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TO C-rilß CHAUFFEURS
SEW SOCIETY ACTIVE.
Will Prosecute Not Only "Joy Rid
ers/ but Owners: Also.
' Beddeea chauffeurs are to be traced and prose
• cuted oy the new National Highway Protective So
ciety, which met yesterday and decided to do- all in
its power to put a stop to the numerous fatal and
ceri^us automobile accidents which' have been un
■jsually frequent of late.
Henry Clews is president, and the other officers
. include some of the best known men In the city.
Ex-Judjre Charles S. Whitman, who has been se
lected as counsel, has been instructed to spare no
one iii the prosecution of the cases brought into
court by .the association. Mr. Whitman already
haM a*, his disposal a large sum of money con
tributed by trie orators of the association.
but an appeal will be made for further c,ontribu
tior.«. from churches, civic organizations and the
genera i public. Mayor McClellan has promised the
society his personal support.
The otjeets of the society, briefly told, are:
To prosecute all offenders against the laws gov
erning traffic on* highways.
Tf> maintain a constant surveillance of the high
ways, and to secure evidence against offenders
through a well organized corps of detectives.
To effect legislation that will make the owner
of ■ vehicle responsible foj any Injury that may
be inflicted, no matter who Is running the vehicle
at ihe time.
To keep I card index system of all infractions of
the speed laws, whether the driver be arrested or
not, avd to keep at: especial watch on drivers who
m known to be reckless, whether they are simply
the drivers or the owners si vehicles.
To extend the organization all over the country.
Not only the "joy rider.** but the wealthy owner
1 t« be prosecuted by the society when there is
a violation, whether It results In an accident or
rot. A corps of twenty detectives Is to be placed
at ex-Judge Whitman's disposal. The activity of
the society will not id- then however. When
ar-.y member, all of whom own automobiles, sees
: a «t r-jn fastt-r than the legal speed, that mein
ler is to report the car to the society, and the
• detectives will watch for II until they catch It.
* TJ-.e detectives are to be sent to those nr>ad houi.es
' tnd other resorts where joy riders" congregate.
and ■ ere lean those who have been in the habit
of imasting of violating the speed laws.
T!>e society also la to keep a watch on policemen
•«!:•< fail to ■cc cars moving faster than the law
sJJow?. Any officer discovered negligent in
this regard will be reported to the Commissioner.
The officers. In addition to Henry Clews, are A. '
D. ■•. klleton president: Edward S. Con j
Fecretary. and .Colonel Gilford Hurry, treasurer.
The corporators sure F. Augustus Schermerhorn.
Cleveland H. I>odge. George W. Burleigh. Robert
Fulton Cutting. Joseph H. Coit. Frederick N. Law
rence. Henry Clows, A. D. Middleton. Kverett P.
Wheder, 7. Forbes Potter. Lawson Pnrdy, presi
dent of the Tax Commission; William H. Llewellyn.
13:.- • I. D. Einstein. Colonel Gilford Hurry. Ed
ward S. mil and Ackley C. Schuyler.
Commissioner Bingnajn is in sympathy wit!, the
tires of the society. li commenting on the re
i»n; ease in recklessness of chauffeurs, he said
resteTday: "It is a cold fact that you never can
effectively curb this practice until the violators of
the law are sent to Jail."
The Commissioner is to reorganize the Brooklyn
bicycle squad, which has been inactive of late, but
which will be put to work to stop speeding on the
Ijor.g iFiand side of the river in a few days. Ser
geant Mai ion at present is trying out new recruits
for the bicycle squad along the Speedway, who will
T* added to the regular squad shortly.
Police Magistrate Barlow made the following
statement to the newspaper men in the night court
last nicht:
I =*■* by an article in one of the evening papers
that Commissioner Blngham places the responsi
bility for automobile accidents resulting from
speeding on light tines Imposed by the police
magistrates. Now. if he were in any way con
versant with the proceedings he would know that
the poiice magistrates have no right to Impose
fines for speeding— that all such case? go. abso
lutely and entirely, to the Court of Special Ses-
Fione. If Mr. Bingham would get his facts right
his statements would have a great deal more effect
than his impulsive vituperations have.
Magistrate Barlow is president of the Board of
City Magistrates.
Chari«?s Thnddeus Terry, chairman of the legis
lative board of the American Automobile Associa
tion, when eeen last evening paid that hie associa
tion agreed with the newly organized National
Highway Protective Society in its proposed fight to
j-jt a ■SBB to reckless driving.
Mr. Terry for years has been one of the fore
l at workers to obtain fair legislation for motor
ists and Is one of the strongest opponents of reck
less driving.
