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New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
TO STOP AMBULANCE CHASING"
Amendment to Code of Civil Procedure
Proposed in Report.

Syracuse Feb William P Goodell. president
of the State Board of Bar Examiners and member
of the COMMITTEES of the State Bar Association ap-
pointed by Joseph H Choate to report a method for
correcting abuses In the profession arising from
the contingent fees and so-called ambulance chas-
ing" to-day gave out the report of the committee
1t proposes an amendment to the code of civil pro-
cedure, as follows:
AFTER Section &c add new section, to be called
No contract between attorney and client whereby
recovery or its equivalent. in action recover
damages tor persona e m IgIy yayd or n G'h IN resqs
and signed by all the parties thereto unless the
improper solicitation on his part or behalf Such
contract shall be in duplicate one OF which shall
contracts shall. motion OF the client OF the
sct to scrutiny approval modification or canceila-
ton by the court In which the action is pending. in
h he cose Of the trial of any such action or an nv
other stage thereof and the court upon the re-
tTement of the jury shall inquire Of the attorney
and shall in it's discretion require him TO produce
it on any such hearing the court & may inquire into
obtained and into the character of the claim and
dered. and shall pass upon the reasona bleness of
such & & IN IN Of yfw ib Sf all the b
the stipulated compensation excessive il may re-
duce the same; and IT shall appear that the
tion by behalf Of the attorney: or was OBJ
misconduct. it may refuse any compensation 10 the
and II snail certify the facts to the APP
uellate Division of the Supreme Court OF the de-
nartrent which the is pending such
proceedings. by of discipline OF the attorney.
as may be proper.
Where such action is settled before after
trial the attorney for the piaintin must apply 10
the special term for an order allowing him
the compensation agreed upon In the contract and
upon such application the same proceedings shall
ne had and the court shall have the power
AS in the case of investigation above provided
for An shall be entered upon the decision OF
the court upon any motion or investigation herein
provided for. and any contract or copy thereof
which has been made the subject of such investga-
rion shall filed with the clerk OF the court the
time of the entry of such order. This section shall
applv only to contracts made after il goes into
effect
Add TO Section 90 the following
No settlement between any OF the parties 10 an
action shall be valid to them their attorneys
unless consented in writing by the attorneys
for the parties thereto in OF the refusal Of
anv OF such attorneys upon approval by the court
in which the action is pending notice to the at
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
TO PLANT MORE TREES.
Plan on Foot to AsCaken Interest IN
Scheme to Beautify Streets.

AS the result of conference between Park Com
missioner Henry Smith and Colonel Cornelius B.
Mitchell president of the Tree Planting Associa-
ton of New York City. it is expected that impetus
will be given to the movement TO encourage the
planting OF trees in the streets.
Regarding the work and plans of the assoca-
ton Colonel Mitchell said yesterday:
About five years ago had bill passed by
the Legislature placing the Of trees in the
hands of the Park Department. which was also
make rules for the suitable planting Of them
Our association has awakened public attention to
the fact that the streets of New York are singu-
larly bare and unattractive, and that no city how
ever fine its architecture. can be really beautfui
without trees in its streets.
We have been instrumental in planting several
thousand trees in this borough, and large numbers
of have been planted between Washington
Square and 18th street. The association has taken
special pains to encourage the planting Of trees
in the tenement districts, and has made appro-
priations from its treasury to its tenement shade
tree committee. which. in turn. has also raised
funds for the planting of trees In the tenement
districts.
We have moreover induced the Board Of Edu-
cation to instruct pupils take care of trees and
regard them friends and see that no injury Is
done to hem. On many occasions we nave al-
pealed to the city authorities to have fund ap-
propriated for the planting Of trees about our
public buildings and for the better care Of trees
already existing. AS result of this. an appro-
priation of $4,000 made last year, which we
understand has been spent by the Park Depart
nlent.
Park Commissioner Smith recently attended one
of conferences and left it, 1 think, with the
feeling that work is a thoroughly good one He
promised to do what he could help Judging
from his characteristic energy and way OF gong
about a thing we hope for good results from the
aid he will give to the objects of the association
far his powers will permit.
"A number Of public spirited persons. some be-
longing TO the association and not. have re-
had tree N In
they interested. There is abundant oppor
tunity for other public sptrittd individuals to be
of great benefit the city by having set out
in tenement districts other parts of the city
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
GIRL WON'T LEAVE HOLY GHosTERs.'
Mother Pleads in Vain as Daughter Says
She Will Follow Spirit to Brazil

