The evening world. Newspaper, January 15, 1908, Page 1

GREEN EDMION FIRE VICTIMS FROM RUINS OF THEATRE CLAIMED FOR BURIA ——— | In Four Morgues at Boyertown 165. Dead Lay in Rows While Relatives Pass and Repass, Identifying Bodies ot Loved Ones. | ie ——— BOYERTOWN, umprouised morg abitants of BLL Jan. 15.—With the opening to-day of the four lay victims of Monday night's theatre fire, ige faced a new phase of the holocaust. hed us probably touched ev in the town Where families were not directly affected | irough the loss of relatives there was mourning morgues contain 165 bodies, of three all of other persons | ( The three undertaking | 2 borough were too small to accommodate the large The deaths bring the total list of known fatalities up to168, establishments of “Ident Nee ifying Bodies of 162 Victims of Theatre Fire Cortelyou Denies He Has ee ee? From the Cabinet The f Circulation Books Open to All.’’ l NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, { “ Circulation Books Open to Al.” JANUARY 15, 1908. _ARREST CRANK AT THAW TRIAL 5 RESULTS E NAL] ENC ONE Se We | FOR THREATS 10 THE JUDGE WR. MONTGOMERY HAMILTON BANK HEAD, IS INDICT Charged in Two Counts With! Having Overdrawn His Account. Jury impaneiled number ¢ TISHRSDETHERDOTOUEHROT i | Grand Tee F victims, so the borough officials decided to use the high|,: tne beginning of the year by Jus = : tice Dow! look into conditions § lertake om Surrounding towns lea consideratienr de in pad way learing out the rui was Ss of t-house. It {s generally be- bodies are still bur- € ruins in the cellar of the aaoreled Coroner Investigating. tof the bodies) Coroner Strasser ts making an in- preliminary to the official n that fe th y of them features vas the saddest picture I ever ron said. “No living soul It was simply Vhen the doors of the buildings were | thrown open to-day eucenisonen: & bases make a thor. s ato 1 | & look at the bodies in the h Se UB CNBR hat auecit a y the most horrible affair that sins tred in Baste! z eeacne Serna 8 Re) in Eastern Pennsyl- me ie sé all ner's attention was calied on duty ; that o!] lamps were used clei the opera-house in| n« nary illumination, He | ee a thorough in- t Is ! ‘ dead Ww 1 . ’ f th | graves, as ‘ those who took part in previ ace u ; nment, so far as can be| a : ai ied. This ts due to 1 cA by Mrs, Della M Leet 7 had a premonition that something | ‘ eH nee cast in the ball j Ait she said she feared | cla « vr 3 ss by ought to bea means | of jewe lot ind sald. The rear en- COTDSES. Was spoken of, and at her sug- While p attention w to tf the doors were taken off the | = r so that In cas of accldent | A vd asily be accomplished. | The Ailment: of Cartise, Pa} § uictum light, which | cause of the ¢ ape from the burn- staining severe “What You Want—\When You Want It—It Is” | although Fischer sai Jent to the c a cap on uilding. Mr. clum light was one of the tanks ut. This caused @ sharp re- 1 flash which startled the people Hence. to. my leak repa The Symptoms: A desire to go to work Longing for a competent worker. blowing port a in the a oD stu and finally ucceeded in an An idle search for a bi home, ‘ ‘i ‘ r Skirmishing about for bargains. . 1 eee Pate pumice. a Just ast A futile search for lost articles. ae Wines ee i foollan sation ies ing people 2 borrow { ° roughly htened and wile Askin people where to borrow] person on the stage caused the over-| money setting of the footlight lamps and the A vain effort to sell Real Estate consequent spread of the flames, which nothing could avert. Not until then did advertisement in The World and in two other papers. We were simply deluged with answers to arly seventy years old," she aid, “I have been in the entertain ment business for a quarter of a ¢ The World Adv., receiving some-} tury. ‘Thly terrible affair has blastod | thing like 900 