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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Miss offenders Will
Contested by Cousins
Validity of Public Requests of
100000 To Be Decided
by Jury

On the outcome Of the contest over
the will Of Miss Jessie Offender which
came TO trial before Surrogate Cohalan
and jury yesterday, hangs the valid
ity Of public requests aggregating
100000 Cousins and second cousins
contend that the testatrix was not OF
sound mind.
Miss Gillender, daughter Of the late
Arthur Offender, was sixty-fve years
old when she died, February 26, 1915
The largest beneficiary is the Mission
airy Society of st. Paul the Apostle,
which is TO receive the residuary es-
tate, estimated at 100000. Miss Gil
lender was reared n Protestant, but
became a Catholic. Other requests
were: Johns Hopkins University, $780,
900 outright, and remainder interest
in 100000; Metropolitan Museum OF
Art, $4,000, and Charity Organizatio on
Society. 100000. Her estate is esti-
mated at between 100000 and 81 ,OO0,-
000 To her relatives she left about
100000.
Miss Gillender in her last years lived
much in seclusion. Dr. II. " Barclay
testified that tho spinster thought her
self poor. Once when he gave her mcdi-
cine. 10 be taken in three doses, she
took II in one TO save timo and trouble.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
State Vaccination Bill
Buried in Committee;
HerUey Faces a Fight

Albany April 25.-The Murphy bill, pro-
,.;dino that vaccination shall not be a necci-
90, QUALIFICATION for attendance at public
-cbools unless smallpox exists in the locality,
u.ss reported favorably by the Public Health
Committee OF the Senate to-day. IL went TO
the Committee Of the Whole. whence It VIII
be difficult TO rescue it this late in the ses-
sion
The Finance Committee OF the senate re-
rorted without recommendation the wagner
XII 10 preyent construction of state instltu-
tions on the watershed from which New
York City derives its drinking water. ms
leaves the question for decision By the main
body Of the upper house.
Governor Whitman's nomination OF Charl's
: Hervey. a Brooklyn Democrat, a. Public
Service Commissioner in the lst District, 10
succeed himself has been reported out al
committee and probably will be debated on
the floor OF the Senate to-day. Opposition IL
expected. .,
In Joint session the Legislature elected
Merton +. Lewis. Of Rochester, as state
Attorney General, 20 fill the vacancy oc-
easioned BY the resignation OF Egburt
Woodbury. Mr. Lewis has been first Deputy
Attorney General and acting head OF the
states law department during Mr.. Wood
bury's illness He was = delegate TO the re-
cent constitutional convention. and for many
years has been actively Identified with ke-
publican politics in this state.
By vote Of - 10 % the Assembly passed
the Simpson bill. establishing central put-
chasing department for New York City. Nd
yocstss Of the measure assert u VIII save
millions of dollars i'm the buying Of municipal
suppiies Democrats opposed IT, on the
ground that il would eliminate competition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
1,437 of Billy Sundays Hearers
Respond to His New Word Pictures
To-day's Programme in the Sunday Revival

,o Drawing roor, rneerc Of Mrs Samuel Iho -
Fifth Billy Sunday ard members OF his party SP
" invitation only
M to A luncheon for business women e hail
busns
hour from Miss Frances T. MIer u'e''o' "
mems % We. tool
y noon Meeting Smith Kufmns Sdg west lou
Street Mrs Asher director Of extension WORK. SpN'
. - m Service in the Tabernacle by Billy Sunday
by Miss Grace SAKE OF U W
on the Tabcrale choir Subject Personal Evangelism
the T. w
Avenue and Fht!-seeond S'ree" MIS- ~
speaker. ,,od;.o. Avonuc
Mass meeting private schoolgirl pupils in the Madison
Presbyterian Sevcnythird Street MISS Margaret '
speaker r..-,...- ,ro,ro Tho
o School pupils Miss Florence
Kinncv director Of stuie work, speaker -
@ & SDrb Third Avenue Miss Alice NJ Gan'n OF
the sunday party. speaker w.. Mt. A.,
$50 Emanuel Baptist East street and White Plans Ave
e The Brox at meeting for boys and urls
boys and girls Of Manhattan al E"a"u l "
sixth Street. II. l. Hill, speaker t. A.,
AA5 to 40 meeting and tea oil Maiden Lane MISS
Miller speaker r-, c..-.,, p-.L Do.
ea Church and Thrtyseventh Street MIS- asher
- Service in the Tabernacle Billy Sunday
Meeting Metropolitan Temple 0e'e"''
Fourteenth Miss speaker u.,or
Miss lean B. Lament Bible teacher spea. a. ,esb
meeting the Methodist Church. Washington avenue anu ~
The Bronx
M Parents meeting Church Broadway and 1O4'h Street
Gamin, speaker p.o.,o,, ca
Hall
By SUNDAYS residence Northern Avenue telephone 81 NcO
las-2SSO. =. ,
Chairman of the executive committee William A. Sunday Erdngeh
tic Assocqon James Speers, 81 South Mountain Apee NOM"
olo;r ~ J.: tclephore MontclG--145.
The Tobeae Broadway and 16Sh Street, telephone A"a"oon
-1OOS2.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Brown War Bills
May Delay Close
OF Legislature
Wagner to Fight Measures
Removing Safeguards
Against Child Labor

