Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1910, Page 1

ae WEATHER. Fair tonight and probably Fri- day slight change in tempera- ture; moderate easterly winds. The circulation of The Star, || both daily and Sunday, is greater by many thousands than that of any other Washington newspaper. CONTA GB 21 CLOSING _—— NEW_YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS. ER — Che Fvening Sfar. No. 18,257. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1910—TWENTY-TWO PAGES. ONE CENT. SHIP IN WAY OF FIRE Norwegian Fruiter Interferes With Fleet Target Practice. KEPT STRAIGHT ON COURSE Second Squadron Delayed in Prac- tice, Says Schroeder. INTRUDER LANES WARSHIPS Marks Riddled by Shots of Guns. Heavy Weather and Other Troubles. The bad luck of the sixteen battleships that have been mimicking the war game off the Virginia capes seems to have been almost continuous. Under ordinary weather conditions the target practice both by day and by night, should have been ended by this time. Re- newed trouble yesterday, according to Navy Department advices, may materially delay the conclusion of the Atlantic fleet battle practice. Admiral Schroeder, commander-in-chief of the fleet in a dispatch received by the Navy Department today, reported that, while the first squadron finished the first run of day target practice, heavy weather and trouble experienced in towing the targets made it impossible to accomplish anything further. The practice of the second squadron, he announced, was delayed by the Nor- wegian fruit steamer Belita, which passed between the ships and the targets just as one of the divisions was about to open fire. Targets Easily Hit. ON BOARD UNITED STATES BAT- TLESHIP KANSAS, at sea on southern arf grounds, Wednesday, by wireless via Portsmouth, Va., September 22.—The At- lantic fleet, the pride of the American navy, today demonstrated that no mark was too small for it to hit if it showed anywhere above the horizon. Eight of the sixteen big battleships, forming the first squadron, and headed by Rear Admiral Schroeder's flagship, the Connecticut,. peppered four targets, each one-fifth the size of an ordinary war- ship, at a range greater than 10,000 yards, of more than six miles. ‘The Delaware, one of the two new American super dreadnaughts, cut away her ‘at first salvo. ‘The other ships the fleet, including the Dela- ware's sister ship, the North Dakota; the Connecticut, the Louisiana, the Kansas, the Michigan, the New Hampshire and the South Carolina, also found range ac- curately. ~_ The fired in two divisions. The first it to rat ‘about 2 o'clock in the and the second started just be- aft foe sunset. towed: in. single fil which Was not sh . Bome of the shells dropped 500 feet astern and gave e realistic imitation of actual warfare to those aboard. ‘After the signal to commence firing had been given the ships had four and. one- half minutes to fire. Nearly 500 shots, including 100 twelve-inch shells, were fired yesterday. Belita Dots Not Change Course. The Norwegian fruit steamer Beltta, bound from Port Antonio for Philadelphia, appeared on the horizon midway between the first division and its targets. The division was steaming toward her Just before the warship began firing. The vessel did not change her course. A few minutes after the firing had ceased the Belita sailed down the lane between em. iN Clyde line steamer was the only other ship seen sailing in after the firing. No projectiles went near either vessel, how- ever. The second squadron, headed by the Georgia, was unable 10 get its targets prepared for practice yesterday and will begin its work Thursday. The eight ships of the first squadron fired only their starboard batteries yes- terday. Thursday they will shoot with their pert batteries. As far as known there were no mis- haps aboard the fleet. Both officers and men were elated at the successful shoot- ing. TWO STIFLED IN OLD WELL. Oil Had Seeped In and Both Men Overcome by Fumes. YORK, Pa., September 22 —Andrew Sipe and John Spangler, aged respectively fifty-flve and sixty years, of Yocumtown, this county, lost their lives esterday afternoon in an old well at Base Horse store. Ol had leaked into the wei from a tank. Bipe undertook to clea: it. He threw down a quantity of straw and then set fire to it so as to get rid of the off and gas which had gathered at the bottom. After he thought the well was burned out he fastened a rope to a roller and proceeded to go down. He had not gone far when Spangler noticed that he drop- ped. Sipe made frightful signs for help. Spangler started down for him. He had gone only a short distance when he met with the same fate. He dropped to the bottom suffocated. ‘The men had no doubt become stifled by the gas which formed after the straw and of] had been burned. Both were! dead by the time they were reached. | | THREE ROBBERS CAUGHT. Stole Yesterday's Receipts at County Fair in Maine. BIDDEFORD, Me., September 22.