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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
FEEDING TAMMANY PAYS.
restaurant Wan who served CrO-
ker aud Murphy Leaves asJ,OOO.

George VI. Still. who died Oct. s.
1913, and for many years conducted an
oyster house at Third avenue and Eigh-
teenth str, ct, which was p~atronized by
Richard Croker, Charles +. Murphy and
other Tammany chieftains, left an estate
estimated at $4,000 by Appraiser Ber-
win. His daughter, Alwina H.. still, got
realty at 1t29 Broadway, Brooklyn.
worth $4,000, and half the r~esiduary
estate, s25,6lS, while his wife. Mrs.
Harriet |. still. received property AT 72i
Decatur street. Brooklyn, worth $4,000
and half the residue.
The deccdent had sls,23s in life in
surance. His 400 shares of stock Of
Gsorge NJ. Still, the corporation that
conducted the restaurant, was appraised
at SS7 .034. The stock included all but
ten shares of the total issue, the latter
being held by Sidney :. Still, cousin OF
the dec dent, who conducted the bust
ness.
Following the death of MIR, SIN, his
cousin made plans TO start an opposi-
ton oyster busir ess, and to retain him
the estate gave him a half interest in
he business. g orgc f., Still, a son. got
nothing. and a suit he started to break
the viii was unsucc, ssful,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
BROKE SKULL IN LEAP,
HOLT DEATH VERDICT
Prisoners Tell at Adjourned
Inquest of Hearing the
Body Fall.

The adjourned inquest into the suicide
Of Frank Holt in the Mineola jail on
Tuesday night. July 6. was completed
Yesterday IN the court house at M'neoia
and Coroner Walter II. Jones SAID at'er-
ward ,h,, his verdict would he that Holt
died of a compound fracture of the skull
and cerebral hemorrhsge, caused ny
leaping headlong from the cell grazing
TO the cement, i,oor OF the jail.
Distric, Attorney Lewis j. smith de-
clded after all to call a. witnesses seven
prisoners who we're in cells near Holts.
Tho other witnesses were warden
William f.. Hults and Keeper George
Thon,nson Warden Hults testified that
mo old Jerrv Ryan. who guarded Holt.
when ne came on duty, Don't take your
ewes of that man. Jerry he's going 10
commit suicide T.
Several of the prisoners differed IN
describing the sound when Hollis head
struck the floor. Jerry Ryan said that
night and later that IT sounded IKE an
exclusion" To one prisoner II souiueu
like a table falling over 10 ahother
like "A shock and to TWO more me
A body falling Only two prisoners
did not hear IL. One. Herman Toms
said he was awake but heard nothing
had never heard OF Holt in fact and
didn't know he was In the jan. Inc
other. an Italian. said. ME asleep.
Tony. pellegrino, accused OF murder.
who occupied cell No. : on the second
tier. from before which Holt Jumped
told graphically of hearing the wcakehed
man breathing heavily, almost sooDlng
as he toiled up the lattice work. Inc
sounds stopped outside his cell, felIe'
grino said. and he heard a quick gasp
then the impact of Holt's BODY STRIKING
the concrete. There was an instant
/ silence, a few feeble means from tht
B crumpled figure below. then Jerry Ryan
terror stricken voice saying
Hes got away from me :"
Two other prisoners. John Lick
sp!ther and John Supc. testified to seeini
the piece of plaster that covered tht
wounds on Holts forehead, received II
the scui1e AT the Morgan house, hans
ing from the bars where he jumped
Keeper Hoffman repeated the state
ment made to reporters that Jerry Ryar
told him, He's hot himself. Hes
gone
At the conclusion Of the hearing
Coroner Jones. remarking that he hac
wanted TO close the matter a week ag
when only Jerry Ryan testified, sale
he would file his verdict and the reIor'
with the County Clerk early next week
He told reporters, however. that his yer
dict would ba as already stated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE.
Bondholders Accept Invitation" Of
American Real Estatr Company.

Hartford. Conn. July l6.-To confer
viii, the officials and observe the WORK
ings of the American Real Estate Com
pany OF Fifth avenue New York. the
committee of Hartford bondholders ap-
pointed several days ago. when the re-
fusal of the State of Connecticut TO re-
new the company's license alarmed IN
yestors. accepted tonight the ~company's
invitation to go to New York next
Wednesday. .
Probate Judge Ralph NJ Grant OF
South Windsor. chairman or the
committee. said tonight that he had
received a letter OF thanks for the ex-
pressions Of confidence from this city
f,om the company, and the committee
was invited to visit the New York office.
Judge Grant and his associates. Charles
Il. Cook, George l.. Nannais, George +.
Kellogg and william T.. Keep, AFTER
visiting the Hartman Bank building Of
fees. will hold a conference Thursday
forenoon. Judge Grant says the appll-
cation for license renewal has been pre-
pared and will he presented to Bank
Commissioner Everett j. Sturges next
Monday
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
FINED 500 FOR SPEEDING.
Gets the Limit After Making False
statement In Court.

