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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
COURT RULING ON BONDS
A BLOW TO YERKES ESTATE

were valid The bonds were sold At 80
cents on the dollar and Mrs. Yerkes
brought her suit. insisting that they were
worth par.
The sale Of tho bonds netted the estate
If Nh Ycrkcs moro than 81 000. 900, and n
il is compelled to make restitution for the
worthless paper there is A possibility that
the estate will be insolvcnt. When Mr..
Yerkes died. in 1905. 1t as believed that
his estate would he valued at $4,000, 900.
The transfer tax appraisal showed that
the net estate amo Intod 10 less than
81 r".oo'
The bonds wee bought from the Yerkes
estate by Andrew cook. who acted under
an Arrangement With the Chicago Rail
WAYS Company. successor to the Console
dated Traction COMPANY. Justice Olson
said IN his decision that Mr. Ycrkes over
stepped legal bounds in bringing about
tho large bond issue in order that his
Chicago Union Traction Company might
gain control Of its chief competitor the
consolidated
Tho court held that the Yerkes street
railway merger was against public policy.
This decision. II is thought, might en-
courage holders OF the bonds to sue the
yerkcs estate. Justice Olson said that
The Chicago Railways Company did not
become liable for the payment Of the
bonds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
FOUR CAUGHT AFTER CHASE
Men Arrested for Annoying
Sunday Crowd at Clason Point.

4 squad of detectives and three or four
hundred persons Joined IN chase after
alleged pickpockcts AT Clason Point Park
about sundown last night. which ended N
the CAPTURE Of four men. While the
crowds we're getting Oh and off the cars
q, the terminal the detectives noticed
four mon minglinE among and josthng
tho passengers moro than seemed proper
for A SUNDAY afternoon. When rounded
up los Police Captain Charles Place and
Detectives Loeb. McElligott and DAILY the
men we're taken 10 the Westchester police
station.
They gave. their names as Anthony FER
eonl. bartender OF No. 40 Second ave-
nue.. Michael Manfred, theatre usher
NJ No. el49 Second avenue Richard Wyn-
,roth. n gardener. of No. 1915 Williams
bridge Road and Eugene Wheeler. an
electrician. Of 40. is Kent street, Brook
Ign.
There was no evidence that any ~ the
men had been picking pockets although
vanfredi had $50 in his clothes. How
cvor the prisoners were held for the
night court on the charge Of disorderly
conduct.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
TEN MORE DIE IN CHICAGO.
Fifth Day of Heat Swells' Death
List Above Forty.

Chicago. June 2e.-The NTH day of So
we're heat brought the death roll Of this
hot spell here to above forty tonight.
Ten deaths were reported by the police
to-day. and Their. were hundreds OF pros
trations. taxing the capacity Of public
and private hospitals.
The maximum temperature vas N de-
grees and the mercury stood near that
point all day. For more than 80 hours
the thermometers have registered around
that figure, and neither night nor day
has Their, been more than suspicion Of
lake breezes TO temper the suffering.
Thousands rushed 10 the lake for relief
and several drovnings we're reported
here and at suburban points.
At Joliet. ILL.,. four persons died to-day
from the heat and seven others are re-
ported near death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30

Joseph Gronbcrcer is lost to America.
II is just a. woll. for Joseph in week
or so might have walked right into the
White House and assumed the Prcsi-
denCy.
Some Of the universities bore have
turned out young men Of assurance. It is
said. but none with a nerve" to equal
that of Joseph GronborScr who is a grad
late of Heidelberg and undoubtedly a
descendant OF those German harons who
once took toll Of ships on the Rhine.
Herr Gron5crgcr is the only man known
who without ticket crossed the ocean
as saloon passenger on board liner
and got away with It Undecided.
Herr GronborGcr is the only alien known
who went to Ellis island and applied for
"a government job after once having been
deported.
Herr Gronbcrcer has othcr distinctions.
but for the time II will he sufficient 10
tell of these
Herr GronberGer. dressed i'm the height
OF Inter don Linden fashion. stepped
aboard the France al Havre on June IS
and sousnt shady place on the boat
deck. lie kept much 10 himself and sell
dom went To tn dining saloon for mis-
meals Always he kept out Of the way Of
tho ru.sor and the chief steward and.
according 10 the story he told At Ellis lei
and yesterday. none Of tho ships officers
questioned his right on board
he was not listed on the ships mani
fest or passenger list, so when he left
the France after her midnight docking he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
TO END TRUCK R0BBERIES
Horse Owners Association to
Keep Tabs on Drivers.

