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EVENING LBDO-BB PHIIiADBLPniA, THURSDAY, APRIL' 29, 1915.
"RACE TRACK MEL"
AND SUNDAY TALK TO
''J
WEALTHY AUDIENCE
In North Jersey's Prize
"Palace" "Billy" Talks
Without Slang, But Soci
ety Folk Prefer Trotter's
Racy Speech.
Bu a Rta0 Correspondent
TATEnSON, N. J April 29. "Billy"
donned his cutaway cont find motored to
t tin most palatial residence In North Jer
sey, the home of Mrs, J. K. Barbour, to
day, where he spoke, sans stnng and suns
vehemence, to a socially elect pnrt. "Ma,"
back from Winona Lake, was with him
nnd bo was "Mel" Trotter, the race- track
evangelist. 'Billy" exhorted the rich
people to hit the trait at tno tabernacle.
"Oh, Ood," he exclaimed with tents In
his eyes as ho praed, "It would be won
derful If theso people with all their won
derful culturo nnd magnificent position,
would hit the sawdust trail at the taber
nacle What an Influence It would lie to
the rest of the town If they would come
out and take their stand for Christ!"
Then "Mel" Trotter Jumped up into one
of Mrs, Barbour's great French windows
that gives one a view of acres and acres
of park and woodland clear down to the
Passaic "Billy" had spoken on "Tho Tot
ter nnd tho Clay " "Mel" talked about
himself nnd of what ho would do when
he not to heaven.
"1 wns such a low-down rotten drunk,"
he said, "that they kicked m6 from tho
sawdust floors of tho lowest beer Joints,
but now, Instead of riding on the brokers
I ride on the cushions. That's what
Jesus has done for me.
"When I get to Heaven I'll spend a
thousand years looking at Christ, nnd
I'll spend tho rest of eternity with an
angel off In a corner, giving that angel
an earful about what Christ dono for
me."
The wealthy society peoplo liked "Mel"
nlmost more than they did "Billy." They
'applauded him vigorously. "Ma" no
sooner got hero than she announced she
would take "Billy" to Montclalr tomor
row morning, where his audience is to bo
the highest society audience of his career.
When "Billy" started In on his sermon,
"The Withered Hand." at tho tabernacle
this afternoon, tho big building wns only
about half filled.
. A largo delegation wns on hand from
' three of the largest evangelical churches
. of Brooklyn. The sides of the building
' had been lifted, nnd nil but chopped out
because of tho intense heat. "Billy" was
peaking, It seemed, under nothing but
a. board and tar-paper roof. People who
did not enro to bravo the smell of tho
sawdust Btood In the streets, listening
to him and to the music sweeping out
over Pntcrson.
LOBSTERS LOSE LEGAL
BATTLE WITH CHEF
John Handuccetur Permitted
by Court to Continue Spiking
and Boiling Them.
Lobsters lost their case against John
Handuccetur today and now he can gii
on "spiking" them to his heart's content
as well as put them In boiling hot water.
The "spiking" Is not cruelty to animals
In a legal sense, because Judge Patterson
decided thnt the lobster Is not a domestic
animal, tt does not grffiLltB master by
the wagging of a faltJKjB claw, but by
blttng his little finger whenever It gets
the chance.
Handuccetur is the chef at Kopf's res
taurant on Broad street above Filbert.
He was arrested In September, 1912, on
complaint of an agent of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A
demurrer was filed against the Indictment
and this the court sustained, so the suit
UKUU1BI IUO CIICl UU1S.
Lobsters are murderous and suicidal, In
.which they differ from the men who kill
them and eat them late nt night. J. A.
Bobbins, counsel for the chef, said so, and
he added that lobsters were not animals,
but crustaceans. The custom of "spiking"
them was necessary and wns practiced by
; chefs all over the world, he said, to pre-
j vent them from killing other lobsters
1 with whom they are Imprisoned or rush-
j Ing headlong somewhere or other to their
; death.
J "They have absolutely no Interesting
qualities. They are untamable. Their
I life Is n battle and they tackle Inanimate
I and living things Indiscriminately. It
may be doubted wheather a lobster can
suffer cruelty In a .human sense. If It bo
; 'afforded the protection of the law, tho
-worm Impaled on a fisherman's hook nnd
the stabbing of the clam cannot be denied
' ; our compassionate consideration."
Placed on Jury of Exposition Awards
WASHINGTON, April 29.-Captalns C.
A. McAllister, coast guard service chief
engineer, and B. C. Bryan, navy yard di
rector, were named today on the Interna
tional Jury of awards at the Panama
Pacific Exposition, and will leave Sunday
for San Frlscisco.
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON, April 29.
For eastern Pennsylvania Unsettled
this afternoon; generally fair tonight
and Friday; moderate temperature; vari
able winds becoming west.
Showers have occurred during the last
U hours In Maine, Nw Jersey, the east
ern portions of New York and Pennsyl
vania, the central cotton belt, Missouri
and the far southwest. Temperatures are
generally near or above normal in all
parts of the country, A moderate excess
continues in the Ohio Valley, while a
marked area of low pressure over the
northern plateau region Is giving unsea
sonably warm weather to that seotlon.
U. S. Weather Bureau Bulletin
Observations taken at 8 a. m. Eastern time.
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Station. 8 a.m. n't. fall, Wind. Ii' .-ather.
