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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
HALTS PRUDENTIAL FIGHT.
Jersey supreme Court Refuses to
Interfere With naturalization,

TRENTON. y j.. Jan. 23.-rhc supreme
Court refused to-day To Interfere with the
plans for bringing about the mutualiza-
ton Of the Prudential Insurance Corn
pany, tn" decision az the court
resulted IN the dismissal of tho proceed
ings Instituted 10y minority stockholders
to set aside the order OF the Chancellor
naming three appraisers to valuc the
stock of the cor pauy.
Directly Involved In the naturalization
plan is tho ownership or control of about
s34 .00O 900 OF surplus. which IL. minority
stockholders claim should y" vested In
the stockholders. while the majority
stockholders. including most of the Of
fcers of the company. are willing that II
should be credited To the policy holders.
There IL abou, s2,o0o,oo0 Of stock out
standing.
The court refused to-day To pass upon
the constitutonality or feasibility Of the
act of last winter authorizing the mutual
iZation OF the company. holding that TO
do so at this time would involve "A con-
siderat!on and determination of ques-
lions not yet presented. AMI some of
which may never arise in fact
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
ATKINS EXPLAINS SUGAR PRICES
Company Forced. he says, to Meet
Competing Quotations.

Edwin t. Atkins. chairman VI the
board of directors of the American Sugaf
Refining Company. testified yesterday III
the government dissolution suit that thc
reduction Of 10 cents u pound from the
New York prices on Hawaiian sugars was
due to the fact that they kept Longer ana
were received throughout the year, often
receiving the benefit OF an advancing mar
het, while the Louisiana sugars came on
the market during the months whcn
prices were declining.
Two prices. a list price and seiilhs
price. were named. the witness SAID. bt
cause the company often was forced Ia
meet the lower price named by other re.
tneres on certain grades The markets
for cane sugar in Colorado. Nebraska and
California had practically been lost to
he said. since Che beginning OF the beet
sugar industry.
Regarding the sale OF the holdings in
other companies Mr.. Atkins said that ever
since lie became a member of the board
he had urged the ACCESSIBILITY OF dispos-
ing OF the company's holdings.
The offer Of the company to give liz
per pound less than the market price foi
raw Louisiana sugars was due, he said. "a
a desire 10 have the ChalmettC factory
operate at It's full capacity. Tho reduc-
tion in price would cover the cost of ship
ping 10 the Eastern markets
When questioned as TO what constituted
Il monopoly Mr.. Atkins said that hc was
awaiting n clue 10 the definition OF tn.
word from the Supreme Court Of the
United States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
CONVICTED INSPECTORS
FIGHT FOR REVERSAL
Appellate Division Confirms
Sentence of Former
Scrgt. Duffy.

counsel for the four police AsOe,tur,
now in BlacSxells Island pen'tcn:iarf
James T.. HuNsey. Dennis l.. sweeney.
James r. Thompson and John j. Murtha.
served notice of appeal in their cases on
District Attorney Whitman yesterday. TT,
argument has been set for February 3
In the Appellate Division.
II Is expected that they viii nave served
their sentence by She time tn" higher
court passes on the legal points raised,
but Il their conviction should be set aside
they would be entitled 20 pensions
The chief points raised In the volum-
nous briefs Of counsel Is that they were
convicted on The uncprrobordtcd evidence
OF accomplices. The chief witnesses
against them were Police Captain Thomas
W. Walsh. who has since died. agd his
wife. Eugene Fox. formerly a collector
for Walsh. was also witness.
The Appellate Division OF tn. supreme
Court affirmed yesterday the conviction
OF Peter j. DufiV the former police
sergeant VINO was convicted 81 extortion
as II result Of the graft disclosures and
was sent TO Sing sinx for from three 10
four years. The chief ground Of the .p-
peal vas concernius IN. testimony OF &C.
completes, which - also involved ia the
other police graf cases
The Appellate Division also re.nstat.d
yesterday Policeman Edward Boron. vino
was dismissed by Commissioner Waldo
after Il perfect record for ten years be-
cause he signed the name q; another po-
,icenaA To an application Tor a transfer
! At tho latter's request as friendly act
In dismissing Boron ex-Comnissoner
Waldo decided that Boron had no power
TO sign IN" other pollceman's name with
out a written consent. but the Appellat.
Division held that this was unnecessary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
FIVE HUMAN SKULLS DUG UP.
Relics Of old POttcr's Field In
WnSl,turtOu S,uurc.

