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The sun., 1915-05-22
Big DECREASE IN
US. REALTY GAINS
Net Income Equal to 100 Per
Ccnt-Was 8.18 Per Cent.
in Year Before.
OUTLOOK IS BRIGHTER

The report OF the United States
Realty and Improvement Company Tor
the year ended April 30. 1915. shows
surplus OF ss0s.136 after the payment
Of interest charges out OF net income. as
compared with sl.322.53s for the year
previous. This was equal to i.99 per
cent. earned on the s1s.I62.s00 capital
stock. against Sis per cent. earned on
the same stock In 1914. Gross earnings
of the company for the year were W.
9Ot,5O9, as compared with So. 3.lis.6o9,
for the period ended April 80, 1914, with
a net income OF sl.1oi,636. against H'-
ela,O3s. Only s363633 was paid In divi-
dends. as compared with ss0s.l4O in the
year previous. leaving surplus OF
Slii,473, against S5li.3es in the pre-
vous year.
The remarks which accompany the an
nual report are In part as follows: lhe
company's real estate is carried on its
books at the original cost. Conforming
to the custom OF previous years the en-
tire expense OF carryi ing the unproduc-
tive real estate has been charged out
OF income. During the year the James
Estate properties in which the company
held undivided interests. were sold at
auction and the proceeds distributed.
your company acquiring the premises
400 Fifth avenue and l2S-l32 West
Thirtieth street at reasonable prices
Mortgages on real estate were re-
duced Ss75,0o0 by payment and In
creased S3e5. 900 on the two above mem
toned properties. making a net reduc-
ton in this item OF S2s0.000 for the
Aa Af
on all of the real estate owned by the
company Is now 43 per cent. OF the book
value.
While the unfinished business on hand
IL s6.4S7.353 below last year. II u ex-
pected TO produce a greater percentage
OF profit, .or the reason that under the
method employed in arriving at profits
on work In progress, the coming year
will receive the benefit OF large amount
OF work done during the current year.
Every effort will be made TO continue
reducing expenses In proportion to de-
creased production.
Through its engineering and con-
struction department the company has
also contracted with the city OF Now
York for a section OF the subway extend
ing from Twenty-sixth 10 Twenty-eighth
street In broadway. Working n pro-
crossing rapidly on all three sections Of
the subway which this department has
under contract. with q total Of business
on its books Of s6.77&.o22. and work
executed during tho year OF $2709,32<,
unfinished business at this date 10
s4.06+,69s. This gives . total OF un-
finished business on the books OF the
company at this date OF Sl5.262.7l0.
The regular income from real estate
and other investments continues to be
more than sufficient TO pay all expenses
and the interest upon the companys
bonds The balance OF the income from
these investments, the profits from the
George A. Fuller Company. the real
estate operating department and the
general construction work Will be sp-
plicable to dividends"
The sun., 1915-05-22
NEWS OF FINANCIAL INTEREST

