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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
Prison Head Must Answer
Charges by Tuesday
Removal to Follow.
SING SING OFFENCES
LAID TO GOVERNOR
Refusal 10 Take Advice and Sup
port of Osborne Responsible,
Says Superintendent.
Iron A.. star Correspondent, q tn. rnbun.l

IRON q star Correspondent q Tbs tribunal
Albany. Jan. S.-Prison Superintend-
ent Riley must answer charges of mis-
conduct in Office before Governor Whit
man at noon on Tuesday. Then the
Governor intends TO remove him from
office. The charges were served on the
Prison Superintendent this evening, fol-
lowing his refusal TO resign.
Riley intends to force Governor
Whitman 20 remove him. He said to-
Light he would fight the charges and
under no circumstances quit until he
Lad presented a strong verbal defence
20 the Governor.
The charges followed q series Of let
ters, in which the Prison Superntend-
cnt placed responsibility for conditions
at Sing Sing prison on Governor Whit
man. Riley asserted that he followed
the Governors advice In continuing
Warden Osborne in charge. He also
said that the Governors conclusions
were based on statements OF persons
interested In maintaining the deplor-
able conditions at Sing Sing prison"
Governor Whitman accuses Riley OF
misconduct In office, in that on or about
January I he knowingly and with IN.
tent 20 break down the management OF
enc of the prisons under his Jur!sdic-
ton and TO hamper the work OF the
warden ordered the transfer OF sixty
six convicts TO Dannemora, and that
said action WAS contrary to the best IN,
terests Of the Prison Department snd
of the state.
Riley, in his reply, says,
"As early ss April ! called your at
tention 10 the six hundred prisoners
housed In Sing Sing by placing. two
men in cell. Later ! told you that |
had information that not only did
gross immortality prevail in the prison
but that felonious assaults were ire
ouent. and that, despite department
regulations, the warden refused 10 re-
port these cases.
"Notwithstand ng that you were fully
advised Of these conditions, YOU still
insisted on retaining the warden. ana
not until the Westchester grand jury
made presentments showing those con-
ditlons 70 have existed, which resulted
n the indictment Of large number OF
prisoners for uncomfortable crimes and
Of the warden upon charges OF gross
mismanagement and other felonies, did
you consent TO his removal.
"As soon as new warden was ap-
pointed | attempted TO correct tho
abuses, especially that Of housing two
men in s cell when there was ample
room at Great Meadow and Clinton
prisons. You critic sed my action. the
effect Of which must necessarily be 20
continue the present revolving eondi-
tions."
Governor Whitman said tonight that
he had not offered Superintendent
Riley's place 70 any one. He would not
deny, however. that he had several
names under consideration, among
them General Binghsm's.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
HIS HERO LAURELS
A DEATH CHAPLET
Freight Clerk Saves Boys lhen
IsLeft to Drown, Unnoticed
BY Crowd.

Laurels OF hero rested upon the
brow OF Ira J. Stringham for but
moment yesterday, when, after rescu-
ing two boys from drowning, he sank
TO death in the Morris Canal, forgot
ten by those who had witnessed his
heroism. The boys he had saved were
seized upon by group Of men, VINO
hustled them OF to their homes, evil
IDENTIFY taking It for granted that their
rescuer could take care Of himself.
Peter Foster. eight years old. and
joseph Germer. nine years old. were
playing upon the thin Ice OF the canal
in Jersey City, when Germer fell
through. Foster reached out 10 save
him. and he, too. went Into the water.
Stringham, who was but sixteen years
old. saw the boys from the freight
house of a railroad where he WAS en-
ployed as freight clerk.
Stringham hurried TO the spot, threw
off his coat and vest I'D sprang into
the water. He worked out, holding to
the edge Of the crumb!ing Ice, and
managed to push the boys, one by one,
to the shore. During the per.lous
progress men and boys gathered upon
the shore, encouraging him by words,
but Offering little material assistance.
The icy water Slapped Stringh ms
strength. Just as he snatched at
bushes on the bank. he sank back INTO
the water Those on shore meanwhile.
were engrossed in thawing out the
bows. By the time they re ur"ed
Stringham had disappeared under the
ice
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
u. S. Protests to Britain
Seizure Of Neutral Mail

