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The sun., 1916-02-03
THE SHONTSES TO SEPARATE,
agreement About Ready and No
Court Action Likely.

THrodo-e =. Shonts. president Of the
lni"rh"rouGh. AID his wife Mrs. H,r.
vet Shon;s who have been living
apart f.r several years. have decided
10 SIga as agreement OF separation. 4:
terms can be settled. which Wi save
them the necessity OF airing their d!t-
feIrnc-S in court
The deals Of the separation agree
ment had been practically arranged by
eN-Jusiic. W. NJ. Il. Olcott. attorney fo.'
Ms Shon's, and DE Lancey N!col. whcr
the latter was compelled To .eaNe sud
deny Cor London. Il Is expected TIA,
o." agreement Will be ,.gned on his re-
.uru. Il wss stated Yesterday that there
- little likelihood that there will b..
a court acton.
Mr.. Shon;s is living "a: the p,aza
Hotel, while his wife IL making hey holm,
with her daughters, the Duchess de-
Chau,nes and Miss Marguerite Shonts
At the Clarendon IIo.e,. % East Fff,y-
eighth street.
The sun., 1916-02-03
A. s. PURST CHANGES
MIND ON A DIVORCE
Lawyers Suit Against Wife,
Barefoot Dancer, Filed
by Mistake.
NAMED HIS RICH FRIEND

Arnold s. Furst. a wealthy lawyer.
who lives at 56j Park avenue. and Is a
member Of the we'll known Brooklyn
firm Of Furst & Furst, filed suit In the
Supreme Court yesterday for divorce
from Mrs. Nancy Ashton Furst and an
nounced later that he would withdraw
It. The suit developed the fact that
Mrs Furst has been living apart from
her husband since last fall, when their
estrangement occurred. The papers
were served on Mrs F'urst at her tenn
porary home, 10 East Forty-eighth
street.
The complaint named as correspondent
Edward Laroaue Tinker, heir 10 the
SO, 600, 900 estate OF his father. Henry
Champlain Tinker, who was first presi-
dent OF the Liberty National Bank and
died IN 1914. Tinker. who was for
merry an Assistant District Attorney.
and Is the grandson of Joseph Laroque.
the we'll known lawyer, was married
three weeks ago to Mrs. Colby Dodge.
we'll known socially In Washington and
former wife of an ensign In the United
states navy. Tinker. who had been
married before. kept his second mar
riage "A secret for n week and then wired
friends In Augusta. Ga. that he was
about TO come there on his honeymoon.
1t is possible that a reconciliation be-
tween Mr. and Mrs. Furst may he
brought about and that they will be liv-
ing together again before long. They
have IA son. who is now at oxford.
Mr.. Furst in statement last night
said
"rhe Ming Of the papers was done
through "A clerks error and inadvertently.
NV attorneys intended to discontinue the
present action at this time. ] deeply
regret any pain may have caused Mrs.
Furst'
II was said yesterday that Mrs. Furst.
who has appeared often as barefoot
dancer at social affairs. met Mr. Tinker
several years ago and that he saw her
much when she resumed her dancing in
the city after the summer season in
the country. Mrs. F'urst. who Is a beau.
tiful woman Of a brunette type. was a
guest at Tinker's country place at East
Setaukct, l.. J.. last summer. when her
