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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11
WABASH. PIrTSBURG CHANGE.
Committee Gives More
Time for Payments.

The Wabash Pittsburg Terminal Rail.
way reorganization committee. OF which
James y. Wallace IL chairman, gives
notice that bondholders of the mpan
may deposit first and second mortgage
bonds with the Central Trust Company
of New York. depositary. under the plan
Of reorganization, until the close OF bust
ness OIL January IS. Time for paymcn,
OF the FIRST instalment under the plan
has been extended TO January %. Time
for the second i%nstalment. payable by
the first mortgage bondholders, has been
extended to February !, and time for
the third instalment to February. 10.
Holders OF certificates OF deposit of
the Central Trust Company may within
two weeks after January 10, upon pay.
ment OF their pro rata share OF the
expenses OF the reorganization commit
tee. withdraw the securities represented
10y The certificates, They will receive the
amounts, II any. paid In under the plan.
hut without interest The plan has been
undrrwrittcn, as regards the Gu sh re-
quirements. ny TO &S.o00.000.
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ANNUAL POLICE EVENT.
Lieutenauts Benevolent tssOcia-
ton ia Feb. ~.

The Police Lieutenants Benevolent
Association will hold its tenth annual
banquet In the grand ballroom of the
Waldorf-Astoria on February 80. Lieut..
Richard l.. Enright, who has been
elected president for the eleventh time,
will he toastmaster.
As this il one 81 the principal police
events Of the year the men In the higher
ranks of the department and their
friends are looking forward to II with
interest. Among those who have been
invited are President Wilson, Champ
Clark. Gov. Whitman, Senators OGor-
man and Wadsworth. District Attorneys
Swami and Cropsey. eN-Presidcnt Taft,
who has been present o. three occa-
ions. and is expected 10 attend this year f,
Col Roosevelt. who has partly promised
to he present John Wanamaker and
George Loft
The association comprises all the po-
lice lieutenants In Greater New York
and the retired inspectors. captains and
lieutenants.
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SEEK A LONG
RECESS FOR MAXWELL
Members Of Education Board
Discuss Years Leave for
superintendent.

An attempt 's being made BY the
friends Of DR., william II. Maxwell,
Superintendent OF Schools, for whose re-
tirement from school administration a
movement has been on foot, to obtain
for him an extended leave OF absence
to enable him II possible 10 recover his
health.
To this end the new members Of the
Board OF Education were invited las,
FRIDAY to attend a meeting in the Of
fce of John Whalen, a member of the
board for many years and a frm friend
OF the Superintendent. George W. Win
gate and Egerton l.. Winthrop. also old
members of the board and stanch sup
porters OF DIR. Maxwell. were the only
members OF the old guard TO be pres
ent.
Mr.. Whalen suggested that in view Of
DIT Maxwells long service a fair oppor-
tunity should be given him TO recover
his health and asked the new members
how they would feel about granting
a leave OF absence Of six months ar pos
s'bly a year. Mr.. Whalcn said he was
sure from what he knew OF Or. Max
well that he would be the nrt one
to suggest that his successor he ap-
pointed II at the end OF that time he
found that he could not take up his full
Measure OF work for tho schools.
u do not know that Dr. Maxwell
would want to do this" said Mr.. VIVA
len yesterday, but whatever he wants
To do will have my support. He has
not talked over the matter with me.
hut ] suppose that W. will discuss II
IN a few days. He deserves ANYTHING
that the city Fan do for him after all
the years he has given to It's service.
The meeting was not suggested By
me and there was no attempt made 10
tell the new members what the sup
portcrs Of Or, Maxwell thought they
should do. The new members had
merely asked that they he allowed to
meet some Of the older members of the
board and friends Of DR.. Maxwell and
my ofice was selected as the place
They did not say posi,iyely what they
thought about the suggestion for Il
leave OF absence. hut 7 believe they
favor giving Dr. Maxwell a sauar
deal"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11
500 GET FREE BREAD.
\isitor tO the Depot Finds Jobs
Too for ScSeraI Men.

