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TRUSTEESHIP SOLD
IXSVIUXCE OFFICERS
■CRITICISED:
Filed at Syracuse.
- ' Aibanv Jan- ' ia-The supplementary
Jonmed by officers of the State In-
S3«i Department in the hearing
S^g-the alleged Illegal transfer of
ST People Mutual Life Association
Ind Lie t, the Federal I*. Com-
Snv oTcanada was filed at Syracuse
to-dar. The report contains the evi
dence of Lieutenant Governor Horace
Wnite.who testified that the -transfer
was made for $145,000. of which he re
reived $20,000 for money owed to him
fey John Tevis. of Louisville, who nego
tiated'the transfer.. /i
Superintendent Hetchtaa. Mid to
nieht of the \ transaction.
-T-e Lieutenant Governor testified
mm carder, and I am" certain he told
ma the truth as to his full connection
\rtto the matter. I believe that such
connection was due to the trust Mr.
Tevis and the old directors had in him. ,
" In a statement to-night Mr Hotchkiss
concludes as follows:
T*6 testimony, which is quite vorumi-
BCU! ' and contains much that throws side-
Mefets on the whole transaction, indicates
that th- eld officers looked upon this so
riftvls -Heir property, and -without con
-a!tT4 its members were willing to dis
:/;"; r it to their individual profit. - In
-men of the department, men who
»«nld thus sell their trusteeship cannot
Z Tinted to continue in such trustee
cMa- likewise, men who would buy such
rJSrieesfcip might sell it. Hence the
d-narcnenfa action in seeking, to take
company and It» larg-e assets out of
tbeir-bands.
BOTCHKXSS'S STATEMENT
v r - =? statement follows In
rart
Pursuant to an order of Judge An
drews at the Syracuse special term held
on Saturday last, additional affidavits
end testimony evidencing the invest
tion which has been made since the pe
tition for possession and liquidation vas
filed on December 29 were to-day served
upon the attorneys for this fraternal
beneflciary society and filed in the Onon
daga County Clerk's office. These papers
include examinations conducted under
Section 39 of the insurance — at Syra
cuse of President Irani C. Reed. Vice-
President E. E. De Barr. Secretary and
Treasurer "Willard H. Peck and Medical
Director S. O. Kinne; at the New York
office of the ' department of Attorney
Charles F. Wazte. and at the headquar
ters of the department in Albany of
Lieutenant Governor Horace White.
Each of these witnesses on their first
examination declined to answer certain
of the questions put them, but on ex
aminations conducted on Thursday and
Friday last replied, though in some cases
«ith much reluctance, to the inquiries of
the department.
In brief, the evidence shows that eight
of the nine directors of this society,
wfcJch is a fraternal beneficiary society
havir.? no capital stock, have received
Thus far the following- amounts from one
John Tevis, of Louisville, who seems to
have been in efiect the purchaser of this
society, with assets of about $3,000,000
and "having 40,000' members, viz.: Willard
H Peck (first payment), $21,500; Iram
C. Reed, i 515J)00; E. E. De Barr. $13,500;
Dr. E. O. Kh-ne, $25,000: E. :B. Santee
(this eun'havihg' been sent him in cur
rency by Dr. Rinne out of $30,000 paid
tfee latter). 33,000; Charles F. • Wazte,
510.000: H. H. Mondon. ■ $5,000: .'Slayter
La ycock, $5,000. -. • .-. -i -. .. -,--
Fifty thousand dollars of the $150,000
placed in Lieutenant Governor White's
bands by Mr. Tevis was disbursed by
the ".latter in the following amounts:
Wiilard H. Peck. $10,000; First National
Bank of Syracuse. $5,000; John Tevis,
$10,000; Horace White. $20,000; still on
deposit in the First National Bank of
Syracuse, $5,00<V
NOT LIABILITY AGAINST COMPANY.