husband was there also.
II was alleged IN the divorce papers
that after "A quarrel between Mrs. Furst
and her husband over the East Setauket
visit Mrs. Furst confessed her love for
Tinker. Furst then decided to sue for
divorce. after obtaining what he believed
20 he Corrohorative evidence X his wife's
confessed friendship for Tinker.
Tho divorce papers were prepared be-
fore Mr.. Tinker's marriage, hut filiug
was delayed several weeks, until, as Mr.
furSt says. they became public record
by mistake
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I'm response TO an inquiry as to
whether or not Mr.. Stevens had the
organization to take hold Of this con-
tract, and in direct answer to the ques-
ton as to what organization he did have.
Mr.. Shonts replied that Mr.. stevens y
organization was IN his head and 10
give an idea Of how he was considered
by outside parties he stated that at
present he was receiving $l.Ioo a day
from the B. a .. for eNprr, engineering
advice.
MIR. Shonts was then asked what the
total amount OF the contract would b.,
and stated something in the neghbor-
hood OF s2o,o00,00O. and that the per-
forming Of the contract would take two
years. His attention was called TO the
fact that this would l.. paving Mr.
Stevens At the rat. OF about s3.00n a
day. whereupon. az the request Of Mir.
Read. the contract proposed to be made
with Mr. stevens was read Icy Mr..
QuaCk.uhuSh. who stated that he, Mr..
Quackeuhush. had drawn the contrac,
in consultation with MIR Stevens and
his attorney.
The contract as prepared by Mr..
QuackenOush, when read. disclosed the
fact that all expenditures IN connection
with the work, including office expenses.
&c, We're To be paid hy the Interborough,
and cost of plant, upon all OF which pay =
nlents. except the premium on the in
demnlty bond. Mr stevens was to re-
ceive 10 p-r cent. commission. Mr
Stevens was also to have the right to
sub-contra>rt
Upon conclusion of the reading OF the
contract NJ Read moved that this con-
tract be not entered into. This motion
was not put and after some further dis
cussion Mr Read and M. Gardner NJ.
Lane retired from the meeting
MIR. Shonts subsequently called Mr..
Read up on the telephone and eudeav-
ored TO arrange for another meeting
some time that evening. This was found
impossible as Mr., Lane could not he
reached. Upon the following day, which
was the regular meeting day Of the In
ierborouSh, the matter was again
brought up for discussion and Mr.
Young moved that the entire question
he referred 10 a committee of five for In
vestigation. the committee to report back
TO the full board before any action
should be taken In connection with the
work involved This committee WAS
appointed by Mr.. Shonts and consisted
nj Mr. i'erwtnd, Mr.. Freedman, Mr. Sui
Ivan, Mr.. Read and Mr. Lane
"ADDITONAL MEMORANDrrM REF
ERENcE TO PROPOSED STEVENS
CONTRACT
Upon leaving the meeting Of the IN
'erborough board to-day Mr.. Lane re-
Iuehtsd me 10 go around 10 his Office
with him. on reaching the office We
proceeded to MIR. Lanes private room
The sun., 1916-02-03

