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DR. BUTLER POINTS
OUT NATION'S DUTY
Tolls Associated Press Mem
tors Time Is Here to Line
l'p to Ideals.
NATIONAL UNITY IX AIR
About 30 nf the 900 members of the
i,ocUted I'rfKK all of tliem men who
reflect the opinion of the parts of the
country from which they had come
fathered at the Wnldorf-Aatorla yer.ter
dty and held their annual meeting and
lunchron. The meeting wan a matter of
routine buslncus, the reading of reports,
the election of directors, Ac. The lunch
Mn was distinguished by a toast to the
I'resldmt of the United Btates and by
n address delivered by Dr. Nicholas
Murray Butler.
"In this hour of uncertainty as to
what the Immediate future may bring to
un" saUI I'resldent Prank B. Noyes, pro
nouncing the toast, "tve tender our af
frctlotiatp sympathy and our loyal sup
port to the man who by virtue of his
great eflloe Is our spokesman to the
world. Htul who speaks for our rights
and our honor as Hod gives him to see
our rights and our honor.
"It Is our custom at these annual
lithrrlngs to drink but one toast. I
offer It to-dny with a fulti heart. 1 give
you the health of our President Wood
row Wilson."
The grand ballroom of the Waldorf
was comfortably filled with men who
publish newspapers In nearly every State
of the Vnlon when Dr. llutler rose to
deliver the address of the occasion. He
chose as his subject "The Place and the
Responsibilities, of the United States In
, the World To-day."
Sot Sure of National I'nltr.
"At this moment." said he. "with a
world war raging about us and a Presi
dential campaign opening In front of us,
with years full of fate stretched out
btfore us. we are not sure of our na
tional unity of thought and feeling and
purpose because of the presence of dis
integrating elements and forces that
weaken our sense nf unity at home and
which deprive us of the Influence abroad
which attaches to unity at home.
"The grave problem before the Ameri
can people to-day Is that of completing
the process of nation building. It Is
the problem of setting our house In or
der. It Is the problem of subordinating
every personal ambition, every class In
terest and policy, every race attachment
to the one dominant Idea of an America
free, just, powerful, forward facing, that
shall stand out In the history' of nations
11 the name of a people who conceive
the mission and their true greatness to
It In service to mankind.
"We are the Inheritors of a great tra
dition. What poets and philosophers
have dreamed, that we are trying to-day
to do. Our stumblings, our blunders, our
(hortcomlnas are many: but If we keep
our hearts clean and our heads clear, he
tho .a thousand years from now writes
the history of liberty and Justice and
happiness among men will be able to
tell to those far off generations the story
c!the rise and Influence of the American
ration.
"The year 1916 Is but one member of
is Infinite series. Countless aeons have
tone before It. and countless scons will
come after It. The physical forces of
rature will go their way through In
deilnlte time, performing their allotted
functions, obeying their peculiar laws and
undergoing those manifold changes and
transmutations which make up the
heavens and the earth.
Jtatlon'a Opportunity Is 'Sort.
"Not so with the reputation and the
Influence of a nation. Opportunity will
sot knock forever at any door. Jt la
knocking now at the door of the Ameri
can reople. To come to a consciousness
c: national purpose, to come to a con
viction as to wise method and policy at
fcime, to come to an understanding of
the character and aim of an attitude
ward other nations that Is to be main
tained and defended before the face of
a'.l mankind that Is the Imperative and
cornDelllnc duty of this moment.
Resolutions of regret were adopted for
the. death since tho last meeting or tne
Associated Tress of Charles W. Knapp,
Herman Ttldder and William Tt. Nelson.
At the annual meeting the following di
rectors were elected:
Charles A. Itook. Pittsburg Dispatch;
Charles Hopkins Clark, Hartford Cour
est; Clark Howell. Atlanta Constitution:
V P. McClatchy. Sacramento Bee; Kl-
Mrt H. Baker, Cleveland Plnfn Dealer;
Oswald Garrison Vlllard, New York
Ei-ilito 7'osf.
The following advisory boards and
committees were elected:
KA8TER..V DIVISION.
Advisory Hoard Theodore Bodenwein,
New London Vny; Edward Buxton, Jr.,
rrovweniv iluuetin; George I.. Cooper,
.New ork Evrntna Tclearam: Walter K.
Ijmer, Ite.idlng Xeu-t-Time$; Joseph
Bancroft, Wilmington, Del., Evtryt Eve
mug.
Nominating Committee A. P. Moore,
r.ttsburi- .coder; William H. Dow, Port
land, Me, h'mresi and Advertiser.
Audltlns Committee E. K. Smith,
asr.aen. Conn , llccord.
BOt'TIIER.V DIVISION.
Alvlwry Board James It. (Jray, At
lar.ta Journal; II. C. Adlcr. Chattanooga
JWa, M, k. Poster, Houston Chronicle;
Bruce Haldeman. Louisville Courier.
Journal; Hubert Bwlng, New Orleans
uiV btatcs.
Nominating Committee F. . Bell,
'avannah A tic; J, M. Thomson, New
Orltarn Item.
