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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
LONDON AIDED FIRST WIFE
Requests to Her and Her Children in
His Will

Santa Rosa, Cal, Dec. 1.-The will Of
Jack London, the author, who died on
November %, leaves the bulk OF his es-
tate, on which he placed no value, to
his widow, Charmion X. London. The
will was filed to-day in the Superior
Court here, and bore date of May "a,
1911 London asked specifically that
the document be not probated and that
letters testamentary be issued to his
sister, Mrs. Eliza Shepard, and Willard
L. Growall.
To the authors divorced wife. Mrs.
Bessie NJ. London, 50 is bequeathed,
and also the house in which she lives
in Oakland, Cal, until "she marries
again." when it will revert TO the es-
tate. London's two children by his
first marriage, Joan and Bess London,
receive S25 a month each and his life
insurance policy, the amount of which
Is not made public.
Another provision of the will is the
request that my two daughters, Joan
and Bess, be personally housed and
cared for by my beloved wife Char
mion, of whose fitness and goodness |
am confident"
Small requests are left to London's
mother and sister.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
TEIPER GIRL WILL
NOT TAKE STAND
AGAINST BROTHER
Court and Attorneys Hear She
Remembers Nothing Con-
nected with Murder

Buffalo, Dec. Miss Grace Teiper
will not be called as witness against
her brother, John Edward Teiper, on
trial for the murder Of their mother,
Mrs. Agnes Teiper, in the orchard
Park Road last January.
That was decided to-day after physi-
clans had reported to the court anf the
ATTORNEYS in the case that Miss Teiper,
only survivor of the tragedy except the
defendant in this trial, had no recoi-
lection of the events connected Win
the murder. +,
at is stipulated by the attorneys
Justice Wheeler announced at the
closing of court to-day. that MISS
Teiper has no recollection of the oc-
currences on the night Of the murder
subseouent to the time she left her
home early in the evening. Physicians
saw this condition is a natural result
of the injuries she suffered. Therefore
she will not be called into court as a
witness"
The prosecution to-day brought out
the first evidence tending 10 show Tel
per's financial status. John II. Black,
head of a brick products distributing
company which controlled the plant
that Teiper operated under leasing
arrangement. testified that about the
middle of January, two weeks beiore
the murder, Teiper spoke TO him ABOUT
buying the plant. Black told lelper
unless he was prepared to finance the
undertaking ali the way through the
sale could not be made.
On the day before the tragedy, BLACK
swore, Teiper wanted to renew ms
lease. At that time, Black testified
Teiper owed Blacks company some
thing less than $1,000 in payments on
his lease. Brick taken from the plant
after Teper's arrest cancelled TINS
debt, the witness said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
TO MUSTER OUT
SEVENTH TONIGHT
Officers Busy Trying to
Get Old Jobs Back
for Soldiers

The Eth Regiment will be mustered
out of active Federal service before
tonight, unless the plans Of the regu-
lar army mastering officers and the
regimental staff go sskew. Soon after
that Colonel Willard c. Fisk, Major
General Daniel Appleton, former colo
mel of the regiment; Major Charles +.
Lydecker and other officers expect to
have a complete list of men who have
lost their positions or whose business
has been so shattered that they will
have to start anew.
Colonel Fisk said yesterday that he
did not know yet of any instances
where substantial employers fatty. re-
fused to give 7th Regiment men their
Jobs. The colonel is negotiating with
several who threatened to discharge
their soldier employees. He does not
intend to make public the names OF re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
MARKET BOOMS STAMP SALE
S1,Ol1,9s3 Spent for Stock Transfers in
Single Month a Record

Eugene NJ. Travis. State Controller.
reported yesterday that his Office had
received in November 1,011,9 1888 from
the sale of stock transfer tax stamps.
This broke all records for a single
month. When the state budget was
being prepared last winter, it was esti-
mated that the state would receive
100000 for the fiscal year from this
source.
Deputy Controller Boardman said
that he believed the revenues might
amount to sS,00O,00O for the year end
ing June next. The total from last
June to date is $3,509,006.
This is largely due to the great ac-
tivty in the stock market and also to
the close check which Mr.. Boardman
has kept on all market transactions.
The Deputy Controller celebrated
yesterday the making of the new
record by giving luncheon TO the eX
aminers Of the stock transfer tax bu-
reau Of the Controllers New York of
flee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
3 SAVED AT FIRE
BY DISMISSED COP
MCGOWAN, Long 'Unem-
ployed, Carries Women
3 Stories to Street
IS. HALTED TRYING
TO RESCUE ANOTHER
Has TO Climb Up Wall of
-"He's No Cow
ard" Wife Says