—Three of the four men who yesterday stole a box containing $2,238, the day’s receipts at the Cumberland County Agricultural Society's fair at Gorhi near here early today €ollars of the them. One of when he reali Fourteen hundred money was found upon d that his arrest was im- minent, but later told the officers where | ‘The men gave their} they might find it names as John Morgan, James K. Miller and George A. King. The whereabouts of the fourth man is not known. HOSIERY MEN ‘ACCUSED. Arrested on Charge of Violating Con- tract Labor Law. NEW YORK. September 22.—Five gov- ernment inspectors from the Department of Commerce and Labor, with the assist- ance of @ special agent from the Depart- ment of Justice, raided a silk hosiery fac- y at Dover, N. J., yesterday and ar- rested twenty men who were employed as weavers, on warrants issued at Wash- were captured} e men threw away $0) GILMAN THE CHOICE Appears to Have Beaten Mc- Elroy for Commander-in-Chief. TRIBUTE TO FORMER FOES Van Sant Praises Bravery of the Confederate Soldiers. MAY INCORPORATE G. A. R. Plan to Secure Federal Charter Un- der Consideration at Atlantic City Encampment. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., September 22. | —With a fine tribute to the soldiers of the Confederacy, Commander-in-Chief Samuel R. Van Sant of Minnesota today formally opened the business sessions of the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic on the Steel Pier in this city. The commander spoke ear- nestly as he expressed his gratification at the eincreasing fraternization of the “Blue” and the “Gray.” When he said that no braver troops were ever marshaled for conflict than the southern soldiers, and that the Union veterans now realize that no men ever made greater sacrifices for what they believed to be right than their former foes, the commander was applauded. Enjoying Sights of Resort. The veterans did not show any ill effects of yesterday's long march, and were about bright and early. Those not called into the business session of the encampment planned to spend the day in enjoying the many attractions of the city. Beautiful weather again fa- vored the veterans. Many matters affecting the welfare of the Grand Army veterans will come be- fore the encampment. The ever-present question of pensions will come up, the veterans urging that the lowest pensions granted be considerably increased. From latest information at hand there are about 562,000 names on the pension rolls. The government estimates there are 65,- 000 Union men who are not drawing pen- sions, making the total number of sur- vivors of the Union forces in the country 627,000. Gilman Probable Winner. When the representatives of the vete- Tans went into executive session there appeared to be no doubt that John FE. Gilman of Boston will be elected com- mander-in-chief. His opponen. is John McElroy of Washington, D. C. Los Angeles, Cal, seams to be leading as the place for holding the encampment in_1911, The matter of incorporating the Grand Army of the Republic will probably come before the encampment. The commander recommends in his tional organisation federal laws. Lincoln’s Name in Anthem The Department of Kentucky wants the national hymn, “America,” to include the mame of Lincoln. It has proposed an amendment to the rules and regulations of the organization that the following lines be used in patriotic and memorial exercises in singing “America”: Land tyranny defied Land war can ne'er divide; Land soldiers xk ‘For thee we live."* : The Woman's Relief Corps, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Army Nurses, Daughters of Veterans and Sons ce Veterans held business meetings to- ay. For Dollar-a-Day Pension. The pension committee of the Grand Army of the Republic today made a re- port to the opening session of the na- tional encampment condemning the Proposition that Gongress grant each Union veteran of the civil war a pension of at least $1 a day for life. The com- mittee made the adverse report on the ground that such pensions would be too expensive to the government. The report recommends that the widows of veterans be given an in- creased pension, and also advocates that the pensions of veterans above the age ot seventy years be increased. The re- port was referred to the resolution com- mittee, of which Past Commander-in- Chief Torrance of Minnesota is chair- man. This committee will make a re- port. later. ‘The commander-in-chief, Samuel Van ant, read his report at the opening on, and all other reports were submitted without being read. The election of officers and the place of next meeting were made the special order for this afternoon. (The speech of Commander-in-Chjef Van Sant will be found elsewhere in ‘The Star.) VANNUTELLI IN OMAHA. Banquet in Honor of Cardinal to Be Given Tonight. OMAHA, Neb., September 22.