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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
JUSTICES ROW IS LAID
BEFORE LEGISLATORS
Assembly Gets Bill to Abolish
Appcllatc's Control Over
Supreme Court.

movement started by the Justices of
the supreme Court of New York county
to be made Independent OF the Justices
OF the Appellate Division OF the Supreme
Court, First Department, has resulted in
the Introduction of q bill by Assembynan
:. Clinton Crane of the Twenty-third
| district. Manhattan, lawyer at i16 Mas
sau street.
The bill has the approval of the ma
jori'y of the New York county Justices
who receive their court assignments from
the Appellate Division. Many of the
Judges have been dissatisfied with their
assignments. and some have maintained
that a favored few have had the priced
places, including Parts |, and H.. Special
Term. where referees and receivers are
usually appointed. The bill has attracted
little attention because the Judges SUP
porting II want it passed before Justices
OF the Appellate DIVISION or their friends
organize opposition.
As to the need of legislation 10 make
supreme Court justices independent and
to give them power to make their own
rules and assignments a justice said yes
terday:
"Only short time ago the stcnographer
of Part |. was taken away, leaving the
Part without "a stenographor. when in
curry was made We learned that the APP
peliate Division had ordered IL. When We
asked for an explanation We We're in
OiiHeu WAT 'ht s'cHoSrapner WIS hted'd
10y an Official referee. Under present laws
our library is under the control OF the
Appellate Division ana So are our court
officers. il IL time the system was
changed We are tired Of having our
business interfered with"
The bill in the Assembly provides for
an amendment which win end the power
of the Appellate Division Justices TO fix
times for holding special ana trial terms
or the supreme Court, To assign Justices
TO hold these terms and to make rules for
the lower court
Among other powers that the bin would
take away from the Appellate DIVISION
are the following The right to appoint a
confidentlai clerk of the Appellate Term.
to appoint special deputy clerks 10 the
County CLERK and all necessary assistants
to these deputies. and to select one OF the
special deputies 10 be jury clerk of thu.
district
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
ROGERS PEET COMPANS
POULTRY MEN TO SURRENDER
Convicted IL VIII Give III To-day
Planning Appeal.

The thirteen members Of the "'u.. ry
trust whose conviction for cons, 90. .
was affirmed last week will sure ..
themselves to-day before Juacr Vs..
hams in General Sessions. They ST. C
committed TO the Tombs pending .. ....
plication to Court OF Appeals j..
Nathan Miller at Albany for cert.
Of reasonable doubt pending an ..H"o
TO that court.
II the certificate is grantee me rs.
PENDANTS will be released on bal I..!.
ing final decision by the higne~, ...'
of the state.
Edward T. Mccall and Isaac ". ..-r1.
SON counsel for the convicted me,l ~ 4
make the application to Justice y.
th!s Afternoon Should he hold y, e
decision the defendants will have II,
main In custody. Assistant Dstr. '..
torney De Ford will appear In OPP, ..
10 the motion.
The defendants were convicted W
spracy In restraint Of trade :uld .'-"
sentenced TO the pcnitentiary for ...H
months and tine Of 5000 each
We're convicted IN August, lgti.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
WILL REPORT ON WAGE FIGHT.
w. G. Rogers 20 submit Evidence Of
Alleged Law viOlatiOn.

Deputy State Labor Commissioner
w. e. Rogers, who held hearings In this
city on complaint that the average rate
OF wages clause of the labor law Is
violated by the Oscar Daniels Company
In the employment of painters who are
working In section IL Of the Lexington
avenue subway. left yesterday for AL
bany where he will make a report to
Commissioner Lynch.
Mr.. Rogers said that Commissioner
Lynch will give n decision about the end
of next week. As far as he knew. Mr..
Rogers said. the decision will be referred
to the Public Service Commission. which
il expected to make an investigation then
to determine the prevailing rate Of wages
for painters.
Most of The witnesses at the hearing
testified that painters got from $225
TO $3.50 and more day on buildings
The union wages are 81 day for plain
and $3.50 for decorative painting. includ-
ing gliding and lettering The union
holds that the union rate is tho prevail
ing rate The employers say that the
union is not always the prevailing rate
the rate being determined on competition
for work.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
LoNGsHoREMEN WON'T YIELD.
Strike ON Monday Seems Likely De.
spite Mediation PIans.

