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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
WOMAN 'SPOOK' PUFFS
CIGARS and SHOOTS
Oyster Bay Badly Scared by
Figure i'm Black That De-
fies Posses Of 100.

OYSTER BAY, l.. l.. Nov. "A woman
'spook'' who dresses all in black. smokes
cigars and shoots a revolver has oyster
BAY. J.. l., in the grip Of n bad scare.
She appears only after nightfall and is
credited with chasing children to their
homes, following unescortcd women and
men. and with disappearing. seemingly
into thin air. when pursued by a posse
of l00 men and The village police force,
Constable John Thompson.
The woman Of mystery has been busy
several evenings and women n children
are afraid 10 venture out of their homes.
Children playing in the woods that
skirt Nurthwood, the country home Of
Mortimer l.. Schid, were first chased by
the "spook." Their stories we're laughed
at until Tcarl Corey OF Baylis Hill. an
abstemious carpenter, ran in terror
when he sew the woman, attired in deep
black and with a cigar sticking out or
her mouth at a rakish angle. walking
toward him.
As he ran he says he heard a hoarse
laugh and the sound of a revolver shot
and a bullet whistled near his head. His
si~ster-in-law, Mrs. Victor l.. Corey,
whose husband is also a carpenter. saw
the woman. and she say many others
have been terror!zed by the fearsome
spectacle.
On Sunday evening a posse was
formed after church. Armed with clubs
and sticks and led by Constable Thomp-
son. the posse patrolled the roads in the
neichborhood of Berry Hin, which IL the
fayorite haunt of the "spook.' Half
the posse. 1t is said. remembered press
ing engagements elsewhere when three
revolver shots resounded from the depths
of the woods. each accompanied by a
hair raising laugh.
Residents advance several theories 10
explain the presence of the mysterious
woman. One is that the "spook' Is an
escaped male lunatic. masqueradlng as
a woman and living In the woods.
others believe it is simply a practical
joker.
If Constable Thompson and the c!ti-
zens of the village fail to catch the
ghost" there IL talk of asking Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, whose home is
near by. to conduct the big hunt,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
ISAAC L. RICE DEAD.
Lawyer Dies >uddrni, il Ills
Apartments at the Nnsonia.

Isaac Leopold RIco, Go years old u.al
suddenly last night IN his apartment u,
the Ansonia Hotel Of heart disease.
He was born In Wagheuhcim. BIyai .a.
n came TO this country when a hoy
He was graduated from the Central lIigF
School In Philadelphia and from -.
Columbia law school IN lsSo. After
two years AS lecturer in the School of
Political Science ~ Instructor In tie
Columbia Law school he became coud-
sci for the southern Railroad. For man,
years he was president of the tl-ctri,
Boat Company, Holland Torpedo Boa,
Company. Electric Launch Company
National Torp.d" Company, Car Light
ing and Power Company. Consolidated
Railway. Electric Lighting and ECU t..
ment Company and Liuls'rom Ergkc
Company
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
DEMAND SUNDAY SALOON LID.
Church Workers to Bring Pressure
to bear ON Mayor.

Three hundred clergymen. secretaries
of reform bodies and lay men and women
from Protestant churches of New York
attended a meeting yesterday afternoon
AT the broadway Tabernacle to demand
that Mayor Mitchell enforce the Sunday
saloon closing law and to arouse senti-
ment TO compel him 10 do SO. The Rev.
Dr. William Sheafe Chase of brooklyn.
president Of the New York Civic League,
presided,
Authority was given to pr, Chase to
appoint a committee Of ten to NO to
Mayor Mitchell. tell him the sentiment
Of the meeting and ask him to enforce
the Sunday closing law The committee
of ten was also directed to find out the
sentiment of Protestant churches, and
having done so to bring II to bear
upon Mayor Mitchell. No mention was
made of Jewish sentiment. hut II was
stated that somehow the sentiment of
Catholic churches ought to be obtained
and put to use.
Bishop Courtney urged all church
workers to write to the Mayor. He said
Mayor Thompson of Chicago has closed
the saloons there on Sundays and that
New York has u better Sunday closing
law than Illinois.
Supt. Anderson of the Anti Saloon
League said II vas not best to try to
convict one saloon keeper and let all
the others go free. but that they should
work to break up the system. lie
believed New York would have dry
sundays before long, The Rev. Or.
George Alexander. the Rev, O. II.
Miller and others spoke to the came
effect.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
The Store for Men
Separate Building. Separate Stocks. Separate Service. Broadway at Ninth
GOLF

