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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07
Special Correspondence to Tns suS.

Special Correspondence TO rHs suS.
PARIS. July 1s.-An unusual sight was
to be seen at the Sank Of France yes
terday. the first Sunday the bank opened
TO receive gold in exchange for p
money. From 10 In tho morning until
4 In the afternoon an unending process
sion slowly filed into the building. All
wore their Sunday clothes-the women
In dark colors. little girls In bright
dresses, old men. not a few soldiers from
the front teasily recognized by their
war worn compilations and uniforms)
ringing some Of the gold coins they had
taken to the fighting lines and found
no occasion to use. Incidentally II may
be mentioned hat most men, when first
mobilixed. obtained as many gold coins
as they could. thinking that gold Ia use
full everywhere. Many on their first
return left their gold at home. as they
had little occasion to spend II. They
also learned that IL wounded and found
by the enemy the first thing done to
them was to be searched for their money
by bands OF m~arauders who spring up
the day after a battle.
Pleasant scenes occur in the bank a.
the chang In effected. A little boy says.
Mother. l want "a ticket OF honor :" His
mother, who Is changing 200 francs
f40). has the receipt made out half for
the boy and half for herself. An old
m has brought a belt made OF nun
dred franc pieces Joined together by gold
links. To her grief an employee explains
that the bank cannot take a piece OF
jewelry.
An octogenarian pays In 1000 francs
s2.400). all In gold coins OF the time
of Napoleon the First and Louis XVIII.
Ever since 1920 his family had kept this
treasure untouched. in case something
might happen"
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VILLA KILLS OFFICIAL.
state Treasurer of CHIHUAHUA Tried
to Flee to Border.


Ell PAso. Aug. 6.-Villa officers ar
riving at the border to-day from Chi
huahua reported that Sebastian Vargas,
Jr., State Treasurer of Chihuahua, was
shot Wednesday on Villas orders be-
cause he tried to leave the country.
Vargas was one of the most prominent
figures In Villas civil administration.
The story Of his attempted flight from
Chihuahua to the border. with the In
tentiOn of quitting Mexico. was told by
the arrivals. They said that n and
Sylvestro T%errazas. Secretary Of the
State government. boarded automobiles
and left the State capital Monday night.
Their families accompanied them. At
Montezuma, ninety miles south of
Juarez. their flight was discovered ana
villa ordered them sent back to the cap
ital. Both officials were placed In the
p~enitentiary. The following day Vargas
was shot.
Villa. who remained In ,Iuarcz to-day.
conferred again with Gen. Angeles,
George c. Carothers. the Maderos AMI
others on the confiscatiOn of property
In Chihuahua city. H.. C.. Miles, British
representative for northern Mexico, had
q conference with villa over the seizure
of British owned goods.
1t vas said tonight that villa might
return to Chihuahua tomorrow AMI
come back to the border next Tuesday
to meet Gen. Scott, II was also an.
nounced tonight that the proposed con
ference between villa and American
mining men would not be held until
after the Scott-Villa conference.
Gen. villa says he is agreeable to any
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07
STATE APPLE MARKET
SOON TO Be OPENED
Work fastened to Give Com
Sumcrs Benefit Of the
Summer Crop.

John j. Dillon. State Commissioner NJ
Foods and Markets, is putting the
finishing touches to his plan for the es-
adjustment in this city of a State auc-
sale market FOR apples. lie or
iginally intended to open the market on
October l.. but no many upstate pro-
ducers took SO kindly to the plan that
ne decided to start the market within a
week or two TO give the consumers the
benefit Of summer apples.
III the apple market proves successful
and he IL confident that IL will-Com-
missioner Dillon proposes. he says, 10
extend the auction sales market plan 10
al. kinds Of vegetables and possibly hay
and feed.
NO announcement has been made yet
ae to the location of the market. but in
All likelihood II will be situated at one OF
the many railroad receiving piers. Tit
selling operations will he conducted by
an auction company. the State depart
ment not having enough men to do the
work. but a representative of the state
Will keep a record of each sale. IN
apples will be sold in the morning. and
at night an account of sales with check
VIII be sent TO each shipper.
commissioner Dillon's department IN
tends to do what it can to encourage
consumption by distributing posters and
cards advertising the superiority VI
state apples that may be eaten within
twenty-four hours of picking, over
apples that are shipped green To New
York from far distant points and ripen
OH the way.
In the first bulletin sent out to apple
growers the department pointed out
that 1t would be necessary for the pro-
posed market to have psolu,e control OF
500 carloads in a season in order to
accomplish the desired results. II s
now believed that the amount should he
greater than 500 carloads.
TO make the auction sales market
a success and get the right prices from
the start" Commissioner Dillon sa Il,
the trade must know that the supply
Will be regular and sure. The apples
may be either boxed or barrelled. and
graded under the State law. Tn State
will see that they are sold on the square
and that the shipper gets what the
buyers pay, less the freight and actual
selling charges"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07
U. s. FLAG AS BRITISH CLOAK.
German Bureau Says ship Was Dis
guised ~ American Vessel.

