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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30

as former Justice william willets. !g'.
tice Joe Rotolo, the theatrical snEeI
and other stern jurists. 81,
Two ex-convicts and Deputy "aIus.
Spencer Miller, OF Sing Sing, spo.'
from the same platform at Plesssny
vile last night 10 about I'VE nunoi.s
citizens in the High School auditorium
at a mass meeting TO discuss the sSlv'
of the Westchester grand jury IN ne =,
ing evidence against Thomas Mo' w
borne. a.
Harry Volaski, valet Of Warden Us u.
borne, was one of the speakers; ~
entered Sing Sing at the age Oh ~
teen and remained there foF SCI"
years, being later transferred 70 c az
burn, and then retrapsferred 70 S' ~
Sing when Osborne took charge;
said: when | was in Auburn ! ~
no idea of staying straight NY on,,
idea was TO get even when ! got ou.'
The old system didn't give US a ens ',i,.
When I was first in Sing sing ssss nv
were FIVE times as common Is ut II
are now, and no one ever nesiu y,
them. The District Attorney hs'e
said anything then" o.,o.
Phillip Able, who was released oe'.f,
Der 81, was even stronger IN p1si'e
the Osborne methods. Liam
81 believe the object Of Pile,
should be to benefit the prisoners rs's ne
than to harm them. Where was A.
District Attorney when Ryan rsgea -
Sing Sing while the shops were o' -,
ing? Where was he when riot III "
mess hall was a regular Saturday nis ~,
occurrence and 1900 bow IS were N . ~,
air at once? Have you heard Of ar an
riots since Mr.. Osborne has oeeh
the Job? william J. Cummins 20
never in a cell until Osborne CAM so,,
Sing Sing. Now, two months D w.r,,
Cummins's sentence expires, ne wan"
to save the State OF New YORK
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30

man, probably the inmate OF an up
state asylum. The contents, in part
Of all the letters are as follows:
Write you at random, being an en-
tire stranger to you, to put you wise
TO the fact that he is my husband and
father of my babies (twins) six months
old: what his offence is useless to re-
late: however, he was forced TO marry
me bv the irate father at the point OF
a shotgun. How can you claim others
property? He is very much married
person indeed.
"How he evidently had the cast iron
nerve to pose as single fellow can
not understand. De left me, soon after
my twins were born, for six months
saving he would then return, though
have never heard from him since: ~
is only recently that learned OF his
whereabouts, and will now make II
hard for you both so you better drop
him at once or there Will be io'
of trouble. He is all mine, alone.
Of the twenty-five letters, the ma
jority were posted in the lower part
of this city, and the rest at towns with
in 200 miles of New York. About SIX
were mailed in the neighborhood OF an
insane asylum, giving rise to the oeliei
that the writer is now an inmate.
The names of the recipients are with
held by the government, but 1t IS
known that most of the girls ,-e OF
social prominence, some members oil
New York's leading families. Mrs.
Claude f. Thomson, bride of one of the
Federal antitrust law prosecutors, IS
among those who was annoyed, as well
as young woman friend of Attorney
Abel |. Smith, lately engaged in the de-
fence of Harry Thaw.
Anonymous letters OF this sort are a
public meanace," Mr.. Kinsley said,
land every woman in this city hoLld
be warned There was a case only a
| few weeks ago where a woman killed
herself and her child after receiving
one of these vile epistles."
Bernard Keleher, private detective
/ Of lis Broadway, has letter sent TO
a rich client, for the purpose Of tying
up some real estate. He believes it was
written by the same woman who wrote
| the poison pen notes. He has found
I the writer in an exclusive uptown
/ a ,artment, and to-day will compare the
/ handwriting Of his letter with others
before making an arrest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30
POISON PEN NOTES
COMING In FLOOD
Eighteen More Letters to
Engaged Girls Revealed
in Strange Case.
THAW EX-ATTORNEY
ONE OF THE VICTIMS
Woman In Exclusive Uptown
Apartment Suspected-May
Be Arrested To-day.

Eighteen additional "poison pen" let
ters to young engaged women. all Of
good social station, came to light yes
terday following publication of the fact
that a lunatic was at large who sought
to cause trouble by writing the girls
that their prospective husbands were
already married
Fifteen Of these letters are in the
hands of Postoffce Inspector 7. F.
Fitch, who said that his department
has been receiving complaints since
April, 1914. Information Of the other
three cases was 'phoned to William j..
Kinsley, the handwriting expert, by per
sons hitherto silent, but now willing
to help expose the writer. Beyond a
doubt the letters are all written by
the same person, for in each case the
wording, the handwriting and the sem
timent are all but identical with the
five original letters mentioned yester-
day.
The letters appear to be the compost
tion Of an otherwise intelligent wo-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30
SAYS OSBORNE
WILL BE HEARD
Prosecutor Weeks Prom
ises Sing Sing Inquiry
Will Be on "Level."

