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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
PICNICKERS FIGHT DETECTIVES
Use Becr Bottles when Effort !,
Made 10 stop Row..

\ beet racket AZ Sehring Park. an
amusement grove and casino on PurSS
street. The Bronx, resulted in a battle
between the merrymakers and two de-
tectives yesterday in which Detective
Andrew Sind of the Bronx detective
bureau was hit with a beer bottle and
an attempt was made TO stab him, Henry
Sehring. proprietor OF the paSi. was
seriously stabbed In the abdomen. The
reserves OF the Westchestcr station were
called 10 rescue their fellow officers.
The fight started about sunset last
night. after The men who had hired the
park for the day had consumed several
kegs OF beer. There was a quarrel and
Detectives Sindt and Henry Quick. who
were stationed at the park. ordered the
men to he quiet. Then some one cried
kill the bulls" and Sindt was struck
with the beer bottle. Although nearly
unconscious the detective seized John
Gherrity, II, OF 425 West Fifty-fourth
street, whom ne accused OF striking the
blow.
Others then attacked Sindt and Quick.
George Gavin, %, OF t33 West Fifty
fourth street, attempted TO rescue Cher
rity. using another beer bottle. lie was
seized by Quick. The two detectives
drew their revolvers and held back the
crowd, which was threatening them with
knives and blackjacks, until the re-
serves came.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
SUFFRAGISTS ARE GATHERING
National Conference WIN Begin
In Chicago To-day.

CHICAGO. June 6.-Delegatcs 20 the
National Suffrage Conference began
arriving here to-day for the business
sessions starting Tomorrow and con-
tinuing through Tuesday, Nearly all
the members Of the board of the Ma
iional American Woman Suffrage Assoc
citation will be present, besides many
leading ~suffragists throughout the coun-
try, The national policy for obtaining
universal suffrage IL to he the chief
topic of discussion.
At the convention last fan II Vas
voted to support both h Shafroth
amendments to the national Constitution
and the Bristow- Mondell amendment,
The former provides for suffrage by
means of n State referendum and is
considered to 10 a compromise on tho
other. which provides for complete suf-
frage without referendum, The Con-
gressional Union Is working solely for
the passage of the latter resolution,
Mrs, Medill Mccormick and Mrs, An
toinette Funk. who have charge Of the
legislative work. favor tho ShafrotN
amendments.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
SEVEN SAILORS START SUMP'N.
Frenchmcn Locked Up as Solitvan
Picnic Dfsturbers.

Seven French sailors on a steamship
lying at West Forty-fourth street sat
on the stoop of a factory building at 627
West Forty-third street, between Elev-
enth and Twelfth avenues, last night as
members and friends of the John l.. u
Ivan Association were returning to their
homes in the neighborhood from n picnic
at the Union Hill Schuetzen Park. Mar
garet Mulhearn OF $40 West Forty
fourth street, who was with her brother.
Charles Mulhearn, Mrs. Mulhearn and
a young man friend OF the family, fell
back because her shoes pinched and
when she was opposite the stoop a hand
reached out and grabbed her.
She was drawn n the circle OF the
seven sailors and mad n great fuss.
Mulhearn apd his friend heard her
scream and ran back. They started TO
rescue Miss Mulhearn and the sailors
fought.
Edward Beatty, a special policeman.
ran after four men who made a break
for the waterfront and fired two shots
in the air. Policeman Burns and Duffy
Of the West Forty-seventh street sta
ton responded and found that the Null
hearn party had been reinforced by
other excursionists and that stones and
sticks were flying in the direction OF
the three remaining sailors. The trio
were taken TO the station house, where
they were booked as John Doe. Rich
ard Roe and Samuel Poe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
HOST TRICKS PRINCE
AFTER EATING FILL
Doesn't Pay Bill, So His High
ness. Ranii, Is Taken
to Court.
TALE SETS HIM FREE

