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New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
GOULD MAY SEEK DELAY
Desires Early Hearing, but Cases
Preparation Takes Much Time.

1t is probable that an extension Of time will be
asked by counsel for the defence IN filing an an
swer to the suit brought by Mrs. Howard Gould
against her husband for separation The answer
IS due June s. but IT said by a close friend
Of Mr Gould yesterday that time would be
necessary to obtain some valuable evidence to sup
port several Of the allegations that will be made
in H. The suit will net come to trial until late
next fall. although every attempt. II is said, will
be made by both parties 10 obtain an early hear
ing.
II said by Mr. Gould's friend that an i'm
portant allegation in the answer would be based
on Mrs. Gould's alleged extravaganza This ex-
travagance. according to the friend has caused
Mr.. Gould great deal of worry with his
large fortune. Mrs. Gould he said. spent vast sums
Of money on things that she did not need-dta-
monds. dresses and the like-and continued to do
so in spite Of remonstrances the part OF her
husband who said that he could not afford them
Mrs Gould has appeared several times in the
courts as defendant in suits brought against her
by tradesmen. she holding that their bills we're OK
orbtart In the majority Of the suits the verdict
was against her. Abner J. HaydeI an architect
who sued her for services in drawing up plans for
Castle Gould Port Washington. Long Island
got decision for 5000 IN spite OF a hard fight
made by the defendant Mr.. Gould has also been
sued several times for bills contracted by his wife
one being for s. William F. Cody c'Buf-
falo Bill'D also said that Mr. Gould owed him
Sl25n0 for money lost in starring Mrs Gould
when she Katherine CIemmons and there
have been numerous similar suits 1t is said that
these suits Will figure in the Mr. Gould Will
make 10 his wifes complaint
Al Of Mr.. Goulds family indignant at the
nol9rety which has followed the suit and It is said
that aithouEh distasteful to them they will stand
py tneI brother 70 the end and will testify in his
Mr. and Mrs, Edwin Gould, two OF their sons a
CnaureuT maid and valet sailed yesterday on the
White Star liner Celtic for an autonlobile trip
on the Continent II is said that of the
reasons Tor the trip Is the desire the part OF
MT. Gould 10 escape the notoriety which has at
tended this case. When asked concerning II he
said: Il not interested in the private affairs AZ
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Could in the least and
would prefer not 10 discuss them I'm any manner
There IS nothing sudden about our departure at
THIS time II is part II a prearranged plan" II is
expected that they will return In October.
Deputy Police Commissioner Hanson said yester-
day ht mad done nothing In the police end of
the AFFAIR. The incident" at Police Headquarters
is closed
New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
ESCAPES DIVORCE SUIT.
Louis @. Meyer, Hurt zCith Woman
IN 4uto Smash, Giues Her Up.

Still suffering from injuries sustained a week
ago while automobiling with the woman whom his
wife contemplated making correspondent in di-
suit. Louis G. Meyer. a wealthy asphalt
contractor has saved himself from defending such
action by signing agreement TO forget his
companion and conduct himself in a loyal and
proper manner hereafter.
The woman who was with Mr. Meyer when the
smash-up occurred at Bronxville. near the Hotel
Gramatan, is mending broken thigh at DR.. Bulls
sanatorium. Mr. Meyer is more seriously
hurt and lay in a comatose state part of yes
terday.
Mrs. Meyer received news while at Atlantic City
that Mr.. and Mrs. Louis q. Meyer had been Sc
rousy injured ,in automobile accident. and
she hurried to this city
1T was the same old story" said Mrs. Meyer
last night. Merely climax to mis- continued
tentions to this woman
But with woman's characteristic loyalty Mrs.
Meyer is spending minute out of earshot OF
her husbands voice nursing him to soothe his
suffering as he lies in the apartment of S. W.
Fullerton, a of Mrs Meyer by her first hus-
band, at No. 23l West s6th street
Nearly exhausted from this constant vigil. but
thoroughly pleased that the relationship between
her husband and the other has at last been
severed. though the price OF complete reconcilia-
tion is a dear one. Mrs Meyer last evening dis
cussed her troubles at the home of her son.
l have listened TO the meanings for the woman
l hate until I am almost a nervous wreck" she
said but intend stand by my husba nd. though
he is suffering from conclusion Of the brain
and his recovery is doubtful. Mr. Meyer shall have
every care and attention that wife can give and
l can only pray that he will the error OF his
ways II he lives. He has spent thousands of dollars
on this woman. and seemed to be under a hypnotic
influence"
Mrs Meyer is about forty-hve years old. with
halT tinged with gray. Her husband s a son of
the late Asher T. Meyer. His mother lives al No
1874 Riverside Drive. His offices No loo Fifth
avenue
The agreement signed by Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer
for a resumption Of marital relations reads in part:
whereas, The said Louis G.. Meyer, feeling re-
pentant Is desirous Of being forgiven by the plain
I'M, ana OF having opportunity for re-eStablshinE
himself in his wife's affection and favor with a
view OF thereafter renewing their marital relations
the said Louis G. Meyer does hereby promise and
agree with his said wife Ada F. Meyer as follows:
That he Will In all things hereafter treat his said
wife kindly and in a proper manner: that he viii
at all times conduct himself in a loyal honorable
and proper manner hehttinz the htsha nd Of the
said Ada F. Meyer"
New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
TROUBLE IN HOROSCOPE.
Man Kills Himself on Day Scheduled
for Some EUl.