The German Information Service yes
terday gave out an affidavit, said to
nave been signed by Pau Richard Fen
ner, an American wireless operator.
charging that the captain of the Brit
lsh steamer MasconOmo. while passing
through the war zone last March, dis
guished his ship to represent the Amer
lean steamship Texas, flying he Amer
lean flag.
Fenner says he was radio operator on
the Masconomo on March /. when the
captain ordered all names on the ship
obliterated and had two large canvas
signs painted with the name of Texas,
These signs. he charges In his affidavit,
were hung over the side of the ship
and the American flag was hoisted by
the sanction of the captain while passing
the English Channel, where German sub
marines were known TO be operating.
The affidavit bears the signature OF
II. e. Kinds. notary public, and was
given to the German information bureau
for publication by the German Embassy.
The date and place of the making OF
the AFFIDAVIT: and the address OF the
notary are not given.
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had a good time and went away satisfied
with the entertainment.
The great majority Of the immense
crowd arrived yesterday to get front
seats at the hanging. The proceedings
began with the free distribution Of sand
witches n lemonade. after which sew
eral candidates for Office at the county
primaries O the platform. or rather
the gallows, and delivered speeches.
At times the applause was ~deafeninS.
the condemned negroes all the while
occupying places To the rear Of the speak,
ers and Joining In the appreciation OF
the remarks.
As the time for the executions arrived.
ministers assembled the scaffold n took
their places beside the negroes, and all
Joined In the hymn, There Is a Land OF
Pure Delight. Where ain Immortal
Reign" The negro murderers yelled the
last lines at the top Of their lungs.
Not Jordan's stream nor deaths cold food
Could fright us from tho shore.
Throughout all this soda water foun-
tains at the foot Of the gallows did "A
rushing business.
The condemned men ate several large
watermelOns with great relish and were
profuse In their thanks to the donors.
tn dual hanging had been arranged
by the authorities. The spot selected re-
sembled a natural amphitheatre with
sIoping sides. in the centre OF which
stood the gallows.
Bunyan Walter wa hanged for muir
der.
Dispatches from Shawnee. Okla, tell
OF a mob which hanged Ed Berry to a
Santa Fe railroad bridge.
In the early morning hours al Trllby.
Fla. a mob lynched win Leach, accused
of attacking a thirteen-year-old girl.
At last reports a mob Of 500 men were
closing In on a negro near Liberty. Mo-,
who attacked a farmers wife.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07
PICKS WIDOWS PENSION BOARD
Mayor Chooses Four Well known
Women and Four Men.

Mayor Mitchell named yesterday foul
women and four men who as the local
Board of Child Welfare will administer
the widows pension law. They are
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman. appointed for
eight years: Mrs. Rogers II. Bacon,
seven years; Mrs. William Einstein.
four years Miss Sophie Irene Loeb, two
wears; Edwin r. Maynard, six years;
the Rev. william A.. Courtney, super
visor Of Catholic charities, Ave years:
Michael Furst. three years, and William
III, Matthews, director Of the Associa-
ton for Improving the Condition of the
Poor. one year.
All OF the members serve without pay.
Charities Commissioner Kingsbury Is a
member ex oficio.
The intent of the new law is to allow
widows to keep their homes intact, en-
abling them to keep their children in
stead OF sending them to institutions
because Of poverty, Every application
must he passed on by the Child Welfare
Board. The board will he organized
within two weeks and pensions will be
paid as soon as the Board of Estimate
a%ppropriates the money.
Every dependent. destitute widow
having one or more children under the
age Of 1S may receive a weekly allow
s ar. each Thu. mia %s.'mum 'th''''7' a month
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07
ASK CONSERVATION
BOARD OF nine men
Constitution Trainers Vote to
Give Each Judicial Dis
trict a Commissioner.

