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New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
PORT CHESTER SUIT UP.
GOttshaH Seeks to RccOUer &I2J 900
from {. ID. Barney s 20.

Justice Platzek with jury I'm the supreme Court
is engaged in the trial of an action brought by
William g Gottshall formerly president cf the
New York & Port Chester Railroad Company
against the firm Of Charles u. Barney Co. 10
recover $l2aI0. which he says IS due him over
the sale Of the railway the North American
Trust COMPANY Of which OakIeigh Thcrne was
the president.
The defendants admit that they hold the money,
but J. Horace Harding, n member Of the firm of
Barney & Co. alleges that $1,000 Is due him
commission OH the sale. The New York & Port
a long fight for franchise took place between
it and the New York & Westcheste- Railroad
Company Work was begun the New York
& Westchester line, but nothing was done re
garding the Port Chester road. which was sold
to the North American Trust Company for $4,000.
1t was Of this sum that Gottshall said he should
have received the $4,000.
X was testified that Gottshal delivered to Thorne
the signed contracts for the sale and received In
return $4,000 in cash and two certificates for
$4,000 A H. Morris and Dave Hennen Morris.
the owners OF Morris Park raceirack. totd how the
Port Chester road acquired right OF way through
their property. Morris Park then valued. they
said at 81 2G0GO. but they had since sold 1t
81 900 900 to "A syndicate known the Fidelity
Company.
MI Harding told how, in order to block the
Efforts of the New York e. Weetchester company
10 acquire n right of way he, with Goftshal and
Tohu r Pratt, had purchashd the Van der Beck
farm Of which Pratt got half and he and GottshalI
one-quarter each.
The case WAS not concluded.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
SAYS MILK KILLS BABES
Nathan Straus Calls Commercial
Pastrurizati0n" an Outrage.

Nathan Straus. speaking at the milk meeting
held under the auspices of the New York MIX
Committee the International tuberculosis Ex-
hibition in the American Museum OF Natural His
tory yesterday afternoon. again denounced com
mercial pasteuriZed' milk. One man in the au-
dience got up and said that the system of pas
teurzation used here was carried successfully
in Denmark. Questions brought forth the fact that
the had been in Denmark in twenty years
DR.. Alexander Lambert presided. and the general
subject discussed ''Tubercular Infection
Mr.. Straus began his talk by saying;
1t is the greatest outrage to call the CONNER
cial pasteurizatton of milk effective II is mere
murder of innocent children by the SAFE OF ihIs
sO-called pasteurized milk A 40-second test does
not make milk any more pasteurized than the
milk from the poorest daires.
The present system Of commercial pasleurtZa-
uon must he changed If the existing poor conai-
uons are to be changed. II is much better lor
mothers to boil their milk in the old way than
the milk treated in the present manner
At the present time the country is Hooded WIN
machinery that commercially pasteurlZes the
milk.
DR.. Lambert spoke on 'Tubercular Infection as
Related the Ciy's MIX Supply: Dr. William H.
Park director of the research laboratory OF the
New York Health Department, on Bovine Tuber-
culosis as a Source Of Human tuberculosis: Dr.
T f Biehu of the Chicago Health Department, on
Lessons from the Chicago Clean Mix Campaign :
DIR. II. u. gin. veterinarian the state Depart
Of Agriculture and for the milk commission
Of the New York County Medical Society, on Bo-
vine tuberculosis Prevalence Among the Cattle
Supplying Milk to New York County; Dr. Alfred
5 Hess. OF the New York Health Department on
'Tubercle Bacilli in Milk: DR.. Charles E North
of the North meteorological Laboratory. on II ne
Prevention Of Tuberculosis Infection Through
Milk" and Wilbur G. Phillips. secretary Of the New
York Milk Committee. on The Problem for New
York Citv"
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
EDWARDS'S SHAKE-UP
Orders Inquiry and Makes Sco50
Trimming Contract Change.

