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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
PRAISE AND "RAISE" FOR
COURTHOUSE COMMISSION
Mayor Asks Extra Pay as Ap.
probation Of Trio's
Speedy Work.

Mayor Gaynor approved a bill yester-
day providing that the commissioners OF
appraisal for the new courthouse site
Shall receive as compensation for their
services such fees and expenses as may
be taxed by the court upon eight days no.
tice to the Corporation Counsel" This If
in lieu Of the $40 day f-e provided for
such work by the city charter.
1t is understood that the bill has been
passed for the purpose Of allowing the
commissioners in this case. VINO are
Abram L. Elkus, James j. Coogan and
Henry schneider, a larger compensation
than they would otherwise receive, because
Of the fact that they have exercised the
utmost diligence in their task and per-
formed ii in record time
In past years it has been the custom
for such commissioners 10 drag out Their
work for years. Even with a larger com
pensation than the s10-a-day rate. the
bills of these commissioners. considering
the amount Of money involved, will prob
ably be much smaller than that paid 10
similar commissions in past years.
The award that is expected in a few
days will simply be the preliminary award
upon which objections will be heard and
in which some changes may be made be-
fore the final award is announced. May
or Gaynor's memorandum accompanying
his approval Of the bill says. in part:
81 accept this hill for the city with par
ticular satisfaction. These commission
ers have set an example which should be
followed by all condemnation commissions
ers appointed in this city. They were ap-
pointed on May %. 1912. TO appraise the
land TO be taken for the new courthouse
for :he County OF New York, consisting OF
sixty different parcels of land. In about
ten months they have done this large
work.
AS a rule similar commissions with
far less 10 dc. sit for years. For instance.
have this day complaint sent to me
that the Ashland Place commission, in
BROOKLYN. which WAS appointed IN tho
yeai 1910. is still sitting. \ similar state
Of things exists In many street opening
and condemnation commissions through
out the City trust the example OF
promptness and diligence set by TINS COM
mission will be followed hereafter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
THIEF HID AND GOT AWAY
Slid Down Clothes Rope After
Police Search House in Vain.

The home OF Professor Frederick Mon.
toser. Of No. COS Van Cortlandt Park
avenue. Yonkers. was robbed yesterday
Of jewelry worth $50 Or. Montoser IS
q teacher Of languages a. De witt elm
ton High School.
Marion Montoser. eighteen years old
was alone In the house when she heard
footsteps upstairs. Without making any
investigation size telephoned TO Police
Headquarters. Two detectives hurried 10
the house and made what they thought
was thorough search for the intruder,
but failed To find him.
Nothing more was heard OF the rohber
during the night. but Policeman kerney,
passing the house shortly after daylight.
noticed rope made from bed clothing
suspended from an attic window. lie
notified the Montosers. who discovered
that tho house had been robbed.
II Is believed that the burglar hid IN
the house while the police searched for
him. and after the family had retired
committed the robbery, leaving by way
OF the attic window.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
GIRL $ WOUND RE0PENED
FOR SUIT, IS CHARGE
Case ReekS with Perjury. Fed
eral Judge Says of $4,000
Damage Action.
INDICTMENTS MAY RESULT
Doctors Disagree on Necessity
of Operation on Victim of
Taxicab Collision, Said
To Be Insane.

Indictments FOR perjury are expected A.
result OF conflicting testimony yester-
day before Judge Mack in the United
States District Court in an action for
$1,000 damages brought by Miss Nellie
Grant Guertin against the Mason Seaman
Taxicab Company for injuries received
by her through "A collision between the
taxicab she was riding in and street
car.
Judge Mack characterized the case as
one reeking with perjury. and called upon
Henry \. Wise. United States Attorney.
TO investigate the testimony and Ia prose
cute those guilty Of swearing falsely.
The court was aroused 10 this action
after the assertion had been made openly
that the scalp wound received by Miss
Guertin IN the accident OF May o. 1911. had
not been serious and had healed. but had
been reopened to give the complainant n
basis for a damage suit
DR.. Wynne, OF Boston. who performed
the operation, testified that the reopening
had been necessary as Miss Guertin was
losing her mind because the wound had
ton did not seem TO remove the mental
distress. Dr.. Wynne said, and the patient
was still suffering from decisions.
The necessity OF the operation was not
confirmed by DR.. James Reilly. OF Boston
who administered the anasthetic. lie
said the wound seemed TO him well healed
and that the operation was followed by
hemorrhages that may have caused the
subsequent trouble.
The opinion that the wound was an old
one. reopened for no other reason than f.
form a basis for action, was emphatically
expressed by Dr. julius Frankel, spe-
cialist Of this city. who was called on be
half OF the defendant company.
TO this conflict was added radiction
and accusation by counsel for Miss Guer-
tin and some Of her witnesses. Frederick
W. Lamb, singing teacher OF Boston.
told on the stand how he had been APP
preached in Boston by Albert Crankshaw,
an agent for the Mason-Seaman Company,
and threatened VI he should testify for
Miss Guertin. Crankshaw followed him
on the stand and denied having ever seen
him.
ih'H 'dHe d. -Huu'Soh i"tiol' II pIotner
u one Of Miss Guertin's lawyers. He said
he was with her when the accident hap
pened. Asked about his occupation. he
said that he had worked for the State OF
Connecticut. which later developed to have
been work in Jail, where he had served a
sentence for larceny.
Miss Guerin was said to he unable to
leave her room ~ the Murray Hill Hotel.
She gave her occupation I'm her complaint
as that OF a private detective. and said
She had been employcd by well known
people in New England who sought d.
XOrces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
GIVES RING TO FIGHT VICE

