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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
SCHOOL ECONOMY CUTS
RECREATION ACTIVITY
kindergarten Teaching Force
Also Reduced by $50. if
Report Is Adopted.

AT a special meeting yesterday IN"
Board of Education received the report
of the committee on economy. formed
to revise the 1916 budget as presented
TO the Board of Estimate. The original
estimate presented asked Tor sl,6l9,-
636.OI more tina the Board Of Estimate
allowed.
George j. Gillespie read the report
of the economy committee yesterday and
II the measures are approved by the
Board of Education next Wednesday the
amount TO be asked for In 1916 WAL APP
proach within $3.50 o0 of the amount
originally voted by the Boar of Esti-
mate. The first budget asked for $3.50
1927. The revised estimate of tue
economy committee is S33,5sS,l6s. The
Board Of Estimate allowed sS3,555,6i1
The reduced amount is met by the reduc-
ton of salaries Of many teachers, The
dismissal of many more is asked, and
in several instances the lumber Of
teachers has been cut one-tnird IN spe-
cial instruction.
The only parts of the school system
- bs cut out entirely are the Vacation
and recreation activities. These. It was
estimated. would cost $32o,673. This IS
partly offset by the asking of 500, 600
for emergencies and contingencies that
may result from wholesale slashinG of
the general school fund.
After debating the question OF re-
organizing the kindergartens since last
! March. the board compromised yesterday
and a new schedule will be in effect
next February. The present system pro-
vides that each teacher hive a class of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
MAY IGNORE WARRIORS CASES.
U. =. Circuit Court Of Appeals In,
holds brooklyn udRs

Tho United states CiNuit Court OF
Appeals has affirmed the decision OF
Judge Veeder in the Brooklyn Federal
Court, holding that it is within the power
OF the United States Court to decline
TO exercise jurisdiction between belllger-
ents during the tendency Of the war.
The ruling was made in the case OF
Watts. Watts a. Co, OF London, who sued
the Austro-American Steamship Com
pany for $4,000 for coal supplied TO tho
latter company for it's ships from a sail
ing station In Alyiers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16

position or the amount of any salary.
Objection is taken to other LEGISLATION re-
quiring the board to appropriate $500
343. or 3.s per cent. Of the budget.
reference Is made TO the sS.lT3.i93
appropriation. in addition to the man
datory tire" mill tax. for the Depart
ment of Education. The objection ~
based on the boards ack of authority
to pass on conditions of employment.
equa.ities of va or justice Of Increases.
The Legislation requiring the faint
nance of forty Independent county de-
partments in the five counties is oh
iected to. as is the boards absence OF
power to diminish SOL of the cost OF
maintaining the county governments. or
S4.S5s,773 u Of the 1915 budget OF
sT,0S3.71 The board Is poweriess also
to pass OH IS.7S per cent. of the
amount appropriated for salaries in the
county governments.
81 object to mandatory leg Station.
the Mayor continues. (Which arbitrarily
increases the salaries of favored county
employees at tho expense Of more de-
serving mes. without reference To the
relative merits or importance Of the
services which they perform"
Cites County Jniis.
Mandatory legislation compels the
maintenance of county jails. the Mayor
says, AT from three TO twenty times the
cost for which the work could he done
by the city Department of correction
The Mayor approves the changing ol
the Queens County Clerk from "a fee to a
salaried officer. but objects to the in
crease in the payroll from $50. 900 Il
sos, 900. Even salaries Of county jail
cooks and messengers and office boys
In a County Clerks office are fixed 10y
mandatory legislation.
Thc Mayor finds also mandatory leg
islatiou fixing unequal salaries for SINH
lar services IN different counties. such a,
the $1,000 salary paid the chief CLERK
OF the Kings County Court, with NV,
parts and ffty-ivc eubordinates. an,
ouly $4,000 paid the chief clerk tn,
New York county General Sessions
Court, with six parts II il3 subordi'
mates.
The budget makers. the Mayor says
cannot control Il dollar Of the Publ,
Service Commissions expenditures. fol
which the city appropriated S2,925.92l
in 1914. The city government is with
out complete control over the sums spen
annually by the Board VI Water supply
Owing to miscellaneous mandatory pro
visions, the Mayor points out. the cit,
is without power to adopt a thorough
going pension plan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
CLEARY'S DEFENCE
IS HIT BY BANKER
Note Assessor Said Was Forged
Was Taken Up by Ex-Clerk
Under Threat.