Harry Vardon recently said
that America had only one
scratch mac for every ten in
Great Britain. 1.-The reason"
he conjectured, "is probably
that the majority Of Aneri-
cans are compelled by cir.
cumstances Of climate to give
up the game for several
months each year" And he
went on
1.-THE O that
are becoming so popular
are capable Of doing much
to overcome this handi-
cap"
There are 9 instructors in
the Wanamaker Golf School,
headed by John D. Dunn, the
leading teacher in the United
States of the theory and prac-
tice of golf.
Plenty Of driving courts. a
putting green. a sand bunker;
lockers. shower. fresh air:
lub-making shop. Fine golf
atmosphere. Doing our part
to overcome the handicap Of
which Vnrdon speaks. Come
and see.
Sixth Gallery. New Building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
FIFTEEN DROWN IN
PACIFIC SHIPWRECK
Santa Clara Goes on Rocks OFF
Oregon COast-CrOwdcd
Lifeboat %Swamped.
VESSEL HAD SUNK BEFORE

PORTLAND, Ore. Nov. Fifteen OF
more lives were lost Tonight when the
Gamer Santa Clara. owned by the North
Pacific Stea mship Company, went on the
rocks OIL Coos Bay. Oregon, with seventy
five or eighty persons on board, includ-
Ing tie crew.
There were about fifty passengers
bound for the South. most of them being
oregon citizens, or their way TO the
Panama Exposition. Some were from
Washington and others from California.
The sea was running high, 40 II had
been for the last four or five days. The
steamer Adeline Smith was standing
near but when the Santa Cara struck
1t was only a few Moments before she
began TO sink and the first lifcboat
launched. which was filed with a score
Of persons. swamped before II had fairly
got under way. 1t is believed that only
four or five of them reached shore.
The santa Clara lief; Portland on Mon
day morning. She is a wooden vessel
223 feet long and was biiit at Everett
Wash. in 1900. She operated between
Portland and san Francisco via Coos
Ray and Eureka, and ~ nrt Ia be con
founded with the W. 4. Grace hne",
which also bears the NaNC Santa Cara.
Those los; are believed TO include II. II.
Thorn ami Mrs. \,ttic T.. Tl1oru. pas
seucei-- bound .or Eurcia. cal, who
can't here fro,n Hood River. and Patrick
Murphy and Henry i<ulck. who were on
their way here from ALASKA. 1t Is under-
stood that they We're intent on interest
ing others N the mining enterprise.
The Sant, Clara had been two days
behind schedule on the last two voyages
because Of delays eNpe. fenced through
u~nfavorablc weather at coast ports. and
she lost no time IN getting TO sea, hav-
ing nassed out of the river a. a.
o'clock on Monday night.
Capt. Lofstedt was regarded az d
capable and cautious navigator. lie was
master of the steamer Alliance, owned
by the same company. until she was
withdrawn last year ana temporarily
succeeded b. the steamer George W.
Eidcr. which operated until tho santa
CLARA and kilDurn wcIc sent here.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
ARREST HOLDS UP $500
PRIZE SONG CONTEST
Promoter Is Held in $500
Bail-Many Composers
Alleged Victims.

