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FEWER CASUALTIES
SHOW SANER FOURTH
Onl, Nine BOYS Call Mt Bellevue
Hospital to Have Their
Injuries Treated.

Tuentv-siN persons nearly all bows
under l6 wears Of age, we're accidentally
shot h. reyovers during yesterdays safe
and sane Fourth in tho greater city and
nineteen were more or less seriously
burned nv trecracLors and tov torpedoes
No one was fatally injured according
to last night reports, and the injuries
for the most part We're not bad.
These figures are for those cases which
required medical attention from the city
hospitals and do NOT include the prob
ably great number NJ minor hurts and
burns that we're NNed m by mothers and
fathers
Some NJ the INJURIES nv revolvers were
from blank cartridges, but most NJ them
We're from bullets Three children were
slightly injured h. spent bullets which
were nred hv unknown persons one NJ
these struck child in tho head. an
other in the neck
Matthew Polisatto, ~, living at 31I
Second avenue, entered tho Penny Arcsis
~ Fourteenth street and broadway Yes.
terdaN evening with Julian Black and
William Ofries, pulled \ pistol and began
Airing il An attendant Renato Mancn'
u, ~ SOS East nan street, objected and
iolzatto replied hv pointing the pisto
NJ the attendants face and pulling the
trigger.
Mancini fell and Poli2atto, with his
two friends fed. A crowd pun sued them
TO Union Square, where Patrolmen o'Fla
hertz and Petite captured the three
Mancini was taken 10 Bellevue Hos
ptal in a serious condition. Last night
surgeons were probing for what was
either bullet or waddng
Harry + nix, %, wagon helper iv-
ing at 20 suffolk street, was celebrating
the Fourth with several companions Yes
terday afternoon when an old revolver IN
the hand of one Of them accidentally went
of, the bullet hitting him In the left
temple He WAS taken 10 Gouverneur
Hospital and will recover.
william Tlynn. II, Of 5si Washingt or
street was pl1ving at Leroy and West
streets " hen boy fred blank cartridge
pistol AZ his chest The paper waddinG
and powder penetrated the boys thin shirt
infiCting a painful flesh wound Dr De
Fuccio Of St Nincents Hospital took the
hoy there Tor treatment to prevent lock
jaw.
Irving L!tz. 4, was playing yesterday IN
front Il his home al 90 Maple place, Rock
away Beach, when boys passing fired Of
several hlarl cartridges. one OF them hi
Irving ~ tho right eye and he was treated
AZ Rockaway Beach Hospital By DR.
Pasico,
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BELL PREDICTS OCEAN FLIGHT.
Break fast iu \we-ico. Dinner In
Europe" Pi- prophecy.

WAsHrNGroN. July 4--"Breakfast IN
America and dinncr IN Europe is not
only an aviation possibility. hut u prob.
ability said pr. MeNantSr Graham Bell,
telephone inventor Through the National
Geographic Society he predicted the sue
cess of cross-Atlantic flights. without,
however. commenting directly IN the
America project of Glenn II. Curtiss and
Lieut.. Cvril Porte.
There can be little doubt that any
ordinary machine able 20 support itself
In the air At an elevation of two mile,
will attain a speed of %" miles an hour
IN the direction of Europe. and that
means going from America to Europe In
a single dan" said pr Belt
Estimating the distance from New
foundland 10 ireland a. 1000 miles. pr
Bell said that a light might he made in
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ciabiy safe or sane as compared with
progress In those two directions In the
last Ave years.
Among the more serious accidents re-
ported were the cases Of Emma Pam
pelii. 2 years old. shot In the head by
an unidentified boy Elmer Armstrong
OF North Woodstock, thrown from mo-
torcycle when the chauffeur OF an auto
mbile was startled by a cannon and
swerved his car to one side: Francis
Hayes. II years old. finger blown of by
cannon explosion. and John Leroy. IL
years old. arm shattered BY cannon wad-
ding
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Dctrotts Fourth Not ssp.

