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.^fl^^. VOV OI ~ LXVIII... N° 22,786. DEBT LIMIT EVIDENCE BRIEF PREPARED TO AID GENERAL TRACY. "Bureau- of Municipal Research Sees Chance to Fur Permanently Method of Computation. Trie Bureau of Municipal Research made pub lic yesterday what is termed a '"brief of the evi dence" taken by General Benjamin F. Tracy, the rrfrree appointed by the courts, in the ap plication of Jefferson M. Levy for an injunction restraining the Controller and the Board of Estimate from certifying or approving of con tracts lor the construction of the Fourth ave nue subway in Brooklyn, to investigate and re port on the debt incurring capacity of the city of New York. The bureau was represented at all the hearings of the referee, and after formu lating it? own conclusions on the evidence taken fubmitted them to general Tracy, in the belief that they would be of service in the preparation of his report, which, it is expected, will soon be ready for submission to the courts. From the evidence taken regarding the bor rowing capacity of the city, as on June 30. I!Mts. the bureau readies the conclusion that the actual borrowing limit on that date was only $3Tit?,o< * \ as against the Controller's figures of s^<m«i.(««' On the other hand, according to the method of computation followed in the "brief." the debt limit, as on January 1. 1909. was £."»."•.-' <••>(••'. as compared with $48,000,000, the fig ures given out by Controller Metx. 71-.< belief is expressed by the bureau that tlse present investigation by General Tracy offers MB opportunity to settle for all time a method of computing the debt limit that would prevent un certainty and confusion in the future. INCLUSION* OF FLOATING DEBT. The most important change in existing meth ods urged in the "brief" is with regard to the extent to which the floating indebtedness in curred by the issue of revenue bonds shall be included in computing the borrowing: capacity. It has been the custom' in the past to Include all revenue bonds Issued in anticipation of taxes, no matter in what year issued, except those issued in anticipation of taxes of the current year. The Bureau of Municipal Research points out that the constitution clearly provides] that the | only outstanding revenue bonds which should ' be included are those •outstanding against the j uncoJk-cted taxes of levies beyond a period of ; five years from the date abut the computation | is made. In sur'nrrt of this view it :« pointed out that the Board of Estimate, in authorizing an issue cf J56.000.000 of corporate stock to wipe out that portion of th*» unvollected taxes of levies I<ricr t<.< 3905 deemed uncollectible, practically aboHshec!, as an asset against which revenue bonds could be issued or remain outstanding. the uncollected taxes of levies prior to that year. Controller M<--tz. in making up hi? debt state ner.t«. has Included only that portion of the SJS.OOP.f'C- oi corporate stock authorized to wipe out uncollectible tax«~«: of the levies prior to 1905 which was actually issued at th" time the con'.p'Jtati^n »-as made. The bureau maintains that the whole of this $36/100.000 of corpora?* jitPck. whether issued or not, should be Included" la the computation. The reason urged for thi< change Is that, under , the existing method of including all revenue bor.d> outstanding except the«r of the current year, it is possible for the Controller, by increasing or reducing the amount rf revenue bonds issued against uncounted tas«s of formxr years in any year in which it is sought to ascertain the city's borrowing ca j.acity. either V) inciease or reduce that limit at *:]'. as h«>. has absolute power in determining ■■hat amount of ■•' ■".'.:'■ bonds shall be issued at any time within the limits Fet forth in the constitution. SINKING FUND HOLDINGS. Tliemxt important change urged In the "brief Is in reference to the proportion of sinking fund fcoi<i:ngs that should be added to the gross debt and the proportion of sinking fund holdings that should b<* deducted in arriving at the net debt •wh^n computing the borrowing margin. It has been the custom, in arriving at the city's gross to a<*d tv the amount of bonds outstanding la the hands of the public those I -id by th sinking f-jnd. Uf-a all avatei and county bond*. en the ground that these bonds are exempt: but, !n asc.