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AH DEAD IN SUBMARINE
T^ e Pluviose Again Found in
English Channel.
HULL BELIEVED CRUSHED
Wrecking Crews Fail to Get
Chains Around the Sunken
Vessel.
Calais. France, May 27.— The French
-v-jarine Pluviose. which was struck
'-a *urk by the Channel steamer Pas
*"* Calais yesterday, «-as again located
t aigbt after bavin? been driven from
3r»ud moorings at the bottom of the
-Lrl^n Channel to-day and carried
JJj,ff and thither by the swift lower
#"G~*"ents«
raVioß* craft are moored above the
M where '.!<«: the wounded plunger
her dead company of twenty-seven
j sending down divers in an en
a^vor to fasten chains about the wTeck.
That the officers and men of the Plu
e si! perished is the belief of the
1, officers ho are assisting in the
v ' i ■_■ -.•■•■ There is an •■'. ■:-
j,,^ of naphtha on the surface of the
crater, and th:« lead them to the belief
jvat the Inner shell of the submarine
shattered by the blow of the Pas de
Ca'3* nd that all of the crew were
browned. The report that divers heard
,s rr inps last risrht from the inside of
♦!« Pluviose 1? now discredited. .
por hours the divers had struggled to
reach and prepare the way for the rais
jsg of the 4.\<Vt<-.Ti -weight, 100 feet below
the surface, when the submerged craft,
sniper the pressure of the swift lower
eerent. shook herself free from her
,r.ud moorings and drifted away.
Ills' bfinc struck by the channel
ftps'-.-"' Pas de Calais, two miles off here
jSteffiay. the submarine rose to the
rrfa • for a moment and then sank to
♦h* bottom of the channel, more than
cue hundred feet below the surface.
•where she remained fast until released
ty the swift action of the waters this
afternoon, l"p to that time every effort
tad b^CT made by -wrecking crews, un
ier the direction of Admiral de la Pey
ri . c French Minister of Marine, to
reach the wreck, in the hope that some
of those on board might have survived.
There was, however, little to encourage
this hope- The divers reported that the
tall of the submarine appeared to have
been crushed, but their examination was
sot satisfactory, since, owing: to the
rrift current, they -were unable to get
t ?ood view at the wreck.
A flotilla of torpedo boats and dredg
ere, with ■ force of divers, worked vain
ly throughout the night to raise the
craft
The appearance of the submarine on
th» 5 ■ r ■ brief period following
•. T tributed by navy ex
■ppr.s : ■ -ate attempt of her cm
sander to operate the flooding ma-
The Pas de Calais sighted the periscope
of the Pluviose some seventy feet aheaS
and backed, but too late to avoid a col
lisiun. The lookout who first saw the
periscope said to-day that he mistook
It for a buoy. The report that the Plu
*io»e Tas operating under the channel
reamer in torp*>do practice is not gen
tally credited.
TORE WAR TALK IN PERU
State Department Surprised at
Report from Lima.
Ltea. May T,.— Another large contingent
<?. the army is moving toward the northern
testier to-day.
Despite official assurances from Washing
ton that Peru and Ecuador have accepted
the arbitration of the United Stales. Bra
i2asd Argentina D their boundary dispute.
the popular opinion i«= that war is inevita
iie owitiK to the conditions which Ecuador
imposes regarding mediation.
Washington May 27.— State Department
cSnal? expressed astonishment to-day at
tt» a*-w5 that ■ war between Ecuador and
Peru Peeme3 inevitable. No news of Rxh
ciarieter had been received at the State
I*partmeiii . The statement was reiterated
£*t both Ecuador nd Peru had unhesitat
lafly and with expressions of satisfaction
*w*pted Secretary Knox s proposal of me
tatioa. -which -was based ca a number of
additions one of them being the simulta
**wa withdrawal of the respective armies
the frontier. It is understood also
that one or both of the governments had
**m»ys. the purpose to beprin the move-
Sst of their armies away from the fron
tw on any date which might be fixed upon
*y the mediating governments, and the
I * : Eins of the tact date was the subject
*• t«!egra:ns sent yesterday by Mr. Knox
t« bcth Peru and Ecuador.
ALASKANS GET FEW SEALS.
Alaska, May The total catch
*-* ;'; ' ■'-•c by the natives in the open sea
c the Alaska coast this season will not
** asre than a hundred and twenty-five
£-"**■ In fanner years the Indians have
~**y^ maue cood catches. Japanese seal
l* '^sinp m-jfH<'«i powerboats, are expected
■ reap a barred. Eight of these ves
•'■■i are now following the seal herds north
10 the rooker;es.
