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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
SURROGATE REJECTS
CAPT. MARTINS WILL
Says the Late Coal Operator Had
"Manic Oppressive
Insanity"

After considering the for nve
months Surrogate Fowler handed down u
decision yesterday refusing probate to "A
will made by Capt John Calvin Martin.
coal operator and phiianthropis. by
which he gave the bulk of hts $500. 0oO
estate to the John G. Martin Educational
Fund. which he established some years
ago fer the pronotior OF Christian edu-
cation, but which had been abandoned
before his death.
capt. Martin died !" saniiarium on
September E. 1912. at th. age Of Gs
and the will which was confessed was
executed ON July 81. 1912 II was op-
posed by seven sisters and a brother
and several Presbyterian Institutions that
were benefc!aries under a viii made in
1908. The testimony az the trial which
lasted some weeks showed tha: capt
Martin had been in asylums several times
before he made his last viii in favor OF
the Martin Educational Fund and tina /
he had "a number OF pronounced deusions
Under an agreement between the sisters
and brother OF Capt. Martin and the
Presbyterian institutions named In tn.
first will the estate will be divided
equally between the relatives and the in-
stitutons Under the terms the brother
and each sister Will get 81, 900 and the
residuarS estate Will be divided equally
among the Freedmen's Board the College
Board and the Home Mission Board o.
the PRESBYTERIAN Church, Tnder the will
rejected by the Surrogate the sisters and
brother each got $50. and similar be-
quests went to the Society for the sup
preston OF Vice and the Presbyterian
Boa rd OF Home Missions
In his decision Surrogate Fowler said
that tn. Martin case is the first in the
State OF New York OF will made by a
person proved to be afflicted with manic
Oppressive insanity" While the testimony
showed that Capt. Martin had lucid in
tervals before his death, the Surrogate
said there was no proof that the testator
had recovered his mental faculties SUI
ficiently to make 1t certain that he had
testamentary capacity.
The Surrogate said that eight davs
after Capt. Martin had made IN. will
contested he manifested at a formal
public meeting an utter want of mental
ba lance. He continues. That his mind
was then permanently unseated was test!
fed to by several of the medical experts
| and during this continued attack he died ct
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
ALLEGED WRITER OF
pINDELL LETTER CAUGHT
sidney MOulthrOp Arrested Here
on Charge Of Forging Name
Of j. Ham Lewis.

sidney Moulthrop who Is wanted IN
Washington for forging the name OF
j. Ham Lewis to checks and who il
also SAID to be the stenogra pher who
wrote the "Pindeli letter. was arrested
last nigh, at Smith & McN.lrs Hotel on
Washington street.
The arres, was made By Detective
George Thompson OF the Vest l25th
street station. He got word by under
ground channels that Moulthrop was in
town ana could be found at the down
town hotel. He frst made sure that a
copy OF the warrant for Mouithrops ar
res, was at Headquarters and also got
4 description of his man.
Thompson saw him sauntering about
the lobby OF the hotel as Il man OF leisure
about II o'clock last night
GOOD evening Mr.. MoulthrOp. aid he.
My name is not Moulihrop." said the
man. "You have made n great mistake
$50. | haven't vou're Moulthror. and
here IL warrant for your arrest You
are coming with me.
Then Moulthrop admitted his identity
and asked that no fuss lie made over
his arrest. HE said he would suomit
10 arrest quietly. but first asked the de-
;.ctive TO excuse HIM just moment. he
would b.. back presently. Thompson was
not deceived aud chung To his man. finally
taking him uptown to his o~n station
Moulthrop had registered AT the hotel
a. u Mansfield OF New York"
The charge against him is that he
forged n check OF senator Lewis OF ill'-
uois for sel0 The complaint was made
by Mr l.ewiss secretary after the forg'
ei!es Of the Senator's checks had be-
come too numerous.
Nothinr was heard OF the forsery COM
pi4int until the story WAS printed that
Seii,tur Lewis had written Henry VI. I'm
dell ~ Illinois telIirs ~ the ease and az
tn. advantages he would EMO, II n- tooS
the Russian Ambassadorshp .or year
Tn. letter Was said 10 have been SOLD
by Moulthrop. Senator LEWIS declared
that he never wrote the 'tntell ."'t'r anc
that that TOO was . f"rger! bN Mpulthrup
In a despetch from Washington las
n ght Senator Lewis said tnHt h" has re-
celvcd many thr.a'ening letters during th'
last weeL winch he attributes Ia Moul
tnrop President Wilson g. said to ha''
received similar letters
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
REALTY COMPANY ACCUSED.
Complaint AGAINST GOnatOa Concern
FiIed with whitman.

