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JULY 8. 1310. JOHNSON REACHES HOME IH TRIOHPH Champion Races in his Auto to His Mother Amid Cheering Thousands. WAS ASKED TO SELL FIGHT He Accuse George Little cf Making the Suggestion Won't Talk Fight, as He Wants to Try His CarJ KEEP COOL Electric Fans at Zero Prices. Buy direct from the manufacturer.

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CHICAGO. July 7. Jack Johnaon, champion prizefighter, to-night 1 once more at home with his mother and hi automobile. i Five thousand member of hi race and a large number of white person met him at the Chicago Northwestern Railway station. Policemen were swept aside a the fighter, looming; above the crowd.

fought hla way smilingly through fiand- ichvps and pat on the back to waiting automobile. I with a rush and a roar that left an behind. Jack, In hi new racing car. daahed madly home, where hi mother. Mrs.

Tiny Johnson, waited In the midst of another crowd of thousand. iFlags waved, an ornately attired drum major of a negro regiment of State MUltla, swayed to the rhythm of America." Mlstah Johnson. Turn Me Loose." and other sim ilar airs. In the midst of a mighty yell Oh, you Jack Johnaon, the champion alighted at hla house. i He pushed hla way into the house, and with tears streaming down hi facie em' braced his mother.

Behind him a jfrlend struggled through the crowd, bearing aloft a smoked bacon side, symbolic of Johnson's own message. I'm coming home with the bactjn." To doan' need no bacon, cried the aged Mrs. Johnson. want tell yo' I'se got a mighty fine chlckln oookln' out heah in the kltchln, land yo knows how yo likes watah melon? We have got some dandies. Jack." The champion appeared; on the bjaleony of his home and paused suddenly as he caught a camera pointed his way lest the picture be spoiled.

He seemed about to speak, but turned about; and soon appeared at the street door, struggling through the crowds to his) automobile. It went seventy-one miles an hour for awhile to-day, till It was slowed down by a park policeman. Here goes the profits' laughed Jack. but the policeman clasped; tho champion's hand and cloutect him on the back. jnn.

ting over, ne whispered: I uon ten any one, you old war horse, but I won $'JO on vou." i Good," answered Johnson, and another wnir landed Jack at a buffet garden. The real reason for Johnson's split with ms manager. George Little, became Known io-flay. According to Johnson. Little Pitied to persuade him to throw the fight tot Jeffries.

Little told him that he had been offered a large sum of money toi bring this about. He would not name the persons In the deal, but he Intimated that they were connected closely with the Jef. fries camp. A wordy war followed, and Jack upbraided Little roundly. The dispute iwound up with the complete broach in tlwir relations.

Johnson had to ask assistance from the authorities to keep IJttla away from his camp, and he assorts that after his dismissal h.s ex-manager circulated stories that Johnson was not training and was In no condition to defend hi title. Kow, Jack," said a reporter, f' what about Sam Langford and your mother's saying you are to qclt lifihtliig forever, and your trip to Europe? I Glad to be asked all at once," 'he replied. 'cause I can say I don't know to it all. I have enough money-to last tne till next week, and I am going to find out what's doing before I do anything. Sam Langfcrd or any one else had better get his money up first, and then proceed to whip me afterward.

I have some rood chances to to Europe, but I think the thirty weeks In vaudeville will suit me better. Ouess I will have to though, whether I rant to or Old yt- hear about the picture men's trouble?" he was asked. I YeV he fmswtred: "but It floesn't bother me. They all told me I was it fool to sell for but they thought I could not whip Jeffries, After illustrating the manner In which he "turned tho trick" iwnh a reporter re-presenting Jefi'ries, much to the discomfiture of the reporter, he t-aid: "The fight is over: let's forget It a while. I haven't had a chance to drive a car In two weeks, and.

golly, I want to get at that there machine axaitt." Friday night Johnson will appeur for a few minute at a Chicago theatre devoted in a. i nr ii lid ait' iu quet. He says he was too busy having a good time to be bothered by a replevin suit filed to-day by George V. L'Ule for a st.jou ring. I His immediate plan he outlined thus: Sleep some, eat a pile of good eatables, and drive my racer." I All this, provided the thousands of ne groes who choked the street In front of his wabasu Avenue home ror nours and kissed and patted his automobile, when they could not reach hun, allow i him to dispose of hlmseir As to the fight, he has adopted a new answer to Inquirers.

