iWHWBBSSSPSSWWWHSBHSSWBBS PH glW 'II "MMVW m WW li.-.- n t EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA. TIirRHDAY, JULY 8, 1915. 2 THAW TESTIFIES HE WAS FRIEND OF YOUNGsGIRLS Stanford White'sqSlay er T aire S" Wiltness Stand to Prove His , Sanity to Jury. Says Ho Rented Room From Mrs. Merrill to Investigate Abuse of Young Women. Rich Men Once Conspired to Keep Him in Mnttcnwan. NEW YORK, July 8.-Harry K. Tlmw took the stand today ns tho nrst wit ness In his effort to have himself de clared snne by a Jury In Justice Hen drlfk's courtroom. The slayer of Stan ford White was Immediately cross-ex-amlned by the Stnto's attorneys. Crowds of fashionable-gowned women threnged the courtroom to hear Thaw testify. The calling of Thaw followed tho rend ing by Deputy Attorney Gencrnl Decker of further testimony from lh sanity henrhiK nt White Plains In HH Justice ltendrlck ruled that ns Thaw had been called by his own counsel the 8tnte could not call-hlm as n witness, but must recall him for cross-examination. Thaw stepped Jauntily to the chair, with a backward Klance at his mother. He gave hla birthplace na Pittsburgh and his age as 41. Deputy Attorney General Cook con ducted a rather Jerky cross-examination, not questioning Thaw In chronological order. Ho first asked Thaw when ho Inst was disturbed about any reports he had heard about himself. "Jn 10H." Thaw answered. "Mr. Jerome at thnt time made aspersions about Mr. White which I resented." "Whert have you been angry or dis turbed since." ' "At no time that I recollect." "Do you think anybody Is trying to keep you In Matteawan?" "Nobody but Mr. Jerome. I think no rich man Is now aiding Jerome or you to keep me In Matteawan." "Did you ever think that certain rich men were trying to keep you In Mattea wan?" "Yes." "When do you think they ceased?" "In 1912." Thaw at first appeared sllghly nervous, but this quickly woro ofT nnd when he got Into tho swing of his testimony ho wan calm and self-possessed and spoke slowly and distinctly. He wore tho familiar dark blue suit and black tie. He sat with crossed legs, one hnnd on tho chair rail. With the o her ho stroked his chin. On his lap was a bundle of papers. "What made you think there was a con spiracy of rich men against you?" Cook naked. "I was told so," Thaw replied. "I had that Impression from several people'." REFUSES TO ANSWER. Cook demanded that Thaw state exactly what had been told him, and Thaw re plied, "I refUBfc to answer." Cook did not press the matter further. MrB Mn"rt- Copley Thaw Wild Mrs. George t. Carnegie were among the first women in the courtroom. They eat within the rait and listened to Thaw's testimony with Intense Interest. From time to time Thaw glanced nf his mother and .smiled. Thaw showed no animosity toward Cook, nnd seemed in a good humor. He answered all questions frankly and read ily, except a fqw that he refused point blank to answer. "Did you understand that these rich men were going to Jerome's financial aid?" nsked Cook. "I did." "What made you think that?" "I read It in the newspapers nnd nlso was told It," "Havo you, at any of your resent trials. had this Information In shape to give to , the Court?" ' "Why should It be presented to the Court? The question before the Court now Is whether I am sane. I don't be lieve that any such conspiracy against me now exists." Thaw admitted hn knew Mrs. Susa.i A Merrill. He had known her quite a long time, he said. "What were your relations with her?" Cook asked. INVESTIGATED GIRLS' RUIN. "I rented a room of her for the purpose of carrying on my investigation of the ruin of young girls." Cook" then dropped the Merrill subject and produced a letter that Thaw wrote last summer from Concord, N. II., in which he asked the recipient, a woman, to ask her State Senator and Assembly man to vote for the proposed bill pro viding for Thaw's release. Tho letter re ferred to "Jerome and those behind him." "Why did you write that letter?" asked Cook. "Mr. Cook," said Thaw, "If you really want to know why I wrote the letter I'll tell you, but It will take me a couple of hours to do It " "Well, go ahead," said Justice Hendrlck. "Answer the question," said Cook. "It has been answered," said Thaw, shoving surprise. Cook explained he nils waiting for the two-hour answer explaining the letter. "Oh," said Thaw, laughing. "I meant It would take two hours to set documents with which to