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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-14
Case May Go Into Courts.

II may be that this point VIII 20 tr.ec
out through some kind of court acton.
Mcdowell is known TO have THIS course
of action in mind. Colonel Scott inti-
mated something Of this, when, III leaV-
ing the office, he said:
II have accepted the order OF re-
moval from Mr. Potter and have turned
over the office TO him, according to the
letter ne holds from the Governor. L
have told him and Mr. Mcdowell that
whatever occurs after leave this Of
flee is without my advice and ap-
proval.' n
There is much discussion among the
lawyers tonight whether Potter, In
serving on Mcdowell the letter OF dis
charge signed superintendent" has
not exceeded any authority he pos
sesses. The Governor says he hasn't
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-14
Senators Unanimously Adopt
Resolution Calling Governor
Biased and Asking
Fair Trial.
Reject GIBBS NOMINATION
Chief Executive Places in
Charge of Prison Department
Pardon Clerk Who Gusts
Mcdowell Who Called
Sulzer Liar.
fBy Tclosrsph 70 The Tribune. !

Albany. March f3.--F'ollowing
speech By Senator John Muriaugh. IN
which ne declared that Governor Sui
ger. for petty political reasons. WAS re-
moving 2 Superintendent Of Prisons
whom the President OF the United
States had considered big enough TO
Preside over the international confer
crce Of prison officials the Senate to-
day unanimously branded Governor
s,ulZer as Unfair end biasscd in his
treatmen: Of Colonel Joseph f.. Scott
( That body without word OF dissent
adopted resolution condemninc tho
Governor for being prosecutor and
judge IN Colonel SCOTS case and re-
questing him 10 refer 1t to an i'm
partial tribunal"
\ few minutes thereafter tho Senate
unanimously rejected the Governors
nomination Of Milton T.. Gibbs. Of
Rochester. to be n member Of tho state
Hospital Commission Gibbs yesterday 8
admitted to the Senate Finance Corn
mittcc that he had met complaints Ia
the bar association Of his city that h
had short changed" clients Of his hy
refunding to ;hen the money they said
he had held out in his settlement with
them
These actions by the Senate. remark
able in their being taken unanimoUslv.
with three political rarties represented
in the body. constituted crushing a.
raignment OF the Governor. His reply
was vigorous and in no sense likely 10
Soothe the feelings of d Senate already
much affronted BY MS conduct and that
of an appointee who seems bent on
precipitating the Governor into a fight
with his party organization. which
above all else wants peace and harmony
| this year
The Governor removed Colonel Scott
| from his place AZ Superintendent of
| Prisons. Acting on q formal opinion ~
the Attorney General that until a new
superintendent had been confirmed by
the Senate the Governor personally or
/ BY a personal reDresentatiye must con-
duct the Prison Department. the Gov
ernor named owen l.. Potter. his par
don clerk. 10 take charge of the de-
partment'S affairs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-14
To Examine Riley's Record.

