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ERROR TO HEAD FOOD
CLUBS, DAY ADMITS
Market Commissioner Denies,
Though, That City CoOpera-
ton Was Promised.
GRILLED BY HIRSHFIELD
Planned to Benefit Public, Not
to Make Money, Is Answer
to Charges.

The Rev. DR.. Jonathan c. Day frankly
owned up yesterday afternoon that 1t
was "a tactical error" on his part to ac-
cept the presidency OF the Plaza Com
munity Club, a private cooperative asso-
citation to buy and sell foodstuffs, at a
slime he held city job as Commissioners
OF Public Markets. He made this ad-
mission on the witness stand before pa-
vid Hirshfield. Commissioner OF .Ac-
counts, at the latters investigation Into
the charges preferred against him by
William NJ. Bennett. ex-State Senator,
representing the West Side Taxpayers'
Association. He emphasized the fact
that he became connected with the club
and its proposed wholesaling adjunct. the
Mutual Finance and Exchange Market,
through an honest effort to benefit the
consuming public and never at any time
pretended that the city was cooperating
In the movements.
Then Dr. Day in a carefully prepared
statement which he read into the record
said there would not have been any fuss
over the matter IL the Commissioner OF
Accounts had given him a chance to ex-
plain at the time OF Mr.. Hirsbfield's
original Investigation and report to
Mayor Hylan.
81 took exception DIR. Day said, ''to
a report of an investigation into the
affairs OF the Plaza Community Club and
the Mutual Finance and Exchange Mar
ket, Inc, by the Commissioner of Ac-
counts without affording me as Commits
sioner of Public Markets an opportunity
to explain various facts and circum-
zee u-h fgt 10 a ~
might be construed in an unfavorablS
light against me as a city official"
THE report further stated" DR.. Day
| said. that I, as a city official. was pre-
vented by the action of the Commissioners
OF Accounts from violating the law b,
the use of city property for private pur
poses. l took exception to that state
ment, and the evidence at this hearing
clearly showed that did not violate tn,
law. and that there Is no evidence tina
ever intended to violate the law. Hal
| / got an opportunity to testify at TIT
previous hearing before the Commits
sioner of Accounts upon which his con
illusions were| based, believe that tn
Commissioner OF Accounts would no
have made the statement that he di'
about my violating the law.
See. Now where He Was Wrong
IT realized then, and know now
was tactical error on my part to hav
been identified with any cooperativ
| movement dealing with the purchase an
sale of foodstuffs TO the inhabitants o
the city"
| The moment DR.. Day concluded. Mr.
Hrschfieid said: That's practically ;
resume of your testimony"
"Of my testimony" asked the Com
| missioner OF Markets.
Your defence" corrected the Commits
! sioner OF Accounts.
II said nothing in my testimony abou
the tactical error" DR. Day replied.
Mr.. Hirshfeld then read into the rec
ord DR.. Days letter TO Mayor Hylsl
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concerning Mr.. Hirshfelds first action.
in which Or. Day said:
~ want to emphasize the fact that he
(Hirshfield) has been brutal. insulting
and as mean as n man could be in tae
conduct OF the investigation from all re-
ports that have come to me. Personally
l shall not. as l stated yesterday. have
anything at all TO do with the Commits
sioner OF Accounts"
II am putting in the letter" Mr..
Hirshfleld said. ito show why you were
not called"
II was ready to be called,r retorted
DR.. Day.
We'll, we won't quarrel about 1t, -
said Mr.. Hirshfleld.
Copies of the testimony Will be fur.
nshed counsel within five days. Brief.
will be filed five days after that. Their
the Commissioner of Accounts will de.
eide upon the evidence whether he Think
his fellow member of the Mayors officia
family has offended or not.
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Joe did so, but threw the belt on the
ground. The Mexican made him pick
UP and hand 1t over. Then they fired at
the ground near his feet.
All this time he hadn't seen his
parents. Walking back through the
house he saw his father dead on the
kitchen floor. Tor the first time | was
scared" said this son of pioneers. He
returned to the front porch. The same
Mexican who had tried to kill him be-
fore raised his rifle. Again Joe duclSed
into the house and the Mexican ran
around to head him OF. Joe, emerging
on the other side OF the building, sprinted
for the jungle. The Mexican. forty
PAGES behind. kept firing One of the
bullets cut through the collar OF the
boys jumper. He ran into the jungle
for fifty yards. The Mexican strobe
along the edge, looking for him.
wanted 10 Fight Gang.
II stood there for few minutes" Joe
said. II wanted to take club and g
out and fight the gang. OF course
knew ia be killed. but knowing my
father was dead, | didn't care
After reflection, he went.through the
jungle toward the house of a neighbor
Louis Phroane. quarter of a mile away
out DetTlIS IllTOuSn lut at lllt
fringe of the clearing he saw horses o.
Mexicans tied in front of Phroane':
house. ReuacinS his steps, he searched
the Cornell house for his mother bu
couldn't find her. Kneeling in tn
! kitchen, he Strengthened his father
body. then closed the door and went GU
to continue his hunt for Mrs. CorrelK
After about an hour she came out o
the Jungle" he said. "She was terribl!
weak but could walk. She was afraiC
to stay out in the open. / filled a can
teen with water and took her into TIL
| jungle. We sat down and waited abou
half an hour. Then neighbors came
Some OF them took care Of mother. On
of the men got some boards and mad
a coffin for my father. Then we al
I went to the American graveyard and
| helped to dig my fathers grave. 1t /
the cemetery OF Colonia There are
| lot of Americans buried there who wer
| murdered by MeXicans.
! Americans in Tamplco took care o
us until July 2. Then we started 70
| Oklahoma
Mrs. Correll has eight daughters. a.
married and living in Oklahoma o
Arizona, and one other son, who is i
the navy. She has thirty-seven grand
children.
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SON TELLS HOW HIS
FATHER WAS SLAIN
Joseph Cornell, 16, Describes
Raid of Mexican Bandits
on Their Home.
HE HAD NARROW ESCAPE
Wife of Murder Victim Goes
TO Washington to See.
President.

