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THE RUN, THl'lt.SbAY, MARCH 20, 1913.
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FINAL ACT IN
SUBWAYS DEAL
Contracts Signed by the. City
and Two Transit
Companies.
.SWti.tMlO.000 IS INVOLVED
(.'oiitincts Arc Delivered
the Intcrborongh
and B. It. T.
to
vnitk
TO HK IM'SIIKI)
I'li.i iiitian McCall Invites Will
nt unci McAneny to SIfrit
the Pnjiers.
The subway contracts, perhaps the
largest ever entered into by a niunlcl
jullt). were sinned yesterday by the
rff leers of the J'ubtlc Service Com
mission and the two rapid transit
ir.mpantcs, the Interborough nnd the
31, It. T These contract, to which
Hie city and the companies are now
bound, provide for carrying out the
dual system involving an outlay of
UIS.Ol'O.OOO.
It took a little over half it it hour
lo put the finishing touch on a work
which has been presslns toward cum
.. tton for three yearn. l-3dwurd 1-3.
McCall. clialrman of the Public Service
I'ommlsMon. In commenting on the
i!a work. !ald that It tneant more
to New York than perhaps any other
undertaking to which the city has ever
Mt itself.
William H. Willcox. who was chtlr
tnn of the commission throughout the
Period of negotiation with the two com
. jianles, was tin hand lo see the plan
put Into effect. Horough Piesldent
tleorgc McAneny and his associates on
the Hoard of Estimate and Apportion
ment transit committee were present
a)o .fudge McCall Invited .Mr. Wlllcox
nnii Mr McAneny to attest their signa
tures, thus putting their names to eon
racts which they hau had a controlling
Jaind in framing. The mention of their
mines brought applause.
Tp to the moment when the contracts
were Mgncd there iai doubt as to the
outcome. The hour set for signing was
30 o'clock yesteiday morning. It
was almost noon before the memlTs
'he Public Service Commission took
their places in the large hearing loom
lu !S4 Nassau street.
Tame With Objection.
When the officers of the Inter
l.oiough got there they were prepared
to Insist that certain clauses in the
order which the commission was to
adopt formally approving the infr
borough's $300,000,000 mortgage be
i hanged. The lawyers of the compmy
ulked the matter back and forth with
'lie lawyers of the commission. Then
Kdward K. McCall told the lawyers tor
lie Interborough that the matter would
nve to b settled forthwith. They
.Killed and the last obstacle was over
conic. Immediately after the commissioners
i' k their seats Travis H. Whitney.
n rotary of the commission, read the
re solutions passed by the Hoard of Esti
mate last Tuesday in adopting the con
iraoe Judge Mct'all then announced
tt-a the contract with ihe New York
Municipal Hallway Corporation, a H. H.
T. ".ubsidiary, had been signed.
I ask " he said, "that the former
I batman of the commission. Mr. Will
i.im I; Willcox. do the present chairman
tt.e h mor of attesting hW signature."
I 'hank you. Mr. Chairman." said
Mr illco. "It is what I consider
i"o nf the greatest honors of my life."
When Mr. Willcox had written his
iutn Mr McCall asked that the Prosl
flen' of the Horough of Mnnhattan do
' 'n a similar service. Mr. McAneny
ngned his name and then Col. Timothy
S Williams, president of thn Brooklyn
Haptd Tranblt Company, and Hurry A.
llullnck its secretary, put their names
t. 'he document.
TYf whole set of H. R. T. contracts
arl certificated was gone through in
rtupl" to a set for the company and a
K' f .r tlm city, until a stack of red
inor ii . . volumes, was piled up on the
l-k it front of the writers. .
The' the same procedure was gone
ttr nil with in the case of the Inter
i" r ,Kh Mr. Willcox nnd Mr. McAn
i" 4 tested Judge McCall's signature,
ami Thrndoie I'. Shouts, president of the
! 'frtii. rough, and If. M. Fisher, Its
ret,irv bound the company to carry
n ' "" terms of the contracts and ccr
t.lli There were ulso supplementary
' ai;rnieni . between the Interliorough
, ' 'l '. II It. T. to cover parts of the
rw -irm where the companies will
' h't hi trackage rights.
lrlTer.v signs 'or Gould,
Th rertlrlcate for third tracking the
ffi.iii.l hues in Manhattan and The
HriT . upon which the Gould blockade
ntreri w,is signed ty D. W. McWIll
.anr -eiretary of the company. l'3d
warl r .leffery, vlco-presldent of tho
Mar'i.utaii. did the signing for George
I ."iili who Is fishing In the Carlb
'', Mi Jeffery did his work before
lii i 'iinnnsslon met.