answer. I did not meun f . would talk two Ijours." "Did you believe when you wrote that Utter there still existed a conspiracy against you?" Cook asked. Thaw did not know. "I thought that there were people helping Jerome, but not rich men." Thaw was examined at length regarding letters written by him at numerous times. Many of the questions were of trifling character. Thaw said he had been Informed that entries In the ease book at Matteawan were made months after their purported dates. BAYB DOCTOR BETRAYED HIM. Thaw mentioned tils wife only once dur ing the morning, and then lie betrayed no ietiing. He referred to her aa "Bvelyn." ll reference to his estranged wife, who wilt probably appear unwillingly under arrest tomorrow to testify for the State, came when he waa asked about Dr. Allen MeLane Hamilton, an alienist, once In Thaw's employ. "He betrayed all the Information he .got from me and Svelyn,"be said. "PM you read Dr. Hamilton's report titat you were In hla apinlcm insane at it, ttwe of your seaead trial r' he was askea. "," replied Thaw. Evlyn Now Willing to Return f MALONB, N Y . July 8.-Bvyu TUaw IdU mot attempt to A to Canada to av44 batng returned to Niw York 10 tMlfy In Harry K Thaw's sanity trial, telephone advtcaa 1 rtn Lake Chateaugay, tnhmt she t slaying, said at noon toda Mrs lbs waa said !u be awaiting the ..uhii Mi ins iliu( aheriCf sent for hr ). .vi I ! kcututiany ltok wMUuyly U. HOUSING WORKERS ASK MONEY Request Contributions to Enforce Pro visions of New Act. Ono thousand letters nppenllng for funds to continue lh work of the Phila delphia Housing Commission' have Just been sent out through aeorge. W. Norrls, president of the commission. To secure tlio passage of the present housing bill, tho letter explain, a considerable, cxpen dlturo wns required, and even mow money will be needed to enforce the provisions of tho new net The picture shows the thronjr of MILK DEALERS SEEK LOWER FREIGHT RATES Accuse Pennsylvania Railroad of Unfaii-ness in Appeal for Reduction. Tho Phllndetphl.1 5111k Exchange today began tho presentation of tostlmony be fore the Interstnto Commerce Commis sion In Its caso against the Pennsylvania Railroad and nllled compmilea chnrglng unfairness In freight rates on milk nnd cream shipped to this city from polnta outside the State. The hearing was held before Examiner C. V. Burnslilc In tho Federal Building. In attacking the rates the complain ants contended they are making onl about 1-i of a cent a quart profit, an.l that freight ratos In other localities nre lower. Tho railroad companies defended tho rate's on the ground that they ore in lino with rates established by tho Inter state Commerce Commission In New York city. In a case brought before that tri bunal several years ago, and that tho tradlo Involves an unusually large ex pense, due to the fact that the milk 1b moved to Philadelphia under refrigera tion. In special trains. Evidence will oe Introduced by Chief Statistician Fell, of the Pennsylvania Rnllroad. to show that It costs more than W crnta out of every dollar earned to bring the milk to this city. The railroad will also contend that the character of service furnished to thl3 city Is superior to that in other localities where rateB are lower. The exchange will contend that Phila delphia dealers operate under a closo margin of profit, owing to regulations of the Bureau of Health, nnd that the peculiar system of rates used by tho railroads, based on zones, makes difllcult a comparison with rates for other com modities. The members of the exchange inter ested In the case Include Abbott's Alder ney Dally. Supplee & Co., E. W. Wool mnft, Harbison & Co., and other largo milk dealers In the city. Robert D. Jenks and Roland S. Morris represent tho ex change. Henry AV. Blkle represents tho railroads. The case Is slmllnr to ono brought be fore tho Pennsylvania commission a few months ago relating to the rates on milk and cream from polntfl Inside the State of Pennsylvania to Philadelphia. In that case the evidence has been fully taken and the case will be argued before the Public Service Commission on July 20. Following the hearing In the present case briefs will be prepared and filed, and the case will probably be argued before the Interstate Commerce Commission In the fall. The hearing will be continued tomorrow. HOLT'S ACCOMPLICES SOUGHT BY POLICE Continued from I'age One miter's operations centred In New York. The Inquest over the body of the assassin was scheduled (or this afternoon at Hemp stead, but it waa expected to be perfunc tory, tho verdict being suicide. Holt's body will be Interred at Ithaca. 