10 J CATCH A MAN-EATI- NG SHARK AND GET $500 Old Salt of Stiiplelon JiocMi't Believe Such a Fish KxMs. POOH l'OOHS MA XV YAHKS "Maintop" and "Sailor" of .Washington Argue the Quch-tlo- n in "Tho Sun." On Juno 23 a shark that hud scared nway all tlio bothers at Long Beach was killed ufler a Imrd battle. On Jtino 80 The Sitn printed u letter from Wash-Jngto- n In which "Snlliw" (inoted tho rt of the Burgeon-Gener- of tho navy to dhow that sharks attack men. On July I". a rejoinder was printed from "Maintop," Htnploton, saying that lie )iad yet to sco a man rating shark, to ho persuaded of Its existence or to meet a man worthy of belief who has ween one. "Maintop" referred to th challenge, aorrie twenty-liv- e years ago, of Her- mann Oelrlchs. still unclaimed, of $300 for. authentic proof of any person hav- ing been bitten by a shark north of Capo Hatteras. "I added an offer of a smaller sum," said 'Maintop,' "extending the limit to anywhere south of Cape Hatteras, end that offer still holds Rood." An American at Samoa says that ho saw a shark nip off a German sailor's lee In tho harbor of 'Apia. Director Charles Townsend of the New York Aquarium says that mancattng sharks abound In certain tropic waters. Sydney harbor, Australia, Is full of them. In Xfir York Harbor, Dr. Townsend tells Tub Bv.u that sharks that wero at least potential mancaters have been killed in New Tork harbor. He says that the Gulf Stream brings many things of the trop- ics even as far as the Massachusetts coast and that sharks may show up anywhero In the waters about this city lato In the summer. Winter will slay , them If they aro not killed otherwise. Whom aro you going to believe? Tho question as to whether or not sharks will attack living human beings when in the water has lwen debated hotly by scientist, sportsman and layman. The dlsputo has been carried on for years and not a little of It has been printed in this newspaper, for it wns in The Suk that Mr, Oelrlchs first challenged for proof of shnrklsh appetltles. Tho reports of the fnlted States Navy, of Its Burgeon-Gener- nnd of tho commanders of Its vessels have been conclusive enough proof for many, but not for "Maintop." This old sailor Is i TXT - -- ..." , . - ,,, , ' J ' . . Sla" H0 ls ""P"1"- - tendent of lighthouses for the Third i ltrlct rc"- - under tho Deportment of Com- - J Fonaht With Carman!. I sr. n,-i- .. i i..m . . .-J . . . , . V. ev, rj ...b-bw,- ,.! u.uv iiu.u.rm rnrragui was in. He was on the Hartford In tho battle of Mobile Hay and wns nt that Sun where twenty-eigh- t men were killed together. Mr. Verner lost a leg and the' calf of tho other that day. He had been In the merchant marine be- fore that. This Is his side of tho cape: VI'vo snlled tho seven seas and many others since 1S56, in whaler, merchant- man and mun-o'-w- nnd coaster, and am still 'on deck.' I have seen nnd mingled with sharks In ull waters, drunk and sober; have seen the waters alive with sharks and human beings mingling freely and fearlessly; havo known sailors at night in shark infested watcrH to swim long dlstancca and to re-tu- from shore 'loaded' Internally and externally, undisturbed nnd without a thought of tho shark. "Tho history of the South Seas, whern the natives of the Sandwich, Polynesian and Marquesas Islands practically live In the water with the shark and where even tro women und children Join with equal zest and abandon in his killing, affords no evidence of the existence of the mancuting shark." "Bosh!" exclaims Dr. Townsend. and the ul at Samoa comments: "The history nf the South Sens is full of evidence of the existence of the man-eatin- g shark." . He adds that when younger he found hark sticking killing the beasts with knives as they wheel to attack you- ths very greatest sport imaginable. "Maintop" goes calmly on to talk About personal experience; Bathed Among Sharks, During the civil war," he aays, "Pen-saco- la Bay was tho only Gulf port open to Farragut's fleet In which It could find Bheltcr .o recruit and refit. Here were gathered his heaviest vessels, whose crews, numbering thousands, were permitted to bathe hourly, dally and nightly in the warm, clean, blue waters of the Gulf Stream than where I have never seen sharks larger or more numerous from ships and beaches, and without a single accident or injury due to sharks." "Hold on for a minute I" requests Dr. Townsend. "He never saw sharks larger. All right. There are several of tho largest varieties of sharks, such as tho giant shark, a specimen of which waa caught In Florida recently, that never attack men because they are sur- face feeders, they eat only trifling things, huge monsters though they be. Maybe the majority of these sharks Mr. .Verner saw were of those types. "Besides, I do not know that tt Is seriously contended that any shark at- tack a man unless extraordinarily hun- gry, or that a Hhark ever attacks a man moving briskly. Lively movement is likely to frighten even a hungry shark way. Tho slow, languid swimmer and the person floating Is probably the one in danger from a voracious shark." How hard It is to convince "Maintop" may be Judged from the following. On March 27, 1907, this despatch appeared In Tjib Sun: "Washington, March 26. Mall advices rabelved y at the insular bureau of the War Department tell the story of how Dunlop, a sailor on the gunboat Jtieano, lost his trigger finger and will have to be retired. Here's the Very Proof. "J&unlop had been ashore In a rowboat and started to return to his ship, which Jay In Manila harbor. A plug in the .., thB hoat came out nnd was lost III.. order to prevent the boat from being wtmped Dunlop conceived the Idea of thrusting his finger Into the hole to keen the water out. "A shark Hiking a morning swim be. Heath the boat saw tliu piotrudlng linger w J1" one bite. The amputation was aa a U performed by a surgeon. Iocs of the. Index finger render! Dun- - Incompetent for service." This elicited from Mr. Verner a letter In which ho said: l "The statement that Seaman Ttunlop of ine i. nncn maics gunnoai mcimu wiui-- ; using his forefinger us a boat plug had It bitten off 'cIiikii to tlio garboard strain'1 may be relegated to tho stories Hint may be 'told to the marines.' Hallors before taking stock In It will demand that the thickness of that garbo.ird strako and tho orlglnnl length of that foretlnger he specified and well authenticated. They will then figure on about how much finger this shark got." As shown Tiik Huk'sj report wild nothing of tho garboard strako, so Mr. Verner must have had another account In mind. Kor the benefit of tho nl It may be said that tho gar-boa- rd strako is tho first line of planking next a vessel's keel. At the time of thesa caustic remarks Mr. Verner added an admission as follows: "Hut with nit this permit mo to add that 1 am anil always have been nfrald of sharks and hnvo had what I felt to be at tho time several closo calls and narrow escape from thero whether Imaginary or not. 1 didn't stop to ascer- tain. Nor shall I In any future similar Instance. Inst Asks to Be Shown. "Notwithstanding my experience with the shark, I have no abiding personal faith In him and do not assert either that ho will or will not attack a human being In water, merely that I have never known him to do so, nor have I met a man who did, nnd like many others 1 would like to have tho fact established." "Just because 1 have never seen a murder 1 do not require tho fuct that thero is such a crime to bo established for my own satisfaction," said Dr. Townsend rother tartly. "On Juno 30 last "Sailor," writing from Washington, tried to make a case for "Maintop," but didn't succeed. Quoting tho report of the Surgeon-Gener- al of tho Navy for 1902, page 309, ho told of an Instanco of ahurk bite, the victim of which was u gunner's mate, third class, on tho United States steamship Annap- olis, Scene, the harbor of Hollo. Time, June 24, 1901. The gunner's mate was In bathing. The salient parts of the re- port follow: "While about thirty feet from the shore, In a depth of water of ten or .twelve feet, ho was heard to give a cry and was seen to disappear for a few moments : when lie aiose to the surface he swam to the dingey ten feet away and was helped Into the boat. It was then seen that the left leg was gone. "The wound was peculiar, the leg being grasped about four Inches above tho knee. Joint, stripped down to the bone and torn ""''' at the Joint, thus leaving the lower extremity of the femur free of all tis sue. There can be no doubt but that the Injury was made by a shark, as on the thumb and Index finger of the man's left band there were two small tri- angular wounds Just the shape of tho points of a shark's teeth. Didn't Mcr the Shark. "The patient says that he remembers nothing except that he felt something sud- - denly seize his leg and draw him down, When seized he evidently thrust his hand down In his efforts to free himself and caught hi fingers In the shark's mouth. "After the accident a native statd that three months before a man had been ... .... .. -- ,. , ... . rausai " ii rumr ill me tmiuc luv.ini) N "Sailor" adds that ho saw the rest of the man's leg amputated, what does "Maintop" say to this That old seadog dismisses this clrcum stantlal story In these words: "The statement Mimed 'Sailor In Tits St-'- of June 30 Is no better authenticated 'r convincing than was a similar one of 'recent date from the same source and waters reciting that 'Seaman Dunlop of the United States gunboat Elc.mo while using his forefinger as a boat plug had It bitten off by a shark close to the gar-boar- d strako.' At that time I endeavored to ascertain from the proper authorities the thickness of that garboard strake and the original length of that forefinger, but without success." There was great dissent when this was read. Many, without regard to the main question, considered tho Surgeon-Generni- 'a report much more credible nnd authenticated than the story of Sea- man Dunlop. Thero might be some doubts, they said, about a shark taking the little bit of finger that protruded beyond tho thickness of the boat's bot- tom, but there are dozens of Instances of sharks biting off men's legs In open water. Many believed that the attitude taken by Mr. Oelrlchs was right and that shark bite north of Cape Hatteras 'or thereabout Is unauthentlcated. Mr. Oel-ric- got thousands of letters offering to prove shark bite In seas not Included In the limits he set that Is In tropic waters. Brat Story of All. The best shark story ever told, nnd It would bo a wonder of a story If It weren't true, which It Is, concerns what aro called the "Shark Papers," now reposing In the Jamaica Institute, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. This Is the story of the "Shark Papers": The brig Nancy left Baltimore for Curacoa late in tho eighteenth century nnd was captured by the British cutter Sparrow as "a good lawful prize, hav- ing been seized ns the property of ene- mies of our sovereign Lord and King." An Knglishmun named Wylle, com- mander of the cutter, brought suit In the Court of ty to be placed In possession