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IMPROVED JSKASHQBK SERVICE
VnnmnwU It. It.. Silurdaya for Atlantic
(iij Market til Wharf, I p m . keslanlBS
M- I Kmtdaye. 1 , m, from Atlantis City
Ifeattniuaa; Mar S team WUdwas! fl M in-.
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ALLIES DRIVE FORWARD
AGAINST TURKS' ARMY
Continued from Pnftft One
dlans and Australians, The Allies had
to take and consolidate their positions
tinder a heavy flro from the Turkish
guns, but no credence whatsoever Is
placed In reports from Constantinople
and Berlin to tho effect that SOOO men of
tho Allied army wore driven Into the
J5. nnd 1.2,000 others vere made
urisoners.
However, the Government hns prepared
tho public mind for news of big ltmses
from the Dardanelles' sphere of operation
by enumerating tho enormous illlllcultlrs
that the Allies have been compelled to
overcomo In tho operations upon tho
peninsula.
With the southern tip of the peninsula
In the possession of tho Allies, another
concentrated bombardment on the Turk
ish forts lining the Dardanelles is Immi
nent. Dispatches from Tcncdo.i indicated
Hint the recent cannonade from the al
lied licet had been of a desultory charac
ter to enable the mine sweepors to opei
ate nnd clear the way for the men of war
to approach the Narrows.
A srtuadion from the nllled fleet has
been bombarding the Turkish works nt
Knbn Tope, on the Aegean Sea sldo of
the peninsula, to open the way for land
operations nt that point.
A Mltylene dispatch snvs thnt n can
nonade could be heard from the direction
of the Dardanelles, lasting three hours.
A dispatch from Salonika reports n
mutiny among the Turkish officers on tho
Htaff of Kleltl Marshal von dcr Ooltz,
eight of them resigning rather than tako
part In the fighting in tho Dardanelles
sphere.
LAND ATTACK PROVES
FAILURE, IIKIMjIX HEARS
IircnMX, April 29.
The land ntlnck upon tho Dardanelles
has completely collapsed, according to
dlupatches received todny from Constan
tinople, which state that the Turkish
nrmy under flenernl I.lmnti Von Sanders
hns driven from tho Galllpoll peninsula
all the KO.OOO troops which attempted to
gain a foothold there.
Oermnn military experts dcclaro thnt
this outcome of tho Allies' efforts was
to bo expected.
GERMANS REPORT ALLIES
REPULSED NEAR YPRES
Kaiser's Troops Hold Linos
Along
Canal Despite Attacks.
BKBL1N, April 2D.
Today's official report from the Gprman
General StnfT announces the repulse of
nil attacks made on the German positions
north of Ypres and on tho west bunk
of the Ypres Canal, and ulso states thnt
In the fighting in this region C3 cannon
have been taken from tho Allies.
Tho report nlso claims gains ngalnst
the French southeast of Verdun and
against the rtusslnn In Northern Poland
and near the Bzura nivor.
TRANSPORT SUNK, HRITISH
HEATEN, IS TURK CLAIM
CONSTANTINOPLI7, April 29.
Destruction of nn allied transport off
Galllpoll peninsula nnd defeat of tho
British forces landed nt Gnba Tepeh on
Tuesday morning are the chief features of
nn official statement Issued at tho War
Office today. Gaba Tepeh Is tho only
point at which, according to yesterday's
official report, the Allies landed forces
nnd have succeeded in maintaining a
foothold.
Today's stntement says that the enemy
was driven back at Gaba Tepeh. and
that a large number surrendered to the
Turkish troops.
The Constantinople reports dcnl with
operations early Tuesday, while London
dispatches claiming success for tho Al
lies' land forces refer to operations yes
terday. SUBMARINE HALTED
AIDFORGAMBETTA
Sister Ship of French Cruiser,
Sunk by Austrians, Was Near
Disaster.
PAP.IS, April 29.
When the French nrmored cruiser Leon
Gambettn was sunk off Otranto, Italy, by
tho Austrian submarine U-S, with the loss
of about BS9 members of her crew, in
cluding itear Admiral tenet, tho French
cruiser Jules Ferry, a sister ship, wns
only 50 miles nvyay, and picked up the
"S. O. S." cnlla of the sinking ship. But
the Jules Ferry could not go to the aid
of the torpedoed cruiser because of the
presence of nnother Austrian submarine
which was maneuvering to nttack her.
This under-water craft chased tho Jules
Ferry for two hours, trying vainly to
launch a torpedo, but was finally driven
off by the fire of the cruiser's guns.
The construction nt Pola of 10 sub
marines, the parts of which had been sent
to the Austrian naval base from Ger
many, has apparently been the signal
for the launching of a vigorous sub
marine war In tho Adriatic Sea and ad
jacent waters against the French men-of-war
that have been operating there.
The present of many Austrian-German
submarines has been reported by Italian
ships during the last three days.
The love of Nicholas Lokay for his
wife Susanne Is so great that mere em
braces and kisses do not sultlce. There
fore, he beat her, she says, to give proper
expression of his sentiment. As regu
larly as the dessert for dinner Susanne
could expect an attack by Nicholas, And
by way of good measure, his daughter
Barbara also came In for her share. So
it came to pass that mother and daughter
soon became covered with cuts and
bruises as a result of the uncontrollable
love of Nicholas. Nor did he limit his
outbursts of affection to the noonday
meal. Black eyes and cut lips were dis
tributed at breakfast and supper time,
too, by the ardent Nicholas.
ThlngB reached such a stage, finally,
that Susanne and Barbara made a run
for the stairway at the end of each meal.
