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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-30
AND MOSS
CLASH AT INQUIRY
Freedman Estate Executor Be-
fore Thompson Committee
Threatened With Election.
~STENOGRAPHER PUT OUT

Two exciting Tits enlivened the ses-
sions Of the nearly expired Thompson
committee yesterday. In one of them
Thomas Garrett, Jr. OF counsel to the
Guaranty Trust Company. one OF the
executors OF the Andrew Freedman es-
tate. who refused to produce certain Of
the Freedman checks. was threatened
with election, and "a stenographer who sat
beside him did take that mode Of exit.
In the second set-to August Belmont and
Frank Moss. the committees counsel,
exchanged compliments. MIR. Belmont
threatened to leave the hearing. Mr..
Moss challenged him to go ahead, but
Mr.. Belmont reserved the privilege and
sat through his examination.
The committee had obtained a sum
mary from Perley Morse, it's accountant,
showing hat 1873 checks totalling $4,000
had been drawn by Mr.. Freedman ITO
bearer" and cashed by his secretary,
Jacques =. Cohen. during a period from
1912 to 1914, and that s3S,350 had been
drawn in this way between October 80
and December ~. 1912. Mr.. Cohen
testified that these sums We're for living
expenses. but said that there was nothing
In the account books which he kept to
show how Mr.. Freedman used the money.
"Wasn't some OF IL used to buy securi-
ties with other persons and for loans to
other people-newspapcr men and public
officials" asked Mr.. Moss. NO" re-
piled the witness. "Not that | know of"
When Frederick r.. sherman, trust
clerk of the Guaranty Trust Company.
refused on advice of counsel 10 produce
checks desired by the committee. Sena-
tor Thompson turned upon Mr.. Garrett
ana accused the bank of taking ad-
vantage Of child's play lie said he
wanted the Guaranty Trust Company ito
stand clear before the people of New
York" Mr.. Garrett retoresd by saying
holly that 1T did stand clear" Mr.. Moss
charged that Perley Morse had been de-
MED access to all the checks and papers
he sought and the row followed.
The late Mr.. Freedman also vas the
subject Of a part of Mr.. Beimont's ex-
animation Mr.. Belmont said he had
bought the New York and Greensboro
Hallway for the marlborough. but had
not made "A cent OF profit for himself
in the transaction. AS to the late Mayor
Gaynor and Comptroller Prendergast.
Mr.. Belmont declared there was no such
situation as was described by Mr.. Moss
IN which the directors OF the INTERIOR
ouch discussed ways and means to over
come the opposition OF these officials TO
the lnterboroush's subway proposals
You taxi the attitude said Mr.. Bel
mont, that some undue influence was
brought TO hear We were simply try
ing to meet the views of an unreasonable
city and city officials
III IL were not mechanically driven
into us that YOU are trying to brush
by this inquiry We would not take the
attitude We do" ,eturned MIR. Moss.
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UPHELD.
Court Rules Buchanan mud Others
Must Face Trial.