D^ISH CABINET STILL ACTING.
-opffihapen. May 27.— The resignation of
t» Cabinet, whose policy of defence failed
™ •>» srjT-pos-t j n the recent election.
« raced before King Frederick by Pre
g» Zahie to-day. His majesty ask-.-d that
S =! , rU ' :ier 6 continue th^ir duties pending
*-- *«.*n!un of their successors.
T HE LEOPOLDVILLE IN PORT.
E-erra i* •■ Africa. May 27.— The Bel
*^ Jn&il st#>arnKhi P Leopoldvllle, which
•i? 1 a ~ rm Sherboro Island while on
US**? fitWß Matadi for Antwerp, arrived
»"^I ttH 3ay. Th<> steamship was floated
„ ■^aout apparently bavins sustained any
,"^* damage
What Do You Want
This Morning?
Hie chances are you will
fi &d a solution in the "Want
Ad*." If you don't find it,
for it The cost v
trifling
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SEALING TREATY READY
Reported Terms Among Four
Nations in Pacific.
Victoria, B. C. May 27 —Negotiations for
a sealing treaty by the United States, Can
ada, Russia and Japan are reported here
to be practically completed. Private lrv
formatlon received here yesterday says
that the United States will compensate
Victoria sealing schooner owners and Can
ada will receive a percentage of profit
from the Piibylov seal herds. Under the
treaty pelagic sealing will be stopped in
the North Pacific Ocean for a long term
of years, and the Interested nations will
enact laws making 1 It an offence for a ves
sel to be cleared for sealing. The United
States did this many years ago.
FRANCHISE BILL FAILS
Prussian Workmen Win Fight
Against Government.
Berlin, May 27— The government aban
doned to-day Its efforts to force the enact
ment of the Prussian franchise bill, to
■which popular opposition has been ex
pressed In frequent mass meetings, causing
some clashes with the police.
The debate has been long firawn out
owing to the objections raised In the lower
house to the amendments adopted by the
upper.
Chancellor yon Bethmann-Hollweg an
nounced that th« government placed no
further value on the measure, -which had
lost Its effect by giving the wealthy and
middle classes a greater Influence In the
elections. He added that the bitter agita
tion against the election system was likely
to continue until the government submitted
new legislation representing an endeavor to
carry out the Emperor's promise made in
the speech from the throne.
MRS. LAUTERBACH ACTS
Seeks Judicial Separation from
Lawyer. Charging Desertion.
A suit for separation has been brought by
Mrs. Edward Lauterbach against her hus
band, charging desertion. crueHy and non
support. "William H. Hamilton, of No. 100
Broadway, Mrs. Lauterbach's lawyer, had
the summons served on Mr. Lauterbach
yesterday.
As the result of a suit brought against
Mrs. Lauterbach recently by her three
daughters a receiver was appointed for an
alleged trust fund In the mother's posses
sion. The daughters sided with their father
when he separated from Mrs. Lauterbach.
several months ago, and they charge her
with keeping from them their share of the
income from the sale of the family home,
at No. 2 East TSth street. Tbey also de
mand an accounting of an alleged oral
trust fund from household savings.
Mr Lauterbach bms made an affidavit in
•support of their claims and Mrs. Lamer
bach has made counter charges of ex
travagance against him.
ODD FUIvERAL OF GYPSY QUEEN
Horse and Personal Effects Burned
Together After Services.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Harrisonburg. Va.. May 27.— Rev. J.
W. "Wine, a Dunkard minister, officiated at
the funeral of the queen of a WOW camp,
near Ottobine. to-day.* After the funeral
every article lormerly owned by the queen
was piled In a heap and burned. Preceding
the fire, the horse of the queen, a fine
AraMan animal, was chloroformed and
burned with the other effects.* Gypsies say
that the woman had a married daughter
living in Rochester, N. Y.
AGAIN -VETOES 8-HOUR BILL
Governor Draper of Massachusetts Has
Not Changed His Ideas.
Boston, May 27.— For the second time and
for practically the same reasons. Governor
Draper to-day vetoed a bill making eight
hours a day's work for public employes.
The bill was only slightly changed from
one which met a similar fate last year, and
the Governor in his message to the House
stated that he had not altered his opinion
rrr?.r<3ing what he considered to be ob
jections! features of the measure. He said
that the title was incorrect and misleading,
and he thought that the section which
states that no public «mi») shall be per
mitted to work more than eight hours was
an interference with the rights of those
men who desired at times to work longer.