Auditing Committee Frederick I.
nompson, .Mobile Register.
CBN'TnAt, DIVISION,
Advisory Board E. P. Adler, Daven
Srt, la., Times; J. I., sturtevant, Wau
$. Wis, Ilecord-Herald; A. C. Kelfer,
Terrs llause Tribune; P. E. Burton, Jop
". Mo, Scwllerald; J, C. Seacrest.
ncoln. Neb., Journal.
Vominatlng Committee If. V. Jones,
einneapons Journal; C. O. Marquis,
H.oomlnston. III.. Pantograph.
Auditing Committee O. D. Branden
Jff, Madison, Wis., Democrat.
WKJTKH.V PIVIHIO.V.
vnwory uoaru M, II, De Voung, Kan
,mneii ciroilc(e; A. N. McKay, Salt
v-uy irtounc; ,s. A. Perkins, Ta
Jia I.xlmr; J. a Knowland, Oakland,
' i . Tribune; Scott C. Bone, Seattle
"''iiirliffloicrr.
i.:NV?",,M"ns (;mmlttee. E. II. Callls-
n ''k'' cll' Htrald.Rcpubllcan;
II Hl'theii, Seattle rCiurs.
AudlllriK Committee John F. Carroll,
lortiand, Ore., Telegram.
HAS 4TH CASABIAN BIRTH.
'Three of Marten-., u
'en Survive and Do Wrll.
AHTrni:n, April 25. For the fourth
I'..! l,.h"1 t,eytn 'car Anna
i t er, of n8 Canton tTtet lhj1 (.J.i
r. y, ""cwanfully underwent the
in. l"','tlon operation and both
in tnother and her baby girl show no III
it .1"' ,rh "Peratlon was performed
ths Hartford Hospital by Dr. T.
Uton Cheater.
Surgeon, while conceding Chat medl-
"''"' 's oi one woman who whs
ywrau,) ,m Feven Umtt Kliy 1Jr)
(rSa f'uKa u u nr.Kirf.nl lH .hi-
,lTJ Mrs. Peters' first Csesarlan
. i V" wa" periormed at a iloston
"'Pltal In 109, and although she re
wered her child died. The three other
rations iuve been performed by Dr.
w. . the "artford Hospital and
"J two boys and girl r allvs and
TIFFANY & CO. SHARES $7,683,
VALUE PLACED BY STATE
Appraisal of Charles M. Moore's Estate Shows Paris
Manager Held Fifty
Divide $1,416,087
The estate of Charles M. Moor, for
many years manager of the Paris branch
of Tiffany Co., who died In Algiers on
March 30, 1914, was valued yesterday toy
Transfer Tax Appraiser Charles Hweeney
at $1,416,087. One of the assets of the
estate was a block of fifty shares of Tif
fany stock, which received the highest
valuation ever made for the stock, $7,683
a share.
The Moore estate contended that the
stock was worth only $4,900 a share and
Harry H. Treadwell, secretary and as
slstant treasurer of the company, said In
an nffldavlt that a block of fifty shares
could not be sold for more than $5,000
a snare. Tiie par value Is $1,000. The
total stock outstanding Is 2,390 shares,
of which 183 shares are owned by the
company.
Mr. Moore's will gave to his wife,
Louise Harjcs Moore, $792,151 and $132.
525 each to four daughters, Agnes Moore
Alaux. Millie Moore Cauderay, Ixulso
and Hilda Moore. A trust fund of
$23,000 was left for the benetlt of the
widow and two brothers of Mr. Moore.
Mr. Moore owned stocks worth $1,369,
601, the largest holdings other than the
Tiffany stock being 6.300 xharcs United
Stntes Steel common, $333,900; 700
shares United States Steel preferred,
$76,630; 2.S60 shares General Electric,
$413,270, and 400 shares Great Northern
preferred, $40,320.
Appraiser Sweeney based his valuation
of the Tiffany stock on an affidavit by
Secretary Treadwell stating that the
total assets of the company nt the time
of Mr. Moore's death were $18,923,673,
of which $12,171,488 was the Inventory
valuo of the company's goods In New
York, London and Paris, and $1,007,582
cash In banks nnd on hand. There were
deductions of $5,776,212, of which $772,
45u was the dividend declared on 2,207
shares of stock, and $4,402,463 was set
aside for depreciation of Inventory, bad
debts, losses by theft, Ac
The earnings for seven years preceding
1914 were $7,544,319, making average
earnings of $1,077,759 a year. The
earnings for 1915 were only 610,394,
due to the effect of the European war
on the business of the Paris and London
branches. The Paris business dwindled
almost to nothing and the London busi
ness dropped off to a large extent.
Mr. Treadwell stated that the divi
dends paid from 1908 to 1914 were at
the following rate: 1908 to 1910, 25 per
cent.; 1911, 35 percent.: 1912 and 1913,
40 tier cent.: 1914, 35 per cent., and
1915, 25 per cent. Thesularles paid to
officers ranged from $166,000 In 1913
and 1914 to $146,833 In 1915.
SAYS HER MOTHER DRINKS.
