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THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1916.
CITY SUES TO
SAVE BONUSES
ON SUBWAYS
Interboroiigli. 1 & Mem
bers and Chief Engineer
Made Defendants.
ASKS RECASTING OF
PRIOR DETERMINATION
' A Mill In equity wan started by tli
city yesterday tlirtiuuh Corporation
CoUnsel Hardy tu net aside the "prior
determination" allowance to -the. Inter
borough under the dual subway con
tract it "a fraud upon the city of
N'ew Yorlt and a ate at Its funds."
The action Is aimed directly to exclude
from this account Uo lnterborouah
bonuses of 1100,000 to President Theo
dor 1'. Hlionts. 150.000 to lllchurd Held
Rogers, general counsel, and 110,000
to B. F. 3. Oaynor. the company"! au
ditor, but the city asks for a new de
termination of all the Item charged
lo construction cost and which total
$, 900,000.
The defendant named In the com
plaint, which was i-ervcd late yesterday
afternoon, are tho InterboroUKh Hapld
Transit Company. Chairman Ofcar S.
Iraue, l'ubllc Service Commlwloners
Henry W. HodBo and William Haywood
atpi tho commission's chief enlneer.
Alfre4 Craven, who appiovcd of the
"prior determination" charges on Octo
ber II. IV13.
The city petitions for a new and
proper determination on the part of
Mr. Craven, or other venous actinic In
hla stead, and asks that the t'uullo Kcr
vce CouimlMilon te restraint! i'crma
iitly from resr.tnllng at, blnduiK on the
olty "the purported determination of Ilia
dafejulntit Alfred Craven."
Servke of the city's suit was accepted
Ute yesterday afternoon by Mr. Craven
pcrt-onally, by CieorKe t. Coleman, chief
council to the l'ubllc Service ( ommlsclon
In behalf of the' members of that b.-dy
named, and by John H. Campbell, treas
urer of the luteruorough.
Based oa Lack of Vouchers.
Tho bais for the city's suit it this:
The city hokln that while the greater
uoillon of the "iirlur determination"
allowances may be proper rhurgtw, the
ntlre determination la Illegal, null aiid
void, because duplicate vouchers of the
Items allowed to t'.le Intel borough a
part of its contribution to the cost of
construction were not riled with the com
mission as provided in the contract, and
tout many Improper and unlawful al
lowances arc concealed In the account.
Mr. Hardy T"!nted out that tho allow
anceti were "In lump Hums, without pre
tence tu Itemization or hlt-ntlnvattmi."
"U is my rtrong and earnest hope,"
aid the Corporation Counsel, "that In
the new determination which J con
fidently expect the court will ordei not
atone all the inouejn paid to Messrs.
Hlionts. Ilosfers and tiuynor will be in
cluded but also a targe number of other
sums aggregating a larger bum of
money."
In thU connection It naj mated a. the
attire of the Intcrburough that the
amount of "prior, determination" costs
a-xpent-e Incurred prlr to the signing
of Che subway contracts ipeclflmlly al
lowed under contract No. 3 in behalf of
the Interborotitrii, as shown in the de
termination made by Chief KtiKlnter
Craven on October 14, i'.M.I. wan only,
1327,105.01. a agalm.: similar allow
anceji to the city umountlmr to tl.'.'CI,
113.07. Tile total of .-ill allowances made
tu the tnterborough was IJSH.SSrt.u:.1, but
part of this sum was apportioned to "L"
third trucking.
Bonuses .N'ut All Included.
It La Important to note, however, that
a the event of the city's IwIiik sucess
ful In Its present action, not all of the
onusen nienttoned would le xubject to
revovatlon. Testimony adduced by tin:
Thompson legislative conimlttu- upon
Wtllch th ult In equity Is redlcatel,
honed that of the Sliont.s lunut only
tUC.UOO was Included in "prior deter,
mlmttlon" In connection with the sub
way contract, only $S,00 of the Lkiynor
bonus, and only $43,333 of ih Iltwera
bonus, making a total of $176,313 of
these bonuses affected by the prment
auit. The balance of the tSIQ.OQA in
bonuses, It Is understood, were appor
tioned to the third tracking, of which
no determination has been uwlc aa ytt.
The gist of the entire "prior determi
nation" uuesitlon Is thl: I'nder the con
tract between the city and -he Ititerbor
ough, thc.eompany'a contribution to sub
way construction mis limited to ISa,.
M0.000. on whim I' U allotted 6 per
cent. Interest. The eonmanv was to be
rowibtirsed for expenses Incurred prloi
to tne signing or the contract, Chief
Engineer Craven belnsr the arbiter. These
allowance Included In the "prior deter
mination" account, therefore, would re
duce by that much tlx- Interborouuh'a
contribution to subway construction, so
that the payment of Oninunes would de
prive th city to thu,: extent and force
the city to spend that much morn to
ward the work of construction.
Char we Airnltiat Craven.
Hie formal charge against Mr.
Craven leads:
Alfred Craven, us chief engineer of
the l'ubllc Service Commission, acting
In violation and disregard of the
terms, conditions arid iciulremiiUi of
the hubway contract of March t!',
lt13, contract No. 3 find In deroga
tion und fraud of the rlxhU of the
pity and contrary to law, Improperly,
illegally and unlawfully and without
..aUiy .proper vouchors, credit slips or
other original evidences thereof, did
approve, determine and allow certain
Improper, illegal and unauthorized
gross sum claims as contributions by
the lnterhorough to its ehare of cot
'Of construction.
The complaint says thnt these sumx
were Included "in a ao-il!eii prior de
termination account dated October 14,
1S13, which inclu'led without dUi
tlngulshment or separation of Items,
among other things, gifts, bonuses and
honoraria presented to officers, servants
and other agents of t;.-- defendant, the
Interborough Hapld Tniimlt Company,
and fees i,rlvei) to its attorney and
counsel a.id other items not properly
or legally chargeable to Its share of cost
of construction, aggregating large and
auhsUiiiial sums of money,"
It : also alleged that the allowances
to the Interborough under "prior deter
mination" were so concealed and dis
tributed among the various Items an to
urevent Identltlcatlon, "all of which Is
in clear fraud of the city', rights and In
violation of law ami of the provision
of the contract." It Is stated that
knnwledgu of the "Illegality" did not
come to the city officials until a few
day ago, "owing to the method of dis
tribution and concealment retorted to In
ucfc purported determination." The
olty fears that there Is grave danger
that the determination as made will be
regarded aa valid and binding.
