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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
COoperstOwn

Cooperstown, n. Y, July 24.-Mon-
day Miss Florence Virginia Sill gave
dinner at the Naples for Mrs. An
toinette Burgess. Miss Cecily McKim
gave a dinner to celebrate the birth
days of Miss Mary Brown, Miss Alice
Lee Miller and Miss Dorothy Savage.
A large birthday cake with candles or
namented the table, while attractive
favors were given the guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. John VI. Bowers left
Monday to be the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Coppell at Southampton
for a week. Miss Dorothy Savage gave
n picnic luncheon Tuesday, while Mrs.
Ralph Birdsal gave luncheon in honor
of Mrs Joseph II. Choate. Mrs. Edward
Hun and Edward Bowdtch, Of Albany,
are spending the week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Marcus T. Hun, at Willow Brook.
Mrs. Martha Van Amringe is spending
July and August in the Canadian Rock
les and will open her Cooperstown
home the first of September. Wednes-
day Miss Grace Carter gave one Of the
largest luncheons of the season. About
forty guests were present, and the
luncheon was given in honor OF Mrs.
Antoinette Burgess. Wednesday after
noon Mrs. Walter C. Stokes gave re-
ception in honor of Mrs. Joseph H..
Choate.
Thursday Mrs. Walter Watson
Stokes gave a luncheon, as did Mrs.
william Festus Morgan. Friday Mrs.
Babbage and Miss Maud Babbage were
the hostesses at luncheon at the O.
te-sa-ga. Before the luncheon the
guests listened to a special programme
of Russian music given by Harry Mey-
er's O-te-sa-ga orchestra.
This evening Mrs. Paul B. Cooke and
Mrs. Charles Stroebel are giving dim
ners before the O-te-sa-ga dance. Mrs.
Antoinette Burgess is giving moon
light lake party Tuesday for her
daughter, Miss Barbara Burgess. All
of the young people will be present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
AT the Beach

For The Gazette.
II is very pleasant and m
teresting
Not to add, these hot days,
a great blessing
To 90 IN swimming aud to
match
Others disport at every
beach.
The gentlemen do look quite
athletic
Who indulge IN sports aqua
tic
And the 1Comen in their
bathing suits
Are agloV 1cith radiant
health and youth.
The other day she 'cho th1s
poem is 1criting
Went into the Vuter Go'on
at Brighton
And the cool surge OF the
Atlantic Ocean
Filled me tCith poetic inspi-
ration.
EUPHEMIA HEMANs
SIMPSON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

Thirty-third Street and four years
later in Chatham College, Rochester,
England.
Maurice's principal impression OF the
former was the hardness Of thu benches
and the beauty of the mass, but II was
during the five years spent at the latter
institution that his love and talent for
dancing awoke within him. Never fond
of study, he would spend his time in
the classroom inventing new ways OF
swinging his feet, or, when alone in
his room, would devote hours 10 posing
and executing steps of his own creation
in front of his mirror, tilted so that he
could see "a.l of myself at once, as he
naively puts il.
Occasional holiday trips with his
father to the London music halls served
TO fan into fame the boys ambition, as
did also the cafes of Paris, where the
family moved when Maurice was four
teen years old and his father was in
serious financial straits. Here the lad
obtained hiSfrst position az the Auto
mobile Club, and spent his evenings
gazing wistfully into the doorways OF
the cafes, watching those favored OF
the gods as they seemed TO him)
dance.
One evening he summoned up eour-
age 70 appeal 70 the director Of the
Nouveau Cirque, and showed him the
steps he knew, some of them invented
on the spur Of the moment. He was
engaged, at francs a night. To
Maurice il seemed as though he would
never be able to spend all that money.
Later, after watching many Of the
dancers in Paris and picking up new
steps, he obtained an cement at
the Royaic, at francs a night, and it
was whilc there that the directo. Of the
Casino Theatre, Vienna, offered him
salary of $50 kronen a month for him
self and two girl partners. From this
time on Maurice's career became a
steady climb upward. a constant series
of triumphs, many Of which we know,
but the more intimate parts Of which
are told in his book
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
The One Act Play.

