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New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
NEW MEN IN THE ERIE BOARD.
Directors Announce That President Under
wood Is Not to Retire as Rumored.

The four men reported last week as about 10 on
ter the Erie Railroad Board we're elected directors
YESTERDAY They are ex-Judge E II. Gary. chair
man Of the board Of the United States Steel Cor
poration. and George ". Perkins, Of J P Morgan
& Co. both representing the Morgan interest in
the property: ex-Judge R. s Lovett. general coun-
sci Of the Hartman system and L. F. Loree' pres
dent Of the Delaware & Hudson Company, rep
resentatives of the Hartman interest
One vacancy had existed for come time and three
who had been a member of the board for many
wears: William c. Lane and Louis L Stanton. re
spectivelv president and second vioe-preSi1ent ot
the Standard Trust Company. retiring
Tho hoard also took ofTical notice Of the rlnors
which have been circulated from time TO time that
President Underwood was 70 retire. authorizing
the statement that reports of impending changes
in the administration of the ROAD were without
foundation
The earnings and expenses for the eleven months
Of the fiscal year show income from operation Of
5243ooo an increase of $4,000. with operating ex-
enses and taxes of $S3 $4,000. decrea Of $3.50
000. leaving an operating income OF $4,000 an
increase Of 100000 over the corresponding period
Of 1895 The May income from operation was
s. a0OOo an increase Of $4,000 and operating e1-
penses and taxes were & O3l.cn. an increase OF
s268 O60 The operating income shows an Increase
NJ SsOO1O
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
EARLY HAS 4 NEW PLAN
By Compelling District to Support
HIM Erpects to Gain Freedom.

Dr. l. Duncan Bulkley. who has taken up 'he
cause of John r. Early. now isolated as lePeI
by the District of Columbia health authorizes Saiu
yesterday that Earlys latest plan to gain MS Ire
dom was to dismiss his wife and motherih-ld"' W.
who now feed and care for him. and thro" ule
burden of supporting him entirely upon the us
trict
Mrs. Early and her mother now live IN Ihe SdiHe
house with Early" DR.. BuIkey said YESTERDAY
though they are separated from him py a wal
The man knows he is unjustly detained. ana aIle
July he will send the two women away ana COM
pei the health officials to provide for MN he hos
already cost them several thousand dollars
The authorities are determined not to let Ear!V
go because that would he TO confess theE We're
mistaken in their diagnosis. Washington rePo1tS
assert that Early has refused to be examiner Iul
ther That is not true, He is willing 10 Supinll
to as full clinical examination as may ne ue-
sired but ne wisely declines allow further sam
pies Of skin to be removed for microscope eA-
animation a clinical examination would oe SUI
f1cfent fully to demonstrate that he did not have
leprosv.
The authorities may be able to block Early
habeas corpus proceedings by insisting that theS
first have these skin samples Their political IN
f1uence seems to be very strong. have Lately re-
ceived assurances that prominent political leader
has become interested in the case. however ana
may use his influence to obtain the mans release
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
CUSTOMS HEADS URGE PENSIONS.
Loeb and Clarkson Tell MacVeagh How Old
Employees Should BE Provided For.

William Loeb. ir.. collector Of this port. and
James s CIarkson the sUrVeror- saw the score
tarv of the Treasury Franklin MacEeagh. recently
TO urge that pension system be provided for the
superannuated employees in the government service
As result. as reported in The Tribune Yesterday.
President Taft will recommend 10 Congress IN his
next message that a retirement fund be provided
Mr. Loeb and Mr.. Clarkson explained the meth
ods adopted b. them care for about seventy-fVe
superannliated employees in the several brarChes Of
the service here. These were reduced 70 the grade
of watchman. with cOrrespondingly low salary
Their duties are at present merely nominal
Nj C1arkson told q reporter for The Tribune that
many of the superannuated employees Of the gov
ernrnent were veterans of the Ctvu War. and as
such should taken care Of hy means OF civl
pension All the greater nations. he said. had civil
pensions. and this country would no doubt. If the
situation was properly explained, fall in line. The
only considerable countries that had no civil pen
sions were Turkey and Colombia. Unless there
were pension system. A1r Clarkson said, the prob
lem Of taking care Of superannuated government
employees would become more .l-fcult OF solution
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
MAYOR ACTS AS PEACEMAKER..
MCGOWAN and Metz in Verbal Tilt Over
Brooklyn Ferry Property Purchase

