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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-25
WHOLE CHURCH NOT BLAMED
IN MAYORS PLOT CHARGE
"Only Group and Non-Cathoc Laymen," He Says
Sought to Hamper City in Effort to Better
Charities Conditions

The MAYOR u.etaced his recital Of the
alleged conversations with the following
resume of the ease as h'
presented 1t AT the hearing on Tuesday:
For two wears and a half, AS the
representative of all the people of this
city. | have been endeavoring to secure
humane treatmen; and proper care for
the $4,000 homeless and dependent
children committed as city wards TO
private charitable institutions. ! have
been endeavoring TO secure proper ad-
mintstratlon OF the s5.ooo,o0o Of pub
lie funds annually d!sbursed TO these
institutions for the care Of the city's
wards.
That IL the cause am lighting for,
and | Shall continue TO tight for IL
no matter what damage 1t may bring
to me. for IL is a matter OF public
duty and personal conscience, In this
work have found myself and my
Comm ssoner of Charities opposed,
ylihed, misrepresented and obstructed
by certain interests and Influences. !
have endeavored to learn what these
influences are which have sought to
interfere with or to control a branch
of the government OF this city.
In connection with the inquiry con-
Quoted by the Governor 5 Commissioner.
Mr. Charles II. strong. under the
Moreland act II came to the knowledge
of the city's authorities that certain
crimes had been committed. In secur-
ing the evidence OF the commission of
these crimes the Police Department
has brought to light the conspiracy
which was hatched to Illustrate the
work of the Department of Charities.
The evidence of the commission Of the
crimes is also the evidence of the OK
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istenre OF this conspiracy aga nst inc
government.
IL Is not the catholic Church whlch
mas so conspired To perNert justice
ana obsuuct or control government
hnt small group WITHIN the 'hureh
cooperating with "A few noh-CathoIic
laymen. 1t !s this sroup charge
with conspiracy. This group ! am
convinced is not representative OF the
Churlh or OF the great BODY oi rlsht
thinking, honest Cd'holcs oi 'h's Vl'N'
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Commissioner William J D.rertv
Apply to Magistrate for surn onses
for Father Farrell, Or. u {. Potter If,
SON Dean Potter and Robert w Heb
peid In connection with the Mayors ale.
cations The Mayor said last n.rht
however that no plan or time had been
agreed upon for the contemplated crin-
inal action.
Inc alleged conversations themselves
form an amplification of the Mayor'a
charges on Tuesday that there existed
a conspiracy of certain Catholic clergy.
men and others to dscredit his admin
istration. As the Mayor read them
mere We're thirty-six separate conversa-
TONS extending over a period from
March is TO March %. Or. Potter
Farher Farrell. Robert w. Hebberd
Mohsignor John ]. Dunn. chancellor Of
the diocese; Father Higgins Father
plneen and Walter J. Drummond figure
prominently In them.
Although the committee decided early
IN the afternoon TO permit the Ma yor
TO tell the whole OF his story-hav,ng
smut hin Off on Tuesday when he was
about TO relate the alleged telephone
talks--svery member of the COMMITTEES
expressed himself on the record as OBJ
Ject!ng 10 the Mayors action They
shed themselves Of responsibility. Tho
entire committee, said senator Thomp-
son, objected To rendering the testimony.
but would sit and listen to il because
the Mayor insisted
II was the committee which waveed
IN its attitude not to hear the Mayor
relate the alleged conversations .xccpt
in executive session, The committee de-
bated the subject all the morning and
at noon the situation was Just as it had
stood Tuesday night. The MAYOR was
determined TO say all he has to say in
public or not At all
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-25
BACHELOR GIVES $4,000, 900.
Hobart Williams Conveys Bis
Funds 70 Illinois Colleges.