Prince RANT Smile. alleged nth son
of the Ameer Of B~eluchistan, who was
the lion of London and Montreal society
until IL was discovered that the CALI
phate OF his father included only the
Order of Curry Cooks. has entered still
one more tale to the Curry Cook
Nights tales that have softened critics
no less than the creations ne once served
ut Sherry's, the Beaux Arts and his W
defunct Omar Khayyam.
He was before Magistrate Cornell in
Yorkville court yesterday charged by
De F'azie Angelo, who has an Italian
restaurant on East Twenty ninth street,
with consuming a meal OF $500 value
and refusing to pay for II.
Your Honor. commander OF the faith-
full" he opened, smiling. on the story.
ut is I that am honored.f interposed
the Magistrate de~precatingly, TO have
a Prince In court"
The Prince bowed his delicate ma
hogany features low.
Then Angelo spoke: "He said. II
am a Prince, and Princes do not pay"
But the Prince explained that when he
went last forth In search OF adventure
n the New World city's heart he had
been tricked by an Italian barber who.
inviting the Prince TO eat and drink,
had Allied himself to repletion and then
had departed. leaving the Prince with
the base problem Of settling the bill.
This tale was told with the grace OF
an Oriental artist.
VERY good" commented the Magls-
trate at the close. "They were playing
on your royalty The case is dis
charged
The Prince gave Al East Twenty-sec-
ond street as the address OF his present
court.
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Wenman. 92-lear-Old
Veteran Of Volunteer Days,
Will BE i'm Line.

The fremcn's parade on jane IL
promises To be the most interesting In
the history of the Fire Department. 1t
will be the iftleth anniversary of the
paid department. The parade will pic
ture the development of f~refehting in
New York from It's beginning with u
humble bucket line 200 years ago.
Apparatus that dates bdCu to l125
will be shown. In the parade will march
Capt. James i. Woman, ~ years oil
Did clipper as a lark. who served In the
old volunteer department and also IN
the paid department and who still goes
10 fires with Hook and Ladder Is. There
Will he other men in line who were
among the frs, to joih the paid depart
ment, many OF them now more than 20
years Md.
Persons who cherish that old theory
about nothing new uHde- the sun would
be gratitied II they examined some OF
the records OF the department which
show how old the fundamental pr.a-,
ciples OF tirefighting and prevention are.
The modern methods OF examining dan
gerous buildings and chlmenys and nm
ing their owners for carelessness was
practised as thoroughly in 16IN as II
is to-day. Tho chief development has
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
MRS. BECKER MAKES
ATTACK ON WITNESSES
Asserts Those Against Her
Husband Were Trying to
Escape Prison.

