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VAN NORDENS OUT
OIVXERSHIP OF TRUST
COMPANY SOLD.
Carve&c Trust Interest* For-
jvalhf Take Control of
Institution.
Though the annual meeting of the Van
Nord>n Trust Company was held last
Tuesday, announcement of the with
drawal of "Warner Van Norden. as di
rector, and his son. Warner M. Van Nor
d*n. as director and president, was not
xnade until yesterday.
Through an official statement given out
yesterday it was learned that The resig
nations of the Van Nordens followed the
disposal of all their stock holdings in the
Van Harden Trust Company.
The new president of the Van Norden
f Trust Company is Charles A. Moore, sr..
who is also chairman of the board of di
rectors. The other officers are Watkins
Crockett, vi re- president; Bradley Max
ttn. jr.. vice-president and treasurer: W.
TV Robinson, secretary: Charles A Fish
>- assistant secretary and assistant
treasurer; George W. Bartholmei. trust
Beer and Tompkins Mcllvaine. general
counsel.
- • . are Henry F. Shoemaker.
Martin J. Condon. Irving E Raymond,
Samu"! H Kress. Joseph B. Tteichmann,
Gustavo Ba'jmar.n. Charles A. Moore,
Jr . Edward R Fin^h, William J Cum
ntas, Cbaxiem A. Moore, sr.. Bradley
Martin. Jr.. Watkins Crockett and Tomp
ktaa M<-r--aine.
Nearly all these officers and directors
ere connected with the Carnegie Trust
Company. Joseph B. Reichmann was
recently elected president of the com
pany, to succeed Charles C Dickinson,
who was badly hurt last October while
riding hi Central Park.
The retirement of the Van Nordens
from the trust company which bears
their name strengthened the frequent
lll— r of the merger of the Van Norden
Trust Company, the Twelfth Ward Bank
lad the Nineteenth Ward Bank with the
Carnegie Trust Company. For nearly a
year there have beer, reports that these
irstitutions would merge. Late last
spring control of the Van Norden Trust
Company and the two banks passed to
c syndicate, of which Charles C. Dickin
son, at that time president of the Car
negie Trust Company, was a member.
This >jmdlu>te obtained 70 per cent of
the stock holdings in the Van Norden
Trust Company.
Mr. Dickinson said then that the
merger would be effected as soon as
those interested in the deal were ready.
At that tine William J. Cummins and
Charles A. Moore, sr., directors of the
I "srnegie Trust Company, were elected
to the directorate" of the Van Norden
Trust Company.
Charles A. Moore, sr., the new presi
'-:--- of the Van Norden Trust Com
pany, said last night at his home in
Greenwich, Conn.:
"The control of the Van Norden Trust
Company changed hands some time ago.
The election of the officers of this com
pany had to be deferred" until last week.
when the annual meeting was held. The
delay -- the election of officers was sim
ply because it was not convenient to
make the change earlier."
Bradley Martin, jr.. one of the direc
tors of the Van Norden Trust Company.
taid yesterday:
"The directors of the Carnegie Trust
Company bought control of the Van
Norden Trust Company last year. Some
of them have now been elected officers
of the Van Norden Trust Company, and
they individually hold control of the
company. The directors of the Carnegie
Trust Company bought in the Van Nor
den holdings as individuals and not as a
K<"o:r.panv. thai the Van KTordea Trait
"The rumor that the Van Norden Trust
''crripar-y is to merge with the Carnegie
Trust Company at once is not true. If
action of this kind la taken it may come
seme Die in the spring. It is too early
to make definite announcement of soeh
a rlan."
Warner Van Norden said last night:
"My son and I have sold all our hold
ings in the trust company. The an
rr-jn^m^nt made to-day is simply of
ficial confirmation of the transaction last
r^-ar. <vhen we disposed of a seven
tieths interest in the company."
Mr. Van Norden added that "his- retire
r-.tr-t. wag floe to a desire. to release him
self as much as possible from business
c?r«
RECORD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS.
_^A cT!7r.:rJuee M fifty young girl?, dressed
»i;t fc gowns, has been appointed to wel
cone the WJ'Dqpila who are to enter the
Tyasiir.Eion-Irvir.g High School, at No 344
~Mt litn street, for the coming term.
i4*ii. t arr:.M"Andrew. the principal, said yes
»<rcay that this is the largest entering class
krwrr in rhe history of high schools. An
tis&cr«jT« programme has been arranged
f*>r tii*. to be held at the school
£t *- °j?jock to-day.
