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New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
C0LER RAISES PRICE OF PAPER.
His Publication Now Two Cents a Copy
It's Going TO Make Hit. He SAYS

Borough President Coer has raised the price
or his paper, which is to appear Saturday, 10
TWO cents a copy lie says this is necessary
since postage VIII cost cent-the original
price decided on for the paper.
Several subscriptions for the paper arrived at
the Borough Hall yesterday. President Coer
explained that there no doubt about the
paper continuing In the field long enough to pro-
duce an effect, as il financed for two years
It's caption. so far as could be armed will be
the same as that which adorns the bulletin board
at the front steps Of Borough Hall. telling of
the wrongs the city administration is perpetrat-
ing on Brooklyn. The bulletin yesterday read
NOW FOR 1908
The city budget is being prepared Public
hearings will be held later upon the several re-
quests for money for the departments in 1908 Then
you men and women Of Brooklyn will have
chance 10 talk to Mayor Mcclellan Controller Metz
and President MCGOWAN, Whose nine votes control
the Board of Estimate and Apportonment Con
troiler particularly. inasnuch his reports prac-
ucallv determine the action Of the board Attend
and ask these gentlemen: Shall all the econonzing
be done at Brooklyn expense? Shall get in 1903
what got in l907-olIy s1.li3 a mile, as against
s1o,l90 mile for The Bronx for maintaining paved
streets? Shall we get Jess money for sewers than
any oJner borough. except little Richmond although
we have more sewers than Manhattan The Bronx
and Richmond combined? Shall cur Bureau of
Buildings. handling rlore than s.0090ooO worth Of
building operations. be crippled by being allowed
only one inspector for every 10 buildings? These
three hold the pursestrings Ask them.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
MORE BODIES FOUND.
Al but One of the Victims of the
Launch Disaster RecOUered.

Newport News Va June 1S.-To-day the
waters of Hampton Roads gave up the oodles
of six more victims of the battlesmp Mlnne-
sota's launch disaster on June H. two dead mid
shipmen and four bIuejackets being picked up
about a mile off Fort Wool Grip Raps), withir
half n mile of where the launch was SUNK Inc
bodies those of Mdshipmen waiter Carr
Ulrich and Herbert Leander Holden. and H. l..
Vandorn, ordinary seaman; F. r. Plumber. ordi-
nary seaman; r. H. Dodson. coxswain. and
Jesse Conn, coal passer. One midshipman IS
still missing.
Rear Admiral Emory commanding the Ameri-
can fleet now in Hampton Roads. left here for
Washington tonight. 1t is understood that he
will make a complete report upon the disaster
and confer with the Navy Department in re-
gard to the investigation which is to begin
shortly.
The bodies of ten of the eleven men who were
on board the launch have now been recovered
and only one is missing The bodies so far re-
covered
Midshipman Philip H. Field, of Virginia. Mid
shipman William Holliser Stevenson. of North
Carolina: Midshpman F. p Holcomb. of Della
ware: Midshipman Herbert Leander Holden. of
Portage. Wis; Mdshipman Walter Carl Ulrich.
of Wisconsin; H L. Vandorn. ordinary seaman;
George w. Westphal first class fireman; Jesse
Conn, coal passer: F. r. Plumber ordinary sea-
man. and r. II. DodsOn, coxswain.
All of the bodies taken aboard the Minnie
sofa and there identified and examined by n
board of surgeons before being placed aboard the
Potomac and carried to the Marine Hospital at
Portsmouth. At the hospital the coffins are be-
Ing held for instructions from the relatives OF
the dead men
Tonight the search is still going forward. a
stiff breeze is blowing and a misty rain coming
down. but all the searchllghts in the fleet are
playing the tugs and launches as they pass
to and fro hauling grapnels.
At the investigation to-day by the federal
steamboat inspectors members of the crews II
the tug Crsfleld and the float No. 10 Of the
New York. Philadelphia e. Norfolk Railroad,
testified that they knew nothing of any collision
In which the loss of the Minnesota's launch
might have resulted. The inquiry evoked no in
formation throwing light on the accident.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
SAY HUSBAND, THOUGHT DEAD, LIVES
Widow in Surrogate's Court Hears Startling
News-Witness Ordered to Appear.

