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New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
PkTRoLMAN REsMEYER NO COWARD.
Acquitted of Charge Brought by han Whose
Flat Was Robbed

Pa1rolmsn Henry Resmevcr has been acquitted
Of tire charge OF cowsrdice that made against
him Monday night by Edward J. Williams. OF
No ~ East 18th street, when the patrolms
would not go to Williams's house TO look for burg
lars. Williams reported at the East l26th street
citation. to which Resraeyer IS attached that he
had found his fat had been robbed and that the
men who did It we're on the roof Resmeyer was
reported 10 have said that he could not for the
burglars because the place off his beat
The next day Inspector James Dillon gave The
accused pa-rolrnan hearing, at which Williams
appeared. According the Inspector, Williams
said fbe hearing that he had gone up 10 Res
never and told him that there were some s,is-
picious characters the roof Of his house Res
meyer said that St was against the rules for him
70 90 off his beat on such excuse.
This. said Inspector Dillon. was true. lie said
the patrolman was perfectly justified in the stand
he took Nr. Dillon said yesterday that there was
nothing coRardIv about the patrolmsn's act 3ir.
Dillon said that be had known Resmeyer for many
years as a man of excellent character and fear
less officer
At the close Of the hearing Inspector Dillon took
the hand Of Resneyer and shook e. and is reported
20 have said he did
Il never shake hands with coward
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
SHOOTS WELL.
Wins Corrected Dryden CHp on the
Sea Girt Range.

Sea Csirt. n J, Sept 6.-The $500 Dryden LrophE,
the most coveted prize offered at the Ne" jersey
ptea Association's tournament. was won to-day IN
an exciting finish by the United states caValry
tesr, which scored 00l points The Massachusetts
tesn, was second with 97T points The Maryland
-Is,,er s,,rprised the field by taking third place
with go points defeating New Jersey anu ''e
I-uited states infantry by five points
nv ~ ~ = oso - range the marine corps team led
with $50 points New Jersey being second WIN 80
b,It M the ssl-yard the cavalry took the led1 VIII
zoo Tho marines scoring 101 and MASSACHUSETTS, oS
The coward fight fercely waged oy S Mass .
cbusotts and Maryland for second place anu 'ils
stno cash nrize When Sergeant c j. JeHerS' %
- o.. ctata team arrived for his last shot ne
had 70 hit the target put his team tHird. re
made a bulrs-eye -, ,zso.,,,,o 70
rosa ono az its most experienced shots TINS morn
Ing private J. T. Burns. who was called 10 Love.
hv the accidental shooting OF ms oI''l1'''
Burns. - 49,. ,ror,4
Massachusetts rad no substitute on ,ne sl sI
and was about to withdraw from the !ilt'Si, -. -
sractor of Small Arms Practice hlled tiie sap
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
JEWISH RELIGIOUS 0BsERVANCEs.
Will Begin with New Year Tomorrow at
Sunset-Morc Houses of Worship.

The Jewish year 566S will begin tomorrow at
There VIII be religious services in all the
synagogucs and temples, and. as in former years,
in many public halls. lodge rooms and unoccupied
business places which have been converted into
synagogues for the accommodation Of the people
who not members or seat holders In any OF the
established congregations.
Several new Jewish houses of worship have been
built in New York in the last year, and old syna-
gogues have been enlarged and dcdi-
Gated in neighDoring places. but the demand for
seats in the temporary synagogues has been
great as ever. in some of these places there will
be services only tho two great holidays, New
Years Day and the Day of Atonement, which will
be celebrated on September Is and the days be-
tween the two dates the time being known the
penitentiaI season. Most of the temporary houses
Of worship. however. Will continue to exist until
after the Feast of Tabernac!es which begins on
September %.
In the Spanish congregation where Or. II. Per
era AIendes oficiates. and in all the orthodox
houses of worship, there will be services Sun
day evening Monday and on Tuesday. The OBJ
servance Of the second day of the year has
been abandoned by the reformed wing of American
Judaism and services will be held in the Temple
Emanu- EI ana the other temples tomorrow even
ing only and Monday morning The services at
the Temple Emanu-El will be conducted by the
Rev DR.. Joseph Silverman and his associate. the
Rev DR. J. l. Magnes, both of whom returned to
New York n few days ago, DR.. Silverman from
Georgia where he went to be present at the golden
wedding of his parents and Or. Magnes from The
Hapue where he was one Of the American repre-
senatiyes at the eighth international Congress of
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
STUDIED IMMIGRATION.
Part of National Commission Re
turns-Drain Felt abroad.

