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New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
BARNARD SENIORS OPEN STOCKINGS
Some Fuller than Others but All Receive
Christmas Presents.

Stately Barnard seniors unbent whle they Sa' oi'
the floor opening Christmas stockings yesleIudS
ternoon Before Santa Claus distributed tie PiT'
ents they held a mock session OF school Wheh t,Ie
bright children solved such problems IF you take
19O9 from the college what will remain An
swer Nothing" There were six little ooys III
ron1pers and Dutch clips and little girls VINO quar-
relied over peppermint drops. Because II was
Christmas teacher announced tnat Ihe SOON W
dren'' would speak pieces
After school Santa Claus came running IN wiz
a Merry Christmas ALL. the curtain was roiieu
back and revealed the glistening Christmas tree
niIed high with stockings and boxes For seVelaI
davs these stockings had been the sensation OF 'fe
college as they hung on the senior lockers t To-
girls stocking surreptitiously sWlpeu pS ~
girl who had been assigned 10 IT, anu iii41 ~
knocks and eats.
Tba class president received little doll IN cap
and gown and tiny gavel. and the class crush
got an assortment of hearts; the engaged slll go .
wedding bell The more popular the girl the bigger
her stocking had to be; on the other hand, IL was
binted that the girls with large feet borrowed their
habv sisters socks. After the seniors had OpeH7u =
+bei- stockings there was jubilee Of kissing ana
huggng then a singing of class songs ana 0'OO-
h., until next wear" Merry Christmas
. The sonbomores are full Of the Christmas spirit
f,r thew celebrate twice this week They had
spider web party where all the threads leu |" pIIS
ents on a Christmas tree. Last night IHeJ Aat tAo
sonhornore dance in Thompson Gymnasium WHICH
20. dacoratAd with college flags and tmprovised
tete-A-tetes for which the dormitory rooms nau @
baen stripped The dance orders were OF wniIe
leather with tiny gilt Indian heads OF LO4nse'&i'
the II mascot -,
Not IN he outdone in frivolity by the odds, the
aven classes had celebration. too. The nrst year
,en,, invited their Junior lady friends TO coti-
lon one afternoon. The gentlemen were OF various
oges Gr iudged by costumes). for there were wee
bovs in Buster Brown suits and young sWeIls
| in tuxedos Devoted SWANS sent flowers to thelr
LADY, friends and several couples were known 10
have cut their dances and spent the afternoon IN
o,iet corner of the theatre In the cocltoh the
/ f.,-ors 1vare knocks" One girl had three boy
dolls 80 that for once she will have enough men
| to take her home from a dance
The FACULTY did its share in Christmas observance
zoo The chapel service yesterday was devoted 70
C,,rtstroas reading and music. and the Glee Club
[ sang specially arranged songs
New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
HEWITT V4LET ON STAND.
asserts Woman Said She Persuaded
Testator to Add CodicilS.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l

opexo n y Dec. 1G-At to-day's pr1ceedlnss
:, the fight to break the will of Frederick T.
Hewitt of Owego, it was announced by MI iaFioI'
~ counsel for the New York Post-Graduate Med'-
cal School and Hospital. to which is oequea'he"
81 Ooo COO that there would be no cross-exanlnauoh
Of Mrs Fanny whitney. who is the daughter OF
Mrs Charlotte H Arnot. of Elmira, the contestant
and who on her direct examination gave testimony
tending 10 show that at the time Mr.. Hewitt n1aue
his will he was of unsound mind.
Frank Belden. who was Mr.. Hewitts valet test-
fed that during the year when the testator maze
his will the latter would not permit his STOCKINGS
10 he washed. The witness also corroborated an
other servants testimony that Mr.. Hewitt did not
take bath during the last year of mis- life lie
said that Mr. Hewitt had told him that ne IN
tended TO leave his rare collection of carved worries
furniture and family plate worth many thoasdhu
dollars, to Mrs. Arnot-
Reden also stated that Miss Sarah Peck, or TINS
village who the contestant asserts exerted an un-
due influence over Mr.. Hewitt in the making OF
the codicils to the will addressed Mr. hewitt III
endesring terms and kissed him IN the witness
presence on the day the testator executor one OF
the codcils later told the witness that she had
pers,laded Mr. Hewitt make the codieils as eN-
ecuted The breaking Of these codicts. however
would not affect the bequests to the New York IN
stitutions The case adjourned unul Jan
uary is.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
BAsso OF SANDWICH FAME, DEAD.
One of the Best Known of the Older Italian
Residents of New York.

