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SAYS HE MADE LUMBERS
O'Gonnp.ll Testifies He Got Third
p f $45,000 Paid for Licenses.
H c,JOB WAS "OUTSIDE MAN"
former Members of Examining
Board, Moore and Donohue,
• Deny Graft Story.
A f uit for *3» In tie 3d District Municipal
Court- before Judge Murray, yesterday
ppear to have back of it a little
M r that may carry consternation among
,v pf tb* no— licenced master plumbers
%.o ta ve »cured certificates during the
it tta** years. Th© testimony of one of
_■ defendants —as to the effect that 515,(W)
' sl»e#ed prart had been handled by what
Yf termed himself -"the outside man and
• member of the Board of Exsmi
rf rs of Plumbers.
"•be gait -was brought by Gardiner & Quig
le} - in behalf of J. Mehlh"oj>, a plumber, of
■vt> €0- Richardson avenue, "WakeSeld.-
Iriilnst Bartholomew F. Donohue and John
j ilof~' '*" ho VIV to. February 13 last —ere
peinbers of the Plumbers' Examining
BriT-fl, ana William F. O'Connell. for $500.
tliecefl to ha^-e been paid by Mehlhop for
s ' rertlficate as a master plumber.
SleiJhop testified that he understood that
-be men*-- — ** divided among: the three
jaen. gr- 3 I 1?I 1 ? aj5 ° testified that he got a
copy cf *he •ions to be asked him on
the examination. Later he -was notified that
fee had not passed the .examination. Mehl- \
*«« maid hP Bdtafl upon OCotmell, and the j
Utter stat»sl that he had divided -with the
xjiembprs °* lhe board, and' that Mehlhop
should ba v e pot th© certificate. O'Connell
offc-ed tc return his share of the money
TTpvided th«» others would do likewise, but
«h«y, according to the complainant, would
sot io so.
O'Cocneil. one of the defendants, testified
that if ad been for eight years a port of
cScial po-bet— een for the Board of Exam
,^—s <jf Plumbers, end that he had been an
j.jp—jjjor in the National Trade School, at
Etti rtreet and Tenth, avenue. He said he ,
tad also been #-ngage<l several months ago .
rr local v.v 4.c4 .c of the- Plumbers and Gas- !
ttCßea? Union to look Into The rumors that
fbaK bad t>een undue Influence, in securing
for tnoomp'"* > rit men certificates as master
j>iirmh»'.- On direct examination O'Con
a?H wid:
1 —as an :nFtructor in the. National Trade
School, and there I came in contact with a
jrreet mary men "who desired to become
— aster -plumbers. The ordinances of the |
dry ppeciSrally provide that in order to be- |
corre a rr. aster plumber the applicant must
* -•• be^i i at least five years a helper and
t*t> ye-ars a journeyman plumber. Xovr, I
pat tl~.ro-.jsh men who could not wipe a
Joint rr did Dot know the least thi :g about
rlinnbir.s:. The. charge -was from J3OO up,
fn far cs ' -—as concerned. I would see
JJoore £n<s I>onohue and would notify them
rf the — of my candidates. I put j
through * — • km at ■ oost of S3(« or j
tjot» «3ur!ng th»ir term of office, and that
T~ '??"? ■ was passed over by — # I retaining
—•-third. I used to meet the two men at
tt\* rcrms of the board and also outside. My
•UFua! plsc m i hotel in Chambers street. j
bat T slwayF _.. ._,. money from th" can- !
t><saT« t«fr>r*» I - DBA -up in the matter. Jn
the i-2£*> of "■ 'hop. he gave me six $50
K l!lf pd July '-. 1?OT, and I gave four of them
■r - Mop'-e. » ho said. 'Donohue trill get hi? ' "
Ov rross-examination O'Conrjell stuck to
v .i? cricinsl testimony, -- offered to pro
<3ce a list of the person? whose money, he
*a:d. had sen divided among the two de- j
Urdajits ■"»? Mmiff »■•■' the iß^t was |
iiflefl oat •
Both Tiin«— « srd Dbjhlhm on the wltn^rs
ran?~ denied takinr money from O'Connell
cr "-fixing" the examine tions.
At the conclusion of the testimony ■-..-<.
Vst rmy ■ BooDoei that be < «-«ul<i take the
Tsp«— and render a decision later.
-■'.- .r-TTTTT. SLAVE ACTION
Actititr of Grand Jury LeadE to Talk
of Tresh Moves.
Jobs D Rockefeller. }r.. foreman at the
> "*hHe ci aye"a ye" tr-and Jury, va* umirually
tor?*' about th» Criminal Courts Building
?*nfrday. and it was rumored that impor-
I*:t 4*v«=]opm«>ritK In connection -with the
J^'eFtlga tiers " fr« In Fight.
Durtag: tbe morning the crand jury had a
AssiJtant District Attorney Geotv*
T"- TVh!t«=F!d<» examined several -witnesses
nrurht Into the iurv room by agents of
8r Children's Socde.tv. The detectives «bo
tw* part in the r»=>rent raid? upon Rain^c
|»* hotels In Harlem and the Tenderloin
■fee testified.
At 1 o'clock the ,-iurorF tiled into Part v
tf GeE«ral Sessions and turned over a.
rssflje at papers, supposed to contain in
dictments, to Judge •''Sullivan. The names
*t tit»e indicted cannot be made public
ista.they are in custody.
At^ o'clock in the afternoon Mr. Rocke
•' pt Bn<l Inspector Russell, of the Deter
wi .Bureau, were closeted -aith District
•Attorney TVhitman for nearly two hours. It
*v Tpport*d that other hotels were under
Neither Mr. "Whitman nor
*?■ P*ock<.fe3ler would discuss their confer
tnc*.
PASSION PLAY
PICTURES
as n «* jpplement to the
SUNDAY
TRIBUNE
The great religious spec
tacle beginning at Oberam
■agsu this month and con
tinuing- through the summer
M "il] be attended by Amer
icans from all over the United
States. THE TRIBUNE
has timely arranged to offer
*° its readers handsome litho
graphed "* reproductions of
scenes and incidents of the
wautiful sacred drama, with
Perfect likenesses of the char
\ meters enacting the jprincipal
I soles.