The change which has come over
vaudeville in recent years has brought
the one-act play into prominence. The
old sketch" has disappeared, and in
its place has come the play, with an
elaborate plot, special scenery and a
cast Of merit. From the position as a
mere filler" it has become a headline
feature.
The first author to dare such an inno-
walton for the two-a-day was Paul
Armstrong, who gave 70 vaudeville such
successes as Romance of the Under
world" Woman Proposes" ITO Save
One Girl" and 1.-THE Vanity of Man."
and with these gems he has practically
changed the current of the one-act play
in vaudeville.
Mr.. Armstrong; latest play is "The
Banks Half Million" which will have
its premiere at the Palace Monday. 1t
deals with an underpaid bank teller,
who, because of the jealousy of one
of the officials, is kept at starvation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
Hours of Sleep.

Some people have been
writing to the New York
Times that they can't get
along with as little sleep
as Thomas A. Edison says
ne can exist and thrive
upon. One Of the letter
writer's says, in fact, that
ne took Edison's advice Sc
rlously, tried getting along
with about 4 hours of sleep
and as a result broke down
IN health. He is now at
Saranac Lake, and he may
never be well enough to
work again.
There is too much hap
hazard advice spilled
around in the newspapers
advice given by folks who
mean well enough, but who
are not qualified to give ad-
wee about every matter in
the world. Mr.. Edison gets
interviewed on everything,
which is all right. He has
views on everything, which
Is fine. But his views on
things outside of his field
may be wrong; they are un-
authoritative anyway. He
Is a poor judge Of literat-
are, for one thing, just the
same as Andrew Carnegie
Is. Yet folks take the ut
'erances Of these estimable
men on any subject and too
often are guided by them.
As to hours of sleep, most
people in this town need
eight or nine hours. Some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
NEW ROCHELLE NUBBINS

Boniface Mike Sweeney d
VT. & 2 children left for the
Frisco fair Monday in their
auto-van & let their Boston
CMass.) bull-terrier run be
hind for s miles when he
dropped Exhausted & Mike had
TO auto back so miles to get
him. 1t would be good idea'
say we. if Bill Harding would
get Mike in the humane 80
ciety.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
Newman's Long Journey.

Word has been received from +. NJ.
Newman, the traveller and lecturer, at
Santiago, Chill, that because of snow
blockades the Transandine Railway is
closed 10 traffic. In consequence Mr..
Newman was compelled TO go three
thousand miles out Of his way, through
the Straits of Magellan, at the south
ernmost end Of South America, in order
to get to Buenos Ayres on the east
coast. From Buenos Ayres he will con-
tinue his journey northward, stopping
at Montevideo in Uruguay, and at San
tos, Rio de Janeiro, and Bahia in
Brazil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
LOCAL NEWS

Work on the new subway is advancing o. k.
Vandy Ward nearly beat Teddy Pell last
Thursday.
Harrison Rhodes of here Wednesdayed at East
Hampton
Vic Huerta of Forest Hills is still away from
there sojourning in the south.
Rcinald Werrenrath is going on 3wks. motor
boat cruise beginning Tuesday
Chef Depew and wife are up at Lenox and took
a trip to New Lebanon Thurs.
Donald c. Vaughan has accepted pos. with
mems apparel house as adv. mgr.
Pat Hayes the warden over at Blackwells ISL
and is contemplating trip to the Pac coast
Larry Bargebuhr the popular auto demon
strator had cold Thursday but is o. k. again at
this writing.
Miss Bertha Spah is away on a vacation she
being greatly missed by those who call up The
Gazette by telephone and by we ed
II. !. Whigham the genial ed of the MetroPoli-
tan Magazine is up at Bar Harbor, Me, playing
tennis, though he used to play good game OF
golf.
It is a little too soon TO announce that betrotha
vet. as the young lady is out of town at this
writing and we are going to wait until she gets
back.
Friday was an elegant day here in Gotham and
a good many who began their vacation on that
dav kind OF regretted going away from such grand
weather
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

don't, of course; but Mr..
Edison's talk about four
hours sleep did a lot of
harm. General Grant used
to be pretty profane; but
many an adept cusser there
is who hasn't any other re-
semblance to that great
general.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

small This has reconciled me to my
lot.
at is much nicer to be here on
Broadway than living in Seattle, even
II ] do have TO perspire more every
night than I did when washed the
dishes and looked after my house out
West. Yes, it's much harder work, but
| wouldn't trade it for any home in the
world. I've been on the stage since /
was six, and | think it is the most in
teresting and fascinating work in the
world"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

wages. The setting shows a directors
room in small city institution, and
the cast includes seven characters,
headed by Robert Armstrong. the
nephew OF the author, and Miss Phoebe
Hunt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

