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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
METHODISTS VOTE
TO KEEP BLUE LAWS
Committee Supports Them 113
to 43-Liberals Will Con-
tinue the Fight.

SARATOGA, May I5-An attempt by
University and other members OF the
Methodist General Conference to eliminate
from the Church discipline the clause
" hich prohibits church membere from
playing cards. dancing and attending
theatre failed this afternoon when the
committee on the state OF the church
decided by a vote OF l13 10 43 TO recon-
mend the retention Of the rule.
Notice was Immediately given that the
leaders for a freer Interpretation OF the
rule would shift their fight 10 h con-
ference and submit a minority report. II
is probable that the delegates will be
requested to decide the question before
the end Of the week. Last week a sub
the paragraph.
The conference debated all day over
the question of the high cost OF the epis-
copacy. When the committee on epis-
copacy reported to-day It asked that
seven new Bishops be chosen. six OF
whom to work in this country and one
at Seoul. Corea. An effort was imme
diately made to reduce the number ia
five. on the ground that the present oc-
cupants of the episcopacy are not over
hurdcned with WORK and that the mem
beers of the churches throughout Metho-
dism are protesting against the expense
Of maintaining the episcopal offices.
Opponents of additional bishops were
successful in getting the report recon-
mitted. but failed TO secure with II an
order for a reduction of the number OF
Bishops. l. is probable that such n
recommendation will be made Tomorrow,
however, when the committee reports
new episcopal residences were proposed
In he report for I'ittsburg. Detroit and
Seoul. Corea.
The session tomorrow will he devoted
TO a discussion OF "A report Of the com
mittee on unihcatlon. which favors the
proposal TO combine the Methodist Fpis-
copal Church, the Methodist Episcopal
Church South and the Methodist Protes
tant Church. The committee has vir.
tually agreed TO indorse the suggestions
made by the Southern churches.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
P%RESBYTERIANS INSIST
NEW YORK Be CUT OFF
Cincinnati Body Refuses to Re.
scind Overture to the Gen.
eral Assembly.

CfNcrNNArf, May by n vote OF
day defeated a movement TO rescind its
action OF a month ago skiing that the
New York P~resbytery be expelled. and
instead accepted a substitute motion re-
affirming the request. with arguments
appended.
DIR. David Mckinney, associate pastor
Of the First Presbyterian Church.
the motion TO rescinh the action
which overturned the General Assembly
TO "cut or the Presbytery OF New York
for It's action In licensing pastors who
do rot accept the Virgin birth and other
articles OF Presbyterian faith.
P~refacing his resolution with a
declaration Of his " belief in these
doctrines. Or. Mckinney said he had
New York ~Presbytery partly through
misunderstanding and partly through
sympathy with the courage OF the minis
ter by whom 1t was presented. the Rev.
Frank Stevenson. tie urged his brother
ministers to reconsider their action on
S%criptural grounds. in that they were
not 10 condemn others harshly or 20
expel a group in which many men of
falth existed.
Referring to the fact that the New York
Presbytery Is wealthy. Dr, Mckinney
said "in these days of cheap filings at
wealth We lose sight OF the fact that
the rich man may be IA honest in his
religious beliefs as other men"
Or. William McKibben. president OF
Lane Seminary. in Offering a substitute
motion reafflrming the action OF a month
ago. recited in detail various actions q!
New York P~resbytery, which he held rs
u~northodox and in disobedience to the
wishes OF General Assembly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
SIX CHICKENS TO BE MARTYRS
VIII Re Fed on shippers Hleaal
Dope to Test Effects.

