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Business News
Shoe Producers
Act to Curb Spread
Of Cancellations
Draft Drastic Platform at
Meeting Called to Con?
sider the Evil That Has
Thrown Trade in Chaos
The National Boot and Shoe Manu?
facturers' Association has set its face
deliberately against cancellations of
orders and return of merchandise by
Tptailcrs, which, in the estimation of
the manufacturers, is directly respon?
sible for the present chaotic condition
in the trade. At a meeting of about
eijKhtv members of the association yes?
terday at the Hotel Astor, called pri?
marily for the object of taking some
action to curb the cancellation and
return evil, a strong recommendation
to all members was drafted and unani?
mously approved. The action taken,
apparently, is the most drastic adopted
bv any trade association to curb the
cancellation evil. Following is the
compl??te statement issued at the close
of the meeting: _ .
"The change in market conditions
from the steadily upward tendency
which has characterized the last few
years to a period of decline in several
important lines of leather has demor?
alized a portion of the trade and de?
veloped a volume of trade abuses
which requires of this association care
fuj consideration and prompt correc?
tion.
"A relatively small number of retail
dealers faced with conditions which
nv?an lower prices and a shrinkage in
va!up of stocks have disregarded their
obligations, and by countermanding
thiir orders and returning goods
shipped them have demoralized the j
market and aggravated conditions ,
wTiich affect unfavorably the whole j
industry. The manufacturer is, in ?
consequence, forced to carry the entire I
loss which, in all fairness and equity, j
fchould be evenly distributed. In this j
way considerable stocks of goods are ;
created for which no regular market j
exists. From this stock is drawn the
material for job lot sales, combination !
sales and all the forms of cut-throat i
competition with which honest and
ftrsifrhtforward dealers have been
obliged to contend. This association
is emphatically of the opinion that no
gCfod reason exists why reputable mer?
chants who respect their contracts
should be forced by the unthinking or
dishonest minority to carry the entire
burden of price readjustment.
"We therefore recommend to our
membership the following course of
nC&ien in respect to orders for the pres?
ent and future delivery, believing, if
consistently followed, it will go a long
way toward restoring normal and equi?
table conditions: ?
"As the original order is the con?
tract and the basis of the entire trans?
action, more care should be taken by
both salesman and customer in its
preparation. Any suggestion that it
fs only a memorandum of requirements
and not an obligation binding upon
both 7>arties should be scrupulously
eliminated.
"After an order has passed the scru?
tiny of the credit department and has
been accepted and material provided
for" its execution no change in its
amount or detail can be insisted upon
by either party. If differences arise
which cannot be adjusted by the ordi?
nary methods of conference or corre?
spondence, the case should be referred
to the secretary of this association.
He will notify the purchaser and re?
quest him to present his view.
"It is also most earnestly recom?
mended that no member of this associ?
ation do hereafter accept an order from
a new customer until his credit depart?
ment has called for and received the
credit information and official record
of the applicant, from the credit in?
formation bureau of the association.
Commercial Credits
Most commercial bankers see little
hope of an easing in the high money
rates during the next few months, when
much of the wholesale dry goods and
apparel business for the coming fall
season will have to be financed. Large
manufacturers and wholesalers in these
lines are taking greater cognizance of
the situation, and a few? of them now
le\?n to the view that tight money will
restrict the volume of trade, but
hamper the ?lowering of prices by rea?
son of the fact that merchants will add
In their interest charges in figuring
their selling prices.
Bankers' acceptance rates quoted
yesterday by the American Acceptance
Council were:
Member Non-member
Banks Banks
Buy. Sell. Buy. Sell.
Thirity days. .. 6% 5% 6% 6%
Sixty days. 61/?, 6 6*6 6?4
Ninety days. . . 6:<n 6^ 6% &V?
Raw Silk at Standstill
Market Too Unsettled for Heavy
Trading Now i
The raw silk market is too uncertain !
for heavy purchasing now, according to j
large u^ers of the raw fiber, and the
unsettled condition in the finished,
goods market adds to the disposition of |
manufacturers to operate with as small '
a reserve of raw silk as possible.
Quotations in cables from Japan have
been steady for several days and little
change has been made in local quota?
tions which, however, are more or less
nominal. Trading is almost at a com?
plete halt.
A little raw silk ia changing hands
among manufacturers, some of the
? smaller ones, who are going out of
business or who have curtailed their
production indefinitely, being willing
to sacrifice their supplies. The finan?
cial difficulties of the Klots Throwing
Company and of one or two other silk
concerns have had a depressing effect
upon the entire silk market, from the
raw product to finished good?.
Silk Importers Organize
Plans for the permanent organiza?
tion of the Oriental Silk Importera'
Association were completed yesterday
at a luncheon meeting at the Aldine
Club. About thirteen of the leading
silk importing concerns of the city are
among the charter members of the new I
organization, and other firms are ex?
pected to join. C. Matsura, of Mitsui
A Co., is president, and Dr. C. Hyman I
Ratner is executive director. Among j
the activities planned by the new asso- |
ciation are an educational bureau, I
credit and employment bureaus, a I
claim and arbitration bureau, a pub-1
licity bureau, research work on legis- |
latfon, custom duties, market condi?
tions and merchandising, and the es- ?
t??>lishnient of standardized forms of
contracts and invoices and of regular
and standing trading terms.
Dye Trading Stimulated
Trading in dyes was stimulated this
week by the easier money market, but
holders of resale material in fine chem?
icals depressed the dull and listless
market in their line by attempting to
force sales through lower price of?
ferings, according to drug and chem?
ical markets. "Prices in the heavy
chemical market are fiirmer," says the
report. "Nitric acid is firmer in pro?
ducers' hands, and higher quotations
are made on white arsenic, aluminum
?tilphate, sodium nitrate, sodium hypo?
sulphite, yellow prussiate of soda, sod?
ium s?Miatc an|i Glauber's salt. Sec
ond hands ar? offering sulphuric acid,
glacial acetic acid, ammonium sulphate,
muriate of potash and sodium bi?
chromate at lower figures. Practically
all revisions in the crude drug mar?
ket this week have been declines."
Cotton Mills Cutting
Pri?ct3s on Big Orders
Show Disposition to Favor
Large Buyers Who Do Not
' Evade Commitments
A considerable amount of price
shading on the quiet is prevalent in
the cotton goods market if the state?
ments of large buyers are to be be?
lieved. Some buyers assert? that large
mills or converters are willing to re?
duce1 prices if large orders are placed.
During the last few days mill prices
j for the same fabrics from a single pro
j ducer have varied considerably, ac?
cording to cotton goods brokers, who
see in such quotations a disposition
on the part of the mills to favor the
large operators who never try to evade
their buying commitments.
More converters tare talking of es
! tablishing lower prices on wash goods,
j but want to arrive at a basis that will
I remain fairly stable. They are trying
! to avoid any necessity of lowering
their prices during the coming fall
selling season. Several converters said
yesterday that they believe it will be
impossible to put the prices on their
goods normally, justified, by costa and
that profits will be shaded in the in?
terest of stimulating business and sta?
bilizing the market.
