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COMMUTERS POSH FIGHT
Aim Now Is to Delay Raise
Pending Court Proceedings. .
ROAD TO REPLY TO-MORROW
Mount Vernon. Affected to the
Extent of $66,000 a Year,
After Injunction.
The Mount Vernon commuters, repre
*rn:ed by Hugh M. Hewson and William
I* Random, have presented supplementary
evidence to the Public Service Commission
at Albany, and the commission has ordered
the New Haven Railroad to serve its an
wer In writing by to-morrow. Mr. Hewson
said yesterday:
"This supplementary proceeding i? part of
the plan laic out -when tve took up this
fight. We foresaw that If the rate went
into effect reductions could not be obtaln«»d
until the 'fair and reasonable rate' was de
termined by the commission and that rate
afnrnvd by the Appellate Court- The pro
ceedings to determine a "fair and reason
able rate' are similar' to the SO-cent gas
CSSSS. recently decided, except that more
Intricate questions will be Involved, and the
reduced rate will not be In effect during
the hearings.
'Pending the formation of an organized
resistance, and until «=ome assurance of
real relief, should be afforded to the com
muters. It seems advisable to strike first
nd attempt to prevent the raise taking ef
fect. An assessment of 52 73 to 13 10 a month
on every New Haven Railroad commuter in
the county of West Chester is no light sum.
and unless the raise in rates is prevented
such «issessments will be levied until the
final determination of the rates.
"Each Mount Vernon commuter (whose
Increase is the lowest), assuming that no
additional Increase should be made in the
mean time, would pay the railroad company
$33 a year In addition to the present high
i at/s. Assuming that there are two thou
sand commuters In Mount Vernon under the
monthly arrangements, that means $66,000 a
year from that one class from that one city
alone. The total increase for the commut
ers in Westchester County is appalling.
"That, in brief, Is the condition which
confronted ut>. The commuters were threat
*-n«-d with no theory, but real, live facts.
After deliberation we concluded that there
was one way, and one way only, in which
this threatened raise possibly could be pre
vented. We then proceeded to gather the
evidence covering the stations from Mount
Yerji'>n to Port Chester, and commenced
our proceedings upon the monthly commu
tation rates from Mount Vernon. leaving
opportunity for the other stations to Join
in the proceedings.
"The commission is following the law as
rapidly as possible, and our proceedings are
progressing in accordance with our plans.
They will culminate, we confidently expect,
next week In the obtaining of an injunc
tion preventing this raise In monthly rates
from taking effect on June l in Mount
Vernon.
"The same court has been open to the
timers of every station from Mount \>rr;on
l-j Port Chester, and the evidence is easily
obtained for each of those station?, but the
efforts of the objecting commuters seem to
have spent themselves in talk, and unless
they take exceedingly prompt action it
seems almost certain that they will have to
pay the Increased rate on and after June 1."
The question of the commuters on the
Erie and the New York Central railroads as
to what is to happen to their pocketbooks
will, it is expected, be answered soon. The
directors of the. Erie, it is understood, will
take action at a meeting this week.
Officials of the New York Central are
now busy with a new schedule of rater-.
Th"y are working on the principle of equal
izing the rates so that they will be on the
tame basis on different divisions. The re
sult expected is that the rates to a ftw
points will he lower, but in most cases
higher. The new schedule will probably be
announced on Tuesday.
SUE TO GET PLACES BACK
T^ro Former City Employes Bring
Action Against Controller.
William Gallagher, who was a Deputy
Receiver of Taxes for Brooklyn, and F.
Wilsey Owen, who held the same office for
Richmond Borough, yesterday obtained
from Justice McCall orders directing . on
troller I*renderga?t to show cause why
writs of mandamus should not >„ Issued
compelling the Controller to reinstate the
petitioners in the places from which he
dismissed thorn on January 4.
