-1
Jtm.
A,
THE WEATHER FOREC
DREAM THAT RULES
CZAR FERDINAND
Mystery of his acts explained by strange
Prophecy of the Four Kings at St.
Sophia. An absorbing story in
next Sunday's SUN.
Showers and cooler to-day ;
a .
partly ciouay. , w
Highest temperature yesterday, 74; lowest. -ea
I wailed WtatStTi null and murine reports Ml luge 1
VOL. LXXXIII. NO. 45.
INCOME TAX
'ATTHESOURCE'
MAYBEKILLED
Withholding CIahm Is Bit
terly Attacked in tlx1
Supreme Court.
Jl STK KS ADMIT
THEY ARE SURPRISED
.si:tsi;Tov, Q
Itol'linK rlaupe' Of
tax law ll umli-r
t. i i.Thi "with
tho Keilcrnl In onif
heavy Orr in the
V'Mte I state Supremo I 'ourt. Able
lawyer, who heard th irgUfnelltl to-j
liny and the comment. of the Justices
limit thtjf would not bt surprised If !
the court held that feature to l un- j
institutional.
OthorWlM the law IMflia able to with- ;
fci.i i successfully attack fn nt eminent i
pouiimIi ri v attacking lawyera ha e ,
admitted in open cotin ttiat they nre!
foot contending that an Income tax, us'
i, ii unconitUtitlonAli hut they i
Ch-irge that the present law is a dis
criminatory m t h i ut ' and t Inrcfore clans ,
legislation and tint the operation of i
the "withholding laUHr," under which!
the ' io eminent n ppea i s to b taking'
private property for public use without;
JutH roinpenettthm, is in violation of thr
due pfOCOM clause of tin Kedei al Con
gUtUttoti and that feature ought to full.
The comments from the liench were ;
got fa vi Table 0 the law in the aiu- 1
merits to-day. Julian T. I a vies of New
York had gpl med how a 001 porattun
might withhold t ha tax of one of its
bondholder! an required by the law
Hot knowing that he was exempt, and
choosing between that rlik and the,
c n- iter one of Incurring cumulative i
peneltli i for not eo doing.
on l il ol Hcnn er.
Later thr corporation "uM
that the bondholder was txtmpt
learn
, but
TOUld iliJiovcr Ihat ll iiiiilil nut recover
trorn the Uovet tuneiii. bflcatlSS It fOuM
not sue for the benefit of the Unul
holdei, nor compel him to U". In the
f corporation bke the Union
Pacific itaiiru.nl Company, rhl h nnar-
Snteoa its bonds free of taxation of any
Bind, the corporation would reimburse
the bondholder and. at the eame time
he the amount It hail paid the ijovern-nu-nt.
Chief Justice White acked If tlie at
torney meant to Bay that the Oovarn
ment wan duitiR that sort of thing. The
attorney replied that it wan doing pre
cisely that thing.
"TraiinejtarnilB t" replied the
Justice, "1 never heard of such a thing."
It was pointed out in OOUrt m-'lay that
Wider th. withholdlnB ilau-e thl
aoratlona m many Instances wet
oor-
1 eX-
pending as high as MO.OOO a year in
clerir.il help iii an efTurt collect the
Oovarnment'a tax and t was main
tained that thin amounted to a "taking"
ci property by the Uovernment without
aompensatlon.
The wltnholding at I he koum e is the
keystone feature or tin law. Secretary
ate Ad on and others nav Ing contended that
without it many Incomes would escape
tiie Government dragi -t
The efforts 'f attorneys to attac k the
. I. ... Imm I
Ouuse it was a graduated tax and arbi
trary and discriminatory were rut short
bj the I'hief Justice, who told the attor
l.evs that the uprenjM Court had upheld
Hie graduated tax in the Inheritance
case uf Knowlton against Moore.
t IX
ia
I.H"
Illncrliulnalra-
William 1 UuthriS attacked the law,
as discriminatory in that it taxed the ac j
cumulated profits of a partnership or of I
toe individual taxpayers higher than It
aid those of the corporations ngag.-.l in
tiie same line of business and under the
game oirouinstancea,
Mr, Uuthiie appeared for Ho.ige Bros,
gf Detroit, automobile manufacturers.
li asserted that as a fact Ills clients had ,
p. till a tax of 5f,000 under the income
tax .ot on an liiooms that represented
cumulated surplus turned back into
the business, winje a corporation en
gaged in the same line cr; business paid
!il,o00 through the exemptions allowed
to corporations, but not given to indl-
duals. Mr. (iuthrle argued that this!
mas discriminatory and unconstitutional.
Arguments Will g" on to-morrow.
C ail..- A. Bnow "I Boston, appearing
for the Haiti' .Mining Company with
William t. (Iuthrle and Jullen T. Davlss,
made up the buttery in opposition to the
constitutionality of the law. The QOV
grnmenl case will lie handled by the
Attorney-General, Hollcltor-Oeneral and
Assistant Attomey-Hei . ml Wallace.
$1,240,000,000 BUDGET READY.
Ln rge.l Kellniale 11. er PgOBCBttod
III I . rs. Ill I'ellee 1'lllles.
tv ishinoton, oct it. A budget of
s' " ii 11,140,000,000 for the fiscal year,
t',. 1 1 rgest estimate of Government ex
penditures Ck'er submitted in this coun
try m time of pesce, will be presented
to-morrow for discussion by Congrss
s ' ..I . ammlttees In sdvance of the
' --r.tn.
Estimates for tin Department of Com-
per.,. v,in show an Increase over last
J.ar's total, lll.TT4.000, if they are
greed upon In the form now before
f i v Rsdneld
The liepartment of Labor ronton)
I cs fei changes In its sstlmaess,
h lasl year amounted lo 14,441,000
1 sstlmate for the post Office ic
j nil i.e slightly abovs Ihs
l-'rc.,. .fn.ii estimate for the present
wear
I-, i .tr interior Pepsrtmonl tiie esti
n xre less than ths appropriation
ef 1110,000,000 for the current year,
sr hid rig $ii,ooo,ooo for construction of
t ' 'comment railroad in Alaska.
