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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
TO AID FRENCH ORPHANS.
Miie. Victor and Miss uOurriGan
Are Heard In Concert.

Fnr ~. benefit Of LOrphclinat des
A-n@s an Interesting concert was given
no roS" room of the Plaza yesterday
'"rro"u by Mile. Aimee Victor. So
'No "h" IN private life is Miss Therese
'.adri. q teacher in the Spence School.
I'D Miss Marie Hourrigan, pianist. In
audience were several pupils OF Miss
''0.. ~.nool.
N'" Victor began the programme
wa Aria III Cherubino," from Mozart's
.''rra "Nozz. di Figaro" and "Air de
.Aklr',' by D.libes. Later h sang a
G'olp Of French songs, including Masse-
"s "uuyr- ties yeuN bleus' and
Eegie "Pourquoi roster seulette.' by
ant Sa"ns, and "Fourquoi.' by Cha-
'adr She sang also several songs In
'rush among them Thayer's MY Lad
A" 'rh- Fairy Piper" by Brewer,
"Tn- sunshine of -FOUR Smile
Lillian Ray, heard for the first time
ere
Miss il1Irrlgau played Grieg's Con
n''o ~ \ minyr'' for two pianos. viii
p nh%erdprf"r at the other plano. she
'y-d also Srriabine's "Nocturne" witt
F." lrf' hand only and afterward Liszts
'aTau'olld Il" Ncnezia 9 Napoli,' Fran
! Moore Uts the accOmpanist for Mile
i.'Or.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
KANE SEEKS $1,000
He GOT FROM WAITE
Both Embalmer and Undertak.
er Become Defiant and Re-
fuse More Information.
TO FIGHT INSANITY PLEA

Eugene Oliver Kane. ire embalmer.
and John =. Potter. the undertaken
whom District Attorney Swami has
questioned daily abou, the conduct OF
Dr. Arthur Warren Waite. became sud
denly defiant yesterday and sent word
that MFR. Swami would have to go else
where for Information, for they would
give no more TO him or lis office.
The message came from Burt l.. Rich
81 Nassau street. who had been Potters
and yesterday became kane's lawyer
also. The two men a appointments
hut Mr.. Rich served notice that they
might he considered broker and that
no further appointments would he
made. Ills clients had finished talking.
he said.
Assistant District Attorncv Dooling
had become much interested in the line
of questioning he was following with
Kane and Potter, particularly regard
ing the $4,000 Waite says he gave kane
10 deceive the District Attorney ny put
ting arsenic IN the embalinlng nu'd
after the death OF his mother-in-law
Mrs. Peck. MIR. Dooling will take n"
! steps To force tho two fnen TO talk,
however. AT least until Monday. when
the Grand Jury sits.
After delivering his ultimatum Mr..
| Rich also made a proposal TO MIR. Doo-
ling tina, fairly took his breath away.
This war that the District Attorneys
Office should return at on"e to Kane the
$500 that Kane has given back OF :he
$4,000 he says Wait. forced upon him
! almost without his comprehension. The
! money. said Mr.. Rich. was a gift
There seemed "A difference u opinion
later about that proposal. Mr.. DOolinG
!! said Mr.. Rich had demanded" the
money and that he had taken him sert-
| ousiy and replied hat II could not b"
! returned until after the trial. II at all,
a. II WAS evidence.
II didn't make any such demand. said
, Mr.. Rich. THAT was just a Joke on my
part. don't want anything printed
about it"
4. y. Morrison. 40 Nassau street. at
,orney for Miss Peck. waitc's aunt, al
| ready has filed n claim for the Si.soo.
Nobody has claimed .he st!ll missing
$1,000.
The District Attorneys Office realizes
tho strong probability that great efforts
will be- made at DIR. Wai,e's trial ~
prove him insane. and today or to-mor'
row Assistant District Attorney Mancuso
Will 60 again to Grand Rapids and also
TO kalamszoo. Lansing and Ann Arbor
Mich. where he expects TO strengthen
the evidence that Or. Waite always has
seemed perfectly sane.
From Ir. David Nye Barrows OF thu
cornell Medical College laboratory Mr.
pooling learned yesterday that yer!
probably Dr. Waite himself got typhoid
fever from som" Of the very germs III
handled with intent to Kill with them Mr.
and Mrs. Peck. Dr. Barrows treated DIR
Waite las, November for typhoid. an
Mr.. pooling IL sure the disease was con
,rac;ed from the germ cultures.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
TEACHERS COLLEGE CHANGES.
Trustees Elect Mrs. willard -
straight 10 Thcir BOARD.