!. Victor Greene. former head 81 the
knickerbockc Harmony Studios, M IL
West ~Forty-second street. was arrested
yesterday on a Federal indictment
charging him and John T. Hall of the
Hall Musical Publishing Company with
using the mails in a scheme to defraud
aspiring song poets. Greene was ar
raigned before Federal District Court
Judge Foster and held in $500 bail on
tho suggestion Of Assistant United
States Attorney Julian Hartridgc.
Hall was arrested in November. 1914.
and held in 5000 bail on testimony
given by Post Office Inspector Mayhem
concerning a song poem contest In which
the composers of the three best poems
to be set to popular music. lie gave
the impression In his advertisements and
letters. il is alleged. that he would see
to the writing Of the music and the ad-
vertising Of the songs submitted to him
for "a fee of from $50 to s+5.
In this way. II is said. he BAKED con-
tributions from about 5000 song writer's
and informed more than 1000 Of them
that they were In a fair way OF winning
n prize. He told them. II is alleged,
that they would have to have their
songs set to music before the Judges
could be induced to consider them as
prize winners and suggested that they
hav the work done by the knicker-
booker Harmony Studios.
Greene also would write to the con-
t%estants. it is charged. and offer to have
the music written by a well known COM
poser for $40. In IA letter dated Sep
tember ., 1914, he informed Miss Mary
A. Dollar of Fall River. Mass. that her
verses entitled "The Doctrine of
Monroe" were excellent and that his
establishment was amply qualified to
fix up a melody that would do justice
TO her composition. The trial is
scheduled to begin before Judge Foster
to-day.
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READY FOR WAR ON DIR. HILLS.
Ferguson Denies Allegations Made
In the Beecher Statement.

Released from his pledge of silence by
the collapse Of the arbitration plan.
Frank l.. Ferguson, former chairman
OF The board of trustees of Plymouth
Church. Brooklyn, and for Ave years
business agent and adviser to the Rev.
Newell Dwight Hills. pastor of the
church, gave out another statement yes
terday in which he says he is ready to
make war with Dr., Hills or any friends
who see tit to espouse the c~lergyman's
cause.
Thu statement follows the one pre-
pared by Col. William q. Beecher and
signed by twenty-six members of
Plymouth Church. Mr.. Ferguson asserts
that many things alleged 10 the Beecher
sta tennent are false that nearly all who
signed the statement are ignorant of the
details Of DIR. Hillis's business Nen-
lures, and that the statement should not
be taken as in n way representing the
sentiment of a church whose membership
exceeds 1000.
From the beginning" says the Fergu-
son statement. II have given DR.. Hills
and his attorneys the choice of con-
ference or conflict, arbitration or war,
and now " he and his advisers prefer
litigation to arbitration ! am ready"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
BURLESQUE SHOW RADED.


\ patrol wagon varied the election In
,erest OF q crowd outside the Garrick
Theatre last night By carrying away
-;g',t persons because OF their connection
VITA IN alleged improper production
ali~i The JoyEaEd Burlesquc Girls
The raid was led by Detectives Conway
AID l;eith on the strength of four war.
rants obtained from Magistrate Me.
CuIdo.
a charg, Of participating IN an inn
roper performance was made against
Iil,y GilDer; and Murray 7. Simous.
comedians, and Beulah Kennedy and
sadie Hose. dancers. Sim Williams was
accused Of producing the show ard ".
Management of the theatre. comprising
Walter Rosenberg. Imes Dillon and
'h1rlcs Bryan. was charged with per
hitting the exhibition. The performers
y,ve held If the West Thir-ie,h street
station and The others aiken 90 tho night
court.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
Sleeping Caps

A customer who came in to
buy a silk smoking cap asked
the salesman If he could have
a cap made for sleeping pur.
poses. He was surprised, and
pleased, when the salesman
handed him a cotton sleeping
cap. He was not aware such
a cap existed.
These sleeping caps sell for
soc and are imported from
London. Surprising how
many we sell. They tell US
other stores have none. But
then
The Hatterie
Burlington Arcade floor. New Bldg.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
TOM FOLEY KICKS
DRISC0LL AT POLL
EX-Shpriff Uses Boot on Meet
ing Political Enemy at
Voting Place.