Tho Horse owners Protective Assocls-
ton. comprising more than two thousand
members. with offices al No. a Canal
street. will attempt to prevent further
wholesale truck rohberies az disclosed in
tho RAIDER case. by organizing the truck
drivers and keeping q systematic account
Of tho thefts from each truck. In this
way they expect 20 discover tho drivers
that are i'm connivancc With the thieves
and Obtain evidence Tor their conviction
since the association was ORGANIZED, less
than a year ago. IL mas succeeded in prac-
ucally wipins out horse stealing I'm great
cr New York The officers think the plan
for doing away with jhe truck robbories
will be equally successful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT
AGAINST BANANA TARIFF
Proposed Duty Would Raise the
Price of Poor Man Luxury,
Saw Dealers in Letter.

Strong objection 10 the proposed tarln
outy Of FIVE cents a bunch on bananas
falseo by the Banana Buyers Protective
association in A letter 10 President VIII
son. The association is composed of
thousands Of fruit vendors and pedlers'
VINO say that the banana is their cmef
means o. support. II is asserted by the
association that the increase in cost 70
me consumer viii be r0any times the
nominal tax OF Eve cents "A bunch. In
oroer t. recoup for the action OF this TAX
me importer will raise the price much
more than hve cents a bunch. The JOB
yer or wholesaler will make an additional
increase. and the retailer will be- com
Ieued almost 20 double his prices In or
Ger to derive a fair profit Tho letter 10
'he President reads In part as follows:
The proposed tax on bananas Is inde-
''h.iblc ana inexcrgah'o from any ri~F-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
Old Consolidated Traction
Stock Held Worthless
Holders May
Recover.

Lawyers here pho have been Interested
m tho MANY suits over tho estate Of
Charlie 7 Yerkes. tn chicago traction
man. are trying To figure out the possible
result on the estate of q decision which
chief Justice Olson. Of the Municipal
court i'm Chicago. mas made. declaring
as worthless sG.15o.0oo Of tho bonds of tn"
old Consolidated Traction Company OF
Chicago The court dismissed the suit
brought b, the late Mrs. MARY adelaide
Y,rkcs. wife Of Charles r. icrkes am
continued 10y her executors. TO compel the
Chicago Railways Company. which bought
out the old Consolidated COMPANY To-
make good 20 the estate NJ her husband
on rho entire bond i,su" ~ tho old line
The estate oC Charles r. Ycrhcs held
itt2tooo " tho bonds declared worth
less by the court and it rs considered not
unlikely that the present holders VIII try
tc recover from tho estate the money paid
for the bonds unier IN" belief that they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
STAR IN 'NEWS|ES'' GAME
Thorpe. Indian Athlete, to Play
ShortStop for Giants.
BEST TALENT FOR BOYS
McGraw Says So-Chance to
Use Hand Picked Flowers
of the Yankee Team. "