Magistrate Corrigan in the Tombs Police Court
Yesterday discharged the six Holy Ghosters who
were arrested in a negro mission at No. 325 West
61st street following the complaint of the mother
of Miss Mabel Collins of the young women
taken with the worshippers, who left her home in
Philadelphia to join the sect
According to letters received by Anthony Com
stock who appeared one of the witnesses
against the Holy Ghosters, Mrs Collins made
frantic appeals him to rescue the girl. When
the magistrate asked Miss Collins why she ignored
her mothers appeals she said that the spirit had
asked her to come to New York and from here go
to Brazil TO do missionary work The spirit would
teach her the language in the foreign country and
would provide for her. added the young woman
Mr. Krotel the assistant district attorney. de
cIined 10 make an affidavit TO the girls mental
condition and Magistrate Corrigan advised the
prisoners to leave the city soon possible.
The Holy Ghosters" offered d prayer of thanks
TO the court and declared they would start for
Brazil Miss Collins insisted that she would fol-
low wherever her spirit directed.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

1868 Of Irish parents His father, Cornelius OSul-
Ivan. a banker and intimately associated with
d group of pioneers who went there in 49. He
educated at St. Ignatius's College San Fran
cisco and studied singing in Florence and Paris.
He made his first entrance the stage in Dub
lin on August %, 1875 with the Carl Rosa Opera
Company, singing Fernando in III Trovatore." At
the opera COmique. in 1898. he created the char
acter of Shamus in Stanfords Irish opera OF
"Shamus OBrien.'
1t is recorded of the singer that he ance sang
Vanderdecken in The Flying Dutchman'' five
hours notice. On return visit to his native city
he played the leading parts in popular revival of
the plays of Boucicaut. which were witnessed by
sixty-eight thousand persons Later he Mar
shall Lefebre in The Duchess OF Dantzic,'' which
had a prosperous at the Lyric Theatre. Re
turning to London two years ago, he gave num-
Der Of recitals. and also. at Wyndham's, the first
presentation of Peggy Machree-" The first pres
entation of that piece in this country occurred in
Chicago last December.
Mr.. o Sullivan a member of the Green Room
Club. London; The Lambs. in this city. and the
Olympic Athletic, in San Francisco
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
4. Y. q. HAS 3.s44 STUDENTS.
tthool Of Commerce Shows Largest Increase
IN Enrolment.

The number Cf students on the rolls at New York
University Is s4s, according TO the general cata-
io-gue q the university jlst issued gain of 5s7
over last vez-- The School OF Commerce shows q
larger increase IN Students than any other division
O lie university II gained 23 students, almost q
Te- cent The Surnrne- School made the largest
relative increase. gaining $50 students or over "a
Der cent. TIE Law School IS the largest school in
poIt O enrolment with So students. and the
hchool % Commerce is next, with ~
according 10 me catalogue. the japanese lead
lbs foreign contingent at the university. with thir-
E-slx representatives. Students are also regis
l75so from China Corea- Turkey, Syria, SlaTonia,
F-ss-a, Span, Denmark. Cuba. Chill. Peru and
Nsnaaa. well the canal zone and Porto Rico.
ne American students are drawn from tflirty-fve
cifererT states
lie women students IL the university number ss4-
-l-lh nlllDeE is increase Of more than "A per
eaI over tne number Of students in attend
80 -eSf year, while the total registration OF the
university increased only about u per cent.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
STRANDED SHIP MAKES NEW BEACH.
Tide swirling About Old saranac at Steeple-
chase Makes New Sand Stretch.

fine new beach has been created at steeple-
chase Park Coney Island in q somewhat curious
manner The tide swirling about the wreck OF the
historic schooner Saranac. which eighteen months
ago was grounded within few hundred feet Of
the shore has caused the sand to pile up from the
shore in a wide, deep oval. The new beach thus
formed measured from the old beach line. is about
100 feet long and 200 the furthest point of
the curve an acquisition Of 10000 square feet
The Saranac, which originally imposing
three-uasted schooner, is almost a total
wreck A few days after her appearance off the
Coney Island beach the lightning -truck and tore
away her middle mast, which in falling carried
away the rigging. Storms since that time have
broken her almost in two. The vessel IS lS feet
long and forty feet BEAM having draft of eigh
teen feet She the distinction Of being the only
vessel that was captured by the Spaniards in the
Sps American War, having been taken a
prize off the island OF Ilio in the Philippines. and
returned to her owners by the American govern
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
ppovrxFNT LECTURERS COMING HERE
Board Of Education Closes with Able Speak
ers for Public Meetings.

