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New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
"B4TTERY Dan" HONORED.
Guest Of Jst assembly District Tam
mann Club.

Magistrate Battery Dan Finn the guest
Of honor last night the annual dinner of the
Huron club Of the lst Assembly District At thu
broadway Central Hotel Battery Dan had Just
returned from months scjourn al Marlin Springs.
Tex. and other points in the South.
The Tamnlanv leader made il q point drop in on
the Giants every day while South. incidentally he
got bit of exercise passing the bali and running
bases. Fifty years ago. the magistrate said. he
was a member Of the old MutuaIs. who made the
first Southern trip Of any ball team He pre-
scented with a fountain pen were other mem
teTs of the district committee. and in his speech
responded TO the toast, The pen is mightier than
the sword
Justice Wauhope Lam. Of the lst District Mu-
nicipal Court presided and praised the lst Dis
triCt-kissed. as he said. the north by Wash
ington Square. on the south by the Battery. on
the east 10y Broadway and on the west by the
Nerth River He introduced the other speakers
of The evening Congressman Daniel J. Rordan. 4.
J. Powers state Senator William J. A. Caffrey.
John Dalton. Coroner Acritelli and Maurice Gott-
heb.
Gus Edwards and Jack" DriscoI sang songs.
Charley O-Toole told stories and Armagh O'Don-
aghey sang "good old" Irish ballads.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
FOR SUCCESSOR TO DIR. HAMILTON.
University Settlement Considers Dozen Names
Head Worker Resigns

Nearly a dozen being considered by
the council OF tho University Settlement in choos-
ing a successor to DR.. James H Hamilton. who
has resigned head worker after service ot six
years Seymour /. Cromwell secretary of the
University Settlement Society. said Yesterday in
regard 10 The resignation:
Or Hamilton's resignation was of his own ac-
cord. There il absolutely nothing in the differences
that he was requested 10 resign account OF his
marriage. There is limited salary attached the
post Tr. Hamilton occupied. and when man mar
ries 1t is not increased His predecessors. after
MARRYING have all resigned. and or their ac-
cord
Or Hamilton. IN talking Of his future plans. said
he would depart for Europe. be gone year. in
the early summer he said:
I am going Switzerland for a ia .nily reunion.
shall do a great deal Of studying afterward In
Germany and France, mostly in Germany. W are
ahead Of Germany in Settlement work, but | want
20 study the German systems ! shall devote
myself principally to social and political problems
and return America a year from this summer.
shall visit nearly cver> country in Europe.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
GET AoUEDUCT CONTRACT.
American Pipe and Construction Company to
Build Six Miles of Catskill Line.

The Board Of Water Supply has awarded the con
tract for building about six miles of the CatskIl
aqueduct in the towns Of Shawangunk Ulster
County and Montgomery. Orange County, 10 the
American Pipe and Construction Company. Of Phil
adephIa whose bid a,55S G95. The firm the
lowest bidder. and Will have three years and half
in which % complete the work The contract is
for a cut-and-cover plain concrete aqueduct.
The board has rejected all bids for contract 40.
46 for the construction Of the Milwood. SarIes q
Harlem Railroad, the Pleasantvie ana Reynolds
Hill tunnels. the Putnam siphon and some plain
concrete aqueduct. in New Castle, and Mount Pleas
ant. Westchester County, in order that new set
Of specifications may be prepared. The contract
will be combined with that for the bypass around
the Kcnsico reservoir in an effort to get water
20 tn. city at earlier date On contract No. iG
Booth & Finn the lowest bidders, with $25sS,-
26o Bids by them have been thrown out three
times twice when they the lowest bidders
and once when they next to the lowest.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
BLOWN OFF BRIDGE
Com pressed 4U Tube Bursts, Send
ing Nan 1870 Feet to Death.

