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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12

The Allies will win, but in Ger
many's defeat will come her greatest
victory. for her form Of government
will change to that Of a republic. and
within fifty wears she will be on top
Of us all"
This prophecy came yesterday from
Thomas A. Edison during his celebra-
tion of the fact that he had reached
the age of sixty-eight years ceiebra-
ton that consisted, as always. of more
work than he performs on the other
3s4 days. On those other days he
slackens down to eighteen or nineteen
hours a day.
The only other evidence of another
birthday was revealed by buttons,
bearing Mr.. Edison's picture, to which
celluloid streamers were joined, worn
by the employees in the laboratory
buildings in Valley Road, Orange, n. j..
Mrs. Edison spent the morning in her
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
Allies Victory Inevitable Inventors Birthday Prophecy
Declares New Teutonic Republic Will Arise and
Win Industrial Trumphs-Scofs at Aircraft,
but Praises Submarines in Warfare.

husbands .oa:ce, but she is there fre'
quently, having found it necessary To
keep her eye on the young man to see
that he doesn't work too hard.
Father Time Kind to Edison.
There was little change in the in
ventors appearance; now his voice
cracks when he speaks continuously
for more than one or two minutes
But the same energy and vigor of body
and mind are present. And that brown
telescope hat he wore carelessly could,
If given voice, tell many story, no
doubt. Of early years in Orange.
He sat in a small, dull room on the
third floor of the laboratory building
Yesterday morning to which Tribune
reporter had been ushered by William
II. Meadowcroft. Mr.. Edison's secre-
tary, who, prior to the electrical WIZ
ards entrance, placed two chairs close
together near a small table and said:
Continued on page 4. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
DIES AT DOOR OF
GIRL met ON BOAT
Student Shoots Himself in
Romantic Mystery in
Brooklyn.

Otto l.. Buriche, of Rio &c !ane'ro'
who came north few weeks ago 20
study at the University Of Pennsyi-
yania. shot himself dead last night IN
front Of 63l Third Street. Brooklyn
ubars girl he met on the boat is
staving. He toppled into the arms OF
,ho ,sxicab chauffeur who mad driven
him.
The young student and two FRIENDS
sailed from Rio on the Sac fsuio
January 8. On the boat was MIS-. heIen
3 Lains. of Lockport, y. S. She went
to tho Brooklyn home OF Mrs. H. IT,
Revnolds. The three men said they
were going TO the Biltmore.
Burichc actually did go to the BIZ.
more. bu. STAYED only one night ana
then went 70 a smaller hotel. SUNDAY
Miss Laing received a telephone eai'
from Burichc. who was then al 'ne
uo,el Adelphi, in Philadelphia.
Wednesday he was in Brooklyn ano
the young COUPE N'hS
Prospec, Park.
Buriehe hailed a taIicab at Broad
nav and Forty-sixth Street last even
ing and gave the chauffeur. Thomas w W.
i,oct of 500 West l5lst Street; the
BROOKLYN address. As Lock opened ON. rhe
taxi door there, Buriche sent a oui'e'
into his breast and fell forward .s
Patrolmsn Keyes ordered the chsut-
tsur 70 drive TO the Methodist Episco-
paI Hospital, but the PASSENGER wa, was
dead when doctors examined him MISS
Lang and Mrs. Reynolds Identified the
nod which was then taken to the
bergen Street police station,
Miss Lsing insisted that she eouia
give no reason for the young mans
g., Sb. ,aid she never saw him be
fore they met on the Sac Paulo and
that they had never been any more
than friends. --4---,---
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
PRICE ON HEAD. DOG FLEES
Fox Terrier, Sentencedto Death
for Biting Boy. Quits Haunts.

Life is still sweet 20 Jack, the foX
terrier. owned by William Gerbus, OF
De Peyster Street. Tarrytown. JACK
one dav last week, bit q boy who vas
coastinr on 8 hill For so doing he
vss sentenced tc death by Justice OF
,bo peace Travcrs Armstrong. Inc
;mdce further stipulated that the own
o.. must pay 81 25 for every ior'y-e'eh'
hours Jack remains sivc. 49,.
When the police went 70 execute lhe
;,dao's crdcr Jack had disappeared.
GeTbus @ says that while the dog was a
bouscbold pct he would turn him over
TO TO the police il he knew where he vas vas
for he cannot afford to pay the hne.
lack has, however, put his HE % sboye
his owner money and is still at large
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
CREMLN A SUICIDE
AT LAMBS CLUB
Merchant Asks That the
Members Scatter His
Ashes from Roof.