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London Wool Auction
LONDON, July 14.?At the wool auc?
tion sales yesterday 10,069 bales were
offered. The selection was improved
and there was some competition for su?
perior greasy combings. Medium low
scoured were mostly withdrawn.
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Business Troubles
ret liions lii Bnii?Vrtiptey
R B. TAYLOR CORPORATION*?Invol?
untary petition against the R. K. Taylor
i Corporation. automobile dealer?, 603
Seventh Avenue. Liabilities are In excess
o? $1,000; assets not stated. Archibald
Paliher, 320 Broadway, attorney for the
three creditors petitioning.
MAX, KESSLER?Voluntary petition by
Max Kessler, real estate agent, 1J4 West
UTth- ? Street. Liabilities,- '$Sl,636-; ' ne
assets. Max Monfried, 299 Broadway, at?
torney for the petitioner.
ISIDORE MICHEL?Voluntary petitior
by Isidore Michel, 106 Seventh Street
Liabilities, $873; no assets. Leopold Free?
man. 302 Broadway, attorney for the peti?
tioner.
Petitions In bankruptcy filed yesterdaj
in the United States District Court wer?
as follows:
WEISS BROS. ? Involuntary petitlo?
against William Morris and Samuel Weiss
dealers In furs, trading: as Weiss Bros.
67 West Tw?r.ty-eighth Street. Llabtll
ties, $100.000; assets. $60,000.
MARMORSTEIN A CO. INC.?Involun
tary petition against Marmorsteln A Co
Inc., manufacturers of watches and Jew
elry, 46 Llopenard Street. Liabilities
$60,000; assets, $2,600.
E. ULLMAN A SONS INC.-?-Involun
tary petition against E. Ullman A Son
Inc.. hardware dealers, 47 Murray Street
Liabilities, $26,000; assets, $10,000
LYNN & COHEN?Involuntary petitlot
against William Lynn and Isidore Cohen
dealers in furs, trading as Lynn A Cohen
48 West Twenty-seventh Street. Liabili
ties, $16,000; assets are not known.
Schedules in Bankruptcy
Schedules in bankruptcy filed yesterda
In the United States District Court wer
as follows:
MAXIM'S SHOP?Schedules of Max am
Hyman Honogman, dealers in cloaks an?
suits, trading as A. S. Maxim's Shop, 5
West 126th Street, give liabilities o
$16,223; assets, $2,100.
JOSEPH & KLEIN?Schedules of Abra
ham Joseph and Henry D. Klein, tradln
as Joseph & Klein, business and addres
not stated, give liabilities of $33,989; n
assets.
THE EXCELLENT FIT CLOTHING CC
?Schedules of the Excellent Fit Clothin
Co., manufacturers, 65 Ludlow Street, glv
liabilities of $12,643; assets, $8,436.
Receivers in Bankruptcy
Receivers in bankruptcy appointed ye?
terday in the U. S. District Court were ?
follows:
LYNN A COHEN?Judge William
Grubb appointed Bernard Vorhaus as r?
ceiver for William Lynn and Isldoi
Cohen, dealers in furs, trading as Lvnn
Cohen, 48 West Twenty-seventh Stree
with a bond of $10,000. Liabilities state
approximate $16,000; assets not given.
E. ULLMAN & SONS, INC.?Judge Oi-ub
appointed Henry W. Sykes as receiver f?
E. Ullman & Sons, Inc., hardware dealer
47 Murray Street, with a bond of $6,00
Liabilities, $26,000; assets, $10.000.
KNICKERBOCKER MAIL ORDER CC
INC.?Judge Grubb appointed Clifford <
Ludvlgh as rect-lver for the Knlckerboel
er Mail Order Co.. Inc.. 104-106 West Kou
teenth Street, with a bond of '$2,000. Lii
bilitlea and assets not stated. /
SIDNEY N. STONE?Judge Grubb a<
pointed Robert Stephenson as receiver f!
Sidney N. Stone, manufacturer of Jewell
novelties, 66 West Twenty-sixth 8tree
with a bond of $1,500. Liabilities, $13,00
assets, $3,500.
MARMORSTEIN A CO.. INC.?Jud|
Grubb appointed Clifford Ludvlgh as r
ceiver for Marmorsteln A Co., Inc., man
facturers of watches and Jewelry nove
ties. 46 Llspenard Street, with a bond
$1,000. Liabilities, $50,000; assets, $2,6C
Assignments
BARNETT KOTLER, dealer in ?jroceri?
at 2018 Crotona Parkway, the Bronx, h
assigned for the benefit of creditor?
Albert B. Cory. .
?
Buyers Arrived
Faii-child Sendee
AKRON, Ohio?L. O. Federman Co.; 8.
Raffel, Jobs of fall dresses; Alfred Fan
120 West Thirty-second Street.
ALBANY?B. Rlchman, drygoods, genei
merchandise, furnishing goods; Broa
way Central.
AMARILLO, Tex.?Regent Mode Shop;
J. Braunlg, ladies' ready to wear;
Mlttenthal; 1182 Broadway.
AUGUSTA, Ga.?Phinlzy ? Co.; S. Phlni
jr., general line; Colllnfwood.
AUGUSTA. Ga.?H. Phinlzy. general Hi
Pennsylvania.
CAIRO, 111.?Isaac Pearson, ready to we?
Pennsylvania.
DALLAS, Tex.?S?nger Broa.; W. H. Hlr
floor coverings, rug? and carpet?; Per
sylvanla.
BALTIMORE?American Wholesale C?
poration; A. A. Dieterle, cotton pi?
goods, blankets and comforters, beddli
art needlework; 354 Fourth Avenue.
BALTIMORE?Armstrong, Cator & Co.;
P. Cator, millinery, notions and far
goods; The Annex.
BALTIMORE?Armstrong, Cator A Co.;
F. Cator, furnishing goods, hosiery a
gloves; The Annex.
BALTIMORE?Stewart & Co.; Miss
Bailey, misses' ?ults; Miss F. Jeffri
children'?,dresses; 2 West Thirty-sevei
Street.
BALTIMORE?Rasch A Galnor; W.
Rasch, manufacturers window sha
and draperies; St. Andrew.
BALTIMORE?-The Hub; T. W. Wal
cloaks and suits; 116 West Thirty-s
ond Street. 13th floor.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.?Drennen Co.; F.
Brennen, men's clothing and furnish
goods; Pennsylvania.
BOSTON?Jordan Marsh Co.; Mis? G.
Hurtblse. women's suits (basement);
Armstrong, misses' and women's cot
walnts; 432 Fourth Avenue.
BOSTON? R. II. White Co.: Miss M;
Ooodwin, silverware, clocks. Jewel
cameras; 482 Fourth Avenue
BOSTON?Jacob Sandier, men's furnl
ings; Breslln.
BOSTON?Chandler & Co.; W. H. N
cahy, linens, flanriels, housekeep
good?: 2S0 Fifth Avenue.
BOSTON?J. R. Edwards, merchant tail
Woodwird.
