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New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
NEGROES AFTER RAILWAY.
Report That international &
Great Northern Is Sought.
NAMEBOOKERT. WASHINGTON
Said To Be Backed by Eastern
Negro Financiers in Plan to
Furnish Employment to Race.
nv Te;o--anb 70 The Tribune !

BN Ielo yraFh 70 me Irlhunc.l
Dallas, Tex. April 20.--A Dallas after
noon newspaper to-day prints the fol-
lowing:
persistent rumors prevail to-day in
railroad circles that syndicate Of ne
groes. headed by Booker T. Washington.
will endeavor to buy the international ~
Great Northern properties at the uhlteu
States receivership sale to be held IN
Palestine on May 10 The same story is
abroad in Fort Worth.
Just who compose the party headed
by the Tuskegee educator is not known
but the story goes that they are prom
inent negro bankers snd capitalists cf
the East and other parts Of the United
States. II is declared by those who have
information on the subject that me plan
of the negroes to buy the properties of
the international & Great Northern fol-
lows out the often expressed idea OF
Booker r. Washington to end employ
ment for the members Of his race.
should this idea be true, and should
the negroes actually buy the properties,
il is believed the purchase would be fol-
lowed by a wholesale filling of the posi-
tions Of the rank and file by negroes. II
is not believed the higher Offices Of the
road will he filled by negroes.
1T is the general opinion that If this
purchase by negroes - consummated
serious results will follow. II is not be-
lieved that white workmen in the South
ON the other roads will take kindly to
the plan"
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
FOR WoRKMEN' S COMPENSATION
Francis Lynde Stetson Becomes Chari
man Of Committee.

II was announced yesterday AZ a meeting
Of the officers Of the department on work
mems compensation Of the National civic
Federation, in the Metropolitan Life Build
ing, called 10 consider future plans for the
work relating TO workmen's compensation.
that Francis Lynde Stetson had agreed TO
become chairman and William r. Moran
secretary of committee appointed to
recommend a policy 10 be pursued regard
ing workmen's compensation I'm future.
The remainder Of the committee consists
Of F. Tecumseh Sherman. Otto NJ Eidlitz
Of the Building Trades Employers Associa-
tion. and James l.. Gernon. chairman Of
the Joint labor conference board on work
mems compensation Of this city.
The committee was appointed AZ a re-
cent meeting IN this city by August Bel
mont, chairman Of the workmen's compen-
sation department. which was called TO
consider the effect of the decision Of the
Court Of Appeals invalidating the Vain
wright compulsory compensation act The
committee. 1t was stated. will report the
exact status OF the Legislation on work
mems compensation and employers lia-
biltv a, the next meeting of the depart
menf on Nav Il
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
TO MAKE BUILDINGS SAFEH
Committee Discusses Proposed
Changes i'm the Code.

Tho committee on city departments rep
resenting Jointly the Building 1ranes EN-
ployers' Association and the Ne" forh
chapter of the American Institute or Archl-
tects met Yesterday at the clubrooms OF
the employers association, In west "t'h
street. and discussed the revision or the
sections of the building code pertaining 70
fire prevention i'm lofts and factory puild-
ings. When a complete revision or these
sections is formulated by the committee
thav will he presented to The Board Of AL
dermen for approval Members OF the
Board OF Fire Underwriters and various eH-
perts are cooperating with the committee
bin It's work
The declared purpose Of the committee IS
10 make lofts and factory buildings sate
for their occupants without at the same
time losing sight OF the additional expense
IN the owner and builder and keeping that
item as low as possible. The committee
is applying to buildings some OF the wen
tested principles which have been worKed
out for steamships. For instance, II Is pro-
posed to limit the number OF persons VINO
can work in building. The NUMBER OF
passengers allowed on board ship Is con-
ber Of persons allowed TO work in a build
ing will be controlled by the size or the
building and It's exits
II is proposed also TO limit the open areas
in buildings by fire partitions. which would
at least retard the course Of the hre on
the same floor and give the employees
time 10 get safely to other parts OF the
building The analogy mas been drawn 70
III, arrangement OF water tight bulkheads
on steamships for the purpose OF prevent
ing disaster from water
The committee is endeavoring with sue
cess. according to some Of its memhers. to
compensate for any additional expense
placed upon the owner or builder In the
plan Of revision by granting some con-
cessions which are not found In the pres
ent code.
The executive committee of the new Com
mittee on Safety OF the City of New York,
which was to have met yesterday, will
meet on Monday.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
FACTORY BUILDING UNSAFE
Court Enjoins Owner from Using 1t
Until Changes Are Made.