Judge g, T.. Wolverton IN an opinion
MED In the United states District Court
Yesterday upheld the validity OF the
Sherman law indictments against Con-
gresham Frank Buchanan. Frank s.
Monnett, former attOrney-goneral of
ohio; Jacob G, Taylor, president OF
Lahore National Peace Council. and
the others who axe said to have c,n-
splrcd with tho German agent. Franz
Rlntel"n. To stop the shlpmen, OF NUM-
lions OF war from this country t, the
Allies.
The defendants Monnet, AMI TAYLOR
attacked the validity of the Indictments
In their motions 10 have the chaIpes
quashed. Judge Wolv.rton overruled
their contentious, holding tina, the true
blls set forth sufficient facts 10 Justify
the trial OF the defendants. Tho Judge
admits that during the argument on the
motion he was Inclined 10 tho ouiuion
mat the motion To- quash was well ,akon
AFTER carefully examining Tho suIhuri-
ties, however, he says, he came 70 ,ho
con'lusiIn that the indictments woro
adeGuh'o. "'"
tn" Judge also dismlsses the sunn,o-
meh,"tN morton mado rs Monre,, ana
1a''oI Tor tho dismissal VI the indlc,-
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ment on the grounds that during the
Federal Grand Jury proceedings there
were persons In the Grand Jury room
who had NJ business there that a book
containing the minutes OF one OF the
meetings Of Labor's National Peace
Council was illegally seized from the de-
fendant. Henry u. Martins office. and
that the Government requi ed the presi-
dent Of the National Metropolitan Bank
of Washington, II. G., to present to the
Grand Jury deposit tickets and cancelled
checks left by Martin, who was a de-
positor at the bank.
In addition Ia the defendants already
mentioned, David Lamar, eN-Congress-
mar Robert II. Fowler Of Harrisburg,
III, and Herman J, Shulteis. formerly
connected with the Antitrust League.
were named In the indictments sustained
by Judge Wolverton.
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~ realize OF course" the prosecutor
continues in his letter. that you are
entirely within your rights In not sun
plying to me an official copy OF the con-
fdential report OF your subcommittee.
II seems 10 me hat In n case ~ this ma
n%ortanCe II would he wiser for ME to
request YOU to proceed with your i'm
parchment. so | can take the matter I'D
before a tribunal where ! shall have the
right 70 know specifically what the
charges are against me and shal lave
the same opportunity to present evi.
d'ice in my defence that my accusers
nave had TO present evidence against me
For that reason ! have determined that
! shall do nothing to prolong the investi-
sation which you are conducting.
You have the right to prefer charges
against me. not In your own body, but IN
the Senate The right to impearh does
not carry with II the right TO libel. nor
the right to take action which would in
volvc the impeding OF the proper func-
tons OF courts and j~uries.'
Mr.. Marshall refrained from giving
out his correspondence with the conmlt-
tee until the Tanner jury had been dis
charged. The exchange Of letters be-
gan with the invitation extended to Mr..
Marshall by the Judiciary Committee TO
appear before Il on Tune % and In one
hours time answer all the charges
against him. In declining this invitation
OF the committee Mr., Marshall, In his
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SALOON CRUSADE RENEWED.
NOntclntr 10 HOLD Another No
License. Election In Fail.

MoNTCLArR. y. j, Jun" 29.-Another
local option referendum Is planned by
the 40 License League. who's" rffor "a
make the community dry failed at an
election last November. The new refer
eirdum Is made possible through the re-
cent adoption Of the commission form
OF government In this town.
II X the purpose of the league To ron
duct "A campaign ~ education all sum
mel and hold the referendum after the
Presidential election In order 10 present
the issue free from political influences.
The existing licenses, eight retail and
three wholesale, wcr" renewed for one
year by the Town Council this week.
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accepts 1t7S for Lin berg Death,

Surrogate tohalau signed an order
Yesterday permitting Mrs, Marion T..
l.imberg, widow of carl Lmbcrg, th.
automobile driver killed at the Shccps-
head Bay Speedway May l2, 10 accent
si15 from Harry $. darkness, owner
of the ear driven by L.imbcrg. in full
settlement of all claims for her hus-
hand y death. she SAID IN her petition
that shortly before the race started her
husband signed a waiver Of all claim
against Mr. Hardness. who has since Of
fcred TO pay her tn" money to dcfray
her expenses To the West. whore she
hopes to lind employ ment
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Chairman Webb's Reply.

In reply Chairman Webb on Jun. 81
wrote Mr.. Marshall that I'm accordance
with a resolution introduced by Mr..
carIin or Tho s~uh-conui,,ea tho er,ire
Judiciary had decided 10 give
Mr.. Marshall ample opportunitv 20 an.
pear before the committee with his Wit
nesses, II necessary, to answer the
charges point by point in Il session that
would be continued from day TO day
until ALI the evidence unon the charges
was concluded.
In his las, letter TO Chairman Webb.
written on June "a. Mr.. Marshall de-
clined TO accept this invitation because
Of the failure of the committee TO send
him IN. confidential report" He saws.
"I do no, think there would bo any
advantage in wasting either YOUR time
or my own appearing before your hon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
New Master of Mexicn

