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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
COL. E. M. KNOX'S WILL.
quests 10 Chap1tles.

The will of Col. Edward NJ. Knox. hat
manufacturer, who died on March rs at
his home. rs East Eighty-third street.
was filed for probate yesterday. The
will disposes of an estate Of more than
$1,000, 900. lie gave S250,0OO and one
fourth of the residuary estate each to
three nieccs. Florence Cook Bronson,
Mary Ella Little and Florence l.. Hone
and to his nephew. Charles Knox Robin
son,
Col. Knox gave $4,000 each to the
Charles Knox Memorial Methodist
Church of Manila and to st. James
Episcopal Church, New York. lie left
$1,000 each to the English Evangelical
Lutheran Church Of ST. James. the New
York Medical College and Hospital for
Women, and the Methodist Episcopal
Church House. and $4,000 to the Knox
B%enevoient Associations.
Ten former employees received $1,000
each and $4,000 each goes to John r.
Mckenna. a friend, n Marie G. Simin-
dlnger. wife OF A. J. Simindinger, IA
old and faithful friend and employee"
Mary Knox Robinson, a sister, gets
$4,000 and four distant relatives get
5000 each.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08

be a protection only to one side. namely,
the corporations. and not the public.
There are now before tho Legislature
bills embodying changes deemed ncces-
sary by the commissions, thus present.
ing the clear cut issue Of tho enact
ment OF such enabling legislation or tho
passage OF the rate bills. Naturally the
commission would prefer the former.
THE commission lays most stress on
the Importance Of the restriction OF a re-
view OF certiorari, and the power to fx
the effective date OF II ate order as Of
the commencement of the proceeding.
The Kings County Lighting Company
case Is a striking example. This case
has now been under way for 1--WE years,
After the taking Of voluminous testl-
mony. the commission made "a decision
which was taken by certiorari through
to the Court OF Appeals. which directed
tina the commission should rchear II.
The case has now been closed for several
and In awaiting a decision. The
company a indicated that whatever
the decision OF the commission, unless
completely in favor Of the IL
will again take the matter into the courts
on certiorarl with the possibility Of an.
other reversal after two or three years.
The judicial and Legislative amend
ments TO the Public Service law have
so complicated procedure that the issue
mas been presented at his session Of
the Legislature either of making such
amendments as those requested by the
commission Of the First district or of
acting directly on rate bills"
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new ROCK ISLAND PLAN
OUTLINED BY AMSTERI
Wants Stockholders to Sub
scribe to $25,OOO.O 900
Issue.

The stockholders protective committee
Of the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific
Railway Company. Of which n. l.. Am
ster is chairman. has brought out It's latest
plan for the rehabilitation of the COM
pany's finances without foreclosure.
stockholders are asked to subscribe for
a &25. 600. 900 issue OF s per cent. pre-
ferred rights or 5 per cent. debenture in
come bonds. with tho understanding that
unless IS per cent. of the amount is sub-
scribed for subscribers will have the
right to withdraw.
The new securities will he cumulative
at a rate OF s per cent. after une 80.
1917. convertible into common stock at
par up TO December 81. 1927. and call
able at ITO and dividend or interest after
December I. 1921. Stockholders will
have the privilege Of subscribing to S33
Of the new issue at par for each share of
old stock owned.
OF the proceeds OF the issue Il is
planned to Use 81 800. 900 to pay of
short term collateral notes and $5.100.-
600 to pay of outstanding receivers
certificates. leaving a balance of $780,
600 for treasury purposes. which. the
thinks, will be sufficient 10
put the road on its feet again and enable
II to meet annual interest payments.
The points out that by the
payment of the short term notes and the
issue of first and refunding 4 per rent.
bonds as authorized some 10000. 600
of salable bonds will be free for treasury
purposes.
The Rdiiwdu Age gazette In an cd
torial ON the Rock Island takes "a stand
In favor OF foreclosure. II says that the
belief of the Amster committee in the
success OF a reorganization without fore
closure rests chiefly on the basis that the
difference between efficient management
OF the road and the former
Will make up for former deficits. II
this opinion was sound. says the AGE
Gazette. IL would only be necessary to
raise sufficient new capital to refund
maturing securities and Indebtedness
and the capital expenditures for add
lions improvements could he post
poned and made piecemeal from surplus
earnings.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
TO MAKE $1,000 AUTO TRUCKS
Cl,d- Company Has Total Cspita1-
nation Of s7SO.OOO.

