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THE SUN, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1916. i 6 SEES COLLAPSE OF NEW SUBWAY TUBES iiiiiiiin l. .Mt'lJonn Affncks Mi'IImmI (if Const. iiHin'r llnr I c tit Ifivcr Tunnels. ,s ANN IMtOMISKS A J I) r ,i .in I' .Mcltean. th contractor i -mil the Harlem Itlver tunnel for i; Mi..wiiy lino, loM the Thompson li.-l.itivc I'miiilttre yesterday tlmt llir , In i, tire could uc IiIh heml fur a font f I ie iu w Mlbtviiy lulit'H bcltlK roll' ,i-u, trd iimbr It.o llarti'in Hlvor ti con ,,! th, Munli ittuti mill llrnnx ends nf i . 1 v'ikmii nvenuo. subway line do U .1 I "U.II'H'. it.' wiiil tin- method of roiiMructlon i.se 1 ni '! Jnli vv.m unsafe because, nn r, i,ifin, "tin" life and heart" of llio mi, n-'i ilt'ippnl into tlip river to fin i -tvti iiin u.ille of the tunnel arc ii. I .nt.iv liy Hie I'linent. . T , i'iinim.ttei' counsel, Krnnk Mii., fl,..l lii-inri Minrney Kw.iuu'h cooporn-i t r-tciil.it to compel recalcitrant tvnr-i to ulve testimony before the j Mi iu'ee .iuiikc .-.wanu promisci! 10 pi..U, .i ci'it.itli coition of the law which jli t . In line" rover tile case. Ii hi way the Thompson committee rr;.. ( pursue the InveMlKallnn of the 1 1- ' .in nil t itifii t k ninl utilisation," n- .ii the alleged mention to Col. 1 i, Mi S. William of the 11. It. T. of (.. --ibtllty of KettltiR the support of fit.iin ity oillcl.il for the II, It. TV u "ffir f"r $."iO0,010. Vla-lleini ( lilef Wit lieu. M- .V Item :i the rlilef witness of th' ii' Me i engaged at present In lli.ii n .ig.tn t the city and the liar jam liner tunnel contractor Involving i., ... I itrmifeineiit of hi patent right" ! ".it particular suhuny work. lie tr l io net the contract and much of M- ti-tinoii concerned hi attempt. 'IV -ler.ile fraud" mid "attempt to de- tt u were nn or Ihe nlir.nej li cA I pi 1 ' niri-ative of his fight with the I". Service Commission and several clt .til. ills over the contract I i i r Mr, Mclicati related his effortu I meet tiie ciuitrac! for bulldln the new I tli- tver 1. It T. ttinne nml tbe Vmirieetith ktteet inmiel nt irr!.t ..-ivlii- , let., ntv He ahl he offered to build t'e l.i.i It.ver tunnel, from Whitehall ! sTftt i.t Montague street, Urooklvn. fur $ mm (.nil. olie-half of the price of the rnitri awarded by the city, and In a jm' ' iter time. He alo testlfle,! to "i'T 'o construct ihe Fourteenth t"r.- Cid Itivcr tunnel forty-six feet y c - 'i th liver bed than the speclflca ' ei p'ov.dcd and save the city $ 1 ,500. dft" o the same time " ii tractor rend a letter he wrote f ''.I I 'roller Prcndergast In June, C ' i c that the Harlem lllver tubes rj'i .- the city IMri.nfm more than the i-li'Mild, and said that Mr. Prender-ti-' gave him a hearii with Chief 1 c iei Alfred I'raven of the Public f.er t. Cninmisslou. Tile Conuttioller "'e h.m later that Mr. Mcllean had " (.1 to establish hi point." hut Mr. y It, i' sa.d he understood ttiat Mr ! ' lei ea-t Ii ill already rejiorted In fa r ..f the project a It vtoisl before tt u ai d the contractor a hearing, eni "Hi Ihp I'm ml." M M. Itean and hi a'oclate, John f ins m the attempt to get the. 11 ' 1! ver contract sent P. Walter r. nir. in engineer, to "expose the ' in to the Hoard of Kstlmate. Creu7- ta ' said, tet'irned with the promise, i' i M.itor .tui. nei, iiieu rresaieni f th Itnaul of Aldermen, "know there 'rnjil' and iitended to kill the con "That put ii to sleep," continued l Itean, "and Mr Mitdnd then vott-1 ivvaid of the contact." Mr. M - ' d he wrote to a newspaper later ie gang' could not have more v - a-vi-tanth" than Messrs Mltchel, M V and Prcndergast. "'.ii. n( Mr Mfitean's tetlmon.v i on- tf it r e c i l ! r f i C . I ' "ie award of the Lexington ave ii Mart to the 1'nlted State Itealty I". I roveincnt Company. Mr Mc- I that William K. Hav emeyer. I r i stoi kholder In the company, and .in Willcnx's father-in-law were It g t"L-ether. Vice-President llabbage ft "ie icaltv company testified the other ( ''a' his cniiipany owned a quarter I", ci n tlm McMullen-lloff company, ri "i for the Hatlem Itlver tun r' - !i d Mr Mcltean said yesterday t' i I inted States Itealty and lin rr ivri. ir-ii, so he was informed, had a P' in rent. Inteiest In Ihe Harlem I: v, i 'iniiai t l:ec ir.ltng the method nf mnstrtiet lis i ne llailem Itlver tunnels. Mr. Me lie -ii teniled that the concrete used tn -.m rigihen the wall of the lube sci i-i the water ptesure Is shot down te I' - 'em mound the tubes and ilepos-I'r-l vit. and that In the process not mi water and sewage get Into tie ie viuie befote It I set but some f' " .-.mil nnd lenient Is carried away pi - iiinent, which, he noticed, was til iilnw The contrail provides. Ie - I Hat the concrete shall not he t I, ' In fine it I Md. When the rods Veiling ihe walls of the tunnels iiisuii h water seeping through i ile. he said, the tubes will col- t' . If!-. v ilnli't, hi .id f,i he lidded, football." "vnu can I ill of III llfTer. a 1111-11. contliiued Mr. Mr .n.iieiiiatiiig the i onstrinilon of i Itlver It. It. T. luniiels. he Chainnan MeCall of the Public "iiunlssion that ho eould build ' 'bv his patented method, the Millioil." i hea per and with lea 'ie lnes of workmen than tho - and aneptcd "shield method" vwi.K to Commissioner Cram - t . I. ml. I ihe tunnels for half M'.