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The Society of Colonial Mars in the
State of New York viii hold IFS twenty
second auuua dinner mex Tuesday eve
ming at lclmonico'S. Thc speakers viii
w. the governor Of the society, Ma ior
y 'nry n;anscvo0rt Sanford James NJ,
Itpck, c~-tnited States Assistant Attpr-
Mv-Gcnrrul Charles Hitchcock Sheriff.,
former Minister to the Argentine. ami
Major John H., Fitzpatrick, y, q. \, j.
The committee of stewards IN charge of
III" dinner are Royal Il. T.. Riggs, chair
man Theodore Roosevelt Pell, Give l.iv-
iiigston Du Val. Henry Breyoort Cam
non, Frederic Il. Keator and Howard 4.
kinGsbury.
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breaks Her Back Tr.inR to Escape

Irene Batcmau. - years old. of go
East torty first street, tr"ti Z" c>cap"
last night from Ia" House a. 'ioud Shcp-
herd. Avenue \ and kighty-niuth st:"':.
and slipped from the fire escape. on the
second floor To the stone courtyard. li"r
spine was fracturcd. she was taken to
Bellevue Hospital.
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YOUNG MEMS SUITS
BUSINESS MEMS SUITS
SUIrSFOR THE MORNING
EVENING CLOTHES
'Twixt Trousers
and Shoes

Just enough of a mans
socks may be seen to give
an indication of his stand
ard in dress.
Some French silk socks
which have just come in
will give the wearer of any
of them the proper stand
ing anywhere.
Black, plain, with raised
stripe effects, and single
or 3-cord clocking; and
some erays and colors; Sc,
$a.so, So. $3.50, So pair.
Burlington Arcade floor,
New Bldg.
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began to form just before this picture was taken. 1t rose and spread
until it joined the sides of the canal. The mass in the background,
through which a narrow channel had just been blasted, came up first
a IS an island and grew until it blocked the entire canal ut this point.
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4. =. supreme Court To- Recess.

WAsIttNGruN. Nov. S.-The supreme
Court viii TAX. a recess Monday next
until Monday. the 18th instant, the usual
Thanksgiving recess.
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Rought Road as Investment.

Questioned 10y X l.. Bats, Special
Assistant Attorney General. Mr.. Chaplin
eaid he had bought the Central New
England Railroad at foreclosure in 1899
as AN investment. His only business
nov T. farmer up in Sullivan County.
n. V"
The Central New England. II VAS az
planned. is the road which owns the
p~oughkcepsic Bridge and was Intended
60 run into Springfield. connecting with
the Boston and Albany. 1t did not get
into Springfield because Of a strip or
land known a. the Montague farm,
which prevented a direct entrance into
the city. lie could not get across IT..
Mr.. chaplin said that when he could
not get over the strip he went around.
~hcieupon the railroad capitulated and
allowed him to come in over the Bos-
ton and Albany Bridge and into the CEN
trail station. .
ON cross-examination the witness said
ne mad bought tn. road for s3.soo.o 900 In
1899 and sold 1t four years later Tor w.
S5O.0oo. This WAS not as much As ne
Wanted. hui it was all he could get.
He had Dough. it az an investment
and the road was for sale from the mo
men, h. got it. Mr.. Chaplin said II
was nothing unusual FOR u railroad TO
fight aao;hcr rT,ilroad. lie had been IN
fights All hi, guinness life, both IN rail-
ro,ds and steamships.
II. ,;oycrumcnt did not Ike TINS nut
Sir. Bats on redirect examination could
nos get the witness to change anything
and he was allowed TO go.
After George :. Schoteid' attorney
sor the Flagler estate and Inc Florida
East Coast Railroad. had identified the
eigna;ures % the late II NJ. Flagler ana
y. VI. Parrot. president of me read
aIs. Mellcn was recalled ana all IN the
80. ...,,, laaNr fhlf tho CRITICAL D0l,y
cf Tho Governments case had been
reached. Tho conspiracy in which all
the defendants were alleged TO AVE
Joined was to be proved before the Wit
ness lcf, the stand or the entire case
WIS to .ail.
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The Aristocrats
of Overcoats

The Montagnac, made of
the montagnac cloth which
comes from Sedan. Which
came, would be more cor
rect; for none is coming
over now. America must
get along with what mon-
tagnac overcoats are here.
Fortunately. we have a
good quantity at SIS each;
lined with satin, with silk
velvet collars, piped with
velvet.
They never 60 out of
fashion.
Burlington Arcade Hoor,
New Bldg.
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Answers In One syllable.