Keeretary Houston had not completed
to-night hut eatlmatea for the Depart
Weni of Agrlrulture, but they will not
muoh from i he presenl gpproprla
t . nf sboul 114. 000,000,
WILSON DINES WITH FIANCEE.
Report t inn Preside a I vt sib Boob
I Ill VI '. Ill I lit. II,,,.
VYABMINUTuK, (Jet, 14. -PrcsaJ. ni 'i
' dined to-night in the boms of h
i Mrs Norman Qatl Tin othe
party was Col. !; M House
Of
nl,
I ' TI K, house guest of the PreSid
. 1 rs In re tu assiet in pluuniilg the de
I of the B eddrtig.
ll ' believe that the President will
frlsndi Col. House, to he the nt si
ii lbs wedding, it is reported to
get tl.it the dale .,f ths wedding will
announced in ths next twenty-four
""l-S.
Gen Carranza Invades
Guatemala; Graft Rules
Mexico City Government
PimtChtefi Forces Capture
Neighbor! Town mill
Ann Retail.
STATE OF OAXACA
DEFIES ALL FACTIONS
A mer icans anxious to learn the truth
about nffalrw In Mexico and native nun
!l opinion there Will be Interested in
portion! of an uncenoored letter just
r eeelvetl by a New York business matt
from a merchant long resident In Mexico
city who with no axe to grind Kiln of
thing an he neejs them.
I'arraniJa. he writes, ban without .ius
tlflcutlon invaded the peaceful nation
of ituutemalu He states that Carranza
In ntrong only ly a military way. since
public opinion In Mexico city In agalnM
him and bin cause He states that Cftf
lanza's righl censorship of all despatches
nent through Vera Crtll has made It
Impossible f(tr the people of the United
Statea to have anv idea of the "terrific
economic situation, the shameless graft
ing of railway offic'alK. the destruction
of property the mat rotlon atokneaa ami
suffering for which the Ktrst iTilef and
bis dependent! are responsible"
"Kor days," declares the writer, new -paper
correnpondents tell tne they ha v e
been trmg without suceeMs to get a
despatch past Carranza s CSflBor
aboil i
ihat leader's war on ' iuateinal.i.
"The PirSt Chief's prejudice against
luateniala hegan when Dr Ortega, that
country's Minister in Mexico city, de
manded that Carrgnaw ehKk his s buses
of power and sent to the I'niled State
reports which offset his very extensive
propaganda there. Carransa agpalled
' Dt. Ortega
I roeeil Horde r TWlOi
"I'pon the pretext of preventing tlli
; husterlng expeditions from 'iuatemala
1 aOTOgg the border Into Tabasco and Chi
' upas Carranza has fitted out at least
i two strong expeditions with men. rilles
and machine guns to invade the neigh
boring republic. Thl much has been
admitted by Carranza officials.
"One of these expeditions wag led by
flen. IsldrO Valdes. a Guatemalan negro,
who for some time served with the
Carraaalatas after having been exiled
I frotn (iuatemala on account of hie revo
hlef lutionarv Intrigues.
"Valdae's expedition, according to the
local Ouataei ian revolutionary junta
hire, has raptured the (iuatemala:
Pacific coast town of Ocas and has
started inland from there, The other
Invading expedition In led a folate
ma Ian nit med Prado Romans. Blnce
Romans knows nothing of military
sc ience Carranza haa sent some of his
officers along With him.
"Owing to the Carranza censorship
over ne- from Ouatemala ll is dim nil
to make certain of Carransu'a reasons
for the Invasion.
The President of that State is Ks
ttada Cabrera. He Is characterized by
Central A ier eans as a tyrant, clever
and an upholder of all 'Yankee aggres
sions' In Central America In order to
assure his own permanence in power.
Una Faithful wmf.
"Sines In' became President, however,
bis country has had peace and has
progressed It is believed here that his
army is so well disciplined and deeded
to him that Carranza will never get his
subjects to rise up against him unless
the Klrst Chief sends some 10,000 sol
diers lo Ouatemala.
"Dr. PTanclseo Orla, a former Quata
malan Minister to Mexico, who was re
moved from his office b President Ca
brera and has since remained an exile
here, is the Chief of the local liuate-
malan revolutlonarj junta here. lie
acknowledges that Carranza is helping
along the 'patriotic movement to Implant
democratic Ideals and free the psopls
.if Cluatemala from the tyrant Ustrada
i jgbrera.'
The CsrranSlStss hers declare pnh
llcly that the object ol th. Invasions
is to repel filibusters sent across the
border b) the 'reactionaries, or fol
lowers ..f the sntl-Carranslsta factions
in Mexico, abetted by Cabrera. They
add that Cabrera alms to annex Chi
apas. They say thai Cabrera, in order to
pull the wool over the eves of foreign
Powers, has characterised these military
expeditions as 'Invasions which are out
rageous to the national sovereignty.'
un. tun ii Btnrdi
Male.
"One of
mail of Me
'lins plucky
the 1. lightest spots on the
ICO IB the Slate of llriMi.il.
state declared us neutrality.
deposed Bo
lanos Cacho. its Huertlata
Governor, set up Jose ines iieviie. inoe-
pendent and popular, bum op a sturdy
', little army of 11,000 pugnacious nun-
acan inoians, issued us own . i,ee. .
laud to all Intents bscams eoiporarlly an
Indspsndsni republic.
"Tlie CarranslStaa have never dared
lo attempt a military occupation of
loaxaca, believing that the suit.- could
put an army of .Mi. ) hardy moun- ,
' laine. rs In IhS Meld if tiecossnr
Oaxaca. peaceiui. iiiuiesiccne.i. t.-u,-
. lively prosperous ami Independent, is
envu-.l by all ItH sister States. The
lOaxacanB deny Ihat they have seceded
permanently. When a government
rues from revolutionary Mexico, they
say. opposed lo lluerta and his former
lericieis and elects a President under a
constitution they will gladly return to
ths fold Meanwhile they declare thai
they simply will not be looted by parti
: Han factions.