These pictures are of post
■rf size, arranged six on I
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feed Passion Play Pict
ures should not he confound
i^' [nth the hand colored
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!-jr| coupons from the
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. THE PASSION PLAY PICT
: '-' WILL BE CONTINUED
«*CH SUNDAY FOR SEVER
AL weeks.
INEBRIATES' BILL SIGNED
But Mayor, Respecting Support
ers, Doubts Its Benefits.
Intimating- that as a member of the
Board of Estimate he misrht not b« in
favor of taking advantage of its provi
1 slons. but saying that he, did not care- to
disapprove a measure that had back of it
so many good men and women. Mayor
Gaynor approved yesterday what is known
as the inebriates" bill
The Mayor's memorandum follows:
This bill makes it optional with the Board
Of Estimate and Apportionment whether
it shall incur the expense of establishing
and maintaining an institution. for 1 the de
tention and disciplining: of Inebriates It is
certain that drunkenness has very" much
decreased during the last thirty years or
more. There used to be five topers for one
that you see now. This is due to several
causes. The foremost is the education and
elevation morally of our people through our
churches and splendid system of Bchools.
The substitution of light beers for strong
drinks has done much to do away with
drunkenness. It might also be mentioned
that the general introduction of machin
ery, and especially electricity, has done
much to require, total abstinence from in
toxicating drinks, for only sober and alert
men are St for these employments.
I feel certain that these influences axe
doing vastly more than this statute could
do to decrease the number of inebriates. I
doubt if this bill, should it become a law.
will do much to decrease the number:
It has back of it good men and women.
and I should be reluctant to refuse to
accept it on behalf of the city. I accept
It. leaving it to the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment to, say whether the- great
expense which th» carrying of It out would
entail qn the city should be Incurred— that
is to say. whether it will be worth the
while to incur it.
The bill, -which was introduced In the
Senate by Senator Grady and In the As
sembly by Assemblyman L«ee, gives the
Board of Estimate the power to appoint
a commission on Inebriety. This commis
sion may establish a home to which ine
briates, either through liquors or through
narcotics, may be committed.
INSISTS ON DINNER FOR P.S.C
Whitridge Wants to Talk, with
Leading-. Editors to Listen.
Frederick W. "VChitridge, federal receiver
for the railroad properties included in the
Third Avenue system, yesterday sent his
! rejoinder to the reply of the Public Service
commissioners to his previous letter.. He
declines to give the names of the Public
Service inspectors whom his detectives fol
lowed, who are. he says, "guilty of nothing
but leading a life of comparative leisure
and taking a drink before entering or after
leaving the 'Presence' in the Tribune Build
ing."
He says he is unwilling to vex the com
missioners with the names of the inspectors
referred to until the commission has dealt
vith the inspectors who reported things
that were not in respect to the 42d street
cars two years ago and the inspectors "who
complained of the service on Southern
Boulevard without mentioning that an
open bridge prevented the cars from run
ning: over it and that building material on
the track prevented the cars from using it.
as reported more than a year ago.
Mr. "Whitridee declines to continue the
correspondence until the commissioners
have accepted his invitation to dinner, "or j
otherwise purged themselves of their ninth
unsuccessful suit against me," and he adds:
• I was, I confess, for the moment indig
nant at this ninth suit, but I really hope
the member? of the commission will accept
my invitation to dine. If they like. I will
invite th« leading editors to join us, and
the conversation shall be franK and free.'*
FATAL TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE
Woman Dead When Firemen, After
Many Rescues, Reach Her.
A fire which broke out in the tenement .
1 Ihmmb at two. 333 East I"th street early
yesterday .morning caused the death of
I Mrs. Mary Miller, thirty- years old,
who lived on the fifth floor, and the injury
of her eleven-year-old son Max. and two
children who lived in an adjoining flat.
Had it not been for energetic work on the
part r>t th« firemen and police many others
! would doubtless have been seriously in-
i jured.
! Patrolman Regan -a^ smoke coming
from the house about 5 o'clock and turned
In an alarm. "When the firemen arrived the \
smoke had become so dense that It was al
mort impossible to enter the building. Sev
i eral families on the lower floors were res
! cued with difficulty, and then the work was
! directed toward saving those "higher up
Mrs. Miller appeared arthe- window with
her clothing ablaze, and the firemen started \
to her aid. By the time they were able to
reach her, however, she had inhaled so much i
smoke and flame that she was dead Her j
child was lying on the floor by her side,
but had ( not been seriously affected by the
smoke He was taken to the Presbyterian
Hospital. Mary Becvar. seven years old,
and her brother Eddie, three years old,
were also found slightly burned on the
same floor and taken to Flower Hospital.
CONGRESSMAN YOUNG TO QUIT
Determined Not To Be a Cajididat^
Nrrt Fall.
Tt became known yesterday that Richard
Young had announced his intention of not
running again for Congress at the house
warming of the IRth Assembly District Re
publican Club, Brooklyn, on Saturday night.
He ha* Btill a year to s*rv« a« the repre
sentative of the sth DistricL. Mr. Touns
was chosen to succeed George E. TTaldo.
after the latter had severed his connections
vith F. J. H. Kracke, the naval officer, and
leader of the ISth Assembly District.
H« is popular in the section, which i*
strongly Republican, and is already meet
ing with vigorous opposition in his plans
for retirement. The leaders say that they
will convince him by popular demonstra
tions that t!w; -voters will not calmly sub
mit to hls withdrawal.
ECCENTRIC WOMAN DIES ALONE
Body Found by Nephew When Neigh
bors Grew Suspicious.
Aft*r having lain dead for several days
on the floor of her apartment. No. 106
Wyckoff street, Brooklyn, the body of Mrs.
I Rebecca Flatto, an eccentric recluse, sev
enty years old, was found yesterday morn
ing by her nephew. Henry Miller. The
woman seemed to have enough for .i*r small
j wants, but her neighbors knew little about
her. as she would never admit any one to
i her rooms.