Washington. Jan Bssing It's &C
ton chiefly on information furnished
by Chevslier Van Rappard, the Meth
erlands Minister, the State Department
has protested energeticai'y TO Great
Britain against the seizure and deten-
ton Of mails going 70 and from this
country. The note is said to have been
deliver already TO the Brit For
eign OAice Replies receiveD from Lon
don to previous inquiries concerning
such acts are regarded BY Secretary
Lansing as unsatisfactory.
In come quarters the State Depart
ment's action is taken an indication
that grievances az INST Great Britain
will be vigorously prosecuted from no"
on. A note 20 all the Allied Powers
protesting against placing cotton and
CERTAIN other articles on the contra
band list 10 also iu preparation, though
II may be delayed for some time, owing
10 the intricacy # the questions IN
volved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
DIAMONDS BLOCK TRAFFIC
Negroes Find Bag Containing Gems
and Dispute Holds Up Vehicles.

Two negroes became so cngrossed In
the task Of deciding which should keep
q handbag almost Allied with diamonds
that they had picked up at Fifty-eighth
Street and Eighth Avenue yesterday
afternoon that they held up oil traffic.
Traffic Patrolman BURKE hurried down
TO the spot, grasped the bag and took
the two men in charge
When the policeman glanced into
the bag his eyes bulged. lie had seen
a $3.50 diamond cluster. a $500 diamond
ring. n 5000 diamond pin and a 5000
diamond studded bracelet. A card re-
veslcd the owner TO be Miss Hazel NJ.
Cox, an actress living at the Savoy
Hotel. The negroes hope to receive a
reward
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
PLOT ECHO IN POISONING
John Burke. Accused in United States
Bribery. MAY Die.
IBy ToIrsfaph 70 m, Immune.

Columbus, Ind, Jan. S.-John Burke,
who attained notoriety when charged
with accepting a bride in connection
with government purchases for the
Panama Canal, is in a critical condition
on his farm near here az the result Of
arsenical poisoning.
Burke swallowed twenty grains Of the
poison, but whether it was with sui
cidal intent or by accident his wife
refuses TO say. The indictment against
Burke was recently dismissed after an
investigation of his affairs by Secret
Service men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
SEEKS TO CASH SEA KNOCKS
Thessaloniki Survivor Sues for 500 for
Battering lie Received.


Battering lie Received.
Probably they don't read Conrad's
or Connolly.s sea stories in Turkey.
And evidently Morgan Robertsons
tales were never best sellers in Con-
stantinople. At any rate the romance
Of a storm at sea never got strange
hold on William Williams. who halls
nom shat city. lie Just came through
whole series Of storms on the Thes-
sGlon!si, and instead of being grateful
for the experience is suing the Ma
tional Steam Navigation Company
owners of the abandoned ship.
For smass.ng material that would
serve Jack London for a whole new
book, Williams wants $500 personal
damages and SIS more for baggage he
left behind when passengers were
transferred TO the PATHS lie brought
suit Yesterday in The Admiralty branch
of the Federal District Court.
To top his unappreciativenes Will
Jams complains because he had to live
on vegetables aboard the Thessaloniki
for eighteen days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09

Find him for US and we'll have a
barbecue" said the chap who looked
IKE Boy Scout. Wen settle his
hash"
While the flag was being desecrated
others were gong through the mail IN
the postoiice. After this had been
cleaned out and an attempt made to
force the safe the place was nred. To-
night not even the walls are standing.
This part Of the affair brought a United
States inspector into the district, and
the indications are tonight that at
least one Of the $50 men held in the
local ialls on various charges may have
to face a Federal grand jury.
All this time the local ire depart
ment was helpless. II tried TO get 10
the fires, only TO be driven Oh.
Youngstown refused to send men or APP
paratus after several companies had
been driven back into the city.
Give Us protect on and Wen do any
thing, but he can't fight mob and
IRE, toO,' was the substance OF the
ans Wcr.
IL was now well toward midnight, and
the rioters took the strange freak OF
turning from the business section, by
tins tine well Quilted, 10 the sections
where they lived. Here men, crazed by
the wh.skcy they had stolen. set hre 70
The places they caAed home, driving
such o. their women folk and children
as had no. already taken TO the streets
20 places Of safety.
Homes OF Officials Spared.
This tire was spreading rapidly when
the cry was raised, "Ol 20 lOungs-
town." IL was ~ The minds Of the mob
D.
4. Campbell, the president and prlucl-
Sheet and Tube Company, and John c.
Garrison, the general manager, and
other officials OF the company.
The idea WAS ambitious, out that was
all there was to commend il, for the
way 10 the Campbel. home lay over an
easily held road aA OF i've miles long,
and even If they had overcome the
police, who all along the line had proved
incompetent, thcy'would have faced the
certainty Of counter force from the
city.
Such a force was organized by Oscar
Diser. a resident Of Youngstown. but
CITY Solicitor Of East Youngstown
With less than one hundred men the
young lawyer made for the rioters.
upon whom the police and Sheriff Ulm-
stead's men had been unable TO make
any impression, sweeping tnem right
and left.
X is In dispute whether or not this
force did any shooting, but the fact
remains that al hour after they had
started East Youngstown was compare
lively quiet. Here and there pistol
shot sounded from the hills. the fires
we're allowed to burn themselves ou'
end the women and children who in |
terror had fed from their homes went
back to shelter, but not to sleep. !
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
QUITS YUAN; IS SLAIN.
Former Chinese War Minister Falls
Niciim of Assassin.

