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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
WAGNER WILL FIGHT
TO CLEAR WATERSHED
Proposes Laws to Keep Insti-
tuti0ns Out Of Area of
Water Supply.

Senator Robert r. Wagner announced
last night that he had drafted wouad
Introduce IN h Legislature at the nrst
opportunity three bills designed to pro-
tect the water supply Of New York city.
Two Of these bills will provide for the
removal OF the Mohansic state Hospital
for the Insane and the Yorktown Train
Ing School for Boys from their present
locations In the Croton watershed and
their relocation elsewhere. The third
bill will provide that hereafter no in
stitution for the care Of persons afflicted
with disease shall be located within the
Croton watershed.
Tho Senate says that the abandon
ment OF these institutions AZ now To-
Gated would mean a loss TO the State
of less than half a million dollars. an
amount which he thinks will he more
than repaid by their location On some
railroad. Al present there is a spur
running to the hospital n training
school for the transportation of supplies.
He says this will entail an e~xtraordi-
nary expense in hiring a locomotive n
engaging the services of a train crow.
His objection will be raised to n
scheme Tor pumping the sewage overland
to the Hudson River. Competent engi-
neers n " informed him. he says. that
no force urn system can be operaAeA
without a high percentage OF leakage
and he regards this as the only argu-
ment necessary TO show the folly or try
ing TO keep the watershed clean while
such institutions remain In II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
NEW WARDEN MAKES HIT
Mutual Welfare League P1eages
Support TO KirchWey.

OssININa. n. Y, Dec. 31-The Mutual
Welfare League of Sing Sing prison,
through it's executive committee. pAAsed
resolutions tonight complimenmn6 e0.
Warden Osborne for his treatment OF
the prisoners. and pledging to WARDEN
Kirchwey Its hearty and unQlAla1ied
support and its absolute answering 10y
atty" and expressing confidence winch
Eve have always had In your good fa1tn
ai~l interest In us and in our welfare
q Kirchwey made a hit with the
prisoners tonight BY granting the execn-
tive and grievance committees OF the
league permission to celebrate the ad-
vent OF the New Year. Whereupon the
usual rules were temporarily suspended
and between 11.30 and IL O'clock the
1850 prisoners were flowed to sing
boot. cheer. bang cell doors, &C., and
get Il out of their system" All agreed
that they had a good time.
Warden Kirchwey has issued an order
giving Antonio Ponto. sentenced to die
during the week beginning Monday. -four
additional days in which to live. The
execution. therefore. will be deferred nj
Friday Ponton was convicted OF Killing
Bessie Kroner, a school teacher. II
Schenectady.
The warden discussed Ponton's cas-
with GOV. Whitman to-day. An ap0S1tca'
ton has been made for a new trial.
Warden Kirchwey Ia looking up ths
law 10 determine whether az warden h'
viii he obliged to oficiate at executions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
SAN DIEGO FAIR CONTINUES.
Exposition to Re Kept Going for
Another Year.

The Panama-California Exposition at
San Diego Will be continued during 1916,
with a number of new features.
California has set the pace IN worlds
fairs. Up TO 1915 nobody thought II pos
sYble TO hold more than one exposition at
a time. California had two-at San
Francisco and San Diego. Hitherto the
time limit. was late spring. summer and
early fall the a Francisco big snow
ran ahou, ten months and san Diego
a full twelve months. Now the latter
city boldly decides to keep going for an
other year. making a two years com
tinuous performance. Ample funds have
been subscribed to insure success.
The San Dicgans plan some marked
improvements for 1916. Many important
foreign exhibits will he moved down
from a Francisco. including the Cana
dian. French, Italian, Dutch, Russian.
Spanish. Swiss, German and Austrian,
II is probable that India, Persia and
Turkey will be added. Exhibits of the
california counties have been secured
and a number of Zone" attractions.
The Santa Fe's Painted Desert ndian
Village ALSO win remain
\ large attendance IL expected from
the East. particularly during the sum
mcr season. when the perfect climate of
San Diego Ia at It's best.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
TARRYTOWN HAS GAY TIME.
Sleepy Hollow and Ardsley Tub
See Old Year Out.

