bility OF materially reducing the death rate
through systematic treatment OF the
sewage
The commission has prepared statistics
corrected 10 common standard. for the
four great cities % the world. IN tn.
acreage fu- me years from 1900 70 100!
tthe last year OF available statistics NeH
York had the Hors: showing. But u th'
aut year Of tho period parib Eel. below
NV iu.H Here IS the table:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
SIEGEL DEPOSITORS
GET ANOTHER OFFER
Mercantile Creditors Propose "a
Pay $500. 000--lIalts Bank
ruptcy Petition.

small new hopo is hr'd out for tho
depositors ia tho private bank OF Henry
Siesel q Co. and as IA result the petition
IL bankruptcy agaiust the Slegel ontor-
pris,s. which was 10 have bccn filed TO-
day before Judge IIough. will be withheld
An offer by the mercantile creditorr
| through Joseph ". fairfield. their attor-
ney. TO pay tho bank deporitors 100000
IN cash has caused !. L. Ernst OF Olcott
Grub,r. Boynyno a McManus. attorneys
for Michael Hupper and two other do
positors. 10 agree TO keep the petition back
until the new proposition can Do consid-
cred by all .hc depositors.
With the 100000 from tho mercantile
| creditors. 100000 from the Fidelity and
Guarantee Company and $4,000 which
the bank receiver has N cash the dcpoei-
tors would get about ~ per cent OF their
| deposits after the deduction o. $4,000 Or
more FOR expenses.
Joseph " Proskauer. ore CT the atto-.
neys for Receiver Henry Melville, thinks
IN" $500. 600 oftcr is t., small and may
! hoii out aEllnst 70. Conferences will Be
held this week IN an effort 20 eftec. an
! agreement.
! Leo 4. Price. formerly manager of the
Folr'oclth street store. announced yes
! tcg34y that he would reopen Eothenbers
& -. n no building formerly occupied by
, thHt concern before IL was absorbed by
r'cgel a-I Nogel a. 81 % IS Yves, -Four
! tre"th street. now the property OF Wise 4
CO.. ou.nt.orr
Mr.. pric" had q big force a., ,gorI, IN
I N" Nu.lilrF ycstciia. prOpa ra-ory -
'p"r.ns ;o.da, ne RotnenherZ < co. Tho
~ sent occupants, who use only tne stree,
HooG az ;he i've story building. viii max.
g 81.
IN tho old davr Hott0rAcrs'e employed
about $50 pcf 0nn That man v'u bc
needed now by Mr. IrIcc.
by Saturday night" said Mr.. Price
yesterday. I'VE will l." running In fpj,
aa hcthe. berg GO. We have "a the
buildinr now except a small space used
10y a five and ten cent store. Mitch VIII
move elsewhere AZ soon "a 1t can. We vii,
do business beginning Tomorrow and win
enlarge to the fun capacity Of TN. uis
building a. the space Is transformed Il
our n.'ss. Mon are at work now nyirg I,
VIZ and they can. b" too luiok about T."
+ The .i ploye-s If Simpson q Crawford
VII begin to-day their duties u the bis
stores which employed them ON saturday
prtachMvuts NIL start work al Il. H.
Macy q Co.. O'N"iil-.hdtrus company. Lon,
Taylor, MrCrtcr"'s. Storm Bros, james y
Hc'rJ ~ co. Gimbcls. ir,cuhg;-~i,p,
Couprr Company brp"uhoilu, Collins 8
Co., Saks x co. and RiooniuCiul,s'. No4.
i'" o. ~" 'WploNec~ of 90. sior. are nov
without Use assurance of pos .tlOus Place
VIII be found 10. an eventually.
About 10" - TIA" ilr'- - tin -Four,
tcerth street Store ,'ll' Joe needed Their,
until next saturday ripht. Others VIII p,
employed iu NJ Prices new store or a
Price y ro,eupaum's in Brouayu.
Assistant District Attorney Arthur g
Train snid that there would De no dcvci.
#, oIJucnts 90 the criminal actions agaius'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
WOMAN And SON WHO
TRIED SUICIDE FREED
Rabbi Wi>e's Wife Tells Court
They Are of Rich South
ern Family.

