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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-09
New Thought Leader Gets Decree From Head of
RivalChurch- Court Doesn't Credit Professions
of Purely Platonic Friendship for Actress

The extent to which platonc friendship
may so without overstcppinG propriety
was set forth yesterday by Supreme Court
Justice Gicgerich in granting a divorce to
Dr. Julia Seton Sears OF the New Thought
Church from her husband, the Rev. Frank
W. Sears. leader of a rival congregation.
who was accused Of misconduct with Miss
Pauline Langdon. an actress and one Of
the members of his flock.
The court said that when a woman s
husband and another woman seek each
others company perslstently. hold hands
embrace. use endearing terms and are seen
together In the woInan's apartment when
she is scantily attired. II Is asking toe
much to attribute their acts to platonic
friendship alone.
Justice Giegerich said that although
there was no evidence of specific acts
upon which the plaintiff would have been
entitled to divorce. tho rule 80 often
applied In divorce cases as TO inclination
and opportunity was abundantly satisfied
by the evidence IN the present case.
"In the face OF all the testimony and
the conceded facts" he continued. ut is
impossible to credit the professions ad-
vanced by the defendant and correspondent
that their relations were purely platoniC
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and solely Of an intellectual and sympa-
thetic kind. and in accordance with a
higher law than what they designated as
man made conventionalitics and entirely
devoid OF any sexual feeling" Concern
ing the evidence as to the attentions be-
slowed on Miss Langdon by the Rev. Mr..
Sears and their frequent embraces. the
court said:
AN these are the ordinary manifesto
tons between man and woman. So
too frequent long calls he made at her
room in the Maryland Hotel. some OF them
until very late hours OF the night Ithe
correspondent on one occasion being
scantily dressed and her hair dshevelled
as she babe him goodnight at tho door)
and their having their reservations on
board the steamship changed so that they
were brought side by side In the corridor,
where he could with less risk OF observa-
tion go TO her room at any hour of the
day or night. are the means that a man
and woman actuated by the ordinary pas
sions of human nature would employ TO
crafty their passions"
Tho court said that the five members of
the plaintiffs church VINO banded them
selves together to obtain evidence for her
"were of apparent good character and
apparent truthfuness."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-09
EXPECTS TRIAL OF MRS. ANGLE.
Her Attorney Does Not believe
Coroner VIII Clear Her.

STAMFORD, Conn, July s.-Although
Mrs. Helen NJ. Angle and her father,
Leonard Blondell. say they expect Cor
oner Phelan TO order Mrs. Angles dis
charge from custody when he finishes hts
inquest. this belief is not shared by Judge
H. Stanley Finch. associate counsel for
Mrs. Angle Judge Finch admitted to-
day that he did not expect any such out
come OF the inquest. He said. however,
he believed Mrs. Angle would be acquitted
should the case go to the courts.
I'VE look for complete exoneraton."
ZEE said. 'if this case ever comes To trial.
We realize that there are things that look
bad on their face, but We confidently
expect to explain them ALL
Leonard Blondell said to-day that his
daughter had made a statement 10 Chief
OF Police Brennan since her rearrest.
But he said that the statement contained
nothing that she had not told him and
that 1t was. in short. that she heard a
noise outside her apartment, went out
and found Mr. Ballou injured on the
landing beneath her apartment. and that
she carried him into the open air.
Mr. Blondell and his daughter do not
like the delay In resuming the inquest
As yet counsel for Mrs. Angle has made
no move toward habeas corpus pro-
ceeding to get her out on bail.
State Attorney Cummings said to-
day II was unlikely that the inquest would
be resumed before next week
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-09
Beauty Brcakfastcd Again.

But before coming 10 that look briefly
upon the incoming OF the Texas peach
car. Touring ears were waiting for them
leave II to this Fort Worth paper to do
up brown-and ten strong they scin-
tillated up Broadway to the eXpectant
clerk at the Belleclalrc. They had an
other breakfast and pr,nked m even more
so. Then out into the sunlight came the
following:
The Misses Nettie Bellamy. Lola Solo
mon. Mamie o'Reilly. Ellen Maggie. Lillian
Shannon. Anna Dougherty. Clara McCor-
mick. Freda Hopkins, Alto Blanton and
Ethel Murray. They are the beauties Of
their Texas Stamping grounds. SO readers
voted them. and the readers did well. AS
they climbed into the automobiles again
Broadway gasped.
They were all dressed up with no place
to go except to tour the downtown sky
scraper district, scale the Woolworth
tower. cruise through the financial dis
trict. visit the big department stores and
call II a morning. Then after \ luncheon
that went largely 10 pastry and ice cream
they saw Potash and Perlmutter.' re-
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I IN. B. BAKER SUED FOR ALrMoNY
Er-wife Says nephew OF Late John
2. Kennedy owes Her a3,76o.

