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EOR BETTER COFFEE
— ' v
STUDY MARKET liiJiK.
Brazilian PlanJerft Pave Wai/
to Eliminate Middlemen.
The possibilities r>' an international Bell
ing rcheme to dispose of the hi;r Brazilian
eaSae crop without middlemen through
covemment agents in foreijrn lands, which,
ft is predicted, will reaofl in better coffee
p* lower cost to Americans and Europeans,
itre being investigated here by Colonel Ouil
fcerne F. da Silv:'-. who i< studying condi
tions in tiie ' United States for certain
■w-f»ai f^v Braafffw coffee planters.
He. believes that the success of this plan
in the United States, which has been not
nWe — Turope. will no' only benefit Amer
icans, who consume about 70 per cent of
the Braxßun crop, but alaa free most of
th* ptantcra Irani intolerable financial de
r*»nden< r»n the commission merchants,
■rhtek ha« resulted in the mortgaging of
many plantations.
Subsidies to planter? and expeneta of
r.-uropears agents are being paid by the
*;&tes of Bao Paulo awl >Ilnas Geraes from
export fatiea on coffee which were levied
f:rst when the "valorization" plan was
tried by the government a Eew years ago.
find which bavc beer available for this
purpose Htnoe thPt plan was abandoned.
Several flcer:s in cJurope have been very
successful in tttng higher prices there
than were obtained In Rio de Janeiro* by
either special Dicers of the planters or the
ordinary enmmis hants. In ex
rlaininpr the situation -rday Colonel da
BHa said:
"The majority of the planters have been
lit the mercy of the commission merchants
m account of their lack of capital, which
i? advanced acair.=t the crop, or part of
it. by these commission houses. Often the
Fum received §at a crop has not compen
sated the planter for his work, and it is
well known that very few planters have
h*>en able to pay nff the mill lf,a|rn on their
plantations. This la not s\:rnr:sn'E. as the
majority of the oaaaodßslon merchants have
to borrow at a high rate of interest the
money they advance to the planters. Great
Is the anxiety to see th© coffee coming into
rhe market; there is a nervous rush to dis
pose of the crop to those who have Ciish;
those who have ready money are usually
the foreign buyers, who buy at low prices
■nd control the market without regard for
the producers.
GOVERNMENTS TAKE IP PLAN.
Oonanaaera abroad do_ ijot benefit in the
l*a=t from the appreaefOQ of the planter.
P < experience lias shown, and Brazilians
realize that the country is not compensated
sufficiently for its chief product. The aoes
tion of eliminating speculators and getting
■no close touch with the consumer or re
taller abroad has become an issue, and the
governments of the coffee producing states
aie sertonsty absorbed in Its solution. They
iteiieve that if tbe planter deals with the
Joreign consumer more directly the con
mmer will get better coffee at a more reas
onable price and the planter will have
en opportunity to produce belter grades of
« offee and al-<o get a higher price for his
j'oduct.
•In llie state of Sao Paulo the government
has taken into Its own hands the propaga
tion; an export duty on coffee of five francs
r bag is charged: from money so collected
irge subsidies are paid to planters; favors
a:* granted to firms abroad Bor aervloea
rcndei d, and a number of agents are active
in Europe creating a demand for Brazilian
coffee, Wftfa results that encourage all to
renewed work and expenditures.
"The government of Minas Oraes is fol
lowing a different course. Many co-opera
tive agricultural aaasetles have been formed;
Bhnm societies have sent abroad their own
gents, to wbam they uouslgu their prod
-..cts. the results have been astonishingly
beneficial to the planters thus organized.
The large expenses of the societies are paid
by the state from export duties en coffee
«<f three francs a bag.
"The most popular newspaper in Brazil.
•O Paiz,' which is the unofficial mouthpiece
cf the federal government, has taken a very
ective part In furtherinß the work of the
etat» grovemments ; it now urges the c-stab
lishment of an agricultural bank with a
csp:ta.l of 55,000,000, to he!p the organized
planter* to send abroad all their product.
*vA thus eliminate the market of Rio de
Janeiro, WMdh has not brought ts high
prices as have the markets abroad.
RESULTS ATTAINED IN KITOPE.
"Tn an article published recently by *O
Palz* are given the results of sales of
coffee in Europe by agrents Of four ro
operative societies, and of aalea In Rio by
>■ ial brokers of the societies, ir.d .'f sales
in Rio by their regular oomttttasun mer
chant?. Taking as a basis one arroba.
equalling thirty-three pounds, the returns
in Brazilian currency (reis, .85) were:
eo-operalJv* Society rvf Rio Branco—
feM H Bun*e- ; ''f3f 3
f-nld Jn Rio by brokens .* 4Jf»l4
Sold in Rio by commission rn«-rchants S?C9U
"o-opr-raiive Soilety or Catapuazcs —
fc-r^ «n Borape • • • *f*l"
»^ol<! •n Rio by brokers SiSiic
?o!c in Rio by < 'miuissinn merchants SS2ST.
co-op^rati^s Society of S. Joao Neporauccmv-^
fr>!<3 in Kurope. . ... rJ'-'"!r J'-'"!: 1
f-n\<i IS Rio by brokers f.s<»>«
hr>;<j in Rio by commission m«rchant? .... 4sil«
< -/voc*>ra.t l\" Society cf Poate ICova—
*■ id Bmopi -•- 6523f»
A weird story of the
Land of the Aurora
Borealis—full of hlood
and fire; fierce love
and undying faith.