DETROIT. July t--Detroit can hardly
be placed In the sane" list Of cites
which celebrated the Fourth, as the mum.
ber of injured Is about three tim.,
larger than in any previous wear Las.
year those injured by fireworks. rayol.
vers and cannons numbered tvent, -ouc.
while this years record runs into IN.
ffties.
The most serious accident was when
eight bows were injured nv an explosion
or n pop bottle, filled with powder Al
were seriously injured and two vii
probably lose their cyesight
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DOUBTS PORTES SUCCESS.
German Expert Thinks Over Oc~s N
Flight ImyrprtiraI.

A transatlantic aeroplane night would
he very risky II not Impossible. according
10 Sgismond Rergmann. electrical and
mechanical expert Of Hanover Germany
who reached New York Yesterday on the
Nate-land. Hcrr Rergmann came over
largely for a pleasure trip he said. and
to see what America ie doing IN wireless
and aeroplanes
motors for hydro serorlanes and get an
average 81 100 miles an hour in flight.
he said Their planes have remained up
for seventeen and seventeen and a half
hours. The difficulty of carving enough
fuel and It's weight, In Herr Bergmann's
opinion. made a flight across the ocean
Impractical until aeroplanes have been
further developed
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WOMEN TO Paw BUSINESS CALLS.
Plan SUMMER suffrage Campaign to
Get Petition signed.

Every business or profess innAl man in
N,v York is TO get ncIr view OF at
least two suffragists during the summer
He will be called upon AZ his place Of
business and asked IN sign his name to
a suffrage petition, Republican or Demo
cratic The Women's Political Union viii
do the canvasslng, taking one profession
each TUESDAY.
-yext TUESDAY will he LAWYERS dan Tho
ranvassing viii begin after q parade from
the Custom house 10 Wal street At
- 30 led by Mrs In'z Mlholland Bots
,eNau. who .g rorsclf lawvor The
rs'sders win speak until O'Clock and
their hrst oall viii he upon Secretary
II state Mitchell May, who win he re-
minded 10 advertise the constitutional
amendment,
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FEWER FIRES IN BOSTON.
One Boy Hurt After Public DtspIs
on Common.

BosToS, July ga safe and sane
Fourth in Boston was productive of
few fires. The ONLY serious accident was
the injury sustained tonight by Michael
Sadonsky, II years old. OF 90 Salem
street. The hoy had been To the Com
mon TO witness the display and came
home with an unexplodcd bomb. lie
touched II on In the street. blowing on
his right hand and burning his face and
body badly.
Giuseppe Nosc while listening to the
band concert in North Square was shot
in tho arm by some person.
Last year four persons were injured.
In 1913 there was total NJ nifty eight
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rs INJURED IN PHILADELPHIA
Lowest Record I'm city for Inde-
prudeuce Celebrations.

PHILADELPHIA. July 4--In place OF A
list Of injured reachng high into the hum
dreds, as in former years. the total num-
her of casualties to-day was above l25.
This is the lowest record IN the history OF
the modern Fourth OF July in fhiladel-
phia. Last year 22o persons were injured.
An analysis shows that the largest
number were caused by hrecrackcrs. Re
volvers came next and the explosion Of a
cannon also added TO the victims Phila-
delphia's list Of Fourth Of July deaths
and accidents for the last six years is as
follows:
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PtftsburR's List small,

PITrsBuRG. July this city had 10
safest and sanest Fourth 81 july TO-DAY
stringent orders issued by the nolic.
sEains; tho sale of cannon crackers and
other explosives resulted In q pronounced
decrease in accidents from the list "
July last.
While few fires occurred during m.
Gay u1n' Of them caused more than 4 fev
hundred dollars damage. Last year IN.
number of accidents In the city due 10
fireworks was thirty.
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CPInmit, Oycrtskrs others.


