The evening world. Newspaper, January 1, 1909, Page 1

a teal ——_————. FOWLER WINS MARATHON RCE NAST John J. Daly, of Irish-Amer- ican Club, Second and Hatch Third, wler, the Cambridge oaptur Yonkers A. A. Marathon race here a big fle covered t un utes 45 seconds Daly, the sturdy ru sh-American A C., was second, only hind the leader, with s Chicago, third onds. Eddie Carrol, of the Xaviers, fourth, ten yards behind Hatch The race was fast considering the con- ditions. The track over which the men Tan twenty-three miles was covered with straw and made haevy travelling for the runners, The crowd, were disappointed because Matty Ma- loney and "Jim" Crowley did not start, As the hands on the Hol pointed to 1245 P, M, May Yonkers, fired the pistol that sent away asixty-sever, runnere, Thousands of athletic devotees cheered the runners to the track, where the rest of the journey was to be run over the Empire City course, Not to be outdone hy the runners, tho | spectators did a Marathon for cars and other conveyancey to carry them to the | courne and when the runners enterod 2,000 were on hand to cheer them on ca they went by the stand on the frat lap, Mellor Held the Lead, “As lap after lup wan, no ‘ Bammy Mollor, the little veteran a Moroury A, C., who had ted the bun ree minutes be- | was wood clock fated, had negotiated ten miles tn the hour, with John Daly, of the and Fowler, of away, ANS From the tenth to the fftoonth » Fowlor and Daly would atoraa second position, The ft made tn 1.92 Aw the men cay t atretch for the slxteonth mile Rann Mollor way fallax beltad aptly was passed by fowler and Daly: 33 pa aon sow vt buy of | which numbered 3,000, | Warren, of |7 y nad | tn irculation Books Open to All.’’ y | “ Circulation Books Open to All.” | F | RESULTS EDITION (Ada ‘SCOTCH LASS WIS SHA ET Holiday Crowd on Hand at Southern Track to See the Races. RACE TRACK, SAVANNAH, Ga, | Jan. 1—The largest crowd that has out at the Savannah Jockey races were on the card, and special attractions were the New Year's Hand- féape bringing hlagsther aaleveniyitall fleld, and the Chatham Cup for nilemen riders. This evening Frank Nelson will ten- rand reception at the Casino members of tne club and the newspaper men, and New Year's Day will be vane long to be remembered. Father Bii" Daly and stable arrived this morning. Jockey Wainwright will Time—3 houra 37 sec-)not he allowed to ride here until hisy small chance to get well, M: | standing 1s O. K.'d by the Jockey Club, FIRST RACE—Selling; for four-year- jolds; six furlongs—Foxy Grandma, 115 | (Dube), 6 to 1, 7 to 5 and 1 to 2, frst; Revery, 7 (P ka), 9 to 6 1 to 2, and out, second; aka, 15 (McGuir), 6 to § 1 to 3, and out, third, Time—t.20, Benara, Leonard, Joe Hayman also ran SECOND RACE—Purse; mares three {years old and upward; six furlongs. — Scotch Lase, 106 (Murphy), even, 1 to 3 and out, won; Istria, 120 (J. Johnson), to 1, 6 to 2 and 8 to 6, second; Miss Tmogene, 106 (Young), 5 to 2, even and 1 to 4, third, Time, 1.18 2-5, Bosom Friend and Redemption also ran, THIRD RB. ‘One mile; selling.— Frank Lalor, (Mea even, 1 to 3 and out, 3 mons), 6 to Miss Mari: 1 and 2 to 4, Away, Rie- eadonnt and Vir T. also ran. -——> FELL TO DEATH IN SLEEP. Cab Driver Topplod Off Seat to the Pavement, t and Klghth ave fell off, lia afternoon a Ito wna taken to Haslem Hospital he (lod whortly uftor being: ad a HIT8 WAGON, MAN DEAD, *, forty-eig! avleep in 9 wagon whieh wes beng drivin oy Javed Haitreal, He was ly.n; Hohnelder. The driver and the horee eacaped ' $ track attended the races to-day. | * the bullding or ne BOY FATALLY “SHOT, LCCKED IN STRANGE ROOM Left There by Friend Is All | Dying Lad Could Say ' When Found. The tenants In the apartment-house at No. 208 West Twenty-elghth street are jexelted over the mystery of the shoot- | ing of a young man who was found In a | room in the bullding shortly before noon | to-day. The young man {8 now in Roosevelt Hospital with a platol shot wound in his mouth, and Dr. Monroe eayr Roth, who has a flat on the floor of the house, telephoned the Thirty-seventh street police station day asking that a man be sent around She told Pollceman Gerriky that she) had heard groans last night when she| arrived home, This morning the groana continued. The groans came from the room Immediately above her apartment and when she and the po- Neeman went upatatwy they found the door locked. It wae forced and Ger- tiky and the woman saw a young man lying on the floo’ He was fully dressed SSISISLASASASDAADALASDSDALL On the floor around him bits of con- feitl were atrewn ng if he had come in from a night of celebration with the crowds In the streets The boy wan #0 faint from lons of blood that he could barely gasp out his name, Sdouard Ghigno, his age, and his address, ore in Twenty-seventh streot, t he had been brought to the room at about 8 o'clock last night by friend Rore Levy, who has an apart. puflding, safd that the © boy was found had (for the last five months miant and his wife, and 1 jeoman found souventr postal; addrewset te “Mra Paulette Dantant’ in the room. Mra, Levy hasn't seen the Dantanty tn about a week and doesn't know whether they have lott ——$ Fine Sew Turk ow open at (be new ru + Ue Aratclase downtens estauiigaiveai. “idedera detail, and Turkien oa bon 11908 | The Worll’s Greatest Year! | T 234,598) 241,462) 244,981) 253, 864/264,473!285,828/290,485 —ESESESeeeeEeeEeaEaEaEE| SSS —————\\ NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1909. 