It Is a nod. a know ing wink, a smile of deprecation and gold teeth. As to his future he saysf I certainly would like to stay right here, and I don't know; but what I will, unless they force me out." of picture, but Mayor Fitzgerald of this la vpwra mem. The Board of Control of TSnwnrtli League of Methodist Episcopal Churches, representing UO.OU0 leagues, and 3.000,000 members, to-day protested against the pictures. NO DECISION ON PICTURES HERE Mayor Says the Law Most Take Its Course Fees at First Will Be High, Mayor Gaynor said yesterday that some of the morning papers had misunderstood his attitude in regard to the motion pict ures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight.

I see It is said that I have decided not to Interfere," he told the reporters yesterday morning. I have decided no such thin? and have said no such thing. The question la not what I would like to do, but of what Is the law. I shall follow the law. I cannot do as I please.

As I said from the stepa of the City Hall on the Fourth, tins government is one ox law, not of men." The declined to state whether the law would interfere with the exhibition of the motion pictures in this city, or to comment on the subject. Tiie cost or renting the rums or tne Jef fries-Johnson contest will be prohib itive to the small theatre manager lor at least three or four weeks after the pictures are released, and only the larger theatres, with large seating capacity or hteli prices can afford to exhibit them. Althougn tnn exact tees cnargea ior me use of the films, while they are new, could not be learned, it wna said that the cost would be about Srt.OUt for the first week. One manager Is said to have offered 00O for three weeks' use of the picture and to have been refused. At the off ce of the Motion ncture Patents fomnanv who control the fight films.

It was said yesterday that the rental while the pictures were new wouia oe very high, but that the cost would do- crease as tne turns Decame oia. A ne man-agbr of the small five or ten cent picture house would scarcely be able to obtain the pictures for three or four weeks. The convention of the Young People's Christian Union. In session yesterday at the Church the Divine Paternity, pro tested a galnrt the exhibition or tne ngnt pictures. Victor A.

Friend of Melro3e. Chairman of the Social Service Committee, asked the convention to go on record against the exniDitions. a resolution to this effect was signed by the Rev. Tr Ciarence 8kinner of New Itochelle. the Kev Dr.

L. D. Chase of Chicago, Wallace Hatch of Brookline, and Mr. Friend. Pictures to Come Before Commons.

LONDON, July 7. Sir Howell Da vies has given notice of his intention to ask the Home Secretary in the House of Commons In the interest of public decency to prohibit tho exhibition of the fight pictures. 0 FROM AN AGED HAH "Amateur Poet," Nathaniel Jacobs, Put Misplaced Confidence In Two Strangers. VICTIM OF A LOTTERY Drew $10,000 In a Card Game, but Had to Take Money from the Bank as Pledge of Good Faith. RECEIVER FOR BOSTON HERALD Court Acta en Petition of International Paper Co.

Debts $200,000. BOSTOX. July petition of th International Paper Company. Judge Colt, the United States Circuit Court, late today, appointed John Norris of New Tork. NEWSPAPERS GROW FAIRER.

The -Party Organ" Will! Soon Dleap- pear, W. H. Qreenhow Says. SARATOGA. N.

T- Xtftr! TTh tual extinction of the eld party organ newspaper was predicted to-day by W. H. Greenhotst er HornelL President. ef the an official a 1 lora "late frees Asaocimuon. at it oiuciai or the American Newspaper annual convention h.r this moraine.

Newrnaner Dlanta sure aeitlnar to he too costly and be said, to Jeopardise them by catering to any boss. The public la settlnr toe critical, i Patriot- India and Australia Protest. CALCUTTA. July 7. The demand for the prohibition of the blograph pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight is spreading in India.

