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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1911. Copyright. 1011. bV the Sun Printing and PubliMng A,tociatin.
PWCE TWO CENTS.
A CLASH OF RECEIVERSHIPS
.1 ; flllVM -OEXERAL FORGOT
Tl V V STATE COl ItT HERE.
Appointment Void, S Wireless llecrher
s,anied li V. S. Court In Maine V. H.
Court n "Foreign Court" I Ihp Hp.
Inrl .MnllnntnCiirr,theIrfert Here.
Halt n doren lawyers look part In n
nurii'd argument before Supreme Court
Justice I olinlnn yesterday relating to on
frtor' I'.v Selden Bacon, receiver in bank
iiiptcy of the United Wireless Telegraph
(nmpany, who was appointed In Maine
week by United States District .fudge
lUIe. to get the assets of the company
n,iy fiom rtobert E. Dow ling and Slduoy
Harris, who were appointed three weeks
dj.i by Justice Cohalan In a stockholders'
m-tmn brought here, but without the
recfrMry preliminary of making the
Attorney General a party.
baric K. Llttlelleld and Haul S, Myers
ere the lawyers who went to Maine
and hsd Selden Bacon, also a New York J
hwvei, apiointed receiver in bank
Piptcy Roger Koster, counsel for cer
tain stockholders in a suit here, charac
terised the action as "an effort to throw
the company into bankruptcy by the
jackals who make their lair In the Federal
Building." John Quinn, counsel for the
.Ve-v York receivers, said that he sub
scribed to Mr. Foster's characterization.
Neither Mr. l.ittlefield nor Mr. Myers was
present.
A petition In bankruptcy here had
been thrown out previously because the
State court action was then eiiding and
ihe Federal court here decided that the
State court should have precedence In
die matter All the lawyers then repre
senting various factions in the case had j
npuUted to take no proceedings in any
ether court after Justice Cohalan ap-1
minted receiver here, but Lawyers I
Myers and l.ittlefield were not parties
In the other proceedings. They went
tn Maine representing creditors and got
Mr Bacon appointed receiver in bank
ruptcy of the Maine corporation, which j
owns all the slock. The New York cor- I
poration operates the business.
Shortly after Mr Bacon was appointed
he wrote to the New York receivers de
manding possession of nil the asset nnd
.is Mr Quinn said, Mr Becon claimed
that under a recent act of Congress his
powers are "as wide as the continent
And as high as the sky." Mr Bacon
tnld Justice Cohalan later that he said
lu powers were "as wide as the United
States" In his letters to the receivers
Mr Bacon said that their appointment
xas invalid anyhow because the Attorney-General
had not been made a
party to the proceeding here and that
they could not hold the assets. Mr. Bacon
also served an order, returnable in the
Federal court here, to show cause why h
should not be made ancillary receiver here
which would entitle him to take posses
sion of the assets in this State
The New York receivers at once quit
paying salaries to wireless operators,
and aa a result of It, Mr. Foster said, many
curators have been sleeping in Battery
Park the last few nights. The local re
ceivers de facto also got an order palling
all parties interested to appear yesterday
before Justice Lehman, now sitting In
Part 1.. Special Term, and show causo
why a nunc pro tuno order should not be
Mgned making the Attorney-General a
party In order to cure the defect in the
original appointment of tile receivers.
They also asked permission to appear
in the Federal court tooppose Mr. Bacon 'a
appointment as ancillary receiver.
Mr. Bacon and all the lawyers who had
opposed the appointment of the receivers
nnmed by Justice Cohalan urged Justice
Iehman to adjourn the case because the
papers had leon served on them just
before they went to court. Counsel for
the receivers insisted on an immediate
hearing, saying that delay would facili
tate efforts to break up the company and
that important contracts are leLng held
up. one of which is the equipment of tho
battleship which is now waiting hero to
take the naval reserves on a cruise. The
rfurt refused an adjournment and sent
the case to Justice Cohalan, who heard
argument at once.
After tho Maine bankruptcy proceed
ings had been characterized by Mr. Foster
and Mr. Quinn the latter said: "Where is
Mr. Bacon? 1 object to his running
away " Just then Mr. Bacon was seen
when Justice Ihman refused an adjourn
ment and Mr. Quinn called him in. Mr.
Quinn then repeated that Mr. Bacon's
appointment was "the wanton and de
structive act of a foreign court." Ho
Mid that tho statement of the lawyer"
who had Mr. Bacon appointed that the
company is insolvent is untrue, because
the Msets are 1700,000 and the only in
debtedness la a judgment of $65,000. He
Mid that the Marconi company and other
business rivals would benefit if the United
Wlre!fs is put out of business, and while
he didn't want to say that tho lawyers
Interested in It were acting for the rivals,
it looked that way to him.
Mr Quinn also asked Justice Cohalan
Inquire into Mr Bacon's efforts to induce
the Utornoy-fieneral to take active steps
because, he had not been made a party
to the proceedings. He said that at tho
argument before Justioa Lehman for
a delay jir Bacon went up to Deputy
Attorney-General Beyer, who was in
"urt and ordered him to call at the
Attorney-General's office and see if he
sn t directed to ask for an adjourn
ment One of th men Mr Bacon spoke
' m thn Attorney-General's office, said
"f Qumn, was his cousin, Deputy Attor
n"v ffnneral Henry Holden Bacon,
This is getting interesting," said
Insure Cohalan, and he called on Deputy
vnrny.(lenoral Beyer fora statement.