John J. Dillon. Commissioner OF the
State Department of Foods n Mar
kets, at the poultry hearing at 20i
Franklin street yesterday, showed sam
pies Of improper chicken feed. taken
from freight cars In Jersey CITY and
Hoboken. The testimony showed that
shippers were competing to find "A paste
mixture that would weigh most and
stick longest IN the crop, some favor
era vel. hour and cracked oyster shells;
others Long Island sand. The Mis-
souri, shippers u$e a preparation Of pow
dered waste from Zinc mines near Jop-
lin that the birds cannot distinguish
from corn. &c. .
Commissioner Dillon plans to feed n
half dozen fowls OF these mixtures.
They will he carefully watched and post
mortem examinations will he made to
see n the meat In tainted.
Jacob Adler. n small dealer, tcsti-
ncd that Harry Kan. : wholesaler, said
TO him last January ~ will drive You
out OF the poultry business poorer than
a church mouse"
The hearing was adjourned until two
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
PHYSICIAN JAILED AS SPEEDER,
IL IL Dr. Hirsh's Fourth offence, So
: lie VIII Serve Ten bays.

Twenty-Five persons charged with
speed.ng their ~omo were ar
raigned yesterday In the West Side court.
Eighteen of the twenty-five were fined
325 or sent to Jail for two days and one
went to jail for ten days,
DR.. william Hirsch OF sc East Sixty
fourth street, who was arrested Sun
day morning In Central Park by Motor
cycle Patrolman Kink, was ordered fined
800 by Magistrate Ten Eyck, II was
Hirsh's fourth offence and having hut
recently paid 500 fine for his third
offence he elected TO spend ten days IN
Jail.
Another Offender wac Martin T.. Krohn
Of 222 East Sixty-seventh street, hauf-
feur for Samuel Bloomingdale. He was
arrested on Riverside Drive AT Eighty
second street. A. his " request eN-
animation was adjourned until May 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
TO CALL EXPERTS IN
EMO WILL CONTEST
Lawyers Questions Put to
Talesmen Indicate Line Of
Legal Heirs Fight.
TEN JuRYMEN OBTAINED

The contest OF the will Of Amos r.
Emo. who left to Columbia University
the bulk Of Ar estate estimated at be-
tween 100000 and $4,000 900. went
to trial before Surrogate Cohalan and a
jury yesterday. The contest IL being
made by the next Of kin Of the de-
cedent. including clifford and Amos r. 70.
Pinchot. nephews. and their sister. Lady
Alan tombstone.
The case drew the largest crowd that
ever listened to a will contest in the
S~urrogates' court II Is also the nrst
action of Importance to be heard before
q Jury In tho Surrogates' court. II
was necessary for the first time 20 open
the spacious gallery in the trial room.
a special panel Of 200 talesmen had
been drawn by the COMMISSIONS OF
Jurors under the eyes of the attorneys
for both sides. During the day only
ten Jurors were obtained. They were
Milton ~Langenzen. foreman. n sales
man. OF 500 West 111th street Gustave
Abrams. toilet goods. 522 West 1b7th
street 1sidor Freedman. trunks. So East
Ninety-seventh street Justus Homer.
meat market, 500 West l2sth street ;
Harry T. Fisk. artist. 3s2 wadsworth
avenue: John r. Guer,n. salesman. 656
ST. Nicholas avenue: David Goodstein.
coal dealer. see West 11lth street: Jacob
Adler. furrier. COL West l5lst street ;
A. Stanley Gran. salesman. 407 Central
Park West. and Oakley Weeks. builder,
SO West 134th street.
The contestants other than the
Pinchot brothers and Lady tombstone
are william l.. Emo. brother OF the de-
cedent and one OF tho temporary ad-
ministrators Of the estate Prof. Henry
Lane Emo OF Princeton Mrs. Antoinettc
r. Wood. Mrs. Florence c. Graves and
Miss Mary =. Emo. John p. S~tanchneld
Is chief counsel for the contestants and
Is assisted by ex-District Attorney Per-
kins and his partner. Arthur Train ex-
Surrogate Beckett. William Nelson Crom-
well and Philip G. Bartlett. Austen @.
Fox Is the chief counsel for the pro-
poients.
Some amusement was created during
the examination OF Juror Guerin. who
when asked II he knew what was meant
by "reslduary estate replied 1T is
what is left after the lawyers get
through"
Al indication that exper. testimony
by alienists will figure IN the case was
shown when ex-Surrogate Beckett In ex-
aiming talesmen asked them II they
knew Dr. William Mabon. Dr.. Carlos r.
Macdonald and Or. Smith Ely Jellire.
The answers by one talesman aroused
Surrogate Cohalan's Indignation and
caused him to order the mans name
striker from the list OF Jurors. The
talesman said that he was a contributor
to the Association for Improving the
Condition OF the Poor. which Is a large
beneficiary under the will, and for this
reason he would be influenced In reaching
a decision.
you are not At to be on any jury IN
this court" declared Surrogate Cohalan.
The case will continue to-day. and 10
expected to consume several weeks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
PAYS $l.92 A DOZEN FOR EGGS.
head OF Pastry Concern Caught nv
SIRE Food Crusader.