of the Nancy and her cargo. Her owners tried to have the suit dismissed, claiming that she was not lawfully seized. They backed up the claim with whut purported to be the ship's papers. Just then a remark- able find upset the defence. Lieut. Kitlon of the British navy, who waa cruising on me Ferret, caught a shark off tho south coast of Haytl and waa astonished to find in Its stomach the papers of a brig called the Nancy. The authenticity of the shark story and of the papers was established to the satisfaction of the court, and on the strength of this and other evidence the brig and her cargo were condemned. The captain of the Nancy appears to have thrown her papers overboard when she was threatened with capture. The actual papers found In the shark reposed until 1890 in the archives of the but are now-I- the Jamaica Institute, wrapped in a pleco of paper on which la a memorandum of their authenticity written by John Kraaer, who waa Surrogate In tho court at that time. The head of the shark Is In the United Service Museum, Lon- don." city jottings. Mrs. Anna Yale, 33 years old, who took three bichloride of mercury tablets In mistake for headache powders, at her home, 431 Herkimer street. Brooklyn, on Friday evening, died yesterday at St. Man's Hospital. The Rev. William J. Barnes, who has Had charge of tho First Baptist Church in East New York, has received u rati I to ine pastorate of Calvary Uaptlst Church in Brooklyn as tho successor of the Rov. nr. Allan Tupper, who has a special commissioner of the Pence Hoclety, The New York Association for Improv- ing the t'ondltlun or n,.. i,... ...... ...... acknowledge a donutlon to Its fresh THE STJN, SUNDAY, JULY IS,' 1913; TESTS OF SDN'S HEAT WILL HELP MANKIND Agriculture May He llovolu- - ionized in 25 Years, Says Prof. Frost. LONG WEATHER FORECASTS Solar Radinlion Found to Change, as the Orb Is a Variable Star. Ciiicaoo, July 12. Startling changes In existing theories regarding the sun and Its effect on the earth nre made by I'rof. Kdwln II. Frost, director of tho Yerkes Observatory nt Williams Bay. Wis., In an article prepared for him for the Daily Xcwu. Ho says thut numeri cal values regarding the equivalent in horse-pow- er or other units of the amount of radiation received from tho sun, as given In tho best school and college text books ns well ns In most of tho cyclopiedlas nnd dictionaries, should be reduced 20 to 30 r cent. Prof. Frost nssurts thnt measures and estimates by the late Prof. K. P. Lang-le- y were too high nearly BO per cent, too high and that the theory of tho "solar constant" should be revised; that It Is not n constnnt but a variable : In other words, our sun Is a variable star like hundreds and thousands of others In tho sky. Other facts set forth are that be ginning in tho summer of 1912 thero has been a decided Increase In absorp tion nnd that when tho sun spots are numerous tho radiation received from tho sun is relatively high. In about four years the spots will be numerous. May Take 3B Years. The belief Is also cxperssed that eventually It may bo possible to dcter- - mln general weather conditions six months or longer In advance, by careful obrervntlons of solar conditions, and that the advance forecasts will revolu- tionize tho agriculture of the world. Prof. Frost, however, thinks It may bo twenty-flv- o years or longer before long nlstanco forecasts on the lines men tloned will bo possible. Local scientists who hnvo rend tho article of Prof. Frost say It Is most valuable. Tho nrtlcle of Prof. Fr ist Is based on observations made during a recent tour abroad. It follows: "Astronomy Is often regarded a one of the least pnrtleular branches of science. It t studied generally by its devot ees for other reasons than for the bearing that their innervations may have upon the problems of everyday life. "Although it l recognized that astronomy forms the hauls of imvlgntlon ond thus Is esientlal to commerce and alo Is the science upon which depends our measure of the time so Important In the ilnlly life of every one, nevertheless most teachers of astronomy regard Its value to the pupil as largely due to the great broadening of their Ideas which the study imparts rather than to uny practical application of It which their pupils will heabp to make. Impendence on the Son. "However little the life on this earth s affected by the thousands of millions of stars in tho sky, It is nevertheless) abio-lutel- y dependent for Its existence upon the nearest star, hlcli Is our sun. "The great number of ways In which life on the earth Is dependent upon the sun have been so often enumerated that it is unneee-iHr- y to discuss them, but at- tention may well be directed to the results Just published of a inot important study by American astronomers of the amount and uniformity of the heat received at the earth from the sun. "One of the fundamental quantities In astronomy of the solar sybtem Is the quan- tity of heat received from the sun. Its precie duty was undertaken by the late I'rof S. I. tamtlpy hile hp was astronomer at the Allegheny observatory and before he became secretary of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. "That Mr. Iangley was a great man was well recognized in his lifetime by scientists throughout the world That hk researches in the domain of the navigation of the air were of fundamental importance is now being recognized by the people gener- ally after his death, despite the fact that a very unfortunate failure lo appreciate the value of his eiperiments on the part of some of the newspaper men at Wash- ington led to a faWe estimate of the sig- nificance of his puiuxtaking, thoroughly sclentlflo aud far reaching though not spectucular studies and experiments In flight. The Difficulties. "It U a difficult problem to determine the exact amount of heat which each square foot of the earth's surface is receiving from the sun for a minute. One of the principal difllcultles 1h due to tho earth's atmosphere, which is very variable In Its transparency, us we all know. Accordingly the quautity of the solar heat, or, as It Is generally known, the 'solar constant.' Is defined as the number of heat units which would be received by a square meter of the earth's surface when perpendicularly under the sun's rays If there were no at. mosphere about the earth. In measuring as accurately as nnulhln this quantity of heat I.angley Invented (about 18811 an extraordinarily sensitive instrument wnicn no called the bolometer, with which a change of ono millionth of a degree in temperature could be observed. "I'rof. Langley continued his researches after he went to Washington, establishing there an astrophysics! observatory con- nected with the Umlthsonlan Institution. "He developed his bolometer and devised methods whereby a photographic, record could be obtained of the amount of heat being received from the solar rays of all of the different kinds; from those rays Invisi- ble to our eyes, but most potent In respect to heat, called 'Infra-re- d rays'; from the different kinds of rays to which the eye Is sensitive, ranging from the red through the different colors to the violet, and also extending beyond the violet to the rays which the eye Is unable to receive and to which the photographlo plate is very sen- sitive. "With his manifold executive duties it waa fortunate that Langley bad tho ef- ficient assistance or C, Q, Abbot, who be- came director of the Smithsonian Observa- tory after Langley's death, and of F. E Fowle. Resalts of 700 Testa. "Abbot and Fowle have devoted their energies most atslduously to this practical problem of the sun's heat, so that they are now uble to publish the results ob- tained from about seven hundred deter- minations made In the last ten VMM. Thai have curried on observations at the sea flevcl (at Washington), lit Mount Wilson in southern f'allfnrnlu i ... ,i . -- ,ui o.uou leet, ana several expeditions were mado to Mount Whitney In California at an elevation of M.wo feet. Iy making ob- servations at high altitudes an well us low ones it is possible to estimate belter tho minium or neat absorlieii in our atmos- - i pnero. i no proper correction for the of- - i I fund of received from "is i n,!1" Q,J"? cun,"t 'ttiuo-phe- ro constitutes Jersey Cli. i very difficult part of the problem. - I T1 numerical raluo obtained from alii this work is that the solar constant Is 1.03 small calories per centimeter per minute, or nineteen engineers' calories per square meter per minute. The calory Is the unit of quantity of heat, namely the amount necessary to raise the temperature of one grain of water one degree centigrade. "The engineers' calory Is 1.W0 times as large us the small calory. The numerical value Itself does not concern the general reader, but It shows that the measures and estimates of Langley anil others were de cidedly too high, nearly W) per cent, too high, In fact, for ten years ago It was be- lieved that from 2.S to a represented tho value, while the laborious measures show that during the period of years covered the value should be only about two-third- s of 3 or 1.9 as stated. Teal Books Weed Correction. "Accordingly, all the numerical values regarding the equivalent In horse-pow- or other units of the amount of radiation received from the sun as given in the best school and college text books and In popu- lar articles as well as In most of the cyclo- pedias and dictionaries should be reduced by from 10 to 38 per cent. This Is very Im portant and will be appreciated by all having an interest in engineering problems. "Hut the most striking result is the dis- covery by Messrs, Abbot and Fowle thnt the solar constant is not a constant but a variable; in other words, that our sun Is a variable star, like hundreds and thou- sands of others In the sky. "It was nearly ten years ago that these Investigators found evidence that the ra- diation of the sun was not steady from day to day, and ten years of work has been devoted to determining whether these apparent variations were really In the sun or due to errors of observation or to fluc- tuations In the absorption by the earth's atmosphere. They now feel Justified in stating that these fluctuations arc real and are In the sun Itself, amounting to A per cent, or more in a period of a week or ten days. "To get rid of podble local effects In the atmosphere It was neccsary to establish two stations for simultaneous work In widely different part of the earth, and for that purpose observations were made in mil and 1912 at a station In Algeria, while observations were continued on Mount Wilson in California. "The results from the two stations con- curred in showing similar fluctuations at the same time, fhus largely eliminating the possibility of any atmospheric effect unless It .was so widespread as to cover the great distances from Algeria to California. "They found that when the sun spots are numerous the radiation received from the sun Is relatively high, and that It Is relatively low when the sun spots are few or absent (Just at present sun spot are ver rare, but they will become frequent again soon, and in about four years we may expect that they will be very numerous.) Every Eleven Years. "Observations of sun spots have now been made long enough so that we know that they are more numerous every eleven yea rs.slowly declining from a maximum number to a minimum number about seven years inter, and then rising again to a maximum about four years after the minumutn. "The importance of this discovery of the variation In the sun's heat Is probably ob- vious to the render. The inhabitants of the earth are entirely dependent for their existence upon the results of agriculture and nothing is more certain than that the rndlntlon from the sun lies nt the basis of the principal weather elements in the earth's atmosphere. "It should not be Inferred that a sudden small change In the sun's radlutlon pro- duces an Immediate effect In the terrestrial temperatures. The earth's atmosphere takes up thee changes and gradually com- municates them to the earth's surface. How soon, and to what degree, remains to be investigated. Continuous study, ex- tended, perhaps, over many years, will lie required to determine If these changes In rndlntlon can be predicted In advance and if the laws can he determined which govern them, It U evidently a most prac tical problem, touching the Interests of every Inhabitant of the earth. "That Langley keenly appreciated the practical importance of this problem is shown by a quotation from an article he contributed to the Astrophystcal Journal in March. 