Several members Of the subcommittee OF the
United States Immigration Commission, OF Which
Senator William p. Dillingham;, of Vermont IS
chairman. returned yesterday from Europe on the
Cedric They were Senator Dillingham;, senator
Asbury c. Latimer. of South Carolina; Congress-
man John j. Burnett of Alabama and William H.
Wheeler of San Francisco Tho two secretaries
of the commission. William W. Husband and MOT
ton L, Crane, accompanied them. The members
still abroad arc pursuing the investigation
one Of tho most important phases of the problem
studied was that of criminal Immigration Senator
Dillingham; said this would be considered IN 'i'o
first preliminary report Several important recon-
,nendations would he made To Congress when II
meets this fall. he said. Senator Dillingham; sai"
N Southern Europe, especially. the authorities are
doing all they can 10 discourage emigration alnoHs
the other classes Whole rural districts there nave
been nearly stripped OF laborers.
This is felt in Italy, where King Victor En-
manuel III has studied the question. Senator D'-
Iinehar1 had conference with the King and was
amazed at the grasp of the subject SHOWN oS '''
,nonarch After the visit to Rome the party sep
arated It was agreed on .shipboard that no irte'-
views should be given out by individuals. ard
+r,,I s+ota,nent was prepared This said, in part:
In investigating conditions abroad the conlnlS-
sioners gave special attention TO the methoos e"i
pIoved by the transportation companies III doi'h
a,,,irrants. tn, effect of the United States imml-
grafton laws upon European emigration ana inc
ot+i+uda of tho various countries toward the de-
r7artpre Of their subjects to other lands In most
90 ,ho countries visited the attitude toward cnli-
grafton is not favorable
It is true that IN some parts Of Europe ei,ns,@
,or * not without its attendant benefits. and TINS
g ,ecoqrizs,I and considered. For instance. aliens
Of certain nationaIities prone to send back T"
their native countries large part Of their earn
;ngs in the United States. The total amount OF
money thus transferred annually is large Inc
greater mart of it goes where 1t Is much heeoeu
and therefore appreciated Nearly all seanoaru
countries are striving 10 build up Their mercoa''
marine ard as the carrying Of erigraits j III
many cases essential to such enterprises the atu-
tude OF these governments fs a5tec'eu areo oI'e.s
-7o,,,;oe causes ~ enigratlon from Europe are;
4 u-idespresd knowledge that labor is more gen
erousIv rewarded in America than at nome "'
advice and financial assistance OF those VINO nave
a1rcadv emigrated, and the persistent eHot'' VI
steamship agents. who 70 be touho al oN'
1-,o,a 5esnite the fact that soliciting emigration
is prohibited by law in nearly every European
country and by our own immigration law
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
MAY BURN FRISCO PLAGUE HOSPITAL.
Board of Health Recommends Action-Con-
fdence in Ability of Marine Hospital

san Francisco Sept. 5-The Board of Health
day recommended to the Board of Supervisors
that the city and county hospital, which has shell
tered number of plague cases. he burned. The
Supervisors will meet and decide to what action
shall be taken. The city and county hospital IS
collection of frame buildings. and it has long been
planned 10 demolish IT,
The announcement that tho Marine Hospital Ser
vice is TO take charge of the plague situation is
regarded here as an assurance that the progress of
the disease will he stopped in short order.
Or Rupert Blue, who has been assigned by
Surgeon General Wyman TO direct the campaign.
had charge during the former appearance Of the
plague and has the confidence of the entire
muuty
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
TOBACCO CASE POSTPONED.
Rival Cigarette Concerns Wait Until After
Show to Decide Fight.

