The evening world. Newspaper, July 13, 1916, Page 1

soir PRICE ONE C IN CREEK AFTER BATHERS; SIX SEEN IN BAY —— a Third Victim of Yesterday's Attack by Man-Eater Be- lieved to Be Dying. HUNDREDS JOIN HUNT. Part of Human Body Reported Found in Big Fish Caught at Keyport. The presence of half a dozen or @ore sharka in Raritan Bay im Matawan Creek, where two persons were killed and one dangerously mangied by a shark yesterday, was Feported to the bands of hunters and fishermen who dotted the water with motorboata and lined the beaches in the campaign to-day to destroy the maneater. Several persons saw the fin of a Dig shark rise above the surface of the creek within a few rods of the apot where Loster Stillwell and Stan- Yey Fisher wore killed yesterday. ‘There was no one with a gun at hand Word was flashed to Keyport and and Matawan and immediately parties set ut to explode dynamite in the creek from end to end of its two miles and a half. In the meantime Capt. Al Walling of Keyport, coming in from blue fish- ing, told of passing a school of six big sharks heading into Raritan Bay from the sea. George Jenkins, a net fisherman, added to the excitement with a story of his effort to kill with an oar a seven-foot shark which was tangled in his nets off Keans- burg. He said the shark tried to strike his boat to overturn It YACHT CLUB BATH HOUSES ARE CLOSED. Commodore Weimen of the Key- port Yacht Club at once ordered the elub bath houses closed and orgun- ized a systematic motor boat patrol to keep bathers away from the water all along the shores of the bay, It was reported part of a human body was found in the stomach of a large shark killed at Keyport. The report couki not be verifled, ‘A ohark was clearly seen yesterday at Matawan drawbridge before it went up the stream and killed the two bathers and wounded another perhaps mortally Thomas B, Cottrell, who saw It under the bridge, describes it as not more than ten feet long; the Captain sent Ralph Gall up the stream in @ motorboat to warn all bathers, Most of them ignored the warning as a Joke, and even after the first victim, twelve-year-old Lester Stillwell, was dragged under, refused to believe that a shark was in the water. They in- sisted the boy, whose body has not yet been recovered, was the victim of cramps. Fisher, who ran to the stream when he heard the Stillwell boy had gone under, laughed sneeringly when told to look out for sharhs wa he pr pared to dive for the boy's body, In three minutes he was selzed by the log and drawn under three times Apparently he had no sensation of pain. When he wrenched himself loose the flesh had been stripped from the bone of his leg, but he lay ont’ » bank of the creek looking the mangled limb in a and growled; “Some leg, isn’t it” to his assistance. He died in the Long Branch Hospital a few hours later. Even then the nature of the un- usual peril was not understood along (Continued on Second Page.) AL hose who ran On ENT TO JERSEY KILLING TWO 5 ARNY COLONEL ON BORDER ON RETIRED LS O'Gorman Urges Wilson to Reinstate Conley and Phelan of the Sixty-ninth. WASHINGTON, July 13,—Five reg- ular army colonels with regiments on the border ordered, or in Mexico have been recommendation of medical examiners, before retirement {beards on account of physical dis- ability. The ofMfcers are Col. George H. Sands, attached to the Eleventh Cav- alry; Col, James Lockott, commanding the Eleventh Cavalry; Col. Jace 3. upon Galbraith, attached to the Third Cay airy; Col. William ©. Brown, com- manding the Tenth Cavalry; Col Charles W. Penrose, commanding the ‘Twenty-Fourth Infantry, Rigors of camp life in the southern climate and the strenuous work of | chasing bandits are said to be respon- | sible for the condition of the colonels. President Wilson was urged by | Senator O'Gorman to-day to order |the reinstatement of Col, Louis D. | Conley and Lieut, Col. John J. Phelan of the Sixty-ninth New York In- fantry, orde mustered out by Major Gen, Wood for physical disa- bility. Senator O'Gorman told the Presi- dent the doctors who examined Col Conley differed on his