Judge Bizel had John Far
ley up this wk. for having a
Av breeding-st but SEN
tence was susp. Watch out
John.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

Geo. Brooks. of our police
dept. who has been spending
some time in Wilkes-Barre is
now in White Plains.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

Also Doc Codding is after
the grocers & butchers that
don't screen their goods care
full enough, & had 4 in court
Mon. Quite a lot of crime
hereabouts these days seems
like.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

Every time Ben Badeau
does anything special, which
is pretty often. the goes &
nuts in their stock cut of Ben
wearing a soiled wing collar.
Here we are telling about
what a nobby dresser Ben Is
E. then Bob Forbes crimps II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

Charley Seyfried, the cop
has been receiving congrats.
about being married & now
he saws he didn't & wants us
TO DENY it. Miss Forsyth saws
she's married to Charlie &
she ought to know & Charlie
ought to too. We don't know
which ought to know better.
maybe both. and Miss Foster
is living at his house but
Charley SAYS shes visiting
his sister.
ESMER ATDA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
BrooRlpn Blts.

Excellent improvem e n I
was noted in Cyril Kissanes
mustache this wk. Many are
envious, Cyril, but not we cor
this hot weather.
Charley Ebbets's village
b. b. team is doing o. k, also
Cart Child, who has been on
the i'll list, we hear.
SCISSORS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25
MUSICAL INSTRUCTION.
MARY B. WILDERMANN,

HTHN' q WILJINIIINIFIE
Concert Pianist 1.. end
OF BERLIN AND VIENNA.
Concert engagements and a
limited number Of talented
pupils accepted.
Steinway Hall. or $50 ". $3.50
ST.. phone li40 Audubon. Also
Philadelphia. Presssr sldg., al.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

Friday was an elegant day here in Gotham an
a good many who began their vacation on tina
dav kind OF regretted going away from such gram
weather.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-25

It is a little too soon to announce that betroth
vet. as the young lady is out of town at tn
writing and we are going to wait until she ge
back.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
loan of Victory" Popular.

There seems to have been some. ex-
aggeration in Fridays dispatches from
France about the success Of the Loan
of Victory" subscription. Those re-
ports had it that no less than 2o,O0SVo;n.
600 600 francs roughly, S5,OOO,Ooo;oog
had poured in upon the astonlsnsa
French Treasury officials. what lne
real amount was has not yet been ois
closed. but il is not incredible tnst ~
ebonld have exceeded the SUBSCRIPTIONS
10 anv previous government ioSn ~
whatever country-France or of "a
Eritain or Germany. The yieid 70 ~
French investor is close to % per GEM.
The memory Of the great rise tna1 &C.
cured m in the loans issued aiter ~.
cinse Of the Franco Prussian war ~ W. ~
daad At no time since the Great
Ses., the belief Of impartiai on,
lDoersy an the French people Deen
sc confdent Of ultimate victory ~ now
~ only have there been enormous
e.,uJbscrintions made TO the loan III
T : but investors in neutral eouh-
les s have made large applications,
nro6ting by the discount in exchsnes
rates
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
BUSH TO SUE GOULD
FOR II. P. PROPERTY
Court Order Allows Thirty Days
in Which TO Surrender Title.

st. Louis, Nov. 27-B- F. Bush, re-
ceiver for the Missouri Pacific Rail-
road, to-day was authorized 70 file suit
in the Federal Court here to recover
from George Gould property which the
latter is said to hold in trust, provided
Mr.. Gould does not surrender the title
to the property in thirty days.
Mr.. Bush asked Judge Adams, of the
United States Circuit Court, how to
proceed in claiming the property from
Gould.
In petition fled with the court Mr..
Bush said that available real estate in
and around st. Louis and Pleasant
Hill, Mo-, Is held in Goulds name as
trustee for the road, though the State
Circuit Court of st. Louis has declared
1T to be property of the Missouri Pa
cific Railroad.
The expenditure of S64s,O00 on i'm
provements Of the Missouri Pacific line
and for necessary equipment was au-
thorized in the Federal Court here to-
day. The receiver also was authorized
10 pay S743.000 due as interest on the
6 per cent gold notes of the company.
He also was authorized TO spend $751;
600 in paying interest on the bonds Of
the Salina, Sterling Ell Paso Rail
road and $4,000 in paying interest on
bonds of the st. Louis. Iron Mountain
& Southern and certain subsidiaries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