Tom Merry and Dick Bright yesterday
gave away 500 loaves of bread In less
than an hour. A half hour before the
door OF the distributing depot was
opened $50 women were waiting and by
. o'clock the bread line stretched from
the Rowery down Prince street TO FLEA
beth street and had turned the corner,
Two policemen stood at the door TO pre-
serve order.
Merry and Bright will have 1000
loaves to-day to give away for the frst
time this winter. The extra 200 caves
have been promised by the Fleischmann
bakery. a representative Of which was
present Yesterday and saw how eagerly
the loaves were received by men and
women who were willing to wait In the
rain for them. II the demand keeps up
with the mark set yesterday THE Sun
win provide 1000 loaves regularly.
The most welcome visitor at the bread
depot yesterday was Edward Johnson,
who found jobs for several men and a
place to stay for several boys who have
been sleeping In the missions and Row
cry lodging houses and living on free
bread from the depot.
From Bayonne. y. J.. yesterday a
contribution Of 81 for bread signed Ii. ii.
came 70 The Sun,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11
SEEK FAT WOMAN PICKPoCKEr.
Police Hunt 400 Pound Female
Who RObs subway Riders.

The police have sent out a general
alarm for n 400 pound woman pick
pocket, who, they say. IL limiting her
activities to subway passcngors.
Mrs. Cora ROsenfeld of 500 West 1I5th
street missed her pocketbook containing
s+ In a Rronxhound train at I59th
street last evening n saw Il 70
through the side o IN a very FAT
woman's hand. The door slid shut. she
said, and the train went on before she
had a chance to give the ala rm.
II 10 said that one or more similar
complaints concerning n ponderous fe-
male p~ickpocket have been lodged with
the police,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11
MAYOR BY
NEW DELAY
Tells Brown Committee It Should Be Finished, but if
1t Were New Proposition He Wouldn't
Vote a Dollar for II.

Mayor Mitchell told the Brown legis-
lative committee yesterday hat II the
court house proposition were to come
up now as an entirely new project he
wouldn't vote "A dollar for Il. He init
mated strongly hat the Boar Of Esti-
mate is dissusted with the muddle and
would be glad TO wash It's hands Of the
whole ,hlng. Speaking for n board.
however. the Mayor sought to disclaim
responsibility. And rs the city had gone
so far as to acquire a site at an enor-
nous outlay. he questioned whether II
would not be wiser to erect the new
building rather than sustain the loss
Of interest by crawling out.
"How IL It. Mr.. Mayor said Senator
Elon r. Brown. In introducing the SUBJ
ject, that a New York county court
house can be built at the expense of the
entire city,"
THAT you will have to ask Of the
Legislature. In is WISDOM replied
Mr.. Mitchell, the Legislature did that.
The act provides that the new court
house shall be a general city charge.
The project has not been pushed by this
W II Ndb I1Ilppscu O1 US
by the Judges. the Court House Board
and a certain section OF the public. The
history of this proposition
But | don't care about the history"
chairman Brown interrupted him.
VIVA ] want to know is whether you
don't think the expenditure will be much
greater than II It had been made a
county charger"
Others Built BY CITY.
The time 20 discuss that wal before
a precedent was established said the
Mayor. THE Queens and Richmond
charges. The Kings county building
was originally Intended 10 be a county
charge. but was changed by statute
TO he "A city charge"
The Mayor had testified previously
that the city was now within about
s21, 900, 900 OF It's net debt limit. Sena-
tor Brown wanted to know whether. in
consideration OF this fact. the Mayor
thought It economy to build a court
house which. when finished. would cost
nearly s25. 900, 0OO
THAT estimate said the Mayor. IN
Cludes interest. which I, is hardly fair
to figure In the cost. The site cost ny
sll.5oo, 900. out of which the city will
recoup about $4,000. 600 by the sale OF
excess parcels Of land The estimated
cost Of the building itself will be within
S1O.0oo, 600. so that the net cost OF the
building. with the site. will be about
$50. 600 600. Were We to abandon the
project and sell the site. II is estimated
that We would lose not less than 40 per
cent. from the cost price, The neigh
horhood has changed greatly since the
purchase was made. Business has
moved away
senator brown questioned the Mayor
IN detail regarding increases in the
budget expenditures for certain depart
ments. He asked particularly about the
rise in the cost Of the Charities Depart
ment from 1857. oo0 In 1910 TO &~l.723.o00
In 1915. This vas due In part, Mr..
Mitchell explained. to an increase in the
number OF inmates from a.sl3 to 1865.
Also. new hospitals and other buildings
mad beer added
Later Chairman Brown asked abou.
the Increase ~ transfers from given
items In the budget TO other purposes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11
OF KUBELIK
REPAID BY A FORGER
Chicago Prisoner Makes CCs.
titutiOn in Court to Boy
Musician He Robbed.

