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THE SUN, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1916.
BILL DRAWN
TO CUT POWER
OF P. S. BOARD
Thompson Has Act to Take
Away Control Over
Now Subways.
SHONTS AXOKKED BY
QUESTIONS OF MOSS
long forgotten letters due out of tho
City Hull cellar and from tlie tiles of
J. r. Morgan ft Co. were read Into the
record of the Thompson iwinmltte by
Frank Moms, the coinmlttwV oounsel,
ymterday In an effort to Jog the memory
of 1'iealdent Theodore H. Shout of the
InterboroUKli rK-mllng the Midway ne
IfJtlatlonM with Mayor (la) nor that pre
ceded the Kltfnlnjr of the dual cistern
con'.ii.ots. The contlntied loundlnif. prod
ding and poking kcUIoiii ruffled Mr.
Bhonta, who In spite of his hazlnws on
point which the committee think ttal
in word ami manner rhulleiiKd Mr. Mors
to call attention t. .1 diiKle conttlct In
hit long drawn out testimony'
Krom the corrtKtuleii(e and Ita Inter
related testimony the committee learned
many thlnss which are coiirUlf-recl "Is
nlrtcatit tiy Senator Thom.on. The
aallcnt olnl developed were these:
I'rtvldetit Slionn tectltled that the
lute Andrew Freed man told him that
ho (Friedman) had sen Mayor Oay
nor om e In the couree of the xuhway
negotiation, hut denied vigorously
that he I Shouts) and Freednum were
dealing "comldentlally" with the late
ixectitlvc.
'"hunt Letter to (iaynnr.
In January, 1011, h few weeks be
fore tho Intel borough dual contract
a negotiated, President Shouts ad
droned a personal letter to Maor
tluynor following a talk with Mr.
J-'rtedmaii In Chteagn. Mr. Shouts en-rloM-d
"In uecordutice with" 11 talk
between Mr. rreedmaii and Mr Uay
nor a copy of 11 draft of suliway rn.it
ti rs tinder iIIm'Us.Iiiii which was pro
pared by ,. J. tVunty, assistant to
Fumuei lia. ot the IViiiwyl anla Hn.ll
load system. Mr, Moss tried to show
that the eneloMiro contained the same
terms which were not dlscloseil to
to.-tner Chairman Wlllcox of the llib'
lie Sen Ice ("immlsslon until a month
liter.
Several letters from the Morgan t1le
erc produced to proe that tho Mor
fan tlrm advised by President
fhonls of the tirms contained In the
unsigned subway "otter" of March 22.
anil stood ready to back the
Inurboruusli .m such a proposition.
This Is the much heralded offer"
which the committee believe If ac
cepted would have sav.d the city
fltio.yOO.iiOij subway expenditures.
nother letter from President Shouts
to Henry P. I.ivl-oti of J. P Morgan
. Co. was read 111 which President
Shunt on November 3D, Ulii, asked
Mr. OavUon's criticism of the sub
way proposition to date, "as our mu
tual frknil lias Indicated that lie
thinks the time Is about right to send
It In." Mr. Shouts was, not certain
whether the "mutual friend" was Sam
uel Ilea, Andrew Freednian or Mayor
CJaynor. A letter from J. P. Morgan,
Jr., to President Shouts the following
July advUed the Interborough presi
dent that It would le wiser for the
company not to "appear to be tub
ny hunting,"
Freednian "Very Thought fol."
The cotnmittee also heard read a
letter from Mayor CJavnor to Andrew
Freednian under date of August 9,
1511, In which the late Mayor wrote:
My dear Mr Freednian; I am very
irlad to receive your kind letter, and
It was ery thoughtful of you to write
It to me."
At the morning hf-hflon of the commit-
tee William H. Klllson, former Corpora-,
11011 counsel, topi the committee of a,
subway "offer" presented to Mavor Ci.-.v
nor by two men who said they had the
backriig of "Standard Oil Interests."
which propoed Investing tSO'i.fiiin.iiuu in
ubwjys and dock Improvements In July,
1911, on ,1 percentage basis. Mayor
tia.vnor. said Mr. i:illson. frowned on
the pioKitidii from a legal standpoint
ami ad viet d the proposers though Mr.
Klllsoii dlil not think he was serlons In
It -tp lend tin lr money to the Interbor
cugh to build Its extension llne. jir.
lllllson regarded the "offer" aa bona
Bde, but I.o Hoy T. Harklicss, of counsel
to the Public Service Commission, re
gardrd It ;i a joke.
Senator Thompson announced at the
Close of the da's hearing that the llrst
legislation which the commlttre will nro.
DOSe UK 14 reSUlt Of itH (l1tt.Mtln-r.lr... ...Ml
be presented to the Legislature on Mon-
day. It will ,r .. 1. ill i-,.r.m,.,ji... 1
that 1 h construction of the new subway?,
be rikf n out of the control of the Public I
ri.icr uiiuiiirsiuo alio vetixeq m a
board to he composed of the Mayor, the
Comptroller and the Horough Presidents,
with the added proviso that the. Mayor
nd Comptroller be made directors of
the Interhorough. Senator Thompson
a.xpects considerable opposition to the
Bicusurc,
hon mi the Stand.
