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VOV OI ~ LXIX...N 0 - 22.871.
DRESSER OS DEFENSIVE
REFUSED TO RESIGX AT
SATTERLEES REQUEST.
As Republic Trust's Head He Ad
mits He Made Loans Without.
Consulting Directors.
Saratoga Springs. N. V.. }•■■- 2S. — Daniel L -
roy Dresser. «x-president of the defunct Trust
Company cf the Republic, which la alleged to
have suffered losses as a result of the financing
of the United States Shipbuilding Company, tes
tified to-day in the case of Charles H Ka>va-
Tiaurr. til*—* former directors of the company.
Mr. Dresser said be had been asked to resign
25 president following his return from Europe,
in November. 1902 and he refused. He had gor.?
to Europe in the interest of the shipbuilding corn
par:*. and ■'Mis he •was there the Sheldon syn
dicate was organised to relieve the trust com
pany of the shipbuilding obligations.
When he learned of this upon bis return. Mr.
Drarser said he voiced his disapproval of the
-: •jo Herbert L Batter] one of the direc
lan suggested that he resign said the witness
hot be refused. He not only refused, but told
Mr. ..... he considered that the inter
ests cf the trust ■■-■.. had been sacrificed.
Mr. Dresser was on the stand throughout the
day Of the „-..-,,-.-, which the. shipbuilding
eotapasv was obligated to pay on August l.
19 n 2. ir. order to take ever the constituent prop
erties of the company, he said more than $4.
000 000 had been secured, ted . . - - a loan of
JTOO.OOO made to Lewis Nixon by the Trust
Company of the Republic The remainder,
slightly icfe than $2.^00,000. was loaned to Nixon
by the trust company on August 12. Nixon and
Dresser giving their notes and shipbuilding: col
lateral as security.
NOT NEEDED IN NEW YORK.
This loan. Mr Dresser said he made as presi
dent of the trust company without consulting
the board of directors. Mr Dresser said he
■went to Europe late in September to see
whether ■:--■ French underwriting of ■ 000.600
worth of bonds would ba forthcoming on Octo
ber 6. the dale which had been fixed for an ac
counting.
When he learned that no money was to be
had ha Paris, he cabled to New York and asked
Par instructions. He was told that a committee
had been .... and the situation adjusted
ar.d was advised to go ahead and sell the ship
building bonds as planned in Amsterdam, Ham
burg. London and Paris. He was also tol<?
that he was not needed in New York.
On cabled instructions Dresser said he pro
ceeded to Paris where he found John "W.
Young and compelled him to 'give an order for
shipbuilding securities which were In the pos
session of the trust company when the witness
left New York, subject to Mr Youngs order.
Although the witness said he was advised that
he was not needed in New York, be returned
late in November and found upon his arrival
that there -were no shipbuilding securities in the
■poetess'- of the trust company.
Mr. Z>re£ser told of his subsequent efforts to
bui!<J up the credit of th:> csrr.p-r.y' cr^Z to In
crease its deposits. He was re-elected president
ar.d regained in office until March 3. 190.3. just
previous to the bankruptcy.
George J. Gould, he said, although ■ director,
had never been at the office of the trust com
pany. It had been the understanding when he
accepted the directorship that he would be re
lieved of duties as a director.
THE BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY DEAL
Oi cross-examination . Mr. Dresser said that
he attributed his financial misfortunes to the
cotvnfall of the shipbuilding company. He told
of meeting " .:. . M. Schwab, then president
c? the United States Steel Corporation, who
asked him if the shipbuilding company wanted
to buy t2:e Bethlehem Steel Company. Event
ually the steel company vas taken over.
Mr. Dresser denied that the trust company
had c-ver speculated in its own stock. Occasion
£-*!y. he said, he had purchased stock for out-
Eiders whose credit was good, giving the com
pany's check for it. but he had never attempted
to manipulate the market in any way.
11 was suggested to Dresser by a representa
tive of the Mercantile Trust Company that they
would turn over $14,500,000 of shipbuilding bonds
If he would personal ■ negotiate loans to make
■up the amount required. This the witness un
dertook to do. and the money was produced by
]oar.s -which the witness obtained from several
15r.a2C.Ja! institutions on notes given by Dresser
ar-i Lewis Nixon, and also b?- ■ loan made by
tie Trust Company of the Republic t^ Nixon
•with shipbuilding securities as collateral.