An effort Is being made by the State
Board of Mediation and Arbitration to
avert the threatened strike of $4,000 long
shoremen, which would tie up all the
transatlantic and coastwise steamships
The strike will begin on Monday the
officials OF the International union say, if
the demands of the coal barge captains
OF the Berwind White Company are not
met.
The efforts OF the board do not seem to
promise success, as the Berwnd- White
Company refuses 10 pay the barge cap
tains more than $50 month and won't
recognize the union.
John Hamilton, business agent of the
union, said vest. rday that 175 coal and
transportation companies had signed
agreements to pay the barge captains the
$50 IA month demanded and recognize the
union. But most Of the railroads and the
Eerwnd-Whlte Company have held out
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
THIRTEENTH ARREST BAD LUCK.
Newsboy, ~, Gets Limit Sentence
for DisOrdcrly Conduct.

Elmer Dillon, II years old, newsboy
or Liberty street, Brooklyn, who has
been arrested thirteen times since he was
IL years old, but has always escaped
punishment, was sentenced TO the limit
term of three years in the city reformatory
Tor disorderly conduct yesterday by Mag
istrate Marsh in the Tombs police court.
Dillon. a well dressed youth. IL said by
the detectives to be one OF the worst char
acters In the city. At first he said he was
Edward j. Doyle Of 33 Middagh street.
but later admitted he was Dillon when
several detectives recognized him In court
and challenged his Identity.
The complainant against him was Nor
ris Lovinsky of DC Forsyth street on
Monday last. Lovinsky says. h @ was lured
by Dillon into hallway at Doyers street
and the Bowery. There, the detectives
believe, 1t was Dillon's intention to hold
him until gang appeared and robbed
him Lovinsky grabbed the lad and yelled
for aid until Patrolnan Schneider of the
Oak street station arrived
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
WOMAN ARTIST ENDS
LIFE WITH REVOLVER
Miss Harriet Beck BrOndon Is
Found Dead i'm Madison
Avenue Home.

The bouy OF Mss Harriet Beck Bron-
don. an artist designer OF gowns, was
found At II 80 o'clock last night in her
apartment on the top floor of a four story
house at o,S Madison avenue.
TIL body. clothed only in a nightgoNu,
lay on couch, while in the right hand
was clasped a .3S calihrc revolver one
bullet had been fred into the mouth and
the back of The head was badly torn.
ON the table lay n card--"pr. Johannes
Hovng." the name OF Il surgeon of 22J
Lenox avenue. on the back of the card
was written:
"If anything happens TO mo please
notify this doctor"
The body was discovered by John Dahle-
rup, politician of New Rochelle ana
brother-n-law of the woman, and by
Patrolman Carroll OF the East Fifty-iirst
street station. The two forced open tn.
door after repeated knocks had brought
no answer.
Dahlerup told the police that Miss Beck
l}rondon had promised to come To New
Rochelle yesterday morning to- visit her
sister, Miss BECK Brondon had been suf-
fering with nervousness and meanchola.
When she did not arrive promptly III the
morning, IL was assumed that the cold
weather had kept her Mt home. Mr..
Dahlerup telephoued several times In the
morning, and getting no answer kept re-
Dahlerup hurried to New York. arriv-
Ing here AT IL o'clock. He went To the
house and received no answer 10 his rings.
With the aid OF the janitor he got into
the house, but could get no reply from
the wonan's apartment though light
was burning therr. He then summoned
the patrolruan ana they forced the door.
The policeman said he saw the worna l
enter her house AT 10 80 o'clock on
Wednesday evening. She was not seen
alive after that,
DIR. Sackin 81 Flower Hospital. who
was called. said that the woman had been
dead several hours.
Miss Beck Brondon has been In this
city for several years, She was born in
Denmark, She had lived in the Madison
avenue apartment for about n year.
DR.. HoNug was notified, nut he refused
TO say anything for publication concerning
the woman. He made a confidential state
ment to the police,
The woman is said to be well known in
art circles and II said 10 have "A high
reputation as designer and artist
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
HOLDUP VICTIMS TELL LITTLE.
Police Think They Are Deferred ~
Fear Of .unmcm's Friends.