T~ARRYTowN. Dec. 3l.-Dances were
held at the sleepy Hollow and .Ardsley
clubs tonight and at midnight the new
year got a noisy welcome. At the
Sleepy Hollow Country ! supper vas
served at II 'cloc n In addition to
the orchestra Scotch h%agpipers and a
drummer boy added to the gayety at
they marched through the dining room.
Among thnse at supper were Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank \. Nanderlip, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson S%kiunear, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
w. Harden. Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert f..
Rogers, Mr.. and Mrs. +. G. Munson and
MI. and Mrs. II. Il. Reed. The t~oboggan
slide and skating pond are in fine con-
dition, and Preparations are being made
to entertain mans parties over the week
end.
Preceding the dance at the Ardsley
Club there were several dinner parties,
among those entertaining being ~ wing T.
Bush, John G. Rochester. w: w. Niles.
G. u. Fraser, Henry Is. Browning. II. r.
Worthington, Henry Graves, Jr.. Col.
Franklin Q. Brown. DR. Thomas Bailey
and Mrs. NJ. Bathgate Becker. Dancing
followed INC supper was served at mid
night.
The lasting on the golf Kinks was
never better and the skating pond is
also In fine condition. La &c crowds
are expected Tomorrow at the club.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
BAIL REFUND REFUSED.
Court Denies Application In Case
Of Richard e.. Flower.

Supreme Court Justice Platzok yeeter-
day denied an application by the execu-
tors under the will of Mrs, Cornelia
Storrs for the refund of $4,000 paid
by her to the state Of New York in
1900 as forfeited bail FOR Richard c.
Flower. Thc estate asked that the money
be refunded hecause Flower was caught
last year. after being a fugitive from
justice ten years. pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to one year each on two
indictments. For this reason the estate
commended that the State lost no rights
through Flowers failure to appear in
1904
Justice Platzek pointed out that an
export witness who could have been
called TO testify AGAINST Flower in 1904
was 40 available in 1914, and said
The prompt indictment, trial con-
viction OF "A criminal tends to promote
the public welfare. The laws delays In
criminal prosecutions are admittedly a
crying evil. Can II be said with GER
titudc that the people lost no rights
by thu absence of the accused from the
state FOR "A decade
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
WEAK MINDED YOUTH
is SAVED FROM PRISON
Psychological Director Delves
Into Causes Of Criminal
Instincts.

How an eighteen-year-old bow whose
four or five years old will be saved from
going 10 prison and sent TO an insttu-
ton for the feeble minded was told by
Police Commissioner Woods yesterday.
The young man was taken to Police
Headquarters and examined by DR.. Louis
L. Blsch, the psychological director.
The prisoner. Samuel Margolin. was
arrested In Brooklyn after an alarm had
been sent out calling for the arrest OF
a hoy who disappeared with a laundry
wagon from an address on Park avenue.
Ne told the police that he was tired OF
waiting for the driver to return from a
house In which a package was being de-
livered and he decided to take the vehicle
to the stable.
Margolin said that lie had seven
brothers. but he did not know their
whereabouts. Ills parents have been
missing. he told Or. B!sch. for a long
time. lie earned a living by doing d
jobs and slept wherever he could find
a hole TO crawl into. He went 10 school
once, hun he did not remember how
long ago that was
After the examination In such cases a
report Is made by DR.. Bisch. which is
submitted 70 the Magistrate in whose
jurisdiction the case comes. Deputy
Commissioner Lord, in a letter TO Magis-
trate Mcclure in which he forwarded
the recommendations of the psychologist
said
This work. so far as the Police De
partment is concerned. Is in it's infancy,
We take great pains TO lay before the
committing magistrate the result of ouI
Investigations as TO the mental capacity
Of the arrested prisoner to knowingly
coMni, the crime with which he Il
charged. The Police Commissioner feels
and has felt, for some time, that n
making arrests II IL the duty OF this
department to discover whether the pris.
uucr arrested should he placed IN a
regular penal institution or whethei
he should DO placed in an in,
stiti,ion the purpose of which is bene.
firiil and calculated TO improve the men,
tai condition OF the person, rather thar
punish him TO- a crime for which he il
not fully responsible. trust that his
point OF view will make a proper appca'
To- your " judgment"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
Continued from First Page.