Then the Governor sent to the Senate
the nomination Of John r. Riley. at
present County Judge OF Clinton CouB-
". To be Superintendent of Prisons.
The nomination was referred 10 the
Finance Committee. IL will remain
there until Judge Riley's record is ex-
amined exceedingly carefully. He - a
Cleveland Democrat" who has been
more or less of a job holder and ac;ive
politically for years. He was Consul
General at Ottawa under Cleveland
He has had no practical experience In
prison affairs. though the Governor
saws he is interested in prison reforms.
He is the county judge before whom
Colonel Scott said it was useless To
bring proceedings against employees of
clinton prison whom he discharged for
theft. as the county officials woulin
prosecute or convict
Potter, whose letter designating him
10 act as Colonel Scott's successor
specifically termed him as SuperlI-
tendent of Prisons. served the dispps-
sess notice himself on Colonel Scott
II was accepted. Then III letter on
the Prison Department Stationery,
signed Superintendent Mr.. Potter
discharged John j. Mcdowell. Colonr.
SCOTS secretary. who said the Gov
ernor lied" about charges he said lie
had preferred TO Colonel Scott, aad
added that the Governor could go TO
hell" Mcdowell took the letter and
bundled some of his personal belong
ings into his pocket. Then he left the
Prison DEPARTMENTS office at his usual
time. refusing 10 say what he intendcd
TO do.
The opinion which the Attorney Cen
oral gave TO the Governor was very
specific in making the point tnat SO
far AS the duties of the superintendent
had been delegated to his CLERK. these
could he exercised by the clerk as org
AS he remained in office. In Other
words. if Mcdowell remained in Office.
il was the opinion Of the Attorney Cen
eral that he was in practical effect the
head of the Department OF PRISONS
until the Senate had confirmed a lie"
superintendent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-14
lBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Princeton, y. j., March 3.-PTesidcnt
Uibbcn OF Princeton University said TINS
evening regarding the bequest Of Mr..
Thompson:
This unconditional git. which assures
Princeton an immediate income Of at least
$50 900 yearly for general university pur-
noses, is especially welcome at this time.
Princeton's general bulge; each year
shows deficit Of approximately 3lO,v0.
MIR Thompson's handsome gift will
greatly encourage the friends OF Prince
ton I'm their efforts TO provide an adequate
general endowment. which is the univer-
sity's most urgent need"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-14
INAUGURATION.

How the traffic WAS handled by the
Southern Railway. See advt. page 2.--Advt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-14
This Mornings News.
LOCAL.

Eleven Drown in ay.............. !
Leaves s. zoo. 600 10 Princeton /
Tells Of Thrill from Turtle Germs o..
Human Rocket" Sticks TO Earth.... l
Flint Saws Thaw Rules Matteawan 2
Timers said TO Have Sailed. .......... 4
detection of Cup Challenge Approved 4
Whitman Would Run for Mayor. S
J.. y Brown Sees Peace in Mexico. o.. s
Principal Defends Mrs. Edgell..... 9
Museum Gets Rare Whistler 8
New Pacific X. X. Dissolution Plan. IL
Mayor and Waldo Defend Police e....ll
Aged SWANS Woes Stir Shields I6
Glover Leaf Balks AT Arbitration. 16
More Subway Delay in Sight......l6
Marines Easy for Auto Bandits l6
Hawthorne Jury Locked Up.......l6
GENERAL.
Sulzer. Rebuked, Gusts Scott .
Mexicans Battle OF Border er..... 2
Long Grlling for Mrs Eaton ....
Single Head Highway Bill Passes s
Bryan 10 Latin-Americans. ns.......... 6
Wilson TO Face Canal Toll Problem. 6
Democrats in Patronage Harvest. 6
Roosevelt Talks in Philadelphia
FOREIGN
Strong Arms Aid Mrs Pankhurst 3
Ensland's 5-Battleship Programme 3
Friedman Wants Tests Deferred.
Balkan Peace Terms ..........3 q
oxford Wins Boat Race ..........4
Sir T. Upton Astounded .....
MISCELLANEoUS.
News for Women. 2
Editorial ................... q
Hpofts ..'...'..'..... 10 and IL
shipping ................... IL
Army and Navy .................. IL
financial and Markets Ia. l3 and IA
Real Estate e................l4 and Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-14
Stock PAYS 20 Per Cont a Year.

A large part of the testators estate
corsiets Of stock in the Chase National
Rank valued at S67j to SIOO share
and paying about 20 per cent year
uie home was at 40. 291 Madison ave-
n,,e which he inherited from his moth
or Mr.. Thompson spent much OF MS
time in Paris. where ne married the
daughter of colonel in the French
army. He was an alumnus OF Prince
ion University of the class Of ~.
ur THOMPSON was an only child,
and with his death the direct line in
the Thompson family was broken. He
was graduated from st. Paufs School
AT Concord. y. H., which he remembers
in his will. The testator few years
ago donated to Princeton SJO,OD TO
build the Thompson memorial gate and
wall that lead to the athletic field.
The outright bequest To Princeton
University. which is valued at about
500 600 is in the form Of 900 shares
of stock Of the Chase National Bank.
The testator gives outright TO his wife
/ 800 shares Of Chase Bank stock.
worth about 81 $50 900. all his holdings
i'm the Delaware, Lackawanna e. West
ern Railroad, value unknown, and the
life income in the residuary estate. val
ucd at S22.WO0OOO.
The testatOr gives TO friends and rel
atives S13J,OO0 and to DR.. y. f.. Brill
20 shares of stock Of the Chase Bank
valued at about $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-14

