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NEW-YORK THURSDAY, .U LY 20, 1911.-TWELVE PAGES. *
PRICE
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Itaanrl Hobahafli.
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Declares a Government Commis
sion to Regulate Great In
dustries Desirable.
HIS DECLARATIONS RADICAL
Pnces of Staplcs Fixed by Agree
ment Between Producers, Not
by Competition, He Says
to Minnesota Bar.
li 19 M'.'iti. Oen<
, * Minn.-s.it..
re i<>-fia> io 'k
i i ? .Mi .rn the further f?'<i?-rai
? . rporatlons, snd d?**clai*sd
aslon to reflju*
- na, in
i aal the Intrrstste < lona*
rnmtnlsslon n-guletea rallflraya,
? u.iMiiy most dealrable and thal
aaolutely neceBssry.
m ? wii kershsn .- Bps?Bfl h waa ilttls
^ r>ri - I ln msn*. of Its fsst
ll<- dei Isrsd H.at it w*l* t mat
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ticablfl 1 ? ? u'\ ? '<? the pro
: porstlon comml
. s Tn (Im tliis ll
iiii Blmply requlre an <-%ian
> by whlch tho Inter
-, controla
i ids.
? i iU-1111111.i. Mr.
*\\., k< -1 'i. no longef flontmi*
i Btatea. Por > ?*t-*.
In all ths urcat
i hsve beei Rsi .1 bj
thr- j,riti.ii.;il ]T..
.. noi bj .. n rrmal plsy "f fr<Be
< ompstli lon.
. |on, th-* At Ior*
ir |, arould prevenl \i"
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Remarks Make Deep Impress.on.
irl k< raham'B di clnra
? ii he baa made
tl life. Hla
? :-. Impresslon. There
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Attorney < ;? il rai J i'1"
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mmerce ls im
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New Appl.cation of Princip'e.
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DO YOU doubt that
we are ihe smartest
nation on carth?
Patcnt No. 1,000.000 will
be issued in Washington
next week to some brighr
inventor. This doubly ouf
distances our next competi
tor in recorded inventions.
Read the proud record in
next Sunday's Tribune
VV. H. VANDERBILT'S BONDS
He Once Owned $48,050,000?
Intercst $160,000 n Month.
Waahllafton, .Tnly 19. T't.M.f that thr
eidor Wllllani H. Vanderbl|1 oaoa oarned
sis.o.-.u.iaai in govemment bonds, ob
whlch he received Intereat nf |1 ^82,000
a year, has beea found la ..id Treaaury
recorda. The Intereal checks show thal
the goveniinent rai.i blm floXMWO a
month. One ot tho departmenl statls*
tl, ui*. haa calculated that Mr. Vander
blll i*ecelved 9230 every hour of tho day
and nlghl and 9866 e*rery mlnute.
FIND B0NES IN THE MAINE
Searchers Discover Human Skull
and Parts of Jawbones.
Havang, .iniv 1 f* Fragmenta nf bonea
believed to reptreaen! thraa bodles wara
-4ecovered thla afternoon frona tho wrech
of th.* Ifalne, Tho dlacovery waa made
ln b r,i!f> of aaad nnd rubMsh nn tba
maiii deck, almoal directly beneatb an
Inverted ronnlng tower, whlch had been
iip.apt snd hurled alxty feal afl from Ita
original pooltlon, an.l cloaa tn tho ?p..t
where the bonea of a fool Incased In a
ahoa snd other fragmenta were found
several weeka ago.
The bonea conalated of a akull mlnua
the lower Jaw, the frontal part cruahed
ln, aeveral fragmenta of Jaw bonea and
portiona nf vertebrae. Other spUntered
fragmenta were nol Identlfled.
The bonea ^t-n discolored and or.rai in
eruated and unleaa pcanribly the teeth af
gmxie .low they wlll ba llated runong
tho "unknown."
Tho work of exploring Ihe errech waa
Internipted to-day by the neceeadty of
1, ttlng in f'.'ir feet Of vvator fnr th" pur
.-? floating a acow used sa a recep
tacle for wreckage. Probably the laat
of iho water aurroundlng the errech wlll
I.. | tirnped oul in a day or two.
PLAYS TAG WITH PRIMARIES.
Asserably Substitutes Warren
Bill?Then Reconsiders Action.
| R Tfogrraiih tn l*hl Tr.hun. 1
,i 20 The Aeaembl*. ear,y
ro-day ' Eaal and loose arlth t*r.e
Imary propoaltJon, re*, iralng
Itself aava ral linvs.
By B votonf 66 to65 Iho Ass.in'.ly tirst
amended the fake dlrecl nomlnatlona blll
reported from the Assembly Judlclary
,-,??.? ite*. ,.., Btibatltutlng for it the
Wam Btate-a Ide ?? very
almllartotltaeones^ocatod by Governor
Hughea. Tha- leadera of both noachlnea
ln the Houae and balf a dosen of thelr
lleutenanta labored In non-partlaan fash?
ion t" klll "ff the meaaure, bul falled,
amld acenea of the wlldest dlaorder, In
which votea were aoliclted by ahouta
acroaa the Aaaembly chamber. Half an
hour earller the Aaaembly voted down
ndments off#red to tho Judlciary
Committee'a blll by Mr. Blauvett, whoae
the blll bore. Theae ama odmenta
dealgned by Blauvelt to perfect hla
meaaure ao that he could father it wlth
. of sa lf-respect They wera
hllled by the bl-partlaan comblnatlon.
