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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31
GAYSOR LOSES ON APPEAL
LINGHtu UBNS 4 FONT N
MS NIT ron Libel.
rr~ >pp~iiate ba,,ssen stsisss mat th~
Mayors D~fenre d Net suflrteu, and
>us'ains Banxhams Demurrer vhsee
justices foe Binxham. Two Against.


Mayors D~feaec O. Net suflrseut and
~usfains Banxham's DEMURRER Thsee
justices foe Binxham. I've Against.
Mayor Gaynor's dsfences in the .nit for
j.Jo00 for libel brought against him nv
former Police Commissioner Bingham
yer. prlctically rejected by the Al
pellate Division OF the supreme Court
yesterday when the Court upheld Gen
hInShams demurrer to the defence
Tho case was before the court for the
ihlrd time on a motion. and on each mo-
,"n ten. Bingham won
The frst defence objected tn alleged
tina, before writing the letter to Mayor
Mcclellan that was the cause OF the suit
Mayor Gaynor had several times re-
quested the Police Commissioner to re-
move the picture and measurements Of
the Duffy boy from the rog,is-s' gallery
that the PROCESS 81 measuring and photo
graphing per~ons ARRESTED hut not cor
Nicted had continued under Gen Bng-
hams direction after Supreme Court
decision that 1t vas Illegal. and that this
led the defendant To believe that Gen
Bingham was "a person without any con
ception OF his duties and without re-
spect or regard for the laws Tn. de
iendant contendesi that the letter was
privileged as h"ing only fair comments
upon the acts Of the Police Commissioner
The se'ond defence dernurred TO al
legged that. the published statements 10y
Mayor Oavnor were true
Justice Mclaughlin. writing the APP
RELATE Division opinion. SAYS that IN the
articles complained Of there are many
abusive terms which he consider.
hbelloas per 80. and which refer un.tiuivo-
caily to the plaintiff One of ih.-. il
-scuundrelism.- bas-d on Gen Bingham.
refusal 90 remove the puNv picture. and
there IL no attempt To justify this term in
the defence pleaded The toIrt says
There IL also no justification ~. the charge
thri the Police Commissioner - doing
AL he can to make II impossible. for him
1buhyI To lead an honest hfc and make
AN honest living Proof II all the facts
alleged in the deTen," would not justify
"A lurr in finding that the charge was
'ri.e, the court finds MAYOR Gaynor also
-inoompetents, corruptionIsts and some
tunes bunoons who are put IN rulership
over the police. which the court SAYS
Includes the plaintiff
Justice Mclaughlin SAYS finally that
Mayor Gaynor made statements which
we're not fair comments on tho acts II
The plaintiff. i'ut were defanatory of his;
character. charging him with -coundrel-
ism. With being Incompetent. corrupt and
a hufoon. being despot and lawless.
possessed Of the most dangerous and
destructive delusion than an official can
entertain in a free government
The court concludes that neither IL the
defences demurred TO is complete de
fence 10 the cause of action. and gives
Mayor GaynOr leave to ,erv. new an
ewer upon the payment Of costs in both
courts Presiding Justice Ingraham and
In In o. n
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GtpgF.
Travis Gs.a~ Place in senss-sinsi % P,we-
havsl.