But the affectionate Nicholas was always
on their trail. HI love was of a word
less nature. But he expressed It ve
hemently as he (truck one and then the
other with flying flats.
But like all true lovers, ha was mis
understood. The first one to Interfere
with his romance was Policeman Miller.
He heard crashes and shouts In the
Lokay home, at 1026 North Bodlne street,
and rushed In while Nicholas was ex
pressing his strenuous affection. The cop
took him to the Front and Master streets
station, and wife and daughter went, too.
"Why do VQu boat your wlfa and daugh
ter a muahT" asked Magistrate Scott
when he learned of th trouble.
"I love them," declared Nicholas dra
matically. "Are you a Hungarian?" asked the
Judge
"I am."
"Well, I want fou to practice Yankee
lova, ihe Judge asart4, ' and while
i o're getting a line on that I'll hold j
ye-u in l0 ball lor court,"
PfYkTCJFSF I
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL
MEETING IN DELAWARE
Delegates Assemble In Wilming
ton for 28th Annual Conven
tion of Association.
WILMINGTON, Del., April 2D. With
delegates In nttendnnce from nil parts of
the Slate, the 28th annual convention of
tho Delaware Stalo Sunday School Asso
ciation opened today In Second Baptist
Church nnd will continue until tomorrow
evening. The church was crowded and
nmong those In nttendnnco nro somo of
tho best speakers on Sunday Bchool work
In the country.
A considerable portion or this morning
wns taken up In receiving tho delegated
and assigning them to the homes where
they will bo entertained, Kx-Congress-man
Walter 0. HofTeckcr, of Smyrna, had
charge of tho song service which opened
tho morning session. The llov. G. A.
Alderson, pastor of Harrison Street
Methodist Episcopal Church, Wilmington,
conducted the dovotlonnl cxerclBeB.
I. CImor Perry, president of tho organi
zation, rend his annual greeting showing
tho work which hnd been accomplished
during tho year, tho Improvements mado
In tho method of conducting Sundny
schools, tho attention given to ascertain
ing what Is tho best method nnd the
general results nccompllshcd,
"Threo Itcqulsltcs nr a forward Move
ment" was tho subject of the Bcv. J. Y.
Irwin, of Delawaio Avcnuo Unptlst
Church, Wilmington.
The nftornoon Bosslon opened with song
fprvlco In charge of ex-Congrcssmnn Hot
feckcr, nnd tho religious services were
In charge of the Itev. J. M. McCown,
pastor of the United Presbytcrlnn Church,
Wilmington.
Mrs Mary Foster Brynor, of Chicago,
spnko on "Sunday School Progress nnd
Plans," and this wns followed by n con
ference on Sundny school work. In which
AVIIllam S. Prlckett. of Central Presby
terian Church, Wilmington, a lnwyer and
tho new Judge of tho Juvenile Court,
spoko on "Building Up tho Sundny
School," nnd Samuel C. Rvans, Jr., of
Mllford, who hns given much attention
to tho subject and Is regarded an nn
expert In nuch mattors, spoko on tho Im
portance of keeping proper Sundny school
records.
The concluding address of the afternoon
wns mnde by Mrs. Mnttd J. Baldwin, a
oil-known Sundny School worker of
Philadelphia, who spoko on "Tho Sundny
School and the Missionary Vision," point
ing out how tho Sundny School Is tho
menus of accomplishing splendid mis
sion work.
Following tho convention this ftfter
noon there will be n meeting of tho
State Rxeceutivo Committee, this to bo
followed by a missionary nnd elementary
banquet In St. Paul's M. D. Church. This
evening there will be n report of the
Executive Committee, by C. II. Cnntwell,
of this city, nn address on "How to Mnke
a Convention Helpful," by Wllllnm K.
Crosby, formerly a prominent merchant
and Sundny School worker of this State,
hut now living In Boston, nnd nn nddros.i
by Mrs. Bryner.
DRWVS (SUN TO CAPTURE
THREE RESTAURANT ROHHERS
Refused Food, Four Loot Gorman
town Eating Place; One Escapes.
A spectacular arrest was made on Oer
mantown nvenuo early today, when
Patrolman Kenny, of tho Ocrmnntonn
pollco station, captured threo men nt
tho point of his revolver nfter they had
robbed tho restnuinnt of C, Denl, tllt
tenhousc street and Germnntown avenue.
A fourth member of tho gnng made his
escape.
Hoforo tho restaurant wns closed for
tho night all four visited the place, ac
cording to the police, and demanded food.
It wns refused. They entered later
through a (.cllnr window and stole $2.33,
clears and tobneco, food nnd fixtures.
All, tho pollco say, had stolen goods In
their possession.
They descilbed themselves as Melvin
Minus. 23 years old, a Nosro, 335 Hast
ItlttenhoUHo street; Charles Down, 23
years old, 5127 Morton street, and Andrew
Dugan, 23 yenrs old, 471 Mechanic street.
They said the fourth man, for whom the
pollco aio looking, is Jack Carr, address
unknown. Magistrate Pennock held
Minus and Dugan without ball nnd Down
in $500 ball for court.
WANAjIAKER SAID TO HAVE
BOUGHT SHORE PROPERTY
Chelsea Interested in Reported Sale
of Hamilton Hall.