—Cardinal Vannutelli, who represented the Pope at the eucharistic congress at Montreal, ar- rived here, accompanied by a party of distinguished ecclesiastics, this morn- ing. A committee of fifty met the visit- ors at the depot and escorted the car- |dinal to the residence of Bishop Scannell, and his party to the Paxton Hotel. Today's program of entertainment in- cluded an automobile tour of the various Catholic institutions of the city, lunch- eon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Cudahy, an@ a banquet and public recep- Ulon at the Paxton Hotel this evening. Gov. Shallenberger and staff, judges of |the federal and state courts, Representa- tives Hitehcock and Maguire and others prominent in official and private life will jattend the banquet. LIGHTNING KILLS SEVEN. Electric Storm in Colorado Has Fatal Results. COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., September a storm in the vicinity of Eastonvilie and Elbert, twenty-five miles northeast of here, last evening. The dead are Mrs. Gus Kratz of Elbert, Col: Mrs. Julius Elotz of Kiowa, Col. James Bland of Plattsurg. Col.; William Loicama of Eastonville, Col., and three unidentified persons. Thirty-Six New Cases of Cholera. ST. PETERSBURG, September 22— There were thirty-six new cases of ington, D. €., charged with violating contract labor ‘laws. ‘The penalty for each conviction Is $1,000 fine for the importer and deportation of the workmen. cholera and thirteen deaths in this city today. Among those who are ill is Herr Feiselau, a member of the staff of the German ‘embassy. | 22.—Lightning killed seven persons during | BROCKSON LET OUT Supt. Zinkhan’s Accuser Can- not Have Job Back. NO HEARING ON CHARGES Details of Trouble at Workhouse Are Not Made Public. !LIST OF CHARGES IS LONG: Dates Are Specified in Accusations | Against Management—Influence With Senator. Although the reply of Supt. Zinkhan to the charges made against him by j Henry 1. Brockson, former guard and superintendent of the female ward at the Washington Asylum, is withheld from publication at present, it is probable that Mr. Brockson will have no hearing, and it was announced definitely this morning by Commissioner Rudolph that Brock- son would not be reinstated in the Dis- trict service. Charges made by Brockson cover several years and a multitude of specific specifications. Commissioner Ru- dolph would not discuss any of them |except the charges that relatives of Supt. | Zinkhan are employed at the workhouse and hospital. This, sald the Commis- sioner, might not be a grave matter, but deserved investigation. It became known today that one of the ways in which Brockson became persona non grata at the workhouse was through his harping on the subject of his con- gressional influence. He is from Dela- ware and has induced Senator du Pont to take up his affairs with the Commission- ers several times. This was frowned on by the officials at the workhouse. Brockson Asked to Resign. Brockson was asked to resign not long ago. Senator du Pont wrote two letters to the Commissioners. In the second let- ter he told the Commissioners that it was not the first time he had not re- ceived “‘a fair deal” in regard to Brock- son. However, congressional influence or not, Brockson will not be reinstated. Com- missioner Rudolph sald so very positively this ‘morning. Brockson’s charges cover, among other things, a supposed lack of dicipline. He charges that the superintendent's daugh- ter interfered with his (Brockson’s) duties in ordering employes and prison- ers. He also charges that the superin- tendent’s family is getting part of its clothes made at District expense in the workhouse. One of the specific charges concerns Betty Turner, who died September 28, 1901, Brockson says that when he found the girl {Il he tried for fifteen minutes to get the hospital physician on the tele- without success. Finally he left 8 jone and wi % the doctor’: bell stuffed with-paper. Mr. Brock. fonintimates that the physicians were tired ‘of hearing the bell ring. When he finally got a physician to the girl she was Qther Charges Made. Small rations, bad food, dinners served cold, all specified as to time and Place, are mentioned in the charges. Mr. Brockson gives the dates on which he all that the superintendent's family used the government's horse and carriage to go driving. He also charges that men in_ the workhouse have made articles from District supplies and: sold them for thelr own benefit. All that can be learned from the board of charities is that nearly every one of the charges made !s specifically denied by Supt. Zinkhan. Several charges of immorality among inmates and officials are made by Mr. Brockson, but an official of the board of charities said today that every instance men- tioned hed been known a long time, and that