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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
MRS. MILLS Wins C0RN|CE
SUIT AGAINST COL. LELAND
She May Go Ahead and Remove
Ornamental Work From
the Verona.

Supreme Court Justice Delany Yesterday
denied an application by Col. Francis l..
Leland. n banker who recently gave 81. .Uno. =
ono to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
for an Injunction restraining Mrs Harriet
A. X. Mills OF 1i9 Madison avenue from
removing the elaborate ornamental cornices
OF the Verona apartments AT the corner
OF Madison avenue and SiXty-fourth street.
The residence of Mrs. Mills adioins the
Verona and rises to the nth sory of the
apartment house. A belt of ornamental
cornice around the apartment house hangs
Leland got the apartment house in 1907
ON mortgage foreclosure. At the time
Mrs. Mills demanded that the part extend
ing over her residence he removed. Col.
Leland then agreed that If Mrs. Mills would
not object to the cornice he would spend
$1,000 improving her residence.
Col. Leland failed to carry out his agree =
ment and Mrs. Mills brought suit to compel
him to remove the obstruction. Justice
Pendletou heard the case in June and gave
Judgment for Mrs. Mills. under which Col
Leland was directed To begin TO remove
the corn &c within month In case he
ana not do so the court gave to Mrs. Mills
permission to do the work herself and
charge the cost to Col. Leland. She hired
a contractor "a few days ago and he has
already constructed a scaffolding from the
top OF the Mills residence.
Just ice Delany decided that Mrs Mills
IS acting within the terms OF the decree in
her favor
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
OPPOSES CHINESE IN TIBET.
Great Britain Recognizes Suzerninty
Hut Nothing More.

WAsHINGToN. Aug. 3O.-The State De-
partment has been Informed of the
memorandum presented to the Chinese
Government in Pekn yesterday by
the British Minister at that capita
serving notice on the Chinese that
Great Britain must be consulted in re-
gard tc any movement by the Pckin
Government with respect TO Tibet.
According TO the State Department 8
information Great Britain comedies
Chinese suzerainty in Tibet. but insists
that its own interests must be taken
into consideration in that country. OBJ
lection is made TO the Chinese purpose
of bringing Tibet under closer control
by the use Of military force.
There Is no disposition at the State
Department 10 make any opposition to
this course upon the part of Great
Britain.
Great Britain will be allowed to pro-
coed in regard to Tibet without at
tempt at interference by the United
states, much as Rus"ia has not been
molested in her policy with respect tc
Mongolia. whose independence OF the
Chinese Empire she is fostering.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
DODGE WEEPS IN COURT
AS He Wins A DIVORCE
Breaks Down While Telling of
Wifr'S Refusal to Leave
Washington.

RENu. NeN.. Aug. 80 While in one
court room here this afternoon throng
listened To the divorce trial OF
Mrs. Edna Hat, against her artist
husband. across the corridor Phiiip
T. Dodge. president of the Ameri-
can Linotype Company. and
lawyer with iapge financial interests
on two continents, r-cited the his
tory of his wifes desertion. Both
trials were based upon allegations
of desertlon, and 1t was the first
instance in the history OF Nevada
divorce courts wherein two trials OF
persons Of nat.ona, prominence were
held simultaneously III adjoining court
rooms.
A decree was granted in the lawyers
favor against Margaret A. Dodge. a
property settlement had been made out
OF court.
Dodge broke down and wept as he
recited the story OF his married expert
ences, suspendng proceedings moment
until he could regain control of himself.
The court expressed its absolute CON
Gdencc in the truth of his testimony.
Dodge testified that he and his wife
were married in Washington. ID, c., on
October is, 1876 They have two adult
children, Norman, who Is associated
with him in business in Washington,
and Olive, a married daughter.
His business az patent lawyer in
Washington became 40 extensive and
cNactlng that he was compelled to make
frequent trips to New York, other cities
and to England Finally he had TO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
BROWNS OFF ROCKAWAY POINT.
Ferrs boat Nate Dives to Reacuc
Body. hut Fails.