William II Edwards the new Commissioner Of
Street Cleaning, has ordered an investiga ton into
'ne accounts of Andre De Wilde. superintendent
OF HhaI disposition, and has relieved him Of the
handling Of the trimming contract Edward
u very an engineer in the Street Cleaning Depart
ment' has been placed in charge OF the scow trim
ing contract Commissioner Edwards said yester
day:
The Commissioners Of Accounts in their fnyesti-
CATION of this department have given particular
a'eit'ioh 10 the contract for the trimming
or picking privilege, and a result the conclu-
sion mas oeen reached that the department has not
been receiving much remuneration for this privi-
lege IN the boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx
as ii should have received
The scow trimming contract has caused great
zeal OF trouble in the last few years and a great
obstacle has been that go around early in
the morning and take from the areaways paper
which has been put for collection by this depart
ment The amount bid for the trimming con-
tract has decreased considerably owing to this
practice Recently numerous arrests have been
made in cases of this kind. and the question has
been dealt with properly so that at present there
seems 10 be a general Improvement in the collec-
tons Of this class of material
Upon looking into the question decided that
il was for the best interests of the department
relieve the superintendent of final disposition of
the handling Of the trimming contract and
Informed Mr.. De Wilde to-day tha: hereafter all
matters pertaining 10 this contract would be in
the hands Of Edward y. Very, engineer in this
department, whose ability has been utilized by
previous commissioners 10 any great extent HIS
knowledge of final disposition and his acquaintance
with the department of such a character as to
make il possible for him assume these new
duties in very satisfactory manner Mr.. De Wilde
still has supervision of the ash can contract in
Brooklyn"
Mr.. Edwards announced that the department
would no longer hire ship caulkers and ship
penters to repair sc0Hs it was more economical
have this work done by contract The new Com
missioner has also changed the working hours for
his department from TO o'clock to 2 to O'Clock.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
MOFE TO GUST 1HE4RN
Deputy attorney General Prentice
to Renee the Fight.

Deputy Attorney General Ezra T Prentice who
assumed charge Of the New York Office on Monday,
has taken up anew the litigation dropped ny former
Attorney General jackson 10 oust Borough Frest-
dent Ahearn from ofice-
on charges preferred by the Mayor and Commits
sioners og Accounts the Governor removed Mt
Ahearu on December ., 1907. The aldermen from
the Borough OF Manhattan reelected h'm as soon
as thd law would allow. and he has been in office
since.
Mr. Jackson began action 10 oust Ahe8rn. but
after Justice Erlanger had sustained demurrer by
Martin W Idtlejon. Ahearn's counsel. nothing fur
tt:er was done. Nj. Prentice has gone over the
papers and has arranged for q conference with
Attorney General 0MaIey in this city tomorrow
to agree upon plan OF action.
TaIEulauy stiu has a majority OF the aldermen
from the Borough Of Manhattan and II they could
not reseat Ahearn they would put In Little Tim
Sullivan the men they would probably run Tor
the office in the MayoraIty campaign next fall
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
REALTY NOTES.

Feter Z. Sherry has leased for Mrs Hattie Fox
Bass a four story and basement building. No. a
Ninth avenue, for long term of years
shaw & Co. were the brokers i'll the resale OF the
premises No PA CrestoD avenue, n two story
frame two family dwelling. 25Nl0o feet to Daniel l.
Ryan who Will occupy the house.
f. T Newman has sold parcel of l0o lots in
East Massapequa. Long Island. to Pittsburg man.
Joseph p. Day has sold for the Broadway-Flusl1-
ing Company plot 4oE1o0 feet in Mitchell avenue.
between 25th and 26th streets. At neutrality-suspicious.
ing. to Il. J. Reynolds
william Colgate is the buyer of No. IA East 95th
street sold recently by John j. Kavanagh for Mrs
Ellen a. Cooper.
The old Graham homestead property at College
Point Long island. including an old dwelling. WIN
about fourteen acres If upland and fifteen and Il
half acres of land under water has changed hands
II hos a frontage of 500 feet Flushing Bay and
O00 feet on the west side of 18th street. The buyer
is New York; Philadelphia syndicate
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
BANK WINS SUIT.
!ashce and Jury Decide Duty of
DeD0sitOr.

