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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
CITY'S SUBWAY WORK
TOTALS S9S,OOO,0OO.
Two-thirds Of Municipalities
Share Of Dual System
Under Contract.
NEARLY 10 MILES READY
Brooklyn Fourth Avenue Tube
TO Manhattan to Be Opened
This Summer.

Two-thirds Of the city's share In build
Ing the new dual subway system Is now
under contract. Some OF the sections,
nearing completion. Some Of the Broad
way line. which will be operated by the H.
r. r.. Is also about so per cent. finished
Rails are being laid In the Fourth avenue
subway In Brooklyn, and the line will be
In operation by way OF the Centre street
loop to the Municipal Building In Man
haitian by late in the summer--perhaps
sooner.
Figures on the work were given out yes
terday by the Public Service Comm isrion
the year that has elapsed since the oper-
ating contracts were signed. March 10. 1918.
The city. through the commission. has
put S27 900, 900 worth OF new work under
contract, making S9s.000.Ooo the total
amount OF city built subway now in the
hands Of the contractors.
Counting what 1nterborough and the II.
X. T. have done the work now under
contract amounts to about lll.ss0 900.
The total cost OF tie new system. In
GLIDING construction and equipment, will
reach about $3.50. 100000. or which the
city will pay 1000. 900. Ths city's
share IL all for construction. SO that &c.,
600, 900 Is the approximate amount the
city will still have to undertake. The
Interborough will pay out sos. 1000, 900
and the II. r. T. sci .000. 900 partly for
construction and partly for equipment.
Counting all the sections under con.
tract, and figuring up the fractional parts
OF sections where work .s still going on.
81 .s36 feet Of subway-almost ten miles.
has been completed About three miles
and a half of the finished structure Is
under Lexington avenue. n little less than
q mile IL under Broadway. about four
miles In the Fourth avenue line in Brook
Ign. and about "A mile and half OF the
elevated lines In Queens. a mile and n
half OF subway In the Centre street loop.
Manhattan. was put under operation last
August for the g. X. L. trains coming
from the elevated lines leading across the
Williamsburg Bridge. Two tracks are run
ming almost to capacity. and the commits
sion has ordered the Il. Il T. to put two
more tracks in operation
All told the work Is giving employ
ment to about 1000 men through twenty
different contractors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
STATE BANKERS SPLIT
OVER Van TUYL BILL
One Faction Welcomes Benefits
Despite Certain Flaws
Others Urge Delay.

A split In the ranks OF state bankers
over the Van Tuyl banking revision bill
now before the State Legislature promises
to produce lively struggle.
The sides are arrGying themselves be-
hind two positions. The one advocates
Immediate passage OF the bill as measure
securing tremendous ADVANTAGES to the
banking community that greatly outweirh
trivial objections. The other position j.
that the measure was quickly drawn and
could be improved upon by waiting.
Walter F.. Frew, president OF the Corn
Exchange Bank. IL became knt an yester-
day. resigned from the legislative COM
mttee OF the New York state Bankers
Association last Wednesday In order to
be free TO work for the passage OF the bill
His .gnaton IL accepted In the
financial district rs q protest against the
position which the association took be-
fore the committee OF the Legislature
when In Albany last week. The aseoca-
ton was represented by r. II. Fancher
president OF the Fifth Avenue Bank and
chairman OF the legislative committee OF
the association. Before going to Albany
the committee voted in favor OF urging
immediate passage OF the bill At AL
bany rome Of them switched and Mr..
Fancher argued for delaying action. A
majority of the committee. said Mr..
Faucher last night, registered itself in
favor OF delay.
The disagreement as 70 how the asso-
citation should have been represented at
Albany and Its attitude on the passage
OF the bill will be. II is said, referred 10 a
vote Of the members
T., c. McDougal. president OF the Bank
II Buffalo, who was ON the Van Tuyl
commission. Is sending letters and tele-
grams 10 the bankers throughout the State
urging them to support the bill.
"Na Sf ryIy Of ha Hhat 4
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
DROPPED BATON COSTS MEET.
Msehlgan Defeats ~ racuse ~ Resslt
Of Accident.


