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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
TRIBUNE'S PHONE
MYSTERY SOLVED
Trail Led to Suns" Old Home,
Where Copper Cables Tempt
ed Wire Cutters.

Telephone service in The Tribune
building was demoralized shortly be-
fore noon yesterday. A few trunk lines
going out from the switchboard were
working. but extension wires connect
ing various departments and Offices
were dead" Even the buzzer refused
to buzz. The Offices of the Public Ser
vice Commission were also affected.
An emergency man from the New
York Telephone Company sized up the
situation with the laconc comment:
you've got no juice in the switch
board" His investigation finally
brought him TO the cables in the base
ment.
Flawless the leaden pipes OF cleo
tricity rambled around the lower re-
gions of The Tribune Building, and
then disappeared through a wall into
the basement of The Suns" old home,
adjoining. There, where sparks flying
from the junkman's hammer disturb
newspaper ghosts that nave refused tc
forsake the old building, the mystery
of the tongue-tied Tribune was solved.
A section of inch and three quarters
cable, sixty feet long, carrying $50
pairs Of wires into The Tribune Build
ing, had been cut off and to;ed away.
Along with il went generous slices Of
dead" cables owned by the Western
Onion and the Postal Telegraph COM
panies.
All three cables had been first cut
close to thr duct that carries them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23

den returned 70 Yonkers he did not 20
back TO the bank.
At his home last night the former
cashier said he had accepted an offer
of another position. and therefore did
not return to the bank. He refused to
discuss the matter beyond this state.
ment, but insisted there had been 10
friction over his leaving the savings in.
stitution.
Officials of the bank were reticen.
concerning the affair. Charles F. Hui.
bers, treasurer. said:
"Carelessness has been discovered IN
Mr.. Marsden's accounts. In due tine
another cashier viii be selected Ths,
is sll have to say"
James H. Weller, president Of tho
bank, explained that the amount in.
volved was small, and that the bonding
company had already replaced it.
Marsden had been in the employ 0.
the bank for several years. and illed in
that time several responsible positions
He is forty-two years Old, married and
owns his home at 304 Hawthorne Ave.
nue..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
PLANE MODELS
WRECKED IN GALE
Crash to Earth at Hampstead
No Lives Lost-Prizes Won
in 4,609 Feet Flight.

Several aeroplanes crashed TO earth in
a thirty fve-mile gale on Hampstead
Plain, near Garden City, Long Island.
yesterday afternoon, but no ambulance
calls were put in. The planes carried
no aviators. and they were driven by
large elastic bands. One of them aew
1909 feet before coming down and an
other 4,030, thereby capturing two
prizes offered by the Aero Club of
America for the best records by model
aircraft
These contests are to be held month
" to encourage aeronautical ambitions
of young Americans, who begin their
flying careers by experimenting with
toy models.
Twelve monoplanes competed yester-
day. the entries being from the Harlem
Model Aero Club, the Aero Science
Club and the Bay Ridge Model Aero
Club. Alfred X Barker and J. b.
Barker, both of the Harlem Club, were
prize winners. The contest was Judged
by Baron d'Orcy, W. H. Phipps and
L. D. Gardner, Of the Aero Club OF
America.
The club making the best record for
three consecutive months will be
awarded a trophy by Henry S. Willard,
Of the Aero Club.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
Commissioner of Weights
Told Candle Power Ex-
ceeds Label Figures.
CONSUMER PAYS
MORE, is CHARGE
Innocent and Industrious Meters
Blamed for Guilt of Pastors,
Hartigan Says.