Frederick II. Fleitmann, "a, n dry
goods dealer at 81 East SiXty-seventh
street, got the maximum penalty for
speeding from Magistrate Corrigan in
the West Side court yesterday, He ie-
ceived a on Tuesday night
from Motorcycle Patrolman Eynon OF
Traffic Squad e for running his auto
mobile at the rate of thirty-five miles
an hour IN Central Park West from
Seventy-fourth street to Columbus
Circle.
When arraigned on Wednesday Fleit-
mann told the Magistrate there had
been some mistake, AS he had started
from the Hotel Majestic. at Seventy
second street. where he had been dining
with friends. An adjournment was
granted to enable him to get his friends
as witnesses. When he was arraigned
again yesterday he was unable to prove
that he had started from the Hotel
Majestic. lie pleaded guilty and was
fined 500.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
TANNER WINS PARTY
NOMINATIONS FIGHT
Convention Committee Votes
Against state Convention
Selections.
ASKS LEGISLATURE TO ACT

ALBANY. July l6.-Frederick G. Tan
ner. State chairman Of the Republican
state Committee. who is also chairman
OF the Constitutional Convention Com
mittee on Governor and Other State
Officers. achieved n victory to-day, when
every one of the fourteen members OF his
voted to sustain his resolu-
ton opposing the insertion Of a provision
In the Constitution restoring the party
State nominating conventions. The
resolution adopted says:
The committee after elaboration re-
ports unanimously that In It's opinion
the proposed Sake amendment should
not be adopted for the reason that q
provision compelling the people or politi-
cal parties to make nominations for
political offices IN n specified way,
whether by convention. direct primaries
or otherwise, is not a proper subject for
constitutional provision"
The SAKE amendment rad been re-
ferred to the Suffrage Committee. Of
which Patrick W. Culiinan is chairman.
Mr.. Cullinan ~ also a member of the
Tanner committee. by a vote OF 9 to I
he Suffrage Committee yesterday re-
ported the amendment f~avorably.
The right of assemblage is guaranteed
by the Constitution" said "A membe Of
the Tanner committee tonight" and
many members of the committee believe
that political parties or any number OF
citizens have a right to assemble in con-
vention and nominate candidates with
out interference from the Legislature or
the Constitutional Convention.
w further believe the Legislature
made a mistake in declaring that nomi-
nation should be made only by direct
primary. The only way to remedy this
mistake IL for the Legislature to repeal
the primary law and not for the con-
vention to go the Legislature one
better and declare hat nominations
shall be made only by party convention.
The situation Shout. be left as 1t was
before the Legislature passed the direct
primary law. which would permit either
party convention nominations or direct
primary nominations
Three prop sed amendments TO the
Constitution have been acted upon
favorably by Herbert P~arsors's Consti.
tutional Convention committee on indus
trial relations. Two OF the amendments
were introduced by Alfred +. Smith
one permitting the Legislature to ex'
tend the workmen's compensation Law
to include compensation for injuries Il
workmsn who contract ocCupationa
diseases and the other recognizirg A.
constitutional the work OF the preseu'
state Industrial Board connected will
the State Labor Department.
The third amendment, fathered by
Herbert Parsons. Is aimed at the worl
in New York city with 4
view OF preventing the spread OF dis
eases from clothing makers TO th'
wearers.
vice-Presiden, Jacob Gould schur
man presided to-day, President Elihl
Root. who was in New York on busi
ness. missing the session for the flrs
s,,. SGr,a Tn. convention mat IN Anr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
HOLD HEARING WITH
NONE TO Be HEARD
Thompson Committee Gets No
Views at Its First
Session.
ANOTHER CHANCE COMING

