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, - Review of Local Events of 1913 (continued from page 1) FIRES (Taken from Fire Department Record*) January 12—Fire, residence of G. Greve; loss 92400. February 1—False alarm, residence •of Wm. Breen, Wallace Street; no lose. March 8—Grass fire, Whaley Street; March 9—Fire, residence of G. Fish er, So. Main Street; $350. March 22—Fire at Bedell’s black smith shop; $10. « April 1—Fire at F. Conrader's barn, spreading to Raynor building; $350. April 1—Brush fire at East Milton Street; no damage. April 7—Fire at Gere's bowling al leys, $3300. April 7—Fire at residence of H. Cummings, So. Bay view Avenue; <2800. April 10—Hay stack fire at Cottage Court; $6. April 20—False alarm fire, Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue; no damage. May 4—Fire at Carney's candy store, Atlantic Avenue; $500. May 4—Fire at D. Ferrarra's resi dence, No. Main Street; $2000. ) May 10—Fire in Edward Rice’s barn, Grove Street; $900. 1 GENERAL VILLA. < 1I I L U L L U l i I L L U U U s — J M e x ican C o m m a n d e r W h o s e f Over 1,000 Wounded In V F o r c e s W e re V ieterieu e . ( Fierce Engagement. SURRENDER TO U. S. ARMY. O jin a g a a S c e n e of T e r r o r , e n d It Is T h o u g h t T h a t th e E n t ir e F e d e ral A r m y W ill C roaa th e A m e rican B o r d e r — W o m e n A r e Fleeing. Presidio, Tex., Ja n 2.—S u rrender of the w hole M exican federal arm y at OJlnagn. 2,000 or 3,000 men, to U n ited S tates troops seem ed Im m inent w h en, w ith (MM) dead and 1,000 of the wound ed of lioth sides lying on the b a ttle field, the federal defense seem ed to be hopeless and th e ir defeat Inevitable. M ajor MeNnmee, com m anding the United S tates border patrol, wired to G eneral H u g h L. Scott a t El Paso, say ing: \E x p e c t at any tim e d u r ing the fight th a t th e g r e a ter p a r t of the federal arm y, possibly 2,000 or 3,000. may be May 2 8 -Fire at Rhodes’ photo stud- for‘',*d to <*r,ws tl\’ rivor 1 h,m' made io; $1500. £ June 26—Fire P. D. Combs’ So. Bay view Avenue; $800. July 7—Fire residence B. Truben- back, So. Grove Street; $75. July 7—Fire, barn of John A. Smith, No. Main Street; $5. 8 September 18—Fire Dept. Emerg ency Call at Power House. November 28—Fire, auto of H. Ger ard, Atlantic Avenue; no damage. Heinrich Hangar Burned r~- r m Hempstead, L. L, Dec. 29.—Six aeroplane hangars valued at about $1,400. and two monoplanes with vari ous accessories, valued at between $10,000 and $11,000 were burned this orning by fire from an unknown source at the Hempstead Plains Avia tion Field. All the hangars on the aviation field are built in sections of six divided by a considerable space. Hangars No. 6 to 11 exclusive, which are of frame •construction, were burned in the The burned monoplanes were owned by the American Aeroplane Supply Com pany, of which Frederick G. Hild and A Marshonet are the owners. The prompt work of the Garden City and Mineola Fire Departments saved the adjoining hangars and also assisted in taking from the burned hangars a num ber of valuable monoplanes and bi planes. * The burned hangars were occupied by the American Aeroplane Supply Company, Sydaey F. Beckwith, the Aero Club of America, Alfred Hein rich and two Italian aviators occupied hangar No. 10. Hangar No. 11 was unoccupied. A similar fire occurred about a year ago on the aviation field. Tax Memos East Rockaway, school tax, now due; collector, Seymour F. Frasick, Ocean Ave., East Rockaway; rate 80c per < 100 . East Rockaway, Village tax, John J. Lynch, collector; address, Lynbrook. The^ate is 26c per 100. Rockville Centre school tax, W. H Connell, 76 Village Ave., receiving the tax at 6 per cent. Merrick, school tax; collector, Dan iel Landau; 6 per cent fee. Freeport school tax now