3IUNSTERBERG RECOflNIZED 3IUENTER IN HOLT'S PICTURES Harvard Professor Says Ho Knew Wife-slayer Well. B05.TON. Jul S-That Frank Holt, J. I'. Morgan's assailant, who later com mitted suicide In Jail, and Erich Muen ter Cambridge wife-murderer and former Harvard professor were the same, was known by Professor Hugo Munsterberg when he saw the pictures in the news papers, "I knew Frank Holt and Erich Muen ter were Identical as soon as I saw their pictures," the professor said. "I knew Muenter well when he was a professor at Harvard, He seemed greatly Interested In the subject of Insanity and often came to me to borrow books on Insanity." Asked If he thought It was a case of dual personality, such as Doctor Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, Professor Munsterberg declined to give an opinion, saying; "I had not considered that matter." KENSINGTON CAT DECAMPS "Ponto," Black BankOfflcial, Leaves His Happy Job, There Is a good deal of gloom In Ken sington teday, beoause one of Its most conspicuous pieces of blackness Is miss ing. It Is Uie bteok. Angara aat, "Ponto," who weUemed depositors to the Textile National Bank. Kensington avenue and Himtinsdea street. He disappeared Sunday and. naj net bean sen sins. Rusflor Uas It that be has "bit the ties" baak to ht ttecjte in New York "Ponto. " whose tail waa said to be the most handsome in all Kensington, kept the bank free of mice, smashed electric light globes, helped count money and presided over the paytug teller's counter A reward has beea ottered for hi 'elurn by his owner, I L. Darling, i nc ashler 1 in mm 11 in 111 1 1 m iTiTTTnT t Jw&k fvv X 4 EiMmMWwWmWBmmmmBH BBrllHWWIESlWy , &F r &LJF jS rwvK V ' :' - '" ftt i mini -n w Z LIT. -"I'm," " -". lifi'MltiMlSi 1000 CHILDREN "" iiiii i iii i iii Hi s mMmmaamim - iiimimi m-" .aotL wkl Ma!m mw uWtmmmM Ala WTwf9wmB&3m.r: m m m jmi &mmst&mLmm -- - ..-- younRstcrs ready to start for Fnirmount TORNADO TEARS PATH THROUGH FIVE STATES Continued frnm t'ngn One up thi boat nnd crushed It ngalnst tho banks. Mi,u" than i" houses were blown clow ti In the west end of tho city, plate glass windows In tho business xectlou were tunashed, church steeples wcro toppled nnd rajlrond communication was cut olt for hours until wrtckago was removed fiom the trncka. Joseph T Alien, bupcrlntcudcnt of tho children's department of tho Ohio Hu mane Sorletj, u-ns killed when part (if tho Mnsonlc Templo collapsed. Many who were attending n lodge- meeting with Al len wero severely Injured. Tho wind lifted the cottngo of Mrs. Rose Tcnnenbaum, on tho west side, from ltd foundation nnd carried It several hun dred feet. The, woman's body was round in tho wreckage today. Others asleep In the houso escaped. Mrs. M. Cohon, living In another sec tion, wan Instantly killed by sectlono of another house, which wero blown through her windows. Three men, carctnkcra of horses, wcro killed when four cars of raco horses, bound from Lntomn, Ky., for Toledo, were wrecked 25 mllea north of Cincin nati. The cars made up a section or a Pennsylvania freight train, which was blown from tho track. Many of tho horses, valued at thousands of dollars, were so severely crlpped that train hands shot them to put them out of misery. HOTEL, GUESTS IN PANIC. Guests at the Burnet House wcro panic stricken when tho wind lifted off part of the roof. The heavy rain drovo the lodgers from rooms on the upper Moor. Night operators In tho Western Union TelcgTaph Building were driven from their keys when 12 windows were crushed in. No attempt was made today to run city street cars on schedule time, and virtually all of Cincinnati walked to work. Only a few telephones wero serviceable and only two telegraph wires out of Cin cinnati wero working. During the height of tho storm the wind blew TO miles an hour, nccordtng to tho local weather bureau. The storm continued 30 minutes, during which rain descended In blinding tor rents. The storm had not entirely censed .when the fire department, police patrols and ambulances were called out by alarms from all parts of the city. The men found that tho greatest hnvoo was wrought at 6th and Mound streets, where live build ings In one block had