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ONE CENT
! ■-■•••• '
| Is City of New Tork.
j i«r»*T City «ad
Hobnltcs.
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CITY FINANCES
TO BE SET RIGHT
< OXT ROLLER U ILL
TCRX OX LIGHT.
A roc Mills Sag* Credit Was
Hurt by Excess Revenue
Bond,? — Has Xew Hope.
Controller FmidTgast has in prepara
tion and. it is understood, will make
public in a few da» the first clear and
y nrf^rv*d racial statement '•' the
financial .... o{ the city that
ih« taxpayer? have been allowed to have
for tnanv v^ars. He will frankly show
what has been done with trust funds.
~ h*t corporate stock proceeds nave b*en
misapplied and •-••■■■ bonds
... consolidation been illecally
i^ued in excess of the collectible taxes
available for their redemption or used
in disregard of the charter for purposes
ether than the requirements of the bud
get on whose account they were issued.
He will thus .=tart a nousecleaning
movement of -■•:■"'■ It will
be the first s=l^ toward providing for
;hr huge burden <.f $33,000.065 of rev
< « nu bondjs which -Were long -•• offi
( ia:iy declared to havo no collectible
... them, and For the stopping
■f the reckless revenue bond issues by
which former administrations piled up a
floating debt ...f unwieldy proportions
iind unknown size, which weighted the
taxpayers with high interest charges at
!i!ch rater- and seriously impaired the
, ity's credit and market for corporate
stock.
This courageous facinc of a difficult
situation by the new Controller will be
<■>! gr^at benefit t<> the city, in the opin
ion of disinterested financiers, though
t C m? prrfons who have profited by the
high rates paid on short term revenue
bonds may not be so much pleased. An
drew Mills! president of the Dry Dock
Savings Bank- one .-■ the largest holders
of the city's corporate stocks, speaking
".«•» s Tribune reporter on the existing
renditions of New York's finances and
the hope of betterment through Mr.
Prcndergast's policy, said:
"For san the investing public has
known that the methods- by which the
city's finance? were being administered
left a rreal leal to be desired. Yearly
borrowings upon revenue bonds vastly
-in excess of budget needs indicated the
< jdstenee of a temporary debt much
greater than the collectible revenues le
caiiy available for us liquidation. There
has been a lack of frankness in the
official report? as to the city's financial
standing ■ The extent of the Boating
<i€bt hat; bet^n - nebulous factor. It has
ij<«->n an unknown quantity that could
not^be accurately jcau?Pd. There has
'.-•• en nothlae to sho'-v the balance of
accounts and indicate whether money
raised by the salo of corporate stock
was being u.-ed for the purpose for
". hich it was borrowed.
crrrs bonds declined.
•There never ha? been any question.
of course, about the city of New York
Veins good for every dollar of its debt.
:->ut this lack ■■' frankness in the state
ment of its financial standing has for
years been discounted in the money
market, and as a result the value of
Jb* city's securities has steadily de
< lined. This kind of evasion is always
more disastrous than the plain truth,
nr> matter how bad it may be. To-day
the city of Philadelphia is able to mar
ket its bonds <"<n a 4 per cent ba?i<=
>\ a comfortable premium over par
value, while it very doubtful if the
greater and more wealthy city of New
York could at this moment dispose of
its corporate stock on a 4 per cent basis
at n]l.
•The savings 'ban! of the state are
by far the largest individual investors
in the city's long term securities. Their
.■:-.. ■ lings to-day total consid
erably more than ?100.000,000 of thc?e
bonds. Any condition which has the
(Feet of depreciating the value as an
investment of the city's securities is
consequently a matter of vital interest
to the saving? -.--■*. For instance, a.
;;u per cent New York City bond boM
'.en ye-zrs ago at MB, or 5 point* over
var value. That same bond i? quoted
to-day on th« market -' ■"'. 10 points
under par value, or l."» point? under
" hat it sold for ten years ago. Some of
this depreciation ie due to the fact that
money i p ... to-day than it ™as
-.h^n. Besides, at that time New York
City bonds enjoyed an almost exclusive
privi!«*?e of b«-iiiZ free from all taxes.