A policeman stood by q tool bon near
an excavation in The middle o. washing
ton Square yesterday and waved away u
flock of neighborhood youngsters
In the box were five human skulls and
a hundred c.Gmbl!ng bones. Old WASH
ingtoa square once SO swami! and uH -
desirable that 1t was used for a potter x
field, had given up its dead. Perhaps
one OF the skulls that the trench diggcrs
cast up YESTERDAY was that Of the las
man TO be led out OF States prison. then
Oh West Tenth street. and hanged.
\ construction company. putting IN
sewer from Broadway &C. Sixth avenue.
has a trench running through the centre
OF tho park. The bones were FOUND al.
most exactly in tho middle OF the park
when tile work,neu got about SIX feet be-
low the surface
In December ,7sa. Washington may
have pointed out 20 his wife the meadow
that the city had just decided 20 buy for
q pot,ers field and which six years later
under the stress os yellow FEVER became
a burying ground for rich and poor alike
The old States prison. which furnished
many o: the dead. was ready for occupa
ton in 1877. following an act appropriat
Ing secs 600 to relieve the crowded prisons
of the city. The prison and rs grounds
were nolosed 10y Al hign wall. Now Ii is
q brewery.
a reason why the bones found yestc-
day arc so crumbly is because n little
stream that started In a spring east oi
Fifth avenue ami above Twentieth stree,
curved down town into Washington
Square and made the land very We;
The bones found yesterday Will be taiSer
TO the potter's Held FOR fnal burial
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
SEVEN ARRESTED AS ROBBERS.
Passaic Police Say They Have Mem-
bers Of Active Gang.

PAssAIc, y. j.. Jan. 2S.---Thc police ar
rested seven men to-day who. they think,
have been responsible for many robberies
here in the last month The first man
taken was Joseph Krosl,. who was ar
rested as he was iounging In the shadow
of a house ON PnSsdic avenue. \ re-
volver and Jimmy were found in his
pockets.
In Kroski's room the police say they
found silverware and valuables which
were identified las the property OF An
drew Brinkerhoff and William II. Hall.
Also thirty-three pawntickets were found
for goods which had been pawned In New
York In the last month.
Three other men--,;eorge Welshoct.
Joseph Steffans and Frank Wilke-were
arrested 10y detectives on the way to
search Kroski's room. They are sus-
pected of having robbed u. :. McMulen.
the Rochelle Park postmaster, who has
been victim many times, and OF hav-
ing held up DR.. Charles Gundlach OF
haywood.
Thomas Seebach, ~ years old was ar
rested charged with robbing the drug
store Of Fred Shut Of 1870 grains of CO.
caine. Frank Tense and Emil Ieyen-
dusky were arrested while they were try
ing 10 break into Mrs, Anna Sabol's store.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
EVA TANGUAY DENIES
TROUBLE WITH HUSBAND
Resent> Report That They Will
Separate After "Only
Six Weeks"

