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New-York tribune., 1905-07-07

Relative of Frederick A. La Roche
Wants Document Set aside.

The will of Frederick A. La Roche the wealthy
yachtsnan. who died March 4. offered for
probate March %. the citation being returned
on April 2S. it transpired yesterday Action to
contest the will, which OF a very unusual
nature-a letter drawn UP without legal assistance
began May in the Surrogate's Court An
adjournment OF the until August was OBJ
tanned In his etter-will Mr.. La Roche left all his
property to his wife.
The will was made on July %, 1913. three days
before Mr.. La Roche to start in a dangerous
automobile He was the president OF the
La Roche Automobile Company. and was interested
in establishing records for fast driving. His wife,
who was in Philadelphia the time. received the
letter He not injured in the race. ne
feared he might be. but he never made any will
TO supplant the letter-teStament Much stress Is
laid the form Of the will. the original OF which
is in the Surrogate's Office A copy. which is In
the possession Of Charles H. Studin- Mrs La
Roches attorney. reads:
Dear Julia II anything happens to me me- on Fo,T6 rsxt
Saturday (the day OF the race). nave the Ioiio"-
ing cash in the banks:
He then enumerates sums in several banks. poll
cles investments etc, amounting TO about SSSoo.
The letter continues:
leave everything TO you All the a6oys . cash; h
fsSt EVERYTHING have, / leave 10 you. If you
wish TO give anything away. give 1t TO I9pns OF
ment. and 1 give everything 1 have 70 my WE.
small debts that have
The witnesses are G. NJ MacWillfams and NJ W.
Lowe
Karl La Roche. who brings action 10 break the
will is described IN the answer TO Mr. Studins
petitton as a relative and heir Of the late F. A.
La Roche. The attorneys for the contestant are
Musgrave Warner. The objections which they
advance against the will IN the answer are that
it is not F. A La Roche's last will and testament,
that the will was be OF force only IN case or
his death on the Saturday following the date on
srTaCtive only i'm case he met death racing. and
that the paper was not subscribed. published and
attested in conformity with the statute
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07
4 CEyTEgARIAY'S MAxIHs.

Josiah Zeitlin. Of Brooklyn, who celebrated
his one hundredth birthday Monday and is
still hale and vigorous and confident he will
live another twenty-five years, has given these
as his principal hygienic maxims:
Never have doctor and don't go into a drug
store.
Don't worry.
Never be in a hurry
Take very little meat. especially early in life
Be to sleep eight hours day.
When you reach the age Of ninety do as you
please.
AS illustrative Of the last maxim in the fore
going list. Il is said that Brooklyn's centenarian
smokes several strong cigars and box of Rus
sian cigarettes every day. and drinks both beer
"and whiskey in liberal quantities" These facts
speak eloquently Of the vigor OF Mr.. Zetlinss
constitution. and probably also of the exceeding
wisdom with which he chose his grandfather
After the rest OF US have reached the age OF
ninety II will be time enough to decide whether
II is wise 10 follow Mr.. Zeitlin's example in
these particulars
Ever since the days OF the many centuried
patriarchs mankind has evinced great interest
in those who have passed the usual limits of life
The disposition 10 calculate and speculate as
TO centenarians is shown by the estimate that
a man who lives 10 be sixty years old has spent
seven months in buttoning his shirt collar Per-
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY. JULY Z. 1905

guished and the patrons of all sorts OF mu-
nlcipal undertakings went into poiiucal exile.
But II is obvious that the madness has passed.
This latest cropping after the artistic, this new
est school OF decoratlon-gr grated upon earlier
schools, rather than original-indicates beyond
peradventure that the district leaders and 'po-
liticaI partners" who, under Tammany, have
moulded the outward appearance OF Little
Old New-York" for more than a century are
once more in charge. Henceforth our munich
pal art Is to be- above all else, practical. NOT
even the riotous prodlgality of color-the rain
bow magnificence-of this latest manifestation
should blind or dazzle the public eye. The new,
like the old, Tammany art however generous In
details, aims primarily at combining private
profit with public pleasure, and is rather count
ed successful In so far as it achieves the for
mer aim than failure as it misses the latter
That ancient tyrant who found Rome brick and
left It marble must yield precedence to our
latest ruler. who found New-York parks un-
productive and made them profitable. More
over IL is tribute due to the genius of Charles
F. Murphy to acknowledge that. even In the
field of art however New-York may expand. he
can still contract
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07
RuSSLA,S DESIRE FOR PEACE.

