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New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
cold MOTOR" SWINDLE
THERE W4S HEAT INSIDE.
Brother of George and Aust'n BID
.ccU Sentenced an chicago.

Chicago March l4-Benson Bidwell and hls
.on Charles +. Bidwell. promoters OF the bio-
well Electric Company. cold motor cohceih IL
were found guilty Of operating a coiiiioei
game a renitentiary offence. here Tonight
Benson Bidwell is brother of George ana
Austin Bidwell, who. il is said. defrauoeo INC
Bank Of England Of s5.o0o.oo0 He started 'he
electric company in 1906 declaring tna' ne ia0
invented an electric motor that would not ourh
ont He also asserted that he was the iI'eh'o
Of the trolley car and of the electric fan'
4,xee,ors from all parts Of the United States
eps,.ered his advertisements. sending 10 the
company p total of se25o0o. according 10 tie
hooks of the concern. Charles r blo"eii' 'he
son was appointed secretary ano seherai il"-
arer of the company. The son received ooo'ooo
shares OF the 81 SOC 600 stock of the concern
II was alleged by the prosecution 'ha' t"o
FidweIls sold their private stock IN the conh
psnr to persons who thought that fhey were
h,,,-i,e treasury stock This allegation was sup
rorted at the trial by Miss Ida c Palmer WHO
had been employed an assistant by Charies
B,areu In addition TO testifying against hei
sorr,e- ernnioyers she turned over 70 the state
q secret stock book containing the names OF IN
vesto-s in the concern
The state also brought forward expert eiec-
fricians who declared that the motor lhNeh'eu
by the elder Bidwell was impracticaoie- a
model Of 1.-The motor was also exhioi'eo III
onerating il carbonic acid gas was pumped INTO
ths apertures.
The expanding gas caused the OUTSIDE Or the
machine to be coated with frost but the state
declared that the armature was not ahecteo
and was as likely to burn out as in an oroi-
nary motor In support of this contention
Miss Palmer testified that during an eX-
hibition OF the machine at an electr1cal eA-
rosition the apparatus became so hot tnal
smoke curled out of it. and that Charles BIO
we'll sat near the exhibit blowing cigar smoke
about II SO that spectators might not discover
the real cause of the fumes
henson RidweIl maintained throughout the
trial that he had invented real motor, and de-
rounced the proceedings as part Of a plot 10
wreck his company for the benefit of rival con-
Germs He accused Miss Palmer of having sold
the cornpany's secrets to its rivals HIS son ac-
cused Miss Palmer of jealousy
The case. which was based a complaint
made by investor in the company was
brought to trial on February Il. 1t went to the
jury shortly before noon to-day, the Verolct OF
guilty being found after seven hours aehoera-
tion Sentence will be passed later
When the jury first reported it returned YER
diets Of guilty on two counts, one for obtaining
money by false pretences and the other for
orersfine a confidence game. This amounted 10
two yerdicts OF guilty against each defendant
and over the objections of the defence the court
instructed the Jury that it could find the Bid
wells guilty on only count. Half an hour
later the verdict finding the aged inventor and
his son guilty OF operating confidence game
was returned
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
JACKSON MAY HELP GRAND JURY.
Will Offer Services of His Office in ice In
Testigatlon.

When ATTORNEY General Jackson appears. in per-
son or By deputy. before the special grand Jury
which has been Investigating the affairs OF the
American Ice Company on Monday il ia believed
that he III offer tie services Of his office to that
Jury for its further~inqury into ice affairs
Tlis does not mean that the Attorney General
viii necessarily continue the Investigation him
81. before jury; he will simply as chief legal
Officer Of The state. thought. offer the legal
services Of MS office TO the jury in such matters
as issuing subpusnas, examining witnesses and
aHing indictments-supposinG that there are any
draw
II vas rurnored yesterday that the Attorney Cen
eral had not relincuished the IDEA of bringing the
investigation before some subsequent grand jury.
Yesterday he had frequent talks with James W.
Osborne. who had been conducting the inquiry
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
eENeU,Ar RUGS ON EXHIBITION.

