The evening world. Newspaper, December 16, 1913, Page 1

: POLICE TRAIL WEALTHY MAN IN SEARCH FOR MISS M’CANN Three Die in Smoke as Family Leaps From Window FIN aL NIGHT ‘Weather Cloudy to-night and Wednesday; warmer. PRICE ONE CENT. FIREMAN LOSES HIS LIFE IN VAIN EFFORT TO SAVE HIS MOTHER AND SISTER Father Throws Fn Fase Baby From Window of Amster- ! dam Avenue House. WOMAN LEAPS ABLAZE. rav* Fire Fighter Perishes in >» Own Home on His Day Off. Thomos J. McManus jr, a young New York City fireman, his mother and his sister were burned to death early to-day in a fire that swept the five-story apartment house at No. 366 Amsterdam avenue and cut off the-escape of five families. On CARABAO OFFICERS DENY HOSTILITY 10 PHILIPPINES POLICY Assurances Given President Wilson That Dinner Satires Had No Critical Aim. BLAME PRESS AGENT. His “Lack of Sympathy” Story the fourth floor a busbané was ma-| Repudiated—Promise Report rooned with his wife and° infant child. The woman leaped from the window; then the father threw the , ehild'to te street and followed him- of Banquet Doings. All three are seriously in- MARE WHANUS, twenty-car, o J. MMANUS jr., tweaty- som; @ fireman THE INJURED. ‘ J. M. MAURER, twenty-three; cuts ‘bruises, MAURER, twenty-two, ‘Wife; fractured ekull, broken hip SULLIVAN, 0 firemen | ony, Bngine Company 40; two Alfred Suckow has @ taleshop in the WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Officers of the Onder of Carabao sent assurances to administration officiale to-day that they entertained no spirit or purpose of hostility to President Wilson's Phil- tppine policy when they held their dinner last’ week and gave travestica and eatires on member <€ the Cabinet Howard, honorary president of the order repudiated the work of the press agent who furfixhed advances ut the dinner, w ‘ch declared that what was said ani uvne was designed to show tie “lack of sympathy for recent developments and tendencies in the Philippine govern- ment.” Admiral Howard said neither he nor any other officer knew such statements were being given out. Brig. Gen. Ale- shire, Brig. Gen. McIntyre and Admiral Howard conferred with Secretary Carri- fon to-day and promised to furnish a four children, Some of the men in the bakery discovered the blaze in the seo- ond floor hallway about the time it Was geen by the policeman on that post. It Bad good headway end was going up the stair well to the roof by that ‘téme, filling the halle with amoke, mak- ing the stairs impassable and breaking ‘The fire escapes are on the rear of the owse, and some of the tenants di@ net know of the fire until it was toe late to reach them. Two of the eight epartwments ip the house are vacant. ESCAPE BY STAIRS QUICKLY SHUT OFF. As goon as Suckow, the baker, was roused he went to the hall door and found the stairs burning. He took hie wife end fou. children to the rear and got out that way. On the top floor C. Edwin Handy, hie wife and grown children, Alfred, (Continued on Sixth Page.) orld “Lost & Found” Advertisements Make Good Here's one of many similar letters re- ceived at The World office day after aes Deo, 18. 1918, ‘World: oe Loa Teen ad Ko ee World “LOST & FOUND" Ads. get 2 circulation in New York City, mornings reater than the Herald, Times, Sun and Tribune COMBINED. TWAT'S THE PUBLICITY YOUR AD. .. REQUIRES! Jand to be returned to their commotion in army and navy circles. SECRETARY HELLER TAKES THE RESPONSIBILITY. Dr. Joseph M. Heller, Secretary of the Carabao and now on the non-active medical corps list, to-day assumed all responsibility for disseminating advance tter to the preas concerning the Danquet. Dr. sald that thi Ld of aympath: ment was ently overionked in his revie advance matter. He insisted n was intended in the burlesques, “We have been singing the songs for ten or eleven years and there never has been rny objection before,” he said. “We consider that we were merely taking fun-making Nberties with mem- ders and current events. “Amd as peace really isn’t in our line of business, we felt that the little skit @bout Secretary Bryan would be taken only as the good nat riors. We certainly the Secretary, the President or any one. It was good natured—just as it hae al- waye been. “The song ‘Damn, Damn, Damn the neurrectoa"’ was inspired fifteen years ago during the insurrection on the islands, in the heat of a vicious cam- paign and amid hardships and priva- tions, It was sung by the first volun- teers who went to the Philippines and s been sung ever since. 