The PROSPECTUS Of the Clyde Motor
Truck Company. which was Incorporated
IN Delaware last month. discloses that
the has q total capitalization
o, $3.50. 900, OF which $2o0,ooO Is pre-
erred and the balance coinmo stock'
with a par value Of $40. The purpose
o. the company il 10 assemble a one
ton $1,000 truck exclusively, and. ac-
orIiug to an officer OF the concern. or
Iers for large numbers of STANDARDIZED
trucks were responsible for the moor
.%9ra'ion.
NJ. =. Swartz, a real estate operator.
y president of the company: W. r.
Melhuish. formerly of the White Motor
Company, IL vice-president John r.
Mason. former secretary OF the Trim
"y corporation. is secretary, and f.. r."
Vreelaud. an advertising man. is treas
u-er Among the directors are Percy
n Mclean, a director of Fraser d
Best, Ltd, Australian exporters and inn
porter~ Walter kenlon. son OF Fire
chief Keulon, and =. j. Holdsworth.
The impair is now offering preferred
stock at $40 "A snare. For every share
Of preferred purchased n share OF
common will be given as a bonus
\ plant has been acquired in the auto
mobile district OF Long Island City. near
Woodside. and it Is expected that de-
~iiveriee will begin in July. The truck
Is equipped with the Buda engine. de-
signed by Mr.. Holdsworth. 1t Is ex-
pec,ed the company will cOnfine itself
10 export orders for the first few weeks
after July.
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WHITNEY DEFENDS P. s. c.
IN BROOKLYN GAS CASE
Answers Criticisms Made in Senate Concerning PASSAGE
OF Bill Establishing 80 Cent Rate and Urges
That Law Be Made More Effective.

Public Service Commissioner Travis
~. whitney issued a statement yester.
day In answer to the criticisms Of tho
Public Service Commission that were
offered in the Senate on Thursday night
apropos OF the passage Of q bill pro.
vidins for so cent gas in the Thirtieth
and Thirty first wards Of Brooklyn. He
said
MAY call attention to the fact
that this bill was not initiated By the
Public Service Commission. but ty mem.
bers OF the Thompson committee. which
has been investigating the commission
and the corporations subject to It's juris.
diction? One Of the matters which has
taken n deal OF attention Of this com.
mittee was the matter Of the gas rate
In the Thirtieth ward. Kings county. the
BAY Ridge section. and the proceedings
before this committee with respect to a
reduction in this rate. Apparently act
ing OH the information the committee
obtained. mombers Of the committee in
troduced bills providing for the reduce
ton In gas rates.
The commission has taken the posi-
ton that the Legislature must make tho
Public Service Commissions law moro
effective II the responsibility for rate
making IL to be left with the commits
sion. II is not particularly interested
in a jurisdiction 10 phrased that II car
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
BROOKLYN ZONE HEARING,
IL Called At the City Hall
Tuesday Morning,

The third hearing on the tentative
plan proposed for Brooklyn by the Com
mission on Building Districts and Re-
strlctions will be held at the City Hall
Tuesday morning. At this hearing the
whole area south and west Of Fifteenth
street and Coney Island avenue will be
considered.
In Its tentative report the commission
has reserved the area bounded by
T~hirty-sixth street, Fourteenth avenue
and the Narrows for exclusive residential
area. Bay Ridge. Fort Hamilton.
Borough Park, Leferts Park ami Dyker
Beach Park are new sections, having
neither business nor industry and tho
expectation is that future improvements
will run TO high class residential build
inGs.
In the section north Of SiAty-frh
street the general policy Of the COM
mission has been TO indicate all avenues
as business streets and all The streets as
residential streets. South Of SiNty-hrth
street the policy has in general been to
indicate only every second or third ave-
nue. as a business street and all the
streets as residential streets.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
TRADE IN ALL LINES
CONTINUES TO GROW
Further Increase Looked for
by "Dun's'' and "Brad-
Streets"