replies, while the life, My poor sister was a lovely | TOTAL number of answers from | woman and an accomplished lectu the TWO OTHER PAPERS | in Monday's night's fro 1 ost § COMBINED was less than 25 ver J sorte of stereopticon pictures, acoumy- cent, of that number, and $40 worth of costumos, We ale This conclusively proves to says furnished costumes for the local our satisfaction that The World J ‘aient In tho towna tn whten we appear, | ———————————— ig the greatest advertising me- dium extant. Very truly yours, CAPRICORN CHEMICAL CO., 14 Lewington Ave, New York. The World Is Mother Earth’s First Newspaper. READING DECLARES PREFERRED DIVIDEND. PHILADREPHTA, Jan 16.—/the vant of Directors of the Reading Company, ata meeting this afternoon, declared the usual sem!-annual diyidend of 2 per cent, | gard to the alleged facts which caused Wi ident of t R. Montgomery, Hamilton Wa) ANE accused of overdrawing ! fon of Section No. 6 pre Mor tam gomery § account the bank in viol of the Penal Code The overdrafts occurred while Mr Montgomery was vice-president of the bank and in of the Bronx brane The bank presiient and the Criminal had been wa Courts Build several hours ! company with counsel, Howard ticipation of an indictment Gans, in He lost no time in giving himself up to ne District-Attorney Charge of Overdrafts. On Sept t is alleged in the indict- Mr. overdrt ment Montgom 2 he made of wit- on Oct A account $2 num erdraft of $12.9 nesses were examined in connection \with the Hamilton Bank su 1, cmon m Mr, gome! He thought he had explained the ove intil he to-day that t rec Grand Judy would take action against him. It has not been long since a crowd of Montgon ded neighbors in the ery’s Bronx, brass by a band, ser With Montgomery enaded him at his residence ¢ en the Mr. made a speech in which he pledged his Not and lauded n to skies. tears in his voice own ‘honesty long after the ser- Grand Jury sift Mr. Mo: th Bank, and the enade the began to ne de. ngs of e Hamilton indict- ments are the result Mr. happened while E. R. Thomas was con- nected with the Hamilton Bank, Montgomery's alleged overdraftr I desert my post and seek m: 3 s Ow The Remedy: | :s'es'in sn! : Montaomery Arraigned. Vict Proceedings in the Thaw trial The best recommendation of a med- J} Semis tere QutsofaTowns ia) | Svcer vaereaieiy | ten stint teeta ne is its universal usage, which 1 victims were not confined to! SEDs eae oe eee en means its proven effectiveness. if of Boyertown was shown by|ralgned before Justice Dowling thta 1 405 032 aieyia tay terre and carriages at afternoon. Through his counsel, Mr. } y forty teams rem = ; Pease ; ’ ’ Hangallealetoniiinhs tel aeaeisee Gans, tered a plea of not guilty, separate advertisements have been }jand the hostlers said they be! with the usual ervation of rights, printed i The World during the last }| persons residing within a radius of tiv Bat at $2,000 on each tn- year—1907 — | aliens oto i . Who drove to! dictment. W! H. Birkmire, of No. © place on Mone t 6 tness the produc he Scot- he 100 bo than in the Herald or any other | tish Reformation.’ {iton Bank, furnished the $5,000 bond. newspaper in this or any other Mrs, H, E, Munroe, of Washington, country, <a hor of the “Scottish Reformation, :| COURT APOLOGIZES TO MAN 0 was In Wilke re, Pa., when the| HE HAD ORDERED FROM ROOM amp e ure: ter happened, has arrived he In | PEIN MEIE 3 er room at the Union Hotel to-day s! NEW YORK WORLD; vas found plunged in grief over the los | Judge Rosalsky to-day declared trom We recently had occasion to} of her sister, Mrs, Della Mayers, the | the bench of (erin al Sessions that ho require the services of copyists | lecturer, tho ruln of her property, and | "84 Reni td ¥ onlay by Deputy in our office and we placed an | the calamity that has befallen the town. | Attorney-Gen IBEE AI ar ere Isaac