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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-06
Sons Wife Sues
Baron de Ropp
For Alienation
$4,000 Action Reveals Sc
cret Marriage and Ex-
pulsion from Yale

The clandestine marriage Of Baron
Alfred J. de Ropp. Of the Yale class Of
1915. 20 Miss Olga Fisher. in New Haven
in 1914. and the young mans subse-
ouent expulsion from the university. IS
revealed in an alienation suit which the
baroness has brought in the Supreme
Court against Baron Alfred de Ropp
and Baroness Elizabeth A. de Ropp.
father and mother Of her husband. The
New Haven wife, who is not yet twenty
one, is suing through her mother. Mrs.
Bessie May Fisher. She asks $4,000
damages.
Baron &c Ropp. = Russian. is the
American representative Of the Con-
solidated South African Goldfields. Ltd,
OF London. with Offices IN the Wool
worth Building. His wife was formerly
Miss Elizabeth A Morton, OF this city
She is a member Of the Colonial Danes.
Baron de Ropp. the son, was nineteen
years cid when he married the New
Haven girl. who. it is said, was the
daughter OF a ianitor.
According to Baroness Olga dc Ropp.
she and her husband lived happily to-
gether in New Haven for two months
following their marriage in November,
1914. and then her father-in-lsw inter
fered. She alleges that her husband
b nd q L.
fornia by the threats Of the Baron de
Ropp. She says thai MS father threat
ened 20 withdraw his support unless he
consented 70 60 to California and enter
Leland Stanford University.
There. IL is alleged by the New Haven
baroness. Baron de Ropp agreed 20
finance the education Of mis- son, who
accepted this alternative. Ihs al
rangement. according 20 Baroness Olga
de Ropp. included d promise 20 send the
Young man 20 Europe for a post-gradl-
ate course on his graduation from Lee
land Stanford in June. 1915. The plain
tiff says she was offered money 20 de-
fray the expenses OF a divorce suit,
which she was asked 20 bring. She al
lcges that her husband requested her 20
bring such an action.
Baron de Ropp. the father. has asked
the Supreme Court 90 transfer the suit
20 the Fedora. Court. on the ground
that he and his wife are Russian sub
iects. although be has been resident
here for about 30 years. THE petitioners
son. said the baron. while attending
Yale University married the plaintiff.
He had no means and was dependent
for support and education upon your
petitioner. After marriage he was ex-
relied from college by reason thereof.
To complete his education he left the
plaintif and is attending college in an
other state.
Baron and Baroness de Ropp. who
live a. ll2 East Sixty-frst Street. have
two other children, Baroness Vera de
Ropp and Baron Harald de Ropp, who
is student az Yale. in the class Of II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-06

Of the practice became generally
known 20 the present academic genera
ton
Asks Nsy Methods
Commenting editorially on President;
Buffers letter. The Spectator says:
Eve agree with President Butler
that the name Of the university should
be protected from abuse, but we should
ike 20 see il protected IN & way that
Is not in itself open 20 abuse. What IS
gained By a rule that on one side
guards the reputation Of the university
md on the other besmirches il, The
rule that Professor Prince invoked did
more harm than Count To.stOy ever
could have done.
There can be no real cooperation
between faculty and students under the
provision Of this rule, for the latter
have no voice in the discussion. True,
they may talk with the head Of the de-
oartment. but in many eases he VIII be
an utter stranger. who has never heard
OF them or their organization ana who
is 100 busy 20 learn what aims and
ambitions they have as a society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-06
Rock and White at Palace
They Succeed in Frightening
an Uninspircd Programme

An Indifferent vaudeville bill at the
Palace il somewhat relieved by the
refreshing Frances White and the de-
pendsble william Rock, VINO offer sew
ersl new numbers a. the reason-if any
is needed-for their temperance after
20 brief an interval The best OF the
added material - Chinese song.
The illness Of the star necessltatec
the sudden deletion OF new Aaron
Hoffman piaylet and the void was part
ly filed By Bert Baker, Who unless
some one Is wrong. IS recruit from
buriesaus. ADELAIDE and Hughes are
again present with their ballet, and
the vide ranging voice o. Dorothy
Toye ~ 20 be heard. Others are the r.
repreasible Jack Wilson. Sylvia Young
and Jack Waldron. the Gladiators. and
miniature musical comedy, which
does not quite belong a. the Palace.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-06