ALBANY. Aug. 6.-There will be an un.
salaried state Conservation Commission
OF nine members. one from each judicial
district. appointed by the Governor
with the advice and consent OF the
Senate. II the people approve a decision
to that effect reached to-day by the Con-
stitutional Convention before adtournlng
until Monday morning.
There remains to he considered the
most important provision OF the article.
which prohibits scientific forestry on
State lands and locks the woods w for
twenty years more by prohibiting even
the removal of lead timber except for
purposes OF reforestation and fire pro-
lection. Another provision not yet acted
upon commits the State TO ar expendi-
ture OF $685. 600 a year for twenty years
to purchase additional State lands in
the Adirondacks and Catskills.
James s. Whipple. ex-Forest. Fish ana
Game Commissioner. offered the first
amendment continuing II single con-
s~ervation Commissioner, but II was de-
c~!sively beaten. The amendment Offered
by Senate James A.. Foley requiring the
Governor to submit his nine appoint .
ments TO the Senate fr- confirmation was
adopted without much objection.
An amendment offered by William 8.
O%strander Of Schuylerville taking away
the power of the commission TO establish
regulations governing h taking and
possession OF fish and game was de-
feated. Ex-senator william NJ. McKin-
ney of Northport. l.. l.. was unsuccess-
full In excluding from the jurisdiction OF
the commission the shell fish industry.
Lemuel f. Quigg was more successful
in bringing under the jurisdiction OF the
Great South Bay. He wanted to extend
the Jurisdiction OF the commission over
such fish to the section within the ma
rine district. but was defeated. although
Elihu Root came TO his aid. declaring
that all of the States protected migra-
tory fish and he thought New York
State should do the same.
Despite the protests Of Louis Mar
shall. the convention at the suggestion
Of George w. Wickersham. majority
leader. struck out the provision that
none of the employees of the conserva-
ton commission hould be exempted
from competitive civil service examina-
tions except the superintendent and tenn
porary emergency employees and la
borers.
The salary OF the superintendent will
be fixed by the Legislature.
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The mother OF Alexander See, an
artillery officer killed In the war, has
SEM TO the Figaro a gold medal worth
slo0. which was awarded to her son in
i3lo In recognition Of his work in the
science OF aviation. The Figaro hopes
the bank will take 1t and that Its equiva-
lent Will be given to one OF the funds
which aid aviators and their widows.
Ihe provinces are also bringing gold
TO the branch banks Of the Bank OF
France. At Marseilles over $500, 900 has
been received. at Rouen $500 600. at
iiaVre s2ss. 600. from 2.329 persons only (:
~ Poitiers $4,000. at a small town
IKE Creil sl2.60o. at another small town
IN the same department. Montataire,
$4,000. AT Nancy steadily increasing
exchanges are made. 81. 1000 the first day,
$1,000 a week later. then s15.4OO, s2s.-
900 sS:.6oo, $4,000. $4,000. $42,soo.
s,o'ooo' sc. until a total OF $500, 900
was reached.
The municipality OF Paris has paid in
To the Bank OF France It's gold
reserve amounting to $4,000. Father
fatureau, vicar of st. Pierre. In Mont
martre. has exchanged $500 collected
among his parishioners. He has asked
that the receipt be made out i'm the name
OF his parishioners and intends TO hang
II In the church.
The Northern Railway Company.
which turned in $500, 900 in gold as
early as May 26. has arranged 20 receive
gold at its booking offices on behalf OF
the bank.
C%herbourg had exchanged over $780,
goo by July ~ and Dieppe over $40. 1000
py July IL. At lie Mans some $3.50. goo
mas paid In. much by mothers OF fami-
hes who brought the gold pieces blessed
OF their wedding days and preserved as
ihmiiy treasures ever since. In accord
ance with an old custom In that part OF
the country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07
GREENHUT CO.. GIVES ITS
ASSETS AS $18,179,964
900 of Debts SEIZED
uled in Report Made to L.
5. District Court.