Joseph II. Hartigan. Commissioner OF
Weights and Measures. who is SOL
diering" at Plattsburg. will begin an
investigation of the electric illumi-
mating companies of this city on his
return.
an the last five or six months" Com
missioner Hartigan said. 81 have re-
ceived scores Of complaints that aliege
violation by the lighting companies
of the new fraudulent advertising law.
"On almost every electric light bulb
there is a paster giving what is sup
posed TO be the candlepower of that
bulb. But the fact is that the bulbs
in most cases. are of higher power than
the paster advertises. Where the
candlepower, for instance. is given as
80, it is often 40 or more.
"When the consumer contracts Tor
electric lighting he estimates from the
figures on the paster what his bill Will
probably be, and he finds it difficult to
reconcile the bill with the amount OF
light that he believes he has been sup
piled with He suspects something IS
wrong with the meter, so he notihes
the company, which sends up man
who shows him the meter is accurate
Then the consumer decides to prlne
the matter % the attention OF the fuD-
lie Service Commission. Inc commits
sion sends an expert TO investigate
After the expert has finished ms WORK
the consumer receives a bill for Sl.oO
for the services of the expert. AFTER
that the consumer says oh, what's
the use" and decides he can't get JUS
tice
81 have had men working on this
matter for several weeks. and they
have accumulated a mass Of facts
which we shall use in going after the
men responsible for this situation.
The electric lighting companies have
been taking IN in this way hundreds OF
thousands of dollars year.
"The company might say to the man
who protests against this excess light.
ing that he is getting the benefit OF
the illumination that it is not lost.
But the answer to that is that the
consumer asks only that amount OF
light that he contracts for. If there
were justice in the company's action in
this. electric lighting corporations
could supply and charge for ten times
as much light as is ordered.
every person who buys electric
light is being hit by this fraudulent
and even to the small con-
sumner the difference annually reaches
a considerable figure.
when get back to New York and
go over the work that has been done
by my Investigators | shall go after.
not the little fellows. whose positions
would be jeopardized if they refused
to carry on this deception. but the
man or men who order the misrepre-
sentaton."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
NUNS HALT PANIC
IN HOSPITAL FIRE
Calm Patients in st. GATHERINGS
by Shutting OFF View
of Flames.

Patients in st. GATHERINGS Hospital,
Brooklyn, were thrown into a panic
last evening when the neighborlHg
cooperage and barrel storage house
owned by Morris Solomon, at MORGAN
Avenue and Stage Street, was burned
to the ground. FED on barrels, many
Of which were permeated with aloo-
hol, the flames mounted to tremen-
dous height and shed glare into the
hospital that convinced the patients
the building was doomed.
Those patients who could walk tried
to fee from the hospital. Others who
we're bed-ridden became hysterical.
The Catholic Sisters who serve as
nurses went among their frightened
charges. who could Only be quoted
after all the shades on the side OF
the hospital facing the fire had been
pulled down.
Although three alarms were sent IN,
it was impossible 20 save the build
ing. which was a frame structure,
three stories in height. Earlier in the
afternoon fire had been discovered IN
the building and had been eXtln-
guished without trouble. When the
fremen were called out again, few
hours later, another blaze had gained
such Roadway that 1t was impossible
to extinguish it. Most OF the streams
were turned upon tle adjoining build
ings of the Fries Coal Company. which
were threatened by falling EN- ers:
When the interior Of the building
had been burned out its walls and
roof collapsed, throwing a great spout
of flame and burning particles OF
wood into the air. Sparks showered
down on all the neighboring build
ings. none of which was ignited. =.
Frank Cody, a right Waterman OF
the building, discovered the fire. Al
ter sending in an alarm he ran back
to the office and gathered up pile
of the companys books. AS he ran
down the steps with these he STUN,
bled and fell, cutting his scalp and
causing a slight conclusion of the
brain. He was taken to his home, l66
Knickerbocker Avenue.
The fire did $4,000 damage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
BROKERS' FIANCEE
CRUSHED BY AUTO
Escort Hurt as Car Upsets-Cy-
clist Killed-Tire Saves Five
from Live Wire.

Elmer Green, real estate broker,
Of 9s East Thirteenth Street. Brook
lyn. and his fancee. Miss Hazel Leeds.
of so Pierrepont Street. Brooklyn, were
both seriously injured near Oyster
Bay. Long Island. yesterday. when their
car upset at the foot Of steep hill.
Miss Leeds will probably die.
The couple were to have been mar
ried within a few weeks. Green lost
control of his machine. which skidded
and overturned. The girl was pinned
beneath the car and suffered severe
decorations and internal injuries.
Green's arms were broken.
Automobiles exacted a toll Of one
death and six injuries in and about
New York City yesterday.
Henry Fuchsius. of Sayville. Long
Island. while returning to his home on
a bicycle. was hit by a machine driven
by Selah Hornstein. of Patchogue,
Long Island. and crushed to death.
Eight-year-ol Elmer Sauthard lost
his head in the tangle of auto traffic
on the Rockville Centre. Long Island,
road Yesterday and walked in front Of
a car driven by Harry NJ. Jackson. of
GO East Seventeenth Street, Brooklyn.
lie received a fracture of the skull.
Patrolman August Purden was badly
injured near Tottenvile, Staten Island.
Yesterday while learning how to run a
motorcycle.
Five persons narrowly escaped cleo
trocution Yesterday while driving along
i6lst Street. The Bronx. The machine
ran against the dangling end of a
broken trolley wire. which luckily be-
came entangled with one of the tires
of the car and was insulated by the
rubber. There were several bright
flashes when the wire first touched the
machine, and all five passengers were
shocked. Mrs. Ophelia Davidson. Of
$50 Teller Avenue. and Mrs. Alberta
Klein. of the same address. were
burned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
PARENTS FORGIVE
S2,OOO,OOO BRIDE
Tumulty's Secretary Guest at
Love Feast Given by
Wife's Folks.