Mr. Terry was of the belief that new laws nre not
Ewded to check reckless speeding, but that the pres
eM !&ws should be enforced. l ie considered Com
missioner Bingham not to blame for the frequent
.accidents • at have laa|HM in the last week and
saM that his force was not adequate to check these
evils. He believed Mr. Rhlghnm'a assertion that
h«> is to form a bicycle force to arrest apmdt la a
aaod plan, ad suggested having the bicycle police
men stationed In the congested parts of the city and
th» r,opx:lar driveways and highways leading out of
the c'ty where most of such reckless driving is in
du'.g'-d in.
Mr. Terry said that it was a small minority of
KUtomobUists that commit such offences, and that
they should be ■erevely dealt with. lie said that he
hoped the National Highway Protective Society
would be successful •■ its proposed undertaking.
Jps-eph Gibson, a chauffeur employed by Max'
Cohen, of No. <"S West 2?>'h street, was paroled yes
■jerday by Magistrate Steinert until Monday. He is
char-ed with having run down and seriously In
jured Exnanuel Rebeck, of No. 724 Olenmore ave
nue. Rrooklyn, at 3lßt street and Broadway on
Thursday night. Rebeck i« in the New York Hos
pital with a fractured skull
Magistrate O'Connor held Edward Brewerton.
chauffeur for G. H. Eldridge. of Diaslnliiaj.. in $1,000
bali nn a charge of running the machine on an
other man's license, and in $.V»> ball for carrying a
worthless license. He was arrested in the after
r.nor. while taking Mr. EMridge up the West Drive
in Central Park.
MRS. J. 11 . SCHIFF HALTED.
Her Chauffeur Charged with Speed
ing in Broadway.
Mrs. Jacob H. Schiff was held up by a po
liceman at Broadway and lS7th street yesterday
afternoon -while *he was returning In her tour
lr-a; car from Kast View, near White Plains.
»ccompanied by Richard L.. Leo, an architect,
t* No 134 West 45th street.
Mr*. Schiff Is interested in a sanatorium now
■in course of erection at East View, and drove
ther* with the architect yesterday to inspect the
«nicture. On the homeward " run Bicycle
Patrolman John Holm, of the West 132 d street
■'tation. erreetcd John Neville, the chauffeur, on
*. charge of violating the speed law At the
3£«t ISM stitet. station Mr. Leo deposited $100
0111 ball for Neville. The prisoner will he ar-
I «%oed in Harlem police court this morning
MACKAY HYDRANT AIDS FIREMEN.
Kot.yn. Long Island. April 2 (Special).— A fire
that extended over an area of two acres and de
«roye<l a hot*-!, two factories and a number of
o^ber r«jiidlu«r»i. starts here shortly before midnight
•"•t night and burned well into this morning. The
~"> wa.s tho largest this : ace has known. The
Property destroyed was valued at about J3O 000
From Harbor HI!!. Mrs. Clarence H. Mackays
wmie. arM anal te!f.phon«Kl that the firemen might
•'•* the lodge gate hydrant if desirable. Just at
■M time the Roslyn hook and ladder company
'■•att«r«d vii. and mi aaaM to the Mackay place A
quarter of . mile of hose w: lfi US <-1 v,' reach ttt«
S^"- TlM !i^ '■ Btanletan Company. Thomas
Bowrd and Char , c Woodln.* owner of the Jc*
plant. sugared th^ ... •»•««. i,,. ,
RERUN-HOTEL KAISERHOF
M*M *»nmvatimnm Coat 1,000,000 dollar*.
*•:..»> Unique open locsutit.n. £Tve»v American Comfort.
I2U Privmta *l-tfis- Otand Hall, etc.
mm M ami 1 FAMOUS REST*URAI4T & GRtLL — = :
HAMBURG : HOTEL ATLA (openr. In &pri!}°
C*««: KAISEBHOF. BLRU.V HJ.US. ZU3ALtt t?.OA "SEW xv.{i iRI&USC ' NEW Voß<t
'WORLD' CASES UP AGAIN.
Tax Receiver's Assistant Called to
Establish Oicncrship.
For the second time in this city a federal grand
jury Is investigating the I'inam.i Canal articles
published by -The World)* last October, but this
time the Attorney General's office at Washington
has cJiarge of the case. Stuart McXanmra, .as- a
special Assistant Attorney General, conducted the
examination of witnesses yesterday, lit was in
troduced to the Jury. by Henry A. Wise, whose ap
pointment as United States Attorney had b<en con
firmed the day before by the Senate.
The first witness was George M. Roe, an em
ploy*- in the Tax Receiver's office. Mr. Roe had an
assessment roll In his possession when he entered
the Jury room. It was understood that the grand
jury wished to establish the ownership of the Pu
litzer Building and the newspaper. He was fol
lowed by Dumont Clarke, vice-president of th->
Press Publishing Company, publishers of "The
World." Mr. Clarke had been called by the grand
jury which indicted the company and Caleb M. Van
Hamm. managing editor of "The World." .but did
not testify. Mr Clarke was In the grand jury room
yesterday for more than a half hour. Don C. Seitz.
the business manager, was also before the grand
Jury for the same length of time.
