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10 PROTECT IMMIGRANTS
Civic League Succeeds in Pass
ing Legislative Programme.
HOT AFTER FAKE BANKERS
Governor Expected to Sign Bills
Creating Bureau and Dealing
with Notaries Public.
The North American Civic L'^rik" fnr
* "Iminijn^nts has succpeded la having the
.-.•Legislature pass four bills comprising the
legislative programme prepared by the
State Commission of Immigration which
reported to the Governor a year ago Two
of these bills, one reculaiing private bank
ers and the other licensing unauthorized
steamship ticket scents, have been sipned
by the Governor, as published in The Trib
une on Tuesday morning. The other two,
establishing a bureau of immigration and
industries iii the State Department of
Labor and limiting the activities of nota
ries public, the league has been assured
the Governor will sign as soon as he can
grive them his attention.
Th« public demand for state regulation
of bankers for -immigrants and steamship
ticket scents arose from the series of arti
cles printed in The Tribune airing the gross
abuses which the state commission found
in existence as a result of the irresponsi
bility of these men. As a rule. , the bank
ers, most of whom deal in steamship tick
ets, keep no reserves against the savings
of the immigrants which they accept and
are not held accountable in any way for
the investments they make with these sav
ings: From lack of proper regulation and
supervision, also, they cannot be held re-
Eponsible for the loss of money transmitted
through them by immigrant depositors to
relatives on trie other side.
The banking bill provides that each bank
er must be licensed before he is permitted
In take the savings of immigrants.* Before
he can obtain sack a license he must make
a satisfactory showing to the State Con
troller of his assets and liabilities, of the
place where he intends to do business and
of the character and standing of those who
are to engage in partnership with him. In
addition he must deposit with the Con
troller JIO.OOO in .money or securities, which
lauer shall consist of United States, mu
nicipal or other bonds approved by the-
Controller. He must also file with the Con
troller a bond of from $10,000 to 150.000. All
thJ*-4s to guarantee the payment of the de
positor in case of failure or in case the
banker absconds, as many of them did fol
lowing the panic of 1907.
Irresponsibies Ran Banks.
Under the prevailing Welles law the com
mission found that many foreigners with
out any assets whatever opened banks, col
lected all the money possible, either as de
posits or through the sale of steamship
tickets, and then either sailed with the pro
ceeds back to their native lands or changed
their names and started business over again
In other parts of the city or in other com
munities.
From September. 3907. to September. IMb,
the commission was able to figure up losses
to immigrants through these ' bankers of
HiiOQjOOOL This amount does not include the
losses involved in the failure of a number
of banks of this kind during the period,
the flgures not being available.
The bill provides, too, that all money ac
cepted for transmission shall be sent with
in five days, and it places the burden of
proving that the mooes; has been 'sent by
him and actually received upon the banker.
Many cases have been found where the
banker kept the money and speculated
with it, while the relatives of the depositor
Oi; the other side suffered. Other instances
were discovered where the money was
never received, the banker being immune
from prosecution because th* material wit
nesses to the transaction were out of reach
In Europe or Asia.
An appropnation of $l'.'/«'*'i has been made
for the enforcement of the new banking and
steamship ticket laws and a license bureau
Is to be established in the Controller!? of
fice for the purpose.
The. steamship ticket law is aimed pri
marily at the practices of pedlers. It was
drafted on the assumption that duly au
thorized ticket agents were responsible to
in* steamship companies with whom they
were bonded for the honest conduct of their
business. But the commission found that
for every duly authorized agent there were
about right pedlers or runners who sold
tickets In tenement houses, on the curb and
in labor ramps.
They obtain these tickets from the au
thorised scents and then sell them at an
advance of from $3 to $10, frequently on the
instalment plan, and if a man cannot pay
aJI the instalments they often refuse to re
fund any of the money already paid by
him. It was also discovered that Instead
cf selling bona fide tickets, many of them
printed and sold their own orders, which
were not binding on the steamship com
panies.
fTo Regulate Notaries.
The Weinstein bill prohibits any person
from posing as a notary public who has not
been duly appoints as such, and It makes
It a misdemeanor for any notary public in
the exercise of his powers or duties to prac
tice any fraud or deceit. The Bureau Of
Immirration bill contains a provision re
quiring investigators to examine into the
acts of public officials dealing with immi
grant?, including notaries public, and to le
port to (he Go% - ernor. *
The bureau of immigration bill will be
concerned largely, however, with the ques
tion of distribution and with safeguarding
of immigrants after they have found em
ployment- This means that the bureau to
be created will chare itself with examin
ing the location of industries, with looking
•up the available supply of labor, requiring
reports of all employment agencies, includ
lug those which take fees and those which
do not. and with the supervision of the con
ditions In labor camps. The appropriation
for the first year has been placed at 4 1.000.
Miss Frances A. Kellor. who was secre
tary and treasurer of the Immigration Com
mission and is secretary of the North
American Ovic league for Immigrants,
taid yesterday with rrgard to these re
forms:
"In proposing this legislation, the com
inissicn established a precedent and sought
to make an experiment for the benefit of
European
Visitors
will r.T.o. tb.
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or tt>«
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a reliable guide to the best
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Consult These Columns
Before Sailing
and much valuable time will
be sa>ed for sightseeing.
the whole country. In no state before has
the question been taken up of the distribu
tion, protection, education and assimilation
of the immigrant immediately after' his ar
rival. Some of the state? have immigration
bureaus, but they are. solely Gar the pur
pose of obtaining labor or developing the
industries of the state. ■ . <
"The state commission proposed in Its
legislation that the state should take up, at
the point where the federal government
lays aside its responsibility, the real ques
tion of immigration, which is the problem
of making the immigrant into a good citi
zen, protecting ■■■" •**■ be. is looking for
a job and helping him to go to the part of
the state where, he is most needed, where
the best conditions exist, where there is the
best standard of living and where he may
find congenial associates.**
The bills regulating banks and steamship
ticket agents and creating the bureau of
immigration will go into effect September
1. The bill limiting the activities of no
taries public becomes a law upon receiving
the signature of the Governor.