diamond and rudy ring. an heirloom,
was given TO the American Vigilance As
soclation yesterday morning at Sherry's.
following lecture by Clifford G.. Roe on
Nv bite Slavery" before Miss Janet Rich
ards current history class.
The ramc OF the ring givcr was With
held by the rIasurer. who announced
merely that she vas prominent socially.
In giving the ring. she said 1t was a gift
from her father. in whose possession IL
had been for years. II has been ap-
praised at N25 by Tiffany. and will be
sold at auction. Mr.. Roe is general coun
sci Of the association.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
ST. PAUL BOND OFFERING
S3O,0O0,000 Issue for Public
Subscription at SO ..

The 100000 general mortgage al. pei
cent bonds of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
ST. Paul Railway sold Thursday TO Kuhn
Loeb & Co. and the National City Bank
will be offered for public subscription al
99ta and accrued interest to delivery
Subscriptions will close at O'Clock p. M
Thursday, April Il. An initial payment OF
$50 on each $1,000 bond must accompany
all subscriptions. and the remainder Will
be payable on May 6 one OF the under
writer's said yesterday that the syndicate
demand for the bonds is greatly In ex-
cess of expectations. and that indications
are that the public offering will he 2
great success. He said that some OF the
new bonds would be taken in France and
England
The bonds are secured by direct
mortgage on 63l5 miles OF first track Of
railroad. on valuable terminal properties
in Chicago. Milwaukee. st. Paul and
other cities and the entire equipment OF
the company. They are furthermore Sc
cured by an absolute first mortgage on
:. 1913 miles Of first track. including the
main lines entering Chicago and Mil
waukee. and by refunding mortgage or
., 562 miles of first track. subject T.
So 357. go prior liens maturing on or be-
fore July !. 1896.
At present the general mortgage bonds
including prior liens. are at the average
rate OF s22 1913 a mile and after 1926 will
be an absolute first mortgage at the rate
Of only sc 100 a mile
The bonds are a legal investment FOR
sa wings banks In New York, Massachu-
sets. Connecticut and other states. The
st. Pauls net earnings for the first seven
months OF the fiscal year showed an in
crease of s7sO2.63 over 1911. Application
will be made 20 list the bonds on the
Stock Exchange. and subscriptions will
be received in Boston by Kidder, Peabody
& Co The first transaction on the ex-
change in the bonds. when issued was
$1,000 al $685., unchanged from Thursday :
closing price on the curb.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
FILES CLAIM BY WIRELESS
Flash from Uncle at Sea Holds
Up Dale Estate.

wireless message from Maurice Brod-
sky. passenger on the steamship George
Washington, due here on Monday, an
nounced that he had will made by his
nephew. Theodore Brodsky Dale, who
committed suicide on March o. on the eve
OF his trial On criminal charge.
The Surrosate's Court has already
granted letters OF administration on the
Dale estate TO Julius Brodsky. a soldier
in the United States army and son of the
sender OF the wireless message. The ad-
mnistrator SAID in his application for the
letters that so far as he knew his cousin
made no will and that he was his only
next of kin in this country.
II was known at that time that about a
week before Dale took his life he made a
will, but i. was believed that he had de-
stroyed il. II the will Maurice Brodsky
has proves valid it will. of course, invali-
date the letters OF administration granted
TO Julius BrodskN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
SPIRIT WRITING IN Jap" VASE
MYSTERIOUS Breaking of Ornament at Hotel Astor Reveals
Inscription on the Inside-Elow 1t Cot There
Also an Unsolved Problem.