Investigations and enforcement of the
commissions orders. has laid the same
az the door OF the commissions, while
the commissions, in turn, have sought
10 lay the blame therefor 20 the courts
and particularly the proceedings by
appeal and for review Of the commits
sions' orders: whereas, the records Of
the courts indicate that the commits
sions or their subordinstes were re-
sponsible for the delays and failures
through carelessness in their proceed
ings.
Can Cure Defects
"The committee believes that these
obvious defects can be cured and
should be prevented and that some
where provision should be made where
by a trial o. all issues involved IN
any investigation or proceeding had
before the commission shall be heard
before an unbiased and competent
tribunal: that ample and adequate
power should be repOsed both IN the
commissioners who shall investigate
and IN the tribunal that shall render
fnal determinations and feel that the
procedure in both Instances should De
definite expeditions and available alike
10 all persons, corporations ana mu-
inequalities affected by such determine
tons
Reciting at length the history OF the
subway contracts in this city, the re-
port asserts the city, under Mayor
Gaynor, accepted the worst Of FIVE
offers made BY the lnterborough. The
cost Of construction under TINS con-
tract was so excessive. the report
states, that the city will be lucky Il il
gets a profit within forty years.
Il is pointed out how greatly the
increased cost OF living is due 20 the
cost Of transportation, which IS uitl'
rately borne by the consumer. Effect
ual regulation Of transportation facili.
tie- is the only remedy, the report
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-06
BY JOHN J. LEARY, JR.

Solitary confinement is no part Of
the Iron discipline Of Clinton prison
u one takes the word OF the prison
officials FOR IT, Popular and medical
objec.ion has made the term soil
tary" Objectionable. So at Clinton,
instead OF placing prisoners in "soli-
.ary confinement" they are placed IN
isolation cells"
This system OF locking men in "iso-
lation cells" is one OF the grounds o.
which Prison Commissioner Richard
NJ. Hurd. backed by Commissioner
Frank Z. Wade. will ask those mem
bers Of the State Prison Commission
not committed 20 the system 10 rec
ommend to-day that Thomas r. Coul-
trey, principal keeper Of the prison. be
dismissed from the public service.
So far IS general public knowledge
goes. no prisoners are held indefinite
ly in solitary confinement IN TINS
state. As a matter OF fact. in Clinton
prison men are so held for years al
time IL Is solitude as complete az
that from which Governor Mccall and
the Executive Council OF Massacnu-
sets recently ordered Jesse Pomeroy
10 be freed.
The cells are gloomy, dismal and
desolate' and the unfortunates tnere
confined are alone. True. they are
usually permitted 70 read and they
can hear the voices OF others SINH
larlv confined. but, save for the guard
physician who is supposed 20 visit
them each day, they neither see nor
speak 10 human beings.
Meant for Violent Inmates
There are men in Clinton's so-called
isolation cells who went there not
long after the isolation building was
opened wears ago. IL was built on
the model OF Belgian prison. from
designs made by an agent sent abroad,
and intended for the temporary near
ceration Of men who might be vio-
lent. As the building is arranged,
cells larger than the ordinary cell
open IN the rear into a small pen,
where the prisoner IS allowed TO eX-
ercise r ne be especially favored.
Charles r. O'Connell was one Of the
men confined in isolation
Michael Dempsey and Turner Smith
we're also confined in the same way
he saws Having been reported for
some offence. they were placed IN the
condemned cells hung up by the wrists
for several days. and while hanging
were beaten by officers from the front
Office Charles ONeil was also beaten
while hung up 20 a cell door.
The Barberis Hanging"
Michael Bsrberis. transferred 20
Clinton from Sing Sing, where he had
some trouble. was placed in an isola-
ton cell on his arrival. He became en-
ragged one day at his treatment and
broke some Of the things in ms cell
Three officers took the little fellow
he was only FIVE feet six-snd having
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-06
Butler Defends
His Attitude in
Case of Tolstoy
Faculty Advisers No Cen
sors, He Writes in Reply
to Spectator"
Cooperation Is Sought
Approval of Speakers at
Columbia a Wise Plan,
He Asserts

