The evening world. Newspaper, September 7, 1911, Page 1

Re RR AAA RRR, 7A AAR RRRARARARRRARAPAAPLDODRAP WOMEN SCORE’ BINFORD GIRL’S STAGE PLAN Waren Ls Dable to-night or F INAL EDITION. PRICE ONE G! CE GIRL IN BEATTIE The “ Circulation Books Open to All,“ [creation Boats Opea toa] ‘ Circulation Books Open to All.’ NT. URDER RUSHING HERE 10 MAKE HER DEBUT Women Declare IN VAUDEVILLE Exploitation of Beulah Binford on the Stage Is an Insult to All Womankind. RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 7.—Beulah Binford, the girl who has figured as the motive in the trial of Henry C! wife, was released trom jail to-day. York, where she expects to pose in vaudeville stage. lay Beattie jr. for the murder of his She took the first train for New moving pictures and appear on the The girl left Henrico Jail in an automobile at 11.35 A. M. and was driven, with her light luggage, to the Byrd street station, | samittea forthwith. ht, 1911, by The Prone Iablisbing cP Re. (The New Yorn Wert NEW YORK, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ' , 1911. 16 PA ‘CRANK WITH KNIFE DEMANDS RIGHTS’ FROM WHITMAN “Judge Malone Would Do,” Says Persistent Besieger of Court Building. |TOLD OF BANDIT FEUD. Maronki Haunted Corridors to Seek Chance to Get at Prosecutor. Victor Moronk!, a shabbily dressed sweatshop worker, of No. 415 Sixth street, was arrested at the door of Dis- trict-Attorney Whitman's office this ternoon, because he insisted on being When he wes whence she left at 12.01 P. M. for New York. She left her mother at the }searched an open claspknite, with « blade four inches long, was found in a jail, fretting because the daughter angrily refused to stay here and go into] sae pocket of his coat. a quiet retreat in the country that had been prepared for them. A thousand people gathered about the Jaf! as she left the cell. Through the crowd a cloned automobile dashed, It drew up at the jail entrance. After the girl had entered ‘the car the crowd gathered so closely for a sight of the “ether woman" that it was with the greatest diMculty that the chauffeur eucceeded in starting his machine. With tle help of policemen a path was finally cleared, and the car sped away. For blocks the crowd attempted to follow. Meanwhile the word of the release of the young woman had been flashed through the city, All along her way to the station crowds gathered to watch the fleeting automobile with its velled figure in white. At the station another crowd of nearly a thousand was on yand. But with her face hidden behind her white vell and a handkerchief pressed to her eyes, the fleeing “ther woman" evaded the morbid mob and secluded herself in a coach just as the train pulled out. —_—— WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST STAGING OF BINFORD GIRL. Freeman Bernstein, theatrical booking agent, said to-day that he would present Beulah Binford at the Liberty Theatre, Philadelphia, next Monday. He said her act would probably consist of @ couple of songs, but added: “Et really doesn't matter whet she does so long ‘as the people have @ chance to 100k at ner.” ‘The announcement that Beulah Bin- ford, the pitiably depraved little deni- zen of the Richmond “Red Light’ dis- trict, whose Mason with Henry Clay Beattie jr. 1s alleged by his prosecutors to have furnished the motive for the murder of his wife, is coming to New York to go upon the stage and coin her notoriety into dollars has aroused the self-respecting womanhood of the met- ropolls to vigorous protest. Upward of ‘fa dozen prominent women interviewed by an Evening World reporter to-day declared the girl's appearance before he footlights in this elty would be an to every decent woman in and a shocking commentary viligation.”