Could YOU climb into the mouth OF a
three-foot Japanese vase. said opening
being only five inches i'm circumference.
take with YOU pen and ink. and inscrioe
japanese characters on the smooth sur
face of the jars interior. then turn
around and crawl right out again? That
is what japanese did. according To Ma
mort Kishi. 2 native Of the land of cherry
blossoms. who says the inscription IN the
interior OF the vase is one of the finest
specimens OF japanese writing lac ever
saw.
In tie second mczzanine balcony OF the
Hotel Astor there has stood for many
months a throe-foot japanese vase. with
mouth five inches in circumference
Last night. while the main corridor was
crowded with guests. deafening crash
WAS heard.
Mr. Muschenheim. the proprietor. win
several clerks and guests. rushed to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
BENEFITS SWELL FLOOD FUND
New York Contributions Add S8,926
More to Relief Money.

Contributions for the relief of the food
sufferers OF the Middle West have by no
means ceased, for ss9S II was sent I'm
yesterday through the various New York
realized by the boxing and wrestling
benefit n the 22d Regiment Armory.
April 4. The money was turned over yes
tcrday TO Frank O'Neil boxing commits.
sioncr. by William Gibson. who had
charge of the benefit. Mr.. O'Neil for
warded II To Governor Cox of Ohio.
Another item which contributed large
lN 10 the days total was check for
81 IG2 -. sent 10 the Mayor by j. j. and
Lee Shubert the proceeds Of the benefit
at the Hippodrome on April &. The total
amount received by the Mayor was 81 %
9b' oil. NJ the uptown office of the Red
Cross S3i6s 90 was banded in. The Mer-
chants Fund added $40
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
THREE SEIZED AS ROBBERS
Prisoners Trailed Since $3.50,
600 Pawnshop Burglary.

Three men. who have been followed
by detectives since the $4,000 rob-
berry in the pawnshop OF Martin
Smons. at No. % Hester street, few
weeks ago. were arrested in Hazleton,
Penn. late last night b. Detectives
McManus and Fennel Of the Central
Office.
In the dispatch which Commissioner
Dougherty received early this morning
the name OF only one prisoner. Joe
Stone" was mentioned. and no details
were added beyond the fact that a kit
Of burglar tools was found on the pris-
oners. The commissioner thinks he
can connect the trio with burglaries
and safe robberics in the city during
the last two weeks and that he may he
able TO establish their completely in
the pawnshop robbery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
WILL WATCH SUBWAY DIGGERs
Broadway Association Discusses Plan
for Protecting Property.

Property interests aggrcgatins 5000
Do were represented at the luncheon Il
the membership and publicity commit 90
OF the Broadway Association. held at the
Hotel McAlpin yesterday afternoon for
the purpose Of discussing the protection
Of property on Broadway during the com
ing subway excavations.
Among those present were owen IT,
Names. chairman b. ". McAlpin. &. -.
IIuy Ter. John David ". a. Saks. W. f..
Morgan. u. r. Glmbel, Thomas +. Stew
art. David Robinson. &. II. Collins. Percy
IS. Straus. jefferson De Mont Thomson.
william DE Hertburn Washington and
X. u Conger. The committee will also
start n campaign TO increase the MEM
tership OF the association to one thousand
In the next three weeks. The committee
will advocate the cut-and-cover method OF
subway construction. instead OF the open
ditch method.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
ANGEL BOY CAUGHT AGAIN
Raymond Beck Arrested After
Fourth Escape from Asylum.

Raymond Beck. known as the angel
faced boy burglar" who recently escaped
for the fourth time from the New York
Juvenile Asylum. al Dobbs Ferry. was
arrested in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon.
He was found sitting on n fire hydrant
In Flushing avenue, near Wallabout Mar
ket. He was wearing part OF the asylum
uniform concealed beneath shabby suit
\ pawn ticket for s. on a cloak was
found in his pocket.
The boy was mysterious about where
he had found the cloak for which the
ticket called. Though hungry. he refused
TO lower his dignity to the extent of ac-
ceptlng food from the Police Department
He said he had been living with a friend
and working In the Wallabout Market
He was sent 10 the Children's Society
rooms, and will he returned To the asy-
lum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
STREETCAR WRECKS AUTO
Chauffeur Arrested on Two
Charges After Collision.

