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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
OYSTER BAY SEEKS
CRANK PROTECTION
Attack on Morgan Leads Many
Prominent Residents to
Ask Police Guard.

Mortimer T.. Schir. whose country
Bay. l.. L.. Frank y doubleday. VINO
resides on the West shore Road. Oyster
Bay. and others VINO live in or near pys-
ter Bay, yesterday pe:itioued the Board
of Supervisors OF Nassau County for the
formation OF Il police district by the
county. The cause of the circulation OF
the petition was the attack made upon
j. L. Morgan at his estate. East Island.
near Glen cove, last Saturday, and the
insecurity other men OF wealth feel in
a district guarded only by constaples
AM deputy sheri1s, All more or less un-
trained. ard a Few scattered private
watchmcu. The siGntr> are said to feel
that under existing conditions they are
at the mercy OF any crank VINO may Sc
lcct them as his victims.
The Frank Holt episode WIS not the
only factor whicl decided the people
of Oyster Bay and vicinity to prepare
sign and present the petition. Numerous
burglaries and ~incendiary fires have
taken place in that section during the
past year, and in almost every instance
the guilty parties have escaped without
punishment. oyster Bay, being uuincor-
poratcd. has no power to establish "A po-
lice district. but its residents want the
county To afford protection.
Among the signers ~ the petition he.
sides Mr., Schin n NJ. Doubleday are
Commodore william l.. Swan. J. Roscoe
RaNnor. former Supervisor e. chester
Painter. Irwin Il Van $50. Mary :. Lud'
lum. Ernest Is. Hutchinson, Samuel Var
Wyck Fleet, Mrs. ". lee NnStey. Jess.
MollineauX. John +. Birmingham, by
George W. taller. Robert W. Du Vail
George b. Stoddart. Phillips Abbott anC
many others.
The proposed police district embraces
the territory between oyster Bay cove
where former President Theodore Roose
welt resides at Sycamore hin, on tn,
east a point between oyster Bay an,
East Norwich, on the south oyster ia,
harhor, on the north. and Mill Necl
Creek, at Matinuecock, ON the west.
II the Nassau county Supervisors gran
the petition the policemen will be NAMED
without unnecessary delay, so that tn,
desired protection may he given befor,
tho many sumlnor residents have re
turned to their city homes.
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TORPEDO PROOF BATTLESHIPS.
Navy Department tn Have Tests
This summer for construction.

WAsHlNGToN, July 9.-EXpcriments
To- he conducted 10y the Navy Depart
meut this summer will probably have
important results as regards the con-
struction OF new battlcships, particu-
larry with reference to resistance
against torpedo attack.
Rear Admiral Taylor, chief OF the
bureau of construction and repair. will
experiment with caissons to study the
effect of torpedoes. These experiments
VIII be held in Chesapeake Bay. They
are expected to throw light on the qucs-
ton OF what changes can wisely he
! made N the design aud construction Of
| battleships to render them less vulner-
able to torpcdoes.
Until these experiments are COO
cluded iiual decisions for the battleships
authorized last winter by Congress Will
not he approved,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
SUICIDE LEAPS FROM
BROOKLYN BRIDGE SPAN
Pennilcss Painter. Separated
From Wife, Eludes
Police Pursuit.

