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New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
MAY INCREASE SALARIES
Estimate Board Recommends Higher
Pay for Some Justices.

The Board of Estimate took the first steps
yesterday toward increasing the salaries OF
the justices Of the Court of Special Ses-
sions in Brooklyn. Queens and Richmond
from 5000 to 5000 a year. to correspond
with the salaries paid to the justices in
Manhattan. The board passed the resolu-
ton recommending the action TO the Board
of Aldermen by a vote OF II TO 2. Borough
Presidents Miller OF The Bronx and Crom-
well Of Richmond voting against IT, The
Board OF Aldermen will now have 10 act,
and II IT creates the grade the next step
Will be TO get appropriations to cover the
additional salary payments
Both Mayor Gaynor and Controller Prem
dergast seemed TO agree with Borough
President Miller that 800 was a stiff sal
airy, but did not follow him TO the extent
Of approving his scheme Of equaiizing the
salaries in the various boroughs By max
ing them all 1850.
The justices who would be benefited by
the increase in salary are Howard !.
Forker. John Fleming. Robert j. Wilkin.
George J. O'Keefe. Morgan NJ. J. Ryan.
James J. McInerney and Arthur G. Salmon.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
HIT TAMMANY NSO[ENCE|
Opponents of Ripper Bill De-
nounce Treatment at Albany.
CALLED WORST IN YEARS
Lawyer Says It's Easy to See
Where Demand for a Return of
Tweed System Came From"

Most Of those who went to Albany or
Wednesday TO speak against the ripper bill
introduced by Senator "Christy' Sullivan
had something 10 say yesterday about the
sbabbv treatment they received at the
hands Of Assemblyman Aaron j. Levey in
nartic,,lar and many other members OF the
,oint legislative COMMITTEES in general. Ex-
perienced ones said they had not seen the
like of It for many years. Lawrence Veil
Ier or the Committee on Criminal Courts,
who conducted the opposition. said;
Speaking entirely In a personal capac-
ity. my impression after the hearing at AL
bany on Wednesday on the Sullivan ripper
bill was as II I had been transported back
ten wears into the most degrading period
of the Van Wyck administration. / have
been going 10 Albany I'm the interests OF re-
form legislation Of various kinds for the
last thirteen years. appearing before com
mittees of the Legislature, and have never
in all that time had such an experience as
was accorded TO the reputable and repre-
sentative citizens of New York yesterday
at this hearing.
II consider the conduct of Assemblyman
Aaron ]. Levy, the chairman of the Assem-
bly, Judiciary Committee. who grossly in
suited all the speakers who came before
the committee at the hearing. not SPAR
ing even the ladies'. 50 highly improper
that the leaders OF tho Democratic organi-
cation ought seriously to consider the i'm
proprety of his continuing longer AZ the
chairman Of an important committee OF the
Legislature.
This attitude OF SO many members OF
in lao "A
completely overshadoved the issue Of the
ripper bill The issue now Ia whether tho
leaders of the Democratic party are going
to stand for this kind Of government
Bronson Winthrop. Of the PAGE commis-
sion. who was badgercd the worst, said he
had never been before the committee be-
fore. but he had been told that the hear
ing was decidedly unusual. and from what
he saw and hearl he thought it must have
been.
j. Noble Hayes. Of the County Lawyers
Association. commended Senator Bayne and
a few other members for their efforts to
overrule the indecency of some OF the COM
mitteemen lie said he knew in an Instant
after Ievcy had spoken where the de
mand for a return TO the Tweed system
came from"
Robert s Bnkerd of the City club. who
was handled roughly by IIevey and Assem-
blyman O'Neil. said it was impossible to
get a fair discussion. although Senator
Bayne did his best TO conduct decent
hearing. Miss Maud r.. Minor. or NaNer-
~ House. declined TO comment on person
alities that were hurled i'm her direction by
I.evey She merely said those things ought
not to be taken seriously. as the Dill
''hasn't a chance for passing.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
GIVES UP HYPN0TISM
Tried 1t on Hold Up Man and Got
Bullet in the Hand.