Messrs. Peck. Reed and De Barr claim
That the money paid them was consider
ation for their assignments to Mr. Tevis
of certain contracts bearing date in 1904
at about the time this society began
business, whereby they were to receive
<n addition to their salaries certain per
<-«=rrtages on business done. Messrs. Peck
%nd Reed, however, admit that obliga
tions to them on these contracts were
never carried as a liability against the
company, and -v ierefore fa^e the alter
native of admitting that this money was;
paid to them, as claimed by the depart
cpest. in consideration of their joining
In a ?chem" for the surrender of the
fn T rol ot this company to Mr. Tevis
3tv2 his associate?, or else responding to
Tb*; charge of filing false statements in
•!■•• [nsuracce Department for the last
ceyera] y.ears. The .evidence indicates
T * '-t* none of the other directors had con
tfacts to sell and suggests that the
rn^ney pa ; ti them was by way of distri
- |— r r>«r their share in the transfer of
cfets eocietj to Mr. Tevis.
\. tr. th€ ■semen* of the $50,000,
■' vtMild apr>-a-- that the $10,000 p&id Mr
E ■ ■, _ 5 h- -.■.•* v r,f securing his services
m connection v.irh a new or reorganized
Company; that th* payment to tht First
National Bank of Syracuse was in con-
of Its accepting on deposit
tr'.rr. „n e Travers. of th*- Farmer?' Bank
of Canada; on behalf of Mr Tevis. 'ana
«l?»n ''urr-nov to the extent of $150,000,
and dso Cor i's go<->d offices and the risks
tt-ftfeb it might run in practically cash
•rr 1180,000 f*l this society's securities,
'^at the "ame m'ght be used in making
; . o^posir of 1150,000 of the society's
mnneys in the Farmers' Bank of Canada;
tfeat 'h^ payment of 110,000 to Mr Tevis
«ea* a return to him of his own money;
*nA that.sho payment of 520.000 to Lieu
"•nan* Governor White was for moneys
wing him over a period of several years,
hxA represented by disbursements, cash
advanced, profits and .services in several
transactions in which he. had been inter
<r&ted with or represented Mr Tevis; and
that the $5,000 till in tli*» bank is
claimed by Mr. Tevis, but at the request
oi the department i= being held subject
to the determination, after examination.
as to whether he is entitled to the same.
I 1I 1 srtll therefore be seen that the state
menj of the department late in Decem
ber that the controlling officers of this
fra-emal beneficiary society had parted
wjta such control to other persons for
'- fjbstantia! money consideration run-
r .:n~ to such officers, has been substan
tiated
Stany letters received at the depart
ment each day indicate that the certifl-
O 2te holders of this society approve the
*^ti<sn of the department in seeking to
Pra.vent the transfer of this > society to
persons not known to the membership.
PINEHURST
• SHORT VACATION TOUR
VIA
Pennsylvania R. R.
February 11, 1910
Reund $33 Trip
FROM NEW YORK
Proportionate R*te« from Other Pomt b
en-1 p- r ? ÜB4 ' tr !R transportation, god'
h^H February 26 inclusive; Sloping Car
an?»^ ot *' * cc <"=mod«tion« for two
*na tnr*e-<jijart*r days •
"08-eari rates furni.h** by fuJI -infra*-
Joa_»nd ««, farniehiMi by Tick«t,A ? enw
'uciat D p a 262 F'.i'Yi 4v«nue,
NAT F MOORE DEAD.
Tragic End of Judge Moore's
Xrphc-i in Chicago.
Chicago. Jan. 10.— Nathaniel Ford Moore,
eon of James Hobart Moore, the financier,
and nephew of Judge "W. H. Moore, of the
Bock Island lines, died from heart disease,
or scut* cardiac dilation, according to the
verdict of the coroner's jury here to-day.
Moore. was found dead yesterday at No.
2014 Dearborn street. According to testi
mony given by persons in the building At
the time. Moore died yesterday afternoon,
but It was not until early this morning
that the police gave out the news.
"A more thorough post-mortem examina
tion could not have been made." said Cor
oner Hoffman. It proved conclusively
that Mr Moore died from heart disease-.
Not the slightest trace of drugs or poison
ing could be found, nor was there an ex
ternal mark of violence. The- examination
of the internal organs showed that Mr.
Moore was in poor physical condition "
"Mr. Moore had teen subject to fatntinc
spells all his life," said W. R. Mygatt, a
friend, who has taken charge of the body.
"On various occasions while driving he
would be seized with a fainting attack and
fall from his rig. He also collapsed on a
number of. occasions while playing golf."
