Vol Lowville, N. Y., Thursday, July 17, 1913.

OSBORNEfS DISCLOSURES GET

QUICK RESPONSE.

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t

, Should Change System—Best Results From FaVm Colonies and Honor System—Work of the Prison As­sociation—Must Classify Criminals.

_(,< James W. Osborne's promise to de-\ ' vote his time and money to penal re­

form in this s tate and. his description of the horrors of Sing Sing prison

* ' BF&ught an endorsement from District ^ " Attorney Francis A. Winslow of West-M- Chester county, who, with Mr. Os-

; borne, has been conducting the grand jury Investigation that has led to the indictment of ex-Warden John S. Ken­nedy. , :, •

EugMe '^mi th , of Newark, head of the ^ ^ ^ 4 - s s o c i a t i o n of New York, the Aeih'eBi^n'd most powerful organi­zation of ifii'kind in the world, pledg­ed; the ^association's help to Mr. Os-

. ' • borne ip % campaign for prison bet­s' tprmeniJ-'JChe, pledge is important be­

cause' jpart of. the association's work is •&&.. • to get ..proper legislation on. the sub­

j e c t . I t s ' s ix vice-presidents are Bish-"!%>tf Greer,, Felix Adler, Robert W; de

• jK^kfrest , Eugene A. Philbin, Jacob H. Sj^SJfhif f and Thomas Mott Osborne. On sfff^llfe'executive staff are Rev. Dr. Walton f i'.•?; ,W< Battershall of Albany, B. Ogden

Ghisholm, J. Fennimore Cooper, Presr ident John H. "Finley, of the College

' ' . <>f ,thg City of Ney York, Dr. Austin Flintj'.Prof. George W. Kirchwey of Columbia, Thomas LeBoutillier and

•. * oth^r.raen of prominence.

,, jfefjSiift Assoclatio'n's Work. '^^;jP'fiBdn Association undertakes

.- ' 'hotsMeSely'to secure better prison o'oljiflponsjr but to cure the criminal, towfct«ife over first offenders, to get WmMSfc- the ex-convict; It also han-

3^rajKj||&by men on parole. ., l . ' P ^ s i d e h t Smith said he was glad ithfe-ydSfeadful state of affairs at Sing

1. ' . ^ ing had so stirred Mr. Osborne. He •"'ihftliiDUght the description would do

':much to arouse the public to the need ^ '-tq punish men differently.

V'-^ "Sing Sing prison must be wiped ?'. out" said Mr: Smith. "A new site must

. .' .,; ,'fte found as soon as possible. We must •fei'i'liave a new building because the

, \ ' ^ f structure now in use is close to a hun-i'•'!.' dred years old and can never be made

' f i t , for human beings. ' ' ' ' "Not only our prison system, but

, - our whole mode of punishing men in -^•vNiNew York is wrong^ We welcome Mr.

V "" jf^Osborne's stand and will join with )\i'l • -^'Wm and the grand jury in the hope '•ifii'.,V'• t h a t at last something can be done to

, '^fij-.' • prevent and cure'Crime, not multiply •&•-**•&* i t . " ' '• . . - - — . -

Must Classify Criminals' District Attorney Winslow of West-

ster said he felt exactly as, does sborne over the Sing Sing*1 sean­

c e 'must classify criminals," Mr.\jyinslow.., "We know nowa-some men commit crimes in a

oment .of weakness, that others are defective mentally or physically as

o be sure to do wrong and that possi­bly a few are deliberate criminals.

"Yet we are punishing them all alike by rough and ready methods. It is all hit or miss whether we make a man better or not.,The man who did wrong in a moment's weakness gets the same penalty as the man who did wrong deliberately and as the man who couldn't help doing wrong."

0. IJaulklaiid Lewis, general secre­tary of t h e Prison 4 s s o c i a t i o n , ex­pressed the opinion that Mr. Osborne's statement would give an impetus to the work of prison reform and that in the next few years the whole mode of punishment in this state 'will be made over.

