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New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
FIRE HALTS WALL STREET
o,,orters of Several Big Banks
Destroyed or Damaged
SECURITIES UNDER ICE
stock Exchange Suspends Rules
to Meet Greatest Derange-
ment Since 1888.

rh. destruction Of the Equitable Bulldlhg
..-onred the machinery of wall Street
s,orA seriously than II has ever been de-
.argAd since the blizzard of March, 1888.
rbe building. covering a square block. stood
On the heart of the financial district and
;,s burning destroyed the quarters of two
hanks and several banking houses, and inn
rerilled several other banking institutions,
come Of them becoming untenantable.
Most embarrassing Of all, in its effect
nnon the days business. was the destroy
,ne OF the Mercantile Safe Deposit Com
nany's quarters, for in the vaults Of that
company in the basement of the building,
were securities valued at many millions of
dollars. which were held by banks as COL
lateral for loans or were held by brokerage
bonses. This fact created a situation so
difficult that a special meeting Of the gov
ernlng committee Of the Stock Exchange
was called at 1890 o'clock, at which the
closing of the exchange for the day was
urged. but the decision was finally reached
that the needed relief would be secured by
suspension Of the rule requiring deliveries
OF stocks sold on the preceding day to be
made by 2I5 p. m; and IT was ordered
that deliveries need not be made except In
cases Of mutual consent.
Through this ruling a number of houses
were saved, which must otherwise have
failed, in consequence of inability. because
Of the tying up of their securities through
The FIRE. to make deliveries yesterday. 1t
Is the custom Of Stock Exchange houses to
SHIFT collateral from day TO day, sub
stitutng one stock for another in the loan
envelope, and in the case of houses whose
collateral is beyond reach in the ruins,
tacit arrangement has been made by which
their statements as to the contents OF the
envelopes will he accepted. and they will
be permitted TO make suhsttutions on the
basis of their records, until the vaults can
be opened and the collateral recovered
There was no concerted action among
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10

vators built in two rows in a great
elevator corridor, finished In ornamental
bronze. Eight of these elevators were
to run TO the top of the tower extension.
In addition 70 these there were to be
.e,,eral elevators exclusively for freight
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10

SUNDAYS NEW.YoRk TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
for $3.50 a year.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
.STMER TURNS THE TRICK |
Captures Club Championship in
Shoot at Crescent Traps.
WIND DISTURBS GUNNERS
Unfavorable Conditions Result in
Many Low Scores Icing
Turned In.

There was a decided surprise at the Bay
Ridge traps of the Crescent Athletic Club
Yesterday The final shoot of the club
was taken by VI. Stiner. He won the
championship with a total OF 15s out Of a
possible 200 targets. The shoot was de-
cided in two legs.
Never before In the history Of shooting
at Bay RiGge nave the gunners been COM
pelled TO fire under such difficult conditions
A wind from the southwest swept in from
it impossible at times for the men to stand
upon the firing line.
Not oily did the club championship come
to an end. but the J. +. Murray trophy
was won by J. +. James, with total of 81
out of a possible 100 targets
c. G. stephenson jr., won the take home
trophy. with a card of "a out OF pos
sible lOJ targets. 1t was the lowest total
that ever has won the prize. W. w. Pell
was high gun in the Stake trophy. and
tied with j. p Fairchilds in the race for
the Stephenson prize. The team shoot fell
10 ]. +. James and F. S. Hyatt.
Among the gunners on the firing line
was John Philip Sousa, the composer, who
made his first appearance this year In
shooting In metropolitan circles. Mr.. Sousa
was out OF condition, and. although an
excellent shot. was unable 10 land any OF
the prizes.
The scores follow,
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP - 200 TARGETS -
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
Motor Boats Attract
Great Holiday Cros0ds