thomas C. O'Sullivan. secretary to
Joseph P. Tumulty. has at last been
forgiven by Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Lynch,
whom he made his parents-in-law last
June without consulting them about 1t.
Since the secretary eloped with their
daughter, Louise Foster Lynch. young,
pretty and worth s2.000.00O in her own
right, he and his wife's parents have
not been on speaking terms.
Last night the Ratchet was formally
buried at big dinner at Spring Lake,
n. j., given by the Lynches to the
newly welded pair at the New Essex
and Sussex Hotel. Mrs. Lynch, who
was especially wrathful at O'Sullivan
Immediately following the marriage,
beamed upon him all evening long. and
the young man smiled back as though
no unkind feelings had ever passed be-
tween them.
In spite of the fact that parental dis
approval should have been resting
heavily upon them for the last two
months, neither Mr.. or Mrs. O'Sulllvan
have seemed particularly grieved at the
wrath Of the Lynches. Following their
wedding tour they went to Washing
ton, where they remained until three
weeks ago. when they returned TO
Spring Lake with the secretary to
President Wilson. Some time between
then and now the anger of the parents
softened. Ii is understood that their
daughter and son-in-law have dined
with them privately <everal times be-
fore last evening.
Mrs. Lynch denied last night that
there had ever been any estrangement
between her daughter and herself. AT
tie time of the elopement. however.
she asserted that the girl had deceived
her, that she did not know O'Sullivsn
and did not intend TO forgive them
Immediately at least.
.ince the arrival of the young peo-
pie at Spring Lake they have been
STAYING at the cottage of 0'Sullivan's
mother at one end of the town. The
Lynches have lived at the other end.
and each family has kept strictly to its
own district. 1t is now expected that
the young people will stay with the
brides parents for the remainder of
their sojourn.
Mrs. O'Sullivan inherited s2,0OO,OOO
through the will of her grandfather.
He. father is wealthy, and 1t is prob
able that she will also receive large
share of his estate. She was married
OF June IS. in this city, after two
year secret courtship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
HIGH MASS ATOP HILL
Ruthenian Catholics to Have
Pilgrimage in Jersey.

Lyons, N. j., Aug pa peace pill
grimage of Ruthenian Greek Catholics
from Newark and nearby places will
take place Sunday. within the octave
Of the festival of the Assumption in
the Greek Church. High mass in the
open air will be celebrated on the
summit of a hill in the Watching
Mountains, near Lyons Station, on the
Lackawanna. The service will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. p. Poniatishin, rec
tor of st. John the Baptist, Court
Street, near Belmont Avenue.
The Rev. William |. Kean, rector Of
the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual
Help. Bernardsville, and his assistant,
the Rev. Louis Guzzardi, will attend the
services, and many Roman Catholics
of the Latin rite will join in the pill
grimage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
$1,000 FOR FRANK FUND
Governors Will Ce Asked to
Protest Lynching.

Two detectives are in Atlanta in
vestigating the lynching Of Leo VI.
Frank, and $1,000 has already been
subscribed toward a fund TO emnloy
more detectives and lawyers 10 assist
in the prosecution Of the lynchers, &C
cording TO a statement made last night
by Max Schenert, Of 1885 East Sew
enteenth Street, Flatbush. acting
chairman of the leo NJ. Frank Pro
tective Society OF Brooklyn. Mr.
Scheinert also said nat letter world
be sent this week 70 the governors Of
all the states, calling upon then TO
ioin in a protest against lynchings IN
Georgia. Mr.. Schelnert said William
J. Burns would not be employed.
The membership Of The association
i, now 1870, according TO Mr. Scheinert.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
YONKERS CASHIER
OUT OF BANK JOB
Officials of Savings Insti-
tuition Blame Careless
ness for Discrepancies.