Mrs Charles Becker. after a visi, to
her husband in the death house AT Sing
sing yesterday. broke the silence she
usually maintains when asked to dis
'uss the Becker case. Mrs. Becker WAS
emphatic In assailing the credibili,v OF
witnesses whose testimony Is quoted by
tile court OF Appeals in the recent de-
t,sioh dehyIng Becker n third trial for
the murder OF Herman Rosenthal.
There wasn't "a witness OF Importance
called by the State" said Mrs. Becker.
who wasn't trying to escape prison or
other punishment. Pitt, whose testi-
mony semed to be OF value in the eyes
or the Appellate Court. was In the
Tombs on a charge of perjury before
he appeared as a witness against my
husband. The District Attorney had
placed Pitts bail 40 high that IT was
Impossible for him to get a bondsman.
Then what happened? There were con-
ferences with Pitt and the first th!ns
we knew Pitt was out OF the Tombs
and taking the stand to testify against
my husband.
Next there's the negro hoy, Marshall,
who swore that Lieut.. Becker and Rose
had had "A conference in Harlem. In
u voluntary statement later. which was
unknown TO US until we read OF II,
Marshall repudiated his testimony and
came on from Philadelphia to SEQ Mr..
Manton. II lawyer.
while Marshall was In Mr.. Manton's
office he said he wished to telephone 10
his mother Mr.. Manton and John r.
Johnson thereupon took up other tele-
phone receivers and heard Marshall
talking to Assistant District Attorney
Groehl.
What have ] ever done TO you, Jim
ME" Mr.. Groehl said to Marshall.
Come up here and see me- Marshall
went up to see MI. Groehl then and
shortly after that Marshall began %
rerudinte HIS regulations. And it's be-
yond me why the Court OF Appeals
Louis Rosenberg when Mrs. Rosenberg
admitted that she had given false tes-
tlmony In a previous trial"
Becker, his wife said, is proving him
self OF great assistance 10 his counsel
In the preparation for the fight to be
made this week for a reargument Of
the adverse decision. The prisoners
long and careful study Of his case and
a s,nattcring OF law which he picked
IN during his police days make him,
Mrs, Becker said, very helpful to Mr..
Man'on.
OsslNiHG, Tune Samuel Haynes
and John Ferar, two slayers In the
Sing Sing death house scheduled 10 he
the nest to go to the electric chair,
nave Just appealed, II was said to-day.
NJ tho instance OF Charles Becker. for
executive clemenoy.
Their petition for a Communication OF
sentence to life Imprisonment has been
addressed to Gov Whitman and will he
awaiting him when he returns 10 Al
hany next week. The pair felt dis
Outraged and were going to give up the
fight. IT was said to-day, but Becker
urged them to appeal TO the Governor.
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NJ DIES D CAR.
Three other Person. Hurt In Long
island Collision.

NoRTHPoRT, l.. l.. June 6.-One woman
was killed and three other persons were
badly hurt this afternoon when two
automobiles met head on close to the
Long Island Railroad station at East
Northport. The machines were making
a turn in the road and both were going
at good speed. One OF the cars over
turned with a woman underneath IL ana
the other car went into a ditch. throwing
the two occupants out. When the smaller
car was righted 1t was found that the
woman under IL was dead.
In the smaller car were Charles y.
Weeks. "A whcelwright of Bay Shore. and
his wife. 55 years old, who was killed
The other car contained Mr.. and Mrs.
r. n. Welcher. also of Bay Shore. Mr..
Weeks was thrown clear of his car and
landed on the roadway. He received
cuts and bruises. but no bones were
broken.
The Wcichers' car after striking the
other car got beyond control and ran
into a ditch. where ii overturned. Mrs.
welcher's head was injured and sur
geons at the Haines Sanitariun here.
where she a taken. are unable as
vet TO tell whether she received a frac-
ture OF the skull.
Mr.. Weeks. although In great pain.
refused 20 leave his wife's body. He re-
niaine in the road until Coroner W. II.
Gibson of Huntington arrived. After
"A brief investigation the Coroner per-
mitted the removal of Mrs. Weeks's
body to her home in Bay Shore.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
Broker Killed when lie steps Ia
Front of Auto Truck.

William Ruhl, a broker Of lO22 Greene
avenue Brooklyn. was struck and
Knocked down yesterday in front OF
10 Whitehall street by an automobile
truck owned by the S%tuyvesant Auto
Trading Company of 22i East Ninth
street. Samuel Goldstein of 236 Madison
street, the driver. lifted Mr.. Ruhl aboard
the truck n hurried him 10 the Volun-
teer Hospital. There DIR. Hill said the
broker was dead.
Golds.ein was arrested on a charge
OF homicide ~ arraigLed before Mag
istrate Handy in the Tombs court.
When Policeman Upham OF Traffic
Squad A explained that several wit
nesses saw Ruhl step in front Of the
truck from the rear OF another auto.
mobile and asserted that in his opinion
the accident was unavoidable Magistrate
Handy paroled Goldstein until to-day to
await the Coroner's disposition OF the
CAS-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
MAN KILLED IN CRASH.
three Children Badly Hurt when
Trolley Car Hits Auto.