San Francisco, Jan. Swan kee
Sui, Minister Of War of the Chinese
Republic from the time Of his appoint
ment by Sun Vat Sen until his resig-
nation, when Yuan Shi Raj announced
mis- acceptance Of the throne Of China.
as its Emperor, is dead in Pekin. at
the hand Of an assassin, according 20
word which reached San Franclsco's
Chinese quarter to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09

coming fast. and then the shots were
returned. One man, the leader, got il
right In the forehead lie dropped
That stopped them Tor a bit.
That MAS carly say about $3.50
Before that 1t was not so bad. Then
he first thing any one knew they had
fred the psymaster's Office there and
the employment Office We could not
get water 70 them and We could not
break through the lines. and the build
lngs went. By that time there were
enough guards here to hold the bridge"
His Nerve Saved the Bridge.
Wins did not make the claim, but
the slight youngster who came here
from Paterson, ~ J is credited with
having saved the bridge by sheer nerve.
From the destruction Of the paymas-
ter's shack the rioters took TO destroy
ing other property. About the entrance
TO the works were a number of sa-
looms, usually found near such plants
First one and then another Of these
rlaces were broken into and their
stocks distributed with free hand.
Cases OF whiskey were thrown into the
'roct and barrels Of beer piled on the
sidewalk
Further down the street was a whole
ale liquor shop, where dozens Of bar
-els If whisky. OF the kind commonly
'"scrjbed as squirrel. were stored
hese were rolled into the street, the
'"ads Knocked in and the crowd helped
tsclf, using both ha14s as basins with
which n SCOOP up the stuff.
As these places we're looted the torch
was applied, until II looked as thol.h
the entire town was going 20 90 b fore
the high north wind that was blown ny
Through the smoke the rioters weut
10 hardware store, where they seized
large quantity OF arms and ammuni-
ton. This, too, was fred and then
the bank Of j. 7. Harmony was at
tackled. Ii was the idea Of the strik-
ers that large amount Of money
would here be obtained. but every
thing was In the vault. which tonight
stands gaunt but intact amidst the
ruins.
Meantime. Michael Monaharo's Jew
elry shop was raided. and after every
thing movable had been taken or
thrown out his place was fired. Kauf-
mans department store met Ike fate,
as did an uadertaker's establ shment
and a barber shop. child's white cof-
fin being kicked about the street.
Tore Down American Flag.
Thence they went 10 the postofice.
Over this building a large American
A0g WIS flying BY some ore. VINO.
Wins told me. was an American born
and not a foreigner, the flag was torn
down and trampied in the street.
DO you know him." asked the
militiaman, who looked more like
3. A. ID. 4
who was acting as my escort
mo, but | will Il | ever see him
again. don't know his name"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
Hans Schmidt to Die Friday.

Warden Kirchwey has set Hans
Schmidts execution for Friday, Civ ng
him as long as possible TO live. The
decree OF the Court OF Appeals fixes
the week beginning Monday, and does
not des gnate the day Warden hirch-
wev follows the example of Warden
Osborne. who spared the life of every
slayer as long as he could.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
Z e Renedict's Illness Slirh.

