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New-York tribune., 1907-12-21

Athletes at Nee York University
Meet Stiff Requirements.

! Rules governing athletics and student organiza-
Fions at New York University have been codifed
within the last few days, and for the first time in
wears il is possible determine accurately the
Students eligibility The codification shows
shat the studfats the local college must meet
Teciaily stringent requirements as TO scholarship
before becoming ifssBlber Of athletic team.
To represent The university athletic team
the candidate must take at least fifteen hours OF
university work except those in the Law School
School Of Pedagogy and School Of Commerce. of
whom only ten hours required. Students with
more than two conditions who probation
nder censure from the faculty. students who have
been dropped to = lower class. Students who are
conditioned in the required gynlnastic work, and
students who not strictly amateur TO be
allowed 10 represent the univ ersity-
Students who come from other colleges be
registered al the university for full college year
before they may take part in athletic contests No
student matrculating later than December is elig-
bic for athletic team until the following autumn.
No college organization. social musical ath-
letic appoint other exercises for
such hours shall interfere with class work of
The participating. -and if intercollegiate
tests make IL necessary Tor be absent from
regular college work the manager Of the team
must file notice with the committee on student or
carnations forty-eight hours before the event.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
KNICKERB0CKER DEPOSITORS ACT.
H. L. Satterlee Says One of the Committees
Has Received Upward of $500,O00.

Herbert L. Satterlee, counsel for the Parsons
committee of depositors of the Knickerbocker
Trust Company said yesterday it was apparent
the depostors waking up to the situation by
the number who had assented to the plan OF re-
sumption recently agreed upon by three of the
committees. AT the office of Of these commit
assigned, and all of them reported large ad-
ditions to their lists.
Now that a definite and final plan has been
agreed upon, most or the depositors satisfied
that only needs their individual action TO put it
into effect he continued. Various ingenious at
tempts have been made by those who are specu-
lating deposit accounts TO ascertain If any
centage of non-assenting depositors will be pro-
vided for on resumption of business. This point,
of course. must be passed upon by the authorities
that is. by the Superintendent OF Banks. who has
the power to authorize the company TO resume; the
Attorney General, whose consent is necessary TO
discontinue the receivership proceedings. and
finally by the judge who appointed the receivers,
without whose order the receivers cannot turn
back the assets to the reorganzed company
Those who are speculating In the accounts ex-
pect to make the difference between the amount
they pay for assignments OF deposits and one hun
dred cents on the dollar. and in doubt as to
how far to proceed in their speculation. Ii they
could know that definite set apart 20
pay off non asserting depositors 1t would enable
them to decide Just how much to invest. Very sat
isf lctory progress has been made in getting up
tentative list OF directors TO submit to the voting
trustees and both of the committees invite sug-
gestons i'll this regard from the dePositors.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
TOWN FEELS BANK CLOSE.
North 4ttleboro's Business Crippled
-ReceiUer Named positor Dies.

North AttIeboro, Mass, Dec. 2o.-The deciara-
tion made last night by Albert H. Wiggin, presl-
dent of the Jewellers National Bank OF TINS Town.
that the institution was insolvent has caused much
uneasness among the business interests of the
place rost Of the manufacturing jewellers had
their funds deposit at the suspended bank Inc
outlook is serious as there are payfoHS 10 DC
met while most of the firms will not receive any
from their products until after January l.
Three firms did not pay off their hands on
Wednesday as usual but it explained that
they did not understand the condition of affairs at
the bank in time get the necessary money from
same other source.
The firm of " IT, Ball & Co, of Attleboro
Falls, secured sufficient funds for its payroll needs
IN Providence yesterday, and OF the firm was
Informed that the Providence banks stood ready
to furnish the jewellers of North Attleboro and
Attleboro Falls with enough money to tide them
over the crisis.
The town of Plainville has ali of its funds hcli
up by the suspended bank and unless the Town
Treasurer can procure more money than he mas
on hand at present the school teachers and other
town employees. whose monthly pay Is due to-day
will probably have to wait until after ChriSthas'
President Wiggin returned to New York at 10
o'clock to-day and Bank Examiner Ever also left
town. Work on the banks books was continued
today, but those concerned ceased their labors
long enough to attend the funeral of Frederick f.
Sargeant, the late cashier. which was held III ms
apartments in the bank building at l0;5o O'CLOCK
holders of the bank Were present at the services.
While discussing the affairs OF the bank to-day,
one of the depositors, Z. r. Harrington, q master
stonecutter. all of whose funds on deposit in
the institution, stricken with apopleNy and
died few hours later.
News of the appointment of Harry F. Currier,
bank examiner. receiver. by the Controller at
Washington, received here this afternoon.
Following the announcement OF the insolvency of
the bank and the appointment of the receiver, the
Mason Box Company, of North Attleboro, closed its
factory to-day for Indefinite period The prin-
cipaI owner of tho factory. Charles o. Mason, is
also a director in the Jewellers Bank. and the
company is said to have carried large deposit in
that institution. About two hundred hands out
of employment
1t was learned tonight that Mr.. Sergeant sold
his stock in the institution several weeks ago. Mr..
Sargeant owned l91 shares of the banks stock. and
next to the president. a. II. Wiggn, of New York
was the largest individual shareholder. Mr. Wig
gin has 212 shares.
While no official statement of the extent of the
loss to the bank by the operations of the cashier
has been made, prominent banking man said to-
night that the amount would be surprisingly large.
One of the bank directors, although declining TO
give any figures of the probable loss. said Tonight
The only thing left is the furniture.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
Il CHESS MASTER HERE.
Jacques Mieses Makes His Third
TiIt to This Country.