Mr*. Moore, formerly Miss Helen Fargo,,
of New York, has been in a state of co'i
lapse ever since she was told of her hus
band's • death. She has expressed the wish
that Moore t« burled in a purple robe.
TO FAZE OLD CHURCH
X. J Presbytery Ratifies
Union of Two Congregations
The Fourteenth Street Presbyterian
Church, which has been a landmark for
sixty years at the southwest corner of
Second avenue and 14th street, is to be
sold and torn down The edifice will be
another victim of the rapid shifting of the
character of neighborhoods in this city.
Not long ago tt was the centre of a fash
ionable residence section, and every pew
was filled on Sunday with men and women
of prominence
Now the congregation has dwindled to
such an extent and the burden Of current
expenses has become so great that the
New York Presbytery, at its annual meet
ing yesterday afternoon, decided to con
solidate the church with the Thirteenth
Street Presbyterian Church, near Sixth
avenue. The pastor will be transferred
also, the Rev. James Hoadley becoming
the associate pastor of the consolidated
congregations with the Rev. George E.
Merriam. Of the proceeds from the sale
of the old church, expected to amount to
$180,000. $50,000 will be used to build a
new rectory for the Thirteenth Street
Church.
The call of the Rev J. H. Jowett. pastor
of Carr's Lane Church. Birmingham. Eng
land, to the pastorate of the Fifth Ave
nue Presbyterian Church was ratified.
A committee was appointed to draft res
olutions on the death of Dr. Richards, and
approval was given to the action of the
trustees of the Brick Presbyterian Church
In selecting- Dr. Henry van Dyke to fill
the pulpit until a pastor was chosen
POLICE CHIEF'S HEAD CUT OFF.
Yonkers Greatly Stirred Over Sum
mary Removal of Daniel Wolff.
Yonkers was greatly stirred by the unex
pected removal from office yesterday of
Daniel 'Wolff, Chief of Police, by James
J. Fleming; Commissioner of Public Safety.
It was held that Wolff's appointment was
illegal because he was forty-three years
old when he took the Civil Service exami
nation, whereas the law provides that the
appointee to th 6 office ut Police Chief must
not be more thaa thirty-five years old un
less he is a veteran of the Civil "War.
Wolff says he will appeal from the ac
tion of Commissioner Fleming and has en
gaged James X. Hunt, a lawyer, to look
after his interests. Commissioner Fleming
c acted on the advice of Corporation
Counsel Thomas F. Curran.
No successor to Wolff has been named,
but 11 is generaly believed that Captain
William H. Lent of the Ist Precinct will
be appointed to the place, Wolff was ap
pointed in 1908 by a Republican administra
tion, which was succeeded by a Demo
crat:': regime on January 1.
STATE TROOPS TO TAKE PART.
Governor Approves Recommendation
for War Games.
Albany, Jan. 10. Governor Hughes has
approved the recommendation of Adjutant
General Nelson H. Henry and Major Gen
eral Roe to accept the Invitation of the
War Department for state troops to take
part in the war manoeuvres to be held at
the army camp at Pine Plains this year.
The following organizations will be desig
nated, provided that the annual appropria
tion Congress makes will cover the neces
sary expense:
Three members frcm the Major General's
staff. 12th. 69th and 71st regiments. New
York; Second Brigade and staff, 14th, 23d
and 47th regiments. Brooklyn: Ist Bat
tery and Corps of Engineers. New York,
Ist Company, Signal Corps. New York;
Squadron C. cavalry. Brooklyn; Troop D.
Albany; Troop D Syracuse, and *th Bat
tery. Einghamton.
It is proposed to have each of the or
ganizations spend ten days at ,the camp.
STOVTT? FINDS PLAYGROUNDS.
New Park Commissioner Will Use
Space Under Bridge Approach.
The new Park Commissioner, Charles B.
Stover, took office yesterday and. accom
panied by former Commissioner Henry
Smith, he made a tour of the offices and
••■■as introduced to the heads of the differ
ent departments.
The pavro!!? of the laborers w»r<> «;ened
and the transfer of the department in the
new CommiNloner was made easy and
pleeeant. After about an hour's chat the
•f^rme*- Commissioner left h I successor in
charge, and Mr Stover Immediately got
Into * conference irttta Mr Parsons and
Colonel Smith, who has been doing: secre
tarial work during the last week.