"Yucatan tried to follow Osxaca'a e
i ample, eat failed, carranza blockaded
the coasts, overran tlie whole state.
move ins .i.i.t .
.'....i.. ii,.. Pinuilifu are irvinir In
do the same thing with Chiapas, but the
I ChlapanSBCOS are putting up a terrlllc
resistance and are liol.ling (heir own
I tints far, according lo travellers from
l""!1' . . I
Tabasco is almost entirety subju-
i grtt. d now. Morelos. which Is held tty
1 tiie Eapatlstas in undisputed possession.
' Is but a small section of this southern
region of the republic No one lias ever
taken the Zapaiistas for a eerlous peril
I iiQn tin whole tiie CarraiiElstas are
winning from ii lullllitry standpoint
They are easily stronger throughout Ihe
1 republic than all their enemies com
bined Hul public ..pirn..!.. though
largely revolutionary, does not favor
Carranza nor his methods,
"Most people think that If peace Is
msde st sn esrly dste snd eleetlone
NEW YORK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15,
iaBBkyMBV
Estrada Cabrera,
President of Guatemala.
hel.l the catholic party, which Is autl
I'arranBISta, though It contains both
former Madero men and lilaz support
ers, would triumph. Wis Catholic party
is not In the field as an armed faction.
Most of Its adherents are to be Counted
among the conservative non-combatants
who want above all peace, elec
toral reforms and sonic Intelligent mem-icc-r
(if the old regime, a good Mader
ista. as President, who will retire from
office when bis term ends.
"You have already read so much
about the devastations, poverty and bru
tality of tip' revolutionists that I will
tiot comment oti them further than to
-cay that the half has not been told. '
RAILROAD OPESS TO-DAY.
First
Train to linn t'riini Vlrxlco
dtl to l.nreiln.
ssrrtaJ ' able Deesslcs f Thk si s
Mkxic.i i'itv. Oct 11 Four thousand
men representing foil: brigades under
Usnsi Uechuga, More na and others ar
rived hen to-day from Vera Cruz. They
will leave probably to-morrow for the
north to garrison a line of the National
Hallways between Mexico city ami San
l.uis Potosi, the rest of the line having
been already garrisoned fo Laredo.
The tlrst through trains will leave
Mexico city for Laredo to-morrow, mak-
Ing the till. In two diys Telegra ins
from Queretaro say they are making
meat preparations there for the arrival
uf Csrransa, who will come that way
to Mexico city.
Local authorities sent great quantities
of provisions la Toluos t i relieve the
Starvation there Many refugees arriv
ing here from Toluca tell of terrible Buf
ferings while the Conventlonlota besieged
the cliy.
It is officially announce I that the new
it. ites cf 150,000,000 peso- guaranteed
Vera Cruz Issue will be put in circula
tion here re-xt week in exchangi for
present Carranza notes. Pesos to-day
firmest cl.cseil at eight and a quarter
cents. American gold,
SING SING FINANCIERS
WRECK PRISON BANKS
Two L'oiivlol
lapse When
Institution Col
Borrowers Can't
I'll! I.OKt
nt ( mil-.
iissi nino, del ii Two private prison
banks, organised by ivlcta after the
ii.augurat. on last Friday of Warden
osbonie s system of payment In token
money for work done in the prison, col-
lapsed to-.iay Their depositors wore
not able to draw evsn enough money to
pay f..r their dinners As a nsuit soma
seventy-five or ft hundred convicts who
could not borrow from more fortunate
friends went without tin heartiest meal
of th.- day. Unsafe banking methods,
Including unsecured loans to speculators
in crap games and pools on the world's
series, aie given as the OB UBS of the
failures.
Tlie 1,101
an worklna4Konvlcts received
wo days worV al a dollar a
nay for two dt
day last Saturday It was their tlrst
payday.
Announcement was made this morn
ing thai the System ctf paying for meals,
In cents for break! ast, ... cent.s for din
ner and 1 n cents I'"' supper .
was 111 effe't t.
Those who. lilt
had deposited
c by promises of interest.
their money in the banks
tried t.
rheca out enough for their meals
bankers, to meet tiie demand.
ami
thc
rolled i heir
j had lost In
banks were
' gat Ions
l The next
loa n.s
their
Hut tlie borrowers
speculations and the
unabls
to
et then obtl-
paN
y is Saturday, when
Ivs $1 each for tlnir
the men Wi
week's work
li is believed ill it Warden
Osborne will make some arrangement lo
tide ih.- unlucky depositors over until ;
that tune.
Warden Osborne replied last night to
pr. Rudolph Dledtlngi ths member of j
the State Prison Commission who bgS
threatened to have the warden imMoted j
fur refusing to answer oueetions He
mold that In. DledllnB had been sent to
i Sing Sing
Unci evil ami Ihat the
doctor
was not looking for anything else
NAVAL BATTLE IN BALTIC.
i miser Reported uuk tin net
siMgrfOBBI Nationality I BkHOrTBi
Spn inl Cgtf DetsofeS Tin Bull
j Stockholm, via i.onoon
I The 4IOBOlOcrfel reports u
Oct. 14
naval tight
1 ..ft Hslsingfors, A
I to have been sunk
cruiser is reported
and another dam-
aged The
ualionallty is not given.
Ilelsingfot h Is the chief forlltled poll
on the south coast of Finland, In the
Hull of Finland, directly opposite the
Itusstan port of Revel.
WILSON LEANING TO
A TARIFF ON WOOLi
Pmtdeitt Will Protmblj Ask
l onaross to ReitoN Duty
ns Revnae Nrrrssitv.
I
Mi-A I too IN FAVOR OF IT
General Retlalon of Scheitnlcs
Experted if the Propositi
Is Adopted.
Washington1, Oct. 1 4. President wit
son Is Strongly considering the gdvls
ebi'.lty of recommending a small duty
on wool as a means of rais.ng revenues
necessary to meet the expense of the
Government next year
It Wag learned to-day that the Presi
dent will probably Incorporate a recotn-
I emendation of this chmraotar in the mes
sage which he Mill send to Congress ask-
I ng for suspension of tin provision ot
jibe Underwood-Blmmoni tariff law,
which puts sugat on the free list on
May 1 next.
