The evening world. Newspaper, August 29, 1913, Page 16

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bi Just a Few oft the Thousands of East Side Kiddies That Went to Big Tom Foley’s 8s Picnic T. oereee HOORAY FOR TOM! VIVATOMA’DAFOL' OW! OI! FOLINSKI! Downtown Youngsters Yell Their Polyglot Gratitude to Former Sheriff. TWELFTH ANNUAL PARTY Trolleys Scare Mothers or Kids; Tom’s on the Job. ‘The biast of 2,000 tin horns and the treble ch of thousands of happy youngsters this afternoon let the east (de from Chatham Square to the Har- em River know that “Big Tim” Foley's tohorta were out. If any further in- formation were needed, twenty-eight feeond avenue special elevated care tonveying sald cohorin to Sulser's Park were em 4 with the banners of the twelfth annual outing of the Down- ‘own Tammany Club, There wer) more kids, more noine and more ice cream, candy and cake than wer, even at a Foley plonic, the veteran Tom himself, standing with his aides tear the Chatham Square station super- Intending the loading of the specials, wes forced to acknowledge that the oc- tapion jooked like a recon! breaker. The first apecial was to start for the Dark at 2.90; but long before noon the Hines of mothers and chikiren gathered | an the streets near the corner of Mott! an@ Worth, The old Irish stock of the! Fourth Ward prevailed, but there was A heterogeneous admixture of every face in the big leader's district. It wan 4 parade of the traneplanted all nations, What a good-natured crowd it w Women ftood with thelr youngsters farough the heavy showers that fell after noon; apparently they be- we that nothing could hurt them While under the chaperonage of Tom ey. Drenohed to the akin they fostied one another in a good-natured ftruggle to reach the elevated platform, hegardicas of torn skirts or ripped waists, conscious only that this was the Me day of the summer and It was Weather proof. The luck of the cast mde "younster emcaping tne wheels of the truck And trolley stood them in good stead turing the struggle for pi in the @eclals, Charles Brady, a auperinten- Went in the Tenement House Depart- fhent, and chairman of the committee *f arrangements, directed the work of feeding the ears, assisted by Peter Hughes, a clerk in the Supreme Court. They made good on the job. Not a poungster waa hu Each kid was armed with @ tin horn ‘and decorated with a fancy paper hat; ack clutched in one hand @ precious Raa Rerne ey. COFFEES OODOEDA DEAL IAE DEDEDE DEDE DD EEOHA De drd DO Gebitrd Hebd HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND WHO ARRIVED TO-DAY. LORD Ha,.0ANE, ‘PETITION ANNEX HOMES INTO BANKRUPTCY, Allegations of Preferential Payments Against Real Estate Men. An involuntary petition in tank- ruptcy was filed to-<day im the Federal District Court against the Annex Homes of New York City, otherwise known as the Halley Land and Improvement Company, the Halstead Land and Im- provement Company and Sterling Park, ® corporation engaged in the real ea- tate business at No. 600 Fifth avenue, by two creditors with claims on notes aggregating $2,761, Preferential payments and transfers of property made during insolvency Are alleged in the petition. The assets are valued at $25,000 and the liabilities are stated to be §776,000, ——.___ THREE FIRES IN A NIGHT Janitor Is Kept Busy Stamping Out Oil-Soaked Papers Under the Stairways, bit of pasteboard entitling the youthful holder to je or visit at any of ‘he shows on the park grounds—as well as to eat all he or she could hold #f ice cream, candy, cake, popeorn and ther deiectables. When it came to or- ring the provender Tom Foley had = fone in for carload lots. But there Was little expectancy of there being yf Anything left over after that army wae turned loom It was arranged that the kids should ave the run of the park until 8 o'clock, By that time they were all to be packed home, Those lost or separated from their parents or guardians will A safely escorted by members of the stub, Then will come the doings for the frown folks, @ festival important nough in this crucial stage of Tam- any affatre. SES aE MESSINA FEARS iS DISASTER, Kerth Shocks With Hi fomtio ry turing the past twe dnued earth disturbances and thelr con- Maney hax causd alarm, Owing to the dumber of sharp shocks recently felt. A strong hurricane also has been|The cement building, machinery hall, wowing, trane: portation building, all erected in con- Which has caused the virtual png e a bameber ot Walisios, condi. ‘oretall ® orn disaatae, James Sullivan, emoke at 7 o'clock last night and found & pile of newspapers burning under the stairway leading to the second floor. He stamped out the blase, The newspapers smelt of kerosene. At § o'clock, when Sullivan was