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MRS. RICHARD CROKER BURIED.
T"" Thousand Gather at Funeral
Services In Church,

~" Church OF St Ignatius Loyola at
IArN avenue and Eighty-fourth street
vas Mod Yesterday morning with the
T'nas u Mrs, Elizabeth T.. Croker, wife
=" F'hdrd Croker, There were at least
ONO ~ The funeral services Long before
o'clock, tho hour set, not only Mrs.
i'.orS personal friends but old time
.'1.'' A'es ~ Mr. Croker in the political
word were seen taking places in tho
.a-Ee church
., h@ "clehrant ~ the requiem mass was
rH,Htr y J. Scott. assisted ny Fathers
'...an and ITaRedorn. The burial took
I''" ~ Calvary Cemetery, the process
W. passing over the greensboro Bridge.
4a"se Of Mrs Crokers family at the
~ "-Nl were Mr.. Croker. Miss Ethel
Ntoker Nho was formerly Mrs, Brccu;
NJ. and Mrs. Richard Croker Jr., Howard
'N"r NJ and Mrs. Charles r. Mccain
ward l. Ctuhc. - nephew 0: MI
'.'" and formerly the Fire Chief
'''' iIaSsldchcr and Andrew Freeman
.r. who we're at tho church were
,'2,nas f. Smith. secretary Of Tammany
-i'II, John y Sranncll, Daniel NJ Done
tsn, George Ehret Jr, and II Henry
fireman.
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GROCERS MAKE PROTEST.
Retailers Say Dealers in Free Mar
Lcts should Fay Tax.

committee ~ four was appointed at
meeting ~ the New York Retail Grocers
Association at 342 Amsterdam avenue
ls' night 70 lay before Borough President
N'rkS on Thursday next the associations
protest against the Ctys four open mar
'"'' Sevcuty-nye out Of 500 members
were present
Tho grocers were ~ the opinion that no
persons not citizens should be allowed
~ 80 business In the markets In COM
I''I'on with the ordinary rent or tax
paving storckcepcr. Although not dis
approving ~ the public market idea the
'I'".ers co0tended that all stall holders
should pay fee. Tho association has
'af In'rstigators At the markets. II was
announced that tho organization II pro
"ar'd 20 prove to the Board OF Estimate
ana Apporronmcnt II necessary that the
MlrNnts 10 not benefit the city"
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MARRIED..

cOLIE-TIDDEN.- October 3, by the
Rev. Cornelius Brett. uncle OF the
Bridegroom. at the West End Collegiate
Church. Elinor Newman Hidden to DR..
Edward Martin Collie. Jr.
FITCH -BELI.-Mary Elizabeth. daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs j. Harvey Bell. to Ed
ward Arthur Fitch. by the Rev. John
Ericsson, on Saturday October 3, 1914.
at sol Paiisade avenue Yonkers y Y.
McVAVGH-w HtTEHEAD.-W. T. McVaugh
OF b06 Washington avenue. Brooklyn. to
Carrie NJ whitehead of Trenton, y y.
IN Trenton. October /. by tho Rev. u.
Eddy. Mr.. and Mrs. McVaugh will be
at home at SOC Washington avenue after
December 1.
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9. Edvnrd vernon.

S Edward Vernon of SO Remsen street,
Brooklyn, died last evening at his Sea
Gate home in his fifty-elghth year. He
was a son of the late Samuel Vernon. who
was one of the first paper manufacturers
in Duane street Some thirty five years
ago Mr. Vernon began the manufacture
OF blank books and built IN one of the
biggest businesses Of this kind In the
country Mr.. Vernon was one of the
founders OF tho Crescent Athletic club.
Ills yachts, most OF them named after
his daughter Vivian. have won numerous
cups. lie was "a member of the Washing
ton Avenue Baptist Church, Besides his
widow ne left one daughter and a son.
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Macon ber-whItneld.

