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These plans for the settlement OF DR..
l~lill!s's financial obllgations-the out
growth of speculations IN Alberni TIM
Der lands according to the best obtain
able estimates, place the debts at $780,
900. only half Of his amount is In
volved in the gold debenture bonds is
sued on the Alberni tract IN British CO.
lumbia, 10 the amount OF 100000 The
other half comprises. Il is sad, personal
loans to DIR. Hills for Investment in
other timber deals, some OF the loans
secured by collateral. some by personal
notes Endorsed by the pastor and others
absolutely unsecured.
Members OF the Plymouth Church who
seem best informed or the pastors tam
gled affairs do not expect that Dr.. Hills
VIII have to go To the predicted extreme
Of selling his $50, 600 home At 20 Mon
roe place, Brooklyn. The spec al COM
mittee OF Albcrui timber boudholdcrs is
Informed that IN n fair market Or.
Hiliis's timber holdings would not only
be sufficient to pay OF the 500. 600
bonds hut leave n substantial equity 10
himself and family In fact. it was sad
yesterday that If all DIR. Hillis's inter-
e>ts could be disposed OF properly. the
necessity for extreme personal sacrifice
on the part OF the pastor would not
exist.
II is not pr Ilillis's financial condition
that $ causing all the worry OF his
friends, II was learned yesterday that
the continued discussion OF hts business
enterprises and s~peculations in conuec-
ton with the threatened libel suit OF Or.
Ifillis's nephew does not ring pleasantly.
Many members OF Plymouth church who
heard Dr. H!lls's public statement of
his affairs on sunday read into IL deeper
Yesterday and We're disappointed to find
that he did not explain a single business
issue, the libel suit, or the public dis
cuss.on OF rs business dealings in the
last few months.
In this connection THE Sun reporter
learned that within the last few days
AN emissary from Or. Hills, said 10 he
acting with Dr. Hiliis's authority. Wis
tied Frank l.. Ferguson. the pastors
former attorney and business manage
for five years previous Ia last April. "a
know the terms upon which the whole
public discussion Of the r%cCtor's intricate
business DEALINGS could he fores'.llrd 10y
a settlement Of tho present difficulties
The terms, II is believed, were not imam
cIal oniy-the latter being merely a par,
of the proposal-but that Is all any one
would say. Mr.. Ferguson refused abso-
lu'ely to discuss the matter.
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The Plan tor settlement.

The plan that has been proposed for
the financial settlement therefore is this
InasmyCh as Dr. HlllIs's income IS
not sufficient to pay the annual timber
license fees on the Alherni tracts n
also TO pay interes. on the bonds ami
other obligations. DIR. Hills, IN order
10 prevent the reversion Of the licenses
TO the Canadian Government or litiCa-
tiou in other quarters, viii ask his
largest creditors OF SlnO. 600 to $1,000
TO take in full settlement Of their claims
a part of his tmh-r licenses. This
plan. it Is felt, would enable Dr. Hillis
to pay the fixed charges on the balance
Of the timber licenses and pay his in
torest TO his smaller creditors until the
timber could be sold later and the priu-
cipal paid of. This plan Will probably
be adopted.
Meanwhile the Mel suit Ponds. Percy
Hills. in reply To- a telegram wired 20
TUE SuN last night that A.s lawyer.
William Austen Moore, was his 0pokes-
a Mr.. Moore said that Or. lIIiiss
nephew was simply srct.ug a rt'gtciipu
and not amy par, Of Dr. II Hiss material
goods. Percy Il!llis viii allow the
twenty days to clapS" I'm which Dr.
ll'is may serve notice Of appearance
before filing a formal complaint. ~
showing proper authorization of the llhc.
SH'l''''i0 StIN'' 'H "'''N'N'A' M t'T-
guSon gave out Percy Hills : letter TO
Dear Uncle Dwight dated July %,
1915, BESIDES the paragraph before
prir'ed the lcttcr SAYS:
The letters came last night to-cther
with clippings from Chicago. New York
and Portland papers. In view of your
wires. saying Pay no attention 10 al
legged Interview Sc. | gathered that
YOU had not & Ven out the Information,
but your letter last night assumed fun
responsibility for it, and Judging from
the brooklyn EG'lc YOU must have been
fully aware that II was going 70 bee pub
l'shed in that paper and from that
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21
NEW HAVEN ROAD GUARDED.
VI ore Track walkers ont and Nio-
Hence Is Feared.