Among the Transactions concerning which the
"witness was questioned was 2 deposit made by
the Trust Company of the Kf public with Harris,
<satep & Co. of $750/>OO. About the same time
Harris, Gates & Co. loaned 5750.000 to Nixon and
Dresser on their notes, and the amount was
deposit r-i with the Trust Company of the Re
public to reduc- the Nixon loan. The witness
■aid the transaction grew out of an arrange
ment he had mad- with Harris. Gates * .-■.-, , but
that r.o formal agreement had tx-on entered into.
BREAKS SPEED LIMIT TO SAVE LIFE.
Automobile, Stopped for Speeding, Allowed to
Go On When Injured Man Is Seen.
Aa automobile^ driven at breakneck fpecd. passed
through S9fll street yesterday afternoon, the driver
keeping a tiren BCxWtnfee a warning to al! in th«
' se:£r.t&r K .ood. From Sixth aver.ue tc Kirst avenue
the machine wer-t like a streak, leaving a trail of
bicycle ar.d mounted policemen streaming behind.
The automobile was driven by E. M. Hefcnar
<ir.r>r. a contractor, of No. Ml West 124 th street.
He was passing through 33th street when he saw
a crowd * g a?h*T*d around the para of an uncon
scious ~ar. who had been hurt in unloading coal
ftrsa a big double truck. HeUaerdinger lifted the
' caa in his 'automobile and rushed to Bellcvue
Horpital, whis.-e the patient was round to have a
'fractured skull. The doctors said he had ■ chance
to recover. Befanetusa was arrested when he
•low^.. up to tin: south, but wa? allon.-d to go on.
GRADUAHON GOWNS $2 APIECE.
Made by the Girls Themselves as a Demonstra
tion of the Value of Domestic Science.
flßy -. Mfaasa to The Tribune.]
BssM. Mar*. June 2a.— The gowns which the
«> huacrai girls iimOmmttA from the Chestnut
Street Grammar School wore this afternoon were
made by the yirls th<-m«'lv*s. Some time ago it
•«rurr<--<j to Principal Candlin that euch a feature
w«nj!c go far to prove to the public that the domes
tic science courecs in the public schools w-re of a
Practical nature.
Another object *-aa to demonstrate that an at
tracrive graduation drci? nec-d not be beyond the
saeacs of the poor'-n pup*'- The spotless white
?o»ra<, ■w-fcich wilhrtod the closest inspection, cost
a Ilu:ft.ifcj. s than $2 apiece.
. Th* moft delicious of teas is "Falada. ' always
. « high and uniform cuaUty.-AdvU
To-day, sh^wers.
To-morrow, fair and cooler.
BILL TERRIER BIT THEM
Two Youths Badly Mutilated, and
Their Condition Serious.
Psiterson, N J . June 27 < Special) — Because
they held a fighting bu'l terrier fr r >r.i attacking
another d^g Cornelius Ahert, twenty years old.
and his cousin. Raymond Ahert. twelve years
old. may lose their lives They took the dog-.
fastened to a leash, out for an airing thi? after
noon, but when It encountered another dog and
the combined efforts of the two Aherts pulling
f>n the leash prevented a <-lash the bull terrier
attacked the two boys, and b^tn were badly
mutilated.
The animal defied ill efforts to drive him off
and had his teeth sunk into the arm of thf
elder Ahert when he was killed with an- axe
It was then necessary to pry open his jaws from
th c arm of hi? vicf.ni. who bad become uncon
scious
The two Ahert! ■ moved to the Genera!
tal in i eerious condition, having been
bitten about the ! gs, face and arm?.
MUNROE BEINGS HIM TO.
Former Pugilist Treats Prostrated
Man in Court.
Munroe. former heavyweight pugi!:? l
and ihampionshlp aspirant, now a pp v '?pero':?
owner, ably demonstrated yesterday In
Part 111. Special Term of the Supr
due of i prizering training In rendering
. Munroe was !n court a?
a witness for the defence in the suit of William
? Mitchell against Ery Hamilton Rose and
another defendant over some Cobalt mining
deal?
p-. . -. .. - stifying al .' ' ■ " r^ minutes
adjournment, when, sud
denly overcome by the heat ' J ; from
<h<j witness chair A c urt ofß i bt R'-^- 1
before he fell tc •
Justice Greenbaum ordered a physician sum
moned, but Munroe, who has witnessed many
"prostrations,'" though not all the result of the
temperature, knew just what to do 3rd didn't
wait for the "medicine man.'" He dispatched a
court attendant hurriedly for a buck of water
and a large sponge The pugilist-miner then
removed his coat and rolled up his sleeves.
When the water and sponge were brought he
got busy in real prizerir.g fashion and doused
[lose with the water until he came to.
"When an ambulance from the Hudson Street
House of Relief arrived the surgeon said: •"Why.
he is atl right, now." "Sure, he Is," said Mun
roe.