Let in the Light, Says Lewis. "Let in the light not only into Sing

Sing but into all the prisons and jails of New York state that need it," said Mr. Lewis. "What Mr. Osborne has found a t Sing Sing, in narrow, airless cells, damp walls, a century old struc­ture, restricted area, doubling up of 'prisoners and all the merciless evil effects of congestion, the Prison Asso­ciat ion has seen and to the extent of i ts power proclaimed for years. But it takes the aroused indignation of a whole state to perform radical chan­ges.

"All over this country there is a strong and irrisistible demand for farm prisons with large acreage where both agriculture and the industries may be used as means of reformation. It is proved that the open air, the hon­or system, responsibilities of country life, the chances a t classification of prisoners, are all valuable factors in making the criminal less a criminal and more ready to return to society a normal minded man.

"You can't lock up a man in a cell for fourteen hours a day or twelve hours a day, where his life is all rou­tine, without making him a morbid creature. Give him a big farm, the honor system, the responsibility for deciding every day a number of act­ions for himself, and at night he will think in terms of his varied work, and not of his own morbid self. Where farm prisons have been successfully run prison vices have been more re­markably diminished, and the prison­ers have become in many instances 'men made over.'

"Why, New York state a t its newest prison at Comstock, called Great Meadow Prison, is doing just what Mr. Osborn is demanding that the state shall do for Sing Sing. The state of New York has a farm prison on a thousand acres, where several hun­dred men daily go about their tasks and do not run away; where they be­come healthy minded and believe again in the justice of the state, a thing very hard to do within the Sing Sing prison."

WANT SUNDAY BASE BALL.

Committee of Mayors Present Strong Argument, for Local "Option.

Albany, July 14.—A committee rep­resenting the conference of mayors and city officials held a t Binghamton recently called upon Governor Sulzer at the executive chamber today and asked him to send a special message to the legislature ^tomorrow night amending the penal code so as to per­mit all public sports, exercises tir ball games on Sunday which are not pro­hibited by municipal ordinances. In reality it. is a local option Sunday baseball measure; as it will permit the authorities in each locality in the state to say whether or not Sunday baseball shall be played and under what conditions it may be played,

The members of the committee which urged the governor to come out flatly in favor of Sunday, baseball lo­cal option legislation were Mayors Rosslyn M. Cox of Middletown, Thos.-;

H. O'Neil of Auburn, Cornelius F. Burns of Troy, J. H. Dealey of Am­sterdam and Daniel Shehan ,of Elmira. They told Governor Sulzer that his advocacy of Sunday base ball would make'him stronger with the people of the state than his direct primary bill'. They pointed out that 27 of 32 mayors in the state favored a Sunday local option law "so as to .permit the great centers of population Jo modify the prohibitive law to conform to a wide­spread and very reasonable and salu­tary demand. '

They pointed out also that the gen­eral laws looking to the observance of the. Sabbath have since 1878 been modified from time to time to accord wjfh' the wishes and comforts of the people, and added: "We believe that there is an almost universal demand for a change in the penal law which deprives the people of an innocent recreation and amusements which we believe are along the line of promo­tion of good health and good morals. We believe that the great spirit of in­dustrial unrest which is now preva­lent is fostered by the belief that spe­cial classes blessed with wealth and an abundance of spare time get by far a greater portion of enjoyment than their less fortunate brethren who are compelled to endure six working days of the week. W e believe that not only .the laborers but that the Jarge percentage of manufacturers and employers of labor who have to do, with industrial problems will hail with' satisfaction the enactment of this law,"

Gov?; Sulzer told the committee tha t 'he would take the question under ad­visement.

it m Many Uses of. Power on the Farm.—

Initial Cost Small—Running Ex­

pense Practically Nothing.

Edgar* A. Newell, of Ogdensburg, president of the Northern New York Development League, in an address before the Farm Brokers Association said tha t in this age the watch word of the country is and should be con­servation. *Yet it is but recently that it has been demonstrated that the utilizaion of waste water power is among the important factors to be considered. Hundreds of farms in this section have streams with small wa­terfalls running through them which are capable of development at slight cost to give sufficient electric power to light their houses and barns as well as run their separators, ensilage cutters, wood saws and other ma­chines, requiring a moderate amount of power.