the annual spring crusade agains,
pad eggs. headed by Or. LucIus r.
Brown, chief of the bureau OF food and
orugs at tho Health Department. re-
suited Yesterday In a fine of $50 being
imposed o Morris Mandlebaum. fore.
nan OF the X X 4 NJ. Pastry Company,
81 First avenue. He was accused ~
having n consignment OF eighty-one
dozen eggs, seventy-tive dozen of which
were bad.
when Judges Russell, Hermann and
MOSS In Special Sessions fined Mandle-
oaum they forced him to pay slightly
over 10 cents for each egg. or slg2
. dozen. ~
Inc Hamilton Dairy Company, AT $50
West l3lst street. was in cour, ves,or,
day FOR the sixteenth time, charged with
seillng milk that lacked the required
rat tissue by at least 10 per cent. A
hne Of s25 was imposed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
SAILORS SENT $40 1000 HOME.
Seamen's Institute Reports 3.SsU
Savings Deposits in Year.

The report for last year of the saw
ings department 81 the Seamen's Church
Institute shows that $3.50 deposits wore
made, totalling s:30.297. Besides. the
department transmitted for the seamen
almost $4,000 to folks ut home who
live In ffty-one different countries.
The social department furnished sew
enty-four entertainments n lectures
which drew a total attendance OF 1850,
SiNty-four MONDAY talks were given "a
6.592 persons and +.AS0 packages OF
reading matter were distributed. The
religious department conducted 453 ser
vices In English, Scandinavian, Lettish,
German and Spanish.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
TAP GILLIGAN WIRES
IN POISON MYSTERY
state Police Said to Have Lis.
tened to Talks From Home
for the Aged.
WOMAN'S BODY EXHUMED

HARTFORD. May 15.-rt was said hc-,
to-day that tho telephones leading 70
the Archer home had been tapped in an
effort to gain evidence against Mrs. AM
T.. Archer-Gilligan, charged with one
murder and suspected OF completely ~
the deaths OF forty former inmates ~
her home for elderly people. six miles
north Of the city. An assistant In the
employ Of the state police listened 90
every conversation on the line. according
to the report. The tapping was done. It
was said. on last Monday night, soon
after the arrest Of Mrs. Gilligan.
DR.. Arthur J. Wolff. state ~toxicolos's,.
who two weeks ago tonight removed
the viscera from the body Of Franklin
Il. Andrews in the Cheshire cemetery
and found a fatal quantity of arsenic
was cioseted this afternoon with Hug
NJ. Alcorn, States attorney. II was re
ported they were discussing the result
of the analysis Of the vitals taken fror
the body OF Mrs. Mary Rocket. II wa.
said that the second body exhumed was
Mrs. Rockets and that evidences were
found of bichloride OF mercury having
been administered. Mrs. Rocket died
at the home on July 3. 1913. age 6l
years.
Mrs. Gilligan's counsel conferred WITT
her an hour to-day IN her cell. The ac-
cused woman Is eating more regularly
now. Her nights, however. are uncom
Portable. and she says she sees Capt
Robert T. Hurley OF the State police
standing over her and hears him accus-
ing her OF four murders. Mrs. Gilligan
feels that she was railroaded to Jail
where she Is held without bail, and now
there seems no prosp.ct OF her appearing
in court before next September.
The probate records OF the town o.
Windsor show that Mrs. Gilligan as ad-
m!nistratrix OF the estate OF her last
husband. Michael w. Gilligan. presented
and paid to herself a claim Of $500.
which reduced the estate to 1854. 81
which she received one-third. The res;
went to nieces and neph.ws OF the dead
man.
II is probable that the body OF G!lltgan
will remain undisturbed in the catholir
cemetery at Windsor Locks. II has not
been taken up because OF opposition Of
the dead mans relatives. who made on
phatic objection when such a proposal
vas made.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
S. MARRIAGE KNOTS TIED
UNDER THE NEW CITY LAW
Form Of the City's New
Marriage Ceremony

