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Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-09

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Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-09

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Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-09
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
TWO SISTERS ESCAPE
FROM INSANE ASYLUM
Long Island Authorities in
Vain Sparch-HOmicidal
Mania Feared.

kINcs PAHK. L. l.. May i5.-Search-
scouring this section in an endesvor 10
find the Misses Phoebe and Ada Brush.
sisters. who escaped from the insane
hospital here some time last night. The
authorities are especially anxious to find
the two women because their mental all
ment Is said to have a distinct homicidal
tendency.
The Misses Brush are members NJ an
old Colonia family. County Treasurer
Henry $. Brush OF Huntington is their
brother. Last night the inmates had
their customary weekly gathering, at
which there was music and dancing,
After the affair was over the two women
were fourd to he missing.
The Misses Brush. who lived with
their mother a, The corner Of New York
avenue ard High street. Huntington. de
veloped symptoms of y rent insanity
years before II was regarded as neces-
sary TO have them committed to an asy-
lum. Ada Brush frequently stated that
the Rev. Samuel n. Seem. pastor of the
Central Presbyterian Church of Hunting
ton, wanted to marry her, She asserted
that he made eyes AT her while in the
pulpit. When the clergyman married
MISS f.di n Sammls, daugnter or ftenry
+. Sammis, Vicc-prosideat of the Bank
of Huntington. a special guard was sta
ioned at the church to prevent either of
the sisters from entering the church.
The women were carried screaminc
from their home and placed In an u,o
mobile for removal to Kings Park after a
commission had decided that they were
insane, A revolver IL said to have been
taken from Phoebe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
GORER HEIRS ARE TO
PRESS DUVEEN SUIT
Lawyers Discuss Problem Of
fercd by Supposed Death
on the Lusitania.

Al. NO word has been received NJ
Edward Gorcr. the dealer in antique
porcelains. who was a passenger on the
Lusitanis. his friends and associates
assume that he was drowned. This
has led to some study by attorneys as
to the effect of the death OF Mr.. Gorer
on the two suits for damages aggregat-
ing $4,000 which he brought against
Joseph ]. Duveen and Henry J. Du-
veen. members Of Duveen Bros, The
suits were nled in The Supreme Cour,
on his order on the day before the
Lusitania was sunk.
While WINS. Wo!M e. Hoguci, attor-
ncys for Gorer. and Stanchfeld & Levy.
counsel for the Duveens. would not ex-
press an opinion In advance or court
proceedings as to the possibility that
the suits could not he continued in
the name Of the Gorer estate. lawyers
who have studied the matter agreed that
the cause OF action for damages IA
the Gorer collection of porcelains on
account of the alleged comments by
the Duveens did not end with the death
of the owner.
In one OF the .uits Gorer asked FOR
$780, 600 damages from Joseph !. Du-
veen for remarks to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
C. Frick and others TO the effect that
several Of Gorer's alleged Chinese an
;ique porcelains. for which he was ask
ing 5000. 600. were modern, causing Mr.,
Frick to refuse to buy the porcelains
or to deal further with Gorer. The
suit against Henry J. Duveen was based
on an alleged statement made to one
OF t;orer's customers. whose name liz n q
mentioned, that two green vases were
modern. thus preventing q sale.
Had Mr.. Gorer's complaints beer
drawn only To recover damages for in.
jury To his reputation as an expert or
Chinese porcelains, II is agreed that his
death would have ended the suits, hut
his demand for dam yes was also based
on a decrease in the value nj tn
articles he was attempting to sci
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
rs "ORESTES'