Press dispatches from Russia report an ear
nest desire for lasting peace. and also Tor an
immediate armistice so as 3 TO avoid further
slaughter in Manchuria and perhaps to prevent
an indescribable cataclysm in European Russia
itself. There can be little doubt that such de-
sire is felt by many of the best minds in Rus
sia and that it is inspired by reason. 1t is
gratifying to be assured that tits now dominant
in the councils of the empire. The world will
hope that it will speedily be granted. But there
is cause for thinking that it will need to be ex-
pressed otherwise than 1t seems TO be to-day II
it is to become effective.
We are told that such is Russas desire; that
her readiness TO suspend hostilities has been In
dicated to Japan and that the Czar has bowed
his head TO the inevitable. Yet 1t is added that
Russia has, as matter of pride, avoided for
mally asking for armistice. Now, there
should be no wish in any quarter, certainly not
on the part of neutrals, to see Russia still fur-
ther or needIessly humiliated. But mere indica-
tions Of desire are not business. Diplomatic
transa ctons require something more definite.
An armistice is q serious thing involving all the
military interests Of the war. To be effected 1t
must be formally and definitely proposed and
as formally and definitely accepted and agreed
upon by both parties and to that end there must
be something more than indications of desires.
1t would seem to be according to custom for
Russia. as the defeated party TO the war, 10
make the necessary formal proposal of an
armistice. That would not be. we should say,
any more humiliatng to her pride than such an
indication Of desire as we are assured she has
already given. 1t would simply be putting her
general desires into specific and tangible form.
Japan. as the triumphant party TO the war, can
scarcely be expected TO sue for peace or for an
armistice, and are not sure but that for
Japan TO offer such a boon to her beaten enemy
and for Russia 10 accept it from her hand would
be as trying to Russian pride as for Russia her
self to ask for II However that may be. we
must unhesitatingly assume that Japan stands
ready to suspend hostilities the moment she re-
ceives satisfactory assurances of Russias bona
fde desire TO that end. If she requires those as
surances to be something more than vague init
nations or interviews in press dispatches, she
will be standing upon not unreasonable right.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07

of isthmian conditions are as unduly pessimistic
as their former expectations Were absurdly
visionary.
II was, we believe. mistake 10 begin canal
work on any extensive scale until the work OF
sanitation had been completed and yellow fever
at least had been eliminated. All energies
should have been given 10 sanitation, and the
health officers should have had Just such free
hand and ample means they had In Cuba.
Had that been the case we have no doubt re
suits as satisfactory as those In Cuba would
have been promptly attained at Panama. But
there was division Of effort and the health
officers were hampered and fettered with red
tape. Instead, therefore, of the housecleaning
being finished by the end of the last dry season,
it was protracted into the rainy season, and is
not yet nearly done. There is little hope, then.
for any considerable improvement until the end
of this rainy season-tn November or December
next Just at present there seems TO be a
slight ameliorstion, which may mean substan-
tial gain or which may mean merely the Vera
nito de San Juan, which comes at this time
with temporary cessation of rain.
1t is to be feared that conditions will remain
unsatisfactory for four or five months longer,
or until the end of the present rainy season.
Before the oncoming of the next rainy season,
In May 1906 the sanitary works should be COM
plete. the plague bearing mosquitoes should be
largely exterminated and the whole canal zone
should be in about as salubrious a condition as
can be expected in a region in the latitude Of
Borneo and Ashantee To say that there is no
hope of such improvement is to talk nonsense.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07
Gstpilnrk DAILY 0ribnte
FRIDAY, JULY Z. 1905.
HRE NEWS THIS MORNING.

