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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
PLAN TO MOVE CURB
INDOORS OUTLINED
Two Glasses Of Members Pro-
/ posed, Regular and As
sOciate.
DECISION WITHIN WEEK

The plan Of che special committee Of
the New York Curb Market Association
for the reorganization Of the outside
market. which has been mailed to MEM
oers. provides for the moving Of the mar
bet indoors. the establishment Of . ticker
service and the creation Of w classes
e membersL
n recommending that two classes Of
members be established the special COM
nlttss suggested that they be known
- regular and associate. The regular
membsrship shall be limited In number
70 600 and shall be composed of the
present members of the association and
otherU whose applications are approved.
AZ present there are S33 members OF
the association. II Is said that there
have been 10 applications received for
regular membership.
The associate members will be persons
who are engaged In the banking or
brokerage business. Only tho two classes
ef members can have their business
transacted at the inside minimum rate
q commission. An associate member
win not AVE floor privileges nor will
he b entitled to vote.
The following are the fees ana dues
proposed in the Q plan: Transfer fee,
regular member. $500: annua dues,
regular member. 800 initiation fee. as
sociats member. $3.50: annual dues, as
oociate member. $50.
The plan further provides that the
board Of representatives Of the as
ISOLATION shall be increased from fifteen
. twenty-one members, and that the
complaint committee, to be called the
~committee on business conduct" shall
~ increased from three to FIVE members.
The board of representatives has sent
he plan to all OF the members Of the
association. along with ballots, which
are to b returned to the offices of the
association by next Saturday. Curb
. brokers say that there Is every indica-
zion that the plan will be approved by
. majority Of the members.
Some opposition Is expected among
the older men on the outside market. but
Il 70 expected that the bulk Of the bro
, kern will indorse the action OF the special
committee and the board Of representa-
t1veA
! With the moving indoors Of the curb
: market n Of the picturesque institu-
lions OF the financial district will pass.
On any clear day II Is not uncommo 70
zee Q curious crowd Of spectators. many
Of them from out OF town. gathered on
both sides OF Broad street. where the
curb brokers operate, watching the trans
acting Of the curb business.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
WANT ALL RAILROADS
TO CHANGE SIGNALS
New ideas for Standard De-
vice Will Be Urged Upon
All Lines.

Five suggestions for standard signals
for protecting grade crossings approved
on Thursday at the semi-annual meeting
Of the American Railway Association
at the Biltmore will be recommended to
the National Association Of Railway
Commissioners for general adoption by
the railroads.
It Is hoped by the railroad men that
the various public service commission
will adopt these recommendations. which
cover uniform approach warning signs.
uniform color Of light for night indica-
ton, uniform use Of a circular disc, APP
proximating Is inches in diameter, with
the word stop" painted on II in large
letters instead Of the varicolored flags
which are now in use uniform painting
Of crossing gates. alternate diagonal
stripes Of black and white (somewhat
like a BARRIERS pole). and uniform rules
governing watchmen or hagmen al
crossings.
The report Of q special committee on
the prevention OF accidents at grade
| crossings stated that accidents at cross
ings have increased 1000 per cent. ir
the last Ave years in some parts Of the
country. due largely to the increased use
Of the automobile.
The disc with the word ~stop" on II
In large letters with a contrasting back
ground will eliminate tho complaint thai
| the flags o In general use do not give
] the drivers sufficiently clear indication
| whether the fiagman 10 trying to stol
| them or urge them across. Tho disc will
be held up In the middle Of the highway
The caution approach signs will eerv'
to remind drivers tina. there Is a railwa,
crossing 400 or 500 feet ahead. At nigh
a light Of Me same color will be useC
at all crossings so that there may b
| no misunderstanding.
Tho special COMMITTEES 10 made UP a
follows: J. A. McRea. general mana
ger Long island Railroad. chairman J
Q. Van Wrinkle, assistant to vice-presi
dent and general manager Cleveland
| Cincinnati. Chicago and ST. Louis Rail
way c. L. Bardo. general manager New
Haven Railroad L. r. Jefries. genera
attorney Southern Railway: Howard
Elliott. inspector Of transportation Sal
Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Rail
road w. ]. Towne, assistant genera
manager Chicago and Northwestern
Railway, and W. r. Scott, vice-pres!
dent and general manager Southern
Pacific Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
MISS BERGERE CRIES FRAUD.
OIL stock Promoter Arrested on
Complaint of Vaudeville Actress.

