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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17
JURY BOX FILLED FOR
CONTEST OF Emo WILL
Trial will Start To-day in
Spite Of a Request Made
for Delay.

The jury IN the contcs, Of the VII Of
Amos +. Emo. on t-ial before Surrogate
cohalan. was completed Yesterday after
six Of the ten Jurors selected on the
opening day had been excused II,
iill!ng of the jury box occupied so much
time that the opening or the case W.T..
postponed TO TODAY.
Ex-Surrogat" Charles II Beckett
asked the surrogate to adjourn the
tr.a. until John u StauChheld. who Is
Ia be- chief counsel for the contestants,
can complete his duties in the trial o.
the Riggs National Bank officers in
Washington. Austen q. Fox. trial coun-
Sci for the proponents OF the Will. oh
jccted to the delay and said he WAS
amazed AZ the request. "This case is no
different from any other" he said. -
never heard of such an application be-
ing granted"
The Surrogate said that II the oppos-
ing side objected he could not adjourn
the trial. but suggested that probahlv
the opening of the case by counsel for
both sides nigh, take all day to-la,
and Mr.. Stanchield can be here when
the taking Of testimony begins. 'Thc
contestants may need "A half dav. hut
we won't require so much time" replied
Mr.. Fox,
Arthur Train viii make the opcr.np
address TO the jury for the contestants.
The jury as finally selected Is a. TO-.
lows
Milton 'anGenzeu, salesman. fpfcm1n.
Joseph Friedman. salesman Isdu
Freedman. Trunks Nathan.c, Frigrn-
baum. diamond setter. Walter :
Schwah, Horst JOIN +. Gucrtln, sales
man; Robert =. Gibson. clerk Inrol,
Adler, furs Rudolph Kahn, clerk
Samuel norman. manager; Morris
Langsdort, fancy goods, and Julius
Iysnan, salesman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17
FARRELL, DRUG FIEND,
SHIFTS PATERNAL VIEW
Held for Examination AS lie
DiScardS Charge Against
T. J. o. RhinclandPr.

Igua;ius Augustus Farrell, WHO was
arrested on complaint Of T j. Oakley
Rninelander on a charge Of annoying
tho latter and claiming to he Mr.. Rhine
lander's son. Mas arrnignod yesterday
before Magistrate Nolan In the Jefferson
Markc. court. He was also charged with
violating tho drug law.
Probation Officer Harmm'll testified
that in the defendants rooms at the
Continental Hotel he found a -four ounce
bottle Of opium. lie also stated hat he
observed in the rooms ore of the most
extensive wardrohes ne had ever seen.
Farrell told Hammill that his early
life had been spent working in livery
stables, behind lunch counters and as a
hobo. Later he had become n card
sharp and worked on oceanic steam
shlps ard on trains. He said that he
was a wizard NJ playing poker. hut as a
bridge player was tho hes: in the world,
Farrell conhded that in 1910 he went
TO London, whor" he married, Since his
marriage his VIE has supplied him with
funds, AT one time turning over $4,000
f. him to use in speculation. He lost
the whole amount, he said. and since
then his wife has been living IN Chicago
with her frs, husband lie said tina. le
commenced smoking opium In 1905. hut
lately has been eating IL. In spite OF an
npparent lack Of education Farrell spoke
fuently of the classics,
Magistrate Nolan held him until Fra
day for further INVESTIGATION as to his
mental condition. and on the drug
charge he was held in $500 hail, As h.
was being taken To Jail he turned sud
denly and said That's my father,
Thomas Fortune Ryan. Rhinelander
sounded like t, nj first, but ! was
mistaken"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17
TO TAP SPINAL CORD
AFTER TSETSE BITE
Operation for "sleeping Sick
ness" Expected to BE Per-
formed on DR.. Perveil.
OPINIONS ON CASE DIFFER