NEW HAVEN. May l5.-iieiorc an audience
Of 10000 persons in the Yale bowl here
this afternoon Granville Barker opened
his spring season Of outdoor Greek plays
under the auspices of the Yale Dramatic
Association with a production of the
'Iphigenia in Taurls.' by ~Euripides.
IL was the first In n series OF Greek
dramatic masterpieces to he seen during
the next three weeks In other college
stadiums. To-day's performance was
from the translation OF Prof. Gilbert
Murray of oxford University. The stage
setting, designing and costuming were
ny Norman wilkinson. Special choral
music for the occasion had been com
posed by Prof. David Stanley Smith of
Vale.
The "~Iphigenia' had never before
been given In English in this country
with an outdoor setting. II Ia one Of
the. oldest OF tho Greek classic plays.
Although the date Of It's first PERFORM
Mendell of Yale, a close student OF the
Greek drama. writes az follows:
"Euripides presented his 'Iphigcnia
Among the Taurians" AT Athens prob
ably in the year r3 u. &. Its first
performance was in the Diorysiac Thea
tire ut the oot OF the Acropolis at the
festival of pionysius. II Was hardly 4
tragedy In the generally accepted sens,
of he word--it was rather a romantic
drama. the representative production of
"A decidedly radical play wright.
Chorus Useful Instrum~nt.
'The chorus was not merely a con-
ventional requisite It was a very use
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
MISS LILA
We
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ful instrument in the hands ~ the
dramatist. II served as an ideal audi
encc under his control. through which
he could interpret to the real spectators
tho feeling which he expected them to
experience in each situation"
Mr.. Barker's production to-day was
all OF this. II was given in the true
Barkerian ann as playgoers have
come to know and recognize e.. Sim
plicity Of style and design. with much
color in c,stume. made tho characters
stand out In bold relief against the
white background OF the Greek temple.
~Ouc-uuarter Of the stadium had been
set aside for. Mr.. Bankers use. FroH,-
ing tho audience there arose a massive
temple in imitation Of white marble
without adornment. In front o. this
was srran yed. on a painted canvas
stage. the conventional orchestra Of
the Greek stage. In the entire Of which
was placed an altar. Here the chorus
performed Its share Of the piece. and
here. too. many of the characters were
seen To tho hest ADVANTAGE.
There were ideal weather conditions
The performance did not begin until
$50. The dyirg rays of The setting
sun Illuminated the scene from behind
the spectators. giving a most artistic
and beautiful effect.
The costuming OF tho characters in
the play WAS perhaps the most striking
feature Deep puppies. dark blues. act
IN with brilliant oranges and green's.
were the predominating colors. brilliant
against the white background Of the
temple and the green Of the field.
AS the audience was silent throughout
the whole performance. which was
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
CUT COST q? ASTORIA PARK.
rom m~issioUers Award H78S,ASI
Instead Of 81. 100000

An award Of s7sS.+S1 has been made
hy The commissioners in condemna-
ton for land taken for what is known
as the East River Park. in Astoria. II
the award Is approved by the courts,
IL Is said. II will be a great step to-
ward reducing the excessive damages
awarded in condemnation proceedings.
The award was made by two commits
%sioners, william J. Hamilton. president
of the Corona Bank. and Harry r. Gel
wicks. a well known business man In
Queens. The third commissioner O'Leary.
District Attorney Of Queens. did non sign
the award. II In understood that he
thought that the award should have been
At least 1000 200. He may make a
separate report.
The property taken for the proposed
park contains about 5625 acres. -uf' wni~n
sol acres are under water. The land
formerly belonged to the Woolsey and
Barclay families. II was offered TO the
city for 1900. 600. The award cuts
s53%,b49 from this.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
HahS Work of
Repairing Seas Havoc
Harbor Commission Secretary Directs Seabright Resi-
dents to Stop Improvements to Their Own Property
Arbitrary Action Taken-Suits Threatened.
OWNERS PREPARE TO CARRY FIGHT TO COURT