The complaints of Gallagher and Owen
are alrocßi Identical. Oallagher sets forth
that he -was appointei a Deputy Receiver
of Taxes on January 1, if**, and that con
troller nu.-rgast informed him that his
removal was for political reasons. He .-aid
that he could be removed only on charges
a«rainf*t him and with a proper hearing.
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"The Holy Family"
By LUDWIG KNAUS.
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centoe of the picture, with a
scarf about her head and
shoulders; she wears a loose
robe, and a mantle is across
her lap. Before her stands a
cherub, with clasped hands
and face upturned in adora
tion of the Infant. Other
cherubs are hovering in the
atmosphere above. At the
is Joseph, holding by the
bridle an ass, and above him
is the crescent moon.
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by Miss Catharine Lorillard
Wolfe from the artist in Ber
i:n in IS7C. It was bequeaths:
by Miss Wolfe to the Metro
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1887.
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; DARING THIEF IN , CELL
i Said To Be Morris Bosky, Sought
by Police for Three Years.
The final scene In one of the most daring
and successful dramas of prlmlnal high
| finance In the annals of the police of this
j country took place early yesterday morn
! Ing In the arrest of a man who Is said to
be- Morris Bosky. Bosky has several aliases,
i accordine to the police, and the police of
the. entire country and .of England have
I been on his trail since January. 1907, track
[ ing him from one city to another.
lie Is wanted in connection with a clever
j and bold system of trunk robberies, by
means of which the baggage rooms of the
big railroads of the country were robbed of
more than $200,000 worth of goods. Bosky
operated with the assistance of two "pals"
and a woman, using false checks. The
two men are now serving sentences in the
i penitentiary, one of them .having been
caught in Ijondon after a sensational es
cape from a cell in Police Headquarters.
All the railroads that suffered from the
operations 'of Bosky and his band have had
large detective forces at work trying to
run him down. They also made up a pool
of $I.O<Y) as a reward for his capture. It Is
believed that this will go to Detectives Pea
bodv and McConaghey. of the Central Of
fice, who arrested Bosky at 34th street and
Seventh avenue yesterday morning:, as he
was leaving the house where he boarded.
When the prisoner was arrested, accord-
Ing to the detectives, he protested vigor
ously, and finally offered them a bribe of
$115 if they would let hint go. He will prob
ably be taken to Richmond, Va., where the
band had its headquarters.
BURNED TO DEATH ON COUCH
Aged Man Forgotten in Rush from Fire
—Wife Severely Scorched.
Peter Tore, seventy years oil. was
burned to death in his sleep yesterday
mominß when fire started In the basement
of his home, at No. 553 West 13fith street.
Patrolman Wolf saw smoke coming: from
the basement, and after turning in an alarm
ran back to the house and forced open the
front door. He found Mrs. Tone and her
daughter and the latter's husband asleep.
He woke them and helped them through
the dense smoke to the street.
Mrs. Tone then remembered that her hus
band had been left behind, and started
toward the house. She "entered the base
ment door before Wolf could prevent her
and tried to reach the room where her
husband was. Her hands and hair were
badly scorched before she was finally seised
by friends and led acain to the street. The
firemen meanwhile had arrived and tried
to extlnpuish the flames in order that they
might get to the room where Mr. Tone lay.
The flames spread so rapidly, however,
that by the time the firemen reached the
old man's room they found him lying on
his couch dead. He had been badly
burned about the head and upper part of
the body. The cause of the fire is un
known. The damage was about K-00.
HAIXS JUROR MISSES PRISON
Guilty of Assault, but on Victim's Plea
Sentence Is Suspended.
P^iause of a plea made on his behalf by
the ■"San he was convicted of having as
saul'.i-l. Wilbur C. Craft. one of the Jurors
in t£« trial of Captain Peter C. Hams, jr.,
for the killing of William K. Annis, was
allowed to en free under suspended sen
tence when arraigned before Judge Hum
phrey in Ixmg Island City yesterday. The
complainant was Stephen Van Allen, a real
*-.«tate man. He was knocked down by
Craft and kicked until be became uncon
eclci's. craft set up a plea of self-defence,
but She jury found him guilty as indicted.