M' Heyer said that ho had inspected
'ft" pipers only casually, but he thought
ne .,rder asked for ought to bo granted.
i i " " no sympathy with persons who
" e into court and try to have an order
iiisn ,,,, technical grounds," ho said.
Ji H II v- Prentice, who had opposed the
prv'i. nieiii of ihe receivers here, Haid
'ha- ' Foster had tried to stop the
croi nefimga before Judge Hale In Maine
"v 'bng him a telegram asking for
i". in., he could appear, and that this
"'F'l" so angered Judge Hale that he
oppciu. ed a receiver at once. He said
that because of the way the New York
State receivers have been running the
company they will have it bankrupt
anyhow In a short time.
Justice Cohalan said he would sign the
order asked for by the local receivers.
Out of court -Mr Bacon said that he did
talk with his cousin in the Attorney
General's office and they both agreed that
because of tho relationship between them
It would lie better for Deputy Attorney
General Bacon to have nothing to do with
tho proceedings,
police to see a not r ice.
Ma)nr Suspects "Trust" of "Heartless
IJrced" Hants In Make Mure.
Mayor Gaynor acted yesterday on
complaints that the American Ice Com
pany Is refusing to sell ice to the inde
pendent dealers by sending the follow
ing letter lo Police Commission' Waldo
directing him to find out if the leports
are true:
I hsve received severnl romp Inlnls that
the American Ice Company Is refusinv lo
sell and' deliver Ire to Hie sn.cnlled Indo
pendeul wukoii ennnijeri In the sale of Ire,
thereby depriving the congested districts
of the Borough of Manhattan of ite. to a
Inrite exteqt, I lie company not having de
livery whroiis enough of Its own to dli
tribulc ice throughout Ihe city. Very much
discomfort nnd sickness Is belli inued
thereby
This is a matter for Ihe I)itrlct Attorney
of the county of New York to lake cog
nizance of, but as be has not yet done so
please send out some of the most intelligent
men of the force to ascertain the supply
of Ice which Ihe said company has here
In Ihe city from day lo day and whether
ll Is restricting the amount which It brings
lo the city In order lo enhance prices, nnd
Ihe tmniher of Independent wagons which
It Is refusing to supply, ami this Information
we ran la before the District Attorney
The cae ns ll is laid before me seems
lo be one of hoar) less greed and oppression
and yet I do not wish to preludge, for some
times Hiirh things nre much exaggerated,
as you know 1 am certain, however, that
Ihe reports of distress for lack of Ire In some
iiunriers are not exaggerated l'leae also
see Ihe president "f the company personally
and get his serslon.
I am nware that this l extra work Ihe
dnlmt of which the law may not cast upon
you and your forte at all, but I trust It will
be well done nevertheless.
W .T (iAT.von.
Mayor
Several independent ice dealers on
the East Side decided yesterday to take
their grievances to District Attorney
Whitman to-day They allege that driv
ers for the American Ice Company have
been telling the customers of the inde
pendent dealers t hat there was no shortage
of ice and that they would have no trou
ble in getting all they wanted if they
would sign a contract with the big com
pany. At the same time, the indepen
dent dealers allege, the ice trust refused
lo furnish them with ice according lo
their contracts with the trust, saying
that there was nil ice shortage.
District Attorney Whitman said yes
terday that he thought if Ihe ice trust
had made contracts with independent
dealers to supply them with ice at a stipu
lated rate and then refused to abide by
the contracts, Htating that t'.iere was a
shortage of ice, and it could bo proved
thai they had ice in their possession nt
the time, the criminal law had been vio
lated. CI 11 A AXORY OVKIl STIMSOX.
Ilrsrs He's lining In ImoU Into Urnft
There filter) Scandal lluel?
lrrlit faNe nnpatth t" Tur Sin
Havana, July i; Th announcement
that Seciotary of War Stimsin mid Col
E. H Crowder were to visit Cuba to in
vestigate the "improvident and rerkles
granti end concessions" made by tho
present administration excites the Cuban
Government press greatly. The n".vs.
papers declare tha it is mcst humiliating
that Cuba should bo subjected lo r.ucli
foreign interference in her.lnternal affairs.
The opposition papers, however, say that
the move has long been expected rs a
consequenco of the Government's cor
ruption. Orenci Nodarso having given to El
Mundo an interview in which ho denied
the charge mr.do by El Dii that he was
grafting S5,ooo a month from the lottery
of which he is director, El Dia reiterated
the charge this morning, saying that
President Gomez likewise wo implicated.
It gave the names of persons in support
of its statements. Nodarso communicated
with the editor of El Pia, it says, in an
attempt to purchase the paper's silence
and El Dia gives the names of the persons
who brought the message.
