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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1907.

proclaimed the theory that the law of 'supply and demand' governed all things; that is a commodity to be bought in the open and that the wages paid to labor were of necessity controlled by the law of supply and demand. That law has its place in nature and in primitive conditions; but when we realize what science has done and what progress has been made to overcome primitive conditions-in machinery and tools, in transportation and transmission--and that the original conception of the law of supply and demand has been largely overcome, surely we can claim that that socalled law can be overcome by intelligent, comprehensive and determined action of the wage-earners, who, by their associated effort shall refuse to have their brain and brawn weighed in the same scale with the side of a bog or a bushel of coal. "Not in the history of our country has there been what has been termed a shrinkage of values so great as within a few months past. That shrinkage occurred not upon actual, tangible values, but upon inflated or watered stocks, which in the financial vernacular are termed In former periods, when shrinkage of inflated values occurred, its general influence upon Industry was almost immediately to affect the real values of production, which in turn were forced upon the toilers in the form of reductions of wages, bringing in their wake an industrial crisis and panic. Our federation claims that if all labor will unfalteringly adhere to the determination to resist any and all reductions of wages, we shall not only avoid the misery, poverty and calamity of the past, but we shall teach financiers, employers and economists in general a new philosophy of life and industry, the magnificent and humane influences of which will live for all time.

"In our country, with the wonderful fertility and extent of our land, the magnificent ingenuity of our people, and particularly the tremendous energy and industry of our workers, there should not be any workers who are workless We claim that a reduction of wages is senseless, for these reasons: It compels retrenchment in the household economy of the workmen affected; it curtails, therefore, their consuming power, which reacts on the manufacturers, and brings about further reductions of wages. and this keeps on in an endless chain. It brings in its wake poverty, misery, suffering and stagnation, until the lowest ebb is reached. Then comes the turn in the tide, and the wage-earners have again to begin anew the struggle for increased wages, with all that that means. "There is neither economy nor wisdom, judgment nor humanity, in such misconduct or misconception of industrial affairs or duties.

If our captains of industry fail to profit by the lessons and experience of the past then, at least, the wage-earners of America will teach the lesson from which the human family will reap untold blessings." RESCUED BY TUNNEL WORKERS Kenny and Quinn Collapsed After Getting Reynolds Girls Out of Burning Building. With their hats stuffed into their mouths two workmen in the Pennsylvania tunnel early this morning entered the smoke-filled building at 31 West Thirtythird street, Manhattan, and carried out two young women. The fire was in the old-fashioned four-story building at 31 West Thirty-third street, only a few doors away from the Waldorf- Astoria hotel. In the basement of the building is the tea shop known as "At the Sing of the Green Tea Pot." The fire started in the tea room, and was confined to it, with a loss of $5,000. On the second floor of the place lived Miss Marie Reynolds, a reader, and her sister, Miss Margaret, and on the same floor Mme.

DeCroix, a teacher, had her studio and her living apartments. Two workmen employed in the tunnel, Edward Kenny of 594 Driggs avenue, Brooklyn, and Michael Quinn of 601 Eagle avenue, the Bronx, were passing the building and saw the smoke. Fearing that some one had been caught in the place they rushed in to do what they could. Once in the hallway the men found the place so choked with smoke that they could hardly breathe. They stuffed their soiled caps into their mouths and felt their way up to the second floor.

Groping through the smoke on the second floor the men could hear the voices of the two Reynolds girls, but nothing could be seen of them. Removing his hat from his mouth Kenny shouted to the almost hysterical girls to keep on talking so that they would be directed by the sound. The girls obeyed. They screamed at intervals instead of talking. Stumbling over articles in the living rooms the men managed finally to reach the girls, who were huddled near an open window in the rear of the apartments.

Quinn caught up Marie and Kenny took Margaret. They carried the girls to the hallway and, almost unconscious themselves, finally reached the street, where both men collapsed. The other tenants quickly rescued with the aid of when the firemen arrived. OFFICIALS WERE SURPRISED. Learned of a "Stolen" Sewer Connection in Queens, Near the Brooklyn Line.