-id inst and to i ouipleto them I a half eais Instead of three il eais. Mr. Whitney replied ' he mihI. by writing that his ' vwiiild l.n submitted lo the tran i.. H ie for consideration and, he i a s the end of that " - ii init 't to the operating com plied Piank Mo-s, the com- 'in-el it Jut one of the ways they ' uiMiiik things mound tn the i want them," replied the wit- M Mi Mean said he had belli told .ado Ids gicat mistake when is method of tunnel building I ,i. I When he talked about tho 'h meet tuiiiul with William '1 I lien counsel to the Thump- II 'I '', i ni'iii ii, Mi,, witness said, he told ' '''' tin englniers who were ct It I r ig li method as Impracticable were 'l 'inning their bread and butter'' out " "h held method, The obstacle, that 'I' ' us h.in, lie mid, In competing with "' ii - .mi rictoi for subway tunnel u s hi Hi,, pnver exercised by the ' ' g neer .''i.i 1 1. kin Thmiipion then questioned n that point In leply Mr Me al one of the principal assets l.. is Mn cmMiip with the chief engineer" askul how he would go about Uh. '" ng a contract Mr Mcltean asked 'tiil.ir TlioinlMon Hie ''size of Ills !'ie,(.bn.ik," but he said later that lie 'I 'I hut mean to Imply dishonesty or troni.. 1 1 in ss In tho roiitract awards, ' I'ol ' nsked Senator Tlmmpsoii, " l lr Miilcan t-.tid that sometime h.nl miiiii.iiik to do lib tin- situation, He a, ,,iid, "You can get In without bu.t ng your nay in," hut he was not 't ml definite III saving what ronsll tut'il "getilng on the Inside," tiiuator Thompson announced Just SHELTER ISLAND DEER DRIVE WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING Game Wardens Have Their Hardest Job on Hand, but Chief Cameron Is Confident He Can Trap the Pests Farmers Are Doubtful. tlllKKM'OIlT, N. Y, .May 4. A buck of) lx point, MeeU and rounded from nightly foray In Farmer Nlchnla'. notches of yoiing gieen stuff, silhouetted hl graceful llgure till evening ngalnst the netting uu upon a low ildge of Shel ter Island, not a mile from Clirk's, tavern, where the game warden were KmoMng thelf pipe after supper. Head up, big even n Keen as knives and tins till epauded a hu snlrfcil up the wind, the six pointer surveyed the waste of cedar scrub mid dwaif pine tnwaid the nouth, snorted aninovlngly nnd madei orr, daintily followed by hi doe ami a little, spotted fawn. Unite obviously the world looked good to father deer, mother deer and their 1 !' I " baby, hut one wondered how things will seem to them and to their red kin folk when the sun drop low to-iuoi-row evening. (Her their v'l'es the war den of the Cotiscrviitlon Commission were gi Aliped about their bos. Chief M.vrnn Cameron, Adltondacks woodsman, while he outlined to them the plan for the Rreiit drive which may or may not hut)e the red dier fioni their wooded retreats ami send them In a panic Into a trap of fencing nnd corrals at the inot southerly point of the Hand. It I a line enough scheme, as Cam eion ha laid It down, the only possible H'hcnic, It appears, for saving thee deer alive nnd transferring them to reseivc where they will be mote highly ie gurded than by the angry estate ownets and vegetable growers of Shelter Island. Iliinr the llrlte la I'litnncil. The Idea I simple enough. The south ern half of Shelter Island Is roughly wedge shaped, the tip projecting Into tin sea. Cameron will post fifty men ucros i"e o.ise 01 the wedge, beginning at 9 -" to-morrow morning. Itn tn -p- i I',1'" " ltol tlie drive will start. V. ,,p",''l w111 J"" "''out ten rods j "isiant irom nis neignnor on eacn side. . r" move inrw.irii siowiy,,,at tu, state ln't spending any money uuouKii n iiingie oi oriar aim scrub scrub cedar nnd swamp and "ln,Kh there will bo a tremendous hullabaloo of whistling and bellowing, Plough lo scale any well brought up Vr "u.1."" .HKm' It will be slow, hard going, nearly four miles of It, Tiefore the wedge nar rows to the thin sand tongue called tiibsou's He. nil, which gives upon the Very npc of the wedge, M thomack Point. Cameron hopes that the sys tematic four mile drive will rout every deer out of the wood and head it on to edition's and so up on Mahomack Point. He lias no Illusions about 'he dltllcultles of the Job, since herding deer before adjournment that he bad talked ( with attornevs for T. A and T II C.d-i leple and that they had agreed to have their clients answer subpietia to appear as witnesses before the commit tee next Tuesday mottling. The com- , tnlttee adjourned until to-morrow morn ing. i SCORED BY WHITNEY. 'rhrtniirrn Inquiry .rlrl trr '1'rHiivlt t'rit, n t'liiiiinlnslriiier. Public Service 'oinnilssloner Travi Whltni'.v asserted In a speech lat ' night before the cltv coiumlttee of the , Citizens Cnlon that the Tlioinp-on legls-1 latlve committee, which has already i tied up much of the Important work of j tlie Public Service i 'onimlsslon. must be, held responsible for a very large part of the added cot of the new transit sjstem If it keep on w ith such hearing n It ha been holding during tin- l,it week. i "You will lealize," he said, "that In work of Mich magnitude a our there develop crops of ex-emploj ees, unsii. -1 cessful Iilililers, coiiipiainanis iu.un tied with result obtained and crank. all of these are being given a welcome haven by the Thompson commute, with opportunity to use the gnat legis lative power of subpieiia and Investiga tion to annoy and delay the vvoik of the commission. The tlmo and atteii-j tlon of Important officials of the com mission are being constantly taken