NEW CITY. ". Y. Dec. 15.-William v.
Haverstraw. who shot and killed his
young son-,n-law, Eugene Newman. was
put on trial here to-day on a charge OF
forgery. one Of fourteen indictments that
are hanging over him.
The specific charge against Cleary was
thai he had forged the Endorsement Of
Thomas Allison. a former Assessor Of
Haverstraw. to "a note for $3.50. Cleary
says this note has been lost. but Henry
Dickson of the National Bank OF Haver-
straw Identified bank records showing
that the note was held by the bank.
The signature of Allison first came into
question when the toto went to protest
about "a year n u half ago, and Allison
went to Cleary and demanded an ex-
PLANTATION, as Allison old to-day on the
stand. He said he told Cleary that II no
did not make good he would 20 across
the river" Cleary took up the note.
1t is asserted by the prosecution. con-
Quoted by Deputy Acknowledgement Will
bur Chambers. hat Cleary forged ALI
cons name to at least twelve notes, for
amounts a%ggregating $500, Cleary.
when he took the stand in his own de-
fence. denied this. and said that Allison
had Endorsed "A number OF notes in blank
for him. and told him to make use OF
them AS needed.
Neither Clearys wife nor his daughter
was in court and the room was hardly
filled because OF the bad roads after tho
storm. The first case against Cleary
will probably go to the jury Tomorrow
at moo and Mr.. Chambers said tina no
matter what the outcome he would place
Cleary on trial again O n Friday to
answer the twelve indictments against
him OF grand larceny. Then will follow
the charge Of carrying a revolver, for
the prosecution Is determined to push all
cases to the limit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
DELAY HOUSEWIVES INQUIRY.
Omcials to Wait Until Monday, a.
LeaGue's President IL Away,

The preliminary investigation OF thu
National Housewives League, ordered
by Attorney-G General Woodbury. and
originally scheduled to begin to-day. has
been postponed until nsxt Monday. II
will take place before First Deputy At
torney-General Leonard J. Obermeier at
his Office. 2ss Broadway.
The postponement WAS granted be-
cause Mira Julian Heath. president OF
the league. had arranged an address
before the Southern Commercial Con-
gress at Charleston. s. c., on the first
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
ADMITS CENSORING
MAILS TO MEXICO
Lansing Says Only Clandcstine
Letters to Contending Fac
tons Were Bothered.
ONLY ACT OF COURTESY

WASHINGTON, Dec. l5.-Dcnying that
ship over mails between the United
States and Mexico city, the state De-
partment this evening issued n state
ment explaining why for n time II
diplomatic mail pouches TO ana from
Mexico city. INC why It has refused to
continue accepting such mali for de-
livery In these pouches. The statement
follows:
THE Department is informed that
statements have been made TO the enect
that II has been ~censoring the malls sent
TO and from Mexico city. These state
ments are without foundation except as
explained below. and probably have ref
erence TO the courtesy extended by the
Department in forwarding In the diplo-
matte pouch to and from Mexico city at
the time railroad communication was
uncertain purely personal mail.
cit IL ordinarily against the rules
OF the Department 20 forward private
mail in a diplomatic pouch and this
concession was made through courtesy
on account of the conditions prevailing
IN Mexico city and the uncertainties
Of postal communication.
Right TO inspect Nail.
'The Department as a precautionary
measure. TO restrain those who might
be inclined to abuse the privilege. re-
served the right to inspect private mail
sent in the diplomatic pouch. Those
making inquiries as 10 sending mall to
or from Mexico city in this manner
were told that their letters should be
unsealed and subject to inspection.
THE Department made such
ton from time to time as seemed
necessary to prevent the use OF the
pouch for clandestine communication
with any of the contending factions In
Mexico. 1t may be remarked in this
connection that some persons tool ad-
vantage Of this courtesy to forward ad-
vcrtising matter. periodicals and pack
ages. with the consequence that the
pouch service became too congested and
as soon As reasonably safe communica-
ton was established from Mexico city
the privilege Of the pouch was discon-
tinued.
at was not compulsory for persons to
send their private mail in the diplomatic
pouch and they were free 10 communi-
cate with friends in Mexico city or In
the United States by some other means"
Mute on Priests Appeal.
Secretary Lansing to-day declined 10
state what IL anything he has done IN
resppns to the appeal made TO him
yesterday by Mgr. Francis r. Kelley and
the Rev. +. V. Shannon in behalf OF
the Catholic priests and laity in Mexico.
Arrangements will be made for the
formal presentation to the President OF
Eliseo Arredondo. the new Mexican Am
bassador TO the United states. as soor
as the latter's credentials are received
from Gen. Carranza.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
MISS FOLKS A SUICIDE,
INSANE FROM STUDIES
Daughter Of PhilanthrOpist
Ends Life at University
Of Wisconsin,