1 BOSTON?Andrew?. Johnson & Co.;
B. Johnson, mi!ltnei-y; St. Andrew.
BOSTON?Brown, Durrell Co.; J. W. Hi
mond, handkerchiefs: The Annex.
BOSTON?Emerson Drygooda Co. ; MJ?a
Dal?, laces; Brealln.
BOSTON?M. A ?. Skirt Co. ; I. M.
manufacturer? skirt?; 1182 Broadwaj
BOSTON?M. Roger?, men's furnish
good?; Somerset.
BOST?3N?Hub Dres? Manufacturing <
Mark Cohen, cotton piece goods; 1
Bioadway.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. ? Howland'? E
food? Co. ; J. B. Granfleld, men'? furn!
ngs, knit underwear, hosiery, hand!
chief?, umbrella?, glove?; 404 Fo?i
Avenue.
BUFFALO?H. A. Meldrum Co.; J.
Cronln, merchandl??? manager;
Fourth Avenue.
BUFFALO?Sinciair-Rooney Co.; D.
O'Keefe. mllli?ery: B. Rooney, rej
?entative; 621? Broadway.
BUFFALO?William Hengerer Co.; a
K. J. Leyden. knit good? and knit un?
Wear; 2 Wut Thirty-seventh Street.
BUFFALO?William Hengerer Co.; J
G. Stlokltn. misses' and Junior?' dre?,
coat? and ?ult?; 2 West Thirty-eeve
Street.
BUFFALO?3. N. Adam * Co.; D. M. D
roll, infant?' wear and children'? do
tng; U. JP. B*rH?tL c?jat?, ?u|t# ?
skirts and atout?; 2 West Thirty-seventh
Street.
BUTTE, Mont.?M. J. Connell Co.; B.
Lorlm'er, ready to wear; 23 Bast Tvrenly
slxth Street.
CHICAGO?Regal Hat Co. ; Frank Schl
lanaky, representative; Alcazar.
CHICAGO?Marshall Field A Co.; Mr?. M.
Ward, French lingerie and mualln un
?terwear; Mis? C. Raymond, misses' suit?
ond coat?; 1107 Broadway.
CHICAGO?Mandel Bros. ; Mis? L. R.
Solomon, skirts; 13 Bast Twenty-second
Street, 10th floor.
CHICAGO?T. Ascher Co,; F. Nlemeyer,
ornaments novelties and findings.
CHICAGO?Nelson Furnlturo Co.; C. W.
Nelson, furniture, carpet?, rugs, up?
holstery and draperie?; Union Square.
CHICAGO-?S. Strauss, carpets awl furni?
ture; Park Avenue.
CINCINNATI?Seaman-Hamilton Co.; A.
F, Seaman, white Roods, linens, linings,
laces, embroideries and handkerchief?;
The Annex.
CINCINNATI?Alms A Doepk?. Co.; ,T.
Speokman, white goods and linens; 350
Broadwav.
CLEVELAND?Henry Baumsn, coat? and
suit?; Pennsylvania.'
CLEVELAND?Bailey Co.; Mme. Mosco
??Iti, fall ?uit?; 37 West Twenty-sixth
? Street.
CLEVELAND?\V. B. Davis Co.; W. H.
Davis, president and general manager;
Gregorian.
CLEVELAND?C. Harris A Bro. ; Charles
Harris, clothing; Pennsylvania.
COLUMBUS, Ohio?Armbrustcr Co.; B. B.
Armbruster, underwear, hosiery and fcntt
goods; 6 West Thirty-second .Street.
COLUMBUS, Ohio?F. A R. Lazarus Co.;
,T. P. Doody, basement men's and boys'
clothing and furnishings; G. W. Potter,
house dteases, aprons, hosiery, muslin
underwear; 225 Fifth Avenue.
CONNORSVILLE, Ind.?Tho Lovlnson Co.;
?Mr. Levlnson, ready to wear; Milton
Lichtenstein, 25 West Thirty-third
Street.
DALLAS, Tex.?S?nger Bros.; C. C.
Millington, economy basement; .1.. li.
Poythress, gloves, hose, k'nlt underwear,
men's furnishings; Miss Hertye Prager,
books, pictures, etc.; 19 East Twenty
fourth Street.
DALLAS. Tex.?S?nger Bros.; W. H.
Hurst, carpets, rugs and draperies; 19
East . Twenty-fourth Street.
DAYTON. Ohio?Rike Kumler Co.; Miss
S?humaker, sweators and Unen under?
wear; Miss Swinger, waists; 255 Fifth
Avenue.
DENVER?Isbell, Kent Oakes D. G. Co.;
R. Isbell, dry goods; L. K. Kappe, stplo
notions, fancy goods: Flanders.
DETROIT?Herman A Maaure; B. Berman,
clothing; Broadway Central.
DETROIT?Ciowlcy-Mllner Co.: W. R.
Clark, millinery; 116 West Thirty-second
Street.
DETROIT?I. L. Hudson Co.; Miss Schill?
ing, Infants' wear; Mr. Merschel, girls'
and Juniors' organdie and voile dresses
and sweaters; H. McHugh, infants' wear;
2"?5 Fifth Avenue.
DETROIT ? Crowley, Milner Co.; N. W,
Jeran, mdse. mgr. ; Alfred Fantl, 116
West Thirty-second Street.
DETROIT?J. L. Hudson Co.; Mrs. Os
borne; 226 Fifth Avenue.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. ? J. Gans, ladles'
ready to wear; 212 Fifth Avenue,
FORT WAYNE, Ind.?H. C. Meacham Co.;
Miss Henry, Mrs. M. Foster, millinery,
1160 Broadway.
GOLDRBORO, N. C?Royal A Borden; E
Borden, furniture; Pennsylvnnla.
GREEN BAY, Wis. ?United Clonk and Sul.t
Co.; A. Wasserstein, dresses, coats and
suits; 1170 Broadway.
HARRISBURO, Pa.?Bowman A Co.; E.
D. Jennings, representing; 1270 Broad?
way.
HOUSTON.'Texas?W. C. Munn A Co.; A
Hill, ready to wear; R. Hill, men's fur?
nishing?; J. M. Biggins. 1160 Broadway
HOUSTON. Texas?Carl Reis; Miss A
Strock, ready to wear; 3 West Twenty
ninth Street.
HOUSTON, Tex.?W. C. Munn Co.; Mrs
E. C. Keysor. handkerchiefs and neck
wear, ribbons; 1 East Thlrtv-thlrd Street
HUNTSVILLB. Ala.?Goldsmith - Grosse?.
Co.;- E. H. Grosser, men's furnishing
goods, hats, clothing, women's ready U
wear; the Annex.
INDIANAPOLIS?H. A. Stout, shoes
Grand.
JOHNSONBURO, Pa. ? J. J. Donnelly
piece goods, men's, women's ready tc
wear; Bristol.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.?John Taylor Dr?
Goods Co.; J. Taylor, ready to wear; 20?