-rtainir:s th" net debt to deduct the entire holdinr: of the sinking fends, including exempt " ■ r.rsd county bonds, regardless of the nat are of the d?tt for the redemption of which they *re held. The Bureau of Municipal Rest-arch hclds that tf.is practice should be modified, and th^.t ♦•\e;npt water nr:«l county bonds held by the finking funds for the redemption of bonds that arc r.ot exempt should, in computing the gross o>bt. be deducted frcm th- outstanding obliga tions of the city and should be included as an ■oa " of the sinking fund hi arriving at the net d"bt. In support of this change it Is urged that .v.hen cxvmj.t bonds become a holding of th" linking fund whose assets are pledged for th»; tvdetmvtioh of -exempt bonds those bond t-hould b^ disregarded in arriving at the gross o>bt, but that only such exempt water and count}* bond* as are held for the redemption of exempt bonds by the -inking fund should be deducted in getting at the net. debt. Heretofore,- it has been customary to deduct from the gross indebtedness the cash proceeds of sands sold, but rot transferred to the ac counts for which they were sold at th- time of the computation. The bureau's ••brief" urges that this cash should not be deducted from the rros-s, indebtedness iinle.<?« it is available only for the purposes for which the bonds were sold. Tina change in method applies to cash receipts from the M'.e of corporate stock sold for "va . ri'ius municipal purposes" not transferred, and which, because the bonds have bean sold for the delightfully indefinite "various municipal pur poses." may be transferred to any within the «ho!e range of permanent improvement ac counts. MET APPROPRIATI4 INS. • ''" last definite change urged is that the y-ariy contributions included in the budget ap propriations for the redemption of bonds pay able rrom taxation in the year to which the bcdg<-t applies, and the annual instalments paid *rom budget appropriations for the redemption «? bonds payable from taxation in the future Should be deducted from the value of sinking fund holdings at the first of eavh year. The reasons for this change are obvious. If the *"•*! necessary to redeem bonds is paid to the linking funds then either the bonds or . the nwney ■>■■< i' deduct-d from the value of the "nklng fund holdings. POINTS NEEDING CLASSIFICATION. In addition to these definite recommendations Utt "brief" calls attention to a number of im portant points, which it says have been either completely Ignored or incompletely covered in tht evidence taken before General Tracy, 'and which the bureau believes should be accurately Icjitsuwl on tctond p^ea- mr n - mnrr^. . bn l^:^7^rr. r,., wina . NEW-YORK. MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1909. -TWELVE I'AiiES. PACIFIC USER WRECKED. Warships of Pacific Fleet Save Pas sengers ami Mails. I By Telegraph to The Tribune ; San Francisco, April 4. — A wireless message to-day brought news of th» wreck at Point Tosca, near the entrance to Magdalena Bay, of the Pacific Mail steamer Indiana, bound from Panama to San Francisco. Admiral Swin burne and vessels of the Pacific fleet came to the rescue and took off the passengers, baggage and mails At »v,int Tosca the c i ast tnkes a sharp turn to the \v>st. As there was ■ heavy fog, it Is T^sum^d that the helmsman of the Indiana con tinued on th<- northerly course too long. Rookpts were sent up after the vessel struck. and th° warships soon sent boats to the rescue. As th« sea -a? calm, no difficulty was experi enced in transferring the passengers and mail Captain Robinson nr.d the vessel's crew of sixty men arc standing by the wreck, which is in no Immediate danger of going to pieces. There is fourteen feet of water in four of th" six holds, so there is liitle hope of floating the vessel. Th Indiana was valued at J2"o.nnn and the cargo at ICE IP wo PER CENT. Wholesale Dealers of Newark (rive Notice of Increase. The price of i< ■<■ will be Increased !"<» per cent in Newark to-day, in accordance with action taken at a secret meeting of the wholesale deal ers recently. Perhaps th« greatest hardship will result from the plan to eliminate the sale of ice in S-eeat plocrs. Householders « ili now have to pay T«> cents a hundred instead 01 ."».". cents, while the larger consumers will have to pa >•' a ion insfejn] of (250. The wholesalers served notice on the retailers that, beginning to-morrow, they would have to pay '?."• a ton for ice "at the bridge." as against fSSO, the price since th" end of the summer. The retailers gave notice of the Increase to saloonkeepers, restaurateurs and householders, with the result that a general howl ha- gone up which may lead to agitation similar to that of three years ago. At that time it was suggested that a municipal, artificial Ice plant be estab lished. The advance will apply to the artificial Ice as well as te the natural supply. FOR FREE SYNAGOGUE. At Second Anniversary Celebration $50,000 Is Raised. At the second anniversary celebration <>f the Free Synagogue, held yesterday at the Majestic Theatre. $.V>.