Continued use OF superlatives In re-
gard to all trade conditions Is reported
as the only possible rule In the trade
reviews Of the week. Dun's says:
Even after months Of extensive buy
ing. requirements continue remarkably
heavy and further augmentation Of
business is noted. Consumptivs de-
mands are sustained in greater volume
than in best previous years. and pres
sure upon industrial forces is unabated.
check new contracts. But such cases
are still the exception. and In the
aggregate transactions grow rather than
diminish, being limited mainly by the
oversold condition of mills and factories.
Manufacturers are working as never
before to meet the insistent calls for
more merchandise and products. yet OUT
puts. while steadily rising. remain in
adequate and many plants fall further
behind on orders. Scarcity of ma
teria!s continues. and Is not confined to
any single industry or trade"
Brddstreet's says:
Activity reigns supreme In whatever
direction one may look-whether to
trade. industry. mining. r~Rilroading or
shipping by water-and a further surge
forward IL expected when ice closed hsr.
bors open TO navigation and country
roads improve.
apparently the stream OF new orders
cannot be checked. active buying FOR fall
account having come forward TO hold
the centre OF the stage. and even in
sections where country roads are still
impossible merchants evince a strong
disposition to stock up. lest prices go
still higher. Indeed, 1t is TO his stock
ing " process that a note of caution
must be addressed. for 1t seems certain
that fear of high prices, as we'll as
concern over shortage OF materials, has
caused many merchants to rush buying
which in ordinary years would be con-
summated In a ~leisurely way
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LARGE BUYING OF DRY GOODS.
"Economist" Tells of unusual Re.
tail Business.

The Dry Goods Economist says:
Man retailers report an unusually
!arg" business and this even where the
weather has been unfavorable TO the
distribution Of dry goods. Not only are
consumers tuying freely. but they are
buying a better class Of merchandise.
THIS should be encouraging to those
''ia..ers who in spite OF the real neces-
sly for So doing hesitate to ask higher
pieces thar those to which their public
las become accustomed, All along the
mo the price tendency continues 10 be
Apwsrd and many manufacturers cx-
pereloe difficulty in delivering goods.
That prices nus necessarily go
higher cannot be g~ainsaid. Wages are
oelng advanced or hours shortened n
Increase of cost has spread To all the
TENS which enter into the production
o' merchandise. from raw materials
ana dyes to such items as boxes and
dtDls
perhaps the most important develop
mont Of recent date has been the adj
''h'" Joe rugs. ON q large and very
Pt"'hH"nt line the upward changes
'''" the opening OF the season last
%",''"b"r range from is TO % per cent.
huS"rs riew the most recent changes as
al indication OF the prices at the APP
Preaching fall openings"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
FRANCS AT LOWEST
SINCE Big WAR LOAN
Relief That Paris Has Been
Forced to Send Gold to
London.
MARKS NOW STRONGER

: Franc exchange. for the fVst time in
. month. broke through 500 yesterday.
n A. now selling on a basis Of more than
,f francs q the dollar. instead Of 1--WE
,rncs 70 the dollar. Its parity as roughly
estimated under normal conditions.
francs closed last night al 6.0iiA for
checks and 6.ooss for cables. This COM
AIRED with 5.eeia and 500 respectively
On Thursday. At one TIM during the
d,y checks sold as low as 6.0lia. while
,,b,es dropped to sol. Francs had not
tcen as low as this since the Anglo
rr,nch loan Was concluded. There were
no special reasons to account for the
arop IN francs other than that no support
"a being given TO the market here II
mat the london-Paris rate Is very much
against francs. being 1851 yesterday.
,sains, ?S.55 oil the day previous. More
aver. Frances purchases in this country
during tho past week nave been ex-
tremely heavy. and this would tend to
.ut exchange against that country. The
Indications are that the rate will 90 even
aver unless something Is done to check
the decline.
At one time during the day II was
-,mor,d that the negotiations for the
nlacing Of the $500. zoe. 900 three year
rrench loan In this market had been
broken off because France a found
he terms too onerous, but this report
could not be confirmed in banking cir
cles that have close Mutations with
,hs Allies. Then, too. the success OF the
German attacks against Nerdun yes
,srday were taken as hindering the
French loan. as It has been said in
banking circles that the placing OF the
loan here would rest to . great extent
on whether the Germans or h French
we're successful in the battle now rag
ing about Frances great fortress. Inc
weekly statement Of the Bank or
france. published on Thursday. was
also taken as perhaps a reason for the
iron In franc exchange. This state
mcnt showed that circulation had in
,reased 2O2.514,000 francs. while gold
holdings had decreased 1S.ssi.OV
francs. This was understood to mean
ma, France had perhaps been shipping
gold to England because the London
ate was against her and that France
nigh, soon be forced TO send more
gold. ..,,
Demand sterling closed at 4.'6's.
sgainst 4..6 7-16 on the day previous
while demand was unchanged at So.
Italian lire advanced from $50 10
s;sI,. while rubles were unchanged AT
,I3s' Gullders were steady at AZ.
Marks were stronger, closing at
% s.lS for sight drafts and 12i4 for
,.bles. They were quoted on Thurs
Law a, 12i. and - 3-16 respectively.
Austrian kronen advanced from 1896 to
1881.
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Please make checks payable to
WILLIAM c. POTTER, Treasurer.
lO broadway, New York.
Greater Mw York Committee of
the Commission for Relief
in Belgium:
SAMUEL ". FAIRCHILD, Chairman;
WILLIAM G. POTTER, Treasurer;
J. +. BRESNAHAN, Secretary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
FINDS HEAVY WHEAT DAMAGE.
Miller" Reports 90 Per
Cent. soft Grain Condition.