The initial expense of installing a one to five horse power turbine, dynamo, and motor is small. The run­ning expenses and care thereafter is practically nothing. For those streams which dry up during the summer months, a storage pond would over­come the difficulty.

In this section we are too well ac­quainted with the shortage of 'farm hands and there is no doubt that the careful use of power will help to over­come this shortage. Take a concrete case. A farm in the southern part of the state has a stream so small tha t one can jump across it in the summer time. About half a mile above the farm was an old mill dam and pond covering about an acre. The owner a t an expense of about $500 repaired the dam, brought the water through a four inch pipe and obtained a ten foot head. Since economy of water was necessary, a wooden case was built and a nine inch vertical turbine was installed. Five hundred feet of wire carried the power to the buildings. The plant furnished the power for lighting the house and all the build­ings, runs an electric motor of three horse power which drives the cream separator, the feed cutter, hay fork, fanning mill, grind stone and milking machine.

Progressives Propose Conference.

New York, July 15.—The calling of a state wide non-partisan conference to consider and suggest non-partisan candidates for the coming vacancies in the state court of appeals, was un­dertaken today by the executive com­mittee of the National Progressive party.

• In a resolution referring to a non­partisan judiciary as "one of the fun­damental tenets" of the Progressives, the executive committee authorized William H. Hotchkiss, Virgil K. Kel­logg and Chauncey J. Hamlin "to con­fer and cooperate with the State Bar association or any other body of citi­zens" in a plan to call a state con­ference.

LEGISLATIVE J O I N T C O M M I T T E E

IS -NEARLY U N A N I M O U S .

Connolly to Be Prosecuted for Per­

jury, Says Lawyer Kresel—Accuser

Roundly 'Raked—Cohalon Calls Him

Blackmailer and Perjurer.

Albany, July 14.—The joint judiciary committee of the state legislature de­cided almost unanimously Thursday night to report that Supreme Court Justice Daniel F. Cohalon should be exonerated of the graft charge brought against him.

John A. Connolly, president of the Victor Heating Company, who accus­ed Justice Cohalon of demanding and accepting 55 per cent of the profits of city contracts which Cohalon got for that company, will be accused of per­jury in the New York city courts as a result of testimony he gave at the hearing, according to Isidor J. Kresel of counsel for Mr. CohalOn.

The hearing came to an abrupt close just after Justice Cohalon fin­ished his testimony as a witness for the prosecution of the charges against himself.

"That 's all," said William D. Gu­thrie, counsel for the Bar Association of New Yoik, which prosecuted the case.

Defense Called No Witnesses. "The respondent stands on the rec­

ord," said John B. Stanchfield, ^coun­sel for Mr. Cohalon, and there was a furor of excitement in the senate chamber.

Not a witness was called for the de­fense, and yet it seemed to be the general opinion that the Bar Associa­tion's case against Cohalon had "fall­en through."

Mr. Guthrie for the prosecution, and William Travers Jerome for Jus­tice Cohalon, summed up late in the afternoon. They took about half an hour each and the joint committee went into executive session immed­iately.

For two hours the committees re­mained behind closed doors and then a number o | members rushed out to catch a train for New York city.

"It is the sense of the joint com­mittee that the charges against Jus­tice Cohalon have not been sustain­ed," -was the announcement of Chair­man John F. Murtaugh. He said a sub-committee of five, consisting of Senator James A. Foley of New York city, and Assemblyman Aaron J. Levy of New York city, Democrats; Sena­tor Herber t P. Coates of Clinton and Assemblyman John L. Sullivan of Chautauqua, Republicans, and Assem­blyman Michael Schaap of New York city, Progressive, had been selected to draw up a report, including the findings and' a statement of the rec­ord, which will be submitted to the joint judiciary committee at the next meeting in Albany a t 1 p. m., July 16 Chairman Murtaugh is an ex-officio member of this committee.

