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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
YACHT TAX CASES UP SOON.
supreme Court TO Hear Arguments
On COWstitutiOnnity of Law

WASH iNGTuN, Jan. Some of the
most interesting cases to be heard he fore
the Supreme Court In the next few weeks
Will be the cases brought to test the con
stitutionality of the yacht tax imposed
under the Payne-Aldrlch law. Arguments
are set for next week OF as soon there
after as the cases may he reached.
The tax il imposed on foreign built
yachts used 10y American citizens, Amonr;
the yacht owners VINO have carried III,
the cases from the lower court are Henry
Clay Pierce, q. Is. q. Billings james
Gordon Bennett and Mrs. Harriet Goclet.
Claims are made on behalf OF the owners
that their yachts are exempt for various
reasons.
Mr.. Bennett claims that his Yacht has
been taxed abroad since 1904 by the
Government OF France Mr. Billings thai
he was not within the territorial iuris-
diction of the United states in the taxing
period; Henry Clay Pierce that his yacht
was not in use III the period for which
u was taxed. and Mrs Goclct sets up the
defence that she has been residing i'm
Paris for several years, having acquired
Il permanent residence there
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
ASKS TO EXPLAIN SIPHON DEAL
Ex- Alderman Mcdonald Tells Whit
man He will Testify.

District Attorney Whitman received a
letter yesterday from John j Mcdonald
formerly Alderman from the Twenty thrd
district. asking for an opportunity to 60
before the Grand Jury TO explain his al
legged connections with James o. Winston
one of the unsuccessful bidders for the
construction of a sIphon from Dutchcss
TO Orange counties.
Mr. Winston is said to have testified
last Tuesday that. while the award was
pending, Mcdonald told him of man he
must See II he wanted the contract
Mcdonald says the published REPORTS
Of his connection with the case were err
roneous. He says he is willing to waive
immunity and to tell the Grand Jury the
truth of the matter. He probably will be
called next Tuesday.
District Attorney Whitman left for
Newport. X. l., yesterday to spend the
week end. His process servers are ND the
state seeking witnesses for the John Doe
inquiry which will be resumed on Mon
day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
GENEALOGICAL LIBRARY SURE.
Fund of s85.OOO Complete aud Site
VIII soon He selected.

Clarence W. Bowen, president of the
New York Genealogical and Biographical
Society of 226 West F!fty-eighth street.
announced Yesterday that 500 900 had
been contributed as building fund and
that steps would be taken immediately to
select "A site and to erect building. Sew
eral pledges including one of $4,000
by the late j. Plerpont Morgan. were con-
tingent upon the raising of the full
amount. Mrs Frederick F. Thompson,
who had given $4,000. added s64o on
Wednesday to make UP the total
James Junius Goodwin gave $1,000. James
Junus Draper and Miss Emily +. South
mayd, $1,000 each. and $1,000 each was
contributed by Mr. Bowen. William Ross
Proctor, Mrs. Russell Sage, William Isaac
Walker, Andrew Carnegie. Charles Deer
ing, James Douglas, Edward $. Hardness
Those who gave second subscriptions We're
Mrs. L. ". Hartman, Col. Henry Alger-
non du Pont, Jonathan Thorne. Henry
Sayre Van Duzer, James Benedict, James
Stokes William Ross Proctor Miss Annie
Burr Jennings. Mrs. William Il. Dinsmore.
Samuel Putnam Avery, Ogden Mills Mr..
Bowen. Mrs Thompson and William Isaac
Walker.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
GIRL IN ROAD; DIES OF HURTS
Found 10y Long Island Mo,ormn,
With Hole In Head.

MINEoLA, l.. l., Jan. 2.--Olga Xt-..s..
the e!ghteen-year-o daughtcr ~ ''.'
Iaretsky of Albertson square. vs. fogn
last night with a hole IN the htrs o' .
head lying in the roadway at Ia. 10 .
ton. three miles from Mlneola rrs '.l
hsht or New York and Nu"i- p
trolley car shone on the uncousc.ou- -1'
as john Kelly, the motormau, ,a. ... r
ing curve, He brought he q, ~, d
mann's Hotel without "A stop Ms "lr.t
sky died a few minutes after arriving
Coroner Frank Seaman idert.' 4 II
girl and notified her father. Zaret-.. -,
MS daughter was engagcd tu ne uHrr.H
10 man whose name he dIr' +.
and went tn New York ye.tcrJa. 2. %.
her wedding garments. lie said , wt
In the habit OF walking home FROM Mn.
ola.
There We're no marks Of N'p'e'.. '' >
ting the wound in the head THE '.
said he believed the eirl was s'.'.' .
an automobile, the driver " wiz. '.-
see her in the dark and kept on gong
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
FEARS GIRL IS MOVIE MANIAC
Court orders Examination Of Mar
garet Linn, who shot SimOrs.

