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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
CLUE TO ALMA MYERS
PROVES FRUITLESS
Woman Resembling Missing
Girl Seen i'm Harrison. y. j..
Phones 10 Mother.

Another promising clue in the search
for the missing Alma Fuller Myers
Of East Orange. who disappeared last
Saturday while in this city. failed last
night. and the girls mother IN an
nouncing it seemed to entertain less hope
than ever OF finding her daughter. Her
father. Charles b. Myers. an insurance
broker OF SO Maiden lane. came TO
New York again in the evening to be
in close touch with Lieut.. Grant Will
Jams Of the bureau OF missing per-
, sons, who Is directing the search here.
The clue which came to light yester-
day was urearthed in Harrison. n. J.,
where 1, was thought n girl answering
the description Of Miss Myers was seen
on saturday evening with a young a
Both young people entered "a drug store
in Harrison. and "A physician was called
10 treat the girl. The physician, DIT
, william II. McGlennan, and the drug
clerk, John Sloan. believed the girl was
Miss Myers. Mr.. Myers talked with
Sloan on Wednesday night. hut was
not checred by the interview. and did
not believe the girl in the Harrison
incident vas his daughter.
His suspicion was confirmed last night
when Mrs. Myers announced that 4
voice over the telephone about . O'Clock
said she was the wona who went tC
the drugstore last Saturday and that
the Young man with her a her hus.
band.
The Rev. John &. Donnell. pastor OF st
TliOnas Episcopal Church In Newark. &c
which Miss Myers belonged. RELOCATED
part OF his work to an assistant yes.
terday TO take an active part himself
In the search for the missing girl,
Lieut.. Williams examined a batch oi
leftpra resssiNtaI hv the girls naTanta
but none of them offered a promising
lead. Mrs. Myers said last night thai
she did o think her daughter had
any love affairs. She said every house
hold where the girl might have stayed
had been visited in vain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
WAITE ORDERED $4,000
CHECK TO GIVE EMBALMER
District Attorney Has Letter Sent to Prisoner:
Brokers-Renews Search for Blackmail Plotters-
Bellevue Prisoner Soon to Be Moved to Tombs.

they had received a telephone message
from him to do nothing until they heard
from him further. The Assistant Dis
trict Attorney added that the dentist =
brokers still have the check. as they held
1t until they could see him and pay him
tho $780, 900 In cash.
The embalmer has been asked to visit
the District Attorneys office to-day for
further questioning about his dealings
With the prisoner.
From a further examination OF DR..
Waite's accoun Mr.. Dooling remained
convinced that The dentist had handed
over LARGE sums as blackmail to some
person who was In n position to give
damaging evidence against him.
Another line that the District Attor-
ney's office pursued yesterday concerned
the indicted mans study OF deadly
germs. DR.. Denyce of Flower Hospital
brought to the office OF Assistant District
Attorneys DOoling and Mancuso a dozen
cultures OF bacteria on which the dentist
had informed himself at the hospital
laboratories. The bacilit were the Twins
organisms OF anthrax. typhoid. pneu
monia. diphthsria and tuberculosis. and
were 60 ~virulent that they were wrapped
in a special package to prevent danger
to those handling them.
Yesterday the prisoner was said "a
be so far improved that he would soon he
moved from Bellevue Hospital TO the
Tombs. n II was a practical certainty
that he would be arraigned for pleading
before Judge Grain In Genera, Sessions
on Monday. His counsel. Walter u
deuel., said that IL would require prob
ably a month for the defence to prepare
their case.
Warren w. Waite. father Of the
prisoner. and Frank A. Waite. a brother
,,,~,ted tAa nisfrict Attorney Yesterday
20 give additional details concerning the
strain Of insanity that II said to rur
| through the Waite family Aferwaro
they left with Yates mother for thciI
home in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Harold Spielberg. counsel for Mrs
Margaret Weaver Horton, announced
that n Waite contests his wife's divorce
suit Mrs. Horton will be a witness fol
! the defence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
100000 SEE HARLEM PARADE.
SIX Divisions, Three Miles Ions,
March I'm the NAln.