«*V» was raised for a new building. Jacob H. Schiff and Adolph L*wianhn gave Sl". <«»i each, and I. N. SeHgman and Henry Morgen thau $3,000 each. The remainder was contrib uted in smaller sums. Dr. Emil G. Hlrsch. rabbi of Sinai Temple, of Chicago, ma-; the principal address, in •which he said that if a Jewish nation were to ;•'■ established In Pal estine he would remain behind. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, rabbi of the Free Syna gogue, after the contribution* were announced said that not long ago threats were made thtt if be continued to make certain remark? from his pulpit support would be withdrawn from him. Dr. Wise declared that Immediately thereafter four of the men who contribute most to the Free Synagogue assured him of their agreement with the position he had taken. Within ■ few months, he said, three men who were about to leave the Jew ministry had said to him that if they could stand in such a pulpit as his they would remain in the ministry for the remainder of their lives. SAY HE TOOK $60,000. Railway Postal Clerk Wanted in Boise Arrested at Capital. - iqgton. April Charged wltli obtaining *60 woo »n<!< r false pretences while ensc.-.g-d In business at I-'-:-. Idaho, Roy M. Wright thirty-six years old. ■. railway postal clerk, said to be a mem i^r of a prominent Kentucky family, was arrested In this city ,-,:,,- at •■• request of the Dolne au thorities. Wright, who declares he ' a ■**« cousin of Kf-r» rcsentattve Langley. of Kentucky, s.nys the amount Involved is only ?60«). He has not learned the ex art nature of the charge*, but he assorts that It was brought about by a man from whom he obtained good* valued at ?«(••> to be •hipped to another per con pn<l for wliich lie refused to nay. because the n.-«oi, to wl.om he sliipp'd the goods would not give him the iron-- Hi »sr« that he Is willing to re turn and stand trial, and would have returned vol untarily if he had known that an Indictment .was out against him. He says be was engaged In the i.-.. . -.-.- and loan business at Boise for y-ars. n',<\ afterward entered the cattle, raising business. M , hae been employed in the railway mail servlc for «i* weeks. FAIL TO SAFE DAI OUTER Parents Badly Burned Fire Con sumes Historic Virginia House. Winchester. Va . April 4 Miss Virginia Car ter, th* >o U n? daughter of Ree S .> H. Carter, was burned to death to-daj in a lire of unknown origin which destroyed her borne, Felloe House, at Rest, this county, one of the historic struct ures of the state. Hi and .Mrs. Carter were badly burned in a futile effort to save their daughter, but ar«- expected to recover. Yellow House was more than two hundred v.-ars o!d. George Washington stopped then while on his way to Braddock's relief at Fort Duquesne. ;«nd during the Civil War it was the hmne of Miss- Rachel Wright, whose information to GeneraJ Sh< ridan uas of such value to the federal army during Ms valley campaign that Congress voted her a pold mrd;:l in appreciation of her services. TWO MORE 'SLEEPERS" FOUND. Inspector on American Line Pier Finds Suit Cases Containing Cutlery. A f=i>e<-ial inspector on the nlsrht staff of the sur vey..- ■> d"r<artnv;nt. assigned to special duty on Pier 15 of the American Line, made ■ seizure early yesterday morning of two suit cases, containing about tW worth of fine cutlery. The scheme of the syndicate of gown importer* to vet some *S.m worth of gowna Into the country In the form of "sleepers' inspired two sailors Of the Philadelphia to conceal the cutlery in two suit caw which were taken ashore with the passen gers' baggage on Saturday night, soon after the fCSSCJ docked The suit cases were discovered and proved to Be the property of two sailors. Each cafe contained a carving jet sliver mounted. The names and addresser of the sailor? were taken- and the rooJs sent to the Appraiser's Stores. The custom? officials denied a report that t»o trunks containing gouns had been found on me American Une pier oq Saturday night. , TARIFF RULE TO-DAY MR. DWIGHT SAYS HE IS CERTAIN., Republican Whip Speaks After Thorough Canvass of Situation — Mr. Payne Also Confident. i t ram The Tribune Bureau I Washington, April 4 "1 am certain to-nighi that the tariff rule will be" brought int.> the Hous<- to-morrow and passed." This state ment, made late to-nlghl by Representative Dwight, the Republican whip, cleared up a situation which was extremely muddled during the day. Various rumors had it that the House leaders were fearful of bringing in the rule, and that they would allow the- general debate to con tinue for s<'vr-rai days more, so that a stronger grip could be secured on a majorltj of the House. Mr. Dwight, however, after a thorough canvass of the situation advised the Rules. Com nfittte that it would l>e entirely saf. to bring ill a ru!