After an Intervsl of conaiderlng other
bllla, .i motlon waa made t'? reconalder
the v,,i.' by whkrh the Warren bill had
been aubstltuted for the emaaculated
BlauveH meaaure This was carried, 8fl
to ?">?"? Then a aecond vote <>n th.- War
? ,-is,,ri. was taken, wlth the rna?
chlne forcea ln better control <if thelr
leadera than on the first occaaion. it
,.] in the defeat of the propo
by b vote of ?"?<-' ayea t" B7 noea.
The ? roll call on ihe Blsuvell
blll ns revlsed bj Tammany. 11 waa
paaaed by a vots 01 ~'> to (0, Bpeaker
Prisble eaat lng iho neceaeary aeventy*
aisth vote,
FIND MORE L0ST JEWELRY
Mrs. Whitney's Cigarette Case
and Other Things Recovered.
Pro*4*adence, n i . July II Pollowlng tne
?: iton yeaterday of isra?*l Davta,
red wlth lhe larcenj cf a 8*408 ?na
mond neek! a belonglng t" Ura. Payaa
TS/hltne] e! Nem York, an<i tha rea.v'
K , Mra Whltney i goJd clgar*
,-. an.i aeveral amall artlclea ef Jew
wara found to-day by the p.?i.f
thla dty In the hoipe of Rufua Davta, a
coualn of tha man under arreat, ln Oarrl*
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... . ? ? entlj had lodged wlth hla
,,,.,i had lefl a trunlt there, In
whl.h the artlclea wera dlacovered, to
bi whlch cor/talned Mih
laa.
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ARCHBISHOPFARLEY BETTER
Will Remain at Long Branch for
Another Month.
i ., v ho ' aa bea n 111 at
Noi ooai Park, Long Bi am h, f'.r two
araa reported h.si nlghl t" hava
>,.. ,i practlcalli reatored to normal health
The Archblahop bacaine ll! during tho h?,t
apell, and t;<- '.<i<* n to I e Nam Jeraa i re*
,.,,,, |D ,, , . tremi i w.-..k eondltlon Dr i
loaeph Verror, who attended tbe patlent,
h?a allaeontlnued hla I'lalta I ui the Ara h |
rvili ra oialn al Morwa od i?iK for
i , rnamtli ur more
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TO TRY AMERICAN SYSTEM
E.'iglaii'J Take; Pomts from Us 1*81
Mail Haudling.
a Trlbuna
i..,,u,,ii, Jul) 19. a. .. reaull ol ""
vlsiu recently pald to Ame-rioa bj Major
Waiter A. J OMsara, englneoi m *'''? '
of tha i'.,Hi..fri.. Departmerpt. and olhi i
hlgh i*oatal ofltctsls, tbe Piariaaastei
., . kled 1-, iiiti.Hi'i*? ***'" "
Into thla ? ? inti aoi.'?
, ..,., ii ,.r . utom itl< ? ?< Ivangi **1"' ?'
nal illed ln m ,eral dtlea ot lh?
i nii'ii Statas.
FOUR WOMEN Hlfl)
Machine Became Stalled at
Grade Crossing on Dslaware
<& Hudson Railnad.
CHAUFFEUR LIKELY TO DIE
Two of the Women Killed In
stantly ? Victims Were
Prominent in Saraoga
Springs Society
Troy, .\. v.. Jol) 19. Fonr taromen
were killed and *? chsuffeur asifl arrloufl
ly Injured In sn automoblle i cddsnl sl
Rscevllle, aeven mllea n*tn*th of Orsn*
vtlle, .-it 41.*. o'clock thla *tX**r**oou. Ths
<**ad nre ||n Charlea Wella Jr., Mrs.
t'oorKP \\. fatefl and Mrs. Charlea
Grant, of Barstoafa Bprings, and Mrs.
i~. M. Roblnson, of Boston. The chsuf*
f^ur, Charisa Ostrander, <>r Baretoga
Bprings, hsd both lega and one snn
I'luk.-n. beeldet Bustainlng internal in
jurtos, an.l may n.it rscover.
The automoblle waa Btmck on a grade
CTOSSing l>y the *-'?' "ini BSctiotl of I'.-la
ware & Hudson paasenger train No 138,
of thr> Rutland division, The party had
Bpent the day al Wllllanr***town, Mssa.,
and wnr- returnlng t'i Bsrstoga Bpring
in Mrs. Orsnt'a car. Ostrander saw the
traln Bpprosching ;? ?i<i Bhifted hia gear
from low i" hlgh In sn effort to gel
bci-oss the tracka llrsl In ahiftlng the
gear, howe*?'er, he losl thc apark, ;.i).i the
inn touring car rtopped In thc middk of
the trm 1<
Mn Wella snd Mrs Grsnl were killed
Instsntly; Mra Roblnson died on the
train on the ua- to Grsnvllle, and Mrs.
Tatea dled irhlle belng carri??d i" Ihe
offlce nf r>r. [..ivi.s. bI Grsnville I"'
Trnvi*?. *.?. im is the coroner, wlll mak.' sn
Investigation sl onci
tn. Telearapti lo Th.
Barstoga Bprings N. Y., July 19. The
four vlctirnfl of t1'- fatal automoblle
accidenl near Grsnvllle thla afternoon
were sll prominenl In Bsratoga Bocletj
and WfltTS frotn wealthy fsmilles. Mrs.
Grsnl "as the wldow of Dr. Grant, for
yesrfl "M" of the l?*adlng phystciana of
thla rillage, and a dsughter of CorneUua
Bbeehan. former osrner of the Conarresa
Bpringfl Park. Mrs. Woiis waa a Blster
of Mrs. Grsnl snd tlie wlfe of ? well
knoirn drugglsl here. Bhe wsb sn offlcer
of tho Humsne Boclety. Mrs, ratea
was n clubwomsn and leader In charita
bls Oa**ganlaatlona Bhe leaves B hua
bsnd and three children, two daughtera
and n Bon. Sho formerly llved iti Brook?
lyn. Her husbsnd la a travalling bsJss*
n| B n.