Several persons riding I'm crowded
Third avenue surface car last night were
cut with flying glass and shaken up when
an automobile going south on Third ave-
nue. crashed into the car at i2d street.
Tho chauffeur OF the automobile. its
only occupant. was arrested on a charge
Of driving recklessly while under the in
nuence Of liquor. and at the East jlst
street station an additional charge OF
grand larceny was preferred against him
by the owner of the car Jortuin Iennetae
a Spaniard. living AT the Hotel Gotham
who said the chauffeur had taken the
automobile ont without MS permission.
The chauffeur said he was John Y.
Sweeney. of No 9i5 Third avenue. Al
though the automobile was wrecked by
first striking the car and then rebound
ing into "A pillar of the elevated railway,
Sweeney escaped without a scratch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
BAR ASKS BENCH'S AID
Sixty Judges Invited to Discuss
Uniform Procedure.

a general conference OF judges from the
highest courts in all parts of the United
States is planned in connection with the
meeting of the American Bar Association
in Montreal the coming fall.
Invitations were sent yesterday to sixty
juristS. including the chief judges of the
court Of last resort in each state, and to
the senior circuit Judge OF each federal
court OF appeals 10 meet with the Bar
Associations committee on uniform Ju-
dical procedure on August 30 and TO at
tend the associatio meeting and the
annual dinner.
1t is hoped through this conference pc
lieved 10 be the first of its kind TO sunni
late sentiment for uniformity in pleading
and procedure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
OPPOSES HALF-SISTER'S WILL
Contestant Says Mrs. A. X. Dale Was
Incompetent to Dispose of Estate.

Tho validity of tho will Of Mrs. Annie
kellogg Dale. which disposed OF an cs-
tate of about 10000. was attacked yes
tcrday by Belle h. WerbeZahn. n half
sister OF the testatriX. who alleged tina,
Mrs. Dale was mentally incompetent Ia
execute will.
Mrs. Dale left $4,000 TO St Thomas s
Episcopal Church. New York, and $500
10 ST. Matthews Episcopal Church. OF
Bedford. h. Y. The Rev. Lucius Ohm
stead. OF Ottawa. ILL.,. received $4,000 in
the will. The largest beneficiary was Al
fred b. Dale OF No. ~ West i0th street.
husband of the testatrix, VINO received
$4,000. The residue or the estate was
left to tho next OF kin OF her dead first
husban nd. The contestant was not men
TONED as n beneficiary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12

balcony and found the vase lying on tne
floor, broken into a thousand pieces. No
body was seen on the balcony, so how the
vase was shattered Is a mystery.
When the first shock OF his loss h'd
passed. Mr. Muschenhcim and his clerks
began to gather up the pieces. Mr.. kishi.
a patron of the hotel. assisted in this
work On the inside OF one piece Of the
vase the japanese discovered some very
fine Japancse script. Other hieroglyphics
We're found. all written in the body OF the
vase. They were pieced together an
translated by Mr.. kishi. who rendered
them into English as follows:
MY spirit wrote this. Who solves the
mystery will control the world"
Mr. kish said it would have been IN
possible for the writing To have beea
placed there before the vase was mol
elled. as il would have been oOlterated
when the vase was baked.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
WOE TO FRENCH EPICUReS.

One hundred and ninety-two quarts OF
frogs legs were seized at cold storage
houses here yesterday by agents OF 'he
State Conservation Commission ana
smaller quantities at several restaurants
The raid was the commissions way o,
serving notice that it intended TO sniorce
strictly the new law prohibiting the tak-
ing. buying. selling or possessing oil DUH
frogs. green frogs or spring fros5 our
ing the spawning months. April and May
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12

Today at >. Huguenots. Dcstinn. Hempel ~
ten .Caruso Braun. Gilly, Rothier. con iolecoo
, Tonight at SIS Pop. Prices. Butterfly. va
rar Fornia: Martin ScOttL Cond. Toscaniri
Next Mon. at Sis. Boheme. Aida, Alten,
Caruso. Giliy, Didur. Segurola. Cond., Polscc'.
Wed. Al s. Cyrapo. Alda: Martin. Amato
Relss Griswold Cond. Hertz.
Thurs. Pop. Price Mat al . Naxt tiu,e
Csdski. Hcmpel, Alien. Urius, Braun, Go'i,-
Eeiss Griswold. Cond.. Hertz.
Thurs. az SIS. Don Pasauale. Bofi Maerss
Scott. Pini-Corsl Rada. Como. Ioscanlni
Fri. AT. az = 50 sharp Toscanini symptom
Concert. Programme: Faust Overture, Nae
ner. Til Eulenspiegel. strauss J. >yrphon'
Beethoven. Soloists. Hempe! Homer ~, ~
Grlswold Orchestra OF los. Chorus OF 200
Prices zoe 10 81
Fri. a. Sis rosca. Farrar; Caruso scoih
Rossi Pini-Corsi. Coud. Stursni
sat Mat. at > Boris Godunoh. Home
Case Maubours. Didur. Althouss' e'sofoA'
Rcthier Cond. Toscanini.
sat. Pop. Prices a. s Aida. Destinn Eeo''
SON Martin Glllv Segurola. Cond. SturahL
HARDMAN PIANO USED.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
rx.poLIcEMAN HELD AS THIEF