Miss Crawford, Heiress, Asks
Change of fiaardlaaa.
Miss F. Marlon Crawford of 111 West
143d street, daughter of Frank Craw
ford, who died two years ago. applied
In the Surrogate's Court yesterday to
have her mother, Mrs. Mary Walsh
Crawford of 664 St. Nicholas avenue,
removed as her general guardian and
asked that her uncle, John H. Crawford
of 418 Central Park West, be appointed
Instead. Miss Crawford Is living with
friends, from whom she sought shelter
Inst November, when, she says, her
mower turned ner out.
The will of Miss Crawford's father set
aside a trust fund of $10,000, the Income
tn be paid to her until she Is 25, when
she gets the principal. Giving her rea
SEEKS BIG ESTATE
AND DIVORCE ALSO
Lamar Washington's Secret
Suit Bared by Wife's Demand
to Have Name Cleared.
Henry James Uniar Washington,
whose marriage In 1908 to Miss Lucille
Margaret Graves Osborne caused the
executors under the will of his uncle and
foster father, Henry J. Lamar of Macon,
O.I., to refuse to pay him one-sixth of the
JSOO.OOO estate, brought suit secretly
here for a divorce several weeks ngo.
The case probably would have re
mained a secret and might never have
been tried had It not been for the In
sistence of Mrs. Washington and her
counsel that the charge against her be
sifted In court. She alleges that she has
been the victim of an effort by her hus
band to free himself of her, with possible
effect on his contest over his uncle's
estate. . .
The plaintiff, who calls himself Lamar
Washington, Is the son of Col. W. H.
Washington of Nashville, Tenn., one of
the best known attorneys In Tennessee,
who was counsel for the Coopers when
they were tried for killing Senator Car
mack. It has been stated In court pro
ceedlngs that Henry J. Lamar took Col.
Washington's son upon the death of his
-i.... ,1.- n-ir nt Col. Washington, at
oleic, ...... I. , .
which time the boy was 21 months old,
and that iio.uuu was p "
'"This has been denied by Mrs. Valerie
Lamar Hsrrlss, wife of Dr. John A. Har-
rlss, president or the international -nrnio
and Fuse Company, who was alleged to
....- .Ivor. Iha teatlmnnv. Mrs. Har-
rlss, who died a few days ago, was th
aunt of Lamar waaningion, aim n i
said that ha will receive u largo smri
of her estate. r tl
Under the will or iienry j. mniw. in
adopted son was to get one-sixth of the
i.. .... niulitlnn that his mar
riage was pleasing to his aunt, Julia
Lamar, one or ine ewcuiiiin.
riage to Miss Osborne, daughter of Mr.
, t. imirt A Dnhornn of the An-
sonla' Hotel, took place at the Ilutgers
Presbyterian unurcn on juhu to,
tt- it.u-i,lff4fiti InalRterl that his aunt
' . i m A.i ,.-i,i, tt,- tiintnh anil thnt
WHS nllll"i "i.i, ...
she congratulated him. but Miss Lamar
denied It ana wiinneiu nm . "
estate. He sued for It and the caso was
tried in 1911. resulting In a disagree
ment by the Jury. .....
It Was leameil yrniuruny iimv nuci
Mrs. Washington had served on her litis.
n..n-n-w aftlHuvltn In nil unnll-
.-tlon for .lllmon:' efforts were miulx
In behalf or tne nusniuiu m nmn mu
caso dropped. The alimony application
waM withdrawn, and no paper was filed
In court until yesterday, when Griggs,
Baldwin Baldwin, counsel for Mrs.
Washington, tiled a notice of trial and
. i ... tl.ut un ttrtnllrAtlon for
servcu nuum t' J V .,
alimony would be made before Justice
Delehanty this morning, when Mrs.
Washington will tell of her decision to
have her name cleared of the charges
against her.
P. ft, V. In w OtBces.
mm.- Tint.il, HervirA Commission mm.
pleted yesterday Its moving to the
Kquitabls Building. The executive offices
will ! on the twenty-fifth floor. For
th present hearings will still fee held In
th meeting room of the commission nn
th third noor or ir.e irioune rsunatng.
Widow and Daughters
His Other Holdings.
sons for asking her mother's removal,
Miss Crawford said:
"Your petitioner's mother Is an exces
sive user of Intoxicating liquors and Is
constantly under the Influence thereof.
She Is absent from her apartment a great
part of the time and returns there very
late In the evening. While your peti
tioner lived with her mother she was of
ten compelled to go hungry or obtain
food from the neighbors, on many oc
casions no food being furnished In the
apartment for days at a time."
She says she has received no aid from
her mother since last October.
The case will be heard Friday.
FIGHTS JOY FUNERAL WILE.
iernhardt's Widow Says Odd -
qaesls fthovr TJnsonnd Mind.
Wiiitb Plains, N. Y., April 25. Ob
jections were filed to-day by Mrs. Caro
line I Qernhardt to the probate of the
will of her husband, William Oernhardt
of Yonkers. liefnuaA nf th Birin
quests that he made.