Mayor Mcclellan acted the part Of peaoemaker
~ the session Of the Sinking Fund Commission yes
terday when President MCGOWAN of the Board Of
Aldermen. and Controller Metz INDUCED in d sharp
verbal tilt into which James J. Martin. the City
Chamberlain. vas drawn The commission was
considering the question Of the purchase Of the
ferry property al Broadway. BROOKLYN.
EZNayor Wurster OF Brooklyn, appeared to urge
not only the purchase Of the ferry slips. but also
the site Of the First National Bank. adjoining Mr.
MCGOWAN asked Controller Metz why he had not
been informed Of meeting of the special commit
tee appointed 10 consider the matter.
7 was waiting 10 hear from you" replied the
Controller
There's reason why you should not have
notified ne retorted President MCGOWAN You're
CONSTITUTING yourself the sThole committee and I'm
rot going 70 q matter that has not been
T7-o-erlv brought before
g You've always been 7posed 10 this improvement
--the taking over OF any part Of this property. I
mean"
4 have been such thing. and object 10 being
rrfsrepresented. replied the President
The Controller said that the City Chamberlain
vas also opposed the plan but Mr. Martin pro-
tested that he was heartily in favor of IL.
After the Mayors intervention it voted to
place the property the city map with view to
taking such portions OF il as might be desired
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
SUGAR INQUIRY GOES ON.
Indictment Erpert Returns After
Hurried Trip to Washington.

Oliver E Pagan. Indictment expert for the De
ra-trnent Of Justice returned from Washington
yesterday evidently with instructions TO go ahead
with the investigation Of the American Sugar Re
%rirg COMPANY 10 see whether il any of its OH
GERS and directors have violated the Sherman anti
trust law Several witnesses will be heard IN the
case hv the federal grand jury this morning. and
the inquiry viii be pushed right along
There was long conference yesterday afternoon
a. which J ". H Grim. Assistant United States
At4ornev who has charge OF the case in the ab-
sence Of Henry A Wise: MI Pagan, J. Harwood
Graves an assistant in the Department Of Justice.
and Victor Roadstrum. a financial expert Of the
department. were present Instead Of the gloom
which followed the conference of Mr.. Wise with
John Z Parsons the counsel for the American
COMPANY and Gustav Z Kissel. who negotiated the
segel Loan. which caused the closing of the Penn
s,lvania company's sugar refinery, there was
plenty Of cheerfuness.
Al Mr Grim would say after the conference was
that the investigation would be continued to-day
and that some conclusion would be arrived on
before October 15. when the present grand jury
term expires
Il was said yesterday that after the investiga-
ton the papers would be submitted 10 Attorney
tion viii exercised. however. before definite &C
non against the company IS taken. il at all To
find so-called snap indictments is contrary the
policy OF M Wise and Of the department at sh-
ingrcn
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
ELECTRIC VEHICLE REORGANIZATION.
Columbia Motor Car Company Takes Over
Property-Exchange of Securities.