YEGGMEN SCORN PARADE
Blow Safe in Store as Veterans
Pass in Street Close By.
fßy TV'esraph fry Tb ' > Tribune]
Hartford. Conn., May 30.— While the
Memorial Day parade was passing
through the main thoroughfares of this
city this afternoon yeg-gmen success
fully *Mpw the safe in the store of Max
Perman. a clothing merchant. Although
the place is near the line <if march of
the paraders and the streets were filled
with holiday crowds and many police
men, the men worked undisturbed.
They rifled the contents of the safe,
obtaining $'J.">o in cash and unnegotiahle
securities after moving the safe out into
the middle <>f the store. The police have
no rlew.
BOYCOTT BEGUN IN CHINA
Additional Causes for Dissatis
faction Pointed Out.
San Francisco. May .70. — Chinese mer
chants of San Francisco are reticent con
cerning the reported organization of a gen
eral boycott against American goods. None
of the powerful Six Companies' officers to
day would discuss the movement, but it is
said that the boycott had its origin in
China.
The organizers are said to be wealthy
Chinese who either have been refused
original admission to this counttry or have
l>een sent hack on attempting to re-ent^r
the United States.
Another source of complaint seems to
be the rigid system of examinations of
Chinese entrants at this port. Wealthy
merchants en re-entrance after visits to
China are said to have complained bitterly
of these* minute physical examinations,
particularly the new "tissue test" to deter
mine age and general condition of health.
The general opinion of those in touch
with the local Chinese business world is
that the movement is primarily inspired to
bring about the restoration to this city of
the Chinese immigration detention station,
which was recently removed to Angel Isl
and, and to effect an abatement of the
physical examination.
CHINESE HERE NOT IN BOYCOTT
Representative Merchants Say They
Know Nothing of the Movement.
Representative Chinese merchants m this
city said yesterday that all they knew of
the movement started in Ssn Francisco by
the Chinese League of Justice to encourage
the boycotting of American products whs
vl.at they had read in the papers. Accord-
Ire to the announcement made after the
jy^Ptine on Saturday in San Francisco, it
was the intention of the organizers of the
boymtt movement to establish branches in
every large city.
•The <'himsH commercial." published in
Hcnc Kong ly the ( hinerr. Reform Asso
ciation, sakl the same merchants have late
ly been advi eating a b >>-cott unless trie
Chinese exclusion act was greatly modified.
OFFICERS AND COW ON HIKE
! Jersey Militiamen Acquire Animal
When Milk Supply Gives Out.
[By Telegraph to Th» Tribune.
Paterson. N. J.. May Colenel Hine
of the sth Regiment, with thirty line of
ficers and twenty field and staff officers,
returned to-nisrht after « three days*
j marching and riding campaign in the up
! per part of Passaic County. The line of
ficers marched in all fifty-five miles, and
the staff officers rode 124 miles, ail re
turning in good condition. "♦
During the outing at Fompton Lakes the
soldiers ran short of milk. -They pur-
I chased a cow, which they named "'Daisy
Belle." and men were detailed to do the
; milking. The line officers returned to the
armory with the cow in tow.
ADMITS HE PUT TIES ON TRACK
Boy Confesses Attempt to Wreck Train
on New Haven Road Branch.
[By Tfl«--Kraph to Th" Tribune.] s
Stamford. Conn., May 30 Clarence Sco
eld. thirteen years old. of the Rpringdale
district of Stamford, conferted last night
o Chief of Police Brennan that he at
tempted to wreck a New Canaan branch
rain of the New Haven road, on May 19.
The boy said he placed two ties on the
t-acks.
"I don't know why I did It." he said,
when questioned by the Chief of Police. "I
fc-pperfd to be riding near the Catholic
cemetery on a bicycle. I saw the ties along
j id*- the track, and something seemed to
force me to dismount and lay them across
the tracks."
An inbound New Canaan train hit the
ties, and the front of the motor was dam
ged There were thirty-five passengers
aboard, but none of them was hurt. Boo
field's aunt brought htm to Chief Brennan
after railroad detectives had tried to indue*
the boy to talk. He was released -n bail
of $m
HATCHET STUCK \> T HER HEAD
Negress Pulled It Out and Belabored
Real Estate Man.
<*hicag<->. May la Max Kiarfine. a real
t-^t.-itc dealer, went to one of his hous^
to-day lo eject Flora Smith a nuaiwit
Flora refund to move Kiarfine. it Is
charged, struck her on the head with a
hatchet. The Made stuck in the woman's
scalp Flora blinked a nbsaant, then, with
to* bat< het Mill fjuiverins: in her head,
kicked Ki&rfine down a flight of stairs t<>
the street
Flora followed, and before he could rise
seated herself on his body and drew the
hatchet from her bead as though it were
a hairpin. She was beating Kiarnne with
the weapon when the police rescued him.
The tight caused" so much excitement that
a riot call for -the police was sounded.
P. R. R. RELIEF FUND WORK.
The relief departments of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad system issued a r^nort yes
terday which shows that during the month
of April. 1310. an average of more than
16.500 a day was paid to memt+rs- unable
to work and to families of members who
died Since the relief departments for both
the lines east and west of Pitts-burg and
En*- were established, twenty-four years
ago, $28,292,603 has been paid out in benefits.
