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The evening world., 1914-04-25
VILLAGE |DLER KILLS
Wife, HER DAUGHTER
AND NEXT HIMSELF
Good Woman Supported Him
and He Was Enraged When
Girl Offered Reproaches.

Salvatore Caruso. an idler In the
village of Carlsbad. N. j., shot and
killed his wife. his nineteen year old
stepdaughter and himself to-day. The
double murSer and suicide was the
result OF the protests Of his wife and
her children against his constant
loafng and failure to aid in tho up
keep OF the family.
Caruso paid court to his wife when
she was the Widow opposite. Her
former husband had left her In the
possession Of a good market garden.
the filling Of which brought her In q
comfortable living. She had seven
children to care for and she was .
busy woman. After marriage Caruso
installed himself In her home and be.
came the head OF the family. Work.
however. he would not DO. and he be-
came a burden on his wife and her
children.
His nineteen. year-old stepdaughter
worried over the labor her mother
had to perform TO keep things go
ing. and. In high temper. approached
her stapfather this morning for his
idleness. The girl was to have been
married tomorrow and the Anal ar
rangements for the wedding had been
made. Caruso turned on her with
a snarl Of rage and when she per-
sisted in her approaches he picked
ND q revolver and shot her dead. His
wife, entering the room at the sound
OF the pistol shot, was sent to death
with the second bullet. Caruso then
turned the weapon on himself and
the shot went true.
The little children OF the family
ran screaming to the neighbors. and
the village constable was summoned
He found the idler. his wife and he
daughter lying in q heap.
The evening world., 1914-04-25

light plays Of the year have been too
short to satisfy tho general public
For my part l prefer to ~ to the
theatre at $50 and be out by 1890.
And 20 far as New York IL concerned
l don't think It cares how short a
play ID II II has q new idea that's
bright or the punch that means so
much. But other cities bitterly re-
sent the play that falls short In time.
A protest has gone up all over the
country against the play that In over
almost US soon a. It begins.
'"The public wants something more
nings entertainment. While New
York In ready to dance of to the tango
halls at 1880 or fifteen minutes later.
the road. AZ we call 1t. virtually holds
"a stop watch on plays and calls them
strictly to account In the matter OF
time. The successes that have gone
on the road In the past two years
have been plays Of length and punch
II moving pictures have done moth
ing else for the theatres. they have
brought them to the point where per-
formances OF generous length are a
necessity. And before long you will
see plays that are combination OF
pictures and actors. Two or three
movements Of this sort are already
on foot"
Mr.. Brady shook his head at the
suggestion of a reduction in the price
OF tickets to play that Is merely a
light. amusing trtht.
NO" no objected. 1T wouldn't do
at all to bring down the price to $3.50
for such q play. The public would
Immediately say. There must be
something wrong with IT, and stay
away. The only thing to do Is To
bring the play up to the requirements
set by the public. As for a curtain
raiser II would be regarded AS a sign
| that the main play was weak. Every
manager in New York has learned
from experience that this Is the pecu-
liar attitude Of the public toward cur.
tain raisers. That's why We have
done everything possible to get alons
without them. Tho producer OF q
short play can sneak ten minutes
In raising the curtain and fifteen min.
utes Mt every interm!ssion-that In. III
can do II In New York But he cam
do II on the road. There audiences
manifest their impatience by stamp
ing and whistling--they simply refuse
to sit still and wait, And. OF course
the prospective success Of a play OF
the road In always kept in mind b!
the producer. That's one reason VIII!
authors. beginning with next season
will find themselves obliged to writ,
plays with their eye on the clock
And. take my word for II, they'll d.
IT,"
The evening world., 1914-04-25
FIREbU6S SET BLAZE,
POLICEMAN STOPS IT
Fire Started by Candles Thrust
Through Holes in Floor Is
Quickly ExtinguiShed.

Detectives OF the West Thirtieth
street police station are investigating
an attempt made last night to burn
the offices of the Nuremberg Patrol
Company. on the second floor OF the
three story building at No. l2S West
Twenty ninth street. The ne was
discovered before much damage was
done and was extinguished by Pat
rolman Dnotsky or the West Thir-
tieth street police station. without
the aid Of fre engines.
Dnotsky saw au,oke coming from
the place and emit to investigate. He
found that three small holes had been
cut in the floor OF the ONCE and a
candle had been inserted In each OF
the holes and lighted. Ono of the
candles had burned out and the wood
was Just taking fire when the smoke
attracted the attention Of the pat
rolman. Detectives were assigned tC
Investigate and tho ire Marshal wa
notified
The evening world., 1914-04-25
NEMESIS CAUGHT
HIM IN ELEVATOR
AND BEAT HIM Up
Wife'S Brother Was After Him
and Spied Him at Waldorf
as He Was Going Up.

