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The sun., 1908-02-28
ERIE TO USE RIVER TUBES.
President Underwood says Contract with
Tunnel Company Has Been signed.

President InuerWOOu says COnJracJ WIN
Tunnel Company Has Been signed.
MoNTcLAIR, N. j., Fen. 27.-In response
to questions OF commuters along the Green
wood Lake branch OF the Erie Railroad
President F. ID. Underwood has given out
the information that through service in
the McAdoo tunnel will be available for
passengers from Montclair and other points.
-The contract between the Erie Railroad
and the Hudson River Tunnel Company
has already been signed" said Mr.. Under
wood, -and we can make connections with
the new tunnel within a few months. The
Erie Railroad will positively connect with
the new tunnel"
President Underwood also declares that
the Greenwood Lake branch Of the Erie
Railroad will be electrically equipped rs
soon az the financial conditions warrant
the necessary expenditure.
The sun., 1908-02-28
LETTER OF or EDIT MULTIPLIED.
Issued In New York. Returned. CAsheH In
Eight CItIes-LOss sIOO 900.
.speeial Cable pe,pateh 10 I'VE ST

Special CGoIs Despatch 10 THE SUS.
PARIS. Feb. 27.-The police here are in
vestigating an ingenious swindle involving
100000. Six months ago a man deposited
large sum OF money in a well known bank
in New York, asking for letter Of credit.
which was given to him. He returned the
letter in a few days, saying he had no
further use for it. and withdrew the money
from the bank.
In the meantime, however. the letter
of credit was photographed and several
clever reproductions were mailed to ac-
completes. who cashed them simultane-
ously In London, Hamburg. Paris. Mar
seilles, Rome, Genoa, Munich and Vienna
As yet no clue has been discovered that
would lead TO the Identification OF the
swindlers
The sun., 1908-02-28
TO SETTLE STRIKES.
Information Via Canada About . Policy
at washington.

MONTREAL. Feb. 27.--Dr. Victor s. Clark
Of Washington. who has been requested by
President Roosevelt to visit Canada to in
vestigate the operation OF the industrial
disputes act, stated to-day that strikes in
the United States were running trade and
driving business out Of the country.
He said that the Government has decided
to pass legislation OF a conoiliatory nature
which will have the eject OF settling trade
disputes by board OF arbitration along
lines Of the Canadian disputes act.
The sun., 1908-02-28
BURGLAR AT n. W. BUCKLEYS.
Scared by Dogs Barking, Disappears by
Way Of the Roof.

A burglar forced his way at 1880 last
night into the home Of Richard ". Buckley,
an architect. at So East Seventy-third street
and got away with $50 in cash and a gold
bracelet. The barking Of Mr.. Buckley's
pet dog, Prince. aroused the household, but
before Mr.. Buckley or any OF the servants
reached the top floor, where the intruder
was rummaging through the servants
rooms, he went out the window and
shlnnied up to the roof and got away.
A squad Of reserves surrounded the block
and every roo flop wss searched, but no
trace Of the burglar was found. DR.. J. II.
Frankenberg and Mrs. Elias. who occupy
the houses adjoining the Buokleys, heard
the footsteps on the roofs. and while the
detectives could ind no getaway aloft still
they couldn't find the intruder.
The sun., 1908-02-28
MISSOURI INDORSES TAFT.
states Delegates At Large Instructed to
Vote for the Secretary.

ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 27.-The Republican
State convention to-day indorsed Taft
for President and instructed the States
four delegates at large to vote for him;
indorsed Herbert s. Hadley for Governor,
elected Charles Nagel Of St. Louis national
committeeman, selected four delegates
at large and four alternates TO the Repub-
lican national convention and nominated
eighteen Presidential electors.
The committee on resolutions avsrted
resolution offered by friends OF T. X.
Niedringhaus. who was defeated for ma
tional committeeman, in favor Of the sub
mission to the people OF a prohibition amend
ment to the Constitution.
Tbe delegates at large are Senator William
Warner. Attorney General Herbert s. Had
ley, John II. Boutwell, and John II. Holmes.
The sun., 1908-02-28
NO INCREASED PAY FOR ARMY.


