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New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
"GTTE Up Bad LEASES.
DufY of Transit ReceiUcrs, Says
Julien L. Ddlles.

In a brief filed in the Federal Court in opposluoh
10 the motion Of the receivers Of the Ne" 1oiN
City Railway Company for PERMISSION TO
e zoe 600 in receivers certificates. Julien T. Davies
counsel for the Guaranty Trust Company oeciae9
that if any of the lines which were operated uho'
lease proved Improbable IT was the duty OF '"e
receivers to surrender or sell the lease.
The Guaranty Trust Company IS trustee Tor '"e
holders Of certain mortgage bonds OF the Mettopoli
tan Street Railway Company. Bronson Winthrop
raresauttnf the Morton Trust Company, trustee for
another mortgage bond issue. also appeared before
Judge I.acombe in the Federal Court yesterday
afternoon in opposition the proposition to issue
receivers certificates Both he and Mr. Dawes
aszed for an adjournment, and the final argument
was put over until Wednesday afternoon
Mr. Winthrop asked for the appointment o.
special master 10 take testimony on tHe appi'c4''''
but Judge Lacombe declared it was unnecessary
Iudge Iacombe said that the travelling puplc h''d
some interest in the matter The money 10 2e
raisa1 f the receivers certificates to be used
IL, ber-ernents Of the system. IF cars ana naffS
are burned" he said, they must be replaced Inc
sole purpose of issuing these certihcles Is 10 I'M
nrov,, the property which the trust companies
hold mortgages The First avenue line should ne
put in proper shape to run. and the way IN "hicii
the nancy is to be spent be amply proNldeu
for in the order. ~
Mr.. Davies said that the lines where rehahilita-
tion was mos urgently needed accordihG 10 ''e
receivers were not owned in fee by the Metro
politan Street Railway Company except so hluch
Of the Broadway lire owned by the biodo-
way Railroad Company.
Nor is IL metropolitan Street Railway ooth-
pany." he argues. under any obligations to ihe
public continue the maintenance and operation
Of railways upon he routes specifically re-
feTred tc. VI Of the routes are owned py the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company its sue
cesSors or assigns with the exception referred to)
under leases which might be surrendered by the
receivers with the OF the lessons, 1t sGch
leases prove unprCftabe. and respondent respect
fully shows that any of such leased lines
which llp0n a careful test are found impossible to
operate at a profit, it Will be the duty of the re-
ceiyers eithe. surrender lease or TO cause the
same to be speedily sold, TO the end that the Sc
clIrity held oy the mortgage of this respondent
NAV not }c unnecessarily impaired by the retcn-
zion of such worthless and Improbable elements Of
The system
II is further declared by Mr.. Davies that the re-
building Of the carhouse at LenoX avenue and
li6th street would not in any way enhance the
security Of the mortgage, and that part of the
expense Of such barns should be paid out of any
receivers certificate.
Arthur II. Masten, counsel for The receivers said
j. would long time fix the damages by
the recent fires and find exactly the parts Of
property destroyed covered by the different mort
cages.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
ORIGIN OF BASEB4LL.
SDeciaI Commission Decides 1t is
Strictly american.

SpaIdins's official Baseball Guide for l9oS'
which has iust been issued, was prepared with the
view Of aking it the greatest dissemlnator Oh
information concerning the national game that has
ever been published. One OF the most valuable ana
attractive features decision of special COM
mission declaring the origin of baseball TO De
strictly American.
The commission which selected at the in
stance of Mr. SpaIding and Mr.. Chadwick, to try
the case" was composed of \. G. Mills. of New
York an enthusiastic ball player in the COS and
the third president of the National League; Nor
gan G. Bulkeey. Ex-Governor and present Cnited
States Senator from Connecticut, the first presi-
dent of the National League, i'll 1876; Nicholas Il
Young veteran ball player, the first secretary
and subsequently president of the National League
from 1885 to 1902; Alfred j. Reach. oldtime pro-
fessional baseball player and president OF the
Philadelphia Club for twenty years George Wright,
the most famous shortstop oNhis day, and James
r. Sullivan president of the Amateur Athletic
Union of the United States, who acted as secre-
tary TO the commission.
For three years Mr.. Sullivan has been busy col
lectitng data and following up clews, and after
getting all the evidence necessary to come to an
intelligent decision the matter was laid before
the special commission with the result that the
national game was found to be of American origin.
All the commissioners concurred in A. G Mlils
opinion. which is follows
''First-That baseball had its origin in the United
States.
'Second-That the first scheme for playing It. ac-
cording to the evidence obtainabe to date, was de-
vised by Abner Doubleday. Cooperstown, n "
in 1899"
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
MIR. WILCOX IS READY.
Tells Realty Men z. S. Board WM
Bnil9 lSubrays If 1t Gets Funds.