GREAT BEAR SPRING Wa sH.
soc per case OF s glass-stoppe'eo oot'ies'
-Advt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-14
Many Beoucsts to Charity.

Tn" following b"Iuests in memory OF
his mother. Abbey Sherman Thompson.
are made under power Of appointment
given the teStator in the will Of his
mother. and are contingent on MI.
THOMPSON dying without issue: New
Bedford city Mission. Of New Bedford
Mass. $4,000: Association for the Re-
lief of Aged Women OF New Bedford,
1000: New Bedford Day Nursery.
s10. 600: New Bedford Anti-Tuberculo-
sis Association. $4,000; Salvation Army
of New York 10000. New Bedlord
Port Society for the Moral Improve
wont of Scamen. $4,000: Woman :
Hosni,aI of New York City, $4,000;
American Hospital OF Paris. France
So 400. skin and Cancer Hospital OF
H.w York city. two-hfths of the estate
of Mrs THOMPSON ever which the tes-
tator had mower Of appointment. Three-
ffths of the residue Of the mother
estate je left TO the Seaman's Church
Institute of New York in memory OF
car,ain Edward sherman. OF South
Dartmouth. Mass, brother ol MI
Thompson mother.
The testator creates six life trust
funds aggregating S223,V". AT the
deatb of the beneficiaries. 81. Luke 9
Hospital is to receive $4,000 end the
Woman's Hospital $4,000 Of the prin-
cipal of the trusts.
Ferris s. Thompson was about forty
five years old at the time OF MS dea'h.
DESPITE his large estate. he was not
prominent either in business, society
or club life He had long been IN poor
health and lived on the income from
his property. His father. from whom
he inherited part Of his fortune. was
Samuel c. Thompson. president OF the
Chase National Bank. Of which his
grandfather. John Thompson. was one
of the organizers.
The evening world., 1913-08-23
How Farley The Strike Breaker Hired His "Breakers'

James Farley. the strike breaker. who
at the point OF death defed his doctors
on Thursday and went to the race track
to see his favorite horse run and. as
/, developed. win. demonstrated a little
OF tho old time spirit which once made
him the most feared and best hated
man In the realms Of union labor.
Farley was known as a fearless man.
and his work showed that he and fear
were strengers lie was sent for from
near and far IN IN. hsyday OF his ca
reer 20 take charge OF strikes. lie had
tho reputation Of being able to call upon
any number Of men IN the shortest pos
slble tine, and getting them TO any
desired point In the United States
while Farley had number ~ men on
his stan on whom he could always rely,
he had to rely on otn.r sources when
strike breakers were needed hy the
hundreds aud thousands,
II II said Of Farley that he never
uEderiook 10 break strike when he
thought that the principle tor which tho
strikers fought WAS right some Of his
The evening world., 1913-08-23

were lined up In the outer ofiite. Ills
men were In the Inside office and IL
was they who propounded the test
questions prepared by their chief. The
applicants were questioned AS to their
union Affiliations. They were asked
as to their ability to take care Of
themselves whether policemen were ON
the ears with them or not.
would you be willing to jump ON a
car. Just brought into the car mousse
with the motorman stretched out on
the platform beaten by the strikers,
bruised and bleeding. and the conduc-
Tor laid out on the rear platform. I'M
conscious. and cut up about the head
and the body?'
This was the nature OF the last auese,
ton propounded to the applicant. Far
ley watched each man all through as
question after question was asked. and
never spoke word. II at the last
question. asked gently, the applicant
battcd an eye, II his lip trembled or The ,
slightest flush came into his cheek, Far
ley made u sign 10 his men with his
head and the applicant was tod that
he would be apprised when he was
wanted II Farley sign!hsd approval
the man was employed then and tAGA
The evening world., 1913-08-23