President Shonls was not called 10 the
land until tint middle of the afternoon.
"Mr. Shonts,' e-ied Mr, Mos, "do
you VHiit to change an of your testi
mony?" "About what?' asked Mr. Shonts. "I
fcaven't had a clianio to read any of It."
"About anything"
"No:
"You havo the same old memory voui , "J'olbly. but my best recollection Is
Had tho other day?" remarked Senator ,ll?.,,'t .?V MC"'', . . ,.
Thompson r ..j, V01J tMni it rK;,t f0r (jaynor t0
"Yes, tho same old meniorv," liave been a 'miltual frleisi;?'1
"Didn't you see Major Uaynor a great 1 f. " u,"rf! 'Oiisultln him.
many limes?" . ")K,wf,c 'm',.
"I don't rememhrr n.iy other times I , 1 tol.1 yo-i I dhin t recall any other
than when I saw Mm with Mr. Wlllcox 1 J'1"" lo 'V''' T.pt 1
and then later at St. .fames." !,m" 1 'l"' 'r. Wlllcox ami at
"Did Mr, Freednian see h,n?" i ,M !7',
"I think Mr, Freedm-.ii (old .1,1.. sh-cjt L. ' i'uM , ,V,"Jt" '' fri,'r"' h,v"
aeelng him one.; only." 1 Mr rreedmaii
"I don't think so. '
.Not (In the Inside Track."
"Weren't .vou and Freednian dealing
stith the Mayor conndentlallj'on the
Inside trackapart from any com
petitors?" "No, sir, we were not."
"When were the final suhway con.
tracts substantially formulated'."'
"The basis was a memorandum t
February 27. 1912,"
Mr. Moss I hen read Into the record s
letter marked "personal," dated Jan
uary 23, lf'12, addiessed. "Dear Mr.
Major," and signed by Mr. Khontw,
which read:
"I have. Just reachtd my desk aflir a
daj's abseiK In I'hlcago ami had a talk
with Mr. Fieeduuri, and In accordance
with his talk with jou I am enclosing
jou a copy or the draft of ..uhway mat
ters under dlsciiulo'i as prepared by
Mr. I'oiintj. assistant i0 .v)r. t,.a.
"You will appreciate It Is nol a
finished document as It Is only Intended
to rover tho essential principles and not
til" dutalls of the proposed trade,"
"Tog nere giving the Mayor a orient.
view of the contract?" asked Mr. Mom.
"I was giving him a draft of a
memorandum prepared by Mr. County."
"rrraonat" Letter to Uaynor.
"Why Is II marked peraonal' ?"
"I usually send such documents under
personal cover because It waa not meant
for general distribution. It was not a
Mulshed project."
"Were you dealing with the Mayor as
arbitrator"."'
"No. I often send documents like
that."
"Did you send a draft of that
memorandum to Mr. WIIIcox?"
"t don't remember. Why 1 sent It to
the Mayor I don't know except that it
might have lieen at the suggestion of
Mr, County, because Mr. County and Mr,
Kc.i bail talked with the Mayor."
Mr. Moss found attached to the Shouts
letter to tlaynor a letter containing a
similar memorandum sent from Chair
man Wlllcox to Mayor Uaynor a month
Inter, on February IS,
"Isn't It a fact," asked couiwel, "that
the letter to the .Mas or from Mr. Wlll
cox on February IS found Its way to tho
Mayor from you on January !?
"I don't think so," replied Mr. Hhonts ;
"I think they were two different proposi
tions." Hea and Jteta Low Interested.
Mr. Shouts explained that along about
that time the subway negotiations
reached a head through the combined
fforta of Samuel lien, Seth Low, Henry 1.
Davison, J. P. Morgan and Morgan J.
O'Hrlen. Ml. Hhonts denied that the
confidential letter to Mayor Caynor on
January 13 was the foundation laying
of the successful subway contract with
the Interhorough.
"I asked you the other day," asked
Mr. Moss, turning to another line of
Inquiry, "If you didn't advise Mr. Mor
gan of every step you took In the subway
negotiations."
"From the time they first became our
bankers I kept them In touch with the
situation," answered the witness.
"Didn't you tell hhn aJiout the proposi
tion of March J2. 1910?"
"No, because It was not a proposition.
I never made a proposition to the Public
Service Comnileslon without making pro
vision for financing It."
"Were Morgan & Co. willing to bcl:
the Interhorough on March 22 for a
proposition to use private capital In
financing the subways?"
ftlmnta and Moss Clash.
Mr. Shorn did not remember distinctly
and Mr. Moss declared :
"You make your memory suit the pur.
po." don't you?"
"I'll appeal to the chairman from such
n remark. I challenge you to call atten
tion to any conflict In my testimony on
the stand, although I haven't had a
chance to read It over. I hae recalled
things later that I could not recall at
first, but no corporation or Individual
has been any freer In opening up Its
books and things to you than my com
pany Tou haw 110 right to maks a
statement of that kind."
"Then what did your directors say on
the morning of March 23. 1M0. that
made you back out of the agreement
reached at Mr. Wlllcox's house on the
night before!"
'There was no agrtement."
"Who were the directors and what ill J
they say?"