"The defendant, Alfred Craven," aaya
the complaint, "as chief engineer of the
l'ubllc Hervlcrt Commission, has failed
und neglected to disallow the alleged
and Improper Items, payments, credit,
compensations and concessions afore
said, although In and by contract No. 3
and by law Is empowered, authorised
and required to do so, and has also
failed and neglected to take nny steps
to annul or rescind the purported de
termination dated October 14. 1913."
The complaint quotes liberally from
th. contract between the Interborough
arid the city. One of the part of the
contract Included In the complaint !
Article 26. which provide that "no pay
ment, credit, compensation or concession
whatsoever shall be determined to bu
part of the costs of construction or equip
ment" unless the Interborough Mies with
the l'ubllc Service Commission a dupli
cate voucher or credit slip for It.
Only aHHT, 105 Involved.
tn Chief Knglnecr Craven's approval
of the "prior determination" account re
ferred to In the complaint, he stated that
the Interborough submitted a list of
vouchers for engineering and superin
tendence," o. totalling $129,405.01,
which was distributed over cost of con
struction among several lines, and alo
submitted "evidence of legal expense
and administrative charges which, aftir
eliminating the expenses of publicity
campaign, aggregated I19M0O, also dis
tributed under cost of construction." The
total of these two amounts, (327,405.01,
was mentioned by the Interborough yes
terday as the only "prior determination"
allowances Included under the dual con
tract and affected by the city's equity
suit.
Corporation Counsel Hardy said last
night that the suit should rtach trial In
the Supreme Court In May, the city
having preference on the court t-alen-dar.
Mr. Hardy emphasized the fact
that the city was never in a position to
Me objections to the "prior determina
tion" allowances because of the lack of
vouchers and the concealment of the
Items allowed and disallowed. Originally
the Interborough put In a claim for more
thin $l,D00,0(it for precontract expense,
but this was cut down by Mr. Craen to
$5s9.00O, In which amount, the Thompson
committee and the city contend, were
the Shouts, lingers and Oaynor bonuses.
There were other developments es
lerday growing out of the Thompson
committee's activities besides the city's
equity suit. Principal among these wa
the revelation of ti flnanclul disagree
ment between Senator Thompson and
the cjnunlttee't. etenographer. Mlsa Vir
ginia 11 Valva. The two had an arcu
ment about Miss Valva' bill In the Mu
nicipal Building on Monday. Senator
Thompson said the Mil amounts! to
$7,000, and n too high, but Meier
Stettibrink. Miss Valva's oltoriey. i-ald
yesterday It was j:.!'.17.S5 for the period
between September IV. 1915, and March
4, 1916. The Senator may have to
oubptena the record,
) Mhe Was Threatened.
Ml Valva said yesterday tliat the
Senator had made a nasty threat the
dfiy before In the presence of witnesses.
She declared that she had practically
Inducts! the committee's work since
September, but iitd not propose to let
Senator Thompson take advantage even
If she was a woman. It Ih understood
that Ml Valv-a's attorney told Senator
Thompson the latter could have the
record when he made plain his position
In regard to the stenographer's bill.
The mlxup will probably ! settled to
morrow, when Senator Thompson re
turns from Albany. The bill was made
out according to folio rate, at 5 tents
for ten folios of 100 words each.
Travis 11 Whitney, secretary of the
l'ubllc Service Commlsaloii, answered
esterday the additional charge which
.Senator Thompson made against him in
Albany on Monday night, when he al
leged that Mr. Whitney was Instrumental
In allowing the IJrooklyn Hapld Transit
Company to Increase the valuation of
property acquired near the Brighton
Ileach race track from $50,000 to $s5,
000, and charge the dlffere-noe to con
rtructlon, "In October, 1911." said Secretary
Whitney, "the II. It. T. osk-d Uw oin-
mission f-r permission to enter Into u
contrast for tho relneatlo.i of six e-te-vated
track fie-ir the Brighton lleanli
race truck. The proportion fiey asked
authority to charge to construction ac
count through the transfer of proerty
by the reluvatloh was $110,000. The
commission took ,io net Ion for six
months, but last May allowed tho II. It.
T to charge $50,000 to construction ac
count. Nkom fU.Vtltll ailiiK.
"The II. U. T, refused to accept the
commission's ruling and threatened von
dtmnatlon prvoeedlngw. r liny T.
Itarkness, of counsel to the cninmtKxIon,
with Mr. Turner and in) self, conwulteil
onglneers and real estate dealers and
leanitil that If condorunatlon proceedings
were brought the remilt would likely be
that $100,("M)0 would be allowed. We
compromised with the company for $5,-
000, which Instead of costing the city
$35,000, aa Senator Thompson asserts,
actually resulted In a saving to the city
of $25,000."
Col. Timothy S. Williams served no
tlco yesterday of his intention to notify
the public of any "Inaccuracies," that the
Thompicm committee may give out In
connection with the II, It. T. In announc
ing tlat his company liad employed
I'lice, Watcrhouee & Co., certified publb'
accountants, to examine all records and
accounts of the company au to matters
relative t othe dual contracts, about
which the committee dealrns Information.
CONFIRMATION DELAYED
Senate to I'm on .Nominees "With
out Itseommenilalkin,"
Al.r.ANv, March 14. Indication to
night tire, that the nominations of Travis
II, Whitney and Charles S. Hervey as
membeis of the New- York City Public
Service Commission and of the five State
induiitrlal Commissioners will be con
tinned by the Slate Senate,
The Senate Finance Committee, not
desiring to affront iSov. Whitman by de
clining to report his nominations, while
refuslrg to rejort any of the nomina
tions to the Senate with a recommenda
tion that they be confirmed, did by a
close vote decide to reHirt the nomina
tions "without recommendation."