Justice Greenbauni irt for the
day.
RESCUED FROM MOB.
Detective Saves Motor by Quick
Thinking and Fast 12 mining.
Cries of "My baby! My baby'" from a woman
whose two-year-old son had been run over and
instantly killed by a Sixth avenue car brought
together a large crowd of excited Italians last
night. When those in front caught a glimpse of
the baby under the truck they cried for ven
geance. In a twinkling the C3r was surrounded
and a big, brawny Italian shouted at the top of
his voice: "They don't care who they kill:"
"KiH the motorman'"' shouted another man.
A detective and the reserves, who soon ap
peared, were unable to check the crowd, which
went vith the motorman to the Macdougal street
station. The reserves tried to clear a path, and
Detective Caver- seeing an opening, caught
the motorman by the wrist and made a dash
for it. By dint of fast running and good dodg
ing they evaded the crowd md reached the police
station, where a technical charge of homicide
was made against the motorman, Michael Cre
han, of No. S2T Sixth avenue.
The boy who waa killed. Frank Dietacbe of
No 412 West Broadway •■ La rossing the .'.
m fr.:.n T of bis home with his mother, Mrs Freda.
Dietsche, when h r - becar I • t a
wagon and. breaking Lwa ' her, ran in
• ■ ■
POLICE GUARD CONDUITS.
Reward for Chicago Bomb Throwers
—Chief Shippy, 111. Relieved.
1 giapta tr T*-.~ Tribane '
,- _-■■■" C icil on the
recommendation of M tyor Busi i re
- „ .
croons or persons res] I r the bomb
'on \n the downtown dtetrid I
The Mayor believes that the bomb v
by members of the electrical workers'
union or was directed by them. For t]
«.: X weeks there baa been a strike u r the Chi
cago r< ■ '
the downtown plant
■ ii company To-i • hundred |
: ..ng a like number ol conduits
- ning wires of the '• . . ■ company.
I of Police Shippy I ck most of
the time since he waf attacked by Averbach, the
and Slayor Busse to-day
forma ' jr - r Chief
Scheuttlei to act lie! while thi
Chiel Shippy k< ep* - ;^ from hi? office In turn
Schenttler appointed Inspector Lavin to
At the Instance of the Mayor.
oderatood Lavin will take direi t charge of
the hunt for the bomb thro*
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT ARRESTED.
"Battery Dan" Paroles Him To Furnish Bond
To-day for Speeding.
Cornelius Vanderbflt was ■ prisoner !n the York
vllle court yesterday on the charge of speeding
his automobile in Madison aver.ua at a rate of
twenty-four miles an hour. After an examination
Magistrate Finn paroled him to furnish bond this
morning.
In court to the magistrate Mr VanderMM said:
"I don't question the officer, but I had no Idea I
was going so fast. I followed a ear for some dis
tance, but as th* ear was going too slowly I tried
to pet ahead of it."
"We must fake the evidence of the police, and I'll
hold you in BM bail for trial."
'•I have no bondsman in court." remarked Mr.
Vanderbilt
Magistrate Finn looked at the papers again, and
th'-n -aid:
"Oh you are Cornelius Vanderbilt. I guess that
you aV* S°od enough, and if 1 parole you will you
nroduce bonds here to-morrow morning?"
•Most assuredly I will." replied Mr VanderbUt.
"Thank you. Judge; you are Indeed kind."
-We try to be as kind as we possibly can. Will
„o u be here to-morrow?" again asked the magis
"l certainly shall. This la my first experience In
court," said Mr. Vanderbilt.
DEWEY'S "BRUT CUVEE" CHAMPAGNE.
T-~,, t i ♦© 'rrsprted in evcrv respect.
H T. Dewey £ i Sonico.. l» Fulton St.. New York.
-Advt.
NEW- YORK, TUESDAY, Jl XE 29. 1909. —TWELVE PAGES.
3IAY DROP SUGAR CASE
CAXXOT INDICT. COUNSEL
TELL MR. WISE.
Saji Statute of Limitations Applies
to -American Refining Com pan if
— iS7/7/ Before Jury.
As a result of -\ conference yesterday bet
Hc-r.ry A. W!se, United States Attorney, and
John O Milburn, representing the American
Sugar Refining Company; William D Guthrie
for Gustav E Kisf^!. and John M Bowers (or
John E Parsons, .1 director of the- American
■ ■ and regular 1 >unsel the govepnraen)
tigation to find out whether the cr
[dated the Sherman anti-trust law may
:ome to naught. The counsel ra'.U-d Mr Wise's
attention to the clause un th* 1 law limiting the
- • of a company violating the act to throe
■• ..r.- aft< r its commission.