One of the Features of
Next Sunday's Tribune
(Magazine Section)
March 6th
Xext fllall ill I'll Magazine will be a particularly good num
ber In addition to "The San King," Sewell Ford will have
a new "Shorty" yarn, and there will be feature stories by
Charles G. D. Roberts, Edith Sessions Tupper, Virginia
Loefaud, Smith D. Fry. William G«Xge Jordan, and an
other mslahm-nt of John Ironside's mystery tale, "The Ked
Symi><>!.
Give Your Order to Your Dealer lor
Next Sunday's Tribune
Sold in n\3 hy brokers ...w... 4 *'**
Sold In Hio by commission merchants...... 2*BB*
"From the above figures It can be seen
that the pales through brokers In Rio
Vircmeht io per cent more than those through
commission houses, while tho results oh
tained In Kurope were 40 per cent higher
than those obtained through commission
houses in RIoJ ' X
■"Spjk-?,. ls no doubt that fhe agents of the
co-operative societies have accomplished
rrreat reaulta In Kurope. if one considers
the difHoultieß of penetrating established
<-u=toTiis an.3 business traditions. Tt is,
therefore, certain that If these societies es
feaJbtiah branches In the United States they
will pet much better results, because there
i. no import duty on coffee here, there are
wonderful facilities for business and lower
I'reifjht rates, and. above all. because enor
mous quantities of coffee are bought at high
prices. Furthermore, coffee iji this country
aeeaaa to be a necessity, while in Europe it
is a luxury.
"There would be no reason to fear that
the large importers of the product would
unite to crush the movement; on the con
trary. I think it can be safely predicted
that they would favor It. because, it would
<io away with all speculation and i'it>ks con
nected with 'futures.' etc. If the penera!
plan is successful, the planters will regulate
the price of coffee in Brazil In conformity
with the price obtained by their representa
tives abroad. When they can borrow money
from The state they will not have to de
pend on commission merchants for It, or
dispose of the crop at a loss.
"There are a number of wealthy planters
who have not yet joined the co-operative
societies, although many of them may join
at any time. They believe the United States
is the principal market; with the best pros
pecis." V
TO PUSH II EIRE CASE.
Arguments on Writ Before Su
preme Court To-morrozv.
An effort will be made by the govern
ment before the United States Supreme
Court to-morrow to have the Heike writ of
error obtained on Friday set aside. George
W. "U'lckersham will argue the case for the
prosecution and John B. Stanchfield will
appear for <"harle« R. Heike, secretary of
the American Sugar Refining: Company. If
there should be delay in the decision, the
trial K€t for Tuesday, for which Heike and
the former employes of the company were
to be arraigned, will be postponed.
Mi. StaJichfield got the writ of error.
taking the case out of the Circuit Court for
review in the upper court, from Justice
I.urton. When the issuance of the ■writ
was heard of by Henry L.. Stimson. the
special prosecutor in charge of the sugar
iiiveFtlgatior;. he and h!s assistant. Felix
Frankfurter, prepared papers In a motion
to have the writ sei aside. These were
completed late at night, and It was just
before midnight of Friday when they were
served on Mr. Stanchneld at his home.
Mr. Frankfurter went to Washington
yesterday with the papers covering the Im
munity plt-a.. which was decided adversely
by Judge Martin. If the court does not
make an immediate decision, and the gov
ernment Is assured that action will not be
delayed beyond a week or so, the date for
the trial of those with whom Heike was
Indicted on charges of having defrauded
the government out of customs duties will
be put ahead.
The prosecution i«= determined that all
the defendants shall be tried together.
If the hearing is delayed too long, how
ever, the trial will have to be postponed
until next autumn, unless the government
Ea willing to go ahead with the case with
out Heike. It is not disposed to do this,
as it would mean the doubling of the ex
pense.
United St3tes Attorney Wise will have an
extra federal grand jury impanelled to
devote its whole time to the sugar investi
gation, now that Congress has authorized
this ai-d the Eastern district to do this in
emergencies. The sugar case was Interfer
ing v. :th the regular investigations con
ducted by the I'nited States Attorney's
office, and this new act was passed on
representations from this city.
While there will be no indictments against
others in the American Sugar Refining
Company, according to a government offi
cial, the efforts to get further evidence
against those now awaiting trial will not
cease. It was said last evening that it was
possible that these efforts might result
in father proceedings before the grand
Jury, and there might be revelations at the
trial that would make additional action
necessary.
BENEFIT FOR BABIES' DAIRY.
For the benefit of the Babies' Dairy, No.
416 Kast Gsth street, an entertainment will
be given in the ballroom of the Hotel Plaza
on Tuesday afternoon, March 8. Miss
Kdith Wynne Matthlson. of the New The
atre company, will read the "Electra" of
Euripides, and others will appear. The
Babies' Dairy, now two years old. eup
plies children of the poor with inspected
milk, modified to suit the need of each
child. A physician attached to the dairy
diagnoses the cases of the children and
prescribes the correct mixture of milk.
So successful has h<*en the institution
that the founders will establish a small
school in which girls will be trained as
nurses, and it is for this school that tho
benefit will be given.
SUN
KWGi
N V EVT-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY,
Jill. MURRAY ACTS
SUSPENDS EXAMINER.
Cole man' s Gambling Compan
ions Hurriedly Leave Boston.
Cambridge. Mass.. Feb. 36.— Lawrence- O.