rled forward by about 5000 900 marks.
through cutting the dividend to 10 per
cent After the payment of this divi-
dend, there was carried to the new ac-
count a balance OF S2.SS4.733 The
total profits for the year were 50, 779,63S,
including sS73,432 carried over from the
previous year In undivided profits The
dividend payment was nearly $4,000, 900.
I'VE have cooperated In the organiza-
tlon OF twelve war credit banks our
respective participations aggregating
$545.000 face value" say the directors
THE credit facilities provided by these
banks have been availed OF but to
small extent. the necessity OF resorting
to them having developed in exceptional
cases only. As n matter OF fact. the
mere possibility. created in so many
places. of satisfying legitimate credit
requirements, has largely contributed 10
allay the alarm spread by the unlocked
for outbreak of the war. Particular
thanks are due to our central Reichs-
bank for saving Germany's economic life
from the dsorganization experienced by
nearly all other centres. In London spe.
cial bank holidays had to be declared
and the rate OF discount had to be raised
to 10 per cent, whereas the RelchsbanK
had not TO raise its rate above s per
cent, and succeeded in maintaining its
last eighteen years, very considerably
above the stock OF gold of the Bank of
England.
"As far az we are concerned we ha -
literally met our clients demand for
cash and credit, as is shown by our bal
ance sheet. On the other hand. the
aggregate amount of funds entrusted to
our care by our creditors has for the
FIRST time exceeded the sum of 2,000.-
0O0 600 marks
Despite the war. the proportion ~
our quick assets excluding loans on
merchandise warehoused and in transit
10 our total liabilities has risen to s474
per cent. as compared with 63.64 per
cent. In the preceding year"
The reserve OF the bank Al tho close
OF the year was s42.5oo 900. againet
s27.3S0.s52 in tho previous year De-
posits were s4ss,214474. against 3s7s,-
20l.37s tho year before. Cash at the
end Of the year was s66.2s7.77s, the
total Of cash. bills receivable. loans and
investments being 9347.Ss7.so4. against
S2sl,l93.s27 In the year before.
One OF the interesting features Of
the report IL the care OF the employees
OF the bank through salary payments
while they are at the front. The stan
increased from 6.s3s at the end OF 1918
to s.t75 at tho end OF 1914. Many were
called to the colors. The bank during
the f'rst three months Of the war paid
full salaries 70 the men who were in
the army. Since November 80 per
cent. has been paid TO unmarried men
and so per cent. TO married men. with
an Increase Of 6 per cent. for each
child. up TO 80 per cent.
The sun., 1915-05-22
company be read carefully, in view Of

company be read carefully, in view Of
long misunderstanding regarding them
The annual report shows that the COM
bined earnings OF the corporation and
the company for the year ended Feb
ruary 2s, 1915, were si.S6l. .09l. The
balance OF the two companies at the end
OF the year was sl7.i9T,7T2
President Wnsiow in his report says:
THE fiscal year witnessed falling on
In the shoe manufacturing business. in
common with all other branches of Amer
lean Industry. Although tho shrinkage OF
about 10 per cent. from tho previous
years output has since been Offset In
some degree through foreign orders re-
ceived by few American factories
these nave not been large enough to
have material influence upon the trade.
the total orders from European buyers
during this period having been less than
per cent. OF the normal annual pro-
duction OF shoes in tho United States
"Industrial conditions have affected
the operations of tho Beverly factory 30
1t has been necessary still further TO
reduce tho force OF employees, already
depleted on account OF the Government
litigation. The number of employees at
the time OF the annual report in 1911
was nearly 5000. A year ago II wss
1864. II II now ASST. The average
weekly wage OF productive help 10 Slsl6
"a higher rate than ever before"
The sun., 1915-05-22
SIX QUACKS HEAVILY FINED.
Medical Museum Men Admit Prac-
tising without License.

Members OF the New York County
Medical Society felt yesterday that they
had completed the first big move to sup
press the quack medical museums which
have fourished in the city for many
years when eighteen OF the physicians
and attendants who we're arrested in re
cent raids pleaded guilty In Special Ses-
sions TO maintaining public nuisanccs
and 10 practising medicine without a
license.
Large fines were imposed on six de-
PENDANTS otto G. Bubek and Thomas
l.. Ward. who managed the establish
ment at Az Sixth avenue. were SEN
fenced to pay fine OF $3.50 or serve
two months In prison. Adolph Slaugh-
ter. negro who was said to control
the institute in East Fourteenth
street. was fined $500 The same fine
was imposed on Dr. James Flippen head
Of the museur AT eos West Forty-second
street. and DR. Nicholas MetaAas OF -
West Ninety-secoud street and Dr
George ldromenos of 1877 East Twenty
sixth street were fined $3.50 apiece.
The sun., 1915-05-22
JUDGE ORDERS THIRD TRIAL.
woman's Verdict Against Brok ers
Set Aside.