Penniless, out OF work and brooding
over domestic troubles, Walter Orglenus.
a painter and decorator living at IA
Fifth avenue, Brooklyn. committed sui
eide shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon by leaplng from the central
span of the Brooklyn Bridge, His body
f,oated north under the bridge TO Pier
20 of the Lackawanna Railroad. where
IL was picked up by a small launch in
which were James Goodwin of 6O7 West
Fifteenth street and two friends.
Org!enus planned his jump carefully.
stopping a truck driven by Charles Van
Tassel of $40 Sixth avenue. Brooklyn,
| al the New York terminus of the bridge
| and asking for IA ride over. AS he
reached midstream Orgienus leaped
from the truck and cleared the rail OF
the bridge with a jump.
Policeman John l.. Scherf OF thu
bridge squad saw the jump and ran &c
stop Orgienus, but arrived just as the
man leaned. The New York and Brook
Iyn police were notified and DR.. Maron'
with an ambulance from Volunteer HOS
pital went to the pier. orgienus wa
dead when picked up. The body va
taken to the Oak street station.
In the dead mans clothes were foun'
a purse with one cent in 1t and f0u
pawntickets showing that he had dis
posed of his watch and most or nj
tools. A business care gave his ad
dress as 25i Nineteenth street. Brook
Iyn. There was also an order from IN
t,..o,i, pnlatipna fpnrt of BrODklNU
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
MAYOR ACTS IN CLOAK STRIKE
Names Council of CO%nciliattOn e
settle Labor Troubles.

The troubles between the clOakmakers'
union n the Manufacturers Protective
Association are to be settled by a u
ci, Of Cancellation that was named
lesterday by Mayor Mitchell. lie de-
c,ded on this plan after "A talk with
Morris Hillquit, who laid the strike
''oubles of the two organizations be-
fore him.
Mayor Mitchell will attend the first
meeting. to be held next Tuesday morn
ing. Those named by him are DR., Felix
Adler, Ieader Society for Ethical Cul-
'pre and chairman National Society Tor
Prevention of Child Labor; Louis ID,
Rraudeis, former chairman Board or Ar
b~itratiOn Henry Bruere, City
ain Charles l.. Bernheimer, chairman
committee on arbitration OF the Cham
Der ~ Commerce George w. kirchweS'
iorner dean Columbia Law School
Walter G.. Noyes, eX-Ju~ge l"''t-d
states Circuit Court Of Appeals, one OF
IN" receivers Of Greenhut a Co.
IN announcing the appointments the
Na}or said II trust these gentlemen
VAL slcceed not only in averting the
NF"a''ucl crisis IN this important IN
'ls'rl hut sill he able TO hhd some
Constructive plan for the future avoid
ALof ~ such crises"
counsel VII be In attendance Al th'
meetings., the dates OF which will he de
Sdea after organization next week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
THINK GREENHUT PLAN
CERTAIN OF SUCCESS
Trustees and Attorneys Be-
lieve There Will BE No
Further Opposition.

The trustees Of the y. r Greenhut
Company and the attorneys for the var
ious creditors committees believed yes
terday hat the amendment to the re-
organization plan as agreed upon last
Thursday-providing for a 81. per
cent. cash payment for those creditors
who do not want any stock in a new
company-would go through without
further opposition. The creditors will
decide within n few days what course
they wish TO take.
Alfred 4. Cook. ore of the trustees,
will issue "a statement on Monday en-
planning the steps that have baen taken
for the creditors benefit since the post
ponement Of the examination before
Referee Peter b. Olney. II is UNDER
stood that this statement will take the
form OF a letter to the creditors. out
lining the three plans that are open to
, them. These are: An all cash offer
without stock in a new company l2ia
cents cash and the balance in stock.
and an all stock proposition. The
Greenhut bondholders must accept the
last offer. but the general creditors may
choose any of the three.
\ final conference OF the attorneys
for the creditors and the trustees was
held yesterday. 1t was agreed to say
nothing about the settlement until Mon
day.
The creditors protective committee
also held a meeting and heard the three
propositions explained.
Benjamin O.. Faskus. counsel for Capt
Greenhut and for the j. 49,. Greenhui
company. promised a statement from
Cant. Greenhut to-day.
The trustees were evidently optimistic
about thu settlement plans. They ar,
completing the decree OF sale Of th'
Greenhut assets to be presented TO Mr.
Olney on Tuesday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
SCRANTON SCHOOLS
ASK LOAN OF PUBLIC
Apppal Indicates There Is No
Hope Of Banks Advancing
Needed 100000. ,
PLAN SHORT TERN NOTES