II was with renewed courage that the
woman and her son VINO attempted 10 kill
themselves by gas in the Cathedral Plaza
apartments, in l0?th street. last Friday
night left the Yves, side court yesterday
to again face the world after Magistrate
Si,nns had dismissed the charges against
them.
The Magistrate was encoLgdred 10 this
action after II whispered conversation
with Mrs. Stephen :. Wise. wife of the
pastor OF the Free Synagogue. who has
Interested herself in the pair.
When taken 10 the knickerbocker Hos
pltal Friday night both refused to give
any Information concerning themselves.
Tho woman said that she Was Mrs.
Florence Miller - years old, and that
the young man was her son. Samuel. rs
years old. They both admitted. however.
that these were hctiti, names.
when they We're arraigned In court yes
terday neither showed any Ill effects from
their experience They stuck to the maine
Miller. although again admitting II to be
an assumed one.
Mrs. Wise told the Magistrate that the
woman was the wife OF "A wealthy south.
erner and that they had many friends In
New Orleans with whom Mrs. Wise had
got into communication the previous night
She told the Magistrate that funds would
be forthcoming TO provide amply for tine
WOMAN and her son and that meanwhile
she. Mrs. Wise. would look after them.
In pleading not guilty they said tina,
they were almost crazy from hunger
when they tried to Kill themselves. After
their discharge they left cour, with Mrs.
Wise and her party.
Mrs. Wise explained later that Il woman
OF her husbands congregation read Of the
attempt at suicide and thought she knew
the pair She gave what she thought was
their proper name 10 Mrs. Wise and when
the latter visited them at the hospital the
woman consented to accept the assistance
Mrs. WIS" offered.
Mrs. Wise yesterday would not divuiSt
their proper name. but said that the
woman had been twice married and tina,
! the Young man IS the son by the first hus'
band and could not get along with his
stepfather. Mr.. Wise said the woman
! forne rly employed six servants.
| Loyalty to her son and devotion to hi'
! happiness caused the woman TO leave hel
| second husband. Mrs. Wise has secured
/ promises for three different positions 70!
J the young man. She said they are nov
contented and courageous and determined
/ to face the world.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
SICK MOTHER DESTITUTE,
Young widow Found " ith""t r""'
or Means.

Sick herself and daGcd 10y "a" suu4'A
death OF her husband. a Young mother
with three little ch!ldrcg Vas found Wit
out food o. the means 10 get II. WA,
friends and tlc mans employers could
do had been done IN paying the funeral
expense. That she may not be alone III
her trouble her ou'I relative, young
cousin, has gone 10 live with her AID out
of her meagrc Wages Will contribute 50
a month for a room.
The mother Is uudv. a puyslciu1s care
and Is already improving, M!lh and other
nourishing food has ucc; supplied ana t"e
rent paid Tho CAaCS organ 6at!on So
cicty asks for Slio tn coI'l"u" this as
sistanCe during thc next fou- months.
Gifts may bc gent Ia the Office Of the
society. 100 East Twcnty-secoud street.
The society acknowledges with THANKS
tho following contributions sent IN re-
sponse to previous appeals In TiiE Sun:
p G. Bergen. So :. H. Wolfo IS "r
r. *" So &c. :, A." 81; Cash" si5
~ Friend" So; IL J. W." $40; AN ia
New Yorker" 50 Cash" 81 e. No.
SEQ; M H." 81; Robert McAllister
Lloyd IS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
PASTOR GIRL ACCUSED QUITS.
The Rev. Scott kiddcr's Health
Shattered by NOtOriety.

The Rev. Scott Kidder has resigned as
rector OF st. Johns Episcopal Church,
Bayonno. II was announced yestcr-
day, because his health was shattered
by the notoricty he got when Ethel Paine.
IS years old, of II Yves, Thirty-fourth
street. Bayonne. swore out "A complaint
declaring that no had Rugged and fondled
her.
The case was dismissed 10y Recorder
Mara. who said the clergyman had acted
indiscreetly but no; In a criminal manner
toward the girl
Tho girls mother took the case before
the Hudson county Grand Jury. but no In
dictment was found. Mr.. Kidder and his
wife went to I've with the former 3
parents In New York They have been
there since and Mr.. kdder has not ofn-
ciated at any services, II 10 believed he
will leave the ministry,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
MANY SEEK FREE BREAD IN VAIN
Charity station Closed On sunday
G,.OO Lonxes Given In Wcek.

Mag men and women went to the store
?; 2'p Elizabeth street yesterday. where
the SIS has is free bread dopot, expect
* 20 get some OF the bread that Is bein"
s"c0 way there. Children pressed their
faces against the windows and stared at
ao Ions empty tables which every other
h,y ~ the week are piled high with loaycs
OF bread
RI. the bread station is not open on
sunday, The depot Is open every day
Hcout sunday from 2 to 4 80 +. NJ. and
"er' one who enters II during that time
Gets loaf OF bread for nothing.
rha station was established week ago
today, since which time goo leaves have
Deer given away. The gift OF $1,000 from
Robert Kamber established II. Others
nave since sent In money for the bread
i1ni, Each day thus far a thousand
Dawes have been distributed except on
Wednesday Of last week. when l,ao0 were
given away.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
100000 GEMS SAVED FROM BURGLARS
WITH COMPLETE OUTFIT AND BOLD PLAN
Continued from First pcoc.

