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Manager l. Stoddard Taylor has served
Tor the benefit OF the members of The Be
iaS>o Theater Producing Company a
dainty lunch each day in a room an The
sixth floor Of the theater. WHERE reGears-
ais take place. This lofty, breeze swept
room. extending over the entire building.
makes an ideal work ana rest place and
tells.
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Brookside Inn and Cottages.
Altitude. $500 feet. Send for illustrated book
let OF the most ideal mountain resort in America.
E. J. KIRKPATRICK. Brookside. w. Va.
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YellowSulphu prfngss Va
Crest Of the Aleghenies Open June ]. Booklet.
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NEW PRINCESS HOTEL

Fireproof,. built Of brick. stone and steel. South
Carolina and Beach. Atlantic city. y. ].
Near piers and attractions. Liberal management.
Capacity. 400 guests. 100 rooms with bath. sin
gle suite. Spacious pazzas Elevator. FIX
cellent table. White service. Orchestra. Terms:
American plan. $500 to SIS. 90 weekly: s.. 100 to
81 90 daily. Special season and family rates.
ABSOLUTELY THE FINEST HOTEL, AND I>OCA-
TION FOR THE PRICE. Write for literature.
je1O-30t.14 CHARLES f. COPE. Prop.
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THE NHBPAEF COTTAGE,

THE DJ UNFAIR ON LOWER POTOMAC; IN
creased aecommoda tions. motor boating. bath
81 ner S, week w w WaIIAcE pI!SRaR Ridge
st. Mary Co.. Md. ie9-3Ot'.l
HOTEL LAWRENCE, LEONARDTOWN. MD;
known as the hotel for the comforts of home;
good bathing boating, fishing etc: terms mod
crate by week month. FOXWELL e.
JOHNSON, Proprs. je17- tn. sa. Su-14t'h
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The HOlmhmrSt.

Pennsylvania ave-. near Beach; unohstructed
ocean view; private baths; stationary wash
stands. with hot and cold running water In bed
rooms; elevator to street level: capacity 300.
Open all the year Hotel electric coach meets
trains. Literature upon request.
je12- 10 HENRY DARNELLA
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THE WASHINGTON HOTEL.
Excellent table: elevator: all modern conven-
fences: springs and mountains. For terms
address G. w. BISER. Berkeley Springs. W. Va
jetO-3nt4
New-York tribune., 1909-07-08
TOM PLAYS BALL WITH A BILL.
Police Cat Absconds with So but Is Arrested
and Property Is Recovered

Again does Tom. the mascot Of the West
i25th police station. figure ir the days
Tom has been the principal in innumerable fights
Eavs has managed 70 gain much publicity; it is
rather expected Of him
FIis latest escapade came last night. Mrs Helen
Dcrn came the station house 10 give her
son. George. seventeen years old. who had been
arrested on q charge Of disorderly conduct. s.
bill. with which pay his fine in court. She per
suaded Lieutenant McNulty. who the desk
have the currency sent back TO him in his CELL
and then returned 10 her home.
The second scene in this drama shows Mrs. Dorm
rushing fraaticslly into the West l25th street
tion To the lieutenant she unfolds story Of
having lost SO biIl in the police station.
'Tis a sorry place TO lose sio' qgoth that dig
nitarv and then called out every the back
room assist IN the search for the missing bill
Eigh and low behind bench and chair. on hands
and knees. searched the industrious policemen. II
finally remained for The doorman bring it TO
view
Sure lieutenant. and there is Tom playing ball
with Bill there in the corner ne sput-
FeI=d. Fifty necks cfarsed the direction
aieated: afts- pairs Of eyes glued the form
Of Tom who rollicked on unaware OF the interest
his antics were causing. The serried ranks Of the
.fnest~ closed in upon Tom and rescued the
spot row rolled a compact oaIl- Mrs. Dorm
looked thankful: the police looked relieved. and
Tom looked suky.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-08
STATE BANKERS SESSION.
Sixteenth .4nnuaI Contention at
Saratoga July Is and 10.

