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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
OPENS DOOR TO CIVILIANS
Senate Gives Adjutant General
Power Over EMPLOYEES.
lBY Telegraph TO Tho Tribune.


Albany. Jan. 2s.-Denounced az meas
ure TO permit job grabbing in the al
jutant generals office. the Cuvilier bill
TO permit the sdjutant general to appoint
employees from a civil list and dismiss his
assistants at pleasure was passed by the
Senate to-day by just the twenty-six votes
needed. At present the assistants must
be military men. AMI can be removed only
after court martial or trial on charges.
Senator IIerrick. defending the bill, sal!
the Office was merely an audit bureau. not
. military affair. and tho adju,ant gen
erals hands were lied. Senator Griffin.
Democrat. said he did not approve the
principle - the measure, but would vote
for It. as ne understood the Governor AM
the adiutant general wanted it to help
them reorsanize the guard.
Senator Brown said the law would mak"
the adjutants generals Office "A r"sf
where may repose any political birds ld@
Governor or his adiutant may see T.: 20
appoint
Governor Suzer was asked tonight To
specify Just what he was doing 10 TAX
politics out OF the national guard
"If anybody can't see that" VAS hi-
answer. "se couldn't see the holes in
ladder" And that was all he would "a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
SEEK LAWS TO CHEAPER LIVING
Senators and Assemblymen Meet Representatives o
Farmers and Consumers in Move to Foster Cooper
alive Organizations Banks Urged.

cooperative nature similar to those IN
European countries. which deal chiehy
with agricultural credit.
The third seeks TO establish in the De-
partment Of Agriculture bureau OF SUI
pervson over all cooperative associa-
tons. The commissioner is to receive
salary of 5000. and is 10 have general
charge Of the development OF agricultural
cooperative societies for the buying and
selling OF farm products. He Is expected
to collect and disseminate information
which may lead to development Of the
cooperative effort.
Among those at this meeting were Mrs.
Heath president of the Housewives
League: President Sisson. OF the State
Agricultural Society; representatives from
the Western New York Fruit Grow
ers Association and the Hudson River
Fruit Growers Association. Ezra futile,
OF the New York market commission,
and Vary Mastic. Of the State Grange.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
COURT WARNS GAMBLERS
Prison for Those Convicted Be
fore Him, Judge Swami Says.

Judge Swami, in General Sessions. yes
terdav served notice on gamblers That
in the future he would impose prison
sentences on all convicted before him. As
q. warning he fined John ODay and Rich
ard Denman. who had pleaded guilty as
common gamblers. 500 each and put them
Oh parole for year. promising that II
they were found in any gambling house
within the next twelve months he would
send them TO the penitentiary FOR year.
They paid the fines and promised to DE
good.
O'Day and Denman were arrested IN
March. 1911 in raid made by William
j. Flynn, then Second Deputy Police
Commissioner. Daniel Collin, arrested III
the same rail. was convicted last week
in spite of the fact that most Of the evil
dence against him had either been burned
OF lost" By the police.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
LIZ TELEGRAPH 70 The Tribune. J

Albany. Jan. 2s-As part OF genera
scheme TO produce legislation tending 10
reduce the high cost of living, senator
Roosevelt and Assemblyman cole OF Ut
leans County. chairmen Of the committees
on agriculture of the two houses had
their committees in conference to-day WIN
representatives of farmers and consnm-
ers' associations concerning measures III
tended TO further cooperative eHort vi
farmers ard producers.
In addition to discussing all the farm
legislation already introduced. the con-
ferrees gave particular attention 10 three
proposed bills which would encourage the
formation of cooperative corporations
These bills have the approval of the New
York market investigating committee.
The first is TO facilitate the cooperative
organization of consumers az well ar
producers. The second has to do with
the creation Of agricultural banks OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
SEES ''D|RTY POLITICS"
IN SUBWAY OPPOSITION
Wilcox Tells Queens Chamber
of Commerce Contracts
Will Go Through.
OBJECTIONS OLD. HE SAYS
Borough President McAneny
Wins Applause by Prediction
Dual System Plan Will
Soon Be Under Way.