Or. Albert c. Perveil Of ~ Hancock
street. Brooklyn. who Is suffering from
sleeping sicness." said to be due to the
bite Of the tsetse fly. was taken yes
terday to Roosevelt Hospital. Manhattan,
where he will undergo an operation on
the spine In the hope of obtaining relief.
DIR. Elmer Lee of 1876 West FIfty-eighth
street. who has had DIR. Perveil's case
In hand since last January. said yester-
day afternoon that he does not believe
the proposed operation will be OF any
avail.
Il have been treating Or. Perveil for
tho last four months for sleeping sick
ness and he has been much relieved"
DR.. Lee said. Paralysis OF the lower
extremities has been coming on for more
than a year. and It leaves him at times
In a condition where he is unable to
walk.
Some persons on the outside have pre-
vailed upon Or. Perveils mother TO
send him to Roosevelt Hospital for an
operation on the spinal cord, hoping in
some mysterious way to accelerate re-
lief. Although I operate. ! wouldn't
operate in this case. ! don't think II is
justified. Others were willing to take
the risk. acQuiesced. as l couldn't
control.
IL believe Or. Perveil had a similar
operation In Paris two years ago. but II
wasn't satisfactory. Last fall he was
taken by a physician to a Brooklyn
hospital for a similar operation. IL
wasn't performed, and he was glad to
get home.
Il don't see any rosy outcome from
paralysis. don't know OF my cases
that have been relieved even by opera
lions"
When asked over the telephone last
evening II DR.. Perveil had been taken &c
Roosevelt Hospital for an operation, Mrs
Perve!l replied HE has gonc there fol
treatment. That Is all"
DR.. Pervell was bitten by a tsctse ny
seven years ago. He has taken a variety
OF treatments and was long under tht
care OF Or. George l.. BUST OF Brooklyn
who retired from the case just before
Or. Lee was called in. II was reported
from time to time that the patient wa
improving. Shortly after DIR. Lee tool
charge Or. Perveil. who had been In q
hedridden condition for six months, wa'
able to get up and walk.
pr. Lee said several weeks ago tina
he accepted the diagnoses of the worlds
greatest physicians in Berlin, Paris. Lon
don and New York in the case OF pr
Pervetl, and AIDED III mas never peer
proved that there Is such a disease a'
the sleeping sickness caused by the bite
OF any insect"
II was said at Roosevelt Hospital las
night tina Or. Perveil was a patient II
the medical ward. having been admitted
~ the request of DR.. Edgar White. lie
is in the immediate care OF Or. Rober
birmingham, the house physician. DR.
Birmingham could not he seen last night
/. was said at the hospital that patients
who are to undergo operations in IN
immediate future are not placed in Tn
medical ware ~ a rule. The Opinion
was expressed that under the Circum
stances IL was not believed an operation
would he performed on DIR. Perveil TO
day.
Dr. Edgar White 81 So West En-
avenue said he had nothing whateve
to say about Dr. Perveils case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17
OFFERS $4,000 PIN FOR 500.
Waiter Arrested In Pa wnshOp Says
lie Found the Jewrlry.

When attempting to pawn a bowknot
brooch valued at $4,000 for 500 in a
pawnshop NJ Third avenue and Forty
second street yesterday, Anthony Cor
itch, a waiter. living at bll West Forty
eighth street. was arrested and held
in $4,000 bail by Magistrate Murphy in
Yorkvillc court for examination to-day
in the hope that an owner for the brooch
could be found. The brooch contains
30 perfect pearls md seventy small
diamonds fixed In an artistic platinum
setting,
Cortich said hat he had picked up
the brooch late Saturday night at Eighth
avenue and Fifty-eighth street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17
C0NvICTS TO BE NEWSB0YS.
Ohio Prisoners VIII Sell Their Nv N
Paper on streets.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. May 16.-Peniten-
tiary convicts may sell the Ohio Peniten.
tinry NeWs on High street Thursday
morning to advertise the .Penltentiary-
Standard OIL baseball game to be played
Thursday afternoon at Neil Park for the
benefit OF the Children's Hospital.
Warden Thomas said to-day he was
seriously considering this innovation.
"I've studied these men and | know
I am taking no chance In sending them
outside" said Warden Thomas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17
CRIPPLED SHIPS TURN BACK.
san Giovanni and Grekland VIII
Go Into Dry Dock.

The Sicula Americana steamship San
Giovanni, which a Into the Swedish
freight steamship Grekland of SANDY
Hook in a thick fog OF Monday might.
returned to port yesterday with stem
and both bows badly broken.
She overlook the Grekland, smashing
into her stern. Both ships were dcoplv
laden with freight for the Allies. 1iey
will go into dry dock for repairs. 80.
body was hurt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17

Thieves stole everything on the altar
Of the Church of st, Rosalia, at Sixty
third street and Fourteenth avenue.
Brooklyn. some time yesterday morning.
The poorboxes were also taken. Detec-
tives are trying to and the church
property.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17

Business men certainly hope that Mr..
Wilson will be defeated. cut of forty
hvc years experience ! can say that we
never have had "A Democratic admins
tration without hard times
a truc ltoosevcltiau is CAPT. william
L. White, president of the Lowell Paper
Tube Corporation of Lowell, Mass. lie
voted for Roosevelt in 1872, but did not
Join the Progrossives.
The uverpowering necessity for a Re-
publican President has done away with
the antaEoiIism toward Col. Roosevelt
said he.
1t SecnS to mo that above every
thing els" The people are now Interested
In national preparedness and that Ruose-
Welt Is the man to achieve IT. We
also feel down my way that the return
Ut the Republican party would mean a
fairer tariif. I'm not "A high projections
list. blu there is no doubt that before the
war the Democrat tariff was stopping
production in Massachusetts. In 1911
there were $4,000 unemployed in the
city OF Lowell. ! come into contact with
many New England manufacturers. and
] believe that most of them feel as | do.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17
within scope Of Inauiry.