When Craft was arraigned for sentence
.Ii""-,e Humphrey told the prisoner that
Van Allen bad called on him and urged
him to be lenient, "It Is at his soli
citation that I suspend sentence," said
lodge Humphrey, "and I want you to un
derstand thai I would not do so in oppo
sition to his wishes." Craft is a l>oss
.'>ri<"klayer and he had a dispute with Van
Allen over the performance of work.
George lyoeffler. twenty-two years old, of
No. 34<J Ward street, Richmond Hill, who
was convicted of robbery. cr^'i larceny
and assault, all in the second dear* and
in whose welfare a number of prominent
residents of Richmond Hill took an Inter
est, was sent to the ESmtra Reformatory
on the conviction of robbery In the second
degree, and sentence was suspended on th«
otner convfcttone.
FIRST TRIP OF THE MARY POWELL.
The stcsmer Mary Powell will begin her
regular trips for the season between Kings
ton and New York to-morrow, leaving New
York every day. except Sunday, at 1:45
p. m., from Desbrossea street. West Cd
street at 2 p. m. and West 12Sth street at
2:20 p. m. An afternoon excursion may be
made by taking the Mary Powell to West
Point, returning by boat or rail.
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NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. MAY 22. 1010.
FIDELITY'S HEAD AnACKED
Creditor Blames Keiran for De
lay in Winding Up.
BIG ASSETS ALSO ALLEGED
Bank of Earlville, N. V., Begins
Proceeding to Execute Its
Judgment.
The First National Hank, of Earlville.
N. V.. a judgment creditor of the defunct
Fidelity Funding Company fr>r JS.2OS 09.
< > f;i!:-.-<1 festerday from Justice McCaM an
order directing Frank Hendrick. receiver
of the company; Attorney General O'Mal
lcy. the directors of the company and the
110 creditors to show cause why the order
d!Ts«->lving the company should not he
vacated. The order Is returnable on June 18.
The bank seeks permission to proceed with
the execution on its Judgment.
Cluy H. Clark, cashier of the bank, sub
mits an affidavit based largely on infor
mation and belief, in which he opposes the
voluntary dissolution of the Fidelity Fund
inp Company, ii^ Fays that no effort has
r>een made to reduce the outstanding as
sets of the concern to the possession of the
receiver.. The cashier declares that these
assets were set forth as amounting to
$r... r .70.0>0. and that the receiver has reduced
to possession less than $4,000. He adds
that the attorneys for the Fidelity Funding
Company are the same as those for the
Windsor Trust Company, whi'h had exten
sive dealings with the Fidelity company
and that the Windsor held collateral de
posited by the Fidelity. Clark says that
there are also certain subscription agree
ments to stock of the Fidelity now in Bjps
sessfon of the Carnegie Trust Company,
which lays title as security for loans and
upon which there is due $150,000. Clark
believes that the Fidelity company has
e.i'ihahle interests in these. The Carnegie
and Windsor companies also have notes,
he declares, originally belonging to the
Fidelity and delivered to them for collateral
in which, the deponent alleges, the defunct
company has interests. According to Clark,
the receiver has made no effort to enforce
the subscription apreemerrts:
Clark goes on to say that Patrick J.
Keiran. formerly president and later vice
president of the Fidelity, is now in Europe
and has evaded service. The bank official
adds that he learned that Keiran, who was
the chief figure in the Fidelity company,
was trying to rehabilitate his financial af
fairs by emisting capital In the promotion
of an enterprise similar to the Fidelity.
Ho understood that he was also trflng to
realize on notes of various Cathollo institu
tions. Clark says that the receiver is en
titled to these notes.