8 the words of the song indicate, en wanted the insurrection over ‘own bee loved hom: Ae it stood originally it read ‘Filipino’ instead of ‘ingurrecto.’ ‘Three years ago it was recognised that conditions had changed, and so the wording of the song wag altered so that there would no longer be a fling at the Filipino.”* mee aaa pe | 30 KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK. | Workmen Ral VIENNA, reported killed and thirty-five seriou injured to-day near Barnow when express train ran by a collided with a work Mesh NEW YORK, FIREMAN SUFFOCATED AND HIS HOME AS IT LOOKED. AFTER BLAZE SOE TEREAM MILITANTS BREAK INTOCHURCH AND of St. Anne’s in Liverpool to Gain Entrance to Edifice. LIVERPOOL, England. Deo. Church, Liverpool, cendiary fire atarted by the militan: Suffragetten Pankhurst. oburch organ w by the “arson suuad” through @ a1 glass window, which they smashed. The usual suffrage iterature waa lef: scattered about the place, —_—-S HEARST KEPT AWAKE And He Can't Move to a Silen Neighborhood Because He Has a Lease. William Randolph Hearst was a wit ness to-day in Justice Philbin's part o} the Supreme Court in a su Railroad from operating tr: tracks north of Seventy: the west side of Manhatta testified that the noise from the train: was so xreat that he and members ot his family were disturbed in thelr api ments at Kighty-sixth street and Ri wide Drive. at tines, natd Mv, Hearat, ‘that I hav Jumped out of bed and rughed to th Dec, 16.--Thirty men were! window to find that welincad astoeneee “1 would, but I have « lease on th apartment,” ‘he replied, SET IT AFLAME Smash Stained Glass Window le Heavy damage was done to St, Anne's today by an in- @ protest againat the Fearrest of their leader, Mra, Bmmetine The stalis on the south side of the Entrance was gained to the church BY RIVERSIDE TRAINS brought ny him to enjoin the New York Central Island. He “The noite hax become #0 pronounced SCHMIDT BREAKS QUT INMAD FRENZY, Slayer of Aumueller Woman Is Forced Back Into Seat by Court Officer. - STATE CLOSES CASE. Defense Indicates Contention That Religious Mania Impelled Prisoner to Evil Acts. Hana Schmidt, slayer of Anna Aw mueller, made a wild scene in the Court of General Sessions before Judge War- ren Foster today, Shrieking protests against any allusion to insanity in the family, Re Jumped to his feet in wild frenzy. He wea obliged to be re rained and forced to his seat by @ court officer. The State.closed its presentment before noon to-day. After Apspistant District- Attorney Murphy had finished reading the shorthand reperd at Gonmidt’e’ come fession Mra. Amy Williams, the last wit- ness, maid she knew Acne Aumvueller at the flat at No. Sh Reatnnntt cen ye, es Mra. Anna SCHMIDT © CHANGING Mr. Murphy asked Schmidt Why he had used @ number of assumed names, De understand,’ replied Schmidt, “about two-quarter or three- quarter personalities?” - Mr, Murphy said he did not, “Then,” sald Schmidt, “you cannot understand.” ‘The alienate and the counsel for the etense took notes rapidiy at thie point. Mn Olcott declined to make amy mo- tfon to diemies the case against Gchmidt at the conclusion of the presenting of the prosecution's case. “I mean to show you.” said Judge ‘ott, “that thie man hes a family taint of invantty which he has always had, had at the time of his murder of Anna Aumueller and still has.” midt jumped to his feet. “It We not tr ‘he cried in @ hoarse volce. Court Officer Carroll jumped up from his chair, put both hands on Schmidt's shoulders and forced the prisoner beck Into hie chatr, “I protest against that! 1 protest!” shouted Schmidt before he was allenced. “We