1t had been thought that Mr.. Mellen
would be allowed to give his second
Stage testimony in narrative form. but
81 developed that IL was to go on much
as II had I'm the ii1st stage. Mr.. Mellen
would answer in a syllable and the
Government would read for twenty min
Ntcs. II WAS apparent that the Govern
nlent had not been altogether pleased ~
Mr.. chapin's testimony in the morning.
il kept hammeilng al the Central New
England with minutes or letters written
back in 1899.
There WAS Il SHIFT thereafter to SPRING
field, the Hartford and Connecticut West
ern Railroad and the t~rolleys. Under
date Of November -. 1889, President
Hall wrote To T., u. Robin. that lItirn.
tion then pending was important, and
wanted 10 know If the Connecticut law
ser did not want the assistance of
Judge Stoddard. Nj. Robbins ap-
pearcd TO he on the job, as evidenced by
his answer written the following day.
My dear judge Hail." Mr.. Robbins
wrote. Il learned last night. about &
O'Clock, that there was a plan to nat
The L. =. mail ON tho railroad
across tho Montague land ,~Sprlngtcld,.
] did not dare to wait twcntN-fCur hours
! got out an injunction more hastily
than ] like it-fJuud Judge Prentice
with some diffi"ulty-huntcd up an uili-
''f ana placed the writ IN his hands
at nay Office at ! \ NJ This morning
'arlN went out and took
NJ the trach. | feel II WAS my duty
20 take the responsibility of using nv
best judgment IN an emergency and I
acted.
II got your letter in the
legal fight against the trolley from New
Britain To Hartford. ] had five lawyers
against me, | remember SAYING then
that ] did not care how many lawyers
had against me-, but ] did not want
600 many with nc"
there are fourteen or more law
ycrs for the defence and four or five
for the Government this brought "A laugh.
during which even Judge Hunt Joined.
Mr., Mellcn WAS allowed to remember
elter TINS an agreement entered into
the Central New England and
the Boston and Albany. in May. 1898,
whereby the former got into Spring
field over the Boston and Albany hridg,
through tho yards and into the Sprinp-
iicld station. II cost the ~,,uUtral New
England about s33.0 900 Il ye,r. ~.is wit
ness did not thin. :hse excessive. II
wah IN effect, "lre, fc left the presi-
usncy o. the New Haven in 1913.
Following this came the correspon.
dsnce between Mr.. Mcllen and Judge Hall
\ n 1900. in which the witness recom-
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Mir. Bats first asked the witness II he
had received a letter from Judge John
NJ. Hall while he was president NJ the
Northern Pacific in Omaha A. to the
advisabllity Of buying the Central New
England Railroad. The witness replied
;n the affirmative. whcreupon this let
ter was read. The leiief
the purchase of the road, which owned
the p~oughkeepsie bridge. Various min
Utcs were read thereafter showing the
Steps taken to acquire the road.
Then Mr.. Bats asked the witness
what territory would be affected by COM
petition OF the Central New England.
Tho answer was the connecticut Valley
north of Springfield, which took in "A num-
he, OF llrg" manufacturing towns. Then
81 developed that "A report made in 1893
which recommended the purchase was
voted down by the board Of New Haven
directors and the Government wa ac-
Cuscd If unfairness. Richard V. Linda
bury finally made Mr.. Bats admit; that
the road was not bought until 1903. but
the Special Assistant .\ttOrney-General
Sontended that there was IA connection.
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FOUGHTNEW HAVEN
AT PROFIT, ADMITS
| CHESTER W. CHAPLIN
Shipping Mans Testimony in
Conspiracy Case Is
Blow to L. s.
MEILEN Is on STAND
AGAIN: LETTERS READ

Charles :. Mellen took the witness
stand at noon yesterday for the second
round OF his testimony for the Govern
ment in the case of the eleven ex-diiec-
tors of the New Haven on trial In the
United States District Court charged
with having conspired to monopolizc the
transportation facilities of New England.
lie was on the stand when Judge Hunt
ordered an adjournment until 10 80
o'clock this morning. but he had not
said very much. At long intervals he
had Identified a letter or "A signature
which the Government read, but that
was all. lie will I've on the stand for
many days this time. not only in direct
examination but in Cruss-cNainiuation
which will be conducted by Charles l..
Choate of Boston.
Before Mr.. Melicn appeared the Gov
IN had passed through annthe,
trying period when one Of its Witnesses
gave. without reluctance. 80 IA ~ could
Nc perceived. testimony which the de-
fence received with manifest JOY. This
witness was Chester W. chaplin OF the
family which has been known in Sound
shipping circles for seyenty-iive years
or more. Mr.. Chaplin, like Frank J. NJ.
Denbaugh, who vas on the stand last
week, acknowledged he had fought the
New Haven Railroad Company at "a
profit 10 himself nj did not appear to
treasure any hard feelings.
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I HIS photograph, taken October 26, near Gold Hill, pictures wildly
the problem confronting the canal officials. Rock and earth have
moved down from the heights on either side and forced the mud at the
bottom up out of the water. In the foreground is an island which
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Have You
Forgotten?