WASHINGTON. Feb 27.-The House Of
Representatives spent most Of to-day's
session discussing point Of order made by
Mr.. Tawney OF Minnesota. chairman Of the
Committee on Appropriations. against the
proposed increase OF pay Of enlisted men In
the army carried In the Army Appropriation
be in favor Of the increase. but Mr.. Tawney
and those who took the efsame view insisted
that II should come in a separate bill in ac-
cordance with the rules AL provisions In
the bill affecting the rate Of pay for enlisted
men went out on points Of order.
The sun., 1908-02-28
HUGHES FIGHT on IN NkENTUCKY,
A. u. Humphreys starts Movement 20 Get
states Dedication.

LoUIsvILLE, Feb. 27.-A. b. Humphreys
of New York, who is enlisted in the cam
paign Of Gov. Hughes for the Republican
President nomination, came TO Louisville
to-day.
He met a number Of local and State work.
ers at the Gait House and machinery was
set in motion for gaining ~ many State
delegates as possible.
The sun., 1908-02-28
STOLE DIAMONDS WORTH $50, 600
Salesman COnfesSes to TheTtS From His
Employer.

Harry Levison, diamond salesman )
confessed to Assistant District Attorney
MCGUIRE yesterday that he had stolen
$50 900 worth OF diamonds from his en-
pIoyer, Marx @. Levy, a diamond dealer at
81 Maiden lane. LevisOn pleaded guilty In
General Sessions TO an indictment for steal
ing a diamond worth s7OO, but then he
owned up that he had stolen much more
and pawned all the diamonds with pawn
brokers.
LeVison gave the names OF the pawn
brokers and Judge Mulquesn issued sub
p0nas for them to appear In court on March
5, when Levison will be sentenced. IL the
diamonds can be identified Judge Mulqueen
viii probably order that they be returned
to Levy.
I.evison. who is 70 years old, lived at
II East 10th street. He said he spent
the money on specializing In Wall Street
and betting on horseraces.
The sun., 1908-02-28
RUMOR ABOUT SNOW.
Tip That tho DefAuItIng ExITreasurer IL
IN Toronto.

Information reached the Brooklyn police
yesterday that Henry Sanger Snow. tho
defaulting ex-treasurer Of tho New York
and New Jersey Telephone Company. who
seen In a hotel in Toronto. Canada, on
Wednesday.
Acting Captain Kuhne az once got into
communication with the police Of Toronto
and II he has reason to suspect that Snow
is hiding In that city he win send couple
Of his men there Immediately.
The sun., 1908-02-28
5000 MORE MEN FOR MOROCCO.
Gen. Lyautey TO suDersede Gen. D'Amadc
IN Command.
Special Gable Despatch to 'rHR sun.

Special Gable Despatch 10 THR Sun.
PARIS. Feb. 2s.--Ths Petit P0risien says
it understands that the Government has
decided TO send 5000 reenforcements 10
Morocco, making the force there 10000
men.
1t adds that Gen. Lyautey, who very
successfully commanded on the eastern
frontier round Oudjda, will take command
Of the forces, superseding Gen. d'Amade.
The sun., 1908-02-28
Fourteen Postmaster In Tart Con veutIOu.

\ GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. 27.-The
Tenth district Republican convention At
Bay City to-day chose z. B.. Foss OF Bay
City and Nelson Sharp Of West Branch
delegates to the national convention. Reso-
hntionA adopted indorse Roosevelt and
instruct for Taft. There were fourteen
poatmastsrs In the convention.
The sun., 1908-02-28
MAN AND WIFE CONVICTED.
Mr.. and Mrs. GagIIO Sent 90 Prison on
Charges Of Arson.

lhATBbB OF AFbOH.
man and his wife who were convicted
in General Sessions Of arson were sentenced
yesterday by Judge Grain to not less
than ten years and four months and not
more than fifteen years and four months,
the woman to go to Auburn and the man
TO Sing Sing.
The prisoners were Carmela Gaglio and
his wife, Ignatia. They set fire to their
apartments in a double decker tenement
at 81 Chrystie street. There were twenty
families, aggregating ISO persons. in the
houaa
The sun., 1908-02-28
FOR PREACHING POLYGAMY.
Mormon EvangelISt Imprisoned and EN-
PEELED From SWITZERLAND.