Mrs Roblnson wsb l e wldow "f Dr.
J**ifd*ri<k Roblnson. of Bostbn. and BfSfl
Bpendlng ths Bummer here. The chsuf
four, Ostrander, iiad been operstlng ths
mschine sin'-o BpriiiK. whsn Mra. Grant
at hsr dn.tor's dlrectlon, boughl the au
tomobils i" srhlch the party wsa rldlng.
Relatlves left here to-nlghl Ior Qran
vllle by sutomoblle to bring the bodl< ?
home.
BURBANK CHARGES FRAUD
Says "Pinheaded" Washington
Experts Are Sending Out Trash.
[B psrapl tol ? i'
Ban Kr.m. :>'". July It. Chargefl that
rta ln the Di partmenl of Agrleult?
ure, through Ignorsnce or worss, sre
sending oul tona of "Juat a< good a? Bur
linnk" Bplneless csctus, whlch In n .1 tj
is "ancien! trssh, fluch as tha buildera
0f thc Pyramldfl ln Egypi miKht have
cultlvsted.*' sre made by Luther Burbank
ln ? psmphli t Just publlsh. 1
Mr Burbsnk flres a broadsldi of Bar*
casm snd Bcom si the <-xp. rt*. in tha
department. Hs apeska of his own
Bchlevementa as "the moal valuahli
proYementa In vegetsble life durlng Ihe
centurlea end fully equal In Importsnce
to thfl dlscovery of n new ??? ntlm * I
The experta sl WsBhlngton ar.- called
"low-browed, nsrros gauged and pln
hi Bded employee, who hsve to kei p
Bhoutlng to hold thelr placea snd who
are largely responsible for th* trssh fre<
-... .1 and the trssh ao-cslfod aplnelesa
, actua dlstributlon."
"Only Nine Teara Required t" \\ ? :<?
ip the Bapsrts" is the wsj Mr. Burbank
heads hla pamphlel
TOO MUCH MOTHER IN LAW
Farmer Kills Wife Eecause She and
His Mother Couldn"t Agree.
Chsrlotte, Mich., July 19, willlam i".
[yonsbsrry, ? IVlndsor townshlp fsrmsr,
rhsrgsd wlth having killed his wlfe, .*n
Janusry 1. lUOft, confessed th* crlme int*
to-day, upon belng Informed that Bhsriff
Donovsn had <1hk up ths woman'a body
ln the flh. ep flhi .1 sl his f?rm.
r,..nsl>^rr\ in his w.lwntaiy confssslon
Btatsa that he hlt hia aife Mvsral timea,
end thal when nhs fsll her hesd Btruck
tbe floor wlth force enough to klll h r
Both he and his mother trled to rm h
the woman. hs aald, bul ?- ? >? j i.i not Ha
ponf<*ss<-><l t" burylng the body la ths
Bhet i> flhed.
lf.. aaya the trouble all itartsd ovsr
Ibe I..'* thal hla wlf? and sged iin.tp.-r
c-ould i."t gel along together. Mfben iifl
sformsd of the Bnd Ing of thi bod .
i,, egclalmsd: "l'ta undone. i am ruinedi
;in,i ur on n mother La ths oause of it
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A HOKE SMITH" WATERMELON
It Is One of the Biggcat Productions
of Gcorgia
tA'sshlngton, Julj II Watsrtnelonfl grow
x,> iiuk" In .;.--.ii;'.' "'"' tha*" ? ?? Lim..i
Ona welghlng '?-'? pounda arrived al thc
House -.ui' ?? building ls daj fi-on .ir...i
COUIlty, 'ia . COIlSlgnSd 10 Rfl |'i?-.-.-ni ui-,.
? :,?i,i. ni,, i -,-. .,i tbal atate n wsa pul ....
exblbltlon al the entrsnee to the buildlng.
.?ut in thfl rlnd * '?- "Hski ahnlth, lha
rnm* of thfl tJiBSaTflfl Banatflir-flrtati and
Oovernor. Th? in.-i.<n. whlck *.*?* toa Larg.
. ,,.,.?? nt m an ordlaai bai ra?|, ?,.
,, k. -l Ib " *P* ? * '? fll
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LOSS, HALF A MILLION
25,000 Brooklynites See Blaze
Which Ties Up "L" and
Subway Traffic.
POLICE LINE SAVES GEMS
Two Firemen Hurt in Fire which
Threatens Heart of Business
District?200 Diners
Go Hungry.
While ii crowd of nearlj ?Jwenty-llve
thousand looked oa, lhe bulldlng occu
pled by Coarperthwall A Vo., fornlture
dealera, al Nevlna atreai and Platbush
avenue, Brooklyn, waa deatroyed bj flre
lasl nlght. Tha losa waa eatlmaled al
fATti M ? ? * . a.
Tho fii-o atarted from an exploslon of
?aoma aoii In the basemeni ahortl) before
7 o'clock, snd the flamea ahol up the air
ahafl i" tho ala floora of the bulldlng.
By the tlme Deputy Flre Chlef Lally ar?
rlved the flre had apread to the Llylng
Bton Btreet, Nevlna atreel and Iflatbueh
avenue aldea of the st, ucture, and m c
i.ii.I. thlrd anal C.iirth ?al.aniis w. r< aenl
ln, brlnglni Chlef Kenkm from Manhat?
tan.
The firemen had dlffl. ulti In flghtlng
tho flre "ii the Nei ina atreel alde, as the
atreel vv,,- t..'i, up and blocked bj huge
pilea of pi.v lng atoia a.
