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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
COLLECTED BY T. c. FOGABTY At TONS
Lunch CAR DOVER n. J.
SEEK TO PROVE FARLEY
O. H. FARRELL ATTACK
Charities Commissioners VIII
Grill Priests Sexton To-day.

Michael II. Riley, sexton OF SIS. Peter
and Paul's Church in williamsburg and
confidential man of Father William d.
Farrell, will appear before the Chan-
ties Investigating Commission TINS
morning in answer to a subpoena
Through his testimony the commits
sion will seek 10 show that pamphlets
issued over Father Farrells name and
attacking the investigation had the ap-
prevail OF Cardinal Farley. An effort
will be made 10 make Riley ndmit that
he carried proofs Of the pamphlets to
the Cardinal for his 0. X.
In answer 20 Commissioner Kings
bury's latest charges, Father Farrell
issued yesterday the following state
ment:
THE frenzied accusations and threats
hurled at myself, my people and others
bv Commissioner Kingsbury. at the
Hotel Plaza women's meeting Saturday
afternoon. were characteristic.
"The Commissioners loud complaint
that / have sought assistance lu the
preparation Of my pamphlets comes
with peculiar grace from q man VINO ls
entirely dependent upon hls deputies
secretaries, clerks and Investigators
without number for everything he says.
81 regret that in Mr.. Kingsbury's full
limitations he should have so wantonly
and maliciousiy attacked my friend, DR..
D. c. Potter, who, am glad 70 say, at
my request did give me assistance IN
the verifcation Of certain FACTS ! can
hope that others of my friends who
have helped me may not be so out
rageously assaulted.
"Of the mountain of facts and IN
formation given, sent, telephoned and
told 20 me have used but small frac-
ton.
Those who know me we'll under
stand. I think, that I am quite capable
Of making my own statements and tell
ing my own story.
~ should say that Mr.. Kingsbury's
loud charge that sent people 20 his
meeting IS entirely untrue. l sent no
one"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
WAGNER RAPS DIRECT TAX
Not Needed This Year. Senator d,
ciaraa

clares.
Robert F. Wagner, minority leader O.
the Senate, in a statement yesterday
declared that there Is no need Of d.
rect tax this year.
Either State Controller Travi, !, IN
competent or Senator Sage is wrong %
saying that another direct tax will Be
necessary this year" stated Senator
Wagner. an his report to the Legs
lature three months ago Con,rollT
Travis declared there would be an EST.
mated surplus Of S3298.l93l3 in ~
State Treasury on October 1, 1917. 20
vided the Legislature made :"
minor amendments % the excise. trsn'
fer and secured debt tax laws. He $50
showed that the ac'ua. cash surplus O.
the end Of the present fiscal year, Otie.
Der /, 1916, would be Sll2osl0.as
without any changes in the TAX avs
Senator Wagner concluded from Coa'
troller Travis's figures that there Va,
no need of a direct tax last year. enc
that with this huge surplus 20 cra7
upon for next year J.. would be mex.
cusable for the Legislature to inP0"
another direct tax"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
CHEWING GUN HABIT
COSTS $35,000,O00
American People'Have Paid That
Amount in 10 Years for Chicle.
From The Tribune Bureau J

Washington. March 26.-The chewing
gum habit has cost the American peo-
pie for chicle alone almost $35000,000
in the last ten years, according TO the
Department Of Commerce. Normally
cur annual imports Of chicle amount to
100000 pounds, for which we pay
81, 100000 in the countries of origin,
and TO which must be added customs
duties in our own ports of about $780,
600.
Chicle is the dried milky juice of
the sapodilla tree, which is one of a
large family of tropical trees known
as bully-trees. Some of the gum is
used as substitute for gutta percha,
but the bulk of it is used in the manu-
facture Of chewing gum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
MRS. CLARK STARTS
NEW LUNCHEON FAD
Speakers Wife Takes Light
Meals in House Gallery.