She was last Been four days ago. Those
in the house bacame alarmed yesterday,
I and told the landlord that something should
|be don*- He called upon the nephew, who
broke into the flat with the aid of a police
man. A doctor paid that the cause of death
had probably been heart- disease.
MARINE FIGHTS HIS CAPTORS
Deserter Vows Vengeance in Presence
♦f Officer in Struggle at Navy Yard.
• 'lion* from the marine corps bar
racks at the navy yard in Brooklyn are
becoming too frequent for the comfort, of
the officer*. The latest deserter, a recruit
named Walter J. Devine, who got over the
wall on Sunday night and was captured
yesterday, put up such a fight when he was
brought back to quarters that it took five
men Be subdue him. and even in the pres
ence ©' Captain Wright he vowed ven
geance on the men who had him in charge-
Devine will be courtmartiaJled at once,
end -will probably have to answer a charge
of theft of government property in addi
tion to desertion, a* he took his navy pistol
with tiro when he escaped Another ma
rine. B. L. L'Jdlow. who POt away at the
*>>— * t'nae, 'vas under tsnten<fe.fcr a pre
'^•iots desertion. He is' still at liberty.'.-,/. ;i'
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. MAY 24. 1910.
TOWNS lIfTSJIS VOICE
Mirabeau L. Directs "Land of
the Free" Talk Against Gaynor,
MAKES EAGLE SCREAM
Outrage to Interfere with Sale
of Fireworks — He Is the
Counsel for Sellers.
Mirabeau I» Town?, on* of the original
Oaynor men. and kn^wn as the poet-law
yer, has d'-awn the line of hi= support of
the Mayor on the proposition of the iale of
fireworks.
Neither roars from the rotundd of the
City Hall nor the playing of the Commis
sioner's fiery hose upon him. he said yes
terday, should deter him from lifting up
his voice in the wilderness and crying
aloud that In the ukase of the Fire Com
missioner issued on Saturday some one.
supposedly a servant of the people, had
become extremely self-sufficient.
That is just why Mr. Towns talks, too.
when he comes to a decision, p-nd on this
matter his manner Indicated that he nad
fully made up his mind.
He had been friendly with the adminis
tration, Mr. Towns admitted, and al?o he
acknowledged that he was in no doubting
frame of mind cs to who had really in
spired the order, which was signed ry
Rhinelander Waldo, Fire Commissioner,
and which said that no permit for the sale
of fireworks at retail between June 10 and
July 10. 1310, "shall be issued in any build
ing which is wholly or in part occupied or
used as a dwelling or tenement house, or
in any store or building which is not
equipped with an approved system of au
tomatic sprinklers."
Mr. To-svns knev, too. that Mayor Gaynor
• had written his approval on the resolution
of the Municipal Explosives Commission,
on which resolution Commissioner "Waldo's
order was based, but. just the same, he de
tounced the whole proceeding as a subter
fuge, a lawyer's subterfuge, to circumvent
the law as laid down in Section 764 of the
charter, which specifies that the sale of
fireworks between June 10 and July 10 shall
be. subject to reasonable conditions to be
imposed by the Fire. Commissioner.
'"We may allow ourselves to be told what
hours we shall do businets, md what
shows we shall see," said Mr. Towns yes
terday, "but when it comes to telling some
of us that we shall not sell the merchan
dise which we have bought, and on which
we have paid duty to the United States, I,
for one, will lift up my voice."
In behalf of three memaeis of the Retail
Fireworks Dealers' Association, who had
; applied for permits, and whose applications
! had been denied. Towns & McOrossin ap
i plied for a writ of mandamus against the
Fire Commissioner yesterday to Justice
McCall. The order to show cause was
made returnable on Wednesday morning.
and Commissioner "Waldo forwarded the
papers to the Corporation Counsel.
Mr. Towns declared that the original
order of April 19, in which the Commis
sioner announced that no 'permits for the
sale of fireworks at retail would be grant
ed, was overriding the Constitution, as well
as the state law.
, "We thought we would draw the atten
tion of Mayor Gaynor to the autocratic and
unconstitutional provisions of that urder."
said Mr. Towns, "and we did so, but it
would appear that in the light of subse
quent events our point was not well taken,
because Immediately after that a meeting
was called of the go-called Municipal Ex
plosives Commission, which, though it is
really functus officio, passed a resolution
which sought in true law-breakinsr spirit to
defeat the plain provisions of the statute
and prevent fifteen hundred merchants
from selling their goods.
'And all that because it didn't suit the
authorities who wish to usurp control of
our Fourth of July in this city.
"So they passed, no doubt with great unc
tion, an-1 with much satisfaction to theri
eelves, this unreasonable resolution, on
which Commissioner "Waldo's latest order
is based This order is monumental for Its
tricky and cunning effort to modify the
law. It would have been more artistic and
celebrated if they had s a id that no permit
would be issued for the sale of fireworks
except in a balloon, or on the top story of
the Singer tower, or the Metropolitan shaft.
That at least would have been humorous,
and would have taken some of the pctti
fcgeing features out of the order "
As to the police regulation regarding the
explosion of fireworks Mr. Towns baid he
had no complaint. That would be perfectly
right, and proper: but the selling was a dif
ferent proposition, and, as Mr. Towns put
it, he intended to ventilate the matter in
the Supreme Court and find out whether
the Commissioner "and other dignitaries"
were in reality servants of the people or
something el^e. Also, he said, he was in
terested in learning whetner this was to be
a government of laws or of men.
SUGGESTS CITY INTERVENE
Commissioner Still Opposes Fassaic
Valley Sewer Plan.
The Metropolitan Sewerage Commission,
of which George A. Soper is president, has
recommended to Mayor Gaynor that the
city ask permission to intervene in the suit
in the United States Supreme Court that is
aimed to prevent the Passaic Valley Sew
erage Commission from carrying out its
plans to discharge the sewage of that dis
trict into New York Harbor. The suit was
brought by the State of New Tork some
years ago, but it is said that the state is
about to withdraw its opposition because
the plans have been modified.