The Chamber Of Commerce of the Bor-
oueh Of Queens holds just one view OF
the present subway controversy and that
is the one which Chairman WILCOX, or
the Public Service Commission, expressed
TO its members last night in the Waldorf
on the occa sion Of It's second annual
dinner
There isn't thought OF idea. said
lie. lin all this cutlery that Is new.
don't believe there Is one which bears the
stamp Of honesty or expresses the real
interest Of the city. II is a brazen at
tempt at this late day 10 wreck the dual
system which we have for two years on
deavored to make the fixed policy OF the
city. II is nothing but the slimiest ana
dirtiest political move that any one ever
attempted to foist upon this city.'
There was no dissent IN the applause
which stormed from every cosner OF the
room In approval Of these sentiments. IL
broke out again when Mr.. Wilcox. in re-
ferring to the dual system, remarked:
II venture TO say here in this presence
that there has never been a municipal
bargain as wisely and safely made as
this one with these two companies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
$4,000 CITY COURT LIMIT
Bill Increasing Amount Of Judgment
Il May Render Is Void.

Albany. Jan 2s-The Law enacted by
the Legislature OF 1911 increasing from
$4,000 to 5000 the amount OF judgmen,
the City Court Of New York may rem
der was declared unconstitutional by the
Court OF Appeals to-day
The question was raised by the Queen
Aeropiane Company az result of a suit
against 1t by Lads Lowkowich to re-
cover $1,000 for alleged breach Of written
contract OF employment. The City Court
made an award Of s4.3l6. The Appellate
Division set aside the verdict. principally
OH the ground that the constitution pro-
hibits the Legislature from creating
courts OF inferior local jurisdiction with
greater power than IL possessed by
county courtn. The Court OF Appeals
sustained this contention. = T..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
TEST VOTE FAvoRs ELEVATED
Queens Link to Astoria and Corona
Lines Approved.

Colonel T. s. Williams, president OF Inc
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, gave
out letter late yesterday afternoon
which was addressed TO William X. Will
cox. informing him that in test vote
as TO the "desirabillty of the construction
Of an elevated railroad" connecting with
the Broadway 18th street subway line at
the greensboro Bridge Plaza and with the
so-called Astoria and Corona elevated
lines 1857 votes were cast. OF which
.546 approved the proposed improve
ment. The letter ended as follows:
In every way precautions were taken
TO solicit as fair an expression OF public
opinion as possible. and we believe the
result of the count indicates without any
question that a vast majority of the peo-
pie OF Brooklyn appreciate the necessity
and lesirabillty OF such a north-and-
south rapid transit route You Will see
from an Inspection Of the literature that
especial pains were taken In the 1T
erature to indicate that the proposed line
was to be OF elevated construction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
COUPLE HELD AS sWINDLERS
Troy Man and Woman Admit Pass
ing Many Worthless Checks.
[ ~ Telegraph to The Trlhnne.


Nllkes-Barre. Penn, Jan. 2S.-James
DE Nun, twenty-five years old, and his
wife. twenty. who say they arc from
Troy, " Y. nave been arrested here and
have admitted that they. have been sue
ccssfully passing worthless checks for the
last two years. .. , ... ..-. ...
Mrs. De Mrpleclsred that they travelled
from one town 10 another before they
started work. They Cooked the town
ever and then got busy They had found
il paying business. she declared. and
had managed TO escape arrest by quitting
the towns before the police got on their
rack. The couple were caught here after
trying TO pass a worthless check on a
second hand clothing house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29

others
Got We'll Without Il.
The judg. left the water out In the
field and got we'll" came voice from
among the diners.
You are quite right" said the May
or: my father put It out I'm the barn
near the pig pen
What effect did IL have on the
pigs somebody asked
Well. it smeiled so bad there that even
the pigs could not stand II. So he took
the barrel OF sulphur water and he put IL
out In the middle of the Dexter lot. a ten
acre lot Oh the farm. as far away from
the house as We could get. We could not
stand IL even that far away, and | think
We finally Knocked the end Of the barrel
in and got lid Of IT, They were trying To
make a watering place OF Verona, and
that was the result.
The Mayor then spoke of Skeeter-
boro and his boyhood on the farm
there. the schoolhouse and the peoDie
there.
There were the Christies. and the
Mars. and the Sutliffs. and the Paynes,
and the Parkhursts. and so on" ne
said. Probably it is due 10 the Park
hurs. family. If there be any OF them
here, that | should say that they were
in no way related 10 Rabbi Parkhurst-
Rabbi Parkhurst. OF New York. lie
is friend Of mine"
The speakers introduced by Mayor
Gaynor were Thomas r. Proctor. Of
Utica. the Rev. Anthony ii. Evans.
Irving Bachelor. Edmund Wetmore
Justice Isaac f. Russell. Clarence T.
Carruth and Lloyd y. Stryker.
Among the guests of the society We're
Robert Adamson. Samuel A. Beardsley
Judge Blackmar. George G.. Battle
Charles X. Carruth. Justice Deuel.
Abraham Gruber, Lieutenant William
Kennel, Stephen Merritt. Justice Ed
ward T.. Mccall. Colonel w. ID. Mann.
William McAdoo. Morgan J. O'Brien
Elhu Root. jr.. John Il. Stanchfeld
and Patrick A. Whitney.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29

