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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05
LOWER EAST SIDE
GETS A FIRE SCARE
Two Early Evening Blazcs
Bring out Most Of the Fire
men in District.
MANY ALARMS TURNED IN

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Lewis OF 80 H''o''" S'e'' INC" !
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moor ana so'"s up 'nr s'Nl"'s ~ Nv
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05
WOMAN OF MYSTERY
FOUND DEAD IN PARK
'.BOttlc Mary" First Thought
to Have Been Slain, Took
Poison.


"on'"" ABOUT % years ""' KNOWN
to the frepuenters OF st, Mary's Park
in The Bronx as Bottle Mary" was
found dc,d o,rIy yesterd,y an , H,,,o
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"''S'"' III we pa'N ""ere Sne IA" ''Ne"
for three years. Sh had committed
suicide by drinking poison.
po,roi,,,r C,.nl Nolan ~ IA, Nox
~ ,
hildet avenue S'a.loh round thS oouS'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05
COAST GUARDS GO TO
REAL FORT TO DRILL
Col. Austin Takes About 700
to Fishers Island for
Training.

The Eighth Coast Defence command
Of the National Guard of New York
left Yesterday on board the steamer
Tequinnock for two weeks practice at
Fort II. q. Wright. on Fishers Island.
which Is eight miles off shore from New
London. Conn. Col. Elmore F. Austin
took with him about no officers and
men. His command left at an early
hrur I'm the morning from tho armory
at Ninety fourth street and Park ave-
nue. for the steamer at the foo; of East
Ninety-sixth street.
During the two weeks at Fishers ISL
and the command will receive instruc-
ton in both infantry and coast artillery
work. During the latter part of the
stay on the islaib the command will
fire the big guns with full service
charges at targets of shore. There will
also he an athletic meet, which will be
directed by Major II. c. Wilson.
The United States army officers n
will direct the instruction of the COM
mand will We Capts. Henry h. Clark.
Harry J. Watson and Jay 2. Hopkins
OF the Coast Artillery Corps. The COM
mand will he the first in the State to
engage in coast artillery work this year
az an army fertilization.
The command was scheduled to reach
Fishers Island at 3 o'clock in the after
noon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05

Bronx Park, Riverside Park and other
parks from which complaints have
come. They agreed with Snyder that
conditions in the monkey house were
worse than they were in some other
places, and said that the chief reason
for It's notoriety was the arrest there in
1906 OF an opera singer.
Snyder was much hurt yesterday by the
attacks made on his zoo. lie takes par
ticular pride in making it self-support-
ing, a distinction among m~enageries
which he believes is unique. He ACCOM-
pllshes this by careful breeding
and announced with pride yesterday
that he expected the arrival Of a little
zebra in n few days. This. he said, will
he the first one born in captivity. Yes
terday n baby elk arrived.
BY tudicious trading N selling Of
the animals he breeds Snyder manages
to keep up q fund which he uses to fill
the gaps that occur now and then in
the m~enagerie, Recently he traded two
bail bunaloes for six faIlow does and a
buck, and he expects 10 sell his baby
hippopotamus. In this a the only
expense to the city in the 200 is the
payment Of Keepers salaries and the
buying of feed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05

In view of the qualifications of Mr..
Meigs as a graduate OF "A special course
in forestry AT Sheffield, as the head of
n large lumber concern owning and
operating thousands of acres of forest
land, and in view OF the fact that he
would amend the Constitution TO elimi-
nate the word wild" which under the
present Constitution prohibits cutting
and numbering operations, IL is worth
while to penetrate tn the recent cut
tings done by the Santa Clara Lumber
Company in the vicinity OF Cold River.
Here one YOU expect to find the
conditions that would best conserve the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05
CASE FILLS
CITY WITH RUM0RS
Slaycr'S Counsel Laughs at
Story That Juror Will Halt
the Hearing.
WOMEN BEG FOR SEATS