third trial OF suit by Mrs Ida
Small against the Stock Exchange Arm
OF A. A. Housman & Co. must be held
as the result OF a decision OF the Ap-
pellate Division yesterday setting aside
judgment OF s2974 for Mrs Small
because the trial Judge erred In his
charge TO the jury. The suit. to recover
100000 as the value OF collateral owned
by Mrs. Small which was held on mar
gin by the brokers, was begun in 1909.
In the summer OF 1907 Mrs. Small
went TO Europe Her son. Eugene w.
Small. employed by the brokers as a
bond salesman. used her key to safe
deposit box containing securities worth
100000. and as the brokers demanded
additional collateral ne kept withdraw
eng his mothers securities until they
had been exhausted. A further break
In the market required more collateral
and when the brokers were unable to
reach Mrs. Small by cable they sold
her securities and applied the proceeds
on her Indebtedness.
On the first trial a verdict was d.
rected for the defendants and the Court
of Appeals ordered new trial The
second trial was held last year and re-
suited in a verdict for Mrs Small.
The sun., 1915-05-22
Big GROWTH IN WAR
BY GERMANY'S BANK
Dcutsche Institution Reports
Gain in Deposits in Days
Of Stress.
PRIDE IN ACHIEVEMENTS

Pride in the accomplishment OF the
Deutsche Bank. the great German fnan-
cial institution, during the calendar year
1914 Is the keynote of the annual report
OF the managing directors, which was
made public here yesterday.
80 much has been written and printed
about this most tremendous OF all wars.
its causes and effects" say the directors.
that we prefer to let facts and figures
speak for us. They show that the
Deutsche Bank in particular. like Ger
many's economic structure in general.
has proved up to the test The success
of the two war loans. aggregating
$4,000. 100000. issued In the midst OF the
war, raised the German peoples
economic achievement to the level OF her
military success.
"Our banks forty-ffth year will re-
main memorable one. Its first half
was marked by the largest increase on
record OF our capital and reserves. The
second half year put the strength OF
the Deutsche Bank to the severest test
II has ever had to stand"
One of the striking evidences OF the
ravages OF the war Is presented in the
list of members Of the banks stan
who have died in battle. OF tho III
killed fifty-four were from tho head
office in Berlin.
The turnover Of the bank for
tho year. which 10 actually one
Of the largest made by tho great
institutions of tho world. was
327.sss.s%2,os5. as compared with s3o.-
7s?.o75.+33 in 1913. the figures being
In American dollars. reckoned by the
bank on scale OF az marks to the
dollar.
The bank earned enough to pay the
full l2ia per cent. on Its stock. but the
directors say they preferred. as a matter
OF further precaution, and having re-
gard to the continuance OF tho war" 10
increase the balance OF profits to be car
The sun., 1915-05-22
GEORGIA EX-JUDGE
PLEADS FOR FRANK
Tells Gov. SlatOn That Judge
Roam Believed Prisoner
Innocent.

ATLANTA. May ei.-Judge Arthur g.
Powell. ex-member OF the State Court
Of Appeals, has written to Gov. Slaton
and the State Prison Board letter
declaring that the late Judge Roam told
him that he tJudge Roam believed Leo
Mary Phagan. Judke Powell expressed
the hope that Frank will either be par
doned or his sentence commuted to life
imprisonment. In the letter Judge
Powell says:
II was an intimate friend OF Judge
Roam. II he were living I would not
attempt to speak for him, but ! feel that
II is due to him and to Frank that !
should give you the beneit OF what !
know Of how ne felt as to the defend
ants guilt.
Frequently during the trial he ad-
vised with me. The substance of what
he told me is that he did not believe
the defendant to be guilty. why, with
these views. he did not grant the new
trial, j cannot explain. ! knew Judge
Roam for number OF years and | can
say he was not himself during the trial
and afterward. II | was theoretically
interested in the case during the trial 1t
was on the side Of the state. as my
partner, Mr.. Hooper. was engaged in
the prosecution. What saw of the
trial convinced me that the defendant
was innocent. | hope he will be par
doned or that his sentence will be COM
muted.
Il have recently travelled over
Georgia and have been surprised to md
how practically unanimous the senti-
ment there u against his being hanged
though the feeling was strong against
him at the timc Of the trial"
II Is understood that several other
well known Atlanta lawyers have also
written to tho Prison Commission In
Franks behalf.
The sun., 1915-05-22
HANAN HEIRESS LOSES SUIT.
Court Decides Against Mrs. Mil
drcd r.. Wagner in Divorce.