Murray. Controller of the Currency, has
suspended E. S. Pepper, the national bank
examiner, who last December looked Into
the affairs o? the National City Bank,
wrecked, it is alleged, by the defalcations
of George W. Ooleman. the yi2-a-week
bookkeeper, who yesterday returned from
Chicago to face the charges. At the time
or the last examination the deposits had
shrunk to SiTiCOOO. as compared with de
posits of 5W7.000 in the June preceding,
■when an examination was made by Ex
aminer Cull' let. The suspension of Mr.
Pepper will remain in force pending the
report of Examiner Samuel If. Mann, of
Baltimore, who was assigned to-day by
Mr. Muiray to proceed to Cambridge and
make a careful examination of the books
of the bank.
The suspension of Mr. Pepper over
shadowed in interest to-night all other
features of the closed bank's affairs. To
Mr. Pepper and the bank officials as well
it came as a surprise.
Since the closing of the institution last
Wednesday, following the discovery of the
tangle in the accounts of Coleman, Mr. Pep
per has been engaged at the bank going over
the books by order of the Controller of the
Currency. To-night lie was resting at his
apartments after a strenuous day at the
bank when he was Informed of the action
of the Controller in relieving him of further
duty temporarily. He said that he had not
received any official notification of Mr.
Murray's latest order and declined to make
any comment on it.
Mr. Pepper, has had much experience as
a bank examiner. He wa • appointed re
ceiver of the Pyncheon National Bank, of
Springfield, when it was closed, in 1901.
•If bank examiners can be made really
to examine and directors to direct, and
If a gan£ of gamblers who are ruining
Boston young men can be apprehended,
the depositors and stockholdeVs of the
wrecked National City Bank will not have
suffered in vain," was the statement of a
local business man to-day.
Th« unfortunate depositors and stock
holders hailed the report from Washing
ton that an investigation of the recent ex
amination of the bank had been begun with
expressions of satisfaction, although they
admitted that they could not see any finan
cial benefit to them. "It's locking the
doors after the horse has been stolen, '
eaid one of them this afternoon.
But the depositors and stockholders were
not quite BO pleased When they learned
that some of the companions of .George
W. Coleman. the alleged defaulting book
keeper, had been well known gamblers and
that $40,000 of the bank's money had gone
in an effort to bi>ak a faro bank. This
statement was vouched for by Chief of
Police Hurley, who said to-day that he
had positive knowledge of Buch a loss, and
that several well known Boston players
had suddenly departed for parts unknown.
The police would not say to-day that
Coleman had made a confession, but they
did remark that the imprisoned bookkeeper
was helping the officers and might even
assist the receiver, ex-Governor John L.
Bates, who, without promising immunity,
said that his assistance would be appreci
ated.
The experts who are at work on the
books of the bank will probably soon find
out how and when tne $lbo,ooo was ab
stract ed from the bank, but Its destina
tion is beyond the range of the account-
a c oieman remains in jail, no effort having
been made to obtain his $oO.OW ball bond.
COURTHOUSE COST.
Controller Corrects Brooklyn
Board of Trade.
CorrectinK some figures made public by
the South Brooklyn Board of Trade in con
nection with the assessed valuation of pro
posed sites for the new Brooklyn court
house. Controller Prendeigast yesterday
•wrote to Edward Cas«in. of that organiza
tion
"X little while ago you published a map
containing diagrams of the site selected by
the judges of the Supreme Court for the
new courthouse.- said Mr. Prendergast,
"and also diagrams of the present court
house site and the two blocks from Liv
ingston street to State street, bounded by
Boerum Place and Court street, which two
blocks you are in favor of having selected.
"Upon this map there is printed in large
type 'Mr. Taxpayer, compare these fig
ures. 1 and you give the assessed valuation
of the site recommended by the judges as
$1,204,900 and the assessed valuation of the
most available site-that recommended by
the South Brooklyn Board of Trade-at
J795.800. or a taxpayer's saving in the most
available site of $406,100."
The Controller said that an investigation
made of the values of property in the
vicinity by men in his department showed
that one of the two blocks favored by the
South Brooklyn Board of Trade, namely,
that bounded by Livingston street, Boerum
Place, Sehermerhorn street and Court
street, represented an assessed valuation of
$625,300, whereas the second block, bounded
by ' Sehermerhorn street, Boerum Place,
State and Court streets, represented an
assessed valuation of $489,000. The two
blocks, representing a total valuation of
$1,114,300, were really worth $315,500 more
than the map of the South Brooklyn Board
of Trade indicated, the Controller wrote,
due probably to the fact they did not take
Into consideration, that a number of char
itable institutions in the block do not pay
a tax on their property.
The Controller says further he has
learned that the value of the site selected
by the judges is $1. 196.400. so the difference
between that site and that of the South
Brooklyn Board of Trade is only $82,100, in
stead of 5406.100. The Controller's letter
ends: "If, however, we were to take up
the question as to the probable figure at
which your site could be acquired If it were
selected, I am inclined to believe that, con
sidering its general business character, the
apparent difference in saving of $52.100
■would in all probability be entirely dissi
pated."
WASHINGTON AND LEE.
Dr. Lyman Abbott Praises Virginia for
Honoring Them.
|}:\ Telegraph to Ibe Tribune.]
Richmond. Va.. Feb. 26— The Key. Dr.
Lyman Abbott, of New York, in an ad
dress to-day before the Virginia legis
lature, aim iiaanil the propriety of honoring
Washington and Lee.
"No state was more directly connected
with the birth and early history of the na
tion than Virginia, and no * it v was more
closely aaaoclated and identified with the
tarn* than Richmond." said Dr. Abbott.
