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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
THINKS I~N-BREEDING
DOESN'T INJURE RACE
Director of Wistar Institute
Says Tests on Rats SHOW
Finer Species.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 29.-The mar
riage Of blood relatives. prohibited by
law and church since time i"mmemorial.
~ approved by VI. J. Greenmdn, d.
rector OF wistar Institute of the Tn
vcrsi,y Of Pennsylvania, who has been
experimenting with rats for the last tour
md a half years and says he has found
that inbreedlng does not lead ~ ir"td
ence. but produces "A finer -p"c'mvl.
Director Gicenman's statement IL
based upon rescarCh work carried on BY
lr. II u. King. II Of the professors in
the animal colony Of the institute. Johns
Hopkins and Harvard University are IN
vestisatIng tn" experiments. The In
breeding IL the rats produced at the
end of tn" twentieth generation a typ"
80 per cent. larger than normal and
fully as dctiN" and healthy.
There seems TO he 40 good rnysi,ni
reason that blood relatives should not
marry" declares Director tirecumau.
indeed. II our experiments are y guide.
such unions. II effectively ARRANGE.
hcuid produce oirsprings larger and
NOR" efficient physically than the mar
riageS now recognized
There" ~ = great dra yet To- be cleared
up. hut | think We have discovered
enough To correct the impression that
inbrrrding Ia the human race leads 10
degeucraCN."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
FISTS IN WITTPENN FIGHT.
Mayor Griffin of UOb"k-n aud As
SCISSOR O'<riI lash.

The hght between sheriff Eugene X n
head and Naval officer OTTO Nittpenu
for the Democratic leadership Of Hudson
County resulted I'm q dramatic side issu"
Yesterday when 90 brought two public
officials into q FIST fight in the din!u-
room of the Dukes House, "A hotel near
the LaCkawagnH terminal.
The two were Mayor Patrick Griffin.
head OF the Democratic ORGANIZATION IN
Huhok"u and \ valiant supporter OF
W.ttpeun. and Assessor William O'Netll,
one ~ Sheriff ktnksai's adherents.
They We're separated by friends. An
hour later. IN q meeting of the city
Commission. the Mayor announced that
he had received Nj. ONeills esigna-
tion dS commissioner. and ~apologized for
ever having recommended him for the
place Of Assessor.
Another meeting between the two fol-
lowed In the street. which WAS again
broken up hy friends. After the first
difficulty Mayor Griffin said
"D'N,ih go, INTO an argument With
me- and said - great many things that
he had No right to say. ! am going 10
put two good Democrats IN tn" plaS,
O'Neill and his uncle held"
Mayor Griffin had also announced at
the meeting his Intention of asking Rob
ert Sauter. AN uncle OF O'Neill, also in
the city's employ, to resign.
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continued from FIRST Page

paper chucked aside as = silly piece OF
impertinence, their activities branded
improper, ii IL more thar likely that a
pretty row will develop.
At the head or the students agitation
Is q. Frank Cope, Il student IN the
Wharton School and president OF the
Free Speech Organization of the uni
v~erSity. II is probable Cir fact the mat
ter IL we'll known on the campus) that
MIR. Copc's zeal Is partly due to the eff
forts Of Nearing partisans in the FACULTY
Of the Wharton School and in other de-
partments. There are certain profess
sors and instructors who while quite
reluctant to step forward themselves
ard shake "A fist at the high and mighty
trustees are not at all unwilling to prod
the undergraduates to revolt.
MIR. Cope explained that 1t was not
desirable to hold "a free speech demon
s~tration because that would have meant
disadvantageous publicity, and the uni
versity has had little else than publicity
out of the Nearing affair. Even while
Billy Sunday was tearing around and
getting whole pages In the Philadelphia
papers 1t made the goose flesh fairly rise
on the neck of the staid rsity
fathers TO see how much attention was
given by the newspapers to the Near
ing dismissal.
MIR. Cope's idea Is that the signing OF
the petition represents a very real and
determined effort on the part of the
undergraduates first 10 make the trus-
tees give an explanation OF why Near
ing was let go. and second to force the
trustees To take him back
Neither Mr.. Cope nor his aids In the
students Nearing movement preach an
archy or revolt. They simply aver hat
there vii. I've no letup until an explana-
tion is forthcoming or Prof. Nearing Is
put back In the Wharf n School. Now.
since the sentiments of George Wharton
Pepper. a most influential trustee of
J. lowering Jones and Of others of the
governing board are thoroughly UNDER
stood here IL IL considered most unlikely
that either n reinstatement or an cxpla-
nation will be drawn from the trustees.
These trustees see no reason why they
should further discuss the case. Their
whole point Of view * that while Scott
Nearing was. no doubt. a most cSt.mable
young man and y competent man for
his former job he had by far too great
a genius for leaping into the newspapers
and dragging the university after him.
willy-nilly. than consorted with the dig
nifty and good fame of the venerable in
stitut!on. What they objected Ia was
not )ds many persons have thought.
perhaps) Prof hearings habi Of reach
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FIGHT FOR NEARING
DISTURBS STAD u. OF p.