The following form for the mar
riage service under the new city
law taking the power to perform q
ceremony from Aldermen and CIV
ing II exclusively to tho City Clerk
was drawn In the Corporation
Counsel's ONCE:
In the name Of God. Amen.
Do either Of you know Of any TIM
pediment why you should not be
legally Joined together in matrimony.
Or. II any n present can show any
Just cause why these parties should
not be legally Joined together in
matrimony let them now speak or
hereafter hold their peace.
Do you. -. take this woman as
your lawfully welded wife. to live
together In the state Of matrimonyf
VIII you love. honor and keep her. ~
a faithful man Is bound to DO. In
health, sickness. prosperity and ad-
versities. and forsaking all others
keep you alone unto her "A long a.
you both shall liver
DO you. -. take this lar for
your lawfully welded husband 70 1.-Two
together in the state Of matr1mony?
Will you love. honor and cherish him
as a faithful woman is bound to 90.
in health. sickness. prosperity and
adversities. and ~forsaking all others.
keep you alone unto him as long as
you both shall liver
For "a both have consented in
wedlock and have acknowledged Same
before this company. I DO BY virtue
Of the authority vested in me by the
laws Of the state OF New York now
pronounce you husband and wife.
And may God bless your union.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16

To the streets OF the lower East Side
through which was borne tho body OF
Sholem Aleichem (God be with YOU'D yes.
terday there were no tenement walls
OF dreary brick and mortar. no side
walks Of gray stone wrinkled with age.
There were only faces. wallis OF men
and women whose hearts had been
scratched by the invisible pen Of the
Jewish Mark Twain.
There are stranger things han a
crowd in the East side. stranger even
than a crowd OF $4,000. But there Is
nothing stranger 10 that Babclish host
OF people than silence. 1t was the silence
that told the story. Through block after
block lined solid with human beings
went that funeral procession. riding over
cobble stones and countless hearts. one
was forced to think. In the midst OF a
perfect silence broken only occasionally
by the sob of an overweight oma
IL was the funeral OF a jester. a man
who had drenched his pen In the ink
OF laughter and scrubbed away to the
ihot Va ~" V
in the memory of such a man that the
hosts OF the East side. where there is
seldom a smile seen on the streets. and
never a cry but the cry OF sorrow or
hurt. had left their shops. their homes.
their pushcarts and thronged In one
great horde to the line OF march.
East sides Greatest Crowd.
II was said by an old po,,cs OFFICER
the East Side had 30 many persons con-
gregated for "A feast. n funeral or a
celebration OF any sort. Perhaps that
IL an exaggeration. But to one who
saw a throng OF 10000 in the vicinity
of the Hungarian Jewish Synagogue. in
East 1l6th street, n throng OF as many
more In the neighborhood OF the Jewish
Community Centre, IN Second avenue
a silent mass OF 20,0 900 In Seward Park.
n several miles OF streets literally
packed ard TANNED with spectators, II
did not seem an exaggeration in any
sense Of the word.
They carried the body OF Sholem
Aleichem from his former home at a6s
Kelly street. The Bronx, in n plain pine
box. according to the custom OF orthodox
Jews. II was 80 I'm the morning.
Since : o'clock people had been massed
in the street outside as they were massed
in Fifth avenue on the day OF the pre-
paredness parade.
A rather shabby hearse. preceded by
a half dozen mounted policemen. headed
the 100 or so friends Of the family TO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16