case in'olving the relative duties Of merchants
helr banks has just been decided by Justice
.s'on arc 4 jury in the suit brought by the New
y A Frocuoe Exchange Bank against tie Twelfth
's'e Bank Of the City % New York II appeared
= = ~ ine uraA ended yesterday in the Supreme Court
as' ". Bauman who conduct a department
s al ls;h street aad Third avenue. made q
oh November - 1895. 10 the order Of r.
'Oos & ca. for 8 O. and this check was raised
iorirsT ennploye Of the fEn to so1O5 90 It was
=. psi'ea II the Twelfth Ward Bank and paid By
;. eE York Produce Exchange Bank. The date
december - -
n.
New York Produce Exchange Rank u-ae
:, - Upon by the Baumans to refund the amount
rAa 'efed check. and thereupon the New York
7-' 1fcnange Rank commenced suit against the
n. -, "srd Bank 10 recover this amount. Upon
s. -, - appeared that the Baumnns had been
,h.t- Hsoh Of having their account balanced in
e-'A On the lst of each month. and that the
u. - eheck to Jacobs was not returned among
"'einber vouchers
appeared that the Raumans had received
,b,, nt ssnt On December from Jacobs showing
n. november account intended TO he paid by
ea..k - ~ check had not been paid The altered
r-,h = hos deposited in the Twelfth Ward Bank
p-,eoenoer 3. and was paid by the New York
'-hehanee Bank on December 4
sommerich. attorneys for the Twelfth
49, TACT that this particular check was
- among the November vouchers when re-
b, 'ohl the bank and from the fact that the
"a. - received the statement on December !
"A. banmans were put on their guard thai
- ock vas elthtr stolen or lost and that II was
-, 'E immediately TO stop payment on the
= -, 1.o mat had they done this the payment or
i1 haEe been stopped and fTlat as the Bau-
-. = re negligent this neither the Prod
s.s hshge Bank the Twelfth Ward Bank
ana that therefore the Produce Ex-
ssrk 1'o h"l hoid the 1"ef'h ward
O. Eeifth Ward Banks attorneys asserted that
,s,. ck was never altered, but must have been
,.iore neiore il was filed in and that the filling in
NJ 0E = Was done by some one who had access 10
- sapmans' place.
n. 80 Dayton. in charging the jury said that if
,s,--1 round that the Baumans could have In
~. Haelr hank upon the receipt of the state
,5,t nom nom Jacobs, and the return of the vouchers
cb.- is check missing. then the Produce Ex-
p Bank vas not liable ana II the Produce
E+se Bank was not liable then The Twelfth
,.s sank Was nOt liable Also that il the Jury
~ss - n'ai the Bapnlans signed the check before il
r. 'led ilr then there was lio alteration of tn.
- even though il was intended for s. 81 instead
a.. . 4helat inserfed and neithc- q the tanks
a. Aao'e and therefore the rro3ece Exchange
-. oeia no. hcld tie Tweiftil Wsrd Bank
g.. s1s escidod IN favor CT The Twelfth ward
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
OFFER DENVER g. RIO GRANDE BONDS
Subscriptions Invited to Seventeen and One
half Million Dollar Issue

William SaIomon & Co, William 4. Read e. Go
and Blair & Co have invited subscriptions @2ia
and accrued interest to Sf750000O of Denver & Rio
Grande Railroad Company first and refunding
mortgage > per gold bonds. maturing Au-
gust J. 1862 with interest payable February l and
August l.
The bonds are secured by mortgage on more than
twenty-five hundred miles of the consolidated Den
Yer & Rio Cirande and Rio Grande Western rail
vavs and by pledge Of the entire outstanding issue
or second mortgage bonds and two-thirds. so 000 =
600 OF the stock the Western Pacific Railway
Company making them In effect en upon the
Denver & Rio Gr8nde-Weste Pacific system of
about 1856 miles.
The average net income of the company for the
last four years has been fully double the fixed
charges and the surplus income during the same
neriod has averaged more than four times the an
nuaI interest on the bonds now offered During the
last twelve years the tonnage OF the railway lines
has increased by 2t2 per cent. The gross earnings
mile have practically doubled, and expenditures
from, nro6t ard loss and income for improvements
and additions havs averaged more than S1Oo0OOO
a year.
The subscriptions VIII be closed at ) o'clock on
January y or earlier, and the indications are that
they will be closed earlier. because OF the large ad-
vance subscriptions that have been received
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
MOTHER HAD NO MONEY, KILLED HER
Son Stabbed Her Until He Became Tired and
Then Went TO Police Station.