Al the meeting Of the trustees Of
Teachers College yesterday Mrs. vii
lard u. Straight was elected n member
OF the board. DIR. Frederick G. Bonser
associate professor OF industrial cduca-
ton, was promoted to n fun professor.
snip of education ana given charge OF
the courses concerned with the clemen.
tary school curriculum.
Special provision was made for rura'
education by the appointment Of pr
Warren II. Wilson as adviser. The ad-
yanced course on the rural school cur.
riculum will he given by Prof, Bonscr
Miss Marie Lovsnes was appointed M
instructor to assist Prof, Bonser anG
DR.. Wilson.
Arrangements were also made to have
short curses in rural education ny Prof
Edwin l.. ~Iiolton Of the Kansas Agri
cultural College and Prof. Guy NJ. vii
son OF the Iowa state Agricultural Col
lcg".
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later to go there for water supply, a.
has been predicted.
II IL desired also To- acquire mora
forest land 10 OFFER greater uppori uri-
ties for NdraiionistS. Sc whom IN" mpui-
taius seem Increasingly attractive. It
is estimated by the state rvp'i.,
Commission that 50.0uN persons climbed
the nifty mountains Nlcro IL has diesel
walton stations last year. That means
thrc" times thar uutnhcr ar moro went
10 tho mountains.
nv"sticatipp also has convinced 80
commission that TIMBER cutting has
caused IN" decrease in the quantity ot
brook trout iu thu 'H'skllls. II l. 10
licvcd that ti'" NOR" trees there Is
the better the fishing viii he.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
PULITZER ESTATE
ATTACKS TAX LAW
LAWYERS Challenge COnstitu.
tionality Of Transfer Act
Third Appraisal.
yo CHANGE IN FIGURES

;b,rd transfer tax appraisal OF the
.,,te of Joseph Pulitzer was filed In
mo s%lrrogate's Court YESTERDAY. but the
ain, nj tho estate as filed IN the previ-
ais appra sal was not changed. because
,npras.r Alhcrt j. Berwin. who passed
Al the case. ruled that his authority
,9s limited TO u r~evaluation Of certain
.elcies according to recent court de.
SONS. These decisions make 1t neces-
.r, 10 tau at the highest rate remain
,r interests in trust funds. II certain
gntlnsrnricS arise. making a lower rate
roper. the estate can ask for the return
the excess tax The net value Of the
,iA,c remains ~tiS.S31,at5.
\ feature Of the rcport is a protest
" Hotnhloucr. Miller. Potter & Earle,
uuscl frr the Pulitzer estate, against
alcr,ant features of the New York
.snsfcr tax law. as a result OF which
20 constitutionality Of the law will be
gs,ed IN the higher courts. This Ques-
Ion has never been raised before
Appraiser Rerwin's report shows that
Shuylcr &. Carlton. of counsel for the
saio Comptroller. commended that the
New York Philharmonic Society and
Columbia University. in It's School of
journalism, had not complied with the
provisions Of the will under which the
requests 10 them were made. and that
the requests should be taxed the fu,,
amount. Appraiser Rerwin held thai he
sAd no authority to pass OH this qucs-
ton
The attorneys for the estate, in the
communication to Mr.. Berwin In which
they raised the question of the cons,l-
~,atscnali,y OF the law. ask the appraiser
% spread the protest on the records In
oshalf Of the estate and the bencficiaries
ne lawyers say that the provision for
ae imposing Of a penalty for failure
% hle the transfer tax report within 9
s.ecihed time. when there has beer
- wrongdoing or fault on the art OF
x,y one interested in the estate, and
rnen the mount 10 be paid cannot bt
1s;ermined until the close of the transfer
AK proceedings. d%eprives the persons
interest In the estate ''of property with.
~. due process OF Law. and takes private
Toperty for public use without compen'
alton
The lawyers pointed out that II re,
cures the payment of a tax on "A trans
e. before any transfer has taken effect
notwithstanding hat sue transfer ma.
,,y.r take effect"
The appraisers report also disclose
nr the iirst time the names OF the EN-
,oyees nf the World and the Post Dis
m'eh WIN received the two s20.000 he
Ies,s left for faithful employees. Tn
eiIc,, 80 the World me went to 10
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
GIRLS AT DON'T WORRY CLUB.
So pie school students Produce
Play for Free He'd Fund.

