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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05

AM sending my way Of keeping rails
~ ins and currants from falling to the
bottom of the cake.
"I always cook them frst. This
keeps them from sinking, and they
do not extract moisture from the cake as
they do when rolled In flour. MRS A."
A device until now strange to me. How
long must they be cooked? Are raisins
seeded and halved before they are cooked?
And is there no loss of fiaver to the cake
by the process? Let us hear from you on
these points. So many cooks have trouble
with the sinking of fruit into q clammy mass
at the bottom of the cake that your simple
price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05

demption from the serious plague of " rats,
mice and such small deer" including the
red squirrels that haunt our country cot
tages after they are closed for the winter.
/ have given the prescription to dozens of
friends thus afflicted, and have yet o hear of
failure where a faithful trial was made
of the queer process.
Mem: Patent rights not reserved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05
A Dishwasliing Hint.

IF you have to wash dishes, etc. keep
plentiful supply of soft paper in the
kitchen, with which wipe out greasy pots
and pans. plates and dishes. before you
begin to wash them. 1t will save time.
temper, labor-and soap. b. T. NJ"
capital idea which was recommended
to us for adoption some weeks ago by an
other canny housemother. / know cooks
and the mistresses of cooks who never
allow scrap of wrapping and packing
paper to be thrown away. 1t is a marvel
to the acquaintances of one of these how
she always contrives to have quantities of
clean tissue paper 10 lay in between her
best gowns whenever she travels. She
never buys it for that purpose she ex-
plains, but folds and lays away every sheet
that comes to the house In miliners and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05

Have you not seen-as l have-the gro
GERS boy drop the. reins and jump down
from his seat-pausing. perhaps. to adjust
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05

remedy. But In the matter of bread you
have a chance for self-protection. The
-four is now ground and bolted under sani-
tary laws. and when you get good brand
It is virtually pure and clean. No one is to
blame but yourself il the utensils in which
the bread Is mixed the hands that touch 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05

and loaded into cases for distribution. And
then 1t is sent forth without wrapper. to
be distributed to various bakers and gro-
GERS. who handle it before it is sold to you.
Do you know in what state are the hands
that receive 1t and bundle it before it Is
put with your order?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05
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Goods Contaminated bp Flies.

And bread that was on the way to your table
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New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
PTOMAINE MYSTERY GROWS
Twelve New Cases in Flatbush
Total, 29 in 9 Block Radius.

Twelve new cases Of ptomaine pOis-
oning have appeared in the Flatbush
section Of Brooklyn within radius u
two blocks Of the home Of Mrs. Marv
Pratt. Of No. l737 East 18th street
who died after an attack OF the NAL
ady last week The new cases bring
the total number mp 10 twenty nine.
Eleven Of the latest sufferers are chill
drcn and one an adult. Mrs James
Davis. Of 80. 1914 Avenue O. Mrs.
Davis is in a serious condition. Or.
W. r. Petit is attending all the VIC
Tins
Both Dr. Petit and the health au-
thorities are as far as ever from dis
covering the source Of the many cases
Of illness in the district. The Health
Department is examining the con-
densed milk which is supposed 20 be
responsible. but no one can understand
why the attacks should be- confined 20
so small section II the milk is At
fault. DR.. Petit said yesterday that
he was much dissatisfied with the
length Of time taken by the Health De-
partment TO analyze the milk He has
sent some Of the milk TO the Brooklyn
Diagnosis and Research Laboratories
in order TO get report as soon as pos
sible
New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
BARBER HELD AS RI0rsn
Lone Policeman Keeps Mob ~
Strikers at Bay with Pistol

Threatening TO shoot the first man =,
tried to take his prisoner away. pop.a
man Grosberger, of the East 10th s,,.
station. held a mob Of five hundred .,.n
ing BARRIERS at the point of his revo,'''
last night until reserves from two ro,,.
stations arrived For a time the ~
gathered at Fifth avenue and ilstb s,,.''
resisted even the efforts Of the Ia
number OF policemen to disperse tn
However. they finally moved up IN. a..
nue.. shouting defiance and singing ..
"Marseillaise."
The striking BARRIERS, part Of c,o,.,
OF pckets. members of the Indus,.,.
Workers OF the World BARRIERS mi
starting from 10th street. made tb.
way up the avenue enticing working ~,
bers from their shops. When the nl.,.
of business Of Frank Finax, at No ~.
Fifth avenue, was reached Frank Gns,
of No. 1924 Second avenue, according -
the police. entered the shop and tried 70
take the BARRIERS with him. In the =,
gument between Gileo and Finax br,,L
was thrown through the window and ~,
shop was wrecked. The pickets the,
marched to 10th street, where Grosbers.,
stopped them.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
COURT RULES ON MEXICO
In Revolution, Says Justice, but
Sale of Stock Is Permitted.