Mr Stover :-:a:d 'hat he did not oare »o
ray what he was going to do m the twir*.
but that he would rather let his actions
speak for him He said that the newspa
pers were entirely correct when they said
that he wa» the rriend of the small play
grounds, and he thinks that more play
grounds should be provided, and he will
use every effort to turn into playgrounds
*£ many vacant lots as he will be al
lowed to
At the present time there are eleven
playgrounds, exclusive of the parks, and
thiee more hay* been turned over to the
Park Department by th* Sinking Fund
These are. at Cherry street Eleventh ave
n-ie at 59th street and fourteen lots be
tween Second and Third avenuts on lCGst
etre*t- One Idea the new Commissioner hi
is to turn the vacant land underneath the
Queensboro Bridge into a playground"
He said that there was a large bpace on
this side of th« East River over which the
approaches and supports to the bridge are
built and which could be used very well
for a pl*yßX r mnd.
WORK FOR FIRE COMMISSIONER.
Hereafter all members of the Fire De
partment in all the boroughs except Queens
against whom charges are made will be
tried by tire Commissioner Waldo per
sonally. Heretofore this was delegated to
a. Deputy Fire Commissioner.
The bureau of violations and auxiliary
fire appliances has been turned over to the
charge of Chiet Croker, who has been or
dered by Commissioner Waldo to make an
inspection at once of ill theatres, moving
picture houses, music haws %nd other places
of amusement. Thin may result in the
closing up ot ma.iy of these amusement
places. Up- to the present this particular
bureau hats beta (supervised by a battalion
chiet. ivy.
KEW-YORK DAILY TRIBV^E. TTTKSDAY, .Jw-AkY v, 17/10.
TWOCBIMSEIBEKD
MUFDFF ACQUITTAL.
Low Tang and Lore Shan-: Did
Not Kill Bore
Low Tang anil . Low Shang. who have
been on trial In the Criminal Branch of th«
Supreme Court "before Justice Goff and a
jury for several days, were acquitted last
night of the murder of. Bow Kum, who
was found stabbed to death in a room at
No. 17 Mitt street last August. They re
ceived the verdict without emotion and in
a few minutes were discharged and sent
under esox>rt of patrolmen of the Elizabeth
street station back to Chinatown.
' The defence alleges that Chin Lin d!d
the act," said the Justice in his charge.
"The defendants deny that they did . the
*<*♦ One of the defendants, Low Tang,
has not denied that he killed Bow Kum
He simply says that he did not know her
and was not in her room that night. Low
Chang has denied that he killed Bow Kum
or that he was in her room the night of the
murder."
Justice Goff also told the Jury that in
considering the alibi the defence had tried
to establish it must be careful, " because
it might have been a plan or scheme on
the part of the defendants. The jury re
tired at 4 o'clock. It considered the cas.^
for more than an hour and was then taken
out to dinner. ' ,
Terence J. .McManus, counsel for the
defendants, accused Chin Lin, who lived
•with the murdered girl, of having com
mitted the crime. He, reviewed the part
of the evidence j in which the latter ', said
he had told the police that the defendants
had threatened him and Bow Kum with
death, and said that the captain of the
homicide bureau of the District Attorney's
office, as well as the witness for the de
fence, had made him out a liar.
Counsel referred to the "Foxy Quillers"
of the detective bureau, and said that th«
detectives had taken as Gospel truth every
thing that Chin Lin had told them; and
from the day the defendants were arrested
had done nothing to solve the mystery sur
rounding the murder.
Frank Moss, Assistant District Attorney,
in charge of the prosecution, contended
that there was no motive to bear out the
assertion of counsel for the defence that
Chin Lin committed the crime. Mr. Mess
ridiculed the alibi which the defendants
had put In. and said that all the circum
stances pointed to Low Tang and Low
Shang as the murderers of Bow Kum.
LAW SOX IN TOBACCO.
Reported Deal for Entire Bur
ley Crop.
[By T»!perraph to The Tribune.]
Lexington, Ky., Jan. 10. — Thomas 'W.
