The evening world. Newspaper, May 20, 1912, Page 1

Showers probable to-night and to-morror. FI EDITION. PRICE ONE ¢ c ENT. AUTO DASHES FROM BRIDGE "KS 10 RIVER BOTTOM DROWNING FIVE RDERS —_—_>— Two Women and Three Men Meet Instant Death on Mid- ; “night Ride in Chicago. INLY ONE BODY FOUND. Victims Were Joy Riders In- vited by Chauffeur for Spin in Borrowed Car. May 2%.—Five and two women, ly to-day when the a h they were riding plun) ‘a into the Calumet River at’ the Ninety- second street bridge. CHICAGO, men persons, three w One of the women jumped tnto the tiver as Lie embunkner Abcording to a wate’ Her body Was fo) . but none of the others hod been recovored up to a late hour to-da The automobile, which was going fully forty miles an hour, turned com- pletely over ag it went into the river. Only one of the party was seen after- Ward. One of the men swam for sev- eral minutes. The watchman threw & life preserver to him, but he appar- ently did not see it and went down. 4. The bridge had peen swung to allow @ boat to pass, and, although a warn- ing was shouted to the driver of the machine by the watchinan, the former was unable to apply the brakes in time to avert the . cident. Divers attached ropes to the auto- Mobile and the top was raised to the murface. The State license tag came into view, showing No, 7. The license, according lo Uie records, was issued to O, W. Cannon of No, 60 Vermillion street, Danville, I. CHAUFFEUR TOOK FRIENDS ON A JOY RIDE. Examination of the car definitely es- tablished that it was owned by Mrs. ©, F. Spalding of N 0 Astor street It was driven by Join Buchanan, a chauffeur, temporarily employed by Mrs. Spalding. He took the car with- out permission and invited two women and two men friends to ride with him, With this knowledge the police ceased working on the theory that the might have been owned by C.F. non of Danville. The women wer @nd Florence Mahon tives of the young wom fnvited oy Buchanan the machine and were expected to return by midnight. Hours elapsed after th accident Defore the identity of the dims was known. Some of the witnesses eclared that there were at least six Persons in the automobile when it Plunged into the stream. It was the Body of Anna Mahoney that was recoy- rr Grappling ‘rons were dragged far @own the stream from where the auto- Mobile plunged, but no other bodies other than that of the young woman were found. Grapplers later were ‘as- tened on the sunken machine, anda diver went down to see whether the Dodies were still pinned beneath the car or had been carried out into Lake Michigan by the strong current. The auto was speeding forty miles an hour when it made the fatal plunge. ‘A policeman two blocks from the open @rawbridge shouted a warning at them. Unheeding, the Joy party sped on, pass- ing two other bluecoats who waved and ted that the bridge was open, Near the bridge a fourth policeman @tood guard. He ran into the street, Ufted his nightstick and shouted, The chauffeur saw the danger when Jess than Can- jared to be Anna Ys sisters. Rela- f@ score of feet from the open draw, He | made a quick turn with the wheel choosing ina brief instant to run head- on into a stone abutment rather than to pluns scar and Passengers into the river. His action served only to throw the car balf way around, an sitewls ‘ached thro: the eefety chain, turned over in the a and the screaiuing occupants were » enced as the water closed over them 3 IL, May 20.