ia ros-6 cr Education has completed arrange
80 nth Tr William Elliot Cfrfffls. traveller
- ta--7--a-- Professor Charles Zubelin. Of the
--ts-etrv Of Chicago: Professor ] Russell Smith
= -. T-rfye-sftv % Pennsylvania and Mrs Mary
,--,--- Murray 70 5oii the public lecture stah.
- ,,+7 e-aal, here diring February. Dr. Grifis
-,1 r4,-a q course On The Evolution Of the Chi
=. T,z7-re' st Public School 16e. Audubon avenue
,-z 7gq-F street. on Tuesday evenings, beginning
~ The al with q description OF China, Ancient
snd Feudai"
On Friday night next. 81 Public School 15o. Suf-
sork and Ffv-frrron streets. Professor J. Russell
Smith cf The T,zivssity q Pennsylvania VIII open
s+sr7vrsa Q1 commercial geography with lecture
~ The Story Of tie Steel RAN while on Wednes-
d. The 9Th Nis Jenni NJ Davis viii describe
--~-e Rise and IN Of the Federal Party at the
To---l+rs Square branch Of the New York Public
T5r-a-v No 81 East 10Th street This will be the
f-sr n q se-ieso, four lectures OF The Growth
and Derelor-aet of Political Parties"
Two courses n music VIII be opened during the
week On MosGsy night at St I.uke's Hall, Hud-
ern and Grow streets. Mrs Mary Gregory Murray
viii Efve ms first Of q series u four lectures on
The T-.e--etatlon Ct Music" At Cooper Union
On We5nesay niEht. Rubin Goldmark viii lecture
or -RheneId." the first of four lectures The
NiHeIurg FtraloEy''
che. a-ang the special lectures arranged for the
week 70 Gpperent the regular lectures IN courses
VII ta rat O. Wednesday al Public School 165,
7aS-+ s---c. near Amsterdam avenue, by Gheradi
Davis orrner Deputy Police Commissioner, on
The plies Department. The same evening at
-he vEug Mems Hebrew Association hail. SD
street and lexington avenue. Professor Charles
zubey VII lecture OF John Ruskin and he Eff
fer-sof Wealth
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
EXPLAINS OVERCOMING OF CITY.
Two Weeks Exhibit to Illustrate the Con-
gestion of Population.

citv will be explained by exhibit in the Amerf-
can Museum OF Natural History for two weeks
beginning March g. Moving pictures and charts
will be used to illustrate the conditions resulting
from the growth of the city.
An investigation which has been recently made
OF the evil conditions will also be placed record.
while IL will be recommended that the population
spread 10 the suburbs and thus relieve the density
which has been cause OF disease since the thou
sands OF foreigners have migrated here.
on the second day OF the exhibit a discussion OF
congestion OF population will be held at con-
ference in which Governor Hughes. Mayor McCIet-
Ian and several commissioners OF the city will
speak. The exhibit Was arranged by the Commit
zee on Congestion OF ,uI2tion IN New York.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

roan- after Admiral Deweys victory at Manila
E,er,Irning 10 her service as a merchantmen, she
t,,o,,fht :, consignment Of goods 10 the United
States docking at Erie Basin Having dschafseo
to- cargo she was provisioned and made ready
Co. = return trip, when George c. Tflyou owner
NJ Steeplechase Park, at Coney Island bought the
,-.ssei The United States Life Saving Service put
,te wreck 10 use last sumner, when the Nessei
was utilized in giving free exhibits IN HE shV'he'
The extreme east end of Coney Islaho OF Man
,,.ta, Reach has for years been gradually Slough
- ~ tecause O. currents which carry IS sand cut
3, sea This great loss has been checked fnd pos
,bl,, stouped by means Of bulkheads but whether
the experiment of the wrecked Saranac repea'eo
,tere would restore that beach is matter WHICH
= =. tetis,-ed can be ascertained only by octua
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
PARK AT FORT GEORGE
U;nici pal 4rf Society Hould Beau
tifg Upper End of Manhattan.

