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AHEARN CASE FOR HUGHES,
Facts 70 Go 70 the Governor CITY "AiioWs"
~ is Per Tent. Fronts.

IS is Per Cent. Fronts.
IL is practically certain now that when
the Commissioners OF Accounts have I'm
ished their investigation into the ahalrs
of the Borough Presidents office their
findings will be laid before Gov. Hughes.
1t will be in the Governors power TO re-
move President Ahearn il neglect OF duty
is proved against him..
The testimony OF most OF the witnesses
has tended to put the responsibility for
Encouragement squarely up TO the Bor-
ouph President himself, n II is said that
unless there is some remarkable change
in MIR Ahearn's favor the matter Is sure TO
be brought to the attention OF the Gov
ernor.
Finance Department, wa the only wit
ness examined before the commissioners
Yesterday. He told the commissioners
that the excessive prices paid for supplies
under the Ahearn administration were paid
in accordance with established custom.
Commissioner Mitchell wanted TO know
IL Mr.. Jacobs didn't think that the inspect
ors who certified to the vouchers for
such payments we're conniying at the rob-
berry Of the city. 90,
Il am not prepared 10 say replied
Jacobs.
Jacobs said he was instructed to allow
contractors SO is per cent profit. He could
not explain how it was that he had let Her
mar Hurwitz charge prices for gas NANTES
which gave him a profit OF from loo 10 ooo
per cent. He wat under the impression
when he passed Hurwitz's bills that the
prices charged were faiN He had never
made any Inquiries in regard to them:
He had got his instructions from chef
Auditor Mckinney to elbow a proht OF
80 is per cent. He admitted that any bill
sent in to the city for less than S75 was
taken for granted and audited at its face
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29
RRooKLYN sUpWAY HELD W
Despite the Protests OF ComUtFollcF Meta
and Mr.. Hurley.

t0o Mfs hAUfle9s
The committee on plans and contracts Of
the Rapid Transit Commission met yester-
day to consider the advisability Of recon-
mending that the board proceed with the
Fourth avenue subway from Brooklyn TO
Coney Island before the commiSSion goes
out Of office. Alexander E. Orr 10 still un-
able TO leave his house and b other men,
bers Of the COMMITTEES. Comptroller Metz.
John II. Starin and Charles Stewart Smith.
took up the project. Mr.. Metz urged going
ahead with the scheme. He suggested
changes finn the original four track plan
which wod make the cost OF the route not
more than S21 900, 900. and insisted that
this outlay, spread over three or four years.
could easily be afforded by the city. Mr..
starin and Mr.. Smith, however, dtd not
like TO undertake the responsibility and
on their vote it was decided to leave the
determination to the meeting oil the full
board on Friday.
In point of fact 1t would be impossible to
let the contract for the construction OF the
road before July 1, when the new public
utilities commission will come INTO ONCE.
II would take three weeks to prepare the
specihcationR, another week to hold a pup,
lie hearing on the form Iof contract, n
DlQB TOT CONSTRUCTION hlubL OC
for three yeeks before an award can be
made. Despite this Mr.. Metz and W. s.
Hurley. the new Commissioner from Bro0k-
lyn, threatened yesterday TO put more NE
into next Fridays meeting OF the poard IN
the hope that some way may be iouho OF
getting the contracts let before the pres
ent commission goes out.
The McAdoo tunnels under the Hud-
son River" said Mr.. Hurley. "wilhdriVe the
population Of this city to New Jersey pc
cause OF the ease and rapidity with which
they will be taken TO their lhomes by the
new tunnels. Property in the Oranges Is
now Of greater value than is property To-
day in Brooklyn. As long ago las 1873 my
mother bought q house in Dufield street,
Brooklyn. and it would not bring as much
in the market nov as was paid for it al
those years ago. and those conditions Will
Brooklyn unless something 10 done speed
lily to improve the travelling facilities be-
tween that borough n Manhattan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29
PRESIDENT Golfer SrsPICIOCs.
Asks for an Inv estIGatiOn OF Building De-
partment Graft stories