Eva Tuuguay denied a report last nIgnt
that she was going to separate from her
husband. She admitted the rumor had
reached her At the p.Kalh Theatre in
Brooklyn. while changing costumes To go
out In front again To dance with her
husband. Mr.. Ford, Miss Tanguay put her
head out of the dressing room door and
said:
There is not a bit OF truth III that re-
port. Her. II is only six weeks or so
we've been married and som-b body starts
II report that were going to separate
People aren't giving MS much time, are
they? Why. some newspapers would pub
iish that without verifying 1t and then
people would think ] was Hwtully er.
rattle. you know. My husband and are
very happy. We are we'll mated. I'll call
him and you can ask him il we're going
to separate
With that Miss Tansuay leaned out o,
her dressing room and shouted down the
passaEcway:
johnny, Come here a minute, will
YOU Here's somebody els. has heard
mat were going 10 separate
Mr., Ford IN evening clothes and with
many smiles. came ny and said "Sepa
rate" Not 50 YOU could notice IT,"
II was rumored Yesterday on Broadwo,
thar Miss Tansuay mad stopped some
friends Ia the street and told them OF
marital troubles.
II haven't been Oh broadway all dDN.'
fne SAID, land besides | haven't walked
a'ohe broadway in long wh,c. ride
IN my machine
Mr., Ford dancaa nIth MS wls. in he,
performances. lie married Miss Tansus,
in Ann Arbor, Mich
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
TWO COASTERS DIE OF HURTS.
series Of Accidents at West Point
aMd Hix bland Falls.

NEwBCRGH, y, Y, Jan. .3.--Two deaths
have already occurred and a third Is ex-
pected as a result Of "a series Of coastng
accidents al Highland Fails and West
Point last night. The acad are Harry
Young, q years old. and James Elliott.
both Of whom we're members OF the de-
tachntnt of field music NJ the Military
Academy. Young and Elliott died at the
post hospital At West Point to-day
They were injured on Mile Rock Hin
in Highland Falls last night. Young
home was In Baltimore, Md. His mother
was killed while attempting 10 save him
from being run over by q trolley ear
several years ago, and his father me;
his death In the Baltimore fire in 1904.
Young and Elliott were on the same
pair of hobs when they crashed into q,
telephone pole. wife Of an officer is
said to have been dangerously Injured, but
her Identity has not been revealed.
Mrs. George Vidlner, wife OF Capt. V'd-
mer. post adjutant, WAS BADLY hurt and
Lieut.. James Steese OF the Engineer Corps
sustained a broken leg while cuaat!ng
with u party of cadets.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
COURT UPHOLDS JURY
REFORM IN JERSEY
Justice Swayze's Adverse Deci-
sion Is Reversed At
Trenton.

TkrSToN. y. j.. Jan. 2S.--IEc man
cellor-Sherifc jury reform b.! " acld TO
be constitutional !n an opinion handed
down to-day by Chancellor Walker II the
Court OF Errors and Appeals.
The decision reverses tho opinion .: SUI
prems Court Justice Francis >. SNayzo
who declared tne act uncoust. ,utional and
ordered that Grand Jury in Hudson
county be summoned under the Fielder
law.
The decison Of ne Cour, Of Errors
came as n complete surprise. II was GEN
orally thought that the action Of Jus
lice Swayze IN declaring the law In
valid had at least the tentative approval
of mis- associates on tn" bench.
The law was upheld to-day oy u vote
of ~ to g. Those recorded in the mega
tive were chief Justice Gunmere. Justice
Parker and Judge NredenDurgh.
The decision disposes finally Of the ques-
ton of jury reform winch formed one of
the important planks in the platform of
President Wilson while Governor Of New
Jersey. Although the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
bill was in fact compromise measure, Il
received the Endorsement Of President
Wilson. who URGED It's passage after he
became President,
In. OIL provides iuat tnc tnihceIloE
shall appoint one commissioner IN each
county to act with the sheriff in DRAWN;
grand and petit iur!es. The jury coli-
missioner and In, Sheriff are TO be OF OPP
poslte political parties.
Th. possible political effect of the de.
cson is looked upon as of far reaching
importance. Apparently It paves the WAY
for the submission of all sorts OF vexa'
tious problems to the direct vote OF tn,
people. The referendum has been fire.
Quently employed in New Jersey in IN.
past. not to determine whether ar not :,
legislative enactment should become =
law. but solely TO pass upon whether OIL
not it should be applicable IN particular
municipality or county.
The political bosses Of New Jersey
have long found their greatest strength
in being able to control the Sheriff who
drew the Grand Jurles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
TRUCK BREAKS. r1REMEN RUN.
Grab Helmets and Apparatus and
Keep On Going.

