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New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
TRANSIT ACCIDENTS IN DECEMBER.
Report to Public Service Commission Records
Fifty-one Deaths.

The report of accidents occurring on transports
tion lines in greater New York in December SUD
nitted yesterday the Public Service COMMISSION
Dv Secretary Whitney shows that ffty-one persons
1rera killed six more than in November In Octo-
Der there were forty-seven persons killed. and IN
September sixty-three, while from August o. Wnen
the commission issued it's order requiring the resu-
lar report of all accidents on transportation mes
dr i,s i,rrisdctiou to August 3d. inclusive. there
were forty-nine deaths
Altogether in the last month of 1857 there were
eq3 accidents on transportation lines in New YORK
Of which 216 down in the report as car COL
lisfons 947 persons struck by cars and almost
the same number were injured in boarding cars or
in alighting There were 1853 employees Of transit
companies injured.
According TO the report there were no collisions
with vehicles and derailments and no injuries
on stafrways Besides the ffty-one persons killed
+tara vvere 14e other serious accidents Fourteen
fractured skulls are recorded, five amputated limbs
and thirty-six broken limbs
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
MORE IUPILS THAN REPORTED.
Superintendent lTaxweI Says Police School
Census Is Much Too Low.

Members Of the Board of Education have re-
Gently criticised the biennial school census taken
in 1896 by the Police Department, and Ii was
learned yesterday that there alarming dis
agreement between the number of children in at
tendance and the number reported by the police
The police that there are $1,000 children of the
compulsory school age in New York. From this
nInber must be subtracted rs S73 children who at
tend private and parochial schools. 9,799 working
Illegally. Sal kept home, Al truants and 1850
physically unable to attend school. This means
that there should be 362506 children in school,
according 10 the police whereas Superintendent
Maxwell says there should be at least $4,000 more
children.
The Board of Education turned over the taking
Of the census TO the Police Department, and the
houses in each precinct were canvassed The
names Of many children were, il is said. duplicated
bv the school principals who made up the list but.
on the other side is said the police didn't bother
going through some of the houses Gut OF the
All cases Of truancy reported by the police 1Ib out
of 30 were found have been incorrectly reported
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
THE TOBACCO SITUATION.
Society of Equity Defends Right to
Send Out "Peace Armies.

Henderson, KY. Jan 1o.-The state meeting OF the
American Society of Equity adopted resolutions to-
day declaring that the might riders" are common
criminals and the worst enemies Of the assoea-
ton. and that the statement of Governor Wilson
that the society is responsible for recent raids on
tobacco growers is utterly without foundation The
resolutions further declare that the society has the
right to send sober and unarmed peace
armies by daylight to plead with their neighbors
for the interests of the society
Hopkinsville. KY. Jan. 1O.-Three buying houses
of HopkinsviIle-the Imperial Tobacco Company
the American Snuff Company and the Tandy &
Farleigh Tobacco Company-signed agreement
to-day not to buy any tobacco pledged to the Dark
Tobacco Association or the American Society Of
Equity. and not to receive the if it should be
unknowingly purchased. This is to contradict the
current reports that buyers trying to induce
farmers in the pools to violate their pledges by
selling pooled tobacco.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
SMALLPOX wANDERER IN CITY HALL
Municipal Business Of Paterson Halts as
Officials Bar Patient With Iron Bars.

Paterson. Jan. 10 (SpeciaD.-''What seems to be
the matter with you?" asked young reporter ad-
dressing d blotch faced who called at the City
Hall to-day and asked tc be directed to the city
physician.
oOb nothing very much, only there erup-
+ions all over my body, and I think I've got the
smallpox" replied the visitor calmly. The re-
porter fed and a moment later the news that a
smallpox victim travelling through the cor
rfdors of the City Hall spread throughout the
t,,i,7t,g and citv business came TO a full halt
The smallpox victim, who said he was James
Smith went 70 the office of Dr. Briody, the city
phvsfcian. who found that Smith was suffering
from a fully developed case If smallpox He was
taken to the Isolation Hospital. The City Hall
corridors were cleaned and fumigated by the
Health Department and the wheels Of the munich
pal government again set in motion. The man
said ne came from Schnectady.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
P. R. r. WITHDRAWs ITS LOBBYIST
Colonel Richard B. Reading No Longer to
Serve Corporation in Legislative Halls.