Whfi Mr, Shouts had gone through
k. '.ii li of morocro volumes Judge
M. i.i.i c.,t mi and said thut the time
hmi come to deliver the contracts
-i n i 1 1 into the hands of the officers
"f t' (iinipanles.
'' WllliamH," he said, addressing
ih president of the H. It. T., "on
behalf of the city of New York, acting
'or t hi Public Service Commission, It
ii mi great pleasure to hand you these
"n'rniis signed, executed and now to
be delivered, to take with you, with
'numibtedly the best wishes of all tho
'itizri-i of this city for a speedy enn-
'iit.it itm of this contract. I have
' 'l .tiht you will lend nil your energies
"Ward that conclusion."
Thank you," said Col. Williams, and
nen In an undertone to Judge McCall
lie added, "I'm looking: for an able
bodied man to carry these things away
fr me."
Mi. Khonts remarked that he had
betn Halting a long time for the chance
I" receive the contracts and ho thought
that after' so many years "somebody
""tilt to say a little prayer."
Mr. McCall, turning to Mr. Shonts,
wild
"It Is my pleasure to hrfnd to you
tn behalf of the city of New York nnd
the Public .Service Commission these
contracts with the Interborough Kapld
Traiihlt Company. I gueis this Is the
only gift we have glen you In hook
foi in."
"I want lo thank you, Mr. Chair
man," said Mr. Shouts. .
"I ntn going to be right on your
neck," said Judge McCnll with a smile,
"until these contracts are finished."
"I could not Imagine n pleasanter
work," said Mr. Shonts.
lloroiiKh Officials Thnnkeil.
Commissioner Kustls then moved that
Horough President McAneny and IiIm
associates on the Hoard of Kstlmalo
and Apportionment transit committee,
Horough President Miller of Tho
Hronx and Horough President Crom
well of Kichmond, be thanked for thrlr
help, and especially for the prompt
action of tho Hoard of Kstlmato and
Apportionment In approving the con
tract". "There can hardly be nny objection
to that resolution," said Mr. McCall.
"I will ask the commission to take a
standing vote upon It."
All the memliers of the commission
stood up, Including Commissioner Mall
ble. who has been thu enemy of the
contracts since they first begun to tnku
shape.
With the Commissioners and the three
members of the Hoard of Kstlmate
former Commissioners McCnrroll and
Hassett were present to see the con
tracts signed.
Horough President McAneny's figures
show that the new Interborough sys
tem will cost lfl5,r.9fi.637. The city
will supply for construction purposes
$63,335,637 and the company $66, 260,
000. The Interborough will also spend
$21,000,000 for equipment and about
525.000.000 In third tracking and ex
tending the elevated lines In Manhattan
nnd The Uronx.
The Brooklyn Hnpld Tianslt system
will cost $ltil.lIi6.'JVl. of which the city
will supply $72,00f..9?l plus $2SM?G,000
already Invested In the Fourth avenue
subway and the Centre street loop. The
company will spend $13,95.uo0 for the
construction of lines, the title of which
will vest in the city, and $21,000,000 for
Improving tin- existing system. It
equipment will cost J2ti.0D0.U0o. Alljngnlnst loss. He denied tn-tlny that
told, the new subway system will cost (
$32
26,792.ii2S, of which the city will
supply $163,S37.62S.
The title In the new subway lines
vests In the city from the beginning.
In Hrooklyn the elevated lines will be
come the ptopeity of the It. It. T.. but In
Manhattan they will revert to the city i
after eighty-live yeais. The subways
can be taken over by the city for opera-'
tlon by itself or by an Independent oper- I
ntor at the end of ten years upon pay- I
ment to the companies of sums repre- .
sentlng their lnestme?it.
The precbe amounts diminish as
time advances toward the forty-nine
year limit, when the lines letiiru auto
matically to the city tree and clear.
The amounts are specified In the ioii
tracts. The city has complete contiol
over the construction and operation of
the lines from the beginning.