The Metropolitan commission holds that
no sewage from the State of New Jersey
should be dumped into the harbor, no mat
ter how much it may first be subjected to
so-called purifying processes.
At one time the United States was a co
plalntiff. but withdrew when the plans
were changed «=o as to make it reasonably
certain that fish life in the harbor would
not be destroyed.
In a report which reached the Mayor yes
terday the Metropolitan commission said
that while it was noi within its province
tn polve the problems confronting the Pas
ealo Valley Commission, yet it would sug
gest that the- sewage in that territory might
be discharged Into Newark Bay.
MAYOR'S GRAVE NEGLECTED
■
Inquiry Planned Concerning Burial
Place of City's First Executive.
Mayor Gaynor will have an investiga
tion made of the condition of the grave of i
Thomas Willett. who was the first Mayor
of the city, having been appointed by the
Governor of the colony in 1665
The grave is neglected, according to" the
following letter received by the Mayor from
Arthur E. Warner, of Elizabeth, N. J.:
1 with to call the attention of your honor
to a historical fact which is but little
known in New York City, yet which may
be of great interest. The first Mayor of
Yew York. Thomas Willett, was buried in
a small cemetery in Rhode Island, the spot
being marked by a crude headstone, upon
which are carved hi* name, the date of his
Heath and the fact that he was the first
-Mayor of New York City and twice, held
the" office At the time the Mayor was ap
nolnted by the English Governor.
This cemetery, which is a short distance
from my native town, was formerly a part
of the land granted to - Mayor Willett by
the <=tate of Massachusetts. "Would not
come action whereby this neglected grave
mizht be properly .marked be fitting?
XI King perhaps that the matter might
ba of interest to you, I be* leave to pre-
Ken r th« facts. .- ■ ■
c* -I* you desire in: further inform.a
tlo"-'* I c hal! be pleased to give it to you
either tnrough a letter or by appointment
i *t rev ofßc*
LURE (IF WESTERN FARMS
Thousands Answering Call Find
Railroads Ready Helpers.
DEVELOPMENT OF WYOMING
Irrigation and Transportation
Causing Abundance of Settlers
to Spring Up.
Denver, May 23.— Distances in the West
seem vast to thf Easterner, and by East
erner is meant the dweller beyond the Al
!»ghan!<?s. The inhabitant of the Western
States has adjusted himself to these dis
tances. He thinks as little of travelling
five hundred miles as others not native to
the largeness here would think of travelling
fifty. this to the moving of crops
and livestock, and the seeker after new
fields wikl understand why a farm in the
"Western "Empire" is potentially as neax
to profitable markets as if in the congested
East. •
The very largeness has about It an In
spiring quality which makes for breadth of
view, enterprise, consciousness of being a
part of the tremendous developing power
that is increasing the. wealth of the coun
try in blocks of thousands of millions of
dollars.
Railroads need population. Population
needs the railroads. The latter, a great
system, have picked their way through the
most productive sections of the mountain
states. They aided the settlers in choosing
farms, provided means for exploitation of
the advantages to be derived from settle
ment in their territory and worked hand
in hand with the thousands when they
came at the call or the land. Now towns
dot the routes, every improvement peculiar
to an old civilization marks their steady
growth, and the man from the cultivated
ce.ntres of the Kast finds in remote West
ern sections the same cultivation, refine
ment and enterprise that the general, un
travelled person believes is peculiar to the
century-old communities.
Farms Like Geld Mines,
Tt took a long time for the ambitious
young man to realize that a farm may be
a gold mine. In the valleys of the North
and South Platte. in the foothills of Wyo
ming, in Utah. Tdaho. and the Coast states
of Oregon and Washington are farms
within sight of old mining districts that
produce annually wealth that many a mine
owner would envy.
There is none of the hardship, speculative
feverishness. alternate hop© and despair
common to mining attached to the working
of a farm in the districts opened by the
railroads. The soil yields its equivalent of
gold as surely as industry and intelligence
are applied in its cultivation. Small acre
age In the Coast states plainted in apples or
other fruits brings an income beyond the
needs of livelihood. Large acreage brings
large wealth. Livestock still makes of
Wyoming an ideal out-of-door state, for
there cattle in great herds roam as of old,
and bring top-notch prices.
Sheep raising in Wyoming has assumed
an importance little realized. In 190S sheep
valued at $3,843,041 were sent out of the
state. The wool production was sold for
$6,004,084. And this state, with a popula
tion of only about 125,000. valued its agri
cultural products in 1908 at $21,000,000. The
value of the livestock in its boundaries in
that year was $39,008,000. And in minera!
wealth, the precious metals, coal and oil,
it is the scene of some of the greatest en
terprises in the country.
Wide Range for Choice of Laid.
The population of Wyoming will give an
!4»a of the sparseness of the settlement of
some of the great areas that have been
tapped more and more, in recent years by
the railroads. It means that farm lands
are still to be had at minimum figures, with
a freedom of choice as to situation and cli
mate without let or hindrance. There i? an
area, subject to entry under the United
States land laws of 36.000,000 a.cre<= The.
area that can be irrigated is $9,800,000.
Irrigation has been entered upon with
characteristic Western thoroughness and
enterprise There have been issued 2.033
permits for net*- ditches which will /'over
an area of 1,353-?49 arres, and extend 3,628
miles if measured in a straight Mne. The
cost under these permits wiH be $13,588,235
The total cost of Irrigation works (-"ompieted
and under way 1b $4S,nnri.ooO.
The foregoing is a specimen of the kind
of enterprise that is met with throughout
the great region that a little over half a
century ago was known as the Great
American Desert. And apart from this
great preparation for productive farming,
there is an Industry that promise,? to rival
the region famous all over the world for
its supply of fuel— Pennsylvania. "Wyoming
in 1908 mined 5.000,000 tons of coal, worth
$36,300,000. As for oil. $B<v\nno worth was
taken out in 1908, but this was only a
I moiety compared with the, possibilities.