Justice Crane In Brooklyn yesterday
decided against Mrs. Mildred +. Wagner.
daughter OF Alfred y Hanan, shoe
manufacturer, in her suit for divorce
against br. Jerome Wagner
The only witness for the plaintiff was
Charles r. Classon. clerk and night
watchman of the Mansfield Apartments.
l2 West Forty-fourth street. Manhattan,
and it was admitted that his name had
been given to Mrs Wagner by her
husband because he objected TO being
bounded by her detectives. Classon tes-
titled that in violation OF the rules DR.
Wagner had visitor In his apartment
all night and that he went 10 a res
tauraut to get lunch FOR them
In his decision for the defendant
Justice Crane says:
while 1t may not be colluson for
the husband TO furnish his wife proof
OF his past falthlessness, yet IL Is a
very strange circumstance pointing TO
the conclusion that he is desirous OF
helping along the divorce, and In his
eaGerness to unite an uncomfortable
knot may have procured evidence Of
things which never happened, Such
cases require careful scrutiny"
The sun., 1915-05-22
HIGHER WAGES PAID
IN The SHOE INDUSTRY
United Machinery Corporation
Report Shows Earnings
Of $4,861,001.

q. W. winslow. president Of the
United Shoe Machinery Corporation.
yesterday sent to each stockholder .
copy of the opinions OF the Federal
District Court Of Boston. which dis
missed the Government dissolution suit
against the company on March IS.
This was done. said Mr.. Winslow. be-
cause "the directors Of the company be-
lleve that II is as much their duty to
protect the reputation OF the company
as TO work for It's commercial success 4"
He asks that the opinions OF the Judges
regarding the business methods Of the
The sun., 1915-05-22
WIFE SUES FLORISTS SON.
Mrs. Alice Siebrecht Says Husband
Made Her . servant.

WHITE PLAINS, ". Y. May 21.-It
came out during an argument of the
motion of Mrs. Alice Siebrecht of New
Rochelle for alimony and counsel fees
pending the trial of her suit for separa-
tIon from William II Siebrecht. before
Justice Tompkns In the Supreme Court
here to-day. that Mr. Slebrecht dis
charged the servant and told his wife
she would have TO act as maid He fixed
her wages at sl6 a month Mrs Sic
brecht charges cruel and inhuman treat
ment.
Mr. Siebrecht. who is son OF Henry
Siebrccht, Sr.. a florist of Fifth avenue,
Manhattan, through NJ J. Tierney of
New Rochelle. denied the charges OF
Mrs. Siebrecht. He also says his wife
has been In the habit OF going to tango
parties and playing bridge for money.
He denies he ever struck her
Justice Tompkins will fx the alimony
later.
The sun., 1915-05-22