Isaac Geisler. who lives at tho Cum
berland Hotel, was arraigned In the West
Side court yesterday on complaint OF
Valerie Bergere. the vaudeville actress.
and Robert Emmett keane. an actor.
Geisler. II seems. arrived recently
from South Africa and since his arrivIf
has been staying a: the Cumberland,
cultivating friends n telling tales OF
Metropolitan Petroleum oil stock. He
also related the fact that his father was
worth 800, 900. 900. Mr.. Keane said he
gave Ge!sler 1920 to invest n tina!
same evening. while dining. he received
a message from Geisler telling him that
his profit for the day was a mere Sl2.-
900. Miss Bergere heard OF Mr.. Keane's
good fortune and gave Geisler $1,000 to
do the same for her.
Geisler kept In touch with his clients
and each day reported winnings until
finally they decided to collect. Their
their mythical fortunes vanished and
they were unable to obtain a cent.
Geisler would say nothing whatever
about his activities n was held by
Magistrate Ten Eyck In $1,000 bail FOL
examination Monday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
APPELLATE COURT DECISIONS.
Complete List Handed Down By
First Department Division.

The following decisions were handed
sion. First Department:
FsSsr:i a TER. GStss &C.; H,.'ntir; ":
plant with costa. Opinion BY Mclaughlin,
WHIT a.sy .. :: al. w imsl..a q vi. vi V :. y H-f Publ i
Library, Ac;: respondent, and knieker-
srmed with costs. No opinion. order
r, sssnf H. h Il; Dssn e. :: 81. ' l.%.s :sss;''s..'' De- y:
costs: Nc oginion; Order Med -. ,o.,
clssin. respondent. Jadsment affirmed
with costs. No opinion. order nied.
Escs:nI: g Buffet Gorpo,ation' appellant
o s:sena 20 ep.ni s0as o ofGsr n HaiIm'd with
Reilly. sTsi o 5dG" ssirmed ID Win nao" sic
costs and disbursements. No opinion. or.
Jennie HerRe respondent, ~. Tn. Ger.
&c, appellant. Judgment AFFIRMED with
scat: Nc opinion. ts0ott J" dissenting. }
Waldo D; Putnem. RESPONDENT. w.; In.
5 o,dsr spsu affirmed with costs No opinion
isidor Frey. respondent. ys. e. R.s.n..
s sS,: :n ssn:; ' sI:s costs. ''?ss " opinion Sas
cs.mps S. Andrew. respondent. vs.. Asa
I'd: ;S.;n'S Win costs. "a Opinion
nan. ss'i 4 J R:1G:,:'s. ,s,.::s:s a.. e: Appel ss5sI:
COTS Nc opinion. order nlsd.
s,r.u:: 81 al. r~espona:sss' so1rsa Order .rlrmsd
4 $40 costs and disbursemsns. Nc
0p ss%u., G 2 sol n..a; appellant. ". william
with eo.s. No op,!n'Gn order NED; -.
complain; Of Victoria Playa. respond.n.,
Judgment affirmed. No opinion. order
ceased. Decree sn,r%sd With eo.ss' No
ssmgel PoIIoss: appellant: vs.. Contra
with r.. eY p.cp,.: S &C. oO le.penas 1Td' E MA; sss.r,.
new trial ordered. oplniOn by L~aushlin,
Riverdais Really Co. appellant. VS.. tn.
CITY Of N.C York e, al: rssponden,s'
Mary. r. Cronise. respondent. VS.. Frank
N. Tiehenor ct al. as temporary admin
srmed with costs. No opinion. order
Henry Van seh.,ek. respondent. ,.. tn.
City OF New York. appellant. JudGmeH,
affirmed with costs. No opinion. Order
died.
People ex rel. Erostus Belcher. Rel.
W. Arthur Woods. as Police Commissioner
&C. respondent. wri, dismissed and pro
eeedinss affirmed with $50 costs and dis
burse No opinion. order fled.
II. Clay Howard. respondent. vs.. Edward
n. Breitung - al. appellants. Ord.r re-
versed Wit SO costs and disbursement
and motion granted with $40 costs. Opin-
Ion by Laughiin. j.. order hled.
In the matter OF Charles Edwin Sum
mers. an attorney. Respondent disbarred.
Opinion per curtain. Settle order on notice
In the matter of John Oscar Bali. an
attorney. Supplementary charges referred
to Hon. Henry A. Gildersleeve. official
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
UNION PACIFIC HEAD RESIGNS.
PRECEDENT MOhier Will Retire, bat
VIII Act a. Adviser.

