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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
STANDARD OIL WINS LAND AS
RESULT OF OLD SALOON TRICK
Master in Chancery Fixes Validity of Purchase o.
Tract Once Decided to ITO Persons to Get
Signatures Favoring Licenses.

searched for the 10 original owners,
but could discover only fifteen, each
Of whom assigned his interest for $40.
Packard, deciding his title was clear
enough, proceeded to reclaim the
swamp tract.
Two years ago the Standard Oil
Company, which had purchased from
John Van Boskirk about sixty acres
of the old Van Boskirk farm, desired
the Liquor Dealers Tract" and John
Van Boskirk, as the mortgage given
by his son had not been paid, sold the
tract to Louis Cohn, representing the
Standard.
The rival claimants, Packard and
Coin. began action in the Court of
Chancery, and the case was referred
TO the Advisory Master, who yesterday
decided that the deed 10 the 10 was
a trick to secure liquor licenses; that
there was no consideration paid; that
the land could have been sold only
subject 70 the mortgage, and that, as
the mortgage had not been paid. the
deed was void. He held that Pack
ards claim is without avail, and a
clear title should be given to Cohn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
BELL And HORN
TORTURE TO END
HuckSters' Noise Making
Devices Prohibited by
New Ordinance.

New York City has at last got an
anti-noise ordinance with teeth in II.
Il was signed by Mayor Mitchell yester-
day, and becomes effective at once.
Citizens who for years have suffered
because Of the torture inflicted by
hucksters, junk men and other timer
ant merchants equipped with noise
making instruments, ranging from rau-
cous vocal cords to a string of cow
bells. at last have a remedy for their
troubles.
The old ordinance prohibited any
noise tending TO disturb the peace, but
a violation of il was punishable only
by penalty for the collection of which
suit had to be brought by the Cor
poration Counsel. Few suits were ever
brought. The ordinance was a joke.
Any person who violates the present
ordinance may be punished by a fine of
S. or imprisoned for not more than
five days.
Heretofore it did no good for a citi-
zen to complain 70 the police. They
could not make an arrest, because no
provision was made for a fine by a city
magistrate. Now, however, any one
disturbed by violation Of the follow
ing ordinance has the right to demand
the arrest of the violator and his
prosecution in court:
mo individual who plies a trade or
calling of whatsoever nature in the
streets and thoroughfares Of the City
of New York shall blow upon or use
or suffer or permit TO be blown upon or
used any horn, bell or bells or other
instrument or device, nor make or suf-
fer or permit to be made any noise
tending to disturb the peace and quiet
of a neighborhood for the purpose of
directing attention to his wares or
trade or calling"
The ordinance was introduced by
Alderman John II. Boschen and was
passed by the Board of Aldermen,
through the efforts Of Alderman H. H.
Curran, leader of the Republican ma
jority, by a vote of 40 to 10. The mega
tive votes were those of the Demo
cratic members of the board.
Other ordinances signed by Mayor
Mitchell yesterday were the ones es-
tablishing a farmers market in The
Bronx, requiring all vehicles of what
ever nature to carry a red light in the
rear at night and transferring from
the alderman of the district to the
building superintendent of the borough
the function of deciding all partition
fence disputes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13

A novel deed to property in Bay
onne, n. j., known as the Liquor
Dealers Tract" has been set aside by
the Advisory Master in Chancery Of
Jersey City.
In the spring of 1881 there was an
anti-saloon agitation in Bayonne, and
difficulty in securing the signatures of
property owners to applications of sa-
loon keepers for licenses was antici-
pated. Edward Van Boskirk purchased
two and a half acres of swamp from
his father, giving in payment mort
gage for $4,000. Edward cut the tract
into 10 pieces and decided them TO as
many persons, designated by the
LIQUOR Dealers Association 20 make
them freeholders and give them au-
thority to sign license petitions.
The newly made freeholders signed
forty-five license petitions, but the
trick was so palpable that the Excise
Board rejected them, and the interest
of the ITO in the swamp tract ceased.
Fifteen years later the property was
offered at a tax sale, and George
Packard bought the tax lien. he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
TO SEEK SUPREME BENCH
Sanders To Be Candidate in
First District This Fall.