But even taking both these factors into
< on?ideration. there has been a steady
<2eprfriation in the value of city securi
ii<^. due almost entirely to the unsound
»^f'hr-ds of conducting its finances.
'The fundamental weakness in the
« >.i?t;ne FyFterri lies in th*> manner in
which' the budget i«: financed. The ex-
T-«»n'lt:ijr«;!= lor running the city I>^gin
•>n the first day of the year. Tne taxes
«"H of which thes<» expenditures? must
<•<-■ \r>f\ <xtin<» Into the city treasury only
during th» last three months, so that
lor r.me months oui of twelve the city
hns to live upon borrowed money. In
The annual budget practically every dol
',-jr of taxes l^vi^d jp authorized to be
t spended.
LNCOI .L.ECT1 BLE TA -\ LtJ.
"The Controller is empowered by the
i harter to l-<«rrov. money as it it, re
oij're<l to |«y budget appropriations by
rh« j?pu«-- of revenue bonds. whi<-h, the
■ ri.-m<? *•«>£. iniißt be faid out «if the
gear's- taxt-P •when co!ieut»>d. In rape.
n»«»re nvn^y is required! for budget needs
:han is collected in taxef. these revenue
'ondt n»u«i remain outstanding and in
i«id at tho end of the year, or be paid
■at of mono received t<>r other i i viii
budget pjri>osr-s. But experience has
t-!jo\*n thai -i t-onsiderable amount '■:
ta^es levied each year is not even col
iectible yet the budget calk for the ex
;^stuVc of the entire
: •uoiint of taxes levied.
Huge issues of revenue bonds -each
•a: b£cah& a necessity to keep the
itinporary debt ■ 'int. The money
a.^ket was ilooded with the^e securi
:i>fc. millions of dollars of whirh repr«
«iit^j robiiey borrowed upon the b«.-
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FISH STRONGEST MAN.
Hamilton, Jr.. Lends at Har
vard mih 1,300 Points.
i By TpJpgraph to Th* Tribune. 1
Cambridge, Mass.. Feb. 20. — The
strength test for the first half of the
year at Harvard showed Hamilton Fish,
jr.. as the strongest man in the uni
versity. Fish scored more than 1.300
points Paul Witliington was second,
and Terry Smith. H. K. Bash. H. < '.
I-eslie and F. H. Leslie, in the order
named, followed. All scored more than
1.200 points. Johnson, the negro pugi
list, in his recent test under Dr. Dudley
A. Sargent, who also examined the stu
*^nts. did not reach the l; 000 mark.
Fish, who was captain of the football
team, a 50,.,] soccer and basketball
player, will not return to college until
June, to receive his degree, having
finished his course in three year?. Faul
Withington is undoubtedly the all
around athlete champion of the uni
versity. He is a 'varsity football and
crew man. the best swimmer in the class.
a fine track man and the champion ama
leur wrestler of New England.
(HAZY MAX AMUCK.
Giant Smashes Cell Door and
Causes Uproar.
An insane man. temporarily confined
in a padded cell at the Eastern District
Hospital, YVilliamsburg. got out early
yesterday morning and for several mm.
'■ - h<^ had things in an uproar about
the institution before he was overpow
ered and held until policemen arrived
James Brady is his name. He is a giant
in stature and weighs about three hun
dred pounds.
< 'n Saturday evening Brady was found
acting str.;n=-<- ]■ near the Bedford ave
nue police station, und was later taken
hospital. About midnight he be
sr;iii !■• rave and tear hi? clothes. H* 1
himself repeatedly against the cell
Snail}, it > ieldf^d. and as he
bounded out two doctors and several at
tendants seized him. Then ensued a
- • struggle. Meanwhile word was
sent to the Bedford avenue station, and
• -; patrolmen « - ere hurried to the
hospital. Several men were sitting un
Brady when the police arrived. He vas
removed to the King? County Hoppit.ii.
Here h€ brn]^ out again ;*nd it requi-ed
- ■:< men '•• subdue him.