Commodore Z. c. Benedict Is 10, -
seriously III az was announced a q.
days ago from Key West, according ;,
a statement given out yesterday a, y,
Offices Of f.. {. Benedict a Co., g
Broadway. lie was ONLY slightly ind,
posed. and was himself again With,
twerty-four hours. Nr. bened.c, w.
be Joined on January p a. Key Wee
By a party Of friends, who wi. take B
winter cruise with him in SOgtner-
waters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
1900 See New Masonic Glide"

Twelve hundred members Of the Ma
tional Lodge. f. and i. NJ, participated
in a public installation of officers at
the Masonic Temple. West Twenty
third Street and Sixth Avenue, last
night. After the ce.cmony a banquet
was served at the F.f.h Avenue Res
taurant, followed by a dance IN which
the Masonic Glide" made its first pub
lie appearance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09


cars Of the Pennsylvania, used as bar
racks for the men, while, near by, a
big Office building had been turned into
a mess hall Not a wheel IN the big
plant, covering nearly a square mile Of
territory and extending three miles
along the Mahoning River, was in mo-
ton. Only the glare of furnace. half
banked against the time when men viii
again be permitted within the works,
Indicated that there was any idea Of
work.
Here Adjutant Miller issued a pass
on the usual form, and through the
works, deserted but for sentries here
and there, we drove to the south gate,
the scene of yesterdays rioting. This
is reached by viaduct over the Pitts
burgh and Lake Erie tracks, nearly
third of q mile long. and wire strung
ankle high along 1t indicates that some
preparations had been made against
The chance that the strikers might sue
coed in getting by the guards at the
far end.
Nearer the gate fire hose, piles Of
stones and half bricks testified that
something had happened on the pre-
ceding day, while a few yards beyond
troopers of duty sang by camp fire
built where the paymaster's ONCE OF
the company stood yesterday after
noon.
Ruins Still Blazing.
Just beyond, and in the village itself,
the ruins Of a dozen buildings still
blazed; beyond the bridge head it was
impossible TO proceed by machi e.
Progress on foot was difficult, as much
because Of the dangling wires, which
might or might not be dead. as by the
debris from what were once the best
buildings in the place.
Here, j. II. WINS, a young timekeeper
Of the company and one Of the heroes
OF the rioting, who. on yesterday. with a
handful OF men, held the bridge against
several thousand rioters until the com
pany's guards could be called up, was
still on duty identifying the few of the
company's faithful who were reporting
for work.
at all started because the foreigners
saw that they were too much for u.s."
he said. you see there had been trou
bic ever since Thursday, when they be-
gan shooting into the place and throw
ing bricks, as well as stopping the men
from coming 10 work. That trouble was
made. lot by our men, but by some from
the Republic works. To protect n.
bridge here we ran out the fire hose,
for il was the game 70 burn the bridge.
They started for Us, and then some
of the guards came up. Then the shoot
ing began by the strikers. They were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
COLONEL SHUNS PRIMARIES
His a Straigh;.Out Fight for Ameri-
canism, Reply TO Minnesota Man.

canism, Reply 20 Minnesota Man
Minneapolis, Jan. 6.-William 7. Coe,
of Minneapolis, announced at q meeting
Of local Progressiyes to-day the receipt
Of the following letter from Theodore
Roosevelt. in reply TO & question By Mr..
Coe whether the Colonel would agree to
his name being placed on the Minnesota
Republican Presidential ballot:
81 cannot consent 10 have my name
fled IN any primaries. What am try
ing TO do is 10 fight for straight-out
Americanism. | am not concerned what
ever with any individual, myself or any
one else"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09

for tickets g the meeting in rccogni-
ton OF Nr. Osbornc's work in Carnegie
Hall Monday night that only persona
applications mt the committee head
quarters, li7 West Forty-eighth Street.
will he considered No charge Is being
made for the tickets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
MILITIA CHECKS
OHIO RIOTERS

Continued from page l
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-13

fnn OF ali kinds Of happy Me: chill
dren, and lovers walking. and ladies'
leaning from windows all down great
lengths Of street leading to the city
walls; and there the gates are wide
open. letting in q space Of green field
and corntield In harvest; and all round
his head q great rain OF swirling au-
team leaves blowing from a little
walled graveyard"
".And II l painted" Bibhs returned.
I'D paint a lady walking in the street
OF a great city, full OF all kinds OF up
roarious and futile life-children being
taught only how to make money. and
lovers hurrying to get richer. and ladies
who'd given up trying to wash their
windows clean, and the gates Of the
city wide open. letting In slums and
slaughter houses and freight yards.
and all round this lady's head a great
rain OF swirllng SCOT" He paused.
adding. thoughtfully: "And yet l be-
lieve I'm glad that SCOT got on your
cheek. It was just as IL I were your
brother-the way you gave me your
handkerchief to rub 1t or for you.
Still, Edith never"
Didn't she?" said Mary, az be
paused again.
mo. And Z" lie contcnted him
self with shaking his head instead OF
more definite information.
Then he realized that they were pass
ing the new house. and he sighed pro-
foundly. MARY, Our walks almost
She looked 20 blank. $50 Il Is.
Bibbs."
They said no more until they came
her gate. As they drifted slowly to
a stop, the door OF Roscoe's house
opened, and Roscoe came out with
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-13
CHAPTER XVII.