Margaret Lima. 10 years old. who shot
Meyer Simons on December IL. was pu'
in care of the Chidren's society yesterday
by Justice Mayo. An alienist will exainn,
her to determine whether or rot she IL
really movie maniac"
Agent Pisarra of the society testified In
court that the girl was suffering from de.
lusions induced by too constant at
tendance at picture shows.
Mirabeau l.. Towns asked. IN behalf OF
the girls father, Jacob Lima. a contrac-
tor of 252 East l05th street. that she I've
set free, but this the court was unwilling
to do.
Miss Lima said that she shot Simon:
because he had injured her He denied
it and was set free because She couldn'
corroborate her story Tho shooting oc.
CURED In front of moving picture plac,
at Lexington avenue and 10th street
Simons was badly wounded. but Is recov.
ering. A lawyer appeared for him yester
day and withdrew the charge against hi,
assaiant
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
WIFE SUES KONTA FOR $l6l. 63s
She says BrOker-PinywriE Bor,
rOwed Money On Note.

Alexander konta, investment broker,
playwright and Translator OF The
Devil" as produced by Henry W, Savage,
and of The Typhoon," was sued yesterday
10y his wife, Mrs. Annie Laurie Kouta, for
slSl,63S. with interest since 1905, The
suit is brought to recover on promissory
notes for loans.
Mrs. Konta Is sister of W. j, Lemp,
the brewer. Ii is understood that her
husband borrowed part of the money to
finance an exhibition of modern Jerusalem
at tho -. Louis Exposition. MI konta.
who lives at the Hotel st, Regis. hasn't
been fortunate In all his enterprises. An
attachment was issued against his
property in 1909 on the ground that he
had fed the country to deIraud his
creditors. His wife said then that her
husband had gone to Europe to organize
large business enterprise,
Mrs. Konta has been prominent IN so-
cial and literary circles
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
ACTRESS IN JEWEL DISPUTE.
Guaranty Company Refuses 20 Pa,
Miss FerxusOm's x.Oss Claim.

Miss Elsie Ferguson, the actress. was
examined in the Supreme Court yesterday
In Il suit AGAINST the London Guaranty
and Accident Company to recover $4,000
as the value of diamond studded brace
let containing l13 diamonds and an an
tique gold cross. which were lost or
stolen. The insurance company refused
to pay the claim because Miss Ferguson
failed to give notice of the loss until six
weeks after she saw the jewelry last.
The actress said that she left the
Blackstone Hotel. Chicago, last March
and put her valuables In Jewel box. She
next opened the box six weeks later at
the Gainsborough. IN West Flfty-ninth
street, when she found The articles mem
toned missing, although topaz ring and
Q valuable unset stone were not taken.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
WIVES WITH MOPS
DAMPEN A STRIKE
Meet Union Delegates at Coal
Barge Rails and They
Retreat.
TIMlD HUSBANDS QUIT
Strike of the Shippers Not Yet
Regarded as Very
Serious.

