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demands and recalled Mr.. Gregory.
The treatment accorded this diplomat
at Managua was regarded here as out
rageous. His mail was tampered with
and there was direct evidence that
Zelaya's agents had tinkered with State
Department cipher cables.
Setor Espinosa. the Nicarasuan Minis
ter. called at the State Department
and Mr.. Knox explained to him that
the Emery case must be arbitrated He
communicated with his Government.
His first reply was unsatisfactory and
of such chara cter that he did not wish
TO carry it back to the State Depart
ment. so he asked for further instruc-
tions and gave Managua more details
as to the seriousness Of the case. Mica
ragua still held that the matter of damages
should not be arbitrated After a while,
however, Senior Espinosa reappeared
at the State Department and asked Secre-
tary Knox il Nicaragua would be per-
mitted to file counter claim for dam
ages if there was an international arbi .
tration. Mr.. Knox said that naturally
Nicaragua would have that right.
With this point settled Nicaragua
seemed more willing to proceed along
the lines desired by the United States
an eS-NIinister Plenipotentiary on a
special mission. He came to negotiate,
and tonight a protocol was signed in
which Nicara qua yields to the demands
Of the State Department
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HELNP THE NASHVILLE.
Iachine Canal Engineer EnfOrccs His Own
Idea OF Treaty Backs Down Later.

MONTREAL. Quebec. May 25.-There
was great excitement along the water
front here to-day when the United States
ship Nashville. an obsolete cruiser Of the
United States Navy, steamed into port
on her way to the Great Lakes. where she
will be used as training ship for the
Illinois Naval Reserve.
When the Nashv lille attempted to poke
her nose into the fret lock of the Lachine
Canal Major H. R. Lordly. chief engineer
oi the canal. and the dockmaster refused
to open the gates on the ground that the
presence of the Nashville on the upper
boundary waters between the United
States and Canada would directly con-
travene the treaty between the two
countries. They based their action on
the ground that they had not been
notified from Ottawa that permission had
been obtained from the Canadian Govern
ment for the vessel to pass through.
Capt. Purdy Of the Nashville had all the
papers and credentials necessary from
Washington and said Washington had
already obtained the necessary permits
sion from the Dominion. He also pointed
out that his vessel was unarmed, but il
was said later that he intended to take
on his guns, which are being sent over
land, at Buffalo.
Finally. through the intervention Of Mr..
Bradley. the United States Consul here,
and an exchange of kilograms with Ottawa,
the misunderstanding was Strengthened
out and the Nashville proceeded on her
way this afternoon.
The arrangement between the United
States and Great Britain as to armed
vessels on the Great Lakes dates back
TO 1917 1t provides that no armed ves-
sells Of more than 100 tons burden and
armed with no weapon more powerful
than an Is pound gun shall be main
tanned on the Lakes.
The Canadians so far have nothing but
small fishery protection cruisers on the
Great Lakes. Since the close of the
Spanish h-American war the United States
has sent four comparatively modern and
powerful war vessels to the Great Lakes
the Nashville being the fifth.
The sun., 1909-05-26
BITES 4 POLICEMAN.
Negro Whom Girls Com plaincd or objects
to BeinS Arrested Crowd Claws Him.

A six foot West Indian negro who was
annoying young women at Broadway
and Thirty-fourth street last night hit
Policeman +. j. Norton of the traffic
squad on the cheek when the policeman
upon the negro and beat him. Three of
his teeth were knocked out.
Girls from the shops in the neighborhood
had complained of the negro When
Norton told him to move away the negro
replied that If Norton were in Nassau he
would know better than to speak so to a
colored man and ended by cursing the
policeman
Norton then arrested him and was
starting across Thirty-third street when
the negro snapped at Norton and fastened
his teeth in the policernan's right cheek.
Norton. clubless. tried to fight of the man
with his fists but was unable to do so until
n policeman came and gave the negro "A
rap over the head. Four policemen sur
rounded the negro and tried to get him 10
the Tenderloin station house. but the
crowd kept pecking at him. The negro s
clothes were torn when he finally was
landed in cell.
The prisoner said he was Charles Henry,
20 wears old, of 1873 West Twenty-siSth
street. He was charged with felonious
assault for biting the policeman and with
disorderly conduct for speaking to the
girls.
An ambulance surgeon cauterized the
wound in the policeman 5 cheek.
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RAN AWAY FROM HER BOOKS.
4 Very Hungry IAttle Girl Tells OF q
Month In the streets.