Fifth Avenue.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.?Jones Store Co.; E
Lleberman, upholstery; 28 East Twenty
sixth Street.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ? M. B. Arnsteln i
Co.; Miss L. Murphy, millinery; 43 Leon
ard Street.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn.?Anderson. Dulln {
Varnell Co. ; 3. G. Ramsey, ready ti
wear; 1 East Thirty-third Street, 4tl
floor.
LEBANON, Ind.?Adler A Co.; M. Adler
ready to wear? Milton Lichtenstein, 2
West Thirty-third Street.
LOS ANGELES ? Smith-Rlddlck Whole
sale D. G. Co.; W. A. Hancock, dres
goods, wash goods, linings; 72 Leonari
8treet.
LOS ANGELES?J. W. Robinson Co.; Mn
Lucy Culver, blouses; Miss Rose Rnydei
infants' wear; Miss M. Wallaco, ne?
llgees and wash dresses; 303 Flit
Avenue.
LOS ANGELES ? Broadway Dept. 8tore
Mrs. H. A. McKonna, millinery; Wood
?tock.
LOUISVILLE?S. Bloom & Son; S. Bloom
clothing, shoes, etc. ; Navarre.
LOUISVILLE?D. Baird A Son; G. II
Hetllch, jrillllnery; Pennsylvania.
LYNCHBURG, Va.?J. R. Milner Co.: J. 1
Jefferson, blankets, upholstery good?
flannels, trunks, bags; 1150 Broadway.
LYNCHBURG, Va.?J. R. Milner Co.; H
Chrlstan, waists; 1160 Bway, 8th floor.
MARSHALL. Tex.?The Russoll-Qrahar
Co.; A. G. Rooker, dresses; Pennsylvanl?
MARSHALL, T.'X.?J. Weinman A? Co. ; .
C. Jarrad, dry goods and ready to wea?
1150 Broadway.
MEMPHIS?J. Goldsmith & Sons Co.; r
Steife], shoes; 1150 Broadway, 8th floo:
MINNEAPOLIS?Powers Merchandise Co
Mrs. F. ChriBtie, children's dresses an
Infants' wear; 2 West Thirty-sevent
Street.
MINNEAPOLIS?Dayton Co.; Miss Edit
Cunningham, walBts; Miss H. M. Hasei
representative; 225 Fifth Avenue.
MINNEAPOLIS?E. E. Atkins Co.; M
Kennedy, inexpensive coats; Speclalt
Stores Association, 10 East Thirty-sec
ond Street.
MINNEAPOLIS--L. S. Donaldson Co.; Mi.?
B. Spillane, ready to wear; 230 , Fift
Avenue, 18th floor.
MISOULA. Mich.?Tho Leader; J. Dar
ziger, ready to wear; 141 Fifth Avenu
6th floor; Simon. ?
NASHVILLE?A. Bennle & Co.; A. Bennl
hosiery, notions, furnishing goods an
house furnishing?; Pennsylvania.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.?H. W. Evan
woolen piece goods; Park Avenue.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.?R. Tucker Co.; Ma
Llpsher, woolen piece goods; Par
Avenue.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.?J. Press Co. ; ,
Press, woolen piece goods; Park Avenu
NEW ORLEANS?Maison Blanche Co.; ;
B. Stern, shoes; Pennsylvania.
NBW ORLEANS?C. A. Kaufman Co.; )
Levy, shoes; 116 West Thirty-secor
8treet.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.?Beir Bros.; Ml
A. Nuhn, leather goods and novelties;
West Thirty-second Street, 13th floor.
NORFOLK, Va.?M. Sherman, dry good
Grand.
NORWICH, Conn.?Porteous A Mitch?.
Co.; W. T. Rogers, boys' clothing; 4:
Fourth Avenue.
OMAHA, Neb.?J. L. Brandies & Sons; 1
Jacob!, drugs; 1261 Broadway.
OMAHA, NeD.?J. L\Brandeis; Karl Loul
general merchandise and Jobs; 12
Broadway; S. M. Goldberg.
OTTUMWA, la.?C. B. Cross Co.; C.
Cross, ladles' ready to wear; 1170 Broa
way, room 509.
PAWHUHKA, Okla.? J. P. Plekens, rea?.
to wear; 220 Fifth Avenue, 9th floor.
PAWTUCKBT, R. I.?D. Harley Co.; F. 1
Borden, notions, furnishing goods, rl
bons, trimmings and jewelry; Breslin.
PHILADELPHIA?Interstate I'honograi
Co.; W. L. Eckhardt, phonographs;
East Forty-second Street.
PHILADELPHIA?P.erlstein A Co.; W. .
Moldttwer. silks, cotton and woolen pie
goods, ladies' and misses' drseses; 12
Broadway, room 316.
PHILADELPHIA?Reis A Smith Mfg. C<
Max Smith, mohair silks: Pennsylvanl
PHILADELPHIA?Biauner's; Miss Seid
jobs surf and cloth bathing suits; Alfr
Fantl. 116 West Thirty-second Street.
PHILADELPHIA?Gimbel Bros.; Miss M
Cenn, misses' suits; Thirty-second Stre
and Broadway.
PHILADELPHIA?Lit Bros.; M. Selzma
Job? of basement; 1261 Broadway.
PHILADELPHIA?National "Kid Klothe
Co.; Allen L. Greenberg, boys' clothin
Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA?H. J- Cohn, Inc.;
Cohn, coats and suits; Aberdeen.
PHILADELPHIA?Adelphla Cloak a
Suit Co.; B. Abramson and K. N. Ka
mel, coat* and suits; 64 West Twent
third Street.
PHILADELPHIA?M. Greenspan, pie
good?; Grand.
PHOENIX, Ariz?N. Diamond A Bro.;
E. Carter, general merchandise manag?
Milton Lichtenstein, 25 West Thirt
third Street.
PINE BLUFF, Ark.?Frong Co.; M. Sht
man, ready to wear; 220 Fifth Aven?
room 910.
PITTSBURGH ? Kaufman's Departirte
Stete; Mrs. Murphy, 1261 Broadway.
PITTSBURGH?J. Goldman; clothing, f?
nlshlng goods and millinery; Grand.
PITTSBURGH?Berkman Bros.; J. Ber
man, women's cloaks and suits; Pen
?ylvania.
PITTSBURGH ? McCreery Co.; J. E. Dav
silks; 23 East Twenty-sixth Street.
PITTSBURGH?Lewln-Neiman Co.; M
Flatow, dresses; Miss B. Frank, rep?
sentatlve: Miss Addleman, coats a
?uit?; 1261 Broadway.
PITTSBURGH ? Kaufman A Baer C
Miss Drescher, ladies' suits; F. Lool
costumes and dresses; Miss R. Carlt?
house dresses, bathing suits, petticoat
M. Kaufman, representing; L. Ka?
man, women's ready to wear; 404 Four
Avenue.
POMCA CITY, Okla.; L. S. Bamta; M
Eck,-ready to wear; 1170 Broadway.
PORTLAND, Me?Porteous, Mitchell
Braun; Mr. Lakeman, ready to we?
432 Fourth Avenue.
PORTLAND, Ore.?Ltpman-Wolfe Co.;
Allen, muslin underwear: 1123 Broa
way.