This f. not the first tine that the
Thompson legislative committee has
d"lNed into the Stevens contract On
t'toner - last Nj. Morgan was o,l.s-
toned with respcc' 10 the visit made 20
him by Mr.. Lane. lie said that both
Ny. Lane and Mr.. Read came 10 his
ofhce, lie was quoted in THE SUNS ac-
count of his testimony "a follows:
Mr. Lane and Mr.. Read told me they
th"ugNt the contract was eNtraVagant
] asked them how they thought could
lHtc'frrc. and tIoy said our frrn was
concerned, because II Wa standing the
lnterhorough bonds They said A bad
contract would tend To impair the
worth Of the bonds told them
would ask Mr.. Shpnts to come IN and
see me.
Mr.. Morgan testified that Mr. Read
and Mr. Lane did not suggest anything
corrupt In connection with the contract
~" sad that he trlephourd to Mr.. Shonts
ana thtt.the latter came within A feN
days and defended the contracl.
MIR, Shonts assured in.," testified Mr.
Morgan, that the terms or the contrao.
were not dt oil cNtravagaut, and as !
had had many assurances in tho mas,
from Mr.. Shouis and had found them
generally reliable. | was inclined to ac-
cept his assurance in tins instance"
The sun., 1916-02-03

and Mr.. Lane showed me a memorar-
dum which he had drawn up, stating
what had taken place at the special
meeting held on Tucsday
This memorandum in addition wen,
on TO state that following the special
meeting Mr.. Shonts had taken him aside
and stated that he wanted him Mr..
Lane, TO understand the reason FOR en-
ter!ng into such a contract with Mr. Ste
vens; that neither himself. nor Mr.
stevens. nor Mr.. Freedman was to r.-
c"ive any benefit from this contract, but
tnat in connection with the securing ~
contract which had been closed between
the city of Greater New York and the
luterh"rough, Mr.. Shonts had found II
necessary To make certain mmItment,
anu Incur certain obligations. and that
u was by means OF the stevens contract
that he expected to meet and pay these
commitments and obligations.
'Mr. Lanes memorandum further
stated that upon learning thes. facts
Mr.. Lane had gone 10 the office %. J. =
Morgan n co. and advised Mr J. i.
Morgan. Jr. OF exactly what had trans
nred at the meeting referred to I'm his
memorandum and Of the statement
which had been made to him hy Mr
Shou's"
The sun., 1916-02-03
SHONTS MUST
TELL SECRET
OF CONTRACT
Continued from Fyrvt Page.

showed you my memorandum. which
you read. have now read yours. but
return 1t to you for the reasons l have
stated above. OF one thing In your
additional memorandum I am a little
doubtful. II IL my recollection that
drafted my memorandum about the
30th Of June. and that your visit to
my Office was in the morning OF July
I. I have no recollection OF your be-
ing In this office on the 25th. have,
Of course. made no copy Of your mem-
orandum.
hope you will agree with me that
tho conclusion I have reached Is a
wise one.
I cannot tell YOU how sorry I am,
for personal reasons, that you are no
longer one Of the directors of the In
terborough
Very truly. GARDINER NJ. LANE.
with his copy of the letter from Mr..
Lane the witness also surrendered a
copy Of the memorandum which he made
at his own Office after leaving the spe-
ciai meeting Of the marlborough direc-
tors. This memorandum in full. is as
follows:
"On Tuesday afternoon, June "a. /
was called UP on the telephone from the
Lnterborough Office and advised that
there WAS very important special meet
ing TO be held that afternoon at 80
and II was necessary ! should attend.
] accordingly went to the Office of the
marlborough company. where there were
present Mcssrs. Shonts. Berwind. Freed
man. sullivan. Read, Gardner NJ. Lane,
Pierce, Mr.. Quackenbush. counsel: Mr..
Pepperman, assistant TO the president.
and myself.
mir. Shonts stated that he had de-
cided upon the advice of his physician
20 sail for Europe the following day.
but before going he felt that It was es-
scntial that the question OF contract
for the third tracking and extension of
the elevated should be disposed Of that
the work WAS Of such a nature that II
could not be handled In the ordinary
way Of calling for estimates; that II
was absolutely necessary that the work
should be placed in charge OF some COM
petent engineer In whom he had con-
hdence. who was not only capable from
construction standpoint but also from
an operative standpoint: that after a
most careful consideration OF the entire
question and consultation with his as
sociate officers he had concluded that
the best and In fact the only party he
would care TO place In such a responsible
position would be his friend Mr..
for a number of years and had been
associated with him in work on the
Panama Canal, and was confident that
the work, II entrusted to him. would be
efficiently and faithfully performed
that this being the final judgment of
himself and associates. the question
for the board to determine was what
commission was fair and proper TO be
allowed Mr.. Stevens on the contract.
The sun., 1916-02-03
TO JAIL WITH HIS CLARINET.
Musician Who IL Alimony DodCcs
Takes 80 Day Enhancement,

\.,holdS kroop, a olar!ne,ist in the
colonial ThratSr orchestra, carried his
clarinet to the Sacr.Ts $ Office yesterday
and Announced that since supreme Court
IuS'io" Ti"rney I'm Bronx county had adj
judged him IN contempt OF court 10y
failure 70 pay 500 al.mony TO his w
under a separation decree ne had de-
cided 20 60 10 jail rather than pay Mr..
kroop met her husband there and t..cd
20 induce him 20 change his mind, but
he dec ned
kro"p said La hIew Warden johnson.
formerly the head of the Mutual Mus cal
Protective Union, and had heard tina;
there were other orchestra members in
Ludlow street. 50 that he expected to
ne able 20 tune M occasionally and whlc
away the time. He VIII stay in jal!
three months.
The sun., 1916-02-03