\ seven ton automobile fire truck with
ten men OF Hook and Ladder COMPANY -
aboard broke down in West Thirty-third
street last night while headed for fire
AZ Broadway and Tweuty-oighth street
Right behind II was acting Deputy chief
Ross IN his little red automobile.
Never mind the truck he shouted to
til. men in front. Take your things
ana run. les only to Twenty eighth
street"
So the men grabbed their helmets axes
pike poles. rubber coats and lamps from
the truck. and thus accoutred galloped
through Thirty-third street AMI down
broadway. keeping near the middl. Of
the road to avoid sidewalk crowds and
hearing boys cry.
"Hi, Pipe the vamps."
The fire. working from q hallway into
the fur store of Lazarus Bros, IS West
Twenty eighth street, on tho fifth floor.
was easily put out after doing $1,000
damage--policc estimate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
GIRLS BOUNCE TALKATIvE MAN.
Mr.. Hecht Insisted on Having Wis
say AZ Their McetinS.

Amid shouts Of encouragement ana
shrieks of protest Margaret Hinchey. eN-
president of the Laundry workers union
threw out a man who tried 20 90 most Oh
the talking al the meeting ut the uneIn
ployed women at the Womans Trado
Union League Yesterday morning.
The man, who said he was Karl Hechi
attacked the Woman's Trade Union
league. which he said was trying 10 run
he girls parade OF protest To tho C!ty
Hall In return for advancing money 10
pay for Cooper Union for "a mass meet
Ing. He added that q member Of the eN-
ecutive board had told him so, and tnat
she wouldn't have the cheek TO deny It,
Bu, she did have. Pauline Newman
called him "a liar and said she wasn't "a
member of the executive board of the
league, and had said only that the league
wanted TO name the speaker FOR the mass
meeting.
Hecht kept on talking about the WRONGS
OF working people until Chairman Kos"
Axelrod declared him out of order When
h. didn't stop Margaret uenchey put one
hand on his shoulder. and he soon found
himself out In the hallway Pandemonium
reigned within All hands talked ~ the
top OF their voices. demanding free
speech or declaring that the speaker was
no good"
Rose Schneiderman was just reducing
The meeting to order when - GREATNESS
girl ran in from the hallway ana said
that a man at the door was keeping girls
out The man proved to he Hech,. Mar
xaret Henchey was on the JOB again.
She took him by the collar and he landed
half way down the steps. As he did not
move she went down and deposited him
on the sidewalk.
The meeting voted to have Clarence
Darrow rs speaker at the Cooper Union
mass meeting Oh Monday morning at ii
o clock
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
CARL Is FREED; ELLIS
CASE STILL MYSTERY
Boy Said TIC shot LumberInan
when Told Aunt Was
Implicated.
HER INNOCENCE PROVED
Prosecutor Tells How Confess
sion Was Shatt"red-No New
Clue to Assassin.