PATERSON, y. j. oct 5.-Mrs. Clara
Bruen Whitfield, daughter OF MIR. and Mrs
Charles II. Brueu OF 1873 Paterson avenue.
and Frank j Macomber OF Clifton We're
married at o'clock this afternoon In the
Trinity Episcopal Church by the Rev.
Henry Baldwin Todd. Relatives and
friends filled the church, which was beau
tifully decorated.
Tho bride wore a gown ~ ivory char
meuse trimmed with Chnntilly lace and
carried a bouquet OF lilies OF the valley
and bridal roses. Miss Mary Meyer was
bridesmaid and Miss Hazel Bruen. niece
Of the bride. was flower girl. The best
man was Robert Il. Clabhy. The ushers
were William Dale and James Van Enger,
After reception Mr. and Mrs. Ma
oomoer left on a two weeks trip to old
Point Comfort and Washington. They
will reside at 24O Madison avenue. Clifton.
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was entitled 10 ne
called because Of service in the Louisiana
militia, will always be remembered as one
Of two men made wealthy by the Calves
ton food. II is an illustration OF what
happens sometimes In the cotton game.
lie had gravitated to New orleans
from his native STATE, seeking a larger
field Of opportunity. and In 1900. In part
ncrship with f u. Hayne. bought 10000
bales OF cotton on July contracts. Hnv-
Ing the cotton on their hands and a fail
ing market in prospect, the two men, as =
last desperate resource, shipped II to
Liverpool. They were only hoping TO
save what they could out Of the wreck.
They shipped il on consignment just on
the chance OF selling Il.
The last OF the cotton arrived on Sat
urday. and that night the great Galveston
flood devastated the Gulf city. innictng
damage running high into the millions
and destroying an immense amount Of
cotton. Cotton in Liverpool jumped up as
high "a Sl2 80 I'm a day or TWO nd the
two men sold at a net profit of $40 bale,
100000 in all which put them on their
feet
Theodore Price. in 1902. put cotton up
10 10 cents. the record price for years.
Daniel J. Suly then took hold and amazed
the world carly In 1903 by putting May
cotton up to II cent?. At this iuncture
% 10. whore they closed out at a very
large profit.
An anccdote is told Of this deal. A
New York cotton man short Of the mar
ket went to Cob Brown 20 settle II was
greed that he could get out for 10000
and he wrote his check for that amount
saying as he handed 1t over: Here's your
pound of flesh. Shylock."
Don't you call me any name like that,
was the angry retort; ~ won't stand 1t
That'll cost you Just $4,000 more"
The man said he would not pay 1t, and
lie was told 10 20 INTO the market ther
and cover himself. He paid IT,
Col Brown was indicted with Col Rob
crt VI. Thompson. James A. Patten, Mr.
Scales and Mr.. Hayne for the so-callet
I 1910 corner In cotton, In which all th'
/ syndicate mon lost heavily. lie paid hi,
! nne with the rest.
| He leaves a wife and children. Hi
! home on ~. Charles avenue, New Orleans
was one of the finest in the city.
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Louis wOllsteIn.

Louis Wollstein, a trustee OF the Tenn
pie Bethel and retired member of the
firm of l.. 4 NJ. Wollstein, reflners and
smelters. Of 16 John street. died yester-
day at his home. 325 Central Park West.
He WAS 7s years old. Mr. Woolstein was
member OF tho Montchore Home the
Mount Ncbo Lodge of Masons, the I'm
perial order OF B'nai Birth and was Past
President OF Washington Lodge, l. o.
u b. Mr.. Wollstcin IL survived by three
sons and two daughters
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NOTES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD

The wedding Of Miss Ursula Wolcott
Brown. daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. q
Hunter Brown. to Edmund S. Twining,
Jr OF this city will take place I'm St
Bartholomew Church on November 10,
Mrs r. Fulton Cutting will give a
dinner dance on December 10 at her home,
% East Slxty-seventh street, for her
daughter. Miss Ruth Cutting.
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick o. Beach will
be at rs East SEVENTEEN street for the
winter.
The dates for this seasons Saturday
evening dances at Deln onico's are De-
cember 10, January .. January % and
February / 3 They will he given AZ usual
under the direction OF Mrs. Charles II.
Huntington.
Mr. and Mrs, w. Lanler Washington
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Philip Rhine
lander In Tuxedo.
Fritz V. Holm who has been abroad
for some time. has returned 10 this city
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gouverneur Weir
will be for the winter at 26 East Eighty
second street.
The wedding of Miss Roslna Hoyt Otis
granddaughter OF Mrs, Alfred Hoyt OF
N35 Fifth avenue. to Edgar Farrar Bate
son will take place On November 4, Mr.
! Ratason win give his bachelor dinner al
Delmonico's on October 81.
| Mr. and Mrs Fairfax Landstreet are
| with Amba ssador Da CANA and Nine
! Ia Cana at their cottage In West End
| y. J.
| Mr.. and Mrs. George Grant Mason hav,
returned from Bincraig, AT Tuxedo for q
| brief visit and are at the Gotham.
| Mrs. Alexander Mackay Smith OF Wash
! lngton has closed her country place WilC
| GIN. at Seal Harhor. Me, AMI Is ~ thu
/ Plaza with her daughters, the Misses
/ GLADYS and Virginia Mackay Smith.
Mrs Clarence g, Rice IL exhibiting
products Of the Durant Kllns from Octo
her l2 to -. Inclusive, AZ Bedford VIZ
lage Westchester county sale o
slightly imperfect pieces OF pottery at I
considerable reduction in price will h
held in aid Of the artists relief fund o
. Paris on October IL
Miss Florence Talmage, daughter OF thu
Rev. George A Talmage, rector Of Chris
Episcopal Church oyster Bay, will b'
married to Edwin Floyd Griffin, eldest so'
q. T. Morgan Griffin, president Of thu
OYSTER Bay Btuh on sunday October -
ENGiEwoop y. j, oct Miss DIV
I Gorham and GNh,'t ir Sourd 90 this oit'
viii be- married Thuradav evening At TN
brides home IN Dwight place.
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ARTIST RELYEA HURT ON LINKS
Golf Ball Breaks Glnssrsi May Lose
sight of Right Eye.

NEW ROCHELLE. y. Y, oct. Charles
NJ Relyea, a well known magazine illus
TRAITOR. met with painful accident late
this afternoon on the golf links OF the
Wykagyl Country Club that may result
in the loss OF the sight OF his right eye.
Mr. Relyea wears eyeglasses. He was
playing golf this afternoon with William
n. Bryce when Mr. Bryce drove swift
ball which struck Mr.. Relyea in the eye
and broke his glasses A piece OF the
glass was lodged In his right aye. The
injured artist was taken TO the New
Rochelle Hospital for treatment and later
removed to his home at Rochelle Park.
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HARDNESS SUED FOR LINGERIE.
Paris Firm Says wealthy Aviator's
wife Owes $1,000 for Fincry.

Pink nlEhtgowns OF six, valuable laces.
Gaby robe and rare combinations"
are among the items in bill which
Martial Armand n Co OF Paris have
handed 20 Harry s, Hardness OF this
city. accA-ding 10 suit brought ycster-
day In the supreme Court. The Paris
Arm alleges that In 1911 these articles
and others. valued mt $1,000. were bought
of them by Mrs. Hardness and that they
have not been paid for.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hlrkncss are said to lie
living In New York now Ho ia the
son of !" V. Hardness OF tho Standa "A
OIL Company and has gained fame as an
aviator.
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BRUGUIERE HOME SOLD AGAIN
A. W. Essex buys Newport Property
Bunk Obtained on Mortgage.

NEWPORT oct 1.-THE former summer
HON" OF Mrs. Joseph T. Bruguiero on
Coddington Point. this city. purchased a
few weeks ago by the Savings Bank of
Newport 20 foreclose MORTGAGE lur
100000 the bank held. has been sold
again TO Arnold Watson Essex OF rs
West Fitty-sixth street. New York.
Mr.. Essex Is said TO have homes also in
Providence and Naya't Point, II. l., and
II Is understood that he is TO take up his
residence here in the spring
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The Rev. Thomas T.. McGroncn.