Units Hi lip I'm hi.
I'nder the terms f the Interborough
contract the first Item to be paid out
of earnings is the rent of the prsent
subway. The earnings of the old and
new lines are to be pooled to supply
the payments. After the deduction of
the rental the taxes and other govern
ment charges are to be deducted. Then
comes the operating '.penses exclusle
of maintenance; fourth, 12 per cent, of
the levenue fi.r maintenance: fifth, a
deduction for depreciation, sixth, $6.-
335.000. representing the earnings of the I
present Mibwav in th ears lPlu-lPll, j
seventh 0 per cent, on the investment.'
o pru Ide Intel est and sinking fund
Then comes an allowance r v ,r, per
tent, on the city's Invrstment. and
finally an eitial division of profits be
tween the city and the compan . after all
charges hae been paid
In the main, the li. I! T, contract
provides for the same deductions from
earnings.
SUMMONS SERVED ON MAYOR.
MfiRlatrnle Krnniclian In Take t'p
Olruril Pnlllirr Libel.
Maor Oaynor has beep served with a
summons directing him to appear before
Magistrate Kernoehan In the Ke Mar
ket court to-dn In an Investigation into
the matter of Italph Pulitzer's charge of
criminal llll "In defaming the memory"
of his father, Joeph Pulitzer. In a speech
delivered before ' the South Hrooklj n
Hoard of Tiade on February 4
Howard Taylor, counsel for Mr Pulit
zer, said lie didn't know whether the
Mayor will b In court or will be repre
sented by counsel.
.Stephen C. IialHwin or Hrooklyn. .Mayor
Gaynor's counsel, said tlmt It wasn't nec
essary for the Mayor to appear in per
son.
Mr Baldwin explained that under the
Inferior courts act Police Magistrates aio
permitted to issue a summons foi h
person whom a complainant wishes foi-
mall to charge with a crime. Witnesses
are heard and the flerenilant may apear,
he said, the purpose of the Investigation
being to determine If probable caut-u ex
Ists for the Issuing of a warrant.
Ilnllroad'a Deiiefltn Over 00,000.
Heneftts aggregating Ififi.SfiO.tt were
paid to members and their benellclarlos
by tho Employees .Mutual Itellef Associa
tion of the Ioiig Island Jtallroad Com
pany, according to the twenty-. seventh
annual report of that organization, made
public yesterday Of this amount $43.
SfiO.4 4 went to members incapaiiateil for
work, and the rest, $2.1, S00, was distrib
uted among tho families or heirs of mem
hers who died hi the year.
fill, OOO DnreiKRes for nn reel.
A Jury In the I-Vderal eouit In Hrook
lyn yesterday awnrdesl t.luse-ppe Curr.1
of Long Islnrid city $10,000 dnmages
against the Alpha-Portland Cement Com
pany of New Jersey ror .njudles to his
right arm, sustained on October 27. 1911,
while In their employ at Martin's Creek,
Pa. Curzl Is 19 years old to-day
Every distinctive point in
GMC Electric design con
tributes its share toward de
pendability and low running
expense qualities that
characterize the GMC Elec
tric to a greater degree than
any other truck of similar
type.
GnoHrMoTOca TtwWH'Ox'
PONTIAC. MICHIGAN
mftOmpaolUf.
M&fiSS
LEADERS OPPOSE
DEPOSIT GUARANTEE
Coiifri-ess Not Expected to Dis
cuss Question nt Spe
einl Session.
WILSON XOT COMMITTED
Senator Owen Snys Committee
on TInnkin Huh Not Tnken
Pp Subject.
WASiii.Niiro.v. March 1!'. Although
there Is sentiment among members of
the Committee on Hanking and Cur
rency favorable to a law providing some
form of Gevernment guarantee of lunk
deposits the House leatlers are opposed
to the plan.
It may be said on authority that the
Wilson administration Is not committed
to the Idea nnd no one connected with
the Administration has expressed any
views on the subject In a formal man
ner.
There Is only a possibility that link
ing and currency legislation will lie
enacted at the special session of Con
gress. Members generally do not believe
the subject will be considered until tho
regular session In December, nnd are
therefore giving little consideration to
the bank guarantee plan at this time.