An interesting programme has been prepared Ior
the sixteenth annual convention Of the Ne" YORK
State Bankers Association. which Is to be he'" oi
July - and i6 at the United States Hotel Sarato3
Springs the Fort William Henry Hotel which hao
been originally selected The meeting place nav
ing been destroyed by IRE a fortnight ago
At the business session the first day OF the
convention. E S. Tefft. the president viii denver
his annual address. and f o. Watts. OF NASHVILLE
chairman of the executive council of the American
Bankers Association. and Lucius Teter. president
of the Chicago Savings Bank and Trust company
will also make addresses Mr. Teter's topic being
Some Phases of the Postal Savings Bank QueS-
ton"
Following the adjournment Of this session there
will be A meeting Of members of the American
Bankers Association. TO be called by the vice-pfeSi
dent for this state Arthur Kavanagh. cashier Of
the National City Bank Of New York On the
second day Friday William NJ kingsley. vice
president Of the United States Trust Company. Of
this city. will speak on Lights and Shadows Of
Wall Street" and Clark Williams superintendent
Of banks. will also make address
At the annual dinner. the evening Of Thursday,
July Is the speakers will he ex-senator Bracket.
Victor Speer. Creswe1l Mclaughlin. Representative
J. Sloat Fassett. the Rev. DIR. Ernest NJ. Stires,
Clark Williams. Lucius Teter William NJ. Kingsley
and Colonel r Q. Watts.
Other features Of the entertainment programme
include drives and a reception. excursion by
special train TO Lake George and a steamer trip on
the lake. a fireworks display aU Congress Park,
Saratoga, following the return from Lake George.
special train for the convenience Of delegates wiz
leave the Grand Central Station at 2.45 p.
July L. for Saratoga Springs making stops at the
principal point. on the way
New-York tribune., 1909-07-08
EATS WAY TO PICTORf.
p. LommeI No1c "Champeen" Beef
4bsOrber of the East Side.

Philip Lommel. weigh" 270 pounds. of No Io
Rivington street. is the "champeen beefsteak
eater of the East Side. He won the medal aiter
a ten-pound go with Max Meyers, H5 pounds OF
No 1923 Essex street, the outing OF the Samuel
Rrenner Association OF Essex and Rivington
streets, which was held yesterday at Wetzeis
Point View Grove, Long Island Sound be
tween five hundred and six hundred voters from tne
Sth Assembly District witnessed the contest ana
cheered the eaters In the throng were alder
men. former aldermen. future aldermen, to say
nothing Of future mayors and police commissioner.
Headed by band they left their headquarters
early yesterday morning and marched In gallant
array 70 Sd street and the East River. where tfSy
boarded the steamboat Commodore OTninous
growIs from widely separated parts of the boat
whore specially appointed keepers had the TWO con
testants I'm charge foretod their eagerness for the
fray Both had been fasting They were
matched ten pounds OF beefsteak for 800 a
side
Arc they rnuzzied?' inquired a tmid guest who
had been invited to Joing the outing
4 short time after their arrival the comba-
tants took of collars and cuffs and stiff bosomed
shirts loosened their Wristbands went through
few gvrnnastic contortions and then announced
themselves ready for the feast Seated opposite
each other with big pitcher of coffee and pile
Of rolls within reach. each man was helped to
fine. juicy steak and Louis Zeltner as umpire
shouted Eat" The contest was on
with applause and music the contestants put
away ono steak after another. Five pounds were
reached. and the contest about a tie L0tnnlel
had struck unusually tough slice and being
una bic to get knife blade through 1t he simply
boI,ed IT, amid the cheers OF his admirng friends
when eight pounds reached Meyers began
to show signs OF repleon, and TO entfaise ne" Ire
into him the band struck up 'Theren Be a hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight"
"Oh - shouted IommeI he started In on MS
ninth pound I'm hungry, Bring me another
steak"
This was too much for Meyers. who baked at
s4 pounds while Lommel finished up the steak on
his platter and was declared the "champeen He
got the medal and the $50.
The association had a big time on It's return in
the evening
New-York tribune., 1909-07-08
EXCHANGE GUARD.
Threat to Use Dynamite SAID To
Be Responsible for Extra Police.

