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clustered i'm one place They we're put ~
separately as distinct architectural feat
urcs m different parts of the city. That IS
true of the present capitals OF Europe, so
FAR as I know u Is certainly trde OF Lon
don, Of Paris, OF Brussels. II Berlin ana 50
On. The public buildings arc scattered
about the city. instead OF all being put In
one place and made a civic centre. The
finest courthouse IN the world is In Brus-
sells. and IT 10 entirely remote from all
other buildings
Here Ia New York County there seems
90 be a notion that our new court house
must be clustered in with other buildings
I can only say that notion did not originate
with me, and I have my doubts about II
being wise notion IN Washington the pub
lie buildings are quite remote from one an
other al tho head IL avenues. The collec-
ton Of architectural pictures which con-
stltute tho French loan collection which
vas opened by tho recent delegation from
France In an illustration Of how widely
scattered the architectural features Of
Paris are 7 fear II would be rather tire
some To have our architectural features
clustered IN one place. However. do not
put my Judgment up against better judg-
ments ! have long since learned 10 Weld
ny Judgment 20 that OF others unless I
am altogether certain that am right
The Board Of Estimate has passed 4
resolution Tor n committee 10 go 10 Wash
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the other thckly settled parts OF the city
turned into open spaces and Fairgrounds
OF course. that would he a very costly
thinS. We cannot do these things without
money All the money We can rake ana
scrape by which I mean all the borrowing
credit we can spare is now going into sub
5ays, and the acquisition Of parks and open
spaces will be slow matter
But what surprises me is that these
social workers, who talk so fine on this
subject. are making no effort whatever TO
have these open spaces reserved in the
outlying parts OF the city. which will he
closely built up I'm a few years, but where
land IS now cheap. They keep talking
about open spaces in the East Side Of Man
haitian But what about Brownsville and
places In The Bronx and Brooklyn and
Queens. which are rapidly building up?
Why DO they not not sec that open spaces
are reserved there now before land there
becomes dear? They are doing absolutely
nothing about that The East Side. after
all. is only a small place. Now is the time.
n they are intellgentv sincere. TO 80 out
into the outlying portions Of the city and
select squares and blocks. where the land
is cheap FOR the city to establish little
parks and Fairgrounds
Tuesday ut Washington viii be held at II
a. m. in the office Of the Library Commit
tee Of the Senate. Senator'S Wetmore
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for 100000 on condition that the land should
revert TO the city when it should no longer
be needed for pOstofiCe purposes. The gov
ernment needs a new. adequate building
We need the land TO increase the area of
City Hall Park and to add to the develop
ment Of the civic centre project II i a
delicate question TO raise. whether the gov
eminent has not had half million dollars
worth of use from its site and should re-
turn il gratis TO the city or whether IT
should be compensated. There is better
site available for the government within
the civic centre zone. II may seem to
commercial minds n costly luxury for the
city 10 devote land which Is worth dollars
an inch to park purposes, but the same
argument would apply to all parks, ana
New York can afford some dignity and
beauty that is above financial calculation.
The postoffce site, including Mail street,
forms an isosceles triangle, about 40 feet
long on the Broadway and Park Row sides
and about $50 feet at the base. 1t contains
approximately $500 square feet. The
assessed valuation Of the land is $92o0,C0o
and the ancient building is valued AT 81
100000 The site suggested for a new post
office building is on block behind the new
municipal building, bounded by Park Row.
Pearl street and City Hall Place. This
area contains thirty-six city lots. In
letter to Senator O'GormaD Borough Presi-
dent McAneny suggests that the adjoining
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aided that country in it's coffee valorization
scheme.
The long delayed trial Of the govern
ments suit i'm equity for the dissolution or
the American Sugar Refining Company and
It's subsidiaries known as the sugar trust.
began in the Federal Building I'm this city
before Wilson B. Brice as special exam
liner Testimony given by the late Henry
O. Havemeyer before the Industrial Com
mission In 1899 was introduced in evidence.
In his testimony before the Industrial COM
mission. Mr. Havemeyer had made no at
tempt 10 conceal in any way that sugar
trust existed and his main efforts were
directed to disseminate the conviction that
seemed to sway him that trusts were ne
cessity and benefit to the country. He
frankly said that one OF his chief aims was
to drive competitors of his company from
the sugar business.
The first effort of the government TO
elicit testimony I'm proof of its contention
that prices of steel products were fixed at
the famous Gary dinners at the Waldorf
Astoria was made at the hearing IN this
city in the dissolution suit against the
United States Steel Corporation. Under
questions from Jacob NJ. Dickinson, the
governments special counsel. Howard NJ.
Davis. former assistant general sales agent
for the American Tin Plate Company. tes-
titled that tinplatc and sheet steel prices
were fixed at meetings held In Pittsburgh
shortly after the Gary dinners
Hotel workers in this city have been
rumblng forth threats Of a strike, and in
dividual hotels have had trouble. especially
with the walters. The discomfort had its
origin at the Hotel Belmont, where per-
sonal grievances against the head waiter
caused a walkout.
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DEATH LIST OF THE WEEK.