President Bird s. Coler Of the Borough
Of Brooklyn apparently is satisfied that
there is substantial foundation for the
recent stories OF grating by officials OF
the Building Department and yesterday
he sent a letter to District Attorney Clarke
requesting him to start an inves igation,
Enough has been disclosed he says,
ito cast suspicion upon certain officials
Of a bureau, in which loyalty and honesty
are OF the utmost importance. II it we're
not the fact that human life in our COM
munity is 30 much dependent upon the
honesty OF these inspectors, l would hardly
ask you to take up this matter up on the
vague and uncertain premises outlined
above. l feel, however, that in. justice
10 the really honest and overworked men
in this bureau-the appropriation for
which is altogether inadequate and the
amount OF work performed by which is
tremendous-and in justice to the people
OF the borough over whose buildings the
bureau has supervision, it is my duty to
ask you 10 exert all the inquisitorial power
OF your Office to learn whether on not there
has been wrongdoing.
Il would ask that you subpoena before
you the building inspectors and ask them
whether or not they received or paid
brides. This Is the only way which lean
think Of that the truth will be brought
out
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Isl WAY 70 ILL MONEY.
Lempln Thought II was Better Thar Hsv.
Ing q Job In the Mint Out $3.50.


Henry Lempin,a dealer In incandesoent
lamps Of 65 Ludlow street, complained to
Magistrate Barlow In the Essex Market
police court yesterday afternoon that he
had been, swindled out Of $3.50. Isidore
Margolis, Of $50 East Eleventh street, was
orraigned on a charge Of grand larceny,
Lempin accusing him Of being an accom-
plice OF the man who got the money.
On May "a a stranger met Lempin on the
street and said that he knew Lempin's
people in the old country. Lempin warmed
to him and accompanied him to the tene-
ment az "a First street to look into a method
which the mar said he had perfected for
the manufacture Of counterfeit money.
A machine with many wires leading to an
electric battery was shown 10 the victim.
Two Ave dollar bills were laid on blotting
paper, and covered with slips of white
paper OF the same size. The stranger
or FIVE bottles, and placing the whole in the
machine, turned on the current
At the end Of three minutes the pad Of
bills and paper wa removed and placed in
q letter press. There II remained an hour.
Then the press was opened n the stranger
paper at all.
tempin was sceptical about the bills
being passable until the stranger took him
around to a bank and got two 90 bills for
them. Then he agreed TO return with
money TO be duplicated.
The next day Lempin put $3.50 in the
machine. The sharper told him it would
take twenty-four hours to duplicate the big
denominations and do such a big job
generally. So Lempin lei home, leaving
his money in the letter press. He found no
one in the place when he called next day.
The door was open, and he found the press,
but inside there was only the white paper.
The victim remembered that Margolis,
whom he knew. had ouizzed him some
with which the stranger had been familiar.
This recollection followed his wife's state
ment that she had seen Margolis with such
a man as Lempin described.
Margolis denied any knowledge OF the
transaction. Magistrate Barlow parolled
him in the custody OF his counsel until
Nav 81,
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BELAsCO GETS IN SOME DIGS
At the Theatre Trust. HummeI. RlchepIn's
Present Lawyers and RIchepln.

At the Theatre trust. Humhlel. Hchepin's
Present Lawyers and RIchepin.
May 4 jacobson. counsel for lean Richie
pin, the Partisan dramatist. tried hard
yesterday to get David Belasco to tell what
the receipts from "Du Barry were. either
In New York or any other city. Mr.. Belasco
was on the witness stand in a preliminary
examination ordered In connection with a
suit which Richepin has brought TO owe
ROYALTIES which, he alleges. are due him on
"Du Barry"
DO you mean to tell me that you don't
know whether your production pays or
loses during a week sor an engagement"
asked Mr.. May ieroely after he had been
driving away with questions for an hour or
more.
Il mean TO say. replied Belasco. that |
concern myself exclusively about the artis-
tic success OF my plays. and have paid
assistants who not only attend to money
matters but take pains to see that l am not
advised about them. You might as well ask
me how many stars there are in the heavens
az to inquire into the financial end OF my
productions
Il insist that this action be brought to
trial" shouted Mr.. Belasco in the course
OF the examination. For six years ] have
borne the prosecutions OF Charles frohman
and the theatrical trust in this suit, insti-
gated originally by Elizabeth Marbury and
carried on by the firm OF Howe d Hummel,
until necessity demanded that that firm
cease, when it was transferred TO you
Don't you make any personal state
ments against this irm!' shouted Lawyer
jacobson in reply.
Il will say what is true, retorted Belasco,
"and YOU won't deny, David May, that only
three nights before Hummel's trip to Black
wells Island you conferred with him in
his own house in regard TO this very suit
Mr.. May was silent and Judge Often
hoefer, Belasco's counsel, laid a restraining
hand on the playwright's arm.
At another time Mr.. Belasoo said ex-
citedly:
NO one 10 more anxious than l to see
this matter settled in court. But there
will be some sensational things in ii before
/ get through. This is a dirty deal and
Richepin shall be made 10 feel it in Paris,
where shall bring suit to show that instead
Of using his play / not only returned 1t TO
him in toto but am aware that his is q rank
plagiarism
The examination was adjourned pending
a decision OF the Supreme Court as TO
whether or not Belasoo shall produce his
books, data and memoranda in regard to
sDu Barry"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29
Ex-PAsTOR SEEKS FREEDOM.
Cordova, Who EIoped With n Chorister,
Asks for q Pard0n.