Il am very tired and hungry said a
very pretty but very dirty faced little
girl last night to Policeman John Moyne
at Seventh avenue and Twentieth street.
Moyne conducted her to the old West
Twentieth street station house. and he
turned her over to Lieut.. Shields The
girl said she hadn't any place to sleeps and
had been wandering in the streets for a
month. Food was provided for her,
She said that her name was Florence
Dodd. sometimes called Hope, and that
she was l3 years old. Up to a month
ago and for a year before that she had
lived with her aunt, Mrs. Laura Anna
johnson. at 8l5 st. Mark avenue, Brook
iyn, she said. Her aunt was strict.
moons but made me stay in the house and
study. SO l got tired and went away"
said Florence. THAT was over a month
ago. l stayed at the houses of girl friends
a few nights. but then went to stran gers.
Sometimes they gave me food and let me
stav ali night, but for the last week |
have been sleeping in Railways and get
ting something to eat as best / could. I
had had nothing for two days until l got
that supper Just now. II was pretty hard. y
The girl said that her father died a
wear ago and her mother month later.
Before papa died was globetrotter,
Florence said. He took me to Boston
and to Niagara Falls and away down
ha rd for me to stay in and study all the
time when other little girls were at play. y
Florence was sent to the Children s
Society and the Brooklyn police were
instructed to see her aunt and tell her thai
Florence was in New York
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CAN'T RUN OVER QUICKER.
Ironworker Under street Car Grabs q
nar and Saves Himself.

When George Ducker a sixty-year-old
ironworker of s45 Amsterdam avenue
was knocked down by a southbound sur
face car at lOlst street and Amsterdam
avende early last evening he olutched
the crossbars beneath the front platform
and held on until the car was stopped.
When the motorman got down he found
that Ducker was 30 tightly wedged in that
he couldn't move. The repair wagon
was called and after the car had been
lacked up Patrick Grace. the motorman.
climbed under and helped him to get out.
Ducker got to his feet. shook himself
and found that there were no bones
broken. His hands we're scraped and his
legs were bruised. but the ironworker
said he was used to that.
William Cappell OF 227 West Twenty
fifth street, was knocked down by tax
icab on Broadway in front OF the Hotel
Breslin last night. He was jammed under
the working gear, but when the car had
been lifted and Cappell taken to the New
York Hospital he was found to be only
cut and bruised little, The chauffeur,
William c. Messersmith, was locked up
on an assault charge.
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FIGHT FOR 4 H4PLESS BOY
Man VINO Dives and saves Him Is Almost
Drowned Himself.

Edward Goodman. i3 years old. OF
432 East Eighty-sixth street chased a
ball too near the edge Of the dock at
Eighty-sixth street and the East River
yesterday afternoon and fell in. The
tide got grip on the boy and he was
fifty feet out and had gone down twice
when Charles Bush Of 2lo East Seventy
third street heard his cries.
Bush dived in without even removing
his coat, got the boy and began the fight
back to the dock. Policeman Mara Of the
East Eighty eighth street station was
ready on tho dock with rope. Bush
had only strength enough left to fasten
the rope under his arms, but the police
man and two deck laborers proved equal
to hoisting up the double burden.
DR.. Ramsdell of the Presbyterian Hos
pital pumped the boy out and gave Bush a
restorative. He took them both to the
hospital to recover from drinking too
much salt water.
The sun., 1909-05-26
9 PER CENT. IN july.
LO cal Savings Banks said to Have De-
clCied to Stick to 4 Per Cent. Rate. :