The Supreme Court OF this state gave
It's attention TO Mexico yesterday. It's
opinion was To the effect that not only
was Mexico now in a state Of revolution.
bu; that IL was likely TO remain IA such
for some time to come.
The opinion was rendered by Justice
Philbin in denying the motion Of Jose NJ.
ORTIZ for an injunction 10 restrain Nolney
D. Williamson from selling block OF
mining stock which he had put up as
collateral for $4,000 notes, now due ortiz
asked for the injunction on the ground
that the disturbed conditions In Mexico
made IT impossible to got good prices for
legitimate mining stocks.
The justice recognized his contention
but held that postponement of the sale.
unless made for an unreasonably long
time. would appear 10 be without any
material advantage TO the plaintiff.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
SMITH HEARING AUGUST 7
Sulzer Notifies Queens District
Attorney of Charges.

From 4 stan Correspondent Of The Tribune.
Albany. July Ex-Governor Sulzer to-
day notified District Attorney Matthew
]. Smith Of Queens County that charges
had been preferred against him and that
his removal from office had been asked
by Borough President Maurice t. Con-
molly. Frank l.. Holmes. Of Forest Hills;
Frederick 5. Ohle. jr, Of Long Island
city. Edward G. Molby, OF Richmond
Hin. and Louis A Birdsall, Of Jamaica.
Mr.. smith has until August 10 make
his answer. and on that date hearing
on the charges will be given by the Gov
ernor
Nine charges are made against him.
among them being these.
That he attempted by grand jury sub
ppnas. the influence OF his office and by
threats and other means TO coerce and
intimidate witnesses and other persons
for the purpose of procuring statements
for use In civil action
That he endeavored without Just
and proper cause and with improper
motives TO have the grand jury indict
persons who are his political enemies.
among others Maurice T.. Connolly and
has wilfully and Intentionally failed
properly to advise such grand jury as 10
the law, and in fact has instructed IL
contrary TO the law.
That he has sought to protect his po-
litical associates by preventing the
grand jury from calling witnesses whose
presence and testimony IL desired. al
though said witnesses had previously
waived immunity.
That he has wlfully impeded the grand
Jury i'm its Investigations to serve his
own "ulterior purpose" and that on or
about September II. 1912. he seized cer-
tain books and records OF the Sheriff for
the purpose of preventing the Sheriff
from carrying out mandate of the
Governor.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
AT 90 ASKS BACK ALlMONY
Mrs. Deborah Van Ness Sues for
$4,000. Covering 46 Years.

Mrs. Deborah Van Ness Of Garden City
Long Island. who ls ninety-four years old.
has begun action I'm the Supreme Court
% Department. to collect forty-slN
years alimony from the estate Of her
husband. Cornelius Van Ness, who died
three years ago The amount she asks is
approximately $4,000 The trial will be
held at Mineola in the fall Mrs. Van
Ness obtained decree of divorce from
Ter husband on May q. 1851 She was al
lowed 500 year alimony, but only dis
covered this recently. she SAYS
Most Of his property Mr.. Van Ness OBJ
tained from his second wife, who died I'm
1925. Two years later he married again.
his bride being only twenty-seven, while
he was eighty-two At that time IL is es-
timated that he had IN his possession
property valued at 81 900 900 Most Of this
he conveyed TO his wife. almost stripping
himself In his will he gave most of his
remaining possessions to her. Surrogate
Fowler. OF Manhattan, has since set the
will aside. and action is now pending TO
set aside the conveyances whereby Mr.
Van Ness disposed OF his property.
II this action is successful the estate
will be greatly enlarged and practically
all OF il will go TO his daughter. who IS
his chief beneficiary since the setting
aside Of the will Mrs Van Ness No. has
been living with her daughter the wife
Of A. Ross Parsons. since the divorce
proceedings She started the action for
back allmony TO get something for her
daughter. rather than To aid herself. but
the changed status OF the case puts her
In the position OF practically suing her
own child.
The plaintiffs lawyers applied TO JUS
tce Scudder. of the Supreme Court. In
Brooklyn. yesterday for an order direct
ing tho temporary administrators OF the
estate. X. S Ransome and Wallace Mac
Farland, to produce before trial alimony
receipts. If they have any. After the suit
was begun Mrs Van Ness No. 3 produced
an agreement whereby Mrs. Van Ness No.
released her claim for the sum OF $1,000.
Mrs. Van Ness No. said she never
signed any such release and never got any
money under II.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
OLD GANGSTER RECALLED
Will of Baker, Slayer of Poole,
Comes Up in Trustee Case