Angelo Basso. who was one OF the best known or
the older italian residents OF this city died at MS
home No 1SS Thompson street, early on THURSDAY
morning after en illness of three years. Mrs. Basso
who has been i'll for time, is in serious con-
dition due 10 her husbands death, and may not re-
cover. - u
Basso, who sixty-nine years old, was born IN
Genoa About forty years ago he came TO this
country and opened grocery store In Greene
street He prospered, and moved to Prince street.
and from there to No. l4S Bleecker street. Whefe
he was considered of the most prosperous Ital-
ian merchants of the city Three years ago, when
his health began to fail he turned over most OF ms
business to his sons. Louis and Joseph.
One of Basso's hobbies was his sandwiches whlch
were known all over New York. Small boys PED
died them in front of the theatres and no one
thought in the old days that he had enjoyed NM
self at Madison Square Garden unless he had eaten
several OF 'Basso's sandwiches
The funeral will be held this morning al ~
o'clock from the Church of Our Lady OF Pompeh,
at Bleecker and Downing streets
New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
TO AnEND MARRIAGE Law
Health Department You'd ELlma-
nate Present Publicity.

Owing 20 the difficulty of keeping correct rec
ord of the marriages in this city, effort to amend
the law will be made at the next session OF the
LEGISLATURE This amendment will, If enacted
make the Health Department the sole repository OF
the records Il was said at the department yester-
dav that it would be almost impossible 10 MAINTAIN
the continuity Of the marriage records unless the
change was made.
As City Clerk Scully has pointed out, more than
five hundred cergymen and others have violated
the act in not making returns Of the license ana
certificate within the forty day limit Far more
have not reported 10 the Health Department as re-
orired by the law Threats of suit have been made
with the result that many papers have been nleo.
The Brooklyn record for eleven months or 19VS
has been completed, and Is follows:
Licenses issued up TO December !, 1922; returns
to the clerks office 9,505; returns to the Heaith
Department. 9175, $40 less than to the clerk S
office In 1897 the marriages recorded in the
Health Department for Brooklyn for eleven months
were II 624 as compared with the 9,lI5 for thls
year. 4 falling off of 2,449-
In Manhattan there were issued about $4,000
licenses I'D to December !, OF which 2.702 have
been recorded in the Health Department MT.
Scully was able TO give the returns In his once
Yesterday for the eleven months
The falling off of marriages recorded in the
Health Department for the entire city for the
eleven months was large. in 1897 the number for
that period having been 46,24S. and this year only
% 24S a difference of l2,SZO ,,, ~
partuent said yesterday that this ia ling OF was
not due to fewer marriages of New Workers neces-
sarily The records for eleven months IN 1917 Were
tho records given for the eleven months OF thls
year we're only of those reported
New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
DECISION AGAINST ?. S. c
r4npelIate DiUision Holds That Its
Transfer Order Nay Be ReUie1ced.

,,,..s;,s .ha, the acts of the Public Service
Commission in ordering the restoration OF trans
,ers between the 5eth line and the lines OF
she Metropolitan Street Railway Company cross
So, ., were OF a serni-judicial character. the Ap-
,,allste Division OF the Supreme Court yesterday
denied a motion for the Quashing OF the VIII Oh
cer4io-a-i obtained hy the receivers Of the Metro
olitan This viii undoubtedly lead TO the first real
rest Of the constitutionality OF the part OF inc
,,s,,,c service law which gives the Public service
commissions the right Ak rates and estaohsn
transfers between intersecting lines
However the Appellate Division does not enter
that field now Presiding Justice Patterson VINO
writes the opinion. in which all the justices con-
cur saying;
The decision goes no further than 10 determine
that the particular order g whch Ine itr &C
nov object and the proceedings leading 10 IT'S IS
be reviewed by certloTarl-
The opinion says further:
Il is not Gained by The commission that the
action Of the Public Service Commission ~
Fhe order brought to our attention Is oes g- ;
some power Of review by the courts buI ~ a. ~
sisted that may cnly pe mao IN te, ltSe
proceedings either 10y way OF IN
-o restrain the commission from enforcing IL "
order or nv defence application mace py lile
commission 10 compel compliance. -. ,o,,-+ is
The question. therefore. now hefore lhe -
whether a writ Of ceTtiOrar may ne lssued - .t,a
order complained Of. or must ne Isie'o of the
.utfted 20 other remedy. IN tle 81 ~ f,o-r
IeEfslature constituting the Public SersiSSe -, nv
there is no specif1c Tsletnod
-r17fct che action OF that commission can can %
brought within the judicial cognizance OF ''e
Of the state. , 49, .c+s of the
phil, Service Commission IN the proCeeuIs e -
rh1cb led up to and eventuated IN the nlahS yei,,
- sxcInstely executive legislative, adminStITa1
five or ministerial judicial or quasi 1d0o'
New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
OF Interest "
X to UOmera
CLEVER MOVE OF ANTS
Change of Programme Spoils Ef ect
of Rival Meeting.