On the lines fast of Pittsfcurg and Erie
in April 1142.344 was paid by the relief fund,
and OB tho lines west of Plttsburg $00,510.
TUESDAY,
THE DESERT THAT BLOOMS
Wonderful Fertility of Land Once
Thought To Be Arid.
UTAH'S GREAT PRIZE CROPS
Aid from Railroads and Govern
ment and Community of In
terest Help the Settler.
Salt Laka City, May 30.— There >. was
a, time when . this place was supposed to
spell "Mormon," and nothing else. From
the first great trek to this state, then a
wilderness so far as men knew, to the pres
ent there has been a development little
short of marvellous. Utah, bisected by the
great Wasatch Mountain range, seems on
the maps to be a state. of great elevations
with little land that could be cultivated.
That is far from the truth, for the mourf
tainous condition enhances the productive
ness of this vast area, which Is as large
as the. New England States, ' New Jersey
and Delaware. \ "
With all its great area, Utah Is only a
small portion of what people used to
look upon as the Great American Desert.
To the west, are Nevada and California,
to the north Idaho and Wyoming, to the
east Colorado and to the south Nevada,
each almost an empire in Itself and each
as rich as the richest country In the world
in agricultural, stork and mineral products.
Americans marvel that there should be
emigration to British America, and well
they may when they remember that there
Is enough fertile land, traversed by finely
equipped railroads, to enrich many millions
of people in this vast country once looked
upon as semi-arid.
Utah last year produced from its mines,
farms and manufactories marketable mate
rials valued at over $132,000,000. The' mines
furnished of this $27,891,000, the farms In
produce $25,764,000, in cattle $33,125,000 and
in bi-products $5,750,000 and the factories
$40.COO,000." That does not look very much
as if the state was a wilderness. The re
ports from the national Agricultural De
partment give, the farms a productiveness
an acre as great in some crops and greater
in others than any state in the Union.
Prize Crop Yields.
The story of this one-upon-a-time Mor
mon state, so far as its soil is concerned
and its natural inducements to the set
tlers, is the same as that of the other
great commonwealths from the Missouri
River westward to the Pacific. Growth,
growth, and still more growth, with gov
ernment aid in the establishment of irriga
tion plants to help out in the semi-rain
less regions. Over twenty years ago a
farmer near this city won an agricultural
prize for the largest yield of wheat to the
acre.'
It might have been supposed that one of
the middle Western states would have ex
celled easily in wheat production. But none
could beat the. yield of eighty-four bushels
and ten pounds to the acre. Another
farmer recently raised an average of nine
ty-six bushels of oats to an acre on a
twenty-acre tract. The yield in corn was
as remarkable on another farm, being sixty
bushels. The vegetables right along show
as prolific in production as do the cereals.
In the midst of the mountains are towns
and cities that have every advantage of
the. Far Eastern community. Along the
railroads in the plains sections the same
conditions prevail in the stations that have
sprung up as shipping centres. The com
munity spirit Is of the best, and is strik
ingly seen in the co-operation of the farm
ers in all the pursuits incident to their busi
ness operations. The telephone, telegraph
and railroad communications— roads tapping
every agricultural district— are as well con
ducted as in any state. And there is plen
ty of fine, fertile land to be had in the most
desirable sections.
From Utah to Idaho, further west to Ore
gon and Washington, the fruits are run
ning close to the cereals and vegetables
in value and exceed them in many in
stances so far as profits are concerned. In
the Pacific Coast country the conditions
for fruit culture are ideal. The national
government is giving liberal aid in irriga
tion works', and the state governments are
helping. The railroads are reaching out
wherever there is a call for transportation
facilities, and in addition they have taken
the position of helper and guardian to the
settler.
Increasing Railroad Facilities.
In the East it may he looked upon as
rather odd that the railroads should bother
to extend their spurs into regions that look
on the maps as if they were notable only
for barrenness and remoteness from all
markets. The men who are responsible for
railroad dividends must be farseeing and
acquainted with the climatic and soil con
ditions of every square mile of land within
their zone of operation It may be taken
for granted at once that settlers will not
be piloted to non-productive regions when
they come to this particular Western coun
try. Their prosperity is as much the in
terest of the railroads and the older set
tlers as is their own welfare.
Men who have come to the West to es
tablish new homes have remarked upon a
condition with which they were totally un
familiar. In almost every instance they
have come from the settled states, from the
farms or cities. One man more or less
there never mattered. The welfare of one
person concerned his neighbor not at all
in a business sense. The difference here,
throughout the rural districts especially, is
marked If there is any rivalry it is to
excel in the quality and quantity of pro
duction. The kindly community feeling is
never absent, however.
Jt is not that the natural friendliness of
the American for the American is neces
sarily more marked in the Western coun
try than elsewhere, but the Bparaeoess of
population, the unity of interest, the knowl
edge that a hanging together in all things
means an advantage, impossible in any
other way brings co-operation, nearness of
relationship, which may be said to be an
impossible condition where the population
is dense and more diverse in Interests. The
national and state governments and rail
roads add to the general singleness of in
terest by their policy of helpfulness.
The productiveness of the farms in Idaho
and Utah makes the cultivation of small
acreagei most profitable. While Intensive
farming in its scientific sense may be said
to be confined to the market gardens near
the large cities, there is a tendency to
adopt the name principle in the rural dis
tricts of the newly developed Western re
gions, no matter how large the- acreage.
The intelligent new settler aims to raise
on his farn> at least one wealth producing
crop. He gives of his best to it: then h«
devotes whatever tlm« and eneregy remain
to raising stock, poultry and produce for
his own needs and also for the market.