MADISON. Wis. Dec. 1I-Aparently
insane from overstudy, Miss Laliths NJ.
Folks, % years old. Il graduate student
OF Nassaf College who was holding a
Nassar scholarship In the University of
Wisconsin. killed herself to-day by taxi
ing poison and then shooting herself on
"A lonely farm road three miles west of
the university grounds.
She had purchased a railroad ticket.
packed her trunk and planned TO leave
Madison tomorrow to spend the holiday
season with her parents at Yonkers,
y. Y.
A farmer found her body on the snow
covered road this morning, Two bull
let holes In the right temple and two
empty bottles marked arsenic at her side
indicated the method Of death.
The university authorities Investigated
II announced hat Miss Folks had
probably taken her life while temporarily
insane, She devoted much time to the
study OF socialistic problems and was
taking "A special curse of study in po-
litical economy under Dr. John II. Com
mons.
She attended a university class last
evening And gave a brilliant recitation.
She disappeared Immediately afterward
and did not return to the home of DR..
y. w. Aron, professor of German, where
she was residing,
Miss Folks was the daughter OF Homer
Folks. former Commissioner of Chart
ties Of New York and now secretary of
the state Charities Aid Society.
At his home at 42s Hawthorne avenue
Yonkers. Mr., Folks said that he would
leave for Madison at once.
w received IA letter from L.alitha
a few days ago" Mr.. Folks said, "and
it was very cheerful, Apparently she
had not a ARE on her mind. She was
IN good health and ] am sure we never
knew Of "a love AFFAIR. She was deeply
interested in her studies"
Miss Folks went to the University OF
Wisconsin last September to AXE q series
OF special courses Her younger sister
is a student ut Vassar.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
British Consul to Move Omces,

The British Consulate General, at II
state street, will be closed all day on
Saturday. December Is. and will move
to rooms S01-S0s OF the South Ferry
building, ~ and ~ Whitehall street.
and reopen at 10 A. NJ. Monday, Decem-
Der 30, at that aAdreH. The shipping
branch at rs South street will be open
40 usual on skNrday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
Winter Sports
Frolics

Skating on a beautiful stretch Of
silv'ry ice sleighins through pic
turesquc lanes and highways tennis
on our thoroughly drained wooden
court these are some Of the cxhil-
arating Winter Sports INDUCED in by
our patrons.
Roaring open fireplace adds a
rustic touch to the lobby.
OPEN ALL YEAR
Private Motor Bus Service Free Of
Charge.
CEDNEY FARM HOTEL
White Plains, N. Y.
EDWARD n. CRANDALL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16

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Members Of the Thompson committee
believe they are treading upon fertile
ground for Investigation PURPOSES. II
has already been testified that Sidney O.
Johnson. having been forced to resign
from the Union almost !m,ne-
diately obtained a position with the Cen
eral Railway Signal Company of Roches-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
Mayors Protest Summarized.

The Mayor in his written statement
objects. first. TO a situation wherein the
Board of Estimate, In preparing the 1915
budget, was compelled to appropriate
s5S,2bl,767. or % per Q of the whole
budget In compliance with mandatory
legislation which left the city authorities
without discretion In reducing a single
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-05
VVESI.E YAll rs PR IJD
or II nc ORD MADE BY
ITS 70 TBA i IE AM

