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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-19

was out OF school for six months, but
she made Il up Two doctors at the
time warned me that she was over
working.
W. have been told TO watch her
carefully because We don't know what
she will do.
I'VE feel sure that mental trouble
Is the cause OF ~ all. I know that she
didn't steal because she needed money.
! gave her a dollar a week spending
money. At Christmas time / gave her
all my pay and let her buy the pres
ents.
NO. II wasn't the money. II was
something wrong in her head. Besides
all her school work she was class poet
and contributed things to the school
paper"
Yes" put in Mrs. Armstrong, zone
Of the songs she wrote was 20 the tune
OF 'Tipperary.' II began: IT'S a long
way 10 Curtis High school it's a long
way to GO And after graduation we
were going TO move to Brooklyn so Ber-
sic could go to the training school there
and study TO he a teacher. This has
upset everything. She's our only child"
News Of the girls arrest came as =
shock TO most OF tho $500 students Of
he Curtis High School. for until yes-
terday only the members OF the grad
uating class had known OF It.
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The New York Navy Yard was being
prinked and primped yesterday in ex-
%pectation Of holding its bigges; crowd
to-day to see the battleship Arizona
slide down the ways Officers of the
yard expect Sc, 1000 visitors and guests.
As for the Arizona. she was being
relieved of all but the necessary shor-
ings. and stood bulky and impressive in
bright red and gray paint. apparently as
immovable as Gibraltar. But men were
at work all day driving in the wedges
that lift her to the sliding ways. and
when / o'clock comes to-day It will
need but the turn OF "A wheel by Naval
Constructor Stocker TO send her sliding
toward her first dip in the water.
II has been decided by Gov. Hunt OF
Arizona that both wine and water will
be used to christen the big ship. After
n controversy between the upholders OF
precedent and prohibition workers. Gov.
Hunt announced that he had always
intended the ship to be christened with
wine. but that II it were possible a
little water from the Roosevelt dam
will also be spilled on her bow. Mis-
Esther Ross Of Arizona will break the
champagne bottle and also the water
flask, II 1t is possible for her to do both
quickly enough.
The big observation stand for the
officials and members OF the christening
party was In place Yesterday, decorated
with flags and bunting ON IL will be
the guests of Secretary OF the Navy
Daniels. II is expected that Mayor and
Mrs. Mitchell will be present. and many
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LAWYER HITS LAWYER,
AMAZING 8 JUSTICES
Everett p. Ketchum Attacks
Counsel for Wife in Her
Separation Suit.

The unusual sight OF one attorney
striking another while both were APP
pear!ng before the Ave Justices OF the
Appellate Division OF the supreme Court
threw the court into confusion for a
time yesterday afternoon and resulted
In the election by a court officer os
Everett T. ketchum. a lawyer who has
retired from practice and who has an
income OF $4,000 from the estate OF
his father, Alexander i. ketchum. The
fact that the court took no serious
action In the matter was due TO the
belief that because Of worry Ke:chum
was not responsible for his act.
The man ketchum struck was George
W. Whiteslde. formerly an Assistant
District Attorney. who has been counsel
for Mrs. Ada Brown Ketchum. wife OF
the lawyer. IN a suit for separation.
The couple were married December 81
last and quarrelled on their honeymoon
because. rs alleged by Mrs. Ketchum.
Of insulting remarks made 10 her by
her husband. They parted OF February
10. and Mrs. Ketchum sued. An order
awarding her SEQ a week alimony and
5000 counsel Zee was made by Justice
Weeks, and an appeal by Ketchum from
this order was before the Appellate Di-
vision yesterday.
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HIS BEST FRIEND AIDS
WIFE TO GET DIVORCE
Tells Of Seeing Corn. Film
Manufacturer. With An
other Woman.

Mrs. F.stelle Corn. wife Of Paul J.
Corn. a wealthy film manufacturer, and
daughter OF r. !. Fleischmann. the
florist. won a decree of divorce yester-
day before Supreme Court Justice Weeks.
The chief witness against Corn was
Joseph Gildea. who had been his best
friend and who told 4 taking break
fast with Corn in a Kansas City hotel.
"When we reached the table Mr.. Corn
told the walter to prepare 1t for three"
said Gildea. II asked him who the third
party was and he said his secretary.
Pretty soon she came down and we had
breakfast"
Are you sure the secretary wasn't
Mr.. Corn's Wife" asked Mrs. Corn's
attorney,
II should say not replied Gildea.
she couldn't hold a candle 10 Mrs,
Corn. She was a much older woman
and when she came to the table she
looked like a."
Never mind what she looked like"
said Justice Weeks.
Gildea said he slinced at the hotel
register later and found that the de-
PENDANT and his secretary had been reg
istered as Paul corn and wife"
II knew there was something up" said
Gildea. For a conversation between a
business man and MS secretary their
talk was very mushy.'
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JURY GETS CARNIVALE
MURDER CASE MONDAY
Counsel for Defence in Sum
ming Up Lays Stress on
ROfranO's Testimony.

