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New Britain herald., 1915-05-31
pARLoR SUITES.
LIVING ROOM CHAIRS.
MORRIS CHAIRS.

Golden oak or mahogany fin ish, velour cushions, worth s13.75. Sale Price Sf0.g5
 Other Morris Chairs S5.99 to $3I.75.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-31

Until the war is over and both sides have been hard on the atrocity charges fair and final conclusions can- not be reached. Obviously, justice to the Germans demands that what they say of their behavior m Belgium should be considered with what the Belgians and English assert Brook lyn Standard Union.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-31

BRASS CRIES, With safety sliding sides, worth $19.75. Sale Price $14.95 Other Brass Cribs $12.75 to S2O.OO.
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RILEY TO STAY; FIGHT
WITH OSBORNE ENDS
Governor Says He Won't Ask
for Resignation Of Prisons
superintendent.

ALBANY. July 1t-Gov. Whitman had
a long talk with state superintendent OF
Prisons John p. Riley to-day, lie did
not ask for Riley's resianation. As n
matter OF fact it was learned that the
Governor told Supt. Riley he had
no idea of asking for his resigna-
ton. Supt. Riley refused to discuss his
talk with the Governor further than TO
say that he had not resigned and had
not been asked to resign.
II guess the controversy between
Supt. Riley and Warden Osborne can
be settled all right said Gov. Whitman.
81 have gone over the overcrowding at
Sing Sing and Judge Riley is to order
the transfer of 100 convicts TO Great
Meadow from there at once, which would
leave the population of Sins Sing at l.
$50. which is the number which can be
accommodated without doubling up.
Warden osborne told me that Auburn
prison was overcrowded just as well as
Sing Sing. and I told him that these
conditions should not be allowed at Au-
burn either so long as there is room at
COmstock as AT present
Does tina, end the controversy" the
Governor was asked.
~ guess that ends it-for the pres
emit said the Governor. The only
thing there seemed to be a dispute ovei
WAS the doubling up at Sing Sing"
The Governor said that he had no
asked for Supt, Riley's resignation anc
hat Supt. Riley had not offered to re-
sign.
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$4,000 MAY JOIN
IN STRIKE TO-DAY
Needle Workers Case Pre-
scented to Mayors Board
by Norris Hillquit.
EMPLOYERS GET HEARING

Morris Hili1uit appeared for the
needle trade unions yesterday before
Mayor Mitchel's council of Cancellation
in the Board of Estimate room of the
city Hall. Julius Henry Cohen repre-
scented the manufacturers. DR.. Felix
Adler. chairman OF the board. gave each
side an hour and q half to state It's
position. The taking OF testimony will
begin to-day.
Upon the outcome OF the work OF the
Cancellation council will depend the call
ing Of a national strike of the clothing
workers. More than $4,000 needlework-
ers are now on strike IN this city. II
the Mayors council fails TO take decided
steps to-day. the strikers said. 5000
children's Jacket makers and 10000 coat
tailors will be called out this afternoon.
That would bring the number OF cloth
ing trade strikers In this city up to So
600. In the event OF a national strike
100000 will he called out all over the
country. The coat makers adopted a
resolution yesterday authorizing theii
officers to cal. u 10000 coat makers
amy moment they see tit"
Mr.. Hillquit said ut the beginning OF
his address to the Mayors council yes
terday that the workers would abide 10y
the councils conclusions providing the
manufacturers show the same WILING
ness.
lie went oil TO say that for hNe years
the industry had enjoyed uninterrupted
peace under the protocol. but before that
the demands of the union were only
enforced by strikes. The protocol was
broken on May II last on the ground,
he said. that the decisions of the arbi-
traitors were not being lived up to by
! the workers.
The two principal employers organ
izations. Mr.. Hillquit said, comprise 100
OF the 1900 manufacturers. the remain
der being designated as independent
manufacturers. lie said that 90 pei
cent of the workers ere members or the
unions. There are 1000 needle work
ers. The average pay is less than $500
a year for skilled workers. he asserted.
Mr.. Cohen. for the employers. askeo
that careful consideration be given tC
the present industrial conditions. SPEEDY
action. he said. would be the very wors'
thing that could happen, and that any
decision the council might make must b'
absolutely definite or the manufacturer
could not see their way clear to abid'
by the decision.
mo makeshift judgment viii be OF
any value in this situation" he went on
W have had iNe years of protoco
and now this council must find out VIII,
is to blame for tn. wreCklng of the pro
tocol. the chaotic conditions, and penaliZ,
them. The union have failed To disci
pline their W workers"
In opening the session Dr.. Adler said
I'VE are not here 10 go into the dc.I
fundamentals which underlie industrial
strife. but we are to work here in tn,
hope that We may bring about a modu!
Nvendi, But there should be. whei
TINS council has competed It, work, ;
commission created and charged will
INVESTIGATING the fundamental cause,
which hay. produced these difference
At the tup-th. differences with whicl
this body * concerned
The hearing will he resumed at II
o'clock to-day
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BOARD GIVES ISLAND
FAIRLY CLEAN BILL
Finds No Fault With Mrs. Dnn.
ply or Any Other in
Authority.
ADVISES STATE CONTROL