every one of them had been examined, passed on and disposed. of long before the Brockson charges were files Brockson has aroused the enmity of several District officials. He has been connected with various charges and in- vestigations in the past. He made charges against Supt. Stoutenburg about twelve years ago. These charges, it is said at the District building, were never. verified by Mr. Brockson under oath. ‘Why He Was Ousted. One day Brockson confined a work- house girl in the dungeon for several hours, It is a very severe punishment. According to Supt. Zinkhan the punish- ment should not have been given and Brockson lost his position for that specific reason, according to Commis- sioner Rudolph, who reviewed the case at that time. ‘Then, according to an official of the board of charities, Mr. Brockson drew up his charges. They are detailed and specific and show that some one must have been keeping a note book for several years. When the charges were presented Brockson told the Com- missioners and the board of charities that if certain allowances were made for his case he would not present the charges. On recommendation of Sec- retary Wilson the compromise was not affected. PLAGUE MAY SAVE DUCKS. Hunters Will Not Shoot While Epi- demic Lasts. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, September 22—The plague, which is slaying them by the thousands, may save the wild ducks of Utah from the annual slaughter at the hands.of hunters. At a meeting here last night the state food and dairy com- missioner announced that the sale of ducks would not be permitted during the open season, and representatives of all the principal shooting clubs pledged their members not to hunt the birds while the epidefute continues. Physicians who have studied the @is- ease of the ducks pronounce it a form of cholera, and are of the opinion that it might be contracted by human beings, HOTEL ANNEX BURNED. Porter Loses His Life in the Fiames, } Which are Controlled. GREENWICH, Conn., September 2. Joseph Christopher, a porter, was burned to death and Sarah Stewart, another em- ploye, was injured in a fire heré early today which destroyed an annex of the Elms Hotel occupied by the servants. The fire is supposed to have started on the third floor in the room occupied by Christopher. His body was found in the ruins after the fire. The Stewart woman jumped from a second-story window. ‘The guests in the hotel proper left the puilding with whatever clothing they could catch up at the moment and, thus attired, joined tbe servants and firem jn fighting the flames, keeping them back from the main building. The loss, it is bellevegs will be about $5,000. STAND-PAT CONSISTENCY. Ze = — —= INFANTILE PARALYSIS PERTURBS NEW YORK] new vor Health Department Orders Quarantine and Physicians Report on All Cases. ALBANY, N. Y., September 22—A sys- tematic study of infantile paralysis in this state is being made by State Health Commisstoner Porter. He has been watching the prevalence of the disease, and says he is fully sat- isfied that a number of cases exist in various parts of the state. “While recent investigations,” says a statement from the state health depart- ment today, “establish beyond a reason- able doubt that this is a communicable disease, it has not as yet been positively determined by what means it is trans- mitted from one person to another. Quarantine Is Ordered. “Recognizing, however, its accepted transmissibility, the state health depart- ment has placed it on the lat of quaran- tinable diseases, and now requires it to be reported and quarantined for a,period of twenty-one days." i “With a view of systematically studying the cause and prevalence of the disease Commissioner Porter has recently placed in the hands of every physician fn the state blanks, on which he urges a detajied report of every case which has arisen since January 1, 1910. This plan, it is thought, will not only result in the report of many cases, but furnish much valuable Information regarding a disease concern- ing which there seems to be so little known except, the possible serious conse- quences. “The state health department urges united co-operation of the citizens in the state In its energetic combat against in- fantile paralysis.” Probing Chicken Epidemic. Investigation of the epidemic among chickens that have died near Bethesda, Md., simultaneously with the outbreak of infantile paralysis there, is continuing at the laboratory of the public health and marine hospital service. So far there has been no connection es- tablished between the deaths of the chickens and the outbreak ‘of polio myelftas. It is not thought by the bac- terlologists in charge of the work that there will be any such connection estab- Ushed. An effort is being made, however, to de- termine of just what the chickens did die, so that even if the information is purely negative it will relieve the tension among the residents of that region and re-estab- lish chickens in favor as an article of diet. Henry J. Hunt, 3d, and his twenty- month old baby, who have been suffering with infantile paralysis at his home at Langdrum, on the Rockville road, are re- ported today as improving. The baby's condition is satisfactory, the attack in {ts case being but slight, at present affect- ing only the left leg. TWO FIREMEN OVERCO ME. Worcester Blaze Causes Loss of Nearly $100,000. WORCESTER, Mass., September. 