The blaae waa hotta st on hl alde, and
f,.r b tlme threatened the bulldlng occu*
pled bj S'liiih. Ursy .4- Oo "",1 the
Johnaton Bulldlng, scruao iho narrow
Btreet. Bucke! brlgadea were formed by
watchma n and i mplojea "f both places,
and < v ? rn tor a allghl aa orchlng theae
Btructurea a-era unlnjured. In Baub'a
restaurant, In NeVlna Btreet, tha em
plo* ? i tried to attach hi>se t" tho atsnd*
nlpes, bul BUix*eeded only In lloodlng the
lower floora and putting oul 'ho Ughta,
nearly two hundred dlnera fleeing to the
atrea t.
"Dead Line" Protects Gems.
4 port lon of tha ground floor ..f the
burned bulldlng araa occupled by Wlil?
lam Wlse <v Bon, "t.t lhe largeal Jew*
eiry (irma Iii Brooklyn. To prevent a
,.,,,1 on the raluable atock during tha
excltement of the flre detectlvea and
men In unlform formed a Mdead Haa"
around t; *? place aa near the flre as the
heai would permlt Btudenta in Bronm'a
Buaineaa Bchool, ln tbe bulldlng adjoin*
|nf Cowpertbwalt'a, on the Platbuah
aVenue alde, formed s bucket brigade,
.,,,,,1 B|| , uaed aeveral llnaa of Itarasa sf*
fectivcly. 'i" ? lr bulldlng araa only
alightl) ekunaged.
TralBc on the Pulton atreet and ITat
ibuafa avanua elevated atructurea was
atopped, and the two atatlona were soon
fllled wlth croartla of apectatora
it required th?- r**aarvea from flve po
lice st ittona lo claar the aUtlona ao aa
tn prevent passengera from belng
, rowded from the platforra to the thlrd
,.;l.|. -| i . pollce then prevented all par
iona from uslng the aUtlona untii after
th" flre araa pul oul
Stops Elevated and Subway Trama.
Til(. tie up of the elevated aervlce
baated two houra All aurface car llnes
operatlng ln Pulton atreet r^tbush
avenue and Llvlngaton atreel were held
up for th.it length of tlme.
Bo many atreama were poured lato the
humlng bulldlng that tha baaement and
-rround floor wore soon flooded, anrl the
v .,,..,. nowed Into the Nevlna atreet aub
v;(, atatlon. it came down the atepa In
;, torrent, and aoon atopped all tratTIc,
por nearly an hour no tralna were opa r
,,. ,i between the Atlantic avi nue Bta?
tlon nnd Borough Hall. A ahuttle *<>r
,,,,, WBb pul In operatlon on tha north
>ld( ,...,. ,.. ,,,,?, the water nartlally aub*
Bided
I .,...,..,? Bdward Perry, pt Hooli snd
i.;,,|,i.r ".:.. and Llvlngnton Oeyer, of
,1,,. gaivage t'orpa, were cul on the face
:,,,i handi i.v flylng glasa They wore
attended by Dr. Robertson, of ii;" Brook?
lyn Hoapltal
' cowp. rthwatl A Co. have been ln
buaineaa ln Brooklyn for aevent) yeara,
B?d had occupled the bulldlng al PTat
,,,,(, avenue and N'.-yins stto.-t eighteen
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OUR WOMEN SPEND $9,000,000,000
Yr-t They Have No Knowledge of
Valiies, Says Economic Report.
Madlaon, Win.. Julj l?. That over
$10,000,1)00,000 la apenl ln iho rnitoai
BUtea annually for food, shelter snd
lng and tha! 90 per cenl of thla aum
ia apenl by wonian who havo nn ade
? knowledge of money raluea la
atated in the sew bulletln of tht.ursa
l? homa economli a sl tho Unlveralty of
W aconeta, Ju?l laoued.
in any other phaaa of llfe, it ia polnted
oul ,the p-'is.iiis Intrusted aith anoh r%
pendtturea would be required lo paaa
t rough ? rigld systera of tralnlng.
Women sre Bubje-ct to the aklll of tha
rttser, wlthoul any knowledge that
wiii enable them t" da t< rmlne arhether ..
certaln advertlfled artlcle is w.,rti, what
i.s clalmed for lt or whi thor it wlll be
of any value In tbe homa. Tho sverage
homemaker dlspoaea of money ns her
mother dld b< fore her, or aa b< r netgl
?pends her moni y.
?i- j,.. Btata la taxed, lhe bulletln ? on*
,,,,,,,.. t , provlde Inatructlon In the p In
clple*. (overnlng the producUoa <.f raa
materlal and lhe aianufacture of theae
raa mati rlala Into tbe flnlaha .1 prod i, i.
Women ahould be tralned to uae thla
materlal so that tbere wlll i?- the leaai
pajssible w.ist'- of Hino or money and tha
beal reaulta obtalneiL
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W00DR0W WILSON FOR J91J
The Choite of Pennsylvania's Two
Democratic State Commtttees.
Harri bui k, Penn . lulj II Tha i wa
i? ,,?, ral itate < t*4raralttea*a ntel here te
,,,,._ and all nttefnate ..i hannoaj falling,
i. i.i ?? i.'t- aasfllonfl
lioth however, paaaad raaolutlona li i"1
, ,v.i W oodroa 44 \ttttm ..f K? ??? '? ,
m Ih. indldala f..r i*. ?