condition and that because of the doubt he be- Heved the President would be justifte in ordering Col. Conley's reinstate- ment. The Senator sald apparently there was more justification for the mustering gut of Lieut, Col. Phelan, but he also urged his reinstatement, Later Senator O'Gorman expressed confidence that Col. Conley and pos- sibly Lieut, Col, Phelan would be re- instated, An Investigation of the cases already has been ordered by Secretary Baker, ALBANY, N, Y., Whitman and Adjt. conferred concerning National Guard matters for more than an hour to- day, At the conclusion of the con- ference hoth said the possibility of the naming of Rhinelander Waldo, for- mer Police Commissioner of New York, us Colonel of the Sixty-ninth Infantry had not been discussed, ATLANTIC CITY HOTEL ON FIRE AT MIDDAY Hundreds of Luncheon Guests Flee From Hotel Raleigh = When Woman Clerk Announces It, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, July 18 |The Hotel Raleigh was damaged to th extent of about $10,000 by fire afternoon, Delay in getting wa. ter on the blaze by a dozen éngine tted the flames to spread entire roof of the northwest wing and part of the main | wing. At the time hundreds of guests were at luncheon, A young woman clerk announced that there was no danger, but many t rose from tables and fled excitedly, (For Racing Results See Page Two.) ‘ jet, FONG be The Deve Pebteming ere ithe Rew Vorb Werks »,| sioner PARALYSIS CASES een ps 4 ‘ PEF ae ® pl! tae © WIFE TRAILS MAN YORK, THURSDAY, JULY P TWO GREAT GERMAN DREADNOUGHTS SU JUTLAND BATTLE, NEW BRITISH SHARK RETURNS salieeeh dietruin. ...enecieih taeiieteeeentnenan aetna sh aah K * 13, 19 | GIRL WHO LED POLICE TO MAN SHB ACCUSES | OF SLAYING HUSBAND. ‘SHOW APPRECIABLE HELD FORMURDER "~~~ FALUNG OFF TODAY Health Board's Tables Record 45 Fewer Than the Day Before. INCREASE IN DEATHS. Commissioner Emerson Grati- fied by Outlook—30 New Doctors in Brooklyn. There was a gratifying falling off in the number of new cases of Infan- tile paralysis shown by the figures compiled in the office of the Board of Health to-day for the twenty-four hour period ending at 9 o'clock this morning. In Brooklyn, particularly, where the proportion of cases is high- ost, the number of new and verified cases fell away almost-half, The deaths for all boroughs show an in- crease cf seven over those of the previous day, a ratio not considered alarming. Health Commissioner Emerson ¢x- pressed himself as satisfed with the situation and convinced that the mobilization of physicians which waa planned yesterday at the meeting called by Mayor Mitchel will improve conditions. Here are the figures showing the status reached by the epidemic in the jast (wenty-four hours: DEATHS. | To-day. Yesterday | Manhattan . . 2 4 Bronx 0 0 | Brooklyn . uw n | Queens . 38 1 Richmond eee 1 0 This makes a total of twenty-four deaths to-day as against seventeen yesterday, The total of deaths up to date is S11, NEW CASES. To-day Yesterday. |Manhattan . 16 13 | Bronx 3 1 | Brooklyn « 16 131 Queens 12 rr) Kichmond .. 10 5 Total + i? 162 These figures bring the total of true cases up to 1,557 reported since the beginning of the epidemic. The Willard Parker Hospital ts car- ing for 355 of these, the Kingston Avenue Hospital has 307 and the Riv- erside Hospital 20, a total of 682. At the request of Health Commis- Emerson the following order was issued to-day by Acting Police Commissioner Godley and transmitted by telephone to all Police Inspectors: “You will direct members of your command to report all removala of families from their present address, giving names, location and floor of the apartment from and to which they move. This will be compiled in your office and sent to the Chief Inspector's office dally, ex- cept Sundays and holidays." By enforcing this system of reports, the police will be able to trace any family which moves away leaving In- fection behind. In case the disease develops among the new tenants, the information old ones ean be located and prevented |from carrying the contagion any fur- ther, ‘The Federal health officers are co- sperating in this work by the develop- | ment of a system by which they are Jto be notified of the ¢ ure from |New York of all children under fifteen ly of a Federal public health sent notices to th roads and steamship ¢ service also heads of ny) mpanies running out of this city, bringing to attention the laws prohibiting ration of persons infected with contagious diseases, Dr. Emerson, the Health Commis- thetr | the trans (Continued on Sixth Page.) OF HER HUSBAND | Jer Arrested When | Woman Takes Police to Hiding Place. 