from . stafr Correspondent o, Tie Tribune J
Albany. April est appears certain
that if Senator Elon K. Brown, Senate
majority leader, insists on pressing for
massage the so-called war emergency
bills. the adjournment OF the Legis-
lature will be delayed considerably.
Two of the bills, it is charged, would
abolish the safeguards for child labor.
Even members of the Senate war com
mittee," which sponsored the bills, are
coming 10 the conclusion that it would
not be good policy even under the guise
of an emergency to enact such legisla-
tion.
Senator Brown probably will not call
up the bills for action this week, al
though they are on the order of final
passage and may be reached any time
the Senate sits long enough to reach
them. AS matter of fact, the Repuo-
lican leader is too busy Strengthening
out the kinks in other legislation and
removing the friction in his own ma
chine to organize his forces for the So
called war emergency bills. And in the
interem the child labor and social wei
fare workers are exerting vigorous ell
forts to defeat the bills on the floor.
1t is understood that Senator Robert
F. Wagner, Democratic leader and one
of the members of the war commit
tee" will lead the opposition on the
floor TO the two bills which would sus-
pend the labor laws, permit II Is
charged, the exploitation of women ana
children and allow boys and girls Twelve
wears Of age to work on farms instead
of attending school. Manufacturers VINO
have tried all session to effect such leg
islation are well enough organized in
the Legislature, however, to force the
bills through as patriotic measures
Senator Wagner is apprised that sew
eral BROOKLYN manufacturers have been
especially active in urging this legls..
lation, and that many other small and
large industries merely await the nat
of the Legislature TO take advantage OF
anv relaxation Of the labor laws.
Aside from these two bills, suspend
ing the labor law and permitting school
children 90 work on farms. opposition
developed to-day TO another OF the
Rrown emergency bills which would
permit the suspension of contracts for
construction of public works. The ef-
forts of road contractors and others
engaged in public work to be relieved
of their obligations because Of the
scarcity of labor and the high price of
materials have been apparent all ses-
sion. The bill would be effective not
only during the war, but for consid-
cradle period thereafter, depending on
the season of the year when peace Is
concluded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Cellar Blast Kills
2. Rocks American
Express Building
Cause of Lower Broadway
Steam Explosion a Mys-
terry; 3 Men Injured

A steam condenser in the sub-ce!lar
of the new American Express Build
ing. 65 Broadway. exploded shortly
after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
filling the chamber with live steam
and literally parboiling two of the
men working there. A third was so
badly scalded that he will die, and
two others were slightly injured.
Immediately following the blast,
which shook the entire twenty-one-
story structure, all the dynamos we're
shut off. Lights went out and e'e"a-
tors stopped running. For a few rim
utes rumors of a bomb outrage were
current and there was some excite
ment. both among the tenants and on
the street.
A fire alarm was turned in and
ambulances from Hudson Street and
Volunteer hospitals were called. Re
serves commanded by Captain Rouse
of the Greenwich Street station were
also hurried TO the building. When
the rescuers were able 10 force their
way into the sub-cellar they found
the place filled with debris. Beneath
this lay the body OF James j. Nc
Mahon. twenty-four years old. pipe
filters helper, Of 1890 Southern
Boulevard II was fully a half hour
before this could be extracted.
The other dead man IS Thomas
Archibald, fifty years old. of PIG
burnside Avenue. The Bronx. He is
steamftter employed by Baker &
Smith. contractors. Nicola Maticn.
twenty-four. Of Ala West Forty-second
Street. was so badly scalded that he
was taken. dying, TO the Hudson
Street Hospital.
Coroner Thomas Healy. after his in
vestigation, said that he was unable
to account for the explosion. Gauges
show that there was not more than
five pounds Of steam pressure in the
condenser at the time.
The building is still in the hands
Of the contractors. Although the
American Express Company moved in
several weeks ago. 10 has not yet
taken formal possession.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Little Red School"
Is Soon to Pass
Assembly Passes Machold
Bill, Giving Cities Wider
Jurisdiction
By BRIGGS
rFrom I stan Correspondent, Of The Tribune.

