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NEW PERIL FOR 2,300 ON STRANDED SHIP SOr SELF AFTER SEEING OPERA SUIQIDE WBATMKR Unsettled to-night, Friday ruin. WHATIIUn-L'nseitled tralBht rrldar Mis WIN QShmO PRICE ONE CENT. UPRNCOn KILLS SELF AFTER SEEING SUICIDE IN OPERA "QUO VADIS" Philadelphia Publisher Sees "Pe-tronius" Have Veins Opened and Die in the Arms of "Eunice;" Goes Home and Blows Out Brains. (SpecirJ to The Ertnint World.) PHILADELPHIA, April 6. Returning to bis magnificent home in Rittenhouse Square after witnessing the new opera "Quo Vadis" in which Petronius tires of life and orders his physician to open the veins in his wrist so that he may die, Craige Lippincott, head of the publishing-house of J.

D. Lippincott prepared to end his life and early this morning shot and killed himself. There is probably no more remarkable case of auto-suggestion on' record. who accompanied her husband to the opera, re-called afterward that he had followed the tragic scene in which Pelronius and the slave giii liunice die with intense interest. He did not speak of this scene on his way home, nor did he comment on the opera as a whole.

The relatives of the-wealthy and ills-1 tlngulshed suicide nro utterly at a loss! to account for his net. Seemingly lie' lind everything tu live for, and wai on the Ifapplest terms with the mem-im of his family, lie seemed in his happiest mood on his return from the opera last nlgi.t. lie w.i found dead In h's hj his valet. Ills wife Mas asleep In a ne-irii room nnd ha. I nut heard the re rt the revolver, lie had hade, hir lod-night .11 usual.

With Party In Bsx. "Quo Vadln" was given lnt nigh! nnd a brilliant audience Many friends of tho l.lpplncotts w-' iem In one of the uoes las-t night with a say pirl.v and when they read of Sir. I.lppltu'oti's suicide to-day tln were strangely shocked. The death of 1 the mii-t lnprenle scene In "IJuo Vutlls." Af ter on the futility ot life noble and talentci Ito.n.m makes up I Win- I not worth 1 ml.i 1 .1... I'lill'l I lit I ctndle.

The lie glli, I Hunt I 1. Hi h.ai, and lie askr. h. I she Is williiu to Join Mill 11 tlv outei hejond. Sue as" mi.

A pay-, Ian the nr. 1 In their arm-, nil i.Wng lelr Uvea to ebli a way pilnijsl An officer of tlm Lippincott publish-In? firm ascribes the suicide, to temporary aberration. No Tuentlon Is mid- of the opera or tne puyslbli" effect upo the millionaire's mind of the tragedy 1 of Petronius and tho slave girl. The olllelal statement tuu: I uunng a perioa or temporary aher-latlon Craige i.lpplii'oit. president of tie II.

l.lpplinott si ot nnd killed himself at his rralileire. West Hlttcnhonso Square, early 1 morning. The business of t'10 pu.lla-Ins; home will not ho affected by lylpplncott's death," Bullet in Brain. The trade death of I.lpplncof caused a. srnation.

There 11 strong disposition on thu part 0. relatives and friends to doubt that he had died designedly hy his own hand, his son, Jay 11. Lippincott, going no far as to make a sworn statement giving- It ns his opinion that his father had died hy accident. It Is declared Hint neither Mrs. Lippincott, tho widow, who was In an adjoining room, nor the son, who was on the floor above, heard the fatal shot.

Mr. Lippincott, who was aWty-ftve years old, was found dead by his valt. A bullet wound In tho right tumplo showed tho caiuo of death, The dead publisher was for two geno. rations a prominent flsuro In tho social Jlfe of this city and hW lu'tlvltles In this connection wero shared by his wife. He also well known lu many of the summer colonies uIoiik tho Nun HnsUiul coast.

The llrst Intormatiou tno coroner had of a deatli in tho Lippincott tesldoncu waa at o'clock, when somo tmo callixl thu Coroner's olllce on the telephone and said tli.1t thctu had been a suicide ut No. -II Weut Illttenhoiiie Square and askliiR that a deputy be tent to the house at once, McKeever (Continued on Second Ceprlght, Co. iflii, bjr Tin Trim Fnbllsklag (The Nir Xotk World). BOY PLAYING TAG ON DEATH AVENUE IS LATEST VICTIM Utile John Murray Falls in Front of Locomotive and Life Is Crushed Out. Death Avenue claimed another Utile 1 ot -No' Um street, feel In front of a loeonotlve at Eleventh nvenuo and Fortv-llfth street and was decapitated.