Leon Sanders, former justice Of the
Municipal Court, is 20 seek nomina-
tion for Supreme Court Justice in the
list Judicial district this fall Al
though he is q Democrat, il is under
stood that a committee, Of which Jo-
seph s. Marcus is chairman, is planning
TO get his name on the primary ballot
of the other parties also.
"There is not a person in the public
eve to-day who possesses the qualifca-
lions that Judge Leon Sanders does
for this Office" the committee declares
in It's announcement.
Linden Bates, jr, is TO run for the
Progressive nomination for the Senate
in the 18th Senate district. He served
two terms in the Assembly as a Re
publican, but left the party with
Colonel Roosevelt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
Bankers Testimony Be
fore Currency Commit
fee Made Public.
BANKING LAWS
NEEDED REVISION
iinancier Who Sacrificed Much
to Help the Government
Hopes for Betterment.

IRON ! nf 4FluuUf bAIFs
Washington, Aug. l2.-The testimony
o.. Paul NJ Warburg, Of New York, be-
lore the Senate Banking and Currency
Committee was made public to-day
The testimony covered 100 printed
rages. Mr.. Warburg told the commit
ice that soon after he had come to this
country, in 1902, TO remain as a mem
Der of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,
he had become convinced that the
banking laws needed revision, ana tha'
there was no real banking system
worthy Of the name. He said ne be-
lieved that the new Federal Reserve
act would go long way toward giving
the desired relief.
Senator Bristow, the chief opponent
Of Mr.. Warburg's confirmation, hurled
question after question at the new
Yorke~. in an attempt to show that
transactions Of Kuhn. Loeb e. Co, while
Mr. Warburg had been a director, were
of sucb a character as to make It UNI
Wise 20 confirm Warbure's nomination
Mr.. Warburg refused absolutely to dis
cuss tho business of his firm, except
that part NnlCn "aS "i'NN'
Of public record.
Il think that my firm is not up as
q nominee for the membership on the
Federal Reserve Board" said Mr.. war
burg.
MIR. Warburg then informed the com,
mi4teo that he intended to break on
ali relations with Kuhn, Loeb & 90
and all the other corporations, and
even educational and philanthroplcc or
qanizatjons with which he mas Deen
connected. ~ I'd
az think man who is on the FED
oral Reserve Board ought to be IKE
Cesar's wife-above suspicion SAID
Mr.. Wsfburg.
Mr. Warburg defended the trans
sctions of Kuhn, Loeb g. Co. in hand
ling big blocks of securities Tor ran
roads. including the Southern racine
and the Union Pacific.
at is thing to be proud Of SAID
Mr.. Warburg, that our railroads
through our trm, can secure so mucn
money for their developments"
Mr.. Warburg insisted, in reply 70
questions by Senator BrlstoW, that nc
such thing as money trust" existed
in New York, and that there was strong
competition among the banking houses
He said it was not true that If an en-
terprise went to New York seeking
money and was turned down by j, r
Morgan g. Co. and applied to another
firm the other firm would turn 1t down.
too, through agreement with Morgan &
Co.
Senator Bristow placed into the rec
ord parts Of the Pvjo money trust re,
port to eontradie! the statements OF
M. WafbHfg, 3D..
Mr. Wafburg admitted that he
had been consulted by former Senator
Aldrich before the Aldrich bill, revls-
ing the banking and currency laws, was
written. He said he thought that bill
was fundamentally good.
He did not think the Aldrich bill bet
ter than the present law.
81 think the Aldrich bill made mis-
take in centralizing the control too
much in the hands of the bankers
themselves, and gave the government
too little influence in that" said Mr.
Warbure. He said that he would not
approve of banks carrying watered
stock, or watfed bonds, as IN the case
Of the c., h. g. d. -,
81 would not stand for that, sald
Mr.. Warburg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
COLBY COUNTS ON MOOSE
Lauds Progressives in An
nouncing Candidacy for Senate

81 stand upon the Progressive plat
FORM" said cambridge Colby last
night, in announcing that he would
enter the Progressive primaries as
candidate for United States Senator
believing that Il alone. offers pro-
qramme BY which the divers interests
Of our citizens can be reconciled and
tho needs Of the great common inter-
est fully met
"The Progressive party is destined
70 endure. II stands for the rule OF
the people. and speaks for the cause. OF
enIightened liberalism. / believe this
great cause can best be served by a
party wholly and unfalteringly deyot-
ed 20 il, as is the Progressive party"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
TOO WEAK TO TESTIFY
Larkin Girl Unequal to Ordeal
in Court.