rFron Z stan Correspondent Of The Tribune
Albany, April 25.-The little red
schoolhouse" is to pass. The Assembly
this afternoon passed by a vote OF u
to 81 the Machold bill, making the
towns the unit for maintenance OF the
rural schools in the state.
The bill has the support OF the StaTe
Department Of Education, and II Is al
most certain TO beco,ae law. IL creates
town boards of education, winch, VIII
take jurisdiction over all the scnooiS
in the township, wiping out the tradi-
tional school district trusteeshIps, VINO
have occupied a place III the history
of this state since 1879. -.
ave have ten thousand school DIS
tricts outside of the villages and cities
of the state" Mr.. Machold said, and
of these $500 are one-room SCHOOLS
1 900 of these district schools have an
average attendance of less than seven,
and 1000 other districts have an aver
age attendance OF less than ten.
Mr.. Machold contended that the chll-
dren of the rural districts are entitled
TO lust as good school facilities as the
children in the cities and villages, and
that such facilities are impossible now.
He also emphasized as one of the main
points in favor of the bill that 1t Will
help the black to the land" agitation
and keep children in the rural COM
munities.
Those who opposed the bill declared
that with the elimination of the district
schools the children of the rural sec
tons would have 10 go too far 70 school
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Urges Congress
To Bar Incomes
Over 100000
New York Committee Explains
Plan to Make Wealthy
Bear War Burden

Washington. April 25.-Members oil
the American War Finance Committee
to-day urged on the Ways and Means
Committee Of the House their plan TO
permit no income Of more than $780,
600 a year during the war. Their ar
gument is that the average American
citizen is in no position to stand any
additional taxation, and that war taxes
should be borne by class which has
profted by the extraordinary increase
in the country's wealth.
THE recent increase in the crop OF
millionaircs and multimillionsires is
equally striking" says q statement
prepared by the committee.
"The number Of persons with incomes
Of million a year and over doubled
between 1914 and 1915. 1t has prob
ably doubled again this year. In 1915
there were 332,S28 persons with in
comes between $4,000 and 100000 a
year But there were 1924 persons
with incomes of over 100000 year,
an increase Of 900 since the year
1914 Leaving each of these latter a
meagre living Of 100000 year, the
government would derive from a tax
on their incomes 1921 100000 alone,
nearly twice as much as the 332,S2S
persons with incomes below 100000
and above SO 900 could contribute. II
the increase in incomes can be com
pared with the increase in net earnings
of corporations this year, probably ST.
SOC, 900, 900 could be secured 10 the gov
eminent for war purposes from taxes
on incomes"
The committee was composed Of Sum
ner Gerard. Alexander NJ. Bing and
Amos r. f. Pinchot, wealthy residents
Of New York.
"Do you mean TO say that you have
come here asking 10 be taXed?' in
quired Democratic Leader Kltchin,
when the committee appeared.
Eyes. that's it," replied the delega-
ton spokesman.
well, don't know" said Mr..
Kitchin. "I've been here more than
twenty years. and I never heard Of
anything like this before. Have you
the money!"
yes" replied Mr.. Bing. 81 think
Mr.. Longworth will testify that / be
long in the class known as the preda-
tory rich"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26