Thus the Finance Committee declined
to take a position on the nominations,
leaving It to the whole Senate to deter
mine whether or not the nominations
ahould be approved. Ordinarily these
nominations would he reported to the
Senate to-morrow and the Senate would
act on them at once, but It was saul to
night that the Finance Committee would
not submit a report until Thursday,
Usually there is a slim attendance on
Thursday, und If this Is the case this
week the action of the Senate may be
poMponed until Monday night or Tues
day. The voto In the Finance Committee on
tho Public Service nominations was six
to four on the motion to report them
witho'it recommendation Senator Sage,
chairman, of Albany, Hewitt of Cnyuga,
ISmorson of Warren, Bennett of Man
hattan and Brown of Jefferson, Hepub
Hen ft. and Ilnim-pergcr of llrle, Demo
crat, eo voted, while Senators Walters of
Onondaga, Whitney of Karatngs, Hill of
Broome and (leorgn I.. Thompson of
Suffolk, Ilepnbllcanx, wanted the com
mittee to report the nominations favor
ably. Senator fleorge K. Thompson, It
piihllcnn, and Senator Wagner, Demo
crat, did not vote, Senator Cullen,
Democrat, of Brooklyn was absent.
On the question of reporting the
nominations of the Industrial Commis
sioners without recommendation the
committee stood, six to six, with Benator
Cullen absent, hut the motion earr!4
PERJURY -CASE AGAINST
OSBORNE IS TOTTERING
Continued from First Page.
nlshed the crowded court room ,wlth ev
eml good laughs during hi unpleasant
hour under fire.
A tall, heavily built man', Vt: Dledllng
waa evidently III at ease a Mr. Hattle
went at him hard with questions about
his past record. Finally he .replied, '4
don't know" when he was asked If he
hud not been discharged ih evamlnlng
physician to two life Insurance ovmpa
nle for hi connection with a plan to
fleece the companies.
HI direct examination by Mr. Fallon
had gone smoothly. Dr. Dledllng had
testified to the alleged perjury Mr. O
borne Is charged with having committed
before him In saying that there were
no such Immorality cases at Sing Sing
an the Harvey cases. He told, too. that
the warden refused to leave the room
when he wa questioning Harvey, though
he asked the warden to leave, because
Harvey would not answer question In
his presence.
Mr. Hattle then directed his quest Ions
to show that Dr. Dledllng was hostile
to Mr. Osborne, and that" hi testimony
was biassed. The doctor remarked that
he did not agree with all Mr. Osborne's
views on prison reform, atid Mr. Battle
asked if he felt' friendly toward the
warden.
"I was always friendly until he refused
to testify before me," said Dr. Dled
llng. "Our relations are friendly now."
Then .Mr. Hattle made him admit that
before the (Jrand Jury that Indicted Mr.
Osborne he had test! tied that he was not
friendly to Mr. Osborne,- and finally
Dr. Dledllng said It "made a slight dif
ference' In their acquaintance."
The only prison reform I know of
that Mr. Osborne started was giving the
condemned men sheet to hang them
selves with." he said.
"Do you reward that as a reform?"
asked Justice Tompkins. Dr. Dledllng
snld he dH. "You think the more con
victs hang themselves the better, eh?"
added the court and there was a general
laugh.
quratlnoed Abftnt Ilia Past,
Then Mr. Ilataln started to tiand Dr.
Dledllng a copy of a pamphlet opposing
prison reform that is printed aa "by Dr.
Hudolpli Dledllng." but the doctor pro
duced one from III pocket. "I band m
out," he explained. It developed that
Dr. Dledllng believed "the only way to
deal with a criminal was to eliminate
him."
Mr. Hattle changed hl. tactlca and
desplto repeated objection bj Mr. Pal
Ion be tun to rrot's-queatloti Dr. Dledllng
about hU career. The doctor denied that
ten ycr ago. as examining physician
for the ncral Ac-ldent Insurance Com
pany he collected money and did not
turn It over to the company. He also
dented that lie received $500 for Informa
tion die gave a onmltte ithat Investi
gated Klmlra. Itefonnntory and withheld
from a partner $75 he had promised for
help in e-mnplllng the Information.
After jre-ttlng on the revsortl that Dr.
Dledllng . employed In 1906-190? by
the N'ew York and Prudential IJfe In-,
tiurance companies aa examining physi
cian. Mr. Battle asked :
"Did the New York W.tt Insurance'
Company In. 107 Investigate your ac
tivities In certifying risks for the-m?"
"J don't know." replied Dr. Dledllng,
opening and elating his mouth nervously,
"Were you discharged June 25, 1907.
for your part In a plot with a man named
Belch and two others In Haugertles,
N. Y.. your home, to fleece life Insur
ance companies?"
'I don't know," Dr. Dledllng replied.
"I gave up all my life Insurance.
"About that tlnw?"
"Yes."
"Do vou remember telling n man
named l'ickford of the New York Life
Insurance Company that you certified
to the Prudential as good risks men you
never sawr
"I don't remember."
Weren't you dlavliarrtd from tho
Prudential for doing that very' thin?"
"I don't know."
Ithenmatlam Care Introdared.
1 Then Mr. Battle Introduced the inter
esting episode or me iwger vioiei nay
II tvpe machine for curing rheumatism,
which Dr. Dlewiiing Admitted he got free
with i promise of a 20 ier cent, commis
sion. Mr. Battle showed him a letter
dated at Saugertics. written on Hotel
Blltniore stationery, which he had
signed, lauding the Violet Hay mncJiina
to the sklee. "It eliminates the harsh
lira of treatment found in others," the
doctor wrote.
"You wrote that before you had tried
because tiie chairman favored the re
port without recommendation.
Senator Thompson wanted the Finance
Committee to ak the tlovernor formally
lo withdraw the Whitney and lierey
nominations "In the Interest of the pub
lic set vice and the best Interests or liar
nioiiy In our own party and for the gen
eral good."
