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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13
BINGHAM WANTS THREE AUTOS
And Money to Repair station Houses-Al-
dermen Not Tee Eager to Give II.

And o TO Repair station Houses-Ai-
dermen Not Tee Eager to Give 1t.
Police Commissioner Bingham appeared
Yesterday before the Aldermen's finance
committee TO support his request for Sic, 900
to buy three automobiles without public
bidding. He explained that it was i'm
possible for himself and his deputies to
inspect the outlying parts OF the city I'M
less the department could have at least
three machines. He wanted to buy auto
mobiles of the best American make, and
while he might not spend the whole $4,000,
he wanted enough to buy machines ca
pable OF standing the hard work which
would be required of them. Gen. Bingham
also told the committee that the drivers
would have to be selected from the uni
formed force, but that he would replace
them with civilians when he could get an
appropriation to pay the salaries of the
civilian drivers,
In executive session the committee de-
cided that Gen. Bingham wanted to pay
too much for his machines and the matter
was laid over for further consideration.
The Commissions also asked for Sl20,n 00
for repairs to station houses. he said
the cells and sleeping quarters in most
Of the stations were in a ~disgraceful and
unsanitary condition and needed improv-
ing at once. Tit member OF the COM
mittee resolved not to recommend the
appropriation until they had themselves
examined the stations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13
CALVERT HALLS OF HISTORY.
American Historical Congress Has Purs
chased the Calvert ManSio on I'm Maryland.

AmcT1CNu DhIotOTHCbI SOiBEteS NhaS W
chased the Calvert Mansion in Maryland.
WASHINGTON, March Pin a paper
read before the Columbia Historical lSociety
tonight Col. William j. Wilson OF Texas
announced that the American Historical
Congress. an Incorporated body; had pur-
chased. the Calvert Mansion at Riverdalei
Md, neal Washington, once part Of the
vast estate granted by King Charles l.. in
1882, to Cecil Calvert, second Lord Balti-
more. This old house is to be hereafter
known as the Calvert Halls Of History
1t will be restored to its former grandeur;
and each Of the thirteen original States
will have a room set apart for historical
display. Louisiana, California, Illinois and
Minnesota nave also applied for rooms
and other States will likewise be granted
space.
The former grand salon in the mansion
is to be dedicated to music, and there ara
to be a John Hay memorial noon, a Joseph
Jefferson room and a Gen. Joe Wheeler
room. Henry Clay is said to have drafted
the Missouri Compromise" in the mansion
while George Washington, Crittenden,
Calhoun, Lafayette, Webster and other
great men we're visitors there. The Cal
vert family occupied the house until
recently.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13
The Crew Of the Car.

Most of the men employed on the
transportation lines in New York city
are polite and courteous in their treat
ment OF passengers. There are rude
conductors, guards, motormen. but the
number Of these is relatively small.
That it is not larger is really a cause for
wonder. The work they do is exceed
ingly trying, mentally and physically.
They suffer from the indignation Of every
hot tempered individual who considers
himself abused, from the vagaries Of
every crank dissatisfied WITH the con-
ditions under which he lives.
Too frequently a peppery man or
woma biames the innocent motorman
or conductor for faults Of the corpora
ton that employs him for which he is
not responsible. in any way. If a car
line is blocked, il a car is delayed, if the
service is inadequate, the conductor is
pretty likely to catch Jesse. II a motor
man neglects to stop his car for a would
be passenger, the crew Of the next car is
sure to get a dressing down. II the
motorman stops for all who want to
ride in his car, the time pressed pas
sengers already aboard growl. If he
does not stop, the man who is left behind
bowls curses after him. In more serious
cases, when a venturesome child, trying
to see how long he can stay on the tracks
without being hit, miscalculates and is
run down. the blame is always put on
the motorman and conductor and usually
a coward in the crowd tries to incite an
attack on them. Under such conditions
transportation employees work, most
of them holding their tempers, restrain
ing their human desire to talk back, y
assisting passengers when they may,
and making generally a most creditable
appearance.
If all the men and women who ride on
New York car lines were a. polite, COT
siderate and competent as the majority
Of the men who Jun the cars there would
be an end to many OF the complaints
that the travelling public now makes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13
Children's Courts,

