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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
W. C. WHITNEY AND THE MOSQUITO.
He Will Give a Luncheon for the Pests
EXterninators

The movement for the determination OF the mos
quito, from the southern end Of Brooklyn, which
has been started by William c. whitney, it was re-
ported yesterday, viii be taken Up by other
interests. Special attention will be directed TO
the meadows directly back Of Manhattan Beach, on
the Coney Island sIde Of Sheepshead Bay. An engi-
neering plan being devised for the meadows
which is simple. economical and expeditions.
Mt. Whitney Will give d luncheon tomorrow in
the Sheepshead Bay clubhouse for the heads Of
various interests in that part OF the borough, 10
city officials and a number Of scientists.
The invited guests include Professor Milton Whit
icy, chief of the division OF Soils and Professor L
O. Howard, chief OF the division of entomology. De
partment Of Agriculture who come from
Washington expressly for the luncheon: DR. Ernst
J. Le0e- le. PRESIDENT Of the Department OF Health:
Dr. joseph n. Raymond, assistant sanitary super
iEtenoent Tor the Borough Of BROOKLYN J. Edward
81 anstrOI, President OF the Borough OF Brooklyn
William 9 Kedfie-d. Commissioner Of Public Works
senting the Police Department: William Il. Bald
win jr president OF the Long Island Railroad Com
rany: Z w Winter. president Of the Brooklyn
hapld Transit Company. John L. Helms, president
OF the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Com
pany; George :. Edg5l president Of the Manhat-
tan Beach Company. Cornelius FeloweS secretary
Of the Coney Island Jockey Club; George Enge-
man, president or the Brighton Beach Racing As
sOciatiCn: p. J. Dwyer president Of the Brooklyn
Jockey Club: Frank T. Clarke, president OF the
SheepsheaG Bay Club. and Henry Clay Weeks
On the Whitney land Cedar Tree Creek Garrett
sons Creek and many stagnant pools have been
opc ned Up The ponds have been drained off and
several Ills made; An entomolOg!st will test for
breeding places all SUMNER. The half submerged
land on and about the Whitney property is eng
petrolized extensively. Each mosquito breeding
pace when discovered is marked by red flag. and
been put in place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
REDUCE THEIR DEMANDS.
Subzoay Strikers Talk Com promise,
but Contractors -4re Deaf.

The subway strikers anxious to return 10
work and have reduced their demands from 3 Tor
an eight hour day to s. - for eight hour Gay
They held a meeting yesterday and appointed
committee TO meet Representatives OF the con-
FACTORS. but no meeting took place.
None OF the subway contractors moreover WIZ
into any further agreement II IS unoerstoou'
with the Italians in accordance with the wishes OF
John 3. Mcdonald, who announced seFer&d Gays
ago that all conferences were at an end ana that
arbitration had ceased to be an issue.
II the Italians want to go back TO work they VIII
have apply for places with the various con-
tractors. If men are needed they VIII get work
Early yesterday Patrolman NICHOLS OF the Mul-
berry-st station long pasteboard ooX lying
near the subway trench at Prince and Elm SITS. a
pedestrian suggested that the box might contain
dynamite put there by the strikers me ponce
man carried the box the sidewalk and opened II
carefully Inside was q dead cat
member o: Holbrook. Cabot & Daily said that
the contractors have little dynamite about the
works and that the supply is under armed guard
The sub-centrac1ors on the subway ~oIh IN
Harlem were hiring houses yesterday, "feTe they
viii keen their workmen, charging them low
rate for board and lodging. me men are hol
Obliged to occupy the houses II they 90 not 50
desire but il IS Believed that most OF them 70 s
cane beirg assaulted. viii avail themselves OF the
The various contractors added to their force OF
excavators Yesterday. The strikers caused 10
trouble The points where outbreaks were most
likely TO occur were guarded by the police
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
GOT $500 A MONTH BY BEGGING.
Addresses of Prominent Men Found in Books
of Former Danish Army officer.