The leaders find, however, that there
Is some sentiment In Congress fnvornble
to the Government enacting a bill that
will guarantee depositors in kinks
against loss. This was disclosed at the
hearings before the Glass currency com
mittee during the closing days of the
last session.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma, chairman
of the new Hanking and Currency Com
mittee Just created by the Senate, be
lieves the Government should have a
law that would guarantee deposits
there was any concerted plan among
th.- Democratic leaders to pass leglsla-
tlim nf tlu. 1:1ml Sten.Hor ( Iwen sitld
The purpose of those members of the
uhw administration with whom I have
talked has been to study carefully the
needs of the banklnu system and pro-
ci ed cautiously to make such changes as
are bvlonsly neccss.irj to promote tb"
stability and wltaie of our financial
system.
"Th Committees on Hanking and Cur-
rent y has not discussed the guaratite
question and what the opinion of the
committee of the Henate or the commit
tee of ihe House will be 1 am nit In
formed. I (iae been m.lf in just years
in advocate of a guaranty fund con-
trlbuted by the banks for the purpose
ot protecting the depositors and In-
cideiitally for the purpose of protecting
the banks theni'-eives against uie irar
of their depositors and as a means of
avoiding financial ianlc When the de.
posit or Is safeguarded In this way he
will not be afraid and commercial, as
well as financial, stability would be In
sured. "Anv system of mutual Insurance In
m Judgment mlght be well made avail
able not only to national banks but
to State banks or other compuile.s
which are under proper go ernmeutal
serutln and adequate supei vision"
COMMITTEE OF 20
,,.. iC.mlsky were Identified by John Popper
IS FUSION NUCLEUSIrn;
Will Ailtl to the Niiinher to
I'ot'in a lYrniiiiii'iit Anti
Taiiiiniiiiv P;irt.
Two hundred fusionlsts met last night .
it the lifth Aenue Huildliig in answer!
to the call sent out by a committee of
thirty last week At the end of a two
hours dlse ussum it was clear that the
sentiment of tho meeting was in favor
not only of fusion but of the formation
of a permanent municipal perty the
bond of which is loniiiwu antipathy to
Tammany Hall
The elelecates to the meeting weic
drawn from all parties. It. Is the object
of the fusionlsts to pet feet an organi
ztalon which shall not have the slightest
allllltalon with any existing pirt) In or
der to secure the Indorsement of the
Progressives.
Dr. Henry Moskowltz. a Progies.-Ue,
was selected as chairman of t.ie nieytlng.
Norman llapgood. a Democrat, moved
that a committee of not Irss than lift v
rlW more than seventy be sclectesl to
form tho Cli liens Municipal pari). The
committee should luiM such power us
was necessary to effort a programme
for action. Discussion lasted for two
hours. Then It was decide el that the
1. .i I , . ulin.il. I ii'i.nn i ...in. nit I e .... .if
live. win. should report lo the meeting';"01" "P"' turnout "Alabama
the mimes eif twenty num. the nucleus
nf a new committee.
Dr. Moskowltz appointed as members
nfithe first committee Raymond V. In-
gersoll. a Democrat: Hamilton Holt, a
Republican: Dr. Antonio Stella, a Pro
gressive., Prof. Franklin II. tildillngs eif
Columbia 1iilvcrslty, a Democrat, and
(Jeorge W. Alger, a Progressive
Thls committee returned with the
names of the following men, uppor -
Honed among the live, boroughs.
I'rederlc It. Coudert. Henry L. Stiin -
son, Frederic C. Howe. Charles C. Itur -
lingham, Francis 13. Pollock. William A.
Marble, Timothy Healy, Norman Hap-
geiod, Joseph 13. Price. John II. Ham
mond and Henry Moskowltz, all from
Manhattan, William O. Low, Audley
Clarke, Rdwaril M. Hassett, Darwin It.
James, Jr., all of Hrooklyn; F. H. Wurz
bach and Albert 1-3. i Davis of Tho
Hronx. Frnnk L. Fergusoi. and William
II Williams of Queens, and Nathun
A. Smyth of Richmond.
The committee will chose other mem
bers of the major committee which will
carry out the fusion programme.
SUSPECT A MURDER; NO CLUES.
Ilnely nf Woman Who May llnvr
Se're-nmed fur Help Is llurleel.