able 20 tell about IT, Those who have
come before have all been torrorized by
the landed octopi. and have faded away
into premature graves. At any rate.
none OF them ever landed alive at the
Aquarium.
So. II is q wonderful thing We have
at the Aquarium. II It weren't for the
fact that the gate Of Matteawan were
left open on last Sunday morning. and
that Thaw Is In Canada, and the
further fact that we have also on ex-
hiDltlon two Governors %! New York.
and that Gaynor IL willing to run for
Mayor again, II tho people let-want
him. and that Mexico has the whoop-
Ing cough--and a few things like that.
We would have tho octopus on the
FIRST page, Sure.
The octopus at the Aquarium Is nos
very pretty. No octopus Is pretty. BIt
Is Is very smooth. as are all octOpi
when 1, SLOWS up. II will have a reach
that will make Gunboat Smith sldestep,
The reach OF the land grabbing octJJ!
won't let anybody sides,cp. Some day,
somebody. Ike the fishermen Of the
Pacific Coast, viii get an axe and cut
Then there VIII be no more octnpi so
nov. Is the time 10 20 and see the woI-
derful creation At N. Aquarium Stem
right this way. and don't step on he
ecto0us's toes. You might get hurled
The evening world., 1913-08-23

the auction he was extremely rough.
To add to the tortures OF the poor
Victims . bran band played at that
auction. We maintain that q wrong
note Wa struck BY that band. Fur
thermore, when q lawyer named Marks
bid "hfty-fifty" We were reminded OF
. certain theatrical manager who 10
not concerned In the production Of this
play. and for a moment our interest
strayed. Why not bid more, or less?
We offer the suggestion for what II is
worth. 1t 10 ever our aim to mako
plays better and truer.
The influence OF Arnold Bennett 10
to be found. perhaps. In the character
OF Ophelia, a quantity Individual figure
given largely to housework and forever
saying How shiftless!" Ophelia
grows In ones estimation As her heart
expands. This development Of char.
acter 10 gratifying. Nothing is so nour-
ishing to the drama az tho milk OF
human kindness.
Gin. unfortunately. Is tho mainstay
Of Marks. He Is summed up-summed
up significantly. one might say-in the
phrase Sans a necessary evil" But
gin isn't Ono feels that. doesn't one?
still, II may DO that Marks feels IL
necessary to fortify himself against
the sudden and strange changes in
scenery last night.
In Other respects tho production was
adeauAte. though the modern nature
OF tho play led Us to expect that Lttle
Eva would take her flight In an aero.
! plane
The evening world., 1913-08-23

going variety. II preys on mollusks and
crnstaceaas. Tho land era bling octopus
has the crust to prey on everything In
sisht--oil. steel. railroads. ships and
men. The Aquarium monopoly has one
head and eight tentacles. The octopus
In said to be very timid and inoiYens,ye.
When It grows up It gets over that.
The STANDARD on octopus has more than
eight tentacles-many more.
When the Rockefeller octopus was n
borhing. II was also timid. A. II grew
greater and greater. It became very
bold. like Its fellow q the sea. Out on
me Pacific Coas: the devil fish grow 10
great length and strength. II ia nothing
Tor ono OF them TO grab . fishing boat.
ana reach up for the fishermen. The
hshermen enJoin them with an ave
There are lot OF octopi wandering
around tho Golden Gate at San Fran.
cisco. shy Of tentacles.
The standard OIL octopus, and its
kindred octopi don't stop at crushing
little fishing boats. They lick I'D VAST
heids Of oil and then the rest Of their
srabbings slide down easily. They
swallow fleets OF ships and miles of
railroads. Occasionally the early feeiIn.
Of umidity overromes them. These are
the times when Congress gets busy and
the big octopi killer goes smashing about
In their sea Then they run to cover.
leaving their tracks all dirty and muddy
Hike tho cutie nsh. which Is "A species OF
tho octopus.
The octopus at the Aquarium II the
FIRST OF the kind TO get here and to bs
The evening world., 1913-08-23
BrOadUay's Latest Critic,
Earl Derr Biggers. Au-
thor Of "SeUen Keys to
Baldpate," Which u. S.
Flag Conan Is Getting
Ready for the Boards,
Sees Nothing but
Gloom in This Fair
TOlrn.
And Mr.. Biggers Is Pro-
fessedly "Friu0I0us,"
HaUing Accomplished,
as He CONfesses Him.
self, the Herculean e.
fort of Being Frivolous
for -Four Whole Years
in Boston!