Were there not days in
the summer when skies
were blue and links were
green, and ladies were fair,
and somebody lined out a
corking drive, and you-
Hubbed.
Were there not sliced
irons. topped approaches,
missed puts. which put
you out of the running in
a match?
How much would you
have given not to have
made some Of your mis-
takes at golf?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-22
AIRSHIP TO RESCUE
STEFANSS0N ASKED
Explorers Secretary Appeals to
Canada-ExpeditiOn Al
ready Planned.

OTTAWA, Jan. 2i-The Naval Service
Department has been asked by Burt NJ
Mcdonnell, who was secretary TO Stefans-
son and meteorological of the Canadian
Arctic expedition. 10 buy two hydrOaero-
planes for the use OF searching party for
Stefansson and his two companions. Nc
Council feels sure that the three men are
still alive.
The other eight men who got separated
from the main party after the sinking OF
the Karluk year ago last Monday and
who could not he found last year might
also he located by means OF the hydro
aeroplanes, Mcconnell thinks
Before leaving here to-day for New
York he said that II the Canadian Gov
eminent did not send a searching party
he would appeal b. the United State,
Government.
The reply n the Naval Service De-
partment Is that there IL no doubt that
the party Of eight men are lost As
far a. Stefansson and his two companions,
Anderson and Storkerson are concerned,
there IL no reason TO believe that they
have not carried out the plans they had
mapped and are still SAT-.
Arrangements have been made already
for an expedition to search for them.
Capt, Anderson, who had charge of one
section Of tle original expedition. has
three ships on the Canadian Arctic coast
just east OF Alaska. and they will set
out for the three men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-22
URGES ALLIES TO SUE
FOR AMERICAN SUPPORT
DR.. Dcrnburg's Propaganda Is
Succeeding. Says the Lon
don "Daily Mail"
Specie, cable Despa,eh 10 Tn. srs

LONDON, Jan. 22.-The DnilU Man
prints prominently long despatch from
It's New York correspondent criticislng the
propaganda Of Or. Bernhard ,Dernburg.
which. ne says, IL succeeding.
The correspondent urges the Allies 20
consider counter move.
The DdiB Mail ed!torially contends that
while the Allies. In Difference 90 the wish
for neutrality OF mind. speech, will and
action nave ahstained from an organized
attempt - influence American oIsnion,
German agents aN conducting an un-
sparing campaign They have drilled
the German Americans into a vast shout
ing machine" says the paper. "They
have tried ~ intimidate the State Depart
ment and have endeavored TO create an
atmosphere in which the forging of pass
ports and inccndlary attacks on factories
and ships engaged in supplying the needs
OF the Allies may seem to be patriotic
performances.
These developments must MI .hought-
full Americans with many apprenensions
The separation of German Americans
from tho main body Of the States citizen
ship and their organization into ra-
cially soid faction with divided allegiance
appears to be "A high price TO pay for
the pleasure of continuing to extend 10
Dernburg and his associates hospitality
and liberty which they have abused,
That however, Is a matter for American
decision"
Tho Daily HdH believes the Allies can
count on tho continuous support OF all
that IL best In the United States. It
attributes much of the shipping and
contraband difficulty 10 the procra gtina-
ton Of Great Britain AT the beginning OF
the war In dealing with American
grievances.
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George w. Perkins.
Continued from First Page