uop outlook: --latest reports from the
"H.er MICA: bolt indicate q so per
.eh'' condition in soft wheat States Of
we middl. West and Southwest. Heavy
ua'hsge II confirmed. Considerable acre.
ase has already been plOughed UP and
we remaining stand is weak.
y me important crops Of Kansas and
: oraska maintain their condition and
wing UP the average of tho entire crop"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
Wills AND APPRAISAIS.

FANNIE ECKMAN. who dice April 20
last. left 81. sos to nve daughters
CHARLOTTE 4. McDONNELI., who
died August s. 1915, left 9+0.726. Of which
the buik . to her brother, John =.
Casey.
MRS, RLANCHH HENDRIcKs, who diei
June s., 1915. left 1Stt.t5t 20 her sons, Guy
~ irnsst HSadricka and her daugitero,
Tannle. Ethel ssd Helen Hsadrieks.
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Ground will be broken for the Eastern
District Fourteenth street subway AT
Bedford avenue and North Seventh
street, Williamsburg. at 3 o'clock this
afternoon, There il to he a procession
of more than thirty civic organizations
from Williamsburg. the Bushwick ami
Ridgcwood sections. Borough President
Pounds of Brooklyn will turn the first
spadcful OF earth,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08

New York city IL about TO spend $780,
wv on a market to be built under the
.hshha'tan Bridge ~approachs II will be
: one story structure at the northeast
liner Of Division and Market streets.
u"nun. 1865 feet on the former and
W. rect on tho latter street. II II
axe the place Of the push wagon
.Het' Floyd Y. Parsons 10 ths srchi-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08

There is no JOY of Spring in Belgium today.
Only dead men and women who are better dead.
And little children who are wise in all the ways of death.
Chimes lie silent in the broken belries.
Help the innocents the nameless babies that can never
know their fathers the mothers whose lives are deserts.
This is King Alberts Day the birthday of the King
without a country who lost his lands to found an empire in
the hearts of all humanity.
So long as memory shall treasure valor and set right
above might, so long as martyrdom strs the world, his splen-
did crown shall shine through the years. He needs no monu.
ment.
All of which moves you to spend a tear on
Belgium and send a cheer to Albert.
But while you're about it, uhy not spend
something more substantial? Belgium has had
tears enough of her olvn.
And if you really believe that this dauntLess exile deserves the admra.
ton of a freeborn American, then for his sake and the destitute womens and
chldrens sake and for the sake of your W conscience, raise a few dollars
for the Kingdom of Grief.
Your sentiment does you proud, butt doesn't do any good. 1t can'tbe
worn for a coat or cobbLed into a pair of shoes or baked into a loaf.
Put it to work. Write it o. a check. Change it into a
magic spell and wahh it achieve a miracle four thousand
miles away
The Belgians are up against it harder than ever Some of them had
clothes to start with and little boards of money.
The thousands who wereu utterly destitute at the beginning re still
bereft of everything Except anguish and a superb faith but multitude who
could look out for themselves for a while ar likewise in taters and DESPAIR.
Refined women are without necessary garments.
Please understand how badit u.s.. They can find work; there isn't anv
And if there were,h half of them are too young Or too old to do anything but
suffer.
Will you help ths three million destitute
- most of them women and babes? The other Please make checks nnvnue
mans money is already spent and the dollar WILLIAM c POTTER, Tru.u
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-08-28
Honor To Whom Honor
Is Due"

