The evening world. Newspaper, August 5, 1913, Page 1

PRICE ONE © * qparann—raie to-night and Wednesday; Warmer. BASEBALL , and RACING ENT. Copyright, 1918, by The Presse Publishing Ce, (The New York World). VANDERBILT TELLS HOWFRIENDS WERE’ ° KLLED IN AUTO Says He LNs Mrs. Pell Alone and Went Ahead to Identify Bodies. TRAIN WAS LIGHTED. S. Osgood Pell Was Driving Fatal Machine When Train Ran It Down. William K. Vanderbilt jr., called aT 6 6 6 0 oO PITTSBURGH 11 0 40. Batteries—Marquard, Fromme a GIANTS | ia B BROOKLYN AT OCHICAGO— 000 2 6 Batteries—Rucker, Curtis, Heckinger and Miller; Pierce and Needham. 4T NEW YORK— 200868 DETROIT \|4 2 2 08 ® : Batterios—Keating, Schults and 3 @@ the first witness in the inquiry | ~ held to-day ui the ~ Nassau Hotel,’ Long Beach, by Chairman Martin 8./ Decker of ihe Public Service Com- mission, Second District, told a com: plete and graphic story of the events of Sunday night which led to and Just followed the fatal collision of 8. Osgood Pell's wutomovide with a Long Island train at the Wreck Lead crossing and resuiting in the deaths of Mr. Pell, William Latmbeer Charles Gambeun, the chauffeur. ‘Mr. Vanderbilt said that Mr. Pell him- relf,dyove the maching’on the fatal rec. tarn trip from the Nassau Hotel, He tumself did not know that there had ‘Reet an accident until he came up to the erossing and found the road blocked by the train; then, ieaving Mrs. Pell, who Fas with him in his machine he walked forward, discovered that the friends whe had been his dinner killed and hurried Sirs, hotel before she 5 Dusband was kill When Georgy J. 1 the train that struck the auto, called as a witness ho answered all questions with caln) surenose and de- liberation, He «tated that his wae a @even-car train und that the firat three lighted, the others dark tie run down to Long Beach. His headliit wud the designat tng lights on the front of the motorcar were aldo lighted saw AUTO APPROACHING WRECK LED CROSSING. “At Jekyl Ish sing | Was three minutes late, ston said, “I slowed down defor: » twelve mites, then put on my whole train was straightened ovt on the straight etretoh of track jwading to Long Beach. ‘Then I shut off power and coasted. “At the whietle post, 1,200 feet away from the Wreck Leagtrossing, I blew my whistle. ‘Taen T saw two awitos cross the track, When | was about 500 feet away fram the crossing [ saw another car coming up to the cro! and J sald to mysell, ‘That car woing to stop.” “J was golng woout thirty miles an hour and 1 judued the wuto was going w# @bout my specd When we were about 900 feet apurt T ruailzed there was going to be a collisie andl put on my forakes to the @11! tar ine alr. Then the crus!) came.” When the engineer wus cross-qu tioned by Inspector Buchanan he tat there was so doubt bis whistle could #0 plainly ecard when he blew it at the 1,20-foot post away from the crossing, for he had more than 100 pounds of air pressure on. When asked which thought should have right of on the assumption the right of way, be was & heavier object and not #0 easily hundied as an automobile. While the machinery of inquiry was being get in notion to-day Mrs, Laim- beer, in a bedyoom above the parlors where Chairmay Decker held his court, amd under the constant attendance of five physicians and two trained nurses, ‘wes making a ard fight for life against he terrible odds put upon her by the eeverty of her injuries, Though both of her 8 are broken, ome arm and two ribs are fractured aad the doctors, have been anxiously watching for symptoms of brain con- emeston, Mrs. Laimbeer seems to have em even chance of recovery, it wee said Condy. ‘Mao atientshas not be not been told mere @Oentinued on Becond Page). —=_— id ‘MARQUARD GETS we ey; Dubuc and Stanage. (DETROIT SLUGGERS BUMPED HARD | GET BUSY EARLY _ BYTHEPRATES, ATPOLO GROUNDS Pittsburgs Break akan Win- Heavy due wu ‘and. Misplays | ning Streak, Driving Him to Bench in Third. in First Prove Big Handi- | cap for Chance Men, : so THE BATTING ORDER. | = TH ants Pittaburah a HE BATTING