The reorganization plan of the Electric Vehicle
Company. which went into the hands OF receivers
in December, 1907 has been virtually completed
The property has been taken over by the Columbia
Motor Car Company. the capital Of which consists
of 100000 preferred and $1,OOOO0O common stock
The Electric Vehicle Company had outstanding
so 10000 common stock and Ss.l450OO per cent
cumulative preferred.
The receivership followed default in the payment
of the ST. 52l 900 first mortgage s per cent bonds
maturing November l. 1907. The lndebtedn e IN
addition to the bonds. consisted Of notes q ere
eating $se9,351 and accounts payable amounting 10
S9O4.790 The assets were placed at S4084 4S2. of
which $1,000 cash. the rest representing the
plant, patents. stock accounts receivable. etc.
Under the reorganization il is announced. hold
ers of the old preferred stock have received one
share of common stock for each twenty shares
their holdings turned in Holders of the old
common stock, with the payment OF an assessment
of 81 a STARE received one share of common
for every twenty shares of their old stock turned
in: and the bondholders OF the old company re-
ceived $500 in new preferred stock for each $1,000
Iond turned in.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
ANOTHER BIG STEEL MERGER DUE.
German Interests Plan Rival Here of the
United States Corporation.

Powerful Germs banking interests owning
number Of the larger iron steel and copper work
ing plants in the Eastern and Western states are
reported to be planning the merger Of certain in
dependent iron and steel manufacturing concerns
and domestic iron producing and lake shipping
interests. The Germans believe, It is said, that
consolidation such they propose would possess
within a few years . per cent of the present
capacity of the properties Of the United States
Steel Corporation and that through their affilia-
tions with the greater commercial houses Of Ger
many and their intimate relation with the powers
that control German shipping they could find
many openings for American made iron and steel
goods in foreign countries not accessible to the
Steel Corporation.
The reported merger plan of the German banking
interests may have some connection with the per-
sistent rumors that have been in circua ton in the
last few months that the Independent steel
panies were planning S50.G0,000 merger company
in opposition TO the Steel Trust" The big indie
pendent steel companies of Pittsburg have re-
ported leaders in the movement.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New York, Wednesday, June so 1909

ARRIVED
Steamer Maracaibo Htchsorn, La Guayra June IS ard
mails and Hdss arrived al the Bar a. II n
Pacifc with rndSe Left Quarantine al
stedmer KasenEa CB-). Dobbs Shields June y Nor
Son. IN ballast Arrived At the Bar at 1o-2o
Arr5 IA yabucoa 81 Eaguabo - and Tte9rs "a 70 the
Peck S. Co. with mdse ArEived az the Bar AZ 10 81 m
Clvde IS with rdse Passed IN Quarantine at l. 20
Steamer Harry Luckenbaeh. Dalton. Aguadl!a June "A
Ponce 10 and San Juan "a TO the lnsuIar Line with
ss tener ass s3 IN Sa Got soS6 %orfol and News
the Old Dominion S Co with passengers and mdse
steamer carpathia 1Br1 Smith Trieste June
and nadse on the I4ghtship at AZ p m.
sts9s As Snd c5STaitTr 81 70 the North GerrlaH
LLOYD Line. with passengers and mdse Ten miles east OF
[l Enq4ss3 g,; Pqr, r,v NARA ,S 5sPs e. . :, 70
Steamer Minnesota Clor, Delekann Port June
q 10 the Importing co. with fruit Arrived az the
Steamer Havana knight Havana June 30. to the New
and n2dse Arrived at the Bar at $50 m -,
to 5Se sr11svieE S Co With In56er Lett ua1aaas
IaaPagols r GSye lRs 3 Bay y, June ,s - p :;
steamer Oceanic CBr) Haddock southampton and Cher
hours @ JqEe 4ss q cab ana and Ole seeas psseners mails
and ndse. Arrived at the Bar az 5-S5 a m -
ana SouhaInpton 20 70 oslr1ehs Co WIN 226 cabin
633 steerase passengers and ndse Arrived at the
35 Steamer al AItanoa Hammond cr..soal p the
Panama Fallfoad IS Line Win ~ PasseIes'S' H'4i-S
and ndse Arriyeq at r rse a 6ag g. 2 %G9 Sind r. southwest
fresh breeze clear; light sea
SAILED
Lusltania Cr} LiveTgool' Majestic 3D. southarP-
Port antonio: Atlantis tlor) NiPe; President Grant
lGeL Hamburg AdyaHes G5iStSoaI' 51 Parma esrl
Iroquois charioston oilnda 1cuban} Nuevta Ham
lear Rio Grande. Mobile
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
AFTER SMALL BENEFIT SOCIETIES.
Federal Grand Jury Begins Investigation, and
Postoffce Department May Act.