Henry Bainbrldge Baker. a nephew OF tina
late John Stewart Kennedy. the barksr
and one OF the heirs OF Mr.. Kcnnedys
s6S. 100000 estate, was sued In ths n
premc Court yesterday for s3,7bo alimonv
by Mrs Virginia Lee welch, who al.
vorced him In New Jersey In 1911 ana
who Is now the wife OF Thomas Cary
WEIGH, executive secretary of the Phil.
ipplne Government
Mrs. Welch says that her decree pro.
vidcd for almony OF S125 a month ana
that nothing has been paid since she Vo,
the divorce. In reply TO his wifes com.
plant Baker says that she In entitled "a
nothing because she failed to assert me-
claim in New Jersey. where she brought
the divorce suit. and also because OF her
second marriage. He also declares tina,
he paid his wife 1000 In lieu OF AZ
claims against him and got the custody
OF their son. Henry NJ. Baker
Replying to her husbands defence Mr..
Welch says that she got the $1,000 as OK.
pense money to come and visit the how
| and that she did not voluntarily sign the
agreement to give up the custody Of her
child. She asks that the agreement ma
set aside.
Baker adopted a homeless girl tvo
years and five months old last March Ia.
cause his son had been asking repeatedly
for little sister.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-09
DOG KNEW HIS MASTERS VOICE
Runs 20 Man After Ignoring woman,
Who Also Claimed Her.

George Guthrie OF 1876 Walworth street,
Brooklyn, and Miss Rene Ranvelt OF 40
West 12tth street went 20 Lieut.. Meehan
In the West 125th street station last eve
ming quarrelling over the ownership OF a
bulldog. Meehan placed Guthrie in a cor
ner of a good sized room, Miss Ranvelt In
another corner and the dog in the centre
Now" he said to Miss Ranvelt you
call the dog and we'll see what happens
Miss Rene called Here, Queenie," but
the dog only looked mystlhed.
"Now's your chance" said Meehan To
Guthrie. and Guthrie called:
Here. Duchess, baby; here, Duchess.
The bulldog made a Decline for Guthrie
and Jumped up on him, licking his hands
Lieut.. Meehan decided that Guthrie was
the owner.
Guthrie said that the dog had beer
stolen from his home on June rs. Miss
| Ranvelt said that she had bought the dos
on the same day, but she wouldn't say
| from whom. Guthrie had located the dos
| by advertising.
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DROPS DEAD BUYING PICTURES
DR.. Ltlltcn, Noted Linguist, Has
ApOplcctIc stroke

Or Edward J. Lillicn, lawyer. linguist
and art dealer, died suddenly yesterday
while In the apartments of Nine Louise
Juliette. dressmaker at $50 West
Eighty-iifth street. lie had gone there to
look at pictures advertised for sale by
Nine Jullette. Death was due 10
apopleNy.
DIR. Lillen lived with his wife and
two children at 2l0S Sixty-seventh street.
Brooklyn. He came to this country three
years ago from Lemberg. Austria, where
he had been Nlce-Mayor and Il Judge,
and opened n law office at "a State street.
He did considerable business for his
Countrymen. He was a linguist of ability
and recently had been in charge OF the
cable desk of the StddtS-Zeitung. In
addition TO his legal and newspaper work
he dealt In pictures and art objects.
He had just completed the translation
of IA play. Eros and Psyche" which Is
to he produced In New York this year.
He was II years old and was born In
Poland.
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PEACHES FROM TEXAS AND
ALABAM' BRING SUN ALONG
Birds Sing as They Step Ashore-Winners of Two
Beauty Contests Smile on New York on
Their Way to Europe.