Jim" Thorpe. the famous Indian run
ner will play shortstop for the Giants ~
the newsboys' benefit game between that
team and the Yankees on July =. As
Manager McGraw says. Nothing but the
hest is going to do for the 'neusies'."
The game is for the benefit Of the new
rensboys home fund
Along with the tall Indian there will
he lot Of other stars on the Giant team,
for McGraw says ne is going 10 see 70
It that the game so far as he is con-
cerned. is the best his men can play.
Thorpe year ago went 10 Stockholm
for the OLYMPIC games. The Europeans
we're greatly interested in him. Not many
Of them had ever seen an American Ind
ian before When Big Jim" won rrize
after prize I'm the games interest changed
To admiration and wonder.
He pas popular over there but IT did
not spoil him bit. lie was Just the
same quiet Indian he used TO be. He ac-
cepted the honors that came 20 him with
all dignity and then he Joined the Giants
Big Jim" IL going 10 be one Of the
stars Of the day when the Yankees and
the Giants meet. Manager McGrav. when
asked II he would put Thorpe in that day,
said: Sure thing. Nothing but the best
is going 10 do for the 'nersies'."
So big Jim is going in, and along
with him will he lot Of others that Man.
ascr McGraw is particularly proud OF.
When Manager Chance heard II he said:
Well. McGraV's got nothing on me-
Nothing but the hand-picked flowers OF
the Yankee team will he on exhibition
that day. I'm going into this for blood
20 that is what the fans have M look
forward n. One Of the greatest games In
baseball history between the most noted
teams OF tho rival leagues and right in
the middle of the season. II is the second
time the two clubs have ever faced each
other at this season Of the year. The
only other time was when the Giants and
the Yankees met last season for the bene-
ft of the sufferers from the Titanic dis
aster.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
BADLY HURT IN AUTO CRASH
Mans Skull Fractured in Accident
on Staten Island.

In an automobile accident on the Rich
mond Turnpike at Castleton Corners,
Staten Island Joseph Hopkins. an cleo
trical engineer. twenty-five years old.
who lives at the Beverly apartments, 81.
George. had his skull fractured yester-
dav afternoon and was taken 10 the
Smith Infrmary at New Brighton In a
serious condition.
hopkins was riding in the car OF Sid
nov Wilcox. an insurance broker. driven
nv Walter King. when an automobile
cor,irn from behind struck their car.
Roth men in the Wilcox machine were
hurled to the roadway King escaping
injury. The car which caused the acct
don't did not stop, but its number was
49,, I'D go 20 N" police.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
THIEVES VISIT WEST SIDE.
Crack Safe and Leave Finger
prints Only in Place of SO, 600.

safe burglars. who have been active on
the Fast side lately. appear to have
transferred operations 10 the West Side
If rho city Early Yesterday morning
two safes i'm the office OF David Stone. a
silverwarc manufacturer. at No. 50 West
Sth street were blown open, and the
thieves got about $4,000 worth OF silver
ware.
In the afternoon the iaritor Of the
building notified Mr.. Stones bookkeeper
that his employers store had been
robhed Lieutenant Glynn. OF the Mer.
GOV street station. secured some good
impressions Of the hngerprints left on
the safes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
DEATH MESSAGE FATAL
Man, Hearing News of Wife S
End. Expires on Stairs.

Heart disease. brought on by shock over
his vifc's death. is believed 20 have caused
the death last evening Of Thomas Shid'
n packer in Bronx department store.
His wife died from tuberculosis IN -
.loscph's Hospital AZ ~ o'clock Yesterday
forenoon and Shldy had started for his
sisters hom". At 80. 80 East l4'th street.
~ tell her and his two children OF Mrs.
Sh,dv's death. He collapsed on tho stairs
LEADING to the apartment and died before
an ambulance arrived. The children
learned Of their mothers death through
ncShhors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
ALPHA DELTA PHI SCORED
DR.. Bliss, in Plymouth Church,
Denlores Action Against Jews.

The action OF the Alpha Delta Phi ira
ternitv in annullng the charter OF inc
CHAPTER at the College Of the City OF Ne"
York was deplored from the pulpit oil
Plymouth Church. In Brooklyn Yesterday
morning by the Rev. Or. Howard 5 Bliss
. member Of the fraternity and presi-
dent OF the American College at Beirut
SYRIA AT his college he said he had
people of many races unoer "''' anu
all were treated alike
For that reason. he said. the Jews came
n respect the Christian religion ana
some of them finally 10 adopt it he sa,d
h. saw no reason for treating Jews on
ferently from other races, ana tha' II "
,raved an unchristian spirit to DO So
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
SUICIDE HAD BANKBOOK
Shot Himself in Capital-May
Have Lived Here.