Borden's Milk Is Worth
It is easy enough to pull down the quality of milk. ft is keeping the quality up
that is important to you.
Don't be satiafied with eight-cent milk. Borden's quality far exceeds eight-cent
quality.
BORDEN'S COUNTRY-BOTTLED MSLK
i* ordinal, pure, high quality milk, bottled under the most scrupulous and exacting
conditions in the fresh, pure air of the country, instead of the bacteria
laden air of the city.
The whole Borden system of milk supply is maintained at the highest possible
standard.
Cet Border* and be «ure of pure, wholesome, clean milk
BORDEN'S CONDENSED MILK CO.
The continuance of the historic church, at Fifth avenue and i:th street, is assured
by a gift of $180,000.
OLD FIKST ENDOWED
Continued from first pag*
missions, the Ragged School of Dr. Chal
mers, in Edinburgh, and the Waldensian
work in Italy. On this side of the water
it was a prjme factor in organizing and
was for years the dominating influence in
controlling Princeton University. Prince
ton Theological Seminary and the Pres
byterian boards, both of For°ien and
Home missions.
The Scotch Presbyterian Church, the
Rutgers Riverside Church, the Fifth
Avenue Church, the Brick Church and
the Spring Street Church are all off
shoots of the Old First The Presby
terian Hospital was organized in its
lecture room, and the site now occupied
by the hospital buildings was the gift of
one of its trustees.
"The present spirit of the Old First
Church is progressive and aggressive."
said Dr. Duffieid yesterday, -its poli
cies and its methods are thoroughly mod
ern. Its doors are open every day in
the year. During the last twelve months
more than seven thousand persons
availed themselves of this freedom, .of
the church between Sundays.
"We believe that in those districts of
the city where the conditions of life
grow harder and the struggle for exist
ence becomes more bitter there is the
place where the most beautiful churches
should be planted, and the best that
brain and heart can dG should be freely
bestowed, the most inspiring sermons
preached, the finest music rendered, and
the moßt abundant opportunities of
brightening experience and developing
character should be afforded."
AID FOB BOWEBY.
Speakers in Calvary Baptist
Church Tell of Y. M. C, A.
A service was conducted last night at
the Calvary Baptist Church, in West 57th
street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues,
in the interest of the Bowery branch of the
Young Men's Christian Association. The
Rev. Dr. Robert Stuart Mac Arthur, pastor
of the church, had invited representatives
of the association to acquaint the congre
gation with the work don* by the Bowery
branch, and incidentally procure funds for
the work.
Cleveland A. Dunn, chairman "f the com
mittee of management . H W. Hoot, secre
tary of the branch ; Orlando F. Lewis, sec
retary of the Prison Association of New-
York, and the Rev. Hugh Birckhead, rector
of St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church,
•were the speaker?.
Mr Dunn said that the Bowery branch
of the Young Men's Christian Association
had a transitory membership, which paid
about $11,000 of its annual $25,000 budget
of expenses. As a result, he said, the gen
erosity of the Christian churches of this city
had to be relied upon for the remainder of
Th*» rapnai. He told of the work of meet
ing immigrants and sending them with
cards of introduction to other branches
throughout North America.
Orlando F. Lewis described the different
r- :8 .ws of homeless men found in the Bow
ery and the work of the branch in provid
ing them with work, food and shelter.
The Rev. Hugh Birckhead, who attacked
indiscriminate chanty, said :
"I do not believe in front door charity;
it usually does more harm than good. There
are, unfortunately, m New York to-day
thousands of persons who live off the ill
advised charity of others. The Bowery
branch is doing an excellent work because
it strives to reach the deserving and help
• -at .an be helped without encourag
!r-g the iniwtil 01 professional mendicancy."
Nine Cents a Quart.
Nine Cents a Quart. Worth It!
THE OUD FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. MONDAY, JANUARY SO, imO.
THIEF A MURDERER
Continued from first pagp.