"1 am glad to sec that you tre. preserving
the memory of your great men, Washing
ton and Lee and the others. They should
ever be the obj'cts of your affectionate
care. 1 learn that you have passed a reso
lution looking to the preservation of the
<ii.i Marshall house. These names are more
than local or atate. Gentlemen, you have
not " oiflftcult task la keeping alive their
memories, but to keep on with the great
v.ork which they began will require the
greatest skill and foresight Virginia has
been ever famous for truth and honor, and
without truth ami honor all greatness is
littleness. 1 '
LEASES AN OCEAN COTTAGE.
fl. Hillmam, general manager of the Sie
jrel-C*x>p«r Company, has leaded an artiatlo
cotta*e at the ocean end of Neptune aye-
Spray View Realty Company, through the
agency of A. E. Karelsen.
This cottage Is built on spile? and pro
jects far out into the breakers, which beat
on the bulwarks protecting the property on
the east, south and west, giving the occu
pants the benefit of being on the oc'W
without the discomforts of a chip.
This property was also recently sold t»
the present owner through A. E. Karelsen.
NEW CHARTER UP.
Assemblyman Conklin Says
Home Rule Will Stay.
A discussion of the Ivlns charter at a
Kepublican Club luncheon yesterday after
noon brought about an exchange of views
between Borough President McAneny of
Manhattan and Lewis H. Pounds, Commis
sioner of Public Works In Brooklyn, over
how best to get rid of undesirable Civil
Service employes.
"I used to be a pretty strong Civil Ser
vice advocate," said Mr. Pounds, "but I
think much less of the Civil Service sys
tem now than before 1 took office. Per
haps even McAneny has changed his views
on the subject, in the light of his recent
experience in administration."
Mr. McAneny smiled and shook his head
vehemently.
Mr. McAneny illustrated his mefhod of
getting rid of undesirable city employes by
relating a visit he paid to the public baths
In 76th street, where, he said, he found one
attendant drunk, another absent and a
third trying to lie about it all. He sus
pended the three, had them up before him
for a hearing and then discharged two of
them. If Aueain had followed this pro
cedure with James G. Collins, his Super
intendent of Highways. Mr. McAneny de
clared, the latter would not have been re
instated. "Now. if Collins hangs on until
the matter is settled." said the speaker,
"he may bother yome of my successors."
John Purroy Mitqhel, President of the
Board of Aldermen, praised tliat provision
of the proposed charter which strips the
borough presidents of their administrative
duties and confine's their attention to the
questions up before the Board of Estimate.
"As it is." said Mr. Mitchel. "only two or
three out of all the members of the Board
of Estimate have the tune to give pny at
tention to the board's calendar. The bor
ough presidents are not able to study 90
per cent of the questions that come up there
for decision." He said he himself lad the
time but not the equipment, as ne needed a
staff to investigate the many Intricacies of
the subjects on which he had to vote.
Assemblyman Robert Conklin. who is a
member of the joint legislative commission
now considering the etiarter question,
thought lie could promise that thero would
be no backward step taken so /ar as home
rule was concerned. He was also strongly
in favor of having the wages rf city emp
loyes fixed by the. city and not by tho
state Legislature. The commission would
leporr. tie thought, by April i.
DEPOSITORS IN TEARS.
Client* of Failing Searing
Firm Get Little Comfort.
It will he several da>s yet, according to
the attorneys for John S. Sheppard, re
ceiver of Searing & to., the private banking
firm which failed on Friday, before the ex
pert accountants can finish their examina
tion of the firm's books and a detailed
statement of its condition can be given out,
tut it is thought that the liabiliies will
not exceed the previous estimate of be
tween $400,006 and $500,000.
Lindsay Russell, the attorney who filed
the petition in bankruptcy against the
Searing firm, said 'yesterday It was prob
able that the creditors would form a com
mittee to co-operate with the receiver in
the investigation of the firm's affairs, but
thai nothing definite had been decided In
that direction as yet.
Mr. Knssell's office was visited again yes
terday by many of the uptown depositors
oi' Searing & Co., most of them tieing poor
people who had been attracted to the firm
by the 4'j per cent interest allowed on de
posits. Mr. Russell listened to many tear
ful tales from some who had placed their
all with the firm and wanted him to try
and gei some of it ba< k. but he was not
able to offer th^in much encouragement.
SAYS TAFT IS WRONG.
Dean Declares Late, Not Busi
ness Methods, at Fault.
President Taft'« statement In his Lincoln
Day speech in New York that if business
methods do not agree with the law tnen
business methods must be changed was
criticised by Dr. Joseph P. Johnson, dean
of the New York University School of Com
merce, Accounts and Finance, at the an
nual dinner of the school's ;ilumni last
evening at the Hotel St. Denis.
The address of Dean Johnson, who be
lieves that the law, rather than business
methods, should be changed, was closely
followed by ahout three hundred former
members of the school, who had met to
celebrate its tenth anniversary and the
growth of its membership from sixty to
more than one thousand students. In the
course of his remarks Dean Johnson said:
Overhanging the industrial world at the
present time there is only one cloud black
enough to give the commercial mariner any
cause for apprehension. It is the fear lest
the courts, by their Interpretation of the
Sherman anti-trust act of IS9O. shall de
prive this country of the advantage it pos
sesses on account of the large scale of its
Industrial operations.