The members OF the National Association
OF Engine and Boat Manufacturers will
have luncheon to-day at the Engineers
Club, In West 10Th street. and hold their
annual meeting Members Of the executive
committee will be elected. This evening
the annual meeting of the American Power
Boat Association will be held at the Wal
dorf.
The lectures on the programme at the
show to-day are 4 p. M, "Lubricating
Systems" by Louis Huxtable: . p. M.
Instruments Of Navigation" by Captain
Howard Patterson.
The show number of "The Motor Boat
was issued yesterday 1t contains sixty
four pages of matter about the show, with
descriptions OF every exhibit.
1t will be boys day at the show this at
ternoon and evening. The management
have invited schoolboys to visit the Garden
and special arrangements have been made
for them. One party in charge OF DIR. Heys
will be there from Trinity School, and they
will be shown the boats and have the en-
gines explained and will be intensely inter-
ested in the collection Of knots In the Motor
Boat School exhibit.
There are in the city now forty boys from
Australia who are being sent around the
world at the expense of the Australian gov
ernment They, too. have been invited to
visit the show, and expressed great delight
at the attention. Although they have been
in this city for some time. this is the first
attention that has been paid to them.
The hydroplanes have attracted much at
tenton from visitors. and the designers and
-. 80 hav
busy explaining their principles. The Bug
is the most popular. because 1t has done
things. but the Peter Pan ~, the Dixie
Junior and others are popular because they
are thought to be improvements on other
boats that have done we'll. The Bug ana
the Elcoplane are of the same type. They
have three planes on their under body and
these planes are V-shaped but. Instead OF
being concaye, the sides of these Vs are
corrugated. The bottom looks as II half
sections OF pipes have been connected side
by side, and the theory is that when the
boat IS speeding the hull lifts on these
planes and travels much faster than II
would ordinarily, because its wetted sur
face has been reduced so much that 1t OF
fers little resistance TO the water. When
going at full speed these boats travel really
on the edges Of the corrugated planes and
the concave surface Of each corrugation is
filled with air.
The Dixie Junior. OF which type six are
being built, is different. Her bottom is "
shaped and has one step and two planes.
She is In appearance much like the Dixie
", and when speeding will climb up on
the water and skate along on about one
third OF her length. The Peter Pan is diff
ferent again. This boat is monoplane, and
the weight is SO nicely balanced that 1t
takes little effort TO push II along and 1t
skins the surface OF the water easily. This
boat too, is useful as a runabout and is 50
dry that an owner can take his friends or
family out without danger of getting wet.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
BIRDS TWIST AND TURN
Wind Causes Havoc Among Gun
ners at LarChmont Traps.
Enjoy THE SPORT, HOWEVER
spotts Is High Gun of the Day,
While Short Wins Principal
Trophy offered.

With fierce gale from the northwest
.reeping across their line Of fire, sending
tho clay birds at all sorts of erratic angles,
,hs trapsnooters OF the Larchmont Yacht
cub and the New York Athletic Club in a
combination shoot yesterday on the yacht
cJub's grounds had one of the best days
snort this season, despite the havoc wrought
by the gale in the night.
There never was a worse wrecked set of
traps than those of the Larchmont Yacht
club when daylight broke yesterday morn
ting. The gale had ripped off the roof of
one set and swept it into the Sound while
the traps and guard rails were bent and
almost useless. 1t took three men nearly
three hours to put one set of traps in com
mission.
The first match in the morning was at
100 birds for the Patterson cup. Twen-
ty-fye men entered for this. and d. J. Nc
Nfahon proved the winner. his four strings
Of 49, "a. 81 and 19, with a handicap of
is, giving him total of 1O1. The runners
~up were 7. Lenane, jr., and W. L, Bemis,
with totals of 8 Seach. The big match in
the afternoon was also at 100 birds" for
cup offered by T. J. McCahill. Twenty
eight men competed for this prize, and It
was won by W. B. Short with 80 as his
total He shot with a handicap Of is. and
his four strings were 10. 1s, 81 and p.
NJ X. Waters and T. ]. McCahill were the
runners up, with totals of 9S each. This is
regarded as remarkable shooting consider
ing the adverse conditions. prize was
offered for the best first fifty shots from
scratch in the afternoon contest This was
won by Charles Gould. Of the Manhasset
Bay Yacht Club.
r L. SPOTS went on record as high
gun for the day. His score was 172 out
z Of the possible 200 targets In the after
noon his score was So out Of the possible
700. The New York Athletic Club holiday
Shoot Included the legs for the February
cup, the Lenane trophy, the presidents cup
and the Lembeck cup. They were won by
G. NJ. Thompson. T. ]. McCahill, B. NJ. Hig-
gnson and r. l.. SPOTS, respectively. w.
p. Short, F. Robins and Spots won the
three Larchmont Yacht Club matches.
The summary follows:
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
COLUMBIA FIVE STANDS TEST
Defeats New York University in
Basketball Game