From House OF Representatives. Repon siee,
At present twenty-five States have some form
OF legislation for Juvenile delinquents and thirty.
eight cities have Juvenile courts In varying degrees
OF perfection. In almost all the other States hills
are pending for the establishment OF such courts.
Following the lead OF thc United States, Juvenile
c0drts have been established In Toronto. Canada
and throughout Aust ralia. In the Irish ciues Of
Dublin, Cork and Belfast special days are set apar,
for the hearing OF chlldren's cases. and In England
and Scotland efforts are now being made TO secure
the complete system which has been adopted here.
This table shows. In the hrs, column of aRures The
number OF children In jail two years previous To
the establishment OF Juvenile courts In the cities
named, and In the second column the number in
jail since the courts have been In opcration:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13
caFAtef

D To THE EDIToR OF THE SUN-Sir: Con-
Sincins as your editorial Of Friday is as to the
value Of W. r. Hearst to his country as an
~oficeholder. does II seriously take into &C
count the opportunity for damage Hearst
enjoys while Waiting about in the limelieht
as an Office hunter?
The real danger OF Hearsteria. It seems to
me. does not lie in his rare moments o1oficial
~companIonshlp with men who are able to
Judge him as their peer. but in the daily TO-
menting of the spirit OF unrest. dissatisfac-
zion. suspicion and class hatred among an
army Of readers who let others create their
opinions. j. F.. X.
CORNING. v. Y, March II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13
SEWER FRAUDsW EREN'TsroppED
Metz Charges Previous Administration
with Making n ''BiuR'' myestiE alton.

With Making q "hiuH "~feousallon.
Comptrolier. Metz, In a statement is,tled
Yesterday in regard to the fraudulent
sewer damage claims brought agains. tie
CITY. made the charge by inference that
thu Finance Department, while Edward VI.
circuit was Comptroller, did not investigate
fully the claims sent in, despite the faot
that thew were known to be improper,
Mr., Metz said;
An Examine OF sewer claims by the nano
of Prial In the law and adjustment division
Of the Finance Department Ia the man Who
hrst took a stand against allowing any If
these claims. He came to me last fall and
complained that not only could he get no To-
dress, but claims On which he had reported
Adversely were given to other examiners
and then allowed.
i have no comment to make as to the guilt
or innocence OF any man in this Office.
don't know the men. They were here b..
fore l came in. ] have made no changes
since 1 have been here and l do not propose
10 make any while the men are doing their
work faithfully. This Investigation will 20
ON until we have sifted II to the bottom, and
while / am sorry for any man who is hlt Oy
IL no guilty man will escape and the truth
L. COINS to come out before l get through.
Mr.. Metz said the fraudulent nature Of
the claims was not discovered because tie
investigation in the last administration
was onfy a bluff There was no serious
i~nyestieation," be said. THE investigators
were paid $40 a day, and they did not in
vestigate."
aeainst the city for sewer damages in
Broollyn which had not been examineda
o87 of theee claims were filed by a lawyer
named William o. Miles in the names Of
"a claimants. Since he had started his
~ them had been withdrawn. About half
of thaM~ Withdrawals were made by Miles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13
SManROs All.

Eyom e Hazel Green Herald.
DT. Bill Swango Is able 10 be In the saddle aga''
Aunt Rhod Swango visited Joseph Catron "a
wife Sunday.
Mrs. shiloh swango attended the auction at
Maytown Saturday.
W. W. SwanEo has a nice bunch Of cattle g. =
for the Nj. Sterling market.
James Murphy bought ten head Of cN',. "'
W. W. Swango last week.
Mrs. John SwanEo OF Montgomery county ''~'i
Shiloh Swango and family last week.
Mrs. Sarah Ellen SwanEo. wife of Wosh 10
noted turkey trader, OF Valera, was the Cue o.
Mrs-Ben Murphy Satu rday and sunday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13

According to the Washington des-
patches Speaker CANNON takes the view
that the House of Representatives must
defend its prestige by rejecting the Sem
ate amendments to the Statehood bill
and insisting upon the provisions OF that
measure in the form in which it passed
the House.
The prestige Of the House will scarcely
be increased by persistence in the wrong.
The forced union of New Mexico and
Arizona is impossible now. Everybody
knows that. On the other hand, the
admission Of Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory as a State is probably favored by a
majority OF the House and the Senate.
If the House insists ON claiming the
quick proposition to the dead PROPOSE
ton, it is the privilege Of the House so
to do; and the country at large may not
be grieved profoundly thereby.
Still, there are the people of the Indian
Territory and Oklahoma. They want
to come into the Union. There is no
sound reason why their political future
should be made dependent upon that Of
Arizona and New Mexico or their wishes
sacrificed to the pride Of the House.
The small possible political results Of
such a course on the part Of the House
may occur to some minds incapable of
bordering the larger merits of the ques-
ton. Will Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory feel an abiding love for the
Republican party if it now p~ostpones
their reception into the Union?
Uncle JOE himself may be looking for
electoral votes in 1908.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13
voorhis Doubtrul About Voting Machines