Have any well known persons. aside
from those you've mentioned, died IN tne
course of the week. queried Busy Man.
"Auguste Strndbcrg, tho noted SWEDISH
novelist and dramatist. died i'm stockholm
from cancer. Nine. Chlotilde Bressler-Gs-
noli. who was the Carmen OF TN" Mammal
tan Opera Company during TIE FIRST Two
years OF its existence, died lin Geneva
Switzerland, following an operation Tor ap-
pendicitis. Consul General Louis ltenrS
Ayme died at Lisbon Portugal
"Brigadier General Joseph w. DuheaD'
commanding the Department Of Texas dIeu
I'm San Antonio from heart trouble. Cni-
ford s. Walton. an international lawyer
author and soldier consul general FOR fa'
aguay in this country for several years anu
a graduate of West Point died at his ho'"s
In Washington.
Joseph Nevil, jr., financier and retfSt
leather manufacturer. died from apop'eN
in Philadelphia He is said 10 have Oee"
the largest individual mortgage holder J"
that city. Jonas NJ kilmer died IN nnS
hamton. \. Y. He was president oil t''
Peoples Bank, trustee Of the b'nsha"pVh
Savings Bank and president oi the D'
kilmer Company
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"Lolo" AND LUMP" FIND MOTHER

THE great Titanic disaster has served
the one good purpose OF reunitng Nine.
Michel Navratil and the two beautiful little
boys whom her husband stole from her.
These were the two waits, Michel and Ed
mond known far and wide as Lolo and
Lump. whom Miss Margaret Hays found
in the bottom Of her lifeboat and cared for.
The mother arrived in New York on the
Oceanic.
In connection with charges OF indlscre-
ton upon the bench levelled against Judge
Mulqueen II became known that the Bar
Association is investigating the official con-
duct of certain judges of the General SEES
sions Court.
Surrogate Fowler appointed A. Perry
Osborn. lawyer. as special guardian Of
Muriel Astor In the probate proceedings
over the will of her father. Colonel John
Jacob Astor. The appointment OF special
guardian In probate proceeding is a nee
essary formality in the case OF a minor
next OF kin or heir-at-law Of a testator.
"A hundred miles 10 the southeast II
where the Titanic ended her maiden voyage
~ the st-'"m ~ tho goa the White star
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TRAIN HELD UP AND ROBBED.

Two masked men held MP the New or
lcans-New York limited train No. 2. north
bound, on the New Orleans a. Northeastern
Railroad. eight miles south % Hattiesburg,
Miss, and after blowing open the safe in
the express car escaped with bundles con
tanning cash estimated all tho way from
$4,000 10 $2o0,cOO Southern Express officers
decline to give figures Of the loss. The pas
sengers were not molestcd and no one
WAS hurt.
Joseph Martin. proprietor OF candy
shop At No. $40 West 29th street. this city,
who pleaded guilty TO assault In flashing
four year-old Antonio Dunzig with horse
whip, was sentenced to sixty days in the
City Prison by Justice Russell. in Special
Sessions
Or Ben Reitman manager for Emma
Goldman the notorious anarchist. was kid
mapped from a hotel in San Diego. Cal, by
vigilantes, carried I'm an automobile twenty
miles north 10 Las PenasquItas Ranch.
forced to kneel and kiss the American flag,
tarred and fcathered, branded with the
letters !. w. w and turned loose, after
being warned never TO return 10 San Diego.
The branding was done with lighted cigars.
AlSS GOUildn DtTbclt WIS 'plhptilNb "
leave the hotel In the early morning hours
and take the train for Los Angeles.
Clarence s. barrow. chief counsel for
the Mcnamara brothers I'm the dynamiting
case and one Of the most widely known
criminal lawyers In the United States, was
placed on trial before Judge George Hut
ton, in the Superior Court at Los Angeles,
under an indictment charging him with
having attempted to bride juror In the
Mcnamara trial.
THE Broadway branch OF the elevated
subway extension above Dyckman street
was tied up for two hours the other day
and fourteen persons were injured by a
rear-end collision at the 23sth street station.
Charles w. Haberle, the defaulting as
sistant postmaster OF East Orange, n. j.,
who had been missing from his home since
April 6, committed suicide by drowning, az
was shown the other day, when his body
was found floating between the Statue OF
Liberty and the powder barges of the Du
body had been In the water for several
weeks and It Is believed that Haberle com
mitted suicide on the day he left East
Orange
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Recession to New York as
Part Of City Hall Park
May Be Decided
Tuesday.