At the bi-monthly meeting of the Ridgewood Heights Improvement Associaheld last night, Mr. Warner, a memtion ber of the organization, reported that uninformed the sewer officials of til be Borough that the sewer on Brooklyn Bleecker street empties into the BrookBorough pipe, they had been in lyn of that fact, and he found it ignorance bard at first to make them believe that such was the case. The connection between the two sewers is what is known as a stolen one; that is, it was laid, probably in the night, private individuals seeking an outlet by for the pipe on Bleecker street. Mr. Warner complained that the sewage backs in the pipe because the Queens Borup ough sewer is four inches larger than that in Kings.

He was promised that some relief will be given as speedily as possible. A mass meeting was planned for Jan20, at which the parents of the uary neighborhood will be invited to give their views on the part time school problem. There are at present over 1,700 children on part time in Ridgewood Heights. Controller Metz will be invited to attend the meeting. In order to secure a hall large enough for the expected crowd, an effort will be made to secure the auditorium of Public School No.

81, Assemblyman-elect George Emener was present, and spoke in favor of establishing a police court in the Ridgewood Heights neighborhood, as all police court cases must now go to Flushing. A petition requesting a court is being circulated in the neighborhood, and it was decided that the members also sign 8 petition to the same effect, to be sent to the Mayor. BLAZE AT WINFIELD. Vacant Frame Dwelling, Owned by Penn. R.

Badly Damaged. Fire occurred early this morning in a three-story frame building, 20x40 feet, located at 11 Browne avenue, Winfield. Queens Borough, unoccupied and owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The damage was $2,000. The fire extended to a two-story building 15 Browne owned by a Mr.

McMahon of Woodside and Hyatt Winfield, and occupied on the avenue, second floor by a Mrs. Fitzpatrick. The damage to the brick building was 3300; contents, $200. The latter building was not insured. The cause of the fire is unknown.

REFEREES APPOINTED. Detmar vs. Joseph Fetterich. Clarke vs. Terriere, Timothy J.

Linane. JUDGE GOULD SCORES LABOR FEDERATION Grants Injunction Prohibiting Them From Boycotting the Buek Stone Co. AN UNLAWFUL COMBINATION. Calls the Boycott an Illegal Conspiracy to Destroy Company's Business. Washington, December 17-In the case of the Buck Stove and Range Company of St.

Louis against the American Federation of Labor, involving the right of labor to boycott business houses which labor organizations 3 regarded as. "unfair" to them, Justice Gould of the District of Columbia Equity Court to-day granted a temporary injunction asked for by President Van Cleave of the stove company to prohibit the Federation from continuing to boycott the company pending a final settlement of the case. A bill in equity was filed by the company last August for a permanent injunction restraining the Federation from boycotting the company and putting it on the "unfair" list in the Federation's official organ, and later a supplemental bill was filed, charging that notwithstanding the pending proceedings the Federation was still actively engaged in pressing the boycott, and a temporary injunction, passed upon to-day, was asked for. The case will now proceed to a final hearing, which is not expected before early next spring. The court, in rendering its voluminous finding, explained that there were several points which he had not taken up in the present decision, including the question whether the boycott came within the inhibition of the Interstate Commerce law.

Owing to the prelimtnary nature of to-day's proceedings, there was no notice of appeal by the counsel for the Federation of Labor. The court made numerous citations of decisions in cases involving similar issues, including references to rulings by Judge Taft, the present secretary of war, then judge of the Circuit Court, in the action of the "Toledo, Railway vs. Pennsylvania Company," and proceedings brought in various states. Judge Gould declared that it was not surprising that there was so little difterence of opinion among the courts upon the question involved, and at the conclusion that such combinations as that disclosed by the affidavits filed by the Buck Stove Company in this case were held to be unlawful was based upon an appreciation of the fundamental rights of free men in a free country. He said there was little room for argument or discussion of the question whether the plaintiff company had shown the existence of an unlawful combination and conspiracy to destroy his business, and that the record leaves no doubt that the plaintiff has been and still is the object of a boycott, using that term "in the most obnoxious sense, an unlawful conspiracy to destroy its business, such a conspiracy as has received the condemnation of every Federal and state court in the country before it has been brought for criminal action, legal redress or equitable injunction." SEA CLIFF BEACH CLEARED.

