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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
CIVIL BILL PRUNED
TO RELIEVE DEFICIT
Measure Carries 81, 100000
Less Than Same Items in
Current Year.

WASHINGTON, Feb 4.-Evidence that
appropriations with view to relieving
the Treasury deficit is to be found In
the sundry civil bill reported to the
House to-day.
with the exception of the post office
and pension bills the sundry civil budget
is the largest handled by Congress, The
bill carries "A net total OF sl25,92S, 900
which is "A reduction OF Sll.6SS, 900 be-
low the estimates submitted by the De
partments and is s4,S0O.OO0 less than
appropriations for the same items in
the current year.
The principal reductions are found in
the appropriations for contracts on
river and harbor works, where $1,000
900 Is saved. Panama Canal appno-
priations for construction and operation
show a decrease OF s3.7so.000 and the
fortihcaUons for the canal show a de
crease OF $l,50OOOO. The approprla-
ton for the improvements Of rivers
and harbors carried in the bill is 3d.
9S2, 1000. For maintenance and opera
ton In the Panama Canal $500, 900
Is allowed. An appropriation of s2,-
$40, 600 Is authorized to continue work
on fortihcations of the canal.
For public buildings already author
lied the sum of $4,000 900 is carried,
this item being one of the few that
have been increased, tho appropriation
heing S3,b00,00O more than the amount
made available for the current year,
The Senate Committee on Commerce
agreed to report "A river and harbor
bill carrying appropriations aggregating
little less than s40,000.000 The SEN
ate added little more than $4,000, 900
to the bill.
The authcrizati>r of the use nf un-
expended appropriations for the removal
OF Coenties reef III the subway i'm
provements for Greater New York was
not carried in the bill, but Senator
O'Gorman prevailed on the committee
to report 1t as an independent measure.
This bill authorizes the survey Of Now
York harbor with n view OF removing
the shoal In Gowanus Bay TO give a
depth uniform with the Bay Ridge chan
mel
Several surveys were ordered for tho
Long Island shore OF Connecticut, In
Guiding n survey OF Mystic River and
Of tho east branch OF Yantic River from
It's junction with the Thames to a point
$500 feet northerly to secure a fourteen
foot channel.
The committee struck out the authorl-
cation for the dredging OF the Connect
cut River above Hartford, but gave a
survey OF the Thames River to provide
a twenty foot channel from New Lon
don harbor to the city OF Norwich. q
survey Of Mantle Bay, with a view OF
creating harbor or refuge and a sur
vey of New Haven harbor and OF
Brandsford Harbor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
COUSINS TO FIGHT
RUTHERFORD WILL
Twelve Unite in Contest for
Share Of So,OOO,OOO
Estate.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo, Feb i--wiillam
L. Gulick. proprietor OF little shoe
store here, admitted to-day that, with
twelve other cousins Of Henry Ruther-
ford OF New York. who died two years
ago leaving an estate of SO, 900, 900. he
had signed an agreement with ex-Sen-
ator Spooner OF Wisconsin and ex-Sena-
tor Charles Towne Of Minnesota. now of
New York, employing them to break the
will. Most of the estate was left 20 Mr..
Rutherford's paternal relatives In Scot
land.
Some of the other cousins are Mrs
Alma Gulick Alden OF New York. Frank
u. Quick Of Philadelphia, J. Franklin
Guick of New York, II. l.. Gulick Jf
Kingston. n. J.. Mrs. Eta Powell Gulick
OF Kingston, Mrs. Katherine McFarlane
OF Cologne. n. j.. Miss Aimee Gulck
or Kingston, Charles II. Green OF New
York. Mrs Margaret Bolcc of Cheyenne,
wyo, and Mrs. j. Edgerton OF Wash
ington. ID. G. The terms of the will pro-
vided that the entire amount. except
ing "A few minor legacies to friends and
Institutions, should go to paternal rela-
tives In Scotland. The cousins trying
70 Dftdh llt VIII dI' dil hdt'iH"' iNi"
tives.
Henry Rutherford and his sister. Mrs.
Janet Rutherford Marshall, who until
Just before her death In an Atlantic
city hotel in 1913 was estranged from
her brother, were the only direct heirs
OF James Rutherford the founder OF the
fortune. At her death Mrs. Marshall
left her entire share OF the fortune to
her brother, with whom she had become
reconciled. Mrs. Marshall who was the
divorced wife OF Gen. +. q. Marshall,
lived for many wears as "A recluse in an
immense mansion on the crest Of a hill
near Palmerton. Carbon county, Pa.
Henry Rutherford died on February
25, 1913. \ year and half later de-
cison of Surrogate Fowler held that
Mr. Rutherford was a resident OF New
York. and not Of Green Isle, Vt, where
he had home. The ruling gave New
York State an inheritance tax OF about
$3.50 900.
His estate was estimated At about ST.
600. 600, the bulk OF which he got from
his sister. Mrs. Janet r. Marshall, and
his brother. John ". Rutherford. who
died in France In 1911. His will Gre
ated trust found OF 5000. 900. the in
come Of which was to he used by the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search In its study OF cancer.
For several years previous to his
death Mr. rutherford had lived in New
York hotels.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
INQUIRY
Jacob H. Schiff Leads Majority Defeating Resolution
for Action by Congress to Correct American
Situation Caused by War.