Other witnesses were subpoenaed, but not heard.
These were Karl Harding, a reporter for Th.
World"; John Hadwin. a negro messenger, and C.
M. White, assistant cashier. Subpcenas have been
issued for other employes of "The World." It was
Bald. The grand jury adjourned the case to Thurs
day.
From .i federal official it was learned that those
who ire mentioned In the Washington indictment
and in the Indictment found her. as the principal
complainants. Willia-n Kelson Cromwell. Douglas
Robinson* brother-in-law of Mr. Roosevelt, an.'
Charles P. Taft. brother of the President, will be
called before the grand jury before the present In
vestigation Is completed. H. L Btlmson. who re
signed as United States Attorney, was in the grand
Jury room throughout the bearing yesterday. He
said that he had not been retained in the case.
SUGAR COMPANY PAYS.
Government Collects Part of In
creased Duties -Map Settle Suits.
William Loeb. jr.. Collector of Customs, an
nounced yesterday that the American Sugar Re
fining Company had paid about (180.490 of the in
creased duties claimed by the government In suits
brought for alleged fraudulent weighing of cargoes
received at tne Havemeyer & Elder flocks. The
total of claims for sugar weighed there is tl.l'SP.OO'.
The government also claims about J500.0W Oh im
portation? weighed at the Jersey '-it;, refineries
«nd an additional (5*0.460 for importations in Biook
lyn prior to 1&01. This makes a total of $2.233/* H.
The bills are being reUquldated, Aa the payment
made to Mr. Lr>«b was for ihe first batch of cor
rected bill; sent to the sugar company.
It was said at the office of the United States At
torney that, as these bills b.a.i been paid, the whole
claim might be set tied. "which would mean that the
suits pendfng might be discontinued The verdict
•n favor of the government for 1131.000 rendered by
a jury in the United States Circuit Court recently
for alleged weighing frauds or. the Brooklyn docks
will be appealed by the American Sugar Refining
Company.
H. L. Stimson. who resigned a.- United States
Attorney, prosecuted this suit. He had access to
thj books .•: tne ioamai.y, an.J th.- alleged frauds
•were found to have occurred prior to November.
IMC A raid by the United States revenue officers
occurred th»t month, when sc&lei containing im
plements to cause short weights «••:«• Said to have
been found. Mr. Stimson has been retained by the
government as a special Assistant Attorney General
to conduct the case to a»conclusion.
COLLEGE STRIKE OVER.
I
Manhattan Students may Have No
Commencement This Year.
The student strike at Man!. at. College I* •-.<>
more. They struck, they repented, and now the
faculty reigns supreme. The boys have .gained a
postponement ol the spring examinations until
after Easter, some exp»riecce more Or le««. nnd the
pleasure? that go with unconditional sui*rend«»r.
John Harrington, the student president, told the
strikers yesterday morning tiiat they had better go
back to tool, and put th* situation before John
P. Nugent, the athlete from Troy who was •■:'-, i
by Brother Peter some time ago. He believed, he
Feld. that If Nugent was of th« right sort he would
appreciate the delicacy of the students' position
and would write a letter approving of their return
to books and regular meals.
The underclass men i oared "noes" to this «...
gestion. The probable loss of degrees was not
worrying them. Brother "jprlan, as representative
of tne faculty. called twenty-three seniors before,
that body, and then Brother Cyprian explained
things. He said:
"President Peter's decision to expel Nugent may
not be rescinded. Deep consideration Is being
given to this whole matter. The case of every
individual resident student— you Who left school
without authorization— will also he considered fir
will deal with your parents in this matter Degrees
i may l.c conferred in private on deserving students.
There may be no public commencement exercises
at the end of the academic year. At all events, t).^
spring examinations, due to be held this week, will
be postponed until after the Easter holidays. The
holidays begin at the end of to-day's session, and
echo >1 will be resumed on Monday. April 15."
After a two hours' discussion among the strikers
the strike gently passed away.
Met,.- Wallace, the Esquimau boy, whose absence
fro:, the college and from his boarding house in
West 44th street caused comment yesterday, also
returned to the college last night. Me moved, with
out notice, to No. 502 West 176 th tttreet. His excuse
for disappearing for it,, last few .lays was that
he wafted to go to Greenland instead <•{ to school.
As he could not find the means he became, dis
couraged and temporarily lost himself to vi*>w. He
bow says that he win continue his studies "at least
for the term "
SAYS MISSIONARY BROKE UP HOME.
One Church Worker Accuses Another in Suit
for Divorce.
•We lived like two kittens, i ;oved my wife, and
6h< loved me. apparently, and our little home
was us happy an It could possibly be. until this
man, whom I believed to have been a good. Chrls
tia;. worker, broke it up." said George W. Green.
while testifying in his suit for divorce against his
wife at Newark yesterday before
Stevens.