Aroused by the criticism directed al
him since the barring OF Count llya
Tolstoy from the campus three weeks
ego, Nicholas Murray Butler. president
Of Columbia University, yesterday de-
Tended his position in a letter 20 the
editor OF The Spectator" the univer-
sity daily. Il is the first time in many
years that Dr. Butler has found IL i'm
possible 10 sit quiet under heated
criticism.
His letter IS in reply 20 an editorial
on Saturday accusing him OF an auto
cratic assertion Of his prerogatives N
UNFOLDING the rule under which Pro
lessor John Dynely Prince barred
Count Toistoy from speaking.
The privilege Of speaking IN public
az Columbia University" his letter
reads. "is one that is eagerly sought.
and when granted is often proclaimed
for years afterward a. an attribute OF
distinction. The university owes 70 20 It's
good name and reputation 20 nave
care that no invitation % speak be
rendered = person who. by reason or
lack % personal character. or LACK %
Intellectual competence, or FOR any
valid reason. is not the proper person
with whom TO associate the name OF Co.
lumbis University.
Are Not Censors
"The officers Of instruction in any
department have sources Of informa-
ton and experience in passing upon
suggestions Of this kind that are of
the utmost value, and that 10 would De
folly. as well as dlscourtesy, TO pass
over without using. These faculty adj
visers have never been censors IN any
true sense II that word. for they have
never asked what the opinions Of
proposed speaker might be. but only
whether ne was com peten. and proper
person 20 receive the hospitality Of CO.
iumba University on a designated &C.
casion.
The whole matter. therefore, is not
one which involves restricting or
ccnsoring student activities IN any
way whatsoever; IL is rather definite
method OF obtaining cooperation be-
tween faculty and students IN tender
ing the hospitality Of the university
20 those who are not officially con
nected with 2.
THAT the plan is wise and practical
bic ia shown bv the fact that II was
only because Of an isolated and IN
usual case. in which difference OF
opinion arose between society and
an academic officer, that the e&istehce
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-06
Kaiser Saves Belgian Woman

Berlin. Friday, March by wireless
~ sayvi,le. March 81 Emperor Will
lam has committed 70 imprisonment me
scrfeoce o. death pronounced by a field
court martial upon Madeleine Doutcr-
bgre "a Rclgian woman. and her &C
complicc. Henri Bayns.' says the Over
seas News Agency the ollcls! German
news bureau.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-06
Clinton Prisoners Kept
In Isolation for Years
Solitary" Confinement Not Inflicted, but, According t
Transferred Convicts Men Langush in Loneliness
Complete as That Suffered by Jesse PomerOy

placed one pair Of cuffs on his wrists
attached z second pair 20 the first anc
hung him 90 the TOP bar Of his cell
They left him there afteen hours. attel
which the officer OF the day pleaded 2,
release him.
"He was taken down, but a higher
officer went 10 the cell and hung nm
up again. He was kept there IN al
thirty-nine hours.
He called out 10 me about 70 o'clocs
in the night He screamed ike a mad
man. and all Of the men thought hin
actually crazy. Finally. realizing that
the boy had been hung up again. they
I'M turn commenced 10 call out and de-
mand that he be taken down. This only
made matters worse and he was LEFT
hanging another twelve hours.
Finally he was taken down. com.
pietelv exhausted. For six months he
was without bed. there was no glass
in the window Of his cell, and IN this
time he had no exercise. This was ir
winter.
Joseph White was placed in isola-
ton and stayed there about year
when an Official came TO investigate his
case. None Of the officers could OF
would tell why the man was in isola-
ton. They did not know. they said
William Green. "the Ossinug giant
was kept in isolation az Clinton foi
twenty-nine months. In that time the
Barberis hanging occurred. Here IS
his description of To-:
Little Mickey, who has been in there
four years. was caught passing a book
on 4 trolley from one cell 20 another.
An officer caught him and ne was or
dered TO pass the trolley out. He re-
fused. and was put on bread and water
for FIVE days He became discouraged
and broke his bed and locker up. That
evening officers went 20 his cell and
hung MIN By the wrists 20 the top OF
the door of his cell. He hung there
just twenty-four hours.
Prisoner Drops in Faint
Officer Fitzpatrick was sorry for
tho boy, but could give him no relief.
The man IN charge finally came and let
him down He fell IN a heap and they
threw water in his face 20 revive him.
About II %. n. that night the officer
who had ordered him hung up returned
20 the prison and ordered that he be
hung up again.
II am nos crazy he told Fitzpst-
TICK. hNOW NAdb ! an AViA-s nam :
that man Up again
so he was hung up again. He hung
there all that night until the next
morning. when Officer Bigelow let him
down. He was all IN again. That was
about S o'clock. About 10 the superior
officer who had ordered Fitzpatrick TO
hang him I'D the second time came, and
this time hung the man UP himself.
Barberis stayed there until 4:30 that
afternoon.
Then they took his bed avay from
him. and for SIX months he had 20
sleep on the floor. with the wind and
rain blowing in on him and only thin
blanket for protection
In Clinton Green was described as one
OF the worst men ever confined in New
York. Last September he was trans
ferred TO Sing sing FOR Osborne 70 try
his pretty theories on lie - there
yet. and ranks as q model prisoner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-06