The Rev Thomas +. McGronen. rectoi
of 81 Amhrose's Roman Catholic Church
in Brooklyn. and chaplain of the Fro
Department since 1902, died yesterday
afternoon in the Holy Family Hospital
following an operation for gallstones. He
had been In impaired health for some
time and last spring took a trip to Eu-
rope. lie returned only two weeks ago.
having been delayed in the war zone.
While spending few days on Long Isl.
and he collapsed and was taken TO the
hospital.
Father McGronen was born in brooklyn
f'fty-two years ago and was ordained 10
the priesthood in 1855. His father. John
NcGronen, was n fireman in the old
Brooklyn Fire Department. and his
brother John Ia at present captain OF
the engine company ~ Coney Island.
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VIM. P. BROWN, NOTED
COTTON "BULL," DIES
Daring Spectator for the Rise
Made Fortune in Calves
ton Flood.
MAY HAVE LEFT MILLIONS

Dispatches were received yesterday
from New Orleans telling OF the death OF
William Perry Brown, one of the most
daring spectators In cotton that ever
lived. Unlike the other men who. for
brief periods. have illuminated that un-
certain world, he retained some of his
fortune TO the end how much no one
knew yesterday ny some II was placed
as high as SIS, 100000 and by others very
small indeed.
Mr.. Brown, 81 years old. a Mlssissippian
by birth, was regarded by the cotton spec
ulators OF the world as the greatest OF
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DEMANDS LAW FOR
MOTHER TEACHERS
League for Civic Service for
Women Will Take Up
Fight at Albany.
DIR. FINLEY APPEAL TODAY

Mrs. Sarah Breslow, the latest public
school teacher to be suspended because Of
the "teachermother" question, is now be-
Ing backed In her fight against dismissal
by the League for Civil Service for Women.
Mrs. Jean Norris. an officer Of the
league, will champion Mrs. Breslow when
charges OF neglect OF duty against her are
heard, and II Mrs. Breslow is dismissed by
the Board of Education the league will 20
before the Legislature this winter and fight
for law permitting teachers about to
become mothers to get the necessary leave
OF absence from their school work.
AS the matter stood yesterday, II was
thought that the easiest way TO make IL
unlawful for the board to dismiss "A teacher
because she took time of to bear child
was to Induce the Legislature to pass q
law which will define childbirth and lacta-
tion and then 1t will be impossible for the
BOARD To discharge teachers who are alb
sent for these reasons
Meanwhile the campaign in Mrs Bres-
lows behalf is being prepared Alfred
j. Talley, attorney for Mrs Bridget c.
f"lNotto, former Bronx school teacher
| VINO was dismissed last spring because
she took leave OF absence to bear a
enid, VIII file an appeal, either to-day
or tomorrow. with the State Commits
soner OF Education, John II. Finley
Ihis announcement was made Yesterday
after Mr.. Talley had completed his study
or the fun decision OF tho Court OF An.
peals rendered September 20, and had
conferred with Mrs. Pelxotto.
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OBITUARY.
Arthur VI. Tree

Word reached New York yesterday OF
the death in Southanpt ~. England. on
September 27 of Arthur Magic Tree, only
some OF the late Judge Lambert Tree OF
Chicago VINO was formerly United States
Minister 70 Russia and Belgium
Mr. Tree was ~ years old He was
educated At Princeton. He married Miss
l9thcl Field, daughter Of Marshall Fold.
Mr.. Tree bought tho Ashorne estate
IN Leamlngt' and had lived there until
the time ~ hts death He leaves a son,
Ronald Tree
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Amos Mark ha m X eIfogg.