22.— A property loss ranging from $75,000 to $100,000 resulted from a fire which broxe out early today in the Chase bufding, a ten-story structure on Front street. Two firemen were temporarily overcome by smoke and three others were badly cut by falling glass. ‘The fire originated in the rooms of the Worcester Automobile Club, cn the sev- enth floor of the building. The flames purned out the sixth and seventh floors, and the tenants on the lower floors suf- fered a heavy lose from water. Physician and Nurse Drowned. LITTLETON, Mass., September 22.— Jumping into deep water from a boat on Fort pond yesterday, with the in- tention of having a swim, Miss Mone G. Gibson ,of Manchester, N H., a trained nurse, ‘and Dr. Orin’ N. Dagos were drowned. Dr. Dagos came to Boston from Ohio a few months ago, and dur- ing the past summer both he and Miss Gibson were connected with the Boston Floating Hospital. IN FEAR OF HEARST Democrats Aghast Over Attack on. Gaynor. BLOW ‘FO THEIR HOPES Trouble Looms Large Just as Party Prospects Seemed Brightest. SOUNDS GOOD TO REPUBLICANS Believed Editor Will Support Ticket if He Doesn’t Run Himself as Independent. —e Speciil Frow 4 Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, September 22—By far the most interesting feature of the demo- cratic situation at the moment is the bitter feud between William R. Hearst and Mayor Gaynor, which has suddenly broken out open warfare. Demo- crats are at the possibilities of the trouble this may portend, and that, |: too, at thé-very, hour when prospects Were ‘seeming brightest and there ap- peared nothing to mar a victorious fu- ture. It i§ certain now that if Gaynor ts nomfiiated for governor he will be fought to the end by Hearst, and it ts not tm- le that Hearst, in order to assure Gaynor's defeat and the election of a republican, might run as an independent candidate, as he did in the mayoralty campaign. ‘The. present acute crisis was precipi- tdted by Mayor Gaynor’s letter to his sis- ter, published a few days ago, In which the mayor, by inference at leagt, charged that Hearst's newspaper attadl re re- sponsible for the attempted ition of the -mayor. Toiched a Sore Spot. It is eaiy’ to understand that this charge was touching’ upon the raw with @ ven- geance. Mr. Hearst had been accused by ‘Theodore Roosevelt ‘of’ responsibility for McKinley's assassination through his newapapers, afd Hearst's’ friends know that nothing ever struck quite so deeply info his soul aa that charge. it 16 by no.means miraculous that when Mayor Gaynor charged a similer re- sponsibility in his own case -Hearst should take it 2s @ mortal affront. Hearst comes back at him today in as cabled statement which bristles with insult and defiance, Politicians were discussing nothing else today, and of course all agreed that there is no possibility of healing the breach be- tween the two men, and that they will de- yote their principal efforts now to trying to destroy each other: In the melee the Agmocratic toket in the fait elections is ly to be struck by some fiy: tek- bats, it is feared. Wirirnies Hearst for Roosevelt. Unquestionably, Hearst will try to divert his. strength in the state to Roosevelt's ticket, especially if the ‘progressive re- publicans make a good platform and nom- |inate a progressive candidate for gov- ernor. All of which sounds good to republicans here. The Hearst vote in the state is not to be lightly considered. If he will att in behind ths eee oe with his newspapers, his money and his Inde- pendence League organization, it will help @ lot. He has already made an open proffer to Roosevelt, in the statement cabled ten days ago, and Roosevelt is not above accepting aid from the man he once so. bitterly seorned. Roosevelt ig nothing if not utilitarian. and he would grasp the proffered hand of Hearst with a grin of delight. Sci Goes to Canada to Kill Herself, MONTREAL, Quebec, September 22.— A woman who registered as “Mrs. J. M. Brown. New York,” arrived st the Co- rona Hotel Tuesday morning. Yester- day afternoon. she was found in her room panainn, a eather belt to x t room door. no: found in the roam asked that Mra M. 