Upon application OF the Building Depart
men Of Brooklyn. Supreme Court Justice
Kelly, by issuing an injunction yesterday
put a ban on a five story brick factory
building I'm the rear Of No. l3l Boerum
street, whose owner had failed to comply
with regulations governing the escape of
employees in case of fire.
Nearly all the employees work in sweat
shops throughout the building. and the
stairways We're found upon an investiga-
ton 10 he only three feet wide. while there
was a small fire escape. with a winding
ladder The place was looked upon as a
fire trap and IL was after the owner per-
sistently had ignored the demands made
that alterations should he carried out that
the Building Department appealed TO the
Supreme Court There ar more than one
hundred employees. and none Of these will
be able TO work in the building until inn
prove have been made.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
FIELDS TRIAL GOES ON
Story of $50, 900 Loan on Heinze
Copper Stock Told in Court.

Witnesses az the trial Of Leonard J. Field.
in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme
Court. Yesterday told how the Windsor
Trust Company came to be used as
clearing house for the $50 600 Heinze copper
loan in August. 1909. ae the result Of which
five persons were indicted for grand lar
ceny. Field was included in the quintet,
but is on trial for perjury. alleged to have
been committed before the grand jury that
investigated the loan
Seated beside Field was his father. Jake
Field. the we'll known Wall Street opera
tor. who followed the proceedings closely.
II was reported during the day that John
r. Sherwood. one of the indicted men and
an employe of L. j. Field & Co.. of which
Leonard J. Field was the head, would
testify when he was called as a witness for
the state that Field had paid him the slo-
600 regarding the ownership OF which. the
indictment charges. Field made false state
ments before the grand jury.
The money was traced to Fields personal
account in the Phpnx National Bank.
Sherwood said at the trial of Donald
Persch. another Of the indicted men. that
no did not receive any part of the $1,000
kUt fleld SAID De1ore tne Srdnu jury thd'
he was holding the money for Sherwood,
having received only $500 himself for ad-
vancng the $4,000 cash that was lent on
the $4,000 worth Of copper stock that was
afterward sold on the curb for $4,000 with
out the consent Of Matthew NJ. Joyce, the
agent Of r Augustus Heinze. who had
borrowed the money
Sherwood will testify. it is understood
that he has actually received the 500"
from Field and has turned II over TO Joyce,
which would relieve Field Of any connec-
ton with the transaction other than having
advanced the money TO Sherwood for the
sos consideration he says that he received.
Walter L. Clark. the fourth man under
Indictment: Matthew NJ. Joyce. the Heinze
agent. and Stirling Birmingham. former
head Of the Windsor Trust Company
bond department. in which the loan was
negotiated, were the three witnesses al
yesterdays session.
Their testimony was the same as at the
trial If Persch, I'm which the jury dis
agreed. and at the trial Of Charles katz'
the fifth defendant. VINO was convicted ana
is al liberty on a certificate Of reasonable
doubt
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
TWO SAVED FROM CATB0AT
August Belmont, Jr., Loser by
Gale-Shipping MenaCed.

$ fifty mile gale which came up suddenly
cut Of the northwest early Yesterday morn
ing caused much Inconvenience and some
damage I'm the harbor. Windows were
blown out of stores and dwellings ashore,
end traffic generally in the bay was i'm
eded When the storm was at its height.
at a. m. a 30-foot Catboat, owned by
August Belmont ir was buckng its way
% port few miles south Of the Scotland
Lightship. The gale tore her canvas into
shreds and flooded her cabin, and the two
men who were bringing the boat to Graves
erd Bsv for Mr. Belmont were carried with
their craft 10 the southeast
At dawn William Parker. one of the men
on the catboat. took off his red undershirt
and made it fast to the mast. II was seen
by the lifesavers at Sandy Hook who
launched their power boat and started for
the helpless men. The captain Of the
steam pilot boat New York also saw the
drifting catboat, and went for her at top
speed. coming alongside before the life
savers
The men. who had been awake for TWEEN
ty-four hours were exhausted. and were
hauled aboard the New York with diff-
Guilty The boat drifted before the gale 70
the southeast. and II is believed went TO
pieces The men were landed AT ST George
last night. and gave the names of William
Parker and Frank Jones
The wind also caught barge that had
broken from its moorngs near Stapleton
and carried N across the slip Of the munic-
ipal ferry, making the ferryboat within a
prisoner. just as the barge was being
hauled away ANOTHER barge that had gone
adrift came by, its lines becoming entan-
eled in the lines of the first visitor The
ferry service between Stapleton and Man
haitian was discontinued until the barges
were finally taken to an anchorage
The gale also forced tramp steamship
to dras her anchors. and for a while it
seemed as If she would crash into the old
Rechtel dock off Tompkinsyile With
the assistance Of her engines and rudder
the tramp managed To keep clear Of the
dock. and later got into midstream. where
her anchors got a firm hold on the bottom.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
BUSINESS MANAGER QUITS
Sole Ruler of Virginia City Goes
to SanatOrium.
OFFICESEEKERS NAGGED HIM
Novel System of Government
Succeeded, but Left Citys
Dictator a Nervous Wreck.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune !

Staunton. Va. April 20.--C f. Ash
burner. who for many years has occupied
the UNIQUE office of business manager
~ the CITY of Staunton. resigned his
pIace to-day. nervous wreck. He went
IN Washington. where he VIII enter
sanatorium.
Mr. Ashburner has occupied place
sucb as no other man in the unlteo
States has held. inasmuch as he hau
nlaced in him by the citizens OF TINS Guy
the sole power to conduct the muhici-
nal government. according TO mis- OWL
Judgment. as it's business manager Just
as he would conduct business house OF
h;s own 7, was the duty of Mr.. ASH
h,rner 10 hire and FIRE" all city en-
n,oves lust as he conceived their n'erl's
and abilities deserved. Except TOT al
occasional perusal and ratification OF MS
actions bv o so-called City Council MS
actions were not reviewed.
"A strain such as this. said Mr. Ash-
burner to-day. lis more than any one
human being can stand, as nave proved
by my administration
Not only was the strain Of the WORK
great. according to Mr.. Ashburner' oul
he thinks that another and perhaps
stronger factor in the destruction OF MS
health was the eternal nagging ana
worrying of officeseekers. Being IN a
position to grant favors, there was never
time in his administration when ne
Was not harassed by those with an axe
TO grind
The system which was begun under
Mr.. Ashburner has been pushed to a
great success through his untiring ef-
forts. Never has Staunton accomplished
more in the way Of public Improvements
than under the system of general
manager.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
OSBORNE PAYS OLD DEBT
Defends Son of Negro Who Saved His
Life Years Ago.

lanes W Osborne. formerly Assistant
District Attorney in General Sessions yes
terday paid the frst instalment OF the debt
be has owed to the negro overseer Of his
fathers plantation before the Civil War
who saved him from drowning
When the trial Of Edward Osborne. the
son of the overseer. whom Mr.. Osborne Is
defending on a charge Of murder. has
ended the lawyer hopes that he viii have
paid in full for his life by saving that OF
the son of his rescuer.
The prisoner Is charged with having shot
and killed another negro during a quarrel
The defence is that he acted in self de-
fence.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
STUDENTS MAUI JANIT0n
Latter Interrupted Rehearsal OF
Burglar Sketch.

There was excitement at New York Uni
Versity last night II occurred in the base
ment of Gould Hall, the college dormitory.
and as result Jens Jensen, the janitor.
has a black eye and a swollen face. and
three students-Charles Moore. Gerald
Nolan and Henry Thedford-show results Of
an encounter with John Quigley, the spe-
cial college officer.
II was o'clock i'm the evening and Jen-
sen was In his room doing over his even
ing paper when he heard a man shout:
stop where you are; you're under ar
rest,'
crash followed. and then down the cor
lidor came the cry again Stop, or III
shoot"
Seizing his revolver and whistle. Jensen
raced down the corridor 10 the room where
the fight was going on. Quigley Joined
him. and there was an exciting encounter
before they discovered that they had in
terrupted rehearsal OF burglar sketch
in which the three students are TO appear
in the college vaudeville show next week.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
SAILED
STEAMERS AT FOREIGN PORTS
ARRIVED