Alexander, a spec: tator, from the court-room, Mr. P, mior! stated that Alexander had mad signs to a Juror slitting in the case of Anderson Lewis, charged with colontx- him to orde ling in the Seventeonth Assembly Dis- trict during the lust eleotion, “TD have went ward to Mr. Alexander Janda will apologixe for ordering lim sald Justice Rosa “Mie acts did not Warrant the assertions of the Attorney-General’s representative.” Mr. Palmior!'s charge of signalling caused 0 Rosaisky to discharge juror, After an investivatian the or to whom Alexander was said to uve motioned was reinstated and is again in the jury box, His name is Max Schiff, ‘The case was on trial ty- an | | | \Carries Her Through Flames to Roof CAPT. LANTRY SAVES HIS MOTHER FROM DEATH IN FIRE aneneeetnneetaege of Nearby House and Then to Street—She Refuses to Go to Hospital. Police Capt. Jonn J. Lantry rescued rang. Ringing for the reserves, he was mother, who is years old, 2 fflike a shot toward his home. Two m death by fire in a blase which|?,Ce* SWay he saw smoke coming i her apariments, ; first atreet, to-day. | » the apartments occupied by him- and.mother. al maids were runing down the started mysteriously at No, 33 East Fifty sali KS NOE THE ate eee ot | ies whieh the Captain entered the Br ene ; : building. As he opened the door a le Haat Fitty-frat street station, where /icioud/o¢ smoke almost knocked thim off ye commands, he rushed to the bulld-|his feet. He saw his mother prostrate ing, mounted the three flights of sts on a chatr. i cke up the uncons fous w n and Tie flames from the burning carpets arried her two fils to the roof and|ang curtains were creeping near her ver to safety ona nearby building. Hel feet, The fringe on a shaw! which then bri ht her tot ne eround flo puched the floor had ignited. The aged and called for an ambulance. | Woman was too frightened to speak Mrs. 1 hag re consclousne Lantry picked his mother up tenderiy a vd : > moan pite i tain | Mraperd her in a blanket and starte tay io Mie i rea 2s trip to the root of the adjoining} ant ottced that \*) building, His men stam ' if t 8 je amped out the about face an 1 blaze and saved the apartment Rea neg eet Alone in Apartment. \ al ee Mrs.| Mrs. Lantry was alone in the apart- S the nowpital,| Ment when the fire started, It ts PG actadwerainot serious. | though that she was enjoying an af- aken to the apartemnts Pianeta) ous eek heater Anjetne . where three doctors treated her | "0°! came too hot and ignited the ‘arpet and tassels of a curtain nearby. A crowd Mlected in front of the Her Clothing Burning. brother of Fire Com Francis J. Lantry. E was at his desk when tha alarm building, and when the aged woman r fused to be removed in the the Captain and mother were 0,000,000 4 YEAR TO BUILD BATTLESHIPS Roosevelt Approves Hobsor Continuing Plan Which Gives President Power, nbUlit roundly \ 5 PRISON OFFENS TO GAMELE CH RACE TRACKS Fine Would Amount to Noth- ing, Says Gov. Hughes, Who Has Turf Bills Revised. WASHINGTON, 15.—Congress- man Hobson had @ conference with President Roosevalt and on leaving the Witte House said he would have the President's support In behalt of a Dill he has nearly completed draft. (Spectal to The Evening World.) rr, ALBANY, Jan, 15.—The untl-race-track gambling bills have finally been put in shape to meet the {deas of Gov, Hughes, to-day, {sion for @ fine has been elim! ‘The pro yated, In order, as the Governor ex-| P| AEH “ 5 h provid far a co. laine afternoon, to make the Bills | 1Me | Pre! ntinulng naval effective. obo 5 SA hme. he waid, “would amount to| , M#. Hobson's measure wilt provide a for an annual agpeopriation of $0.00 noth 040, 000 to be expended in the manner to be j decided on each year by the President and experts of the navy for new bat- ‘Phe result of the chango is that vto- Jation of the laws wil