The evening world. Newspaper, July 8, 1911, Page 10

“ALLNEWS TOME,” SAYSHUSBAND OF ETHEL BARRYMORE Russell Griswold Colt Excited- ly Declares He Knows Noth- ing of Suit for Divorce. WORKING AT HIS OFFICE. That’s Why He Is Not on Tour With His Actress Wife, He Says. Russell Griswold Colt, the husband of Bthel Barrymore, declared to an Even- ing World reporter to-day that the re- | port that his actress bride of two years was about to sue him for divorce was news to him. The young man, who !* heir to many millions, was seen at the office of H. L. Horton & brok- ers, No. ® Broadway, In which concern he bas a large interest don't know anything about all this,” he said excitedly. “I dont want to talk about it. It is all news to me. She didn’t notify me of anything ike th ‘You don't know, then, that a mes- senger is on the way with the papers?" Vas asked. (‘Why should they replied Mr. Colt. “Why should they come any way? I don't know. The fe not a word of truth in all this stuff about our having a row in New Ore Co., ‘ome that way? Jeans. And as for my not going along | on Mrs. Colt's Western tour, my business here to look after. Give some time to my business. No! ‘hat Is absolutely all I have to say. "The news that Ethel Barrymore had Begun laying her plans to divorce her big athletic husband was contained in despatches from Los Angeles, where ahe 1s now sojourning. 4ACK BARRYMORE DECLARES HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT. Jack Barrymore, when seen at summer home in Rockville Centre, L. to-day, expressed complete surprise the announcement that his siste: was ringing divorce proceeding: ll news to me," sald the young, ‘Personally, I don't believe it, though it may be true. I have not seen Mthel for three months and have heard Practically nothing from her. She has been touring out West. I knew Mr. Colt Was not with her, but I thought he had remained in New York for business rea- sons, I saw lim only a week ago and «he seemed perfectly cheerful and happy. “In my op:.ion this thing will be big @ surprise to Colt -* it was to me. It certainly e not true that my brother Lionel and I urged Ethel to take this step. I Introduced Mr, Colt to her and have the highest regird for him. A special messenger is understood to be on his way to New York from Call- fornia with all the n ry Papers for the sult, and is due to-morrow. The sult is expected to be filed here on Monday. NEW YORK SOCIETY WONIAN WILL BE MENTIONED. A woman's name will be mentioned in Mt—she 1s said to be a New York so- ciety woman, but her Identity is car fully guarded, It is unde od Mi Barrymore will ask a property settle- ment from her husband of $250,00 on behalf of herself and their son, now a year and a half old. She !s staying at the Hotel Holly- wood, In the foothills, while filling an engagement a: the Mason Opera Hou im Los Angeles. She is said to nave decided on a post-season engagement on the Coast after her reguiar Western tour in order to be far from New York when news of her action became known. She is with Miss Drew, daughter of John Drew, her uncle, and according to despatches has refused to be Inter- viewed or issue any statement about the case. There were many in the theatrical world who to-day professed not to be surprised. They declared the beautiful young actress and ver husband had been drifting apart since soon afte: thelr baby born. QUIT WHITE LIGHT DISTRICT AFTER HIS MARRIAGE, *¥oung Colt is suid to have veen seen fen during the past few wonths tn the White Light L & which he ens tirely forsook for a time after his mare The baby is with ity moth Barrymore, accompanied Drew, went in an auto: & remote magist I have his by ovile to a few days ago to , sign the neces papers and make the sMdavits ho her special m ‘wenger is rushing here to file. ——_— ATWOOD’S FLIGHT DELAYED. ‘Trip to Washingto: ATLANTIC CITY, July &—There will be no aeroplane fiight to Washington to-day by Harry N. Atwood. The ma- chine that Charles K. Hamilton tele- graphed for last night has not yet ar- rived and probably will not be here un- +l late this afternoon After Atwood's bipiane had been dam- aged by its plunge into theocean yes- terday Hamilton wired for his machin and it ls being brought hate by automo- bile. Hamilton said that bad roads Caused the delay in its arrival here. Hamilton announced at. 3.10 P. M. that Atwood and himself would try to make @ start for Baltimore and Washington some time to-morrow —_>— ROCKEFELLER BEGINS SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR. ! CLEVELAND, ©., July &—John Dp. Rockefeller's seventy-second arrived to-day, but he did not celebrate it in any way hie house on the Forest Played some golf and ate his birth dinner with his family. cplient health 1 must | birthday He sat on the porch of Hills estate, | y | about to jum He is in ex- Bessie at th | | A may a THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JULY LONGING. | WOMAN LEADS BATTLE TO SAVE. 10,000 BABES | Dr. Sarah J. Baker Has Charge of 320 Doctors and Nurses | in Crowded Districts. That the