ATLANTIC CITV, April 29.-Chelsea Is
tnklng a very lively Interest today In a
report that John Wnnnmaker has bought
Hamilton Hall, a five-story brick hostolry
adjoining the cottngo of his Bon, Rodman
Wanamakcr, Pacific and Montpeller ave
nues. Tho hotel Is to be torn down nnd
Chelsea believes Mr. Wanamaker Intends
to erect a larger oie on the site. Ho Is
one of tho principal owners of tho Hotel
Shelburne.
Mr. Wanamakcr was out of tho city
today. His prlvato sccrotury said he had
not heard of the purchase of Hamilton
Hall, and Mr. Wapamaker's real cstato
agent said tho report from Atlantic City
was news to him.
Considerable energy was expended by
the pQilee In unraveling the domestic
complications of Mr. and Mrs. John
Smith, who have tho same hue but differ
ent temperaments. The Smiths' troubles
extend over a lengthy period. It seems
that when they discussed anything they
Vent off at right angles, according to
John, and ha further declared that they
never arrived at "an Intersecshln" of their
troubles. Following a riotous session at
their home, 6126 Lambert street, today,
Mrs. John told John sha was goln' to
have him arrested.
"I'll go wiff you," said John bravely,
and he accompanied her to the German
town police station.
Both talked at the same time to Ser
geant Ounson, and he was obliged to
chase them out of the place. They re
sumed the argument on the street, and
finally carried It to (he offlce pf Magr
lstrate Pennock. The Judge was out,
and Constable Bwope tried to pacify the
couple, but failed. Mrs. John4hen swore
out a warrant for John's arrest on the
charge of assault and battery, but John
disappeared while Swope was writing It.
A description of him was flashed
around Germantawn, and he was ar
rested by two copa In East Germantown
and taken to the Branchtown station.
Mrs. John glared triumphantly at iier
husband as she appeared to testify
against him.
"He arguea with me all the time and
be slapped me on the wrist." she said.
"An ajie knocked two of ma teeth
out wiff an umberellah," replied Joftn,
"which made ma JU nachorllly angry."
"A ahort separation may make you
more fond of each other." the' Judge
suggested.
And he nt John tar a 30-day trip to
the Correction,
SURE VICTORY SEEN
FOR TRANSIT MEASURE
Continued from Page One
threo years' work by the Department of
City Transit to give Philadelphia a ennv
prchcnslve system of high-speed lines
with reasonable fares. A Vote for the
loan today Is n vote for a greater Phila
delphia. A vote against the loan Is a
vote to retard the city's progress.
The Blnnkcnburg administration, tho
Commltteo of 1000, scores of business or
ganizations that have stood by Director
Taylor In tho long light stand together
for the Irnn.ilt loan today with tho big
lenders of tho Itopubllcan Organization,
Senator Penrose, Senator Vnre, Senator
McNIchol nnd Congressman Vnrc.
Tho only defined opposition to tho loan
has been traced to men who hnvo personal
Interest In tho defeat of better transit
facilities. Tho plot of David II, Lane,
chairman of tho llcpubllcnn City Com
mittee, and a licnvy Union Traction
stockholder, to use his political powers to
defeat tho loan wns repudiated yesterday
by Senator Penrose nnd Senator Mc
NIchol. Senator Penrose In this city rollcrntcd
his statement of Inst neck Ihdoislng th".
loan, nnd announced thnt ho hnd stopped
over In Philadelphia himself Just to cast
a voto In Its favor.
Senator McNIchol In Hnrrlsburg last
night stated that Lane's opposition docs
not rellect the sentiment of tho Repub
lican lenders, adding, "We nro nil for
tho loan, nnd It will pnss by an over
whelming majority."
Tho polls will bo open todny from 7
o'clock this morning until 7 o'clock to
night. Kvery citizen who wns qualified
to voto nt the general election last No
vember Is eligible to rust n ballot on the
lonn proposal todny.
TO KLKCT COUNCILMAN.
In thiee wards councllmnnlo vncancles
will bo filled today. To succeed Select
Councilman Ddwnrd W. Pntton, of tho
27th Wnid, who wns elected to tho Stato
Semite, tho Independents have nominated
.Innirs A. Stovell, who has Indorsed tho
Taylor plans, nnd who In turn hns been
Indorsed by tho Commltteo of One Thou
sand. Opposed to him Is John F. Dugan,
Itepuhllcnn.
In tho 33th Ward to succeed tho late
Albert M. do Picfontalno In Select Coun
cil, tho Independents hnvo nominated
Charles S. Wood, and tho Ilcpubllcans,
James I. AVnlsh.
In tho 23th Ward Mark Flommlng Is
tho candidate unopposed to succeed Com
mon Councilman William M. Hnckctt,
who resigned to tnko his seat In tho
Legislature.
Success for tho loan today will menu a
start on tho Taylor system of high-speed
transit line covering all Philadelphia with
one straight flvo-rpnt fnre. Under tho
Councllmnnlo ordinance providing for tho
loan a start will bo made first on tho
Pouth and North Brand street subway
nnd on tho Frankford clevuted. Later
tho other paits of tho system will bo he
gun under subsequent , loans.
When tho work provided under tho $C
0(10,000 loan to be voted upon today Is
under wuv, legislation providing for tho'
construction of n subway delivery loop
and tho other linen will bo prepared and
lutiodticcd In Councils.
Tho special election murks, tho end of
a long light by Director Taylor for the
nppiovnl of Ihe sjstcm outlined by the
Drpnitment of City Transit, nepentcd
delajs tn Councils, legislative difficulties
In Ilnnlsburg and finally npathy anil In
difference of ninny of tho citizens were
o"ercome. Hvery voto for the loan todny
Insures conereto results for the loim cam
paign. "H0T-D0G" CRUSADE
IN BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL
Lads to Lose "Open" Recess Un
less They Patronize Lunch
room, President's Ultimatum.