Holgar Beckwith Nielsen. Of No 10 East One
hundred tifth-st-, was arraigned IN the
Harlem court yesterday before Magistrate Zeller,
charged by agents of the Charity Organization So
ciety with having written begging letters. Nielsen
was formerly an officer in the Danish army and
was dishonora bly, discharged He said his discharge
was owing to his marriage TO his wife Ingebard,
who accompanied him 10 court Nielsen is OF
striking appearance, well dressed. and wears a
Kaiser mustache. His wife is also handsome and
well dressed She appeared much crestfalen at the
arrest, and said she did not know her husband had
written such letters. She is employed in Sixth
ave department store.
Special agent James Ford OF the Charity Organl-
cation Society," who made the investigation leading
TO Nielsen's arrest last night a warrant, told
Magistrate Zeler that Nielsen had written begging
letters to many well known people in this city.
From three books Of addresses found in Niclsen's
handsomely furnished apartment Ford said that the
addresses OF nearly all the prominent IN
the city were found Ford said that about a hun
dred and twenty letters had been sent and the ex-
cuse given was that valuable jewelry was in pawn
that the time had nearly expired, and that the de
sire was expressed redeem them. The letters
always contained the fact that Nielsen a Dane
ard had bean army officer. Ford said that
Nielsen had been making about $3.50 month for
Two years from his letter scheme and that a
memorandum showed that his monthly expenses
were about $50
Magistrate Zcller asked that one Of the men to
whom a letter had been 2enJ should appear
Fiainaut order to make a specific ease. The case
. specinc case is not made Nielsen viii &c charged
ith EagTancy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
SERVING TWO MASTERS.
FEAR FOR ITS SUCCESS.
Members of Employers Orga''iSa-
ton Eaue Divergent Requirements.

while the employers who have united 70 form
ere Building Trades Employers Association, as
.be body was named yesterday. feel 5ubiiant
over the success which has ATTENDED theH oi-
rantzation. and even those concerns net mem
hers are working in harmony with It against
the abuses OF. labor unionism. there is suoHs
,ee,inr that this body VIII not meet the require
snents.
IT. &c r,1iou Of manufacturers and contrsC-
,o-s- was the sentiment voiced yesterday by
builder and as such II VIII be serving TWO mas
ters with divergent requirements While oouo'-
less. every employer in the building traces Ha9
suffered from the doriaeering walking oe4esa'e
sns the shop. steward. when IL comes 10 union
Of the manufacturer and the builder asalA4St
their employees Il is not likely 10 meet Win IN
o71afihed success. Probably because others Iook
ct Il the way CO il the reason some O. 'Ns 0'e
builders have not Joined
Fx-Judge Samuel p Mcconnell. president OF
tbe George A Fuller Company, the most nolaDie
Of the non-nernbers. said that his comPan! was
working In perfect harmony with the eIhploS
ers' association. although il was not ileliip'7i
The emergency committee elected on tues
day night met yesterday afternoon 20 organize
and consider plans Of operation me ha1iie'
Building Trades Employers Assoclauoh' was
adopted as explicit and distinctive ana various
co-1y7,frtees were named After the meeting the
committee working IN perfect harmony hao
taken I'D the strike situation and was lnVesu-
eating the difficulties Of each trade involved
=. x Prince. TIE spokesman. said:
We employers know we'll that the best resu'ts
are only 10 be obtained by the harmonious Co
eperat5on Of employer and the skilled employ es
we have always tried to pat this into practlce'
but II is hard 20 establish this with the WAXING
celeeates abroad 10 order strikes arbitrarily
Further than this the committee was not VIII
.ng TO discuss :ts plans. but it was learned that
they contemplate war on the walking delegate
and shop steward, with other features Of union
ISM Objectionable TO the employers, and the
driving of Unskilled labor organizations, such as
she Drivers Union. from the United Board o.
Building Tra des
The committees named yesterday were; Com
,nittee on scope plans and press, Charles l.
1Zdlitz l. K Prince, W x FertlE V c King
and W H Miller: committee on resolutions,
otto II ElGlitz g 7. Wills. James b. Strong.
George \ Just and Lewis Harding; committee
on bylaws and constitution, F NJ Weeks CHAIR
mani W X Fertig H W Miller, E 5. keefer,
Howard Wood. Q ?. Miller, Lewis Harding, A
= Pelham r. .. Hamilton, B. u. Traitel, N r.
westergren F B. futile. Augustus Meyers,
Henry a Maurer and Z. Greerblatt-
The emergency committee was given IN yester-
Gays Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21

Eight Persons Plunged Into Susque-
hGnnd-One Nay Die.