Chairman wijIeox of the Public Service Com
mission speaking at mass meeting or red estate
men in the Real Estate Exchange, in Nesey street.
Yesterday afternoon held to arouse interest IN
legislation which will permit the building OF SUD-
WAYS with private capital if the city debt limit
prevent the construction Tith public funds sad
that it not the province oil the commission 10
provide money but that il stood ready to hulid as
many sections of subway as posslne WIN 'te
funds forthcoming.
Chairman WfIlcox said he would not pass on the
question as to how close the city had reached the
debt limit. but if it were decided tnat the lfhi'
had been reached. the problem was whether tfe
people willing 10 wait for subways until the
city should have the money, or whether II voud
be desirable TO undertake the building 10y some
other method He added:
The question of allowing private capital to come
in is hedged about in this way; IL is propoSSe9d
the indeerininate franchise. That is to say. that
with the Board Of Estimate and Apportonment;
shall permit individuals or corporations 20 pulid
sD scribeG. but only for limited period not
oeed twenty Years an0 tha a. re en m e ereed ra
upon. whether it is Twenty-Five: twenty or nIteea cen
take the subway and It's equlpnent, al d Nd'u-
alton to he agreed upon. not 10 exceed cost -
the hands Of the City! it does really put The the
franchise far away from the contr9 o ae il Gl
the present plan Of giving lease OF CITY puii'
I want "a he distinctly understood. so far as my
nersonaI oni,lion goes that 1 am entirely opposed
10 the giving away of franchises But do say
that for great city. the greatest city IN te
Western Hemisphere. Ia be practically pIosira!e,
althouch wealthy beyond compare. proState III ~
ability 10 furnish itself and its people the
sry rapjd transit facilities. is condition OF WhiC
we should not be proud. but of which we should
be thoroughly ashamed
Calling attention the fact that on the recon-
7neodation of Mayor Low large amount OF add
tionaI revenue had been placed at the disposal or
the city by increasing the assessments on real es-
tate Chairman Wilcox said that not single sun
way had been built since that time
Lawson Purdy president of the Tax Board pre-
sented a table showing that If strict economy
should be practised :he debt margin Of the city on
January l. 1903 would be S27 .00O. 000 He estirat-
ed the debt incurring capacity of the city up 10
January / 1910 as 600. If the city needs
500 000 600 for the regular expenses up TO mat
time a margin of only s20OO0.000 would be left
4 resolution was passed by the meeting that the
influence of those present should be used 10 secure
such legislation would permit building suo"aSs
,- rivate capital under certain conditions, if money
could not be furnished by the city.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
EDITOR LOCKED UP.
Francklyn Lazcrence, of "Society,
Held for Grand Larceny.

Charged with grand larceny and violation OF one
of the sections of the Penal Code relating to the
fraudulent issue of stock. FrancKlyn Lawreiiter
editor Of Society" of No. West 3Ith street, was
arrested last evening at his home by Detective
McConville. of the Central Office
The complainant is Harry Harris, of No. 405 God
street Brooklyn who. the police say. alleges that
the payment of $1,000 to the prisoner he was 10
receive 100 shares Of the stock of the pu0tatior.
DC made advertising manager and was 20
have 80 per of the advertising revenues Of tue
publication obtained by his own endeavoT- Harris
alleges that he deceived. He says he has been
with the publication since 1867.
Detective McConvillc said last evening that the
alleged contract by which Harris was 10 have re-
ceived 50 per cent OF the advertising money. the
100 shares of stock and the receipt for the alleged
payment of the $1,000 to the editor of Society
all in the hands of Assistant District Attorney
McNish The prisoner locked at Police
Headquarters and late hour had not obtained
bail
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY.