"Now, this question OF the tapping Of
telephone wires comes within the scope
of this inquiry because the telephone
company Is "a public service corporation,
and IL is "a matter OF public concern
whether wires rented of this public SER
vice corporation shall be devoted to uses
which the persons WHO rent the wires
10 not know Of and which are not
mentioned in the contract.
And in 80 far as that question m
up II is not only the part, but :: is the
duty Of this committee to Investigate and
report whether or not there should be
any Legislation on this subject. This
question a. II has come before tho pub
lie seems To- involve another investiga-
ton which is being made by the gov
ernment, the Governor having appointed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17

We read in one Of yester.
days sporting columns that
"the April and May show.
ing Of a ball club means
nothing. It is the long, hard
grind after June that tells"
That's certainly true when
applied to young mems
clothes.
The test is in a hard Sum-
mer's wear!
Ours must win the pen.
nant for long and satisfac.
tory service or "your money
back"
The Style and Fit you see
before you order.
Cordovan leather-ma-
hogany shade.
The hit of the season in
young mems oxfords.
We've never sold so many
never had so many. Hip
Hip!
Everything men and toys
wear, including Sporting
Goods of every description.
ROGERS PEEr COMPANY
Broadway Broadway
at 18th St. The at Saith 81.
Broadway Corners" Fifth Ave.
at Warren at 4lst ST.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17
COLONEL FAVORED
OYER WILSON BY
MANUFACTURERS
Association Members Meeting
Here Prefer Root or
Hughes to r. r..
ATTITUDE DIFFERENT
FROM FOUR A AGO

No such aversion 20 Theodore Roose-
velt Is ~pervaded the same ranks four
ysan ago Is now felt by the business
men constitute the National Association
Of Manufacturers. which is having its
annual meeting at the Waldorf. Their
6fst choice for the Republican nomina-
tion II Elihu Root. their second Is jus
tics Hughes. but they do not see much
chance for Root and fear that the SUI
preme Court would deteriorate II Mr..
Hughes left II. As to the Colonel, there
y no general enthusiasm. but he would
party nominated him.
This is a composite impression received
BY . Sun reporter who talked with n
dosen of the leading Republican manu-
f~acturers yesterday and asked them for
their personal views and their opinions
q how their associates felt. Even the
few who lambasted Col. Roosevelt ms
renegade" n migrate" said his nomi-
nation was not impossible and that they
would vote for him In preference to
President Wilson.
Col George Pope OF Hartford. presi-
1ant Of the association. said
"A few weeks ago 1t looked up our
way rs II the Colonel was surely going
to get the nomination. but we're not so
certain Of II now and I think nobody is
safe In predicting what will be done In
Chicago. Personally I'm n great admirer
Of Mr.. Root. but It's interesting to re-
member that real statesmen rarely At
tain the Presidency.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17
Calls Hughes Unresponsive.

JuetlC6 ftugneS seems unrespOnSlNe
] have no doubt he would make a good
President Regarding the Wilson ad-
mlnistration. leaving out foreign affairs,
there are a good many points in its do
nestle policies which have irritated the
manufacturers generally, I think. For
instance. Mr.. Wilson signed the rider
10 the civil appropriations bill which Mr..
TAFT vetoed, making II impossible for
the Department of Justice to prosecute
labor union combinations under the Sher-
man law Again there was the rider to
last years appropriation bill for the
army and navy preventing any Of the
money from being used on efficiency
methods IN a~rseuals, &c.
1T was interesting to note that Presi-
dent Wilson this winter swung around
to the advocacy of a permanent Federal
tarir commission. our association has
urged the need OF such "A commission
for years. Revision of schedules from
time TO time. after careful. non-partisan
study by IA tarif commission, is the
only solution OF the tariff question:"
John Kirby. Jr.. of Dayton, Ohio. Col.
Pope's predecessor as president of the
association. declined TO talk about Col.
Roosevelt.
Justice Hughes would be very sati.-
factory" he went on. but many manu-
facturers would hate to s,e him takcu
from the supreme Court. fearing the
sort of man hat President Wilson might
put in his place. They would also
dislike to see the precedent established
OF a member of the Supreme Court
going into politics. ! admire Justice
Hughes. but deem him most useful whore
he is, and doubt If he can b. persuaded
to surrender his post.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-12-16
MRS. MARGARET DUNN
DIES OF PARALYSIS