Senator Thoinnson waa tolil lOV,
Whitman had been requested to with-1
draw the nomination and had refused.
"Yes, but that request and refusal.",
sahl Senator Thompson, "was made In
private. The tlovernor should be pub
licly requested, and,. If he saw fit, pub
licly deny the request to withdraw these
nominations."
The committee declined to take that
attitude.
SECOND HAND RULE MODIFIED.
Aldermen sked to Kifmpt Art
and Rook Healers.
Alderman Bent Introduced In the
Board of Aldermen yesterday a new or
dinance to take the place of that de
signed to regulate second hand shop
which was passed last December and to
which exception was taken by dealers In
art objects and antique.
The new ordinance, which waa referred
to the committee! on general welfare,
exemptM from making periodical return
to the iollci of receipt and sales, deal
er In pianos, Itooks, magazines, nigs,
paintings, drawings, etching, engraving,
goods exchanged at store and second
hand Imported articles.
WILL AID FRENCH WRITERS.
Jale !' Molrer de tiala Here
la lie for Actors' Benrat Also.
Jules Bols, who I In this country on
a mission for the French tiovernment,
announced at the Hotel Blltniore lust
night that he Is organizing a grand
soiree de gala, at which he will Hpeak.
lie will malic an nu.n-al to help succor
the writers, dramatist and stage folk
of France who feel the effect of the
war.
M. llols said that he will not deliver
a lecture at the Plaza Hotel on Mnrch
17 as reported. The announcement that
he would lecture was not authorised by
htm. he explained.
JETWOOD
ASNAKTOOlUll
wrniAoxtroKr
AiULownatT COLLAR
test, t
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1" Sv
sir
mmmm
It on a single patient, didn't you?" asked
Mr. Battle.
.'I believe t did," answered the witness
and there wae another laugh.
"Laugh Inside, If you must laugh,"
Justice Tompkins ndmontehed the coutt
room, after he had obliterated a broad
grin from his own features.
Then Mr. Hattle showed Dr. Dlodllng
two more encomiums of the Violet Hay,
written on Prison Commission stationery
to two New York doctor who thought
of buying elinll.v machines.
"Did you get your 20 per cent, on
those?" he aaked.
"No," almost whispered Dr. Dledllng.
The moment Mr. Fallon got tho wit
ness for redirect examination he pave
him u chance -to say that he never stole
from anybody or charged anyboly Ir
regularly. The court room was still
tittering about the Violet tiny specula
tion of the Prison Commissioner tut he
left the etand, looking a If there was
nothing on earth he had rather do. .
Mr. Pallon catled to the stand Krncst
K. Carpenter, the stenographer who took
the minutes of the Grand Jury that In
dicted Mr. Osborne, to testify that his
transcript of those minutes was e'orre-et
and that Osborne had given answers
there that differed from his testimony
before Dr. Dledllng on the Harvey cases.
Then Mr. Kallon announced that the
Bute rested, and Mr. Battle made his
motion to dlsmls the Indictments that
brought Into the limelight the doubtful
comma.
The early testimony of the day was
largely along the line of the Warden's
conduct When the Harvey Immorality
cases were brought to his attention and
waa of a nature similar to that given by
William Wllletl yesterday.
Tore t'p the Record.
Joe Itotolla, 'Who as a Sing Sing con
vict when Harvey confessed was ono of
the Judges iti-thc Mutual Welfare league
court, testified to the disappearance of
the record dealing with the Harvey Im
morality cases. (He did not know where
they went, but said he and-George,' Hod-
eon, another convict, tore up' other tei
ords before District Attorney Weeks'
investigation began.
"We both thought It a good thing." ho
aid, "to tear the m up."
lllard B. Thompson, a pale, scholarly
looking man with a pointed beard, who
haw Kttll Borne time to terve for nils-
impropriating funds, testified to taking
tue record in tne league court Investiga
tion of the Harvey cases. He agreed
with Hoto'Ia that Warden Osborne an
nounced that the records had been "fool
ishly lost" so that Mr. Weeks could not
get them, and said he would never tes
tify against the men guilty.
Mr. Battle recalled Wlllldm Wlllett
for a moment, In in effort to prove tt.ut
lili undMance of Mr. Week In Inves
tigating Sing Sing and llna.ly in indict
ing Mr. Onborne went so far as threat
ening convicts If they did not testify
against the wuTden. Wlllett denied all
this and told of getting h prize of $20
from Osborne when he left Sing Sing
for "mcritorloud work In prison."
Questioning of the next witness. Clif
ford W. Young, the stenographer who
took note for Dr. Dledllng when Mr.
Osborne bi altwrd to have, committed
perjury, allowed that the defence hojes
to prove he Incorrectly transcribed the
warden's testimony.
Dr. W, H. 1'Mrr, the prison physician,
and Pranklln Montross, a clerk In the
Supreme Court, testified respectively re
garding the Harvey cases and regarding
the riling by Mr. Osborne of a petition
that contradicted his alleged tierjured
titlmony. ,
Justice 'Tornphtha will announce his
decision this morning, ami If it Is that
the trial must continue Mr. Osborne Is
expected to take the etand In hp own
defence.
Oeborae !le Publisher.
Thomas Mott Osborne filed butt In the
Supreme Ccert yesterday against Her
bert Blnnett, publisher of the Harrison
G'tfben, at Harrison. Westchester county,
for 125,000'datnageH becauee of an arti
cle published on February' t l est under
the following headline: "Fake reform
ers Cleary, the murderer, robber and
forger, given a clerkship Osborne and
other fake reformers should be banished
from the country or committed to asy
lums, where they will be harmless,"
Mrs. Oelrtrhe Visits Kltia; Mlna.
Oshimno, N. Y March 14 Mrs. Her
mann Oelrichs visited Sing Sing prison
to-day as a guest of Warden Klrchwey
She Inspected the various departments
of tho prison.
ASKS LIBEL ON APPAM CARGO,
Part of fioods Heaeeei hp- raptor.