Several detectives in addition to the usual force
guarding the New York Stock Exchange were on
duty there during the three days Of the Fourth OF
July holiday period, II learned YESTERDAY and
according to report their presence due 10 knoWI-
edge Of a threat To dynamite the exchange
At the office OF the secretary of the exchange IL
was said yesterday that nothing was known there
OF any such menace. although letters from cranks
We're often received At Police Headquarters IT
was explained that the extra detail during the
three-day holiday nothing unusual and that
the additional detectives had been Withdrawn
The temporary enlargement Of the detective
guard Is understood To have been ordered as a pre
caution following the receipt by a newspaper last
week Of a letter. the signature well as the body
Of which was typewriter. In which the threat was
made that'thc Stock Exchange would he blown up
some time between Friday afternoon and TUESDAY
morning
The Stock Exchange visitors sa!iSry to which
access formerly freely granted to all sight
seers. the only requirement being the obtaining
OF card Of admission at the secretarys office was
closed for repairs: in February. Since then
no visitor had been allowed I'm the gallery unless
accompanied by member or the Exchange It
has always been understood that the adoption of the
ne" rule was due 20 threat 10y some crank.
The gallery OF the Consolidated stock Exchange
has been closed to visitors latter part Of
March. 1905 in consequence of a similar warning
ii has been said
New-York tribune., 1909-07-08
BILLING OIL BURNS TWO.
One Man Jumps Orcrboard 4fre in
williamsburg and NearIy DrO7cns.

The explosion OF oil tank in the Pratt plant
Of the Standard Oh Company. at North 18th street
and Kent avenue. WILLIAMSBURG. Yesterday INJURED
two men and endangered the lives OF a dozen other
employees The injured John Deery forty
eight years old, of No. 81 North 10th street and
Patrolman Charles KrummeG. attached 10 the Bed
tord avenue station
Spontaneous combustion is supposed have
caused the explosion. which blew of the top OF the
tank with noise heard for several blocks II a lso
scattered burning oil in all directions setting fire
10 the clothing OF Deery who is employed in the
yard as fireman. Deery to the dock ad;oin-
ing and leaped overheard. He extnguished the
fire but would have drowned only for Daniel Bray
another employo. who plunged in and dragged
Deery to a lighter where willing hands pulled both
from the water. He burned the hands and
arms.
The noise of the explosion attracted Policeman
Krummell who while running through the yard
trpped and fell decorating his right hand He
was also burned by the blazing oil. He and Deery
were ATTENDED bv Dr. Miller. of the Eastern Dis
trict Hospital, ami sent home.
The burning tank contained about twenty thou
sand gallons of refined oil but the company has
process by which this oil is drawn OFF while the
top is afirc. a large quantity was saved The dam
age done amounted $1,000.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-08
CARMEN SHOWS SPEED.
Wins One-MIe amateur Cycling
Cham piOnship an NezCark.

the one-nIle national amateur cycling champion
ship last night at the Vailsburg track n Newark.
Percy Lawrence. of San Francisco was expected
to win by Of the five thousand spectators. but
he finished last In the final heat
The trial and semi-ffnal heats reduced the Candi-
dates 10 four riders. Jacob Magin Of the National
Turn Verein. and Jerome Stenert. OF the Roy
WheeImen. being the other starters. Lawrence was
in last place most of the time. and when he tried
TO improve his position before the sprint came he
could not get up. He tried again in the last lap
but swung up the bank Carmen led az The
bell. with Steinert second and Magin third Car
kept the lead until he crossed the line bur
Magin Outsprinted Steinert. finishing two feet be-
hind Carmen.
Eddie Root. paced by Charles TurvtlIe won -bA
twenty-mile motor paced without the slizhtssr
trouble.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-08
CHILDREN IN BIG PARADE
Blind Street Cleaners Proteges Re
71p7rcd bu Commissioner Ed1Cnrds.