Old Bath Houses Going--Big New Pavilion to Be Built by a Syndicate. (Special to the Eagle.) Sea Cliff, L. December 17-The Sea Cliff beach will soon be entirely cleared of the unsightly and unsanitary collection of bath houses which have disfigured it for years. The last of the buildings, excepting those which belong to the village, is now being torn down. It is the Hall pavilion, at which scores of visitors and residents have bathed daily during the summer.

The houses on the Geissenbainer property, which were bought by the village with the land will, it is understood, be taken apart and removed. This will leave the end of the beach owned by the village entirely clear and ready for the building of the pavilion which is planned to replace the small houses. There are some differences of opinion among those who are interested in the building of the pavilion, as to the size. The most conservative of those interested In the company, think that a pavilion of three hundred bath rooms will be ample, and say that should the village grow so that more bath rooms were needed, it would be an easy matter to add them. Others, however, think the building should have at least four hundred houses, of which a certain number should be set apart to rent to taxpayers of the village whose small houses have been taken down.

The fact that the houses have all been removed will necessitate the building of some kind of pavilion in time for next season's bathing, as the real estate agents say that there must be some provision made for the renters of cottages, who formerly rented bath houses with the cottages. CHARGE UNWARRANTED. Amityville Negro Had No Idea of Stealing Employer's Horse and Wagon. (Special to the Eagle.) Riverhead, L. December 17-The only man so far acquitted in the County Court, which is now on its second week here, was Leon Smith, a young negro of Amityville, who was freed of a charge of grand larceny yesterday in stealing a horse and wagon.

Just as the jury left to consider the case, the prosecutor announced to the court that he would consent to a dismissal of the indictment, so the jury was called back and directed to find for the defendant. Then a burglary indictment against the same man was also dismissed. "The case should never have been brought to trial," said some of the jurors. "The boy worked in the livery stable. His employer told him he could take a horse and go for a drive.

The boy did not return with the rig until the next morning, and then he was drunk; this the boy admitted. What sort of a grand larceny charge is that. We are disgusted with such cases." C. B. Partridge defended the man.

INDEX To Classified Advertisements in Today's Eagle. Classification. Page, Classification. Page. Amusements 5 Auction 10 Automobiles Bankruptcy Notice.

13 Boarding 12 Business Business Oppor'ties 18 Coastwise 13 Corp. 15 Death 18 Dentistry 10 Dividends 16 European Financial For 13 Furnished 12 Help 12 Horses Carriages 13 and Resorts 13 Instruction 13 ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL AND DEATHS MARRIED. -GLASSEY-Or Monday, December 16, at the Baptist Temple, by the Rev. Cortland Myers, D.D., ROBERT DOUGLAS to ELIZABETH T.

GLASSEY. STONE-MATLACK-On Saturday, December 14, at the home the bride's grandmother in Wilmington, by Archdeacon George C. Hall, MABELLE ELIZABETH, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Matlack of Brooklyn, to EDWARD LIVINGSTON STONE, af Worcester, Mass. Armstrong, D.

Butler, Ellen Cooper, Mary T. Crowley, Thomas Dempsey. James G. Duffy, Josephine Eldred, Jane A. Few, Catherine A.

Field, William. Green, Harriett A. Grimes. Mary Gunther, George Harrison, Kate A. Hart.

James E. Hathaway, Maria L. Hearns, John. Kenney, Patrick. Knight, Mary E.

Lambert, Ellen. Marks, Mary E. V. Matthews, George T. McCormack.

Hanora Miller, Andrew Miller, S. E. P. Riley, William it. Rogers, Arietta Rooney, William J.

Sawyer, William M. Sealey, William, Sr. Seely, Ella S. Ulmer, William. ARMSTRONG-At Brooklyn, on Sunday.

December 15, DAVID ARMSTRONG of Dumfries, Scotland, aged 52 years. Interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wednesday, 18th at 10 A.M. BUTLER- First place, December ELLEN 16, at her BUTLER. resi. Thursday, December 19, Requiem mass 10 A.M., at the Church of St.