<-. and that the situation was better to night than it has been at any time during the last week. This optimistic- \ lew was shared b> Repn sentative Payne,, who said: "The rule wfl] be brought in and passed unless the situation changes overnight." By a "change in the situ ation" he meant that a meeting of the coal and lumber Insurgents called for to-morrow morn- Ing at :• o'clock might cause tin- leaders to hold back the rule for a day or two. Tins.- insur gents, headed by Representative Cushman, of Washington, <an hard I j must.: more than twentj votes against the rule -some of the lead ers say twelve but it Is possible their forces may be augmented to-morrow, and that they will be able to command enough votes to pre vent the adoption, ;md therefore the presents tfcm, of the rule. Th< House leaders estimati that unless more than thirty Republicans vote against the rule It can be passed, and th certain of fifteen Democratic votes If they are needed. As has been told In these dispatches, the Speaker will not hesitate .to avail himself of such Democratic support as ).<■ can command. The •■niir.- Louisiana delegation "ill vote the ropuiar Republicans because they an en tirely satisfied with the bill. This is also tru- of the Pier Ida delegation. A 1 least three mem bers 'mm Georgia and one from South Carolina will also fall i" line, while the < '0i.r.0i., Demo «rats can be counted • i seen to l>e ::i bad straits. [1 g th- i'!;in of the Rules Committee to night to i • off the general debate and to ;.r.>' a vote r:'"\t Sal :■ Should the presentation of a rule be deferred Lhe thin! reading will be ordered and th- tneaa in u.ted. para graph by paragraph, under the flv< mln it< The H-M re-- • I lowa, « ho were reported to !• ippos«*cl to the rule i !t f.iHs to ;• ■ Be tl bx on beer, hav< fall- n Into line and will vote with tl • • Mr. Murdock said to-night t I w6uld not im the passagi 01 the bill through the H i.'.t that h< ate to hs\e ti;.- •■■■•■; tax I on hides restored GEN. HOOT II S MESS. I (iE. Tells the American People What The// Should Seek. General William Booth, whose eightieth bin fiiy anniversary la to be celebrated throughout the world on Saturday, replied to the scores of congratulatory > able messages a ready received from Governors, Mayors and other men of prom inence with a m-- age to the American people. which was given out at the American headquar ters of the Salvation Army here yesterday as follows: After s[.. niiii g eitflii ears in tliis world almost countless opportunities !•■: observing tii- purposes for which men generally live ti" disappointments ti..> so commonly suffer, ii it 1 should have ' nitinion ;• - to ri • rourw th. \ ought to foi'ow it ihe> are to have anj real - iccesn So on this. 'I!-, eightieth birthday. ! tell the \ri!<Tie.in people this: If they will seek the honor of <;o<i. i*■ - - reign of righteousness, tht welfare of fh< friendless pooi and th< riches" that endure forever with th. sanie self sacrific ing avidity '.\it!i which thej Beck the wealth and pleasures of thin world, the; will have a good chance of fii ling I t life of satisfaction which .now bo often eludes th< m and of building up .i pattern nation for the world to Imitate. WOMAN DOWNS THUG WITH JIU JITSU Chicago Ruffian Catches Tartar in Nurse Skilled in Japanese Defence. Chicago, April -Miss Wiimn Berger, a twenty year-old student nurse at the Henrotin Hospital, found practical use to-night for the art of jiu jitsu. which she studied under a Japanese, teacher three years ago. < Miss Bergei was walking near the luke chore drive when she was attacked by a husky young man, who threw her to the ground, placing Ids band over h«»r mouth to prevent her screaming Accord- Ing to the rules of the Japanese system Miss Ber ger yielded for a moment to her opponent. When his hold was relaxed she struck him in the face and scrambled to her feet. As the man tried to »ei»e h"r again she caught hold of Ills loft arm and kicked his feet from under him. This enabled her to escape and she ran down the street Into a police man's arms. A MARATHON RUNNER DIES. Frederick Rnmsby Collapses on English Track and Fails to Fall". Hull. England, April i A Marathon runner. Frederick Rumsby, collapsed while competing in a twenty mile run here yesterday. He was carried from the track, but soon lost conscious ness. Hi died to-day. Rumsby won n Mara thon race h< re last year. CALLS SOLOMON CLEVER, NOT WISE. Rabbi Denies That Monarch of Biblical His fory Wrote Ecclesiastics. IBv Ttleirrcfrh >■■ The Tribune I Philadelphia. April J. The Rev. Isaac Landnian, one of the leading rabbis of this city, at