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New-York tribune., 1909-12-30
TO BE BIG COIL ROAD.
Wcstern Maryland to 4Cqure
Hest TTeinia Lands.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.


Baltimore. Dec. 29-Men interested in
large bituminous coal interests in Balti-
more said to-day that the Rockefeller in
terests now controlling the Western
Maryland Railroad propose TO develop
and acquire extensive coal lands in West
Virginia. Now that the company has
been reorganized. ii is proposed TO ex-
tend the line from Cumberland. Md, to
New Haven. Penn. distance of eighty
three miles. there TO form a connection
with the Pittsburg & Lake Erie.
This will give the Western Maryland,
the Wabash system. direct commuuica-
ticn with Baltimore through Pittsburg.
The Western Maryland will thus become
d great coal road.
IF carried out along the lines the soft
coal miners here expect, it will mean a
new and compact system of roads in the
vast coat fields of West Virginia. which
will open UP from sixty thousand TO
seventy thousand acres of lands which
are now awaiting such development.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30
CHOIR SINGER DIVORCED.
Decree for E. E. Martin, Who Named
Several CORRESPONDENTS.

Justice Crane in the Supreme Court.
Brooklyn granted. yesterday to Edward
f Martin a wealthy commission merchant
an interlocutory' decree of divorce against
his wife, Eta Fl. Martin. a choir singer:
Several correspondents were mentioned by
counsel for Mr. Martin. but in the progress
of the trial, all but two of these names
were eliminated.
Neither Mrs. Martin nor her counsel, j..
Arthur Hilton. was in court when. Justice
Crane gave his decision, but the Rev. Jay
Benson Hamilton. father OF the defendant
who has taken the case greatly to heart,
was present He broke down absolutely
when he had to testify asainst his daugh-
ter He said. when testifying. that he did
so because of his interest in his little
grandda tighter. Marjorie Martin.
MIR. Martin was unable to come 10 court
He is suffering from neurasthenia in his
home No Az Hancock street. Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30

are not inexhausiible.' the speaker said,
and II is well to consider that fact /
nave been greatly impressed with what
James ]. Hill has said concerning your
national resources. | have studied his
statements with a particular interest
where he has estimated the population of
this country at the end OF the century as
something like two hundred millions, and
says that at the rate at which they are
now going, the surface, the easy accessible
resources, will be gone by the end of the
century.
And there will ne by that time a vast
Importation of foodstuffs into America.
The cost of production will nave ma
terially advanced here that it will be inn
possible to exchange our products in ratio
for the imported foodstuffs.'
Later in the day tea, 10 which all the
members and guests of the different asso-
Citations included in the congress were in
vited was served at the home of Mrs.
Clarence W. Bowen. No. East sod street.
the day ended with a reception and enter
tainment. with historical Jaoleaus. given
by the Ladies Reception Committee of
New York. at the Waldorf.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30
RANSOM FOR GIRL?
Queer Messages about Daugh-
ter Receiued by Tittlebachs.

More peculiar circumstances were added
10 the mystery connected with the disap-
pearance of Elfreda Tittlebach. fifteen
Washington street, Hoboken. Her mother
received cable message yesterday from
Hamburg, Germany which read
Safe arrived. Everything all right
Send birth certificate. Letter follows" II
was signed ''Sunbad"
A young man named Folk Sunbad
formerly boarded with the Tittlebachs. and
was very fond of the missing girl. He
went TO Europe several weeks ago. and the
impression is that the girl has joined him
and that they will be married. The police
was authentic. They have cabled the
Hamburg authorities to try TO ascertain
who was the sender of the message.
Several hours later the girls parents re-
ceived a letter stating that the girl was Il
prisoner and held for ransom. This letter
was as follows:
Dear Father: Pay two thousand dollars
to these men. for | am held prisoner in
The Bronx. These men are Germans Two
women are in the house and the doors are
Your dear Elfreda Tittlebach. How to pay
these men: Two men will meet YOU at
18th street and Third avenue station. Put
money in box and hand to men who will
ask you time
This letter was not in the handwriting OF
the missing miss. and Chief of Police
HAYES, who was consulted, declared it was
crude effort of some INSCRIPTIONS person
to collect bla ckInail
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30
TAXPAYER CHEATED
MODERN SCHOOLS HIT.
DR.. tyres Says Pupils are Not
Fitted for Life.