George Gordoh Battle, who was APP
pointed by the National Prison Reform
Committee TO aid in investigating con-
ditions at Sing Sing Prison as set
forth in charges of Superintendent of
Prisons Riley, was assured yesterday
by District Attorney Frederick +.
Weeks of Westchester County and
Justice Joseph Morschauser, of the
Supreme Court, that the inquiry is
going to be ION the level"
Mr.. Battle had talk with Mr.. Weeks
and then called on Justice Morschauser
in his private room in the White Plains
courthouse. When seen after the con-
ference with the justice Mr.. Battle
said:
Things have not reached a poin'
where / care to make a statement. /
had conference with Mr.. Weeks about
general conditions involved in this
grand jury investigation of Sing Sing.
I didn't ask him to let Mr.. Osborne APP
pear before the grand jury; on the
other hand, Mr.. Weeks volunteered the
statement that the warden would be al
lowed to appear before the grand jury
and give his side of the controversy"
When District Attorney Weeks was
asked if he had any answer to make
to the statement of Warden Osborne,
at Yonkers, Sunday night, that the
investigation of Sing Sing Prison was
a direct frame up" against him, Mr..
Weeks smiled, shook his head and said,
mot a word TO say"
81 will say, however" said Mr..
Weeks, with emphasis, that convicts
indicted will be brought out Of Sing
Sing Prison in the usual course and
tried in White Plains. If convicted
under the law, whatever sentence they
get continues TO run at the expiration
of the sentence they are now serving.
The grand jury continued its probing
to-day into the laxity of discipline at
the prison and heard the testimony of
former Principal Keeper NJ. j. Deeley
and former Deputy Warden Charles II.
Johnson.
Corporation Counsel Thomas F. Cur
ran Of Yonkers, assigned by Justice
Morchauser to defend Nathan Kaplan.
known as "Kid Dropper," who has
been indicted for serious felony, Sc
cured a writ of habeas corpus from
Justice Morschauser yesterday for the
production of Kaplan in court on
Wednesday. Following his Indictment
Kaplan was transferred from White
Plains Jail to Clinton prison. In his
petition Curran alleges that Kaplan's
transfer was illegal and that he should
have been sent back to Sing Sing, from
which he was originally drafted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30
GIRL LOST S1,1OO
ON PREACHERS TIP
She Sues Trustee of Estate to
Recover Savings Invested
in Stocks.
in Stocks.

George Foster Peabody, who as trus-
tee of the estate of the late Spencer
Trask is a special partner in the bank
ing firm of Spencer Trask G. Co., Is one
of the defendants in suit brought yes
terday by Miss Cecile Taylor, stenog-
rapher, TO recover about Sl,lOO OF her
savings. This money represents an in
vestment, Miss Taylor alleges, the
banking firm made from $4,000, all the
money she possessed, in stock Of COM
nany which later went into the hands
Of receivers.
Miss Taylor explains in her Supreme
Court action how she came to intrust
her money to the Trask concern. Ill
and without any source Of income. she
took the advice of clergyman, whom
she mentions as DR.. Alsop, and turned
her life savings over to the banking
firm, Mr.. Peabody being represented by
DR.. Alsop as good, charitable man.
Miss Taylor said for many years she
worked in law Offices as stenographer,
and by great economy and self-denial
she saved So 1000. Finally her health be-
came affected and she gave up her law
work. Subsequently she was employed
by Dr.. Alsop, for whom she did clerical
work and stenography. When her work
there was finished Miss Taylor dis
cussed her future with the clergyman.
Dr. Alsop, she alleges, suggested Mr..
Peabody as the proper person to whom
she might intrust her money for in
vestment. The minister communicated
with Mr.. Peabody and Miss Taylor au-
thorized purchases and sales to the ex-
tent of her $4,000 savings.
One of the investments made for her,
Miss Taylor alleges, was in eleven 7
per cent shares of the Pierce, Butler &
Pierce Manufacturing Company, which
was bought at 1903, the account Of the
stenographer being charged with sl,l43.
She alleges that she has since learned
that Spencer Trask g. Co. had under
written the greater part Of the 81 ,0O0,-
900 issue of the Pierce corporation and
that the firm had received the stock Cor
less than she was charged. Later the
corporation in which her money had
been invested became insolvent.
Miss Taylor asks that the sale of the
stock TO her be rescinded and that her
name be removed as one of the stock
holders. The other defendants are
Spencer Trask & Co. and the estate of
Spencer Trask.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30
THIS FLAT RENTS
FOR JUST $4,000
viii Have Twenty-eight Rooms
and Eight Baths-H. L. Pratt
To Be the Tenant.