Of Accident.
SYRACUSE, March 1.-THE dropping OF
baton In the relay race decided the
annual MichiGan-Syracuse indoor track
meet In favor OF the visitors here to-
night. The fnal score was ~ to IS. VIC
tory In the relay for Syracuse would have
placed the count at 40 to 81 for the Orange.
The stick was dropped while being passed
from the second to third runner. Each
or the men outran his Michigan oppo-
nent, but the accident made too great a
handicap.
Barton and Curtis Of Syracuse were the
Individual stars. Barton won the mile
and half mile races. breaking the record
In each event Curtis topped the bar
at ~ feet inch In the pole vault The
summaries:
Putting is Pound shot--Kohler. NJ, nrst;
"; W street. -. second. Distance. ~ feet
IL Yard pash-seward. NJ, nrrt; Bond.
NJ second. Time. as seconds.
~ Yard Observation-Disclosures. NJ, first:
D.'iinsv e.: second. Time. rs seconds
NJ, second. Time. IS seconds
High Jump-Curtis, g., and kortwriEht. s..
tied at feet inches. Curtis won toss.
One Mile Run Barton. T.. nrst; Fox, NJ.
second Time. : minutes 81 rs seconds
g., second. Time. - ga seconds
Pole vault-Curtis g, hrst; Cook NJ,
second. Height. ~ feet 1 inch.
Half Mile kun--Barton. T., hrst; Taylor.
g., second. Time; minutes Is seconds.
John and smith,. Time. minutes 20 is
seconds
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
STEVENS WINS AFTER TIE.
Seata Hawkins, ~ t. -. d B1tra
string Of Targets.

H. H. Stevens captured the professional
uophy ard A. w. Church the amateur
Tiie in the final round Of the trap shoot
I tournams mt at the Travel and Sports
rehs Show which ended at the Grand
.entral Palace last night. Stevens was
geo with j NJ. Hawkins at 307 when they
osean their last string OF fifty birds.
aawsins was beaten out by ono Kill,
"taking ~ to 43 for Stevens. Tho others
hnish in this class were Ward Ham,
n'ohd' S3l Neat Apgar. 329. and w. b.
barton, All
Inc amateur final also resulted In .
We ior first place. A. w. Church and H.
nou''on each made SO kills and three other
.ehpet .ors tied at 81. Church and Boul-
.oh shot off the tie at twenty-five birds,
ne former finally winning with 20 kills
70 ~ Tor Boulton. IL. Boulton and q. H.
nouIton We're tied for Fridays high sun
al,e AZ s birds, II. Boulton won the
s !, Of twenty-five birds BY . score
II 10 Il kills
me hycasters made some ane scores
s'N'e d strong wind. l. @. Saunders
"as' L. INCEST cast In any OF the I'VE
''en's measuring SO feet 3 inches.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
MORE STUDYING AT PRINCETON.



PRINCETON, N. j.. March 1.-THE Uni.
versity faculty has started . carefully
worked out plan to solve the problem OF
keeping the less jealous or III prepared
students up to the Princeton standard
during the freshman year. A system Of
uniform tests, three during each semester.
will be held and the results Of the tests
with the students classroom work will
be reported. II a freshman Is reported
as below he will be placed on probation,
which will exclude him from any parti-
cipation in extra curriculum activities.
The probation period will last until a
subsequent report shows that the student
Is up in his current work. Should stu
den, continue to neglect his studies he
may at any time be dismissed from the
university.
This year there were more sophomores
missed because of failure than fresh
men, but II was due to great extent to
conditions In the freshman year.
The report OF the number Of o4ilures
this year Is less than a year ago. Only
forty-six students were lost a. the re-
suit OF the midyear examinations. and
more than half OF these were second year
mon. In the freshman class only eleven
were dropped, as compared with twenty
four las, year. The loss by classes was
as follows: Senior. 3; Junior. ). sopho-
more. rs; freshmen. IL; qualifying, 3 /;
specials. 1.
The senior council, which consists of
the representative men OF the senior iclass.
has elected two new members. r, w.
Gardner OF st. Louis and +. Sturgis In
gersoil OF Philadelphia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15