Jacques Mieses. one Of the foremost German chess
masters and winner Of the international tourna-
raent held at the Vienna Chess Club last January,
arrived in city his third visit to the United
States Yesterday. Herr Mieses whose genial dispo-
sition has made him a favorite in this country. eX-
pressed himself delighted TO be here again, and
lost no tine in making the rounds of the leading
metropolitan chess clubs.
He expects to spend about two months and half
fere visiting various sections of the United States,
Canada, Mexico and Cuba AT Ostend. where he
divided the third and fourth prizes with Niemzo-
witsch last May he captured two OF the brilliancy
prizes for victories against Perlis and Snosko-Bor
owSki. The Danian gambit is of his favorite
openings when playing the white pieces At Vienna
he made a Of ten points out of thirteen, and
against field including NarocZy. Schlechter,
Vidmer and Duras. Herr Mieses will return to
Europe in time TO take part in the tournament to
be arranged at Vienna in honor Of the sixtieth
niversaTy OF Emperor Joseph
-Four of the six players who will take part il the
annual tournament of the Triangular College Chess
League, beginning at the rooms of the Rice CHESS
Club next Thursday. have been named. They
William II Hughes ard II L. Bauder. of the Uni
versity of PENNSYLVANIA, and Omar r. Mccoy and
r W Burgess. OF Brown University. So far Cor
nell has not named her Representatives.
five in simultaneous exhibition the Rice Chess
Club few nights ago Helms the New York
State champion two years ago.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
FIRST ENTRY FOR OCEAN RACE.
Henry Doscher Names the Zuhrah for fin.
Marblehead-BermucaC Contest.

The first formal entry FOR next years Marble
head o-BeTmuca race is the schooner Zuhrah. Owned
isy e1-ComrnOdore Henry Doscher, of the New Jso-
chelie Yacht Club The ZulTah designed and
built ny JaEiey IN 1911 She Is a feet over all 55
feet on the waferiine - feet inches beam and
feet draft She took part ia last years race and
oid well until almost al Bermuda. when several
breakdown rs put Ter cut of the The Yacht is
fast On reach, and with perfect gear will
doubtless make a good showing in the cunning race
The Defvish viii also be entered and as She IL
ot practically the same dimensions the Zuhrah
frese two VIII form good nucleus for Class r. an
which they VIII both sail The Corinthian Yacht
Cub which has the in charge, viii make ar
fanEen1eTts for special class, without time allow
ance II enough entries made TO warrant this
The class would probably be for the largest yachts
perhaps for those OF than If9-foot waterIsn.
~ The annual meeting Colonial Yach. Club
The following officers elecied for the ensuing
year:
Commodore. George J. Vesiner reelected: vice
cogsgnledore Frank TOtten reelected rear conarno-
dore. Arthur w Chat6eId feet captain Alfred
foivI; fret surgeon. DT. feoderick Fraser: seero-
taries. Erncs, Eberlein and John r. J. TuIy: meas
ssFeT. J. - x Whiplie; master al arms Theo
Hopper board or directors. John ]. Canavan
Charles 2. McGlope Charles IL Newman and
Charles a. Scfeffier
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
TIGERS BE1TEN AGAIN.
No Match for Nezc York athletic
Club at Hockey.