ing out IN the class room and swatting
the idle rich. the employers of child
labor. the courts, the police. the vested
interests and almost every other sort
OF established institution.
They had let Mr.. Nearing have an as
to~nishingly free rein In those directions.
Nor did they object out loud to his habit
Of telling his students that they were
wiser than their elders and capable of
leaping into the world and settling all
of It's vexed problems. That trick Of
hearings used to vex many OF the elder
statesmen of the university. but the trus-
tees did not mind.
What finally exploded them into
prompt, II undiplomatic. action was
hearings striking talent for breaking
into print. The man had a perfect
genius for getting his name into the
papers. All he had to do was to scold "a
truckman. squabble with a policeman or
walk In high dudgeon from a court
room where justice was nodding a bit,
perhaps. to get a half column or much
more in a paper, every story bearing
the brand Scott Nearing says" and
with the invariable tail to the kite, 1.-THE
University Of Pennsylvania
That was what annoyed. this incessant
dragging In of the name of the univer-
sity as "A tag to the actions and opinions
nf a brisk individual 1t was like a good
Quaker boing dragged around Broad
street 10y Billy Sunday. wide hat flap
ping. hands waving helplessly, the
rnurmur OF his mild protests utterly
drowned by fierce Nearingism.
According to Mr.. Pepper and the
others Vt didn't do the university a bit
Of good, This variety show publicity. and
when Nearing wouldn't take warning out
went Nearing. 1t wasn't so much what
Nearing said-the commonplace u So
cial reform-it was the way he said IL
and the Implication often left to the
hearer or reader that the university
thought ~ Nearing thought.
II would be a ard job to make over
Scot, Nearing into an unobtrusvie fac
ulty man. That Is recognized. SO. de-
spite students protests and the possl-
hility OF "A mild civil war on the campus
1t l. about as certain as anything can
he that the trustees will stand pat on
their action.
II was learned to-day that the author
tiles of the university nave no intention
of restraining student activities unless
hoihcads provoke gatherings that might
Ice proJudicial to good order and the
aood name of the university. Petitions
are harmless enough in their first stages.
II all remains To he seen how dee1p the
resentment - that provoked the one OF
yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
PRIMARY VICTORY RIOToUS.
Five Hurt when NcGiIIirk's Fol
lowers Celebrate.

Charles Mc,iilick. Tanmauy cindi-
date for Alderman from the Thirty-hrst
district. yesterday turucd over a keg
# beer to his adherents in honor Of his
victory in the primaries the day be-
fore, The k"g was taken to tn. apart
ments of Sadi. Lewis, 2i93 Second ave-
nue..
Mr.. McGilllck's adhercnts Al. mainly
Irish. When three Italians appeared
II general fight cnsued In which fifteen
shots wer" fired, reserves were called
from the Fast l2jth street station and
the keg Of beer thrown through the
window.
William Boges, -, OF 1l9 East l29th
street Tomas Murtha. Il. OF 249I Sec
ond avenue Diener Tiffeman. Is. OF
2O97 Lexington avenue; John O'Brien.
%, OF 1928 East l2jth street. and Edward
SecChi. %, of 4O7 Burton avenue. were
removed TO the Harlem Hospital suffer-
Ing from severe shot or stab wounds.
Boges was an outsider who was at
tackled for blowing a police whistle when
the fight began, Tony Patrico, Of SOL
East lj0th street, was arrested on he
charge Of frlonious assault.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30