Bersuat collection of textiles. Iaces, en-
broideries. tapestries and rugs placed
hbiton yesterday in the Fifth Avenue AIT Gal
leries No. as Fifth avenue. This collection, which
is valued at something s2t0O.ea. has beer
gathered in the last twenty years by Benjamin
Benguiat. of New York and Paris. who will per
sonally supervise the sale which is to take place
on the of March 10. 80 q. p. IS - and
IS at 80 each day. James Z. Silo will be the
auctioncer. Among the more important objects on
exhibition is a fourteenth century Persian Damas
Gus rug. measuring feet inches by 10 feet and a
parent rug woven by order of the King of Po-
land early in the fifteenth century There are also
thirteen gold embroidered altar vestments from
the EscuriaI, Madrid
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
FEW TURKISH CARPETS.

Next to Persian rugs those from the Caucasus
rank in favor, and Indian rugs come next oau-
casian rugs are always small. Very few TURKISH
carpets are used, and Turkish rugs are not as
popular as are others from the Orient Inc
reason for this says great importer OF East
ern rugs is because people think this class OF
rug looks too much like the machine made ar
ticle account of the geometr1cal patterns
employed in obedience to the Koran, which for
bids the depicting of living things. But there
is no better rug for service than the Turkish.
1t gives far better value than cheap Persian
and is more practical. Turkish rugs are used
a good deal for bedrooms. while lighter Colors
are in demand for drawing rooms and pariors.
This accounts for the greatly increased use
of expensive Kiderman rugs. which come nearer
the American taste for light colors than do
other Oriental varieties.
Asiatic hand weaving has been taught the
peasants of Connaught and Donegal by the
Congested District Board, which has set on foot
various industries with view to stem the TIDE
of emigration from Ireland. Clever Irish wits
and deft Irish fingers rivalled the best OF
Oriental rug weavers, for the material used is
the finest Yorkshire yarn, dyed In the wool by
the famous Yorkshire dyers of England. girl
seldom makes more than one foot OF rug IN
dav or one to one and a half square yards in
a week, as sixteen tufts to the square inch are
required, while good Oriental carpets do not
have more than nine, and each must be knotted
in by hand The Irish loom is the vertical one
used by the Asiatics, and artificial weighing of
materials is ia booed.
There is a demand for modern rugs to fit the
modern furniture in living rooms, yet those who
can afford the individuality, beauty and color
harmonies obtainable in handmade rug turn
their backs upon power 1ooms-lovely as are
their produCts-and insist upon floor coverings
that are works of art in weaving and wholly
satisfying to aesthetic tastes.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
RECORD CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
More Than 5000 Applicants, Including
1900 Here. After Clerkships.

Albany March 1.-THE State Civil Service Com
mission announces that than three thousand
applications have been received foT the pending
examinations for clerk and junior clerk in the
states service. including twenty-five hundred for
examination in New York and nearly six hundred
for examination in Albany
The mere matter of rooms to accommodate the
candidates. says a statement given out by the
commission lis serious question, and the com
mission has much trouble 10 obtain suita BILE
rooms many. The chance that a single COM
petitor stands of obtaining position the result
of this examination may be estimated from the
fact that the total Of appointments. temporary and
permanent, from the eligible lists for clerk and
iucior clerk number only hundred and fifty
and this much greater than the average. The
examination will he far larger II any single ,x-
animation the commission has ever held
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
J. P. MORGAN'S RUGS.