All the evidence against Rocco Carni-
vale. also known a Rox Cornell. who
has been on trial for two weeks before
Justice Davis in the Supreme Court for
the murder OF Michael Gaimari. was In
yesterday. The case will be submitted
&C the Jury on Monday.
Carnivale's counsel, Lloyd p. Stryker,
summed up yesterday for more than
three hours and Assistant District At
torney Brothers will review the evidence
on Monday morning. Justice Davis will
then charge the jury.
Mr.. Stryker laid considerable stress
on the testimony Of Michael Rofrano, a
Deputy in the Street Cleaning Depart
ment. who has been mentioned as the
"man behind the killing OF Gaimari,
Rofrano vas a witness for the defence
20 deny the testimony OF Joseph La
Sale concerning telephone calls between
Carnivale and Rofrano at the latter's
office In the Municipal Building. Mr..
Stryker said about Rofrano:
His testimony how that my client
Il innocent and the victim OF a con-
sp!racy engineered against this defend
ant and Rofrano by the latter's political
enemies"
Counsel for Gaetauo Montimagno said
yesterday he would ask Justice Davis
to grant his client another trial or the
ground OF newly discovered evidence
growing out Of the testimony given by
~ofrano that he was never in conversa-
ton on the telephone with Carnivale a,
the times sworn to by Joseph La Sale.
This evidence was not known to the
lawyer. he says. at the time he defended
Alontimagno.
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PELL RUNNING AT 80
MILES,, SAYS WITNESS
Bride. a Power Station En-
plOyee. Testifics Of Autos
Speed Before Crash.

Several Witnesses for the Long Island
Railroad testified yesterday In Mrs.
$ Osgood Pells s25O.ooO damage suit.
Instituted by reason of the death OF her
husband, that the first three cars Of
the train were lighted and tina, the
last four were dark. II also appearcd
from the testimony that the train was
going at thirty miles an hour as IL
approaching Wreck Lead crossing. and
that Mr., Pells automobile was being
driven NJ the same speed. At that
speed the train could have been stoned
IN $50 feet. a witness said.
Mrs. Pell's case has been running all
week before Justice Aspinwall and n Jury
In the Queens County supreme Court
and 1t is not yet finished. Mrs. wiz
lam Amber has two suits of $500 UO
each against the railroad on account
OF the Wreck Lead crossing crash, one
Tor her husbands death and the other
for injuries to herself.
Augustus Van Wyck. representing
Mrs, Pell. closed his case on Thursday
afternoon. Martin W. Littleton. for the
railroad. began the defence yesterday
morning, II had been said that the first
cars or the train were dark rs IT APP
preached the scene OF the accident.
80 ' 'pbA'i Nv lNtlNN y -Oi0
bride OF Travis W. Sopher, who had
charge OF the sub-power station near
Wreck Lead crossing. was one of the
witnesses yesterday. She was at the
sub-station with her husband at the
time of the crash on the night Of August
3, 1913.
II was standing on the stoop Of the
sub-station with my husband" she tes-
titled, when the train came in sight.
IL could be seen quite a distance down
the track. When II passed I heard the
whistle and saw that the three forward
cars were lighted and that the four
rear cars were dark, save for the front
vestibule lights.
II saw an automobile on the road ahead
going toward the crossing. The train
was going at about thirty miles an hour
and IT appeared that the automobile was
travelling at o the same speed
saw the automobile disappear on the
crossing and then came the crash. Then
the breakers blew out in the power
house. All the lights In the cars ahead
had gone out when my husband re-
entered the station and reconnected the
breakers and the cars lighted up"
The trial will be resumed on Monday
morning.
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When Presiding Justice tnr-ahan
called the case Ketchum and White
side took seats at the Counsel '1bs
and the court directed ketchum 10 10.
gin his argument. He arose hu, a.
manned silent for a time, ana a.,ar
asking him twice to proceed Justice
Ingraham left the bench. and Jgs,is.
Clark presided. After Justice car.
had said. Proceed and Ketchum s,!l'
said nothing. he asked, DO you des.-.
20 be heard
Would | he here II I didn't desire
TO be heard" replied Ketchum
Ketchum showed no inclination To
begin talking. and TO relieve the sus.
pense Mr.. Whiteside asked. Does n,
court desire TO heal the planting
Justice Clark told him to wait u,;,
Ketchum had finished and after IN.
structing Ketchum agar to proceed
with the argument and meeting with y,
response, Justice Clark said. "Please
down"
Mr.. Whiteside then arose and sad
IT represent the plaintiff. the VIE u
this man here
Their Ketchum jumped up ami struck Al,
him. the blow landing on WhiteSlss
shoulder. The Justices all arose from
the bench in asronishment, and q cou-,
officer who hurried TO Ks'chum's 10
and seized him was instructed 'u c'es,
him. The court then announced TAT
the appeal would be decided ON m.
briefs fled.
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other Federal. naval and local officials.
The first floor OF the ordnance build
ing In the yard has been cleared OF its
guns to make way FOR the luncheon to
be given by Secretary Daniels. Sou
venirs OF the launching bearing the
name Arizona and the date OF the event
have been made from metal OF the gun
carriages OF the old ba.tleship Maine
and will be distributed among the dis
tinguished guests.
There are three tickets to the yard
white. which are goo at the Sands
street gate and admit to the left hand
enclosure ON the s~tarboard side OF the
ship. and blu and yellow. which are
good at the Graham and Clinton avenue
entrances and admit to the opposite side
OF the ship.
Gov. Hunt arrived NJ the Waldorf
Astoria az $40 last evening with seven
teen commissioners whom he appointed
to be present at the christening of the
Arizona.
They came on a special train and
stopped in Washington long enough 10
call on Secretary Daniels and show him
the bottle of water that will he used In
naming the ship. This bottle contains
the first water that went over the spill
ways OF the new Roosevelt dam. near
Phoenix, and has been mounted with
Arizona crude copper.
Miss Esther Roes came In Gov. Hunts
party with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ross of Prescott. Others I'm the party
are Mr.. and Mrs. z. $. CLARK. Capt. l..
w. Mix, chairman of the commission
and Mayor of Nogales: L.lniley G. Nor
ton. Miss Eva Behn and Miss Salee King.
who will assist Miss Ross IN the christen-
ing. Patrick Gorham and Walter Hege.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-19
P. S. BOARD SPLIT ON TUNNEL
Cram and Wood Oppose Mccall.
Who FavOrs Bridge.