The foundation for the effort to find lndict-
Inst the American company was in
the recent Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Cara
pany suit, when it was alleged that the a
my had through a
Sega vented a competing company 'rom
doing As this loan was made on Do
1903 np.d the resolution Bhutting
, ; -. „ ,<.,. Pennsylvania company plant was
passed the same day, the action, if In r •.
of trade, it was held was clearly outlawed
rs. Milburn, Guthrie and B' ->- '"-; ' re
■with Mr Wise for an hour, and at the ■ I '■
the United States Attorney said that
he would not leave hero for Paris in conr
with th.- Panama Canal libel case until E
day. '.-.f^r-ad of to-morrow. He sent for the
tant who has been condu< 'ng the li
■ : fore 'h- 3 fed ;ral grand jury and h.jd a
long Interview w*ith him. The grand Jury was
ssion, but adjourned soon after 1 ■
■ .ning William H Ramsey, formerly
P •nnsylvania Sugar Be
Company; B Gordon Bromley, a Phllade phia
r and E B Smith, i!. i '"i of Philad
?>lr Wise and his assistant had another long
conference in the afternoon and the ma<
I before the grand jury md gathered from
the 1 - 1 the '■ : comj i r :i »
: ■ It ".v35 at last decided to <v
the In • ■ r. to rind oul whether a
ift r all h^ made out The
be In session to-<lay and Mr Wise
• ■ would ?ai! this morning li
Ly or to-morrow.
!• was ?nid that the Jury should corapl
:n t-vo v.-fkf, and Tl i' it In that time
ss toward the flndii
t-as made th'
• • • Lse until Mr Wii
f ir cr week in Al.A 1 .
There was great reluctar.ee in the f.^eral
buildir.g to .... an obstacle to the
prosecution of the American company had been
encountered: but from a trustworthy source It
was learned that unless some evidence of ac
tion by the company In restraint at trad other
than that brought out in the Pennsylvania Com
pany's stiit should be found there would *"• no
iudictraeritp.
•ng- of the !'->nr. and
•
0 ]•" It •■ is said
v Indictable, md furt
nulUSed, a federal lawyer said
. • the .'.
• • • . . . it t
i .. • f the thi lawyers to Mr. Wise
: ■ nlng of the I
id agreed 1 legal
United Stat< Att n md Mr.
■ • - ■ . • 1 the posi
f the company, which has expressed
gton B Thomas.
• governna
. ids and other matters which oc
raid on the Havemeyer >v Eld<:-r
■ tnber, 29'">"
HELD AFTER LOXC CHASE.
Preston La Bate Arrested in West
for Forgery and, Larceny.
[By Te!r-jrrar>fc to The Ts!bun? 1
Los Angeles, June 28 — Preston La Baw, M'ar.t
ed in New York for alleged forgeries said to
aggregate thousands of dollars, was taken from
the German steamer Erna at Redondo th af
ternoon by Detective Chapman, of the Los An
geles police force. The arrest was made on In*
formation furnished by Inspector McCafferty, of
New York. The police say La Baw has been
trailed around the world by agents of the New
York police force.
It was said at Police Headquarters last night
that L;j Eaw was wanted here on a warrant
. on Jure 3 on the complaint of John
-. of No. 155 E'^st 23d sueet. president <->f
the Rooney Electric Lamp Company.
rant charges La Eaw with forgery
in the third degree for the alleged altering of
books of the firm and with the larceny of
(10,000. La Baw is thirty-seven years old and
his home is In Plainfield. N. .).
CINCINNATI MAY GAIN DAYLIGHT.
Ordinance Introduced to Set Clocks Ahead an
Hour, Effective Next Year.
[By Telegraph to Th« Tribune. 1
Cincinnati. Jure 2R — The "reore daylight" move
ment received a formal "boost" to-day In this city,
where if originated. An ordinance to advance the
hands of the clock an hour was introduced In the
City Council, to be effective January 1. 1910. . The
ordinance Is favored by many business houfc-s. It
follows:
Whereas, The health nnd physical welfare of the
people of this community can be greatly enhanced
if the activities of life begin early In the day, as
nature Intends, and
Whereas, In consequence of this change no rail
road will be compelled to change a single schedule
nor any factory its hours of work;
Be it ordained that from and after 2 o'clock
In the morning of May 1 of each year, until 2
o'clock in the morning of October 1 in each year,
the standard time shall be one hour In advance of
the standard time now in use.
TO UNITE EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYES.