With tears OF JOY streaming down his cheeks
Reuben : Simons. blind street cleaner stoon III
Dexter Park Woodhaven. Queens Borough, yester-
dav afternoon and told three thousand school chill
dren who had gathered to do him honor and 70
celebrate an important event in their own careers
that it was the happest day Of hts life. The sath-
erfnz in Dexter Park the realization OF
Simonss hope, cherished for years, to tnfuse so
much civic pride in the minds Of the ctys chldIe"
that they would work to make the city beautiful
As Siuons addressed the children Big BIZ I'd
wards Commissioner of Street Cleaning stood be
side his slhordinat, and described TO him the fsat-
res Of the parade Of children that had just passed
in review Smous holds the rank Of foreman in the
Street Cleaning Department. but his Commissioner
was proud TO be seen beside him, for he realized
what Sunons had done for the city.
All TIN children were members Of the Juvenile
Street Cleaning League, representing twehtS-ohe
public schools They paraded about the big athlsuc
field in the park passing in review before toinhis
sloner Edwards: his Brooklyn deputy owen d
Murphy. Alderman James II. Finnegan, of BROOK
Iyn. and Foreman Simons. Controller Metz anu
Acting Mayor McGowan. who had promised 70 al
tend we're not present Commissioner EDWARDS toId
the youngsters that they were doing good "oiN'
and commended them their fine appearance ana
their show of civic pride.
The Juvenile League was first organized during
the afrlinistra tlon Of the late Colonel George r
Warne. ir. in 1886 but was forced TO disband fve
wears later Mr.. S'mons then went from school TO
school making speeches 70 the children. and recent
Iv the league was reorganized. The programme Tor
the lay included baseball. basketball. athieuc
games and dancing Three silk banners were award
ed to the leagues making the best showing In 'he
New-York tribune., 1909-07-08
sCoW TRIMMERs WON'T STICK
Strike Pickets Get Them to Quit as Fast az
They Are Employed

Policemen guarded all the dumps on the East
and west sides where the scows are trimmed YES
terday. on account OF the strike Of the scov
Trimmers' Union. because OF the trouble OF TIE
last strike OF the trimmers- In spite OF the warn
Ing given TO Paul Kelly. the leader OF the strikers
oy Police Captain Corcoran, that he would be held
responsible for any trouble the strike pcks-s YES
terday managed to get the new men awav almost
as fast as they could be taken on. There are
thirteen regular dumps. eight on the East SIDE
iour on the West Side and one In Harlem. and il
was hard to keep new men at any OF them
The strikers demand the prevailing rate Of wages
nut this it is said, is hard 70 decide inasmuch as
they are the only persons doing such work Thav
were receiving from 81 . to s. day. and the in
crease demanded averages 81 ~ "A week
Herman Robinson. general organizer Of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor. said last night that The
new contractor had been cutting wages and dis
charging union men, He said IL was understood
that the contractor a fgurehead for another
contractor, and the Street Cleaning Department
would be asked to investigate the whole trouble.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-08
OFFER INTERBoRoUGH BONDS.
Morgan and Higginson Houses Want 103 1-2
for s10,oOO.OOO 5 Per Cent Securities.

J. ?. Morgan & Co and Lee. HiKginson & co.
offering at lo5i and accrued interest. subject
prior sale and change in price. S1O000.000 Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company 45-year per cent
mortgage bonds, Series A. which may be redeemed
from the sinking fund any interest date In blocks
Of not less than 81 oo0 at I05 and accrued in
ter,st. The company has paid the special tax
under Article XIV of the laws Of New York
State. thus making these bonds exempt. There
outstanding including the present issue. 2l1.59o
Ol0: pledged security for per cent notes, SIS
1eSSoo: issuable for additional properties. So
3o1 200: total authorized issue. So. 100000
The bonds are secured by the only mortgage on
the company's property nor owned or hereafter ac-
qIijred with the proceeds Of these bonds. subject
only 10 the ctys rental The company's net income
year three times the total interest charges
and the sinking fund il sufficient to retire at
turity about $50 COO 600 the S55.0oe.oo author
lied bonds The Public Service Commission has
unanimously approved this issue after exhaustive
investigation Of the company's operation and af
fairs. Simultaneous issue viii be made in Lon
don by J 5. Morgan & Co. and HisEinson c Co
The bonds ready for delivery.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-08
P4TTENT LEAPS TO DE4TH
SanatOrium Inmate Eludes Attend-
ants to Plunge from WindO1c.

