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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-30
WANTS u.s.. CONNECTS
TO AID FAMILIES
Acknowledgement Gregory Is
Planning to Pay for
Prison Work.
TO MAKE ARMY SUPPLIES

WASHINGTON, June 2~9.-Attorney-
General Gregory has a plan for es-
tablishing a cooperative system In Fed
ersl prisons by which prisoners ma
~ enabled to aid In the support or
their families. Mr.. Gregory announced
on his return to-day from the Atlanta
penitentiary, where he has been On a
visit of inspection for the last five days,
that his plan is fairly definite and that
he intends soon to visit the l.eaven-
worth penitentisry to work out other
details.
Il have been working on a plan
which | nope to have perfected in a
short time which will result in a CO.
operative system among the Federal
prisoners in so far as the results or
their labor are concerned" said Mr..
Gregory. MY particular effort has been
to CUR a system in the Federal
penitcntiaries which will provide pun-
ishment for the criminals, but which
will not work to the detriment of their
families.
with this end in view | beIieve that
the men confined behind prison walls
can he put to work upon materials that
are used in large quantities by the
United States Government. | believe
they can be taught to turn out boots,
shoes, tents and other articles in gem
eral use by the army and navy. \
certain portion of the amount paid the
men by the Government for such work
could he turned over to their families
each month. While it is true the
amount would not he large, II would.
nevertheless. be sufficient to relieve to
some extent the families OF those in
generated
The Attorney General said that he
could not see any legal objection to
this system Aeing put into effect in the
Federal prisons.
Whatever il manufactured by the
convicts," he said. would be used solely
by the Government and would not come
into competition with free labor, which
supplies the pen markets"
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BAD HEALTH SAVES SWnDLER,
Gets Only Dine Year and 5000 Fine
for 100000 Fraud.

David Essacson, head OF the Kalos
Manufacturing Company OF this city
and Boston, was sentenced by Judge
Gordon Russell In the United States
District Court yesterday to one year
in Atlanta peniteniary and fined 5000
for defrauding men and women of mod
crate means who wished to increase
their income by making the Kalos
Photographic medallions at home.
Essacson is said to have made more
h $500. 900 through his scheme OF
giving applicants lessons in the art of
medallion making and selling them out
fits at fancy prices on the understanding
that the ka!os company would pay so
cents for every medallion hat they made
successfully
in an effort to save his client from
a prison sentence George Gordon Battle
put a physician on the stand to swear
that the convicted man was in preca-
rious health and would probably be in
jured by a term in Jail. Judge Russell
said that this was one Of the factors
which deferred him from giving Essac-
son an even longer term.
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LETTERS OF CIRCUIT
USED AGAINST HIM
show lie Was Trying to Keep
David A. Sullivan From Be-
ing Forced to Wall.
BANKS AIDED EACH OTHER

Letters written by Edward NJ. Grout
were read nto evidence at his trial yes
terday In order TO show that he was
thoroughly familiar with the affairs OF
the now defunct Union Bank OF Brook
lyn and therefore committed perjury
when he swore to the false bank report
Of March %. 1910.
incidentally these letters show that
Mr.. Grout was doing his level best
in the winter OF 1909 and 1910 to pre-
vent the Home Bank. since absorbed by
the Peoples Trust Company. from fore
ing David A. sullivan into bankruptcy.
bankruptcy for Mr.. sullivan now
would adversely affect the possibilities
of Ave banks-the Mercantile National.
the Merchants Exchange. the Northern,
the Union and the Home'-wrote Mr..
Grout. "As we have tried to help you
in the Ashford and the Clarendon mat
ters." he continued. II think you ought
to grant our request In this
The request was granted by the Home
Bank. whose fortunes were bound up
In those OF the Union. as District At
torncy Cropsey had just shown; the
suits begun by the Home a were
deferred or discontinued and sullivan
continued to owe that institution more
than siO,0 900 when he was convicted "A
year or so later of grand larceny from
the old Mechanics and Trader Bank
OF which he was president before 1t coll
lapsed the first time and reopened as
the Union.
Testimony Immediately preceding this
indicated that the Home Ban n the
Union Bank were existing about this
time merely by mutual sufferance and
assistance. The Home Bank. with capt.
tai and surplus OF $3.50. 900, held as COL
lateral Union Bank notes whose par
value exceeded the entire capital and
surplus OF the smaller institution by
$500 00. AT the same time the Union
mi was carrying a heavy Dad of
Home Bank stock.
Mr.. Cropsey holds that the stock OF
both banks was almost worthless and
that Zach institution wac enabled to
stand only as 1t leaned against the
other. To embarrass one would
the other TO collapse. 1t was for this
reason, he holds. that the Home Bank
agreed not to wipe out through bank
ruptcy proceedings the paper assets
which Sullivan had scattered about
Brooklyn and Manhattan.
The trial will go on to-day.
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HOTEL MERTON FIRE;

Vermont Ave. and Beach. Capacity 800
Very moderate rates for the comforts, an.
and able OF the largest hotels
80 up daily. special weekly. Large cool ocean
view rooms. etc. Booklet. {. II. prettyman.
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NO RIGGS BANK DECISION.
Court VIII Not Make Announce
ment Until Autumn.

