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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
CITY DEATH RATE LOWEST
Week Ended July 4 Saw New
Record 1914 q Thousand

The lowest weekly death rate in the
history Of the city was that OF the
week ended July (. according to the
bulletin issued by the Health Depart
ment yesterday.
There were 1.l6O deaths. o. 1854 a
thousand. which is the first time that
'he weekly death rate has gone belor'
II a thousand. The rate for the cor
responding week of last year vas I2.5i
and Of 1901 was 40.s2. which vas Jue
10 the excessive heat.
OF the causes OF death the only ones
that showed an increase last week were
typhoid fever and pulmonarY tuoercu
losis. Death from sunstroke showed
a decided decrease. There were 81
less deaths of infants under one year.
81 less between one and five years. 80
less between five and sixty-iive Years
and 13 less over sixty-hve vears
The death rate for the first twenty
seven weeks OF this year was 1864 as
against 1924 for the corresponding
period in 1918, a decrease Of so o. a
point.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
JOHN D. GETS NEW AIDE
Auto Ride, $4,000 and a Job
Given Man of 60.

William Wall. sixty years old. of
Pocantico Hills. wishes he had picC2
Of property 70 sell to J. D. Rockefeller
every day. Wall. who recently lost his
position on the railroad. had a small
bit Of land az Pocantico which ".
Rockefeller wanted. He offered it fo~
$4,000 and Mr Rockefeller accepted.
The latter also agreed TO give Mr.. Wall
employment on his estate.
Yesterday was the date for signir Z
the papers. Mr.. Rockefeller sent his
automobile around TO Walls house and
Wall and his wife were driven TO Tar
rytown. where they signed the deed.
Then. after the money was deposited in
the bank. Wall and his wife were
driven 10 their home at PocantIco
Hills.
During the day Mr. Rockefeller came
up and asked Wall how he enjoyed the
ride.
Sure. and I'm willing TO ride every
day under the same circumstances, "
was the reply.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
HER NAME CLEARED,
SHE AWAITS KNIFE
Rcfutes Husbands Charge. Gets
Scparation, and Is Now Ready
for DELAYED Operation.

Nrs. Dora Emma Bacon yesterday ac.
comnlishcd her announced purpo'c -
clearing her name Of tho charges winch
CAPTAIN samuel Marshall Bacon made
IN his suit for divorce. and she Wlli
now submit to the dangerous surgical
opcratioi which she delayed until Sre
could defend herself in court for me
sake Of ncr children.
Justice Lehman handed down the de-
cision granting her a separation from
Bacon. the captain Of tugboat' ana
dismissing tn, suit for divorce. me
court awarded irs. Bacon ihe custody
Of her four children ard allowed her
SIS a week npmony.
Justicc Lehman said in his decision
that he felt bound 20 discard IN" teSti-
monv given by witnesses for the nus
hang because of - inherent improba, +,
lility. ard because the dcmcanor ana
manner Of tcstifying by the witnesses
convince nc Of tier entire unr'li"bil-
ity.' ......
ono Of thr witnesses for Bacon was
tho Rev. Eugene T.. Hall, pastor OF the
FirS, Baptist Church Of Long Island
EttV.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
SECRET NOT TOLD GREECE
Navy Won't Reveal How Big
Gunfire Is Controlled.

Washington. July g. Certain pieces
OF apparatus which comprise the vital
portions Of the American navy's secret
stem for control Of fire OF big guns
will be removed from the battleships
Idaho and Mississippi before those
vessels are sold 10 Greece.
Naval officers have been somewhat
ncitated over the prospect that the
ships would be delivered just as they
stood. with the American secret aboard.
he purchasers will have no complaint
70 make, for the proposal to the gov
crnment was that the ships should be
turned over just as they were built
ard neither vessel had the present fire
control system when it was commits
stoned.
II is expected that the payment )
Sl2. 600 600 for the ships will be made
within n day or TWO. The Mississippi.
will be delivered a. Hampton Roads
and the Idaho a. Gibraltar. The bat
tleship Maine will sail on Wednesday
70 replace the Idaho on the annual
cruise Of the midshipmen from An
napols.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
WOMAN KILLED AS
AUTO UPSETS; HURT
Six in Car of Max Rothbart as
II OverturnS-Wife Dies
in Hospital.