Temple lf . s^tii lsiai-l this morning declared the wisdom of Bokwnoa to |i>i nothing more serdms than the tai-s "f ti.e Arabian Mights •■uiri that that nage at htetory di-l aot write the book of E deals tea ■rip«i= siat. ments were n»ade In the course of a discourse on "The Modernncsa of l^'i,:. Heroes," in whleli he sal I "Solomon prays for wisdom, but his wisdom (■Mire? out in clevc-rncs at solving riddles, coining phrases ami turning, proverbs. It Is the wisdom of i!,- Arabian Nights tales, nothing 'more s-erious. True, the monarch gives utterance to beautiful thoughts at the dedication of the^ temple, but thers It endf, like so many moderns." AGED WOMAN HONORED FIFTY YEARS A SERVANT IN JERSEY HOME. Dinner Mistress Gives for Her Is Made the Occasion of a Family Reunion and Many Gifts. [Bj Telegraph to Tlw New Brunswick, N. J.. April 4 Mr-. Mary Grogan, for aft* years a servant in the family of Abial Price, of South River, was the most honored woman in thai town to-day. From far and near friends came to offer their congratula tions, and the Price family decorated their whole house and served a great dinner from 4 to ■ o'( lock, to which all were welcome, and opened many bottles of champagne and drank to the health of the faithful old woman probably the only servant In the country who has never asked for an afternoon off and has never asked for a "rase." Golden gifts were showered upon Mary, until her eyes were filled with tears and she wepi that they were too good to her, that she didn't deserve it all. and that she had simply perform.-.! her duty as she had seen it. Hanging on the wall beside the dinner table was an old pitcher in which Mary had made yeast for many years, and next to it was a his: bread pan. with holes burned in it in several places, in which had been baked the bread which had been the pride of the Price family for so many years. Arid while the guests came and .!• parted the Riverside Orchestra, of South River, played away, and everybody was happy. A \>\k birthday « ake, supporting fifty candles and two Irish Rags, adorned the table. On it n-ere the numerals IHS&-19U9. William Price, first recollection is of the tender care of Mary, earn* on from New York, where he is a lawyer, to Join in the festivities. ••I don't like the Idea of referring to Mary as a servant." he said. "She has always been 'rented ;js one of the family, and I like t<> think of her as such." Mrs. Abial Price, who hired .Mary fifty yean ago at $I<K) a year, and who is Just about her at,-.-, v. as as happy as Mary. It was on April .">. 1.5.19, that Mrs. Grogaa came to the Prince home from Ireland. She has not i n to New fork in fort) years, and only occasionally comes to itj to attend mass 'at St. Peter*o church. of which she la a member. She was eighty-two years old last February. She ia in good health, good eyesight and la a great reader. She baa three children, one of whom. Mrs. Mary •>! this city, was present tit the celebra tion. A son is ill m Trenton, and another son la West and could not • ume. LAMBS' MINSTREL SHOW. Arrangements Completed for Club's "All-Star (ram hoi." The Lambs, at -.< meeting yesterday after noon, completed arrangements for their "all • i " which viii enlist the services of • ■ ■ prom -1..-, in this country, ami which will embrace every lait:*- city in tin.- uoun t i. 1 rtenger, or Klaw- & Krlanger, will manager of the tour. Joseph • Ita i Dingwall, will be the busi . ■ - .-'us Thomas general . • tor. it v. ill !>•• the best novelty that : ganization I ted In many imbol is to be nothing less than an old ■; minstrel show. Several of the large I N fork are already making elaborate preparations for the arrival bs, anci the si^rln .>:' all the stars now <.n the American stage marching through the streel n tnlnstrel uniform ami h< bj \ . tor Herbert and his band of fifty pieces will !• tei attraction than all the circus parades that could v-- devised. The tour begin with a performance at the Metropolitan Opera Hon.-. on Monday, May -4. Thei vi! 1 i. only one performanci here. Then the Lambs Minstrels will visit Boston, Phila delphia. Pittsburgh Chicago, etc., travelllrig on ;i tram ••! ten ears, which will be equipped with all modern devices. A partial list of the i kh | I .am ha follow i On Monda) night, May "_'J. Metropolitan Opera House, New York; Tuesday afternoon. Ma J.">. Hyperion Th atre, Ne« Haven; Tuesday niKhi. May _•".. Boston Theatre, Boston; Wednesday afternoon, Maj 26, Academj of Musi . Brook lyn; Wednesdaj night, Maj -*'>. N>u Forrest Theatre or Hammerstein'a Opera House. Phlla i; Thursday afternoon, Maj 'JT. Belasco Theatre or Chase's rheatre, Washington; Thursdaj night, Maj -~. Baltimore; Pridaj af ternoon, M... _ K . Kaclid Avenue < i ra House, Cleveland; Frldaj night. May :>. Nixon Thea tre. Pittßburg; Saturday afternoon and night, May -".'