Just before Joseph r. F~au.haher a,
Chicago pleaded guilty 10 second derf4.
for gerry yesterday before Judge Rosalss
in General Sessions his lawyer Gcor o
Simpson. walked to the bar with n rI
OF money. the outside wrapre Of which
was a 500 bill. ana made restitution To-
Faulhaber's victims.
The actual complainant tn tho ri
was Gerald kunz. II years old arI
proiege Of Jan kabeliS. The vuu'H .
been taking violin lessons Tor ,u,
months when he ran across f.uuh,.
who said he would help the boy k.1
then only Is years old. took taG'hit.
TO his home. where he met tine I'r,
and mother From them Fau'l .a.
learned that the boy had til6 in t.
First National Bank Of Wisconsin 500
Milwaukee. Mrs Kunz was the gIil.
dian of this fund.
Faulhaber forged the name Of Nj
Kunz to the power of attorney ur '.
account and later when the checks ,an-
he forged the Endorsement of trr h
n had the checks cashed at tAo H1'a!
McAlpin. where he was then s'l,.n-
Sentence will be pronounced Ftilay
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WOULD SAVE S616,6OS
DIRECT TAX TO CITY
Corporation Counsel to Force
state to Exempt Bank
stock Assessment.

cooperation Counsel Lamar Hardy an
nounced last night that he would ask
the supreme Court for a writ Of man
damus TO compel the State BOARD OF
Equalization 10 withdraw the assessed
value Of bank stock from It's calcula-
tious 81 New York city's share OF the
direct state tax. Should this action
prove successful, the c!ty's share OF the
tax will be reduced nv more than $780,
coo.
For the frst time In the history OF
the state" said Mr.. Hardy, the state
BOARD OF Equalization has included the
a assessed value Of bank stock as a basis
for the levy. The tax law provides that
bank stock shall be subject 10 a tax
Of | per cent. and shall be exempt from
all other state and local taxation. The
revenues derived from this tax on bank
stock now go to the city OF New York.
Under the law. therefore. the city can
levy no added tax upon this bank stock.
and If this stock Is mad a basis Of the
direct tax tn. added burden Will fall
not upon the bank stock itself hut upon
the real estate and the taxable personal
property. =.
'Scventy-fve per cent. OF all the total
assessed valuation of bank stock IN the
state II taxed in New York city. OF
the total bank stock valuation OF $3.50
500. s99. the banks IN New York city
represent S36c. 7ll.l5t.42. ON the basis
Of the rate fixed, the inclusion Of the
bank stock valuation would compel the
,aXpayers Of the city OF New York TO
contribute s6l6,sos9 ~ mora than the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11
TRAVIS A Prophet ON TAXES.
10 q Direct Ass~ssment This Year .
Small One, lie Says.

SoSxyRs. Jar 10.-State Comptrol-
Ter Travis. In a speech here this evening
"A, the dinner Of the Central Brother
hood OF Yonkers. repeated his belief
that II there is TO be any direct State
tax this yea Il will be q small one.
lie urged Establishments In the In
%heritance tax law 80 that the estates
Of nonresident. owning property here
al he taxed. and opposed any change
IN the tax upo the exemption of &C.
cured debts on the theory that ~ this
form Of security were assessed AS per-
sonal property little Of II would ever
be placed on the assessment rolls and
would cause an expensive system Of COL
lection.
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Of S,soo.ooo IN 1910 to s~5,5oo.ooo in
1914
DO you call that sound nnancsT' he
inquired.
II do replied the Mayor. "ff the
Legislature should take from the Board
Of Estimate its authority TO mako trans
fers between ACCOUNT the budget would
be $4,000. 900 greater than II L."
Mr.. Brown pointed out that the sd-
ministration had devoted 100000 TO
widows pensions In one year. though no
such item appears In the budget. THIS
amount a expended. the Mayor said.
from the budgetary fund listed under the
head of Private charitable institutions.
II was the definite intention OF the
board when the item was inserted. he
added. to devote a portion TO widows
pensions.
But the administration might have
had a definite intention 10 ny kites"
persisted senator Brown. 1T seems TO
me II would be better TO make more
specific appropriations. Your budget Is
like an india rubber string. II has ]
per cent OF variation. My theoZy Is that
II transfers were definitely limited de-
partments would live within their
means"
III a limit 4. fixed by law the budget
will Jump" said the Mayor. The net
result will be extravaganza instead or
economy. These transfers are all within
the budget total. With the imposition
OF a limit departments would be granted
larger appropriations because OF tho fear
that they would not have enough 10
meet necessities
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$26, 900 IN GEMS VANISH.
stolen From Sealed Trunk while
in Express COm n ny's Care.