ger had expected 20 go 20 the lake 10
skate on the afternoon when she dis
appeared. She had been there on two
preceding days.
Mr.. Dooling thinks the facts bear ous
a theory that she went alone, and AZ
though the Thermometer was close 70
zero, she may have remained until dusk.
Then. while the skaters had dwindled 70
less than a score. she may have wan
dered % the north end OF the lake and
broken through the thin Ice.
This must be looked into said
Henry Crugsr. father Of the missing
girl. ~ho spenes much Of his time with
Mr.. Dooling in the hope that he may
End what The police apparen..y have
failed 10 discover.
one eheorv % account fer the dissp-
oearance Of Alfred Coochi. the motor
cvcle reuair man. az whose shop Ruth
had had her skates sharpened on the
dsv she disappeared. was partly corroo-
Grated Yesterday by Motorcycles Patrol
man Oschenhirt. lie told Mr.. Doohng
that he talked with Cocchi a day or
two before the latter disappeared, and
Cocchi had said he was frsntle because
bis place OF business was infested Gay
and night By policemen. detectives pm
yate sleuths and reporters.
ITS running my business, and II ~
doesn't stop pretty soon III have 70
shut I'D shop was the way Coeehi e1>
pressed e.. according 20 0schenhirt.
Mr. Dooling has receiv scme IN.
formation that the missing girl had
been seen m Stamford, Conn, whien -
being investigated
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13

promoting forced reform on. the community as whole, they would visit the needy and the illiterate and make an honest effort to help them, they might consider themselves worth while. If the ministers indulged in this kind of Christian work, it might have been possible for them to save the little 14-year-old girl from the ravages of IS to 20 men in two days. It might have been possible for them to show the mother and the aunt of that little girl that right way 70 ;1ve And if they had, the city of Decatur would be saved a stain second to, none in Illinois and the little girl, and the mother, and t1fe aunt, probably would be good citizens, living a vir- tuous life instead of on the way to the penitentiary.
 Copy '.Billy'' Sunday.
 But the ministers of Decatur don't want practical work. They preacn sensational, reform sermons of the Billy Sunday style, so they can get scare heads in Decatur's deceitful daily papers. Now they have taken on the task, to help a paid reformer, Of saving the boys from cigarette smoking, and we wish to say. that if a boys parents can't keep him from smoking cigarettes, the Ministerial Association and pr. Dora Martin, the paid refOrmer of the Anti-Cigarette league, stands but little chance of dol ing much for him..
 The fact is, we have good laws in this state governing the sale of to- bacco and cigarettes to boys. See that the law is enforced and we will have no use for Dr. Dora Martin and her fake Anti-Cigarette league. The local ministers can better utilize their time looking into the moral and phy- sical conditions of the illiterate peo- pie of this city. Let the parents take care of their cigarette smoking boys. Decatur (I1l) Labor World.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
LABOR JOURNAL
 HITS CRUSADE
 ON CIGARETTES
New Reform Move in Deca tur Stirs Resentment of
 Many Residents.