"All the directors were of one mind on
It. They said they would not vote any
money, and I agreed with them to build
all our normal extensions and leave open
the llroddway-lrfxlngton avenue line for
the city to build In the middle of our os
tein h comptlng line. That was the
splitting point."
"They didn't say that on March '.'3."
retorted Mr. Moss.
"How do jou know?" asked Mr.
Shouts.
Discussion ot On Minutes.
"Well, did they?"
"If you'rt testifying go ahead."
"Is there any record of that discus
sion V"
No."
"Not a word of that discussion in the
minutes?"
'I can't help that."
"Didn't they say th re was any easier
way 7"
"No. they did not." Mr. Shunts ex
plained that he was not willing to put
through the March 22 "otti r" unless a
proper distribution of the Itroadway
INltigton avenue line was madi so that
It would not compete with the Inteibor
ough extensions.
Mr. Moss then red Into the re.-ord a
letter ftom Mr. Shout to Mr. Mutgir.
dated March 11. 1910, enclosing a mem
orandum dated March 10 reviewing for
Mr Morgan the results of conf.roiices
to date with Chairman Wlllcox and ask-
Ing Mr. Morgan for suggestions. Mr.
Shonts denied that he was then dealing
with M
tyor Oaynor privately through
Freednian, County or anybody else.
... . . ...
Directors Itrhlnd Committee.
Mr. ShotiM stated that the directors,
would stand behind any proposition th
executive committee made, Mr. Moss
continued :
"Wash t the executive committee given
power to get tin Mayor tu act an arbi
trator?" "No. He offered that - himself. He
said when Chairman Wlllcox and 1 vis
ited hhn: "If lou two fellows can't
get together I'll act as arbitrator.""
Next .1 letter from Mr. Shonts to Mr.
Davison, dated November .10, HMO, was
Introduced. Mr, Shonts wrote!
My dear Mr. Davison: Herewith
flrst l,r,,ft "' l'r"Ined '""'r covering
revised proposition to date. I wUh sou
would be good enough to read sain., and
,ot ,n" hjLV yo"r criticism, If convenient.
to-morrow, as our mutual friend has In.
d!iMil that he thinks the time l about
right to send It In."
"Who wa the. mutual friend?"
"Mr. Kea, I suppose."
"Who was he seeing?"
"Kverybojy,"
"Wasn't tho mutual friend a city
oftlclal?"
"I don't think so."
"(let your memory working 011 it."
I Rrs the Mntunl Friend."
1 "Say, If ouil give me a formula for
I'll in try It out. I don't remember
whether It was Countj or ltea or liay
nor." Wan It (iaynor
' Mr. Moss next read a letter from Mr.
'Shontu to Major (Iaynor, dated July It,
tain. 111 wnicn the interborougii ap
peared to be willing to eubstltute Madi
son avenue for Lexington avenue. Mr,
Mitvs asl.ei) Mr. Shonts about that letter,
I'oUer Simile tarred.
"I never played poker," began Mr.
Shonts, "but" ,
"Now let's not get p"ker Into this
thing," interrupted Mr. Moss, which led
Mr. Shouts to explain that the letter
left the hiibwiiys In a position where both
sides had to start over again,
Seveial Morgdit letin were Intro,
duceil. In one of them Mr. Morgan en
Iom'iI clipping:! from the Potf and Tiik
Sun md 111 . onneciioii with them advised
Mr. Shon's Hint It was not wlsu for lb
Inteiiiiprough u avpear 1.1 be "sjihwsy
hunting" in Julj. tail, .Mr, Peppmiu.in,
for Mr Shonts, replied tint he had
learifd thai the writer of Hie 'of ar
ticle hud learned fropt statements em
anating from the Mayor's offlca that the
Interhorough might operate all tha sub
ways In Manhattan and The Ilronx.
"When wns the lort time you saw Mr.
I'rendergast?" asked Mr. Mosh suddenly.
"On Monday after t testified here. I
saw hhn ut his office."
"Didn't you go there to-day?"
"Yes, to put my coat there. I didn't
see him, though."
standard Oll'a Offer.
William H. ttlllson's testimony about
the 1500,000,000 "Standard Oil offer"
seemed Interesting to the Thompson
committee, but Mr, Ilarknesa flattened
it somewhat when he wan called to the
sin ml In the afternoon. Mr. Wilson
teetltle.l that a Di. W. J. Pollock of
160 Itroadwuy and a Mr. Alexander, who
sold they represented Standard Oil In
terests, came to him on the Introduction
of 11 city official In August, 1911, with
a ptopoeltton to Invest 1200,000,000 In
s"hwavs on a percentago Iwsls of 10, 12
i.w 1.". per cent. Mr. Kltlson talked It over
with Mayor Uaynor and then brought
the two men to see tlie Mayor on Au
gust IT.. 1911. Tho Mayor, he said,
thought such a proposition would not be
legal and finally suggested, "though,"
said Mr. i:illon, "I did not think he
meant It seriously." that tho two men
lend tho money to the Interborough to
extend Its own lines. Mr. Kltlson Mild
later that ho considered the "offer" bona
IlJe, but that there was no question of
compensation about Hie. matter at nil.