Marguerite MOOPrs Marshall
Broadway 10 the oar white
wsy-aot. New York 10 the bright
est, ughtsst, gtddisst little old
town In the q. .. Of A.-only 10
isn't. The greatest modern myth
10 the notion that you can have
real, frivolous, frss.end.sssy fua
In the professional good time gar.
den around Torty.ssoona street..
Thus Broadway's latest critic. Ear
Derr Blggers, who will make "a Broad
way debut pretty soon. Most OF us know
of Mr.. BigEers vault into best-selling
ranks with Seven Keys to Baldpate."
the amusingly kaleidoscope tale OF what
may happen in n New York summer re-
sort closed for tho winter. The novel
will be produced In dramatic form by
George NJ. Cohan this autumn.
Meanwhile Mr.. Bggers Is recuperat-
ing from a brief sojourn I'm gay New
York" Not that Mr.. Biggers's WELL
rounded five-foot.seven II In need OF re-
pair. Not that he has TO paint away
from his smiling blue eyes any large
black stains. Nothing like that But
Mr.. Biggers Is daily massagina a sadly
strained sense OF fun.
You see, he Is a seasoned champion
ur frivoiity. For four solid years he was
frivolous In Boston. and from painful
experience I can assure you that his
feat was indeed herculean. lie admits
The evening world., 1913-08-23
Radical Departure From,
White Slavery Drama,
It IL Intensely Modern,
:. and Among Other
Things Suggests the
Feminist Increment in
Scene That ShOWs Eliza
Crossing the Ice.
BIZ Charles DarntOn.

K.TOTEWORTHY among the pro-
IN auctions OF the week 10
- "Uncle Toms Cabin" .
Southern play that comes as a real
dramatic novelty to New York.
With our drama slowly but profit
ably selling itself into white slavery,
Is II any wonder We should turn to
"UnCle Toms Cabin" that We should
get q transfer from Broadway and
take Crosstown car to the Manhat-
tan Opera House. whore this play
has made SO great an appeal that
the engagement has been extended?
No It u not. eve mean It ism, any
wonder.)
:, cordld persons who approach the
drama as they would a tenderlo!n steak
may not agree with US. But we w.ther
them with our scorn. leaving them
form has ever made It's way unchal-
Hanged. and It Is but natural that
"Uncis Toms Cabin" so daring and SO
radical = departure from the conven
tional redlight drama. should arouse a
storm Of discussion.
~ Yet all must agree that this intensely
modern play Is alike revolt against
the false romance OF Barrie and tho
false realism OF Bernard Shaw, Isn't IT,:
OF course II Is. Doutt has no place in
dramatic criticism. Barrie has percheo
In ha haS
put q heroine on Ice; Shaw built "W!>.
overs Houses" but he himself must
admit he did not put IN a single days
work on Uncle Toms Cabin" We
could lash other dramatists with the
whip OF Legreo II their cries were
rnudc to our ears, but Cruelty has ever
knocked at our door without response,
A. the Manhattan Opera House las,
niSht we sat In silence before "Uncle
Toms Cabin and marvelled at the
bloodhounds. First OF all. the Difficult
ties overcome In presenting this drams
we're apparent. 1t Is much easier to fnd
actors than It Is to engage bioodhounds.
Then, too, bloodhounds seldom have a
prediction for the stage. Perhaps,
mussled a. they are. they md It i'm
pesGible to express themselves. How
ever. they got along very we'll In their
pursuit Of Eliza last night
AZ this point the essentially southern
play was given a Northern touch II
seemed q bit chilly as Eliza danced
across the ice. but this advertisement,
was not. as ono Judged at first glance,
q Russian ballet. II was more like the
tango. Q slipping, gliding movement fun
OF meaning, yet discreet Slowly buI
surely the truth was borne In upon us
that Eliza was not passlonately fonn
Of dogs and that she was leaving them
behind without vain regrets, All this
was on the surface. Beneath It all, like
the rushing waters beneath the Ice,
could be discerned the feminist move
ment. Eliza was but symbol such a.
IbAen might have employed
AEain In Topsy, ~ minglv pllm.'
tive Characterization, tie voice of to'
day spoke. II jes growed," she said
70 ustls Eve, speaking - . child 70 Z
The evening world., 1913-08-23