Binghamton. n Y. May 20.-The Roekbo'tom
bridge which spans the Susquehanna River IN TINS
city went down this morning at O'Clock under t'e
weight CT q streetcar. While no one was AIIieu
outright in the accident, II is believed that VIII
lam Pickard. prominent jeweller is internally in
jured and may die.
Six passengers were In the car. besides the motor
man and conductor. All werr more or less injured
The bridge an old one. and for more IMAM
year has been considered unsafe.
The car No 1s left the Orphans Home at 3
o'clock on its trip the centre OF the city It had
just entered the last span OF the bridge at s'oo
O'Clock when the crash came. The roadbed OF the
bridge dropped slowly, carrying the car with II
until the level sf the water reached. The car
was thrown over TO the left Conductor Mcdowell
thrown some distance into the river receiving
a shock he came in contact with the water
L was serious enough. however. to prevent MS
swimming back TO the and reScutng two OF the
women passengers. who were under water.
Luckily there were no foot passengers on the
bridge at the time or the loss of life might have
fEeeY7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
oLDFrELo CONFIDENT OF FAST TIME

Barney Oldheld. the racing automobiles who -
TO meet Charles G. Wridgeway IN a race for the
track championship OF America the Empire
track on Decora ton Day. arrived here yesterday
and his machine is expected to-day. He SAID -
expected 10 make at least u the miles II his
race with Wridgeway at a speed OF sixty niles
an hour. He declares that his car. known As ths
zee" Is a great deal faster than IL was las7 year
when he travelled the Detroit mile track in l-01s
and made five miles in -. The machine - q
seventy Horsepower. with four cylinders measur-
ing Xxi inches
II he wins the big race the Empire tTack Alr-
Oidfeid viii make a tour = the country Prl9-
to the big race he expects 70 give Few eShioi-
tons with the machine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
MUST STRIKE IN SYMPATHY Y.
Can't Keep Agreement with Employers and
Belong to Building Trades Board.

The credentials committee OF the Board OF Build
ing Trades TO which the application OF the Brother
hood of Carpenters for readmissiou to representa-
tio7 on the board was referred, spent three hours
Yesterday over the application but came TO no de-
cision 4 committee of the Brotherhood had q
conference with the committee but could not get
II to consider the application favorably. The Gre
dertials committee viii take up the application
again tomorrow
The hitch over the admission of the brotherhood
arises from the fact that the Brotherhood made an
agreement this week with employers one provision
of which is that there will be II sympathetic
strikes during the term OF the agreement Under
the constitution Of the Board OF Building Trades
affiliated unions must strike in sympathy with
other unions in the board when called on 10 do so.
II the Brotherhood obeyed this rule il would break
the newly made agreement referred TO. President
Donovan Of the Board Of Building Trades was seen
yesterday after meeting OF the board and said:
II the brotherhood of Carpenters cannot with
draw the agreement. in all probability the creden-
tials committee viii report unfaFoTably on the ac-
centauCe Of the BrOtherhOOd's application II couId
not carry cUI q nou-sympatnetic strike agreement
ard consistently belong TO the board We are
constitution OF the board provides tnat animated
unions must order sympathetic strikes when called
TO Go so.
1t was reported on good authority that the strike
committee OF the Board Of Building Trades had a
conference with the emergency committee Of the
Building Trades Employers Association over a
resentatves Of both sides would neither admit nor
deny this.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
FRENCH JOCKEY CLUB BARS SLOANE
Reason Given, Exercising Rose de Mal at
Chantilly Without Authority.

Paris. May 2o-The stewards of the French
Jockey Club. the supreme French turf authority.
to-day issued q formal notification that as Tod
Sloan the American jockey, had exercised Rose
de Mai at Chanty last Sunday without authority
he was excluded from further entrance TO the
weighing Enclosures training grounds Of the
club. The Temps says Sloan's exclusion was
less for breach of the rules in gailoping Rose de
Mai than for spreading turf rImors As a mat
ter OF fact. Brethes, the huy trainer. escaped
with fine of 800 for unauthorized use or training
grounds :.
The action of the stewards follows numerous in
cideuts connected with Rose de Mails victory IN
the race for the PTix de Diane at ChantlHy last
Saturday. This race is OF the great races or
the French turf being equivalent to the English
Oaks and is worth S1J0Ic Count de Sant-P hal}e's
Rose de Mai was second favOrte az 70 /. but re,
Forts on the morning of the race that she coughed
and that it probable she would not start sent
the price TO u to l. e,
Later it developed that Rose de Mai was heavily
backed long odds. and she won IN me StyIe,
.yhereupon NJ Marghiioman well known horse
owner, voiced the public feeling. with the result
that NJ Char-ou. who superintendent the My s
training challenged him to fight duel Their
seconds to-ne 1t announced that there was no cause
for a duel. This announcement came at the same
time with the notice that Sloan had been warned
off the turf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Missionary Society Will Help British Non
conformists Fight Education Act.
icy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.