1003. in which he says under the title, 'The Solar Constant and Related Problems': I.aagley'a Comments. 'Physical astronomers, armed with new methods and perfected appliances, are helping us to a view of the progress of creation, from its beginning in the nebula, which must Interest every student of ns- - ure. Hut, however much our attention is aroused by the purely scientific aspect of such general studies, we must, it seems to me, consider. In the case I have now to present, utility, even before abstract inter est. "I refer to the study of the sun, for though the' most unformed nebula may hold the germs of future worlds, yet for us these possibilities are but interesting conjec- tures. For, as I have said elsewhe(e, I recognize that every nebula might be w iped out of the sky without affecting the price of a laborer s dinner, while a small change In the solar radiation may con- ceivably cause the deaths of numberless men in an Indian famine. "From the foundation of tho Smithson ian astrophysical observatory until now I havo therefore directed its work toward solar study, with a view to Its probable utilities as well as to its purely scientific value, while still regarding this lust us of high Importance. While the sun, then, can be viewed merely as the nearest anil most accessible star, yet it is here considered In a mOre important aspect to us as the source of the radiation on which ull human life de- pends. An Interesting In this work was the discovery last year of a decided increase In tho absorption caused by the solar atmosphere, beginning In the summer of 1913. Astronomers everywhere were in convenienced and their observations great- ly hindered by this increase in the absorp- tion of the atmospheric veil. The effect wus soon observed all over all parts of the earth where accurate observations of the intensity of the light of the stars and the heat of the sun were made, Conlrmcd la Oermasr. "The numerical measures of the absorp- tion obtained by Abbot and his colleagues were very precisely confirmed by measures made in Germany which the writer has recently inspected. "Meteorological journals contain numer- ous communications on the subject and a good case has been made out by those who era of the opinion that this attnoshperlo haziness was due to tho eruption of Mount Katmal in Alaska, beginning on June 0, 1013. "The February number of the National QtograpMc Magatlnt contains interesting accounts, with excellent pictures, of the enormous extent of this volcanic eruption, and Mr. Abbot, In an article entitled 'Do Volcanio Explosions Affect Our Climate?' In the same number, describes the effects It seems to have produced In diminishing the radiation received from the sun. "He concludes 'that the dust of Katmal diminished the heat available to warm the earth in the north temperate none about 10 per cent, during the summer of 1913.' He also cites many cases of other volcanio explosions which have been proven to greatly affect the transparency of the earth's atmosphere. "It should be noted that this ohange In the absorption of the earth's atmoshpere is a wholly different thing from the capital discovery to which I have referred, that the sun varies in the Intensity of Itu radia- tion. That result Is found after full allow-unc- o has been made for all fortuitous varia- tions of the earth's atmosphere und could be delected equally well, or better, by an observers to exist on the moon.? 1 REPORT ON KUHNS AWAITED BY KANE Acting Comptroller Denies That He Spoke of Any Crimi- nal Prosecution. HE DEFENDS HIS COURSE Murray Also Is-sun- s Statement in Pitts-bur- p: Bank Case. Washington', July 12. Acting Comp- troller of the Currency Kane Issued a statement y In which ho denied published reports thut ho had ever mode any statement as to whether or not the Kuhns of Pittsburg would bo prosecuted on account of transactions Involved In tho failure of tho First-Secon- d National Hunk of 1'lttsburg. "Tho report of tho speclul cxnmlncrs as to Indications of criminal violations of luw found In tho FIrst-.Hecon- d Na- tional Hank," said Mr. Kane. "Is now In tho course of preparation by such examiners and will be referred to the Department of Justice ns soon ns com- pleted. "I'ntll this Is done no ono bus ty to say what prosecutions will bo undertaken und such lnfot motion should come from the Department of Justice rather than from tills ofllco." Answer the Criticism. Mr. Kano ulso answered the criticism which has been directed against him thut the Treasury Department sanc- tioned the Hirst-Secon- d National Hunk as a reserve agent when It should have known that conditions in tho bank were unsatisfactory. Mr. Kane said: "While the Klrst National Hank of Pittsburg was known to havo been In an unsatisfactory condition the action of the former Comptroller In approving Its con- solidation with the Second National Hank gave color to the presumption that Its trouble had been cleaned up and under the circumstances this office did not feel justified in refusing to approve the Klrst-Secon- d National Hank as reserve agent for other banks. "It was for the purpose of determining what the true condition was that the examination of the First-Secon- d National Hank by Kxamlners Hiihn and Smith was ordered by me .mil the extent of the liwes anil the Inability of the directors and shareholders to make them goo.l did not tiecome Known to me until a confer ence was had with the examiners and directors of the bank In Pittsburg a week ago. Former Comptroller LawTenco O. Murray, who Is president of the United States Trust Company of this city, has been criticised by Mr. Kane and others for his approval of the merger of tho First and Second National Hanks. Mr. Murray ha issued a statement defend- ing himself. He said: Mr. Murray's Statement. "When I became Comptroller nve ve.irs ago the First National Hank of Pittsburg was under criticism. The situation was lu the office when I went there; it did not develop during my term. "After I became Comptroller the bank was forced to charge off $1,250,000 In losses, and Just before the consolidation the bank charcr! nfr nvr tsdrt nnn mr. so that during my term more than $2,000,- - vvv losses were lorceu out or the bank. That Is a tremendous cleanup In a bank of thut capital and surplus, and It was done In ulxiut two years. "After the tlr.it charge off of loipes of 11.250,000 tho bank still had a capital of $1,000,000. a surplus of $1,000,000 ami somo undivided profits. The book value of the stock therefore, showed over $2oo a share. "In the report of the exnmlner Just be- fore the consolidation be eMlmated addi- tional losses of $SOO,000. and that amount was charged out nt the time the plan of consolidation wns timiie. The charge off left the book value around ISO, the basis on which the banks went together. "Thero never w.is a report from any examiner during my term that ever showed tho capital of the bank to be Im- paired. I could not legally close a bunk when the report on It showed It to be solvent. There was never a word from any examiner during my term that any reports the bank was making were not correct reports, and I never heard of such a thing, either directly or Indirectly, until I read It In the press recently." NEGRO BEATS CHILD AID AGENT. Smashes Telephone So Abbott Can't Call the Poller. Okani-.k- , N. ,t., .inly i;.M ,i rnR at Augustus W. Abbott, agent of tho Chil- dren's Aid ntift lriit.IU... fl. Coleman, a negro, bent him almost Into iinconscionsnesx this afternoon In the agent's ofllco at 124 Kssex street. Coleinuu fell under the esplonugo of the uid society for neglecting his family. ly he has been working. He is still under nrnhMtirm anH rnn. ... 1......1 to the agent of the society his weekly pay envelope to havo $4 for the support of his who snu ciiiiuren neauetou, Coleman failed to umiant lo.t un....i.... and he told tho police Abbott upbraided nun y. Coleman said that hi unger got the better of him and he attacked Abbott. Abbott, who Is 0 Venn. ntH H,if,i..(lu.l .M self as well as ho could against the negro, who Is nearly six feet tall Th ,..,, was beaten to the floor again and again. 110 iriea 10 reacn ror tho telephone, hut the negro ripped tho receiver from his hand, breaking the wires. Abbott finally lay quiet on the floor and Cnlemnn loft, nff alt.rblno Kin. - . seized the opportunity, darted Into an inner uiuvB hub luuneu 1 110 noor. Policeman Ulordano came along then and arrested Coleman. Abbott IU feU.n ltnma I. . l u friends. Three.of his teeth were knocked out. FLYING BOAT RACE HALTED, II I aril Winds on Lake .Michigan In- - rerfrre With Contest. Ciiicaoo. JiiIv ! irih vailed over Lake Michigan y and the airmen In the Chicago to Detroit flying boat cruise were compelled to remain at a standstill. Qletm Martin i .1 i..i.. Harbor, while Beckwlth HavenB and It. M. Francis are at I'entwater. Present prospects are that the flying men will not get under way again until afternoon. The machines of uom iiavens ana Francis needed repairing Thoy were left on the Lake Michigan beach during the night but were not drawn far enough out of tho water. As a result they were battered by the high waves. The steering ear, of the machines sustained serious damage. It will bo necessary to await the arrival of new purtB before tho flight is resumed, Walter Johnson's craft was wrecked again when ho attempted to emerge front 1110 naruor of nobcrtsdale, Ind, and hoi withdrew from the cmtesti I ALL CARS Lexington to 3d Ave OF Fruit of the Loom, limit 10 yds. (no mail per yd., 6Jfc. Rivnl Mill Sheets, 8Ii9, each, 49c. Bath Towels, special price, 6c. Linen Glass yard, 12M?c. 59c yard, 33c. Lunch Cloths, 79c. Doilies, dozen. 