Boston, Dec. ga dinner for the MEM
bers of the Society of American Naturalists
and Affiliated Biological Societies held at
the Somerset Hotel tonight. closed the
third day of the sixty-frst annual meet
ing OF the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. The members of
the association were received late in the
day by the president and corporation of
the Massachusetts, Institute of Technology
in os the institute buildings
Sessions We're held by nearly fifty of the
sections to-day. The American Chemical
Society held its forty-first annual meet
ing and selected W. L. Dudley. of Nash
Vile Tenn: Professor W. P. Bradley. of
Middletown Conn. and DIR. A Fl. Gill.
of the Institute of Technology. Boston.
delegates to the American Association. DR..
Louis Kahlenberg. of Madison. Wis, and
President W. r. Whitney. of Schenectady,
y. Y. were among the speakers before the
chemists
There were number of addresses before
the Social Education club. among them
one by DR.. Leonard P. Ayres. associate
director of the Department of Child Hy-
glene of the Russell Sage Foundation. New
York City, and former General Supertn-
tendent of Schools for Porto Rico. who
gave some figures regarding the elementary
schools of New England.
The investigation of the laggard pupils
in the elementary schools of New England,
Mr.. Ayres said. has shown that - per cent
of the pupils who enter school in Maine
continue through the eighth grade; in
Massachusetts 20 per cent are graduated
from the elementary schools. while YER
mont comes next with 81 per cent. New
Hampshire, s. per cent; Rhode Island. 81
per cent and Connecticut, with more than
half of the pupils who enter the elementary
schools leaving school before they reach
the eighth grade. In Connecticut only 40
per cent of the entering pupils in the ele-
mentary schools are graduated fit to enter
the high schools. DR.. Ayres continued.
BY common agreement educators, Law
makers and pubhcists have very generally
come to hold, either tacitly or eNpTeSSedly,
that the amount OF education furnished by
our common school course is the minimum
which may he safely allowed to the future
citizens of this democracy. If then IL be
shown. as these figures do show. that our
schools are generally and in q large meas
ure falling short of supplying this mini
mum, If IL bC shown that a large part Of
the pupils rail- out before completing the
elementary course, this constitutes a Seri-
Gus Indictment IF our public school sys-
tenn.
Let us consider what the problem really
means To the State this means that the
men and women who must soon take up
the burden OF citizenship are wofuly i'll
prepared. Think for a moment OF the
studies which the pupil who drops out in
the fifth grade fails to get.
From the point of view of the taxpayer
the problem resolves itself into the queS-
ton. What does he get for his money The
answer is that he pays for eight grades
and gets FIVE From the point or view Of
the man who pays the money the present
situation verges dangerously close upon
fraud.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30