<;reeii testified that he took an acllVe part m
Methodist missionary work in .Mo: ri.- town, and
sale 1 that it was while he was thus engaged that
one day he met a man named NJmmone who «a*
connected with the South Street Presbyterian
Church Nimmoiis was doing .aisslonary work at
that time, Qreen testified, a friendship sprang up
betw-en tbenn and they worked together. Finally
Nimmons went to board with Green, am! the es
trangement between husband and wife followed.
The case was not finished
ALBANY BURGESSES DINNER HERE.
The annual dinner of the Albany Hiirnessrs Corps
aril] be held on Eastern Monday evening, at the
Manhattan Club. Tboee who hat accepted Invita
tions Include Mayor McCleJlan, General Leonard
W0..,; Judge Franklin M Dauutner, Richard
Crofcar, Justice Francis B Delehaniy, Commia-
Eiotier W. S Andrews, Colonel Amh Bird Gardiner,
Major B. Ellis iJiißgs. i iiinmimdani sf th. Old
Guard, and th<- commanding ofioera of the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Company, ol Massachu
setts; tii- Governor's Fool Guards, of Connecticut;
tV- Putnam Phalanx and ilv Worcester Contli
neatals. Major James Otis w..o,iward. the com
mandant of the Barge sees Corp*, will preside
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1909.
* " THE WORLD'S BEST TABLE WATER."
As supplied to
His Most Particular Highness
The American Citizen
King of Connoisseurs
and Prince of Good Fellows
sorry — not imported
WEAKENS HUGHES CAMP
JUDICIARY MEMBER LOST.
; Replaced by Foe of Direct Nomina
tions Measure.
[By Telegraph to The T^lbun".]
Albany, April 2.— Supporters of Governor Hughes's
direct nominations proposal see in a change in the
details of Assembly organization announced to-day
a clever bit of practical politics on the part of the
Governor's adversaries. By it the latter take 8
strong friend or the direct nominations bill out of a
i strategic position and replace him by one of their
I own adherent*.
Assemblyman Orson J. Welmfrt. of Buffalo, re
signed from the Juiiciary Committee and was ap
pointed a member of the Cities Committee, suc
ceehng John Lord O'l'-rian. •>!„. resigned from the
Assembly to become United States Attorney at
Buffalo. Clarence MacGiegor. of Buffalo, was ap
pointed to succeed Weinurt on the JudJtiary Com
mittee. Weimert was a strong pro-Hughes man.
With his vote the Hughes men in the committee
figured they could so influent* committee action as
to protect the bill at least, an i for.-. ■ report on it.
MacGregor Is opposed to the bill. Weimert's change
of position Is not generally considered a promotion.
it was represented to him as being, advantageous
In that it would afford greater opportunities of ser
vice to Buffalo than a place on .-. committee con
sidering legal affairs.
The Assembly leaders plan to have the Rules
Committee take charge or affairs the latter part of
next week or the fore part of the week following.
Assemblyman Jesse Phillips said to-day that the
final hearing on ihe <itrfct m initiations bill on
Wednesday was planned for a Joint hearing of
Senate and Assembly committees He said he had
heard intimations that this was to be the only
bearing the Senate committee would give on the
measure, abandoning the hearing on April 14. Ben
ator Hlnman, Introducer of the Mil. protested vehe
mently to Chairman Davis of the Senate Judiciary
Committee against such action. Senator Hlnman
la seriously 111 now. and probably will not be able
to attend the hearing next week.
State Chairman Woodruff to-daj before leaving
Albany replied to the question of the "plain voter"
at the bearing Wednesday who wanted to know
why the "bosses" all were opposing the Governor's
bill if it would concentrate In their hands
"I wonder If that gentleman couldn't imagine
men— even politicians— by motive* other
than n desire for personal advantage? Its Just
possible, you know, that Republican lenders, or
bosses If you like the term better, could lea re the
welfare of the party and the people at large. I
am not In politics for the benefit of my pocket? 1
everybody knows that. Prai Is Hendrlcks, 'Fred"
Orelner. Herbert Parsons. J. si,, at Pasaett al) are
so situated financially that they don't work j>oii
tlcs for the money there might be in It.
1 'nder th* bill the Governor favors the organiza
tion leaders WOUld gain a greater degree of control,
though they'd have to work harder for It. There
would be within the organization m much greater
struggle to obtain control. The men making this
agitation an almost without exception men who
have failed t<> g*>t nominations or obtain some place
In the organization. L"i dei the Hughes scheme
they wouldn't succeed any l>ett«r. but then would
be the opportunity for a more hitter fight in the
primaries, and a continual struggle would ensue.
certain to disrupt the party."