'W. Gibb. yates. street, Battle Creek, Mich. SAYS HUSBAND STARVES HER AND TWO CHILDREN Mrs. Hattie Altman Declares Spouse EvenRefuses to ~ Speak to Her. Alleging that although her husband, Henry E. Altman, an expert carriage decorator, makes $100 per month, and has $3,000 deposited in bank, he has for the last year practically starved her and their two children, aged nine and four- teen years, Mrs. Hattie Altman today asked the District Supreme Court to compel him to properly support his fam- ily. She avers his treatment has become so bad during the last week that she and the children hed no food, and were forced to go to the house of a relative to keep from starving. Mrs: Altman says she is destitute and hag been provided with clothing by her sister-in-law. She tells the court that for a long time, while living in the same house, her husband has refused to speak to her or to recognize her, and that he threatened if ‘she should bring him into court he- would :have her incarcerated in an insane asylum. At the request of Attorney James A. ‘Taomey, counsel for the wife, Chief Jus tice Clabaugh today cited° the husband to show cause next Thursday why he should not support his wife. Were Married in 1889. The Altmans were married in Bal- timore, Md., July 13, 1889, and during the entire twenty-one years Mrs. Alt- man says, her husband has given her only $10, although he has always had @ good income. Attached to the wife's petition are affidavits of John B. Altman, brother of the defendant, and his wife, Minnie HE. Altman. The latter swears the de- fendant has neglected to properly feed and clothe his family and says she knows his wife and children are in destitute circumstances. The brother of the defendant cor- roborates the charges of the petitioner and says he vainly remonstrated with his brother, and declares the brother has failed to properly support his fam- ily. The brother-in-law says on nu- merous. occasions he has fed Mrs, Alt- man and hey children when they were in actual need. Husband Denies Charges. “My wife must be out of her mind,” Mr. Altman. said this afternoon, when notified of his wife's suit for maintenance. “I can't understand: what she is trying to do. Of course, I deny all her allegations. I have been supporting her regularly, sup~ plying her and the children wtth lodging, food and clothes. “As to her statement that I do not speak to her, it is absolutely false- The only explanation I can give is that she is mentally unbalanced, although she seem- ed all right when I left her this morning.” === ——_== Stories Worth While There will be several in our next Sunday Magazine. Among them, be sure to read: “SQUATTER BILL,” By ROY NORTON “TORCHY HITS A TESTY ONE,” By SEWELL FORD “A GREAT ACTRESS,” By Helene Hicks Bowen and the strong conéluding in- stallment, constituting @ story by itself, of “CYNTHIA'S CHAUFFEUR,” By LOUIS TRACY which describes the long- threatened duel between Vis- count Medenham and Count Marigny. In the next Sunday Magazine oF The Sunday Star ‘HANGS SELF IN JAIL Detroit Man, Held for Shoot- | ing Woman, Is Suicide. | CLIMAX OF DAY OF REVEL His Victim Had Left Their Home Town to Evade Him. QUARREL AT ROADHOUSE Mrs. Fred Singer Dragged From Telephone Booth by B. W. Yates and Shot. | CLEVELAND, Ohio, September man, belleved to be Burton W. Yates, a Detroit business man, committed suicide | by hanging in the county jail today, an | ; hour after he had been lodged there for shooting a wowan, identified as Mrs. Fred Singer of Cleveland, formerly of De- troit. in a road house at Rocky River. Left alone in the “bull pen” of the jaft while commitment papers were being made out, Yates hurried into the wash- room, tied his handkerchief around his | neck, attached it to an iron bar, and/ strangled himself. When the guards, re- turned they found him dead. Woman Will Live. The woman was taken to a hospital in @ taxicab, which the man, thought to be Yates, summoned ‘to the roadhouse. ~ne will live, barring complications. The shooting followed a day of auto- mobile rides and visits to wine rooms. The couple arrived at the roadhouse shortly after midnight. At 3 o'clock in the morning, shortly after the man had ordered the taxicab, a quarrel started which ended in the wom- an rushing out of the roadhouse and across the street to the telephone booth of a rival establishment. The man fol- lowed closely. The woman had entered the telephone booth. by the time the man arrived. He tore open the door, dragged her out and asked her to return with him. There was a brief argument. Then he drew a gun and fired five shots. Two took effect, one in the woman's back and one in her leg. Yates Is Overpowered. Employes of the roadhouse overpow- ered the man. Marshal Roy Martin of Rocky River was summoned and brought him to the jail. At the jall the man geve hig name as B. W. Yates. Mra. r Ser RUT eile fees on she had come to Clev. Detroit, causes it led to the shooting will remain pee : Marshal Martin ‘says the man told him that two of the five shots he fired were aimed at himself, but that he was 50 nervous he missed. ‘Mrs. Singer is rather stout and has light hair and blue eyes. The dead man was stockily built, and had fron gray hair and a light-brown mustache. He was well dressed in dark clothes. Yates Had Been Troublesome. DETROIT, Mich., September 22.