The child waj playing on a nearby dock with his brother, Jnraei, eight years old, and a dozen other boya, when sotneono suggested a game of tasr. Tho children ran from the dock and slartcd ncrois illeventh iivenue. John Murray was tho youngest of the lot and had the shurtert legs. lie had fallen behind as tho bo dodged around a truik nnd crossed tho r.ill-road tracks. As tho little fellow toddled out irom behind thu truck tho freight train was.

appio.ichlns rapidly. The hay wis iliust uwoss tne. trucks when ho -dlpnoil on U10 nut cobbles. Tho driver of tho luc oiuot ve stw him tr, latu to atop. When tho child's brother and the ot'icr boys tun whut had happened they lied III terror.

Tho boil was carried to thu Murray home aftar being taken to the West Forty-seventh street station. No arrests were made as thu engineer, Illchard Jennings, of No. 12 Amsterdam avenue, was blame- "Circulation Books Open to NEW PROBE OF HYDE'S Appellate Division Not Satisfied with His Report of Investment of $487,000. SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. Charged with Exceeding 60 Per Cent, of Property Value in Lending Funds.

The Appellate Division of the Sj-prni Court, It was learned this afternoon, Is not satisfied with a report recently made by City Chamberlain Charles II. llydo relative to his Investments of trust funds deposited with him as a city omclnl. An investigation into certain loans of these funds on mort-tagee Is to be made by a committee of the Bar Association to be selected by the Appellate Division. The report of this committee will then lie taken up. If it In found that the City Chamberlain Invested trunt moneys In hl.i hands accordlnc to tho lesal rules provided there will bn nothlnif for him to fear.

A contrary finding would subject him to disbarment proceedings and removal from olllce. Detailed Report Ordered, Feb. 12 Inst the Appellate Division ordered Chnmbcrlaln Hyde to report In detnll the Investment of nil court nnd trust funds held by him on Kcb. 1911, Thee funds consist of moneys paid Into the Supremo Court the outcome of litigation. Mr.

llydo took his time maklm; the report. IIo did pot ubmlt It until few days ago. The law provides that the City Chamberlain in loaning trust funds on must not lend to exceed CO per cent of tl-o "fair value" of the niort-KiiKed property. Hefore Mr. Hyde's tlmo thu rule was to icstrlct tho nmount loaned to CO per cent, of tho "fair vnltiv." Mr.

Hyde had It raised to CO per cent, through Stnto Comptroller Clark Williams. Mr. Hyde's report showed there was lu his hands tiuiu funds amounting to of which Is In bulks designated by tho courts. Thu sum of JliW.OOO Is in city bonds. Tho balance, about Is Invested In mortgage, Hyde's Loans 5487,000.

of tho total Invested In mortgage, Mr. Hyde has loaned during his liftcn months lu olllce It has been charged that this money as loaned through the Astor Trust Company on property which was not fairly valued. In other words. It has been alleged that the City Chamberlain loaned on property almost If not quite up to it. full value.

Instead of holding the loans within the CO per cent, limit. Interests antagonistic to Mr. Ilydh have, It Is understood, brought to the attention of the Appellate Division tho charge that he has not properly invest- ed trust fundi. The Investigation Is to start ns 1011 as tho liar Assoc.atlon Committee Is selected. WILLS THAT WIFE'S COFFIN SHALL REST ON HIS OWN.

Bowery Mission a Beneficiary Under Odd Testament of Thomas V. Cierrard. Hy the terms of tho will of Thomas W. Gerrard, filed with the Surrogate for probate tho Howmy Jllsslon will reeelvo $3,000, tho Jlont Lawn Summer Hetreat for Children at Nyack nno, nnd the poor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church JH Tho residue of the estate was bequeathed to friends, Tho testator's only next of kin, neph. ewe and nieces, were not mentioned In the The unusual request that his dead wife's coinn be raled nnd his be placed under It was also mado by the will.

Dr. Prltchard of No. 7 King street was requested to preach tho funeral kermon, Gerrard died In this lily Jan. The value of his estate ras not g.von, Arc Vim (ti)tn IUIm, lillluci. H.

iijUji.i .1. Ui kill tot boutfceru. )mt liuluu mid llumu.U iMta hlli 1Im Tun Win 1 1 Trail llun.u, Aic.l. Ne'f I'ulllrer (World) IIii.IiIiok, 0.1 I'tr hovr. Telri.tionr lltrkintn tnim.

Cluvkhiil ruum (or Imtfk'isn au1 luii'i-'l Uii) uj on, hxytmti paebiisv rtrfiif'l for ilitl.luf lit trt 1 ptrU uf till world. Montr erjtt-. nd Irftiirlltri' tliccki laiuil. Ttllisb on Mil. Kxtm hnrKr for It.