p,xsYrr.t NC. p,c m Easy matches
,,,l.,, an ,c-a,v. n,., .ad GOOD rounsi.
y" $50, 'A',,.''. - -,
,ournauep, and IN, Iayoyites are nil sur.
'' . -
Gn,i walter J. Trani. Of Garden City meet.
k,:.prt T. Hunter of Midlothian. the inter
collegiate champion. and PARKER ". White
more Of the Broohline Country Club plays
~ - 49, ~ s,,,aso,a
consolation Homer hoyer Oh Southoofo
Julian I Bishop Of Brooklawn. J. NJ Thomp-
-, - $3.50. ~, 40. ~ = an,,,ron .,
,. son ., np'InS nav" """ ~ "o'''e W
The les, match Of m. dav was between
o., I,,,,, -. a. M. =, r...... =,
nooe III, i.HhtsI aho Mn'hm ens m. VI
and Freeman at his best. the home green
and halved hole deciding the match Al
the turn the players started back all even
-" III ,.I Ia ~. ,,,,..a,s 800 unn,ar
xNe anu FAX" 10 'he hiteeh'h' Wh'ch hunter
aud haivins the two remainins holes in
and for The match
Travis struck 5rcord sa, going on, t "a
w ,,,,r. ,h ! ,me IA n'r, n,nS ~,
las, n ,hr. hoi.s coming bone IN me alter
noon nlatCh WIN l.. nechrf OF "o1nana
Si.R negotiated - and won up and } to
The card
m, ..,r,, Of ',., ,,,,.
ne summary "i "-""N pay i"om
Presidents Cup First rount p " Shlbcy.
pyker Meadow. beat Homer Boyer. Sou,hboro,
and !. Paul NJ hunter. Midlothian, beat r. L.
Ireland cleveland Country. by default. p W.
M N,h, srsS" Honn'r, beat Iuiian
WysAgyl beats n Patterson. piainneli Country
) and J Water !. Travis Garden city. beat Or.
\ hsight. wykaxyI Country and q: &. l..
Bersrr. Noodlawu. beat " Thompson. Spring
Haven country. AMI . " q Freeman, Eos
Illus. beat ~ Ndams; Nassau. J and !: Robert
Y Hunter Midlothian. boa; Il. y Bo,tone Foa
second Round Paul Hunter beat Shihlry. Z
and J, Whittrmorr beat Gill-st and 4: Travis
beat Becker and J. Robert Hunter. beat ", &.
FREEMAN / up
Consolation First round Boyer beat ireland
by default. Bishop beat Pa iirr>cn. sand I. Thomp
Son beat Or HaighI : up. Bottome beat Nd Ans
by default
Winnipeg heat Rob-rt Irwett. Aberdeen y d.
and . ! Y " James. Fos Hills. beat T. "
Fay Southhoru. . and / & Il Hudson. Roc hester
country. beat " " prmse~e. Alpine. and ,
: Holland. Ntanta NthletIr. beat J. r. kelloGG.
Alpine. by default. " MrMrnamy Dunwoodir
beat Haine>, spring Haven. 4 and 5: Z. \.
Freeman. New Work. beat J. l.. Coppln. Canoe
beai y Engem an. Nassau ! and ,. q. W, HAr
mon New WORK beat = Ray. RetlerieVe. S and Z
Huriso" eess HOLLAND ~ sd~In freeman
beat McM.namy. and g Robbins beat Harmon.
= and ..
W twenty hol-sI. ormSe-e heat kellogg by
default. haines beat ropPn by default Fay beat
Enssnan. up 81, , +. 4, ar
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baseball <.tr~