Another reform move has taken hold of Decatur. This time it is the cigarette, and the Ministerial Asso- citation is backing a paid reformer in starting more trauble by making an effort to take another personal right away from the citizens of this city. The Ministerial Association might better let the paid cigarette reformer go her way. They would accomplish more by an effort to learn what con- ditions exist in Decatur that cause a mother to solicit men for a 14-year- old daughter.
 This Is Sooking Elm.
 The Ministerial Association is in print every few weeks as backing some reform move brought to us by some reformer who is paid for the work They gre ready at all times to preach sermons on fanatic reform movements, but there isn't one of them who will go out among the poor, illiterate people of this city to study conditions and find a remedy to better them morally or financially.
 If the ministers of this city were sincere iE this work. If. instead of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
BRIDGEPORT HARNESS MAKER DROPPED DEAD
 ON NEW YORK VISIT

The sudden death Saturday of Samuel Pendleton, for 40 years; pro- prietor of a harness making business in Water street, came as a shock to hundreds of his friends in this city. MT. PendletOn, who resided at 1OOS State street, and was a brother of Mrs. Augustus H. May, of 33S Clin- ton avenue. had of late years been salesman for a horse furnishing house in New York. He was stop- ping at a hotel in New York Sat urday evening he went to visit some friends who asked him to stay with them for dinner. He started to re- move his coat and in doing so fell into chair dead. Heart disease was the cause of his death. The fu- neral was held here yesterday.
 MT. Pendleton's daughter, Miss Gertrude Pendleton, aged 23, disap- peared several months ago and the family made every effort to locate her. Communications postn1arked New York were received from her but her address was not given. It is believed that she is seeking a career as an artist there Besides Miss Gertrude. he is survived by daugh- ter, Miss Eunice Pendleton, son, and his widow He also leaves his sister, Mrs.. May, and brother, Howard Pendleton, of New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13

is about 5000 francs in accordance with the present rate of exchange.
 After this last incident I thought it necessary to ask Major von Rhein baben for his word of ho1for as an of ficer and a gentleman that we should be taken to the Danish frontier. He gave it to me, and required that the policeman who was with us should accompany us. In this way we arriv ed at the first Danish station, where the Danish Government had had a train made ready to take us to Co., penhagen.''
 Unlike M. Cambon, the British Ambassador experienced no hardships once he and his staff started for the Hook of Holland, where he took ship for England.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
NEW YORK'S COLDEST DAY.

New York, Feb. 13-This is New York's coldest day in exactly three years. Temperatures dropped official ly to the zero mark for the first time since Feb. 13, 1914, when the reading was one degree below. At 5:15 a. m. today the zero temperature was rec orded and by a. m. there was a rise of only two points, still lower than on any previous day this winter. Slowly rising temperatures were predicted for tonight and tomorrow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13

Rheinbaben, we were spared this insult. But they went further.
 '"They obliged us to remain each in his own compartment, the windows and blinds having been closed. During this time, in the corridors of the carriages, at the door of each compartment and facing each one of us, stood a sol dier revolver in hand, finger on the trigger for nearly half an hour, I consider it my duty to protest against this threat of vio- lence to the Ambassador of the Republic and the staff of his Em- bassy, violence which nothing could even have made me antici- pate. Yesterday l had the hon. or of writing to your EXcellency that I was being treated almost as a prisoner. To-day I am be- ing treated as dangerous pris- oner Also I must record that during our journel, which from Berlin to Denmark has taken . twenty-four hours, no food has been provided for me nor for the persons who were travelling with me to the frontier.
 JULES CAMBON. 'I though that our troubles Ina, when shortly afterward Ma or von Rheinbaben came, rather em ,arrassed, to inform me that the trail could not proceed to the Danish iron fer if I did not pay the cost of tn rain. I expressed my astonishmen hat I had not been made to pay a Berlin and that at any rae I had no been forewarned of his. I offere O pay by cheque on one of tn argest Berlin banks. This facilit vas refused me. With the help o ny companions I was able to collec n cold the sum which was require, rom me at once, and which amount ed to 3,611 marks 75 pfennig. Thi
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
MAY USE PANAMA ROUTE.

Amsterdam, Feb. 13, via London A Rotterdam dispatch to the Han delsblad says that the question is discussed there of maintaining com munication between Holland and the Dutch East Indies by way of New York and the Panama canal. It is proposed that certain British steam CTS run from Holland to New York and others from New York to Java.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13

Bridget, you have broken as much } china this month as your wages amounts to. Now, how can you pre- 2 vent this occurring again?" x
 "Oi don't know, num-" said Brid-y get, unless ye raise me wages" Chi cago Herald.