Mr. Woodruff said he and all other right think
ing party leaders deplored this, an. l would far
rather fight tbe Democrats than fellow Republi
cans. More iitr..' and money would be required to
maintain an efficient organization under tii" Hughes
plan*, and the facilities for arbitrating affairs with
in the organization would be gone
organization leaders, headed by Senator Raines,
are protesting thai the system of representation
provided for in the Hughes bill would disrupt «-x- :
istlng conditions completely and result practically
In minority control or domination at county affairs
by large towns and cities. Under th>- present laws
each political party has the rigj to determine Its
own procedure and basis of representation in con
ventions and committees '1*1:.- Republicans, there
fore, permit each city, county,' 'Assembly or Con-
Kress district committee or convention to make its
own rules and basis of representation. The state
committee makes its own and serve* as a court of
appeal in disputes between counties In Senate or
Congress Districts, or even the smaller committee
or convention squabbles when they are serious."
This would be done away with by the Hughes
bill and a uniform system of representation ac
cording to votes cast would be established.
Realising that there Is no chance for bis state
wide official primary ballot bill, which was Intro
duced early in the session. Assemblyman Artemas
Ward, jr., to-day Introduced a bill providing for
an official primary ballot for New York City alone.
The bill is similar to the measure applying to the
whole state. It provides that names are To be
placed on the ballot by two sorts of petitions; one
the enrolled nominators' petition and the other the i
committee nominators.
NASSAU FARMERS PROTEST.
Say Asylum at Greenvalc Will Injure Property
Values — MaGB Meeting at Mineola.
Although it la deflnttelj settled that the site
tHiP.-t'-.! for the proposed new Btate Hospital f<-r
the Insane, at <Jreeiivale. Long Island, will 1,.- use.l
for that purp'tHc, it is expected that many protest
will be voiced nt a mas? meeting this afternoon in
Mineota.
The State Lunacy Commission has the consent of
Governor Hughes t<> accept the Green vale .-It. and
has made ti" flr* pajaaeut in cash The si(e .on
sipts of ,"riK acres, and the purchase price la JU'j.'hu.
The. land will In- laid out as a park and farm.
it will he argued at to-day's meeting that the
stat.- couni have secured h latisfactory a dte at
much less cost in Suffolk County. It is also claimed
that the establishment ot a lunatic asylum In the
vicinity will injure the values of the estates of Mrs.
Katherlne Mackay, the late William <* Whitney.
William i. Stow. W. Stanlej Mortimer and others.
RECORD POSTOFFICE RECEIPTS.
Increase of $300,000 for March Over Same
Period Last Year.
Figures -bowing tin- increase in business of the
,New York City Poatoflloe. prepared by Postmaster
Morgan yesterday, show the gross receipts for the
month of March were nearly $300,000 more than for
the same period last year, an increase of IC9 per
cent. •
The gross receipts for the quarter ended March
31 were 11-.. than S;7>1,000 greater than lor the
quarter ended March SI, 1901, an Increase of 11.7
]■■ cent The percentages in the increases over
the same periods In 1907 are not so large, the fall
ing off beit^ due partly to the business slump of
I'fiv Toe following: figures show (be business
done: . , ■.
0r..-s receipts for March. l»i»tf S2.tVJ~t.22i> '.'0
Uruw !...ilil» for March, 1'.t05.... 1.731.124 23
Increase: lfl p«r c*nt . 1204,003 0f
Gross receipts for quarter endod March 31.
1800 .. , . $.~>.2.-»:I.SU IIS
Grons receipts for quarter euded March 31.
I'.hiv , 1.702.T52 04
Increase: "1-7 per rent .... J.V. 1.070 (14
Oroen r«-..-;,ifi« for March !!'<>7 .. . sl.S"ft.l.*M» Sfl.
Oroaa receipt! for March. p.»iv 2.025.220 20
Increase: l- 1 - per tent.' JVIO.OSO 31
Grnj« receipts for cjuartrr entl'-il March 31.
1!I67 . .*3.«H 771 l>7
r; . ■► r-*c<*\pM for quarter emleii March 31.
1009 .-..2.VU1108
irw-r. *'■- 7.8 DCi Cfiit $375».0«00i
BOYCOTT AS A WEAPON
PRESIDENT TAFT QUOTED.
'National Civic Federation Instructed
as to the Right to Combine.
Whether any portion of society has the right to
use its combined purchasing power for it? own bene
fit. and if so, in what manner and to what extent,
was the question discussed by the New York Council
of the National* Civic Federation yesterday. The
nvettng was held in / the rooms of the Board of
Trad, and Transportation, at No. 203 Broadway,
and Samuel Gompcis, president of the American
Federation of Labor, who was present by lnvita- j
tion. heard four speakers arraign th secondary boy- i
cott. It was In connection with this kind of boy- '
cott on the Bucks Stove Company that Mr. Gompers
and John Mitchell clashed with the courts and were
adjudged In contempt and sentenced. Their appeal :
is pending.