Members of Congress have been In
1 formeel tliat Secretary McAdoO is in
I Otlnod to favor the restoration of a duty
ion SfOOl as well as the BUgpOngKMI of the
free sugar schedule and that he has
urged this course upon the President, It
Is known that the matter lias been under
; discussion with Democratic leaders In
I CongTsaa
The sugar and the wool schedules
have always been regarded as the newt
important features ol a genera, lat tt
I revision, and the belief is growing here
'that it will be next lo Impossible fc,;
AdmtlltetnUlon to make important
. changes in these Schedules without Opel -1
Ing the field for efTicrtji In Othel ci rec
j tions
Kac h member of congress w in have
bis own special tariff Interests and
President Wilson ma) hud it diltlcult to
obtain votes on the sugar and wc.
Schedules without making conc essions In
other directions The fact thai the
Uemoerats will control the House by a
majority of only about thirty will make
majorny 01 on
tic. nit ii.. 1 1., m ,:i thi. ii liffi.i.lt in
handle.
Before any final dec ision Is reached
in regard to wool the President will
hold further conferences with Congress
leaders. Tin- Democratic leaders, in
cluding Mr. fJndorWOOd, were by no
moans averse in the last session 'o levy
ing a small duty on wool as a means
tcf producing revenue The personal In
ilatence of the president was chiefly re
sponsible for putting both wool and
sugar on the free list.
if the Administration dec iles in ask
for a duty on wool the step w.ll id'
ctiulse la- defended, as will the recom
niwiidatiuti to suspend the free sugat
schedule, on the ground that the Buro
tieiin wsr has i rt-.i teil an ext raordmarc
,itu!llw,n which it waa absolute! imnos-
i slide to foresee al the time of the diaft-
I u.g of the tariff law It will be con
1 tended that the duties are being restored
I solsl) lo raise revenue,
At the same time there an- many who
. welcome trie opportunity to make eh inges
! in tiie Underwood-stlmmons law be. mas
' they believe It has Worked a hardsh.it
on the industries of tin- c tuntry and
that this can be at least partly cor
rected under cover of the revenue situa
tion crontod by the Kuropean war,
It is understood that the suggest i-ti s
! fot changes in the tariff law an- being
I discussed without any reference t. the
1 plan to issue tionds to dofrs) released
i expenditures for national defences,
, SIX GERMAN OFFICERS
AND YACHT DISAPPEAR
Kuxi Vessel fintl Men Krom
Kronprlnz Wllhelin llone
Since Klllldrlt .
N.lttKOI I,, i it II - The tlrsappe , .e
of six officers from the interned fjerman
auxiliary cruisei- Kronprlns Wilhelm
and the yacht McHpae caused a distinct
sensation in naval circles here to-day,
The missing mm I-ft their ship Ian
Sunday and were to h.ne return."! Mon
day morning They have not I n sen
since that time The officers purchased
tne Kclipa a month ago, hut had
secured permission of ihs tinted si
Oovernment to ..per it., the .raft
report of the sale WSS made t.. the
turns authorities, but Ihc status of
not
rites
A
ell--tro-
vsaasl has never i n passed un.
Cspt, Paul Thlsrfelder of the Kron
Prlni Wilhelm reported t.. p, ,. Admiral
Heatty yesterday, commanding th.- Nor
folk navy yard, thai the six officers wete
missing, lie sanl that lie had spot : two
days in searching the waters or Chess-
PSake Bay and Hampton Roads for the
boat and the mini, but li d found no
trace of illher. Hear Admiral Heatty
communloated the matter to the Navy
liepartment and wireless message,' were
sent broadcast to-day asking shifts
within hearing to look out for ihs miss
ing craft.
Hear Admiral lieatt) rec ived n re
port to-night thai the Kjcllpse had bee
seen In Chesapeake Ray near Sparrow's
Point. He has not received confirmation
of the report. Tugs from th.- navy yard
will search for the mlsslrfg craft.
Unconfirmed rumors connect the dis
appearance of the Kcllpse with the re
ported presence of small armed y achts in
South. -in watera, where British ships
hgV0 been attacked
RICH WIFE ADMITS THEFTS.
Mrs.
II. lie I
III II u
. Newell
s a tumor
Held for II ob
it ..inc..
1 1 AllTFollli, Conn., Oct. 14 Mrs Belle
Is. Newell of Cromwell, wife of Walter
S. NeWcll. one of tile Wealthiest lllel'-
i chants of Middlesex county, to-day ad
mitted that she had robbed tin' summer!
homes of two New Britain residents of
valuable anil. pics
1 "I'm guilty, yes l broke Into ihs
I houses because I felt ' must have those
pieces," BOblMKl Mrs. Newell at Die Mid-'
I dletown police station. Her husband
says she has nail a mania i..r several
I years for old furniture and odd brii -librae
She was arraigned later before a Jus
I tlce of the peace in the Jown uf lia.l-
dam. wiiere tiie robbsrloa occurred last
I summer at the homes of Mrs Jennie
I tlaliey and Miss Cynthia Shaller, ami
I was held in f 1 .lino ball for the Decern
ber term of the Middlesex county crim
I Ins! court.
1915. eowritrM. tin, b m PrMNss .wt Mb)M iattdaNtu,
VAN NORDEN GAYE
ALL TO SAVE SON
T run iifcr Tax Report shows
Thai Ranker Wed Owing
More Than 7oo.oon.
i
KVKN HOME M0RT0A0ED
Appraisal Reveal RMuritlei
lli-iii Uw Worth Only
.- Thonnand Dollar.
Pew
War' er Van Mordsn, the banker, who
dird January I, 1 1 1 4 . gnc mi a fortune
and weni to till grave more than $".-
"in In debt In order to pay lip losses
Buffered by bis son Watn r M. Van Nor
! den. This is rev.. tie, i in the transfer
' t ix reitcirl on the dead banket
estate, I
which was filed yesterday by Appraiser
' Alh. rt .1 llerwln
After ai i g tended investigation into
(tie t tngle.l financial afTalts of the Van
; Norden estate Appraiser Berwln found
1 that the gross estate left by Mr. Van
Norden was worth onlj M4.MI at the
I time uf his death. Tlocodore L, Van
Xord n. son of the banker, who was
. named as executor in the will, tiled
! schedule of debts amounting to Mtl.