Tmiiivtown, Match 19 - -The body of
the woman which was found In the mnish
land at tho foot of Continental Htte'el bint
night was bulled In the pottoi's field to
night by order of Corner lies. There were
no marks of Identification on the body or
on the clothrs.
Dr. Owen I goo nindii n rnreful examina
tion, but he could find no traces of foul
play. Ho admitted, however, that she
might have been strangled, and this cou
pled with Policeman Tracey's statement
that he heard n woman's cry for help six
weeks ago In the marsh land lends the
police to believe thut she wns murdered,
The body, however, was in such a state
that hopo of e.vcr clearing the mystery has
been abandoned.
AN ECONOMICAL
TRUSTEE
1I7 handle Ure timber
of trust estates and
many questions are easy to as
that would be expensive legal
problems to an Individual
trustee.
We make a strong point of
two things-economy In ad
ministration and the highest
safe return for Invested funds.
Our trust officers are glad to
discuss with you our acting as
your executor and trustee.
TiTlE guarantee
AND TRUST C9
capital . . S 5,000.000
Surplui(tll earned) 11,000,000
170 DroAoWty. new Ton
17SKcnKnSt., lBaMoaUflaeSt-B'kln.
390 rattos St.. Jtmstcs.
NINE OF AUTO BAND
UNDER HEAVY BAIL
New Clifli'Res of Robbery Mntlc
Ajrainst Some of the
Prisoners.
Xme of the young- men arrested on
Monday and Tuesday as a band of
holdup robbers who used a stolen auto
mobile In their tlylng trips about the
city were held yesterday for the Grand
Jury- Their total ball is $5S,000. Three
prisoners were released.
Joseph Taylor, the pallid leader of tho
gang, nnd Charles 1". l.oeber, who also
has confessed, were held In $5,000 ball,
charged with stealing the touring car
which was used by the robbers. Taylor.
Loeber, John luinn and Philip I'orsyth
were charged with assaulting and rob-
"Ing uert Newman at lo-un sueet ana
Kighth avenue A third charge against
Taylor w-as that he curried a pistol.
lalAiird W. I'ord, Frank Vlvar and
Max floldsteln were held In 52,000 ball
apiece on a charge of receiving stolen
goods. Ford and Vlvar managed the
garage at 932 Jackson avenue, where
the stolen motor car is alleged io have
been kept.
The three men who were discharged
are William Ilanlon, Kdward Stewart
and (Jeorge Thole.
Another prisoner. John C. Horlh, was
accused yesterday of having stolen from
CJuffantl'.s restaurant. 2il .seventh nve
nue on February o a sealskin coat lie-
longing to Mrs. John Untight of 74
Montgomery street, Jersey City. Tho
, police say that Horth gave the coat to
his wife and It wjs found in his flat at
2101 Hroadwny.
Forsyth, who was rii last man ar
retted, admitted yesterday that he was
In the attack nn Hert Newman, but de
nied knowledge of the other robberies.
Taylor Is a morphine user. Helng
asked yesterday where he kept the
drug, he pulled up one of his trousers
legs and disclosed. vial slmppcd to tho
back of his knee. Taylor said that Jo
seph Hellly, alias Comlsky. still an
other of the alleged robbers now In jail,
was o skilful at disguising himself
that he had frequently fooled detectives
who were looking for him.
In Jefferson Market court Horth and
iR.non ball for roblry and In $1,000 for
assault. t'omtsKy was nriu in jauou
ball for robber).
H. N. SLATER IN AUTO CRASH.
Ilenrfli'lnre I neler .f UO.OOO.OOO Trust
Ksrnpes Wlthiinl lojeere.
ItnsToN. March If HoraPo N Sinter,
.me of the two sons of Mrs Mane! Hunt
Slater, who nre benellclarlos under the
K'Ooonnno will trust established b
their father, had three wheels torn from
his r inabout on the Houlcwird to-night
wboi an automobile' crashed In.o t O'
rig. Sinter wns I'lijoylng n moonlight
drive w-.th Richird S. Kmnict of St.
James. I.. I Hoth young men. who are
freshmen at Harvard, were unhurt.
Mrs. W. J. cummligs of this clt,
who was In the louring ear that crashed
into the runaPitit. had two rllu broken
anil a shoulder hlade fractured and sn
was removed to the I.vnn Hospital. He
husband, w'io wns driving the e-ar. ea-i-apcd
without injuries
LEGISLATORS TO FLEE STATE.