Mary Star of the Sea, Court st. Interment Calvary. COOPER--On the evening of December 15, 1907, at the home of her brother law. Luke Eldred, Union Course, MARY of the late Richard and daughter Gitly A. Cooper.

in her 74th year. Funeral at the home of her brother, John B. Cooper, Foster av and Third st. Parkville. N.

Thursday, at 2:30 P.M. F. CROWLEY. Notice of funeral hereafter. DEMPSEY-On Tuesday, December 17, 1907, JAMES G.

DEMPSEY, aged 80 years. Services and funeral his late regidence, 70 Morton st. Brooklyn, on Thursday, December 19, at 2 P.M. DUFFY-On Monday, December 16, JOSEPHINE DUFFY (nee Carrigan). beloved wife of Thomas F.

Duffy. Funeral from her late residence, 69 South Fourth st, Thursday, December 19. Solemn requiem mass at Sts. Peter and Paul Church at 9:30 A.M. Interment Calvary.

Kindly omit flowers. Monday, December 16, 1907, at her residence, 94 Vernon av, Brooklyn, JANE A. ELDRED, wife of the late Jackson Eldred. Funeral services at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday evening. Rev.

F. W. Norris of St. Matthew's P. E.

Church will officiate. Friends of the family invited. FEW-On Monday, December 16. 1907. CATHERINE A.

FEW. wife of E. W. Few, at her residence, 745 Marcy av. Notice of funeral hereafter.

FIELD At Chicago, December 14, WILLIAM FIELD, late of Brooklyn, in his seventieth year. Interment at Chicago, December GREEN--On December 16. HARRIETT beloved wife of John years. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services at the chapel of the Stephen Merritt Burial Company, Eighth av and Nineteenth st, Manhattan, on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Interment at convenience of the family.

GRIMES--On Sunday, December 15, 1907, MARY GRIMES. Funeral from her late residence, 1889A Pacific st. on Wednesday, December 18, at 9 A.M. sharp; thence to the Church of the Holy Rosary, Chauncey st and Reid av. Interment in Holy Cross.

GUNTHER-Suddenly, Saturday, December 14, 1907, GEORGE GUNTHER, in his 64th year. Relatives and friends, also the Brooklyn Saengerbund Grant Post 827, G. A. and Prudential League, are invited to attend services at his residence, 296 Baltic st, Tuesday, 7:80 P.M. HARRISON-Suddenly, and peacefully, on Sunday, December 15, 1907, KATE daughter of the late Maria Louise Losano, and beloved mother of William E.

and Thomas L. Harrison, in the 57th year of her age. Funeral service at her late residence, 292 Dean Tuesday evening, December 17, at 8 o'clock. (Boston, and Washington, D. papers please copy.) HART--On December 17, JAMES EDGER.

BOD of Jane C. and the late James Hart, in the 69th year of his age. Funeral service Wednesday evening. December 18, at 7 o'clock, at his late residence, 192 Clermont av, Brooklyn. Interment private.

HATHAWAY-On Sunday, December 15, 1907, MARIA LOUISE MOORE, wife of Richard Hathaway. Funeral services at her late residence, Grand st, Elmhurst, L. Tuesday evening, December 17, at 8 o'clock. Interment private. Please omit flowers.

HEARNS-At his residence, 81 Hancock st, on Monday evening December 16, JOHN HEARNS. Funeral Thursday, December 19, 10 A.M., from Church of the Nativity, Madison st and Classon av. Brooklyn. Kindly omit flowers. KENNEY-On December 16, 1907, PATRICK KENNEY, beloved husband of Mary A.

Dowdell and son of the late Patrick and Anne Kenney. Funeral from his late residence, 1281 Decatur st, Thursday, at 2 P.M. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery. KNIGHT--Cn Monday, December 16, 1907, at her residence, 416 Argyle road, MARY ELIZABETH, wife of the late George T. Knight, aged 77 years.

Relaand friends are invited to attend tives the funeral services on Thursday evening, December 19, at 8 o'clock. Interment at Huntington, L. at convenience of the family. LAMBERT--On Tuesday, December 17, 1907, at her residence, Midwood st, corner New York av, ELLEN LAMBERT, beloved wife of James F. Lambert.