OTIS JoW -on may he ~ grcat service To- ih-
highantsr> ncNi ~cason with MS hi,sinE. -
ssrrcaStrd nat Ms Eastern league record to-sa .
point Ia an avalanche Of svats 10 major company
nr tapped the orb At ~ gait in the Eastern.
hut mAyhr al h'~ NWrthah League mus VIII Toe
with IN ba.es
Mont LnOV wneth~r th~ boston satluusIs
new bp--. William Hepburn Russell. knoWs much
Sooui baseball or not hut he hss the gIn Of tala
down nn- lie expresses himself In clear. welt
,ss 70 " se % Ms sow mssns,e. whose hon
nratnricaI <fis consist of garrulous uothns-
~ windy br:I.hAst.
nsl IhAsr hAs taken up motoring. lie has
bought BerxdoH Thirty car
President Lynch never said that N rys mag
naSG nrc sa tss s inc Wh"i sa s q" DO S s..
W isii the rnagnair- at the annual meeting tina
nn MH nv" !, '" aeSnre ih.m.Ses and that um nv
would he released from. inc siAn Not nlnznat<
siTps n "a ,se s shsn I" s sn sn
De apartment nov
Fred Tennry has been in town = couple OF
days looking Tor MrsSrAw. rrunsy wants some
Of the New Sorh surplus.
Jim Mc,juirr. IL Is said. wants the New York
club 10 pas. him player Or I've; ni' fcllov
~ helping him get together his team That be q
no Doubt iUrn over Ms whole outni for The asking
tho AthIctIc, when they visit Japan nest win'rY
will he the .pcci wlth ShTn ,nry are yanktsi
along the ionchodori In hckshas That L.
sitter play ina the cubs
n looks like - good deal for any club when u
can get Eddie Grant In the deal
The Various pfuEuOstfathBHs OI EF< fiGh
IAndors ensemble for neat season take account
Of Lester CHANNEL, the young left neder who
broke HE leg after ne had played = day two
on the hilltop Vet ne bookrd Ike more sub
stanIlsI though les snowy candidate than any
other recruit for the port prairie
Schultz the VI diversity Of ptnnsyiv ante pitcher
va. with the Hixhanders ono day and with the
Athletics the neat Generally vi hen ther. 10 doubt
about what particular riub has son~ particular
player II l. found that the octopus armed Msrk
has gathered him In.
Connie Mack won p~nnsnt and took . honey
moon trip IN Europe AZ that rate Hughey
JennIngs. Nho finished -~rond. viii get only as
far Daunfs Rork IN hts
BiII Klein thinks Earl Moore hAa more on the
hall than ChTisty AAthrwSOn. Bus Then MAtty
has the DattrTs
Among tho nrst three hiiters in tnr Eastern
League were three pitchers spade. D,Ibue snd
Mo- Onnrii
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FORTUNE TELLERs PtTON BOND
70 keep tho Peace-Th~y were Arrested
for Their Predictions.

Two more fortune tellers were arrested
yesterday The arrests were made hy
Detective Wilbur on warrants issued by
Chief Magistrate McAdoo on evidence
obtained by Isabella Carduke-. a police
matron. Edward San'elh. one n the
prisoners. told the matron for 20 cents
that she. was going to hav" roreate
future and wanted tn 60 INTO trance for
her bseween and II r. VI for - more
A Hired Rice. who already was under $50
bond 70 keep the peace. for six months
charged 81 for his PROMISES Of future
happiness and also suggested the ad-
in tho might court Last night pun both men
under 81 .OoO bond to keep IN" peace for
one year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31
capt. Pierce conr.r. win ,. v. su,,,, mn.

Capt Palmer r. Pierce. president Of he
National Collegiate Athletic Associa,iCn
called on James = sullivan. secretary
treasurer "f the I yesterday and
the pair were closeted for couple Of hours
A. to the nature 81 the conference nothing
N va- undo r-tOod that the entire field
OF amateur sport both IN colleges and
among civilians Nas gone over II u Ger
tain that tho 4 4 ID officials 20 a man are
more than 4rafihsd with the manner IN
which Capt Pierce bas built up his s@aocia .
tion They regard him AZ the right sort
Of man at the head Of an association for
the good ~ sport They hop. he will stay
ia command Tor many years
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31
MeCasser 10 Conduct Hudson touoty
Court Hous~ Probe

Robert II. McCarter. former Attorney
General Of New Jersey. has been engaged
tn net a. chief prober at the investigation
which supreme Cour; Justice SWAY"
will conduct M tn the cost Of the erection
oS the new Hudson County Court House
in Jersey City. Mr. Mct'arter's seduction
vas made by a committee nf Hudson
county men who demanded 10 know just
how the county building committee spent
81. $50 .GG0 in connection with IN" work
The Investigation will start On Feb
rrtaPvH
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state Apportionp,ent Litigation.