18c. 12c White Plaid yard, 6c. White Batiste Robes, $1.98. Edges and per yard, 3c. Men's 24c. Men's 29c. Alarm Clocks, $1.38. Long Silk Gloves, per 58c. Lawn 89c. Long Crepe 74c. 36 in. Tussah Silk, per yard, 29c. 46 in. Batiste, per yard, 7$c. Lex. to TO FLAN. Call (l,tn(l, 11(10 Tunnel Scheme Useless, T'assaio. N. J., July 1 2. A fight ngalnst the of t6,000..O0o by the rus- sule Valley Sewer Commission for the construction of tunnel from the Newark meadows to Itobbtns Ileef In New York Hay Is to begin Monday In the Chancery Court In Jersey City with nn for nn Injunction by Warren Dixon, the combined Interests of city officials nnd sanitary experts from New York, Jersey City, Paterson and Passnlc. A conference was held y In the office of Ilosey Osborne In the City Hall In Pnssulc between Dr. Charles U. North, 11 consulting sanitary engineer of New York, nnd John W. Griffin. 1111 cnslneer until recently 1111 official of the Jersey City water It was decided to Kct the siKuntures of as many prominent men us possible In the four cities men- tioned signed to the petition applying for nn It is pointed out by those Interested In securing the Injunction that even If the sewage Is carried away out to nobblns Iteef It will eventually have to be purlllcd before It can be dumped Into the waters nf New York Hay, and If the expense of mu"t be Imrne the sfwnpe could Jmt ns well be treated on the mead- ows and disposed of in Newark Hay. This plun they claim would prevent tho of the J6.000.000 for the tun- nel, lllds'on the tunnel work will be opened on Tuesday at the office nf the Passaic Valley Fewer In Newark. IN FIGHT OVER Cornwall VIIImki Hoys Pesent Su- perior Attrnrtlon of (iold I.nce. Newdi iioii. July 12. A conference of nearly an hour after 11 hearing before Justice of the Peace Dunn has brought a truce between the village boys nnd the cadets of the New York Military Academy at Cornwall. Because gold lace and brass buttons attracted the younc women of the vil- lage to the cadets, and put the village boys in the shade, a party of the out- shone lads decided to get even with the cadets. A fight ensued last night. Af- ter the fight were made to the Justice of the Peace, and both .Ides sought to have their wrongs righted. Oounty Judge Sreger appeared as counsel for tho academy, whose Mr. Jones, asked only for fair play for his students. He said that they were being hounded by the village boys for t(je first time In twenty years. Ho promised that the would be made more strict, so the cadets would not find It to enjoy the company of the village girls. Uoth sides then agreed to a treaty of peace. The names of none of the young women In tho enso were mentioned during the hearing. CONEY GOT BOY. Came Here Willi Church Plrnle nnd Wns Lost nn Hnrf Avenue. John Goldstein. T years old, of g3 Wat-kin- s street, one of an ex- cursion party of 160 children who enme to see Prospect Park and Coney Island yesterday with St. Joseph's Roman Catho- lic Church Society, got lost In the crowds on Surf avenue and was left behind when the other children returned yesterday af- ternoon. lie wns picked up two hours after the party left Coney by Policeman llalvln and turned over to Mrs. Mary Duffy, matron at the Coney Island station. Later the youngster was taken to the Children's Society's rooms to await word from his parents. Father Kennedy of St. Joseph's Church In took charge of the chil- dren. They bad lunch at tho Prospect Park picnic grounds. In the afternoon they visited Luna Park and had a great time. FAILS AS Asks Court to Let Illm Off Prom Paying N, y July 12. Sam Schepps admitted y that he was a failure as a moving picture actor and that he cannot obtain owing to the notoriety ho received in the trlnt of Police Captain Charles Becker. He ap- - peared with counsel before Supreme Court Justice and asked that he be relieved or tne order to pay his wife tla a week alimony on the ground that he 1s penniless. He was attired In h latest fashion and carried a cane. Mcnepps said that he posed for a mov- ing picture and was to receive 11 rovnltv. but owing to the fact that tho picture did not take with the public his royalty so far has been only $100. CAB HITS S. C, 41lrl Dies In Smash. up at Luke Grorfte, Lakh Okorue. Julv is. mi. n. trudo T. daughter of Judge nnd Mrs. T. M. Mordecal of 8. C who have u summer hnmn . Lako George, was killed and MJss Hannah. Knllc nt Hnvnnnuh . t - - - n h UCDl, was Diiaiy jnjuroa wnon the seven er In which they were riding, running at high speed, struck a tree on the Bolton road In front of the summer home of George Foster Pea body here this Miss Cornelia sister of Miss and the Olln Hturr, tho other of the car, wurw not seriously injured. Tho accident was the result of a hiownut in ,. ward tire, which caused the k to control or tne uteerlng gear. TRANSFER TO MONDAY AND TUESDAY THE FINAL DAYS Our July Mill and Factory Sale GIGANTIC STOCKS. GREAT SAVINGS. INSTANCES: orders), Towellnft, Mercerized Damask, Hemstitched Embroidered Dimity, embroidered, Embroidery Insertions, Nainsook Underwear. Balbriggan Underwear, Women's Kalr, Dressing Sacques, Kimonas, Bordered rBloomlngdales', BLOCK PASSAIC SEWER Knslnrrrs expenditure application repre- senting engineering department. Injunction. purlllcatlon expenditure Commission TRUCE GIRLS. complaints super- intendent, regula- tions convenient PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, Philadelphia SCHEPPS MOVIE ACTOR. Alimony. Pot'oitKEKPStn, employment Morschauser KILLED 'WHEN TREE, Charleston, Mordecal, Charleston, automobile afternoon. Mordecal, Mordecal, chauffeur, oeuupantH chauffeur 59th to 60th St. Black Moire Ribbon. 5 to 7h Inch, per yard, 19c to 69c. 40 in. Persian Lawn, per yard, 12' ..c 40 In. All Silk Crcpc dc Chine, per yard, SI. 44. White Voile Robes, SI0.98 to.l9.5n. Women's Mohair Bit till nil Suits, cutaway coat style, $4.98. Men's Silk Socks, per pair, the $1.00 Hand-embroldcr- Corset Covers, 59c. German Silver Vanity Cases. 4Sc. Women's Lisle Union Suits, 35c. Women's Cotton Vests, 6c. $18.00 Brass Beds, each, $12.50. $5.00 All Cotton Mattresses, $.t.K5. $3.50 Bed Sprlnfts, each, $2.25. $23.00 Ostcrmoor Mattress, $12.50. Waltham and Elgin Watches. $0.33. $17.00 Dressers and Chiffoniers. $12.50. Decorated Porcelain Dishes, nt 10c. 3d Ave., 59th to 60th St.: TELLS WILSON TO FIRE HIM. Irornjla Postmaster Refuses In lie-si- When Asked. Macon-- , da., July 12. Harry Still K,. wards, Macon postmaster and an authi and magazlno contributor, has been naked by Klrat Assistant Postmaster-Genera- l lloper to resign. "1 won't resign," Edwnrds said to day. "No charges have been lllcdagalns' me." Edwards wrote a letter to Prenldeiit Wilson thtB afternoon In which he sai l that the only way that the Administra- tion can get rid of him Is to fire him. Mr. Kdwnrds Is a Hoosevelt man, first by Konspvclt and reap pointed by Tnft Just before the la.-- ' election despite his allillatlon with IN Progressives. No effort was ni.itlw b Senator Hacon or Congressman Martlet both of whom live here, to defeat t' nomination at that time. Now tli. ' the resignation has been asked bot hnvo announced their candidates. Senator Bacon wants the place given to Custls Nottingham, und Congress man Bartlett's man Is W. T. Mmgnn FLEES IN AMBULANCE FROM MOB. Mntnrmnn Threatened for nn)'i Hen III sntril by Miremi. Hkmpsteau, July 12. The motor an' hulunce of the Nassau Hospital a Mini-Ol- a was used this afternoon t save the motormjn of a car which lu killed a young Polish boy from nn . cited crowd of the boy's countrymen. Charles Cnpllckl, IS s old. wn- on his way to vespers nt the New Hyd. Park Catholic Church, lu it"Iiik tii Jericho turnpike he tried to dndgu twn automobiles nnd stepped lu front of 11 trolley cur. Charles Thomas, the motor-ma- put on the emergency brakes bin tho front wheels of the car passed ove the boy. The conductor telephoned for tt wrecking crew and an iitnbulanco. crowd, excited by the cries of the bo.i mother, threatened the tnoturma' When the unibulunce arrived Dr. Ske ton, the surgeon, found that the b was dead. The situation of the motor-ma- was becoming mi dangerous t' Dr. Skelton bundled him Into the amlm lanc nnd took him to Mlneola. Thnmn-wa- s nrrested by order of the Cornnei and paroled In the custody of the com puny Inspector. THINKS NEATNESS HALTS AGE. Doctor Tells of llrnetli'lal Pchir toflurure of "Sprucing; I' p." Neatness, buthing nnd massage to men past middle nsr who would avoid manifestations uf Dr. 1. I.. Nascher of Boston write In the current Issue of the New York Jfrdfcni Journal: "The Improvement in the aeneral m pearancc has a profound psychic Intluen.'-n- ot only directly through the stlmulatloi, of the sense of pride. In uppearanie, bm Indirectly through the Matteilng commen'-whic- h It mouses. This Impoitant measir. is generally neglected by men. et asl'b from the beneficial psychic Influence, .for lesthetle reasons almie the old man shuul'1 endeavor to make himself appear as at trartlvo as possible. This dues not mean that he should resort to the artificial de vices that middle aged and elderly women employ to enh.inci their charms. It do. mean that the old man should stlmulati the surface circulation by means of bat' and massage, remove wrinkles and folrl by Inunction with animal fats, try to btln ulate the growth of hair on tho head an'l remove hair from abnormal situations tho ears, use a cane and wear braces t overcome the tendency to stoop, empl. harmless cotmetlc measures to Improve I nppearanco, and, above all, observe a of neatness In dress. Instead of decn ch a course as vanity It should be n couraged us a laudable effort to malnt.i'i a youthful spirit." No other petticoat Y -- I nu the oar. ifleet fittin r auslihei at tk f KLOSF1T. Thii u heesut ol ike Mlenled F.laftie wsiit-bsa- d and 1 iffw 1 oeutctiwhicb II K I 1 snow the II I VAI 1 Kl OSFTT PLTTICOAT IO tttim ll- .- u.!.l ..J H I hips without pucker or wrinkle. IB HIM jtma ar Hhu Ihl all etajs, stse.ee. ucettea i tl.M uuwsra-i- . AU geed teres sell then. This Usel lasBtlfles the tauJae KUMriT PETTI. COAT. Yea will flae it li waUleaBs. 8m It. I B BF M W B B II II
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10 J
CATCH A MAN-EATI- NG
SHARK AND GET $500
Old Salt of Stiiplelon JiocMi't
Believe Such a FishKxMs.
POOH l'OOHS MA XV YAHKS
"Maintop" and "Sailor" of.Washington Argue the Quch-tlo- n
in "Tho Sun."
On Juno 23 a shark that hud scarednway all tlio bothers at Long Beachwas killed ufler a Imrd battle. On Jtino80 The Sitn printed u letter from Wash-Jngto- n
In which "Snlliw" (inoted tho rt
of the Burgeon-Gener- of thonavy to dhow that sharks attack men.On July I". a rejoinder was printed from"Maintop," Htnploton, saying that lie)iad yet to sco a man rating shark, toho persuaded of Its existence or tomeet a man worthy of belief who hasween one.
"Maintop" referred to th challenge,aorrie twenty-liv- e years ago, of Her-mann Oelrlchs. still unclaimed, of $300for. authentic proof of any person hav-ing been bitten by a shark north ofCapo Hatteras.