AdTrrtlemnti (or Tkt Worll in.r Irft tnr American Dutrlcl Utittaiu Wis la Uw COURT ORDERS MORTGAGE LOANS aaiu Mt YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1911. STOVER OFFERS But Won't Press It to Vote Until Further Inquiry Has Been Made. GIVES MANY REASONS. Says Architect Hasn't Made Good and Is on Duty pnly Fraction of Time. At the meeting of the Hoard of Cirn-mlssloners of the I'nrk Department held nt the Arsenal this afternoon, President Charles 1 Stover of the bonrd drew up and offered a resolution calling for the discharge of Samuel Parsons the landscape architect of the hoard, who has held that post for thirty years.

Commissioner Stover dl.l not offer hi' resolution to Im voted on by Ills fellow commissioners. Thomas J. Hlgglns of the ltronx, and Michael J. Kennedy ol Ilrooklyn and Queens, but he eiplalnrd that his dispute with Mr. Parsons" hd occasioned so much discussion hatjhe would request an investigation b'y" the Commissioner of Accounts ot the manner lu which Mr.

Parsons performed hls'dutlee. When the Commissioner of Accounts has made his Inquiry and re ported on it, then Stover will offer his resolution for a vote, Mr. Htovn went on to say that there were six reasons whv he proposed to fire Mr. Parsons, "efts llrst was that Mr. Parsons Im.l made scarcely any valuable suggestions to him (Slovirl.

Ilea-son No. that Jit Parsons had been active In opposing his (Stover'si (suggestions, Iteason II was In effect llenson No, 1 and Itcnsnu No, 'J melded together. Iteason No. 4 was that Jlr. Parsons hnd recommended to the Hoard of Ktlmale and Apportionment that the city spend lu restoring Central Park, when hn didn't have sufllclent "supporting data" to back up such i ecomiiicnclallon, iMr.

Stiver's llfth reason was. that uhllii Mr. Parsons may have been a wiluahte man lu other cities ho hadn't in, iilo a Missouri demonstration foi Stover. Ileason number sl hud to do with the tlmo clock Mr. Stover kept upon Mr.

showing that he had hi en absent frun duty St per cent when the condition of Central Pail: not only diviianded inn per rent but more. Having related them in sup-poi i of his resolution, Mr. Stuver tali it aside fur future reference. Jlr. llogllum, chiilrmiiu of the cnmmli-tee for thu restoiatlon of Central Park, asked pcrml'viou to dlcuhs Mr.

Stover's six lennoiM. Jlr. Stover repl'iil that the matter was closed temporarily. TWO WOMEN INJURED WHEN COACH HITS CAR. Rig Drawn by Team Wrecked anJ Driver Badly.

Shaken Up. A team of horses drawing a two women struck a avenue surface uir this afternoon at SIM) -second street. Hutu the occupants of the vehicle, Jlrs. A. Do Harry of No, 5 West Sixty-second street and Jits Cross, whoii uildinss nasi not liarned, were sllghllv liijjre Tho driver, Thomas O'Connor of No.

1C7 West Fifty-third Mreet, was thrown from tlm seat and severely shaken up. Several windows In thu car were broken and tho coach was wrecked. i WANT 0'GORMAN TO TALK BEFORE THE AI.I1ANV, April States Senator James A. O'Clorman, whoto election resulted after in long dead lock, may address the Legislature soon after It reconvenes on April 17. Speaker Frlsblu of the Assetnbl It e'ldeavo-ing to aecurn Senator O'tlornian's presume In Albany at an early date.

TIE-UP ON BROOKLYN BRIDGE. li.l. II.Li).,! 'I'M. r.xniiiK mi Their AVny Home, T'loii'unds of Hrook'vnites wern de-la ed 1n gjttl ig liuine this nvenlng owing to n-mlnuto tie-up on the ll.ooklyn Ilridge. A lAixington avenue elevated train bound fr Brooklyn hroko down In the centre ot the bridge and stalled till other trfUMa -2 i RESOLUTION TO FIRE PARSONS ORDER RESCUE OF 2,300 ABOARD PRINZESS IRENE AS Craige Lippincott After Seeing the FIGHTS DETECTIVES Man Armed Willi hcissors Creates Disturbance at l-'ather K'can's Residence.