1908 us A JHE net paid weekday circulation of The World, morning | | J WHAT DO THESE FACTS MEAN COMPARATIVELY ? than DOUBLE that of any other morning paper in Greater New York. Herald. Press and Sun COMBINED. City breakfast tables are WORLDS. vote for President in Greater New York in 1908. ‘PRICE ONE CENT. poner! wrens nen eer | edition, for 1908 averaged for the whole year 32,2361 | copies per day, all exchange, free and unsold papers deducted, an increase over 1907 of 20,012 PER DAY Na dae E. Nibry * alo My I Necig by wh Le nfrer Mren, Ke Pres bl rk Ree ‘ ry lf The World’s Net Paid Weekday Average for 10 Years (Excluding Both Evening and Sunday) 1903 | 1904 | 1906 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 303,670/332,349}352,361 Net Paid Increase in Ten Years, 117,763 Per Day! t: J. Amgue Shaw, Sec.-Ireas.; X. 11. Hoteford, Auditor, Gereer Sworn to before nie this Uist day of December, 1008, G. C, Flegel, Notary Public. Ist. That the net paid regular average City circulation of The World is more 2d. That it is five times as large as that of our esteemed contemporary the 3d. That it is as large as the city circulation of the Herald, Tribune, Times, 4th. That nearly one-half of all the morning newspapers read at New York That The World’s city circulation alone equals more than half the total 5th. The World’s Motto Published for the Last 20 Years: “Circulation Books Open to All.” The World’s Want Advertisement Record in Presidential Years: TOTAL PRINTED 1900---874,958 || 1904---928,643 || 1908---1,200,873 (No paper here or abroad equals this record of 1908.) 1883—Total Advertisements Printed in 25 Years, 21,610,843—1908 EF SHPS NOT TOL WE HESS Two Steamers Crowded With Survivors of Earthquake Are Missing, 8 O if Y (SDAA. AMERICAN VICE CONSUL AND FAMILY KILLED, Giant Wave Destroyed Home as Joseph H. Peirce and Rel- atives Were Escaping. A new tidal wae is reported to have swept the Stralt of Messina, and two steamers crowded with earthquake refugees are m.zsing. Ambassador Griscom has cabled The Evening World that so far as he can ascertain few Americans were Killed by the earthquake {n Italy. He has sent officers of the American Embassy to prosecute the search for ; missing ones in the stricken zone | Since Mr. Griscom sent this news it has been learned that American ea Consul Peirce and his fam!ly perished In Messina, King Victor Emmanuel and Quees Helene are still working in the ruing jalding the sufferers. The Queen re fused to leave the scene when urged to do so. The Duke and Duchess of Aosta are also doing much relief work. Emigrant steamers well stocked ‘with food are being used in caring for the survivors. The Italian Foreign Office says 100,- | 000 at least are dead. Tt is reported the King will urge that the earthquake zone be aban: doned by all inhabitants, Martial law has been proclaimed in and about Reggio, and ghouls are summarily executed. The King has {ordered 10,000 soldiers to Sicily to protect property. Pestilence threatens the devastated |area, and survivors are removed as | rapidly as possible. NAPLES, Jan. 1.—It {8 reported ‘here that another ,tidal wave has | awept through the Strait of Messina. Two steamers loaded with refugees vand injured persons were expected in here to-day have not yet been sighted, and fears are entertained for their |safety. The vessels may, however, « | have sought shelter at some one of |the islands along the coast, but the {efforts to locate them have failed, and in some quarters {t is feared that (SISSSSLSSSSSSLISSSLDSLASSSISIDSLDA AA they have been wrecked It {s {mpossible to verify this re- port Americans Killed. : It was learned conclusively to-day the former that Joseph H. Peirce, A can Vice Consu! at Messina, of hia family, and all the also lo the disaster, Tr as asleep when the first ¢ gto the , 8 is safe at first one ble shaking ‘old his wife {idren and er escape, th rushed {nto oom where the elder children leeping to arouse them, But the idal wave rushed in dod completed recital cousin of Mr. P Ni Mr. e younger QISDSISIAIAIADALIASA AAD A Sees