Clark makes also this allegation:
"Keiran by his wiles, devices and dila
tory practices caused the receiver and
creditors of the Fidelity Funding Compoy
to believe he would, if given time., rehabili
tate the affairs of the company, relieve
himself from bankruptcy and pay the cred
itors of the company. The receiver and
creditors have delayed, therefore, the wind
ins up. Keiran using the court proceedings
and order to protect him from the enforce
ment of the lawful demands of creditors
by deliberately and maliciously misleading
the receiver and creditors.**
Justice McCall granted the petitioner per
mission to serve the 110 creditors by publi
cation, because of the impossibility of serv
ing them all personally.
SENATOR'S SERVANT A SUICIDE
M. J. McMamis. Employed by Aldrich
in Washington. Found D^ad in Hotel.
If. S. McManus. an assistant butler in
the family of I'nited States Senator Nelson
W. Aldrich. in Washington, committed sui
cide yesterday in the Hotel Roland, 59th
street, between Madison and Park avenues,
by inhaling gas. IfcMfnus had registered
at the hoUl late on Friday night, when he
appeared to be very nervous. He was as
signed a room on the third floor.
When a bellboy noticed a strong odor of
gas near McManus's room yesterday after
noon he notified the engineer, who entered
the room through the transom. McManus
was found lying on the bed, undressed and
with a sheet thrown over his head. Oas
was escaping from the Jet, which was
turned on full.
A search revealed a postcard addressed
to Michael J. McManus, in care of Senator
Aldrich. No. 1727 Massachusetts avenue.
Washington. This card led to the man's
identification. At the home of Senator
AMrfch. .in Washington. William James, a
butler, paid that McManus had acted as
Ills assistant, and had started for War
wick, R. 1.. the Senator's summer home,
Friday morning, when he appeared to be
in good spirits. He could offer no reason
for the man's suicide.
SMALLER MEN MAY "INCH IN"
Mayor's Suggestion for PolicY end
Firemen Heeded by Commission.
In line with a suggestion made by Mayor
Gaynor several weeks ago. the Municipal
Civil Service Commission proposes to re
duce the minimum physical measurements
required for men seeking appointment as
policemen and Bremen. It seems that the
number of applications for these places has
decreased materially in the last few year*,
and recently the Police Commissioner found
it advisable to advertise for applicants in
country papers.
It is proposed to reduce the minimum
weight for policemen and Until from
140 to 138 pounds and the height from 5
feet 8 Inches to 5 ffet 77 I,*1 ,* Inches. The age
limits for applicants for patrolmen will
also ho changed from "twenty-three to
thirty" to "twenty-one to thirty " It is
also proposed to change the period of pro
bation for patrolmen from one to six
months.
The civil Bervlce commission will hold
•ri public hearing on the proposed changes
on Wednesday at M a. m.
WALDO AND CROKER AT ODDS 1
Chief's Sudden Return to Duty Causes
Rumors at Fire Headquarters.
Wre C^ tm *. Croker returned to duty at
Fire. Headquarters rather unexpectedly yes
terday nio.-)-i , after a few days' leave of
absence «• -*'..t in Chicago at the meeting
of th«» t',~.do: al Hoard of Fire Underwrit
ers. T|i.- Cnlef declined to comment upon
the rumors that bis sudden return was
occasioned In part by the fact that Fire
Commissioner Waldo had put Deputy Chief
I^ally In charge In place of Deputy Chief
Ah. am. whom Croker picked for the work
ii! his absence.
Mr. Waldo .sent Ahearn bnck to The-
Bronx and brought I,ally over from Brook
lyn on the ground that the order of former
Commissioner Hayes, making Ahearn chief
In Croker's absence, died with Hayes's re
tirement. Rumors of friction between
Waldo and Chief Croker were called to
the tatter's attention yesterday on his re
turn, but he would not say anything.
ALLEGES TRANSFER OF ASSETS.