Leaving a note asking that his ashes
be thrown to the winds from the roof
Of the club. stephen b. Cremin. forty
six years old. killed himself last night
al the Lambs. he cut his throat and
severed an artery in his wrist.
The letter. which was found b. Cor
oncr Fcinberg. was Without address,
and read:
81 am tired and have decided to 60.
! prefer TO be crematcd. After the
ashes are swept together. !; j. my de
sire that they be thrown &c the WINDS
from tho roof of the Lambs Club.
81 would like Father Layelle and Dr.:
Houghton. Of the Little Church Around
the Corner, to care for the funeral
services. should like my dear friend
Wilton Lackaye. If he wishes, TO say
2 few words. lie tells the truth, bui
| hope he doesn't tell It about me.
Take care o. Adelinc and tell George
Loft 20 appoint Bill 10 West Point.
II have always loved music, and #
nv friend Frank Croxton cares to COM
plimcnt NV memory will remember
!, in another world. ] want Gus Bar
rett TO end the ceremonies by singing
that song Of his own composition, Hail
All
"Any bills owe will be honored by
the frm OF Borden & Sons, at 90 Worth
Street. Forgive me, fellow Lambs.
STEVE"
Cremin lived with his sister at 169
East Seventv-frst Street. He was very
active in club life, and was a. member
OF the New York Athletic, the New
York Yacht and the Larcnmont Yacht
clubs. He was connected with the dry
goods firm of NJ. c. d. Borden & Sons.
A member Of the Lambs for some
time. Cremint occasionally spent the
night there. Yesterday afternoon he
went 10 one Of the bedrooms.
Shortly before o'clock an attendant
heard groans and opened the door. lie
found Cremin on the floor, bleeding
profusely from the wounds in his throat
DR.. O. NJ. Lesser, Of .263 West Forty.
fifth Street, and DR.. F. {. feomsns, OF
23O West Fifty-ninth Street. were sum
moned. and worked over the wounded
man for an hour before he died.
A. the Seventy-niHth Street house
woman answered the bell. She was
asked if she was the "Adeline' men
TONED in the note She said she wasn't
she was then asked il she knew Gre
min was dead. yes" she said, and
slammed the door.
None OF the persons named IN the
note could give any reason for the SUI,
eide. Wilton Lackaye, who Is confined
TO his home, at 26l West Ninetietn,
street. with a heavy cold, said he could
not understand the paragraph in which
he is mentioned.
DR.. Houghton expressed his sorrow
of ',bc news OF Mr.. Cremins's death. lie
ssid he would conduct the funeral ser,
vices. but desired first TO be notlhed
Howard {. Borden. Of the drygoods
firm mentioned in the letter found oy
the Coroner. could give no motive Ior
Mr.. Cremins's deed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
GERMANS FIRE ON
FLAG OF HOLLAND
Disguised British Steamer
Eludes Submarine After
Stern Chase.
LIB, Cable 10 The Tribune /

Rotterdam, Feb. 1.-THE steamship
Lacrtes. belonging to the Ocean Steam
ship Company, OF Liverpool, arrived at
Ymuiden this morning with stirring
tale Of an attack By German subma-
rine in the North Sea and the escape
from the enemys craft after chase
lasting an hour yesterday afternoon be-
tween 4 and o'clock
The ship, which had sailed from
Japan with a valuable cargo, was north
of the neigh borhood between Schouwer-
bank and the Mas Lightship when she
was challenged by the German sub
marine U-2 and ordered to stop. At
that time she was not flying 4 flag
and refused 20 pay any attention 10 the
submarines orders. Full steam ahead
Tas ordered and the stokers were
asked 10 get the utmost out Of the en-
gines and they responded with a will.
Aboard the ship we're neutrals. and
the captain, in order 10 save them,
hoisted the Dutch flag. but the Ger
mans refused 20 honor this, and con-
tinued TO fire. One shot struck the
compass aud others crashed into the
lifebosts and on the upper deck, put
ting the lives OF the neutrsls aboard
in the utmost danger As the fight
continued, the stokers, working with
tremendous energy, managed to get
more speed out of the ship, sending
her along at a good sixteen knots. At
this speed the submarine could not
hope TO get alongside and make a hit
with a torpedo certain.
In anger at not being able 20 cripple
the ship and compel her TO obey his
signals. the German commander ordered
a torpedo 20 be launched. The sinuous
white wake of the torpedo was seen
speeding toward the Laertes. The speed
and course Of the ship saved her, al
though the torpedo passed just sstern,
missing By few yards.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
BRITISH EAGER TO
SATISFY AMERICA
London Paper Declares Desire
to Avoid Exposing Neutral
Ships to Peril.
by Cable 10 Tho Trbun.