NKw BRUNSWICK. Nj, May Isl. Frank
Cordova, the unfrocked preacher Of South
River. who is serving a four year sentence
in the State prison for his misdeeds. has
filed a petition at Trenton asking for a
pardon. His case will be heard by the
Board Of Pardons at It's next sitting.
Church at South River. and while in charge
there fell in love with a singer in his choir,
Mics Julia Bovine and eloped with her,
leaving u wife and several children. The
couple were caught in Washington. d. c.,
and brought TO this oity. He was sem
fenced by Judge Woodbridge Strong to
four years at hard labor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29
The Seagoers.

Sailing to-day by the White Star liner
Teutonic, for Queenstown and Liverpool:
Lieut.. 4. +. Addison. Commander 3. n.
nnry-Hove. John NJ. Gallup. @. ". Hitch
cock. Mr. and Mrs. stIlson Hutchins, Mr..
md Mr.. Harry n. johnson, Mr.. and Mrs,
ON MacNHuRhton, James Munro. j.. ]. Pyle,
furaCc Petit, Mr.. and Mrs James A. shep-
nard, Mr. aud Mrs. Albert f. station. Prof,
nnd Mrs. John Phelps. Taylor. Mr.. and Mrs.
Colbert u. Turner and Ford Witherspoon.
Passengers by the Holland-America
steamship Nieuw Amsterdam, for Boulogne
and Rotterdam:
Sr. and Mrs. u, q, Boisseyain, DR.. apd
~. Ernst Blschon, Robert q, Church, the
n'y. NJ 4. Van den BoRa9rdI Mrs. J. w.
!, u. Haynes, MIR, and Mrs. Gottfried n.
hrlorer, Mr, and Mrs. 4 Grant ThomPsoS1'
Rypcrda Wicrd sm9I DR.. and hra John =
" and Mrs, Rot eTt Y, Pereyhnd mir and hin
Iam W. OTVia,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29
FIT, Years the CIty's law Clerk.

The colleagues OF Andrew T. Campbell,
chief clerk in the Corporation Counsel's
office, are preparing TO celebrate the COM
pletion Of his fifty years in the employ
OF the city. On Saturday there will be a
reception In his honor in the once OF the
appointed in 1857 by Abraham r. Lawrence.
hen Acting Corporation Counsel. who has
promised 70 be present next Saturday, as
have Francis NJ. Scott, Morgan j. 0'Brien,
John Whalen, George l.. Rives, Judge
Lacombe and John Delany. each OF whom
has been Corporation Counsel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29
Philharmonic Election.

At a meeting Of the Philharmonic Society,
held yesterday, the folio wing Officers were
eIe cted: President, Andrew Carnegie; vice.
president. Richard Arnold; SECRETARY, Felix
y. Lelfels; treasurer. Henry p, Schmitt.
Directors, r. Klugescheid, l.. Keeter. A,
Roebbeien. c. Hauser, A. seiferth, F. Ruiz
lander. Trustees. A. Relh, NJ. Nieblln g,
J. Laendner. Librarian, IL. boowiG.
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ELLISON DEMANDS THE NAME
or the Assistant TO the Corporation Counsel
Who plays On Both Sides"

or the Assistant TO the Corporation Counsel
Who plays On Both Sides"
Corporation Counsel Ellison sent to Comp
troller Metz yesterday a letter enclosing q
newspaper version OF 9 speech Mr.. Meta
made on Monday night at the meeting OF the
Allied Real Estate Interests. In denouno-
ing the existing system OF oondemning
property for public improvements Mr..
Metz was quoted as saying:
There are 80 many abuses now that
there has got to he a halt. ] know OF an
assistant TO the Corporation Counsel h
gets SIC, 900 a year to advise In these mat
tiers and plays the game on both aides.
I've got the facts and am going to make
them public
Mr.. Ellison asked the Comptroller for the
name Of the Assistant Corporation Counsel.
The communication did not reach the Comp
t%roller's Office until he had left for the day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29
I r TO COLUMBIA.
Prof. HamlIu Present When His Por tr ait
IL Presented.