The strike OF the coal barge captains
in New York harbor received hlackened
eye shortly after it began yesterday,
through the activities of the wives of
about SOC barge shippers. The women
armed themselves with wet and not over
clean mops and when the delegates OF the
union that ordered the strike. known as
Tidewatcr Boatmens Local SAT OF the
Longshoremen' Union. tried To Chamber
over the rails of the barses to call their
husbands out, the delegates were mopped
in their faces until they retreated,
The agent OF strike breaking con-
Germ had called upon the principal trans
portation companies and had been told
that about nifty per cent. of the barge
captains had Quit. not because they wanted
to hc called out but through fear OF vio-
lence, because on each barge there are only
the skipper and his family. and five or
SIN invaders could Chamber on board and
beat them up" In view OF the action
of the wives many OF the captains came
to the conclusion that this fear was
groundless,
The transportation companies said that
about nifty per cent. OF the captains had
quit and that deliveries of coal were badly
noon. those who wanted to go out and
those who quit through fear refusing 20
work after they had received their wages
for December,
A the barges were attached to tow
boats and were liable to be cut adrift
by strikers the harges were tied up l.,
he owners ~ fast as the captains struck
Most Of them were tied UP in the Ere Ba-
sin, brooklyn. which is winter quarters
for some OF them and before the day
Was over the basin WAS fun OF these
barEes, that had been deserted by their
captains. other harEcs were taken 10
l,dgeworth and Eliaabethport to be tied
w.
\ representative OF one of the trans
portation companies said that on ac-
count of the mildness of this winter
thus far there are large stocks of coal
that have been increasing for three
months. lie said that the trolley lines
elevated railroads and subways would
De sur" Of supply OF coal no matter
" hat happened, As To the Hudson River
and Sound steamers, he thought IL POS
sibie that thelI trips might be dlsar-
ranged by the strike, Power plants
would also suffer In cas-. the strike lasted
II was said at the offices OF the Lehigh
and Wilkesbarre Coal Company in the
Jersey Central building that In anticipa-
ton of strike the company had tied
up its barges. The same action was
taken by one of the transportation COM
raues, the Gildersleeve Company,
broadway.
The strike breaking agency that is al
ready on the job had IA large number
OF men on hand near Piers 10 and H.
North River, most of the day but none
of them was put to work,
what are YOU here for?' bystander
asked one OF them.
"Wc're posin for a moyin' pitcher
show for men out of II job" was the
reply.
Thomas Hamilton, business agent OF
the barge captains union, said that about
/ 500 barge captains were on strike Or
dinarly about 5000 coal barges IRE in
commission In these waters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
MRS. VAN HORN LOSES SUIT
Doesn't Prove Brokers' Income I,
More Than $4,000 u Year.

Mrs. icudora Van Horn, daughter of
Major Shaughnessy. who was on Gen
Phil Sheridah's STAFF in the civil war. lost
before the Appellate Division yesterday
her suit against her former husband.
Frank NJ. Van Horn broker. to COM
pei him to fulfill an agree ment of separa-
tion made in 1910 under which she was
to have $500 year aimony and one
fifth of her husbands earnings above
$4,000 a year with the banking firm OF
A. r. Leach & Co.
Mrs. Van Horn divorced her husband
in Reno after she sued for the alimony,
and her husband married again. They
were the only witnesses in the case, and
the plaintiffs testimony related TO a
meeting in the Hotel Manhattan AT which
she said they made the agreement and
her husband told her she would have an
income of between $500 and 500 a
month.
The court held that Mrs, Van Horn
had failed to show that Mr.. Van Horns
income was more than $4,000 a year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
New Device Works Admirably and
Wins Collier Trophy.

DAYTON. Jan. 2.--Orville Wright gave
demonstration of his invention, the
automatic stabilizer, to-day before "A com
mittee of the Aero club of America. win.
ming notable success and the Collier
trophy as well.
Out of seventeen flights. which were
watched with interest by experts from
this and other countries, seven flights were
made with the hands entirely off the
automatic stabilizer. and the turns were
made with "A precision that was amazing
Mr. Wright said to-day:
I'VE have not developed the stabilizer
to so satisfactory degree as we expec,
10 within the next week or two While
1t il but small device. il bears such
vital relation to the machine itself that
its importance cannot be overestimated
VIII make known the details within a
short time"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
LOVE SAVES MERCURY VICTIM.
Fiance's Devotion Aids Girl Whu
Drank Metallic Poison.

Rosa Setter of 81 Christopher street
drank an ounce OF metallic mercury last
Tuesday night when Harry Marmor told
her they could not be married on New
Years Day because he had had To send
all the money he had saved to London
to help his sister. vino had lost her
steamship ticket At the Bradford Street
Hospital little hope was entertained for
the girls recovery.
Since then Marmor has been at her
side every moment that h" could spare
from his duties as clerk in Rivington
street bank. Miss Setter is sorry she was
discouraged. She has begun to recover
from the poison and last night the physi-
clans said she would surely get better,
The doctors think Marmor's constant at
tendance upon her is the only thing that
saved her life.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
DENTIST DROPS DEAD IN STREET
DIR. BcIi identified ny Cards and Let
tiers Found In Pockets,

Or, Victor Charles Bell, dentist of
1895 Broadway, died suddenly of apoplexy
as he was walking in Columbus avenue at
Seventy-hfth street at 10 80 o'clock last
night
Policeman Eugene O'connor Of the West
SiXty-eighth street station saw a man In
evening clothes stagger suddenly and
reach out toward II post on the southeast
corner and then drop to the sidewalk
O'Connor picked the man w and carried
him into drug store. The body was
identified by cards and letters.
DR., Bell formerly lived at the Hotel
Lorraine, where it was said last night that
he was not married. lie moved from the
Lorraine a little less than year ago
and fitted up apartments for himself in
the rear of his office at 1465 Broadway
He was about 40 years old.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
STATION THIEF GETS $4,000.
Bankers suit Case Picked In in
Chicago Terminal.