Special Gable Dsspateh 10 THH Sun.
GENEVA. Feb. 27.-The American Nor
mons who were arrested recently at Chur,
capital Of the canton Of 0risons. have been
sentenced to serve three days in prison.
Afterward they will be expelled from
Switzerland for preaching polygamy.
The sun., 1908-02-28
ORMoND.DAYroNA AUTO RACE.

Mch 81. The Sesboard Florida LlmIted-daly--alI
PuIlmAnS-travels shortest route, Through Pine.
hurst Camden % +saysn1sh Ine A. q A uses tAs
The sun., 1908-02-28
Plot AGAINST ALFONSO.
Two Men Arrested while King Reviews
the spanish TrOOps.

opeoldI Cd0ls DsaDdIch % Inn Sun.
PARIS. Feb. 7s.-The MatiR says that a
plot against the life OF King Alfonso has
been discovered in Madrid.
Two men suspected OF completely in the
conspiracy were arrested at Caramanohel
while the King was reviewing the troops.
The sun., 1908-02-28

FORTY TRAINS TO PHILADELPHIA
Every weekday via Pennsylvania Railroad
Twenty .nlne every sunday. Three sistiOns in
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
BRISK LONG ISLAND TRADING.

The Mccormack Real Estate Company reports
the following sales at its tract Valley Stream
Long Island: To Katie Daley. 40x100 feet, Mineols
ave: F. K Dirthck, 40x1oo feet, Merrick Boule-
ward; Fanny Koshuck, 100x10o feet, oxford st P
j Gibbons. 4ox10O feet, Terrace Place; Mary
Keneay, 4x1O0 feet. Cottage st; J. Donnellon
4ox10o feet, Terrace Place; c. & O. Utznger, 4ox1oo
feet Merrick Boulevard. and eoxlo0 feet. Emerson
Place; A. Meyer S0x1o0 feet Frankline st: L. Bois
set, 60x10o feet, Merose st. b Burke 4Ox1oo feet,
Maple st, and TO Clarence Lutz, S0x1o9 feet Haw-
thorne
At its Floral Park tract: To W. S. Lavne, eox1OO
feet Locust st; Mary P. Washburn. 100x1Oo feet
Spruce st; Eugene Faiaro, 40x1O0 feet. Locust
William Saunders 12ox1o0 feet, Carnation ave; j.
Mostuschodt +ox1o0 feet Spruce st; w. Watson
60x1o0 feet, Poplar St; o. A. Menzel, e0xloo feet
Poplar St; F. T. Jefers. 60xcO feet Carnation ave
Leo Dempsey, 10Ni0o feet Walnut st; Jennie A
Mccarthy, 1coxlss feet, Floral Parkway: r. W
Wood Sxloo feet, Beech st: Arthur Eicke 4Ox10O
feet, Locust St, and to Miss z Endenan sox1Oo
feet
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
THESE SILKS LOADED.
Forty-three Per Cent Tin in Some Samples
at Teachers College Exhibit