Lawson, of Boston, arrived here to-day
with a view to purchasing the entire pooled
crop of the Burlev organization, amount-
Ing to 118,000.000 pounds, at 20 cents a pound,
pounds.
Mr. Lawson issued a statement to-night,
however, declaring the purchase not feas
ible because of the complications involved
by suits in the United States court. He
proposed the organization of a, company
in place of the Burley society, to be known
as "the People's Trust." to raise and man
ufacture all the tobacco of- the country.
The company, would be capitalized at $50.
000,000, the tobacco growers to be the stock
holders. The plans have not yet been ac
cepted by the district board.
BUGLE SAFES BOYS
Cornwall Academy Burns —
Students March Out in Order.
N'ewburg, X. T., Jan. 10. — The New York
Military Academy at Cornwall, N. V.,
caught fire about 3 o'clock this morning
and was destroyed. The main building,
which was originally a hotel; the observa
tory, the laboratory and the manual train
ing buildings were all burned to the ground.
Bard Hall, used by the younger students,
escaped. Nobody was hurt in the tire.
There are about a hundred and fifty stu
dents in the academy, which has educated
young men for West Point for forty years,
t'olonel S. C. Jones is the head of tne in
stitution, and Major Davis, of the United
States army, is military trainer.
c fire was discovtaed, near thi
kitchen, the roll of drums and the note oi
the bugler aroused the cadets of the acad
emy. The students turned out promptly
and marched from the burning building
without sign <">f disorder or excitement.
The losp is estimated at $125,000. The in
surance is about $60,000, and the academy
will be rebuilt of brick and stone
THAT CHAXLEF BOOM.
Press Agent Tells Ho%c to
Moke Presidential Candidates.
William F. Clarke, who is suing: former
Lieutenant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant
Chanler for $20. for alleged services
rendered as press ag»nt in the latter's boom
for the Democratic Presidential nomination
in 190?, spent the entire day on the wit
ness stand yesterday in the Supreme Court,
where the suit is being tried. Mr Chanler
was in court, and apparently regarded the
proceeding] as extremely amusing.
Clarke said some of his work was to
write some of the Chanler speeches and then
send them broadcast to newspapers through
out the country through the- medium of two
press associations. Clarke also sent out a
number of letters. In one of these the
plaintiff quoted William J. Oonners, chair
man of the Democratic State Committee, as
saying that New York State would go
Democratic at the Presidential election hy
at least sixty thousand, and that tAe New
York State Democratic Convention would
instruct It delegates to the national con
vention for Chanler.
< >n cross-examination Clarke said that he
was the whol<> '^hanler campaign Counsel
asked •lire whether h° believed he was
r^allv worth 09,000 tr > Chanler '"'larkr- r*
plied
"Certainly, when you consider the fact
that I took a man who was practicably un
known outside of New York State and
made him a national, character." Clarke
was certain that Chanler would not have
been nominated had It nor been for the
efforts of the plaintiff.
WORKERS FOR NEGROES
Fresh Air and Convalescent. Bor;«ti<>s
May Unite.
Sixty societies and organizations 'hat are
doing trash air work or convalescent work
among the negroe.- are going to attempt
a federation along this line The following
resolution was passed at a general confer
ence held last nitrht in the United Charities
Building.
Whereas, In view o! the great need
among the colored people in and near New
York for fresh air and convalescent work,
and
Whereas, The several agencies now at
tempting these phases of social work and
themselves ignorant of general conditions
and of each other's activities.
Be it Resolved, That a :omraittee of five
from among the representatives of the or
ganizations engaged In this work be ap
pointed by the chairman of this conference
to prepare a plan for a permanent council,
whose object shall be to advise with
agencies and to assist in every way possi
ble in the development and extension of
fresh air and convalescent work among
the colored people in and near New York,
said council to be federative in character,
in nowise affecting the Integrity of the
MvcrsJ organizations Interested.
The said committee, moreover, to submit
its report to the several organizations for
approval, together with a request tor the
appointment of delegates to a second con
ference to he called by th«f committee for
the consideration of the proposed plan. .
The consensus of opinion §tav>r«"<i estab
lishing at once a canvsji fn -homo ex»
fluaively tor negroes. r"ever,W siu^ \*.«re
offered near the city by tht> uiuu'-a;-~ or
the conference.