The internal disseusions which have rent the To-
racCo Show ut Madison Square Garden since its
opening, did not no in court yesterday, and
the claims of the rival cigarette making firms have
vet to he settled. A postponement of the injunc-
tion proceedings was obtained until Monday.
Samuel II. Harris president of the F<hedivial
Company of New York. who got the injunction
against General Manager Turk Of tine Tobacco
Trades Exposition Company. and President Hart
mann Of Abdulla IL Co.. was informed by counsel
for Mr. Turk that If he pressed the injunction suit
at present it might result in the breaking up f the
show and thereby work great injury TO the cause
of the independent tobacco men, who giving the
show Mr. Harris said he was willing to place his
personsl interests second to the welfare of the
nosftion SO the adjournment of the agreed
upon with the understanding that every effort
would be made between and Monday settle
the affair out of court.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
ICE PRESIDENT COOL.
Not Woried by attorney GenerdIs S
Threat to Sue Trust.

Wesley NJ Oler president OF the American Ice
Cor1Danv which has just been threatened asalh o'
tho Attorney Generals office with suit to deprive a.
of tbe right TO do business. did not seem 10 De al
all nervous about the matter yesterday IN la,
he said Mr. Jackson could go ahead and sue II he
regarded that d particularly fhe not "ea'"''
recreation.
According 10 an Albany dispatch printed yestcr-
dav in The Tribune. Attorney General jackson
would some time during the present month bTlnS
an action deprive the socallod ice trust OIL ad-
thorty to 10 business IN this state on the srouhd
that il had violated the laws and entered into a
combination for the creation Of monopoly II
restraint of trade in a necessity OF life
What is a monopoly?' asked Mr. Oler when
he saw tho article, and beyond the question "oud
rot discuss that phase Of the suit
II was also said from Albany that tho Attorney
Generals office had copies Of the contracts ana
,orrespoudencc obtained by the Attorney General
experts from the offices OF the American Ice Com
pany Mr. Oler frankly admitted that this vas so.
What good are they to him." said the Ice Trust
president ''These bills Of sale have been up in
the courts time and time again and have always
heen held valid. This threatened suit is, so far
as 7 can see from the Dispatch based on nothing
but what has been all gone over before
Mr. OIer then took a aper with some figures
on it from his desk.
Talk about a trust" he said. II have just been
going over some fil-urcs the price OF Ice before
and after the organization of the so-caled Ice
Trust. find from these that the average price OF
ice FOR the twenty years previous to 1898 was
- per cent higher than the average price since
the formation Of the American Ice Company. The
average family price before 1898 81 cents.
Since that time IL has been "a cents
Mr. Ocr said there was no possibility OF short
age OF this year. IL had been the coolest sum-
mer, with two exceptions. IN thirty years
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
TO CARE FOR NURSE IN ST. LOUIS
Friends Take Young Woman from Bellevue
to Former Employers Home in West.

Miss SaIie NJ. Taylor. the nurse formerly in the
employ OF Mrs. Laura Blossom. Of 81. Louis, was
released from the psychopdtIic ward OF Bellevue
IIospital YESTERDAY where she was placed on Mon
day by o. d. Gray. nephew Of Mrs Blossom. and
taken to St Louis. Miss Taylor's sister and
brothcr-in-aw Mr. and Mrs. benjamin Won Phul.
assumed charge Of her
Mr. Gray said yesterday that he looked the
case as most unfortunate affair and that he WAS
much annoyed by the nctorety that II had caused
He spoke well of Miss Taylor, who, he said. came
TO ne well liked while she in the employ Of
Mrs. Blossom. and that tho family realized that
because her mind was deranged she not to oc
held responsible for her acts while in that cond-
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
CHESS M1STERS IN TIE.
Marshall Uins a Game and I'm pr0Ues
His Standing.