The days Of old New York, when ganz,
ruled the city and politicians plunder.1
the public treasury freely were recalled
by an application made to Justice Don.
nelly, in the Supreme Court yesterday 70
have a new trustee appointed for the
estate of Lewis Baker whose name was
on many lips in this city before the Civil
War and for a short time thereafter
The former trustee. William J. Baker,
nephew of the oldtime politician, died on
July !, leaving no one 10 take care o.
the property on behalf OF Lewis Bakers
widow, who is now Mrs. Jennie l.. Conk.
lin. of Valley Cottage, Rockland County,
y. Y.
Lewis Bakers most widely known &C,
was the SHOOTING and killing Of "BM"
Poole. leader Of the Know Nothngs, In
the early SOS. Later he figured proni.
nently IN the Astor Place riots, and finally
departed hastily for Paris about the tine
that the Tweed gang fed the country
after the Imprisonment Of their leader
lie died there in 1873.
shortly before he left this country
namely. on May I. 1873. he made Will
leaving his entire estate both real and
personal. TO two executors. James Murphy
and Leroy knight. with the exception Of,
his house at No ZIG 5th street This was
left TO them in trust, two-thirds OF the
income to be paid 10 his heiFs-at-laT' and
the other third TO his wife What Murphy
and knight received from the estate was
never known, but Baker was reputed 10
have amassed a vast fortune during the
war on contracts
The two executors died some years ago
and the nephew was appointed IN the'
place. The property Is now said 10 be
worth $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
Il" CONTRACT DEFENDED
Chairman Mccall Inclined to
Favor 1t, He Says.

Defence Of the proposed form Of con-
tract for the construction and equipment
of the third tracking and extensions OF
the elevated lines of the Interborough.
which has been attacked By Borough
President McAneny. was made yester-
day. Chairman Mccall Of the Public Ser
vice Commission said the contract was
not considered by that body. but he was
inclined TO think that if year or a year
and a half could be saved hy such a
form he would favor II. The company
was right, ne added. in not putting into
the draft tho percentage Of the cost that
the contractor should get as his pay
ment as that matter was for the com
mission TO decide
\ person interested in the contract said
Borough President McAneny evidently
was not aware that such form Of CON
tract was extensively used by railroads
in large operations. The tendency in
competitiye bidding. he said. was for the
contractor TO include an amount for con
tingencies that rarely arose. II the ac-
tual cost OF the work was charged
against the company having the work
done the work was likely to be done
cheaper. Another point was that there
was absolutely no risk Of the contractor
falling in the work by going into bank
ruptcy.
The commission authorized advertise
ments for bids for the construction Of
Section No. of the Astoria, Woodside
and Corona line. in Queens This Is the
section which will begin at the Queens
boro Bridge plaza and cover the junction
OF the railroads running 10 the three
points mentioned. as well ss the proposed
extension TO the Steinway tunnel
New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES
Third Avenue Railway An
nounces Plan for It's Men.

group insurance plan whereby all the
employees Of the Third Avenue Railway
Company may obtain 1900 life insurance
at a low rate, through an arrangement
with the Travellers Insurance Company
Of Hartford was announced yesterday by
Frederick W Whitridge president Of the
company.
Policies, according 10 the plan. will be
issued to all employees Of the company
without medical examination II a suiii-
cient number Of them accept the plan.
Members Of the Third Avenue Benefit As
socation will be required TO pay only 81 4
year premium. while other employees Will
be charged sl2. The difference between
the two rates will be paid by the benefit
association.
In addition to the life insurance offered
the employees are also allowed the oppor-
tunity TO obtain a maximum OF $500 acct
dent insurance by the payment Of 70 cents
a year. Both policies are in addition TO
the rights which the men may have under
the law for accident or death compensa-
tion. and If the men leave the company's
employ their insurance is continued by
the payment Of the regular amount OF
premium from the time Of leaving
New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
BIG DAY FOR n. J. GUARD
General Mills, u. S. A., to Re-
view the Fifth Regiment.
GOVERNOR FIELDER VISITS
Calls on Camp Fire Girls with
the Generals and Colonels
of His Staff.
W, r.I.snrn D - rnL.n-