William 11. Freeman.' trustee In bank
ruptcy for Mr*. Warwick Bradner, of
Crest wood, Yonker«, brought unit yester
day in the United States District Court
against D. pbllo Hlgglns. Mrs. Hradner'a
son-in-law, alleging a transfer of assets
to avoid the accounting. The Involuntary
petition In bankruptcy was Hied against
Mrs. Uradner by a furniture dealer in this
city on claims amounting to $1,347. The
property alleged to bavo been transferred
la valued at KOuO. ;^~-
ERIE AGREEMENT SIGNED
j Men Get Immediate Raises, but
B. & 0. Award Will Wait.
.1. C Stuart, general manager of the 52
! Railroad, signed an agreement yesterday
with the representatives of the trainmen
and conductors based on the offer of the
road, which had been accepted provisionally
the day before. The agreement is made on
behalf of six thousand trainmen and con
ductors en the Erie system. It Provide a. for
i present increases In wages ranging from I
I to 10 per cent, the Baltimore & Ohio rates
'to go into 62*e« in some classes on July 1.
1911. and in the ."hers on September 1. 1911.
President Lee o. the trainmen said last
night that an agreement had also been
signed by the representatives of the train
men and conductor, on the Staten Island
branch of the Baltimore & Ohio RaUro,,
and the oftk'-ls of the road. The agreement
provides a mo, '"cation of the Baltimore *
Ohio wage seal.-, 'he time when the scale
Is to go into effect being set further back
than in the Zfyi of the other roads Mr.
Lee said the onli -oa«l« conferring with he
trainmen and conductors wore the Reading
and the Central of New Jersey.
"We have accomplished our main ob
ject/ he said, "and that is the standardiza
tion of the wages based on the Baltimore &
vOhio award under the Krdmann act. The
time v.hen the Baltimore & Ohio rates go
fully into effect was determined by the
present condition of the various roads.
VACATION SEASON AT HAND
Plenty of Literature to Lure the
PleasureJSeeker.
Now that the dangers and fascinations or
the comet have pasord and left the world
still intact, other things hav-s come to hold
the Interest of those who dwtll in the city.
In every railroad ticket office and in hotel
lobbies, on walls and on tables, glittering
"and varicolored pamphlets lure the suscen-
I tible with .nticing descriptions of this and
that resort as a haven of rest for those who
are vacation bent.
It seems that never before were so many
attractive resorts using their enchantments
to enmesh the fancy of the summer visitors.
To h m who is minded to spend his allotted
two or three weeks in the mountains of
New York State and the region about Lake
Champlain and Lake George, word pictures
of the scenic and health producing qualities
of that section are spread attractively be
fore the eye in a little booklet ««siied by
the Delaware A Hudson Railroad.
Those who are irresistibly led by the
booming of the surf on sandy beach, or the
cool spots by sylvan Jakes, are invited t*J
read the. beautiful booklets of the Long
Island and Boston & M line rnllroruK
wherein is told Just how best to reach
the resorts on those lines. The myriad
attractions held out to those who have a
leaning toward the mountain beauties -V
the Delaware Water Gap. with Its abun
dance of lake and brook trout, or the thou
sand and one points of interest and scenic
charm in the path of the New York Central
lines, are all set forth with many colored
p'ctures and artistically worded descriptions
In the literature sent out by the Laekawan
n.i and the New York Central railroads.
The thousands who mak" their yearly
pilgrimage to the fastnesses of the hazy,
cloud bound Catskill Mountains .vill find
the charm of those retreats truthfully and
fully set forth in the artistic and volumin
ous summer catalogues furnished by the
New York, Ontario & Western and Ulster &
Delaware railroads, which reach all these
points with celerity and safety.
Those who long for the dash of spray on
face and the odor of salt winds in the nos
trils, are told how best to reach the sunny
beaches of Atlantic City. Asbury Park.
Cape May. on the Jersey Coast, and the
yachting centres of New London, Larch
mont, Marblehead and Cape Cod, in the
comprehensive booklets displayed tar their
edification by the Jersey Central and th-
New York, New Haven & Hartford rail
roads.
MORTGAGE TOR $6,000,000
Company Building Cape Cod Canal
Gets Money for Construction.