—0, W nephew of Representative Jo- feph G, Cannon, and whose motor cat Hcense number is 5, the same as that on the automobile which early to- fan into the Calumet River, Chicago, aid that his car was safe in its ga ‘age here. He and Mrs, Cannon made a trip to Chicago and back in the car last week. ee Turkish Baths, with priv ms. 81, ontiirgpedist is ib até How, tat TAFT WINDS UP IN OHIO WITH NEW ROOSEVELT ATTACK President on Last va tari of Hot Campaign Accuses Colonel as a Law Breaker. HAMILTON, 0., May %%,—President Taft on the last day of his campaign tour of Ohlo developed new Hines of criticism Col. Theodore Roosevelt. In a speech here to-day to one of the biggest crowds that ever embled in |Hamilton to hear a political address, |Mr. Taft made hot answer to Roose- veit'a charge that he had abolished important “commissions” ap- many pointed in the last administration, by making the counter charge that theso commissions frequently eee been un- lawfully appointed, — Manteewr en ce Mr. Taft added to his statement of |last night and again declared that Mr. Roosevelt evidently thoughtshe was the Republican party. It waa a speech that handied the former President without gloves, and the crowd broke in several times with cheers and applause. | ‘The President's attack on Mr, Roose- that bureau, | he | ab: sald Mr. Taft, “and that appointed 4 commission’ which was | by 48 and that I am not entitled to any credit for the mining bureau bill, That offers a god tration of his respect ; Whenever he thought it necessary, with- out any authority of law he would ap- | point a commission, ‘That commission |woukl incur expenses until Congress decided to mit him in that regard. "So in a bill which was passed bof office at all, and a hich 3 clt signed, the Presi- dent was forbidden w appoint any more commissions because Congress regarded it as an unlawful expenditure of money, not authorized by appropriation by e ny posevelt says that Iam lding to the bosses Tata nue many of the missions which had been unlawfully because ated. Well, 1 could not do it be- cause of the express prohibition of the law which was «i before I got into office, and which he himself signed, That !s an instance of his inaccu- racy in memory, He applies that to the Country Life Commission, to the Min- ng Commission and to every commission that his lively imagination thought It would be well to appoint. It ts easy enough to appoint a commission to de- vise ways and means, but {t 1s @ good deal harder to get a statute through that does anything except advertise the Administration.” Charging that Mr. Roosevelt had with- drawn millions of acres of land without warrant of law, the President pointed out that he had @ statute making with- drawals lawful and put on the books and then withdrew 100,000,000 acres, “That {s a faly illustration of the dit- ference botween his Administration and mine," concluded Mr. Taft. “It shows the impatience with which he regarded the law that lmited his action.”’ WOMAN BASEBALL MAGNATE WINS SUIT FOR CONTROL OF ST. LOUIS NATIONALS | Presid joined From Transferring or Vot- Hitchcock handed down a deciston en- | Joining Wdward Stelninger, President of the club, from voting or transferring stock belonging to M Fritton or her mother. eininger Was Also ordered to issue Mrs, Britton new certificates for stock she holds, Mrs. Britton filed sult to prevent Steininger from voting 96 shares of stock held by her son and her mother #t an election scheduled fox to-day, ! velt began with @ discussion of the mining bureau bill, “air. Roosevelt says that he originated | Jent Steininger of Cardinals En- | ing Mrs, Britton’s Stuck. ST. LOUIS, Ma —Mrs. Helene | Hathaway Rodin Lritton, owner of the St. Louis mal ague te to-day won her suit for control of the | lub when Clveuit Judges Grimm and “ Circulation Books Open to All.” ib NEW YORK, MONDAY, MAY 20, FI EDITION. ai “ Circulation Books Open to Au.” fe 1912. 16 PAG RICHESON WAITING FOR DEATH ASKS. TO SEE BROTHER Condemned Man Declares He} Is in Good Condition and Can Stand the Ordeal. TO DIE AT MIDNIGHT. “Have Made Peace With God and Am Resigned,” He Tells the Prison Warden. ETHEL CROKER GETS ADNORCE BY JURY'S VERDICT Findings at Second Trial Are Against Son-in-Law of Ex- Tammany Leader, NEW WOMAN IN CASE. One Witness Quotes Breen as Saying He’d Been Offered $50,000 Not to Contest. A fury in the turned a venilct day declaring Croker Breen, daughter of Richard Croker, former Tamany sachem, had reason to obtain a divorce fom John J. Breen, The for- mal entry of a decree will follow. When Clarence V.