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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18
COURT BUSINESSES PLEA
OF FREEMAN'S COUNSEL
Attorney Sought Arrest OF
Judgment, Maintaining Client
Riphts Had Been Ignored.

Thomas W. Proctor. counsel FOR Albert
Freeman. the convicted promoter ana as
sociatc of Julian Hawthorne and Dr. VII
lam j. Morton. applied yesterday to Judge
Mayer I'm the United States District court
for an order of arrest Of Judgment III inc
case of his client. Freeman was SEN
fenced 10 five years at Atlanta ana WAS
taken To the Tombs on stay of ten days.
The ground for Mr.. Proctors apph'a-
ton was the assertion that the constitu-
tional rights of his client had been iS-
uored. rs ne WAS tried before two Judges.
when reminded of the agreement on the
part Of all the defendants to accept a ne"
Judge for the continuation OF the trias
after Judge Hough was taken ILL., MI.
Proctor declared that neither ne as couh-
sci nor the defendants themselves had "A
right To waive a privilege guaranteed by
the Constitution. the trial OF man ne
fore one jury and one judge.
Judge Mayer dismissed the appllcatlon'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18
AT SEA ON DISSOLUTION TRUST CRUSHED BY SUITS
American Naval Stores CON-
pany Is Forced to Suspend.
BLAMES THE GOVERN MENT
Concern in No Position to Solicit
Capital, Declares Statement
by the Secretary.

Savannah. Ca. March Announce
mont was made here to-day that the
American Naval stores Comrany q civil
suit FOR the dissolution Of which is pend
ing. had suspended operations The COM
pany asserted its credit was impaired by
prosecutions as a naval stores trust The
criminal case in which two of the individ-
ual defendants were sentenced 70 Jail will
he argued in the United states Supreme
Court tomorrow. meeting of creditors
was called for March o. F.. s Nash.
president OF The company. is IN Europe.
Tho secretary OF the company gave out
the following statement.
"Thc American Naval store Company
has been forced 10 suspend. Tho company
has not lost a dollar and i,s assets. a.
conservative present values. exceed its
liabilities Lv about $4,000 600. but the
credit 81 tie COMPANY has slowly bccom"
contracted. due almost entirely to Oh"
, persistent and continued assaults mad"
upon the construction and oontracttal 'r-
lations Of the corporation hy tine gU..
! mont in its suits undO thc nf-...-t
| laws
| with two OF its executive officers now
awaiting the nual determination ~ tA'ir
case 10y the United state Supreme Court
| and the government pressing civil suit
! for the dissolution az the company and
the destruction 81 its business. ~ goes
| without saying that the company rs IN no
! poe,ion a. solicit new capital and mus,
depend entirely upon its present re-
sources These resources. although larg"
and valuable. with the comrany's credit
contracted and with the marketing Of the
new crop of naval stores almost al hand.
are insufficient to meet it, financial re-
quiromcnts.
Tho ioan- Of the American. with its
seven OF eight Savannah banks, have al
WAYS been. and arc now. secured bF
ample collateral, which D. well margined.
| and no one bank has any excessive
amount Of paper There is. therefore 40
possibility of any loss. our largest IN
ldcbtcdncss IS in Ncw York and the East
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18
MURDER FORETOLD TO SON
Speer Said to Have Shown Boy
How He Would Kill Wife.

Frank Spcor. twelve years old. will tcs-
tify to-day before Justice Scabury in the
Criminal Branch OF the Supreme Court
against his father, Alexander Spccr who
was put on trial Yesterday for the muir
der of his wife. Ida. in their flat in FL
bridge street. on February &.
In his opening yesterday James OMal-
ley. the Assistant District Attorney, said
that Frank would tell the jury how his
father described his plan to him. Spcer
told the boy. Mr.. OMallcy said: Thus
will split her, and thus ! viii slit her
throat" He had an apple IN his hand.
said Mr.. O'Maley. and at each threat he
slashed il with his knife.
Marc Parala. a ncehbor. said Mr..
O'Mallcy. looked through the kcyhoIe of
Speer's door. thinking to sec lively spat
between husband and wife. and saw him
cut her down with a cleavcr and then
slash her throat with a razor. Parala Will
also be a witness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18