Statesmen TO SELL wHISkEY IN BOND
Wanted, hrst class experienced salesmen
for the sale of whiskey In bond representing
the best known brand OF straight whiskey in
the United states. Answer BY letter Room
CIGAR Statesmen WANTED-Earn SIS per
week more salary or comm ssion and NJ EN- Sc s.
others have, why cant you Experience unne, es-
sary. CONTlNENTALCIGARCO co. Wichita, Kan
500 90 WEEKLY pront IN spare time at
home; mail order business dom worry about
capital BOYD II. BROWN. Omaha, Neb.
500 MONTHLY may be made maiing cir
culars; particulars free A II kkArS 500
Kraus Bldg Milwaukee Wis
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
REX BEACH RUNS NEWSPAPER
Novelist Heads Firm Publishing
"MOrris County Press

MoRRisTowN. N. J.. March 14,-An-
nouncement was made here to-day that
Rex Beach, the novelist. has entered the
local Newspaper field. being the pres,d. mt
OF the Press Publishers and Printers. Inc.
The other officers ar William q. Hurtaig.
vice-president, and David w. King, score
tary and treasurer. The new company
will take over the assets OF the Pr rs
Publishing Company and continue the
Norris Couwty Press The authorized
capital stock In $4,000 but only enough
for present needs VIII be Issued
Mr.. King. the active man OF the com
pany, said to-day that Mr., Beach, who
now spends his winters in New York may
move to Morr,stown Mr.. King met Mr.
Beach In Alaska and they have been close
friends ever since. Mr. King has written
short stories.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
Five French Motor bos t. to Race.

The motor boat committee OF the Au-
tomobile Club OF France has announced
that II has received Ave entries as chai-
lengers for the British International
Trophy for motor roats These are three
from Despujois and two from Alphonse
Teller. II was thought that there would
be ono more entry before the list closed
1t will be necessary for the French club
to hold eliminating races In order to de-
eide which three shall he selected to go
TO England to race for the trophy. The
Despujols won the first race In last years
series. and the French think that they
have q fair chance OF winning the trophy
next summer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
BROOKLYN HORSE SHOW DATES.
To Re Held During Third Week IN
April and VIII CIose Season.

The annual horse show OF the Brooklyn
Riding and Driving Club will be held
April 49, IL and IS At the club. Prospect
Park Plaza. 1t will be the twenty.
second annual horse show held at the club
and the committee In charge Is trying to
make IL the best In Its history. The
prize list has been issued and there will
be competitions In nifty classes.
The horse show committee Ia composed
OF Charles +. Hubbs. chairman: Hamilton
H. Salmon. secretary. William s. Biiat.
assistant secretary: william NJ Afford,
Thomas X. Afford: Edwin A. Ames. 10.
names Andersen. Dwight f. Austin, Ed
win q. Babcock. Harry Baife. E. H.
Barnes. Harry l.. Batterman. william
Beard. William Berri. Chas. l.. Brlnsmade
Edward c. Blum, Jay F. Carlisle. Charles
+. CARTRIDGE, f. d. Church. J. Sherlock
Davis. William +. Dornbusch. H. f.
Dreier, william N. Dykman. Charles NJ.
Englis. William H. English. Clarence L.
Fabre, Emil II. Frank. Samuel d. French.
william V. Hester. George MADDEN. II.
Prescott Hatch. Charles NJ. Higgins.
Charles +. Holm, Edward r. Horwill stan
ley 7. Jadwin, Palmer II. Jadwin. William
A. Jameson, John V. Jewell. Franklin
y. Jourdan, w. j. Kent. Harry L. Kenyon.
+, w Lafrantz Thomas l.. Leemins.
Ersiine II. Lott. Edgar F. Luckenbach.
ID. Irving Mead, Howard w. Maxwell.
J, c. Meem, Frank A. Meyer. Jacob MUIR
Ludwig Nissen. +. T. Parsons, L. T.
'pierson, Allan Plnkerton. Samuel c. Pirle.
Herbert l.. Pratt. Charles NJ Pratt q.
William Rasch. Frederick Ranken, C. II.
Robbins, George II. Roberts, \. r. Roths-
child. Thomas H. Roulston. p. w. Rouss.
Clifford A, Schaufeie Townsend Scudder.
Arthur ]. Smith. John l.. Spence, Winthrop
NJ futile, Frank ". Tyler. Harrison l..
Wallis and John w. Weber.
The Brooklyn show always closes the
indoor season and Is one Of the most
popular horse shows held In this section.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
Army and Navy Orders.