Antonio Sant,ni, 20 years old. ba rber
Of 3Is East Fourteenth street Leo
Balanca, - years old. an ornament maker,
OF 5oi East Thirteenth street and Sllyiu
Taeliasanipe, 20 years old, a tailor, OF 1sl
Park Avenue, Brooklyn. accused Of being
implicated ia huldup IN tnt Tripol
restaurant AT 3+l Broomr street early
yesterday morning, were remandcd 10y
Magistrate Murphy In the Tombs police
court yesterday TO Police HEADQUARTERS
for twenty-four tours. The first two We're
charged with assault and robbery, The
, other with violating the sullivan law
! They wer" taken to Headquarters to lie
| questioned by Detectives O'Gormau ana
Callahan.
The police investigation OF the holdup
has been embarrassed by the fear OF the
gunmen's victims that they will be Killed
II they give Information The men and
women who were forced TO stand along the
walls and surrender cash and Jewels
amounting to $1,000 insisted that they
did not recognize the faces OF the six
bandits, Acting Capt Tunney. who ~ in
charge of the investigation. said that he
was sure that some of the victims of the
ROBBERY knew the gunner. but We're afra id
| to talk frankly TO the police
II is supposed that the three robbers
who escaped after the screams OF Mrs
Selentino the woman VINO WAS robbed
alarmed the police got away with most
or the money and jewelry. In Santini's
pockets were found pocketbook contain
ing s62 IN cash. d diamond ring a silver
watch and slll in change. Revolyers
were found in the pockets Of the others
ihose IN the party that We're robbed
were MIR. and Mrs Antonio Seleutino of >.
keninare street, pietro Nlnoeprova city
editor of the Italian Journal; Guido Wit
rome, reporter for the italian Journal:
Carlo Nevin, Romeo Lola. proprietor of
the restaurant and a man known az
bominick. Nitrone was relieved of $40
and diamond scarfpin. From Selentino
were taken $500 in cash and tewelry Mrs
Selentino was robbed of a diamond ring
lavalliere and diamond earrings Dom
mick was robbed of $50 i'll cash Mrs
Selentino resisted when one of the rob
bers was removing her earrings He
| struck AZ her. Her husband started to her
assistance and was stabbed in the left
side. He is in 81. Nincent's Hospital in a
serious condition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
FIRE STARTS IN LETTER BOX
seven lmperilled and Thrilling Res.
cues In Lemon Ave. Blaze,

Seven lives were imperllled last night
when a fire. believed to have been started
by mischevous boys In the vestibule letter
box of the five story apartment at 423
Lenox avenue, ale its way into the second
floor and sent clouds OF smoke into the
Railways and rooms above.
Frank Watson, 80 years old was lying
helpless In bed when the police rushed
into his apartment on the top floor and
carried him. his wife and their sx-year-
old baby to the roof and thence to an ad-
Joining building. They rescued four other
persons from the fourth floor In the same
way. Only these two floors were occu-
pied because of repairs being made to the
building,
Clarence Leroy, who lives with his par
ents on the fourth floor, discovered the
fire and gave the alarm at the Lenox
avenue police station When Policemen
Burnell. Fredlander and Nunnery reached
the building the fire was burning brskly
In the two stores on the street floor and
had made Its way upward to the second
floor. They turned In an alarm and went
to the top floor where. Leroy told them,
a man was III with pneumonia.
Smoke was already p1Iring into the
apartment when tho polio pen ran In and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
BRONX NOTARIES BILL SIGNED.
Actions Of Those Appointed Ia New
York County Are Lexaltsed.

ALBANY. Feb. l2.-Gov. Glynn signed
to-day a bill ot senator Anthony j. Grii-
fin ;egdh4ius the acts OF notaries IN
New York and Bronx counties and con-
tinuing their powers. The law enables
any notary residing In The Bronx to act
IN such county for the term to which
he may have been appointed in New York
county providing he files his autograph
signature in The Bronx County Clerks
Office, together with the certificate OF the
New York County Clerk and pay a fee
OF 81.
The Governor also signed a bill OF
Assemblyman Breretun amending the
elections law by providing that nominal
tons of party candidates for city offices
To- he filled at an election To be held at
a different time from the general cleo
ton shall be made after the manner for
Offices to be- iilled at general elections,
except that nominations snail not be made
at the fall primary and that the primary
election shall be unofficial.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13

prepared to take Watson up in their arms
He insisted that his six-year-old daugh-
ter Gladys and his wife be helped first.
When they were safe on the roof the po-
licemen rolled Watson in blanket and
carried him UP the ladder into the cold
night air. They opened the scuttle on the
roof OF 1903 West l3lst street and went
down with him. Mrs. Sarah Murray,
negro woman, lives there with her several
children. She got bed ready for Watson
and he was made comfortable while word
was sent to Dr. T. Martin, his physician.
The policemen then went back and got
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy and Louis Levy and
his son Clarence up from the fourth floor.
The fire Quilted grocery store and n
bakery on the ground floor and did much
damage ON the second floor before 1T was
put out.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
MUSICALE FOR 1900 CONVICTS.
Sing Sing Prisoners Ais" Have
Cigars On LtncOln's Birthday,