geant Cram and Robert G. Wood told
the Mayor in a letter Yesterday that they
favor tunnelling the East River rather
than reconstructing the Greensboro
Bridge 10 give the new rapid transit
trains access to Queens.
Chairman Mccall Informed the Mayor
"A few days ago that The commission was
against a tunnel. This caused Messrs,
Cram and Wood to let Mr.. Mitchell know
that there are at least two dissenters.
They gave five reasons for favoring the
bridge project, one of which was: Be
cause the use OF the bridge Is a tempo
rary makeshift and the money spent on
this makeshift would In the end be
thrown away"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-19
SHADES MAY SEEK
AID OF WASHINGTON
Likely to Appeal for Hearing
Of Oliver Case by Federal
Commission.
TRIAL DUE NEXT WEEK

David and Maxwell Slade, the LAWYER,
indicted on charges OF tampering with
Witnesses in ths Rae Tanzer-Oliver-
James w. Osborne case. may appeal fo-
a hearing Of the entire case by a COM
mission appointed by the Department o.
Justice at Washington. II was learned
Yesterday from one who is directly con-
nected with the SHADE defence that one
Of the law firm OF Had 4 Slade had
made several trips TO Washington re-
Gently with that end IN view.
Tho object Of the proposed commission
hearing, 1t was said. would be % silt the
whole proceedings growing out Of Rae
Tanzer's $4,000 breach OF promise suit
against James w. Osborne-proceedlnGs
resulting from the appearance Of tn"
charged by tho SHADES throughout the
case that oliver was u myth created -
clear lanes W. Osborne. and IL would
he principally 10 determine just how
oliver was brought into the case that
the SHADES would desire the suggested
hearing.
None Of the SHADES would discuss their
coming trial early next week. referring
would-be interviewers 10 their counsel.
Martin W Ltt-leton. United States Attor-
ncy ~ Snowden Marshall said he had
not heard OF the reported plan of the
indicted lawyers TO ask the Attorney
General at Washington 20 &C: in the Tan
zer-Osbornc matter. If any charges arc
made. however. said Mr.. Marshall, they
will receive a full hearing.
Meanwhile the elusive Oliver. Rae
Tanzer's crstwhile sweetheart. Is not
worrying the Federal authorities. who
ar. preparing to prosecute the two
SHADES and Albert j. McCullourh. = pri-
waite detective who fgured IN their in
vcstisation, Mr.. Marshall s,ill retains
possession OF divers trunk and ward
robe found in tho missing ones room.
The Federal detectives are admittedly no
nearer to finding Oliver.
Val O'Farrell. however, who is head
of "A detective agency and whose men
~suhpPuaed Special Treasury Agent Carl
~. Chandler to appear for the SHADES.
got "A mysterious clue Yesterday morn
Ing from Lowell. Mass. in the form of a
telegram which read Have proven
theory. Your man lived years divers
district" O'Farrell thinks the sender
referred to Chandler, who lived in Bos-
ton until last February. Chandler de-
MED on Thursday that he was Oliver or,
"a the SHADES contend. the man who
posed as Oliver before Mrs. James w
Osborne at the Sherman square Hotel.
The Ease against the SHADES and Nc
Cullough will probably be reached by
Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morn
ing In Judge Wallace's branch OF the
Federal District Court. Assistant United
States Attorneys ROGER Il. Wood and
samuel H~erschenstein have s%ubppnaed
upward OF twenty witnesses. Several
newspaper reporters have been served
with subpnnas. The witnesses the SHADES
are alleged to have interfered with arc
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-19
PARENTS GUARD GIRL,
CALLED SCHOOL THIEF
Fear Bessie Armstrong May
Attempt Suicidc-Father
Explains Case.