Camp Fielder Sea Glrt. y. j.. July 22--
BrIgadier General 4 J.. Mills. at the
head Of the Department OF Militia Az
fairs OF the War Department. Will re-
View the troops OF the 5th Regiment
National Guard OF New Jersey. Of Pat
erson. ON Friday afternoon as the guest
of Acting Governor Fielder. General
Mills viii come 10 Sea GIrt on Thursday
night and put up az the Little White
House"
The VISIT ~ General Mills viii be the
FIRST from am officer OF high rank IN the
United states service since Major Gen
cral Leonard wood. chief OF stan Of
the United States army reviewed the
troops here the last year of Governor
John Franklin Forts term.
The announcement that General Mills
viii review the troops caused a general
flurr' among the soldiers. and they are
preparing 10 acquit themselves credit
ably before the officer who heads the de
partmen' under which the national
guard operates
Wilmer Cadmus former reg!mentsl ad-
Iutant recently elected 10 the Lieutenant
coiorcicr OF the 5th Regiment. success
fully passed his examination last night
ard Immediately assumed his new
duties. Lieutenant John " Hinchline
formerly OF the 30 Battalion. IS acting a.
regimental adiutant
The enlisted men OF the I'd Battalion
spent the day on the riAe ranges. This
afternoon the men in the lst and Cd
battalions were put 10 grllllng field
work In close and extended order forma-
uons. The instruction was kept up for
three hours, and the heat with the siren
nous work OF charges and double, quick
movements, fatigued the guardsmen.
Governor Fielder. Colonel Austen Col
gate. Adjutant General Wilbur f. sad
Ter. Colonel William A. Schaunier and
Colonel John Rogers. members of his
STAFF, took horseback ride To the camp
Of tho Camp Fire Girls. on the northern
bank OF the Manasquan River. three
miles from Sea Girt The girls saIuted
their distinguished callers like real sol
dicrs. Their scout reported the approach
Of the Governor. and the girls got up at
4 o'clock 10 wait for him
The Governor and his generals and
coloncls posed while the girls snap
shotted them, and then the officers dis
mounted and helped the girls into the
saddles. Then more pictures were taken.
The CHIEF scout girl told the Governor
that she didn't know a Governor could
be 20 nice. whereupon the Executive re-
turned the compliment
The Governor and his STAFF officers
then made tour of inspection about the
camp and congratulated the girls on
their good tent keeping. The girls sang
song composed in honor Of Governor
Ficlder
New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
HUMMEL PREFERS PARIS
Former Lawyer Orders Sale of
His Belongings Here.

Abraham Hummel, tho former New
York expert In divorce law. who served a
years sentence on Blackwelrs Island in
1906 for subornatlon Of perjury and con-
spiracy in the Dodge Morse divorce case,
has decided to shake the dust of New
York from his feet forever
His elaborately decorated home, at No.
81 East I'D street. which has stood as he
left II six years ago when he crcled
the globe with his sisters and his nephew
Abraham Kaffenberg is 10 be dlsmanted
and the fittings sold AT public auction to-
morrow and Friday.
The house has already been sold and
Mrs. Sophia Kaffenberg and Miss Bertha
Hummel, sisters OF the lawyer. are I'm the
city until after the sale TO close up his
business affairs. Mr.. Humme lives I'm
Paris now with his sisters and Abraham
Kaffenberg, who IL operating a cabaret in
the French capital The two men were
familiar figures on Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
SETTING SING SING STAGE
Prisoners Will See Whole Show When
"Within the Law" Comes.

The Sing Sing performance OF within
the Law" which Sheriff Harburger is ar
ranging az an object lesson for the in
mates of the penitentiary, took one step
nearer production yesterday. The Sheriff
received letter from Charles NJ Hayes,
manager Of the company, saying that he
had sent his mechanical staff 10 Sing Sing
10 make all arrangements necessary 10
give full scenic production Of the play.
II am only waiting word from Warden
Clancy now 20 set the date said the
Sheriff yesterday. II am doing ali this.
Including the providing Of special train
for the company"
New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
SUCCESSOR TO MELLEN
DISCUSSED IN SECRET
Committee of New Haven d.
reCtors Meet in Samuel
Rea'S Office.
MANY NAMES MENTIONED
]. P. Morgan Announces That
Deliberators Hope to Make
Their Selection of Can
didate This Week.