The two chic topics Of conversation
Yesterday in the Second Assembly dis
,rict, the game being the bail!wick Of
Big Tom Foley. were the young woman
who was stationed as watcher in the poll
ing place at 90 Madison street and the
expeditions exit which Eugene Driscull
made from that same address. The con-
trast between the stcadiness with which
the woman watcher remained at her
post and the precipitate manner IN which
Driscoll vacated the premises stirred the
: disabilities of everybody throughout the
day at the Downtown Tammany Club at
SO Madison street.
Mr.. Driscoll is known in the district
as "a brother of former Deputy Police
COMMISSIONS Glenn Dr.scoll. but chiefly
as the man who. with The aid of the elu-
sive Mike Rofrano, started the Home
Rule Democratic Club, an ANTHOLOGY or
ganization with headquarters n IS
Madison street. There has been i'll feel
ing between the former Sheriff and Lsis-
coll for some time, so when Iriscoll
left his home round the corner at Q
Oliver street yesterday and moved
toward the polling place he moved gin
gerly, not stopping for any light persi-
fage with those who stood in good NUM-
hers around the STEPS of the Foley club,
He voted quickly and quietly and then
started for the street, Right in the dOO-
way he almost bumped into me rather
ample figure of Big Tom.
Don't say anything to me now, Tom,'
said Driscoll as he FASTENED his step.
mo, ] won't" replied Foley, and then,
according to his w account and that OF
numerous witnesses, he speeded the part
ing guest with "A generous bump from the
Foley foot, Right away things hap
pened over which Big Tom, Of course,
had no control. 4 crowd Of future Foley
ties disclosed themselves as fully armed
with various light missiles gathered from
the gutter and ihorOughfare of Madison
street. Driscoll did not stop to caution
the youths, but ran the unpleasant CANT
let to the corner Of Oliver street and
there disappeared.
Nothing to IT," said everybody about
The clubhouse. mo harm done. Foley
looted him all right and the kids just
jclDed in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
FIRE EXCITES SING SINGS 1900.
COn>icts at First Think Alarm
whistle Means Escape.

OssINiNG. NOV. THE l,500 ~conv!cts
IN Sing Sing prison had their sleep dis
turbed carly to-day by "A fire, which
broke out in some wooden buildings at
the Ossining lime works, about 600 feet
south OF the prison.
The blasts from the fire whistle awoke
the convicis, who thought al first II
was the prison whistle 10 warn the viii
lage tina some convict had escaped. The
news quickly spread througa the cell
block hat the lime plant a afrc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
SUICIDE IN HUDSON TUBE.
Trains Held UP Half an Hour ~
Body Ia Removed.

James Kelly, As years old. Of s Mer-
Ger street. Jersey City. committed suicide
by p!unging In front OF a w|estbound tube
train at tho Exchange place station in
Jersey City yesterday afternoon. Traffic
was delayed for half an hour while the
body was being removed.
Among the passengers were several
actors and actresses on the way to I'LL
matinee engagements In Newark and
other New Jersey cities. Kelly was a
bachelor. He had been III several
months. Until recently he was employed
by the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
Suit You?

We have ten different
prices in suits, $3.50 to $40.
Sizes run from 81 to IS.
There are at least eighteen
different models, made up
from about 800 different pat
terms Of cloth; some patch
pockets, some soft roll fronts,
some conservative. some flap
pockets. some high gorge
lapels, some peaked lapels,
some rounded lapels; for
young, middle aged. old.
stout, short and slim men.
Our suits have been COM
plimented as being far above
the average in fit and appear
ance, more like the made-to-
order or tailored garment
than the ready-made.
Burlington Arcade floor. New Bldg.
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E r

men wiH find full stocks Of
proper ueordbles, an great ia
rie.y Of good qualities, at mod
crate prices made possible BY
or large business. And erery
man shall be satisfied.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03