Carlsbad Sept. 6--There was another change IN
the positions the leaders in the international
chess masters tournament the thirteenth round OF
which was contested in this city to-day. Rubin
stein led at the conclusion of play yesterday,
suffered defeat at the hands OF Spielmann. Ma
rocZy. on the other hand won from Cohn, in con-
sequence Of which Maroczy tied Ruoinstcin FOR
first place.
Vidnar who was even with Maroczy YESTERDAY
Will most likely los" his game to Joiner. as the
latter had advantage when the game was ad-
1ourncd. The other American. Marshall. defeated
Oliand OF Utrecht In the other games drawn con
tests were recorded between TeiChmann and Mem
zop.it-ch LCouhardt and Wolf and SChieChter and
TsCnigorin Mieses from Tartakowcr and
SaIwe worstad JanoWski The game between Ber-
ger and ChotimirsN was adjourned IN favor or
ChotfmirSk Tie standing follows
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
NEW KIND OF TAXES
Proposal to Make Buildings Pan
IccOrdiHg to Height.

4 proposal to tax modern skyscTapers accordi,x
to their height was made at meeting OF the com
mlttee on limitation OF height and area Of IN.
Building Code Revision Commission. which held a
hearing yesterday in the City Hall After GeorS.
W Babb. president Of the New York Board Of Fire
Underwriters. had pointed out some oe the rea
sons why the present style Of architecture dan
ScrouS John CarreFe. architect said:
believe taxation VIII solve the present problem,
of the Skvs,.rar,or Tax land by the square foot
and taN 2 9odn~ m x T so 15i foot ana I 4ss Sas
let them bui!d the buildings IS 1iSh rs they like.
IN ,.pealiuz about tho danger or erecting shy
se.ranerz Mr. Babb said that if bis conhagrstion
over started in cf the downtown districts t.
would ha,o to burn itself out no 6re depart
mont vouIt be able t., cope with it. such CON
aqsrstio,, he said might destroy property worth
millions Of dollars and tho fire insurance companies
would not b. able E" pay more than - Per cent
of their Losses y ere 81 this Kind would nor ONLY
inpovertsh Jno city. but would start panic in the
business world. and thousands OF business drmE
would be ruined Ir. Babb believed
All buildings not freproof should DC limited 10
five stories in height Mr. Fabb said. while treprOef
buildings should not be higher than Is feet
have a greater area than 3oooo square feet
Mr.. tarrare proposed that al city blocks be built
in the form Of a pyramid. for the sake of the archi
tectlIraI beauty OF such form Fs was opposed
70 the limitation the height of buildings as THIS
u-orl1d mean nm even sky line, q thing he thought
ought 10 be- avoided
calvin Tornkins OF the Municipal ATT Society,
condemned tall buildings. because he thought that
their erection not property supervised and that
the room aud light Of the streets we're encroached
on He believed that the present bulldings would
probably be pulled down some day.
The discussion was brought Up when II was
rounced that there vas plan under way in ths
offices of one Of the large insurance companies to
build structure higher than tho Singer Buildins.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
NEwsBoYs' HOME USED TO DEFRAUD
Two Men Arrested for Collecting Money
Without Authority.