Harry H. Dunn, in Cartoons Magazine.
 Obregon is more of master of his country today than anyone has been since the time of Porfirio Diaz. From a small hacendado he has become minister of war, an honor forced from Carranza practically at the muzzle of an automatic pistol. From head of a band of Yaqui Indians he has risen to command an army of 150,0O0 probably the best army Latin America has ever known, and from an underling in the Madero and Carranza armies he has raised his voice to dictate the policies of his government and define what marionette chief shall or shall not do in his relations with foreign powers.
 He demanded that Carranza keep his all but impossible promise and give the peo- pie of Sinaloa lands for farming, and saw to it that Carranza made good. He married Maria Tapia, the belle of So- nora, and carried her to the American border after his father-in-law had put him out of the Taapia home. When his bride told him he should be minister of war, he travelled 1900 miles to Mexico City to secure the appointment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

The press bureau, although not long formed, has already justified itself, it is stated. in the better understanding by France and England of the terrific diff faculties under which the Italian army works in mountain territory, where It takes weeks to move large bodies Of troops or put artillery into new posi- tions, and where the taking of single mountain involves the patient effors and staunch heroism of months of harl fighting.
 The members frequently referred to in official military bulletins, in connec- tion with operations at places, the names of which are not mentioned, has given rise to the popular impression that the number is used in oroer to withhold exact information as 10 the geography of the operations
 As matter of fact. and particularly in mountain operations. the use of a number conveys the most exact and ac- curate information. Every hilltop and mountain in Europe has long been identified by number. This number is not an arbitrary one. It is the exact height in meters Gone meter is 3937 inches) of the hilltop or mountain above the sea level As no such hill- tops or mountains have the same height the numbers are never the same, at least in the same range of mountains, and they differ so as to indicate the heights of different sections of the sides of the same mountain. While these numbers are of the utmost importance in military operations, inasmuch as they indicate heights and distances in particular to artillery officers, they have been long determined by other than the geographical branch of the general staffs of armies. They are found in every detailed map of given territory, and. therefore. come under the head of information accessible to automobilists, physicians. miners, eE- gineers and mountain climbers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
The Extinct Billy Goat

Zim. in Cartoons Magazine.
 Strange is the march of time. The Billy and Nanny goat were once a domi- hating feature in every civilized Amer ican community. A snapshot could not have been taken without a goat some where in the picture, but the goat was not deemed a fit insect to hobnob in swell society. Its product might be ad- mitted across the threshold of the rich, but not it's savory self. The highest standard the goat has ever attained is the mascotship of volunteer fire com pany, or similar office in the United States navy, which was practically the lowest rank of any living thing aboard, Tn his palmy days vivid posters were often seen of him in the act of juggling with glass of fresh book and now, since the breweries themselves are in disfavor, the American billy goat is doomed to pass down the line of has beensi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

on returning home as well satisfied as
 customers were last year with the rich rewards of their journey to the Golden Gate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
ITALIANS LOOSEN THEIR CENSORSHIP
Neutral and Allied COrre-
 spondents Now at Front
UNDERSTAND BETTER
Have Given Outside World Some Idea of Immense Diff faculties Surrounding Fighting
 on the Italian Front

Headquarters of the Italian Army. June 2.-(Correspondence of the As sociated Press. 1.-The Italian censor ship has been reorganized and vastly improved, particularly from a newspa- per point of view. Little censorship is now exercised over mail matter coming from or going to ally countries, such as France or England. but every mailed letter or package going to or coming from the United States and Switzer- land is opened and read. The censors, however, are sometimes courteous enough to notify a person sending sus- pected matter that it is being held for explanation. In the case of cable mes sages. the censor tries his best to let them go through, either holding the message for time before sending it, or else cutting out objectiona ble in- formation, sending the message in the new form, and then notifying the sen der what portions have been eIirr- mated
 One of the reasons for the more fa- vorable attitude of the Italian censor ship is an abatement of the spy mania and the realization that this class of information is not as harmful Gs was f.Nr al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
Westerners Visit the East