Washington. March 26.-Mrs. Champ
Clark has introduced the full dinner
pail TO visitors in the House gallery
or, rather, the full luncheon pail--and
when she is interested in discussions
on the floor she takes out her luncheon
and proceeds TO eat and share it with
others.
II the Speakers wife could do 1.
30 could others, and several women OF
the Congressional set who have KEEP,
folk guessing as 70 how they found
time 10 keep so well informed on pom
tics also carry luncheons to the House
gallery. .i..r
The Speaker accepts as few dinner
invitations as possible while Congress
Is in session 70 keep himself in good
trim for his work, and instead OF a
constant stream of dinner parties ne
and Mrs. Clark entertain small parties
of friends at luncheon in their private
dining room at the Capitol.
However, the paper napkin luncheon
party has caught popular Democratic
fancy and the wives OF members eN-
change dainty tidbits from seat TO seat
as thew look down on their husbands
Sometimes, too, they knit or crochet'
but that work has lost much OF It's
fascination since the war in Europe
has lasted so long.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
FEEL SPRINGYi TRY CR0TOS
Y. ". c. A. Director Says Tonlc' An
M Lancer Needed.

For tina: tired feeling thss cor"
with crocus blossoms and spring poe"
take the Croton water treatment ss''
Dr.. Louis Z. Wclsm..er physes
director Of the Wes. Side Y. u. l. "
"A free trial treatment may os %,
tanned from the cold water fau'" |"
your home ne chortles. "Whs1 w
first warm breath Of spring cane o"
grandmothers used 20 get oat %. g.r
dock or dandelion tea or tie su.psa
and molasses jar and dose ne sn'. =.
household. particularly ire ehiIa'sA' "
make them ready. 49,,
Folks still think they nee66 N -,
when April comes around. Ni'n ., ~.
mode Of living to-day 20 .s not hs .'..
sary. People who eat and cf.na ~ -
erly and exercise need no n ne. So,
From the Croton pipes eows tas 49,
spring tonic ever made, furnishes ''
by the city 20 all Corners
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
PIER COTTAGES RENTED
Many Members of Summer Colony 10
Return 10 Narragansett.

Narragansett Pier, r. l., March 26.-
Inc hrst cottage rentals for the season
or 1916 were announced here this
week. and the names Of those planning
to return include several notable mem
oers Of the Piers summer colony.
Kinney Lodge. on Ocean Road. has
been rented for the fourth successive
season to John r. Mclean, of Wash
lngton, and Sycamore Cottage. belong
ing 10 Mrs. John II. Hanan, of New
YORK. has been rented TO Albert Bond
Lambert OF st. Louis.
Little Rest Cottage, on the Boston
Neck Road, has been rented TO Arthur
Houghton, Of Chicago. who is new
conner. Garden Court Villa, owned bv
a. A. Tillinghast, has been rented TO
John NJ. Hillbrook, of Providence.
The What Cheer Cottage property on
Ocean Road has been sold by +. F. W.
Tent, Of Barbour's Heights. North
klngstown, TO c. l.. Vaughn. of Proyi-
dence.
Representative W. r. stiness Of
Rhode Island. is planning TO ask A
$4,000 appropriation for the addition
Of a portico TO the new postoffice re-
Gently erected here
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
URGES MoHANSIC HOSPITAL
Westchestcr Board Protests to Whit.
man Against Abandonment.

When the Westchester County Board
Of Supervisors meets to-day in White
Plains. according 70 reports. steps will
be taken 10 urge Governor Whitman
rot to allow the abandonment of tho
Lake Mohansic Hospital and Trimming
School. The supervisors feel that the
failure TO complete the institution will
great affect property values in north
ern Westchcster
II Is also stated that il the City OF
New York revives its application for
an injunction TO prevent the construc.
ton OF sewage disposal plant FOR thu
hospital upon the ground that the Gro
ton water supply will be polluted the
county will fight the suit. When n
similar application for an Injunction
was made to Justice Keogh the order
was ned IN abeyanee pending leglsla-
ton which would provide a sewage nina
line to tho Hudson River. Thus FAR no
action has been taken. Nv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
SEND TOBACCO TO BELGIANS
Committee Receives SlO,662 to Aid Sol
diers at Front.