Washington. June "a stranger sup
posed to be- Henry J. Ammon, Of Ne"
York or Boston. ended hts lt' ~ room
Ing hous" hero to-day by sla-hins ns
throat several inches deep and then
smashing gas Jet The only Gle" ~
the IDENTITY Of tho man is bankbo'N
bearing the name of Henry j. Ammon'
issued by the American Savings Bank OF
New York. showing there were several
hundred dollars 10 Ammon - credit th'
last deposit being made YESTERDAY.
lie was apparently about forty wears
old short. clean shavcn. and weighed
about 10 pounds There was a deep scar
over ono eye.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30

point No marketable bananas arc raised
in the United States. nor is their pro
duction within its limits possible. There
is no monopoly ia tho importation OF
bananas. but the proposed tax will In
cvitahlv ;cnd 10 cripple and eventuallr
annihildtc the smaller competitors. AMI
thus force the condition, which VIII per
nit the strong To overwh,lm the weak.
THE banana is the poor mans fruit,
II is the cheapest and most nutritious
OF all the fruit products al the command
of the average person. II is the sole
luxury TO he found in the dinner pail N
the scanuly paid day laborer
Investigation will rrove to YOU that
sinister influences outside Of the banana
industry are back If this proposed injus-
ticC'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
EXPLOSION IT NAVY YARD

with an explosion which aroused the
marines and others In the neighborhood,
a store house IN the New York Navy
Yard. filled with hemp and ropes, caught
frt last evening and threatened for B
time tc spread the blaze 70 nearby
paint and oil warehouse.
After lighting the blaze for half an
hour the marines succeeded In remov-
ing the danger to the oil warehouse. A
still alarm brought the city apparatus,
which quickly put out the fire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
Find POLICE seReEANT's BODY

The body Of Police Sergeant George
Kiereted. of the Far RockaWay stauoh'
uas found lying on the beach near ROCK
owav Point Yesterday afternoon by two
MON IN their wav 10 the cottages there
The coroners physician said that ne han
died from apoplexy. lie vas IN fnll uni
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-30
BEE BLAMED FOR BAD FALL
Stings Pony, Which Throws Boy
Causin. Conclusion of Brain.

Edward Anderson, eight years old ~
No. l3l West I'D street, fell and received
conclusion OF the brain when A bee stung
a pony on which he was riding al Glen
Island late last night
over his head At the New Rochelle Hos
pitai il was said that the child was still
Unconscious and that the chances for his
,e,c,rrt uorr -ti-ht
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-13
COLDENBERC'S ENLARGE
DEPARTMENT STORE
Add Frontage on K Street to
9TH Street Estab-
IiShment.

Steadily increasing business has caused
the owners Of Goldenberg's department
store to enlarge their plant by taking in
the two-story buildings at 704 and 1O8
K street northwest
The advantage of the addition does not
lie merely in the fact that the firm now
has two additional stories affOrding an
added floor space Of nearly 900 feet,
but they now have an attractive frontage
on K street as we'll as on 7th street. The
addition. also. Is found to greatly i'm
prove the ventilation Of the entire store,
furnishing a natural draft.
The work Of taking the two old struc-
lures, which have stood unimproved for
many years, and converting them into
part OF q modern department store re-
Quired but two weeks, yet 1t was not the
work OF an expert contractor, but was
supervised by Willard Robey, an employe
OF the Arm. Iiich q Fitz Simons We're
the architects.
It is practically a new building. The
frontage on X street is twenty-four feet
and the depth Of the building is sixty
feet. The front has been changed COM
pletely and the latest style of show
| windows put in.
| The latest pattern of a panic-proof re-
| volving door has been put in. This door
is made SO that II will collapse whenever
| fire or any other unusual disturbance
/, on the inside of the store causes the
| occupants to rush against the door with
| unusual force.
| The inside has been painted in the same
style as the rest Of the store. buzz walls
and white ceilings. The ceilings are OF
metal, making the new addition partially
| ireproof.
! On the first floor have been placed
| domestics, sheets, cottons, percales and
| white goods. On the second floor is the
mems furnishings department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-13