OssINi#C, y. ", Feb. l2---More than
thirteen hundred conyicts at S!us Sing
enjoyed the Lincoln celebration In the
prison and did not work IN the shops
Instead they went to a conc ri in the
chapel. The seating capacity being so
small II was necessary TO have two enter
tainments, one IN the morning and the
other in the afternoon.
Musical selections were given by pro -.
fessonals from New York and the newly
organized brass band at the prison.
when was organized 10y Alfred r. Daily
ana consists Of thvty-eight men.
The convicts also received extra courses
at lunch time and were allowed 10 smok q
a cigar In their cells, where they were
confined for the rest Of the day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
ADMITS MARRYING GwYNNEs.
Jersey City Minister Says He Per.
formed Ceremony ON Tuesday,

The Rev. Wilbert Westcott. pastor OF
Trinlty-Hedding Methodist Church in Jer-
sey City, admitted yesterday that he mar
ried Anna r. Kent, q sixteen year-Old
artists model OF 922 Bergen street Brook
Ign, and Arthur Gwynne who says he Ia a
relative Of Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt.
MIR Westcott. who had previously do
MED SO doing, said the ceremony was per-
formed on Tuesday afternoon. The
Gwynnes declared the marriage occurred
on Monday, They obtained the license at
8 o'clock on Monday afternoon.
Prosecutor IIudspeth will continue to.
day his investigation into the circum-
stances of the nasty wedding.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
PALATIAL HOME BURNED.
Residence Of John l.. X user ut Fern.
dale Destroyed.

BoRDENTowN, n. j., Feb. 1.-THE pala-
tal home OF John l.. kuser. president OF
the Trenton Brewing Company at Fern
dale, near Georgetown, was destroyed by
fire early to-day. The fire Ia believed to
have been caused by electric light wires,
Mr.. Kuser was walking about his room
when his attention was attracted by the
cracking OF flames. He aroused the
members OF his family, who In their night
clothes had narrow escape
The loss Is estimated at 100000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
sTEINGUT NO Logger A DEPUTY.
Mayor OF second Avenue Asks SheP.
IN for New badge.

Simon Steingut Mayor of Second Ave-
nue." called on Sheriff Grifenhagen yes
terday and turned over special deputy
sheriffs badge presented to him by ex-
Sheriff liarburger.
Mayor Steingut remarked that as a
leader of Jewish organizations on the
East Side who Is working to rid the
section of notorious dance halls and gang
sters he would welcome an appointment
by Sheriff Grifenhagen as one OF his
special deputies The Sheriff said he
would take the matter under considera-
ton, but made no promise.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
KILLED IN DEPARTMENT STORE.
FIOOrwnlker, III. Falls On showcase
aud Giass Cuts His Throat,

Charles IL, Lord. As years old. OF 339
West Twenty-thrd street, toorwalker
in IA Sixth avenue department store, had
II stroke of apOpleXy yesterday, fell
against a showcase and had his throat cut
70 badly by the shattered glass that he
died few minutes later,
The main artery of his throat was cut.
lie WAS quickly picked UP by other en-
ployees, who endeavored to bandage the
cash. Or. Farnam was summoned from
the New York Hospital, but when he ar
rived he said Lord was dead
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13

Capt. Johnson surprised those AT the
trial 10y declaring that under the cir
cumstances' neither he nor Capt. Berry
could have avoided the collision.
II can figure out no course of action
which. considering the conditions OF fog,
the shortness Of time and my lack Of
knowledge Of the actual course of the
Nantucket. could have prevented the col
lision." said Capt. Johnson, "Nor do !
see how Capt Berry could have done any
thing to avoid 1t after he realized the
proximity OF the Monroe"
1t was brought out that under the rules
governing sea traffic under Ordinary con-
ditions" the Nantucket had the right Of
way and that the Monroe technically
should have passed to the right or star
board side OF the Nantucket. There was
so little time in which to act. however,
that Capt Johnson figured there was not
room enough to cross in front OF the APP
preaching steamer 1t must be remem-
bered always, it was pointed out, that
Capt. Johnson believed the Nantucket WAS
running on n course parallel to his own
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
Ward Divorce Com mission Named,

A commission to take testimony in
london In behalf OF Mrs, Mabel X. Ward
In her suit for divorce from Leslie u.
Ward, son and chief heir OF DR.. Leslie
Dodd Ward, vice-president OF the Pru-
dental Insurance Company, who died IN
American consulate by Justice Blur. The
p'alntln allesY" that her husband has
another womag
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
AUTOISTS FIGHT NEW TAX PLAN.
Bills Increasing Fees Said to Hurt
Business.