warden OF Sing Sing prison, n he gave
Dean Kirchwey the same kind OF a COM
mission that he gave Mr.. Osborne when
the latter was appointed warden.
Supt. Riley wrote Warden Osborne ac-
k~nowledging the receipt of the warden's
letter through Gov. whitman. and in
formed Mr.. Osborne that II his trial re-
suited In an acquittal he would consider
MIR. Osborne's application for reappoint-
ment as warden OF Sing Sing under the
circumstance which might then exist.
Supt Riley had n long talk with DR..
kirchwey before handing him his COM
mission as warden and made II plain
that his removal might be expected Mt
the first refusal TO obey orders from
Albany.
The Sing Sing prison management
from now on must be In accordance with
policies laid down from Albany" said
Supt. Riley. IAN there must be no more
evasion on the part of the warden OF
Sing Sins In carrying out orders and
instructions from the State Prison De-
partment at Albany"
Dean kirchwey acquiesced in these
suggestions from Supt. Riley. but after
ward In talking with newspaper men he
said
Il feel that this is NJ a temporary
appointment n that / should not at
N-'PN w ~ ciy hp 'N''N'hH
conditions at Sing Sing pending the ter
mination OF Mr.. Osborne's trial. Every
one knows ] am in sympathy with
the reforms inaugurated by Warden
Osborne. including the Mutual Welfare
League"
u you also hold Warden Osborne's
ideas against capital punishment and at
tending executions? DR.. kirchwey was
asked.
81 certainly do" he replied. but At
the same time Il the law requires my at
tendance at executions I shall comply.
though personally 1 should prefer not
to attend them"
Supt. Riley not only made II plain 10
Dean Klrchwey how he expected him
TO run Sing Sing prison. but he notified
the wardens of the other prisons that
Mr.. osborne was not to be accorded
any special privileges or permitted 10
m,ngle with the convtcts. This IL In
line with Gov. Whitman's idea that II
would be highly imprupe- for Mr.. Os-
borne to have any communication with
witnesses who are likely to be called
at the trial.
Supt. Riley told Warden Kirchwe,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
600 LOAVES GIVEN AWAY.
bigger supply OF BreRd Ordered
to start New Year.

THE SvN Free Rread Depot In Prince
street will start the New Year with n
standing army OF ZOO In the bread line.
Tommy Merry and Dick Bright will be
on hand to-day at 2 o'clock to wish their
friends in the line a more prosperous
year han the one which put them among
the down-and-outs.
The 800 loaves yesterday did not last
an hour. and more might have been
given away II Merry had anticipated the
demand. THE cold FEATHER always
brings them out" he said to Die Bright
as the steady stream poured through the
door for the daily loaf,
"Tnward Herman Schmidi's' railroad
fare to Reading, Pa" said "A letter signed
by b.. r. NJ, enclosing So. The skilled
cmbroldercr who has been offered IA po-
! sltion In Reading was In the bread line
again yesterday. The remainder will he
raised and a ticket 20 his new job viii
be handed to him On Monday.
Another contributor to the bread line
yesterday was C.. NJ. H., who sent 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
MURDER AND BOMB
USHER IN new YEAR
Two Policemen Are Shot Also
as Whistles and Bells
Greet 1916.