When Mr. Harkties.i took the stand he
testified llrst about the conference at
the Wlllcox home on the night of March
22, when the Shouts unsigned "offer"
was discussed and, as he understood It,
agreed upon. He said the Dr. Pollock
referred to by Mr. Kittson was referred
to. him by Chairman Wlllcox's secretary, j
Mr. HnrknesH In turn referred the 111 1 11
to Mr. McAneny. He said Pollock told
him that "Mr. Davison" told hint he
could have all the money he wanted.
Mr. Darkness admitted that he took little
Interest In the proposition, that he dll
not think there was any substance be
hind it.
City Fared Well. Wllleoi aa.
Former Chairman Wlllcox. who waa
n witness at the morning session, re
viewed his early negotiations with Mr.
Shonts prior to and beyond the "offer"
of March 22. He said he was satisfied
that the city got the best contract ever
made by It In the dual contracts. Sen
ator Thompson took exception to that
statement and Mr. Wlllcox and he en
tered Into a long debate upon the sub
ject. Mr. Mosh called attention to the
fact that a few weeks ago Mr. Wlllcox
used "the Ananias teim" as applied to
Senator Thampson's statement that he
was connected with the Interborough na
the successor to James U Quackenbush,
counsel to the company.
Mr. Moss Insisted that Senator Thomp
so might have referred to the Consoli
dated C.as Company, for which Mr. Wlll
cox appeared lu the company's applica
tion for a 1 50.000,000 bond Issue hefory
the Public Service Commission. Mr.
Moss advised Mr. Wlllcox that people
who are hurling "liars" at the committee
might find themselves In trouble. Mr.
Wlllcox said he was able to take caic
of himself In any statements he made
and did not proposo to have Mr. Moss
read hint any lectures.
Henry H. Seaman, formerly chief en
gineer of the Public Service Commission.
. j 1 1 . . 1 ti 1 hi. xtitnil In the after
noon to make a statement In reply to 1
a statement auriuuieu 10 ..ir. " mvu.
taut week In which the former chairman
was quoted us saying. "Mr. Seaman could
not c-..t j lone with anv bureau or de
partment of the commission" and there
fore quit.
teaman Denies Wlllcos Cksrgr,
"This statement." .tald Mr. Seaman.
"j false and cowardly and H appar
ently Inspired either by anger or by
fear."
Mr. Seaman denied he had trouble
with any bureau or department. He
said for six months he did the work
of four busy men und was refused help
which he requested from the commis
sion. A condition confronted the Com
missioners, he eald. which mads them
very anxious.
A subway waa designed with pipe
galleries at an estimated cost of tll.-
OOO.ooo. When the commission recog
nized Its failure to protierlv"1 revise tha
plans, said Mr. Seaman, It endeavored
tu foist this failure on tho chief en
gineer "and suggested that he stultify
h'o'self by a false recommendation for
adoption of the plan" The l.te i,..r
! icnl'slon at that time, hH
added, was an "accumulation of estab-ll-hed
fact-."
Formrr Horough President lleorge
McAneii. who a chairman of the
Transit Committee of the Hoard f Ks
timate when the dual contracts wer
, L.i and adopted, added his de
mand upon SeiiHtor Thompson yesterday
tu b, heal d by the committee. Inasmuch
as he supposed he w.ut Included by the
Senator when, the latter remarked that
If .ertaln iersoiis would come out In the
open the work of the Thompson com
mittee would b" lessened. Mr. McAneny
ri-ited his fruitless efforts to bo heard
and wrote:
"I must now al that you call me
formally aM a witness and that I be
given proper opportunity to present such
Information as I huvo with relation to I
the dual contracts or anything that 1
may concern them. The presentation of 1
authoratlvo Information from what
ever rource cannot fall to remove In 1
sonio degree the outrageously false Im
pression that many of the jeople of the i
il have revived not only ,ih to the
character of the contracts', but the means
through whl.-h they were developed,"
The committee will resume lis hear
ings at noon to-day,
NUTTY'S NAME NOW NUTLEY.
Inanranrr Agent Telia Conrt He
Object to Rldlrate.
John David Nutty, an Insurance agent
of ti7 West U6th street, got permission
from Supreme Court Justice Cavegan
jesterday to change his name to ,'utej
Nutty told the court that In his business
ho was subjected to much ridicule because I
of tho slang use now made of the word
"nutlj," and said he believed he would 1
be Pencilled financially by the change. j
Supreme Court Justice Ford refused 1
jesterday lo permit Aaron Demschofsky '
to change his name to Denmaii becaus. , .
he sabt It would disguise both the pell- '
tinner h rare ami religion, and there was
no legal Justification for n change on
inch grounds.
When the late .Major t Iaynor was on
the bench he ruled that there was no lav
prohibiting a man tnm taking any name
lie chose without getting the permission
of the court, and said that (he only re
qulrement of a change of name was that
it should be done In good faith, Other
Judges have followed this ruling.
Maa-aslne Pohllshere Freed.
i:illnge F. Warner of 34 Hast Fifty
eighth street, Kdmnnd Searing of 404
Hlverslde Drive and Irving T. Mjers of
IMImm Manor, N. Y publishers of the
orltlciiiie magazine, who were arrested
by agents of the Vice Society on Jan
uary 7, were discharged yesterday In
Special Sessions, It wnt charged that
some of the stories contained In. the
February Issue of the nugailue were
Improper.