which way to turn, he said, and toid
him 70 90 out and tell his remarkable
story. And he has been doing IT from
that day to this.
81 know him we'll; now true he IS,
how sincere. how great I love Mr..
Sunday with all my soul. de has gwen
his all TO Christ"
Old Woman Leads the Way
An aged woman whose hair blended
into the white of her knitted shawl, a
fa+-cbeeked, round-eyed boy and a
Young man who favored the movie
actor; STYLE Of hair dressing
we're among the first to greet Billy AZ
the end of the trail in the afternoon
After them came few older men, some
girls and scores Of older women.
The vastness Of the Tabernacle and
the size Of the audiences are all against
: 6ogmatic announcements, but there
arc apparently, two dominant types
among the thousands. One is the man
who wears black suit and white We
on Sunday. the other is the elderly,
rathe- sad and subdued woman one al
WAYS associates with country church
sociables. sewing circles and funerals.
There is always strong feminine
leaven in every audience, but IL pre-
dominates in the afternoon. II was so
Yesterday when Billy stepped TO the
edge of his high rostrum and calIed 10
his hearers to come forward and say
Here's my hand; I'll take my stand
Tbe sweet faced old lady in the white
shawl led them. d long line OF women:
MANY wore widows weeds, and most OF
them. one felt. had learned long before
the evangelist came that life Is lttIe
less difficult if one goes to church, 10
PRAYER meeting, and bakes a cake 1oT
the harvest home supper. They seemed
as much a part Of the Tabernacle as
Billy himself. ,L...
Billy stirred them TO quiet laughter
when he told them never to lower their
principles, even TO please their nus
bands.
"Don't slap Jesus Christ in the face
TO please that old reprobate,' ne sara
"Do YOU think / would slap my country
/ in the face to please the Kaiser! Let
him 20 to hell with the rest Of them
He made them laugh again when, re-
! ferring TO the knockers IN joshua
dav he said: 81 can tell those among
Won who are interested and those VINO
come in Just out of curiosity, TO see
what's going on, and find fault with
the sermons and the hymns and the
way preach, and the way l pray and
the clothes wear. Oh, these people
who go to church and say, oh amt IT
hot" giving an excellent imitation OF
fault-fnding woman.
The collections at both meetings on
Tuesday totalled s1,9S7l1. The amount
for the previous Tuesday was 81 ,2S1Sh
There is a brisk demand for reserva-
lions for delegations, it was said yes,
terday at campaign headquarters, anc
the booking at present Is for dates
after May %. Delegations are impor'
tant features Of the Sunday campaign
for the members frequently hit the
trail in a body.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Assembly Passes
Bill for Inquiry
Into Drive Plan
Action Follows Conference
of West Side Delegation
with Governor
lr,om So crr,..ronasn, o, m. Trleunsl

from STAT C,rrcsponden, o. The Trlbunel
Albany. April 25.-Investigation OF
the proposed West Side improvement
contract between the New York Cen
trail and New York City was authorized
by the Assembly to-day in the passage
of the Green bill by vote Of ITO TO l..
Action on the bill resulted from con-
ference this afternoon between Gov
ernor Whitman. William l.. Ransom
counsel TO the Public Service Commls-
sion; Speaker Sweet, Senators ottin-
ger and Birmingham, Assemblymcn
Green and Ellenbogen and a del'ga-
ton headed by Charles l.. Craig, Of
the law committee Of the West End
Association. who brought to Albany a
bill designed to solve the whole West
Side controversy.
The Ransom bill is hybrid Of the
Ottinger-Ellenbogen bill. now on the
calendar. providing for concurrent &C
zion on the contract by the Public
Service Commission and the Board OF
Estimate. giving the commission iuil
mowers of investigation. 1t also en-
movers the commission to compel the
railroad to execute improvement plans
drawn by the commission in the event
that the city, the commission and the
railroad fail to agree before De;e.n-
Der !.
It was agreed at the conference mat
the Green bill should be passed and
Sneaker Sweet had it put through the
Assembly at once, although the pass
age of the Green and Ransom 9li!s
in the Senate is doubtful.
The Green bill creates a commission
of seven members, five TO be appoint
cd bv the Governor and one each by
Sneaker Sweet and Senator Brown' 20
investigate the proposed contract and
report to the Legislature by Febru-
airy /, 1918.
Besides the two socialist membec
the bill was opposed by one Democrat
and nine Republicans. six of tn M
Bell. Brennan. Marsh, Meyer. S'mp-
son and Youker-city members.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Russian Soprano Sues
Barytone for $3.50
SAYS Baklanof Assaulted Her,
Blackening Both Eyes