A. L. Mohler. president Of the Union
Pacific and the Oregon Short Line, has
rendered his resignation from these Of
Aces. to take effect July !. The resig-
nation will undoubtedly be accepted. II
was said yesterday by Judge Lovett.
chairman Of the executive committee OF
the road. Mr.. Mohler will be retained
IN an advisory capacity. Nothing, the
chairman added, could be said at pres
ent in regard TO a successor.
Early In the year Mr.. Mohler suffered
a severe fall while skating. II Is
understood that his application for re-
tirement Is a result OF the effects OF the
fall. He was unconscious at the time
for more than a day. but has never
entirely recovered his health.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
ALLEGED LOOT ON A TRUCK.
Two Men Seized After They Had
Loaded silks From Warehouse,

Max Praiss, a driver. OF 1873 Eas,
Thirteenth street and Frank Omalion,
"A ~bootblack. OF $50 East Twenty-eighth
street were held In $1,000 bail each
yesterday in Jefferson Market court
charged with stealing silks valued a,
$l2. 600.
Detectives who made the arrest early
Yesterday allege the men "timm!ed" q
door Of the warehouse OF Tauber & Co,
3l-33 West T~wenty-ffth street and car.
ried the goods to a & When ar.
rested In Tw%enty-third street tho al.
legged stolen property was on the truck
they were driving.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
THE COFFEE MARKET
Strong Upward Tendency-0ains
a. Close Of 2 70 a POimta.

rhe coffee market again showed . strong
upward tendency and prices made net gains
for the day Of 2. TO . pointa New high
records were est ablished and trading was
fairly active. total sales amounting to 10000
bags Trade interests and shorts were good
buyers. and there were some evidences Of a
broadening outside interest. The strength in
the market was based largely on conditions
IN Brazil. where. prices were firmly held
Very few firm offers were received here and
prices were much above a working basis,
The spot demand has improved SON
Sales were reported late on Thursday Of
about 1000 bags from importers 10 iobbers
with Rio Is quoted at 9Nc, and Santos 10 at
l0&c. Some authorities maintain that much
Of the strength in Brazil is due 10 local
conditions there arising from small receipts.
which were said to he due TO- unfavorable
weather. and the fact that shippers were
forced to cover outstanding contracts for
export.
The official Brazilian cables reported an al.
vance OF a.s2d, IN Rio exchange on London.
Milreis prices In Rio were unchanged. Santos
showed an advance Of 100 reis Receipts at
the two ports we're Hoo bags, compared
with 1900 last year, Prices follow:
Open High Low Clos Prev.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
FINDS BUGS DAMAGE WHEAT.
S11odern Miller'' Tells Of Losses In
Oklahoma and Kansas.