Yokohama. April i7-Afghan Prince ,n., A..
YORK via sabang. Hong Kong etc '''"
Honfon' I,a,s AprI ri, do dIo-tamillo Bp New York.
utaD. New York for Genoa ''"'o''~
81 Vincent V. April 2O-Skerrles uRr, NJ.
York FOR Adelaide. etc '"'' New
% Wilhelm N@is GER New York %Prt9a ,or Friedrich
Bremen !and proceeded. ana
for Boulogne and Rotterdam 'e" YORK
Rotterdam. April ls-Kursk tRus, > ,
Fishguard. April 20 20 a m~Garort. ,qth'
New YORK Via Queenstown FOR Liverpoo, 1or
Havre. April 20. a MA Provence ,Fr, Nom.
Eas, London. April is Roya Prince ,er, ~
YORK wa ~ vincent q V. Cane Tow, y,
suez April ~ Ars,erturm ,Ger). Caicu,tn,, etc ni
Colombo for Boston and New yopr u''' and
Bahia. April Scottish Prince m, ~
via Pernamhuco. w" iork
SAILED
Nares. April 49, p m-Cincinnati Ger, y.w
london April ~, Minnewaska ,Bn. New yor.
pu'ens'ownl Aprh ~. as p m-Ten,or,. IN,
from southampton ana Cherbovrr s W.
81 NnseH! yss Va ~. " April l., ,,holl ,Br, from
Algicrs. April l5 Quart ,Rr, ,,o,,, -,
New N~k. ' from Limni for
'a'p2s Tsw NyrsS. Xor. April ie-African Primo. ,pr,
Barbados April ia-oruha ,H,, ,ro,,
va klnsNon etc. for southsmpton "" ''fS
Naples Awil W-rltonia (RrI. Nsp w.,
PASSED
- MichaeIs. Aprh 10 Prns Wilton, ,r..,.,,
Nr" nork VIA West indies ana Nens,,si.
Scilly. April %, a:,s n m D.,
helm '6ep, New York TO- ~ rr,eu,,eh WI
hourg and Bremen wi iymouth. cher
sagres Aprn 2o-Vsron, ,c.x.
Philadelphia. N''o''oo for New York or
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
BETTER FIRE PROTECTION
Bill to Safeguard Factory Employees
Adopted Here.

4 special meeting Of subcommittee Of
the general fire prevention committee Of
delegates Of central labor bodies. appointed
after the Asch Building fire. including the
Womens Trade Union League. and Of the
church Association FOR the Advancement
II the Interests Of Labor and the. Citizens
Committee on Safety, was held yesterday
IN the rooms Of the Womcns Trade Union
League. No. i3 East 23d street. al which
the main provisions OF a bill for the better
protection of factory employees from fire
were adopted
The bill. il Is expected. will he submitted
10 the Senate and Assembly on TUESDAY
end is intended to apply 10 all cities Of the
nrst class In this state. The draft ~ the
hin will be completed at meeting OF the
committee tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
OEVERY'S OLD CORNER SOLD
Landmark Where He Had Head
quarters to Come Down

"Big Bill" Devery. the former best police
chief" end his cohorts in the DAYS when he
was district political leader. after he
left the Police Department. were cast IN
gloom yesterday 70 hear that following
Deverv's passing in politcs.~hs old head
quarters az the northwest corner Of
Eighth avenue and 2sth street are about
10 20.
The house Of FIVE stories. with tho ad-
ioining building at No 300 West 2Sth
street. was sold by William II. Archibald
for the estate Of Andrew I>eary. Both are
under leaseholds. The street pump on the
corner. which came in for much notoriety
IN those days being the property Of the
CITY, is not included in the sale. and this
offered consolation for the grievers.
II is understood that the buyer whose
name was not given out, * TO improve the
property with larger structure.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
FOR DEEP PRESSURE TUNNEL
Bids To Be Opened on May is
for Work TO Cost S2O,0O0,000.

Advertisements for bids for the con
struction OF The deep pressure tunnel which
IS to distribute the Catskill water began
again Yesterday. Bids will be opened on
MAY I6 1t is estimated that the work will
cost about s0.OooCc0
Near the end Of last year the Board Of
Water Supply started advertisements for
bids. which we're to he opened before John
A Bensel. president OF the board. left town
10 take up his duties as state Engineer.
The Mayor held up the advertisements, on
the ground that the form of contract had
not been approved by the Corporation
Counsel He made this a basis for demand
ing The resignation Of Commissioner Shaw
II is understood that the proposed contract
is in many particulars like the one pre-
pared AT that time.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
WILSON TO SPEAK AT DINNER.