WAsHINGToN, June 20. Justice Nc
Coy OF the supreme Court of the District
of Columbia reserved his decision in the
Riggs Bank case for the present term of
court and will not hand II down until
next September or October. The case
grew out of the bill filed by the bank for
an injunction against the Treasury Of
ficers TO prevent them from penalizing
the bank for failure to make certain
special reports demanded by the Comp
troller OF the Treasury. John Shelton
Williams.
The bank alleged that Williams and
the Secretary of the Treasury had de-
liberately set out to prosecute the bank
for purposes OF revenge. The court ac-
quilted the Treasury officers of the
charges of persecution and malice. but
reserved opinion as to the legality Of the
penalties sought to be imposed by the
Comptroller, amounting to $1,000.
we questions are before the court,
one made by the Government to dismiss
the bill filed by the bank for an in
junction; the other by the bank to have
a permanent injunction granted against
h collection Of the penalties.
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APPEAL GRANTED ON
STOCK EXCHANGE TAX
Institution Alleges That 1t
Has Been OverasSessed
S1.369,6O4.

Supreme Court Justice Shearn
granted a writ Of certiorari yesterday
to review the proceedings of the Com
m~issioners Of Taxes in assessing the
property OF the New York Stock Ex-
change for 1915 at $4,000 900 for the
land and $500. 900 for both the land
and building. The Stock Exchange con
tends that the property has been over
assessed s1,369. GOA and says that since
the building was erected the taxes have
increased from $4,000 to $4,000.
Martin SAKE. counsel for the ex-
change, argued that at least a tenn
porary reduction for the present year
should be made because this magnin-
cent building. one OF the city's beauty
spots. has been closed four months be-
cause of the war" Commissioner Null
len retorted that on the same theory
the delicatessen dealer was entitled to
a reduction. but Mr.. Sake insisted that
there was no similarity because people
went on eating just the same.
The effect OF the war on the Stock
Exchange was shown by the TACT that
in 1910 there were sold 1854. 900 900
shares OF stock. while in 1914 only
AZ, 500. 900 changed hands
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NASHVILLE RECALL PROBABLE.
Petitions 10 Remove Omcers Get
1000 signers First Day.

NASHVILLE, June 29.-The recall petit
ton to remove the Mayor and City
Commissioners under the City Hall
scandal swept rapidly over Nashville to-
day and more than 1000 signers were
reported.
A light vote having been cast in the
last Mayoralty contest, only $500 names
are required. which will probably be
reached by tomorrow night. The petit
ton will lie for thirty days before an
election takes place for a contest Of
candidates with removed officials. For
fear OF legal complications there is an
additional plan to remove the same off,
Gals by the custer bill, passed by the
last General Assembly M fashioned
after the noted Kansas act.
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BECK HITS INTERSTATE BOARD
Assaiis UsurpatiOn OF Legislative
aud Executive Powers.

CAFE MAY, n. j., June 29-Alleging
that the trend Of American government
to-day IL wholly In the direction Of
bureaucracy James NJ. Beck OF New
York, formerly Assistant Attorney-Gen-
eral of the United States, tonight closed
an address before the twenty-hrst an
nual meeting OF the Pennsylvania Bar
Association. He denounced the assump-
ton OF legislative, judiciary and execu-
tive powers by the Federal Railroad
Commission, and predicted that unless
such radical socialistic tendencies are
checked a popular demand for a ma
tionai dictator might arise.
Inc natural tendency for each nation
W CIV AN exaggerated importance to
Ito own struggles for liberty and prog.
Sess was depiored by Mr.. Beck.
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Cashier Allen Goes to Prison.

