The evening world. Newspaper, January 20, 1914, Page 2

Hi sanffe & Hf | WAAL STRIKERS TOLD TO “LAY OUT SCARS _ WOU STEERS SEVEN KILLED IN PISO DAS FR FREEDOM Three Convicts Slay Four in Warden's Office While Hold- ing Girl as a Shield. ARE SHOT THEMSELVES. Ex-Congressman Thomas Is Among Victims in Oklahoma State Penitentiary Mutiny. MALESTER, Okla. Jan. 30—The State Penitentiary is quiet to-day after the incipient mutiny in whioh seven men were killed and two men and @ woman wounded late yester- Gay. An official investigation is being made in an effort to find out how the three convicts who murdered four be- jfore they were themeeives killed tained thelr revolvers, THE DEAD. THOMAS, JOHN R., of Muskoges, formerly United States District Judge and for ten yeare Congrese-.. man from Tilt QGROVEr, H. TI., Superintendent ef Bertillon department of the prison, Sf THE EVENING WORLD, TU ESDAY, WHOLE CITY TIED UP ON “‘L’’ ANDSUBWA [Two Widely Separated Acci-| Blazing Car on Third Avenue “‘L’’; Ladders Up to Rescue Passengers ARAWAAAAA AAA OANA, dents Demoralize Traffic on East and West Sides at the Same Time in Busiest Hours of Day. (Continued from First Page) crazed passengers to the street. Only one passenger was hurt in the least. George Holman, a irk, of No. 65 Kast Eighty-seventh street, had his finger jammed in the gate of a plat- form from whioh be was being lift- ed. He was attended by Dr. Rieh- ardson of ##. Gregory’e Hospital. Meantime the passengers on a train Y; HUNDREDS Lael for each car—were got in op- ion. BIG PASSENGER LEADS THE OTHERS FROM TRAIN. In a Broadway local train, which was halted between the Columbus Circle and Fiftieth street station, the passengers sat for an hour and ten minutes, hoping each instant that the cara would move. At last a big man, been jad growing, “It you'll follow me, I'll get us all out of here.” ‘@ rush to fall in behind d the way through the tried to stem the tide FANTARY 9 IN PANIC — 0, 1014. IEWILDREN'S PET MONKEY, BALDY, | IS DEAD IN200 Keepers Say He Was Most! Human and Intelligent Ani- mal They Ever Saw. Baldy, the chief primate of the New) York Zoological Park in the Bronx, ts doad of tuberculosis, When he passed aw at noon to-day, Mrs. Susy Ba , Assistant Curator Ditmars and thousands of chilfren and lovers of children entered on a season of mourning. Baldy died at the advanced age of ten years, but in his span of Nfe he had shown such intelligence and affection, according to Curator Ditmars and his especial guardian, Frank Engetholm. He spoke of him as the nearest to human of any monk tn captivity— not excepting Monk Eastman, re- cently sequestered in the State s00 at EUGENIC MARRIAGE ‘LET ’EM CALL ME,’ LAW NOT VALID, IS) SAYS MURPHY 10 RULING OF COURT] GRAFT PROBERS New Wisconsin Statute Op-|He’ll posed by Many, Will Now Be Put to Further Test. Answer About That $150,000 If He’s Asked— Grand Jury at It Again. MILWAUKEE, Wis,, Jan. 20.—The| The Grand Jury investigation into Wisconsin eugenic law which pro-| the activites of a man calling himecif vides for the issuance of marriage| James K. Gaffney in connection with licenses only upon a certificate of aj State and city contracts was con- clean bill of health, including in the|tinued this afternoon. The inquiry Wanserman test from a physician,|®lso touched upon the movements of was this afternoon d unconsti.| Thomas Hassett, former secretary of tutional by Judge Eschweiler|the Board of Water Supply, who ts of the Circuit Court. under indictment for demanding 6 The case will go to the Supreme! 000 from Anthony Douglass, a con- Court. tractor, in return for alleged influence The Eugenio law, which requires a|in getting Douglas a contract to build physical test by applicants for mar-|the Hudsop River siphon of the Asho- riage licenses, has resulted ina great | kan water project. decrease of marriages in the State, It will be recalled that Douglas did ‘The Marriage License Bureau tn this | "ot get this contract although he was city has practically been deserted since | the lowest bidder. The work went to Sing Bing. Baldy, who belonged to the Chim- panzee tribe of the Monkey Nation, ‘was kidnapped by almost human hunt- ere at the mouth of the Lualli (NOT Woo-la-ia River), in the Portuguese Congo country in 1907, and sold into slavery to the New York Zoological Park. He liked slavery. It raised his standing in society, He put himself under the polite tutelage of Dr. Dit- mars and Keeper Engelholm and with- the new statute went