The evening world. Newspaper, May 16, 1903, Page 2

ie % fae, k - =, Man: a % me THE UMA '0n Exposure of Plot Rossio, ' _ It Was Thought, Took a Passage on Steamer to Throw Detectives Off the Track, but He Was Not Found.at Queenstown. ‘IVERNIA, OF THE SAME LINE, SAILED TO-DAY. * ‘Passengers Were Rather Ner- ,, vous, but No Untoward Inci- ‘ dent Occurred, and Close Scrutiny .of Every Article Taken Aboard Allayed Fears. y QUEENSTOWN, May 18—On the ar- \rival of the Umbrin to-day she was boarded by detectives from Scotland | Yard, searching for the man who sert | the bomb to the Cunard pler in New » York last Saturday. _ The man suspected to be the dyna- ) miter proved to the satisfaction of the ‘@etectives that he was an honest citl- #en, and the fact that he took the boat Just before hg ealled from New York ‘Was due to Ais late arrival in that elty. “He bears but h slight resemblance to the cabled description of the dynamiter. Many of the passengers on the Umbila Jearned here for the first time of the Peril that menaced the ship before she #elled out of New York harbor. Tho peeret was well kept across the ocean. Detectives were sent among the stecrazs © Passengers, but no person corresponding 4m appearance to the man described by @able as the dynam/:er was found. —s—— WATCHED BY SLEUTHS. Detectives swarmed over the Cunard Mine pier to-day for hours previous to galling of the steamship Ivernia, the first vessel of the line to leave New , Yerk since the infernal machine was Bent to the Umbria. Every pleco of was watched carefully betors being placed in the hold and there was dn alr of suppressed excitement among the ‘pawengers that was not entirely -Gissipated until the ship was clear of her d of the women wero extremely MerVvous-and some wanted to back out Mt the last minute. Assurances by off- ers of the ship that the Umbria case Was not likely ever to be repeated were / frequently necessary, There was nothing to justify the fears of the timid passén- ‘mers, for the Ivernia went away as Placidly as though the Dynamiter Rossio Mad never been heard of May Be on Umbria, Detectives are watching at Queenstown for the arrivai of the Umbria to-day ‘There Is a suspicion that Rossio, in order #o throw his pursuers off the trail, may Shave taken passage on, the very ship he “Amtended to blow up. At least there is ‘on board the Umbria one man who will ‘We detuined and closely questione.) on ahe other side. The New York detectives have known jfor several days that on board the Um- dria there is a man closely resembling \the Rossio who made the infernal ma- @kine and sent it to the Cunard pier. Saw the Detectives, This man was on the pier at the time the detectives removed the infernal ma- ehine and dropped it into the river. ‘Wery soon after that he appeared at the ,Cunard line offices in Broadway and in- quired if there were any vacancies in the second cabin of the Umbria, When informed that he could be ac- commodated hé said he had some bag- age at the West Shore depot, and asked if he would have time to have it trans- ferred to the steamer before she salied, He was told that the ship would leave ip two hours, and after securing his - passage he burried away. ‘A short time before the Umbria salled this same inen arrived at the pler on the seat of an express wagon with the 7 \Gviver. in the wagon were a trunk and cheap telescope bag. ‘These were eheckéd through to Liverpool on his Micket and he went aboard. Mince the sailing of the Umbria the Metectives have guae over the passenger Met carefully and they picked out this aan. “Phere may be others, ‘The Lon- don ‘and Dublin police authorities we notified and detectives are at tne Cun- @rd line in Queenstown to-day awalung ie arrival of the Umbria. Relieve He ls Rossow, fA Idevt. Rohan, in charge of the ch ¥ cago Dotoolve’ Wuroau, and, Loved WiMMuchowsky. the Chicayo Anamte uy? Bay there ie no doubt that G. Ros, Who made. and sent ‘tho internal {ne to the Cunard line pier, i deat W, Who 18 believed toohave made the dynamite bomb used in the Hay- ot riot. ‘The New York police son, ta kno’ re hat Ri ppea , wa that Rossow disa From Chicago, ‘three years” ag, “and 6 We Muchowsky Nas discovered 4d last few days that ho was ‘sedt p the streets not a month ago, secret channels they have foc} met several of his Old compan’ mit the police ‘say that theye ts was alone in his plan to destroy ‘They inter’ this trom the Ta the Toom. on