shall prove,” sali Mr. Olcott, “that Schmidt had heroic religtous mania from hie early boyhood. We shall actually convince you that this young Man grew to believe that tie was born of a union of his mother and John the Baptiet. He believed that because of this fanciful birth he was aclected by St, Elisabeth for con- secration and was actually eetainet| me oy Bt. Elisabeth.” Tt wae announced that Dra. M. 8| Gregory und Smith M. Jeliffe of New| York end Dr. Joseph Cotton of Tren- ton, N. J, and Dr. William A. White of Washington, D. would be the alientafs to testify for the defense. WANTS PRIGONER SENT TO IN- devotion to those suffering from poverty, his notions regarding his pecu- tag religious qualities, his queer ways of making money (some hones and some dishonest) fustified his being spared from death in the electric chair and his alternative confinement in an asylum for the criminal insane Heinrich Schmidt, an inepector of the t] government ratiroads of Germany for of Hans Schmidt, tor the defense. 1) J¢ geese and ducks and drink the blood, then showed the extreme religious side, telling how the lad erected a Minature altar, when at the age of seven, and made vestments for himeeif. ri told of Schmidt's jal experiences in ft] Germany and of his suspension trom -| priestly functions then, | The elder Schmidt eaid that he fre- tly had occasion to differ with hie 14 for encouraging the boy's overseal- e }. | Ootober, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1 1913. arid ~ 98 PAGES FINAL NIGHT Weather—Clowdy to-ntaht and Wednesdays warmer, “PRICE ONE CENT. LYNCH WHITE MAN AFTER HE FIGHTS DENYING INSANITY) FOR LIFE IN INL Murderer of Three Persons Battles 50 Men, but Is Hanged to Bridge and Shot. SHERIFF OVERPOWERED. Life Term for Triple Crime Resented by North Dakota People, Who Storm Prison. WILLISTON, N. D., Deo. 16—A mob of fifty men armed with rifles and wearing black masks broke into the County Jal to-day end, after over- powertnk Sheriff Erickson, carried off “Cleve” Culbertoon, recently convieted of murdering three members of the Dil. ton family on @ farm near here, and lynched him. \ appeared with thelr battering ram and started mering on @. door. Aw the steel door was knocked from ite hinges he sprang forward at his an- nadlant, fighting like @ tiger, He knocked one of the men wnooracious with his dare fet, but was Mhally “overpowered, The mob carried Culbertson out of the Jal, whén in: front’ of the prison some ‘person in the crowd shot and wounded him. ‘The prisoner Wan packed Into one of several waiting automobiles and rushed & mile east to a bridge over the Little Minsourl Rivér, where Culbertson way hanged with a rope fastened to a rai! ing of the bridge, Several shots were fired into his body when the rope was drawn. The fact that Culbertson was sentenced last Fri- day to serve a life imprisonment inetesd of being condemned to death for kill- ing John Dillon, his wife and daughter, Lela Marah, on Oct. 21, aroused the pop: ulace and many threat of lynching nad been made. — TWO NEGROES LYNCHED BY LOUISIANA MOB. SHREVEPORT, La, Dec. 16—Two negroes, Ernest and Frank Willams, were lynched by a mob at Blanchard, La., to-day. They had confesned to ki- ing Calvin Ballard, whose body was found Racked to pleces in hin store Sat- sien morning. negroes lynched are believed to have been friends of three negroes Bal- lard killed several months ago when they attempted to escape from the Loui jana penitentiary where Ballard at the time was a trusty. PARDON FOR MORTON AFTER TERM EXPIRES —_———— President Wilson Restores Civil Rights of New Yorker So He May Practice Profession. WASHINGTON, Dec, 16.