The evening world. Newspaper, April 26, 1912, Page 3

DEATH TAKES THREE BATTALICN CHIEFS | NAMED IN AUB Firemen’s Superstition Satis- | fed-—List Was Marked by |" \ Fate, Some Claim. PEVLIN—WALSH—RUSH. All Medal Men, All Distin- guished by Bravery, All Be- ‘loved in Department. aon Deviin, Walsh—now Rush. Supersiitious ones in the Fire Depart- who ‘elleve big fires come in ‘of ‘three and fatalities to men on ¢ force happen in avout the same way thelr heads to-day over the death Battalion Chief John Rush, who was Ned yesterday by being thrown from bugay. ‘They recalled that he had gono the jay gf.two other men of the same rank, ‘Wtio were appointed Battalion Chiefs on \@he same day: as Rush. A particular \quperatitious old freman of Engine, No. @eweminded those about him that the Mat which the three were named ed with death. Walsh and Rush were made Wattalion chiefs August 1 of last year. Bo braver men or finer firemen ha \rilién from the ranks to justly merited henors. Devlin had been at the top of the, Ust, Walsh was second and Rush \was fourth, The third name that fof @eary W. Rieckenberg, a Brooklyn now ‘Announcement was made that ‘ha@been appointed and that Rush ‘was left out. Then it was discovered that the Brooklyn captain had just died @n4.that. no official record of it had been. made at headquarters. So Rush Moved up and was “mide.” It) was then that the old veteran of Engine No. 33 made his doleful predic- tion. “Tako it trom me," he sald, wit never be any luck In that list. had a dead one to'start with.” Unteasonable or not, the prediction haw had all too tragic a fulfillment. CSVLIN THE FIRST TO MEET HIS FATE. Battalion Chief Willlam Devlin was the first to go. After his appointment he was known in the department as a “rolling chief," with no stationary as- signment. Last September he w. ent to take the place of Chief Helm as head of the Third Battation, The night of Deé: 20 an alarm of fire came in from No."606 Broome street. It was a triflitté Jbiage, but it wag the death of Deviin. |He was guiding the work of his men from a roof when he fell on an ex- tension. He was taken to St. Vincent's Roepital with a fractured skull and after a few days died. Deviin wi widower with a very large famfy, Commissioner Johnson, for this reason, allowed the family a @epsion that js greater than any ever en for a man of his rank. The fire- rejoiced when they heard of tt, one and al dectared: Devin was the bravest man that | ever pulled on g rubber boot.” ‘Chief William Walsh came next. He Aled in the Equitable fire of Jan. 9. ere was no discounting Walsh's | ery. Then men under him knew ‘as @ leader who never sald “Go,” it “Come.” It was while he was lead- his crew into the flaming interior of Equitable Building that his. end. His Inst words were for this men take care of themselves. L8H HAD PROVED t BRAVERY BEFORE. ( “Already they had suMolent reason to [Mtow Walsh's great courage. They re- | q@alled the runaway of Truck No. 6 on } Ganal street, Fourth of July, two years | ago. Walsh was riding on the running tigard of the truck, His right arm w all In a plaster cast, where it had been broken at a fire Jess than two weeks Wefore. But he had not gone to the hos- | pital. Rushing down the incline that runs) Canal to Mulberry streets, the| Off rein broke and the horses swerved tnto the sidewalk. With but one arm good, Walsh climbed out over the shaft te:the back of the off horse, Ho gath- ered the, reins and enung the team | lack from the curb. It had been pointed ctly for the plate glass windows a big building, ¢ ‘estimonial that New York paid Walsh at his death ts still fresh, low comes John Rush, the man who, Croker’s driver, used to send the f's red demon of a machine through streets like a atreak and caused all “Absolutely truthful, brave Croker says he was, and t ‘best describes him, There seems Je doubt that he would have headed @epartment one day had he lived, seemed strange to the men In the | jartment that the man who had hed | y narrow escapes in dangerous ces should have met his death wh quietly to his luncheon. man, as were the would probably have . If he had to go, that he Id Ate fighting. fires as they did, Those who listened to the old wise- ecre of Engine No. 3 this morning ‘Were wondering whether he was going “erazy in the head” when he sald: * “Deviin caled me up, and Walsh called me up and Rush called me up ye: @ay morning.” “there It HIS ————_ — Foand Dead in