The evening world. Newspaper, March 8, 1912, Page 3

ee ee . “ ‘ fe THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, MAnvuH 8, 1912. = TN GLASS ay 1 GERMAN PAGTINE - BROCE HURDLING BAS RAE, =| EOHOBOKENBAND| WEVENIN® ORES REVEALS WOMANS MOTHER TO CLEAR “DEAD WIFE'S NAME requmed. Passengers on a Finthush train bound for Manhattan became frightened and were assisted off to the roadway, waiking to the Manhattan terminal. Many of the farhionably dressed women on the stalled elevated traine insisted on climbing over the radting between the “I. and trolley tracts to reach the roadway and try to keep their engagements on time. PLUNGED FROM WINDOW y OF BOYS’ CLUB AND DIED. ries Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Ananias Club, the Sapphira Sisterhood—Ninth of a § of Articles by Nixola Greeley-Smith. Copyright, 1912, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). | ocean sme Mocha i ag st Ae ern Scale Railings to Reach psligiaiiad Fenry L. Cammani:Contests| | aca" be Magistrate, However, Released the Roadway. rete oul pepe a + Claim of Greenwich Dog on : 22 Musicians, but Held Thrown to Street. i Many men and women tn evening dress wore delayed in theatre and din- ner engagements last night by a tramo tleup on Brooklyn Bridge. A Wells. Fargo express wagon wheel got caught in the trolley tracks and the lurch sent the hood with such force against a feed Mystery surrounds the death earty to- day of John Hardy, twenty-seven, of No.” m8 Jay atr Brooklyn, who landed om the sidewalk tn front of Cae’s saloon, at) Prospect and Bridge streeta from the “a second story window of a netghborhood 3 He died before Dr. Hetfield % * A & ‘)¥y Catcher’s Wife. Their Instruments. Policeman Lahey and MoKenna proud- ¥ arraigned in the Recorders’ Court tn Hoboken to-day an entire brass band of . $300,000 IN THE FIGHT. SOROLLA SA—DT WAS THE MOST In THES JAR FA amd Pav? Ree hin ' j box that the box was knocked to the} boys’ club. , its of Spins CPSAL i USE twenty-two members, together with | third rail on the #¢ostbound tracks, near |of Brooklyn Hosiptal could reach him, t avits of Pinster and Doc “anlage MAN WITH 30 MILLIONS - Soares we asd bs “a ee Cte “ithe bon contained all the wires lead. blag 2 aggre ‘ors to Prove Mrs. Mc- ita bade r r an ME To Pose GUT) lice that his son was suffering from 4 CANT FIND neuraigia and went out to go to rug store, Joseph Callahan, a member of+ the club, saw him enter the club parlors, but the police have no witnesses who ing to the third rail, and thore was a brilliapt electrical display toat fright ened the passengers on all cars that happened to be near. around the box and it was drawn off the rail, which stopped the pyroteen- “They were playin’ a ploce called ‘Al- Ragtime Band,’ explained y, “and 39) children were followin’ ‘om all over town at § o'clock night. None of ‘om has a Heens Guiness’s Parentage. i -(Bpecial to The Evening World), GREENWICH, Conn., March @.—In @fder to clear the name of the late Mrs. Henry L. Cammann, a noted iead- @f in the woman's suffrage movement @a4 @ prominent member of the D, A, _ By from the smputatic:: that she was ‘the mother of the “unfathered” Mrs, Frank McGuiness, wife of a local dog eatcher, who wes formerly @ chauffeur, : Mr. Cammann, who inherited his witée $800,000 estate, has issued a state- Ment explaining in great detaM the @iroumstancee of Mrs. Werth. fr, Cammann, who wealthy New ‘York merchant, nwill use the facts oon- tained in his statement to defend the galt brought by young Mrs, McGuiness to obtain a share in Mrs, Cammann's estate. Mrs. Cammann died in hor Deautiful Greenwich home last Janu- @sy. Following i# Mr. Cammann's etatement: “Im order to remove any false im- Qressions that may have been occa- @oned by the publication of the claim @@ Anita Loulse McGuiness that she was the daughter of my wife, I desire to estate that the mother of Mrs. Mo- @uiness was Bila L. Riggs of Corn- ‘wall, N. ¥., a sister of Henry B. Riggs, ‘who was « brother-in-law of Mrs. Cam- mann . ‘THE EVIDENCE OFFERED AS ‘PROOF OF MR. CAMMANN. “To mubstantiate this I offer the fol- lowing evidence: “A @atement by Mies Riggs acknowl- edging the parentage. An aMfidavit by the Rev. oseph H. Getdon, stating that aaid acknowledgement was made in his Presence. “An aMdavit by Dr. Leander P. Jones, Mato of Greenwich, that he was