Meeting q No. 23 West 44th street
II
tie reaedt of the American Female Guardian Society
and Home for the Frendless Plaza Hotel M
Mee.inE of Yos!sers A storia go
2
Social reunion Of :he school Of Domestic Science No
80 Lexington avenue p
I.ss's.e by Nj. Carrie Chapman cstt BUSINESS
Institute of Music. No 56o West End avenue. = m
% end ' rae s TeaobSFs Filming fs5"G% s6oo q.
I,cz.neton avenue aud 4stn street 4 - m
JOIN Cipman Gray On TIE Nature and Sources OF the
Law" Columbia University, 30 p. m.
Meeting # nc Side Physicians Association Cafe
Reception Tor the Rev Or John u Mackay - Nicholas
avenue. Presbyterian Church evening.
Dinner Of the Indiana Society, Waldorf Astoria p m
- Frederic Eeden The Glass Struggle" under
the auspices Of the Peoples institute, Cooper Union
Meeting Of the New York Railroad Cub No 20 wes:
Meeting - the Century Theatre Club Hotel Astor y m
1rse 'setlre q TIE Ro9rd Of Education p Public
School 155. 81. Nicholas and 127th street
Professor Henry II. Rusby Across South America
7nul strcets. Hyron G Mathews The Production If
% 4ees Mis- 0e IsD6e eqGl 1S' sulqk ana
LAX S3ampalP on GlIustraed. West SIDE Nelshbor-
nriagman; I3udson-Tul'on: The Man and the
I:iyr glustra'edl: Young Mems Benevolent Asso-
distrat@d5: Public school 2 10th street and Thr5
asenae Professor J. Newton Gray. sound: A NODE
Motion Public school Aiosoiu Parkway Brisss
Persia dI1stfateij: Public school II, Fordhsam,
F:eno, iliustraedl rubiS sshoo 2S Anthony aBi
ril H. "!q, is.lan ,o l h's 81 i;iis 5 on s Won
het'.e.I iteanmont and cambreling Clarence
Public 30. Jerome avenue north Of is4th
rgo N He Ia asnu. s b.,rss5 s9nEs S Of Mo a.
retts unionp2rt Mis-, sara a Hsnlon Songs Of
''Belns Broke" is humorous essay by Ciarcne. T.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Thomas Ryan and Biseia Caiandra Wera ar
r. iEred e: Ite TombS court yesterday =
charge of arson. and we're n=id for examination
to-usorTow.
louis Mullaney was sentenced 20 six years ir
STATE prison L.. Judge Foster in General Sessions
,esterdar after beng convicted Of forgery in lI-
second degree
7amee McpouGal the II Island guard WI"
va on trial ia the United States Circuit Court
:1I having permitted alien 10 escape after
receiving .oge -aarks from him. found guilty
sesJerda.-
patrick ,1oian was Iae1tided by Jane a.
l-@t"n Yesterday s. P"lI@e Headquarters a. the
ram who he3d him up In The Bronx on the
night - February = and robbed him Of jerelry
and o-ter vslgabcs
Miss Helen Miller Gould and Dr.. Mary n
Patrick, president OF the American College TO-
Girls const staTnopIe, viii Ice the guests honor
Al a reception at tn Womens University Club
No. j Madison Square North. on Friday at 1 D. m
Charles James. alias John Young. who on Oc-
tober :. 1856 is alleged TO have robbed Charles G
Aver. Il lawyer # No. 20 Broad street. % his
gold watch and chain and q diamond pin. an
valued 8 f60. brought back to this city last
Higl.1. He arrested IA Cincinnati.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
RRoNx COMPLAINS AGAINST n. Y. C
Residents Say There Has Been Great De-
crease IN Train Service.

f-o,,,rlafrrs against the decrease in train ser
,.i.e fo,- roilts in t. Bronx the part Of the
New York Central Railroad were heard by COM
,,,issio,,cr Enstis Of the Public Service Com
mission Yesterday afternoon. The company VIII
~ i, us testimony al an adjourned hearing on
March ..
Albert T. Davis president Of the Civic League
Of The Bronx submitted compilation showing
-l-st whereas on September 20. 1906. forJN-one
,,or1riourd and tEirty-eighI southbound trains
stoned AZ tIIe Mott Haven station, now only
tyvcnty-ninc no~thbounG twiih TWO extra on Sat
,ir,layl and rwenty-eigtt southbound trains stop
en- weekdays
William " Niles. who is counsel for the Au-
ror,ol,ile Cl,sl, OF America. - vigorous in
his aes.unclation Of the Central that Alexander
: LYMAN counsel for the company. objected
several times u am satisfied said Mr. Niles,
THAT TIE company is pursuing deliberate poi
icv 10 s.,lt out lis local service to The Bronx
altogether. They are continually juggling their
timetables IN 2 wa tnat * peculiarly annoying.
-rfev seem to think they are under no obliga-
lion al .ll 10 the city. The Central has been a
curse 10 The Bronx.
TIE fact having been brought out that pas
ser.ccrs boarding trains within lie city limits
were charged Ar excess fee Of 10 cents. Comnlis-
,io,ier j-us1is SAID. To collect such excess fare
7yff9in the city limits is illegal ana the COM
mission mas already Informed the company il
9lsset not require passengers 10 pay ii / would
:se., any one called upon 10 pav this Ia refuse.
20 lle We aIn subpoena the officers Of the COM
la-.> and find ouj about it
e 2! Bardo superintendent OF the electrical
division. said The company proposed put a
,raln to III in 4 interval Of which complaint had
F-a- MADE
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
WILL THE CAT COME BACK TO BABY,