The New York Athletic Club hockey team made
its first appearance of the the ice at the
St Nicholas Rink last evening and in an interest
ing game defeated Princeton by a score of TO @.
Ii the third game in the last two weeks that
the Tigers have played at the rink the other two
being with the Crescents and the Wanderers. in
both of which they were beaten. but mana ged 10
score.
he Mercury Foot teams defence proved too
strong for the college last night. Mills at
goal covered himself with glory and stopped shot
after shot in hot scrimmages in front of the
The forwards the New York Athletic Club seven
played a lively game the work of Coolcan and
Castleman standing The former made two of
the four goals in the opening half Castiemau
made the first goal and shot two more in tho sec
ond period. In combination work the Mercury Foot
team played particularly well for 50 early in the
season.
While the Princeton team suffered a shutout, its
work. nevertheless far from poor. The lineup
follows:
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
WOULD MAKE EVANS VICE ADMIRAL
IFrom The Tribune Burcau.I

tfI"III IrIpune Burcau.J
Washington. Dec IA bill comforting the rank
of vice admiral on Rear Admiral Robley d Evans
commander of the Atlantic feet will be introduced
in the Senate tomorrow by Mr.. Warner of Mis-
souri, Senator Warner will urge the adoption of
the measure the ground that it Is fitting that
the commander Of the great American fleet should
enjoy the rank the commanders of foreign
fleets whom lie Is likely TO meet before completing
his present cruise, for otherwise he would have to
give precedence to foreign commanders
Senator Warner will say further that Admiral
Evans has under his command the most powerful
single naval feet in the world and has personally
drilled il to a high state of efficiency
Senator Warmers intention of introducing this
measure is regarded by many as further confirma-
ton OF the report that the fleet will visit the Phil
ippnes and Japan, ana that some of the ships may,
return to this country by way of the Suez Canal
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
M. J. e. X. C. FUNDING PLAN.

Company, It is announced. has drafted q plan for
funding its first mortgage coupons for the next
years the plan including reorganization scheme
which 1t is expected wiz provide funds for tho ex
tension of the system northwari to the Ohio River
and southwark to New Orleans a corporation
is to be formed, according the plan. he called
the New Orleans Mobile K Chicago Railroad Com
pany, to take oyer the Mobile. jackson & Kansas
CITY Railroad Company and the Gulf & Chicago
Railway Company, and to extend the two lines as
already noted. The company is have
s25 600 600 common stock, s50Go000 preferred and
$50 600 900 first mortgage per cent bonds The hold
ers of about s. per cent of the stock and bonds of
the two companies have assented the plan IT is
said The controlling interests in the present COM
panies have formed a syndicate, which win assume
the floating debt of both companies and will furnish
to the new company SJ00,g0
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
MOUNTAIN GETS A FALL
Tzco Fauorites and Split Choice
Vim at NezC Orleans.