Following the predictions In his horoscope that
something Of an evil nature would befaH him on
May 80 John Frederick Finch, of No. go East 18th
street committed suicide that day by shooting
himself 1t was not until early last night now
ever that his body found in his room Little
was known of the man, ard his body was sent to
the Morgue.
When Coroner Hamburger arrived at the house
he was unable TO md any letters explaining the
cause of the suicide except the mans horoscope
mailed from Stamford, Conn. Evils were predicted
to befalI him on May 13, 20 and So
The coroner also found handbook of the Union
Square Savings Bank, showing that 800 had been
deposited on May "a. There was also letter
signed May" censuring Finch for not keeping
an appointment. At the close OF the letter the ad-
dress No 49 West 4Sth street was given -
Other letters were from StimsOn & WllhanS, NO;
80 Liberty street. and Alexander & Colby NO; ~
Broadway, recommending Finch as stenograpner
According to the coroner. there was an unsigned 5
agreement in the mans trunk stipulatinS tIlat II
John r. Finch should get JOB as salesman for fo
the American Tobacco Company ana remain TO Ior
ninety days he should pay C G. tfnch SgS me me
coroner says G. G. Finch has an office at No ~
Fifth avenue, where there are also ofhces or the
American Tobacco Company. ~,
At No. 49 West 4Sth street, the home Of Mrs
Abraham Bernhard it was said that no one py the
name of May was known.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
GRAHAM NOT NEAR MURDER SCENE
Detectives Show He Had Nothing to Do with
Death of Amelia Staffeldt.

Henry Becker, the youth accused Of killing Ar,o-
liza staffeldt at Elmhurst. spent a quiet dav YES
terday IN the queens County jail Leon Graham
charged with attempting an assault unon Ittt,s
hve-year-old Mary Luck, close to the scene ~ tb,
Staffeldt murder was taken from the iau AZ II
O'Clock and had his picture taken for the Eoe,.s,
Gallery. During the day 1t established he
yond any doubt that Graham had nothing to do
with the Staneldt murder Central Once de,ao
tves traced his movements and found that at +ha
hour when the girl murdered he was Uork
ing for the Standard Oil Company near Perr,
Bridge. That dsproves the story Graham told Of
seeing Becker kill the girl
Last evening Graham was taken into the sber,n-s
office and permitted To talk in the presence of Den
uty Sheriff Phillips and others. II his story is IN
be believed Graham is a degenerate " "
Graham was led TO account for the lock ~ hat
which found in his possession He said be
got II from his girl He going West he said
after be left the last semipenal institution he
in, and the girl gave II to him. The reason he did
not go West was because work was so easv to
obtain around this part of the country. "
New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
WBERRY FESTIVAL
Democratic Glib Settles MOmentOuS
Question Of Hauing One in July.