It is. of coarse, a fact that all farmers
should be independent of all other needs
not embraced in clothing. Implements and
the luxuries. I,and is still so cheap In the
West that the settler finds it possible to
raise eheeji enough to market a goodly sup
ply of wool, there is timber enough for a
yearly yield of lumber; stone may be quar
ried for building purpose* In the uplands
Streams are furnishing .electric power.
There are many farmers who live the life
of independence not possible in any other
pursuit And in few places in this great
country is that life more possible, and amid
more delightful climatic and scenic con
dition?, than in the states that war* MCt
embraced in the Great American DeSfft.
Blobbs— Scribbler ha« two professions;
he's a taxidermist and a joke writer.
Blobbs— Stuff and nonsense!— Philadelphia
Record- j
KILLS WIFE AND PRIEST
Former Police Chief Believes
His Home Was Ruined.
>l AM AT PEACE," HE SAYS
I Thought Pastor "Nice Young
Fellow" Until Visits to Wife
Became Too Frequent.
St Paul. May 30— P. J. Gibbons, the com
! mission man who shot and killed his wife
I at their home in South St. Faul last night,
1 and later shot and killed Father K. J.
Walsh, the young pastor of St. Augustine*
Roman Catholic Church, talks freely of his
deed at th«> Ramsey County jail, in St
Paul, where he is confined.
"It's a peculiar world, looking at it from
any angle." he said. "I've viewed it sev
eral ways, and don't know much about it
yet. I liad a wif^ who didn't care for me,
but liked the companionship of others. She
had children who were my children— the
mother of eight children. She couldn't
have cared for them or she wouldn't have
dishonored them.
"T knew of her treschery for more than
a year, but said nothing. She suspected T
knew. We lived that way until to-day— tor
me. a hell on earth: for her, T don't know,
and she can't tell. It is all over now. I am
at peace with myself. T-et follow what
may.
"When Father Walsh came to South
St. P^u! 1 was jubilant. He appeared such
a nice fellow that I went to him and vol
unteered to give what support was in my
power. He thanked me and we became
friends. Then followed a game of treach
ery and deceit— a game that I was not in
.on, yet deeply interested in.
"I had invited Ffther Walsh to my home
and introduced him to my wife and family.
When he called a box of cigars was at hla
disposal. Mind you. they were not the
brand I smoked, but. much better.
"I first grew suspicious about a year ago.
My wife received a new silk dress *>>* ex
press. The package came to my office, I
don't remember from where. When I
•*sked her who gave it to her she told me
:hr vvnmen of a church society, because of
active interest she had taken in their work,
but her explanation did not satisfy me.
"The visits of Father Walsh were becom
ing too frequent to please me. He ap
peared at my home afternoons when i was
at my office and spent several hours in the
company of Mrs. Gibbons. Sometimes my
children were present, but more often not.
I said nothing to my wife— never men
tioned that I thought anything of the fre
quent visits. I had planned my little game,
which worked so successfully."
Gibbons has lived in South St. Paul for
twenty-five years. For a long time he was
chief of police. About ten years ago he
went into the commission business, in
which he is said to have been more than
usually successful. He bought the first
load of hogs which ever came to the South
St. Paul packing houses. About twenty
years ago he married Nellie McGowan.
Of the pcores of South St. Paul residents
who discussed the tragedy to-day none be
lieved the accusations against Mrs. Gib
bons's character. "She was a model wife
and mother, a good and devout woman,"
was the substance of the opinion.
For three days Gibbons had been an in
mate of a drink cure sanatorium at Minne
apolis. Yesterday morning his wife called
at the sanatorium and Gibbons insisted on
accompanying her to South St. Paul to at
tend to some business affairs. The sana
torium physician protested, but it was
finally agreed to allow an attendant to ac
company Gibnons and his wife.
Gibbons attended to some business at his
office, and requested the attendant to wait
at a near.by hotel until he procured a rig
at his house «o take the party back to
Minneapolis. The shooting followed shortly
afterward.
Tt ts said that there had been severaj
estrangements between Gibbons and his
wife and that Father Walsh each time suc
cessfully intervened as peacemaker.
KILLED WIFE AND HIMSELF.
Wrentham. Mass.. May 30.— The sound of
two revolver shots in the small Russian
colony here to-day led to the discovery
that George Bllrter, a laborer, had shot and
killed his wife and then committed suicide
with the same weapon. Tt is supposed that
he became suddenly insane.
SHOOTING SEASON OPENS
Second Regiment, Wins N J.
National Guard Match.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Sea. Girt. N. .T.. May 30.- Under the very
best weather conditions the New Jersey
National Guard match was won here to
day by «he 2d Regiment team, whose mem
bers scored l.S(¥» points out of a. possible
I,Boft. Expert riflpmen. who are always in
terested in this trophy match because it in
variably opens the shooting season and be
cause it has considerable to do with the
selection of the men who are assigned to
the s"hooting squad from which the state
teams to represent New Jersey In the na
tional matches are selected, were here in
large numbers. The crack marksmen were
greatly interested to see whether the 2d
Reßinient would retain the coveted trophy
whTch it has now held for the fourth con
secutive season.
The successful team was composed of
Major Martin. Captain Silvester. Lieuten
ant Farr. Sergeant Mayer, Sergeant Dabb
and Sergeant Silvester. Other scores were:
"d Troop. 1,226. Ist Regiment. 1.246; 3d Regi
ment. 1,236; 4th Regiment, 1.257; sth Regi
ment, 1.172, and Signal Corps. 982.
IMMERSE 42 IN PASSAIC RIVER
One of the Largest Classes So Bap
tizerl in This Part of the Country.