4 complaint has been filed with Dis
tract Attorney Whitman against the
Monaton Realty Investing Company Of
900 West Forty second street, according to
a statement which was made AZ the New
York Office OF the state Insurance De-
par,nen.
William r Emmet. State Superirten-
daut of Insurance following whose inNes-
tisation of the concern the complaint was
filed. said yesterday that the Monaton
Realty Company was incorporated in 1907
with a capital OF si,000,0oo and that
stock aud bonds to nearly that amount
have been sold MI Emmets complains
that although this corporation purports
to engage in the real estate business the
character of its certificates, cards. and
other literature made II appear as though
il was some form OF insurance.
The officers of the company. accord.
ing TO Mr.. Emmett are Vice president.
Curtis A. Doolit,le: secretary. Walter
l.. Pratt. treasurer. HarRraVss
Crmina! proceedings are expected at
once.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
CONDEMNS PHILIPPINE POLICY.
WOrcester says Business IL Pros
trRtrd by Change Of ion.

SAN FRANcIsCo. nov. l.. Dean g, Wor-
ces;ar. for thirteen years Secretary of the
Interior Of n. Philippines. arrived to-day
on the liner Manckuria. having resigned
his post September - without qualifica-
tion Worcester said inderendence FOR
the Philippines is n dream and that the
people are incapable Of self-government.
TO give them Independence under present
conditions would b- "A fatal mistake he
uecla red
The change OF administration and the
doubt OF the attitude OF the new Admins
hatjon have prostrated business In tn
Islands Th. policy of aforementioned
Burton Harrison IN removing experienced
and competent men from heads ~ various
departments to place natives or men wh"
are in sympathy with his policy viii
prove ruinous This policy will dcmou-
strate the untitness OF E.lpinos for self
government.
After trying for hve wears 10 get an
Investigation into slavery. I learned after
reaching Yokohama that the investisa-
ton had been ordered
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
ASIAT1Cs IN AFRICA STRIKE.
10000 Workers Demand Removal
of misration Restrictions.
Speciai Cao,e D.spofch TO Tnr Sen

Spec'U tdofe Dsspdfch TO THE Sun.
LONDON. Nov. 1.-THE strike OF Asatic
workers In South Africa. started recently
for the purpose Of compelling the authori-
ties to rescind the restrictions on immi-
grafton from Asia. Ia spreading rapidly.
one hundred and forty thousa nd Asiatics
in Natal. mostly Iiindus. demand the re-
moval of the race distinction In the new
immigration act which prohibits miara-
ton from one province to another and
the removal Of the SIS poll tax on Hindus
in Natal.
The barrister. Ghandi. who organised
the campaign. has been sentenced to i'm
prisOnnent for one year.
The strike has developed into general
riotins. and sugar cane plantations In the
neiEhborhood OF Durham and other places
have been burned. In Natal the coolies
are armed with cane cutting knives and
are resisting the police. but there has not
been any fighting On u large scale. Tile
planters fear that the sugar cane crop.
now matured. will be destroyed by tho
strikers. and property worth hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars will bs ruined.
In Durham the harbor. railroad and
street cleaning services are affected by
the strike. 1t is said that many quit
work only because they were inundated
Six hundred Hindu miners went on strike
at l.adysmith but 500 of them went back
to the mines.
Europeans In the affected districts are
calling on the Government to procla i'm
martial law. but the authorities fear this
would lead To imperial complications
Gokhale. Hindu nationalist leader.
has started an agitation In Bombay dis
seminatinE wild tales of maitrea tment
OF Hindus in South Africa and he has a
large following
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
BROKEN NECK FINALLY FATAL.
waldorf miller Had Lived Two and
n Half Years After Accident.