BRIDGEPORT. Conn. Sept. 2o-The
strike to-day Of the last Of the track
walkers and maintenance Of way men
between Norwalk and Milford on the
New Haven road has prcClpltatsd a scrl-
Gus situation Fearing tampcriug with
rails and ties railroad officials nave
called on High Sheriff Simeon Pease OF
Fairfield county and he has dozens OF
special deputies p~atrolliug the tracks.
While more than 100 men are on
strike nearly that number of deputies.
railroad police n constables are guard
ing the line, The strikers are asking
for Increased wages.
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ALBANY, Sept. 20.-The barest pos
sibility Of polluting the water supply
Of New York city by emptying the sew
age of the Mohansic State Hospital into
a stream leading into Croton Lake was
removed by Gov. Whitman tonight
after a hearing at which the opposition
10 the plan did not even put In an ap-
pearance.
The Governor hit upon a solution OF
the problem after he had heard the pro-
ponents of the scheme. among them
DR.. Herman NJ. Biggs, State Commits
sloner Of Health.
Mr.. whitman assured Mayor Mitchell
tonight that not an ounce OF sewage
from Mohansic would find its way
into the Croton reservoir. He intends
TO call upon the Legislature for an APP
preparation. probably S125,00O, with
which to erect "A pumping station at
Mohansic sufficiently powerful to carry
the eTluent from the proposed sewage
disposal plant to the Hudson River.
The annual maintenance OF such a plant
would be between $4,000 and 100000
! according to estimates made by State
Architect Lewis +. Pitcher.
II can assure you" the Governor
wrote TO the Mayor. that the mains
carrying the effluent from the disposal
plants to the Hudson River will be con-
structed by the State before the sewage
plants are put In operation"
The Governor reviewed the whole stu
alton at Mohansic In his letter to the
Mayor. While there was everything to
indicate that the Mohanslc sewage dis
possl plan. under which the effluent
would ultimately And Its way into
the Croton reservoir. would amply pro
tect the water supply OF New York
city, he Governor overstepped all these
assurances.
81 e~ympathlze," said the Governor
"as DO all who have had to do with
this matter, with the objection to this
procedure existing In New York city. and
feel that II is desirable that the add
tional safeguard be provided OF carry
ing the effluent OF these plants to the
Hudson River. and I shall take such
action as Is necessary TO bring about
this result without interfering with the
immediate construction OF the institu'
ton In question"
h assurance was surprising. In view
OF the fact that IA report made by emf
rent engineers on a commission named
by State Commissioner OF Health Biggs
had gone on record in IA report hat there
was not the slightest possibility Of con-
terminating the Croton water supply by
the emptying Of the efnuent from the
Mohansic disposal plant into the stream
leading to Croton.
This commission was composed Of Or
r. Mitchell Pruden. vice-chairman OF
the board of scientific directors OF the
Rockefeller Institute: George A. Whip
pie. professor OF sanitary engineering at
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology and Harvard Henry y. Ogden
deah of the faculty OF engineering OF
Cornell C.. L. A. Wilson. professor OF
public health at Yale. and Dr. william
II. Park. professor of bacteriology a,
New York University and director OF the
research laboratories of the New York
city Department of Health.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21
BARES HER FATHERS
SECRET IN WILL FIGHT
Charges Parent Took Second
Wife Cnlawfully in Con-
test for Fortune.

Through a suit fled in the Supreme
Court by Mrs. Ruth NJ. Holden OF Mel
rose Heights. Mass. To establish her
right TO a half interest in the estate o,
her uncle, Silas T.. IIubbell. who died
TWO years < at Daytona Beach. Fla,
II became known yesterday that Mrs.
Hoide based her claim on an alleged
agreement by her uncle to leave her half
OF his property If she would not bare
the dual life OF her father. When her
ncle's Will was filed she found that he
had left her only $4,000. An applica-
ton has been made in the Supreme Court
by counsel for the Hubbell estate to COM
pei Mrs. Holden to produce a copy OF the
alleged agreement.
The story told by Mrs. Holden in her
papers is that her father, Sidney Hub
bell, married Emma Hardness in 1861.
She and three other children were born
or the marriage. An e"strangement be-
tween Hubbell and his wife occurred
after the birth OF the last OF the four
children. Mrs, Holden alleges that her
father then left his family and went to
live with one Isabelle Maxwell, by whom
he had three children, now Maude bud
ley, Martha Roberts and Dorothy W
Mrs. Holden's father died in 1909. lie
left practically his entire estate to his
second family. Mrs. Holden and her
brothers, John A Hubbell of Denver and
Dr. Silas Hubbell OF Syracuse, got only
10000 each. The will refers to them as
children "by my first wife" Mrs Hol-
den alleges hat on the day before her
fathers will was offered for probate she
threatened 10 contest the Will. As a re-
suit of her threat she met her uncle in
b ~ - - a. -.l
ment was made by which he promised Ia
leave her half OF his property at his
death II she would not contest her
fathers will. Relying on this promise,
Mrs Holden says, she directed her at
torneys TO drop the contest,
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LOST HUSBAND HEARD FROM.
John tRriry of verona Found III
In Montreal.