wAsuINGToN, March ~. - Thi. ARM
col. W. n MAY, from Thirteenth Infantry
To Twenty fourth Infantry April 10
These navy orders we're issued:
Lieutenant Commander ". h Tardy from
New York yard to New York NJ engineer
officer
lieutenant -commanier u g. Hanrahan.
from rhiladelphia yard to command the
Batch.
Lieut., Thomas withers. Jr. from ofrco
OF naval Intelligence. April IA, TO com
"'i lieut. ."e J. RI ii. Newton. from New York
Epsigne = x, Lang from the virsin'.
Ensign J. II Culin, from tho Intrepid 70
the cleveland,
Enslgns q, d Hun and 7. Shine, from the
Pittsburg 10 tho intrepid.
Ensign J. \. Crutchheld from the In
trepld TO the Cleveland,
Ensign a. G. Ten Eyck. from the Della.
ware to the New York
Ensign Il, Il Thornton from receivino
ship ~ Mare Island to the Cleveland
Ensign II. Hoowern. from the ConstsliA-
ton to the Tacoma.
Ensign q, 8. Gillespie. from naval -
s-rNsiury /" the iiatu-.s.
Ensign W r.. chesde, from the Arkansas
to the Constellation.
Passed Assistant Surgeon 4. H. Dodge
from the Idaho to the Maine.
Passed Assistant Paymaster q r. ShameS,
from the Idaho to the kearsarse.
Passed Assistant PRymaster .. h. Conger
from the Tacoma to the North Carolina
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN TO-DAY,
Barnum q bailey show Won't Open
Chtil saturday,

The Barnum & Bailey circus will come
to New York to-day from it's winter quar-
ters In bridgeport In eighty Ave double
length railroad cars. It's opening per-
Torrance In Madison Square Garden next
Saturday afternoon will be preceded by
six days of rst sarsal
The big opening feature this year Is
"a romantic pagcantic spectacle. the
Wizard Prince OF Arabia" the grand
entree'' OF other years having b.,en
permanently eliminated. Give car to the
official trumI~tsr:
Tho action Of the play begins In the
mountains and deserts OF the Besiouins
and moves to romantic India. It's wealth
OF bewilderlng spectacular detail gl!ttcr.
Ing scenic and sartorial investiture and
nastsrful snssnAble movements startls
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
Midaies Elect Two Captains.

ANNAPOLIS, March 1.-THE members
Of the swimming team OF the Naval
Academy have elected Francis 8. Tow
Of Massachusetts captain OF the swimming
team for next season. The team won
ali Of its matches with college teams
this season, and does not lose regular
member by graduation. Tho wrestling
team has elected ]. T. Davis OF Mis-
souri, captain. Davis wrestled In the ll5
pound class this year and did good work.
The wrestling team won hve out or SIX
matches this season and loses two Of its
rnambArs by graduation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
HELp wANTED-MALE.