Schedules in bankruptcy for the J, b.
Greenhut Company were filed yesterday
in the United States District Court,
showing assets of s~ls.l79,964 and la
bnlties OF s12,7Ol.9 $50. The schedules
were signed by B. j. Greenhut as treas
ufer Of the company and we're hled by
Rose & Paskus, attorneys.
The liabilities include internal revenue
taxes, ,i0IS taxes IN New York city
real estate s34.921 taxes in Belleville'
Long Branch and Crawford. n. j.,
$3.50 employees deposits as security
ior keys, stamps, &c, s2,467.
Am ng the secured claims against the
company is a mortgage Dor Sl,15O,ooo
on the company's main building at sixth
avenue and Eighteenth street, with IN
,erest to date amounting to s2s,Ooo,
which is held by the New York Life
Insurance and Trust Company.
The same holds a mortgage
FOR sl,20o,o00 On the annex to the nam
building with accrued interest OF $4,000.
Other secured claims are as follows :
Mortgage for $3.50, 900 on the warehouses
a. ?32 and 2i2 West Eighteenth street
and 2i9-259 West Seventeenth street.
held b. the United States Trust COM
rany second mortgage for 10000 600 on
all the real estate held by the Central
Trust Company as security for an issue
Of s per cent. sinking fund gold bonds,
Unsecured liabilities are $3,3O9,6O4 ana
include merchandise creditors claims
amounting to S2,s56.33S; due
Employees, buyers and managers Tor
salaries, $50. 235 deposits on charge ac-
counts, 1890. and rentals. $40. 205.
The sum of $3.50 In small accounts
is ain m yariOus customers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07
L0C0M0BILE STRIKE AvERTED
Company Grants Eight Hour Dpy
Demanded ny

BRIDGEPORT. Conn, Aug. 6-The To-
comobile Company Of America granted
its workmen to-day the eight hour day
they demanded and thus prevented q
strike.
President Samuel r, Davis of the com
pany said that the workmen would have
the right To choose either the proft
sharing plan proposed sby the mpan
or the eight our day.
Workers at the plant of the Locomo-
bile company accuse Mayor Clifford r..
Wilson OF refusing the right Of free
speech to three labor leaders. whose ar
rest the Mayor ordered Yesterday. The
three-Frederick Cederholm, George 7.
Bowen and 0 j. Nelson-werc a.
raigned this morning before Judge
Frank L. Wilder in the city court. After
hearing the evidence against them Judge
Wilder reserved decision.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07
WILSON KEPT S T
Directs Lansing's Course From m.
Cornish Home,

CORNISH. n. H.. Aug. 6.-Presldent
Wilson. through long distance telephone
conversations to-day with Secretary OF
State Lansing at Washington, not only
kept himself Informed as to the minute
developments In the discussion between
the Secretary n the Latin Ameri-
can diplomats on the Mexican situation,
but personally directed the course which
Mr.. Lansing followed.
The President was in high spirits over
the news given him by Secretary
Lansing al TO how the Latin American
diplomats q responded yesterday to
the suggestions OF the United States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07
BRAZILIAN ENVOY TO CO.,
Ordered Home From Mexico city
View 4. =. Representative.

Special cable Despatch TO TIL srN.
MExico CITY, Aug. s.-Orders were
received here to-day by the Brazilian
Minister to close the legation and report
to his Government at once. II is his
intention to leave the capital at the
earliest possible Moment. No reasons
are given for this move.
1t is believed. however, that this Will
make It necessary for the United States
to appoint another envoy TO represent
its interests here.
Gen. Gonzales. commander of the Car
rama forces. issued a loan to-day TO
the local bankers of 100000 pesos.
The money consisted OF Constitutionalis
notes and orders were issued that no
other paper money should he received
here in payment Of bills.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07
WARSHIP TAKING ON MINES.
several Hundred Put on Baltimore
nj Iona 1sIand Arsenal,

~fEEkskiLL. Aug. 6.-The fact became
known at the naval arsenal at Iona
Island. opposite Peekskill. to-day that
the warship Baltimore has been loaded
there with a cargo OF mines.
Inc loading OF mines at Iona Island Is
new Heretofore only naval shells were
stored there. The Baltimore. the arsenal
employees say. has been specially fitted
out for mine laying. Several HUNDREDS
mines were stored away in her maya
zine.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07
Panama Bribe Case Dropped.

United States Attorney II. Snowden
Marshall has had the Federal court dis
miss the indictment against Robert Viii
cox, representative OF the West India
Oil Company on the lsthmus OF Panama,
who was indicted with John Burke on
May IA. 1914. for conspiracy to defraud
the United States Government. Burke
was the manager OF the Commissary De-
partment OF the Isthmian Canal Commis-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07

QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 8.-The chief off,
GERS wife and the crew OF twenty-five OF
the British steamship Midland Queen
have been rescued after being seventy
two hours In open boats. The Midland
Queen was sunk by a German sub
marine Las Tuesday. It was bound from
Sidney, C.lB., for Glasgow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07

ing the roll from the lists he had made
up before leaving Rotterdam.
Madeleine Beaumont ="
"Hier ="
Marina Van H~oogsfaaig"
"Hier !"
quickly and brightly the responses
were made. for these newest Of Amer
leans are as Intelligent as they are
pretty. and one formed the impression
mat Detroit and the State Of Michigan
are to be congratulated upon receiving
this company Of small Flemings. They
were eager to make friends and every
body had been good to them. The Ger
man officials that expedited their de-
parture had given them small presents.
The Dutch officials In Rotterdam and
the Dutch people had presented them
with dolls and playthings. The pas
sengers OF the steamship Ryndam, highly
amused by their pranks and iiveliness,
had also made small presents TO them.
One very serious faced little man who
carried a packet OF cards offered one
to the Sun reporter. The card read:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07
Announcement

Various newspapers throughout the United
pany;s LARGE Increase in M business since the be.
ginning of the war is the result of war orders.
This is not true.
The Autocar Company's business has very
materially increased since last August and it's
manufacturing facilities have been extended to
meet the increase. but every car manufactured
by The Autocar Company during that period
has been sold to business firms for their own use.
The names of these purchasers will be listed in a
full page in The New York Times, Sunday,
August Sth, and The Journal of Commerce,
Thursday, August 10Th.
The Autocar Company
Ardmore, Pa.
Commercial Delivery Car Specialists
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07

1t Is not possible 10 exaggerate the
wonderful change that has taken place
In the lives Of these children. Father
Syoen expressed 1t simply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09
L. Thisler, appellant. Rehear-

vs. o. L. Thisler. appellant. Rehear-
ing denied.
S. B. McMahon, appellant, VS.. Jop-
lin & Pittsburg Rly. Co. Rehearine
denied.
W. l.. Farquharson VS.. J. E. Light
ner, appellant. Rehearing denied.
Wyandotte Coal & Lime Co. VS..
Wyandotte Paving & Construction Co.
ct al (Southern Surety Co., appellant).
Motion to consolidate allowed.
Ruth Dillon, appellant, VS.. Charles
Bron, ct al. Rehearing denied.
Sadie Pullin VS.. NJ. x. & r. 'RIy. Co.,
appellant. Rehearing denied.
John Whalen, ETC., VS.. J. r. Vol
ford, ct al, appellants. Rehearing de-
MED.
Helen F. Ryan. ct al, vs. VIM. J.
Cullen, appellants, ct al. Rehearing
NJ j. Mcknight VS.. Strasburger
Bldg. Co., appellant. Rehearing de-
MED.
State Bank OF. Eudora VS.. John
Brecheisen, ct al,'appellants. Rehear-
ing denied.
Warren L. Moore vs. The Peet Bros.
Mfg. Co., appellant. Petition ana
suppl. petition for rehearing and re-
instatement denied.
Hattie Robinson VS.. c. r. I. & p.
Rly. Co, appellant. Rehearing al
loved. Cause set for hearing on No
vember /, 1915.
Ezekiel L. Denver, adm, etc, VS.
A. L. & S. +. Rly. Co, appellant. Re
hearing denied
John D. Harver VS.. Wichita Alfalfa
Stock Food Co, appellant. Rehearing
denied.
In re Cornelia V. H McCoun. Re
hearing denied.
Emahne D. Poole VS.. John Poole,
ct al, appellants. Rehearing denied.
City of lola VS.. Mo. Pac. Rly. Co.
appellant. Motion to advance denied.
n. c. Mcleod, ct al, VS.. George H.
Palmet, etc, ct al, appellant. Re
hearing denied.
State VS.. Justus 3. Linderholm.
Two motions for rehearing denied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09
BANDITS AT LARGE
Hundreds of Armed Men Hunting
For $5OO,O0O Takers.

Wheeling, w. Va, Oct. 9.-Hun-
dreds of armed men spent the night
in search of the highwaymen who
yesterday robbed a Baltimore & Ohio
passenger train at Central station and
goc away with unsigned bank notes
said to have a face value of $50O,00O.
Not Much Money.
Washington, Oct. 9.-PoStoffice in
spectors today, after investigation of
yesterdays holdup on Baltimore &
Ohio train near Central Station, W.
Va, said that less than 100000 in
currency was taken by the robbers.
Trainioad of Men on Trail.
Wheeling, w. Va, Oct. 9.-On re-
ceipt of word from Sisterville, w. Va.
that a posse with bloodhounds had
found the trail of the train bandits
who held up a 3. &, o. train near Cen
tra1 yesterday, a special train left for
Sisterville with fifty heavily armed de-
tectiVes this afternoon.