VERONA, ~ j, Sept, 20,-The wife OF
John Carlcy, who disappeared from his
home two weeks ago. received a letter
to-day from Montreal saying that Car
ley had been found there suffering from
loss OF memory, A letter in his pocket
led to his Identification and also indi-
Gated that he had an acquaintance with
DR. Frank Pate OF iIawkesbury, Que.
DR., Patio was instructed by wire to
take charge Of Carley. Mrs, Carley is
preparing to leave for Montreal, She
will he accompanied by her siX-weeks-
old baby and a nurse. Carley is said Ia
have been Il munitions agent for the
Canadian Government, but his wife dos
not know that he had any such con
nection.
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of you n hero and martyr and continue
to make me the chief s~capegoat, the
role of which / am very tired.
II shall not join any other man in
attempting to harm YOU IL you are now
right and IL Mr.. Ferguson or any other
man attempts to defraud you OF n
money n anything in my possession
can help o YOU are welcome TO it, ana
I am writing Mr.. Ferguson TO hat effect.
| want to say right here that in all my
experience with Mr.. Ferguson l have
foundh him air n honorable
Doubt Cast on Letter.
Neither DR.. Hills nor his attorney,
Mr.. Hinrichs, was available yesterday.
MIR. Hinrlchs left for his homo at Wood
stock, Conn, soon after a talk With Or.
Hills in the morning Charles r. Lark.
another OF Dr. Hil.iss attorneys, denied
hat Dr. Hills ever received the fore
gong letter, but it was said IN other
quarters that he did. Dr. Hillis con-
fcIrcd with Mr.. Lark In the afternoon.
Tho pastor spent most Of the day in his
study at the Arbucklc Institute. Many
messages of sympathy poured in on hm.
one of them from William j. Bryan The
Bryan message as given out by Dr. Hills
follows
IL have just read tho morning news
papers and have been deeply impressed
10y your statement. You have done right.
and no matter how harsh critics may he.
remember there Is a sense ~ justice IN
the world that is all but wider than re-
liEiou itself.
You have male a host or friends in
this country. They have confidence IN
You and love YOU. But Won have more
friends to-day han you ever had be-
fore. / myself have been the subject Of
criticism and the centre Of storm, but !
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Robbins or to impute to him any guilty
knowledge or intent or violation OF law
whatever, my intention beng 10 bring TO
the attention of the court only such
facts regarding the case as seem to me
necessary to enable the court to UNDER
stand that the defences of the two de-
fendants In question are in substantial
respects radically different"
In support of the contention h a
Robbins reassured the directors as to
the legality of the absorption of many
OF the New Haven subsidiaries Mr.. Vic
tor quotes from the testimony before the
Interstate m IN Commission In
Washington given by william skinner,
who gancd immunity In the present
prosecution. MIR. skinner swore that
Robbins had Old the board that they
were not violating the sherman law
when they consolidated the various
means of transportation.
Excerpts from the report of the Inter
State Commerce Commission quoted by
BrOoker's lawyer tell of the alleged lead
ing part taken by Robbins in the Metro
politan deal and the s.nuous course
taken by the assets OF the Morse com
pany before they filtered into the hands
Of the New Haven.
In W~estchcster Deal.
Brooker in his petition says that he is
IS years Of age, a resident OF Ansonia,
Conn, and president OF the American
Brass Company. According to the o
ernmen he was on the New Haven board
from 1898 TO 1915, and during that time
was concerned in the purchase of the
W~estcheSter railroad franchise, in which
deal, 1t is said, about $4,000, 900 van
ished into thin air"
Brooker says that he was vice -presi'
lent of the Harlem River and Port.
chester and perhaps a few other sub
salaries He denies that he ever par
ticipatcd in or had any knowledge o.
the acts charged by the Government
lie says that in voting he always eXer
cised his best judgment and expressed
his views before casting his ballot, liz
likewise denies having received any
other compensation than his directors
fees.
He insists that I'm all matters OF i'm
portanCe Ne always took the advice o.
Robbins and his assistants in the legt
department of the New Haven as to tn,
legality and effect Of the proposed trans
actions. I'm the homes belief that sucl
counsel were, from their general train
ing and practice and from Continuou
and daily services IA the affairs of tn,
New Haven. familiar with the facts AM
learned in the law"
In every instance |, In good faith
relied upou such opinions and advice,
concludes B%rOoker.
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PACKERS TO SEE POLK TO-DAY.
win Ask a.. ~. To Intercede with
britain In Neat Case.