The special committee Of the STAT.
Board of Charities which iuva-,igt'ei
the charges of cruelty and m.>mIuigA.
men, In the children's hospitals ON lar.
dall's Island as the result IL the Dis.
missal OF Mrs. Mary G. Dunphy. euoer.
intendcnt of the institution, has reported
that 1t has not been able TO find any
Substantial evidence OF brutality hc.rv
permitted by the superintendent or ,ry
one else in authority.
If occasional cases of bad treatment,
on the nirt of hospital employees ID
occur. which in the opinion Of tno CON.
mittee seems no, impossible, th"y ~.
cribe 1t not to m.smlnagcmon' u. those
in authority but to the fact that wpr,,l
defcien;s OF a criminal character we,.
admitted to the institution and Wee
cared for by attendants recruited most,
from the municipal lodging house
"Thc weight of evidence leads to 'h.
conclusion that the general authorizes
! at these institutions at all times sough,
to secure good treatment for tho IN.
mates" says the report. AZ tho sanA
time. although the evidence as to 'ha, 4,
quite indefinite and unsatisfactory. IN.
committee realizes that 1t Is not ~ aH
Impossible that occasional instances o'
m~isbehavior on the part of the poorly
paid and inexperienced attendants may
have occurred fsom time TO time. pr.
ticula rly after IL became the established
custom TO commit mentally defect Va
d~elinquen;s, many of them substantially
adult criminals, to these institutions
Such inmates. because OF their dclH.
quent tendencies and the lack of mental
balance. constitute a particularly trying
class. They should not have been sent
To the Randall's Island iustitUt ions.
h report goes on To- say that co~.
sidering the low class pf help provided
by the city and the theory Of Deputy
Commissioner of Public charities
Wright that 'periodic and ScmI-respu'.
sible drunks' are well fitted for attend.
ants In city hospitals 1t is surprising
that more cases of m~isbchavior have not
! been reported. IN. , mWI'fse -,t.f.
mends that more money he granted 'Ne
! Department of Public charities 20 that
a better class of dttcudln's can g., ,..
ployed.
The committee finds that quarantine
and ~.tion are limited 10y tNe
: structural facilities ON 'h. .~itiuI. ..'
that is "a condition. says the report for
which the city authorities are orly lr
part responsible because of the lack NJ
facilities which should be provided b,
the state. The committee recommends
that the state take over the Randall.
Island institution. Tn" rep rt"l tt E
ing conditions ~ the island NH
prompted the Investigation wcr' all IN.
known to the members and Officers ~
the state Board of charities. the r'p'r,
says
As to Mrs. Huuphy, the only reference
made to her j. that II was q sour,r Of
regret to the omn.tto that the Iuy'-t-
CATION was complicated by the charges
against her.
The members of the committee re
William t. stewart chairman Ii
stephen Smith. pr. j. Richard k..A
) and Horace Mcclure.
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ANOTHER SING SING ESCAPE.
Third In Five Weeks Results In
Quick Recnpture.