been demolished. The towns of Mlll'ord, Ohio, nnd Ludlow, and Dayton, Ky , were vlrtualy destroyed. As a result of the storm, a Pennsyl vania train wns wrecked at Plalnvllle, Ohio, and several persons wero Injured. Forty persons were In a tenement house which waB demolished at Cth and Mound streets. How many were caught In the wreckage Is not known. Four families wcro In another house In 6th street when It was blown down. How many were injured and killed Is not known. The rescuers could hear chil dren crying In tho wreckage. The storm struck at 9 o'clock. Most damage waa dono In the downtown sec tion hero, on the hilltops surrounding tho city and In the river towns. Three men wero killed nnd 16 Injured when a Pennsylvania train was blown from the tracks at Beechmont, n suburb of Cincinnati. Two men burled beneath tons of brick miraculously escaped. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. If no more are found alive In the wreck age, 11 of two families were wiped out. They are the Tennenbaum and Cohen families, all of whom are related. They live three blocks apart. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Bamett, of In dianapolis, narrowly escaped death. They were visiting the Tennenbaums, but left half an hour before the house collapsed. Attempts to communicate with the river j towns in me vivimiy ok me city were fruitless, as the tornado blew down tele graph and telephone wires as It swept along the valley. Some seotions of the city were In darkness because the' elect rlo light wires were blown down, The tangle of live wires through the city streets made the progress of rescue parties slow and un certain. The Bell Telephone exchange was In the path of the terrific wind and every piece of glass was shatte'red. RAIN DAMAGE IN LOUISVILLE ST. LOUIS, July 8.-Loulsvllle. Ky., re ported to have beea heavily damaged by the tornado last night, was not struck by the heavy wind that did damage In other nltlM. and railroads Into the cltv suffered no Interruption of Brvloe. according tr, ' a statement to the United Press today bv ' D. J. Mortality, attaehed to the office of Chief of Police J. Watson Llndsey. at ' Louisville. Morlarlty said no houses were i damaged Morlarlty was reached at Louisville by long distance telephone from St Louis by the United Press. Morlarlty said ho understood there was heavy damage between Louisville and Cincinnati, but he bad but meagre Infor mation He said tile storm In Louisville was only a heavy rain, which started about S o'clock last night, and. although sewers and streets were Hooded the dam age waa no heavier than that ordinarily attending a heavy ralustorsa. H 14 ON PICNIC WITH KENSINGTON "ANGEL" Park nt Prankford nvenuo nnd Ann Kctchum. no fatalities had been reported In Louis ville nnd had thcro been deaths duo to tho storm tho odlco of tho chief of pollco very probably would havo had reports of them. Seven persons lost their lives In tho tornado that nwrpt St. Chnrlea County, Mo., nrrordlng to unco'iiflrined reports thnt reached lirro today. Moro tlinn fi'0, 0OI claimiKO was ilonf In Bt. Charles, St. Peters nnd f'oalcsvlllo, according to tho siMiii reports. Telephone nnd telegraph communica tion with these points had not been ro Btorerl nt 10 o'clock. Mra. Thomns Slnttery and her two rhlldren were reported killed when their hump. IS miles west of St. Charles, was wrecked by the storm. An unidentified man wns killed In WViitsvlllo. LOUISVILLE SUFFERS HEAVILY, NEARLY ISOLATED II Y STORM CHICAGO, July 8. Louisville, Ky., suf fered henvy damage In the tornado that carried death and destruction through five Stntes Inst night and early today. Tho train dispatcher's ofilco of the "Monon Route" said today that Bcnnt detnlla were filtering over a shaky wire from here to Cincinnati and thenco to Louisville. According to tho Monon officials virtu ally all railroad tracks approaching Louis ville hnvo been washed away or eo badly damaged that travel Into nnd out of the city will bo Imposslblo until extensive re pairs are made. Tho Grand Central Depot's roof Is torn off. Tho Monon office here had no new early today of any fatalities In Louisville. Dancing Master Celebrates Birthday Thn man who has taught Phlladelphlani for B3 years Just how to do tho dances In vogue is celebrating today his 75th birthday with his family at tho Hotel Brunswick, Asbury Park. Both Solomon Ashcr, proprietor of Asher's