Trera we're two r11rnors afoat yesterday after
noon to account for the non-appearance OF Ni,s,
A 7 George Of Boston, the platform or the
League for the Civic Education of Women at the
Berkeley Theatre she having been announced 20
speak on THE College Woman and the Ballor
According to one story the suffragettes had kid
named her and according tn the other the ieasue
had Durposelv withdrawn her in order to take the
wind out of the sails of the College Eaua suffrage
League which had arranged a counter demoh-
stration for the evening. The official explanation
was that owing to the Illness of her husband, Mrs'
Alfred Meyer, who was charged with the arrange
ments for particular meeting, had been oohged
to postpone IL to more convenient season II was
evident however that the 'antis' were by no
means i'll pleased at the way things had turned
out Instead of Mrs. George, Mrs. Julian Heath
secretary of the league, introduced Dr. Nlllam H.
Allen secretary of the Bureau of Mumcipa! He-
search who talked Some Things the Ballot
Cannot Do"
DR. Allen said that under modern conditions Elec-
ton Day was a snare and delusion' and that
the very first step necessary to sound educauoh III
civIcs was to learn that the ballot may be the
badge of disfranchisemsnt and election privileges
but a duncecap to fatter the simple minded
The ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of 90 per cent of the male
voters in New York City would not, ne asserted
materially influence the character Of government
except for good. provided that the pubic was kept
c1,rrently informed about official acts and COM
munity needs. The fear that corruption Is aLleseo
to have of the ballot is only nightmare OF chllu
hood. The thing that makes officials perform rlsIle
acts Is what the public knows. and not the ballot
In proof of these contentious Dr. Allen pointed
10 the gains that have resulted from the work OF
the Bureau of Municipal Research
The lecture was allowed to proceed without any
interruptions from the suffragettes and, compared
with the first exciting meeting Of the league was
decidedly tame. The audience was small owing to
Christmas and the bad weather it was said
I'VE are .antis' " explained Mrs. Gilbert Jones.
land when It storms 'antis' stay at home and lock
the doors"
Four policemen remained guard outside, but
did not seem to be quite clear to what they were
there for.
Are there any suffragettes inside?" asked an
anxious one as she went up the steps Of the theatre
Yes lots of them.' promptly responded the Off
GER who evidently imagined that he was defending
a body of suffra gettes from the assaults OF the
"antis.'
New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
SIX PHYSICIANS ON GRILL.
Being Examined Under New Law Permitting
Revocation Of Licenses.

Six New York physicians had a hearing yesterday Y
at the Offices of the State Board of Medical Exam
iners in the St James Building, charges brought
under the new law by the New York County Med
fcal Society The hearing held before special
committee Of doctors appointed by the state board.
It will report to the State Board of Regents, with
whom rests the authority to revoke licenses.
The several defendants and the allegations
against each are as follows:
Ex-Coroner Moses Jackson. convicted Of brib-
ery Attempted bribe Assistant District Attorney
Chadwick. Sentenced February - 1905, but three
years later sentence was suspended
Dr. Rudolph Mike of New York Medical Insti-
trIte convicted July so. 1901 Of sending indecent
literature through the mails. Fined $50 in Special
Sessions.
DR. Robert Ormsby. tried in Special Sessions
March 21 1905. for selling drugs 10 be used ille-
gally. Fined 500 and sentenced TO twenty DAYS in
prison
Dr. Edward F. Conrad, convicted before Judge
C3off Of an illegal operation and sentenced 10 one
year in prison.
Dr. Francis J Dudenhausen, convicted OF prac-
tising medicine under a false name in April, 1905.
Dr Francis Gray Blinn. convicted April. 1908. Of
serve one year
yer and F H WIlmot. of counsel for the New York
Medical Society. and the formality IF putting in
evidence certified copies Of the record Of conviction
IN each case was all that done. In the case Of
ey-Coroner Jackson an effort was made by counsel
10 have the charges dismissed. the ground that
there was a suspended sentence. On behalf of Dr.
Conrad ex-J1Idge w. NJ K. Olcott asked that the
hearing be postponed pending the application for a
rar
New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
FOR NEW BRIDGE INQUIRY
afayor Says City Clubs Request
WM Be Carefully Considered.