HrA sheridan. IN . wrapper. noise
1e1sly oponed the door Of her husbands
room at daybreak the next morning.
and peered within the darkened cham.
Der. At the ''old" house they had
shared = room, but the architect had
chosen to separate them at the new,
and they had not known how to formu-
late an objection, although to both Of
them something seemed vaguely repre-
hensiblc in tho new arrangement.
Sheridan did not stir, ana she was
Withdrawing her head from the aper-
ture when he spoke.
"Oh, I'm awake! Come In. II yoM
want to, and shut the door,"
She came and sat by the bed. II
woke up thinkin' about It." she ex-
plained. And the more I thought
about It the surer l got I must be
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-13

Sibyl, who was starti;ngly pale. She
seemed little enfeebled by her illness,
however, walking rather quickly at her
husbands side and not aking his arm.
The two crossed the street without ap-
nealfng to SCI r,.Iary and her compan
ion, and, entering the new house. were
lost to sight. Mary gazcd after them
grayely, but Ribbs. looking at Mary
did not see them.
Mary" he said, you seem very
serious. Is anything bothering your
mo. Bi5bs," And she gave him a
bright. quick look that made him in.
stantly unreasonably happy.
Il know you want to 60 tn" he be-
gan.
mo. don't want to-"
II mustn't keep you standing here.
and I mustn't 80 In with you-but-l
just wanted to say-I've seemed very
stupid to myself this morning. grum-
bling about SCOT and all that-while
al tho time MARY. l think it's been
the very happiest Of all the hours
you've given me. l do. And-I don't
know just why-but It's seemed to me
that It was n I'd always remember.
And you," he added. falteringly. you
look 500 beautiful today"
1T must have been the SCOT on my
cheek. Bibbs."
"Mary. viii you tell me somethinx2'
he asked.
II think I will"
Its something I've had q lot of
theories about, but none Of them ever
just cts. You used to wear furs in the
fall, but now It's so much colder, you
don't-yeu never wear them at all any
: Why don't you"
Her eyer fell for a moment, and she
grew red. Then she looked up gayly.
"Bibbs. II / tell you the answer will
you promise not to ask any more ques-
tions?"
Yes. Why did you stop wearing
them?"
Because I found III be warmer
without them" She caught his hand
quickly IN her own for an instant,
laughed into his eyes. and ran into the
house.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-13
CHAPTER xxvili.

It IL the ~consoling attribute OF un-
used books that their decorative
warmth will 80 often make even a
rcadymade library the actual living
ROOM Of q family to whom the shelved
volumes are indeed sealed. Thus it
was with Sheridan, who read nothing
except newspapers, business letters
and figures; who looked upon books as
he iooked upon bric-a-brac or crochet
inE-when be was ut home, and not
abed or eating. he vas In the library.
He stood In the many colored light
Of to otained.glass window at the far
- @ ~ long goAm, when Roscoe and
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-13
Ho Felt That oerne<hine lnsvitabls
Was Happening.

whether he was insane or not! They'd
got 4 notion he might be, from his be.
Ing In q sanitarium. and Mrs. yertrees
asked me II he was insane, the very
irst day Bibbs took the daughter out
auto riding!" Sha paused 4 m,ment.
looking at Mrs. SERBIAN. but listening
intently. There M no sound from
within the room.
mo-" exclaimed Mn. Sheridan.
TITS the TRUTH" eibyl declared. lsoo.
~. "Oh. OF course We were all crsG
about that girl at Ast. We were praksy
green when we moved up here, and VI
thought she'd gSt - in-but It didD't
take me long to rnd her! Her fao0y
were down and ont when It cane -
noney they had to 50 afe0 e
p way or another. somehow!
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