No longer will hypnotism appeal TO Rob
ert G. Barnard. clerk at the Hotel Freder-
lex, IN West 55th street He tried his pow
ers in that respect on a hold-up man who
held a pistol in his face in front of the
hotel desk early yesterday morning, and
the man shot him in the hand.
Barnard had just finished figuring UP his
nights receipts and put s4OO in the safe.
when a we'll dressed man entered and asked
for a room. Barnard told him that none
vas vacant. and the man went out Ten
minutes later. while Barnard was reading a
paper a man walked quietly TO the desk
and. as Barnard looked up. showed A re-
volver beneath his nose. The man wore a
black mask, and the clerk was much en-
barrassed. When the polite stranger told
Barnard TO hand over all the money he had
i'm the safe. he was stunned for a minute.
Then ne bethought himself OF lessons in
hypnotism he had taken. and began to make
mystic passes over the mans head. His
test was interrupted by a bullet through his
right hand
Barnard yelled in pain and the man
started for the hall. Just at that moment
two bellboys ran down the corridor and the
man turned to fire at them. but the cart
ridges would not explode. The man did
not wait, but ran out and jumped into a
waiting automobile at the curb.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
CAPTAINS CALLED TO TRIAL
Nine of EN- and Two Lieutenants
to Face Cropsey on Charges.

Nine police captains and two lieutenants
will be placed on trial to-day before COM
missioner Cropsey. 1t was learned at Police
Headquarters yesterday afternoon. ~ap-
tain Louis Kruescher. of the West l5zd
street station. and Lieutenant Joseph r.
Thompson, of the same station, will be
tried on a charge alleging that they faileu
to have their desk blotters numbered
properly. Captain Henry Buriend. of the
East o2d street station, will face the same
charge.
Captains Patrick Corcoran. of the East
l04th street station: Frederick W. Martens
OF the East Ssth street station; John H.
Zimmerman. of the West Tooth street sta
tion; Edward Hughes. of the East o"i
street station James F. Thompson, OF the
West 6s,h street station Thomas Palmer
of the Gates avenue station. Brooklyn. ana
Patrick j. Cray. of the East 35th street
station, are to be charged with falling 10
have the schedule of the day and night
posts placed in the station blotter. Lieu
tenant John ~ Boyle OF the West 6S'h
street station, is TO be tried on similar
charge.
IL is understood that recently Deputy
Commissioner Driscoll, made tour OIL
Manhattan and found that the instructions
contained in a special order issued Janu-
ary IL relative TO the method of keeping
the blotter yer not being carried out IN
many instances.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
DIDN'T SEE AUTO ON TRACK
Flagman on Trial for Merrlck
Accident Blames Railroad.

Charged with being responsible Tor the
deaths OF Mrs Fannie Glass. Reoecca
Glass. Bertha Weiss and John Bonbum'
chauffeur. who were in an automobile Whlch
was run down by a work train at the Mer-
rick Road crossing Of the Long lsland
road. i'm Springfield. on August 2S' 1910
William Peach. who was fagman a: the
crossing that day. was placed on trial yes
terday before Judge Humphrey. in the
Queens County Court. Long Island CltN'
Peach was indicted for inanslaushtor IN
the second degree.
William Hendrickson. an enploye or the
Public Service Commission. testified that
the gates guarding the crossing were oper-
ated by compressed air from pump IN
the watchmans shanty. He said small
window was the only outlook afforded the
watchman. and that heavy raper had been
pasted over where two OF the window panes
had heen broken out and a telegraph pole
further obscured view of the track from
the two remaining window lights.
Peach in his own defence said he old the
best he could to guard the crossing. He
told about writing TO the railroad COM
planning about the two broken window
lights. which were covered with paper and
obstructed his view of the track. The case
will go 10 the jury this morning.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
PROTESTS TO GOVERNOR
Mrs. Hewitt Says League Was
Badly Treated at Albany.