Funeral on Friday, December 20, at 3 o'clock. Interment in Flatbush, MARKS Suddenly, of pneumonia, on Monday evening, December 16, MARY E. VANDERHOEF-MARKS, widow of W. WilJoughby Marks, aged 78 years. Funeral services at the residence of her daughter, Mrs.

J. B. Jennings, 1525 Forty-ninth st, Brooklyn, Wednesday evening at 8:30 o'clock. Interment at convenience of family. (Newark, N.

papers please copy.) MATTHEWS--On Monday, December 16, 1907, at his home, Prospect av. GEORGE in the 71st year of his age. Funeral services at the Prospect Avenue M. E. Church.

Prospect and Greenwood avs, Wednesday evening, December 18, at 8 o'clock. Relatives and friends and members of Harry Lee Post No. 21, G. A. invited to attend.

McCORMACK-On Monday, December 16, HANORA McCORMACK, widow ot James McCormack, after a lingering illness, at her home, 363 Union st. Funeral on Thursday at 9:30 A.M.; thence to St. Agnes R. C. Church.

Friends and relatives respectfully invited to attend. Interment in Holy Cross. MILLER--Suddenly, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. F. J.

Newcomb, Westfeld, N. ANDREW MILLER, formerly of Brooklyn, in the 83d year of his age. Funeral private. MILLER--In Brooklyn, on Monday, December 16, 1907, SARAH E. PEARSALL, of Albert Miller, in her year.

Funeral service at her late residence, 521 Willoughby av, Tuesday, December 17, at 3 P.M. Interment private. RILEY-Brethren of Joppa Lodge No. 201 are requested to attend an emergent a communication, at the lodge rooms, Tuesday evening, December 17, at 7 o'clock, to pay our last tribute of respect to our late esteemed secretary, Past Master WILLTAM THE RILEY, who died on Saturday, December. 14.

Nostrand Masonic Avenue services M. E. will Church, be corner of Nostrand av and Quincy st, at 6 P.M. EDWIN A. QUICK, Master.

a George M. Duval, Secretary pro tem. NO WAGE REDUCTIONS, REITERATES GOMPERS Labor Organizations Will Change Old Law of Supply and Demand. IT CAN DE DONE, TOO, HE SAYS "Will Teach Financiers, Employers and Economists a New Philosophy of Life." Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and John Mitchell, former president of the United Mine Workers, were present last night at the dinner of the Civic Federation, which was held at the Hotel Astor. Mr.

Gompers was to have attended the dinner to Register Boulton, in this borough, but, he said this morning, when President Eliot of Harvard uttered some thoughts about labor unions being "commercial associations' he had to remain to reply to him, and then it was too late to get to Brooklyn. But President Gompers did not only reply to President Eliot's characterization of labor unions as "commercial associations." He said other things which sounded strange in the large gathering, in which many representative capitalists were present, and it was this: "Since I have been in New York to-day I have been approached a dozen times by bankers, financiers, capitalists, in open conversation, in written communications and in whispers to the effect that wages must come down; that the laboring man must make up his mind to bear his share of the hard times. "And I turned to these men and I asked them whether the soil of our country is less fertile, the treasures. beneath the soil legs valuable, men's minds less active, the laboring men less industrious. Wherefore, I asked them, is there reason or necessity to thus attack the American standard of living of our workingmen? "The history of industry demonstrates that every such reduction of wages, intended to meet such conditions as now exist, has only accentuated the situation, made matters worse.

When you reduce the laboring man's earning capacity you reduce his consuming power, and thereby intensify what was already bad enough. "So I say to the employers--to the bankers, the lawyers, the manufacturers, the mine operators, to all employers-that if they now attempt to reduce wages they are not going to have the easy sailing they had a few years ago, for the American workingman has come to the conclusion that if for any reason the financial situation is as it is--and I shall not suggest any reason to-night-it was not, at any rate, due to any fault on the part of the working people. "They have made up their minds that they are not going to be the chief sufferers because of an artifcial panic, or of one caused by the blunders of those in charge of the finances of the country." John Mitchell. when it came his turn to speak, accentuated what Mr. Gompers had declared to be the policy of labor organiaztions.