Washinetng ard, where he made the masniy @ no company and at no time any ARR ESTS HER FIANCE. LUE UL PPL RSTRNT EIR E MMITER TISROCUERY, NOT ABOARD | GROUT REPEATS The Comptroller Declares that Armory Board Secretary Let Contracts to His Brother) | thrust Under a False Name. GUSTAVESON EXPLAINS IT. Tourant Have Been Doing Bu: ness as Henry Day & Co. Since 1898 and Didn't Defraud City. Comptroller Grout to-day declared that John P. Gustaveson, Secretary of the Armory Board, ts the only oficial con- cerned in the ccusations made by him concerning the contracts for coal and repairs to armories. He distinctly ex- onerates all the members of the board. In a statement issued to-day Comp- troller Grout said: “For @ year past Mr, Gustaveson, as Secretary of the Armory Board, has been giving open orders for repairs on the armorles, amounting in the aggre- gate to thousands of dollars, to a con- cern known as Henry Day & Co. "Mr. Gustaveson personally brought a man to Chief Auditor McKinney, of tals department, and introduced him as Henry Day. This man has signed the papers relating to the bills presented In the name of Henry Day & Co., in- dorsed warrants and signed and sworn to affidavits in support of his claims, signing as Henry Day personally. Calls It Roguery, “This person has turned out upon in- vestigation to be Henry T. Gustaveson, © brother of the Secretary of the Ar- mory Board, It is a miserable plece of roguéry, and I have put it in the hands of the District-Attorney. “Henry T. Gustaveson haa a brother- inlaw named John Day, but we can find no Henry Day whatever. Henry T. Gustaveson was hefore me yesterday monping. I showed him the affidavit which he had signed and sworn to Henry Day. I asked him if he was Henry Duy, He eald he was. I asked him If that was his signature. He said {t was. Then I asked him whether his name was not Gustaveson instead of Henry Day, and he admitted that It was ‘As for the coal bill, that Is a matter of less moment, but the facts : e very disagreeable, Coal was bought by the Secretary of the Armory Board not from a coal dealer, but from a specu- lator, at the price of $9 a ton for what the speculator had just bought, so he claimed, for $6.90, This specu‘ator had never bought or sold coal before, “It was probasly worth in the market at that time and under the conditions related about $4.75 a ton, and for this the city was asked to pay $9 a ton. We audized the bil at ton, giving the claimant the benefit of every possivie doubt In his favor." Chief Auditor or Accounts William McKinney, in a statement supplemen- tary to that of the Comptroller, said that Henry Day & Co, gave as thelr of fice address 74 Bast One Hundred and ‘Thirty-ninth street, This ts a flat butlding, in which Henry Gustaveson, other of the secretary, resides. The claims presented by this firm aggregate £2,592 in 1902 and $1,948 this year. Mr. Gusteveson Esaplains, Secretary Gusteyeaon, when sliown Comptroier Grout’s statement, sald: “Since 1898 my brother Henry, In partnership with George W. Tarrant, has engaged in the carpenter business under the firm name of Henry Day & Co. Their work for the armories be- gan a year ago, which of Itself wil chow that the firm was not organized, av charged, for the purpose of doing business with the Armory Board, My brother failed in 1897 during the panlo plano trade, having taken worth- per to the Amount of $8,000," 0. you introduce your brother to Auditor McKinney under the name of Henry Day?’ waa asked was the answer, “There was no secret made of my brother's business trou‘les. In the last year his firm has done carpentry work’ for the armor.es approxhmating $5,000. He never he city one ton of coal.’ 1 told that Comptroller Grout had 1 the coal bills for $5 a ton, Gus- n said: “Samuel Lewis sold me } ould get it nowhere else, He gave me his estimate Dec. 18, which Wi accepted, and the deliveries were made up an, 3. At that time coal Waa selling all over the city at a much higher figure than $9, and many busl- nees firma were unab.e to get any coal If Comptroller Grout audits coal whi. he Says was worth $3.75 a ton for $5 hi should be prosecuted for malfeasance in, office,”* Mr. Gusteveson declared that he was not Interested directly or indirectly in tne 1 did no firm of his brother. Lewls, he said, was a general supply man, with whom he was but slightly acquainted, LURED FROM HOM AND POISONED. Toledo Woman Accuses Husband's Divorced Wife of Attempting Her Life. TOLEDO, May 16.