The woman who is proud Of her new silk dress
because il is $50 heavy that it viii stand alone
would better not visit the annual exhibit Of equip
rnent and work now .n progress at Teachers Col
lege A very brief inspection Of that part Of the
exhibit on view in Room 40s viii convince her
that probably her silk is mostly tin Here are
squares Of siIk-purchased al random from de
partrnent stores-wlich have been subjected to
chemical tests which took the metals with
which they loaded. Some had AZ per cent.
and very slight skeleton Of silk is left
There is distinguished chemist in this city
said one Of the teachers in the college laboratory
70 q Tribune reporter. who devotes his time to
finding out how to load silks with metals He is
very proud because he has discovered sou-
tion which win put 70 per cent Of tin into silk
He says he expects 10 make a million dollars out
that discovery.
We intend keep with our experiments
and if we gather sufficient data shall try 10
get pure textiles hill before Congress
The normal training department and the class in
interior decoration at Teachers College combined
this years exhibit. anc the result is q series
OF booths in which furniture hang1Rgs, etc. made
by the pupils. arranged IN a manner to show
the possibilities in artistic home making. One
hibit in the dressmakng department will be Of
special interest Of limited income A
group Of pupils have made a suggestive outfit"
showing Just how well woman dress
annual outlay Of $50 year. Worked out a
three wears basis-adoFted because there some
things which do have 20 be rsplenished every
year-ths sum allows three sS5 suits that period
two party dresses, and other matters in proper
tion. II the makes the underwear hats
etc. herself the pupils did who prepared this
exhibition outfit she can. Of course. afford every
thing of nicer quality than If she hires them
made.
The exhibition is fun Of interest for teachers
One exhibit prepared in response a request
from the authorities Of public school in Tenafy
n. J. They wanted know how much il would
equip department OF domestic science
Here is the department. worked out in detail with
particulars the cost
Only eight sections Of Teachers College are ex-
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
B ARNARD LIFTS VEIL
Kicker, FLut and Engaged Girls
ReueaIed by Class Day Orator.

All the secrets OF the class Of os Of Barnard
College were revealed to a curious public yester-
CAV morning the class day exercises in the
Columbia Eyrana siun. Ali the world knows now
that she average age Of these sweet girl graduates
Is twenty-one years and five months and that
three Of them are engaged 1t seemed TO be taken
for granted by the statstician that these three
would get married after graduation. The others
have arranged their future as follows: Thlrty-lVe
Will travel seven VIII stay al home, nine will loaf
and invite their souls. four will continue their
studies, four VIII engage in Settlement work one
Will he q librarian and one a Young Women
Christian Association secretary, while nine don't
know what they will DO
BY ballotiHg the following interesting facIs
were established. namely, that Miss Margaret Hall
Yates is the prettiest girl in the class MISS Mar
guerite Corlies Newland, the most popular, Mrs
Helmina Jeidell, the most popular in Brooks HAN
Miss Mary Agnes Casey. the biggest hiTt; Miss
Annie Grace Turnbull the best natured; Miss
Gertrude Rose Stein the biggest kicker; Miss Hllda
Elizabeth Wells, the best dancer: Miss Helen Rem
wick Glen the quietest; Miss Dora Askowith. the
most studious: Miss Eleanor Cary Hunsdon. the
most ardent suffragette; Miss Mary Agnes Miller,
the -roossies1-; Miss Olive Leah Roe. the best
dressed: Miss Florence Sanmet, the hufhest; Miss
Ellen Kathryn O'Gorraan, the biggest buffer; Miss
Ada Hermne Muller (the class baby. the most
sentimental: Miss Cornelia Andrews Flack. the
1eatest Miss Dorothea Eltzner the cleverest; Miss
Florence Josephine Masten. the most athletic. ser-
Gus and ideaIistic; Miss Jessie Ferguson Houston.
the most sensible Miss Mary MaNon the most
generally excellent
Miss Yates also gave some statistics about the
faculty. Professor Algernon de Vivian Tassin had
been voted the biggest dude she said, because he
had forty-five sticknins, 261 ties and glove.
Professor Charles Beard was pronounced the most
popular and Professor Henry Moore the most kind
hearted.
the class Will read by Miss Adelaide ReQua left
10 Professor Tassin subscription to any fashion
magazine he might prefer To the faculty the class
becueathed its forgiveness, and TO the registrar,
Miss Agnes opdylse. Q. X. degree
The gift the college presented 10y Mrs Jeidell,
was 8 salnovar, and the gifts TO the class, pre-
serlted by Miss Florence Martha Wolff, included
doctors hoods the erinds. carpet sweepers for
me domestic and butterflies for the frivolous.
The salutatory given by Miss Ellen Kathryn
OGorrnan and the valedictory by Miss Marguerite
Newland.
The ceremonies closed with the Barnard yell.
given hy a score Of Columbia boys who graced
the occasion 10y their presence
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
Notice of Summons.