OssINING. y, V, July 1.-THE third
pris oner in Ave weeks sea ped from Sing
Sing to-doy. but unlike his predecessors
was recaptured in three hours.
This morning Daniel O'Day, serving
from siN to twenty-iour years for at
tempted murder. heard that the Court
OF Appeals had denied his application
for a retrial. Al : o'clock this after
moor he carefully arranged the last piece
of Warden Thomas Mott Osborne's wash
on the warden's law and went away.
Warden Osborne returned Don after
and found his laundry hut no prisoner
without sounding the prison whistle the
warden and some armed keepers started
in search of O'Day. After some time
Patrick Ross. a New York Central fore
man. pointed out the fugitive, hiding in
a tree beneath which they had been
passing.
Don't shoot. warden. I'll come
down." said O'Day. in the words OF Davy
Crockett's coon. He was brought back
and locked up. Ross will appear to-
morrow to claim two $50 rewards. one
offered by the state and one by the
LEAGUE.
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SAYS DYING WIFE CONFESSED
Convicted Husba nd Asserts An.
other Sent Poisoned Candy.

TRENTON. N. J.. July It,-Charles r.
Davenport of this city. who IL on parole
nom the State prison. where ne served
seven years Of a fifteen year sentence.
asserted to-day that he is now in a
position to establish his innocence and
dc guilt OF another man
Davenport was conyi ted OF having
rent poisoned candy to his daughter,
Josephine. II years old That was in
,H06. Davenport's wife killed herself
not long ago and he nov says that be-
fore she died she told friends that
another man than her husband sent the
to the child and that the desire
Was to put her husband nut of the way,
In advance of presenting what he as-
serts are the facts 10 the Prosecutor
Davenport refuses to disclose the name
Of the man in the case.
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MORMONS UPHOLD HER
AS ECCLES' PLURAL WIFE
Mrs. Geddes, Fighting for Son as Heir to Lumber Kings
Estate, Gets Support of Church Officials
Romance of Polygamy Revealed.