supreme Court Justice Amend Ner
ruled yesterday tn" objections 10y the
tttnrnsy-General and others 10 tn"
proceedings brought to- r.viewshe present
spport comment Of fhe State into Se,at.
and Assembly districts. The Attorney
General and others "Ontended that the
court had no power IN the premises
hut Justice Amend directed them to
.ar We an ,naMPE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31
,.:,r,,o,,,., REORGANIZATION Hearing

The Public service Commission at a
messing Of IN" whole bosrd Yesterday
discussed the plan for the reorgan,zati ion
~ the MstropoiItan Street Railway Com
pany fled by the oonmittees Of bona
koldsrs on Thursday The continuation
b~fors taking action decided 10 hsv" a
public hearing on January II
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31
Con VINO Kmsed no, Mus, stay In sing sing

The Appellate Division of the Supreme
Cour; in Brooklyn yea.orday handed down
n decision sustaining th" conviction 81
former Policeman James Dillon ~ the
Adams .,ress station for granddaughter
an the sh" 1ting and killing Of Louis Prob
Der. 10 years old. IN his fathers grocery
store In Myrtle avenue in May. 1910
Dillon NPS sentenced to eight years IN
sang 6iBs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31
VIII NJ Arthur %. saearn

Tn" will 81 Arthur ~ H-arn. the dry
goods merchant who died at the Plaza
H"r" "a Christmas Day. leaves all his
.-tar. 10 his widow. Elizabeth Bell. H-arn
The stat. IL -aid To BE- worth over 81
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Moran Ou,pvsnis Irish PADDY,

TOsio Moran outDO,nted Irish Paddy ~ a
ten round n ght q, the Bedford \. {. in Brook e
Iyn last night The bout Was tame and ven,
the limit There were no knock downs
Moran forced the fighting IN nearly every
round. but his blows lacked steam
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31
STyYIES4Nr TEAM WINS.
Erasmus B~aten NJ Basketball ny -
Ia -.

IN. SiUyyr-ani High School basketnah
team had an EASY Zine last night IN defeat
ing the Erasmus High school i've at the
Second signal Corps court IN Brooklyn by a
score ui ~ To The Stuyvasant boys pu,
up q fine game during both periods and
play ed all around their opponents. Fried
land Tor stuy Vr-ant played we'll. his throw
ing to the basket ana passing being very
nBe. lie made -iX goals from the FOUL and
tN0 from field Siiverstetn. VINO played
Ief' guard on the same team. also helped his
team 10 victory he III ade eight held goals.
Ko-enkrdn/ made four
Austin for IN. Erasmus FIVE put up q nnr
game making four foul goals Before The
big game Na- playHd the StIyvesant -Hcobd
team defeated he second team from The
Erasmus school by a score Of !: II
The lineup
~fuyrrNan, Posfory ErGrsus
{ rirtlnDd let, forward Rosi,
lzo>-nkr,nx Right forward Evans
Williams centre Austtn
~, rTstein I<ft xuari Strtnburrler
Roberts. Eight guard slower
score StNyNesant ~. Erasmus. 4 Goals from
nsId siuyvcsa mt. Iri-siland. ,. RosrnknAnk. :.
Williams. :: ~!vrr>tet1. =: Erasrius. Roth. !.
Eva ~. I, Austin I Goals from foul Stuyvessn'.
Fried and q TaSInUs. tusiin 4. Heferrr -Tsrk
Umpire RAIDER Time Of halV g. Is minutes
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~, eni-~n Men ib-ad Pro,n Hotter ~.
IloslOn.

PrrTsvIELD, Mass. Dec 20 - The dea IN
Of Fred Boucar At the House Of Mercy to-
day Increased the number Of fatalities
from Yesterday boiler e1plosion CT th.
Norwood Lake Ice Companys plant
tO seventeen
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LanSfora and Lang Matched.