How Harry Cottcr OF Helena. Mon,
got his brother-in-iaw. volney d.
Williamson OF Spokane. Wash, in an
elevator in the waldorf-Astoria Hotel
last Saturday and gave him a thor
ough beating was told to-day In
Yorkville Police Court by William
son when Cotter was arraigned on a
charge OF assault. Magistrate Nolan
held Cotter in 5000 bail for trial in
the Court of Special Sessions.
Both men are wealthy mine owners
and were formerly in partnership.
Williamson. who Is fifty years old,
married Cotter's sister The William
sons separated some time ago and
there Is a divorce action pending In
Spokane.
Williamson told the court he had
been In New ork for two months
stopping at the Waldorf. His brother.
in-law came to New ork about ter
days ago and put up at No. 22s Yves,
Seventy -second street. The two had
eliminated In the fight Of last Satur.
day.
Cotter, according to the testimony
waited In the Waldorf corridor unit
he saw Williamson enter an elevator
and then popped in after him. A,
the car started up. Cotter. who |.
thirty-six years old. and muscular
TANNED Williamson against the wall
blacked his eyes. mashed his face
and choked him. BY the time tn,
elevator operator got the car back I,
the ground floor Williamson was 1,
bad shape. Cotter hurried from tn
hotel.
Williamson went TO the police cour
last Wednesday with a lawyer an,
got q summons for Cotter, which wa
not served until yesterday. Cotter pu
In no defense to-day beyond sayir
that he had como to New York be
cause he had heard that Williamson
vas making slanderous statement
about Mrs. Williamson. his sister.
The evening world., 1914-04-25
MINE WAR TRUCE
ON, BUT STRIKERS
KEEPUP SHOOTING
Clashes at Different Points in
Colorado Riot Zone and
Mines Surrounded.

TRINIDAD. COLO. Apr, c5.--wi,h
the State troops and striking coal min
ers of Colorado resting on their arms
I'm the Ludlow district. In accordance
with the two days truce agreed on.
interest to-day centred In the outcome
Of an informal conference between
strike leaders and Adjt Gen. John
Chase Of the Colorado National Guard.
The union miners will he represcn-
ted by John Lawson. international
board member. John McLennan. pres
ident OF District No. Is. United Mine
Workers OF America. and Robert q.
Bolton. international organizer.
All during last night union leaders
were engaged In an effort TO enforce
tho temporary truce agreed upon. but
notwit IN standing occasional shots were
exchanged between the military out
posts and strikers.
The centre OF expected trouble In
tho walsenburg district shifted from
tho Victor American and Colorado
Fuel and Iron properties on tho south
to the non union mines north and
west to-day. The report reached here
to-day that the Sunnyside mine.
twelve miles northwest. had been Wis.,
ited by union forces. and that tho
jackson and Turner mines were sur
rounded.
Every train Is loaded with people
leaving tho district.
Tho visi. 10 the Sunnyside mine
was, according TO It's superintendent.
for the purpose Of securing high
power rifles. supposed to he there for
use against the strikers. As there
were none, tho strikers said they
would protect the employees In event
Of trouble.
A despatch from Denver states that
Gov. Ammons Of Colorado. en- route to
Denver. late yesterday. called on the
Federal Government for troops to aid
In composing the strike situation IN
Colorado. and last night received an
swer that the War Department could
spare no soldiers for this purpose
The evening world., 1914-04-25