Fifteen couples were spliced In the
first hour and a half Of business, and
they kept appearing at frequent intervals
until the office vas closed. 1t took Mr.
Scully just about two minutes to tie q
Knot after he got we'll started.
Every couple who clasped hands In
front Of MIR. Scully took the matter re-
riously excepting one. The young woman
giggled and seemed TO think 1t was a
joke. The City Clerk gently reproved
her. saying that, marriage was a pro
foundly serious thing and he would MOI
go on unless she acted sedately a. be.
fitted the solemn occasion. The bride
swallowed her giggle with a guIp and
didn't laugh again until her husband
kissed her.
The City Clerk didn't utilize his priv.
ilege OF kissing the brides. He was &C
busy marrying that he simply didn',
have time to wedge in any more worR
withou. extending his day far beyond
office hours.
When asked how ne enjoyed his new
duties Mr.. Scully said: ut was all ir
a days work. We are always willing "a
do duties set apart for US"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
SHOLEM AEICHEM BURIED
AS THE EAST SIDE MOURNS
Great Throng Lines Streets in Impressive Silence as
Last Tribute to "the Jewish Mark Twain
Noted Men at the Funeral.

the synagogue in East 116th street. II
was In his synagogue. Ohab Iedek. that
Sholem Aleichem had gone to pray. one
must think for more strength to laugh
during M last two years OF his lie.
Here the crowds we're 80 dense that
thirty police officers had all they could
do to keep the people within pounds
And here for the first time during the
long procession the Eil-Mohl- Rachmin
was chanted from the steps Of the syna-
gogue by the Rev. Joseph Rosenblatt.
OF course there were men and women
who wept. The Jews. particularly those
Of foreign birth. are emotional. But IL
was here for the first time that the
strange silence which In the lower East
Side was to become 40 marked, fell upon
the mass of some 10000 persons.
Family walks behind Hearse.
The funeral procession for Sholem
Aieichem did not begin In earnest until
the hearse and twenty-five carriages
turned into Second avenue at East Sew
enty-second street. From there on until
the carriages and hearse faced across
Williamsburg Bridge the sidewalks
were thronged and ms windows and
roofs and the merest lodges upon which
human beings could fasten themselves
we're black with people.
The Eil-Mohl-Rachmin was chanted
again at the Jewish Community Centre
at Twenty-frst street and Second avenue
and from there on to the ewish Educa-
tional Alliance in East Broadway. and
then to the bridge the authors widow,
four daughters and one o walked be-
hind the hcarse In accordance with the
Jewish custom.
There were four speakers at the eulo-
CYSTIC services. in the auditorium OF the
Jewish Educational Alliance. They were
Dr. ]. J.. Magnes. Prof. Israel Freed
lander, David Pinsky and n. Masliansky.
Later at Mount Neboh Cemetery, Cypress
Hills, there were four more speakers,
representatives OF the society Of Jewish
writers, A. Raisin, DR.. s. Levine, :. Ash
n p. Ruthenberg. DR.. Magnes. IN ac-
cordance with the wish of Sholein Alei-
chem, read the will and the epitaph
which the author wished placed on the
gravestone.
Among many we'll known men In the
auditorium were Jacob II. Sch!f. Judge
Leon Sanders. Judge Goldfogel. DIR.
Singer. DR.. Tarlow. Levine Epstein. the
Rev. Or. Mcndes, Jacob Adler, Morris
Morrison and David Kessler.
At no point in the line of march was
there any disorder. though on several
occasions the police had a hard time
keeping the people or the sidewalks. At
seward Park. whese the crowd was the
densest. Inspector O'Brien was in charge
OF 400 policemen and a dozen mounted
officers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
BIG BUTTE.sUPERI0R PROFIT.
Gains in First Quarter Of This Year
A3,5S4,O30.