So.leHvu.iE. y. j.. Jan. "3.--Paui n.
carr. ;he twenty-ycar-cld boy who con
icssed and later denied that he shot
Monroe !! Ellis. the Basking Ridge lum-
her merchant on November 90, 1911 was
discharged from custody this afternoon
by County Judge Daniel ~. Beekman. lie
was arrested on January IL and made his
Confession the following day.
Th" identity of the man VINO fred
a charge al bUchshot through the window
OF Mi. E,lils .ome and into his body
is now more uf mystery than ever
The hearing for young Carl gave no clue
70 further developments in the case,
though the real reasons why the prisoner
assumed the guilt were disclosed
carr thought that Mrs. Grace N. Holly.
his mothers sister and his fayorite aunt.
was the agen, OF persons higher up
who wanted Ellis put out Of the way. and
that she had guilty knowledge of the
shooting II was to shield her that
he signed q statement that was exploited
Is u confession. We said that detectives
told L,m that Mrs. Holly knew All
about tho shooting and that lie had
better DO what he could to get her to con-
fess and disclose the much wanted reo-
pie behind the scenes OF ;h. FINE.
Prosecutor Pope. who worked for more
than two years TO lear UP The mystery.
admitted t. judge Boekman tina, he was
convinced there was 10 reason for de
taning Carl longer. He went over the
case from beginning to end and showed
how she evideree against the prisoner
was secured by the private detectives en-
ployd by John A. Roebhng of Demands
, Vile. an amateur crim.nologist.
lie related how County Detective Totter
had gone over the trail and established
an alibi for young Carl. At the end
Judge Beskman agreed that even the
uncquivocal confession couldn't hold Carl
since the men who were supposed 70
prosecute him had proved his innocence.
Mr.. Pope told the court that the boy
didn't got dope or liquor and was per-
fectiy normal when he confessed.
when Carl went back to his cell in the
Somerville Jail after his first interview
with the authorities he was advised by
"a dctectlv. to confess and he went back
and told Mr.. Pope he WAS guilty. frs'
securing a promise Of immunity Tor Mrs
! Holly.
81 was convinced almost from the first,
/ said the Prosecutor. that Mrs. Holly
| knew nothing OF the shooting, and it was
I this that finally led me to think her
nephew was lying on every count
After carl was discharged he went
/ back TO Stroudsburg with his brother
! Alexander. His counsel. Banton Moore
Of New York. assured Judge Eeekmar
: that the young man had learned lessor
aud wouldn't he likely to get into such
: trolble again.
/ John \. Roehlings counsel. former
Judge Case. was IN court. ~ were various
witnesses who weren't needed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
LIMIT FOR DIVORCE CASE JURY.
Appellate DiVisiOn BARS Applica ton
Twenty Days After Answer.

The Appellate Division OF the supreme
Court in a decision yesterday held that
unless one of rhe parties to n divorce sc-
ton asks to have the suit tried by a Jury
within twenty days after the filing OF the
answer. the right OF trial by jury will be
denied The case must then he heard
by a Judge alone,
Two OF the five Justices disagreed with
this decision. Presiding Justice lngraham
wrote the majority opinion, in which JUS
tices Scott and Hotchkss concurred. They
held that as the law fixed no limitation
on the period within which the demand
for Jury trial could he made the Judges
should fix their own limit. The conven-
ton OF Appellate Division Justices In
1910 fixed twenty days as tho limit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
DETECTIVES TRAP DRUG CLERK
One Buys HerOin with Marked Biil
aud Others Make Arrest.

Three detectives OF District Attorney
Whitman's stan arrested Robert Wren.
n drug clerk of 503 Eighth avenue. last
night for selling heroin In the Southern
Pharmacy, at 506 Eighth avenue. Do
t.ctivc Gelson purchased 1t with t.
marked dollar bill and then his partners,
CHM and Way. arrested the clerk.
a. s Mitchell. owner of the drug store,
was notified. and appeared in the night
court when Wren was arraigned before
Magistrate Marsh. Mitchell demanded
about two dozen prescriptions also seized
by the detectives, but the Magistrate sent
them to the District Attorneys office.
Wren was held in $500 bail for a
hearing to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
M'ANENY IN CHARGE OF
CITY CHARTER REVISION
Mayor Mitchell Also to Help
The Board Of Estimate
Organizes.