President John r. Voorhis of the Board of
Elections opposed before the Aldermen
finance committee yesterday the proposed
appropriation OF SI2O, 600 to equip four
Assembly districts with voting machines
for the next election. He said that vol nE
machines were as yet in the experiment.,
stage, and that as a taxpayer he was oo-
posed to spending large sums of money
The committee decided to await the rc-''t
Of attempted legislation on the suhjec' n
Albany.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13
PLYMOUTH MEMORIAL WINDOW s.
senator Grisw Old 20 Present Nineteen, In-
GLIDING Historic Beecher Scenes.

Nineteen memorial windows are to be
presented Co Plymouth Church, Brooklyn,
by former State Senator Stephen NJ. Girls
void, one of the oldest members of the
church, who for fifty-three years has been
one Of the ushers, Eight of the windows
will represent the history Of the Christian
religion and the three front windows will
picture the Resurrection of Christ"
One Of the windows will be known as
plymouth Buying the Slave Girl, which
will picture one OF the most dramatic scenes
ever witnessed in Plymouth Church. There
and in fifteen minute 81, 500 was raised
to buy a slave girls freedom. Another
window will represent the raising of the
flag over Fort Sumter at the close of the war,
Mr.. Beechertakingp part in the ceremonies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13
Moody Gives Final Denial TO Resignation
RumOr.

CHICAGO, March 12.-'Since l was ap-
pointed to the Cabinet" said Attorner-
General w. H. Moody to-day. u have been
kept busy denying reports that l am going
to resign. Now, the fact is, l intend 70
get out Of the Cabinet some day, but | viii
let you know a long time in advance. lhav"
not been asked to resign. and l have nv
eye or no political plum on the top branch.
Until you hear to the contrary I shall re-
main in my present position in the Cabinet. y
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13

These statistics show that the lumber OF eh,ldr.,
placed In Jail within the two years preyIousao the
establishment OF the Juvenile court In these various
Jurisdictions was oyne6, and that since the law has
been In operation only In have been sen,
TO jail In some Jurisdictions II is now only In en-.
eepnonai cases thAt a child is committed TO jail.
The statistics likewise show that the nunh., -,
commitments TO reformatories and other Insi,tu.
tons has greatly decreased. for wherever possib,e
In the cases Of dependency. the child IA plnced In
an approved family home and becomes a member
Of The family by leeal adoption or olher wise.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13
Relief Tor a Harlem Innocent.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: My heart
throbs for bachelor" who wants 10 know show a
man feels when he Is In love" Probably he has
no mother. should he have that queer feeling"
again after seeing the thirty. year old girl. let him
take n spoonful Of p~areEoric every hour until he
feels relief. MARoARRr.
~BLoohYIKzp, N. j., March u.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13
A Runfrnr ssntimsn,

TO TEE EpfroR OF TIE SuN-Str: I heard +,
toast the other evening at an epicurean gastronom
ique In bulifrog. Nev., which may be new to New
Workers and md q responsive chord in some an ths,r
bosoms- IL was: Here's 10 Hell: may we have a.
good . time there a. W have getting there"
on TN Road. March 10. DHuarra
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13

Graft is the modern disease.-Wisd Of a Phaa
daphfd state sDlan.
Graft has been "the modern disease"
ever since government was instituted among
men. and existed previously to that remote
date; but it's antiquity does not relieve
honest men from the obligation to fight it
in all ages,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13
Moissan DistfIs Refractory Metals.
From Engineering.