'Gang Li |BETRAYED BY HIS GIRL. | coaintcaiassens Plot Runs) Through Dance Halls and Inner Circles of Gangdom. CHAPTER 1 On the night of May 2, Harry Laanicky, a chauffeur, twenty-seven years old, was shot to death at Seven- ty-fourth Street and Second Avenue. The chauffeur had been dining in the home of his mother-in-law, Mra. Mary McNally, No, 1414 Second Avenue. ‘With him were his wife, Jonnio, their three-months-old baby, and Frank MoNally, Eddin McNally, aged fit- teen, ran into the house and told Lasnicky that veveral boys were ¢ry- to start hig machine. Jimmy O'Brien, seventeen years old, was the biggest boy in. the gang and the chauffeur ran and caught him, He was about to trounce the Jad when a shot came from a nearby group of young men, Mrs, Lasnicky came out of the house and saw him stageer. Three shots followed and Laznicky fell dead to the sidewalk. The police arrested O'Brien, but the “third degree” failed to get any in- formation from him as to the identity of the murderer and he was dis- charged. The case seemed to have been placed among unsolved murder mysteries in the archives of the police. That night Jennie Lasnicky knelt beside the body of her husband and made an oath never to rest until she had brought hia murderer to justice. CHAPTER IL As Jennie McNally, t » young wife had grown up in the neighborhood. She said nothing of her oath, but mingled with men and women of the Pansy ga’ thinking that her hus- band’s slayer was one of their number. Strange glances were sent in her di- rection when she was seen at the dance halls, but she bravely held her own, Many young men were more than willing to have her for their sweetheart, Mrs. Laznicky was on the trail a month before she learned that the man she sought waa not a member of the Pansy gang, but the leader of an enemy gang. Her clue led to “Happy Jack” Dougherty, The young woman kept constantly in touch with the police, Her informa- tion was that “Happy Jack” had completely disappeared. She learned that he was not a product of the east side but had gone there trom the west side, CHAPTER IIL, Without a thought of the danger she courted, Mra, Lagnicky went over to the west side, She made friends of girls who might know “Happy Jack" and became a favorite in the dance halls, One morning it was made clear to her that she was getting close to the trail, She found a note under her door, It was from the gang and warned her that if she didn't “lay off Happy Jack" that she and her mother would meet the fate of her husband. The note did not frighten the girl, but she feared for her mother's life and insisted upon the family moving to Long Island, Then she returned, rd that Jonie Cumenski the sweetheart of “Happy Jack" Dougherty and suc. ded in making a chum, of her, The girla became inseparable, Josie told Ry chance she discove: was Jennie that her sweetheart was away, (Continued on Second Page.) i? Fi Fi Se ae eel POP GEERS INJURED DRIVING ON TRACK Horse Steps on His Head and Sulky Goes Over Body in Collision at Cleveland. CLEVELAND, O,, July 13.—Ba, F. ("Pop") Geers of Memphis, grand old man of the light harness racing world, waa thtown from bia sulky and in- day When his pacer, Sir Anthony Carter, ran into a barrow which was being used to fix the track. Lissie Grown, Charies Valentine's horse, stepped on Geer's head and the aulky passed over his body. He was conacious when picked up and hurried to 4 hospital, Four horses were trying to score when Geers hit the harrow, petals Ws Sat cai AIR BATTLES IN STORM ON THE WESTERN FRONT Gen. Haig Reports That One sBritish Machine Failed to Return to Base, LONDON, July 13.