been started and sent 20 each of the al
legged law breakers a formal notice read
ing something like this
This commission Is informed that
you are engaged in placing structures
upon the riparian lands abutting your
upland property in the municipality OF
Seabright. and that these structures
are being erected or have been re-
Gently erected without your compli,nc
with the provisions Of chapter lea OF
the Laws OF 1914. You are hereby
warned that any work which nay
have been done. or may be done sub
%sequently to the receipt of this notice.
may be ordered by the courts. upon
suit OF the Acknowledgement in the name
of this commission. removed at your
expenses.
Your failure to comply with the law
may have been due to ignorance Of its
provisions. 1 am directed by the COM
mission to hereby warn you that unless
fun compliance with the law III mad
within thirty days the entire matter
will be placed in the hands of the
Acknowledgement, with n request from
this commission that proper action
at Law be instituted against you"
The law referred to-creating the
Harbor Commission n year ago-grants
power 10 tao commission 10 prevent en-
croachment or trespass q the water
front" and also to approve all plans
for development of an. waterfront"
But these already abused property own
ers contend vigorously that the repairs
they are making. the bulkheads they
are building and the lighthouses they
are constructing are not "~encroach-
ments"--it is their own land-not de
velopments." bu; simply emergency sal
walton measures to protect and securc
what they have until the Government
comes TO their aid
The situation was outlined to-day In
this way:
The state has refused to appropriate
money for the protection Of life and
property aloslg The beach peninsula.
The Harbor Commission admitted In its
voluminous report that II could not
suggest a plan OF protection without
p s35.oo0 survey. considered needless
by the property owners. The Govern
ment was baked in 4 plan TO help
ont by the States refusal of aid. The
property owners themselves have spent
thousands Of dollars u Of their own
pockets. Many are sic; At heart, ready
TO give up. And here comes = Har-
hor Commission. almost leg'slated out
Of office. trying to stop = man from
doing what he can to save tho little
that remains TO him 20 save.
Ransom's objections are branded as
ridiculous. II is asserted that no; only
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
NO MORE CLASS G H
CoIumbia students Told 80 B~ More
Orderly ~ Their Bnnauct..

Columbia University. through the
board Of student Representatives. has
put an absolute ban on class fighting
at dinners of the freshman and sophie
more classes. This is the direct out
come of the riot which took place in
Newark last month when n large section
% the sophomore class was locked up
following an attempt to put an end
&c a freshman banquet.
Although the university authorities took
no active hand IN the settlement of that
episode IL Is understood that the stu
dents were told tina, there must I've no
more public exhibitions of that sort.
Yesterdays action by tho student board
Is the result of that advice.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
DANBURY HATTERS
SUED FOR $252,OOO
ID. r. Loewe Co. Begins Action
to Recover From 1870
Defendants.
LABOR TO BE APPEALED TO

Announcement that the n. F.. Loewe
Company of Danbury had taken lesJl
proceedings to collect the s252,0oO judg-
ment which the Ioewe concern SECURED
In the United states Supreme Cour'
AGAINST lse individual defendants In the
hatters case caused a sensation In the
national convention of the United Hat.
tiers Of North America here yesterday
afternoon. The announcement was made
by q Danbury delegate to the onver
ton who had received notice OF the ac-
ton OF the Loewe company from n OF
the Danbury banks.
As the Loewe firm In an open letter
! 10 the defendants. issued before the con.
vention. had announced that II would
defer any legal action to collect the
| Judgment pending action by the CONVEX
tion on the matter. the announcement
/ Yesterday was wholly unexpected
Nearly every panbury delegate to the
conv ention IL either a defendant In tn
Loewe case or directly interested n
the aynen of the judgment. Danbur!
delegates Immediately communicate
I with their home banks to receive further
I information regarding the proceeding
taken by the Ioewe company.
They received notifications Of the an
| nouncement made in the convention. 4
number Of the Danbury delegates re-
turned home to get in immediate touc'
with the situation.
Although the national convention o.
the United Hatters has oeen In session
in this city for one week nothing ha,
been done by the convention about tn'
payment OF the Ioewe judgment. tn
matter having been put over until tn
coming week II is thought that tn
I0ewe company attorneys became i'm
patient at tho delay in the convention
regarding the method of paying tn
s2O2. 0o0 judgment and decided to TAX,
the present legal proceedings notwith
standing the p~re-convention letter Of tn
Arm, a copy OF which was sent to eacl
of the 1sg individual defendants In thu
ca Use.
Unless organized ishor throughout tn,
country comes to the immediate assis,
arre OF the Loewe case defendants l
now seems probable that the is? indi
vidual defendants in tho case residinI
in Danbury and Bethel will lose thei'
homes and bank ccounts The propert!
Of the defendants has been under at
tachment since the Ioewe suit was In
stituted In the district Federal courts II
1903 and represents tho savings OF
lifetime Of mos; - the defendants.
1t IN PROBABLE that tho United Halter
will now issue an appeal TO all union
affiliated with tho American Federation
of Labor TO subscribe to a fund 10 pa,
the amount of the judgment and saw,
the homes and property Of the halter
from foreclosure.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
@SHRINKAGE IN GOLD
RESERVE 100000
Federal Board Statement Also
Shows Drop in Paper
Holdings.
NEW YORK REPORTS GAIN

