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New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
MOOD TRIM MAKERS SEE
WATERLOO IN NEW CODE
Oppose Section Compelling Use
of Metal in Buildings More
than 100 Feet High:
FEAR S2O,OOO,OO0 TRUST
New Organization Will Rule
Trade if Law Is Changed, 1t
Is Said-Allied Boards
of Trade Against It.

II the aldermen pass the new building
code, including the section which pro-
vides that no woodwork or other COM
bustible material shall be used In any
lfireproof building more than 100 feet In
height" II will facilitate the formation OF
la $4,000. 900 monopoly in the steel trim
Industry and wipe out the millions now
Invested in the wood trim business Of the
lcountry, according TO representatives OF
the wood trim industry who appeared be-
tfore the building code committee Of the
Ialdermen yesterday. The committee held
its last public hearing at No. 81 Cham
bers street. Alderman Herbst chairman.
said that the code would be in shape for
Sadoption before the fall elections.
I Argument on the Questionable" sec
ttion was heated. Representatives OF the
carpenters and other building trades
kunions declared that from 10000 to $4,000
hnion men would be thrown out OF work
hf the rule were adopted.
{ Lewis J. Horowitz. president OF
1.-THE Thompson-starrett Company; Colonel
iWelles, Of Clinton & Russell architects, OF
mo 80 Liberty street. and L. S. Bing
builders. Of No. sos Fifth avenue, repre-
teentlng the Allied Real Estate Interests
hall spoke against the adoption Of the sec
ltion. No 103. G. Richard Davis was
spokesman for this committee.
Richard S. Newcomb and Charles j.
HARDY appeared for the freproof wood
trim interests and W. d. Smith. formerly
lof the Thompson Starrett Company. spoke
sn the interest Of the metal trim manu-
facturers Newcomb and Hardy said that
lss. 900 900 of stock OF the United States
Metal Products Company had been taken
lover by the firm of Tucker & Turner. Of
IBoston: Ladenburg. Thalmann & Co, OF
mo. % Broad street, underwriting the
newly formed National Steel and Bronze
Company. of Boston. TO control the metal
trim industry All Of the smaller firms
have been absorbed by the new Boston
concern. except the Dahlstrom Metallic
Door Company Of this city, they said.
Newcomb declared that the Boston con-
Germ was the beginning Of a gigantic con-
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
HE SPICED DOUBTFUL MEAT
Former Cook at Ellis Island Testifies
Before Commission.

Jacob Mnsterman. formerly cook on
Ellis Island. told the commission investi-
eating the feeding OF immigrants yester-
day that much OF the meat received at
the island was TO say the least. doubtful
I'm quality. Much OF It he trimmed, he
said. and frequently he fixed II up by
putting lots Of spices and onions into his
meat dishes
lie would not eat such meat himself
he said. lie likewise gave unappeuzlng
details concerning hash and fish fed TO
immigrants. Minsterman lives at No. 9oS
Westchestcr avenue. The Bronx. lie was
cook on Ellis Island for a year.
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
SO A WEEK WENT FAR
SChiIdkneCht Said to Have
Stolen S55,000.
RAN TWO AUTOMOBILES
Washburn- Crosby Flour Co.
Employe Said to Have Posed
as Millionaire.