From Kathleen Hills in Lesie's.
 Westward Ho" was the trend of the See America" campaign last year. This season the direction of summer travels is reversed. Westerners are coming east. Judging from inquiries made of this de- partment, New York, Philadelphia, Bos- ara, the Evangeline country and the Thousand Isles are the points of principal interest to this seasons prospective trav- elers The section covered by the scope of the inquiries embraces territory rich in historical lore and scenic beauty, and it would seem that the desires of the most exacting traveller would find satis- faction in almost any portion of the great Atlantic seaboard.
 While the west may boast of scenic grandeur second to no other region, still there are other places that satisfy the great body of travellers in America. True, in the east there are no marvellous canyons, wonderful geological attractions and glaciers, but there are rivers and lakes in which abound as gamy members of the finny tribe as ever will be found in the west; it has mountains as rugged as most people would care to climb summer outing, and views from their peaks unsurpassed in the west, albeit the beauty is of another quality; shore lines that are the envy of the artist, ranging from the weird, ever-changing sand dunes of Virginia to the pine-clad, rockbound coast of Maine, with waters dotted with hundreds of beautiful islands, the rendez- vous of regular summer colonies. This is the very heart of America. It first pulsed with the throbs of the Colonial settlement and the Revolutionary war that sent the blood of life, growth and development in to the remoter regions of the country. Well do we owe it allegiance It should always be a source of pride to an Ameri- can that he knows the east as well as the west, the south as well as the north, for without seeing all sections of the country he cannot Loyalty say that he has Seen America First
 The railroad and steamship lnes with their usual foresight have planned to meet the demands of the westerners with many attractive trips to the east.
 In the east welcome and hospitality await the westerner and he may count
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
HAS JUSTIFIED ITSELF

be difficult to hide from them the names of the rivers and mountains and towns along the front.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD

Another reason has been the influ- ence of certain officers. patriotic jour- nalists and business men who feel that Italy has not been fully understood in this war and that correspondence, both of private individuals and newspaper men visiting or living in the country would. if not too severely censored, let the outside world know the truth about conditions and the reasons for Jtaly's war
 direct result of this attitude has been the establishment recently at the headquarters of the army of ess bu- reau. One of the first steps taken by the officers in charge was to secure permission for both ally and neutral Journalists to visit the army front and see the fruits of Italy's effort to or ganize splendid new army. Previous to the existence of this bureau but very few civilians had been allowed on the Italian front. The impression had gotten abroad that Italy did not want her front visited and. therefore. no re- quests to visit it had been made, par ticularly by neutrals.
 The visitors at present admitted on the front. once the officers of the press bureau had satisfied themselves these visitors are without unfriendly in tentions, are shown fully and freely all that they wish to see. In the handling 2 of newspaper copy written from tho front, the largest latitude is permitted the writers. Restrictions about naming geographical locations are cast aside, since 1t is evident that the Austrians nave military maps of the region and, as they are within speaking distance or the Italian soldiers for nearly every foot of the 400 miles of front, it would
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-01-29
ELECTRIC LIT FARMS
: BECOMING POPULAR
Kansas Instructor Looks For
End Of Old System.

Manhattan, Kan Csc OF electricity
on the farm for the sake OF conven-
fence, safety or comfort Is urged by 9.
q. McNair. instructor In electrical en-
cheering IN the Kansas State Agricul
tural college.
Twelve years ago farm lighting
plants were novelty; today they are
rapidly growing in popularity" says
Mr.. McNair.
"They are usually operated by gas
oline engine. but in The eastern states.
and especially In the Appalachian
mountains. II is not uncommon TO see
water power used for this purpose.
Where the people have water power
the storage battery is not used.
"In every state whore farmers care
at all for convenience one viii find n
number of lighting plants Some farm
ers prefer the blaugas. acetylene or
gasoline lighting systems. so that they
may utilize the heat, but there is GER
tain element OF danger in using these
systems.
Plants. including engine. generator
battery and switchboard, can be bought
for Sl3i up. Snch plants are OF very
small capacity. VIII operate only few
lights and must lie charged every day"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-01-29
Some Queer Ones