The Eonan-s Democratic Club had an ami
mated discussion about strawberry festival
al the monthly meeting at the Hoffman House
yesterday afternoon. and though the festival
nearly got impaled on some Of the parliamentary
points that were raised 1t emerged quite healthy
and robust. in prospect. II (the festivaD is TO
happen in the early summer. and q committee Of
four was appointed to settle some Of the details
which the club endeavored. but could not man
age. 10 agree about Yesterday.
Mrs Harry Compton. second vice-president of
the dub offered the use of her house and
grounds AZ Irvington-on-the-Huds for the
festival The offer was accepted with enthusi-
ssm after everybody had counted up the fare
To Irvington under her breath Then the pre-
siding officer Mrs john Crosby, with some diff
Guilty got the club away from trolley fares to
the motion which she said. they ought to he
talking to- This turned on the question Of
whether the festival should be planned on lines
that would be profitable the treasury. Mrs.
Cornelius Sullivan took the negative side. She
said the club worked eight months in the year,
and could IT not relax little and 10 things for
a good time in July and August? Somebody re-
marked in an undertone that you couldn't have
q strawberry festival in August. and somebody
else heard and rose to precipitate discussion as
TO when the festival should be held, which, in
spite Of Mrs Crosby's objections that the previ-
Gus question had not been disposed or, swept
the club clear away from the consideration of
profit versus a good time. Il was finally decided
that the festival would be held the third week
IN July. and then the club proceeded to discuss
the price Of stra awberries and how many they
could consume. The president was appealed to.
but declined to commit herself
I'm not in the strawberry business, she said,
except for two"
Then the club passed on TO the matter of ap-
pointing q committee, and then. fanCying this
committee appointed, settled down to discuss
sandwiches The first member who rose TO give
her views sandwiches, however. was gently
led back by Mrs. Crosby
u cannot let you speak" she said until the
previous question has been moved and sec
onded'
But even when this was done sandwiches Jared
badly Some thought every member ought TO
cut and bring her own. but Miss Ellen T. O'Brien
objected strongly 10 carrying a basket TO the
festival. Mrs. Greenburg said she thought they
were neglecting the important thing, which was
the protection Of their hostess Ought they 70
carry basket luncheons and make Mrs. Comp
tons lawn look as if a Dutch picnic had been
held there? But the president remarked that
Mrs. Compton had two active boys and so that
question settled
At this point the members remembered that
dinner time was approaching, and a motion
made TO adjourn Mrs Crosby reminded them
that this the last meeting of the season. and
that unfinished business remained, but the move
. 70 adjourn carried the day.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
FOR FAIR ASSESSMENTS
Pnrdy Pays $4,000 Year for Real
Estate Expert.

President Lawson Purdy Of the Tax Departrnsa,
Is going 10 try TO real estate az nearer ts
true value. Mr.. Purdy, who Is a Single Taxer
and. by many, regarded ; the most expsrr TAR
hsurer in the country, has been trying to ind
some remedy for the differences in tax assessments
In this city They have been criticised for wears
and TO further his work President Purdy appointed
yesterday William A. Somers a tax expert srd
real estate calculator. OF St. Paul He is going
70 pay Mr.. Somers 5000 a year to eoualize real
estate valuations Mr.. Somers enters the employ
OF the city with the title OF consulting appraiser of
real estate
For eleven years Mr.. Somers was city engineer
OF St Paul He did a great deal of work there IN
equaHzing values Of real estate and President
Purdy says he did good work He went TO Clevs-
land and Chicago to do similar work kespinZ his
residence In St Paul But he has LEFT there now 10
tions
All sorts OF items have entered into the valuation
or property In New York from purely arbitrary
sessments- Sometimes they have been figured on
spite. II Is proposed by President Purdy and
Mr.. Somers 10 equalze assessments on d square
foot basis by fixing the prices on a block of prop
eTty and then scaling the values proportonatey
all through that block II is said that This method
Is now In force, but many property owners assert
they are untustly disseminated AGAINST. Man
haitian will be reformed first. II viii take n
more years for this borough alone.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
MRS. RING GOES ON STAND.
Says She Has Been Swindled Right and Left
and Husband Ought To Be Shot.

Mrs Naomie Duncombe Ring. who is suing her
husband Patrick J. Ring TO have aside a deed
by which she gave him property including the
Mount Vernon Opera House, just prior their
marriage, was cross-examined yesterday by Will
lam L. Snyder. her husbands counsel. at the trial
in the Supreme Court at White Plains She denied
she lost $4,000 on The races Mrs Ring, who is
said 10 be worth 600. said she did sign the
deed to the property knowingly She said she
thought what she signed gave him joint interest
in the opera house The aged woman had entered
the present suit once before and withdrew it be
cause of threats made by Ring. she said
The witness said she did not love her husband
and had never lived with him Mrs. Ring said she
married him because he a poor man. her
agent and supposed TO be honest. The only place
she went with him, she said to the racetracks
1t then brought out that they had had tin
type photograph taken ConeY Island Mrs
Ring said her husband had ought TO be shot for
lot of the things he had done She said he wouldn't
allow her TO 90 near the opera house while ii was
being constructed and that she had been "swndled
from beginning TO end
Mrs. Helen L. Sibley. for Mr.. Ring in reply to
question, swore, I asked Mrs. Ring why she had
married P. ]. Ring and she replied that she owed
him $25 600 for labor and money expended in the
Mount Vernon Opera House"
Justice Tompkins directed that briefs be sub
mitted.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
WHISKEY LABEL RULING.
Mr. Bonaparte Fully Sustains HIS
Former Opinion.