| of Miss wis | Supreme Court ri Ford to- BOSTON, May %.- to Justice | T. Richeson, the slayer les than twelve hours to live he ex. Pressed a desire this afternoon to see hjs brother, Douglas Richeson of Chi- cago, who is in the city. The former Before deciding that Breen had been clergyman told spiritual adviser, Gullty of misconduct with Miss Maude | Rev. .D Heroert 8. Johnson, that he Diehi, who appeared as a witness in the | Weuld not urge h's brother to call if first suit instituted by Mrs, Breen, and, the latter thought he could not undergo with an English woman known as Mrs. | the ordeal, but would be pleased to Reese, who !s sald to live in Peterboro, |. The prisoner said that so far as Canada, the jury heard one witness for he Breen say that Richard Croker’s | Tether without fear of collapsing. He in-law had beén promised $50,000 i¢| MAG reconciled himself to his fate, he he would-not contest a suit for divorce | MAded. and felt that he was at peace (with God and the world. his oe Linnell, reflected that he probably had} Was concerned he could meet his) \Ty ¢ Cobb, Who Urged Tigers To Call Off Their Strike | PRICE ONE OBNT, TEER TEAM AGREES TO PLAY WHEN NA Owner Promises to Pay All Fines and Assures Suspended Player He Will Get Fair Trial in New York. REGULARS AND SENATORS . IN GAME TO-MORROW: Mutineers Declare They Win Princi- ple Involved in Strike and Will ~ Hereafter Get Protection. PHILADELPHIA, May 20.—The baseball strike inaugurated by the Detroit team last Saturday came to an end at 3.35 P: Mi. today ~ Dut that he was “holding out” for! With dod and the warkd) When President Frank Navin of the Detroit Club announced in thé ry conde: lept soundly te in aie Diem who ngured promicienriy f0UF Route hla morning, after being ; “ence of all the players that the team would play Washitigton'Yo-mor Sale — , “Ty fh Brm Broen'a tira ault for divorce, | Aur even encertul ue times dieing the ; row without the services of “Ty” Cobb, who still stands suspended for had refused to come to New York trom) night, occasionally singing @ hymn or ‘tp i oe , y *his attack on a spectator in New York last week. Toronto to testify in Breen's defens» in! repeating his favorite Scriptural pass: | | m the Only Compromise Seeil Javin inf d 1 this second case, giving as her reason| ages, Ca didat Si R It President Navin informed the players that he would do his utmost her recent marriage to a man named} Rev. Herbort W. &tébbins, the prison! n e s ‘ooseve av e nsion of Cobb li H Ferguson, 10 whom she was engaged at chaplain, was with Richeson until 9 A. | U Mi a — gcc Fi fall fi ‘ pois ue ies hapless and that ne i | M. when he awoke. Rev. Dr. Johnson ¥e@ he would take care of all fines inflicted upon the player: their strike. the time her n was Nnked with yers for ir . Breen's in the former actlon, stayed tn the death chamber until after|{ = CAMBRIDGE, Ohio, May 20.--Col. Roosevelt served The players have consented to return on this ise bec Robert P. Lyle, an ex-policeman ‘rom 2oan. arranwing 0 return again at ©8h' ll notice tosday that he would resist any compromise at the}! Players : Promise because they feet ae AR woa.asues tele pilae lal moments. Richeson had little appetite, || Republican National Convention. “There can be no ‘come J) (hat Mr. Navin was the innocent sufferer in this extraordinary affair, rested and fined én the Canadian city (ye gengnes Tesla on his cot during || promise,’ he said in Cambridge. “Some of our opponents |, The players desire it distinctly understood that the principle involved on @ charge of disorderly conduct : 4 | a < Tt was Mra, Elizabeth King, a dress-|"WILL NOT BREAK DOWN,” He|| are Saying that neither