Frank W. Allen, for twenty-five years
cashier for the Swan & Finch Company.
a former subsidiary Of the Standard OIL
Company, at l5l Maiden lane, was sent
to prison for from one to five years yes
terday by Judge Mulqueen in General
Sessions. He had pleaded guilty to steal
ing $3,779 Of the FIRMS money Allen,
who is SO years old, lives at Arlington.
n. J.
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Observation-Disclosures Water Gan.
Pocono Northumberland

NEW SrRUCE CABIN INN. Where You
Can Catch Trout. Rooms en- suite with bath,
Lights, Steam Heat, Garage, Golf.
Horses. All A~musements, Booklet.
station. Lackawanna X, II. w. J. d
NJ. ID. PRICE. Canadensis. Pa.
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SARANAC INN,
Write Harrington Mills. Upper saranae, N. r
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NEW JERsEY-Auantio City.
OSTE

Occupying an entire block OF ocean front
and connected with the famous Boardwalk;
In tho popular Chelsea section: capacity
900, unusually large, cool ICONS, with un-
view OF ocean from all: every
appointment and comfort; sea and fresh
water IN all baths: running water in rooms;
1000 feet OF porches surround the h''el
the new dining room overlooks the sea
finest cuisine and white service; orchestra
or soloists; dancing twice daily, social di-
versions, magnificent new Palm Lounge;
special $3.50 up weekly: booklet mailed;
auto meets trains; Management ny owners.
JOHN &. GOSSLER. Mgr.
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Connecticut.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-10

ties of silver for the purpose of mak- ing some of the smaller coins. When the transaction was put under way it was discovered by the treasury officials that silver commanded very, very low price. Right away the alert mind scared back to the days when the erstwhile Secretary of State advocated silver at sixteen to
 one,' and that was not so many,
 many years ago. To be exact it was 1896 when the Bryan dollar was proposed, a dollar that would have
 been worth about fifty cents at that time Had this theory gone through
 and We were burdened with it today
 the best we could get for one. of these pieces of silver would be somewhere near thirty cents, ap- proximately what the Peerless leader and his doctrines are worth today, face value. The American dollar today is about the safest piece of coin in the world. It leads them all.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-10
What Is An American
(Collier's Weekly.)

How familiar, we wonder, are the words spoken on this text by St John De Crevecceur in that fine old book of his, Letters from an Amer = ican farmer" Crevecceur's book came out 133 years before this life of Hay, and in 1t he describes the American of colonial and revolution ary days as "either an European or the descendant of an European hence that strange mixture of blood which you will find in no other country. I could paint out to you a family whose grandfather was an English man, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a Frenchwoman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of different nations. And the farmer letter writer con- cludes that:
 He is an American who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life, tn new gov ernment he obeys, and the new rank he holds. He becomes an American by being received in the broad lap or our great Alma Mater Here in- dividuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world. Ameri- cans are the western pilgrims, who are carryiig along with them that great mass of arts, sciences, vigor, and industry which began long since in the east; they will finish the great circle.
 The picture is enthusiastically but not, on the whole, untruthfully ren- dered. John Hay would have en- joyed Creveccuer's Letters" of 17S2: one wonders if he ever knew them in all their friendly quaintness?
New Britain herald., 1915-11-10
Kentucky's Trouble.
Bridgeport Post.)

Kentucky seems in for red hot contest over governor. So close are the election returns for this office that both republican and democratic state committees are claiming the election. The striking thing dis closed by the returns to date is that there are three patches of figures presented to the people of Kentucky In the first the democrats claim win by about 5000. In the second the republicans hold that their man has won by 1,40O. In the third, ln- dependent newspapers give the de1r- Ocratic candidate a victory by about 1,2OO with the admission that some changes my yet materliaze to reduce this.
 For the country at large there is lesson in this difficulty. There are some persons in the United States who would make presidential nomin- ations by direct vote and then do away with the electoral college to provide for a general election of president through direct vote of the people.
 When it is known that certain of the mountain towns of Kentucky have not yet filed their official re- turns, nearly week after election, and that the same delays are in evil dence at elections in many other sta tes of the South and West, the possibilities. of serious complications if a presidential contest were close are easy to discover. And in view of the immense interest at stake is there any doubt but that fraud would be attempted if the votes were need ed?
 The Eastern states, as rule, have much greater protection for the bal lot and for returns than the South, and to some extent the West. It would be next to impossible to have a dispute over the vote in any New England state, with the exception of Maine. In any instance it would need the connivance of both the leading political party officials to bring it about. This is the great safeguard for honesty in elections. It. would be unwise to say manipu- lation was impossible, but the lesson ought to be needed and the laws changed to bring them more nearer the New England method. Tn any event the country can see in Ken l lucky situation the evil that would 1 be threatened in a presidential e1ec- 1 tion under such conditions.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-10
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
A Novel Argument.
Springfield Republican,

(Springfeld Republican.)
 A novel pro-German argument is put forward by a Dutch publicist, who does not seem wholly moved by love for his Prussianized fellOw-TeutOns. A German victory, he tells his readers would be less dangerous than d vic tory of the allies, for the odd reason that the Germans have no gift for conciliation or making friends, and therefore could not keep an empire even if they won it. England, on the contrary is a very dangerous en- plre-builder because it has the secret ot winning loyal support to the sur prise or Holland, the Dutch in South Africa have taken the British side in the war. An empire bound with such hrm and flexible cords, he ar sues Is bound to grow, even despite the desire of the British, and by It's growth to be a menace to the far-oH colonlal possessions of Holland. IL IS an ingenious argument, but per- hdps' not one calculated to please elther side. So far as can be gather GU rom the Dutch press, however, while sympathy leans toward the all Hes' the prevailing desire is that the war be ended without a victory for elther side and the sooner the better. Every day that it lasts protracts the peril of the country
New Britain herald., 1915-11-10
. O'MARA-McDERMOTT.