Paul {. Finn. n stereotyper, Of Nc. 36s Berriman
street East New York. murdered his mother, Mrs.
Mary A. Finn. ffty-sever years old, yesterday
morning and then surrendered himself at the Ralph
avenue police station. Lock me up I'm a muir
derer" ne said to Lieutenant Bonner The police
say he is mentally unbalanced.
Il killed my mother Captain Shevlin says FINN
told him, because she would not give me money.
l was in a rage While ! committing the crime
I did not know what ! doing. She was good
mother to me. I asked her for some money 10 go
to work and when she said she did not have il. /
said she lied She became angry. / became angry.
! picked up knife and stabbed her IN the back
Then stabbed her again and again timFs
that 1 lost / got tired finally and she fell.
I came here
Finn. who is twenty-three years Old, was held
without BAH and taken to the Raymond street Jail.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
IRON TRADE CONDITIONS.
lie Iron Age saw

The Iron Age say
Monthly mig iron statistics indicate tendency
toward Increased output. which may give rise Z"
some r1isgivinss. on the first of the year tlere
were i'm operation 22O coke and anthracite p5tSt
furnaces whose weekly productive cai3cii\ ~ x
,Ired IN To S9t tons. at the rate OF -0H''Ny
tons for the wear on December ]. 10 furnaces
we're blowing with a capacity Of Sl,VO TONS =
week If il were possible TO collect stttstlcs Gl
,be stocks of pig at the furnaces We WouIu
have a better means of judging whether optli.sIIl
has got tbe better of the ironmaIers. ana Wnetler
they are not in danger of OVERRIDING the resuihp-
ti0n to normal.
The Iron Trade Review says
The progress whicn has been made toward me
resl1mDtIon of normal conditions in the IRON busl-
ness is Indicated by our blast furnaces S
which show that the production OF pig IRON ,9 i9a
the first half OF the year was 5as9 65 tons. WIZ NE
For the second half it $50. .l25 tons for lIS
cember the production was Li22soI toTS rf an n5 ~
crease of 40 243 tons over November Inc seJoLV
blast furnace has been blown in az me new I pi ai
at Garl Ind The first sale OF iron ore 3 LUi nc @..te
year has been made 1t being block OF @ yovOo @ IONS
Of non -Bessemer In pig iron there mas oeeh i soie
tctivitv an inquiry FOR 1000 tons OF DdsiC eeS FS
current i'm the philadelphia DISTRICT anu ois @ III
6060 tons AZ Cleveland. IL has lst Decol,ie knHM
that several weeks one or iGe iaTsCst
ennS, MIA plants purchased 6eW2 IONS oi nastS Il
'rhe sale OF 10000 of low phospuoIouS ron y
an Fastern Pennsylvania Interest, recen''3 l4ace
%as aleo inst been announced New Enslaho
r,a.bi5er,! napufactmer has purchased 5000 tons
If fnundry iron, and an Ohio stove concern Leoe
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
WILL ISSUE BOOK ON PURE MILK.
Committee of Association for Improving the
Condition of the Poor Prepares Work.

