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New-York tribune., 1915-03-21

Amid cheers and cries of God bless
Mr. Regain" six hundred people, IN
cluding many women, some Of them OF
advanced years, adopted resolutions
last evening thanking James b. Regan
for forming and maintaining during
the winter months the Knickerbocker
Hotel bread line, which was discon-
tinued yesterday.
The meeting was held in the build
ing adjoining the hotel on Forty-hrst
Street, the owner of which, Louis
Cohen, set aside the ground floor for
use of the bread line in order that
they might be out of the wind and cold
while they had their coffee and rolls.
In the rear of the room stood a man,
his appearance indicating him to be a
well-to-do business man, with an ex-
preston of wonderment on his face
He had never seen the bread line and
was deeply impressed with the SINGER
ity of the men and women and the
good will and desire to help each
other that were manifested.
Modesty caused him TO refuse the use
of his name. But he was so deeply in
terested that he came to The Tribune
office last night and told the story.
ever witnessed. There was represented
the really worthy poor The spirit was
not of charity. II was work. Every
man and women seemed TO realize what
this man Regan fed done for them,
and a dozen men and women told Of
how his charity, conducted in such a
heartfelt way, had saved them in times
when the only relief seemed to be in
suicide.
"Thcy told of how his coffee and food
had saved them from committing
crimes. One man said he was desper-
ate. The night was cold and he was
kept walking. Then he came across
the bread line. The food not only re-
vived his physical courage to keep up
the fight, but his moral courage was so
strengthened that he now wonders how
he ever thought of the deeds OF vio-
lence that ran through his mind.
AN elderly woman got to the front
of the room, and in a second the place
was in an uproar, as she said:
"'God be good to Mr.. Regan. May
he never know anything but good
fortune, health and happiness!
When order was finally restored a
youth said the people should show
their appreciation OF Regan's generos-
ity. The business man said everybody
talked at once, and before a committee
to draw up resolutions was appointed
three rousing cheers had been given to
the police for their kindness, the en-
ployes OF the hotel were thanked, and
Louis Cohen was voted "a real white
man with a heart as big as himself
for permitting the men TO use an empty
store in the building he owns while
they drank their coffee every day.
Finally committee, made up oi
Mary A. Donnelly, Miss May Bitty
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
VOTED y TIMES
IN ONE DAY; GOT S2l
Terre Haute Witness Says Pay
master Kept the Rest, as he
"Had Enough"

INDIANAPOLIS, March 20.-A record OF
voting twenty-five times in one day was
claimed by Fred Eisner, who testifed
this afternoon in the trial OF the Ierre
Haute election case. Eisner told OF his
work on November 9, 1914, with smile,
and caused a laugh, which was joined
in by Judge Anderson, after ne had the
witness repeat the number. The wit
ness testified that he confine- his OPP
erations to three precincts, and, WIN
one exception, received 81 for each
time he voted. He said he was cheated
out of the other dollar "as the pay
master said had made enough money
already" Eisner was challenged only
once during the day, he said.
Eisner has already pleaded guilty.
Evidence bearing on the alleged
training school for witnesses" which
United States District Attorney Frank
C. Daley described in his opening
statement, also was introduced to-day.
"Hilton Redman, a defendant, came
TO me while the federal grand jury was
in session and said that all the boys
were sitting tight" testified William
Hughes, who has pleaded guilty "He
instructed me TO keep under cover, but
if | were caught to keep quiet on the
election stuff. Hilton said he had seen
all the boys but me and another in
regard to the federal investigation.
Most of the confessed fraudulent
voters testified that they had been told
to report on election morning at police
Headquarters, where Chief of Police
Holler gave them an order on livery
man for horse and buggy. They said
they received a list of voting places
and cards bearing names and registra-
ton numbers, which they were to vote,
from l.. +. Talbot, City Controller and
a defendant, in lots of eight or ten at a
time. Each of the men in charge of a
buggy was expected to get partner,
and the two drove over to Terre Haute,
voting in every precinct they possibly
could. At the end of the day, the
witnesses testified, they returned to
Talbot, who was located in the Street
Commissioner Office, and received $40
each.
Joe Kelley asserted that all the chal-
lenges made in one precinct were
burned with the afidavits on which the
persons challenged were voted. He
did most of the voting, using his
fingers to turn the machine keys until
he we're off the skin. Then he used a
beer bottle opener.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
HELD FOR T0MBS ESCAPE
Gangster Who Provided
Pass Under $4,000 Bond.