The decision of the lower courts against
the Tobacco and Standard Oil trusts was
based on technicalities. Neither trust has
been found guilty of the obnoxious prac
tices usually thought of a.s monopolistic
The so-called "crime" of which the lower
courts have declared these two trusts
guilty has undoubtedly been committed by
many hundred corporations throughout
the country which are inconspicuously
transacting a business universally regarded
as perfectly legitimate.
Every one knows that the Standard Oil
Company is no more and no less a monop
oly now ( han it was before 1*99. vet the
change made in its organization in that
year was the only "crime" of which it
now stands convicted. Since changes of
the same sort have been made by numer
ous other corporations since 1890 it is evi
dent that they are liable to attack and
dissolution if the Supreme Court sustains
the decision of the lower court.
Under these circumstances it is most
surprising that President Taft should
calmly assume that the anti-trust act, a
law hastily framed to appease an angry
and ignorant public sentiment, is a model
either of justice or expediency.
Tli<> i»eoi>le of the I'nited States hate
monopoly, but 1 do not believe that they
trill eiiduri* a law which threatens to undo
all the good which the American genius
for industrial an«l business organization
has accomplished in the la.st thirty years-.
If the Sherman act cannot kill monopoly
except by «rirtue of a technicality that
woulii destroy all large scale production,
then 11 i^ the law, rather than business
methods, that must be reformed.
The other speakers, who were introduced
by the toastmaster. Professor William H.
Dennis, were Joseph E. Sterrett. president
of the American Association of Public Ac
countants; Harold Bolce, author, and
Charles E. Sprague, president of the 1 T'nion
Dime Savings Bank.
NEW NATURALIZATION PLAN.
Each Applicant to Have Fixed Time for
Calling at Bureau. j .
In order to overcome many of the com
plaints that have been made against the
naturalization bureau in the State: Courts
Building. County Clerk Schneider haa
planned a calender system under which all
the former waiting by applicanta and con
gestion will be eliminated. Each applicant
-will have a day and hour for calling here
after and the March calendar is already
veil filled. Additional hpace has also been
granted for naturalization purposes.
In accordance with permission granted
recently by the Department of Commerce
and I*abor, which has Jurisdiction over the
raturalixation bure»u, County Clerk
Schneider lias appointed two additional
citrlt* and (we asatitUkata tor tbe burtau.
FEBRUARY 27, 1910.
IN ARMY AND NAVY
Personnel Legislation in Xnral
Bin.
{ From The Tribun* Bureau. |
Washington. February 26.
WHAT COXGRESS MAY DO.— The naval
appropriation bill, when reported next week
from the House Xaval Committee, will con
tain a number of clauses relating to per
sonnel. These probably represent all the
legisld&ion it will be possible to obtain nt
this session of Congress without regard to
the general personnel scheme which has
been under consideration in the Navy De
partment and has the indorsement of Sec
retary Meyer iaid the President. One of
these provisions proposes to commission as
ensigns 611 midshipmen who. on comple
tion of the four-year course at the Naval
Academy, are duly graduated. Now these
midshipmen are sent to sea as such for
two years following the four-year course,
and in that capacity the*- are not regarded
as full-fledged officers and entitled to re
tirement or a pensionable status in case of
injury in line of duty. These benefits are
considered as due the midshipmen after
they have left the Naval Academy to place
them on an equality, at least, with the
graduates of West Point, who become sec
ond lieutenants after four years of aca
demic training.
Another provision equalizes the pay of
acting assistant surgeons and assistant
surgeons. These officers have identical du
ties to perform, the former serving in some
Instances a probationary period prelimi
nary to their appointments to the regular
naval medical corps. The existing differ
ence in pay and allowances is considered
unfair to the acting assistant surgeons,
and the naval committee has decided to
correct the defect.
Another clause will establish a proba
tionary period for newly appointed officers
from civil life to commands in the navy
pay corpp and In the marine corps.
ABKRCROMBIE RETIRED -Lieutenant
Colonel William R. Abercromble, L'sth In
fantry, on his own application, has been
retired from active service under the pro
visions of Section 1.243, revised statutes, to
take effect June lt>, after more than thirty
thi'ee years' service. He recently became
involved in some disagreement with Gen
eral Maus, commanding the Department of
the Columbia, in regard to certain matters
of administration at Fort Wright. Wash
ington, which resulted in Abercrombie being
relieved from the command of that post.
SUCCEEDS AMES AT BOSTON.—Sur
geon Francis M. Furlong will be assigned
to duty at the naval hospital at Boston,
wiiere as senior officer he will be in prac
tical charge, as Medical Director Howard
F. Ames, who was involved in ■ the Auld-
Robnett scandal, Is to be detached and
placed on waiting orders.
SPONSORS VISIT ANNAPOLIS.
Middies Entertain Young Women Who
Named Naval Craft.
[By TelrgTapU, *<} Tbl Tribun*. ]
Annapolis, Feb. 26.— A party of young
women, each of whom has named a ship
of the United State? navy, were the guests
of the Naval Academy for a few hours
this afternoon.
The visitors, who arrived from Washing
ton shortly before 2 o'clock, were members
of the Society of Sponsors of the United
States Navy, which has been In session at
Washington for several days. They tvere
officially received by Lieutenant <'orn
rnander Daniel W. Wurtsbaugh. aid to Su
perintendent Bowyer. With Mr. Wurts
baugh were Cadet Commander R. P. Hall,
ranking midshipman of the brigade, and
several middies*.
The young women were taken through
the grounds and buildings, saw a part
of the fencing and wrestling contests, in
which the middies came off victors, and
then had afternoon tea at the home of Su
perintendent Bowyer. They returned to
Washington later.