Irregularities discovered in the &C
counts of Charles p. Marsden, for six
years cashier of the Yonkers Savings
Bank, the largest in Wostchester Conn
ty, have resulted in the seyerino Of
his connection with that institution.
Officials of the bank attribute the
errors to carelessness, and say the
amount missing is easily covered by
Marsden's bond.
1t is not known whether the cashier
was discharged or whether he resigned.
While he was on his vacation last week
inspectors of the State Banking De-
partment visited the bank. When Mars
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23

out to the manholc at the corner OF
Frankfort Street, then cut again down
in "The Suns" old subbasement.
In all forty-four telephones IN ne
Tribune Building were out OF commis-
mission, according to the Beekman ex-
changes wire chief. Yes, he admitted
on weekday there would have been
more trouble. A repair gang got 70
work right away and expected TO nave
the working lines in order before MID
night. With sixty feet Of generator
and battery feeds" missing, it was
not surprising that The Tribune's city
room was paralyzed. Normal service
was restored under the mercury i'gn'
before p. m.
Friday the Sun Publishing Company
turned the old building over to the
Gowanus Wrecking Company, OF
Brooklyn. P. Goldfob has the hrs contract snnS
for metal in the building Inc pun
Waterman quit the Job Saturday morn
inp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
SEVEN DROWNED;
! DIVES TO DEATH
Yachtsman Lost When Motor
Boat Capsizes During
Storm.

Seven drowned was the toll OF
waters around New York City yester-
day.
Rudolph Weissker, of 2465 Devoe
Terrace, Fordham, for many years
chairman Of the house committee OF
the Harlem Yacht Club, lost his life
yesterday while cruising in a power,
boat with John Jarchow, of 449 Second
Avenue. They started in storm from
the club at City Island to board the
sloop Ediana. The boat capsized and
Weissker went down. Jarchow was
saved.
Joseph O'Neill, thirty-eight, a driv-
err living at 1877 East Broadway, was
instantly killed by a dive from the
Rutgers Street pier. His neck was
broken. His son, Frank, was on the
pier at the time Of the accident:
Charles Simon, of 1892 Richmond
Terrace. West New Brighton, Staten
Island, was drowned while bathing at
Midland Beach yesterday morning.
While bathing at Rockaway Beach
at the foot Of Oceanic Avenue Ralph
Clernand, twenty years old, of 1921 New
Utrecht Avenue. Flatbush, became ex-
hansted and was drowned before fifty
reScuerS could come 10 MS aSslStahor'
James McTague, twenty years old.
of AIS Yves: Fifty-seventh Street. fell
overheard from the boat Twilight off
Mount st. Vincent early yesterday
morning while on a moonlight trip up
the Hudson with about forty couples.
He was lost.
Arthur Blend. eleven years old. son
of John Blend, of Brooklyn. was
drowned in Lake Hopatcong, New Jer-
sey, on Saturday night. Miss Lillian
Gordon. a school teacher. made several
attempts to get the body. but failed.
The body of an unidentified man
about fifty years old and weighing 200
pounds was picked up in the East River
off Oak Point yesterday. He wore a
black shirt, blue overalls and rubber
boots. and had ring inscribed anna
and Amelia, 1894"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
ELECTRIC WARSHIP SOON
Work on California to Start
at Navy Yard Next Month.

Preparations are under way for the
laying of the keel of the Ca ifornia,
the newest dreadnought, early next
month at the navy yard. The Cali
fornia will be the first warship of any
nation with an electric power drive.
Steel for the new ship has been ar
irving for several months. and there
are about 10000 900 pounds of it on
hand at the yard. As the California
will be 600 tons heavier than the Ari-
iona, she will wrest the title OF
worlds greatest super-dreadnought
from that vessel. She will be ready
for launching in about thirteen months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
~

Conducted by Samuel Hopkins Adams.

This department 10 devoted to separating the sheep OF
advertising from the sost,and hanging bell the goats
very topic that ' not too serious
endevor will be with fairness either IN
print where that nexpedicnt by private letter. all FAIR
while reservng the right to plead
ignorance when that the right asks nothing tor "
services the confidence of it's correspondents IN giving
their addresses confidence which will never be vo
lated clearly whether prefer to have name
printed here No unsigned communications
will be Address: The Advisor The Tribune New iork
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
POLICE GUARD FUNERAL
Surround Slain Mans Home
Two Murder Arrests.