present @ the dirth of Anita Louise McGuiness (ama that Bila L. Riggs was her mother. “ “A deposition by Henry B. Riggs that “Aadta Loulse McGuiness was born in Qe house, thet Dil L. ‘Riggs was har mother an@ that he had contributed to eer aupport fora mumber of years. “A deposition by Miss Elisa Church. i, ‘a hal€ sister of Mrs. Cammann that @he Miles Churchill was present in the house at the time of Anita Louise Mo- Guiness birth, that she knew Ella L. Riggs was her mother; that ehe in com- pany with Dr. Jones ‘had taken her (Anita Louise MoGuiness) to Mrs, Stud- Wells; that ehe had seen her from time te time since then and knew that Anita Louise McGuiness and the baby Miss Riges bore were one and the eaine per wan, “In addition I have a deposition by Dr. George Montgomery Tuttle, @ aot- ‘ed surgeon of New York, saying that he had performed an operation on ‘Mrs. Camman in 1904 and had found unmistakable proof that she had never born a child. “A deposition by Mary E, Bond Ioote of New York that she attended Mrs. Cammann -during the period covered by the birth of Anite Louise McGuin- Mess and that she know that she (Mrs, ‘Cammann) did not bear a child at that time. ‘ “HENRY LORILLARD CAMMANN.” POG CATCHER’S WIFE PRE- * SENTED CLAIM. It was not until after the will of DMrs. Cammann had been admitted to probate that the dos catcher's wife ame forward and alleged sho was a natural daughter of tho testator. Mra. Cammann had been imertied to Mr, Cammann in 1898, She was a Miss Churchill, daughter of the late Will- fam Churchill, a prominent New Yorlt merchant half a century Her es- tate inventories at $287,1 In her @ppeal to the Probate Court Mrs. McGuinness etated: “Complainant is the daughter and natural heir of sald decedent, and 1s ‘agarieved by the order of Judgo Jore- miah Torney that allowed the prohat- ing of the will which gave the entirs/ sitate inventoried to Mr, Cammann.” ‘Mrs. ness, as far as Greenwich mew at tho time of her beginning eult for & share in Mrs, Cammann’s estato, | had deen cared for when an infant by 4 Mrs, Btudwell, who was paid for her aorvice! 8. ! The child went by the name of Antta} 10,41 Am#th, Ghe married when young and her tusband committed suicide. Sho wee @ widow ‘with infant children and very poor when aome one put it in her fhead thet she wa daughter of Mrs. Cemmann. MRO. CAMMANN BEFRIENDED THE WOMAN. Tes SAPPHRA- Ci.ve i SESstow There Is No Age Limit to the Members Who Tell Whoppers About Their Conquests, Their Ances- tors and Other Wonderful Things That Have Happened in Their Lives. Even the Working Girl Who, Perhaps, Never Did Anything but Work, Spins Her Fairy Yarn About the Luxurious Surroundings of Her Childhood Days. writing about the mate. ‘OLA. GREELEY SMITH should overshadow that of Sap>hira, his wife, who was equally skilled in invention and equally punished for it. And what about; NIX Baroness Munchausen? In all the yeara that we have been.reading end Abanias Club, I don’t recall 4 single reference to the Ladies’ Auxiliary of that distinguished body—the Sepphira Sisterhood. Perhaps this may be because the Sieterhood is such @ very secret society that no member will acknowledge that she belongs to it, éven to another member, is no password, no sisterly grip by which a Sapphira in| distress may enliet the ald and prevarication of a lodge; And yet each one of us knows some worshipful initiate of the imaginative eisterhood. It does not seem fair that the fame of Ananias There There must have been a wife of the ingenious Baron with « talent for prevarication more subtle and varied than her busband’e. If you look in the Lenten Looking Glass to-day you will see the sorrow- ful countenances of these accomplished women, the voiceless wonders who knew the cross without the crown of lying and gathered about them in secret con- clave their descendants and disciples from all over the world, THE WAY TO DETERMINE THE CHANCES. Perhaps you may note a familiar goun- tenance among the sisterhood, some aintance who defies all the whe talks, or somebody for there ts only membership. In that one way to deter whether or not your candidate po: the requisite qualifications for the sisterhood, and that 1s to attend the meeting reflected in the Lenten Looking Giass. Age, you perceive, is no barrier, Schoolgirls and nonagernrians are alike eligible provided