A special Pullman carload Of Texas
ords "trip to Europe" contest, had
scarcely rolled into the Grand Central sta
ton from Niagara Falls yesterday morn
ing when a boat from Savannah far down
town unloaded at the water line another
crate OF Alabama peaches. being sent to
Europe by the Montgomery, Ala, Journal
as prize winners of a similar contest
simultaneously the sun came out In
Manhattan. Birds began to sing and II
was rare day In springtime again. The
South's temporary loss Is Manhattans
gain, say we. for one glance at these two
harvestings of tho pick OF the peach crop
proved conclusively that in tho matter OF
girlish scrumptiousncss Texas and Ala
bama have been left fiat. And through
out the rest Of yesterday. as you may
have noticed, there were no shadows cast
any place In the greater city once the girls
had scattered enough to send forth efful-
gence from all points OF the compass
simultaneously.
To be all mixed UP with them all day
and evening. from the Hotel Belleclaire
| on the north all the way down to the
oriental at Manhattan Beach. with criss.
cross excursions In between. was enough
to make any reporter begin to love his ART
passionately. But especially in the cas-,
OF the tall queens OF Texas much energy
had to be expended to keep up with them
There was ono quiet hour. however
| That was In the afternoon. when the Toxa'
group OF ecstatic loveliness was al
grouped inside the Conan Theatre, wher'
as guests OF the MANAGEMENT they sat rem
with INDIGESTION as to whether II would b.
better to laugh with the Messrs. "Potasl
| and Pcrlmuttcr' or go out into the lobb!
and feast their eyes on Eddie Dunn an,
| Frank y. Hope and Walter Moore Of tn
Conan & Harris forces, all three almost al
| lovely In their new summer maxmarxes a
| the Texas beauties themselves
| Whether they finally decided to give nj
! their time to the show or to the Dunn
Hope Moore trinity or to Potash an,
| Perlmutter' cannot be told definitely her
because that was tho hour--more than al
hour. but IL seemed less than an hour
the historian was following the trail, sit
ting on 1t. OF the Alabama group down a
| the Oriental.
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an injunction. claiming that my fathers
invention infrnges upon his. But we'll
put up bond and get 1t out right away.
"One of the first things we are going
to do Ia to install n stabilizer in n
United States navy machine at Pensa-
cola, Ma, 1t will be put in Curtss
flying boat, the same kind In which l flew
In France with the stabilizer and won
the prize on June Is. The stabiizer which
won the prize weighs forty pounds The
one we will put in the navy's boat will
weigh only twenty-five pounds. We will
do some demonstrating here. The only
thing that may hold back our work Is
the Wright Company and its patents"
Mr.. Sperry, the elder said that the
stabilzer was the result of five years OF
work. He is also the inventor of the
gyroscopic compasses used by vessels in
the navy He said;
AT last l see realized my original
idea of controlling an aeroplane by n
mechanical device that cannot fail. There
were eeventy-two entries in this safety
contest held on the Seine between Bezens
and Argenteull, near Paris. Only one
other device won "A prize. The Deutre
stabllizer. which Is we'll known. has dem.
onstrated fore and aft stability. but moi
universal stability"
Lieut.. John Cyril Porte, who will try &c
make the transatlantic flight in the
America, wanted to get one OF the Sperry
horoscopes for that trip As the only
gyro completed is in France and the ones
now being built are for the navy, Mr.
Sperry does not see how "A machine car
be completed In time for Lieut.. Porte's
flight.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-09
H. H. HOLLISTER IS DIVORCED.
Wife Wins InterIocutory Decree Az.
ter secret Evidence Hcnri,y.

supreme Court Justice Guy signed an
order yesterday awarding an interlocutorv
decree of divorce TO Mrs. Hope Shepey
Hollister from Henry II. Hollister. Jr..
a son OF the late Henry III. HOLSTER, a
veteran member of the New York stool
Exchange and treasurer of the National
Horse Show Association The evidence
was heard before referee and was secret.
but II was learned that the correspondent
In the case was referred to as an "un-
known woman HOLSTER offered no testl-
mony In his own defence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hollister were married
after romance that began when they
were members OF "A bridal party in 1905.
Mrs. HOLSTER, who was the daughter of
George l.. Shepley of Providence. r. l..
married the defendant in 1906. He was
graduated from Yale in 1899 and was
college tennis champion for several years
He is member of the University Colony
and New York Athletic clubs.
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MRS. COTTRELL GETS CHILD.
Court Also Orders New Trial, Set.
ting Aside Divorce Verdict.