Trenton. y. j.. July 6. Max Roth
bart, president Of the Acme steel Cell
ing Company. OF 5l2 East ll8th st.
New York City. his wife, Minnie, and
their cight-yesr-old nephew, Mamie
Rothbart, we're injured this evening
when an automobile containing 4 party
o. ak skiddcd and overturned at Aquc-
duct Mills, near here.
Mrs. Rothbart, who rs secretary Of
her husband company, received a
fracture Of the skull and was taken to
The Mercer Hospital. where she dIcd
Her husband sustained II disloca'"d
wfi3t and knee and :hc child concus-
sion Of the brain.
When the machine skidded. ~
plunged 70 the side Of the road, UP an
cmbankment and upset. The Rothbarts
we're pinned underneath, but the other
three, including Louis Rothbart, MaXs
brother. fell clear and escaped with a
fen cuts and bruises.
The ROthbarts were on their way
from New York 70 Trenton. Max Roth
bart and hia nephew, Louis'S son, are
slso in the Mercer Hospital
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
ULSTER GETS AMMUNITION
Volunteers Evade Gun boats
Land 100000 Rounds.


Belfast, July 8. Two hundred thou
sand rounds Of ammunition for the
Ulster volunteers are said to have been
landed on the County Down coast from
r small collier early this morning.
This adventure, in which dozen
young men OF Belfast and vicinity
took part. disguised as stevedores, wa 8
carefully planned. with the result thai
the torpedo gunboats lying at anchor
} ear the landing place did not conside -
i worth while 20 challenge the collier
when she arrived.
The cartridges. part OF a large CON
SiGnment purchased in Germany, were
concealed in bags of coal. which were
brought ashore, loaded on Goa lorres
by the pseudo stevedores and driven
away safely 10 hiding places
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
BIPLANE A PLAYGROUND
Children Injure Aeroplane and
Aviator Has a Fall.

Wildwood, y. j., July 6.-Three un-
ruly children and an indulgent father
made bad combination which resulted
ir damage to George A. Grays Wright
biplane today and nearly ended in its
destruction and the death of the ayia-
tor.
The plane was left on the beach.
while Gray and his mechanician went
10 luncheon. On their return they dis.
covered the father looking on with
folded arms. while the three Young
sters ran over the frail planes and
swung on the delicate wires. In his
excitement Gray failed 20 get the
mans name. Three ribs of the biplane
were broken and the fabric was badly
torn
Later Gray narrowly escaped death
in night fight. the engine suddenly
stopping when the machine was 2 hun
dred feet in the air. The descent
was so rapid that both front skids
were broken. II was found that come
one. presumably the children. had
poured sand into the gasolene tank.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
BIG SNAKE R0UTS WOMEN
Reptile Drops from Roof Into
Crowd on Sidewalk.

Red Bank. Y. j.. July 6.--A crowd
OF women was panicstrlcken TINS al
tcrnoon when . snake. about ten teet
long and three inches in diameter tei'
from the roof of garage INTO the
passing crowd. Patrolman Horatio
SHUTS ran 20 telephone booth to cal
out the reserves as the reptile curied
w on the sidewalk and barred its fangs'
but before the extra squad arrived the
snake had been shared and put INTO a
bcx.
While fishing about six years ago
Otis Allen. who lives in a fiat in ar
adjoining building over the garage
captured the snake. and had since kept
it in water tank in his room. While
Allen was away this afternoon tine
snake crawled out Of the tank and
through an open window TO the roof Of
the garage. 1t was not Of poisonous
species.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
CARNEGIE READY TO
Give 100000
Wishing to Die Poor, lie Is
Willing to Build COun-
try Libraries.