How the Vote Stood.

Twenty-one members of the senate and assembly judiciary committees attended the executive session, and of these it is understood twenty were in favor of dismissing the charge against Justice Cohalon. One member had not heard all the testimony and want­ed more time to make up his mind.

John A. Connolly, the accuser of Justice Cohalon, was held up to view by both sides as a pitable object. Jus­tice Cohalon in his testimony accused Connolly to his face of being a black­mailer; Mr. Stanehfield asserted that Connolly was "an openly confessed forger, thief and perjurer"; Mr. Je­rome assailed him and his "shameless contract" with the New York World and Mr. Guthrie referred to him as "rotten and bad," "shaken in credi­bility" and wretched.

Connolly sat quietly near the cen­ter of the chamber during the morn­ing session, but was not present when the opposing counsel summed up the case.

Watertown Cheese Market. Salesmen on the Watertown Pro­

duce Saturday were able to obtain the same price for their cheese as a week ago, no more and no less. That means that they will be paid next Saturday —cheese bought one week being paid for the next—13 1-2 and 13 5-8 cents. Buyers complain of a dull market and poor quality of cheese. In fact one buyer wanted it understood that the product he had bought the week be­fore was the poorest he had ever pur­chased at this t ime or the year.

Farmers report that the recent rains have improved pasture condi­tions and the dairies are not shrink­ing as badly as they were. They pre­dict tha t from now on the shrinkage will be comparatively light. Frequent rains will make good' fall feed, now that the ground has received a good wetting and the weather remained cool long enough for the rain to soak in well.

Bryan Has to Lecture.

Henderson, N. C , July 13.—While lecturing here today Secretary Wil­liam J. Bryan declared he was com­pelled to deliver Chautauqua address­es to supplement his government sal­ary which' 'he declared was not suffi­cient to meet his expenses.

"As this is my first Chautauqua lec­ture since becoming a member of the cabinet," said Secretary Bryan, "it may not be out of place to say that I find it necessary to lecture in order to supplement the salary which I re­ceive from the government. As I have lectured for 18 years, this method of adding to my income is the most nat­ural one to which to turn, and I re­gard it as extremely legitimate,"

CARLISLE IS SUMMONED.

Asphalt Interests . Complain About

Certain Specifications.

Albany, July IB.—John H. Delano, commissioner of the state department of efficiency and economy, has sum­moned Commissioner of Highways Carlisle to appear before him on Wed­nesday afternoon to explain why he Directed that "natural" asphalt be used instead of "fluxed" asphalt in certain good road construction. The hearing was called at the request of a New York company, manufacturing "fluxed" asphalt. ,

Mr. Carlisle, before becoming com­missioner of highways, was chairman of the governor's 'Committee of in­quiry of which Mr. Delano was a mem­ber. It was the coinmittee of inquiry which recommended the establish­ment of the department of efficiency and economy. ;

Accoiding to a statement from the highway department, today, after it had been reported to Commissioner Carlisle that certain contractors were not living uj> to the specifica­tions of their contract and were sub­stituting a material that cost them less but which did' not decrease the contract price paid by the state, Com­missioner Carlisle i directed the var­ious division -engineers to Insist that the contractors give up to the specifi­cations of the contract.

.- * The statement declares that the

summoning of Commissioner Carlisle "is really the old War between the as­phalt interests which has been fought out in a thousand municipalities in this country."

"The entire protest," the statement continues, "has come from the manu­facturers of the "fluxed" asphalt, who are making their protest in every way they can against the ruling of Commissioner Carlisle, that the con­tracts must be carried out according to the specifications. One of the other asphalt companies' has appealed to the Frawley committee to have that committee investigate the reason why the state is compelling the contrac­tors to furnish the material called for in the specifications."

10 ARB1TRAH RAILROADS AND EMPLOYES SET­

T L E M A T T E R AT W H I T E HOUSE

CENTRAL'S M E N W E L L PAID.