The death OF Amos Markham Kellogg,
editor OF many teachers and normal school
papers, occurred on Saturday NJ the home
Of his son-in- law. r. w. Darlington. AT
New Rochelle Although he began his
career as a tencher. IA greater part OF
his energies especially in later years,
were IN the management of school publi-
cations. For thirty years beginning in
1874 he was editor Of the School Journal.
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Sees nnr TO Promise.

He adds that IL - contrary to the prin-
ciples OF the bureau for the trustees to
promise to avoid any special held Of
work
The letter quoted was laid before the
trustees some months ago. The letter OF
resignation came before them yesterday
at their annual meeting. following their
reelection AZ the annual meeting of the
directors Besides Mrs Hartman and
Mr. Cutting there were present Bradley
Martin. George r. Hopkins Victor Mora
wetz, Edwin r A Seligman, Or. Albert
shaw, Frank Tucker and George w.
Wickcrsham.
pr Allen in his letter Of resignation.
which was read TO the board, charged
that untrue statements were printed about
him In July. hut that he did not reply.
as 1T seemed unfair to those trustees
who were away from the city and others
who acted hurr eddy without analyZing
the basis for action to make public facts
which had been overlooked by or withheld
from them.
Henry Bruere city Chamberlain. for
mcrly codircctor OF the bureau with
DR.. Allen and pr Cleveland, issued q
statement last night praising Or. Allen
as a remarkable man. whose loss would
he felt by the bureau. lie did not agree
with Or. Allen that there had been many
changes In the bureau in the last sis
/ months
MApIsoN, Wis. oct when informed
tonight that his resignation as director
OF the Bureau Of Municipal Research, New
York city. had been accepted. DR.. william
! II. Allen said he intended TO remain II
| Madison until his work as director Of th'
/ survey OF the University Of Wisconsin
/ now being made by the State Board q
| Public Affairs. is completed, which will M
! about January /, and then would probably
return to New York city TO consider or
ganlzing n new bureau OF municipal re
]
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IIEnpsTEAp, l., l., oct. E.--Bccauso ~
Inability to meet expenses St Georges
club, connected with ~, Georges Epis-
copal church for which Mrs, T. II Iiarri-
man built a gymnasium costing more than
$3b 900 ceased its existence to-day. The
directors among whom IL G. u, Meneelv.
vce-president OF The Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company, face deficit OF about
$500.
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Mrs, Minnie Sabin Cooper. honorary
president OF The Infant Shelter" OF
San Francisco, will speak tonight Mt
Vacation Headquarters, 3s West Thirty
ninth street. on THE American Girl and
the Super Woman" Miss Gertrude Rob
lnson Smith will preside at the meeting
and Miss Anne Morgan, who arrived from
Europe on Saturday, will be present,
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Louis =. Carrere.

Word was received here Yesterday Of
the death from heart disease Thursday In
Sydney, Australia, Of Louis Sidney Car
rere, lawyer. brother of tho latn John
NJ, Carrere. the architect. lie was As
wears old. lie had been travelling in
Australia on business. MIR, Carrere was
Normerly member Of the law firm Of
Nadal Smythe & CarrNrc of this CITY
He was graduated from Columbia in 1856.
HIS wife three daughters and one son
survive him.
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RosLYN. l.. |, oct. 5.--Joseph f.. Firth,
"a, ons OF the hest known residents Of
Long Island died at his home here Satur-
day. He was for many years "A farmer
and was n past master Of Morton lodge
70 Of Hampstead. II and A. NJ, and a
director Of the Hampstead Bank.
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Mrs. Williams Estate sirs,a7o.