Captain Charges.
NoRrot.K, Va.. Marcli 14. Capt. Henry
O. Harrison, who commanded the Brit-
Ish liner Appam. tiled libel proceedings
'to-day for powirsslou of tne vcMHel'h
i cargo when she wan enptured by the
uenman raider Jloewe oi January IS,
Ha nharges that part of the cargo has
been removed by Lieut. Berg und his
prize crerw. The cargo i valued, at
tsOO.000.
This is the birthday of the
new "Rogers-Peet" soft hats
and Derbies.
Made to our special order
to achieve the very last word
in smartness and attention
to detail.
Leathers, for example, of
fine French calf.
Values we're proud to have
bear our name.
Spring styles we're proud
to father.
$5.
Everything men and boys
wear.
Rogers peet Company
Broadway Broadway
at 13th St. "The at 34th St.
Four
Broadway Corners" Fifth Ave.
at Warren at 41st St.
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COLUMBIA'S SCHOOL OF
BUSINESS OPENS SOON
Jloswdl C. McCren to Have
the Clitiir in Economics
Willis to Lecture.
Plans for tho now school of business
which Is to 1 established by Columbia
University next fall were announced yos
day by Frank D. Pnckcnthal, secretary
of tho university. With the announce
ment came continuation of the report
thnt Prof. Hoswell C. McCrea, dean of
tho Wharton School of Commerce and
Pittance ut tho University of Pennsyl
vania, was to have the chair In eco
nomic In the new Columbia school, An
other Important appointment made
known was that of H. Parker Willis.
I'll. D., secretary of the Federal Iteserv
Board, who will lecture on finance
throughout the first academic year of the
new school.
The schwol will be opened on Septem
ber 22 and the course will be comple
mented by the projected bank training
which to be begun by tho National
City Bank next fall. Students tn the
school of business, according to the plana
of Prof. JumcH C. Kgbert. director of
the new department, will continue their
study at the National City Bank at the
completion of their tenlor year, und In
that way perform the laboratory work
that will bn required of all students.
"Kvery effort Is being made to bring
to the staff of the School of Business
men who will be thoroughly practical
and yet careful to maintain the high
standards of scholarfchlp which wilt bo
Insisted upon by the trustees," paid Prof,
Kgbert yesterday. "In addition to the
laboratories to bo established for ac
counting and similar subjects, we expect
to cooperate with the large business
and hanking houses of the city so that
the students may have an opportunity to
study In them at first hand modern
commercial methods, This policy of the
School of Business Is In accord with the
plan of the National City Bank of sup
plementing a college education with ex
perience and study an the various de
partments of the bank dealing with for
eign commerce."
tn addition to the appointments of
Prof. McCrea and Dr. Willis. It was an-notin-ed
that Hastings I.yon. nw pro
fensor of finance In the Amos Tuck School
of Business at Dartmouth College would
serve ut Columbia as assistant professor
of finance, while Solomon S. Huebner.
profisnr of Insurance at the University
of Pennsylvania, would lecture on that
subject, and Guy It, Hubbart would have
courses on advertising ami salesmanship.
Itobert H. Montgomery, nt-sletant pro
fesMjr of economics In the university,
will be assistant professor of accounting,
and Itobert Murray Halg will be assis
tant professor of economic. Hoy B.
Kester, an Instructor In the department
of extension teaching, will be an Instruc
tor in accounting.
AMI'SKMKNTS.
mMTIW 41st St., K. of lVway. Evs. 8:1.5. Mats. rfsMFIsY
tUrntUI Tycs. and Sat. ".tlo. Extra Mat. Friday. UmCUI
"It shows up the rich in high places, it goes for the crooks and wantons
in fine society, it makes the corrupt rich toe the mark."
This play shows ( -
how securely in
trenched, aa you think
in your home circle
you are likely,
any moment, to be
dragged into
disgraceful
Fcandal. r u m 1 1 y
Skeletons dunce
the tango
SCANDAL
sTfTTTTfJrAt
sH ...BTsV fl.sl-SBl BBBBV
BY AMELIE RIVES I
I il'rlnerM 1roubetku I
BY AMELIE RIVES
il'rtnero Iroubetku)
ttiiti iir-iiiiaiit iat. mil inline Kdtuun
Wilt J.-nninm. iHdney HhM.K frrc llrtiltn. Kiln In Niauitlrf. Klfunnr tionlon
WIIITERGlRnFIIK"' Mt.To-m'w.
WIRICnUAfiUtntN olVtoll.W.
ROBINSON II With AL
CRUSOE, JR. II JOLSON
M IVUAIItC W. 4sth. llrjint '.'A2ft
FLAYnDU9CKs I.-, .MatvTixtayiHat
GRACE GEORGE MwW.'t h'u.ka.
rllEM.M lOKKIDt'.V To-nlsnt
Mai. H.rlml Tlnir . I rl . Sat K fclMt
aaaLBT TllKA..i:n:..f Uey K:I5.
tOlntli Mat.Teiu' FiiJa4.st.2:l.',.
IH Kt'llKNE WM.TK.H. ailtW of
Till'. KAMIKT WAV A 'I'tlll IN Kl'l.l
"TIIHII.I. I.IKE A II4I1I.I: NIIOI T!"
QQTU CT Thea..nr U'way Kti.s 1.1 Ijial
dalndli Main. Tiediy. l'rf. & fat MeeVa
In "THE UNt'll AHTENEII WOMaN."
6ASIRU Mau. To-day. Frl.l Hat. i 1.1.
Ith
I'etll
lean.
UIIBCIT 44th. W.orll'wa.Kve. X 1.1
vfiwavasia
mV;. -rlvday. Kri; H.V.2 is
UST
WEEK
S VDir 42d. W. if H'way. Ew:a. 8-80.
1 111 w tl.oo Matinee To
inlay 2:20.
- GALA BENEFIT-
C4.RNEIIIE
llil.l..
FRENCH MUSICIANS! a..:."..