Columbia defeated the New York I,niver-
sty basketball team last night nv q score
of 26 to Is. and thereby won at least one
championship title-that of New York CITY
The game was played in the Columbia gym
nasium. but did not bring out the crowd
that attended the first game between the
two, a year ago. The contest has no bear
Ing on the intercollegiate championship
series bat vas of much local interest
Incidentally olumbia has not lost a game
on its home floor since the spring of 1906
Both teams We're slow in getting started
but when they got under way the game
was as lively and interesting as any that
has been played on the Columbia floor this
season. There was little rough work, al
though Columbia played a hard close
guarding game, and there were several
spills, which the officials thought were due
TO overzealousness on the part Of the home
team.
Neither side showed much team work in
the first half, and what scores were made
came as the result of individual brilliancy,
Benson and Moore shining for their re-
spectve teams. Things went faster in the
second half, and Columbia started off with
a rush that swept the New York Univer-
sity five off it's feet In the first few minutes
and gave the Blue and White a command
ing lead. Save for a desperate rally in the
middle of the period, when the visiting
team scored two field goals in succession,
Columbia had the game well in hand.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
Washington's Birthday
Observed at Popular
Exhibition at the
Garden.

Washington's Birthday was celebrated at
the Motor Boat Show in Madison Square
Garden yesterday. A big picture OF Wash
ington, draped with an American flag, was
suspended from the box at the Madison
avenue end OF the Garden, and the music
consisted largely OF patriotic airs
The attendance broke all records. II was
crowd. too, of persons interested in motor
boats, and the exhibitors were busy all day
long, and many orders were placed for new
craft and for engines. Colonel John Jacob
Astor, accompanied by his son, Vincent
Astor. was visitor during the afternoon.
Among others present were the following:
Commodore II. II. Melville Of the Motor
Boat Club, Commodore August Heckscher
of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club.
Addison G. Hanan, Butler Whiting, Horace
h. Boucher, chairman of the Larchmont
Yacht Club regatta committee, and Mrs.
Boucher; ex-Commodore Walther Luttgen,
George McKesson Brown. Edward +. Cald-
WELL Frederick Mott, r. c. Veit, L. Feit,
Allison V. Armour, Edward Isham, Stuart
Duncan. John J. Amory, Henry r. Sutphen,
r. A. c. Smith. A l.. Riker, General f..
p. Howard, J. J. Riker William Fauber,
designer of hydroplanes; Henry j. Gielow.
Alexander NJ orr Reginald c. Vanderbilt.
". p. Stephens. W. J. Parslow. William
Gardiner, Theodore E. Ferris, Arthur
Binney John G. Alden, c. B. Borland, Of
Chicago; Henry Howard and George j..
Batchelder, OF Boston; ]. d. Lownan,
president of the Seattle Chamber OF COM
merce; NJ. F. Backus, president of the Ma
tional Bank Of Commerce, Seattle; 7. ].
Of Eaf
son. n. j.; John W. Hubbard. OF Pitts
burgh; Seymour Robinson, of Hartford,
Conn. Robert Hager. jr.. Wilson Marshall,
Edward Cramp, T. A. Russell and j. c.
Eaton, Of Toronto j. F. Harrigan, OF De-
troit; Commodore Z. Walter Clark OF the
Corinthian Yacht Club. of Philadelphia; J.
Herbert Johnson, Commodore Albert y.
Gowen Of the Lakewood Yacht Club, OF
Cleveland; Raymond Hitchcock. Henry
Graves jr.. and James Craig.
Commodore August Heckscher has pur-
chased a twenty foot Elcoplane, which he
will carry on his flagship. the Nahma,
and this boat will be raced as often as pos
sible, especially against the Dixie Junior,
purchased by Vice-Commodore II. S. Van
derbilt These two high speed boats are
both owned in the Seawanhaka Corinthian
Yacht Club, so that the racing will be of
more than ordinary interest Commodore
II. II. Melville is to have twenty-foot
Elcoplane, which he will carry on the
davlts OF his flagship. the Vergana.
c. r. Borland. OF Chicago, owner Of the
power yacht Monaloa, yesterday ordered
two slx-cylinder speedway air-starting and
reversing engines OF 80 horsepower each,
to take the place Of a 5Oo-horsepower engine
now in the yacht. This vessel is at Ne
ponset. being prepared for twin screws.
Henry Graves jr, has ordered 27-foot
speedway runabout, which he will use on
Saranac Lake. This is the fourth Of this
TYNE of boat that Mr.. Graves has had.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23