Local Savings Banks said to Have De.
cided to Stick to 4 Per Cent. Rate. :
Savings banks throughout the city
have decided. it was said yesterday.
not to make any change in the rate OF
their interest payments next July. Last
January an agitation for reduction
from 4 per cent, to 3li WIS begun, and
an official of Broolyn institution actu-
ally proposed law prohibiting new
savings banks from paying depositors
more than 81 per cent.
At the time the president of a leading
East Side bank wrote around to all the
savings institutions OF the State to find
out what they thought. While the local
banks have taken no concerted or formal
action the understanding is said to be
general among them. Had the proposed
reduction been made it would have made
a difference of about A,75O 900 for the
half year TO local depositors, who hold
1,770,Ooo- accounts, aggregating $685.
OOO. 900.
In their correspondence the bankers
frankly pointed out the disadvantages
of allowing the per cent rate. Pressure
Of competition, it was shown, has led some
of the smaller banks to pay the standard
rate when in reality the disbursement in
such amount was made at the expense
of growth in their surplus reserve. Again
the rate encouraged persons to deposit
who were in reality we'll able TO buy
bonds. and these clients when panics
come are the first 10 withdraw their
money in order to buy securities cheap.
II the rate were cut. it was urged. the
move would force this class Of savings
into its proper channels. Other bankers
showed the difficulty of paying per cent
with bonds and mortgages at their pres
ent prices.
In spite OF these considerations it was
the general opinion that the contemplat cd
reduction would be too radical.
The sun., 1909-05-26
MRS. DEL DR4GO SETTLES.
Transfers to Her DauEhter Much Reait,
OF Brewer Schmid's Estate.

Before Josephine Schmid, owner OF the
Lion Brewery, married last Saturday
Giovanni del Drago, a younger son OF
the princely Roman house of that name
she had arranged to settle out of court
the litigation with her daughter. Pauline
Schmid Murray, wife of Hugh Murray,
who sued her for an accounting Of the
fathers estate On Monday there were
recorded transfers to the daughter Of
the dwelling ut ess Fifth avenue and a
quarter interest in twenty-six parcels Of
real estate, among which are the south
east corner Of Greenwich and Warre n
streets, IS and 80 Cortlandt street. All and
4l3 Broadway. the southwest corner Of
Ninth avenue and Fifty-second street
and the southwest corner Of Broadway
and Ninety second street,
In the settlement OF the suit Mrs, del
Drago was represented by John E. Parsons
and the daughter by John c. Spooner.
The full terms Of the settlement have not
been made public.
In the papers which we're filed in Janu-
ary. 1905, Mrs. Murray set forth that her
mother had wrongfully obtained entire
control of the estate OF August Schmid,
the brewer. who died in 1880, and that
matters had been so ordered that Mrs.
Murray would get only few hundred
thousand dollars out of the estate. which
was valued at several millions.
! he Lion Brewery alone is valued at
S.. .ooO, 900 and there was much other real
estate. When the suit was begun it was
described rs friendly suit. but the terms
used in the papers were anything but
friendly. August Schmid left a will by
which he made his widow the sole execu-
trix. with power to act as she saw At until
her two daughters were of age Josephine
Schmid at the time was IL and Pauline 49,.
Pauline Schmid Murray alleged that she
had never had an accounting from her
mother
The sun., 1909-05-26
UNIVERSITY CLUB SMCDGE.
Some Folks Mistake Chimney BurnOut
for a Fire at John d. ROckefeiler's.