SCRANTON. Pa. July 9.-Scranton's
ev.c pride MAS aSain appealed TO to-day
10 help untangle the financial snarl
which mas tied up the affairs of the In
,erna,ional Textbook Company. which
controls the International Correspond
ence Schools. The appeal is to the pub
,c at large. and is an intimation that
the banks OF the city will not come 10
The aid OF the company.
In the appeal. which ts signed by
Of Trade. worthington Scranton and
Ralph Il. Weeks. members OF the COM
mi,tee which has been trying to per-
euade the banks TO advance $500 900
70 the company. the public is invited to
take collateral notes to the amount Of
$500. 900. II Is stated that the notes
are backed by $1,000 900 In first mort
cage bonds covering all of the Textbook
company's real estate and other holdings
IN the city OF Scranton.
This appeal. which closely follows a
statement printed in the morning papers
concerning the great work accomplished
BY the schools in the past. recites the
history OF the schools work and say"
he a going concern which with careful,
conservative Management will prove a
profitable investment.
The appeal winds up as follows:
We believe IL the financial policy and
control Of the schools Is brought under
the administration of a finance COM
mittee of strong local men. to be Sc
lected by The directors of the textbook
company and approved by the Board Of
Trade, that the banking institutions of
this city and the public can with rea-
sonable safety purchase the $500. 900
short term collateral trust notes. bear
ing interest at s per cent and secured
by the deposit Of $1,000. 900 Of first
mortgage bonds covering all Of the text.
hook company's real estate and equip
ment in this city. Believing the above
statement is true. We respectfully sug-
sest the consideration of these securities
to the financial institutions and the in.
yesting public"
This second statement from the Board
Of Trade committee In less tina twelvt
hours, which shows plainly that tht
banks or the city nave refused to e
along with the unanimity that wa.
promised when the annua meeting O
the textbook company was held a weel
ago last Monday. Is to be followed to-
morrow by a third. which sets fort.
that a special committee appointed b.,
the stock holders to investigate the AS
counts OF the company. as shown by tn.
audits of the American Iudit Compan,
and Barrow. Wade a Guthrie, has gon'
over these reports.
While unable to make a final repo-
until the complete audit of the books 70
the fiscal year Is finished. the committe,
declares that there is M evidence tina
the funds of the company have been len
TO any other corporations than the Nicto,
Typewriter ana the Technical Supp,
companies. but does not say anythin.
about the textbook company being uset
as a clearing house for the stocks of tn,
many subsidiary companies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
ROADS BUILT BY CoNvICTS.
colorado Warden Says Cost IL
Small and Work Well Done.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Col. July e.-The
Colorado Springs and Canyon cit high
way and the Ute Pass section of the
Fixes Peak ocean to ocean road, re-
Gently completed by Colorado's system
OF convict labor. are two OF the NEST
perfect mountain roads in the United
States.
For twenty miles south of Colorado
Springs the road winds around the foot
hills and mountains. practically the en-
tire roadbed having been cut out of the
hillside n in many PLACES blasted out
OF solid rock. For the remaining
twenty-five miles the way Is over foot
hills and through undulating country.
Besides being a marvel in engineering
the road is one of the most scenic and
picturesque in the West, passing as it
does through Red Rock Canyon. Dead
Mans Canyon and many other mountain
beauty spots.
The road averages eighteen feet in
width and IL perfectly W and
drained. Although 1t offers a success
sion of climbs. so skilfully was the en-
cheering work lone that heavy grades
have been eliminated and the motorist IL
confronted with only one grade as high
AS 8 per cent.
The tie Pass road follows the ancient
trail OF the Indians across the Rocky
Mountains. In the last few years tina,
part of II between Colorado Springs and
cascade has been entirely reconstructed
by convicts.
Under the Colorado system the con.
rict has ten days taken off his sentence
for each Uonth of labor on the roads
This is in addition to the usual reduc'
ton for good behavior.
Thomas j. lyman. wa rden OF the STATE
IAnitentiary, under whose supervision
the work of the last three years ha!
been done. estimates hat in the ma
ten years 5000 miles of the best roads
will he constructed at a cost OF less thar
100000.
lie says 1000 men have been used IL
the road work In the last three years a
a cost TO the state of 20 cents a day 70
each man. The men 90 about their worl
unguarded. and less han ! per cent
have violated their pledges and mad
successful escapes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
CELEBRATES TOOTH BIRTHDAY.
Miss Elizabeth Day Cary of Orange
Enjoys Excellent Health.