SUNDAYS NETWORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere In the United State,
for $3.50 q year.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
YALE TAKES LAST PLACE
Defeat by Tigers Forces Blue
Into Cellar Position in Race.
LBy Telegraph 10 M TrIbune. ]

Princeton. n. J., Feb. 22.-The Princeton
basketball five defeated Yale tonight by
a score Of - TO 16 in a poorly played but
interesting game. Added interest was CIV
en- to the game through the fact that on its
result hinged the cellar championship in
the league.
Neither five displayed good team work nor
played really first class basketball, but
both fought hard from the start, and the
contest was never lacking in interest. The
first half ended 13 TO 10 I'm favor Of Prince
ton, but in the second half Yale seemed TO
weaken, scoring only three points, while
the Tigers added eleven to their score.
Reilley easily starred for Yale. scoring
eight OF his teams points
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
Rushing Final Preparations for
Brooklyn Show.
TO OPEN TOMORROW NIGHT
Lion Car Proves It's Sturdiness
in Accident-Michelin Low
ers Price of Tires.

In the vicinity OF Bedford avenue and
Pacific street. Brooklyn, things win hum
to-day for nearly two hundred OF the 1912
crop OF motor cars will be placed IN the
Esd Regiment Armory for the second an
nual Brooklyn automobile show. II is ex-
pected that most Of the cars will be i'm
stalled before night, but some will not reach
the armory before tomorrow morning. The
show will open tomorrow night.
Carpenters, electricians, painters an1
workmen of several other trades are labor
ing night and day to put the large build
ing in shape for the exhibition. The decora-
tions are nearly completed and are very
fine Crimson and ivory tints predomlnats
In the color scheme, and the ample pro-
portions Of the building lend themselves
admirably TO bringing out the effects of
these colors.
The general scheme OF decoration In the
interior of the large structure is that of a
Spanish garden. the large dome being
screened or by a canopy OF fuzzy yellow
material, twinkling with electric Iights.
More than $4,000 yards OF bunting and
chiffon and 10000 yards Of buriap foor
covering are required to clothe the interior.
No less than 1880 electric lights are re-
quired for the illumination.
While returning from Atlantic City last
Saturday Lion roadster demanstrator
skdded into the fence on the railroad
bridge at Ancora, ~ J., and rolled down
35-foot embankment, turning over twice.
The tenders, lamps. windshield and radi-
ator were badly bent, although the radi-
ator did not spring leak and the motor
was not injured in the least. A derrick
and a gang Of men were required to pull
the car out of the ditch.
On Wednesday Messrs. Sherwood and
Mather. Of the Lion Sales Company, wens
to Hsmmonton, prepared to tow the car
home. but found the machine able TO get
back under its own power. II is now on
exhibition at the showrooms OF the com.
pany in Philadelphia.
Reduced tire prices have Just been an.
nounced by the Afichelin company. and ara
now IN effect. This announcement sets st
rest the many rumors regarding price re.
vision which have agitated the tire trads
for some time. Several tiremakers. it Is
said, have recently offered special induce.
ments TO the trade, but the Mlchelin Is the
first to give tire users the benefit OF a reduc.
ton. The new prices show a marked sav.
ing over previous quotations, the reduction
on several Of the larger sizes being as
much as 81 a casing. On the smaller sizes
the saving averages from to 10 per cent
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
AMHERST SWIMMERS IN TOWN.

ne Columbia University swimming team
u' meet Amherst in>e dual meet In ths
y'umola pool this evening Amherst is
por.Sd to have much stronger team
~ iast year. and may spring surprise
=, 'he Morningside Heights watermen.
Vlumoia is likely TO win In the century
~ me Se-yard race. Captain culman has
negotiating these two distances In
lme this year. The Blue and White
80 team also is performing In good
and on form should win.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
GOLF ON PINsHURsT LINKS.

Pinehurst. =. c. FEB. E-Miss Mary
Fowres, Of Pittsburgh, won tho presi-
dents cup, and Mrs. F. H. Bowles, of Cam
bridge. Mass. the sccretary's trophy in the
closing matches Of the annual February
golf tournament here to-day. The annual
lawn tennis tournament for women begins
tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23

Field soas: Princeton--De Ia Reusllle (3),
Uhl az, Felt Yale-Reilly (D. Swihart, Cobb
(2D, Osborne. Goals from fouls--Uhl (O, Reilly
a.. Substitutes: Princeton-Heath for Felt Yale
-Connor for Cobb. Referee--Read, of Spring
field Training School. Empire Lamberton, Of
Pennsylvania Time OF haves-Twenty minutes
each
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
PRESIDENTS cUP-25 TARGrrs-HANpr-
sIMoNsoN IN GOOD FORM.