PADEREWSKI
FL0NZALEY QUARTET
MURAT0RE
TRIO DE LUTECE
ST0J0WSKI
SCHELLING
TICKETS AT CARNKttlE IIAI.I.. DONA.
rltlNX MAV UK SENT TO MKS. W. I'.
HAMILTON. TltF.ArtUltKIt, .12 EAST ltd ST. .
Mailne Flllnlt'a Theatre, mill. Nt..n'r llws)
NEW SERIES (IF RECITALS'
Flll'lt ONLY, NEW lRIKiltMME!
YVETTE GUILBERT
Sunday F.b.. March III X ail, at IS.
Tne. A Frl. Aft.. March l k !. at .1.
Tlckeia at lloi tiniie. hnalie I'lann
UlRKliriON CATHARINE A. IIAMMAN.
Aeolian Hull. FrUhiiEle,, Mun li'.'l. at N:A
ir..e., i.urrn-ji, al m:i
DuSTINN
honii irr.i'. i ai
EMMY
Tickets, 7.V. f I, SI. .H. li. No at lloi Onice.
Mgt. Charles L. Wnitncr. ISieinway I'lano 1
Aeollnn Hull, iltKCITU. IIV RDItEKT
TO-DAY at 3
Ticket S3 in ooc
At lloi Offlcs.
HAMILTON
AMKKICAN UAHITUNK.
SCHNEIDER SEEKS TO
REWARD LONG SERVICE
(,'ritii'ises Mayor's Statements
About County Officers
and Patronage.
County Clerk William V. Schneider
criticised yesterday at a meeting of the
county official of New York at the Hotel
Astor the ntatement by Mayor Mltchcl
before the Senate Cltle Committee
last week, In which he uald that the
county otllclala opposing hi programme
of proposed control over nil county of
fices were actuated nolcly by a desire to
keep their Jobs nnd hold whatever pat
ronage they had lit their disposal-
Mr. Schneider pointed out that the
only exempt position In his otllce are
three deputies and a counsel, while all
other position are in tho competitive
civil service clans. "My eole desire In
lighting for Justice," h" ald, "I a
desire to see that men who have been
doing conscientious and faithful work
for many year receive adequate com
pensation and a Hilary sufficient to
enable them to live In a degree of coin
fort. I believe that In line with the
view of big corporation men should
bo rewarded for long nnd faithful ar
vice a much a for efficiency In fact,
the two go together In spite of the so
called slandardlzers of the Bureau of
P.sllmate, officered by the Mayor arid
Comptroller,"
Turning his attention to the Mayor's
stntemente on patronage Mr. Schneider
said :
'There was a firm in 1913 known iui
Mullan. Mltchel ft Cobb. Mr? Mltchcl
was elected Mayor of thl city and ho
Immediately nppolnted Mr. Mullan to Ik
position of Tax Commissioner. Subse
quently he nppolnted Mrs. Mullan a
commissioner of the Board of ICduca
tlon. nnd the surviving partner. Mr.
Cobb, a u City Magistrate. Compart
eoiitt are at way odious, but it is In
conceivable to believe that the Mayor
appointed these two gentlemen because
of their extraordinary ability. Might
not the reason be that they were mem
bers of his 'official family and ho exer
cised his prerogative because of social'
ansoclatlon?"
Concerning the efficiency of the Bu
reau of Standards Mr. Schneider Mild.
"The Maynr'n attention la called to
the report of the Stale Civil Service
Commission, wherein It waa stated under
oath that the so-called ntandardlzers
were given isjsltlon because they knew
Mr. Ttrrell and Mr. Hervey, and In one
case the standnrdlzer was unable to paw
the civil eervlce examination called for
bis special benefit."
tnfcldc Probably Worcester Man.
No clue to a motive for suicide was
left by a man who ended hi life yes
terday in a rooming house at 154 Kast
Forty-tlfth street by shooting himself.
DetectUe John Talt believes from a
metal Identification slip the mm had
on his person that he was Itobert Hled
man of Worcester, Mass.
AMI'.SKMKNT.
E.ai a ill What have you to
conceal? Which of
our friends is likely to
betray your most sa-
cred confidences?
Those not immune
r o m indiscre
tions should see
his play! It
crackles with wit
like a Marconi.
DIVORCE
HriM,r. I.urilt w!nT7miTT7riTuMiiuiiiitt'
. BOOTH 4S"- w f ll'ay. Kvn. S.30.
I .MaH.To-Uy, Fr!.& Pat.. 210.
1 VWafHasPM -I. I, .ell timed
With Irene Kei lik ami Vlnerni Serrano.'
4s)) Jf, Th"a lie'Ht'on) i:e. t-jn.
SI. SO Matinee I "f .Vl I ?1
To-tlay !Jii. 1 a.l I V I
UlllSI FlllflH't -T'th. nr. Il'way llv. s.:io.
, tlllUII v , i,wlay s .to
LAST WEEK LAST WEEK
In "TIIE rillllE OF UACi:."
Next Mon.-Seats Tomorrow
The tiarriok Cnmiany will iirent
LOU TELLEGEN
ill tll. IlltU Cllllullll.1 Haul I'-.la
I lllin ftp iiniiinrnrii
F
PRIIOESS .""'"etrll'ttay Ekl s mi.
rnrvZiR mai:to.iV4iV:V.i!u'
A Nen .Musical Coined)- That U Dltren-nt
VERY GOOD EDDIE
At1 "I Theatre. Adm. SI.CXI at ln.:)il
I" ...... . ...
diii. tree it to 'I. Illimer. SI. .Ml K n la mrte
I Mkallrn and Dani lmt t ninnir 4 Numier.
Talile re-r ailoiia Din. A Hup, 'rel..vjj-llr
tliiui Ik a iffi.wk. u . .......
SYMPHONY
S o i-1 1-1 of N i w ,1 r I,
M4I.IER lltSlKOSCII. 4'oudlKlni.
Cnrnecle Hall, this Mlerno.m m .1.