Washington May 3l.-Attorney General Bona
parte in an opinion made public to-day fully sus-
tains his first opinion rendered on April 10 as to
the labelling of packages containing whiskey under
Section s of the pure food act of June &c. 1906
He says in part:
There can be no doubt that according to- ,,1 such
practice, straight whiskey was mixed only with
two substances besides COloring and flavor
ing materials. namely, with ''straight whiskey
of another kind and with ethyl alcohol There is
Confine the use OF the word blend to one Kind
OF mixture and to forbid its use for another kind
supposed TO have legislated with regard to exist
ing facts and, consequently, since the nlNture
blend" must be either mixture Of two different
kinds of whiskey, a mixture of whiskey WIN
namely ethyl alcohol. II follows that. unless We
prepared to say that ethyl alcohol Is more
il is reasonable TO conclude that the Songress m
tended deny the designation blend to a
vision was In fact inserted with some reference 10
Whiskeys (Which seems TO he generally assumed as
IaCt oy pom sdeS 20 ~, .tlaS rosior a. 70 hIends
and compounds inserted at all If the congress
considered whiskey and ethyl a]tCot" ] TO DO oe 1bi 1T
substances SO FAR as am INFORMED, no Co'Llut
nation of whiskey with another substance, was
otherwise, when the pure foGd law vas endCie9' 10
which the designation blend could he deniedl, or
the Congress held ethyl alcohol 10 be like sub
stance TO whskey. I have found; therefore, no
difficulty in concluding that according TO- an tne
these two kinds of spirits not to be considered
like substances for the purpose or the pure
OF course. if the Congress thinks they should be,
effect be readily given TO the legislative VIII
by amendment Of the law. However; respect,
fully advise you that the opinion already rendered
must stand as that of this departm ana sug-
the administration Of the la~ as thus determined
take as soon may be practicable, appropriate
measures 70 obtain judicial determination OF inc
questions involved
New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
ARE ALL STOCKINGS ILL mApE7

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In buying stockings for my young children
found a few years ago that 1t becoming diff
cult 70 get them with smooth soles and in many
otherwise good and in some very pretty sorts the
seams were not hand sewed Overcast but
were made with welt Ike that Of wash cloths and
carpAts-a nice thing for tender and for toddling
baby feet 70 be subjected to- It gave me much
trouble 10 find the proper sort Of stockings and it
became irksome to spend so mach time on an
errand that ought TO require small pains.
II is next to impossible to get my own stockings
without these tormenting seams Just where the
friction of walking makes that pleasant exercise a
torture
In talking TO and women who have much
standing running about do, I hear many com
plants about poorly made stockings, but there Is
a feeling that nothing can be done TO remedy the
evil.
BY calling attention 10 this subject In your col
urnns you might create demand for the right
article and for healthy feet.
New York. May 2s. 1907
New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
|eer, IL, the |bops.

Genuine tailored shirtwaists cost something, but
some waists made in close imitation Of them and
called the mannish shirtwaist' were seen in
department store selling for 81 29 Only close in
spectton revealed the fact that they were really
tailored
One Of the most satisfactory Of table wares is
Cantcn. and il is which has the distinction Of
never having been initiated in cheaper material
One Of the department stores makes feature of
on hand from which 10 choose. The display an
interesting one 20 visit merely exhibition.
4 jewellers window full of fac-simile snakes in
divers metals is q unique spectacle Just now on
view. Snakes of all sizes in gold, silver gun
metal. oxydized silver. etc. with diamond ruby
emerald, sapphire, turquoise, amber OF oral eyes
TO be gliding sim ously dusxy velvet
which might be soft, mossy ledge OF rock in
some meadow. The snaAe shtpes are formed into
bracelets. necklaces brooches and girdles and arc
realistically constructed OF the overlapping links
of metal. which render the whole length flexible.
that they have the weird charm of their prototypes
for those who like the bizarre in jewelry.
Ever since and long before, Prince What's his
commanded to bring a gift beautiful as the re-
cioicnt} .n presenting her with d mirror these uso-
fuI articles have been dear the feminine heart.
Jast now most pleasing example is being shown
~ toy hand mirrors not over and one-half
inches IN diameter. Of beVelled French plate glass
set IN sterling silver The price is only 81 go and
graduating gift nothing could be more well
core, the satrrors being small enough 20 be carried
II a satchel purse
striking example OF the aesthetic japanese toy
s the nt.le wind bell or welcome chime, which is
made 10 serve purpose so delicately and gra-
clouaiy hosritaols. These wind bells are made of
New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
CHECK TO POLLUTION OF HUDSON
Merck an4s' Association rnp,nals Eor+
ward to Purify Sewage.