Gross earnings Of United States rail-
roads making weekly returns TO "Dun's
Review" continue TO show steady ex-
pansion, the total Of roads that re-
ported for the first two weeks in No
vember amounting to $lS,46O,OO5, an
increase of 1873 per cent as compared
with the corresponding period year
ago. One or two roads in the west
and Southwest continue to report
smaller earnings than last year, Dut
the loss in every instance Is very small
and as railroad traffic in those sections
in 1914 was in fairly satisfactory vol
ume. returns Of practically every I'M
portant system in the South show re-
markable expansion over last year and
more or less improvement IS compared
with 1913, when the earnings OF these
roads we're extremely heavy.
Following are given gross earnings
Of United States railroads reporting
for the first two weeks in November
and gain as compared with earnings
Of the same roads for the correspond
ing period a year ago, also for ROADS
that reported for the same weeks IN
the two preceding months, together
with percentages of gain over last
year: &c
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
B. & @. SELLS
BONDS AT 81
Syndicate Participation at
9S--May Be Offered to
Public at Par.

IL was reported in the financial dis
trict yesterday that the price received
by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for
its issue of $50, 100000 general improve
ment and refunding bonds, sold to
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Speyer & Co.,
was 81. The bankers are offering syndi-
cate participation in the underwriting
at 9S. According to the same report,
the price at which the bonds will be
offered to the public has not yet been
fixed, but it is expected to be around
100.
At the Offices of Speyer & Co. it was
stated that there has already been an
exceptional demand for participation in
the underwriting from institutions and
bond dealers. In letter TO the bank
ers who purchased the bonds President
Daniel Willard says in part;
"The refunding and general mort
gage will be secured on practically the
entire system Of railroads of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad Company, COM
prising about 4,4S6 miles of first track,
about 1,257 miles Of second track and
about 1913 miles of other track and
upon the equipment of the company, or
its interest therein, having a present
net value after depreciation of over
S79, 100000. 1t will further cover the
passenger and freight terminals of the
company in Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Pittsburgh and Chicago and the freight
terminals on Staten Island, II. Y, in
Cincinnati and Washington, as well as
the company's one-half stock interest
in the Washington Terminal Company
and its one-half ownership of the joint
yards at Washington.
"The mortgage will be a direct lien
upon about 2,272 miles of first track,
COS miles of second track and 1,76l
miles Of other track Of the above men
toned mileage and lien, through de-
post of bonds, on in most cases all,
and in no case less than SO per cent, of
the capital stock of each Of the com
panies owning the same upon the re-
manning mileage"
Contracts have been let by the Balti-
more e. Ohio for the construction of its
new coal pier at Curtis Bay, Baltimore,
which will cost approximately $780,
000
In announcing the placing of con-
tracts officials of the railroad stated
that all the work would be started at
once, it being expected that the new
Improvement will be ready for opera
ton during the season of 1916.
The pier will have a capacity of TO-
100000 tons a year and will be the
largest structure of its kind ever
planned. II will contain many features
which are entirely new, as it will be
possible to load vessels from either
side of the structure with great rapid
ity or concentrate the total capacity on
4bo loading of one vessel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
ECUADOR SUIT WELCOME
SPEYER 8 co. ASSERT
Action Forced to Decide Claim
of London Council, Bankers Say.