LEWIS COUNTY HAD 3,343 FARMS

W O R T H $16,288,674.

Acreage in St. Lawrence County Is

Largest in Northern New York

Counties—Value of Farm Animals.

—State Had 21'5,5.9;£ Farms in 1910.

Washington, July-14.—A volume of statistics has just been issued by the census bureau. It shows that in the state of New York, the common pro­portion of farm land in the different counties is from 90 to 95 per cent. The average value of farm land in the state is estimated to be $32.13 per acre. From 1900 to 1910 the popula­tion of thes tate increased 25.4 per cent. During the same period the acre­age of improved land decreased 4.8 per cent, while the decrease in farm land was 2.7 per cent. Herewith are some of the figures regarding the farming industry in the s ta te :

Number of farms: 1900, 226,720, 1910, 215,597.

Land in farms, acres: 1900, 22,648,-109; 1910, 20,303,367.

Value of land: $1900, $551,174,220; 1910, $707,747,828.

Value of buildings: 1900, $336,959,-960; 1910, 476,998,001.

Value of implements and machin­ery: 1900, $56,006,000; 1910, $83,644,-822.

Value domestic animals, poultry and bees: 1900, $125,583,715; 1910, $183,-090,844.

Of the farm operators, 166,674 are owners of the farms, 4,051 are man­agers and 44,872 are tenants. Of these operators and owners, 187,629 are na­tive whites; 27,029 are foreign born whites, and 939 are negroes or other non-whites.

These farms are stocked with 2,423,-000 cattle, valued at $83,062,242; 591,-000 horses, valued a t $80,043,302; 4,-052 mules valued a t $650,497; 930,300 sheep, valued at $4,839,651; 666,179 swine, valued at $5,905,272; 10,678,839 fowls, valued at $7,879,388, and 10,232,-498 turkeys valued a t $7,311,027.

The value of the crops on the farms in 1910 was $209,168,236; in 1900, $149,91S,353.

Some statistics regarding farms and the animals thereon in Lewis and the adjoining counties follow:

Lewis County—Number of farms, 3,-343; acreage, 475,033; value of farm property, $16,288,674; value of domes­tic animals, $3,080,385; number of cat­tle, 59,116; dairy cows, 36,921; horses, 8,037; swine, 12,526; sheep 5,225; val­ue of poultry, $54,581.

Jefferson County—Number of farms, 5,578; acreage, 732,861; value of farm property, $40,095,331; value of domes­tic animals, $6,065,445; number of cat­tle, 107,394; dairy cows, 64,855; hor­ses, 17,746; swine, 19,818; sheep, 12,-059; value of poultry, $145,889.

St. Lawrence County—Number of farms, 8,224; acreage, 1,061,516;. value of farm property, $49,975,175; value of domestic animals $$8,400,288; num­ber of cattle, 162,262; dairy cows, 100,-537; horses, 22,656; swine, 33,935; sheep, 18,513; value of poultry, 216,-997.

Oswego County—Number of farms, 6,319; acreage, 491,778; value of farm property, $23,804,151; value of do­mestic animals, $4,156,892; number of cattle, 67,344; dairy cows, 40,774; horses, 13,529; swine, 13,848; sheep, 6,009; value of poultry, $174,806.

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Congress Wil l Pass Measure Through Probably in Time for President to Sign It—Arbitratibn Agreement and Promised Enactment of New Law.

Washington, July 14.—Representa­tives of the 80,000 conductors and trainmen of eastern railroads, who have voted to strike for higher wages, and managing officers of the railroads agreed at the White House today to submit their differences to arbitra­tion under the provisions of the New-lands-Clayton act, which President Wilson and congressional leaders promise to make law by tomorrow night,

This victory for arbitration over the strike was the result of a two-hour conference at the White House be­tween President Wilson and congres­sional leaders, both Republicans and Democrats, the presidents and mana­gers of railroads and representatives of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train­men and Order of Railroad Conduc­tors. Ends Congressional Squabble On Bill.