"Hot doss" nnd "sndy pop" for the noon
lunch menu nro forbidden studeuta of tho
Doys' Ccntrnl Illsh School under pain of
losing the "open" rcces?, which was won
only after the fnmous "lunchroom strlltu"
of a yenr ago.
Dr. Robert Kills Thompson, president of
tho school, Issued nn ultimatum today.
The privilege of going out at .noon will
bo withdrawn unices tho lunchroom la
patronized nnd better behavior Is ob
served during recess, he warned.
"The students are not living up to tho
ngiecment whereby they were given
'open' recess," ho said. "Although tho
lunchi oom in tho basement furnishes
nholepoma food nt cost prices, many of
tho students go outsldo during recess
for the purposo of buying Wienerwurst
nnd unfit and Inferior food from venders.
This must cease, for it Is contrary to tho
ngi cement mado by tho students to
gain 'open' recess privilege." .
Doctor Thompson also said he was
nwnro of cases of misbehavior In the
street In violation of the agreement. On
a tour of Investigation yesterday, one of
tho ptofessors saw many broken "pop"
bottles nnd a crowd or hoys smoking
cigars. Singling out one, ho seized the
youth, only to find ho was nn "outsider"
and a "pal" of ono of tho students.
Tho lunchroom, which Is maintained
in tho basement by the Board of Educa
tion, provides soup, beans, sandwiches,
cotHia, milk, cakes nnd Ico cream, Know
ing that tho mind of youth turns toward
"dogs," venders of theso frequent the cor
ners nt tho noon period.
N. J. LEGISLATURE RECALLED
TO CORRECT DEFECTIVE LAW
SulTraKO Amendment Proposal to Bo
Put in Form for Valid Vote.
TRENTON, April 2D.-Governor Fielder
today Issued a proclamation calling a
special session of the Legislature next
Monday to correct defects In tho law
passed at the session recently ended
which provided for the submission of tho
suffrage and other constitutional nmend
ments to the people of the Btate for ap
proval or rejection.
The preamble of the Executive's proc
lamation, after setting forth thnt the
Attorney General has advised tho Sec
retary of State that grave doubt exists
as to whether a valid election can be
held under the act passed for that pur
pose, declares that public necessity re
quires the special session In order that
the work of passing the amendments by
the last two Legislatures shall not be
defeated.
Although the Governor states that at
the special session "no other subjects
need be considered," It Is anticipated that
when the legislators have completed the
task for which they were reconvened they
win not mop inerc, mic win proceed
to the consideration of further legislation
which was not disposed of at the regular
session. There U no limitation upon
them, and they might continue In
definitely. AUSTRIANS WIN BUKOWINA
TOWN BY SURPRISE ATTACK
Russian
General Staff Barely
Es-
capea Capture,
BERLIN, April 30.
The capture of the town of Bojan, east
of Czernowtu, capital of Bukowlna, by
the Austriuns la announced. Bojan Is
the key tp the Russian positions, which
now are thrown back to the extreme
frontier of Bukowlna.
The attack waa o surprising-, the dis
patches say, that the Rujsian Oeneral
Staff barely escaped capture. The Aus
trian mortars are reported to have causd
the htavitn tosses among the Russians.
FEAR OF DEATH BRINGS
MURDER AND SUICIDE
Brooding Over Taint Of Dis-e-se,
Woman Kills 3-year-old
Granddaughter and Herself.
Amelia Lachcnmnn nnd her grand
daughter lie dead, side by side, In tho lit
tle house at 2019 Emily street today. They
nro victims of the womnn's terrible,
brooding fear that the four deaths In her
family In three years would bo followed
by more deaths. Sho brought to pnss
tho thing sho feared by asphyxiating the
three-year-old child nnd herself,
Mrs. Lnchcnman, who was CO years old,
had seen her husband, tho child's parents
nnd n son-in-law die of consumption. Did
tho taint of the disease hang over tho
other members of her family? That was
her ever-present question. Her son, Fred
erick Lnchenmnn, returned from work
yesterdny afternoon. An upper bathroom
was locked. Ho called policemen and the
door wns broken down. It had been so
cured by a board propped up tinder tho
knob nnd resting ngalnst tho bathtub.
Alberta Floyd, tho child, still pressed
to her lips tho stick of candy sho held
when her grandmother carried her up
stairs. Tho woman was dead, but tho
child lived. For half an hour Dr. Cor
nelius Daly, of 2009 North 23d street,
worked to save tho child, but sho died In
tho courso of tho treatment, Mrs. Fred
crick Krugcr, a daughter of Mrs, Lnckon
man, came home nt this time nnd learned
the news from neighbors. Sho Is pros
trated bv shock.
Several days ngo Frederick Lachcn
mnn told his mother thnt ho wns going
to marry, This Increased her despon
dency. Sho worried, In addition to her
other troubles, because nho feared sho
wiin going to bo left to live alono.
ACCUSED OF VIOLENCE
IN AVENGING DAUGHTER
Father Held for Attack on Wo
man's Husband, Who Is Said
to Have Injured Her.
Domestic difficulties centering atound
Bartholomew Shen, Jr., nnd his wife, of
&S2.1 Ilndfleld street, proved so lntrlcato
thnt Magistrate Benton, In tho Central
Police stntlon, wns almost In despair
litis morning, csprclnlly when relatives
rppicscntlng the paternal nnd maternal
sides of the family carried their troubles
to tho coirldors of City Hall, nnd In
dulged In n flerco battle of words.