payable to Frank Ashdown, collector, at his resi dence, 62 North Main Street, with five per cent for collection since Dec. 10. Lynbrook Diet. No. 20, school tax, payable to Edward T. Talfor, at 5 per cent; rate $1.08. Wantagh school tax ; David T. Fus- eell, collector; rate 67c on 100 plus 5 par cent. Bellmore school tax, district No. 7, Joseph Wiemer, collector; residence. Grand Avenue; 50 cents and 1 per cent for collection, to Jan. 7, 1914; after 5 -per cent for collection. Smithville South, school tax ; col lector, George O. Pettit; rate, 79c, collection fee, 1 per cent, until Janu ary 4. New Telephones Freeport Urlacher & Narwood, 123 So. Main Street, 393-J. A. Golden, 43 Mill Road, 716-W. H. L. Cummings, 80 Newton Boule vard, 681-W. Reiss, Frederick E., Russell Avenue, 212 R. Westcott, Mrs. Grace, 120 No. Ber gen Place, 647 M. Mrs. Emily Foley, 71 So. Main Street, 842-W. Jos. F. Hoffman, Russell Avenue, 941-W. Post Publishing Co., 22 So. Grove Street, 61. People’s Market, 17 So, Main Street, 804-J. J. L. Schiffmacher, Harrison Ave nue, 423-R. R. C. Binder, 216 Pine Street, 487-J. Baldwin Eldridge Homan, Grand Avenue. 915-W. Austin Verity, Cherry Lane, 888-W. Verity Bros , Cherry Lane, 919-W. Henry Hebenstreit, Rockwood Ave., 9S1-W. Roosevelt J. Rhodes, Harts Avenue, 912-R. disposition to disarm and hold them If this takes place.\ Tw o hundred w o unded federals, j some of them w ith arm s and legs shot j off, who have dragged them s e lves or I been carried across th e Rio G rande to the A m erican side, a t t e s t to the fact j th a t the b a ttle of O jinaga Is the m o st ! sanguinary conflict w h ich has taken place betw e en the federals and the j rebels. i In addition ano th e r battle is in prog ress a t Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, w h ere 2(X) federals have been killed and m a n y more wounded. M a jor M cN am ee reported to G eneral Scott th a t a few rebel shells fell close , to or on to the A m erican batik of the | Rio G rande north of Presidio, adding. I “J sent a dem a n d to G e n eral O rtega w a rning him against the consequences i of such action.” j The A m erican border patrol here consists of hut 900 c a v a lrym e n . If the j federal arm y crosses the river to Pre- (sldlo the A m erican soldiers will be | c o n fronted w ith th e task of disarm ing : three tim es th e ir num b e r of M exicans. fire The opportunities for a clash w h en this takes place are regarded as d a n gerous. The rebel artillery poured a heavy fire upon th e federal garrison In Ojl naga, and the rebels w e re gaining the approaches to the tow n . To observers on this side It appeared th a t the reb els w o u ld either capture the federal garrison w ithin a few hours or foree them to flee to the A m erican aide. A m e rican T o w n * In P e r il. Betw e en O jinaga and the river Is a mile of flat land. If the federals re tre a t across th a t It Is feared they may d raw the rebel fire upon Presidio. Several hundred women and children already have crossed from the Mexican side and been given s h e lter In Presidio H o rrifying scenes atten d th e flight of' th e w o u n d ed to the Am erican side. M any of the federals are so fearfully w o u n d ed th a t they Implore the Amerl can soldiers to kill them to end their sufferings. More than 200 of them are In a church ou this side, attended by Red Cross physicians and nurses. All the soldiers are disarm e d ana. If not wounded, are sent back by M ajor McNamee. T h e rebel artillery b a ttered alm o st Incessantly a t th e crum b ling adobe w alls behind w h ich w ere hidden the dispirited federals, and*the flashes of the field guns gave the battle scene a touch of the inferno. W ith the break of day the artillery fire becam e more furious, and to the rain of shells w h