ORANGE. y. j.. July 9.-Miss Eliza
beth Day Cary. Oranges oldest resident.
celebrated her Tooth birthday to-day at
the residence OF her niece, Miss Lavinia
Matthews. 81 Mitchell street, Miss Cary,
who was related to Alice and Phmbe
Cary. enjoys excellent health and has
the use of all faculties save hearing.
Miss Cary reads books and news
papers for hours each day and keeps
abreast Of the times. She was horn
July Q. 1915. in SIccasunna Plains. Nor
ris county, y. j.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
SHOT s M BY A WOMAN.
She welded n shotgun and Then
Used u Revolver.

QrANAII, Tex, July a-MiSs Winnie
Morris, n ranch owner, to-day shot and
killed Garland Radford, n prominent
farmer of this section. Eadford was lit
orally riddlcd with "A load of buckshot
from n shotgun and then seven revolver
shots were fred into his body as he lay
dying, Radfnrd. who had been warned
not to do so, had started across the Nor
rIs place with "A load of wheat. Miss
Morris appeared on the scene n the
shooting followed.
Miss Morris when arrested refused 10
make any statement, but It is under
stood that the unwrittem law will be her
plea. She worked as a clerk for Rad
ford In his office until a year ago. Rad
ford leaves a widow and child.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
WILSON'S PARDON IS
SOUGHT FOR HICKS
AttOrncy-Gcncral Gregory APP
pcalS for the New York
Mission Worker. =.

wAsHfSGroN. July a.-Attorney-C;en-
eraI Gregory has recommended 10 the
President that he pardon Robert +.
Hicks. a former fugitive from justice,
who surrendered To the Federal authori-
ties las, month after thirteen years OF
liberty. during which he engaged in
Eowery Mission work in New York.
Hicks rearrest was the result OF n
troubled conscience. His first arrest
took place here in 1902 for using the
mails to carry on an Illegal business in
medicines. He was sentenced to serve
ten months in the Xmas county peniten-
tiary and to pay a fine OF $1,000.
While an appeal was pending Hicks
Jumped bail and fled to Europe. The
case was soon forgotten and was re-
called only after Hicks made his CON
fession on the evening of May 80 las
! AT the service In lhe Bowery Mission. II
which he had become an assistant
leader. In confessins his crime Hick'
said.
whenever I have stood among 70,
men and told you Of the glory Of my life
which the love OF God and His salvation
had made to shine on me. | have beef
conscious of offence. ! owed IL 10 Go'
to tell all my shame.
Tonight | can speak to YOU with
| conscience free from the guilt of eva
sion and suppression.
This morning surrendered mysel
to the authorities" he continued. Il hay
given myself over to the Will of Cod un
conditlouaIly and have surrendered my
self to the authorities without bargain
ing. Ny wife and children know noth
ing of my act"
Hicks is now n prisoner on Black
wells Island, where he was sent by Fed
eral Judge Pollock On June 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
NEW BUILDING PLAN
DIVIDES DRUG CLUB
PrOpOSitiOn to Go Into Debt
for a $500. 600 Home
Meets Criticism.