: FOREIGN-There was an unconfrmed report
: "a Odessa that the Kniaz Potemkine had been
Z John Paul Jones, first admiral OF the American
navy, formally handed over to United
States officials al Paris with a brilliant display
OF public ceremonial, speeches being made by
General Porter, Special Ambassador LOOMS and
Admiral Sigsbee. - Chancellor Won Bulow
announced that NJ. Jaures the French Socialist
Deputy would be debarred from speaking in
Berlin on Sunday at q Socialist meeting. as had
been planned - The Emperor OF Japan
country urging the need OF securing lasting
q peace; some opposition to NJ. Muravten was
10 have the summer sessions Of the plenipoten-
: tsaries at Portland. Ne - A French sub
sgrnarine. with crew OF thirteen on board
foundered at Terryville, Tunis, but II was re-
ported from Paris that no lives were lost -
Plans for the formation Of representative as
seuhly for Puisia outlined from St Peters
burg. as prsyously forecasted.
CITY-Stocks were strong. - The man
Rger OF q SpTing-st store was held because
of the death Of a woman with whom he spent
Hudson County, N. j. ordered the ferry rate
cut from to 8 cents on the weehawken ana
{ ney began an investigation OF charges of illegal
influence in the Alderdice case. - VIC
= -sstin OF the Harrisburg wreck sued the Pennsyl-
ner received advice from the State Tax Com
smissioneTs regarding collection OF the mortgage
tax. - 1t wes announced that the Westing-
house interests had obtained contracts IN Italy
snd japan amounting 10 S2Oo0OcO -
Eighteen families ned from a tenement house
when the front door was wrecked by an OK
: plosion. - Miss Margaret Haley said she
would carry her opposition TO the reorganiza-
ton OF the National Educational Association
10 the courts.
DOMESTIC-It was said by members of the
Cabinet that the post Of Secretary Of State had
been accepted by Elihu Root; announcement
of his appointment IS expected from the Pres-
dent to-day. - z. II. and H E. Huntington
were reported TO have planned big piers at San
Pedro, Cal. for a new line Of transpacifc
steamships. - TWO NewYork actors risked
s their lives 20 rescue a drowning boy at Middle
t1town y. 7. - Charles q. lbbott, a veteran
Of the Criuean War died at Middletown. Conn.
- II was announced that the Manufacturers
Association Of Stamford, Conn. desired 10
have Hugh Bonner assume control Of the STAN
ford Fire Department. - A dispatch from
bridgeport, Conn said that strenuous efforts
Were being made 10 prevent the return TO New
York OF J. A Farrell. wanted for an alleged as
ssult on Bessie Foley. - The Premium
Stamp Corporation brought suit against several
merchants of Stamford. Conn. alleging that they
entered into a conspiracy 10 ruin its business
The Hudson County Court sentenced
Baron Manteuffel" King of the Schnorrers.
10 two years for swindling.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Partly cloudy, southeast 10 south winds. The
temperature yesterday: Highest, II degrees;
lowest. Is
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07

Testament PrObated IN Peru Still
Being Fought Here.

If Jose SeviIIa the wealthy Peruvian who
died in Lima in 1856. had tried TO draw up a
will which would perpetuate his name in the
courts OF Peru and the United States. he cOuld
hardly have left a more successful document
than that found after his sudden death. The
case cropped up before Judge GildersIeeve yes
terday in the Supreme Court when Melchor
sevilla, Pearl-st importer. through his at
torney. Charles o. LIE Barber. OF No. 81 Mas
sau-st., asked 10 be joined as a party de-
fendant in the latest suit over the property OF
the Peruvian
There still remains TO be partitioned among
the heirs the house which jose SeviIla occupied
during the five or six years he lived In this city
Just before his sudden death in Lima This
house is No. 166 West 22d-st, and it Is worth
about $4,000 Coudert Brothers have held the
property in trust, and there is now hand
about $4,000 rent and interest accumulation
jose Sevilla left some S16.OOOOO0, most OF
which in personal property. His viii was
a most remarkable document. His near rela-
tives were cut OF for the most part with small
sums. He left bequests 10 many persons IN
known to the other heirs The heirs fough-
bitterly in the Peruvian courts for years. but the
Will was finally sustained and prObated. Among
other beqUests SeviIla left S1.5OO.OO0 to found
a home for poor girls in New-YOrk- This money
is still held in trust and no attempt has been
made TO establish the home. owing 10 legal com
plicatiOnS, IL is said.
SeviIla bequeathed the house in West 22d-st
tc a niece. There was some flaw in the Will
Which prevented il being prObated N New-Y York.
and after making several efforts in court the
niece dropped the matter.
The present case is brought by Mrs Emma
Kempner, whose children by a former husband
the late Benjamin Barrenecheda. have In
terest in the property descendants OF Jose
Sevilla's father. She declares that jose Ssvflla
was an ulegiJimate son. This is denied by
Melchor Sevilla, who asks 10 be made one OF the
defendants and hopes 10 get MS portion OF ths
partition money when the 22d-st house is sold
The family tree OF the SeVlIiaS will have 10 b
studied in court before the technical point "a
settled. The bulk of the estate has already been
distributed. as IL was largely personal and
could be disposed OF under the rulings OF tn
Peruvian courts
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
[sY rELzoRAPH TO THE rzIsUSE-I