The condition Of Catherine Larhn,
the Young girl who was kept a prisoner
in the basement Of a school building
In The Bronx for four days, was still
TOO serious last night 20 permit her
appearance in the Morrisania police
station, where the police had planned
10 have her try 20 identify as her as
sailant George W. Webb, the negro as
sistant jsnitOr.
The Larkin family physician said
that his patient was too weak 20 un-
degro the ordeal and insisted that she
remain quiet until Sunday. However,
an attempt will be made 20 induce the
girl 70 confront the negro in court to-
day, II was said
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
WIFE GETS $3.50 A WEEK
Cotton Broker Must Pay Ali
mony Pending Suit.

Justice Van Siclen, Of the SUPREME,
Court. Brooklyn, yesterday granted
Mrs. Mary j. Tatum $3.50 a week an
mony and 1900 counsel fees, penang
suit for divorce brought by her nus
band, John c. Tatum, cotton broker
The Tatums were married nve years
AGO and have no children. They have
lived since their marriage at their
country home. at Great Neck, Long ISL
and, and Of various hotels.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
Hurt Dodging Street Cars.

Abraham Macor, a clerk, of 43 Bart
lett ST., Williamsburg, was badly in
jured yesterday at Flushing av. and
Bartlett ST., when after stepping off a
Graham av. car he passed behind it to
get to the other side of the street. He
stepped in front of a car approaching
from an opposite direction, which
pitched him forward twenty feet. Be
sides a fracture of the skull, he was
hurt internally. He was taken to Fast
ern District Hospital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
OTTINGER GETS SUPPORT
Former Republican Leader In
dorsed for Seat in Congress.

Albert Ottinger. former Republican
leader of the 18th Assembly District,
has been Endorsed as candidate for
Congress in the 18th District. He also
has the Endorsement of the 10Th AS
sembly District. The 3lst Assembly
District, which is part of the Con-
gressional district, has a candidate for
the nomination in Samuel Strasbourger.
Charles II. Grifiiths has been in
dorsed by the 18th Assembly District
as candidate for the nomination for the
Senate in the 18th District.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
TO BREAK LIFE RECORD
City May Have Lowest Death
Rate in History.

The lowest death rate in the history
Of New York Is expected by the Health
Department officials II the present
ratio Of decrease under previous years
continues.
The departments bulletin, issued to-
day. shows that there we're 1872 fewer
deaths than during the same week last
year. The falling of is ascribed TO the
cool summer.
The greatest decrease In the death
rate has been in the case Of infants
under one year old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
j. w. Bailey Seeks Toga Again

FL Paso, Tex, Aug. 12.-Joseph w.
Bailey, ex-United States Senator, will
be candidate for nomination as United
States Senator in 1916, he announced
at the Democratic State Convention
here to-day. His platform resolutions
denouncing national prohibition and
woman suffrage were defeated, and he
declared his intention of standing for
them before the voters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
BARS CLAFLIN CREDITOR
Court Rejects Intervention
Plea of English Insurance Firm

Judge Lacombe, in the federal court.
denied a motion Of intervention in tie
settlement OF the affairs OF the X. r.
Clafin Company. The motion wa.
made by the London Guarantee and Ae-
cident Company, Ltd, Of IS John St. In.
behalf Of twenty creditors Whoa.
claims, said TO be worth nearly a mill
ion dollars, we're insured By the Eng-|
lish company.
In opposing the motion Rushmors.
Bisbee & Stern, counsel for the "a,
ceivers, said that the $500 or nora
creditors we're already represented b7
three committees, and additional mar.
ties TO the settlement would onlv in
crease difficulties and expenses attend-
ing the suit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13
DISCARDED LAWYER FREE
Judge suspends Sentence
After Attorney Confesses.

Considering lisbarment a sufficient
penaltv for S. Henri Finkel, a lawyer
with Offices at rs Delaney St, Judgo
Mott, in General Sessions. yesterday
susnerded sentence after the accused
had pleaded guilty to defrauding in
surance companies through fake aeci .
dent claims
PAPERS in tbs case declared that he
had fled more than three thousand.
After a number Of indictments were
obtained against him he was disbarred
by the Appellate Division.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13

Lining 'em out today
Sale of athletic underwear
Union suits 49, sleeveless,
knee length-of fancy striped
cotton, handkerchief linen.
silk and cotton and a few silk.
$50 are $500 values.
SI.35.
900 are $3.50 values.
S1.85.
Single garments too IN
athletic style.
Handkerchief linen, fancy
cotton and cotton mesh.
442 are S1.OO values.
GIG are $1.50 values.
DOC.
Shoot
The shoe sale started yes,
terday with such a hurrah
that to-day the bargains srs
mostly narrow widths.
$500 to 800 formerly.
1915 now. 4
ROGERS PEET COMPANY,
Three Broadway Stores
Warren St. 18th St. 34th 81
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-06-12
Washington State News.

