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New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
MORE LOFTS RENTED.
4 Large Namber Of Modern
Houses Also Reported Leased.

Edward w. Gray has leased the following
lofts for term OF years for Max Solomon.
Nos. 147 and l49 West 22d street 5000 square
feet to the Oriental Gown Manufacturing
Company; also to Goldston & Fiedelbaum
5000 square feet This completes the rental
Of the entire building. For the Seaman
Realty Holding Company. fourth loft at
No. IS West 18th street. to Solomon Weitz
and fifth loft 10 Cohen e. Perlstein For
!. Willis, first loft at No 107 West nth
street, TO Posner & Co For the Haggerty
estate 5000 square feet al Nos 207 and 2o9
East 49th street for five years TO an en-
broidery company. and for the Meteor
Realty and Construction Company. 5000
square feet at Nos. ~ and ~ West nth
street. to cloak and suit firm
s. r GoOdale & Son have leased for
term Of years for +. r. Horn TO the Sutour
Restaurant Company. No. 2s9 Seventh ave
nue.. near 25th street
w. II. Dolson has rented the store at
the southeast corner OF s7th street and
Broadway. I'm the new Belnord apartment
house. 10 Park & Tilford for a long term
OF years. This completes the leasing of all
the Broadway stores in the Belnord. Hege-
man & Co. recently leased the s6th street
corner Both the stores viii soon he open
for business.
Pease & Gilman have leased No. n West
bsth street for General Z. II. Ripley. also
No. l23 East 9th street for Mrs. Robert
Hoe also No. 1873 East 55th street for Mrs
O. S. Gruner; also No. &c East 18th street
for Mrs. Marie Friedlander: also No. lO7
East 3Ath street for the estate OF Mrs
Bruce Price: also No. 81 West 3sth street
for Mrs. Lillian Parrot. also AL Park ave
nue. TO Mrs. Howard Thomas: also No. l3l
East Goth street for Mrs. Henry c. Val
entine, and No. IS West list street for Mrs
L. NJ. Robert
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
NEW QUEENS RECORD.
palue of Property about So
900 900 More than Last Year.
NO. "A WEST 9TH {

The deputy assessors of Queens Bor-
Ough, who have been at work on the val
uations OF taxable real estate for assess
ment purposes. have practically finished
their appraisals and the records are being
made up for public inspection on jan
uary TO-
Acting in accordance with the instruc-
tions of Lawson Purdy. president OF the
Department Of Taxes and Assessment, 1910
values have been estimated conservatively,
but despite the fact that figures on many
parcels Of real estate have been reduced
and only slight increases made i'm older
wards the total assessment will show an
increase of about S5.O0O.OOO over the valua-
tiOns OF last T.
The greater part Of this increase will
come from the large number of buildings
built this year. From January l TO Octo-
ber 81 permits were granted for the erec-
tion of 3.7S7 buildings. estimated to cost
SIS. .O4O. an increase OF SOS buildings and
S.140.oo i'm capital investment over the
records for the corresponding period OF last
year.
The increase in valuation will be great
est i'm the most active building centres
According to the deputy assessors. several
millions will be added to values I'm the ia
maics and Richmond Hill sections OF the
4th Ward, where detached dwelling sites
have been improved with two-family and
fat buildings In the Sd Ward the erec-
tion of expensive private dwellings in
Malba. Whitestone and Flushing. In addi-
tion to enhancements I'm ground values.
will swell the tax rolls.
The conversion of farm lands and country
estates into home building centres by large
developing companies is also an important
factor in the increased valuations. Along
the north shore land development and home
building have been stimulated by improve
ments on the Long Island Railroad and
the construction OF new trolley line from
Flushing 70 Whitestone. Malba and the
central north shore sections. 1t is esti-
mated that the Queens tax books for 1910
will contain 10000 more parcels than were
assessed this year.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
MANY SOUTHAMPTON SALES.
Buyers Found for Some Parcels on
Meeting House Lane.