He did not say it 88 bluntly as the president of A. F. of but it meant the same: "Just here," he said, in the course of his speech, "let me say a word to the employer. It is not going to make the trouble any less by reducing wages, though there may be such a movement 011 foot. Experience has shown this." An Eagle reporter saw Mr.

Gompers this morning, just as the meeting of the Civic Federation was called to order. He was correcting copy for the Federationist and trying to listen to what was going on at the same time. He was asked to give the Eagle his views more in detail in regard to his position on so important a subject. "I recognize that the old school of political economists cannot understand this stand which we have taken, because they hold that the so-called law of supply and demand governs wages. The declaration which I made last night is not new to us.

In my reports to conventions for years past I felt it incumbent upon me to press home upon the attention of labor the economic unsoundness of the old school of political economists, who advocated the assent of workmen to wage reductions as a means to what they were pleased to term the way out of an industrial reaction or crisis. Not alone, however, in our conventions, but in the erings of labor generally, 'No reductions in wages' has been the slogan and watchword. "During former periods of industrial crises or trade stagnation, when labor complacently acquiesced in wage reductions, the political economists of the day RILEY-Headquarters Damascus Commandery, No. 58. Brooklyn, December 16, 1907.

Sir Knights--You are requested to attend the funeral services of our late frater, Sir Knight WILLIAM H. RILEY, on Tuesday evening, 17th at 8 o'clock, at the Nostrand Avenue M. E. Church, Nostrand av and Quincy st. Citizens dress.

By order, WM. T. WHEELER, Commander. Fred D. Clapp, Recorder, RILEY-The Brooklyn Masonic.

Veterans are invited to attend funeral of our late venerable Bro. WILLIAM H. RILEY, from Nostrand Avenue M. E. Church, Nostrand av and Quincy st, on Tuesday, December 17, at 8 P.M.

C. W. COWTAN. M. President.

Isaac S. Waters, Secretary. RILEY--Kismet Temple A. A. O.

N. M. S. -Nobles: Noble WILLIAM H. RILEY has entered the unseen temple.

You are requested to attend the funeral services to be held at the Nostrand Avenue M. E. Church. Nostrand av and Quincy st, this Tuesday evening at. 8 o'clock.

CONRAD V. DYKEMAN. Illustrious Potentate. John W. Richardson, Recorder.

RILEY -Brooklyn Consistory No. 24, A. A. S. R.

32d: Illustrious brethren are requested to attend the funeral services of our late illustrious peer, WILLIAM H. RILEY, 33d. at the Nostrand Av M. E. Church, Nostrand av and Quincy st, Tuesday, December 17, 8 P.M.

GEO. W. DURYEE, Com. in Chief. I.

W. Jacobson, Secy. ROGERS--Entered into the rest of Paradise, December 15, 1907, ARIETTA ROGERS. Funeral services at her late residence, 545 Classon av, Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. ROONEY--On Sunday, December 15, WILLIAM oldest son of James A.

Rooney, in the 23d year of his age. Funeral from his late residence, 211 Franklin av, Wednesday, December 18; thence to St. Patrick's Church. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery. (Albany papers please copy).

SAWYER--Entered into rest. Sunday, December 15, 1907, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY SAWYER, husband of Amanda M. Sawyer. Funeral services at his late residence, 153 Bergen st, Tuesday evening, at 8 o'clock. Friends and relatives invited.

SEALEY--On Monday, December 16, 1907, WILLIAM SEALEY, in his 79th Services Wednesday evening at 8 year. o'clock. 1445 Dean st. SEELY-On Monday, December 16, 1907, ELLA STEVENSON, wife of Jesse C. Seely.

Funeral services at her late regidence, 219 Walworth st, on Wednesday evening, December 18, at 8:45 o'clock. Sunday, December 15, 1907, WILLIAM, beloved husband of Catharine Ulmer (nee Neldlinger), in his 75th year. Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral services at his resldence, No. 680 Bushwick av. Brooklyn, on Tuesday, December 17, at 8 P.M.