Il note also that Mr.. Lawson saye that
Mr.. Whitney is logically responsible for
the state of chaos into which the Public
Service Commission of the first district
has fallen. and TO make him "A Public
Service Commissioner would he blot on
your administration of State affairs
II have served since June last and
until very recently az counsel 10 the JOINT
Committee OF the Senate and Assembly
engaged In the investigation OF the Pub
lie Service Commission of the frSt Dis
tric.. nave met Mr Whitney from
time TO time IN connection with that in
vestigation. have had no personal
relations with him whatever
81 cannot sgrec with Senator Lawson
that the record OF the investigation con-
tains anything which IN any way reflects
upon Mr.. Whitney ON tho contrary. I
found Mr.. whitney wonderfully we'll IN
formed oN public service matters ard
ready At all times and willing 20 co-
operate with the committee IN the per
formdute of iis duty. Nor can agree
that Mr. Whitney Is logically icspou-
Sihlc fnr IN" state ot chaos INTO which
the pubiic Service Commission Of tn, first
district has fallen
"rhd' condition was h-0l.N, about
los the neglect Of duty and iln''i,irrcy n
ofic" Of comm SS'oucrs appointed during
IN" last four wears. the appointment ot
whom should III IN, opinion. never have
been made MERTON r.. LEWIS"
The sun., 1916-02-03
From Criminal stock.

shes put IT over on you again said
Eyrnes. "She has brains In her head.
Yours are full of mush. Damn her
Shes the mos, dangerous woman IN the
world.
Byrnes knew The life Of Sophie Lyons
had been--con,iuued TO be--wild. romsn-
tic and marked by terrible episodes. She
comes Of criminal stock. Scotland Yard
took of its hat to her cracksman grand
fathe%. Her mother was "a thief and her
father was "A blackmai.er Her husband
was the greatest bank burglar Of his
time and trained with men whose acts
flll many pages Of criminal history.
When she was slip Of girl with
her hair in "A braid and skirts Z" her
knees. her parents scared her arms with
hot irons to force her to steal She
learned too well The arms healed. but
the burns reached SopheS soul
Sophie Lyons is a Iewess. Her maiden
name was Levy Just about the time nf
the rlusr ~ the civil war this lttl"
Jewish beauty and she was a beauty
with h"r wonderful hair, her "ya. face.
large gray eyes. straight nose. h"aut|-
fully chiSellcd lips and p-rfe, tly modelled
fisure-was beginning to trouble the
police ot tA.s town. sophie travelled
with gang of crooks Chtperun"d by
the notorious Nine Mdud"lhtum. queen
~ the Fcaces." Shnplif,iug. poctot
picking and hlackmdil ug were SOPHIE
specialtic~.
Then Ned Lyo:s came To- New work.
with his porksts full ~ money made
by cheating 'ha Government. orgauiz ug
squads 81 bounty jumpers and collecting
their bonuses H. took uii, hook At m" slim
lovellueSs of sophie Lyons and offered
her al he had They were married at
4rII d =
The sun., 1916-02-03
TRAVIS WHITNEY NAMED
FOR N. Y. SERVICE BOARD
Secretary Appointed by Gov
ernOr to Take the Place
Of williams.
UPSTATE JOB FOR ERVINE