'Tue Board of Estimate organized yes
terday with its new equipment Of com
mttees. Tho most important job set
before any one of the committees was
tho revision Of the city charter.
George McAneny. president OF the
Board of Aldermen. will bc chairman of
the committee that will have the work
In charge. Mayor Mitchell and Comp
truler Prendcrgast will serve with him.
The Board of Estimate committee will he
complemented with IA committee Of three
from the Board Of Aldermen. Henry
Iruere. city Chamberlain the Corpora
ton Counsel and seven citizens. three 10
he named by the Mayor and four by the
Board of Estimate and the Board Of AZ
dermen This committee OF fifteen will
make its first report on December 81
next.
other important Board of Estimate
committees are:
on Eranchises-Messrs. Mitchell chair
man; McAneny and Mathewson. This
committee will report upon current fran
chise matters, also work out definite
franchise policy and STANDARD forms of
franchise for subsequent use by the
board.
ON Transit-Messrs. McAneny. chair
man; Pounds and Mathewson. This COM
mittee will consider transit contracts and
rapid transit routes and generally keep
tho board Informed OF the execution or
the transit contracts and the progress
Of construction work.
ON Port and Terminal Facilities
Messrs. Prendergast. chairman: Marks.
Pounds and the Dock Commissioners II
Is proposed Ia have this committee pre-
pare scheme for the better development
of the Sty'S port and terminal facilities.
IL will consider and report on matters
affecting terminal development.
On city flan--Messrs. McAneny, chair
man; Marks. Pounds. Mathewson. Con-
molly. Mccormack. To this committee II
is proposed TO commit all larger pilestions
of public improvements
ON Corporate Stock Budget -Messrs
rrendergast, chairman McAneny. Pounds
, Mathewson.
ON Tax Rudget--Messrs pr. lplergast
| chairman: McAneny. Pounds. Mathewson
ON Standardization of supplies
Messrs. Mitchell, chairman Prendergast
Marks. This committee will close the
work OF supply standardization in prog
| ress for the past -four years. under super
vision of a committee of the board.
| Committee on observation-disclosures Prem
dergsst. chairman Mitchell, Marks This
| committee will .ndeayor to obtain the
| fullest use and benefit OF the school in
quiry conducted 10y tho last board.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
SCHMIDT VERDICT NEXT WEEK
Court Limits TestiMOny-Nine Wit
nesses Heard.

Hans schmidt on trial for the murder
OF Anna Aumuller. will probbaly know
his fate by the end OF next week. Justice
Davis. In the Supreme Court. who Is pre-
siding at the NAL, has FASTENED the pro-
ceedings by having counsel on both sides
agree to brief testimony and also 10 use
but two alienists on each side.
Min. witnesses We're heard yesterday.
including Police Inspector Joseph A.
Faurot, to whom Schmidt made a con
fession.
A half dozen women worked their way
into the court room IN spite of the In
formation they got that the evidence was
not 1T for women.
The prosecution will close its case IN
Monday morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
ELIOT A ROCKEFELLER TRUSTEE.
President Emeritus Of Harvard 20
Aid in Foundation Work.

Or. Charles W. Eliot. president emeri-
:us NJ Harvard University, han been
elected q trustee OF the Rockefeller Foun-
cation TO serve for three years. Other
announcements made by the foundat ion
yesterday were that these trustees have
teea reelected 10 serve for three years !,
Wickiine Rose, Charles o. Heydt and
Jerome d. Greene.
Tho trustees elected these of,cers for
nc coming year: President John D.
l."ckefsl's". j.. secretary. Jerome D..
t.eene, and treasurer. L. Il. Myers.
An approximation of $4,000 ~ua
nhcunced for tho -eiscf, through tho
.,meTicsn Red Cross. OF suffering In Bul-
iarta. Another appropriation OF 10000
(; scar for tn ney' Ten years was made
~" support OF Tho American Academy
Il. Rome
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
PLEADS FOR ALASKA HERE.
ia mes Wickersiam, Delegate, speaks
Before Pe0plea' Institute.

Names Wickersham, delegate from
Alaska. spoke last night at a meeting Of
tho Peoples Institute in Cooper Union.
He urged his hearers 10 write their Con-
gressn.eu and ask them to pass tn" bill
for II Government owned, controlled and
operated railroad in Alaska.
This was the only means Mr.. Wicker
sham said. u Wrest the riches of Alaska
from capitalists. who have the transpor-
tatiuu of the country in their grasp,
Tho Alaska syndicate, Mr. WIckersham
went Oh, Is opposing "a Government rail
road there and has 50 far been able tn
block every attempt 10 open a railrosd
or develop the country,