After spending the summer with a
woman he introduced as his wife at the
exclusive Garden city Hotel. keeping up
one, and possibly two. establishments in
the city and running a pair Of automo-
biles on n salary Of $50 a week, John c.
Schlldknecht, cashier I'm the export de-
partment OF the Washburn-C Crosby Flour
Company. at No. Il Battery Place, disap-
peared suddenly a week ago. when his
employers discovered that their accounts
were tangled up. Yesterday afternoon the
Burns Detective Agency sent out 100 cir
culars. giving a description OF young Mr..
Schlldknecht and Offering a reward Of 800
for his arrest as an embezzlor.
Schildknecht was a trusted employe up
10 the time OF his departure, his en-
ployers said yesterday. having been with
the company for three years. Two years
ago be was promoted 10 the Office or
cashier and bonded for 5000. II was said
by the bonding company officials yester-
day that his defalcations amounted TO AZ
least $500. and possibly more.
The method said 10 have been employed
by the young cashier was very simple.
For nearly two months IL was said. he
had been putting the cash paid over 10
MIN by the statesmen into his pocket and
falsifylug the record 10 make Il appear as
II the accounts were stl.l outstanding
By the time tn. second months ac-
counting reached the headquarters ot tn"
company. In Minneapolis. II was seen
that something was wrong A ion6-d.s-
tance telephone call came 20 the ~"
York Office on August -. That DAY
Sch!.dknecht went out To luncheon earlier
than usual and never came back Since
then detectives have been digging w his
history.
\ year ago It appears. schildkuecht
rented an apartment at 40 - West uith
street under the name OF Taylor. III"
moved IN there with a woman who passed
"a his wife. Soon they had two automp-
b!lcs. Much OF the couples time, ac-
corG.ng to the inveG:. gators Of the guar
autee company. was spent at Garden city.
There the two po,cl as millionaire.
paying ,ll5 a week FOR one OF the finest
suites IA the house They entertained
literally. and schildknccht became famous
for his royal spending II was not an
usual FOR him TO send out $40 bill for
box OF cigarettes and tell the boy to
keep the change
This was only In the evening and on
holidays. however. ON work days young
schildknecht becam, the go a week cash
Ter and worked lndus,riously at his desk.
giving those around him no reason TO
suspect his altered circumstanccs lie
travelled 10 Garden city in an ordinary
day coach. but TO and from the hotel no
rode In one OF his own motor cars. and
the chauffeur who drove him received $40
a month out Of the young clerks $50.
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
"WHITE SLAVE" RESCUED
Girl Held Captive a Year Says
She Was Lured from Home.

Held a captive by white slavers" since
last October, Elsie Klein, seventeen years
old, missing from her home, No. $50 Bush
wick avenue. Brooklyn for almost year.
was found yesterday by the police In
house at No. II Rock street, Williams
burg. The police arrested Louis Bomfne,
thirty-four years old. lie was held with
out bail pending a hearing in the Manhat-
tan avenue court.
Unable 10 bear any longer the life that
was forced upon her. the girl wrote let
ter, which she threw from n window In
the Rock street house yesterday The
note was found and taken 10 the Stagg
street police station. Detectives Thorn
ton and Behrends went TO the Rock street
house, where the girl was. She told the
story OF how she had been I'll treated after
being lured from home. Bomhne was then
arrested.
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
7 sol,dation, controlling twenty-seven pat

solidation. controlling twenty-seven pat
ents.
"Our information is that this Boston
firm is already n s20O'O,0oo corporatloh'
said Mr.. Hardy, "and nobody can 'eii no"
much larger il will become. The rent
payers of New York will have 10 pa!
the dividends on this enormous capitaiiza-
ton. The taxpayers will have 10 pa!
this enormous and unjusuhaoie triou'e
10 the hollow steel interests. The cost OF
the steel trim is from % 10 90 per cent
more.
1--WE urge fire prevention AS the nrst
consideration, but there is no good redso''
to exclude entirely the wood Trim irotil
buildings over 100 feet high. That woulu
annhilate the wood trim Industry ana
throw coon men out Of work, who de-
serve consideration by this committee oy
rea sonable action on this matter
W. j. Smith. for the steel trlin lhlei
ests, confined his argument primarily 10
the safety of tho occupants or oullolhRS'
He said he had no knowledge OF 81
gantic consolidation" Of. the steel trim
business.
The matter really narrows down 10
whether conditions rs they exist IN t1ls
city to-day demand the use OF incom-
bustible material above a certain height
and whether or not wood is comousup.e
material" said Mr.. Smith. The real
basis of the law IS to prevent the rap'l
spread of fire In buildings above hels"t
where the means Of escape and faclhIes
for fighting fire are not readily availaD''
We submit that the human being VINO
works or resides on the sixth moor OF
any building Is entitled TO be surrouiue"
by the same protectory measures as he is
on the twelfth. for the hazards whicn
attend n fire are so similar In the one
case ms in the other as TO be simply a
question Of small degree
Representatives Of the Gypsum INDUS
tries Association Of the City OF Ne"
York protested that unfair discrimina-
ton would he practised against Their
product" If the code was adopted in Its
present form.
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
PRAYER BOOK HIS MASCOT
Race Follower Has 1t with Him,
Even in Court.