victory against Hudson River pollution by
sewage that Is likely 10 have far-reaching effects
mas been gained. according TO advceS received by
the special committee pollution of the NIer-
chants Association yesterday They were to the
effect that the village OF Fort Edward had baan
forced n install filtration plant in connection
win IT'S new sewer system, TO purify the sewage
before IT reached the Hudson In the opinion ~ M
committee this Will make IL difflcult hereafter ror
any town estaollSnlnE a new sewer system 10
sewage VI '''e
Fort Edward voted for the new sewer last win
Ter, without having anything in its plans oboI,,
rurihcauon Albany. Troy and many VILLAGES ana
towns below Fort Edward drink the Hudson FRivar
water. The MERCHANTS Associations committee ~
Nhlch Edward Hatch jr. is chairman and ] pier.
Pont Morgan Is IN active member fought me
oDer sGyeT pT0pos9s re & before The State Health COMMITS
pollution. until the villsge finally capituIstsd
New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
SAW BURGLARS ROBB1NG NE1GHBoR.
Physician Telephones to Police. Who Arrest
Three Men with Loot Ready.

The prompt action Of Or. Clement {. Young ot
No. u9 West 18th street last night resulted N re
arrest Of three men I'm the home OF George v >
Putney. at No 1l6 West 18th street. The ponce
say the men had large bundles packed with silver
and ready to leave the house.
DIT. Young about retire when he saw
light in the Putney house Knowing that the Fu'-
neys were away. II excited his curiosity. and On
closer examination he saw men moving aoouL !.
the house They seemed in a hurry ana W.
gathering things up DR.. Young told Police Hsau
quarters about IL and twelve patrolnlen were I'll
rted 10 the house. The police went into an adlOLha
ing house and to the roof. where they saw that t'
scuttle on the Putney house had been forced ops..
New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
NEIGHBoRHOop GIRLS.

One Of the most interesting reports submitted at
the annual meeting and not read for want Of time
came from Mrs. John Wise. president of a Sun
shine branch that is devoted exclusively to helping
and benefting $50 poor girls of the upper West
Side The report reads follows:
The Neighborhood Social and Industrial Club has
he'd meetings for the girls every Wednesday even
Ing since last October. We have met at No 225
West 99th street, the parish house of ST Michaels
9'hnrch, and expect 10 continue meetings there
during the coming year We have been able for
several years 10 pay rent for the accommodations,
Is Wen meet OIHeT
ed with Industrial work The weekly meetings have
been attended ny from 80 10 900 girls, divided into
different classes, according to their own inclina-
lions ana by their teachers and other members Of
the board Of managers Every evening we also
have some visitors who are always greatly interest
Cd in the work we are trying TO accomplish among
thsse two hundred and fifty girls. The women in
terested hold monthly meetings at the home OF the
president IN the interest Of the clubs work The
club was founded by Mrs Clarence Burns, president
OF the Tribune Sunshine Society. and is the out
growth Of one Of the Fairgrounds. Two years ago
II was incorporated The object Of its founding was
70 provide suitable place of recreation for the
neighborhood tenement girls between the ages OF
New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
GIRL CONDUCTOR ON BROADWAY CAR.
[By Telegraph to The TribuneI

IBy Telegraph The Tribune
Norfolk. Va, May 31-Declaring that New
Workers are the easiest fooled in the world, Miss
Grace Wallace, an attractive young woman
barely out Of her teens, admitted to-day that
for two months she passed man. working
as conductor a Broadway car.
Il told hundreds of New Workers to step live
ly, accepted cigars and cigarettes, although
never smoking them. performed all of the ordi-
nary duties Of a trolley car conductor and
evaded detection" she says. TT easy II
is easy to fool New Workers, they are so
busy I'm the rush for the almighty dollar that
they hardly stop TO take second look at their
servants"
Hiss Wallace came here TO visit relatives.
having uncle who works on the New York
Philadelphia & Norfolk ferry She declined to
say what name she used in New York