—Gen, Haig re- ported to-day that despite unfavor- able weather aeroplanes on both sides were very nective, Several hostile aviators were driven off, A British machine failed to re- turn after one of thess combats, <ccnicenaitlipanigelas MRS, ANNIE BESANT UNDER BAN IN INDIA Action Taken Against Writer and Theosophist Under Defense of India Law, LONDON, July 18.—Mra. Annie Besant, one of the leaders of the movement for Home Rule for Indla, has on prohibited under the De- fense of India Act from entering the Bombay Presidency, says a Bombay despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company. Mrs, Annie Hesant was elected President of the Theosophical Society ut London in 1907, She has made sev- eral lecture tours in America, Her activities in the Indian Home Rule movement have not been generally re- ported In this country : a ENGLAND’S BANK RATE UP, jonary From Five to Six LONDON, July 13.—The rate of dia- count of the Bank of England was raised from 6 to 6 per cent. to-day ‘The advance in the bank rate came as no surprise to the money 1 which realiaed the necessity of watching New | York carefully and th erise here is pure ly o precuutionary measure to protect exchange and retain balances which J would otherwise seek employment tn New York if the rutes are not made sufficiently attractive. The bank rate had been undisturbed alnce tt was re- duced to 6 per cent. in August, 1914 and huge financial operations for this country as well as for the allies have been transacted on that b eee Jured af the North Randall tack to-| 16 PA REE SRG | Refrigerating Plant Detroys a Shop in Brooklyn, Burying Victims in Ruins, b/ PROPRIETOR IS KILLED. Shock Knocks Down Passen- gers on Trolley Car and Persons on Street. Five persons are known to have deen killed and two are missing as the renult of the explosion of an ammonia refrigerating machine in a butcher shop at No. 422 Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn, to-day. A man who across the street when the explosion happened saya that the roof flow at least twenty feet in the alr, while the walls swayed outward, then fell in and collapsed under the falling roof. The maas of extents Afty~ feet along Avenue and twenty feet along Macon Street, covering the widewalka cl out to the curb, Fire Chief Kenlon, who accompanted Commiaaioner Ad- amson, says the Wreckage Is 40 com- pactly pressed together that ft will need several hours of digging before the firemen expect to find the bodies, LIST OF DEAD AND INJURED IN THE EXPLOSION. ‘Those killed were on the ground floor, and thelr bodies are in the collar under many tons of brick and beams. They are as follows: SHMIDT, MARTIN, proprietor, THOMPSON, BRODER, salesman, twenty-five years old, STALB, LILY, twenty-three years old, of No. 47 Eldert street, CARNEY, ANDREW, twenty-four years, butcher. ‘The following have been reported missing: CHARLES THOMPSON of No. 476 Hancock Street CARRIE THOMPSON Patchen Street. MIS8 ANNIE BYRNES of No, $61 Halsey Street ‘The injured are: Seebert, Mins Juanita E., No. 274 Macdonough Street, was passing the shop; suffered shock and cuts; was attended and went home. Tame, O. H,, No. 42 Rivington Street, New York; on Sumner Avenue car; knocked down and right leg burt; went home, Bauman, Miss Irene, twenty-four years old; was in car; choked with ammonia gas; attended and went home. Unger, Mian Ida, twenty-two years old, No, 22 Ellery Street; choked with gas; attended and went home, Pernice, Joseph, twenty-five years old, No. Flushing Avenue; gas fumes; went home. Gillen, Peter J, Company No. 117, thirty-two years old, of No, 1487 Putnam Avenue; bruised right leg in ruins; dressed and stayed on duty RESCUE SQUAD FINDS FOUR BODIES IN RUINS. A rescue squad of six firemen wear ing helmets to protect them from suf. focation found four bodies in a sort ot pocket on the north side of the wrecked building, the space where the stairs used to be, In this pla they found the bodles of two men and a woman. They also found the body of No. 144 fireman