TRENTON. y. j.. June 6.-One man was
KILLED and three children and another
man were injured late this afternoon
when a New Brunswick Fast Line troll
ley car came into collision with an auto
mobile at Dutch Neck. seven miles from
his city. Edward Tindall. 80 years
old, a farmer of Windsor. was killed. and
the injured are: Louis Tindall, 5 years
old Edward Tindall. Jr., 9 Beulah Tin
dali. 9. and Melville Tinda,l, a brother
Of Edward Tindall.
The children were taken to the Nc
Kinley Hospital here and Melville Tin
DAN was taken to his home. All OF
the fingers of his right hand were
broken.
The automobile contained the persons
injured and Edward Tindall is supposed
to a W been driving the car at the
time OF the accident. The wives OF Ed
ward and Melville Tindall were also
In the car.
The three children were operated on
at the hospital at the same time and
hope was held out tonight for their
recovery. Frank j.. Herbert and Emil
keyser. the conductor and motorman,
respectively, of the trolley car were
arrested.
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Machine Runs Away Down Noun
t~ainside, Woman Of ~ Hurt.

NEWTON, N. j., June 6.-Five persons,
one Of them a woman ~ years old,
barely escaped death q here this
afternoon when an automobile in which
they were riding ran away down "A steep
hill on the Roseville Mountains, when
the brakes failed to hold. Al the bot
tom of the hill tho car turned over
and all OF the occupants were thrown
out, They received cuts and bruises,
with the exception of a six-year-old
girl, who ran three miles to get help.
The automobile was owned and driven
by Peter Croake Of Brooklyn. In the
car were Mrs. Anna Earle. Thomas
Knoll, a former policeman f; his wife and
Margaret Devore, Of this place.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
TWO HURT IN FIGHT
AFTER BALL GAME
Fans and Players Battle at
CrOtOna Parkway Over
$40 Prize.

Baseball rivalry between the King
ston Athletics and the Orioles. two
teams Of The Bronx. which met on the
south end diamond at 174th street and
Crotona Parkway yesterday afternoon.
developed into a free for all ight with
bats. bricks and fists after the game
itself had been decided in favor of the
Athletics by a score Of 10 to 4. Two OF
the combatants were removed to Ford
ham Hospital, one OF them probably
fatally hurt. and five of he rival fans,
including the other injured man.. were
held by the Coroner as material Wit
nesses to the fracas.
Owing TO the intense feeling on the
part of rooters and players on each side
an exceptionally large crowd gathered
at the baseball field to watch the play.
There was constant wrangl'ns tnroug
out the game. q long drawn out bitter
battle OF grudge. Besides athletic
supremacy the winners were to get $40
and thai $40 caused the fight. As soon
as the ninth inning ended the Athletics
claimed the money, but only 80 was at
hand.
Immediately the resentment OF the
Athletics players was taken up by their
sympathizers among the spectators and
angry words flew thick and fast. In the
| midst of the general confusion. OF which
the rival players were the centre. some
one shouted Kingston, get your bats !!
Every one within reach OF a bat. a
brick or a missile of any kim grabbed
one and those who could not hnd other
weapons piled their fists.
A running fight between players and
fans ensued. The battle was wiged
along 174th street through the PARK
and out onto Claremont Parkway. ~
that point a stone struck Harry ShIner
a Kingston Athletic fan, 23 years old
a clerk. of l462 Brook avenue. The
Bronx, and he fell TO the sidewalk un'
conscious. his skull fractured. This dc
not stop the melee. however, for before
the reserves Of the fremont avenue
station arrived Joseph W. Johnson, q
years old, OF e09 Wills avenue. mac
been hit on the head with "A bat, whicI
severely cut his scalp.
While Or. Eiss hurried of TO Ford
ham Hospital with Shafler and johnson
the latter a prisoner. the police rounde'
up two dozen Of the fighters and brough
them to the station house. Corone'
Hcaley and the District Attorneys ofic'
we're notified and after an investigator
OF the conflicting stories old by IN
prisoners four besides Johnson were hell
as material witnesses for a further ex
animation this morning.
The others held were Daniel h. Roac'
OF ass East 1880 street, Max Bla q
1851 Franklin venue. Harry Silver o
1890 Third avenue n Samuel Fisher o
1915 ark avenue.
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TAKES POISON IN AN AUTO.
Richmond mn Man Starties sight
seers-Likel. to Die.