Interment at convenience of family. Kindly omit flowers. OPPENHEIM. OLLINS DIED. Fulton and Bridge Streets, Brooklyn Important Fur Sale To-morrow we offer the entire stock of Mink, Chinchilla and Ermine Neck Pieces, Muffs and Sets, At Less Than Cost Sale of Fur Coats and Muffs Pony Fur Coats, 30 inches long.

Value $75.00.............. 45.00 Pony Fur Coats, 48 inches long. Value $100.00. 68.00 Pony Fur Coats, 50 inches long. Value $150.00.....

100.00 00.00 Caracul Coats flat fur, 50 inches. Value $225.00.... ...........150.00 Mink Muffs, 3 to 6 stripes. Value $39.75..............: 25.00 Pony Bow Knot Ties, Value $8.00.... 4.95 LIQUOR MEN IN JAIL; NO WRITS ARE IN SIGHT Counsel Promised to Get Clients Out in Habeas Corpus Proceedings.

SO FAR HAS FAILED TO DO IT. Sheriff Told Over 'Phone Justice Carr Was About to Sign Writs Yesterday-Perhaps He Didn't. (Special to the Eagle.) Riverhead, L. December 17-Very amusing, quite spectacular, and somewhat sensational proceedings took place in the County Court here last night. It was a "segsion extraordinary," and unique in court proceedings here.

The fun commenced as soon as William Lye of Southampton was placed on trial on a charge of selling liquor in dry Southampton. Lye was in jail, he havbeen arrested on a bench warrant, and his bail being forfeited. His attorney of record was H. M. Howell.

Another attorney, Mr. Brachen of Manhattan had been conducting other features in the defense. attorneys over the case, so neither was themselves had become mixed in somehow court. who is a young Englishman, said Lye, had promised to be in that his attorney court at 6 o'clock but Judge Grifting insisted that the case go on. "Do you wish to engage any of these lawyers present?" asked Judge Griffing.

"I hardly know what I want to was the reply. "Well, I'll assign one. Mr. Raynor (addressing L. E.

Raynor of Greenport), will look after this case?" you rather be excused for I have a "I'd cases to try," was the number lawyer's Mr. Hand (J. W. Hand "All defend this action, of Riverhead), you please." notice, your honor, and "Rather about it, but I'll take short I know Mr. Hand started in on his nothing grait," and tuitous job.

The Jury men were examined separateThree were secured before the evenly. At the close of the aftering session Lye turned to his lawyer recess. noon him from the case, with and discharked Mr. Hand didn't feel very Of course, he was working without pay anybadly wer considerably amused way. the Spectators recess began to see Le after evening the lawyer who said he Roy possibly attend to the case in E.

Raynor, could not the afternoon, walk in and take his place the defendant. Judge Griffing beside with a questioning glance. Dislooked up trict Attorney Furman promptly asked who was appearing, Hand or Raynor. Mr. Hand replied that he did not know.

Then and moved to have it Mr. Raynor got up appear on the record that he had been retained at the recess. M. Raynor took exceptions to the Then trial of his client on several grounds, all of which were denied. He made 3 lot of other objections to the indictment, which he belleved faulty, but he got no satisfaction for his trouble, and was finally forced to begin on the axamination of a juror, whom he finally excused.

Later a jury was secured and the people's case was presented. This morning when the case was called no defense was entered, and the jury returned in three minutes with a verdict of guilty. The greatest interest prevails throughout the county in the liquor question. A Manhattan lawyer advised the men to get arrested and get in jail, then he would get them out Monday on babeas corpus. The men did as told, but up to a late hour last night no habeas corpus had arrived.

This was what bothered Lye about his attorneys. It was an adroit move on the part of the district attorney. He knew this man's lawyer was not in court during the afternoon, so he promptly moved the case to trial. Lye did not like to explain that his lawyer was coming with 1 habeas corpus, 90 he had to submit to being forced to trial without having had a chance (because he was locked in jail) to gubpena witnesses for his defense. During the afternoon a man called up Sheriff Wells.