''I hear name, sir, not unknown IN the
annals of New York. and | protest, in my
name and the name OF the Woman
Municipal League, Of which / am president
against the vilihcation TO which the dele
cation from this league was subjected al
the hearing on the Sullivan inferior crimi'
nal courts bill in Albany yesterday"
All this and more is in a letter which
Mrs Edward r. Hewitt wrote and mailed
10 Governor Dix yesterday. Mrs. Hewitt
showed VI to a chosen few OF her advisers
at the meeting Of the league at the head
quarters. No. As East 29th street. She was
mad clear through" and so were the other
women, and so was Chief Magistrate Nc
Adoo. VINO was there to talk on magis-
trates' courts as they are under the Page
bill, and magistrates courts as they would
be If "Christy" sullivan's ripper" bill
passed.
Il have never in my life seen anything
like that hearing anything like the be-
havior OF some Of those legislators" Mrs
Hewitt said. as she folded up her letter To
the Governor and put on stamp with
emphasis. "Levey. chairman Of the Judi
cary Committee OF the lower house. was
atrocious. l was not attacked, as | didn't
speak, but Miss Maude Minor. who went
In our delegation as a representative OF the
New York Probation Association. was in
suited until she went white to the lips"
Mrs. Hewitt's remarks we're not from the
platform. though she did mount the plat
form and beg the league TO fight with all
its might against the Sullivan bill. Her
plea followed Chief Magistrate McAdoo' s
speech, which began with sarcastic pict-
ure of what the courts would he IL practi-
cal politicians managed them.
Chief Magistrate McAdoo detailed some
Of the Improvements he had instituted
since. under the Page bill, he was made
chief magistrate. THE powers up at AL
bany are Mortified" he said. because the
civilian attendants I've put in place Of
policemen at the courts are actually polite
TO the citizens. Instead of the 'G'wan out
o. here with which the policemen fire.
quently greeted the visitor, we now have
attendants who actually say, Beg pardon ;
and What can | do for you?' and so on
No wonder the legislators are shocked
Not all magistrates appointed by Mayors
Of New York have been good men. There
was time when the magistrates board
under the appointive system was almost a
scandal. 1t is different now. Mayor Cay
nor has appointed good men: so did Nc
Clelan during his last term: and the board
a great power for good. And now the
Legislature threatens TO undo all that has
been gained"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
DOCTORS WIDOW COMMITTED
Mrs Thomas s Conduct in Court Leads
to Doubt as to Her Sanity.

Mrs Blanche +. Thomas, the widow Of
DR. r. Clark Thomas. once a we'll known
physician of this city. was sent by Magis-
trate Herbert in the Tombs court yesterday
10 Bellevue Hospital for five days for OBJ
seryaton as TO her mental condition.
Mrs. Thomas appeared in court as COM
rlainant against Alexander V Campbell. a
lawyer, Of No. 2O3 Broadway, and after she
made her accusations i'm a rambling story
Mr. Campbell said he had known her hus-
hand. and that he did legal business for the
widow also, but that she had been annoying
him recently and he was in fear OF her.
Robert T. Martnson, also a lawyer OF No.
2o3 Broadway. made an affidavit that he
had seen Mrs. Thomas acting irrationally.
During the proceeding Mrs. Thomas con-
stantly interrupted the testimony Of the
lawyers and, failing again and again to
heed the cautions Of Magistrate Herbert,
she was ordered taken to the hospital for
examination as TO her sanity.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
EAID VICTIMS IN COURT
Most of Flynn Prisoners Held by Four
Magistrates.

The prisoners. fifty or more. arrested on
Wednesday Afternoon in raids on alleged
poolrooms by detectives from Deputy Com
missioner Flynns bureau were arraigned
in four Manhattan police courts yesterday.
In a majority Of cases the men were held
for further examination. Little evidence
was presented.
In the West Side court seven men were
taken before Magistrate Butts. All we're
arrested in a raid at a house in West 18th
streets On short affidavits. charging four
Of the prisoners with aiding and abettng
in running a gambling house. they were
held, and three others were held as com
mon gamblers.
In the jefferson and Essex Market courts
two men were freed and sixteen were held.
including Sonny" Smith. the alleged pro-
prletor of an East sth street gambling
house.
Magistrate Herbert. in the Tombs police
court. was busy with more than thirty
prisoners arrested in the raids in State
and Broad streets. The prisoners were all
held in 500 each for examination on Sun
day morning.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
FIRE CAPTAIN GUILTY
Waldo Objects to Taking Out
Apparatus for Exhibition.
CHAPLAIN'S TWO SURPRISES
Obliged to Take an Oath ana
Asked to Take $4,000 from
Mrs. Sage for Libraries.