William J. Schepherd who has admitted
losses at the racctrack exceeding 100000.
said yesterday during his examination
before William Tallman, special bank
ruptcy commissioner, that he never was
without prayer book. lie carried IT in
his coat pocket
Schepherd took the worn little volume
out and held IL reverently when asked by
counsel for the creditors what II was he
had In his pocket.
schepherd is in the jefferson Market
prison on n charge Of grand larceny made
by Mrs Florence May Heggie. OF Ithaca.
n. Y. She accuses him OF getting $1,000
from her to prosecute a claim 10 large
estate IN Germany.
Schepherd said yesterday that he gave
notes covering the entire amount. He
refused to answer many questions OF the
ground that the answers might incrimi-
nate or degrade him.
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
His BIueCOatcd Guard Of No
Avail Against Teacher He
Tries to Gust.
SCHOOL IN AN UPR0AR
Commissioner Takes Hand in
Affair and Says Scene Must
Not Be Repeated
Board Is Angry.
fFrom The Tribune Cores ondent. !

West Orange. y. j.. Sept. 9.-Mss
Laura c. Welch, the deposed principal of
the ST. Cloud school, who successfully de-
fed all efforts made yesterday TO force
her to give up her former post, won an
other victory to-day.
Awed by the determined stand Miss
Welch made. Alton H. Sherman, superin-
tendent of schools, was too timid 10
oust her. though two bluecoats stood
ready to put his orders into execution.
Miss Welch and her sister. Miss Kathe-
rine A Welch, held possession Of the
school, and for the second day it was i'm
possible to conduct classes.
The Board Of Education had decided TO
suspend Miss Welch on charges OF in
subordination and to try her case later.
The superintendent was instructed def
nitely to take charge Of the school to-
day lie went TO the schoolhouse with
two policemen as an escort. The Misses
Welch forestalled him. however. The
former principal sat at the desk she had
occupied Of old and again refused TO per-
nit Miss Blanche Smith, who had been
named as her successor, TO assume con-
troll.
Mr.. Sherman told Miss Smith TO ring
the bell TO summon the scholars to their
desks.
I'm principal here and I'll do that,
snapped Miss Welch. who seized the bell
and suited the action to the word. In
stead Of obeyng tho summons the pupils
stood I'm the yard and jeered.
After time the children filed into the
school. Miss Welch instructed them to
sing the twenty-third Psalm. She and her
sister raised their voices I'm the chant. but
not a child Joined in. At the order Of Mr.
Sherman the Lords Prayer was repeated
by the children but when Miss Welch at
tempted 10 assemble classes the school
was in an uproar. The superintendent
then dismissed the school and withdrew
defeated for the second time.
Nj. Sherman was told by School Com
missioner Stephen d. Riddle later In the
day that the scene must not be repeated
tomorrow. lie and the police VIII be on
hand early to keep the insurgent teacher
off the school grounds.
Members OF the Board Of Education salo
to-day that Miss Welch would be eX'
tremely lucky n she got any class at al
iu West Orange after the matter has beer
thrashed out Some OF them expressed in
dieuaton that Mr.. sherman had failed
to prevent Miss Smith from assuming
charge OF the St Cloud School this morn
laE.
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
investigated Advertisements Guaranteed by The Tribune.
Fee Charged Tor investigation Arranged in Advance.
. AssS SlISxlsl IzaISlEJIX3

Fee Charged Tor investigation Arranged in Advance
at the inception of the company, had been offered
for investigation to be advertised under lhe In
bunal that you would have refused the advertisng2
Refused not just the word to use We explained
the gentleman who asked the question that such
at the inception OF too speculative to
warrant the publication of an advertisement under The lr
bunal"
That the security for such an Investment dependent
problematcal market That could not toresee just
what this market might be- Although the proposition might
appeal to the intent of this classification
to publish only such Investment opportunities were conserva
We assured him believed advertising such he offered
perfectly legitimate. We familiar with the product for
which he wanted to finance manufacturing plant We knew
that the article had been thoroughly tested The article had
not been aced the market Qualified practical experts
had stated that market assured.
We believed in the article and its probable future, but
do not believe probematica market sufficient security to
warrant The Tribune in giving to its readers under The r
bunal guarantee that such proposition safe and
sound investment for their money.
We explained to this gentleman that UNDER CERTAIN
CONDITIONS his proposed advertising might be published in
The Tribune purely speculative proposition but not under
That he would have specifically that the PROPOSE
ton was speculative That the company did not seek the in
of the savings Of widows and orphans but only
such who could afford take chance specua
opportunity with the hope that the from the invest
would repay if successful the chance taken.
There are many such They seeking such
opportunities They will invest large when the PROPOSE
ton appeals to their judgment and they feel of the hon
esty of purpose and integrity of the promoters.
We would necessarily have to feel or the honesty and
integrity of the before such advertising could appear
anywhere in The Tribune.
But with such a conviction picture advertise
with appeal strong enough to warrant promoter taxi
ing this finance any speculative rebu of
course, it could appear under The Tribunal
1t does take many investors with 900 to
finance even big propositions
We repeat that The Tribunal designed for in
vesen of this character To appear under this classification
they be and the present security make
the investment a safe
The advertisement published below is considered safe
and sound Investment We offer Tribune readers with
the assurance that we believe to be so.
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
N. Y. RAILWAYS SHOWS GAIN
Feature of Annual Report, How
ever. Is Big Expenditures.

