The evening world. Newspaper, June 23, 1908, Page 3

| { STARVING Gln SOUGHT DEATH GRAVESEND GAY Walked Water, but Tide Swept Her Out. Calmly — Into Sc reamed as CRIES BRING RESCU Pitiful Story Want and) Starvation Told by Unfor- tunate in Hospital. ot | | 4 and ema- | A girl of eighteen | elated to the figuro of a child, ts in the| Reception Hospital at Coney Island, where she was taken from Gravesend Bay at 2 o'clock this morning, after she| had made two attempts to drown her- self. She lost her nerve as she finally slipped into deep water, and her shrieks was! of fear startled all the dwellers along the water front | Gradually {s being drawn from the girl a story of want and starvation, | of days of fruitless appeals for work, | that even in these hard times has few | parallels that rise to public notice. | ‘nere was somet! tng in the snricks that shattered the stillness of Graves- end Hay at an hour when ail the resi- gents thereabo were in profound | sieep. ‘hey were inconerent shrieks of anguish that were construed in a dozen aimterent ways Men and women rushed from thelr cottages along ‘I'we econd avenue, | many of men carrying revolvers in the belief that some dreadful ¢ Was deing One of the three man boys—Kaymond, Willlam and who live on Cropsey avenue, | discharged his revolver, adding to the general panic. | Led Searchers to the Bay. | ‘ommt Above the shouts of inquiry and t cries of frightened women that rang throughout the section, the shrieks of the girl out in the bay continued, ands quickly led the searchers to the water | side. | The three Crossman boys were the first to reach the bei where the} stumbied ov a t ing. Then they made out above the| shining surface of the water, one hun- dred yards or so from shore, the white| shoulders of the girl, The young men| raced out through the shallow wat | and got to the screaming young wom- an, just as she was slipping down the steep shingle, where the shallow of sand ends abruptly. She went under as they drew near, but they snatched her quickly from the water and bore her ashore. She had swooned before they laid her out on the sand and in the rendering of first | aid it was found that she had swalhw- | ed a sr.all quantity of water, | It was mighty delicate work bringing the young girl around, for there was ecarcely anything to her, she was 80 wasted and shrunken, Lieut Fogarty who got to the bay with several police. men from the Bath Beach station, ai the Crossman boys carried the girl in| from the water, said that he feared every moment the frail little figure would go to pieces in his hands. She was clad only in a short chemise, but her outer garments were found on the rim of the beach. They were wet, showing that she had first entered the water with all her clothing on, and then returned and undressed before making the second attempt to kill her-| self. A Little Bundle Her “Trunk.” When she revived Surgeon Fisher, | of the Reception Hospital, was work: ing over her, and she mumbled to him, “My trunk Fogarty made a search and found a little bundle that contained | a single change of underclothing. He) carried this to the girl and she nodded and sald, “That's it.” One Sandwich in Three Days. She could not remember her name, when the _policeme: taiked to her, | Dut told them that she and her mother had tramped about from house to house for three days, seeking employ-| ment. In all that time she had eaten noth-| ing but a sandwich, that some woman had given to her. ‘No one would give her work as she had no references, and her only possessions were tue few gar ments ‘contained in the shabby little bundle. | Where her mother had gone to she did| not recall. ‘nat she had been starved | and scantily nourished for a long period was manifest to the surgeons who ex-| amined her. Her experience in the} water had done her no harm, other| than to add a dangerous shock to her @iready weakened condition. She sald she was elghteen; that some time ago she and her mother had been | turned out of their home. Since they had tramped along the beaches, sleep- ing where they could. Her mother had probably left her to beg food. She remembered only that he had suddenly found herself alone nd suffering. The water had called | her and she went In’? it. first. fully dressed. But the clo! & clung to her and, dragging her = own, frightened her. So she stripped =| tried it a sec. ond time. Finally fe had compelled | her to shriek. | Food is being give o her in small doses, and it is likely jat she will re- cover, Meanwhile tl police have en- | tered a charge of jempted sulvide | against her, and she 2 prisoner. ‘The mether has not been ird from ‘The girl is of me¢ hn height, haired and brown-ey She weigh leas than one hundred jounds. > +—— BODY LANDS AT GIRLS’ FEET. | tified Man Leaps From Fifth Floor Window to Street. The police concluded to-day that the man who leaped from the fifth story of the tenement, No. 66 East One Hun- dred and Seventh street, last night, his body landing within a few feet of Re- | becca Landis, Lillian Goldstein and Harry Bushbaum, of that address, flung himself from the window with suicidal | intent. i ‘His life was crushed out at the very young folks on ths stoop. tenants In the house know who’ was apparently about © years old. A steamship the a 4 ares ' family | bundle of cloth-| o99 st | Reid, ford, Lady Theo. Acheson, Miss Helen Post, Mr. Henry White, American Am- bassador to nee; Mra. and Miss White, Capt. and Mrs. Cleman, Com- mander and M Mr. J.’ Ridge- ley Carter iss Carter, Mr. | D. Oo. Mi Ogden Mills and Mi rs, Cavendish | Bent! . ai ‘ountess of Dudley, the Dowager Lady Dudley and | Wales w | Miss le of Lord Dud- ath Chapel. IN PRESENT fecomes B rin Royal 90,000, Nearly All European Rulers Send Tokens—Father’s Gift a Diamond Crown. LONDON ward and Q proval from their private gallery, Jean | Reid, daughter of Whitelaw Reid, the) June %%.—With King Ed Alexandra smiling ap-| American Ambassador to England, was ma-rled this afternoon in the Chapel | Royal of St. James Palace. to the! Hon. Jon Hubert Ward, brother of the 1 of Dudley, and Equerry-in-Wait- | ing to the King. | The ancient chapel, one of the tew remains of the old palace of the Tudors, in which Queen Victoria and several of her daughters were married, was prettily decorated with flowers for this, the most fashionable of recent wed- dings In London. A great crowd assembled in St. James Square to watch the arrival of the bridal party and the King and the Queen and other members of the royal) who, by their attendants at the chapel and the subsequent recep- tion at Dorchester House, the city res- | {dence of Ambassador Reid, paid a com- | pliment to the American Ambassador | dh daughter seldom accorded even te members of the English nobility. King Mingles With Guests. customary in the Church ef nd service, the officiating clergy- , acc panied by a surpliced chotr, the jal procession at the door id preceded it up the chapel, the cholr singing “Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us King Edward, who {s greatly pleased with the alliance formed by his favor- iquerry. was profuse in his congrat ulations to the bride and the bridegroom and their families. With Queen Alex- andra, the Prince and Princess of 8, and the Duke of Connaught, Majesty remained at Dorohester House for some time, mingling freely with the guests of the American Am- nassador. The presents were computed at $500,- | The Rev. Edgar Sheppard, canon of Georgia's Chapel, Windsor, where the King and Queen attend service when residing at Windsor Castle, offi- ciated. He was assisted by the Rev. William Grosvenor, rector of the Churoh of the Incarnation, New York, of which Mr. and Mrs. Reid have been; members for many years, an dthe Dev. Hiers Claughton, rector of Hutton Brentwood, a cousin of the bridegroom. | ‘The bride's dress was of aoft white| satin trimmed with old rose point lace| given her by her grandmother. The! fronts of the skirt an dwalst were prac- | tically covered with this beautiful lace which was caught up with tiny white rosebuds and orangle blossoms. The court train was of the same material as the dress, and like It_was trimmed with rose point lace. The veil, too, had a lace centre and edging and was held by a wreath of orange blossoms, Miss Jennie Crocker, of San Fran- | cisco, attended her cousin and was the/| only ‘bridesmaid. | Five Children Attendants. There were also in attendance five Uttle