"1h'r" is evidence here in this record
OF persistent violations Of the law. They
oesdn before Mr. Williams became
comptroller and appear TO have con-
onu'd W to this time" said the Judge.
IL declared that the Secretary was
eui" right in taking out of the bank
aep"s'N Of public funds on account OF
the evidence OF repeated violations OF the
banking laws"
On the issuance OF the policy of the
removal ~ public deposits from the So
cale stock exchange" banks. as Mr..
"cAdoo had characterized those banks
"h'"h have a large amount of money
l'dned upon stocks and bonds as col
.a'eral nah their redeposit In so-called
commercial hanks" the court said II
vas matter of public policy.
regard the policy a good one" he
sa'i' III II not good in my opinion to
nave nave large deposits of public funds IN
,neSe stock Exchange banks, Congress
haS indicated its approval OF this policy
=! "hat II enacted in the Federal re-
servs act"
ne case opened with another show
y, had blood this morning, when Samuel
s.ueimyer, attorney for the Treasury
v"n''ers, submitted an affidavit by one
O., ~ rls Lamont, FORMER bOokKetper
. '' me bankrupt firm OF Lewis Johnson
=, % alleging that the stock transac-
.'ns with that firm carried on by one
y, ,he officers of the Riggs bank Henry
-, Rather, were carried on in the name
INC Riggs bank. that Mr. Flather
~ h't the active agency in them and
.,a, me checks in payment for the bal
,.N's ana the orders were executed in
Ne nam" Of the Riggs bank Judge
10y seemed much exercised and said
"ts' a'hdavit would have to be ex-
",ned ny the bank officers.
.,n'ei Attorney Hogan for the bank
r''n'3 mat the disparity was moro
.sn' tnan real, the court promptly
sstutled MIR Hogan OF Intention to
u,.."ort facts or mslead. but expressed
op.h'on that the bank officers am
s,ma,,had mad not dealt candidly with the
The sun., 1915-05-22
COTTON KING" MUST PAY.
Court Reverses Daniel J. sully's
Order staying Attachment.

The Appellate Division OF the Supreme
Court decided yesterday that Daniel
j. Sully. one time cotton king" must
pay judgment of S17.3s0. obtained
against him in 1909 by Mrs. Grace w,
Savage. or go to Jail. The judgment
was for money used by Sully in making
investments in cotton for Mrs. Savage.
Soon fter she got II. she obtained writ
OF attachment for Sully.
Sully and his wife then appeared at
the Sheriff's office and agreed to pay
$500 on account and 5000 a month until
the judgment was sattfed II Sully was
not taken on the attachment The plain
tiff agreed. After he had paid $l,s00.
his finances were exhausted and efforts
were made to serve the attachment on
him Suly then got an order staying
the execution OF the writ This order
was reversed yesterday.
The sun., 1915-05-22

THERE ST. or more Varieties of Non Skid Tires.
Some of these actually prpenf Skidding in
l. Wef Weather and on slippery pavements.
Many of them the Cotton Fabric of the Tire long
before time through the heat which thick Teads
develop in the Rubber, between layers, by friction
And practically oil Of them that make claims Non
Skid efficiency cost l0 30 than Plain Tread Tires
of me brand and material
The Makers of Non.Skds say this loT 3o1
off thing said
the other about WE do for 81.
Here's how and why
The sun., 1915-05-22

A. Augustus Healy. president OF the
Brooklyn Museum Of Arts and Sciences.
has been chosen chairman OF the Jeffer-
sonian Alliance, which is fighting hard
to oust John II, McCooey from the
Democratic county leadership.
The Washington times., 1915-10-04
TRIAL OF CHARLTON
BEGINS TOMORROW
Legal Experts Predict AcquittaI
of American Charged With
Killing Wife at Lake Como.

COMO, Italy. Oct. 4.-Porter Charl-
ton Is under doctors care today on
the eve of his trial for the honey
moon murder OF his beautiful wife.
Mary Scott Charlton. In their villa
on the shore OF Lake Como.
The news that his chief counsel.
Catapana. had suddenly withdrawn
from the case, was a severe shock to
the young American. His nervous
condition is such that physicians have
not permitted his remaining lawyer.
Cattaneo, to visit his cell
Lagal experts give Charlton two
chances out OF three for acquittal Oh
the grounds that he was insane when
he killed his wife with mallet. Both
Prosecutor Mellini and Charlton's at
torneys believe the trial will last about
five days.
The courtroom today was put In
readiness. Several extra benches were
drawn In, facing the iron cage In which
Cha arkon will sit throughout the trial,
guarded by Carbinecrs; There will be
a big throng OF spectators. eager to
hear the dramatic recital OF this pas
s,en TsGsAy." -.---.
The Washington times., 1915-10-04
Filling IN AROUND
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Top Of Big Mound Soon Will Be
Forty.five Feet Above the
Surrounding Level.