St. Paul. July 6. An earnest plea IN
behalf Of the woman educator by Jo-
scph Swain. president; recommenda-
,ions for radical changes in the public
school system. discussion of plan
for the establishment OF Libraries in
the country districts, to which Andrew
Carnegie may be the chief contributor,
and activities Of convention politicians
marked to-day's session OF the Nation
sl Education Association. Some OF
Mr.. Swain's striking sentences were:
Pay the teachers a living wage.
LET the women teachers vote
"Provide a system OF retirement al
lowances so that teachers will work
contentedy.'
Open more supervisory positions 10
women"
Choose he best person for a posi-
tiCn regardless Of sex"
The campaign Of the "Sold South"
ii behalf Of Professor David r. John
son. who IS Dr. David Starr Jordan 8
chief opponent in the contest for the
presidency of the association. was car
ried vigorously forward tonight.
Phlander z. ClaXtou. United States
Commissioner Of Educa ion. announced
that Andrew Carnegie had under con-
siderstion n plan for the establishment.
o. Libraries in country districts that
would call for contribution of be-
tween s75,0O0,C00 and 100000 600 from
him.
"Mr Carnegie was interested in the
proposal and asked me how much
money il would require" said Mr.. Clax-
ton. 81 told him probably $4,000, 900
and possibly sl00.O00.O0O lie is de-
termined TO give his money away and
die poor, and here is an opportunity.
There are 1900 counties in our
nation with no public Libraries. and
only seyenty-five counties where the
people have access to Libraries which
are almost unlimited. talked these
conditions over with Mr.. Carnegie and
told him Of the need of libraries in
country districts. From what he said
have reason to believe that il counties
make the proposition 10 him that cities
make. they 10 buy the lot If he will
erect the building, Mr.. Carnegie would
40 his share"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
SEEK TO PUT BRIDE
IN INSANE ASYLUM
Mark Morton and Rela-
tives Act After Daugh-
ter's Secret Marriage.

Chicago. July 6. Thc father and sew
eral other relatives Of the girl con
CURED. il became known tonight, IN
the petition to Roger Bayly to nave
his bride Of three weeks. the daughter
OF Mark Morton, a wealthy man. OF
this city. adjudged insane and COM
r,itted 90 an asylum. A commission o.
physicians examined the young woman
and asked the court to commit ner'
The Judge refused to take such a STEP
and put her in the care OF her uncle
Colonel George Fabyan.
Miss Morton was famous for her
horsemanship. her handsome gowns
and her social activity. She rode at
the Washington horse show last Fin-
ter. II was there. it is said, that she
met Bayly. a young Virginian, and tell
in love with him.
When she returned home she quar-
relied w.;h her father. lie retallated
by cutting Off her allowance. She por-
rowed money from friends. and in May
went to Virginia. where she was near
Bayly. She returned home lit;le
more than n month ago. and news OF
her marriage soon became known.
Whcn Mr.. Bayly was examined as %
fer sanity on June 80 she was asked If
she smoked as many as thirty clga-
iettcs day. Sc denied this or that
she drank many cocktails.
81 drink a fcw but rot many," 'he
aid
She denied that her father paid her
debts. 4 cook in the Mark Morton
home said that one day recently while
Mrs. Bavl- and her husband were IN
tho kitchen the bride seized a carving
knife and pursued Bayly around
table.
Despite tho action Of Bayly and the
Morton family. the couple have left the
citv together and AL trace Of their
whereabouts is lost.
The report Of the secret insanity
commits ssion said:
I'VE lind the said Helen VI. Bayly is
suffering from a mental arrangement
from which VIC conclude that she IS
insane. We would respectfully recon-
mord that she be sent 20 some public
or privatc hospital or asylum for the
insane or committed to the care OF some
friend competent to see that she has
such medical aid and other treatment as
may be best for her
Pavly told at the examination OF
l,,tcr he had found which. he said. had
hcor written By his bride two weeks
after their marriage 10 a former su'tor
IN Virginia. the contents Of the letter
we're not made public.
Mrs. BavIv was last seen on sunday
With hcr husband ut lawn party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
PENN. ORDERS "a ENGINES
Will Spend S1,680,000 for
Additional Motive Power.

3 Telegraph 10 Tn. Trbun.
Philadelphia. July 6.-Orders have
been given by the Pennsylvania Rail
road TO its Altoona shops to proceed
with the construction Of eightyfour
locomotives, the rest Of its 1914 pro-
vision for motive power equipment.
At an average Of $4,000 each, the
locomotives will cost about s1,6S0,000.
The company decided TO go ahead TO
keep the Altoona shops employed.
There were 300 locomotives idle a
few weeks ago on the lines Of the
Pennsylvania system, which at 100000
each represented idle capital Of $4,000
600 Traffic has shown an improvement
since then, because Of the movement
Of grain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
OVERWORkED MAN
AWARDED $4,000
Big Damages for Conductor
Receiving Injuries Through
Exhaustion.