London, Feb. 1.-THE Times" in
an editorial discussing the American
note regarding the use OF a neutral
flag, says:
"The fair and reasonable attitude
which America has observed in all the
problems raised By the war has
strengthened our customary desire 10
respect not only her rights. but her
wishes and her susceptibilities. Both
nations recognize the same general
principles OF International law, and
both are anxious not TO strain claims
which are merely technical.
"As regards this particular question.
while we consider the use OF neutral
flag TO avoid an enemy as an undoubted
right, il is a right which We are most
unlikely TO exercise so as TO expose the
shipping Of neutral states 10 serious
peril or inconvenience. IL is clear that
the whole incident OF the Lusitanis
arose from the fact that the Admiralty
had information Of Germsny's real IN
tentions before these were proclaimed
in the memorandum Of February 4.
"The step was so regular as 10 be a.
most a matter Of course. but unluckily
IL Was taken in way which, without
necessity, gave the Germans a dislectI-
cal advantage. The advantage lay IN
the fact that Just when American m
dignatiou AT the German menace was
very vehement the statement OF the
Foreign Office and the arrivsl OF the
Cunsrd liner under the American nag
suddenly revealed that the Admiralty
rad in fact advised British merchant.
men TO resort 10 the familiar device OF
flying a neutral flag.
There has not been any misuse or
that flag. as the Germans falsely as.
serted. but resort was had to an old
custom of the sea At time when the
step was particularly likely TO cause
discussion and to afford Germans in the
United States a fresh opening for mis-
representation.
"The cool sense of the American peo-
ole and their respect for recognized
ivles Of international law have ap-
psrently prevented them from being
misled. We do not claim 70 make use
Of flags OF neutral states which We do
not allow belligerents when &c are ncu-
trsl 20 make Of our own"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
ACTOR LOSES FIRE BATTLE
William Courtenay's House
DESTROYED by Flames.

The home Of william Courtenay,
leading man in "Under Cover on the
Post Road at Rye, was practically de.
stroyed by hre yesterday. Only small
part of the belongings OF the house VAS
saved.
Mr.. Courtcnsy tried unsuccessfully
10 extinguish the blaze while a servant
turned in an alarm. This brought the
local firemen and also the department
from Harrison.
Assisted by neiehbors. the actor
saved a few OF the household goods.
The origin of the fire is not known,
but the loss is estimated at about sl5,-
0un
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12

in warm blankets. and returned TO
shore at full speed.
or the three, Ray McAtce. twelve,
Of 313 Avenue c, is threatened with
pncumonia. when the cake of ice got
further from shore he decided to try
20 swim back. but when he got into
the water he found it so cold that his
courage failed him, and he was glad
20 have his companions-Benjsmin
Barchenhagen, who lives in the same
house with him. and John Guile, OF 81
West Ninth Strect-pull him back on
the ice.
II was about $3.50 O'Clock before the
BOYS were finally landed on shore. They
said they started out on the frozen Day
soon after : o'clock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
KAISER LOSES DIPPEL
Noted Opera Impresario Now
a United States Citizen.

Andress Dippel, formerly tenor At
the Metropolitan Opera House and
later associate manager OF the com
pany. became a citizen Of the United
States yesterday and rcnounced a.
lCcisncc 10 Kaiser Wilhelm. Dippcl,
who is now manager OF a company pro
ducing opera comiquc. took the oath IN
the Office Of the County Clerk He
took out his first papers in 1910, m
Chicago.
The impreSario said that nc was born
in CssScl in 1866. that his wife is now
H. Vienna. and that he intends TO e
main a resident OF the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
SEYMOUR J. HYDE DYING
Friend of Rockefellers Hurt in
Fall from Horse.

Greenwich, Conn, Feb. IL Seymour
J. HYDE. associate Of William ana
Percy Rockefeller. is in dying eondi-
ton tonight as the result oil oc'hs
thrown from his horse two days ago
Mr.. Hyde, who Is rich ana mas an
extensive estate at Field Point fsrk' 70
head OF the importing hrm oi n; ".
WyJc & Sons. 36i Broadway, New
York lie had trouble last spring with
a former valet, who tried TO shoot him
after having been discharged: The
man. Joseph Deutsch, threatened 70 re-
veal what he said were family secrets
II any attempt we're made to commit
him 10 an asylum as insane.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
Small Fire; Big Smoke.