you ever gone u tHe
theatre at $50 only to find
yourself out ON the pave.
N0 ment again at 1890 or
whereabouts wondering what under
the stars you could do to round out
what even the most sober OF us might
call q full evenings entertainment!
The season that IL now finding Its
way beneath the daisies has certainly
been distinguished for plays that
may DO classified as tho short weight
drama. Moro often than ever before
the curtain has gone up late. through
no effort to be fashionable, mind you.
and come down early simply because
the play couldn't hold out any longer.
This has been particularly true OF
light comedies and slim farces. Long
waits and short acts 20 to make up
one Of tho tricks OF the theatrical
trade. For example. lot me tell you
what l was told not long ago:
The actual playing time OF a farce
that ran for months at a broadway
| theatre was one hour and forty min
utes. How's that for two dollars?
While 1t may seem grievously sordid
to put play on o time schedule. the
indisputable fact remains that the
public demands quantity as we'll az
quality. As rule II expects to be
entertained for two hours and "A half
and II 1t isn't II feels 1t has not been
given it's moneys worth. The skilled
playwright knows this and works ac-
cordingly. The inexperienced author
often falls short In this respect. OF
else his play In cut short by tho pro-
Queer whose experiences with the blue
pencil is by no means equalled by his
facility with the fountain pen. Dia-
iogue is destroyed, but none In turn
Ii created. The result In a play tina,
leaves great deal to he desired by
patrons who have an unfailing SENSE
Of proportion.
Now, all this In taken conscicn.
t!ousiy into consideration In England
where a so-called curtain raisel
pieces OUT the main bill Of the eve
ming. but our managers seem to live
In horror OF the curtain raiser,
Occasionally one IL put on more II
desperation than In hope. And Il
over play needed one that play
was believe Me. Xantippe." fare,
bright enough in itself, but not lon,
enough TO stretch through an eve
ming. Because It was the first OF thu
short weight plays of the season
! made II the means to an end in I
talk yesterday afternoon with III
producer. william A. Brady. HI,
contemplative eyebrows raised at thu
question AS To whether the public |,
given fun value for It's money b.
plays distinguished chiefly for theil
brevity.
1.-The answer to that question" h
replied with elaboration that al
lowed for "A smile OF isfaction. III
that already word has been sent GU
TO authors to write plays runninl
two hours and half. This mean'
there will be O change. You're quite
right In thinking that some OF thu
The evening world., 1914-04-25
ULSTER SMUGGLES
GIANT WAR STORES;
/, POLICE TERROR|zED
Home Rule Foes Get 100000
ssAmmunition Rounds and
n 10000 Rifles.
ocO AUTOS CARRY ARMS.
Wires to Belfast and Other
! Points Cut as Cargo Is I'm
/! loaded at Night from Ships

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places and the roads untii the ais
irritation Of the arms had been COM
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eere and all COMMUNICATIONS were
interrupted.
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2epped rom ha"ours U" '"e
GhiD Fanny. q month ago, and were
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The evening world., 1914-04-25
BECKY DECLARES
HUNGER STRIKE ON
HER WAY T0|SLAND
|. w. w. "Won't Work" Ora.
toress Says She'll Emulate
British MilitantS.

II am NO glad. 10 glad you're leav-
Ing u.s." said Warden Hanley Of the
Tombs prison to-day as Becky Edel-
son, the Anarchist anti-war. anti
work oratoress was taken from the
gray building and started for the
Blackwell's Island workhouse. Becky.
who preferred to pose az martyr
rather than give $500 bond for her
good behavior for three months. has
started a hunger strike and Warden
Hanley didn't want any Of that sor,
NJ business in his establishment.
~ don't wish anybody any harm"
said Hanley al Becky was escorted
to the prison van. but II tho lady
doesn't want to eat It's my opinion
II would be brutal to inject food In
her"
Last night Alexander Berkman sem
Becky n fine trayful OF eats. but tn,
plump and explosive Anarchist put 4
aside. I'm on a hunger strike fol
free speech" she declared. I'm glat
TO be martyr
ut won't be wasted" the prison
guard informed Der, y got a goo,
appetite meself."
This morning Becky declined to ea
breakfast. and Hanley began to wor
~. He had never faced any sue
cantankerousness In his life. 9TH
attempt Of the police to prevent FIRE
| IN nj hU hn
ton will not succeed" Becky an
nounced II will not eat, and l won
work"
The evening world., 1914-04-25
SUPPOSED DEAD MAN,,
TELEPHONES family.
AND HALTS MOURNING
Similarity in Mustaches Led
to Supposition He Was
Trains Victim.