Mrs. Margaret Dunn, following an
illness of five weeks duration of pro-
gressiye paralysis, expired this after
noon at 1.35 O'Clock at her home on
West Stephen street.
Mrs. Dunn was Is years of age and
was born in Washington county, Nd,
but had lived in AIartinsburg since
she was quite young She was the
widow of the late James Dunn, ana
was a well known and highly esteem
ed woman. She was member Of 81.
Johns Lutheran church.
Surviving are two children; d. NJ.
Dunn and p A Dunn, both at home.
Two sisters. Mrs. susan Roger. of
Carroll county. Tenn, and Miss Nancy
Bussard, of Sharpsburg, Md, also sur
vive.
The funreal arrangements have not
been completed but will be announced
tomorrow.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-12-16
SUSPECT WAS NOT
|. HENRY GRADY WEBB
Young Man Arrested Accused Of Being
Train Bandit Expected 10
be Released.

United States Secret Service Agent
T. H. Barclay and another depu :,
United States Marshal, who were II
the city yesterday with a young man
whom they had arrested on suspicion
because of his resemblance to Henry
Grady Webb, of the gang of WeDb-
fIarrison+Diez notorious train robbers.
returned last night to Washington
convinced that the man was not The
bandit. FwEr
The suspect was taken to the cour-
ty Jail and Eugene Diez stated chat
the man was not Webb He was also
taken to the Kings Daughters hos
pital where Dick" Harrison Is con-
fined, and he also stated that the
young man was not Webb.
1t is expected that the suspect viii
be given his freedom today in Wash
ington. He is said to be a travelling
salesman and of good family.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-12-16
YIN. c. A. TEAM TO
BATTLE TONIGHT
Local Basketball Organisations Wllr
Play the Alsatia Club
At Haserstown.

The local Y. NJ. G. a. basket BAL,
team will journey to IIagersu0wn ta:q
evening to play game with tie
strong Alsatia team OF that lace
Physical Director PeIcy has his boys
going just right now and remember.
ing the defeat administered by tea
All-Stars of Gettysburg last week il
determined that the locals will brine
home the bacon from the Maryland
town. The game will be played IN the
armory, and it is saidsthat the Alsa:i las
are stronger this year than ever be.
fore and will give the team a
royal hustle. Martinsburg has always
defeated the Alsatias before. but tEe
Hagerstoowners are eager for another
trial. Coach Percy iaanxious to have
as large a crowd of roOters accompany
the team as possible,sand 1t is EXPECT
ed that quite number OF the fans
will go with them. slThe lineup VIII
be Perry. right forward; Percy. left
forward; Snyde", center; Fauvor.
right guard; Mason. left guard: W.
Perry substitute. The boys will make
the trip in automobile
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-12-16
PRISONERS ARE
SOON CAPTURED
Two Men Leave Winchester Jail But
Are Caught Near capon
Bridge.

Harlan Palmer and David Pruder
escaped from Winchester Jail early
yesterday, but were recaptured las,
night near Capon Bridge, after an ex
citing chase, in which there was some
gun play, They are now in steel
cages.
Both men had upstairs cells and
Pruder, who was a trusty, unscrewed
window bolts. A blanket was used to
make rope.
Palmer, whose home is in Winches.
ter, recently escaped from the Dis
trict of Columbia Workhouse at Occa,
guam, where he was serving a term for
larceny, and was found Tuesday under
a bed at his parents home. lie was
being held for the Washington outhor.
tiles. Pruder who was from Climber.
land. Nd was convicted recently OF
stealing a horse and holding MP Will
lam Long at Marlboro
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-12-16
ASKS PUBL|C'S AID
IN HANDLING MAIL.
Postmaster Thompson Says compii-
ance With Instructions Will
Enable Better Service.