TIL" Young woinen Of the Senip!e
School gave their annual entertainment
IN the ballroom Of the Plaza last night
FOR the benefit, OF the free bed fund Of
the New York Folyclini" Hosni,al. II
was a musical review called step
Lively. Please and the programme was
made MI of songs from several Of the
popular musical plays. The scenes were
laid IN the 'nou't Worry club
Among thote IN the east were tn"
Misses Florence barrow. Rosemary Rol-
Inns. Florence Cornell. Madeleine. Coz
Gems. Helen Wciuz. Mary Maynard,
Marion Barley. Edith !" user, DOT
t Shurtlcff. Carolyn Simon. tier
,rude Warner. Judith Pole, Emily
Semple, Gertrude Manaud. Anne Kicks.
Myra Salyards. Ruth Earklir", Jenn'.
May Hardwick and I.yla MacNames
Wilson. After the entertainment there
was general dancing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
TAR RELIEF BAZAAR PLANNED
10 "" urid In .Dunc 1T Grand Gem
trail Palace.

" ltr' meeting of the National
'i l''t Committee and the War
'''' Gearing House for France II
Allie at iue Hotel Biltmore y"ster-
F / v', decided 10 hold a bazaar
On J1'. . 50 Jun" ~ IN the Grand
l'N'fiI Palace for the benefit OF snner-
Ne H' 10" allied countries,
] Nt- u4 tiicr" would he novel fea-
.'' ''i' would surprise even Jaded
Nv 1HIb't-. Five hundred people
hE ]prnlu,ucut will constitute "A
'''Ihl adm r~islrHt.vc committee, The
~'N.,0i',. Uf directors includes Joseph
,''"ln. Myron 7, Herrick, William
Ar'"" -, Mrs, William Alexander,
3D. fsn11-A Hartman, Frederick IL
n''', 'inord PinchOt. Mrs. Barrett
"''4'i Ms. Fiske Warren. Mrs
u4!r VAN RENSSELAER,. August Bel
,'", Howard Elliott. Frank II. Mason
h4rl"n 4iepburn, Horace II. An
- ;, w. Bertron. Charles Il. bangs
SS'hihd |" Hiylies, C, A. Coffin. W. T.
D H'iL"gs"ortn, William Greenoush
Jpn j, Preston. Francis l.. Shade
aWsSa.iy W Taft, Cornelius Vanderbilt
Imthey Warren. John Moffat, james
~rrs,cS Augustus w. Kelly. Walbridg'
Ian Edwin G, Merrill and James 4
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
DENIES TRAP LED TO
DONLEY TRAGEDY
Conservation Commissioner
Pratt Says There Was No
%"Framcup."
DEFENDS SECRET AGENT