In his twin houses Princess Gate London
J P. Morgan has a collection of Oriental rugs
which is said to have cost him 100000. Among
these is a Persian carpet the price of which
$4,000, although it is only Is by 20 feet in size
Its decoration consists of blue vines on red
ground with border of spirals leaves and me-
dallions.
1t is estimated that Senator Clark has spent
100000 upon his collection: that Oliver H.
Payne, Edward r. Bacon and the late William
c. Whitney and Fl. O. Havemeyer each paid
from 100000 $3.50 600 for their rug treasures
and that recent devotee of the rug cult paid
$4,000 for a rare specimen while New York
antiquarian owns assortment of the Oriental
carpet weavers art worth not less than S7JOO0
The MarQuand gallery is said have con-
tanned the grea test number of rare rugs ever
collected by any one person in this country,
while that OF the late Charles T. Yerkes was
little behind it in either size or value It would
not be possible to place a money value upon
these two great collections. One far less noted
that of Fl. H. Topakyan, sold recently for
SlI5.Ol1, and at period of financial depression
when some people were heard to declare that
they had not leg to stand on" Yet they has
tened to pay fancy prices for bits of carpet
winch Orlentals had sat on prayed on, 10.
these hundreds of years
While the craze for owning rugs Of peculiar
value is advancing by leaps and bounds it is
unusual TO pay Tor these the startling prices
recorded. Average prices are $500 to $1,000 for
rugs . feet q inches by g feet in size and So 600
and $1,000 for antiques of especial value For
instance recent sales of such goods represented
s4.loo for a Moorish carpet to Edison Bradley;
a silk rug for $500 to l.. p. Wetmore: q Tabriz
to DR.. j. Cole for S625: a Meshed for S625 to
l.. Hadon; another to w. J. Dickinson for $3.50:
a Serebend to w. W. Washington for S445: a
kermanshah TO the Philadelphia Racquet Club
for more than $1,000; while Vice President
Turner Of the Pennsylvania Railroad paid
S1ooO for one Of lot of Oriental rugs which
cost him 81 600
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
LEAVE STANDING ORDERS.

Such men leave standing orders with dealers
to let them know when a bit of carpet is
to be had, and the aim is to secure specimens
that do not pass through the usual channels Of
trade
Good collections of such specimens have been
made by George F. Baker. Mrs. Cha uncey T.
Blair, James A Garland, who possesses no less
than fifteen very Ghiordez rugs; p A. b
Widener, whose fad is the accumulation of
masterpieces of the sixteenth century, and the
late Charles T. Barney.
One of the celebrated carpets from the Mosque
at Ardebil. Persia is in the Yerkes collection.
another is owned by the South Kensineton
Museum. The Yerkes specimens still bright
coors are marvels of harmonious beauty al
though the date of this rug is 15;}5 A. D. It
contains 330000O0 hand tied knots 600 to every
square inch) and the inscription at the top. in
black letters. would seem to indicate that II IS
q prayer rug.
Such few rugs the Metropolitan Museum
possesses are beautiful enough apart from their
historic value and antiquity, to entitle them to
the glass cases and frames which place them
In the rank of pictures. Among them is q large
silk carpet, which formerly belonged to the
King OF Bavaria and which looks as If he had
stepped on it frequently. This is a handsome
creation in rich. peculiar colors embroidered
with gold and silver and exhibiting high de-
gree of the art In Poland in the seventeenth
century.
A rare and exquisite Persian rug in the ex-
hibt has centre which looks as if the rose,
of Persia had spilled their wine upon It, Then
II all manner of delicate-and principallv
floraI-desgns had been wrought in diverse col
ors all over it and the borders of which there
are several Next the gold fringed edge there
is a border OF rose color i'll which the principal
decorative color notes blue and pale tan. A
wide border of faded gold has as its most strjk-
ing color motives. red. blue. green and dull
orange, while green border around the
centre of the rug shows the same wonderful
mingling of indescriba BILE tints which make the
entire work of marvellous color charm The
middle of the rug has peculiar head shaped
formation at the top. resting upon a background
made up of splashes of strongly contrasted col
ors with irregular edges. much like a map each
color outlined by fine black hairline and COW
cred with alternate black and faded cold
heroglyphics. Dark lettering also furnishes the
decoration for border of ivory tint around the
head formation, in the middle Of which IL q
black medallion inscribed with faded gold Lot
ters One would fancy that some good Mahom
etan had woven his prayers into weft or
wonderful oveliness for the uncomprehendpg
gaze of another people in another century Ivory
hued medailions at each upper corner and mid
way on each side contain square decorations In
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
which an intricate pattern OF seometrlcai hh'
is worked out in dark red.
AT METROPOLITAN MUSEUM.