James Lamb. mate on the fcrrNboat
Belle lIarbor, which runs between Sea
side and Shecpshead, saw a rowDoat
laden with freight leave the dock at
the end OF Rockaway Point at 80 last
night. Tn" waves spashed into the
boat and il began to sink. \ man, the
only person In the boat, called for help
and houndered around in the water. He
sank three times. and although the,-
were about thirty persons on the dock
no one went to his assistance.
Tho Belle Ilarhor turned out OF her
course. and when 1t was near the spot
where the man went down Lamb
Jumped overheard and tried To get him
He divcd twice. but was unable TO find
the body. The victims name was un-
known.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
RENO COURT HOLDS UP
HUT DIVORCE DECREE
Artists Wife Nearly ColIapscs
When Judge Demands
More Evidence.
SHE TELLS HER own STORY
Declares She Wants to Return
to Husband. If lie Will
Change Habits.

RI>u. New. Aug S0.--Judee French
refused to-day to grant decree of di-
vurcc to Mrs. Henry HUT from her
artist husband pending further evil
dpnCc.
The testimony is not AT all satisfactory
To the court in proving wiltul desertion on
pai1 of the defendant" announced the
Judge az Henry iiutt's wife and model
nearly collapsed and the crowd OF spec
tator- and attorneys SaHed al each other
in n-ternatiOn.
Her counsel immediately asked for an
opportunity to secure fun hor dispositions
and the court continued the trial until
September 10. II WIS apparent from the
Judges insistent questions that som a.
thing unexpected was coming
Attracted by the prominence of the
part les involved and the beauty of the
plaintiff. whom her husband once de-
ciared more beautiful than the Vents de
Milo. Il curious throug crowded the court
room. The woman who has figured 80
prominently in Bohemian circles of studio
life in New York and elsewhere, ana d-
Norceact ivities in New York and Reno Sat
nerVously hy the side Of her attorneys.
James Glynn and Oscar !. Smith. while
Ayers and Gardner watched every pro-
Coedng in the interest OF the deiendani
husband.
Mrs. Hutt's complaint filed here was
oaSeu upon very inherent "'l'S"t'o''N
from thal upon Which sh' sued IN Ne"
NorN. mis- being one uf simple descrtion
in New York city August -, 1919
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
CALL ON PRIVATE BANKERS.
state Comptroller Requires Report
of Assets and I.inbiIItics.

ALBANY. Aug. 30.-State Comptroll"r
Sohmer to-day issued a call 10 private
bankers licensed by him to do business
to report the amount of their assets
and liabilities, preferably as OF Sept
l. and in no case as of an earlier date"
These reports are To be filed within ten
days of Sept. !.
State Superintendent of Banks
George c. Van Tuyl. Jr.. has authorized
the Montgomery County Trust Com
pany to commence business in Amstcr-
dam with capital of SyO9,00O and
paid in surplus of $4,000. The new
company expects TO commence bus-
ness on oct. I, John Barnes, a prom-
nent Amsterdam manufacturer will
be the first president of the new trust
company.
The Citizens Trust Company of
Brooklyn has received the consent of
Superintendent Van Tuyl to the closing
of It's branch office al IL Graham .syenuc
Brooklyn. The business of this branch
has been merged into the main office Of
the trust company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
KILLS WIFE, FEARING HIS "
BROTHER MIGHT WIN HER
Then Consumptive. Who Took
Girl From Rival Relative.
Commits Suicide.
HIS own DEATH WAS NEAR
Dying Man Thought Devoted
Woman Planned Return
to Old Life.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30. james Nc
Nlanus. twenty-one-year- con.
simptive. shot and killed his nineteen.
year-old wife and then committed suicide
to-day, fearing that his own death
which physicians had predicted within
few weeks. would enable his brother
TO marry his widow. A girl 10 months
old was made an orphan by the tragedy
McManus and his brother. Frank, had
been bitter rivals for the hand of the girl
She was lured to this city by Frank two
or three years ago. When James found
her home he persuaded her to leave the
brother and made her his bride.
For a time the couple were happy.
The child born to them seemed To-
strengthen the bond OF low bet cen them
and the neighbor' regarded them as one
of the happiest Of Dung couples in West
Phi adc phia.
James caught heavy cold last winter
Pneumonia set in and when he recovered
it was only to find that tuberculosis had
set in. He tried the mountain regions of
Pennsylvania and when he returned some
one told him that his brother had been
there at his house.
The husband snrmised that his brother
was planning to win the girl after his
death. He told his wife he knew what she
was planning and warned her that when
he died she would have to go too. Tho
wife laughed, told him he was foolish
and assured him she hated the very ground
on which his brother walked.
This was not enough for the husband
He continued to suspect her and with
each significant act began TO accuse her.
friends say unjustly. Her life became
r.,, G,,l ill., -
followed quarrel and the two were no
longer happy.
Yesterday the quarrel started all over
when he found letter in his wifes s pos.
session that was intended for him. The
wife, thinking that IL she taunted him
it would cure him Of his jealousy, had
withheld il to let him think she was re-
ceiving mail surreptitio,lsly.
While she was at the stove preparing
breakfast to-day McManus cornered
her He pulled a revolver from his coat
and emptied four chambers into her body
She fell upon the red hot stove and he
left her there.
He turned the revolver upon himself
and fired a bullet into his own brain
When the neighbors rushed in they
found both dead and the body of the wife
burning.
The wife's sister said Mrs McManus
idolized her husband. She told how she
had shown and how Mrs McManus would
go to her house and complain how unius
il all was
Once, she said, Frank went to the hous"
in her husbands absence and she told
him to leave and never show his fac
at her door again.
Neighbors also say that from bright
sunny faced girl Anna McNIanus b.oari"
carewom. They also say that frank
had been seen in the neighborhood for
several days. II is believed that James
saw him and imagined that his wife aud
he We're meeting clandest inely
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
ATTACKS ON U. S. INSPIRED.
G"rman Government. u IL Believed,
Bchind Press Attacks.