Bernard Cavanaugh, a laborer. ar
rested in connection with the escape
of Jacob Abrams from the Tombs
Thursday, was held by Magistrate Ap.
pleton yesterday in $4,000 bail.
Mrs. Fannie Phillips, who visited
Abrams's cell shortly before his es-
cape and was arrested for completely
in il. was released at the same time.
Assistant District Attorney Van
Rensselaer, told the magistrate that he
was satisfied Mrs. Phillips was inno-
cent.
Cavanaugh had been visiting Ownie
Madden. an East Side gang leader, now
awaiting trial for the murder of Patsy
Doyle. Abrams sent Mrs. Phillips TO
bring Cavanaugh 10 him, and before
being sent away the woman heard
them talking about kelly" This was
the name under which Patrick Dalton.
on whose pass Abrams escaped, took
out his visitors card. Dalton is also
being held.
Abrams, Cavanaugh and Dalton are
all associated with the notorious go
pher" gang.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
SEE FRENCH PLOT
In WIRELESS SUIT
Owners Say Fight to Get
TuckertOn Plant Is Plan
to Isolate Germany.

Trenton. March 20.-Charging that
the suit brought by French corpora
tion to obtain possession Of the high
powered wireless station at Tuckerton,
n. j., has only one object, and that IS
to hamper and prejudice the govern
ment and people OF Germany, the de-
PENDANTS TO this suit to-day filed an
answer in the Court Of Chancery.
1t is freely charged that the war has
brought the litigation about and that
the Court of Chancery would violate
the neutrality of the United states
in its relations toward the countries
at war if the court found in favor of
the complainants. This litigation re-
quires the Jersey court to decide what
is probably the most delicate interna-
tional question il has ever had TO deal
with, and its findings one way or the
other would be of incalculable beneht
TO the victorious nation.
The suit was filed by the Campagnie
Universelle de Telegraphic ct de Tele-
phonie Sans Fill, corporation OF the
Republic of France, against the United
States Service Corporation, Hochfre-
enz-Maschinen Aktiengesellschaft
fur Drahtlose Telegraphie, Rudolph
Goldschmidt and Emil +. Mayer. The
original suit was to enforce the pro-
visions of contract for the sale OF
the Tuckerton station and also of the
high powered wireless station at Eli
vcse, Hanover, Prussia, 10 the French
corporation. This contract was made
previous to the outbreak of hostilities.
and il was claimed that the defendant
companies refused to carry out the
provisions Of the alleged agreement.
A bill TO force them to do so was filed
in chancery.
The United States Service Corpora
tion and Emil T.. Mayer both filed dis
claimers with the court to-day, setting
out that they had absolutely no right
or title in the radio telegraphlc sta
tion at Tuckerton, and asked 10 be dis
missed as defendants.
The principal German corporation
which is referred to in the litigation a:
"Homag" has filed an answer, in which
it is set out that the real object of tn,
suit is TO get possession of the two
stations, one at Tuckerton and the othel
at Eilvese, and bring about the entire
cessation of communication between thu
United States and Germany and thu.
to hamper and prejudice the govern
ment and the people of Germany.
The answer is filed by McCarter &
English, representing Homag and thu
defendant, Goldschmidt. The defend
ants aver that they could not, in view
of their obligations to the law and in
terest of Germany, convey any propert!
to the French concern without violat
ing the laws of France during the eX
istence of this war. 1t is argued tina
even in the event of the decree OF thu
Court of Chancery such a decree coul'
not excuse either the defendants o.
complainants from violation of HI
laws Of their respective countries.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
CAN STUDY ON TRAVELS
Columbia Students Get Chance
for Summer Outing.

Those wishing to study the geogra-
phy and geology of the Western part
of the United States will have chance
TO make an eight weeks trip through
that section this summer and get uni
versity credit for their work in the
coming summer session Of Columbia
University. The class will start In
July and will cross the Rocky Noun
tains, camping out on the way; will
visit Pixies Peak. be in Yellowstone
Park for a week. take a 300-mile auto
mobile trip through the Far Western
states and wind up at the Panama Ex
position.
Professor James c. Egbert, director
of the summer session of extension
teaching departments. is working out
a scheme TO extend the opportunities
for university education 10 centres
throughout the state. In addition there
will be new courses at Camp Columbia,
in the Berkshires. in botany and sgri
culture. Plans are also being made
TO train Boy Scout leaders.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
THREATEN EXILE
FOR SULLIVAN
Legislators Talk Suspen-
sion as Answer to Com
pensatiOn Charges.