John r. S%tanchheld, chief counsel for
Harry Thaw in the insanity hear
ing before Justice Peter A, Hcndrick
and a jury. vas questioned last night
by a reporter for THE r. abou n
story published Yesterday afternoon in
which it was said that one OF the Thaw
jurors had made plans some time ago TO
go TO Europe and intended to sail next
Saturday.
That's news to me- said Mr..
Stanchdeld. and he added his belief that
there was little probability of a puror
being permitted to amble off at his own
sweet will. The story seemed to amuse
him.
There were rumors yesterday that
Deputy Attorney-General Alfred l..
Becker, one OF the States counsel at the
insanity hearing. had gone to New Eng
land on n mysterious mission" and
Thursday. He would bring back with
him, ran the story, an important wit
ness who would give testimony of a
surprising kind.
At the Hotel Willard. where Mr..
Becker and his colleague, Frank X.
Cook, live when in the city. 1t was said
that NJ Becker had taken his usual
week end trip to Albany.
Tn" very limited seating capacity ot
the court room will result in some sorry
ilsap1o'utinnntS during the coming week.
About every lawyer of the many en-.
gagged for CT AGAINST Thaw has had
countless requests from friends to get
them COED seats for Wednesday and
Thursday especially. when Evelyn Mes.
BIT ThnW Is expected to testify.
Also every one else at the counseI
and press iIblcs has had like requests
for ,ca"lN"d seats. Even during tine last
We'N, Nnvu most OF the proceedings
were of a tedious character, Court Cant
Lynch and his assistants daily had 10
turn DOZENS of cNpectant folk away,
fAo promise OF especially lively and
S"lS'lipn1l testimony from the States
Witnesses, II appears, has aroused a re-
n"wcd urbljc interest In the legal air.
10 : Of ThGws affairs, BY far the
, A''r rHrlher Of applicants for seats
uc mn
,Ndlron1a"k camp where Evelyn Nesbit
TfaW her son and her vaudeville part
n"r. Tack clifford. are staying, that
Thaw's wife will probably arrive In
Manhattan tomorrow or Wednesday
She Is still suffering from extreme ner-
vousness, II was said. but will be able
to start for this city to-day or to-
morrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05
FALLS FROM LAUNCH, BROWNS.
Union Hil Man Perishes In sight
Of Women.

George Levine, 30, of 200 Morgan
street, Union Hin, y. j., was drowned
yesterday IN the Hudson River of the
foo OF West Fiftieth street when he fell
from a launch on which he had been
making a trip with n party OF friends.
The launch is owned by Oscar Wise,
lOl Hudson avenue, Jersey City, and
there were a number of women on board.
Levine started 10 walk forward on the
deck, slipped on a wet spot and fell
overheard The women screamed and
Wise stopped the boat as soon as he
could. but Levine did not come to the
surface. Police launches we're sent for
to grapple for his body.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05
Adirondacks People Forcsee
Changr-Dangcr of Plan
Pointed Out.

natural resources. here one would ex-
pect to find the art uf tho scientific
forest r CxempiiHcd hero ore would ex-
poet TO find thi2ss AS they ar" done
in Germany"
What one will actually and is waste
OF the forest cover ard timber which
will lead to- the deterioration Of the
water supply and otter destruction in
stead OF tho preservation Of the natu-
raj resources for health, for recreation
and for scenic value
Not only is the forest cut and slashed
along the Cold River a. SIS hcadwa-
tiers. hut the earlier operations Of the
Santa clara Iumher Company on the
outlet Of Moose Fond are OF the same
character. but now Older In ruin.
Large Arens burned over.
Due to the for,s; litter. the brush
piles and debris resulting rom the cut
ting Of merchantable trees. fire has
burned over large areas ~ the Santa
Clara Lumber C%ompauy's lands. Just
above Ampersand Fond fir has run
through the company numbered forest.
but IL stopped wneu * came TO the
green. virgin forest ~ the state land
adjoining the lumber CompanN's land on
the east.
This is but one Of many similar ex-
atllleS 10 De lounu IN the .NNiEhifdckH
that fire follows the axe through A
numbered forest. hut IRE does not run
In a virgin. or primeval, green forest
Tn scientific forester has not been able
10 overcome the ravages of fire or 10
prevent fire. only the rains, the water
courses and the virgin. green fores; will
stop "A fire once it gets a start.
These conditions are well known 20
the people who travel through the
numbered forest and who have witnessed
the terrible fires that follow numbering,
and these conditions have been reported
10 the committee OF conservation of the
constitutional convention. Among tht
men who have also appeared are expert
Woodsnlen who declare that the State
cannot harvest the crop Of trees oi
twenty years growth let by the mer
who would not pay the taxes on the land
with any benefit 10 the forest or prof
to the State. To take out the timber
which is valued at sSO.00o. 600, would
mean the cutting of both hard and sof'
woods. The SOFT woods will float Hu'
nearly 50 per cent, OF the forest is hard
wood and 1t will not float. The hare
wood cannot be moved with profit ex
cept on a railroad. and there is no dis
position at this time to Increase tn,
number of railroads in the forest pre-
serve.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05