w,sr,Sgro~. May i5-shr'rtrse N
gold reserves and hold ngs in CONNER
clal pspcr md a~rcertdncos on the Fed
eral Reserve Banks are note in the
memorandum tr,ompanying the weekly
siatomon. of conditions made pubic bS
the Reserve Board to-day
The statement indicates . decrease
Of abou, $4,000. 900 for the week In the
combined gold IL .rves OF the banks.
"Thc largest ne: Withdrawals OF gold
are reported 10y san .'ranc.sco.' IL says.
though seven other banks also show
decreases in their gold reserve since the
previous week.
"Ncw York reports a gain Of abou;
$1,000 200 in It's gold re- erve. also an
increase of about $500. O0O in other
cash. this gain being partly offset by net
Withdrawals of other cash at the Phila-
deiphia and Chicago bank. The total
reserves Of the banks are shown to have
decreased abou, GA million during the
week.
The amount OF commercial paper
held by the banks shows a decrease of
about o. million dollars. as compar red
VII " Nl'Nfbtlk Ntth = A'hhis iN''aF
counts proper gained about $753 900.
Richmond. Dallas and San Francisco re-
porting the largest gains under this
head
The total amount of acccptances held
nv the hanys was 1919 million dollars,
as against IA reported for the previous
week. All the banks which report this
class of paper among their holdings.
except Boston and Kansas City. show
a.,.ltau HDtsYaa than for Tho nFaN nttS
week. About AZ per cent. Of ali COM
mercial paper held by the banks was
thirty day pal per and 36.i per cent. sixty
day paper.
about IS million dollars OF redis-
counts reported is agricultural and live
stock paper maturing after ninety days.
Almost a. per cent of this paper is held
by the three southern banks.
The aggregate amount OF United
States bonds held by the banks remains
unchanged at s6.Si3.oO0. OF the total
Investments held by the banks. SCI .900.-
coo Is represented by money warrants.
Tho net addition for the week was
$4,000, Boston and Chicago reporting
Tie largest purcha Is.
tile increase In the amount OF all
~thcr assets is accounted for chiefly
Gy tho larger amounts of national bank
notes and Federal reserve notes in the
pGuNC WI We wv wv
amount of these notes representing al
t,ost 80 per cent. of the total shown
Scr all other assets
Net deposits show a gain for the
week of 80 million dollars. Chicago.
81. Louis and Boston reporting the
largest increases for the week. Federal
Reserve agents report over SS1 ,00O. 900
III notes issued to the banks. an in
crease for the week of IS million dol
lars. Additional issues OF notes are
reported by New York., - million
Cleveland, o3 million Richmond. o.
siliiun Atlanta. 0.3i million ksnsa'
CITY a. million Dallas. - million.
ant sun + a1cisco, - million dollars.
"I1o banks report on hand n total OF
SN,s3 eco Of notes. AN increase OF 81
millions over the figures the week be-
ihTc. About iS.6 million dollars OF gold
are deposited with the Federal Reserve
arcrts to serur the note ISSUED
Here j. the detailed statement for
rhc banks 1t New York, Boston and
Philadelphia
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16