To Frank J. MCGOWAN. ploddirg sui
lenly home along East Seventy-fourth
Street early yesterday morning, came
the chance for which he had been pray
ing for two years. Out from the wall
OF the tenement at 237 tongue OF
fame suddenly beckoned. and McGowan
thanked God and ran toward II.
A policeman who has been broke"
does not get another job easily. Since
June, 1914. MCGOWAN had learned this
to his sorrow. An occasional nights
work as a special policeman at some
East Side dance hall-enough to keep
his wife, Catherine, and the four chill
dred from staving-has been his chief
employment.
Men do net want a man who has been
thrown out of the department. Nc
Gowan knew this, but il was not that
thought which made him swear joy
ously as he ran toward the fire.
Women on Third Floor
Three screaming women stood on
the third floor balcony of the fire
to the house.
into the smoke-flled vestibule. Beyond
the hall door the stairway was filled
with flame.
MCGOWAN returned to the street. On
the balcony the three white-clad fig
ures still stood. A floor below them
the fire escape ended A steel ladder
was there TO be lowered, but there
was no one to unfasten il.
OTIS my chance" the man muttered,
and went after the ladder, crawling up
the front of the building like a fly.
Fingers and toes hooked into what
crevces he could find as he made his
way slowly upward. Twice he slipped
and almost fell. but he kept on until
his raw finger tips touched the iron of
the fire escape and he pulled himself
up on the balcony.
Gets Trio to Street
He lowered the ladder, and before
the fire engines had arrived had
brought down Grace and Anne Mugan,
grown women. and was carrying down
Adelaide, their seventeen-year-old sis
ter.
Our brother is still up there" one
of them screamed as MCGOWAN leaned
against q lamppost, faint and painting
alter MS mira tIlp. Inc man stag
gered toward the fire escape again, but
Battalion Chief Doherty grabbed him.
You've done enough, whoever you
sre," he said. "Let my men do some
thing. This isn't your private fire."
MCGOWAN only gave a tired smile and
walked away. But it wasn't the chiefs
words that made it so pleasant to 90
home. 1t wasn't just the thought that
he had done stiff piece Of work in
mans way.
81 knew he was never a coward his
wife said last night. "They broke him,
but he's showed them what he is. He's
made me awful happy" she added
gently.
That is why Frank J. MCGOWAN slept
more. peacefully last night than he has
for the last two years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02

fractory employers until his personal
efforts have failed. It is impossible
to state how many men will lose
places until all have had chance to
visit their employers.
Early last month Major General
John F. Organ, commanding the New
York division in Texas, had compiled
a list of 700 men in the division who at
that time had lost their positions. or
would probably lose them. The ON
GERS at division headquarters in Texas
are still working on these data for for
warding to the Merchants Association
for action.
Inquiry among the men OF the 7th
leads to the conclusion that the men
who sacrificed most were those who
had businesses of their own, especial .
ly those who had recently started their
own enterprises.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
Regular Officers Uphold
Furling of 12th'S Colors

Local military men said yesterday
that friction had appeared on several
occasions between Colonel Johnston
and the divisional staff. The colonies
attitude that the fight was his own and
not one in which his officers should
share strengthened their theory that
his resignation was the result Of per-
-onsl differences
The general resignation Of the Off
GERS apparently is a tribute to Colonel
Johnston. who has been the idol of his
regiment since he assumed its COM
mand. last July. No official notification
Of any resignation except that Of the
colonel was forwarded TO the division
Headquarters here yesterday and the
final outcome may be the retirement OF
Colonel Johnston alone. In such an
event he would resume his rank Of cap
tain in the regular army and be de-
tailed TO other duties.
Regular army officers stationed at
Governors Island knew no details OF
the difficulties Of the 18th yesterday.
Regarding the carrying of the colors
furled in the review before Senatot
Wadsworth on Wednesday, given as
one of the reasons for the second re
view Of the regiment, it was said that
the colonel was right in Keeping them
that way if the wind was strong enough
to further injure them in their tattered
state. The repetition Of movement
was not unusual during parade, it was
said. but no officer could recollect an
order being given TO send troops back
during a public review.
Colonel Johnston is one OF the fin
est men in the service" General Wood
declared. "His work as commander OF
the 18th has been most efficient and
of great value to the New York divl-
sion as a whole. The news of his resig-
nation came as a great surprise to me"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
WOMEN BEGIN
CONGRESS DRIVE
Advance Guard of Suf-
frage Lobby Brigade Due
in Washington Monday
From rhs Tdbuns Burrs Il