children, two boys and three girls, in quaint costumes of blue and white, taken from one of Reynold’s |famous pictures. The children’ were: Hon, Roderick Ward and Miss Marga- ret Ward, sou and daughter of the Earl and Countess of Dudley; the Honorables Nigel and Marion Giyn, children of Lord and Lady Wolverton, and Miss | James, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William James. Major George L. Holford, equerry-in- waiting to the King, through whomi the bride and bridegroom first met, sup- ported Mr. Ward, and the ushers were Messrs. Cyril, Robert and Gerald Ward, brothers of the bridegroom; Ogden Craig Wadsworth, Grant Smith and 'B. Sheldon Whitehouse. Among tose Invited to the ceremony | in the Chapel Royal were: All the Am- bassadors of foreign countries accredit- ed to the Court of St. James, Mr. F. B. De Bille, Danish Minister and dean of the ministers; the Right Hon, H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister, and Mrs, As- quith; Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State’ tor Foreifn Affairs; Sir Charles and Lady Hardinge, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Harcourt, Mr. A. J. Balfour, ex-premier; Lord and Lady Lansdowne, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, Lord and Lady Londonderry, the Misses Helen and Kate Bryce and Miss Stoyl Doug- las, of New York; Lord and Lady Gos- Lord and Lady Wolverton. Old Silver Among Presents. Seldom has a bride been the recipient | of a greater or more beautiful lot of wedding presents. There were many | handsome and costly pieces of jewelry, | ic-a-brac and hundreds of other ar- | les. The Prince and Princess of among those who gratified she couple's love of old silver. ‘Th Royal Highnesses sent a splendid se of old silver sauce dishes. The t t Rarl and Countess of Dudley sent a set of | Dua- Silver dishes: the Dowager Lady while | ley, 2 set. of silver flower bow! Mr. Ward's brothers and his only sis- | ter, Lady Wolverton, added other handsome. pleces, all of the period of George IIT, Notable in a great collection were a necklace of carved emeralds and sap- phires, a copy of an ancient Oriental hecklace from Mr. J. P. Morgan: lia- mond comb, Mrs. W. D. Sloane. of New York: diamond hair ornament. Mrs. Twombly, New York: silver tay, Mrs, Hay, Washington; diamond and emer- ald corsage piece, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Mills; diamond drop, Mrs. Russell Sage: amethyst and diamond brooch, Lord Rosebery; gold tea caddies of the pe- rlod of ‘George [. Lord and Lady Mount Stephen: silver breakfast set, fra. Charles B. Alexander: allver tea | and coffee set. Mrs Boardman, of| Washington; diamond and pearl | pin. Mr. and Mrs, W. W. Astor; sapphire and diamond. pin, Mrs. J. J. Aator: | gold cups, Lady Barrymoe: Haley Aine cups, tha Secretary of State and Mra. Reot: pearl and diamond ring, Jennie Crocker; fitted travelling ag. Mr. Templeton Crocker; sliver gilt | tea set, Mr and Mrs Joseph Grant: fitted travelling bag. Sir John end Lady | Lister Kaye, gold purse studded wit sapphires, Mre, Cornelius Vanderbilt. THE EVENING WORLD. TUESDAY, ‘American Ambassador's Daughter Wed, With King and Queen Guests )7 ORIER OF MEAT PRINCE DE SAGA RENOUNCES FAT Changes Religion and Vainly Seeks Method for Hasty Wedding. LONDON, June 2.—Prince Helle de Sagan spent his first morning in Lon- don making a tour of the registry of- fices In an endeavor to discover a loop- hole by which his marr! age with Mme, Gould could be carried out without that delay which under the law of Eng- land usually accompanies such cere- mon At all the registry offices he got the response that the only means to avold a fortnight’s residence here before mar- riage {s the special license that can be issued by the Archbishop of Canter- bury. As Mme. Gould !s divorced tt is not believed that this license can be obtained. If {t develops that they can be mar; | ried only under the ordinary license the Prince will take up his residence here for the necessary fifteen day's, to comply with the legal formaltt These in- clude a statutory declaration before th. French Consul-General here to the et- fect that all the formalities of the French law have been complied with ‘The Prince is wrted to have changed his religion from Catholicism to Protestantism in order to marry Mme. Gould. It is declared that after the welding they will retire to the German estates of the Pri ———.