—Lured from home and poisoned, Mrs. David Chappules al- leges that the crime was committed by her husband's divorced wife, Mary Co- burn, Mes) Chappules was found in- gensible on the street.. Her symptoms were those of polaoning by belladonna and strychnine, She will recover. She is the wife of a fireman, Mrs. Chappules says that yesterday afternoon a man came to the house and told her that her husband was dead and that the body had been removed to a place to which he would conduct her. He took her to a house, where Mrs. Chappules found the divorced wife and another woman, Mrs. Crewd. Mrs. Chap- pulea says a drink was forced on her which made her fll. She was told that tsa Guy? Bho: broke ‘away and rae alia surest, She aye the Crewd woman note into her hand, which read: “Dave, your ae is with me. I meant to ie ner. id not mean to make Sr very ‘Hier saya that’ oni te fen only. trait soon after the poison’ was taken saved rs, Chi wies’s life, Her hus- jaat tt he dor but’ would not essianes not wish the police to int " hn police to interfere. » Uthat arrests He Says His Brother and George W. TAG WU IIIA TUNA Y Ra V ALI pee 10,” REPRESENTATIVE EMPLOVERS OF LABOR IN THE BUILDING TRADES aaa WHO HAVE ORGANIZED TO COMBAT UNIONS OF MEN WHO WORK FOR THEM. ‘Those cepresented in the above group, beginning with the upper bank from the] cent C. King, George 8. Holmer and B. Pelham. left and excluding the second and ninth uel IL, Acken, Leonard K. Prince, Frank MILLIONS FOR WAR ON LABOR, Building Trades Organization of} Employers Is Formed to Fight the Unions, with Half a Billion Capital Represented. Organized labor In the building trades | finds itself face to face to-day with an inimical organization of employers os comprehensive as the United Board of | Building Trad witch controls the | thirty-five divisions of the bullding trades in New York, ight hundred employers of labor tr the buliding trades met in the rooms of | the Building Trades Assogiation in the Townsend Bullding and took steps toward the formation of an employers’ union to combat what they characterize as the present unreasonable demands | of organized Inbor, | Vvery firm or company of Importance In the building trades in this city was represented at the meeting. Contrary to expectation, seven of the nine. direc- tors of the Fuller Consiruetion Company ent, and its president, Charles y. Willis, was one of the principal speakers, Half a billion dollars of in vested capital were represented by the actora participating in the meeting, | j were pre: co Meeting Was Secret. | Tho meeting was secret, but at Its cloxe the following statement of the sentiments expressed by the speakers was given out: | “The complete paralysis of the bulld- | ing industry, brought about by Irrespon- sible combinations acting through @ tyrannical board of walking delegates or business agents, demands prompt and/ energetic action by all good citizens who | have the welfare of our great clty at) heart, “It is time that the decent and order- loving mechanic asserts himself and de- fles the arbitrary, tyrannical de gogues who tle his hands and drown his) vole, “The delegate ts a parasite on body public, to be exterminated. “Tt Is the duty of the hour that em- ployers in every branch of the building industry act in concert and make every legitimate effort, not alone for self- preservation. but for the public welfare, to accomplish this end,” The meeting was addressed by Charles L. Eldiitz, of the Electrical Associatio Charles T Willis, of the Fuller Con- strvotion Company; Leonard K, Prince and Vincent T. King. the Re The adopted: “Whereas the present condition of the building industry makes it Imperative employers shall be made more se- cure in the conduct of thelr business, workmen more secure from interference with tholr opportunity to work, and the public generally more secure from in- terruptions to business resulting from strikes or jockouts in the bullding trades, be it “Resolved, That the Board of Gov- ernorgy of the Building Trades Associa- lion arrange at once for a meeting of the Executive Committees of various employers’ associations of the building trades to provide Ways and means for the creation of a central body of em- ployers.’’ Similar action was taken in Brooklyn where 160 contractors, employing 20,000 men, met at No. 369 Fulton street and formed a protective association to be known as the Employers’ League. A resolution was adopted to bar walking delegates from all buildings in process of construction and from any yard or shop during working hours, The ques- tlon of a lockout was postpon tlon postponed for a atinus Are Adopted, following resolutions were pee a BIG BREAKS IN THE RANKS OF STRIKERS. / ‘The Italians on private contracts who struck in sympathy with the Sub- way laborers were in an ugty frame of lay, and police reserves had led out im the Bronx to handle them. Some of them broke away from the unlon and went to work beside {to return to work. He was held up b: a number of strikers and drew ar Volver to. protect himself. He was ar- ralgned, = before Magistrate Pool in the aunt Court and dismissed. | man in the line are: A. J. Martin, Sam- Howland, John Little, Hugh Getty, Vin- the left are James Curran, William K. Weeks, Frank Kessing, Charles L. Wright. STATUS OF THE LABOR WAR TO-DAY. This is the status of labor In New York to-day Employers in all the building trades organize against the unions. Back of the subway strike is claimed by employers to be broken. Two thousand men are || at work. Over five thousand struck. Settlement of carpenters’ strike is still in the air. Boss horse-shoers beat unlons with an injunction. The Portable Hoisting Engi- neers’ Union has declared its three months’ strike off. — The marine engineers’ strike is still far from a settlement, The teamsters’ strike is prac- tically settled, More than two thousand have returned to work. All are expected back before the end of next week, eres ene eer atrike breakers and this set che strikers by the ears, Demonstrations were tnade against the working men with rocks and other missiles, but when the tluecoats hove in sight the disorderly onos got out of vhe way In a hurry. A big gang of men that needed police protection was put to work by Moran & Gillis, who have the Morris avenu amding contract. Union or non-uniqn. {t made no difference to the employers In selecting workers. Whoever applied for work got It A number of Italians got in among the men under false pretenses and ight to breed discord, but they had not progressed far when the contrac- * foremen spotted them and kicked out, ‘This action by tarowing ré . who ds in comm had been asked for 1. in the meantime, and a wagonful ting, Shortly put’ the angry men ht wrrest result d from a quarrel tha ‘ed yesterday, Frank Battallo be ing charged ,with azsawlt. He had be on strike, bit tlriag of tdleness, decide, n Tt is the Int ractor John C Rodgers, who has charge of the rapid transit work at One Hundred and Forty-ninth street and Third avenue, gang of men at work on Mond; whether of not the strike Is settled at that time, Jot the c «| guests of ‘Mr. § SCHWAB GUARDED BY DETECTIVES. Pittsburg Police Were Warned that an Attempt Would Be Made to Harm Steel Magnate at School Dedication. (Soectal to The Evening World.) PITTSBURG, May 16.—While Home- stead celebrated to-day the dedication M. Schwab Free Industrial School, few knew that detectives kept close guard on the young steel king to save him from possible harm, Before the ceremonies began the poiice of this city were notified in a round- about way that a well! lald plot existed to do harm to the head of the Stee! Trust during the exercises and that the police had better be prepared. The authorities were unable to obtain the name of the man who warns them, but immediately a .alf dozen “plain clothes men” were sent to Homestead to guard Mr, Schwab and make an In- vestigation. Mr. Schwab's carriage was closely guarded during the parade, and the de- tectives surrounded him at every turn, but no attempt was made to carry out the reported plot. Sebwab was the most surprised man when told of the report, and treated It with Ittle concern, Some arrests of suspicious persons were made, and the police took every precaution to thwart any plan the Homestead Anarchists had to take the life of the town's benefactor. The dedication was a success In every particular, several New Yorkers being nwa. Preceding ceremonies at the school ther was a big parade, ‘The uniformed troop_of Homestead acted as escort to Mr. Schwab, who was followed in the jine of march by the boy's brigade ot Pennsylvania, thousands of school chil- dren, iron und steel workers from Homestead, Braddock and Duquesne; secret organizations, fire companies and Civle societies, In ail numbering nearly 