less telephony has been made possible.
To-day, September 20, speech was
successfully transmitted from the Ar
hngton radio station to the radio sta
ton at Mare Island, Cal. and there
successfully received, thus making pos
eible conversation without wires over
a distance Of approximately $500
miles, the first time this great distance
has been covered by wireless tclCph-
M
In the first experiments to-day the
voice was successfully transmitted by
radio to Mare Island from Arlington.
the return answers and communication
being made over the transcortinental
land telephone line.
This was successfully accomplished
In the presence of officials IL eng
neers OF the Western Electric Com
pany, "A representative OF the Signal
Corps of the army, representatives OF
the technical and operating depart
ments Of the Navy Department II a
few other interested parties.
Every official taking part in this
demonstration liz enthusiastic about
the results and the possibility OF de-
velop!ng this system az an extension
of the telephone system to ships at
soa. Tho fact that the voice oan
be started on "A land wire and auto
matically transmitted to a ole radio
transmitter holds out hope that per-
Sons inland should readily be put IN
touch by telephone with Others ut set
through some central transmitting
station.
The use Of such long distance wire
less telephone communication IN naval
or military operations Is still In an un-
developed state, but II is expected val
liable use can be mad OF this wonder
full demonstration, but aside from such
considerations the Department and It's
officials may we'll feel proud that they
have been interested cooperators In the
first practical development OF this last
march In the wonderful science of
radio communication.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
MOSS IS UNDECIDED
ABOUT WITHDRAWING
Beaten by District Attorney i'm
Primaries. still Has Two
Nominations.

Frank Moss. who was Leaten for the
Republican nomination for the District
A~ttorneyship at Tuesdays primaries by
Charles \. Perkins. the present holder
of the office. was not ready yesterday
TO make any positive declaration
whether he would continue in the race,
making a three cornered fight OF II, or
not. The primaries gave Mr.. Moss the un-
contested nomination of the Progressive
and American parties.
Asked If he would remain in the race.
Mr.. Moss said that under The law he
could o reagn. hut that II he desired
not TO run he could issue a statement
Indicating his wishes to the friends who
had stood by him.
Would you urge the voters to support
Edward Swami, the Tammany candi-
date" lie was asked.
II shall not commit myself on hat
proposition Mr.. Moss replied, II GER
tiinly am not inclined to support Per-
klns."
"All things considered Mr. Moss
added. 81 think l have the laugh on ny
opponents. Though money was lavishly
used against me though, despite Chair
man koenig's repeated pledge that the
Republican organization would favor
neither Perkins nor myself. its entire
power was used against me though
every newspaper except two was con-
stantly pounding me. I polled three votes
for every five cast for Perkins. ] am
proud OF that vote, | am also thankful
to the Progrcssivcs aud the American
party men who nut me on their tickets. -
The suggestion was made that, should
Mr.. Moss stay IN the field. Mr.. Perkins
might be provoked to say that Mr.. Moss
intended to help elect Judge Swami.
1T is absolutely immaterial 10 me
what Perkins says or thinks" the former
Assistant District Attorney replied. II
have been besought to-day by people en-
tirely outside politics TO remain in the
race II only as a protest against the
methods used to defeat me. ] am con-
.idering this and shall make my answer
known after calm elaboration"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
NEW RADIO PLANT OPEN.
Message Flashed to Wilson From
lake BIun station,

Chicago, Sept. 2s.-The new great
lakes radio station at Lake Bluf was
formally opened to-day when "a message
was flashed to President Wilson in
Washington.
The new station is one 81 the most
powerful units Of the Governments
wireless system.
The message was delivered to tn.
President from the Arlington station at
Arlington Heights, near Washington. II
was signed by Mayor W. ". Thompson
OF Chicago. After 1t had been sent
dispatches OF greeting were flashed to
San Diego. Panama aud other stations
thousands Of miles distant. also to MIR.
Daniels. Secretary Of the Navy. and
other officials in Washington.
The LAX Blum station has n re-
ceiving radius Of 1000 miles and a send
ing radius exceeding 5000 miles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
GYPSIES MAY HAVE
MISSING GLASS BOY
Parents Get Clue and AuthOri-
ties Are on Trail of Wan
dcring Band.
DISAPPEARED on MAY -