____ MASSACRED BY CANNIBALS. Portuguese Gul! volt Decapitate Their Victi LISBON, June 23.—News has been re- ceived here of a re Guinea, On the Island terior posts have been ¢ nin, set- tlements have been destroved’ and Buropeans have been killed or carried into captivity The Portugu refuge at Bisse rounded | A Fre arrived for tho prot subje: “ A chief of the Coulage the revolt by selzing a seven Portuguese trooper them and displaying thei poles. A The natives are cannibals —_—— JAMES BURDEN SERIOUSLY ILL FROM CHICAGO HEAT. CHICAGO, June %.—James Burden, of New York, who came here to attend the Republican National nvention. is In @ critical condition as the result of being overcome by the heat Seven deaths and many were reported, A mad dok § prostrations are spread through the city, and the Chief of Po lee ordered that all unmuzgied dogs be shot. A similar Was issued In the suburb of Morton Park, where forty ' dogs were kil! OCEANIC NEARS PORT. SABLF ISLAND, N.S. J White Star line steamer Southampton for New communication with the M tion here when 524 miles Hogk at 717 A. M. about noon Wednesday. She will probably! CAUGHT AS MASHER IN CENTRAL PARK Silas Swift Arrested After a Chase on Complaint of Miss Ruby Hunaker. Miss Ruby Hunaker, a pretty fifteon- year-old Kentucky girl, was complain- ant to-day in the Yorkville Police Court against Silas Swift, who said he lived at No, 1153 Madison street, Brooklyn. He ts twenty-three vears old. Miss Hunaker is visiting a married , Mrs, Jaffey, who lives at No. 474 bus avenue. This morning she for a walk in Central Park. At Seventy-seventh street, near the West | Drive, she saw Swit peering at her) from a clump of bushes, She says he | ran out and spoke to her, | Miss Hunaker uttered a scream that) heard by Mounted Policeman rank Sullivan, Two other officers | aiso heard the screams and hurried to the young lady's assistance, Swift led) them @ qhase for a quarter of a mile) through the bushes and trees in the! park, and was finally caught near the ss Cottage | Miss Hunaker was a close second to| who was the first to lay itt hletic and robust looking, vas pretty badly frigh by experience in the park, | he long chase after the fleeing Silas] did not serve to add to her composure, Magistrate Barlow decided to post-| e case to allow all the parties rned to recover from the effects) the chase. Colum went of —>_____ HINTS AT POISON. Serious Sugmestion in Anti-Race | ‘Trnek War at New Orleana. BATON ROUGE, La, June 23—An announcement to-day by J. J. Me- Laughlin, chairman of the New Or- Jleans Anti-Race Track League, put an | unusual phase on the Illness of Senator Smart, whose absence was one of the ises for the Locke bill failing to nator Smart was taken violently {ll Immediately after dinner last night, and Mr. McLaughlin said that attending physicians thought the attack might be duo to “some foreign substance, which resembles poison very much." Formerly called Post Cad Manna Toasties JUNE 23, 1908. Leader ot Women BUTCHERS CLOS ~~ SUFFRAGTTES One Brooklyn Dealer Clubbed Into Submission With His Own Sausages. |STRIKE ON HIGH PRIC ‘Determined Women in Face of Police Campaign Against Increase. At least one Brownsville reta!! butch- er knows the fury and consequences of defying the Intrepid band of women strikers who are parading the streets of Brooklyn's ghetto district. | More than one hundred of these bare- headed, poorly-clad but stout-hearted strikers invaded the well-stocked store of A, Etwitz, on St. John Place, near Ralph avenue, about noon to-day, seiz. | ed long strings of bologne sausages and | lverwursts, and commanded Etwitz to close. When he refused a volley of sausages and meats were aimed at his! heed, Finally, his volce was heard above the confusion of fleeing custom- too. His curtains ferings have driven her to a final ef- fort. Not Daunted by Police. ‘he chief of t meat suffragettes” Etwitz made good, were drawn during the rest of the day. Other butchers, more versed in 1 ways of women, promptly capitulated ia Mrs. Bessie