y duly authenticated Jealous cat attacked Nr,
George H. KesseI. OF No. 20 East IS2d street in
her apartment yesterday while she was dressfna
her baby daughter. and Mrs. kesseTs left arm va,
marked by the cats teeth Mrs KesseI fought with
the animal for ten minutes. by the clock with
difficulty and pillow, and prevented the baby
from being scratched.
Suddenly 3frs. KesseI caught the cat bv the nscs
and almost Immediately there was a noise in tbs
courtyard below. Dr. Aaron Bockar. OF No. 3ei
East 115th street. who attending a patient N
the same house with Mrs kessel, attended her
Her son Henry returned shortly afterward and
ca joled the cat into box and shut the lid. Ths
box, after being well shaken. was sent to the So.
ciety for the Prevention OF Cruelty 70 Animals
Mrs. kessel said that the cat had attacked hs,
several times because she fondled little daush.
ter, but the window treatment never having bees
terday.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
A NEW GREEK TRAGEDY
P4RTLY IN YIDDISH.
Hebre1cs PreUent Turk from Get.
ting If-Irisk SAGE Him.

The ambitions Of youthful Turk to prodrr. /.
Greek play. the OF theatrical agency q,
sending six Yiddish actresses and the failure a.
the Turk to produce the Greek drama caused
riot among three hundred-odd members OF Ne~-
Yorks Greek colony In Lyric Hall last night Tbs
Turk Nick Kutugos. of No sci Sixth avenu.
The Greeks mainly peanut sellers with a,
occasional merchant and banker thrown in
The performance was scheduled 20 begin A. :,
o'clock Half hour before Kutugos was stand.
ing in the wings. when up to him staiksd sir
good looking young Yiddish girls
''Guten aben.'' they cried in chorus
Kutugos replied surIily in choice Osmarh
WAS list das?' asked one of the six.
kutUgos said things in eirs.k t,..
time. and stage carpenter came to the yssr,
by saying in English that the girls we're actra...,
and were to play in Mr. Kutugos's play
But they can't speak Greek-this is 4 c:-s.,.
play
And Kutusos his hands through his hair r..
a real play producer
The scene shifted to the front Of the hons, ,,
was S 80 Three hundred pairs feet were sra-,1
ing and half as many voices were crying FOR ,ba
play
This kept up till O'Clock Then .hsv
to shout that they'd kill somebody. And for -
they continued making noise and threats till rbs 49,
rival Of detectives from the TenderIoin station
The two detectives were approached BY r.n,,
Chisco, OF No. 44o West 3sth street. who said -,
Kutusos. in not producing the Greek drama a, :.
tences in taking the ticket money
kutugos explained that IL six actresses csrfs 49,,
speak Greek when he thought they could .L.
wasn't his fault. He was placed under arrest hon
ever
When the detectives started toward the doo- .t..
BIN there was mad rush By the entire a1dienc. :,
get at kutugos- Angry voices. threatening sesu-o,
and blows aimed at kutUgOs caused the detec+iv.,
to send in hurry call for the reserves and TO ts.,
Greece from being avenged
The detectives that their only sa faty, La =,
flight So. putting the unfortunate upIifter of tho
Greek stage between them. they reached Broadway
and 41st street in safety. distance OF two blocks
Then the three hundred piled around them until
patTolnlan at that corner scattered the crowd H,
his night stick So down Broadway went the rhrao
followed by the three hundred camorin for the liz,
of its Turk.
At 5ith street the patrol wagon, with its Ioad a.
reserves which was IT'S way 70 the relief a.
Lyric Hail. was stopped by the two Irish detec
tives- VINO announced their presence with a coupls
or shTlH blasts on their whistles for help
AS the reserves poured of the wagon N.
crowd dispersed Then the Turkish upIifter a,
Greek drama was bundled into the patrol Al rhs
police station he was locked up. charged with Oh
tanning money under false pretences
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
HOLD SECRETARY FOR LARCENY.