Store, Andvew Kelly, who kept a little sta- fonery store at Zast One Hun- dred and Twenty-sixth street, was found @ead this morning In a room in the rear of the store, Death was probably due to pop! Kelly, who was thirty- two years o.., had a stroke last night, | but wan brought ont of it by Dr. 26 Matrimonial Market Quotations ‘THe BREAD LINE FILING PRICES witw CLERK Eachelors and Spinsters Can Register Their Re- quirements and Their Qualifications if Sug- gestions to Open the Bureau Be Adopted. NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITH. For some time it has seemed that nothing new could be written or evolved about marriage. In re- cent years all the philosophers and sociologists, the noveltsts and dramatists and reformers have done so much Pondering and arguing and analyzing | about why men and women don’t get married, or don’ get along when | they do marry, that it had begun to look as if everything on the peren- nial subject had been said. But now. comes a British vicar— the Rev. C. H. Grundy of St. Peter's, Brockley—-with what appears to be ® new and original suggestion that a public register be established where marriageable young women may state their preferences in the matter of husbands, giving particu- lar attention to the minimum amount of income which would be accept- able, CANDIDATES FOR MATRIMONY TO HAVE A RATING, ‘The divine explained his highly prac- tlea! scheme as follows: “often,” he said, “a young man ts keenly distressed to discover, when it comes to the point, that a young woman about whom he has been thinking @ lot has $8,000 a year in her head, when he has only $3,000 in his pocket. “Besides preventing @ great deal of unhappiness, it would be extremely soon as @ girl began to capture his affections he could ascer- tain from the register whether she was | within the compass of ‘his income, “If he discovered that her ideas were too high for him, he would b to give up the thought of marrying her bo- fore they had become too fond of each other, Similarly, a xirl on the register would know if ung man began to pay her attentions that he had an in- come (or prospects of getting one) sumM- clent to maintain her in the standard of comfort she expected. QUOTATIONS OF THE MATRE MONIAL MARKET. The British suggestion ts that each clergyman keep a matrimonial register for his parish, but how much more practical it would be—for Americans, at any rate—if a new department might ba opened in the Marriage Licenso Bureau to which eligible persons of both sexes could confide their matrtmontal pre! ences and requirements. The news} pers might carry daily quotations, from the matrimonial market, printed tu double columns of “Aske3" and "Bid," as they do now for stocks, thus making it unnecessary for the busy bachelor or spinster to waste time visiting the reg- Istry office, Yet, of course, pubilcity Would have certain disadvantages. Our great national game of bluf might be carried even into the sober pages of the eligible list. Aud onde Proferred” might quote —taceed might quote b if as re fusing to consider anything under $50,000, when, were it possible to state seoretly her real minimum, she would say: “Mo reasonable offer refused.’ And this vanity fs not confined to women. We all know some moth-eaten bachelor or stale widower who has fare who was summoned from the | Har Hospital, It is thought that he sues d, another attack during the anglaise STOWR old proclaiming that he will Never marry & woman who does not Possess a fortune of $50,000 a year, yet in his inmost heart he knows that no dean of an old ladies’ home would have him, HOW WOULD IT DO TO MAKE A BOOK ON IT? An interesting and new profession might be developed from making book on the Bachelors’ Sweepstakes or the Widowers' Handicap if all eligibles with $5,000 a year could be entergd in the same race for the hand of a preferred spinster, but perhaps the anti-betting jawa would Interfere with this nastime, Women doubtless would find it easter to state thelr matrimon..., requirements than men, becat' though it ts fre- quently asserted that we cannot reason we are at least more reasonable in our expectations ’of life and wo are decidedly more concrete in our ideals. Every girl of elghteen, for instance, knows absolutely whether she prefers a ‘blond or dark hero, And of course, a sliding scale would be necessary to meet the great variety of taste in eyes and complexion. SAMPLE TABLE OF REQUIRE. MENTS