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New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
WHAT GU. .4DTOC4TES
Better Financing, Direct PI-
marieS and NezC Charter.

The Citizens Union. in statement issued
last night. announced that il would advo-
cate the passage in Albany this winter Of
legislation 10 aid the new Board of Esti-
mate 10 improve the financial administra-
tion OF the city, for direct primaries, the
Massachusetts ballot. and placing telegraph
and telephone companies under the jurisdic-
ton of the Public Service Commission.
A measure also will he advocated for "ex-
cess condemnation by which the city in
taking land for public Improvement may
take more than is required for the public
work. and may replot and sell the excess.
with restrictive covenants. so as 10 insure
the permanency of such Improvements as
may be made thereon. Such a system is in
operation in London, the statement says,
and would prevent such unsightly sur
roundings as are now to be found In con-
nection with the widening of Delaney
street. Regarding condemnation proceed
ings the statement further says:
Reform in condemnation proceedings can
be secured, to large extent through cor
receive IeslSiatloh. Ihe union VIII again
advocate the adoption of constitutional
amendment providing for the establishment
of courts Of condemnation in place Of the
present expensive commissions The union
viii also advocate amendments to the
Catskll water supply act. changing the
law relating to the condemnation of prop
eTty greatly to reduce the excessive
sums now paid hy the city for property
taken for the Catskill water system.
The attitude OF the Citizens Union to the
proposed new charter is expressed as fol-
lows:
The importance of charter revision has
not been diminished by the election OF a
new Board of Estimate and AppOrtionmenT.
The members of this new board are eN-
pected to aid in securing for the city a
simpler charter in place % the inCohereut
ser.es of statutes under which IL Is
suffering. Without new charter, proper
economy and efficiency in the admlnistra-
ton Of the city are not attainabe.
During the last year the committee on
legislation Of the union has been making
a thorough examination OF the legislation
proposed by the charter commission. This
committee of the union is preparing some
the valuable provisions of the proposed new
charter and admin Strative code may be
still further improved
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
NAVY LEAGUES UORK
! HldTd Dec1Gs Greater 1rmd-
mentS PrODQgand0.

Oswald Garrison Willard. speaking at a
Ieace meeting i'm the Pilgrim Church. in
Harlem, last night on the Two Forces Be
hind the Demand for Great Armaments.
declared that both the Navy League and the
National Rifle Association an alliance be-
tween manufacturers of war producing ma
terials and the propaganda for greater
armaments, has been clearly revealed re-
Gently.
The meeting was held in the interest OF
International peace. The church was nb-
orally decorated with peace flags furnished
for the occasion by the League of Peace
The Rev. Frederick Lynch. pastor of the
church, presided Mr.. Willard said
In the matter of its vice presidents. the
Navy league is certainly catholic in its
tastes There is, for instance. the man
who controls all the nickel mines, whence
comes the nickel for the nickel steel ar
NOR; there is representative OF the
Standard Oil organization which can be
10 furnish oil for our oil burning torpedo
boats; there is a representative OF the firm
which has made enormous sums out OF
furnishing coal to the navy; the com
panies which furnish electrical equipment
and special devices to the navy also are
represented. Even the Sugar Trust appears
in the form of its most DISTINGUISHED law
Yer. and the greatest steel companies also
have their delegates.
on shore there Is a National Rifle Asso-
citation, having no official standing and
supported by the large contributions from
the powder and cartridge companies and
voluntary contributions. a militia general
OF the state of Washington, j. A Drain,
Is president of the National Rifle Associa-
uon. he is, moreover. editor OF a publca-
ton which lives almost entirely from the
advertisements OF the powder and car
fridge people. and he became editor of Il
with guarantee OF $500 year for two
years from Colonel F.. J. DimmoCk an
officer OF tn United States Cartridge Com
pany. Could there he anv clearer Illus
tratiOn OF the union between that patriot
ism which is alarmed at our defenceless
condition and private manufacturing
profits?
Professor Charles P. Fagnani. of the
Union Theological Seminary, spoke on
The aud
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
GIFT FATAL TO CHILD.
Little Girl Poured Oil in Toy Stove as
She Had Seen Mother Do.