de punishable by a term in prison. ‘ introduced ‘Assemblyman Hart two | tle-ships, subatitute race track bills to-day, elim-| The number and design of wiese aitps inating the fine, }to be built each year will thus be en- Stata Chairman ‘Tim''| tirely within the control af the Execu- Republican Woodruff has invited a number of leg- | tive. (slatra, many of them from Brook-| Inoidentally Mr. Hobson said that the lyn, to spend next Baturday and Sun- appropriation would be sufficiant to day at his Adirondack camp, Home Of | puild five battleships of the Dread- the Brooklyn members have declined | pought type eaeh year, or four of the the invitaion, ‘To quote one ef themi youn dosten, toget WwitheancaeS MY don't want to be Ued Up on Race | miored cruiser. He said he was in favor | track logislation, so I decided not to | of the consiruction of the largest ships | f | possible. on here what tr. | Se ee. AU at a baha ad MAURETANIA 8POKEN. Woodruff is apposed to the Governor's CAPR RAC ¥., Jan. 15.—The NOTTER IN Th SADDLE AGAIN AT NEW ORLEANS Gets Nie Home in First Mount After Two Weeks’ Suspension. Worl) 16. —With mile and a six fur Evenin La. Jan (Special to The ORLEANS, ent at on longs sprint that enlisted the services stake of horses that belong company to feature it, the programme at the Fair Grounds to-day was far above the aver- age for midweek racing stake number was the magnet, which is for hree-year-olds and upward, under sell- ing conditions. In the matter of welghts the pitch was low, and as a result horses that under a handicapping scheme would have been heavily bur dened were in with Mght imposts. In the matter of actual weight carried, Grimald! was at the top, with 0 pounds, simply because his owner val ued him more highly by $500 than did the owners of any of the others he The company engaged in the race was of first class and as it stood over night the race wa 4d enough to at- tract an extra foll to the cours: Phe sprint was for three-ve and st of th starting had previously shown to good advantage in ot stake distinction Weather conditions were much tm proved and this was rece as one of ery few really good days that lave n 1 for ra at toe ‘alr Grounds this seas Tn con quence the wed improve ment and ring a corre. sponding re tA > $4), four-year- ellin (Nc by en Ir and upw “Teles won ) « nna y_ Vine Topsy ran Robinsoi SECOND RACE—Purse $400, for f year-olds and up; Zive furlongs loquy, 110 (8. Heidel), 4 to 5, 1 out, won by half a length; Toy Boy, 103 (V. Powers), 11 to 6, 3 to 5 and out second; Momentum, 16) (Bruasell), 6 to 1, 3 to 2 and 6 to 5, third ime—1.02. High Class, Oconoomoo, Frontenac, Pity, pin, Allowma dorado. sum ome On Sam, fade and Morales also ran, THIRD RACE—Pu olds; six furlongs. ter), § to 6, 7 to 10 and 1 to 3, 1, length; St, Tlario, 108 (V. Powers), 5 to 1, 2 tol and 4 to Apache, 12 (W 9 10, 3. Time- Ott), 4 to 1, 8 to 5 and 1.1836, Polar Star, Youthful, Rural Boy, ®, T. Shipp, Dew of Dawn, Lotus Brandt and Tamara also ran, FOURTH RACE—$1,00 added; the Magnollg Selling Stake; three-year-olds and. upward; one mile.—Pedro, 10) (I MoCahey), 6 to 1, 2 tol and 4 to 5, 1 Notter), 6 by a head; Temaceo, 105 (A to 1, 2 to 1 and 4 to 5, 2, Hyperion 2 107 (J, Lee), 7 to 5. § to 6 and 1 to 4 8. Time—1.40 46. Miss Delaney, Hawkama, Halbard, Zipang. Sally Preston, Pase- dena and Grimald! also ran, —_—_.s— BROKER KIMBALL DEAD. Samuel tmball, who had been a momber of the New York Stock Ex cha 1838, died inst eventing afte is at h No. 2 We for a num with Charles 1 Broadway, eee CATARRH CONQUERED. 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Lis- tance Ros given tascatco vent cure It is universally admit te the only positive }for asthma known in this country to- Gay, and no otlier remedy has so large @ mumber of cura to lis credit.