Thrown into the air by a gust OF compressed ar
from, a broken connection on ne Brooklyn end OF
the new Manhattan Bridge, John McShahe' an
fronworker fell 1870 feet to his death on pie ol
stones in Plymouth street, yes erday morning IN
the fail his body hit plank On a derricA' eien'
inches wide and inch thick, and broke II me me "
tutq Many of the one hundred men on the brldge
at the time and the bystanders and WorkheH
below rushed TO the mans aid, but he lived oLliy
long enough 10 murmur an incoherent word Ihe
yorkrnen were so much affected by the accldenl
that the contractor thought it best to smut do""
for the rest of the Day
The man was twenty-seven years OLD ana uH
married His home was at No. 45i Nythe avenue
The body was removed 20 the lower Fulloh s'lee
police station. t.
bridge making an effort to complete the I2Nlhs "'
,ba floor beams over a G0-foot gap that stH sePd-
ratos the completed part toward the ahch'rdee
ord that from the towers. The motive power o
the tools IS compressed slr, under a le"sIo' ~
two hundred aul fifty pounds to the square me-"
The air is conveyed the machines by nose pipe
reinforced with steel vine.
S1Icsb,1,e WAS working near one of these pipes
when the connection gave way Inc run
afr Hftea the man off his feet and hurled nm
1za,, feet in the air It was noon and many
men had gathered the point where tne oouH i
TO eat their lunch. a.,
But for the accident the lower floor OF the
structure would have been completed from shore
to shore. .,,,,.od
bridge Commissioner Stevenson had ahhoulceu
that the steel work the new Manhattan bt'uee
had nearly been connected from anchorage 10
arb,ro1e and that an official inspection would be
- t,,da,- noon Commissioned Stevenson and a
marty Of engineers Will walk across the pfIoSe.
Navor Mcclellan was to have been member oL
the marty but lie is suffering from the grip
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
COURT DISCHARGES NEWSPAPER MEN.
Writ Sustained in Libel Case Brought by John
D. Rockefeller Jr.

Justice Gerard. in the Supreme Court. handed
down a decision yesterday which sustained
the writ Of habeas corpus sworn out by Clarence
J. Shearn. counsel for Solomon S Carvalho. Brad
ford Merrill and Edward II. Clarke president
treasurer and secretary OF the Star Company. pub
fishers Of The Evening Journal and The Amer
lean in the suit criminal libel brought against
them d.. John d Rockefeller. jr. The newspaper
men, ~. .lad been paroled in the custody Of their
counsel. were discharged from custody.
In his opinion Justice Gerard says II is conceded
that on December l.. 1905, there published in
The American article referring John y.
Rockefeller. II. The decision says:
The question is: Are the officers OF 4 corporation
which publishes newspaper liable TO criminal
simply because of the fact that they sucn Off
and without any further proof 10 connect them
with the management Of the newspaper?
After recitirg several examples. the justice says
But l cannot conceive OF the punishment of a
not participate concerning which ne had no
criminal intent" Continuing. he says:
The learned District Attorney in his erudite and
sklfu brief presented cites the provisions OF the
Of corporation shall be managed by It's board
directors. forgetting. however, that officers Of
in any event. should the corporation pro-
vide that the officers Of corporation should be
Of a corporation a manager within the meaning Of
4 criminal statute which provides FOR the prosecu-
ngGof iron ot Of aofe aof act of %did still be
required for the purpose Of t1is criminal prosecu-
might be defined in any statute TO business
poration legal dictionary.
The newspaper men were examined before Mag
istrate Moss and the justice SAYS;
There evidence before the magistrate e
showing that any Of the REALTORS concerned
the time libel was printed, and the writ must
be sustained and the relators discharged,
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
ST. NICHOLAS soCIETY'S PAAs.
Old New Amsterdam Recalled at Annual
Easter Festival.