Governor Wilson OF New Jersey will
speak on Politics and Morals at a dinner
Of the Free Synagogue. at the Hotel Astor,
on the evening Of April a. Other speakers
will be Senator Borah, on The Future of
American Institutions Julian W Mack,
on The American Jew" Isaac ~ Selig-
man. on The Jew and citizenship" DR..
Lee X Frankel. on The Free Synagogue
and Abram l. Elkus, on Immigration.
Addresses will also he made by the Rev.
DR.. Frank .. Hall the Rev. John Haynes
Holmes. the Rev Maurice II. Harris and
Rabbi Wise Henry Morgenthau. president
Of the Free Synagogue, will preside.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
CROKER REFUSES HIGHER PAY
Mayor offered Increase of $4,000 A
Year TO Keep Fire Chief.

Mayor Gaynor offered 10 increase the
salary Of chief Croker Of the Fire Depart
mcnt from $1,000 TO $1,000 Il he would stay
m the department The chief, however,
believes that he can make more money out
Of the company he is to organic TO deal
With methods of fire prevention for human
safety in buildings This company will be
a construction company also.
The Mayor has no intention Of offering
Chief Croker ,aOther place in the city ser
vice. althout re chief has offered 10 give
the city hi- rvices for nothing whenever
any emergency may arise.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
AFTER JUDGE sTEPHENs's PLACE

During the several weeks that Judge
stephen -. stephens. who died late
Wednesday night. had been known to be
fatally III several aspirants for appoint
ment 10 hl the vacancy were active. The
appointment will hold good until January
J. and IL is believed that whomever
Governor Dix appoints will stand good
chance Of getting the Democratic nominal
ton Among those whose friends have been
active are Senator Howard Il. Bayne.
Magistrate Joseph p. Handy. j Harry
Tiernan, John J. Kenny, Magistrate
Nathaniel March. sidney y. Rawson and
ntb
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
PRISONER HELD By MAYOR FREE

ON motion Of Assistant District Attorney
Jacob Yesterday Judge Swami. in General
50 ssions. dismissed the indictment against
Richard n Lee. former dockmasier I'm
the Dock Department. who was charged
with falling To turn over 10 the city the
wharfage fees which were collected 10y
him
Lee was held for the grand jury. which
indicted him. by Mayor Gaynor. sitting as
d magistrate.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
SPRING MAKING HEALTH RECORD

According 10 statistics Of the Depart
ment of Health this is one of the healthiest
spring seasons In New York in many years
Only two contagious diseases have tended
10 increase the death rate. They were grip
and whooping cough. The former disease
had its greatest fatality among older per-
sons For the first quarter Of the present
wear there we're 325 deaths from IT. as
against an average Of - deaths for the
last five years
There were el deaths from Uhooping
cough IN the same time, as against an
average Of 81 for the last FIVE years.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
BANKRUPTCY DISCHARGE DENIED

The application Of George &. RYAN, of
the brokerage firm Of T 4 Mcintyre *
CO.. for discharge from bankruptcy was re-
fused yesterday by Judge Holt. OF the
United States District Court upon the re-
port Of Peter 3. Olney. special master, who
said RYAN had "fraudulently and knowingly
concealed and falsfed the books Of the
Mcintyre firm
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
COURT DISCHARGES BARRETT

Harry " Barrett. Of No % West 18th
street who Is under $1,000 bail for the rob
berry Of Aaron Bancroft, was formally dis
charged in the Tombs Court yesterday
afternoon by MAGISTRATE BTeen. he has
been indicted by the grand iuIy on a
charge of grand larceny.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-21
AHA0EAv OF MUSIC. THE HEART OF
AUQOGmu ] 10. 20 & 30c. MARYLAND.
TRANSPACIFIC MAILS.

Destination and steamer. Close In n. Y. T. n.
Hawaii. Japan Corea China Phil
ippines (via san Francisco)-Nip-
pon Maru ......................... To-day. 8 80
Samoan Islands New Zealand. AUS
neric April q. $50
Hawaii Cvia San Francisco)-S Sierra. April "a $50
ap Via Reconnaissance. Maru tiD' April a. $50
Tahiti. Msrquesas. Cook Islands
Francisco .......'..,."A 10 April 2s. $50
Hawaii, Japan, Corea. China, Philip
pines (via San rancisco)-Siberfa. April IS. $50