The will OF Vigilto Del Geuovese the wealthy
italian contractor whose death in The Bronx on
January %. shortly after his return from South
America attracted considerable attention AZ the
time brought up for probate before Surrogate
Church. Brooklyn, Yesterday The Will was
drawn in 1856 and leaves all his property then val
ued about $1,000. his brother Giuseppe. HIS
estate IS believed to he worth about 5000 The
viii signed by eX-CoDgresslnau Francis II.
Wilson, former postmaster OF Brooklyn and one
Of the founders of the Union League Club. and
by Charles G. Gill OF Manhattan. witnesses
Unexpected opposition 70 the probate OF the will
raised by Mrs Fldalua Del Genovesc and her
daughter. who Is sixteen years old She had eyi-
dence that she married 10 IN" tcstator in 1859
by alderman OF New York city and that the
girl their child She said THAI she tho
widow of Edwardo Lopez. According 10 her story
Lopez left her twenty-five wears ago. giving her
permission marry again. 4 year later she
heard that he dead. Giuseppes relatives tcs
titled that they had proof that Lopez was alive
and willing appear witness To- prove the a.
Legitimacy OF the woman's marriage with bel Cen
ovcse. Mrs. Del Gcuovese lives with her mother
Montgomery avenue and l11th street in The
Bronx. Giuseppe lives with his brother. Alfredo
who IS one Of the wcathcst Italian business men
Of Brooklyn at No. Middsgh street The case
was adjourned In order TINT Lopez might be
brought before the court.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
BINGHAM HITS HARD.
Cap5ata Bachaaea TrcnsfeTTed
inspector Dillon Held Up.

One ~ Commissioner Binghams surprises hit
inspector Jimmy Dillon and Captain John BIZ
caanan Of the 32d Precinct yesterday afternoon
Before they recovered their breath Captain Bu-
chanan was on his way down to Eldridge street
and The 12th Precinct and his leutenants and
sergeants scattered about the city from high-
bridge the Battery.
This made several other transfers necessary
Captain Thomas W. Walsh got Captain Buchanan s
old berth moving down from the Bronx Park sta
tior He has not been captain long. but he has
made good reputation. Captain Patrick II.
Boves was moved from the Eldridge street station
Madison street, where there has been no captain
since Captain Ferris retired few weeks ago.
That Inspector Dillon win be shifted or receive a
heavier punishment one doubts.
Just after midnight Sunday Deputy Commis-
soners Bugher and Hanson Taided a lot OF saloons
and dsorderly houses in East lSfth street ana
took more than thirty prisoners to the East l26th
street station. where the skipper" and the in
speCror learned that the places had been ralded-
The Commissioners secretary and Percy Maggie
showed up the station after the raids had been
made Raids have been made time and again over
the heads Of precinct and district commanders
without anything serious happening. but this tnle
the police got account nook along with their
prisoners. a few Of these items interested Com
missioner Bingham 10 a great extent They were
little scrubbed notes like this:
Paid Expenses: Help for day, s. AZ; rent for
day. 81 90 furniture for day. 81; gas 80 cents; pro
lection for day. So so
So far interest and effect Went however. these
items were only a spent fire cracker alongside OF
the bomb revealed the next page, when the
Commissioner read this.
Skipper. per day So 57 skipper. cigars. So tick
cts. ward man, S10.''
one thing of interest IS that every police captain
is known to his men and the underworld as the
skipper" sometimes the inspector Is called that,
but not often.
One Of the about Police Headquarters ex-
plaiDed the Commissioners transfer. although the
Commissioner would not talk. The raids" said
this man, resulted from continued and annoying
complaints of houses where it said that men
and women acted in a disorderly and
mad he mic 1I1 zrtfh oy1I
misbehavior Captain Buchanan had been warned
70 put stop 10 this. he ddn't.''
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
TRIED TO STEAL GOLD SPECTACLEs.
Arrest of Man in Brooklyn with Record and
Several Aliases