Mr. Taft nor I should be nomie |) upon which they struck will be taken up and fought to a finish with maker of Peterborv, who brought the| SAYS TO WARDEN. nated. | the American League. name of Mrs, Reese into the suit a%! warden Benjan ', Bridges, De | Oy ti) romise candidate. He wili be me"! || ——————®. The. payers | presence second co-responient, She testied tol Warden Michoer eruane. Remy | I'll name the comp: He will be me. of Mr. Navin that hereattn “it doe can a conversation sho had overheard bee Father J. J. Murphy. itonan Cathor ee hall ScoresTo-Da have it, an investigation shall be mage, tween Breen and Mrs, Reese in her owa chaplain, engaged in prison work, w cre tay ase before a player ts suspended, Mr, Ne home. among thoe who called to see the von- | —o— promised the players in the presence. “Breen said he didn't love Croker's|demned man. Father Murphy asked | the newspaper men that he would daughter,” the witness repeated, “and| Richeson how he felt and urged him to NATIONAL LEAGUE. up with the American League the quee- that he was golng to be divorced. He! make his finai peace with God, tion of protecting the players against id his father-in-law had off, ed him) The former minister spent much of AT CINCINNATI. | Unsportsmaniike conduct on the part of 000 but that he wouldn't tis time to-day in prayer and in reid | GIANTS-— | spectators, When he gives mo $1,000 I'll sign a ing his Bible. | 000 - | The players say that ‘this action we receipt with both hunds." Breen was Rev, Dr, Johason, when asked if h, “INNATI {not taken a# @ result of anything Ban alleged to have said on that occasion, | thought Richeson woul 000 lista * done; that wae “T also heard hi at ment, said: against what they termed the he had twenty Mis “Z vather think he will, but am not | Jef tie Amertoan Ly sue Breaideme te string’ In Potert n= | certain,” icheson AT PITTSBURGH. j still _on tinued. Mrs, Reese laughed and sald of letters from acquaint ‘ON COBB MAY GET BACK INTO ‘I hope I'm not the thirtieti:.’ mumber himself, ein 201 a GAME ON WEDNESDAY. “Oh Bo, Hid, you're not,’ she said | the distribution of his books to minis- | pITt ES, While no offtcial announcement pers the. Bi Ned, ‘I've ki 1 ) s Elec A po PLT YSBURG! t. Deven repite ve known you to | sere.aaa others with whom he had been | NO ga in His Election prosecutes Persons Who Told via subject haw been made, it ie meine ————< Richeson's brother decided not to visit Is jority Repo! : | —_—— Wat Cobb will be back in the game GIBBONS-SID BURNS BOUT tne state prison, out ie wit remain in| 'S the Majority Report False Story of Love Intr AMERICAN LEAGUE, | When Sur. Navin er'here ert) foe the city until the body leaves for Vir- f ittee. ii | : POSTPONED BECAUSE OF ju" of Committee. and Shooting by Queen, | dh NeW ORK J erertbe alee Rha ENGLISH BOXER’S ILLNESS. | ricHEeson WouLo oppose Fur.| —_—_ sett CLEVELAND— ‘ro players and Hughte Jeontandl P | THER DELAY. WASHINGTON, May %—The c: | — | manager, he expresed himself Opponent of St. Paul Middleweight,| aster conterring with Dr. Johnson in| Senator Lorimer of Illinols, whose . BRUSBDLE a der Set HC Ree RS | fled that while the men were Suffering From Stomach Trouble, | the warden's omice this atvernoon At-[tlon was alleged to have been brougit M8 i porta) HIG | a eat {ie Seay ie seer. < irae A torncy Morne visited Hicheson, Helabout through corruption, to-day was 4* ' th ‘ of tha © Justification because of their Collapsed Doing Road Work. found his client calm and anxious ayn Lies rebar ene tha a _ He fink. 3 wa ved tostay in th | admiration for Cobb, thelr star team- The ten-round bout between Mike have the sentence of the law carried fi Py i my ee s AT BOSTON m Then he had a« consultation Gibbons of St. Paul and Sid Burns, the out to-night. soe shade sre Bince a nt garden pa 1 at CHICAGO— (Wit Ban Jobnson and another with h welterweight, scheduled for toe Mr. Morse