city money and control it in the interest
of the people,
Mr.. Mitchell reiterated several times
toward the end of his speech that there
was no need Of the city going to a pri-
vate banker for funds, saying the clti-
zens would subscribe the amount, as the
citizens of the nation in Cleveland's ad-
ministration oversubscribed government
bond issue.
And the city's bonds are as good as
the nations" said Mr.. Mitchell.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29

no fear. Whether before or after Feb
ruary |, these contracts will be signed.
They will be signed for the reason that
their defeat would mean black calamity
10 the city Of New York. and because for
such calamity no man or men directly
answerable to the people will dare to ac-
cept responsibility.
President William II. Williams. Of the
chamber. presided. Borough President
Connolly, Of Queens. told the diners about
local improvements fathered by his adj
ministIation and got them properly stirred
mp on the subject Of new rapid transit
10 greet Chairman Wilcox. who followed
him. with shout
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
HERDS BODY BORNE IN SNOW
Four Men Garry 1t 90 Miles from
Mountain Mining Camp.

Everett, Wash. Jan. 8.-The body Of
Frank Esersky. eighty-five years old, once
a brigadier general In the Russian army
and a Union soldier in the Civil War.
was brought here to-day from Siverton,
q mining town in the Cascade Mountains,
where he lived many years.
snow slides and deep drifts stopped rail-
road traflc out of silverton and -four
men carried General Esersky's body TWEEN
" miles on their backs.
As far as known he vas without fam
ily ties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
Mitchell Not There.

Some of the others who attended the
dinner were Edward NJ Bassett. former
Public Service Commissioner; Joseph p.
Day. Justice Carrot J. Garretson. Judge
Robert W. lIiGbic Judge Burt J. Hum
phrcy. Lucien Knapp. Morgan J. O'Brien.
IT,. Walter !. Willis and Timothy l..
Woodruff. President John Purroy Mitchell
Of the Board Of Aldermen figured on the
list of guests as assigned. not 10 tho
speakers table. but TO table No . lie
was conspicuous by his absence
Judge liigbie introduced "A resolution.
which was adopted unanimously. provid-
ing that the chamber send Governor Sui
ger telegram asking him not 10 change
the personnel Of the Public Service Com
mission Of the list District until after the
subway contracts have been signed and
put in force.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
AID FOR TURKISH SUFFERERS
American Red Gross Sends $1,000 to
Constantinople Chapter.

Washington, Jan. 2s.-In response to
an appeal from the Constantinople Chap
ter OF the American Red Cross for aid
for suffering non-combatants of the Bal
kan war. the executive committee Of the
society here to-day cabled sl.oo0--all
that was possible because of the depict
ed condition Of the treasury. officers ex-
Dlained
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
Objections All Old.

The chairman explained with note OF
infinite WEAKNESS in his voice that every
point raised by those who are now in
TEN contracts had been passed upon in
the last two wears by the Governor and
Legislature and 10y the Appellate Division
and the Court If Appeals He dwelt
briefly upon what lie called the terrible
que stion OF the bond sale" insisting that
the city paid interest only on what cash
the Interborough and the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit invested i'm the subways and not
on what they paid to get this cash 50
that the price of their bonds did not con
Germ the city He closed in this wise:
Il hope and prophesy that the situation
will so clear and the skies so brighten.
and that the political plo, Matched to de-
fea: the dual system. will be so far dis
sipated that the contracts will get over
TO my friend McAneny 10 vote upon
can conceive OF nothing which would
bring me greater honor or pleasure than
to sign those contracts. not only from
the standpoint Of benefit To the city, bu,
from selfish standpoint would like 10
nave ny cHlIuIcn ana my Cnllufen chill
dren look back upon the contamination
Of those contracts.
But anxious as | am 10 sec that con-
summation. I want to say that no power.
high or low, can bring any political
pressure TO bear 10 lead me into signing
contracts which l don't believe are in the
interests Of the city. II this thing fails
IL will not be because those who have
lived with il have not brought their best
endeavors to bear to bring II to pass"
MeAneny Is Optimistic.
Mr.. Wilcox paid high tributes to Colo
mel Timothy l.. Williams. president OF the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, and to Borough
President McAneny, both OF whom occu-
pied seats at the speakers table. Mr..
McAneny's prophecy. coming a little later
In the evening, sounded even more Opt
mistic. He said:
when you go back 10 Queens you ma y
tell your neighbors that they need have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
CLEAVAGE ON RABBI AVERTE