HELP WA>TED-MAIE.
MARRIED MAN to care for cattle and
horses on private place: must be rood driver.
also help In garden: must be strictly sober.
write tnclosing copy OF references, o. e,
BISSFT, box 8, New Rochelle. y Y
statesmen wanted calling on druggists
and manufacturers OF proprietary goods to
carry profitable side line on commission for
manufacturers well known to entire trade
state strictly confdentlally whom you repre-
sent and In what territory; give reference
MANUFACTURERS care Nelson CheRman Il
Co. bth Ave Bldg New York city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
WEATHER FORECAST
Washington Predictions for To.
day and Tomorrow.
For eastern New York, fair u
south. cloudy In north pertisn ts-
day. probably fair Tomorrow mod.
crate 10 brisk soutkwest winds.

For New Jersey fair and warmer to-day;
falr tomorrow; moderate south winds.
For southern New ENGLAND, fair and some.
what warmer to-day: fair tomorrow: mod.
crate TO brisk southwest winds
NEW YORK, March l5-An area OF de-
preston moving eastward and central over
Lake Superior yesterday caused higher TEN.
peratures In all sections east OF tho Rocky
Mountains
There were no disturbing conditions at.
tending this low pressure and generally fair
weather prevailed throughout the entire coun-
try. excepting little rain In Washington.
The pressure was high over all parts Of
the country except the lake regions.
Another depression appeared In the Co.
madam Northwest, arguing a continuance q
high temperatures for some days
Freezing weather extended southwark 20
northern Georgia In the early morning, but
at the same time was above freezing north
ward over most OF the lake regions.
In this city the day was fair and warmer;
wind light to freseh southwest; average
humidity, ~ per cent. barometer corrected
to read TO sea level. at A. ~. 3o.ss;
p NJ. 3o.2s
The temperature IN this city yesterday ~
recorded by the otnoial thermomc ter. Is shown
Ia he sod Tab
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15

LEON Allen OF the South Boston Yacht
Club has purchased the Sender boat
Beaver which has been owned and raced
by George Dabney Mr. Allen will race the
Beaver in the Sender class on Boston Bay
8. F.. Houston OF Philadelphia has pur-
chased the knockabout Sheerwater II
from L. II. Spaulding OF Lowell, Mass
The Sheerwater was built by Lawley in
1908 and is for.y-three feet over all.
twenty -eight feet on the water line. ten
feet six inches beam and seven feet
draueht. MIR. Houston will use the yacht
of the Maine coast. These transfers were
made through the office Of John q. Alden
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
Movements Of Naval VesseIs.

WASHINGTON. March ~. - The trans
port Vestal hes arrived at Norfolk and
The collier Lebanon has sailed from
'oT So-:o!s, ;-s tank shin
Arethusa from Guantanamo for Port Arthur
Tex; the tug Osceoa from Guantanamo
FOR Guacanayabo Bay. the tug Oneida from
IN arleston for Port Royal, q C.: the des.
match boat Dolphin from Vera Crus from
the gvnboat Wheeling from Psepte
Plata for sanche. and the collier Nanshan
from Aaxsaian for Topolobamp0,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
COLUMBIA BADLY BEATEN.
Capt. 0aipa starrtaE, Rutgers Gym
nasts win Easiiy.

New BRUNSWICK. Nj. March 1.-THE
Rutgers College gymnastic team won its
last meet Of the season here tonight de-
feating Columbia by score OF 35 to
10. The Scarlet team took all the first
places, leaving second and third place.
for the Hue and white.
Capt. Gaipa OF Rutgers was In fine
form and as usual took the all around
honors He outpointed Capt. Doyle OF
Columbia on the hying rings and parallel
bars
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
Mrs. Chaplin Pin-hurst winner.