Farmers and gardeners in the Pa
louise country are complaining Of the
Colorado potato beetle. which has
made its appearance in large numbers.
Eight dollars and ninety cents per
week will be the minimum wage for
girls over 18 and women in factories
in this state, effective August l, and
Sc per week the minimum wage for
minors of both sexes. by ruling of the
Industrial welfare commission.
A total Of $S9,791 has been set aside
from the state school funds in the
May apportionment. King county Sc
cures $19,265, Spokane $10,689 and
Pierce $9135, all being based on the
school attendance.
Eastern Washington counties secur
ed the following amounts:
Adams $935.0S; Asotin, $602.80
Benton, $794.96; Chelan, $1.46S.21
Columbia, y646.7O; Douglas, $S34.56
Ferry, $4,000; Franklin, $422.44; Gar
field, s397.32: Grant. $781.72; Kittitas
$1.473.24; Klickitat, $1,43S.29; Lincoln
81 6S6.42; Pend Oreille. $3s9.62; Ste
vens. $1.724.37; Whitman, $3.133.96
Yakima $3,S76.43.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-06-12
General Trade Conditions.

Dun's Review says "A continued
period of warm weather has had a
beneficial effect on practically all
lines and is tending to Offset the earl
Ter handicap of backward spring.
"The movement of seasonable goods
both at wholesale and retail. shows en-.
couraging increase and most reports
indicate that confidence is gaining
strength.
GAS yet. the usual statistical com.
parsons do not reflect the current
business improvement, gross earnings
of railroads making returns for three
weeks of May being IA per cent less
than last year, while bank clearings
this week were Sc per cent smaller"
Bradstreet's says: Good weather
except in parts of the south and
southwest; continued active retail de.
mand for spring and summer wear.
ing apparel; improved demand from
jobbers and wholesalers for cotton
and other dress fabrics: further sales
of basic pig iron; good reports or
leading crops, excepting cotton. and
the heaviest exports Of wheat since
January Is. constitute the distinctly
favorable features Of the weeks trade
report.
"In addition, the optimistic feeling
previously noted in financial matters
or voiced by leaders Of industry seems
to have gained force"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-06-12

Few merchants who are at the head
of business realize the extreme i'm
portance of having in their employ an
understudy-one competent to take up
the administrative reins IL the mer-
chant should be suddenly called away
on some unexpected duty. This ad-
vice may seem superf1uous, but many
has been the case where death has
left a vacancy that could not be COM
petently filled, and the business has
been left to founder around like a
rudderless ship at sea. Some mer.
chants have provided for this, but a
great many have not; they are prone
to Judge the future by the present and
think that because now they are in
comparatively good health and capa
BILE of running their business, condi
lions will always remain SO. But how
often does the unexpected happen
and how fortunate Is he who has pro
vided for It.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-06-12
STOCK AND CROP NOTES.

Berry growers at Winslow, on Balm
bridge island, have ordered $4,000
crates for handling the seasons crop.
The Puyallup & Sumner Fruit Grow
ers association is canning gooseberries
at it's Sumner plant, handling not only
the valley product, but receiving ship
ments from Oregon.
Articles of incorporation of the Ore
gon Packing company have been filed
at Lewiston, Idaho, by S. e. Hol-
cromb, E. T. Peterson, Frank E. Doc
ley and G. w. Holcomb, all of Port
land. The company has acquired a
lease on the packing plant Of the
Lewiston Charleston company.
1t is reported from Brussels that
Belgian grape growers are planning to
invade the American market by start
ing hothouses in this country and in
PRODUCING Belgian methods Of culture
that they claim are superior to Amer
lean ways. Last year they exported
211,2O3 pounds to the United States
and expect to greatly increase theil
business by growing grapes here.
The Yakima Fruit Growers associa
ton of North Yakima, Wash, has cut
the handling charges on peaches fol
the 1914 season from sc to &c per box
one-half of which is for the district as
sociation and one-half for the central
Handling charges on apples and pear,
are continued at 10c per box ant
prunes at SC per box. Cherry charges
will be adjusted on percentage Of price
realized, probably Z per cent.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-06-12
SPORTING COLUMN