Members OF the Drug and Chemical
controversy over the proposal that the
club abandon its leased quarters AT
loo William street and go into debt TO
the extent OF $500 900 for a clubhouse
for its exclusive use. The Title Guar
antee and Trust Company has agreed TO
put UP a three story building for the
Club az 1870 20 1874 william street and
30 turn II over 70 the members at a
cost OF 5000. 600 for the land and $780,
coo for the building
Favoring the plan Is the committee
OF quarters. composed Of Clenen, r.,
Gardiner. Harry Hall. William II. Phil
lips, John +. Yawgcr and Alfred NJ
Best. Acting on their suggestion. tho
governors OF the club have called a
meeting for next Wednesday. when the
matter will be- placed before all the
members FOR their decision.
Yesterday petitions We're circulated
among the members asking them TO he
at the meeting and vote against the
| plan. II is said that the opposition is
backed by such we'll known men as
Johu II. Kelly OF the Westchester Fire
Insurance Company. &. h. Iabriskie
William VI. Perkins and u : Ramsey
of the i:as, River Savings Bank. The
| membership of the club, numbering
about 500, is composed largely of mer
in the insurance business with offices
! 49,. -. t,tylt,a a.l YAftt lr1Yy "a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
MANY new SUBWAY
CONTRACTS ARE LET
Plans Approved by p. s. c. for
Last Section Of tho Broad
way Line.
STATION AT 42D STREET

The Public Service Commission yes
terday approved plans and contracts FOR
the last section of the Broadway sub
way from Thirty-eighth to Fifty-irst
street. The station will be from For
tieth to Forty-second street and will be
$50 feet long and 20 feet wide. The
tracks will run under the present sub
way and the station will be more thar
forty feet under ground.
A series of platforms will connect
this section with the Seventh avenue
subway. The line will run from tho
downtown district up Broadway TO
Forty-second street and thence through
Seventh avenue to Frfty-ninth street
and eastward through Fifty-ninth street
to tho Greensboro Bridge. II will be
connected with the recently opened
Fourth avenue subway to Brooklyn.
The commission also approved plans
for the Eastern Park subway, Nostrand
to Buffalo avenue. and Nostrand ave-
nue. subway. Church TO Fiatbush ave-
nue.. and let many finishing contracts.
making the largest amount let In one
day in the history OF the commission.
Work on two sections OF the Seventh
avenue subway Is temporarily tied up
because about ll5 ~excavators want their
pay raised from $3.50 to sl15 a day.
The sections on which the strike has
been declared are between Commerce
street and West Thlrtieth street. James
Il Walker. assistant secretary OF the
Public Service Commission. Is investl-
eating the trouble. II was said little
inconvenience wouid result from the
strike. as many men are available to
take the strikers places.
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The order for p~eremptoly mandamus
which julius Rosenthal obtained direct
ing state Comptroller Travis to rein
state him as assistant chief clerk in
the stock transfer bureau OF the Comp
,roller's Office was reversed yesterday
by the Appellate Division Of the SUI
preme Court. Rosenthal will nave 10
20 without his job. Rosenthal said he
was discharged for political reasons ny
Travis two days after the Whitman
administration started business. He AS
serted his job was competitive and thai
ne could not he discharged without q
hearing. No one has been appointed
TO- take his place.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
STEEL R TO INDIA.
America ms to Supplnnt Germans at
the Tata Plant.

YorNGsTowS. Ohio. July 9.-Thomas
Kenvin. former superintendent of the
Illinois Steel Company at Gary, Ind,
now with the Tata Iron and Steel Com
pany at Sakahi, India. il seeking skilled
open hearth steel men here to take the
place of Germans formerly employed At
the Tata plant.
Passports have already been issued to
William Irwin, Patrick Beacon. Lew
Smith, Grover Arthur and Michael Nc
Nally, all open hearth foremen at Ham
mond. Ind. They have signed con-
tracts for three years at $1,000 II year.
The Tata plant il managed by II. II
shower. former superintendent of the
Rrier I'M steel Company here. Julian
Kennedy. Pittsburg engineer. designed
the Tata plant.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
SO PANAMA BABIES HERE.
All Born In Canal Zone Of \meri-
can Parents.