Vast Regions of Fertility.
Wyoming is at the crest of the continent.
To the east and southeast lie the. great
stretches of Nebraska and Kansas. Irri
gation is making the semi-arid places blos
som. On the plains where barrenness was
supreme are vast regions of great fertility
and richness, yielding millions of dollars
in produce and cattle annually. To the
south and southwest, Colorado and Utah,
having within them potentialities beyond
computation, and to the west Idaho, and
beyond that state the wonderful Coadt
country of Oregon and Washington.
There is land still to be had. rlenty of it,
in any one of these states through which
th© railroad winds, but the cry of the land
has caused to spring up ten settlers where
there used to be one or none. They are
coming in a steady stream, from the Mid
dle States, from the South, the Atlantio
Coast district, all heading for the free
dom of the great Far W r estern empire. The
irrigated lands are selling for more and
more as the tide of settlement increases.
In the old days there were the great emi
grant trains leaving Omaha and Nebraska
City, in Nebraska, bound for the land of
gold! It was the precious metal the set
tiers were seeking. Their prairie schoon
ers, drawn by from three to eight yoke or
more of oxen, were picturesque, but hard
ship and danger marked every mile of the
journey, and it was then a venture into
the comparatively unknown. Now the
travel Is luxurious. Time is annihilated by
the great express trains.
Information for the Settler.
To-day there Is a seeking for gold, for
wealth, also to be found in the ground,
but it is the gold of commerce, in exchange
for the products of the rich soils. In what
ever place the settler may elect to make
a stay prior to the purchase of land he
will find the information ready to his hand.
It is not the unverified stuff of the vender
of false wares. The farmers on the ground
are the witnesses called to testify. Gov
ernment experts add their word. The state
agricultural bureaus have statistics that
cannot be refuted.
Unlike the way of other days, when land
was acquired blindly, the settler can learn
Just what he is buying, the quality of tlie
boil, the crop yield an acre, the climate
of the district. The moisture will be found
ready for use whenever he wants it. Rail
road stations are near for the t-hipment
of the produce. There are schools for his
children within easy reach, and churches
for himself and his wife. The settler finds
that the railroad is his friend. It controls
much land and haß made it available for
hie use at terms that make payment from
tba (-oil's richness possible, if he should so
elect
OFF TO BREAK WESTON RECORD.
John Enni>. th* pedestrian ' '■ Stamford,
Conn., who aspires to break Weston'sTec
ord of 105 days from New York to Ban
Francisco, left the City "Hall at 10:15 jester
day jnorrdo*. carrying; letters from Mayor
Gaynor to the Mayors or Chicago and San
Francisco. v > En la will r* sixty-eight year*
aM en June. 4. three years younger tiiajs
I •ftOD' . i
MORE MODEL TENEMENTS
i Company's Annual Report Shows
Big Building Activity.
At the annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the City and Suburban Homes Com
| pany, held, yesterday in 'the offices of. the
company. No. 15 West Ml ■ street, .- the
fourteenth annual report submitted showed
that th© comrany had *5,5D0,0» Invested,
chiefly in model tenement houses. In these
! tenement houses live 2.411 families. One of
them, the Tuskegee, is occupied exclusive-,
ly by negroes. The total rents collected
I amounted to 572.&H 50. t '
': The company also owns a suburban estate
! called Homewood^in the 30th/vv"ard, Brook
lyn, comprising > about thirty-two acres,
upon which 112 detached houses, 136 houses
In rows and two stores with apartments
' have been erected. . In. all . approximately
110.2441 10.244 persons live in the company's houses.
Two large improvements -were ■ completed
ion the company's Avenue A estate during
the last year, one comprising two buildings
on 78th street, containing 100 apartments.
and the other on 79th street, containing 200
apartments. These buildings were erected
as a memorial to Bishop Henry C. Potter,
and are called the Bishop Henry C. Potter
Memorial Buildings.
Plans are now* being drawn to build the
Junior League Building, which will cover
the river. front, between. East 7Sth and 73th
streets. Part of it. will be used as a resi
dential club for working girls, containing
about three hundred single furnished rooms.
a dining room, library, reading room and
reception rooms. The other half of the
building will contain about 110 small apart
ments, with housekeeping facilities for sin
gle women.
Directly north of the Tuskegee the com
pany is building a tenement house in "West
6Sth street, which is to contain 125 apart
ments, exclusively for negroes. It is ex
pected to be completed In about three
months.
The officers ,of th© City and Suburban
Homes Company are E. R. L- Gould, presi
dent; "vVilliam D. Sloane. vice-president-
Isaac N. Seligman, treasurer, and G. W. R.
Fallen, secretary.
CLEW AFTER THREE YEARS
E. C. Heathcote May Get Jewels
He Lost on Bridge Train.
Edwin C Heathcote. senior member of
E. C, Heathcote & Co.. Xo. 7 Maiden
Lane, who was robbed of jewelry- valued
at $15,000 more than three years ago in a
Brooklyn Bridge train, has told Assistant
District Attorney May. of Brooklyn, that
a Flatbush woman may know something
about the robbery. This woman, Mr.
Heathcote says, has practically implicated
herself. He has never given up hope of
tracing the jewelry.
Mrs. Heathco/e was with her husband
when he was robbed. He carried the jew
els in a package. A gang of rowdies start
ed a scrimmage, and when one of them
struck him he knocked his- assailant down.
During the scrimmage the package was
taken.
Mr. Heathcote told his story at the
Brooklyn Detective Bureau. There was the
usual investigation, but without result.
Mr. Heathcote did some- sleuthing himself,
and recently, he says, he learned that a
Flatbush woman, who several years ago
had be^n unable to pay her rent, had
bought a house and had told a friend that
she had realized a considerable amount of
money from the sale of jewels which she
had found a few years ago According to
Mr. Heathcote, she even described some
of his jewelry.
TSTTRD AVENUE HEARING WARM
Conn&e] for Bondholders Protests and
Colonel Amory Talks of "Robbery."