"I added an offer of a smaller sum,"said 'Maintop,' "extending the limit toanywhere south of Cape Hatteras, endthat offer still holds Rood."
An American at Samoasays that ho saw a shark nip off aGerman sailor's lee In tho harbor of'Apia. Director Charles Townsend ofthe New York Aquarium says thatmancattng sharks abound In certaintropic waters. Sydney harbor, Australia,Is full of them.
In Xfir York Harbor,Dr. Townsend tells Tub Bv.u that
sharks that wero at least potentialmancaters have been killed in NewTork harbor. He says that the GulfStream brings many things of the trop-ics even as far as the Massachusettscoast and that sharks may show upanywhero In the waters about this citylato In the summer. Winter will slay ,
them If they aro not killed otherwise.Whom aro you going to believe? Tho
question as to whether or not sharkswill attack living human beings whenin the water has lwen debated hotly byscientist, sportsman and layman. Thedlsputo has been carried on for yearsand not a little of It has been printedin this newspaper, for it wns in TheSuk that Mr, Oelrlchs first challengedfor proof of shnrklsh appetltles.
Tho reports of the fnlted StatesNavy, of Its Burgeon-Gener- nnd oftho commanders of Its vessels have beenconclusive enough proof for many, butnot for "Maintop." This old sailor Is iTXT - -- ..." , . - ,,, , '
J ' . . Sla"H0 ls ""P"1"- -
tendent of lighthouses for the Third i
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under tho Deportment of Com- - J
Fonaht With Carman!. I
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.-J . . . , . V. ev, rj...b-bw,- ,.! u.uv iiu.u.rm rnrragui wasin. He was on the Hartford In thobattle of Mobile Hay and wns nt thatSun where twenty-eigh- t men werekilled together. Mr. Verner lost a legand the' calf of tho other that day. Hehad been In the merchant marine be-fore that. This Is his side of tho cape:
VI'vo snlled tho seven seas and manyothers since 1S56, in whaler, merchant-man and mun-o'-w- nnd coaster, andam still 'on deck.' I have seen nndmingled with sharks In ull waters,drunk and sober; have seen the watersalive with sharks and human beingsmingling freely and fearlessly; havoknown sailors at night in shark infestedwatcrH to swim long dlstancca and to re-tu-
from shore 'loaded' Internally andexternally, undisturbed nnd without athought of tho shark.
"Tho history of the South Seas, whernthe natives of the Sandwich, Polynesianand Marquesas Islands practically liveIn the water with the shark and whereeven tro women und children Join withequal zest and abandon in his killing,affords no evidence of the existence ofthe mancuting shark."
"Bosh!" exclaims Dr. Townsend. andthe ul at Samoa comments:"The history nf the South Sens is fullof evidence of the existence of the man-eatin- g
shark.". He adds that when younger he foundhark sticking killing the beasts with
knives as they wheel to attack you-ths very greatest sport imaginable.
"Maintop" goes calmly on to talkAbout personal experience;
Bathed Among Sharks,During the civil war," he aays, "Pen-saco- la
Bay was tho only Gulf port opento Farragut's fleet In which It couldfind Bheltcr .o recruit and refit. Herewere gathered his heaviest vessels,whose crews, numbering thousands,were permitted to bathe hourly, dallyand nightly in the warm, clean, bluewaters of the Gulf Stream than whereI have never seen sharks larger or morenumerous from ships and beaches, andwithout a single accident or injury dueto sharks."
"Hold on for a minute I" requests Dr.Townsend. "He never saw sharkslarger. All right. There are several oftho largest varieties of sharks, such astho giant shark, a specimen of whichwaa caught In Florida recently, thatnever attack men because they are sur-face feeders, they eat only triflingthings, huge monsters though they be.Maybe the majority of these sharks Mr..Verner saw were of those types.
"Besides, I do not know that tt Isseriously contended that any shark at-tack a man unless extraordinarily hun-gry, or that a Hhark ever attacks a manmoving briskly. Lively movement islikely to frighten even a hungry sharkway. Tho slow, languid swimmer andthe person floating Is probably the onein danger from a voracious shark."
How hard It is to convince "Maintop"may be Judged from the following. OnMarch 27, 1907, this despatch appearedIn Tjib Sun:
"Washington, March 26. Mall advicesrabelved y at the insular bureau ofthe War Department tell the story of howDunlop, a sailor on the gunboatJtieano, lost his trigger finger and willhave to be retired.
Here's the Very Proof."J&unlop had been ashore In a rowboatand started to return to his ship, which
Jay In Manila harbor. A plug in the ..,
thB hoat came out nnd was lostIII..order to prevent the boat from being
wtmped Dunlop conceived the Idea ofthrusting his finger Into the hole to keenthe water out."A shark Hiking a morning swim be.
Heath the boat saw tliu piotrudlng lingerw J1" one bite. The amputation wasaa a U performed by a surgeon.
Iocs of the. Index finger render! Dun- -
Incompetent for service."This elicited from Mr. Verner a letter
In which ho said:l "The statement that Seaman Ttunlop ofine i. nncn maics gunnoai mcimu wiui-- ;using his forefinger us a boat plug hadIt bitten off 'cIiikii to tlio garboardstrain'1 may be relegated to tho storiesHint may be 'told to the marines.' Hallorsbefore taking stock In It will demand thatthe thickness of that garbo.ird strako andtho orlglnnl length of that foretlnger hespecified and well authenticated. Theywill then figure on about how much fingerthis shark got."
As shown Tiik Huk'sj report wildnothing of tho garboard strako, so Mr.Verner must have had another accountIn mind. Kor the benefit of tho nl
It may be said that tho gar-boa- rd
strako is tho first line of plankingnext a vessel's keel. At the time ofthesa caustic remarks Mr. Verner addedan admission as follows:
"Hut with nit this permit mo to addthat 1 am anil always have been nfraldof sharks and hnvo had what I felt tobe at tho time several closo calls andnarrow escape from thero whetherImaginary or not. 1 didn't stop to ascer-tain. Nor shall I In any future similarInstance.
Inst Asks to Be Shown."Notwithstanding my experience with
the shark, I have no abiding personalfaith In him and do not assert eitherthat ho will or will not attack a humanbeing In water, merely that I have neverknown him to do so, nor have I met aman who did, nnd like many others 1
would like to have tho fact established.""Just because 1 have never seen a
murder 1 do not require tho fuct thatthero is such a crime to bo establishedfor my own satisfaction," said Dr.Townsend rother tartly.
"On Juno 30 last "Sailor," writing fromWashington, tried to make a case for"Maintop," but didn't succeed. Quotingtho report of the Surgeon-Gener- al oftho Navy for 1902, page 309, ho told ofan Instanco of ahurk bite, the victim ofwhich was u gunner's mate, third class,on tho United States steamship Annap-olis, Scene, the harbor of Hollo. Time,June 24, 1901. The gunner's mate wasIn bathing. The salient parts of the re-port follow:
"While about thirty feet from the shore,In a depth of water of ten or .twelve feet,ho was heard to give a cry and was seento disappear for a few moments : whenlie aiose to the surface he swam to thedingey ten feet away and was helpedInto the boat. It was then seen that theleft leg was gone.
"The wound was peculiar, the leg beinggrasped about four Inches above tho knee.Joint, stripped down to the bone and torn""''' at the Joint, thus leaving the lowerextremity of the femur free of all tissue. There can be no doubt butthat the Injury was made by a shark, ason the thumb and Index finger of theman's left band there were two small tri-angular wounds Just the shape of thopoints of a shark's teeth.
Didn't Mcr the Shark."The patient says that he remembers
nothing except that he felt something sud- -denly seize his leg and draw him down,When seized he evidently thrust his handdown In his efforts to free himself andcaught hi fingers In the shark's mouth.
"After the accident a native statd thatthree months before a man had been... .... .. -- ,. , ... .rausai " ii rumr ill me tmiuc luv.ini)
N "Sailor" adds that ho saw the restof the man's leg amputated,
what does "Maintop" say to thisThat old seadog dismisses this clrcumstantlal story In these words:
"The statement Mimed 'Sailor In TitsSt-'- of June 30 Is no better authenticated'r convincing than was a similar one of
'recent date from the same source andwaters reciting that 'Seaman Dunlop ofthe United States gunboat Elc.mo whileusing his forefinger as a boat plug had Itbitten off by a shark close to the gar-boar- d
strako.' At that time I endeavoredto ascertain from the proper authoritiesthe thickness of that garboard strake andthe original length of that forefinger, butwithout success."
There was great dissent when thiswas read. Many, without regard to themain question, considered tho Surgeon-Generni- 'a
report much more crediblennd authenticated than the story of Sea-
man Dunlop. Thero might be somedoubts, they said, about a shark takingthe little bit of finger that protrudedbeyond tho thickness of the boat's bot-tom, but there are dozens of Instancesof sharks biting off men's legs In openwater.
Many believed that the attitude takenby Mr. Oelrlchs was right and thatshark bite north of Cape Hatteras 'orthereabout Is unauthentlcated. Mr. Oel-ric-
got thousands of letters offeringto prove shark bite In seas not IncludedIn the limits he set that Is In tropicwaters.
Brat Story of All.The best shark story ever told, nnd
It would bo a wonder of a story If Itweren't true, which It Is, concerns whataro called the "Shark Papers," nowreposing In the Jamaica Institute,Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. ThisIs the story of the "Shark Papers":
The brig Nancy left Baltimore forCuracoa late in tho eighteenth centurynnd was captured by the British cutterSparrow as "a good lawful prize, hav-ing been seized ns the property of ene-mies of our sovereign Lord and King."An Knglishmun named Wylle, com-mander of the cutter, brought suit Inthe Court of ty to beplaced In possession of the Nancy andher cargo. Her owners tried to havethe suit dismissed, claiming that shewas not lawfully seized. They backedup the claim with whut purported to bethe ship's papers. Just then a remark-able find upset the defence.
Lieut. Kitlon of the British navy, whowaa cruising on me Ferret, caught ashark off tho south coast of Haytl andwaa astonished to find in Its stomachthe papers of a brig called the Nancy.The authenticity of the shark story andof the papers was established to thesatisfaction of the court, and on thestrength of this and other evidence thebrig and her cargo were condemned. Thecaptain of the Nancy appears to havethrown her papers overboard when shewas threatened with capture.