FAREWELL CONCERT
;;;;,'r hofmann
TSCHAlKOWHKV'M FIFTH S.MI'I1VV
HF.F.THIIVF.N S ''EMFEItOlt'-t iiNCKIlTil
.roup of I'wiio Solo Inrliidlnn -Fury I Hit Him
list IVnny." Hfithiiieii; N.N-iirne r nhrn
inajni-. Choiln, KrlHim." Si linlirrt-l.lii
Seats r.V to t'.'..H. Iliwea 1 1 .1 k SIS, Una Ortln-
Last Suha, fniurrt, Nat, E.g., .Marrh H,
RUSSIAN
sar-at1" votitchenko
itMliiaiil-h.xl RI'NSUN tlllTI'OSII. nho
will play for the llrt lime In thlt romiiry
th nuit fix'li'.TtlimTsJIDAaiASavl
Instrument ei er heard, I T IwlrMnlUri
ellallillHllt-S)lnhlll'l41IIETIOI'E.,
Mr.-ilK now on n.ile at I nrneitle Hull lloi Onice.
CHARITY BAZAAR
For tha lleiient ol
THE WAR SUFFERERS OF
THE CENTRAL POWERS
MADISON SQ.
GARDEN .;!'."
nTDiun u 'A47!it- 'anxik wAiiiiin
W 1 11 A fill N""11 ,ul 1 -w "I'vr ths llelenae''
llinnu ioiobOc. iStrsndOixh.aaolotau
UNM.W J lUrrrasarc.' TiKltUrtdefrooiu"
i aajuare l(. tv- e- iorx
IE
3
Hats of the
The "Lansdowne" at $2.74
Embodied in
the "Lansdowne"
Soft Hat are all
the new ideas in
flat or curved
brims. Every de
tail that helps to
ward the creation
of the higher type
of headgear has
been incorporated
in this hat. Fur
felt, out of which
it is made, is recognized as
the finest material for that
purpose. It stands up under
hard wear.
The "Lansdowne" Light Weight Derby
is the equal in quality and style of the "Lansdowne" Soft iLl.
Five new shapes in fast black fur felt. $2.74
The Hat Superfine at $3.96
The lightest weight Soft Hat obtainable. In the new shades of
Brown, Slate and Olive. Our own importation in the new English
m Hat
brim Military block. A hat
Mscr's Mala
AMUSEMENTS.
NKW TURK'H LEADING
ITUBIBC R'wsy k 40 St. Eves, st K 20.
tMrint M,t! To-ly k .1st. 2.SO.
MATINEE TO-DAY .
ELSIE FERGUSON
tHUSS? MARGARET SCHILLER
I VrniU n'wy. 4.1 St. Eves. -30.
LlbCUM M,t,. T.vm'w k Sat. 3 20.
"EMPHATIC Jtt'CCEaa." SUN.
The Heart
of Wetona
CRITERION
Monday, March 20
MX. IIAL'KKTT prew-nti
m VIOI. A
Allen
AMI
av HENHIETTA
Crosman
THE MERRY WIVES
of WINDSOR
e-ith THItH. . WIRE iw
FAIJ4T4I-T
tIBHIN JOIINHltN a
MR. PAliE
and other eapatile players
hEATN IIEAOV
c,F(i rnUiN'C TIIEA ll'n ay.43 St. V..
M V-UrlAN a v m,., T()-n.Y. a 30.
m m f a
miXZI In
POM-POM'
"He niualeal comedy tn ears." Still
HIintflM WEST4llhSt. Kf-at:2l.
nuuauri Mat ro-dav rop.iaast.so.
"Ilet Itomantli-IMai In Veara'' v rtijrld.
Ths Cinderella Man
A .Sen Comedy liy Kiiard hllils Carpenter.
S7I TIMtfSP 'et 21 ni K.iv a. is.
Wtti imtsE. M,, to.h w Sat 2:1.1.
EXTR M K riM'.K S T. V tTHIt'k'a WAT.
METROPOLITAN
OPERA
not nr.
Ta-nlaht at , Taming of the Nhrew.Obr,
KapiKild, Whltelilll. Si-inharh, Oorltr, I.eon
hardt. Ki-Im-. Iluyhtlael. C'und.. Ilndaniky.
Thur. ."PR'l Ml at 2. Art II. Trof store.
OUt Mnntnrlll Act I. l.ohellgTtn. (ladnkl.
Homer, t tins. tVrll, llraun. Art 1. rasllsetl.
Cajattl Caruo. lie I.nras Hal let Hrene Prince
lsr. .lulll, llonflitllo. Corp-ile Mallet.
lliara. at I-. SoiinanititiU. llarrlentos.l'e.
rlnl. Uamaivo. Illdur. Knal Cmid. rolarro.
Frl. at M 1.1. han-iene. Furrar: MartlnelU,
Amain. AlthotiM-. Haifa. Cond . Folaeoo.
Sat. Mat at 2. Sainton et llallla. Homer ,Ca
nwi. Ainato. Itothlrr Cond.. I'ntarro.
Nal. t 7 4." ?,"' to S'l , Walkiiere. tladaki.
Kurt. olieril'rlua. llraun. Itiiynlarl Cd Iloilanckr
Neil Moil, at h, lamlnv of Ibe Shrew.
Hed.nl ). Carmen, Karrar. M.iMin. C'aru.o,
Ainato. Koihler. Cond. I'oI.hto.
IIAKDMAN I-IANO t'F.).
Gala Concert
far (he tie ne tit of Ibe needy musicians In
t'nltril Stales under the ausplren or the
llohe.nlaiia New ork Musicians' 4hilii at
Carneiile llall, Wed. Aft.. .Man h ?u, nl .1.
Paderewski
Casals
N. Y. Philharmonic Orctitstra
Josef Stransky Condutt.r
I'lckrts 14 In tl 1st Tier lloici all told), 3d
Tier lloifft s.io, ai noi iinu-n aim niwn lxie,
I w :nthsi Siilnxav I'lano used
Dnseh t lllrfv 1'tli.V: of ll'y,l harle. HnnVlna
rUnCn . JUOK - rimes. MM. Hopkins
. ?"IT'S A SUMMONS MATEY" Ml
TREA8URE ISLAND
Kvs.S:30. Mats.Frl..VSat a 30. Tel. I .'Kir. Circle.