Albany, March 20.-John Leo Sulli-
van, the independent Republican lead
er of the Assembly, will be punished
for his utterances on the floor OF the
House early Friday morning, if GER
tain element here has its way.
Sullivan, who charged that sinister
and corrupt influences forced through
the amendment to the workmen's COM
pensation law, providing for direct set
tlemcnt, has infuriated the reaction
aries in the Legislature.
Harold J. Hnman, the majority
leader of the Assembly, said he did not
think that the Legislature would I'M
peach Sullivan, but that the Leglslat-
ure could suspend him for infractions
of the rules.
Sullivan, on the floor OF the House,
declared that the amendment was SOLE
lv in the interests of the casualty COM
panies, and Hamilton Fish, jr., of Put
nam County, added that prominent Re
pubicans were in the pay of the same
companies and that these men were be-
hind the amendment. . ,
Sullivan also charged that political
bosses brought all the influence they
could bear on some of the Assembly
me who voted for the measure.
But just how any of these Assembly
men would vote TO punish" Sullivan
for speaking as he did Friday morning,
in view of the fact that ten days before
he made charges in the Republican eau
Gus that were sufficient to make Assem-
blymen bolt the leaders and vote with
Sullivan against the amendment, IS a
problem :hat they will find difficult of
solution.
1t is probable that Senator Arget-
singer will be the chairman of the leg
islative investigating committee that
will hear the charges OF Sullivan, HAM
ilton Fish and others.
The state constitution provides that
for any speech or debate in either
house of the Legislature the members
shall not be questioned in any other
place.
The Legislature is the judge of its
own acts, and may formulate its own
! rules for any process 1T may under
! take.
| 1t is not believed that the Legislators
as whole will tolerate any effort
to intimidste Sullivan. In fact, Re
publicans of prominence here went to
/ Senator Elon r. Brown before the in.
vestigstion resolution was introduced
and advised against it.
Immediately after its passage, one
| Senator said to The Tribune CORE
| spondent:
"These Investigations that are start
/ ed for the purpose of clearing some
/ body's skirts usually wind up the
ether way. This was foolish thirtl
/ to do"
The inquiry will probably start or
| Tuesday. Speaker Sweet said the reso
| luton would be concurred in by the
Assembly on Monday night, and that
the investigation would probably not
| last more than two or three days.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
ONE MINl!!U!IFEA
A@aPI5ftEAsE!

81 have rheumatism and couldn
walk was the excuse OF Patrolmsn
Sheridan, of Summit, n. j., who was
charged with riding in taxi TO a sig
nal box TO report that all was well on
his post.
Mayor Breen Of Summit, \. j.. deter.
mined that the Roosevelt shooting Of
strikers will not be repeated, has notl-
fed the owners of silk factory whose
cmnloves are on strike that he will ar
rest any man imported as detective.
At all churches in Yonkers to-day
the congregations will be asked TO boy
colt all motion picture theatres open on
Sunday.
C.H. Smith and Scudder Smith, not
y.lated. arc opposing candidates for the
ofsce of Supervisor Of Shelter Island.
forest fire burned over about a
,hird of Gardeners Island, recently
purchased by Clarence IL. Mackay'
Ebert C. Livingston, retired news,
r.ner man. has given a $4,000 plot OF
land 10 the town of Babylon for the
erection of hospital.
MIS-, Mary Miller, twenty years old,
q domestic. who was identited as the
woman found in the Central fark
reservoir last Thursday. is thought 10
have committed suicide after quarrei
with her sweetheart.
Clarence d. Martin. an efficiency en-
c;neer' who shot himself, died yester-
day in Montclair, y. J.
Miss Alice Keller, of Sayville. who
was arrested after her stepfather, otto
Mattson, was found shot, was released
after IL had been established that the
man had committed suicide.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
PROMOTER SEEKS
SHARE OF PROFITS
Gets Verdict for 100000 from
Inventor of Moving Picture
Machine.