! e r. Vorplanck tried To- start from
Sea Gate N his Curtiss living boat. hut
broke . wing Frank Burnside tried his
best 70 60, out ~ the water IN his Thomas
living boat hut the waves were too hig
for him
Waldman Fisvlnessy GOT hrs "urtlss f'y-
tnr toat on . truck A. New Dorm. staten
island and u had been hauled 200 feet
from the shore when he found another
truck wedged IN the mud in tho narrow
road ahead Of him The stubborn truck
couldn't he coaxed ont ~ the way. SO
Figylncssr could onl, 70; mad and let
the race 90 on without him
Charles Niles who was 70 Az = 120
horse power Boland living boat. Vaa not
heard from WIZ he didn't compete the
committee didn't know
At 5 O'Clock those IN charge az the race,
who ha1 been waiting ~ give the two
flying boats at Sea Got q chance 70 ente:
late, declared tho contest over kantnsr
won the frs, prize Of 81 900 and tine J
stuart Blackton trophy Heinrich non the
second prize os $500. The third and fourth
prizes and another cup went begging.
Army officers, members of the Aero
Club Of America, members % the Mayor's
celebration committee and many guests
were ~ Governors Island Brig Gen
Is Evans commander OF the Depsrtment
Of the East, was there. and also col. John
Mallory, col William - Hdan and cant
Albert GloaveS Of the navy ward,
Courtlandt Nicoll Victor R'd1or. Martin
W. Littletcn, chairman NJ IN" Fourth If
July committee. and John " shaw. chair
man Of the subcommittee which foster6d
the ivinE rar'. WcHc H'-n among the spec
tators Man Il. H4wlo.. pr dent Of the
Aero club of America, sat ~ tho head OF
the table NJ Judge EoEev Il. Whitney
and 7 Tarke Charming wee the charters.
over ~ tho Atantl" Yacht club, Y
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-05
THE SAME OLD FOURTH

How still the day was! How pro.
found
The silence reigning all around.
No bang, no crash. 49,
No roar. no smash,
No fire. no flash,
No boom, no sizz.
No flare. no fzz.
No blasts, no whizz,
No shots. no shells.
No screams, no yells,
No jar, no noise.
No dead small boys.
No rip. no tear.
Nohow. nowhere.
And yet It was glorious Fourth,
The nations natal DAY
Which We celebrate In
The safer. saner way.
But, say.
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SIX CAUGHT IN FLAMES.
""s"tr"" and Firrrrsciscr the Com.
hinatioo This Time

WEST BoxtoRp. Mass, July t-si.
rneh ana boys were badly burned and
one efUht -year-old youugster NAV loos.
his eyesight because of a trecracker bsi,,r
exploded near n can of gasolene early hi,
niorninR.
The boys built big bonfire in the vii.
iage square and purchased seven gallons
OF gasoleno to start 1t on when on.
OF them was emptying the can upon IN.
pl'o an"the threw a hrecracker. clos. to
him ami II ignited the gasoIenc.
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SCARED HORSE KILLS BOY.
Firerrorkcr Causes Animal 70 Run
throwing Out Little Driver.

UTICA, y. Y. July John Wodisky.
years old was Killed a few miles north
Of here to-day when an exploding fire
cracker frightened y horse hauling a
wagon In which he was seated
The hoy was spending Independence
Day With an uncle ana while holding the
reins in front Of village store cannon
cracker was set of near by The animal
bottled and jerked the child over the dash,
hoard The wagon passed over his head
p nd crushed ont his life.
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L't- sunday IN Baltimore.

BALrlmoRr. Nd. july t-This has
been the sanest Fourth in the clfy's his.
tory. The day was unusually quiet he
ins more lik" Puritan SUNDAY than
dan sol. apart for tho celebration of the
Declaration ~ Independence. Tonight
M committee NJ charg" ~ tho celeb
t'. 'nte'lAinei the voungsters with IRE
works N IN. various parks
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From the towns and cities throughout
Pennsylvania came reports of similar sane
celebrations, although In some sections
the casualties oqualled in number those Of
former Fourths.
Tho only death reported up 70 late to-
night was I'm Dalton. Ps., where william
Clevor. 10 years old bit q decorating per-
cussion cap with his teeth. His brother
Fred. s, and sister Grace. 4. were fatally
injured
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Nobody Hurt In Cleveland.

CLEvELANr. Ohio. July t.--Thers vas
not single accident here to.day du.
10 fireworks. Elaborate exercises con.
Quoted BY the city sport director in all
tho parks were enjoyed bj thousands.
while Lake Erie beaches attracted more
thousands. Fireworks under the super.
vision OF experts were staged through.
out the city in the evening.
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ten hours. The route Via the Azores Of
the America is even shorter. considering
continued flights and the stop at the mid
Atlantic islands
1T is not only possible but probable
that the passage ma! be made ~ q single
day said pr. Rel. \ tifty mile wind I,
the higher air strata blowing to Europe
will also help transatlantic aviators. &C
cordinS ~ Dr. Reil
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INSANE DAY At HARTFORD.
Fovv ser,oy. Accident. Due 20 Tee
of Fireworks.

