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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
Will Remove Osborne,
Supt. Riley Announces
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J

Albany. Dec. 28.-Just as soon as
his successor is appointed Warden
Thomas Mott Osborne of Sing Sing
prison will be removed. as result Of
the indictment found against him To-
day by the Westchester County grand
jury. John B. Riley, State Superin
tendent of Prisons, learned of the in
dictment over the telephone and was
asked if he would suspend or remove
the warden.
81 shall let him 60 for good" re re-
piled. why not? A man who is UNI
der indictment should not hold the
position of warden Of prison"
The superintendent said the order OF
removal would be given when he Found
the right man for the place. He said
he wanted a high class man, but would
not give the names Of any o. the can
didates he is considering. Major Rich
ard S Chatfeld, principal keeper OF
the Great Meadows prison at Tomstock,
is looked upon as the most likely can
didate, and friends of Mr.. Rilev are
confident that he will get the place.
In the mean time Osborne will re-
main ostensibly as the head OF Sing
Sing. as there is no provision in the
law for a deputy warden or anybody
else to take charge. When former
Warden Kennedy was being investi-
gated, the superintendent was obliged
to make Principal Keeper Connaugh-
ton temporary warden until Kennedy
had been indicted and removed and his
successor appointed.
Former Warden Mccormick was re-
moved in October, 1914, and Deputy
Superintendent Weed was made tenn
porary warden from that time until
Osborne took charge, on December /.
with Osborne out, will the Mutual
Welfare League die?" Superintendent
Riley was asked.
II think that can be regulated from
Albany" he replied.
The superintendent said he was not
surprised to learn of 0sborne's indict-
ment, but Governor Whitman expressed
establishment, particularly when told
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29

to that statement" a reporter asked
him when he Joined a group waiting
for him in the parlor.
81 think it covers everything he
said
do you care to say anything ABOUT
your innocence ~
THAT question:" he replied, reminds
me of the story they used to tell or
Lord Beaconsfeld. One day stranger
approached him and, holding out his
hand. exclaimed, Mr.. Brown, | believe
"Tf you believe that replied the
statesman, YOU will believe anything
So with this. Any person that Will be-
lieve these monstrous charges against
me will believe anything"
When the warden was told OF super
intendent Riley's statement that he
would remove him, he remarked:
"Mr. Riley has that power"
as there any appeal from his de-
cision?'
There is not. He has the power to
remove me. He has had it all along.
He could have removed ME before this
attempt was made to blacken my char
acter."
Leaving the reporters Mr.. Osborne
returned to his rooms, where later
Judge Wadhams, of Special Sessions.
Joined with Messrs. Battle and Kirch-
wey in discussing the situation.
As understood by friends of the war
den he will in no circumstances re-
sign. If Superintendent Riley is al
lowed TO remove him by Governor
Whitman he will remove his belongings
from the prison and centre his ener-
gies into forcing an early trial.
II the indictments are in such con-
dition as will permit an immediate
trial, Mr.. Battle will be ready to go to
trial next week.
Just before Warden Osborne left
Ossining last night to confer with his
lawyers here he received notice that
he had been designated Dodge lecturer
at Yale this term. The subject of the
lectures is Responsibilities Of Citizen
ship" the designation carries with it
an honorarium of $1,000 and the lee
lures are printed in book form by the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
BUTLER AGHAST
AS BOUCK DANCES
Shirt Sleeves and Smocks Flap
as Social Revolutionists
Frolic at Mrs. Grams.