RI. $4,000
"s"'"''Ne co"n'''''ce heaoe" ny
senator George +. Thompson. which
came to New York on Thursday to re-
ceiye suvyes,,o,, "a. ,o ch,,ro. d, ,,.
"" '''e' WIN" tue rup''c scr
vice Commissions are operating. met
again at the Bar Association yesterday
and vva,,od ,,,ia,,,, - a.. .,
' :" NV
W eo'"e forward none came, now
ever. despite the advertisement printed
in Yesterdays Lar Journal and the
.am,,u,oo ~
~
""' sussest'ohS nave peen MADE, ana
JnA of them under consideration is TO
change the methods by which the public
utility corporations now get permission
to make Improvements in their property
and to issue securities to pay the cost
thereof. Under the present law notice
Of proposed improvements must be flied
with the Public Service Commission to-
;ether with detailed plans and specifi-
cations. Accompanying these l. a pc
iition for leave to issue securities to
cover the cost.
These data are turned over to the
.ngincsfs and other experts of the com
mission and an Investigation. involving
much technical veriictt.on and many
hearings, is made. by the time the
commission is ready to give It's con.
sent the petitioner may have lost sew
eral excellent opportunities to dispose al
his new securities and the improvement
may be acld up sor an unreasonable
period.
Under the law OF Pennsylvania gov.
erning these matters-it is called rns
sunshine law" because OF its alleged
tendency to give more publicity to the
proceedings-the public utility corpora
tons are permitted to dispose of their
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
GIRLS HELD FOR BOAT THEFT.
Took He'd Clothing From the
sound Steame PrIsciIIa.

Josephine Perrella, 10. of 105 Thomp-
son street, and her sister, Florence, II,
Of 100 Morgan street, Everett, Mass,
were held in $500 bail each for Special
Sessions on a charge of petty larceny
by Magistrate Solar in the Tombs police
court yesterday after they pleaded
guilty to taking blankets md bed
spreads from their stateroom on the
steamship Priscilla OF the New Eng
land Steamship Company.
After they left their stateroom when
the boat locked at Pier II. North River,
yesterday morning "A porter noticed that
the bed covering was missing. Special
Agent Louis Smith was called and said
he found the blankets in the suit cases
OF the young women, lie declared that
the steamship company has lost thou
sands of dollars during the past year
from the vandalism of souvenir
hunters"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
OYSTER BAY TO BE P0LICED.
Petition RcsuItinE From Attack
ON J. y. Morgan Is Granted.

MlNEoLA. l.. l., July l6.-Following
n p~etition from many of the wealthy
residents of Oyster Bay, including Nor
timer l.. Schif, Frank n. Doubleday and
William l.. swan, the Nassau county
Supervisors to-day adopted IA resolu-
ton providing for the establishment of
a police district about four miles In
area, to take in he village OF oyster
Bay and territory surrounding II.
The resolution provides for an election
on August 3 to choose three Police Com
missioners. n Police Justice and IA Treas
urer. the latter to be appointed by the
Commissioners. They will also appoint
several policemen to patrol the district,
The commissioners will serve without
pay.
The petition resulted from the attack
by Frank Holt or ]. =. Morgan at East
Island,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
ADOPT NEW PLAN IN HUNT
FOR VICE IN
Premises to Be Proceeded Against in Hope of Bringing
Owners to Light-Seventy Cases
Now Ready.

"A tenement house shall he deemed
to have been used for the purpose speci-
fled in the last two sections with the
permission of the owner. agent and lessee
thereof in the following cases;
IF summary proceedings Tor the re.
moval of the tenants of said tenement
house or of so much thereof as is I'M
i lawfully used shall not have been com
menced within five days after notice OF
such unla wful use. served by the de-
partment charged with the enforcement
OF his cha pter In the manner pre-
scribed by law for the service OF notices
and orders in relation to tenement
houses. or having been commenced are
not in good faith diligently prosecuted
to final determination
"If there be two or more convictions
in the same tenement house WITHIN a
period of six months either under seq
ton $50 OF this chapter or under section
TAG OF the penal law"
Well Known Names May Come out
The seventy cases now ready for trial
are brought primarily on the charge
that there having been two or more con-
~victions In the same tenement house
within a period of six months the
owners OF those tcnements are deemed
to nave been used for the purposes al
legged with the permission OF the owner.
II is said that in the list of owners are
the NAMES of several persons well known
in the city.
The fact that the owner is presumed
TO have knowledge of the purposes for
which his property has been used in
these cases j. said to have induced
many owners of tenement houses to re-
model them and to make them suitable
for bachelor apartments.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
$4,000 MAY JOIN
CLOTHING STRIKE
Childrcn's Jacket Makers. Cut.
tcrs and Coat Tailor>
Likely to Go out.
SEEK AGREEMENT TODAY