"A ECCH outright gain in space and
NE beauty for City Hall Park, as well
v as a contribution 10 the civic cen
tire project, depends on the action
which may be taken by the federal govern
nnent regarding the removal of the post
office building. Senator O'Gorman has in
PRODUCED q bill providing for removal. A
hearing on this bill will be held on Tuesday
at Washington by subcommittee Of Sen
stors. 4 large delegation Of New Workers,
probably headed by Mayor Gaynor Borough
President McAneny and Controller Prender-
gast, will advocate the passage of the meas
ure The city officials constitute a COM
rnttee OF the Board OF Estimate, which re-
solved 10 send them 10 Washington in
behalf Of the bill. \ number OF civic or
Plantations will be represented in the dele
cation.
The success Of this plan means much 70
the city" said Borough President Nc
Aneny TO the Tribune reporter. I'VE sold
-he postofice site TO the government in 1867
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DANISH KING DIES IN TAxIcAe.

What's the news from foreign lands"
| asked Busy Man.
King Frederick 81 Denmark died In a
street at Hamburg, Germany where he
was stopping on his way homo from the
| Riviera. He was not recognized, and his
body was taken first to a hospital, and
afterward TO the morgue. Queen Louise.
| who was also I'm Hamburg. did not know %
| her husbands death until five hours after
| il had taken place. The King was stricken
with apop!eXy whilc walking alone. lie
| passed away I'm taxicab, alone except for
| the policeman who had picked him up az
he was staggering back 10 his hotel. three
| hundred Yards away. Unaware of the
| identity OF the King whom the policeman
| took 10 a municipal hospital, the authori-
| ties consigned the body to the public
morgue attached TO the hospital where it
! lay forgotten and unattended for hours
1 among eight other unrecOgnzed corpscs.
| His son succeeds him as Christian X.
THE career of the last Of Frances no.
torous bandit gang was dramatically ended
when after an eisht-hour battle with
| police and troops, it's leader, Octave Gar
ncr. and his confederate. Wallet, were
blown mp by explosives in a small Villa At
/ NoRent- sur Marine. where they had taken
refuge Shattered 10y shots Of dynamite.
| their house fell IN ruins when mel!nite was
exploded under it's walls. The police found
GARNER dead and Wallet dying. Five po-
| liccmen were wounded M the battle.
Twelve hours OF brisk lighting on the
desert plains around ConeJos Mexico,
| three hundred miles south Of the American
| border between force OF five thousand
rebels under General Orozco, and an equal
| " strong body OF fcderals under General
| IIuerta, resulted in decided advantage to
the government The lighting began at
daybreak. and at nghtfall the sandy
| mesas between Conejos and Yermo. four
| teen miles north. to which point the rebels
were gradually forced back. were covered
with dead and wounded. Orozco's forces
abandoned ten cannon and much ammuni-
| ton and retreatcd ninety-two miles TO
! Jimenez.
"Vlctor Louis Mason, an American iden-
| titled with extensive mining interests and
at one time private secretary TO the Amerl-
| can Secretary OF War, General r. a. Alger,
and to his successor, Elhu Root, was killed
| while making a fight at Brooklauds Eng
| land, with the English aviator, Il. V.
Fisher Fisher also was killed by being
pitched out OF the machine when at "A
height OF about $50 feet Fisher was about
to give an exhibition and picked Mr.. Mason
az a passenger from among the spectators.
| They circled the track once. when, eye
witnesses say. the machine, which was a
monoplanc, made an abrupt turn. 1t wa
vered moment and then fell straight to
the earth.
1T Is reported In London that j. Bruce
Ismay intends to provide an endowment
fund for pensions for disabled seamen OF
all classes with the White Star Line and
for their widows. as a thank offering and II
memorial 10 the herosm Of the Titanic s
crew Tho fund, II is further said, will
probably amount to 100000
ROOSEVELT SWEEPS CALIFORNIA
What are the political Developments
inquired Busy Man
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Triangle Sold to Government
in ct for $5O0,000 Is
Now Assessed at
$9,200,000.