Meeting the japanese Imperial Commits
sioners at Yokohama in 1882 Perry Tiffany
took the part OF his grandfather, wearing
the sword that used to belong to the COM
modOre. In his staff were Alexander Sill
dell Nelson. Carroll Kane Nelson. Perry
Merrell. Charles King. Frederick Rodgers.
A. Perry Osborn. Raymond Belmont and
Raymond Perry Nelson. Mrs. Ralph Sang
arranged the picture.
Two pictures in oils closed the evening.
One was portrait of Francis Scott Key.
author of The Star-Spangled Banner.
posed by young George Pendeton, under
the direction of his mother, Mrs. Francis
Key Rendleton. The light was thrown at
a sharp angle, making strong shadows and
bringing out the costume in detail. while
the BACKGROUND. was dark. The last was
Mrs. Clarence Mackav posed as a 'Por-
trait of Lady Kitty Duer." under the di-
rection of Mrs. Mackay herself.
Supper followed the living pictures.
The committee in charge of the enter
tainment included Mrs. Hilborne l. Roose-
welt, Mrs. H. Fairchild Osborn, Mrs. ].
Borden Hartman, Mrs. Nicholas Murray
Butler, Mrs. Robert Able. Mrs. Emil l..
Boas. Mrs. Eleanor Blodgest. Mrs. A. B.
Hepburn. Mrs Edgar G. Janeway and Mrs.
j. B. Macarthur.
Aong those who had boxes and seats were
Mrs. Edmund l.. Baylies. Commodore and
Mrs EIbridge T. Gerry. Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence II. Mackay. the Mayor and Mrs Nc
CIellau Mrs Francis n Pendleton. Mrs
NJ. Orme Wilson, Mrs. ogden Mills. Mr..
and Mrs Stuyvesant Fish, Mr.. and Mrs j.
Borden Hartman. DR. and Mrs Nicho-
las Murray Butler. Professor and Mrs. H.
Fairfield Osborn. Mrs. Ralph Sanger. Mr.
and Mrs. John Z. Alexandra. MIR. and Mrs
Hamilton Fish Kean and Mrs Henry H
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30
FOUGHT OFF FOUR ROBBERS.
Ticket Seller at goth Street Il Sta
tion Beaten with Blackjacks.

John Shea. the night ticket agent at the
downtown station of the Third avenue
elevated road at gath street, returned 10
his duties last night after an enforced
vacation caused by his experience with
four men who assaulted him early Sunday
7 orning and attempted TO make away
with the money which he had in his pos
session.
AS he was making I'D his cash about
5 O'Clock in preparation for the arrival
of the pay car. two Italians appeared and
after buying two tickets one of the men
told him TO hand oyer the money which
he had just counted Instead of comply
ing with the order Shea grabbed a big
file. rushed out to the platform and at
tackled the men TWO others appeared at
this time. and all four pulled out black
lacks and knocked MIN down. The ap-
proach of the pay car stopped them from
inficting further injury. and they ran away
without getting any money. a man was
sent TO relieve Shea, and he went home
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30
ALLEGED NAVAL MAN HELD.
Bag with Diamonds and Jewelry in It
Arouses Suspicious of Police.

Detectives Wilbur and Flynn arrested last
night man who said he was George F.
McKerreIl. a musician on board the United
States battleship Missouri He was held as
a suspicious person. When the bag which
he carried was opened at headquarters II
was found TO contain diamonds and jewelry
valued at $4,000. the police say.
Asked where he got the iewelry, Mcher-
rell, who wore the uniform of United
States marine. said he bought II In Bos-
ton. and he intended 70 sell II to the sailors
on board the battleship.
Then why were you trying TO pawn
then1?" asked one of the detectives.
McKerrell said that sailors purses just at
this time usually were empty and he needed
money.
Come with US TO the battleship" at
length suggested Flynn, but the prisoner
baked at this, and so he was locked up.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30
ZEPPELIN'S ASSOCIATE HERE.
DR.. Hergesell Comes from Jamaica,
Where He Made Aerial Tests.

Dr Hergescu, the scientist. who has been
associated with Count Zeppelin in aerial
navigation. arrived here yesterday from
Jamaica IN the Hamburg American liner
Prinz Joachim He was ordered by the
German Emperor to conduct a series OF
experiments with small balloons in the
West Indian waters and get information
concerning the temperature and other at
mospheric features of the upper currents.
Dir Hergeseu went To Jamaica i'm No
vember. where he boarded the German
cruiser Victoria LuiSe on which he con-
Quoted his tests The scientist lost sew
eral balloons. but he managed TO find that
the upper currents of the tropics at a
height of 1S.000 metres were colder than
the Arctic winds
Dr. Hergese1l will remain in this city for
several days at the Waldorf Astoria
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30
FIREMEN OVERCOME AT BLAZE.
Smoke Drives Fifteen Families Out of
Building Into Street.