After saying that Roland NJ. Ryder.
a special game protector OF the Con-
servatlon Commission. was the mai who
caught Capt. william Donley OF Babylon
In the illegal hunting Of ducks. with the
result that Donley shot five persons and
killed himself. Conservation Commits
sioner George -. Pratt. who amt down
from Albany yesterday. denied state
ments that Donlcy had been FRAMED"
by members OF he department.
THE plea OF Donley's friends that he
was framed" said Commissioner Pratt.
rs the old plea to cover those who get
In the tolls OF the law. DOnley was as
guilty as any game law violator ever
apprehended. and Protector Ryder. alias
Milford. who caught him red handed. Is
absolutely backed up 10y the commission
In all that he did.
Ills report. on file In the depart
ment. shows an organized system OF
killing ducks IN violation OF the state
laws and the Federal migratory bird
law, the extreme penalty for which, on
The basis Of evidence actually obtained.
| could have been $1.jo0 for both him and
Spraguc. The commission allowed them
each to settle their eases, as provided
In the conservation law. FOR $50" for
each man. and this withouj going
through, "a crimiual prosecution. The
bartender Avery. WHO was simply
charged with carr! ing ducks into the
city. was let Off with $40. the minimum
penalty.
"Th's ought to bc sufficient evidence.
To any right linking man, that The
commission has neither framed nor i"t-
secuted any II the parties IN THE re-
grettablc case. II mus, be- further proof
to every one who H. following the efforts
Of the department 10 end gam" law
| violations that the conservation Com
mission II In deadly earnest in its cam
paign. We know what liz going on amt
We know that on certain parts "f Long
leila nj. a. we'll AS IN some other ror-
tions of the state. T.. game protectors
have been unable ny regular patrol work
to stop these VIOLATIONS for IN" reason
thai they are known and their every
movement is followed and reported.
Tho solution * the employment OF
confidential agents working under con-
realcd identity IN a~ccordancc with reGu-
! lar detective methods. This system
works. II has worked m Long Island
II has worked In tho Adirondacks
And IL viii work again.
Tho Commissioned regrets tn" un-
balanced mind and tho other circum-
stances beyond his control that led TO
ponley's tragic end II wants people -
observe tho law. but y they will not
the department is organized for the
purpose OF making them respect the
Law"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
MISS CHASE AN INVALID.
Brought to New Work rom West
Iudies After Diving Accident.

Miss Majorie Chase, the nineteen
ytar-old daughter of Irving $. Chase.
n Waterbury. Conn, clock manufacturer,
whose spine was fractured in a dive
III comparatively shallow water at Port
Antonio. Jamaica, on March 81, was
reported to be in favorable condition
NJ the Polytechnic Hospital last night.
Miss Chase IL encased In "a plaster
cas-, that reaches from her chin tn
her hips, The back OF the cast envelops
the base of her skull. The fracture Is
in ono OF the upper vcrtebra.
Miss Chase. who In an expert swim
mer, dived from a rail eight feet from
the water. Her head struck the sandy
bottom. She was stunned, but felt no
pain. When she tried TO walk she found
that she had lost the use OF her legs.
Miss Chase was brought to New York
and placed under the carr Of Dr.. Charl-
ton Warace.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
MISS CARPETS HERES WINS
Court HoIds That h Gets Estate
In Fee simple.

H,LriMoEE. April Miss NJ carey
Thomas, cNecutriN Of il late Mary
Elizabeth Garrett. and the Johns Hop
r!ns University. a beneficiary. have wor
9 decision in the Court Of Appeals that
the will of John W. Garrett vested an
absolute fee simple title in her
II WAS commended by Miss Garreitt
rephews that the clause in MIR. Garrett's
will only gave Miss Garrett a NE in
,crest In the property Il she died child.
less.
Miss Thomas and the university main
tanned that she took an absolute Zee SIM
pie estate, which would have q Gu
down to n life interest In the event o'
her marriage and the birth of children
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
FARMERS WIN MILK FIGHT.
Chicago Dtstributers Agree 10 Not
Raise the Prtce.

cuic,Go. April THE farmers have
10 their milk strike and the consumer
0 not pay the bill.
following a seven hour parley to-day
B. Aoru representatives of the producers
20 ~ds'riputing companies n Health
mmls~ioncr Robertson three of the
hg companies agreed to cap.tulate
~ pay "a" producers their price of 1855
80 hundred pounds.
T. Wa agreed by the distributors not
% Increase tho price Of $ cents a quart.
=" Borden company Is the only one OF
=. large concerns which has not signed
. agreement. The Chicago managers
'.,d -~~Neral times during the afternoon
ge' mo communication with the New
'1rt officials. but finally abandoned the
tempt T. is expected that the Bor-
81 company will sign the agreement to-
rorrOV.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
POsrd as GINS Man; WAS burg lar.

William Sheridan. !" yeas Old. VI
$50 W.>t f%urii"th street. Wa arrested
last nsh, ,1t-g-i Wit assembling au,t
rDbuiiLg Mis- MhIN iuUi>iudiI "p f-utu-
AIRY Is ia ,,l apartments at "lb West
Twentieth street. Detective Regain and
leitch took the rri~,u.r before Miss
Goldman. who ld'utiiicd him Shori-
dan confessed 'lat hc rciSc>"nicd hiw-
self - a G1S uH4'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
NOTED MooNsHNER KILLED.
Hum Down At krntucky StuN After
Long Hunt.