H'way at .H.
I '.'.III noon to
1 p ni.2,1.SUi!
"THE IIAIIIT OF IIAI-l-INl:!.-
IRVING PL. THEATRE Klf
ERDGEIST
r
Traaordlf-
v. Uislrkind.
Thur. Ev , "Wlrtkhuti r. Siadl 1'elrograd."
Sal Mut 1.1. "Hohelt ranrt Waller,"
H, F. KEITH'S JOAN i (IEORUE
nil iprMt:it NASH
KALALC.iNN wheat on and
HayAI7St illEl.l.E IIAKER and
'no j .ii iu.i no r. . n A.. 1 .131
BROADWAY
THEATUK.
UVay ut 4lt Ht.
OLGA PETROVA'''marrf!t-'
epislal lliiiton HoIiiiis Iraiel I'lctum.
COLUMBIA Rjitt'
iViisfeZiiii"' puss pusslr
m CHI TflU u K ( 1:15. fl
I, rULlUn pop. MAI'. TU-ltAT. M
sperlsl Mat. HI. I'strltk'a liar. 9
B limmtoti Tynan's Irish Comedy,
W THE MEI.OUY OF Vol: Til. J
WL "Ahrtm with lausliter." Ttmes. 4fl
Better Kind
The colors arc
the latest decree
of fashion. Ox
ford, Slate. Doe
(Pearl). Myrtle
and Seal are the
leading shades
worn this season.
The man who
looks for indivirj
uality, quality
and style in his
headgear will be
delighted with the
"Lansdowne," for it embodies
them all. The price is less
than you'd pay elsewhere for h
hat of similar quality.
of distinction. Price, $3.96.
Hoar, SSlb Street.
AMUSEMENT!".
TIIEATREN AND Hltl'l:SM.
NEW AMSTERDAM 5ff,&?AE7 3
TODAy' AT St!4' T ll-N lt.1 1 1'' 5 I
CrjpeinlfienrnVIII
Pnxluetlon ctlreet rrom Ilis.Mnjm) . t,onm
with Wynne .MalthJuii ami i.jn lUrditi.-
lllRPBTV WeM42dt KKr I -hir
ILIDCnll Matinees To-day .V !l
Jt'l.l t i nnN4i.it jnrin
KAMIKR.tON BRIAN ,tMIIKMt
In tho Trliunphani c f D I I
Mutlcal Comedy O T D I L
RirFTY H'ay. 4 Pt s
DarC 1 1 Mt.To-lav.st i! -.,
MRS. FISK
)
In ft nlar all ulMint the lVnn-.vItanla
wuun in mu lunny mile innbur
Erstwhile Susan
The Comedy with Ha m-viK..-t
"tlalety and ktndni-v
tl-''M Mats. Tieni'iT. Sal ,V T-ie
THE BOOMERANG
EXTRA MATINEE NE.1 I I I.MI V
CAIIIM FR WKST4211MT IIH1 M tU
Mary R)an k The flreat .Ml m n,
i aiPBiisii ir Wei 4i-il si.
Kienjiis
narHiutniltj,Huy .n,
naiwn Matlneo To-daj .t. i
la'ina
I MlfUP.RF w-tMl t itr mi i
1 j-jr.:i-.Mi:i
In lil" triumph, --nil: . it t : t l.otiii
ItlARIK West UM -t l.lfllllic I
I nwnnia Mat. tq-dm i-.-p , i
1 lslMaslMB?iTTTWaTVTl alliT
with Fred Ntblo jh "llllli IIIII,h
mkmU "oluintiu cinie ., 'Him I
Matlnr- To-.liy I'np
LAST
WEEK1!!
last Dnin ... uiumi v
! Iiunu UinilUHLMI
f1 ntir ll'naV 4,
UifUBti Man-.To-iUl-A
i cabv nFiv in "m in-i.i.ik
I r. . I.ISIIN
nnDT W-ttii I'hnnellry.ini I s .1
llllli I TiMlay !-,,i i
WWII I l lrl Fop. .Mai. I s -i, isi vv
A LAUGH EVERY MINUTE IN
ti Frank llatili and liolx ii lliu
N. V. WORI.lt II'
mid l.'.f miil In icii, , ,i
nf,iw miliirtr.. thtti i,a '
thrir uii." I. I'll-. I).- I ,h
rnim-"iiumhuj U .
roll
Sl'N "'Iht fir.' mini i!u"i
rime. ijurreni-H iti.untT
IHIIIl'NE 'Srmh li i'r
lilrdtrnu cr'i't intn ihr ;mi '
uu. rf "Imsi. K.'iuirin in.
IIERl.l-"Currlr li.i ,,lf.
tun. tutfimri- tauahttt ,i Iri -r.f rr
ritEMH "Thv midirmr I,;. , ,
Joseph Mciiurr).
'jr. it
STANDARD """"""VimmU
Mt Thtirs IMc .UK-, i In'-Mtml
s I I Hit
tun i
i:m-j-j.i.1:I.i:i3
n .Mu-nil t liirl, 11
YPyMATINEE DAILY l $1.03
vTSrl H s - mi ,i ,
Vir HIP HJP HOORAY
IF SOUSAn vsii T.'!''iVa ' '
' Si icisl lo I: II lii
SUNDAY-IRELAND'S NIGHTS',1.
iSJOHM O'MALLEY
andhol7A:td. I'Us .' I
Las' Week. c,l II iul
4lh I'roalurilou Infill- M mi '
IIOTKLS AND lir.sl.U llM
Utb Street, near Fmirlli n tru'
Prince George fioui
Fifth Aw, a n,l .1 s .si
tpeclal ratea iu pitiuik .
HOTEL ALIERT i
Ilslea l up. ..telle, it ir.i.ia
cafe, insdsrato prliei. .Skii.u ii
psnnansut sueiti. ..loilein
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