Only one man wore evening clothes
at the games and dance of the Church
Of the Social Revolution and their
friends, when Mrs. j. Sergeant Cram
threw open her house, at East Thirty
eighth Street, TO them last night. The
man in solitary splendor was Edward
Fletcher. the butler. 81 came into this
family when little Miss Claire Mrs.
Cram was four" he said, and then
stopped. d,
But a glance at the guests completed
his sentence. Many were in shirt
sleeves. Bouck White and two others
wore the style of homespun sack he al
fected when he returned from Europe
last summer. A swarthy member Of
the church, from India, was gorgeous
in a blazing red Turkish fez and
spraying necktie. Some of the men
"the disinterested," AS White calls them
could not be picked out If lined up
with East Side gangsters. And some Of
the women were in keeping, too.
Mrs. Cram has not lived in her city
house for three years and it has been
stripped of most OF its luxurious furnl,.
ture. The affair had been announced
as the Social Revolution Christmas"
bur ONLY a spray or two of holly indi-
Gated Yuletide season. There was no
mistletoe tree or giving of gifts. The
last would nave appeared strange in
the light of Whites invective last Sun
day against Vincent Aston for giving
away Christmas dinners and against
the persons who took them. However,
some one contributed the lemonade,
the sugar cookies and the ice cream.
Mrs. Cram gave the use OF the house
and the butler, at least.
Whites followers at the party num-
bered 200, with a majority of men.
About fifty trade union girls attended.
Fully a score of elderly women were
present. All the women received paper
fans and violets as favors and the men
pencils. The entertainment broke up
when Going to Jerusalem" which
evidently White did not consider frivo-
lous, was played.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
RICHMOND REBELS.
UNDER TAXSTRAIN
Van Name Says Citizens,
Disregarded by City, Are
Anxious to Secede.
BROWN COMMITTEE
GETS REVENUE ADVICE
Connolly Urges Taxing Vaults
Encroaching on Streets, Tele-
graph Poles and Signs.

Lawson Purdy, president Of the Tax
Board; Borough President Maurice L..
Connolly, of Queens, and Calvin D. Van
Name, the new Borough President of
Richmond, we're witnesses yesterday
before the Brown legislative commit
tee, which is investigating the city
finances.
Mr.. Van Name, VINO has been IN Of
fee five months, surprised the commit
tee by declaring that his borough had
received such scant attention by the
city authorities that the majority OF
people of Staten Island would b. for
Secession" IL the question was left
TO them.
He said the tax rate was higher III
Richmond than anywhere else in the
city, real estate there greatly over
assessed, and that the Departments Of
Bridges, Health and Parks, as well az
the Public Service Commission. had
given no service to his borough com
mensurate with its support. He added,
however, that he was optimistic and
was mot for secession"
ing all salaries Of county and borough
employees, elective and otherwise, except
justices of the Supreme Court, by the
Board of Estimate. He said he hadn't
much faith in putting the question OF
fixing salaries by statute or local au-
thorities to the people by referendum,
Brown. President Connolly favored
the referendum.
Regarding teachers salaries, Mr.
Connolly said he would have the Board
of Education propose them and the
Board of Estimate provide for them,
and, in case of dispute. leave the mat
ter to the State Board Of Education.
He considered teachers salaries not
too high at present. The Queens Bor-
ough President proposed several new
sources of income for the city, in
Guiding rent for vaults which en-
croached on the streets from adjoining
buildings, rent for the eight hundred
thousand telegraph poles and rent for
signs. He said the Building Depart
ment could be made self-supporting by
charging builders small inspection
fee.
Commissioner Purdy said New York
City real estate had been assessed up
to its full valuation since 1911. and
that the theory governing the State
Equalization Board had put an unjust
burden on New York County. Mr..
Purdy called the personal property tax
an "infernal system" and said it was
easy for men Of wealth tc avoid paying
personal tax. He found the rural
districts especially adept in eluding
the law.
81 don't blame them for what they
do" he said, "but the country people
don't feel the pinch and won't help us
To correct the darned law"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
MRS. BISHOP LOSES TWO SUITS
Alimony Increase Denied and Stenog-
rapher Gets Judgment.

II Mrs. Abigail Hancock Bishop had
not applied for an increase of the SS4.lS
a week alimony which she has been re-
ceiving from James Cunningham
Bishop, banker, from whom she OBJ
tanned a divorce, she would to-day be
Just 10 per cent better off.
The application was denied. There
was a reference, however, to ascertain
the ability OF Mr.. Bishop to pay the de-
manded increase. This meant much
stenographic work and typewriting.
The bill came to 1853. When II re-
NAMED unpaid by Mrs. Bishop, Willis
Van Valkenburgh, the law stenogra-
pher, sued to recover for his services
and obtained judgment.
Finding it impossible to collect on
his judgment in any other way, Van
Valkenburgh yesterday obtained from
Justice Platzek an order to garnishee
the almony of Mrs. Bishop. SO until
the judgment is fully settled there VIII
be a deduction of 10 per cent from the
Ss4lS weekly alimony.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29