MINISTRY FILLED.
King Edward to A*sert Right
of Commons in Finance.
London, Feb. 20.— Premier Asquithhas
■ . thr vacancies in the Ministry.
which i? an indication that he at least
expects the government to pass safely
zh the crisis. The new ministers
are William Wedgwood Benn and Ernest
Joseph Boares. Junior Lords of the
Treasury: Edwin Pamuf 1 Bfontagu.
Under Se< retary for India, and Cecil
William Norton. Assistant Postmaster
General Mr. Norton succeeds Sir Henry
N'onnan, who failed of election.
This completes the ministry. In the
f the Junior Lords by-elections
,- necessary, but as both had good
majorities last month there is little dan
• • • i- losing their seats.
The Kings speech, it is believed, be
the usual reference to foreign af
fair?, will be (■•■nrined to the questions of
finani c and the relations between the
■.-•uses. The supremacy of the
House of Commons in financial matters
will be asserted firmly, but the govern
ment's plan for limiting the Lords' pov\er
of \eto Tviil not be disclosed until the
Premier addresses the House on the ad
dre? L - in reply to the King's .cp<e,-h. Fi
nance practically is certain to take
precedence over al! other business in the
House. Mr Aequith ha? remained firm
on this point, and the Liberals ar« con
i that the ministers will be able
during the . ours* of the debate on the
bb to make out a ■ ase satisfactory
th ihe Labor and th^ Irish mem
• : -
Parliament "ill be formally opened at
2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon by the
King, who «il! be accompanied by the
ynce-n. the Prince and Princess of Wales
toce and Prhv ess Henry of Prus-
Th« formalities will take up an
and a? Premier Asquith is ex
!>■ . ted to speak early in the debate on
th address in reply to the speech fro>o
Ti"- throne, th* 1 members will not have
to for the government's an
nouncement of jt 3 intention? Tl:e pro
ement on Irish affairs, whh which
• . Prei ■ hopes to retain the support
..i the Nationalists, is awaited with great
■ si
ROMANCE OF HEIRESS
Fortune Left to Her by Man
iVtio Had Fled Country.
Birmingham Ala., Feb. 2 f '. — A remark
able romance was unearthed to-day by
the finding ■■■ Mrs. rlaudie Vester. for
merly of Nashville. Term.. and who is
the hejre.es to an estate of about 1235000.
The estate «as left by E. D. Ennis, who
formerly livd In Birmingham and v is
once ; , sweetheart of Mrs Vester, then
Miss lark.
K'ini.-\ it i.« alleged, shot a man hers
in 18?2 and tied from the city. He went
to Jamaica, where ho amassed ■ fort
une, and about three years ago he was
fatally injured in a fight with •' Span
iard- Before i,,- death be willed his en
tire estate to Mi*s ' lark, and the Ja
maica authorities have Bine* been trying
to find her. .
Daniel Jones, of Jamaica, is In Birm
ingham, and it was due to his effort 1
that' Mrs! (Tester was found to-day.
MISS MABEL SWENSON DEAD.
Daughter of Minister Expires on Voy
age Across Atlantic.
l-lvmouth. England. Feb. :».-Mi.-s Mabel
S«/n>:on. daughter of b. S. Swenion. re
ctTntiv appointed American Minister to
Switzerland, died on board U.e *««»*
,„„.,„. . .ii the voyage from New ork.
;. ;, ;
v. : , X embalmed md «» ! '"- : — i " i " ("h"
"TlinW „,,,u and bJa iaaily were on
tie way w rn *
NEW-YORK. MONDAY, EEBRI WRY 21, 1010.-
CONNERS TO FIGHT
WANTS HARMONY BUT
NOT AS MUCH AS JOB.
Seems Certain Now Thai He
Cannot Count on Brooklyn
—Stands by Interview.
William J. Conners. chairman of the
Democratic State Committee, is strong
ly in favor of war. Not a war to the
death, perhaps, but a good stiff fight,
provided his opponent? start it.