East ST. Louis. IL. Dec. 10 "A toy
stove which her father gave her to-day in
stead Of waiting until Christmas. resulted
in the death Of Minnie Coming. six years
old the prooably fatal burning of the
child's mother. and the injury OF her father.
The child tried Co build fire in the
stove by pouring in kerosene oil. as she had
often seen her mother do In real stove.
The childs ClO,Ees were enyelOped in flames
as soon as a match was applied % the oily
stove. and she died within two hours.
The mother. in trying 20 eXtinSuish the
blaze. was burned so severely that phys,-
clans despair Of her recovery. The hus-
band was burned about the hands and face
i'm rescuing his wife. F'iremen cXtlnguishcd
the flames in the house
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
ARRESTS STIR ASTORIA.
Trial of Four Prominent Citizens Post
poned Until Thursday.

To see four Of its most prominent citl-
zens on tr al half the population of As
toria crowded the Long Island City police
court Yesterday morning. when John Heth-
crington. Assistant District Attorney. Josiah
B. Tisdale. Captain August Wassman and
Arthur Robinson were arraigned before
Magistrate Smith on complaint of Patrol
man Hoar who arrested the men at a fire
the night before Mr.. Hetherington and
Mr.. TisGale were charged with interfering
with an officer while Captain Wassman
and Mr. Robinson We're charged with get
ting inside the fire lines.
In order that no one might feel sighted,
Mr.. Hethertngton charged the policeman
with assault Everybody pleaded not
guilty. In the absence Of the stenographer
II was agreed TO postpone the hearing until
Thursday and Chr stmas Is on the fol
lowing Saturday. IT is thought that between
now and the date OF the hearing. all con-
cerned may agree 10 drop the incident.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
BIG SUGAR REV ARD
Continued from first page.

in the claim made by Mr. Parr as very
near the net amount upon which the
award should be made. II il should be
decided that the net amount was $4,000
coo. an award of so per cent would be
the tidy sum OF sl.0OOO00. When awards
were frequently made the payment of 80
Der cent of the net returns 20 the gov
ernment was not unusual That would
mean 100000 for MIR. Parr
When the case against the American
company was about 10 be tried Mr. Psrr.
according TO testimony given by him,
was offered 100000 IL he would leave
the country while the case was in prog
ress. Counsel for the government have
said that without Parr they would not
have bcen able To get a conviction.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
R4INES'S SUCCESSOR.
Many Mentioned for Senator
an 42d District.
BY Telegraph to The Tribune


Canandaigua. y. 7, Dec. 19.-SpecuIa-
tion is rife as to who will be the successor
to Senator Raines in the 42d District. In
forecssting on the subject the prominent
men Of both parties concede that the cleo
toE Will mean nothing 10 the Democratic
party other than the mere formaIitv Of
placing a man in nomination The recent
Democratic victory In the Assembly fight
whereby Sanford ". Abbey went 10 the
lower house by 953 majority over Charles
G. Sackett, Republican. means nothing. it is
said. when viewing possibilities for the un-
expired term left by Raines. Ordinarily
the district and Ontario County are heavily
Republican.
Charles G. Sackett. backed for years by
Nir. RaineS. but who has recently suffered
defeat. viii probably be nominated. his
friends say. Sackett lives in CanandaigIa,
and a mark Of respect to the late Sen
ator his election is urged. a man high in
the councils OF the party expressed himself
tonight as follows:
Strong pressure will be brought to bear
outside the district TO nominate a man close
TO the late Senator and from Ontario Coun-
". As a balm 10 the wounded feelings Of
Sackett. 1t is proposed TO place his name
before the people, and the chances are this
VIII be done
Another matter to be reckoned with is
the possibility OF ex-senator John Shep-
herd. Of Yates. coming 10 the fore with a
claim for recognition. He has served the
party well, and both Yates and Wayne
counties are anxious for representation,
which has been withheld for a long time.
Backed by George Cornwall. of Penn Van.
shepherds chances will have TO be reck-
Oned with"
II is understood that Charles II Belts.
editor Of The Lyons Republican" has ex-
pressed a wish for the place. If il became
a settled fact that Belts might get the
nomination he would be bitterly opposed
by Joseph Griffith. of Wayne County. Belts
openly favors and has placed his paper
record as favoring any opposition to direct
primaries. Griffith is strongly in favor OF
direct primaries. and merry war has long
been waged between the two.
Geneva being the largest city in the
district naturally feels that the mantle Of
the late Senator should fall on Postmaster
Abram r Wyckoff CT that place WyCl1off
would gladly go 10 Albany. and his name
is the only one being mentioned from that
section. There is much sentiment in Can
andaigua for County Judge Robert T..
Thompson. Ex-COunty Judge Walter II.
Knapp is also mentioned for the place.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
ADDRESS BY JUDGE GAYNoR.
Speaks at Dedication of Hebrew
Ornhan AsYlum Addition.