The Horse Show
London, top hats.
topcoats,
gloves.
Spitalfelds silk mufflers.
Fancy waistcoats.
Walking sticks.
Spitalfelds silk fourth.
hands.
New soft-pleated bosom
shirts.
Afternoon and evening
clothes.
Burlington Arcade Hocr,
New Building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
Harvard Princeton

Each play, as made, will be
shown OH the Irwin score
board in the Auditorium on
Saturday. Direct wire to the
Stadium.
LAP ROBES in the Motor
Shop for those who are going
to motor to the game-kerscy
cloths, mohair plush, Shct-
land wool. English box cloths,
furs. And steamer rugs ir the
shop by the Broadway door.
Burlington Arcade floor. New Bldg.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
SUSPECT IN FIRE PLOTS
ON SUGAR SHIPS TAKEN
George Van Horn, Arrested on Charge of Stealing
1000 Worth of Auto Tires, Is Believed to
Know About Bomb Activities.

having hed from Manhattan because ne
heard the police were after him on nc.
count of the sugar ship fires.
Chief Clossey's search for automobile
tire thieves brought about the arrest .,
Van Horn. a large quantity Of tires
shoes. and automobile accessories were
stolen from Weehawken piers. and in the
course OF his search Chief Clossey hcard
that George Van Horn kept a junk shop
n. Eighth street and Hudson avenue
West New York. Chief Glossy visited
the shop. searched II, made up his mind
that sufficient evidence existed to Justify
the arrest Of Van Horn and took nj,
man TO the police station.
s1,O7O Found IN socks.
Wien Van Horn was searched 5000
was found In his socks. large bills care.
fully wrapped above the lower part oi
his leg. Glossy told the New York de.
t~ectives Van Horn offered to give thu
cash to him. Glossy. II permitted TO 81
free.
Detective Fitzgerald was sent to Yves,
New York TO question Van Horn and
after Fitzgerald had talked to the mar
u while Capt. Tunney was sent for
Tunncy and Barnitz promptly identified
Van Horn as Guysbur;us Ncrdayck. one
OF the men wanted for the sugar shlJ
fires. The detectives learned that Var
Horn. or Nerdayck. had been freuuenting
a saloon. where Lieut.. Robert Fay used
TO take his meals and that Van Horns
motor boat. capable OF a speed of twenty
miles an hour. had been kept with Fay's
fast boat In the WeehaUken basin.
With Van Horn was Louis Gruen'
valid OF III sixth street. Union Hin
". j., who was also arrested on the
charge OF stealing automobile tires
Both men wore held without bail bS
Justice OF the Peace Frederick Egger'
for examination next Friday, but there
was a notian last night that Van Horn
might he brought to New York to-da,
to be questioned by the Federal authori.
ties.
Special Assistant United States At
torney John {. Knox had a long confcf-
ence yesterday with c. l.. Wcttig. .
broker OF II Battery place. who solo
explosives to Robert Fay, Lewis Sieb ot
Wett!g's Office was also questioned by
Mr.. Knox. Chief Flynn OF the secrc'
service left the conference suddenly be.
fore II was over.
The object of the conference was {,
prepare the case against Fay and tn,
five other Germans accused with him
! The case will be presented TO the Gran,
Jury to-day. Indictments MAJ h,
brought In on Thursday. and 1t wa.
limited that persons whose names have
not so FAR appeared In these cases may
be named In the indictments.
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In the course of the general investi-
cation to unearth the activities of Ger
man sympathizers In this country. an in
auiry which resulted in the arrest Of
Lieut.. Robert Fay of the German army
and five others named as his associates
In conspiracies and bomb plots, George
an Horn. a German, who has been
Known as Guysburtus vcrdayck. was ar
rested yesterday at West New York, N.
j.. charged with the theft OF $1,000
worth Of automobile tires.
Capt. Tunney of the New York De-
tective Bureau. who In company with De-
iective George -. Barnitz. questioned
Van Horn after he was arrested by Chief
of Police william Glossy of West New
York. said last night that he had reason
TO suspect Van Horn knew something
about the sugar ship fires which &C.
Cured last summer.
AT that TING bombs were found
aboard the British steamship Kirkos-
valid. There were fires at the piers and
at sea on the steamships knutsford.
Devon city and Cragside. Bombs were
found in the cargo of the steamship
b~allkdale. Tne DOinbS were almost all
of the acid coutaincr variety. designed
! To start fires 10y chemical reaction. They
wer" placed among bags of sugar in
the holds of the steamships or upon the
ric.s.
IN Important Prisoner.
capt. Tunney questioned Van Horn.
or NeTdayck. for several hours last
night. but was not ready to assert when
he finished questioning the prisoner that
any direct connection had been found be.
tween the activities Of Van Horn and
the doings of Lieut.. Fay and the men ac-
cused with Fay.
1t was evident. however. that Capt.
Tunney. who was in communication
with officials of the United States Secret
Service, believed that Van Horn was an
important prisoner. and that something
more was 10 lie obtained from him by
further questioning than the Admission
OF bomb work ainYng the sugar ships at
the tire 800, 900 worth OF sugar was
stolen.
Van Horn said he had been living
lately at sle West Forty-eighth street.
Manhattan. and that he had moved from
there to Eighth street md Hudson ave-
niue. West New York. Capt. Tuuney said
n. learned that Van Horn was on
friendly terms with Lieut.. Fay and with
others accused by the Government in
vestigators, and that Van Horn admitted
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Cold Weather
Overcoats.
OVsrcOdts.
Fine assortment, $3.50 to
$40.
Burlington Arcade floor. New Bldg,
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Tan Russia calf bench
made on custom last; hand
stitched: wing tip; perforated
around vamp seam and front
lace stay: invisible eyelets;
$40.
In black French calf, also
$40.
Burlington Arcade floor. New Bldg.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-03-29
Flush Your Blood
Get it CIeansed
Remarkable Remedy That
Works All Through
Your Body.