ich tore the flimsy w alls to fragm e n ts w e re added the bul lets from sm all arm s th a t sw e p t the defenses like hall. HOPES W IFE NO. 7 WILL SUIT TRADE MORAL— Trying to win a girl's love by taking her aunt buggy riding is like an attempt to do business without adver tising. me aunt enjoys the buggy ride, but it doesn’t help your cause with the girl The merchant who wants to win the home (oiks’ trade win win if he plugs persistently mrough these columns. . , B u t A f t e r Six P r e v io u s E x p e r ien c e s M a y n a r d la N o t So S u r e . H u n tington, W. Va., Jan. 2.—Saying he was w illing to take another chance after his six previous m a rriages had proved more or less of a failure, L. B. M aynard, thirty-one years old, of East Lynn, W. Va., cam e to this city, got a m a rriage license and w as w edded last night to Miss Rebecca Wilson of this city. Of his previous experiences M aynard “I have been m a rried six tim e s pre vious to my w edding today. Three of my w ives 1 divorced and the other three died. W h e n ever I w as fortunate enough to get an Ideal w ife she would die. 1 hope this will be my last.\ BRYAN TO LECTURE. S e c r e t a r y of S t a te L e a v e s W a s h in g to n F o r T e n D a y T o u r. W a shington, Jan . 2. — S e c retary of S tate B ryan left W a shington for a ten day lecture tour In the middle w est He will speak at K a n s a s City, Topeka Lincoln, Chicago and Toledo, returning about Jan. 10. H e returned to W a sh ington a f t e r a ten days' vacation at lllam l, Ft*. H e and Mrs. B ryan re ceived m e m b ers of the diplom atic corps and entertained them w ith a buf fet luncheon. N e w C u re F o r B ronohitia. Paris, Ja n 2. — F rederick B u rling ham , the A m erican w ho m a d e a de scent Into the depths of the crater of V esuvius last week, says the sulphur fum es w h ich alm o s t destroyed the p a r ty cured bronchitis from w h ich he w as suffering. 1 GES TE 1 WORK Mltchel Takes Office Brief Ceremonies. SEEDS. NOT WORDS. SLOGAN. Is t h e N i n e ty - s ix t h M a y o r of th * C ity. P r a i s e s K line F o r th* M a n n e r In W h ich H e C o n d u c ted th e C ity U n d e r T r y in g C ircu m s tan c e s . New York, Jan. 2.—W ith one of the briefest and most sim p le cerem o n ies ever seen on such an occasion in the city hall. M ayor John Purroy M ltchel w as Inducted Into office. H e sw o re In the m e m b ers of his cabinet already ap pointed and observed the ancient cus tom of a public reception in the m a y or’s reception room, the entire program occupying less than one hour and a half. Follow ing this Iwief sojourn in the city hall, the ninety-sixth m a y o r of New York since Thom a s W illett w as l a p p o inted In 16H5 by the governor of the province and th e youngest m a y o r the city has ever had, left the building w h e re he Is to preside over the g r e a t est city In the laud for the next four •j years and returned w ith Ms w ife and | m o ther to his home in Riverside drive. • w h e re a private reception w a s held, j Mr. M ltchel and Mr. Kline, each ! d ressed In black cutaw a y coat and ! s triped trousers, took their places, | s tanding a t a table at one end of the j room, and Mr Kline m a d e his brief i talk, ending w ith a welcome to Mr. : M ltchel as the m a y o r of New York city In reply Mr. M ltchel said: T h e M a y o r’s A d d r e s s . “ I assure you It is a jire a t satisfac tion to take over this great office of m a y o r of the city from the hands of a man such as Mr. Kline. Mr. K line a s sum ed the duties of th a t office tinder conditions th a t could scarcely have been more trying. lie has conducted th a t office for the Inst few m o n ths with dignity, w ith self resiveot and , .w i with a iMilse th a t has reflected credit nature approving