WAsIlNGroN, Sept 2O,-Acting Sec
Rotary of state Polk will receive a dele
Cation representing Chicago packers to-
morrow relative to the judgment OF the
british prize court cOnfiscating SIS. 900,
90" worth Of American packing house
products
II is the understanding that the dele
cation which win lie made up OF attor-
u'vs representing practically All the big
packing houses IN chicago win ask I e
G"v"rumcnt to iutcrcedc with the British
authorities IN the case.
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Mr.. Ferguson Is admitted by pr
IIillis's friends to tp 'he one who knows
more about the pastors business affairs
than any other man. For several years
lie was chairman OF the board OF trus-
tees OF the church, and for FIVE years he
was Or, l|iillis's attorney and handled
al, OF Dr. Hi,lis's business affairs. He
and DR.. Huns broke friendly relations
last April, but II was said Yesterday that
not a few Of the influential members Of
Ply mouth Concrcgation stand with Mr.
Ferguson IN his recent differences with
Or. Hills.
u was asked TO be attorney FOR Or
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21
KILLS WIFE AND ESCAPES.
Three children Witness Tragedy
on Stoop of Brooklyn Home.

Mrs. Hannah 0oran. 36 years old,
was shot five times by her husband, Ed
ward Doran, last night while she was
sitting on the doorstep Of her home, 422
Pacific street, with her three children,
She died instantly. Doran escaped after
he was chased two blocks,
j. NJ. Fillmore, a boarder, said he was
IN the house shaving when Doran and
his wife were talking loudly on the front
stoop. Suddenly he heard Ave shots, fol-
lowed by "A shrill scream. The assail-
ant, Fillmore said, al through the hall
to the rear yard and climbed over a
fence.
Two policemen h saw the man run
ming through Dean street pursued him
two blocks when he jumped on a trolley
car at bergen street and escaped.
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STRICKEN IN CAB, DIES.


Henry h, Brown, for many years man
ager of Drake Bros, stockholders, was
taken i'll in a taNicah Yesterday after
noon and died soon aftorward in Gouve-
Eeur Hospital.
Mr.. Brown was on his way to his
home at 1889 Pacific street. Brooklyn,
when at Buwory and Hester street Inc
suddenly suffered an attack OF heart
trouble. lie was widely known I'm the
financial district, and was born In Ire
land siNty-sevcn years x He came
to his country when "A child Of 8 with
his parents, He is survived by a widow
and five children.
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The Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hilliss
creditors among the distinguished mem
bers of Plymouth Church are making
hurried plans to forestall any further
discussion of the business ventures of
their pastor. who confessed from his
pulpit on Sunday morning that in those
ventures he had strayed from his ideals.
Their haste is by way of settling his
financial obligations before the $4,000
libel suit of DR.. Hillis's nephew, Percy
ID. Hills. comes to trial-if 1t ever gets
that far-but the answer to their hope
from that quarter yesterday was a letter
demanding a public retractlon OF the
minister's alleged libellous statements
last July.
That interview must be denied in
toto,' reads the letter OF Percy Hills to
his uncle, made public yesterday, with
the same publicity with which it was
given out, or l shall be forced to take
action TO compel you to prove your
statements TO protect my name. 1t may
be a late date to start such proceedings,
but / have always believed that the day
would come when you would admit
your mistakes and not seek to
make me the goat for all of them"
There Is in the letter besides that
pertinent paragraph a yelled hin Of the
seriousness of the present discussion 10
the congregation OF plymouth Church.
The progress Of the plans TO adjust DR..
Hillis's financial Indebtedness without
litigation promised yesterday to be sue
c,ssful, but at the same time Il was said
DIR. Hillis's confession on sunday was
read in cold type by the congregation
yesterday with emotions which the
members did not feel when its dramatic
fDrce struck them during It's delivery.
Ii was said too that many Of the
leaders of the church did not hear 1t on
Sunday morning.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-13
Substitute for Horn.