LExrNGroN. KY. April I'm a run
ming hattie with moonshincrs near
Crank's Creek in Harlan county. deputy
United states Marshals killed Wash
Garret. "A noted Niola'or or the liquor
laws. who had been hunted for years.
The officers were assisted by a posse Of
citizens. They raided Il still. surprising
the men a, work. They fed. and all cs-
capped hut Garret, who fell MORALLY
wounded
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08

Judge E,salsky in ';cneral Sessions
yesterday suspended sentence on Mr..
Emma SpieSrl. who killed h"r '%on-yc,r-
old d~nusht"', Agnes. H. their hon" ut
1863 West Nin".y-"ighth street on i,uu-
AIRY . last, 81" had attempted 10 talk
h.r Own ,ifc and had gou" to bed with u
gas tube in her mouth, Tier daugh,cr
was in the sam" room but IN another
bed. The dauchtcr died
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
GUILTY MAYORS AID A SUICIDE
Life "Not succrss." Rss TER"
Vautc Former OMciaI.

1'ERRE HArrE. Ind. April 1.-Noo'-
hees y. Griffith, aged II, city tomptrol-
Ter when bon NJ. Roberts, later ON
vi",cd Of election frauds, was Mayor,
ended his life to-day by drinking acid,
lie left letters in which he said that
his life was mot q success
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
+. l.. FERGUSON SAYS DR.. HILLS DECEIVED
FRIENDS AND STILL OWES HIM $85, 1904
Accounting Of Stewardship
Shows Preacher Aimed to
Branch Out Abroad.
QUOTES MANY LETTERS

That the Rev. Or. Newell Dwight
iii''is. successor to illustrious preachers
In Plymouth Church, brooklyn. has
strayed from the high ideals which he
SO ~eloduently expressed liz alleged in
the accounting. filed yesterday. of Frank
l.. Fersuson's stewardship of the clergy
mans tangled financial affairs.
Dr. Hills IL painted as money eager,
a reckless piunger In coal and timber
speculations. "a decciver Of his friends
and finally AS hopelessiy involved in a
mesh Of FINANCIAL deals and threatened
with innumerable lawsuits. but. accord
ing to Mr.. Ferguson, Dr. Hiilis's nnau-
cial troubles were at their zenith when
the formcr became attorney In fact and
business manager Of the preacher.
MIR. Ferguson. In his Noluminous ac-
counting. covering Is? pages IF foolscap
and accompanied by vouchers. stock
books, ledgers and bank books. aims to
show that In the years he served Dr.
Hillis-from May. 1910. to April. 1yi5-
he WAS Of great service to the preacher
aud was on the U a to getting him out
OF debt when the two men duarrelled.
DR.. Hillis's former attorney presents
extracts from many letters. cites threats
Of suits and names litigants on the APP
parent theory that the preacher. such "a
lucid exponent Of religious truths. had
fallen from those prcccpts in the actual
struggle Of business. Such wa Dr. I'LL
lis's plight. according to Mr.. Ferguson.
when the preacher sought him-Dr.
Hills charges the re,crse-to act as
business manager.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
&s.rrts ue Was Nlslcd.