In awarding to Mrs, Phoebe C. Cot
tren her slx-year-old son yesterday on
habeas corpus proceedings instituted by
the father Royal l.. Cottrell, Supreme
Court Justice Crane in Brooklyn. by in
ference at least, agrees with Justice Jay
cox that the jury which tried the divorce
suit against Cottrell erred in returning
a verdict in his favor. Justice Jaycox
has set aside the verdict and ordered n
new trial,
at appears" Justice Crane said. that,
like Dckenss Pip, ne has been brought
up largely by hand" lie said that the
boy should remain with the mother, but
that the father be allowed to see him
on SATURDAYS and SUNDAYS
Cottrell is a public school teacher and
the principal OF night school. In her
divorce suit Mrs. Cottrell charged him
with being too friendly with Mrs. Miller.
who kept a boarding house for girls
attending Pratt Institut
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charge them TO ]. d. Rockefeller. The

charge them TO ]. d. Rockefeller. The
clerk did
The proprietors became suspicious to-
day and called up the Rockefeller home
II was said there that no batteries had
been ordered and the stranger was a
faker. The police were notified and they
are now making a search through the vii
lages. Il is feared that the man bought
the batteries for Internal machines. The
clerk described him as being tall and
wearing a cap.
The man said he was going down
toward the river The police fear that he
may have come hero In a boat and he
may sneak into town some night and
plant the bombs and get away on the
river. The waterfront is being watched
carefully. The Rockefeller guards have
been notified and extra precautions will
be taken.
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MAYER DIVORCE TRIAL HALTED
Adjourned After Miss McGfll Pays
Chauneur's WIFE.

The trial of the divorce suit of Walter
Mayer, chauffeur for Miss Eleanor A.
McGill, against Mrs. Mary Mayer was
adjourned Yesterday morning In Vice
Chancellor Lewis's court In Jersey City
until September Is without the taking
OF further Testimony.
This action came after Miss McGilrs
promise to pay Mrs. Mayer $500.
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site for 'Farmers, Market, :,

A plot zoo feet square at willis avenue
and the Southern Boulevard has been .e.
apart by the Park Commissioner and the
Bridge Commissioner as a site for Tn.
Bronx farmers market" No date has
been set for the opening
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SEEK BUYER OF BATTERIES.
Tarrytown Police Fear They VIII
He Used for bombs.

TARRrrowN, n. Y, July S.---The local
police are looking for a stranger who
called Monday at an electrical store in
Main street and bought So worth of dry
batteries and ire. telling the clerk to
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Porte wanted stabiiixer.

Lieut.. Porte told me that he thought
it would add greatly to his chances for
success" said Mr.. Sperry last night. zone
of the greatest difficulties in flying above
water at night or in "A fog is to maintain
a flight at a certain level Lieut. Porte
said that he had come out Of "A fog bank.
in which he was certain that he was fly
Ing straight ahead and found himself
heading for the water at an incline that
would have spelled disaster in a few more
minutes. OF course with the gyro he
would merely have to adjust 1t 10 the
angle at which he wanted to fly and dis
miss anything but direction to the right
or left from his mind"
Mr., Sperry's invention controls both
fore and aft and lateral stability, The
principle is that four horoscopes, each
two and seven-eighths inches in diameter
placed under the sprayhood of the flying
boat. maintain four horizontal elements
When tine aeropiane in1lines to the lief;
or right, in front or behind. the horoscopes
act on levers which work automatically
and instantly reestablish the horizontal
position of the machine The device Il
eighteen inches across and twelve inches
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She and the other Alabama girl prize
winners as well as the Texas beauties sail
for Europe Tomorrow. Yes. the boat and
the sailing hour are known but will not be
told here. We don't want whole mob
around Alabama had gone TO the Orien-
tai, It seems because Miss Emily Semple.
once OF Montgomery, Ala. and now run
ming the twice a week thes dansants at
the Oriental. thought that before all this
present group OF Southland heavenliness
passed over the horizon the girls should
give one afternoon at least to seeing Ad-
miral Dewey In that new tan sut--or
maybe II was TO have Admiral Dewey see
the Alabama peach crop
These are the six girls that Alaba ma,
with quite AS nice sense for the decora-
tive as Texas selected to go to Europe
The Misses Alice Ceciic Miller Of Mont
gomery, Ettiebyrnes combination name
OF father and mother that Kendrick OF
Greenville. Alice G. Miller. Jean Powell OF
Montgomery. Alice Miller. BOY Reynolds
of Rrundidge. Alice Cecile Miller. 4. G.
Miller June Gaskell of Prattsville, Alice
Cecllc Miller. Vida Sanders of Luverne
and Alice Cecile Miller. with the party
also was n Miss Miller. who wore white.
None of the Texas or Alabama girls has
IA thing To do to-day except to look into
the Aquarium see IA bail game. visit the
Metropolitan Museum. the Natural His
tory Museum, the Brooklyn Bridge. the
Statue of Liberty. Luna Park--the Texas
lilies are going to Luna--visit the Polo
Grounds and take a ride up the Hudson.
with side excursion TO the Winter Gar.
den matinee.
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" - ,,..-..
ceived three personal CHEERS from Nih'.as =.
jay Brady. hurried through dinner ~ ,ne
Deneciare, n,o.o'eu - aanead Tho
Nic.orIa as .uuse ,, 1850 su a,, as v,,os,s
niBnt OUT u. 'ne Dii'''''re' "e"'' 40
Oh the mousse
But TO come 10 that hour or so uo"" ~ y,
tne orientai at Marha..an go. re-.
was oIIIcul. 10 toar away ncn. III
put oowh py ,nc waves A'av ,a, 80 1,
ihs, anu III TINS hewspape' o"s'''''' WV
ou'y Always coiheH hrs''
m. p-,s. ~, Alabama.
,---.,,..
Inc sun mao niuue, itscil ten'poIa,ly
al Manhattan Beach' Even Wneh humira'
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voIplaned without Hands.