CHICAGO. Jan "A thief walked on,
OF the Union Passenger Station to-day
with a suit case containing stocks and
bonds OF an estimated value of $4,000.
the property Of Paul Belch. banker and
candy manufacturer. of Bloomington
Bech was accompanied by his son
Otto, II years old. who took charge Of
two suit cases when his father went ro
purchase tickets. When the elder Beich
returned one OF the suit cases had dis
appeared.
"A one armed man who had been sitting
on an adjoining seat also disappea r ed
The police failed to locate the suspect
or the missing suitcase. The stocks and
bonds were In various corporations and
for various amountA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
FIRE FUND INQUIRY TUESDAY.
Grand Jury to Investigate Bcnc>O-
lent Associations.

A Grand Jury investigation into the
financial management of the Firemen $
Mutual Benevolent Association will be
gin on Tuesday. Many witnesses will he
called Complaint was made TO the Dis
trict Attorney by former Fire Commits
sioner Joseph johnson that he thought
an inspection of the books of the associa
ton might reveal crime.
Assistant District Attorney De Ford
got the books ten days ago and yester-
day received n report from the account
ants. He refused to say what had been
disclosed. but admitted that tine books
showed that large sums OF money went
to President James y. Clifford
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
CROSS SEA ONLY TO MOURN.
Wife and Children Ucrcn>rd white
on voyage 70 New Home.

TErRE HACTE, Ind. Jan. Mrs. Will
lam Wilcox and two children. due 10
arrive in Philadelphia to-day on the
Megantic from England were unaware
that the husband and father had been
killed by falling 800 feet in a iuine shaft
here.
He came from England year ago. and
had earned money to prepare II home and
to provide transportation for his family.
After his death u cable was sent Ia
prevent the wife and children from,
making the journey. but they had started
Mrs. Wilcox will come TO Terre IIaute
for the burial There are n number of
English miners families near the home
ne had prepared and Mrs. Wilcox will be
cared for by them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
TO PIPE SAILORS TO SCHOOL
Text Books Arrive tor l.c OF >H''
Ward HlUcjncket..

The Brooklyn navy yard rookie
Loo textbooks Yesterday ~ D, ..'
carrying out Secretary Joscphls .''''
order THAT the men on each N.r.Hr '
instructed In geography, readyG ~.
and arithmetic,
Navy yard officials heard about lie /"
der on New Years Day. but ' =
ceired no instructions as 10 how sl
be put into effect They don't l,'r"
the teachers viii be, what par ~
ships Ia to he used for classic. d
what hour the bluejackets shall
10 school. 1t is understood .' 'ae'
win be classes Tor an hour DD3 "a
each afternoon.
The men Ike tho idea II u w''.S, a
break In routine but not IL IL 's - -
prive them of recreation time
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
DUNN And F0GARTY
GET 10 MONTHS EACH
Judge TOmpkinS Also Fines
Tammany Leader and Part
ner Company for Grating.