The annual report OF the New YORK
Railways Company for the hsca! year
ended June 90, 1913. issued yesterday
showed that the company's revenue from
street railway operation was Sli,Ooo' loo
Compared with he previous year. SIX
months OF which was under receivers op-
Grafton. there was an increase In gross III
come Of si9O,7l6.
The principal feature OF the report was
the large expenditures for Improvements
made and authorized in the year approx
iulating s2.500O00. II was stated. however
that most Of these expenditures were not
sufficiently advanced 10 be OF any ma
terial advantage, and II IS expected that
an annual income of about S3eH"O VIII pe
derived from this source.
Reference was made 10 the exchange OF
transfers with the Brooklyn and North
River Railroad Company, operating across
the Manhattan Bridge, and 70 the nego-
tiatlons with the city for the establish
ment of a Joint fve-cent rate with the
Staten Island Ferry. Theodore Shonts'
the president, stated that consideraole
progress was made in the year in the hnaI
adjustment Of receivership matters, al
though II is impossible 10 make any aC-
curate estimate Of the amount the Rail-
WAYS Company will ultimately receive
from the funds In the hands OF receivers
Regarding the company's financial condi-
ton Mr.. Shonts said:
1T has cash in baak approxmat!ng 81
$1,000 and bills receivable, representing
loans 20 the city Of New York, amounting
10 Sl.CoO00 additional these amounts DO
not include q special cash fund Of S5oi'uv0
received from the joint reorganization
committee as working capital. or the
{, AZ. az5 - realized from the sale Of the
Central Park. North and East RIVER ran
road deposited with the trustee OF the
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE AWARDED
Given TO Hallows Institute Man by
State Regents.

The Regents OF the State OF New York
have awarded state scholarship prize
OF sl00 year for four years 10 John j.
Buckley. who was graduated from All
Hallows Institute.
Whcr the institute was established four
years ago Buckley was the first student
20 register I'm tho high school depart
ment. lie completed the requirements for
the Regents college entrance diploma In
June.
All Hallows Institute is at Nos. 10 and 10
West l2ith street. on the north side or
Mount Morris Park. The school is con-
Quoted by the Christian Brothers Of Ire
land, under the patronage OF Cardinal
Farley.
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
CALIFORNIA OIL DEAL ON
Foreign Combination Named as
Petroleum Company's Buyer.

Los Angeles. Sept 9.-It is understood
that representatives Of the Royal Dutch
Petroleum Company and the Shell Trans
port and Trading Company, the world
wide rivals Of Standard OIL, which nave
lust started TO invade American territory
are investigating the California Petroleum
properties.
officials of the California Petroleum
CORPORATION will neither affirm nor deny
the report that deal has been closed
whereby the Anglo Dutch combination
will absorb the California Petroleum prop
critics
G. G.. Henry, OF New York, one OF CALI
fornia Petroleum's voting trustees, VINO
has been here for some time. is now en-
route to New York. 1t is expected that al
Official announcement will be forthcoming
shortly from New York.
William Salomon & Co., bankers for the
California Petroleum Company, refused 10
either affirm or deny the above report
yesterday The deal between the great
foreign oil combination, which has the
backing OF the Rothschilds and other
powerful European banking interests
and the California company is believed IN
financial circles to be nearing consum-
nation. An official announcement may De
made to-day.
The Royal Dutch Petroleum Company
and the Shell Transport and Tracing
Company have strongly intrenched them
selves recently along the Pacific Coast and
rTl inc Of
dividend on the stock of the Prairie Oll
and Gas Company, a former Standard oli
subsidiary, was attributed to the severe
competition offered by the foreign COM
pany.
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
goy RUNS TO SCHOOL; is KILLED

Vincent OConnor. thirteen years oId'
OF No. 306 West 54th street. while run
ming TO public School s.. In West '2d
street Yesterday. was knocked down and
killed by wagon belonging 70 inc Ne"
York Bottling Company. The boy was
playing near the school, when the gong
sounded for the afternoon session ana he
was anxious 70 get 10 his seat on urle'
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
r. r. ASKS TO ISSUE BONDS.