Mrs Mary Correll, whose husband,
John W. Cornell. was murdered June
16 by Mexicans near Tampico and who
herself was maltreated, returned to
Washington last night after spending
two days in New York She hopes to
see President Wilson. with whom she
tried to obtain an appointment for last
Wednesday.
Mrs. Correll went back to her old
home in Ada. OKLA, after her husband
was killed The National Association
for the Protection OF American Rights
in Mexico brought her to New York WITH
one of her ten children, Joseph. 16 years
old. who was with his parents at the
time OF the bandit raid and had mar
row escape from death.
Gov. Robertson of Oklahoma recently
wrote to President Wilson demanding
inter vention because of the Cornell and
other murders Charles Frederick Car
ter OF the American Rights association
quoted yesterday Gen. Roy V. Hoffman
commander OF Oklahoma troops In
France, as having said at mass meet
ing In Oklahoma: ut would not be war
to clear up that hell in Mexico. The
| so. 900 troops OF Oklahoma could clean
1t up in ninety days"
| Mrs Correll and her son Joe. who is
youngest OF the brood, were a the Hote|
PENNSYLVANIA YESTERDAY She has told
her story often and acts as II she never
wanted to tell II again unless II would
do some good. They are ranch people
! ard uneasy in the city. The boy stood
beside his mothers chair. repeating the
black story without trying for color Of
his own.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
SPANG ESTATE GOES
TO NEW FOUNDATION
Widow of Pittsburg Merchant
Gives From One to Five
Millions to Poor.

The residuary estate, It's value esti-
mated variously at $1,000, 900 to $1,000
90, of Mrs. Rosa Spang. who died in
this city on June %. is bequeathed for
the establishment Of a trust fund TO be
known as the Rosa Spang Foundation"
for the relief OF poverty, distress and
"unobtrusive sufferlngs endured by
worthy persons" according to the terms
OF her will. which was filed for probate
yesterday in the Surrogates Court by
George w. wickersham, former Attor-
ney-General OF the United States
Mrs. Spang was a resident of Pitts
burg up to a short time before her death.
She was the widow of Charles II. Spang.
a wealthy merchant of that city, and the
principal beneficiary under his will. He
left an estate valued at several millions
of dollars. During her lifetime Mrs.
Spang was active in philantrophic works
Of various kinds. The will was dated
June 20. two days before the death OF
Mrs Spang, and il, appoints George w.
Wickersham. Henry Dwight Chaplin and
Col. Michael Friedsam, head of b, Ait
man d Co. as executors. 1t also pro-
vides that they shall become directors
of the foundation and have the power
to select such other directors as they
may deem necessary
A bequest of $4,000 year Is made
to Mabel Spang Crone, who il described
, as being the only child OF the decedent
and a resident of Copenhagen. Denmark.
Mrs. Crone Is now sojourning tempo
rarily at the San Reno Hotel in this
city. The sum of $4,000 is bequeathed
to Charles c. Lockwood, an attorney,
which bequest, the will states, is given
in consideration of professional services
| rendered the decedent and her husband.
Other specific requests are $4,000 to
Mrs. Ella +. Hitchcock. widow OF James
Roosevelt Hitchcock OF Croftmore. Bel
| mar. y. j.. and $4,000 to Mary Dunn.
! who is described as the maid OF the
! decedent.
After making these requests. the will
! provides that the residuary estate shall
be used for the creation OF an organiza-
ton to be known as the Rosa Spang
| Foundation for the relief of poverty and
distress, especially the caring foE young
! children and babies who may due TO
| their abandonment by their parents. poN-
erty of their parents or the death OF
their parents. be sent to orphanages or
other institutions. The foundation is 10
provide for their education and up
bringing.
Decedent leaves all her jewelry. which
! is said to be of great value, and her
personal effects to be distributed by them
among her personal friends as memen-
! toes. According TO the petition accom-
panying the will. the value OF the es-
tate is given as more than $4,000,
but Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
attorneys by whose office the document
was drawn. stated yesterday that the
residue with which to start off the foun-
dation will be somewhat more thar
100000
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
HEDGES SAYS HYLAN
HAS FIGURES WRONG
Receiver Gives Mayor Lesson
in Finance as Applied to
Railways.
RENTAL BUT ~ PER CENT.
Doubts City Will Be Able to
Overturn Two Cent. Trans
fer Order.
RENTAL BUT ~ PER CENT.