forest cover intact there can be no cut
ting.
"rhird-Part of the forest cover
would be left after some cutting, but
the cutting OF every additional tree
lesscng to that extent the cover of the
sources of water supply.
"Fourth-ENtensivc cutting Of timber
would reduce Immediately the extent
Of game cover and eventually the con-
tin,I,l water supply would he much re-
duced, fires would surely follow. then
erosion and the rcforcstation prevented
for many decades.
"Fifth-Tf we desire to preserve
fully the forest. land and water for
health. for recreation and for scenic
value no numbering OF any kind
should he INDUCED in, as Il Is evident
any considerable cutting will in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05

Game Commissioner. is chairman. has
prepared n report from which the :ol-
lowing il quoted
The committee has lately been told
by Mr.. Meics that the purpose OF any
provision of the Constitution on his
subject should be
"First-To preserve the soil.
'Second-The forest cover.
"'Third-Water supply.
'Fourth-The wild life.
"Fifth-The forest lands and water
for health, recreation and scenic
beauty
but
"First-To preserve the soil there
must not he too close cutting and fire
must not follow.
'Second-To actually preserve the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05
MASHERSB BEHAVING
IN MONKEY HOUSE
Detectives Watch. but Fail to
Find Offenders in Cen
trail Park.
DEFENDS THE ZOO

There was not an arrest In the monkey
house OF the Central Park ZOO yes
terday. The special squad assigned h.
Deputy Police Commissioner Durham to
u up the men who have been annoy
ing women there and in other parts Of
the park could not with all their vigil
lance get enough evidence 20 arrest a
single person. In the opinion OF Head
Keeper Bill snyder f.e zoo had never
ben n safe place for women than It
was Yesterday,
Incidentally Snyde. was indignant at
the !m%putations hat have been cast
upon his monkey house. All the un-
seemly things that had happened In the
park had been placed within it's doors,
he said. unit. II bore n reputation il
did not altogether deserve, He quoted
the police statistics. which showed that
less than half the arrests for mash
ing had taken place there.
1T Is not fair" he said yesterday,
AIS usual good naturcd smile having
for the moment disappeared. "The,e is
n reason WHY the monkey house should
be closed These things happen wher-
ever there is a crowd, in the elephant
house. the lion house and around the
hippo tank, .es, and out In the pen
park. Net every one OF them is blamed
on the monkey house.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05
How Plan Would Work.

jure the forest preserve for all these
purposes"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05

oInlun B'wy& Attn st VIM, a'..,u'n y.
\|hHNu Noon to II 30 The Rlghl o' w
l'"""S J.. N. 10 TO SOC. MAude Alien 10 -,
SStrand Orch,A Solots,s, ugMater HN'rh.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-24

where the loss from this cause aver
ages $500. 900. 900 year"
But one OF the greatest benefits de-
rived from q war il found in the con-
centrati0n Of gold. People every
where have been willing to exchange
gold for credit SO that large quantities
of the former have found their way
into the banks and when the war il
concluded there IL even less reason for
withdrawing 1t, SO that the banks will
always have q reserve on hand for any
future emergencies. All Of which
tends to inspire the public with more
and more confidence in the banks UNI
til the day. long sought and hoped for
by economists. arrives when the en-
tire business OF life will be consum-
mated by transfers Of credit rather
than the exchange of cash."
Mr.. Price sums up his interesting
article. philosophising on war rs fol-
lows:
1T calls for and it generally devel-
ops many qualities and resources that
were latent in time of peace. It in
creases self-reliance. and the capac-
ity for sacrifice. Is it not possible
does 1t not, indeed. seem probable
that 1t also increases the confidence
Of men in each other and their insti-
tutions that il called credit and SO
tends to diminish the charge exacted
for its use ?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-24
Jayhawker Jots