NEW CITY. y. Y. Jan. Bart Dunn,
Tamnauy leader Of the Eighteenth As
semblv district. Manhattan. and Joseph
J. Fogarty. formerly AN inspector for the
state Highways department, We're sem
fenced IN tn" supreme Court here to-day
by Justice Tompkins to serve each ten
months on BlackWclrs Island. New York.
for conspirng to defraud the State of
New York in the building of Rockland
county road.
Dunn was fined $500. as was also the
Dunbar contracting Company, OF which
he is president.
Justice Tompkins denied motion To set
aside the verdict and order "a new trial.
The execution of the sentence was stayed
automatically. however, bv the granting
~ "a certificate Of reasonable doub; pend
in. an appeal. Dunn and Fogarty Mcg.
released each in $4,000 bail
The conviction OF Dunn ard Forarty N
Dccembcr 20 by Roclland county jury
after liz. days trial was the first one
growing out ~ the graft disclosures
made by John y Hcnucssy when he was
special Investigator for Coy. Sulzer Hen
messy and several engineering experts ex-
amined las; May the stretch of road from
Hillburn township TO the orange county
line. which Dunn and his company had
made over.
An indictment was brought on August IS
last n which it was charged that of the
s3o.ro0 required to build the road SIS. 900
was stolen through the Use Of inferior ma
tcrials and by evasion of the terms of the
contract. Il vas also charged that Fugarty
though a state official shared in the
spells.
William Travers Jerome who defended
Dunn and Fogarty, maintained that his
clients had no clause in their copy OF the
contract stating how the work should be
done and that they built the road to the
best Of their ability.
Dunn is the younger brother OF the late
Thomas Dunn, at one time Sheriff Of New
York county and Tammauy leader Of the
Twentv-siNth Assembly district;
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
BANK STOCKHOLDERS MUST PAY
Held Lila bile for Losses Even When
Holding shares for Debt.

The Appellate Division Of the Supreme
Court decided yesterday that ban,
stakeholder is liable to creditors of the
bank FOR the amount of stock he holds II
his name IL recorded in the banks stock
book, and that he il not exempt from ha
bility merely because he Is holding the
stock as security for a debt,
The question arose in suits brought by
Banking Superintendent Van Tuyl agains,
Edward N. Jesup and Edmund l.. Mooney
ss stockholders of the Northern Bank
which failed because of the operations OF
Joseph g. Robin, The defendants con
tended that the real owners OF the stool;
should he sued, but the Appellate Division
Aaid that this defence holds only when
the person holding the stock is not re-
oor1od In the stock book az the owner.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
INDIAN HELD AS GUN TOTER
First Full FLOODED Red>Lin -"
Taken to Police Ueaduunri"r'

Charley Manltowog, As year :
wash Indian from the reserydtI' s'".
tle Wash. known AS White wee. ",
has taken part in Buffalo BIN '1i '''
Wild West shows, was arrest"a 10
at the Seamen's Church lOsr :
South street, FOR violating tho ~''
Jaw. He was taken to Police Va 10
tiers. where Inspector Faurot dtc."-
was the first full bloodeA Indian eve
brought there.
Magistrate Deuel. Of the TO-.
court held him IN $500 bail fn'
Jury after Charley admitted Doc
volyer without a permit !.
the bail Charley had his trs'
In jail.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
Car Jumps Track, Two Hurt.

b. II, T. trolley car bound from Maspeth
for Flushing jumped the track at q sharp
turn NJ Broadway and Corona avenue,
Elmhurst. yesterday morning The score
of passengers We're thrown to the floor.
George w. kclderling of sc Jefferson
avenue, Maspeth, was hurled through a
window and was cut badly. The motor
man. John Smith, also Mas hurled through
y window.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03

Commodore Dallas u, Pratt of the New
York Yacht Club has announced In gem
eral order No, that he has appointed
Franklin A. Plummer fleet captain and
George A. Dixon, NJ, D., feet surgeon
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03

Mrs Wenmans suit for divorce was
filed in the Superior Court in Connecticut
last spring. She alleged cruelty. On tue
day before Christmas Mr. Wenman filed
n cross suit IN which he named Henry
Slack. member of the Cotton Exchange
and his oldest friend.
The Wcumans separated last May. 81,
Mr.. Wenman in his petition named occa-
sions since January I, 1912. when he ai-
legged slack aud Mrs. Wcnman were
guilty OF misconduct.
Mrs Wenman IL the daughter OF John
r. Williams. Tho Wenmans have place
at Shippan Point. Conn, at ~ West
Fifty-ninth street and alao at S1J Mndl-
son avenue. the home of Mrs. Wcnmans
father.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03
MRS. WENMAN LOSES A POINT.
Her application for Increase In All.
MOMN Is Denied.

STAMFORD. Conn. Jan. Judge car
tbs declined to-day to grant Mrs. Byrd
w. Wenman's request for additional az
mony pending trial OF her suit for divorce
from her husband, u cotton broker Of
New York. Mrs. Wennan is receiving
800 "A month.
The court ordered her husband to m-N.
more sptchc statement OF the mscon-
duct he charges in his cross bill agains>
his wife and Henry Slack of New York,
u cotton broker.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-03

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All at reasonable prices.
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