Some benefit societies that collect small monthly
fees from laborers. giving in return sick benefit
policies for s. a week and death benefit policies for
500 have been laid by the heels by Postofflce in
epectors after a three months hunt. The federal
grand jury had a number OF witnesses before it
Yesterday as the result OF the crusade of Michael
BOYLE an inspector for the Postofice Department
\ large bundle of circulars and other printed mat
ter sent out by several Of these benefit societies
was an exhibit which the jury examined at length
II vas said yesterday that If indictments were
found. fraud order would be issued by the Post
ofic. Department shutting the mails TO certain
small benefit societies throughout the country
Complaints have been received AT Washington
for more than a wear regarding the operation Of
certain sick and death benefit societies. These
paid the policies the beginning Of their opera
tons but after several months, in which a rich
harvest of collections vas reaped the offices were
closed It was said that there were nearly fifty Of
these societies in this country, and that their col
lections amounted TO many thousands Of dollars. d.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
CUSTOMS INCREASED BY s11,845,OOO.
Collector Loeb Gives Out Statistics of Exports
and Imports.

The statistics Of the commerce of the Port Of
New York for the fiscal year ended June 80 the fig
lres for the month Of June being estimated. were
made public Yesterday by Collector Loeb Imports
# merchandise for the year aggregated IN value
STA I25624 exceeding by about $500 00 the
for the preceding fiscal year which S6Ss 22l $50
Exports of domestic merchandise 1892 2S7 6S8
or S96 l74978 less than for the year ended So
1903
The excess of imports over domestic exports
M81 s57 $50. while in the preceding fiscal year i'm
ports were $22o6S6 less than domestic exports Ex-
ports of foreign merchandise were ST. $50. against
So ass in the wear 1907-OS The value Of rler-
chandise withdrawn from warehouses in the year
lust ended was $G3076 277. comparing with S993O3-
1as in the preceding year. The duties collected
amounted 10 $19S 2O0O6l or about su.345GJO more
than in 1907-0S. when Sls6 S55,SS was collected
Imports of gold and silver We're S2l, 0l4.265, com
pairing with NI7 450595 -OS. falling off of
more than 9S0006OO. accounted for by the extraor
Ginary importation OF S94C000O0 gold in November
and December. 1907 due to the panic. Exports of
domestic gold and silver were SI0S595.S4S against
$99l37 001 for the year epded June So 1905, and
ports of foreign gold and silver 81 8 99 COM
pairing with Sc 2S7 399 for the preceding year
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
EIGHT HOUR SHIFTS FOR wATCHMEN
Loeb Ready to Issue Order for New Three
Platoon system

Collector Loeb is nearly ready 70 give the oroer
FOR his newly organized force Of more than three
hundred watchr7en 10 begin work They will be
divided into three platoons. each with shift OF
eight hours duty. Sometimes some Of the men VIII
have to work longer Then those who have done 50
Will be duty just many hours less on their
next shift 4 committee has been working out a
system which Mr.. Loeb has decided TO adopt II
consists Of Mark T Andrews. Of the law DIVISION
the chairman: G. ! Smythe. chairman Of the civil
Service Board: William Lutz who was Chlef OF
Police Of Porto Rico. and Matthew NJ Coneys
deputy surveyors
Headquarters for this new department Of which
2 deputy surveyor will have charge. and of whlch
Nj Lutz VIII be chief. are being prepared on the
first floor Of the Custom House The duty or the
wetchnlen will he 70 guard the piers 50 that SNUG
Cling will be made all but impossible. All OF the
1H night inspectors viii he merged into this force
They they whole three hundred. 10 he incTeased
later to five hundred. will be graded into three
divisions and viii get $loa5. $3.50 and $50 re-
spectively The system VIII go into operation on
July Is
Recently the Merchants Association complained
To Collector Loeb Of thefts from packages sent
from abroad Nr Loeb reported 70 the association
recently that by the adoption since the complaint
Of wire cords and seals packages we're protected
effectively from thieves Il would he impossible he
said under the new system for anyone to remove
the wire cords and seals without detection
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
C0LER'S QUARRY DEAL
His Firm Lent Money to Concern
Which Supplied Medina Sandstone.