Through its receiver, Job Hedges, the
New York Railways Company "acc opted
yesterday the order of the Public Service
Commission permitting it TO put into ef-
feet on August 1 a charge of two cents
for transfers on all lines not covered by
municipal franchises. Although the ac-
ceptance was couched in formal terms,
there is no doubt that the order was &C
copied with the greatest pleasure.
There Is no uneasiness on the part of
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company will
not come along in due time with an &C
ceptance of similar privilege granted
to II to increase its attenuated net rev.
enues.
Mayor Hylan had nothing to add to
the transit literature Of the day. but Mr.
Hedges favored him with a lesson in rail-
way finance in denial of the Mayors Sat
friday statement that the stockholders oil
the Eighth Avenue Railroad Company
were earning something more than 2t
per cent on their stock. He declared
that such statements were put out either
with desire to keep the facts from the
public or for some Interior purpose the
exact nature OF which was not clear &c
him.
Terence Farley. counsel to the Public
Service Commission. speaking Of tine di
rectiOn of the Mayor to the Corporation
Counsel to contest the transfer ordcr VI
e. the highest courts. said he doubte
tie city's power to do anything in tina
direction.
Corporation Counsel Burr might b,
able to obtain a temporary injunction OF
! the part Of the city" he said. but l nh
certain that it would be dissolved within
a very short time. The rights OF th
city and the companies have been yer!
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Thoroughly investigated and the Com.
mission was sure of its around before
the transfer order was issued
Corporation Counsel Burr would not
say what legal remedy he thought he
had. but declared that his irst step
would be to make a formal Application
to Public Service COMMISSIONS Nixon
to reopen the entire case.
ITO him and you | now urge the de-
STABILITY of educating the public to the
facts" declared Mr.. Hedges in his letter
to the Mayor. referring both to the
Mayors statement and that of the Cor
roration Counsel, which appeared tr the
papers yesterday. What follows here
Ii already in the records of the Board
of Estimate and Apportionment and IL
the Public Service Commission as ad-
duced at public hearings i'm 1918. Your
statement indicates lack OF knowledge or
them, or that you are relying on come
one to furnish data. or that you prefer
the public 10 have your opinions irstead
of facts"
Mr. Hedges then went on to explain
how the Eighth avenue property, then
horse car line, was leased to the Metro
politan Street Railway Company in 1893
for a term of ninety-nine years at an
| annual rental of $4,000. The lessee
for some other form of motive power
, and TO pay the taxes and governmental
! charges of every character.
The amount of property At the service
Of the public now in the Eighth Avenue
| line and it's branches, based on reliable
estimate Mr.. Hedges declared, was val
ued at about 100000.
Every one comedies he continued,
that the public should pay not less than
| 6 per cent. for the use of any property
| devoted to its service. Six per cent. on
$4,000. 900 is $4,000 or $4,000 in ex-
cess OF the rental paid to the Eighth
Avenue Railroad Company under the
! lease"
| When the lease was made in 1895 the
capital stock of the company was
81 .0OO.O 600. Subsequently certificates OF
indebtedness amounting to $4,000
which were extended In February OF TINS
year. were issued" Mr.. Hedges points
out that the annual rental of $215.o00 10
exactly 1929 per cent. on the total cap
ital liabilities of s1,750,0o0.
ITO add the amount paid out for ta9s
to the rent" said Mr.. Hedges, "and
then TO say that the Eighth Avenue
Railroad Company receives 26 per cent
return upon its stock is either, intention
ally or ignorantly, to make a false state
ment.'
The above is known to the officials Of
the city, wrote Mr.. Hedges in conclu-
sion land to make statements in-vio-
lation of these facts indicates either .
desire on the part of the city. which i
am ,aathe to believe. to keep from the
public accurate information, or to per-
list in addresses to the public which have
an Interior purpose not clear to me at
the moment"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
JUDGE REPUDIATES WALLER.
Magistrate Miller Denies He
Knows Alleged Reckless Driver.