william NJ. OConnor. a former police
sergeant. who was dismissed from the
department some time ago, was held
without bail for the grand jury by Mag
istrate Appleton in the Harlem court
ycsterday. on charge Of attempting to
PICK tho pocket OF Charles Redell a
detective employed by the Interboroush.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
Make Capture in Charleston.

McKenna and his assistants were
just preparing 10 start north Ia the
Jersey resort when they received in
formation that their man had been seen
H. Charleston. Detectives were or
6ered b. wire To the scene Of action.
and when McKenna ard his men
stepped off the Havana boat yesterday
everything was in readiness for the
arrest. Within few hours Thompson
had been found and captured and Tar
beauXs arrest followed shortly after
ward.
TarbeauX. according 10 Commissioner
Dousherty is about sixty years old,
and invariably dresses i'm the height of
fashion. He is further distinguished
by his suave manner and perfectly
polished sill, hat. which he is never
without. He is variously known, the
police say. as r. Taylor. f. r. Romans
and F. r. Holmes, while among profess
sional grafters his expert knowledge Of
the game has earned for him the
sohriquet of The Steerer."
II was Tarbeaux, Commissioner
Dougherty says, who was Big Bill'
Hawleys partner years ago in the no.
torious Indian Jewel affair ana the
Commissioner further says that former
Inspector Mclaughlin arrested Tar
beaux in this country some years ago
for trying to bunco A prominent New
York banker
owing to the complications that fol-
lowed Thompson's previous arrest, he
has been charged this time with the
Ma for Pendleton swinde. The local
police expect to have some trouble be-
fore they finally get him to New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12

Scotch Mist inspired it!
Scotch chcviots with their
rough surface and soft. misty
coloring are ideal for Spring
OvercOats.
But because of the open
weave they've never been used
for raincoats. though many
men want their Spring over
coats to be shower-proOf.
We thought it could be
done by special weaving and
our friends in Scotland
worked out the cloth.
Scotch Mist" it's called
new. attractive and rain-proof.
In Spring coats of medium
and light weights.
S28 to S35.
Sporting goods.
Baseball. golf. fishing, mo-
toring-outfits for every Out
door Sport.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY,
Three Broadway Stores
Warren St. 18th St. 34th st.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-31
KENTUCKY TowNs.
Taken Care Of in Recommendations
For Federal Building Projects.

Washington, d. @. Jan. 26.-The
subcommittee Of the House Com
mittee on Public Buildings and
Grounds will report to the full COM
mittee this week the following rec
concentrations for Kentucky building
projects, to be included in the gen
eral bid now being prepared for pas
sage by the House; Hopkinsville,
$50, 900; Madisonviile. $4,000; Glas-
gov, $4,000 Ashland. $4,000:
shelbyville $4,000; Harrodsburg'
$40, 900; Middlesboro. $4,000; Emf
hence, $4,000; Paintsville. $500;
Pikeville. $500; Winchester $780,
900; Georgetown, $4,000; Murray,
$1,000; Marion, 10000 and Eliza
bethtown. $500.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-31
PIKE COUNTY NEWS.
All the Interesting Happenings in
Our Big Neighboring County.

Sandy News contest for subscrip-
tions. Pikeville is thoroughly in
terested over the race for the grand
prizes, and our girls are on the
war path to see who can roll in
the larger number. It will be hard
for our people to refuse the an
peals of these pretty gir's.
The Big Sandy News has been
publish every week during the
past twenty-seven years; and with
this splendid record of constancy
behind it, covering, as 1t does, the
entire Sandy Valley news field, our
people need have no hesitancy in
answering up cheerfully when the
young ladies' call upon them for
their name and dollar. 1t means
tina you will get all the news right
from your home locality, just the
sameNas If the paper was published
in Pikeville, and also the news of
your neighbors. This thoroughly
covers the local new field as no
other paper does. So, come across.
mn; we need you, and you need
us.