Those in the party were Mis* M. D.
Coates, of Chester, Who named the .scout
cruiser Chester; Miss Mira O'Brien, spon
sor of the torpedo boat O'Brien: Mrs.
C.eorge Toland. of Washington, sponsor of
the Juanita; Mrs. John A. Pels, of New
York, sponsor of the cruiser Denver, and
Mrs. C. W. Macquoid, sponsor of the gun
boat Bancroft.
II OX OH DR. JAC 081.
fifty Yearn' Service to Mount
iSinai Hospital.
The associated aiumni of Mount Sinai
Hospital, celebrated at their annual dinner
at the Hotel Knickerbocker last night the
half century of service of Dr. Abraham
Jacob! to the hospital, the physician being
the guest of honor. There w*re present
to do him honor about 200 physicians, in
cluding Dr. A. G. Gerster, Dr. Willy Meyer,
Dr. John A. Wyeth, president of the New
York Academy of Medicine, and Professor
William H. Welch, of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity.
Dr. Charles H. May presented to Dr.
Jacobi, on behalf of the alumni, a bronze
medallion. On one side was a bass-relief
likeness of the guest of honor and on the
other side the words, "Humanitarian,
Teacher, Leader and Friend."
Dr. Jacobi, in acknowledging the glowing
te stimonials delivered, told of his associa
tions with institutions of medicine in this
country. He said in regard to the treat
ment of patients in hospitals that there
was only one thing wanting. "Under our
social conditions." he said, "the care and
cure of disease is not perfect unless those
thousands of men. women and children
who. for want of space, cannot remain
in the hospitals until they are entirely
cured are removed to places where they
c;in regain their full health and ability to
work. Men have to leave you while feeble,
ancemic, with i.o vitality, unable to make
a living for themselves and their families,
or return to you with a relapse or a new
disease which they could not -withstand.
You see how much we are behind our
necessities. New York has only a few
hundred beds for convalescents, while tt-n
thousand are demanded."
FARMERS' MILK (IT.
Exchange Reduces Price To Be
Paid to Producers.
The directors of the Consolidated Milk
Exchange yesterday decided to reduce the
price of milk in the 26-cent zone from
4 cents a quart to U^i cents a quart. This
Dew rate is what the New York dairymen
will pay the fanners for their product in
the future. The directors of the exchange
stated that the reduction in the price of
milk is not connected in any way with
tho indictment of eight of their number by
tiie grand jury on Wednesday, but is due
only to the law of supply and demand.
A large milk producer said last night
that he hud not received any notice <»f the
change in price and that he had neve*
known oi any change in the price of dairy
products which was not due to tli** law of
supply and demand
John 11. Kehrer, secretary and treasurer
of the Mutual Milk and Cream Company,
testified before Referee William Grant
Brown yesterday that, though he had been
with the company since he was aii offi.
boy. knew of no combination between
it and other companies to raise the price
of milk. His company, '.c said, was not
a member of the Consolidated Milk Ex
change and he had never attended any of
the exchange meetings or had any confer
ence with its members regarding prices.
Other directors of the company gave the
same testimony. The hearing was ad
journed until Thursday, March 3, when
Kpfcla-l Attorney General Coleman will ex
amine representatives of the Borden com
pany. This will complete the hearings
and the findings will be submitted »• th«
AUorntjr General,
NOVEL REALTY PL AS.
Own cm Want Scuer System
for The Bronx.
Nearly all the owner: of large properties
along the line of the New York. Wept
rhetfter & Boston Railroad, especially those
in the northeasterly part of The Bronx,
have formed a property owners' associa
tion. The object of this association is to
further transit interests in the territory
and to formulate plans for a proper system
of sewers.
It at first decided to conduct a big cam
paign for better transit facilities at the.
earliest possible time and also to stimulate
the scientific study >f the sewerage im
provements in the district. It was found
after a careful investigation. It Is said, that
the railroad authorities were doing all in
their power to build the propo.*«i road and
to have trains in operation in the near
future.
The property owners therefore deter
mined to co-operate with th© railroad au
thorities and to devote more attention to
the development- of a logical system of
sewers which should provide for the many
new home centres that will undoubtedly
be created as soon as trains are running
bctwaa West Farms, and New Rochelle.
The plan of the property owners' as
sociation Is to consult with the railroad
engineers so that a comprehensive system
of ; sewerage can be adopted.
It. is not the aim of the association to
propose; the constru tion of a gigantic
sewer system at the present . moment, a3
the section in question must be more
thickly settled before such a system will
become a warrantable expense. At the
first meeting, therefore, a novel plan was
suggested for the proper drainage of the
home districts near the stations of the new
railroad. Under this plan, if the owner of
a property wishes to develop his plot he
can arrange to have sewers laid In ac
cordance with the general plan, as adopted
and filed, with the knowledge that event
ually his branch sewers will connect di
rectly with great trunk sewers to be con
structed in the future. At first these sew
ers in the streets under development will
probably end in a sewer disposal plant, and
thus make an ideal sewer system without
connection with a trunk sewer. For these
disposal plants the developer will be ex
pected to set aside two or three lots. When,
later, the trunk sewers tap.this section tlie
owner can put the- lots to othfr U3es.
Tt Is thought that In this way. without
calling upon the city at the present time
to build extensive sewers through a com
paratively sparsely populated settlement,
each developed section, which later is likely
to become a large village, can provide Itself
with a scientific sewerage disposal system,
which, instead of being useless when the
trunk sewers are laid, will readily become
part of a great network of sewers.