Mayor-elect William J. Gaynor was the
principal speaker yesterday at the dedica-
ton Of the new addition 10 the Brooklyn
Hebrew Orphan Asylum, at Pacific street
and Ralph avenue, Brooklyn, simon b.
Rothchild, president Of the asylum. pre-
sided Frank Pentelarge. vice-president and
chairman of the building committee, fol-
lowed in reading the report and then re-
ceived the gold kew. which officially marked
the opening of the new addition.
Mr.. Rothchild. after outlining the work
done by the asylum since its organization
in 1878 and accepting the key. introduced
Judge Gaynor. The Mayor-elect made a
lone speech dealing with the harmony
which exists At the present time between
the Cientiles and tho Jews.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
MADklZ IN MANAGUA
Continued from first page.

sional government of Nicaragua. General
Estrada saws:
ne enemy has been on our front for
eight days. We are strongly intrenched
before Rama and are awaiting the first
opportunity to take the offensive in ac-
cordance with certain plans What the
plans are is not made clear. nor do the
agents of the Estrada party here know
positively. They say. however that
Estrada undoubtedly has been extending
and perfecting his system of trenches.
until now he feels that he has General
Nasquez's army in a position where he
can venture an attack with all hopes of
success.
Private dispatches from BlueheIds.
likewise received by members Of the
Estrada party here. say that the resigna
tion of President Zelaya is pure pretence.
They ada here also that the entire pro-
cedure IS a plot in which are involved
DIR. Madriz. General Irias. both of whom
are mentioned as ZeIaya's successor. and
a representative of Mexico at the Nicar-
aguan capital.
The Vaccinations of the conspirators.
il is said, would place Zelaya in the
background under the stress of present
circumstances where he would be free to
direct the actions of his puppets. The
Mexican referred TO is said to be a par
tisan of Zelaya and to have aided him
in many Of his official acts 1t is this
close cooperation between the Mexican
representative and Zelaya that gives
rise to the suspicion in Central American
circles here that Zelaya looks to Mexico
as the agency whereby he will be- en-
abled to leave the country.
IL was reported i'm naval circles to-
night that the marines now on board the
Buffalo. who were expected to arrive at
Corinto this afternoon. were TO be dis
embarked Immediately and sent forward
10 ManagUa ~ protect the American
legation there Officials of the NAVY De-
partment denied that they knew of any
such orders and the State Department
maintained silence
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
SHEA'S ASSISTANTS
SHERIFF NAMES TWO.
Both 4re District Leaders and
Get Good Jobs.

sheriff-elect John s Shea announced last
night the following appointments:
Counsel TO the Sheriff William Chlvers;
s6Oc0 a year
Under Sheriff. John B. Cartwright; 5000
a year.
Mr. Shea said that he probably would not
be able TO announce his other appointments
until the last week I'm the month He has
the following men to name: Twelve deputy
sheriffs. at $500 EACH a warden of the
Ludlow Street jar. at 5000 a secretary, at
H-500' a confidential stenographer, at slOS0.
and a bond clerk. at s1sOO
His failure to make his selections for
these places known at this time was not
due to any friction with President Parsons
of the Republican County Committee, such
as District Attorney-elect Whitman has
had. Mr. Shea said Il was caused by the
great number OF appIca tions he had re-
ceived. Many of the applications have been
made with the recommendation of Mr..
Hearst's Civic Alliance and it fs Mr.. Shea's
intention to recognize that organization.
Mr.. Chilvers Is head Of the law firm of
Chilvers & Thompson. of No. 25 Nassau
street. He is thirty-two years old and is a
graduate of New York University As a
deputy under Attorney General Mayer he
was active in the enforcement of the pure
food the game and the child labor laws.
Mr.. Chilvers is the Republican leader or
the 29th Assembly District. spmetimes re-
ferred to as the Silk Stocking District"
in which Otto T. Barnard lives.
Mr.. Cartwright succeeded Frank Ray
mond as the Republican leader of the 2sth
Assembly District some months ago He IS
thirty-f1ve years old and lives at No. los
East 11sth street. He is a graduate of the
New York Law School and for eight years
has been a deputy clerk of the United
States District Court. He has charge OF
the Naturalization Bureau. which he
sisfed In frga nizing
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
WOMAN CASHIER HELD UP.