Harlem and The RronN saw tho biggest
parade in their history last night incl
dent to the Harlem carnival. II WAS
three miles long and took hours to wind
its way through the northern streets OF
the city.
In spite OF tho rain. which at times
fell heavily. no less than 100000 per-
sons stood banked IN the sidewalks AS
the parade passed. II was composed OF
six divisions. each with "A band. Tho
first was military. including 1000 men
NJ the Seventy first Regiment. The sec
Ond division was made up of floats. The
third represented the Industrial ad-
vancement Of Harlem, In the fourth
were hundreds of automobiles. The fifth
showed Bronx floats and In the sixth were
New Jersey exhibits, including the
twelve "hghting Mayors" Inspector
Ryan with 500 policemen kept good
order.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
MAY LICENSE AUTO OWNERS.
New Btil IL greed On Requiring
ChauHeur's Certificate.

ALBANY. April - Amendments to the
Simpson-Kclly bills requiring owners OF
automobiles to obtain a license similar
to a cha,rfeur's license as agreed upon
to-day by legislative leaders will limi,
the operation OF these bills to New York
city. The amendments ave been sanc
toned by Police Commissioner Woods,
who was one of the early agitators for a
law requiring owners operating licenses
The bills provide a levy of 81 for the
initial license and - cents for renewals,
The effect Of the bills will be to facilitate
Identification, The power of suspension
il vested by the bills in a Magistrate
and the power OF revocation In the Sec.
rotary of State. The bills hav the sup
port OF the New York city Chamber Of
Commerce, the Automobile club oi
America, the Merchants Association, the
Citizens Union and other civic bodies
of New York city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
TEACHERS PENSIONS TO WIN.
Miss Strschan. After Renewed
HearinG, Predicts BiIl WIN Pass.

!ALBANY. April S,-prcsident william
q. Wilcox of the New York city Board
OF Education gave ten advocates Of the
teachers pension fund bill and as many
opponents of It the right to remain over
until to-day for the renewed hearing.
There were frequent tilts bet ween
friends aud foes OF the measure. hut at
the conclusion of the hearing the advo-
Gates were confident of victory.
Miss Grace g. Sirachan. chairman NJ
the pension committee. predicted the
passage OF the bin. Senator Lockwood,
sponsor for the measure in the Senate.
said that since coming to Albany on
Tuesday last he had received 1857 sig
natures for the bill and only ss5
against n.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
FIRE EVICTS MANY FAMILIES.
Loft Building blaze in Roosevelt

Flames which radiated such intense
heat that firemen and apparatus sum-
moned ny three aiaI nis had 10 remain
nifty feet from the blaze, yesterday de-
stroyed the loft building at 1921 Roose-
welt street. AS "A precaution, Chief Ken
lon ordered dozens OF families In the
adjoining buildings 10 the street. ST.
.Ioachim's Church was thrown open tn
them by the Rev. Father Junnussi and
coffee Il served to the women and
children.
several policemen forced an entrance
10 the building and carried out two
watchmen who were partly overcome by
smoke. Policeman OHara ran into :3
Roosevelt street after the tenants had
fed and carried Mrs. Vincent Campbells
two-mon,h-old baby to safety.
The burned building was occupied
by l.ikas & privas. importers Of wines
md oily, and Il. Behringer & Co.
dealers in metal goois. The estimated
damage was $4,000.
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II was a question Of one administration
piljng IN deb;s to he saddlcd upon its
successor, and II matteTed little, said
senator Brown, whether II was a Demo-
cratic. Republican or fusion administra-
ton, the responsibility had to be met
and the remedy was now IN the hands IF
the present Legislature.
Senator Wagner insisted that any at
tempt now being made to represent, the
Democratic Senators from New York as
standing IN the way of a proper solution
of the citN'S tinanvial problem was un-
fair; that he cnucurrcd in a great many
essentials embodied IN the Brown COM
mittee bills, hut regretted the committee
did NOT 20 further
Senator ~Burl!ngame again appealed 10
Senator Brow 'to let the bills go over
for another year" But senator Brown
shook his head negatively.
Senator Mills suggested that there was
unnecessary fear ON the part OF the
Democrats as to just when the referen-
DUN would he submitted that il they
had the next Maypralty election In mind
they were unnecessarily aIitated, las the
next administration in New York will he
fusion"
Senator Brown insisted upon his mo-
ton Ia advance the pay as you go" bill
and it WAS carried by a vote OF % q ..
The Democratic senators did not OPPOSE
similar action on the other Brown com
mittee bills, agreeing to discuss each at
greater length when they came I'd on the
order a. final passage.
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Mr.. Ferguson. aided by his a''or-sy
and corps of stcnographers WORK rs
from early until late. has been engaged
for weeks in preparing his vast amount,
OF evidence that covers a decade. \
was said yesterday that the report would
several hundred pages.
Or. Hillis's liabilities are said TO nave
been AT one time almost q million dollars
and IL is said that Mr.. Ferguson handel
a like amount during his STEWARDSHIP
Or. Hillls's attorneys have asserted tia;
Mr.. Ferguson mas not furnished AZ ary
time any complete accounting ~ We
stewardship. but the papers 20 10" Sled
To-day, II they Mere not presented n 20
referee last night. are said - "a nto
minute detail Of every transaction,
Friends at both IN Hills and NJ
Ferguson sought 10 have the two s'f''
their disagree. ments hut withou' ~, ass
Then followed the suit. startcd tr ~
Hills to get an accounting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
TEACHERS COAT WAS RUINED
So she sucs Father OF Roy Ac.
cused Of Putting Drug In Pocket.