While whistles and bells were an
new year telephone messages 30 THE
SvN office told OF the murder OF a man
IN a saloon nj $50 Tenth avenue. near
Fifty-second street the shooting of two
policemen in front Of 232 Union avenue
Brooklyn, and the explosion OF a bomb
that wrecked a room in n tenement house
at $40 West Sixty-seventh street and
slightly injured members Of a family OF
six who were celebrating the advent OF
1916.
Pessimlsts will find an III omen IN IN"
first bit Of local news OF the year that
drifted In. 1t was a slip from Police
Headquarters announcing that an alarm
of fire sounded from the box AZ Water
and Gnuverneur streets was n false one.
An ~eight-year-old hoy with a package
,rudged five flights of stairs 10 rhe apart
meut of Giuseppe CamilI at 2io West
Sxty-seven;h street ana knocNed ~ the
door. Camilli Was sitting at a WINDOW
beside his wife ami IN Mrs 'amiltS
Ian snugeled her f~our-yeIr-old child.
Ilfse Olltf tlittitl'h N''' fN $3.50
part of the room and Giuseppe B"l!erino'
a friend. was looking down into the
street at passing mcrrymakel@
Cam,li admitted the hoy ana ne
youngs,cr sad 81 have something mere
for YOU
What is IT." asked Camillt. Who
gave il TO YOU WHAT'S In it,
The boy gasped >omeih.Ag and ihei
shot through the door.
.. IHA1s NF ElatfR1 t'lnllll
and in his agitation he dropped the pack
age.
There was an explosion. the members
Of the family were thrown nhout and
n great hole Was gougcd in thu Moor,
Plaster and splintcrs fcll into the apart
mcnt Of Luigi Mattcre below, and Mat
tere and his family had the scare "i
their lives.
Policeman uuhnel. who hciIh the ~
plosion, ran IN the tenement stars tnd
found tie floor on fire, tamiiIi was
blceIiug from cuts on his h''d ANA
hands and his wife and children were
slightly Injured II had,, shocked
Uuhncr sent tor the hrru,I ana cant
Monks and Ais mol of Eug|u' company
40 NM ON, nm, hltzc Then the reserve
from the West SiNiy-"'Ghih S'l''l
station took charge Of the apartment
and soon straiGhtcuci things ont. But
/ they did not Nud a trace at we "u'l'
None Of the Camillis was sent 8" = nos
pital.
Camilli H. a New York central Htil'
road lahorer. lie said that a" FAR as
he knew ne did not have an enemy M
the world.
Peter Gallagher, who kept a saloon a.
$50 Tenth avenue. AT Fi~tty~inlri street
was the man killed. III" murder is sat'
TO have been the result of ~ roliiict
frud.
Gallaehcr's bartender had Gon" 70
lunch. when Gallagher was called Il
the family entrance door, who" were
sixteen m u and women, Al tn" saloon
keeper stool with his back to IN" room
II man at a, table fired i've shots, three
of which went In fallaehcr's back,
The police a~rr"stor Bernard Quinn ant
Joseph Fitzgerald. the only two custom
ers who did not run, and James bl."ary
the bartender.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
A. B. BOARDMAN A CATHOLIC.
Prominent EpiscOpaIian Leaves ~,
Thomns's Church.

Albert Il. Bosrdman. one OF New
York's prominent lawyers and for many
years prominent in st. Thomas's Profess
tant Episcopal Church. Fifth avenue AMI
Ffty-thlrd street. has become a Roman
Catholic. His baptism took place on
Christmas eve in the private chapel Of
Cardinal Farley in 81. Patrtck's Cathe-
dral and was performed by the Car
dinal.
Mr.. Boardman, at his home, 40 West
Fifty-third street. declined last night TO
see newspaper men. He sent word that
he would see no one until tomorrow,
81 will probably have something TO
say them he added.
Mr.. Boardman is 60 years old. a ma
tive New Yorker. He was graduated
from Yale In 1873 and began the prac-
tice OF law In New York city in 1875.
He is n member Of the firm Of O'Bren.
Boardman Il Plat. 100 broadway.
lie is solicitor for the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad and counsel for the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. the Trust Company
of America, United States Express Com
pany, Fidelity and Deposit Company Of
Maryland and the staten Island Rapid
Transit Railroad Company.
Mrs. Roardman. his wife, died last
November 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
LESS NOISE
Triuity's Chimes Draw CssaI Mid.
night Thousa nds.