Washington, Dec. Headed by Mrs
Frank NJ. Roessing, of Pittsburgh, who
last year was chairman Of the Wash
ington committee of the National
American Woman Suffrage Association
the advance guard Of the brigade which
will make the national organization
big drive on Congress will arrive in
Washington Monday. This was an
nounced to-day by Mrs. Walter Nc
Nab Miller, chairman Of the Washing
ton committee.
Mrs Roessing, who will be in charge
of the lobby, is well known to both
friends and foes of the Federal amend
ment upon Capitol Hill. This session
she will have many assistants, as the
national association is concentrating or
Congress on a scale never before at
tempted.
A mere man" lobbyist, who will be a
member Of Mrs. Roessing's corps, is ex-
pected by the women to prove eff
fective, judging from his work in the
past. He is A. E. Scranton Taylor, of
Norfolk, Conn, who has been president
of the Connecticut Mems Equal Suf-
frage League for several years. Prom
inent women expected TO arrive on or
before Monday are:
Mrs. A. f. Scranton Taylor, Norfolk,
Conn; Mrs. Charles II. Dietrich, Hast
ings. Neb.; Mrs. William SEVERN, Chi
cago; Mrs. Samuel l.. Powers, Newton,
Mass; Mrs. Henry W. Clement, Rut-
land, Vt; Mrs. Guilford Dudley, Nash
Vile. Tenn; Mrs. Glendower Evans,
Boston; Mrs. Helen Gardener, Wash
ington; Mrs. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs,
Birmingham; Mrs. Maud Wood Park,
Boston; Mrs. Gertrude Halliday Leon
ard. Boston, Mrs. Charles w. Mcclure,
Saginaw. Mich, and Miss Mary Wood,
New York.
These will reinforce the members OF
the Washington committee already on
the ground, who are Mrs. J. Borden
Hartman, formerly Of the Industrial
Relations Commission; Mrs. Waiter
NcNab Miller, chairman Of the Wash
ington committee; Miss Heloise Meyer.
sister of ex-Secretary Of the Navy
Never. and Miss Ruth White, Of Kan
sas City.
Expected later are Mrs. Winston
Churchill, Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton,
Miss Mary Garrett Hay and many
others.
Next Saturday night will see the
housewarming of the new headquar-
tiers. 1t is expected that on this. occa-
sion all the women assigned by the ma
tional association to carry on its work
in Washington will meet the local
workers. Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Smith,
of Louisville, is to be the connecting
link between the local and national or
CARNATIONS. She is a member OF the
Washington committee of the national
organization, assigned to the local or
0aniZation work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
U. S. WORLDS JEWEL CASKET
Gems Worth s47;O5l,274 Imported in
Eleven Months Customs Record. Show

Is America becoming the jewel
casket of the world as well as the
storehouse of its gold?
The merchants OF Maiden Lane point
with pride to the appraisers figures
for the importation Of gems in the last
eleven months. This total of imports
is S47.054,274 and the prediction is that
il will be well beyond the 100000
mark by the end OF December. The
general prosperity Of country, it is
said. is reflected in the big gem re-
ceipts.
During November cut precious
stones and pearls TO the value of So
545.670. dutiable at 20 per cent, were
received. The uncut stones, dutiable
AZ 10 per cent, reached a total of SSH
lOs. while miners and glaziers' dia-
monds valued at slo5,302 were checked
of.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
VEHICLES KILL 65 IN MONTH
Nineteen More Victims Of Street Acct
dents than In November. 1915