HELD AS COIXERS.
Secret Service Thinks Black
Hand Has Been Broken Up.
In the big round-up of alleged counter
feiters made In the last month, the final
arrests occurring on Sunday, the Secret
Service agents of the government believe
that they have broken the back of the
Black Hand industry in this city and
throughout the country. Or the thirty-six
men apprehended fifteen were arraigned
rsefore Judge Hough yesterday and held in
J15.000 bail each.
It was explained by Abel I. Smith, As
sistant United States Attorney, in charge
of the prosecution, that the big bail was
asked for because the men were suspected
of some of the most serious crimes com
muted in this vicinity, am oner them the
.so-called "barrel murder " 'I ■> of the
prisoners, Ignacio Lupo and Giuseppe Mor
rello. were under sentence In it a.
•Times, the former for eighteen years for
murder and the latter for six years for
forgery.
L.upo "-as in Palermo when Detective
Petrosino was murdered there. V •
were ai! husuea otf i'> the Tombs, .is uiey
<>uld not furnish the bail. William J.
i-"!ynn, nead of the Secret Service here,
.^aid that the prisoners were at the
of the most dangerous counterfeiting
scheme that has been discovered here in
scars. The bills turned out by them were
of excellent workmanship, and it was be
iieved that tftoy had put out about $1,000,000
<>f the stuff since operations were begun.
( MANGES AT MUSEUM.
Xahiral- History Director Busy
Collecting Insects.
Or Hermon C. Bumpus, director of the
American Museum of Natural History, said
yesterday that there were about ten thou
sand species of insects occurring within
fifty miles of this city, but that up to the
present year, owing to the lack of funds,
the museum collection representing those
insects included only 25 per cent of this
number.
Efforts are now being made, Dr. Bumpus
renounced, not only to complete the col
lection but also to install it in a nay
onvenlent for use. so that it may be of
• a!ue as an aid m the difficult task or"
identifying specimens and a? •» record of
this branch of the local fauna.*
The path of Halley's comet has been
added to the planetarium in the foyer.
The position of this transient visitor to the
solar system will be indicated daily dur
ing the next few months, while the comet
Is \ r isible to the naked eye.
The department of vertebrate palaeontol
ogy has received as a gift from Charles
Lanier, one of the trustees, a skull of the
great Cretaceous dinosaur, Triceratops.
Tho specimen was collected in Western
County, Wyo., by Charles H. Sternberg.
and Is considered the second tlneat exam
ple ever discovered.
The- department of anthropology has been
enriched by the accession of two local col
lections. The first was made on Manhattan
Island by Messrs. Calver and Bel ton. and
'he second collection was made on ?tq f en
Island by Alanson Skinner.
»
ZOOLOGISTS MEET TO-NIGHT
Report Shows Increased Attendance at
Bronx Park.
The sixteenth annual meeting of the New
York Zoological Society will be held at the
RfoteJ Plaza this evenin?. After the formal
business of the meeting A. Radclyffe Du*;
more will exhibit a series of photograpns
of living wild animals in British Ea.-=t
Africa, taken by himself last year. There
are pictures of charging lions and rhinocen
raken at distances of from twelve to fifteen
yards.
The report of the executive committee
shows that there has been an attendance
it 'he Zoological Pnrk and the New Yorii
Aquarium of more than 5.410.000 persons in
iw This is an increase over the figures of
'90s of more rh-in Mfi'V""*"' More than ?20.'.""
was spent in the purchase of animals, an-1
the new administration building will be
thrown open to the public some time th!s>
month In this building will be housed the
National Collection of Heads and Horns,
containing more than one hundred md fifty
specimens, said to be the finest in North
America
MANDAMUS FOR METROPOLITAN.
Directs Receivers to Allow Public Ser
vice Inspectors in Barns.
The Public Service Commission obtained
from Justice Amend In the Supreme Court
yesterday a mandamus directing the re
ceivers of the Metropolitan Street Railway
Company to comply with an order of the
commission with regard to an examination
of the companys cars and equipments.