Trenton. Jan. 10-Colonel Richards B. Reading,
who for many years has been the legislative rep
resentative of the Pennsylvania Railroad here will
be missing from the corridors Of the State House
this winter The railroad company has decided to
RELY its law department in the future in the
matter OF attention 10 legislation. This plan has
also been adopted in Pennsylvania
Few men are better known about the State House
than is Colonel Reading For many winters he has
looked after the railroads interests at the capital
His principal work has been TO keep his eye
legislation which might help injure the railroad
Not a bin introduced that he did not soon
analyze. If it in any way touched on the rail-
road business ii was entered in his little book Of
records and at once reported TO the company If
II a strike a measure likely to add TO
the companys burdens. he used his best efforts to
kill Il: if the company favored It, he worked like
q Trojan TO help it along.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
EXPELLED BROKER HINTS AT SPITE.
". P. Wilkinson Calls Consolidated Stock
Exchange Action Absurdly Unjust.

W. P Wilkinson a broker of No. 43 Exchange
Place, expelled from the Consolidated STOCK
Exchange yesterday for making misstatements TO
the committee on membership at the time Of his
application to become member of the exchange
Ogden D. Budd, president of the Consolidated
Exchange, said regarding the expulsion OF MT
Wilkinson:
THE board of governors adjudged w P. VIII
kinson guilty of having made wilful misstateHents
OF material points to the committee on member
ship at the time of his appearance before sald
committee applicant for membership IN the
exchange and expelled him. This is only the sec
ond expulsion, l think that has ever occurred for
this cause
Mr.. Wilkinson, when asked about the matter
said that his expulsion absurdly unjust
that he did not care to discuss it Asked wnat
the nisstatements consisted of, he replied tnat ne
had simply made technical misstatement IN re-
gard to his financial standing, but that 1t did not
amount to anything He intinated that personal
enn1itv on the part of President Budd had had
something TO do with It.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
GILLETTE CASE HEARING ENDS.

Albany. Jan. 1a-The hearing OF the arguments
in the appeal OF Chester Gillette, OF Cortland from
the conviction OF murder in the first degree and
sentence OF death for the alleged murder OF Grace
Brown on Big Moose Lake July II. 1ss6. an
fsbed this afternoon before the Court OF Appeals.
The final argument was made by George ". Ward.
of DoIzeviIse. former District Attorney % Herki-
uer County. who conducted the original prosecu-
ton against defendant He sought to-day 10 re-
fIte the points raised yesterday by former Senator
4 II Mills of Little Falls. that much OF the evi-
dsnce was improperly admitted during the trial
ana that these alleged errors OF procedure entitled
Gillette TO a new trial A decision Is not expected
for some time
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
A VERDICT FOR $45O,ooO REVERSED.
Appellate Division Decides J. S. Jones Has
No Claim Against Gould and Others.

A verdict for s45000O against George J. Gould and
others obtained by John s. Jones was reversed yes
terdav by the Appellate Division. Jones coal
operator in Ohio said Mr.. Gould, William E. Guy
and Joseph Ramsey. jr.. known as the Little
Kanawha Syndicate employed him to acquire GER
tain Ohio coal lands. he to advance the funds
with the understanding that they were to be re-
turned in addition to his expenses and commits
sion. He provided $4,000 and his expenses We're
$4,000 he said
A company was incorporated and titles were
conveyed according to agreement. The syndicate
declined to take the property. and Jones sued
and got Judgment. But the Appellate Division held
that he should have brought suit against the synd
cate and not against individuals, because his deaf
ings were with the syndicate and not with members
of
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
OLD LETTER CARRIER BURIED.

William Nolan. who for the last twenty years
had been attached 10 the General PostOffce as a
letter carrier. was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery
Yesterday afternoon. He was probably one of the
mos, widely known and popular OF the postmen OF
this city Mr. Nolan member OF the Letter
Carriers Association
The merchants lower Maiden Lans. whom ne
served with mail fer many years remembered hin
with A horaI tribute. After Illness OF two weeks
Mr. Nolan died at the Presbyterian Hospital on
Tuesday The Letter Carriers Band accompanied
the hearse, to the cemetery He lived az No. 500
Bav 18th street. Bath Beach He leaves wife a.
.nrse chlldreD
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
WOMAN HURIs SELF BEFORE TRAIN.
On Way to See ner Baby, Orange Patient
Ends Life While Temporarily Insane.

