New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
HEINzE NOT GUILTY.

amounted TO only s204,261.
HEINZE NOT GUILTY.
"F. Augustus Heinze, copper man and ex-
banker, was declared not guilty by the
jury which had heard his trial before Judge
Hough in the United States Circuit Court.
| The charges were fifteen counts of over
certifcation and fifteen counts of misappli-
! cation involved In the certifcatlon and pay
rlent Of fifteen checks for the firm OF Otto
Heinze & Co. aggregating s46O,o0O on Oc-
tober IA, 1907. when Heinze was president
Of the Mercantile National Bank 9
Governor Fort of New Jersey denied
the application of Prosecutor Garven OF
Hudson County for a requisition for the
extradition of J. ogden Armour, who is
wanted to answer an indictment charging
him and a score of other directors of beef
! packing companies with conspiracy to raise
the price of meat and other food products.
The refusal OF the Governor was based
upon the ground that Mr.. Armour was not
a fugitive from justice under the indict-
ment found against him by the Hudson
County Grand Jury. The Governor held that
in the broadcast Interpretation the status of
Mr.. Armour must depend upon his presence
or absence in this state at the time al
legged as the formation of the unlawful
combination or agreement. or at the time
OF the overt act. He showed that there
was no evidence in the case showing that
Mr. Armour was here at the time the overt
acts were committed.
The trade unions national organizations
which have sociaIistic incIinations are plan
ming to come to the rescue of NIilwaukee's
socianstic city administration when an eff
fort is made to float bonds for the carry
ing out of the socialist programme by
investing their treasury balances in these
bonds The first union to take such action
was the International Bakers Union, which
at a meeting in Chicago a few days ago.
decided to sell its $4,000 worth OF United
States bonds and turn the money into Mil
waukee municipal bonds in case Eastern
interests refuse to take the chance OF loan
ing money 10 the Milwaukee administra-
ton. The national brewers organization
is said TO be planning to take the same
course with S1OG0C0O which il has in
vested In government bonds The mine
workers two organizations are also said
to favor the plan.
Mayor Sefdel announced that he had
plans and drawings for the most radical
departure proposed by his administration.
His latest project is to provide at once 7
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sites and at the same time provide for the
welfare of labor by requiring companies
building upon these sites to erect sanitary
structures lie would have the city Of
Milwaukee go into the real estate bust
ness and handle manufacturing sites as
we'll as residence property
What else happened that I ought to re-
member asked Busy Man.
BIG AVIATION CONTESTS.
The aviation contest for the worlds
championship and the NIichelin trophy will
be held on Long Island next October This
was decided upon at u meeting OF the
board of governors OF the Aero Club Of
America The contest for the worlds avta-
ton championship. won by Glenn Fl. Cur
tss in Europe last year. viii take place on
Octouer .. While this viii he the feature
II the series Of fights. there will be a
number Of events which viii cover a period
Of AZ least six DAYS. in which it is ex-
peeted the most famous aviatcrs in the
world viii compete. BY an agreement with
he Wright brothers all foreign aviators
viii be allowed 70 take part, and the organ
izatioa controlling the output Of the Wright
brothers machines will receive a percent
age Of the net profits in return for their
action in not enforcing the injunction OBJ
tained by them against the use in this
country OF machines that infringe on their
patents. Il is expected that Bleriot. Paul
han. Farman, Sommer. White. Cody and
other famous aviators in Europe will bring
their machines over to compete against
the wright brothers. Glenn II. Curtiss and
other American aviators. The amount OF
money that viii be offered for prizes VIII
exceed that ever offered in the history OF
aviation.
''NUmted by a snowstorm encountered
az an altitude OF 2)6oo feet and dropped
rapidly 10 earth from a considerable height
be cause az inability 70 control the balloon,
A. Holland Forbes, of Fairfield. Conn.
viee-pre sident Of the Aero Club of Amer
Tea and J &. Yates OF New York. SUIT
fered severe ms 1ri-s after a flight OF four
hundred miles from Quincy. Ill Their bal
loon, the Viking. descended near Center.
KY. with such speed that both aeronauts
were bruised and stunned and the balloon
was partly wrecked The worlds official
altitude recorded Is 1850 metres. or near
Is $1,000 feet.
| .'Custonl inspectors eorralled big game