—President Wileon has pardoned Dr. William J. Morton, the physician convicted with Jviten Hawthorne fer use of the nails to defraud and who completed his + in the Atlanta Penitentiary in last It was stated at the Depart- ment of Justice to-day that the pardon was issued after Morton had com- meted hia tarm in order that he might again be gligitle to pratise medicine Dr. Morton's pardon wae asked by many citisene of New York and several prominent physicians, who pointed out that under the state laws there he would be deterred from earning his living in the profession of medicine un- lene hue civil rights were restored. Presi- Gene Wileon's action was taken on those | grounde, officials here explained to-day, | @nd no euch ection was taken ae to ‘Hawthorne because the necessity wae not acute, ——— SUNDAY WORLD ‘WANTS WORK MONDAY WONDERS. ~AMBRICAN PRIMA DONNA SUSPECTED AS ARMY SPY BY ITALIAN OFFICIALS. ARNY SPY SUSPET Sister Says ‘ten Donna Is Practically a Prisoner of Italian Authorities. ROM, Dec. 16.—Mise Dorothea Mac- Vane, an American opera singer, daugh- ter of Silas Marcus sor emeritus of Harvard, is said by her family to-day to be practically 4 privonér of the ItaHan authorities at ‘Taranto, suspected 7. Miss FAith McVane, MacVal aister of & profes- ® Frenoh singer, complained to-day to Ambaa- sador Thomas Nelson Vawe of the al- leged detention and then hurried away to Taranto to ald her | Prof. MacVane, who !s seriously ill in Rome, has not been told of his daush- ter's muppored plight. ‘The family har} lived tn Italy for @ considerable time, Ambassador Page said that ne would gation of the affair from the Italian Government as, s00n as demand o full inyge he ja in possceajan of all the facts, ‘Miss Dorothea MacVane is the prim where. and elso = from ment’s suspicions. tampered with. this country. daughter, raw atm phere of | | tended to France of [tal KANSAS CITY, Gonna of @ grand opera company tour ing southern Italy and suspicion was di- r er said, when ahe and military forti- fications at Brindisi, Taranto and else- Latters she received from het brother-in-law, a French naval officer, a former diplomatic attache added to the govern- t ‘There are three MucVane Dorothea, £4ith and the ago. Boston. ——— < Kansas Oty Bag Boycott Ende. Deo. 16--An exa hoy- j eott deviared ten days ako at a mass. | meeting of women's organizations of | Kansas City wae lifted to-day gue were selling at # cents at the UUme the boycett was started. To-day they retailed at 2 to % cents. Kuasian Mise Kdith MacVane sald that a tele- gram from her alster stated that she was not confined, but was under « surveillance and her private mail was vatant Emily Dodoeman de Placy, the wife of an officer In the French Army led five year remarkably hands ented, and thelr social and cess in Kurope has been great gratification to thelr friends in Prof MacVane wun persuaded to mo | abroad four years ago with his daugh- |ters Dorothea and Edith by the third whose descriptions of iife in the equable climate of Southern Kurope Were fascinating to people living In the Letters re- cently received by friends of the M wirla indicate thut they had tn tle permanently in Bouthern Ktorage mocemes a ee HUNT FOR LOST GIRL CENTRES ABOUT MAN IN FINANCIAL SECTION Middle-Aged Man, Instead of College Students, Will Be Questioned by Detectives About Whereabouts of Vanished School ‘Teacher. SEEN NEAR HIS OFFICE DAY OF DISAPPEARANCE Police Say Important Facts Are Being Withheld From Them by Men Who Were Friendly to Hi yer rest The twelve-day search for pretty Jesete Evelyn McCann, the Sunday- wchoo! and kindergarten tescher; whici Sas ted ’through the twisted streets of Chinatown; through the rural villages of Long Island @h4‘through Phit- adelphia’s brick-paved streets, turned to-day into thé Wall @reet district where bankers, brokers and lawyers have their offices: Clues discovered in the investigation around Good Ground, L. I., where The Bvening World | uncertained Miss McCann was two days efter her disappearante from her Flatbush home, No. 438 Hast Twenty-first street, and where the girl had spent her vacation last summer, caused the detectives suddenly to abandon thetr inquiry Into the girl's college boy companions aad to concentrate their attention on a wealthy man of middle age. While the Identity of this man is kept a seoret, it te admitted that he has an office not far from the intersection of Wall and Nassau streets, To him, the detectives say, the girl