LONG ISLAND RAILROAD PLANS.
To Run Tunnel Trains from North
Shore to Manhattan in May.
A. M. MeKnight. treasurer of the Me-
Knight Realty Company, said yesterday In
relation to fealty conditions in the north
shore districts of Long Island that officials
of the I>ong Island Railroad had ass-*- '
him that the electric service of the north
shore through the Pennsylvania Railroad
tunnels from the terminal at 33d street and
Seventh avenue would be in operation in
May. even though the electrification of the
road Is not entirely completed at that time.
He further said:
'Train? will he dra-vn by electric power
through the tunnel probably to Winfleld
Junction, where the electric engine or
motor will be detached and the train
drawn to Its destination by steam. This
will involve no annoyance to passengers
and no change of cars. Of course, this ia
only a temporary arrangement, pending
the completion of the electrification of the
entire road. whi. h fs making splendid
progress, and which will get along faster
as soon as the weather conditions are more
propitious.
"We have amply demonstrated our faith
In the Long Island Railroad and the con
summation of their plans by a recent in
vestment of $2,000,000 In a 450-acre tract at
Great Neck, which is being developed along
high class and unique lines. "We find that
our faith is justified, and to a large extent
shared by the public, as the demand for
property is very heavy and sales are being
made rapidly. We are quite confident that
all our developments, with the exception of
the estates of Great Neck, will be entirely
sold out this spring, and we deem it a
greater problem to supply the demand than
to create a demand for the supply."
The McKnipht Realty Company sold last
week at Bayside-Flushing: A plot to F. K.
Watson, 80x100 feet, on Lawrence Boule
vard, near Wright avenue, on which he
Will erect two handsome house?; two lots
to M. Kaufman, 40x100 feet, on Odell ave
nue. ISO feet from Palace Boulevard; two
lots to Mrs. Grace Watson, 40x100 feet, on
Stewart avenue, 160 feet north of Law
rence Boulevard, on which she intends to
erect a 77,000 house for immediate occu
pancy.
The MeKnight Realty i'ompany aiso sold
last week at C'edarhurst North two lots to
M. C. McDaniel. 40xHX> feet, at Bayview
avenue and Linden street; at Kenmore.
Whitestone. a plot 40x150 feet to A. Lough
lin on sth street, near Seventh avenue: at
Flushing Terrace, a plot to Frederick Ben
nett, 100x95 feet, at Beach and 15th streets;
at Lawrence Manor, a plot 80x100 feet to
C L. Willett. at Montauk avenue and 7th
street, and at the Estates of Great Neck.
a plot of about twenty-six thousand square
feet on Gatway avenue to a Mr. Louis.
TO ERECT MANY HOUSES.
Larchmont Park Being Quickly Trans
formed Into a Big Home Centre.
There is a great demand for sites at Larch
mont Park. Many buyers there intend to
improve their plots in the near future.
A, pi" l on Stuyvesa'nt avenue, opposite
Grass street, has been sold to Harold B.
Mason, und one on Lincoln street to Austin
EIIWIHW J<ll Mr. Brauckmeyer ih having
plans drawn for a house for his own use.
One plot at Stuyvesant and Larchmont
avenues, another at Majhaar avenue and
Lincoln street, two others on Stuyvesant
avenue and two on Lincoln street have been
s..iil to thf New York Terrain an.l Building:
Corporation, wnld ii alaa eeeund an op
tion on ten other plots.
One ol the' most interesting developments
of this section will be the ten -<>r twelve
houses, graded ia cost from J*).OOt) to
$14,000. which the New York Terrain and
Building Corpojution ia ta erect and which
will be ready Cor occupancy early in the
summer.
Henry BIK/. tbe head of the ■■>)!. st ruction
department ol this company. . baa built
many beautiful bonea in S tut ten it, Ger
many, and in Vienna.
IMPROVING QUEENS STREETS.
Work on Boulevard from 18th Street to
Shore Front Finished.
Active worll has been begun on the street
and highway improvements in the 3d
Ward of Queens for which an appropria
tion of $130,000 was recently authorized by
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment,
the entire coat to be borne by the city. The
principal improvements will be the laying
of sheet asphalt on Seventh and Eighth
avenues and 16th street and the repaying
with asphalt of ISth street, between Malba
and Eleventh avenue.
Simultaneous with work on the city con
tracts operations will be begun on the con
nections of roads in new North Shore de
velopments with the improved highways m
order to add. tf> faciliiien for automobile
traffic. Tl»e Realty Trust has flntanod work
on the main boulevard, estendtnp about ona
mil© through Malba south from '.Bth street
to the F.asi River front. The road will fur
nish access from • the waterfront to • ISth,
street and direct connections with • th«
thoroughfares leading to the Queensboro
S*l6f ftod *a*t«xa Lea*: Island pelata*
Business Opportunity*
Muna^r o? ■■■■BillWHr ' l8 Vj,*?? : p U
which has ly*n •aramS mor* ifian . ■ / .-. ;
CO.OOT per ' Tim for over 30 y«" !
desire. $25.flW> to assist in lwrl«« ■ - ;;
cut principal owner, rrho. on f^coune %s£&
ol age wishes to n»tir<». win i<**i •i«,vj.
with prtadpala only. Mr Tal arranj*- Pv|
n.-ents will be ma/Ie with rtzfct P^soo. M.ji
' M \ »•» • ER. Box 43. Tribon* OtBCO» -)". i^
APARTMENT TO COST $325,00t.