to him Il want these e"xcommunica-
ton proceedings dropped by Bishop
Bramel. Mrs. Geddes is my wire and a
good woman. That boy is my son, and
you tell President now that everything
is all right and I ask him to stop the
bishop from trying to make her tell
This testimony, coming from the Office
of the first presidency of the Mormon
church.. is of great weight with people
who live in Utah.
saw Her on Night of His Denth.
Mrs. Geddes has related how David
Eccles bought her a home in Salt Lake
and how he always contributed to her
support and the support OF her son. She
told Of his frequent visits to her home
and how even on the night of his death
he was at her home for dinner and
stayed until 10 o'clock. II was while
running for "A street car OH that night he
overexerted himself and dropped dead
on the street.
Neighbors of Mrs. Geddes in Plain
City and Salt Lake have been called as
witnesses and have testified hat David
Eccles referred to the boy as my son"
and that the boy called him papa"
More than "A score of letters have
been introduced in evidence. In which
she addressed Mr.. Eccles as dear
brother" and then asked for money to
pay bills. She explained that once she
wrote "A letter to him as husband and
that 1t fell into the hands of u member
OF the family and he had warned her
to address him AS brother" a Mormon
term of friendship.
Or. j. VI. Tanner. former president OF
the agricultural college and former
superintendent of church schools, testi-
fed that he was retained by David
Eccles to write a Latter Day Saint biog-
raphy Of lin. giving a history of his
connection with the church. In the
back Of these biographies. which are
private. is given a family list. Or. Tan
ner said that Mr.. Eccles requested that
the family list be omitted from his biog-
raphy, as he did not want to bring in
Mrs. Geddes and her son at that time.
The defence contends that while David
Eccles may have been the father OF
Albert Geddes he never acknowl-
edged him and that therefore the boy is
not entitled to share in the estate. On
the part Of the defence United States
Senator Reed Smoot was summoned to
TESTIFY a. To- matters In connection with
tho contest filed for his seat in the
Senate at the time of his first election.
Mrs. Geddes was "A witness in that
case, and she was asked IL a MIR. Echols'
was tho father Of her child. and she
replied, No" There was some differ
ence OF opinion AZ to whether the word
had been pronounced F.ccles or Echols
The transcript made II Echols. Sena-
tor Sinoot testified he remembered II as
! Eccles. Mrs. Geddes says that Mr.. Ec-
J cles had coached her how to testify
IN the hearing at Washington. and had
also seen the attorney who was ques-
tioning her and had him omit the name
David Eccles.
One of the incidents Of the trial was
the examination of II. NJ. Seigfret. for
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witnesses shall not he prosecuted for
perjury for their testimony or suffer
'any other forfeiture Mr.. Mcintyre
believes that the informers could switch
their story at such an investigation and
tina, they could nto be prosecuted as
perjurers for conflicting testimony and
that the stipulations of immunity given
TO them by District Attorney Whitman
before the first trial would still hold
good.
New Rose letter. Found.
There is a mass OF scattered testimony
which Mr.. Mcintyre believes would be
admissible at such an inquiry. Much
OF II has been published at one time or
another. A fresh bit which became
public yesterday was a letter received
by Becker's attorneys, alleged TO have
been written by Jack Rose when ne was
In the Tombs before the first trial. add
hitting that Bridgie Weber and Harry
WALTON had framed up Becker. John
y. Johnston OF the law firm was as
signed to investigate n letter.
Assistant District Attorney william
\. he Ford, who is on vacation at New
London. Conn, said last night that he
was wiling 10 return to New York at
any time IL called as a witness in the
John Doe proceedings.
He has refused to confer with any OF
Becker's lawyers in regard to the Mar
shall affidavit. II was said
81 do not n that / am the Assist
ant District Attorney referred TO in con-
| nection with tGe Marshall affidavit" Mr..
he Ford said. III I am informed that
| my attendance Is desired as a witness
in a legal proceeding begun for the pur-
pose Of determining whether a man
should be pu: to death | shall forthwith
| return to the Jurisdiction OF the State.
I consider this to be my duty both as
= man and \ public official. I have no
statement to make concerning my al.
legged knowledge OF any fact that may
bear upon the Justice of Becker's con-
viction'
Mr.. Cochran received the letter from
| another lawyer. II is known that the
letter is unsigned and that Mr.. John
ston's investigation will include a com
parison of Roses writing with that o!
the letter.
! Mr.. Cochran made the following state.
ment Yesterday:
"Considering the. awful position in
which he IL placed Becker begs the
press to refrain from attributing to him
any statements that are not made over
his W signature or any plans or pur'
poses that are not specifically avowed
by his counsel.
MIR. Cochran adds ~ this his own dis.
avowal Of the campaign Of publicity at
tributed to him by the newspapers. !.
has no qualifications for such a task and
never dreamed Of undertaking it,"
Mrs. Becker denied again yesterda,
that any statement her husband may
! give out will contain graft revelations.
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SALT LAkE ClTY, july l4.-Mrs' MAR
garet Goddess fight for a part OF the
millions OF the estate of the late David
Eccles and the establishment OF the
paternity of her sixteen-year-old son has
attracted greater attention in Utah than
any civil suit ever filed In the State.
The Mormon church influence Is being
given to the woman In the fight. as
David Eccles is declared to have called
at the offices of the church and to have
admitted the parentage of the boy. also
asking that accommodation proceed
ings which had been instituted by a
bishop OF the church be dropped be-
cause Mrs. Geddes was "a good woman"
A romano OF polygamy is woven into
the life OF Margaret Geddes. Twice she
had been a plural wife and twice she
had to conceal her name and the names
OF her children for fear that the men
to whom she was married might become
Involved not only with the laws OF the
different States In which she lived. but
also with the laws Of the Mormon
church, which. prior to her marriage to
David Eccles. had issued a manifesto
against polygamy.
The Eccles family is making the fight
agains; Mrs. Geddes in order to protect
the name of the late David Eccles, who
was known through the West AS the
sugar and lumber king. While the estate
Is appraised. that part In Utah only, nj
81. 200. 900. yet the holdings OF the
Eccles estate In various lumber compa-
MES and railroads in oregon is expected
A. t.... ~ IA az Ia IN
$50. 900. 900.
Mrs. Goddess ROmancea.
The story OF Margaret Geddes began
in 1854. She was an English girl who
was converted to the Mormon church By
W e. Geddes, a Mormon missionary.
lie was in the employ of David Eccles
at Baker. Ore, when Margaret Geddes
landed In the United states. and after
she came TO Utah he made love to her.
ard on the wttress stand Mrs. ieddes
testified that he proposed a plural mar
rage. He took her into his house and
In the presence OF his first wife and
children proposed that they be married
in the Mormon Temple at Logan. Utah
She consented and went to Oregon 10
1--we with Mr.. Geddes While there the
first child was born and she went undei
the name o. Mrs. Stewart IN order to
protect her husband. as there was mucf
feeling at the time against tne Morinon'
N eastern oregon seven 'hi'uieh "ei'
born.
DAVID Eccles vas the dominant figure
in the lumber company for which Geddes
WORKED Eastern 'Feeon az n'. '
was 4 VIA %vVu'trE' otue,s 49, 80.
cel'eu D! 'euueS ou' u'en'' ~. "n
rlnc storm Was rts'hs, ~ so '.o"u IN
camp 10 the NE. ~,
Oh lW' way -, 80, hy so,n,
q. 80. a,nihia ~ .ver hee-
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BANK CHANGES IT'S NAME.
Merchants ExchRnge viii BE
KNOW as Atlantic National.