HARTFORD Conn. July i-cIauged by
the sense of hearing. the activities al po-
lice headquarters and the records at the
various hospitals. this was a very noisy
Fourth of July. Scither was II aprre
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THE LATEST PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FLYING sEApLANE AMI
>""v"
o he

week will he ready for trial early In the
week.
Mr. Curtissg vorlsmen took a holiday
uutIl Ncnday.
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nre alarms from y NJ. OF July 4 IN
nlunlght or July 4 This year there
were forty-eight alarms.
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speed spur, Mt Finish.

Coming hack TO tho finish linz off Gov
ernors Island. Kartner flew eighty miles
an hour with twenty mile wind behind
MIN He said he felt as II ne was flying
ION miles an hour Vic gained little NOR"
on Heinrich and landed only five minutes
behind the former
Heinrchs time vas rs IS -. Kant
ner's time was AZ % Is
OF the eight aviators who had MANNED
TO enter tho race two had backed ont he
fore noon W T. Bouuey. who has
SO horse power Caudron moncplane sped
over the ground At Gempstead L. l..
early yesterday morning and managed TO
get twenty-five feet into the air on his
wa to Governors Island when something
went wrong with mis- engine and his craft
careened and suffered to tho earth.
Bonney vas not hurt but the left wing
of his mouoplan' wac smashed. He got
over 10 the island later to witness the
racing from land.
George Van Gtassy. who was entered
to contest with Too horse povcr CurtlsS
hying boat, didn't even get his machine
wet because motor which had been
cranky several days ago refused fatty to
work YESTERDAY
Just after kantner anl Heinrich had
got good star yesterday word camc 10
Governors Island that IN" aviators who
were 70 enter in flying boats were having
2 mighty unpleasant time Of - down A.
that they couldn't get away.
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Two nviators in monopaucs one look.
ing like a big black beetle and the other
like little. white witch sailing through
the air on a brooms.,ck, thrilled thou
sands OF persons as they few up and down
the Hudson River from Governors Island
yesterday afternoon in the air race ar
ranged as par. Of the city's safe and
sane" celebration.
Harold Kiptner. flying in 80 horse
power SNhm!.t monoplane. q machine
with only ioi square feet Of surface,
won the 30 mile race In g. minutes 90 is
seconds. His elapsed time was better by
minutes 20 80 seconds than that Of
Albert : Hc'rrlch. who piloted so
hcrsc- power Hsnlich monoplauc.
The tao plrdm.n. the only ones Of eight
entered Tor the race who really flow.
passed crowds OF folk making holiday.
who lined the Battery and hundreds who
used ;ht ralisadcs aS grand stands or took
Riverside Drive is , Vantng- point from
which 10 sec the ayiator- scurry through
the Blue SKY on tho Wins of tho wind.
As Heinrich c'r"lsd over the siartiu .
line between the statue ct Liberty and
Govttnors island at " 90 f. NJ. tha big
liner Naterlaud wa pokiug It's way w the
bay. Heinrich looked like trouble
some inse, about to bother tho Water and.
who's passengers sent up cheer.
He,nrich started he race up the Hud-
son | 100 feet in tn, air and going n; the
rete Of SiNty-siN miles an hour. Eight
minutes later kautuer sho' into the air
in his diminu;ive machine and took after
Heinrich. II was a race Of ELAPSED time.
Heinrich mad long since dvindled into
A. Speck against m" blue haze 10 the
NORTH when Kantner swung into the mouth
o. the Hudson River le passed directly
over the Vat.rland dying only COO feet
in the air. and seemed TO shoot through
the smoke coming from the ships tunnels.
As FAR az Sruy'en Duvvil the machines
Nep There. opposite the Harlem ship
Canal. they were required TO make
turn around e pvlon on \ barge I'm the
river. Then back down m" Hudson they
came, out through tho Natrows To Sea
Gate. around the YACHT Sycamore Of Com
rcdorA Z Stuart Blac<ton Of the At
lantc Yacht Club, and hacl, to the I'm
isnine line on Governors Island.
on the way past Goverrc-s Island. after
coming back down IN" Huds"r. kantner
had gained three minutes on Heinrich.
Thev were living sixty miles an hour
They found the wind puff 20 Sea cate.
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sassination. sent Law word that !
meant TO have life for life. For