—The mental condition of Burton W. Yates, supposed to be the Cleveland suicide, had been causing his relatives and friends considerable anxiety for six months. About two months ago he threatened to commit suicide in the city ticket office of the Pere Marquette rafiroad here, but was overpowered by H. F. Moeller, gen- eral passenger agent.of the railroad, who took Yates’ revolver away from him. Yates is said to have been left by his father a fortune of nearly half a millton dollars, but under conditions that gave him contro! only of the income from the property and not of the principal. He had lumber land’ interests in Canada and Ohio, and with’ other business ‘interests was secretary of the Point aux Barques Resort Association, which Owns a summer Tesort on Lake Huron. ait In athletics he was well known as an enthusiastic curler. Son Goes to Cleveland. A son of Yates,.a well known business man ‘here, arranged today to leave at }once for Cleveland to see if the man who }committed suicide in the jail at Cleve- land was his father. There is no P. W. Yates in the city directory. Yates has- chairman of the Busi- ness Man's Publishing Company, Limited, which has office in the Detroit Journal building. He has a wife and a grown family, one. of-niy sons having just grad- uated from the University of Michigan. At his late reside e, 48 Alexandrine nue, his wife and family were ove whelmed by the report from Cleveland. Yates left here early in the week for a business trip to Canada. His family un- derstood that he would stop at Clevels before returning home. Se TO SEEK BURIED TREASURE. Soldier and Prisoner He Was Guard- ing off on Quest. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., September That a tale of buried treasure in the Philippines induced Private F. W. Brooks ‘of the United States Hospital Corps to Mberate William Spillman, the negro trooper, under life sentence for the kill- ing of a fellow soldier, and that both men are in hiding somewhere about the city awaiting a chance to make their way to the islands and dig up the gold, is the theory advanced to explain the dis- appearance yesterday of the prisoner patient and his guard from the general hospital at the Presidio. 4 It is stated by soldiers who knew Spill- man before he was brought back from the islands to answer for the crime com- mitted there, that he boasted of knowing the whereabouts of a treasure in plate and money buried by a Spanish family during the Philippine -insurrection prior to American occupation of the isiands. Spillman was a member of Troop B, yoth Cavalry when stationed at Camp Wallace, La Union province. It is stated that the quarrel which led ‘to the killing of his fellow-trooper at the camp arose over the treasure which they were plan- ning to recover. Prisoner Convicted of Robbery Flees to the Mountains. CARLISLE, Pa., September 22—Hben Morris of McKeesport, Pa., convicted of robbery and sentenced to a minimum term of six years and nine months in the penitentiary, broke jail here last ‘ight. "Sheritt Waltera had arr to take the prisoner penitent today. Laat night Morris sawed two bare from the window of his cell and escaped. Officers are in 1, but. Morris is familiar with the mountain country hereabouts, and it ts not believed he will be recaptured, VICTIMS NUMBER 3 Heavy Toll of Dead From In- diana Car Collision. SIX PERSONS IN HOSPITALS Crew of Special Said to Have Taken Chance on Making Siding. RIGID INQUIRY BEING MADE Mutilation of Some of the Bodies Caused Delay and Confusion in Identifying -Them. | es FORT WAYNE, Ind., September 22.— Thirty-nine is the toll of the dead in the Fort Wayne-Bluffton interurban car col Usion yesterday, as far as the check made this morning shows. ¥ Officials of the company refuse to give out any opinion as to where the responsi- bility lies, but rumor fixes the blame on the r crew of the “special” train, which Was speeding south from Fort Wayne, empty. Report says that the crew, know- ing the “local” was ten or more minutes: late. took chances on making a siding and falled. There still is some confusion as to the names of the dead. There are in the hospitals in Fort Wayne six in- jured. These are: Mrs. W. D. Burgan, Miss Tribolet and 8. A. Parkhurst of C. M. Brown, Warren, Ind.; B. F. Gork- well, motorman on “special” train, and A. Ellensberger, Bernee, Ind. Nearly all of the dead’ were persons liv- ing in the vicinity of Bluffton. It was a holiday throng, bound for Fort Wayne to attend the state fair. The “local” was filled to the last seat, and there were sev- ¢fal persons in the aisles or on the