r-b. l.ttAr Of Homer Folks, chairman OF the
.rsnsit committee OF the City Club, asking the
-7os-d Of Estimate and Apportionment to nave an
sn6eoendent investigation Of the plans OF the Work
.1-eedv done on the Manhattan Bridge. was pre-
rs1-ea ny Mayor Mcclellan TO the board al us
lyn.e.inr Yesterday. On motion IT was referred 10
,Jslson p Lewis chief engineer OF the board Win
d request for report
1--WE shall treat this request with all seriousness
esid the Mayor discussing the request Of the CITY
Club
Ralph Modjeski, the expert bridge engineer. who
rss been retained by the Bridge Department 10 30
ever the plans and sheets Of the Manhattan
rer4dre has been at work for about week IN Ile
rtnces Of the Bridge Department in the PARK ho"
s3-fldiag He is not ready 10 indicate now loIs i
wifi be before his report VIII be ready
TIE City Club does not wish 10 intimate that MI
aod3esh will not DO his work carefully, but IL oe-
a,sves that the Board OF Estimate, which in the last
s,alvzas must be responsible for ali great pubic
>ro-ks should assume the direction Of this inquiry
- that II may be entirely removed from the Brldse
Department and be in the true sense an indepeh-
dent investigation"
he transit committee Of the City Club is willing
60 await the action OF the Board Of Estimate on It's
--eorest for 4 separate inveslgation by that body
before taking any further steps. At the same time
81 is busy collecting data about the way In Whlch
-he Bridge Department has been conducted during
-l,e Mcclellan administration, and may have some
interesting facts lay before the Commissioners OF
Accounts If they called upon 10 inVesuga1e Ile
department in the same searching manner IN Whlch
the Offices Of Borough President Ahe2rn and bor-
ough President Haffen were looked into
New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
MEN HEAR WOMEN PLEAD FOR VOTES
College Girls Act as Ushers at Crowded
Berkeley Lyceum Meeting.

Berkeley Lyceum was the scene last night of an
enthusiastic womans suffrage meeting. under the
auspices of the Collegiate Equal Suffrage League
Of New York State. The theatre was filled to over
flowing and at least quarter of the audience were
men. Ten patrolmen hand in an
"anti" appeared the scene but there no
disturbance.
Miss Ethel Arnold. sister of Mrs. Humphrv
Ward and niece of Matthew Arnold the
speaker Miss Arnold. who is also a granddaugh-
ter of Thomas Arnold of Rugby, traced the growth
Of the womans suffrage movement in England
and throughout the Continental countries OF Eu-
rope She frequently interrupted by applause.
Mrs. Frank II. Cothren chief usher and was
assisted by score of college girls each wearing
a broad sash OF her college colors. on which were
blazoned the words Votes for Women" Among
the colleges represented Vassar. Barnard
Bryn Mawr. Cornell and New York University
Among those in attendance were Mrs Russell
Sage, Mrs. Clarence II. MaCkay. Mrs. Henry Vii
lard, Mrs. Edward Lauterbach, Mr. and Mrs Will
lam wins Mrs. Stanton Blatch. Mrs. Carrie Chap
Gait. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Erskne Ely. DR.
Stephen Wise and Mrs. Anna Garn Spencer 1t
New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
WALL STREET COMMISSION MEETS
Appoints Committees on Plan and Scope OF
Investigation and Ways and Means.

The commission appointed by Governor Hughes
70 investigate the New York Stock Exchange and
the other commodity exchanges met for organfza-
ton yesterday afternoon in the rooms of the state
banking department. No 50 Broadway. Horace
White was elected permanent chairman. and the
secretaryship was offered 10 Morris II. Muhleman.
Mr. Muhleman is out OF the city, but undoubtedly
will accept. He acted secretary of the Hepburn
banking commission.
Two standing committees were appointed, one on
plan and scope and the other ways and means
Edward D. Page. Professor John B. Clark and VIII
lard V King are on the plan and scope committee,
while Horace White. Clark Williams and ex-Justice
David Leventritt make up the committee on ways
and means.
Adjournment was taken until 1870 a. m. Sat
urday, December Is, when the commission viii
meet at the Chamber Of Commerce 10 hear the re-
ports of the committees. All meetings Of the com
mission will be behind closed doors.
one member said after the meeting that the COM
mission decidedly in the dark as to Just what
II was to investigate No charges the speaker said,
had been brought against the Stock Exchange or
against any of the other exchanges, so the COM
mission had nothing definite which TO proceed
II was o find out just what its work was to con-
sist of that the committee on plan and scope was
named, he said.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
WATER AT A DOLLAR A GALLON.
Bill Certified as Reasonable Unearthed by
-- Finance Investigators.