what was | better than deadg | prom
isod him that, should he escape, ]
would have the life OF his son. He
knew | meant II. and sent his wife
and son abroad. Then he died sud
denly, OF some common allment-they
said; but knew better lie died OF
fear Of me"
Urine smiled cruel smile; u had
made his life reign Of terror. Ever
30 often | would send Law. one way
or another mysteriourly always-a
trey OF hearts, Il was my deaihsisn
for him; as you know. our name,
Urine. signifies a group OF three, And
every time he received trey OF
hearts. within twenty.four hours an
attempt Of some sort would be made
upon his life The strain broke down
his nerve.
Then | turned my attention TO the
son. but the distance was too great
the difficulties insuperable The Law
millions Knocked all my efforts: their
alliance with the Rothschilds placed
mother and son under the protection
OF every secret police In Europe But
they dared not come home At length
| realized could win only by playing
waiting game needed three
things, more money; TO bring Alan
Law back 10 America, aud one agent
| could trust. one incorruptible agent
I ceased TO persecute mother and son.
lulled them into a sense Of false Sc
curity. and by careful specrlatlona
repaired my fortunes In Rose had
the lure 10 draw the boy back to
America In YOU. the one person |
could trust
Il sent Rose abroad and arranged
that she should meet Law They fell
in love at sight Then wrote inform.
lng her that the man she had chosen
was the son OF him who had murdered
sll Of me but my brain. Il fell out as
foresaw You can imagine the scene
OF passionate remuneration pledges
Of undying constanoy--the arrange
ment Of secret code whereby. when
she needed him. she would send him
n single rose-the birth Of a great 70.
nance"
The old man laughed sardonically.
We'll. there Is the history Now the
rose has been sent. Law IL already
komcward bound. my agents are
watching HIS every step. The rest IL
10 your hands"
The girl bent forward. breathing
heavily. eyes ahame In face that had
assumed a waxen pallor
What Ia Il you want Of me-"
8ring Alan Law to me. Dead or
alive. bring him 20 me Hut alive. n
you can compass g. | wish 10 see him
die Then |. too. may die content"
The hand Of hot blooded youth stole
forth and grasped the icy hand Of
deathin.life
4 will bring him" Judith swore--
dead or alive. you shall have him
here"
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thumb. Then he jumped up from the
chair and glared suspiciously round
the room. II was true that a prac-
tical Joke In that solemn atmosphere
were a thing unthinkable; still. there
was the rose.
There was no one but himself in
the library.
Perplexed 10 evaporation. Alan fed
the club. only pausing on the way out
TO annex the envelope he found ad.
dressed to him In the letterrack.
II was a blank white envelope Of
good quality, the address typewriter,
the stamp English. and bore a Lon.
don pOstmark half illegible.
Alan tore the envelope open In abb
sent.minded fashion-and started an
n stung. The enclosure was a sim.
pie playing card-a trey Of hearts,
As for Alan Law. he wandered
homeward In a state OF stupefaction.
He could read quite well the message
OF the rose. He would not soon for.
get that year-old parting with his
Rose OF the Riviera: You say you
love me but may not marry me-and
we must part. Then promise this.
that II ever you change your mind.
you'll send for me-" And her prom
Ise: u will send you rose"
But the year had lapsed ~iih never
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shen-it came 10 pass that We loved
one woman, your mother. won her
all but her heart: too late she real
lied Il was Law she loved. He never
forRave me, nor | him . Though he
married another woman still ue held
from me the love Of my wife. ! could
not sleep for hating him-and he was
no better on, Each sought the others
ruin: II came TO be an open duel be-
tween US. In Wall street One az us
had TO fail-and held the stronger
hand The might before the day that
was TO have seen my triumph.
walked In Central park. as was my
habit 10 tire my body so that my brain
might sleep Crossing tho East drive
I was struck by moiorcar running
at high speed without lights was
picked up lnsensible-a lived only
TO be what am today, Law tri.
umphed in the street while lay help.
less; only living remnant Of my
fortune remained 90 me. Then his