Last year's veto xvas sustained by both
branches, but the Governor's action was an
issue in the fall campaign.
THE RAISING OF THE DEWEY
Open Valves and Uncovered Manholes
Caused Drydcck's Sinking.
Manila, May 27.— Open valves an! un
covered manholes permitted the partial
submersion of the United BtCtes drydock
Dewey at Olonpapo. in Suing Bay. on Tues
day. The responsibility in the matter has
not b*en placed, but the board of inquiry
Is continuing a rigid investigation. (
The dock has been raised ten 1 inches In
twelve hours through the use of the star
board pumps, assisted by the tugs Piscata
qua and Womi»atuck. Centrifugal pumps
will be installed to-morrow, and it is ex
pected that the great lioatinx dock will be
in *ervice within a few days.
EMERALD MONOPOLY ENDED.
Bogota. May 27.— The government has re
fused Its approval of a contract through
which the Muzo emerald mines were leased
to the Colombian Emerald Company. Lim
ited The company controls the emerald
market, and the monopoly will be abol
ished. ■
AN PARDONED BY TAFT DEAD.
Syracuse. May 27.-Manning C. Palmer.
M Zi ty years old. died suddenly here to-day.
« Palier as president of the derunct
'V^vTcan National Exchange Bank was
■A jne f . a ,n?9« of misapplication of funds.
gTwi?£rS££ f S 8 Resident Taft lut
August.
NEW-YORK DAILY TRTBTNE. SATURDAY. MAY 28. 1910.
CAUSE OF APPENDICITIS
Englishman's Preserved Food
Theory Scouted Here.
SURGEONS VOICE SURPRISE
New York Specialists Do Not
Agree with Statement About
Effect of Cold Storage.
The statement of Dr. F. Tanner, an
English physician, to the Farnham Rural
District Council that the increase of ap
pendicitis throughout England was "grpatly
due to preservatives in foo<l " aroused
varying degrees of surprise among New
York physicians who were seen last even
ing. Dr. Tanner said :
"The increase, general all over England,
I believe, is greatly, due to preservatives in
food. Not that preservatives themselves do
harm, but the presence of decomposed food,
which they disguise, does. I have attended
thirty cases this year held to be due to
this cause."
Dr. John F. Erdmann. who la n specialist
In appendicitis cases, when csked for his
opinion last even'.ng said:
"The causes of appendicitis are numer
ous; I do not think it is due to the presence
of decomposed food alone. We find eppen
dicitis in nursing babies, and the theory
would not explain th°se cases. Mothers
with breast milk can scarcely be accused
of giving their children a cold storage
product. Furthermore, we find pins, bits
of lead pencil and many other object? in
the appendix. I think it has not yet been
determined what is the cause of appendi
citis."
Another distinguished specialist, who did
not wish to be quoted, said:
"There has been a great Increase in the
number of cases recently. Our knowledge
of appendicitis has been coincident with
the history of cold storage. I don't mean
that cold storage causes appendicitis, but
anything that contributes to indigestion
may help to bring: about appendicitis."
"We know," said another physician, who
has operated on many patients for appen
dicitis, "that irritation of the intestinal
canal from fermentation in the canal pre
dispose? to inflammation of the appendix.
This irritation is often caused by improper
digestion of food, but may result from other
causes. If the end of the appendix where
it communicates with the intestine is open,
foreign particles- and the contents of !he
intestinal canal probably do filter in and
out of the appendix without doing harm, but
If the en'l of the appendix becomes closed
and inflammation sets In, appendicitis re
sults.
•The use of preservatives in food." he
contlnuec], "is probably a bad thing for
us. because preservatives enable men to
made undesirable food marketable, as Dr.
Wiley has demonstrated. But boric acid
and ealicylic acid are good Intestinal dis
infectants.
"We are not sure what is the cause of
appendicitis. When a grape seed was
first found in .an appendix, it was said
that a seed was the cause; but when that
•grape seed' was cut open it was found to
be, not a seed but a concretion. Then
every one was surprised when athletes
had the disease. Now anybody has it. 1
tl ink Dr. Tanner got a collection or cases
and is riding a bobby?'
Another eminent specialist, whose opinion
is regarded highly by the medical profes
sion, said that the theory was "interesting
but not tenatle."
"We have had cases of appendicitis," he
added, "where there «us no decomposed
food present and none had been eaten. We
te'.ieve that appendicitis is due to a germ
and we hope to find it. as we hope to find
the cause of cancer. If we do, the mystery
Mill bt- solved."