John dates '.'lark, professor of political economy j
at Columbia*, was the first to speak, and Mr. Qotn- i
pera was th.- last. Professor Clark said that the |
primary boycott was something to Ik* not merely !
tolerated, but also encouraged. But the real weapon j
of trade unionism, the secondary boycott, tried to j
Impose costs upon the rest of the community by ,
making it inconvenient for others than the unionists i
to buy the goods which were made under conditions :
that entail smaller cost. Whatever such a boycott j
might be in the eyes of the law, it was both a dis- j
turbing . 1 • us- nt and a cause of injustice In the eyes j
of the economists.
Nearly all the speakers Quoted the President's j
labor decisions while judge. Frederic J. Stlmson, {
of Harvard University Law School, the next speak- j
er, did so frequently. Of the secondary boycott j
Prof* ssor Stinison said :
"You have a right to combine to get better wages
from your employer, but you have no right to com
bine with the direct purpose of injuring your em
ployer, or, still more, somebody else, in the belle*
or expectation, however, well founded, that such
injury may result In some benefit to you."
The law considered the direct intent; the com
mon law of conspiracy went into the motive, he
said That was the dividing line, and it was the
very splendor of the common law that it did go
into •-. intent, what Is called guilt. He then said:
"The Sherman ur antitrust law should be so
amended as to make the criminality of the com
bination rest upon the Intent with which the men
or tl;e corporations come together, whether to
make a reasonable contract of sale and purchase
and fair dealing and equal rates t.i the public, or
with the purpose and Intent of getting a monop
oly."
President Taft had been In correspondence with
ox-Judge Reuben D Bllliman in answer to the tat
ter'* letter of congratulation on the letter of ac
ceptance of the nomination for President, and
Jud^e SlHiman, who followed Professor Stimson.
quoted lib.rally from the letters. In one of which
the President said:
••The secondary boycott Involves the compulsion
of third persons, not engaged In the controversy,
to join the boycotters in their tight against an en
emy of theirs who is n-> enemy of the person boy
cotted. 1 am convinced from long thought over It
that compulsion of third persona against their will
is the nub or the offence of boycotting."
Judge Silllman Mid that the dividing line th is
pointed out was this: When what ■•■■<- done passe 1
from persuasion to duress and coercion it became
unlawful, and when that dividing line so clearly
drawn by the President was fully understood, th
law governing the subject would be settled. Wal
ter l»-ew counsel of the National Erectors' As-
SuMatlon luld that the boycott was essentially a
war measure. Ms avowed purpose was to injure,
cripple and destroy.
Mr Gompers who had bet busy taking notes,
took the platform. He wanted to know what
(Trudge the shakers had against President Taft
That caused them to quote him against labor. This
caused i laugh V; Gompers then said that while
there had Leon many remarks against organized
labor he had not heard a single word of comment
on t {fc employers' blacklist or the lockout of
employes to justify the wholesale condemnation of
workinKmen for presuming .to act along lines
wnTch^eemed .TmlUr. although with di«rer«t enj
in view. Men of labor were not In love With th«
hnvcoti or the strike. '>'■<■ then said:
■; od help the people of this country if the right
... strike is taken away from them It Is the
i-ouer of the strike that -acts as a constant check
„ the greed of concentrated wealth, and I say
His with no feeling of enmity. In the case of the
sVove company, me practical power of martial law
was emi-loved against us. with this difference: In
martlaT law the embargo is removed when the
oc Li ,n for It has pa^-d. wlwrens the same
power has been applied against us for the protec
tion of an old Move In perpetuity. '
Tim tin Hea.ev. president of the Kccentrlc t ire-
S3S Son. was the only person in the audi.u.e
who answered the invitation to enter the discus-
SS ",e asked that the whole subject be d.s
■.,',^,..- at some future meeting, when both sides
mufht have 0 hearing, and it wa .0 decided.
GOLDHAMMER'S SLAYER FREED.
E. J. Byrnes Acquitted of Murder Charge-
Magistrate Also Discharges Him.
Edward J. Byrnes, a bartender, of No 127" Am
sterdam avenue, who .hot and ki!.ed .•a.r.dmnn
John B Goldbammer on Februarj' :5. was released
from the Tombs yest.-r.lay afternoon, where he
had been held tor the grand Jury on a charge of
,„,„,,.-;■ The grand jury failed to Indict Byrnes
and he was discharged by Judge Cram In the Court
of General Besstons.
Byrnes was acquitted of the murder ,har R e on
,|.,' pica that he believed Goldhammei was ■
burglar and »hot to self-defence. Just as Judge
Cram dismissed BymesWhe waa rearrested on a
charge of receiving stolen gooda and was taken
before Magistrate Kernoohan, sitting in the Tombs
police court. Th. magistrate held a conference
with assistant District AttorS*] Maniey and then
diachargad Byrnea on th.- ground of Insufficient
evidence. •
GENERAL BINGHAM'S FATHER RETURNS.