CHICAGO. May 1e.-The Modern Muller
crop outlook: Through the central
principal wheat growing belt Of Okla
hoFha there has been extensive damage
BY green bugs In the past week. In the
southern section OF this belt fields are
being ploughed up.
TN Kansas there has been insect ac-
uvity. mainly Hessian fly. but weather
conditions were generally favorable 70,
plant growth.
In the central and middle West the
Noo made seasonable progress under
favorable weather conditions.
I'm Kansas and Nebraska tempera-
lures have been below normal. Rains
have been general through the white:
wheat belt"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
LEH1GH APPEAL IN BOAT CASE
Railroad Goes "a Supreme Court
Continues Lake Service.

The Lehigh Valley Railroad announced
yesterday that II had taken steps to
appeal IN its lake line case from the
decision Of the United States District
Court for the Eastern District OF Penn
s~ylvania to the United States Supreme
Court.
The District Court dismissed the rail-
roads petition for a permanent in1unc-
ton agains. the enforcement OF the order
OF the Interstate Commerce Commission
divorcing the lake line from h rail
line.
With the announcement of the rail-.
roads decision. the management a
that the company's lake line service
would he continued during the 1915 sea-
son on the great lakes and until the
questions involved In the case have been
finally settled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
NEW ISSUES FOR LISTING.
stock Exohango Committee Report
Latest Applications.

Tho committee on stock list Of the
Stock Exchange has received the follow
ing applications for listing:
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. &c.,
$4,000 additional general consolidated
mortgage ~ per . n bonds. an per
cent. SERIES" due zoos: New York Mu.
nictpal Railway Corporation. 32.266.00
first mortgage s per cent. sinking fund
bonds. series A. due 1885: Galveston.
Houston n Henderson Railroad Com
pany. 32.l22.o00 frst mortgage 8 pes
cent bonds. due 1898 Utah Power and
Light Company. 322.50o.oo first mort
age thirty year s per cent. bonds.
American series. due 1914.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
AID MERCANTILE xARnE PLAN
Committee Near TogstAss 81 Ne.
organization idea.

Daily conferences Of the various In
terests Of the International Mercantile
Marine Company are slowly reducing
the points OF difference between the
committees on the reorganization plan.
according TO reports made yesterday.
The Wallace committee plan has been
submitted to the Platten common stock
holders committee and certain modifca-
lions have been made and others will
probably follow. II 10 said.
Tho probable changes, II was init
mated from . source In close touch with
the committees. will have to DO with the
100000 0 note Issue, which 10 to go
toward paying of the vi. 900. 900 Of the
outstanding bond Issue and interest due.
The Information IL that . larger sum
than heretofore planned will be taken in
cash from the treasury. reducing this
note Issue and the fixed charges. II was
said also that the price Of offering Of the
notes, which Il had been planned to put
out at %, had been raised somewhat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
TO ACT FOR MILLS & GIBB.
Receivers Announce Appointment
OF George q. Riggs a. Agent.

The receivers for Mills 4 Glib an
nounced yesterday the appointment OF
George C. Riggs Of the firm OF George
Riggs & Co. to act as their agent in
all matters affecting the conduct OF the
business Of the corporation. which went
into receivership last week
Mr.. Riggs was for years an employees
OF Mills & GLIB and has been an I'M
porter OF foreign linens and white goods.
The business OF his firm will continue
as heretofore. but owing TO the COM
plications In Europe no will be en-
abled to devote a large part Of his time
to looking out for Mills 4 Glib inter
ests.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
MONEY IN FREE" FOUNTAINS,
ice Water Company e Mako PrsAts
By selling Cspa.