The troublo started on Tuesday night,
when, It Is snld, Shea came home Intoxi
cated nnd throw his wife down stairs with
such vlolcnco that sho suffered two broken
ribs nnd concussion of tho brain. Mrs.
Margaret Shcrcr, of Gloucester, N. J.,
Mrs. Shea's mother, heard of tho nffnlr
nnd sworo out a warrant for her son-in-law,
nccuslng him of nssnult and battery
with Intent to kill.
Up until Inst night the wnrrnnt had not
been serwil, ro, It Is said, Mr. Shercr
nnd his son decided to tako tho law In
their own hnnds. They aio accused of
going to n fraloon In West Philadelphia
liiit n,ight In search of Shea. Then, whllo
tho elder Shcrer held n crowd nt bay
Willi a icvolver, his son Is said to have
beaten Shea with a blackjack. Tho two
Sherets were arrested and had a hearing
belore Mngisttnto Ilnrrls, In tho 32d street
nnd Woodland nventie police station. The
case wna postponed until a week from
next Saturday to await the result of In
juries sustained by Mrs. Shea, Jr
In the meantlmo Shea hnd been nr
rested. He waived a hearing heforo
Magistrate Hcaton, In tho Central Stntlon,
and he wna irlcascd under t.",00 hnll nlso
for a hem Ing on the same day. Following
tho hearing Mrs. Bartholomew Shea. Sr.,
Mrs. Kdwnrd J. O'Malley, Shea's sister;
Mrs. O'Malloy'B husband, nnd Mrs. Sheror
assembled In the corridor outside tho
courtroom nnd carried on a vindlctlvo
vcrbnl warfare which latest for 10 min
utes. Shea, Jr., Ib the son of Bartholomew
Shea, who died Inst year, leaving lf0,000
with which a mausoleum was to be
erected.
POLICE SEKK Y0UX0 MAN
WHO ATTACKED CHILDREN
Pretended Manufacturer Wanted for
Maltreating Threo Little Girls.
Detectives nnd a dotnll of police are
bending every effort to And a man who
lured three little girls Into nn untennted
house In the vicinity of Front nnd Tioga
streets late yesterday and assaulted one.
Through a description furnished by a real
estate operator of a man who obtained
a key to a vacant house at 159 Tioga
street, tho police expect to mako nn
arrest today.
Florence Mullen, 7 years old, K08
Mascher street, Is tho child attacked.
With Anna Schlett and Melzlnla Snyder,
each 8 yenrs old, who live near the Mul
len home, the little girl was approached
by a well-dressed man. Ho told tho chil
dren ho wished to measure them for
bloomers. After opening the door of the
house, where he said ho had the apparel,
he attacked her and maltreated her com
panions, but Florence wns tho only ono
scrlotibly injured. She Is under tho euro
of Dr. Howell, of the Juvenile Court.
Tho police say the man was about 21
years old and well dressed. He obtained
a key to the house where he mistreated
the children on the representation that
ho wanted tho place to start a bloomer
factory.
MARVELS OF CIRCUS THE SAME
TODAY, YESTERDAY AND FOREVER
Great 'Tent and Its Surroundings a Revelation of the Skill With
Which Seemingly Hopeless Chaos h Magically
Transformed Into Perfect Order,
Men may come and men may go, but
the circus not merely goes on forever,
It goes on In essentially the same way
with the same setting little, changed from
year to year. Thus cast your eyesj-onder
and see Fred Bradna, chief boss of the
big show, and Burn O'Sulllvan, assist
ant boss, standing In mid-afternoon ankle
deep In the sawdust clad In Immaculate
eyening dress that would do credit to a
cotillion leader.
It's a tradition, gentle reader, that
started In motion tn the Garden of Eden
wtien the one-ring show first got by the
entrance for a one-night stand. It's still
with us, ladles and gentlemen.
But, in spite of the glad rags, they are
good fellows. A whispered request In the
ear of one of them and presto) the re
porter Is through the manic portal that
mark's the aacre4 lino between the saw
dust and the mystio realm behind the
scenes.
Along1 lane but 10 yards wide must
pass the hundreds of actors and actresses,
men, women, children, clowns, lions,
bears, monkeys, dogs and horses that go
to make up the vast spectacle that Is the
"greatest show on earth."
But there Is no confusion, and although
the great tent seems always to be filled
with the performers, with their acts
running oft on the tick of a watch, to
the. observer there Is never anybody loj
ROOSEVELT DEFENSE
SPRINGS A COUP
Continued from t'nie One
sponsible for them nro hot confined lo
any one party."
The re-cross-oxnmlnallon, re-dlrcct nnd
ro-re-cross were n matter of minutes.
Barnum attempted to refer to tho Chi
cago convention nnd wns ruled out.
Bowers was allowed only to draw from
tho Colonel that ho stnrted proceedings
against tho Harrlman lines. Tho 'witness
was not nllowcd to go Into detnlls.
Ivlns wns not allowed to cross-examine
about tho Hnrrlmntl lines matter and tho
Colonei wns excused.
On cross-examination, Colonel Itnosevelt
had admitted 'iIb alllntido with Piatt, hla
npprovnl of tho T. C. and I. deal nnd
many other things that heretofore had
been exploited by his polltlcnl enemies,
but when ho had finished today he be
lloved he hnd turned the tables and had
explained all his actions on the ground
that ho always ncted for tho best Inter
ests of tho organization, the nation nnd
"ntllrmntlvo good nctlon. '
TKLLS OF DUAL TO AVOID PANIC.