excessive infantile mortality Of the past few days would have been materially lessened if the roofs of tae 600 and more schoolhouser in the city had been open to mothers and sickty babes for breathing places, was the declaration made to-day by Dr. Sarah J. Baker, chief of the division of child hygiene of the Department of Health, the aggressive and business-like little woman who has charge of the campaign to save the lives of the infants strug- sling for existence in what the eociolo- gists delight to call the “congested dis- ‘The achoolhouses are closed all sum- mer.” said Dr. Baker, “when they should be open to the public at lars’ It I had my way I would have a place provided on the roof of each bullding where mothers could take their infants for a breath of fresh air away from the fetld atmosphere of the tenements, I would have the grounds of these schools thrown open to the boys and girls for play purposes, too, I wouldn't let tho school buildings go to waste for two precious months as we are doing now." Urider Dr. Baker's directions a corps of 138 nurses and 160 physicians have been Iaboring overtime during the past week to alleviate the misery brought by the hegt to the 10,00 babies under thelr observation. The system of or- ganization is so perfect that a complete report of the exact dally condition of each child ts on file in the Health De- partment. HAVE THE CARE OF _ 10,000 YOUNG BABIES. The nurses and the physicians are those used during the winter time in the work of school inspection, Tnis summer the nurses were sent into tho districts where the number of births | and deaths had been the highest fur the past year, These were in che tene- Hent house neighvornouds, as a matter of course. Hach nurse was furnished with a ist of all babies born in her district sine Jan. 1 ingest bables w euler w vitality during the ho onthe, ‘Paese nurses have since & visiting the homes of e mothers of each of these babies pre than 10,000. in At gasi once y ten) days, and if there | e any: siguy Of Lines, e physicians are called In when needled Prevention {# the wa d hygiene workers. [the mothers in t ca proper methods of , clothing and bathing, so that Illness may be warded off. They are educators as well as min- jaters to suffering and misery aword of the They instruct e of infants, in In addition to this work the depart- ment maintains thirteen milk sta where Pasteurized milk 1* sold for seve cents a quart. It has also perfocted an organization of all the agencies supplying Pasieurized mille and thus prevented a duplication of eff and by a co-ordination of Jnbor brought wbout excellent results. |quarters of the city, s big gang of Hulians was at work, John McMullen of No. 169 South | wiven treatment, HINTS FOR MOVHERS ON CARE OF BABY |, IN HOT WEATHER || Clothing—During very hot days or if the baby h. fever, @ muslin slip or gauze shirt is enough cloth- ing. A baby with fever will wot |) catch cold. ! Bathing—A baby should have one tub bath every day, and in very warm days from $wo to, four General spongings with cool water. || cool water every two or three |j hours and place cool, wet cloths on ite head. Fresh air—Babies must have fresh air. Keep the baby in the |! largest, coolest room in the apart- ment. Leave the windows open day and night. Avoid the sun. Se- |! of the street ana || the shade of the parks, recreation |! Piers and roots. Bleep and quict—Keep the baby quiet. Let it sleep alo: and let 't possible. Lay it jot om feather pil- lows. Keep the baby and bedciothes clean. , HORSE-GAR STEED STARTS A RIOT BY | BUMPING INTO MEN Laborers Mob Driver When They Are Disturbed on Crosby Street. One of the old-time horse cars that excite so much wonder among strangers | visiting New York Ipitated a riot this afternoon at 2 ck, ‘The city of where somewhat tugging cars of ly retegated to the ams in i is repairing the pay street and at Spring st ancient s egular pe now gs the owl lunch emy Crosby | the tr: the pass at intervals mote Eighth street, Brooklyn, drove the reli early Whitney days. Just as the car came to the corner eight Italians of the approached, carrying a thirty-foot beam. a horse of the car struck the beam, knocking over two of the work men. Ove had his hip and arm hur the other his hip and head cut, The gang earrying the beam fell into the street with their heavy burden, Al- most instantly there came a rush and a shout, The entire street force, led by Lulgi Grego of No, 211 Kast Ninety- seventh Street, attacked the driver, Grego hit MoMullen with a pick handle, Sergeant Sullivan and Poli man McGrath ran from the Mulberry street station and beat back the mov, When they rescued McMullen they called an ambulance from St. Vin- ceut's Hospital and the wounded were around MeMuilen had Gr sO arrested on the —— WANTED TO GO TO MEXICO. y Walked 1 of the Way It Yew Hamp: re Footsore and sfter a tramp from Lynn to Boston, and tired out riding the bumpere of a “retahe cart Boston to New Yo , fifteen years oll, of Love wat Jed in Childre to the care his 1 rents ymin To Chief Justice Russell he told his story of wanderin t the y for three montas a leavin “I beard of the war in Mex and that rs. Sol di far as 1 visited necretary Job asad even ad nagan who told 4 my railroad us he train at foot of ‘Nii | deavor to « to Mexico, .