Orange. Jan. 10 CspeeiaD.-Mrs- Marie Lemcke
1,o.rre who threw herself in front of Lacka-
-. rain in Newark this forenoon lived at No
,e E,afrview avenue this city. She was twenty
three years old, and the wife OF Henry U.
r,obr,s and daughter of Ernest E Lemcke. OF
No as Fuller Terrace. She and Nj Bohme were
married about three years ago and nave son
r,t ,brae months old. Al the Lemcke home il
.as said that Mrs Bohme had not been well for
sor,a time and that she evidently ended her lie
While temporarily Before she left her home
sba said she was going 10 walk over 20 her own
house to see her baby.
The body was taken 70 kunzs morgue here
whore n was identified by Ralph Bohrne. the dead
voman's brother-tr
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
BIG JUDGMENT SET ASIDE.
AppeIlate Division Reverses Verdict for
sI2O41O Obtained by Auto Victims Wife.

verdict for S2O41o said TO be the largest Of its
kind obtained by Mrs. Sarah c. l. Read against
the New York Central for the death OF her nus
hand who was killed when an automobile in
which ba was riding was hit by a train at Van
Cortlandt Park in June, 1904 was reversed yester-
day by the Appellate Division
This was the second verdict reversed as the re-
suit of the same accident Miss Margaret Noakes'
WIN was in the automobile at the time, recovered
a,lic+ of s2a GOO for the loss Of her leg. and this
Judgment was reversed
On the theory that it the duty of the auto
mobile uarty TO take warning of the approaching
train though unable to it, the court finds con-
tributory negligence The evidence establishes that
ti,ose in the automobile could the train ap-
n-oachinr hut relied on the chauffeur TO protect
them
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
COLORADO SOUTHERN PRosPERiNG,

Twelve Of the thirteen members of the board OF
directors of the Colorado & Southern Railway
Company were present at a meeuIng which took
the form of an informal celebration of tea ninth
anniversary of the organization of the y.Jmrany
President TrumbuII presented figures TO the board
which gave summary Of the development OF the
propcrty since its entire existence. He also read
other fgures 10 show what might be expected in
the way of further development No action was
taken regarding the seni-annual dividend on the
FIRST and second preferred stock This action Will
cor.a I'D al the March meeting of the board. 1t
-,-as said that the figures presented by President
7rurlbuu were satisfactory the directors.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
HUDSON HARMONY NEAR.
GoUcrnor-elect Forts Programme
Goes Through IN Jersey City.

County Clerk John Rotterdam was elected chair
man OF the Hudson County Republican Commit
last night without opposition and The rou- OF
Colonel Samuel D. Dickinson as leader Of the party
IN Hudson and In the state complete.
The opponents OF Dickinson are iubilant because
Mr.. Rotterdam elected practically unanimously
and is now the recognized erder OF the Republican
party in the county. The Dickinsouites are also
satisfied for the reason that By clever tactics IN
taking advantage Of a techricaIity Sheriff John
Kaiser who was their candidats for Chairman. had
been excluded from the roll Of members and rem
dered ineligible as a contestant. and that the
Rothamites had 70 resort 70 trick 10 avert defeat
Colonel Dickinson absent
Sheriff Kaiser gracefully accepted the result and
spoke kindly OF Secretary Mccarthy. who had elini-
mated his name
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
HEARING ON TRANSIT AMENDMENTS
Public Service Commission Names Next Fri
day for Public Discussion.

The PubJic Service Commission has set next
Friday January L. p. as the date for a
public hearing on proposed amendments TO the
existing rapid transit ia ". The hearing IS TO De
held in response TO man. requests The question
to be submitted for public discussion is w hae
amendment if any. to the constitution can safely
be made to allow necessary rapid transit railroad
construction by the city,
The constitution provides that the Indebtedness
of the city shall exceed 10 per cent OF the as
sessed valuation of its real estate, exclusive OF
water bonds II is asserted that the near ap-
nroacb of the city's present Indebtedness TO the
constitutional limit prevents the construction OF
needed rapid transit railroads The criticism
of the so-caI1ed ElsbeIg act amending the rapid
transit law will also up for discussion
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
ELEVEF DROP WITH THE BENDS.
One Long Island City Sandhog in Critical
Condition; Others Revived

Eleven men collapsed with the bends in the shaft
yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad system in
Long Island City yesterday morning coming
out OF the workings and striking zero weather
q few minutes the other woFHTnen in the yard
got them all into the hospital airlock. One after
another they quickly recovered and were sent to
their homes. all except William Barker, thirty
five years old of No. 20s West ed street Manhat-
tan who has worked in compressed air for the
last five years and was considered immune from
attacks Of the bends He failed respond to
treatment. and after spending several hours in the
lock he was sent TO St Johns Hospital Long
Island City. Late last night it said he was in
a critical condition.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
HEAVY SELLING OF SOUTHERN.
Stock Market Unsettled Amid Rumors Of
Trouble for the Road