Colonel Roosevelt took on his shoulders
full responsibility for the Tennessee Coal
and Iron-Steel Corporation deal of 1907
when court convened this morning. But
tho Colonel stood by his guns In his con
tention thnt ho acted "In a pinch" to
savo tho country. "Tho panic stopped,"
wns his parting shot In this connection.
Tho Colonel explained tho deal nt tho
Invitation of John M. Bowers, his at
torney. "In 190;," begnn tho Colonel, "tllo Ten
nessee Coal and Iron Company wns o
w'calt as not lo ho considered seriously
as a competitor by tho Steel Corporation,
lti output wns only 1 9-10 per cent, of
the entlro output of tho country.
"Tho wholo commercial structuro of
tho country wns tottering nnd swaying,
every citizen wan demanding some nctlon
ho tnken to slop the pnnlo that threatened.
"I had. been appealed to by thousands
of citizens to tnko some measuto to pre
vent tho frightful panic.
"In Now York tho situation wns, I may
say, trembling on n linir as to whether
nil business would ho stopped nnd nil In
stitutions shut down.
"I received word one night thnt early
tho next morning two representatives
of tho Steel Corporation, Mr. Frlck and
Judgo Gary, would call on me.
"I notified tho Attorney General to meet
them, but he was In Baltimore. I then
nsked ISllhu Root, an astute lawyer, to
meet them with me.
"Mr. Frlck nnd Judgo Gary reported
to mo that If the Steel Corporation
Mr. Moignn's company took possession
nt onco of tho Tennessee Coal nnd Iron
Company, It would ndd such vnluo to tho
Tennessee Conl nnd Iron stock thnt they
wero sure the storm would bo weathered
nnd tho panic stopped. This, they said,
waB tho genernl sentiment."
"I object," snld Ivlns.
"Do not interrupt him," shouted Bow
ers. "I will object," retoiled Ivlns, "with
tho court's permission nnd nil the breath
tho Lord has left me."
Justice Andrews snld tho whole sub
ject wns a side I'site, but the Colonel
might finish, briefly, i
THE DUAL RATIFIED.
"On tho advlco of tho Attorney General
and Mr. Root," the Colonel resumed,
"nnd upon the stntement by Frlck nnd
Gary, that they did not want tho T. C.
nnd I. stock, but know It to bo tho only
wny to stop tho panic, I rntifled tho denl.
They snld It was the only wny of get
ting rid of tho dangerous financial sit
uation." Ivlns ngnln tried to stop tho Colonel,
but tho court nllowcd him to proceed.
"I nsked them If wo could not defor
tho nctlon for further consultation,"
Roosovclt continued. "Mr. Flick nnd
Judgo Gary lcplied that if tho nctlon
wero not taken nnd published before
the market opened that day It would bo
too late and financial ruin would bo
Inevitable.
"I acted. I called In tho newspaper
men. Tho action wns publlHhcd and
the panic of 1007 was stopped."
Tho Colonel then wns led bnck over his
term us Governor nnd his relntlon3 then
with Piatt.
"In my ndmlnlstintion there was novo;
nny particle of invisible Government," ho
declared at ono point. "Slneo I becamo
Governor In 18D1), I hnvo mado 50.000
speeches, signed appropriation bills for
scvernl billions of dollars, made 40,000 ap
pointments nnd written 50,000 letters,"
'"Did you always consult Senator Piatt
for tho good of tho Organization?" asked
Bowers.
"I did."
"Did you over disregard his advlco?"
"I did, many times."
COLONEL APPLAUDED.
Colonel Roosevelt was applauded round
ly when ho enmo to court this morning.
He entered tho courtroom a few minutes
beforo 10. Tho room already was crowded
to capacity. Many women wero In the
crowd. (
When Roosevelt came In from the ante
room there wns a loud clapping of
hands. Tho court nttendnnts made no
effort to chock tho demonstration. Tho
Jury was not yet In tho box. Tho Col
onel bowed and smiled ns ho took his
scat.
Bowers, resuming tho re-dtrect cxnmlna.
tlon, called attention to the letters be
tween Plntt and Roosevelt, of November,
1P01, about tho appointment of a collec
tor of the port of Now York, and nsked
Roosevelt to explain them.
"I was asked," raid Roosevelt, "to re
appoint Mr. Bldwell. But In looking over
the matter, I made up my mind there
ought to bo a change. I named Senator
Stranahan. Mr. Plntt wanted Bldwell re
appointed." Tho witness was ngnln asked about tho
luncheon ho arranged for Piatt, B, B.
Odell and Seth Low.
"Beth Low Jind been elected Mayor on
an Independent ticket," ho snld. "Tho
Organization contributed handsomely to
his majority. I wanted hlip to have an
understanding with Senator Piatt and
Qovernor-elect Odell."
eight except those who are about tp go
on Immediately or those who have Just
finished and are coming out, U Is a
splendid example of orderly chaos.
But think, reader, of what Is organized
and arranged Just beyond your range of
vision back of the great curtain. Auto
mobiles and chugging motorcycles dash
out at full speed. Horses and chariots
for the hippodrome races, Paggenburg'i
bears, with between them and tempting
humanity only a, fragile chain i Mile.