Scalpone, his wife. Felicia Maria, afid
Concetta Martine in the tenement house
at No. 10 Montgomery street on the
night of January 19. At that time the
police would not admit that a robbery
had been committed until it became ap
parent that there was no likelihood of
making an arrest. The list of stolen ar
ticles was made public a few days later.
The same tactics were followed by the
detectives after the discovery of the
murder of John Ferrari, the aged wine
merchant, who was found dead in his
room at No. 331 East lOfith street on
the afternoon of January 21. The list of
stolen property was also- withheld, and
the murder remains unsolved.
TVith the shooting of Mr. Gootman the
police have eight murder mysteries to
unravel. All of these have taken place
since January 12, wh^n Robert Lomas
and Arthur Shibley werp shot down in
Highbridge Park.
In the rush of police business little at
tention was given to the murder of
George Weisenheusen, a saloonkeeper, at
l»ssth street and Amsterdam avenue,
who was robbed and beaten when he was
about to close his store at 1 o'clock on
the morning of January 21. Weisenheu
sen died in the German Hospital. The
murder, detectives said, was the result
of a saloon brawl, but the dead man's
wife reported that her husband had been
robbed of $80 by his assailant.
The police records show the murder of
a Japanese in Chinatown two weeks
ago. Although there have been four Chi
nese murders since October, the police
say it would be impossible to get a con
viction if an arrest were made.
The police concentrated their strength
in the upper West Side section of the city
yesterday. A number of detectives have
been sent out to patrol the streets in the
vicinity of Highbridge. where more than
a dozen cases of assault have been re
ported in two weeks. A special patrol of
plain clothes men was also detailed to the
upper East Side last night.
PIRATE RETREAT UNCOVERED.
Detective Raids Launch Furnished by
Boys with Club Property.
Three juvenile - -buccaneers" had their
winter rendezvous rudely disturbed yester
day when Detective -John Kraemer, of the
Whitestone police station, swooped down
on a big launch which had been hauled up
in winter quarters on the Sound shore near
the Beechhurst Yacht Club house, at
Whitestone Landing, Long Island, and
captured John Gorman, fifteen years old.
the only member of the hardy band of win
ter pirates on duty at that hour. Young
Gorman was sound asleep in his bunk
when the detective pried open the cabin
door.
The capture was made after young Gor
man s mother, Mrs. Mary Gorman, of 3d
street and Long View avenue. Little Bay
elde, had told the ponce that her boy was
missing from home. Robert Landiak, a
watchman, had his attention drawn to a
'beater, path through the snow that led to
th^ launch, and he informed the police that
some boys were living there.
In the cabin were found table linen, a
silver service, blankets and rugs, fowling
r>i^e«F. rifle?, revolvers, old fashioned cut
lasses and many other articles which had
been taken from the Beechhurst Yacht Club
house.
Gorman was taken to Flushing and ar
raigned before Magistrate Fitch and turned
over to the Children's Society The de
tectives are seeking the other members of
the band.
SAVED FROM SHARKS
NINE MEX BE SCC ED.
Wrecked Sailors Picked from
Raft Ear Out at Sea.
Although the wireless operator on the
Savannah liner City of Atlanta cent a
fairly complete story of the rescue of the
crew of the schooner George A- McFadden
oTi Saturday night, sailormen of the At
lanta were able to give some details that
may have been side-tracked by the tall
buildings in lower Broadway. The Atlanta
came In yesterday, it was told in The
Tribune how the McFadden. while carrying
lumber from Jacksonville to Slew Bedforl,
was blown on the Diamond Shoals off Cape
Hatteras on Thursday and dismasted by a
6tiff northeaster. The first report had 'It
that the schooner, which was a big four
master, had broken up on the shoal, but
reports from northbound steamship? say
she has been blown seaward and i*> now a
dangerous derelict on the northbound,
coastwise track.
The City of Atlanta, from Savannah,
brought Captain F. H. Meader and the
eight men of the McFadden to this city
yesterday. They had been picked up by
the British tramp steamship Katherine
while clinging to the schooner's deckhouse
sf>me seventeen miles north of the wreck.
Later they were transferred to the Unite.l
States gunboat Paducah. which put them
aboard the City of Atlanta.
When the men got in yesterday it was
learned that the gale was not wholly to
blame for the grounding of the McFadden.