Thomas T. and Gustavus r. Kirby. VINO
manage the American Art Galleries on
sd street. near Broadway, lost their night
i'm the Supreme Court yesterday to pre-
vent what they said was an offence to the
artistic taste of their patrons, who. they
said. we're leaders of society i'm half a
dozen cities of the country. The "o1ence
that conflicted with the aesthetic taste OF
the Messrs. Kirby was the Edwin cigar
Company's signs inviting all TO get ac-
quainted" and announcing the sale OF %
cent cigars for foUr cents.
The cigar concern occupies hNe-Ioot
space on the ground floor Of the Bartholdi
Building. Broadway and sd street ad-
joining the entrance OF the American Art
Galleries on the third floor on the ed
street side. and the Messrs. Kirby. seeking
the removal of their signs. asked Justice
Davis for a mandamus. The court denied
it,
The Messrs Kirby said that in the last
few years they have sold pictures valued
in the aggregate at s2j.co0,0o to patrons
many of V HON went TO the sales I'm au-
tomobiles They asserted that the terms
Of the lease with the sub-tenant the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18
UNESTHETIC SIGNS REMAIN
Art Patrons Eyes Will Continue 10 Be Afflicted
with Sight Of Bargain Cigar Advertisements
for All the Supreme Court Will Do

Edwin Cigar Company. provided that no
signs were 10 be displayed without the
consent Of the lessor. the Barthodi Realty
Company. Nevertheless the signs were
displayed and the petitioners feared that
the sale Of the paintings in the art gal
lcries would thereby be affected.
on enc side OF the entrance 10 the art
gallery is flower store. but this. the
kirbys declared. was proper setting Tor
the art gallery. II was quite imperative
said the art managers. that the signs be
removed. They submitted a photograph
of the cigar shop to show how inartistic
the signs made the surroundings.
Max Rosenblum in replying To the com
plaint, did not try 10 prove that there was
anything especially artistic about the
signs he displayed. He met the petition
er's Photographic exhibit with one of his
own. also Of the property, which showed
a huge sign containing the legend Bank
rupt Sale He contendcd that the &s-
thetic flower shop could not be seen from
the street, and advanced the opinion that
a cigar store on one side of the gallery
entrance should be no more offensive to
the people of artistic taste than an oyster
house on the other side
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18
PATROLMAN KILLS NEGRO
Woman Cabaret Singer Cause
of Harlem Street Battle.

Daniel u. Davis. negro, Of No. SO
Lcnox avenue. was shot and instantly
killed yesterday morning following a
fight with Patrolman George Michaels.
of the Lenox avenue police station. Al
though severely slashed about the face
with razor welded by the negro.
Michaels kept after his assailant until
Patrolman Heppenhemcr arrived on the
scene and sent four bullets into Davis's
body. killing him instantly.
Michaels was protecting Irene Leslie. a
cabaret singer, OF No. &c West l39th
street who told the patrolman that the
negro had attacked her. While Miss Les
lie was talking To the patrolma1 Davis
came up and demanded that Michaels 20
about his business. as he would take
care Of the woman.
Before the patrolman had "A chance TO
draw his club Davis pulled a razor out
of his pocket and leapod at him. Michaels
was cut across the left temple. the left
cheek and right eye. With blood stream
ing over his face, the patrolman gave
chase and fired four shots.
Patroman Heppenheimer. attracted by
the shots and the screams OF the singer.
hurried to the place. He saw the negro
and fred four shots at him. DR.. O'Bricn,
of the Harlem Hospital. pronounced the
negro dead.
Miss Leslie was held by the police as a
material witness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18
"BIG BILL" AIDS lEDERlE
Commissioner Edwards Sub
mits Data for Clean Up

In a report sent 10 Ernst +. Lederlc,
Health Commissioner yesterday, Com
missioner Edwards of the Street Clean
ing Department estimated that there
would be 4.22S carloads Of refuse to be
taken care Of IN the Borough Of Man
haitian when the 'clean-up' campaign
was got under way.
III The Bronx there will be approx
mately 40 carloads unless the vacant
lots are To be cleared out. and in that
event there will be many additional cart
loads In Brooklyn it is figured there VIII
be $50 carloads.
This material, the Health Commissioner
was Informed. can be handled by the
Street Cleaning Department rs fast as
the contractors for final disposition can
take il away. II will all be in addition
10 the regular work of the department.
Another step i'm the organization OF III
Lederle's "clean-up'' campaign was taken
yesterday with the formation of inc
Brooklyn Borough committee. the first oi
the borough committees to be organ'zed'
The meeting was held in the Office OF inc
assistant sanitary superintendent. IN INC
Brooklyn Board of Health bulldog
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18
TO DISCUSS TRAINMEN'S PAY
Heads of Two Unions Here to Confer
with Railroad Representatives