Although Park Row is proved by po-
lice count to be the busiest part of New
York in the daytime the time has passed
hen II was so crowded on New Years
eve that Manhattan Island seemed to
be In danger Of tipping over under its
load. Old timers who feared the worst
on the night OF December 81 a year ago
freely conceded last night that the down.
town section of the celebration IL not
what II used to be.
Trinity's chimes Of course drew their
! midnight thousands to lower Broadway,
and there were those in the listening
regiments who insisted that they actually
heard the sound OF the bells now and
then. Lieut.. Andy Devery. down In the
Greenwich street police station. who has
been "A landmark in that precinct for
, twenty-six years. vowed that his ears
caught the chimes for the first time In
his life. Which may mean that horn
blowers were fewer than usual last night
or else that they have at last come TO
/ have some consideration for those who
prefer "Adeste Fideles" and Nearer. My
God. to Thee" as the hymns float from
the famous belfry. to the screeching OF
the proudest fish horn or the racket OF
the loudes, rattle that ever sold for a
nickel along the streets on the last night
OF the year.
In City Hall Park the Christmas tree
glowed again with colored electric lights.
Beneath II the ~Sixty-Hinth Regiment
Band played and not far away moving
pictures were shown to the open air
crowd for several hours.
Outside the groups Of those who lis
tened to the band and watched the pic
lures shuffed two long lines Of men TO
whom sandwiches and hot cofre In paper
containers were handed from Mr..
! Hearst's WAGONS. At 2 o'clock there were
1919 men in one of these lines and l6S In
the other. Only one man in every six
wore an overcoat. However. the night
was not very cold. As II happened In
one of the movie plays which the bread
and coffee liners could watch II they
wanted TO was a scene revealing a
ma mmy frying fiapjacks on a big coal
stove. or curse II they didn't want 10
see fapjaCks fried while waiting for their
handout they didn't have 70.
Many policemen were visible around
Brooklyn Bridge. Park Row and down
broadway. but their night was mainly
peaceful. The Woolworth Building was
illuminated TO It's very peak. where the
ruby red windows Of the dome made a
beacon that could be seen far out az sea
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
OLD STAGE PEOPLE GUESTS.
children Of Theatre Entertain
Members of Actora Fund Home.

A score OF children of the stage, mem
bcrs of the Junior Art Society OF the
Theatre Assembly. played hosts to hftccn
actors arl actresses Of the Actors Fund
Home AT se l.yceum Theatre yesterday
afternoon when they entertained the old
people witt "A Juvenile performance Of
al. NJ. :. Pinaforc," scenes from
Romeo and Juliet" and alice in
Wonderland The proceeds ri the per-
formance, which were large, wen AS a
special donation 10 the Actors Fund.
Before the performance the visitors
from staten Island were guests At a
luncheon nj a Broadway restaurant.
Among those who occupied the boxes
besides the guests were Daniel Frohman.
president of the fund Miss Emma f'roh-
| man, Edna May and n party of friends,
and Mrs. J. Christopher Marks, prcsi-
dent of tho Theatre Assembly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
TAPS ARE PLAYED BY CHIMES
Madison square Crowd sings and
HOnOrs Jacob Riis.