Two firemen were overcome by smoke
anu fifteen families were forced into the
street last night during a small blaze which
burned out the kitchen and bedroom in
the apartment of Lewis Gaffuer. a tailor. at
No 234 Last l21st street.
The tenants OF the building were alarmed
by the smoke which filed the halls, and
made their way to the dre escapes on the
front Of the building Policemen then ar
rived and assisted them To the street. Two
fremer Allen and Curtis. OF Engine Com
pary No. S.. meanwhile had run into the
building and as door of the burning
apartment fell in AT their blows. cloud
of smoke shot out and Frustrated them.
They were quickly rescued and rushed into
the street. where they were revived by
their comrades
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30
PITTSBURG COAL DIVIDEND.
Strengthens Reports of Acquisition by
Steel Corporation.
LRv telegraph to The Tribune

Ky IeiegfSph TO Inc Irlbune
Pittsburg. Dec 29.-The announcement
here to-day by George Il. Hcsack, third
vice president OF the Pittsbu'rg Coal Com
pany, of dividend OF IL per cent on
the preferred stock and that it was to
continue. along with statements issued by
OTTER officials of the company. strengthens
the report that the United States Steel
Corpora ton is about 10 absorb the Monon-
gahela River Coal and Coke Company.
The latter is one of the chief adiuncts of
the $64. .Ooo0oo Pittsburg Coal Company.
which has not paid dividend in the last
five years.
The plans for the merger were worked
out. it is said. at the time of visit her4
of Fl. c. Frick, a few days ago. IL is
understood that the Steel Corporation will
take over the river interests of the coal
company in their entirety. The dividend
to-day is expected TO bring into line East
ern interests which have been buying the
stock for months.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30
JUDGES ENTERTAIN Mr.. WHITMAN

The Judges Of the Court of General Ses-
sions gave District Attorney elect Charles
6 Whitman an informal dinner in the
uoteI Astor last night. Judges Foster and
Malone were unable TO attend. The only
dinars heside MIR Whitman were the other
five Judges namely, O'Sullivan, Muqueen
Grain, Swami and Rosaisky. The District
Attorney sat for part term upon
the General Sessions bench.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30
PEARY INVITED TO ANTWERP.

Washington. Dec. 29.-An invitation TO
address the ROYAL Geographical Society Of
Antwerp on the discovery of the North
Pole was received to-day by Commander
Peary.
Evening star., 1909-06-09
BOYS FIGHT A DUEL.
Partisan Lad Kills His Cousin in an
"Affair of Honor"

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS. June 9-Auguste and Marcel
Malo, cousins, aged, respectively, twelve
and thirteen years, fought a duel with
pistols at Ludres a few days ago and the
younger boy was killed
The fathers of the boys. who were
brothers, had married two sisters. Some
months ago the mother of Marcel died
and her husband and his brother quarrel
ed over the inheritance. The two children
heard so much talk of an angry kind
that they, too. quarreled, and the younger
one slapped his cousin in the face and
Marcel called him out.
They stole a case of pistols belonging
to Augustes father and went off together
into a wood near their home. They faced
each other and both fired at the same
moment. Auguste missed, but his cousin S
shot struck him in the neck. cutting the
carotid artery, and he died Immediately.
Marcel Malo threw his revolver into the
River Moselle, which runs near Ludres,
and began to undress. with the idea OF
drowning himself. A gendarme saw him
and took him to the station, where he de-
scribed what had happened.
"My cousin called my mother a thief,
he said, "and said she had stolen money
from our grandmother. and I avenged
her honor. but am sorry now for what
has happened.
Evening star., 1909-06-09
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