RUAl>J?iG. Pa.?H. D. Kurt!, dry goo
and ready to wear; 37 West Twenty
sixth Street. ?
"RICHMOND, Va. ? Welsbcrger Co.; S.
Welsbcrger, men's furnishing goods,
hosiery, underwear and women's ready
to wear; 37 West Twenty-sixth Street.
ROME, Ga.?J. Kuttner A Co.; Mrs. Hart
Smith, suits and coats, dresses and furs
for retail trade ilepartment; Pennsyl?
vania.
8AN ANTONIO, Tex.?Wolff A Marx Co.;
Miss G. Westof, gloves and hosiery; H.
II. Ochs, linens, blankets, bedding?; 8
West Thirty-second Street.
SAN FRANCISCO?II. Goldstone, piece
goods; Pennsylvania.
SAN FRANCISCO?The Golden Cloak Co.;
I. Goldman, ready to wear; 246 Fifth
Avenue.
SAN FRANCISCO?Newman-Magnin Co.;
Miss E. Play fair, millinery; Pennsyl?
vania.
SAN FRANCISCO?M. Miller, ready to
wear; Pennsylvania.
SAN FRANCISCO?E. B. Walley, furs,
cloaks, suits and waists; Pennsylvania.
SEATTLE. Wash.?M. Chemansky, ready
to wear; 14 East Twenty-sixth Street.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio?M. Federman Co.;
C. Dahlgren, ready to wear; 37 West
Twenty-sixth Street.
ST. ALBANS, Vt,?Harold Cohen, dry
goods and clothing; Breslln.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.?Hertch Bros.; T. G.
Driver, coats and suits, dreBses; Penn?
sylvania.
ST. LOUIS?Stlx, Baer A Fuller; Miss E.
Nolte, Infants' wear; 1107 Broadway.
ST. LOUIS?-Sonnenfeld's Millinery Co.;
Morris Rosenthal, feathered hats; Oscar
Abel; 16 West Thirty-sixth Street.
ST. LOUIS?Ely-Walker D. G. Co.; F.
A. Kahman. hosiery; 56 Worth Street.
8T. LOUIS?Famous A Barr Co.; B.
Hirsch, basement millinery; 37 West
Twentv-sixth Street.
ST.*LOUIS?Stlx, Baer A Fuller; O. Phil?
lips, china, lamps and electroliers; L.
Freund, jobs voiles and organdies; 1170
Broadway.
ST. LOUIS?B. Nugent A Bro.; Miss A.
Sullivan, tall dresses; 1261 Broadway.
ST. LOUIS?Kurlander Bros. A Harfleld:
Paul Adler, fall silk shirt waists, 316
Fifth Avenue.
ST. LOUIS?Ely-Walker D. G. Co.; S. A.
Kahman, hosiery; 66 Worth Street.
ST. LOUIS?Scruggs, Vandefvoort A
Barney Co.; B. M. Chamberlain, boys'
clothing and furnishings; 225 Fifth
Avenue.
SYRACUSE?E. W. Edward3 A Co.; W.
P. Slattery, woolen piece goods, linings,
Bilks, satins and velvets; 485 Central
Park West
TACOMA, Wash.?Bvans-Scow Clothing
Co.; J. C. Johnson, clothing; Broadway
Central.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.?Levinson's; M. ?
Levlnson, ready to wear; Milton Llch
tensteln, 25 West Thirty-third Street.
'TRENTON, N. J.?D. 8. Josephson, snoes;
Breslln.
TRENTON, N. J.?George Marks, jewelry;
York.
TROY, N. Y.?B. Groesbeck. millinery;
Contintfcntal.
WASHINGTON, D. C.?Oppenhelmer A
Ney; S. Oppenhelmer, dry goods, mil?
linery, hats, clothing and shoes; Penn?
sylvania.
WASHINGTON, D. C?A. Llsner Com?
pany (Palais Royal); Miss K. E. O'Day,
notions: 220 Fifth Avenue.
W1LKES-BARRE. Pa?Fowler, Dick?* A
Walker Company, R. Meredith, repre?
senting; W. P. Moftit, carpets; 5 West
Thirty-second Street.
WILKES-BARRB, l'a.?A. Rlffkln A Co.;
B. Heller, linens, white goods, notions,
furnishing goods, mfrs. shirts and over?
alls; Herald H?iuare.
W1NFIELD, Kan.?The Calvert-Cheok Co.;
C. R. tJalvert, dry goods and general
merchandise; Flanders.
WORCESTER, Mass.?Denholm A McKay
Company; J. M. Robertson, cloaks, suits,
furs and waists; 230 Fifth Avenue, 18th
floor.
YOAKUM, Tex.?E. Heltz Department
Store; K. Heitz, ladles' and men's ready
to wear; J. Mlttenthal, 1182 Broadway.
Buyers Coming
i LOS ANGELES?J. W. Robinson Co.; Miss
O. Truxler, petticoat?; left yesterday for
New York City; 303 Fifth Avenue.
LOS ?NGELUS?Cooper, Coate A Casey;
R. L. Zanc, ready to wear; Woodstock;
left for New York July 12.
MILES CITY, Mont.?The Shore-Newcom
Company; Leo De Rosier, ready to wear;
Great Northern; expected July 17.
Woman Killed in Leap
From Hospital Window
Ina Petersen. a patient in the
woman's ward on the third floor of
Plant pavilion, St. Luke's Hospital,
Amsterdam Avenue and 113th Street,
jump??d from a window of the ward
last night and killed herself. As soon
as the night nurse had made her
rounds at 9:30, turned the lights low
and left the room, the young woman
took the screen from the window and
jumped.
She was still alive when orderlies
carried her into the operating room,
but died before an operation could be
performed. Her skull was fractured,
as were several ribs.
She was twenty-five years old and
was separated from her husband. She
had ( been a maid, employed at a chil?
dren's home at Chautauqua, N. Y., and
went to St. Luke's Hospital yesterday
with a letter of introduction from the
superintendent of the home to be
treated for epilepsy.
The American Legion
News: Local. State. National,
Legionnaires in City Are
Interested in Selection
of 500 Men for Ma?
rine Corps Commissions
Nominations Must Be In
l|y July 20 to Receive
Consideration by the N.
Y. County Convention
Veterans of the Marine Corps should
be interested in the announcement
made by Major General John A. Le
Jeune, commandant of the corps, that
500 candidates ,are to be selected for
permanent commissions by a board of
officers, the members of which will be?
gin their sittings to-day at Washing?
ton.
The necessity for the additional offi?
cers grows out of the incroase in the
Etrongth of the Marine Corj>s to 27,000
men from 17,000, and the new marine
officers will be chosen on the basis of
record and physical fitness from all
former officers of the corps, reserve and
temporary, and from former enlisted
men who hold or have held commis?
sions, whether now in civil life or in
service. The commissions will be in
various grades. Most of the members
of the board of officers, who will pass
[ on the qualifications of the candidates,
saw service in France. They are Major
? General Wendell C. Neville, Brigadier
j Generals Smedley D. Rutler and Harry
Lee, Colonels R. H. Lane and F. L.