Mr. Conners came to the Waldorf last
nicht some three or four hours later
than he had intended to arrive, and
though ten of the faithful, upstate com
mitteemen for the most part, and none
of them local men. were on hand, what
talking he did last night Was simply his
own idea of the way things line up for
that meeting in Albany next Thursday,
when Tammany goes after his scalp, and
not any definite news of what the so
called doubtful members from Kingrs
will do when the time comes for a show
down.
"Will you slick as state chairman, even
if it splits the party?" he was asked.
i'onners didn't like the intimation that
hr would split the party. He s^ont time
and money in his own city and county,
he said, and made good there.
"They're trying to split il.e party." he
said. "The party upstate is in better
shape, than it's been in fifteen years, an"
1 d<"»ne it."
Further he declared that one Murphy,
of New York, was claiming a lot more
than he really had. and as for the Demo
cratic Leagru . he asserted that he had
BOOM of them.
From the justly famous Mount Clem
ens letters, the chairman said, it was
evident to him that Osborne of th<*
league and Murphy were joined together
against him.
not the: right time.
I'm in favor of a meeting of the state
committee most any time." he went on;
•■fhat is. under ordinary- circumstances,
but not now. This is no time for a meet
ing, with all the scandal going on at.
Albany. 1 was elected for two years,
and if they want to get some one else in
Fo bad. why don't they wait until the
right time?"
He parried the question as to whether
h" really wanted to hold the troublesome
job with a characteristic repiy.
••Politics is a funny game." h.p said.
"Sometimes you think you want to have
the little red Bag all to yourself, and
then again you don't know whether you
do or not. "
But when it came to the direct ques
tion, "Do you think they're going to
oust you?- he replied candidly, "I don't
know/*
He would stick, though., he said; lie
would stick to the finish and never think
of such a thing as resigning
\s to the Allds-Conger investigation
in Albany, he thought that the dissen
sion in the Republican rank?, together
with the condition of the upstate Demo
crat? put the latter upon the best foot
ing they had enjoyed for fifteen years.
"The Democrats are in better shape
now than ever before." was the way
Connera expressed it. and he emphasized
the "now" strongly.
•Do you think they won't be in such
good shape very long?" he was asked.
-I'm just hoping they won't go and
mix thine;, up. that's all," he replied.
For the. Democratic League the state
chairman wasn't overenthusiastic. It
was simply another method of Tarn
■lanyizing the state.- a league to help
Murphy get control of the state, and the
upstate men couldn't see that, he said.
SPLIT OR NO SPLIT.
•Til stick, though: stick even -if
there's a split." he asserted, "but I want
part harmony."
Apart from the men who came down
from outside "districts to meet the chair
man on his return from Florida. Confers
had seen none of the local committeemen
last night None of the Kings County
men was on hand to greet the state
leader, and their absence was comment
ed on. .
-I haven't seen any of them. the
chairman replied to a question about
McCooey.and the Kings committeemen.
-but I will see them all before I leave
Van Valkenburgh. of Greene: Ryan, of
Norwich Sweet, of Warren. Mayor
Fuhrmann and Burgard. of Buffalo, and
Batten, of Niagara, were among the men
who met him and who were with him
last night, and though h* seemed hope
ful about the Brooklyn delegation there
came from a reliable source in the Me-
Cooey ranks yesterday a statement
which would seem to lessen his chances
of counting their' votes with him on
Thursday.
Six of the eight members of th- Brook
lyn delegation, it was stated, have been
either personal or close political friends
of Charles F. Murphy for some time.
They were not selected in the regular
manner— by the Senatorial district dele
gates after the close of the state con
vention- but practically owe their places
to the dominant force in the state con
tention held in Carnegie-Hall in March.
iocs.
BROOKLYN WITH MURPHY.
Their selection was approved ny Con
ners, but ii la <" Murphy they really owo
their membership in the state committee,
;.nd though Deader McCooey when s*-en
imßt „ight refused to m;ik.- any predic
tion ;*^ '" wnat tllP Brooklyn delegation
would do "ii Thursday, it was pretty well
understood that they would vote as a
unit for Murphy'a ■ uiulUUte and against
Conners.