New ROCHELLE. ~ v. Nov. 17.-Wal-
dorf Miller. who for nearly two and half
wears fought on death as lie resul, OF u
broken neck. died this afternoon at his
nome, 12l Clinton avenue.
Sin weeks ago he was taken to the Post.
Graduate Hospital. New York. for an
N-ray examination and treatment. He
returned home three weeks ago and had
sinking spells since.
On the night OF July 3. 1911, Miller.
then 49, went swimming in Echo Bay and
dved into she ,low water at the spot where
his brother Fred broke his neck three
years before. When he regained con-
sciousness in the New Rochelle hospital
two days later. he laughed al the surgeon
who told him he could not live week.
After a while he improved =" he could
get around on crutches.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
BELIEVE STEFANSSON
And ARCTIC ship LOST
Whalprs Fear karluk Bearing
DiscOverer Met Disaster
in October Storm,
LAST SEEN AUGUST "a
sixteen Scientists and Ships
Grew Of Twelve Thought
to Have Pprishpd.

SEArTLE. Wash. Nov. ---Vilhjaimuf
Stefansson. Arctic explorer and discoverer
Of the white Eskimo, who WAS aboard the
steamship karluk when that vessel was
last sighted of Fla xmsn Island on August
~. possibly Is lost. as are the vessel and
all on board OF her.
Nothing has been seen Of heard OF the
Ksrluk since that date, despite the fact
that extensive sea rch has been made for
her. Whalers say there is little hope Of
her ever being discovered. as she is
known TO nave encountered the heavy
weather which prevailed or the Alaskan
coast early In October.
This is the opinion OF members of the
Canadian Arctic exploration party at
Collision Point. according to a despatch
received from Fairbanks TO-DAY.
Stefansson left Victoria last summer
with an expedition outntted by the Ca
madam Government to make explorations
ern coast OF the American continent
S,efansson's scientific expedition sailed
In July from Nome. Alaska, on the steam
whaier Karluk. commanded by capt.
Robert Bartlett. who commanded Rear
Admiral Peary's vessel. the Roosevelt on
the expedition 10 the north pole.
The karluk a strong snip. which had
withstood the Jammng Of many Ice Hoes
in former trips 10 the North was last
reported in Octouer. when word came
from Point Barrow that the ship had
ls.I i'm apA had
north Heavy ice was reported at trat
region thought that the kariuk could no;
60 far before being jammed in the Ice,
and that the expedition would have 10
abandon her.
The Karluk carried besides Capt Bart
lett. Stefansson and First Ahee Andrews.
~ crew of twelve men and fifteen scien-
lists Rudolph Martin Anderson. second
in command OF the expedition; ienri
Bea uchat, Kenneth Gordon Chapman John
Ksfiies Cox. Diamond Jenn~ss. Fritz Jo-
hansen. Alister Forbes Mckay. Butt Nor
ton Mcconnell. william Laird Mckinlay,
George Msl,o,h. Bjarne Mamem. James
Murrsy. John Johnson o'Neil and George
Hubert Wilkas
The expedition was fitted out b. the
Canadian Government. The purposes OF
the trip were to lean II an Arctic con-
t,nent exists. to map the islands already
discovered east OF the mou;h Of the MAJ,
kenz.e River. to make collection -
the arctic fora and fauna, TO survey the
channels among the islands IN the hope
of este olishing trade routes. To make a
geological survey ~ the Islands, whici
are supposed TO contain valuable mineral
deposits. and to study the blond Eshlmos
! discovered by Stsfansson on his forms
trim
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
TURKEY SPECIAL" ON SOUTHERN
Traiu VIII carry Birds to WASH
iugtOn and New NOrk.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Nov /, a turkey
special has been started 10y the southern
Hallway. 1t will operat" from that-
tanooga to Washington over III. southern
line and from that city to New York over
the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
Cars with turkeys will he gathered
along the Southern's lines from Memphis
to Chattanooga and ther" placed IN the
turkey train for Eastern transpui tation.
The special will leave Chattanooga on
November 20. Al Johnson c!ty it will
receN. several cars and depart from
ther. Nov embsr = tui NV Sorh on pas
seHgsr schedule
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
DR.. COOLIDGE Anglers GERMANS.
His Article on Their intrrr.'s IN
DrasiI Causes ROW.