The papers suggest that the Amerlcr.n authorities destroy films and compensate the owners. MELBOURNE. Australia, July T. The the furnishers' Association, and Charles F. Weed, an attorney, of this city, receivers Of th it hiu 1 1 1 i iiiviuu 1 ho pu umu or ai I ti indtit.

t- i i.t w. i im luinf me place or parumuiiaip. Thl fZ-'lZ0 Probably in no cae thihange of inL futhSTAir1 nclxr.l orlal spirit more noticeable then in the hlfil to enable the attitude of the beat element of the pres ft-ZJl on either side toward Gov. Hughes In his leLil jHrald was established In contest with machine tnetheda or the ron-riV E- c- BalleV as an evening paper 1 partisan comments upon Federal scan- the morning Times, edited by John H. nuimes, ana the two were publlaned morning and evening as The Boston Herald.

Mr. Bailey died, and Mr. Holmes retired from The Herald several years ago, after It moved from Newspaper Row Into a modern building on Tremont Street At the present time the company publishes morning, evening, and Sunday editions. In its petition to the court the International Paper Company alleges that The Boston Herald Company owes It for news print paper sold between Dec. 1, 1900, and May 12.

1010. and that The Bos ton Herald Company Is Insolvent due to a great diminution of Its receipts fol- lowing upon the business depression of I the years 11)07 and 1H08. which partlcu-! larly affected the said company because I of Its large fixed charges resulting from the Issue of bonds and an insufficient sup- I ply or cash as working capital." Tne petition further stated that there la every reason to believe that a continuance of I the business will ultimately show Urge prouis. The last statement, filed with the Massachusetts Secretary of State, (March 81. 1910.) was as follows: Assets Machinery, material, stock In process, t5.806; franchise leases, Sl.3on.000; cash and debts, receivable.

plant investment. securities, I5O0; profit and loss, Herald bonds, 1123,000. Total, Liabilities Capita) stock, tjxio.000: accounts pavable, bond Issue, loans, $400,130. Total. "THE INFLUENCE OP ADESX I This ou tree booklet tht wfH help you to deckle npoa the proper desk nd fomltmre for your office.

Write for copy to-dayj It wOl giT yea better ideas in your telection. OFFICE FURTOTURt ni Caaat ft. Jaet Caet el 1 xi. ssrtai lit tltioned Andrew Fisher, the Premier of Australia, to prevent the Introduction Into the Commonwealth of the fight pictures. A similar movement Is afoot In New Zealand.

EARTHQUAKE BUT WHERE? WAREROOMS ggT Cm HJ. BklUXPORT. COtW. "ieirtim Car. tois aai Breaa Stnes) HAVE YOU TELEPHONES ENOUGH? orders lost when yovr tiE is BVSY WOI LD SIOKE THAN l'AY FOR THE COST of another link ca two.

New York Teleph one 13 Ucy St. Washington, -Albany, and Cleveland Record One 1,500 Miles Away. WASHINGTON, July 7. A severe earthquake shock, continuing from 12:01 to 12:03 this rnorntnsj. was recorded by the Georgetown University Observatory.

SavinRs Bank and The nreilmlnarv tremors began at 11:53 1 Brooklyn Savings o'clock and were followed three minutes later by the heaviest shock. The tremors died away nt 12:14. Tho observers at the universitv sav tho earthquako probably nn'mnr Ihnn l.VIO miles distant. The chief motion was east and west, and wns the heaviest recorded since Jan. 1.

The Weather Bureau to-day issueo a bulletin as follows: An earthquake of greater Intensity than iiFual, probabh not. more lhai 1.300 mils from Washington, was rtcorlod on the seismographs at the Weather Bureau about midnight betwrrn the 0th and 7th of July. The first prellniinaiy tremors besan at 10 P. July nnii the serond preliminary tremors at ll 55 P. scventy-rifth meridian time.