Heavy selling of the securities of the Southern
Pathway Company unsettled the stock market yes
+ardav afternoon and gave rise TO runors of i'm
nendfng difficulties for the road The common stock
suffered A net loss of q points and the preferred
ot,+s while the first mortgage bonds. of which
the sales were s50.0O0 par value. closed at s6. .
roints lower than on Thursday Financiers identi-
6ad with the company discredited the rIors Of re-
caivershfp One of them said:
II have heard these rumors but can't see any
-eason for the attacks on the Southern Railway.
One explanation offered for the weakness in
Southern Railway was that it foreshadowed a fur
thor reduction in the dividend on the preferred
stock.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
wH,rRIDeE IN CONTROL TOMORROW.

Judge Lacombe. in the United States Circuit
C.orrt yesterday issued an order authorizing Fred
erick w. lWhitridge. the receiver appointed for
the Third Avenue Railroad, 10 take charge Of the
property at midnight tonight and directing
Nessrs Joline and Robinson. the receivers Tor
the New York City Railway Company, to turn
over all propertv of the Third Avenue to him
Although beginning Sunday morning the Third
avenue lire will be operated independently, II IS
not thought that an attempt viii be made at pres
ent to nterfer, with the existing system Of ex-
changing transfers between that road and the other
connecting lines of the New York City Railway
Company.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
ARREST IN MURDER CASE.
Boston Police Hold WOman as Ac-
cessory to WhitmOre Killing.

Boston Ian 10-Mrs CSeorgiana Dickinson. alias
Charlotte Mcdonald. wanted by the police OF Ha--
rfsou. " J.. as an alleged accessory to the murder
Of Mrs. Helena Whitmore. whose body was found
IN Lamp Black Swamp there December 26 was
IN a house in Essex street. Cambridge. To-
night by Chief Inspector Watts and Inspector
William ] Shields. Of the Boston police She 10
locked I'd in the TOmhs in this city She will os
taken to New Jersey tomorrow morning
When asked II she Mrs. Dickinson. the wcrn-
an replied:
It's all up with ne; 1 won't deny r. Ny name
is Georgiana Dickinson. although am also known
BY the name Of Charlotte Mcdonald
On the way to the Cambridge Police Headquar-
tcrs., where Mrs Dickinson was first taken. she
said:
Il an glad it is all over. and I willing TO go
back and tell all know However am so tired
tonight I can't talk and 1 want TO rest; but L
will tell all you want in the morning"
During the evening Mrs Dickinson sent tele-
gram 70 her husband. Harry Dickinson. at No. 243
West 34th street New York informing him OF her
arrest and asking him IL he would meet her in
New York tomorrow.
Prosecutor vickers. OF New Jersey, was informed
Of the arrest. and word received that an officer
would leave New York the midnight train TO-
night TO take Mrs Dickinson back with him to-
morrow. Mrs Dickinson says she is willing 70
return without extradition papers
When the Harrison jaHkeepers took Whit
more 10 the bathroom yesterday morning and
removed his cloJhing. a newspaper clipping
from Albany paper Of 1870 dropped 70
the floor II was headed Heir 10 Millions
and said that John Smith WhitmOre. Of No.
500 Yates avenue, Albany. the father Of the prfs-
oner who IS still alive. was 70 receive fortune
OF 100000 left by Mrs Ann JerTnond- " hftr1ore
One OF his ancestors went to Holland 10 i've and
was lost sight Of. Whitmore says he has been
trying TO prove that he is a descendant OF Jer-
mond- Thus far. he says. he has traced his an
cestry back five generations
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
IAN I'LL WIND

Chicago. Jan 1O-John Kelly. Of Burlington. Ind
once a poor truck farmer. IS now Opulent man
ufacturer Of cement blocks KeIIy's home is two
blocks from the cement works Of the Illinois Steel
Company where S,0o9.GO0 plant converts Stag into
Portland cement When the wind blows clouds ot
cement laden dust envelOp the Kelly home The
owner, in the hope OF saving his garden greens.
constructed immense shield Of the billboard type
protect his lot. The cement dust now falls IN a
pile at the base Of the shield All Kelly has to do
is to mix gravel with the cement and mould the
mass into blocks. for which he finds q ready
market.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11

tailnnent Of product and the shutting down OF IL
dustries have been contributing factors Dealers
generally throughout the country are wen stocked
with anthracite, and the year opened with a
deartb of orders so far as producing companies
are concerned
While there is yet serious consideration gwen
20 the matter of curtailing the output, this VIII
follow quickly unless a decided improvement sets
in as il is not the policy os The mining companies
~ mine and store coal when the cost Of mining is
at its highest.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
BURLINGTON MERGING LEASED ROADS
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l

