The evening world. Newspaper, March 8, 1912, Page 17

Pe aa thdred to ‘homes took up the study of chimo ALFRED THOMAS, PARALYTIC CLOCK WIZARD, |S DEAD} Practically Helpless for Fifteen Years, but Was Master Expert in This City. A, REAL CLOCK DOCTOR Mness Due to Inhaling Fumes of Cyanide of Potassium » Used in His Work. AMfret Thomas, the “clock wisard” te dead. He passed away yesterdey in his home No. 162 East Forty-eighth street and with him the mechanical ‘world has lost one of its unique geniuses, For the last fifteen years Mr. Thomas had been paralyzed beyond the amallest wee of limbs or body. His brain, power of speech and hearing were alone left thim, but with these he was able to solve the mysteries of clock work gone astray ‘with whioh no other, man in the city of New York seemed able to cope, Sitting in his specially constructed invalid ohalr he would direct the examination and repair of the most intricate pieces of clock work brought to his attention by the firm of Theodore B, Starr and Company, Fifth avenue jewellers, who had employed him heir clock expert for the last twenty-five years. RATHER A CLOCK WIZARD BE. FORE HIM. A knowledge of clocks came naturally to Mr. Thomas. His father was one of the ‘known clockmakers in Eng- jand t Redruth, Cornwall, whore the boy grew up, he acquired in his early youth @ reputation second only to that of his father as a clook-work wis- ard. A ilttle more than twenty-five yoars ago he came to this country. He worked a few months for the Seth ‘Thomas Clock Company, but there was firm, was always at his side. On other workshop and the & workman with clocks to be repaired. ‘The workman would hold the pleces of delicate machinery while Thomas, with @ jeweller's glass to his eye, would the pretiminary examination. n the defect would be that his velluus eye could det, cing over the mass springs before they were taken apart. If not, he would direct @ complete ox- nician’s hands Were his own. Hi failed to diagnose the ailment nor pre- scribe the cure, One of the biggest chime clocks that ‘Thomas was called upon to repair that standing in the main hall of th Metropolitan Museuin of Art. This olf valuable clock went out of gear four or five times, and Thomas was the only man ‘in the city who could solve tho Intricacles of its old-fashioned Internal economy, Thomas was atricken with a ells! boyd of pneumonia several days a e ailment, and his heart &@ widow, two daughters Gnd — ey CENTENARIAN’S ASHES TO BE CAST FROM BRIDGE. Miss Jones Directed That They “Lie in Universal Ocean Belonging to No Nation.” In complance with the dying request of Miss Mary Duncilla Jones, of No. § Hart street, Brooklyn, Dr. C. A. Har grit will cast her ashes into the East River from the Brooklyn Bridge. Mise Jones died last Tuesday at th home of her brother Edward. She wa: one hundred and three years old and had been @ nurse in the Union army, Her request that her ashes be given io the ocean was inspired by the fact that the family wae never able to find body af her brother Robert, who was kiled in the trenches around New Or- leans. Her body was cremated yee- te ye “My work having been done in all climes,” he sald, “it is my last wish that the ashes of my remains Iie in the Universal ocean which belongs to no nation.” —— NEW YORK GARRISON STAYS. War Department Says Governor's Island Force Will Remain. Assistant Secretary of War Oliver as- sured the Chamber of Commerce yes- terday that the Government had “no intantion’of making any substantial re- duction in the garrison of New York harbor.” He added: “The removal of no blood relationship with the head of that concern. Later Alfred Thomas was taken in by Starr @ Co. He quickly vecame recognized as the master clock expert in this part of the country and was given full charge of the repair de- partment. Starr and Company made of imported chime clocks, faire ranging in value from a few hun- several. thousand dollars, clopks and became the American author. ity on th big, intricate timekeepers, Whenever @ customer had a chime clock that wae out of order Thomas always went to make a personal examination and he never failed to find the defect und remedy it. About seventeen years ago his health yegan to fall and two years later the stroke of paralysis came. The most noted nerve expe in the city were ‘alled in by Starr and Company, but the we of Thomas's illness was not lo- d until Dr, Allyn Starr declared !t be due to @ poisoning of the nerve at through inhaling the fumes of cyanide of potassium, used freely by clock- makers and repairers for cleaning the dlellcate pieces of cloéie work, MADE VISITS TO SHOP IN IN- VALID'S CHAIR. For the last fifteen years Thomas his been in the habit of making two or three trips a week to the shop in his dnvalid’s chair, A nurse, retained by the division headqua supply ofMfces, &c., from Governor's Island is not con- for administrative