| ON CONTROLLER BAY AFFAIR, charge vf agsuult. The car driver was roughly handled and would probably | have been killed but for the arrival of | the police, _—— ~~ WANT FACTS FROM TAFT ne toto tur him 1 n of New York, 4 “secret veent of the Gaggeahetm syns retary of Inte Chanes P, Vatt, the Presidaat’s & regaii- ing contro! of iand» surrounding Con troller Bay, Masks, wis introduced to day by t tive Cox of Indiana, 4 Democrat The ttouse Comuntt\ee on Expenditures in the Interior Department at a 1 ting to-day decided to conduct an} stigation into the Controller Bay | matter. ‘The inquiry will begin Monday, A subpoena was issued to Commissioner Dennett of the General Land Office, e Seashore ‘and after Aug. 1 all SPLASHING. + BYCITVBLREAL Notice on the Farmers of | Jersey and Virginia. Commissioner Walsh of the of Weights and Measures has served notice on produce dealers and commis: | sion merchants throughout New York City, as well as upon farmers through- out New Jersey and Virginia, that on/ Potatoe barrels must be up to the legal stand In a letter directed to the dealers, he s:ates that on and after the date mentioned he “will enforce Section 395A of the Code of Ordinances and bi of the City of New York, und Sections 6 and 9 of the Consolidated Laws, Gen- eral Business Laws of the State of | New York relative to the sale of pota- | toes in the City of New York.” The law provides as follows: “A barrel of pears, auainces or pota- toes shall represent a quantity equal to one hundred quarts of grain or dry measure. A barrel of apples shall be of the following dimensions: head diam- er, 17 1-8 Inches; iength of stave, 28 1-2 | inches; bulge, not less than 64 inches; | outside measurement, to be known as the standard apple rrei, Or, where the barrel shall be made straight or pout @ bulge. it shall contain the mber of cuble inches as the | apple barrel. Every person buying or selling apples, pears, quinces or potatoes tn tis State by the barrel, shall be understood as referring to the | quantity or size of the barrei specified | in this s jon, but when potatoes are £0) by weight, the quantity constitu. ting @ barrel snall be 174 pounds. erson shall make, or cause to be made, arrels holding less than the quantity herein specified, knowing or having reason to deileve that the same are to be used fr the sale of quinces, apples, pears or potatoes, unless such barrel is niy marked on the outside thereof h the words ‘short barrel’ In letters of not less than one inch in height." Bags, foo, must confor to the Code of Ordinances of the City of New York. none being used, under penalty of SiO fine, which are not labelled on the out- #lde of bag or sack with the net weight of the contents. “We have done away with the use of short measure bushel baskets by Long Island farmers selling thelr products in New York City," said Commissioner Walsh, “and now we will do away with short measures of potatoes elsewhere. ‘The law will be enforced with regard to other commodities as they come into the market in their seasons, <> PROVIDES FOR OLD SERVANT. Mra, Same to Vari lerrman The will of Esther Herrman, who died July 4 at her home, No, 6 West Fitty- sixth street, was filed for pprobate {n the Surrogate’s office to-day, An Income of $2 per month from an investment of $7,000 set aside in the will is to be paid to Elizaveth Brown, the testator’s faithful colored servant, during her lifetime. Mount Sinai Hus- pital, the Hebrew Benevolent Orphan Asylum and the Hebrew Technical In- stitution, get $1,000 each: the Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews, United He- brew Charities Society, Sorosts Club of New York City for Philanthropic Work, Yew York Medical School and Hospital for Women, New York Skin and Cancer Hospital, the Charity Organization, the Free Synagogue and 8t. John's Guild each Ket $00, The testratrix also bequeathe $100 to | Baptist h, of whic + to be *distri- Commander Bellaire Marries Mra. | Horatio W. Garrett at Law- rence, L, Command tarivon Wilfroy Bellairs vf the Koyal Navy a former member of the Brit!sh Parliaient, ane Mrs, Hora Ho W, Garrett were married to-day at Lawrence, {4 I. the Lome of the bride's parents, avd Mrs HL. Pierson Commander Hellatrs 1» « son of Lieut.