discussing figures used in handbl attacking and cir
of Mr. Lyons candidacy have pointed out
with regard agricultural and personal property a)
reasons (b) the fact that increased the
that has heretofore borne its share
taxation and c) that have the tax rolls
property previously escaped taxation altogether and with
gard timber lands logs lumber have pointed out (a) the
changes the numbering industry CD the fact
personal property values included the 1915 figures but
could included in the 1916 figures and
c) timber lands assessed by tracts
upon the land and the value of the timber tnot
blanket method of taking stab value without
regard timber there actually the various mbeed
lands in Latah county
Now consider these facts:
The 1915 made almost entirely by predecessor
and the approved by the board of which Mr. Lyon
a member.
The 1916 made by and approved by the
board of which Mr.. Lyon is a member.
Now behalf of Mr. Lyons candidacy figures compared
with those of predecessor and both of figures made
appear mine.
They stamped their approval predecessors figures for
1915 and they stamped their approval mine for 1916 Now they
they right approving predecessors figures and
approving The that they approved BOTH Which
is right?
T G. VENNTGERHOIZ
Candidate for County Commissioner
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-08-28
"JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN
Continued from Page y

en- times to make an affidavit cancel
ling those back taxes, but that $132t
looks pretty good to him in the coun-
ty money bags and he is keeping right
on digging out money that was sup
posed to be like darling Clementine
'1ost and gone forever"
George doesn't think, as the court
house gang thinks, that 'it would be
for the best interests of all concern
ed to be party to cheating the
county out of thousands of dollars
when little energy and a little right
and legal dealing will make these
delinquents pay up.
There's some of the story but it
isn't all of it,
No. there's something else that
troubles George.
He doesn't know what a widow is.
He used to think he did.
But the commissioners have got him
all balled up.
When it comes to having inside dope
on merry widows and sad widows, the
commissioners have got George beat
a mile
You see the county allows widow
an exemption of $1,000 on her taxable
property, provided she hasn't more
than $4,000 worth of property.
Now all the assessor has to do with
this is to file a statement as to the
value of the property and take the ex-
emption affidavit from the property
owner.
It is the commissioners who decide
and who have all the responsibility of
deciding whether the widows are to be
allowed the exemption. The assessor
doesn't make any recommendations.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-08-28

And he doesn't furnish any information
as to whether, honest-to-good
! hope-to-die the women are widows or
not
George wouldn't do that because it
has got so he doesn't know widow
when he sees one or when he hears
one Swear-take an affidavit that is.
The commissioners decide who are
widows in Latah. Sometimes wom
an whose first husband is dead and
whose two next husbands are divorced
Pigs may be pigs. But widows aren't
widows.
Sometimes a woman who has buried
one husband and divorced two can get
an exemption and sometimes she isn't
eligible because she's not widow.
Sometimes a woman who has a
whole lot of property is called a wild
ow without more than $4,000 worth OF
property.
And so it goes.
The commissioners, George says, are
in defining a widow in
consistent in yaluing her property;
and inconsistent in refusing and grant
ing exemptions.
But they are true blue, iron Clad |
all-wool nd-a-yard-w consistent in |
throwing the blame of the whole |
thing on the assessor.
So if you're a widow and don't know
it, or if you're widow and want 9TH
ers to know it, you had better get hold
Of the commissioners. George don't
seem to know as much as he did be-
fore ne went into office about what it
lakes to make widow.
The assessor doesn't by law have to
meet with the commissioners very
often. There haven't been many OF
.hese meetings in the fifteen months
George has been in office.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-08-28
commissioners did.

| commissioners did.
| George found out who held the aS
signment for that warrant. He got the
assignee to pay the back taxes. Then
he warrant was naid.
1t took ten minutes.
1t was a job that had been put off
three years
There are several cases like that
but you get the point of this story
don't you?
You know now why the assessor,
job this past year hasn't borne verg
strong resemblance to riding down
Fifth avenue in an upholstered linz!
CUISINE, with flowers in glass vase.
You know now why this business CT
assessing the peoples property an
collecting the taxes they owe doesn't
make an assessor think even for sec.
ond Of that beautiful and touching bal
lad, entitled, Just a little bit o.
heaven"
Perhaps George thinks that if the
commissioners have made the county
roads any rougher than they've made
his, no wonder the people are holler-
ing their heads off.