The Boston. Cape < "od and New York
Canal Company, of which August Belmont
is president and wrticli Is constructing ?.
ship canal across Cape Cod. from Buzzard's
Bay to Ha rnstable Bay. has marie a mort
gage to the Old Colony Trust Company, of
Boston, to secure an issue of ICWO,M6 firs:
mnrtßaß<> f> per o^nt fifty-year bonds. The
bonds, which have teen underwritten by a
syndicate, will be issue.l acrainst construc
tion. There aie no prior liens. It is ex
pected that the canal, which -a ill be .• Kht
milrs long, will be completed In about three
years.
The Boston, Cape Ctod nrirt New York
Canal Company has K.tW.tOO capita] stock.'
Its directors are August Pelmont. William
Ban-lay Parsons. wHh is the chief ens;i |
neer; T. D. Underwood, L. P. Loree, De .
Witt c. Flanagan, Arthur L. Devens, J. W.
Miller, Charles W. Allen, F. R. Apptoton,
H. P. Wilson and K. W. Lancaster.
NETHERLAND CHAMBER MEETS
Cornelius Vanderhilt ard T. Groidanus
Re elected to Directorate.
The annual meeting of Hie Nctl-.erland
Chamber of Commerce in America was held
yesterday afternoon at the Ketherland
club. No. 47 Bast 2.".th street Cornelias
Vanderbilt and T. <ireidanus. whose terms
as directors expired, were re-elected, mak
ing the directorate Cornelius Vanderbilt,
T. OreHaniis. W. C. Houston and Henry 8,
Van Dosen, Americans of Out h descent,
and John Schimmel. A. (Jlps "and John* K.
Praeger, Americans born in Holland.
The president cf the chamber is I>. <;.
Botssevatn, with the Barond Dr J. London,
minister at Washington from the Nether
lands, as honorary president. Btayvesani
Klsii is vice president, with Hon. John ft.
Planter!, consul to New York from
the Netherlands, as honorary vice-presi
dent, The secretary-treasurer Is T. (Srei
danus. The annual report gave in detail the
work of tiu> chamber In connection with
the Hudson- Pulton celebration.
BUYER FOR CITY DROPPED.
Joseph C. I.otik. purchasing acf-nt in (he
Department of Correction for many years.
who certified to the ooireetneaii of a bill
charging nag rach for valve wheels which
were bought by a representative of th*>
Finance Department for six cents In the
open market, has been dismissed after a
trial. Peter A. lfallon, warden nn Black
weH's Islan<l, who also certified to tbs ex
orbitant i>ili. was let off with a reprimand.
COUNTRY MOVING
Lakewood Storage Warehouse. Columbus Ay . at 90th St.. makes a specialty
of country moving; 60 horse power automobile vans operating within 150 miles
on Long Island, New Jersey, Connecticut. Let us submit our estimate.
•". PHONE 5605 RIVERSIDE. _-
RULES AGAINST RESERVOIR
John J. Delany's Report as Ref
eree Favors Taxpayer.
Former Corporation Counsel John 3
Delany filed bis report yesterday as r"f-ree
In an action to prn-^t the construction of
the Patterson Reservoir, in wMf-h h» finds
that the reservoir Is unnecessary and that
Its construction would Up a waste of public
ir.on^v T r- . ,tir- ,i»r\ rost of th" re«*»r
voir was about $3,600,000.
The proceeding In which Mr Delany was
appointed referee was brought by James H.
Killough as a taxpayer for an Injunction to
restrain former Mayor McClellan. I—
Controller Metz and the Aqueduct Cnmrals
tloners. Ten Eyck. Cowan. Wlndolph and
Ryan, who were removed from office by
Mayor Gaynor, from going ahead with the
necessary steps for the construction of the
proposed Patterson Reservoir, In the north
east region of the Croton system.
Mr. Delany found that the old Aqueduct
Commission did not Rive any public hear
ing on the proposed reservoir and did not
submit their plans and maps for the ap
proval of the Commissioner of Water Sup
ply, Gas and Electricity. The referee said
also that for ■ long period the commission
held meetings at which Mayor McClellan
and Controller Metz were not present.