Herbert L. Pratt, vice-president Of
the Standard Oil Company, will have
the distinction of occupying the larg-
est and most expensive apartment
suite in this city. He will pay $780,
900 a year for it. His lease is for a
long term. hurry Guggenheim pays a
little less than $4,000 year for his
apartment at 998 Fifth av. That is
considered by most realty men to be
the high record apartment rental.
The suite leased by Mr.. Pratt will
be the entire top floor Of a twelve
story apartment house the foundation
for which has just been laid at the
southeast corner of 72d st. and Fifth
av. The lease was negotiated yester-
day by Pease & Gilman, agents Of the
premises. The structure is to be one
Of the most luxurious Of all the de luxe
apartments erected in the greater city
in recent years. The total outlay for
ground and building will be S3,O00,O00.
The site, which was bought some
months ago, was owned by Cornelius
Vanderbilt and several other persons.
It is right in the heart of the Fifth
Avenue home colony. A block to the
south is the s5,OOO,OOO mansion of H..
C. Frick.
The area Of the plot to be improved
will be 1876 square feet. Subtract
ing the space for courts, elevators and
/ stairways, Mr.. Pratt's suite will equal
1000 square feet. The average Man
haitian dwelling house fronts 20 feet
and has depth of 40 feet, or ground
/ floor area of 900 square feet. In other
words, it would take a dwelling of that
ground floor area and twelve stories
high TO come within two hundred
square feet Of equalling the new Fifth
Z Avenue fiat that is to be the home of
Mr.. Pratt after August next, on
which date the apartment house is to
be ready for occupancy.
Nj Pratt's apartment will have
twenty-eight rooms and eight baths.
| Of the twenty eight rooms there will
/ be six master bedrooms, each with its
I own private bath, and eleven servants
rooms. The rooms solely for the use
of Mr.. Pratt will therefore number
/ eleven.
| There will be drawing room 40 by
/ 20 feet, a living room 40 by 20 feet, a
| library 80 by 20 feet, dining room "a
by 20 feet, besides large gallery So
by 10 feet, and flower conservatory.
Mr.. Gilman announced last night
that the demand for single suites on
one floor was so big that plans for the
tenth and eleventh floors, which called
for duplex suites, would be changed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30
ISLAND TO HAVE MAGAZINE
Blackwell's Prisoners to Issue The OBJ
server" Next Month.

Blackwell's Island will soon offer a
new market for tortoise shell trimmed
spectacles and open faced typewriters.
The literary impulse has swept the
penitentiary and next month "The OBJ
server" magazine written, edited
and printed by prisoners, will make it's
bow. Volume /, No. /, will contain
eight pages, 9 inches by 10. Its cover
will show the title page OF set of
resolutions sent TO Warden John Muir
tina when he took Office.
The identity Of the magazine staff
will not be made public until the first
number is off the press. The editor
in chief, however, is said to have had
reputation of the island as a pro
fessionsl bail jumper
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30
GREAT ART THEFT
UNLEASHES FAME

shuddered at the suggestion it would
be we'll to publish his name in connec-
ton with the appraisal, said he thought
twJ or three hundred dollars would be
a liberal price for both "old masters.
"Van Mieris and Gael both painted
in the seventeenth century, comment
ed the connoisseur, but
He raised his hands and eyebrows
simultaneously.
$50" he continued, "did quite a
number of others. In few hundred
years from now do you think people
will be calling all the thousands OF
present day daubers old masters? Do
you think the exaggerated bulls on the
sides of our barns will be treasured in
museums?
"The paintings which have strayed
or been stolen are known as The Hog
Market and The Tippler' Gael paint
ed the first and Van Mieris the second.
The best ! can say for them is fat
they are not bad little pictures-not
half bad. understand, though, that
neither of them had ever been on ex-
hibition in the museum itself. Their
place when at home, | am told, was in a
dark corner of the cellar.
wealthy men who turn 70 collectlng
objects of art, you know, have habit
of acquiring a great many mediocre
things while picking up masterpieces,
am when they turn over their collec-
tons to a museum it is not the mu-
seum's habit to select a few canvass
and reject the rest.
"To any one who had the money to
spare and cared for them The Hog
Market ard The Tippler' together
would be fair buy for 5000 or $500.
believe a pawnbroker's expert who
was consulted by the Municipal Art
Society sid no pawnshop in the city
would lend more than So on both"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30
POLICE GUARD CZAR'S ENVOY
Russian Attache Fears Plotters Seek
to Kill Him,