Miss Anna ". Qucnnard. a public
school teacher In Astoria, ant $3.50
for IA coat h says WAS ruined by
asafoedita put In one of its pockets.
so she applied yesterday to Municipal
Court Justice Cragen To appoint William
j. Helme guardian of his son Benjamin.
II years old. 80 the father may be sued.
The teacher says tho Helms hoy played
the prank that ruined the coat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07

The worlds finest woolens
go into our suits, and into
those of the high priced
tailors'.
But we have it on even
the best Of tailorS.
While they fume and fuss
we deliver your suit,
Fine rich mixtures many
our own design and all con
fined to our own use,
Silk Innings, if you pre'et'
and tailoring as good as the
best.
Sizes and variations OF
sizes in so many models tina,
we can safely say We INT
900 out of every loco men
who come into our stores
May VIC prove on: con-
tention?
The price. you know, VIII
be much less than MI, Coca
Tailor must ask.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
FINANCIAL BILLS TO
CITY ADVANCED
Democrats Unable to Stop
Brown Committees Meas
urcS i'm the Senate.

ALBANY, April s-Despite opposition
from some OF the Democrats and from
Senator B~urlingane. Republican. OF
Kings. the bills recommended by the
Brown committee. which investigated the
finances OF the city OF New York, we're
advanced from general orders 10 third
reading tonight in the State Senate
Senator Burlingame appealed to Sem
ator Brown TO drop the who'll business
for another year" which prompted SEN
ator Brown to reply that such a sugges-
ton was prompted by the fact that some
people failed TO realize that they were
toying with the city's greatest financial
problem. TIT frs, OF the bills
to come up for discussion was the pay
as you go proposition.
senator Wagner said tie only result
from this hill would bc to stop all public
improvements in New York city. lie
insisted that tho organized taxpayers
were all against II. SenHfor Foley
thought the Brown committee had given
IA black eye TO the reputation OF the city
from a financial viewpoint.
We have heard "A lot about the city
OF New York being on the verge or
bankruptcy. and tina. its credit is about
exhausted. | want to say that that Is
all huncomi,e. You noticed tnat the
1nanciers from abroad who came over
her. Ia borrow money found plenty OF
lenders IN New York city said senator
Foley.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
GAMBLERS ALL OYER
TOWN ROUNDED UP
Seven Places Raided-Hun.
drcds Found at Tables
3J Made Prisoners.
ONE TRAIL LED TO ALL

Seven gambling places were raided
yesterday and thiity-five men were ar
rested. One hundred policemen and three
patrolmen participated in the business.
Besides a lot OF gambling paraphernalia
the police gathered up 5000. The raids
were directed and planned By Lieut..
Costigan after six weeks OF preparation.
II was the biggest cleanup in gambling
the police nave accomplished for a long
time. The places raided dotted Manhat-
tan all the way from Fulton street down
town to West l15th street in the upper
reaches of the city. The strange part OF
tho story is that evidence against six Of
the gambling houses was obtained by
chance while detectives were conducting
an elaborate campaign against the chief
offender. a house in Grand street near
Forsyth.
In one OF the houses the police found
$50 men gathered around tables where
stuss and crap games were In progress,
In another there were zoe men.
Thc Places Rnided.
The places raidcd were at the fol-
lowing addresses: lO2 Fulton street, on
tho fifth floor. "27 Fifth avenue. be-
tween Twenty-sixth and TW~enty-sercnth
streets 10 WEST ili'n SUI. 80
lio'h street ~ west ~" 500 W
'rahu stree, anu q nouse ~.
street, me 'a'ter p.ase was ''''''' Wv
In the houses We're found men from
anout every Sta'e III the ,nion' Mos'
OF thrm came from new Jersey IeNas
contributed me mex iarses' "u,u
Lieut. 'osuean Sa'u 'ha. W. NV nouss
lie foui'd q MaSsa.nuses'S "ta'e o"iUia'
ana IN aho'her an alderman rom d Wv
Jersey to"h' re "ou'o "'' sN' '"e'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
Questions and Answers.