While Sarah Deegan, of No. 81 CTevc-
land street Brooklyn. was returning hom..
early Yesterday morning. with the days
receipts of a grocery store which she man
ages I'm Fulton street, East New York "A
man said by the police 10 be discharged
emplOye assaulted her and attempted g.,
steal the money which she carried Sh,.
was accompanied by her nephew. Philip
Lynch, seventeen years old. anu was ahou:
10 enter her home when the man, who had
concealed hanself In the doorway, set upon
them. The boy was struck down. but Miss
neeean struggled with the man and held
the bag which contained the money until
neighbors frightened the man away
Neither OF the two was seriously injured
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
STRANGE WARNING SAVES LIFE.
Ran Home on Premonition to Find
Relative in Peril

Lester White. OF No. 81 West 6sth street
was walking in Central Park yesterday
afternoon when ne had a prcmOnition that
something was wrong at home. The feel
ing became 50 strong that ne ran the
greater part Of the way When he arrived
tie door was locked and there was no re-
Sponse 70 his knocks. He forced the door
and detected strong smell OF gas
In the Kitchen he found his grandmother
Mrs Lizzie Sartucio. living unconscious on
the floor. He opened the Window. and car
ried her into another room While waiting
for an ambulance he plugged a leak in a
gas pipe leading to the range. Mrs sa--
tucio was taken 70 Flower Hospital. -hers
il said that she would recover
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
DAHLMAN EXONERATED.
Charges Against Cowboy Mayor of
Omaha Dismissed by Governor.

Lincoln, Neh.. Dee 70 Governor Shallen-
berger Tonight announced his findings IN
the COMPLAINT fled AGAINST Mayor DahIman
ANA members Cf the board of fire and police
commissioners - omaha. charging non-sn-
forcemcnt ~ the s O'Clock closing law
The Governor saws IL Is the opiuion OF the
Attorney General and himself that a case
has not been made out AGAINST the officials
sufficient To Justify proceedings 20 Oust
them from office. lie announced that any
laSity In law enforcement in the future
would result in expulsion OF the guilty from
Office
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
THREE DROWN IN INDIANA.

Bedford. Ind. Dec. I9.-Lsura Currans.
who had Just received the prize for the
prettiest girl in the school district: Alma
Utterbsck, her Chum. ard William Jodn-
son. the girls teacher. were drowned last
night as they We're trying 10 reach their
homes after a school social BY crossing
Indian Creek in rOwOost The boat up
set. and they We're unable 20 reach ths
bank through the icy water
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
NOT THE KIDNAPPED CHILD.
Father of Missing Alma Kellner Has
Cruel Disappointment.

Louisville Dee I9-F'Tederick r KelI-
ncr. father of Alma Kelluer. who was kid
mapped from Louisville more than week
ago. received word to-day from the Wash
ington. Ind, police. that girl IN the Gus
missing daughter
kelner went TO see the girl at Wash
ington and displayed emotion openly for
the first time when he found that the child
Was not his
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
OLD UTICA MERCHANT DIES.
Leaves Four Brothers and Sisters. All
Over Seventy eight.

Utica =. Y. Dec 19.-Herman King.
eighty-nine years old. pioneer business
man In Utica. died suddenly at his home
here this morning Mr. King was a mem
ber Of long lived family. He leaves a
sister In Adams y. y. seventy-eiSht years
old. a brother in Syracuse ninety-six years
old. another in the soldiers home in Mil
waukee ninety years old. and a third in
Utica eighty-two years old
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
j. a. eLAlR's CHAUFFEUR HELD.

George Drummer chauffeur for James A.
Blair the banker. was held yesterday In
s. 900 bail i'm the West Side court on n
charge Of speeding While returning from
the theatre on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs.
Rla.r Brunner was arrested at Columbus
Circle lie was taken TO the West GSth
street station. where MIR Blair gave a dia-
mond ring valued at 81 900 for bail
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
HAMILTON FLIES ELEVEN NILES.

ST. Joseph. No. Dec I9-CharIes x.
Hamilton. in his Curriss biplane today.
starting from the ice on Lake Contrary.
made flight cf twelve minutes duratioo.
He circled the lake eight mes and COW
cred eleven miles Six hundred spectators
on the Ice oheered the aviator's PERFORM
ancs
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
eRIEvINo MOTHER A SUICIDE.