they can typical misstate- ber and distinction of rejected guitors. ’ But what {s that prattling dowager over in the corner saying? Is she siv- ing the assembled ladies a recipe for home-made mustard pickles or rasp- berry vinegar or a spring tonic? No, indeed, she is telling them about -her Jatest conquest, the handsome young Patrollus Piffle, who one of the “regatta boys" In a comedy, “You wouldn't b how much Patsy thinks of me, erable siren. "Only e that Ninon de 1 t ninety, and that I look e: actly like her youngest plctures—the dear boy! He says if I don't marry him he will break his heart. He has threatened to kill himself. Tao?” “I'm eure I don't know,” replies a) er siren who has been waiting) or a comma tn the dowager's Me wrote to Mrs. Cammann on the Mae terrible thing to feel that a woe reproved her €or her intimations, {at least, it's ¢errible the first time it Bat nevertlcless befriended hier, Last |happens, I'm used to it now. I remem~ year the young woinan married Me-[ber once three men proposed to me at san ex-army man and then ifone dance and I was so upset by the i He {s now unemployed When Mr. Cammann fires Gear of etory that Mrs. McGulness wis ease circulation ho sought to dis her and sympathized with her '@ victim of delusion. Later his sen- ones changed and ihe declared te would apend every dollar he possesse @ elear the honor of his dead wife's Toe Cammann home is one of the ‘The estate ufteur. way they carried en when I refused them that I couldn't get through the cotillion properly,” “You mustn'ttake things so hard,” mur- murs eoothingly the hostess of the con- clave, “Whener man proposes to me now I just drop a rose leaf in that Jar over there, I think that’s quite a pretty idea, don't you?" And she points to @ huge umbrella etand, “I'l have to get another jar pretty soon,” PREFERS SOUL TC A TRIFLE OF What ehall | word! Only yesterday I refused a man worth $3,000,000, He's perfectly mad @bout me, of course, but he has no soul!” Of course, all the Sapphiran ‘are not addicted to tales of conque: press thelr mania of grade: Many ex- of thelr familles, the price paid for clothes or the tributes to thelr personal attractiveness. “Sorolla told me that Z am tho mest beautiful woman in York, He wants to paint me, but Y'm afraid I won't have time to pose,” is a typical Sapphirism. ing girl member of the Sapphira sister- hood, You see the women of my family And meantime, somewhere, a simple jold mother 1s dreaming of Sapphira as 4 Mtte girl and thinking what @ help 1@ used to be on wash day. AS TO THE HOBBY OF SELF. MADE ANCESTORS, Next in numbers to, the Sapphiras of sentiment are the worshippers of self- mayle ancestors, If only the matted k y pore , how tame 8 of the Skeleton in Ar- pear. | in stories of their ancestry, the decayed fortunes “It took me a long time to get used to earning my own living," says the work- had been so useless for generations, and my mother never brought me up with the idea of being able to do anything useful. I can see her now as she swept out to her brougham on her way to the Jopera, Sometimes, tf I had been very good, rhe would ne try on her tlara | before my maid took me off to the nursery.” verbial — speaks for itself. Spring Derbtes & Soft Hats, $3 & $4 Haye you ever thought how uncom- fortable these tin shells of glory must feel every morning when the 7 o'clock whistle blows? I feel their enforced MAlenese so keenly that tf I ever pur- @hage a mailed ancestor I intend to put @ pick and hovel in the corner with tim to make him feel more at Nome. “My family is descended from the Bari ef Sandwich,” saye some 9 of the Provender at the Blue” Boar as on oriflamme Ah, those Crusaders! %0 much more of Fills Island than of the Holy Land, if they only would! Do you know that family trees can be jacquired these days almost as cheaply They could tell as privet hedges? Probably you don't know it unless you live in a suburb, but {f you do, you must have received @ postal card with a facsimile of the coat- of-arma of the Brown or Jones or Smith families—whichever one happens to claim you—with the printed information that you can purchase a facsimile on vellum for $1, or can acquire @ complete line of ancestora dating back to the Battle of Hastings for %. Thus is the ambition of the suburban phira capitalized, Of course, the Sapphira of forty