A. Il. Garretson. president of the order
of Railroad Conductors. and William g..
Lee. president of the Brotherhood Of Rail
road Trainmen. arrived here yesterday to
confer with Elisha Lee. chairman of the
conference committee OF the managers
of the hfty-four Eastern railroads. They
are DESTROYS Of arranging date upon
which To start their conferences with the
railroad managers in regard to the de-
mands submitted by their organizations.
The two labor officials attended the
hearings Of the arbitration board ycstcr-
dav which is To settle the differences be
tween the same reads and the iiremcn
employed by them. They said they en-
pected TO meet Mr.. Lee to-day. The de
mands Of the conductors and tranmcn.
including "A request for An Increase In
wages of about IL per cent, effect about
one hundred thousand men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18
COLONEL. AMORY NO "PIKER"
Spent S1OO in 1892; Now Asks City
for S2,500,000.

Colonel William y. Amory. who has
figured more or less in the lmelight in
transit matters for some years past,
popped UP again yesterday with suit for
s.. 10000 against the city. lie alleges that
the city failed to live up to an agreement
with him when. in 1892. he purchased at
public auction a franchise to run a sub
way from the Battery TO the city line,
with a branch through 18th street. and up
Fourth avenue to 45d street. and loop at
City Hall Park.
In his summons and complaint, which
was served yesterday upon Corporation
Counsel Watson. Colonel Amory says that
his bid of $1,000 was the highest offered
for the franchise, but that the city failed
IN notify him when and where 10 appear
10 give a bond for 100000 for the faith
mi performance Of the contract TO con-
struct the line. lie says That the old
RAND Transit Board later sold the fran
chise for the present subway. which runs
over practically the route that he thought
he had bought -,
Colonel Amory acknowledges that all
the money that he ever put out was $W,
paid to secure his bld.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18
GAS KILLS SPANISH GENERAL
Found in Hotel Room with Pet Cats
Nesting BY His Side.

General Manuel de Fuentes Dustillo.
said TO have been sole heir To an extern
sive estate In Spain. was found dead last
night i'm his room in the Hotel Tratal-
gar. at No. ll5 East llith street \ dis
connected pipe had filed the room with
Illuminating gas.
When the police entered the old man $
room they found him sitting on the edge
of his bed. 4 pack of playing cards was
scattered about, and on either side of
him nestled two large black cats. his sole
companions. II is not known whether he
committed suicide or his death was acct
dental.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18
FOUND SCHOOL OF HER0lSM
Columbia Authorities Require
Course in Rescue Work.

Ilfesaving has been adopted as part of
the regular course in swimming at Column
bia University. and hereafter student be-
fore he is permitted TO come up for his
degree at graduation will have to show
proficiency in saving persons from drown
ing as well as in swimming. For the last
eight years IL has been required that all
students taking the regular course at CO.
lumbia De able to swim at least one hum
dred feet and 10 dive or jump from a
tower AT least ten feet above the surface
of the water.
Although the requirement compelled %
per cent of all the students registered TO
take Lessons In swimming before they were
able TO pass the test. the success OF the
innovation has been so great that the
authorities have decided 10 add lifesav-
ing 70 tbs other requirements
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18
NEW HAVEN EQUIPMENT ORDER

The New York. New Haven n Hartford
Railroad Company completed yesterday
a first order for equipment amounting 10
about $4,000, the purchases including %
multiple unit motors. - multiple unit
irailcrs L. electric locomotives, ~ steam
road engines. - steam switching engines.
II steel dining room cars, % steel Nesti-
bule coaches. % steel posta! cars and %
steel baggage cars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-18
STOCK BILLS ADVANCED
One Amended As To Time Of Trans
actions at Sulzer S Suggestion.