~ simonson did the best work at the
IEps at the Queens Club yesterday. The
sFlncpal event was a washington's Birth
o@ shoot at fifty targets. and the clever
.1i'ner' notwithstanding the conditions
managed to win. with total Of forty-three
targets H. Stein was second. one target
reg than slmonson.
The scores follow.
pAsHINGToNs BIRTHDAY SHOOT - 30
TARgTTs-
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
NEWTON BEATS ORANGE.

Orange ~ J., Feb. 22.-The Newton Gun
Club defeated the orange Gun Club at the
Orange traps this afternoon by score OF
lSl to l62 The Newton team was strength
ened by Brickner, the state champion.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-23

Goals from feld-Iee go, r. Benson ~, Nee
nan (2), Osterhout ~, J. MscLoughlin %. G.
Benson, Brennan, Moore, Jaques, Goals from
foul-MOore "a, Benson a..
Substitutes-Jaques for Meenan, Reynolds for
r. Benson Referee-F G. Quigg. n. Y. A. c.
Cmpire--A. j. Salmon, Brooklyn Central Y. NJ
c. a. Time Of halYes-Twenty minutes, At
tendance-2 900.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-30
ROUND ABOUT US.
Weekly Grist of Newsy Items Reported by 81
~ Oar Special Correspondents.

Miss Allie Lowe of Greenville IL
visiting at the home OF p. w. Tuthill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis jerks and Franh
Rasmussen spent last Thursday in
Grand Rapids.
The Ladies' Aid will hold their next
social Friday afternoon June Z, at the
home OF Ray Macarthur. Picnic sup
per, everybody invited TO attend.
Mrs. Z. L.. Beardslee is on the sick
list.
There was good attendance at the
church Sunday TO hear Rev. Ellis.
Everyone enjoyed hearing him preach
again.
Say, have you heard about the lady
and gentleman who tried TO battle their
feet while coming from Greenville?
Ask them about it.
Tom Jones and family spent Sunday
at Ralph Halls.
The children are all requested to
meet at the church Saturday afternoon
to practice for Children's day.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Tuthill OF near
Greenville spent Sunday at r. w.
TuthilPs.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-30
TESTING HIS STRONG WILL
Concealed Club Man Caught In A.
tempt TO Prove supsrlo%ty Of HE
Mental PovsoSU.

AZ one Of the clubs The other day
two members were arguing about will
power. The conceited man. who wac
in the habit Of boring al present with
his pointless tales. said that his viii
was stronger than his friends.
You are wrong thsss,- said the
quiet man, and win prove Il In this
way. You go and stand In that cor
ner. and will viii you 70 come out
Of II. You will against me. and bel
you that will have you from that cor
ner before have commanded you .
second time"
The smart one took the bst and put
himself In the corner. The quiet man
said. In q commanding voios,-
Come out OF that corneYi"
The other grinnsd and shook hin
head. The quiet man sas down and
looked at him steadily. i've minutes
passed, and then the maa of win said.
with sneer:-
Hadn't you better give Il upi
don't feel any influence q al, and I
can't stand here all the evening"
There Is no hurry" said tho Quise
man. "and I have very comfortable
seat. There Is no time limit except
chat you are to come out before ask
you twice. and az don't intend to
ask you again until this day week. I
think you will feel the influence b.
fore then"
The smart one came out.
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Alton-Moseley

Weather warmer and rainy which Is
good for growing crops.
Corn is late planting. Wheat and
hay crops are looking light.
Born 10 Mr.. and Mrs. George Barnes
last week, daughter.
Mrs. Glare Ford is trifie better.
Mrs John q. Winger Is on the gain.
Several of the Moseleyites went fish
ing Sunday.
James Holien went TO Grand Rapids
Monday, on business.
George and Eldin White were over
home Sunday from their camp al
Crooked Lake. They report fish biting
quite good.
Walter White has new wheel with
all the attachments complete. 1t Is q
dandy.
Decoration is near and where are the
flowers To decorate with? Not many
as usual have grown this season
With few days warm weather corn
will be rushed into the ground.
An auto agent took Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Condor TO Grand Rapids and
back one day last week.