CHICAGO. May 24.-Hobart williams,
in addition to establishing a trust fund
Of s2.oO0.000 for the benefit Of ten ILL.,
nois institutions, has conveyed to the
University OF Chicago the williams
Building, a downtown property worth
about s2.5o0,o0O. according to an an
nouncement made to-day.
Mr. Williams also decided to st.
lukes Hospital property valued at
100000. and to the Y. NJ. c. A. prop
crty worth about 100000.
Mr.. Williams II 40 years old and a
bachelor. Although born in Chicago he
has lived in Cheshire. Conn. for the last
quarter OF century.
The $1,000. 900 trust fund IL largely in
vested in Government bonds. and the in
come is to be applied In the case Of the
colleges to the assistance OF poor and
deserving students seeking to obtain an
education
Institutions benefting by the gift are
Illinois College, Rockford College. Mon.
mouth College. Illinois Wesleyan College
Milliken University. Chicago Commons
the Home for Crippled Children, the
Chicago orphan Asylum. the Old Peoples
Home and the Episcopal Home for Aged
Persons.
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TAPPED TALKS ARE READ
DESPITE COMMITTEE RUI F,

Mayor Mitchell read into the record
of the Thompson legislative committee
yesterday. over the members protest,
transcript of the conversations alleged
TO have been reported over the telephone
wires that were tapped in connection
with the recent charities investigation.
The unusual recital was preceded by
an ouiburst of alarming disordei' An
indignant spectator. standing half WAY
down the closely packed room. denounced
the Mayor as a little shrimp and OBJ
jected as n taxpayer to the Mayors
anticipated utternnces as "an insult 10
his church and shameless insult TO
the community"
The demonstration. which unnerved all
IN the room, including the Mayor. for an
instant or two occurred Jus, after
tilt between the Mayor and Alfred J.
Talley, counsel to the Rev William h.
Farrell, whose telephone WAS one of those
tapped. MIR. Talley. nAring back at the
MAYOR. who remarked that perhaps the
lawyer was acquainted with the testimony
before the Kings county Grand jury, de-
clared the only Information ne mad on
the subject was that the Grand Jury
failed to indct the Mayor. as well as
commissioner John A. kingebuy and
William II. Hoichkiss. by only one vote.
The echo of Nj Talley's retort was Il
chorus of sneering "Ha-has." Then ap-
plause. Then hlsses Not few in the
| room WINGED. Put him out" yelled
many. Senator Thompson pounded the
table with his gavel and fairly shouted
fcr order. lie called on the Mayor for
! help and on the policemen in the room
to assist In maintaining order.
Many Police In Room.
Police Inspector cray directed every
officer present to pin his shield on his
! coat Shields appeared on two dozen
coats 4 few minutes later Inspector
Joseph Faurot came down from Head,
quarters and took silent charge Of things
Meanwhile the original disturber haC
vanished and soon order reigned again
The alleged conversations which thu
Mayor read followed a statement II
which he made brief resume OF hi,
| presentment on Tuesday 1t containe,
this addition, however: That he did no
charge the Catholic Church with tn,
conspiracy he had outlined--to perver
justice and obstruct or control govern
ment-but a small group within tn
Church, cooperating with few non
Catholic laymen. He declared his be
lief that this group was not representa-
tive OF the Church or the great body o
right thinking honest Catholics of tn
city Jews, Protestants and Catholic
alike, he said, would think as he doe
when the d!sguises are removed fron
the naked truth"
In the questioning before and afte
the alleged conversations were read IN
Mayor promised that action would b
taken on the four crimes he charged
perjury. criminal libel. conspiracy 4
utter criminal libel and conspiracy I
pervert justice and obs,ruct the due ad
ministraton of the law--before III
proper tribunal and at the proper time,
A plan was even then being discusse
elsewhere to have Deputy Charlie
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-25
ALLIES GET REPLY TO
MAIL SEIZURE NOTE
T.. :. Takes Issue With En-
tpntc'S Views and Insists
Acts Are Illegal.

WASHINGTON, May 24.--The reply OF
the United States TO the last joint note
OF the British and French Governments
on the question OF interfering with mails
has been completed and was communi-
Gated to-day to the French and British
Amba ssadors for transmission to Paris
lie on Saturday.
II is understood that the United States
takes Issue with all the main points
raised in the last note from the Entente
Th. Government denies that the seizure
OF mails from the United States to neu-
trail countries can be construed AS COM
ing within the spirit OF international law
and IL fails to see how Great Britain and
France can legally Justify their proce-
dure on the ground that Gt rmany has
violated the law.
II has been the constant conten-
tlon of the state department that two
wrongs do not make right. and the
United States cannot see why It's in
tcrests should suffer at the hands OF the
Entente because Of charges which these
Powers bring against Germany.
Sir Cecil Spring Rice. the British Am
hassador has had several talks with
counsellor Polk relative to settling the
dispute over detention and seizure OF
mails. The Ambassador has stated thai
the Entente is willing to do everything
which can be done without interfering
with matters Of vital military expediency
in order to adjust the matter with the
United states.
The most serious aspect OF tho ques
tion at present Is the fact that the En-
tente claims Germany Is violating posta
regulations by arranging for the sendipi
OF contraband from the United States
The Entente claims that this necessi
tates some supervision OF the malls.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-25
SAYS TlRPITZ WOULD
HAVE PREVENTED WAR
BaSSermann Declares as Chan
ccllOr He Might Have Made
Pact With England.