The investigation of the Office Of Borough Presi-
dent Coler continued at the City Han yester-
day by the Commissioners of Accounts Commls-
soner Mitchell asked Patrick F. MCGOWAN, Presi-
dent Of the Board of Aldermen, if he recalled
whether at the time the budget was being made by
the Board of Estimate and Apportonment there
any promise regarding special revenue bonds
by any one in the board TO the Borough President
Of Brooklyn
Speaking for myself" replied Mr.. MCGOWAN. 4
have never made any promise. There may have
been understanding in fact, there usually is an
understanding. but no agreement The unoer-
standing is that special revenue bonds shah be
issued the borough presidents for necessary eE-
penses in Of the regular appropriations but
promise there could scarcely be- because the neces-
slty could not be shown until it arose
Returning to the stand. Mr. Coler repeated his
statement of Tuesday that there were so many
big things for borough president to look after 1t
impossible for him 10 keep posted on many OF
the smaller details about which the Commissioners
had asked him.
Earlier in the DAY Coler had said he did not
know whether the budget appropriation for 1905
increase over 1907. even without the pro
visions for special revenue bonds.
-'Nr- Coler. did you ever during your term as
Borough President have connection with the
Medina sandstone industry" asked the Commis-
sioner
IN reply the Borough President said:
wish 10 have entered the records that the
matter Ct the Medina sandstone contract IS one
Sith regard q which I sued The Brooklyn Daily
Eagle for $4,000 concerning which testimony was
given for fve weeks before justice or the supreme
Court and Jury the Borough Of Brooklyn. With
result that the close of the trial ten OF me
iurvrnen visited my Office and ] was informed hN
1hern that eight OF them were in favor OF giving
me the fun damages asked for. and two were IN
favor of giving damages in the amount OF
S5aoa0 and the only persistent opponent L had
1n the Jury box and the man whose seeming op-
stinacy hung the jury. was Julian b Reed
Continuing Mr.. Coler said that he had had the
case restored the calendar for trial and he pro
tested against any attempt 10 determine IN the
present proceeding the issues before the court
for determination Commissioner Mitchell said he
did not believe the matter should be ignored
entirely whereupon the Borough President with
Slrew his protest
He said he resigned from the presidency of the
Medina Quarry Company Just before he was can
S1idate Governor After he had disposed OF his
Interests firm W y Coler & Co lent the
quarry concern $1,000 secured BY stock and bonds
When the Medina company went into bankruptcy
the Coler company held S5nd0 worth Of its bonds,
which brought only u cents on the dollar. Later
The rearganizer Of the defunct company took up
the Indebtedness
Coer then excused from the stand. altaoush
1he Commissioner said he might want him back
later The investigation viii be continued this
morning.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
AUTO scA71ERs CHILDREN; MAINS ONE.

NJ children in 'front.' of Public School lo6. No 247
LAFAYETTE street. yesterday morning, and left cne
little victim lying in the street with broken left
leg and probable internal injuries Of a serious
nature. II Rocco Tirrotta, eight years old OF
M 59 Sprine street. He picked up by John P.
McNa1Iv ianitor of the school carried into tie
huildiue The owner of the machine caused the
automobile TO be stopped. He gave his card to
Pat-olnaan Charles Fisher, of the Mulberry street
station 1t bore the OF Barney Link, with
an ofnce al No. I2s Fourth avenue and the home.
address as No g Clinton street George Kauf-
mann the chauffeur gave the same address in
Clinton street. No arrest made Young Tir-
rotta was taken in an ambulance 20 s.. Nincents
Hospital
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
FRANCHISE TAX LESS.
VIII Shoe Decrease for Greater
Nezo York of Nearly SIS, 900, 900.