ORDER. Burns, If. Byrne, 3b. | Daniel aos Dewwit. Shafer, 2b. Carey, If. \ Wotan’ #4 ‘Bush, se. Fletcher, sn” Viox, | of. Ho fooel A Bauman, 2%. OR, 3b. Wagner, ss. [Bolen fa doa rkle, 1b. Miller, ib. 9 ‘en 3 O, Wilron, rf. | lhe, 2 Veach, If. Gommers, % Cree, if. Gatnor, Ib, Gibson, Stanage, c. Marquard, ¥ Adams, p. Moraeny, Bb, Umpires—Mensrs, O'Day and Bms- Dubue, Dp. Me. Attendance, 8,000 spinal to Tho Brening Word. FORBES FIELD, PITTSBURGH. Pa., Aug. i--Tho Pirates and Glants Uned up again today under perfect woather conditions before another lange crowd. Manager Clarke had Hendrix and jams warming up and after looking them over decided on ¢he latter with Simon behind the bat. ‘The @ans here are very aenxious to see the Pirates break up Marquard's record. He warmed up before the game as did also Mathewson and it was not until game time that Manager McGraw ploked his pitcher for the day tn the |port sider. Meyers had his hand badly jay and left for home tast n taking tis place. Shafer grounded, Miller. Wletcher lined to 0, Wilson. No Rune, Byrne flied doubled to left to Snodgrass, peel On a passed ball Carey took third. Viow eacrificed to Snod- grass, scoring Carey. Wagner fouled to Merkle, One Run. SECOND INNING—Hersog with a double left. Kommers. grass out, One Left, Miller out, Fletcher to Me; Murray struck out. Snod- Viox to Miller, No Runs. o, to Snodgrass. No Runs. ‘THIRD INNING.—A. Wileon fouled to Gibson, Marauard fanned. Burns out on a bunt, Adams to Mil No Runs. Gibyon singled to right. Adams bunted safely, Gibson taking second. ked, filling the bases with none out. ‘ey singled to left, scoring Gibson. Viox singled to centra, scoring Adams and Byrne, Fromme replaced Mar- quard in the box. Wagner sacrificed » Merkle, unassisted. Miller's sacrifice fly to Burne scored Carey, O, Wilson filed to Murray. Four Runs, One Left. Shafer. Fletcher fouled to Miller, nog flied to Kommers. No Runs. Kommera fanned, ©. Wilson out, Fletcher. No Runs, FIFTH INNING.—Byrne Morkte. threw out ray stole second. Snodgrass grounded) out at first. Schulz made a quick aseiat to Wagner, who threw Murray out atlof Cobb's splash in fron the plate | third, Wilson ned to Wagner Noland threw him our at Hartael! Runs. One Left [threw out Veuch at first. ‘Two Runs Byrne singled to left, but was out! Peckinpaugh beat a clow vounde: stealing, Wilson to Fletcher. Carey out, rag to Merkle, Viox out the same way. No Rune. - GIXTH LNNING—¥romme filed to oa vsix Berna lined to Wagner, Ghater B' Mned 40 Biter, He Rune ‘IRST INNING—Burns popped to Adams to led off Merkle flied to Wilaon filed to Burns. Kommers filed |‘ Byrne FOURTH INNING--Wagner threw out! Her- Fletcher to Merkle dams lined to Murray singled to center, Mur-| Umpires-O'Loughiin Attendance 6,000. Mpealal to Tae Brening World.) POLO GROUNDS, Aug. 5.—About 6,000 fane turned out to see the Tigers and Yankees do battle tn the second game of the series. Just before pil led Silk O'Loughlin called Ed. Sweeney, the Yankee's star catcher, and presented him witn @ check for $0 for hitting the bull in one of the games with the Naps. Huxhey Jennings sent Dubuc to the mound; he was opposed by Keating for the Yankees, Cook, an infleider from Austin, Tex., jarrived this morning and was on the bench with the other new players, FIRST INNING.—Bush boat out an in- field hit. Bauman hit an easy one to Keating, who threw wild to Peokin- Paugh trying for a double play, and and = Sheridan, — GFREH RE HEROES T0ss ™ WOMEN AND BABES M0) EACH OTHE Fireman tliat Mass of Hu- manity on Escape Platforms to Rescue Two. Baby, Suffocated in ment, Found Too Late tor Revival by Pulmotor. f One jittle life went out in @ smoke ir which endangered hundreds of jlives at No. %@ Bast One ffundred and! ‘Fourteenth street this afternoon and acore of women and children were \ | |SCORE OF LIVES SAVED,| | Tene-| i ad by firemen and policemen from {@eath by suffocation from being [anaes by leaps from the fire escapes the five-ntory tenement. ewan Hook and Ladder Truck No, t | reached the fron: of the