Paterson. N. J.. May 30 (Special) —Bap
tism by immersion in the Passaic River,
half a mile above the Passaic Falls, was
today administered to forty-two persons,
ranging from twelve to sixty years old.
tnree-fonTtha of the candidates being
women. They came from New York, Brook
lyn, Tonkers, Jersey City, Arlington and
Paterson.
Fully three thousand persons gathered on
both banks of the river to witness the
ceremony, and hundreds watched it at close
range from canoes and other river craft.
The ceremony was conducted by the Rev.
James P Rlackledge, of the. Gospel Mis
sion. Of Paterson, and Robert H. Brown, of
Npw York, superintendent of the Forty
s<-eond Street Pentecostal Mission.
The candidates, in white flowing robes,
marched in double file to and from the
river, singing hymns, hut shivering on the
return from their cold bath. The Rev. Mr.
Blflckledge says It was the largest single
class ever baptized by Immersion in this
part of the country.
BATTALION CHIEF HURT
Matschke Thrown from Automobile on
Way to a Triflinß Fire.
Rattalion Chief Bernard Matschke. of the
Ralph avenue fire station. Bro< dyn. was
painfully Injured early ye»terda> afternoon
while on the way to a nre at 2428 Dean
street. At Dean street and tha Eastern
Parkway his buggy was hit by an auto
mobile owned by R. P. Newman. The chief
and his driver, Paul Weigel. were thrown
■ m:
The chief wont through, the wind shield
of the automobile and landed in the lap
of th»> driver. I'm 'l be*. The horse was so
badly injured that it had to be shot. The
fire to which Ufa chief was going did Ultle
damage. V
MAY :.!. 1010.
WHAT M'VEAGH WILL FIND
Secretary to Pass on Commis
sion's Request While Here.
REPORT NOT NEARLY READY
Investigation's Scope Has Been
Extended and Covers Methods
in All Departments.
Secretary MarVraen of the Treasury
who will be here to-morrow to look in.t'i
customs affairs, will find the commission
that has been inv^tieatins th» Appraiser !
office and stores far from ready to report.
More than usual interest DM attH.-lierl to
the work of thl* bony, wWe* (■ »• "*"
ginning was composed of J. < '■ Cummings.
head of the special agents of the Treasury
Department here; A. C Armstrong. "
Boston, and Leslie Cullom, a special agent
who had been stationed at Baltimore.
Mr Cummings has had much apMrMMI
in this kind of investigation, but not in re
cent years, as the practice of yearly in
quiries was abolished by the predecessor
of James Curtis, the assistant to Mr. Man
•Veagh who has charge of the customs
branch of the department. Mr. Armstrong
is a new man in the service. He was m
the police force at Boston, an officer MB
a fine record, when chosen by Mr. Curtis
as a special agent. Mr. Cullom has had
years Of practice as a special agent and
IS regarded as one of the most trustworthy
men in the service.
Little progress was making, and the Treas
ury Department was asked for more help.
Burton Parker, once a judge at Detroit
and a former supervising special agent,
was doing special agent work at Xl Paso,
Tex., when the call for help was received.
Mr. Parker was sent for. as his experi
ence has been most thorough. He has
taken practical charge of the investigation.
It was learned yesterday that tlie com
mission had extended its work under in
structions far beyond the auditing of ac
counts. It has delved into tne business
methods of the place and into every least
branch of the service, with a view of im
proving the manner of administration. It
was also said that there had been an in
quiry into certain features of the depart
ment far back of the last decade.
The commission began its work on April
14. It had not been at work long before
the members consulted officials familiar
with conditions several years ago, but they
could not get the information wanted.
There was an effort to get the power to
engage experts to aid in parts of the work
with which the members of the commission
could not get in touch. It was said last
evening that Secretary MacVeagh would
hear the request and determine whether
the wish should be granted.
George W. "Wanmaker, the Appraiser,
has done all in his power to facilitate the
investigation, which ' is more concerned
with the period antedating Mr. Wanmaker's
appointment than since that time. But the
inquiry is gathering materials for a re
port that will take in the present term.
From an authoritative source it was
learned yesterday that there would be
something af a shake-up .at the Appraisers
Stores as a result of the commission's
work: that a new system of taking care of
the great business transacted there would
be recommended, and that the methods of
appraisal as applied to sugar and other
staple imports would be drastically over
hauled.
The investigation and Mr. MacVeagh's visit
are in line with President Taffs expressed
determination that a thorough houseclean
ing shall occur at this port. Mr. Mac-
Veagh will see Collector Loeb, who has
been dropping men from the service on re
ports received from Henry L. Stimson. the
special prosecutor in the <=ugar fraud cases,
and in charge of the legal end of the'clean
ing. There will be conferences with Mr.
Loeb. Mr. Stimson and Mr. Wanmaker.
The visit will result, it was said, in re
newed activity in all branches of the ser
vice to weed out undesirable men and to
gather evidence for the prosecution of such
as have be?n guilty of violations of the law.
Mr. MacVeagh is expected to be present
at the Custom House when «;^neral Henry
is sworn in as Surveyor of the Port at noon
to-morrow.
One of the matters to be considered at the
conferences will be a demand for settlement
'made on a sugar company due to shortas-s
in weights upon which duties were paid.
The company has held off, snd at the last
conference its officers said that they woold
go to the courts rather than pay the claim
of the government, which is for a little
more than $100,000.
TELLS COOK TO GO TO ETAH
Captain Oshon Says Hr Has Urcjed
Recovery of Records.
Captain Bradley S. Osbon. who still firm
ly believes that Dr. Frederick A. Cook dis
covered the North Pole, announced yester
day that he and some of his friends had
written [>r. Cbok advising him to go to
Etah for his records and instruments and
take them to Copenhagen. Dr. Cook is in
the British Isles, Captain osbon says. A
wealthy New York banker, whose name is
withheld and who is now In Europe, ac
cording to the captain, is ready to supply
the money necessary to defray Cook's ex
penses.