The stronrcr motion was recorded from 0 hours 1 minute to 0 hours 4 minutes A. July 7, and the total duration of the disturbance was about 40 minutes. The motion was of nearly equal Intensity In both horizontal com nonents the east-west motion being silent ly greater. It Is not practicable locate Misplaced trust in two smooth-tongued strangers cost Nicholas Jacobs, an aged amateur poet of Brooklyn, $3,000. Detectives were' sent out to hunt for the swindlers.

Sir. Jacobs la 82 years old and a retired cigar manufacturer. He Is fond of read lng poetry and of writing verses of his own. In the neighborhood of his home. 46S Sixth Avenue, he Is known as Nicho las the Poet." Every pleasant day in the 8ummer Sir.

Jacobs goes to Prospect Park, a few blocks from his hOme, and sits on a bench under the trees, reading his favorite poets or wooing the muse himself. He was In the park about a month ago, when a man about 33 years old. smooth shaven and of sallow complexion, got Into conversation with him. On Tuesday afternoon last the stranger called upon Mr. Jacobs at his home.

He saia mat nis name was Brown. Pretending to take the Innocent old man to the publlo library at Sixth Avenue and Ninth Street to get a book of German poetry, Brown took him to a vacant house. In a roorn there were a table and two chairs, and a polite man about 65 years old. "Well, Brown." said the man at the table, I suppone you are as thrifty as ever. Have you added to that $35,000 you have in the Kings Count Savings Bank?" "Brown." who had told Mr.

Jacobs he was an appraiser of property on which mortgages were placed, carelessly replied that he had fattened his account bv several thousand dollars. The second stran- merits and advantages of the Carnegie luo n'P- Thrift Fund," which, he explained, had ment of materials to the factory, the been founded by the great ironmaster. I cold, wet Spring, wnlch held back the Brown called the attention nt tlrn I v. other to the fact that he had neglected stock market, which checked the delivery to inform Mr. Jacobs that so anxious was i on dealers' contracts for several hundred cars.

They add that the company Is solvent, the assets exceeding the liabilities by $202,748.20. The company has been hampered by financial troubles and suits with selling concerns slnco it was established here, and (here have been several readjustments, the most recent being the creating of a new selling company with headquarters in New York and headed bv C. w. Matheson. The Directors believe that under the management of a receiver the present financial difficulties will be overcome and tho company will soon be in a position to liquidate lUs Indebtedness.

The company moved its plant from Holyoke. to this county in 1905 on condition that local capitalists subscribe C. W. Matheson, President of the Math eson A lllnmnh 1 C. im nt tk Hl.ttHhii.

a liKe sum irom tne tors of the product of the Matheson Mo- Bank. The second tor Car ComDanv. in a formal statement stranger, in ine meaniimo, was suppusea saia to be drawing Brown's winnings of I The Immediate cause for this step was $10,000 from another bank. the action of a few creditors who were 1th a package under his arm he met I pressing their claims to the detriment of Mr. Jarobs and Brown and all re- the company.

For the conservation of turned to tne vacant house Sixtli Ave-i tne interests or an receivership was rnenaiy protection. CONTINUING ON FRIDAY SATURDAY The Extraordinary Sale of Men's i All of our 5.00 and 6.00 395 EftSftmag Bangkok a All of our 8.00 tissue weight 1 5,95 I -All of our superiincj 1 7.95 I XOOJPeruiari Panftmi'. 1 RECEIVER FOR AUTO CONCERN Petition of Matheson Company Says It Hat $262,74 Excess Assets. Sptcial to Thl Ntw York Timu. WILKESBARRE.

July 7. Directors of the Matheson Motor Car Company of this city to-day filed an application In court here for the appointment of a receiver for the company, which is In financial difficulties. This is due. Two-garment Suits for Men, at to $35 Mr. Carneele to make folks thrifty he was conducting a lottery in connection with the fund.