in an interview said Were made by the epectal Inys tasks : adiio: E oe 000000 - |striking players, after which the y night at Madison Square Gar-| “A man was in my office a short time |commitice, the former upholding and 0 : : Nl nosTOn. held a long meeting behing den was indefinitely postponed to-day “0 Who urged me to go to the, courts) the latter condenning met ie oft ryal fam It ow Kot ota 020000 - r because of the sudden SiIness of Barns tee writ’ orpue with! The male reported oe + sug, declared ¢ ( Of the warden | ee Maieresooy ye bis strikere wil The Englishman collapsed on the road pose of ne @ stay of ex-|rules of law, judicial procedure and ju - »y Ban Johnson for retusing tea on in Ric eitice required that the Sena Y to play on Saturday, bur thag ‘0 ope Ap He Beech whorerhie hae been. AGN | uso me to do shat. 7 nie Senator Lorimer'a fav mel RIE ft 4 ay |ee effort will be made to asceetaiertt s training. threatening to wot) { be held final and conclusive, and nay nibs ant the Dues “eae Uy ~ J) the fines come from the pockets ef is Doctors who attended him sala | eee cra pe nal. final’ and ee Sa ot the woman dea ; Spring Zephyrs Nereis from the bankroll of Ben. tsahible Waa.te calee of the sudden would way iv to any suet Riche | stantial evidence discovered iv see mind ; ni dent Navin; also that Cobb wilhe Ay ace: Di doe. Sreamen for (he Gar! son hes made up h extiga hia election being th Ay Floating in from the se given an tmmediate and tmpartial OAR Aso WAS Rely 10 FS AF ROT 84 Aces anol we } fists sf exiting al con, | tary otnear : ’ uountain and country places * New York ba |The ctima him, satd Creamer ¥ ; ne " were printen lash wee New York fane who sawdiie r) r b Jonce mm estina x His M ° ” ie aves 1 gn ton wa iced a i a arereache| | i \ 1,111 World‘Sammer Resort” Ads, | axsauit on L last Wedne: used to take B whe ing” tha i an i reward What led up to it he ul the fact ‘ volus 151 More Than DOUBLE the f the Detroit players don their unl eu club officlals ‘y afeay fo Pe dis tt i ; 480 In the Meraid. galn and play r appoint here had been # pee : aan a ‘ Juningy without Cobb that velatile big advar Ke the bout fp f ’ That this is only the start of tho | biaswr wilt have t san with pes d 1 Anny ver area as son. r minority. repo a slgned b a vacation season and The World Pout the re 4 stated on geod as Burn earthly existence one Se # Kern and Lea, De ut, aud 7 showing inthis important elas ty that at eeting of the was apparentiy the dominating thonaat {te 7 DIRIGIBLE BREAKS RECORD; ata rire shown by these fig. | Puuvers held at the ne Hotel this younger Virginian who shortly after midnight peo Jordan, |, ~ Pi “Summer Resort” nt he would get a falr deal tn Goldsteln, fell from the third story tonight will probabiy. pay i gy ARIS, of 55,627 World “Sw sort” | | ution and would not suffer W of his home at No. WHA Lex me, haw tecome , aloo Clea ! Ads. Last Year from his suspension, Many Killed: ‘Tho, ohila ‘cpen eat iteE a eae Carrsin ; vie | 98,801 More Than the Herald, | MAGNATES MEET TO PLAN HELP window to watch the elevut ie gery cat nee on jsigotl i nied toa 4 fe Leciharine iaathiipant of Rarwents FOR DETROIT, wo by and in getting out on the ledge |. | hes ofMclal pe page & | previous tude record for ¢ no’ Hg (nase oe le Vo-day's Kame, scheduled for Siibe Missed his footing and tumbiod into the | ase Blane whee that oMelal Ded him # | algned Sa Revie tere Py Mt) Resort, Hotel « wd Boarding House | yi te niinceed Sie Ree ete ieee worry, I shail not break down, I have] "We are convinced that no vote was{Cenet, also of the Clome ennouncements will be found In A meeting of the owners of on | --— Ph ~ "Wh attained a he Yesterday’s Sunday World, | Leasue clubs has been called for. FOR BASEBALL SEE PAGE 16, (Continued op Second Page) _ | (Continued ton Second Page) Boissons, June 19 of la morvem, and, besides Navin, Frans Mage t — ; % & , !