A franchise to install and operate coo
drinking fountains in various parts OF
the city was granted by the Board Of
Estimate yesterday to the Universal Free
Iced Water Company. Inc. Tho com.
pany Is to pay SIS for each fountain
and Is required to file with tho board an
account Of It's receipts from zach foun.
tain.
The company expects 10 make IT.
money ou: % rs free" iced water by
selling drinking cups At . cent each.
The fountains will be equipped with a
type OF buhbling head. approved by the
Department OF Health. and with a faucet.
Drinks will be free to those who use
their own cups
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
DIVIDEND

Company and Term.
American Railways.
Ohio OIL. quarterly.
Ohio OIL, extra......
Illinois Pipe Line....
General Chemical.
quarterly ....,.....
West Pennsylvania
Traction ..........
West Pennsylvania
Traction, EXTRA.
West Pennsylvania
quar-
terly .............be
Lscisds Gas. semi AN
nual ..............
Acleds Gas. quar-
terly ....,.........
Standard OH Of Ohio.
quarterly ..........
Standard OIL Of Ohio.
oxvf0 ..............
South Penn OIL. quar-.
terly ..............
South Penn OIL. ex.
ira ................
american Power and
LIGHT quarterly.
nAtAA "AvAn AaA
ana Rubber. guar
eostes Woven Hos;
and Rubber. SENT.
enavs ............
UnIseN Drug. Qu2y
" s.ssssssssssss
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20

WASHINGTON. May 1.-the statement Of
the receipts and disbursements Of the Treas.
ury shows:
This mo. Fiscal year.
Receipts. ....:.."..... 50, PSI, 33s 1914. bs2, %5
disbursements. .......... G.S07,9 1853 $40. $50, 5Js
Deficit. ................, S6,66s.s2i S~!o o lb3
Receipts from customs to-day. STA. 30; from
internal revenue, ordinary. Si.oes, 300: income
tax, 1927 ,os+,. and miscellaneous. SIZE, s66.
National bank notes received for redemp-
Tho current statement Of the United STATES
Treasurer for May lS.
GENERAL FUND.
Available gold S6s. 61b NO
Available silver .........,.....,... 0.So5.< as
United States notes ......... 6,356,b3O
National bank notes and Federal
reserve notes ..............., N.i@,1si
Certlned checks on banks..,:.... 1880
Subsidiary silver, minor coin and
silver bullion .................... 6.ss6, D>
Unclassifed !uncorted CURRENCY. SOL, a23
Deposits In banks and Philippine
Treasury neutrality-suspicious.. n,sN.Ns
Available currency In Treasury
Deduct current Observation-Disclosures: ss,so'ssi
Net bslAnce In general fund. ........ 1873 OH. 62S
RESERVE FUND.
Gold coin and bullion ............... 0l6S IN, GA
TRUST FUND.
To redesm outstanding certificates q, N, l03. N
Grand totAl cash Aassts In Treaor
NJ sssssssss~ sssss'ssss ssssss.s. k00vNsO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
-iri Ario>~ w>>ftu- Vnr

tlAlFFEI Il. japanese. 60. ...
cnce, also good hu"lrr ,HI.'
HARRY. lis W. asth -, LEI -. a.,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
DAILY TREASURY STATEMENT,

WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE abatement OF
the receipts and disbursements of the Treas.
ury shows:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-26
SENATE'S PAGE BOYS
COPY AFTER SOLONS

A mimic senate has been founded
by the playful boy pages whor un
errands for the real United States
senators, and in the opinion of Chair
man Stone of the Foreign Affairs
Committee, the pages would make
just as good senators as the real ones,
In the midst of a debate on the
printing of the water power report,
which the big interests are trying to
suppress, Stone got up and said: 1--WE
proceed like amateurs. The Senators
from Nebraska said that the pages
had organized new legislature here.
and had just raised their. salaries to
$1,000 a year and reduced those of
the Senators bearing commissions to
$3.50 day. do not think the
pages could do much worse than the
Senators themselves are doing in talk
ing hours on three or four days mere
~ to repeat what has been said by
them the day before
Stone is Wilson's chief adviser in
the Senate on foreign affairs. He is
a Senator of experience. His admis-
sion of the futility of the Senate is
very valuable because it shows what
the senators in moments Of unusual
frankness really think of themselves.
The working people of the country
will undoubtedly agree with Stone.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-26
HIGH WAGES FACTOR
IN CHECKING DISEASE