The marriage of Miss Marcia Cath erine Martha McDermott, daugnts< of Mrs. Catherine McDermott of 150 North street, and John Francis O'Mara of Union street took place at nup- tial mass at St. Mary's church at o'clock this morning, the pastor Rev John T. Winters, officiating. They were attended by Miss Clara iKernan and William O'Mara, a brother oftne bridegroom. Following the ceremony there was wedding breakfast at the home of the bride after which Mr. and Mrs. O'Mara left on a wedding trip. Upon their return they will re- side at 1O3 West street.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-10
A NEW INVENTION.

When the poet sung his hymn o1 despair, Backward, turn backward
 Q Time, in thy flight" little did he dream that a twentieth century 1 jeweller in Kalamazoo would succeed where he failed in making the grim 1 reaper obey. They do many things in KalamazoO,-many persons, tOCt- and do them we'll; but this achieve- ment of Edward Patrick Foley over shadows all recent accomplishments. And Foley has done the seemingly inn possible-turning Time back-in a simple manner thus bearing out the time worn contention that all things seem easy to us after some genius has solved the problem. Foley has invented a left handed watch. In stead of running from left to right, as the hands do on ordinary watches. those on this time piece reverse the order,-they travel from right to left
 Because this Kalamazoo jeweller has a daughter who believes in equal
 
 markable invention has come to it's place in the world. This young lady complained to her father because the left-handed person is so woefully ne- glected in the natural order of things. Nothing seemed suitable for the left handed Ones,-machinery street car doors, books, everything, even the hands on the clock went toward the right hand as if in open defiance to the ''south-paws' of the race. But now that valiant father has followed the brilliant idea of no less worthy daughter, all will be difficult. Time can be told just as easily on the back ward, or left-handed, dia1s as it can on the old style ones. The only trouble is that even if turned back ward Times goes on just the same. Cruel, stingy, mean old Time, never lingering, always hustling onward,
 onward, onward. Now that we have the left-handed and the right-handed time pieces, is it not time some genius came to the fore with a strictly neu- tral recorder of neeting moments? Just such a clock that would post pone the coming of the morning aft CT the night before would be a vel comed addition, or one that would lengthen our days by discounting a few hours from the night. We are not ayerse to such an invention.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-10
Testing the College Soul.
(New York Times.)

After election the country has time and inclination to ponder the supreme issue of this and every Novemb ber Campus and buildings and endow- ment," says President Welsh of Ohio Wesleyan university finely, "never have made and never can make a great college. Only the soul makes great" Exactly. And the soul of a. college is football. What do the un- dergraduates of Colgate and Wash ington and Jefferson care about en- dowments? They have the endow- ment of playing football They have walloped Yale nightly. The soul of their college is exalted. The enter ing class next year will be multitudi- nous.
 The soul of Cornell has overcome the soul of Harvard, the soul of Princeton the soul of Dartmouth, the soul of Dartmouth is about to meet the soul of Pennsylvania, the souls of Princeton, Harvard and Yale have to meet in goodly grapple. Saturday on Princeton sands, Dr. Lowells un- decimal system will set it's iron heel Is the Nassovain or the Cantabrigian soul the mightier?
 In November, college values are re- apprized. Not President Wilson. but Capt. Click is the greatest, most fa- nous living Princetonians Not MT. Taft, but Capt Wilson or Tom Shev- lin is the glory of New Haven. And Percy Haughton is immeasurablv greater among the sons of Roose- welt.
 The pretty girls are breathless with
New Britain herald., 1915-11-10
City Halls.
Bridgeport Standard.

Hartford took possession of it's new city building on Thursday of last week with appropriate ceremonies, and everything passed off well. The building is comm odious and hand some and cost the tidy little sum of $1,67O,OO0. It ought to be fair building for that amount of money and it actually appears that in laying it out there was an eye to a year or two ahead and it was not built for the requirements of yesterday. Water bury did not spend as much by about one-half on her new municipal build ing and it is already acknowledged by the architect to be too small. A little more money would have made the doing of the city business more comfortable for the years to come. Bridgeport knows