Gomez has forced the resignation of
Nodarse, which was accepted to-day It
is believed that Nodarso will challenge
ilepresontative Andre, the ownor of El
Din. to a duel. It is also rumored that,
AndrG will be assassinated as tho only
means of saving the Government from the
exposures which his paper has been mak
ing since the Conservative party refused
to accept and indorse his motion to im
peach Oomez.
EOlt FEIfE ItAIt IXCO.ME TAX.
State IKlilattirr Panes llesolutlon Ap
proving It.
Albakt, July 12. Tho Assembly to-day
by a voto of 91 to 13 passed Senator Wag
ner's resolution approving the proposed
Federal income tax, which has already
passed the Senate. Tho resolution was
the topic for discussion In the Assembly
most of the day.
Assemblyman Terry of Kings was the
only Democrat to vote against the reso
lution, He said he believed tho Jlemo
cratlo party was making a mistake in
advocating a tax on incomes and ho
feared the party would regret it As
semblyman Chanter of Dutohess shared
Mr. Terry's feelings In rogard to tho
resolution, hut Mr. Chanlcr said ho had
participated in tho caucus on this propo
sition and would be bound by it, an ex
pression whioh brought smiles to tho
faces of those who rooallod how the for
mer Lieutenant-Governor broke awny
from the oauous on tho United States
Senatorship and votod against the caucus
candidate for nearly Ihree months,
Hepubllcans who voted with ihe Demo
crats in favor of tho income tax included
Assemblyman Murray, who made a long
sneech. and Assemblymen Brooks. Colno,
Goodman. Hlgglns. Hoff. Murray, Shllvek,
Ward and F A . Waters. Minority Ieader
.Merritt mado n vigorous attack on tho
proposition, while the most forceful argu
ment against it was made by Assembly
man Young of Westchester.
HHt!lr. IO TAKK MIM'll
nd rtrlnk ihr het American Wines.
H T UKWT.Y h SONS CO., 134 Fulton St., N. Y,
-Adt.
NORTH ONTARIO FIRE SWEPT
ESTIMATES OF TIIK DEAD IWS
EROM 30 VP TO 300.
Porcupine and l.'obslt Mining Camp In
Path of Klsmes -Forests, Han Dried,
re Ksten I'p by Klres Many Flee
In niters and takes and Are Drowned,
Ottawa, July 12. Forest fires In tho
mining district of northern Ontario,
which had been intermittent for ft week,
were fanned Into a general conflagration
by the high wlncjs which set in yesterday,
and for 200 miles the new mining coun
try north of Cobalt Is a scone of desola
tion to-night. Just what tho loss of lifo
will total uii will not be known for some
time, ns the section swept by (Ire was bo
ing prospected by small parties without
means of escape from the flames,
The Temiskaming and Northern On
tralo Hallway, extending from North Bay
on the Canadian Pacific Railroad, to Coch
rane, which is the point of junction with
the national transcontinental division
of the Grand Trunk Pacific, runs through
the ilevastated district. Cochrane has
practically boen wiped out and many
mining camps In the recently opened up
gold district of Purctiplne are in ashes.
Chairman Knglehart of the T and N O
railway commission reports to-night that
the lives lost In the fire so far ascertained
number fifty and that over 200 are In
jured. The latter are suffering Intensely
and nro in urgent need of medical atten
tion At Big Dome mines six men perished in
the flames, while at West Dome two men
lost their lives besides Manager Whito
and family. Fire has destroyed West
Dome and all plants In its vicinity, in
cluding the Armstrong, McGibbon and
Vlpond. Aura Lake post office and
town are gone, with the buildings of tho
Mclntyre mine, a rich property owned
by New York parties, and several stores
and shacks.
It Is believed the casualties will number
hundreds.
"The northern tragody increases in hor
ror as time passes," says the latest report
from North Bay. Telegraph wires being
down at Pcrcupine hare closed off tne
news. Messengers have just arrived
from Porcupine camp asking for physi
cians nnd medical aid, and doctors are
going from Cobalt, Haileyburg nnd
Llskard prepared to treat victims who
have been burned In the fire.
The Government railway is bringing
out. burned and Injured people from
Porcupine to Iroquois Falls on gravel
trains and a corps of doctors and nurses
will meet them there with a special train
and rush them to hospitals.
, No details of the number of fire victims
and casualties can be obtained, hut it Is
feared the list will reach hundreds, as the
country is tilled with prospectors and
settlers, especially in Bristol and ad
lacent townships, where new finds have
recently boen made, and in Cripple Creek
district. It is reported that a man and
wife nnd twelve children, settlers, have
been burned to death. Subscriptions
for Ihe relief of the suffering and destitute
havo been opened up at Toronto, Ottawa
and other points.
At midnight the report comes from
North Bay that the loss of life will reach
son.
Ileports of the results of the fire late
tn-niehtare of still more alarming nature
A private message from Haileybury says
that nt the height of tho tire at Porcupine
to-dny floo people were driven into the
lake nnd 200 lost their lives. Ihe report
from Cobalt at midnight is that altogether
3K) lives have been Inst.
Toronto. Ont.. July 12. As the result
of the forest fires thirty peoplo havo
lost their lives at Porcupine, including
C.ipt. vhite and his family at. West
Dome. rift pen men were drowned
at South Porcupine when they were
driven into the lake by tho dense clouds
of smoke nnd rolling wave of nre.