After forcing entrance into home of Mr..
and Mrs Henry a. Seller Of No. 794 President
street Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon. Thomas
Rice aged sixty years, alias Charles Mason,
Dynamite Charley and Down Easter" tried TO
steal a pair of gold spectacles belonging Mr..
Seller. The latter chased Rice to the rear fence Of
the yard and dealt him staggering blow on the
face. Rice then through the basement hall
way 10 the street where Detective Callahan caught
him with Sellers assistance
When Rice brought before Acting Captain
McCauley, at the Brooklyn headquarters, there was
mutual recognition.
According to Captain McCauley Rice has served
a long term in OHIO for attempting TO blow up a
safe In a Cincinnati bank in 1888 When MrC'auey
a detective he arrested Rice for being con-
cerned in a $4,000 jewelry robbery on the West
Side. RiCe's companion in this robbery "A man
named Rafferty,, got six years in Sing Sing Rice
placed at the head of line OF reporters at
the Mulberry street headquarters. and the woman
whose tewelry stolen brought in TO den-
ufy the thief. She approached the head of the
line and was In the act of placing her hand on
Rice's shoulder when In hoarse whisper he said
to her, Just pass down the line lady" She did
and walked straight up to Rafferty, and Iden-
titled him Her failure identity Rice made il
impossible to convict MIN.
\ charge of burglary made against Rice
yesterday and he was locked up in the Adams
street station. pending arragnment in the Adams
street police court.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

William V. Kennedy and his brother Harry. VINO
were arrested on Monday for completely in a Rot,
up and silk robbery at the store Of Rossntns.
Brothers & Eichhod, No. 465 BroOme street ~ ~
arraigned in the Tombs court yesterday oeto'e
tailor who charged with receiving stolen s9e 49,
Karwitz held in $3.50 bail. and the two .r -
nedys were remanded to Headquarters for io''
eight hours.
Judge Foster. I'm General Sessions reiterated -
terday his intention of giving maximum sehtett ~,
all prisoners convicted OF burglary beIofT
To point his remarks he sentenced Henry s.ur
who had pleaded guilty, To two years an"
months in Sing Sing.
Philip GIickman. arrested while driving sgsd
Mizner In an automobile on Monday nehts - 1bs
with violating the speed law, discharge Ts,,tts
West Side Court yesterday by Masst.a'a rollce
The complainant. Dr. III. T. De Pores" "
surgeon, withdrew the charge -,
The prizes offered last October by the GI SG ,bnol
Revolution in the State of New York 70 5 MS yIts
students for essays Robert Morris " ".5r,cs1
Financial Services in the Revolution, rNcts
sixty pupils from all over the state 20 90
First pad second 9TjZes won oy G,s,Io.
Schultes and +. r. Sartweu. both OF the ,,c-b
High School and third prize by l.. Z. Siooui'"'
of the Cornwall High School
After narrowly escaping shot from a pui uis =
detective Monday night. John Sullivan " a. -,sr
in sl,5N0 bail I'm the jefferson Market court
day charged with being Of three men who -, -
attacking Joseph Balgar. a laborer. at 'Vth S"
and Tenth avenue.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
MRS. POST BLAMEs HER sIsTER-IN-LAw
Will Ask 100000 from Mrs. Ward for
Loss of Her Husbands Love-