the bond of D istrict i „ , , upon him self and upon the city P h o to toy A m e r ic a n P r e s s A s n o c lation. In p r a c t i c a l l y n v e r v hit< h;iU to (h e re bolt* h a v e com pi f t el.v rout« ri th e feilf-rals. It Is salfl th a t fjo n o r n l ' Ma h.is I.et.n b r u t a l to th e p riso n e r * he c a p t u r e d an d In m a n y c a s e s k illin g th e m o u t r i g h t . T h e p i c t u r e sh o w s h im In bin ehnrnnf••I’lsth.’ g a r b . BRONX OffICIALLY A (OUNTY T h e S ix ty - a e c o n d One In th e S t a te I n a u g u r a t e d . New York, Jan. 2.—C o u n ty Judge Louis D. G ibbs, sitting on the platform In the suprem e court cham b e r of the new courthouse at Third avenue and O n e H u n d red and Sixty-first s tr e e t yes terday morning, affixed his official slg ON E M M Suffragettes Make Good Time at Start ROSALIE JONES IN COMMAND. Will U r g e G o v e r n o r G lynn a n d L e g is la t u r e F o r R ig h t to H a v e W o m a n W a tc h e r s a t th e P o lls—C o l u m bia S t u d e n t a s B u g ler. A f te r c o n f e r r in g w ith fo llo w in g th e in a u g u r M c K a y , th e n e w p o lice co m m issio n e r, re tu r n e d to police h e a d q u a r t e r s an d a n n o u n c e d th a t h e w o u ld be a b l e to co n d u c t th e b u s in e s s fo r th e d a y w i t h o u t a p p o i n t in g a n y d e p u ties. H e w ill a n n o u n c e th e a p p o i n t m e n t o f d e p u t y co m m issio n e r s w ith in th e n e x t tw e n t y - f o u r ho u rs. P o lice ro u t i n e w a s ru n n i n g sm o o th ly In sp i te of th e v o lcan ic co n d itio n o f th e civ ilian of flee o f t h e d e p a r t m e n t fo r th e la s t tw e n t y fo u r h o u r s , a n d N e w Y o rk city aid e d bj his t o r y o f t h e d e p a r t m e n t . , K i MOVE TO END STRIKE. A ttorney F rancis M artin. This w as th e 3 rat official act by any of the m e n who have been selected to take up the governm e n tal reins of New York's Sixty-second county, which cam e Into being w ith the new year. It w as the birth of B ronx county m o re l ban the com ing of 1914 th a t the peo ple of th a t section celebrated. T h e official cerem o n ies w ere held In “And In more than one crisis Mr. K line’s action and adm inistration of the duties o f this office have m e a n t much for th e w e lfare of this city. “He g a v e us an honest election In the face o f conditions th a t pointed to the contrary, and only yesterday he protected the city against a conspiracy to denude it for a tim e of adequate L a b o r Men Say T h e y W ill S u b m it to A r b itratio n . E.anslng, Mich., Jan . 2. A fter a con ference of labor leaders here Clarence IS. H arrow , counsel for the W e stern F e d e ration of M iners, asked Governor ! F e r ris to send a telegram to Mr. Shaw. | p resident of the C a lum e t and Hecln l M ining com pany, requesting him to J come to Lansing for a conference relu- i live to settlem e n t of the strik e contro | v ersy In the M ichigan copper mining I d is trict. If Mr. Shaw refuses to accept the In- the suprem e court cham b e r of the j police protection by handling a condl | c itation Harrow asked the governor to courthouse. Few of them knew while they listened, to com m em o ration speeches th a t the first paper of Bronx county officialdom had been executed during the cerem o n ies. Hr. H e n ry M. M cCracken, chancellor em e ritus of New York university, was chairm an of the exercises. Judge G ibbs had requested Hr. M acCracken to sug gest a design for a county seal. The design w as there, and Dr. M aoC racien described It. “T h e Bronx is show n as the north ernm o st division of n sta r of, five points,” he said, “each point standing for n county. T h e m o tto is taken from the V u lgate, or L a tin edition of the Bible. It may be translated, \The world Is w a iting for the law of God’— the law expressed in seven words, •Thou shall, love thy neighbor as th y self.' T h e phrase ‘Its law ’ or ‘Ids law ' signifies the law of the Bronx. “Today the Bronx as a borough has ju s t reached sw e e t sixteen. She Is of law ful age, If not to lie courted, at | least to have a courthouse. May we i never have any Judge sitting In the | courthouse of the Bronx whom good | citizens will w a n t either to Impeach or j to recall.