Two were burned to death at Eldorado
mine nnd another met a similar fate at the
United Porcupine, mine. Three towns
have been wiped off Ihe map. Hundreds
of refugees nre facing starvation.
A train consisting nt iioo women and
children was rushod out of Cochrane this
morning ns tho wall of flames advanced
toward tho village. The town of 2,500
inhabitants was soon a mass of fire nnd
is entirely drtroyed, South Porcupine
and Pitts ville are charred ruins.
Two speoial trains havo been sent to
bring out the 4.000 people who are facing
starvation or death by fire In tho Tlsdale
district.
The flames swept down on tho towns
without warning. The nlarm sent the
nconlo rushing for the lake, hut they were
forced to abandon everything. The town
of Kelso was abandoned to-day after a
fight lasting since Sunday.
An estimato late to-night places the
loss of Uvea in the Porcupine district at
300 lo 400, A stretch of 30- miles of
woodland has thus far been burned over
bv the fires raging above North Bay,
North Bav, Ont., July 12, From
North Bay northward for 300 miles
and covering a wide section east and
west flames are raging and miners,
prospectors and settlers are in desperate
n ht if they even escape wttn tneir lives
for supplies, buildings and equipment are
being wiped out by a roaring wall of firs
which 11 umlnates the sky for many miles
The town of Cochrane, at the junction
oftheT ond NO. Kailway and tho Trans
continental, which was nearly wiped out
tho other day by fire, was levelled to the
ground yesterday and the inhabitants are
In n bad way for food and shelter and are
asking assistance from neighboring towns
to the south.
The flames havo wiped out the mining
towns of Pottsvillo and South Porcupine,
devastated the camps surrounding Golden
City and destroyed every building with
ihe exception of eight in Cochrane, the
terminal point of the Temiskaming and
Northern Ontario Hallway, Golden City
itself remains intact and all tho work of
rescue nnd protection is being centred
tlorfl- .
Information cornea from South "is-
dale that all the mining ramps from Dome
to Whitney towiibhlp have boen burned.
Hundreds of people, men, women and
children, havo boen forced to rush into
the lakes and streams for refuge from the
intense and blistering neat.
4illKAr IIKAR HPKINti WATER
"lt l'urtty Ual mad It fsmous. Air,
iikscvk nocK-amppEo in veil
Hoy Swimmer Held In Stone Vice Cnrirr
Water May l.ltr.
Two fifteen-year-old swimmers suc
ceeded tn releasing a thirteen-year-old
companion who, in diving, had become
wedged in between two large rocks under
six or seven feet of water off the foot of
West 104th street last night and got him
to the surfaoe In time so that It is believed
he will live.
Gabriel Cross of B08 Amsterdam avenue,
was the boy who was caught between the
rocks, Four other youngsters of the
nleghborhood, Eugene Joyce of 177 West
102d street, Joseph Stnpleton, Charles
Murphy and Thomas Quintan, already
were In the water when Cross came down
to tho pier at nlmut dusk and when he
had changed his clothes for trunks, dived
In. He did not reppear. The other boys
remembered that there wero rocks nt
the bottom at that (Kiiiit and Joyce and
Quhilmi started for the bottom to see what
was wrong, Joyce toucneo Ihe Imprisoned
boy the second or third time he dived and
then coining up now and then for air.
Joyce and Quintan worked at the boy
under the wator until they had got him
free of tne rocks which held him. When
they brought him to the surface he was
unconscious and his two rescuers them
selves hod to be lifted out of the water
Ihe shouts of tho boys on the pier
brought men from the other end of the
wharf, a boat and men from a nearby
boathouse, and two sailors from the
cruiser Washington, anchored in the Hud
son The Ihree boys were llftd to the pier
and Cross was sent lo the J. Hood Wright
Hospital In an ambulance.
AMEEICAX IH CHESS'S .IEH EI.S.
MMl.lOOTop Price In Hale of l.ll) of Marl
borough's Diamonds and Pearl.
.spertjl Cable nttpnltit lo The .sun,
Iondon, July 12. Jewels that wero the
property of the late Lily, Duchess of
Marlborough, once Mrs. Hammeraley of
New York and later wife of Imt William
Beresford, were sold at public auction
to-day at the rooms of Christie. Manson
it Woods. A brilliant necklice, composed
of forty-one grndunted brilliants with a
single brilliant snap, was sold for 112,000;
n peirl necklace composed of sixty-one
graduated Oriental pearls and lengthened
by the addition of twenty-eight small
pearls with a gold barrel shaped snap.
went for $9,250.
The highost price of the sale was Mn,5on,
bid for a magnificent penrl necklace com
posed of forty-one Oriental pearls with n
black pearl and diamond cluster snap
and n pearl and green enamel pendant
attached, enclosing hair.
A pearl and brilliant necklace, the
centre composed of seven graduated clus
ters, each with n magnificent bouton
pearl, surrounded by brilliants with a
band of twenty-six brilliants, the snap
formed of a pearl and brilliant cluster,
sold for WJ.0O0.