Te'lines'ec riislonlsts Will I'reMrnt
I'naanue of .NeeT Hills.
Ne,3Hii.i.K, Tcnn . March 1!' A move-
hegira" eif 1911 come to light to-day
when Ihlrty-flve fusion members of
ihe Tennessee Legislature signed nn
agreement to flee the Stnte anil remain
awav for weeks.
Hills erenting new State ofllces, thus
giving (lov Hooper, n futlonls!. addi
tional powers, are to be ri'pealed. Fu
sion election laws are to be mad' Dem-
I "cratlc. Nashville, Me mphis and Chat-
1 tanoogn are to be nlloweel to retail
llciiors.
1 These measures arc distasteful to
1 '!ov. Hooper and fusion members
' Hence the plans to flee. Democrats be-
lleve that (jov. Hooper Is at th head
of the movement.
BUILDING CODE NEARLY READY.
Uilci'iiien Will llnlil llenrliiKS on :
New I, nits In April,
The Aldermen have a new hulldliu; code
nearly ieael for pinille scrutiny. Atirnm
W. Ilerhst. eiialrtiuu of the Aldermen's
iMininlltee on buildings, has taken quar
ters at Til Chambers street, where heal
ings will bo held In Atoll.
A number of architects, builders and en
gineers have been askeil by the commit
tee to help In preparing Its report. Ill the
list ni members of the New York Chnp
ter of tile American Institute of Archi
tects, tho Aiiii ilcaii Institute of Consulting
Kiighieeis, the National Hoalil of Flro
Cndervvrlters ami the Superintendents of
Hulldiiigs of the nve boroughs.
Wan I lo niasnlve Williamsburg"
Trust.
Justice Keiby In Hrooklyn slsncd an
order yesteiday to show causn why the
Williamsburg Trust Company should not
be dissolved, A lawyer, representing a
majority of the directors, dcclureul that
tho total liabilities amount to $7"n,U'S.iiO.
of which $400,00(1 Is represented by n
claim of the Metropolitan Trust Com
pany. The assots are vnlued at $l,:5t,3:u'
and there Is enough rash on hand, accord
ing to the affidavit, lo psj nil claims.
TELLS OF STRIPPING
VANDERBILT YACHT
Yonnjr Frenchman Snys
Stole All Its Brnss
Trimmings.
11c
ALSO HOBBET) 100 HOUSES
Brooklyn Police Believe Con
fessed Burfflnr Got. $:J0,000
in Loot There.
A swarthy young man of slight build,
with heavy black eyos glancing ner
vously about, stood up beforo Magistrate
Naumor In the Coney Island pollco
court yesterday afternoon nnd glibly
recited how he had robbed more than
100 houses and hotel" in Hath naeh,
Bensonhnrst, Coney Island and Klat-
liush since January 1. an nveragn of
more than one a night. Tho pollco
believe his tale nnd nay that his pilfer
ings amount to at least $30,000. They
t hop to recover a large part of Hub.
Ho was held for the Grand Jury.
The confessed burglar, a Frenchman,
Is 23 years old and Hives his name
as Hodee Ouerlln of fiu Hose street,
Manhattan. He was arrested on March
10 and has since been Indicted on
eleven counts by the Kings county
Grand Jury.
Among his exploits he recounted a
visit in February to Alfred G. Vunder
hilt's yacht, which was laid up for re
pairs in the Marine Ilasin nt Ulmnr
Park and which he stripped of brass
and other valuable fittings.
Guertln wns arrested by Patrolman
Hellly of the Hath Itcnch station on
suspicion. lie was arraigned befoie
Magistrate Walsh In the Coney Island
court. Mrs. Florence Metherall of 2700
West Ninth street, Hrooklyn, appeared
against him nnd said Hint on the night
of January 13 he entered her home and
stole silver nnd Jewulry valued at $500.
A few days later, as the accusations
against him began to mount up, he
wrote a letter to John F.dmonds, man
ager of the Marine Hasln at t'lmer
Park, confessing that ho had looted a
number of boats there and asking for
clemency. If Kdmomis would help him
he said he would show where much of
his lioot wns secreted.
Kdmonds showed this letter to the
pollco and Guertln was again arraigned.