instructions to the public regarding
the mailing of parcels and Other
Christmas matter to prevent con5es.
ton at the post office and to insure a
rapid mail service at this seas IN. were
issued yesterday by Postmaster
Thompson. Mr. Thompson said that
good service in the mails at this sea.
son can be brought about only by the
cooperation of the public. Compli-
ance with the following suggestions
will be appreciated by those who
handle the mails:
How to pack parcels Umbrellas,
canes, golf sticks and similar articles
should be fastened between boards
slightly longer and wider than the
articles enclosed.
Hats in pasteboard boxes should be
Grated with wood unless packed in
double corrugated pasteboard boxes
and must not exceed "a inches in
length and girth combined.
Cut flowers should be placed in
boxes of wood, tin or heavy corru
gated pasteboard.
Candies in thin pasteboard boxes
should be included in outer boxes of
wood tin or corrugated pasteboard.
Drawings or paintings when not fiat
should be rolled around stout wood
en- stick and then carefully wrapped
or included in a pasteboard tube.
Sharp instruments or other article;
with sharp corners or edges should
haze the points or edges well pro-
tected. RI
Articles of glass. crockery, Christ.
mas toys easily breakable, glass
framed pictures, etc, should be care
fully packed in boxes of metal, wood,
leather or corrugated pasteboaFd, with
sufficient excelsior, raw cotton o. sim
liar matter to prevent the contents
from coming in contact with any POI.
ton of the box Such parcels shou.i
be marked Fragile"
Both Christmas and New Years are
holidays and occur on Monday, there
fore, it is kindly suggested you CON
plete your mailing of parcels, holiday
cards, letters and gifts preceding the
end of the week before the holidays so
as to give us ample time to make
prompt deliveries. Do not delay mail
ing. your parcels and we viii not delay
delivery to your friends and patrons.
The cordial aid of the public is sni,.
cited.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-12-16
FORMER CITIZEN
KILLED IN WRECK
Elmer E. Ledig Met His Death last
Night in Rear-End Collision
On p. G. r. Road

Elmer r.. Ledig, formerly a resident
of this county, but for years afreight
conductor on the Cumberland Valley
railroad, and resided in Chambers
burg, was killed in rearend collision
that occurred last night about 10
O'Clock at a point just west Of Brants.
Vile on the Philadelphia & Reading
railway. Brantsville is IA miles west
of Harrisburg.
Conductor Ledig was in charge of
c. V. freight, extra 81, which eft
Chamsberburg about $50 last even.
ing. At shippensburg this train went
onto the Reading in its run to Rutter-
ford, and according to reports u Read
ing freight train No 1912, ran into
the G. v train at Brantsyille IL is
said Mr. Ledig was IN the caboose OF
his train when the accident Occur red,
and it was a late hour this morning
before his body was taken from tic
wreckage
Mr. Ledig was well known IN Mar
tinsburg and vicinity. He was the SON
Of Mr. and Mrs. John Ledig, OF the
Winiamsport pike, the farm now be-
ing owned by Mrs. Kunkle, of Harris
burg, Pa, and tenanted by Mathew and
John Jones. After residing there for
rs years he moved to Chamsberburg,
where he has since resided
Shortly after the death Of her nus
band Mrs. Ledig disposed of the
farm, and moved to Brant5yilla. Pa.
The accident, which cost her son's
life, occurred within a mile Of her
home.
Mr.. Ledig was so years old and Is
survived by his mother WIDOW, six
children, and two brothers, "
r. Of Lemoyne. Pa, AMI Joseph,
Of York. Pa. and one sister Mrs. g.
NJ Townsend, Of North Queen street
Miss Frances Townsend, stanographer
for the Evening Journal, is a niece.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-12-16
CLAUDE kELICAN
IS TAKEN BACK
Fugitive Convict is Returned 20 Road
Squad From Which RE
Escaped

Claude Kelican, the fugitive con.
vict. of Gore, Frederick county who
was recently arrested near this city.
and taken back to Winchester by
Sheriff Pannett. has been returned to
the state convict road force in Eau.
quier county, from which he escaped.
He was taken back to that county by
Foreman c. w Haines OF the Fau-
quier camp.
1t will be recalled that Kelican was
found working near Shepherds.
town, where he is alleged to have
committed some crimes. He was also
wanted in Maryland on similar
charges. The authorities Of both
states wanted Kelican, but Sheriff
Pannett, of Frederick county insisted
that Virginia had a prior claim, be.
cause the man had escaped on two
occasions from the convict camps, ana
that he would have to serve out his
term and probably additional time for
running away. Kelican was sentenced
to five years for check forgery in Win
chester.
The Shepherdstown authorities
claim they got a raw deal at the
hands of the Virginia officers, but this
claim was not forthcoming until af
ter they heard that a reward was
offered for Kelican by the Virginia
authorities. Then the raw deal" cry
was, set up.
Sheriff Pannett said he did nothing
more than his duty, and that he was
of the opinion that Maryland ami
West Virginia officers could get Kell-
can after Virginia is done with him.
Sheriff Pannett even declined to claim
the reward; in fact he addressed a
letter to the superintendent Of the
Virginia penitentary saying the police
OF this city were entitled to the re-
ward as they made the capture.