Connera VVi<!< Inclined to tight shy of
any r< f<r< nc to i::s Palm Heach inter
\i. w of last week, in which ht: threat
ened to reveal some Tammany methods
of Felling nominations.
■•Any more quotations on Supreme
i „nit Justices?" he was asked.
N'othinMater than last week." he re
plied. "That Interview was correct, and
1 was correctly quoted "
Whether he would go Into more, de
tails along that line if he was ousted
, ; , xt Thursday the chairman would not
say. but he repeated that the interview
as i . ported *'** correct.
PHILADELPHIA'S BIG STRIKE STOPS ALL CARS.
GBOUP or ONLOOKERS WATCHING EMPLOYES TVHO DID NOT STRIKE ABOUT TO START A CAM.
C. O. PRATT. THE LABOR ORGANIZER WHO IS DIRECTING THE PHIL
ADELPHIA CAB STRIKE.
(Photograph by Paul Thompson. New 1 irk I
"RAISE THE MAINE"
THOUSANDS ECHO CRY
AMID CHEERS,
Carnegie Hall Memorial Meet
ing Calls Upon Congress to
Take Sonic Action.
T^o biz red, white and blue flag?
hanging above the stage swung in the
breeze as three thousand throat* "fieered
a resolution asking Congress to have the
wreck of the Maine raised from Havana
Harbor. Many women and children were
in the audience at Carnegie Hall yester
day afternoon, and most of those who
attended the Maine memorial service
wore the blue Mouse of the United Span
ish War Veterans, but there was a
sprinkling of the familiar and pictu
resque regular army and navy uniform
Everybody seemed so well to "remem
ber" the warship that -wont to th" bot
tom twelve years ago that whenever a
speaker said "raise the Maine'" hearts
beat faster and pulses quickened
The resolution, which *vas submitted
by Maurice Simmons, commander of the
Xew York Department of th 0 Unite>l
Spanish War Veterans, follows
Whereas. The destruction of the bat
tleship Maine in the harbor of Havana,
Cuba, twelve years ago. precipitated the
Spanish war breaking the shell of
our provincialism, compelled us to gra?p
the burden of our heritage as a world
power: and.
Whereas. The ppect.i. 1- of the ruster]
hulk of the ship and the rotting bones of
it< victims, abandoned without sepul
chre in ali°n waters, shames the con
science and stains the honor of our Re
public, invites the obloquy and merits
th" derision of foreign" nations, belies
the traditions nnd mocks the id°y!s of
American history, now, therefore, he it
Resolved. By the -itizens of the city
oi New York, in mass meeting convened,
Ht Carnegie Hall, in said city, this 2'"> th
day of February. 191". under the au
spices of the i"nite<} Spanish War Veter
ans, In order to pay tribute to the mem
ory of these martyred dead, that the
Congress of the United States b< and
it hereby Is requested to en*' ? leg -'
tion for the immediate rernovaJ of the
wreck to our own shores and the recov
ery of the remains of its unreclaimed
victims for interment in the National
Cemetery at Arlington; and be it fur
thermore
Resolved. That h copy of this resolu
tion be sent to the President and Vice-
President of the United states, the Sec
retary of the Navy and the members of
the Senwtf and House of Representa
tives
Joseph II Choate presided over the
meeting. H** praised the navy, which he
said was what "gave us our influence in
the last Hague conference." and contin
ued:
"As 1 sailed Into the harbor of lia-
v fin. 1 ;i year ago 1 was sadly impressed
the spectacle of the Main.' and with
the thought that that is the only monu
ment to its vi'iims. !i is m-i to our
credit that it remains there, to obstruct
commerce and stand as a reminder of
our neglect. 1 think that the associa
tion of which Admiral Sigsbee is presi
dent should receive the support of all
Americans."
This brought more cheers that set the
flags draping the boxes a-flapping.
Rear Admiral Charles p. Bigsbee, for
mer commander of the sunken ->.-•■•.
received ■ cordial reception when he de
scribed the work of the association,
which will raise a fund to erect a niori-
Conliuutd fa third i>ug».