Oernhardt was a member of the Ton
Iters Teutonla and directed that every
member who attended his funeral should
receive $3 for tho time he lost from his
work. Ho also ordered that $200 be set
aside for a band for the funeral and for
refreshments for all hands after return
ing from the cemetery.
Tho widow sets forth that her hue
band 'as not of sound mind and mem
ory and that the execution of the will
wns not his sane or voluntary act. He
left an estate valued at $26,000.
7,000,000 Itead Will Probated.
White Plains, April 25. The will of
the late William A. Head of Purchase,
who left an estate estimated to be worth
$7,000,000, was admitted to probate to
day. John J. Ackerman of White Plntns
was named as special guardian for the
children, while George W. Wlckersham
and the widow were made general
guardians. ,
Mrs. Schuyler Left l,Oft!l,RtT.
White Plains, April 25. The np
pr.ilsal of the estate of the late liar
rlet I.. Schuyler, widow of Oen. .Schuy
ler of Irvlngton, shows that she left
property valued at $l,055,597.3fi. The
State will receive nn Inheritance tax
amounting to $S.000. Two daughters,
Marlon Ijincdon Carroll and Anna I..
Townsend, Inherit the property.
WILLS AND APPRAISALS.
iM.,.,i?Ui,r.A,,v L "EWI.F.TT. who ,le, i
... us rruruarr i IBM. irrt Ht)
;;ut of 957.091 to her ion, Wrlcht I.
Hewlett
,.'l?IV?u7 '- :'KK' who I'ebrmry
it. im. Ifft nn rntatB of J36,;t3. l,
CAVe lh ntlr- a-,-. .. i -
phliie I'Ulborne I.ee. He had I8i!f0 In'
In eecurllle..
Mil.-, FANNIK SAI.OMONSKV, nho died
In llrooaljri, .August :. ISS4, left an e.
VSt0.rf-ltl-ofl0. I'Ul her will, .latert May
.1, 1M.. not Med for jrobte unrll
.'"?rd?v Th' surviving helr are Mr
Annie llo.ent.Aum and Klla falonrkv. els.
ter of the tetiatrlx
luvtM It L'tv.j-. -
- . ii. rv,... uii. mno uiPd April
: lait at $12 Fifth avenue, l,.ft ,tn ...
tate of nvire than I100.D0O. He cae to
1 '' " .'J',l.,5hl'r:..Jr'",n' Kln- 'e property
i at 29 Net Fiftieth street, all huueehol'l
........ M nun iunu to yjeia a&.OOO a
year, the principal of which h may .11.
nn nf In t.a- will i'.ii,-.. '
I ernploe of the ilece.lent. sot ti.non far
erlee and prrson.il work" The r.-Mu.
ary e.tnte Ohldeil amnnir the two
daughter.. Jeanne ,,n.l Ituth King, nn.l
Horothy King Flagg, and the ,on. Van
I Henseelaer C, King.
WIFE ORDERED TO GET
OUT OF DOCTOR'S HOME
Mrs. Landes Also Directed to
Hemove Kitchen Ranjre
From Husband's Office.
Giving them till May 2 to rrmove
their persons from tho home of I)r.
Ivonard Landes and n kitchen range
from his office, Magistrate Murphy In
Torkvllle court ngaln vesierdnv art.
Journed the peculiar suit brought hv th.
doctor against his wife, Augusta, nnd
her twenty-one-year-old son, Bernard.
Dr. Landes, who obtained n summon.)
charging both with disorderly conduct.
conienas mat neither has anv right In
his horns at 140 East Twenty-second
street and that his office business hn
been seriously Interfered with hv the
Installation there of n kitchen mnge.
The trouble dates back to Kcntemher
1913, when the doctor and his wife, who
had been married eighteen years, had n
disagreement and decided to senar.ite
At that time the doctor gave his wife
some property and agreed to pay her
JtO ft week. She and her son went to
live elsewhere.
Last May financial trouble came to
Dr. Landes and ho notified his wife
that he would he able to pay her only
20 a week until his affairs could he
adjusted. She refused to accent thnt
allowance and begnn proceedings Against
mm in ane courts. Action to determine
alimony Is now pending.
When Dr, Landes nnd his wife were
married he bought the house nt 1 40
Kast Twenty.second street and listed
the property Jointly In her name and
his. It Is said, however, that nn agree
ment waB drawn up between them to
the effect that the wife hnd no claim
on thn nrnnertv Hit uft .v.-
death. After the wife and son took pos
session oi ino nouss recently Dr. Lundee.
uuuru ma action on tins alleged agree
ment. Mrs. Landrs's attorney, Frank W
Moxley, was heiird by court attendants
ailvlstnt? Mr-q. I.finrlnu In I.. I.. ...
" ... ivtutii jiuefti-o-
sion of the house nnd defy the order of
mo iimri in vacate ny tne time the
case was called on May 2. Magistrate
Muiphy, learning of this, called tho law
yer buck and severely reprimanded
him.
SORE TOOTH AIDS A WIFE.
Sirs, Ralph Morgan to Have Her
Day In Court.