~p,rtll Cgb'c DssDsfTH n rHF SU~
IG>p0>. De'. ~ laBRford and Lang
AZ. matched to hrht for AZ. j0n at OLYMPIA
on February ~
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The Country Club o. Lakewood. Lake
wood. ! will have an orsen handicap oi
Monday January ?, with gross ana net cups
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-18
1R153eL <700s0e. LsU~ 5e0Ie2r.cI ms green's
11LzxAzce 11xea <5y1ze1 5a1. Eanez<aN42 0rsee7

the weight of their testimony to one side
or the other Harvard University was
represented by three of its most distln-
guished savants Professor Alexander
Agassiz DR. Oliver Wendell Holmes ana
Professor BENJAMIN PIERCE. the famous
mathematician.
Professor Peirce's testimony was per-
haps the most astounding of any Quau-
fying as an expert on the doctrine OF
chances he stated with positive conytc-
ton that the coincidence between the ad-
mittedy genuine signature OF Sylvia
Ann Rowland and the doubtful one
could not occur. except by design, once
in two thousand six hundred and sixty
six millions of millions of millions OF
times or So 66s. 900. 600 900 600 ooo. 900.
This number" the witness stated. FAR
transcends human experience. So vast an
improbability is practically an impossi-
bility Such evanescent shadows OF
probability cannot belong to actual life.
They are unlmaginabsy less than those
least things which the law cares not
for And then ns II this were not i'm
probability enough. the witness stated
that considering the coincidence of the
location of the signature on the page
improbability would be increased ten
and possibly hundred fold
Yet the plaintiffs met this apparently
insurmountabie testimony by producing
a number of checks which had been
drawn by President John Quincy Adams.
which showed even greater coi1cf-
dence than these Sylvia Ann Rowland
signatures.
How a jury would have decided this
interesting and bewildering issue VIII
never be known. II never was considered
by Judge Jury On point of law. IL
wns held that Hetty Green's own testi-
mony was the sole support of the plain
tits case. and that az II was not cor
roborated. II could not he considered. The
alleged will was rejected. and the old
win stood securing to the hneal descend
ants of old Gideon Rowland some million
and a half OF dollars Hetty
Green should die
Some Of these days the newspapers of
the world will announce the death of
Americas most noted woman fnancier
Out of the millions who read that au-
nouncement. thousands will get ready to
present their claims to the Sylvia Ann
Rowland trust Geanologies will be
searched. the old family Bibles will be
brought out and studied. an army of
| attorneys will be pressed into service;
| and al goodness knows what expense and
trouble and labor the fortune kept In.
tact for nearly so years will at last he
/ distributed in accordance with the .erm
| Of Sylvia Ann Howland's will
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-18
kdWaFa A0LE R0bZ2502.
tAe EaLAer @AaLLLI &eGN

being based point of law
1t Is interesting to note. In view of
Mrs. Green's proyerbiai frugality and
plain mode of living. that the foundation
of her fortune rested on silk stockings.
Way back in the eighteenth century.
Isaac Rowland. great-grandfather OF Het-
ty, set to work to make fortune. The
amassng of the first ST 900 was his great T.
est difficulty In those days many schoon-
ers piled between the states and the
West Indies In the merchant service. and
the sailors wore silk stockings into port
on their return trips. Old Isaac How
land bought these. washed and ironed
them; and sold them at Il good profit
That gave him his start: and when he
died In 1893 his fortune was a large one
for those times.
Isaac Howland's granddaughter. Sylvia
Ann Rowland. was possessed of a for
tune of over s2.o00000. a prodigious sum
for a childless woman of simple tastes
living in country town. Hettv Green
girl spent much of her time with
her aunt Sylvia. AS to whether she en-
tertained any real affection for her. there
Is conflict of testimony Certainly Het-
~ professed snch affection after her
aunts death. claiming that 1t was recip-
rocated by her aunt aud that they had
made wills III each others favor As to
the relations between Hetty and her
father, Edward Mott Robinson there is
uncertainty They were far from cor
dial; and legal decision by which Mr.
Robinson same into the possession OF
large share of the Rowland fortur, was
distasteful both to Hetty and her aunt
Sylvia. who maintained that the How
Land money should have been kept in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-18