TViHiam D. Guthrie. counsel for the Third
Avenue bondholders, -whose plan of reor
ganization of the \-arious railroad com
panies in the Third Avenue system is
under hearing, once more protested yester
day against the procedure of the Public
Service Commission
Mr. Guthrie objected to ths presence of
Oliver H Semple, counsel for the commis
sion, on the seats reserved for the commi?
sioners, and said Mr. Semple was constant
ly whispering with th<? commissioners dur
insr the hearing?
"That is not true," ?a!d Mr. Pemp'.e
E. G. Connette, transportation engineer ef
the commission, was under cross-examina
tion with regard to "his appraisal of the
physical property of the system He placed
the value of old rails as scrap at $10 a ton
Mr. Guthrie asked if he was aware that
Mr Whitridge. the receiver, was selling
scrap rail? at $22 50 a ton.
"I am not aware of it. and d'vi't believe
It.*" replied the witness.
Mr. Guthrie again protested against the
questions put by Colonel W. M. Amory.
chairman of the Knickerbocker committee
of Third Avenue shareholders, and also
against the proposed introduction of a
statement by Marvyn' Scudder. an account
ant, as "feeding the appetite for sensational
news.* 1 "I represent one "hundred and fifty
shareholderp who have, been robbed,'' said
Coloney Amnry.
ATTACKS CHARITABLE WOMAN
Tramp Turns on Her as She Goeg to
Prepare Food for Him
Mrs. Thomas .T. Stanton. of No. &H Ea.«t
178 th street, was choked into unconscious
ness and robbed of $8 in h»r home yester
day morning by a tramp. According to
Mrs. Stanton, the tramp rang her bell, and
upon opening the door his appearance so
aroused her sympathy that she told him to
come inside and she would give him some
thing to eat.
He followed her through the hall and
sprang upon her just as she reached the
kitchen. Mrs. Stanton's dog was shut up
in one of the rooms, and his frantic bark
ing attracted the attention of an insurance
agent who was in the building.
The agent, seeing that the door to Mrs.
Stanton's aparement was partly open, en
tered and found her lying on the floor.. An
ambulance was called, but before it ar
rived Mrs. Stanton had regained conscious
ness and refused medical aid.
RESORTS.
NEW YORK.
WHERE TO GO
THIS SUMMER
"Long Island Resorts,"' a book con
taining information about the various
resorts on the Orean and Sound Shore
and the Central section of Long Island,
with location, capacity, attractions anil
charges of the numerous hotels and
boarding-houses, free upon application
at Long Island R. R. city ticker "fflres.
363 Fifth Ay . 120 B'way, 19 East 17th
St.. N. V-: 3* Fulton St.. B'klyn. or
wUI b* mailed on receipt of 6c. p<»stac-->
hy th? General Passenger Agent, 363
Fifth Ay.. Naw York.
Garden City Hotel
Gardrn City, long Island.
18 Miles from New Tork Open all year.
A HIGH CLASS MODERN HOTEL.
REFIKED \.\n E\n rsivt. *
New a' la Carte Reataurant.
,3 .1 I .A>MN COMPANY, PKOF9.
The CLIFFTON
ON WATER FF--VT
. "e'oKAIBE." PATCHOqCE. ( I.
Open* May JO- Arserlsa- --- Imi B>im FUa.
Address W. U. JL> KD 5, Pro*,
RESORTS.
NEW YORK.
The requirement* of those
of modest means as well
as the lavish are met at ..
SARATOGA
SPRINGS
Nf w Ink State! Miaeral S?ria» »e»er»«h«« ,
' by 280 Hotels and Boarding Places
($6 and up perVeek) and 400 fur
nished cottages (S3OO and up per
season). Where else will you -- ;
accommodations for 25,000 people —
40 mineral springs, pure mountain
air, splendid roads, all outdoor sports
and a free convention hall seating
5,000 people ?
■ ■ Reached via New York Central
and Delaware & Hudson R. R.
We will find joua furnished cottage,
| boarding place, send you literature
and complete information. Address
PUBLICITY COMMISSION
Room 4. The Arcade, Saratoga Springs. New York
THE
Catskill Mountains
noted for picturesque and WMgd
Bce.ner>- Tile g-lori^us air. the- magnifi
cent vie-w? and comfortable accommo
dations are a great attraction in this
mountain region -which is a paradise for
children and a sanitarium for every-
THE ULSTER i DELAWARE R. R.
in connection -with West Shore and
Pennsylvania Railroads form the only
all rail through car line between Phila
delphia. Jersey City. New York and all
points in this famous mountain region.
THE RIP VAN WINKLE FLYER will
nak*» Aral trip from New Tork. via
WTst Suore R. R-. Saturday, May 2l£t.
l»avlng Deshrosses St.. TC 45 p. m.. ■ I
W«Bt 42nd St., 1 o'clock p. tn. daily ex
cept Sunday.
The summer time schedule! for season
of 1910 will go in effect Sunday. June
19th.
Ticket agents of \r»«t Shore r r. in
New Tork and Brooklyn will sell tickers
to all points on Ulster & T>ela.ware R. R
at one fare for round trip on May 27th,
2sth. ' 2?th, good returning until May
31st. inclusive, account of Decoration
Day, and giving an opportunity to select
your summer home.
An illustrated Summer Book with
map of the CatsklUs and list of hotels
•and boarding houses will be sent free on
receipt of 8 cents postage.
X A. SIMS.
General Passenger Agent,
Kingston. N. T.
THE GRAND HOTEL
CATSKILL MOUNTAINS
will open
SATURDAY, JUNE 25th.
This hotel is located on main line of
the Ulster & Delaware R. R. Altitude
over 2.000 feet. Through coach and
drawing room car service from New
Tork direct to hotel grounds. --^^
Passenger elevator to all floors. Rooms
singly or en suite with private bath-
Service and cuisine unexcelled. Booklet,
For terms and full information apply
to Mr. Frank De.Wolf, Town and Coun
try Bureau, 383 Fifth Avenue, corner
?Mh Street, New York. Telephone 3628
Madison.