butlding the iron frames of ho fire excapes on | ‘each floor was bréast high cages for jsnarling, screaming end fighting women withthelr children. ‘Tue fire, which wun In the Vasement, ha jwith @ thick, chelting smoke In which no Ofte could live, Those of the eighteen | families in the house who were warned | tm time swarmed out to safety by way of the roof, The tenants on the lower | eore took to the fire escupes, which | wore not large enough to hold all of; {those who tried to reach them. {CUIMBED OVER HUMAN MA88 TO) RESCUE TWO. | Fannie Gribler, on the fourth was unable to get her year-old! and her two-year-o% son Samuel | to the roof because he was so fright- | ened by the clamor that he crept under | the sofa in the parlor. She ran re- | peatedly to the window and screamed tor help. | Fireman Van Steinberg went up the} | Gro eacapes, climbing over the aquirm-| Ing masses of humanity which filled| them, and gripped Mra. Gribler, who held the baby under her arm, despite her protest. He worked bis way to the sidewalk with her. All the time she was crying to him that did not, want to be saved unless Sammy was! waved to Once she was on the sidewalk Van Steinberg went back and hunted for little Sammy. He found the child un- conectous, where his mother had aaid fhe was, under the sofa Dr. Mason Gorton of No. #2 Madison avenue and Dr, Herring of Harlem Hospital worked ove: the boy with a pulmotor half an hour, but found that he had not enough of life in him to be saved. TOSSED WOMEN AND es BETWEEN PLATFORMS, Meantime other firemen, assisted by or Bueh went all the way to third, Craw- ford forced Bauman at second, Peck- {npaugh to Hartzell, Bush coring. Crawford stole accond and scored on Qodb’s double down the left field line. A passed bail put Cobb on third. Veach | stung @ wicked single in right and Cobb came home, Gainor singled past Peck- |inpaugh and took third on Wolter’s boot” and Veach scoring easily. Stanage got a dase on balls. Morarity struok out, Stanage stole send, no play butng made to catch him. Hartzell ran over close to the foul line and got Du- bue's fly. Four Runs, Two Left, janiele mingled’ past short. Daniels was caught napping off first, but Um- pire O'Loughlin claimed it was a balk and he was allowed to go to second, Wolter died, Dubuc to Gainor, Hart zell was thrown out by Morarity and Daniels was nipped trying to take third the out @ quick return from x to Morarity, No Runs, SBCOND INNING—Bush got a base on balls. Keating was taken out of |the box after this and Schule came to} the rescue. H pan greeted Sechuls with a terriMe line drive to left for a clean home run, scoring Bush ahead of him. Hartsell made a neat stop of | Crawford's hot bounder and threw him Bush, Knight tned to left for a # | Peckinpaugh going to third. Cree kept up the good Work by singling over ae ond, scoring Peckinpaugh and putting (Continues co Mishth Peee) b r Policemen Nau and Gibbons of the East One Hundred and Fourth street station, had carried and wased forty or more women and babies from fre esoape to fire escape and to wafety. The Madison avenue cars were blocked for an hour by the fire apparatus and the orazily excited crowds which surged bout the front of the atreet until the) Police reserves could get control of th situation, There waa no direct dam from fire except in the basement, and it was small. ———— SARATOGA RESULTS, FIRST RACE—Little Wophow, 6 to 5 end 8 to &, fret; Roamer, 8 to 1 for place, secon; Surprising third. Time— 1.06 4-5. SROOND BACE—Ealinks, 1 to 9 and out, fret; Dartworth, & to 5 for place, second; Star O'Byen, third, Time— 1.40 3-6, THIRD BACE—Howthoras, 7 to 10 and ont, frst; Genesta, 6 to 6 for place, second; Star Gase, third. Time, 1.13 1-5. FOURTH BACE—Camuarins, 3 to 1 and ¢ to 5, frst; Barly Rose, 1 to 3 for place, second; Cutaway, third. Time— FOR DETAILS SEE PAGE 8. ibe E 1 Ben. WILSON WANTS TO TAKE GIFT e of Congress te Accept From B: Feiends WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.