Chicago. July 6. A jury awarded
James h. Wilson, formerly freight
conductor on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, $4,000 to-day for injuries
received. according 10 testimony, after
he had been forced TO work siXty-three
hours out OF scventy-two.
Propped M in wheel chair. Wilson
told the Jurors he had been made TO
wors three days and nights, from Au-
Gus, 10 o. 20. 1918. Nlth only rine
hours rest lie said that while
switching freight car on a siding al
Peninsula. Penn. or tho thro dar he
became exhausted and fell between the
car and engine. His right arm Was
crushed and his spine badl. injured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
C. P. DODGE TO SEE 7. R.
Cousin of Wilson's Backer
Coming from Colorado.

Oyster Bay. \. Y. July s. Clarence
+. Dodge. state Chairman Of the Pro-
gressives in Colorado. and cousin OF
Cleveland II. Dodge. a hacker Of Presl-
dent Wilson in the 1912 campaign, Will
each New York Wednesday 20 confer
with Colonel Roosevelt and George W.
Perkins on the Colorado situation.
The Progressive nominee for Gov
ernor is T.. p. Costigan, a labor law
yer Of Denver. No decision has been
made as 70 the candidate for United
States Senator, and the two candl-
dates for the House.
Again to-day the Colonel remained
in seclusion. and he was prevented by
the rain from taking any outdoor e1Cr-
else.
lie will make his regular weekly
visit 20 New York Wednesday. and will
20 to the Progressive headquarters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
Cannon Has G.. o. P. Opponent

Danyille. IT.. July G DR.. +. h.
Cooley announced his candidacy to-
day for the Republican nomination for
Congress. in opposition 70 Joseph &.
Cannon. i'm he 18th Illinois District.
Dr Cooley. in making his announce
ment says that he is impelled to do so
ny the complaint that Uncle Joe" is
no longer IN touch with the younger
element N his district.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
4 TOTS HURT BY FALLS
Children Drop from Fire Es-
capes-Seriously Injured.

-Four children. the Oldest six wears
and The yOun@cst nineteen months
were taken 20 70. Harlem Hospital last
night between the hours Of 9 and IL
o'clock wtn fractured skulls sustained
from falling from fire escapes. All OF
them arc 80 critical condition.
The frst % fall va Rose Appoion'
aged s.1. who was playing on the hre
escape a. the fourth floor rear at 44e
East Hin 80. The others we're Ray
mond Brown. FIVE years old, Of lO2 East
l5tn 81; Ray Tsssian. aged FIVE years
- 81 Ksst iO+th st., and Max Potash
aged nineteen months, Of 23l East
18TH ~.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
WILSON HAS MAID FREED
Former Domestic in His Home
Released from Jail.

Trenton. y. j.. July s. Through he
porqo1al efforts Of President Wilson a
conan who was employed in his
Princeton home as a domestic ten year'
ago will be released from the Mercer
County jail. to which she was commit
Ted on a charge OF habitual drunden-
ness.
The woman name $ withheld at the
request OF the President. who desires
to give her new start IN life.
Her prcdicament was discovered by
a former Princeton school teacher,
Miss Katharine Welsh. who wrote 10
tho President. Governor Fielder o.
New Jersey vas asked by the President
20 investigate the case and later or
dcrcd tho county authorities to release
the woman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
CONvICTS FORPROHIBITIOM
Petition to Legislature Signed
by 1,008 Saloon Victims.

Philadelphia. July 6. One thousand
and eight prisoners out Of total Of
It7S confined IN the Eastern Peniten-
tiary have signed a petition which
will be submitted to the Legislature
seeking statewide prohibition. The pc
tition is probably the strongest and
most uniouc sociological argument ever
made against the liquor traffic
Without a word or even suggestion
from Warden Mckcnty. the prisoners
confined behind the walls Of the instl-
tuition signed their names. and IN many
instances volunteered 10 60 before a
legislative committee and tell how the
saloon evil had wrecked their lives.
Tho petition Was signed on lndepen-
dencc Day and made public to- day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
RACING 5000 NILES
TO HIS SICK WIFE
Revenue Cutter Captain on Last
Lap of Journey from I'm.
alaska TO Philadelphia.