In addition to the suit for separation from her
young husband. Augustus T. Post the banker and
enthusiast about aeronautics which she instituted
a fortnight ago. Mrs Emma c. L. Post Will en-
deavor to recover damages from another member
Of Mr. Posts family who, she VIII assert IN her
complaint. was at the bottom of her trouble with
her husband.
The defendant in the action for the alienation of
Mr.. Posts affections IS Mrs. Mary Ward, Mr..
Posts sister. and 100000. il said by Mrs
Posts lawyer last night. will be the figure at
which she will value the loss of her husband )
love. The summons in the suit served on Mrs
Ward early in May at her country home at Locust
Valley. Long Island, and Morrel, Flanagan &
Bates OF No. Is William street. have given notice
that they will defend her in the action. At Mrs.
Wards home last evening her husband said In re-
gard to the suit:
IF Mrs. Post and her attorneys want to air her
grievances let them talk their heads off, We
certainly have nothing to say at this end"
Leon Kronfed OF No ~ Broadway who is rep
resentng Mrs. Post said last night that he was
at work the complaint In the case. The COM
plaint. he added would be voluminous one and
would be filed in the Supreme Court In New York
County within two weeks
Mrs Post. who is considerably older than her
husband. had him arrested on April % for assault
When the case came up for disposition In the
Yorkve neither the complainant nor the
defendant was present: The case was thereupoG !
dismissed Mrs Post departed from the Holland
House where the pair had been living. on April
q. two days before the arrest. She then took a
small apartment at No 10 East 25th street. and
retained Battle & Marshall of this city. and Judge
Alfred Ennis. of Chicago. to institute separation
proceedings against her husband Next Fr1day
they will ask Justice Blanchard In the supreme
Court TO grant Mrs Post 800 a week alimony and
& 800 counsel fees pending the trial of the action
Attached TO the papers in the case is an afhda-
Wit OF George Gordon Battle. In which he AYERS
that his client Is without funds and unable to pay
her counsel Another affidavit from partner of
Mr. Posts in the banking firm of F. D. Shepard &
Co. of No. 81 Nassau street, states that the de-
fendant has s76 900 invested in the firm, from
which he has a yearly income of about $500
Cruelty is the ground on which Mrs Post seeks
for separation
Mr.. Battle and Judge Ennis said last night that
they would not represent Mrs Post in suit for
damages for alienation Of her husbands affections
Mr.. Post. who Is graduate Of Amherst In the
class Of 1895. is in Canada. and his attorneys
said yesterday that they had nothing To- say in
regard to his wife's suits against the banker and
his sister.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
PICTURES UNDERVALUED.
Expert UphoIds Customs Decision
IlgainSt Mrs. VdnderbiH

Judge Byron s Waite, tho ar; expert of the
Board OF United States General appraisers. de-
Cided yesterday that a number Of paintings i'm
ported by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. had been
undervaued from 300 70 400 per cent. uphold'nS
the decision Of Customs Examiner Hecht. The
paintings wore brought into this country last
month and were sent to the Federal Public Stores
for examination ii said authority yester-
day that Mrs. Vanderbits lawyers would not
take appeal a board Of three general ap-
prasers, which they might do but would appeal
directly to the Secretary of the Treasury for re-
lief.
1t was freely conceded by the lawyers the
hearing that the pictures Undervalued, but 1t
contended that a clerk had blundered in in
voicng the works the low figures Unless Mrs
Vanderbilt convince the Secretary of the
Treasury that a mistake has been made. the paint
ings will be seized by the government and sold AT
auction Two Of the paintings I'm the collection
Of Mrs Vanderbilt and her daughter, Gladys
They declared at $50 francs. Colonel Ed
ward S. Fowler Appraiser of the Port, decided
that they worth $500 francs each
The Treasury Department is confronted annually
with many petitions for relief from the decision OF
the appraisers but most of them denied. 1t
is the general belief however. that Mrs. Vanderbilt
will not seek for relief in vain. 1t is believed that
her unfortunate predcament is due entirely to
misconception and the part of the
clerk.
Mrs. Vanderbilt and her daughter purchased the
paintings for their Fifth home while abroad
and were much surprised that there should be any
trouble over them. Every effort made by the
customs officials TO keep the affair quiet pressure
in that direction having also been exered upon the
Board of Appraisers If Mrs. Vanderbilt obtains
possession of the pictures will have to pay the
regular duty OF 20 per cent IN addition 10 such
extra duties and penalties under 20 per cent as the
board decides is equitable
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
HOTEL AND CLUBHOUSE SET ON FIRE
Three Attempts at Arson Made at Jamaica
Bay Within an Hour.