PAY the worker more and he will
live better, and his family will escape
much Of the danger from disease. -
said Surgeon General Gorgas, of the
United States army, in an address to
churchmen in Washington.
I'm The treatment of tropical dis
cases. he said, poverty must always
be considered as one of the most i'm
portant evils to be eradicated. Doub-
ling the wages of workmen in Havana
raised them from their former i'm
pecunious state and enabled them to
live more sanitary than BEFORE"
General Gorgas reviewed the work
of his Is years spent in the tropics:
told how he and his coworkers eradi-
Gated the mosquitoes from the canal
zone: and how before that he had
directed the scientific work that made
the city of Havana a place in which
to live instead of one in which to die.
"Great sanitation is possible only
where one is able to make the people
understand the necessity of right liv-
lng," he said. "In my experience 7
have found that higher rate of pay is
the most effective way of alleviating
their former condition"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-26
WOULD TAKE TEETH
FROM SEAMEN'S LAW

A special committee of the Cham
Der Of Commerce of the United States
has recommended that several Sec
tons of the seamen's law be suspend
ed and referendum will be held on
the proposal by the various CONNER
cial bodies affiliated to the chamber.
One of the sections that is opposed
abolishes the arrest of seamen for
desertion from any vessel that stops
at an American port. Seamen show
that the present law permits a crew,
employed in a foreign port at low
wages, to refuse to work on arrival
at an American port unless their
wages are raised to the rates of that
port. The effect of this law will be
to raise wages all over the world, as
vessel owners cannot hold their crews
under threat of arrest, as formerly.
The committee Of the Chamber Of
Commerce Of the United States favors
the repeal Of this section. AS mil
lions Of dollars of American money
are invested in foreign ships, manned
by cheap labor, the result of the
referendum can be predicted.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-26
HIGH TAXES MEAN
LOWER WAGE SCALE

Editor Labor World:
The best statement Of the argu-
ments against proposed enormous
military and naval expenditures I
have yet seen is the speech of the
president of the Pennsylvania Fed
Grafton of Labor published in your
last issue. I hope it voices the ideas
of the ordinary citizen but the poll
ticians evidently think it does not
among them our own congreeman.
Many people fail to recognize that
taxes light or heavy tend to lower
wages and raise living cost. The fight
to keep the one up and the other
down is made a little harder by each
increase of taxes.
For instances bill has recently
been approved in Caucus keeping up
the price Of sugar in order not to re-
duce revenue. 1t is not easy to find
so plain an example of the steady
pressure on wages but the economic
law cannot fail although it's effect is
slight in times of prosperity. It's visi-
BILE effect is greatest when it is least
easy to bear.-Leon E. Lunl.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-26
So.
JOHN MITCHELL ON
UNION LABOR IDEALS

John Mitchell, chairman OF the state
industrial commission, In an address in
New York, outlined the program OF or
ganized labor. He declared it is con-
fined to these six aims:
"A minimum wage that shall enable
men and women to live in a manner
conformable to American standards; I'd
educate their children and to make
provisions against old age and sick
ness.
'"The eight hour day. which gives
opportunity for the cultivation Of
home life, the enjoyment of books,
music and wisely employed leisure.
Legislation making 1t unlawful for
children of tender and frail physique
to be employed in dangerous pursuits.
Laws provinding for the safeguard
ing of lives and limbs Of workers en-
gagged in dangerous occupations and
for compensation for injuries.
"The progressive Improvement Of tho
sanitary working and housing condi-
lions OF the wage earners.
"The preservation of the constftu-
tional guarantee of trial by jury, free
speech and free press"