movement has been started by the Municipal
II Society have the CITY acquire for park puf-
pees the western slope OF the ridge on which
.+DSs Fort George. with adjacent land and TO
.nire for civic purposes an bounded ap-
-xiroafely by the ship canal. Kingsbridge Road
Fsaadway. Seaman avenue and Isham street Har-
a A Capa-n. landscape architect. OF No Ihs
.fth avenue. chairman Of committee appointed
investigate the subject has just finished his re-
o-t 70 the society. Mr.. Caparn said yesterday:
--ha northern END Of Manhattan Island about
sIst street is that part Of IT which remains most
ndes'e9 4no wS n large scsie The Valley
sser' from the heights OF Fort George. Inwood or
,eTaaire about haf mile wide is laid out com
pletely the maps and so far on the ground taat
r. IS practicable TO reconstruct its plan except
in parts,
arrangement that has little relation TO the natural
contours az the ground and makes construction very
lions fairly Satisfactory piece OF street plan
ming on a map that has been prepared little al
excepting to show a street running from the 5o7th
street subway station into large circle at the in
-e-seclior q Dyckman street and kingsbrioge Road
q T5ts connected with the Fordham Road and
Pelham by the 2O7th street bridge across
the Harlem River. would give clear passage from
the Hudson River Long Island Sound. an east
and west avenue likely to become OF similar i'm
portance 70 1sth, 23d. 3zth and 125th streets ano
ory entrance 10 the valley from the lower part Of
-opose that the rocky wooded heights west OF this
s.srd Fort George and 18th avenue shouio De &C
cuirec b- the city for parks. The lard Is pracIi,
rI1x- useless fo- ANYTHING else ano sadly Taarred
though II Is through parts OF II by various
suEiSeerine operations. stIn remains as sunerb
s-a-ne 70 tF7e CITY that VIII develop IN the
zsfiav below Those foliage clad rocks as place
a -ecTeation are priceless 70 me CITY. and conlo
C,1v he ruined by real estate Improvements. how
ever costly. -
asas n area in the north bounded approx tely
- --a shin canal. kinEsbrtdge Road on F3r.1a i
- Seaman avenue and lshan street This land
= tirh steep and rocky. very badly adapted for
lfE -o-7id mai
..s;T- accessible park and playgrounds and sites
- --Ioors libraries and other public buildings
49, q h-ch and steep waterfront and many fine
- - would naturally become the centre OF
1-,-fo- n the district. Were II possible for the
q = a--,,re the land in addition TO that needed
--ric use the cost OF these several park areas
---..,5 rC0- he Offset by the sales at increased
SNL- ccgLL = Ind bought adjoining them
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
Ja1ToR ENDS TROUBLE WITH SHOT
Taants Complain Of Cold Until Weber,
Distracted, Kills Himself.

5Despondent over his discharge as tanitor because
re tenants Of the Edgene-e apartment house. No.
West l94th street. had complained that they could
not get heat enough. William Weber shot and
killed himself IN the basement yesterday morning.
While ETe5be-'s wife weeping over his body a
o0zer women went 20 the basement TO COM
plain that there was not enough heat in their apart
raen-s- Some were frightened away by the presence
q death while others stayed to voice their COM
plants. W=b5ers wife says her husband tried his
hsst 70 provide heat enough. but, she says, the
constant COM plants worried him.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
MANIAC WITH RAZOR IN STREET CAR

Passengers a Myrtle avenue in Williams
burg were startled yesterday morning BY the sp
pearance Of a crazy man in the brandishing
razor with which he attacked the conductor and
several passengers. The boarded the car az
the corner of Myrtle and Bedford avenues When
the conductor asked for his fare he faced the blade
Of razor. and in saving his <ace from berg
hacked both hands Peter Ackermsn.
OF No. ss5 Bushwck avenue. lost the top of his
nose while trying hold the madman The
serves of the Vernon station called
out. but the maniac escaped Dr. Weeks. OF ths
Cumberland Street Hospital. attended the inJGrsa
men.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
SLAYER OF FIvE-YEAR-oLD CONVICTED
Farmer Clicked His Little Stepchild and
Buried Her Body in Barnyard

West Chester Penn. Feb. Irwin A Lewis. .
young farmer. whose trial this week the cnargs
of numbering Mary NewIin. the hve-year-oId
daughter OF his wife here last June. at
tracted much attention throughout this state. was
convicted OF murder IN the first degree to-day
Lewis was charged with choking the child
death and burying her In his barnyard AS
motive the state advanced the theory OF a cloud
over the birth OF the child. which occurred prior
to the marriage OF Lewis to IT'S mother.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
HORSE, FROZEN, STANDS UPRIGHT.

Waterbury. Conn. Feb. ! CSpeciaD--Albert Jacks
horse which he in his peddIing business.
away in Woodbury. near here on Thursday. Yes
terday it was found frozen death. standing head
down under a big tree in lot the outskirts of
the town One of the factories suffered loss
placed at 500 by fire because the water in the fire
buckets was frozen solid
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
PURE FOOD SHOW COMING.

Under the auspices o. the New York Retail
Grocers' Union and the management of l. J. Gala
nan New Yorks pure food exposition will be given
at Lenox Lyceum. opening March p and closing
on April Is is said the spaces already taken
insure success for the exposition. and the demon
STATIONS promised of the practical use OF standard
products and many improvements in preparation
give a special interest TO the natrons OF the sho"
The show education TO the practical house
keeper chance TO study and compare what Is
ShoWu.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
FIRE SHOWS NATALIE HURD ILL.