\ GIRL KILLED BY AUTO. E i g h t-y e a r - o ld A n n a W a lt e r V ictim In Y o n k e rs. Yonkers. N. Y., Jan. 2.—Ralph Law rence Oakley, u m a n u facturer, of 741 North B roadw a y w h ile driving to his home in his autom o b ile ran over and killed Anna W a lter, eight years old, of 498 Van C o rtlandt I’nrk avenue. The accident happened on South Broadw ay and Law rence street and w as w it nessed by the child’s m o ther and by O akley's wife, a bride of six months. Mrs. W a lter w as celebrating the child's eighth birthday and w as taking her to New York city to a theater. A northbound trolley ear had stopped at Law rence street, and the child started to cross B roadw ay In fro n t of It. Oak ley, going north, ran upon the west side of the car and struck the child as she passed from the fron t of the trol ley. A wheel ran over the body, crush Ing her so badly th a t she died In St. Joseph’s hospital tw e n ty m inutes later tion th a t had l>een created w ith vigor and w ith Judgm ent. And 1 believe that I express the gratitude of the city to Mr. K line w h en I tell him th a t New York appreciates his ad m inistration of this office. \1 tru s t th a t each head of a d e p a rt ment In this new adm inistration will realize th a t the thing necessary to bring the adm inistration to a successful Is sue Is team work, th a t each m a n m o st not feel th a t he or she can regard his »r her particular departm e n t as ap a r t from the others and self sufficient, and to be conducted upon Its ow n basis w ithout relation to them , but will feel th a t It Is an Integral p a r t of a greet m achine, the city governm ent, In w h ich all m u s t co-operate sym p a thetically If that m a chine Is to be operated In the genuine service of the people, whoae property It is.\ BULGARIA CRIES FOR HELP. THE JOBLESS ROAM CHICAGO 500 H u n g r y M en M a rch, B r e a k ing W indow s , D e m a n d in g Food. Chicago, Jan. 2 —Five hundred un employed men m a rched In S tate street, and at M onroe street they broke w in dows They entered several res tan runts, dem a n d ing food. T h e sight con trasted sharply w ith scenes of revelry In th e loop district. M any of the men bad been recruited from the bread line A fter a short speech by a leader. L*o Llppn, the men at Van Buren street form ed four ab r e a s t and m a rch ed north in the street They carried a banner. At Monroe and S tate streets a man cried out. \H e y . yon bum s, w h a t’s up?\ EJppa answ e red. \You are drunk, and we are hungry \ The meii halted street cars, crying as They did so th a t they w a n ted work. Q u e e n E leanor* A p p e a ls to A m e rica F o r H e r People. W ashington, Jan. 2.—T h e Interna tional relief com m ittee of the Red Cross, of w hich John B a s s e tt M oore of the state departm e n t Is the chairm a n , made public an appeal for aid received from Queen Eleanora of B u lgaria on behalf OH the distressed people of her lountry. M oney is needed to afford relief to the thousands left d e s titute by the B a lkan w a r and a poor harvest this year. According to the queen’s cable gram , thousands of persons are w ith out food, s h e lter or clothing. Miss Mabel Board man and Dr. Moore arranged today to forw a rd to the queen all contributions received at the W ash