' 54, but for the purpose of the transfer
tax proceeding the appraiser fixed the
I Indebtedness at 1137. IT" The executor
i testified ih it the total deficit of the es
' tate Is ITM.MO,
The appralaal shows that the estate
hcdcls Winner M Van -Norden responSl
bis for an Indsbtedn ss " : nnn.nnn to
Ins father, If he Is ever able to pay
a sufficient amount of the dtbl to wipe
lout the Urge deficit of the estate and
ban a net estate large enough to be
.subject to a iranafer tax. the proceed-
' logs i! I'c reopened The appraiser
suspended a lax on this amount
that time
until
I'roi
Muio of VI III.
In
lis will Mr Van Norden gave
11,000 to .Mis- Virginia b. thus or
Lexington avenue, who was described as
"un faithful se retary for twenty years,
whose health is now Impaired" The
... ... re miliar- estate WSS left to the
dauahter, Cora L. Vim N
rden. A
. ..,. uf ll '- Will del. it
to the son
tr:
tale, I that all III- lie!. is up to
wen- cancelled, but he was dl
,1 to pay back this sum when he Is
it he civs anything the amount
,,..
recti
able
Ts t
be divided lte
the daughter
anil s in Th
Mr. Van
nothing ni'
they had .
he had left
...dure.
Norden
re to i
(ready
iii he btcpieathed
her son. he. ause
C ived more than
rt shows that even
Tin- rei"
if the 1X00,000 Is repaid ll WUI oareiy
wipe out tin- deficit In the estate.
surprising fetiturs ctf the nsirt is
that the Van Norden residence at s Baal
Si'.t -s"'o:id street and the garage at
Haal Blaty-seoond street were
mortgaged for mote tbilti 1100,000 In ex- j
cess of their value. The residence was.
anura sisl at 1150.000, but two mortgages
un the nronerty, Including
.nt. rest.
amount I251.57 The garage, ap-
nrs - .1 at 115,000, is -nitjis t
mortgagee totalling
Kir --Is conetHuted tin
17 These two
banker's only
'.'
Lie .--s
schedule of th.- personal property
red that the only securities owned
the banker, eBlch had any value
r-h.
by
were in small lots, worth only a row
thousand dollars. Among Ihoas found
t.. I., valueless were i'J- shares of ci.m-
tnon stock, ii7 shares second preferred
a. d " j shares rlnrtl preferred stock of
tic And ami River Company; 10,000
share-. Empire Consolidated Mining
Company, 100 shares Plfth Avenue Ks
latee, L' shares Consolidated Steam
ship Liics. Ill shares Van Norden Trust
Company, shares Twelfth Ward Hank.
ls shares Holland Trust Companyfl and
... shares of the Ileal Kslate I'o.iipal.J
of America.
,,io i.i, en b. Boa.
The notes of Warner si Van Norden,
mad'-' bj himself, were the followlngr
Jul) I, 1108, l:il .'-'.."i August 27. 1101,
1593.1150 i Au.:ust :.. t !ni. 100,000; TV-
cemlier 11, it IT0, and Pebruary
P.il.'. 1401 0, Tlie following notes
, Mere made tor his benefit Ivy his wife,
Itrace T Van Norden A pi" I 2".. 1 S0H,
$);. May i'c 1001, 1300,000, The
following nates were executed b) dum
nries for 'nri N order and i opi essiileil
loans lo hlmi W W Robinson, clerk in
Kqultabls Trust Company, 11 00,000; on
I 1 1 Tuber 17 lOOS, l.azelle. Mathews ft
Co., Warner M. Van Norden's brokers.
160,000; .1. N Poster, a broker, now
dead. 1113,000, and c A. Mailer, b-rk
'in lapiitai.ie Trust Company, t0,000.
I The gross perse. nil estate of M,M
-l.i.l. ti nltiit u- ts iii sairigs banks.
I rang i ns from 1100 to 11 ach.
Among the debts . r tin estate is fir.ni
, t. i in i-. ft 1 1 Avenue rreaoyterisn
Church, wlnre tlie banker was one Of
tlie elders, tor a pew sssessment. other
debu were Nineteenth Ward Hank,
! whi.il W art er M. Van Norden was pies
Ident, uti.:i7s for louts: liability to the
bank tin a. nut of tiie debts of Warner
M. Vsn Morden, Which the decedent
guaranteed, 1120.41TI Irving National
Bui k. Ilubillt) of US.iriO on four notes
...' II'., ...... I'.n V,,t.l..tt .I..II r
mortgage on residence, llflt.f'tT, and de
Itch uf mortgage on garage. Ill.TlT.
Th"od lai Noi.b-i. Hi" har k-
I er s s il and I XecUtor. WhO WBS lUCM-
lllonid ai length uoncsrnlng the sstsle,
said that ins tath.-r borrowed 1110,000
on tin- house appraised at only tft0,000
because "it was his home ami lie thought
iii.. value would probably increase to
that
had
for c
imoiint " 1 he
ieen trying to
sb. hut coutdir
I Xe
s. II
s.l I he
pr merty
Bai s Rrotner
,led.
that
I The
j W am.
. Lava l.
I father,
i n. r's .1
"lie
I Laxclli
sditess.
sallmony sh.
has repud
Miiltii s .v- i
l r.e son r
note of
I by Ins
Ited
th.
rJon
ind when sskod concerning Wa
mil of liability the witness said:
s lying lie gave It to protect
Mathews & Do. in their Indebt-
I ic was . pei'atlhg in their
brdkorage Ofnoe and they took Ills word
Dial he would protect t cm When he
couldn't Ihey failed, asserting thai my
brother owed ihem oyer 1100.000, My
brother gay. them a n .tc for tlie amount
Ihey sai.i he wed ihem."