sibility. Austria, it has been realized,
had no great reason TO fear a bl esk
with this country and many reasons
in her local political situation-to wish
TO maintain firm stand in her foreign
relations. With the added inducement
of real military advantage to be gsined
through continuing the policy, no rope
remains OF any concession that WOULD
hamper her submarine campaign.
The blocking Of the Suez route would
be of the greatest possible value TO the
Central Allies II would greatly increase
the difficulty Of transporting troops to
and from India and Australia. would
weaken Britain's hold on her Asiatic
colonies, and would hamper her In get
ting supplies from the Pacific. IL Is
realized, moreover, that II submarines
have had so much success in one way,
they must have been of great effect
in others-such as hindering the trans
port of troops and supplies to Salonica,
making the defence of Egypt more diff
ficult, and possibly causing heavy losses
in the general Mediterranean traffic.
The experience of the North Sea sub
marine campaign proves, Germany has
insisted, that il is practically impossi-
BILE for a submarine commander TO de-
termine the nature Of the vessel he is
attacking. To do so he must come to
the surface, where he can make more
careful observations than are possible
through a periscope, and thus expose
his vessel to destruction if he has mis-
taken a warship for a merchantmen.
Thus il is insisted that to give pledges
for the safety of passenger boats
means, for all practical purposes, the
abandonment of the submarine cam
paign. This, with success in sight, no
one expects Austria to do.
The case was different with Germany.
The confined areas of the North Sea
made the destruction of her subma-
rines much easier than is the case in
the Mediterranean. Moreover, she was
engaged in a campaign for g certain
moral and political effect which, 1t was
evident, she had failed to achieve.
There was thus no strong reason for
her 70 keep up her campaign.
But in the Mediterranean, with dis
tinct military purpose TO be served,
with martial success achieved and a
greater success in sight, and with the
conditions such that her boats can OPP
crate with comparative safety, the alli-
anee occupies a position where con-
cession would be exceedingly costly
far more so than break in diplomatic
relations between this country and Aus
tria.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
TAKE GERMANS OFF U. S. SHIP
British Seize Seamen at Barbados. De-
spite Captains Protest.
By Telegraph TO The Tri6u'

Philadelphia, Dec. 2s.--The Phila-
delphia schooner John Twohy, which
arrived here from Buenos Ayres to-
day, reported that two German sailors
had been seized and taken off that ''es-
sci at Barbados by the British autnori-
ties. On December 4, when the vessel
put in to Barbados to take on fuel,
British authorities came aboard and
demanded Henry Stshmer and Wilhelm
Schmidt, two German seamen.
The captain protested, saying that
his schooner was an American vessel
bound from one neutral port to an
other. but his protest was not needed.
The men were taken to the prison at
Barbados, where they will be interned
until after the war.
This is the second occurrence Of this
nature which has been reported by yes
sells coming to this port. The Ameri-
can steamship Hawaiian. which arrived
here from Beunos Ayres on December
II. also reported having two seamen
seized at Barbados.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
IDA Won CLAUSSEN
A RUNAWAY BRIDE
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sen, of 618 West Fifty-third Street"
This would be in the middle of the
North River. and Francis Albert Dona,
Of 1884 Arch Stree-. Philadelphia. The
ceremony, he said, was arranged at Q
o'clock, when Denh came to his study
saying that he would return with his
bride and a license about noon.
At the hour appointed the maid
ushered Dona and woman into the
study. Another man, who said he was
Maurice Haymans, came along as a
witness. DR.. Price called in his maid,
Hannah Ordan, as a second witness,
and. after examining the license, which
DR.. Price says was issued at the City
Hall, he went ahead with the cere-
mony.
DR.. Price declared that he did not
know who the bride was. He admitted
knowing all about Ida Won Claussen
through the newspapers, but as she had
dropped the "von" and gave the name
Marie Byrnes Claussen cher mothers
maiden name was Byrnes), he said he
never would have guessed her identity.
He said she was quietly dressed IN
travelling suit and was more than or
dinarily good looking
"No, I didn't see anything in her man
ner that made me MINK sne was una
tic. The license looked all right, both
had sworn that they had never been
married before, so / did not question
the validity of the ceremony, he re-
marked.
Dona a Mysterious Man.
Dona has been identified as "F:
Dona." who has frequently registered
under that name in the Commercial
Hotel in Middletown since Mrs. Won
Clsussen was sent there from Mattea-
wan. His last visit was on December
%. and he remained over until the gath,
the day on which Mrs. Won Claussen
was released. He was good looking
about twenty-eight years old, dark com.
plexioned. medium height, well dressed
and unusually taciturn.
Every day Dona left the hotel at a
certain time and was gone for about
an hour. He said he liked TO take long
walks. Although NJ. c. Ashley, superln-
tendent Of the hospital, declared that
Dona never had been seen around the
institution, folk At the hotel said that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
MISS WILSON NOT EXPECTED
Greenwich Settlement Denies Presi-
dents Daughter Will Work There.