James 11. Fuertes, of Brooklyn, a hy
draulic and sanitary engineer, testifying
before Referee Delany,' said that he had
made a special study of the conditions ex
isting in the Croton watershed from time
to time, and had made a special report on
them to the Merchants' Association sub
sequent to 1900. He said he visited the site
of the proposed reservoir in June, 1509.
before the beginning cf Killough's ac
tion, and found that It would be within* the
limits of the present Croton watershed,
and would not make available any ad
ditional water from an extraneous water
shed. It would be of no value to the
Croton watershed system, he said.
Frederick B. De Berard, statistician to
the Merchants Association, testified that
it would be a waste of public money to
construct this reservoir, as it would have
no useful function to fulfil upon the comple
tion of the Catskill system.
Frank H. Warden, the assistant to the
secretary of the present Aqueduct Commis
sioners, testified that W. H. Sears, the
chief enprln-^r to the old commission In iro3
and 19^0, had recommended the construc
tion of the proposed reservoir, and the
commission had approved his report. He
said that the Department of Water Supply,
Gas and Electricity had been asked for Its
approval, but had withheld it.
The Supreme Court will now consider Mr.
Delany's report for confirmation.
CORDAGE RECEIVERSHIP ENDED
Decision Upholds Jurisdiction of Bank
ruptcy Court Over State Courts.
Judge Hazel, in the T'nited States District
O urt. vacated yesterday the appointment
of Lindsay Russell as receiver of the
Standard Cordage Company. At the same
time he refused to dismiss the bankruptcy
petition, and said that the order vacating
the receivership might contain an injunc
tion against the further payments of prin
cipal and interest on the first mortgage
bonds pending adjudication. This would
h<>ld also jH-ndinpr the distribution to cred
itors or bondholders of the assets of the
corporation or nny funds realized out of the
sale of the real estate or personal property
by order of the state court In the dissolu
tion proreedinps. Judge Hazel said:
"I-ookinß at the facts as they are now
pr«s<Mited. the prima! question Is not simply
whether it woqM be better for all parties
concerntd that the receivership should be
continued, but whether such continuance is
absolutely essential to protect and conserve
the property of the company. Th© record
dues not prrsent such a situation."
The opinion recites the petition in bank
ruptcy which followed the payment by the
directors Of ST'.l.^ interest which was due
to the holders of the first mortgage bonds
and of rent < n the company's premises. The
first mortgage secures an issue of twenty
five years" bonds, amounting to $2.806,0 l».
The decisi-.n further upholds the- Jurisdic
tion of the bankruptcy court over that of
the state courts.
VAN NORDEN TO BE PARK TRUST
Application for Change of Name Mad*
by President Crockett.
The Van Norden Trust Company has
made application to the Supreme Court for
permission to change its name to the Park
Trust Company, and has also asked the
State Ranking Department to approve the
Change of title. The application is made by
Watklns Crockett, who succeeded Warner
M. Van Norden as president of the Institu
tion several months airo.
The Van Nordens disposed of their inter
est In the trust company and In the Twelfth
and Nineteenth Ward bunks about a year
ago to a syndicate composed of a number
of directors of the Carnegie Trust Com
pany and certain other interests not identi
fied with that institution. It was said at
the time that the Van Norden Trust Com
pany and the two kinks would be con
solidated with the Carnegie Trust Company,
but f"r some reason not made public the
merger has never gone through, and it is
believed now that it has been abandoned.