The commissioners set forth that tt is
one of their duties to investigate the cause
of accidants which resulted in the loss of
life and they complained that the Metro
politan has refused to allow the Pubtta
Service Inspectors to enter lhair >ar barn*.
thus violating the provision of the law and
thu order of the conamiaaioa.
"For the Credit of
American Railroading
EDITORIAL IN THE NEW YORK SUN
JANUARY 0, 1910.
A summary of the activities careful management is remark
of the Lackawanna railroad dur- able and deserves public atten
ing the period of ten years just tion. We are as glad to exhibit ■
ended shows. that while the road it for the credit of American
has transported in that time railroading, as we shall be glad
193,787,224 -passengers, with a to recognize the successful oper
total passenger train mileage of ation, in this most important of
.340.908 miles, not. one pas- all particulars, of any road able
senger has been killed as the to produce statistics of safety a3
result of a train accident. El gratifying as those of the com
this statement is accurate — and pany which enjoys Miss Snows
we haven't the slightest reason entire confidence,
for doubting it — the record of
That this record of the LACKAWANNA RAIL
ROAD is of international importance is shown by the
fact that during the last ten years there were killed in
train accidents on the Railroads of Great Britain (long
and properly pointed to as models of safety in travel) 182
passengers. The total number of passenger train miles
operated in Great Britain in this period being cnly thirtv
seven times as great as that of the LACKAWANNA
RAILROAD the comparison speaks for itself.
REPLX FROM STRAUS
HIS FEELIXG BITTER.
Attacks Enemies of Lakei£ood
Preventorium. ..■
"I am quite satisfied to be characterized
as headstrong in my determination to save
the lives of The children. If I hadn't been
headstrong these eighteen j years, I would
not have the satisfaction I now have of
knowing I have helped . save thousands.
So there is nothing to answer," Nathan
Straus said yesterday in replying to
Samuel Untermyer's criticism of ' him in
the Lakewood preventorium matter.
"I mean to be headstrong in this mat
ter,"' he continued. "I mean to resist to the
uttermost any attempt to dispossess the
poor children who are now breathing the
, pine air of Lakewood Even if the enemies
of the children have found a Mr. Unter
fflyer to take up a case tnat 'Abe' Hummel
would have scorned, I have no fear of
j their succeeding.
"I mean to conduct this work peaceably,
if that can be. but I'll put it on a war
footing if necessary, and I will fight to
the last gasp for these children. If I have
to fight, I will spare no one. . I will show
up Captain Eradshaw as the sole cause of
the conspiracy against the poor children,
1 and I will show up his whole history while
j 1 am about it. I will show that Dr. Hancc.
i who has joined the forces against th©
I children, went to Lakewood at my advice
; ?nd cured people of tuberculosis there. I
j will show up the full details of the con
j spiracy to enlist Governor Fort and the
i New Jersey Legislature in the fight against
I the poor children.
"Mr. Untermyer has blamed me for not
j making public all " the ; correspondence. I
I therefore supply a copy of the letter that
he omitted to give to the newspapers.
This was the letter that called forth tiia
heated reply which he save to the news- i
papers without date:
Out of deference to my brother's wishes
and to save him from any possible personal
annoyance, I have refrained, while he was
in this country, from taking any steps j
which might indicate any personal animos- ■
j ity on my side- against ray old associate :
j in spite of the fight which he is apparent- i
ly making not only against the work in j
1 which I am greatly interested, but also
1 against myself. While I am still desirous ■
i of doing nothing to widen the breach be- [
: tween Mr. Nathan and myself, I feel that
since my brother has left I should express .
■ frankly my attitude toward you in tins !
1 matter.
Years of close association with Mr.
j Nathan have bred in me a feeling of sin
| cere friendship toward him. and I cannot
help believing that he has in the past felt
a sincere friendship for myself, nor can
I believe even to-day that, when he is true I
I to himself, he could be false to this friend- i
ship.
I do feel, however, most strongly that ■
in this fight insinuations have been made j
and tactics have been used against me that
have been inspired by a personal animos
ity. Since I know that you are not only
his legal adviser, but that he relies to a
great extent upon your advice in all his
affairs, I must feel that you have dictated
and are to a great extent the responsible \
cause o: his unfortunate attitude in this I
matter, and I feel that your acts are en- '
tirely at variance with your protestations
of personal friendship toward me.
