The evening world. Newspaper, July 3, 1916, Page 1

diapered snmemeeemiannebanens aenernedinemneneetiemiemanie EDITION y. Pe . PRICL ONE CENT. —- AIG _ BE — — 4.000 NEW YORK GUARDSMEN [6 FUND OAD REACH RIO GRANDE; ANOTHER 1 pvc su REGIMENT DUE TO-MORROW sess Entertained With Three Young + Men, She Dies by Gas— f Police Start Inquiry. Seventh,Seventy-first and Fourteenth A voune, wonan knows, a nesey in Camp in Texas After Hard aio phe n, address unknown, 4 ¥ was found dead this mornt ii Trip—Go to Work Like Seasoned] torrent at No. 100 Hastern Pare Campaigners. th be The Prone Rew tore foprriam. 0 te The 5 way, Brooklyn, occupied by the pa: ents of Willlam Lester, a twenty- year-old youth, who entertained Miss By Martin Green, Roberts and three of his young men (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) friends there last night. Lester's M’ALLEN, Tex., July 3.—The Seventh, Seventy-first and Fourteenth] parents are in the country. its of New York City will go down into the history of the Rio} According to the story Lester told * ae to Coroner Wegner and the dotec- Valley: as rain makers.- The country heareabouts is enjoying tives of the Meveath Mraveh iureau, fter effects to-day of the fimt honest rainstorm that has visited, the young men in the party left the ; ee County in fourteen months, and the New Yorkers brought it in| the eit! remaining egos Was cy them. } occupying a room separate from his, Altogether the arrival of the New®——_______________| This morning at 17.30 o'clock he i awoke and smelled gas, ‘Tracin York City soldiers was the biguest| to the girl's room he found her aS event that has ever agitated this sec- Gonuloun’ onl ihe ficoh with ihe ane tion of South Texas. The people came | Jet turned on, He summoned Dr, J. tn from miles around to seo three resi-| M. Nova, No, 639 Halsey Street, who dmahte of fully equipped, well-sct-up,| pronounced the girl dead and report- ed the case to the Coroner, business-like young fellows tackle the Young Lester said he met the girl prétiem of making camp under ad- on @ subway train about a month ago Verse conditions, and getting away and had been in her company fre- swith it. The Fourteenth of Brooklyn quently since, Ho believes she has a nd Seventy-first of Manhattan—right sister named Beatrico Mason at No. eff the cars after five days of travel! 314 West Main Street, Johnstown, N, —Dutted into a sand storm of hur-| Y. The girl was a pretty blonde Pleane-like proportivas, followed by “| » vain such as is peculiar to tropical 21,000,000 MEN FIT FOR MILITARY DUTY IN THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, July 3.—There fre 21,000,000 able-bodied men in the United States between the ages of elghteen and forty-five, according to @ epecial report to- day by the Bureau of the Census, as to the nation's resources in men of military fitness, t Y welghing about 140 pounds. One of =——=—==|her garments bore the name of a lent la “lieiaa | . (|) @limates. Nevertheless they slept last | dealer in Gloversville, N. ¥, Y ‘wight in dry tents and went at break- FIFTH AVENUE BUSES ‘There were indications that her fast this morning with such enthus- death may have been accidental, but i fabm that the eatanle in their camps STILL TIED UP BY STRIKE tue detectives are investigating all } ‘were entirely cleaned up. —— the circumstances They have the “ As announced several days ago in!Men Hold Out for Original De-|names and addresses of the throo Phe Evening World, the New York troops found themselves on camp young men who made up the rest of mands—-Compa > romises : mpany Promises the party last night at the Lester Better Service. gites ideal in every respect. Of cours apartments, Lester is not under ar- the surroundings were rough one the] There are few buses running on | reat. n caused incon-|,, se it storm and rain cause Fifth Avenue to-day, and the pros oe, but it must be sald, on the ther hand, the storm had the effect ‘et halting an upward rise of the that had threatened to go through the roof of every ther- in town. *@RVENTH LITERALLY STRIPS FOR ACTION IN STORM. wt Col. Ward who was sent with the headquarters staff for the special purpose of inspecting and reporting on the camp sites, found them far beyond his expectations. in the case of the Seventy- which had to clear considerable ground alloted to it of mesquite actus, the camp locations were jod and clean and suppiled with ater and electric ight. Pipes carry- ag gold clear water from artesian were extended through the ‘eamp,.of the Seventh into the camp «pf the Beventy-first last evening and ‘every soldier so inclined was ablo to stand at the faucet and treat Beimeelf to a cool shower. Goores of the soldicrs of the Seventh @i4 not wait for showers from wae pect for to-morrow is little better, Two hundred and fifty chauffeurs struck last Wednesday for a flat rate of $3.60 for a ten-hour day, plus an hour for dinner, The Fifth Avenue Coach Company, which runs the