The business ventures and the perils
of the plaintiff" asserts MIR. Ferguson.
had interfered seriously with his reg
ular professional work AS a minister.
lecturer and writer. Many who had
purchased timber licenses from him
were uneasy. dissatisfied and complain
ing. and even ~unfavorable and ugly com
ments were being made
In another place Mr.. Ferguson asserts
that Or. Hills told him he was earning
$4,000 a year and that he had large
assets which we're increasing rapidly III
value. Both as 10 lis aforesaid annua
income and the alleged aluab assets,
and even more So as to In" extent and
nature Of his liabilities" says Mr.. Fer
Guson, he misled me and thus obtained
INV consent TO accept his power OF at
rney.'
The part OF the accounting, that II mos
Illuminating has to do with DIR. Hilliht
dealings prior to his association win MT
Ferguson-if one can call his phase al
accounting. Mr.. Ferguson begins by de-
scribing the assets held by Or. Hili's II
1906. when the preacher was planning &c
invest in timber Licenses IN brltlsh Cn'
lumbia. These licenses are simply per'
mits to cut timber III CERTAIN see"o"'
| They run for a year.
ur Hills at that time had Investment
IN lots in Winnipeg. Manitoba. and prairie
wheat lands. which I've estimated a
ss, 900. but which Mr. Ferguson place.
a, less than one half that iislre. But
according 90 Mr.. Ferguson. DIT. Hin''
decided that 'the virgin forests OF van
couyer Island offered a more prom!Sini
ard profitable speculative opportunity
| and he accordingly wrote to his nephe"
percy p. Hills. making him an orer am
saving that he believed there would p
"a great boom" in humber WITHIN nv
wears.
In one Of his first letters to Percy n
said that Pomeroy Burton, an assocIat
of Sir Harold Harmsworth, the latter
brother Of Lord Northclhne' N IN
wished to get licenses for twelve sectioif
OF land on which we're 2oo'oo"'ooo lee
Of timber. Meantime, according 10 NV
letters. he was broach'r! the iurnoe
deals to his friends ana they wisnen u
go in with him. he wanted fercv Il
first TO cruise over abou. 1000 acres o
timber land. but he in,r a"ed MS pan
TO almost double. thinkihg also OF start
ing a lumber mill.
-
Plans NeeP ~" "'""
Within n few months his plans gre,
.,rn more for DR.. Hills, according I
-. 1,arvuson wrote to Percy saying:
"t.,n addition to this amount 5000
T want 10000 acres more "a
ares friends. All OF this land will I,
SUN" a, ~, p,me and nv I hay
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says, he reduced the latter's liabilities
from $s1S,U30 90 $500. 500. or BY &575.i3o.
lie asserts that lac made $l23.990 for
DR.. Hills In various transactions that
he helped him by indorsing notes Of
the doctor or his friends for $242 600
and getting them discounted at various
banks.
Mr.. Ferguson said he received from
or on behalf of Or. Hills xl.0ls.531.A1
and paid ouI 81 .0is,54l.?s. leaving Si.Jl
still due him. lie admits that he re-
ceiyed from Or. Hills moneys. bonds
and a note. amounting In all to $i.,-
l29.6s. On the other hand, he credits
himself with $9.,92e.6O AS commission
on deals which he executed and charges
for services as at,orney--in fact $780,
000. After balancing both sides OF the
| sheet he alleges that Or. Hills still
owes him ss5,s04.t3.
An alleged story Of how Dr. Hills be-
came SO heavily involved is pre-
scented as Schedule A In MIR. Fcrguson's
accounting. Then follows various
schedules, giving details Of money pro-
cured and spent. The whole is sup
posed to cover. from Mr.. Ferguson s
viewpoint. the details OF the clergy
mans business affairs and to give a
complete history.
Although Schedule A deals will,
things that happened prior to Mr.. Fer
guson's stewardship and contains a
number OF letters said TO rave been
written by DR.. Hills to his nephew,
Percy O. Hills. who afterward sued
the preacher for libel, all this is pre-
scented on the theory that II Is n"ces-
sary to show the involved state OF Or,
Hiliis's business deals and 10 support
MIR. ~f'crguson's contentious that DR.
Hills begged him to help him out OF his
troubles.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-01
ENTERTAINMENT PLANS
HELD UP BY STRIKE

Pending the outcome Of the railroad
(strike. plans for entertaining the dele
gates TO the annual convention of the
American Institute Of Mining Engi-
neers. who were expected here on Sep
TENDER Il. en- route to Arizona, have
been suspended
. It was planned 10 have an elaborate
Entertainment here and in Juarez for
the delegates from New York and the
eastern states who were coming on a
special train TO attend the convention
in Globe, Miami and other Arizona
mining centers- The special train was
expected 10 leave New York on Sep
TENDER Il and arrive here on Septem-
Der Il
-or fear the threatened railroad
strike will prevent this special train
being run. the FL Paso committee on
entertainment for the members of the
institute. of which William D. Gordon,
Of the Mine & Smelter Supply company.
is chairman. has decided to postpone
all preparations until 1t is known def
nately whether or not the train can be
run