Keith Clevenger of the Osawatomie
Graphic calls attention to the fact that
there isn't much nOurishment for any
body on a bone of contention.
The Washington man who sued a
theater because a chorus girl kissed
him., also shows, points out the Blue
Mound Sun, how lone mans meat Is
another mans poison"
One of our young men farmers is
the champion Good Fellow" reports
the Oketo Eagle. He comes to town
and keeps his sister-in-law's baby
while she attends the club.
Lesson in history, from the salina
Journal: The man whose idea 1t was
to have the old Liberty bell ring across
the United States by phone is a CEN
fury behind the historian who had
the old bell ring around the world in
17T6.
A young lady accompanied her gen.
tleman friend to the depot the other
night. tells the Great Bend Tribune,
and after bidding him goodbye. found
another friend waiting to take her to
the basketball. game. That's some
system. ---
A good many years ago, Doniphan
county farmers raised lots OF sheep,
tells the Beanville correspondent OF
the Troy Chief, and the rams were
unusually vicious and full Of fight We
knew a farmer who owned fighting
ram and he hit on a plan to cure him
of butting. He tied a heavy mawl to
a tree SO it would swing free, and
awaited results. The ram saw the
mawl swinging and took 1t as a chal-
lenge to battle. He butted the mawl
and was still butting it when the far
mer went to bed. The next morning
the farmer got up early and looked
out to zee how the ram was making
it. There was nothing left but the
rams tail and 1t was still butting the
mawl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-24
On the Spur
of the Moment

BY ROT Z. MoCLToN.

Tho belgian.
I'm most inclined to wish that
Was just q sufferin' Belgian guy.
The folks would send me clothes and
food.
Oh. yes. they would.
4 wouldn't worry, wouldn't fret
About tho job couldn't get.
wouldn't speculate. by gum.
Where my next meal was comm
The folks in the United states
Would NIL my plates.
wouldn't have to give my note
To get q winter overcoat,
Or spend about all that make
To buy . steak.
They wouldn't come and touch me for
subscriptions on account of war.
Who'd try to sell mo anything.
10 get my dough they wouldn't try.
The whole world would look out for
And send shiploads of soup and tea.
Without money, without price
When 1 think how get my pclf,
HOW must hustle for myself,
I am convinced OF this egad,
To be Belgian's not so bad.
The Days News.
Who's the president of Mexico
Today? That's what want to know.
The morning papers didn't say
Mho's holding down the job today.
Ihere must be some new treasury
fieecer
To reign today DER the nshting
greaser.
They hold the place for a day or
more,
Then hurriedly duck by the old back
door.
They do not stop to primp or pack;
TnoY do mot IinDor IN
They take fast train for the shore.
They've had enough; they want no
more.
TO flee the public's choking halter
They sail for Iceland or Gibraltar,
To live In luxury and ease
And do about as they well please.
They need down there a strenuous
mixer.
One who's a real live big-stick fixer.
Ihere's one way out. No other way.
1. Il. must take that job some day.
Uncle Abncr.
Along about next August the per-
spring public will be referring back
tenderly to that dear old-fashioned
man OF the world until he can cali ey-
cry bartender in town by his first
name.
A wife's last weapon to silence her
husband is usually a bundle of love
letters he wrote her before they were
married.
There doesn't seem to be anything
on this earth that will cure a man of
the derby hat habit.
Hank Tumms says he is a ''recep-
tive" candidate for town constable,
which means that he will be glad to
receive the nomination If there is any
possible way. by hook or crook. to get
it.
Any time you want a friend, try
to do him a favor. Nine chances out
Of ten, he will have grudge agin'
you as long as he lives, especially If
you ask him to pay 1t back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-24
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