Because un ulcerated tooth prevented
her appearance u court when her hus.
band's divorce suit was called for trial
Mrs. Margaret Ryan Morgan will have
another opportunity to prove In the au
preme Court that she was the victim of
a consplrany engineered by her husband,
Ralph C. Morgan, a broker, to divorce
her.
Ths case was called before Justice
Weeks two weeks ago, and when she and
her attorney did nut appear th tesii.
inony was taken and a decree granted
by default. She explained tn Justice
liatxek yesterday that the ulcerated
tooth kept her home nnd will now have
her day IJ court.
THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1916.
GHOOIK 4Vj AND
8AFITT
Oar Tax Exempt Guaranteed
rtrtt Mirum rartklBAtJan
GerrJIcataa yield Income
dear.
They tmaMe jm t kmat any
ran witfeMt erpasM aatf km
the lnteraft rawnnaice laune
dlately.
They art aecand by a wpeetAc
dnaranteed first mort0e.
No tnvntor tuu tvtr lott m dtllar
Capital G Snrplm. $10,000,000
17Biy,N.T. 17flanentt..B'klra,
MO raKta at. Jaauica.
GIBSON, FIGHTING OWN
CASE, LOSES DECISION
Court of Appeals Sustains
Lart'cny Verdict of the
Lower Court.
Aluant, Atprtl 2B. Burton J. Gibson,
tho New York lawyer who argued his
own sppeal before the Court of Appeals,
uus not sustained by the court In a de
cision handed down to-day. Gibson
was convicted of grand larceny In tho
srttlemet.t of tho estate of Mrs. Iluscna
vM. Slab.) In Orange county and the
Court of Aiitoals afflrniM the conviction
found In the lower courts. Gibson also
was tried twice for the murder of Mrs.
Szaho. Tho opinion of the Court of Ap
peals was written by Chief Judge Hart
Ictt. Soon after Mrs. Pzaho was drowned
In Greenwood Lake throush the over
turning of the boat In which Gibson had
taken her for a row Gibson, named as
the exccsitor In her will which be had
hlmer drawn, presented the will for
probate, with a waiver of citation nnd
tonent to tho probate signed by the
dead woman's mother Thl gave him
possession of about $11,000 of her eslate
which he deposited to his own credit.
Gibson, nrgtilrsr his own rase In the
Court of Appeals contended that the In-
dlctment was defective and that he has
never been levnlly deprived of his control
over the funds of the estate.
The opinion of the court says. "The
Indictment Is good. The only iiiet!on
which we deem It neces.iry to illsciis
relates to th. demand by the DItrlct At
torney upon the defendant th.it he pro
duce a document alleged to have been
served upon him calling upon him to re
store the funds misappropriated Gllnon
had been removed as executor and tin
Austrian Conul had been appointed ad
ministrator with the will annexed anil
he mad. n demand upon Gibson for a re
turn of thn loot.
"The District Attorney attempted to
have that paper produced uon the trial
and asKe.l defendint's counsel whether
he had that paper nils was objected
to by dt fondant as a tranKreslon of his
constitutional rights, and after heated
illscusflon the court directed the Jury to
disregard the matter."
This direction cured th error, but
Chief Justice Hartlett's opinion eas:
"The practice, howew r, of calling upon
defendants In crlmlnul cases to produce
Incriminating pipers alleged to be In
their possession Is ro frequently adopted
by zealous prosecutors and Is so objec
tionable that wis take thl occ.ilon to ex
press our disapproval thrisf "
GAMBLING CHARGE UPHELD.
Injunction Protection Thomas F.
Doliill A ssnelntloii l Ili-nlrd.
That the police raided the quarters of
the Thomas F. Dolau Association tu
West Thlrt) -sixth street a.s a gambling
hniihp on tlm complaint of a woni.in
whoie husband, she said, lost money
thcr became known In the Supreme
Court jesterday when Justice liatzck
refused to grant nn application fur an
Injunction restraining the police from
Interfering with the place
Police Inspector lloland told the court
that af'er the woman had untitled him
that she mill a private detective had
trailed her husband to the Dolan Aso
clatlon clubhouse w. had one of his men
get the necessary evidence.
1
Budweiser Is
r OOMES only from the blended and
ripened juices of the best Northern
Barley and the finest tonic Saazer
Hops. Americans who have globe
trotted the world say, "BUDWHSETCS
Quality; Purity, Mildness and exclusive
Saazer Hop Flavor arjg always the same
no matter whether you drink it in Hong
Kong or in its home town ways the
same uniform BUDWEISER always
in a class by itself."
"aNHEUSHI-DUSCH ST.LOU1S.US.A.
MMo SlUuia art rourtroudy Invited sa inspect our plant
covert 141 acres.
Budweiser
Means Moderation
On Sak Everyvvhers. Fanltlei supplied by Groctri and Retailm.
Anheuacf'Buich Afency, Distributors. New York, N. Y.