. I i Idantl ,:
i??,,ii ln In ' . ? i,,.., Ilrti
., ,,* , i| io, .'i,i h ?? '?- annauaoad by
,"?. lersi
iiMAYOR OBJECTS TO
SUBWAY GUARANTEES
_
In Addrea "To the People of New York City"
He Condemns "Damnable Rascalities/
l? .,,, addreM "To the People of N'ew York City/' Mayor Gaynor
'lasl nighl dcnounced the proposition to gire guarantees to eitnei ?
Interborough Rapid Traiw.1 Company or the Brooktyn Rapid J rMMi
Company. "Morality forbids that I unite in what w.bemg done, Uc
clared. "1 have too long tvritten an.l spoken agimst auch d?mr??
rascalitiea to now turn about and ally mysell a< Mayor oi thw g-rcat
:,n.; mteliigenl citj with tlu*,,,. ! shall go oul of office wlthout pnttmg
that stain on my name." ., ?,...:,,,, Qi
Rcfcrring ... the part that J. P. Morgan, ,r., and II. I - ' ; .'^ '
the Morgan nrm, havi taken iu the Rubway negotiations rece. tly, N
or Gaynor declared tbat thc ,,n waa being "overreached b) a fe* Mian
compan) |n Jrder ... gel new Ime-s operated. First he attick tl.c ?
;;;7r^:;::'!s;:a:,r^'!ir^7^;7;^:.l:-u^r^i
Sat'tht. clty'should not ai-l any such entei-prisc
or trn-t.
Clt> of New Tork.
..tn. a ot ths Mayor.
july 1". I?11?
To tha i'<".|.i<' of New York Clty.
i regrel - aceedtngly to ***** this thlng
bdng dona ll ht nfl**e-dleea II ?** *
?rrong and ? humlllatlon to thla dty.
it waa nol ln flight a fssr montha ago.
Ths city la belng overreached bj b rea
Onsnctsra of gresl sbllity. Thsy hsvs
m tually Induesd clt) offlclala to agres
to aubetdias i.lompanlea to equlp
.,,?, operate, aa though ths clty were
ln r-ucb evll case a? to requlrs thal to
,,? done In order to get neceaaarj BUb
Thec? I, ,,, pU| ln all of thsmonsy
f,,r constructlon of aubwaya for ths
Brooklyn company. sccordlng to tha
Bchsms noa ready. Thal wmtpany la
to pui ln nothing for Bubway con
?truction. The proiwssd agreemenl Isj
thal the company la to gel 9 per eent,
or b little over. on Its elevstsd rall
road ,.,,,?.,, ,?. ,;,|Up. whlch la aboul
140,000,000, before ',10 clty ,s *? ******
even the Interesl srhlch it w\\\ have to
p-,j ,,? its rorporste atoek: toaued to
ratofl the cosl of coturtiructlon.
?Ths Interborough company la to pul
in one-half of ths cost of construi tlon
of ths i-ui.wa.vp srblch k<> to II and
,1,4. dty the other half, sccarding to
ths sgreeraenl belng made, Ths pro
posed agrsemenl with the Intsrbor
ough ih thal it i? to get 8 ',pr ronf '"
Ita presflnt cspttai Btock of $88,000.
000 an.l '?? PST eent MI tho additlonal
capltal ll Ib to pul ln for rotiHtni.-tton
nnd squlntnsnl befors tho dty i? to gst
BVSn thS interest whieh it wlll have to
,,ny on its corporata Btock lssued for
conatructlon.
a fes montha **<? tho mt-rborouRh
.ompany wsa offerlng to pai ln ons
hslf of tho conatructlon cosl and aii
01 tho aqulpmant <<>st on evsn torms
wltn ths clty, eacspt that the Intsrest
on its bonds for nsw capltal should
have prsesdsncfl ov?Bt tho Interesl on
tho citv's twrporatS st...'k. and that
,hov would havo wslvsd. This has
been gradually fdttsred away, and the
prsssnl propossd aftroomont substi
tuted. Th.- csas ia much tvocso than
this barS atatemenl ahowa Why pay
thla D per cenl prafet-eiice to ths Int<n*
borough?
in my aitlcle ln tho "Oatlook" ono
yeer ago on aubwaya I exptoJned all
Of that. snd BhOWSd how this tnatter
.,f :i par cenl "arould be ? constant ob
Itade t" fair doallnK^ by tho .ity with
It?. interborough company f<?r Bubway
conatructlon and oporation. Tha caae
Ih fxa.'tlv this: ThS sharos of tht*
nld capltol stork of l8S.flls30.OU0 of ths
Interborough company wera nans
rerred ssvsral ysara sgo t" a holdlng
company. or trust, avhlch is tho uauai
obnoslous term.
i refer t.. tho interborough-Metro
polltsn buslnam company. it is not
B rslirosd .ompany Ths totsrbotwigh
Rallway ?-"mpany thus b.-amo lorko.l
fasl in th.> graap "f Buch holdlng com?
pany. whlch Btralghtway un*aMnc*A"
ihia $3."?.OO(XO00 nf Btock hy toaulng
170,000,000 of debenturea "r tiotnis.
against it. Thsss bonda aro ;it l'2 per
eent intorost, so that it takss a '.' I">r
per csnl divldsnd on tho aald 136,000
000 of BtOCk to pay BUCh intorost. This
1, Var csnl on tho stock ls no.-ssary '.
prevsnl a defaull of intorost on ths
a.,.,1 bonda and haa heretofore been
,,'v.i regutorly. if M ahould bs Btoppsd
thS boldlng COmitoJiy. or trust. that dld
tnla nefsHoua watsHnf or InflaUng
would bc.'ome insolvont.
POLICE DOGS ON STRIKE
Captain Reports That Animals
Oppose Three Platoon3.