The students OF the school Of architecture.
Columbia University, presented TO the
university yesterday afternoon a portrait
OF A. D. F. Hamlin. dean OF the school OF
architecture. The presentation took place
In the Avery library. Prof. Hanlin made
a speech in which he said In part:
This makes me feel as IL i had not only
than that | will not 60 The portrait is
the work OF John Redmond Kelly,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29
MIR. C0LER'S "EXCUSE SIGNS"
Dlsclaims Responsibility OF Bad Condition
Of BROOKLYN streets.

OF brooklyn BtFects'
President Bird &. Coler Of the Borough OF
Brooklyn lie FESTIVE under the general criti-
oism to which he 10 being subjected for the
wretched condition Of some Of tine prnci-
pal streets and has devised a scheme
which he expects will relieve him Of most
OF the responsibility. He has given, orders
for 500 excuse signs" to be placed In all
the streets on which work is being done,
and on these inscriptions will be placed
setting forth the nanes OF the parties re-
sponsIble for existing conditions.
The offenders for the most part, accord:
ing 20 Mr.. Coler. are the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company, the Rapid Transit Com
mission, the Water Department, the Park
Department and contractors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29
Swimming Pool In Var CortIandt Park.

A free swimming pool IL to be built In
Van Cortlandt Park. The swimming pool
will take the place Of the unsightly swamp.
The plan calls for a pool 200 feet long by
100 feet wide just south Of the present Co
lonial Gardens In the course OF Tibbeta
Creek. This would insure q constant
change of water In the pool and do away
With the march land.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29

The Diary Of Della, by Onoto Watanna.
IL the journal Of the cook that most every
one Ia looking for and no one ever finds
the cook that is willing to do the work
81 three servants and has a brogue, a Eense
Of humor and a loving heart. all for $50
q month. II Is well that the DIARY OF
Della" has been written. for there aren't
any more Of her species loft. Most Of the
chapters begin-"Aroze. Dressed. Washed. '
But there ia a great variety 10 the things
that Della accomplished during the day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29
Afred r. Nhte succeeds AIesander 8. Orr.

Alexander +. Orr. owing 20 continued III
health, has resigned az president Of the Long
Island Historical Society and Alfred T.
White has been elected his successor. Mr..
Orr IL still q member q the board Of di-
reVtOru,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29

the crypt from personal observation. He
prefaces his account with a description Of
the ceremonies incident to the removal Of
the remains OF the Emperor from 81. Helena
TO France In 1910.
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Victory in the poem because she goes
where the wind and oars take her. Il do
not see where / am going she says. and
| make dreadful mistakes. l am like the
poor Victory. She has no head, you know
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29

Margaret l.. Woods has said Of her new
novel sThe Invader in a recent interview
that the basic fact OF her story is this THAT
two souls or personalities may be con-
tanned in one body lie as much a certainty
az that two kernels may be in one shell.
''s The dual personality OF my story
Ia based upon facts-psychological and
physiological facts, If you willard be-
cause | have made use OF facts have no
doubt that some people will read them with
profound i%ncredulity.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29

Onota Watanua. the author Of The Diary
Of Della" has an English father and a
mother Of pure Japanese and Chinese
descent. She is married TO an American
and is the mother Of two small Sons,
who are patriotic members OF the Sons
Of the Revolution. Although she is but
20 years old she has written seven books
and is hard at work upon another. Her
experiences since she left China have been
varied and interesting, as her home in Cana
ada wa the rendezvous for Japanese and
Chinese travellers in America. Her father
was a warm friend Of Chinese Gordon.
also OF the secretary Of Ii Hung Chang.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29

DR.. W. A. P. Martin. author OF The
Awakening Of China" is one Of the few
Americans who speak and write in the
Chinese language. He has been president
OF the Tung Wen College Of Pekin, also
OF the Imperial University of China. He
wss In the siege OF Pekin in 1900 and was
made Mandarin, receiving the Red Button
by special decree Of the Emperor. DR..
Martin has written books in the Chinese
language on Christianity. philosophy and
international law. His best known books
in English are Cycle Of Cathay" and Lore
Of Cathay."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29