To Hasten flare Marder Trial.
James .1. Clare, Queens politician,
charged with beating Ills wife, Mrs. Id.t
Clare, to death to his hotel at Ixmg Ishuid
City Pi Ida y of hud week, pleaded not
gulltj yesterday to an Indictment charg.
Ing murder hi the flnst degree before
Justice Benedict In the Queens County
Supremo Court. District Attorney
O'Leary will muke application to tiava
the trial held tarty next month.
PRESIDENCY BEE BUZZES
IN LETTERS OF GAYNOR
Thompson Committee Digs Up Correspondence Show
ing Late Mayor's Aspirations in 1912 Shonts
and Freedman Figure in the Epistles.
The Thompson legislative Inquirers
not a visionary glimpse of the Into Mayor
Oaynor as his own "secretary lunatlco"
yesterday harking back to the testimony
of Mlrabeau Towns when Frank
Moss, counsel to the committee, read Into
tho record correspondence which passed
between Mr. flayuor nnd William F.
Clark, formerly secretary of (iov. Sulzcr's
committee of Inquiry, who In 1912 tried
to Interest the Mayor In a political pub
licity campaign with Oiiynor's Presiden
tial bee In mind. Tho correspondence
had virtually nothing to do with the
subway matters before the Thompson
committee except that reference was
made In some of the letters to President
Shouts of the Interborough nnd tu the
late Andrew Fieedman ns a "sincere
friend" of the Mayor,
The letters which Mr. Mos tend were
some of those which the committee's In
vestigators obtained In their search of
the Uaynor flies In the City Hall cellar a
few das ngo. President Shunts, who
was on the stntid when they were read,
said he did not recall Mr. Clark's activi
ties In the matters mentioned. Mr.
Clark, by the way, has nursed various
political booms over n period of n quar
ter of a century. During the SuUer ad
ministration he was referted to as secre.
tary to the Governor's "houseeleanlng
commission." He also .figured In the In
quiry Into the escape of Harry K. Thaw
from Matteawan,
The correspondence between him nnd
the Mayor follows:
This letter was written on the sta
tionery of "Cosmogniphlc."
"March I, 1912.
".Mr Deaii Mr, Mayok:
"No one holding a city iosltlon should
be mixed up In national tiolltics. They
ate bound to do something to hurt your
Presidential prospects. The lierard In
cident Illustrates their lack of tact, to
use no harder term. This Is a big game,
nnd It ian'1 be siicceslully plated by
small men. You should Instruct Adam
son. Wiiton mid the othi r gentlemen
who have leen lollertlng funds to quit.
Hearst has a leport of every move they
have made. They mean well, no doubt,
but they are only making It more diffi
cult for your real friends to do the work
lu the South and West that will be nee.
esary to give you the proper standing In
the national convention."
The Mayor replied as follows:
"March :.. 1S12.
"Dr.Ar. Mr, Clark: I think ou aie
entirely mistaken in Kiting tli.it .Mr
Adamson, Mr Wat.mii or any one mound
me ! collecting inoi.fv I ,-aiinot credit
It A for the 'i.eriirl incident,' I trust
thai vou do not lellevv that 1 sat down
to lunch with him and asked hhn for
money. I neref sat down with him In
my life, nor have I any intlmucy with'
hhn whatever. I fear you are rather'
credulous In this Instance. If necessary ;
I shall Issue a statement that no one
I' authorized to collect any money In
my behalf."
Mr Clark wrote Mayor Caynor again
on May 14 as follows
"Mr Dear Ml!. Mav on A brisk news. .
paper campaign would I'm sure hasten J
along the subway negotiation. I did j
this work tieforc and I am sure If you I
would say the word to Mr. Shonts for mo i
another campaign would be Inaugurated.
The only way to get the New York pub
lic to Understand anything Is to keep
hammering away in the newspapers on
the right lines. AH your newiapcr
friends would Is- benefited, ami I know
that It would be very pleasing to your
friend C. F. M."
To this the Mayor wrote;
"May 15, 1?12.
"DEAn Mr. O.Ar.K : 1 should think the
Interborough would bo glad to have you
exploit the subway business. Of course
I have no funds for the purpose. Hut I
think the whole thing now It. about
settled."
The next letter was this:
"Ma 20, 1?12.
"Mt Dkah Mr, Mator:
"I have suggested to Mr. Snouts that
If he wanted to knew anv thine about my
newsipsper or ptdltlc.it ability ho might
Inquire personally of you. This Is tho
time for a quick, decisive, newspaper
umn.leti tint tyf Hie itiitetlt tnettli'let,
plate variety, but one putting you In
touch with every political writer In the
country. Tills Is what I can do through
tny bureau."