OF A GIRL, Let us say that Miss Nancy Knicker- bocker, after describing her qualifica- tlons and charms—in view of the tax- payers and the cost of ink.and station- ery pefsonal descriptions should be limited rigidly to fifty words—states her requirements as follows: Yearly. Tall biong husband, not more than thirty-five Tall dark hu thirty-five ... Red-headed husband, than thirty-five And so on with gradod differences of income, based on her personal prefer- ences or aversions, If she objects to avoirdupols, thon, of course, that should be set forth in the record #o that an doom enamored fat man may learn his and go his baldness disfiguring she should so s' and whether the objection ts too deeply rooted to be overcome by a few thous. ands extra a year. Doubtless there would be persons, both men and women, who would not care to name @ minimum of eligibility. For these timid souls the Commissioner of Matrimony—he would have to be cre- ated, of course—might cali for sealed bids. Really, the more one examines this British vic Proposal, the wider possiblities become. It appeals both to the practical and to the sentimental, For those persons who would find it 1: Possfble to express their ideals In ter of cash could set forth specifications as to eyes, hair, eyebrows, etc. Incidentally the greatest problem of the lovelorn im large cities would be solved. Wo longer need the young man sigh because he has “mo mutual friend” to introduce Bim to his fate. a COUNTESS D’ARCHAT LEFT ESTATE WORTH $200,000, Bugene de Lentilhon to-day asked Surrogate Cohalan in behalf of himeelt and other relatives to appoint a tem- porary administrator of whe estate of his aunt, the Countess Wilhelmina d’Ar. chot, who died in this city Feb, 2% leaving an esate valued at $60,000, The Countess was the daughter of Christian FE, Detmold, builder of the Crystal Palace, which stood on the site of the Public Library, She was the widow of Count Gaston d'Archot, who Was prominent in Belgian diplomatic circles. Count Guillaume d@'Archot, @ nephew of the Countess and one of her heirs, is secretary to the King of Bel- sium, The estate of the Countess consists principally of securities in Licisium. ‘ie real estate is worth about $40,000, con- mating of the house at No. 27 West Tenth etreet, where the Countess lived, and @ summer home at Far Rockaway. Are Proposed for the Lovelorn Copyright, 912, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World.) THE EVENING WORLD, ‘FRIDAY, APRIL 86, 1029. YACHT ELECTRA TO GO 10 GRAVE IN THE DEEP SEA Sahni Famous Steamer, Once Match- less, Will Be Dismantled and Scuttled. KEPT FROM JUNKMAN. How THE Orngn HALF BID WEDAFTER NORGE GONNA BOT GUILTY OF BAN Hugh Ames and Mrs. North- esk-Wilson. Enter Plea¥ and Are Sent to: Prison, LONDON, April %—Hugo L, Ames, the author, and Mrs. Flora Northesk- Wilson pleaded guilty to bigamy dn the Old Bailey Court to-daywand were sen- tenced each to six months’ {mprison- ment. ‘The defendants are cousins, Ames was formeriy private secretary to Sir Julian Pauncefote et the British Legation at Washington, Mrs, North- esk-Wilson, whose home is {n Call- fornia, 1s also @ writer and the author of ‘The Book of Divorce; Its Use and Albuse."* ‘The two were arrested here on March %, the plainiift being Mrs, Kate Ames, who had obtained @ decree of divorce on Feb, 2, She asserted that a divorce obtained by her husband at Bole City, Idaho, some time ago, was not valid in England and that his subsequent marriage to Mrs, Norihesk-Wilson was ‘vbigamous. On the latter allegation the courte granted Mrs, Ames a divorce and then entertainel the charge to which the ac- cused plead guilty to-day. SISTERS WHO STOLE FIND COURT MERCY sbideeaiinaion : One Falls in Faint, the Other Shrieks Until Sentence Is Suspended. Two sisters, both married, stood be- fore Judge Malone in the Gourt of Gen- eral Sessions to-day, awaiting sentency on conviction for shiplifting. They were Mary Mundy, thirty-three years ald, and Margaret Van Pelt, twenty-five Years old, of Perth Amboy, N. J. Both were in tears. They had been in the Tombs a week since their convic- tion, and in the old grim prison had been told stories of the severity of the sentences Judge Malone would impos: "My God, my God!" walled Mrs Mundy, “what will become of my three children?” Mrs. Van Pelt fol to the floor in a faint. She has one child A dozen persons from Perth Amboy told Judge Malone that both women ‘nad heretofore