The man at the table proceeded to mnke iin for th. ovprsfpht clergymen of New South Wales have pe- Showing Mr. Jacobs a number of white cards, he explained: Laeh card is numbered and bears the amount of money you ar entitled to should you draw After the cards had been shuffled Brown drew one. It called for Brown was so elated he offered, out of tho goodness of his heart, right there and then to divide the money with Mr. Jacobs.

The man at the table checked this generous impulse. Mr. Jacobs, under the rules of the Carnegie Tiirift Fund," would first have to prove that he was thrifty. To show how thrifty he was, the old man. accompanied by his new friend.

Brown, drew 2,500 from the Dime tha direction of the origin rrora washing- ton. ADVERTISEMENT. r-V? Wa.liburn-Crtisby Cemitanjr'a 'fai Meilsi Hour lia. all the breed. Mm-I pastry-making qualities it (tnrt wheat nnrcnl rated in It.

the pound thaa ether ironr, Mtree m.ii the extra i ZfZ. worry erraalnned by the nee fteu, 0j nniform quality. That "ad It kDowiBS houaewlves alway da- Miionionars Eeay Tie Slide Bpace. Mad. ilth Sttiiuiicr markets tometimes develop important movement! in the price enm'fi'ca.

Investor kept informed Tae Vorlc Times Weekly Financial Review. WArat. cotton, and market concisely reported. Quotations of every bond end stock is or tho Exchnnpet and the r. Range of prices for ten ysars.

om(nW of one hundred railroad at tUince. All tne financial nev of day. Mailed to an odd rest in United State for On Dollar a r. Strong binder to preterv tha Ktvievt for On Dollar. Aav.

PICTURE PROTEST GROWS. Clergy AH Over the Country Oppose Showing; Films cf the Fijht. From widely separated section comes the news of vigorous protests against the public exhibition of the, moving- 'pictures Of the Jef fries-Johnson fight, jn most cases the ministers are Che leaders of the opposition. i In Philadelphia yesterday a large meeting representative of many different classes in the community met in tjhe Civic Club to protest. Mayor Reyburjn.

however, said he would not Interfere with the display of the pictures. At Pittsburg a mass meeting was held on Wednesday night, and nightly prayer meetings have been announced t( protest rgainbt the pictures, and at Johnstown. the ministers will ask the Mayor to stop them. Mayor Magee said he would not interfere with the exhibition unless it seemed likely to raise race. feeling.

Burgess Harrv Brown of Carlisle, has forbidden the picture, but nrM Jacobs of Hcllldaysburg. Is content wi'b arranging wth the theatres for separate exhibitions to whl'es At Sfoik. the Tidewater! Virginia Tmri.nnr.iiPHticnal Ministerial Tnion vosterrlav dcmonJeJ the suppression of the in Norfolk. Portsmouth. Newport News, and other plars, and at St.

Joseph. tho Ixal Federation of Churches has called a niaea meeting for the same purpose. New Brunswick. N. J-l Lynchburg.

and Minneapolis have prohibited! the pictures and in Kentucky only tlovlnpton and Frankfort will permit their exhibition. At Montreal the moving picture men are advocating the detructloar of the films and will not exhibit them, G0YERNCRS OPPOSE PICTURES. Executives of South Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia, and Illinois Against Them BOSTON. July 7. The.

campaign of the United Society of Christian Endeavor against the fight pictures, according to William Shaw. General becretary, nas re ceived the support of Gov. Ansel of South Carolina. Gov. Donaghey of Arkansas, rj atann of Virginia, and Gov.

Deneen Govliraper of Massachuwtts tell. Mr Shaw he has no power to stop the display CLEVELAND. Ohio. July 7. An earthquake, apparently nearer and of greater Intenaltv lhan Hliv other Within the lBfct six months, was recorded at St.

Ignatius's College observatory list nip lit. The preliminary tremors began at and the vibrations continued -intil 11:21. It is estimated that the disturbance was centred about or mllej distant. The wave motion was east and west. ALBANY.