- Gen, Sir William Poilairs, and well known as 4 naval critic and weiter. They will ltve at Clevedon, England. (OP ap GR TAS IRSA COGN CENT CT TT ANA A NER —--- SHORTPOTATO. | BARRELS BARRED. | extract nureh, | AKING PIE HURT TINKERING WITH DYNAMITE | kers Youths Tried to Ex- tract Copper Wire Bureau | | Two nineteen-year-old boys tried to | he copper wire from a bag) of dynamite cartridges in the woods on | Hil avenue this afternoon, There was a terrific explosioh which so badly injured the two that at St. Joseph's Hospital it is sald they will probably die. They will both lose their e: in the event of their recover; their faces will be terribly ite. The explosion uprooted a number of trees and tore a deep hole in the ground. When the boys were found, they were lying about sixty feet apart, the bodies having been blown chere by the force of the explosion. ‘The injured young men are Walter McIntyre of No. 145 Beech street and Nathan Lake of No. 18 Poplar street, both of this city. Just where they got the dynamite cartridges the police have| not been able to learn as yet, but they are inclined to believe they were stolen, ‘The boys are known to the police, both having been rested for minor crime: say they found about fifteen that had not exploded, and they give as thelr opinion that about ten of the cartridges must have ex- ploded. —_ 40 U. §. MARINES KICK ABOUT FOOD; QUIT NAVY-YARD Also Disgruntled Because Pay- master Wouldn’t Pay Them Before the Fourth. Because they got mutton, potatoes and | {ce water for thy = Fourth of July dinner and couldn't persuade the Paymaster to come across with their pay so that they could celebrate Independence Day with Proper eclat, forty of Uncle Sam's ma- rines have deserted, ‘The forty vanished marines belong to @ batch of 20 who came back from Guantanamo two weeks ago. They ame back sore over the treatment they got In the tropics and they grew more and more disgruntled as time went along. According to their fellow marines who did not desert the chief grievance has been over the style of food served in the barracks, ‘The climax] came when the chef put out the alim-| mest Fourth of July dinner in the memory of the oldest man in service, There was no entree and for desert only a slim, pale piece of ple per man. ‘The grumbling was widespread when the men left their ta and it in- creased when they learned that the navy yard paymaster would not let them have the four months’ vay that | was coming to them. They didn’t get their pay till Thursday, on which day four non-commisioned officers and| | thirty-six men took it on the elusive hike, If the vanished marines do not come back by July 16 they will be officially branded as deserters and their descrip- tions posted throughout ‘the United | States, ——e—-— Falls to Death tn New Post-Oftive, Peter Johnson, thirty years old, while at work on the new Post-Oftice Buti ing at Thirty-first street and Dtgh avenue to-day, fell forty feet trom a steel girder to the ground and was in- | stantly killed. ‘The body was taken to | the Pennsylvania Terminal Hospital OVS FATALLY | | sunset By Efeano: Schorer HEADLESS BODIES a TT ~ OF MAN AND GIRL | FOUND IN BALLOCN | LONDON, July &— A remarkable story of a murder in a palloon ie sent | to London by the Vienna correspondent lof the Dally Mail, | A number of policemen, while walle {ing across a fleld near Dorehot, im | Roumania, saw an abandoned ballooa | with its gulde rope trailing along tha ground, When the balloon was hauled down, | the Hess bodies of a young man a girl was found in the car, Beth bodies showed evideuces of desperiim struggle. | 1 had been stabbed to death | Her companion had been shot. The gas | bag had been split with a knife. | Investigation revealed that the girl: was the daughter of a distingutsl Jarmy officer of Bucharest, who Y have been married on the day the bay loon was fol | ‘The man Was the son of a wealthy: | r named Jonesen, who had | nian police say that they ly (nding his advances F j was pledged tov th him ou and kille How the he wore lost from doth ! ‘then ing AM COOL WEATHER highest ¢ Was 87 degrees. rea $100 or any multiple of $100 on any the humidity was $6 p iiterest day, PN dak Mca hg It tempts one to save money In order yelock see jConmissioner Walsh Serves| Explosion Came When Yon-|804 Were Prostrated Here Be- fore Relief Came—May Need Blankets Soon, Fair and cooler to-day, probably showers to-morrow. | past several day that his promis moderate weather for at least se days has brought encouragement, | ane hot wave of July, 1911, will go! down In history, Tt was responsible | for M7 deaths and S$ prostrations in| New York City. Twenty-eight names! were added to the death list yesterda: but the victims were mainly persons of al | who 4d been weakened by the six Ja’ strain, st night the mercury «lung about the man, and blankets even might comfortab:> during the next few % As an af- termath of the scorching weather there was an unusual phenomenon at our last night. A strange white glow spread over the sky, which, until then, had been grad- ually darkening. The approaching night was th n back in pourse d der the expansive light electric signs and street lamps took on a remarkable | hue of yellowish green. Pale green | patches worked up into the heaven: the foree: be said the aes fT ( \ SOUS ANEOR \ SIN ene PARTED. them and soon swe cano FLORIST WEDS SINGER. G The heat wave vanished and refresh- se Ing breeres thit browcat w degree |S!" the e ce temperature enabled thousands to get pret + ige as thi their first good nignt's sleep of the 5° @ wees. 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