Chicago. July g Captain 2. II
Ubc-roth. OF tho United states revenue
cutter NcCulloch. stationed in Alaskan
waters, arrived here to-day ard began
the last zap Of his 5.00O-mile race to
the bedside Of his wife. who is i'll in
Philadelphia.
Captain Uberroth left Unalaska thir-
teer days ago. His schedule thus far
follows: Unalaska 10 Cordova, 900
miles, three days: Cordova 10 Seattle,
500 miles, six days; Seattle 10 Chi
cago. 2.lS2 miles. three days. lie ex.
poets TO arrive al his destination to-
morrow morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
Dixie Flier in a Ditch.

Na.hvillc. July g. The Diztc fllcr,
bound zouth on The Nashville. thatt"-
nooga & s. Louia Railroad, jumped me
ty,'L lsfc to-day at WAuaatchic. Tenn.
Railroad oncialr say that "no ono V"s
INJURED gcriousiy, passengers receiving
only abTasions and bruises"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
This Mornings NewS.
NIsCRLLANKOCS.

,honsn pelt ling with Paper S......
lrfd' Advance Home Rule Bill.....
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-07
WEATHER

TO-DAY. PARTLY CLOUDY
Temperature YESTERDAY:
Nigh. .3; Low. 81.
Fuli report on Rage IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-02
ARGUS AND union
CLASH TOMORROW
Rival Rock Island Newspapers
Meet at Augustana While
Mail Meets Dispatch.

Augustana college baseball field will
be the scene tomorrow afternoon of
hostilities between The Argus and
Union. The two teams will meet in
their first clash of the season. Incl
dentally first place in the Twin-City
Newspaper Baseball league will be de-
cided, as both teams have won two
games without a defeat.
Considerable rivalry is being mani
tested and doubtless a red hot game
will be the result. The same old line
UP will take the field for The Argus,
with Billy Kahle doing mound duty.
The Union will also use its same line
up. with the famous southpaw. Bieber
bach. on the slab. That a good-sized
crowd will turn out to witness the con-
test is practically assured. as both pa
pers will go to press early and the Of
fee force plans TO turn out and root
for their favorites.
The big feature OF tomorrow's con-
test will be the umpire, Mayor Harry
Schriver having consented to arbitrate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-02

Savannah, Ga, June 2-The sport
ing fraternity in Savannah are chuck
ling in their sleeves over the diScom-
future of Mrs. L. T. Weatherbee, secre-
tary of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, on the one
hand, and Cole l.. Blease, governor of
South Carolina, on the other, the joint
efforts of whom were unable to put a
stop to their Sunday cooking main,
and incidentally over the increment
to the bank accounts of the fortunate
among them growing out OF the same
successful event.
While Mrs Weatherbee was left
in undisputed possession of the field
on the Savannah side of the river,
and the minions of Governor Blease
cooled their heels and shook their
fists impotently from the South Caro-
lima side, the sports embarked their
birds. their money and themselves on
a chartered steamer, and there, Sc
cure from all alarms, pulled off an
all-day fight with the choicest birds
of the two states.
Mrs. Weatherbee, who recently
earned a national reputation when
she singled-handed and alone invaded
Sunday outing of the Savannah
Volunteer Guards at Kelly's Farm
and took possession of the pits, in
forming the soldiers and their
friends that they should not fight the
birds without first killing her, and
forcing them to relinquish their days
sport, learned that party of
fanciers were preparing to circum-
vent her by fighting their birds on
the South Carolina side of the river,
invoked the aid of Governor Blease
by telegraph, received instructions
that deputies had been sent to the
scene by the Carolina executive, and
herself took steps to prevent the
matching of birds on Georgia soil.
Mrs. Weatherbee was eminently
successful in preventing the fight in
sofar as holding the match on either
Georgia or South Carolina territory
was concerned, but she learned when
it was too late for the knowledge to
be of any value to her that the decks
of the little steamer which had lain
all day in the center of the river had
been made the scene of one of the
biggest and bloodiest mains fought
in this section in a number of years
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-02
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