wood chisel. several cold chlsels and sew
cral pairs OF gloves.
Some of these tools were wrapped up
la copy OF the BUston Globe of February
:. IL contained an account of the crack
inE OF tho safe OF the Williams Jcwelry
Company on February 1. Jewels valued
al $1,000 were stolen on that occasion.
In Rotnmans trunk was found set Of
dentists tools. lie had also three diamond
rings. mans gold watch. u wonan's
gold watch and u diamond stickpln.
snciderman had pawn tickets 70: "a diu-
mond scarfpin on which ho had raised
$50 and for watch OH which he had
raised s45. They also had newspaper
clippings Of the arrest aud conviction OF
Connors. Eothrnan had n bank book
showing deposits OF $500.
Inspector Faurot questioned both men
for II long time ycsterda% afternoon. His
object was to connect them with other
safe cracking jobs here and IN other
places recently. He said no didn't &c.
much out OF them Oh TIA. score. They
discussed freely their plans to rob the
lfurd store and stern Bros. & Co. They
are charged with burglary and were
locked up In tho Mercer street station
last night.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
BROADWAY 'SPENDER' IN
SANITARIUM 10 YEARS
suit Reveals Fate Of GeOffrcy
Hawley Chapman. Once
Noted on RialtO.

Godfrey Hawiey Chapman. who was
conspicuous along New Yorks Rialto
twenty years ago. bat VINO dropped on,
OF sight after the notori.;y following the
shooting Of his wife. Cora clifford Chap
man. by his valet, has been In the Har.
rson sanitarium at Whi;estone, l.. l., ever
since
Although his father. George Marcus
Chairman. Il wealthy merchant. who died
In 1888. left him half an estate of ST.
100000. or.y $1,000 OF the income has
been used yearly since then TO pay for
his maintenance in the sanitarium. where
ne occupies small room with barred
windows.
These facts have come to light as a re-
suit OF the efforts OF Mrs. Louisa Ellis
OF the Park Avenue Hotel. who was an
intimate friend OF Chapman's mother,
Mrs Louis. Chapman. and took her name.
TO collect IA judgment for $1,000 for money
lent 10 Chapman before he was sent 10
the sanitarium. nineteen years ago. Mrs.
Ellis Is also seeking to establish In the
Surrogate's court her right to part OF the
estat. OF Chapman's mother. Mrs Ellis
says she paid $1,000 for the interests Of
the late Julia Chapman. AN aunt Of he
incompetent. Upon the death OF Chap
man his interest in the estate will go to
the heirs OF Julia Chapman.
Geonrcy Hawley Chapman wfo at
tended Princeton and was known on tn,
Ratio as n sprnder. decided 10 become
an actor ana Joined Minnie Madden!
Fiske's company. There he met Cora
CLIFFORD, l. church singer who had just
gone Oh the stage. They We're married.
Not long afterward Chnpman's father
died, leaving him half the Sl.OO0.000 cs-
/ tate. His mother was not provided for II
the will, and AZ there We're already ind!.
cations that chapman was losing hi,
mind he was induced to assign his shar,
OF the estate TO his mother. She ther
made a VIII providing FOR his maintenance
during his lifetime.
Before Chapman went 10 the santa
rum, he and his wife lived At 80 ST Mark,
| place, brooklyn. His condition WAS sucl
that he WAS constantly IN charge OF
nurse On. night in the early 'y0
the police were called in. They foun,
Chapman and tho butler unconscious
! from chloroform. Mrs. Chapman ha'
been shot by Chapmans nurse, name,
Searvant. Tho nurse was sent TO SIM
Sing for seven years for the shooting
Chapman was put in the sanitarium Mrs
Chapman then had her marriage annulle'
and became the wife of Abraham Steil
sor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
FIGHTING PRIEST STILL HUNTS.
seeks six Men Who Tried ~ Attack
Ills sister In street.

When longshoremcu and me'nh ~ Of
-. Peters Union for Catholic Scam"n
read In THE sur Yesterday the story Of
the attempted attack Oh Miss Charlotte
Maprath, the sister of their friend and
protector, Father Philip j, Magrath. they
started out to hurt for the men. IT, lucky
for the assallants that none Of those
husky men found them, for IN that event
they would not look wen IN a pictur. -
dag. Father NaCrath himself was on the
hunt. bu, he simply would have caused
the arrest of the six thugs.
The hunt will be continued to-day
Father Magrath said last night that he
expected to see the men arrested to-day
"rhe assailants." he said, "can thank
God that ! was not within reach when the
affair occurred"