and supply pur- poses.” Secretary Oliver gave this assurance in reply to a formal inquiry by Sereno 8. Pratt, Seoretary of the Chamber, At he meeting at which this correspond- ence was read a reaclution was adopted urging Congress ‘to arrange tolls on the Panama Canal so as to carefully protect American interests and bring Laprel the upbuilding of our merchant marine.” pH Barton, founden of the Red Cross, is ill at her home in Glen Echo, Md., had a comfortable night. The venerable nurse, who is More than ninety years old, suffered a severe attack of pneu- monta about @ year ago and since that time has not been in robust health. She has been confined to her bed for six weeks, eae Aged Woman Killed by Gas. Mrs, Blizabeth Caldwell, seventy-five years old, was found dead this morning in her room at No. 71 Irving place, hav- been suffocated by the fumes of gas which escaped from a small heater | } in the room. ‘The death was accidental, | Mrs. Caldwell neglecting to turn off the gas after she had evidently turned tt anil Seven Coaches of Continental MAKING UP LOST TIME. Broken Rail Causes Disaster— Dersons were killed and thirty injured when the Continental Limited No. 1 of the Wabash Rallroad was wrecked at Redwood Curve, thirty-five miles trom | 7 here, at 6 P. M. yesterday. It was not until early to-day that the track was cleared, which piled the seven coaches on the track, ran to a village three miles di tant and gave the alarm, while man ran back to and started doctors and citizens to thi scene in autos. A revised list of the Gead and injured to-day is: died almost from Adrian to Kansas City, AS WABASH FLE JUMPS THE TRACK Limited Roll Down Thirty- Foot Embankment. Several of Seriously Hurt Will Probably Die. LAFAYETTE, Ind, March §.—Four A broken rail caused the accident, thirty-foot embankment. which remained on anon, two mi! THE DEAD. MRS, U. G. GOOD, doarted train at ‘Wayne, Ind., en route to Bt. Louis; back Srotes, instantly. MRS. R. 8. Gi) Adri PULLMAN PORTBR, name unknown, QP MDENTIED YOUTH, about eighteen years THE EVENING WORLD, | and over down the embankment, until they landed eighty feet from the track. The three sleepers | there were thirty lor car, and those not too badly injured escaped bi nantes tnt the windows. | STOWAWAYS WAYS VANISH ON SHIP Found Again When Oceante 1 | Haskell Oriental colection at the Uni- MAROH ‘FRIDAY, were empty, but in the par- PHILADELPHIA BUFFALO Searched at Her Dock. ‘When the Oceanic, which arrived ast | out from Queens- were discovered, John Kain of Glaagow, twenty-five, in the steerage, and Albert Dorsett, twen- ty-two, im the second class, They worked thelr passage Wednesday, when both disappeared. re taken last evening to pre- Advance Showing 5.00 7.50 ngways. tective Edward Mallon found Do sett on the promenade deck, a was located in the steerage. Both were locked up aboard. pevttin CHICAGO UNIVERSITY THEFT. OHTICAGO, aroh 8. A gold pendant 3,500 yeare old has ‘been stolen from the 1.95 2.95 Misses’, Girls’ and Junior Spring Suits, Dresses and Coats Misses’ Tailored Suits 14, 16 and 18 years; also suitable for Small Women Copies of Imported Models of French Serge, Whipcord and Fancy Materials 20.00 22.50 25.00 Two and Three Piece Suits For Girls and Juniors Of French Serge in Prevailing Colors 16.50 20.00 25.00 versity of Ohicago, The thief left finger prints on the glass case Inclosing the ancient: relic. Impressions of about sixty employees of the university have deen taken and it is declared that, If ary, impressions of the fingers of d student at the In- eon in an effort to every employes stitution will capture the thief, ‘The pendant {fs Egyptian and was worn by rulers, —— | Overfatness Condemned. Fat, or even fattieh, women readers who want to be in the mode thie year nderstand that the demand 1s for lines, jot curves, and govern themselves accord- ingly. That means OFF with the fat. It hae trying exercise Ing, but it fe certain they will find these methods too nd mafest way to get in Misses’ and Junior Dresses cut @N4 | o14eq impression on your Fred Hensctien, St. Louis, travelling auditor Wabash Railroad, hurt about head. The recovery of some of these is considered doubtful. ‘ously L Camden, N. J., and F. Barker, Elmiza, N.Y. The train was one hour and twenty minutes late and w: an hour when a |) oroke under the weight of the engine. ‘When the mail, baggage cars, day coach, parlor car FRECKLE March — Worst Month tor This Trouble—How to Remove I blemishe: ‘and noone need stay freckled. Simply get. one ounce of othi double strength, from any of the Riker or Hegeman stores, and apply « little of it at night, and in the morning you will see that eve: vorst freckles have begun to disay light ones have freckles, for if not removed now they will stay all Summer, and spoil an otherwise beautif... complexion. 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