New Jersey automobilists are organizing
10 fight two bills in the Legislature intro
duced to increase the states revenue from
this source. Assembyman j. +. Kirk
patrick OF Middlesex county introduced the
bills. ore OF which removes automobiles
from personal property taxation, thus ex-
Guiding them from local assessment. The
fees are increased, giving the state
100000 more year. under the other act.
The Automobile Association of New
Jersey contends that these bills would
affect the business materially
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
WATER FREEZES At MOBILES
Ftrcmen FRil 70 save Five story
Building ON Orchard street.

Hose shot forth water that tinkled down
as ice crystals at "A fire which burnt out
the five story building al Is orchard street
last night.
The building had Just been remodeled.
the two lower floors to be used by II.
foldstein Bros hosiery merchants, and
the upper floors by their families
They had moved part of their stock
from 22 Orchard street yesterday and it
was all destroyed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
100000 FIRE LIGHTS
UP THE PALISADES
School Building, Five Dwellings
and Bakery in North Bcr-
gen Raced.
FIREMEN SUFFER GREATLY
Chief Overcome With Smoke
and Several Burned and
Frozen.

The volunteer firemen OF North Bergen,
n. j. were called out at Z 80 last evening
in the zero weather to fight at heavy odds
a 100000 fire on top of the Palisades.
After two hours hard work in which
ears were nipped with frost and faces
burned they subdued the blaze.
The fire started In Public School No. s..
at Smith avenue and Roberts street.
North Bergen. four story brick building
OF thirty rooms that accommodated 500
children. The school building was burned
to the ground. Five houses and a bakery
also were destroyed and two other houses
caught fire and we're saved with difficulty.
One OF the houses that got afirc was the
home OF John Bengel, a block away, which
was being used as a temporary hospital
to treat the frenen who had been over.
come by smoke or cold.
The fremen had trouble from the start
They had only one steamer and with low
pressure and frozen hydrants that engine
was of little avail. Help was summoned
from Union Hin, West New York and
Palisade. Shifting wind gave the fire
men more trouble.
The greater part of the block In which
/ VIC s0"oo' muse Seoou was ues'ro!ed
though u garage that contained II tank
with 250 gallons of gasolene and twenty
five automobiles WAS s.ved hv tho ,,,y-
a,,. -, ~. e..
III. hia, 49,, ,,
hour. ,,yh,od go, ~ paIi.aS Az. t'i11
M. saar T., San,.,. ,.i,t., emu SVuIu
ara RrnnLiv,, - - 49,, ,'" v,
north.
William Gerrick, janitor OF the school
bous. had b.a, h,,s,, ~ ., -, . ~ ~
boilers and trv,ns 10 La.,,, ~, -, Wv.
mouse war;, in nr.naration for Tho ono,.
ing Of school to-day af,er tho ho,,dav
The building Was in ,u,n not. a, -
section built twenty wears and an addt-
ton finished two wears nyo Two hoiiar
was in the basement of the old house
Gerrick had tho fires going al 4 40
when he left the building TO 40 20 sumner
intending to return and spend the night
there. shortly after : o'clock the boiler
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-13
ANOTHER SPEECHES. DINNEE
America" Institute OF EI-c,rirn, n.
xinecrs plans banquet a In Mod

The Indiana Society Is not the o'l.
cicty to have a dinner without sl.
and with dancing. The Amerrau l0e
tute of Electrical Engineers is 10 u.,.
dinner AT the Hotel BIltror on tongu.
20. II Is announced AS a "diurcr ualt-'
The dance will begin at 10 o'cloch AVID
dinner must be over by then.
Reports regarding the arraugru,' .ts
the Congress Of Engineers 10 b, t...
the Panama Pacific Exposition H. -.
Der. 1915. will be made at the uil'u'