A boy passing the University Club, at
Fifty-fourth street and Fifth avenue, last
night saw flames shooting out of one Of
the club chimneys and turned in an alarm.
Battalion Chief Kane and his men bor-
rowed salt from the club kitchen and made
quick work Of the blaze
Considerable smoke got in at the win
dows of the upper stories, but it did no
damage. The club, however, is out $50,
which is the fine you have to pay II your
chimney gets on fire. the supposition be-
ing that it will go Oh quietly smoking II
kept clean.
Near the clubhouse are the residences
of John d. Rockefeller. Chauncey Depew,
H. Mex. Twombly and John y, Rocke-
feller, Jr. There is a fire plug in front
Of John D. Rockefeller's house. at West
Fifty fourth stUet, opposite the club.
and the first engine to arrive hooked up
there. This started a rumor that Mr..
Rockefeller's house was on fire, and police
reserves were called out to handle the
crowd that came to see II burn
The sun., 1909-05-26
WALKING RECORD FOR MARINES.
Two Captains Cover the Prescribed so
Miles In IL I.2 Hours.

WASHINGTON. May 25.7Two officers
Of the United States Marine Corps sta
toned at the Washington barracks COM
pleted yesterday the fifty mile walk pre-
scribed for all officers of the Marine Corps
in one instead of three days. as is allowed
by the regulations for the walking test,
They were Capts. II. r. Lay and Mason
Gulick They walked from Frederick,
Md. to the Washington barracks in this
city, a distance of ffty-one miles, in
about fourteen and half hours This
walking trip establishes 4 record in the
CORPS which will probably remain un-
broken for some months
Capt Henry Leonard and Lieut. F.. l..
Bigger, who are stationed at the navy
yard at Portsmouth, \. H.. completed
Il similar walking test in one Cay of fif-
teen hours Of actual walking time. which
was the best previ ous record
The sun., 1909-05-26
SHERIFF HOLDS STOPPANI.
Court In Orange County Refuses to Accept
surety Conipany's Bond.

NEwBuRGH, May 25.--Charles F. Stop
PAM of the brokerage firm Of Ennis &
Stoppani. which is in bankruptcy, was
before Justice Morschauser this after
noon to plead to the Orange county
indictment against him for grand larceny.
He was accompanied by his lawyer. and
they had $4,000 bond of surety COM
pany with them which the Court refused
to accept.
The District Attorney and the broker s
lawyers agreed upon the amount, but
the Court said that su ch bonds could not
legally be accepted in criminal cases.
The Court gave the lawyers time to look
into the matter. and afterward declined
to parole the prisoner and remanded
him to the care of the Sheriff, Mr., Stop
pani is now in charge OF the Sheriff waiting
for an individual bondsman. who is ex-
pected very soon.
Mr.. Ennis is expected here to plead
tomorrow,
The sun., 1909-05-26
IN AN ELEVATORS CLUTCH
WOMAN HELD FAST AN HOUR
TILL FIRE AXES FREE HER.
Mrs. Margaret Coo, Undrrtakins to RIM
the Car Herself In the Chesterfield. Is
Caught Between II and the Wall
Conscious Until She Was Rescued.