1t was denied at Greenwich House, 26
Jones Street, yesterday that Miss Mar
earet Wilson, daughter of President
Wilson, was to take up settlement work
in Greenwich Village and make her
home there.
Miss VI. Rollins. In speaking for the
authorities of Greenwich House, said:
at is news to us that the Presidents
daughter is expected to come and be
one of us. 1t is not true that MISS
Wilson has made frequent visits TO our
settlement house. Her settlement IN
terests have always been centred IN
Philadelphia"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
GEN. KINGS DAUGHTER SUES
Mrs. e.. l.. Brown, Starting Divorce,
Charges Intolersble Cruelty.

Stamford, Conn, Dec. 2s.-Mrs:
George L. Brown, daughter of General
Horatio King, of Brooklyn, has begun
formal divorce action against her hus-
band. Mrs. Brown charges intolerable
cruelty and habitual intoxication. She
alleges her husband is worth s250,000
and asks S3,233.33 aimony and the
custody of their child, Elizabeth C..
Brown, eleven years old.
The Browns were married in Brook
lyn on January Q, 1902. Mrs. Brown,
whose former name was Miss Mabel C..
King, has remarkable beauty. Her
husband is a stockbroker in New York
and the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Belden B..
Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown have
been living apart for some time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
NEW SHERIFF NAMES AIDS
John F. GiIchrist To Be "Ar' Smiths
Under Sheriff.

Sherif-elect al" Smith announced
the principal appointments in his. new
Office last night His under sheriff Will
be John +. Gilchr.st, who was under
sheriff during Sheriff Hamburger
regime. George L. 0lvany will succeed
Abram s. Gilbert as counsel to the
Sheriff. at a salary Of $4,000. Mr.. OF
vany is Democratic leader of the 25th
Assembly District and former deputy
fire commissioner and alderman.
John A. Bell has been appointed chief
clerk, at $4,000. and Frank p. Young
cashier, at $500. John +. Morris will
be Sheriff Smiths privat secretary, at
81 500. Mr.. Morris was Mr.. Smiths sec
rotary in the Assembly.
The Sheriff elect said he would take
possession of his new Office at 10 a. m.
Saturday, AMI would go from there TO
take possession Of Ludlow Street Jail,
although he has not yet selected
warden for the jail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
SKATERS BREAK ICE TO SUE
Biltmore Stars Quit Legal 0bscurity of
Craft in $4,000 Action.

Now that Paul Wilson and Clare Cas-
sci have broken the ice, perhaps suits
for breach of contract by professional
skaters may become as common AS
those by movie stars. Their suit is
the first of its kind to be brought in
this country.
Miss Cassel and Wilson are suing
the Beau Site Company, which operates
the Hotel Biltmore. They allege they
signed contract on November 20 70
skate at the hotel during the 1876
skating season for $3.50 week. and
half of the proceeds from instruction
given by them. They ask S12,500
damages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
BARNES LOSES SLAP TO T. R.
Colonel Refuses s2,0Oo-New Trial in
Libel Suit Denied.