Claude snyder, &c years old. of 23e5
Jamaica avenue. Richmond Hill, L. L..
startled a sightseeing automobile full
of passengers at Coney Island last night
by suddenly jumping up and announcing
that he had taken poison. He was
removed e the Coney Island Hospital.
where II was said he was dying.
sSnyder toll Patrolman Hahn. who
came hurrying up to the automobile at
West Twelfth street, near Surf avenue,
that he had swallowed muriatic acid.
He made Snyder drink some milk, while
others searched for the bottle, and found
II, almost empt!ed.
On the back OF a letter in the mans
pocket was a note saying IF | am
injured or unconscious please notify
Mrs. Mae snyder or w. j. Van SAINT,
1895 Jamaica avenue, Richmond Hill.
Another message. written on the back
of a letter from his wife to him, re-
preached Mrs. Snyder, saying: After
finding out what ] have, 1t had broken
my heart. Have a good time, ! will
be out OF o u way
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
Two Children and Woman Hurt in
Central Park Crash.

Three persons were injured IN
Central Park yesterday when an auto
mobile in which they were riding
veered TO n side n ran into a tree.
Tho occupants OF the machine were
hurled to the pavement. Louis Harris
of so West l26th street was driving
the automobile on the East Drive when
The steering gear refused to work at
Ninety-fourth street. After the crash
DR.. Rosenthal WIS called from Mt. Sinai
Hospital.
The injured persons all received pain
ful bruises. They are Carl Harris. 2
years old. OF So West I26th street Re-
vena Rudolph. 3. OF % East Ninety
fourth street, and Mrs. Lille Harris. 80,
OF 80 West l26th street. Mrs, Harris
was taken to the hospital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
Girl Drivers Machine Injuries
Woman Going to Church.

Mrs. Catherine Quarles, so years old,
~ 203 Fenimore street. Brooklyn, was
struck by an automobile and seriously
injured last night when crossing Park
side avenue at Bedford avenue on her
way to church. The automobile which
knocked her down was owned and OPP
Grated by Miss Roslyn Bookstaver OF
1910 Eastern Parkway. Miss Book
rtaver had some friends In the car.
According to Miss Bookstaver's story
Mrs. Quarles could not he seen in the
rain and probably did not see the auto
mobile because she had an umbrella
raised. Or Curlcy of tho Kings County
hospital found that Mrs. Quarles had
received a fracture of the skull. She
makes her home with her daughter and
Son-tn-law. Mr.. and Mrs. II. C.. Dun
ham. at the Fenimore street address,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
W0RsHIPPERS %BOMBARDED.
Police seek for Persons Who An
nOy.d Congregation In Mission.