I'VE have only bought three rugs in two
years. said Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke director
of the Metropolitan Museum, land while 90 not
know for certain, think that the hishest Price
paid was 81 800. 1 oppose In every way 'he
absurd prices paid by some Americans for rugs
1t causes them to be held at such price 'ha'
museums cannot afford to buy them
THE greatest period for fine rugs was known
as the time of 'sulman the Magnificent or Sui
imam the Great'-about the reign of Queen Eliza
beth when the fine arts fourished all over Eu-
rope I think from this comes the statement
that such and such rug dates from the time
of Solomon giving an erroneous impression "
to the antiquity of the article, although sup
pose the names the same.
A famous piece of rug, for which fapuiou7
sum was paid by the Paris Museum, mas peeh
ascribed to the time of King solomon
2 small quarter Of silk rug picked up on ME
boat by woman who was attracted oy 10
beauty and popularity. She sold it IN New
York for $40 The dealer later disposed OF IL
for $40 The last owner thought II WORTH
while to send part of it to Constantinopie 10 oe
apprafsed and there it sold for $looo 10 PEI :
son from whom the Paris Museum bought 1t ''
many times this price
II is easy to tell handmade Orlental rugs
Their patterns show upon the back IN the Klo's
which is not the in rugs made ps iiid
chinery, and they afs sen-rinseu di' ~
eraver surface. Even handmade Oriental Jugs
do wear out sometimes There are not cnous"
antique rugs to go around among those VINO
want them yet people persist in demanding oio
rugs.
Modern commercasm is nothing II not ac-
con,modating. Said great Oriental importer
of Eastern carpets: "AntiqIe goods are scarce
and modern pieces have to be chemically Washed
to give them the old look much desired
Carpet dealers deplore the introduction Oh
aniline dyes into the Orient. The consequences
has been the production of some cheaper srades
of carpets but at loss of those almost In
destructible colors which the natives extract
from vegetable matter
Practically all Oriental carpets are Per
sian and Persian goods In all sizes lead all
Others although no one in New York has or
deted rug match a prayer rug OF 'he
shahs, which is gold frnged and emoeiiisheo
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
o. & n. INJUNCTION VACATED

Utica. N. Y, March H-United States Judge
George w Ray granted order at Norwich to-
day vacating the Temporary injunction restrain
ing the Delaware & Hudson Railroad ,'ou,parv
from paying dividends which due next Monday
The railroad company was represented bv Louis
F. Carr of Albany, and the plaintiff by III w
Ward OF Ward. Mellen Woodbridge of New
York. Mr.. Carr presented stipulation signed ey
member of the opposing frn agreeing TO dis
continue the case. Mr. Ward asserted that this
signed through misunderstanding and that
while two Of the plaintiffs had withdrawn from,
the action third would not withdraw and still
continued II.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
CUSTOMS MEN NEARLY LEFT ON SHORE

The cutter Nigilant, used by the Supervisor of
the Harbor pressed into the service of the Gus
toms officials yesterday when the steamship Bal
Tic was reported coming in from Sandy Hook
Deputy Surveyor Bishop and his were ready
to go down to Quarantine TO meet the Baltic, but
the boarding cutter Calumet, duty, had not
returned from the Graf Waldefsee. The reserve
cutter Hudson unavailable, as was The anchor.
age cutter Manhattan.
A private yacht, the Owlet, was sought after hut
she also of commission, and as :, last
resort the Nigtlant was asked to take the customs
officials to the Baltic
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
spi1zER CASE MUST GO TO JURY.

In the trial of Oliver Splitter. dock superintend-
ent of the American Sugar Refining Company
charged with fixing scales and attempting to
bribe q government offcial. in the United States
Circuit Court. Brooklyn. Clarence Lexow one of
the defendants attorneys, moved yesterday TO dis
miss the case the ground that there was no
evidence of criminal intent on the part OF Spitzer
Judge Chatfed denied the motion. and the case
Will probably 60 TO the jury to morrow
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
TIFFANY EMPIoYE FOUND DEAD.