AT the mess cal two hundred members Of the
81. Nicholas Society marched into the large ball
At Demouico's last nigh foT the annual Paas.
Easter festival of the society The decorations
orange ard black. the oh Dutch colors.
At The guests table were John r. Planten, Con
sal General Of the Netherlands William H. Nc
Elroy. Austen q. Fox, Jacob Gould Schurman
president Of Cornell University. Charles A Scher
nerisorn. who WAS Joastmaster: Talcott Williams
editor OF The Philadelphia Press; John : Wise
Harold N Anderson. president OF the Amen Corner
Association, and Arthur r Schermerhorn-
When the last course had been finished George
Blagden Austen C. Fox, Erskine Hewitt and
Adrian H. Jone. the stewards, led parade of the
diners escorted by several negroes costumed in the
old New Amsterdam period, about The room
At the head of the diners parade, old negro
carried the gilded weather cock OF New Amsterdam
City Han. presented 20 the society in 1885 by Wash
ington Irving. Each paradeT smoked yard of old
Dutch clay pipe. the souvenir Of the dinner.
MT. Schurman said that the inheritance
peculiarly adapted the needs and crcum-
stances Of the states. would be a fiscal calamity
10 them f the federal government should resort TO
IL ordinary source OF revenue. On the other
hand he said the income tax 10 be effective, should
be national rather than state levy
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
THIEF TOOK PLENTY OF TIME.
Not His Own, but 40-Pound Clock Belong
ing TO q Music Teacher

n T. Seifcrt. n teacher of music AZ 20. T. East
20th street, told a yesterday about Il strong
arm who last Saturday took forty pounds"
OF tie professors time from the studio and in re-
turn has given the latter some sorrowful hours
The in question is unknown 10 Mr. Seifert
and the police have been unsuccessful in their
efforts 10 make his acquaintance. Evidently he is
4 retiring sort OF fellow. fer he called at The
studio last Saturday afternoon Iltc interval Of
twenty minutes during which the professor went
out te buy some lubricant for his piano The
stranger Pried open thu door gith "A ''Cossrove
E5eholdins a collection OF ART objects hs promptly
showed preference for large broize clock that
stood the pantlepiece and caused il 10 disappear
The police have theory 20 whether he
walked out with the timeiiece under his arm
They iusi marvel that he =oI away with IL for il
peighel forty pounds Thc intrinsic value OF the.
cieak 81 but rs associations made IL T much
greater Salue Nr- seifert n came into his fam
ily in the reign of Louis Phfpe His grandfather
bought Il ia Paris. and i as handed down from
father 10 son until it became the property of the
professor. about thirty years ago. Unless the
burglar q who measured the value of
Things by t44eir veight he viii grevea- TO learn
that ia small room last off TIE where the
clock stood several Vioiins, un which Mr.
SsifeFf places great value The burglary Of Satur-
6sy the third IN the hoGs ein two years
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
CELEBRATES GEN. BOOTHS BIRTHDAY.
Thousands Pack Carnegie Hall at Salvation
ArmY's Observance

An audience which filed the large auditorium to
the topmost gallery gathered in Carnegie Hall last
night at the Salvation Armys celebration in honor
of General William Booths eiEhtieth birthday an
niVersary. Commander Eva Booth. his daughter.
presided and made a short address The pro-
sramlne consisted OF series of tableaus illus
tratve Of the work being done by the army. inter
spersed with music The hall was decorated with
the flags Of all nations the Stars and Stripes pre-
dominating 4 message from General Booth IN
London to the American people read and
was greeted with applause. II read;
TO Americans Your kindly recognition Of the
Salvation Army, your generous cooperation in its
efforts, your interest in myself personally together
with numerous requests for a message applicable
To the occasion Of my eiGhtieth birthday. embolden
me 70 speak to YOU and to speak to you from my
heart.
O America! how vast is your opportunity for
making "a lasting mark for good the entire
human race! invite you 10 make our common
Christianity an ungainsaya bile reality. and thue
wipe out the reproach fast gathering US, that
II IS nothing more than an exploded tradition
fashionable association. or q Nfeess ceremony
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
rHE REV DR.. JOHN COLLINS BLISS.