The skipper said his compass was "out"
and that the weather was thick off the
shoals. After the scnooner struck, her
deck fittings and life boats' were carried
away by the high combers and the men
took refuge in the jigger rigging. Realiz
ing that it would be only a question of
time before they would be dashed out of
their temporary haven, the men jumped
to the deckhouse, which they saw was
working itself loose from the schooner.
SWEPT FROM THE WRECK.
The deckhouse, which was IS by 20 feet,
finally did bound away and drift seaward.
There were several boat rings and frag
ments of ropes on the improvised raft, and
half of the crew managed to lash themselves
to the rings. The others clung to the men
wfao were lashed. Before the deckhouse
gave way the men who had taken refuge on
it were constantly menaced by the heavy
timbers which made up the deckload and
which rolled about as the ship pitched In
the seas.
The McFadden had plenty of provisions
on board, but they could not be hauled out
from below. A cask containing twenty-five
gallons of fresh water was smashed before
the men drifted from the wreck. In the
afternoon an onion floated by the deck
house and the men reached for it. but a
hungry wave carried it away. They never
saw that onion again. Later a bucket cov
ered with a wire screen was washed to
them, and the hungry men caught it. The
find was hardly worth catching, for the
bucket contained a turnip and a few dozen
salt pickles. Edmond Roscoe, an able sea
man, said, "Let's eat all of that turnip now."
The others were willing, but the skipper
said. "No, we'll keep part of it for to-mor
row."
"We won't be here to-morrow." replied
Roscoe. and the skipper agreed that his re
mark was "blamed near true."
Every man on the deckhouse believed
that he had only one chance in a hundred
of being rescued, but all clung tenaciously
to that one chance. Just as a reminder
that there were some ninety-nine chances
against them, schools of big sharks dis
ported themselves with open jaws about
the flimsy raft.
ONE SHIP BRUSHES BY.
An American barkentine, which the skip
per believed was the Daisy Reed, came so
close to them that the sailormen were able
to make out the lookout and the man at
the wheel. But she went by. There was a
ring of disdain in Captain Meader' s voice
when he said he could see the barkentine
and she could not see him. Another sail
ing vessel also went close to them, but did
not stop. It was not until the British
tramp Kntherine bore down upon the 18 by
20 deckhouse that the ninety-nine chances
in favor of the sharks vanished.
Captain A. G. Whyte, of the Katherine.
took good care of the McFadden's crew
after they were hauled up from the water.
Two of the men had tneir feet caught be
tween the deckhouse and the steamship's
side, and limped yesterday when they came
ashore from the City of Atlanta.
Captain Whyte, who was bound for Tam
pico. intended to put the men ashore at
Key West until he sighted the gunboat
Paducah. Then came the red tape of the
government when he signalled that he
wanted to put some shipwrecked men
aboard. The Paducah wanted to know it
there was sickness on board the Katherine.
Then she wanted to know if the helpless
sailors were sick. 'When assured that they
were not she ran close and transferred the
men in her own small boat. The Paducah
later got into communication with the City
of Atlanta and put the McFadden s crew
aboard.
TO DIVIDE ATHLETICS
Harvard Committee Outlines
Three Classes.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune ]
Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 30.— The commit
tee appointed by the student council of
Harvard to investigate the charges formu
lated a short time ago by an editor of
•The Crimson," the official student organ
of the university, who said that athletes
were taking part in Harvard sports who
had failed to take the strength test?, as
required by the rules of the athletic asso
ciation, will report tthis week.
The committe-: will recommend dividing
the athletic activities of the university m
three clasps— A. B and C. Class A will
comprise the major sports— football, base
ball and rowing— and Classes B and C the
lesser sports. Athletes will be allowed to
compete in <--nly two branches of Class A.
although they may be permitted to go in
for three Class B's or three Class B's and
one Class C. A revision of the three-year
eligibility ru!e will also be advocated.
SON OF MILLIONAIRE SUED.
Irving Roberts, of Highland, Accused
of Evicting Coachman.
[Ey Telegraph to Th-^ Tribune.]
Poughkeepsle. N. V.. Jan. 30.— A suit for
$20,000 has been brought by James D. Beaver,
of this city, against Irving Roberts, of
Highland, son of Dr. Charles Roberts, who
died a year ago. leaving $1,500,000. The suit
grows out of an alleged assault on Beaver
by Roberts on the night of December 2.