The pan. as stated, is that Dr. Cook
shall charter a vessel and go to Etah for
the Esquimauß who were with him on the
trip and for the records and instruments.
He is also advised to take with him some
trustworthy men. who will see that the
records are sealed as soon as recovered.
This wculd be to eliminate the possibility
of the charge that ''ook changer! the rec
ords on the way back from Etah.
DEAF MUTE AFLOAT ON A LOG
Mile from Institution on Randall's
Island When Rescued in Bronx Kills.
William Downs, n deaf inur««, who ii\«>s
1n an institution on Randall's Island, was
found sitting astride of a log that was
floating in the Bronx Kills, off Willis aye
nue, at « o'clock yesterday morning. He
was rescued, very much against his will,
and taken to the Alexander avenue police
station and later to Lincoln Hospital.
Captain Charles A. Flood of one of the
N<-w Haven Railroad tugs called out to
the man as he passed him. but got no re
sponse. He sent two of his cre>w in a small
boat to cet the man, and they had difficulty
In taking him off the log.
At the station house Downs almost col
lapped. The spot where lie was found is
about a mile from Randall's island. The
Institution there was notified of the rescue.
FOREIGN MARKETS.
Liverpool. May 30.— WHEAT — Spot dull; No 2
r*d \\>»t^rn. no stock; futures weak; May. fis
W<\. July. Us 2\<l: October, «•» 4VI corn
Spot quiet; olil American mixed. 5b fi'id; new
Kiln dried, .*..«> l<l, via Galvegton. {is »H4; futures
dull: July, 4n M; September. 4b «'«<!. PRAS—
Canadian. 7s Id. FLOUR— Winter patents. 2«g
f>d. HOPS -In I»n<lon (Pacific Coast). Hfti\
in». BEEP* — Kxtra India mess. 1255. PORK —
Prime mean. Western. Was. HAMS- Short out.
77». BACON — Cumberland rut. 70s; short rib.
72s «<l. clear bellies, 74«, long clear middle*.
light. 72s «d: heavy. 7£s. short clear backs. 71»
6d; ihouliler*. «rjuare, Of,* «d. I.ARO Prime
Western, tierces, and American refined, palls,
«4« rtd CHEBSK — Canadian finest white .M>s!
colored. !VJs TALIA>\V — Prime city, no stock
TURPENTINE— Spirits. -Us. ROSIN Common".
IPs M. PRTROLKUM— ~MA. LJNHEBD oil, -
80s. COTTONSEED OlL— Hull refined, 275 od.
TALLOW— Australian Un I»n.lon>. 3«» «d
London. May 30.— LINSEED Calcutta, May-
Jun«. Ws: LINSEED Oil,— W. Sl'OAR—
Muscovado, 12» ltd. centrifugal, 14s M. oni d«j
OIL— £32. PETROI.KUM— American refined
fiHid; tplrlts. 7d. TURPENTINE— Spirits, 4.1s
od. ROSIN American strained. Us; tine 15a
• ;t
Antwerp. May 30.— PETROLEUM— francs
,V> centimes.
Montreal. May SO.— CHfiESD— fod
ders, mniud.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sunrise. 4:33; gunaet. 7:24; moon rlsss. 12:-»f5;
moon's age, 22. ■ *gm
HIGH WATER-- am pM
Sandy Hook " -'I jV*
Governors Island «;» I *
Hell Gate ••»--•;•- 19 3 "
'WIRELESS REPORTS.
•Th* Athlnal. r#portM as _2*"> ■ trl>» •*"* o«
£aJidy Hook at « ■ m yesterday. l« expected to
dc<k tbls forenoon. ■ .-■. . _ „
The President Grant, rfjorttd^s «W «ll«
east of -...-■ Hook at 5p m yesterday, to ex
pected to dock Wedn-sday evening; or Thursday
fo ThT°Kai>>»r Wllhelm 11. reported « 245 . mile-
MSI of Sandy Hook si 6;15 p m yesterday. t»
expected Is deck this forenoon.
INCOMING STEAMERS.
TO- DAT.
Veaiel. From. I- ln# ,
•X Wllhelm ll... .Bremen. May 24. .N •-• Lloyd
•Asms .OIiIHH May 25 P* n *JT*
•Coppenam* Trinidad. May 2*.. Royal DV- I
•P Aug Wllheltn..Colon. May 24 -.• Ha , tn ,£ A "
-.:, = , | London. May 2 1. Atlantic Trans
Atbtnal Patras. May 14 ''^
Pmeca Havana. May 27.. ,•;.,„
Denver Galveston. May 20 Mallory
Cof Atlanta Savannah. May 2?^. .Savannah
Arapahoe Jacksonville. May *-••-•<*»*!
Cdl Palermo Alston. May IS Italian
Hesperus ..Hamburg. May 14 — — —
Queen Am»lf» St Lacla. May 21 —~—~
Clara Oran. May 15...\. "
Indrapura Gibraltar. May 15 -
WEDNESDAY, JUNE !
•Saratoga: Havana, May 29....... .-W*^
•Guiana Bt Thomas. May -r-....QTießec
President Grant.. .Southampton. May 25. -H Am
Alice Algiers. Mi »i... Austrian
FrledrlchderG... Palermo. Maj'2l....N G Lloyd
Stkh Gibraltar. May I 4*I 4 * — — ~-
El i Alba. Galveston. May 25.... So Pa«
THURSDAT. JUNK 2.