fro-n their work to explain matter that in almost every Instance have been gone over thoroughly by th'' Comptroller of the city or by the Hoard of Kstlmate and Apportionment. "The public should know that if the committee Is to continue on such mat ters as it ha Wen holding Inquests on this week II will lesult In Increasing the cost of contrutlon by hundred of thou sands of dollars through sheer Inability on the part of the commission and It officials to give the necessary time to the (MiaTtinenlal matters they are respon sible for. "At the same time the committee Is showing a strange npathy with respect to progress on line of Inquiry started by It, vvheie the commission doe not have the power of Investigation. I re fer specifically to such matters ns the (illlesple contract and 'commitments and obligation.' These matters are of great Interest both to the commission and to the public and should be Investigated to the fullest extent. The committee this week ha attempted to Insinuate that the Investigation of the Sevenh avenue , i.ietu was not sufficiently thorough. Will It be necesMiry hereafter to hold an Inquiry as to whether the Inquiry into these 'commitments nnd obligations' was i.orri,. lentlv thorough?" Tii rneiilmr. held at 41 Park row, tho hu,l,iunrerH of the Citizen. Clllpll, I suited In a decision to appoint a special immiiitioi lo wmk with the Piihllo Scr vice Commission. This committee will make a study nf the Public Service Com mission's work and will offer sugges tions from time to time. Mr Whitney declared hlmelf In favor of the appoint ment of such a committee, Irregular roads, irregular loads each gear and bear ing prevented from wearing by using Automobile LUBRICANTS There is a perfect grei'rc for every part of your car, which defies friction and keeps the car young. Ath y" Jflr for Ih DUn Luiricmtint Chmtt JOStfH DIXON CRUCIILE CO. Jrr City, N.J. SyOvii EjrrUrU.4 IU7 Is not tiulte so simple a herding sheep, oiu lie nciievc. ii can oe none hiio eijn so In tho ipilet, modest way that Is characteristic of his kind, In several iI.ijh haul work bo has stretched a line of saplings across the middle of (llbson'M lleaeh. firmly fill- I bedileil ousts staiidluc ten feet above the allIi lin,i n few feet apart. The running deer will he harried through and be- youd these posts ami out toward the roa heating on Mahomnck IMlnt. Once the deer are upon Mahomack I'oliit Cameron's men will hastily sttetch vvlic between the posts, making an Impene trable barrier except fur a space of about ten feet squarely In the middle nf the post line. That will be left open, but It will give Into the real trap. When the deer try to dash back to the main land f the Island there will be Just one gateway for them -the narrow nper- luie In the 1 lie of Posts, and that alter- 1 turn ul v es into a ccural which ' inner- on's men will have built while they are strlnglng wire along the fence I'.nc. .Many At each Clinnec for 1'iillnre. side of the corral will rpenlngs giving into wooded crate or inges, and tlie plan I to drive tin- ileer from the narrow space of the coital lulo the cages one by one, box tliem up and get them ready for shipment. It 1 a good p'.an, hut there are about a million 1 1. .nice for a slipup. No doubt the Adirondack chief would be mote than pleased If he captlllcs fifty of the ISO or "00 deer that ate believed to lie rang ing upon the Nlehnl estate of fi.nno acre at the southern pait of Shelter Island. I'eer are wild things, with slender, fragile bones. I'eihap many will cripple themselves when the head long rush begin. If so, they will have to be shot. There aie a few fawns In the woods, only a few, and thee un fortunate babies are apt to be hurt. C.teenporters nre pes!m:.!le about the whoIn ImiiiioMf. Thev allow that It's nt f i(inei v atlon foollslmc epeudliig t, state's monev capturing a lot of ue- ,wr nlll) ,.j r,.fi. to believe. I ,, t,e jc,;, However, the drive lia I stirred up mote Interest than anv thing I which ha happened out till was smco j the last homio.do trial, and befole the sun is bright on Pecotile Hay to-morrow morning fleet of motor boat villi be heading toward Shelter Nland crewed and passetiecrcd by members of the I Told You So Club Maybe Will linger, .vho war. a bandy man with a lariat even before he went into the show buines. mav be able to help some If Cnneion cum ucl a bunch of deer into Ills cute little corral Will wa on Shelter Mar.d pi-dav 1 inkii.g tlie ground over and promised to return to-morrow. P. S. C. SEEKS VETO OF THE HORTON BILL Wuiilil I't'i'init llnliliiiu' Ciiiii piillic lo ('(inll'dl Ct'ii.iin I'lililit- I'lilitio. IIIO.MI'SON A Sl'OXSOlf Th. to rlov ttiat he pa-nil iteorge commit Public Public Nervve Como Whitman iei.l.i veto tne Hort'Hi bill, lit the l.egislatui I'. Thompson, w hoc on sent I tee ll.l! Serv n e been lllV'cMlgatlug llle oiiiimsiinii. and Senator Clinton T. Hot ion were the cblf f sinsor for till me.iMite. which gives stork cor poration not subject to the control of the Public Service Conimision the right to acquiio more than in per run. of the Mock 'f rertain public set vice corpora tions. Such acquirement of stock i for. hidden under the law a tt now stand "Since the pasage of the public rer- ice r oinnil Ion law l'.oi; sav s the brief filed with the ilovernor, control of public service r-oipoiatlon bv holding 'oi poration his been pteventi-l, excetit ,is sinii lontrt: haq ineviouiy to ui" nactment been aci onipli-he !. "The rrtinne for this inn still good and may b" uiiuned ui In the slatenient that tin' cninmisslou ti.it- no control of such hold'ng corporation in it relation with the corporation It contmls a to the lsue of secuiltles by the controlling cor poration Hgnlnt secuiitles or ontract of the controlled corpniation. the ac- ount of the controlling cnriiorntlnu to bushier traiieactliin bdween them, tim admln'etration hy the controlling orisiintion of the coiitiolled cor- oration's property, moneys or securitb' entrusted to It It tn 1 tho iiintiacts made between them as to the same and a to inrni-iiiiiKiti power rirsiippiie. iiiui ini particulaily so In tin- case of a for gn holding corporation. The only right the commission has iu any of tlio.o mat ters I an Indefinite sort of supervision ni'I right of examination uinl'r section subdivision I of the public service commission law" Thn commission went to Albany this year Willi several bill ibsigni'il to build up th" public setvn inuussion law," said Commissioner Irnvis II. Whitney tenhiy. "We were told that the Heglslatine would not lake up hui ll liieasilles until next year. ve (lie I.egls lature found time to put through Ihi bill, whose effei I would bn not lo build up, but to tear down. "Senator Thompson's committee ha been at work now for cainslileiatily over a year and has held a number of healings on vailous subjects Vr t the Senator chooses to pas mil of the Sen ate cnnmilltco, of which he Is chairman, a bill mi which no hearings have hecr. held, and which was drawn iilong the linos, of a similar hill passed at last year'H session of thn l.eglslatiiie, only to lie vetoed by the faovcrnnr In ie- spouse to the pintcsls of the ontnmls- blon," Truck Complaint in ivniin. The Public Smviee Commission yes terday illii'cted that a letter be n-nl lo District Attorney Swaim calling bis at tcilUnu to the fiiiluie of tile Third Ave nue Hallway Company and tl.e I'oity- secoud Slice!, Mil Mini t t.ui villa uinl St NIcholaH Avenue Itallwav Cniiipany lo obey an order of thn commission made May -'1, Hi la, directing there onmp'iiilc-i to makn ceifalu repawn to their tracks. PASSES RURAL CREDITS BILL. Si'llllle p proves Vlensiire lileli Sr-ein t'erliilti lo io In I on fel'ciici-. W'AHIIIMirov, May t -The Senate passed the i ural ithIIIs bill lale (his afternoon by a volo of lis to The measuiu Is certain In be ameiulrd In Ihe Houso and will have In bn dealt Willi by a conference coinmlttre. Sa'iiators who talked again! the bill vnlcd for it, believing II would form Hie basis fur Mini'' lull lllgeiit system of imal I'llllltS Tho bill Wits lepojlrd be Seillllol' Hollls f l r n ll t llr- Coiuuilllee on Hank j lug and Ciiirency after a silb-conmilltee I of tlu- two houses had devolve! sevcial I months to tho incatuic TARIFF BOARD SOON, CREDIT MEN HEAR IN'lH'CM'iidifivo Aiulci'son, nt. Pinner Here, I'lTtlicts At- ' tion li.v Confrrcss. ('II K Kit lMtOPIIKOY Members of the Now York Credit Men' Association at the Hotel Astor l.it night received with cheers a prophecy that the present Congress would cirate a tariff board to get the fnt.,a pp . .. fdlr ,nrrf , .... hill. Ilepresentntlvo Sydney Anderson of -Minnesota was the prophet. His hearers paid attention to him because be was a credit man before he became a states man. .Mr nilersou told the TOrt men nt the dinner that be knew that business re- g.ll lis Hie iis.nMllbllug or congress Willi fear and gleet Its adjournment wun a ' mIl-Ii ,,r rullnf I ttiln,(( toon Know, lie said, how Inefficiently the business of the Covernnient Is conducted Knotv dinar of Aniletr. "They reent," he continued, "tho In- terfei en. e of men who are unable to J efficiently run the business about which ' thev know the mot In their business , which they think, and properly. Is con ducted efllclently I sympathize with tins fi cling, for I know emigres doe. not know more nliout business than hiiilnes knows about Congress and Con gtcssmen " The only way for Cnngrc to legis late Intelligently, he went on, Is to a, certain the facts tluough commlttf. Ituxlnes men, Idealists, politicians and propagandists appear befote these com mittees If a sprinkling of fad Unit Its way Into those bearings It I always em-1 bedished or perhaps better concealed by , a linger iiuantlty of or.itotv I bine with tbe regular chape! choir. "Ililities men will not willingly give The cadets will leave Sunday after the facts concerning their several bust-1 noon While In Princeton tiey will be nesses directly to Congre-s, said -Mr. Anderson. bemuse of the dlillcultles een In the mat ion by poss.ble ui or tins inror- tli.ir e,imn,.ltolM." He thought that time inut he some body, which i.iii stand between business and, i-ongn s. a body that can gather the In-1 formation necessaiy to the m il. lug of a good tariff hill. "The probability of the creation of a tariff boaiil liy the picsctit Coutic." said Mr Amlirson. "i the best eviden -e of the ib 're of t'oncre to meet hiil iie.s and litisine men half vvi and 'o act in inalteis tomhlng the indiistue rf the coiintiy with an intimate knowledge of the i oiiditmii and circumstances sur rounding tin- industries affetd " Need of WirrUlim 'fogr't her. While no one pretrial that all of the tariff intuuie ur weie good, t'ia: thr.v were the aoik and of the last han cell he said, the wonder wa mc worse. He prair-ed .coin of tin- PYderal Trade ' 'unum-sioii lie declared that iu nrdei t. hold a place iu the grrat com mercial war wh.ii wa to follow the llurnpi.m war, the buincs men of the mutiny would hive to wink together, unif.ving agi-ncles and effecting tevolu. f.oiis In method. uthir spe.ikr-r weie I. Hairy Tiegoe and Judge Ibtbeit II Ito) . I-'. 