Perlmutter, of No. 45 on demand, Howard avenue, wile of a cabinet With flying banners bearing Inscrip- maker who has been idl winter, tions, “Death to the Meat Trust" and per Sree are Pern a re No. “Crackers and Cheese, but Nota Bite| iti warz) of No tu Howarl a of Meat,” the campaign of the Browns- and ars. Josepn Golding, of No, Howard avenue. Despite the pre: avenue police reserves, ville women opened in earnest to-day when sixteen shops closed on the ap- ce of the Liberty tees, numbering more than women, are recetved eac tailing ‘the progr one hundred Tho streets are jammed with excited hour, de- groups of strikers and sympathizers. Reserves from every station in East) js from here that Mrs. Perlmutter hur- New York see on the scene, but, strange | ries speakers to revive discouraged enough, are much in the background, | Women and sends out words of cheer Stern-faced little women are gaining | ‘°.tg°a pent to the death,” bitterly recruits by the hundreds. Mass meet-| declared the little chieftain of the ings have been held and others are) strikers to an Evening World reporter planned, and it {8 likely that violence to-day. “This is not a time for oratory, will follow tn the wake of those low or us, rather than subject our necks to meat rate marchers if they are opposed. | this unbearable voke. In & word, the most remarkable | | “Here are our plans: We demand that ‘4 every retail butcher in Brownavile Now Tork wtviecs ty cro ene ory ect | clone his shop. The retailer charges New York strikes {s afoot, and by night | ys 18 cents a pound for meat, an in- will in all probability have extended to| crease of four cents, which, ‘Heaven Manhattan's great east side, where, it 1s stated, 100,000 more women ‘in sym- pathy with their Brownsville sisters are ready to join the original 1,200 of | close, the wholesalers can't dispose of | thelr meats. In consequence, they will have to sell to the retailers at lower prices, which we may meat. Can Stand No More. | Brooklyn, Already committees com- posing half-fed and idle husbands are| "Understand though that white we oareea M {alm the retall men, our attack is scurrying about Manhattan as mission-|Agtingt the wholesalers or the trust, We are destitute now. Our husbands |nave been idle for months. We have | suffered and can stand more, We can't |pay more for meat. Every one of us The spark of revolt which was set ablaze Sunday morning when an aged woman was literally thrown out of a has pledged ourselves to eat bread, butcher shop because she protested| cheese, milk—anything but meateean against paying 18 cents for a pound of | summer If necessary, but we'll win it it costs half our lives and the lives of our fam It's time we protected ourselves. including fat and bone, flame Monday when chuck steak, |burst into a full her incensed friends collected on al!” irs, Porlmutter’s eyes flashed resolve street corner and swore to avenge the|and her words spoke conviction. Hers magnetic personality. Each time act. In a small fe matron, hardly en weep and cheer al tured, dark eved young out of her teens, but er blindly, the of parad O- velv her whole aystem aflame with indiana |, Chora closed thelr doors: Phe Duke tion and determination, the strikers | ers really sympathize with thelr cuss Will Be seem to please all. [‘The Taste Lin-ers.” Packages, two sizes, 10¢. and the. Made by mpany, Limited, Mich, Postum_ Cor: Tal K. BS N Fight Increase ia BH 2° steat JUMPED ROM | force them to maintain high rates. | |have a worthy leader of their caus ers and excited strikers. Around her centres the remarkable “Ach, yes, yes; I close. Sce, see, | bellion the campaign is ‘ a xeneral exhorting and com- don't throw my sausages about. Timanding when necessary. with the skill yes, I am closed. and confidence of one Whose long sut- | the insurgents | jPearance of the little army at thelr have established headquarters at the | doors. home of Mrs. Jennie and Ida Hendie- man, of No. 1763 Prospect’ avenue, Threaten Violence. where reports from a dozen commit: of the struggle. It | but we'll dle, every mother’s daughter | knows, !s too much. Once the retailers | ery one of the army of | ee] LER AND 4 FOUGHT ASCUE \Taken Into Small Boat, Man Crazed by Heat