Parne, Cohen. business agent - mo
mini children's Jacket makers uu.,'s "
the city with a membership II ODD ao
nnounced Yesterday that a general
strike of children's Jacket makers vii
he called on Monday IN case fu, ,on.
mi,tcc on immediate adjustment e ifr
American clothing Manufacturers Nsso.
citation and the Annals tmairI ,|n'h''g
Workers of Am"ri"r uut rst|N fp-Ia,
an agreement, that will settle 'i' ,'Y't
ing strike. Such u strike. q W.. fur
Their announced. would bc fn'l. W.d .u
mediately hy a general strike ~ III
coat tailoyS. uumbcriuE iu"O", AMI
clothing cutters. numhcrluc ".''l Il
was also said that l'."o" ~.r.,fs
independent shops would h. called ON
The committee on immediate GH'uS.
men, met Yesterday I'm the t'ui'ri n.
brew Charities Building. Or iJul 40.
son, the secretary, said last u,gn' 'h.'
the committee had made much urugtp.
but the completion OF the worh ~ n.
committee * conditioned Uprm ti' wnr
Of the subcommittee. al OF Vh.i
made satisfactory progr'-s du'.'s f
day. The committee VIII fU''' iu.1a.
with the committee uu ''' ra 'or
The secretary said that the Duuwi''c.
believes n settlement VIII u" reached "
"A few days between the unions and d
American Clothipg Manufacturers ASS.
citation. controlling GO p"r cent ~ Nh
trade.
chairman charles l.. ro 'em,.
said. The elements needed az" "a.
| tlence. horse sens. and t'rucd: ace ~
the present situation"
william e. Rogers. head - 'le Ns7
York Board OF Mediation and Atil'ra-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
WILSON RECOGNIZES
|BOWERY CONSCIENCE
President PardOns Printer
Who Surrendered After 13
Years Of Liberty.
HICkS'S WEI IN TEARS

Robe't f.. Hicks. the printer who sur
rendered himself to- the Federal author
ties ls a Fugitive from justice after
thirteen years OF liberty. following 4
public confession to an astonished con
grega.ion In the Bowery Mission on
May 80 last. will be released from the
Blsckwells Island peritentiary in a
day or two and will join his wife and
three babies In their home at 80 Hc-
ratio street.
His sentence of ten months impr!s-
onment and $1,000 fine for misusiug
the mails vas committed yesterday h.
President Wilson as a result OF "A petit
ton signed by many people interested
in religious work.. and the news vas
delivered to Mrs. Hicks in her lIus-
bands little printing shop at 62s Hud-
son street by a reporter OF THE Sun.
"Oh. | am SO glad" she said us the
tears of Joy ran. 81 have tried 1ard
TO keep the business going while he nos
been away. but ii has been hail. |
never knew OF the past until he made
his putiic confession. | hope that li'e
will be happier for him now. Please
do not ask me to say anything. What
could | say. n yxAy"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
MAY PUNISH TEMPERAMENT
Rhode Isln nj Rules trninst Er-
ratio Actions of Players.

The right of the management ~ '
vaudeville theatre TO arrest p'iN. w..
fail to appear unless physically u'gh.
to do SO Is maintained by rh, SInr'
Court OF Rhode Island Tho. ia- 'g'
been o%verrulel a decision ~ rlr 50
District Court in the case ot 'a, PROV
dence Theatre Company ac'.rs' '0'
roy and I.emairc. who left the -I.H
the ground that they wcr" not uf per
billed. They were subsequently t.r...
and sued for breach of couti3c'
This decision. 1t Is believed '
fishes "A precedent, and Is cons ''. t
effective bar to the Temperance al a.
ton of some artists.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
CycNst Killed by Fall.

WINsLow, N. j., July 1O.-Thomas
Freeman, 80 years old, known locally az
1.-The Flying Pollock because OF his
ability to ride a bicycle, struck "A stone
In the Dad this morning and his bicycle
collapsed. Freeman was hurtled nifty
feet along the road. He was dead when
picked w.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

An involuntary petition in bankruptcy
was filed yesterday in the Federal Dis
trict Court against Fred Fischer. who. the
petition says. also IL known AZ Fred
B~reitenbach, "A ong writer, living at 900
Rogers place. The complainant is Rich
ard Lambert, who claims to hold "A judg-
mcnt for S2,394. Lambert alleges that
Fischer transferred royalties on songs to
his wife. Anna.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

Simon Ornstein OF 2937 West Thirty
ninth street. Brooklyn, al examiner and
Interpreter in the automobile license
bureau Of the Secretary OF States office,
and Samuel Lefkowitz OF sc Goerck
street, employed in the same office, were
held yesterday by Magistrate Corrigan
In $500 bail each for trial on the charge
Of accepting brides,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