A Jury in the United States District
Court worked at the rate of more than
$4,000 an hour yesterday, and when a
verdict was handed up to Judge Hunt,
at $50 o'clock last night, had agreed
TO give William J. Robinson, of II
East Sixtieth Street. 100000 of Lewis
c. Van Riper's money. The judgment
was in the case of the promoter
against the inventor of the Vanoscope
Company's patent for motion pictures
without flicker.
Contrary 10 the usual procedure, it
is alleged that in floating the Vano-
scope Company the inventor got all the
money. Yesterdays verdict was based
on statements made by the defendant
to stockholders in ousting Robinson as
president. The jury held that the
plaintiffs reputation had been dam
aged.
Van Ripper won on that phase OF the
case, in which the plaintiff charged
that the terms of commission agree
ment had been violated in the sale Of
European patents for Sl,50O,000 with
out an accounting.
Robinson still has an action pending
against Van Ripper, alleging breach of
contract. He asks judgment in the
sum Of s1,00o,0O0.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
SING SING WILL FEAST
Seder Banquet to Be Biggest
Prison Has Known.

Sing Sing is to have banquet in
the grand mess hall such as has never
been eaten in the prison in all It's
eighty years history. Arrangements
are being made for a celebration Of
Seder of the Feast of the Passover on
the evening of March %. Funds are
being raised by committee of which
63,l63 is chairman and 64,904 and 64,-
i93 his associates.
Rabbi Goldstein made the prelimi-
nary arrangements with the cordial ap-
proyal Of Warden Osborne. who has
given the men free hand and assisted
materially in the plans. IL is expected
that between 200 and $50 Jews will
take part.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
Benefit for Hospital.

Debutantes will sell hats for the
benefit of ST. Mary's Hospital for Chill
drcn on Friday afternoon at the resi-
dence OF Mrs. William II. Lefferts, 308
Lexington Avenue. The sale will be
under the auspices of st. Mary's Guild.
Among those engaged will be Miss
Eugene Rand. Miss Frederick Bull and
Miss Vera Onatayia. The committee
in charge OF the sale includes Mrs.
William L. Bull, Mrs. Eric Pierson
Swenson. Mrs. Robert Appleton, Mrs
Mary Bangs, Mrs. William Worthington
Herrick, Mrs. L. Valentine Pulsfer,
Mrs. Langdon Haywood Roper and Mrs.
Frank o. Walther.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
TO URGE JEWS RIGHTS
Organizations Plan Delega-
tion to Peace Conference.

Louis Marshall, president Of the
American Jewish Relief Committee,
will call a conference of representa-
tives of all Jewish national organizs-
tions in the United States TO appoint
a delegation to a world peace confer
cnce after the war.
This movement has been in progress
since the outbreak of the war. The
members Of the committee believe now
that this is too critical an hour TO
ignore the opportunity of urging polit-
ical equality, and possibly Jewish su-
tonomy, in the Holy Land.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
KNICKERBOCKER BREAD LINE,
CEASINC, CHEERS REGAN
Demonstration Marks Mention of Benefactors Name
Hotels Charity Comes to End-Unfortunates Adopt
Resolutions of Thanks-l78000 Fed, All old

Jack" N. Deutsch, Charles Dunv,.'
Herman Leuchek. Daniel P: lGos' .'
William J. Hartman, John MeCoOs'u,
John Wuhl and Abraham Sllve,, We
appointed and drew up the iouoS,~
resolution on a ragged piece OF o'0'H
wrapping paper: r.u.,
I'VE, the beneficisries Of Mr. Isns, :,
B. Regan's bounty in supplying
with food during the long winter nov p,
drawing to a close. offer HIM 1S y.
heartfelt thanks and wish that ~,
blessings of health and happiness n''
be with him for many years 70 eop.
1--WE authorize our committee 70 .,s n.,S
these resolutions suitably ehsIOs,,,, s',,
and presented 10 him on MS ''''''
from Europe" ..,., ~
The hotel. since the organization -
the bread line. has fed 17S,6OO, pe0p.
and the largest number served ID 0"'
day was $500.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
POISON WAS INDIGESIlVS
Autopsy on Boys Body sn''
Supposed Murder Mys1eI!'