into effect and merchants have been complaining of loss in trade owing to the dearth of weddings. A court fight was started some days ago to declare it invalid and to-day’s decision meets the approval of many throughout the State. ania REPORT ON KAISER SCARES | Alexander Gillespie & Co., which firm wag the third lowest bidder, ‘The witnesses caited to-day were Peacock of Pittsburgh, former sales manager of the Carnegie Steel Company, William H. Edwards, former Street Cleaning Commissioner, T. O. Piper, a World reporter and J. Waldo Smith, Chief Engineer of the Board of Water Supply. i Mr. Edwards, Mr. Peacock and Mr, Smith wore questioned about the sy- phon contract. Mr. Edwards and Mr. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: Peacock are friends of T. A. Gillespie, , head of the firm that was successful - in getting this contract over Douglas, OATES, PATRICK, Assistant Dep- uty Warden. “@ODFRBY, F. O., guard tn a few weeks he discarded the fig leat of his native jungle and put on a suit of the keeper's clothes he stole “Little Julius’ ” Badge Failed to n't try to stop us, Protect Loyal Driver ‘During Strike. Mi 4 | a fl i rf iy gs ; [ | i E ee 5 ' | | t H f i f | lf He if q i! i i i i age i ri z i f | | | 2 [ @ s m 2 i] H 4 i REED, “CHINA,” under sentence THE WOUNDED. MARTIN, JOHN, turnkey, shet in ward ‘Tee threo the office Dien. ef if i : H rf | if i i z g F 5 i i F i : i . E i FE i if | Hy i i eit Fil gf i il FEEERE it i } F2i3 af Ai} iit E Fs g é ie ily Hi SERS veEEE mY 10.25 the partly burned car, the ma- chinery of which had been protected tion of the car and into every possible cause of the accident, Train schedules street station. was soon jammed, fo! at first re! ing that the fare and hi terrupted finally, but it was only when bun- dreds jus other trains of accident were time passengers sat quictly Me trains to move, but south of the stalled. and later for their work, demanded that the doors be et and they be allowed 4a. walk tracks to the Nearest stations, Hundreds reached the street in this way, and in the tun- pon under Central Park were awry for an hour or more after | {hrc THOUSANDS OTALLED SUBWAY TRAINS. The derailing of the car at Ninety- sixth street held up the entire subway stem. Dozena of trains were stalled tween stations and thousands of passengers found themselves trapped in the trains, out of reach even of stations at which they might ascend bess. reaching the downtown district waa taxed to capacity, The Sixth and Ninth avenue elevated lines curried thousands. The Second avenue line and all the sur- were but geht itt i third car struck a Bee. with guch force that the axle was roken, The car, which came to and these subsided with the automatio abuttt : train was left in darkness such a way that there was no hope ff movi it without @ wrecking cre’ One was sent for immediately, but the workmen saw at a glance that minutes’ work ahead of them and the order was telephoned quickly to every station to stop selling tickets, Meantime dozens of trains were creeping up on the stalled train only to be halted in various blocks ea the train ahead was rouget to a atop. persons were OTHER LINES OVERCROWDED IN RUSH TO GET DOWN TOWN. It availed them little to reach the street. Every croastown and sout bound surface line and west alde el: o more than an hour after they should already have been downtown, thousands were etrt to find some means of reach- especially severe. At One Hundred and Forty-ninth etreet, a transfer of them carrying big hydraulic jacks, descending into the Ninety-sixth atreet station for many minutes after the accident. from hi quarters downtown and ager Frank Hedley took charge in per- fon, But werk as they would it was 10 o'clock before the south bound express tracks were cleared and the wreckers predicted then that it would be at least half an hour later before they could clear the local tracks. PANIC IN WRECKED SUBWAY TRAIN. In the wrecked train there had been panic, The short circuit caused by the collision with the live rail put out the lights in the cars and caused loud detonations as well *| as @ pyrotechnical display of blue Many women sparks and flame, faint rushed for the wtriving to ja an exit which Fees et thes it onto the plat- rm, Miss Olga Rudwell of No. 108 West Ninety-third street took charge of several women when they reached the platform, half fainting, and as- he and to travel alone. Bhortly before 10 o'clock the south- a that none of the guard id. ‘The crowd