Movement in Lynn to Do Away with Labor
Troubles Through One Organization.
(By Telegraph to The Tribune]
Lvr.n, Mass.. June —An elaborate plan has been
worked out for a brotherhood of employers and
employes in this city. The plan calls for a fra
terna! society, of which a grand lodge will be the.
supreme tribunal in settling disputes between work
men and manufacturers. A. E. Little Is president
of the committee.
Negotiations hay* progressed so far that thirty
thousand Lynn operatives In the shoe industry
have said that they -will come Into the organiza
tion. There will be an insurance fund, to be dis
bursed for disability and accident*.
TAX MAY BE BEDDCED
CORPORATION RATE TO DE-
PEXD OX REVENUE.
Change Not To Be Made in Senate,
but Possible in Conference
Committee.
*".-orr. The Tribune Eu:
Washington, Jane 28.— Tue amendment pro
viding for a t-ix oh the net earnings of
porations will not be amended on the floor of
the Senate if the plan? of the leaders ar<
ried out. but it is entirely possible thai
of 2 jx 1 !" cent may be decreased r
provided the President approves such de
In a!! discussion r.f the propo?<-d tax.
cent has been a» d as a matter
although there has never b> r. rmina
t:on to fix the tax at that
was explained in these dispat ..■ i I i Tl •• Trib
une of June 16, in which It was said tl ii
rate will be determined by thi m now
b^ing prepared as to the revenue such a tax
will yield, although '_' r" r <:>r!r 1 -^ ri? been used in
the discussion i of conven-
When the conl ■■ ' i ' . imr-lctod
their work on the scl I a I rill be in a
position to determine with considerabh
racy the i to be expected
toms duties, and the estimates ol the revenue
from the corporation tax will also be before
them. li the two combined yield only suffi
cient to carry on Uk fin at, ther
be no change, but if it ia apparent that a tax
of 1% or 1%, or -v :; i i -■ cent will be ample
pplement the- cvi . -i ■- s . '•■■ reduc
tion of the rate wil] l
PRESIDENTS \IEWS TO CONTROL.
Regarding this quest I t - r.uo there has
been some confusion Aldrich
has b<cn repeat I, as i tying that the
tariff bill, I would pro
duce a!! the rev : .•. • : sax I irry on the
government There bave been many reductions
from the rat .' ' ' must
■ Mr Aldrli h qualified bis .
■
•
after W . b th Burploi ' Uld 1 • unpls to make
. shortage In the opinion of the
md many m< ~r:hers of Congress
nly ar : .. Aldrlch'j .:.:■.
optimist t it is v tely to enaci
• :n a deficit
lor t:. ' ■ '
should be wiped out lit'! Tl '
. -
■
..•;< whi h the bill sb . . i . lv
conferrees will I ■"' the
: lent that the bill should produce ample
. • t all ~ex]
■
The leaders explain that their purpose in re
sisting ail amendments to the amendment is to
avoid any possibility of rendering It unconsti
tutional. The amendment as Introduced has
been approved by the President, the Attorney
General and the Secretary of State. Under these
circumstances the Senate leaders entertain nc
doubt whatever regarding the constitutionality
of the amendment, and they declare that they
purpose to take no chances of endangering It by
changing Its provisions.
TWO AMENDMENTS OFFEJ
■ • itandlng tl
two amendments f o the
'. One, t
ator Clapp, strik - ' . . :
.
f other col it . Is sup
: to be the resu:- ■ that
• mpUon was a I i nend
■
te holding companies, and th« furtli
sertion that it nullified th< . n of the Su
preme Court in the Nort
Af h if been said, the amendmi
the approval of the Secretary c: 81 :
Attorney General, evohred that con
the Sherman law ur.dor wh!ch the Northern Se
< uritiec ■ ase was carried to s successful i??ue.
and which revlvMed that law af'>-r it bad lain
many years dorrr.an', so that Senators i
there if no occasion for anxiety on this ac
The Other amendment was introduced by Sen
ator Culberaoo, and provides that, in addition to
the author^" conferred on the Preaideni to
make public the results of Investigations Into
the affairs of a corporation when he may decan
wise, either house of Conyress shall have power
'he facts and figure* resulting from
such Investigation. This also is intended to
meet certain criticism of the measure, although
It Is destined to receive as tittle serious consid-
D from the leaders as the r.lapp proposi
tion, provided always that the 1-ii.ders maintain
their present control of the situation.
A' the White House there it- the greater' op
timftm regarding the fate of thi tlon tax
amendment, and whenever the President find*
a member of either boose who seems to hav<>
doubts he suspends other busin?s? and endeav
ors to convince that member of the virtues and
advisability of the proposed t.ix. ■■■n which he ha:>
set his heart.