An autopsy on the body OF ste''' =.
Kemp, the eight -yesr-OId son O' =. =.
Charles Kemp. was performed " ~ y,
home of the boys grandparents y, ~
Division Avenue, Williamsburs' v.s
night by Coroner's Physician ID.
and it was found that deatn va We,
to acute Indigestion and pnegmOris,r. gTnSs,sIr.
DR.. Kemp. who lives at 50 lSlnPS Sr
Avenue, earlier in the dsy ns' ,,i
manded a police investigation, ',sy,,
Coroner Wagner called IN NJ: p'1
clan. IL was declared that tn. n
had died from ptomaine pois,o,h'rssss
ter eating frankfurters. hls s,,s
maintained that Frederick had d.,,sJ sc
deliberately poisoned By some Wv
of his grandparents. ,r.
When the physicians repor, ss % D,
nounced the detectives assignee ~ Is.
case were recalled and DR.. heI en-, 70
pressed himself as satished
had been mistaken.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
Lotos Officers Re elected.

President Frank z. Lawrence and
other officers Of the Lotos Club were
reelected yesterday. Chester s. Lord
was reelected vice-president; Charles
". Price, secretary, and John Harsen
Rhoadcs, treasurer. As directors for
term of three years William T. Evans,
Samuel Untermyer and James II. Nc
kinley were chosen.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
Poison Needle Story Again,

Miss Rose Pecane, seventeen years
old. complained in police court yes
terday that she was attacked by a
masher, who had often followed her,
and who had jabbed her with a pos-
on needle as she was walking to her
home at ia Linden Street, Yonkers.
The drug, she told the police, made her
drowsy. She got a John Doe warrant
and went out with a policeman to try
to trap the firt-
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
Express Rate Case Reopened.

Washington, March 2O.-Formal or
ders reopening the express rate case.
requested in the petition filed few
days ago bv four of the principal ex-
press companies, were issued to-day By
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Hearings will be held at dates 10 be
named later. Pending such hearings,
however, no changes in rates may be
made.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
Mecca's Patrol to En1e'''L, !,

The Patrol of Mecca Iemp.e q
within a body, composed oi M''' '".,u,
the highest rank, will hold ~ -, .,
entertainment at Terrace .uss
Tuesday evening. The per,0'"t.. - o.
last "pilgrimage" to Atlanta, u ''s .,ot,,
of the players being taken rs,,Dl oy ,J
sionals. while men OF me heea;tion thsr,
supply the chorus; IN %a',S "a women s1,d
will be a trained chorus oinSsyills OF %.
the the general err, public, and will be '''
by dancing. ----------------
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
Mass Meeting for Foreigners,

4 mass meeting under the auspices
Of the League Of Foreign Born Citl-
zcns will be held this evening at s.
Second Avenue. The speakers an
nounced are George II. Bell, Commls,
sioner of Licenses; Julian RoSenthal
and Ephriam kaufman, his deputies.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
Radiator Man Said to Have Taken Young Woman with
Him on Trip to South and Left His Promise OF
Marriage When He Fled from Exposure.

Then follow in succession the pres
ent Mrs Mayo, who lives with him in
New Haven; Miss Lois Waterbury,
known on Brooklyn's Park Slope as
Mrs. Dudley, the mother of two OF
Mayo's children, and perhaps Of third
who lives with her; Susie Wahlers, for
merly Mayo stenographer, and Lillian
May Cook.
Lillian Cook is dead, and Susie
Wahlers is now the youngest of the
women who have kno JIe prosperous
New Haven man We. Her child IS
more than two years old, and she IS
suing her former employer to make HIM
acknowledge his responsibility and re-
pair the damage to her reputation with
financial balm.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
rBv Telesr.ph 10 Tn. Tribune ]

Nv ICVkTsIH 70 III" II''71l'7I
Cleveland, March 2O.-Through the
"reminiscences of the childhood ac-
quaintances of Virginius Mayo, for
merly of Cleveland, and burial rec
or dat Riverside Cemetery, it seemed
to be established to-day that the body
of Mrs. Alma Swathell Mayo, inferred
at Riverside twenty-eight years ago, IS
that of Virginius j. Mayo's first wife.
Mrs. Mayo died in 1877. She had
married a Virginius Mayo seven years
before. Both were pupils at Old Tre-
mont School. They had a child, five
years old. when Mrs. Mayo died. This
child, a girl. is now thought to be mar
ried and living in New York.