The actual papers found In the sharkreposed until 1890 in the archives ofthe but are now-I- theJamaica Institute, wrapped in a plecoof paper on which la a memorandumof their authenticity written by JohnKraaer, who waa Surrogate In tho courtat that time. The head of the sharkIs In the United Service Museum, Lon-don."
city jottings.Mrs. Anna Yale, 33 years old, who took
three bichloride of mercury tablets Inmistake for headache powders, at herhome, 431 Herkimer street. Brooklyn, onFriday evening, died yesterday at St.Man's Hospital.
The Rev. William J. Barnes, who hasHad charge of tho First Baptist Churchin East New York, has received u rati I
to ine pastorate of Calvary UaptlstChurch in Brooklyn as tho successor ofthe Rov. nr. Allan Tupper, who has
a special commissioner of thePence Hoclety,The New York Association for Improv-ing the t'ondltlun or n,.. i,... ...... ......
acknowledge a donutlon to Its fresh
THE STJN, SUNDAY, JULY IS,' 1913;
TESTS OF SDN'S HEAT
WILL HELP MANKIND
Agriculture May He llovolu- -
ionized in 25 Years,Says Prof. Frost.
LONG WEATHER FORECASTS
Solar Radinlion Found toChange, as the Orb Is a
Variable Star.
Ciiicaoo, July 12. Startling changesIn existing theories regarding the sunand Its effect on the earth nre made byI'rof. Kdwln II. Frost, director of thoYerkes Observatory nt Williams Bay.Wis., In an article prepared for him forthe Daily Xcwu. Ho says thut numerical values regarding the equivalent inhorse-pow- er or other units of theamount of radiation received from thosun, as given In tho best school andcollege text books ns well ns In most oftho cyclopiedlas nnd dictionaries, shouldbe reduced 20 to 30 r cent.
Prof. Frost nssurts thnt measures andestimates by the late Prof. K. P. Lang-le- y
were too high nearly BO per cent,too high and that the theory of tho"solar constant" should be revised; thatIt Is not n constnnt but a variable : Inother words, our sun Is a variable starlike hundreds and thousands of othersIn tho sky.
Other facts set forth are that beginning in tho summer of 1912 therohas been a decided Increase In absorption nnd that when tho sun spots arenumerous tho radiation received fromtho sun is relatively high. In about fouryears the spots will be numerous.
May Take 3B Years.The belief Is also cxperssed that
eventually It may bo possible to dcter- -mln general weather conditions sixmonths or longer In advance, by carefulobrervntlons of solar conditions, andthat the advance forecasts will revolu-tionize tho agriculture of the world.Prof. Frost, however, thinks It may botwenty-flv- o years or longer before longnlstanco forecasts on the lines mentloned will bo possible. Local scientistswho hnvo rend tho article of Prof.Frost say It Is most valuable.
Tho nrtlcle of Prof. Fr ist Is based onobservations made during a recent tourabroad. It follows:
"Astronomy Is often regarded a one ofthe least pnrtleular branches of science. Itt studied generally by its devot ees forother reasons than for the bearing thattheir innervations may have upon theproblems of everyday life.
"Although it l recognized that astronomyforms the hauls of imvlgntlon ond thus Isesientlal to commerce and alo Is the scienceupon which depends our measure of the timeso Important In the ilnlly life of every one,nevertheless most teachers of astronomyregard Its value to the pupil as largely dueto the great broadening of their Ideaswhich the study imparts rather than to unypractical application of It which theirpupils will heabp to make.
Impendence on the Son."However little the life on this earth
s affected by the thousands of millionsof stars in tho sky, It is nevertheless) abio-lutel- y
dependent for Its existence upon thenearest star, hlcli Is our sun.
"The great number of ways In whichlife on the earth Is dependent upon thesun have been so often enumerated that itis unneee-iHr- y to discuss them, but at-
tention may well be directed to the resultsJust published of a inot important study byAmerican astronomers of the amount anduniformity of the heat received at the earthfrom the sun.
"One of the fundamental quantities Inastronomy of the solar sybtem Is the quan-tity of heat received from the sun. Itsprecie duty was undertaken by the lateI'rof S. I. tamtlpy hile hp was astronomerat the Allegheny observatory and beforehe became secretary of the SmithsonianInstitution at Washington.
"That Mr. Iangley was a great man waswell recognized in his lifetime by scientiststhroughout the world That hk researchesin the domain of the navigation of theair were of fundamental importance isnow being recognized by the people gener-ally after his death, despite the fact that avery unfortunate failure lo appreciatethe value of his eiperiments on the partof some of the newspaper men at Wash-ington led to a faWe estimate of the sig-nificance of his puiuxtaking, thoroughlysclentlflo aud far reaching though notspectucular studies and experiments Inflight.
The Difficulties."It U a difficult problem to determine the
exact amount of heat which each squarefoot of the earth's surface is receivingfrom the sun for a minute. One of theprincipal difllcultles 1h due to tho earth'satmosphere, which is very variable In Itstransparency, us we all know. Accordinglythe quautity of the solar heat, or, as It Isgenerally known, the 'solar constant.' Isdefined as the number of heat units whichwould be received by a square meter ofthe earth's surface when perpendicularlyunder the sun's rays If there were no at.mosphere about the earth.
In measuring as accurately as nnulhlnthis quantity of heat I.angley Invented(about 18811 an extraordinarily sensitiveinstrument wnicn no called the bolometer,with which a change of ono millionth ofa degree in temperature could be observed.
"I'rof. Langley continued his researchesafter he went to Washington, establishingthere an astrophysics! observatory con-nected with the Umlthsonlan Institution.
"He developed his bolometer and devisedmethods whereby a photographic, recordcould be obtained of the amount of heatbeing received from the solar rays of all ofthe different kinds; from those rays Invisi-ble to our eyes, but most potent In respectto heat, called 'Infra-re- d rays'; from thedifferent kinds of rays to which the eyeIs sensitive, ranging from the red throughthe different colors to the violet, and alsoextending beyond the violet to the rayswhich the eye Is unable to receive and towhich the photographlo plate is very sen-sitive.
"With his manifold executive duties itwaa fortunate that Langley bad tho ef-ficient assistance or C, Q, Abbot, who be-came director of the Smithsonian Observa-tory after Langley's death, and of F. EFowle.
Resalts of 700 Testa."Abbot and Fowle have devoted theirenergies most atslduously to this practical
problem of the sun's heat, so that theyare now uble to publish the results ob-tained from about seven hundred deter-minations made In the last ten VMM. Thaihave curried on observations at the sea
flevcl (at Washington), lit Mount Wilsonin southern f'allfnrnlu i ... ,i. -- ,uio.uou leet, ana several expeditions weremado to Mount Whitney In California atan elevation of M.wo feet. Iy making ob-servations at high altitudes an well us lowones it is possible to estimate belter thominium or neat absorlieii in our atmos- - i
pnero. i no proper correction for the of- - i
I
fund of received from "is i n,!1" Q,J"? cun,"t 'ttiuo-phe- ro constitutesJersey Cli. i very difficult part of the problem.
- I T1 numerical raluo obtained from alii
this work is that the solar constant Is 1.03small calories per centimeter per minute,or nineteen engineers' calories per squaremeter per minute. The calory Is the unitof quantity of heat, namely the amountnecessary to raise the temperature of onegrain of water one degree centigrade.
"The engineers' calory Is 1.W0 times aslarge us the small calory. The numericalvalue Itself does not concern the generalreader, but It shows that the measures andestimates of Langley anil others were decidedly too high, nearly W) per cent, toohigh, In fact, for ten years ago It was be-lieved that from 2.S to a represented thovalue, while the laborious measures showthat during the period of years coveredthe value should be only about two-third- s
of 3 or 1.9 as stated.
Teal Books Weed Correction."Accordingly, all the numerical values
regarding the equivalent In horse-pow-
or other units of the amount of radiationreceived from the sun as given in the bestschool and college text books and In popu-lar articles as well as In most of the cyclo-pedias and dictionaries should be reducedby from 10 to 38 per cent. This Is very Important and will be appreciated by allhaving an interest in engineering problems.
"Hut the most striking result is the dis-covery by Messrs, Abbot and Fowle thntthe solar constant is not a constant buta variable; in other words, that our sun Isa variable star, like hundreds and thou-sands of others In the sky.
"It was nearly ten years ago that theseInvestigators found evidence that the ra-
diation of the sun was not steady fromday to day, and ten years of work has beendevoted to determining whether theseapparent variations were really In the sunor due to errors of observation or to fluc-tuations In the absorption by the earth'satmosphere. They now feel Justified instating that these fluctuations arc real andare In the sun Itself, amounting to A percent, or more in a period of a week or tendays.
"To get rid of podble local effects In theatmosphere It was neccsary to establishtwo stations for simultaneous work Inwidely different part of the earth, and forthat purpose observations were made inmil and 1912 at a station In Algeria, whileobservations were continued on MountWilson in California.
"The results from the two stations con-curred in showing similar fluctuations atthe same time, fhus largely eliminating thepossibility of any atmospheric effect unlessIt .was so widespread as to cover the greatdistances from Algeria to California.
"They found that when the sun spots arenumerous the radiation received from thesun Is relatively high, and that It Is relativelylow when the sun spots are few or absent(Just at present sun spot are ver rare, butthey will become frequent again soon, andin about four years we may expect that theywill be very numerous.)
Every Eleven Years."Observations of sun spots have now been
made long enough so that we know that theyare more numerous every eleven yea rs.slowlydeclining from a maximum number to aminimum number about seven years inter,and then rising again to a maximum aboutfour years after the minumutn.
"The importance of this discovery of thevariation In the sun's heat Is probably ob-
vious to the render. The inhabitants ofthe earth are entirely dependent for theirexistence upon the results of agricultureand nothing is more certain than that therndlntlon from the sun lies nt the basis ofthe principal weather elements in the earth'satmosphere.
"It should not be Inferred that a suddensmall change In the sun's radlutlon pro-duces an Immediate effect In the terrestrialtemperatures. The earth's atmospheretakes up thee changes and gradually com-municates them to the earth's surface.
How soon, and to what degree, remains tobe investigated. Continuous study, ex-
tended, perhaps, over many years, willlie required to determine If these changesIn rndlntlon can be predicted In advanceand if the laws can he determined whichgovern them, It U evidently a most practical problem, touching the Interests ofevery Inhabitant of the earth.