lation along humanitarian lines Surely
no man VINO has been successful can be
happy when he realizes the condition OF
the workers. To remedy these conditions
IL too big Job for either the state or the
employer There must be cuoperation OF
the national Government. the state Gov
ernmeAts, the employer and the workers
themselves
we must see that the worker no, only
gets sufficient wages but niso that no go, .
some OF tn" comforts and Injuries Of lie.
This commission IL a good thing TO that
end. have always felt that way. I
believe In the decentralization OF industry.
No fair or just condition can b. brought
about until the employee has voice In
settling these matters"
Mr. Guggenhe!m said that phllanthropic
orga n'zations had affected conditions very
slightly and that "only when tho Federal
and State Governments take up the mat
ter OF the unemployed and the care ~
the unit VII conditions improve"
This MAJ sound socialistlc." he said
''bu. these are my views. Philanthropy
must be dcmocrat!zed. The State must
raise the money by taxing the large ss-
tates when those who have them die The
evil Of private benevolence Ia that YOU
pauperize people. Men and women don't
want charity. they are human beings,
not dogs. and what they do want Ia a
chance to work But much good is being
done for the present through phuan-
ghropic foundations
There ls another hing We must
teach people how 20 save. The great
majority OF working mon and women
don't know how to save II is a difficult
thing to learn. believe therefore in
profit sharing schemes and in holding up
BONUSES until the end ~ the year, be-
cause the larger the amount received at
one time the more likely people are to
hang on 70 Z:
We would he better on IL more people
would save their money. That would i'm
prove the unrest among workers because
Just as soon as man has anything he
begins to change. The greater part Of
the working people are thriftless"
Mr.. Perkins prefaced his testimony by
reading into the record a statement; OF his
beliefs On certain general questions. The
following Passages are taken from this
statement.
~ do not believe that competition IL any
longer the life OF trade II is clear that
driven TO Its logical end gave
&c :hc G--ca:shcr. child Labor, iors hours
or .abor. unsanltary labor conditions, and
bred strife between employer and en-
ployee
II have long believed that cooperation
through large Industrial units. properly
supervised and regulated by the Federal
Government. Is tine only method OF eliml-
mating tho abuses from which labor has
suffered under the competitive method Il
believe In this 70" both labor and capital
hut as In both cases the result places arCe
power in the hands OF a few men | be-
lieve that such organizations should be
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REJECTS NURSES STORY
IN SLINGSBY HEARING
Testimony That Anderson WO-
man Was Disputed Child's
Mother Ruled Out.
Special Gable Despateh TO TEE srr.


LONDON, Jan. 2i-The hearing OF the
formerly OF the Royal Navy. now OF San
Francisco. is seeking to establish the
legitimacy OF child whom he claims as
his own In order that the boy may in
herit an English estate. was resumed
in the Probate Court to-day.
The claim is opposed by other heirs
who declare that the child is a change
ling and that 4 vas substituted for the
infant Of Lieut.. Sllresby and his wife
n the boy is declared to be legitimate
he will inherit $4,000 4 year
Justice Dean, at the opening OF to-
days hearing, commented strongly on
tho evidence OF two witnesses, whom.
he said. ne would put out OF the case.
They were the nurse. Hattie Blain. and
DR.. Frazer OF the Chinatown section
that a woman named Anderson was the
mother OF the child which had been
adopted by Mrs. Slngsby. The Jus
tlce said that Mrs. Balm and DR.. Fraser
were witnesses OF such character that
he was not prepared 10 believe them on
oath.
Mr. Waugh. NJ counsel for those con-
testing the claim, IN concluding his ar
gument said he made no suggestion
against c. r. Slingsby. who had been
persuaded By his wife 20 believe her
story He submitted that the claim de-
pended upon the unconArmed testimony
Of Mrs. Sllngsby. This, he commended
was not sufficient to satisfy the court
that a claim had been established
Henry T.. Duke, VI. p. counsel for
the Slingsbys, contended that there was
no fair ground for depriving the boy OF
the parentage TO which by the state
ment of his father and mother he was
entitled, Tho case was then adjourned
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-22
CHILD, HIT BY AUTO, MAY DIE.
Man succumbs 20 Heart Disease
After BeinE Nearly Hun Down.

Frances Stein. : years old. OF i47 Man
haitian avenue, williamsburg was run
over yesterday at Leonard and Boerum
streets BY an automobile belonging TO
Alderman william p, McGarry OF 143
Noble street and operated by his son, Syl-
vester The car was going at moderate
speed when the child stepped from be-
hind a wagon directly In front OF II. Her
skull WAS fractured and she was inter-
nhllv hurt. She was taken To ST. Cath
crimes Hospital. where II was thought
that she would die.
While Henry W. Vogei OF 1874 South
Ninth street Williamsburg, was crossing
Division avenue. near briggs avenue, yes
terday he narrowly escaped being run
down by an automobile going TO the
Williamsburg Bridge, The shock fol-
lowing his narrow escape from injury
brought on an attack OF heart trouble and
ne uied in an ambulance on tho way 20
the Eastern District Hospital, He was
born In Germany seventy three years ago
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-22
AUTOPSY ON VICTIM.
o"rmHn Patty Killed by Revolver
Bullet, Like AIeosandro.