20,000, persons At o'clock the dedication of the new building took place. The exercises were carried out on @ platform in front of the school, and was marked by brevity throughout, After the Iny on by Rey. N, D. Hynson, Mr, Szhwab was Introduced, and in a hrist addresa for mally presented the building. MRS. IRA E. RIDER DEAD. Pa Wife of Congre an-Elect MADE $3,500 A DAY BY SLOT MACHINE. Inventor and Maker So Testified in a Court Proceeding—Device Was in Great Demand. ‘Testimony showing that enormous profits were made from slot-machine Zambling devices was given in a sult brought by Clement C. Clawson, of New- ark, N, J., to break the will of his step- mother, Mra, Arrilia Lee Clawson, ‘The case 4s before Vice-Chancellor Emery, sitting In Newark. Clawson, the petitioner, 4s an inventor. He testified and produced patent rights and other proof to substan- late Ids assertion that he has in- nted more than fifty mechanical de- y Many of these were nickel or penny tn the slot machines, to tell weight, play music, throw dice, turn up cards in poker arrangement or gamble with coin. His most profitable iny tion was a machine known as the “jack- pot.” This proved so popular that Clawson, who manufactured the prod- Ucts of His genius, was unaoie Wo supply u and, frst y of the jack-pot The was placed in a Newark saloon,” machines aid n “The profics for the first day were $65, The saloon-kecper received ¢ per cent, of th achines “t euch a hold hundreds. Men actually the factory door to Clawson hem, cost about $4.75 to manufacture. 1 hai no diMculty in selling them for $50 as fast as 1 could tum them out. For a time, with the machines | gold and th I rented, the profits wore as high as $3,000 a day.” The inventor wants to break a will by which his stepmother loft him only a life Interest in property he acquired. 2 canine A Guaranteed Care for Pik Itching, Bilnd, Bleeding or Frotruding Piles. iat will refund your money If PAZO drug Away in Adirondacks. The funeral of Sophie, wife of Con- gressman-elect Ira E, Rider, who died on Thursday at Gabriel's, in the Adi- rondack Mountains, will be held on Monday morning at St, Joseph's Church, in Bast Elghty-seventh street. ‘The sympathy of thousands in York- ville goes ont to Congressman Rider in his affliction, The love existing be- tween him and his wife was sincere and Ideal, She had been an invalid for a long time, and had spent months in the Adirondacks in the ‘hope of benefitting her health. Mr, Rider knew that the end was coming, as did the devoted victim of the disease that took her from the circles she adorned. ‘The Tammanw organization of the ‘Thirty-fourth Assembly District will be prominently represented at the fun- eral, Mr, Rider, previous to his elec- ton’ to Congress, was private secretary to Borough President Coogan. YOUNG KNOX FREE, BUT TAFT HELD. Son of Attorney-General Discharged in Assault Case—Nephew of Phil- ippines Governor to Answer, SOUTH NORWALK, Conn., May 16.-+ At the trial in the Town Court to-day 8. Knox, son of United States neral Knok, Walbridge Taft, a nephew of Judge Taft, Gov- ernor of the Philippines; John B, Barney, of Cincinnati, and Lawrence White, of Lowell, Mass., students at a private ashool, who were charged with assaulting @ citizen, Knox and Barney wer» discharged, it being proved. tha: they did not participate in the assaul ut Were making aa effort lo separate the combatants. The canes of Taft and White were continued, Those seated and counting from Fertig, Warren A. Conover, Francls M. Hidlitz, Ronald Taylor and Stephen M. VASSAR IRL (SATHLEES, Their Field Day Contests In- clude Such Stunts as Vaulting Fences, Throwing Baseballs and Jumping. (Special to The Evening World.) POUGHKEEPSIE, May 16.—This w a great day for the athletic girl—the Vassar athletic girl, Haig a hundred rosy-cheeked, gymnasium-trained, hardy young women competed in the twelve events of the institution's annual field day. ‘The events included a 100-yard dash, in which there were nine entries, Thirteen tried for throwing e baseball, and their practice has knocked out the timé-worn theory that a girl cannot throw a ball. Some of them have made records that inight make them eligtble for places on 4 professional team. ther muscle-test- ing events in which the treined giri athietes figured were such Interesting contests as putting the elght-pound shot, dashing fifty yards, vaulting a fence, which, by the way, is another Vassar