"That Langley keenly appreciated thepractical importance of this problem isshown by a quotation from an article hecontributed to the Astrophystcal Journalin March. 1003. in which he says underthe title, 'The Solar Constant and RelatedProblems':
I.aagley'a Comments.'Physical astronomers, armed with new
methods and perfected appliances, arehelping us to a view of the progress ofcreation, from its beginning in the nebula,which must Interest every student of ns- -ure. Hut, however much our attention
is aroused by the purely scientific aspectof such general studies, we must, it seemsto me, consider. In the case I have now topresent, utility, even before abstract interest.
"I refer to the study of the sun, for thoughthe' most unformed nebula may hold thegerms of future worlds, yet for us thesepossibilities are but interesting conjec-tures. For, as I have said elsewhe(e,I recognize that every nebula might be w ipedout of the sky without affecting theprice of a laborer s dinner, while a smallchange In the solar radiation may con-ceivably cause the deaths of numberlessmen in an Indian famine.
"From the foundation of tho Smithsonian astrophysical observatory until now Ihavo therefore directed its work towardsolar study, with a view to Its probableutilities as well as to its purely scientificvalue, while still regarding this lust us ofhigh Importance.
While the sun, then, can be viewedmerely as the nearest anil most accessiblestar, yet it is here considered In a mOreimportant aspect to us as the source ofthe radiation on which ull human life de-pends.
An Interesting In this workwas the discovery last year of a decidedincrease In tho absorption caused by thesolar atmosphere, beginning In the summerof 1913. Astronomers everywhere were inconvenienced and their observations great-ly hindered by this increase in the absorp-tion of the atmospheric veil. The effectwus soon observed all over all parts of theearth where accurate observations of theintensity of the light of the stars and theheat of the sun were made,
Conlrmcd la Oermasr."The numerical measures of the absorp-
tion obtained by Abbot and his colleagueswere very precisely confirmed by measuresmade in Germany which the writer hasrecently inspected.
"Meteorological journals contain numer-ous communications on the subject and agood case has been made out by those whoera of the opinion that this attnoshperlohaziness was due to tho eruption of MountKatmal in Alaska, beginning on June 0, 1013.
"The February number of the NationalQtograpMc Magatlnt contains interestingaccounts, with excellent pictures, of theenormous extent of this volcanic eruption,and Mr. Abbot, In an article entitled 'DoVolcanio Explosions Affect Our Climate?'In the same number, describes the effectsIt seems to have produced In diminishingthe radiation received from the sun.
"He concludes 'that the dust of Katmaldiminished the heat available to warm theearth in the north temperate none about10 per cent, during the summer of 1913.'He also cites many cases of other volcanioexplosions which have been proven togreatly affect the transparency of the earth'satmosphere.
"It should be noted that this ohange Inthe absorption of the earth's atmoshpereis a wholly different thing from the capitaldiscovery to which I have referred, thatthe sun varies in the Intensity of Itu radia-tion. That result Is found after full allow-unc- o
has been made for all fortuitous varia-tions of the earth's atmosphere und could bedelected equally well, or better, by an
observers to exist on the moon.? 1
REPORT ON KUHNS
AWAITED BY KANE
Acting Comptroller Denies ThatHe Spoke of Any Crimi-
nal Prosecution.
HE DEFENDS HIS COURSE
Murray Also Is-sun- s
Statement in Pitts-bur- p:
Bank Case.
Washington', July 12. Acting Comp-
troller of the Currency Kane Issued astatement y In which ho deniedpublished reports thut ho had evermode any statement as to whether ornot the Kuhns of Pittsburg would boprosecuted on account of transactionsInvolved In tho failure of tho First-Secon- d
National Hunk of 1'lttsburg."Tho report of tho speclul cxnmlncrs
as to Indications of criminal violationsof luw found In tho FIrst-.Hecon- d Na-tional Hank," said Mr. Kane. "Is nowIn tho course of preparation by suchexaminers and will be referred to theDepartment of Justice ns soon ns com-pleted.
"I'ntll this Is done no ono bus ty
to say what prosecutions willbo undertaken und such lnfot motionshould come from the Department ofJustice rather than from tills ofllco."
Answer the Criticism.Mr. Kano ulso answered the criticism
which has been directed against himthut the Treasury Department sanc-tioned the Hirst-Secon- d National Hunkas a reserve agent when It should haveknown that conditions in tho bankwere unsatisfactory. Mr. Kane said:
"While the Klrst National Hank ofPittsburg was known to havo been In anunsatisfactory condition the action of theformer Comptroller In approving Its con-solidation with the Second National Hankgave color to the presumption that Itstrouble had been cleaned up and underthe circumstances this office did not feeljustified in refusing to approve the Klrst-Secon- d
National Hank as reserve agentfor other banks.
"It was for the purpose of determiningwhat the true condition was that theexamination of the First-Secon- d NationalHank by Kxamlners Hiihn and Smith wasordered by me .mil the extent of theliwes anil the Inability of the directorsand shareholders to make them goo.l didnot tiecome Known to me until a conference was had with the examiners anddirectors of the bank In Pittsburg a weekago.
Former Comptroller LawTenco O.Murray, who Is president of the UnitedStates Trust Company of this city, hasbeen criticised by Mr. Kane and othersfor his approval of the merger of thoFirst and Second National Hanks. Mr.Murray ha issued a statement defend-ing himself. He said:
Mr. Murray's Statement."When I became Comptroller nve ve.irsago the First National Hank of Pittsburg
was under criticism. The situation was luthe office when I went there; it did notdevelop during my term.
"After I became Comptroller the bankwas forced to charge off $1,250,000 Inlosses, and Just before the consolidationthe bank charcr! nfr nvr tsdrt nnn mr.so that during my term more than $2,000,- -vvv losses were lorceu out or the bank.That Is a tremendous cleanup In a bankof thut capital and surplus, and It wasdone In ulxiut two years.
"After the tlr.it charge off of loipes of11.250,000 tho bank still had a capitalof $1,000,000. a surplus of $1,000,000 amisomo undivided profits. The book valueof the stock therefore, showed over $2ooa share.
"In the report of the exnmlner Just be-fore the consolidation be eMlmated addi-tional losses of $SOO,000. and that amountwas charged out nt the time the plan ofconsolidation wns timiie. The charge offleft the book value around ISO, the basison which the banks went together.
"Thero never w.is a report from anyexaminer during my term that evershowed tho capital of the bank to be Im-paired. I could not legally close a bunkwhen the report on It showed It to besolvent. There was never a word fromany examiner during my term that anyreports the bank was making were notcorrect reports, and I never heard ofsuch a thing, either directly or Indirectly,until I read It In the press recently."
NEGRO BEATS CHILD AID AGENT.
Smashes Telephone So Abbott Can'tCall the Poller.
Okani-.k- , N. ,t., .inly i;.M ,i rnR atAugustus W. Abbott, agent of tho Chil-dren's Aid ntift lriit.IU... fl.Coleman, a negro, bent him almost Intoiinconscionsnesx this afternoon In theagent's ofllco at 124 Kssex street.
Coleinuu fell under the esplonugo of theuid society for neglecting his family. ly
he has been working. He is stillunder nrnhMtirm anH rnn. ... 1......1to the agent of the society his weekly payenvelope to havo $4 for the support of hiswho snu ciiiiuren neauetou,
Coleman failed to umiant lo.t un....i....and he told tho police Abbott upbraidednun y. Coleman said that hi ungergot the better of him and he attackedAbbott.
Abbott, who Is 0 Venn. ntH H,if,i..(lu.l .Mself as well as ho could against the negro,who Is nearly six feet tall Th ,..,,was beaten to the floor again and again.110 iriea 10 reacn ror tho telephone, hutthe negro ripped tho receiver from hishand, breaking the wires.
Abbott finally lay quiet on the floor andCnlemnn loft, nff alt.rblno Kin. - .seized the opportunity, darted Into an inneruiuvB hub luuneu 1 110 noor. PolicemanUlordano came along then and arrestedColeman.
Abbott IU feU.n ltnma I. . l ufriends. Three.of his teeth were knockedout.
FLYING BOAT RACE HALTED,
II I aril Winds on Lake .Michigan In- -rerfrre With Contest.
Ciiicaoo. JiiIv ! irihvailed over Lake Michigan y and theairmen In the Chicago to Detroit flyingboat cruise were compelled to remain ata standstill. Qletm Martin i .1 i..i..Harbor, while Beckwlth HavenB and It. M.Francis are at I'entwater.
Present prospects are that the flyingmen will not get under way again until
afternoon. The machines ofuom iiavens ana Francis neededrepairing Thoy were
left on the Lake Michigan beach duringthe night but were not drawn far enoughout of tho water. As a result they werebattered by the high waves. The steeringear, of the machines sustained seriousdamage. It will bo necessary to awaitthe arrival of new purtB before tho flightis resumed,
Walter Johnson's craft was wreckedagain when ho attempted to emerge front1110 naruor of nobcrtsdale, Ind, and hoiwithdrew from the cmtesti I
ALL CARS
Lexington to 3d Ave
OF
Fruit of the Loom, limit 10 yds.(no mail per yd., 6Jfc.
Rivnl Mill Sheets, 8Ii9, each, 49c.Bath Towels, special price, 6c.Linen Glass yard, 12M?c.59c yard, 33c.
Lunch Cloths, 79c.Doilies, dozen. 18c.
12c White Plaid yard, 6c.White Batiste Robes,
$1.98.Edges and
per yard, 3c.Men's 24c.Men's 29c.
Alarm Clocks, $1.38.Long Silk Gloves, per
58c.Lawn 89c.
Long Crepe 74c.36 in. Tussah Silk, per yard, 29c.46 in. Batiste, per yard,
7$c.Lex. to
TO FLAN.
Call (l,tn(l, 11(10 TunnelScheme Useless,
T'assaio. N. J., July 1 2. A fight ngalnstthe of t6,000..O0o by the rus-sule Valley Sewer Commission for theconstruction of tunnel from the Newarkmeadows to Itobbtns Ileef In New YorkHay Is to begin Monday In the ChanceryCourt In Jersey City with nnfor nn Injunction by Warren Dixon,
the combined Interests of cityofficials nnd sanitary expertsfrom New York, Jersey City, Patersonand Passnlc.