reached the front car, where they forced open the door apite the objections of the motorman and let themselves down onto the tracks, over which they walked for about four blocks to the Fiftietn There the platfo, the ticket ir fused to issue checks - had paid one had their journey in- fe agreed to issue them CLD TRES TO IN SCHOOL, HAVING FLED TD "IS (Continued from First Page.) stor about bis hanging up her hat and coat, but did not return Miss Young’s nod of wel- come. The tap of the bell summoning to the head of her aisle and formed ranks. Half of the class had marched into the hall. Alma was just crossing the threshold when she screamed, stepped out of line and throwing away the cork of the bottle, raised it her Nps, Two quick witted litt otris leaped at her and caught her arm and held it away from her mouth. Miss Young, at the rear of the class, ran forward, took the girl tn her arms and dragged her to the hos- pital room of the school, sending a pupil messenger ecurrying to Mr. Young. The rest of the class of forty—8B, it is called—ran about the hall screaming and gasping. Mr, Young sent word to all teach- ers to return their classes to the classrooms. He sent @ boy out for eggs and forced the whites of two or three down Alma‘s throat. Another messenger went to the office of Dr. William jon at No. 726 Union ave- nue. Dr. Gphen jumped into an auto- mobile andjburried to the school, He was joined by Dr. Weinberg from Leba: Hospital. They found that Alma had swallowed but a tea- spoonful at most of the polson and was in no danger. Magistrate A, pleton, before whom ste was take by Policeman Foley, persuaded the Uttie girl to tell bim that she had not reall; to bea girl. ee aereecnes LAMAR’S OFFER REFUSED, With Him Steel Trust. %.—That David de- | $tted to him which Baldy has always jy meant to kill herself, or at least did not realise what she was doi@g, and sent her home promising jate Board Declined to Treat Consols Dropped on Unconfirmed Story That German Monarch Suffered a Paralytic Stroke. from Engelhoim’s locker. It was a bad ft and Mr. Ditmars hed a suit worn out of doors, He was so good matured and well mannered that he was allowed to company Engelholm on tours of park, shaking hands and doffing his cap Jerkily whenever he met a child not afraid of him, Baldy, with the assistance of his tutora, organized an afternoon tea at which from six to seven monkey guests were served by him with ba- nanas—siiced by Baldy—and cream— poured by Baldy at exactly 2 o'clock every afternoon in pleasant weather. It was at one cf ‘these teas that he met and fell in love with Miss Susy, who js now hie widow. After watching Mr. Ditmars go through the pantomime of buying a pair of shoes several times, Baldy took a ride in Mr, Ditmar’s automo- bile to @ Bronx she store, sat down, put his foot on a rest and was fitted with a pair of small boy’s shoes, which he always put on and laced himself thereafter, when he arose from, bed for the day, Lately Baldy bas been cross ‘and quarrelsome and has been kept shut up. It was not until a few days age that bis family physician, Dr. W. Reed Blair, the park veterinary, discovered that he was dying of tuberculosis. “Poor Baldy!” said Mr. Ditmars to- day. “Don't ask me to fix bis price in dollars. I feel as though I had lost a brother.” ' a eaeieaateten BRUERE NAMES HIS DEPUTY. em, Unknown to Fol- ities, Appointed by Chamberia! City Chamberlain Henry Bruere aa- nounced this afternoon the appoint- ment of George L. Bergen as Deputy City Chamberlain. The salary is 9,000 year. Mr. Bergen succeeds Henry ‘Walsh, who has been temporarily transferred to the auditing department of the Board of Finance. It is unde stood that he ia to be chief of the wi rent clerks. “Who is George L. Bergen?” was asked abgut the City Hall when it be- came known that Mayor Mitchel had sworn in the new Deputy City Cham- eae Mr. Beri fe an i n ie ai Decent, Stee, Beak ct street, Hie home te at 315 Gleason avenue, the Bronx, —_—_—S TWO DIE IN FLAMES. Husband aad Wile Burned to Death ‘When Hom Destreved. ‘TUCKERTON, N. Jen. %—Fire to-day destroyed the large three-story residence ef Nicholas Shepard on Bouth Green street. Both Mr. and Mrs, Bhep- | ard were burned to death. The dwell- | ing was @ mile from the centre of the village and by the time the fire depart- ment got there the building was al- destroyed. harred bodies of the couple have (By Associated Presa) LONDON, Jan. 2%.