Captain Bhaw of tho Parkvlllai poltofl
station in Brooklyn is confrontsd aith
a probleri as ths i-eantlt of the rnsUUIng
,,f ths ti.r.-.- piatoon Hvst.M.i. lt assma
thal ths Blxtssn police doga attached to
tba, preclnd srs dlsjdssasd wlth ths
new ordsr of tblngs.
Hitherto it has been tii.atom for
the d"Us to hav.- thS stuti-.n hOUSfl al 11
,,', i,? k at nlghl with the patrolmen and
return ;>t 5 o'clock In ths mornlng ln
. . . . um patrolmen hsva taksn
thc -..i"" ''"?s ***** "'""' for *****
nceka ln Buccesskm. The 'i"t;s naturall)
i?, ani'- atuti hsd t.. thsir partlcutoi pa*
trolman, and ln many inastasnesfl tha ani*
mals Mhow.-d ulmost humnii InUlllfen. fl
in t.fforts t.- ptot.-ot the untformsd msn
\s bi. a> ? -i.inpaiii.'.l thotn.
u/bon ii"- thrsa piatoon bjatem c am*
boum ).;i11 ? >irii'-n wers saaigiied to othei
bcaats, and thslf houra wsra ctasnged
Thsir doga arara dstatled to k** wlth no.-.
men. a fen rafueed t" leava tha ata
tlon ii"us<- with thi atrangera, whlle tbe
othsra ahoirsd thelr resentmsnl In rarl
mis vrsya Captain Bhe* has appeatod
to hla Bup**rlora t>. auggsst aoms amy of
,.,,,!,,,.; ii, doa stnk- ??
low ftAttt, ti Clndnnatl, Loulsvilla, >t
. ,| ,,, | v\ . i i. ? i . . anrl ohlo . i. K -
,.iv, ;,- -ii fliiil Broadway; ul.iu all 1'emiB.
B ?*. Tl< lu I Oftcsa, - Advt.
i na?v-or expected to aee tha <ity ofn*
clala glve ihelr ald to aafety Intraach
lng and perpetuatliig auch banaful
flnanclng as this. fr.,m wMch our
i-ountry baa aulfared such moral de
ganaratlon aad materlal wrong. Tha
Atreai aurface rallroatts ln stanhaU
tan and The Brons were flna_ced
in the aama way, only mmo s...
and wera In the grlp of thla aanae
holdlng company or trust Bul tha
flnanclal pyramld lald on them bv
auch methoda tumbled t" ptacoa aii?.ut
flve yeara ggo. The comimiilea became
liankrupt and wen! Into the hands >.f
recelvera, and are there yet, thou
aanda of honeal peraona being rulned
by the amaahup. Thla present sctloo
,.f < ity ofllctala is noW BSvIng thfl In
terborough rallwajr stock lnn_tlon
wiii.-h i havo described from meeting
the aame fato.
The Brooklyn Intlatlon whlch is he
Idj intrenched and savad In tha same
way ia even worse. Thla Brooklyn
RapM Trsnsll Company, liiataad of
belng a railroad company, as its name
deceivea maa) to auppoae, is not n
r*aIli*oad company, but only ;. atock
ji.nl,lng holdlng company or trust. By
st,,. k ownerahlp an.i a systam of lonn
laaaaa* namely, of 998 yaara?lt con*
trolfl sulistantially all <>f thfl raihoa-J
companlea la Brooklyn, surfaos and
,,, erhead.
This Inflatlon was ocganlsed under
the lat* ox-iiovftimr Fk.vv.T and fWO
OT three othors who aro in it yet an.l
aro now overeeachtog city oitt. iais and
craftlly gettlng hold of tho ritv's
aredlt to porpotuat-T BUch inflath-ri.
Flower and his assoelatcs ran th.-ir
holdlttg .ompany sto.k up t<? 137, Bnd
then d.wn it dropped to 'J'".. It was in
fact worth nothlng. Flower diod BUd*
denly, aml th.* Inventory ?t his ost.ito
nhowed thal ii" had completely un
loaded ti*-- Btock. atany thouaanda
were baaely gwlndled. Tha thlng **as
rehabUIUted i.t aboul faO.0fJO.O0D.and
has been growlng iaigor ever aln?-*e.
lts aarfor is well known. it remalns
to l>e said that annual dlvidends as
hlgh as l<? per cenl it.- guarantaed i"
1,0 pai.i i.> the dnderiylng actual rall
road companlea, controlled by leaaea <?'
900 yeara by tho aald holdlng compaay
,,r trust.
And this flnan<ing, hound vory aoon,
lf |ef1 ah.no, to fall in a heap, as it -iid
ln th- .ase of tho r<>ads ..f Manhattan
and Th- Unrnx, is now to l.o aavfld and
parpetuatad by ald of the etty'a credlt
Snd ,',,-oporation. Wa caa hava sub
waya without entering into such ?'?<
nriros and COntractS BS this. It would
1,.. fnr hottor for Iho aity t<> oporato !tS
aiitiways than alo what it is now being
committad to. it now undor the law
bullda and <,wns lt- BUbWSyS. Lflt Ir
oporato them alao, aooner than lend
its ald to tho h-avini? and porpottiation
of a K?n.-ralion <.f past BtOCk BWlnd
Hng. Hut lt doos not need t" operate
them Proper ..poratinaT contrscts raa
be made, as we aal oul to d ? at tha
start.
i am only too wlUtng to a,*.-opt the.
matura vlewa of competenl porsons la*
Pto?,l of my own at all tlmee, hut
this is a ?-as.- in whi, h a sonso of ,*om
mon. everyday morallty forhlda that r
unlto in what is belng ?l?no. I havo
too lorip writt.-n and BPOken against
suoh daninablo raacallUefl tO now turn
?i??it and ally myaelf, as Mayor of
this great and Intelllgent city, wlth
them. i ahall g<> out <>f ofllcs aithout
putting that staiii on my name.