Jefferson City, Mo, Sept. 9-The Chi
cago Great Western Railroad applied to
the Public Service Commission to-day for
permission to issue S3.ll6,OOo in bonds and
a similar amount in per cent preferred
stock to cover a mortgage of the Wiscon-
sin. Minnesota & Pacific Railroad. a sub
sidiary.
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10

In a crowd Of hats, one al
ways stands out-a Stetson.
This Fall, as usual, W;
stand out with a complett
line Of Stetsons-soft hat,
and Derbies.
New Fall blocks, olde,
favorite blocks; new Fal
colors, other staple" colors-
the widest kind of an assert.
ment.
Here are a few
The "RoPeCo"- soft ha,
for young men-our own idea.
and confined exclusively ID
us-$4.
The "Briarcliff" soft hat-|
slightly taperlng crown and
fiattish brim-$3.5O.
The IS t e t S o n Special
Derby-the pride of th|
Stetson shops, confined e,I
clusively to us in New Yotl
.-S5.
The Stetson "semi-fexibk|
Derby-our own idea and cor
fined exclusively to us-S4.
II you're interested in knowing how
hat is built. q glance a, our windows tod
will be worth while.
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
RELIABLE ENTERPRISES THAT OFFER INVESTMENT.

6 REAL ESTATE BONDS-A manufacturing corporation with
clean record and established profitable business adding
has authorized of 66 Real Property Mortgage
Bonds apply the of this addition The has
doubled from earnings during the Net
equal four the Of bonds Current
earnings times the of interest entire
Bonds are by city real buildings and
equipment Denominations $500 each Price par and interest
net go Full details be had by addressing Bonds Box 49,
New-York Tribune
New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
TOURIST AGENTS FOR P. r. r,

The Pennsylvania Railroad manage
ment has made arrangements with
Thomas Cook & Sons. the tourist agents
y,borebv the lines OF the Pennsyvania
system will be represented by that nrm
a. lis Offices I'm all parts OF the world.
The Marshall republican., 1913-09-19
Or WV CIVILIZATION.

Those OF M who point back with
pride to four or five generations OF
good blood" may be surprised to
know that grandpa whom We
thought a great man. was very much
OF q heather. From a copy OF a pc
per published In 1921 We find that
Petitions are getting up In England
for u prohibition OF the use OF steam
engines" Aud then Ia the same is
que h this wonderful notice endors-
ing railways. but not steam railways:
Rail Ways for Stage Coaches
The first experiment for stage coach
,s travelling upon railways has been
made with great success vbetween
Darlington and stockton. The rail-
way from Wilton to stockton. a dist
ancc OF twenty-five miles. was form
ed for the conveyance OF Goals, and 80
great IL the advantage OF this kind OF
road for lowering the expense OF
carriage. that Goals which formerly
sold nj iSs. per ton In stockton. are
now sold there for SIS. Cd. The rail-
way passes through Darlington,
which II a distance OF twelve miles
from stockton. aud tive coaches nov
travel the road daily. conveying a
great number OF passengers At the
rate OF a penny per mile, each. The
vehicles are the old bodies OF six In
eide coaches placed upon new and
lower wheels. fitted for the railway.
They are drawn by a single horse
witch often draws from twenty TO
thirty passengers at the rate OF ten
miles an hour. with quite as much
ease as a horse nov In a gig. the
traces being generally loose. and his
principal effort being TO maintain his
speed"
The Marshall republican., 1913-09-19

Speaker John A. Peters of Ellis
worth. Me-, a Republican, was chosen
to fill the vacancy In the Third Con-
gressional District by a plurality OF
553 over Mayor VIM. A. Pattangall.
Democrat OF Waterville. The Demo
cratic candidate polled as large a vote
as Mr.. Wilson did in the 1912 cam
paign. The Republican triumph came
followers TO their old party.
through the return OF the Bull Moose