N. July seismograph at the State Museum registered a umall earthquake late last nlsht, according to an announcement to-day. The first aves arrived at 11:52. The tremors were of slight cmplitmle. The calculations from the records indicated an origin of about milrs distant.

sullyTn contempt. Must Pay William Harman Black $3,840 or Go to Jail. Daniel J. Sully, the former cotton king is in contempt of the Supreme Court at White rialns, according to an order of Justice Mills, filed yesterday, and he must pay to William Harman Black $0,840 at once. If he falls to obey this order, the Sheriff is directed to place him under arrest and confine him In the White Plains Jail until he does, or until further order of the court.

Mr. Blark obtained a Judgment against Sully for $4,225. In November, Sully was directed by Supreme Court Justice Thomas not to traasfer any property of his that he then had or which might thereafter come into his hands until this Judgment had been satisfied. It was learned later that a short time afterward Sully received S3.S0O from some source and that he immediately transferred the money to a third person, lu January. 1910, a motion to punish Sully for contempt was made before Justice Mills and was denied.

Black filed an ap-niii the Division and that court reversed Justice Mills and ordered the contempt order granted, me oruer filed by Judge Mills yesterday was in respect to that decision. nue. Removing the paper from the pack age, the stranger disclosed two small tin cash boxes. He warned Mr. Jacobs that it was dangerous for him to carry so much money around loosely with him and advised him to put it in one of the cash boxes.

Mr. Jacobs." said he. with an engag ing smile. you have given us convinc decided upon as a The Matheson Automnbilo Company Is not in nnv wav affected bv the action or tne Matneson Motor Cur company the latter being merely the source of sup ply of Matheson cars which are marketed by the company of which I am Prealdent. Plans are practically completed for a larjrer factory -output than ever before.

Ing evlience of your thrlftlness and i arJ the manurartutlng company will tin- fhown toat you are eligible to the fund. uuuoieuiy riiiciB num parsing I will be at your home at 4 o'clock to- rtorm sounaer ana more neaitny condi morrow afternoon with one-half the i Won." 000." Of course Mr. Jacobs waited In vain the next day. Then he tried to open the cash box han-Jed him by the polite man of the vacant house, and could not. He took it to the Fifth Avenue Police Station, where 1 it was broken open and round to contain 1 be man who meets the mercury rise by merely shedditig his velst-coat has not realized the real com fort that comes from bearing a two-garment suit as fashioned by our craftsmen for the torrid days.

Even the airiest of fabrics can be tailored to hold the shapeliness of the heavier cloths. It takes the rarest skill to produce such a result, aad few tailormen are as skilled as ours. The success of their efforts is readily demonstrated. You (have but to compare the two-garment suits as we make them, with the others. Beginning with the linens, at $6.50, there Is wide range of other tropical weight materials up to $35, including crashes, homespuns, serges, pongees or tropical weight worsteds.

In all the favored colorings of the seison. Two and three button and Norfolk Skeleton, quarter lined or eighth lined. modh afcs (Eompamj Broadway at 34th Street On Saturdays the Store Will Gjojie. at Noqq small stone. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD REMINDER BULLETIN.

They're Flying: at Atlantic Gty. Curtiss has already given wonderful exhibitions of his complete mastery of aerial navigation over the ocean. Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be bi days in the Aviation Meet. Curtiss and Hamilton, in Curtiss biplanes, and Brookins and Coffin, in Wright biplanes, will contest for the speed prize of 85,000 for a 5o-mile dash over the ocean, and for the $5,000 altitude -prize. Ample and convenient tram service to and from Atlantic City via Pennsylvania Railroad.

SWINDLED BY SCHOOL BOARD. i Grand Jury May Get Charges Now' Being Investigated In Secaucus, N. J. Prosecutor Garven of Hudson County said yesterday afternoon that his attention had not yet been officially called to the testimony taken by the State Senate Corarrltte In its Inquiry Into the school affairs of Secaucus. Mr.