The Merchants Exchange National
Bank, c57 Broadway. changes Its name
to-day to the Atlantic National Bank of
the City of New York. This bank IL ono
of the oldest In New York. having been
organized In 1899, and Is seventh In the
Clearing House. II became n national
bank in 1865,
The change Of title was made by the
shareholders with the approval OF the
Comptroller OF the Currency. but does
not affect the present organization or the
official stan Of the bank.
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BRINGS GIFT OF FRENCH.
Mrs. Coolidge Custodian Of Paint
inHs and ORA NinRs.

bias arrived in New York with a valuable
collection Of paintings and drawings by
the greatest artists OF France, presented
to the United States Government by the
Society of French Artists and Writers
in appreciation of the help extended by
Americans In france during the war.
Mrs. Coolidge, who before her mar
rage was Miss Helen q. Stevens Of
Andover. Mass. was appointed custodian
of the collection by the donors. The
paintings reached here OF the steamer
Rochambeau from Havre and wtll be de-
livered to officials of the State De
partment at Washington.
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COMMON SCOLD LAW USED.
Woman 10 Have Hearing Under
Ancient Jersey statute.

H~AcKENsAcK, y. j., July li~'harGed
under the old blue laws OF New Jersey
with being a common scold. Mrs. Mary
Guadiano, aged so, of Peetsburg, near
here, will rave a hearing before Justice
Edward NJ. Johnson at Hackensack to-
morrow.
The complainant is Mrs, Marie Luci-
ano, "A neighbor, and the chief witness
Is the Rev. Father de Nincentiis. Among
the many things complained OF Is that
Mrs. Guadiano did disturb the morals
and the peace of the community by
calling Mrs. Luciano names and saying
things harmful to her.
Both women belong to well to do
families.
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II was arranged for the marriage to
take place in the FIRST National Rank
of ogden. Of which EccleS was president,
but when theS arrived there EccleS took
the position that the place was too pub
lie and suggested that they GO to the
office of the ogden Lumber company
on the outskirts Of he town and hay"
the ceremony performed there. Mrs
Gcddes asserted or the stand that they
were met in the lumber ONCE ny
Apostle j. n. Merrill Of the Mormon
church. who is now dead, and that he
performed the ceremony. She recites
! that he used the plural marriage cere-
mony and instead Of joining them in
wedlock for eternity" he joined them
'only for time She told Of her en-
harrassment at meeting the first Mrs,
E,ccies and how the second Mrs. Eccles.
AN acknowledged plural wife Of the late
millionaire. who lives at Logan. was not
considered in the marriage ceremony.
From that time on until the death Of
Eccles IN December. 1912, he was a
frequent visitor at Mrs. Goddess house
In plain city. n small town north Of
Ogden. She told how I.ccles later
Brought he, to salt Lake, where a few
weeks later Albert ieddes, now l6
years old and the plaintiff in the case,
was born. She then returned to Plain
city with her child. Gossip was wild.
blS0bp IfNIu" p'"i''' W "'' ivy
brought accommodation proceedings
against Mrs. Geddcs because she would
not disclose the name of the father of
her child,
THIS incident caused great emharrass
ment to Mr.. Eccles. He even went TO
the office of the first presidency,
Lorenzo Snow then being at the head of
the church, and demanded that the ex-
communication proceedings he dropped,
president Snow was not in when he
called, but George r. Gibbs, who had
been secretary to the first presidency
under President Elias Woodruff, who
was in charge when the wedding took
place and who was said to wink a,
plural marriages, saw and talked will
him.
Mr., Gibbs testified that MIR. t.ccles saio