StrnctTire Will Be Erected at UStl I
Street and Riverside Drive.
Plans have been filed for a twelve story
apartment house, to be erected on a P^;*|
with a curved frontago at the southeast ;
corner of Riverside Drive and*ll6th street. :
adjoining: the house of the Alpha Club, tl»o <
curve of the lot corresponding to the »w»e§» i
of the Drive at this point. The «nrr:t«.
will be of brick and limestone, with a »•»*<; j
facade on the Drive, and will contain sn?t*< 4
for sixteen fami:>*. It Is to be built from 1
designs by Schwartz & Gros*. architect*. ]
for Paterno Brothers, Inc.. as owners. • It „
will cost $325,000. ■» :
Plans have also been filed for »n'anrinai j
the two five story loft ar.d oSlca buildtn«« j
Xo. 8 Bast 14th street and No*. 1 and 1 j
East 13th street, connecting them with an ]|
extension and retlttjns? the ground flow |
stores, the improvements being made tor „
11. Finkelstein. as owner, from designs bjr j
O. Relssmann, as architect, at a costjof^j
*3.000.
Plans have also been filed for r»flt'!nf i
the four story flat and store buildSns at j
No. 140 Second avenue and repairing f ho :
damage done by the recent fire. The i»
provement.* are being made for Herman ,
Fichmann, as owner.
WORK ON LIBERTY TOWER. %
Steel Frame Was Finished Recently— 4
Building To Be Opened About April 15. ]
The flagstaff -was placed on the New LIO- .
erty Tower Building:, at Liberty an.i Nassaa .A
streets, a few days as;o. marking the ir.»- i
ment of the completion of the st»ei work <m .j
the buildin?. The mason work is now so far t
completed that the buildins? shows flnat \
form.
The C. L. Gray Construction Company )
has made remarkable • rapid proyre* l . ; h»
this work. The building: will be ready fir
occupancy about April 15.
Greenwood & Co., through 'heir rental,.':
department, have closed many leases In tho ;J
building. The following is a partial list etji
those who will become tenant' of Liberty 1
Tower on May 1: People's Surety Com- ;^
pany. Johnston & Collins, Claude Glgnoux.
B. & S. Steiner. Wesselman & Kraus, I»- •;
gram. Root * Massey, Earle & Russell, Gil- *
bert H. Montague, Ilarcourt Bull, Loui* ;J; J
Duncan. Standard Salt Company. Henry ;
Wlnans Jessup, E. Ira Richards & Ca^./]
Davi3. Symmes & Schreiber. C. L. Gray
Construction Company, Ada F. Chevalier '
(Hope). McCabe. Davis & Kernnn. ans*
Howson & Howson.
A U. S. STORAGE HOUSE.
Army Supplies To Be Kept in Hew
Greenwich Street Building.
The United States government has taken \
a five-year lease of the new p'.x-story fire
proof building at No. 537 to 545 Oroeawtcai j
street, on plot 100x100. recently. *niahod >*r
James H. Cruikshank. The property is <m j
the east side of Greenwich street. betwtm j
Char and Van Dam streets. -* ~ .L
It w ill he used by the government [ tnr |
the storage of supplies for the army. T%»
structure at Hubert and Wufhlngtoa 4
streets formerly used for thl3 purpose waa i
recently destroyed by flre. i .
RECENT BUYERS. . '.
William Colgate is the buyer of ike dweti-;!
ing house No. 15 East 96th street, sold j
recently. He also owns Nos. 14 and 20 tn '
the same block.
INSTRUCTION.
For Boys and Young Men — City?
FRENCH. GERMAN,
ITALIAN. SPANISH,
and all other modern language* tsucal
Private or class tuition at the school •*
your residence.
CORTINAPHONE
t^njfuase outfits for study without taaeb«r.- :
Quick, easy, satisfactory method. Wc*k*l
trial free.
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Night Session itake ANI
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BERLITZ SCHOOL
OF
LANGUAGES
.MADISON SQUARE ilir; BKOVIIH
Harlem Brunch, 3-t."i Lenox Aye.. above 127 th 9t,"-»
i;r«,oklyn " 21S Livingston .^irwt.
330 BIU.N'CHES IN Al.i. LEADINO '"TOil
Private antl < la-* l*>«*oa- at «i«-taool «r ■•>••-':
dence I>ay & Evenings. • Beat Native Teach«r*,,j
FupH.s hear ami speak the new lanrmmf : ;
exclusively from th 9 fir*., lesson. Trial • I«*> |
toiis free. ' : " "''■'{-}
Th. Italian School of
LANGUAGES
Sl3 JTH AVKXI'E. »<>R>KK «Jl> ST.
Ituliiua. rn-ncli, SpttnUh. German, t'.Vc. .
Our "LOUICAI. METHVU" enables pupils t»
us. the new I.angua*<» trom th* nr»t *»mn.
and teaches them In 'JO lessons how to nuk<
thtrn.sclves understood when travelling:. iHiKSjfj
■s.iiiir graduated teurhert for all I lrnnagim »
Kree Italian ,v French Lecture* on Wednesday^."]
FRENCH IN FIVE WEEKS*]
A practical knowledge of French suar- \
anteed. Prof. CHOFFLET. of Paris.. <
Classes daily. 11. Allow ■••• to *xpl:<.'.'i I
m) systtin ' STUDIO. 1 W«t 34th St.
Swimming.
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