FAN FRANcIsco. Jan. lo.--Jewels
worth S2s,o0o are being sought here
by Wells Fargo detectives following
their disappearance from "a trunk
shipped at overlook. Pa. TO this city
by Lieutcnant-Commander william =.
Cronan, l.. s. n.
Tho trunk was sealed at the time
Of being turned over to the express COM
Imny. and the seals still were intact
When It Was opened here
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De Rlois & Eldridge have leased 70,
Nrs, Edward &. Post her cottage IN
BsilsNue Court, Newport. X, l.. opposite
the Il. j licrwind place, To Mrs John
4. Logan. in. Il New York fol t., com.
lng teS.Ul.
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probably be held apart from family and
business for three weeks.
There is no inkling Of anything posi-
lively surprising TO be brought out by
the State. although Miss Emily r. Ber-
ger. who was shot at At the time the
doctor got his death wound. may give
n clearer story OF the shooting and tell
Of the jealousy Of Mrs. Mohr.
Mrs. Mohr has done no talking since
the shooting. and her counsel intimate
that she has something highly inter.
esting TO disclose
Jurors 10 visit Murder Scene.
The Jury. the court. the counsel on
both sides and the principals will leave
here tomorrow. proceeding directly to
the spot on Washington "a down which
Or. Mohr and Miss Berger were car
RED with such speed by the chauffepr
Heals, The automobile will be placed
to show whore the doctor was at the
moInen Of shooting. The spot will he
shown where tho negroes are alleged
10 have laid IN waiting. and from there
the blind path will he traversed across
the country TO the Nayatt road. 10 which
Brown and Spellman truudled their
motor cycle after the shooting.
This usual evidence will he necessary
to make clear the testimony ot George
GtedlS, tI" NAtl' : NplbllNffI NililftN, ~
lat!ng 10 the part he took in bringing the
victims TO the scene OF the shooting and
suhstantiate the story chief Robbins OF
Warren will tell OF the admissions the
negroes made Of their hiding place and
route Of escape while Heals was trying
TO convince the neighbofs who responded
20 the sound OF pistol shots that the au-
tomobile party had been held up by
robbers,
Heals was kept away from tho court
to-day and NAV not face the other de-
endants until Wednesday. as other wit
nesses will necessarily precede him In
proving the time and place OF crime be-
fore he is called TO clinch the States
case.
Mrs. Mohr paid the strictest attention
to the declaration ~ every talesman
called. She vas nanifestly pleased when
some stoutly asserted that they had
formed such opinions by reading the con-
Trajectory stories told by the negroes
that they could not be Influenced to
change them by any sworn evidence.
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There was a discussion. TOO. OF the
Limitation OF revenue bonds which the
Board OF Estimate Is permitted TO issue
The Mayor said that while the Charter
fixes $4,000 900 as the maximum which
may be issued in absolutely obligatory
cases. tho limit on discretionary issues
Is $4,000. 900. In practice. he asserted.
the administrator has never exceeded
the latter amount.
Senator Brown said that ne saw no
reason why the city should not have
the power OF review over the eNpendi-
lures Of the Public Service Commission
The Board OF Estimate has commended
tina: it should be vested with this av-
,hority so long az the city Is made 10
bear the commission expenses.
Mayor Mitchell will continue his tes-
timony at II o'clock this morning and
will probably conclude before the adj
journment for luncheon. Alfred +
Smith continues TO sit as q Osmber OF
the committee. though he resigned as
Assemblyman when he became Sheriff.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1916-03-18
Wilson and the Submarines.

a Washington dispatch says: Pres
ident Wilson has been overwhelmed
with telegrans from all parts of the
country, commencing his stand that
Germany shall not sink merchant
vessels without giving them warm
ing, whether they are defensively
armed or not. This is plainly the in
ternational law OF the world, and
President Wilson is only doing what
stalwart American President should
do, in upholding the rights of Ameri-
can citizens to travel anywhere on
the ocean, they wish to, and that the
United States government will up
hold their rights when they do so.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1916-03-18