W. .1. OATNOR, Mayor.
i MAN MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT
! Probably Fatally Wounded as He
Walks in Street.
Frank Rosen, twenty-four yo.irs ..1,1,
of No. 100 HSssI 118th str<*>*t. an ivutonio
btla machlnlat, waa ahol prolwbly fatally
it, a Bl) BterioUS inann.-r l.ast iii?ht n
I froni of No 19 sXanton Btreet He waa
taken i" tho Qouverneur Hoapltal.
Boaen ta walklng along when ? flhol
rang out, and he fell near a crowd of
? who wera playing, He la) for i
rnlnute and than Jumpsd up and raa t"
b drug atore al the eorner .>f Btanton
and I'lint.m atraeta
. ln froni of tin,* drug atore atood I'.a
Itrolman Baem snd Pollce Dergaant Gar*
; K, n. Rosen ruabed past tham crylng
tii.it h. had been ahot He entered the
drug atore and collapsed. Tbe tv... ofll*
? led after Mm and K"t ins aama
ar.d sddresa sad then tha maa lepeed
im,, uncohaclouaneaB. Dr. Burnett, of
Qouverneur Hoapltal, sa,i?i the i?nii<*t
bad entered Roaea'a lefl lung, aear tha
heart, and thal be would dle,
Baem and Qargen aenl back to Na 19
Btanton atreel and learched tha houae
ind the nelghborho*jd, bul were unable
t.. nnd anv one arho bad aeaa tbe .-.ti"t
?i .,| ..,? arho could ki-'' anv mformatlon
?
01 ' NIGHl TRAINS IO COLO^ADO,
i . . nlnfl from ? 'i.i at ?> v In
ia.i i h , ? ? ? io 1 .-ii..*r nr
. ,i..iH.',, Pprlngn Kxcuralon tlcketa an.;
bovkieta, ivi Broadway.*?Advt
OFFER NOT FAVORED
Subway Problem Left Unsolved
by Much Heralcled Propo
sition.
DIGGING NOW INDEFINITE
Controller, Disgusted with Inter?
borough, Will Vote for Imme
diate Letting of Tribor
ough Contracts.
Far from bdng settled y**t*tBm*t ******
,. i n. :.s hopod, tho BUbway situalioa la?t
itglll aaj i.-ioi'.' iiiiNod up thin a^ i. Tiio
i. ? |,t-.,i,o>ition Of tho lntorboroiiaTli
Rapid Tranait Oompany, upon whteh >t
oraa prodlctsd the Board of BaUaoatfl aad
\p|,ortl..nment aiul th'* PuWk BSTfllCS
Commlaalon mlght sgrse jfeatardaya
i i-..v..i far from aatisfsi t<t> .
Tns company ********* d so Irmg *****
; that tbe propossd ineetlng af ths board
, .aii. < j for 2 o'clock ysststday aftasraaasi
i.ii.i t > bs glven up. Tbsn, it was ^ai.i.
? lt will bs dona to-moiruw " Kut whon
ihe actual proflpodtlon raachsd tha ^?
rioua membera ?>f ths Board of Bstlmats
; ii.i lipportlonment, and they had ha.i
t.nio lo atudy lt, lt waat soon lrarao.l that
it would never go through.
Controller Pisndsrgaat, who on kfoa*
daj Biiggaslad that ths city psrmlt the
Interbtarough to iiavo a 0 por esal guar
antsa s/tth prapar rondttkmf, wa* abas
lUtSly dlSgUStSd *?*?!>?.n ho road ths toTi.ifl
laid down by tho IntorborouRh. Hot
only did hs declars that ho could not
Bccspt auch toiiiif. bat ha dedared for
tho Immo.liato awardn.K <>f tho CCBStTSattfl
to tha Brooklyn iiapid Translt company
and ths i-onllrmalion of tho entrants f.?r
the ' onetructton of tho tribtwaogh Bava
that bava been awardsd by th?* Pubtto
S.-i". Ice < 'otrtmission.
Preddenl Mitehel is also for Imitta
diate aetlon, an.l at tha mooting of tha
board this mornlng wlll offer tha*. rflaohi'
tlon to that offr.-r whlch ho has bssn
holdlng In abeyance ftnr ********* da\.s
How many othera than tho OontToBsr
and Prestdent Mftchel wUl ropport aaeh
a reaolutlon to-day is a matter of con*
jtcture Presldenl M<*Aneny. who is-x
y anzioua to havo tho Inti rbor?
ough come ln. may atand out foc mor**
negotlatlona ami delay. Borovgh Prsaf
.',oT,t^ Iflller and Cromwell aill probably
follow hla lead If he takos that podtloa
Mayor Gsynor*s vltrloUc statemmt on
tho dtastion lasf night dld nSi BfMClfl.*
,-aiiy mentlon the IntflBvborough'B last
loti-r, bul d.-noiinood ln tho BtTOngSSl
torms sny guatrnatosa or Bubsldlsa to
tfansportation companlsa it plaead hlm
, n rsc)srd sgstn ns oppassd to ths torms
pfopoaed for both tho mterbflarough snd
the Brooklyn Rapld Trandi companlsa
Tho Mayor'a atatament, addrsafljad To
ths people of Now Tork Ctty." Ihdlcatea
. loariy thal his Intentton ia to get publlc
Bupporl to throw over ths ont.ro s.^mi'
for trandi dsvelopment, ao rar aa con?
tracts wlth ths pressnl companiea t"
Ho dectores that it would bs far better
for ths '-it.\ to operats its oua tn
than t" aubinit to auch terma aa ara
proposed.