Apparently the Mavor tnadetpo reply
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(icWKt.in I'cvttv. I'li.vi'it.s, ,n collect mn of rcprccnl.t-
tiw xictr l) lint 1 1 1 writer. $1.50 $1.34
"- .And Other Poets," ry iouii Unltmtytt. 51.25 $1.12
"To-day ;inil To-morrow." iyChatUs Hanson Tount. 51,00 .89
"The Mnn AKmrbt the Skv," ey EJuin AtUntfon
Roblnian. $1.00 ,89
" Hart h and New Harth." h CaU Youn Ritt. S1.J5 $1,12
Toeilis." ry William RutUt Yeati. 51,75 $1.58
"A Soliloquy of Life," h F.Juin UtifrttJ. .75 ,68
"Good Friday and Oilier I'cvnis," hyjohn Mastfitli. 51. J5 $1.12
"North of Boston." Jy Robtrlh'tost. 5t.J5 $1.12
'Jiworil Hlailes and t'opny heed,
Mpoon
River Anthology,
ry
cloth.
"Spoon Piver
leather.
Antholosy,"
ry
"The Cup of Comii-e,'
h MaJlson
"The LatlRhiHK Mum?." y Arthur
by
"The Shoes of Happine.vs," by EJuin Martyim.
"f'oem," hi Dana Burnett.
"Allies and Sn.lfks." bu Richard lYlihtman.
"The Little Rook of American Poet.s." by Jessie Ritten
muse.
" M.lrriatro Cvi-lf." bu AUrt Fmman
Sours of the New Ago." by jomet Opfxnheim.
Songs from'the Clay." by James Stephens.
Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke."
The Listeners." by Walter Dt La Mare.
A Glimpse of God," by Ethel Rlatkuell Robinion.
Poems. ' by Emllt Verhaeren.
i ::
Songs to Save a Soul," by Irene R.
"'(he Songs of Hugh Glass." by JohnC.Seihnrat
"Profiles." by Arthur Ketchum.
"Dreams and Dust." by Don Martuis,
Msrj'i- Main Kloor,
to this, for die next one came ftom Mr,
Clark as follows:
"June 3, 1912.
"Mr Dkah Mr.. Match:
"Hun your eye over the enclosed.
There Is nothing In It that every intelli
gent observer of Now York Slate politics
tiocs not know, but I urn afraid that
dreams of success sometimes 4111ft up
politicians, nnd it In Just as well for
those who do not claim to bo polllIciatiH
but mere observers of politics to keep
meir teet on 1110 ground.
"Now If you are nominated for Presi
dent we want ttie Independent vote. If
you arc nominated for Coventor run
ning as you will on 11 separate ballot
this year we want tho Independent vol..
The way to get this vote Is to organize
now and go after It. I spoke to some of
your friends men whom you have saved
from financial annihilation but they
seem to tne to be more concerned In the
success of T. It. ( Hoot, llyan. Morgan)
than anything else. If they nre going to
give you the old sawdust game at least
let them know thnt you are aware of
their Intentions."
The following waa on the same letter
head, date! the same day, but ut 2:30
P. M. :
"Dear Mn. Matou: Since writing
you this morning I have seen Mr. Freed
nian. lie Is tho only Democrat In the
outtlt and he Is a sincere friend of
jours. He Is going to take the matter
up Hi id I hope he will be able to make
those Ilooseve'.t Republicans understand
that they nie In New York and not
west of the Mississippi now. I want to
keev the out of town papers from now
tuitll June 2J alive with Uaynor Ktortes."
Several months elapsed before Mr.
Clark and Mr. itaynor main exchanged
views. Mr. Clark wrote first:
'Hotel Onondaoa, Syracuse, N. Y.,
"September 2, 1912.
"Dear Mn. Ma Tort: With that army
of Southern gentlemen ,thnt surround
you nothing of this kind should ever
happen. Your letter on the police situa
tion was up to your 1sM efforts. I sup
pose, you have noticed that the Joniliiff
Trlrtirnph Is the only paper that ks
standing by the administration. Where
ate the newspaper friends of yesterday ?
The ones you have been feeding on city
advertising.
"Don't let tiny one hand you tiny bull
on the (lovernorsiiip. lou navent a
chance, und any belated effort would
only revive the painful Baltimore mem
ory, where your alleged friends dragged
a jrc.it name In the dust."
The Mayor did not write again until
February:
"February J5. 1913.
"Devii Mr. Ci.iik : I wish you would
give me a list of those men In the Cor
poration Counsel's ofllce. 1 remember
the Tilrpraph yesterday and shall try to
do w as often as possible."
FAKE HEIR'S LAWYER GUILTY.
tuinniera In Pleading Denies He la
Head of Rig; Pint.
Charles lMwin Summera, lawyer,
writer of moving picture scenarios and
formerly a prosecuting attorney of St
I,ouK pleaded guilty before Suprrme
Court Jutlc Crane In Brooklyn yo ster
day to attempted grand larceny In the
tlrst degree The maximum penalty Is
five tears Imprisonment.
Summers, the tlrst of three prisoners
arrested In connection with an attempt
to obtain the J3.D.5 etstate of the late
Thomas O'Kcefc by producing si fake
heir, denies that ho Is the head and
brains of a widespread conspiracy to dc.
fraud the State out of unclaimed estates,
although frankly admitting that he tried
it once. On that occasion he had Mark
.1 Jordan, a penniless di'tor. pose aa
O'Keefea nephew.
It war hla first false rtep. Summers
asserts. While brooding over lack of
funds, he said, he saw an advertisement
asking for Information alsiut the miss
Ing hel's of the O'Keefe estate. The un
successful attempt to palm off a fake
heir followed.