Tiie mysterious Interest that !'..ii.e HeadquarUn
baa manifested In the arrival Of the Italian
Bteamei Lombardia bec*me known yesterday when
tin vessel brought to port Professor Joel Btagham,
of the PoUci Commissioner, it bad ba*n
rumored that th> Lombardia was bringing papers
In connection with the murder of Lieutenant PMro
sim.. The presence of several -men from the cen
tral Offtce on the pier before the staamei docked
k . :i ,,. coioi to this story Professor BiiiKham. who
Is eighty-one year.- old. wu m-t J.y the Central
Ofßce nun and hi.- uran.ls..!.. He sftla he had been
abroa.l'.iKht month*, makini; a study of Italian
Literature and history.
MORSE MUST TELL OF RESOURCES.
Supreme Court Justk. OOownan uppointed John
Whalen a.- retertc yesterday to take testimony.
bCglnntng Monday at 11 ©'doe*. U to the ability
of Charles W. ilort* 1 , now <«>nnned in the Ti'mbs
pending an appeal <■ 1 his sentence to fifteen years'
Imprisonment to pay a Judgment of $171.275 56 ob
tiined hy Kdward Clarence Joneß. Morse wU] be
taken to the referee's office hy United States Mar
shal Hf>nkel rh man\ times as the referee mu>
direct. Solomon Harford la rrunsel for the plain-
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BIG ITEMS APPROVED
Appropriation of $1,000,000 for
Manhattaji Bridge.
Bridge Commissioner Stevenson appeared before
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment yesterday
and requested an appropriation of $1,000,000 for the
completion of the Manhattan Bridge. He got the
money, and will use it to construct the roadway
pavements; railroad tracks, railings, lighting equip
ment and other details. The money appropriated
yesterday does not provide* for the four railroad
tracks which ultimately will be placed on the upper
deck of the bridge.
Francis I.ynde Stetson appeared in behalf of a
proposition to issue $300,000 worth or general reve
nue bonds, "or as much thereof as n.av be necessary,
for the expenses connected with the Hudson-Fulton
celebration.' The Mayor said that he believed
$250 000 was the amount he had agreed upon with
Mr. Stetson as necessary. Mr. Stetson good humor
edly disputed the contention, but agreed to accept
1250.0W and the proposed authorization was re
duced to that sum. J—
A request for $:..--. to be us.d by the Sheriff
of the county of New York to pay for necessary re
pairs and supplies for the Ludlow street jail was
granted after some discussion.
- Th . last time the Jill was visited.- said the
Mayor. "I believe that there were two jailers to a
prisoner."
-••Ye.:" said Controller Btetx "That jail ought to
be abolished. We might house our high browed
alimony prisoners In Jefferson Market."
President George P. I>avls of the Normal College
urged the issue of $500,000 worth of corporate
stock to defray part of the cost of the erection and
equipment of a new building for the Normal College
on the block bounded by 6Sth and 69th street, and
rark and Lexington avenues. The matter was laid
over for two weeks.
' v report of ... Controller, recommending an issue
of $7 4.i0 000 corporate stock "for •'■ • uses and pur
poses of the Department of Docks and Ferries." was
adoDted On March 5 the Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund recommended an issue of $12,300,000
for that purpose, the recommendation beta* re
ferred to the Controller.
\n Issue of IS >•• special revenue bonds for the
purpose Of meeting the expenses of the Public Ser
vice Commission. Ist District, for 1909. was author
ized This amount brings the total Issue this year
up to $800,000, the Public Service Commission hav
big asked for $SS7,-.00.
TO JOIN MANHATTAN BEIDGE ARMS.
Platform of New Structure Will Be Completed
on Thursday.
Th^ arms .if the Manhattan Bridge will be joined
some time on Thursday afternoon, weather per
mitting, according to W. I- Cline. superintendent
of the Terry & Tench Construction Company, which
has charge of the steel work on the new bridge.
Mr. Terry said yesterday that work was begun on
March 8. and that twenty working days would see
the joining of the bridge A dinner will be given
the men for the Manhattan side of the river. As
the two arms are balanced, neither working force
will be able to claim a bonus or prlz".
Mr Terry said that the bridge would be com
pleted seven months ahead of time, from present
indications. Comparisons were m;ide with the
WUllamsburg and Blackwell's IslanJ bridges by
Mr Terry, who said not .1 life had been lost so far
on the Manhattan Bridge.
There are fifty men and eight engineers in each
crew on the arms of fie bridge. By Thursday
nineteen thousand tons of steel will by In place.
Each tower has seventy-two tons of steel in It.