Edward IT. Smith. who gave his occupation as
salesman and his address No. 31f East 18th
street and Charles p Stewart, also a salesman
held in S1,Gr0 ball each yesterday for exam
fnation Tuesday in Jefferson Market Police
Court on a charge of obtaining money under false
prctences, preferred by John Mcclure, president
Of the Municipal Newsboys' Home.
According to Detective BurbcrE, tb" men col
lected money. using authorization purportinE to
be signed BY Mcclure. for the NeWsboys' Home
They atternpted to collect from the Mcknight
Realty Company. Mr.. Mcknight, with the assist
ance Of the detective, gave the men marked dol
lar bill and they arrested.
The subscription paper carried by the men shows
amounts varying from g. 10 $780, apparently con-
tributed by sixty prominent business and mak-
Ing q total of $2G71.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
pEaRYs NEW GLOBE AND HISTORY

The international Fiat Globe Of the World" and
'''Fhe International Geographical History, vol
un1e that accompanies it. have just been edited by
Robert = Peary. the explorer. who was president
a. o-e time CT the American Geographical Society
end 3 now president Of the eighth international
Geographic Congress and n fellow In the Royal
Geographical Society OF London
The fat globe is twenty-eiFht inches in diameter
snd hangs fat against the wall. from where it can
fe taken down used under 81 light II has
the advantage Of showing the entire earth's
face at glance. THE international Geographical
History exrlans many features of this globe under
shree heads. Physical Geography" Mathematical
Sseorrs Apply and Political Geography" The In
fernatlonaI Globe CoTnfBy is the publisher OF both
the glcsc ard me history
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
MOROCCAN STYLE OF DIVORCE.
Threw His Shoes at His Wife Because She
STAYED Out Too Late.

pecauae be thought his wife was staying out too
late Acbmar Sivcr. a hodcarrier. of No % Wash
tnrton street and former chieftain of tho tribe
of Kohvle in Northern Africa, divorced her after
I he custom of his race by throwing MS shoes at
ber Then he went before Magistrate proege. in
.no eTofnbs Court Yesterday, To answer charge
of assault. Sivcr a member of n tribe which
caused lots of trouble in Morocco
The man told his story i'll broken English. much
TO the interest of the magistrate. Siver admitted
he had thrown his shoes at his wife. but said that
,ar conduct warranted his action His wife said
she had to act as a waitress to live After they
had told their stories the magistrate sent them
home Siver was told TO earn more money.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
POLICE CAPTAINS CHANGE PLACES.
Transferred "for the Good of the Service"
bY the Acting Commissioner.

Those men were transferred FOR police reasons
rnd the good Of the service" said Acting Com
missioner Arthur O'fleeffe when asked, at Police
headquarters yesterday afternoon. why he had
ordered the transfer Of Captains Shevlin and
Tappin-
Captain James !. Sheyin was IN command OF
the Alexander avenue station for several months
and his transfer. with that OF Captain John T.
Tappin, Of the Adams street station, Brooklyn,
caused much comment among the force
Captain Shevlin will m once take command Of
the Adams street station. and Captain Tappn
viii relieve him AZ the Alexander avenue station.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07

The large red automobile OF Hamilton w Cary,
which plunged through the gates OF the ferryboat
Maine on Thursday night. ffshed up from the
bottom OF tho East River yesterday by tug of
the Merritt Chapman Wrecking Company. the
machine was apparently little the for tho
din The car was resting under the pontoon OF the
ferry house It is believed the machine kept going
after landing the river he'd.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
CITY NEWS I'M BRIEF.

MAY Wilson and Nellie Leeds. two women of the
Tenderloin were held for examination to-day by
,fasistrate Finn for robbing Walter 2. Hatch
the Hotel Belmont
Louis Rund was held on a charge Of burglary by
Magistrate Kernochan yesterday a sixteen-year-
old girl who saw him leave her aunt's apartments
with two other girls held onto his coat tas unuI
the police caught him
Entrance examinations for the training class OF
,be New York Public Library viii be held next
wednesday.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
OBJECTS TO DUTY ON GOLD CHALICE
Priest Appeals to Washington from Customs
Officers Decision.