Senator Aldrich reported to U
the joint resolution proposing an amendment to
the Constitution. Th^ text of th*» amendment Is
.is follows:
Article XVI The Congress ?h3!l have power
to lay and collect taxes on incomes from what
ever source derived, without apportionment
among the several states and without regard to
any census or enumeration.
Mr Aldrich asked that the resolution t>'. im
mediately adopted, and only withdrew the re
quest when Senator Borah indicated that h^
desired to debate the question at length Mr
Aldrich's course disposed of the wholly unfound
ed report that the Republican leader pmpeaed
to obtain the adoption of the corporation tajt and
then break faith with regard to th" joint reso
lution.
OPPOSE CORPORATION TAX.
Fall River. Mass., June —A protest against in
proposed tax on the earnings of corporations will
be forwarded to Washington by the Fall Riv^r
Manufacturers' Association, as a result. of the vote
of the executive committee of that body, taken to
day. A committee was appointed to draw up the
protest .and Instructed to forward it to Representa
tive W. S. Greene.
F'RST COTTON BALE BRINGS $425.
Houston. Tex.. June 2S.— "Before the war" prices
were revived on the floor of the Cotton Exchange
to-day, when the first bale of this season's cotton
sold at auction for $425. The bale came from Mer
cedes, Hidalgo County, and weighed 368 pounds.
The first bale last year arrived on June 20.
GINNERS GIVE COTTON AVERAGE 75.6.
Memphis. June 28— report of the National
Glnners' Association. Issued to-day, gives the av
erage condition of cotton up to June 24 as 73.6.
There has been an abandonment of acreage «f 7
per cent, according to the report, making the total
acreage 9.8 per cent less than last year.
ZEPPELIN GOES TO METZ
Balloon To Be Stationed at Fortress
on Franco-German Frontier.
Friedxichshafen, June js— The balloon Zep
pe'.in I started at a late hour to-night for Metz,
where it win be permanently stationed lo» mili
tary purposes.
MUST FLY BRITISH FLAG.
American Colors in Circuses Barred
in Winnipeg.
v.'irn.fc June 28.— Official orders were is
sued I bibiting any United States cir
r'i~ from parading on the streets of Winnipeg
il Bles .t British in&t.il of an Americas
DYNAMITES SUFFRAGIST.
Boy with Explosive Cracker Wrecks
Automobile in Dcs Moines.
Dea Moines. lowa, Jane 2^ — An automobile,
in which Mis? Gertrude Yon Petzold, an Ene
li?h suffraig-ist, acting v pastor oi the Fir* f
Unitarian Church here, and thr°* other f
riding, was wrecked to-night by a dyna
mite flrei racker that wa? hurled toto the ma
chine by a boy Wi f h Miss Yon Petzold were
Mrs Jim:-? BerryhUl, Dr. Adel Fnehs, both
prominent here, and i chauffeur None was
isly hur f
Th' le ar.d Boor of the touring car
D to piece? and a hole three feet
-■ i.- 1 torn directly under the chauffeur.
The youth who threw the
ured.
AUTO TURNS TURTLE.
Five Hurt IV hen Car Crashes Into
Tree in the Bronx.
rtly before 1 o'clock I sing a !arg- %
touring ear. turning- a sharp corner out of East
ern Boulevard into Pelham Parkway, The
C crashed into a tree and turned turtle.
Three men and two women, I
■ in the auto.
Three of the party were injured slightly, be
two men. described as John Moore, of No.
.'-..> Ridgewood avenue. Glen P.idge. N. J . and
E E Set bridge, of No. 163 Cleveland r
Orange. S. J. The latter has a fractured hip.
rmer 3 :ri'~ r ured thigh. The ir: -
taken to Fordham Hospital. wßen it wai
■-•as in dagger I
MR. TAFTS NOVEL DINNER
Guests Entertained on lVhite'l!
. Roof.
. ■ - . . lent Tafi
-night Instead of in th
- room of the White House, it waa 1
mansioa between the White House ;
(Bees With though'
". for the comfort of his guests, th^ I
dent nil on' th- 1 plan of entertaining I
1 Well sur-
B ae. Soft-tinted red BsjßtS
Ith . -sz'.ir.-; yellow bulbs whi b usu
ally glow from the wings of the White I
; re dinner evenings. A cool breeze from
leorr.e after the h.ea:
last few days, b: . .
- r and good fellowship pre?