rh. Rev Edward NJ II. KNAPP, Protes-
rant Episcopal chaplain of the Fire Depart
ynent Vas somewhat surprised twice yes
,erdsv The first time was when he was
obliged 10 take an oath. The second was
nbon he was requested TO take $4,000.
The first surprise occurred when MT
Xnapp was a witness, together with hoius
Gavnor. the Mayors son; Arthur Copper
LAWYER: Reginald Cleveland. newspaper
man and j. La Baron Johnson, FORMER
chaplain Of the department, IN the case
OF Captain Edward f. O'Conner, now IN
command Of Engine Company i76, at Kings
Highway and East 14th street. brooklyn
Captain O'Conner was being tried on the
charge Of placing his engine out OF service
without informing the fire alarm telegraph
bureau a breach of the department rules
snd regulations.
on the night OF January So it was said
he ran engine -. of which he was theh
foreman. out OF the engine house ana up
the street for the purpose of amusing
PARTY Of visitors. embodied in the witnesses
Of Yesterday morning
The Witnesses all declared that the whole
performance did not take more than TWO
minutes. and sought TO show that the en-
cine was at no time out Of reach or
The alarm. Moreover. Assistant Foreman
Murphy. Battalion chief Skelly and FIRE
chief Croker all testified that It was a
common custom of tho department TO give
,hese exhibitions TO favored visitors. and
each asserted that he had witnessed many
of them Chief Croker further thought
that the engine was in r better position
- psn1d hlN
leen had il remained in the house.
Fire Commissioner Waldo. however. who
was complainant. judge aud jury in the
case believed that the taking out OF fire
apparatus vss serious matter and should
not he done. lie pronounced the culprit
guilty Of the charge. hut IN consideration
OF his previous excellent record let him off
with a reprimand. Captain O'Conner had
already received some punishment for his
offence in being suspended for four days
after the night of the turnout. so that the
ends Of justice were not defeated.
Mr. Knapp's second surprise was not
wholly unlocked for. For a number OF
months he has been interested in obtain
ing libraries for the frehouses Of the city
containing such books as the men study
in preparation for their examinations for
promotion. Yesterday he learned that Mrs.
Russell Sage was willing to contribute
$4,000 for the purpose.
He said last night that he vas going TO
work right away in the selection Of the
books and hoped to have every f1rehouse
In greater New York equipped with a
library in the course of month. The men
attend Chil Service schools to prepare
themselves for the examinations. and the
chaplain expects the libraries to assist them
materially in their work.
Only books that are required for such
study will be provided at th- present time
but the chaplain said that If he could OBJ
tain other contributions lie would estab-
lsh general Libraries i'm the houses.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
SHIPPING NEWS
Port of New York, Thursday, February
l6, 1911.
ARRIVED.