A fire which started in an unoccu-
MED building at rs Frankfort Street
carly this morning sent cloud OF
smoke toward City Hall. The base
ment of the FIVE story structure was
used as a storeroom for newspapers
and magazines. Stereotypers sup
niles. which were stored on the sec
ond floor. caught FIRE. The blaze was
.xtinguished in short time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
Butterfly Out in Jersey.

Newton. y. j., Feb. li.-Franeis
Rowett, five years old. of 223 Spring
Street. captured live butterfly to-day
in front OF his home, and has the
specimen under glass now at his
fathers home. The Oldest inhsbitsnt
cannot recall that butterfly has ever
before been seen here in February.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
u. S. WARSHIP CRIPPLED
The North Dakota Meets Acct
dent During ManPuvres.

Norfolk. Va. Feb. II. Wireless dis
patches from the battleship North Da-
kots say she is making for the Norfolk
Navy Yard al half speed from Guanta
Usmo Bay. Cuba.
While engaged IN the Atlantic fleet
manpuvres. OF the Cuban coast, the
North Dakota suffered an accident TO
her machinery and was ordered here
for repairs The battleship started last
Sunday and ia expected here carly next
week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
Father Suggests They
Make Up, and Hus-
band Accepts,
TENSE TRIAL CROWD
TURNS TOWARD GIRL
Bankers Daughters Def
Is Climax to Reading
Of Love Missivcs.

81 am perfectly willing that my
daughter should 90 back TO her nus
band
Edward y. Brcitunq. the banker.
rubbed his chin and noted tho conster-
nation that his statement wrought on
he hearing of +. c. Crowley. counsel
'or Max Frederick Klcist. who is suing
llr Breitung for s25O,OpO for alternating
the affections Of the bankers daughter
after ;hcir clandcstine marriage.
NJ. Crowley paused in his cross-eT-
animation. !; was mis- cue to step aside
as counsel and espouse the cause OF
Cupid. whose wings have been badly
rumpled the last three days in Judge
Learned NJ Hands court in the Federal
Building. Turning to the young hus-
band Of Breitung's daughter, he asked {:
care you willing 20 go with the girl
if she will take you back
Without removing his elbows from
the counsel table. where he sat
throughout the tris- Klcist nodded and
said he was.
Wife Refuses 10 Make Up.
Are YOU willing to go with the
bovo" asked Crowley, turning TO Mrs.
Kleizt, who sat with her mother at the
side OF the room. For an instant 1t
seemed that the sensational suit might
oc dropped then and there.
The girls hesitation, however, was
due to surprise at tbc nature OF the
question and hardly to any serious con-
sideration of renewing marital rela-
tions with the youth who was once a
gardener. as her reply indicated.
81 certainly am not" she answered.
What was that" queried the lawyer.
Her words were uttered in low tone.
II certainly do not" Mrs. Kleist
litter ran through the courtroom. She
regained her composure moment later
and smiled at her mother. The trial
proceeded under heavy war clouds
after the one flash of blue that for a
moment seemed to indicate clearing
Up of the difficulty.
The effect upon the spectators in the
room made by the girl wife's answer
was sharpened by its contrast to half
a dozen more of her caloric love letters
which had been read into the records
scarcely half an hour before.
Suicide. she had written, would be
her resort before she would give him
up.
,ou and can easily wait year or
two" she wrote to kleist, who at that
time was drilling at the bottom of one
OF her fathers mines in the West.
"You must know | am always true to
YOU and will fight for you and make
a figh. for you stronger than anything
else have ever done, and if do not
win will 60 from the family or shoot
myself. because | could not live with
out you"
Her attitude toward her husband be-
tween the time she wrote the impui-
sive words and the moment in the
courtroom yesterday when she de-
nounccd him publicly had run down the
entire scale Of emotions. obviously.
Daughter TO Testify To-Day.
Statements as startling as those
which marked the proceedings yester-
day are expected to-day, when the girl
wife will go on the witness stand to
tell, in her fathers defence, how much
she does not think of her husband.
An injured eye, which Juliet received
at her mothers hands, was told OF
early in the session, when the Swiss
Continued on page 2, column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12

Imported IA CAROLINA cherutos, 1oe.
Choicest vuelta AbsJol leaf. mild, aromatic.
Adv.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12

GREAT BEAR SPRING wATER-1
"a case Of six glass stoppered bottles
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
WEATHER

CIOUDy TO-DAY. CLOUDY AND
COLDER TOMORROW.
yesterdsy'e Temperature;
High. IS; Low, rs.
Full report on Page ~.
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coDtinued on page S. column
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-15
AUTOPSY ORDERED
ON WOMAN'S BODY
Mrs. Margaret F. johnson, Recently Di-
vorced, Died at Claremont, N. H.,
Under Suspicious Circumstances.