A pearl nnd brilliant tiara composed
of fourteen graduated clusters with n
bouton pearl in the centre of each divided
bv brilliant scrolls and foliage, the whole
surmounted by fourteen flue drop shaped
Oriental pearls, fetched 137,500.
A pearl rope composed of 402 small
pearls divided by crystal rondels with a
diamond barrel snap brought )12,50O.
Another noarl necklace belonging to a
person not named, sold for $2S,ono, and
still another sold for $5,050.
i iiiEiroims IX THE HOI SE.
Represent at he mills Nets lllmtelf on
Fire, but Is Put 41 lit.
Washikmdk, July 12 Debate was
running along smoothly in the House
to-day when a pvrotechnlo display was
observed In a seat immediately in front
of the Speakers rostrum There was a
flash of (Ire, a puff of smoke and an ex
clamation of pain
Members rushed to the scene of action
and rendered first aid to the injured.
Hepresentative Willis of Ohio, or at least
a box of matches in his pocket that ignited,
was tho cause of all the trouble. When
he left his office this morning Mr. Willis
placed tho Uix of matches in a pocket
of his new alpaca coat He was Intently
following tho debate when the matches
Ignited
The blae was quickly extinguished by
members sitting near by. Mr Willis left
the House with only three quarters of
what was formerly a good alpaca coat
.VK IF ASPECT IX MEU.OX CASE.
furphry and Klrkbrlde Kay It Is Sought
lo Kxlradlte on an I nhearil Charge.
Gov. Dix having decided that the
offence for which Georgo Alfred Curphey
and Capt. T. W. Kirkbride were indicted
in Pennsylvania is extraditable tho two
Englishman should have appeared before
Judge Mulqucen In General Sessions yes.
terday. They wero not there and Assist
ant District Attorney Johnstone moved
that their ball. $2,500 each, bo forfeited.
The motion was opposed by Francis
P. Oarvnn, their counsel, He did not say
where his clients were, but nrgued that
the ball which was given by the National
Surety Company was put up when they
wero charged with "obstructing public
justice" nnd that Gov. Dix had not held
them on that charge, but on a later one
alleging conspiracy. While tho Gov
ernor delayed his decision on thn first
charge tho Pennsylvania Grand Jury
brought another alleging the more seri
ous offence against the two men. There
was novor any hearing before a New York
Judge on that charge, as thn first case
was already in the Governor's hands.
Judge Mulqueen reserved decision.
George Alfred Curphey was named as
corespondent In the suit for divorce
brought by Andrew W. Mellon of Pitts
burg against his wife. With his friend,
Capt. Kirkbride, he went to Pittsburg
last month, ' They were subpoenaed to
appear before a referee in the divorce
proceedings and wbilo under subpoena
left the State and came to New York to
consult, their counsel, When they wero
arrested they said that they had no no
tion that they should not have left the State
while under suhpu-na. There wero no
such State lines in England, they said.
ICE CUE AM STIUKE.
son Katt Hid Workers Nay They Toll
tang for Utile Pay.
A union of ice cream makers reoently
organized by the United Hebrew Trades
started a strike yesterday In a number
of East Side places, affecting 20u workers.
The workers say they labor twelve and
fourteen hours a day seven days a week
for $8, $10 and $12 a week,
They wont a shorter workday, a six
day working week, recognition of the
union and employment for the entire ice
cream season, which begins earlier and
ends later on the East Side than in any
other part of the city, Tho strike is to bo
extended to other ice cream plants today.
ENSIGN- YOUNG DISAPPEARS
LEFT SUICIDE XOTK IX HIS
SHIP AT XAVV YARD.
VI as In Hate fleen Ip for Court-Msrtlsl
VmterdS) Yard Opinion Is That He
Has nl) Sklpped-Come From North
Carolina and Was Graduated In ItWN.
"Absent without leave" was the only
official word to be had at the Brooklyn
navy yard yesterday concerning EnBlgn
Itobert Slmonton Young, Jr . signal officer
of tho torpedo boat destroyer PerklnB,
who disappeared from the ship and yard
on Tuesday night after writing a note
saying that he would drown hlmsolf.
But several more official words that had
liecn wired lo tho Navy Department at
Washington came back ond set tho navy
yard gossips talking about Young and
recalling the suicide of Lieut. Ozhurn or
Ihe gunboat Tacoma, who shot himself
at the yard nearly two weeks ago while
awaiting court-martial trial for being
altsent without leave.
Ensign Young got shore leave two weeks
ago and overstayed It five days. When
he reappeared he was placed under ar
rest by his captain, Lieut .-Commander
Joel It. V. Priugle. He was to stay
aboard the Perkins until called before
the court-martial that was to hear his
case at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
He was not confined to his quarters, but
had the run of the deck and was on his
honor not to leave tho vessel.
The Perkins was In dry dock nt the
time, below the reach of whatever breeees
may havo found their way through the
heat. Several times tho temperature
roso to lOfi; the little steel deatroyer was
anything but comfortable. Even when
she was removed from the dry dock nnd
moored at the end of the Horn, the
long pier that crooks aliout the basin
like a protectingafm.confinementaboard
her was not just tho sort of fun the young
Annapolis graduate would have chosen
In the hot spell.