Steamer Excelsior Ger, Hamburg February 1
TO Philip Ruprecht, in ballast. Arrived at the
Steamer Mauretania CBD. Liverpool February
II and Queenstown IL; to the Cunard - 60.
mails and mdse Arrived at the Bar at s:4i
p m.
steamer Millnocket Stockton. to the Grea,
Northern Paper co. with paper; vessel 10
Bull & CO. Passed in Quarantine at 5:O5 m.
Steamer Comus New orleans February H. &c
the Southern Pacific CO. with passengers and
mdse Passed in Quarantine at 7:20 a m.
Steamer city Of Columbus. Savannah Febr1i-
airy 49, to the Ocean So co. with passengers and
mdse. Passed I'm Quarantine at 1:2o m.
steamer Frutera CNor). Port Antonio January
81. Nontego Bay February 3 and Porto Barrios
q. to the United Fruit co. with mcse. Arrived
at the Bar at a m.
steamer Julia Luckenbach. Ponce February 2.
Humacao 6. Mannabe and Arooyo Z, san Juan
S and Mayaguez Q. to the lnsular Line. with
mdse. Arrived AT the Bar at $50 m
steamer Polycarp tBp. CeaIa January -;
Booth & 60. with two passengers, mails and
mdse. Arrived at the Bar at $50 m.
steamer Metapan OBJ, santa Marta FEBRUARY
Z. Colon ., Kingston IL and Port Antonio IL, "a
the United Fruit Co with - passengers and
fruit. to the Fruit Despatch Co. Arrived at the
steamer Fortuna CNor). Colastno January I.
Rosario l3. Buenos Ayres II and Barbados Feb
ruary I. to the West India SIS CO. with lnseed.
Arrived at the Bar at 10 IN.
steamer st Louis. southampton and Cherbours
February and Queenstown ., TO the American
Line, with 1c5 cabin and la steerage passen-
s'ISs mans "AAA ANA"-' -NA'Af'N a. INV la ~
IL
Steamer crown Of Navarro Brl. Perth AM
boy Passed in Quarantine at 12:aO p m.
steamer Madison Newport News and Norfolk.
to the Old Dominion SIS Co. with passengers and
mdse. Passed i'm Quarantine at :33 "A
steamer Ogeechee. Gulfport February .. 10 the
Texas Cl,y IS CO. with mdse. Passed in Quar-
antine at 454 p m.
steamer Iroquols Jacksonville February 13
and Charleston u. to the CLYDE IS CO. with
passengers and mdse. Passed In Quarantine at
5:03 m.
steamer Panama. Cristobal February 10. 20
the Panama Railroad SIS Line. with 90 passen-
gers. mails and mdse. Arrived at tho Bar at
2:33 -
Steamer Avon OBJ. Havana January %.
Guantanamo IS Kingston 30, Colon February 2.
Cartagena 3. Trinidad T. Grenada s, Barbados
O. Martinique 10 and Bermuda II. 10 Sanderson
a Son with 172 passengers and IN ballast. Ar
rived AZ the Bar AZ 2:30 IN.
Steamer Verona (Nor). Port Antonio February
and Charleston II. TO bennett Hvoslof & Co.
in ballast. Arrived at the Bar at $3.50 m.
Sandy Hook. J. Feb 10. a:3o p m-Wind
southwest light breeze; partly cloudy: hazy OF
shore. light sea.
Steamers Room (Cerl. Bremen; Helllg Olav
DAM, Copenhagen; Nordstiernen DAM, Balti-
more: Oceana Ger. Bermuda; FL Rio. Calves
ton; City OF Atlanta, Savannah Advance, Crs-
tobal: Campanello tB). Rotterdam; Sabine
Brunswck Jamestown Norfolk and Newport
News: Andyk Dutch. Rotterdam: Sarta Marta
1Brl.. Port Antonio; MORO Castle Havana; Ia
Provence (Fr). Havre. Afia CBr). Rotterdam via
Norfolk. Caroline G'r), llavre.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
STEAMERS AT FOREIGN PORTS.

Bristol. Feb 16-Bristol City O3D. New York
Liverpool. Feb 1G-Camoens Br), New York for
suez Feb ie-Kablnea Br). Calcutta and Co
lombo. for Boston and New York.
Port Said. Feb lG-Muncaster Castle (BD. New
York FOR Yokohama.
leans via Norfolk: san Antonio CBr. New
AlsieTs; Feb l4,n,cleyelana Ger @Gsr,; New York via
Copenhagen. Feb Il. 4. p nc F Tietsen dam.
New York via Chrstansand.
Naples. Feb ~. q m--Duca di Geneva dtal).
Avonmouth. Feb 1G-Iroquols CBr). New York.
Genoa. Feb i2-Taormna GtaD, Philadelphia
and New York, via Naples; 18Th. oceania
QtaD, New York via Naples.
Havre, Feb 14-Chicago Pr. New York =.
Marsellles. Feb lG m-Roma FD' New
York
Palermo. Feb 15. 4p m-sant Anna G'n from
Marseilles,. New York.
London, Feb 18--Mlnnetonsa tBr. New York via
southampton; orteric !Br1' Vancouver, @,,, pr,
from Southampton and Cherbourg), New
York.
st MichaeTs' Feb i6-Athiual Grlo from
Pireus,. New York.
Bowden, Feb Il. p m-Allemnnnia IGer). New
Kingston. Feb H. 4p m-PrInz Joachim GER.
Yokohama Feb li-Braemar CRn New York.
Barbados. Feb l2-oppurg Gan. from Santos
and Rio Janeiro for New York.
Santos Feb il-scottish Prince tBr>. for New
York
Lizard Fet i6-Ryudam Dutch, New York for
Bouloguc and Rotterdam
Lizard. Feb SO $3.50 MA Tourane Fp.
Portland BnI Feb lG-ldsho ,B0 New York
Perrin. In. FEB i5-chesopeake ,BD. New York for
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
SHOT IN THIGH; ARRESTED
Police Not Fully Convinced That Story
of Hold-up and Robbery Is True.