The Rev Dr John Collins Bliss died from paraIy-
sis on Sunday at his home. NJ" f& West l"ith
street Or Bliss born III Florence, Ala. SeN-
.rt,-tl1ree wears ago. H. was graduated from the
theological seminary at Allegheny College In PITTS
burg He received the degree Of Doctor OF DlVlhly
from the University of New York In lSNJ he Ie-
ceiyed a call to the Washington Heights fIeSoN
teriau Church where he remained until 1907 pr-
priss WAS once Moderator of the General Assembly
of the New York Presbytery- lie was a member "f
tho PRESBYTERIAN Union and the chi Apha CIup
Iie leaves a wife and two sons-Coliins /. Bliss
head of the engineering department "i Ne"
VII, t-,,;,..re,t,. and Edmund Bliss. The funeral
viii he held al the North Presbyterian Church "i
Washington Heights tomorrow afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
MRS. HAMS TO TESTIFY .
Agrees to 4ppear at Captains Tr7oi
for Murder Of 4nHis.

Mrs Claudia LIBBY Hains and her mother MRS.
Charles Libby, OF Boston. intend to appear @S
witnesses for the prosecution at the 'rlal OF CdP
rain Peter c Hams ir. for the murder OF NiiIlam
L Arpfs This announcement made yesterday
bv District Attorney Frederick G. De VIII oi
Queens County who viii have charge OF the proSe
ctItion lie returned Yesterday morning from a
trip 20 Boston. where he had a talk with Mrs
IIairs There were also present Mrs Hatns's
mother Mrs~Libbv; l. L. Norton. Mrs Hams
LAWYER. and John A Butler detective attached
ia the District Attorneys office
It was not until she was assured That the test'-
n1onv she might be called upon to give would not
teopardize her chances of winning a divorce from
The captain that Mrs. Hans consented 20 appear
at the trial Il is thought that Mrs. Libby VIII be
called upon 10 testify concerning the conduct or
her son-n-aw at the times she visited him at
Fort HamiIton She will also he expected TO give
her version Of the dramatic climax of her daugh-
ter's married life when in answer to summons
she appeared at Fort Hamilton in the early part
Of last June and took her daughter, who had been
cast adrift by her soldier husband. back to her
childhood home in Winthrop
District Attorney De Witt said that Mrs Hams
appeared in good health, although he had never
seen her before She did not express herself con
cerning the outcome of the trial Of her husband
She did however. express desire TO see her chill
drn At the conclusion of the talk it was agreed
that if during the trial the District Attorney should
deem their testimony necessary 10 aid the prosecu-
ton that Mrs. Hams and her mother would !r'ne-
dIately come To New York.
Fsyev-itnessas Of the shooting put IN an appear
ance before District Attorney De Witt yesterday
Among the witnesses who told the story of the
tragedy was Mrs Helen Annis, wife of the slain
man. Other witnesses interviewed by the District
Attorney were Police Captain Rothenberg. who was
IN command Of the Flushing precinct the day Of the
tragedy: Frederic A Storm. Edwin Andrews.
Charles 4 Roberts. Herbert Funke, Louis HarWay.
Harvey g. Rockwell. Captain john clark. Harry
r Colwicks, c. A Birchfeld and Merle Downs
BY way of preparing for the trial an extra panel
of hundred and fifty talesmen drawn he
fore Justice GarretSon in the Flushing Supreme
Court YESTERDAY, and among the surprises that
came out of the box the name Of Thomas
Walsh Of Astoria, who sat tht jury which ac-
Quilted T jenkins Hams.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
TO BE HEAD OF SMITH,
DR.. Burton VII First Spend Year
an TraueL 1brOad.

The Rev Dr. Marion Leroy Burton pastor OF Tue
Church Of the Pilgrims, BROOKLYN YESTERDAY III
formed the trustees Of Smith College, Al ->oi'
ampton. Mass. that he would accept iile ~ ~ -,
f tbe i,i,,,,f, and begin his active service at the
opening Of the fall term IN 1910. He VIII succeeu
the Rev. DR. l. c. Seelye. who is no" serving ms
.hirty-seventh year president OF the co,iese
Dr. seelye resigned within the last year anu tlie
trustees and a special committee nave oeeh '00N'''7
for his successor ever since
DR. Burton vas informally approached on 'ile
subject by the smith <rustees on Washington
Birthday He was urged to remain IN BroohiSh
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
OBITUARY NOTES.