\ Bradman and Lieutenant Colonels H. C.
Snyder and J. W. Wadleigh.
There are a great many Legionnaires
in this community eligible to the ex?
aminations, nnd it is not unlikely that
some will avail themselves of the op?
portunity to become permanently iden?
tified with the fighting outfit.
Nominations Close July 20
Manhattan Legionnaires were notified
yesterday by Nicholas Engle, chairman
of the committee on nominations, a
preliminary committee of the New York
County convention, that nominations
to be considered by that body must be
forwarded to Mr. Engle, at 253 Broad?
way, not later than July 20. The date
originally set was July 23.
The county convention will be held
July 28, and from all appearances the
machinery will be running so smoothly
that little time will be lost by unneces?
sary debate.
Vocational Schools for Disabled
The American Legion editor of The
Tribune has received the following
communication from V. R. Manning,
acting director of the New York Com?
munity Service:
"I have noticed that The New York
a
."Tribune 1? deeply interested in the
?wounded men taking vocational train?
ing and those waiting for an oppor?
tunity for such training.
"New York Community Service, with
(the assistance of the Tuxedo Park Red
'Cross, is conducting a summer camp
".for men in vocational schools and
wounded men at Fox Hills. Wo still
2iavo room for a few more men."
Applications should be made at IB
,East Fortieth Street.
More Money for "Vets"
It did not take long for Robert T.
1 Fischer, chief of District No. 2 of the
Federal Board for Vocational Educa?
tion?which comprises New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut?to decide that
disabled service men under his juris?
diction were in a locality "where main?
tenance and support are above the av?
erage and comparatively high."
The disablod men studying at New
York University have found that they
cannot live on the $80 a month allowed
by the government originally, and all
of them have made application for the
$20 additional allowed under the Dar
row rider, which passed Congress. It
is this rider which provides that it
must be proved that men live in locali?
ties where prices are high in order to
get the additional allowance. In a re?
cent address to these students Mr.
Fischer stated that he not only be?
lieved they were entitled to the in?
creases, but that all the disabled ser
-vice men in his district were.
If thiB increase is granted the
I amount will be covered by separate
I checks, which will be available to the
students the latter part of this month.
I Any increase will be effective as of July
1, so that the present delay will not
result in any actual loss of money to
the men who are in training.
Bastille Dny Observed
Scores of Legionnaires of this com?
munity were guests last night of the
Federation of French War Veterans at
the observance of Bastille Day, held in
the 71st Regiment Armory, Thirty
fourth Street and Fourth Avenue.
Post Activities
West End Post, 313, will held its only
meeting of the summer season at its
headquarters to-night, 2228 Broadway.
Members are urged to attend, as im?
portant business will be taken up.
Arthur Viens Post, 704, the Bronx,
has chosen Norman H. Gambel as the
chairman of its committee to visit the
wounded veterans at Fox Hills, Staten
Island. This committee, together with
representatives of other Bronx posts,
will visit the hospital this Saturday in
motor cars, carrying a cargo of candy,
jam and cigarettes.
Members of the Republican Club of
Queens County will give a block party
to-morrow and Saturday evening for
the benefit of the memorial fund for
soldiers, sailors and marines. It will
be held at Eleventh and Jamaica ave?
nues, Long Island City.
Wife Declares She
Agreed to Afford
Divorce Grounds
Mrs. Alfred Warman Says
She, Her Husband and
Others Entered in Conpir
acy; Man Disputes Story
Mrs. Graoe E. Warman, of Brooklyn,
whose husband, Alfred, an insurance
broker of 35 Nassau Street, Manhattan,
is suing her for divorce., conspired with
him and others so that he might ob?
tain grounds for his action, according
to her affidavit filed yesterday with
Justice Van Sielen in the Brooklyn Su?
preme Court.
Warman in his affidavit denies the
conspiracy charge. To support his con?
tention that his wife was unduly fa?
miliar with Julian Houtain, a lawyer,
he presents a letter alleged to have
been written by Houtain, in which the
lawyer admits that he and Mrs. War
man had been in love.
A third affidavit, filed by Houtain,
further complicates the lee-al tangle.
In this he says that he and Mrs. War
man were never guilty of misconduct.
The woman made her charge of con?
spiracy in applying for $350 a week
alimony and counsel fees, pending trial
of the divorce action. She was mar?
ried to Warman twelve years ago. she
says, and they were twice separated
thereafter, but each time reconciled.
Last October, she says, her husband
told her she could have custody of their
ten-year-old daughter, Dorothy, if she
would agree to a divorce.
"In a moment of weakness," the affi?
davit continues, "I promieed to go to a
hotel with Mr. Houtain and supply the
necessary evidence."
Two days later, she alleges, she
called Houtain on the telephone, while
her husband "listened in" and made an
engagement to meet him af n hotel in
Manhattan. An old friend, Pryor Allen,
she says, was also in the plot. When
she met Houtain at the hotel, accord?
ing to the affidavit, she saw Allen and
a detective waiting in the vestibule.
They later entered the room where she
and Houtain were, she says.
"The value of Houtain's denial," says
Warman in his affidavit, "can be
judged by his letter which I received
February 28, 1919."
This letter, according to the affi?
davit, reads in part:
"Now that Mrs. Warman has been
put to the crucial test, she realizes
she has made a mistake.
"She is more than sorry for what j
has happened. She has found that
there are far more important consider?
ations in life than what she supposed ?
was the big thing in her life?her i
love for me."
Justice Van Sielen reserved decision I
on the motion for alimony and coun- '
sel fees.
, m -
Navy Airman Acquitted of j
Carrying Liquor in Plane I
Ensign Windsor H. Cushing, senior
officer of the navy seaplane C-806, who j
has been on trial before a court martial
in New York Navy Yurd, charged with ;
carrying 144 bottles of whisky on the j
plane from the Bahamas to Key West,
was exonerated yesterday.
Commodore Fahs, president of the j
court martial, in announcing the verdict, !
said:
"The court finds that the specifica?
tions in this case are not proved. > The
accused is so informed."
Ensign Cushing will be released on
order of the commander of the navy
yard, in whose custody he is. His sub?
ordinate, Ensign Frank Lamb, will be
placed on trial to-morrow, it is said, be?
fore a board of investigation at Key
West. Lamb is said to have admitted
that the bottles carried aboard the sea?
plane contained whisky.
Captain Brown, counsel for Cushing,
in summing up, said:
"There has been absolutely ho evi?
dence in this case to prove that whisky
was in the bottles or cases, no matter
what the iogical deduction might be."
Veterans of '71
Honored Here
On Bastille Day
Tri-Color Floats Over City
and Old Men in Wrinkled
Blue and Red Uniforms
Get Ovations Everywhere
French Colony Celebrates
Union of Societies Holds
All-Day Fete; Reviewed
by the Consul General
- V
Bastille Day brought the tn-color of
iFrance to the streets of New York again
yesterday. Old men appeared in the
wrinkled uniform of '71 and in the
lapels of the young men were the in?
tertwined colors of the two republics
with the face of Pershing or of Foch
on a celluloid button. The military
leaders of the two nations exchanged
greetings by cable.