Ington headquarters of the Red Cross A responsible com m ittee of Am ericans send him a letter urging him to agree to arbitration. Mr. H a rrow ’s sugges tion for arb itration w as for the m iners to nam e tw o men, the operators to se lect tw o , and the appointm e n t of a fifth arb itrato r be left to P resident W ilson or G o v ernor Ferris. If this Is. not satisfactory, H a rrow said, the- strikers would be w illing to subm it their case to an arbitration l>oard se lected entirely by th e president, or the governor. The labor lenders subm itted their propositions to the governor. H e did not decide Im m ediately upon w h a t course he would pursue, but said he would send some kind of#a com m u n ic a tion to the head of the Calum et and Hecla M ining com p any. W a shington, Jan. 2.—T h e secretary j of labor, Mr. W ilson, sent a telegram j to E. C. B right, president of the Globe j M iners’ union. Globe, Arlz., replying to u charge th a t th e labor departm e n t i w as “Inactive In the face of the Calu- I met crisis. I \The departm e n t of labor has neither been Inactive nor academ ic,” says Sec retary Wilson, “In dealing With the C alum et strike situation. R e p resenta tives of the departm e n t have been for months and are now actively engaged In gathering Inform a tion relative to the strike and In efforts to bring about a satisfactory settlem e n t of the diffi culty.’’ MARRIAGE BUREAU SWAMPED T n rrytow n , N. Y., Jan. 2.—Chilled In their long \hike\ from M a n h a ttaji, but resolute and determ ined as ever, \G e n eral\ Rosalie Jones and her suffragist arm y , sixteen strong, w ith tw o men and a little girl as cam p follow e rs, a r rived here on their way to A lbany to appeal to G o v ernor Glynn and the leg islature for the right to have women w a tchers at the polls. T h e sound of a bugle blown by Mil ton W e n d t of Columbia university an nounced the arrival of the “pilgrim s\ at T a r ryto w n . w h ere a hot lunch had been prepared to cheer them on their Some little tim e w as spent in Yon kers, w h e re the “arm y \ listened to speeches at the suffragists’ headq u a r ters by “G e n e ral\ Jones and M iss Eva W ard, a f t e r w hich the m a rch north w a rd w a s resumed. Several hours before the s t a r t had been m a d e from the end of the sub way, a t Two H u n d red and Forty-soo- ond stree t and Broadw ay, w h e re a crow d gathered to see th e “arm y \ off S teal “C o r p o r a l’#\ P u r s e . Along the route It was learned th a t \C o rporal\ M a rtha K latchken had been robbed of her purse w h ile w a tch ing the festivities attending the incoin | ing of the new year. The purse con , tained the “corporal's\ key to suffra gist headquarters in New York, w h e re Miss K latchken m akes her home U n able to get Into the building, “Corpo m l\ K latchken, arriving a f t e r mid i n ight, decided to stay In the vestibule, and she spent considerable tim e th e r e despite the cold before a Janitor finally let her in. T h e story w as so good th a t her fellow “soldiers” j u s t had to tell i t i At T a rrytow n the suffragists w e re to | present the m a y o r of the tow n w ith a | handsom e banner and m ake speeches. \G e n e ral\ Rosalie Jones led the arm y , and “Corporal\ M a rtha Khxtoli ken w a s tile closer. I a the ran k s were Mrs. G race F laherty, Miss Josephine G leeckner, Miss Elizabeth F reem a n , Miss E r a W a rd of London, Mrs- E d n a K e a rns. Miss M a rgaret H luehey, Miss Caroline B. Bier. Mjes Rose Livingston, Miss F lora Gnpen. Miss A u g u sta K lghter, Miss Em m a Elliott, Miss fo r a W eek, Miss Ida K r a ft, lire . Olive Shultz and Miss Serena B. K e a rns, eight years old, the llttieet rebel. The allies w e re W llm e r R. K e a rns, hus band of H igh P rivate K e a rne an d fa ther