Albany. March L. without opposition
or debate. nine stock Exchange reform
bills were advanced in the Assembly too
night To- tho order of final passage. Tho
minority leader MIR. Human. announced
bc would debate the bills on third read
ing.
ono measure. which would require
brokers 10 furnish customers with memo
randa of transactions. stating IN" precise
time the sale or purchas" of securities
occurred. was amended. at tho suggestion
of Governor Sulzcr. 80 az 10 require
statement of the hours between which the
transaction took place.
Albert T.. IIcnschcL president Of the
Conference 10 Promote the Commerce oi
the Port and state Of New. y ork. has sent
a protest against the bill incorporatins
the Sew York stock Exchange 10 John
L. Murtaugh. chairman OF tho Serai.
Committee on judiciary The protest
reads. Ia part:
The bill would. IN effect deprive the
members of the good viii attaching e.
their membership This good will Is
property. II represents certain immuni-
ties. privileges. convenlcnces and customs
Of good faith in the dealings between
members that would be impaired or lost
under corporate regime. TIL" Legislature
can no more compel partnerships III
change into corporations than II can dis
solve corporations and compel their mem
bcrs to become partners.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
BOY, Gun, FUNERAL.

BY the accidental discharge Of a
shotgun which he was carrying Shea
he Jumped across a ditch. Marvin =
Porter. the 14-year-old son oil M
and George Porter OF Austin. received
a wound which caused his death !
short time later.
The boy was employed at the Cod
field ranch and started hunting. u
ZONE the gun was diseha's
ed when the lad leaped aeross !
ditch. The charge of shot tore u
way through the femoric and pelfs
RECON shattering the arteries oil u
legs. Death came quickly owing :
loss of blood and shock. The ool
father was at Battle Mountain at u
time of the accident. having ie
Austin for Los Angeles where he !
tended 10 work.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

of g and is survived BY his father
a widow and a step daughter. The
remains will be taken to Napa, Cali
for interment. II was the wish oil
Woods that he be buried beside the
body of his mother in the Nepa Gene
terry. The father resides at Nana.
Woods has been employed by the
T. & G. company for about TWO
years and was one of the most popu-
lar conductors on the local road. lie
was a member of the Order of Raii-
way Conductors.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
WEST POINT CANDIDATES.
SELECTED FOR NEVADA.

The two appointments from Ne
yada to West Point have been recelF-
ed in Reno. One vas from Senator
Francis G. Newlands to Robert A.
Bingham, a sophomore at the Uni
yersity of Nevada, and the other was
from Senator w. A. Massey to Thos-
H. Ramsey of 465 Sierra street, son
of Thomas b. Ramsey, well known
mining man of Nevada.
The final mental examination Tor
entrance to West Point is set for
April 80 and will be held at the Pre-
sidio. San Francisco, while the candl-
dates. if successful, will go on to
West Point in June for the physician
examination and entrance to the
academy. Instructions as to the fu-
ture are to be given the appoin-
tees from the Office OF the ad1utant
general.
Mr.. Bingham is the son OF M. =
Bingham, formerly of Reno, but now
of Beckwith, California. He Is q
graduate of the Reno high school and
is now in his second year at the uni
versity.
Mr.. Ramsey, who is the appointed
of Senator Massey, is also a graduate
of the Reno high school and FOL
some time has peel studying in pre-
narration of the West Point examlna'
ton. He is employed at the Wig
wan theater, Reno, being in cnarge
of the inside of the playhouse during
performances.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
SEARCH FOR BROTHER.

After searching for two month In
for a long lost brother
thoueht TO be in some OF the min
ing camps of that state l.. p. Car.
nenter. a Manhattan miner has re
turned To Tonopah. His quest for
his relative being fruitless.
Carpenters brother mysteriously
dlsappeared several months ago. He
was hunting and one day his horse
was found. saddled and with Car.
nenter's coat attached to the saddle
No trace of the missing man ever has
been discovered. II Is believed Car
penter was killed by some hunter
who mistook him for a deer or othe
animal and the body then was burieI
TO cover up all indications Of th
| shooting.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