—adve +44 Writer of “Black Hand” Missives, Who Also Sent Them to Counsel and Jury, Is Captured in Court. ‘COUSIN OF PRISONER TELLS OF INSANITY IN FAMILY, Three of Father’s Blood Kinsfolk Died in Asylum—Doctors Put Records Into Evie dence — Witnesses Tell of Thaw’s Er. ratic Acts With Climax in Tragedy. Justice Dowling ordered the arrest this afternoon of a man wha said he was Cole White, and who has beer sending threatening letters to the Judge, jury and lawyers in the Thaw case. White was arrested by, Lieutenant Detective Peter Berry as he was about to send in a missive, impressed with a black hand, to Justice Dowling. The following are two of the letters sent by the crank to the Court: “New York, Dec. 30, '07.” “Judge V. C. Dowling. “Dear Sir: Nobody In fhe world knows why Stanford White lost his life. 1, Cole White, must know, or lose my life. Will you send me a card of admission to the trial, and send it to Cole White, care of General Delivery, New York City, at once, and oblige.” Inside the folded sheet was the inky tmprint of a hand. The second, letter red “New York, Jan. 15, ’08.” “Judge V. C. Dowling. “Dear Sir: | am the man, Cole White, who wrote you two letters and have received no answer. I am the Cole White who must find out why Mr. White lost his life or lose my own life, and will you see me and let me speak for a few minutes, and then you will know whether I am right or wrong. “Respectfully, )LE WHITE.” After the man was taken to the Tombs he was arraigned in the; Centre Street Court and committed to Bellevue Hospital by Magistrate j Harris. | Thaw’'s Cousin Tells of Three “| In Family Who Died Insane yers, completely unhinged an already - weak and uncertain mind. As each witness for the defense left Counsel for Harry K. Thaw managed this afternoon to get before the jury in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court verbal and written record of in-|the court he or she was served with @ sane ancestors of tSanford White's |subpoena by one of Mr. Jerome's process , ever servers, requiring the presence of the ‘Alfred D. Thaw, second cousin of the| witness here to-morrow. Several of the persons thus served became indignant. prisoner, brought from Richmond, Va., to testify, was the first witness of Taaw| They didn’t purpose to spend all their blood who has appeared in the case,|time dancing attendance on this trial. He told of the tnsanity of Horace Thaw. y had told all they kne nd they Other witnesses, ding officials of ed to be free, they said. But they asylums, read fre yrds and told of | will obey the call, use they must tal treatment of three other mem-| Alfred D. Thaw first witness rs of the prisoner's father’s family. |of the aftern lived at Previous to this, testt!mony was given| Richmond, Va., tending to showthat White's murder was reared: This , max of a long succession of er- pee acts, which became most eccentric | look at al just before the shoo He was One important wkness was the stew-}man of a : ard at the White Clud, wh Tv athletic Ir ‘ Suir played cards in the afternoon tmme-|good blue eye and a ed diately preceding the shooting. mustache. |v And there was a telep no operator] He was dressed as hefitte # in Up-toe who formerly was at a hotel where | date business haw had ar lived with Evelyn Nesbit before | rived fr moRiieennd urried the chorus girl. Their testi- | Mr. Litt mnt and | dealt mainly with seemingly | 0°? the first g ane un tha n things young Pittaburger | direct examir f the name of { ad done and sabi. Pouce a { ed with Harriet | Delaying Evelyn's Appearance. | Tr have met her. n admitted that he was! 2 ae fae s Ww rs lefendant's \ ey iw was the | 1 r My father | | thaw) Bp io) in Asylum he doesn't wat start ~ Jalientsta until he hus t Ore j Harry Thaw's lite they . hres 4 chapters to the p 6 alr. ‘Phew was teen the story which, acording to hie law: | was to ? ‘