TWELVE PAGES.
PRIMARY FIGHT («
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE
REPORT READY.
This Gives Republicans First
Chance to Skow Attitude on
Demand for Reform.
: B- Telegraph to The Tribune |
Albany, Feb. Jit.— The report of the
special legislative committee which In
vestigated the operation of direct pri
mary laws in various states will be pre
sented to the Legislature to-morrow
night, accompanied by a bill to carry
out the recommendations of the com
mittee. This committee did not have on
it one member who voted for or favored
the direct primary principle last year.
The general assumption" here is that
they have not changed their position in
iiiiy way.
Presentation of this report will give
to the Legislature. *t a genuine legis
lative and political crisis, because of
the disclosures of the Allds bribery case,
a specific matter en which the majority
can register its desire to heed the pub
lic's demand for reform. The Republi
cans, controlling the Legislature, can
adopt a direct primary bill having the
approval of Governor Hughes and. as
was shown in the Assembly district
campaigns last fall, the approval of
many voters of both parties. Or the
Republican majority can pass some half
way measure or refuse to pass any pri
mary reform bills.
Recognizing: the existing critical situa
tion nnd the responsibility on them at
this time, party leaders and : legislators
are manifesting great interest in this
report and its legislative reception. The
Senate will be prevented for two or three
weeks from considering any Important
legislation. The Assembly %nosl take
the first step regarding direct primary
reform, and Speaker Wadsworth has de
clared that the Republicans there would
shoulder this responsibility and take the
initiative. Disclaiming any power aa a
"'real DOSS;" the Speaker at the Barnes
organization dinner on Thursday nisht
said his bouse, with a full sense of Its
responsibility, would settle this issue
'right." He did not define the expres
sion.
TWO BILLS ALREADY 1 N
Already there are two dirert primary
bills in the Legislature— the Hinman
< Jre» n 'Mil. representing Governor
Hughes'* view* and partly drafted by
him. and the Grady-Frisbie measure,
representing the Democratic position on
this important reform. The measure
presented by the legislative committee
will represent the product of a body ap
pointed l>y John Raines and Speaker
Wadsuorth last year in the heat of their
bitterness toward tlovernor Hughe.ss di
reci primary project. Nobody for one
moment lias expected that committee to
favor anything bearing the name 'direct
primary."
Thus 1 his report w ill preseni to Speaker
Wadsworth and his Republican follow
ers in fhe lower house of the Legislature
thit- spi cmv Question;
"Will you, at this critical time, stand
| with Governor Hughes by passing a. bill
having his known sanction, or will you
try to adopt some halfway course, of will
you deliberately decline to enact direct
Continued on tetond page.
• * PRKi; ONK CENT
BOITROS PA( HA SHOT.
Egyptian Premier ScriouxJ//
Wounded bit Student.
Cairo, Feb. 3v. — Bootroa Pacha <;hali.
K. C. M. <i., the Egyptian Premier <tnd
Minister of Foreign Affair?. U4S shot
and seriously wounded to-d»y by a stu
dent, who was arrested after th^ shoot
ing. The student tired five shots, three
of the bullets lodging in tho Premier's
body. Ttco of them, however, inflicted
only superficial wounds. The bullet 3
were extracted and it is practically cer
tain that the Premier will recover.
The .rime war- entirely of a political
nature, the assasr.in being" a Nationalist.
He caid that his motive was a desire to
avenge yarious acts of the government,
which the Nationalists attribute person
ally to Boutros Pacha.
ARMORY RIDER Hi RT.
R. J. Randolph, Jr.. Bruised
hi I Fall from Horse.
While practising fancy stunts on
horseback in the Squadr*»n A armory, at
Madison avenue and '.♦4th ?treer. late
yesterday afternoon. Robert J. Ran
dolph, jr.. of No. ?,\f\ West STth street,
fell from his horse and received a few
bruises.
It was =aid at the armory after the
acident that Mr Randolph and another
member of Squadron A were doing what
is known :>s double riding, v.h^n Mr.