. Auditorium, Chicago. The Lambs confldentlj expect this _year to plaj to more than si<h».(mm». which .sum, if real ized, will be d< v01., i to getting a site for their new clubhouse and in the enlarge rn.nt and im provemenl et i!i-;r cliib facilities. LABOR'S (HUP ON FRANCE. Uniting to Force Government to Admit Right to Strike. fans. April 4 The revolutionary labor organ izations have made another move In their cam paign against tht government. A meeting, which was attended by ICV.tHK) workmen, was held to-daj on the initiative of the unions at electricians and masons. A large number of postal and othei govern meni servants were present, and members of various unions. citizen P t ataud, secretarj' of the Electricians' inion. .and M Jfvetot a leader of the General Confederation of Labor, made revolutionary speeches, as did also several other labor agita tors. A resolution was then adopted that the workmen should unite to obtain the liKht to strike for the employes of the state, it was de cided also to appoint a central strike committee, the nam.s of whose members will be kept secret to prevent their arrest. This committee will be empowered to take whatever action it deems proper, and maj eve^n < all a general strike in case of repressive measures on the part of th' 1 govei nmeni HAS MORF. LIVES THAN A CAT. Twelve Stabs. Severed Throat, Acid and Two- Story Fall Fail to Kill Mexican. Chicaco. April 4.— lndalecto Alarco'n, twenty seven years old, said tr> be the son of a plantation owner of Parrat, Mexico, tried unsuccessfully to commit suicide to-day by stabbing himself twelve times in the left side, cutting his throat, swallow ing carbolic acid In port wine and throwing him self but ol a third ■■■• window. At ti«e hospital he recovered consciousness, but physicians say he may die of loss of .blood. Ajarjcon said lie did not know how to account for his desire to kill himself. He was employed la a detai-unent store. -.--.-■;• PARENTS PART BOY DIES. • - Hangs Himself After Brooding Over Family Difficulties. William Cooper, sixteen years old. deliberate;; stranglrd himself to , death yesterday in th home of his father. Oliver Cooper, at No. 50$ Knickerbocker avenue. Wiiliamsburg. The boy. who was a printer's apprentice, had been brood ing over the troubles of his parents. His father got a divorce from his mother on March 19 The boy was greatly attached to his mother, but refused to be separated from hi? father. Cooper places all the blame for his family troubles on his wife. Cooper ts a foreman employed by the printing firm of K. W. Tuttle & Co.. at Nos. 106 and 10> Liberty street. Manhattan. There is another son. Oliver, eighteen years old. who. with his father, went to a restaurant at noon yesterday. William declined to so. saying he did not feel well. After dinner young Oliver started on a trip to Coney Island. The father went home and found William hanging from th- bedpost in his room. SUICIDE AT NIAGARA. Score See Man Swept to Death (her Luna Falls. . ■ Niagara Falls, N. V.. April 4.— An unknown man abouj thirty-eight years old committed s'.ii dde this, afternoon by jumping into the river from Luna Island. A score of people saw him swept over the falls. The man's actions were not unusual, and even when he clambered up on the bridge railing no one expected that he was going to jump. He stood on the railing for a second or two, peering down into the water, an' 1 then plunged in head foremost. He was described as a One looking man, weighing about one hundred and eighty pounds, with black hair and mustache. His overcoat was found on the bridge. The authorities hope to establish his identity by means of a child's ring found in one of the pockets. Luna Falls is the smallest of the cataracts, but it has never given up its dead. NEW WIRELESS PHONE. In Use Between Massachusetts and Washington, It Is Said. { By T>l«-(rrrv.h ' ' Th» Tribune. I Boston. April 4.— Reginald a. Fessenden. of Brant Rock. Mass., has perfected a system of wireless telephony which is pronounced a suc cess, and, according to Elihu Thompson. has surpassed Marconi. The United States Navy Department failed to interrupt the waves in a recent test of the efficiency of the new system, it la said. Fes* mi- keeps the details of his in vention a secret, but wireless messages between Brant Rock and Washington are now of fre quent occurrence, and apparatus for battleships with a radius of one thousand miles are soon to be installed, it is declared. GIFT BRINGS MILLIONS. Woman Who Helped Brother Goto Pacific Coast Rewarded. ■ By T<*!epra.ph to Th« Tribune. J Haver hi 11 Mass.. April — After a struggle lor years against poverty, endeavoring to make both ends meet from the scanty income of a little provision store here. Mrs. J. T. Oxnard is now to receive a large share of a $10,996,999 estate left by her brother. Charles A. Warren, of San Fran cisco. Warren died in tha; city about r i.