In the evening the orators of the
French colony looked back on the
glorious history of the day and looked
forward to a new friendship between
the two peoples, bound together by the
common memories of the great war.
An all-day celebration under the aus?
pices of the Union des Societies de
j Langue Fran?aise was held at the
? Manhattan Casino. This was the first
joint f?te of the twenty-two societies
in this federation, which claim more
than 10,000 members.
Its purpose is to keep alive the good
j will between American and French na
t tions, and to combat German propa
| ganda in this country.
"We are few compared to the mil
, lions of Germans in this country," said
; Andre C. de Ravin, general manager of
I the federation, last night at the Casino.
i "We have been weak because we have
i never been united. From this time on
I we shall work together in defense of
the spirit of democracy, of which our
two countries are the world's great ex?
amples.
"In New York we have one definite
piece of work in the cleaning out of
the so-called French restaurants on the
j side street downtown which have had
j reputation. These are really run by
Germans and Austrians camouflaged as
French, with the deliberate intention of
I injuring the Frenchmen of this city in
; the eyes of Americans."
Gaston Liebert, Consul General of
j France, was the guest of honor at the
i celebration. The twenty-two societies
I paraded before him, led by a group of
French war veterans of the Marne and
Verdun. The aged veterans of older
French wars were given an ovation as
they trudged along in blue and scarlet
uniforms.
Speeches were made by the Consul
, General and by Christophe Grisostomy,
! president of the federation, and Gaston
? Burlet, its secretary. The societies
| represented were:
Les Allobroges, L'Amiti?, L'Avenir,
! La Clemente Amiti?, Cosmopolite, La
! Concorde, Le Club D?mocratique Fran?
cais, La Culinaire Philanthropique,
i Les Dames de L'Orph?on. L'Entente,
i L'Esp?rance, L'Etoile, Les Felibres, Les
; Gardes Lafayette, L'Helvetienne, LTs
; raelite Fran?aise, Les Ouvriers Bou?
langers Francais, La Ruche Fran?aise,
L'Union Alsacienne No. 1, Les Vet
: eranes Arm?es de Terre et de Mer,
1870, Alsace-Lorraine No. 1, Vatel Club,
and Sphinx.
Proceeds from the fete will be used
to aid French war widows and orphans,
to endow a bed in the French Hospital
and to create a fund for a permanent
clubhouse for French-American socie?
ties.
Consul General Liebert also spoke at
a gathering of French Veterans of the j
Giteat War in the Seventy-first Regi
ment Armory last night.
France Holds Great
Bastille Day Fetes
41,000 Troops on Review
in Paris; Celebration
Has Pre-War Glamour \
PARIS, July 14.?France to-day cele-?
brated the one hundred and thirty-fir3t
anniversary of the taking of the Bastille.
Forty thousand soldiers of artillery and
infantry marched through Paris to the
Vincennes race track, where they par?
ticipated in a great review. Points of
vantage were occupied by thousands of
Parisians who took up their positions
shortly after dawn. All the buildings
of Paris were flag-bedecked, the French
and American flags being entwined
with the colors of the other Allies.
The brilliancy of the military review
was marred by the absence of President
Deschanel and Marshal Foch. The
President sent word regretting that ill j
health compelled him to continue his j
rest for several weeks, while Marshal
Foch was at Spa, to which city he had
been summoned by the AUied Premiers.
This afternoon at the club of the
Knights of Columbus, an American flag
was presented to France by $ delega?
tion of girls from San Francisco.
Ambassador Jusserand delivered a
speech in which he referred to the af?
fection uniting France and the United
States. He also touched on thte care
which France is giving to the graves
of American soldiers killed on the field
of honor.
Myron T. Herrick, former American
Ambassador to France, and Read Ad?
miral Thomas P. Magruder, naval at?
tach? of the American Embassy, also
spoke of the close friendship uniting
France and the United States.
Tho, flag was to have been presented
personally to Marshal Foch. Captain
Andr? Tardieu thanked the American
girls in behalf of Foch.
The press to-day printed greetings to j
"Foch, France and the United States
of America," with tributes to the ?
American Legion, giving its principles.
Paria last night reverted to its holi- j
day pleasures stopped by the war. The I
government gave free concerts and j
street dances, while military bands
played in the park band stands. Every j
known place of interest was filled and
the street dances continued to-night ?
and will go on to-morrow night. Big '.
fairs were held in several quarters and I
itinerant entertainers amused crowds I
at street corners.
During the military review 16,000
crack troops particularly symbolized
France's victorious army. These
troops charged as they came before ',
the grandstands, where groups of war
widows and orphans and mutilated sol?
diers wer given places of honor. A?f :
the rising sun sparkled on the waves of ;
shining bayonets and the helmets of
the cuirassiers, the cheering of the
spectators drowned the music of a
dozen bands.
Marshal Pctain presented gorgeous
silk colors to new Colonial regiments
and conferred the insignia of their
promotion in the Legion of Honor upon
General Mangin, victor of the battle
of the Aisne, and twelve other com?
manding officers.
COBLENZ, July 14?The ^American
army on the Rhine to-day eelebr?ted
France's national holiday. Th* army
hand gave concerte and ealutea were
fired in honor of Paul Tirard, presi?
dent of the International RhinelantJ
Commission, and the /'"ich.
Brigadier General H. T. Allen, com?
mander in chief of the American Army
of Occupation, went to Mavence to
participate in the observance of the
day at the head-qifarters of the French
army of the Rhine.
Wilson Sends Warm
Message to France
Say8 America's Affection
Will Endure; Tri-Color
on White House Staff
WASHINGTON, July 14?Confidence
that the ties which bind the American
and French peojple "in fraternal affec?
tion and esteen?are indestructible and
will abide forever" is expressed by
President Wilson in a Bastille Day
message sent to-day to President De
schanel of France. The message fol?
lows
"Please accept, Mr. President, for
|yourself and the great French people
! my sincere and warm felicitations and
? b??st wishes, as well as those of the
! American people, on the occasion of
this national holiday, commemorative
of an event which, like our own Dec?
laration of Independence, gave notice
to the world that men should no longer
be subjected to the tyranny and des?
potism of arbitrary power, but that
! laws should be just and equal to all.
"It was such sentiments that had
| previously moved the French people
! to give not only sympathy but their
I assistance to the American colonies
struggling for freedom, thus engender
'. ing a gratitude which has descfen?led
I with increasing fervor from generation
? to generation of American citizens and
; which found its visible expression in
tho spectacle of American armies fight
! ing with the armies of France for the
: rights of man. The ties which bind ?he
two peoples in fraternal affection and
! esteem are, I am confident, Mr. Presi
i dent, indestructible and will abide for
; ever."
The French tricolor floated over the
' White House to-day for the first time.