accomplishment which has been brought to a high degree of perfection; a 120-yard hurdle raco, 220-yard run, throwing ‘the basket-ball, running high jump, and, as the chief event of the day, a 300-yard re- day race between four teams of three cach, representing all four classes of the college. Only 52 Girls Entered, Although the athletic association of the college numbers 500 members—about two-thirds of the entire student popu- latlon—only fifty-two girls were entered in the various contests. Some took part 1a only one event; others in two or three. The senior class was represented by tw » Juniors by twenty-three, (uy twelve and the fresh- The following named entered: the sophomor: H, Hooker, MacCoy, Bryn Mawr, Pa’; M ;/ Margi a hia E. Pattison, Schu Hay Be npRON, nes 8, Wood, Port’Righn Junior, Arrowsmith, Pittsburg, Baltz, cago; Marion 5 Poughkéeps: Stella “M : Cole, Oak Par Roches Brunswick, 2 Fremery, Qak:and, ‘Cai! Gardiner, Chicago; Mary City, Mo.; Fann y, Mo.? Helen F. Kohisate ago; Bugenie M, Morenus, Cleve:and; Mary D. Powell, MoAlfee, Ky; Anna L.’ Rich, Rachester: Isabelie H. Sherwood, Brooklyn, Mabel Stanwood, Brooklyn; Mangaretta. P, evenson, Roselie, J; Lucille sf. Stimson, New York; Jeannette 8. Tay lor, New York; Dmma P. Waterman, Chickamauga Park, Ga.; Annie W Wood, Ariington, "Mass.; “Heien Wood, Arlington, ‘Mass. Sophomore Contestants, Sophomore (1905); Gloucester, Maass.; Caroline 8, Philadelphia; Gertrude Bergen, Camden, N. J.; Elzabeth 8. Botsford, ‘Williams: town, Mass.; Edith Fernald, Concord, N. H.; Fanale D. Hazeline, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Ella L. Hill, Danbury; Marjorie Hiscox, Saratoga: Elizabeth M, Johnson, Peoria, ll.; Elizabeth K. Livermore, San Francisco; Stella E. Watson, Paterson, N. J., and Gertrude A. Yerex College Point, L. 1. Freshmen (1906); Annie P. Dietzman, Louisville, Ky.; Carrie Fink, Loulsyille, Ky Laura Hatch, Chicago; Sidney Lewis, Philadelphia; Esther Saville, Waban, Mass. CORPSE IN A BOX WASHED ASHORE, Hands and Ears of Man Missing, and Nothing by Which Body Could Be Identified. Gpecal to The Hvening W NORFOLK, Va., May 15. 16 feet, in which was the Helen ©. body of a man with hands and ears missing, was wished ashore on Ocean Beach ac False Cape to-day. The box was nailed tight iy Mth a Amal cpening, in one. end. nero was notiing on the come by Soh could be identified, and it was my tho aM SOLVE MYSTERY ‘Was with Herbert Embleton in!Stook Deciines when Announce- | Williamsburg Hotel When He Took Poison to End His Life. The mystery surrounding the death of Herbert Embletoh, of No. 447 Cen- |tral avenue, in the Loop Hotel, Vest ;@venue and Fulton street, Williams- jburg, last night, was cleared up to- day, when Mrs. Rose Richardson, of Hammeil's Station, Rockaway Beach, jacknowledgéed that she was the wom- an who was with him and disappeared after ha was found poisoned. She as- serts that he committed suicide by tak- ing carbolic acid after attempting to kill her and himself by turning on the was in the room they occupied, The Richardson woman called at the hotel this afternoon for her pocketbook, which she left in her fight. Capt. Har- kins and Detective Shepard took her to the Miller Avenue Station, where she was detained as a witness, She made the following statement: “I met this man for the first time on Thursday afternoon. We went to the Loop Hotel that night, and when he left to go to work on Friday morning he made an engagement to meet me again In the afternoon, “I met him and we took the same room we had the night before, register- lag as.T. H. Johnson and wite, Baltt- more. Early in the evening he aston- ished me by making thé proposition that we commit suicide together. I laughed at him, but he was in earnest. He closed the windows and turned on the cas” Thought It a Joke. “At firet I thought it was a Joke, but when the room began to fill with gus I screamed. Then he turned off the gas and opened the windows. He said he was only joking and went out, saying that he was going to see his folks and would be back in an hour, “I was a little sick from the gas and remained in the room by an open win- dow until he returned. Just after he opened the door and entered the room he took a bottle of carbolic acid from his pocket. “Before I knew what he was going to do he swallowed the acid. I could smell it, and when he fell to the floor groan- ing, I got out as fast as I could. I went directly home and found that I had left my pocketbook behind. When I came tiack for it to-day I was ar- rested.” The police are inclined to belfeve her story. There was no reason why she should return to the hotel unless she could prove her Innocence, She wanted to see the body, but perrfission was de- nied her, fmbleton was a painter's helper, employed by the Brooklyn Rapid- ‘Transit Company. In the pocket of the man's clothes was found a letter addressed to Burt Embleton, Spring street, Huntington, L, and signed by Mary Karasek, No. 331 t Seventieth street, Manhattan. 