—A wholly un- comfirmed report that Emperor Will- iam of Germany had suffered a para- lytic stroke caused a momentary scare on the London Stock Exchange. Consols. dropped half 4 point, but soon recovered % of the fall. BERLIN, Jan. 20.—It ts officially declared that there ts no truth in the rumors current to-day of the tilness of Emperor William, —_—_— eS TANGO TANGLE AT ALBANY. Legislators Mi It Up With So- Welfare Prob! may Investigate the tango... A dosen auggestions weer made to this effect ip the Assembly Lobby this afternoon. Consideration was first given the ques- tion by William C. Baxter, Republican Assemblyman, named by Speaker Sweet as Chairman of the Social Welfare Com- mittee, He appeared at the Capitol to do with Social Welfare.” “The Republicans are going to caucus on the tango to-night,” an up-State Assemblyman said, “and tho probe will be up‘to your committee.” By that time Baxter was completely “up in the alr’ and declared he was going “right back to the Speaker and resign.” -—-——. Willett’s Triat Begins. ‘The trial of William Willett, charged with having bought the Democratic nom- ination for Supreme Court Justice of Brooklyn from Joseph Cassidy, the Democratic leader of Queens in 1911, was begun in the criminal branch of the Brooklyn Supreme Court this af- ternoon. It took two hours and twenty minutes to secure a jury. Willett is be- ing defended by Attorney James W. Os- borne. District-Attorney Cropsey made his opening address and the taking of evidence was begun. —_—_—— “10” FOR “10” BY “10.” Ten great authors will supply gins to-day. NOW. ‘The ALBANY, Jen. 20.—The Legislature | © telling his friends.he “Didn't know what | bo! ten great novels in ten weeks to readers of The Evening World. Be- A complete novel each week, Order from newsdealer and Winston & Co. lower bidders. Charles F. Murphy, the leader of Tammany Hall, was interviewed to- day on the subject of hie lability to be called as @ witness in the current investigations as to collections of graft by politicians from contractors on big State jobs. Mr. Murphy said: “It Tam wanted I will be a willing witness. I will be glad to testify. Al Ithey have to do Is to signify « de- sire to question me.” “Havo you any idea of the identity of the man who, representing himself as James E. Gaffney, is said to have asked Contractor James Stewart for about §160,0007" Mr. pete Lt) Murphy waa ‘l_ won't say anything about that now,” he replied, “because it is pos- sible that I may be called to discuss the subject later on the witness jtand. “Have you anything to aay about ex-Gov, Sulaer’s statement tbat -you called him to Delmonico’ proved him for ‘butting tn’ Lesa dy contr affair?” ¢ printed “I have sen it statemen' as coming from Sulzer,” replied Mr. Murphy. “Walt until Sulser says it himeelf and then I will answer it." " Mr. Murphy had nothing to a about the project of James W. 7 Governor's investigater to pecial session of the Grand Jury of Albany County to Inv te certain acts of the Canal Board, He was asked if he had heard anytht about candidates for the office United States Senator. by, is that election this year?! the boss with a grin. psscliataca Adee querk Wilson Sends C WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. — Preel- dent Wilson to-day telegraphed Gov. Fielder of New Jersey as follows: “I congratulate you most heart- ily on your Inauguration and send you my very best wishes for @ successful administration.” ———>_—_. Ornamental Only. (From the Brockton (Mase,) John was taken to estate, one of thes where wealthy men, under the of ome “Back to the soll” fad, squander their ili or justly got gains, as the case may be. In @ big field he had pointed lout to him geome unusual birde, beatwt!- | tui fowl, and was told they were phene- ante and valuable. John thought it over. “Do they lay emus?” Then asked: “Do they eat the bij “Of course they don't.’ “Well, what geod ere the darned things, anyway?" Lamar, the Wall atreet operator, under indictment for impersonating Congress- men in telephone talks with New York financiers, had offered to the Inter- state Commerce Commission certain nce to support @ charge that the Steel Corporation had re- feneten from railroads, ie covered, 6th precinct. trem her ‘Suggestion for Tuesday port of the Interstate Commerce Com. ACIDULATED mittee of the Bena\ A eotiecth The Commission declined to accede to 5 Lamon Oe HELP WANTED—MALE. Rea ie HELP WANTRD—PEMALE. aH". ‘BLP weated. Poopis’s Bongital : \ FRUIT TABLETS— of pleadan little earl Tor Wedne Tea ee to