Belgian soldiers, the only ones Of
all the warning nations who are not
supplied with tobacco. will soon be
adding their puffs to the general
smoke. For this purpose, S1O,662.57
has already been collected for them by
the Belgian Soldiers Tobacco Fund, of
which Joseph II. Choate is president.
The aim Of the organization is to
send a parcel containing fifty cigar
cites, a large packet of pipe tobacco
and "a box of matches TO each soldier
az the front or i'm the hospitals weekly
as long as the war lasts. On each
package will be printed, in both Elem
ish and French, as we'll as in English.
this inscriptions:
This tobacco Is the gift of the
American people. and has been special
ly manufactured 20 suit the taste of
the brave Belgian soldiers"
The oldest contributor 20 the fund
Is centenarian. John s. Wilson. of
24l Ridgeway Avenue, Rochester. who
sent 81, saying, Il Vant the Belgian
soldiers 20 have a smoke" The Young
est one Is twelve-year-old A. f. Silva.
Of 5l4 Avenue II, Miami. Fla. who
sends 20 cents every week, and writes.
Please say 'Brayo!' to the soldiers
for me-"
Checks sent TO the organization
should be made payable to J. p. Nor
gan & Co, New York, the depositaries.
Nine. Marie Ranke will give her
third concert in aid Of the Poor
Little Children Of Poland in the
Grand Ballroom Of the Plaza wednes-
day morning, under distinguished So
cial patronage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
BOUCK WHITE
INSULTED THE FLAG
Urban Has Church Head Sum-
mOned to Court.

Bouck White, head Of the Church Of
the Social Revolution, at 16j West
Twenty-third Street, was yesterday
served with a summons 20 appear in
jefferson Market court on April as
he was about TO deliver a lecture in
Bryant Hall.
The summons was issued by Magis-
tratc Koenig on behalf Of Frank Urban,
of the International Peace Forum, who
alleged that White had insulted the
American flag through circulars. Ur-
ban. accompanied by patrolman,
served the summons, and when White
announced this fact to the men and
women in the audience there was a
Juror. One woman tainted and there
was much indignation.
When White was seen later at the
Church Of the Social Revolution he said
the summons was due 10 a circular ad-
vertisinc his lecture on the conversion
of the American flag from patriotism
70 iutcruatioualism and milltarism. he
circular showed the flag lying on the
ground near a bag Of money, serpent
entwiniug them. Across the TOP in
capital letters was the word War" Mr..
White said there would be an indigna-
tion meeting tomorrow night at his
church.
White continued that man, who
later told 'him he was a professor at
Columbia University. jumped on the
platform when he was served with the
subpoena and announced that if the
radical preacher was guilty of insulting
the flag he, too, as well as two-thirds
Of the students in the university. were
also guilty. At the suggestion Of
White all left the hall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
Mrs. Cronan Asks Court II
Set Aside Her Divorce
and His Remarriage.
PETITION FILED
IN SAN FRANCISCO
If Successful, Ceremony Of tn.
Presidents Granddaughter and
Navy Officer Would Be Void

Unscrambling an effectively s,,,.
bled order of eggs Is a simple euli,,-
task compared 70 the one Marie cro,..
once wife Of Lieutenant Comms,A-
William ?. Cronan, L. s. ". Ia, .,
for herself Mrs. Cronan hone, :
turn back the machinery Of the eop,,,
have her divorce from the naval oss,..
declared invalid, his marriage 70 y.
former Nell Grant, grandiaughte, =,
President Z. s. Grant, set aside ana
herself reinstated as his legal wife
News Of the first step in this d.
nestle project reached New York 70,
terday in the form of an ennouneem,,.
that Mrs. Cronan, the first had ue,i.
toned the courts OF San Francisco !,
set aside the divorce granted her B,
Judge Thomas F. Cu sham, Of Call.
fornia, in 1910. She offers as ground,
for her plea a statement her form,,
husband is quoted as making in Il,
trial of later case in Washington TIA,
the divorce was obtained through
fraud and COLLISION
The difficulties of the original Mr.,
Cronan and Lieutenant Commands,
Cronan date, according 70 his story.
from the day they were married Il
1907 in New York. The naval officer
testified later that he was under ii,
influence of liquor when he marie.
her, and that he had paid little after.
ton TO her after the ceremony.
Wife Asks $1,000.
Cronan said he had sought LAWYER,
ADVICE about getting a divorce, and had
been told that he would do better 70 n.
duce his wife 20 obtain one from bin.
Whatever his arrangt ment may hsy,
been, Mrs. Cronan filed suit, and re.
ceived a decree in 1910.
Then began the more serious difieul.
ties OF the pair. Mrs. Cronan fled sgI.
for $1,000, which she said her husband
promised TO pay her If she would Oh.
tain the divorce. The naval officer con.
tested this suit on the ground that such
a payment would be contrary 70 public
policy. It was in the trial OF the case
at Washington that he is said 20 have
made the statement now being used
against him, concerning the fraud
and collision" in the divorce proceed.
ings.
Meanwhile. Lieutenant Cronan was
married 10 Miss Nell Grant, grand.
daughter of the Civil War general and
President, in 1913. Favorable action
by the courts on the claims now made
by Mrs. Cronan would automatically
annul the second marriage and rein.
state her as the legal wife Of the msi
who testified that he never had actually
loved her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
They Hire Large Halls" in
Big Cities to Oppose
Preparedness.
NEW YORK MEETING
IN CARNEGIE HALL
Sneakers Will Be Heard Here
on April 6 and Then Visit
Ten Other Cities.
-r-nn Tho rrL-uns Rarsaul