Alfred z. Schermeerhorn sold AZ south
smpton. Long island. for John Larry his
property on Meeting House Lane 10 Mr.
Rayheld. tor j Hervey Topping snd Mrs
Alexander Cameron their property a,t
Meeting House Lane and GAttlc Plains
Road To the southampton Hospital AsSo-
citation and for Monson Morris and Mrs
Helen NJ. Burr eight acres on the south
west corner OF Great Plains Road and
Coopers Neck Lane Ia Albert H. Board
man. who Is now erecting "A residence.
The same broker reports the following
rentals for the season 1910: Miss sophie
Johnson's Metauwack. on Meeting House
Lane, to Edwin A. Post; Duncan Cryder's
cottage, on the Dunes. To Mrs. c. c. Becgs.
w. Rosseter Betts's Wyllys House. 10
Mrs. Edward Renshaw Jones: his Red
House ON the lake. TO Ambrose Mcneil
and New Cottage ON Main street 10
W. w. Sharp.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
OWN HUNTINGTON TRACT.
Property Comprising $40 Acres To Be
Developed

L'Ecluse. Washburn & Co. were the bro
kers in the recent resale OF the S4O-acra
tract at Huntington. Long Island. The
purchasers are the Huntington Bay
Heights Association. Conrad p. Darling
OF Huntington. is having the property sur
veyed and laid out I'm plots OF from five To
twenty acres each. II viii divide In about
sixty plots. and almost every plot will have
an extended view over Huntington Bay. A
seventy-foot boulevard will be made
through the property from the main high
way leading 10 Northport. leading direct
ly TO the Chateau De Beaux Arts entrance.
This will provide a new highway for autos
going 10 the hotel. and viii relieve much OF
the traffic congestion on New York avenue.
The property viii be SO laid out that an
orchard will go with building site.
REcluse. Washburn g. Co. were the bro
kers in the sale TO the Mcknight Realty
Company of sixty acres at Great Neck.
This sale includes the improved property
known as Thornewood. The purchase price
wae Abeut SSQ0oa.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
TO REMODEL MIDTOWN HOUSE.
Plans Also Filed for Altering Several
Uptown Structures.

Plans have been filed for remodelling the
apartment house at No. Is West 9th street
and building a new entrance. the improve
ments being made for i. ID. Thompson as
owner from designs by II. T. J. Feuhr-
mann. architect. and for remodelling the
stores in the four story hathouse No. $50
East 18th street, the Improvements being
made for Feigenblstt Brothers from de
signs by J. J. r. GaVigan as architect.
Plans have also been filed for refitting the
FIVE story fiathouse al the northeast corner
OF Fifth avenue and lilth street and in
stalling stores on the ground floor. the i'm
provements being made for Jacob Horowitz
at a cost OF 5000 from designs by Samuel
Sass, architect.
Plans have also been filed for a three
story building for light manufacturing TO
be erected at a cost OF $4,000 for A Fred
erick In iO7th street 225 feet east OF Am
sterdsm avenue, from designs by Sommer-
field a. Steckler as architects
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
BENSONHURST SALES.
Large Demand for Houses and
Plots There.

The Fourth avenue subway project has
already resulted In big demand for prop
erty I'm Bensonhurst.
Errol f. Hart has resod for X. G. Brandt
the southeast corner OF Bsy Parkway and
79.h street. plot 1oox119 10 client who
will improve the site at once. This prop
erty is seven blocks from the proposed
Bay Parkway station Of the Fourth ave-
nue. subway. and the sale IL the fourth
one In the section since the subway appro-
priation made.
I'm addition TO the block front between
Bay 10Th street and BAY Parkway. on ssth
street. through which the subway will run.
there has also been sOEi the northwest and
southwest corners OF slst street. Another
sale of site near the BAY Parkway sub
way station is that Of four lots ON Bay
Parkway. about 800 feet from s6th street.
at 5000 a lot.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
PLAN ONE HUNDRED HOUSES
Work Of Erecting Them at Long Beach
Has Been Begun.

The work OF building a hundred houses at
Long Beach has been begun. They will be
Of stucco and concrete. with red tile roofs.
the type which ex-senator Reynolds will
maintain In the seaside city he is building
Now that the Estates OF Long Beach have
secured tho unimprOVed ends OF the island
greater activity is promised. The putting
up OF the proposed hotel. which is 10 be the
largest seaside hosiery In the world. will
be begun In the spring. The new pier VIII
be opened 10 the public next June.
Ex-senator Reynolds Is now planning the
further development OF the new lands hs
has acquired and joining the central and
improved section OF the island. Large cleo
tric plants are 10 be erected and other big
improvements are TO be made.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
RECORDED MORTGAGES.
with attorneys name and address.