HINES STROWBRIDGE. president of the Strow-
bridge LithoErap phing Company. died At his home
in Chicago Sunday. During the civil War he
reproduced the first oil portraits 0f Washington
Lincoln, Grant and Webster ever printed in this
country.
Mrs. Fabyan, widow of George f. Fabyan, late
head of the drygoods house of Bliss. Fabyan Il
Co. OF New York and Boston. died at her home in
Brookliue, Mass. yesterday. Mrs. Fabyun was
born Miss Isabella f. Iittleield
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEAD WOMAN.

a woman who has been identified vas killed
by falling down i flight Of stairs al No 81 Willow
avenue HobOken. yesterday. No in the house
seems know who she what she Was doing
there. The woman about ifty-eight years old
fee, > inches in Insight and weighed about I6D
pounds She house slippers but was other
wise atired for the street.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13

against the Buckeye Pipe Line Company and other
subsidiary companies of the Standard Oil COM
pany The Attorney General takes the stand that
the court directed the include the Standard
oil Company IN its suit and TO petition for 4 for
feiture its charter
Attorney General Denman said the purpose OF the
STAKE was keep the Standard Oil Company
from doing business Ohio. but break up It's Al
legged trust agreements with subsidiary companies
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
PANAMA LIBEL CASE PUT OVER

owing 20 the absence OF Stuart Mcnamara, spe-
eiaI Assistant United States Attorney General. con-
tinuation o. the Panama Canal purchase inyesti-
CATION, involving charges Of alleged libel against
THE World, was postponed yesterday until
Thursday by the federal grand jury Several EN-
ployes OF The World summoned ; witnesses
weie present, but were instructed appear on
Thursday morning NJ. McNanaFa has had cha rye
of the since the resignation Of II. L. Stimson
= limited States Attorney
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
cAprAIN WILLIAM II. ROBERTS.

Los Angeles April u captain William H. Rob
erts died yesterday in his apartments in Los
Angeles hotel where he staying with his wife
and daughter Captain Roberts served In the CiVH
War fIe had been commander of the revenue
c,Ittars Manning and Commodore Perry In Alaskan
waters. and for six years was constructor and in
spector Of the iitesaviug stations m the Pachc
Coast He was retired 'wo years
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
CASHIER ARRESTED IN HOSPITAL.

ON 4 charge Of embezzlcment Edgar B. I.are
cashier FOR the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Com
pany n Trenton arrested in St MichaeTs
Hospital. Newark. last night. The complaint was
made by John r. Bergen, Trenton manager for
the Insurance company. Lare disappeared from
Trenton on Monday OF last week. Auditors were
pnt 10 WORK on hls accounts with the result il is
SAID that discrepancy vi $3.50 was found
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13

Boston, April Fired J.. Norton. VINO is repre-
santine Mrs Claudia l.ibbey Hams in her divorce
suit connected with the Trial Of her husband cap
tain Peter e Hams. for the murder %. W. +. An
mis- Is authority FOR the statement that under no
circumstances will Mrs. Hams be a witness at the
trial. adding she viii not even 30 10 New
York To-day Mr.. Norton issued the following
statement.
Mrs fiains is not going New York. and sh"
will not be d witness against her husband during
his trial on the charge OF murder The conference
in my office very brief and all can say now
IS that Mrs. Hams Will not be witness
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
TO PRESS OHIO OIL PROSECUTION.
to Break Up Alleged Trust Agree
ments with Subsidiaries.

Columbus Ohio. April l2-Fhe state OF ohio.
through Attorney General penman' tomorrow at
.,,a b-fcre the Circuit Court OF Allen County, Will
refuse - demand of the court. same some time
ago that it wholly alter the character Of its suit
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
STEEAN Won kOTZE.

Berlin. April 12.-Stefan Won kotze, one of the
leading German writers, died here to-day from apo
plexy. He was thirty nine years old.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
ANTON HESS.