IS At the same time a fatalist with .
mordant realism that makes Ibser.
Strindberg and other gloomy Gusses
seem mere sentlmentalists.
And what was Ibsen's Nora that Mrs.
st. Claire Is not? This Southern lady
slams the door on her home and hus-
band. II Is true: but that merely shows
profound knowledge OF the influence
Of climate on character.
One finds so many things In "Cncie
Toms Cabin" Just by looking around a
hit. The brutal realism Of Masefield Is
outstripped. for example. In that ter
riDle figure Simon Legree. Here. above
all. Is a forceful character. The crack
Of his whip will be heard until II II
silenced by the crack of doom. We say
this without fear. Tho actor who EN-.
bodied this sturdy character appeared
TO take fiendish delight In his work. At
The evening world., 1913-08-23

prejudiced because he married q par
ticularly nice Boston girl Aot long ago.
But this 10 what he said:
'IS The Nsw York woman isaV
President Of The Oooisty for the
Sterilization Of The IsAA1sosDs, sAs
- proSabiy SECRETARY % ne Asse-
eassioA for the IntseAuetien Of
Grammar Upon 0iuboaras. Or pr.
haps she's Treasurer q Ne Outs
for Finding ous Whas ybssn Meant
~ It. The trouble VITA her 70 tAss
she takes herself TOO sssieusay.
That's because she has no sense Of
huA0r. Proof Of tAatS Just loet
st her olothe0i
THE evening newspapers take the
ladies' seriously. too" added Mr.. Big
gers. with a twinkle. Now. isn't II .
io-to-i shot that the head on the story
VIII be 'Biggers Says Women Have No
Sense Of Humor?'"
l reserved decision. and then this bola
young man remarked calmly: "Of course
the vast majority Of Americans have no
sense OF humor.
You'd like proof Wal. when I was
In Boston often passed the ONCE Of .
Society for tho Promotion OF World
Peace. Inside I Jaw q litti, man s!ttins
at u mahogany desk on an Oriental rug
lie was tho secretary and he drew .
good salary for sitting there on Beacon
street. Boston. and promoting peace
among the nations OF the world. I some
times wondered what would happen n
that little man suddenly developed .
sense OF humor. But hs never did, Of
course. Neither did the dear old public
which contributed to his salary.
Mother example. Once. when I wa
reviewing plays for a. daily newspaper,
u revival OF u musical show came to
town. Tho show was bromide IA.
vorits and about ten years old. I
thought ia get new angle on my
story and please my editor. 10 I evolved
tho scheme OF reviewing the revival a.
though II were a now show. predicting
some success for II. but pointing out
that II was mostly = rehash OF tho
musical shows for the past ten years.
And did I please my editor? 1 did
not. After reading the review he
rushed at mo with . roar OF pain. He
Numbered that the show was NOT a
new one and that Ia made a fearful
klunder. Al least nfty-four readers
mailed mo sarcastic letters asking II
knew the c!vil war was over. The
The evening world., 1913-08-23

NOTEWORTHY among the pro-
, Uncle Toms Cabin"