Warner M. Van Norden is tiie son-in-law
of . I lines Talcott, the dry goods
commission merchant. Ths egscutor
testified that he is DOW su ng Mrs, Vim
Norden "ii Ihe notes she executed, but
i d tcsii i t'hlnk she can pay. Her father
i Is i ich, the executor said
BBllOn lliiardlnu
IgtH trial reels Pes,
Houses I real lest.
If. k lo Till Si s.
UlNPU
law has
licensed
are sold
K'. I let. 14
I'hu a nt l-l real ing
I
pla.
extended to cover un
wiiere food and drink
as boarding houses,
es
sinh
HOUSE OF LORDS HEARS FIGHT
FOR DARDANELLES MA Y BE
ABANDONED; GREY SILENT
LAND AGAINST SEA POWER,
ISSUE POSED BY GERMANY
Balkan Drive, Aimed Finally at Egypt, Is Expected to
Decide Which of Two Will Confer
World Supremacy.
Itl i cK,.r i ... . fc TBS ll
BBBLIN, via Amsterdam, Oct 14. The
Kaiser has abandoned the road to Calais,
according to a leading article in the
Hrrlinrr TngtMuU to-day, which says
this a the rial meaning of the new Her
man move in the Balkans
The art tcls declares that Oermany de
cided t.) thrust at the Neat Kant because
in that direction now lies the most prom
ising hops of attacking the Itritlsb Ihn-
pits, the Hermans being determined to
prove that military power is capable of
overthrowing naval power
The rggeMoll'S article
ably the I rankest statement of tier
ma try's purpose that has appeared Ii
the official press since the beginning of
the war. A translation follows:
"Throughout the war myriads of Oei
mgna li ne had their gae fixed on Ca
lais Their spokesmen declared those
1 who were not prepared unhesltatlnffly
'cc risk not only our own future but
I that of generations yet unborn In the
oonqueal of Calais were enemies of the i
i empire.
"I'nntoMil by such sentiments or by
'those wiin propagate.) them, the ilor-
nian lieneral Staff acted ain-.crdlllg to
i the circumstances arising from the de-I
velopment of the war drama It SI -1
copied thi lesson that the nearest imssa-
ide road f i .r an attack upoTTsour bltier
! est foe does nut lead through Calais.
"our strength, like that of our allies,
i lies In land power. We must seek to
deliver the dOOtalVO blow In another .11-
! rectlon, whether the process of accom
plishing It he tedious ami w.ar.ng or
not The principal thing is that we are
Anally on the way to Constantlnopls
and t he 1 tardanelles.
I "With 10 Igrade In nut hatitls. the first
j obstacle already lias tieen overcome, A
j doctrine winch for decade, dominated
' w. crld politics is on trial the theory
I that sea power rs the decisive influence j
r upon the course tcf history.
Land nr Sea
llahanlsm or Molt
s ii lire mac .
keiam? that is the
quest 'on '
"Are SSSenttSlly land Powers, like fier-
many. Austria-Hungary, Turke) and
Bulgaria, Intpotentl) nt the mercy of
England and Yankee. and, which stands,
behind tier impiy because nreat Britain j
at (.resent St. II commands the sea. .r are '
these land Powers str ing enough to en-
f.irce their liberty and room for their !
future development, even against the I
tyrant of the sea and his slavish menials I
and If i ee.l be in spile of them .' that ;
is the ipiejition.
'It will not be decided between the:
Danube and the Dardanelles, foi behind
the Dardanelles nrst ilea Pgypt. nut the
declalon will be brought nearer
if England wants war to the knife '
FRENCH PREMIER WENT
TO LONDON TO SEE GREY
Delcasse's Resignation Reveals Visit of M. Viviani,
Unique in History, to England for Con
ference on lialkan Situation.
Spei Igi I Oi iSOleS ti TBS Hi s.
LoNPoN. Oct. 11 RSBOrtS of 'he
resignation of Theophile Deloassa as
Foreign Minister of France as a resul:
of the Balkan .nsis brought out the
fa.t thai the French Premier, M
Viviani. cams to London last week ac
companied by the Frenih .Minister of
Marine. M Augagg.ur. and conferred
at meat length with Sir Bdward tire)
it ni ihs first lone ih..t a Prench
Premier has corns to riroat Britain hi
confer With the Prime Minister of Un a'
Rrltaln
about matters of Slate. M
Vlvianl's visit thus constituting new
departure In Pranco-Brltlsh diplomat!)
rein t Ions.
li i.- understood thai the sole topic of
discussion at ths conference was the
, ii Ikan situation A detinue agreement
was arrived at. it is said, regarding the
course Ol a. tloll to be pursued III the
near KaaterB theatre of war.
m. Dslrasss won great popul
,.,,. ,,. British PSOPls as the ard
British pc.pL
lend leading
idvocute of ih.- entente
cordtale between Oreal Britain ami
Prance, it was lie who was chiefly
responsible f..r the dlsappi irance "f Ihe
i line worn inured ..f everything British
grhlch existed for so many years In
Francs,
' AUM1TS Lfll:.lL..
Premier iiinni snMonsroes Cbbjbs
of II. DelOBBSO'S Acllon.
SsssmI CsOls cbsssofcl to Tin li
PAStl I h t 14 Tlie first edition of
the JVotpi to-day contained two para
graphs in all article concsrnlllg Ihe res
ignation of Theophile DelraSBS IIS For
eign Minister, which caused the censor
to prohibit the sale of Ih.
Hi t-oiid edition wan not
edition'
illowed
t'he
If
placed on sale.
other evening papers publish the fol
lowing si atsmsnl i
"This morning Premier Viviani I'" -
CeiVed lllld PnmmUnlCUted 10 Ills Col
leagues tin- letter In which Foreign
Mlnlstsr Dslcaass handed him ids resig
nation, basing the action on tlie differ
ences agisting between the Cabinet and
m. Pelcasss himself on ths direction of
France's external affairs,
"Premier Viviani ubaorvod with the
unanimity of ids colleagues thai the
differences in question had never shoyvn
themselves in the Cabins! councils un
til October T. M Iilcasse took pari In
she will have it She c an cut I ulsin
that Just ,u surely as upon the success
i of her efforts let set the (lerman armies
' on the march to Constant ample. "
The I .nktilti ii irUrr says:
"Neutral peoples would have to Ik? blind
If they did nol see over whose standards
the goddess of Victory Is moving Na
tions which after a fight "f fourteen
months against a world m arms are able
wiih such great certainty to lead In a
moment a new army to new victories
cannot be defeated.