After desperately lighting Detective! Zerner and Cuzilo of tl Aluxnnder aM-niio station, tho Hronx, all over the residence of tho Very ltcv. I'athor ICcan, pastor of St. Jcromo's Catholic I'atrlck Norton wiih llnully placed under arrest this afternoon. Norton, who mis relunu'd from lllack-well's Inland to-da, went to the Ihimh.i lids iiftiiinoon and di'manileil to xee the licigyinim. Whin iiifurnii.il he was nil in Norton liriisliijil thu maid and Htaitnl cieatlug a dlslui liiiine In tlm house.

Father Kean was upstair, and he telephoned to tlm Alexander street ktu. Hull, which Is uppoHltH leslduikcc, and tho two detective reupouded on thu run. The man refumid to nubmll to arrest, lie was arraigned before O'Connor in the Morrlsliuia Court and hold for (in examlnillon to-uiorrow. When searohed a pair of scissors was found tucked lu hlH eeve, and he n-fused to explain what ho Intended doing with them. To tho Manlstnitn Not ton ilerl.ired that the pries hnd taken his riilhlron and he wanted tliem returned him.

Threu months ago, on complaint of rather Kean, Noiion wns urreNtHl for annoying the pried t. At that tlmo Kather Kean did not want to press a ehargii against Norton, who hud persisted In going to tin, pa. roehlal residence In the mlillh) of (he night and the Inmates by lining the hell However, in m.ih pre- upon to ii'. so in tne ui ii wife, I ttho resides at No. 1st Kan' line llun-1 dred and T'iIUi -III tli street, liml he wai HlH to thu Inland thlre muuiii', 31 ill-ll I I 1 1 ii i fa I In, SI.

and lhiglmerlnj Company, a Now York i orporatloii dealing III tool, and silpplli-H lit No. 111 Canal street, to-day unsigned for the tenent of creditors to Waller II. Dodd. Charles do Luk.icsevli'n secretary of the company, It was tncorpurated In IN PRIEST'S HOUSE RESISTING ARREST Circulation Books Open to All." 20 PAGES SEAS MENACE a Suicide Opera' "Quo Vadis 'MASHER SLASHES "CJli, Vou Kill!" Starts Fijjhl, Pursuit, Rescue and Arrest I in Brooklyn. (Miss Allen fJrllllu was Just entering her homo nt No.

l'ulton street, Hrooklyn, at noon to-day when Alfuno I'liiollo folloned her and leniarked, "Oh, you kid." In th oxcitlng events that iiulckly followoil, Wllllum (Irlllln, brother of (ho young woman, was rerlousl. unruled, a mob liiased ih anuoyer of the girl, caught him and was about to kl. 1. hi head otY iwic.i a iiol.i'oniaii iftiutMl thu man uud took him to pr.itun. ill lllln was staiidiuc lu front of nu liuio ik his 4s(er approuiiied.

Iiurelli was ut her lu-i-li and as she turned to go into the line he let loose tlm hailing nlgn that was fashionable lu ft can chile ixdore the current "Oops, my dear," eanie alotiif. (Irlllln Is twenty-two, and she didn't relish the gieedng. Her brother heard It and asked the man why he did not altond to his ohii htiilntrs. This question led Alfano to make It his liiialnim to attack thu young man, which Jtttel: was lesuldng In victory for the (irlllln end of the argument, when Alfano drew a razor and ulashod hl opponent twp'e aeroas the face. A (liiltlti foil bleeding to (ho Ftrivet the man with the raxor lliil.

A large crowd followed him, but It nas held at a distance by the nourishing of (ho bloody razor. A block up l'ulton street the fugitive saw a policeman and tinned to run thu otiier way. lln took refuge In a bakery ai No 1351 Kiillon ytieet, disposing uf iie raxjr as he went. Tlm mob followed tlm mall Into the bakerv, caught blni anil threw him to the Hour. Then I'lilieetnilli I'erklUH ot Hie eieiliiu ktiiuc uloog and infested Inirellu lieforu the nub could make a cumin i rase of him He said lm lived nt No ".1 North Klllott plaie, llrouKlvn, nnd was thirty years old lB befnto SIiitfltr.l" and huld for felouloux assiult.

Dr. Houthwlck carried Orlrlln to Ilrad-ford Hospital and took llfteen stitches In his face. The wounds are considered GIRL'S BROTHER IB CHASES Hi PRICE Growing Storm Adds to Serioutf Peril of North German Lloyd Liner Stranded Off Fire Island Beach. SlALL BOAT FRAUGHT Hours of Efforts to Haul Vessel Off With Aid of Tugs Fail to Dislodge Sand's Grip. There was a sudden change in noon whicli measurably increased the seriousness of the plight of the big North German Lloyd steamship Prinzess Irene, which, witli 2,300 persons aboard, went ashore at 7 o'clock this morning on the dangerous sandspit oft' Lone Hill, near the western end of Fire Island.