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
FERGUSON TO BARE
HILLS CASE SOON
Accounting Of Pastor, Suwcn.
latiOns is Duo. but
Referee Is III,
ALL CONCERNED SILENT

The dcta lie Of the alleged speculation,
OF the Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight INN,
pastor of Ply mouth Church, Broolyn 4,
coal and timber lands In British co,,rn.
bla and of the admittedly tangled Nn,c-
cial affairs Of the preacher are cxps,.f
to come out to-day in the accounting
ordered by the Supreme Court 10 be s,a.
mitted by Frank i. Ferguson, forr.-
attorney in fact and business mans,.-
OF DR.. Hills.
The story will be presented from ",
F~erguson's viewpoint and will he the a..
tcr's narrative of his work for Or. Itn.
covering a period of more than fou.
years. from May, 1910. to April. 1918 I,
will probably frame the issues a, Ia,
between br. Hills and Mr.. Fcrru.o,
whose controversy has become 40 ,n,ens
as to attract nationwide attention.
Referee IL III.
The accounting was ordered n,sa ys..
tcrday, but whether It was submitted :,
any representative Of cX-Justice Dick. .
OF Brooklyn, sitting AZ a referee. cn,s
not be learned authoritatively las, n,sh.
Mr.. Dickey is III n at his mouse rotet,
would say whether the report had hes
filed. No Information could De Obtains
from Judge Dickey's secretary.
MIR. Ferguson was silent. Il. w K.
logg. his attorney, would give no ,nfor.
nation. II was asserted, however. tbs,
the accounting would he presented f.
was learned that both Mr.. Ferguson A..
Mr.. Kellogg worked all day from s,rl-
morning until long after the dinner hou.
preparing the data sought bv tie onur
Hints were thrown out tia, Mr.. F.-.
guson In his accounting would go into
q long history Of Or. ITilliss Hrs-c,sl
affairs. would show how the prcachs-
had become involved in his coal AMI
timber speculatiors in Canada and how
he had sought the aid 81 MIR. Ferguso,
to help him out Of difficulty.
The accounting also is expected IA
SNOW what Mr.. Ferguson did for D.
Hills and to set forth til. amount,
that Mr.. Ferguson claims "a counts.
sions on various transactions and !c-
services as his business manager. ~
Hills already has charged that Mr. ia
Huson owes him money. and Mr. F--
Guson has retortei IN kind The CLAIM,
set forth 10y Mr.. Ferguson are expected
by members OF IDr. |iIillis's ,ong-en.
ton TO be OF intense interest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
Politics In situation.

rh. pa,,,cra,ic senators insisted that
,h. ~,ior,,v was permitting politics to
cro,n i'm a situation which senator Brown
900 :, rc,-ain linn, had gone seriously
me-, Senator Wagner declared his
.,u,o,,,o. al, M, 20 far enough.
~, :. ,ho pcnublic,ns here push
,,, ,H,, e. ooO OO0 up.State highway
III ,hi.h Vii c,s, the city ~. New York
r. 400 ooo declared senator Wagner.
g. ,ho .,h.r h,na won hear the ma
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
MOTHER ACCUSED
BY STAMFORD HEIR
IN 100000 SUIT
Walter L. Hanson Says She
Had Him Declared Insane
Through Judges Aid.
WIFE NOW SEEKING
ALIENATION DAMAGES