Another clue TO little James Glass.
IL last In Greeley. Pa. was obtained
yesterday by the boys parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Glass of 10 Iienau place,
Jersey city. They were informed tha'
TIE boy was in the hands Of q band of
gypsies who passed through Jersey city
on Tuesday.
AlthouS the ia" nts have travelled
more than 5000 miles following vari.
our rumors concerning The missing boy.
they were optimistic yesterday at the
suggestion tina the "ttle fellow might
be found among the kypsiea. They i'm
mediately appealed to tho police TO track
the group of wanderers through New
York and Westchcster county
From the Information that the Glasses
obtained the gypslcs after passing
through Jersey city travelled north TO
the Fort Lee Ferry. The parents wired
to Under Sheriff Frank h. Bowers OF
New York county. The latter hurried
20 the New York side Of tho frrr" and
there was told that a band of gypsies
had passed that way and had gone
north toward NonkcrS. In the group,
Mr.. Bowers was told. were "A boy OF
about . years and a girl of :
Bowers communicated with the au-
thOritleS In Yonkcrs and Sheriff Wies-
endtnger at W.stchcstrr county. IL
was learned that the gypsics PASSING
through Nonkers had made for the ferry
at Rye that goes TO Long Island. At
hat point trace uf the band vas lost.
hu; the police were stlll searching last
night.
James Glass. . Years old. was one OF
three children u" WIS playing near
the summer HON" % his parents on Mag
II last. His mother had gone to the
post office ncar by. His father stepped
into the house for = minute or two.
When the parents returned IN" hoy was
gone. and no definite clue To- him mas
been obtained since.
pesor ptions ~ the loo" have been sent
all nNer the country. Tie Mason,
order and tn" Odd Fellows both have
lent their aid in hunting for tho boy.
Finally I'll" chief ~ police ~ Norman.
bkia. Thought he had found the boy and
wired the parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Glass
travelled ont there. but the child was
not theirs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
DANIELS Is
Washington Sees Great Future for
Invention on the seas.

WAsHINGToN. Sept. 29.-Announce-
of the great success OF the navy's ex-
periments in wireless telephony was
made here tonight by Secretary OF the
Navy Daniels. \ report to the Secretary
by Capt. W. H. O. Billiard, superinten-
dent OF the naval rasiio service. was the
basis uf Mr. Daniels'S announcement.
These experiments lv" been con-
Quoted In cooperation with the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company n
with the Western Electric Company.
officials of both concerns were present
az the successful transmission and took
part In the conversations with san
Francisco.
There is no doubt. however. i'm the
minds Of those who have participated
in the development thus far attained
that the wireless telephone promises TO
inaugural" u new era in communication
with uava vessels a, sea.
In connection with the success OF the
navy's work with wireless telephony II
was recalled her" that the present high
state OF development OF wireless teieg-
raphy IN the United states navy Is due
to a very considerable extent to the
navy's own Efforts. commercial APP
parntus has been perfected and In man
cases new apparatus invented BY naval
officers.
secretary DAM. ~ auuouuco1Sr. to-
nigh was as follow
Secretary Daniels is pleased TO an
nouuc the successful outcome II ex-
perimcnts which have been carried Oh
for the asst 'eW months by the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph Conn
pt:y AID the Western Electric Com
piry IN cooperation with radio stations
under Jurisdiction Of the Navy De-
pirtncnt. by which long distance wire
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
FORD WILL NOT BUILD
FISH BOAT SUBMARINES
Denies Stealing Parker Plans,
hut Refused 5000 Back
ing to Professor.

DETROIT, Sept. 2Y.-Henry Ford denied
to-day the statement that he would be-
corne a builder OF FISH boat subma-
rines.
II have no submarine. never had one
and am not working on one" said he.
II have not plagiarized any ones IDEAS.
and. rs ! said last June. do not intend to
have anything to do with the making OF
war engines, but am more determined
than ever to do al in my power to rid
the world OF all such stun.
"As for Prof Parker, who says | stole
his boat, | have not seen the letter he
wrote about his plans. My secretary
got the letter In which he sought IS. 900
backing and was so goou as TO suggest
that | might be a great patriot and AZ
the same time get u whole lot of adver-
Using 10y calling it the Ford boat and
flood the seas with them as | have the
land with my ear.
Il regret. for the professors sake, that
my patriotism is not OF that kind"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
G SEES MURPHY.
New Tammany Leader in the 22d
Early Caller on boss.

Michael Cosgrove, who with the back
ing of senator Robert r. Wagner and.
presumably, Of Charles +. Murphy. badly
defeated William II. Sinnott, Tammany
leader OF the Twenty-second Assembly
district, in Tuesdays primaries. was at
Tammany Hall bright and early yester-
day for a conference with Mr.. Murphy.
Mr.. Cosgrove Is the only new Tammany
leader in Manhattan.
The meetings for the election of Tam
many executive embers will be held
tonight, and tomorrow night the county
committee will meet in Tammany Hall
TO effect its organization.
In most OF the Assembly districts the
Republican district meetings will be held
Tomorrow night, and he Republican
county committee will meet on Tuesday
night, probably in Bryant Hall.
George w. WaHmaker. the veteran
Republican leader In the Eleventh dis
trict, who was reported beaten by Dep
uty County Clerk Hermann W. Boyer,
telephoned the Republican county head
quarters yesterday that he did not yet
concede his defeat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
baltimore Experts Iudorsr Dr.
mans Findings.