A andy-mustached man, walking
on the Long Island Railroad tracks
at Far Rockaway yesterday was run
down by an electric train driven BY
Motorman Harry Ashmead. Ashmead
saw the man and sounded the whistle
but he failed TO get off the track.
His head was severed from his be :
and carried two hundred feet before
the train was stopped.
Detectives from the Far Rockaway
station searched the body and found
In the pockets a business card Of II.
s. Crawford OF No. Pa Cooper street.
Brooklyn. a contractor. together with
letter signed by Crawford.
Detective Little Of the Far Rock
away station went at once to the
Crawford home In brooklyn and
asked to see MIR. Crawford's photo
graph. II was shown him and he
identified II without hesitation as n
picture OF the dead man. Then he
broke the news to Mrs. Crawford.
who swooncd. A physician was called
Crawford children and notified them
of their fathers death. e.
Mr.. Crawford was building a house
In Far RocKaway and an apartment
house at No. 223 West One Hundred
and Twenty-fourth street, Manhat.
tan, and his family believed he was
| at the Manhattan address. A hurried
telephone call there failed to reach
him and then tho family became con-
WINGED that he had gone to Far Rock
away to look over the work there and
had been killed.
Just as Mr.. Crawford'a brother and
sons were preparing to go to the Far
Rockaway station to identify tho
| body they were startled by a tele-
phone message from Mr.. Crawford
himaclf He was at the building in
Manl< ttan and had not been to
Rocka\ay. He Jumped into the
nearest taxicab and rushed home to
and his wife in a state OF nervous
collapse.
| Later Mr.. Crawford went to Far
Rockaway and identified the body Of
the trains victim as that Of James
Finnan. a laborer he had employed
to work In Far Rockaway. The Do.
tectives explained their Identification
by saying that the only mark by
which they could Identify the dead
man was the sandy mustache.
which was cut exactly as Mr.. Craw-
ford's was. Finnan lived In White
street. Brooklyn.
The evening world., 1914-04-25
FELL TO HIS DEATH.

Otto Hellman, twenty-eight years old.
Of Fishkili Landing. N. Y. was killed
last night by falling from window of
Alexander Steiner's Maple Hotel at Wee
hawken Heights, N. j. II IL believed
hsi death was the result or All accident
Holman was employed In putting In
embroidery machinery for a New York
West Hoboken yesterday and was kept
so late at the work that ne went to the
Maple Hotel to stay for the night
He retired about 10 O'Clock. some.
time afterward men In the barroom
heard o thud on the sidewalk outside
and on going out found Hellman dead on
the walk. He married only about q
month ago. The BODY was taken to
ouinns morgue.
The evening world., 1914-04-25
FEARFUL HUMOR
COVERED FACE
4 RESIN0l CURED
~. Covered With pimpies and

10y. Covered With pimples and
1T Unsishtiy. Instantly Relieved.
1. 1elsrsoa. N. j.. Dec. Q. 1918: about
\ joar ago my face began 10 crack and
- scsly In blotches. II soon got
80 and my face Was al spotted and
II, snd Il itched me very much ut
It, aud caused me no end Of discom-
After . month or 30. pimplcs and
khaads began to show. first in small
bbsss and the gradually covering
= estire face. il was awful. The
ples were sore and the rash wa,
and my face had Q most un.
u appearance. ! tried different
d Of soaps, creams and massage,
also . strict diet. blu. ] could &c,
~. eelisi. Resinol Soap and Resino
1)n6ncnt caused me instant relief. Il,
- time another jar Of Rcsinol Oint
- and cake Of Rcsinol Soap wcr,
-. ] can truthfully say that Il wa.
I'1Snplete cure. My face had assumed
ri 3oruser color and looks. due TO Res
- Soap and Resinol Ointment. The,
] think. the hest for any skin trou
NJ (sisned, Rober. Troyana. ~,
Dist ST.
" psinol Soap and Ointment hca
leifna and other skin eruptions. stoI
100 Instantly. and are most vaiu
~ Ter pimples. dsndruff. sores. burns
y piles, etc. For trial size. free
= y 10 Resinol. Dept. SIR. Baitimor
q A few INSCRIPTIONS dealers try /,
~ substitutes for Resinol, Look on
The evening world., 1914-04-25
1000 WITH BANDS
SEE CARDINAL SAIL
TO VISIT THE POPE
Head of Catholic Church in
New York Centre of Great
Demonstration.