i.cinucl Ferris was found early Thursday
a. Broadway and 18Th street with bullet
wound in his right thigh. At the j. Hood
Wright Hospital he said ne had been held
up. robbed of $275 and shot by several men
because he wouldn't throw up his hands
when they attacked him. Then he was ar
rested as a suspicious person"
Detectives say Ferris. who is only twen-
tv-one years Old has served two terms in
the reformatory. and believe he has not
told the full story Of his wound. His
mother and sister insisted that Ferris had
been threatened with death through an
unsigned letter. They said he was some
sort Of a collector. but didn't know where
he was employed.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
WATER REGISTER RESIGNS.

Clair Foster. who had been Water Reg.
lister for the Borough Of Manhattan for the
last year sent his resignation TO Commits
sioner Thompson of the Department of
Water Supply yesterday. lie resigned In
order 20 accept tho place OF assistant 20
the president Of the Bush Terminal Com
pany. In Brooklyn. In accepting his resg-
nation Commissioner Thompson spoke In
high praise OF the work that had been done
by Mr. Foster In increasing the water rev.
enues Of the city.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
HICKORY TREES THREATENED
Blight in Van Cortlandt Park Alarms
Commissioner Higgins.

new blight has struck the hickory trees
IN Van Cortlandt Park. according 10 Park
Commissioner Higgins Of The Bronx, and
unless money Is appropriated by the Board
Of Estimate at once the hickory trees will
80 the way Of the Chestnuts
1t will take 5000 to stop this new
snsect" said Commissioner Higgins yester-
day. Il shall ask the Board of Estimate
for that amount. for unless the blight IS
checked some If the finest trees in Van
CortlanGt Park will be sacrificed
Three hundred chestnuts are 10 be re-
moved from this park in the near future.
More than that number had to be cut down
last year. The last chestnut trees In Cen
trai Park were removed then.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
THEFT BY WOMAN coNDoNED.

When a Sixth avenue department store in
sisted yesterday that IT didn't wish TO press
complaint of theft against a woman Mag
istrate Steinert. in the Jefferson Market
court. ordered the complaint changed TO
one OF disordery conduct. and Mrs, Eliza
beth A. CleYeland, wife of theatre man
ager, wrote on the back Of the complaint
a confession in which she admitted stealing
a vanity case valued at 81. When Mrs.
Cleveland was arrested Wednesday after
noon bankbooks showing a balance Of $lS.-
90 we're found in her shopping bag.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17

Destination and steamer Close I'm y. 7. r. N.
Japan, Corea, China, Philippines (via
NancouyerD-Flm press ot China. -. To-day. $50
dsnfa To-day. $50
FIJI Islands. Australia New Zealand
Cvia Victoria)-Zcaandia ......... Feb 10. $50
Samoan Islands, New Zsalart, Aus
tralia via San Francisco)-Spit-
head ........................ Feb 10 $50
Hawaii (via san FranciscOl-S Feb 20, $50
Karaakura Maru, ,'o..,..e..'.......F Feb 90 $50
Hawaii. japan, Corea. China. Phil
ippnes (via san trancisco)-Man-
Churia Feb %, y. ID
New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
SYRACUSE ALUMNI TO HEAR DIX

Governor Dix. Chancellor Day and Justice
Tompkins. Of the Supreme Court. will be
the sneakers at the annual dinner Of the
New Yoik City Alumni Association, OF
Syracuse University. 10 be held at the
Brevoort this evening. This is one OF the
annual occasions on which Syracuse Uni
1ersity men and women turn out to give
a big reception for Chancellor Day. and
this year they are extending the circle 10
include other prominent men.