Eif2AarTH, y. Jo Jan 2i.--An autopsy
on Yin" body of Curman Patty, second vic
I'm ~ .to Roosevelt strike. was performed
,' ID. Edgar Carroll, county physician Of
N''H. on. tonight. Or, Carroll declared
'"'' death was due to peritOnitis. caused
NY q bullet hat had passed through the
oi'H |r r.. NJ. Hoffman Of New Bruins
WICK assisted Or, Carroll. As in tho
vase "' \.ro~andro, the first victim. Patty
1.'N 'fuu "A wound inflicted by a revolver
I" Elizabeth morPue authorities have
,'''.v"d instructions to send the body Of
''' tomorrow morning 10 Anthony
'' ~, 4 ""puew Of the dead striker at
N' '0- tSneoi. VINO resid,s IN Hdyonne,
A'.. i'.rlglt that the funeral % Patty
would ,af. place saturday morning At the
''n- time 49, that OF Aleosandrn and
""u.H Too public At both the AleNian
... General hospitals II was announced
,'"' 'r condition Of the wounded re-
pr mod t1c same and that none was IN
'Nn.a|at, danger
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QUAKE SUFFERERS
RECEIVE S6,OOO,OOO
Hundreds Of Nameless Babies
From Stricken Area Take
to Asylums.
Special Gable D,spateh 70 ", Sc,

ROME, Jan. 21.-The Italian Govern
ment has appropriated 30 600, 900 ilrg
t6,00o.00 for the relief OF the earth.
quake sufferers and the expectation Il
that the work will soon be on a salts
factory basis in every district
Five hundred and nifty lost orphan
children. mostly babies. and all name
less. were brought here this afternoon
from the quake area. Such as were In
Jured were taken to the Queens Hospi-
tai NJ the Quirlnal. The others were
placed In asyiums and converts. where
moro than 5000 had been sheltered pre-
Yously. Efforts are being made to clothe
all the children. who were half clad when
rescued and who were wrapped in blank
cts and army topcoatH by the soldier.
who found them
survey Of the damage done 70 build
ings In Rome shows that the Cathedral
or Orvieto. the Pspal Palace. the Law
courts and the churches OF 81. clare. s,
Juvehal and the Annunciation suffered
slightly, the walls being cracked In some
cases
Shacks for the homeless are boins
erected In the shaken zone as rapidly az
lumber and labor can be obtained Larsa
sums VII! be required to repair buildings
ana roads and 90 restore traffic and the
business and agricultural life. One r,lier
method suggested II the remission OF GER
tain taxes. Other measures proposed for
the earthquake area are a moratorium
Tor I'VE months for bills OF exchange and
commercial paper in tho province az
Aqulla and the district OF Sora and IN.
guaranteeing Of the salaries OF school
teachers.
LONDON, Jan. ga despatca, from,
Madrid says that on January an earth
quake occurred which did great damage
Spain.
Eighteen villages suffered and In one
n score OF persons were killed
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5000 FOR AUTOGRAPH LETTER.
Marguerite de Nnvsrrc's Brings
THAT sum In Joline Sale.

In the sale OF the Joline Library now
proceeding in the Anderson Galleries. the
best price OF Yesterdays session was 5000
paid by j. H. Moeller for No. s02, an
AUTOGRAPH letter OF Marguerite de Ma
yarre.
George y. Smith gave s57 for No sO7
q document that had been signed twice by
Marie Antolnette James f.. Drake, Inc,
bought No. 500, an Arabic manuscript
Koran, for Sal, and No. 1904. an edition
de luxe OF Walter Pater for t7l r. W.
Norris paid $3.50 for No, 975. Canning.
hams Life of Nell Gwyn, extra illustrated,
ana Brentnne's gave s47 for No, 9G5. Me
moirs Of Napoleon, dictated by him to
Generals Montholon and Gourgaud
The total for the session was 81, 900,
making "a Joiine sale 10 date SIo,s4275
The al continues to-day.
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NEW YORKER SHOOTS TWO.
kIIis Toledo Detective and Fatally
wounds Girl.

TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 2l,--Peter Scri bner
OF New York shot and instantly killed
Detective Barteck and fatally wounded
Psulina Minnius. his sweetheart, also Of
New York. IN street fight here tonight
Scr.bner and the girl came 10 Toledo from
New York about two weeks ago. They
lived at neighboring roOm!ng houses, ac-
cording to Police CHIEF Murphy.
ScriDner became jealous over the girls
attentions to other men and Wilt he met
her tonight h. shot her three times one
bullet split the cheek bone. another lodged
IN the neck and the third IN the back
she will probably die.
Scribner ran, but met Detective Bar
tecki, whom he Killed with one shot
through the heart lie escaped in the
excitement bur was arrested an hour later
as he was buying ticket FOR New York