Mrs. Margaret Coe was caught yester-
day afternoon between the roof of an ele-
vator and the ironwork below the fourth
floor in the Chesterfield, an apartment
house in which she and her husband live
at 274 West Nineteenth street. Two fire.
men with axes and claw tools worked for
an hour before they could release her.
She was conscious all the time and told
them where to direct their strokes to
relieve the severest pressure. When they
lifted her out she tainted.
At few minutes before o'clock Mrs.
Coe entered the house and found the
door of the elevator open. She entered
her up to her apartment. Edgar Cardn.
the hallboy. was busy in the telephone
booth and Mrs. Coe evidently got tired
Of waiting. She took hold Of the cable
and started the car upward. When it
reached the fourth floor she tried to
stop it. but the car after halting began
to descend Mrs. Coe, frightened at that,
gripped the cable and held on. She was
swung off her feet. with her back to the
door.
The outward swing which the cable
gave to her body was enough to loosen
her grasp As the car ouivered and
stopped she was thrust into the narrow
gap between wall and elevator and pinned
oh I'd
floor door. The roof of the car struck
her across the hips and her feet dangled
in the elevator.
Her screams reached the ianitress, Mrs.
NORM. who sent maid to Hook and
Ladder Company II. in West Twentieth
street When Firemen William Kelly
and Patrick Mulroy got there they found
Mrs. Coc resting her head and arms on
the roof Of the elevator and making the
best of it They saw at once that II the
elevator was started she would be
squeezed to death, and so they began to
rip out the grillwork from the third floor.
They worked with caution. When the
ironwork was partly removed the cross
bar above the elevator door was un-
screwed and then pried away.
Meanwhile DR.. Mcclure had answered
call to New Yorx Hospital and four
other physicians from the neighborhooi
had arrived The woman's husband
William S Coe. reached the house short
time before the work was finished. and
he helped the doctors keep up her courage.
When the framework had been broken
and the front OF the car splintered by the
fremens tools they were able to bring
her to the floor and carry her into her
apartment Twenty minutes later she
regained Consciousness and refused n
60 to hospital She had suffered severe
bruises on the left hip and thigh, but last
night her husband said she was doing well
The sun., 1909-05-26
NEW GUESS AT THE EARTH'S AGE
Radio.ac ctivity Adds a Few Million Years
or 10 to GeolOsic Time.
Special Cable Despatch TO THE Sun.

Special Cable Despatch TO THE Sun.
LONDON, May 25.-The perennial prob
lem OF the age Of the world has received
new contribution based on the an
tiquity Of radioactive minerals Geol-
ogists figured some time ago the age Of
the earth at least 2so. 900, 600 years, and the
estimate held until mathematical physi-
oists computed that the sun itself had not
existed more than l15. 100000.
The discovery of raiium and the
theories Of radfo-activity seem to be going
to reestablish the geologists' conten-
ton. Lord Rayleigh's son, R. J. Strut,
who is already an eminent scientist. an
nounces as the result OF a recent expert
ment with chunk Of thorianite. containing
helium, that the latter could not have ac-
cumulated in less than 24o 1000 900 years.
Experiments on a larger scale which
are now going on will probably lead to
an extension OF this time.
The sun., 1909-05-26
R.iNTON FLIER WRECAED.
Whole Train Dcralieh AMI Overturned
One Man Hurt.

ALLENTOWN. Pa. May 25.lraln No. ~
of the Central Riiroad of New Jersey,
known as the Scranton a or. running be-
tween New York and Scranton, was de-
rallied at Slate Dam, fifteen miles above
this city. tonight, but mono of the pas
sengers in the six coaches was injured
The smoker was the first to leave the
rails and was overturned and the five
passenger coaches bekind were thrown
on their sides. The tender also left the
rails, but the locomotive remained on the
tracks
Only the conductor, A. II. Bennetts OF
Scranton. was injured. and he escaped
with a few slight scratches. The train
was slowing up for bad curve when the
accident occurred. No cause is assigned
by railroad officials for the wreck
The sun., 1909-05-26
NEU QUESTION TO ALIENS.
DO You BelGng To Union That FOrbids
You to Join the Militia?

Judge Lacombe Of the United States
Circuit Court has Incorporated new
question into the list he now asks candi-
dates for final papers in citizenship. The
question is. Are you member Of or
affiliated with any organization that for
bids joining the United States Army or
the State Militia?- All the answers given
in court yesterday TO this question were
in the negative.
Judge Lacombe declined to state spe-
officially why he had introduced the new
question, but the reason for it is obviously
the outgrowth from the recent agitation
in labor organizations against joining
the armed forces of the country.
Among the new citizens sworn in yes
terday were three French nuns and
Thomas Hamilton, an actor. who said
he played in the original production Of
Shore Acres.
The sun., 1909-05-26
PETROSINO INFORMER KILLED.
New Malta Mystery In SlC,ly-TwO Peas.
ants Also Murdered.