WAsuiNG1oN. Aug 30 American Off
ciaIs both in the Treasury and the State
departments are considerably exasperated
regarding the tariff laidpn split peas and
other cereals imported from Germany.
These officials say that the German press
ha- absolutely no grounds for its charges
that tn" United States Government i.
trying 10 discriminate against Germany
and that this Government is endea voring
TO stir up Il tarih war with that country.
Ih" fact is that upon representations
made bv u member of Congress whose
constituents in Michigan are Interested
in the split pea industry, the Treasury
Department made an investigation into
the conditions under which Germany was
exporting split peas io this country
il was found that Germany was giving
u bounty, practically. on split peas sent
tO the United states Nv a provision
of the \mprican tariil laws tor many years.
whenever il j. found that any article i,
exported to he United States upon which
bounty j. paid 10y III. ,Npor,ni govern
inent. the TART, on that article must be-
raised br the amount oi the bOuntv
Ihis. II - declared. il what was done IN
the cnse of German split peas. The
amount OF IN" bounty and resultant rate
increase III tn" tarff rat" il said to be
very small and the value of split peas
exported annually likewise Insignificant
1t is the conviction here thar the Ger
man Government is aiding and ab.iting
in the unjust and unreasonable attacks
of IL press upon the tntei States II has
been noted that the most violent and
abusive attacks have appeared in the
semi official organs al Berlin. Moreover
the matter OF split pea Is regarded here
a. such an lnsignitCant detail of taril
administrative routine that it j. noi be-
llev"d IN. German press would eyer have
learned of il if It had not been commuui-
Gated To them for an obvious purpose by
the German Government official
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
COLLEGE MEN TO AID WILSON.
Arc Organizing College Mems
League to work for tits Election.

Joseph r. Truesdale. Princeton. 'o4;
John l.. de Saulles. Yale. '01, and Win
ter Russell. Harvard 90. are organiz-
ing a Woodrow Wilson College Mems
League. having for its purpose tho
formation. with the aid of college men
and young alumni of Wilson clubs
throughout the country. Quarters were
opened yesterday in tho Imperial Hotel.
and tho work of the league viii Ie
begun at once.
DE Saullcs. one Of Yale's most ia
nous quarterbacks. came all the way
from Chile to help in the election Of
Gov. Wilson. Mr.. Truesdale is Il rela-
tive of the president Of the Lackawanna
Raldroad. Mr.. Russell is lawyer and
will have charge Of the speakers
bureau of the organization and will
cooperate with Congressman Burleson.
the head Of the speakers bureau OF the
Democratic National Committee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
FEAR THE REFUSAL Of j. s.
TO SUBMIT CANAL DISPUTE
English Press Comments on
story That Hague Appeal
will Be Barred.