*ht weeks :<(;••. He was one of the wealthiest and h- st known contractors on the Pacific roast. A gift ..r only a few dollar?, given by his - -• \e;irs ago to Warren, when he was sixteen yean o!d and sailed around the Horn to make his fortune, was never forgotten, and is now i with millions GOMEZ MAY QCIT POST. Rumor That Vein tint Will He Temp orary President Caracas. April 1 (via Willeinsta.l. April I Is reported that the new President. J. Vicente Gomes, may turn over the Presidency tempo rarily to .f a VelutmJ, the second Vice-Presi dent of the republic. Castro mad- Gomes Presi dent when he sailed for Europe oa Noveml i 9 last. i.e«s than a month lat^ Gomes overthrew the existing government, appointed a new Cab inet unil mad<- himself President It was believed that the deposed President would remain abroad, bui now that he is bound In the direction of Venesueta tin- wildest con jectures are made it is hardly thought that castr.. will *?o beyond Port-of-Spata, Trinidad, because there is a certainty ol Imprisonment, and probably death, if he lands here. The gen eral opinion is that Castro will make his resi dence in Trinidad and await a favorable oppor tunity to start a rebellion. Willemstad April 4 -J. Velasco. Governot of the state of Tachira ami husband of Castro's sister, is on his way from Maracai' <• to I-a ruayra. H« la accompanied by his wife, and if. Is believed 'hnt their visit has to da with th ■■ approach <>f the former PresM I THREE ITALIANS SHOT. Victims Threaten Vengeance One Arrest Made. Three Italians were shot early this mornins: at Broomeand Sullivan streets. Thej were taken to .St. Vincent's Hospital, all in a serious condi tion. When the police tried to ;irol>e into th» hhootlng they were met with the usual Italian evasiveness. The hest they could k. t Iron the three was a muttered "I'll attend to that my self - The injured men said the* were Peter Ro mania, thirty-two yean old. of No. .'lilt Bast 1 66 t1i street, who was shot through the spin and la in ■ serious' condition; Frank Eftuichirea, thirty-one > '.irs old, Of No. J2 Thompson street who has a bullet in each shoulder, and Joseph f.auria. thirty-two years old. of Xo 74 Thomp son street, who was shot in the left si<l-\ just al ove the heart. The prisoner charged with tha tbeotfag said he was Samuel Mele, twenty-seven yean of No. ,">4 Sullivan street. Patrolman • Decker, of the Macdousal street station, says he saw seven or fight men leav-. a Raines law hotel near Broonie and Sullivan streets and stand on the corner, talking in low tones. One of them drew a revolver and emp tied it in the crowd. They all scattered and led. even the three wounded men also trying to es cape. U'rf""'- "~ ' PRICE THREE CENTS. MORE JOIN PARK FIGHT UNITE AGAINST ACADEMY OF DESIGN PL AS. Opposition lo (ialleru There Concent trating in C&zemsf Committee — City Club's B'icf. opposition to the invasion of Central Park 'Of the National A. ad-my of Design is concentrat ing in the citizens" committee, of which S«th> Ln lo chairman and Kugene A. Philbin. presi ilent of the Park and r"ia\ ground Association., is vice-president. Joseph G. Deane. chairman of the legislative committee of the City l'!;b. who has rent In his name as a member, said yesterday that the City Club committee had forwarded a brief against the hills now at Albany. n. It would establish a dangerous precedent. Mr. Deane amid, to permit the academy to have •> gallery in th- park. If the bills were passed and signed by the Governor, the City Club would make active opposition when they came befora the Mayor for approval, he added. Julius Henry Cohen, chairman of the legisla tive committee of the Citizens Union, who ha* joined the citizens' committee, said yesterday that as the National Academy of Design pointed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a prece dent, so would many worthy private enterprises point to the National Academy as precedent, it the bars were let down. He added: . ■;-■'_ "Central Park is the natural breathing spot for great masses of people, and with the increas ing congestion in the city the park i* beconvng more and m >r ■• valuable A great many worthy enterprises would be advanced by being placed in the park, and there are a great many outalda the park that would te helped by being permit ted to use the park as an approach. 