,Spcctci CaNc DCspdioh to THR Sun.
ROME, May ?5-A man OF the name of
Lamatts a notorious scoundrel. was shot
from behind and killed last night near
Monreale He was temporarily taken
into custody at the time Detective Petro-
sino Of New York was murdered at Pa
lermo. being suspected Of completely in
the crime
Subsequently he was released because
he gave information to the police. Be-
cause Of this his murder is ascribed to
the Malta g vengeance,
Almost at the same time two peasant
who were returning to their homes from
work were shot at Palermo. One of them
was killed and the other wounded ser-
ously. There is no trace Of the murderers
in either OF these cases.
The sun., 1909-05-26

Valued Jewels stolen From Alfred G. In
London Recovered ana Valet In Jail.

Special Cane Despatch 10 THE SuS.
LONDON. May 25.-A black pearl scar!
pin and black pearl studs that we're stolen
from Alfred G. Vanderbilt's residence in
Park lane last month have been recov-
cred and the supposed thief has been
arrested. He is a discharged valet of the
name Of Cox.
The prisoner will be arraigned in the
police court tomorrow. Mr.. Vanderbilt
priced the jewels for their associations
more than for their intrinsic value. which
is about S.. 600.
The sun., 1909-05-26
SAFE FROM JULf'S CHILL.
Tenderloin Police Get the storm Doors
They Asked For Last Fall.

When the new Tenderloin police station
was opened last fall it was found that the
place had been 30 constructed that all the
i'll winds of West Thirtieth street blew
in at the front door. Everybody got
colds and when even the emergency
boiler hitched up with the regular one
couldn't get the place warm hurry call
was sent in for storm doors,
All winter long the inhabitants OF the
Tenderloin station continued to sneeze.
but they we're delighted yesterday when
carpent ters arrived and went to work
n,ade GOOD progress and promised to have
The doors ready for the cold spell which
usually arrives about July 1.
The sun., 1909-05-26
OLYMPIC GAMES FOR SWEDEN
German Airshlp Craze Kills Interest In
Con,pleting Berlin Stadium.

lNDtfIn IGFt DtsDlIcN 70 7 HE NTN.
BERLIN, May ?5-The question Of
holding the Olympic Games here in 1872
has been settled in the negative, there
being practically no chance of completing &
the stadium in time. 1t will therefore be
proposed at the conference Of the Olympic
committee tomorrow 10 hold the next
games at Stockholm.
The delay in finishing the stadium here
is ascribed to the Indifference Of the big
German cities, which are all devoting
their interest and subscriptions to build
ing airship stations.
The sun., 1909-05-26
Thinks He Can PHOTOGRAPH Sound,

CLEvELAS,.. May 25.--Prof. Dayton C.
Miller of the Case School Of Applied
Sciences here says he has discovered a
means of photographing sound. BY the
Use of his newly perfected device he be-
leves it will be possible to distinguish ir
films the difference between the tones OF
a human voice and the tones of musical
inst lnent
The sun., 1909-05-26
HE'S @ FEET @ III.
A Bogus Fireman Is undone by His EN-.
cessive Statue.

CessiNe STATUE.
A man feet s,I inches tall armed with
a firemans badge went to a moving pic
ture show. in West l3ith street last night
apd gained admission. Some one told
Battalion Chief Root, and Root went to
look at the biggest fireman.
sThat's no fireman, that 6 a water tower"
said Root. He caused the mans arrest.
The prisoner said that while the badge
was not his it belonged TO his brother,
a member Of the crew Of Truck Is. The
tall man said he was Robert Milash, an
actor OF ia West l39th street.
He was locked up at Police Head
quarters.
The sun., 1909-05-26

More Two Hour Trains to Philadelphia
Via Pennsy yiyanla Railroad, beginning Nay 2,
weekdays: other changes, New time table OF
agents on and after May .0,-Ndt.
The sun., 1909-05-26
ATLANTA, BIRMINGHAM. MEMPHIS
Nj THE SOEIH

Southern ny. superb service, -Four through
trains daily with sleeping and dining car service.
Route birmingham Special" N. i. once i:p
broadway .iGt.