At 10 o clock on Tuesday night loung
turned In. He said it was hot. but ho
was feeling all right. He wanted to get
what sleep he could before going to court
martial next day. In the morning ho
was missing. Lieut. -Commander Prln
gle found the letter in which Young wrote
that he purposed drowning himself. On
the bunk beside the letter was a revolver
with one cartridge dented as if tt had
missed fire when the trigger was pulled
Lieut .-Commander Pringle took the let'
ter to Admiral Leutze, commandant of
tho yard. The Admiral sent a despatch
to Washington and called for detectivea
from the Brooklyn bureau.
It was said at tho yard yesterday that
neither Lieut. Commander Pringle nor the
Admiral believed that Young had killed
Himself or that he Intended to. The com
rades of the ensign nboord the Prrkins
held the same view They said. "He's
skipped." nnd added that they thought
he would be back to take his medicine
when he had been ashore long enough to
talk with his parents The navy yard
basin has not been dragged Tho police
also are inclined to believe that oung is
alive.
When Lieut -Commander Pringle went
ashore vesterday afternoon ho left Lieut
Grady, chief engineer, in command of the
Perkins, nnd told htm not to t.iik aooui
Young. Lieut . Grady was thercforemum.
but there were others who thought they
knew why Young had gone away
The ensign was transferred last winter
from the cruiser North Carolina to the
Perkins and presently became chief en
cineer of the torpedo. boat destroyer He
liked the job and the crow liked him. but
before long Lieut Grady was transferred
to tho Perkins from the Dixie and was
made chief engineer by Lieut -Com
mander Pringle. Pringlo and the ensign
didn't get along well thereafter. It was
said, but it was further said that the en
sign was "one of thoe chaps that don't
talk much "
Young was appointed to the Naval
Academy in 1904 and was graduated In
100S. His home 1 In North Carolina. His
father is said to bo a physician
ti 1 ROSCOPIC COM PA SS.
fMrrenmrs Variations and Isn't llenertrd
b) Iron.
Sptelal Cable VetpalOt to TBS Scn.
Paris, July 12 - Ensign Lemnire of the
French navy has invented a gyroscopic
compass Indicating the geographic north
instead of the magnetio north polo, as
does the ordinary compass.
The Navy Department has approved
the Invention and finds that tho Lemalre
compass dispenses with variation cal
culations and is not affected by Iron.
CRA7.ED 01 AST A MAX IIVREER,
Kriward Carroll Tosiei Prdritrlani and
Fights Fic' Polleemen.
Edward Carroll, a giant In stature
he stands fl feet 3 Inches and weighs 250
pounds walked up to a pedestrian on
13!th street near the Alexander avenue
corner In The Bronx yesterday after
noon, grabbed hia about the waist and
threw him six feet out from the gutter
line. Then he reached for another,
throttled him nnd tossed hlra into the
street as easily as he would have thrown
a meat basket into n wagon.
Thoso who saw Carroll's face and his
staring eyes yelled madly for help
Policeman Ulrlch of tho Alexander avenue
station, himself no weakling, ran up and
tackled Carroll. Ho was thrown on his
Iwok in a twinkling and the big man
placed a foot on the policeman's neck,
pinning him to the sidewalk. The police
man blow his whistle and Policemen
Meyer nnd Hollister came running to
his rescue.
The giant took on the three nlmost as
enxilv nn he had one. Over nnd over
' ncross the cobbles the throe rolled, locked
1 in straining embrace. Carroll bit first
1 Hollister nnd then Meyer in the hands
nind on the arms, Not until two more
policemen came up from the Alexander
I avenue station was the man subdued.
1 All five sat on him until nn nmbulnnco
! came from Lincoln Hospital. Dr. Hftlla,
jwho rode with It, said that ho believed
(Carroll had suddenly become violently
iiisaiiu.
Carroll was taken to Bellevue Hospital
where ho was put In tho psychopathic
ward.
Carroll lives at 378 East 130th street.
TO IIANISn SUMMER FATItS VE take More
ford's Add Hhosphale. Teipiion(ul In cold water
oiakes s acUdout, cooling, Summer drink, Att.
IW. II At. I'll tlAU.IXC.EIl KILLED.
Mew Hampshire Senator's Hon Victim of
an Antnmobtle Aroldent.
Pkmrhore, N. H July 13. Dr. Italph
E. Gallinger.son of United States Senator
Jacob II, Gallingor, was killed in an auto
mobile accident hero about midnight,
A man named Davis who was with him
was seriously hurt
EVA HOOTII PROSTRATED.
Commander of Ihe Salvation Army a
Victim or Working In Hot Weather.
Among tho victims of the hot weather
Is Commander Eva Booth of tho Salva
tion Army, who after managing cam
paigns In Now lork and Boston has had
several fainting spells and has found it
Impossible to keep her appointment
to speak at the Christian Endeavor con
vention nt Atlantic City.
HOKE SMITH MAY SOT ACCEPT.
mil Not Take Senate Seat at lul Till
Regular Session Opens.