Spokane is giving Vancouver a hard
fight for second place in the baseball
race this season.
Games have been transferred in the
Northwestern league as follows: Port
land to Spokane June 1921; Victoria
to Spokane June 22-2S.
A bear cub purchased as mascot
for the Chicago National league base
ball club, generally known as the Cubs
has arrived from Alaska.
The University of Washington row
ing crew departed from Seattle Satur,
day with their new shell to take part
in the Poughkeepsie regatta June 26.
Sunday baseball in Washington, d
G. was made possible by recent de
cision in the District of Columbia SUI
preme court that there exists no law
to prevent it.
Shamrock w., with which Sir Thorn
as Upton hopes to lift the Americas
cup, was out in a fairly stiff breeze
Saturday at Portsmouth, England and
stood up better than many of her crit
les expected.
The first international team trophy
match of the present season will be
played at Meadow Brook, L. l., this
week, when the English and American
polo tours meet in the initial game fol
possession of the international pole
cup.
Charles Bake of Los Angeles, mo
torcycle racer who has won many
events in races throughout the coun
try, was killed Sunday at Chicago
when the machine he was riding a.
more than so miles an hour crashed
into a steam roller on an exhibition
track here. His neck was broken.
Chicago.-With the top-heavy score
of As 7-12 points athletes wearing thu
orange and blue of Illinois won for thu
second time in succession the confer
ence track championship Saturday
From start to finish Illinois were thu
leaders
Illinois, As 7-12; Stanford, % 1-8
Chicago, 20 1-S; Wisconsin, 10 IA
Denver, 10; California, 6; Purdue
1-3; Ohio State, 2-3; Northwestern
4 1-3; Minnesota, 3; Notre Dame, 3
Iowa, ~; Lake Forest, Q; Coe, 2
Drake, 2; Missouri, 2; Kansas, 2
Oberlin, 1-3; Nebraska, IA.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-06-12
MINES AND MINERS

What is regarded by mining men as
one of the most sensational discover
les ever made in the Marysville, Mont.
district since the famous Penobscot
was found by Nate Vestal has been
made on ground owned by the Bald
Butte Mining company. The ground in
which the strike was made lies 400
feet south of the workings and is an
entirely new and distinct lead.
High grade copper, assaying from s
to per cent, was encountered recent
ly in the southeast drift from the main
tunnel of the Missoula Copper mine,
near Mullan, Idaho. The Snowstorm
company, which already has taken
over the Missoula, is working 40 men
in the mine, and will increase the
force as rapidly as transportation IA
cilities can be provided
Reports received from Trail, B. c.,
state that the owners of the LIE Roi
mine at Rossland B. c., have taken a
bond on the California and Giant
mines at Rossland, agreeing to spend
not less than $1,000 monthly on the
properties in development work dur
ing the life of the bond and pay the
owners $4,000 cash at it's expiration,
besides giving them half the stock in
a company to be formed to operate the
bonded properties.
New York Metal Market.
Lead-Quiet, $3.s5@3.95.
| Spelter-Quiet, $5.05@5.15.
1
$13.4O@13.o0; electrolytic, $14.12h q
1925; lake, nominal; casting, $4,000
14.12h.
Antimony-Dull; Cookson's, $3.50
1874.
Iron-Quiet and unchanged.
Tin-Firm; spot, $30.9O@31.121k.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-06-12
New York Metal Market.
POSTPONE REMOVING LEGENDS
Pure Food Guarantees to BE Used
Until 1916.

Washington.-The department OF
agriculture has postponed until May
1, 1915, the time when the new regu-
lations abolishing the guarantee le.
gend of the pure foods and drugs act
will become effective Recently the
department decided that the legend
Guaranteed by (name Of guarantor)
under the food and drugs act" which
has been commonly used by manufac-
turers. was misleading and deceptive
and ordered It's adjustment after May
1, 1915. The reason for the postpone
ment was because many manufacture
ers had already supplied themselves
with large quantities Of labels which
could not be used up by May /, 1915,
and which would have caused heavy
| losses.