--President Wilson to-day asked permission of Con- wreas to accept @ statue of William Pitt sent co Qim by British admirers. ¢ 14 PA aan Who Suing ‘Architect; Wants $25,000 for Causing Arrest AHO EIRELS ES IEDEGOOE946 9 09OOO9OOOO ONTEOR dE REED eee oe £-560900000035000000880790008 096 920220 DEMANDS $95,000 |HUNGRY CUBS PeLeeterbices FROM ARCHITECT ' CLAW DODGERS’ FOR FASE ARES | Actress Says He Accused Her of Stealing His Watch and Money. For causing the arrest of a gum look- whom he charged h, Willlam A, ing young woman with stealing his wal Starrett, architects, Starrett & Van Vieck, No. East Seventeenth atreet, is to-day the defendant in an action to recover $25,000} jr) damages. The plaintiff In the highly Ine dignant young woman, Rose Meyers, known to stageland as Edna Adame, Among the papers in the suit tiled by her attorney, Reginald H. Schenck of No, @ Broadway, ls an aMdavit eworn | to by Miss Adama, who gives her ad- drees as No, 10 West Sixty-vixth street. Shortly after 10 o'clock on the evening of July 3, ways Mine Adains, she left her home, walking over Sixty-sixth | street, thence down Broadway. At Fif- ty-fifth street, whe continues, she was accosted by one of three men who were standing on the corner, whom she later | jny. did not excite the players in. the learned way the architect, Starrett, A®|jeast, Reulbach has been of little value | |, declares the actress, Star-)t, the Cubs all summer and Stack has| attention, money any object?” Continuing on her way still without | yneg heeding the man, say# Miss Adama, she at Fiftieth street an actor, whom knew, Walter W. Weltitt No, 350 it Fiftieth street, to whom she appealed for protection, declaring that three men were annoying her The couple hud been standing together only a few seconds when Starrett und his companions came up, and Starrett ts allexed to have sald “Come on, I'm on to you. Hand over that watoh and chain and the $20," and after demand- ing an explanation Welftt invited the stranger to remove hit glasses The two companions of the mat continues Miss Adams, sald something about their friend belng drunk and finally ine duced him to go with them, but later he came back and aguin accused Ming Adams of stealing his Watch, chain and money, this time cull policeman. After hearing the man’s complaint the officer took the accused actress to the Forty-seventh street police station, where Starrett ts alleged to have mud! fed hie complaint to @ charge of steal ing only his watch and chain and later withdrawing the complaint altogether of the well known firm of|' | for the Dodgers had put a new ainb!- wi | Don't you want to Bo! nor peen much better for the Dodgers. and when @he paid 10) The release of Mitchell to the Pirates | he thought the STAR PITCHER, Rucker One Inning: Against the Chicago Slug: | gers—Curtis to the Rescue. Lasts THE BATTING ORDER. Mohulte, rf. Zimmerman, 4 ie Umpltee-~Brennan and Zason, ite tendance—d,000, (Ppecial to The Brening World.) ' CHICAGO, Aug. 5.—BM) Dahien and his Dodgers displayed more pepper in their actions to-day than at any time during the series here. Tho victory yesterday which ended the losing streak tlon Into the visitors, ‘The trade of Reulbach for stack, oh was announced during the morn- |for the waiver price was pected FIRST INNING. somewhat Moheer Mead to ¥ was out, Heidweil edham to Phelan. No! led to rught. Phelan iied | to Stengel t " Leaon move | Ing up to third after the catch, Sohulte ymgled to right, Lo oring, Zimaver man angled to chulte Koln t gecond. Schulte and 2) (Continued on Eighth Page) the matron was leading the prii whe oner aWay to be searched At this point the lieutenant on duty became wrathy, wording to Mine Adama, demanding of Starrett wheth: y hou At the tne at the police addreas, No, 4 Bast Seventeenth street, scrawled on it, be located to-day when an effort was walt Pore Teer a v7] Books Open to All.” | (“ci Circulatio 19138. GES BOSSES USE THE LASH, TRY TO FORCE WHIT ~ ON TICKET FOR MAYOR Barnes, Koenig and Parsons wal tically Demand Turn Down of Mit- chel and Call Executive Com-:: mittee to Meet