JUDGE GAEY REMAINS AT HEAD
Again Elected President by American
Iron and Steel Institute.
The American Iron and Stfel Institute
held its first annual meeting at the Wal
dorf yesterday. The afternoon session be
gan at 4 p. m. and afterward the election
result was announced as follows:
Judge Elbert H. Gary was re-elected as
president to serve three years, and the fol
lowing officers for a like period: First vice
president, Powell Stack house: second vice
president, Willis U King; third Wee-presi
dent, Charles M. Schwab; treasurer, Ed
ward Bailey; secretary, W. L*. Filbert.
The following were re-elected directors,
to serve one year: P. J. Drummond. W. L,
Filbert. W. A. Rogers and .1. F. Weldorn;
directors to serve two years, Edward
Bailey, E. A. S. Clarke, Willis U King,
Samuel Mather and John A. Topping.
The members of the institute met at 8
o'c'.uck lor an Informal dinner.
SCHOOL GRADUATES HEAR WALDO
Fire Commissioner Waldo delivered the
address to the graduating class at the com
mencemenf exercises of Berkeley School at
ihe Berkeley Lyceum last evening. The
occasion was doubly interesting an marking
the thirtieth anniversary of the school and
the reetreawnt of Dr. Edwin Fowler, head
master, after nearly forty years in school
work in New York City Dr. Fowler s suc
• wiil be Joseph Curtis Sloant. of the
Hill School, Pettatown, Perm.
CONNERS RESIGNED TO FATE.
From present indications there will be
no trouble at the meeting of the Demo
cratic State Committee at the Hoffman
House on Thursday. William J. Conner*,
the present chairmen, has become resigned
to stepping down and out, and he and
Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany leader,
have patched up their differences. No
name is being mentioned for the chair
manship except that of John A. Dlx, of
Washington County, who was picked out
by Mr. Murphy for th» post lome time
ago.
CURTISS MAf(ES A FLIGHT
Soars for Few Moments, but No
Trip Attempted.
Albany, May 27. — The Curtlss aeroplane
soared for a few brief moments to-night
after all the attendant spectators on Van
Rensselaer Island were confident that no
trip flight would be attempted. The be
havior of the machine was excellent, and
Mr. Curtiss hoped that he might launch
out to-morrow on his $10,000 journey to
New York.
In the morning the air was favorable,
but the aeroplane was not assembled. In
the afternoon the aeroplane was assem
bled, but the wind blew a gale from th«
north.
There was a trolley strike here to-day
and access to Van Rensselaer Island was
difficult, but the widespread interest in
the flight was shown in the troops of spec
tators who travelled by foot, carriage or
automobile across the bridge and down the
sandy road to the starting point.
The machine was completely assembled
at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Every nut
was tested and every pulley oiled. Th«
engine developed excellent horsepower, and
if the wind had been more favorable Cur
tiss might have attempted to make a trip.
At the last moment, however, he de
cided to do nothing more than warm up
the engine. He will rise to-morrow at 4
a. m to see what the wind sayß. North
erly winds are what he wishes.
TO EEAR CASE AGAINST CLERK
Referee to Be Named by Appellate
Division in Case of H. B. Wilson.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme
Ccurt decided yesterday to appoint a ref
eree to take testimony concerning charges
irade by Corporation Counsel Watson
against Heman B. Wilson, clerk of the 7th
District Municipal Court. Justice John M.
Tierney. president of the Board of Justice*
of the Municipal Court, made the formal
charges against Wilson. The report of
Raymond B. Fosdick. Commissioner of Ac
counts, who investigated Wilson, is also
ir eluded in the proceeding.
Several charges of official misconduct are
ni£de against Wilson, the most serious of
which is;
"That according to the books and rec
ords in the office of the respondent, as duly
inspe.cted by the Commissioner of Account 3.
the said respondent should have had in his
possession as clerk on February 3, 1910, the
sum of $3,f.56 18, and that on demand re
si ondent accounted for $989 73. This left a
deficit of $2,596 45, which represented the
ccurt funds for which he could not and
did not account, and petitioner alleges that
respondent misappropriated and convert**!
to his own use the said sum."
NEAR LIMIT OF* SUBWAY BONDS
Board of Estimate Seeks Information
to Determine How Far It May Go.