Apparently out of sympathy with the
general market. where the days trading
showed reactions of from one to three
points on most of the active issues, prices
of local securities on the Washington
Stock Exchange today were strongly sup
ported. In fact the tendency seemed to
be upward all along the list, and particu-
larly was this true of the stock Of the
and Illuminating companies. in
which transactions are almost always
heaviest.
Washington railway preferred. which
has been advancing slowly and apparently
steadily during the past fortnight. was
we'll supported, and sales were made as
high as 9Oa4 and 3O7s for fractions of quo
tation lots. The common stock also scored
a slight rise. the best sales being at 4SA.
Capital Traction sold readily at 1854. as
did Potomac Consolidated per cent
bonds at 104 and 1O41s
Evening star., 1909-06-09
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are ror large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS.-Nearby fresh Virginia. 2l:
west Virginia and southwest Virginia.
81: Tennessee. 20.
BUTTER-Creamery. fancy. 26lsao1
western frsts. 26a26la. seconds. 25a26,
process. fancy, 22a23; fair to good, 19a2O.
Store-packed, fresh TN.
CHEESE.-New York state factory.
new. large. 16a16h.
POULTRY.-Chicken. spring. 23ao6;
hens. per lb., Is; roosters. per h.. s.:
keats. per h.. II; turkeys. hens. per h..
13; turkeys. toms, per To-, II. ducks.
per h.. SalO.
DRESSED POULTRY.-Turkeys 15a17;
hens. choice, per h.. 17a1s: roosters.
per h., 8; chickens. spring. per lb..
.sa3o; ducks, per lb., 1oa12.
vEGETABLES.-Pot per bbl
No /. 25Oa275; northern. per bu, coca
2.0Oa3.0O; cucumbers, basket. 1.25a2.:5 !:
onions. Texas. per crate. 1.25a1 .35;
cabbages, southern. per bbl.. 5oa75;
eggplant, crate, 1.5oae25: squash.
2.5oa4 90: corn, southern. per crate.
.5Oa20o: beans. string. basket, 5Oa
IS; spinach. per bbl.. 1.Ooa1.25: kale.
per bbl.. 25a5o: lettuce. per basket,
e5ca75c; tomatoes. per crate. 1.ooa2 90:
per bunch 1sca1 90; Co., celery. Fla. 1,s psr
crate. 1.75a2.50; peppers, Fla. per car
rier. 1.0oa1.5O new beets. bunch. 3a:':
new carrots. per bunch. 3a4; rhubarb,
per doz., 20a25.
GREEN FRU1Ts.-Apnes. per bbl.
$50: oranges. Cal. per box. 2.5oas 30:
grape fruit, per crate. 4.oOa5OO; pine
apples per crate, 1.5Oa2.OO; strawber-
ries. per qt. 4a5: canteloupes, per
crate. 1.5Oa3.O0: watermelons. each. S5a
IL liz ort LOT
HAY AND STRAW.-Hay. western
30 1. 16.OOa16.5O: No. 2. 14.5Oa15 90:
mixed, 11.OOa14..OO. Straw, rye. bundle
%. OOa24.OO; rye. machine thrash. 15.OOa
1900: straw. wheat. per ton. 1O.0Oa11.OO;
straw, oat. per ton. 1050a11.00.
clover. per bu.. 6.5Oa675; timothy. per
bu., 2.15a2.25.
LIVE STOCk.-Cattle. extra, per
cwt., 5.5Oa6O0: medium, per cwt., 4.OOa
4.75; ordinary. per cwt:. 3OOa3.5o
Hogs, per cwt.. gross. 6.oOa1.00; Sheep.
medium. M. Calves, choice. per lb.,
8; medium. per lb. Z.
BEEF CUTS.-Ribs, No. 1. per lb..
10; No. 2, Il: No. 3, II. Rounds. No. l,
per h.. 10: No. 2. 8; No. 3. s. Loins.
No l. per lb.. ID: No. 2. 13: No. 8. II.
chucks. 8 y No. l. per lo.. .; No. 2 8; No.
WOOL AND HIDEs.-wool. washed.
free of burrs. per h., S3a35: wool. un-
washed. per h.. 81. Hides. green.
per h., 10; hides. dry: per lb:, 1oalt:
sheepskins. green. each. 75a1.15: calf
skins. green. each. 1.BOa1.5O; dry lint
hides. per D.. 12a15; dry salted hides.
per h., 12a14.
GRAIN,--wheat. per bu;. 1.42a1.5o.
Corn shelled, per bu., s4a9O: ear. per
bbl., 4.4Oa4.65. Oats, western white. No.
2, per bu., 66a72: mixed. 62a64. Bran.
per ton. 2S.O0a30.00. Middling. per ton.
Evening star., 1909-06-09
wEDs HIS LEADING LADY.
Henry E. Dixey Married to Mis-.
Nordstrum Three Weeks AGO.