Summers lived with hit. wife at Ionla,
N. and had a law office In the Knick
erbocker Theatre Building. Another
lawyer. Henry Wolf, who shared the
office with him, wa.s Indicted also. II
Is now in Raymond strict Jail.
Tenant Policeman Dropped,
Policeman rSustav J. So.lerlierg, for
merly attached to the West 100th street
station, who left his post without noti
fying his superiors and reported after a
general alarm had been s"lit out for him,
wa dismissed from the Department yes.
terday by Commissioner Woods. Soder
tsTg put In no defence
Ca.'i ArtrKltent Are TMr Law Price.
i'wiy.HthriikhSl.
h ftmii Loutll. $.JtS $1.12
fctfjar Let Masters
$1.12
EJiat Let Masten-
51.50
51. .25
51.00
51. JO
51. JO
51.25
$1.34
$1.12
.89
$1.08
$1.08
$1.12
$1.12
$1.12
$1.08
.89
$1.12
$1.08
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.89
.89
$1.12
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Cauiln.
Guiterman,
Palmtt
S1.J5
51. 25
51.20
51.00
51.25
51.20
51.00
51.00
51.00
51.25
51.00
51.20
MeLeoJ.
$1.08
Rear, 3.1th street.
1
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EXIT
SAY LYMAN SHIFTED
STOCKS TO RELATIVES
Creditors Chnrgn Transfer of
.925,800 Worth Made He
fore Departure.
A second amended bankruptcy petition
filed yesterday against John (irant Ly
man, now Indicted for using the malls
to defraud by a brokerage business, nl
leges that Just prior to his disappear
ance on February 1 1 ho transferred
stocks valued at $2o,S00 to his wife, his
Infant son, his mother-in-law and others.
The petition Is filed bv Itildolph Ouen
ther, Inc., and the American Multlgrapli
Sales Company, who claim respectively
II.S05 and 17. II alleges that lictween
February 1 and fi Lyman transferred
twenty-six- shares of Standard Oil Com
pany of California stock, worth $7.00,
to his wife, Leonorc : ten shares of Ohio
Oil slock, worth $3,0oi, t. his Infant son.
Ornnt M. Lyman; 100 shares of Fnlted
Flutes Steel common, worth 110,000, to
June Hartman, his mother-in-law, and
ir.,000 to Ixiuls 11. Thotiet. who ran his
brokerage business under the name of
John II. Putnam & Co. at OS Broad
Street.
Lyman had befoie hu night HMH
In cash nnd cheeks, the ietlt!,.n says, of
which $3,.fl0i) came from two banks and
$..,4!t was a certified check of Henskorf,
Lyon Co. lie also had 100 shares of
t'nlted States steel common. When Ly
man was caught In St. Petersburg. F!.i
on February 24 only $13,000 was re
orted found on hhn. but he said he had
13 t.OOf) In nil nnd did not know where
the remaining $10,000 went.
UNKNOWN BREAD LINE GIVER.
Drnranirr fine tu Srr Tom .Merry
and Illek Hrlght.
A prosperous- linking, breezy fort of
person walked Into Tin: Sry free bread
depot In Prince Street the other morning.
"Hello, Torn .Merry," he said, grasping
that Individual by the hand. "1 iw.v.-e
raw you Wore, but I know you are Tom
.uerry wiinout oeinc told, and this Is
Dick Bright." he added.
"Yoll see. 1 im it travelling s.lleunnn
'drummer,' t gue.s, you would call It
anil when I am 011 the toad I always g. t
Tm: Sf.v. I have h-cn reading nil vir.
ter alMiut the br.-nd line. I have been
flown and out a few times tny.ef. you
would not think so Just to loo't nt me
now, would you? Well, I know what It
Is to be hungry. When you are In that
fix you do not want sonio one asking you
a lot of embarrassing questions. You
want something to eat first. 1 like jour
policy of giving bread to nil comers and
no questions asked. I would like, to help
this thing along." Then h paused to
present a bank note.
This gave Tom Merry the first onnor-
tutilty In five minutes to get In a word.
"Whom shall 1 say this Is from?" nskil
Tom.
"What has that got to do with It?"
said the stranger, and, still talking, he
walked out of the shop.
Contributors yesterday were Mrs. Will-
In m F. Issler of Providence. It. 1.. who
enclosed 15 for the bread fund, "with
much sympathy In your work and for
those It Is helping," and M. L. r who
sent II "to provide loaves for the
hungry,"
First thing we know,
Spring's going to "bust right
in our faces."
Then the cutaway comes
into its own and Easter's
not far off, either.
Why pay custom tailors'
prices?
Our cutaways arc made
from identically the same
materials and their fit leaves
nothing to be desired you
judge of that before you buy.
Prices about half a good
tailor's.
One and two-button cut
aways, braided or not, as you
choose. Separate trousers of
striped worsted.
All the requisites for
formal or informal afternoon
and evening wear.
Rogers peet company
Broadway
ut 13th St.
Broadwav
"The
Four
Comers"
ntJ4thSt.
Broadway
at Warren
Fifth Ave.
at 41st St.
Private
Schools
THE SUN maintain1
Mt affleUnt Educational
Bureau.
This eompltta Mtrtea la
absolutely t raa of abarira to
jreu.