LoNpoN, Aug. 3i.-The American Gov d.
ernments alleged determination not to
allow the questions arising ont of the
Panama Canal law to be- sent to The
Hague cNcites more comment from the
English newspapers,
The Post SAYS 1t finds Il difficult to
believe that this Is true. as the United
States would then be following up a
violation Of one treaty by violation of
another and thus proclaiming to the
world it's absolute disregard for the most
solemn engagements. The Post warns
American statesmen that If they are
not careful they will acquire a reputa-
tlon FOR Pnic faith and find that other
nations will refuse to contract engage
ments with the United States. The Post
concludes:
III the United States insists upon
tearing up bargain which she SOL
EMMY pledged herself to fulfil, Great
Britain must and will find way Of
calling her to account FOR breach Of
faith
The Daily Mail proclalms its reluc-
tancc to believe that the American Gov
ernment will refuse to arbtrate the
question. 1t says that II tho Hay
!
the Clayton Bulwer convention. for
which 1t was substituted. remains in
force. and Great Britain shares with
the United States the right to admin
lister and control the Isthmian Canal.
The paper asks how President Taft pro-
poses to escape from this greater
dilemma.
The Saturday PCricir says that 1t has
pointed out from the first that for Great
Britain to make sacrifices in regard TO
the Panama Canal in order TO win
American friendship was tn pursue a
phaptom. and tn imagine that American
politicians would he bound by any feel
ing Of honor or respect for treaties II
they found tina; il would pay to violate
them was to deludc herself The whole
course of history proved this.
The RCriCW asks what the civilized
world is To do in sclf-defenCe and an
5wors the question by saying
"lf our Foreign Office is fully deter
mined never to fight the United States
We are bound to have the worst In 4
controversy with an adversary To whom
the obligation of a plight,d word 10
merely a superstition OF an effetr civ
iization Failing an arrangement be-
tween the great nations, Injured by Yam
kee perfidy To compeI the observance OF
treaties by force, they should by com
mon agreement withdraw their Ambas-
sadors from Washington and treat with
the politicians who hold sway there as
they would with the only sort of State
such people are NJ 10 govern"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
TAFT SPEEDING TO BEVERLY.
Fair Committee Tried to CoaH Him
From Train for speech.

NJ wv WIN ''s'A
From Train for speech.
ALBANY. Aug. 80 President Taft, in
his private car,rpassed through here late
tonight. having left Columbus at A. NJ,
en- route to Beverly, Mass. Mr.. Taft
will'rea CHI 'BeverlySto-morrowSmorning.
This noon his car was held up for half
an hour in the yards at Erie. Pa. while
several freight0tran were being shunted
about. Mr.. Taft sent his secretary out
to learn if Mrs. c. II Strong. at whose
home he stayed on recent visit to Erie.
was to be found in the small party await
ing his arrival. but Mrs. Strong was not
present.
There were 600 people in the crowd
that greeted the arrival of the train at
Dunkirk The Presidents appearance
on the platform was greeted with cheers.
\ committee tried to get him to stay over
long enough to speak at the Chautauqua
county fair. but he was forced TO decline
The President was greatly. pleased
with his reception in Columbus yester-
day. Nearly 10000 persons saw him at
the State Fair and as many more cheered
him as he passed through the streets.
He shook hands with 5000 persons at the
State House.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
NORWoRTH's BROTHER BROWNS
Actor's Relative Lost Fry Ing IL
Svims Lake Sunapre. " H.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 3O.--Word was re-
ceived here to-day of the drowning Of
Robert Pearson knauir, u brother Of
Jack Norworth. the vaudeville actor
and song writer.
knauff. who was % years old and re-
sided with his parents at Oak Lane:
was drowned at Lake Sunapee. y. H.
last Tuesday when he attempted to
swim across the lake and was taken
with cramps. His body was recovered
on Wednesday and was brought here
to-day.
The funeral service will bc held on
Monday from st. Martins Church, oak
lane, In the choir Of which he used to
sing.
Mr.. knaun was connected with u local
house. He was formerly in
the newspaper business in this city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
DYNAMITE UNDER CAR. ONE CLUE
Philadelphia Detectives Say Law
renee Trail started There.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug, 30 The trail
which led to the arrest of William NJ
Wood, president OF the American Wooden
Company, started in this city according
TO members of the local detect i've bureau
who say they assisted investigators in
getting evidence here.
Last spring nineteen sticks of dynamite
We're found tied to the trucks Of freight
car which passed through Lawrence and
came to this city. The car was consigned
10 the paper firm Of Garrett Buchanan of
IS South Sixth street, Philadelphia Il
had been shipped by Wyman Flint 4 Sons
Of Bellows Falls. VI
At the time local labor leaders declared
the whole thing was a plant" and that
IN eilort was being made TO give the i'm
preston that the Lawrence strikers we're
using dynamite.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31