given without an in'ernisslon, every
word spoken could he heard distinctly.
Mrs. Barker as '.Iphisenia."
I.illah Mccarthy Nrs. Granville
Barker) played the tito role OF
Iphioenid. She was supported excel
lently with Ian Maclaren as Orcstrs.
Leonard Wiley as I'piddeS. Lionel
Brahsm ss ThodS. Claude Rains a. IN"
Herdsmdn. Phillip Merivale' 49, the
Messenger. and Mary Forbes ~ PalIdS
Ath'nc. Alma Kruger led the chorus
The scene Of the play is before .hs
temple OF Artemis. whore Tphtoenio per-
forms the rites of offering up huma1
offerings to the gods. How her brother
comes there after many years Of wan
dering. how fDhioenid is about to pre-
pare him for the sacrifice. how thew
finally recognize each other and devise
a safe return to Greece with the bless-
ing OF Athena. patron Goddess 81
Athens. is the subject matter Of the
and readers Of tho Greek classics.
After the performance to-day. the
Barker organization starred Immediately
to move the portable stage to the Har-
ward stadium IN Cambridge. Two PEI
formances will bc given there. The first
will no "fphigenia In Taurus. next
Tuesday. The second hill will he "Tro-
jan Women" by the same author, which
win he performed on Wednesday.
Trojan Women II the play MI
Barker will present AZ the dedication OF
the new stadium Of tho College OF tl1
City OF New York on May 90. Other
performances are planned in Princeton
and at the University Of Pennsylvania
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
CALLS POLICE IN CHURCH WAR,
Pastor VIII Have Guard ~ Ser
Vices TO-dRy.

oRANGg, n j., MAY ih--The spec
tacle Of church services under police
protection VIII h" presented TO the con-
gregatinn OF 81. Paul's Methodist Church
~ South street tomorrow as a result
q, the refusal Of a faction to recognize
'c ~" Richard r.. Saith as pastor.
The m~alcontents wan the Rev. William
" Uurroll, former pastor,
Two Women put padlocks on the gates
and doors of the church last night
The police got there just as two other
women smashed the padlocks with axes
Then the trouble ended.
ON "A previous night some members Of
tho congregation spent several hours IN
continuous singing Of hymns to prevent
the Rev, Mr. Smith from making ar
address. lie appealed to-day for polio,
Id for Tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
PAY CUT, BUT NOT ALIM0NY

Supreme Court Justice Philbin re-
fused yesterday "a grant relief to Mills
Suydam. a salesman for a dental supply
house. who asked the court to reduce all
mony awarded TO Mrs. Emma Suydam un.
der her decree OF divorce. because ne has
married again and his salary has been
cut in two since the divorce was granted
In refusing Suydam's plea Justice
rhilhin pointed out that his second mar
riage was In disobedience Of the courts
decree and that the court cannot with.
out wholly d~lsregarding the respect due
II, seriously consider such application"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
Not Enough Of Arm Cut On.

ELIZABETH, y. J.. May ID Because
his arm was amrutated one and q half
inches below tho elbow instead of at
the Join, Nicolay Gresuk will receive
only 1sI weeks half pay instead Of zoo
for injury in a machin" AT the plant OF
the Linden Tanning Company, accord
ing to p finding by Judge Connolly
to-day. C;resuk will receive $500 u
week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
Roosevelt Back IN Oyster Ray.

Col. Roosevelt. arriving in town from
Syracuse. went directly to oyster Bay
i,y automobile yesterday morning. He
had no statement 70 make lie will
remain ~ Oyster BAY until this after.
noon. when he ONE to New York to
take a train for syracuse. whore VIII
lam FAIRNESS suit against him con-
tinues tomorrow morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
servant OF Jane. Sraysr Last.

ossiNING. May l5-News reached
Briarclir to-day tina, Robert Norman, a
servan' in the home of James Speyer.
the %fnancier. in that village. went down
with the steamship Lus'tania and a
search was ordered by cable for his
body. 4 cable despatch was sent To the
Masonic lodge AT Kinsale and to the
American Consul AZ Queenstown asking
tha' every effort ne made to md Nor.
mans body.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16

and for the loss ~ profits on sales pre-
vented by the alleged statements.
II is understood ma; as oon as an
executor or administrator Is appointed
permission TO continue the suits will
he applied for. II granted. an amended
complaint will he filed, from which will
he eliminated all demand for damages
because of injury to Mr.. Gorer per-
sOnallV.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16

II was AT this point that Secretary
Ransom Of The Harbor Commission ap-
peared IN Seabright viii his threats Of
suit against the property owners making
repairs. despite tn" fac that these re-
pairs and newly building defences were
from ~ to 2uo feet inside OF their orig
Inal property line, lie ordered workmen
10 qui, digging or filing In or hammer
ing nails. promising arrest for offenders,
lie made other visits and repeated tina.
performance wherever rev work had