The agreement not only averted, temporarily a t least, the strike which threatened to tie up railroad traffic generally in the east, but smoothed out differences of opinion that had arisen in both houses as to the com­position of the Board of Mediation, and provided a permanent commission to deal with railroad disputes.

The pathway was cleared for prompt action in both houses, Senator Kern telephoning from the White House to have the Senate adjourn un­til tomorrow instead of Thursday, as contemplated, and Representative Clayton announced that he would move to take from the speaker's desk his bill, to which amendments in con­formity with the Newlands bill in the senate would be attached.

The president later announced that he would sign a measure such as agreed upon and that described the conference as "simple and satisfac­tory."

Seta Low, president of the National Civic Federation, who1 had been in­strumental in bringing the railroad heads and.labor leaders together, act­ed as spokesman for both sides, re­lating to the president the details of the legislative situation that has aris­en in the at tempt to provide a substi­tute for the Erdman act. Secretary Wilson Loses Jurisdiction.

The original board of arbitration provided under that act was inde­pendent of any government depart­ment, but one of its members—the commissioner of labor—has ,since been included under the Department of Labor, where his duties had been increased so that only a portion of his time could be given to labor disputes. The bill introduced in the House by Mr. Clayton, chairman of the judi­ciary committee, originally was iden­tical with that introduced in the sen­ate by Mr. Newlands, but has been amended a t the instance of Secretary Wilson of the Department of Labor, who wished the arbitration board to consist of nine members, who were to be under the jurisdiction of his department.

At today's conference, however Secretary Wilson, while still express­ing his preference for the amended Clayton bill, announced he would not insist on it, and an agreement was im­mediately reached to put through the Newlands bill, of which both parties to the controversy had previously ex­pressed their approval, with two mi­nor provisions of the Clayton bill in­corporated. Provisions of the Prospective Law.

The Clayton amendments to the Newlands bill concern the elimination of an inconsistency as to the place for the filing of papers in the various hearings and insert a proviso that no mandatory process of any court should oblige an employe to work against his will. While this is conceded as hav­ing been taken care of by the consti­tution, it nevertheless was placed in the Erdman act to avoid ^constitution­al objections of a technical nature, and had been inadvertently omitted by the framers of the Newfands-Clay-ton bill.

Th,e perfected bill will create the United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation, to be composed of a com­missioner of mediation and concilia­tion, appointed by the president with the consent of the senate, with a sal­ary of $7,500 and a tenure of seven years, and not more than two other officials of the government already appointed by the president, who shall be designated by him as the two other members of the board.

There also would be an assistant commissioner with a salary of $5,000 authorized to act in the commission­er's absence. For the settlement of controversies as they may arise the measure would provide for boards of arbitration of six or three to be se­lected with the help of the board of mediation and arbitration wherever necessary. Awards Executed by U. S. Courts.

The latter board would pass upon any disagreements among the arbitra­tors. Awards made by the board would be executed by the United States courts, with which appeals could be filed.

President Wilson expressed his gratification after the conference that an agreement had been reached on disputed points. The president said he would name the new commission as quickly as possible.

Railroad Employees Now Receiving

Good Wages—Hours Reasonable.

In connection with the demands made by the conductors and trainmen of the eastern railroads for increased, pay the following, showing the wages paid the conductors and trainmen on the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in a thir ty day month, is of interest:

On through passenger trains run­ning between New York and Buffalo requiring from 165 and 194 hours per month; conductors, $168.58 to $189.65 per month; trainmen, $94.12 to $108.26 per month, The baggagemen work­ing between New York and Buffalo, requiring 170 to 191 hours per month, receive from $95.00 to $122.00 per month.

On division passenger runs, such as those between New York and Albany, Albany and Syracuse, and Syracuse and Buffalo, conductors are paid from $130.00 to $163.00 a month, and train­men from $74.00 to $9'3.00 a month.