NOVEMBER 13.
CROTON ST. :, 1896 II " Of 1Ovh
ave. 2aXs3 3 yrs. 51s per cent: Flor
euce Healy 10 Harry Wingate. ...-..
COOPER ST, 5. 100 II e OF Academy
81 itNl9O; due, etc as Per bond
William Rice 70 Martin Keppler.
CHERRY ST. 5. 253- : II " OF Market
81. "a 9x5O s. yrs. 41s per cent; Jessie
i Robinson et al 70 Title Ins %
CHERRY ST. 141: 3 yrs. "a per cent.
same 10 same -.--.. ..-.-..
HENRY 81 a.. Yrs. Al per cent.
same 70 same -...--..-- ......t..
PELL ST. %: yrs. 4ls per cent: sane
% SaiiiS -'----------- -------- -'.-.------
PARK AVE. 50 and 81. WIS. IA per
cent same to same. ........--.--.
MONROE ST. Sc to 4Ols yrs. .ls per
cent. same 70 same ...-..-.
EAGLB AVE, " ;. 300 n of 15sth 81.
81. 6xs9. II tpriOr mtg S27. O0S0 due. etc.
as per bond. Noble & Gauss Construc-
tion co TO Jessie e strauss ..........
Attorneys. Lapp & Low. 1872 Bowery
FoRDHAM AVE. :. IS n " OF ITsd
Clyde F scheurnan - Russell "
Attorney. - O'Grady. 277 srCad-
LOT 81 map so lots Hunter estate.
WIS. 5ls per cent. Achille Trisolini m
Address s. West 45th st
LOT 81. map Bruner estate. 5 yrs 5 par
cent, John Mara % Lamont McLaugh
LOT 81. map seton Homestead. : yrs
"a per cent. John Diehi 20 Fred "
ADDRESS. I7s Broadway
LOTS Is and T. block A.. map section
Morris Park. 1 NJ per cent: Al
gusr NoH 10 Fidelity DEVELOPMENT GO
Address Times Building
LOT O. Parcel q. map Subdivision -
tate Wm Oeden. iue. etc. Per
bond. Nnna Wen o. Lille Cossin .--.
Attorney. EdV Miehlins. 7ss Brcsd
waV
FULTON AVE. $ "a cor I54rh 81. 1sI1y
81 Cprior mis- S5.5col. 1 Vt & psr
cent. David kraus 20 r F Williams
Address. 81 Liberty 81
MOTT ST. 70, I w. : per cent. Marzerv
Biyth ~ Michael Berardlni. Cd. .....
Attorneys. Baudet q Jenard. zoe
Broadway
JtMFS SLIP i5 vrs a. per cent.
Jessie L Robertson - al 70 Titl~
ms 90 OF y .--------.- ---------
Address. lS5 Broadway
BAYARD ST ~. WIS. a. per cent.
Address. same
SPRUCE ST. q and Sii- " cor viii
lam 50 prior mtg Sl30OOo s yrs
ger cent New York Press % o Wind
Attorney. 4 " Bailey. iis srosd
WAsHNGTON. ST iss ,prior mtg sl5
WNl {. yrs : 5i2 per cent. Edwin Ferris
to Sherwood r Ferris. ..... .,-....-
Nddress. Lakewood y q
@p AVE o. cor t66th 81. SONlOO. q
Uand per cent. Louisa \ KuntE ami
tno to Nnlrk rhucker Trusr co. ...,.-.
Address Davis & 60. 2 William 81
HlE AVE Tia = yrs g. per cent
Laura Rioch To VIM \ spencer and
ttruSf ...... ...... ....-.. .....-
Address Nirer & 60. $ Broadway
4SrH ST. 81, 600 o. W ~ IIth ave. ga
Moo >. : yfs. per cent. Hattie e.
'hare 90 Empire CITY SAVINGS BANK
Attorney E'W DAYTON. = William =
tOfrH II. : 1873 a n ~ 81 ave. Ia ~
lnn ~ NTs. per cent, Joseph Klein
20 caroline r Limmer -.--.--
address,. n Broadway.
t4SD ST s. 30 n " % Broadway. TaV
go t0 tprior mtg Ssl5.utsn. 2 WIS. per
cent. triteUiou Construction Co %
Norris FrauS ..... . ........ .....
ATTORNEYS. Feiteustsin q Ross. 2oH
FtruaffFy4N
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
BUYS STATEN ISLAND HOUSE.