FuffaIo MAY 20-At the convention of the Anerl-
can Raptist Home Mission Society held here this
afternoon resolutions were adopted unanimously
expressing sympathy with the British Noncon-
forr7sts in their opposition to the English Educa-
ton act and providing for the appointment or a
committee of representative American Baptlsts to
cooperate with British Baptists in England TO
insure the perpetuity of the inallenabIe right OF all
men TO worship God according to the dictates Of
their own conscenees and to teach their children to
do likewise.
In the report of the executive board mention was
made that the New England States now constitute
a missionary field for Baptist workers. owing to
the vast increase there Of the foreign population
The society closed the year 81 $50 IS in debt This
it was stated. due largely to the fact that
there is an unaccountabe falling off in contribu-
lions from the Eastern States. The total receipts
for the year aggregated s62l.SS %.
The society adopted the report Of the committee
of fifteen against consolidation, as submitted yes
terGay.
a committee Of five was appointed to report on
the advisabty Of reducing the rate of interest on
money borrowed from the church loan fund for
rFla erection of churches The executive board sug
eested that the rate be fixed at per cent for the
reason that money earned only from 10 4 per
cent in banks. and churches were unWiiIlng 10 pay
per cent on loans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
WILL ATTACK SHOOT.
Resolution Prepared to Present to
Presbgterians, 1t Is SAID.

Los Angeles. May 20.-The Presbyterian General
Assembly Will begin its session here tomorrow
morning The Rev. DR.. Henry van Dyke. the Mod
orator, viii make the opening address. and the Rev
DR.. Thomas Marshall will preside.
In the afternoon q successor to Dr. van Dyke VIII
be chosen Among the candidates mentioned are
the Rev. Dr. Robert Coyie. of Denver: the Rev DR..
W H Roberts Of Philadelphia. stated clerk Of the
assembly; the Rev c. W. Matter. Of China. and the
Rev. Dr. Schey Schaff. Of Cincinnati This after
noon a session on the conference of missions was
held at the womens clubhouse.
One OF the subjects that viii early come before
the assembly and which will attract wide attention
is a resolution said to have been framed already
against Senator Reed SmOot Of Utah. The Rev Dr-
William S Young chairman OF the press committee,
saws that the matter viii be brought up probably
in connection with reports Of the home missionary
work and that resolutions against the encourage
nlent Of Mormons in America will be passed. These
resolutions. it is expected will deal specifically with
the case Of Senator SnOot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
BROOKLYN DIGGERS STRIKE OFF.
Leader Says Contemplate Move of New
York Union is the Cause

The strike Of the Italian excaYators. members Of
the United Excayators and Cellar Diggers' Union
Of Brooklyn and Long Island, was declared of
yesterday Edison Lawrence, the president in
announcing its end. said:
TIE strike On The part Of union was
.irely successful W the 18th instant when il
discovered that the smashed New-York union was
sending many Of lis members Brooklyn to take
the places left vacant by members. thereby in
5lring. destroying and removing the splendid
chances which were certain OF cur winning out
the strike.
part Of the New o-k union came suddenly that
she matter Immediately investigated by some
Of our delegates and <oLnd 70 be L-ue, wheTcuDOn
CONSERVATION and revenge seized our members,
who extremely anxious 70 go over TO New
York At and take the places of the New
York the number OF about three thousand.
] crust that the public will not regard my &C
.lors as those Of one who is trying TO crawl and
hedge. for. the contrary. the strike could be
snede one Of the most disastrous troublesome and
dangerous ever had ! Brooklyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
PRESIDENT WATSON BLAMED.
Large Sums Lost on Dried Fruits and
Apples.
Icy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE-l

Icy TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNEl
San Francisco, May 20-While the local man
ager Porter Brothers Company declares that
the firm, for which receivers were appointed in
Chicago to-day. is sound and can pay all It's
debts those who know the inside workings OF
the corporation declare that it is practically
bankrupt President James s Watson is
blamed He left here yesterday for Chicago,
where he hopes 10 put the concerns affairs in
shape.
After Mr. Watson bought controlling inter
est in the company he plunged heavily on dried
fruit. losing more money in this than he made
in green fruits. He lost large sum on Fresno
raisins and California prunes- He was also
heavily interested in the salmon business. and
carried on a big cannery at Anacortes Wash
When the salmon trust was formed he stayed
outside, and the trust squeezed him hard On
top of this came the recent decline in the price
OF apples at Chicago. Porter Brothers had
thousands of barrels in cold storage, IN which
they lost large sum.
1t is not believed here that the firm can pay
its debts Nearly all the California crop will be
handled by the Earl Fruit Company and others
VINO organized the California Fruit Distributors
Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
GOOD AUTOMOBILE TEST.
Commercial Vehicles iR Successful
Contest
SOME PEW MIsHAPS OCCUR.