Magistrate Miller, who is presiding
over the Long Island City court, denied
yesterday that he knew Frank II. Waller,
3l5 Fulton street. Brooklyn. who was
arraigned Saturday before Secretary of
State Hugo. charged with reckless drlv-
ing. On a previous occasion, q polioe-
man testified. Wafer had said that he
did not mind being summonded. as he
was acquainted with Magistrate Miller
III he made the statement he is al
legged to have made. he is mistaken"
said the Magistrate. "I can say that
even II he did know me that fact would
not be in his favor IL he were arraigned
before me and found guilty of the charge
brought against him. i do not temporize
with speed violators. as the records in
my court will show"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
ASK MERCY OF FRANCE.
Berlin Protestants Plead Wrongs
to HuEuenots BE RIghted.

PARIS. July 21.-A letter addressed to
President Poincare by the Protestant
community of Berlin asking democratic
France TO right its wrongs toward the
Huguenots driven from France in 1885
by sparing their benefactors. the Hohen-
zollerns." is published to-day by the
Temps in a Berlin despatch
This reparation. the letter says. would
be a way in which France might testify
her gratitude for the protection accorded
to twenty thousand French Huguenots
who were sheltered by the electorate of
Brandenburg"
The signers Of the letter ask President
Poincare to communicate the request to
the Allies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
FAIL TO END RAIL STRIKE.
Men Refuse Conditional Agreement
for Connecticut Line.

NORWICH, Conn, July 21.-An at
tempt TO mediate to bring about a settle
ment OF the strike which has tied up
the Shore Line electric railway system,
failed this afternoon. The mediators
named on Saturday at conference
under direction of the Connecticut
Chamber OF Commerce met to-day. Later
it was stated that no result was OBJ
tanned. Both sides had agreed TO ar
bitration and the company attached 10
its agreement this proviso: That in
event OF an award OF increased wages
the increase should not become effective
until the board OF arbitrators could de-
termine that the company was financial
~ able TO withstand the increase"
The strikers want any increase agreed
upon retroactive to June /. No cars
were operated on the system to-day,
the sixth day OF the strike
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
Tells of Attack.

They had a ranch near Ada, he said.
and went to Mexico TO better themselves.
They waited seven months In Texas be-
fore migration across the border seemed
safe. They went on a ranch at Colonia.
thirty-seven miles from Tampco. The
ranch house had four rooms and was
on the edge OF q jungle. Father, mether
and son had been installed two weeks
when the bandits came. Joe was across
the road choppinG when the two leaders
rode up The chief. Joe heard from
others, spoke English and German as
well as Spanish. Whether he and his
fifty-two followers were soldiers or not
The boy could not tell from their dress
or anything they said Some of them
went into the house. took his 40 rife
and six shells They demanded more
ammunition and al the muzzle of n gun
marched him through all the rooms look
ing for il.
enc Of the MeNiCars. when they got
outside. stepped elk ten PAGES and fired
at Joe. who escaped by lodging into the
doorway while the bullet went through
the door. eighteen inches from him
Joe walked through the house to the
back porch. There ether Mexican,
levelled their rifles and ordered him &c
| carry out food ard clothing, which ht
did, they packing the loot on their horses
| One Of the bandits ordered the boy tC
| give up his leather cartridge belt A
' revolver being pressed against his body
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
BERGER STILL SEEKS SEAT.
Congress Committee Near End of
Hearings on Disioyalty Charges.

wAsHINGToN. July 2l.-Nictor Der
gers right to sit in the House as the
Representative from the Fifth Wiscon-
sin district after his conviction on
charges OF disloyalty was taken up to-
day for final determination by a special
Elections Committee, with his counsel.
Henry f. Cochems OF Milwaukee, again
challenging the right OF Congress to eX-
clude him.
ct would be without precedent for
this House to keep him out" Mr.. CO.
chems said. you have no right to ex-
clude him by majority vote. He is en-
titled to his seat and could be expelled
bonly by a two-thirds majority
X is expected that Berger and a num-
Der of witnesses in his behalf will be
heard next. He was at the hearing to-
day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
MARRIAGE GETS u. S.
OFFICER IN TROUBLE
Secretary for Scotland Comes
to Aid of Couple.