liNIrtMuEE. Sept. .'-Dr. Adolf
Meyer. head of IN" lhipps psycniatr.c
Institute. u In. Wihfuri II. smith.
superintendent ~ Johns liupkins Hos
pital, WI" asked ;u-uignt Ia comment
IN. statement of br irccumau that
experiments lad shown definitely that
Iu;crmtrr. =. produced u inner type.
'1f two persons OF XIII. provided tltt
they COM e good healthy stnrN, desire
to marry tuoI' j. Ne meli al fea~uu
why they should not. said pr, Meyer
ID Su.'h agreed with him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
TAFT SHY OF POLITICAL BEE.
And He Won't Make Any Presiden.
tiaI Nominations.

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-Ex-Presldent
Taft Vas in Chicago long enough to-day
10 go by taxi from one railroad station
to another, having arrived from the
West en- route for Cincinnati.
Some OF your friends say YOU are
likely to he the Republican candidate
next year IL was suggested.
please don't hold me responsible for
The fo~olishness OF my friends" Mr.. TAFT
said. and he laughed heartily.
Press dispatches from Topeka quote
YOU as saying that you would not be a
candidate"
II said I was out of active politics,
but that does not can ] am not going
10 TAKE an interest In politics"
What do you see in the way OF pos
sibilities for the Republican nomina-
tionT"
Il don't want 10 hurt the chances Of
n one by mentioning names he re
Sponded.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30

The Memphis Street Railway Com
pan has sold to a syndicate composed
of Bertron, Griscom & Co. of New York
and Philadelphia, Reilly. Brock Il Co.
Of Philadelphia, n Counselman & Co.
of Chicago, an issue of $500, 900 two
year 6 per cent. collateral gold notes.
If. as and when issued. to be dated
November !, 1915. due November I.
1871 1t has also sold to Bertrou. Girls
com n Co. and Reilly. Brock a 60. an
issue OF 100000 one year q per cent.
guaranteed gold notes, II. AZ and when
issued, to be dated November J.. 1915.
due November /. 1916. Proceeds from
the sales will be used to meet MATURE
titles OF Sl.906, 900 and for working
capital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
PHONES
$500 MILES
BY WIRELESS


American Telephone and Telegraph
Company | wish TO express TO you
my thanks for the courtesy OF the
Ahvy Department In extending to
us the privilege OF connecting special
wireless telephone apparatus to the
Navy Department wireless telegraph
towers. BY means of this special
apparatus We have to-day success
fully carried on wireless telephone
communication from the Atlantic TO
the Pacific coast.
The Arlington radio station. from
the wireless messages were des-
patched. consists OF three towers. n
feet and each Of the others $50 feet
high. The Mare Island station. where
they We're received. has three $50 foot
towers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
OPEN SUBMARINE BIDS TODAY.
Two New Com anies TO Compete
for 18 Coast Defence Boats.

NAsHISGToN, sept. 29.-Bids will he
opened at the Navy Department to-
morrow morning for sixteen coast de-
fence submarines. authorized hy the
last navy appropriation act. Two COM
panies not heretofore In the field for
this class Of work. will be bidders. the
Newport News Dry Dock and Ship
building Company n the New York
Shiubuilding Company OF Camden. y. j.
Thesr companies have obtained per-
mission to build submarines after "A type
used abroad, but had not received the
concession IN time to submit their pro-
posals for the regular opening last July.
y ~postponement was granted for their
benefit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30

Former Chief Judge Edgar VI. Cullen,
president of the New York County Law
yers Association. has appointed lsadole
Monteiore Levy chairman of the COM
mittee on practice and procedure in the
Municipal courts. The law providing
for Municipal court reorganization went
into effect on September ].
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
Automobile versus Balloon To-day

pTTTsFIILp. Mass. Sept. 29.-An auto
mobile will he matched against a bal
loon here tomorrow in an effort TO
demonstrate the motor car may he used
to pursue "A balloon In war time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30

WORCESTER, Mass, Sept, Miss
Delta Torrey. ~favorite aunt Of William
II. Taft, whose pies earned her national
fame when her nephew was in the White
House. will celebrate her uinetieth birth
day tomorrow,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
CONGRATULATIONS. New York.
MOUNT PEASANT ACADEMY.

Oldes. military academy In the country rx-
cept West Point. Certificate accepted at Nest
Point and elsewhere, Mount Plea sapf nan Tor
boys under ~, For catalogue and history ~
CIPAL box 4Ol. Ossining-on-iiudson. n. Y.