Engine of what seemed to be @ little girl with red hater. This means that five are surely that Misa Hyrnes is probably dead, and that the fifth person known to be dead 1s the little child whom no one had heard of as being in the shop. The rescue squad men can work for only @ few minutes at a time, in spite of the protection of their hel (Continued on Second Page.) FIVEKNOWN DEAD ill INTANK EXPLOSION, KAISER AND THE KRONPRINZ = debris is piled thirty feet high and| during the battle off Jutland, and that they have been added { PRICE ONE CEN A —— +0 EACH OF ABOUT 25,000 TONS: NOW SAID 10 HAVE BEEN LO —- —_-<¢. British Admiralty Sends Official nouncement to Washington Great Russian Armies Sweep On—80,000 German Troops Road Against British. STRUGGLE FOR VERDUN | RAGES FOR 146TH DA WASHINGTON, July 13.—An Admiralty cablegram to the . i ish Embassy here says positive proof has been found that the two German dreadnoughts Kaiser and Kronprinz were sunk by to Official British list of German ships destro: The Kaiser was of 24,700 tons displacement and carried inch 50-callbre guns, The Kronprinz carried ten 12-inch 45-calibre She displaced 25,575 tons. ’ LONDON, July 13.—At least six great Russian armies are against the Austrians and Germans on Russia's western front, All of 2 are using great quantities of ammunition, even those not definiti the offensive, : ‘ The forces under Duke Nicholas in Armenia and Persia have been fighting vigorously against the Turks for months. A few weeks parts of these forces, particularly those west of Erzerum, were to fall back in the face of a stronger Turkish army. This week the Duke resumed the offensive in this region and recaptured Mamak! fifty miles west of Erzerum, so that the Turks have fallen back twenty-five miles from the fourth east point reached in their offensive, The armies directly south of the Pinsk marshes are fighting a pitched battle with the Austro-German forces of Gen. von Linsingen along the line of the Stokhod River, It probably will be some days before the decision is reached, as the Teutons have brought up very stron¢ reinforce- ments in the hope of retaining pos- session of Kovel, loss of which would necessitate a regrouping over a long stretch of the front, North of tho Pinsk marshes the fighting at present is largely with ar tillery. In Galicia the Russian are reforming for continuation of offensive, BERLIN, July 13 (via German troops under coi Gen. Count von Hothmer, by an circling counter attack, have back the Russian forces which pushed forward in the region west of Bucsaca, in Galicia, says. German official statement _ day. The Germans took 400 Ri prisoners. BERLIN OFFICIALLY ADMITS THE LOSS OF CONTALMAISON Struggle With the British Troops Goes Dege, perately On Between the Somme and | the Ancre. § BERLIN, July 13—"British troops] officers and 243 men and new succeeded in establishing themselves] stands at 56 ofMfcers and 3,348 in the village of Contalmatson,” it} men was officially announced here to-day Freilingheim, on Lae Following is the text of the official Canal, on La Pille ata nt: Height, east of Badonvillers, 4] tllery fire continued with hear Heimzbach German . great intensity yesterday. South engagements were successful of the Somme the French met | rth of Sotssons a | with no success in attacks which diplane was compelled to lam@ — they several tines began on both within our Lines,” j sides of Baleux and near and LONDON, July 13.—The a west of Estrees, They wero com- | have thrown two entire army pelled to turn back under our | 0,000 men into action on both aides @& effective curtain fre, suffering the | the Albert-Bapaume road to most severe sanguinary om, | the approaches to Bapaume, i} The Hritish have established jare making determined count themselves in Contalmatson, | tacks, particularly southeast of “Kast of the Meuse artillery | talmatson, where a German fighting continues active, In- would hold up the whole Brit fantry positions won have been | vance, consoli’ The number of German correspondents, prisone: increased by 17 the great power of the British a \