A fire in the home of Frank Hurd yesterday re-
vealed that his laughter Natalie. who is one of
the chief benehciares in the will OF Walter 5.
Baker who died in the HuTd home, has scarlet
fever and dipItheria When the flames dis
covered IL was necessary 10 carry her from the
room in which sne lay To another room. and IL Is
feared tha+ the excitement may serious re-
auII
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
Art Exhibitions and Sales.

After a struggle through the hallway. the
thief succeeded IN wrenchng away. whereupon Mrs.
Blodgett fired shot, which tSok effect in his back
He fell but once and attempted 10 escape
After a running fight he was captured BY police
men who identified him John Kremble. who
recently finished eighteen months term az
Springfield. Ill. for burglary
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
FIFTY YEARS I'M POSTAL SERVICE

1hoHaas Harper jenkins clerk IN the money
ocer department of the New York Postoffice. cele
1ae'ec MS hftieth year in the service yesterday.
tn the railway mail service started, in 1854,
~ jenkins was one Of the I've clerks that worked
" hle nrst mail car. He IS sevenT y-three years
&c gold watch and chain were presented to
-n ty the employees in the money order depart
nent
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
USES RAZOR TO AvENoE SENTENCE.

-'seaseo yesterday. having served one year for
aal-t. William Chester. OF 50 s. Hopkins street.
.,-i1sLls5Lrg, started oUt to md George Low. OF
= - Flushing avenue, whom he held responsible
a - 1s sentence. Low having testified against him
-o1to Low sitting ~ table eating, and used
~'F "lth sEch effect on his head and neck that
@iaoulance surgeon took twenty stitches 10 re
M if2e damage Chester and his fifteen yea T-ol1
fAef HezeIiah. we're held without bail in the
--et avenue cogrr
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
JUSTICE eAvNoR IN NEW ROCHELLE.

= meeting of tlle New Rochelle Peoples Forum
= &c he'd The afternoon. when Justice Gaynor
- fpeak on The Constitution and the Courts
- WI be Introduced 10 the audience BY Arthur
.-sDsne editor of The Kew York Evening Jour
- Iae meeting VIII open sharp al p "a. in the
-. EocheIle Theatre. where ali seAts vii! be free
= 1lfeserveo
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
FREE LECTURE ON DIGESTION.

Dr William J Gies. of the College OF Physicians
and Surgeons. will lecture to-norfo" L'ei'"oH a'
o,clocE al Teachers College, West l2oth street on
7,ieetion in the Intestines" the series Of public
lectures on Nutrition and Foods
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
DENIS O'SULLIVAN DEAD.
Irish Actor and Singer Does Not Survive
Operation for Appendicitis.

Columbus. Ohio. Feb. denis O'Sullivan. the
Irish actor and singer, died at Grant Hospital to-
day, after an operation for appendicitis Thurs
day His wife with him. The body will prob
ably be taken TO San Francisco, his native city.
MIR. O'Sullivan born in San Francisco in
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
THREE SUBMARINES sToRMBoUND.
Obliged to Postpone Trip from Brooklyn
Yard to Newport News.

Storrnbound at the Brooklyn navy yard by the
small blizzard which swept down upon New York
on Friday night, the three submarines. the Viper
the Tarantula and the Cuttlefsh. which to
have started for Newport News yesterday are
waiting for q return of pleasant weather before
beginning the trip.
Lieutenant Charles E Courtney. who is in COM
uand and the authorities at the navy yard reached
that decision yesterday. although the orders from
the War Department provided for the departure
OF the boats yesterday. AS soon as the weather
noderates the Of from 600 10 TOO miles to the
Delaware Breakwater will be made, and, with
that as a starting point, an extended practice
cruise will be made in Southern waters probably
of the Carolina coast.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
ROCHESTER WOMAN SHOOTS THIEF.

Rochester. FEB. Mrs Sarah Blodgett grappled '
this morning with a sneak thief whom she found
on tho second door Of her home. In Plymouth ave-
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
NEW sTEEPLECHAsE BEACH FROM BEACH.

in commission ar the League Island Navy Yard to-
day Captain ]. G. Fremont has been named
the commander of the warship. The Missis-
sippi will be ready for sea service in q few weeks
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

MISSISSIPPI PLACED IN COMMISSION.
Philadelphia Feb. 1.-The battleship Mississippi.
which was recently turned over to the government
nv the Cra1np ShtpbuiIding Company. placed