Grief over the death Of her five children
caused Mrs Winnie Lynch. Of No. 1850
Third avenue. 10 Jump from the NTH floor
window OF her apartment into the rear
yard about IL o'clock last night She was
instantly killed. Her sister. Mary Ran
dack who lived with the Lynches. heard
her stealthly opening the window and ran
TO prevent her from jumping, but was too
late
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
CARPENTER KILLED BY Train

Alfred Heller. a carpenter, employed by
the Pennsylvania Railroad. was run down
and killed ~ a train at the West Side
avenue crossing i'm Jersey Ctty last night
he was twenty-five years old. and lived at
No. l76 Sip avenue
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
SAVINGS BRING 4 PER CENT.

The New York Savings Bank. at Eighth
avenue and 18th street. has declared a divl-
dend 60 depositors at the rate of per cent
year toF the six months ending December
81, lSOo.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-24
than threequartcrs Of million do
lars annually!

than three.quartcrs Of million dol
lars annually!
Since August 18th there have been
filed in the pension department five
thousand nine hundred and twenty
one claims under the act Of 1900.
These claims have been taken through
the multitude of details necessary,
which includes the acknowledgment
filing, recording, the careful cxamina-
ton of each claim, the requesting Of
records from the war department
when deemed necessary, the certifying
the approval Of the Board of Pensions
to applicants, the notifying of defects
in their claims, or of the rejection of
claims, end the hopeless attempt to
give a courteous reply to tho thou
sands of letters relative to pension
claims written by impatient applicants
or their friends. The greatest him
drancc has been the vigorous infection
ing to pensions addressed to the Board
of Pensions and to the comptroller
would have kept two stenographcrs
busy since July last.
The holding of position of trust
develops the conscience, and the men
charged with the administra ,ion OF the
pension fund have been careful and
conscientious in the performance Of
their arduous task. Fifty-two hundred
claims have been allowed under the
law now in force and the roll has been
reduced about fifteen hundred. The
last payment under the former law
for the quarter ending June 50, 1909,
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-24
Wanted One for His Pa.

Kermit Roosevelt recently killed two
bongocs. We don't know just what a
bongo is, but the probabilities are that
it is Just as fierce a .maneatcr as the
yamyam, chicago Record Herald
Wasn't it rather wasteful to kill two
when one bongoes a long way:-Times-
Union
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-24
THE NEW PENSION LAW
(By JEFFERSON BELL)
Secretary to State Board of
Pensions, Tallahassee, Fla.

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken any way you please, is
bad.
And strands them in forsaken CUTS and
creeks
No decent soul would think OF visit
ing:
The receding of the tide OF sent:
ment that controlled the Legislature OF
1907 reached its cbb-mark when the
legislature of 1909. confronted by q
serious deficit in the pension fund and
the necessity of increasing the tax
levy for pensions or restricting the
granting of pensions, chose the latter
alternative. The situation that con-
fronted the legislature of 1909. as tar
as concerned the pension problem
taken any way you please--Was bad
When the Newton bill, which orig
mated with the United tonfe'i cr,.te
Veterans of Florida, and which finally
became the present pension law, lett
the senatorial operating room, when
the last amendment. provision, and
further provision, had been stitched
into it's fabric and duly concurred in
by the house and approved by the gov
ernor, thirty-two senator's ana slNty..
nine representatives heaved sigh OF
pious satisfaction over an unpleasant
duty performcd-those who opposed
the bill because they had fought the
measure to the last ditch, and its adj
vocatcs because they felt that the
necessities of the situation Justified
heroic treatment.
The law stands with its various pro-
visions, an uniqu. piece OF legislative
patchwork.
Hard Problem for Board.
The thirty-two and the siNty-nine
went home and probably have made
peace with their constituents, but the
Board of Pensions is still wrestling
with the necessarily trying condition
that follows q material change IN any.
law that effects a large number OF
people.
With fine disrt gard of consequences,
the lawmakers created condition
that necessitated the revision of t he |
pension roll. and incidentally, the
careful going-ovcr of the entire work
of the various pension boards since
the creation of the first one in 1885
and left it to the ingenuity OF the
Board of Pensions, which was author
ICED to employ one clerk at salary
of five hundred dollars per annum, to
devise ways and means OF carrying out
the provisions of the law which car
ries with it the disbursement OF more
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-24
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