ALBANY. Feb. Gov. Whitman an
nounced tonight the appointment OF
Travis II. Whitney OF Brooklyn As
member of the New York Public Ser
vice Commission TO fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation OF George
v. s. williams OF Brooklyn. Mr..
Whitney will get the unexpired term
OF Mr.. Williams. which ends on Febru-
airy /, 1917. The salary is $4,000.
Mr. whitney is at present secretary
OF the New York city Public Servics
Commission at salary OF $4,000 and
when Charles +. Hughes was Governor.
MIR. Whitney was appointed secretary
AT the instance OF Gov Hughes.
The Governor did not make the ex-
pected announcement Of the appoint
ment OF Charles = Hervey. also of
Brooklyn, as the NTH member OF the
commission, to succeed j. Sergeant
Cram whose term expired on Tuesday
last. but who holds over pending the
appointment and confirmation by the
State Senate OF his successor
The reappointment for full Ave year
term of Frank J. Ervine. professor OF
law at Cornell. as member of the
upstate Public Service Commission
also was announced. Mr.. IRVINE Ia a
Democrat and originally was appointed
by Martin II. Glynn
The announcement OF the whitney
appointment came from the Governor
shortly after the Senate Finance Com
mittee had agreed TO report favorably
the confirmation OF Oscar s. Straus
and Henry w. Hodge as members ~ the
New York commission.
Thompson Won Over,
II had been expected that Senator
Thompson would oppose the confrma-
ton OF the Hodge appointment, hut he
rs SAID to have withdrawn his opposi-
tion this afternoon. Whether he will
continue in this frame of mind regard
ing the confirmation Of Hodge when
he learns or the appointment OF Travis
whitney was question which inter-
ested many in legislative circles to-
night.
Not only Chairman Thomson but
Senator Lawson. another member OF the
thompson committee. had protested 10
the Governor through the uewsraperr
against the appointment Of Mr.. whitney
as a commissioner. because they Thought
ne had IN" wrong slant" ON the adminis-
tration of public service law Senator
lawson put his views in writing before
Mr.. Whitman. and the Governor before
announcing Wh!tney's appointment Sc
cur-i from Deputy Atiorney-General
Lewis who until last week acted as
counsel for the Thompson committee. a
letter answering the criticisms OF Sena-
tor Lawson against Mr.. whitney. In
his letter TO Gov Whitman Mr. Lewis
says.
Il have before me letter written by
The sun., 1916-02-03

Senator Lawson of this date relating
to the proposed appointment Of Travis
II. Whitney az "A public service commits
sioner of the first district ] note that
Senator Lawson protests against the APP
pointment of Travis n. whitney for good
and sufficient reasons which our record
o< investigation will show
The sun., 1916-02-03

Old timers at Police Headquarters
were MOI bit surprised TO hear yester-
day that Sophie Lyons. without any
question the smartest woman criminal
Of modern times, has offeEed property
valued at $4,000 to the city of Detroit
for the purpose Of establishing home
for reclaimlng children with criminal
tendencies.
Nothing that woman could ever do
would astonish me-" said Jimmy Dunn.
veteran detective. II take Off my hat to
Sophie Lyons
Jimmy Dunn and others of sufficient
experience in the department to recall
guile had heard very little about her
lately. They accepted as truth the story
that she had been ION the level for
years that she had accumulated for
tune OF at least 100000 with which TO
ease her old age and that her latest hus-
band, Billy Burke. is taking the rest
cure in a swedish prison.
They knew that Sophie had made her
home In Detroit for years and that she
was 20 years old last April But their
keenest interest In her goes back many
years--to the late sos and the early
'?0s--when sophie was literally Queen
OF the Crooks.
Tom Byrnes-Iuspector Byrnes knew
Sophie and appraised her mentality
Justly. In fit of rage, face blazing
red, hair runpled. Ryruos stamped up
and down in his office in the old Pol. .ce
Headquarters at 800 Mulberry stree, one
day and shook his clinched fist at a
group of scared detectives.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-07-13

Blessings doubtless rest upon the
head of the designer who originated
those pretty cotton costumes for sum-
mer days which are coming to be
classed as pastlme suits. When COM
fort and style and daintiness present
themselves all combined, and at
small cost, they are irresistible. These
things have made the instant success
of the cotton suit for summer outing
wear.
Cotton poplin or cotton gabardine
are of about the right weight for suits
Of this Kind, md tl,cro arc nthnr fab
RIGS that are well suited to them, as
crash or ratine and fancy basket
wcaves. The suit shown in the pic
ture is of gabardine, with collar, cuffs
and pocket flaps of brocaded ratine.
White is as good choice as any for
the skirt and blouse and there are
many striped and figured cotton goods
that will answer for the trimmings.
The suit pictured hardly needs de-
scription. 1t is merely Il plain skirt
with a wide hem Md single narrow
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-07-13
FOR SPRAYING APPLE TREES
Best Formula Is Concentrated Limo
Sulphur-Appiy for Cooling Moth
About August First.