The Roy. Father Schviun, at the Austrian jmri-
grant Society quarters, Ellis Island, told yesterday
about dispute that has arisen over a gold chaic"
sent 10 him from Europe. He says the chalice Is
intended for the communion service the rites OF
the Roman Catholic Church. The customs inspect
ors decided that the duty on IT should be $40
Father Schwinn contended that the chalice. being
church property. should be allowed entrance free
Of duty, but the inspectors told him that there
was nothing show that 1t might not be used for
other purposes Father Schwiun has appealed to
the authorities a Washington.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
IsrpoR woRmsER's CAR HELD UP.

Alexander Epting chauffeur for Isidor Wornser
.be banker living at Dohbs Ferry. was arrested at
qqS.b street and Broadway last night charged with
.peedins Mr.. wornser In tie machine and
gave the driver 500 for bail Then MI Wormser
fook TIE machine home himself
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
THIEVES STEAL POTATO CROP.

New Brunswick. Sept. 8 Specialization Sylves-
fer. OF Voorhees, station was robbed Of his potato
cro, last night The potatoes in bags ready
20 Ito 10 tov,u This morning there moth
ing left in the patch but wagon tracks.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07

The fourteenth round. TO be played to- morrow,
will be contested the following order: Tschigorin
vs. Maroczy. Olland Schlechter. Wolf vs.. Mar
shall F,uninstein vs. I.eouhardt Niemzowitch
Spislmaun. Vidmar TcicAmann. thoumirski vs.
Iohuer. J4nowski vs. Berger 1artakowcr vs.. Saive,
Duras vs.. Micses. Cchn bye
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
Held FOR STRIKE BREAKER ASSAULT.

--aoTnas crool0ss. furniture driver. and Michael
.ecdereSky. striking wagon driver. we:e
HrTaiEned "a tie Yorkville police court yesterday
and held ia $40 BAH each sor sssaulfing Walter
t'elysre a strike breei.e- employed by the Sc.nar
Ata.sosr Company. The denied the assault.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
NEWARK METAL WORKERS STRIKE.

In accordance with agreement reached at a
meeting of the local union sheet metal workers in
Newark threw down their tools yesterday morning
and went out on a strike. They want an increase
i- wages and shorter working scale About one
ti,nllsand non. II Is said affected.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07

Sergeant VI L. Brown, of the New Jersey 81
roo9 of Red Bank, won the ofhand match 81
two hundred yards this afternoon by score or ~
! A. Dietz Of New York. was second with ~ ana
private j. Marvey. OF the Marine corps tmrd Win
4
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
FIRE AT AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

CULTURAL College at St Anne do Bellevue wes
struck bv lightning yesterday and destroyed rs
college Is being erected by Sir William 9LacDonaa
AT a cost OF $sOaeo The loss on the barns -
$4,000
New-York tribune., 1907-09-07

December IS. 800 toIIler7s % VI Fost s.l s,Lv.l
tisfug agency. The Grandin Company, Eats
Greek, Mich:
have your favor OF December 18th tncosfi5
conv fa- Postum and CTrape-Nuts for January, ana
regret that we cannot insert this copy IN view e
our recent decision In reference TO advertislnS oi
medicinal character. I have written Mr. Post "
regard to II.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-09-22
Old Boat Burns to Waters Edge.

New Orleans, La, Sept 22.-The
steamer Lafourche, one of thee steam
ers in the packet service of the La
fourche Packet Company, was burn
ed to the waters edge this morning
at Twelve-mile Point, up the river.
The cargo of 1000 sacks OF rice
burned with the boat The fire start
ed in the aft of the ship about I:3o
o'clock and when discovered had
gained such headway that there was
no chance to save either the boat or
the cargo Some of the officers had
TO dress in haste to make their es-
cape.
The boat had landed at the S0niat
place at Twelve-mile Point yester-
day and had taken on part OF the
cargo Of rice, which was for This city.
The captain could offer no explain
alton for the origin of the fire. The
blaze had gained such headway when
it was discovered that it could not be
located to any certain point.