BERLlN. Nov. lI.--,ierman residents of
Brazil who are now In Berlin are incensed
at an article in the Tdp'biCn by DIR, A. G.
Coolidge. Harvard exchange professor.
saying that there is no future for Ger
mans in Brazil unless they are supported
by the German Government, but calling
attention to the fact that any interveu-
tion by Germany would mean war with
the United States.
The article says that Brazil recognizes
this and Is placing obstacles in the way
OF German immigration while favorur
the Influx of Italians.
DIR. Coolidge says that the danger lios
In the Germans becoming embroilcd with
other colonists and that public opinion
In Germany would compel the Govern
ment to intervene.
Germans who know conditions in Brazil
assert that the German colonsts there
are loyal to their new country. although
OF course they -emain friendly 10 Ger
many. and they would no, accept Germa n
action in their behalf. They ascribe D.
Cooiidgs's article 10 American intrigue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
HARTMAN TO WORK IN SHOPS.
Sou Of Railroad Man 10 Lear" nusi.
ness From bottom.

OMAHA. Neb.. Nov. l,.--In oru"r that
he may know something Of the practical
end of operating n railroad. W. Avcrcl
Harrimsn. son OF the late r. ~. HART
man. Will come 10 Omaha neat v"cN aud
go to work in the Union Pacific heddquai-
t-rs In this city. The knowledge leaked
out Of Union Pacific Headquarters to-day
and was confirmed by the officials
Mr.. Hartman IL now On the coast ana
will arrive here shortly after ThanEssiV-
ing lie Will tax. "A position in the mead
quarters al first and afterWarj ~ ;n-
biz general shops Nj iIarrinan'S edU-
cation will ne along tn. broad l,u"s 'dtt,-'
than details OF the WORK.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
SCORE NEW MEDICAL NOBILITY"
Chicago Physicians Say College oi
Surgeons IL Unnecessary.

CHICAGO, Nov, l7.-ChicagO surgeons
some OF them among the leading members
Of the profession In the American Medical
Association. we're In arms to-day direct
Ing an attack upon the recently organised
American College Of Surgeons. They
deplored the idea OF a surgeon mobility
which. according to the plans has been
self-appointed and IN to he self-per-
petuated, they declared.
They said the new organization will
make person unwilling to be operated
upon by any except member OF "class
A. Notwithstanding the "meaninElessncss
Of the classification"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
DUCHESS QuIETS MILITANTS.
attempt to H~ckir Meeting Pre-
vented bs Former Miss Vanderbilt.