On suburban service, such as that in the vicinity of New York City with­in the electric territory, requiring from 123 to 212 hours per month, con­ductors are paid from $125.00 to $156.00 a month; and trainmen from $70.00 to $89.00 a month.

On through freight service conduc­tors a r e paid from' $100.00 to $150.00 a month, and brakemen rrom $75.00 to $100.00 a month.

The demands of the conductors and trainmen employed on the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad would result in an increased payroll expense of $1,528,093.43 per annum or 23.6 per cent. The so-called full crew bill, enacted by the last legislature and which becomes effective this fall, has placed an additional expense of $750,000.00 per annum on the New York Centra! & Hudson River Rail­road, and should the present demands of the men for increased ra tes pre­vail, the expense incident to the so-called full crew bill would be increas­ed $905,000,00. '

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Collectors After Parcel Post Stamps.

Stamp collectors are fast securing a full series of parcels post stamps, which will soon be entirely eliminat­ed, following the recent ruling of the postoffice department,

Ei ther parcel post stamps or regu­lar stamps may be used on parcel post packages or other mail, and the parcel post and regular stamps have both been sold freely from the stamp windows with a view of exhausting the supply of parcel posjt stamps. No more of these stamps will be printed, so that collectors have been buying up complete series, which cost $3.10.

Meeting Fixes September 23 in Car­negie Hall, New York as Date

for State Convention.

New York, July 15.—The Republi­can state committee met today pri­marily to select a date for a conven­tion to designate candidates to fill va­cancies on the state court of appeals bench, caused by the retirement of Chief Judge Edgar M. Cullen and As­sociate Judge John Clinton Gray; whose terms expire at the end of this year.

It was agreed that the date for the convention would be September 23, and the place Carnegie Hall, New York.

The committee has power only to recommend candidates to be (nomin­ated later.

The committee today authorized the chairman to recommend the name of Jacob Gold Schurman, president of Cornell University, as temporary chairman of the convention.

In his remarks to the committee urging that a convention be called, Chairman William Barnes attacked the Democratic majority in the legis­lature for killing a bill tha t would have given the convention power to nominate candidates. Notwithstand­ing its lack of such power, the chair­man believed it fitting, he said, that a convention should be held "where the ablest men of the Republican par­ty may show the importance to each individual of the judiciary as a pro­tecting arm for each person, and that the character of the men who are to exercise those important functions should be of the highest, and should meet the requirements."

Mr. Barnes alluded to the bill pend­ing in the state legislature to legislate the state committee out of office, substituting a committee to be elected a t the coming fall pri­maries—one committeeman from each assembly district with one vote for sovereignty, and one vote for each thousand or major fraction thereof, based on the gubernatorial vote of 1912—applying to all parties. This bill has passed the senate and is now pending in the assembly.

"It is generally believed there is 'no effective opposition in the assembly to this bill," said Mr. Barnes, "and that it will pass. Of course, no one can predict what the executive action will be. In case the bill becomes a law, members of the state committee will be chosen under tha t s ta tute a t the primary election September 16, and will organize wimin 100 days thereafter."

Tells Committee He Wi l l Produce

Only Such As He Thinks Should Be

Given—Subpoena Oot for Major

Schermerhorn.

Albany, July 15.—Governor Sulzer today curtly informed the Frawley legislative committee which is in­vestigating various s ta te departments , that he would ignore any demand for the production of public documents unless in his own jud. ment the sub­mission of such documents should be in the public interest. The committee has asked for certain papers connect­ed with the investigation of state pris­ons by George W. Blake, who was specially designated by the governor for that purpose. Some of these were produced and others withheld.

After Chester C. Piatt, secretary to the governor, had failed to supply some of the documents desired, the committee excused him with the re­quest that he make further search. Mr. P ia t t returned with a letter from the governor which said in .part:

Governor's Letter. "I Sent such of the requested docu­

ments which I found in my possession and under my control, in -my discre­tion, proper a t this- time to. assist in. the deliberations of your committee' within t h e sphere of i ts .legitimate'. powers..