11 Koi lch, tire-ident of asociatlou, was toai-tmaster At the the guest table weie II t'llllnger. Hubert II Montgomery. S. II l.ummls. I'. Pre t.m Shealey of Wahliigton. Ii.ivul Mejer, W .1 Mi .Mi.lan. Thomas P. Alder, Alexander New, the llev Vr II 11. I'leld. Ju.lg I ty. 11. W. CaMcr l.inl W. I-" Schmidt nf the New Yolk Telephone Company, who took them all , . i-r ,,.,.,. .,il h.icic . .1 M Tn- a triples I ,;, t Piei re .lav. t liairnian of lbs Hoard whuli w:ii"f tli I'eiliral lte"ive Hank. Magls Sr tutor tiate Kiei 'il. I 'ol master IMward M. Ieg:elat:ve 1 Moig.m, Samuel J lied. Maui..,- die ter. Ivlwm .-aie anil I-1 a UK liagg. TAX PAYING DATE ARGUED. 1'reiiileruiisl for Vilvooelim, lull Ileal I'.Ktiit"' Men liine. Coinptroller Prendei gat alone ap peared before .Mayor M.t'bel .vesterday in fa vol of the bill whuh advances the I date lor paving t im from M t 1 to and fiiitn Novrinlier 1 to July , .laiiiial v 1. Ileal i state nun opposed the uieasuie w 'thiiut exception "There 1 perhaps no better bals for Ihe soiindln of tho advance r.f dales," said the Comptroller, "than that which I sugjetrd bv sound business llnaucc It is generally iecngnl7ed a entirely jiroper for nn Individual or n corpora tion xv 1 1 1 1 an adequate capital to boirow In anticipation of the payment -if money 1 due 1'iom till standpoint It I entirely appropriate tor the my m norrow in anil- lit itnm of Its arii . us in taxes and In app-oprlale and tiii.iund I" discount It flit lit business The cltv now operate on borrowi'd moiia y from Januiry to June iu anllcip.iilou of tlie piyment of the lit st half of tne, and fioni July ti December on tint second half. The f the date of payment to 1 eh - i nary I i, in an' .in .i r.niii. ,.. nn- ai, ill l.'-'1. for example. If the tax levy I then $"nft,iii"io,n(ifi. of Hie equivalent of interest mi oiii'-third nf this amount." I.ailience ,M 1 1 Mciiiilie, Stewart Itrownc, Maitln Sixe, rbalrmaii of thn Slate Tax Commission, and Lawsnn I'llidy, piesldeiit of the cltv Tax Hoard, nil spoke III opposition lo Ihe bill. NEW JERSEY NOTES. Mr Mart- Kllie!;. 1. of rjarflslat tt a kllie.1 V ei lies, 1.(1 n elll hi' I'll l.r train am the ire. He near ail,lla. niter avenue. Iler limit till nut lilentllleil 1 llf 11 yesterday. A Impel a-n. tlm: I.t itno lias been pre seated In lint eonuii Kiillon nf ih- liiur-h nf the ("iinvell.ini of I'.lleriaon hi' Peter i j 1 1 ii i Uenhtisli, ii iteinirtiiient store (inner and Hint Sunday h ader. Accnrdltiir to Inforiiinilini from Inill-an- lipi.Hs. I ,ii 1 in tv nilillllKintl, ttllo na tlsltlllir irieilil. inri, aiiiicii a.v at. iroliet car l-'nr man v tear slie had heen an liistriieior in the Salem i-hnoi The nrtiv Soillh Preshvterliitl lillireh nf Monii lalr l In he buhl. In part, bv a col lei Inn of peunle n mile lung, The voiinir iienple nf the ibiircb hnve started the ohm Tlie pennies will luliil hemreii voi) ami Hhei suit tta Hied 111 Newark yeaiter day iik-iIiis! the (terinan steiiiii.htp Ailain siriini, Ivlnc In lliilmken. The ship is ntineil In a Herman llrm The mill (i for 1 0t 000 fur Gim.ln slipplled tit' Hrveral inin p.inl'es. which the ciimp.iuv failed In pay for. Arlliies of In- nrpnl nllnn ttere liled !u Trenliill t eateralaiv hv Ihe Kleinlsh I. Mm nl,,,inr.iiih I'ntllli.lllt of Merier street. lliiekeiiB.il k. fur I ii.r.oii.onn. The Incur. ii.iratiirs lire IMw.inl u VVesl iiellus II .cliff id llnckensni'k C .SiD'iliitn nf Wii'iihrlilKe, a ml Cnr- nnd ilurt I1 q PER MONTH ON PLEDGE 0F PERSONAL PROPERTY THE PROVIDENT LOAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK MANHATTAN. BIHINV. ' ' ' CoiirlUndt Ave., cor. HSlli Hlreet. Fourth Avenue, cor. 2"ith Sirwt. - r.ldrldgn Slrcel, cor. Itlvhulim St. B lf,"ti1 T:s'' ' . . . . ,.,i a,. Hinllh St.. cor l.lilnRslon Ht, fievenlh Ave., bet, -IMh slid 9th .sti iirhiu Avenue, cor. DelHivolse ft. ( Lexington Ave, cor I'.'tili Slrif. I'ilkln Avenue, cor. Ilockavtay .ve, tllnd Hlreet, ror, I 'Union Htreel, . IM-IltT'KVr. T 1 1 ltnKl7 UN Kst 3".'d HI., Itet, Irt-ilngton A ail Ave. 1Z LOANS ItKI'AHl WITHIN lOa.t lloiislnii HI., cor. Kr-srn HI. 3 TWO WKIIIiH I'HO.M HATI'J SEWING CIRCLE BACKS PASTOR. Other Innnrntlnt Jersey l'nlk A It pen r for Wife llr Is Mtilnit. Nkw Havkk, Conn., .May 4.--John Itoyd Avis, a formrr Speaker of the New Jersey Assembly and other welt known persons from Woodbury, N, J., testified In the Superior Court here to-day in behalf of the good ihatacter nf Ml. Ilorothy A. Trlptett of fiJtl West ISUth slrAt, New York. Mrs. Triplet!, who Is the wife of the llev, John IMwIn Tllplett, pastor of i the Woodbury Presbyterian Church, had been nccused of occupying a room 1 In a New Haven hotel with Jack Wll I son Shaw, a New York real estate opera- In-law, nrauvlllo Hampden Triplet!, aro being tried for conspiracy to obtain di vorce evidence for the llev. Mr. Trip lett, who Is being sud for dlvotce by Mr. Trlplett In New York. J. Hampton William, a banker, and ';"""',."""" '""'i... 2 llugeno Itedlleld of Woodhuty Joined - .u n-m. ' '; '',' good chnracter. The llev. Mr. Trlplett, on the other