After Juno 25th address Th© Grand
Hotel Company, Highmount, N. T.
~ln "Queen of the Ca-lskllls"
Elevation 1,500 £eet. Cool, dry cli
mate. Pure mountain ■water. Fish-
Ing, golf, baseball grounds, all amusements; all
ctty improvements. Booklets and Information
at 1180 Broadway. N. T., L. H. TRIMM. Rep..
and all ne-xspap»r resort bureaus.
THE rexmere,
Ptamford-in-the-Catskllls. Opens June 23d.
Private golf course Boating. Dally concerts,
etc. 40 suites, with bath. Elevators For booklets.
address MOFFATT & PECK. llj*» B'dwav. N. T.
CEDAR CLIFF INN,
MONROE ORANGE CO . N. T.
A delightful resort among the hills and
lakes; new modern house,, suites with bath.
steam h«at. 800 fast elevation. 49 miles from
city; Vim garden. 100 acres of grounds, golf,
tennis, boating, bathing. fls*ing, music, drives,
garage, no mosquitoes nor malaria. Booklet.
W. M HAIGHT.
THE COLONIAL
Kitchatran-on-Croton l«ke. N. T.
32 miles from Ne-w Tork. high altitude; steam
heat; open fireplaces; rooms with bath: golf ami
tennis, garage, select patronage- Opens June. IS.
Booklet. H. S. & A P. WHITE.
THE COLUMBIAN
1000 ISLAND PARK. St. Lawrence River. V T.
— Th» best located and most attractive hotel
among the Thousand Islands; excellent cut
sine. Orchestra and all amusements. Open
Jut!" 15. Booklet. L. A. JOHNSON. Prop.
BELMONT
Modern, homelike, fine location and view.
F. C. THOMAS. Prop.. Lake Placid. N. T.
Furnished Cottage For Rent.
ADIRONDACK?.
WESTPORT INN
AT WESTFORT. V T.. ON
LAKE CHAMPLAIN—
ADIRONDACKS
Attractive cottages In connection.
BOOKLET. H. I*. SMITH. Manager.
Also Manager The Foothills. NordhofT. •"*:.
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS*.
THE WAWBEEK
■ (Hotel and Cottage*)
Will open on Jun« 24th for the Thirteenth
season under same management. Most com
fortable and Homelike. Private Cottages
with hotel service. Table will be kept at
usual high standard. Rooms with bath.
Special terms for full season. Rustic Grill.
Send for booklet.
J. BEN HA RTVtV3TV>Ir_y L _T__
PAUL SMITH'S
IN THE
ADIRONDACK^
OSGOOD AND ST. REGIS CHAIN OF
LAKES. Through train service day and
■ night New York Central Lines — Paul
Smith's Railway. Direct wire* — York
Stock Exchange.
TREMBLE AU HALL,
On Lake Chainplaln, Port Kent. N. Y.
Ideal location; 60 feet above level «>f
lak»-' pine prov»; broad piazza, rooms targe
and well furnished: all modern conveni
ences; excellent table, and service; boat-
Inc. bathing and fishing, casino; also cot
tages to rent. New addition: remodeW
throughout; new dlnlni? room; private
baths; new suites. PARREL.L & AtKSATE.
MORLEY'S
Hotel and cottages In the heart of the Adlron
darks overlooking two of the most beauttful
lakes in th* r»glon Trout fishing:, bass nsbint:.
boating- bathing, bowling, pool. tennis, music.
boos* physician. Sanitary plumbing. pure spring
water. No pulmonary Invalids. ■ Artistic cata-
MORLET'S. Lake Pleasant. Hamilton Co.. }»\ T.
IMKKR'* HEAD INN ■
In the Heart of the Adirondack!. ■
H.^abelht^wii N. Y. 1
Famed for healthful and invigoratln? ■
cllnrit*. No malaria. Station for .mem- I
b«r» Of A. 4 A.. A C. A. and T. C. A I
Large R-ara«r^. Finest golf <<our»« la ■
mountains. Open June 1 to Nov. 15. I
BooVli*»- B F. jTETSOX. Prop, m
as??^" THE ALGONQUIN
ON iOnZR &AKAXAC LAKE.
Onen lur* 10th to Oct. Ist Small raouth B!«rk
Bies FUfciac t»*!=> Ju=e 15th. The £=ist !=
lit -■_-•-■ r =.--- j-a Te!»grari Addr»s».
JOH> HARPI>G Alsono.ula, >T. T. Eook!;t.
RESORTS.
NEW JERSEY-
MOXMIiIIH BEACH IXN,
MONMOCTH BEACH. .YEW JZKSET.
Entirely new management. Delightfully lo
cated in an exclusive eotta;* colony: com
pletely refurnished and brought up to M
New elevator: new private baths; new J3o.o<vi
ba-hir.~ pavilion with swimming- pooL ClitM
with dancing Boor and stag*. New flr-proofi
traraze: new steam laundry; n«w tea machine;
new Grill room, open until mldni«Bt. Excep
tional French cuisine. Artistic orchestral mu
sic. All amusements. N«w tennis courts.
Room* in annex at water edjre. Twelve cot
tages for private occupancy. Opening day.
June 9th. GEORGE VT. AVERT. Manager.
late . with Hotel Aster, New York. OSce. M
Gram »rcy Park East Tel. .'.?.?<> Or*— »rcy.
HOTEL
BRUNSWICK
Asbury Park, N. J.
Will open for th- season Saturday. May Wtb.
HIGHEST STANDARD OF EXCELLENCI
MAINTAINED.
For Reservations. Rates. Booklet. etc. a£2rn—
MORGAN * PARSONS. ■
GALEN HAUL
HoTEli-SANAToRIUM£?«3
Owing to our Tonic and Curative Bath«»
our Elegant Comfort and Exceptional
Table and Service, *« are always busy.
F. L. YOUNG, Gen'l Manager.
N. Y. Office, 1122 Broadway.
HOTEL TRAYMORE
Atlantic City. N. J.
Open Throocnont the Tear.