Testimony by Walter 1.athrop Han
son granddaughter OF h late Leland
Stanford and heir TO one-third ~ a
$1,000. 600 estate. IN which he charges
his mother with having him declared
insane through tho aid OF ex-Judge
Nash Lockwood Of Saratoga county. al
though he Is sufficiently sane now to
act AS chauffeur for a California allen.
ist. became public In the Supreme Court
yesterday.
Young Hanson. who Is q son OF the
late Walter Hcndrick Hanson. a pros
porous New York business man, eloped
To Newark. y. j.. on November .. 1912.
and married Miss Henrietta 1teutti.
whom he met when she was singing in
vaudeville. AS soon a. Mrs. Hanson
heard Of her sons act she started in
competency proceedings against him in
Saratoga county and later sent him TO
Canada His wife IL now suing his
mother for 500 900 damages for alien
ating his affections. II is in connection
with this suit that Hanson made his
affidavit. The case was marked ready
for trial or Supreme Court Justice
ford's calendar yesterday.
The testimony of Hanson. who IL now
&c years old. was taken by commission
-" -.
n"'nnn ","r s,.,naaamS ~ "".mt. "uWs
y" Se"uu"ru' an a,'ehis'' ne
SAID lie fears To return TO this state be-
hi,m ,,,,, q, 80 .s,,n,, nnat, f,n"n,.
,.s,rn,r r.no", ..e"s," - 80"
49, ~ hts t,,,,i, Y" "e'
~
r.,.n. Dallas No. v....
Hanson was asked how old he was
when he was first permitted TO drink
liquor and said he was always permit
ted to drink. Asked who taught him 70
play poker and bridge for money. he
said his mother and father did. lie
testlfied that when he first PLAYED poker
MS mother told him To take her hand
ana ne won - from his father.
MANY of inc questions related To in
'ldents AZ ue Hanson summer place
~ charleston Lake. Ont. When the elder
hanson was awe. Inc young mar was
asked. hen you were at Charleston
Lake your inother was very friendly with
tne heV. MI Giles was she not and he
replied res s'r' u quite a
goo deai or MN
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-12-08

the present by adding to it a pro-
vision that. in case the methods OF
accommodation now provided for
should fail, full public investiga
tion of the merits OF every such dis
pute shall be instituted and com
pleted before a strike or lockout may
lawfully be attempted.
And sixth, the lodgment in the
hands of the executive of the power
in case of military necessity. to take
control of such portions and such
rolling stock of the railways of the
country as may be required for mill
tary use and to operate them for
military purposes, with authority to
draft into the military service of the
United States such train crews and
administrative officials as the circum
stances require for their safe and efb.
cient use
What Has Been Done.
The second and third of these
recommendations the congress i'm.
mediately acted on: 1t established
the eight hour day as the legal basis
of work and wages in train service
and 1t authorized the appointment OF
a commission to observe and report
upon the practical results, deeming
these the measures most immediately
needed; but it postponed action upon
the oher suggestions until an oppor.
tunity should be offered for more
deliberate consideration of them
The fourth recommendation / do not
deem il necessary to renew. The
power OF the interstate commerce
commission to grant an increase oi
rates on the ground referred to is
indisputably clear and a recommen.
dation by the congress with regard
to such matter might seem to draw
In question the scope OF the commits
sion's authority or it's inclination tc
do justice when there is no reason T.,
doubt either.
The other suggestion-the in
crease in the interstate commerc,
commissions membership and in II,
facilities for performing it's manifold
duties, the provision for full publ,
investigation and assessment of in
dustrial disputes, and the grant tr
the executive of the power to contro
and operate the railways when nee
essary in time of war or other like
public necessity now very earn.
estly renew.
y THE necessity for such Legislation
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-12-08
WILSON CALLSFOR STEPS
BIG RAILWAY PROBLEM
Continued from Page IL

operation of the railways OF the
county should not be stopped by the
concentrated action of bodies of men
until a public investigation for the
benefit of the public has been insti
tuted.
1T is based upon the very differ.
ent principle" he continued. that
the concentrated action of powerfm
bodies of men shall not be permitted
to stop the industrial processes or
the nation, at any rate before the ma
tion shall have had an opportunity
to acquaint itself with the merits of
the case between employe and EN-.
ployer. time to form its opinion upon
an impartial statement of the merits.
and opportunity to consider all prac.
dcable means Of conciliation or ar,
bitration. can see nothing in that
proposition but the justifable safe
guarding by society of the necessary
processes Of its very life. There is
nothing arbitrary or unjust in it un,
less 1t be arbitrarily and unjustly
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-12-08

admirable thing in the way of being
done.
There are other matters already
advanced to the stage of conference
between the two houses OF which it
is not necessary that 1 should speak
Some practicable basis OF agreement
concerning them will no doubt be
round and action taken upon them
lnasmuch as this is, gentlemen.
PROBABLY the last occasion / shall
nave to address the Sixty-fourth con-
gress, l hope that you will permit me
to say with what genuine pleasure.
and satisfaction 1 have co-operated
with you in the many measures of
constructive policy with which Won
nave enriched the legislative annals
OF the country. 1t has been a priyi-
lege to labor in such company. r
take the liberty of congratulatinp
you upon the completion OF a record
OF rare serviceableness and distinc.
ton"