hand, brought a numbr of Woodbury folk with him to testify to tho contrary. I'rank O. I'edrlck, Sheriff of Gloucester county ; Constable l.eon Hudd find several of h!s palish loners were among theni. Aiming the women of the Presbyterian Church sew ing circle who testified Unit Mrs. Trlp lett wa an untruthful woman were Mr. Augustus H. Kantlock, Itebecca Cotilan. I.lvia Carr, Mary H. Jessup and IMIth Trask. CADETS TO VISIT PRINCETON. Writ Point Clmlr Will Mint nt un ilsjv Morlilnu Service. Pr.tNcr.roN. N. J . May i Ninety' seven West Point cadets, members of the Military Academy ihnlr, will spend the week end III Princeton In charge of two ofllcers The ett Pointers will ar rive early Saturday afternoon and at tend the Cornell-Prlncetnn basehill game at I'nlveislty Tlelil. They have also been Invited to Join In tin- senior singing In front of Nassau Hall, giving some of the (.oiigs of the Military Academy, along with such selec- Hon a the Princeton seniors may hnve i() offer. Sunday morning they will com- itl.e guests of the student body, "leeplng in th,. varlou dm mltot les and eating at 1 1 1- upper cla club. RARE ALEUTIAN TERN FOUND IN ALASKA llinl riinir1i f Kxtiiifl liciY t'l'i'il li SinitliMiniiiii liili tulion Nuliiralisl. vVtslMNCiTOV, May 4. An ,o count of the bird oberved during a lecent trip 111 Alaska ha Jut been ptihllhe. by the Smithsonian Institution, based largely upon a repoit made by P Srvmoiir lerr-et Ii i Interesting to note the fact that Mr. Herey found the Aleutian tern, which ha always been s.-irce and which recently wa thought to be rxtitict. 1 Altogether he encouuteii-.l about I on nf them and collected several sneelmen. This bird I larger mul much darker than the i .iminon Arctic tern ntnl has a peculiar white foiebead Another rare bird mentioned Ie rishr' petrel, once represented In mtl feum collec'ons bv a single specimen and now bv only tluee or four Alt'iou,. n Itirv have been olwi-rved frequent v t'et .ir hard to collect and thi r lies'. n. . ,l,li e are not know II The Aleutian spatiow 's our1 of tMi ' most liiterestlnu bird ei . being u e ' of the twenty or mote varletie of tbl fam.lv that rover the I'liltcd State fr,im H.'it to West, occurnmr Hi Itrplsh Anierle.i an-l Alaka a well In the Islands of Alaska It teaches It grr-alet ' ieveloiment. being very m ich larcer. than the ordinary NorHi Anierliau spar iow and sometimes a laige as a catblnl I'ven the bain swallow was seen on' this trip. Tilt bird I a true migratory bird, travell.nc tmin tin point as fnr south a Atgentlna and Chile In the winter months , le'aving Seattle on the leveroe cut'er Hear the pirtv steaiiied 'inrt'tward throueli the "h,e.'.i!c passage" to Ket hi- 1 kan. Pioni that point the Hear pasfe.' through Hlxou laitiance and heade for l'nalaska. A they neared l'lilui'ii; Pa varlou member of the tubinans, or tube tinsel bllrl. weie noticed, together with sooty shearwaters, pet re v ami albatros.rs A the.v approached the ras tlie numiiir oi oiro iii.-rease,i a point almnl beyond belief A far' as the eye coiuu see inns. m oiro wa n lit-uni'1! mi an- ......... purlin were everywhete. I "It wa utterly lnuoslhle to form ntiy ilefliilte estimate of the number of birds seen," ay the author, declaring, "Hun-1 dred nf thnii'anil'i does not exaggerate iri.elr abundance." This shin seems to .. . ,. Iiave 1 1 1 e r. 1 1 1 V linniKiien nr way innnii; i them. The Hear lay at 1 nalaska three days, during which time Mr. Ilersey col lected a number of species peculiar to ! that locality At St Michael Mr Ilersey left the ; Hear and made ai langemeiits with the owner of a small open powerboat to car'y him and h.s outfit to the mouth of the 1 Yukon Itlver. They went through the so-called "canal" between St. Michael , Island and the mainland, but encnun ' tered a severe storm, which forced them to land and en, amp for three days lilrds were plentiful tn the neighbor ln,o.l (if the ramp and Mr Ilersey cinpl ivcil Ilia lime lo good advantage, sis iiling sev ' eral specimens of eggs, i Proceeding onward they arrived at the J mouth of thn Yukon and established I their lieadnuarters nt tho wiicbss la tlon eight miles from tho native village, of Kotllk. Tho country nil around I' 'reported very flat, making a safe feed. ' tug ground for lint lltllo brown cranes and geese, t-lnco it was Impossible to np pro uii them unobserved. In mentioning It Mr. Ilersey says. "So bale and level Is tho country tti.it a photograph of th river taken fsom the shorn shows tlie nplos!to liank us nothing but a straight Hue, such as might bn made across tlm vrlnt with a ruler ami a coarse stub pen." Hern tho author remained during th greater pirt of the br ling season lie round pun. nis nun scleral sk( ies aif slmre turns iireeiiim- apumianily, gult, terns and Jaegers common, and redpolls Alaska yellow wagtails, willow ptarml- gnu anu rxiasic.i iniigspurs also well rep- resciuiHi in nue. icginu. CITY FLAG RAISED IN BATTERY PARK Onuiffo, Wliifo ii ml Hint' Html in r Fonniilly Prosontnl hy Oporffn MoAiiPiiy. ITALIAN rillLmtKN SfXO Thero was little Hutch blood In the throng Hint gathered In Itattery Park yesterday afternoon tn celebrate a land ing of Dutch families lielo about "V years ago and Incidentally to see tho city flag orange, white nnd blue pre sented to the big town by tleorge Mo Aneny, icprcseiillng the City Plug Com mittee. The fact I that the resplendent new bunting was