BY means OF tho electric furnace N, MolSs1H -
recently succeeded In actually dlstllllng l'
fractory metals OF the platinum group, ihrI.1 "
iridium and rhodium. Palladium, cu'"'
enough. which has a melting point con>ld
below that o. platinum, appears 10 have q-I'. d
high q boiling point.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13

Published hy The sun Printing and Pubifahlng
Association al 10 Nassau street. In the horongh OF
Manhattan, New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13

n our friends toho foror US nth manuscripts Io'
publication trish 10 hare rejected articles returned "dV
must IN al cases send stamps for mat purpose
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-13

Knlcker-At what rate was the broker s~peedlngi
BOcker-A quick a. the margin of q lamb
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-16
BANDITS ATTACK A WOMAN
Make Daring Attempt to Rob Her on
Crowded Street-Had $1400
in Satchel

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Five men today
made a desperate effort to rob Miss
Margaret Gates, the cashier of the
Morris Candy company, while she was
returning from the bank to the offices
Of the company with $1400, the amount
Of the weekly pay roll, in her possess
sion.
Miss Gates was passing the corner of
West Lake and Halstead streets at a
time when the walks were filled with
pedestrians, when one of the men seized
her by the arm and pulled her into the
passageway, while another knocked her
down and snatched from her hand the
satchel containing the money.
The men then ran down the street,
but were followed by five detectives
who heard the cries of Mi Gates. A
desperate fight folio ed, and two of the
men, one of whom had the money in
his possession, were arrested. The
others escaped, although pursued for
several blocks b. the officers.
The captured men gave the names OF
Harry Barnum and Harry Baker
Baker is said to have been a recent en-
ploye of the candy company.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-16
RIOGELEY WANTS
CREDIT CURRENCY
SAYS THERE IS NECESSITY
FOR SOME RELIEF
Would Have Graduated Tax Placed on
Credit Notes, Which, He Says,
Would Guarantee Re-
demptlon
Rv Associated Press.

By Associated PRESS
WASHINGTON Dec. 15.--William b.
Ridgeley, comptroller of the currency
advocated before the house committee
on banking and currency today the pro-
posed credit currency plan.
There was, he said, no question re-
garding ths necessity of some measure
OF relief.
He believed a graduated tax should
be placed on the credit notes. which
would create an ample reserve fund
for their redemption.
This, he thought, was proper meth
cd to be high tax plan with no re-
serves.
Mr.. Ridgeley was strongly in favor
of having the government guarantee
such credit currency. No risk would
be involved in this, as he said the
per cent guarantee fund would secure
the government against loss.
The comptroller did not regard the
administration of the proposed plan as
necessarily expensive. The proposed
2M per cent tax, he said, would create
q fund of from $2,500,000 to $5,000,0OO a
year, which would be abundantly ample
to meet all expenses and create a re-
serve fund.
Mr.. Ridgeley favored increasing the
present $3,000,000 monthly limit upon
the retirement of national bank circu-
lation to $12,000O00 or $15,000,O00 and
giving the secretary of the treasury
discretionary power to modify or sus-
pend the limit to meet any arising
condition.
This limit was fixed, he said when
the circulation of the country was
something like $1SO0OO,00O
1t is now more than $500,000,000
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-16
HOPE FOR POOR
CONGRESSMAN
SENATE MAY VOTE FOR SAL
AIRY INCREASE
Upper Body May Force the House to
Reluctantly Accept Larger
Pay-CuIIom Favors
Move

CHICAGO Dec. 15.-A special from
Washington to the Record Herald
says:
There is hope for the poor congress-
man. The senate is turning the matter
over in its mind and strong DISPOSE
tion to join the increased salary pro-
cession exists at that end of the capi-
tai. The senate, less amenable to pub
lie sentiment, or rather safer from
public wrath, is expected to fix things
and relieve the representative from re-
sponsibility for originating the legisla-
tion.
Senator Cr-'om O, Hines will have
charge of the ecutive, legislative and
judicial bill when it reaches the senate
next week, and he ma ,s no secret of
being in favor of larger salaries than
the government has been paying.
The senior Illinois senator, during his
long career in Washington, has felt the
difficulties on $4,000 a year.
He repeatedly has declared he has
been unable to save any money, and
that frequently he has been forced to
deny himself some of the real neces-
stiles Of life beca. sc of the condition of
his pocketbook.
The plan is to insert a provision in
the bill similar to that knocked out in
the house when the measure comes be-
fore the Senate, and it is expected that
it will carry when the committee of
the two houses go into conference over
the bill.
The senate conferees will insist upon
the retention of their amendment and
the house conferees reluctantly will
bow to their insistence in the matter.
| The record of the house will be all
right and bigger salaries simply will
be forced upon the lawmakers who are
elected by poi ular vote
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-16
KING OSCAR IS
MUCH IMPROVED
PASSES PEACEFUL NIGHT AT
PALACE
Mornings Bulletin Showed Great Turn
for the Better and Day Re.
ports Bore Out the
News
Rv Assooiated press.