airy 2s, 1915, note the statement OF
Mr.. James J. Hin that ships built here
cost almost IL not quite double the cost
In Britain.
The Carnegie Steel Company offered
to supply shipyards on the Atlantic
coast at the same rate II received for
steel delivered in Belfast, Ireland. where
80 many Atlantic liners are built. We
have furnished Belfast with steel for
many years. found the shipbuilders
on the Clyde using American riveters
at last. No doubt this is continued.
believe that our successor. the United
States steel Corporation. would make
the same offer we did to American
shipbuilders We make steel about as
cheSply as Britain. and 1 believe could
soon build ships about ms cheaply. Wood
here would cost less
This subject deserves careful inves-
tigation. Your committee has made an
able report. worthy of the Chamber
Of Commerce"
Inquiry at the offices OF Judge Gary
of the United states Steel Corporation
later as to whether that concern would
make the same offer to American ship
builders as the Carnegie company had
made brought the response that Judge
Gary had nothing to say on the sub
jeCt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
RECRUITING SLUMP D.,
DISTURBS CANADA
Rural Districts and Smaller
Cities Far Below Their
Needed Quota.
ONLY 500 UNDER FIRE

OTTAWA, Feb. 4-The last couple NJ
weeks have witnessed disturbing
slump in recruiting throughout m
Dominion. especially in the rural d.
tricts. and the fact is giving tho mi.
tary authorities no little concern.
Lees than two weeks ago IL was pro.
dicted that enough volunteers for t.a
third contingent would be enlisted W.tb.r.
ten days, and the recruiting in the
larger centres was sufficiently brisk o.
warrant the belief. Toronto and son.
OF the western districts furnished the
required number Of men for their d.
visions. but the returns from the rurl
districts and small towns In ontario are
decidedly dscouraging.
In cities like London. Windsor. Chat-
ham. st. Thomas Strathroy, Clinto'.
Woodstock, Sarnia, Straiford. Walkcrtu.
and Berlin not more than 80 per cent
Of the needed quota Of volunteers f.r
tho third contingent have thus far com
forward in spite of an advertising cam
paign carried on by the newspapers. Tn
falling off In recruiting Is causticallg
commented upon I'm tho press. and the
Toronto Globe declares that It is tim,
for Canadians TO wake up Pointing
out that Notwithstanding all their tax
not more than 500 Canadians have Sc.
been under fire the Globe says:
ut is disquietinE 10 learn hat 'n
rural Ontario the recruiting for the
third contingent has been a failure. IN
the cities and larger towns the respon.o
has been excellent, but scarcely one iu
four OF the number required frou
smaller places has come forward. Do
the young men Of rural Canada under
stand that Belgians. Frenchmen. Rus
slams and Serbs are fighting not on.
for the security OF their own lands. hut
for the maintenance of Canadian lib
erty? We shall not do very much 20
destroy German militarism by singing
'Tipperary' at hockey matches"
The ottawa Journal, which IL consid-
cred the mouthpiece OF the Government,
refers TO the able bodied men who refuse
TO volunteer as the strikers, the street
corner boys, the cheap sort who sneer
Mt all sort OF soldering" and adds tina.
Il is "a beauty OF CONSUMPTION that II
not only gathers in such calves to tho
service of their country but improves
them"
The proposal is made that members Of
Parliament conduct recruiting cam
paigns In their constituencies, and II "a
even suggested that Sir Robert Borden
and Sir Wilfrid Laurier tour the country
n a call for volunteers. one reason ad-
vanccd for the apparent apathy of tho
young men Of the Dominion is the long
ncrlod Of inactivity undergone by tn
first contingent at Salisbury Plain. T.
is believed that as soon as the first d.
vision has left for the front and the
casually lists begin to come In there viii
be a return to the enthusiasm for en-
listment which characterized the first
weeks of the war.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
SAYS SKYSCRAPERS
WILL FEEL THE PINCH
President Of the Western
Union Says Corporations
Want Cheaper Offices.