'ONLY SAFE COURSE." "Take the New Theatre, as an example. It would be a fire thing if the park, from 'Utli street south, could be changed into an approach, for the theatre. The Ethical Culture School, at • ;:;.i street and Central Park West, of which I am one of the trustees, would be vastly im proved by a handsome approach. But if all worthy enterprises could be aided in this way there would be little left of the park for breath ing purposes. The only safe course to pursue is to take one general stand against all private en terprises that seek to utilize the park. We have a representative at Albany who is working against the hills." Charles W. Leavitt. jr.. a civil engineer. of So. 220 Broadway, who is a member of the com mittee appointed by the American Society of Landscape Architects to protest a?ain3t the in vasion, said last evening: "I disapprove of this, in the first place, be cause ihe site Is inaccessible- to nearly every body. The plan is unnecessary, because th* academy now has a site far more accessible If the scheme should go through, the scads say would occupy space which the city appropriated for park purposes and not for buildings, and it should be opposed by the general pub.: for whom Central Pnrk -was created." Mr. Leavitt said he would oppose the schema before the Governor and the Mayor both as an individual and as a member of the committee appointed by the American Society of Landscape Architects. ARTISTS FRIENDS OF PARK. Edwin W. Deming. the Indian and anima! painter and sculptor, said that artists should be among tne best friends of Central Park and should be the last to advocate any scheme for encroaching on it for the benefit of a private society. He said he believed that artists sen erally were opposed to the invasion. ••I bops the at lib will be defeated in its purpose." said Mr. Deming. "We haven't half enough parks now. If the city were *' furnish, a site for a gallery, it should be fey a public in stitution that would be open continuously for the public, ana not for the benefit of a private society, which a few men control." Goodhn Livingston, of Trowbridge * Living ston, architects, of No SSI Fifth avenue, said that if the academy were admitted to the par* there were a number of other institutions which should have the .-am*- right. •The academy. said Mr. Livingston. 'i* c«r ..., n1v a highly respectable institution, but. on the other hand, it is possible that some other society may spring up much •- the academy did. and feel that it also should have a site in Central Park. There are too few parks in th * city, anyway, and any encroachment on them by any institution not under the control of th» state or national government should be pre vented." Resolutions opposing the plan, introduced by the New York District Council of th Brother hood of Painters and Decorators, were adopted yesterday by the Central Federated Union. Tha Assembly men and Senators from New York City and the Mayor and Board of ."Aldermen wert» called on to use their best efforts to defeat th« bills. It was decided to send a copy of tha resolutions to the Mayor and the Board of Al dermen and to Governor Hughes and the chair man of the Committee on »-.- - FIST FIGHT IS HELLEVVE. Policeman Sat/s Four Visitor* to Hospital Attacked Him. Two young men. who described themselves t» the police of th East "..Vh street station as Ed ward Gordon, clerk, of No. ♦*'•"> East -"4th street, and Edward aroy, laborer, of No. 318 East :-.4th street. Were arrested yesterday afternoon in the surgical ward of Bellevue Hospital on charges of intoxication and disorderly conduct, as the result of a fist fight. They were released under *."•<*> ball each, for which John S. Shea. Republican leader of the 11th Assembly Dis trict, became surety. According to Patrolman George Hatmaker. Cordon. Conroy and two other young men vis ited the hospital to see a friend among tha patients, and Hat maker and Assistant Superin tendent M J. Ric,kard say the four were under the Influence of Usjnar. when the policeman, who is detailed to Bellevue. ordered the men to leave, he says that the four fell upon him and beat him with their fists. He finally over powered Gordon and Conroy and the other two disappeared. On the way to the station tha prisoners, according to Hatmaker. told him that they would have him "broke." • * m NINETEEN ITALIAN BOYS LOCKED UP. Arrested for Insulting Passersby in Moti Street— Refused to Pay Fines. Nineteen Italian?, all young fellows, wen ar raigned yesterday In the Essex Market police court, charged with using loud and profane language and insulting piisaerab] in front of an Italian resort in Mott street. Magistrate Krote* fined each $1. and as not one of th- wanted ir, part wtta a dollar they all were locked up over Sunday.