NEW YORK, June 9.-Henry E. Dixey.
famous as the stage hero of "Adonis,' -
"The Man On the Box" and Mary James
Pa let 1t be known yesterday that he has
married again-and has been married for
three weeks, at least. His bride is Miss
Marie Nordstrum. leading woman of the
Mary James Pa" company, and Mr..
Dixey brought her back to New York
with him from the west last night.
Just where the marriage occurred Is not
divulged by either party. Not even the
fact that there had been a marriage was
divulged by Mr.. Dixey. until some inti-
mate friends worried 1T out of him at the
Lambs Club last night.
Then he confessed that Miss Nordstrom
had been Mrs. Dixey for some days be-
fore the company closed at Milwaukee
last Saturday night.
"It was a secret marriage, and we've
come back to spend the first part of our
honeymoon at the Empire Hotel, at 66th
street and Broadway. That's all care to
say about it, Mr.. Dixey said.
Evening star., 1909-06-09
KING TO OPEN ART PALACE.
Priceless Treasures in London's
New Vast Edif1ce.

Special Cahcgram to The Star.
LONDON, June 9.-King Edward will
honor and emphasize a great public
achievement by opening in person June
% the new palace of art at South Ken
sington. The announcement will concen-
trate general attention at last upon the
approach of an event far more interesting
than most people have realized. The vast
edifice which has arisen upon one of the
open and conspicuous sites in the metrop-
oils is not only in itself an impressive
addition to the civic dignity of London,
but will be of worldwide note because
of the priceless treasures it will house.
Now for the first time a national COL
lection of almost encyclopedia range and
as magnificent in it's richness as wonder
full in its variety will be for the first time
ciousness and order.
The foundation stone of the Victoria
and Albert Museum was laid by the late
queen in the midst of the Indian mutiny.
The nation has slowly realized during
the last half century that his present
ma ajesty's father was statesman whose
ideas with regard to the intellectual
training of the nation were clearer and
more far-sighted and wiser than those
of any of his cotemporarleS who served
in cabinets.
1t was mainly owing to him that the
kensington collections gradually acquired
character hardly rivaled in the world.
They became delight to the eye, lib
eral education to the mind, an mex
haustible source Of pleasure and instruc-
ton. a labyrinth of treasures with which
it would require lifetime to become
familiar in all their aspects. a visible
record of the art and technique of all
peoples in all ages. Thus at great
costa cost nevertheless insignificant by
comparison with what would have to be
spent were the same collection to be
newly amassed today-the materials for
another of the very greatest of the
worlds museums were acquired for the
nation.
The ceremony to be performed by the
king will inaugurate a new epoch in the
records of the Victoria and Albert Mu-
scum and will soon disclose for the first
time to London and the nation, as after
ward to the world, the full greatness of
this astonishing collection.