In all frankness. I must state to you
that I feel absolutely no friendship toward I
yourself, and I earnestly request that you !
cease protesting even to yourself that you
are actuated by any friendship toward me
I would rather have ten first class enemies
than one such friend as you pretended to
be in this unfortunate matter.
Marcus M. Marks, in repeating that the
: trustees had unanimously voted to give up
! the work at Lakewood, said: "We hope
new to be able to establish our work on a
site whrre it can expand and fulfil its orig
inal mission, where there will be no friction
with the residents I have reported ro the
trustees that we have received an offer of
$100,000 in cash from Nathan Straus.
"In order to carry out the original plan
to rare for four hundred children, $150,000
additional will be required for land and
buildings, and an annual income of $100,.
000 must be raised. The public is asked to
respond to this call. Subscriptions should
bo • sent to Alexander S. Webb, Jr.. treas
urer, care of Lincoln Trust Company. Madi
son Square. New York."
The following trustees were present at
the meeting which accepted Mr. Strauss I
offer Archibald S. Alexander. Dr. Herman
M. Bigg* R. Fulton Cutting. Mrs. J. Borderi
Harriman. Dr. Alfred S. Hess. John I
Huyler. Dr. Abraham Jaeobi XV G Mc-
Adoo. Marcus M Marks. Eugene Meyer.* i r
Dr. James Alexander Miller. M. Theodore
Roser.be: Jacob H. Schiff. Isaac' N Sell*- I
man. Mrs. James Speyer. Henry L. - i
dard. Uwrtnea Ve,n.. r and Mr Mary
Hatch Wills rd. * lar>
Samuel Untermyer. replying t. Mr
Straua last night, had this to say
•■Why does he ,Mr Straus) |li*UwlL
refuse Mr. Nathan's most genenua offer
supported by th- earnest pleas of the diro C :
tora of the preventorium, to join in. giving
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$250,000 to the institution if It will move to
a place where its existence will not imperil
the lives of healthy children? Why does
he persist in Inflicting the institution on
the homes of Lakewood at •• sacrifice of
$250,000 to the institution which he pro
fesses to have so much at heart? Mr.
Straus will not continue to occupy the
Cleveland cottage for any such purpose
any longer than It will taJt*? to put him
out, and that won't take long."
HATCHET GIVES WAY TO LAW.
Carrie Nation Seeks Judgment for
Series of Temperance Lectures.
Mrs Carrie Nation, who used to force
her temperance arguments on saloonkeep
ers with the use of a hatchet, has resorted
to the more orderly course of the law to
enforce the payment of $633 33 from the Fox
Theatrical Enterprises for a lecture en
gagement.
Mrs. Nation agreed to deliver four lect
ures a day of from twelve to twenty min
utes' duration at the defendant's several
theatres for three weeks, for which she
was to receive $1,000. less 5 per cent for the
booking agency that obtained the engage
ment for her. Mrs Nation lectured. The
subject was her favorite on*. "Temper
ance."
When she demanded her money Mrs. Na
tion says that the Fox Theatrical Enter
prises offered her COO in settlement of her
claim. Mrs. Nation did not get excited and
draw a hatchet from the folds of her skirt.
She lust said. "Not by a jugful. I'll sue
you for the money ' And so she engaged
counsel a.nd brought suit in the city court.
NEW ROYAL MAIL LINER HERE.
West Indian Tourist Steamer Specially
Fitted for Tropical Service.
The new 11,500 ton twin screw steamship
Avon, which the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company has assigned to the West Indian
tourist service, arrived -:<••-• yesterday from
Southampton.
The big liner has been in tie service be
tween Southampton and Buenos Ayres and
is fitted with all the conveniences that a
traveller in the tropics could desire. Sh*
maintains an Average speed of sixteen
knots and will steam seven thousand knots
during her long cruise in the West Indies.
She will leave New York on her first cruise
on .January 15. - ,
In addition to six mites de luxe, the Avon
has cabins with private baths, single berth
cabins on the promenade deck, card room,
gymnasium, a swimming pool on the upper
deck, a dark room for developing photo
graphs and » ' nursery with toy* of all
kinds
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Shirtmaker and Outfitter. 20 East
42d street.
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