Thy Telegraph The Tribune.
Omaha ian l0-The Burlington Railroad is con-
solidating into parent fold all the roads which
n has heretofore operated by lease. There are
tI,irty-seven of these small roads in Nebraska
wyoming and Kansas, and all have practically be-
Ioneed to the Burlington whose policy in building
extensions is to incorporate separate company for
sacb extension and later consolidate the new line
with the old one.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
TREsTLE AND TRAINS FALL TO REVINE
Five Killed in Wick Following Head-on
Collision on Alabama Railroad

Mobile. Ian IA special from Vinegar Bend
Ala tells Of head-on collision cn the Alabama &
Mississippi Railroad to-day between passenger
and 4 logging train Five persons we're killed out
right and TWO were seriously injured.
Running AT fair speed, the passenger train took
q curye at a trestle twelve miles west Of Vinegar
tse,d as an extra freight train came into view on
+be onposite end. The trains net in the centre OF
7 no trestle which gave way, throwing both trains
70 the bottom Of a ravine twenty feet below
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11

chief clerk, John A. Henneberry sat this did
not disqualify him. He had read about the cass
but had read the story OF the last trial
After fifteen minute recess both Mr.. Jerome
and Mr.. Littleton said that they were satisfied
with the jury as it stood and the two men were
sworn
At the first trial 3ss taIesmen were examined
out Of $50 summoned, eight days being con-
sumed in getting the jury.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
BRONX SEWER SUIT DISMISSED.

The suit of Angela l. Meters, as taxpayer
to make permanent temporary iAJuiction re-
taj,f-.r the Bronx River Valley Sewer Comulis-
sfo- from proceeding with contract wIth the
MACK Contrasting Company, which is TO build the
hi~ sewer Will not be sustained Justice Mills an
rounced today that soon as the commission
resigned the contract so az 10 correct a fault ne
would sign an order dis-nssins the suit and re-
moving the injunction.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
PIG IRON PRODUCTION TO RESUME.

Birmingham Ala. Jan. m.-Announcement was
made today that The surplus of pig iron which
has accumulated since October because of the col
Iapse OF the iron market has been reduced in the
last few weeks from $4,000 tons to less than 5.000
tons and that the curtailed production will
shortly be called of. Only the smaller dealers viii
accept orders for ION under SO 50 a ton for No.
foundry.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
IRON CITY DIVIDEND Is PER CENT.

Pfttsbl1re Jan I0-The report OF the auditors of
the first and second partial accounts of the re
crfyers for the Iron City Trust Company, was fled
in United States District Court to-day. Judge
Ewing confirmed the report nsi, ana on January u
It win be confirmed absolutely and % per cent
dividend declared unless exceptions 10 tbe report
70 filed The report shows the amount due depos-
to - have been reduced from 81 163 80 to s67,a2
since the apointrneat of receivers on October 23
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11

T. yvos reported YESTERDAY in this city on behalf
- tho International Longshoremen's Association
that President Keefe had warned the members
that employers we're likely to propose reduction
in wages Formerly, he said. conferences with
the lake carriers ard dock managers were held
every year about this time, but IRIS year they
were postponed.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
nswARkERs TO HAND s1o24o TO POPE.

Moatcia.r. Jan. 70 CSpecia).-The total amount OF
Peters pence recently taken up in the Cathohc
ri-,r--i,fs of the Newark diocese Sl02l0- The
several hundred churches in the diocese contributed
Sums ranging from 3 Sl6o6. The latter sam
zas given BY ST. MaTy's parish, Of Bayonne. The
Dresertatcn Of The Peters pence tund TO the Pope
v,iu Se MADE the occasion of a special pilgrimage
= Marty ~ Catholics from the Newark diocese
which will visit Rome during the next few MONTHS
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
FATAL ACCIDENT AT GRADE CROSSING.

NIddletowr. N Y. Jan 10--AIarshau Brundage
is dead and Dewitt Ogden is probably fatally tn
jured as the result OF grade crossing accident az
Otisv1ue. near here. tonight The TWO were drIv-
ing over the Erie tracks when their rig struck
by an engine Both were thrown some distance
Brundage died in the SIiddletGwn Hospital. where
ogden was also taken with what believed
be fatal injuries