Charged with homicide in the fatal
shooting of Stephen Curran las;
Wednesday at Nassau Avenue end
Banker Street, Williamsburg, Charles
MUTT and Edward Duffy, alias "Red,
both of 112 Grand Street, Maspeth'
were remanded without bail in the
Manhattan Avenue police court yes
terday.
MUTT was identified as the man who
fred.
The funeral of Curran took place
yesterday from his home, at 1877 Man
haitian Avenue. There was number
Of policemen assigned to the house
to prevent disorder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23

60 box
PsR6s 9psFS the Weight f' 6S OF % they c
cOntsne not think SO cents Iound
a goodp cardboard? l." 'AOOo'O'
Perfectly Just Why compliments showing the
vendors pecv and weight includes the contaner
legend candy purchased by The Tribune
Ths package weighs pound This weight ncude th CON
aner Careful weighing light the fact that the statement IS
naccrae but the advantage of the pur
chaser the box unwrappd and candy not
BOUND pound hths The candy e
weighs within quarter of the full pound therefore, MI
Jacobsos expenditure the vicinity of one cent
hardly He received in fact better deai
than he paid for.
box Of the Accent candy ne
would since in that purchase he would nave
Maid approximately and 20 for accessories
Even here rghfu for complaint; e
transaction above board the customer ohora
he buying and not net weight hcre no
era rule regards weight some Gay
when this department feeling light and frivolous Will turn w FORCES
loose mon the confectionery and inform sweetoothed world
where NAV buy candy by weight unduted with cardboard or other
will be criticism IN te
article for the dealer who tells the truth the package
Since you are pushing wonder yGq S0 qo4
growing Health dye pure and simple
Another correspondent Emil inquiries about the same prep
ration Hav Hair Health Of lead acetate and sulphur Inc
nacn the hair As with all such dyes tne mar
soon becomes dngy requiring frequently recurring appcaohs
II the preparaon profits of the dealer! Further iead
acetate poison. Rubbing repeatedly into the scalp not
therefore which itself to the wisdom Of the
cautious.
was reading great of interest columns under
this and had about cnpeted ne
all these things circus concerts etc. " free C Chdt Is the
ten admission TO Luna Park for! a. NJ OA'Ni'
The Mr. Carey the regular advertise
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-23
skhFA Free Shows, Free Circus
-UNA Vocal and Band Concerts
FREE DANCING CONTEST THURSDAY NIGHT

As the letter implies criticism copy of forwarded to the
General manager Of Luna Park and the following received:
SIR Joke Department is away on his
therefore not il pSs % 2n'~ c6MPAN inquiry
Perhaps Joke Department of Luna Park that writes its ad
versng any distinctly light and carefree pon-
sby reproduced above and the joke would GER
tany on any it. None of the enyments
of fact Free more than ride in the
subway paid five get by the ticket seller
The only really free its brand Of su-
tute managerial humor about much most
articles that gratis
S & and Gs T ] and t:5 some 9a s
received the circular mae all OF Tha and Pofeson
will enough give what evidence you can
which rs ea Ysn Of s S Son circular letter
a guarantee on the article 4a ' an S"
the matter 3Sn guide with t%s
The Enclosures consist in circular matter from the
Company offering bait of 100 profit
exclusive territory $500 monthly no experience heeueu anu Sape
for the sale of folding bath tub Without
going of the Robinson concerns financial rating its
permanently may be said that
the primary object of the advertisement is to sell the bath tub TO agents
purchase and for s tubs before getting the
sample free Otherwise sample costs the agent $40 The scheme
extra qu of peuasveness the reliability
his tub reliability his advertising distinctly below
one By r 7 @ of Ts@ s fR is hs The s
,5;ss. s5 % S
$5s5 +;:s "s "@sa S$s5 %: s:,s,:
Connecticut wooden Yaks for the ks in this manner;
this s'a a violation Of postal laws! JP.K.
j. p KS fear, only "The Bridgeport
Ieegrams indeed sweey simple souls and the
PAPER itself whom helps
cenage their from them AOgy not yet
banned mails believe. 1t is from serespecng ad
verising medium
inscriptions
Of their booklets
and foundation
refer New Hotel Bresn Mount Airing
booklet
close the hotel
is
This and the nineteenth hole" which
of golf
II something could be done
would highly desb "A DISAPPOINTED GOLFER"
opportunities afforded the New Hotel Bresln
DIV to the complaint deemed
perhaps policy this For the golf msrepre
sentation which Mr. Frank
Cope signs advertising has been INDUCING For
ample claims elevation of OO feet the actual
advertisement alleges that the hotel ony
That be by arshp for the running
L. w. Lake HOpacOng given by that railroad
and minutes and about twenty minutes more re-
hotel Elevations marked from 9l2 to 400
from hour and three quarters hour golf
the profitable New
appears be qualifying in the finkeein class Of sum-
hoteleom.
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