Work Of f,lling In the earth around
the upper part OF the Lincoln memorial
foundation in West Potomac Park ts
progressing rapidly. as is the erection
of the memorial proper and the top Of
the big mound soon will be forty-fivc
feet above the surrounding level.
The foundations OF the memorial
building have a depth OF ninety-five
feet, which, II they were on the sur
face, would be higher than the building
itself. The sub-foundation is OF 120 re-
enforced concrete piles sunk fifty feet
IN the ground with their lower ends
embedded two feet In the bedrock found
at that depth. Their upper ends are
tied" together with a network OF steel
and concrete. and on this the upper part
OF the foundation. forty-five feet high.
was built.
It is the work Of filling around this
upper part that Is nearly completed.
and the finished mound will have a
diameter OF about 600 feet. 4 will be
circular in form and will be almost
completely encircled by four rows OF
trees. No trees will be planted between
the memorial and the Monument. but
instead there will be an esplanade.
The sides of the fill about the build
ing will be terraced. and will be sodded
some time next summer Only clean
earth Is being used In making the fill.
most of 1t coming from the excavation
being made for the new Interior De-
partment building at Eighteenth and +
streets northwest.
The Washington times., 1915-10-04
STREET CAR MAIL BOXES

Street car mail boxes have been
employed with success in other
cities. The installation Of these
boxes on the City and Suburban line
between Washington and Laurel IL
lustrates q use to which they may
be put here to great advantage.
Instead Of once-a-day service
for many Of the smaller towns lying
along the route, letters now are
brought into the city hourly. But
the Laurel line is not the only one
which lies through sections where q
more frequent mail service would
be appreciated. Especially helpful
to residents would be q similar serv-
ice along the lines of the Great
Falls, the Bluemont, the Alexandria
and Mt. Vernon, and the Rockville
lines.
If this collection proves to be pop
ular and practicable on the Laurel
line, and if it can be extended to
these other lines, it will contribute
greatly to the development of the
many attractive suburbs around the
Capital, and eliminate one more ad-
vantage of the city dweller over the
commuter.
The Washington times., 1915-10-04
FLEET WILL ATTACK
u;SCOAST TONIGHT
Red Force Already at Sea, and
Blue Puts Out Today for
Naval War Game.

NORFOLK. Oct. 4.-scenes Of Span
ish war days were repeated here today
with the opening Of the navy's war
Gams. The attack upon the United
States coast begins at midnight tonight.
A. score Of dreadnaughts and smaller
craft will sail today to the battle
ground" Some Of the fleet has al
ready taken station along the coast
Hampton Roads was a scene Of great
activity today. Tho Red" or hostile.
feet 10 already, hovering somewhere
along tho coast. ready to strike. The
defensive fleet. the last line Of which
sails before midnight. will soon be on
guard.
Under the rules. the Blue" or de-
Tending forces. have until midnight to
assume positions. After that hour the
invaders will be free to strike any part
OF the coast, II they are able.
Mines. submarines. and aeroplanei
will play a large part In the war game
theoretically and. at some points. actu
ally mine fields have been planted ant
submarines stationed. For recon
noisance. hydroplanes and aeroplanei
will be used by both fleets.
seacoast artillery posts are also tax
Ing part In the navy's game. but mostl,
as volunteers" While the army is mo-
and other Southern forts will play theil
searchlishts and give other aid agains
night attacks"
Tho Atlantic fleet Is stripped for &C
ton. with decks denuded Of small boat
The attacking feet Is commanded b!
| Admiral Fletcher. The defending fee
Is under Vice Admiral Mayo.