N-au- orleans Dec 20-Mountain, the jockey
who rode four winners and two second horses
yesterday, was in the limelight again to-day
but for another reason. His mount, Light Note
stumbled and fell Just after the finish of the
third race, and Mountain was so badly shaken
up that he could not ride out his enSa ageInents
Light Note away four miles after the accl-
dent and after knocking down McMullen, his
owner, who tried to stop him, crashed into the
rail and broke his leg. The horse was SO badly
injured he had be shot Mountain was so
far recovered tonight that he will be in the
saddle tomorrow in all probability.
Light Note was played for good thing,
and backed from to 10 , to l. 1t one
of the biggest plunges of the season, but the
LAYERS kent the money, as Donna, the opening
fuvorite, won easily. while Jack Dolan, the rank
outsider, beat Light Note a neck for the place
Javanese. which closed split choice with
Donna made the early running, but tired badly
and finished last
keator and Rio Cirande. both at odds on were
the winning favortes. Keator was slow to be-
gin, and looked hopelessly beaten or the back
stretch, where he bad last lie closed
with rush III the stretch however, and won,
driving, by half Il length from Sally Preston
Coon and Platoon, which were Tapped on him
at the finish. Rio Grande outcassed his field
in the last race, and just galloped in front all
the way
Lutte Foster was a good thing which went
through in the first race The King Hanover
DItN Was quietly DdCktu tIolil % ~ / ~ ~ ~'
and never gave her followers a moments un-
easness. She opened up a gap OF four lengths
the first quarter, and, having tiptoed her
field, was far in front all the way.
In the fifth Pride Of Woodstock went
back in the betting from to : to to ,. and
then ec-iIy, While Suffice. which was backed
from TO l to 9 to ;. could hardly raise re-
spectacle gallop. The summaries follow:
ose 5rt ens Mag Fl vi Kas q nn aS
Il /, third Time HI l4f5-
Rustic, Inauguration Lexington Lady An
sonia. Agnes Dorothea and Mason also ran 80 ~
Second tselng: six NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. o., tF>er-
mati) 10 I, No Trumper. 100 u)eFery), to l.
second; Miltiades 1oS tHoeTner), t. third Time,
122Is Hyacinh. Riamesha II, hlIldoe liam
reTaway Royal Legend, Martiuslnvason ana investor
also
Third mile and seventy yardsl-Donna. ioe
second Light Note. JOG GIountanb, 10 /. third Time
156is. Jayanese also -.
Fourth thandcap. six furlongs-keator. nt
tRrusseD to won Sally Preston. l03 (Mc)auieD. >
a second; Coon, "a Delaby), 30 l. third Time,
2lls Platoon. Avam;eeT Oracuum and faddo also ran
fUrlougs)-fTtde of Woodstock. 1tss
(Stolcsworthj, Adessp 10 tTroXler). 3 to l.
Fay, 96 (Skirvu, 10 to /. third Time l:3fEb
Mr. Peabody Suffice, Rebounder and Creel also ran.
Sixth mile and sixteenth)ftlo Grande lui
Koernerl. 10 To- won; Warner Grisvold luf Not
Elfal. 100 UohertsJ. II to third
Time, 1:5Ta5 Dario, Milshore and Maize ONe also ran
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
CRIIICISES L. s.. N4FY.
ReutfrdaM attributes It's Faults TO
Bureau ORGANIZATION.

Henry Reuterdahl. marine artist and editor OF
Fighting Ships in article which will appear
in the January number OF McClure'S Nagazns
sharply critcises the United States navy and the
present bureau organization. The heavy arrna-
ment upon which the life of the vessel depends.
he says. is placed much too low on the vessels.
IL would be impossible, he thinks, fire the for
ward turret guns, or those the windward side OF
a snip in a seaway. because of the low freeboard
MIR. Reuterdahl points out that whereas
navy requires forty-eight torpedo boat dest-oyers
it has now only twenty. The open shaft for
munition hosts Is condemned are the exposed
recon cylinders. which, If struck, he says would
silence the guns.
All of these defects. he says. have been known
for years and mentioned in reports and Presi-
Dental messages, but have been perpetuated by the
bureau system of the Navy Department. and can
not be remedied until this system Is abolished
American officers he considers the best in the
world. but under the present system OF promotion
ne thinks they do not reach positions OF command
until they too old Mr.. ReuterdahI saws:
This condition in regard te age comes from a
system Of promotion which exists only in the navy
of the United States. Once out of the Naval
Academy, the column of officers passes on in mo
ian file. changed practically not all but by
death retirement The other navfes of the world
have a process of selection fer all officers above
the rank of lieutenant
The battleships, the author says. are incapabls
of defendirg themselves from bow or stern At
tack becausc of the position OF the heavy ciibrs
guns. The lighter guns. which formerly were re-
lied upon, he considers useless now because OF ths
increased range OF torpedoes. Regarding the low
freeboard of the warships Mi ReuterdahI says:
"a battleship must fight at sea. in heavy weather
She must have her gun ports and her turrets we'll
out of water. If this not the case. the rnoni-
tor would be the tightins ship of the world But
our battleshps to-day scarcely more than r,oni-
tors
THE British Dreadnousht's forward decks are
2s feet high Her forward turret is set far back
and in front OF 1t breakwater is arranged to pre-
vent the waves from rolling back Our ships when
moving into considerably heavy sen take In
over their low bows solid water. which slops up
over their forward turretS"
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
BLOW TO CONNECTICUT PooLRooMs
Supreme Court Decides 1t Is Illegal to Sup
ply Rncing Information by Telegraph.
TBy Telegraph TO The Tribune. ]

Stamford, Conn, Dec. 2O.-Galen a. Carter
Assistant State Attorney for Fairfield County,
has just won an important legal victory in the
Supreme Court of the State. James f. Scott
was charged with aiding and abetting a pool
room by furnishing a ticker in the alleged pool
room of James +. Buruham, in Bank street
Bridgeport. and the case went to the Supreme
Court by reservation demurrer.
The defence contended that furnishing
ticker with racing information not vio-
lation of the law. The Supreme Court held that
it was a violation of law, and the decision
now shuts off the poOlrooms of which there
said to be many in Connecticut, from obtain
ing information about races Under this decis-
ion telegraph and telephone companies may be
proceeded against and, punished If it is shown
that they knowingly supply such information.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
AUTO[STS WANT RELIEF
ORJECT TO HOLD-UPS-
Fines in Nea Jersey DO Not 20 to
Imnrouc the Roads.