AMSTERDAM. May 24.-Ernst Basser-
mann, the Natlonal-Liberal leader in the
Reichstag. has published a pamphlet on
the former Minister of Marine. Grand
Admiral Won Tirpi,z. from which the
Ham burger Nachfchtcn quotes the fol-
lowing:
England" says Bassermann, "was
always correctly appreciated by Won
Tirpitz, and the oscillations OF the Ger
man policy which set In under Chancel-
lor Capriv!. and have continued through
out the last twenty-five years, found 40
support from him.
"A correct perception OF the British
national character and British history
was part and parcel of his being. and as
he knew that we should not be spared
In the present struggle with that nation
OF pirates he prepared for II. Yet
many time I had the impression that
when the negotiations with England for
the purpose OF a Limitation OF arma
ments were In question that Won Tir-
pitz as the leading statesman, that is
as Chancellor. would have been the
only one who could have brought about
such an agreement. Although he was
hated and feared in England he never.
theless enjoyed there such a reputation
and such prestige that his strong hand
II he had offered It. would not have beer
rejected
THE open disagreement between the
Minister and the creator OF the navy
vas certainly factor which did not In,
fiuence the German policy favorably."
This is thrust at the Imperial Chan
cellor. and coming from one of the mos
influential politicians In the empire Il
| may have some effect. The articl,
further shows that the advocates Of thu
| runlimited torpedo" by no means ~
signed themselves to their fate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-25

So the committee at 2 in the arter-
son that although the members believed
because they considered Il irrelevant ana
incompetent, they would defer to tho
position of the Mayor as the ctys chief
executive officer.
The Mayor said the senator, mot
only offers this testimony but inalsts
on stating 1t before the committee A.
open session, on account of that no.
siton and his position in tn" communit,
when the Mayor comes the chairman
will be disposed to allow him to state
the conyersat ons, but We will, however
adhere to our original policy In regard
to the other cases of wire tapping Il
must be clearly understood however
that the responsibility for what ha saws
rests not on the committee bIt on the
Mayor
since Yesterday" announced the sen.
ator when the Mayor, Corporation ,'Ouu
sci Lamar Hardy, Theodore Rousseau.
Commissioner king,'hury and other oil.
cials had <aken their seats in thc from
OF the crowded room. ''the chair has
given the statement to the effect thai
we have not changed our mind in rcla
guished witness to give the c,.nversa-
tions taken over the telephone In re
! lation to this charity ease Howeve =.
we believe that the committee. mas
much as we have the irsistenc. of th'
Mayor. and that 1t is relevant. wa Will
defer to his judgment In relation ~ the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-25
IS WOMEN TO BE DELEGATES.
Will Represent Wcstern states In
Democratic Convention.

WAsHiNGroN, May 24.-Fifteen women
have been elected delegates to the Demo-
cratic national convention at st Louis.
Kansas. California and Washington have
chosen four women delegates each. Ari-
zona has chosen one and Wyoming two.
Here is the roster Of women delegates
which has been made up at Democratic
headquarters here:
Kansas-Mrs. w. A. Harris. Mrs. Mat
tie B. Hale. Mrs. J. L. brennan and Mrs.
X. J. Ebman.
California-Mrs. Nora F. Rasmussen.
Miss Mary +. Foy. Mrs. W. c. Tyler and
Mrs Bird +. Hobby.
Arizona---Mrs. II. r.. Fletcher.
Washington-Mary a. Munroe. Mrs.
NJ II. Harter. Mrs Harrison F.. Foster
and Mrs. Elizabeth n. Christian.
Wyoming-Mrs. T. S. Talliaferro and
Mrs Mary c.. Bellamy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-25
PEACE TALK IN GERMAN ARMY.
Hindenburg Tells His Troop
Rumor IL UnfOunded.