led blameless tives and |Were the daughters of an old, staid | citizen of that place. Probation Officer Conway had been sent to Perth Amboy |by Judge Malone to inquire into the | antecedents of the women, and reported tavorably, “What made you steal? Judge Ma- lone avkod Mrs. Mundy. “I don't know," was the answer, "It was just before Christmas and I was ‘tempted by the display in the stores, I stole first and then my sister took something.” “I hope your conviction and imprison- ment Will be @ leseon to you," Judge, "and because of your \and the fact that you are not profes- sional thieves, I ahall atlow you to re: turn to your homes on suspended sen: tence,” —e— Commodore Gerry Loves the Craft Too Much to See Her Put to Base Use. No dealer of junk will tear asunder the plates and stanchions of the famous old yacht Electra. Neither will she be passed over to persons who con- sider her fit only to do duty as @ coal carrier or as @ barge for any com- modity that might come alon; For years the Electra was the flagship of the New York Yacht Club. Now that she is too antiquated, she will go to a fitting grave with honors. ' Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry, her owner, has looked upon his yacht as he would upon a servant or a horse that has been so long in the family as to be a part of it. Always a lover of the sea, the Electra is to him now & memory .¢ many happy hours. The sight of her recalls the many men and women, his friends, who have trod her deck. He remembers her as she came in yacht bullding ai ONCE MATCHLES: IN LINES AND LUXURY. For beautiful lines no boat tn the bix fleet she later ted could match, much fess, excel her. She was appointed wit! a Juxuriousness in which it was difficult to mee whether wealth or taste pre- dominated. Those of a nautical turn. may go back * fow years and make a mental picture of a fine summer morning at Glen Cove, with the Now York Yacht Club fleot assembled to start on the annual cruise, They will see in the gay group of yachts the Electra, her burnished sides Glistening in the suntight, and her colors flapping to the breeze, Small boats go scooting to her side. The captains of the fleet are visiting the commodore to get their orders, A genial little man with ruddy face and short white whiskers awaits them. There is a joyous reunion, the owners return to their craft and, with a finai salute, the Fiectra leads the way to her station and the first day's raclig run is started, Those who have been aboard and who have partakon of the hospitality of the Electra would almost make up the ros- ter of New York's best rovlety, She spacious enough to do the honors She is of 316 tons and has a length well. over all of 187 feet, big for a yacht in her day, but small now 1 contrast to the semi-ocean Mners that have been built for the rich man’s pleasure. ELECTRA WILL GO TO AN OCEAN GRAVE. ‘This winter the Electra has been lying up at South Brooklyn. The Commodore wondered for a while whether or not he would put her into commission again, She was a good boat yet, he felt, and he waa loth to part with her, Examina- tion, however, showed that she was 4 Uttle weak tn spots and that it might not be well to risk her mor It had always been an eyesore to the Commodore to see gallant craft like the Electra go the way of the second nd junk dealer. He had seen cup de- fenders left to rust in yards or turned over to trades that were not becoming them. It was like seeing an old Subur- ‘dan wikner drawing @ peddier's cart. Bo he deckied on the end that the Electra should have. They ate to tear out of her the fine furnishings that made her the «reat cruising boat of the ficet. She will be @ismantied until nothing is left but the ‘hull, Relies from her will be carefully preserved, ‘Then an ocean-going tut will pasa a line to her and will tow her far out to sea, A burgee of the New York Yacht Club will be at her bow and the American yacht ensign at her stern, Then the seacocks will be opened and the Electra will sink Into her grave, ashecndiitaensinenne FIVE SMALL CHILDREN FOUND IN EMPTY FLAT. Parents Quarrel and Leave Little Ones Without Food or Warmth, Tenants in No. 197 Norman avenue, In the Greenpoint part of Willams »urg, were kept awake last night by the orles of children. The naise could not be traced until daylight, when flv children of Wiliam Melville, without food or warm clothing for twenty-four 1oura, were found huddled together tn the