Eluding two of his attendants in the River
crest Sanatorium. at Astoria. Long Island, yes
terday afternoon, Isaac Lazarus seventy-two
years old. a retired merchant, of NO 100 west
14Oth street jumped from a second story WIN
dow and fell to a stone pavement t*low' dylhg
almost instantly from a fractured skull
According to the information given out at the
sanatorium, Lazarus had been an inmate or the
place for about year. but his case was not
considered incurable He had been acting IN
rational manner all day yesterday and about
o'clock in the afternoon was conversIng win TWO
Of the attendants in his room. Rising from his
seat he excused himself, saying ne would oe
back Immediately. and entered bathroom
once inside he locked the door and while the
attendants tried to get in he opened the WINDOW
and plunged head first TO the courtyard TWO
stories below. His head struck the stone nag
eino and his skull was crushed. His son. Joseph.
was summoned from this city and took charge
of the body.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-08
IMMIGRANTS MAKE PROTEST.
Russians Detained as Paupers Object to New
Ruling of Commissioner Williams

Jews at Ellis Island. who said that they
about he deported because not OF them
had 30 in his pockets. received by the editor
of THE Jewish Daily Forward" yesterday The let
ter was written by Alexander RudnOw. a former
student at the University of St Petersburg II
voiced the protest OF the immigrants against the
unceauliness OF the detention quarters and the
injustice of being sent back TO Russia because Of
a new Interpretation Of the law the part of
Commissioner Williams
Abraham Cahan. editor of the newspaper. said
that a meeting OF cdzcns would be called soon to
protest against Commissioner Wamss new regu-
latiou, which. he sud a Interpretation
OF the old law that immigrant who is likely TO
become a public charge shall be admitted
New-York tribune., 1909-07-08
VANDALISM IN THE PARKS.
Commissioner Smith Says More Policemen Are
Needed to Guard City Property.

The rubbish OF all sorts that lately has been
thrown I'm the city parks. particularly in Riverside
Drive has caused Park Commissioner Smith TO
wonder where the grass. flowers and trees will be
by the end OF summer. He also has lost thirty
more rhododendron plants which were stolen from
the flower bed a Riverside Drive and I'D street
last week The Park Commissioner says there are
not enough policemen to help matters to any ex-
tent either Commissioner Smith was particularly
angry that had stripped the bark from a
healthy the night before at iOlst street ana
the drive About this he said:
IN France such destruction is punishable by
two years IN jail The stuff thrown about the
parks and papers left there by persons who have
been sleeping there At night can be gathered up.
but when Il comes running some of the trees 1t
is time to do something. There ought TO be more
patromen Only three nights ago l saw bonfire
on the tennis courts OF Central Park
When asked about the harmonica artists who
hold forth on Riverside Drive every night the Park
Commissioner said his department had juris-
diction over music. -lasscaI otherwise
New-York tribune., 1909-07-08
JEWISH CHARITY INCORPORATES.
Widowed Mothers Fund Association Formed
BY Mrs. Einstein.

Justice Blanchard signed yesterday the certih-
cate Of incorporation of the Widowed Mothers
Fund Association, which organized several
months ago by Mrs. William Einstein and other
Jewish women formerly associated in the work OF
the United Hebrew Charities. The work Of
Heving the needy families deprived of husband and
father been going since the association
organized.
The United Hebrew Charities found il impossible
account of shortage OF funds 10 for all
the requiring relief without taking OF
the children from their widowed mothers and send
ing them 10 institutions. Mrs Einstein withdrew
from the Hebrew Charities and with her associates
organized the present association give the
needed aid without separating families. The asso-
citation has seven directors and the petition saws
that the first annual meeting will be held on No
vember 10
New-York tribune., 1909-07-08
PLATT AT FREEPoRT FOR SUMMER.
Has Taken Cottage Overlooking Great South
Bay-Is Feeble

Ex-senator Thomas G. Platt is spending the sum
r7er in Freeport. Long Island. where he has leased
q new cottage In Rose avenue for the season. The
former Senator very feeble and when he arrived
late on Tuesday afternoon he had 10 be assisted
into and then out Of the hack that conveyed him
from the railroad station. The house that he has
taken is known the Abel cottage. Mrs. Abel
and Mr Platt's valet are assisting him make
himself comfortable.
The cottage oveClooks Great South Bay. and
there is always good breeze the wide verandas
which the former Senator will take daily walks.
II he gets stronger he expects to out on the
bay for a sail I'm calm weather. but his condition is
sucn at - es6nt that he will be unable do much
moving about for some time.