,.ical development Of nnoei
nranna Manhattan the year W."
So If construction which vi"
.,.h fruit nex year when 'ae
costing plant and the new ",l' =
,ho Rig Four get down to ous'u's
~. should elevate the pine uee
camp 10 the million dollar class -
osnr ores ran a fraction higher
.san former years in gold.
Tho gain in copper is directly
,.aooahle TO the operation oil Tue
- rhomnson smelter in the Wa
rallev which was blown In ias'
January and which has proved an u"
~.auead success from the outset III
tho norphyry belt of White ri",
county Nevada Consolidated haho'ea
1ars. and the Giroux anu
several minor shippers dio oe''ei
,har The preceding year but h az
r.acate was impaired by the aus
astrous strike which cost the N'
a,s,r,et a full months reduction
New shippers from Humboldt anu
Mineral counties helped reduce 'he
loss to the state and the shipments
of the Goldfeld Consolidated 10 'ne
salt Lake smelters, for the hrst UNIV
entered into the calculations OF COP
per statisticians.
The silver column virtually fepte
sents the greatness of the prodoo'io"
of Tonopah supplemented os Tue
smaller yield of the comstoek anu
the by-produet of numerous s"a''
mines scattered over the state.
Resumption of ooerations on the
Enreka railroad an the reopehihs
of the large lead propositions o hu-
raka after a suspension of nearly
is months. proved the salvation oi
the lead industry. Lucky Boy Whien
had heen the mainstay of lead min
ing. was undergoing reorganiAdtiol
and no work was done In the way oil
shipping ore so the full Responsible
inv was thrust upon the eastern
counties. Zine scarcely held Its own
but. next year. will be forthcoming
from Good Springs. Clark county.
where the only producers of the state
are situated.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
DEATH OF POPULAR CONDUCTOR

C. f. Woods. one of the $
known conductors on the Tonopah
and Goldfeld railroad, died sudden
ly Sunday night at his home IN
Goldfeld. Although Woods mad
been slightly ill for the last two
weeks death came without warning.
Woods made his regular run sun
day morning, being in charge OF
train No. "a which arrived in Gold-
field. He spent the day at his home
with his family who were with MIN
when he suddenly expired. Several
weeks age the deceased took a trip
TO the coast as his health was aillng
at that time. The trip did not prove
very beneficial and Woods returned
about two weeks ago and resumed
his duties with the railroad.
The deceased was about 80 years
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
.ss4.oS5,44o

For seven years Martin has pre-
.ras this statement and his estima-
tes have usually been confirmed ny
the official report of the ohi'eo
states geological survey covering the
saua ne,i,d but issued nine months
later. saws the Tonopah Bonanza
The returns for 1912 show a gen
erons increase in all lines with the
execution of gold. which reeeded 10
an extent that lowered the produe-
tion of the yellow metal to a ma
terial extent. The decline OF the
Golddeld Consolidated. whose gross
production fell from $1S5,544 III
January. 1912, to s4o1,ooo IN oc-
tober D artially accounts for the de-
crease but in spite of all conditions
this wonderful gold producer ADDED
over $4,000 to the wealth oil the
world during the past II months. 10
offset this impoverishment the Ne
NaQa NOnuel anu NS'"N
Wonder and Fairyiew respectively
resumed work after a long smut
down owing to a shortage OF water
In the reservoirs of the Hydro-Elec-
fro and, for nine months oil
the year these properties have av-
eraged $4,000 each with gold as
their chief element. Owing to litiga-
ton the output of National suffered
and other northern camps yielded
less than normal.
On the other hand Nye county
contributed more than its regular
quota to the gold column. From
Tonopah alone it is estimated the
~s3.41S.720 in gold alone was ex-
tracted in addition to ~S6,S37,440 In
silver. In the first half of the year
leasers at Tonopab Gold Mountain
maintained regular daily shipments
wherein the values were in gold
Round Mountain kept merrily grind
ing away on gold ores and the new
mill at Manhattan gave a decided inn
petus to that camp. Aside from the
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
DISCARDED LAWYER HoMEslCk

". II. Sehnitzer, disbarred by the
courts of Nevada, under indictment
by the grand jury of Washoe county
for periury and cause of the baa
name of Reno and Nevada as a III
vorce community through his adVer-
Using for clients when he lived al
Reno. o asks that the Indictment
be dismissed so he can return 10 the
United States. At present he Is IN
Winnipeg.
In a letter to District Attorney
IWoodburn of Washhoe, sehnltzer
saws the notoriety given him by MS
indictment prevented him from re-
Stunning the practice of law In Ne"
York where before comming TO Ne
yada, he was a partner of the Ape
unmmel who was convicted of per-
;urv and served a term al Sing Sing.
He saws he had to go 10 winnipeg
where he is earning a precaflous
living selling real estate on commits
sion. Now he has been advised 10
seek "a warmer climate and ne
saws he wants to go to southern Can
fornia. but cannot while the indlct-
ment hangs over him.
WOODBURY. is quoted as saying that
he thought he would do as Sehnitzer
asked him to do.