* earance on the vaude- of Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, the so-called “shooting show girls,’ who flaunted themselves before a morbid public in an amateurish and crude attempt to sing several cheap songs the gorge of Amerioan respectability rise, but the contemplated appearance of the seventeen-year-old Binford girl, who | ‘as been vicious since she was thirteen, | by her own admission, would seem to put a nauseating climax to such sen- tational attempts to pander to the low- vest tastes. As one actress of command- ing position sald to-day, ‘After the Minford girl-who?” The following are some of the opin- ong on th a by promt | nent P and club women “PROSPECT IS DISGUSTING AND ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE.” MRS. BELLE DE RIVERA, club- woman—To me the announcement of the possibility of the appearance of this Linford girl on the stage !s disgusting. | It is more than that, It Is almost un-} believable. Some theatrical n stoop to rather low levels, but to belleve thelr will be one to folst this unfortunate girl on the public. Of was sufficient in itself to make | vourse euch an exhibition of depravity — (Continued om Second age.) DESERTED MOTHE OF 80 FOUND DYING FROM STARVATION Not a Crust of Bread in the House When Policeman Breaks In. Mra, Jane Robinson, eighty years old, was taken from her home at No. 20 Pulask! street, Williamsburg, to the Kings County Hospital to-day, dying of starvation. The police are trying to find her son, Willlam H, Robinson, forty-five years old, who lived with her and was in the apartment where she was starving up to a few hours before the police broke tn, Yesterday Patrick Corcoran, a tenant in the building, reported to Patrolman Heck of the Vernon avenue station that nothing had been seen of Mrs. Robin- son since last Friday. Her gon had been seen about, but he refused to an- swer any inquiries, Heck went to the apartment and knocked. The son opened the door. was sick and it was none of Heck’s business. Then he slammed the door. Farly the nelghbors heard groans from the apartment, and word was sent to Capt. Reimele, who sent Polleeman Heck to the house again. Heck kicked in the door, The old woman was alone in the flat and she wasped out to Heck that she was dy- ing. “Lam starving,” she said, “send for @ priest.” Heck summoned the Rey, Father Me- Cormick, Mrs. Robinson told the priest that she was dying of starva- tion, There was not a crust of bread in the house, By the time an ambulance came from the Kings County Hospital with Sur- geon Maybee the woman was uncon- scious, Dr, Maybee sald it was mant- fest that had had no nourishment for a considerable period, She was sink« ing rapidly waen she arrived at she hospital The neighbors told the pi son, who could no work; that his and supported -_ i YALE TENNIS PLAYER © found, did mother had an in ot ° LOSES TO WESTERNER. HAVBERFORD, Pa TJ. Arm: strong, t Intercollegiat champion, «|. Gates of Ya) n the third y ltercollegh tennis n Pp on the Merion Cricket Club court to-day nH meets ©. H. Whitne: Harvard late this afternoon d up her end in the onl 0s Summar ney, Harvard fed Second Mound Tift and Myhn, Marvard, defeated, Congies and, gn Ayers, Williams, He told Heck that his mother | ce that the| Moronk! has been hanging about the Criminal Courts Building for several weeks trying to have residents of the east side arrested. He has sought the ear of City Magistrat: General Ses- sions Judges and the District-Attorney’s staff. His story was that he was sus- pected of giving information to the Police about criminals in his neighbor- hood, and that the criminals had threatened to kill him. Everybody who talked with the man convinced that there was nothing in his story. His person, manners and ugly, whining tone made him objection- and recently he has been set rather shortly when he has tried to tell his story over and over. Moronkt appeared outside of Mr. Whitman's office to-day and said he must see the District-Attorney in per- son at once, He was told that the Dis- trict-Attorney was satisfied with the re- porte of his subordinates in the case and did not want to see him. He argued and whined and threatened and made several efforts to slip into the room un- announced. County Detective Thomas was sent for and arrested him. Moronk! was taken before Magistrate O'Connor in the Tombs Court and was committed to the Bellevue psychopathic ward for obser- vation. “If I couldn't get to Whitman,” he said to Magistrate O'Connor, “Judge Malone would have done just as well.” —>—_—__ POLICE HERO RUN OVER Fy Animal Drags Him Two Blocks Zighth =Avenue. Policeman Henry 1H, Russell of the West Thirty-seventh street