Robert?, assisted by Lee Anderson, who
had been in the employ of the family for
several years as coachman. It is said, eject
ed Beaver and Robert J. Shelly, who had
been engaged as coachmen by Miss
Francs Roberts, Irving Roberts'.* sister,
from the premises.
Beaver had Robert* arrested, and the case
was tii<*d before Justice Kllmg anii a. jury
at. Highland, and Roberts was found not
guilty Now Heaver Meha redress in the
6uprerne Court The defenoi Is a g^nt-ral
denial
THE VIRGINIA LEAVES NORFOLK.
Norfolk. Va.. Jan. 30.— The battleship Vir
ginia, which sailed from Hampton Reads
or* January 18 and was forced to return
because of a disarrangement -of h*r' ma
chinery, steamed this afternoon for Guan-.
tanarno to Join the Atlantic fleet, "now ma
noeuvring in southern waters.
Oldest • Strongest
in America in the World
The Mutual Life
Insurance Company
of New York
Record of 1909
The close of the 67th year shows an increased amount of. insurance in force, $1,441,323,848. and ?n increased
amount of new insurance paid for. $102,040,633. Other notable features mar rang the progress of the Company are;
Assets $560,122,367.61: Increase, $21,083,399.48
Policy Reserves 445.388,997.00; Increase. 12,251.281.00
Interest and Rents Received. 25,052,001.61: Increase, 531.868.83
Profits on Stocks, Bonds and
Real Estate Sold 6,409,830.04: Increase. 5,804.364 27
Unprecedented Benefits to Policyholders
Dividends paid in 1909 $11,005.914 96; Increase, $2.694 659.07
Dividends apportioned for 1910, 12,401.752.11; Increase. 1.309.469.73
Total paid policyholders, 1909, 54,909.648.86: Increase. 2.246.947.83
Held for Deferred Dividends
and Contingencies 91,498.319.99: Increase. 5.653.328.79
The Company continues to maintain its PRE-EMINENCE IN ECONOMY OF MANAGEMENT. In con
nection with a largely increased volume of new insurance, the ratio of Expenses (exclusive of taxes) to Total
Income is lower than any other company doing a general life insurance business has been able to show -
many years. The relative expenses of the Mutual Life have decreased more than 50 per cent, in the laat five
years, resulting in a steady and satisfactory decrease in the cost of insurance.
Balance Sheet, December 31st, 1909
ASSETS LIABILITIES
Real Estate (market value) $26,239,286.53 Net Policy Reserve $445^88.5^--
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate 128.754,102.94 Other Liabilities on Policies 6*366,56 1 .90
Loans on Policies 65.274.997.91 Premiums. Interest and Rentals Paid in
Bonds (amortized book value) 271.526.503.63 advance 1 .758.98~.09
Stocks (market value) 57,829,377.00 Miscellaneous Liac.'.ities "■" ■ ~-:2" :
Cash (not on interest) 630,892.58 Reserve for Death CUn --reported . SCC.DOO.OO
Cash (deposited on interest) 2.050.296.50 Reserve for Taxes, Licenses, etc.. in 1910. !«252.:'- : -
Interest Be Rents, due and accrued 3,897.661.25 Dividends payable in 1910 12.-1" --: ; •
Premiums in course of collection 3.923.980.43 Reserve for Deferred Dividends and Con-
Miscellaneous Assets 282.531.89 tingencies 91,506,436.91
Gross Assets $560,459,750.66
Deductions 337.383.05
Total Assets $560,122,367.61 Total Liabilities $560,1 22.36" 51
MANAGERS
Thomas C. Bell, 146 Broadway. I Robert H. Hardy, 1170 Broadway.
Frederick W. Bliss, 281 Fourth Avenue, cor. 22d St. j E. C. Ogborn, 161 W. !23rh Street.
George A. BrinkerhofF, 149 Broadway. I. Woiffsohn, 401 Broadway
Max Goldfinger, 146 Broadway. I Ives & Myrich, 37 Liberty St.
Warren T. Diefendorf, 164 & 166 Montague St., Brooklyn
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
Home Office, 34 Nassau Street, New York, N. Y.
FISH AOT AFFECTED
PBICES ABE NORMAL.