The Board of Estimate decided 3 esterday
to hold a special meeting on Tuesday to
receive the report of the Controller as to
the amount of self-supporting subway
bor.ds it may petition the Appellate Division
of the Supreme Court to exclude in deter
n !ni::g the debt limit under the recent con
stitutional amendment and enabling act.
It is understood that the figures may reach
$«.000,00u.
The application of the Manhattan &
Qt'.eensboro Railway Coqppany for a fran
cl ise to construct and operate a surface
1-ne along 57th street, from Eleventh ave
nue to the Queensboro Bridge and over
that structure, was denied.
The report on the monthly payroll as sub
mitted by the Controller showed a decrease
of 180,130 in April, as compared with March.
The beard referred to Nelson P. Lewis,
clief engineer, proposals for widening of
42d street, between Park and Eighth ave
nies, and the widening of Fifth avenue,
between 47th and 4Sth streets.
HOLD-UPS IN FIFTH AVENUE
Magistrate Kernochan Not Immune,
He Admits. After Holding Woman.
Reginald Gordon, a broker, with offices
at No. i 2 Broadway, and living in an
apartment house at Park avenue and 57th
street, appeared before Magistrate Ker
nochan In the Jefferaon Market Court yes
terday as complainant against Sadie
Brown, of No. 215 West 46th street. He
charged that the woman had robbed him
on Thursday night while he was walking"
along Fifth avenue.
According to Gordon's story he was
accosted by the prisoner near 41st street,
and as he was endeavoring to get away
from her another woman came up and
threw her arms around his neck. The
broker said when he succeeded in breaking:
away his wallet was gone.
Magistrate Kernochan held the prisoner
in $3,000 ball for triar. He said that he.
too, had been accosted and badgered by
women several times in Fifth avenue.
BOYS MIXING UP STREET SIGNS.
The street number signposts in the park
way below Riverside Drive, placed there
last year by tha Park Department to guide
strangers, have in a number of instance^
lately been mixed up by boys and other
persons with an exaggerated sense of humor.
The lltrth street t-ignpost has been found on
a num.ner of occasions within three feet
of the 115 th street one. As the signposts
are light, it is easy to uproot one at will.
One of the park employes chased two or
three youngsters away from one yesterday
afternoon.
SUBWAY CORNERSTONE LAID.
Another step forward in the improvement
of Delancey street was made yesterday
when the cornerstone for the subway sta
tion at Delancey and Chrystie streets was
laid in the presence of a large gathering.
Borough pVecident McAneny, Jacob Katz,
chairman of the East Side Property Own
ers' Association; Frank Bradley, president
of the Bradley Construction Company: Al
derman White, Park Commissioner Stover
and others were present.
CENTRAL FALLS IN LINE
General Increase in Commuta
tion Rates Effective July 1.
FEW DECREASES IN THE LIST
Places Where Volume of Travel
Is Heaviest, Like Yonkers and
Mt. Vernon, Chief Sufferers.
The v New York Central Railroad an
nounced yesterday that it would tile with
the Public Service commissions of the Ist
! and . 2d districts and with the Interstate
Commerce Commission, probably to-day, a
revised tariff of commutation rates between
New York and stations in its suburban
zones on the Hudson. Harlem and Putnam
divisions and on the West Shore line.
The changes will affect non-transferrible
monthly commutation tickets on and after
July 1 and fifty-trip yearly family tickets
on and after June 28. In a few unimpor
tant instances the present fare is reduced,
but In most cases where travel is heaviest
it .is substantially increased. This is the
second increase within five years on the
Hudson division.
On the Hudson division the rates are to
be increased from 7 to 14 per cent on
monthly sixty-trip tickets as follows:
Percentaj*
Mile* from Present New of In
/ New York. fare. fare, crease.
Kinf»bri<Jr» 10 S4 75 J5 2.' 10
Tonken 15 5 00 « 75 14
Halting! 19 6 65 7 5.'» 13
Dobbs Ferry 20 600 7 70 11
Tarry town 25 760 S 2.% - 8
Osalnln* 31 8 05 - 0 20 14
Peek«kill 41 10 30 1105 I
On the Harlem division the Increase is
to be from 8 per cent to 16 per cent, as fol
lows: - ;; -"/. v
;,v : "; ;■ r . •Percentage
Ml!es from Present New of la-
New York. far». fare, creaje
Fordham 9 $4 45 14 85 »
•WMlamsbridge ... 11 515 560 8
Mt. Vernon 14 5 60 6 50 16
Scaredale 19 6 65 7 51 13
White Plains ..... 23 7 35 8 10 10
Hawthorne 20 790 *V 5 . 13
IMeaeantvlHe SI 8 05 9 20 14
Mt. Klsco ..-. 37 8 90 10 15 H
On the Putnam division a decrease of 6
per cent is made to Van" Cortlandt Park.