Gertrude Anterior wrote three years ago
in her Rulers OF Kings' Of kites that can
be sent by electricity TO an incalculable dis
lance and rain down dynamite enough 10
kill a thousand men II they are close enough
together" She wrote also OF steel forts
moving by electricity that travel over any
sort of ground, and OF an apparatus on the
principles OF the flying machine which will
carry them over swamps and rivers. Bat
tie kitee such as she anticipated are at
present actively discussed and planned.
The French Government within a few weeks
has been attracting attention by an armored
automobiles movable fort with
which gets over extremely rough ground
altogether away from the roads. The
third Of her prophecies, the flying fort, ia
vet 10 be realized. But " you would find
a modern prophet look among the novel
writer's.
==--
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29

Napoleon; the Return from 81, Helena"
a monograph which will appear soon. de-
scribes n Wait made by the author, Mr..
Phyfe. 10 the crypt Of Nspoleon's tomb at
the Hotel dee Invalides. Mr.. Phyfe lie said
10 be the only American that has described
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29

II is an odd coincidence that two novels
should be published at the same time, one
bearing the title OF "A Winged Victory
and the other called Tho Wingless Victory
"The Wingless Victory is an English i'm
portAtion written by a woman teacher in
bennington. A Winged Victory Ia the
work Of Prof. Robert Morss Lovett Of the
University OF Chicago, and takes it's name
from q poem addressed TO the heroine
by her lover, 'the prayer Of a Greek 10 the
goddess on the prov Of his trireme, a
rhapsody on girlhood and nature The
girl describes herself a. being like the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29

HISTORY of FlagcllAtlon. Mol Flanders, Apu.
leius' Golden Ass. Any book. PRATT, ihi 9th hv.
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-r-
Miss Emma Brooke. who wrote Sir
Eyot OF the Woods" is an English girl OF
North Country descent. After her fathers
death she enrolled herself as one OF the
pioneer students OF Newnbam College.
and some years later, having lost a great
part OF her fortune, she settled in London
and turned her attention to literary work.
During the intervals OF her novels she has
made a tabulation OF European factory
acts in relation to hours OF labor and the
regulations for women and children.
A friend OF the English author Samuel
Gordon, whose novel Of Russo-Jewry has
been issued in this country, describes him
as follows; 4In private life Mr.. Gordon
10 rather an elusive character. II 10 beoom-
ing more difficult than ever to lure him
from his untidy lair, his study. Those who
call upon him will find him working hard,
lying prone on his back with a cigar be-
tween his teeth and his eyes closed. But
he 10 not asleep. He 10 listening ~intently
10 the sweet strains Of a violin into which
al extremely pretty girl 10 putting all the
ardor Of her soul. The young lady, Miss
Esther zichlin. will before long lead Mr..
Gordon very willingly 10 the altar Of the
Great Synagogue, London, where the
noyelist's father IL one OF the ministers.
and shortly afterward they may visit
America
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29

The Countess Won Arnhim. the author
Of Elizabeth and Her German Garden"
is an E~nglishwoman married to a German
husband. but TO her readers abe is and al
WAYS will be plain Elizabeth. She has a
keen sense Of humor, kindly and tolerant,
and she writes in a leisurely fashion. ap-
parently for her own amusement as we'll
as the entertainment OF her readers.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
SEEKS TO NULLIFY
MARRIAGE CONTRACT

Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, Nov. 15.-Suit for divorce
has been started by Mrs. Rose Barnhart
against W. Earle Barnhart, the papers
having been filed in superior court three
weeks ago.
Mrs. Barnhart alleges cruelty on the
mart of her husband. The couple have
been residents of Pasadena and vicinity
for several years past, coming originally
from Chicago, where Mr.. Barnhart is
connected with prominent family.
The Barnhart home at 655 South Madi-
son avenue is one of the finest in that
neighborhood although since the marital
troubles first arose nearly two years ago
it is said the house has been occupied only
at intervals.
Mrs. Barnhart has passed some time
at the Hotel Maryland, where Mrs. War
rem Barnhart, mother of w. Earle Barn.
hart. spends her winters.
In bringing suit the wife alleges the
husband falsely acuses her of being in
innate with prominent local physician
and a member of the state board of med
ical examiners.
Mrs. Barnhart has figured prominently
in local amateur theatricals and has
been a society favorite.