The Autornobils Club % America began its CON-
nerciaI vehicle tsst yesterday. There were fourteen
machines entered. eleven started and nine finished
The test showed that motor vehicles can BE- Used "A
commercial business in many cases with better re-
suits. and at cheaper cost. than horses Thsrs
were some accidents. but none serious.
The route was across The Plaza and along FIHy-
Einth-st. TO Central Park West t. One-hlsudrsa-
and-tenth-st. to AmsJsrda.n-ave.. 20 Kingsaridz.
road INTO Broadway 70 TWo-hGnd t1lrtieth-
s. The ret9rn was ~ way Il Bailey and S41gzi-x
ayes. 10 tae FOrdhaTu ROAD. 70 Jero1e-avs and
down thai. across the Central Bridge down Sew
enth-ave-. 70 One-huBGTed-and-thirty-as tn-st %
Fifth-ave. and straight down 70 the clubhouse *
cept for det0ur along Park-avs from Eghty-sfxe,
10 Seventy-ninth s. Tais. in al. was twenty
miles. The second stage was trip % ten ale,
downtown and back along Fi<ta-ave- ard Broza-
way 10 the Battery, RETURNING by way o. Wss,-st
10 Laisht-st to CanaI-st-. 70 Broadway and then
up Broadway ana FTf;h-ave- 70 the clubhouse ma
lighter vehicles made the downtown stage tviss =
as TO give them total Of forty miles. sgs tas
heavy trucks went only thirty Ei4es-
The first vehicle 70 finish VAS "a. Il a sixtesr
Horsepower gasOlene delivery wagon. operated by Il
A. Knox. Joseph Tracey, observer weight empty
300 pounds: load. I259 pounds os pig lead. about
hve-ninths OF vehicles weight carried two Dersons
Started 915 and finished hrst stage OF twenty
miles at 1919 without stop started on second ssgs
at u.25 and finished TIE ten niles a. ri after
five stops caused b. traffic. started thiTd stage az
rs and finished the ten niles AZ = without
STOP; pneumatic tires
The first vehicle started AZ Il. The
others followed az three minute intervals
Trouble happened 10 No. l az Kllgs5-dgs Road
and ud-twe1ty-atrh-st-. where =
stop was made Tor water The Tehicis sank
down 10 the hubs in the soft ground and Il took
two hsurz to get il out Entry No. 3 a s1-horze-
power steam truck. had soma trouble IN Two
hundred-and-t hirtieth-st-. from Kinssbridgs Road
to Jerome-avc.. where there Is 2 steep hiI Ths
road was full OF holes and stones and the vehicle
refused TO climb the hill. II finally decided %
send the machine Up backward q the front wheels
were smaller than the rear. and the plan worked
satisfactorily. %d- had difficulty one
ed-and-sfxrieth-sL ard Arn5teT<a nave. and
had 70 quit account OF Isaky boiler
The trip OF the machines downtown was con
sidered remarkable for the great amount % trafic
IN the street the time Nos. and 2 were De-
layed their return tr10 rom ths Battery
Entry No II. q ten horsepower steam 6e1VsFT
wagon. had to quit in ArnsteFdam-ave- because o
broken hand pump and the saSO8sns catching
fire
There were no compulsory stops Yesterday except
between the stages but TO-DAY there viii Be one
hundred stops for the hghtest vehicles and from
ten 70 fifty stops for the heavier wagons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
SLAMS COMMISSION TO FAIR.
Professor Gore, of the Columbian University,
Washington, Appointed.

St Louis May GA site for the Pennsylvania
Building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition has
been definitely awarded TO the Pennsylvania com
missioners The site is attractively situated mme-
diately east of the Iowa Building, which IS now
under construction. The Pennsylvania commission
ers have gone home The two Rhode Island com
missioners, who have been in the city for two
days have also departed.
The State Department at Washington has been
informed by the Samese Minister, Akharaj Varad-
harara, OF the appointment OF Professor James
Howard Gore of the Columbian University. Wash
ngton as commissioner general Of Siam 10 the
fair Professor Gore has written to President
Francis:
1t is our purpose to erect a reproduction of one
of the most striking buildings in Sam. shall
come to St Louis with the plans at the earliest
date practicable, and push the work to a speedy
completion