After conference with Captain
Tunney, of the anarchist squad,
Colonel Nikolai Golejewski. military
attache of the Russian Embassy, said
yesterday that an arrest might soon
explain the reason for having a special
patrolman guard his home, Is East
Ninety-second Street. He admitted that
the police had evidence which seemed
to point at plot against his life
The guard, sent at the request of the
State Department through Governor
Whitman and Police Commissioner Ar
thur Woods, was on duty last night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30
SALARY $4,000, NO INCOME
Ned Wayburn Gives Testimony In Sup
Elementary Proceedings.

Ned wayburn, recently manager OF
"Town Topics" at the Century Theatre,
under examination in supplementary
proceedings in the City Court yesterday
said that he has no income and owes
about $4,000 OF twenty-five judgments
that stand against him.
The examination was on Judgment
for s53 obtained by Alfred E. Shepard,
Of London.
Wayburn, who lives at 43l Riverside
Drive, testified that for the last ten
years he has received $4,000 year as
Stage manager, and that for few
years his salary has been nearer $4,000
a year. He received $3.50 from Town
Topics" which, however, was paid to
Ned Wayburn, Incorporated. The man
ager said he has had no bank account
since 1912
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30
HIGHER IRON RATES DENlsp
Commission Bars Change in isfih
Boston-increase TO Pittsburgh

Boston-increase TO Pittsou's"
Washington. Nov. 29.-Proposea
creased rates Of the Norfolk y W."
ern and Chesapeake & Ohio rsii'o'1
on pig iron in carloads from virgin
furnaces to points in PennsyiS.n'~
New York and Maryland and from '.
ginia furnaces by rail and water
Boston were found not justified to''''
by the Interstate Commerce comm"
sion. Increases on similar frame ~
Pittsburgh and West Virginia p0''
were held TO be justified. a. a
The increases ranged from . T"
cents q hundred pounds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30
Refusal Given in Letter.

About an hour later Mccall sent n
letter to Senator Thompson refusing to
give his consent to an examination OF
his accounts with the Bankers Trust
Company. He declared that what he
had to say from now on would be said
to the Governor. c
Deputy Attorney General Merton
Lewis, counsel for the committee, came
from Albany last night for a confer
ence with Senator Thompson on the
programme of the committee between
now and Thursday, when the commit
tee will go to Albany to preDare for
the hearing before the Governor on
Friday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30

abused any more. You will not do 1t
with my consent"
Gan this committee DESIRES" saic
Senator Thompson, 'is 10 inspect that
part Of your accounts from June, 1918
up 10 the present time"
That's different from the informs
ton your counsel gave me-" said Nc
Call, now considerably Modified. 81
might consider. that"
what we want TO find out" Senator
Thompson went on, ais whether or not
the 1897 shares of Kings County Light
Heat and Power stock has been used Of
hypothecated"
"Well, if that's what you're after
you are going to be disappointed" Nc
Call snapped.
81 wish you would produce the books
for u.s." said Senator Thompson.
Prefers to Answer the Governor.
Senator" retorted Mccall, bitterly,
"you have transplanted the charges
against me TO another tribunal. | pre-
fer TO answer TO il, not TO you. Ny eN'
periepce here is that ! cannot expect
to beAtreated fairly. | prefer to an
swer before the Governor, where
hope to obtain judicial atmosphere.
Senator Thompson had kept his tenn
per up to this time, and for a moment
he seemed close to spelling his record
"Now, Judge" he said, "let me give
you my point Of view in this affair. II
is only my point of view"
"Your point Of view doesn't interest
me-" Mccall snapped back. my owr
Is sufficient"
you're not on trial before this com.
mittee," the committee chairman went
on regardless of McCall's interruption
"and | don't think you're on trial be-
fore the Governor, either. But you arc
a public officer and a servant 81 the
state, and we think you owe it to US
to give us the help we ask in our work,
which is also for the state. Now, won't
YOU arrange to let us have those
books ?"
an take 1t under advisement," Nc
Call said, land III let you know
"And you will let us know in half an
hour?" asked Senator Thompson.
ooh, perhaps tomorrow" -,
"That won't do us any good" said
Senator Thompson. eve need them to-
day. Can't you let US know in an
hour7"
Mccall bristled up like mad cat.
He swung around, and, facing Senator
Thompson squarely, he Numbered:
Senator, the only reason don't sa;
Yes now is that I'm not sure whether
l ought to give the records to you,
who | know won't treat me fairly. or
to the Governor"
"You will let us know in about an
hour about those books, judge
Eyes, If / make up my mind to let
you have them" Mccall answered as
he left the witness chair.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30
MISS FLYNN LONE
FIGURE AT TRIAL
Continued from page I