Washington. March 26.-The advice
President Wilson gave to the pachsts
on his Western tour 20 hire large
halls" and ventilate their ideas has
been taken by the undergraduates
committee. and Carnegie Hall is one
of the large ones where its speakers
will hold forth. Acceptance OF the
Presidents challenge is announced IN
q formal statement issued tonight
giving a list of speakers who will take
the stump and OF dates for mass meet
ings.
The New York meeting, it Is an
nounced. will take place at Carnegie
Hall on the evening Of April 6. A COM
mittee Of one hundred, headed by L.
Hollingsworth Hood. Of 80 Cedar
Street. is in charge Of the local ar
raneements. Several Of the anti-pre-
paredness members Of Congress will
be asked 20 attend the New York meet
ing 20 give a big send-o6 to the tour
ing speakers.
The committees statement, ad-
dressed Ito all whom it may concern
is as follows:
"Whereas. President wilson, speak
ing recently in St. Louis, challenged
those who differ with him as to imme-
date need for unusual naval and mill
tary preparations TO hire large halls
and state their case TO the public; and'
"Whereas. The various militarist or
eanizatious masquerading az defence
societies and falsely claiming that they
alone can speak for American patriot
ism. are deliberately creating VIDE
spread condition OF hysteria as 70 the
safety Of this country and the danger
of foreign invasion; and,
Whereas, This reckless propaganda
Of militarism and jingo-imperiallsm, II
allowed 20 90 on unchecked, VIII ineE-
itabIv lead 70 the destruction OF the
principles Of liberty and freedom upon
which the hope Of American democracy
is based.
ave hereby announce that we have
accented the Presidents challenge and
have hired the largest halls in New
York for April Is; Buffalo, April .;
cleveland. April S; Detroit, April 9;
Chicago. April 10; Minneapolis. April
II: Dcs Monies, April II; Kansas City,
April 10: 50. Louis. April Il; Cincin-
natl. April 10, and Pittsburgh, April Is,
where the following American citizens,
who have volunteered their services
will set forth the truth about prepared
ness.
"Stephen S. Wise. Washington Glad
den. Scott Nearing, Martin Hardin,
James II. Maurer. Herbert Bigelow,
General Isaac r. Sherwood, Amos Pin
chot. a. 4. Berle, Arthur L. Weather
ley. John Haynes Holmes and John A.
McSparran.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
OFFERS $50 FOR NEW NAME
Society for Relief of Destitute Blind
Here Seeks Shorter Title.

Any one who can suggest shorter
name for the Society for the Relief OF
the Destitute Blind of the City OF New
York and Its Vicinity is eligible for a
$50 prize offered By the trustees. \
concise and descriptive name is desired.
A prize Of 500 is also offered for new
emblem.
THE society does not anticipate
changing its corporate title" says the
announcement Of the trustees, "but de-
sires 70 be known by a briefer name
that will distinguish this institution
from another one in this city doing
work for the blind"
OF the prize money $50 will be paid
for a descriptive name and $50 FOR
an appropriate emblem in the form OF
-and-ink sketch. Contestants may
submit either the name, the emblem or
both. Suggestions should be sent TO
Lewis s. Morris, treasurer, Wall Street
Postoffice Box IS, not later than May
u. The winner will be announced
May Is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
Films for Montclair Children.