Three attempts were made TO destroy bv fire the
Empire Hotel at C'anarsie Shore. at Jamaica Ray
and the clubhouse of the Sands Bay Yacht club A
quarter OF a mile away, within hour early YES
terday. Only quick work by the persons who
discovered the fires and the reman saved the build
inGs from destruction. The police suspect a per
son in the neighborhOod whom they believe to he a
pyromarac, and working with Fire Marshal
Beers OF Brooklyn. In his investigation. Two at
ternpts made TO destroy the Empire Hotel
which has lately been opened for the summer sea
son. and which fronts the bay. II is owned bv
Mrs. Hannah Bauer In each attempt rags soaked
with kerosene oil gnited and the oil had been
poured over the
While the fire being fought maid was
aroused from her sleep by smoke on the second
floor and blazing oil-soaked rags were found In an
inner room. The blaze making headway. hut
prompt action got IL I'm hand. Both fires were OK
tuguished with an aggregate damage Of $3.50.
The hremen were departing for the nrehouse
when the Sands Pay Yacht Club house was dfScov-
cred to be on fire. Oilsoaked rags and carpet had
been piled In corner of the building and set
ablaze in the same manner a I'm the hotel To aid
the flames three racing shells had been smashed
and piled the burning stuff by the incendiaries
The fire extingushed within n few minutes
The damage $500. including the loss Of the
boats.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
COUNTY POLICE FOR LONG ISLAND.
Plan Under Way for Protecting Homes Of
Wealthy New Yorkers.

Hampstead. Long Island, Juno 1S.-The robbery
at the home of Charles Oswald on the Jericho
Turnpike krugs Corners. Sunday by men
who bound and gagged "A farmland has revived
talk Of plan to police the county. At present II
is without police protection. except in some of the
villages. The Sheriff's men make attempt at
patrolling the country roads along which the
wealthy New Workers 1--we, do the wealthy farm
The burglars who have for the last two years
been working this county with the aid of 4 vehicle,
supposedly automobile, have always made the
hCmes of the wealthy their places Of profit
The proposition which is fathered by Ralph
F5ters pf tho Long Island Railroad IA to have a
force of about eighty men mounted motor
cycles In swift automobiles patrol the roads
nightly. The plan as outlined calls for chief and
lieutenants, and possibly several minor Off
The yearly cost estimated at about 10000.
is to be betrayed by subscription among the
wealthy who make the county their country
home. Supreme Court Justice Scudder Is strongly
in favor of the plan.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
Brooklyn Jockey Club.
Six Races To-day at $50.
TO FIND HIS FATHERS MURDERERs.
Brooklyn Civil Engineer Believes Parent
Was Foully Dealt With.

James Allen Lewis, a civil engineer living a.
No $50 Sd street. Brooklyn. is on a sftU hunt FOR
information that may aid him in detecting the
persons who. he says. circulating stories at
tacking his integrity and morality. This IS the
way he has chosen to find the persons whom ne
believes murdered his father
Mr.. Lewis said yesterday that he had always be-
lieved that his father had died a natural death
until a year ago when visit TO Atlanta Pickaway
County. Ohio. convinced him that the elder NJ.
Lewis was poisoned by
Mr.. Lewis said that the mystery OF his father ;
death was deepened by the refusal Of the family
in Atlanta 10 help him in his Investigation. sd-
visInC him TO let the matter rest. Mr. Lewis ac-
knowledged that the trouble started by a
family affair but he refused so details de
said that ne intends spend the remainder Of
his life If necessary in running down the Uur-
derer of his father.
MIR. Lewis is forty years old. graduated
from the engineering school OF the University or
Michigan I'm lSSS. and took post graduate course
for year. Since then he has lived In Chicago
Washington and New York city.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
REPORT ON LARCENY OF PAPER.
Reduction of Directors of Congregational
Sunday School and Publishing Society Urged