Garven added that a transcript of the testimony would donbtless he furnished him. The Senate Committee, which consists of Senators Frellnghuysen, Bradley, and Silzer. met In Secaucus on Wednesday afternoon. Senators were told that the town has been badly Swindled by its school boards. Nothing has as yet been brought out to affect the present one to any great extent, but the one recently defeated re-election Is the one against which the most serious charges were filed.

I It Is said that an Issue of $55,000 worth of school bonds was sold without adver-! tistng for bids, that of the funds were charged off against the purchase of twelve lota for school purposes, where the real cost was onlv and that a part of the money at least was divided. That the plans and specifications for the school house erected on those lots were not followed In the construction of the building, and hat the roof Is already collapsing because the beams are too light and too far apart to support the slate, whicn is or No. 2 quality Instead of No. 1. GAYNOR KILLS HIS BOOM.

WM.IKNABE co. announce their appointment as representative in New York and vicinity of Hasnt Authorized Want the It and Office. Doesn't Democratic politicians In this City are waiting anxiously for the State League of Gaynor Clubs movement to develop to a point where those who at present are superintending it wlU be in a position to I disclose who its backers are. From Tarn- I many Hall, from the Democratic League, from almost every responsible organization In the Democratic camp dtsavowals I were rorthcoming yesteraay. Mayor Qaynor himself was moved yesterday to repudiate the boom bearing his name, which Is being conducted up State by the promoters of the State Learue of Gaynor Clubs, Said the Major to a Times re-porter: I have authorized no such business, and know nothing of It I have not read a line about it.

Maybe too much Is being made of It. Alt I ask Is that no one mention my name for any political office. I do not want any. and I am certain that I shall never ask for any. I have all I can do on hands now." The visible prop of the orphaned Gaynor boom Is John T.

Cronln. who went from Tammany to the Hearst movement, and from tlis Hearst movement to the Municipal Democracy, one of the mushroom organizat'ons which sprang cp last Spring before the beginning of tbe Mat-orclty campaign-According to information obtained yesterday, Mr. Cronln is not the whole thing In the up-State Gaynor boom. In more or less proxlmltv to It may be found Maurice M. Mlnton.

a publicity agent, with an office at 43 Exchange Place In this cltv and a country place at Fishklll Landing. Mr. Mlnton was not at bis office yesterday, but according to reports from the Fishklll Landing headquarters of the Gsvnor Gubernatorial boom, he freely admitted that be was Interested in it. and that In fact Mr. Cronln was only working for a salary.

Mr. Cronln. on the other hand, was somewhat shy when aaked about Mr. Minton's pert In the Gaynor movement. High Tariff Starts New Industry.

Partly on account ot the heavy tariff duties, an Industry which heretofore had I been confined to Germany the ma sung ot belting with bakOa gum has just been Introduced tn America, The const faction of two buildings for the pleat at Saaten, wLU begin et onee merieon- cfreJe When not in ate iSe roll bolder is inriubU. tne newest, most perfect and complete development of the PLAYER- I A A flexible expression control, which makes eaujDDed with the new possible the true expression desired by die composer, yet is small and compact mat it so CAN BE INSTALLED I IM i YOUR OWN PIANO j. in your own home without mutilating the case, disturbing piano action or tone, or; interfering with hand playing. IT REQUIRES NO FOOT PUMPING This marvelous control of expression removes the AMERICAN. ELECTRELLE entirely from the ranks of ORDINARY PLAYER -PIANOS I civina it the charm of accomplished hand playing.

Any piece of music can be instantly! transposed to suit the range of the voice or accompanying instrument. It responds perfectly to any mood, and enables one to pat tf.eir own individuality into the music to a degree never before possible ia the ordinary player-piano -in fact it is raore human than mechanical, and plays any standard music ANYBODY CAN iPLAY IT i i 1 LET US INSTALL ONE IN YOUrl OWN PIANO-iyou will then have a piano or player-piano Price $275. at your wilL We vtiS delighted to demonstrate thl wonderful tnstmrutd tthether yo contcmpUie pwduUbtg ce mot WM. KNABE CO. 5th Ave.

and 39th St 1 I.