finn as London's chief place OF enter
tainment, and II held that position VIII
out much abatement of Its glo1es LOT
something like forty years. IL was
opened in June. 1854. by the queen ana
the prince consort, neither of whom ever
lost their great affection for the puiiu-
ing or their confidence in the blessings
which il would bestow. and Ior MANY
wears a fete at the Crystal Paiace was
an essential feature and the climax oi
the welcome which England gave TO visit
ing ROYALTY In 1856, the emperor Oh the
French and the Empress eugene were
entertained, and at various Iater uaIes
Prince Frederick William OF Prussia the
Regent of Baden, the Sultan OF turkey
the Shah Of Persia twice, Car Alex
ander II Of Russia, the Grand Duke
vladimir. the Queen of Greece. the
sultan OF Zanzibar, the present German
emperor and empress. and NJ. de Lesseps
on the completion Of the Suez cana.
Most Impressive Of all. perhaps. was the
Misunderstanding festival 10 celebrate the
recovery from his illness of the Prince
of Wales in 1872. when OOoo people
gathered to listen to Mile. Titiens and
the orchestra and choir of 2 500 persons.
At the ROYAL Horticultural Socictys fete,
as far back as 1855. E31 500 was taken
at the gates in q single day. In 1867 fire
did damage to the amount of nearly f30O.-
OO0. The great displays Of fireworks,
given first by Mr.. Brock and later by
Messrs. James Pain & Son, were the
most magnificent to be seen anywhere.
The thcater In its early days. under
the charge Of Mr. tnow Sir) Charles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-13
MANY IN
18TH STREET PROPERTY
Owners Remodel Former Resi-
denceS for Business
Purposes.

Improvement is under way of two PROM
inent corners on 18th street northwest
which for many years have been allowed
to lag behind the city's growth in that
direction.
into a practically new building the old
residence properties at the southeast cor
ner Of 18th and H streets northwest.
There are to be four shops on the lower
floor, all fronting on 18th street, and four
apartments above. r. p Witty & Co.
are the contractors.
This improvement follows directly more
extensive operations on the part of the
Washington Loan and Trust Company on
II street between 18th and 18th streets
northwest. This company has become ex-
ecutor for several estates which own
property in this block and have remOd.
eled the southwest corner of 18th and II
streets, built a new home for Barnhart
Brothers & Spindler on II street nears13th
street built several other small buildings
and destroyed other small structures with
q view to building in the immediate fu-
ture.
Just block further north from. the
Wagenhorst improvement. at the south
east corner Of 18th street and New York
avenue, Howe Totten is remodeling two
old residences into a modern store. Office
and apartment building.
The first floor is to contain three stores.
Two will front on New York avenue and
the third on 18th street. On the second
floor will be four offices for dentists in
suites, each suite containing four rooms.
The third floor will be converted into two
roomy apartments. This property fronts
IS feet on New York avenue and 81 feet
on 18th street. Robert. HAZEL Is the con-
tractor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-13
SALE Of RESIDENCE IN
DUPONT CIRCLE SECTION
D. J. DUNCAN Transfers to
S. w. Ferguson House at
1916 R Street.

The Stone & Fairfax Real Estate Cor
poration reports the sale Of the three
story brick and cement residence at No.
1916 r street northwest, adjoining the
corner Of 10Th street. for David j. Duni-
gan. who recently remodeled the prem
Uses.
The purchaser, S. W. Ferguson, ac-
quired the property at q price of 1900,
and will occupy it as his permanent
home.
Mr.. DUNCAN has just obtained posses
sion Of the two adjoining houses, and
he proposes to Immediately start work
to improve them along similar lines to
the house just. sold. This will add ma
terially to the further desirability of this
square for residential purposes.
Another large house. forty-foot front
age is now being constructed by Clark
Waggaman, architect, on the opposite
side OF this street for Mrs. T. w. Plead
we'll, for her home, and when the vacant
corner at 10th and r streets Is imp roved
the block will be finished and regarded
as one Of the choicest locations in the
Dupont Circle section.
Joseph Letter. DR.. Thomas A. Clayton.
Ord Preston. William B. Mason. Arthur
J. Parsons, H. 8. Meserve. Robert l..
Russell and John Henry Purdy are
among the residents of this block.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-13
A Danger.


Unfortunately, proud spirit n always
in danger OF being mistaken for . bad
disposition.