CHICAGO. Feb. lizard times are
ahead for the big Office buildings in the
large cities. because the corporations
will soon hire cheaper office suites and
do away with luxurious quarters far
from their plants said Newcomb Carl
ton. president OF the Western Union
Telegraph Company, here to-day.
Improvement in business conditions is
general throughout the nation. he said,
but il will be months before II has re-
gained the confidence possessed before
the war
Corporations in this country have
learned one lesson from the financial
stringency through which this country
has just passed, and that is the neces-
sity for greater economy in operation"
said President Carlton. I'VE have been
too eNtravaEant In the past.
"Retrenchment will begin in the luxu-
rious suites of offices maintained in the
big cities. This means many vacant
floors in the skyscrapers Such a condi-
ton already exists in New York"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
MISS B0NNERS TRIAL STARTS.
Charged with Mig Diamond Fraud
on Maiden Lane Jewellers.

The trial OF Miss Antoinette Bonner
and her business partner, Joseph g. ks
linger charged with grand larceny OF
diamonds was begun yesterday before
Judge Grain in General Sessions, "A mo-
ton to change the name OF the COM
plainant being withdrawn. She Is
charged with defrauding Maiden Lane
jewellers.
Assistant District Attorney McCor-
mack, who Is prosecuting the case, said
he would he willing to present the case
from the side OF the nominal complainant,
Francis T.. Cocks, although the prop
erty alleged to have been stolen was
put i'm his possession by the true owner,
Charles s, Scale OF $50 Broadway, from
whom ne got II on memorandum. Mr..
Cocks was still on the witness stand
when court adjourned until to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
HUGO WILL AID AUTO MEN.
Secretary of state Assures The m
at Dinner of Cooperation.

Francis NJ: Hugo. Secretary OF State,
came down from Albany last night to
assure the members OF the Automobile
Dealers Association at their dinner at the
Cafe des Beaux Arts that he wanted to
cooperate in matters vitality affecting
the automobile industry in this State
Mr., Hugo said that he thought 1t was
time the automobile men got square
deal" at Albany, Mr.. Hugo's only quail
hcaton in his short talk was that he
thought the pedestrian had rights which
should be safeguarded
Among the guests at the banquet
were A. @. Batchelder, Charles Thad-
deus Terry Emanuel Lascaris, Alfred
Reeves, Harry Bronner and A. NJ Day
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
Another Tieup In subway.

Construction men working on the sub
way tracks at the Times Square sta
tlon dropped material on the third rail
early yesterday afternoon causing n
general tieup of traffic that lasted from
three to twenty-siN minutes. About
twenty-five persons who became uneasy
in a well filled Broadway local train.
which was held for three minutes. be-
low the Twenty-eighth street station.
walked the tracks to the station when
all the lights except the auxiliary ones
went out
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
ASKS INSURANCE RECEIVER.
stock holder OF Kentucky Conn
pany Accuses Omcers.

LEXINGTON, Ky. Feb. Charging
that officers Of the Central Life Insur-
auce Company. the largest organization
Of It's kind in Kentucky, have fraudu-
lently wasted and misappled the funds
OF the company, Emmett +. HORNE,
holder of ten shares Of stock, applied to-
day f,r receiver The petition states
that thr liabilities should he llqudated
and the business d ssolved.
HORNE saws the directors have taken
notes from inso.vent promissors for at
least SlS5,O0O and that large sums have
been lent on stock OF the southern and
Citizens National Life Insurance com
panes OF less value than the loans they
secure.
He says w. II. Gregory. while presi-
dent, personally borrowed 100000 either
with no security at all or with stock OF
less value than the loans.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
I. w. w. PUSH RENT STRIKE.
Also Threaten to Get More Res
taurant Meals Free.