Atlanta, July "12. Hoke Smith. In
augurated as Governor of Georgia ten
days ago, was elected to the United States
Senato to-day by an overwhelming ma
jority. Gov Smith received 155 votes against
CO cast for his opponents.
the election of Gov. Smith to fill the
four year unexpired term of the late
Senator A, H. Clay complicates the politi
cal situation In Georgia. If Gov. Smith
accepts the position as Senator tt leaves a
vacancy in the Gubernatorial office and
ex-Oov Joseph M, Brown has practically
announced that he will again offer for
the position of Governor, for which he was
recently defeatod by Gov Smith.
Should ox-Oov. Brown announce, he
will be opposed by friends of Hoke Smith
ond the Gubernatorial primary will be a
lively content. Gov. Smith has not yet
decided whether he will accept the Sena
torship. It Is rumored to-night that he
may thank the General Assembly for the
honor conferred upon him and decline
rather than see the State thrown into a
turmoil over the Governorship.
The imprefslnn is, however, that Gov.
Smith will accept the Senatorship but
will remain as Governor until the regular
session of Congress in the hope of getting
legislation which he thinks is needed
Tho General Assembly to-dny asked Gov.
Hoke Smith to make an address. Tho
Governor complied, but while ho was
peaking he was hissed by friends of de
feated candidates.
SO RARRYMORECOLT SUIT YET
Hint at Ihe Office of Actress's Iawyen
of a Reconciliation.
No papers have been served yet in the
suit which Mrs. Russell O. Colt (Ethel
Barrymore) is reported to have con
templated against her husband. It was
hinted yesterday at the office of Dltton-
hoefer, Oerber A James, who as attor
neys for Charles Frohman would also
represent Miss Barrymore, a Frohman
star, that thore might bo a reconciliation
but it was said that no definite announce,
ment could be made.
According to Frank M. Patterson of 27
William street, Mr Colt's lawyer, Mr
Colt has heard nothing from his wife or
her representatives regarding a suit and
still believes that none is projected.
PROFESSOR OF KVOKXICS.
Carl Pearson Flrsl lo Occupy London
I'nltrrslt) t'balr.
fiprrlnl Cable Ittipnlclt lo The
l)Nno.v, July 12. Carl Pearson will Ik
the first profensor of eugenics at the
London University Tho late Sir Francis
Gallon left $225,000 to endow tho chair.
riFK.Vri -OSE XEH FIREHOCSES
City Hill Spend hi.ikhmmmi for Modern
Structures In the l-'he Iloroughs.
i'ire Commissioner Johnson Ills ar
ranged to begin the construction of tweri
ty-onn new fltehouses that nre to cost
about $1,000,000, Including the buildings
and the sites.
'This is the largest building programme
ever undertaken by the Fire Depart
ment . The houses aro to be of n uniform
type, of reetiforoed concrete and of sim
ple construction.
Some of the now structures are to r
place dilapidated eugine houses, but
most of the twenty-one nro to 1; new
quarters demanded by tin; gruwth of
the city.
Bids will lie called for this week, the
details of which will le printed In the
CUy Record. Plans nnd specifications
may be obtained nt Fire Headquarters
Ten of tho new buildings are to lie
erected in Brooklyn, four In Manhattan,
four in Tho Bronx, two in Queen and
ono In Bichmond
MAIXE TOIVX DESTROYED.
Flames Then Spread lo Moods nnd 4irl
lie) ond Control.
Portland, Mo., July 12. The village
of South Watrrboro was swept by (lames
this nfternoon. Thirty dwellings nnd
nine other buildings were destroyed and
100 persons made homeless. The loss
to date is estimated at $300,tioo.
After destroying tho village the flro
raced through the woods and this evening
had swept a path four miles longtnrough
valuable timber land, leaving also tho
ruins of three isolated farm houses in its
trail.
Tho fire is still uncontrolled, although
a bucket, noo and shovel brigade of 300
farmers aro fighting it, aided by engines
from Portland, Me., and Rochester, N, H.,
with crows of trained flro fighters. At
D o'clock the flames wero rapidly ap
proaching the village of Goodwins Mills.
Tho fire started at 2 o'clock thlsnftcr
noon In A. V, MoKenney's barn from an
unknown source.
Hag of Meter Fells a Woman.
One of the warm weather diversions
or First avenuo youngsters is dropping
from the roofs paper bags tilled with
water on pedestrians below. About 8:30
o'clock last night Mrs. Mary Haley, 10
years old, of 413 East Fiftieth street while
passing 815 First avenuo was struck on the
head with a Inrgo bag containing u gallon
or so of water, The bag burst and tho
water drenched her The combination
of tho blow on the head and tho shock of
tho water rendered the woman iim:on
nelniia. An ambulance surgeon revived
i her nnd took her lo her home in the nm-
hulance.
Only Two Mania. New lork lo 4 olorsdn.
Rock Inland Lines, its luxe, "lloeky Mountain
Limited" and "Mountaineer." mom tot ond
evening from rhtesfn. 1-ow faro excursion
Ucketi. 401 BroodHsy. Aitt.
$75,000,000 FROM INTERBORO
IF CITY WILL LET IT EARS 3
PER CEST. ABOVE. CHAROES.
Net It Iow says There Can He No Ideal Suti.
way System mm the Interborotom.
pany lft tint-New Offer It l.lkel)
to He Called For hy To-morrow.