InwISIISI Liverpool. May 28. 'iji (f^rd
•Teutonic Southampton. May 25. Star
Kiorid* Havre. May 31 I*****
R-.J 'ltalia Azores. May 2G ._-. Italian
Antilles..:. New Orleans. May 2*.. .50 Pac
•Brings mall.
OUTGOING STEAMERS -V
TO-DAY.
Mali Vessel
Vessel., For. Lin*. -closes. Palls.
Kronprinz W. Bremen. X G L 6:30 am 10:00 am
Parlma. Barbados. Quebec.. .ll:3o a m 2:^pm
Panama, Cristobal. Panama 11:30 a m 3:^pm
Horatlus. Montevideo. Houston. 10:00 a m l_:W m
Moltke. Naples. Hamb-Am... ,A '!"*"!
Ryndam. Rotterdam. Hoi! -Am ■ 10:00 am
Kroonland. Southampton. R S. ,? : SJ;?IJ,
■«■*.■■ Naples Italian ' « jgg a m
(• of Macon. Savannah. Say.. ■ ?:^Sm
Apache. Jacksonville. Clyde.. ■ • I .oo pin
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 1.
Mauretanla. Uverp'l, Cunard 5:30 a m »*"* m
Adriatic. S'hampton. Wh Star b:3oa m l-'.oo m
P Lincoln. Hamburg. H Am. »:00 a m 12:0O m
Bermudlan. Bermuda. Q«*bec»:?»*2 lo i^ » ™
Semlnole. S Domingo. Clyde..lo:oo am 1:00pm
Firma. Rotterdam. Russian... 1 —- "
Ancona. Naples. Italian * "•»»»
Orotava. Bermuda. R M S P. :Aa ™
Antilla, Guantanamo. Ward.. 1-:"J> n *
Proteus. New Orleans. So Pac -; l_.oOm
Iroquois. Jacksonville. Clyde.. J. :^Sm
Sabine. Tampa. Mallory . ... -^ — 1 *«0 p m
San Diego. Galveston, Mallory I.CO p m
THURSDAY. JUNE 2.
La Lorraine. Havre. French.. 7:ooam 10:00 am
P Bremen. N G L 7:00 am 10:©O a m
MeTico. Havana. Ward .... 9:Of> a m 12.00 m
Almira'nte. Jamaica, D F Co. 0 :3Oa m 12.00 m
Altai. Haytl. Hamb-Am...... 0:00 a m ll:0O am
Pannonia. Naples. Canard.-.. 1 ? m m
Oceana Hambursr, Hamb-Am I?/*™
C of Montgomery, Say. Say.. • 3.(»»pm
TRANSPACIFIC MAILS.
Close in X. T.
Destination and steamer. P.M.
Guam Philippine Islands (via San
Francisco* — U S transport . .'. June l. b.jv>
Hawaii. Japan. Corea. China. Philip
pine Islands (via San Francisco)—
—Korea -, ...June 2, R:oO
Japan. Corea, China («a Seattle)—
Inaba Mara - „-., Jun * ,2. " 0
Hawaii (via San Francisco)— -
helmina J«=« 3.6:30
Japan. Corea. China (via Tacoma)— «. - «»
Keemun June I*. 6 - 30
SHIPPING NEWS
Port of New York, Monday, May 30.
1910.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Colorado, Key West. May 26. to th#
Mallory S3 Co. with mdse. Left Quarantine at
7:45 am.
Steamer Bermudlan <Br). Bermuda May 2?.
to A E Outerbridge & Co. with 165 passenger!!,
mails and: mdse. Arrived at the Bar at 4:53
Steamer Comiis, New Orleans May 2.'.. to the
Southern Pacific Co. with passengers and mdse. |
Left Quarantine nt 6:07 a. m.
' Steamer El Valle. Galveston May 24. to th«» !
Southern Pacific Co, with pnssengvs and BMBS,
Left Quarantine* at 6:10 a *n.
Steamer Altai (Ger). Port de Paix May 9. Cape
Hayti 11, Gonalves 12. Port Prirce 14. Jere
mi« 17. Santa. Marta in, Savanllla 20. Carta
»-ena 21. and Kingston 23. to th» Ban* n
American Line, with 8 passengers, mails and
mdse. Arrived at the Bar at 11:30 p m. 21) th.
Steamer Ascania «Ger>, Paramaribo May 7.
Eernerara 10. Trinidad 12. Carupano 13. fiirnanj^j
and Guanta 14. U Guayra 16, Porto Cabella 17.
Curacao lt», Jacmel 21, Aux cc a ye -*2. Jeremie
23. Port-au-Prince and St Marc 24. to the Royal
Dutch West India Mail, with 10 passengers, i
malls and mdse. Arrived at the Bar at 7:30 a m ]
Steamer Grotavale (Br>. Sagtia May 17 and •
Matanzaa 24. to the Munson Ss Line, with sugar. I
Arrived at the Bar at 7:30 a m.
Steamer Luehana <~Br>. Cardenas May 14 and ;
Caibarien 25. to the Murison Ss Co. with 6U?ar. :
Arrived at the Bar at 0:15 a m.
Steamer Philadelphia. La «Juayra May 17. ;
Porto Cabello it». Curacao 23 and San Juan 2".
to Bliss. Dallett & Co. with 40 passengers, mails
and mdse. Arrived at the Bar at Ma m.
Steamer ? "W Luckenbach. Mosquito May 19. ,
Arroyo 20, Pone« 23. Mayaguez 24 and San Juan
25, to the Insular Line, with 41 passengers and
mdse. Ar:lved at the Bar at S:."V> a m.
Steamer San Juan, Guarlca May IT. Jobos and
Naguabo 23. Ponce 24 and San Juan 25, to th«
New York & Porto Rico 89 Co, with 74 BSBSSB
gers. mails and mdse. Arrived at th* Bar at
12:34 p m.