The Butte and Superior Company re-
ports for the first quarter Of the present
year profits amounting to s3.554,939 as
against profits of 81, 1900 3 reported for
the last quarter OF 1915. This Is hg-
ured on "a basis OF 16.l025 cents a
pound for spelter,
The total amount OF ore treated dur
Ing the quarter was 164,500 tons This
established a new record. being $4,000
tons higher than the figures for the
preceding quarter, The total mining and
milling cost a ton for the quarter was
s5.6lO4. as against $5.1gys in tho last
quarter OF 1915.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
NEW MOTORS BOARD PICKED.
Waited Corporations Omcrrs Al,o
r. Chosen,

Tho appointment OF the following
board OF directors OF the new United
Motors Corporation for the first year
was announced yesterday: Alfred l..
Sloane. Jr.. of the Hyatt Roller Bearing
Company OF Harrison, y j.. T.. A. Deeds
OF the Dayton Engineering Laboratories
Company OF Dayton, Ohio Dewitt Page
OF the New Departure Manufacturing
Company OF Bristol, Conn. S. A.
Fletcher of the Remy Electric Com
pany. indianapolis, Ind, and l. g. Kauf-
man. president Of the Chatham and
Phenix National Bank.
.. TIL following We're chosen to act as
officers; A. y. Sloane. Jr., president A.
T.. Deeds, vice-president Dewitt Page,
secretary and treasurer. and l.. q. Kauf-
man. chairman OF the finance committee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
MRS. FRENCH's WILL PRoBATED
Bulk Of Estate Left 10 4. r. French
and Lady C~heylcsmOre.

NEWPORT. r l.. May 1.-the will NJ
Mrs. Ellen Tuck French. who died
abroad. was probated here to-day. Let
tiers testamentary were granted to Amos
Tuck French Of Tuxedo Park. y, Y, as
Edward Tuck. who had been named AS
an executor. declined the trust. Ac-
cording to the petition the personal
property will not exceed $500,
According To the will Mrs. French
bequeaths to Elizabeth. Lady Cheyles-
more. certain articles OF personal use
and adornment and Jcwelry. All books
and family papers with the portrait OF
Benjamin Brown French are given 20
Amos Tuck French. Mrs. Ellen French
Vanderbilt is bequeathed all real estate
here. The remainder NJ tho estate Is
left to her son and daughter. Amos Tuck
French II Lady Cheylesmorc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
$4,000 COUNSEL FEE ASKED.
Mrs. Theodore L.. Earle Tells Court
She Is Being Swallowed.

WHITE PLAINS, y. Y, May l5.-Mrs.
Hester Renwick Earle, alleging that her
husband, Theodore I.ansbury Earle, son
Of ELLIS Potter Earle, "A mine owner. VIVA
has sued her for divorce. is spending
large sums Of money in having her ~
well as her witnesses Swallowed, applied
to supreme Court Justice M~orschausor
to-day for $4,000 counsel fee to prepare
her defence,
R"for" Mr. Earl" brought his suit Mrs.
Earle sued for "A separation and Justice
Iiutt allowed her $3.50 counsel Zee and
Sia a week al'n",,y, p-','ing the trial
'"" T. baNls appeared for Mr. Earle
to-day 10 op'uS" The motion. Judge
M~orschauser ressi we'd decision.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
WILDER LEFT $7s,s77 IN N. Y.
HumOrist Divided Hts Estate Re-
tween Uia Two children.

The New York estate Of Marshall =.
wilder, the humorist, who died on jan
uary 10, 1913, was appraised yesterday
at s7s.s17. lie had additional prop.
erty in New Jersey. Mr.. Wilder divided
the estate equally between his two chill
dren. Marshall. Jr., . years old. and
Grace ISABEL. 10. His wife died a year
before him.
The decedcnt owned the property at
603 West l40th street. worth $3.50, 900,
but II was m~ortgaged FOR sl94.1l6. He
owned securities worth SCI 900. rom
sisting OF $4,000 IN preferred stock and
$4,000 common stock OF the Marceau
Company. photographers, OF which he
was "A director. One asset was a legacy
of $500 under the will OF Mrs. Frank
Leslie.