raised to the top of the tall Itattery Park pole by two children 1 of Kalian parentage, Charles rrancollnl, ?, and Itoso Itaccula, s, the prlr.o pupil I of their clats In Public! School 21 They I grabbed tho halliards with the c.nthusl- I nsin of natives and sent tho flag flutter-1 lug to tho truck, .Meanwhile the native, mostly not of1 Dutch ancestry, commented on the fact that nearly nil tho ram school iHUri'i, nf the lower wards nf the city gathoiod In the park went the son and daugh ters of Italians And when the little ones, each waving a miniature copy of tho Hag of tho Cnlnn and ,i i!y flag, passed In and out of tho nark they saw the brniijio bust of another Italian who had dlscoveied New York harbor more than a hundred jrar bifieo Peter1 Mlniilt came along. , The limine torso represents c.lovruinl ill Vetrazzaiio. who not mil.v came a bun-1 died years before the adventuresome Dutch but n:o jiieinled Henihik Hud son, who worked fur u Hutch innipnnv, In a'lout elghty-tlve reals. Hut tin re was not .1 little boy or girl in tlie ga processor! who thought aiivtlntig about the pilotlty of the discovery rights of! Vcrrazzano of of the Idea of bovlng a city flag of Italian colors. Tl.ot may come later All of the "diool children wr-e In ll'tht uttlre. the air bung of Italian softness, atnl all sang "The Stnr Spaiiglnl Hah iii r." using all the wmd, lli.it natlvr Americans seldom commit to memory, ami "My Countrj, 'TN of Thee." with yot half lulf mi much foie.gn accent a I cter Mlnult might have used. , The tlag the ifle pupil sent aloft w.is to have been g.ven to Mayor M'tchel i i-eison. but he had on em.MK"mclit ,,l 1 o ll'iiougll l'lr'.elit l.i-WlS II. I 'nil of Hr.iiklyil le i iVed Pe gift foin Mr McAiieny. .I.'h'i H P.n, of Il i committee wa m..sur of .ire- ii . 11I1-. 'Irorge II. lia, Hand bad i barcu of tli music and liiete wire pus, tit also lr. Abiaham .l.icnln. In Aiiton.o Pieair, School r'ouimlHsloni- ( tin- I'irst dis lilci. linage W. Il'i'.ngh, lir. tli- rge I". K mz, .limn ij in in Ad mis. Il.'iurd V Meide and the I' nciiil nt the four d-iwii'-iw n school that tiink part in Ihe exerr-i,, Mary P. Ii.it.s, Anthony .1. Pilslnic. Joseph D It. "To in and M ignu t!ros- ' I'riii ili e. at Columbia l.nsi sprluu I'noiliall Spring football practice closed yesterday with a general compe tition for coacln and men. .Manny Hit tauer. the giant fullback and weight thrower, won the featuto event when he heaved a forwaid pas r ght Into tlie hand of oin- nf the end tlfly-evi n feet nvv.iy from where the ball was thrown I , 1 .h.-r , I. 1 II if I ha I C- III l'l t iii. w i, I . pi. i.' ' ' w ' s x'' two vara!" C i h M-t ai- ml ie w i we I j .eased will tlie spr tig pri' ' e mil believed t :id inrn gnu 1 merely a a ii - in of i,a p t g mo a qua i-l w Hi Ihe ir me t it a a ment of tea h ng g . i n tc ' t u, Tlie American BROUGHT BACK AS A THIEF. Henipstend VI nil Who tllsnMenreil 1 I I'oilllil In Itrldgeporl. Iliivii'sritvi), t I , May 4 - Schuyler i Van Ness, who until ho disappeared from Hempstead two inonlh ago, was , snppoed to Ian nn excellent citizen, re 'mined lat night under arrest charged I with having obtained $2,nin) worth of I diamond and watches from Charles Wesley l.oclcvvood, a Hempstead Jeweller. Vail Ness wa arraigned befote Jus tice of the Peaco Jones on a charge of grand larceny nnd was committed to thn Nassau county Jail In default of Jll.non for further examination on May In, Van Ness was found hy Conslablo Smith of Hempstead In Hrldgeport, Conn., whete he had been employed by an arms company during thn day. At night ho was n conductor nn a street lallwny. A number of pawn tickets vvero found on Vun Ne when searc.heil, Ho also told the ofllcers where, he. had sold 1 some pawn tickets. i POLICE AND WILL PLAY. Villon Miislr'lana l.nae Appllentlnn fur nn Injunction, Supremo Court Jutlcn Itntc.hklss denlisl yesterday an application by the Musical Mutual Protective Cnlon as a taxpayer to restrain tho police, street cleaners' and llremen's band from jtlav lug In tho police parade to-morrow. The union contended that the members of tho v.uious departments vvero not per forming duties for whlcji they were paid by the cltv when they acted ns nut- slriatis, and complained that thny were taking bread ami butler from tho mouths of union bandtnoh. Counsel for tint union said that tho lie. pnrtment muslchuis had been ordered to play In to-morrow's parade, which led Justice Hotcbkls to say, "Permitted Is better, for It -would ho rather difficult to j order a man to make music tn n brass ' band" ( GUARDIAN FOR SLAYER'S SON. ((nccla l'l'oeriitor lo l-nlccf In- Ir-rr-sla of llnnlel .. f'lnre. l-'iederlek c,. De Witt, Assistant Dis trict Altornev of tjueeiis couiilv, was yesterday appointed guardian for Dan iel Noble Chile, sun of .lames J Chile, ex-pugilist ami politician of Long Island City who on Wednesday was sentenced to Mng Sing lor not less than tight vear for ca'iilng tlie death of his wife, Ida Clare, Daniel Clarn was the pilh ilpal vclti.es against his father. Mr. De Witt wa the ptnsccutor who brought about the conviction of Clare. Ho wa appointed guardian to protect the lint 's Interests in the hotel property at ijiiea-ns llntilevaiil and Kilting stun, wheto ins mother wa fmiinl si,,in The Long Island Cltv Saving li.i.l. i nhout In fntei In.e a lliollmigc in the pliipcrtv for 7,niiii The ptopeir l worth about !j:..iiiiii