Mrs M&ry Ross has sold 10 Anna Ric1ert
Hoffman. through the once OF j. Sterling
Drake. 10 an investor. an eight-room cot
tase on a plot 75xi5o feet. at the north
west corner OF Richmond Turnpike and
Cedar Place. Staten Island. The plot sd-
,oSns she AopaSt&n Church,
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
SATISFIED MORTGAGES.
tWith attorney name and address
NOVEMBER rs

tWith attorneys name and address
NOVEMBER rs
BROOK AVE. " > 40 h OF t37th -.
sONio0. April - 1919. the r q "
Construction 90 % Manhattan Mort
gdge co ... ..... --.... ....--.. .....-...
Addrcss. 600 Broadway
FORSYTH ST. t6S and f1O con less-,.
0ct l. 1877 \ Joseph Porser q Lion
Brewery ....... ...- ..- .. ......
Attorney. r p Sieyelsieiu. 90 Mas
Ssu ~
HOUSTON ST. sos East. = SxIo. Jan
40 1894 Markus Well o. Moritz Jo-
sephthal ......... -.............
Address. iT6 Broadway
HOUSTON ST. 500 East. e2NsO: April 5.
1905 Adolf Leichter o. MarSuS Well
Attorney r Helliugcr. so Broad
way
LEXINGTON AVE. n q cor % ISd -
5lNiOa =. Deg - 1904. Cass Realty CO
o. United states Life. Insurance Go or
New York ...-.......--... ......
Attorneys Bael. Toucey & Whitney.
.Nl Broadway.
LOT IS. map Of fremont Heights. Nav
-. teoT; Joseph Alpert TO the Lamport
tetoAtN 30 - --s
Attorney. 4 y Lew. S0e Broadway
LOr 81. map of Givan homestead; Oct
t3. 1905. Martha Mason 90 Horace
Address. iTd Broadway.
MAIDEN LANE. $. al n - e esso
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
RECORDED LEASES.
with lessor = address
NOVEMBER IL

VIII I's7''T \ 1IITHss
NOVEMBER Is
BROApNAN 2N4a and eO5f. sh.-,,..,
Apartment Hotel - Co Wrn r. RiEe~
s sous go. vrs o.. mos frcn, pec
Nddress lua West eTtb st
BRCApW ~. 3tSt aud gt6s " ,;er
Mt liall Realty go to VIM n Riker a
SONS ~. yrs mos from Jan taI0 4
Address lOH West .Ith -
MADISON AVE tdaa. Molne ,soIdSteio
Co Ihos Murtha. yrs from late
Adlirtss. care y & Wolf 1881 Mi
tson ave.
ST NICHOLAS AVE Itt9. : " cor tStst
81; Gustavus 1. Lawrence 20 VIM n
sons 20. 4 MS N mos from
Jan .. t9io NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. d
Address, 100 West 9Th ~
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
RECORDED TRANSFERS
with purchasers sddressl
s-'-...,,.......-.

with purchasers sddressl
NOVEMBER IL
bArHGAlE AVE. e =. 6iT Il > OF isoth
81, ~ loNd',. a.. Lixzfc Mulhern to
Adsh Nj McbcrmOtt. .,. ,..............
Chambers ST.
bAlARD ST. 81. :. -. lxSS.6: Francis
l. Archer TO Jessie Y l. Robertson q Al
New-York tribune., 1909-03-12
STIRRED L. S. TO ACTION.
George Il. Burt, Who Cabled for
did IN Panama. Dead.