LONDON, May IA despatch from
Bern states that Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg has issued the following held
order TO his forces on the Russian front {:
"For some time rumor has been
spreading among the troops that peace
negotiations are about to begin, and this
fact. coupled with the instinct OF self
preservation which is constantly grow
ing is having a bad effect on the morale
Of the men.
"In the name Of the Emperor ] de-
clare that there cannot he any question
Of peace until you have crossed the
Dwina. Soldiers, II you wish peace. so
and seek It on the other side OF the
Dwina."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-25
waite Calls II n Farce.

waite himself was little changed
"hen ne entered. Just minute before
Ne door was opened for him to appear
he mad said TO Deputy Sheriff Whitman :
w. On what's the use of this farce :?
Ih6y could have finished the whole
thng In an hour"
tie was in nowlse concerned however ::
to9b hjS place with "A smiling nod 10
walter 4. Deuel. and Joseph Crater. his
counsel aud stared ahead AT the picture
o' Justice" on the wall behind Justice
ehedrns place. lie seemed 10 know
'nat Mrs. Horton was within eycglance
OF h'nl, for he turned his head slightly
away 80 as not to see her She gazed
'nrous'y At him for a while and then
stared ahead.
George y. Brothers, Assistant DistrIc,
Attorney. rushed nine witnesses through
IN an hour and twenty-five minutes after
court opened, There was the manager
of the Corn Exchange Bank to identify
,he $4,000 check. garage man to iden-
MY Kane; Conniff, the detective, recalled
sh"ut the embalming fluid some Ste
n"sfapners, and Dr. Perry Schurtz, the
'''k family physician Of Grand Rapids
VINO had taken charge Of the autopsy
AZ there until DR. Otto Schultze arrived
pr Schurtz swore that death was due
I" arsenic poisoning
Then next came Percy Peck, the son
Hapldly he told Of his fathers age, ~
years his physical condition and the
departure for New York on February II
a'ter the death Of the mother
Had you conversation with the dc.
tsndan, about your father at the time n,
C0htannp6 na C>.-..h
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-25
HALL DESTROYS GERMAN AERO
American Aviator Attacks His Op-
ponent $4,000 Feet In the Air.
Special cable Despatch TO THE Srs

PARIS. May 24.-Bert Hall, one Of the
members OF the American Aviation
Corps, attacked "A German aeroplane last
Monday at a height OF $4,000 feet, bring
Ing II down. Hall followed downward
to a height Of 1900 feet and saw his
opponent smashed to fragments Just
within the German lines
His ,wn machine also vas hit.
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coETHALs SAILS HOME TO-DAY.


PANAMA, May 24,-Gen. Goethals has
not been Notified that his powers have
been extended to cover the command
of the military forces in the Panama
Canal Zone. lie will leave to-morroV
for New York unless hs 70 ordsrs1 b
remain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-25

GREAT BEAR sPR1N0 wATHA
m..sls. ~ H. '''' Of ''' s'''''''''''''' ''''''>
Connecticut western news., 1916-12-28
THE WAR BLUFF.

That the war is not responsible for much of the high cost and alleged scarcity of commodities in this country is proven in many ways. Speculators are using the war as an excuse for feecing the public out of their hard earned lucre, and exacting outrageous prices, not because of scarcity, nor en- tirely of the increased cost of produc tion, but because there is an opportun- ity to bulldoze the dear public, the consumer, the one who pays the bill, into the idea that he must do his bit towards the support of the hellishness of those who are waving the banner of with one hand and slaughter ing humanity with the other.
 Even in the center of the fighting world conditions are better, in some respects, than here in our country of peace. The Baldwin City (Kan. Ledger, says: "'He kept us out o1 war but today meal can be bought Ill London cheaper than in New York. ''
Connecticut western news., 1916-12-28
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2s, 19l8.
cOASTING PROHIBITED.