The freakiest item uncovered by the Cassidy
finance investigation committee came 10 light yes
to-day when Louis Bedell. Of counsel for the com
mission. recalled ". NJ Hoag, inspector in the
Department Of Finance. and presented 10 him bill
Of certffcaton that was 'tust and reasonable for
SIX gallons of spring water at 81 gallon. The
f.lT 10 the Departmant Of Sewers. Brooklyn. was
dated November "a. 1905. and certified 10 in
the usual rubber stamp form The bill was halted
fn the Controllers Office ana reduced TO @6 cents
who Is President Of the Borough OF BroGklyn?
asked Senator Cassidy
Bird S. Coler.' replied the witness
Tie certihcations were stamped superintendent
CT Sewers and Superintendent OF Public Works "
Borough President Coler said yesterday relative
% the mineral water bill
"A mistake made by clerk, and was not
discovered ard for this reason the bill went over
70 The Controllers Office. The water Is worth
dollar 2 gallon. II ordered by Mr. Dunno for
his private consumption. When the bill came In.
usteod Of being addressed to him personally, It was
addressed through mistake, % the bureau OF
sewers The inspector ia charge looked the matter
III and found that that vas the regular price Of
the water 50 he passed II. Such mistakes VIII
tsppen. Gld sorry for them
New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
BLOW TO CITY EMPLOTES.
Time Sheets To Be Installed IN Ill
the Departments.

The most drastic reform attempted IN years with
reference to compulsory attendance TO duty in city
departments was begun yesterday, when the Board
Of Estimate and Apportonment without a dissent
ing voice authorized the installation OF time sheets
for all city employees There more than sixty
thousand men and women the city payrols, and
is said that thirty thousand of them VIII ne dls
agreeabIy affected by the new order
Controller Metz is authority for the statement
that in his office scores of men quit work every day
before O'Clock or least out of the office and
on the street by o'clock every working day. and
that many OF them give sparingy of their services
n the city so as to be able attend TO saIaried
duties or commercial enterprises they are interested
in 'on the side
The reform was suggested by The Bureau Of Mu-
uicjl,al Research which also suggested another re-
form which was put in operation esterday-that of
obtaining the city trade and cash discounts tho
same as prevail in private business.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
BAN ON CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
Fire Underwriters Warn Against the Use of
Infammable Holiday Displays.

Candleless Christmas trees and wreathless win
dows are insisted upon BY the New York Board OF
Fire Underwriters in formal notice Just issued
TO each holder of fire insurance policy in this
CITY Failure obey the instructions contained
I'm the letter will, IT is said. relieve the insurance
companles from payment Of indemnity where it
shall be shown that the fire originated from the
holiday and other decorative displays np-
proved by fire underwriters.
The underwriters were Influenced TO issue the cir
cular by their records of numerous accidents.
deaths and losses. amounting 10 millions OF dollars.
which they say, were caused directly by the
Christmas tree Christmas greens. harvest speci-
mems and other infammable materials such as cot
ton to represent and the like, and the use
Of picture machines will be considered additional
hazards not contemplated by the underwriters IN
issuing policies OF indemnity covering the usual
fire hazard and the circular says that the "practi-
cal prohibition of this class Of display is deemed
necessary b. the New York Board OF Under
writer's
New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
WOULD REPEAL PERPETUAL GRANTS,
Chief Engineer Lewis Makes Report on Fran
chise Letting

Nelson P. Lewis. chief engineer Of the Board Of
Estimate and Apportonment. submitted yesterday
q report on q communication from William NJ
WINS chairman of the New York Charter Com
mission regarding the tine limitations Of fran
eses contracts and leases 10 railroads and other
public utility corporations
The Charter Commission wanted to know whether
the provision with regard 10 tunnel roads proVid-
sng for the grant OF perpetual franchises should
be repIaced. and whether the time Of other grants
shouId be for a longer period than now provided
srd II So FOR what period
Mr Lewis was Of the opinion that the perpetual
franchises should be repealed. He also said;
Authority however should be vested in the Puo-
io Service Commission issue certificates subject
TO the approval ef the Board Of Estimate and Ap-
rortionrnent 10 railroads described in the Rapid
Transit act for longer term than that now speci-
sd IN either the rapid transit law or the city char
ter
The report suggested that the terms to be granted
with the franchises should he 20 years for tunnel
roads This privilege carries with 1t the provision
FOR read1ustrnent Of compensation ct intervals not
exceeding twenty-five years