When you put tablespoonful of s.
S. S. into your stomach it gets straight
into your blood. In less than Eve min
utes ii has become a wave of restora-
tive influence wherever the blood has
circulated. Does this read like magic2 ?
But it is absolutely true. Those power
full digestive juices in the stomach can
not change the medicinal effect of S. s.
s. The liver can not burn it. The lungs,
skin and kidneys excrete it only after
5. S. S. has set in motion millions of
cells and nerves to throw off the count
less germs that have infested every part
OF the body. And as S. S. S. continues to
battle those troublesome pests that
gather IN the fern of pimples, boils. &C.
zema. acne, catarrh, rheumatism and
other so-calIed blood disorders, it rouses
into action myriad Of strange but we'll
understood corpuscles called luecocytes
that actually .Gieyour or change or con-
vert disease germs so they are readily
and quickly cast out OF the body. It is
probably the best appreciated blood
medicine known You will find s. s. S. on
sale IN nearly every drug store in the
u. >. Get 4 bottle today. And IL your
case is peculiar. write to the Medical
Department, The Swift Specific Co, los
Swift Bldg. Atlanta. Ca. II IS con-
Quoted BY q noted physician.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-03-29
OGALA SOCIAL AFFAIRS
leontinued IRON Third PAGE
For Miss MacKay

Miss Bessie MacKay, whose mar
riage TO Mr.. w D. Taylor viii be an
interesting event of May 4th, viii be
entertained during the intervening
weeks at a series of parties arranged
especially in her honor by friends, the
first of which, since the formal an
nouncement, viii be luncheon Satur-
day at which Misses Mary and Anna
Mcdowell will entertain. The guests
will include only the closest friends
of the honoree.
On Thursday of Easter week Miss
Janet Weathers will be hostess to a
lovely afternoon card party for Miss
MacKay.