Natatorlum nnd Dnnclng Academy, 22d and Walnut streets, and his daughter-ln-lnw, Mrs. Sid ney S. Asher, Jr., have birthdays today, and so tho dinner tonight will be a joint celebration. Mr. ABher, Sr , Is enjoying perfect health, which he attributes to tho exercise he has taken all hla life and ho has planned a trip to tho Panama-Pacific Exposition. BRAVE FIREMAN ADVANCED Joseph C. Clements Succeeds Battalion Chief Who Died on Duty. Joseph C. Clements, captain of Fira Truck Company No. 1, was today mado batalllon chief of the 6th District, to succeed William F. James, who was killed at the Potter Oil Cloth Works fire on June 22. Clements, who Is 4S years old and lives at 770 North 25 til street, was Injured at the nro and later congratulated for his bravery. Director Porter also promoted two men to captaincies Frank Mnycnis, 37 years old, of Ml North Lawrence Btreet, was advanced to captaincy from lieutenancy of Truck Ni. 7. Jacob G. Lanard, DO years old, nf 375S Richmond street, wns oIbo promoted to a captaincy. Both men will be assigned to their companies tomorrow. The following men were promoted from hosemen to firemen: Charles D. Mclntyro, 3111 llrandywiue street; George p. L. Gendhart, 13H East Oxford street; Wil liam E. Caldwell, 2153 South Woodstock street, and James McCracken, 2336 South Hemberger street Edward J. Moore, 1513 East Moyamenslng avenue, who resigned 3 years aso, was again taken on the force. JOSEPH C CI EMENTS Appointed Fire flattallon Chief today. He wa hurt in the recent fire at the fait.n y f Thos Potter Kinj "., HttMssssK. gjUg j'SSBSSSBBBBBBBBBBBBfl nras.H street today. In the circle above is MINNEHAHA, MUNITION SHIP, AFIRE AT SEA Continued from Pngo One nf her departure until Sunday. Obviously Holt would not havo known of this nt tho tlmo ho wroto his letter, only ofllclals of tho lino being fully apprised of the vessel's exact tlmo of departure. Oinrlals nt tho Atlantic Transport ofll ccs, while admitting thnt the theory that Holt wiib responsible for the fit o aboard tho munitions carrier w-ns strengthened by Captain Claret's latest message, still doubted tho ntory. They refused in sug gest what might havo stnrted tho fire, pending a detailed report from the ship's commander. This afternoon's message from the Min nehaha's commander, however, relieved nnxlety felt hero for the vessel's safety. It was tho ilrst word heard from Claret slnco his first messago sent nearly 20 hours ngo. NO PASSENGERS ABOARD. Tho mlnnchnhn had no passengers, ac cording to officials of tho lino. Thla 1b considered remarkable, as on every previous voyage made by the Minnehaha since tho war began sho has carried nt least two or three hundred. LIko tho Adriatic, she was built for freight nnd passenger service. Sho has bulkhead compartments. Cnptnln Claret, commanding the Minne haha, in 33 years old and a lieutenant In tho Royal Navy reserve. . The Mlnnchnhn, a liner of 13.714 tons, 13 owned by tho Atlnntlc Transport Com pany, Ltd. Her commander la Captain P. S. II. Claret. Tho pursor Is B. E. Creed: N. Hart Is chief engineer nnd Dr. P. Grant, surgeon Tho vessel carried 15,000 tons of ammunition consigned to tho British Government and purchased through the firm of J. P. Morgan &. Co. In addition tho Minnehaha also carried a general cargo. Her crew comprises 1 men. The Minnehaha Is a steel twln-scrow steamer. Sho was built In 1900 at Belfast, which Is her homo port, nnd Is ono of the largest vessels carrying munitions of war to tho Allies from America. Tho liner Is 600 feet long, has a beam of 65 feet and a depth of 30 feet. Tho Minnehaha has been In many acci dents, but Is considered ono of tho stanchest ships of tho Aalantlc Trans port line. In 1904 she was damaged In a collision with the British steamship John Sanderson oft Gravesend, In tho Thames. Four years later flho lost a propeller and mado the trip from Now York to London without pnssengers on one propeller. Tho Minnehaha went aground In Ged ney Channel on April 17, 1900. She was flouted agnln, however, tho next day. On April 10, 1910, tho Minnehaha went nground off the Scllly Islands. For some tlmo all hope of saving the steamship was given up and the 63 passengers wcro sent away in lifeboats. A turn In tho weather saved the ship from pounding to pieces and sho was refloated a few days later. In September, 1908, a flro started In tho Minnehaha's hold on a voyage to Queens town. Tho officers and crew fought the blaze for threo days without alarming the passengers. On Lookout for German Spies NEW YORK, July 8.