"I never have and never shall hesi­tate to- communicate to the legislature all the information required by the constitution or which my judgment may suggest to me, or a request from the legislature or any of its commit­tee, may indicate as useful in the dis­charge of the appropriate duties eon-r tided to them so far as in my judg­ment the promulgation of the facts, and information requested are not in­compatible with the public interests ." ,

"We feel entitled to all these pa­pers," Senator Frawley exclaimed with heat. "The governor has docu­ments alleging that large sums of -money have been stolen from the state. The legislature should- be in­formed of the governor's refusal;, to produce these documents." Senator Frawley said that he would bring ihe mat ter before the legislature when.it. reconvenes tomorrow evening.

Subpoena for Schermerhorn. Eugene Lamb- Richards, counsel to

the committee, asserted that Major Schermerhorn, the governor's military secretary, was paid $1,500 for keep­ing public, records. Subsequently, Mr* Richard's was authorized'"fo ^ub'gp'ena" Major Schermerhorn "so that the legislature may learn what he does to earn his money."

District Attorney Winslow of West­chester county and: James W. Osborn, who, with a special grand jury have been investigating conditions a t Sing Sing, conferred with Governor Sulzer today.

"Put It Over" on Architects. J.' P.- Francisco, of Rome, N. Y.,' who

is in the asbestos and pipe packing business, testified .that he had exam­ined the piping of ' the Great Meadow prison at. the request of Blake.

Francisco admitted tha t • he had-based his report tha t the work' was far below contract requirements, on a set of specifications submitted to him by Mr. Blake's office, which fixed a higher standard than the original' contract. "They slipped one over," he sa id . '.•',

"Slipped one over on you?" Mr; Richards inquired.

"I wouldn't, like to say that," was the rejoinder, "but they certainly, slipped one over 'on the a rch i tec t ""

Francisco declared that for several years past speciifications respecting the purchase of materials have been such that practically only one con­cern could supply them.

Thomas E. Burney, a builder, who-examined the construction work of the Great Meadow prison, denied tha t he had reported tha t t he buildings could be duplicated for $400,000 as Mr. Blake had testified. •

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Salaries Increased. The salary of two of the employees

of the local postoffice receive an in­crease under the new postoffice salary system. The salary of Harry M. Lan-pher, clerk, is increased from $1,000 to $1,100 per year and that of Harvey L, Day, carrier, from $600 to $800.

ARMY RECRUIT^ B U f f l E D War Department Wi l l Pay Transpor­

tation from Towns Where En­

listment Is Made.

Orders have just been received a t the Water town army recruiting sta­tion from the war department which provide great liberality in the enlist­ment of men in the a rmy. ' The or­ders a re effective now. , ' ' ^ '•<

According to the orders each town where men are obtained on canvass­ing trips is designated .̂ as auxiliary recruiting stations and the n\ehl.'tem­porarily accepted will be sent '^q 'the?,; permanent recruiting - station iMtk } , t ransportat ion paid. Sh&uld t h e f ^ i ) •'- - - ,. to satisfy the requirements, a t *&§'per*-. •'.,_,' V .. manent station they will be? provided >,'?'• .»i, ;>'«*',;'= with railroad fare back to W|e'%tatiott, ' "&%«"i 4- ," ' whence they came. '.'*.- ' * ^ *$$&%''''*' V

For instance if a man is-lpbtained'; •-( '*$ktfy* *.f ••'•• by an officer on a canvassing' tr ip i a " .' ••'v'!.,i»?i Lowville the applicant may be Sent ••.••;] through to Fort Slocum where the,; final acceptance or rejection is, made* ' If he fails a t Fort Slocum he is given his passage bacfe to Lowville or •what-' ever town he is enlisted, from, For­merly the applicant had to pay hid own fare to the Watertown .office where acceptance wits made. J "

The new method has the additional advantage in that an officer by Jjelngr allowed to make the enlistment in tbfe town where the applicant lives can,' assist in making out the papers for ' , the applicant thereby avoiding the many mistakes that occur with the ' ' >• applicant acting alone.