Cardinal John Farley. with party
Of dignitaries Of the Catholic Church.
sailed for Italy to-day on the North
German Lloyd steamship Berlin. 10
pay a visit 10 the Pope az Rome. All
the Cardinals. Archbishops and Bish-
during the year 1914 to personally
report to the Pope the condition Of
the Church in their various jurisdic-
tions.
Cardinal Farley Is the first Of the
7 three American Cardinals to go. The
venerable Cardinal Gibbons. with a
large party Of clerics. will sail from
this port on the Princess Irene on
May 8. and Cardinal O'Connell will
set out from Boston.
The visit OF the Cardinal IL IN the
nature Of q pilgrimage. Formerly II
was the custom Of cardinals to visit
Rome once every ten years to confer
with the Pope. The gathering OF dig
nitaries in Rome this year IL due TO
tho belief of Pope Plus X. that ne has
/
the commanders Of his religious army
for the last time.
The departure OF Cardinal Farley
was made an occasion OF much dis.
play. Aore than 1000 priests and
prominent laymen escorted him from
the palace at Fiftieth street and
Madison avenue to the foot OF Yves,
Fiftieth street, where tho steame,
Bridgeport was In waiting. TIVE
bands OF music accompanied the o.
North German Lloyd pier In Ho
boken.
the pier was profusely decorate,
; with American. German. Irish an,
I Papal flags and the Berlin was com
pletely dressed with fags and bunt
ing. An immense crowd gathered Z
witness the departure Of the liner
and when the New York delegation
with Its music and banners arrived q
10 o'clock the capacity Of tho grca
pier was taxed.
Cardinal Farley was escorted TO tn
suite Of Capt. Harrassowitz, which
was turned over to him for the voy
hnndr.as ~ nr,ost. "a ,o.rpen
,.i.hnS S,, "a p anu 'I IN. WI
sn;,,nH EN-, - Co.I, p. u.s. oe'o ~
Sr;ame ia . .,ns Sa.a,.a r Om ~. ~
,,o uso 81" .t..,,a pnus ~ ~ ~
nn,,,sn po. .ha, oa nh..n nen anu ~. ~
bridge the Cardinal bestowed hi
5 pleasing upon the great gathering
aboard and on the pier.
vau "A. t"o soca EaoM o. IN ven nun,
sented to speak briefly Of the state 9
The evening world., 1914-04-25
MUSIC NOTES..

The Board OF Education will bring
its season Of free lecture recitals In
public schools to an end next Thurs
day. The programme for the week
Is: Sunday afternoon. at the De Witt
Clinton High School and at the Nor
ris High School. organ recitals. Sun
day evening, Mt Public School No. 1Ol,
THE story OF tho Opera" Monday
evening. at Washington Irving High
School. Dance Forms: at Public
School No. 60. "'rhe Story Of the
Opera" and at Public School No. ll9
rComposers and Music OF Russia"
Tuesday evening, at Public School
No. 40. English Ballads" Wednes-
day evening. at Public School No. 81,
Franz Liszt." Thursday evening, al
MANN" and at Public School No. l65
Russian Folk and Peasant SOngs.'
Paterson, n. j.. is to hold its an
nual music festival on Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday OF next week In
its Fifth Regiment Armory. Among
the soloists engaged are Frances
Aida, John Mccormack and Orville
Harold. They viii be supported by
the Paterson Festival Chorus and the
Paterson Symphony Orchestra. under
the direction OF c. Mortimer Wiske.
There 10 to be q concert at the
Waldorf on Wednesday afternoon to
raise funds for the enabling q En-
- - -
The evening world., 1914-04-25

Two brakemsn were badly crushed
In similar accidents within an hour to-
day In the yards OF the Eastern District
Terminal Company In the williamsburg
seph Carey OF No. 33i East Twenty
third street, Manhattan, He failed TO
make the coupling between two freight
cars and was caught between them. He
was sent to the Eastern District Hosp!-
tai. suffering from internal injuries.
The second was James Greeley Of No .
Nagle street, the BiVnx. who suffered
similar injuries and was taken TO the
Williamsburg Hospital.
The evening world., 1914-04-25
STABBED FROM DOORWAY.
Special Officer of Lodging House
walls ARREST u Made.

Charles Day. one of the special ON
GERS detailed by the Department Of
Charities At the Municipal Lodging
House, No. i32 East Twenty nth
street. was walking down Twenty NTH
street late last night when a man
ieaped out OF doorway and slashed
him twice across the face and neck
with a knife. Day fell to the sidewalk
and the man fed, Detective Nassau.
who had been on the watch, expecting
trouble since the recent lodging -house
investigation, pursued.
In a saloon at Twenty -ffth street and
First avenue the detective arrested
Bert Gogery. thirty-two. a lodEer at
the lodging -house. and locked him up
on a charge Of assault. The detective
says he found o stained knife In Cog
ery's pocket.
The evening world., 1914-04-25
American Diplomat weds.

LONDON. April cs.-Hugh r. Wilson.
Secretary Of the American Legation %
Guatemala, was married at St Pe&se'e
Church. Easton Square, at noon to-day.
to Miss Katherine Boyle Of Ann Ar06f.
Mich. ~ -.
The evening world., 1914-04-25
BURNING AND rs.
ITCHING INTENSE
0fEezema ard Salt Rheum. AMeetsd
Ends Of Fingers. Cracks Would
Appear. Caused Many SIsspIsss
Nights. Used CutIcu'a Soap end
Ointment and Was Cured.

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-"Yoe . nsnbss q ysafs ~ tFsuA1o(
Nth OeSo0A ed oale rAoa0. 10 ADpooGo1
The evening world., 1914-04-25

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affected ths snAs - ~
fingers % bodly 49, 0NGnD