I "This is the trul i. ivhich our new vie
lory discloses With absolute clearness
even to the mOSl incredulous More for
I this reason lli.in on account or the mlli
I tary Importance i the fall of BslgradB
UnqUSStlon-I an event of the greatest significance In
the history of the wen hi w ar.'
tlnclkcnsen nllonnl I, lot.
Th.- TdegflCBS RBSBSCBOS says:
"Klehi Marshal ion atackensen, who.
like Ins gr eat pi etlecessor. BluechOF,
wears the Hussar uniform, is filled with
tiie same impulsive spun, lie enjoys
in an ever Increasing degree general
veneration and gratitude. He has on
thi- tiers.tii.il sympathies of all classes of
tne people lli- personality emerges ul
of the ranks f the ..titer leaders and
approaches that of the national hero.
Von Hlndenburg
"of course, th- work which lie has
now before bun is replete with difficul
ties of all kinds. Not only is the Ser
bian enemy brave and determined to
llghr i.t tin. last, but the field of the
new operations is not particularly favor
able for the conduct of an attack
"However, just as we are full ..f con
fidence in the preparatory measures
taken by th. supremt mtnand. so we
are convinced that the Hussar Otieral
will show- himself etual to the task and
carry through a new procession of vic
tory, tins time iivt-r Serbia."
The nToelslecae Heiluag urges the pub
lic not to forget tiie forces in ti thor
theatres of war. for "they have helped to
conquer Belgrade," This paper refers
to ih.- violence of tin- fighting on the
Italian from, wnii regard to the Rus
sians II says r
The period during which the Rus
sians economised In ammunition m-nw
to have passed. They have now been
spending no less material than when
they were fighting in the Carpathians."
The Humburaer Fretndonblati de-
claret that "the hour of destiny has
struck" feci Bulgaria, and continues: f
"When, two year ag... Bulgaria wast
1 liunilliAt. d and a-s.ule.i from all sides.
Isold ami betrayed by Bngtastd and
Prance, and knew no' where to find sal-
vatlon. nobody imagined that th.- gods
of iusllce were so near at hand; that
a da) of retribution would come so soon,
"This day has came ; the day on which
'.lie cunning Serbian arch enemy must
t.. driven off so that Bulgaria ma) grow
an.! develop freely, bin. ore. I by none.
Now Bulgaria mux wax great and
mighty. terror t.. her foes, wherever
lurking Now is the tune to attain the
great ideal ..f all Bulgarians."
all cabinet decisions, signed all des
patches concerning their execution us
applied to foreign affutrs and stood for
the conasquencee.
"Premier Vlv
casse in reply,
ills attention in
nl wrote to M. Del
c iliing these f.ic-ts to
nrdi r to clear up the
situation.
The , elisor foi 'aids tlie
l Delcasse's letter of n
this letter Is Ihe clill f i en
discussion of
ilgnntion. and
ie of interest
Ml tile Whole matter
tleorges l!emei an. who long since
started a spirited tirade against th.
present French foreign policy, refers to
i Premier Vivlanl s assertion that M. Pel
casse was iti full agreement with the
Premier and the Cabinet, "it is the iirst
tun,' a Minister has resigned his post
In
HIS
f the
til. il lis
etlce of
t 'Ionian
disagree-
rnetlt.
DELCASSE A "SACRIFICE."
I
Id I nt uf I ' ii 1 1 nl ' I ii Hurt' In
llnlkniiH. Hny'R llcrllu I'll mt. !
ipcmi' ' tltilr ifntti 't (u '1111. S( V
RlBHI.lN, VlN rn-tirtl.ini. Oti M -T
S'rm slr JVfll hnrht , . publlthMl hftrti
s f.lii'i' i,(ii to-da)
"Whtiti vf imUleitiUsi intM crt-iiit inn
i ihc Krsnch Oov nmvnf offers nobotty
I dutbt i ii.it M DeU'ttsiM Ii tin' vUiblftl
ffvputory t;t' nii'-o offered on tin- .t tt i r :
.if Ih 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' I iU l-l IbUMIUM if I hi 1 P
uneurceetful Ma'.k.in policy.
Sir wtird Ore) Mill totter-hi
m i j even r,,'ii bllib hlmeelf . but Del
?aM hup fttllen."
NEW GERMAN COINAGE RUSTY.
i mm uf i run Honey lie n
ISiftl ii ii . .I
u$i W t Uhh Itttpnti fn 'fur Si
i.nMwis", i i.i. ii - CopenhAoieii io
pati'h iH'i iiiat th iPiue u( nertntny'i
Iron poI tinge, whlojli wki to hive replnoed
ail ntrkol polm on October lit )uh been
poitpotied hecRuee thf metitl hfti rtietod.
The niece h will be t rented wiiii n
antl-i upl
I put In el
prcpfl ra i
ul;i(ion
n be fori
tlw
KAISER'S SON TO TAKE BRIDE.
Pel nee JmvIiIm nunufi iiimit
r lui'rftft.
,.,',! t Il tut I it, 1., Tin St
iNDOKj
it t. 1 4 A Hl I 'i
leapalt li
pay a tiat the ffetchnaiftnier announce
! tin engagement of thu Kalpr'a youngest
' son, Prince Joaf mi, t. Prince Mai li
I rVugutlne. a nleea f the !uk f An halt
PRICE TWO CENTS.
Lilllsilnwiie Snvs aliillel ll
Undecided on CamiNiiini
.it St rn its.