The committee on unemployment" II
the Industrial Workers of the World
said yesterday that the |. w. w is
quietly pushing it's rent strike move
mcnt and workers" moratorium idea,
and within the last four OF five days "A
number Of persons each day are carry
ing out the moratorium Idea. This Is
done by going into restaurants, ordering
and eating meals and not paying for
them.
"a number OF our people have been
arrested and locked up for this from day
to day." an agtator said, but the ar
rests in most cases have not been pub
lshcd. We are pushing the rent strike
plan principally among the Italian and
Jewish people and have speakers going
through the districts where they live
spreading our propaganda"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
AND ALONG CAME RUTH.
Mrs. BicLeI Now Looking for Sill
yer aud a New Handmaiden.

Mrs George l., Bickel. wife Of the
vaudeville actor, living at 800 West
l65th street. has been having her own
troubles with the servant girl problem
when, last Saturday, along came Anna
Ruth with a bundle Of references and
every little household care seemed TO
vanish in thin air. Anna Ruth scrubbed
and polished and things went on merrily
until yesterday afternoon
When Mrs. Bickel returned with her
children from the school near by Anna
Ruth was not in the apartment, neither
was Anna Ruth's big black satchel nor
Mrs. Bickcls solid silver, fine gowns
and jewelry. Detectives from the Har-
lem bureau are looking for Anna Ruth
and Mrs. Bickel is looking for another
girl.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
CAN SAVE CITY
$2OO,OOO,OOOA
YEAR ON FOOD
Investigators Urge State
Control of Marketing
and Distribution.
THREE BIG TERMINAL
STATIONS OFFERED

AtBANY, Feb. "A saving Of IS pcr
oent. in the cost of New York citys
food supply-makIng total of more
than 100000 900 out OF the average
$500, 900 spent annually for food in
the city--can he made by systematic
marketing and distribution Of food prod
ucts under state supervision This Is
the report OF the state Department OF
Foods and Markets to the Legislature
to-day after years investigation.
This does not mean that IL will be
necessary for the State Department to
supervise all the foods coming to the
city" SAYS the report. "If 20 per cent.
Of me food products were supervised
and regulated in these markets the bal
ance OF the trade would be required to
follow the same line by economic ne
cessity"
The department asks for 5000, 900
with which tn inaugurate "A system to
reduce the cost OF living. According to
the report IS per cent OF the cost Of
food goes IN profits and cost OF ham
ding. the producer getting but 80 per
cent
while hunger and want and high
food prices prevail in the city, tons OF
the finest kinds OF food products i'm the
world are rotting within a few hours
ride Of the city OF New York." says the
report.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
Two Large Gifts Declined.

The donors OF two funds. one of
$4,000 for the establis hment OF col
lege OF commerce and administration
and the other Of 100000 for museum
Of commerce and civics. were released
from their offers yesterday by a vote
Of the chamber upon ne reading by the
secretary OF letter from President
McAneny Of the Board OF Aldermen in
which he stated that the city would he
unable for an indefinite time to under
take its part In the financing of the
projects. President McAneny wrote that
to maintain the two institutions would
require increased taxation. and that in
order to avoid further taxation at the
present time 1t might be necessary to
curtal some OF the present activities
and services of the city
The names Of the donors OF the above
funds have never been made public
but Jacob II. Schff is supposed 10 have
offered the 100000 for the college of
commerce and administration. The
chamber voted its thanks % 'No donors
and to tho committee on commercial
education.
letter from Andrew Carnegie to
Seth Low, president OF the Chamber
Of Commerce. was read. in which Mr..
Carnegie took issue with James J. Hill
on the statement that the cost Of ships
built here is almost double that Of
ships built in Great Britain. His letter
was as follows.
Touching the proposed American
merchant marine action by the Cham
Der OF Commerce at its meeting OF Janu-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
EVA BOOTH IMPROVING.
Physician Says She Cannot Leave
Cincinnati for Some Days.

CINCINNATI, Feb, 4--Commander
Evangeline Booth of the Salvation
Army, who Is III Of grip at the Snton
Hotel, was reported tonight by her
physician, DIR. J, d. Meade, TO he
slightly improved.
He said she would not he able to
leave this city for several days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
English America Pence.

\ resolution from the board Of direct
ors Of the Chamber Of Commerce of
Manchester. England, on the occasion
of the cestcnary OF peace between the
United States and the United Kingdom
Of Great Britain and ireland was read
which expr, ssed thsnkfulness that the
deep sense OF national responsibility
possessed by the British and American
peoples alike has always been sufficient
to confne such differences to the chan
nels of diplomacy"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05

Two hundred new students entering
Columbia University this term have
further swelled the record registration
for the collegiate year, Columbia Col
lege takes seventy-hve OF these, thirteen
have entered the law school. nine have
taken up work in the school Of mines,
engineering and chemistry. Journalism
and architecture have each been in
creased by one. Teachers College gains
three, and ninety-seven havs elected
graduate work.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
Harkness's Secretary Sentenced.