The changes on the monthly tickets, in
cluding fare on the elevated road, are to
be as follows:
Percent-
Present New age of
fare. fare Increase.
Kingsbridge $5 95 *'>0O JJ
Van Cortlandt 6 4.'. 6 (Jo To
•Caryl 6 75 7 00 f
•Lowerre 6 75 7 «0 3
•Park Hill.. 7 15 7 45 4
•Yonkers 7 15 Tig 9
Nepperhan 7 45 8 60 W
Mount Hopa 805 9 05 12
Ardsle-y ... 8 20 9 20 12
Elmsford 8 60 9 75 13
Tarrytown Heights... 890 75 •
Pocantico Hills BW> 0.5 »
•On Yonkers branch. Other stations on main
Hue. fl>ecrease.
But to these same stations the rates are
in most cases reduced when elevated tick
ets are not included, a reform Instituted
some time ago in single trip tickets, owing
to trolley competition. These new rates,
which affect comparatively few travellers,
follow, showing a decrease as far as Mount
Hope and an increase above that point:
Percent-
Present New age of
fare fare. Increase.
Kininbrldip. $4 45. $3 00 ft!
Van Cortlandt 4 95 3 05 Trf»
•Caryl »» 4 00 t^3
•Ix>-.verre 5 25 4 OO ti3
•Park Hill r»«5 4 45 +-1
•Yonkers 6 65 4« f \*
Nepperhan 5 95 5 60 +5
Mount Hope 655 6 50 t«
Ardstey 70 6 .5 7
Blmsford 7 10 .55 «
Terr town Heights... 7 -10 795 >
Pocantico Hills 7 40 8 20 10
•On Yonkers branch. fDecrease.
A decrease of 1 per cent Is shown to
Congers and Haverstraw, on the West
Shore Railroad, on the sixty-trip monthly
commutation, and there are increases of
from 2 to 16 per cent to other points, as fol
lows:
. ■• Percent
: Present * New age of
fare. fare. Increase.
Rldeefield Park $4 35 $4 « 2
West Bnslewood 5 15 5 «<> 14
Harrinerton Park 630 7 3.. ■ 1«
Tappon 6 00 .85 13
West Xyack 7 «> 845 11
Congers 0 20 9 10 U
Hfiv«rstraw 9 70 PW M
West Point 1066 12 i 5 10
tDecrease.
On all divisions the new rates for Hfty
trip family tickets are to be based on a
rate of two cents a mile, less 20 per cent.
NEW RATES OF NO FORCE
Public Service Board Issues Or
der to New Haven Road.
[By Teleffraj>h to Th« Tribune. 1
Albany. May 27— Announcement was
made to-night by the Public Service Com
mission for the 2d District that it held
that the New York. New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad could not legally put into
effect its proposed change of commuters'
rates on June 1. The commission orders
that the proposed new tariffs shall be con
sidered as of no force whatever, and all
cancellations filed by the company are
without force and effect after that date.
The commission holds that the present
tariffs shall continue in force, notwith
standing the company's filing of the new
tariffs at stations.
The company is ordered to continue to
charge the fares duly established and set
forth in its tariffs now in effect until these
tariff? shall have been superseded by tariffs
filed with the commission and published at
stations, as required by the Public Service
commissions law.
It is further ordered that the company bo
permitted to establish and put In effect on
one day's notice commutation passenger
and round trip rates and school commuta
tion rates betwetn the Harlem River and
its stations in the State of New York, and
also Joint rates between its New York
State stations and the station of the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company at 129 th
street. New York City.
ERIE COMMUTERS PLAN FIGHT.
Bloomfleld. N. J.. May 27 (Special).— The
advance of rates to commuters by the Erie
Railroad, to take effect on July 1. is ex
pected to result in the calling of a special
meeting of the Board of Trade within a
few days to enter a protest and unite with
other municipalities to fight the ir.rr^as^
It was said to-day that the Erie com
muters would call a meeting in a few days
to organize a "protective association" of
all oommuters on the New York & Green
wood Lake branch from Little Falls to
Bloomfleld.
THOMAS FIGHTS EXTRADITION
Alleged Head of Southern Baggage
Thieves Never in Virginia, He Says.