To-Morrow. PROSECUTOR'S PURPOSE IS TO DEFEAT TAMMANY. Withholds His Own Decision J Warring Factions Fight It Out— Fusion Bolt in Queens. ernst Whilé putt. ds al, Peis wl ceed So ‘over the head of District-Attormey Whitman to-day when it was eo. nounced that the county leaders would be called together to-morrow |aftertioon for the purpose of demending that Mr. Whitman refuse the — | Fusion nomination for District-Atturney and accep: a nomination for ' Mayor on the straight Republican ticket. he thirty district leaders composing the excuse <oauniltee of the New York County Republican Committee are to meet in coumty headquarters, No. 105 West Fortieth street. Mr. Whitman returned to-day declaring his main object was to accomplish the defeat of T: could be mat accomplished ‘until Sher BASEBALL GAMES Sallee and Win, ny, but unwilling to anndunce how consulting with his friends. The decision to “make Whitman etend for Mayor’ came after frantin confer ances with Mr. Whitman. Almant every Republican leader in Mashettan ‘municated with the NATIONAL LEAGUE. either in person or by phone en@ 4 a manded that he repudiate the pay GINSINNAT!, slate, Then followed coneuketions 01 f ___| William Barnes jr, Herbert Parssmp CINCINNAT: / ‘and the financial powers of the Aen And it was decided to call the beet! Committee. A motion wit be Ratteries — Perdue and Hariden:| and carried—if the present ‘Brown and Clark. | voit laste—urging Mr. Whitman to & B- neeyd main In the race for Mayer. Paine “tours REPUBLICAN LEADER oy 0 WHITMAN MUST STAND, : LOUIS “There im only one, way out of for us,” sal a weet aide ;, 0 ae leader in w high city offfee Batteries ~— Acexander ang Killifer:| day. “Whitman must run for He has promised to do ao, It te —o | batter for us to go down to with Whitman as our candidate AMERICAN LEAGUE. j 10 act an an asset toe new Wileem — regime in New York. If Murphy end AT BOSTON. ; Wilson are at joxgerheads let them ST. LovIs— VinsT GAME agut it out. We refuse to ald elthew? he Hepublican leaders to-day oule 0 00:0 0 0:0 0 O-~ Of mites to Progressive and fi BOSTON— slate inakers the proposition that 10000002 3) Whitman's popularity as @ candidate © Batteriea—Leverens, Aleaanuor andjfor Mayor be left to the primaries, A MeAllister; Leonard and Cartigar @all costs, they declared, the Distatel- SECOND GaMe |Attormey must not announce Mis ST. LOUIS— ision as to the Mayoralty undid 101 |the primary election. BOSTON— They oharge that Influences 100 out of the Brandt case were at weet Ratteries—Weilmar | Collins and Carrigan. and AT PHILADELPHIA 30 0 Batteries Houck and Lapy el wingled to right, but was| CLEVELAND— | PHILADELPHIA Blanding and ON AT WASHINGTON rian worked | CHICAGO— MoAlilater; 4; Plank, \the Committee of One Hundred 8 and that several meni tally belny mentioned we ‘Whitmen n were induced te vay from the committee the might the was taken Republican leaders declared that nan should not announce his until after the primaries, when the and file of the party wih have am | portunity xpr their own | directly and not through the megigm, a self-conatituted committee, Republican leaders Curther esate thar trooore the Independence Leaguere are prapage WASHINGTON— | ing to Join them in revolt. Frignéls oo0000 John, J. Hopper, who expected ; Batteries—Hens and schalk Boehling| POmAAtON for HorouRh Presta and’ Alneenitn, most active in fomenting —— <= among the Leaguers. Taer the threat communicated to pare Raatien Ae iatsl ue i Mo | af the Committee of One Hu F 4 5.—Two Russian military aviators, his card Karpomt aud hia mechanic, were killed at business the Krasnoye Selo camp to-day o#ink to the breaking Mr. Starrett could not! piane while they Were Mying at a great altitude. made to learn his reply to the girl’ 0) threw them omt and they ~ Lieut, Poll. of a wing of thelr aero- ‘The machine turned over, Beven to-day that @ coalition publicans and the Independence | 1s not an impossibility because slight to Hopp 4 KOENIG TALKS WITH Wi FOR AN HOUR, were picked County Chairmen Koonig an hour otth the