STATE GETS VERDICT
IN HIGHWAY FRAUD
Woodbury Wins Suit, Against
Firm of Hoad Con
tractors. OTHER ACTIONS PENDING
AI.HANT, April 25. For the purpose of
recovering for the State the moneys
which various Investigators In the last
few years claim was obtained by fraud
In the construction of State highways,
Altorneiy-General Woodbury has Insti
tuted a scries of civil suits against ft
number nf road contractors.
Tim first suit wns ended to-day with
tho receipt nf n check for 14,137 from
tho firm of Flood & Vanwirt. which con
structed tho Lake George-Bolton Landing
road. This payment represented a Judg
ment won by the Attorney-General after
a trial In which tho contractors were
charged with conspiring with the State's
Inspectors to cheat the State.
Another check for f 8,262 was received
from the Mnhonk Contracting Company,
which pleaded guilty to defrauding the
Slate In the construction of th Cana
Joharlo ro.ul In Montgomery county.
Attorney-General Woodbury to-night
directed Deputy Attorney-General Wllher
w. Chambers to press to trial actions
for the recovery of approximately $100.
000 on four contracts In Suffolk county.
The Stato seeks to recover lfit.000. Civil
suits will be Instituted against the con
tractors and criminal actions are also
pending.
Another action which Deputy Chambers
Is preparing for trial Ls to recover $17,000
on roads In lloekland county built by
Bart Dunn and other contractors. The
suit against the J. J. llerllhy Company
of Glens Falls to recover $H,75t, alleged
to have been obtained through fraud In
connection with the cons ruction of the
Glens Falls. l.akn George road, will be
tried next month.
"The action against the Flood & Van.
wlrt Company was In the nature of n
test, being the flrst of Its kind ever tried
In the courts of thin State.' snld Attorney-General
Woodbury "It furnished a
precedent for the several other civil
suits against contractors which Mr.
C'huinbers Is prosecuting
"Although the defen.lanls had been
pnld In full and the road had been ac
cepted by the Stale, It was claimed by
this ofllce that the acceptance, having
been obtained through fraud, nnd there
having been a conspiracy between the
contractors and the Stale lnpe,-torc, the
people could recover, from the con
tractors "The verdict against the defendants
nnd the nnt ment of the Judgment sus-
ta.iis the contention of this olllce and
'establishes the right of the Stite to re
cox er In such cases."
1 N. Y. CENTRAL RATES HELD TTP.
I
j liirreme In I'assrnster Fares Goes
flier Till .lane 1.
AtliASr, April 2T. The proposed new
p.isenger fare schedules of the New
York Central Itallroad were further sus
pended to-day by the up-r-taln Public
Service ('omnilslon until .luno 1. Hear
ings on the mads application have been
closed and attorneys for the objectors
given time tn tile further data and writ
ten argiriient
Though suspension of ths rates to
June I will not preclude a decision be
fore that time. It Is not considered pos
sible that tin. briefs to be submitted and
the testimony and exhibits already sub.
m 'ted can be digested nnd a decision
reiulii'd by that date.
STORK FOLLOWS SHIP TO SEA.
II linn flub) tn KtocUbolm l's-
rimer ns Tnlm nodny lilft.
A seagoing stork visited the Swedish
American steamship Stockholm. In es.
terday from !othetiburg via Kirkwall,
when she was n day out from the latter
pott On Palm Sunday a girl baby vvif
left for Mr'. Berth t HJnrkman, who was
transferred to the i-.ibln ! luxe from her
berth In the third cabin.
Capt Hakason made the whole ship's
compaiay aware of the coming of the
b:tb and the .ship contributed $7f to the
mother, which Inspired the passengers to
put up 1 141
'nn nio'he" consented to have the
biby II. lined Stnckholinlna, for the ship,
but 'the father. David RJorUm.m of KiSIi
H.illou street, Chicago, may change It
liquid Bread
GERALDINE FARRAR
ILL; CANCELS DATES
Singer Has Attack of Quinsy
nnd Is Confined to
Her Home.
Geraldlno Farrar. with a recurrence of
the serious throst trouhls which pre
vented her appearance on several occa
sions at tho Metropolitan Opera House
last month, Is confined to her home
under the cars of a physician nnd has
been forced to cancel all her operatic
engagements In Atlanta ss well ns con
cert dates. Miss Farrar Is suffering
with quinsy.
Glullo Oattl-Casazza, the Metropolitan
Opera Company's director, who was In
town yesterday after the close of thn
Boston season, said tho prima donna
would not idng In Atlnntn. The operas
In which she was tn have appeared,
"Madama Butterfly" and "Tosca," have
been t placed by "Lucia" and "Ln
Boheme" In the Southern engagement,
which began on Monday. Although tho
singer's i-onilltlon Is not considered dan
gerous, she Is not nhlo to sing u note
and will have to rest for n week or two.
With the Atlanta season due to close
in .Saturday It It expected that the
annual announcement concerning; tho
plans of the company for next season
will be made early next week. Several
singers of minor Importance are known
to have already been engaged. Iteglnald
In Koxcn's opera In Kngllsh, "The Can
terbury lilgrlms," Is said tinolllclally
to have been accepted for production.