Ex-Mayor Soth Iow, who has been
working to bring about an agreement
between tho city nnd the Interborough
company for'new subways, said last
night that he was under the Impression
that nn agreement could be mnde on
these terms:
That the Intorborough company shall
agree to furnish $76,000,000 of new capital.
more or less, for the construction and
equipment of that part of the McAneoy
plan assigned to it if the city In any way
that may bo found logal will permit It to
earn 3 er cent, above Interest and
amortization charges on Its old and new
private capital.
By entering Into the proposed rela
tions with both the rapid transit oom
panles," Mr. Ijow continued, 'tho city
becomes absolute master of the rapid
transit system of the city nnd Its develop
ment. If the Intorborough company re
mains outside of the present development
tt is impossible for the city to make an
Ideal system of rapid transit, no matter
how much it may spend in rapid transit
development;.
Tho city Is Justified nlso in remembers
ing that tho rapid transit system con
trolled by the Interborough company
under Its leases belongs to the city Itself,
and it is In every way good judgment
when the city is spending money for
rapid transit development to spend it in
such a way as to add to the value of it
own property nnd not to detract there
from.
These nre some of the advantage!
which the city will secure by the arrange
ment with the Interborough company.
Let 11s now look at the other side of th
picture.
"Probably every one will admit that
tho advantages for the city, which I have
pointed out, are real. If any one at all
questions the arrangement It will be upon
the ground that the allowance to the
Interborough company is too Urge.
Under the arrangement suggested that
allowance is to be three per cent, above
interest and amortization charges on the
total amount of private capital involved
in the enterprise represented by bonds,
which it is estimated will be about $125,-000,000-,
that is to say, the Interborough
company will receive. $3,750,000 a year in
excess of its interest mid amortization
charges.
"I should. hav been glad, as every ons
else would bo glad. If it had been possible
to make the arrangement with the Inter
through company on more favorable
teims, but I do not hesitate to say that I
think tho terms agreed ukiii are fair;
and it is altogether in the city's interest
to havo agreed to them. The Inter
Imrough's present stock capital i J'JJ,
000,000 and its investment In the subway,
covered by bonds, is about $lS,oxi,Ot0
ubove this capital Upon this stock
last year it earned over $t,0(io,ono after
providing for the amortization 011 lis
bonds.
"Under the arrangement proposed the
Interborough company will furnish
$i5,utKi,0"0 of new capital for construct-on
and operation: will put in at su.noii.no')
the Steinway tunnel, which it It 5,
iKo.tKKi, and will twelve for operating the
enlarged system S:i,75u,wj 11 year instead
of $1,000,0011. which il Ls ciming tu-iUy
for oiKjnillng the smaller system.
"It is tniM that tho Interboroujjh com
pany K naming to-day more, tlu'.ti it
should bocum. it is carrying lusnonxers
under conditions of crowding th.it tiro
abnormal. On the other hunt! when the
extent of thn system to bn oertted Is
moru than doubled, ns il v. ill lx under
tlu- ii.iw m'r.ingi-munt, 1 submit thi it,
is not uurc.Vkitiuhlu lo permit th oeia
tors to ivceNo tor thl service the sum
of $,1,7o0.ikhi ii year Tor the term uf tho
least' If it be ustnimed that the. com
pany's working capital will remain at,
JM,0'0,oon, as it is to-d.iy, nolwithst.'.nd
ing th enlarged syMem to ho operated,
the ullowaiii'i. to the company upon its
capital is alKiut 104 -r cent The publio
musi bar in mind that this Is the enilre
rewind which the ciitup'iny will receive
for operating thl grea. system during
the term of the leaw, for tlm company
does not own th subway and all of the
increased value of th.i ttubw.iy passes
to tho city automatically when tho leaso
oxpires In ordinary liivosliu ents the
stockholders own the property and benefit,
by increase of value In that direction
ns well as from current earnings, but in
this instance the proceeds of $125,000,0'k)
of private capital furnished by the Inter
borough company for the construction
of this subway system become automat
ically thn property of the city at the
termination of tho lease. This of course
is covered by the amortization, so-called,
of tho bonds,
"But thn Hjint to be emphasized Is that
tho stockholders have absolutely no way
of receiving a return for the labor and
risks attending the operation of the road
except from this allowance of $3,750,000,
which Is .1 per cent, hi excess of the cost
of amortization on thn privato capital
involved."
Mr Low maintained that the city could
not obtain a comprehensive and unified
system of rapid transit development
without the cooperation of the Inter
borough. The great defeot of t he original
rapid transit contract, ho said, was in
its failure to provide a mothod by whioh
additions to the system could be made
from tlmo to time as desired by the city
"The absence of such n provision," he
said, "has resulted in thn absolute ces
sation of rapid transit development for
nix or seven years. The arrangement
now proK)ni'd with both the rapid transit
companies contains such a provision,
so that by this agreement with tho In
terborough Rapid Transit Company the
city will not only get tho Immediate re
suit at which it aims but also it will avoid
all danger of the cessation of rapid transit
development in tho future."
It Is not likely that tho subway puzzle
will le solved at to-day's meeting of tht
Board uf Estimate. Whl le Borough Prctl.