The best formulas for spraying ap
pie trees and any other fruit trees ex
cept the peach, Is concentrated lime
sulphur at the strength of one to forty
for apples and one to fifty for the Othe.
fruits, and two and . half pounds O:
arsenate Of lead. The first spraying
should be made just rs the pink OF tho
blossom shows. This should be fol-
lowed by another application as tho
blossom petals ere dropping. In about
two weeks the trees should be sprayed
again, and winter varieties Of apples
should have another application TO:
the second brood Of cOdling moi.
about the first of August.
All fruit trees except the each
should receive the first three applica-
lions. Plums should receive a spray
ing after that at intervals Of two
weeks, until within about Il month OF
ripcning time. No fruit should be
sprayed within month of ripening
time, because sufficient time should be
allowed for the removal of all traces
Of the spray material by the weather
before the fruit Is harvested.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-07-13

There is no such word as plain IN
the bright lexicon of summer para
soils. Along with other modes they
take their place In the ranks of things
made gay and colorfui by elaboration
Of some sort. If one possesses a per-
fectly good, plain silk parasol in any
color it offers surface as a back
ground for some sort Of decoration.
and many are the adOrnments that
may be called upon to redeem ii from
q suggestion Of last year.
Inserts OF striped or figured ribbons.
let in with hemstitching. as borders or
panels, will bring the plain parasol OF
Yesterday UP to the minute. Those
who are clever at painting take their
tyush in hand and with oil paints
cau<. dow ers to bloom or fruits to
-1pcn or birds to fly across the field
If nIain silk. Embroidery, in colored
silks. translates the fancies of the !n-
.lividual in oil these things and In
butterflies, drngonflies. and conven-
fi9nal figures on the unaiorne.l sur
face Of the pa-asol of other days.
ri-: about the easiest and cleycrest
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-07-13
To Save Meteorites.

The South African Journal Of Sci
ence records the steps that have been
thus far taken at the suggestion of the
South African Association for the Ad-
vancen1ent of Science, to obtain legis-
lation in various countries relative to
the preservation Of meteOrites tn the
interests Of science. The committee OF
sections A and G Of the British asso-
citation adopted the following resolu-
ton at the Australia meeting: THAT
in view Of the fact that mete"rites
which convey information of world
wide importance are sometimes dis-
posed of privately in such a way Us
to deprive the public of this infor'na.
ton, the council be requested to tnke
such steps as may initiate interna-
tionul Legislation to the NATTER
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-07-13
LOTS OF COMPANY FOR PO0E
Statistics Show 81 Out Of 100 Leave
No Wealth at Death-Records
Of Surrogate Court.

It may astonish you to know chat ii
you are forty-five years old you have a
better chance to live ten years longer
than you had of living ten years when
you were only twenty-five years old,
remarks "Girard' in the Philadelphia
Ledger.
From a great life insurance com.
pany 1 have the mortality figures for
100 healthy men at twenty-five. In thu
first decade after that age five Of thu
100 die. In the second decade, or from
thirty-five to forty-five years of age, IL
die, showing that to be the critical
period in human existence.
Between forty-five and fifty-five only
four pass out, while in the subsequen;
decade 16 fall. OF the little army O!
100 there still remain 81 at the age OF
seventy-five.
This company says that Of 100 men
who start business life at twenty
five, five will become rich and fou!
wealthy. Surrogate court records show
that only three out of every 100 mel
die possessed of an estate Of morI
than $4,000. Eighty-two out Of tn.
100 leave no income-yielding estate.
Obviously if one loves lots of com
pany one should remain poor.