Swh operas as "La Chute du la Malson
I'sher" nnd "The Flying Dutchman,"
which figure In tho announcements each
year. but never seem to get u hearing,
ran bo depended upon to bob up again,
but otherwise the opera oltlclals havo
dropped few hints as to the makeup of
the company or Us icpertolre beyond
saying that all the prbiclpil artists who
were with the compare? this season have
been rtialned.
Several of the singers are planning to
r.li ocean travel during the wartime
and Journey back to thnlr native cotin
tiles for the summer. Others, after a
short season among the opera houses of
South America and Cuba, will remain
In this country.
MOTHER MAY CHASTISE GIRL.
I'nii .Itistlrra So Decide. Although
I Third .
Is a mother w;ho detects her thirteen
1 iir-olI daughter In a falsehood Justi
fied In biatlng her with a cane? Jus
It Ices Herbert, Garvin and Moss debated
j this question for more than twenty niln
i u tea vestrrday when Mrs. I21lsv Hess
of T.32 West lt.'ith sttcet w.14 arraigned
'in tho Comt of Special Sessions charged
J with cruelty to Stella Wieman, her
laughter by a runner husband, but they
were unable to agree.
Justices Garvin and Herbert voted to
acquit tlie iltrcnilant on the ground that
hs she had Intended the chastisement
for the girl's welfaie she had acted
within her legal rights Justice Moss
dissented.
Mrs. I less said that she had beaten
the girl because tlm child hod visited
nn mint and then lied by Faying she
had been to sco a girl. Mrs. Bertha
Volks of Mnrlton, N. J.. the girl's grand
mother, hns applied to tho Children's
Court for the custody nf Stella.
Church Wnnirss Wiint I'riinelils,..
The women of Holy Trinity P K.
Chiirili in Brooklyn have decided to ask
the diocesan convention In the (lardeii
City Cathedral next month to pass a
canon giving them tho tight to vote nt
all annual ami special meetings held
to de.ido mattet.s of Interest to the
parish,
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1,000 VOICES HEARD
IN PATERSON'S CHORUS
Three, Day Mnslc Festival
Opens With Features by
American Composers.
I'Atritsosf, N. J., April 26. The three
day Patorson muslo festival arranged
by C. Mortimer Wlske opened to-night In
the Fifth Regiment Armory. An audi
ence of 4.S00 peisons from all parts
of New Jersey and many from New
York heard the programme, which In
cluded a chorus of 1,000 voices.
Featurlnat thn programme was
"Onowa," written by Franz C, Horn
scheln of Baltimore, who won ths
prize offered for ths best work sub
mitted by American composers for the
festival. The other prize winners were
"Mlrocle of Time" by W. Franke llar
tlng of Boston nnd "America" by Cnrl
Busch of Cincinnati. All ths.ee selec
tions won great favor, and the chorus,
directed by Mr. Wlske, was greeted with
rounds of applause. Many music mas
ters fioin New York, Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Iloston nnd other Eastern cities
were, present.
Appearing as soloists to-night wets
Anna Oise, soprano; Merle Alcock, con
tralto, and Alitone de "ally, tenor. A
chorus from Public School 5 assisted
the chorus In the "Miracle of Time."
To-morrow night Frieda Hempel, Mar-
garele Matzenauer, Rlccardo Martin ond
Allen Hinckley will be soloists. On Fri
day a chorus of 3,000 from this rlly,
l'a.lc, Jersey City nnd Newark and
sin-rounding towns will sing Berlioz's
"Requiem." This will bo the largest
chorus ever assembled In the Kast.
Miss Barbara Bourhlll, th Patersori
idlk worker who won tho contest for
"local artist" fiom forty others. Includ
ing nil the most prominent voung women
singers In this section, will make hir
debut. James llarrod. t io tenor, also
will contribute to the programme.
$152,000 FOR SARATOGA SPA.
titles tift First Chance tn Ray
t'annl Lands.
Albany, Aprlt 15. The control and
development or the springs and State
reservation at Saratoga Spa Is trann
ftrred fiom a special commission to State
Conservation Commissioner Ceorge D.
Pratt under a bill signed to-day by Ciov.
Whitman. At the same time the Gov
ernor approved an appropriation of
MS'-'.OO'i for the maintenance an1 Im
provement of the reservation. This Is
otisldeied h step preliminary to develop-
Ing tho Springs Into a great watering
j place.
' Another mcaure tvlgued by the (Inv
entor was th. Walters bill providing for
the sale of canal lands nban-Ioneil be.
iaiise of the construction of the birge
canal and giving cities and villages a
I preferential right to puiohae such lands.
i Is expected that Syracuse will pur
chase the abandoned Krle Canal runnlr.g
, through that city In order to take the
New York Central tracks off the street
mi face, and that Ilk Improvements will
i be made In Rochester. Buffalo and other
irimliipalltlns. The hill does not con
tain the objectionable provision which
caused the Governor to veto this measuM
after It first passed the Ix-glslature, when
,an attempt was made to get these lands
nt a lenser price than must be paid under
the new bill.