.t.l ss.F.t "a uttpy
all brought about gradual estrangcment.
possibly not helped out by the prcsenc'
of her relatives much in her home and
we drifted apart We never had a
quarrel and have the utmost respect
for her"
Mrs. Dodge appeared formally Ivy
counsel. she being now nj her summer
home in Norris county. New Jersey.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
WOMAN HELD AS EMBEZZLER.
Mrs. Richey's ArrniGnment startIes
Washington, Pa.

WASHINGTON. Pa, Aug. 3O,--A sensation
was caused here to-day when Mrs. Myrtle
Richey. "A member of prominent Wash
ington family, was arraigncd in criminal
court on a charge of embeZzement
The case had been conducted with the
utmost secrecy and no ono knew of the
arrest until Mrs Richey was arraigned
She was charged with having embezZied
5000 from the Woman's Exhcarge here OF
which she was formerly the mana ger
She, retained counsel and is prcpa red
to make a ha rd fight
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
MYSTERIOUS WOMAN WITH
POTTER IS MISSING NOW
Registered as Wife. She Quits
Hotel Where sculptor
Met Death.

| SEATTLE. Wa sh,, Aug 3O.--The woman
who came to Seattle with Louis Potter
and who when he registered at the
Hanelton Hotel here rs l.. Percy also
| registered AZ Mrs. L. Percy and passed
a. his wife, has disappeared
Al the llazelton it is said Mrs Potter
or Mrs, Percy is still in the city. When
Potter'S condition made the attendanc ce
of a physician necessary. following the
treatments by the Chinese herb doctor
DIR Ronald st trath was called. The woman
who had lived at the Hazeton with Pot
ter as his wife told DR.. Strath after Pot
ter's death that she was married TO the
sculptor three years ago Ia st November
When told that Potter WAS dead sne
exhibited no emotion
H. NJ. c. e. Potter. brother of the
sculptor. telegraphed TO the Coroner from
Chatham, \. Y, that Louis Potter had
never married, The only man here who
knew the identity of the sculptor prior
lecturer on Oriental philosophy. which
subject was one Of Potters fads. Collins
knew Potter in New York but never met
the woman who passed here as his wife.
The Mrs. Percy who registered with
Potter at the Hazclton, he says. is un-
hIfbNIl W MIN.
After Potter's death the woman told
the landlady Of the Ha zeron that she was
n New York newsp aper woman, was
Potter's WIFE and th at she had written "A
magazine article on his work which had
been published. but she did not give the
, name Of the publcat ion.
The Chinese physician who was treating
the sculptor for a skin disease has not
been quest ioned. An autopsy has failed
to reveal the cause Of death and Coroner
Snyder is awaiting tse report of the
chemists as to the contents of the stomach
before demanding to know the details of
the severe treatment administered,
%HSi TS - stiAsrl
No new details;n regardIto the death of
Louis Potter were received by his friends
yesterday. The sculptor's mother was
at Chatham and will not come to this
city until the beginning of next week
Al the apartment house where Mr.,
Potter lived with his mother 1T 8ll West
lIISt street il was not known that Mr.
Potter was married. A near relative
of the sculptor said last night that when
she read in the paper that Mr.. Potter had
gone to Seatt h with his wife il was the
first intimation she had that the sculptor
was married.
None of Potter's friends had ever no
ticed that the sculptor was suffering from
skin disease nor had he complained of
such y disease to any OF them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31
WOMAN STARTS PUBLISHING co.
VIII Print Only Books Which Make
Readers IIappy.

l.oNDoN, Aug. 3O.--The Happy Pub
fishing Company has just made its debut
in London. 1t Is private venture of
Miss T.. Jewson. who says the chief
object Is TO open new profession FOR
women. Men are excluded from any
part In the business, hut no! owing to
sex antagonism. Tho comapny will pub
iish only womCns books and none en-
cept those that will make its readers
happy.