Kingston. N. V.. May 27.— George Wash
ington Thomas, arrested as "Old Skooth."
whom detectives say was the head of a
band of Southern baggage thieves, bitterly
fought against extradition to Virginia be
fore Judge Cantine this afternoon. He has
been Indicted in Virginia on a charge of
grand larceny, and Governor Hughes has
issued extradition papers.
Immediately the court informed the pris
oner of his constitutional right toa writ
of habeas corpus, and two Kingston law
yers retained by htm applied for and ob
tained the write on the prisoner's affidavit
that he never had been In Virginia and
was not the person wanted there.
Motions to dismiss Governor Hughes'a
extradition warrant were denied, and Judge
Cantine held that the only question was to
determine whether the defendant was the
person mentioned In the Go\ ernor'a war
rant. By agreement the hearing was fixed
for next Friday morning. Judge Cantine
meanwhile refusing to admit ih» prisoner
to bali. j
CORPORATE STOCK BUDGET
Committee Favors $85,000,000
for Public Improvements.
MAY BORROW $93,500,000
Liberal Allowances for New
Work Besides Completing
That Now Under Way.
Borrowing mirfin $03,319.63:
Actual and contingent liabiltles for -..--_
public improvements 5^.000,000
Balance for emergancicß . $5.51!>.63»
These are the figures of the special com
mittee of the Board of Estimate and Ap
portionment, which has worked out a cor
porate* stock budget up to July 1. 1911.
Special hearings on the proposed corporate
stock budget, which was submitted to the
board yesterday, will be held on Wednes
day and Thursday.
The # committee, which was composed of
the Controller, the President of the Board
of Aldermen and the President of the Bor
ough of Manhattan, makes the urgent rec
ommendation that "No further authoriza
tions of corporate stock for the depart
ments or functions included In this report
be- approved by the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment for the rest of the year
1910, except of a mandatory character and
where postponement until next year's cor
porate stock budget would mean a serious
injury to public property or a menace to
public health or safety."
The above estimate of liabilities not only
includes cost of completion of all public
improvements now under way. but also
those that the committee deems should be
undertaken prior to July 1. 1911. Of course,
all the |86.000,<»«.> will not be expended prior
to that time, but all contracts become a
liability to be subtracted from the debt
limit as soon as entered into, no matter
when the money is actually paid upon
them.
The committee figured the above bor
rowing capacity by adding to the estimate
of the Controller as of December 31. 1909
<$55,754.2<77), the following: Increase due to
the redemption and the Increase In the
an-.oun-s of sinking funds held for »10.
C3.7X.430. increase due to the increased
valuation of real estate and franchises sub
ject to taxation, $21,000,000. The report says:
It was the purpose of the committee, with
this amount of borrowing power in view,
so to shape its recommendations that these
recommendations, together with all in
creases of debt through corporate stock
authorizations, contracts registered, pay
rolls and open market order payments since
the first of the year, might be wholly liqui
dated within the year's borrowing power,
so that the city's credit might not be
menaced, as had been the case for many
years, with corporate stock authorizations
for al! kinds of public Improvements mill
ions In excess or the city's power to incur
lndettedness. This we have accomplished.
The recommendations as submttied. with
the other elements previously noted added
thereto, amount to J66,114.61t>. To this figure
should be added the authorization of th>»
Board of Estimate and Apportionment for
sub-ways, amounting to SIS.OOO.Ofo. already
approved, making an aggregate of S7
610.
To this is added an estimated expendi
ture for Improvements by the Dock De
partment of $5,000,000 and $1,000,000 for
corrections in old figures submitted to the
budget committee, making a total and act
ual contingent liability of $85,000,000.
The committee found that the corporate
stock authorized, but unissued on Decem
ber 31. 1909. amounted to $124,849,576. Of
this amount $83,743,034 was found to be
encumbered by contract or other liability,
most of which had been accomplished prior
to December 31. and therefore had been
counted In fixing the borrowing capacity
of that date.
The largest item in the amount was
represented by the authorized but un
issued corporate stock for deficiency in the
collection of taxes. A second large amount
was $26,291,195 6S In contracts let by the
Public Service Commission, mainly for the
Fourth avenue subway.
What the committee had to work on,
then, in paring down the authorizations
was $41,106,541. Of that amount the
cqmmittee recommended the rescindment
of $24,278,406 and the retention of $16.
525.134. It further recommended new
authorizations to the amount of $16,072.