Claremont, n. H., Feb. l5-The sud,
den death of Mrs. Margaret f. johnson
at the General hospital yesterday after.
noon. aroused suspicious of the county
officials and an autopsy was ordered
with the result that the vital organs
have been sent to the state chemist at
Concord
Attorney General James p. TuttIe. At
torney Farley and DIR. George NJ Davis
of Manchester were communicated with
and We're present at the autopsy, to.
gether with County Solicitor Chellis and
Medical Examiner Cain OF Newport: /:
Sheriff 4. II. King, DR.. II. +. Sanders
and DIR. f. r. Cushman of this town.
Mrs, Johnson came here from Wind.
sor, VT. where she separated from her
husband, who later obtained a divorce
Upon arrival here she became an inmate
at the house owned by Mrs. Nellie +.
Wilson at So Elm street.
The suspicious circumstances sur
rounding the case caused the seleetmen
to place guard about the premises Of
the Wilson woman 20 restrain her If she
attempted 10 leave the town. Follow
ing the result OF the autopsy, this guard
was recalled and the county officials
are waiting the report of the state chem.
ist before taking further action.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-15
Chief James Of bingham,
Mass, Police Shot by
Three Men
SUSPECTS ARE
PUT UNDER ARREST
Chief Had Refused to Re-
lease Prisoner Just
Arrested

bingham, Mass, Feb. 1.-two men
suspected of completely in the wounding
last night of Washington !. James, chief
Of police, were arrested to-day charged
with assault with intent TO kill. One
of the men was found on the Quincy
road and the other surrendered TO a
marine sentry at the government naval
magazine station at West bingham.
Chief James was assaulted by three
men while he was standing in front Of
police headquarters last night, after he
had refused to release a prisoner who
had been arrested short time before.
One bullet struck the chief in the groin;
another was detected from the heart by
a notebook and a third passed through
one hand Chief James is expected to
recover
On the chiefs refusal 10 release the
prisoner one OF the men suddenly opened
Ere with revolver at close range. As
Chief James dropped, the men fled, one
going in the direction Of Cohassett and
the others along the Boston road. Pa
trolman Hofferman, returning to the
station, saw one OF the fugitives and
fired at him but was unable to capture
him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-15
DIED OF HEART DISEASE.
Frank Movalh Had Been nj For Three
Months

Frank WoallI died ai h.s home On
Rassett street early sunday morning.
The end following a. illness 81 three
months Death vas immediately due
b. heart disease. besides his wife. Mrs
Antoiuettc Moynlli the deceased is sur.
vived ty three daughters. Mrs Mary
Gutaotti NJ Buffalo. y y. and Esther
and iaura MofsllL A son. Amsrico.
and tuo bruthsrs Joseph MoVaIh of
hare and John MotaiiI 81 Quincy Mas
arr aiso left. a brother Cesare. and
sister Marion. iife in italy. and 3 SISTER
Amb=osina. resiles in Buenos Airrs
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-15
ROME INUNDATED;
BRIDGES THREATENED
Streets About st. Peters Have Risen to
Height of Nearly Five Feet and
People are Alarmed.

Rome, Feb. Is, 1885 p. m.-Flood wat.
ers in the street around st. Peters have
risen to height of four feet and eley-
en- inches and several walls have col
lapsed, but without serious consequences
In the low-lying quarters, people have
been driven from their homes or are
prisoners in the upper stories Two
hundred patients in the hospital Of San
TO Spirito, near the Vatican, have been
removed to the upper floors of the build
ing
Great anxiety Is felt for the st. An
gelo bridge, originally erected by En-
peror Hadrian, and which connects his
tomb with the city. The water was
above the pillars of the bridge this morn
ing. The Milos bridge, built hundreds
of years before Christ, is also inundated
The pope spent considerable time Sun
day watching the rising waters in the
grounds just below the apostolic palace.