be- ginning to dose in his quarters on the second floor, he again caught the odor of something burning, and found an- other pile of oll-soaked papers afire in the same place. He stamped out this bia; woo. He thought his night's work was over, but at 9.90 o'clock, while looking over & pile of papers abla: second floors. He called Patrolman MoCarthy, later an investigation was Fire Marshal Prial. The ground floor is occupied begun ‘by by B. diary within an hi five of the Western Fair bulldings, main le, dining hi and ection with the county c mere deatroyed. IN SAME TENEMENT Janitor of the five- story tenement house at No. 110% Third avenue, near Ninety-fifth etreet, smelled the house before going to ted, he found at the landing of the stairway between the first and who fotified Headquarters, and @ short time to-day net ablaze “THE EVENING WORLD, LORD HALDANE FOR SUFFRAGISTS, NOT MILITANTS Lord High Chancellor of Eng- land Arrives With Sister, Suffrage Advocate. The Cunard liner Lusitania, delayed by fog, arrived to-day and did not make her pier until late this afternoon. The most important passenger on the ship, which had not been in port for nine months, owing to necessary repairs, was the Right Hon. Viscount Hal- dane of Cloan, Kt, LL. D, D. O Ly F. R. 8. Lord High Chancellor of Eng- land. He was accompanied by his sle- ter, Mise Elizabeth Sandergon Haldane, LL D. ‘Thie te the Arst trip of His Lordship to this country. It fe the first trip of any Lord High Chancellor since the time of Wolsey. His Lordship is bound for Canada, and only passed through New York on his way. He left this afternoon for West Point, where he will observe the evolutions of the cadcts, In which body he takes the greatest Inter- NATIONAL GUARD | Viscount Haldane was once Minister of War of Great Britain and is a great friend and admirer of the British army. | In particular he ts interested In the ter-| ritorial forces, which compare with the) National Guard of this country. | Lord Haldane has alwaya been op-| posed to being interviowed by the! “preasmen” of hin own country, When he was sailing he was asked how he felt about meeting the American porters, Me replied, resignedly, that) he supposed he would be in for it, but that when one !s in America he must lve up to its institutions, The ship news reporters found him ready for the Mnguistic eacrifice, a fine, clean cut typical Englishman and a fine gen- tlemen, Bome one on the outskirts of the re- port asked him what he thought of the Balkan situation, and another want- 4 to know his opinion of the Cook- Peary controversy. He smiled and intly waved the inquiries aside, When he got on the eubject of his octal pet, the territorial forces, he met an inquiry as to how they compared with the National Guard, “Well, you eee,” said the Lord High Chancell “the British army is an ex- Peditionary army, always dy to march. The territorial forces are un- der the British Government and are opt up to an equal base of discipline e the army. Your National Guard is under your Governors, and, while part of your army, is probably not in posi- tlon to act as quickly as are the fore I am very interested in your National Guard, from what I have read of it and what I have observed at the time when it was needed. But you can see that the territorial forces are more closely allied with the army than ts the guard.” Ameed as to what thought of th situation in Mexico, he eaid that E land thought that Mexico was poritive- ly the affair of the United Siates, MEXICO OUR AFFAIR, BUT ENG LAND WOULD HELP, eel," he added, “that the United Btates can take care of all questions which may arlee thore, end feel, of course, that we should be helpful to this country In every way we van.” Mine Haldane is a wuffragist, bu: is opposed to militancy. It is only a ques tion of time, whe aald, when they will have woman's wuffrage ‘n England. She Admired the campaign of education which the suffragiste of this country were carrying on, Lord Haldane agreed with hin sister on the queation of euf- frage. Te am, (Deranraiee, A score of tam: The Chancellor posed for the camera ee n os 2 nnd stood the selge bly, removing hie tuneuainn Burne Fate Ballaings. hat and putting it on again at the re- LONDON, Ont, Aug ‘An ineen, | duet of the tographers and moving pleture men “Well,” he xald, when the interview was over, “It Wasn't such an ordeal, after all. I must admit that 1 had been pre- paring myself for metting you, gentle- men, and three years old and his wife is elghty- ' PAGAOOOOY HET ODODE EDO BODE V8G4D0F-006010008001- 0949 rb 0406-04 much Interested in the intellectual life of America, and also of Canada. You know that life is contagious, and we et it from you over the border.” The Right Hon. Lord Strathcona and Lady Strathcona al Were paswengers on the Lusitania. The former is ninety- nine. Lord Strathcona ts Chancellor of the University of Montreal. He ts bound for Canada, where he has lived from boyhood and is known as. the “Grand Old Man of Canada.” He helped fit out troops for the Boer war, using his own money for their equip- ment. Like Lord Haldane, he is op powed to militant suffrage, but bell in votes for women Of Course It Was. ee ee ee ee WOULD HE PUT UP $150 SECURITY AND FETCH CHEST OF GOLD?