buses, offered an increase of 15 to 20 ber cent, but the men refused and are standing out for their original de- mand, At the office of President Richard W. Meade of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company it was announced to-day that the company hopes to have twenty or twenty-five buses running on Fifth Avenue to-day and a few more to-morrow. SENATE ARMY BILL CARRIES $325,000,000 Revised Act, Ordered Reported, Shows Increase of $146,000,000 Over House Appropriation, WASHINGTON, July 3—The Army Appropriation Bill, revised by tho Senate Military Committee and or- dered reported to-day, carries $328,000,- 00, an Increase of $146,000,000 over tho bill passed by the House Tho heavy increases over the Housa Bill were declared by Senators to bs essential in view of the reorganization of the army and National Guard and |the necessity for equipment in tho | Mexican emergency. For aviation and ordnance the Senate Committeo In- creases aggregate about $40,000,000 over the House appropriations For pay to enlisted men of the regu- National G 9 proposes TRAIN SMASHES AUTO; KILLS.3, INJURES 1 Fast New York Express on Reading Road Hits Car on Run in Pennsylvania, | PHILADELPHIA, Pa,, July &—Two | | men and a girl were killed and an- other man seriously injure! when a Now York express on the Philadelphia and Reading Rallway crashed into thelr automobile at Glen Lake, Pa., early to-day , (Continued on Second Page.) —$$=—= + Quartermaste upplies from $8,700,00( ation and 38,000,00; eh from $12,000, tionate increases committee to nearly every item in the bill ———— THE EVENING WORLD The dead are Myrtle Fiber of Lang- r WILL NOT BE horne, Clarence Croasiey, the. chaut. | CONGRESS FINISH IN AUGUST, feur, and an unidentified man, |Kern, After 1k With Wilson, PUBLISHED A brother of the dead girl suffered| Names severe injuries, . WASHINGTON, July 3.--Following a TO ORROW ; > | conference with Pres t Wilson to- -M cee er toh att ont at the wesalon, Benator ieern ed Congress would adjourn about 0, TUESDAY, JULY 4TH World’s Rich Hetty Green, Dies Victim Of Stroke at Son’s Home Famous as Banker and Finan- cier in All the Great Marts, Mrs, Hetty Green, the wealthiest woman in the world, died at 8,05 o'clock this morning at the home of her son, Col, E. H. R. Green, No. 6 West Ninetieth Street. Several days ago Mra, Green, who was elghty years old, was slezed with a paralytic #troke, She never recovered the effects of it, With Mrs, Green in hor last moments were her son, her daugh Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilkes; several old-time friends and her physician, Dr, H. McM. Painter, During the last two months and a half Mrs. Green had suffered three apopleetic strokes. from ‘Tha second one came upon her last April and the third in June, She apparently tm- proved somewhat from the third stroke and Dr. Painter did not con- sider her condition critical until a few days ago. Throughout her iMness Mra, Green protested vigorously against the care that was belng bestowed upon her She even objected to having trained pure about her and the skilled graduates attended her wore ordin ary clothes, Mra. Green for several weoks had been unable to walk and had spent (Continued on Becond Page.) wae taken to @ Danish a NEW YORK, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1916. EPORTS NEW BRITISH GAIN: LIN ADMITS HEAVY est Woman, ye w * MRS. HETTY GREEN. MERCURY TOUCHES 85; RELIEF DUE TO-NIGHT To-Morrow Will Be Hot, Weather Man Confesses, but Fair, With the mercury hovering around 85 degrees this afternoon, the boss of the Weather Bureau promised that it will fall after sundown to @ point five or six degrees lower than that of last night. And to-morrow, the weather man poaitively predicted, will be rather warm but FAIR Two heat prostrations were report. ed during tho course of the day. Patrolman Edward Brosnan of the Oak Street ton collapsed tn the station house and William Sterb, « pediler, of No, 100 Bowery, was prom. trated in front of No, 68 Avenue B and tuken to Hellevue. Herman Isracl, forty-three, a | clothicr, of No, 249 East Third Street, | was overcome by the heat at Ken mare Street and the Lowery He was attended at St. Vincent's Hea- pital and taken home ‘GERMAN SEAPLANE | FALLS INTO THE BALTIC Is Taken Into Danish Port. | COPENITA N (via London), July |8—A Danish steamer, according to | Politiken, has reseued the ¢ i} isivting of two officers, of a Ger- nan seaplane Which was wrecked tn Ba the T rescued men were transferred The seavlany bork to a German warship, | Crew Rescued and Wrecked Airship] HETTY GREEN DIES AT 80 AFTER AMASSING $100,000, Corid, [*Cireutation 10 PARALYSS PLAS FATTO 4 NORE 67 NEW VICTIM More Than Three Score Addi- tional Cases Reported Since Last Saturday Noon. Between 9 o'clock thia morning and 1 o'clock this deaths from infantile paralysis were reported to the Board of Health, All were in the Borough of Richmond, Bixty-neven new cases were report~ @4 to the Board of Health between Saturday and 9 o'clock thin morning, making a total of 456 canes reported since Jan, 1, Thirty-seven of them were in Brooklyn, twelve in Manhattan, five in the Bronx, twelve in Richmond and one in Queens, Seventeen children under five yearn old, nine of them boys and eight girls, ditd of the dixeaso in Brook- lyn aince Jan. 1, One seven- year-old boy died In Manhattan, The epidemic seems to bo spreading de- spite all efforts to check It, am evi- denced by the appearance of two new cases in Kast New York, As an extra precaution against the continued a«pread of the epidemic Health Commissioner Emerson to- day requested Police Commissioner Woods to revoko all permits for street festivities to-morrow in the districts infected with the disease, Health Commissioner Emerson fears the clone and promiscuous con- tact of spectators at the Fourth of July celebrations planned in the In- fonted districts would be too danger- oun to be permitted. William H, Giifoy, registrar of the Board of Health, sail to-day: “It looks a# if the epidemic were Increasing rapidly, Tho figures J have given out represent the returns of a day and @ half only, and if the same average is maintained for the rest of the week, the deaths will ex- coed last week's record of fifty-nine.” Dr. Charles F, Bolduan, head of the Bureau of Public Health Education of the Health Department, this after- noon outlined the symptoms displayed by sufferers from infantile paralysis, told what is known regarding the cause of the disease and explained how Its spread might be prevented. “It is pot difficult to recognize the typical cases of the disease,” afternoon four more noon said, “Here is @ common picture: A child previously perfectly well com- plains of a little stomach trouble or diarrhoea, It is feverish, restless and frritable, In the morning the mother finds that the child cannot stand, or perhaps that It cannot move its arma, Tho disease ts caused by a germ, } so tiny that it cannot be detected by a microscope, Tho Heaiih Depart- ment suspects that fliow, carrying this worm, may bo largely responsible for the present spread of Infantile pa- ralysia. The recognized forms of the ailment begin wih fever, bowel dis harge, headache, trr ty, pains in tho back of the neck wad logy. “Yo provent a spread of the disease children should be isolated as much ay possitio during the epidemic Their hands should be kept clean and they should be forbidden to buy candy or frult in stores which are not abso- lutely clean,” HEAVY. FRENC GERMANS FROM SECOND LINE . ——— Cloudy ond cooler te mighty Tucney tei, Rooks Open to All” 2s PAGES PRICE ONF CENT ae LOSSES <4 ATTACKS DRIVE Berlin Claims a Check of British Advance, but Gen. Haig’s, Report of To-Day’s Fighting Indicates Big Gains North of the Somme. Paris Officially Reports the Capture of Second Line Trenches ona Three Mile Front and the Taking — ‘of Big Guns. eee *4 LONDON, July 3.—Capture of more German defensive positions was announced in an official report received from Gen. Haig, Commander-in- Chief of the British forces, at 6.30 to-night. : | “Heavy fighting at La Boiselle (east of Albert) is proceeding satisfactorily to us,’ reported Haig. “The remnants of the garrison have surrendered. “On other parts of the battle front we have made further progress, capturing additional hostile defenses. “South of the Ancre, the battle continues hotly contested. Our yesterday gains were main- tained i1 to-day's fighting.” | HEADCUARTERS OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN ‘| FRANCE, Jyly 3.—Pressing on east of Albert British troops have occupied a higher position near the strongly fortified position of Fricourt, which was ‘| taken from the Germans yesterday afternoon. ; | The numbers of prisoners now totals 4,000. 4 North of the Ancre valley the situation is un-, changed. On the remainder of the front the situ- | ation is described by returning officers as “prom- ising.”* The most violent fighting to-day was at La Boiselle, east of Albert, which was captured by the British. The Germans are bombarding Montauban, another village taken by the British. British guns | are cannonading German positions near Thiepval. GERMANS ADMIT THE LOSS OF SECOND LINE TRENCHES | But Claim Is Made by Berlin That Attacks North of the Somme Were Repulsed With Heavy Losses. BERLIN, July 3.—English and French attacks north of the Somme last night were without ad- |vantage, the enemy being repulsed with heavy i} jlosses, the War Office announced this afternoon, South of the Somme the Germans withdrew from their second line under heavy French attacks, | The text of the German War Office report is as follows: “The continuation of the British and Freneh attacks on both sides of the Somme did not win any advantage, Generally speak- ing, north of the river, the enemy suffered extraordinarily heavy losses in this region, “outh of the river we withdrew into the sepond line positions