LBY TELE0RAPH TO fE1BISEl
Newport r. l. July 6.-AnnOuncenent was u,ads
today Of the women who viii act patronesses
OF the fair to be given at Gray Craig. the summer
home OF Mr. and Mrs. ]. Mitchell Clark on
Wednesday afternoon next. for the benefit OF 81
Mary's Orphanage OF Providence They are 1frs
Harold Brown. Mrs. William r Hunter. Mrs. Fszi-
nsId c. Vanderbilt. Mrs Charles VI. Oelrichs. Mrs.
William Grosvenor Miss Laura Swan. Mrs. Wood
bury Kane. Miss Augusta Hunter. Mrs H Walters
and Mrs F. I Collins. The government band has
been engaged to furnish music
Mr. and Mrs Stuyvesant Fish viii arrive a.
their Newport place. Crossways. for the season. To-
morrow. Mrs Fish has cards out for her first din
ner on Saturday evening
Mrs. HobsOn OF Washington. IS the guest OF Mrs.
Z. A G. Slater ar Hopedene
Mrs. William Astor will sail from Europe the
18th instant. and viii come direct 20 her Newport
cottage. which is being made ready for occupancy.
F. K. Arnold. Of New-YOrk. is the guest OF Dr.
and Mrs. John ]. Mason
Mr.. ard Mrs Joseph E Widener will arrive
Pinard cottage No Tomorrow for the season
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred c. Vanderbilt returned 10
Oakland Fsrm this Afternoon for the remainder
Of the summer.
Buffalo. where she has been visiting the Rev and
Mrs GrenvilIe Merrill
There is a report here that J. Pierponr Morgan Is
contemplating building house here
Registered at the Casino to-day were Delaney A
Kane Lewis G. Morris. Powers Smythington. II.
Mortimer Brooks and John r Livermore-
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07
OBSTACLES TO HERTZ WAVES.

suspicion that the Statue of Liberty inter
feres to some extent with the transmission or
wireless telegraph messages in New-YOrk Har-
Dor has been entertained for several weeks. 1t
was first excited we believe, by puzzling failures
to communicate between points in the city and
steamships which were aground near Sandy
Hook Corroboratve testimony is now sup
piled by naval officials who investigated the
phenomenon after the government had expert
enced a similar difficulty The huge mass OF
bronze on Bedlow's Island seems to serve the
purpose of an upright wire at a regularly
equipped station, absorbing Hertz waves which
impinge against it
If the experiments already made do not an
swer all OF the questions which are raised by
this discovery, ii would be we'll to have the In
Quiry pressed little further. electromagnetic
waves are supposed TO spread from the centre
at which they are generated in steadily enlarg-
ing circles. 1t is important 10 know, therefore,
how large an arc of these circles is affected by
being intercepted. At how great an angle from
the path to q receiver will the observed effect
be insensible? Again, it is desirable TO learn
how much more of an obstruction the Statue
of Liberty is than ordinary upright wire, and
whether or not 1t is feasible TO overcome the
trouble by an Increased output Of power in ere
ating the waves These and other uncertain
ties must be cleared up before wireless teleg-
raphy can I'LL Its destined sphere OF uSeIuIness.
1t is not altogether impossible that the obser-
vatons made in New-YOrk Bay may assist in
unrav yelling mysteries which have bothered Mar
conf himself He found. two or three years ago,
that the mountains Of Spain apparently offered
no serious obstacle to wireless messages which
were sent TO Gibraltar from POldhu in Corn
wall. However, though the distance between
the latter point and Genoa was much shorter,
communication with the great seaport OF North
ern Italy was less easy than II was with the
fortress at the entrance of the Mediterranean.
Some hindrance operates in the one case and
not in the other What can it be? The Alps?
Mont Blanc stands directly between Poldhu and
Genoa; but for the reason just mentioned it is
doubtful whether il is responsible for the mis-
chief Or does the Eiffel Tower interfere? That
huge structure is nearly a thousand feet high
and is composed Of metal If lines be drawn
on the map from Poldhu TO Paris and to Genoa
they diYerge about u or Is degrees. Does not
the material of which the tower is composed
bring it under suspicion in spite Of this angle?
The Statue Of Liberty may hold the right an
swer TO that question.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07
IN THE BERKSHIRES.

LRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSEl
Lenox. Mass. July 6.-Governor Beekman Win
rhrop Of Porto Rico has arrived here and Joined
Mrs. Winthrop. who has been guest OF her
mother, Mrs John Wood. Of New-York- Governor
and Mrs Winthrop are now guests Of the Gov
ernors mother Mrs. Robert winthrop at Ethel
wyn Mrs William D. Sloane entertained Gov
ernor and Mrs. Winthrop at luncheon.
Sir Mortimer Durand has returned to Deepdene
from Cleveland.
Herr Won Verdy du Vernos, third secretary Of
the German Embassy and Herr W. Breitfeldt.
attache arrived here to-day for the season
Captain John s Barnes has returned from MS
annual fishing trip into Canada.
Mrs James l. Lockwood. OF New-1ork- VINO
has been in the Adirondacks on automobile
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07
DR.. wooDeRIoeE's WILL PRoeATEo.