st: not get a hero medal, but he will have to get a new uniform for spectacularly stopping a runaway horse in Eighth avenue this afternoon, The horse was attached to a delivery wagon owned by an Anderson, tea merchant, of No hth avenue, Emil Thompson was driving. »mpson left the horse at Eighth avenue and Thirty-stxth street to make a delive A passing a | frightened the horse The horse dashed south | avenue was scattered the route and small boys w Policeman Rus- t and ma the a lunge for the crazy horse. |} His guess at distance was good and Jne held on for two blocks while the Janimal dragged him, ‘Then the police man shut oif th s wind and stopped it. As hi fell to the street exhausted. Tho wagon {ov 8 ed over one his | tu j uniform as withdr ne Repu Assemb shall. Th mer ( who acted woe Pulieser’ Phone Br ‘ (Word) 4 Russell Hangs on to Bridle While} AS HE STOPS WILD HORSE. |: | young F OF ATRAN RT ONIEREY FLAT At Muzzle of Shotgun, Four | Bandits Tell Engineer They’re Robbers. HE JEERS, THEY WILT. Scared Stiff, Boy Road Agents Spend Night Shivering | Until Captured. Theodore Plevis, William and Fred- | ertok Jops and Willlam Wolf, all be- tween fifteen and sixteen years old, made a valiant start at train robbing, and to-day they are in the Harrison (N. J.) Jail, accusing each other of be- ing quitters, The victim the young four had picked out for their first operation wes that shrinking, tender violet among railway corporations, the Pennsylvania Rail- road. The four, equipped with a shot- gun and a red flag, hid in the bushes Just west of Manhattan Transfer, where the motor locomotives are taken from trains coming out from New York and am locomotives replace them. ‘THI8” WAS DEADLY SHOTGUN. They waited for a Philadelphia ex- press, which was due about dusk, Beulah Binford, Who Is Coming | to Go on the Stage Here! Plevis ran out and stood on the track waving @ red flag. ‘The engineer} slowed down and stopped. There was} nothing in sight except the boy with the red flag and the brown marshes. | “What's the matter? shouted the | engineer, leaning from his cab window. | ‘othin, piped a voice in the] bushes, “except this.” | One of the Jops boys shotgun at him. “Give an alarm and you are a dead man,” shouted the boy. “We are going through your train.” The boy had a black mask across his face. Two other boys aypeared out of the bushes behind him. “Now, you don't say so, Ain't it aw- ful, Mabel?” remarked the “Come on over here and holding us up," he called to the fireman, ‘Stop your fooling,” is sharply. | malt levelled the engin commanded We mean bust- ness. “Jimminy Christmas,” replied the en- gineer, “you look ft. Do you do this often? Be gentle with the women and yon't you dren | sald the Wolf boy, oug to tell him to disconnect his engine run it up the track," WAILING ENGINEER PLEADS FOR MERCY. the wailed ‘we at's right, “But how can 1” “I'm afraid to get thers agr the eng! on the ground weer, for fear you might kill me with that gun.” | Just then shouts were heard from back along the train, ‘The conductor, two brakemen and several Bers were scrambling forward last to sea what was Panic froze bray of the robber band. Thelr p palgn had 1 Nike thi ductor that he had thoug work out 4 wa pulled into six a posse of rallroud det vt once started for Harrison The boys were found ler a de erted barn to-day, They sald vad laid t scared Y, all night y will Lin the J ur morrow ———_—— EMERSON BRINGS HIS BRIDE. MehKim ts pier with arded her Bla Party. a BEULAH BINFORD PHOTO GY AMERICAN ESS ASSN TAFT STRIKES AT THE SENATORS WhO OPPOSE Hi Deplores the Narrow Stand of ;Case Those Holding Fixed Views on Treaty-) HARTFORI thousand unds hi aft tall ‘The on t Catt, | on tee Fore sent that some them future first artic to do another where no pow Conn persons thronge t R aa is within ia to de tribunal elves by an oblig a construct lai an arbitratio to a tribunal selves, m of right b: majority of th the of this treat Lega and to assume te rear ritration but to the whole ci Aaking Powers, DID AIGRETTES GES” WEATHER-—Showers probable to-night or Friday. Fi EDITION. PRICE ONE OENT. ASTOR AND FIANCEE TO MARRY TO-MORROW, MINISTER OFFICIATING Finds a Connecticut Clergyman