~-SURE He Would, and When He Got the Handkerchief B: ack It— GREENWICH BOSS GRILLED ON STAND AS MAN HIGHER UP (Continued from &° it Page) But Judge Tierney had other notions. Among them was the belief that @ trial wound bring out the reason why Loles had never been arrested. To-day the reason came out so fast that all business in town was gus ended while folks talked it over on the street corners. Capt. Talbot of the police sald that he had reported Chief Rich that the Club Cafe, the Boles establishment, was a gambling house, but nothing came of the re- ports, “I understood,” said Talbot, “that if T took any action I would lo: my Job." Chief Rioh acknowledged re- ceiving the reports, but added: “If I'd touched the place I'é have been fired in twenty-four hours.” Policemen Fahey and Medley said they both knew about the place, but “knew better than to do anything about it.” H. D, Marshall, Warten of the bor- ough (anywhere else he would be the Mayor), who has charge of the Police, said he never heard of Bole: place. He didn't appear to enjoy say- ing it, James F. Walsh, Republican machine leader and overlont of John Mahon, Moyer Ochez of No. 325 Wallabout street, Williamsburg, a tailor, has been out of @ job for several weeks, Now he im out $100 besides and jewelry worth $50. While standing at Walla- bout street and Harrison avenue to- day Ochez was addressed by a polite stra who sald he was a Me: The stranger showed the tatlor some gold money, which he said was Mexi- can. He had a chest of the stuff, he said, over in the Grand Central Depot. He didn't dare go after !t, for enemies were lying in wait for him. Would it the chest for him and accept as & reward some of the gold? Mr. Oches would certainly accommo- date his new found friend. But the friend was particular and wanted security. Security? Sure! The tallor handed him $100. Then he gave him his watch and little bits of Jewe:ry he had on him. The s-ranger rolled the money and jewelry in @ red hand- kerchief and said he would be back ten minutes, The tailor got He wanted his money bact sigh, the stranger, polite as ever, handed him the handkerchief. He said he was sorry, and abruptly left. Oohez opened the handkerchief and found wads of wastepaper in it, but no money, Then he went to the Clymer street station and told the police that he had been held up and robbed, ‘pon being questioned, he told the truth. The police are looking for the owner of the red handkerchief. Drops Dead on “1 station, Ernest Hansgen, fifty years old, well-to-do retired contractor, living at the Democratic leader, former Jud of the Common Pleas and former State ‘Treasurer, was set on the grill. He hed heard of the Boles place, eaid. ASKED WHY HE DIDN'T TELL NEPHEW, “Why,” asked Judge Tierney, sweety, “aid not you report the matter to the Proseouting attorney? (The prosecuting attorney is the nephew of Mr. Waleh, Bry, D, White, and lives in Mr, ‘a home. le would probably hi was mone of my business, anawer. “Did you ever hear that it was gen- erally understood that you protected Boles?” asked the Judge. “Never heard such a thin; Walsh, “Didn't Boles furnith you, as Repub- Moan Yeader,” asked the Judge, ‘with large sums of money at elections to told me it was the " eald Mr. snapped Mr. Walsh, looking an- Dr, V. V. Platt!, wealthy and a mem- ber of the Board of Burge: vague idea he had heard of ¢! hearsay. Asked if he ever heard of any one by name as playing there, he an- Gwered that he understood Clerk Jam: L. MeNath of Judge Tierney's court was FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, r913. PRAADEY E16 84 OE ORR DREGE EEOE 1846444 HFEREO4 6d 6946046450606 6- hadnt 4 P4OOO DE No, 1187 Forest avenue, the Bronx, died suddenly of heart disease this after- hoon on the southbound platform *¢| the Eighty-ninth street station of the Third avenue elevated railroad. After being guarded some time by Patrolman Dodd—the dead man aring more than @ thousand dollars worth of Jewelry—the body was removed to a nearby undertaker’s by permission of the Coroner's offic: —<———— TWO MORE ARRESTS ON POISONER’S EVIDENCE Fourteen Have Now Been Impli- cated by Man Under Sen- tence. Two more arrests were made to-day on evidence furnithed by Joseph