,-. >-,- Ierse,- Automobile and Motor Club has
,..,.a . crusade against the holding up OF
motorists bv country constables on the slehtes'
,,,o.a,io, II WAS brought out at the meeting oi
the legislative committee of the club on ihursday
,,a. according TO the evidence gathered Icy The rep
resef,tstiIes OF the various automobile clubs, the
fines imposed upon automobilists. which under 'he
law should 20 10 the state for the purpose OF re
,,,,-5,r the roads seldom get further than the
pooets of the justices of the peace or the treasury
az the municipality in which The fines are imposed
Give Grossly. who presided at the meeting III the
place OF The president Angus Sinclair, stated that
,+, -aciic, was prevalent all over the state and
added that thousands OF dollars had been collected
An fines On utosts and none of il had ever reached
The state.
IT was suggested that the corps OF automobile
inspectors De increased 10 fifty, half OF this num-
her to be paid men and the other haH TO DE
reputable automobile owners, who would take II
upon themselves TO See thai the laws were en-
I.rced the inspectors ef both classes 10 nave 1he
mower TO arrest offenders This was aimed 10 40
swav with the indiscTimnate arrest OF drivers oI
tho horseless wagons by country constables WI"
saw visions Of fines 10 come TO their pockets II
was th. intention OF several OF the members pres
eUt 10 make more radical and 10 aiieihpe
10 obtain legislation making this bodS = sot' %
state police and taking out OF the hands OF the
,olioe the power TO arrest autonoollstS 1oi i--
lTingememts of The law a..
NJ Il.
mobile Clubs New Jersey opposed TINS measure
III would create entirely unnecessary stat
lodv that would grow year 10y year ana eat up
The funds naid the state by automobiles, was the
rontsnt ion of Mr. SaddlcT. Why. this matter can
he handled nv the police" he declared. and am
.posed 10 any Of this Kind This stale corps
nf insnectors would grow TO sucn proportions
Tha; il would be iinmanaseable. and The cost 10
the state would be such that there would pe no
money left TO repair the roads.
Taking I'D the question OF automobhe leSlsiauoil
Mir Saddler declared that ii would be impossible 10
get a new law this year TO supplant The Frellns-
iluvsen law. ana that even amendments would oe
difficult 20 obtain inasnuch as last year he had
discovered tilat politicians did not 40 ali they
promised" and that he thought the automooile
interests would have cause to congratulate them
selves il further unnecessary restrictions were not
put upon the owners and drivers Of cars He stated
that the present law d farce, and that the
autonobilst could not obey IL or the authorizes
enforce Is.
4 resolution adopted recommending that the
legislative committee endSIVor TO have the speed
limit extended that the limit in the open coun-
Try should he twenty-five instead Of twenty miles
an hour six miles at sharp turns and in the city,
and fifteen miles hour where houses are one
hundred feet apart on the road
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
GREAT GERMAN AERONAUTS' CLUB.

Berlin, Dec. a.-As striking evidence OF the grow
ing interest IL aerial navigation proposition has
been accepted by an important gathering of
aeronauts to FORM under the patronage of EN-
peror William, a great German aeronauts' club
intended to take over the dirigble airship
ParsevaI and conduct experiments with it and all
kinds OF flying machines and heavier r-than-air ap-
paratus, trials with which have been confined
hitherto flights of miniature models. Prince
Ernst S;lchsen-Altenburg has been offered the
presidency of the new club.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
BUILT HIS OWN DWELLING.
Building Department Found Fault, but Court
Ordered Agreement on Construction

Howard r. Wheeler. employed by a Brooklyn
marble company, bought lot in East 35th street,
Brooklyn some time ago. and started to build
house for his family of ten children. He worked
at odd times the structure. Somebody called
the Buildings DEPARTMENTS attention to the work,
and an inspector decided that the house would
have to be razed TO the ground unsafe.
Mr. Wheeler fought the decision in court and
Justice Crane yesterday suggested that the lawyers
should reach agreement out of court whereby
Wheeler might conform TO the Buildings Depart
ment's rules without jeopardzlng the whole house.