-Because of tho mysterious blazo reported today aboard the Atlantic Transport liner MJnnehaha unusual precautions against German sp n-j were muen mis aiternoon nerora tho Whlto Star liner Lapland sailed for Liverpool. Agents and detectives made a thorough search of the ship and examined every bit of personal baggage. Passengers wero required to give satisfactory Identifica tion, and no visitors were allowed on the ship before sailing time. The Lapland carried 245 passengers. Including seven Americans. DRITISII RAISE TECHNICALITY OVER RECRUITING IN U. S. Men Not Enlisted Here Only Given Money to Go Home, WASHINGTON. July 8,-Although it was understood the Government will not let technicalities prevent prosecution of agents who have gathered army recruits In this country for belligerent Govern ments, the Justice Department was said to bo looking carefully today Jnto the latest technicality raised by the British Embassy. It was tacitly admitted that a fine point was Involved. From the Embassy's comments It was taken for granted that the five BrltlsH officers Indicted in San Francis wnni.i eav they did not actually on gage anybody 1 bv y aurepa to ngm-lhey Bimply furnished various individuals with money for the trip and left it to them to find their way Into the army after their ar rival Montenegrin officers Involved In trouble with the Federal authorities on the same account were understood to plan a simi lar dafensa. Regardless of all this controversy. Jus tice Department otHdali sld they were cantering their attack on the recruiting officers-not the recruits. This, a was stated. Is why permission was given to the itt Montenegrins Involved in the PkcirK coast rase to prcceed on their way from Portland, only the two aliened ants being held. " ACTIVITY AT CARNEY POINT Du Pont Powder Plant Taking on Many Now Employes. WILMINGTON, Del., July 8,Men -who want work nro finding It nt tho Carney Point plant of tho du Pont Powder Com pany. Not only nro numerous men being taken on to work In tho powder "plant, but large forces nro being employed on construction work. Plant No. 3 Is being rushed In order to mnko powder Just ns soon ns possible. Many of tho men now being employed are from Wilmington nnd Now Castle, their hostess, Mrs. Millimonto W. KENSINGTON'S 'ANGEL' ENTERTAINS CHILDREN Police and Businessmen Help Mrs. Kctchum Lighten Hearts of 1000 at Picnic. Mor thnn 1000 Kensington children of varied ages boarded eight apodal cars nt Frankford nvenuo nnd Ann street, bright nnd early today, bent on having tho tlmo of tholr lives. Accompanied by Lieutenant Andy Hamilton nnd nix policemen of tho Belgrade nnd Clearfield streets pollco station, tiro youngsters nro having their annual outing at tho Smith Mcmoilnl Playground, Falrmbtint Park. Thoy nro tho guests of Mrs. Mllllmento W. Kctchum, known ns tho "Angel of Kensington." Many of tho children llvo In furnished looms up courts nnd nlleys and tHcy get llttlo opportunity of seeing ilowers, plants and green grass. Imagine their delight upon reaching tho playground nfter nn ovontful and oxoltlhg trolley trip through tho city. First they were greeted with delicious cinnamon buns nnd coffee nnd nfter a Bhort rest tho picnic and play began. Whllo tho younger children played all sorts of games'tho older boys engaged at onco In their favorlto, pastime baseball. Bats, balls nnd gloves wcro furnished free by tho A. J. Reach Comnanv. Theso wcro afterward awnrded as prizes In tho Bporting contests. Piles of "goodies" wcro carried to the grounds In a patrol of the Belgrado nnd CIcnrflelds streets police station. More than 200 qunrts of lep cream was donated by tho Breycr Ico Cream Company. Among tho other donors of eatables and drinkables were the Bell Company, Frcl hofor & Co., tho Suppleo Company. Har blnson & Co. and tho Moore Company. Mrs. Ketchum, who conducts tho out ing each year, has suggested that kind hearted owners of nutomobllcs might como to tho grounds this afternoon nnd Blvo some of tho children free rides. "Needless to say such favors would be greatly appteclated," Mrs. Ketchum said. Muny mothers accompanied their chil dren, and In all more than 1200 persons wcro on tho grounds this morning. The plcnlo will last well Into the afternoon Among those assisting