Bourne and Martin are subcommittee
i'm charge of the hearing. Among the New
York delegation expected TO be present are
S. V. Hoffman. president Of the New York
Historical Society; Grosvenor Attcrbury,
Edward Hagaman Hall. c. Grant La Fargo,
president Of the American Institute Of A.
chitects: $. c. Mead. secretary OF the
Merchants Association: Albert s. Bari,
Charles :. Dawson, John I've Witt Warner
Henry u. Williams. Dr. George F. Kunl
president OF the Scenic and Historic Preser-
vatior Society, and Miss l.. Morton Secre-
tary of the PARKS and Fairgrounds Associa-
tion.
CITY Hall Park will gain considerable
space and good looks from the removal *
the county courthouse and the constructor
OF a rev terminal to the Brooklyn Bridge
Both Of these Improvements arc assured
aud it IS only question Of time when they
Will be realized. The plans for the new
terminal, estimated To- cost ss.oo",00o. are
only awaiting the necessary apprQprlau)n
before advertising for bids
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All the world is interested in the coHd,-
ton OF crops In the great Missouri Rive
Valley and those other states of the trans
Mississippi country which constitute the
garden whence come the bread and meat
OF so many millions Of citizens of both the
United States and Europe summary OF
the opinions Of crop experts and reports
from the great agricultural region indicate
a greater acreage than ever has prevailed
in the West
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the Presidential primary election. having n
large majority over the combined votes OF
Taft and La Toilette. He carried the city
OF San Francisco. supposedly Taft strong
hold. by nearly 300. while I'm Los Angeles
and the southern portion Of the state the
vote for him was overwhelming. The north
ern counties in like manner, voted heavily
for Roosevelt and his twenty-six delegates.
Sixteen delegates. eight selected by the
friends OF President Taft and eight by the
supporters OF Theodore Roosevelt. and all
instructed 20 vote for Colonel Roosevelt at
Chicago. were elected at the Maryland Re
publican State Convention in Baltimore.
The convention ran with a smoothness that
disappointed those who expected trouble TO
develop from the peculiar situation left by
the recent primary election.
President Tafts final campaign swing
through Ohio preceding the primaries there
next Tuesday was marked by the most pro-
nounced verbal assaults upon Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt to which Mr.. TAFT 80 far
has given public utterance. In speeches
that were filed with indignant attack and
dubbed over with uncomplimentary ad-
jectiycs Mr. Taft discharged his oratory at
his predecessor In the White House
Colonel Roosevelt also campaigned In
Ohio Tho ex-Presidcnt renewed his at
tack on his successor and charged that the
President had Joined the enemy new
point which Colonel Roosevelt developed
was his denial OF the right OF President
TAFT to crlticise acts OF the Roosevelt ad-
mInistratlon. lie took the ground that as
a member OF the Roosevelt Cabinet Mr..
Taft was a part of the administration, and
as candidate for President he made his
campaign with the record Of tho Roosevelt
admlnietrat ton as his platform.
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liner Oceanic bringing 20 these shores
many whom the Titanic would have brought
had she lived 10 make the westward jour
ncy second time. picked up one Of the
lost liners collapsible lfebosts containing
three bodies. This news came hy wireless
to the White Star office IN this city. one
month, lacking day. after the great
AZ,
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fort to make good and roinstate them
selves with The Mob the police say. re-
suited I'm numerous saloon hold-ups in The
Bronx, which eliminated in the murder Of
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REACH DECISION ON sUeWAYs

Anything OF importance In business
way?' asked Busy Man.
THE Public Service Commission and the
conference committee OF the Board of Esti-
mate not only came to an amicable under
standing on the question of tunnel connec-
tons to Brooklyn but settled every other
remaining question between them In respect
TO the dual subway system. 1t may be
that an intlmation from Wall street that
the bankers OF the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company would not hold their
OFFER open beyond May 20 without some off,
cial assurance that the proposition would
be favorably acted upon. had something TO
do with the speedy settlement.
THE House Committee on Banking and
Currency at Washington began it's bcated
investigation Of the money trust The
committee was authorized by the House
last February TO chase the money devil TO
It's lair. II caught the scent in Brazil IN
an effort Ia show that American "nrital
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-19
BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY.