when we reached n height Of about
500 feet we volplaned without the aid or
the hand control. 1t is known that when
avlators want to volplane they have 10
shoot the machine almost straight down
for n while in order to get the necessary
speed when the motor is shut off. Could
the Sperry machine do this without the
aid OF human guidance? Mr.. Sperry
proved that 1t could. He told me what
he was going to do, stopped the motor
and lifted his hands In the air. For
Ave or six seconds nothing happened. The
aeroplanc seemed to be motionless. Then.
suddenly the speed diminished and the
machine dived like a dolphin.
"Then Mr. Sperry showed me another
trick OF his machine We flew for nearly
half n mile with the machine inclined at
an angle of forty-iive degrees. Sperry
never touched the machine with his
hands The machine guided itself and
It Is worthy of remark that in this Alb
normal position furious gusts of wind had
not the slightest effect on its position. 1t
defended itself automatically against the
breeze"
After ouinton had made his flight
Sherry went up with a United States
naval lieutenant. retired, who. rs repre-
sentative of several United states naval
attaches to foreign embassies flew the
| machine with the aid OF the horoscopes
He never before had tried to pilot a
machine. but as all he had to do was worn
the rudder he made with ease a nigh,
which IL performed n few years ago by
n man who had given his life to aviation
would have won worldwide applause
II was blowing as hard during this flight
as during the others.
one of the great advantages OF the sta
bIllzer IL shown when banking on IA turn
In machines manipulated by the ordinary
hand controls 1t is necessary when turn
| ing to use three controls which govern
the rudder. the lateral dip OF The
machine and the fore and aft rise or fall
It Is the completely OF this movement
which makes It dangerous in the hands OF
novice. But with the stablizer 1t is
only necessary to turn the rudder the
horoscopes do the rest
Once young Sperry and his mechanic
Emile Cachln, climbed up into the air
above the Seine and the mechanic walked
out upon a wing as calmly as IL strollinG
upon the earth. The stablizer kept the
flying boat in horizontal position. The
mechanic tried to disturb the equilibrium
of the machine, but the gyroscopc wouldn't
permit Il.
To-day a luncheon at the City Club II
Brooklyn will be held in honor of thu
Sperrys, for Brooklyn Is their home, anC
Brooklyn. like other cities. likes to d.
honor to her genluses.
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safety Almost Certain.

eleNating planes ana the OtneT pair con-
trolls lateral stability.
safety Almost Certain.
The device works so successfully that
Mr.. Sperry thinks the only way for an
aviator to meet with a serious accident
would be for his machine to collapse. II
the engine stops the machine volplanes
automatically; Il rights itself before n
gust of wind before the aviator can per-
ceive Il deviation from the normal
Rene Qunton president Of the National
Aerial League went up with Sperry IN
one of the test flights and describes his
experience for lie Mdtn. lie says;
Mr. Sperry and l started about noon
in very unfavorable weather. The wind
was so strong that the water of the Seine
was very rough. Just after starting. the
pilot began to ascend and in few
minutes he let go the wheel As we passed
in front of tho stand. where the members
of the committee were. he Htted both
hands in the air. I of course being close
to him was already assured that he was
touching nom i.g with mis- hands.
The aeroplane still continued to go up.
We were hundreds OF feet above the trees
I could see the branches waving wildly
in the wind. the heavy boughs being bent
by the force OF the gale. but II had not
the slightest affect on the automatically
controlled machine I felt as IL we were
in an ordinary machine in perfectly calm
weather
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high. One pair of horoscopes works the
elevating planes and the other pair con-
trolls lateral stability,