Speciii 'GL'f D,sDdftb 10 Tue sV\
LoSpoN, No>. 1.-THE Duchess uf
Marlborough, formerly tonsuelo Naudrr-
bilt. succeeded to-day I'm qui.tlng suf.
fraRette hechlers at "A meeting AT Sund"r-
land iiouse in behalf ut women and chill
dieu working in sweatshops.
The Duchess made a speech "a wnich
she iwelt on the fact that many w1Iual
earned only $3.50 = week and thousands
sjarve. although they WORK every daN
from morning 10 night
The next speaker was {. r MaStrr-
nan. FInanclal Secretary of the Treasury.
He Was received with shouts Of "NhN
don't you give votes u women" Ih
hubbub kept up uuti the Duchess ~
Marlborough intcrVcu"d and gently ap-
pesl-d 10 the gathering uui to interrupt
the meeting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
OHIO OIL COMPANY MELON.
Extra Dividend Makes 81 Per Cent,
on &IB,OOO,OOO In . Year.

The Ohio Oh Company has declared an
extra dividend OF 1915 share in ad-
dition to the regular quarterly dividend
Of $l,25 share This disbursement In
payable December 20, The previous sx-
ira dividend was 75 cents share.
This company Is the NTH former sub
sidiary OF the STANDARD Oil Company to
declare an extra dividend within two
weeks. 1t is said that the latest extra divl-
dend IL equivalent TO 81 per cent. the
stock being s2o pa which brings the total
payment for the quarter up to e2 per cent.
The total dividend payments Of the COM
pany for tho year will amount to S.
$4,000. which Ia equivalent to 81 per
cent. on the 3ib,o00.000 outsta ndins
stock. against 20 per cent. paid last year,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
ASSAsSINS SHOOT DELANE.
Two Bullets Enter Lung "f Head nf
ltnlia u. 4 merIcnu Club.

John j. pelanc, leader Of an asSo,i;-
ton of 500 Italian American voters which
bears his name. was shot in front of his
clubhouse AZ d55 Morris avenuc, Tn"
BronX, at ~ o'clock last might. Two
bullets entered his right lung. lie is at
Lebanon Hospital and probably viii die,
Delane said lie didn't see the men that
shot him and couldn't imagine why they
should want to kin him Ee lives At 6aG
Cauldwell avenue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
MUST PAY DAMAGES TWICE.
New York Central Ordered to Pay
Injured hoy Another $1,000,

Supreme Court Justice Gavegan decided
yesterday that the New York Centra, Rail
road must pay twice for injuries to Michael
Greenberg. who had his leg cut of In
1902, when he was 10 years old. by
freight train below Riverside Drive.
The railroad settled the case by paying
1000 to Leo Greenberg. the boys father.
who died in 1908. but In papers presented
to the court by the hoy he said his father
had not filed bond an his guardian and
that he had not come into possession OF
any money
The railroad produced a cancelled check
for the payment. showing that It had
been Endorsed by the attorneys for the hoy.
but tho court held the railroad liable for
making payment without making sure that
the guardian had filed bond,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
ROYAL DIVORCE CONFIRMED.
Arrangements Completed for SeDs.
"a ton Of Prince William and Wife,
SnecidI Cable Neandfch In 1ur Srn

STOCKHOLM. Nov. lit is oiicial lly
admitted now that all arrangements for
the divorce Of Prince william son OF King
Gustav. and the Princess. who is a cousin
OF the Car. have been made The details
were arranged with the consent OF King
Gustav and the Russian Emperor,
The only child OF the couple hoy.
will be kept here to be reared in the
family OF the Crown Prince.
1t is asserted that the espionage ana ir
In which the Princess was suspected of
being implicated had nothing to do with
the disa greement of the couple. the cause
OF which 10 said to he incOmpa tibility OF
temperament. The Princess. who is now
ia Paris with her father. said recently
that life at the Swedish court WAS too
dull for words"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
COPPER DEPUTY FATALLY SHOT.
strikers and Mine Guards In Battle.
Four Being wounded.

tALuMET. Mich. Nov. 1..--Four men
were injured. one fatally, in a clash be-
tween deputy sherirfs and strikers this
morning at the Quincy mine location.
where parading strikers and sympathizers
picketed the roads and approaches to the
mine,
The deputies, employed as mine guards.
were escorting non union men and ordered
the strikers to move on. at the same time
advancing.
Some one among the strikers opened
FIRE, wounding Deputy Barker. The latte.
fired into the ranks Of the strikers az h
fell. woundinE Il striker named Troshi
A general fight followed In which two
others were wounded. Barker cannot
live
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
CALLS THE HOME DETEsTABLE.
English Preacher sRys Ii Musi Ne
Destroyed for Sunrage's sake.