Willard h. Thompson. for nine years
an $50 n month private secretary 70
William l.. Hardness of Standard on
fame at IL Broadway, was sent to Sing
Sing prison in General Sessions yester-
day for not less than two years and six
months and not more than four years
and six months, having pleaded guilty
to grand larceny
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
Railroads to Aid.

1.-THE three terminal markets are Of
fered TO the department by the New
York Central Railroad, the Pennsylvania
system and the Bush Terminal interests.
We are only required 10 furnish respOn-
sible lessees for term of years. Tho
buildings win he erected and arranged to
suit the requirements and demands of
the department and there Will he no ex-
penses to the city or 10 the State except
a reasonable rental for the use of the
terminals.
1.-THE markets must he self-supporting
They can easily maintain themselves in
both rental and operating expenses and
produce a reasonable surplus for emer-
gencies and new development. but to be
effective they must be under the super
vision and control OF the department.
THE department should have a work
ing capital OF 100000 To he used In de-
veloping the markets and for organizing
a system of crop and market reports. for
organizing the upstate markets and CO.
operative associations and producers,
for organizing the cooperative operating
companies for the terminals, for inspec-
ton and regulation and for otherwise
sustaining the service of the depart
ment."
The report says that the present prae-
tice in the distribution Of food products
10 WaSteful, eNtiaVagHnt and in many
cases irresponsible" and goes on to say:
For the most part goods are shipped
to cities without previous knowledge of
the conditions OF the markets, with the
result that city markets are often glutted
with similar products and the goods are
sold at runous price. These same
goods are often assembled in the city
markets and returned to the farmers
home town In quantities 10 supply tho
local trade, and after paying the freight
both ways and the city expenses and
profits the goods are sold In local towns
by peddlers or dealers ut a price less
than the original cost OF production.
I'm the city wholesale markets the
prizes vary violently from day to day
and often during periods OF the same
day, but the high level cost Is always
ma-ntained - the city consumer, So
that the low return to the farmer does
. not stimulate an extra consumption
and in no way tends to absorb the sur
plus Much of the food spells and enor.
nous waste results.
"In New York city conditions are
chaotic and wasteful in the extreme
We have the cheapest form of trans.
portation on ;hs Sesp rivers that sur
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
Newark Curnte for school Position.

The Rev. William J. Lawlor, curate
OF st. Aloysius II. C. Church, Jersey
city, was yesterday appointed assistant
superintendent NJ the parochial schools
in the Newark diocese.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05

A resolution urging that the executive
committee Of the Chamber of Commerce
should consider the inadequacy o. the
national defences, In view of the lessons
learned from other nations of the value
of being prepared. and should communi-
cate with other commercial bodies with
view to making a concerted demand
on Congress and the Administration for
the correction of the situation was de-
feated yesterday by a large majority
headed by Jacob H. Schiff. The resolu-
ton was offered by J. Howard Cowper-
thwait of Cowperthwait & Sons.
Mr.. Cowperthwait In introducing his
resolution said that no one could fore
tell the outcome of the war. and that
the United States was likely to excite
the animosity of the belligerents on
both sides, owing to the frantic en-
deavors to be neutral.
II think that under the circumstances
It is perfectly proper for us to be pro-
pared to defend ourselves" he said. I'VE
do not want. at the end OF this war, TO
De Simply TAT, Slech anu pTOSpeIOuS-
and defenceless-and we don't want to
be afraid of the exhausted nations Of
Europe. So | think, on the whole. we
had better he prepared for war-at least
to the extent of being able to defend
ourselves ! do not think we need to
go any further than that"
Mr.. Cowperthwalt's speech and reso-
luton created "A considerable stir among
the members OF the chamber, and the
reading OF the resolution WAS scarcely
finished when Jacob IL. Schiff sprang to
ms feet.
Mr.. President and gentlemen he
said, 81 am of the opinion that the
consideration of this resolution at the
present time might open up IA discussion
In this chamber which does not belong
here and therefore | move that the
resolution he laid on the table"
MIR. Schins motion was seconded and
on "A vote being taken there was only
one dissenting vote against tabling the
motion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05

BuENos AYREs, Feb. 1.-THE Senate
has voted an appropriation of 500, 900
10 aid the Belgian sufferers.