A meeting OF the mission conducted
by Miss Anna Alice White AZ 265 West
Forty-seventh street, near Eighth ave.
nue., was disrupted last night and the
hundred worshippers thrown into a panic
by the smashing of the large plate
glass window facing Oh the street from
the chapel by as yet undiscovered per-
secutors,
4 large brass ring was hurled through
tho window and knocked a woman s hat
of. Shots from an air rife were nred
into the chapel last night, Miss White
charges from u window across the strsot.
Detectives are investigating.
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ing 10 set Are 20 the laundry s.,,.,..
10 the House of Refuge.
The blaze last night also broke mn,
the clothes box outside tho laurd,y Y,
the hospital. The Waterman son, In :.
alarm for the islands fire fighters ,S ~
the iremen with their whistles sienaIati
to the police of Harbor u station a,,ro,.
the river. The island fire departures,
soon had the blaze under control tn.
damage was about $50. '"'
Suspicious circumstances IN rera,,
to the fire nave led tho authorize a.
ask Fire Marshal Prial TO invostga,s
It's origin.
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was no talk OF taking the department
out OF politics in those days. II was
the doorway to political power. Richard
Croker was q member OF Big Six. which
william VI. Tweed organized and ruled
as foreman.
The bill creating The paid department
ended the good old days in 1865. Gov.
Fenton appointed Charles 6. Pinkney.
Martin H.. Brown. Philip W. Engs and
James +. Booth the first Commissioners.
Tae paid department had at its start
thlrty-lve steam Engines with tenders.
twelve trucks and two hand engines and
tenders. The budget for the year was
s"Si,2sS. This year the budget was
S9.2i3,535. The fifst chief OF the de-
partment was John Decker.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
second Nun Dies <urr cic-
Auto Collision.

ELIzARETu. y. j.. June 6.-Samuel
Lyons, 20 years old, OF IL William stree
East Orange. died at ST. Elizabeth Hos
pital to-day as a result OF Injuries re-
ce!ved yesterday in an automobile crash.
and Andrew Bohsen, "A friend,
were on a motorcy Gle when II came into
collision with An automobile owned ana
driven by John q. Bradley, "A salesman
Bohsen die yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
Pastor HAIRS Rice at weddinR.

The Rev. Peter ", Reilly. pastor OF
st. Henry's Roman Catholic Church,
Avenue G and Twenty-eighth street,
Bayonne, which was dedicated on Me-
mortal Day, does not propose 10 have
the new 5000, 600 edifce mmssed mp nv
wedding parties, He Informed the pa
r%ishioners yesterday that ne would not
permit the throwing Of rice and old
shoes within the church or on the lawn,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
Mayor violated Auto Law' Fines
Himself.

YORK, Pa, June 5--For driving his
,utomobile over the clty's streets with
out headlights. in violation Of q state
law, Mayor John X. Lafean fined him
self 81.
This ia the minimum penalty for the
first offence. and is the same the Mayor
has imposed upon persons who have ap-
reared before him for similar Violations
OF the law. Mayor Latean was stopped
hy patrolnan Free and Informed mat
his lights were not burning, IN the ca.
vim tho Mavor Were Judge y Sargent
uoss and the Rev. samuel IL stein.
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to motor fire engines and the ready
who fought fires I'm this city
$50 years have given place to paid
IN one OF the largest depart
ment in the world.
The frst fire engines were brought
from England in 1857 and marked a
big advance from the old bucket brigade.
They were worked by twelve men tread
mill fashion. but sometimes they didn't
work at all. The headquarters Was on
Broad street between Wall and EN-
change place.
Under the later system. OF which Capt.
Wenman is a veteran, the hrefight!ng
force was composed of some of the most
influential men in the community. There
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
-FOUR KILLED IN
!. AUTO ACCIDENTS;
CHILDREN HURT
Three Little Ones Operated On
! in Hospital After Trolley
Hits Machine.
INJURED HUSBAND WAITS
by BODY OF HIS WIFE

-Four persons. a woman and three
men. yer killed in automobile acct
dents In and around New York lily
yesterday. Many were injured, in
Guiding Ave children. three Of whom
were operated on In a hospital nj the
same time in n hurried effort to save
their lives.
On Manhattan Island two men, one a
broker and the othe. a cigar manu-
facturer, met death through being
struck by machines on the streets.
A striking incident OF the day was
the narrow escape Of a woman 81
years old and her four companions
when the automobile in which they
were riding ran away down a noun
tainside.