FOREIGN SECRET AttV'fi
SPEECH MSVITOINTS
Fails to Tell What
Is to He Taken
Balkan Criah
Actiol
in
RUMANIA FRIFs-NDM :
GBEKCti WITH SERBS
Allies." Snvs Stntonninilt
"Arc Acting in Closest
Consultation."
a'. ' TitnHtlrA Tin o
Oct it Sir Wdward flrep,
1.
the Hritisii Foreign Secretary, math his
long expected explanut lm "f the Balkan
situation lo-duy, Ai an explanatlsgt
however, of th- failure of British, Pr. h.'h
and Russian diplomat., in the Neaf
Must It was a complete disappointment
to Parliament and lo the public at
large As an assertion of what, if any
thing, tlie Kntente Powers Will dn to
heck the German march toward Con
stantinople it was not mil) a lllsalHllnt
ment. it was an evasion.
Sir Alfred sfllner, sarcasth-ally -om-
menting In the House of l.oids on the
speech of the p.. i. run S..r. tary. de
clared tiiat the Information contained
in it is less than any Intclllgenl p. neon
in tiie country already knows.
Vtscottnl Mllner described the suu-
tion 111 tiie lla'kans as disastrous, lb-
ferring to the I Dardanelles he aid
"It bus been said tiiat it would be
terrible to abandon Ihul sdvrntura
owing to the loss of iirestlge it would
entail, bin would it not affect British
prestige more seriously .f Ihe enterpi lee
were persisted In and i-nded in complete
disaster ' '
llllises l illlllrill. III.
lie sugi
! tiiat in m
W of the in e.l
tin- western
Urge I ti the
be said, is to
of all available lr
front there is hul
Its
I Allies to pursue, ami that
withdraw the iso.o i i
and Ibrt.sii soldiers fron
j.i. .... .in French
III lb. Uallipoll
Peninsula, give up ih
campaign against th.
long drawn nut
Dardanelles al
the men with ail
rlna before Hint
crushed b; Oaf-
together, and transfer
I sp .i to the of
.country is complete!!
many,
Pi r.ply to this suggestion, whliii was
taketi up and reiterated in Ihe form of
an Interrogation lo ih. tloveriimeut,
Lord Uansdowne was wholl) non-com1
mtttal, He said It is linposslhh fm
any member of tiie Oovernment to giv
any assurance whatever that ti pc ra
tions at tin- Dardanelles will cither h.
continued or abandoned.
"It would i.e unpatriotic and to
proper." said lord 1.. in.-. low in "to fore,
tin Oovernmenl to make a fuller ills
closure of Hie operations in which the
cvunti ) is engasti il
"T'.u' present sltuatstii s a grave ami
critical one. Tin-re are n.-w develop
monts and new fai'tors in a.h lit o.i lo ihe
I entrance of Bulgaiiii into the struggle.
'The attitude of 1 1 recce at the p it
moment has not been quite full) ih lined,
and that is anottiei factor ill the cab
uialion "
, Lat. r, in Ihe lobbli ' there were Ihoas
who found in ii"- . a - v attitude of
I Lord Liitisflow no a partial confirmation
of tin- belief, which has sudden!) be
, come widespread i.. day. "iat 'he cam
paign against Constantinople will b.
I dropped Otter el;-hl months of futile
effort hi. i the entiri cxpedit iry force
now struggling ih. i. sent In the
! Uulkans
I re, I e'
loin
tlpl liulel Ii,
Tin- BUPlau
sllllggle I- t
scar Ititlictei!
and the forct
Scliea lends
I real danger i
I I Ins member
ct
Ihe iM'di
til.'
I bill
ef. Iii
.1 lll-
n the
sent at
Tlirkl-'i
this lat
tt
Itlteil
ilfy the s.
Balkan i tuatlon
luiertiinciit post
of Lords I.. Intel
the new
uf the
Iii i W' ; , it. t lif sv
iiM't tin' now de)fcbluiine4it in lei
victory. Thin wua (he MarqulN of V.tv
lrealdenl of thi tTouuctt, who ilecin
with entpbattc patiiotlpin thai ihe
newed attack to cruah Herhla wuiihl
aerve t.i ma ki- Ptemcr mil Hi i er ihc
termination on th poii of the ihi-
...
j Pg
. t
it-
ly
.lr
tt t.iiiv tin- wm t abpolule victor)
po)lowlna the Ma equip of Pre we' a
ptotemenl a acctlon of the pecrp Miarplj
rrltlclped the couep whfrh pventa have
boon pi rwitted lo loke In the Halk imp
and ;,t the Pardaiieltep, Viacom ' Morles
si'.owi'tl deep concern over the e;mvtt)
of the Balkun pltuutlon and indhatet
KP'at anxiety loot the foi'i-ep it. in- weei
phould beriliPPipated He Paid In would
like to Know the number and i.nPtl
tut ion of thr allied lialkan forcr, t ha
terntp on which Itueala and Ituij wvru
cooperallnfi ind what the prnppevia
wi n- of help from Clrecci' mil Hwn i
Thr dipouapton of the Haikanp led lu
agrh 'ii.1"' to thi' )ardaiietlep and ugaln
and apain t nf Oovernmenl wap nuked
itf it uonsldorcd a it hclrawlng fivm thai
lanterprlpp. thi completion of wi I h ip
'now hopelepp. Lunl Uauadowne iti,ied
; that th altuatlon wap novel and li leal,
I Rulfnri&'i entri Into the Held waa moat
! unfortunate He atrougly urged that
while th new iltuattou i i" -: -i
amlntd by th mill ton am nor l tic the
I Mount' i rfraln from pnpping pidgnonl
on theaa important Ippun and from at
I tamptlni ti reveal In antic, nation what
I cnuree thr conduol of futun at long
I phould take.
H'iTt Hp
tion fn
POMC l
at thn
A puggeatlon wa main i li it
of Lord! po i t i j-. i t -0UM
the Halkatl atnl th I'
hut to this the Murqui of
piled thai 11 did nol eeem -I
fegalhle, Tii mcni a h- n
Mouae
..ti to dli
ird iii .
I fi' W r I t
pl ra it.
ii (hp iuh
I. In- Hl it. , i
curiovlt) i the pi
thi very mon ettl win
pile il t for
tt.
I. out
I; hhh