Statistics made public by Police
Commissioner Woods yesterday show
that nineteen more persons were killed
accidentally in New York City during
November, 1916, than in November
1915.
The victims last month numbered
sixty-five. Of whom motor trucks
killed twenty-three, passenger auto
mobiles nineteen, horse-drawn vehi-
cles seven, electric cars seven; COLL
sions, motorcycles and falls the. rest.
In November. 1915, there were forty
six victims.
OF the sixty-hve killed last month
thirty-two were children, according to
the report of the National Highways
Protective Association. The report
says that during eleven months OF
1916 in New York City 1863 deaths
were caused by automobiles, seventy
four By trolleys and seventy-one by
wagons, as compared to 9l2 by auto;
mobiles, sixty-nine by wagons and
sixty-nine by trolleys in the same
period in 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
DOMINION REVENUES GROW
Average s5,O0o,OOO a Month More Than
Last Year-Public Works Curtailed

Ottawa, Ont, Dec. despite the
war. Canada's revenue continues TO
grow. For the eight months ended No
vember 80 the revenue totalled S144,-
$3.50, a record, and more than forty
million dollars greater than for the
same period in 1915. The total for
November was S23, 164,765 S5,000,000
over the same month last year.
There is TO be further curtailment
Of expenditure on Canadian public
works. Work on the new Welland
Canal will be discontinued this month
and will not be resumed until the end
of the war. This was expected to cost
S5O.000,000. Expenditure on the Hud-
son Bay railway will be curtailed con-
siderably
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
SEEKS DIVORCE AND $4,000
Mrs. Benjamin +. Norris Sues Hus-
band and Mrs. Max Shontal

Mrs. Mary Hope Norris. member OF
prominent Southern family. began
suit in the Supreme Court yesterday
for $4,000 damages against Mrs. Pearl
Margaret Shontal. wife of Max Shontal,
dealer in hops and malt, for alienation
Of the affections of Benjamin F. Nor
ris. her lawyer husband. Mrs. Norris
also is suing Norris for a divorce.
1t is alleged by Mrs. Norris that
Mrs. Shontal, who lives at West
Ninety-fourth Street. by gifts and other
means, persuaded Norris to leave his
wife and devote his time and attention
70 the defendant. She also alleges on
information and belief that her husband
and the wife OF Mr.. Shontal took sew
eral automobile trips together TO places
in Connecticut and New York State.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
Home for Children Opened

The Mary Stevens Hammond Home
for Children, an addition to the United
Aid House, 1896 Park Avenue, Hobo
ken, y. j., was dedicated and formally
opened yesterday. The home was the
gift of Assemblyman Ogden Hammond,
of Somerset County, who built it as a
memorial to his wife. one of the Eusi-
tania victims. Mary Stevens Hampond,
the eight-year-old daughter Of Mr.
Hammond, unveiled a tablet to the
memory Of her mother.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
PLAN TO PUT LIFE
IN PR0GRESSIVES
Roosevelt and Perkins Not
in Radical Wings Move
for Reorganization
HACKERS EXPECT
JOHNSON'S HELP
Some Politicians Suspect
Presidential Boom for
Californian