Famous as th« hotel with every _34«r«
convenience and all th« comfort* of boo*
TRAYMORE HOTEL COMPANY,
D 8. WHITE. Pr««.
Chan. O. Marqqette. Mgr. ■
Come to Atlantic City and enjoy the d»U«!i:«
of the Sea Shore in May and June, combined
with the comforts and conveniences wild t&ia
j fa— ATI-the-year resort ha» to off»r.
Hotel Dennis
with everything modern. Is always open ■—
maintains an unobstructed ocean Tle~ ■ -.*■'"-'- •
-—ALTER J. BU2BT.
THE BEACH FRONT H2TEI PAR EXCELLENCE
w^TTLiANTICCITX No.
EUROPEAN or AM ERIC. FLAX.
JACOB WEIKEL. Mana— T.
HOTEL MORTON
VIRGINIA AVI :„ NEAR BEACH.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J
Open all the year. Fine table. Suite* -witm
private bath. Handsomely furnished- Parfsot
sanitary arransements. Elevator to all floor*.
Special rates for -winter. Capacity 230. ;
Mrs. N. R. HAIN'ES. Owner and Proorfetwr.
QDarlborongb * JBlcnbciffl
ATLANTIC CITY. X. *.
Joslah Uhir*> £ Son* Company.
THE COLONIAL
SPRING LAKZ. V. J. -. "•;•■
Opens early In Jun»
MISSES VANDERHOOF & BETXOLDS.
PENNSYLVANIA.
WfITER GflP. HOUSE
Tte Monntaln Paradise.
DELAWARE WATER GAP. PA.
Remains open to December. XTnijaestlss
ably the leading and finest hotel in this re»!oa
for those who seek th best In appointment.
cu!siE<% service, comfort and location. Every
11 indoor entertainment and outdoor pastlra e.
I Special early season rate*. Booklet of can era :
[ views and Auto Maps mailed. Fourth Seasca.
| . JOHN PL-RDT COPS. .
THE KITTATiNNY
Tbe leadinr *otel at Delaware -Water Gap.
Pa. Main hotel now open. Every coaveniene*
1 and amusement. Said!" horses and' lnstructors.
Writa for booklet showing hotel, auto maps.
I etc. G. FRANK COPE.
i THE KITTATTNNT is not onnaected with
any other hotel at the "Water Gap.
MOT-VT POCOXO. DELAWARE WATK
GAP FRESCO, POCOXO
&rMMI FA^#^!rER^WoKTS. i
Information at 429 Broadway. New York City.
NEW SPRUCE oabin INN. ~
Where you can catch trout. Rooms en inn* •"«
with private baths. Booklet. W. J. * M. IV
PRICE Canagecsls. Poccno Mts.. Pa.
new HAMPSHIBJS.
_____
lodarnd B-Huf««ult
Sctsio BmflAi
C«rtr«. Ca**.
Patraaaje. Jfl^o^f
Ra Hay Oratartn.
18 PRITATBTomOM TO SET.
Correspondence lavlted, lUnstzaCC(!boek2«t
M<>'.CWOO2. BrTMLtMCM. N. M. ♦ <
•ffioo*. 3o« ts-i 8 3eaco« St. N. " ■"% '(M P<*w%
WAUMBEK
AND COTTAGE 3.
j.ff.r-rn. N. H.. !■ th» Whits Jtoun-ilss,
Opens Jun« 25.
15 hole, srolf course., on famous •rente »at*
routes. Detached family cottages c«=pl««tr
furnished, wirh hotel service. Address
CHARLES V. MIRPHT. Maaag-rr,
Laurel House. Lakewood. N. X. until Jua» ISC
CONNECTICUT.
THE GRISWOLD
EASTERN POIXT.
NEW LONDON. CONN.
Open June 21th.
FINEST SEASHORE RESORT IN AMERICA*
21?2 1 ? hours from New Tork.
Unequalled Sailing. Bathing. AutomobtllE*.
Driving. Tennis. Golf. Dancing.
Long distance telephone In every room.
For Booklet. Rates. &c. Address
W J. FLEMING, llgr.. 71 Broadway. Room
901 New Tork. Telephone. 3430 Rector.
Also Msr. Th- Bellevlew. DeUealr. JH».
EDCEWOOD INN
(Greenwich on the Sound), Conn.
Reason May 23th to October 15th.
New Tork. Office. Town and Country Bur-ao*
389 Fifth avenue.
2? miles from New York; 43 minutes* rl4».
Superior stables and new. up-to-date swags
this season.
New Colonial Tea 'Rooms; Casino: Ootf;
Tennis; Bowling: Music Dally.
D. P. SniPSON. Manager.
_
MASSACHUSETTS.
Berkshire Hills
THE MAPLEWOOD
PITTSFTEI.D. BERKSHIRE CO.. MASS.
WILL OPEN MAY 2**-
Send for 1910 Booklet ••><» Auto Road M»i».
ARTHUR W PLCMR
THE NANEPASHEMET
MARBI.EHC.AI) NFC ?IAS*.
Opens Jon* 1" Finest location on Nortix
Shor^. Every room ocean view. E. G. BROWN".
VKRMOXT.
VERMONT VACATION' RESORTS.
150 1..;- Illustrated Booh. Full Information
In reirard to hammer Report* tn Vermont and
«hor*s Lake C'hnmplain with hotel, farm and
village home accommodation*. Prices 97 p«r
R*»k an.! up S^n.l «Vc stamp* for raiillac
Address SIMMER HOMES. No. 37. 383 Broad
»it. New Tork.
U.\ X BOMOSEEN. VT.
ii:i >m i IIOt'SK.
j Sanitary plumbing, electric lights: *ara«*:
milk, cream. vmrtaMes from hotel farm.
Booklet. H. B. ELLIS. Myr.
MAINE.
THE BR!DGTO\, B s^^
Th« Home cf Biff Fish. An Meal »rot. on Hl**
iHMt Cake. Modern House, with >«■« com
• -■- Rates $10 and op. G. A. CABOT. M*r.
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