will be great one not only in foot,
ball, but In sbaske tball and baseball
where he Is regarded as being as ralu-
able q man as Wesleyan has ever had.
To the football interests Of the institu-
tion. however, the loss Of Kellisop will
be an almost irreparable one. Weigh
ing almost two bundled pounds, In
vulnerable 10. injury Of any kind, and
aIWa3s working his hardest for the
success of the team, Kelly will not be
replaced on next years team. for the
simple reason that ia: school the size
rf. Pesldyaf eau turn out but one Kel-
iison.i1 b decade.
As asnucleus for a team, Wesleyan
Will have next year this years back
field intact Both tackles Will be gone.
but Allen who play most Of the yeai.
at center will again IN the harness.
and guards Vance. Swan, Wagner and
Lewis will also be avaiiable1 OF this
years Varsity squad eighteen men,
Shumaker, Miller, Jacobs, Beck, Heav-
ner, Morrison, Vance, Swan, Wagner,
Allen, Gould, Harvey, Smith. Lewis
and Blake will be. back 80 far as is
known at this time. Arrangements are
on footsfor giving a big banquet to the
members Of this years team, and 1t
will serve DIS q sort OF farewell for
Captain Kellison. The date for this
affair hasynot been set but 1t is likely
that 1T will be decided for Monday
night, December 10. as by that time the
usual routine will have been reached
again in school matters. At this func-
ton the captain for 1916 will be- electa
ed. Heavier, Miller: Jacobs, Morrison
and several others have been promi-
nently mentioned for the honor and
any ofthem would perform the duties
creditably and be a formidable leader.
Il Stahsbury to Retire. i =,
Nothing has been done on the scheds
ule for 1916. With the retirement OF
Stansbury as manager OF the team
some step will have to be taken for
the election of. either graduate or
Student manager and until this is done
1t is likely that the schedule making
will rests II; is. known, however. 4that
games with Marietta, Penn State;
Washington and Jefferson, and one or
two others prominent on this years
card have been offered and less trouble
than ever before is anticipated in max
ing UP the list Of games. "A
"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-05
Although State Championship.
Was Lost, the Team Had a
Successful Season.

BUCKHAsSNON, Dec. Although
Wesleyan lost the state championship
for the first time in four years, much.
honor was, achieved BY tie grfdfron
representatives .1of the Orange and
Black throughout $ths season Just
closed. The two games that stand one
most prominently for cred II, to. the:
team were those with the Carlisle In
dians and Washington. aud, Jefferson.
Wesleyan won the first 40 and lost
the second 7-S. 10 lose to the great
Washington and Jefferson team by this
close score was indeed credit to any
team when It is considered that Yale
was beaten by this same team 1877,
dehigh 27-3, Lafayette 17.0, and other:
strong teams by scores Of similar size.
Harvard beat the. Indians 29-7, the
Redskins scoring on the ! Crimson
while they never got closer than the
Wesleyan twenty yard line to the goal.
Bucknell and the Indians tied, they
beat Holy Cross. one Of the best small
college teams in the East, and their
record throughout was one that makes
Wesleyan's 14-0 score look yerys good
and indicative Of strength.
Jacobs Tied for H0n0rs.
During the season Wesleyan scored
167 points to its opponents 50. Twenty
four touchdowns were registered by
the Orange and Black players and. u
very peculiar thing about this was
that no less than eleven men turned
in one or more each. Jacobs at full
bac kand Blake at quarterback were
tied for high honors in the scoring
line with five touchdowns each. Sim
gleton had four, Shumaker three,
Heavier two, and Miller, Ressegger,
Kellison, Morrison and Beck one each.
Kellison dropped over two goals from
placement one. against; Catholic Uni
yersity and the other against Wash
ington and Jefferson, and. the captain
also kicked thirteen goals after touch
down. Heavier also contributed four
goals after touchdown. The center
and guards and onesof the tackles only
failed to score.
Scrubs Play Five Games.
The Scrubs had a very interesting
season and played through a schedule
OF five games with Fairmont Normal,
Glenvil1e Normal, Broadduss College,
and Buckhannon and Belington high
schools, winning two and losing three
games and scoring ffty-three points
to their opponents fifty-fiye. Captain
Curtis and Springer at ends, Smith
and Harrison at halfbacks, Deem and
burst at tackles, and Garrett at guard
On this aggregation are very promis-
ing Varsity material for next year as
all have the weight necessary for Var
ssfty places and with a years exper-
tience should be Of inestimable benefit.
First string substitutes on the Varsity
f9ho should be Of great help next year
also were Smith at center. Gould at
tackle, and Harvey at guard.
Lose KellisOn and Singleton.
Captain Kellison and center Single
ton graduate next June, and will
Therefore not again don the moieskins
FOR Wesleyan. The loss OF Singleton
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-05
WESTERN co EGES
GIVE UP B ASEBA u