apartment from which Melville an’ his family had been evicted yesterda morning. The Melvilles have ved an unhappy Mfe for many months. Husband and wife have appeared frequently as com- plainants against each other in the Manhattan avenue Court. When the family was evicted yesterday, accord ng to the oldest boy, Wiillam, who tr thirteen, the father and mather quar reled and separated and went away, saying nothing to the children, Willlam ‘yd his three brothers and arried four-year-old Mamie through the streets until they wore shivering with cold. He then took them to the rooms in which they had formerly lived. They got in @ corier and clung to each yther for warmt Policemen Murray and Flood were called and they summoned Dr. Hutah- «* trom Bt, Catharine's Hospital, ao badly were some of the children suffer- ing from exposury. They are at the Children's Soctety while t for thelr parents, COMMODORE WHO DECIDES ON . FITTING FATE FOR HIS YACHT. | 1 | | | | | | nt Gi GR TELS COUR NOTHER HAD LOVE “AFFAIRS ATNHT Fifteen-year-old Ada Reis the Main Witness for Father in Divorce Case. | HER FATHER A FIREM. Mrs, Reis and Co-Respondent Deny Child’s Story—Court Examines the Witness, of hi ry SI Mrs. Mary Reis, wife of a city fire- man, saw her fifteen-year-old daugh- ter Ada for the first time In a year to-day when the child took the wit- ness stand before Supreme Court Jus-| t tice Gavegan to testify against het mother in the divorce sult brought by her father, John Reis. Ada Reis is alender and has big blue eyes and brown hair. Justice Gave. that followed when she sat facing her mother, The child told a damaging story against her mother. The R amily lived In 1900 and a part of 1910 on One Wundred and Thtrt: eghth street, Ta Auge of iio they moved to Beech avenue Ado oid uf seelng her mother with men at both places. “While we ved on One ‘funtred anc Thirty-elyhth street I remember one time when nother was away all night," sald the child, “At 6 o'clock in tho morning I went out In the hall to look for her and saw her with a man, who was making love to her, When I ap- proached the man turned away from me. After a while my mother came in and went to bed “Did your mot r refer to that Incl- dent afterwards?’ ked Justice Gav- No," sald the child, "she net spoke of it,’ The Justice sked her if she had ever seen her mother with a man at any other time, The child sald she had at the Boech avenue home tn the fall of 1910, SPIED ON MOTHER AND TOLD HER FATHER. “That was just after my fourteenth birthday,” she sud. “I was tn bed one aight, The light was It in the dining- room and in the kitchen. The door of my room opened into the dining room and I saw my mother and @ man come in, They went Into the dining-room, The luhta went out right away. I laid awake and heaml them in there together for two hours, Mother went tu the door with the man." “When did you tell your father of these things?" asked the Court. “In February, 1911," repited Ada, ¥In that month mother was gone for three days and we didn't know where she was. My father told me he was going to fle a sult inet my mother and that I would ta to go to court and tell what I had seen. He ‘old me to tell the truth, but nothing else."* Questioned about her father's hebdite, sho maid that he Was at home one whole day in every ix and that he ate (wo meals at home each day, Charles Zipson, also @ fireman, ts one of the correwpondents named by Mets, Zipson denied that he was guilty of wrongdoing and declares that, tn spite # Reis’ charges, Mra. Zipson trusts and her husband. Mrs. Reis ts con- ing the case and denies that her daughter ever Rev, George Knox D Corea, Seul, Corea, April 2.—Rev. Georg: William Knox, Professor of Philosophy History .of Religion at Unton Theological Seminary in New York since 1809, dled here rday, Mr Knox was born at Rome, New York nn 13 and was ordained tn bytertan miniatry at the age of twenty four. He was engaged in miestonary and onal work in Japan for 4s Price 4,50 to Bah, Quali. Gaarantecd CASPERFELD & CLEVcLAND 144 Bo wer ies; > Vinee Gy ae when he committed the crime, attorneys Tepresenting htm |Governor to recommend to the Executive Council the comnmtation of the death nentence to imprisonment for fife. In substantiation of the request they cited man which, thy say, conclusively proved that he was always ineane. deen troubled by the fear of death and even ‘his few remaining aympathizers say if compelled to face death he