Whole Matter May Go Ov?r.
Although it aaa bdleved thal the trsa*
?il plana could bs paaaed nithout ths
Mayor'a vote, if tha Interberough'aterma
had i.o. ii aattofai tory lo CiBtitrollaf Pren*
dflergaat, tho agltatton that tha Mayor
dsrted laal nlght is celcutoted to ..-?.;*??
a publlc clamor that may throw th. . ,i
tiro projeel over for ths prssent
lt has been said in BOCttS quaftaJTB that
the Msyor was anxfous to havo it held
up until ths fali, when ho hopsa tha nsw
clty eharter, that givs hlm IncreaasJ
powsrs ln ths Board of Estioiets B-.m
eially and parth*ularly ov*r fram ? b,
will bs passad.
Controllor Prendergad tosusd a st.ue
msnt aaytng:
Tha propodtlon ot thc Interborough
Rapld Tranail Companj iMued to-day u
nnt Batlafactorv, i bava mad* an earnest
offort t' convtnee myaelf ti.at tho terma
riiH uaaed duiing tho last taw iiavs ?rere ln
thfl clty'fl Intereata, bul ths actlona of thsi
compsnj to-day, aa ahown in tba Hr*t offer
thay made, an.l whicti thej Bava nn* ma*
??-.... Improved ln thHr aecond l? 11. r. in?
dicate the tutlllty <>f getttng thorn to dad
in .. frank tnatuior.
My podtlon on thla antlre queatlon haa
never changed, an.l \siu >? i would have
preferred, fur tho --aks "f competltion, to
nave botl companiea n ;'r.>?.'nt.'.i ln th
..... ..f our enlargad traastt *y**rn, i
bell. ve it will l?- h-st (or tbe cltj to .\s..*'l
?a, contrad qulckly to tho Brooklyn I'apid
Tranall <'uinp.nr.- and alao linmedtat Ij
ronfirm the contracta for the < on*.tru*tIon
of tho l/exington avenue llns,
Thla meaiu subway ronatructlon st onca
arni wlll pul the dty ln h poaltlon ol ln*
dspandsnee thal no other a<*ti"n will afTord.
] aill rota a< .ordlnxly la thfl J'".r't of
KBtlmata to-inorrow.
"Barefaced" Attempt to Involve C.ty.
Prsddenl Mltchd'a dstsmsnl la as foi
lOWB!
w ?> iia\o ,i,ni.' to tbfl point of decidlng
thfl moaii mom.-uto.i3 quaatlon of 11u> *,!
mlnlatratlon lt Mtnu t" in>* thal tns
Board of Efltlmats ma> well Bnd Ita gutaSa
in tha prtndplSfl anunciatad ln ths plai
mioi, whlch all of tha membar* or
.i .. Board "f Katlmate were etectsd te *?
(Ice The?? platforroa .4li la attact ile-Mares
,i, futura conlraeu foi tIm "i-oia
?..?> s t.hn mual bflj a?
i ., falr ?hara <>f the prorita ..
Ina therefrom
The lateal offer o< the Interborough ia i
uarefa. ? "1 ittempt i" involve u ?? lt) a a
contract whlch would aaaure Ihe ? ???
,,i! 0f i'. -? proflta and ?ou d taa ? a
,.,,v ,,)? ui i ... riflkfl It la to m mlud ti
mual i>utruK?r?iU?l) unjust i>ro|H?.?m,.n to
? hl. ii ha. !'??? -I. pul ??? ward
,, ii,.. m h . ?? ourafl f tl
Itj T n pro|M>*tflHl
??ii' al paj m nl of :* pei
?> ;??(- cenl on nes capltal, ?
Ij a legal auai antfl**s bj tha Ity, ia i
Inlentfl and puriwaea m actual zuarantee
, , tho company of '"' i"'1 eni ,-t ita
, m net ? .ni.inks derived front thc ;?
Kuhwaya and ln addltlon "f Intereai and
.-mkiMs- fund upon it* pr i.-.-.-.l new ...
veatmenl al befoi ? the . ?. g*-\ .*
,.,.,,t on Hb ln\rwatmeni In Ihe new aubwaya
,,r ln conalderatlon of tl"- Ineatlmabl! *al
;i,i>i.. francblssa whie ll la asksd i->
,w ii.1
The r-ompany'fl own eatlmatea *i ..? i1 ,?
vnu:. thla preferentlal paymeal oa
?4inr.| It, su heavj would i'-'< charg.
upon Ihe new tubwaya the i*ons<*atloii
,.f iiiitii, 'I...ii would ' .' ? lo rn
i ? | ,?? : .i"l ll. ii'.'l.? '? -nt than ex
perlt'iicaad ln ibe preaenl aubwaj before
be cltj would i"- aill.- to ? >*> alve .1 fllngls
, . nt of ; '??'" ': ?" ? '' ? enterpi lae
i ^t,4.i.l .' I ilfl aubwaj matter ?* -
ui ? i ..i.! ?i ?-. i .... for offlfl** .. \.'?r
i,,,i ,, ball :'~" xa?*tlj n i.--" i Bto >.| laafl
January, eaaotljr whera I Btoo.l th^ <t?y
. >., f,?. ye*lcr?lai l *hnll Vole aaalnat ild*
iroiioaltioii untll lh. l?-'. b**eauae I ha*
||, s-,. , ? \ ?! ^..!.l\ in t hf im*..
rati ??( .npanj and entlrely .i^ainst
the Inter. atfl of thi
\\ b. n thla matter la proaented nll
I ui Lhe Board "f klstlmstfl tom,?rtow* 1 ahall