LONDON, July 1.-THE recent elope-
ment Of an eighteen year -old Gloucester
girl with a demobilized American Of
ficer, and hasty Scottish marriage fol-
lowed by the Imprisonment of the BRIDE
groom. had a happy sequel
The bridegroom. Raymond Hies, was
sent to prison June II for two months
for persuading two hotel porters to make
false declaration at the wedding that
the couple had resided in Scotland for
the necessary twenty-one days.
The Secretary for Scotland, who had
received a memorial stating that HES
committed the offence to save the girls
honor. gave PERMISSION for Hiles to he
properly married, and the ceremony has
just taken place in St. Andrew
Church. Immediately after the wedding
the governor OF the prison brought JOY
to the bride and bridegroom by an
nouncing that Hiles had been released.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
JUDGE COMPLIMENTS COP.
Policeman Catches Negro Identi-
ned by victim as stabber.

Patrolman Frederick A. opp was COM
pli,nented by Magistrate Corrigan in the
West side court yesterday for arresting
a negro in Central Park on suspicion
that ne was the man who had assaulted
Joseph Rattaga, a city fireman. last
Tuesday.
The negro was identified by Rattaga,
who is in the Knickerbocker Hospital
suffering from stab wounds received
when he went to the assistance of a
young woman the negro was annoying.
Opp saw the man acting suspiciously
while walking in the park on his day off
and accused him of having stabbed Rat
taga. The negro, who is Jesse Ingram,
81. 204 West 143d street, was held In
S2,5 for examination tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22

QuiNCY. Mass, July 2l.-The United
States submarine R-1l. built for the
Electric Boat Company at the Fore
River yards Of the Bethlehem Shipbuiid
ing Corporation. was launched this eve
ming. Miss Dorothy Batchelder of Med
ford was sponsor. This class OF subma-
rine calls for fourteen boats. eight of
which have been delivered. The R-9 il
-eady for her trials and the Rl2 Will be
launched soon
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
WILSON ASKED TO EXPLAIN.
Resolution Seeks Light on Attack
ON Costa Rtcan Consul.

wAsHISGroN, July 2l.-President Will
son would be asked in a resolution in
PRODUCED to-day by Senator Edge, Re-
publican. New Jersey. TO inform the Sem
ate whether Benjamin F. Chase. Ameri-
can Consul at San Jose, Costa Rica, or
the consulate had been fred upon by
Costa Ricans recently, as reported. and
what protection was being extended to
him and other Americans in that coun-
try The resolution was referred TO the
Foreign Relations Committee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
slayer Gets Life Term.

GREESFIELp. Mass. July 81. = Ellie
corkins. who on June killed his
ibrother-in-law. Robert Lawless. with a
baseball bat and was indicted for muir
der in the FIRST degree, to-day pleaded
guilty 70 murder In the second degree
and was senteLced to tats prison for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
FaIIing weapon shoots Cop,

Frederick Thatford. "a, a special POI
neenan employed BY the New York Gem
trail Railway. accidentally shot himself
N one Lex yesterday In his home. sos
Fast fieth street when his pistol fell
from : pocket
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
Fall Kills Porto Rican.

Pablo c. Cassas IS. a Porto Rican
chef. fell from the window Of his room
on the nth floor OF cas- West Sixty
seventh street yesterday and was In
stantly killed.
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At 1887
regularly would be $l3.49

A five-piece bag of genuine black pig
skin with reinforced sewn-on corners,
brassed locks and clutches and double
flat side.sewn edges. The interiors are
leather lined and have three divided
pockets.
Size l6X l2XS'7 in.
Size 1SXl 3X9 in.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-05-29

Charles Foss is the owner Of a
new bort auto. He traded his old
car on the deal, the fore part Of
this week.
Pete Hassenfeldt was business
visitor irDes Moines, Monday and
alsa enjoyed q short visit with his
sister residing there.
Misses Minnie and Clara Jensen,
who have been employed here the
past few weeks and also visited their
sister, Mrs. Alvin Holmes, returned
to Harlan, last week to remain.