The Tcnement House Department Ia
preparing to prosecute a long list OF
cases in which owners will be compelled
to disprove the allegation that their
property Is used for immoral purposes.
Notice of the filing of the first OF these
suits was printed IN TIE SUNS legal ad-
vertisements yesterday, n II was
learned that the Corporation Counsels
office is ready now to proceed with sew
enty of them.
The names of the owners OF these
properties are withheld by the Cor
poration Counsel. and there is no way
of learning them from the complaints
filed in the Office OF the County Clerk.
because these suits are to be brought
against the property itself. Under The
present law the Tenement House De-
partment is authorized to proceed
against the premises for the collection
of "A penalty of 81 900. and the owners
must then come forward II they wish to
prevent the property from being sold to
satisfy the judgment.
Under Recrnt Decision.
This new tack in the enforcement Of
the tenement house law follows Il re-
cent decision of the Court Of Appeals In
! which IT was held that use of a prop
erty FOR immora purposes would he con-
strued by the courts only when mot AN
isolated act II vice. but tome measure.
even though brief. OF continuity and per
manence" was shown. The Tenement
House Department Is now proceeding
under section 1853 of chapter 59S or the
law of 1913. This section says:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
SAYS CLERGYMAN
HAS TWO AFFINITIES
Wife Accuses the Rev. Francis
Wheeler of Trying
to Drive Her Mad.
SAYS HE URGED SUICIDE


me rev FRANCIS Noi'- Whee'er' ""
Episcopal clergyman and author. VINO
for eight wears was chaplain Of st.
, H. u.a -. II.
~ 'os''''' ""' 'u
'ached 10 the 'athedral OF 81 Jonh the
Divine. was accused in papers sub
u,i,.ed IN S,nrer,e cour, .J,s,lce philbin
...... - -, lii. NJ. r,,.
yesterday '" 'rsi"s =" "''e MS ""e
insane ana then or abandoning ner
when she refused to act on his suggestion
IN commi, .ui,,ide
"s' '"''S'i"e fo''-" hee'e'' WIN
sculptress and who had collaborated
with her husband in literary work. IL
suing the clergyman Tor a separation on
the ground of cruelty and because he
Roger. II. and Mona. nearly . years old.
90 70 a ,,rriShaa ro,n, ~ ii,a Thsv
,yer. ar,iad In C.raSa Ia ,ao, ~
Ms pni,- wbeoier 10 now ,ivi,c a,
R,,berforl Y 7 vh.r. .bs says sha
a. yir,uan, suhsi.na an nhar,,r L.
bush, NJ h,s nmar,ars n, go Iex,,a,or
ovepue vharo he b.s h.sr n ying xea :.
week for room and hoard Ms po,t.
Wheeler alleges tina, her husband has
,un om,io. ~ nu an' ,a sn
E,,ai;a Son,asan - -
sneciai inye.,isa,or for N. po,,ca "a
Eyc,sa dan,r,mar,s narr,i,. ~ o,ora,,
r,,p IN ,h,r, ~ ,n,n,a,s. Tn D.,
Mr. Ro,t-Wbeele insis,s ,ba, NJ sor,
nescben IL merely his i,pdiadv
Mrs Rol, -Wbee,er's a,,orney ar,,,r
esterma Yer. spent three months irving
to serve the clergyman with papers i'm
the separation suit and whom ,hev wers
finally delivered 20 A person iden,Ieed
the clergyman filed an publication with
the ground that he wasn't in the Lexing-
ton avenue house at the time the process
server alleged the. papers we're delivered.
Justice Philbin decided that there wa :
ample proof. that the PAPERS had been
served and denied the application.
Alleged Acts Of Cruelty.
T., .oa.
,oaad 80 "nr uusoanu various AZ,
Ins,,a tn,uh 100 ivy p1a'n.'' toiu
,aI;nn n.'p,n Una, ne .or,uleu. neg by
his nect', ana ~ Hoou,
he ,nld w. sue a'ieses
Win ops E,,ccnis T;a, va VI wv
har M, raaJena nv 'oi'u,eu
woman which bo ia 10 .on
larry 'eeu
Mrs. .Whes,er a,leg.s ,,., las
husband "preached and advoca,an ,rea
love" and said ,h., ho,or. I'll. ~.
child vas horn he ,oId hor ,ha, 40
man does no, love chi,drer b.cau.a ,ho,
arc rio bu, rather haoarsa 80. 'a.y
tho cb;idr.n NJ 49, ,.o,aam - :,
She charges ma, ho ,riod % -, 10.
insane nv -.nsvcboIo,ica su,aas,n. :,
and that, a, a tim. 80 shn uas IT,
extr.meIv nervou. cond;,ion hotora 49,
lI.,h aa. -, ~,