to administer 1t and, during the life OF
her niece, Hetty, pay her the income.
On her death, the principal was to be
divided among the lineal descendants OF
Gideon Rowland, Sylvia Ann Howiands
grandfather who died In 1923 Gideon
left 10 children. all of whom married and
reared families: and with these 13 chill
dren to start from 1t may readily be
seen that the lineaf descendants today.
nearly a century after the death of OF
Gideon. would make a formidable array
The trustees, under the will. have kept
run of many of them and reposing in the
safes of New Bedford attorneys are fam
lily trees which are traced the descent
of populous families from Gideon How
land. But there are branches which have
dropped out of sight entirely. and nobody
has a complete list OF the heirs
In all the life of Hetty Green there Is
no more romantic chapter than that
aunt Sylvia; the latter's curious WILL dis
ooo,-an immense amount of property in
those days before swollen fortunes be-
came common: and Hetty Green's at
tempt to break tine Will and substitute in
Its place another which she produced
after her aunt's death. and which the
trustees maintained was a forged doca-
ment Months were spent in the prepare
ton of evidence bearing this point. and
thousands of dollars were expended for
expert witnesses. Photographic reproduc
lions of signatures OF Sylvia Ann How
land and their enlargement. But the issue
was never determined. the decision OF the
court sustaining the original will and re-
tecting that produced By Hetty Green
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and testament made on the eleventh OF
January In manner following: to wit,
hereby revoking all wills made by me
before after this one-i give this will
to my niece, to show II there appears
Will made without notifying her. and
without returning her will to her through
Thonas MandelI have promised to
do, implore the judge to decide in fax
OF this will. as nothing would induce me
to make a will unfavorauIe to my niece;
but being Ill and afraid If any of my
caretakers insisted on my making a will
to refuse. as they might leave or be
angry. and knowing my niece had this
will to show. my niece fearing also after
she went away hearing but side,
might feel hurt at what they might say
of her, as they tried TO make trouble
by not telling the truth to me. when she
was here even herself | give this will
to my niece TO show. II absolutely neces-
sary to have It. to appear against
other will found after my death. | wish
her TO show this VIII made when | am
In good health for me-: and my old torn
will made on the fourth OF March. in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred aud fifty. to show also n proof
that it has been my lifetime wish for
her 20 have my property. | therefore
give my property TO my niece as freely
AZ my father gave it to me. 1 have prom
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the Rowland family. Mr. Robinson died
In 1868. leaving Hetty, his only child.
about million dollars outright and some
So,ooo.OO0 In trust the income to be hers
during her life. The will was a great
disappointment to Hetty. month or
so later. Sylvia Ann Rowland died. leav-
Ing many public and private requests
and the residue in trust for Hetty during
her life. This will was even a greater
disappointment to Hetty. for she had
hoped to secure her aunts property out
right. She objected to its being prohated.
but later withdrew that objection and
made no contest But after the viii had
been confirmed by the Supreme Court OF
Massachusetts. she and her nance. Ed
ward H. Green, brought suit in the
United States Court to compel the trus-
tees to perform an agreement which she
claimed her aunt had made with her and
which was embodied in a will which she
produced as being her aunt's last will
and testament
This will left all the property to Hetty.
and contained the following interesting
declaration. referred to in the subseqE. I
litigation as the second page" of the
will:
Be it remembered that l. Sylvia Ann
Rowland, of New Bedford in county Of
Bristol. do hereby make. publish and de-
clare this. the second page OF this Will