Special CabTt UtspdftF 10 ThE SrN,
I.oNpoN, Nov. 1.-The Rev. MoritZ
Weston. In an address to the Women's
Freedom League this evening, said that
the most formidable bar to the economic
Independence Of woman was Home, sweet
home" which he called the most detest.
able institution ever imagined
He said he did not wonder at the desire
OF the youth OF both sexes to leave H.
"A sscreligious sacrifice must be made "
he continued, The home must be de-
stroyei The sooner u wife understands
that the washtub and the cooking range
are no, the sole aims OF her existence the
better it will he for the emancipation Of
woman
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
BUTLER AND $4,000 GEMS GONE.
soft hammered Mnn HAD wOrL-d for
Employer Ten Days.

Herman y Batter. a clothing usrn-
facturer Of ~ West Twenty fifth street
whose home is a, Bruadway and New
street. Far E0CkawaH. hired 4 butler tea
days ago whose name was William Ta,ipr
and whose manners W"'- soft and ,ngag.
ING
When Ms Ru1 called for Taylor
Yesterday morning at about o',iovA n"
vas gone and 81, 900 worth Of i"w-ir,
that Mrs Butler kept n an upper draNcl
~ her dressing tabl. na1 d'sappeared
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18

Persons on their way home IAN into
the park as they heard the screams and
in a few minutes several hundred had
crowded into the dark walk near the high
fence. But they did not try to 20 very
near to where Gierack and his wife lay.
Dr Auringer ~ Bellevue worked des-
perstei, to save the lives Of the two but
Gierack died just before he reached the
hospital. After about two hours Mrs
Gierack recovered consciousness long
enough to tell her name
Gierack's brother-in-law. Czerneiwski
went TO the Morgue last night and iden-
titled G!crack. Then he told what he
knew of their troubles and after Identify
ing Mrs, Gierack went back to The Bronx
to tell her sister.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
Mitchell VISITING JAMAICA.
NaYOr-EIect 60 spend Four DnS'
There Fin Route 10 Panama.
S.scini CnhLs q. sanIrh fa Tnr 81

kiNGsToN. Jamaica. Nov. l1--'ohn T..
Mitchell. Mavo,-clsr' ~ New York. ~
rived here to-day on his way to tn" CANA
Zone
M and Mrs MitHhel Will remain IA
Jamaica for four days. They VII spend
Two days N the interior
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
ADMITS ARS0N-GETS s YEARS
r. f.. HOwarth. Lawyer. Pleads
Guilty-Giri Tries to Save Him.

PUTNAM. Conn. Nov. l7-Frank r.
Howarth, lawyer OF Willimantic, who
has been on trial for two weeks on charges
OF arson on fourteen counts. changed his
plea OF not guilty to one Of guilty this
afternoon and was sentenced TO from
eight to fourteen years In State prison.
The change OF plea came after It was
obvious that the defence would fail
Howarths sweetheart. Miss Gladys
Sheldon Of Woodstock who has been
present al each session OF the trial. testi-
ned In an attempt to save him.
His arcomplice. Lindsey Cain. who
turned States evidence. was sentenced to
the state reformatory.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-11-18
TALKING ACROSS THE OCEAN.
wireless Telephone Tried between
grela nd and Nova scotia.

Opoe'u5 VuO1S O1SpWCH oVN-
I.oNDON. Nov. 1s---The Daily UdH saws
that 0uyllelmo Marconi made experiments
with a wireless telephone between Clif-
den. ireland. and Glace Bay. Nova Scotia
II In not announced whether the
experiment was successful. IL lasted
thirty minutes