Just ~ the clock ushered in the New
Year the chimes In the Metropolitan
tower playel Taps over the heads
of several thousand watchers below, who
stood with heads uncovered in honor of
the occasion and Of the late Jacob Riis.
who four years ago began the series OF
safe and sane celebrations in Madison
Square. The celebration last night was
80 carry on his work and at the same
time IL took on the nature of memorial
services for Mr.. Nlis.
\ chorus OF 80 voices and the
Seyenty-irst Regiment band furnished
the music, which consisted OF suitable
hymns. One hymn. written by Mrs. Jean
Dwight Franklin. was dedicated 10 the
m OF MIR. Riis. The words were
thrown on two screens and the crowd
aided the big chorus in singing it.
Col. Roosevelt headed the committee ol
seventy-hvc in charge and Mrs. Frank
lin managed IL, Col. Roosevelt did no
attend, but nc sent a telegram cxtollins
Sfr. Riis as typical of all that Is best II
the American character.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
KIRCHWEY NOW WARDEN
IN PLACE OF OSBORNE

that after Mr.. Osborne removed me-
personal effects from Sing Sing he was
not to be permitted the run OF the prison
and that II Mr.. osborne or hAs counsel
desired to confer with convicts the
latter should be brought to the warden's
office for that purpose.
Supt. Riley handed Dean Nrohwey
his commission as warden OF 6ng sins
shortly before Dor The wording OF
this commission II exactly like that
Of the commission received by sbo
"a year ago. II reads:
by virtue Of the power vested In me
by Section 4. Article v. of tine Constitu-
ton Of the state of New York i hereby
appoint George W. Kirchwey OF New
York agent and warden OF n Sins
prison. This appointment 10 to taxi
effect December al, 1916"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
ASK COUNTRY FOLK
TO MEET PRESIDENT
He Will Hold First New Years
Levee Publicly, Every
body Invited.
PLEASED BY ANCONA CASE

Hor SPRINGS, Va. Dec. s1.-President
Wilson will give the nrst New Years re-
ception Of his administration tomorrow
in the Homestead Hotel lobby here. No,
only the guests Of the hotel but all the
residents OF the mountains hereabout
rave been invited.
The President has made II known that
he esIrc To have every one presented
who wishes 10 meet him. The event Is
set for s o'clock in the afternoon.
Two years ago President Wilson was
at Pass Christian and a year ago social
activities in the White House were at q
stsrdstil.
Before the motion picture and anne
men left tonight they told of having
obtained pictures Of the couple under the
very eyes OF a squad Of secret service
men and special officers. As a result the
President and his bride will appear In
both movie and newspaper pictures.
Rooms Unsigned to the camera mer
overlooked both the exits and entrance.
TO the Wilson wing of the hotel. Boil
Aims n plates were obtained from con.
venient windows. 1t was only to-da,
that the secret service men bethough'
themselves OF the ncighborhood OF tht
rooms The hotel management requested
the men to take rooms in another enc
OF the hotel. but they Informed the nan
agement that they had planned 10 leav,
Tonight. This was only n show OF In.
difference. After they were safel,
aboard a train tonight and after beini
assured that word OF their success woul,
not reach the secret service men the!
told Of their luck.
The President sent this message 4
Charles NJ. Andrist. secretary 10 tn
Governor OF Minnesota. tonight
"Will YOU not convey TO Gov. Ham
mond's family and publicly express 70
ME my profound sympathy and SINGER
regret for his death. ! am sure thi
must he the sentiment OF the Who'll
country and OF all who knew his sterl
ing character. WOODROW WILSON.
While ~ IL known that the Presiden
has been In touch with the Ancona sit
uation to-day and while he Is natural.
gratifed at the results. no expression
Of opinion could be obtained. In thi
! he followed his habit. to which he ad
hered In the Lusitania. Arabic othe
cases.
While announcements have not as We
been made definitely. II is believed tina
what Officials regard as the happy end
ing of the Ancona situation Will rcsul
in the president remaining here unit
January 4 or 3 instead OF January .