0 money or valuables were found on him, Knew Him as Friend. Miss Mary Karasek, whose name was signed to @ letter found in the dead man's pocket, lives with her mother at the address named in Manhattan, She believes the man is Burt !MmbDleton, but she says she has not seen him since writing the letter three months ago, “It was all just In fun," she sald to an Evening World reporter. “I have known him since we were children to- in Brooklyn and when I got a gether joshy’ letter from him several months ago I wrote that one back. “He never answered it and I had for- gotten all about it and in fact had not thought about him for a long time. We were never any more than friends, but we had been acquainted so long that I wrote just as,I would to a brother.” nce |ANDREW CARNEGIE EXPLAINS Didn’t Mean to He Offensive to the ‘Town of Sydney, N. 8. SYDNEY, N. 8., May 16.—Mayor Rich- ardson received the following cablegram from Andrew Curnegte to-day: “I am very sorry that a few detachea words should have given offense. The word ‘mirage’ was used In replying to 6 question as to whether Sydney's oper- ations menaced the United States lead In steel production. I had no reference in my remarks to your patriotic efforts to develop your resources, in which 1 wish you abundant success, “My wish is to restore the union of North America and Great Britain in- stead of maintaining two separate di- visions, We would then rule the world in peace. If you come to Skibo Castle I could convert you, sure. “Meanwhile, pray accept my expres- sions of <leep regret at anything offen- Sive that may have arisen,” ‘The Muyor sent the following reply: ‘your. explanation 1s satisfactory. Canada is @ young nation, but is im- resing the world, Sydney's futuro is brent.” FROM THE BENCH. A Judge Commogde Pure Food. A Judge of a Colorado Court said: “Nearly one year ago I began the use of Grape-Nuts as a food. Con- stant confinement indoors and the monotonous grind of office duties had so weakened and impaired my mental powers that I felt the imperative need of something which neither doc- tors nor food specialists seemed able to supply. “A Nyeck’s use of Grape-Nuts twice each day convinced me that some un- usual and marvellous virtue was con- tained therein. My mental vigor re- turned with astonishing rapidity; brain weariness (from which I had constantly suffered) quickly disap- peared; clearness of thought and in- tellectual health and activity which I had never previously known were to me the plain results of a few months’ use of this food. “Unhesitatingly I commend Grape- Nuts as the most remarkable food preparation which. sclence has ever produced, so far as my knowledge and experience extend.” Name and address furnished by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich, The Judge is right. Grape-Nuts food is a certain and remarkable brain builder and can be relied upon, a manne, t TANDARD OL CUTS OMOEND ment Is Made that Figures for This Year Are Below Those of Last. The announcement that.the Standard Oil Company has declared a dividend of only $7 @ share for the quarter end- ing June 15, caused the price of the stock to take another drop in the trad- {ng on the curb to-das. This break, following upon the more serious recent declines, was solely due to the fact that this newly declared (wide of $7 js a reduction of $3 on hat for the same quarter last year, and shows a fre of $10 a share when com- pared with the February quarterly div- idend of $20. ‘The total dividend declared so far this year is $27 on each share, as contrasted With $201 share last year. The stock broke from 650 bid and 652 ceked to (49 bid and 650 asked, only one sule of forty shares being made at 649. KOCH-O-LENE AIR INHALATION DusTROYS THE GERMS Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption. 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