The parents OF Bessie Armstrong, who
is to appear In court this morning.
charged with stealing from her class
mates In the Curtis High School. West
New Brighton. Staten Island. kept "A
close watch on her yesterday. fearing
that she might attempt suicide. They
believe that she may be suffering from
n form OF dementia due to overstudy,
and that a mental breakdown has been
the cause OF the thefts she has confessed
TO.
When this slight, nineteen-ycar-old
girl. poet Of a graduating class with
which she cannot be graduated now.
goes before Magistrate Handy In the
West New Brighton police court this
morning everybody concerned in her ar
rest will want the case against her
dropped. for the school authorities, from
the principal down. feel that the loss
of her graduation certificate has been
sufficient punishment.
But Frederick W. Clifford. who will
be the girls lawyer. doesn't see how
Magistrate Handy Is going to have the
power to quash the case, for the COM
p~lainant will be Mrs. Marie Young, the
police matron. who posed at the school
as a student trying the examinations and
who trapped Bessie Armstrong with the
marked bills she left in a handbag In
the wardrobe locker.
Lawyer Clifford said last night that he
thought Miss Armstrong would waive
examination and would then be held for
trial In Special Sessions, where she
would enter a plea OF guilty. The score
OF girls who have identified the various
articles found in a closet in Miss Arm
strongs room at her home, 1852 Rich
mond Terrace. Port Richmond. declared
yesterday that they would not appear
against her unless they were subppnaed.
William Armstrong. Bessie's father.
has urged her TO make a complete con-
fession in court to-day. though all he
could get her TO say to him YESTERDAY
came in monosyllables. She remained
In her room all day.
Il want 10 say that Bessie has always
been a good girl" said Mr.. Armstrong
she did -four years work at the high
school In three years. ! have a good
library and with Bessie II was read.
read. read. She seldom slept more than
five hours n night. A year and a half
ago she had a nervous breakdown and
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KILLS THREE AND HIMSELF.
Drunken Man shoots His Father,
Latter's Bride and Policeman.

JAMEsTowN, y, Y, June ls.-Fred-
erick w shaver. aged 81. this afternoon
murdered his father. H.. A. Shaver. the
latter's bride OF ten days and also Police
mar George Kendall, aged "a, and then
discharged the contents of a shotgun
into his own head, He died Immediately.
The tragedy occurred at the Shaver
residence. The eldes Shaver, a wealthy
retired jamestown merchant, aged 81,
married Ruth Campbell, % years old. of
Jamestown On June S. Young Shaver
started drinking. the police say. on
the afternoon of the wedding and re-
on the afternoon OF the wedding and re-
NAMED drunk ever since. He told his
friends that he would never c%ountenance
his father living with the bride and
threatened that he would kill them both.
After shooting the couple Shaver bar
ricaded himself in his fathers bedroom.
Across the street three policemen had
taken mp positions at windows. They
fired repeatedly into the room where the
slayer was. Shaver returned the fire
and killed Kendall. Patrolman Bergdahl
then rounded Shaver, who came to the
window while a crowd OF 5000 looked
on, and placing the muzzle Of the shot
grIl At his W head pulled the, trigger.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-19
LONG TERM FOR CHIEF QUACK.
SchtersOn, Owner Of "NedIcaI Mn.
semi" Gets SIX Months.