Munich April I2-Anton Hess, we'll known
sculptor, died here to-day He born IN 1888.
and held the professorshp of plastic art the
Technical University of Munich.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
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why Do You Keep This Thing Secret?"
through Wahaaker Gal
eries and House
advertising
ing decorating world marvellous Galleries their
and possibilities still thousands of house builders
bigger story than any advertising tell,
the HoNE-MAKING ARTS
adequately describe explain it
knowledge omprehended through the
actually
icwlhav special coming that
copehensvy display here well what do
furnishing and beautyng of city and suburban homes
Here Is the Weeks Pr6eram Special Attractions:
Pianoforte Gallery Attractions
musical o rendered BY d the Yos Soo: sns s1S desos
STATION Of celebrated instFent including Angeus
the Austin Thenatolan Organ. First Building
Ceramic Gallery Attractions
@ Dn 4 h ee0 he sen with % their %ouds and other
Aersn s P @ a sos from the Clay to the
decorated Souvenirs Gallery Building
Drapery Gallery Attractions
and c cs1 I gs @ notable @ n5s .d ohsf ss 0a
Fd sections OF roo sbon m nshed e5as Of
coIor-schemes New Building
Floor Covering Gallery Attractions
entail The R seo WeeSs % P I has o' @ don meet 5 the I dawn Of
time Weaving the Rag Rugs Of our ioFs p ON Rz; ds Ssi S% Building
Decoration and Furnishing Gallery Attractions
The House Pa eminent musicians in Court W COSTUME d xf Playing the
Full Dinner Dining Gallery also the
ROYAL Savonnee Cape-8h Century combination with fur
furnishing decoration Fifth Gallery New Building
Bedroom and Dining Suite Gallery Attractions
Reproduction Queen with royal flags and
sen ebs and insignia Also set OF Chars from hensnstSn S fes & @
% Tocg % 6 @ un & and classification of Period Furniture interesting
data Building
Hygienic Bedding and Furniture Gallery Attractions
Bedding Manufacture Demonstrating ut4dat methods and and
exhibiting extremely interesting array OF EIt0 e & as FLOWS i
On this gallery exhibit garden houses swings
Display Rooms
Special Model decorated and furnished Office Suites in u
operation also manufacturing ''' Seventh Gallery, Building
Picture and Antique Gallery Attractions
Paintings by BOnhsur A Artz and A Thomas The
Coumnar Bat remarkable objects including
genuine "
Housewares Basement Attractions
vertabIe practical every line Ct
devices in housewares Bread Baking COT
Making and other demonstrations IN special apparatus most
csing Bkaking by Indian Village for the little
folks of making and other interesting
dongs Samples products Basement New Building
The Great Rotunda Attractions
The orldnous Paintings Conquerants" The COnqueOr by
Fntel ymbozng the worlds great conqueIors julius Ce ma
dead; masterpiece Roufet The Battle Of Waterloo portray
MissrabiesS MI afSsss''0''
Luxurious Broadcloth Capes Just
In from Abroad
needed this Summer these graceful
ustrou broadOth capes viii find its calling - D.. z
Europe with all the and that PARIS desn
models and executed with fauless workmanship
pes noteworthy for their modest for their beauty
matched America for what ask for them Two groups
II particular
Vienna Broadcoth Capes at 500
Fortyeht long falling folds the shoulder collar
and finished front with assels Made in
the shades of
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
Picture and Antique Gallery Attr

Famous bv Bouheur A. Artz and A. ThoH
curious Wishing Chair from the Giants Cause~ay Ireland
Basa remarkable exhibition OF historic OBJECTS ln
genuine Washington Plate early American documents
GaIer Rr
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13
HygieniC Bedding and Furr

Sanitary Bedding Manufactur
exhibiting an extremely interesting
from then on until it is made into
processes in horsehair products.
On this gallery, exhibit OF ga
tables and other outdoor furniture
Special exhibit Of the Model deco
operation, also Manufacturing Will
New-York tribune., 1909-04-13

Store Opens at
Sis and Closes
at @ p. NJ.