New Brunswick. y. J.. July (SpAcial).-The will
of Dr. Samuel Merrill Woodbridge. late professor
emeritus at the Theological Seminary OF the Dutch
Reformed Church in America. prObated this
morning at the Office OF the Surrogate. The will
is sheet Of notepapar and is about fifteen
lines IN length. in the handwriting of the testarOr.
provides that all of the estate real and personal
shall go to his wife, Mrs Anna W. Woodbridge.
The will is dated November 6. 1882 and is witnessed
by the three daughters OF the maker-Caroline.
Anna Dayton and Mary E. Woodbridge. the last
named being now Mrs Mary F. Ferwerda. OF Mill
stone.
The viii has a codiciL which provides that nine
shares OF National Bank OF. New-Jersey stock and
the money deposit in the Bowery Bank a New
York shall go 70 the daughter. Miss Caroline
Woodbridge
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07

tour arrived here to-day with Miss NJ ID. Das'kam
and Mrs. Walter L. Seaman
Bishop Van Buren. OF Porto Rico. was ons Of
the arrivals to-day.
Mr. and Mrs James Lowndes OF Washington.
guests OF Mrs. Lucius Tuckerman at Inglestce.
In Stockbridge
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris K. Jesup have closed Bel
vOir Terrace and have gone TO Bar Harbor for two
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. s Camp. OF Norwich. Conn;
Afr. and Mrs. G.. II. Jones. OF Minneapolis: Afr
and Mrs. q. L. r. Hardman OF Philadelphia. ard
Captain Lewis King OF Washington. are az the
Hotel AspinwaH
Mrs. Franklin Osgood and Miss Dssterrsa. o.
New-York started to-day for Poland Springs
w. z. Maynard OF Ne-x-Yorc. who IS an au-
tornobiIe tour. Is a guest OF William 3. o. Field
Mrs Schuyler Van Rensselaer,. OF Nsw-York. has
opened the Bishop cottage for the GUNNER
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07

Fe desire to remind our readers 'pho are
sboGt to Leaoe the city that THE TRIBUNE sril
be sent By mail TO any address in this country
or abroad, and address changed as often as
desired. Subscriptions may be giueH to yOur
regsLar dealer before leaving, or, if more
coRpenient, hand them In at The TRIBUNE
Office.
See opposite page for subscription rates.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07
sCHAEFEa WILL NOT PROBATED.
Proceedings Adjourned Through kidnapping
of Children by Their Mother.

The will of the late General Emil G. Schaefer.
the wealthy brewer. was up for probate before
Surrogate Fitzgerald yesterday Witnesses 10 the
Will examined, and the probatins or the VIII
was adjourned to await the report OF w. J. A
Canrey of No. $40 Broadway who was appointed
guardian OF the Two children
The Whereabouts OF the children is az present
unknown. the mother who elOped two years ago
with German A Worth, having kidnapped them
After the elopement the children were recovered
by detectives who represented the brewer. but Just
before the generals death the mother again got
possession of them and trace OF them has since
been found
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07
suRTIs WILL CASE SENT BACK.

Rochester July S.-The Appellate Division this
afternoon handed down decision in the Alfred G
Burtis will IN which the decision OF the Sur
rogate OF Cayuga County. denying the probate OF
the will. Is revoked The Appellate Division sends
the back TO the trial term jury three ques-
tions. namely, the testator competent TO make
viii: did he make a will. and did he sign the will
offered for nrohate7
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07
THE POSTSCRIPT woRTH TIE MONEY

From The San Antonio Express.
Miss Carey Thomas. the president or Bryu NIawr
College. talked at luncheon about the ingenious
ness OF children.
a letter her dear little son had written aer from
Andover The letter Ike this.
" Dear Mother. 7 we'll and ] hone Won are
wen. VIII yuu please send me So know IRE lqst
did not last long, but it is all spent now and
Iced = badly [ hope you are well / am well
Please Go not forget s.
Inen there vas this postscript
- I was ashamed 10 ask FOR money so soon asrer
the last you Sent that sent a-er the postrnan 70
gone"
New-York tribune., 1905-07-07
SECRETARY mETcALF IN UTICA

Utica. n. Y. July s-victor H. Metcalf Secretary
OF the Department OF Labor spent part OF to-day
at his old home. IN this city. He was joined here
by Mrs. Metealf. They started this evening for
Montreal. and will thence 10 California Secre-
tary Metcalt will return 10 Washington about Sep
tember. His friends here understand the report
that he IS to leave the Cabinet is unfounded.