A cheap and easily made substitute
for horn can be made of wheat flour
and sodium silicate. This substitute
is very hard and strong and, by insert
ing organic dye into the composition
while mixing, it can be colored to imi-
tate almost any kind of horn sub
stance. The compound is made by
mixing 10 parts (by volume) of So
dunn silicate Gao degrees Baume) with
distilled water, and then stirring the
resultant liquid into a thick paste
with fine white wheat -four. The mass
is then allowed to stand for three
weeks, during which time it undergoes
chemical reaction that produces a
hard. hornlike substance. This COM
position can be nodded without pres
sure when first made and turned and
machined like brass after it has set.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-13
NEW COLORS ARE PROMISED
Already Fashion Is Determining What
Shade Shall Be Worn During Fall
and Winter Months.

From the Rodier collection of fab
RIGS for fall and winter wear we find
That the colors are quite as important
Is the fabrics. All the pansy shades
u the highest of the violet tones, with
all the intermediate shades, including
clauve and lavender, will be in de-
nand. These shades, it is said, are
particularly beautiful in the new
pile FABRICS. especially the new vel
vet weave known as "panecia"
Ranging from the deep rich shade
OF bordeaux TO the old-fashioned wine
color are the reds that will brighten
the dull winter months for the many
who prefer the warm colors. In the
new Rodier fabrics that combine both
silk and velvet these red hues are par
ticularly successful. From the begin
ming OF the war il was almost impos-
sible TO keep enough soldat blue TO
supply the demand, and il is said that
America has had very little of this
soft and beautiful shade of blue. Every
tone that bore the slightest resem-
blance 10 the soldiers uniform was so
much in demand that there is little
reason 10 doubt that il will be a most
popular color for winter. In panecia
this shade is charming All the vary
ing shades OF marine and soldier blue
will be obtained in the new fabrics.
There are many browns, with a new
one in the market that will be sure TO
be desired Ii is a light brown re-
sembling. IL is said. the color of hazel
nuts.
The novelties in color combinations
include stripes OF two colors. with
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-13

is selling for fifteen dollars through
the cheaper ready-to-wear DEPART
mentS.
There are manufacturers models in
plenty in America already. Those
who sell to the trade that pours into
New York in July to get the fall ma
terials, hats and gowns must be
served. Why that flood does not wait
until September is not a question for
an amateur to settle by an answer.
There are certain dressmakers. ca
toring TO a large trade that does not
dwell in or near New York. who also
hurry home with a few models, buy
others from the manufacturers, and
get their autumn business off their
hands almost before one knows that
October is coming.
This variety of clothes has been
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-13
STYLES FOR THE FALL
PARIS OPENINGS PUT OFF UNTIL
FIRST OF AUGUST.
Flatfened Hips Hlnted at In Advance
Models-SiIver Lining to Over
shadowing Cloud of Full
Skirts.

The majority of the leading houses
In Paris put on the dress openings OF
the season until the first of this
month. although we were promised ell
the news OF clothes by the second
week OF July.
what the reason was for the change
In dates-whether the paucity of
American buyers in Paris early in the
month OF July, or the difficulty OF get
ting ready a new set of models after
the manufacturers had depleted the
hrst SETS of little Importance 10
the question at large: the result is
very satisfying to those buyers and
sellers who want new clothes for the
winter and not for the summer.
The one thing that the specialists
strive for is to get their frocks be-
fore the public who wants the last
thing from Paris and open the way
for the manufacturers to copy these
styles at once; the sooner the better,
Tor the moment French style is run
TO ground, the specialists have the
chance TO sell new and complete set
OF fashions to the world of women
who will no longer wear a style that
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-13
Lawyer Blind From Birth.

Blind from birth, yet successfully
passing the bar examination before
the state supreme court, is the record
of Ole II. Flow of Pierre, S. d. Flow
is native of South Dakota and has
made his way regardless of his handi-
cap for many years.
Procuring copy of Blackstone, he
memorized it from readings by his sis
ter. He then joined fortunes with an.
other young aspirant for the bar and
they have worked together until both
passed the examination. Flow wrote
out his answers to the questions read
him by one of the court stenographers,
using an ordinary typewriter.