Tlie propel tv was in hi niolh-r-i . name and the son Is the nnlv heir. Jaine .1 Clare Inherited a lire Inteiest, GREEN ATHLETES OFF FOR PENN VV III I iimpi'lc In Criilll.llli filial Until Meet 'I'rt-iiMirrrivf , HvNiiM.it. .May 4 Da runout i s tr.n k sound of twenty -live man left fur linl- i a,,.phia to-night for It third nnntial I dual meet with Pennsylvania on Satur day Lack of outdoor practice lias ban I dlcappeil the Hreeii team. Coach Hill t man I de)iendlng on the experience and 1 gatm nr-ss of hi charge to otfset this diawback Pctiii will certainly take mot i f the point In the sprints, but In the middle instances and the hurdles D.ittiuou'h should hold hi t- nvvi f ipt II '. t ,i .! I,.ZIV lire 1 'ti'lbiai rpiarta-r in lit a d ai'e both evpi ta'd to ii.ako a teiltt t tits siowi-ig I thn Mold events Wort' I igton and Spear vvi't surely an III V a fa'VV poll!!, the fot tier u the btri.nl I'i'i p at il the latvr n the i.h-tt. put' g White Truck Performance Past and Future EVERYONE knows that White Trucks predominate in this country - have done so for years. They give universal satisfaction; and that satisfaction has resulted from a mechanical design fundamentally right from the beginning. Whatever improvements and refine ments have been made, the product has had a continuous development of its original design. Years of use therefore not merely demonstrate White Truck performance in the past; they also insure White Truck performance in the future. o THE WHITE COMPANY, Cleveland NEW YORK Rro.idw.iy at Sixty-Second Street Can Company now owns a total DEFENCE PARADE HAS HAD TO BE CUT DOWN .Mure Th.'in Ml. 000 Kliiiiinatnl ( Avoid Mil roll i n r Lute Into t Ito Night It was announced yesterday at ths headriuartcrs of tho citizens prepared- ness par.ido that fifl.OOO marchers luivn had to be eliminated, Thn figures In dicate now that there will bo about ir,n,flon In lino a week from to-morrow. If any more were allowed to march the parade would extend Into the early hours of May 1 1. The cost of the pnrnde. Is estimated nt $75,nn. Thu trades to bo leprescntcd In It will hear almost all of lids ex pense. Tickets for the reviewing stand will he sold by the parade committee to tho members of the trades lit Id cents each. The ptogramme ate, to ho sold at Hi cents each. They will contain many thousands of names of men and women who are to take part In tho parade. Them will be only three advertisements, tho'in of the National iluaid. the Plaits lung camp and tho I'tilted Plates army and navy, all appealing for tecrults. The Pl.iltsburg advertisement I tlm only paid one A telegram was sent to Secretary of War It.iker nnd Secretary of the Navy Daniel ottering them free space Iu tho programme. M0RSCHAUSER AS A PRIVATE. iiprciiic Court Justice Drill With the While Plnln Corp. Wiiiit. Plains, May 4. lustlcs Mor sebaiiser of the Stiptenio Court I the firs' Jurist of the State to take nn active Interest in preparedncsi by drilling In war manipuvres. lie ha Joined th rltlr.tn corps of While Plain, made up of trolley men, leiier curlers, lawyers ami businessmen, and will wear the uniform of a private livery ween ho Is undergoing training at the White Plains armory under the ibre, lioii of Capt Cobb of Company I. of the Tenth Itsgiment. When asked to-d.i why he Joined the enrp th Judge ald "Klrst. to be pre pared lo take part In the countty's de fen, e in ease nf war. second, It I mili tary discipline and good exerrlso , third, tt I an example for others to follow.'' WESTCHESTER NOTES. Th fello-vtiir nr th dltecter- eerirl th r. a-n iiniiuir.1 tnet!nif of the rlr l-eresuv r'.Miipaiiy South H rend way. y .Tik" i:uK-ne no .fnhnnit Oerhreaut, Uil lam r- llrvan nd Vlnent C. Pep. In. ii. e V. une hn iiinliu,1 Sannotl 'i in -.f Pert t'he.ter r, a-ivr for propsrtv b, VV.s- s-reM l'.irt ( lieir. Involved In a Ilier'gaKe fore, '..-nre a. lion brought hv l"i'ii A l'ek ngiln" r'nlinds CUfardlnl, l.e I'.tlncl. ,,f o-iker. tTII" (. Mtllrtr ai ti. I UliiiQ-d VV I.awren.'s nf The Ttrolix Inc., h,-rtn .app!nte! rointiilt. loners of ren iisttniat i'-n f a tn nit lo b- Herulr1 hy th llront Parkway Comml-Inn .xinng th llrenx Itlver. Ii Is going to mn tinmlnt-k M.-itnir.int r.f Port rhenter 110 for hnvlriff a, inr I'll i look etl hllrt ! the rllilt leg of S.r c rtrtre livelio, :r folirtern-ve rr-atj.l hoc ef Pert Chester Thn hov .lie. I for V Ittft ilaiii-me. t. f.,r Ju.tii - Mriri-hrtUer trl a Jurt. Tti. S'oithuru VVtcheie- t,igh'lnc i'ini,iin nf iioliiliic ti,i ted Hies .lire, lure VV It Aaidti'k. llcnrge tt I'.irtelvi-ail. It II n.l t. H rjircrtrv, nioriM Il Mlirrnv. Wlilllni ltoekfe!er -lolin VV , sier lug Kr.nn Is A, Stratton and K, A Van. la-rip I..MII- i " A. l.rttAin nf Port I'hs-itrr ha he,-n appiiiutrtil ! pa.ll itrntierty In M.am-rrn lia-, k irvaoiu,.. M .ruin riiiieclc, in a forr r Intnir ii ii ni l.r .uchl to- Jr. hn a l.von mil lie r ,v s,iatr n a nrnnilttee .nalnt I'.irm ne s-rn7.nne uu.l o'hers. The fiiatn t ' n 1 e 1 iken lu.Ignienl fia- J3 V I 'l ' - J' nl I'rrk Ikiltc k i( ii Uer. air r - t ie New Il.rvr-ii r.a. ro r I r. imparl r $ "t u,i-iuc,i f -r 'he a-. of hi rlL't-t h rr t ji nn, .iituji i , I,, r .a I' f .ri- .lil.tl'e M rst hail.er t rater tea. ...iijt n. soon a. in Jul was a .Hit Tlm p'-t "t IT JtKree 1 lit .1 ept rut in m I'-ma-nt ciiautiek ,(. mn ten III a Iiiene near llrMgep,.rr a of 1 1 Whito Trucks r it n MttuytitX 5nW' MarrtiM. j