Albany June 30--The State Eoard of Tax Com
missioners announced to-day that the total final
special franchise tax assessments for the state this
year. exclusive of four cities. aggregate SOS4SsSl
The assessments for Albany. Binghamton. Mount
Vernon and New Rochelle have not yet been fixed
Last year tn total of these cities was $Oo5.37o-
The total assessments for the entire state last
year S6O7 557 The decrease this year IS due
to a revision made in the assessments the prop
critics of the Consolidated Gas Company in comPli-
with the decision of the Supreme Court Of the
United States in the S-cent gas litigation The
total assessments in greater New York last year
1892 1880 against S4745o1sOO for this year
a decrease of nearly S8.00O.OO0
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
STEAMERS AT FOREIGN PORTS.
ARRIVED

Liverpool. June 3O-Campania CBrl New York via
Queenstown.
Bremen. June 3o-Barbarossa (Ger>. New York via
Plymouth and Cherbourg; Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse (Ger). New York VIA Plymouth and Cher
MtchaeIs. June S0-Martha washington CAust) New
York for Naples. Patras. etc
VALPARAISO 19-Melderskin (Norl. New York and
Newport News via Punta Arenas
June 26-Laura tAustl. New York
Ant 2Q-CSlenroy (Br). Daren. Nevr Work
Dutch tank. New York
Hamburg. June 2S-Prometheus (Ger). New York
Lisbon. June 25-Erika (Gerl, New York VIA ST
Algiers. June 25-Manhattan CGer) New York for
TuniS
SAILED.
Plymouth. June 30-Adriatic (Brl. York for
Cherbourg and Southampton
CherbouTg 30-KronprinZesSn
Cfrom Bremen and Southampton. New York
Havre June 26-Guyane (Fr) for York
Barbados. June 2e-Verdt tBr). Grom Santos and Rio
Janetro). New York
Southampton. June So-Kronprinzesstn Cecnie (Gerp
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
nrAxIcAReY~ BOLTS AFTER ACCIDENT.

In trying 10 avoid the temporary dirt piles in
Amsterdam avenue. between 61st and SD streets
Yesterday a taxicab veered sharply on 70 the car
tracks and was struck with such force by street
car coming the opposite way that the machine
was turned completely around and the front part
Of il was wrecked The two men and two
in the cab were thrown forward, but not seriously
hurt The streetcar and its passengers escaped
damage As for the ''taxicabby,' he made hur-
rjed exit from the scene without even leaving his
name and address with the police. Patrolman Nc
Carthy learned that his passengers were BENJAMIN
Tilton. a bartender. who gave his address as the
Hotel Lincoln and Sylvia Stahl and Annie Rice, Of
No AZ West slst street. The machine is owned by
William C FIagerty. of No PA West 40th street
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
PASSES FOR EAST SIDE CHILDREN.

Having been advised by the Corporation Counsel
that they had the power. the members Of the Sink
ing Fund Commission passed a resolution yesterday
directing the Commissioner Of Docks and Ferries
10 issue free transportation tickets children of
the poor East Side section who might desire 10 go
10 the Curtis Fairgrounds Staten Island. Con
troller Metz said that every time he crossed the
ferry 10 Richmond he had 10 pay about 81 80. and
he suggested that city employees going to Staten
Island business should be provided with free
transportation City Chamberlain Martin hinted
that this would be the opening wedge % the issu-
Of many thousand passes and Nj. MCGOWAN
commented that the Controller getting 4 good
salary Il beg your pardon retoIted that Off
Gil Il don't think So"