Mrs. Anna Sundberg williams, who
died IN Brooklyn on January a.
left S1l9.479,i4. Of which her husband
Capt Robert Williams gets S93,979H for
life. At his death the fund is to he dis
,rihuted among sixteen friends and rela-
tivcs In amounts ranging from $500 20
5000,
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Franklin Clark

BERrIN. oct. 6-Fraukhn Clirt an
American singing teacher. died here yes
tcrday, Ito had been III some time from
cerebral meningitis.
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bull missionaries.
None who knew him
could say they ever
knew of him selling
short or that he was
yer satisfied with
any price that might
he reached He al
ways believed that IL
was going n little
higher. and several
times he lost "A for
tune by his conf
dcnce. Like his friend
Eugene Scales. who
went into bankruptcy
q few weeks ago, the
fortunes he lost ran
into millions. but he
never became dis
couragcd.
Col. Brown. as he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-06
DR.. ALLEN, BLAMING
ROCKEFELLER, QUITS
Charges Effort to stop Work of
Municipal Research
Bureau.
TALKS OF 100000 BAIT

Dr. william H. Allen is out OF the
Bureau OF Municipal Research. OF which
he was one Of the founders. His rcsig-
nation was accepted unanimously yester-
day at the annual meeting OF the board of
trustees OF the bureau. OF which II. Fulton
Cutting Is chairman and Mrs. u. II. Harri-
man a member.
Dr. Allen, who II conducting n specla,
work in the University of Wisconsin, Is
planning to start "a now bureau in this
city that will take up the work which
he says, has been dropped by the presen,
bureau I'm answer to request from John
u. Rockefeller, Jr., and tho Rockefeller
Foundation. Mr.. Rockefeller. Mr.. Allen
says. has promised on condition that the
bureau dropped certain lines OF work, 70
guarantee 100000 year for i've years
to the organization.
There have been rumors for several
months that Or Allen would resign, his
reported reason being that Mr.. Rockefel.
Ter was dominatluG>dhe bureau and inter.
ferlnR with its activities That report
was denied by Mr.. Cutting last July.
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swift 4 Companys sales ~ Reef In New
York city for the WHek ending saturday
Oct Srd averaged a. follows; Domestic Beef
1855 cents; Imported Beet mas cents per
pound.-Adu,
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Charges Misreprrscutatio

Dr. Aliens letter OF resignation, pre-
scented yesterday charges that campaign
OF instrumentation has been carried on
against him. In addition he caused to be
sent to tho newspapers yesterday "A
pamphlet containing statement of his
views.
Mr. Rockefeller. according to DR.. Allen.
made his promise to help in securing
500 900 a year for the bureau with the
condition that the bureau stop its investi-
cation OF the public schools separate it's
training school absolutely from the IN
vestigation OF municipal matters; end It's
postal card publicity and discontinue It's
carry on municipal Investigations In cities
outside New York state
Dr. Allen says in his pamphlet that
Mr.. Rockefelers restrictions indicate
that the latter does not understand the
bureaus programme or method lie ac-
cordingly complies a list of eighteen in
stances wherein, he says. Mr.. Rockefeller
has been mslcd ~ 20 the real work NJ
tho bureau. lie writes further: with
littlo money but with our old programme
the bureau can accomplish more during
the next ten years than Mr.. Rockefeller
can hope to accomplish with his tens ~
millions II he continues To work with
tho restricted vision which he has used
and would now have the bureau adopt"
lie also saws
The Bureau Of Municipal Research
cannot afford to owe its existence TO Mr..
Rockefeller. enthusiast; much less can
| II AFFORD to owe its existence 10 Mr.
Rockefeller imposing restrictions
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Or. Finley has been waiting for the
Court OF Appeals decision In Mrs PeiS-
otto's case to decide a similar case. that
Of Weekes AGAINST the Board OF Educa-
ton. Educators thought yesterday that II
is doubtful that he will decide contrary
to the Court Of Appeals.
Full copies Of the decision in tho Peix-
otto case show that II is much more
sweeping than was at first thought. The
prevailing opinion says that the pro-
ceeding OF the Board Of Education in
VOWED simply a matter Of school discipline.
and It Is not subject to a review by
mandamus."
After reviewing the facts in the case
tho decision states:
she 1.-THE relatorl had no vested right
in the position of teacher. Section 1923
OF the city Charter has made neglect Of
duty ground for dismissal without any
qualifying words. Absence on account
OF serious illness or for any other reason.
high or low. leaves the duties OF the posi-
ton unperformed. and therefore neglected
by the absentee"