Meat Boycott Xot Taken Ad
vantage of by Dealers.
"Fish high? Yes, higher than they wert
nro weeks ago, but they may come down
next week. That's one thing about the fish
trade, it's a big gamble, and you can't get
a line of quotations to-day that you can be
sure of to-morrow. A heavy storm may
keep the boats at sea or tied up, and then
prices are shoved up. A little mild weather
and a few big catches, and down they come
again. The meat boycott? We haven't felt
it yet. It certainly hasn't affected our
prices, and doesn't seem likely to."
That was a rather long talk all at once,
for Washington Market is inclined to brev
ity, carrying it almost to the point of curt
ness where there is no sale in prospect. But
it seemed as if an exception were being
taken in favor of the inquirer after fish
prices and the conditions of the trade. The
dealer speaking, who handles the lion's
share of the business in his line in the ram
shackle building in West street, between
Fulton and Vesey, continued :
"You see, things have changed in the fish
business as in some others. The boats that
go out from New York are mostly owned
by firms and kept in commission all the
time, the men receiving in addition to a
certain pay a bonus of a small sum on each
fish caught. That makes it interesting, es
pecially when a big catch of blueflsh or
mackerel comes in. But prices are gov
erned entirely bj' the demand for the fish
we have on hand."
"All the traffic will bear?" was asked.
"Well, that's one way to put it. But we
can't push prices too liigh. Take shad, for
instance. There isn't a roe shad in the
market. If there were any we could get $3
apiece for them. There are some nice buck
shad at 75 cents and $1 apiece. Before long
that price will be cut in two. Roe would
be worth $1 a pair if we had any, but we
cannot get people to take cod or haddock
roe, which are just as good, for a quarter
a pound. But the restaurant man is wise,
and knows that few of his people can tell
the difference, so he gets shad roe prices
for cod roe. and is satisfied."
"How about comparing fish with meat?"
"There is no comparison. Fish is better
and cheaper than meat at the present rates.
Take a gocd halibut steak, at 2) cents a
pound, and a man need not eat two pounds
of It to get as much satisfaction and nutri
ment as he would out of a 40-cent steak.
If that is too. high, take cod, haddock or
some of the other fish at 10 rents a pound,
or mackerel at 25 cents, or oysters at a cent
apiece, or clams at 15 cents a string of
twenty. Why, we have got meat prices
t eaten to a frazzle, and our stuff is not cold
storage stuff, either."
•T-oes the supply hold up?"
"Not always. I think sometimes that
rh*» supply of fish in the sea must be grow
ing smaller. Think of the millions more
people there are to eat rish now than there
wer* thirty years ago. Then you could buy
a whole haddock for lit cents that you
have to Day 10 cents a pound for now. Then
tne catch had to be sold at onc<*. Now, if
there is a glut, there- are dryers and salt
ers and picklers and shredders, all ready
to take the overplus, and it seems as if
the more th*re is caught the more the de
mand is
■'Then the. porgie or menhaden fishermen
have had a bad effect. Their, big steam
trawls scooped everything In the water, and
it all went to the oil and fertilizer factories.
Even the food fishes suffered. That is a
hard life for men, and they have begun to
see that there are more advantages on shore
and are deserting the nets and lines. That
makes It cost more to feet the flsh. But
there is no trust in the business. Prices
have gone up from natural causes, which
would boost them in* any line under like
conditions. i ;. :
"Say."- he continued, as a parting shot.
"Isn't there a good deal of newspaper talk
"about that meat boycott?"
On being assured that there was a good
deal of talk, but that the talk was Justified
by the condition of things, he remarked :
"W. 11. 1 don't, see what good it's going to
do. People will get tired of going without
meat, and come back after pretty near their
•regular supply, and then the packers will
get even with them for this flurry. They
are not going to lose anything, for even If
1. Altaian & <£tt.
WILL HOLD SPECIAL SALES OF
DRESS SILKS AND COLORED DRESS GOODS
THIS DAY (MONDAY), JANUARY 3 1st
fifth Jtonue,
fish were cheaper than they are people
are not going to eat them all the time. If
we had the. grip the meat people have we
wouldn't be bothered by anything like this
fuss," and he turned away to put a quart
of plump scallops into a box for a customer
and flipped a half dollar into the till with
a farewell "that beats a half dollar's worth
of meat. Better take some home with you."