Speyer & Co, bankers, who were re-
strained in an injunction on Friday by
Judge Charles VI. Hough in the Fed
eral Court from disposing Of $780, 900
or more Of customs receipts collected
by them as fiscal agents for the gov
eminent OF Ecuador during 1911 and
1912, issued q statement yesterday
They declare that the injunction suit is
q welcome solution 20 a controversy
that has long been hanging fire.
The action was begun by Erskine
Hewitt, and included as a defendant is
the United States Mortgage and Trust
Company, as trustee for the holders Of
the mortgage bonds Of the property Of
the Guayaquil 4 Quito Railroad Mr..
Hewitt claims lien upon the money in
Speyer & Co.'S possession through =
claim against the Ecuadorean govern
ment on $4,000 worth of railroad
bonds, which, he says, were to be paid
out of the customs receipts.
The statement issued by the bankers
follows:
THE suit, at least In part, was based
on a claim against the Ecuador gov
eminent asserted some years AGO. L.
is believed that the parties behind tho
suit, besides Erskine Hewitt. are the
London Council of Foreign Bondhold-
ers, who represent bondholders Of the
Guayaquil & Quito Railway Company.
They claimed to have lien on GER
tain customs duties of the government
Of Ecuador. That government repaid
the loan of Sl,500,000 made by Speyer
& Co. and other American bankers
early in 1918, and the Council of For
eign Bondholders have ever since been
reasserting their claim.
"Speyer & Co. voluntarily refrained
from final distribution of the pro-
ceeds Of the repayment among their
syndicate partners so as 10 enable the
London council TO take such steps as
they might desire As they took no
legal steps during all these years, and
as the American parties decided TO
have the London claim promptly test
ed, the agreed thirty days notice was
given recently by Speyer & Co. to the
council that they intended to distrib-
ute the proceeds among their bank
ing associates.
This has at last resulted in the
bringing of the present injunction,
which Speyer & Co. and their friends
welcome as likely to lead 10 a final
determination Of the merits of the
Erskine Hewitt and London claim"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
MARKET NEWS
AND COMMENT
Dealings on Small Scale
Price Changes Slight
and Unimportant.
FlJRTHER RECOVERY
IN FRENCH EXCHANGE
Sterling Closes a Bit Firmer-
Some Loss of Surplus and
Gold by the Banks.

Tn, security market yesterday con-
,i,usd waiting one, with dealings re-
a,,sS below the small totals of the
,ro Saturdays preceding. The rail
,o.5 financing announced. while sig
,is,.nt Of the confidence Of banking
io,,rss.s, had not yet proved effective
% sir traders into activity. Advices
from abroad carried on the successes
If the Central Powers in the Balkans,
though preparations Of the Allies gave
Indication that the successes might not
BE- indefinitely prolonged. During mar
ket hours no definite word came from
Paris as TO the amount Of the new
French loan taken. Estimates of Friday
appeared over enthusiastic. though "a re-
markable subscription seemed probable.
Again the stock market presented q
list remarkably broad for the amount
OF business transacted, under a quarter
Of million shares. Changes on the
day generally were Of small irregular
fractions and of little significance. The
opening was quiet 40 levels a little bet
Ter than Fridays close. This slight i'm
provement was lost later on profession
ii profit taking which was particularly
noticeable I'm some Of the copper
stocks.
American Smelling and Refining and
Guggenheim Exploration. made net
losses Of a point or so. Can, after an
early advance, closed a shade lower.
Mercantile Marine preferred recovered
after early weakness and ended with
more than points advance on covering
OF short commitments. New Haven was
under further pressure, though part of
this loss was made up before the close.
Steel moved in the narrow range of
y Of point. In spite of the generally
narrow movement there were new high
marks set for the year by General
Motors. Cuban-American Sugar and
disclaimers preferred, and a new
low by American Tobacco.
The sterling market made practically
no response TO announcement of COM
pletion Of the first portion of the bank
Ing credit here for London, demand
sterling holding steady a little above
Fridays close. The amount of accom-
modation extended TO London banks,
S50,O00,0 900. seemed small when exports
such as S57,000.000 or so from the port
Of New York alone last week are con-
sidered. If, however, the operation is
repeated, and there should be no lack
Of adequate collateral on the other side
banking interests should be able TO eX-
ercise considerable control over the
course of exchange. Rates on Paris
continued TO harden, and this country
seemed to be taking some part of the
new French bonds. 1t is. however, rather
the appeal of patriotism that is caus-
ing such remittance TO Paris than any
active participation of banking inter-
ests here in the loan.
Our Clearing House institutions an
nounced a further reduction Of s10,-
100000 in surplus reserve held yester-
day morning. There was only a small
addition to loans, and demand deposits
we're reduced $4,000, 900. The aggre-
gate reserve held, however, was SILL
100000 lower Gold in vaults was re-
duced during the week in spite of the
imports received.