Boston. June Recommendations for re-
duction in the number Of directors. from twenty
one to twelve members, and more thorough
management of the affairs of the society We're
made to-day i'm the report Of a committee of hve
appOinted to make a thorough nvestiEatlon Of tho
Congreca tional Sunday School and Publishing So
cicty The committee which was named at the
annual meeting following the larceny OF paper
stock valued al $1,000. submitted its report at the
adjourned annual meeting Of the society at the
Congregational Building to-day.
The report alleged that some Of tho directors
took their duties too lightly. a criminal prosecu-
tion. the committee adds. would he better than n
civil action I'm the of paper larceny No other
discrepancy was found In the accounts.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
BRYAN FELICITATES OKLAHOMA
Tells Democrats Who Ratify Nominations
They Have Better Constitution than U. s

oklahoma city, Okla, June 1s-Demncrats from
the territories met in this city to-day ratified
tho nominations made at the Democratic primaries
on June s. and passed suitable resolutions The
official returns from the primaries show that e
n Haskell nominated for Governor and n
r Gore. and Robert Owen were named TOR United
States Senators. William J. Bryan addressed the
delegates during the day.
Mr.. Bryan said:
You have the best constitution to-day ~ any
state in the Union ana Il better constitution than
suggest that you take your campaign keynote:
Let the people rule prefer 10 risk the many
rather than the few. You have constitution that
you can control
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
NEGROES TO FIGHT FOR SUFFRAGE

by Telegraph to The Tripuns
Atlanta. June sAn Unprecedented ,usl, -,
negroes Of Atlanta place their names a., lo
registration books has greatly surprised tho !.
lanta authorities. A total reservation Of twentv
five hundred is indicated. as against about So,
hundred ia other years. The negroes are worried
over the coming disfranc hsenent plan and are
preparing tn be ready the polls TO vote agstnst
sng issue affecting their interests
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19

The steam steering gear of the revenue cutter
Hudson became deranged yesterday off Governor q
Island while the cutter was on her way to Quar-
antine to meet the Holland America liner Pots
dam Captain James Bradley. the pilot sIgnauel
for help. and Captain Frank Paige. of the immi-
grafton cutter Immigrant tied up at the Battery
went to the Hudson's assistance. The Immigrant
took the boarding officer. Howard Steinert and
customs staff officers to tho liner. The anchorage
cutter Manhattan, in command of CAPTAIN James
Bradley. jr.. of the skipper OF the disabled
Hudson towed her to the Battery.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
WANTED s5oo,ooo FROM PRESIDENT
n relegrenh 10 - Trlh,l

II I'IFtI'IiII ITIfunf.
Aurora. H.. June 1S-Prcsident Roosavel, ,,,
be the defendant IN "A breach of promise suit -
Mrs Pailie Thompson, OF Lee. H. has her wa =,
ABOUT IL She went 10 Sycamore a few davs 400
n consult attorneys whom sh. z,antaI 70 c, IS
70 collect rom president Roosevelt the s,p7 ~
s9Ve.goe which, she said was due her because the
Ftesldfht mad promised 10 marry her and ba :
:sileo IL fulhl his promise she i conened 9, .'" [,
iospIfal peEo:ns an examination into her sanity
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
TROY LINE IN LIQUIDATION.

Troy n y, June 1S.-The Citizens Steamboat
Company operating between Troy and New York
ended its corporate life OF thirty five years to-day
when the directors voted to put the company in
nquidation The majority Of the stock has been
absorbed by the Hudson Navigation Company of
which Charles w. Morse is mead. The Citizens
stockholders voted to-day to refer the matter TO
the Secretary of State whose action is necessary
end the company