Secretary Baker, accompanied bv a
1 representative of the French Embassy.
i and Major General March, Chief of
Staff, went to Arlington Cemetery,
| where he laid wreaths on the graves of
? French soldiers.
-.
Hylan Takes Steps
To Expose "Plotting
Of Traction Ring"
Orders Investigation, Say?
ing Contractors Seek to
Mulct City Out of Millions
in Extra Cost and Bonuses
Mayor Hylan instructed David
Hirshfield, Commissioner of Accounts,
yesterday to make an investigation of
contractors who, the Mayor said, were
endeavoring "to extract from the city
additional bonuses an?! costs to the ex?
tent of unknown millions."
Tho Mayor evidently was prompted
by statements issued recently by offi
cials o* the General Contractors' Asso
elation, made up of the subway con- i
tractors, attacking the city officials for
their failure to pay certain claims for
additional costs on contracts.
The Mayor referred particularly to
the statement issued on Tuesday by
C. A. Crane, secretary of the General
Contractors' Association, in which Mr, ;
Crane pointed out that the decision cf j
the Board of Estimate to award a con- ;
tract for the completion of a portion !
of the Fourteenth Street;Eastern Dis
trict subway, on which the Degnon
Contracting Company was declared in
default la3t February, would cost the
city in interest and added costs $2,500,- !
000 more than if the Degnon company
had been permitted to complete th? i
contract pursuant to its offer at the :
time.
"Certain contracting interests, their
financial backers and other corporate
interests," said the Mayor, "have been ;
endeavoring to induce, persuade and, in
fact, coerce public officials to reim- I
burse certain contractors out of the ?
city treasury for any loss they may
haVe sustained in their contracts with [
the city. These same contracting in
terests went to Albany during the last
two sessions of the Legislature and
were behind contracting bills that
would apply to the City of New York
locally, as well as a bill state-wide in
its application, so that in the event '<
that the Mayor disapproved the local
bill, which he did, they might en?
deavor to get the state-wide bill signed ,
?by the Governor. The state-wide bill,
however, was vetoed.
"The purpose sought was to have the '
city officials- reimburse contractors
practically to any extent they deemed
proper. These bills would have cost
the people of New York City from fifty
to one hundred million dollars. Since
the refusal of the city authorities to
allow the contracting ring to mulct the
city the contractors have been spread?
ing false and misleading propoganda.
"I wish you would make an investi?
gation, secure the full and complete
facts and make a report, so that the
public may know the full truth about
the traction ring and their sympa?
thizers."
CITATION NOTICE
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OP NEW
York, by ?he Grace of God, Free and In?
dependent.?To Henry Llt?\on Gabain. Car?
leon. Caterham, Surrey. England : Dorothy
Slordet Probst, Lynton Grange. Radcllffe Road.
Croydon, England; George Gabain. 3 Boule?
vard De Strasbourg, Havre. France; Evelyn
Gabain, Devon House. Caterham Valley, Sur?
rey, England ; Mabel Lucy Gabain, Devon
House, Caterham Valley, Surrey, England;
Kathleen Ada Gabain. Devon House, Cater?
ham Valley, Surrey. England ; Ernest Ferdi?
nand Gabain, Devon House, Caterham Val?
ley. Surrey, England; Gladys Maude Hea
gorty, Lynton Grange. Radcllffe Road, Croy?
don, England; Ethel Ada Probst. Lynton
? ?range. Radcllffe Road. Croydon. England;
Alice Kathleen Annie Underwood, Avenlng
Lodge. North St.. Sheringham. Norfolk, Eng?
land; Eileen McGregor Probst, 73 Elm Park
(lardens, London. S. W.. England ; John
Charles Probst, Havre. France; Arthur Llt
ton Rolls, care Joseph D. Rolls, Clnnoull,
Warlingham Surrey. England; Ursula Wini?
fred Rolls, care Joseph D. Rolfs. Clnnoull.
Warlingham Surrey, England; Edward A.
Piobst, care Probst, Hanbury & Co.. 7 Fen
church St., London. England; Mrs. Ada
Gabain. Devon House, Caterham Valley, Sur?
rey. England, the heirs and next of kin of
ARTHUR O. PROBST, deceaa?id. Send Greet?
ing:
Whereas, Tho Equitable Trust Company of
New York, carrying on business at No. 87
Wall St.. Borough of Manhattan, the City of
New York, has lately applied to the Surro?
gates' Court of our County of New York, to
have a certain Instniment in writing, bear?
ing date March 5th, 1919, and signed by ?he
said Arthur O. Ptobst, deceased, as his Last
Will and Testament and relating to both real
and personal property, duly proved a? the
last will and testament of said Arthur O.
Probst, deceased, who was at ?he time of his
death a resident of the Borough of Manhat?
tan, the County of New York.
Therefore, you and each of you are cited
to show cause before the Surrogates' ?Court
of our County of New York, at the Hall of
Records, in the County of New Tork. on the
4th day of August, one thousand nine hun?
dred and twenty, at half-past ten o'clock in
the forenoon of ?hut day. why the said will
and testament should not be admltte?! to pro?
bate as a will of real and personal property.
In Testimony Whereof, we have caused
the seal of the Surrogate?' Court of the said
County of New York to be hereunto affixed.
Witness. Honorable John P. Cohalan, a
Surrogate of our said County of New
[L.S.] York, at said County, the a?th day
of June, in the year of our Lord on?
thousand nine hundred and twenty.
DANIEL J. DOWDNEY.
Clerk of the Surrogates' Court.
Seamen Candidate of
Anti-La Follette W?q
Nominated for Governor
Madison ?Convention.Whirh f
vors Modified Volstead A^
TT?DISON, Wis., July 14._Giifc(,
M. Seaman, who was a colonel in a
32d Division over seas, will be the i,r
La Follette candidate ror the Guh
natorial nomination in the fall pr.^T*
ries. He was the choice of the c
servatlve branch of the party jn t?*
vention here to-day. Governor PbA&L
refused to be a candidate for re^P
tion. The convention wwjt on rtr*Z?
as favoring a modification of th? \v
i stead act to permit the manufacture??
beer and light wine?.
Samuel H. Cady, of Green Bay ..?j
in his keynote adcress:
"The major part of the Wiscon.h
'? delegates elected to the recent RaPov
: lican National Convention were ,?
I Republicans. They were Socialist* an?!
Non-Parti san Leaguers; this jg ?^
I by their vote; it is shown by their lack
1 of harmony with the convention j,
every particular: their platform, the-.
; arguments and their votes would h?v.
; been in harmony with a national on.
j vention of Socialists or Xonpartiis?-'
Leaguers."
'Gonzalez Orders Nuevo Laredo,
' Huerta Garrison, ?o Surrend??
LAREDO, Tex., July 14.?TH? Y-t.
? eral garrison at Nuevo Laredo, tfa
? Mexisan town opposite this city! *4|
?sleeping on their rarms to-night fol
j lowing receipt of a demand for sur
i render from General Ricardo Gonzalez'
[ commanding the anti-governmeiij
' forces.
The demand was refused by ?Colon?;
Ortega, garrison commander at? Uvm
I Loredo.
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