George Baklanof', Russian barytone'
of the Boston-National Grand Opera
Company, was sued in the Supreme
Court yesterday By Miss Elvira Anna
Ear. Russian soprano Of the same COM
pany, for $4,000.
She alleges that the barytone as
saulted her on special car in winch
the company was travelling from san
Francisco to Portland, Ore, on March
last. Without provocation or aggra-
walton, says the soprano, Baklanot at
tackled her so violently that he discol-
ored her eyes and caused blood to flow
from nose and mouth.
Baklanof also kicked her, Miss ANA
Ear alleges, adding that her condition
after this treatment required physi-
clan and a nurse. Miss Amazar says
the assault was witnessed by Adolph
SEM. wigmaker. and Regina SEM, bal
lerina, with the company.
Victor T.. Gartz, attorney for MISS
Amazar. obtained from Justice Erlang-
er an attachment against any property
the defendant may have in New York,
on the ground that his home. is in
Russia.
Miss Amazar quoted the barytone
as saying he had not returned home be-
cause he wished to evade military SER
vice
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Girls Camp Is Called
Sure Cure for Boredom
Farmingdale Rockies Will Cele-
brate on Monday

Are you nervous? Are you bored
Are you in love with film actor? The
Farmingdalo military camp. where girl
rockies raise vegetables, will cure you:
The virtues of the potato cure for all
cases Of bored New York city girls
we're sung in the councils of Camp NO.
6 of the women's section of the Navy
League Yesterday, when the health and
sanitation committee had its first
meeting.
Miss Ethel Boyd Bowers, its chair
man. announced that every care would
be taken Of the health of girls who
Joined the camp, and that the CONT
tee had the testimony of doctors that
the rough, simple life of the camp
would do wonders for the "debutante
rockies"
DR.. Eugene Lyman Fisk. Of the Life
Extension Institute, has become so
much interested in the project that he
has given $500 worth of medical
equipment. and DR.. Desire Dunn of the
institute will be medical director. IN
der her supervision every candidate
will have a complete physical eNamina-
ton before entering the camp.
Getting up at o'clock in the morn
ing will be good for these lazy New
York girls" said DR.. Fisk yesterday.
THE tendency for all young girls to be
indolent is encouraged by the artificial
life of this city. 1t will be good for
them to see something grow that they
have planted with their own hands"
The rockies who went down to Farm
ingdale on Monday will celebrate the
official opening of the school TO women
this evening with speeches ana
dance. They will wear their uniforms
of khaki and flannel shirts for the hrst
time. Mrs. Franklin p. Adams ana
Miss Blanche Brace, Of the publicity
committee, had hard time yesterday
picking out the uniforms. for there was
a clash between the conservative no
lions of the Navy League and the free
and easy Western ideas of the COM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26

The text Of Sundays evening sermon
WAS Romans xii, /: 81 beesech you'
therefore. brethren. by the mercies OF
God. that yc present your bodies a Nv
ing sacrifice, holy. acceptable unto God
which is your reasonable service"
ave have here call for volunteers
not an order for draft" he said. THE
armies Of God are never made up Of
drafted men and women, ordered into
service whether willing or not. God
never owned slave. God doesn't wan.
YOU 20 DO anything that you can't do
without protest. This is not call 20
hard duty. but an invitation 70 the en-
joyment Of a privilege. II is not call
10 hired labor, but the appeal of a low
ing father 70 his children 20 partake of
all he has 20 give.
"If there is nothing in you that will
respond 70 Gods appeal when you think
OF His mercies. don't think much Of
you. II you are not ready 10 offer IL In
gratitude, God doesn't want your ser
vice. he doesn't want you % serve Him
through fear, but because you realize
His love for you. and appreciate ana
respond 20 H. Just think Of the things
we have 20 be thankful for!
"A visitor 20 an insane asylum was
walking through the grounds, and as he
passed one Of the buildings he heard n
voice from a barred window high up in
the wall, and II said: Stranger. did
you ever thank God for your reason p
Ne had never thought OF that before,
but he says that he has thought OF IL
every day since. Did you ever think
that Thousands Of people who were just
as good as you are are beating their
heads against the walls Of padded cells
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Yonkers City Clerk, Charged
With Forgery, Surrenders

Joseph Walsh clerk in the Corporation
Counsel's office in Yonkers. who was indict-
ed on a charge Of forging a claim for $1,000
against the city as well as a check for that
amount, surrendered himself at White Plains
yesterday to Sheriff Wiesendanger. He was
taken before County Judge +. l.. Young and
released on $4,000 bonds.
Walsh's arrest is the second in the crusade
conducted by District Attorney Lee p DAVIS
to end alleged misconduct in public office in
Yonkers. His indictment followed that Of
City Auditor Frank Gertenbach on a similar
charge. The latter issued a statement that
the Sheriff was prosecuting him because OF
controversy Gertenbach had with the Sher-
ifs brother. Louis Wiesendanger.