The "powers that be" in the town asrd fire district have joined hands with sm mdetermination to stop the coasting on sSh he sidewalks and highways in the vii. 1age, and for the safety of pedestrians -and travellers of all sorts, including the coasters themselves, it should be stop ped. There are people here now who remember seeing, years ago. a double. 7aapper full of youngsters come down sshe town hall hill at pace that could gaardly be called slow, and when too :. smear the crossing to stop, found them- ssselves confronted with freight train Fasacking onto the crossing. There was aaut one thing to do, and they did it.: sSlsey shot under that moving freight ear like a dart, and congratulated them.
 olives that it "never touched us.' But Who wants to try it again? Or who wants to know that their children are Hrunning such risks?
Connecticut western news., 1916-12-28
DRIVES AT THE KING ROW

It is the fashion to say nowadays that warfare, like everything else, has changed so as to be barely recognizable measured by old standards. As far as
 armament goes and Often a Crossroad the methods of ap- Is "CitadeI" to plying brute force Be Fought For thlS may De true In T;r,s If Mar However, the prob
 oI lens remain very
 much the same, so that the commander of today may learn from predecessors how to get at the enemy even though his processes are radically new in detail. Conditions have eliminated the old system of cita- dels upon which the fate of a nation rested. But in the place of that have come the railroad centers. In fact, inn proved roads and wagon transporta- tiOn made the crossroads "citader' to be fought for century ago. Napoleon won battles by getting a crossroad. Grant gained more by capturing crOssroad with d brigade of cavalry at
 
 Cold Harbor than he did in the battle there which cost him over 10000 men. The war in Europe, with the excep- tion of the west front, which has been from the very start siege, has been in the nature of a drive for what might be called thes king row-that is, a point or points where the successful aggres- sor might turn, as in checkers, and. with right or left and maybe rearward sweep, smash the foes defenses or get him in a corner. With unparalleled boldness Napoleon broke into the king row at AusterlitZ and again at Jena at both destroyed an army, won an enemy capital and national surrender. By skillful moves and the blocking of countermoves Grant won to the Con- federate king TOW in reaT of Vicks- burgs defenses and captured the for tress. The allies tried some such move at Gallipoli and failed. They tried it again at Saloniki and were headed off by bold German countermoves. In the east ~the Russians and Teutons have played the game steadily, the Vistula and its tributaries being the king TOW and having coigns of vantage where an army was unconquerable, but free to strike. On a smaller scale the cam paign in Roumania is an example. The army controlling mountain passes and river crossings was able to check, at least, and maybe defeat, moves and countermoves by the foe.
 (CAPTAIN) GEORGE l.. KILMER.
Connecticut western news., 1916-12-28

band, the participants were w. W. Underwood, w. R. North, Miss Bena Rodemeyer, Mrs. c. W. Camp, Mrs. <. c. Beckley. The next evening Bread on the Waters" was presented, the actors being Arthur Partridge, John Rodemeyer Jr., Frank 'VanDeusen. Charles Spaulding, Peter Hicks, Miss Bena Roiemeyer, Miss Ella Mcintyre, Miss Jenny Brown. This was followed by the farce "A Little More Cider" in which Frank Hitchcock, Frank Barnum and Miss Emma Stiner, be. sides those mentioned above, took part.
 The News published no paper holi- day week.
 Salmon Swift sold his house and farm in West Norfolk to Abel Camp.
 Rev. H. l, Bodley. Canaan, returned from four months sojourn in Europe.
 Irving Ferguson and Miss Emma Abbott of Ashley Falls were married Dec. 22.
Connecticut western news., 1916-12-28

The method of lighting up the Bar tholdi statue of Liberty suggests to the Washington Star that the Washington monument at the capital is good sub ject for the same style of treatment. The sun lighting up an object upon which it's rays fall produces an effect similar to that upon the Liberty statue, which is sprayed with light rays from its base. The Stars suggestion is time ly, because there is bill before con gress to provide for Illuminating the Washington monument.
Connecticut western news., 1916-12-28
OUR SICK NEIGHBORS

We have yet to find anyone who re- members season when so many peo- pie were sick as there are at the present time. The grip and grip colds seem to be most popular, but whooping cough and measles are also prevalent and now comes the information that diphtheria is getting foothold in Ashley Falls.
 Much of the petty sickness like colds, even with the grip symptoms, may be warded off by heroic treatment at the first sign of it's coming on, but too often that first siRn'' is considered too trivial to pay any attention to and when the later stages develop the disease has gained too strong a foothold. This same idea applies to almost every com- plaint, and the common mistake is pro- crastination.
 Practice safety first-err on the safe side-it is better to see the doctor, or even do little doctoring yourself Ion the side'' that may seem to be perhaps unnecessary, than to run the risk of putting yourself in bed for a week or two, even if nothing more serious de- veiops
 Don't neglect your health-you' Il miss it when it's gone.