And by the way, Theodore Roose-
welt, who ii he is as patriotic rs he
would make us think, ought to be
trying to uphold the Presidents
hands, instead of making his task of
stesdying the boat that much harder,
is one of the chief aggressors.
Through reading Sam Blythe's
Western Warrick," now running in
the Saturday Evening Post, which
we accept as at least ninety per cent
fact, and through the boat rocking
tactics of partisan politicians now go
ing on throughout the country, we
have about come to the conclusion
that our boasted party system of gov
ernment is on the toboggan unless we
can shake off the incubus which has
fastened itself onto our body polite
in the form of the present brand of
American politics.
Success in governmental matters,
just as success in any other line, de-
pends upon honest, untrammeled
thinking on the basis of II true per-
spective. Honest, careful thinking
and true perspective are impossible
as long as the thinker is circumscrib-
ed by u partisan expediency. We can
stand a certain amount Of this kind
OF politics and live, but when parti-
sanship takes first thought over coun-
try, in times like these through which
the country is now passing, when is
sues which are destined to make or
unmake our country are approached
by many would-be statesmen, solely
from the viewpoint of partisan ad-
vantage, it is time for us to take
thought rs to the ultimate results Of
such course. .-Montrose Enterprise.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1916-03-18
The Boat Rockers.

President Wilson dropped a thought
the other day in speech at the Grid
iron dinner at Washington which
ought to cause some OF our statesmen
of the half-baked variety. II there is
any real patriotism in their blood at
all, to do little more thinking be-
fore they open their bazoos.
Speaking of the Office of presidency,
Mr.. Wilson declared that lone of the
difficulties of the Office seldom appre-
ciated, I dare say, is that it is very
difficult to think while so many peo-
pie are talking in a way that OBJ
scures council and is entirely off the
point"
This reminds us that great many
people, who would no doubt indig-
nantIy deny that they were boat rock
ers, are nevertheless, through their
ceaseless and senseless nagging at the
President and his policies, are MAX
ing his job of steering the Ship of
State free from the shoals of inter
national conflict just that much
harder.
OF course 1t is right and proper for
lovers of their country to think deep
ly on her problems and endeavOr to
do what they can to help solve them
However, SO much Of the advice
which is now going up from every
Tom, Dick and Harry, rs to how the
President should conduct his office is
SO clearly Of the half-baked variety;
and as the President intimates is en-
tirely of the point, 1t is inclined to
befuddle rather than to clear the at
mosphere.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1916-03-18
D6n't Blame 1t All On "Jawn D."

Autoists and others are sending up
howl over the present high price of
gasoline. But 1t would seem there is
. reason. Oil, which last August,
brDught 40 cents in the Oklahoma
fields, now sells for $l.20. Oil fields
down there are now only producing
about one-fourth what they did u
year ago.
So out lower While river oil belt
may attract attention before long.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1916-03-18

"Rootlegging" seems to be quite
prevalent III Routt county, aud y
number of convictions have resulted.
A lot Of people over there must have
overlooked laying up reserve" be-
fore the dry" wave set in, or else
'thirsts'' are unduly hard to quench
in our neighboring county. So far,
no are SITS in this county for Carlson
ifis
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1916-03-18
MEEKER, COLO. SATURDAY. MARCH ls, 1s

The authorities at Washington did
the right thing In ordering the army
over the border into Mexico, after the
numbering bandit, Villa. The pa
thence of the country has been sorely
tried by Villa and the rest of the
Mexican cut-throats, all OF whom
should be hung, when caught.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1916-03-18

1t is also interesting to know that
jeff McLemore, the man who seeks
to re-write international law, is serv-
ing his first term as congressman,
and gained his intimate knowledge Of
foreign affairs AS Texas cowpunch-
er, miner and a printer in mining
camps in lorado.-Leadville Her
aid Democrat.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1916-03-18

The stockmen of our neighboring
counties are getting together in large
ly attended meetings to protest
against the proposed herd law. This
vicious scheme originates with the
Denver pest" gang of unscrupnlous
sharks.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1916-03-18

At the recent meeting OF the state
highway commission, Commissioner
Walbridge secured "a, 400 in state
funds for road purposes in this county.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1916-03-18

In signing the warrant that pro-
NOTED Brig. Gen. Hugh Scott to be
Maj. Gen. Hugh Scott, Secretary of
War Hugh Scott, performed an act
that the entire nation approves.