A movement to revive the Progressive
party in this state and to extend its re-
organization to other states has been
started, according to o letter sent out
recently to enrolled Progressives by
John Robert Taylor, Progressive state
committeeman from the 18th Assembly
District in Brooklyn. Mr.. Taylor's let
ter would indicate that it is the more
radical members Of the party, men who
voted for Wilson rather than for
Hughes, who will make the attempt 70
resuscitate the Bull Moose. Taylor is
said TO have charge of the movement
in this state.
Matthew Hale, of Massachusetts,, act
ing chairman of the National Progress
sive Committee; J. A. II. Hopkins, OF
New Jersey; Judge Norton, Of st.
Louis; John NJ. Parker. of Louisiana,
who was nominated for Vice-President;
Judge Ben B. Lindsey, Of Denver, and
cambridge Colby, of this city, are some
of the men who, according to report,
are back OF the movement throughout
the country.
viii Ignore Old Leaders
The old Bull Moose leaders, such as
George W. Perkins. who worked hard
for the election of Mr.. Hughes, will not
be invited to take q hand in the move
ment. Colonel Roosevelt will be in the
Fiji Islands, and will not be consulted,
it was said.
Mr.. Taylor said that it was planned
10 hold preliminary conferences IN the
various states and then arrange for a
national meeting, probably in st. LOUIS,
in January or February, at which new
articles OF faith are expected to be
written and new national leaders
chosen. The hackers of the plan are
looking hopefully for the cooperation
of Senator-elect Hiram W. Johnson, OF
California. Some politicians are in
clined TO see the birth Of Johnson
boom for President four years hence
in the movement.
In Mr. Taylor's letter TO New York
Progressives he declares that the re-
suits Of the recent election make II evil
dent that the majority OF the Progress
sives of the country still desire the
continuance of the national Progress
sive party. For that reason, he says,
they refused to follow some of the for
mer Progressive leaders in their sup,
port of the Republican Presidential
nominee and voted for the reelection OF
President Wilson as the most repre-
sentative candidate of Progressive prin-
ciples in the absence of an enrolled
Progressive candidate.
Reasons for the Call
Colonel Roosevelt's failure to get the
Republican nomination at the Chicago
convention is one of the reasons which
emphasize the call TO reorganize the
party, according to Mr.. Taylor. lie
saws, like other radical Bull Moosers
have said, that the party fell into the
hands of "the reactionaries.' He asks
the enrolled Progressives for all the
information they can give in regard 70
conditions in their locality affecting the
Progressive party. and if they will at
tend a state conference. either in New
York City or Albany, in the near tut
ure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
Canadian Girl Missing a Month

Nearly a month ago Miss Margaret
McKcnny, nineteen years old, left the
home of Frank Nutter, at 122 Saratoga
Avenue, Yonkers. where she had been
visiting. She announced that she was
going 10 the movies" but when she
failed to return her friends surmised
that she had returned TO her nome IN
Foster, Ontario. She did not do SO,
and yesterday the police OF New YORK
sent out a general alarm for the girL
She has dark hair and dark complexion
and when last seen by her friends
wore dark blue serge suit and
black tam o. shsnter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02

Major General O'Ry---ordered the reg
imeut to repeat It's review, seems to
lie with Washington. II is thought that
If an inspector general were sent by
the War Department 20 adjust the mat
ter and give members Of the regiment
an opportunity TO explain an undel
standing might be reached.
Although the designations arc on
their Official way TO Washington they
have been held up at division head
quarters in the belief that the War
Department may take some action
which would settle the difference with
out the acceptance Of the designations.
Tremendous but suppressed excite
ment pervades the rank and hle OF inc
regiment. Loyalty to their command
ing officers compels rigid obedience
20 orders on the part OF sll the men,
but the atmosphere is tense.
As an evidence Of the keenness with
which General Organs order struck
home one of the officers. who stands
high in social and political circles IN
New York, is quoted as follows:
1--WE will not see the 18th disgrace
New York, but we feel that under the
present conditions we can no longer
serve our country with honor
With sentiments such as that OK
pressed by the officers whose men were
compelled 20 march again past review
ing officers because, they assert, OF
circumstances which we're beyond their
control. there is thought to be small
chance that any OF the designations
will be withdrawn unless overtures are
made by those in authority at WASH
inRton. .,
as the 18th passed the first line IN re-
view, & reviewing officer exclaimed; i
am pleased to see that one regiment
in the 9th Division is fully equipped
nrrn-dirr % amy roOulntions."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
Washington May Adjust
Insult" TO the Twelfth

By Telegraph 90 TIE Tribune
McAllen, Tex, Dec. 1.-The only pos
sIble adjustment of the strained stu
alton resulting from the resignation of
The officers Of the 18th Regiment be-
cause Of the "insult" suffered when
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
Eight-Hour Law Suit Suspended

Judge Learned Hand in the Federal
Court yesterday ordered proceedings
in the test suit in this district on the
Adamson eight-hour law be continued
until decision by the United States
Supreme Court in the general test case
of the Missouri, oklahoma & Gulf
Railway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
Civil Service Men to Dine

A dinner for civil service employees
will be held at the Hotel Majestic on
January 20, under the direction OF the
Civil Service Forum. Fifteen Federal
state and municipal organizations arc
affiliated with the forum and l'ooo
members are expected to be present