Henry J. Schierson. who was said by
the District Attorneys assistants to he
the most active of medical quacks re-
GENTLY rounded up by the New York
County Medical Society. was sentenced
10 SIX months in the p~enitentiary In
Special Sessions yesterday for maintain
ing a medical museum" at 315 Madison
avenue,
He pleaded guilty and received the
heaviest prison sentence hat has been
melted out by the court to any such
practitioners, without the option Of a
fine.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-19
GIRLS $4,000 VERDICT CUT.
Court Decides Cunard Line Pas.
scnger Entitled 10 Halt Amount.

The Appellate Division OF the supreme
Court IN brooklyn yesterday cut IN half
the verdict OF $4,000 awarded TO Cath
crime ORourke. a young Irish girl.
against the Cunard Line for alleged mis-
treatment by employees Of the company
on her trip across the Atlantic on the
steamship ~Campania IN April, 1911.
The girl had been falsely accused Of
being the mother ~ a dead infant found
or the deck and was subjected. accord
ing to the evidence nj the trial of her
nit aga.ns the company. to many in
diguit.eS and cruel treatment. ON
March 20. 1914, she won the $4,000 YER
dict.
The Cunard Line appealed on the
ground that II was excessive. and Miss
Nourke must now hc satisfied with
$1,000.
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THAW'S SANITY WILL
Be DECIDED BY JURY.
Justice Hendricks Ruling Is
Upheld by the Court
Of Appeals.
TRIAL LIKELY NEXT WEEK

ALBANY. June 1s.-The Court OF APP
peals ruled to-day that Harry X. Thaw.
slayer OF Stanford White. Is entitled to
a jury trial. The decision OF Supreme
Court Justice Hendrick Is upheld by
the decision.
The opinion Of the court was written
by Justice Frank II. Hiscock. Chief
Justice Willard Bartlett took no part
In the case. Judges Seabury. Hogan.
Chase. Hiscock. Cuddeback and Miller
c]oncurred In the opinion. which says:
ut Is plain that Mr.. Justice Hen
drlck does not by calling a jury intend
at all to evade the burden and RESPONSE
bility OF ultimately deciding the issue
which has been raised. but simply in
tends to take the verdict OF such jury
such ultimate decision. and, therefore,.
the question Is presented whether a
Justice before whom such n proceeding
Is pending has the power in his dis
erection thus TO call to his aid a jury.
Il being admitted that the relator in
the habeas corpus proceedings Is cot
entitled as a matter OF right to a
jury trial
The command OF the statute il for
n way of procedure. This
means that IL shall he prompt and with
out unreasonable and unnecessary delay.
Having in mind ordinary legal pro-
cedure. 1t doubtless means that there
shall b no long adjournments, that
such n proceeding shall not be placed on
a calendar where IL would not be
reached In some time: hat Il shall
have precedence over other matters. But
OF course some discretion must be left
to the court or Judge as to the time
and mode OF hearing even such a pro-
seeding.
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Franklin n. Stafford. the Plalnfled hotel
clerk. convicted 81 perjury Rae Tanner
aid her sisters. and Others unknown
to the Grand Jury"
II is maintained by tho SHADES coun-
sci that the original case connecting Rae
Tanner with James W. osborne will rot
have TO be considered at the trial next
week. since the alleged tamperlng with
witnesses did not take place until after
the arrest % Rae Tanner or a char-e
OF using the mails TO defraud Mr.. Os-
borne.
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The twenty-fourth annual fifty mile
handicap bicycle road race of the New
York State division of the Century Road
Club OF America will he held at Floral
Park. l.. l., at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. In case bad weather causes
n postponement he race will be held the
following Sunday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-19
Indicted Lawyer Disbarred,

Addison s. Sanborn, a lawyer OF lso
Nontas que street, who Ia under Indlct-
rient on a charge OF appropriat!ng s3es
out OF the funds OF a client to his own
use, was d'sbarrcd yesterday by the AID.
peiiate DIVISION OF tho Supreme Court
In Brooklyn. thus confirming Inc renort
Of Official Referee William b. Dickey in
- casa "
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Gibson's Conviction ConRrm.d

The Appellate Division % the Sl--e~.
Court confirmed yesterday Tho c--,.s.
ton Of Burton W. Gibson, the 'ap"4-
who was sentenced 90 not less ,ra, Eve
years In Sing Sin Lrd to pay a '-e o,
$1,000 for misappropr'atirg S7.ld0 ron
the estate OF Mr.. Rosc Szabo.