of L ittle P rivate Serena, and Mil ton W e n d t, bugler. D e spite Canon H annay'g rem a rks alxm t New York Inhabitants alw a y s being late and cheerfully frank about It, none of the suffrage hikers w as more than half an hour late In assem bllng a t the outskirts of the city for the s t a r t tow a rd the state capital. The com m and w as given by “G e n eral\ Jones, set to music by M ilton W e n d t, and aw a y they strode w ith the chill m o rning air caressing the Interm ission betw e en the tops of the high laced tan w alking boots and the hem of the short w a lking skirts. P h o to hy A m e r ic a n Preeg A s s o c iation W h e n th e N e w Y o rk le g i s l a t u r e con venes It will h a v e fo r cen s lilern tlo n a m e e - eag e th a t w ill p r o b a b ly estab l i s h a p r e c e d e n t fo r re f o r m a t i o n . G o v e r n o r Gl> n n h a a d e v o ted p r a c t i c a l l y tw o w e e k s , w o r k in g n i g h t an d d a y . to g e t It In ehupe. H e 'h a s ta k e n p a r t i c u l a r p a i n s In o u t l in i n g su g g e s t i o n s re g a r d i n g p u b lic g r a f t am t b a g m e n an d to s a f e g u a r d th e ex p e n d i tu r e o f th e p e o p le's m o n e y fo r hig h p r o v e m e n t WOMAN COMMISSIONER ATM ORK Mies In- W IFE SLAYER KILLS SELF. N e w E u g e n ic L a w In W isconsin C a u s e s R e c o rd W e ek. M ilwaukee, Wls., Jan. 2.—This was the busiest week ever recorded in the offlqe of the m a rriage license clerk. E ighty-four licenses w ere (sued be fore 5 o'clock Dec. 31. In addition, and others wHI^ properly ^ d irect any ^ (,'ounty Clerk W hittle received so many j telephone calls th a t he kept bis office open at night until the bells began to ring In the new year. The rush for perm its to wed w as at- : tribnted to the new eugenic m a rriage money S tates contributed by the United RADIUM CAN’T SAVE CHILD. John M o n a h a n F o u n d D ead W ith L e t te r T e lling of M u rder. ! New York, Jan. 2.—Poisoned and w ith arteries slashed, the body of J o h n M o n ahan, who m u rdered his w ife lu I l h eir home a t 68 E a s t Eighth street, j Flatbueh, w a s found In the woods at the end of H ighland avenue, Queens boro Hill, a t the southw e s t section of j Flushing, N. Y. H e had hidden aw a y and killed klm- j self Just ns he had promised In a letter j which w as turned over to the police. I Tlie m an evidently had com m itted sul I ‘•Ide soon after killing Mrs Rollle Mon- ! nhan la s t Saturday while he w a s In a dem e n ted condition brought >n by business losses. He had been In the | shipping business, w ith an office at i Pier 18, E a s t river The letter, which w as handed to the j police by W illiam M onahan, a brother, revealed th a t the Insane man regretted K a t h e r i n e D a v ie W ill Help q u iry tn C ity P r is o n s , New York, Jan. 2.—Miss K a therine Bem ent Davis, the first woman to head a New York city departm e n t, who suc ceeds Patrick A. W h itney as com mis sioner of correction, arrived w ithout any flourishes a t the old fashioned dw elling at 148 E a s t T w e n tieth street and w ent to work. Miss Ifarla has a face rem a rkable for Its pleasantness as she smiled and said quietly: \This Is no tim e to talk about my plans. I think th e best thing for all of us to do Is to tak e M ayor M R ebel's a d vice when he sw o re ns into office we bad better keep still until w e learn our Jobs. \The mayor suggested th a t this was to be an adm inistration of deeds, not words. N a turally 1 h a v e many thoughts about the city's prisons. I could not very well be w itho u t them after hav ing been at th e head of Bedford re form a tory for th ir teen years and hav ing In th a t tim e m a n y chance* to ob serve New York's prisons. \B u t It w o eld be very stupid of me to air them now. I do not even know my office s taff as yet.