I . ing Hid asida for 1 I The
. nt received his guests on the south por
( the White House, and after dinner they
: :
:.d of the mans:
The guests were Secretary BfaeVeagli, ■
: neral Wlckeraham, Secretary Nag--: S
Wilson and 1 nun Senators and
Repre:-
FLOOD IN THE SUBWAY
Broadway Torrent Sweeps Into
157 th Street Station
• tan four hundred passenger?
thrown ir. T ' I when a north
bound subway express train, on the Broadway
branch, ran head-on Into a stream of water
as if drew into the 157 th street station. The
heavy rain of the afternoon had Ol
curbs on Washington Heights, ar.d th^ muddy
trickled through the iron er:l! work
th.^ tricks and descei re Ni
agara.
By the time the flood had raced down the in
cline to the 157 th street station it had attained
a high rate of speed, and rushed and gurgled
in the narrow cut like a mountain torrent
in a rocky canyon. When the first car of the
slowly moving train dashed into the flood there
followed a Minding deluge of spray, which
washed up against the windows and caused the
passengers to feel that they wore in the saloon
of an Atlantic liner
Simultaneously with the meeting of train and
flood all the fuses were blown out ar.d dark
allowed. There was room for the passen
gers to alight at the northern end of the plat
form, and in a few minutes everybody had left
the train. Traffic was delayed for fully half
;in hr>ur. when the water subsided.
M'VICKER JUDGMENT REVERSED.
Chicago Appellate Court Holds Award of
$100,000 to Physician To Be Void.
Chicago, June 21— The Appellate Court reversed
a judgment of the Circuit Court to-day awarding
ilffl.OOO to Dr. L. C H. Zlgler against the estate of
Mrs. Harriet G. McVicker. widow of J. H. Mc-
Vicker. once a prominent theatrical manager of
Chicago.
The opinion holds that the contract providing
for the payment of the money at the death of Mrs.
McVicker for medical treatment during her life
was contrary to public policy and therefore void,
as it virtually offered a premium to the physician
to accelerate the death of the patient. The court
said, however, that there was nothing to indicate
that Dr. Zigler had not done everything possible
for the patient.
Mrs. McVicker died at Pasadena. Cal . in X^M.
:m-c<i eighty-four years, after she had been under
Dr. Ziglers care for about flve years.
SIMPLE LIFE IN GEORGIA CAPITOL.
Itlanta. June 28— Governor Joseph Brown, who
was inducted into office last Saturday with un
usual simplicity, brought to the Capito! to-day a
pourd clipper with a ions handle He placed this
primitive drinking cup at a water cooler ia ihe re
c- otion room at the CapitoL
PRICE THREE CENTS.
!big storm hits city
TRANSIT AND TELEPHONE
LINES THROWN OUT.
Lightning Kills Man and Strike*
Flagpole at Polo Grounds —
Heat Cmmsts More Deaths.
In the heavy downpour of rain yesterday
afternoon lightning struck in several places,
causing small fires, putting telephone and trans
portation lines out of .commission and endan
gering the lives of many persons.
Five thousand persons who had gone to the
Polo Grounds to see a ball game between New
York and Brooklyn were drenched when tha
cloudburst struck the grounds. As they rushed
toward the exits a blinding flash of lightning
struck the flagpole in centrefleld. splitting it
into splinters and tearing to shreds the pennant
flag of 1905. Several "fans" were knocked down
by the shock.
Electricity killed John Keenan. of No. 41
WeMoa street. East New York, when a current
completed a circuit through his body into the
rain soaked ground by way of a tin pail and
water with which he was trying to extinguish
flames which were shooting from a pole in Cres
cent street, near Glen street. Two men who tried
to rescue him were knocked down and severely
shocked when their hands came in contact
with his body. They solved • M difficulty by
getting- rubber matting and wrapping It around
their hands.
At least fifty thousand homeward bound resi
dents of Long Island were held up in Long
Island City last night by washouts on the trol
ley lines and the Long Island Railroad. The b!?
power house of the New York & Queens County
Electric Railway, In Purvis street, near Jack
son avenue, was flooded and cars all along the
line came to a standstill. V.'ashouts at Wood
side Junction and Penny Bridge put the ser
vice on the steam railroad lines out of commis
sion.
L. I. TRAINS HELD UP TWO HOURS.
A' the latter place an immense canal was cv»
directly under the tracks, and several landslides
covered the tracks with earth. TraSc was held
up for more than two hours, and thousands of
persons walked to their homes in streets -which
resembled mountain brooks. More than forty
automobiles were stranded along Jackscn ave
nue. Corona, during the height cf the storm.
William Evans, of No. 401 State street, Brook
lyn, was struck by lightning at North Beach.