SAILS WITHOUT PASSENGERS.
La Touraine Will Make Repairs in Havre—
Accident Victim Dies.
The steamer La Touraine. of the French Line,
which vas delayed a day oft St. George. Staten
Island, because of a broken steam pipe, cleared for
Havre yesterday without passengers. The Tiu
ralne'a steerage passengers were brought to the
city yesterday, and practically all went aboard I-i
Bietugne, which sailed at i p m.
The second cabin pass -n-ers and some ir. the
fiist cabin were willing to sail on l*\ ntilaama. but
a numbtr of those who booked passage in the
Touraine's first cabin chose to sail to-day on
steamers of other lines Paul Fagurt. of . the
French Line, said that it would lake a week to
have a new Intake pipe cast for the Touraine. Re
pairs will be made in Havre.
Francois Ropers, one of the two oilers whO were
scalded when the pipe burst, died yesterday at the
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THOUSAND AGENTS TO GO.
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New York Life Has Reduced Its
Force from 8.000 to £000.
The statement that th.- New York Life Insurance
Company will discharge one thousand of its agents
on May 31 was continued yesterlay ny Edtvard R.
Perkitis. second vice-president of that company.
Mr. Perkins said the agents to be discharged ar<»
not "brokerage" or "star" agents, but regular rep
resentatives of the 1 inn— The curtailment ims
been going on ever since 1303. Mr. Perkins said, and
from eilht thousand agents in I**<s the company "
had been forced to reduce th« number tr» two thou
sand.
New York State will tut hit to the extent of 10»
;er cent in the reducti< us. Ch.ec years a*o New
York City had forty-six agencies; there are now
only ten. Vice-President Perkins said that some «f
the agents to be discharged on May 31 have been
with the com?*: y for ten yecrs and more. H^
added:
"The New York Life company has gradually been
rtr-iuclng; the number of us apen rirs for two or
three years. In New York City alone the redaction
has been from forty-six agencies down to the pres
ent nutnbor— ten. New York . £-tate will bear a Vi
per cent reduction in this curtail)
'In our Western territory It will be »ever» felt
by our agents, some of them our oldest. If we dM
a business of $151,000,000 in a year we would land
over there." said Mr. Perkins, pointing to th«
Tombs. "We must do just J13>.000,000. and no mure.
It not only means a great loss 'to the agents who
will be let get but a loss to many men in our office.
It will stop promotion, for that, of course, depends
on the amount 01" business. We shall be at a stand
still tinea we ha' come to the prescribed amount
of Insurance."
At the Mutual Life Insurance Company its «en
eral counsel. ex-JudK# James McKean. said that
that cf/mpany was not considering any reduction.
Last year the Mutual Life did not come within
Sso.<"«r>.o>» of the "danger" line, its counsel said.
He said the company of course would be on th*
lookout so as not to overstep the mark. but at
present no thought ha.i been given M I reduction
in the numb*r of agents.
OPINION FAVORS HOME LIFE COMPANY
Attorneys' Fault Should Not Cause Loss of
Charter. Ohio Attorney General Says.
Columbus. Qhlo. April 2. —Attorney Genera! Den- '{
man has given an opinion to State Insurance Com
missioner Lemert. in which be advises against the; j
revoking of the charter of the Home Life Insurance :
Company of New York because attorneys of the
concern, ignorant -if the Ohio law and without j
consulting the management, had asked for a 1
change of venue In a ease brought against the corn- .
pany by ex-Laeutenant Governor Asa W. Jones, ]
involving the settlement of a policy claim.
Th© law provides that if a foreign Insurance con> i
puny tries to have a case against It transferred ts
another court its charter may be revoked.
COUNTRY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITALS.
Albany. April 2.— A bill introduced to-day by
Senator Hamilton and Assemblyman Whitney,
amends the county law so that private patients j
may be taken in county hospitals for the care of .
persons suffering: from tuberculosis. At present j
the county can care only for the indigent poor at I
almshouses. Toe bill puts the tuberculosis hospi- j
tals under the administration of an expert superin- I
•endent responsible to a board of managers ap
pointed by the board of supervisors. It la also pro
vided that such hospital shall not be a part of
th.- alrashousc. The bill was drafted by th«
State Charities Aid Association.
LOST SEEKING SWEETHEART -V
One life was lost after the firemen and police
had rescued seventv-nve persons from the doubla>
tenement houses at Nos. 93 and mo Baltic tUMt,
Brooklyn, which were burned early yesterday.
Andrew White, twenty-two years old. of No. V 2
Baltic street, fearinr that his sweetheart. Mary j
Wilson, had not been take n out of No. » Baltic J
street, ' entered tho house and was lost in the 9
flames. His sister was able to recognize the body I
•when it was taken out at 6 o'clock. The laniaajal j
amounted ti> «O.OU>. ____«„_____—
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