Randolph fell from his horse as they
were rounding a curve. Mr. Randolph
refused medical aid and went home.
GALE OVER EXGLAM).
Harbors Crowded Rou^b
Trips of Liners.
London. F^b. 20L — A gale has ?^epr.
over the British Isles, doing an immense
amount of damage. The harbors are all
crowded with shipping seeking shelter.
Incoming vessels report extremely
rough passages. The Adriatic and the
Amerika. which arrived to-day ar Ply
mouth, met a succession of gaks all the,
way across the Atlantic. The tuo
sieanvr? were ii r • t ommunication
throughout the p^ssaz*. bur the Adriatic
beat the Amerika into port by eight
hours.
The Mquretania. after » long delay,
succeeded in embarking rhe mails at
Queenstown. but was unable to land her
pilot, who was taken on to New York.
Reports received here tell of the wreck
of a large number of small craft
Paris. Feb "JO — A howling gale in the
English Channel, sw^^ping the French
coast as far as Finistere. has driven ;ill
shipping to seek shelter. Wire commor
nicarion between England and France
has been cut .-.ff. All steamers rwve
been considerably delayer!
Jl I EXILE HOLD-i P.
Tii'O Brooklyn Boys Robbed in
Battery Park.
A juvenile hold-up in Battery Park
yesterda;. afternoon caused some excite
ment. Two Brooklyn boys, Robert
Emory, fourteen years old. ,of No. 460
4Sth street, and Conrad Wilson, four
teen, of No. 763 15th street, who had vis
ited the Aquarium, were the victims.
Both were punched by the youthful
highwaymen, none of whom was over
fourteen years old. and young Emory's
■watch, valued at $2, was stolen. It was
later recovered by the policeman on duty
in the park. The police said the hold-up
was pulled off by the Young Washing
ton Street gang, an aggregation of
urchins who have elected to. follow the
examples of some of their older brothers
Matthew McAvoy. ten years old. was
arrested, and the watch was found on
him when he was searched. He was sent
to the Children's Society. The others got
away.
VERMIFORM APPENDIX RACE
One of Seven Inches Removed from
Man in Sharon, Perm., Holds Record.
Sharon, Perm., Feb. 3b,— 'competition
which recently developed for world's rev
ord.s in the length of vermiform appendices
to-day disclosed a n«w winner. The show
ing is now m follows:
First— Edwin Ros?, of Sharon. Perm., 7
Inches.
Second Howard Gould, <>f Wmrhrop,
Mas*., '.', !!.
Third— George Ross, .« fonnrf Y<«1» .ath-
Irte. <j inch-
Doctors O'Brien. Reed and Kennedy— it
look all three of them l'< remove UN ap
pendix from Ross at the Buhl Hospital jr«s
t. rday— believe thai the seven-Inch recorU
will remain for some time.
ONE CENT
IB City of >'«w TartU
Jorwr •■*
Hoboken.
«
In City of »" York. .»«••** City • *' Hobokea.
ELSEWHERE TWO CENTS-
PHILADELPHIA IN
GRIP OF RIOTERS
TWO WOMEN SHOT
AND MANY 111 RT.
Police Make ■'•'"> Arrests and
the Mayor Proclaims Riot
Act — So Cars at Night.
Philadelphia. Feb. -JO.— Rioting in everr
section of this city followed the attempt
of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany to operate its lines here to-day. .
Passengers and crews w?re driven
from the cars by infuriated mobs of
strike sympathizer?, and* in nearly »
score of instances the abandoned cars
were burned or otherwise destroyed. At
nightfall every car was withdrawn from
service.
Stern measures were adopted by th*
police to quell the disorders, and nearly
rive hundred persons were arrested,
charged with inciting to riot. T^'o
women, a policeman and a boy were hit
by stray bullets and thirty other person?
were removed to hospitals.
Mayor Reyburn to-night ordered th«
Director of Police. Mr. Clay, to swear in
three thousand additional police and is
sued a proclamation enforcing the riot,
act.