Mrs. Kotchum nro Miss Mllllo Wnldron. Miss Elva Bryan, Mrs. Eva Comley, Mrs. Hen rietta King, Mrs. Lena Waldron. Mrs. Frederick Feldler. Miss Lolelda Brown. Miss Edna Waldron, Mrs. George Smith nnd Miss Edith Waldron. .TOFFRE PREDICTS EXPULSION OF GERMANS 1JY 1916 Wnr to Bo Over by First of Year, Says French Leader. NEW YORK, July 8. Predictions of a 'tremendous drive by the English nnd French armies In the west In two months wero made by Dr. G. Sterling Ryerson, surgeon general of the Canadian forces and president of the Canadian Red Cross, who arrived yesterday aboard the Es pagne, of the French Line, after serving In France and Belgium. "I visited almost the entire battle front nlong the Alsno nnd the Marne," General Ryerson said. "I found tho condition of the Canadian and allied troops excellent, as well ns the spirits of the men. "Within two months there will be put under way along the entire western front a tremendous drive, which will be the greatest that this war has seen. General Joffre recently Bald that the Rfrmm.. would be out of France by the MrBt of the coming year, nnd" from what I have seen and heard, I have every reason to believe It will be so. The war will bo over In nnother year, and the German will bo defeated." SUDDEN RAIN DELUGED MANY Mercury Dropped During Shower, But Cooler Weather Is Not in Sight. Many of the optimists who glanced at the cloudy sky this morning and then left home without ralnooat or umbrella "got thttlrs" at noon today when they went out to lunch and were caught In a decidedly wet thunder shower. Although the rain was scarcely enough to satisfy the suburbanite who Is the proud possessor of a garden, It was a boon to city dwellers who had been sweltering under the extremely humid atmosphere and a temperature of SO de grees. With the rain the temperature began tp drop Immediately and seon had descended to the W-degree mark At the Weather Bureau It was said that the cooling effect of the shower would be of short duration and that by evening the elty would once more be steaming- under a high temperature and humidity.' $1000 in Wedding Gift Stolen WILK86.BARRB, p Ju,y j.W4d. ding glf ta valuad at over liaos wm stolen from th. horn of Mr. and Mra. Doug la, J. Torrey, recently married. Tka burgtarv took place while' Mr and Mr. Tor?ey were spending the Fouth 7nd ?. day. at Harvey Cottage, at Glen Sum mi ,i.S ,hf1'r relurn th "coverea WIRELESS SEIZED1 TO FOIL SIGNALS INVENTED HER U. S. Takes Sayvilj Plant Because Qm mans May Have IM Philadelphia's Codl Kitsee, Franklin Institute fi entiat, Intimates His System Making Radiograms fa munc to Censorship yf Used Without PermissioriJ The German-owned wireless stntli Sayvlllc, L. I., today was taken i control by tho United States Govern This decisivo step was hastened tv closures of Dr. Isadore Kttseo. 2M nut place, this city, who Intimated tun ueiman uoiernmcnt was In p( slon of his Invention making radio imges fmmuno to rcnsorshlrt. Possession of tho plant was taken iM I, n.ntntn IVIIIlAfrM IT n r..H-, . ."CI; uj wiiiuni , "iiniii jjumiru, Cntel tho radio scrvlco of the navy and m Intendent of the Arlington, Va., stjA acting under Instructions from Secret Daniels. He wns In this cltv v.i... investigating the alleged secret eoil ., tern by which German reprcsontatlv.. the United Stntes aro said to have ef mllltnry Information from SayvMo tf men num..... mi; nisei uil ino BrttliV coast. Today ho went to New York B confer with tho owners of the tUril Lieutenant G. II Clark, U. S. N. i? put In clwrgo. Secretary Dnnlels stated that h ..if. under tho executive order of Auguit I In which the President directed that "cm or moro of tho high-powered radio ilj. tlons within tho Jurisdiction of tho UnlUI States and cnpablo of transatlantic communication shall bo token our "li tho Government of the; United Statei nnd used or controlled by It, to tht ex clusion of any other control or me, to tho purposo of cnrrylng on commnnlcii1 tlon with land stations In Europe, if eluding code nnd cipher messages." (' It wns stntcd thnt It would be operatej under tho enmo regulations as thoie.h trr n, ,!,. Tonlfn.fnn .