Willing to Perform the Ceremony That Will Unite Him to Miss Madeleine Force. NOMA READY TO START FOR RHINEBECK AT ONCE, Millionaire’s Fian cee Orders Shops to Send Her Purchases Aboard Yacht Before Nightfall. After having been dented by clergymen of four denominations in spite of his generous offer of a $1,000 fee, Col. John Jacob Astor, #0 it was rumored in the neighborhood of Miss Madeleti finally managed to land a willing pi Talmage Force's home to-day, has arson in Connecticut, whither it was planned to head the Astor-Force entourage this afternoon, The harassed bridegroom-to-be made a brief call on his betrothed this eft the Force hom morning, and as he he made the indefinte statement that be performed within the next seventy-two hours terance he could be urged to make, The Astor yacht Noma 1s lying off the foot of West Elghty-first street, with her nose pointed up the Hudson She had steam up and there ts every tn- dication that she ts ready to set off or a minute's notice on another of her skip- PAT DUTY? LOCB WANTS TO KNOW Mrs. , Interests \ i} of McCullough, Who Has All | i ' Feather Importers. | Har- reopened the 420 of N N Me offering fot was take on importers ‘ set for Sept. 2 1 the general fight granted the h bail earance Mag request £32 for M adout cruises. ‘The destination this time SCORES TO-DAY NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT NEW YORK, BROOKLYN-~ Ov oot - GIANTS— 20 900 _- Ratterles—Barger and thewson and Me %, AT BOSTON. FIRST GAME PHILADELPHIA Q0v200164 0-18 SOSTON: 10100100 2—5 Batteries-Chalmers and Madden AT CHICAGO. VINST GAME. CINCINNATI— 000.0000 C¢t—0 CHICAGO: 29000010 _——s AMERICAN LEAGUc. AT WASHINGTON, HIGHLANDERS— 02 oo1d e WASHINGTON ool AT PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON— | 0001 - ATHLETICS 10 - s} of the First Ba ne at No, 18 East Thirty-seventh street he did not belleve the wedding would That was the only at- is Rhinebeck, not Newport. While the marriage is imposmble in this State, tt Would be a matter of only a few min- utes’ dash from Ferneliffe, the Astor home at Rhinebeck, over the border of Yonnecticut, |MISS FORCE ORDERS PUR. CHASES SENT TO YACHT. Miss Force made another round of | Visits to the Fifth avenue shops to-day the brief call of Col. Astor, | It was sald that she had ordered her { pur sent to the yacht n the North Kiver before nightfall. This was taken a* corroboration of the report that the Noma | ould sail north to-night on the | following | lam cruise preliminary to the wedatn, HAS LONG WAIT TO TAKE FIAN- | CEE TO TEA AT THE ST. REG!: | Col, Astor patd a second visit to the home at 1 o'clock this afternoon, | | There was no one at the house to |wreet him save th rty odd reporters, » doi raphers and an unat- |tached gathering of curious marriage ‘fans. Col Astor went inside and waited {for ninety minutes, when Mrs. Force jcame home, accompanted by her dow. Twenty minutes later Miss Katherine | Foree ame hom and still twenty | Minutes after that the betrothed of Col, \stor came strolling along, having come ed a strenuous shopping tour, | During his long wait Col, Astor came Jout on the stoop several times and Kazed up an jown the street after the manner of Sister Ann, When his flancee finally arrived he greeted her thuslast ly nd ed a taxicab, ‘The two Misses Fore | with Col Central si wot In the cab Astor and drove to the Grand way statton, @ flying squad. ron of a-eyed taxicabs trailing. Miss Katherine Force got out at the | subway whereat the taxicab put about and headed for the St. Regis Hotel, Then Col, Astor and his bride | Astor and Miss at 4 o'clock Mrs ce station, ‘orce left the They returned » they were they pro- the foot of and Were whe: toad ti Eight ut to the last two o! the offer | were BY a $1,000 to turn down Astor wedding fee Dr, Edward A, Johnson tist Church of Newport Ue Compton, Johns ed (Oo the of+ Willam P. Sheffield, a former sman, In Newport, on Aug, % and asked by Mr, Sheffield to oMffclate at the Astor-E edding. He was told that Col. Astor was willing to pay $1,000 to have the ceremony performed, BIG FEE WAS “TEMPTATION TQ Methodi Dr 4 A POOR MAN,” Dr. Johnson ts a poor man and ad@megp the temptation was strong, but he sgs ‘