He required the attention of Dr. P. J. Cooney.
of St. John's Hospital, ar,d later was able to go
home. Marie Ohanka, employed as a maid at
Belvedere Park, became so frightened during
the storm that sc.e ran to her room and attempt
ed to hans herself. She was restrained and re
moved to St. John's Hospital
Mrs. Dora Schneider, of No. IS3 Meserole
street, Williamsburg. was closing the blinds,
when lightning struck the house and shocked
her so severely that she was rendered uncon
scious. Dr. McApeer. of St. Catherine's Hos
pital, found that she had received a deep cut si
the right arm and was weak from loss of blood.
A barn near the Woodmansten Inn. The Bronx.
was entirely consumed by flame?, which started
when lightning struck the building. The same
flash burned out the telephone fuses in the hotel.
and it was isolated for several hours. Much
damage was done by the storm throughout the
borough, as well as in Westchester County.
which it visited before arriving in The Bronx.
The Jersey coast reported many instances of
the lightning's pranks. One hundred and fifty
passengers on the steamer Little Silver, of tho
Patten Line, became excited when the flagpole
was struck and splintered. There was no panic,
however, and the steamer continued her trip and
docked about an hour late.
HEAT KILL? HALF A DOZEN.
Half a dozer. deaths and more than twenty
five prostrations were reported before the show
er came to give relief to the sweltering popula
tion of the Metropolitan district.
The following deaths occurred:
K!D>*EY. Charles. thirty-Sve years o!3. of No. 215 Water
s:r=et'. Erooklya. di=3 at his home.
PLOVICK. Gecrse. ir.far.t. of No. 17Si> St. John's Place.
Brooklyn: died at bis home.
SCHOOXEEKG. Mr*. Leah. eightv-o-e years o!.1. of XOk
■Vsi> B.ake avenue. Brooklyn: died at her horn?.
IORNEE. WnUam. ir.far.t. of No. Itx23 Atlantic averroa.
"Brooklyn; died at his home.
WOODS. Alexander, twenty-seven years o!3. iUi at his
horci. N;> «5C West ILtfch street.
It was not as hot yesterday as it appeared to
be. the highest temperature of the day. SO
degrees, being four degrees less than the maxi
mum mark of Saturday. This was reached at
3 o'clock only after laborious climbing all day.
and in less than fifteen minutes after the rain
began to fall the mercury dropped f* degrees-
Late at night an optimistic report came from
Washington to fee effect that the heat wave
was on its last legs and that to-day wou!d mark
its last appearance on the Atlantic Coast.
Overcome by the heat while hanging out
clothes. Margaret Engleman. "rr.plcyed by a
family living at No 206 East 110 th street, fell
from the roof f.ve stories to the ground Si wu
instantly killed. George Him iliwjar of No. 139
Alexander avenue. Yonkers, f-?!l from a scaffold
on a new building at Preston avenue and l"»lst
street. Th« Bronx, and received a broken shoul
der and internal injuries Ba bad complained
of th- heat for several days. He is in Fordham
Hospital in a serious condition.
Caspar Melleiser. of X ■ 246 East 55th street,
became insane while working over a forge at
No. 425 East 53d street, and it required four
men to hold him until the arrival of an ambu
lance from Flower Hospital.
The following table shows the variations In
temperature and humidity yesterday, as com
pared with that on Saturday:
— <
j r-Temprratur*^ .. — Humidity— .
Y-ster- Satur- Tester- Satar
<jav day. day. day.
S a- m \\ 7» *» «
lrta. m J3 M ** SO
Jl2 m.^. M' *H *» M
4
NINE MORE DIE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia. June 2i— Nme more deaths wer«
added to the list of heat victims in this city to-day.
This makes the total for the present hot spell more
than twoscore. The humidity to-day was 91. while
the temperature Increased hour after hour, reaching
its maximum of ■• at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
HEAT KILLS TEN IN CHICAGO.
Chicago. June 23.— Ten deaths, superinduced! by
heat, were reported in Chicago to-day. Numerous
cases of heat prostration w»re cared for at various
hospitals. Among those fatally stricken was Ber
nard Rockholz. a police sergeant, who died at his
home. Carl Sommers Jumped Into Lake Michigan
while temporarily inrane from heat. He was res
cued, but died at a hospital The thermometer hoy.
ered around the ■ mark all day.
FATAL HUMIDITY IN CLEVELAND, _
Cleveland. June One man died, another at
tempted to commit suicide and four persons were
prostrated as a result of the heat here to-day. Th*
highest temperature was SO degrees, but th* humid
ity was Intense, reaching id durins the aXternooa.