(ntlnn mLI.L ... lUltU ,lk mu luinciwu n,.L..uil, VVUlCilUn Government took over on Beptembty Although Secretaries Lnnslng, taaUij and, Redflold had been considering .thij taking over of the Sayvlllc station ilacr Juno 23, It wns only decided late ruin. dny to place naval ofllcera In control li Immedlntelv Captain Billiard wis (l. rected to proceed to tho German lUUen nnd to tnko tempornr command; Doctor Kitsee, who Is a memla of tot Franklin Institute, nnd well know u i scientist here. Is being questlonM' or Federal Investigators In this city, uto aro attempting to obtnln dctatlrt 'to- formntlon as to tho disposal of huTto' vtntion. jtiuiougu mo invuuiur duu hj fUECs to namo Germany as the nU6j which agreed to pay him CO.OOO for tht dovlco, ho does not attempt to concul his belief thnt It mado posslblo the rinSJ lng of the Lusltanla and tho succeufi Interning of tho German cruisers at jshj port News whllo tho English fleet scoarti the Atlantic for them Federal Investigators attach great nlflcnnco to tho fnct that German ofndil nt tho Sayvlllo plant havo applied b n llcenso to operate a still higher pow radio station than tlio ono now in cos mission. Equipment for tho proposjj stntlon Is said to have arrived at tut. Island already, but as It Is pointed that Doctor Kltsee's Invention specified calls for a high-power radio, the appuc, tlon Is looked unon ns additional Prtl thnt Owmnnv is nslnir tho device and til permit will bo refused. ji Doctor 'Kitsee asserted yesterday 'IS1 his Invention has probably been alters by those who employ It In order tlac reports of Its use would be substantial with difficulty. In this connection' names Professor Zenncck, of the Ui verslty of Munich and captain of a G( man submarine, ns one who might hiJ made such an alteration In the devict. Professor Zenncck has been In thli coun try for tho Inst six months. ' "I am not charging that Frofetior Zen- neck did any such thing," cxplalhea Do& tor Kitsee. "I am merely stating that authority on wireless telegraphy cocji easily adopt my Invention and probiklS could nrrango a better system, using Invention as a baslB for his experiment! Doctor Kitsee also Intimates tbat may Institute a damage suit against Government employing his device, la-i attempt to obtain tho $60,000 promised II tor it. Although he refused to nami probable defendants, he asserts that. has nlrcady consulted Now York lawjjS on me matter. MONTENEGRINS INDICTED FOR RECRUITING IN U. Widespread Plot to Enlist Men Hen Stopped. CHICAGO, July 8. Two representative of the King of Montenegro and Uutt other men, one of them formerly Monffl negrln charge d'affaires nt Constantly Pie. were indicted today by the Fed urana Jury here, charged with coni ncy to vioiato tne neutrality of the uni States. Tho Indicted men were Jovo MatiW vicii, commissioner of the Montenefl King: P. St. Lubrich. hla secretary, wl aro under bonds In Portland, Ore.; Sjjj ujouraBnuovich, a representative or t King of Montenegro, and U Martanovti under arrest In Disbee. Ariz., and Ai V. Seferovlch who has been arrested xvew york. Tho Indictments resulted In the etoppKll In Chicago of a trnlnload of Montenegigfl wno were Demg taken East to he npj jiorteq to tneir native land to tsne h in tno European war. Policeman Guilty of Intoxication! House Sergeant A. Lincoln OooJrg oi tno wtli and P ne streets statKN member of the police force for 23 )' appeared before the Board of Inqulrrl nay on the charge of Intoxication. renders him liable to expulsion, R alleged that because of his conditio June 38 he failed to perform his drf properly. This Is the first charge made against the sergeant. He plMJ guilty, explaining that "even-thing wrong" and he sought to drown . troubles In drink. The case was retet bythe board to the Director of PHfl Harety, Vanishing Guns for Submarines j WASHINGTON. July 8 -The Nt Department has announced that M after disappearing auns will be mov on all American submarines. It dev yesterday that American naval f ureuy nave Deen working on marine gun for more than two J This announcement was made offlilala of the department had sati inemseives that It would be ui keen the fact secret longer. t Germany already Is using sueh gun! suomannes. Blind From Birth, Girl Sees PASADENA. Cal , Julv 8 Bum a and after livlnor In darkness foi !6 Mia Tomysna Carlyle. a l nivemitJU California student. Razed for u time upon her mother's fate here terday. Science trlumohel oer an When Dr Yard H Hulen of Bin Cisco, made a two-minute operau "' brought sight to her left e S'1 lyle had previously undergone five wi cessful operation aud her case nounce- mi-tita
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