Beleville. y J.. March IA (SpeciaD.-John Non
Ter. "A native OF New York city and an eniPloye OF
Tiffany & Co. was found dead I'm bed this morn
ing his hcme No. 50 Harrison street. thl'
town. DIR. Mata. deputy county physician. salu
heart disease caused his death He was forty
years old and his wife and three children SurVlVe
him lie was Il member Of several fraternai So
Gle
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
NJ. X. FLAGe DIES FROM WOUND.

Mortimer Kennedy Fiass lawyer. with oui1es
at No - william street. New York CITY, died 81
his home at Briar t1in Maucr yesterday from
wound caused by the accidental discharge oi
pistol which he carried in hts pocket The weapon
struck the side of automobile from WHICH -
was alighting. His wife survives HIN.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
NEW HAVEN ROAD REFUSES NEW CARS

sBy Telegraph % The Trtbuns
New Haven, March 1.-THE New Haven road has
been compelled by the financial depression 70 de-
cline all the acquisitions from the trolley roads II
for cars for summer travel Requests for
costing 100000 had been received and word
has been sent back that all have been declined
The cash shortage will make Z necessary 10 run
closed all summer many trolley lines and
In the large cities trailers will be used
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
SUICIDE OF BOSTON MAN.

Boston. March lt-W. T. vindranl. fifty years
Obi was foGnd dead in his apartments N the
'harlesgate Hotel. in the Back Bay district. TO-
day. with bullet wound in the temple A
'olver near by indicated that he had committed
suicide IL IS said that he had been despondcnr
over the general business depression. He cor
ntcted with a shoe firm in Oliver street After
viewing the body the medical examiner SAID mat
Windram undoubtedly had committed suicide.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
MILLINERY CASES TO BE RETIRED.

Colonel E. S. Fowler, Collector of the Port. has
appealed from the decision of the United States
General Appraiser, !. F. Fischer in the of
the eleven millinery importers whose trunks wefe
held on their arrival the Oceanic recently. An
other trial of tie viii be held Monday before
three members of the General Board OF Appraisers
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
FIRE IN HUDSON TUNNELS.

A slight fire IN the Hudson tunnels subway being
constructed under Sixth avenue the intersection
of I'D street yesterday. filled tunnel with
smoke and burned the tinberns and plank
Ing of the street little water quenched the
burning woodwork. The principal loss was in an
electric switch box. which burned
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
MAD DOG BITES THREE cows.

Bloomfield. N J., March "a (SpeciaD.-A mad
dog was shot and killed by John Partridge in the
hrookdale section OF Bloomfield to-day after II
had bitten several valuable dogs and three COWS
!. that neshbOrhood- The dog snapped at sew
era! children IN the street
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
Persian Mnhal RuRs.

We chuly inspection of these offerings we'll
prices quality with those offered elsewhere
Special Remark Sale n Basement
Sale Folding Screens-5h Floor.
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TWO-HOCR TRAIN TO PHILADEL H1A
EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR
FOR PHILADELPHIA Ly- W ed ST;
do. $50, $50 $50. $50. 1850. 1l-2o.
II.50 a. m. 1880. 10. 20. 100. 800.
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I2.5O. $50 $50. $50. 4-50, $50 $50. I-oo.
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Noon. Leo. 80. 200. 300. 4O0. 40. 800.
eco. T.oO. 500 100 ?; M, L 10 m N
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T.OO. 500. eco. 80 D m. 12-1o MID
night
FOR BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON
Lv. ". 23d ST. $50. $50 l1.50 a m.
$50. $50. $50 $50 p. n aally- Lv'
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FOR LAKEWOOD AND LAKEHURsr-
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SnIy). 20 8 20. 8. so. 4.5O, (6-20 Sats- only)
.. n Sundays. $50. $50 a m. 20 p q
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sats. onIy) p. m Sundays. S45. 1o-Oo
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FOR ATLANTIC CITY Lv. ". sd s1-'
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Sundays $50 a. m 20 p N " l-i5-
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Time tables may be obtained At toIl eIs,
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