Charged with grand larceny. a said by the
police to be Joseph e. Dexter the secretary of the
Souvenir Postcard Company. at Nos q and 4s
Mercer street, arrested last evening and locked
up at Police Headquarters. Three other men, said
by the police to be employees of the company, were
also locked up Police Headquarters suspicious
persons. They gave their names James Luken,
a clerk; John Cappelini. messenger and john
Neville. a driver for the concern.
The complainant against the secretary OF the COM
pany is AnCel J. Brown. the president of the
Souvenir Postcard Company. who went to Police
Headquarters several days ago and complained that
he had missed large quantities OF his stock Of post
cards Detectives the secretary Of the company
sold orders of postcards firms and made en-
tries of the transactions. They say that the
alleged thefts amount to between $500 and s5,oc
The employees held accomplices-
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
MOTORMAN GETS S12,5OO DAMAGES

Twelve men in the Supreme Court decided yester-
day that Patrick Flanagan was entitled to Sl25OO
damages from the Union Street Railway Company,
in whose employ he was, for injuries received IN
staving on his car in endeavor to save the lives
of thirty passengers.
FIanagans right leg is now two and a quarter
inches longer than the left his face bears great
scar where the surgeons in st. Johns Hospital in
Yonkers. where he lay for nineteen weeks sewed
up a cut after mending his fractured jaw The
cdent occurred two years ago the Jerome
nue. hill, near the entrance to the Empire City
track in Yonkers.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
MET. EXHIBITS NEW CAR
"Pay-as- You Enter Vehicle Takes
q TriD in Fourth 4Ucnue.

For exhibition purposes the first ''pay-as-you-
enter" car yesterday from Astor Place
and Broadway to 42d street and Vanderbilt Place
in Fourth 1t was closed to passengers
but Oren Root ir the general manager of the
Metropolitan Railway system. with T. A De-
laney. the superintendent of transit: W. ID. Derr
the general superintendent, and Alexander Nc
Iver. superintendent of equipment had as guests
newspapermen, to whom they explained the "orh-
ings of the car.
The. company has 155 cars ready for use ana
it is expected to start the service on Sunday
morning at about o'clock from 146th street
and Lenox avenue. The maximum number or
cars this line-that is, from the
Brooklyn Bridge and Astor Place to 13oth street
is 10 1t is expected that in the rush hours
some of the old will have 10 be used, but
should the system prove success the rolling
stock will be increased by one hundred cars and
the system put on other lines. the first additional
service to be Eighth avenue The cars are
longer by ten feet than any now in use. which
has compelled the company to change the
switches Other changes not necessary.
Mr. Root said:
This idea was opposed two years ago By
nearly all railway managers Since the success
in Montreal, where it originated, and in Chicago
on the Cottage Grove line, opinions have changed
Accidents will be reduced a minimum. Near
ly 80 per cent come from getting on or off In
Montreal accidents have been eliminated In
Chicago they have been reduced inapprec
able number
Another advantage will come from the limit
ing of the number of passengers in a car We
y not purpose that more than seventy-fve shall
be carried time. When the number reaches
the seventy-five limit shall put sign on the
rear of the car reading Car Full The sign of
full will certainly never have to be put on
below seth street
There will be delay because of the making
of change The platforms VIII hold twenty-five
passengers on the way to the interior, and nearly
half Of that number will he disposed of before
the has admitted the last of a rush. The
conductor will use the treade TO ring up the
fares"
Putting One for Hiram is of course. another
shorty Mctabe by SeweIl Ford. And OF course,
49, :, good sundays Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20

"PeiHr Broke IL . humorous essay by Ciarcn..
allen "a Sundays Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20

Putting One for Hiram" is, of another
shorty Nct abe story ny Sewe Ford And. of course,
49, sundays Tribune
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
George wasbington

UNTO every generation of Ameri-
cans George Washington is justly
held to be the purest figure in
- history-a superb example of the
perfect citizen just and righteous
ruler and "a light for after time"
This commanding personality had a
magnificent physique. He stood over six
feet in his stockings, was remarkable for
horsemanship, agility and strength-ths
finest gentleman and athlete of his day.
His constitution was of iron and he
knew how to keep it so. His biographers
declare that in eating and in drinking as
in all things he was normal; enjoying
the juice of the malt all the days of his
life. He drank it around campfires, as
well as in his own home and upon social
and state occasions.
Furthermore, upon his Mount Vernon
plantation he had brew house, as was
the regular custom of wealthy Virginians.
I'm Virginia the bre~.d beer from nal. imported
from England. Natl Mag. Hist. vol ID pags $50.
Stearn ibid"
History Of Virginia. by Roger Beverly.
Colonial Liquor Law. (Thomasl page Co.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-20
TO ORGANIZE RED CROSS LEGION.

A legion OF the American National Red Cross
will be organized tonight at the kayaderOSeTos
Club house No 6O5 West 17Sth street. 1t requires
three hundred members of the organization TO
form a legion. and this is the first be formed in