~ iaDiS 70 ] nc lilbHlFsI
London. Jan. o9.-In connection with
the pending election of chief rabbi
an important statement l. furnished by
a we'll known member Of the Jewish
community here indicating more
hopeful outlook and a prospect that
the threatened cleavage will be averted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
GOVERNOR 70 INSPECT CANAL

Port Of Spain, Trinidad. Jan. es.-Sir
George Ruthven lie Huntc. Governor OF
Trinidad. left to-day on board the Brit
ish cruiser Sirius to E,;iDect the PaHama
Canal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
WILCOX PLAN ROBS
CITY, CRIES mitchell
Peoples Institute Meeting at
Cooper Union Demands Re-
peal of the Wagner Law.
MALTBIE TAKES PART, TOO
Speakers Hold That the City Is
Not Safeguarded - Oppose
Every Act in Scheme
Except the E.outes.

At a meeting OF the Peoples Institute
In Cooper Union last night Public Service
Commissioner Milo r. Maltbie and JOHN
Purroy Mitchell. President OF the Board oi
Aldermen attacked the Wilcox plan ito'i'
every angle except one, and that th"l'
hearers approved. What met with their
approval was the routes.
Every other feature Of the proposed
plans. which are now under consideration
they described as entirely disadvah-
tageous TO the city and of benefit only 10
the marlborough and the group OF bank-
ers who will buy the bonds. Ana WIKI
such detail did they go into their attacks
that their audience, a typical cooper
Union crowd. with the usual scattering OF
interrupters. were time and again WORKED
into a frenzy OF applause.
one man from the floor. 1uring pause
i'm President AIitchels speech. oiIefed a
resolution appointing a committee 10 Je
headed by Mr.. Mitchell. 20 cat on the
grand jury within twenty-four hours 10
demand the indictment for malfeasance
In Office Of Mayor Gaynor. Controller
Prendergast and the other members OF
the Board Of Estimate VINO favor the
Wilcox plan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
TAMMANY PREPARING
ORDERS FOR SULzER
Its Answer to Hearst'S "UIti.
matum" on Subway Situa-
ton to Go to Governor.
MUST OBEY MURPHY'S WILL
Executive Will Be Warned That
Any Nominations Not Recon-.
mended by Organization
Will Be Held Up.
{ By Telegraph TO The Tribune.


Albany Jan, Ex-Governor Suffers iirt-
ing with Hearst has fingered Murphy. Of
Tammany, and the Democratic organ
Ration. which is determined that Hearst
shall get nothing he's after in the New
York City subway situation. with OF with
out Suffers aid. About the time il be-
came known here to-day that the Gov
ernor had long telephone talk with
Hearst last night, il became known also
that Murphy had summoned some OF his
closest upstate allies to a conference with
him in New York City tonight.
At that conference. so FAR az can be
learned here. the organizations plan OF
campaign vii. be discussed and perfected.
and what in effect Will be an answer TO
the Hearst ultimatums will be evolved for
subsequent presentation 10 Governor Sui
ger. The organization has not had any
very strong notion that the Govern"T
really intended TO kick Murphy out in
favor of Hearst. But il does not intend
that either Hearst or the Governor shall
he left in the dark about where Murphy
and the other heads Of this close cor
poration stand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
Puts Debt on City. Says Maltbis.