PiNEHuRsT, N. c.. March l4.-Mrs. II.
A. Chaplin OF Springfield. Mass. was
the winner OF the wonen's singles
event In to-day's final round OF the an
nual club tennis championship. She de-
feated Mlss Florence Croft Of Plttsburg
Cd, So. 6--3.
IN the mixed doubles Lawrence Cowinp
OF Cincinnati and Miss Agnes Bianke OF
Essex Fells won on the default OF r.
II. Fortune Of Winnipeg and Miss Stella
Price Of New York. Miss Price leaving
last night.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15

the most vivid imagination and Guido the
most sanguine expectations"
A ballet OF 400 girls assists the wizard
prince and sacred cattle, richly accou-
tired" gambol with elephants and camels
The spectacle Is followed by three hour
show In the arena which the conservative
Bill Thompson says is better than usual.
The annual February giraffe was born
again this year and Is the prize baby OF
the Eoo
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
nat Leviusky Near Defeat.

PHILApsLPtiA, March i4.--Battlin-
I.ev!nsky Of this city scored . six round
victory over Tim O'Ss.', the Chicago
achter, In six rounds at the National A. &.
To- might before big crowd. In the nth
round O'Neiil landed one hard left on the
Jaw, which daxed Levinsky for q few
seconds but the Philadelphia cleared his
head and vas mover IN danger again.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
ronir. Tired, I'Dlo Called OF.

COLUMBIA, s c.. March 1.-THE polo
payers o. the Eleventh Cavalry, U. 3. A.,
are are On hand at Camden to-day to open
W. tournament for the Southern Circuit
40 40 Cleveland cups, but owing 10 the fact
n mS' Inc ponies did not reach the field
w. w. %lH last night and were there.
W.. MOI .a condition TO play the match
," @ postponed until Monday. when the
aua,haM"ut viii be opened formally. The
i sserS VIII be opposed by the Long
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
UNION TAKES LEAGUE TITLE.
Overwhelms wesleyan, ~ TO ~. In
Game 10 settle TIE.

TRoY, March I4.--By decisiveiy trim
ming Wesleyan In the II. p. l. gym
nas!um In this city to-nisht Union won
the championship Of the Northeastern In
tercollegiate League. The final score was
Union, "a; Wesleyan. ~. Capt. Eaton OF
the Black and Reds, who despite a serious
injury to his head, went In at right for
ward when Winchester was expelled for
four personal fouls, featured
for Wesleyan and Haubner and Houghton
for Union The lineup:
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ny wir-Ies.-inconsnw vessels.

IS Ryndsm. 100 miles east Of Sandy Hook ~
IS T. NJ. yesterday.
IS IA Lorraine, 1913 miles east OF sandy Hook a.
10 \. NJ
S Ta.rmina, sS5 miles east of Sandy Hook .,
G,3O \
$, Armenian, s3s miles east OF sany Hook a.
a NJ
S. Columbia. 80 miles cas-, of sandy Hook
at 2 80 = NJ
IS Minneapolis. 80 miles cas-, OF Sandy HOOK
al 80 p NJ
IS Pcrfeltou, Por; Arthur, ~ miles west Of
Tortuyas al noon
IS kayo Ration Rouge. $50 miles sou,heaa
OF Ni-sss ppi bar at noon
Sc Antilles New Orleans, ?si miles north Of
Jupiter at noon
s. ~ Vale, Galveston, :as miles southwest
OF Diamond shoals AZ noon
$ san Marcos, Galveston % miles south
wssi Of Mobile bar At : +, NJ
IS II Alba, Galveston, miles east OF Gal
weston bar AZ l.. NJ
IS Commcwjne. Port OF spain, $50 miles
Eouthcas, ~ SANDY HOOK nj noon
BrrmuGau Brrmudh SO miles southess.
of Sandy Hook A i. VI.
IS Nucccs Mobile 20 miles north of Jupitar
al +, NJ.
Havana at i. NJ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15

BAN FRANCISCO. March 1.-THE White
Sox first team won the NTH game OF the
series with the Seals to-day by . score
of to 8 In n ten inning battle. The
sox rot only seven hits, two OF which
were hons runs BY Couias aAA oohalles.