In the interest Of pure milk supply and the
educat tion of mothers and those who have infants
in their care. the New York milk committee of the
Association for Improving the Condition of the
PCor has prepared an eighty-page hook, entitled
Infants Mix Depots and Their Relation to Infant
Mortality" which will ne offered to the public in a
few days.
According to the committee, 1T,+35 infants under
year of age died In New York city last year
The book gives list Of the milk stations estab-
IisAed by the committee. Nathan Straus, the Good
Samaritan Dispensary and the Diet Kitchen Asso-
citation.
Charts show the number OF deaths Of infants fec
on raw and pastourized milk. and the value of in
structing mothers IS discussed The book will he
placed sale by the committee for >" cents copy
but small number win he distributed free.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
IN THE BROKERAGE YARKET

Smith & Phelps have sold a two story and base
brick dwelling house. No 4S5 East 141st street
lS9x1CO feet
d. Rosenstein has sold No. 463 East I34th street
a five story hathoUse. n lot 25X1G0 feet.
Joseph p. Day has sold for August Oppenheim
No 5ol West 172d street,a five story apartment
house on a plot 40x1OO feet
Simon & Atlas have sold for Goldman & Never
the six story hathouse No. 1851 Park avenue on a
lot 25xlOD feet. Also sold wi.h T. Califano. for
Mandelbaum K Levine. to E SieSeJ No. 5I5 East
lI7th street. six story fathOuse, plot 35x1OO
feet Also sold for the estate OF NJ Fucker Nos.
2I45 and 24g7 Second avenue. two five story fiat
houses with stores. plot 50XI5.
Kurz & Uren have sold for client lot 25xfOO
feet at the northeast of lt5th and
Concord avenue. The site will he improved
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
NTH ATHLETTC BOU7LERS
Nee T0rh and Elisabeth Uin T7co
Games Each

The New York Athletic Club team won the odd
game On It's home alleys last night from the Jer-
seY city Club five i'm the Athletic Bowling League
ana IN another series the Elizabeth Club won two
at the Montclair Club
Good rolling marked the New York Jersey CITY
series. as may be Judged from the fact that New
YORK averaged e72 and the other $50 for the even
ing 1t was all New York I'm the first game the
balance or the right side being almost one hundred
pins at the finish. Jersey city then took a hand
ana totaed lS5, the second best score Of the sea
son IN this league. Mayer showed the way with
24& while Bowman new man. and Ianfster had
22l and 25. respectively
Against such total as that New Yorks qi5
looked small by comparison In this game Arnold
had ~.
The decisive game hard fought Jersey city
showing In front until the last frame when the
home team won by better pnning In the tenth
frame. The totals read aa3 to 96s.
The scores were fcIIou-.-
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
POINT FOR NEW GAS SUIT.
Might BE Brought on Earnings Since
Loyc H-enf Into Effect.

TIE v-tole question Of 4 further suit the so
rent gas decision. It said yesterday rests on
, mint no7 covered in the memorandum made pub
Ii,-abs,her the company would be allowed take
,,s earnings since tie law went into effect
.s basis for e new suit. j is believed that until
,5is peint is settled no action will be taken, al
tbo,gh some were Of the opinion that II the Con
rolidafed did not reopen the case one Of the other
companies might.
Commissioner Shields said that n useless 10
,pecuIate on when or how the money held by the
csurt would he paid 10 the consumers only one
Csc ne said that Of the Consolidated Gas Com
azny has been thrashed out IN court. The five
remaining companies which interested in nearly
half Of the 50 eoeos held may accept the decision
IS sppying 20 them and aoquiesce in the payment
cr they may attempt prove that in their cases
ne law is confscatorv. and in doing tie up the
distribution Of the money"
Certain holdings Of the supreme Court" said
Chairman Wilcox Of the Public Service Commits
sion yesterday. seem u he OF far reaching ina
rartanoe for the regulation Of public service
psrsIions Ore OF the results OF these holdings IS
hat hereafter unless there Is clear case of con-
hscstion resulting from legislative act a company
must make practical test 30 determine whether a
new rate viii produce 4 reasonable and fair return
Gron TIE valuation ~ property actually in use IN
The performance of the public service in question
I ul ee seen that this that hereafter when
ne legislature when this commission directs
that company shall not charge more than q cer-
'sn amount ;le federal courts will be little slow
io s1ioin the enforcement OF the law or order
This decision viii eliminate :he injunction which
has been restraining the Public Service Commission
~ 70 number Of matters. and the commission will
aos Dc free 70 take UP more thoroughly the proper
supervision Of The gas companies in New YORK
Civ
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
IN THE AUCTION ROOMSt
Syndicate of Spectators Pays Se77. :
900 for Yerkes Art GaILe-g.