The executive committee of the Cen
tral Labor Union, at a meeting this- af
ternoon, pledged both moral and finan
cial support to the striking car men.
They also decided to call a sympathetic
strike of every union man in the city in
case the authorities put in effect their
threat to operate the cars with police
men and firemen. .
During the morning hours cam wer«
run on every line with little difficulty
except in the mill district of Kensing
ton, where they were stoned by mobs,
At 11 o'clock the trans-it company offl
cials announced that cars were running
on their regular Sunday schedule. Short
ly afterward riots were reported from,
scores of widely separated localities.
SHOT BY STRAY BULLET.
At 3Kb. and Wharton street?, in the
southern section of the city, a mob of
boys drove the conductor and motorman
from their posts, and after the four
women passengers had left the car s<»t
it on fire with waste taken from a near
by freight car. The following car was
also stopped and was being set on fire
when a detachment of police and a.
chemical engine reached the scene. In
this same section Mary Devlin, sixteen
years old. was shot in the leg when th«
police fired their revolvers in ■■ effort
to check the mob.
In the usually quirt residential" ?ection
of West Philadelphia mobs were formed
which for a time baffled the police. Iron
bars and stones were piled on the track?
and several cars were wrecked. Mounted
police were powerless to disperse th*
mobs here, and a fire hose was finally
brought into play.
Contradictory assertions are made by
the opposing forces as to the number
of men on strike. The leaders of th»
Amalgamated Association of Street and
Electric Railroad Employes say that
6.200 of the 7.<Y*> employe? of the tran
sit company have left their can. Th*
official? of the company say that Zjttt
of their employes are loyal and that
regular service will be resumed at day
break to-morrow.
The importation of IT."' strikebreakers
from New York led to an attack on th«»
barns and main office? of th*» company.
at Bth and Dauphin streets, this after
noon. TVindows were broken by atones
hurled by the mob. which wa3 rinally
dispersed after twenty-rive arrests had
been made.
The most seriously injured person In
to-day's rioting was thirteen-year-old
Viola Beavan, who was shot in the abdo
men by a stray bullet from a policeman's
revolver as sb« was stepping from her
home at No 1>11) North !3th street. »hi|»
a mob was attacking five trolley cars in
front of the house.
George Feltsaup. twenty-two years
old. a nurse in the Friends' Asylum, was
also struck by a stray bullet while has
tening to a train. Hi? condition is not
regarded as critical.
RIOTERS WRECK 29! CARS.
The transit officials state that "JOT car*
ere wrecked, tv\o completely burned
and one partly burned by the mob 3 to
day. Two thousand, six hundred ami
eight car windows were smashed. The
officials of the company charge that th*
rioting was directed by union men, and
was the result of a plot to intimidate
the loyal motormen and conductors.
They &ay that all their lines except thosa
in the northeastern section of the city.
where the rioting was the most severe.
will be in operation to-morrow.
The union leaders say they will fore*
the company to arbitrate. They chars*
that the company for months, by a
series of petty persecutions, has been
endeavoring to force the union to strike,
and finally, by discharging a law num
ber of union men. practically declared a
lockout.
Wonderful attention to details was
shown by those engaged in wrecking and
burning the cars. Before the cm was
burned at 26th and Wharton streets, a
freight car on a nearby siding was
forced across the street to block the pos
sible arrival of tire engines. The pin*
•were withdrawn from the car wheels,
and very possible precaution was taken
to 1 •vent the moving of the car after
the torch had boss applied to the cotton
waste with which it had been filled.
Before the car at Fifth and Somerset
streets was set on rire it was raised from
the tracks with stone blocks.
MUCH BITTERNESS SHOWN.
The strikers and their sympathizer*
are displaying more bitterness against
♦he company than at any time durinc
the strike of last summer. At no time
during the former strike was the rioting
so widespread nor were there as many
persons engaged in attacking the cars.
Unlike the previous strike, men with,
union buttons were found in the mob*
everywhere, and they are charged ui<r»
•Cat the ringleaders in many of the
disturbances.
■lon severe r. •-.:., probably acccra-