I'pon his confession he was sent back
to Jail to await trial. Meanwhile the,
police have secured search warrants !
anil will go on a hunt for the stolen
property, which the prisoner says he
secreted In Junk houses nnd other ob
scure spots.
In court yesterday the burglar wns
confronted with a Jimmy which was
found In the home of Wllllum C. Cooper
in West Ninth street. Hrooklyn. Ho
admitted It was his ami said he had used
It In most of his work.
A. II. mllh In Mann bp . V. Central.
Alfied II. Smith bus been appointed
senior vice-president of the New York
Centtal and Hudson Hlver Railroad Com
pany and Its leased lints. On and after
April 1 he will have general charge of the
management of the property and business
of the companies. .Mr Smith, who Is In ground that thrlr mother survived her i J:"V Co urt of Phil adelii u.i . s.eni o id
his forty-ninth year, begun his railroad , husband, while the sons contended that , wns hp)l, , ,-,, ,, 'un ln,ii,.(meiit of
career o a messenger boy for the Lake tluir father nnd stepmother died at the i,aK eonsplrnl with ofllclals ot tho Ill
Shore and Michigan Southern Hallway at Uanie time. The testimony taken in the I teriintinn.il Lumber snd Development Com
leeiunl In I' He became general ,viue shown! thnt Mr. 1 .nffnririu. ui.k I nnnv l, sell JiVllfin finn In unrrtile.su Mnrl:
(foreman of construction work on the Lake
''" " appointee, as.
iiSSr3rH
leneil to the New York '
superintendent In 1901
lie was made I
general manager of that line In 1H03 and
thrre yrais later became vice-piesldent
and general malinger
fstgz v-? -mar
Three-fifths of a Mile of
Hotel Gas Ranges
Tl
THAT'S
these
year
and Club Kitchens in this city.
No better testimonial of the value of gas for cooking
purposes could be had, for New York boasts of having the
best chefs in the world. They know that gas is labor
saving; that it gives an easily controlled heat, and that
where it is used there are no atoms of coal and ash dust
to undo the chef's best cooking efforts. Most of our public
and quasi-public institutions now have "gas-kitchens"
because they are more cleanly and healthful.
Such ranges after installation are kept under con
stant inspection without expense to the consumer.
i
Consolidated Gas Company
GEO. D. CORTELYOU. President
FEDERALS DESERT GEN. 0JEDA.
Trmiiia F.lpeeteil (it llefeml nco
Cross Ihe Hunter l.lue.
Naco. Arlr... March , -At thn rate at
which the Federals In Ocn, OJcda's com
mand nrn deserting to thn Arizona side
of the line, the rebels will have to attack
noon or there will be no Federal army
left In Naco, Sonora, to attack. Out
of n total garrison of 400 last Hatur-
day, 216 deserters from Gen. OJcdn's
command nre now In the bands of
United States troops on this sltlo of the
line, held as deserters.
The rebels, numbering 1.000. still sur
round the Federal garrison. Moro
bridges were burned to-day Is'twecn
Naco nnd Oatianea, south of here, to
prevent OJeda escaping by (rain.
The federal troops quartered ill Ca-
nanea, south of here, are without food
and with no means nf getting any. The
civil government of the town Is In rebel
hands with rebel troops occupying the
suburbs.
Mar Mullcr, German Consul at Her
moslllo, though released from prison, Is
still held nf his homo under guard.
The technical liiar.- is defalcation.
When the rebels tooit charge of the
Bute Kovcmmcnt Mullcr, who munages
n bank In llermoslllo, sent all his avail
able, cash hurriedly to Nogalcs, Ariz., for
sarety. After seizing tho government,
theHtate rebels ordered nn examination
of the bank with tho view, of course,
of seizing the money on a forced loan.
The examination showed 2,400 pesos on
hnnd when his books showed that there
should be n million and a quarter.
Mullcr had saved the money, but he Is
now charged with defalcation by the
rebels,
MATTER OF SECONDS
SETTLES AN ESTATE
l)ci'iii)ii Thnt l.nffiu'ffnc Dieil
First .Makes Ste)i1;iuhters
His Heirs.
Pieslding Justice Ingraham .mil Jus
tice Mclaughlin of the Appellate Divi
sion have dissented from a decision by
Justices Laughlin, Scott nnd Clarke by
which the bulk ot the estate left by .1.