A syndicate comprising Henry Morgsnthau. Mar
tin D. Fink. Max Marx and Andrew J. Connicx
bought yesterday for S277.5O0 foreclosure sale
the Yerkes art gallery. No. 500 Fifth avenue. a.
plot Aox100 feet The sale held by Bryan l.
kennedy at the Real Estate Exchange saIssrooms.
Nos. Il and Vssey street The forecOsurs action-
was brought by the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany.
auetoneer and referee fees amounting to a Httls
more than $4,000 The other auction offerings yes-
terday resulted follows:
Of By y, BRYAN 4 L KeaHeIly; 5s and IS SSH aO4
Hoehssdtsr e ct al agt R smith Ct AZ: David Mcclure
Ssag4 o. sub to prior mgs Of $4,000. the paln r
BY Joseph P Day: se 4oth st. : 100 ,t " Of Park.
ave- 25xss9 sly brick and granite dxlg with extensions
T43 # Of 26th 81. - sx1eO sly ten and store >
atty Guy Van AnriHgs ref. amt 81 2a0 40
~ 1s6th 81 $ isS 0 # q OF Ierox ave Is ax99 ~
sty fat strauss Bldg and Realty 90 Z cohen ct al
@ Coz G9' 70 tF ~. Sif afS e5 M M 80 sub 40 IS s Por 'T9 m q
Fl Of IenoN b aHsa II s'y fat: same
s45 on rsxs e. 46S Nh ~ % : ms I & ann ., dSs Ssa Ssa-
70 the plaintir for sa2 500: ia 1o@i St 9e n q
Frederick Wiener atty. Ben ianin Pstter
drawn as Pleasant ave. SoT or f2oth 7 rs ssEIis.
sly dwlg G W Hoc1staetrsr sst Fsbscca stern q al q
etc Ssr aa to Iossg9 ZONES for s2o go; Ws!t9n ave-
Estate and Trust 90 sgt James Kessn@r al . \ Col
etc. N to the pai0tfr FOR 5000.
~ SaIlle 30 GO an 2n' - Hewl ~ : :, -
line HanIen. et al MOntsfore Hebrew Congre-
er al. " Eimh7r Robert Goeller ref amt
due S2f1 -. S307 II: to utEsss
azgregatfng SIS. $50; adjourned January N
The auction offerings to-day viii be follows.
BY Joseph P Day: 1t2s to 14se Rraasvay. 4otn
st 81 Sx216 sS9s Ok iEyegur bldg and store and
sty Empire Theatre: " Freedman. trustee agt Al Hay
man ~ al. Henry Thompson. atty O. Pslliser ref
ttlon- 2$I eSth 81 l25 u of I'd ave 2sxlOO1l
sty tsnTt. Samuel Mayors VI II FEEDER al. Arnsein
L ays Reyins ref: am. due SIC sos 81 .sEss
9s ? tanmt and store: Teresie zIka Abraham
Nevi1s al, n IminerSluCk atty VI II Ellison. rsfs
So Of $500 216 IS3d @4S
u Of Ih 24N99 H. sty fla Lena hohn agt A n
NJ TefsndOTf e al Max stern atty r 4 Morton jr. ref
81 500 33. taxes. s4Tf 81
BY Herbert A sherman: 66 sd 81 iSs = of CO.
iuulbus 19x102 sty dwg, \ " t;riswolf
! \ Roberts. adrnr. al, & J 4 Young attys re
Warner. ref. SIS So S2573 "a
By William Kennedy jr- Beaumont cor is5d
ST S0x25 teuUt and store, ROxhurv Realty Co
X \ Head al Harold Taylor. atty MCAvoy, ref
81 ITI -; et-. S136