Bible barred from public schools Of
Gutenberg, n. J.
Indian baby entered in an Oklahoma
contest won the prize over all the white
''papooses
For shipping bottles OF whisky In
collins Tennessee concern has been
fined in federal court at Chattanooga
King snake five and half feet long,
while trying &c swallow a china nest
egg. was lassocd by Kentucky farmer.
One million bats proposed for New
Jersey swamp TO kill of the mosquitoes.
each bat having capacity Of $50 skee-
ters n night
Removal OF ten inch table knife
from stomach Of Chicago woman con.
WINGED incrcdulous doctors she swal.
lowed Il while delirious, as she had
long claimed
On a fishing line baited with corn n
Pittsheld (Mass) man caught two
chickens, but the court fined him $3.50
and made him give the chickens back
to n neighbor
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-01-29
FOUR LEGGED GIRL DEAD.
Little Virginia Mcdonald Of Virginia
Had Four Arms Also.

Harrisonburg, Na.-yirginia Melon.
aid, little girl with four legs and four
arms. who for four years has been ex-
hiblted at fairs and other public
places all over the eastern part OF the
United States. died recently at the
home Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mahlon Mcdonald near Lebanon
church. Shenandoah county. The child
was tive years one month and nineteen
days old. She was sick just two DAYS
with tonsllitis and membranous Group.
When several months old she was
taken TO Johns Hopkins hospital. Balti-
more, where physicians and medical
scientists examined her. They decided
that IL would be impossible TO operate
on the child without causing death
There have been other persons born
with four legs and four arms, but
they did not live as long as the little
Shenandoah girl. They died either at
birth or soon thereafter, according to
reports.
She leaves her parents and three lit
tie brothers, and also a large sum OF
money. Her father Is farmer.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-01-29
ONCE BANKER, FULLER
is NOW DAY LABORER
When Bank Failed He Was
Glad TO Get Strenuous Job.

Winslow, -IIl.--From well dressed
banker to.a day laborer IN ovcralls is
the transition Of j. Bradley Fuller,
who, with his sisters owned and OPP
Grated the private bank OF Fuller *
Son at Winslow. Necessity forced the
former banker TO obtain means of sup
port
The only occupation available was
that Of helping manufacture concrete
blocks. Tie Is paid 50 a day for ten
hours and IL locked for every hour in
which he is not occupied.
Upon the recent return OF Fuller
from the east his departure taking
place Just one week prior 10 the fail.
urc OF the bank, he was on the verge
OF nervous prostration. The sympathy
OF his friends assisted In restoring his
nerves TO their normal condition. and
he announced his willingness 10 take
any kind OF work which afforded him
self and his family a living.
After seeking In vain for some oc-
cupation more remuneratlve and with
less physical labor involved. he went
TO work with the concrete frm and
expects TO remain there until some
thing more inviting develops. His
family take their reduced circum-
stances philosophically, all seeking en-
ployment in order TO contribute 20 the
common fund.
The report OF the auditing board, OF
which u. +. Graham, president OF the
First National bank OF Freep0rt Is
chairman. shows that the liabilities OF
the Winslow bank are Si6s.G47, while
the assets are $120.035 ON this basis
depesltors will receive about 20 cents
on the dollar. The auditor assumed
that the assets credited Ia furniture
manufacturing company OF Manitowoc,
Wis. amounting 20 $4,000, would not
depreciatc
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-01-29
PREACHER BLIND % YEARS.
Adventist, Eishty-two, Began at Age
Of Twenty TO Spread the Gospel.


China, Melt was thirty years ago
that Elder John Roberts Hall began
preaching. Though totally blind for
twenty-five years, he IS still expound-
ing the gospel from the pulpit of Ad-
vent churches.
He has preached In more than hun
dred towns IN Maine. He has gone
into the remote coast villages and TO
many Of the Islands.
Though eighty-two years of age, ev-
cry tooth in his head is sound, and he
has complete upper and lower sets.
He was scarcely twenty years old
when he conducted his first service.
He began TO preach regularly at TWEEN
fy-two.
Mr.. Hall never writes a sermon. He
never makes notes OF what he intends
10 say.
II depend upon the spirit OF God to
quicken my understanding" he says
Mr.. Hall was stricken blind twenty
two years ago while chopping wood.
He is able 10 walk about unaided in
the town where he lives, but In other
places he finds It necessary to have
companion. He still does farm work
when at home. He likes the exercise
and feels that It has contributed to his
excellent health.