I The Governor also signed Senator
iSlatir'" bl'l authorizing Mount Vernon
'to lfae KO.nno bonds for repavlng Co.
lilmbus avenue from the New York city
linn to the village of Bronxville, and
Senator ixickwoiid's bill authorizing
State IMucatlon Commissioner Klnley to
contract with a city o- school district
board of education In which a normal
s.-hool Is loeateil for the education of
children In the locality.
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6,000 ORPHANS SEE
WONDERS OF CIRCUS
All Performers Volunteer to
Give Crippled Little Onei
Special Show.
Jl I JO S EI 17 1 svLiurjxj
It was mighty hard to tell whether th
0,000 little orphans or the ttlbsi of In
teresting folks who mnks up ths clrcua
enjoyed yesterday morning's special per
formance tho more. In former years th
orphans have always been taken to cms
of thn regular two a day shown, but
there wore so many orphans this year
It was decided to give an extra exhibi
tion. Do circus people mind rutting on their
dangerous tricks early in ths morning
Just to make a spring day happier for
youngsters whu have too little pleaauraT
Tliey do not. When the notlns waa
posted up nnd volunteers were asked tor
tho wholo circus family stuck up hand
nnd hollered "Mo too."
"Why, you couldn't have kept us out
of that ring with nn axe," said Paul
Jerome, the clown with the big feet and
funny hair, who spent part of his morn
ing holding youngsters on his lup and
trying to persuado them that deanltii
his terrifying complexion ho was a re
iilar man with a heart as big as his feet,
nnd that's saying quite a lot.
So tho wholo preformance from ths
pageant to the races was given, and one,
could see by the vim and enthusiasm and
the smllcH on the performers' faces that
tficy enjoyed every minute of It. Happy?
tif course th.i kids were happy; they
were so happy they made many an old
performer look ns If he wanted to cry.
For there were tears ns well as Joy
to this show. The crippled youngsters
were the tlmt to arrive, dozens and dox
ens of them, some with no legs, some,
with no arms, a crippled boy nble to
walk on crutches, nnd another boy car
rying a little girl on his back, the
stronger helping Hio weaker stump In to
the land of wonders. It w-ns thns who
watched them, the men of the show
mo'tlv. who dlil not smile.
I Ami back of these, camo hundreds and
hundreds of boys and girls, healthy,
freckled faced youngsters these, crowding
In, some of them behind their organization
bunds like little soldiers. The. freaks
were tho fln.t point of call, und It wan
hero that ono of tho nmutlng features
of the day occurred. Zip, the What Is
It, doesnt llkn to have people point their
lingers at him. Il is sort of sensitive
about It. So when a crowd of deaf and
dumb boys stood in front of Zip and
began to talk rapidly Zip took their fin
ger chattering as u personal affront and
called off work an a freak for the day.
He dropped his violin and said things In
Zlpese that fortunately no one could
understand.
And so It went from the time that
thy were all settled In their seats at 10
o'clock and the first bandman appeared,
to be greeted by a, yell of H.000 kid
pe.ver, to the time when tho last chariot
dashed ntound some time after "II
o'clock.
"Was It worth It:" said the big clown
with the big feet. "You bet It was."
Verdict Against Rddte. Koy.
Ti suit of Mrs. Mary A. Doyle, t-lstr
of IMdle Fny, tn recover for services
and for money expended In caring for
hlji daughter, C.ithrrine S'.anzy Fitz
gerald, h's. child by his first wife, who
lle.t in is;it. tesulted yesterday In n
Judgment for J7.:3.' against Foe In ths
Supreme Court. He denied any liability,
but foiled to appear when the case woh
cn'led before Just Hntchklss and lost
the suit by default.
Gears Were
Only a Makeshift
THE men who made the first em car knew that
change-ipeed gears belonced in the maehine-hop
not on the road.
But there were to many problems to be tolred
motor, ignition, tirei, cooling, etc. that make-shift
mechanical transmissions were retained.
Then J. B. Enre, Inventor of the self-starter anil
other electric equipment, (rasped the idea that t!ta
tttractivi ftrct ittwttn tut magntts it lastly varitdmni
ctntrtlltd.
Thus came the magnetic trantm'tttnn which dee
away with the ptwerjtrh of clutch and gear sets, sub
stituting powtr -attaining true elasticity and un
belierable ease of operation.
Owen Magnetic
"The Car of a Thousand Speeds"
To introduce this revolutionary improvement to
the motoring world the R. M. Owen Company, the)
Baker R. & L. Company and the General Electric
Company (associated in the production of the Owen
Magnetic) have waited until the rush to multiple
cylinder cars proved that people are anxious to get
smooth, elastic power.
So now the Owen Magnetic is offered for general
tale and is purchased eagerly by America's most dis
tinguished motorists who get keen pleasure from
owning and driving "the world's smartest vehicle."
Exquisite bodies in stock or to order.
Dtmtnttratitn by apfvintmtnt. Phtnt 898 Grtii.
Baker R. & L. Company, inc.
Broadway at 57th Street, New York
Chlraio Philadelphia Roiton Cleveland San FrudMt)
Touring, Camp a
and
Roadster JVfMM
from
$3 1 SO to $3780
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