Accurate and unbiassed
Information given to all
tnaulreri.
This Mrrlce will prove of
valuable assistance in sa.
letting the proper school
far placing your boy or girl
la writing give tufficTaat
fetalis se tkat Intalliaaat
eaWUe aa k gives.
SCHOOL-COLLEGE
nd CAMP BUREAU
ISO Nassau it. New York
It. J ff- M.
BROADWAY AT
Mmt front Hontom
to J?eto gorfc jHeit
Our commissioners, recently arriving-,
brought with them on the steamers Hal tic
and Noordam fourteen trunks filled with tlie
Latest Drc$$ novelties
Rich silks to be made up into Neckwear,
Lounging Robes and Shirts.
Redlcaf Ties and Robes ready for wear.
Ties in English Regimental stripes and Ties
being worn in London by the Men in Khaki.
New Shirtings of Silk or Madras
Handkerchiefs and Mufflers.
Procured on a quick war-time trip these dress novelties
arc now passed through the Customs and will he placed on
sale today in the Men's Store, Burlington Arcade floor,
Broadway entrance.
Spitalfields
A handful of thrsc rich squares
of silks still being woven in the
Spitalfietds district of London
to be made into ties at $2 to J.6,
according to slinpe.
Macclesfield
A larger collection of these silk
squares in black nnd white nnd
colors to be iniide into ties nt 75c
to $1, iiccordinfi to shape.
The Men in Khaki
nrc wearing ties to match in khaki
?1 uidcs a handful here at St.
Mufflers to match, $5, $8.50, $10.
Rcdleaf Ties, $1
The famous dollnr Redlcaf ties
arc represented by new patterns
in foulards, fancy silks and some
in regimental stripes and shades.
The shape is larger and better than
wc have yet had.
Mourning Ties
Perhaps the heaviest and finest
piece of black satin which has
ever come to this country is brought
over for the cxprrss purpose of mak
ing up mourning ties, $3 and up,
according to shape.
And a Wonderful Special Purcfiasr
Neckties of Messaline from London, 5(h
Jv 1G English Regimental Sir i pea
Happening upon .1.600 yards of messaline in English Rrc-r
Stripes we secured it at a price enabling us to make it up into tV
end four-in-hands nt 50c. We have onlv started their manuf . t ir
you may pick from the original silk and have tics made to voi . .
nt the same price. The stripes nnd colorings arc authentic .ni l
Gordon Highlanders London Scottish
Medical Staff Army Service
London Rifle Thirteenth Ihisv
Forty-second Highlanders And others
Burlington Arcade Moor, Nc B'
NEW YORK'S
PRIVATE
SCHOOLS
tllt .M. VII..S AMI IHIIN.
IHtlMi St I. ii. HAY
IV V sun It Tel. -tsa.v M-lmvlnr.
ll.ivs from il l.i -jo. Ml Drpurtnii'iitn.
. liuiiiK iinl fur lo, iinilrr I V.
ii sit vim m num. tux not m.
hiiliMmi. VVit j '.,! hi. linn. m.i n
nwln all il, Iui-IiiiIIiik ht'y. fiii1) hour.
Tennis Ciiiirli. Atli.ritlil Klml'it tu Collntn.
1r. AIII't NTI-lt'tt M IIOOI. fr HOVH
:in.,HJ vvi.t C.i.l Ave. Tel Pol, i:imi
Thi' Hilli sinr Isicliii, Oi'inWr 4. (Hi)
Clutilour ciiniMt. ;0 lo winter
mviiiHMi t; 'orNriiVMiiorr"
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I. m, lint Colli Hi's, i lymii.i.iiiiii ktui Tenuis
(.'at'ilorfH!- 4'.'.t VtiM llsth Mrcvt.
HsiiNvitn m mini. ir iior'NtTmTii
.Mil' .'i. W TlMliM I'ritliiliiK for lionin
inaki'i-". llrrs,in.iUlnii, il.litiiluK, nillll.
mry. isnikliu, aivoiuiis t,. t'.ti'j He-buy,
Hill II M'.M.S.
IIIK. HlldVVN si IHHII.oririiiiu.Mi
V.i'i U.i , .Hi Mn.i
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NINTH, NEW YORK
New Shirtings
Twenty-five new
madras to be inucle
and $4.
patterns ,
ut) .it 5J it
A collection of exquisite hravv
silks in white nnd patterns h
before shown in this country. Spun
aim. jap. MiK, silk crepes, Kngli-'i
twill and English in.itle Chin i k.
S9, $10, $12, $15 and S.'O rncli.
Lounging Gowns
A number of pieces of Ttisvcr
silk in plain natural color (tun)
with collars, cuffs und lintnr nt
messaline regimental stripes to I
made up for $20.
Heavy Tussor of tan pronnd.
some with stripes, much like
stripes to be made up fot $1 -
Some superb silks from I.ilv
to Ik made up for $25 und 1
Handkerchiefs
and Mufflers
Sports handkerchiefs worn ir, ir-t
the neck by men in khaki ,i i
different kinds St. 50,
Small utile handkrrchtrN in '
or with colored bordrrs- 51.
New Silk mufflers jit white, r"'i"
nnd heather S3, $R f,nd M.
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LANGUAGES
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