364. This is shown in the following table,
from which the decimal cents have been
eliminated:
New j
R«ten- Rescind- authorl- I
tions. meets. rations. ]
Pres. Manhattan. $241,600 $5.3tt.5,277 Jl>ltf.t)tio
Pres. Bronx 5e.3::4 1.34U.4.54 «B«.«WJ
Pres. Brooklyn... 14*.9«>4 1.U04.43* 7i1.49rt
Pres. Queens 37.419 70.101 s&.OM)
Pres. Richmond. :t.vl>l lsO<A> 3IUWH>
Lltrarlcs MMM 514.000
Bklyn. Cent. Lib. H. 174 3U0.000
Street Cleaning 60.i«>0 KM 16"""
Bellevu© 617.31* .".7.^«4 651.300
Health 3iH.l>>7 301.150 240.000
Charities 1.744.424 400.2 i» -■-"■
cation 1.2U».«55 1.4(M.H41 2,4f»,11t>
Fire IM>39 3">.150 l,liotJ 4o»
Commissions .... 603.500 75.3i i 7 11».<>«>.>
Normal College.. 49U.000 37.230
College C. X. Y. 24..V.H ■ 2.031.505
Pub. S«rv. Com. 2.702
Correction 27.047 2.263.
Stocks end bonds
authorized prior
to Jan. 1. IM)H — 313.690
Parks. Man. and
Richmond 640.677 £33.000 706.000
Parks. Brooklyn
and Queens... 700.584 1315.673 440.302
Parks. Bronx ... 244.600 22^.033 lt«>.<>B©
Finance and Mis. 8.118.2R4 2.152.030
Police 7L1>.2!»7 36.514
Bridges 3.C30.362 7.003.016 3.9>>2.0ri0
Totals $1R,«>25.134 524.275.406 $16,072,364
Among: the more important Improvements
provided for are: Completion of the new
municipal building, the Manhattan and
Queensboro bridpes and approaches and all
the buildings and equipment and additions
to the buildings under the Jurisdiction of
the departments of Health and Charities
and BeMevue and Allied Hospitals; all
ficticol buildings under construction and the
construction of a number of new ones, in
cluding a high school In Bay Ridge; three
new station houses and headquarters for
the traffic squad in the Police Department,
construction of twenty-five new houses and
the acquisition of thirteen sites for the Fire
Department, construction of a new Essex.
Market courthouse, erection of a new build
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WALTHAM WATCHES
COLONIAL SERIES
These watches are a noteworthy addition to
the Waltham line. They arc exreptiftnally
thin .;nd may be had with Enamel dials
and Silver and Gilded finished metal dials
of artistic design. Colonial Series watches
appeal to the most critical buyers. Sold by
all jewelers. Guaranteed by the makers.
WALTHAM WATCH CQMEANY
WALTHAM, MASS.
ins for the ChUdren's Court in Mar.nartaa.
for playgrounds In Manhattan. 'to*-.
ginnins or work on the municipal building
and the central library end the Improve
ment of Dyker Beach and McCarren parks
in Brooklyn.
AGAINST LACKAWANNA ROAD
Arbitrators Find Concessions to
Central Do Not Apply.
The rultaff of the arbitrators. E. E. CUr*
and P. H. Morrissey. In th« disputed point*
between national officer? of the trainmen*
and conductors' organ Izatlons and th»
Delaware. Lac ka wanna 4 "Western Rail
road as to the interpretation of the clause*
in the award of the arbitrators gMai th«
New York Central certain concessions "be
cause of local conditions was ■ received by
the presidents of the two organization* yes
terday.
It sustains the contention of the train
men and conductors that these conccaiona
do not apply, and are not Intended to ap
ply, to the Lackawanna. Pi sal dent Girr»r
son of the Brotherhood of Railroad Tiaal
men said that the rullr.« had been aaat «•
to the officials of the Lackawanna at Si ran
ton. and he and President Lee of the train
men would wait for Its official acceptance
before the agreement with the Lackawamaa.
was completed.
Later It was announced that the g.'.*r~
ance committees of the trainmen and con
ductors of the Central Railroad or 3Tew Jer
sey had come to an agreement with th«
officials or the company based on the Bal
timore & Ohio wage schedule, to go into
effect at once. ,
MRS. MORRELL'S INJURIES FATAL.
Mlr.eo:a. Lon? Island. May 7 —Mrs.
Kathryn Morrell. wife of Justice Henry C
MorreH. who was injured on Friday last fta
an automobile accident, died to the Nassaja
Hospital to-day from her Injuries. Tba
machine In which Mrs. Morrell was rtdbaa
was struck by a trolley car at this place.
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New Jersey Central
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