The New Haven road directors who are
acting as a committee to recommend
successor TO Charles s. Mellen, the retir-
ing president held secret meeting yes
terday afternoon at the offices of Samuel
Rea. No IS Cedar street. Mr.. Rea repre-
sents the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad stock
holders. The morning session was held al
the Grand Central Terminal
I'VE are I'm hopes that We can call
meeting Of the directors by the last OF
the week and have recommendation 10
make by that time said J. p. Morgan
as he was leaving the Morgan offices
last night
Has any new possibility been consid-
cred today" he was asked.
There have been dozen or hfteen
names mentioned | should say. but !
can't repeat them. II wouldn't be fair 10
any cne Of them. much less to the direc-
tors for whom this subcommittee Is act
ing" he replied. Mr.. Morgan said there
haG been a committee meeting late In the
afternoon. but not I'm the Morgan offices.
Theodore ~ Vail. chairman Of the COM
mlttee. when he returned TO the American
/
street. said there would be 70 more ses-
sions until Thursday. The next regular
meeting Of the board Of directors IS
scheduled for Friday at the Grand CentroI
Terminal Mr.. Vail offered no eNplana-
tior of the secret meeting 1t was held
I'm the Office Of member of the commit
tee. but not in Mr. Morgan's Office ne
said
There vas a renewal Of talk In Wall
street circles last evening that Mr.. Vail
might. after all. be induced to succeed
Mr.. Mellen He is said to have got his
house pretty well I'm order down at the
Western Union and American Telephone
Company Buildings. so that his retire
ment would be possible.
II was learned for the first time yes
terday that at a meeting OF the New Ha-
ven executive committee July /! not only
had the resignation of Charles ;. Mellen
been discussed, but that the question or
new financing had been passed upon,
which will involve the authorization OF
Sb7. So 80 per cent twenty-year convert
ible debeuture bonds special meeting
of the stockholders has been called for
August y 90 vote upon the new issue.
The debentures will pay interest semi
annually and may be converted at any
time between 1915 and 1879 at the rate ot
one share OF stock for each NoV debenture
bond Regarding the purposes 10 which
the proceeds OF the new Issue will be used
the following statement was issued with
the approval OF Mr.. Melen:
The proposed issue OF convertible de-
bentures Will provide Tor maturing in
debtedness OF so 0olOp0 December /, IS
10000 February /. the balance 10 COM
plete the electrificatlon Of the New Ha-
ven. FOR new steel passengers car equip
ment and other necessary improvements.
such as elimination of grade crossings
ordered by competent authority"
curb brokers made an active market in
the New Haven rights and the new
bonds. which were quoted when. as and
II issued" The rights sold from "a down
10 -. while the bonds sold at ioSA. and
lOis.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
LARKIN SETTLES WITH CITY
Drops Suit and Accepts $3.50 for Ser,
vices in Murder Case.

Professor John II. Larkin has accepted
$50 I'm settlement az the suit which he
brought I'm September. 1911. against the
city for services I'm the prosecution of
Albert Wolter, who went 10 the electric
chair for the murder of Ruth Wheeler
about four years ago.
The original bill was for 81 900 and con-
tanned the following items: Rabbits, their
care and maintenance for a serum test.
$50: for immunizing rabbits five times for
blood test. $50. for bleeding rabbits 20
obtain anti-human serum. 500. for ex-
amlning the dead girls body, 500 for
blood tests at SO an hour. 800 for tests
OF handkerchiefs and clothing. $780, and
for two days spent in court during the
trial, 500.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
WYATT IN TROUBLE AGAIN
Son of Former Justice Charged
with Passing Bad Check.

Merritt Trimble Wyatt. son OF William
A. wyatt. a former justice Of the Court
OF Special Sessions. demonstrated again
yesterday his ability TO get into trouble.
a New York firm Of clothiers alleged that
Wyatt had presented worthless check
for $li7 In exchange for wearing apparel
and obtained warrant for his arrest
IT was served by detectives from the New
York and Hoboken police departments
just as the young man was about to step
aboard the HamburgAm liner Bar
barossa. on which he had engaged pas
sage TO Europe He was taken before
Recorder McGOvern. In Hoboken, who re-
manded him to jail pending his eXtradi-
tion to New York
New-York tribune., 1913-07-23
DENIES EXCHANGE REBUKE
Vulcan Detinning Head Says None
Came from Dividend Passing.

William J. Buttfeld. president of the
Vulcan DEFINING Company and "A mem
terday that he had been reprlmanded by
the exchange committee on stock list for
failure to report Immediately to that body
that the dividend on the company's pre-
ferred stock had been passed at "A meet
ing held Monday, July II. This informa-
ton was withheld in written form until
the following Friday
AN outcome Of this misunderstanding q"
said a governor, will doubtless be the
Passing OF a rule making il compulsory
for all companies TO notify the exchange
Immediately Of dividend action, particu-
larly when such action is deferred