Colonel Roosevelt announced at Dayton
that he Is sure OF the nomination on tn"
first ballot He estimated that, following
the primaries in California, he now has 500
votes pledged TO him, and that within the
next few days he will have added more
than the remaining forty necessary TO give
him control at Chicago.
President TAFT received at Cleveland
kilograms from his secretary. &. ID. tIiles,
and william b. Mckinley. director of the
Taft Bureau. claiming $40 delegates to the
convention for Taft. Five hundred and
forty Is a majority In the convention. The
kilograms stated that the estimate included
four from Idaho. eight from Montana and
four from Arkansas.
Eugene Victor Debs. of Tcrrc IIautc,
Ind, was nominated at indianapolis as a
candidate for the Presidency Of the United
States by the national Socialists conven-
ton. Emil Seidel eXMayor OF Milwaukee,
was nominated for Vice-President.
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THE WAYS OF THE GANGsTERs.

I'm the Indictment Of Frank w. Muehl-
feldt, alias The Kid and William Lingley
alias Big Bill for the murder of Patrick
Burns, a Bronx saloonkeeper. there was a
revelation Of the devious ways OF the Car
Barn Gang, which holds the east side Of
Harlem in thraldom even stronger than
the sway OF the Gophers on the West Side,
the Terrible Nine in Chelsea Village or the
Gas House Gang Of the middle Fast Side
The Kid who by daylight and under his
own name professed deep religious fcrvor,
is said to have been a leader Of sub
organization of the Car Barn Gang, known
as The Mob IIc and his lieutenant Big
Bill being deposod, sought to make good
and Patrick Burns was murdered. The ef
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-19
News of the Past Week Is Here
Recapitulated for the Busy Man

consisting OF the names Of Ave men. after
three of which Thaw had written the word
Kill led to a sharp lineup between the
forces which jsre at present opposing each
other in the latest attempt of Thaw's fam
fly to obtain his release from Matteawan
Insane Asylum by n motion now pending
before Justice Keogh in White Plains. The
letter was said 10 have been written by
Thaw I'm Pittsburgh 10 a detective In his
employ in this city, and i'm a postscript
appeared the following names Bancroft
Davis Freddy Gerhard, Stanford White,
Craig Wadsworth and Reginald Francl-
lyn.' After the names OF Davis. Gerhard
and White. in that order the word XIII
was said to have been written in Thaw s
handwriting.
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ROOSEVELT SWEEPS CALIFORNIA

What are the political Developments
inquired Busy Man.
"Ths"dor. RooseN I'll SWEPT California IN
The Washington herald., 1912-05-09
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS,

BAry Fnzm-ThanAs waller 4 Al. trustees 70
Mary p. Mynsbtdes part iot 70. ssetion 7. 80
Pleasant Piains-HEny wardman & Al 70 Walter
@. and Llllis u. Anan. lot IS. square nn. so.
Mount Pleasant and Pleasant PiAins-Hany Ward
man e al 70 Daniel W. and Ruth A. KefAn-
vur. lot 18. Bqrars =. 50.
PetEurth-samue n. Fleming q NJ. 70 Harry
wrtman and faonas ?. Bones. lot ?. block
whittinrhan-ouen h. Fowiur q ux 10 Josrph
n. Samuel. lot n. sonars SN, SO
Garhsid-Mary J. Wan q Vir 10 Bentamin r. West
and Anna o. west. lot %. 50.
Petworth- G. Dent e vir 10 George A.
MaddoE. lot 2. bock Is, 80
Sixteenth Street Southeast. bstEsen East Capitol
c. and Ens 7. Sweeney. lot IS. square loss. fln
Tennessee ATunns Northeaa between and o
strests-HEny A Kite e NJ. 70 Edear R. and
Mile v. Rhea. lot n. square hoS. SO.
Eighth Street iorthNest, between + and @ Streets
Augusta R. McGonisnl 20 william A. Bo9
~. convey Tie slns propery 70 Josepd J.
Pleasant Plains-Graos g. wafrons 10 rhomas
H. Banes and Charles ]. Butter. lot 4 SO
South GrOunds Columbian University-E Emmett L
Petit e M % Patriek =. NslligGn. lot l. so
tenth Streets-Winard J. King e ux to Car-
snes B. HiEht. lot lk. square l64 so.
LID Twenty-third STREET Northuest-Sophis Portion
20 Joseph L. Topper and samuel v Guaek
part lot G. squars 81. SO
Mount Pieas1nt-Louis Sherman e ux 70 Fnz
Y. Bennett, lot so5, so
Indolenoe-Cha5es Z. Wire e W 70 C.r1is O.
Evans. lot S. SQUARE ass. 80.
whitney Ciose-Mary II. Gould e VIZ TO Chazis
T. Richardsou. lots 9. :. and g. block / 30
iAi Street Northeast-HenFy y King 70 Ruth
NJ n. King LOT i9. square lBl. SB0.