A conference was held y In theoffice of Ilosey Osborne In the City HallIn Pnssulc between Dr. Charles U. North,11 consulting sanitary engineer of NewYork, nnd John W. Griffin. 1111 cnslneeruntil recently 1111 official of the JerseyCity water It was decided toKct the siKuntures of as many prominentmen us possible In the four cities men-
tioned signed to the petition applying fornn
It is pointed out by those Interested Insecuring the Injunction that even If thesewage Is carried away out to nobblnsIteef It will eventually have to be purlllcdbefore It can be dumped Into the watersnf New York Hay, and If the expense of
mu"t be Imrne the sfwnpecould Jmt ns well be treated on the mead-ows and disposed of in Newark Hay.
This plun they claim would prevent thoof the J6.000.000 for the tun-
nel, lllds'on the tunnel work will beopened on Tuesday at the office nf thePassaic Valley Fewer InNewark.
IN FIGHT OVER
Cornwall VIIImki Hoys Pesent Su-
perior Attrnrtlon of (iold I.nce.Newdi iioii. July 12. A conference of
nearly an hour after 11 hearing beforeJustice of the Peace Dunn has brought atruce between the village boys nnd thecadets of the New York MilitaryAcademy at Cornwall.
Because gold lace and brass buttonsattracted the younc women of the vil-lage to the cadets, and put the villageboys in the shade, a party of the out-shone lads decided to get even with thecadets. A fight ensued last night. Af-ter the fight were made tothe Justice of the Peace, and both.Ides sought to have their wrongsrighted.
Oounty Judge Sreger appeared ascounsel for tho academy, whose
Mr. Jones, asked only forfair play for his students. He saidthat they were being hounded by thevillage boys for t(je first time In twentyyears. Ho promised that the
would be made more strict, so thecadets would not find It toenjoy the company of the village girls.
Uoth sides then agreed to a treaty ofpeace. The names of none of the youngwomen In tho enso were mentionedduring the hearing.
CONEY GOT BOY.
Came Here Willi Church Plrnle nndWns Lost nn Hnrf Avenue.
John Goldstein. T years old, of g3 Wat-kin- sstreet, one of an ex-
cursion party of 160 children who enmeto see Prospect Park and Coney Islandyesterday with St. Joseph's Roman Catho-lic Church Society, got lost In the crowdson Surf avenue and was left behind whenthe other children returned yesterday af-ternoon.
lie wns picked up two hours after theparty left Coney by Policeman llalvlnand turned over to Mrs. Mary Duffy,matron at the Coney Island station.Later the youngster was taken to theChildren's Society's rooms to await wordfrom his parents.
Father Kennedy of St. Joseph's ChurchIn took charge of the chil-dren. They bad lunch at tho ProspectPark picnic grounds. In the afternoonthey visited Luna Park and had a greattime.
FAILS AS
Asks Court to Let Illm Off PromPaying
N, y July 12. SamSchepps admitted y that he was afailure as a moving picture actor andthat he cannot obtain owingto the notoriety ho received in the trlntof Police Captain Charles Becker. He ap- -peared with counsel before Supreme CourtJustice and asked that he berelieved or tne order to pay his wifetla a week alimony on the ground thathe 1s penniless. He was attired In hlatest fashion and carried a cane.
Mcnepps said that he posed for a mov-ing picture and was to receive 11 rovnltv.but owing to the fact that tho picturedid not take with the public his royaltyso far has been only $100.
CAB HITSS. C, 41lrl Dies In Smash.
up at Luke Grorfte,Lakh Okorue. Julv is. mi. n.
trudo T. daughter of Judgennd Mrs. T. M. Mordecal of8. C who have u summer hnmn .Lako George, was killed and MJssHannah. Knllc nt Hnvnnnuh . t- - - n h UCDl,was Diiaiy jnjuroa wnon the seven er
In which they wereriding, running at high speed, struck atree on the Bolton road In front of thesummer home of George Foster Peabody here this
Miss Cornelia sister of Missand the Olln Hturr,
tho other of the car, wurwnot seriously injured. Tho accidentwas the result of a hiownut in ,.
ward tire, which caused thek to control or tne uteerlng gear.
TRANSFER TO
MONDAY AND TUESDAY THE FINAL DAYS
Our July Mill and Factory SaleGIGANTIC STOCKS. GREAT SAVINGS. INSTANCES:
orders),
Towellnft,Mercerized Damask,
HemstitchedEmbroidered
Dimity,embroidered,
Embroidery Insertions,
Nainsook Underwear.Balbriggan Underwear,
Women'sKalr, Dressing Sacques,
Kimonas,
Bordered
rBloomlngdales',
BLOCK PASSAIC SEWER
Knslnrrrs
expenditure
applicationrepre-
sentingengineering
department.
Injunction.
purlllcatlon
expenditure
Commission
TRUCE GIRLS.
complaints
super-intendent,
regula-tions
convenient
PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia,
Philadelphia
SCHEPPS MOVIE ACTOR.
Alimony.Pot'oitKEKPStn,
employment
Morschauser
KILLED 'WHEN TREE,Charleston,
Mordecal,Charleston,
automobile
afternoon.Mordecal,
Mordecal, chauffeur,oeuupantH
chauffeur
59th to 60th St.
Black Moire Ribbon. 5 to 7h Inch,per yard, 19c to 69c.
40 in. Persian Lawn, per yard, 12' ..c40 In. All Silk Crcpc dc Chine, per
yard, SI.44.White Voile Robes, SI0.98 to.l9.5n.Women's Mohair Bit till nil Suits,
cutaway coat style, $4.98.Men's Silk Socks, per pair, the$1.00 Hand-embroldcr- Corset
Covers, 59c.German Silver Vanity Cases. 4Sc.Women's Lisle Union Suits, 35c.Women's Cotton Vests, 6c.$18.00 Brass Beds, each, $12.50.$5.00 All Cotton Mattresses, $.t.K5.$3.50 Bed Sprlnfts, each, $2.25.$23.00 Ostcrmoor Mattress, $12.50.Waltham and Elgin Watches. $0.33.$17.00 Dressers and Chiffoniers.
$12.50.Decorated Porcelain Dishes, nt 10c.
3d Ave., 59th to 60th St.:
TELLS WILSON TO FIRE HIM.
Irornjla Postmaster Refuses In lie-si-
When Asked.Macon-- , da., July 12. Harry Still K,.
wards, Macon postmaster and an authiand magazlno contributor, has beennaked by Klrat Assistant Postmaster-Genera- l
lloper to resign."1 won't resign," Edwnrds said to
day. "No charges have been lllcdagalns'me."
Edwards wrote a letter to PrenldeiitWilson thtB afternoon In which he sai l
that the only way that the Administra-tion can get rid of him Is to fire him.
Mr. Kdwnrds Is a Hoosevelt man,first by Konspvclt and reap
pointed by Tnft Just before the la.-- 'election despite his allillatlon with INProgressives. No effort was ni.itlw bSenator Hacon or Congressman Martletboth of whom live here, to defeat t'nomination at that time. Now tli. 'the resignation has been asked bothnvo announced their candidates.
Senator Bacon wants the place givento Custls Nottingham, und Congressman Bartlett's man Is W. T. Mmgnn
FLEES IN AMBULANCE FROM MOB.
Mntnrmnn Threatened for nn)'iHen III sntril by Miremi.
Hkmpsteau, July 12. The motor an'hulunce of the Nassau Hospital aMini-Ol- a was used this afternoon t
save the motormjn of a car which lukilled a young Polish boy from nn .
cited crowd of the boy's countrymen.Charles Cnpllckl, IS s old. wn-
on his way to vespers nt the New Hyd.Park Catholic Church, lu it"Iiik tiiJericho turnpike he tried to dndgu twnautomobiles nnd stepped lu front of 11
trolley cur. Charles Thomas, the motor-ma-
put on the emergency brakes bintho front wheels of the car passed ovethe boy.
The conductor telephoned for ttwrecking crew and an iitnbulanco.crowd, excited by the cries of the bo.imother, threatened the tnoturma'When the unibulunce arrived Dr. Sketon, the surgeon, found that the bwas dead. The situation of the motor-ma-
was becoming mi dangerous t'Dr. Skelton bundled him Into the amlmlanc nnd took him to Mlneola. Thnmn-wa- s
nrrested by order of the Cornneiand paroled In the custody of the compuny Inspector.
THINKS NEATNESS HALTS AGE.
Doctor Tells of llrnetli'lal Pchirtoflurure of "Sprucing; I' p."
Neatness, buthing nnd massageto men past middle nsr
who would avoid manifestations ufDr. 1. I.. Nascher of Boston write
In the current Issue of the New YorkJfrdfcni Journal:
"The Improvement in the aeneral mpearancc has a profound psychic Intluen.'-n- ot
only directly through the stlmulatloi,of the sense of pride. In uppearanie, bmIndirectly through the Matteilng commen'-whic- h
It mouses. This Impoitant measir.is generally neglected by men. et asl'bfrom the beneficial psychic Influence, .forlesthetle reasons almie the old man shuul'1endeavor to make himself appear as attrartlvo as possible. This dues not meanthat he should resort to the artificial devices that middle aged and elderly womenemploy to enh.inci their charms. It do.mean that the old man should stlmulatithe surface circulation by means of bat'and massage, remove wrinkles and folrlby Inunction with animal fats, try to btlnulate the growth of hair on tho head an'lremove hair from abnormal situationstho ears, use a cane and wear braces tovercome the tendency to stoop, empl.harmless cotmetlc measures to Improve I
nppearanco, and, above all, observe aof neatness In dress. Instead of decn ch
a course as vanity It should be ncouraged us a laudable effort to malnt.i'ia youthful spirit."
Nootherpetticoat
Y --I nu the oar.ifleet fittinr auslihei at tkf KLOSF1T. Thii
u heesut ol ikeMlenled F.laftiewsiit-bsa- d and
1 iffw 1 oeutctiwhicbII K I 1 snow theII I VAI 1 Kl OSFTT
PLTTICOATIO tttim ll- .- u.!.l ..J
H I hips without pucker or wrinkle.IB HIM jtma ar Hhu Ihlall etajs, stse.ee. ucetteai tl.M uuwsra-i-
.AU geed
teres sell then.This Usel lasBtlfles thetauJae KUMriT PETTI.COAT. Yea will flae it liwaUleaBs. 8m It.
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