George Albert Burt, who wired President
Cleveland from Panama in 1885 Unless you
guarantee sufficient protection I shall withdraw
every American citizen and proceed to the
United States on chartered vessel is dead at
his home in Lawrence Park, BronXville follow
ing two weeks illness from heart disease.
Mr.. Burt born at Fall River, Mass. April
p. 1916 He married Miss Ella Taylor Nye on
February q, 1870. During the Civil War Mr.
Burt served as an ensign in the navy After the
war he was vice-consul at Guatemala and later
manager of the Panama Railway. While
ing in this capacity during the nsurrectiOn, in
1885. Mr.. Burts famous message to President
Cleveland called a midnight session of the Cabi
net, which resulted in the sending of the Ten
nessee and the Galena, in charge of Admiral
Jouett to the sthmus.
Afterward Mr.. Burt became general manager
of the Brazilian Mail Steamship Company, and
during the Brazilian revolution he fitted out and
conducted expedition from New York TO
Brazil, when President Peixotto was overthrown
Associated with Morris B. Finn and Charles
F Sprague. Mr. Burt constructed one of the
first electric railways in the United States at
Richmond. Va. He made the first diamond drill
borngs on the Panama Canal. and was always a
strong advocate of a sea level canal
Mr. Burt was a thirty-third degree Mason.
His wife and two children, John Burlington Burt
and Mrs. S. NJ 3. Clausson survive.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-12
WORKING ON MESSAGE
INHERITANCE TAX MAY
NOT BE RECOMMENDED.
President, Without Specific Tariff
Suggestions, VII Urge Need OF
Increased ReUenueS.

WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE President de-
voted a considerable part of to-day to prepar-
ing his first message to Congress. 1t VIII be
a brief and concise statement of the hnahcla
situation of the government will reclte Ihe
pledge of the party to conduct genuine tarll
revision and remind Congress of the necessity
of increasing the revenues.
II is understood that the President VIII not
recommend an inheritance tax, believing 1t
wiser to wait until a reasonably accurate esu-
mate Of the probable revenue from the ne"
tariff can be made and holding the possibility
of a graduated inheritance tax in reserve ur-
thermore. the President will not propose re-
ductfons in specific schedules. but will content
himself with laying before Congress the rea-
sons for immediate revision and the necessltles
Of the government and leaving it to the DIS
cretion of Congress to perfect the necessary ad-
justments.
The message may contain a recommends
ton that the Mann BILL dealing with the Pan-
anna Canal Zone be passed at this session. ana
there seems to be little doubt that some eA-
tended reference will be made to the canal
The President will seek TO impress on con
eress the absolute necessity for speedy actoh
for the relief of the business stagnation whlch
is the inevitable concomtant Of alteration Oh
the tariff schedules
1t is expected that the message VIII go " 'iie
Public Pr nter tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-12
GlfS TO AID ROBBERS.
1t U1as Piped Into Room Where
Man zcith Money Slept.

Through the arrest Of two men last night oy
Central Office detectives it came TO light that
t,,o,s,iCus thieves had attempted 10 rob Fran
cesco Alexandra. OF No 400 East 18th street
carly Yesterday morning by piping gas into
bis room The attempt, however, proved a6or-
tive
Some one got into the tenement house where
,1exandro lives. and coupled a piece OF gas
nine TO the Jet in the wall and ran II across
The hall and fastened it so that it was against
tbe kevhole The flow of gas was then turned
on and thus pired through the keynote 10
.b rooro where the man slept But the con-
,oc,top At the keyhoIe a poor one, and
much Of the gas filed the hall and didn't get
into AIexandro's room. The police think the
b,rolar or burglars intended 10 wait Tor the
r,or ~ become unconscious and then break IN
and rob him of 800 he had recently received
A1exandro was awakened by three loud KNOCKS
-, his door. He jumped out of bed, and says ne
board two men turn and run down stairs as
he started to open the door. He THINKS theE
1,oclad on the door TO see if he was uncoh-
scious.
The two men arrested in connection WITH the
efair are Francesca De MorcO. and salvatore
parnura. who live in the same house and on
the same floor as Alexandra. They were locked
IN as suspicious persons.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-12
VESSEL IN DISTRESS.
Fragmentary Messages RecelUed at
UreIess Stations.