\ Miss Davis cam e to the Bedford re form a tory w h en there w a s n ’t any. None of the m o d e rn buildings, not a bit of the adm inistrative scheme* th a t have placed Bedford In the front rank of the w o rld’s corrective Institutions, w ere In evidence w h e n she first took charge there. She Is more than an ad vocate of m o d ern penology—she has achieved It. \W ill you help the grand Jury Inves ligation of B lackw e ll's island, now un der w a y ? ” she w a s asked. \I will help to th e utm o st of my power any proner Inquiry Into city prisons by any proper body,” was the quick answ er MARKSMAN KILLS SELF. not killing bis daughters, Zenle, who child of Fiv*. w h , ^ ^ , , 1 ^ ^ r a V T j i r i '; j ^ vered ber motber,e i,ody and ’ every applicant who w ishes to wed 5 \ °' Dr. K e lly T r ie s It b u t G ives Up H o p e . Baltim o re, Md., Jan. 2. D r H o w a rd m u s t show the license Issuing clerk A. Kelly has ju s t treated an unusual nill of good health befol^ he will be case cf cancer, the p a tien t being a gir; perm itted to m a rry of five years who w as beyond cure i T h e re w e re 223 m a rriage licenses Is when brought to Dr Kelly for treat , gued M llwnllkee county this week men ' Besides, m a n y couples left. the city M alcolm W illiam * , M e o h a n ioal Engl- near, S h o t S e lf T h r o u g h H e a r t. Babylon, N. Y., Jan. 2. — Malcolm Cary W illiams, an electrical engineer connected w ith the Am erican Tele phone and Telegraph com p any In New York city, a noted m a rksm an, shot him self through th e heart at his home In Argyll Park. D eath was Instan taneous. Ooroner Edw in 8. Moore of Bay Shore and A s s is tant D istrict Attorney Leroy Young of Babylon, who made an Investigation, la ter decided that there was no doubt the wound was self In flicted, with the likelihood that It w h s Intentional. Mr. William* was tw e n ty-nine years of age and m a rried. Mr*. Williams was at home w h en the tragedy took place. H er husband had retired to tiU FLORIDA AIRB0AT LINE BEGINS room, announcing that he wbh ________ i well. She was In the library and the, R e g u lar D a ily S c h e d u le B e tw e e n St. P e t e r s b u r g and T a m p a . „ .. . „v=lu«r=, u*...,; v.—c-v- ■<=*■ St. Petersburg, Fla., Jan 2 . - T h e , Th® *act tb a t c u n m ‘s ,ery “ n u “ u.\.1 i and got licenses in Chicago. W a u k egan first com m ercial line of flying m a chines in children is responsible for the fall- | , ! in one rated In the world w as I nan ure of physicians to diagnose the dis servants were in the back of the hou*e. Mrs W illiams w e n t upstair* at the sound of the shot and w ith a servant found her husband lying dead In bed. and M ichigan iwlnts. Things People Buy Customers want what they w a it when they want it, and when they do they’ll bay yoar goods if iron’ll let them know you’ve got what they want a t the price they want to pay. 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W e a ther Albany ............ . 8 Clear A tlantic City . . 34 Cloudy Boston . ............. . 16 Cloudy Buffalo .......... . 26 Clear Chicago ........... 30 Cloudy St. L o u i s ......... 34 Cloudy New O rleans . , 50 Clear New York . . . . 28 Cloudy W a shington . 32 Cloudy to be o p e rate d In th e world w as I n an unrated here when the St. P e tersburg SWEAB8 Tam p a alrboat line began business The m o rning flight of tw e n ty-tw o •lilies w a s made In tw e n ty-three min ties. T h e passenger w as form e r May ,>r A C Phlel of this city From today on the alrboat line will IN OLD ASSOCIATES. Ju d g e C. O. N o tt A d m in iste r s O a th of Office to M a n y , New York, Jan. 2.—T h e first official action of Judge C h a rles O. 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