said William Cervino, at that time a
member Of the detective force, mean
ing he had left the charge to be filled
in later.
Chief John Bmson, for forty-three
years a member of the Paterson police
force and probably the most important
witness of the day, appeared embar-
raised on the stand and retired well in
side his collar, from which vantage
point ne gave his evidence. He as
sumed the right, he said, to order peo-
pie out of town when he did not like
them, and had ordered Miss Flynn out
after her speech had melted 300 or 400
strikers to violence.
But | did not say on September 3
that while Miss Flynn might have the
right TO speak here, | had the power TO
prevent her." he said emphatically. Il
want the whole world to know that |
didn't say that"
Comment on Memories.
Just how far the official memory may
be trusted in quoting an eighty-six-
word speech was a matter of much
ironic comment during the day. One
patrolman declared that although he
had made no notes at the time, he knew
that he was quoting the speaker pro
vatim," and looked astonished that the
courtroom smiled.
The officers agreed in their story OF
the spectacular riot oceasioned by the
stirring words Of the young labor
leader, and said that "howling mob"
had rushed into the streets almost i'm
mediatcly after her speech. Among
the witnesses were Sergeant Peter
Murner, Sergeant James Fitzpatrick,
John Hughes, George levin. Joe Pr
rollo. Edward McGuirk and Detec-
tlves John Tracey. Otto Keppler, Will
lam Elvin. William Kinney and James
Brooks.
Gustave Scholar, a silk mill owner,
with a plant in the Me.sch mill. where
the demonstration afterward occurred,
give evidence that did not tally with
theirs. In place of the riot, he thought
he heard a noise. like a tapping on the
window. but in glancing into the room
had seen no one.
Those at the Trial.
Among the members OF the defence
committee and friends OF Miss Flynn
present yesterday were Leonard Abbott,
Miss Helen Marriott. Mrs. Allan Daw-
son. Joseph Ettor. Miss Ida Proper and
Adolph Lessig, national secretary OF
the /. W. W.
AS at the former trial, the jurymen
were brought from Hudson County.
They were Herman Stein, foreman;
William Cavanagh, Charles Grassie, T.
p. Andrea, William Kilkenny, Frederick
Geib, Eugene Mccarthy, Otto j. Sleuter,
John T. Tilt. Thomas Bray, Louis Beale
and Joseph Brady.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-07-03
Air Scouts Photographic.

When the military aeropiane 70
scouting, 1t usually carries two men
One is the pilot, who runs and steers
the craft; the other is the observer.
who marks the placing of the hostile
troops, the position of their guns, the
movement of trains, and the like. The
observer also makes many sketches
# the ground over which he is flying
work that often interfereo with his
writing notes and memoranda. In
certain conditions OF fight, too, 1t Is
often hard for him to use a pencil and
paper. To obviate that difficulty the
military aeroplane now frequently
carries photograph. with a speaking
tube running to the mouth OF the oh.
server. SO that by talking into the
machine at any time during the flight
We can record mis- observations, and
still have his hands free for his Geld
glass or his sketching pencil
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-07-03
The Anqlo.Saxons.

The Angles and Saxons were the
chief tribes among the three principal
Teutonic conquerors Of Britain; the
Jutes were the third. They were Low
Dutch tribes from the borderlands Of
Germany and Scandinavia, the lands
at the mouth of the Elbe and the
Weser. Their language was an indie
pendent branch of the Teutonic fam
lily. The Saxons were the first 1nva-
ders. but the Angles settled more
land. AS their settlement became old
er and they themselves permanent res
tdents OF the island they called them.
selves English" but their Celtic
neighbors called them Saxons Their
language was, Of course, established
In England at the time of the Norman
conquest in 1866, when Norman-French
words and phrases of Latin origin be-
came fused with the language OF the
people. The short and homely words
of Anglo-Saxon origin remain. Of
course, as an integral and basic part
Of the English language. simpler. bet.
ter known, less pretentious. and pref
cradle in conversation to the words OF
Latin derivation.