Boston. March 11.-Indefnite signals. appar-
emily from some vessel in distress. were picked
up in fragmentary form by naval wireless sta
tions at Charlestown and Newport tonight out
on account of the many Interruptions not
enough Of the message could be distinguished
10 indicate either the name OF the vessel or her
whereabouts.
In dstress-notify lifesaving stauons-west
southeast" IS the way the message was read
at Newport.
The operators who heard the messages asreeu
that the flashes from the receiver were medium
10 heavy. and seemed to be from a stronger
sending machine than amateur would De
likely 10 possess so that they felt quite certain
that the message was not an aerial hoax
Another wireless station picked up fragments
Of q message about the same time, which were
IN effect that a vessel was drifting in distress
off the New Jersey coast The single Word
Trainer" was among other unconnected words
received and this led 10 the supposition that
tho message might have referred TO the
schooner Ann ]. Trainor, which was reported
carly in the week as drifting without masts on
the Virginia coast
New-York tribune., 1909-03-12

Charged 7cith Soliciting COntTbu-
tions from Federal Employees.


Wilmington. Del, March 11-Ulysses u
Click secretary of the American Drainage AS
sociation. formerly connected with the Repub-
lican State Committee and confidential adviser
OF T. Coleman Du Pont, Republican state chalr-
man. and president of the Du Pont Powder
Company, was arrested here tonight on
charge of soliciting political contributions IN
government building. He was arraigned before
Federal Commissioner Mahafy, and held In
$4,000 bail for a further hearing next shursday-
Horace G. Knowles. of this city, Minister 10
Nicaragua, and late Minister to Rumania, with
ex-Congressman Hiram R. Burton furnisheo
bail
Tee complaint was made by Civil Service
Commissioner Doyle. of Washington ComInls-
sioner Mahaffy is special master in the govern
ments suit against the Du Pont Powder Com
panv for alleged violation of the Sherman anti
trust law.
1t is understood that Doyle found from the
testimony Of some of the federal employees that
Click had solicited ? per cent Of their salaries
for political purposes. to be paid quarterly
Click is well known in this state as promoter
Of electric railways and similar enterprises.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-12
BOMB WRECKS STORE.
T7cO Men 4rrested as They Hurry
from Scene of Explosion.

Just before midnight last night a bomb eX-
ploded in the stairway leading into the cellar
of the four story tenement house at No. Stan
ton street The ConcussiOn smashed two plate
glass windows in the store of confectioner
Joseph Affronti, on the ground floor No one
was injured but the stairs leading into the cell
lar Of the building ripped up The police
believe that the Black Hand is at the bottom Of
the outrage. Two men were seen running from
the hallway of the house Immediately after the
explosion, according TO Central Office Detective
Sheehan, who said he was within short dis
tance of the house when the detonation startled
the neighborhood.
Sheehan his way to Police Headquar-
ters with prisoner. and the two men at
tempted 10 dart by him he sprang in front of
them. and. catching each one by an arm. pushed
them against the railing Of a stoop. The men
were placed under arrest.
The explosion did not set fire 70 the house.
Detective Sheehan took his prisoners 10 No 300
Mulberry street. and there the two men said
they were Mateo la Iracomo, musician. and
Raphael Dfnocola pedler. They were held on
the charge Of being suspicious persons.
Affronti the confectioner, denied that he had
received any Black Hand letters. Other tenants
in the house also denied haYng received any
Black Hand letters.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-12
NEU FLYING M1CHINE.
Makes 38-Minute Flight in Dayton
French GOrerRment Interested.

Dayton. Ohio. March 1.-THE home of the
Wright brothers has produced another claimant
to high honors in the field of aeronautics in the
person of w. J. Richardson, whose plans Tor a
flying machine are based on original lines. Mr..
Richardson made test of his invention to-day
in a field near this city, starting from the
ground without artificial aid and rising TO
height of over three hundred feet, and remain
ing in the air for thirty-eight minutes. The
Richardson machine under perfect control
at all times. and his claim that he could have
remained IN the air for twenty-four hours ap-
parently was well founded
Inventor Richardson claims that there exists
no further mechanical deterrents to perfect
aviation. Representatives. of the French gov
ernment have been negotiating with Mr. Rich
ardson with reference TO experiments abroad.