might well have gone had she decided to leave home for a tim nd to him, they point out, her way might have led when a Flatbush acquaintance saw her the day after she left home, hurrying into the financial district from the Wall street subway station. OO Tt wax not until yesterday that the detectives got the clue which GOV. GLYNN SIGNS BILL | inndnctu tf wie ENDING TAXICAB GRAFT in the various college men whom Miss Private Hackstand Privileges For-| McCann met at Good Ground and with whom she danced, satied, walked and ever Abolished Under Terms of New Law. drove through the weeks she stopped at the Hotel Arlington, the home of Wen- {dle Squires, tie Columla student who | rewarded himaelf as practically engaged World > Gov, Glynn to-| which makes person in | her and who now ts awaiting only [her return home to agk her to marry | him. Tut it was not alone with college boys, the detectives gay now, that Miss Mecann was well acquainted POLICE BELIEVE FRIENDS ARE NOT TELLING ALC THEY KNOW. ne fact that it davis enem tweive Des [day signed the Levy bill, ft a misdemeanor for any the city of New York to demand or receive money for granting to private | ALBANY, wrporations the use of the city's/daym to learn these facte which, they streets in front of the property he inay | aay, might have been put at thi = own, In effect, there never can be! Doral a week of more ago, and In such a thing a8 a private hack | fusal last night of young Ha: nd in Greater New York, the city's ‘olumbia student, to answer treets being thus ev 2 the un- concerning hie uaintance restricted Je vehicles, he missing gtrl, cryatalized the In The Evening World's fight for re- duced taxteul rates, it was shown that the larger hotels, restaurants, theatres and clubs were receiving enormous sums from the taxicab trusts annually for the privilege of occupying the clty atreets in front of thelr premises, to in polioe circles that the searci- ere not encountering perfect frank- ream on the part of those from whom they had w right to expect help. It was then that the police determined to ask the ald of District-Attorney Crop- “ey, who has the power to order a the exclusion of Independent taxicab| Grand Jury investigation of Miss Me- owners. Cann’s continued absence, Mr. Crop- elstera, Assembiyman Levy introduced a meas | wy |8 unlikely to acoede to this request, Baroness] ure, which had long been advocated by | however, unlese some real evidence of The Evening World, making it a mie- erime committed can. be shown to hackstand priv- Ethel MeCann, Tl was unanimously | tly, de: that and paseed by both houses of the Assembly | Atives of the missing girl had answe: latic auc-! ang today Gov. © in aligned it. | Mestions freely and frankly acd were & source of) concealing no particle of evidence. | DETECTIVES NOT GIVEN ALL IN. J TRESCA JURY DISAGREES, | OETECTIVES NOT GIVEN ALL lean ed This ag by | Throughout thelr work detectives have fisco ered for themselves facta wich tn ‘ Judge Kienert In a" might have been supplied eariier, and (Rpecial to The Prening World.) while they tributed much e PATERBON, N. J, Dev. 8—The tic Mitingnens of the ‘foreign ju from Hudson County | yj, acquaintances to face whieh ted | Cana _Tresea, I. Wo W line notoriety that would follow a frank or, trainees for tpelene <o wile ‘ 41 discussion of th they feel that en ” a ae) the Ume has come when no fact or sus- agreement this afternoon and was die | iio, of w fact should be concealed. arged by Wu ase tha the The parents and relatives of the girl ae en eee a conviction» “8° have declared thelr belief that'ane wax Jelght to four kidnapped or is being restrained against ———— STEAMSHIPS DUE TO-DAY. her will, and because each of these ourles presupposes ® crime, the policn have determined to seek @ Grad Jury eatigation, | The work of the police has resulted eo far in bringing into the case the names of severe! -clicgo students, and these Oarille, Port Limon Ryndam, Rotterdam = Mavana. - ca pases SS = ———w Rcvattlasite ies is ek el seco } | 4 4 “J as acca PUSS ate ia phediuswisadeaer hi ihe