Where q chaperon isn't wanted Is
where she Is needed.
If a mans wife doesn't henpeck
him, her kin will attend to that.
About the only speed some men
show Is to exhibit q quick temper.
Some homes are too we'll regulated
to suit the boys who may belong
there.
There is not much enthusiasm for
legal holidays on which one has to
work.
So far the records show, no farm
er was ever listed with the unem-
ployed.
A father with six sons has to prac-
tice militarism, whether he believes
in it or not.
Most men who are constantly ad-
vising you how to be healthy are pale,
skinny men.
Economy masquerades so much
that some of US spend q dollar trying
to save q dime.
If you average to be right more Of
ten than you are wrong you are prob
ably doing as well as your neighbors.
So much depends on the point Of
view that a henroost robbery is q
wave of crime In certain sections.
loom SO large to q woman who has
just done a washing for family OF
six.
When you get all you are justly en-
titled to you are almost sure to want
more. Prospects alone are satisfying.
Men will wear low-necked shirts
this summer. although a mans
Adams apple H. as ugly as = Worn
ans elbow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-24
Iron tho Chicago News.l

[From tho Chicago News.J
A lazy man is q dead loss to him
self.
Few men have q walkover in the
race for wealth.
Presently the overcoat will be
eclipsed by the shade tree.
If you can't flnd . good opportu-
nifty get busy and make one.
Political principle is one thing and
political interest another.
A man considers life a grind
when his grist isn't worth grinding.
True charity consists of opening the
purse and keeping the face closed
Marriage may not be the death OF
love but 1t frequently causes q pro-
longed trance.
The man who il too positive about
things spends . lot of valuable time
looking for small holes TO crawl into.
Every time there il q change in the
| political administration the party Of
ficeseekerB gather under the plum tree
J and hold their hata
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-24

write . vef.e about the latest play;
But ere I end the lay,
The plays In camphor stored away,
To stay.
I jeer at Fashion's newest fol-de-rol.
No crowd my thoughts extols
Eor Fashion hugs newer toll
I laud . crooks just punishment for crime
But halt my song; In time
4 pardon granted spells tie rhyme
Sublime.
Reform seek to aid With pungsal
But al. aiasi for naught.
A different evil now r. brought
Ahead the speeding Car OF Life glimpse
But poor Pegasus lfmps,
And speed my slow muse crimps
And crfmps.
So now I sing Of flowers, birds and Kaans
For such things rest the bFa1ns
II missed at first they're bound 70 reign
Charles Elkin, Jr.. I'm Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-24
QUAKER SiEDIrAroNs.

Iron the Philadelphia Record.1
Even the photographer can't make
some people look pleasant.
Freezing politeness doesn't cut
much ice with warm friends.
Some men go broke. while poverty
IS the natural bent Of others.
Second thoughts are probably best
only when they come in time.
The trouble with the high roller is
that he is apt to roll down hill.
The best way to manage q husband
is to select one who doesn't need any
managing.
He is mighty mean Christian who
would pray for rain when his enemys
roof leaks.
The wrestler may turn a friend on
his back. but that is better than turn
ing his back on his friends.
We, needn't bend the. knee to q
tyrant. but there are times when we
must all bow to the inevitable.
In these days most things are adul-
terated, but you still occasionally meet
| man with unadulterated nerve.
No. Maude, dear; it isn't altogether
| q thirst for knowledge that prompts q
| man to read the Bartender's Guide.
The worst about getting what ",
want Is that it generally makes III
think we might just as well hav,
wanted more.
wigg-"what's the trouble between
you and Miss Antique? She's laying
for you" Wagg-I don't doubt it
I called her an old hon.
| Blobbs-"He's an awful buffer
Slobbs-'Well, he puts up a good
'front.' Blobbs-"That il only tt
compensate for his lack Of backing
MugEins-'1n all your life, did yor
ever have your own way?" Buggins-
"Oh. yes. l always had my own way
till I got to be about two years old