will | Probably have to be carried.to the ehair. Ing feeling of opposition to any intert: ence with the mand: Lee, William Dunbar, counsel for the prisoner, hope that the Governor at leaat will put the matter up which Richeson ts to be executed during the week beginning May 19, {8 oppored to capital punishment as a general rule, but up to the present has carefully refrained statement regarding his feel Richerson case. epteee eepeeeed SO THEY TOOK THE THREE. Grimms, one of th would adopt a chil they learned of a little girl they might to her two elder ai the other ttle one might have company, seemed good for the lit! TICES PLEA NILONARE WE TDESCAPE DEAT | SAYS HUBBY HELD. BEFORE GOV FOS) OUT $15 000 ‘DOF | Lawyers for the Condemned Pastor Declare He Has Al- ways Been Insane, TOSTON, April Asserting that Rev. \Clarence Y. ‘T. Richeson, murderer of Is sweetheart, Avis Linnell, was insane to-day appealed to ‘ov. Foss for clemency. They asked the stances in the career of the condemned Sleoping amt waking Richeson has ‘Throughout the State there ia a grow- of the law, 9 this fact Attorneys John lL. A. Morso and ex-Judge Desp to the Executive Counc recommend _ clemency. ean ‘The Governor from making any ings in the Adapted Baby Maters y in Rich Home, CLEVELAND, April 26.—Harry W. leading merchants wife decked they After inquiry, f Cleveland, and ave, They called to nad fel] in love with he he was three year Mrs, Griggs remarked that th good for the one that wan to be left. Well,” said Mr. Grigas, “then we will gan spoke to the timid child and quen-| take them all." To-day three happy tloned her gently. She regained Mitte girls playing in the Griggs welf-possession after the firat fut home. ad - To keep the novelties and ceivable style 14 and 16 “The dreaded Rhino” Cries the Sphinx “Has imperiled out glorious Gin! Wait- erkins with heart of gold, intrepid champion of the Bottle with the Red Label,tothe rescue,” Wath the car signs SiRobt BURNETTs@s London First Distilled im 1770 Bir Robert Burnett @& Company 692-694 W, 34th Street, New York “Coats $698. veductions, we have selected this big of smart coats, every one worth almost and offer them to-morrow. sie Serges—Mixtures—Taffetas.~ Dashing mixtures, men's wear serges, striped in hand in this Bargain array. Each made in grace enhancing modcls with every con- with chic pockets.and novelty buttons. Alterations FREE SALE AT’ALL 7HREE STORES: 460 and 462 Fulton Street—Brooklyn 645-651 Broad Street-—Newark, N. J. Also Herzog Flung Dishes and Bolling Coffee at Her, She Swears. Charging thet her husband, Leds, Warled dishes and boiling coffer at Her, to eay nothing of appropriating $15,000 of her money, Mrs. Miriam. He daughter of “Old Man” Schnitzer, east side money leinder who di cently, leaving an estate day fied « euit in for eeparation. Mre. 2 te peared for Herzog, and decision was served. ‘Tho couple were married Few. 2, and have two childr tor his oye hanes) declared by Herzog to have ven to him vy Mrs, Hersog’s fathar a4, & dowry, prior to thelr marriage. According to Attorney Levy, “OM” Man" Schnitzer made out two OheoR® one for $10,000 and the other for $8/6en” payable to his daughter. fused to go on, with mony under that arrangement, dheckea were destroyed, and $15,000 was made out to Herzog. Then, It appears, Schnitzer tried "tb Induce Herzog to invest the money tr the Hohnitzee business. Herzog retused, and Schnitser began a ault to, cecovan. the $15,000, An attachment was at the fristigation of Schnit Herzog’s bank account, and 20g secured an order ramoving’ the tachment. er Das Hersog saye !s an invalid and fives with his broti at No, 4 Park ave- nye. Jte attributes his marital woes.to, the interference of his wife father, and declares io law sult atarted by Schnitrer was reaponalble for the breach between himself and wife, Mra. Herzog claims Herzog began mis- treating her soon after thelr marriage. On one occasion, she says, hp threat- ened to kill her with a knife, . — New Governor for Kwang-Tangs TOKIO, Apri) %.—Gen. Coun: Fukush- ima waa appointed to-day Governor- Genoel of Kwang-Tung, succeeding Gen, Viscaunt Y. Oshima, who becomes & member of the Military) Council. A of American visitors wen guests at the imperial garden party thie after- they were entertained -at by Ameri 's Reduced $12 Values pace with our sweeping lustrous silk taffeta all go hand collar, some further ornamented West 14th Street—New York Gin W is =