To- lilinsky, the self-confessea east side prisoner of horses, who was recently sentenced to serve fourteen years In Sing Sing prison, al has been telling the District Attorney and the Grand Jury all the details of his revolting business ever since. The men arrested to-day were Max Swirtky of No. 57 South Tenth street, Brooklyn, and Joseph Kalhaffer of No. 19 Attorney street, Manhattan. Detec- tives ens and Thomas took them into custody on bench warrants issued by Judge Rosalsky, who held them in 95,000 bail each. They are accused hiring Toblinsky to poison tho hori of competitors. Toblinsky has implicated fourteen east side and Brookly. livery stable Keepers, milk dealers and ice cream manufacturers, Six arrests have been made thus far aa a result of his con- fession. oe jaom Receives Germ WASHINGTON Aug. 29. nt Wilson to-day received the Imperial German Commission of four appointed by Emperor William to study American athletics, The commissioners are mak- ing # tour of this country in prepara- tion for the Olympic games in Ger- many in 191 Freee Begin Webster Celebra FRANKLIN, N. H. Ae, 29.—Exer- clses celebrating the restofation of the house in which Daniel Webster was born on Jan, 18, 1782, will be continued to-day. Several thousand persons were present yesterday. -Day CPPS DO RS CHET Se HORE AE STSHS ITS ID rs “JULIUS” WON'T STAND FOR WHIPPING-POST, HE TELLS MRS. ROWLAND Here, but Retrograding ir. England. Sheriff Harburger, busy man that he Is, found time this morning to indit: another “typical Harburgian letter, this time going on record as an oppo- nent of the whipping post. The Sheriff was persuaded he was) to write this letter by Mary Scott Rowland, an authoress of London, Eng- land, who appears to be a champion of the whipping post. (sure Says Civilization Is Advancing “It outlawry is ever to be minimized, this Is the only way to effect this desideratum,” wrote Mre. Rowland, add- ing her best wishes, &c. For patriotic Julius this was too much. ue promptly replied that civilisation Is cing in America and in England ry im retrograding. “I am not a bellever in the whipping Post,” he wrote, “but in education, It is abhorrent to think that lashes on the [back should purify the individual. Th brutal man after sentence in prison fro be made a humaniaer, We aro not In the days of Torquema when the thumbscrews were in vogue. You would better take the other side of the question and with your pen of golden thoughts spread the religion ¢0 ably advocated by Mra. Stowe when Uncle Tom was lashed." eS ad Worke Better in America. Cosmo Hamilton, novelist, playwright and actor, was a passenger by the White Star liner Majestic, which arrived {from Liverpool yesterday. “1 couldn't stay away from America,” he explained. “L find I can work much better here than abroad. It may be the air, but anyhow, I have to come to America to do my work.” @ ateady player. fm approval. fense, Ehmore F. Bank of the Probate Court of and once prosecuting Bridgeport when Mr. former Jud tion call McNath, The Walsh supporters in court rustied The attorney for the de- ‘airfield County attorney in Walsh was Judge of the Pleas, insisted that the prosecu- Mr. MoNath came to the front cheer- now say that I would nokla crap t fully, SAVY8 HE UNDERSTOOD WALSBH PROTECTED IT, “And were you given to understand that the place was protected?” asked Judge Tlerney, "Yes," replied MeNath. “By whom?" asked the Judge, F. Walsh,” replied the witness earn- ently. “Did Mr. Walsh,” asked Mr. Banka, “have any official position in) Green wien at that th No.” sald the lelerk, “no official position.’* | ‘What was asked counsel for the | | defence. He apparently tatended to | draw the anawer “Judge of the Common Vieas.” Hut he did not. ‘This is what ie got from M Nath, speaking very sowly ax and Slstinctiy: Walsh was the man high ” A rou! wheel, a Pushel Or ents, bie and a wagon load of dence in the ease, be afraid to meet you anywhere A sm peter tanies wore ov Has anybody here seen “FORCE” TOASTED WHEAT 9 FLAKES ° SEMI-ANNUAL PRICESALE ENDS TOMORROW Saturday,at 10P.M. MODEL CLOTHES For Men & Young Men Tomorrow night this most successful of clearance sales comes to a close. Every 2- and 3-piece Suit, eve! orfolk, every fancy fabric—even to the staple blue and black serges. All are included. The Price Schedule ssconow $7.50 $16.50 NOW 8.25 $18.00 NOW 9.00 socorow 10,00 gmvow 11,25 $25.00 Now J. 50 .00 NOW 14.00 soonow 15,00 $35.00 NOW 17.50 woonow 20,00 wsconow 22.50 Alterations Free. Bet. B’way & Sth Ave. ALSO CORNER OF Broadway at 36" MARLBOROUGH HOTEL Bidg. Outret-Town. Stores: 2 FOR 25CTs, “7 RED-MAN Gh COLLAR EARL & WILSON Going ont of tore for the e may Th aaa ers f

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