Steamer Orotava ißn. Bermuda May 2S. tn
Sanderson & Son. with 97 passengers and mdse.
Arrived at the Bar at 2:3<"> p m.
St»^mer Corpenams (Dutch ». Demerara May
19. Paramaribo 21 and Trinidad 24. to Punch.
Kdye & '„ and th« Royal Dutch West India ;
Mail, with 12 passengers, malls and mdse. Ar
rived at the Bar at 5.30 p m.
Steamer Potsdam (Dutch*. Rotterdam and Bou
logne May 21. to the Holland-America Line,
with 351 cabin and 1.061 steerage passengers and i
mdse. Arrived at the Bar at 6:1 Op m
Steamer Mold'graard «Nor). Havana May 25. to
the Munson Ss Line, with sugar. Arrived at the
Bar at 2:15 P m.
Steamer Saltwell (Br). Matanzas May 25. .to
the Munson Ss Line, with sugar. Arrived at the
Bar at. 2:SO p m.
Steamer Energie (Ger>. Bremen May IS. ••-.
Philip Ruprecht. in ballast. Arrived at th« Bar
at 3:10 p m. »
Steamer Europa fltal>. Geno;» May 19
Naples 17 and Palermo IS. to H;irtfl»ld. So- |
larl & Co. with 106 cabin and 1.140 steerage
passengers and mdse. Arrived at the Bar '
at 6:30 l» m.
Steamer Finland <Belg>. Antwerp and t>nv»r j
May 21. to the Red Star Line, -with 25*2 cabin '
and 1,272 steerage passengers and mdse. Ar
rived at the Bar at 6:54 p m.
Steamer Coppename (Dutch). Paramaribo.
etc. to Funch. Edye * Co. and the Dutch West
India Mail, with passengers, malls and mdse>.
Anchored In Quarantine at 10 t> m
Sandy Hook. N J. May 30. 9:30 p m — Wind
north, fresh breeze; partly cloudy: moderate sea.
SAILED.
Steamers Monroe. Norfolk and Ne-»port !<«■■,
Nordkap iDant. Cristobal: Marowiine (Dutch>.
Trinidad; Pinna (Br>. London; Suwane* i Rr).
Tampico; Axminster »Br>. Baltimore.
STEAMERS AT FOREIGN PORTS
ftJUUVBD
Liverpool. May 29— Celtic (Br). New York via
Holyhea.t
Moville. May SO- Furnessla (Br).'New York for
Glasgow land proceeded).
Antwerp. May "O. 6:35 a in — Lapland iB?:»).
New York via Dover.
Plymouth. May 30. 7:37 a — K-onprirzessin
Cecllle (<"!erv. New York for Cherbourg and
Bremen (and proceeded).
Hamburg. May 27— Promptness (Ger). New York;
2Sth. Phoebus (Ger). New Y-rk.
Padanp. May 27 — Tannenfels (Ger). New York j
via Port Natal.
I/ondon, May .TV Minneapolis (Rr). New York.
Naples. May 27 Venezia (Fr>. New York.
Sydney. NSW. May SO— Mlmlro (Br). New
York via St Vincent. C V. ami Melbourne
Manila. May 2S— Indira. leo (Br). x. m York via j
Singapore. \ ;
Gibraltar. May 31*- Prinzes* Irene (Got). New
York for Naples and Genoa.
SAILED
Marseilles. May 27— Roma (Fr). New York.
Algiers. May 2S — Karama (Br>. from Calcutta
and Colombo for Boston and New York.
Seville. May 2» — Lux <Br). New "fork.
IJverpool. May 2ft— Star of New Zealand «Rr>.
New York.
Port Said. May 2S— Verona «Ger). from Yoko
hama, etc. for Boston nnd New York.
Barbados. May 27— I'auwns ißelgi. from San
tos and Rio de Janeiro for N>w York; 2Stti.
Voltaire »Br». from Kin de Janeiro for New
York.
Naple», May 29 — Oceania iltal). New York.
Montevideo. May 25 Dorothy tßr). from Iqulque.
; etc, for New York.
Sacres, May 2*— Argentina (Aust). New York
for Naples and Trieste; 29th. Lombard*:*
ttt.Tlv. New York for Naples and Genoa;
Kaaenga tßr>. New York for lions Kon?.
etc. i - —
Perim. May 20 Supposed Albenga (Ger). New
York for Hong KMB] etc.
AMUSEMENTS.
THOMPSON * HI M»\
LUNA PARK
The park that made MfIVLT OPFIV)
the moon famouv I^l UWW VfaTlLi^r
CONEY ISLAND'S GRK.VTER
DREAM
111 THE SHOWS — FRKK CIRCUS.
■ • TAKK IKON bTKAM BOATS.
KVKRVniIMI_NKW BUT THE «)t »■ \n
"|^«f!fc^i7iTiT^r|jMu]ra
I--Bl is. or ex to.davT "*UJ
He's proud and they'
proud !
They've just come from©
I>m\ >' Store.
They bought him a sa|
wash suit, a Russian wash s-jj
a new straw sailor, a new pg
of leather sandals, and
"jumper."
The sailor suit they bou^
him was a Galatea— the stap
goodness of Galatea mai;
mothers buy Galatea suits ye
after year.
We've plenty of Galai,
suits, both in Russians an
sailors. ..-,
Men's Straw Hats from fij
Continents '
Rogers Peet & Compaq,
Three Broadway Store*
at at at !
Warren st. 13th st. 346 4
IT *
W^ ir \ ! V^-ssiTsi
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CRITERION Kway & 44th St. E»e.3n
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