Georgo l.affargue, a piano manufac
tuier, who was killed with his wife In
Uic, Is taken from his two sons by a
former wife and given to his wife's two
daughters by a former husband.
i .Mr. ana .Mrs. i.anargue anil two
friends were crossing the Pennsylvania
Kallroad tracks at Allaire, N. J., in an
nutomoblle when their machine was
struck by a train travelling sltxy miles
an hour. Hoth Mr. and Mrs. Uiffargue
nnd a woman friend were killed, while
tho hitter's husband survived, but was
so seilously hurt that he could tell
nothing of the accident
.. , nff,ir.n ,, ...III nAnl,. n
his estate wen to his wife in case she
survived h m. hut If she dldn t survive
.J""1 l" "''," """
Andre LafTargue of Bordeaux. ! ranre.
and Gerard Iiffargue of 14G6 Lawrcnco
nvenue, The Hronx. Mrs. I.affargue left
her estate to her daughters, Uuira
Hlakency and Viola Klmmelman.
Mrs. l.aff.irgue's two daughters
claimed their stepfather's estate on the
kllI . ,,ol. that n.1(ipe(i through his
temple, and It was held that he had ihed
instniitlv. Mrs. Iiffnreiie was dead
when n physician saw her. but wit
nesses testllled that there was .e move-
'ment of her lower limbs when she was
picked up.
nn this testimony the majority of the
equivalent to twelve of
ranges were placed end to
iyi mat number ot lineal teet ot Hotel
Gas Ranges was installed in
The Right Way is the Gas
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home and in cases
of sudden illness
or under the
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CARSTAIRS
WMiaHiv
tmn uiMimn
I
Appellate Division decides that Mrs.
LalTarguo survived her husband nnd
that her daughters are entitled lo the
bulk of his estate of aliout $00,000.
In his dissenting opinion Presiding
Justlco Ingraham says that the de
cision of the majority takes Mr Laf
fargue's property from his own children
and gives It to his wife's children on the
rrfimiil Mint mIii. .irtiiullv Mtirelvefl hlni
I by a few minutes after nn accident re
sulting In the death of both.
' "I do not think a considerable portion
of the husband's estate should he
diverted from his own children on such
evidence," concluded Justice Ingraham.
SPARKS FROM THE TELEGRAPH.
Attorne -(teneial Cannoil of New Yotk
State has Riven an opinion that a con
tract made by an employee with a mr
poiatlon whereby he will forfilt his last,
week's wages unless he glvis n week's
notice on leaving the nn piuatlun employ
Is Illegal.
Zlrglei Patterson of Tieiitoli. N a
seaman ot the American battleship llliniii.
Is dying In a Philadelphia hospital as the
result of a fight with Janus Maher of
Philadelphia oer the alTrrlions of
Mailer's bride.
Samuel II. Ilarrell, engineer, wns killed
and Vligll llearn. fireman, bndl In jut cdt
when a southbound freight of the New
York. Philadelphia and Norfolk Itiillroad
I nn Into an open snitch siding botwien
' l.-lll"ie anil l.eiuiiit en, i j i-.iivmj J
j Ap IIllIlulrili fornlPr cbM of ,,nmI ,lf
I )U,ftWHi ,,, l:a!ftern
penitentiary. Philadelphia, yesterday after
, n.lR . yar s,.mom4; iiuzzaid. wlu
, ls ,j 5,.;, old and who has served fori".
years 111 prisons, resumed his freedom
again with a lllble and SlQft which h
earned as a cobbler In the penitentiary
II. A. Merrill, formerly pifslilent of the
I C ,;""'1 ' . ', I'., '. 1' ..V?.- ?M'
. Hob. rt Webb, lender of nutomoblle ban-
i dlts. pleaded guilty jesterday In Chlnmo
'" "'" ciiarge or nurgiary aim was sen
tenc.il to serve from one to twuity venrs
in the piiltentl.ir) Thomas Iturke. a
sero'iiil member of the Webb gang, emered
the" same pl. a nnd rece Iveil n similar sen-teiu-o.
James Perr. another alleged mem
ber, elerldrd to plead not guilts
our city blocks if
end. During last
Hotel, Restaurant
Way
if
of New York

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