S,UPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
- New CoUnty.-Charles Weisberger Plaintiff.
against Helene Stein. Harry Cioodsein, Palmer.
William Oppenheim Patrick J. Tague. New York Tele-
Company, & Company. Joseph Cohen.
Joseph being fictitious real first unknown to plain
John p Morris Cohen. Morris being fictitious
real first unknown plaintiff. IsdoEe De Bear.
name sidore fictitious real first unknown to
plaintiff James Wallace, Arthur Ross first name being
fictitious being unknown to paintn, William
Montgomery name William being fictitious. real first
name unknown plaintiff Alfred Kahn. Alfred
Kahn being fictitious, real unknown to plaintiff
party intended being occupying store OF
this complaint, Defendants-Tria
desired n York County Supplemental summons
To the above named Defendants: are hereby
moned the supplemental complaint in this
action Of your answer on the plain
within twenty (2o days after the services
summons exclusive Of the day Of service and
failure appear. answer. Judgment
against by default for the relief de-
uanded the complaint
Dated New York April 81 1908.
ARNOLD IICHTIG Plaintiffs Attorney. ONCE and
Office Address. No. 1I5 Broadway. Manhattan. City
York.
mons served upon you by publication.
order OF Hon. A Blanchard Of the Justices
Of the Supreme Of the State Of New York dated
the 9th day May, 1903, and filed the 11th OF
Nav 1905 with copy OF the supplemental complaint IN
this Office Of the Clerk OF the County
of Manhattan. city and County OF New York in said
state which supplemental complaint originally
filed the 2st day Of April. 1905 The
original complaint duly filed in said Office the
18th day April 1905
Dated New York May II, 1908
ARNOLD IICHTIG, Attorney for Plaintiff. Office
Post Office Address. liz Broadway Borough Man
haitian, City Of New York.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
DANCES ON THE GREEN.
Tao Thousand Little Girls Dance IN
Central Park.

Two thousand little girls coming from fifty Of
the New York public schools, danced folk dances
on the grass in Central Park yesterday afternoon
They came by schools, each lot shepherded by two
or three anxious teachers, and gathered on the
green Of the Mall BY the time the dances
began a large section Of the population in that vi
cinity became that something was happen
ing. and the policemen had their hands full keep
ing back the crowds.
The affair demonstration by the girls
branch of the Public Schools Athletic League
First the schools danced separately, scattered
the green. each band OF dancers with its own ring
OF interested spectators. Two Bohemian dances
the Strasak and another, came first Then the
band played jig, and the children bounced up
and down in the Irish Washerwoman. There were
Scotch dances, too-the Highland fling and one
other; there Russian dances and last the
familiar Swedish Oxdonsen. After this the chill
dren, all of them, formed into an immense
ring, and danced and sang TO the music of the
.'Carousal" From this the band swung into
Dixie" at which signal the small dancers, in their
bright dresses, made Kaleidoscope run for the
band stand. Last of all, the band played The
Star-Spangled Banner, and all the children
massed around the stand-Poes and Bohemans
Jews and blue-eyed Irish girls. and a dozen other
nationaities- Joined in the
Among the people who came TO see the dances
were Mrs Russell Sage, who was accompanied
by Lortllard Spencer, jr.; Mrs Egerton L. Win
throp, jr; the Misses Tuckerman, Mrs. Robert l.
Belknap and Miss Belknap, Miss Catherine S. Lev
erich president Of the girls branch, and Dr
Luther II. Gulick, secretary of the Public Schools
Athletic League Miss Elizabeth Burchenal. in
spector of athletics, directed the dancers.
Few OF the girls wore any special costume. The
contingent from Public School 25 in The Bronx
proudly sported boomers, and asserted that they
couldn't have done the highland fling half SO well
in skirts. Public School 1S8 had the school num-
her embroidered on each individual breast. Still
other schools lent picturesqueness TO the scene
with vivid red hair ribbons and badges and many
colored banners Haunting against the green of the
grass and trees.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
PERRY BELMONT SELLS.
4n 4rt Dealer Gets His Fifth
1renue House.