Montclair. y. j.. March 26.-The
Nontclair Better Films Committee.
omposcd OF women. has arranged, UNI
der the direction Of Mrs. Theodore f.
'lussa. 10 give Saturday morning mat
.nce5' al the local theatre for the en-
.ertainment Of children. The commit
tee was reluctant TO start the novel
move because il was felt that there
were few good films for children In
the market.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IN CELL
Prisoner Charged with Forgery Dis
covered by PatrOlman in Time.

William c: Cowan. sixty-one, OF All
Central Park West, held prisoner on a
charge Of forgery, attempted suicide IN
the West Tooth Street station yester,
day. Cowan, who is in the butter and
egg business. was arrested at his home
on Saturday night on the charge OF
forcing check for $50 on the +. T.
Rosebrock Company, of 800 Washing
ton Street -,
Yesterday, saw blood trickling from his
arm. and found safety razor blade IN
his cell. An additional charge OF at.
tempted suicide was entered against
him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27

7 sent that sailor away so fast that he
nearly spilled his eel on the floor.
Visit from the Python.
you get used to incidents like that,
but I'll never forget the shock ! had
when the big 22-foot python, which IS
half r. long as this building and IS
big around as q nail kCg. paid me a
brief visit | was bending over the
desk, when ! heard a rustling noise IN
the corridors, but ] didn't pay any at
tention 70 il. Something made me look
up, and / found myself within "a few
feet of his ugly head. which is about
the size Of bull terriers. This time
the window happened 20 be open, and u
saved my life. ! fell out backward
without any conscious effort on my
part.
when got back with a small army
Of keepers friend python was coiled
around the room mixed up with all the
furniture in the place. His head was
In the middle, about half way 20 the
ceiling. We threw a blanket over II
and then piled on top. II was bully
fight; the beast contracted his coils
and piled every bit Of furniture in the
room in the centre. His tail swept all
the pictures off tho wall and broke the
electric light globes around the ceiling.
A few of us nearly got squeezed 20
death, but finally we got him IN a bag
and back where he belonged Since
then we have been pretty certain not TO
forget to lock the door Of his apart
ment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27

"A pet | grew very fond Of was an
ugly creature called a fruit bat He
used 70 hand head downward from the
picture moulding. His body was about
the size Of a fox, and he had a lovely
pair of enormous yellow eyes, exactly
like saucers. When he unfurled his
leather-like wings, with a spread Of
three and half feet, and goggled
down at you, he looked more like a
demon or gargoyle than anything
else"
Mr.. Ditmars sighed unhappily. "But
had 20 get rid Of him, too. / forgot
10 warn visitors about him, and one
day a timid lady walked in and sat
down TO wait for me. She had hys-
terics! But he was really nice little
beast and couldn't help his looks.
"All of our animals are in wonderful
shape now-which is lucky, because the
war has stopped importations for some
time TO come. We have several new
born axis deer and a litter of bear cubs.
which are the exclusive property Of
their mother. the Russian bear. You
don't catch any Of the keepers prying
into her affairs now. We won't know
what they are like or how many she
has until the old lady brings them out
Of the rocks in April"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
Elephants? Not for Him!

Zone Of the keepers brought his par
ticular pet, baby elephant. in here
once without telling me anything about
il, and the beast blew down my neck
with his trunk and gave me quite a
start. We managed 10 get him through
the door all right, but when it came 10
turning him around and saying goodby
il was a different tale. lie got fright
ened, waved his trunk around like a
fail and wouldn't bulge 80 more
elephants for me; they can stay where
they belong in the future But I al
ways keep open house 90 orang-outang5
and chimpanzees If they are properly
chaperoned by their keepers. They sit
down at the desk. spill over the ink,
play with the telephone and act quite
like human kids.
81 used 10 keep a lemur as a pet in
here with me, but he got to answering
the telephone every time it rang, so
had to put him back in the monkey
house"
The curator caught his visitors grin.
That's gospel truth" he said. he
used 70 watch me at the phone and
thought il was something 90 cat.
wouldn't have minded. but central had
some objections, and the lcmur had q
habit Of dropping the phone on the
floor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27

in Hawaiian waters and hope you wil
come with ~, too
with Aloha mui, your friend,-a..
ANNA E. LOUGHER.'
"Mv sisters name is Pasty.'