The modern treatment of Dlab*>te?,
A with Pal *:"i". rapidly relieves all
f*% 'he symptoms so that there In
soon marki-d general uiiproV*'-
A ment. Th* patient natn» in
Jf weight, n<*rve. muscle and
Rhine mental powor; riefertlve
«1 ii .. ■ 4fM vision also Improves.
only sneir «» A. Th * P Bti " nt *>«•" f*el s
ZSm. Js>\ better and all kinds
(rum. whiskey) A h ?'? 'i OrdlMry
must be strict- J^ br tt ' o a ;'- f•t a
i, avoided. This S^ a. m w '*' lf *-
treetmenl h;i» shown m. t " e ' ; malt
sorri.- remarkably :'UC- liquors.
cecsful results. Eve n • ▼ j.
hoi-.- gangrene of the £O^*
toes had *<-t In. th. patients .^.
wern Ml far relieved as to be a^^
practically well At feuding drug \sv
utoris.
SAL-SANO CO.
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A DRINK KIT KOU THE CODS.
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Callanan'a Mairaxlne Moii-i! on in. St.
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HYDROPATHIC BATHS- 50c
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GET TWO IN BIG FORGERY
Alleged Professionals Arrested
After Loss of $10,000.
Two men. dweribed as William Gordon.
alias William Boland, and Joseph Elliot:,
alias Joseph Divine. w«re arrested yester
day afternoon at No. 212 West 109 th street
by Oeorre 8. Dougherty, superintendent o.
the Plnkerton Agency, and Lieutenants
Brown and Miller, charged with forgery.
It is estimated that, the accused men and
their accomplices have obtained In N-w
York City and elsewhere not leas than »•».
000 in the last- four months.
Th- specific charge against them Is that
of having obtained by forgery VTA from
the N!*ht and Day Bank. This was on
February 5. The two men under arrest
were then living at No. 210 West 103 th
street, under the name of La.wnon. the de
tectives say. They are accused of . .-tr.i?
stolen from a letter box at this address a |
c**ck for t^o. mailed by T. W. Rankla and
made payable to W.V. Mote. This, the
Plnkertons say. they used as a model for
the $270 forgery.
The detectives say the prisoner's method
of operating -was to abstract from the pri
vate hall letter boxes letters containing
checks, from which, by th« use of adds, j
they would erase the name of the payee;
and the amount, changing the name of the I
payee to "bearer" an., enlarging the
amount by hundreds of dollars.
There are many records of arrests
against Gordon and Elliott at Police Head
quarters, but no convictions. The original ;
forger of this band, the detectives say. »s
James Ford, alias "Rough Ocean," now
serving a six-year sentence In Sing Sing-
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"■" ■ - ■ '< were round, In •-. *"***
alleged forgers, ..... say' tfrtw,
found a pretty girl of twenty • Z s3
with them, who said Her asm* Zl I*
Smith. According to th- Plalwrton.
told them that she had aI-*-a y , tiers' *•
men w*r. pickpockets, bet bad no St 2?
wer-i formers.
MAYOR JOGS LEGISLATE
Urges Action en Bill Atolfahlaji Cis
Tax on Personal Property
Mayor Caynor se~ no reaj»oa ,. 7 v
Tor* City should not get what it
from th* Twtslattire. H. mm „ ,^ r< »
la a telegram addressed To th<* Ca-Z^
on Rate* of the Legislators." «». '
passage of- th«» bin abolishing ti» ,'..* °*
on personal property. Th» cma^.^.'. 7 !**
reads: "*****""«*<*
'Tnarnnoch as this dry I, »■.■
unanimous for the personal tax M »v
was sent to th* Legislators «.,;•:, Z^'*
sssstnri. can we cot hmm it paa.«-<; 'L^*
Is the reason that w« should not 1 **
when w# want it? Is th* iniu. tho- "*
ly understood, or is th?re soots CJr .l",, ?V
standing about it? The cans to a ».-,*,
one. It seems to us." ' '•*''■
BANK OF EUROPE IS NEW Y<3*»
The Bank of Europe, which Is bm
ranizM by a number of HassrariajTiLr 1 *
ers and business men in th« To-.^ *
trict. has filed a certlScaf? of tnerw^* **
with th© State Banking I>«pa'---^.'
new bank, which will probably fc. fe *r»
neighborhood of 73th mtr»»t and S»^Jf "♦
nae. Is to ha.v» a capital or rio rn\ *"*•