The breeze, which had been blowing gently from the southwest, In-creased in volume until it kicked up great cross swells that swept- high up on the beach. Although the life-savers insisted that there was dan ger for small boats in such a sea, plans for removing the 1,720 passenger? from the stranded ship were at once put tinder way. it was stated that every effort would be made to get all the travellers aboard tugs and Gov- ti unit-ill ir.Mi i'chiic iiijjiu uuM'ii 111 FOR WIFE'S LOVE Jacob Bels Then Attempts to Get Body Attachment for Dr. C. E.

Walker. Tho Jury which heard tho evidence In the suit of Jacob Dels, Slaldeu lane cigar manufacturer, against Charles u. Walker, a Ilrooklyn dontlst, for JCO.000 for the alienation of the nrfectlons of Sirs. Ilela after ten years of happy mar-lied life with her husband, left a sealed verdict, which was opened by Justice Claim In tho Supremo Court, Ilrooklyn, to-day. It gave Sir.

Dels damages. Lawyer Sidney OartUka, for Str. Ilels, asked for body attachment for Dr. Walker, unio.tliiK that he expected the utmost dllllculty In collecting the amount awarded. Tho application wss tlunled and Sir.

Oartlka will have to exhaust all other methods of collection before resorting to an effort to put the dentist In ltaymond Ktreot Jail, After -Mr. Hols had Identified letters written to his wlfii by lr. Walker, which he found In her bureau drawer, and had told how her coudiwt as a wife and mother became bad lifter her association with Dr. Walker began, two witnesses wero put on th stand to prove that the llrst ten years of (he married life of the He! i was happy uud affectionate. Tho defenso put In no witnesses, Neither Sirs, Ilels nor thu dentist appeared In court.

BRYAN TO MEET TAFT FOR WHITE HOUSE TALK. WASIIINOTON. April fl William Jennings llr. tin will call at thu Whlto House to-moirow la have a talk with rreldent Taft for half an hour. The subjects to bo dlscusaed 'by the J'resl-dent with the distinguished Nebraakan disclosed W-day.

HUSBAND WINS 10.000 VERDI I ONE CENT. LINER TRANSFER WITH DANGER- Hie weather conditions late this after aim io ornig them direct to this dtv Huge of villagers were gath- ered along hore ready to render wha? aid rliei- i va-e ine inreaienln se-i and air should In ero.ipe, The Increasing menace to UiJft snip nerseif nn ndmlttcd. t. Prepare to Save Passenger. Wireless deait-itche frm the liner to" the olllio, of tin, North (Jerman Uoyd, n'elved at t.M nt Ued authoritatively that the attempt to get the passengers to the smaller craft, then Mantling by, would start within a few minutes.

The otllclal who gave out (his statement also nnnounceil that the tu llem-un had been wired to leave Norfolk. Virginia, this afternoon, and rua straight to Iono Hill. She was exported to Join her sister wrecker, the Itellef, alongside the grounded steamer not later than to-morroiv noon. It was admitted that the tuitions-ness of tho mishap Increased with-the passing of the day. High tide did not budgn the ship an Inch, and the blg Slcrrltt-Chapman tug Itellef, which got lines to her nt 2.S1 o'clock, was un able to shift tho stern mote than a few Inches.

As the tide started out again It Ivcame apparent th.it tho I'rlniMi Ireno was touching bottom from her bow to her mldihlps and there was a danger, so experienced guardsmen said, that the strain on her keel mlhV buckle some of the plates. Passengers May Dc Landed. The sending of an additional Meet ft-tugs f. Now York on tho heels of the first group of resi-ue boats first gave confirmation to the report that th. passengers, tho baggage and the mlff would be transferred to smaller eratt ajid brought to Quarantine.

Then, If tho cargo were placed upon freights lighters of which a number had aUo been requisitioned the chances of float-" lug tli liner without serious damage would bo greatly enhanced so ex perlenctC seamen calculated. l' In tho event that a sudden rurlteh. In the wind should make It expedient to bring thoe aboard directly to the malnlind, the captains of the nearby life-suing stations were prepued to swear In all the able bodied utlieus of several Island coast towns as guariU to watii tho steerage pastetigers until the Immigration officials touai aiiitni.li lo iiaiiitiu liitrui, At fie derelect destroyer Seneca was Matullng by the stranded liner, ready to render any help that might be required, and the Itellef atltl tugged vainly to draw her off lnto deeper water. About this time a wigwag from the deok ot the Prlnxesi Irene brought a aeoond lifeboat out ot its' bed. but before th-coatguards orrald 4 i.