Sprang Out Again. | (Spectal | PROVIDED to The Evening World.) CHE Re I June %—In a Ife and death struggle off Execution | Rock, in Long Island Sound, Charles | Evans, a Norwegian sailor, crazed by | the Heat and the Jibes of fellow-pas- | sengers on the Joy liner Edgemont, | fought desperately against his rescuo | trom suicide by Mate Willis D. Todd, lof the steamer. He was finally saved, |as the strength of both men was nearly exhausted. Evans made two attempts to end his life, first leaping from the steamer's | rail, and, after being taken in by a | boat from the Execution Rock Light- |house, again jumping into the water when he saw the liner’s boat headed | for him | He was brought to this city to-day jin irons. The police declined to take | charge of him, and he was taken back | to New York to-night. Evans has been lodging at No, 128 West street, New York, Last April he was mate of the schooner Altana M. Jagrer, the master of which, Capt. Au- gust Andeison, of Long Island, jumped overboard and was drowned here after tho schooner had bumped into three vessels in the Providence River, tomers, but protest that increased prices | More than 1000 persons of ordinary circumstances make up the population of Brownsviile. Aroused by the women./ yang sald he was Possessed by an great numbers of these are lending) uncontrollable impulse to follow in the thelr afd to the movement. footsteps of Capt. Anderson, MORGAN GAVE HIS NIECE TO HUSBAND |500 New Yorkers Saw Bank: | { er’s Relative Married—Gifts Worth $50,000. Telephone Run Your: Errands It will save you much valuable time and contribute greatly to your comfort. TUXEDO PARK, N. Y., June 3— Many well-known New York residents Journeyed to Tuxedo to-day to witne! the marriage of Miss Ursula Jullet | Morgas, daughter of Mra. John D. | Morgan, of New York and niece of J. | Plerpont Morgan, to the Rev. William | Fitzsimon, rector of St. Mary's Epis- }copal Church The ceremony was performed in the church of which the Rev. Fitastmon 1s jrector by the Rev. Herbert Shipman, of |the Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York. ‘The bride entered the church on the Jarm of her uncle, J. Plerpont Morgan, who gave her away. Among the guests | were all the Tuxedo colonists and about |500 trom New York, Mr, and Mrs. Fitz Simon will prob- jably leave Thursday for Europe with Mr. Morgan on the Deutechiand, The wedding presents are sald to be worth more than $50,000, and besides De- tective Doolady, of the Central Office, known as the "Society Detective,” the! MEW YORK TELEPHONE OO. 15 Day Street Coward Shoe Vacation Footwear Whether your feet turn toward seashore or moun- tains, we have the right Coward Shoe for every oo were a dozen sieuths from ae’ privat agency engaged to ruand them. Mr. Morgan and family went to Tux- yesterday for the ceremony, among in the party being Mr. and Mra, Morgan, Miss Anna Morgan’ and Here Dbili West 23d Street An Announcement of the greatest interest To Women of Fashion The Directoire Gown (Sheath Skirt) At present the most talked about Costume of two Continents Costume Section—4th Floor To-Day and To-Morrow on Madame DeJoire, who lately a arrived from Paris for this particu- lar purpose. oman's attire, bert 1... Satterlee and Mrs, SatterMe, who {@ Mr. Morgan's daughter, casion. Natural-foot-line-lasts in russet, vici kid, calf and patent leather, in styles.and sizes for men, women and children. psborn GARMENT SHOP, SOLD NOWHERE ELSB, JAMES S. COWARD, 268-378] Grecnw leh St: N.Y. HN EPEK 230 and 481 Fifth Ave. NEW YORK. Very fine Thread Stock- ings, with garter ions spiendt qual- ! ity, In black, whit . and tan, Value, $1, Peck & Peck Spec al, $8 a dozen; pair 69e Bright Thread slik Stockings, with cotton soles In black, white, tan and all new shades, Value $2. Peck & Peck Special, $1.19 | in Q. What {s better than a World Advertisemer A A three-time tlsement. Demonstrated June 24th World Adver- A cordial invitation is ex- tended to every woman to see a Gown of Fashion ACA whch would seem to be tisement the forerunner of a com ges" Inquire About Rates on e revolution in Three and Seven Time World Advts. better than a Advertisement? What is still World a) three-time 4 World Adver- seven-time ve