Syracuse, N. Y, Dec. 2s.-Theodore
Roosevelt was allowed to-day s1442.52
against William Barnes, Republican
leader Of Albany, as costs and DIS
bursements in the recent trial in this
city when the jury dismissed the $780,
600 libel suit brought by Barnes. II
was agreed by attorneys that Roose-
welt could have exacted $4,000 more,
because of the extraordinary length
of the trial, but he asked only the
actual courts costs incurred.
Justice William S. Andrews. who
tried the case, also signed rev order
refusing to set aside the jury verdict
and denying new trial.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
CONGRESSMAN ONE
OF EIGHT INDICTED
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back to work under threat of suspen-
sion from the unions.
can effort was made TO bride the
higher labor officials, but TO their credit
be it said they refused - be corrupted,
and ;he strikes failed. The activities
OF the plotters, in fact, solidihed the
labor organizations against such strikes.
1--WE do not know how much Lamar
spent of the money he got from Rinte-
len. IL was game in which every one
was trying to double-cross every one
else. Congressman Buchanan was
president Of the council up until two
or three days before Rintelen, the man
with all the money. sailed away. Then
Buchanan quit. After that the organi-
Zation got weaker and weaker, although
it continued TO run along. But the
situation in il then was that every one
was asking, Who has some money to
give me p"
Antitrust Law Invoked.
Technically. the indictment handed
up yesterday charges conspiracy TO vio-
late the Sherman antitrust law. IN that
there WAS plot TO restrain the foreign
commerce of the United States in "mu-
nitions OF war and Of military and
naval stores and OF rifles, cannon and
other weapons Of WAR, and parts
thereof and appliances used in connec-
tion Herewith"
The appearance Of the name Of Frank
S. Monnett among the indicted men
was something OF surprise, as his
name has not figured openly 10 a great
degree in the previous stories OF the
plotters. He was counsel in the case
started some time back by Mrs Lunt
against Dudley Field Malone. Colleo-
tor Of the Port, charging MIN with
neglect in not discovering explosives
on board the Lrsitsnia which. she
charged, caused the SINKING OF that
ship.
Buchanan is the Member Of Corsress
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29

who asked for the impeachment of
United States Attorney II. Snowder
Marshall on the floor of the House re
Gently. II. Robert Fowler was one OF
the organizers of the Peace Council
and is general counsel to the organiza-
ton. Jacob G. Taylor. who succeeded
as president of the council when Blu
chanGn resigned in July, is vice-prcsi =
dent Of the Cigarmakers' Union Ienry
b. Martin and Herman Schulteis. foI-
mer vice-president of the National
Antitrust League. are both known as
LOBBYISTS at Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29

"Some of US believe that the hope
OF the worlds progress lies in the
spread and perfection of democratic
f-government. 1t may be that out Of
the rack and weller of the great con-
fict may arise a general consciousness
that it is the people who are 10 be con-
sirered, their rights and Liberties to
govern and be governed for themselves,
rather than rulers, ambitions and poll
cies of aggrandizement. If that be so
our hopes will be realized, for autoc-
rscy can protect itself by arbitrary
power, but the people can protect them
selves only by the rule of law"
During a day session DR.. Jacob
Gould Scnurman, Of Cornell UNIVERSE
ty, predicted the settlement Of future
controversies by arbitration. Force
as a moral means Of settling contro-
versies had failed. he said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
Vienna Will Answer u. S.
This Week, Reports State

Vienna (by courier to Berlin, Dec.
IS The answer OF the Austro-Hun-
garian government TO the American
governments note concerning the sink
ing Of the Italian steamer Ancons is
expected this week.
Frederic c. Penheld, the American
Ambassador. had not received the reply
up to Monday evening, however.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
DYNAMITE ADRIFT IN BAY
Scows Loaded with Explosives Menace
Ships at Anchor.

Ships at Anchor.
Two seows loaded with dynamite and
powder were torn from their moorings
below Liberty Statue during Sundays
storm and, carried by the ninety-mile
gale, mensced many Of the ships an
chored in the hsrbor, endangering the
lives Of their crews. One Of the scows
narrowly escaped a collision with the
Cunard freighter California. which an
chored in the bay on her way to sea.
The runaway barges. with their dan
Ccrous cargoes. were recovered by Cap
tain Wilson. Of the W. j. Scanlon Navi-
CATION Company, who yesterday put in
claim against them for salvage.