Fifty-nine babies. all born in the
Canal Zone, arrived yesterday aboard
the Panama Railroad Company steam
hin Panama, from cristobal, The
mothers and most Of he fathers were
along, bound ON vacation in the Tenn
perate Zone.
II IL said that babies form a large
part OF the native population of the
Canal Zone, most of them born Of Amer
lean parents,
Other passengers by the Panama were
Bishop A. W. knight, president OF
Suwanee College, Tennessee Willing
Spencer, secretary of the American
Legation at Panama, and capt. G. Il
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$4,000 FOR DEATH UPHELD.
Appellate Di>istOn Rules In Case
Of Juaticc BischOn.

The award Of $4,000 for the death
OF supreme Court Justice Henry Bis
chorf. Jr., in the elevator shaft of 81
Chambers street II not excessive, in the
opinion of tho Appellate Division %
the supreme Court. The award was
confirmed Yesterday by this tribunal.
The owner of the premises whore the
accident occurred, the Fhnigrant In
dustrial Savings Bank, moved for a
reduction Of the damages when the jury
awarded Mrs, Bischoff 100000. Thu
trial Judge reduced the award to $780,
600. Justice Hotchliiss, who wrote the
unanimous opinion OF the higher court
says this is not too much for the widows
loss, as Justice Bischon had six more
years to sit on the bench at $1,000 a
ear.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
ENDS LIFE WITH POISON AT So.
Retired Business Mans Suicide at
Forest Uiils Unexplained.

Edwin NJ Taylor, 90. said tn be a re-
tired business man, vino was living
with his wife at the Forest HIS
Inn, Queens, committed suicide in
hsi room YESTERDAY afternoon by swal-
lowing about ten grains Of strychnine.
His wife found him grooming on a bed
and called Dr. Paul :. Barrett. hut the
doctor was summoned too late 70 save
Taylor'S life.
Mrs. TAYLOR would max" no statement
concerning the suicide, Tho police could
not learn tho cause Of Tayloy's act.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
GOVERNOR AS REAL SOLDIER.
Rccck man VIII Camp with Troops
at Fort Greble, Il. J..

NEWPORT. July g,-Gov. ~Reeckman. AZ
commander in chief of the State troops,
intends to go into camp with the SOL
diers this year. 1t will be the first time
that a Governor of Rhode Island has
done this,
lie will live at Fort Greble with the
States coast artillerymen for the greater
part of the next two weeks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
Sanger Denied Jury Trial.

Tho Appellate Division of the supreme
Court YESTERDAY denied that William
Sanger Is entitled 10 a trial by Jury
on the charge Of advertising an alleged
immoral pamphlet The pamphlet IN
question was written by his wife and
deals with the control OF births
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Gcorr, sylvester Ni.reck. editor OF Tho
FdtI,}rJd. last night ANSWERED sir
Cecil Spqug-Ince's accusations with the
following statement
1T l. perfectly true that | have FORE
told the sinking of the .usitamia. It
takes no gItt of prouhccy. ne guilty fore
knowledge {" niak. thcs. predictions. but
merely th, gift of common sense. which
the British Ambassador evidently lacks.
far ~ the L.usitnuia was con-
"e'nod. "" had the Official warning OF
the ,i'rmau Government. Any man vino
fails To- heed Sucn a Warning must lie
hcreft OF his senscs. No one who hts
talked with large numbers or American
c~'liH'ils IN the big cites could he IN
aWHi" mat II has been q matter or COM
mon SPECULATION Tor months that many
more ShIlS Noulh u" !">' nom ny inc
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are seen searching for other victims. Near by, at 643 West Eighth
street, four persons were killed by the collapse of one house. The
storm killed many others and did extensive damage.