Perry Belmont has sold No $50 5th ave, north
west of 47th ST. five story dwelling house,
a lot 25.5x1oo feet columbia College leasehold).
William A White & Sons were the brokers. Ar
thur Tooth, dealer is the buyer.
DR.. Sidney S. Graber has bought No. 1S East list
St, a four story dwelling house. The buyer will
remodel 1t into an American basement structure.
Edgar T. Kingsley has sold for the Freehold
Construction Company (Nevins & Perelman) No
l2o East 10th st, three story brick dwelling
house. lot 16.S1l0011 feet. The sellers purchased
the property last week at auction.
]. R. Thomas has sold to Eugene Vallens No
3l2 West S7th ST. three story brownstone dwell
ing house, lot l7x100S feet.
John P. Kirwan g. Co. have sold No 169 West
sSth ST. a three story dwelling house, lot 16.Sx
1908 feet.
The Butler & Herman Company has sold for
Leopold Louis the plot 75x1OO feet on the east side
of Southern Boulevard. 200 feet south of 172d st.
Frank L. Burt, the buyer. gives In exchange the
large house plot 75x145 feet at the Boulevard
and Deems ave. Westereigh Staten Island.
Jacob Rosborg has sold to a client of John II. &
Sumner Deane four lots at the northeast corner OF
225th st. and Jacobus place, Marble Hill Richard
Alexander associated broker.
NJ. Miller has resold John Unger the plot, 1Z5x
1s2 feet in Bronx Park East. rs feet north of War
ing ave: also plot 50x1oO feet abutting Barker
ave. Mr. Miller recently bought the property at
the Wolfe estate sale
Hertz & Co. have sold the FIVE story fathouse at
the northwest of Oakland place Clinton
ave. for Hynnan Ringler.
Gustave Kugelman has for Marie Kugelman
to William Zopf the two family house the west
side of Commonwealth ave, 125 feet north of Ire
mont ave; also. for Marie T. Campbell to H.
Kuntze, Lot No 394, Hammand ave-; also, for
Carl Grossman to Thomas Rogers the family
house the east side of St. Lawrence ave. Is
south of Mansion st; also, the lot 25xOO feet
on the west side OF Commonwealth ave, 75 feet
south of Mansion ST, for Frank T. Hattin to Marie
Kugelman. who has resold the property to Carl
New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
REALTY NOTES.

Joseph F. Fest has leased the three story and
basement building No. 4Os West 10th st. to the 9th
Assembly District Republican organization for the
three years
Herbert A. Sherman has rented another of the
H. o. Havemeyer cottages at Bayberry Point
Islp, Long Island. to Arnold G. Dana There are
only three remaining out of ten.
Pease & Gilman have leased for Louis Hosmer
No. 107 East 18th ST. also No. IS West 10th St for
Alfred J. Cammeyer; also No 4s West 18th St for
DR.. Janeway, and for Robert Goelet his garage
at Nc 140 East 65d ST
The Ernestus Gulick Company has sold at ia
nlaica Estates a one-half acre plot at Doncaster
Boulevard and Midland Parkway to Francis II
Kimball, the architect. Mr.. Kimhail is drawing
the plans for home, which he expects TO erect on
the plot this year. plot of six lots on Avon
Road. between Doncaster Boulevard and Kent
Road, has been sold to Henry CARPENTER