Adgle's lions, snarling and showing their
teeth through bars six Inches above th
performers' heads; these and many mora
crop out of nowhere from the great
conglomeration of trucks, tents and
wagons in the background.
There It Is that some conception comes
to one of just how hard these clowns
have to work. Theirs Is perhaps th.
most difficult lot from the standpoint of
actual labor of any of the great horde
of performers. After getting made up and
preparing apparatus for many minutes
tb y finally dash around the sawdust In
sight of the audience perhaps only a few
seconds. Back again they come to change
costume and perhaps make up all over
again, to the end that they may wring a
tiny shrill of pleasure from ' the eager
audience again So it goes tor them, pop
ping in and out during the enure show,
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BOMB PARTLY WRECKS
HOUSE DOWNTOWN
Occupants Flee in Nightciotnoo
as Explosive Rouses Neigh. )
uornooui
A hundred families were thrown Into a
panic early today, when some one threw,
a bomb ngnlnst tho homo of Dr. Paaquala
Gorgn, at 1430 South 13th street, thAt
smnsiicu every winuow In tho block,
wrecked tho parlor of the Gorga home
and threw scvernl occupants of the house
from their bedi. So far not a trace of
tho Identity of tho man who threw the
cxploslvo has been found. Tho nolle
say It Is nnother "blaok-hand" case.
Occupants of every house In that and
adjoining blocks wero aroused by the de
tonatlon. They rushed Into tho street In
night clothing, several of them being ctit
by flying glass from broken windows A
fow thought It was nn earthquake and
tried to move household belongings.
Pollcr-mnn Hornberger, of tho 15th street
nnd Snyder nvenuo station, was standing
nt the corner of 13th nrtd Wharton streets
n half block from Doctor Gorga's house'
when tho explosion occurred. He Mn u '
to the house, but saw no one. It 1$ thought
the man who threw the bomb tscaDed
through an alley.
A remarkable theory of the motlfe for
the deed Is put forth by tho police. They
en' Doctor Gorga has been besieged by
healthy Italians, reserves In tho army of
Italy, who do not want to return to th'
colors In tho event their country goes to
wnr. They have been nsklng Doctor
Gorga to sign certificates thnt thoy are
III, nnd he hno refused except whero the
health nf tho patient wai ranted such
nctlon. Several men nro snld to have be
come exceedingly bitter ngalnst the phjsl.
clrtn and the police bfllevc ono of them
look the bomb method of getting even.
A senrch of tho stteet In front of tho
house was made, hut so far only th
most mlnuto fragments of tho bomb have
been found. Theso aio not largo enough
for tho pollco to determine anything
nbout Its construction.
Tho bomb struck tho front steps of
tho Gorga houso nnd dislodged several
oi mo Heavy imiroio siaus, several bricks
woro torn from tho front wall. Kvery
window in tho front of tho house was
broken. Tho door wns broken Into
kindling w-ood. Pictures hanging In Ihe
parlor wero blown to tho floor, chairs
wero overturned and smashed.
ALLIES DRIVE A T FOE
ALONG YPRES CANAL
Continued from l'nge Ono
In tho region of Uszok Pass the des
pcrnto flfihtlns still continues, with
tho lssuo undecided. Tho Germans
claim several successes of a minor
character In Enst Prussia, where the
campaign Is developing; renewod J
activity.
BELGIANS ATTACK INVADERS
HOLDING STEENSTRAATE
Last German Position West of Ypres
Cnnnl Assaulted.
LONDON, April 2D.
Halted In their drive against Ypres and
positions nlong the canal, the German
tioops In Flanders have shifted their at
tack fiirther west, to tho front between
Dixmudo and Nlcuport. Their heavy ar
tlllery la bombarding towns hold by tho
Belgians along a. front of 15 miles.
Despite tho fnct that they nro under
going this attack west of Dlxmude, the
llelglnn army', co-operating with the
Fiench, Is continuing Its offensive on tho
Ypres Canal. Tho Belglnn Legation an
nounced today that King Albert's troops
nro attacking Stecnstrante, tho town
from which the Germans launched their
ndvanco to LIzerno, only to bo driven
back to tho canal.
BRITISH GUNS PREPARE
WAY FOR BIG ASSAULT
Shell German Positions Around
Ypres Many Towns Demolished.
HAVRE, April 13.
In tho Ypres region a great artillery
duel Is In progress, the British trying to
clear tho way for Infantry attacks to
regain the ground won by the Germans'
In their first attacks, nnd the Germans
attempting to provent tho concentration
of Allied forces for such nttneks,
Under th,o flro of German artillery fiY"
little towns near Ypres have been trans
formed Into heaps of smoking ruins. Re
ports from their airmen that troops were
conccntiatlng at any polnt3 were signals
for terrific bombaidment that leveled
houses and toro great holes In the streets.
In this way they successively wrecked
St. Jullon, Vlamertlnghe, Brlelen, Wleltjo
and St. Jcnn. Tho strain upon the Al
lied troops nt the front during the ar
tillery battle hap been terrific. Hundreds
havo been driven liieane. Among the
chief sufferers are the Canadian troops,
whoso gallantry saved the British from
disaster when tho Germans began their
drive.
AutoiBts, IJcwarel Here's a Trap
More than a score of automobile and
motorcyclo speed fiends have been ar
rested nnd fined In Yeadon during th
last two weeks. The authorities have de
cided to enforce the speed law, which
allows a limit of 12 miles nn hour. Jus
tice of tho Peace McDevltt has Imposed
all the fines.
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