who don't care who knows I am ix," is among your acquaint. Ot mii the: Sapphiras she doubt- 8 is the least to be criticised, There are so many of her that she hae the solldarity and dignity of numbers, if of nothing else. And there are many, many other mem- bers of the alsteriuod. Surely the Anantas Club will recognize thelr claims and formally accept them as the Ladies’ Auxiliary, RAE a oes |LEFT BABY UNDER STOOP Jonitreas Hears Cry When Sweep- OM the Steps, The fanitress of the tenement at No. UT Eldridge street heard w baby erying as sho was sweeping down the front steps to-day, Like most of the people of the neighborhood, Mrs. Grinninger ts a cautious soul, She hunted up Pollcernan Hoefling before sne made any invest!- | Bation. | They found a four weeks old baby wrapped tn a blanket under the steps, ‘They also found the cause of Its walls the same being the emptiness of a milk bottle which lay ft But they found nothing to show to whom the baby belonged and {ft was s°nt to Belle- vue. Follow the March winds in any direction| and “blow in” to the KK nearest Young shop— f it’s the surest way to Hat satisfaction. Young quality is pro- oung style destroy a men's whole Ie with « dangle NEARLY LOST HER LIFE IN SAVING HER JEWELS. Mrs. Merwin, Cut Off by Flames, Rescued by Boy Who Climbed" to Her Aid. BLOOMFIELD, N. J., March 8.—Mre. 8. C. Merwin, wife of the cashier of the Pacific Bank at No. 470 Broadway, New York City, who nearly lost her life yes- terday when she turned back to save her jew from her burning home on Ridgewood avenue, Glen Ridge, was re- ported out of danger to-day. When a can of bensine exploded and started the fire, Mrs. Merwin ran to her bedroom to get her valuables and then found escape cut o} which had spread to th ran to @ window and both sashes stuck fast. Herbert’ C. Cordtey, a toy living next climbed to the window, kicked the out and got Mrs. Merwin down. had inhaled smoke and was badly burned, and had lost part of her hair, Seeeirenees DUBUQUI hearing here of Turpin fo: 00 estate of F. M. an, the mother and brothers of Turpin, all of Atlanta, Ga,, asserted that Turpin never was maeried to the plaintifr. 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It appears that any person performing | nics. know whether he fell, Jumped or was <not necessarily making musicdn a| The short circult delayed elevated | thrown trom the windo| street band in Hoboken is required to| trains for thirty minutes and trolleys} Club members ran to ti have a Iicense which coste $12.60. Tho| £° bande which infest Hoboken are largely recruited in this city, and as Hobok 1s @ paradise for street bands, the come of the city from TNicenses of mu- sicfans fe not inconsideradie. This particular band of twenty-two pieces was marched to Police Head- quarters by Lahey and McKenna. There was no room in the cells for all of them, and the police authorities didn’t want to look them up anyhow, eo Re- corder McGovern was asked to hold @ night #asion of court. The band was arraigned before him. . Each and every member solemnly de- clared he did not know it was neces- sary to have @ license to play in Hobo- ken. ‘The Recorder paroled them all until this morning, allowing them to leave their instruments as security for their appearance. When they presented themeelves to-day each was required to take out @ llcénse to play on the streets of Hoboken for one year from date. TWELVE-YEAR-OLD BURGLAR CAUGHT 1N BUTCHER SHOP. Policeman Climbs in Window in Williamsburg, Expecting Re- + volver, and Finds Little Boy. ‘When, revolver in hand, Policeman Briody ctinibed through the rear win- Gow of Henry Herman's butcher shop, at No, $9 Manhattan avenue, Wiliiame- burg, early to-day he wae fully ex- pectant of a gunfight with the burglar he had Giscovered at work. But when the Ourglar was Drought from his hid- ing place by the threat of a tullet Briody had, only @ twelvo-year-ol4 boy in Me ees This Comrd ine pe mes ander Ortuta, ‘whose paren| Bagie was essthenes to-day I the rOhildren's Court of Brotklyn. ‘Teh boy went to bed at pre Gime usual time, but at $ o'clock this morn- had to strike several mato! cs when he inte Tt was while he was striking the s that Policeman Briody discov- ‘Young Ortute told the police that older persons had taught him to eteal. 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