"a. ~ . . Z
Pittsburg Hide and Tallow Company
will be due in the sand in a few days
at its important test on the Steiner
farm, located northeast of develop
ments. Is. X 8 -S;s
n Hanover township. Beaver coiin.
ty, William j, Chapman completed
No. 5 on. the Thomas s. Mansfield
farm and has a very light bumper.
Five miles north of Harmony, But
Ter county. Pittsburg parties have now
drilled test test on the Wack farm,
through all sands and It Is a buster.
Near East McKeesport, Allegheny
county, export parties have drilled
well on small. lot, located southwest
ofsthe old speigel gusher, through the
Fifty-foot sand and It shows a, capac-
itysof eight million cubic feet a day.
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tehkAAs
ti6n. Second Eleven.
p Morrison, sWesleynn'
4 z. Blair. Wesleyan
I g. Wagner Wesleyan
ter Bonar, Marshall
@. Henrie, W. ". o.
n. Webster, Nv. Y. u.
Z. Colebank, w: Y. q.
Q. Miller, Wesleyan
\ a. ID King, w. v. %.
! "a. Shumaker. Wesleyan
d. x, Jacobs. WESLEYAN
!. First Eleven. Posi
Hutchinson, W. ". q. L.
Taylor, Marshall 4.
Brannon, ". ". o. u.
Lambert. WV. U. n Cen
Vance, Wesleyan r..
Kelisorl, Wesleyan r.
Heavier. Wesleyan - r.
Cheuowefh. u. ~. %. i;
Hite ~. W. Ia
Beck, Wesleyan Et.
Rodgers. w. ". q. s :, .t 6 r,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-05
R0ND:0|.sRAI|.I'QN!!.
Elected Captain Of the 1916
Davis !EIkiitns College Foot
ball Eleven.

ELwINs. Dec. 4ERando Hatton
was elected captain Of the 1915 foot
ball team of the Davis and Elkips
College at a large banquet held at
the college tonight. Speeches were
made by aCptain Cobb, Eugene Ar
mold; director general Of tn knights
of Washington Robert s. Irons, Dr..
l.. w. Talbot, Dr. j. A. Arbuckle,
Coach sMullenix, President James b.
Allen, Troy Hardman, superintend d
the oYung Mems Christian Associa-
ton; Mr.. Newland, Neil Cunningham,
Prof. Koontz, dean, and members OF
the team. I;
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-05
Southeastern Ohio.

Operations are increasing In all
sections of the southeastern Ohio
fields. Near Pomeroy. Meigs coun-
ty, q. r. sDeffenbaugh has drilled No.
8 on the Elmer D. Swearingen farm
through the Cow Run sand and IL ifs
aslight pumper, good tor about three
barrels a day. This is the secondewell
that has been completed In Meigs
county for several years.
d In the southwest quarter OF section
80. Knox township, Columbianaicoun-
ty, A. L. Johnson has drilled 70 sec
ond test on the Anderson-Cressinger
farm through the Berea grit and it
is avery light pumper. In the deep
sand territory In the Junction City
district, Jackson township. Perry
county, Murrin Derry and Company
are rigging up at a test on the Phil
ip Smith farm. In the same district,
the Carter Oil Company is drilling
No. s on the tH.aC. Baughman farm.
In the Union Furnace district,
Hooking county. the National Fire
Proofing, Company is getting ready to
put st No. s on. its own properly TO
pumping. Those familiar with the
territory sand the allowing made, by
other wells ID that locality still In
ssist. that. t-willlnot be good for mora
than twenty-fye barrels q day
Southwest Pennsylvania
In the Dorseyville field, Allegheny
county, the National OIL and Gas
Company has not recovered the tools
lost In Its test on the Stevenson farm.
10 the north OF deyelopments. the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-05
SW0lLAN CONSTABLE.

J ALLIANCE o.. Dec. .alrS John
GRADER, an ardent suffragist living
near here, has been elected constable
Of Smith township IA office for which
she never was candidate and did
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-05
BOYD CHAMBERS
CONTINUED from Page IL end Sec,

from ia Ee ~ znu sSec.l
only serious rivaf; showed better at
bucking ability Id the Washington
and Jefferson and West Virginia
game than did Rogers or King in any
Of their big games, but Rogers Is SO
far superior In all other departments
that there is no question about who
gets the place. Elder, OF Bethany;
King, of West Virginia University;
and Lawrence. of Marshall. areiabout
like Jacobs. r.
Heavier and Rodgers should do
the punting, RogersSand Kelitson the
place kicking i. Rogers the passing to
Hutchinson, Heavier, Taylor, Chenor
wethsand Hites lamb Is the cap-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-05

not know she was being voted for. a
number Of men wrote her name ON
The ballot Is q Joke ana she won:
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-05

I viila sdbliafss bring one cent each
In New York.
The Washington times., 1915-04-26

Mrs. Philip Clancy. Of Niagara Falls
y. Y. Is visiting her sister. Mrs. Theo-
doro Ti',er.
Mrs. Tiller with her small son. Theo'
dore Tiller. ir.. will leave Washington
May 9 for her home in Georgia.