POBK PLANT CLOSES.
Morton-Gregson Packing Com
pany Shuts Doz^n.
[By Telegraph to The Trlbur.e. ]
Nebraska City, Neb.. Jan. 30.— The Mor
ton-Gregson packing plant of this city has
been hit so hard by the ar.::-meat a?it^
tion which is sweeping over the country
that the managers have decided to cease
operations and close the plant ur.
rreat strike is over. Notices to that etTect
were posted last night, and the company
will buy no more livestock until the agita
tion ceases.
The Morton-Gregson company is one of
the oldest packing companies along the
Missouri River. Its business was conrmed
to the slaughter of hogs, no cattle or
sheep being killed. The capacity was SJH
hogs a day. and for months the plant has
been killing from 1.000 to 1.500 hogs daily.
Paul Morton, president of the Equitatie
Life Assurance Society, or New York, is
interested in the plant which was founded
by his father, the late J. Sterling Morton.
BEWARE HORSE MEAT
Product Said To Be Sened in
Chicago.
[By Telegraph to Th« Trtbune 1
Chicago. Jan. 30. — The discovery- that
horses are being butchered in Cook County
for human food has led to a series of in
vestigations on the part of the Illinois State
Food Commission to discover where the
meat is sold. In spite of the assertion of
the horse killers that their product ts ex
ported to Copenhagen. Inspector Frank J
Hoey, of the commission.' gives lj}s opinion
m an official report just made that part of
the horse meat at least is sold to cheap
restaurants and "free lunch" saloons in Chi
cago.
The investigation resulted in the discovery
of two horse abattoirs, one of which was in
•iperation to-day when visited by Inspector
Hoey and Harrison Kennicott. The pro
prietor made no pretence that he was butch
ering anything but horses, bu^ insisted the
meat was for circuses and for export. Thir
ty barrels of cured and salted horse meat
and sausage casings made from horses were
found at that plant. The proprietor insist
ed they. too. were exported to Denmark, but
it was learned that horse killers frequently
disposed of their casings to a sausage mak
ers' supply house in Chicago.
HOW TO LIVE ON 20 CENTS A DAY
(By Telegraph to Th« Tribune |
Boa.. . Jan. 3D.— Dr. Franklin W White,
whose specialty at the Harvard Medical
School is the study of dietetics, holds the
theory that 30 cent* a lay may easily be
made the limit for a man's food. More
over. Dr White makes it clear that for this
small sum a man or woman may be as well
nourished as if the day's food had cost in
the neighbornood of a dollar.
"People are complaining of the high coat
of food." said Dr. White, "but it seems as
if most of us forget the really cheap food
Take cornmeal. for example. wMdl
34ih and sstb Streets, new York
Do You Drink
Olive Oil?
Your health would be better,
your complexion clearer and
your digestion perfect if you
took a tablespoonful of
Chiris Olive Oil
( pronounced SHERIS^
before or with each meal.
Physicians of all schools recom
mend Chiris Olive Oil because of
its purity and flavor.
An interesting i»i--» The Me
dicinal Value of Olive Q-.
free. Add 10 cents and we mail a
sample bottle.
Where Chiris is not easily ob
tained through dealers we supply
direct.
C. G. EULER U*f-£T
Dept. C. IS Plan Street. New York
3 cents a pound. With oleomargarine and
some chear . - makes a satisfying.
nourishing meal. Two cents' worth of
syrup would .jive the sugar element. A
man could do hard labor on such a meeJL
The entire cost of which would be about ♦
CHICAGO BEEF INQUIRY.
Grand Jury to Resume Its Work To
norrow.
Chicago, Jan. 30.— When the govern
ment's investigation of the so-called Beef
Trust is resumed by the federal grand Jury
to-morrow it is expected the books and
documents of the National Packing Com
pany will be taken up.
Ralph Crew;-, general counsel for th«
company. is scheduled to appear. Before)
the end of the week it is expected officials
of Armour & Co.. Morris & Co. and th*
Swift Company will be questioned.
VICHY
Natural
Alkaline Water
Used at meals
prevents Dys
pepsia and re
lieves Gout and ,
Indigestion.
-
Askyozr Physician
1 VICHY
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