plat- forms. Running at High Speed. The crash without warning. Run- ning at its highest speed, the empty especial” sped out from the woods on a curve and plunged into the “local” which also was running at high speed. There was no chance for either motorman to Prevent the accident. The local was torn apart, as one might burst a : It exploded, say witnesses. Of ail in the car, probably sixty passengers, scarcely one escaped death or injury. That the blame will be placed is made apparent by the action of the Indiana state board of railway commissioners. Within a very short time of the acci- dent Commissioner, A. A. Shane, who also is the special investigator of fhe board, had reached the scene of the wreck and had begun interrogation of creation oMficials and witnesses of the Mr. ‘Shane declined to make known the results of his investigation, saying thi it would have to be given out by tl state board. This “In Very short ‘we will be able to make gistatemente aid "placing: e blame so far as we detersmjne it for the terrible wreck. Will Fix the Blame. “The extent of the accident appalls us, yet we are doing everything in our power to care for the dead and injured and to alleviate the anguish of the relatives of victims. We have begun a careful’ scru- tiny of train orders bearing on the case and on every bit of evidence which might tend to fix the blame. ‘The public will know where the responsibility lies: Around the undertaking establishments in Bluffton and Fort Wayne and at the hospitals in this city this morning were gathered grief-stricken men ‘and wome For the most-part the bodies have bee: claimed, but in some instances where ‘mutilation made {identification difficu!t or the victim was not actually related to any one in the district there was delay and confusion. Among the victims of the wreck was Miss Pearl Sayler, a daughter of Mr< Clara Sayler of Bluffton and a sister of Banker J. B. Sayler of Watseka, I!l., who was shot and killed by Dr. W. R. Miller a year or so ago. For the crime, which attracted widespread interest, Dr. Miller and Mrs. Sayler are now serving prison sénfences. Amid the confusion after the wreck F. A. Spillman, conductor of the local train. Dreserved a'cool head. Almost at the mo- ment when he crawled, bruised and bleed- ing, from the wreck, he thought of the Indianapolis Iimited, which was following He selzed a flag and dashed down the track and around the curve. A quarter of a mile farther he stopped. planted the flag, and toppled over in a faint. The act saved a Second and probably worse wreck. ~.ysicians Hurry to Scene. There were two physicians on the train at ‘the time. One succumbed to the ter- rible injuries he received a short time after the wreck. The other set heroically to work. But there was no means of car- rying on the work, and many were pin- ioned under the wreckage and could not be extricated before death came to their relief. The physician rendered what first aid he could without appliances and equip- ment for emergency use. Appeals .for medical aid were sent to Fort Wayne and to Bluffton. The traction company pre- pared a special relief car with all dili- gence, and hurried it to the scene, and Bluffton physicians made haste in ‘auto- mobiles. Directly the rélief car from Fort Wayne arrived on the scene with his staff of sur- geons and stores of equipment for the injured, no time was lost in making the last moments of the dying as comfortable as possible and in relieving the pain of those to whom a chance for life had been vouchsafed. The train carrying the physicians was run at top speed, and made the distance of nineteen miles in record time. Relative of Washington Man. Harold Nelson, Margaret Bluffon one of the passengers killed in the car collision near Fort Wayne, Ind., yesterday afternoon, was the brother of. Charles E. Nelson of 7 Rhode Island avenue, this city, of the staff of The Sunday Star. The news of his brother's death reached Mr. Nelson this morning in the form of a telegram frem his father. He immediately left for his home in Bluffton, Ind. No particu- lars except the bare announcement of the death were contained in the message. The deceased was the youngest of four brothers and was about nineteen or twen. ty years of age. He uated from the Bluffton High School spring and was to have entered one of the academic courses in the ‘University of Michigan in several weeks. He lived at the Nelso1 family home, in Bluffton, about twenty- five miles south of Fort Wayne. Countess Wechtmeiste Is Ill. LOS ANGELES, Cal., September 22— Countess Constance Wachtmeiste, former theosophist, lecturer and companion of Mme. Blavatsky, is seriously ill at the home of friends in this city. Owing to her age, ‘seventy-three, her condition 15 considered grave. She was stricken three Srreke ago, shortly after her arrival, and her son, who was in Sweden, was cabied