\ Puts Debt on City. Says Maltbis.
! lie said the figures included the SO,oc
to 81. 90 or more that should have beer
annually set aside for depreciation and
4 adolescence.
\ 1T Is not a contract that ought TO he
approved" he went on. 1T saddles a
debt upon New York for two genera
tons. The stockholders and bondholders
OF the interborough do not contribute one
cent and the city puts in 100000 of It's
own money"
How much did Wilcox get" interrupt
| ed husky.voiced one.
| II think Mr.. Wilcox believes sucercl'
and honestly in the plan he IL support
ing" replied Mr.. Maltbie. Il don't wish
to challenge his motives or those Of ms
other associates, for | believe they are
lust as honest in their belief az | am"
Mr.. Maltbie continued TO say that :he
reason the city could not take advantage
| of the recapture clause in the contracts
was that at the end Of ten years il would
have lost Sts.3SS,625 by the sinking fund
and would not have any money for that
purpose lie added that I'm 1850 the city
would owe 100000.
Moreover, he said. the dual plan. pro-
viding for one subway OH the East Side
! and another OF the West Side. would
| ncccssitate the building of a connecting
! subway even IL the city had the money
20 "recapture" them in ten years. And
then the tunnels were OF different sizes,
he said
Controller Not in the Fight.
President Mitchell began his speech with
a regret that Controller Prendergast was
not with him I'm this fight as he was two
years ago. when they brought about the
Interboroughs offer 10 build the subways
then.
4 voice cried out al tile mention OF the
Controllers name: lie has sold out 80
But President Mitchell thought not
which caused a man TO arise and say that
he couldn't convince a twelve-N ear-old
schoolboy that the entire Board Of Fsti-
mate (barring Mr.. MITCHELL had not sold
out
But Commissioner Msltbie has been on
the side Of the people" resumed Mr.
Mitchell. "and that despite every form OF
influence that could he brought to bear OH
him by the corporate interests OF New
York"
Mr.. Mitchell said he could not under
stand how the Board OF Estimate, which
first rejected the Interbo-ough's offer BE-
a vote of 10 to g. now stood FOR the Inter
borough by a vote Of Is to ,.
II cannot lose sight of the fact" he
went on. that they 0hc Board of Esti-
mate, sacredly promised the electorate
to build subways with city money, and
that they are obligated by that prom
ice 10 carry IL out We went I'm on
platform and on promises that VIC would
construct one system Sf subvsys with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
Demand Repeal Of Wagner Law.


This resolution was ignored. but one
calling upon Governor Sulzer TO ask for
a repeal Of the Wagner law. which Pres
ident Mitchell described az having robbed
the city Of its last safeguards in what
he termed crisis like this. and COM
mendng the Griffin bill. introduced DUR
ing the afternoon AZ Albany was adopted
Both the speakers. as well as j. Aspin-
wall Hodge. who followed them. declared
that II the city could not get better terms
from the Interborough than II offered IN
the present instance to invite companies
outside of the city TO bid. and II this
failed. TO not only build the subwsys
with city money, but to operate them.
President Mitchell said that he was con-
fdent that II the bonds were offered 10
the public through public sale 'h"y
would be oversubscribod. far above par'
and that there would be no need II per-
hitting them to go to j. +. Morgan y
Company for @3i..
Commissioner Maltbie declared that tie
so-called recapturc clause In the pro-
posed contracts which would permit the
city TO 'rAcapture" the subways at the
sll1 or ten years, u tH'S FipN'" "''""
vantageous. was not worth the paper IL
was written on.
There was Wild cheering throughout the
speeches Of Commissioner Maltbie and
President Mitchell. And when the latter
finished resolution calling upon the
fusion Board OF Estimate to live up TO
It's prediction pledges 'as Mitchell nad
done" was adopted unanimously.
Luther :. Bedford, the well known
Cooper Union iutcrrupter. and who has
earned the distinction Of having been at
rested oitener I'm one night than any
other man in New York. to wit. four
times. was elected by four policemen at
IN. very outset OF the meeting when he
tried to speak.
The meeting was called TO order by
Frederick G. Howe. director Of the Peo-
Pies Institute. who declared the subway
contracts needed revision and rewriting.
lie then introduced Commissioner Malt
bic
Mr.. Msltbie sailed right in TO criticise
the Wilcox plan. lie said that II guar
antecd 10 the marlborough for forty-nine
years, beginning in 1917. its operating en-
pcnses. its taxes and f6.23j.o0c additional.
This last ngure. he said, was the COM
pany's statement Of its average yearly
earnings. But he declared II was excess
slve to the extent Of at least 10000 to
more than 81 10000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
MAYOR WOULD TRY HIS
FISTS ON SOME EDITORS
Got We'll Without II.

and 10 prevent them from having
others.