BY Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 15.-During the
last twenty-four hours King oscar
condition has taken a decided turn for
the better. His majesty passed good
night and the morning found him much
improved. He also passed a quiet day
The bulletin issued at . o'clock tonight
says:
"The king has had quiet day, with
about one hours sleep. His appetite is
good. His temperature Is 1902, Fahren-
heit. The heart was further improved.
The condition of the lungs is un-
changed"
The mornings bulletin hore out the
more favorable unofficial news from the
palace and showed that King Oscars S
temperature was nearly normal and
that the other unsatisfactory symptoms
were yielding to the treatment. The
bulletin read as follows
1.-THE king had altogether seven hours
sleep during the night. His temperature
this morning is 99.5. There is still an
insignificant secretion of mucuous mat
ter in the trachea. His heart has con-
tinued to improve, his pulse is still ir-
regular and his strength is somewhat
improved"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-16

seat at his right and Mayor Sehon Of
San Diego the seat at the lett.
Toasts were not numerous ana the
banquet was dismissed early in order
to give the delegates an opportunity to
listen to three stereoptical talks on San
Diego county by w. o. Cotton OF san
Diego. on the lumber industry Of Cali
fornia by George d. Cray OF San Fran
cisco, and on the harbors Of California
by DR.. Clarence e. Edwards of the
promotion committee.
Tomorrow will be devoted to a visit to
La Jolla and Pacific Beach, with lunch-
con at the Hotel Balboa at the latter
place.
Monday forenoon will be given to a
launch ride on the bay and a visit to
Point Iona, and Tuesday afternoon TO
n trip to Tia Juana, Lower California,
just outside the jurisdiction of Uncle
Sam.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-16
COMMERCE COMMISSION
TURNS DOWN EDITORS
SAYS LAW REQUIRES CASH FOR
TRANSPORTATION
Believes Newspapers Would Make
"Fake" Advertising Contracts and
Furnish Their Influence Instead.
Railroad Men Applaud Action
BY Associated Press.

| BY Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-About fif-
teen members of the National Editorial
association had an informal hearing to-
day before the interstate commerce
commission in regard to the ruling If
the commission that railroads cannot
enter into contract with newspapers for
advertising and give in return railroad
transportation.
Remarks were made by J. S. Junkin
of Sterling, Kansas, president of the
National Editorial association, and 9TH
ers, and they asked that revision of
the commissions Interpretation be made
with a view to a continuance of the sat-
isfactory business relations between the
railroads and the publishers, which
| they said have existed for so long a
| time.
| Chairman Knapp decided that promi-
nent railroad men had applauded the
action of the commission.
The chairman declared that the law
comprehensively, explicitly and unqual-
ifiedly prohibited the transportation by
railroads of persons except in accord
ance with the express terms of the tar
| ifs filed for that purpose. and that every
tariff provided for payment in money.
Expressing his own personal opinion,
the chairman said that if a railroad
were honestly ana legally Indebted TO a
newspaper for advertising or anything
else, he saw no reason why it should
not issue transportation, but that there
would probably be fake" contracts
which contemplated merely the furnish
ing of transportation for advertising
which would not be carried out in good
faith by the newspaper.
1t was suggested to the members of
the commission that they We're not pre-
cluded by the ruling of the commission
from making test case if they desire
to do so, and have the question judicial
ly determined.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-16
CHARGES BULGARIANS
BLACKMAILED GREEKS
SAYS ORGANIZED BAND is LEVY
ING TRIBUTE IN AMERICA
Grecian Vice Consul Conducts Investi.
cations and Now Makes Sensa-
tionaI tatements-Asserts Death
Was Threatened if No Money Came
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Charges that an
organized band of Bulgarians has en-
deavored to levy upon 100000 Greeks
now in this country, particularly those
coming from Macedonia, for funds to
aid the Bulgarians in carrying on their
feud against the Macedonian Greeks,
were made today by George H. Tsolo-
miti, Greek vice consul, who has for
two months been investigating the
matter.
Mr.. Tsolomiti, who is stationed upon
the Pacific coast, left today for Terre
Haute, Ind, where two of the alleged
conspirators are to be tried.
1t is asserted that in the attempts
of the Bulgarians to extort money
from Greeks they threatened them with
death If they did not pay tribute.