"I am at the Brooklyn Court House. Will you please tell Judge Griffing that Justice Carr has signed writs of habeas corpus for all of those liquor defendants and will you please be ready to bring them to Brooklyn to-morrow morning?" "All right," replied the sheriff. Shortly afterward the man called up again, repeating the request. "Are re those writs signed or not?" asked Sheriff Wells. "No.

they are not signed, but Justice Carr is about to sign them. I will have the writs there to-night." "Then you want me to go and tell Judge Griffing a lie, do you?" "Well, you can simply say that you belleve the writs are signed." "Thank you; you had better come out and tell him yourself." But the writs did not come on any train yesterday evening, and one of the cruel features of It was that Sheriff Wells spent a part of the afternoon figuring a nice bill of fees for taking the defendants to Brooklyn. He got the amount up to $167 and wondered how the sum could be increased. Just as he had got through figuring another telephone message came that the writs would be sent out in the morning. People around the court house, including some of the defendants themselves, begin to believe the writs will never appear.

Help Nature Cure Your Cough. Take UBERT'S TAR, BONESET and HONEY. Re-, duces bronchial irritation and heals. WILL RE-ELECT AHEARN BARRING LEGAL DELAY Tammany's Purpose to Defy Governor Hughes Is Now Unconcealed. MR LITTLETON MAY APPEAL.

Thinks He May Yet Succeed in Testing Power of Removal. Election Thursday. The Board of Aldermen is now likely to be enjoined from proceeding with the election of a successor to Borough President John F. Ahearn, whose removal by Governor Hughes was sustained yesterday by Justice Greenbaum in the Supreme Court. The mayor 1 has issued a call for a special meeting of the aldermanic representatives from Manhattan for Thursday afternoon, but from the which Mr.

Littleton spoke this he may sue out an "horning injunction, restraining them from holding the meeting. The mayor's notice of the meeting was issued notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Ahearn has not been officially notified of his removal. Justice Greenbaum's order was served on the mayor yesterday afternoon, but Corporation Counsel Pendleton neglected to serve a similar order on County Clerk Dooling. The county clerk, therefore, has not fled official order of removal, which he received from the Governor, nor has notified President Ahearn.

Mr. Littleton claims under this theory that Mr. Ahearn is still the legal incumbent of the office of borough president. It is said that this technicality will form the basis of Mr. Littleton's suit to secure an injunction to prevent the aldermen from acting.

He had not made up his mind yet whether or not he would appeal from Justice Greenbaum's decision or start some other proceeding to test the Governor's power of removal. With Tammany men it was a matter of common gossip to-day that in the event of the failure of all legal proceedings the organization will stand by President Ahearn to the last. The wisdom of such an attitude on the part of the organization was at first doubted, but it is understood that Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany leader, has come to the conclusion that the organization is under SO many obligations to President Ahearn that it has no other alternative. Ahearn, in his capacity as borough president placed the entire patronage of his office at the disposal of the organization, and only men were appointed who had Mr.

Murphy's support. In reelecting Ahearn Murphy is simply supporting one of the underlying principles of Tammany, to stand by a man who has stood by the organization. The Tammany leader was at the Fourteenth street wigwam this morning, but he declined to say what the policy of the organization would be. "You can tell better about that on Thursday afternoon," he replied, in answer to a question who would be Mr. Ahearn's successor.

This statement would seem to indicate LOST AND FOUND. LOST. Monday, small circular gold PIN; green stone, with six pearls. Reward. 386-388 Fulton st.

suitable reward paid. Mrs. WILKENS, 29 LOST, Saturday evening, IRISH TERRIER; Park place, Brooklyn. LOST--SATCHEL on Brighton Beach train, containing Masonic jewel. A.

D. MIDDLETON, 29 Spruce st, New York. 17-2 LOST. gentleman's gold LOCKET; Initials; near Autenrieth's Road House, Friday evening; reward. 79 Cumberland st.

16-2 LOST -Lady's silver WATCH and FOB, between Patchen av and New York; reward. M. 12, Eagle Gates av branch. LOST. small white English SETTER; long brown ears, brown spot on side.

Reward if returned to 257 Seventy-eighth st, Bay Ridge. 16-2 FOUND--On Willow st, lady's MUFF. Owner prove property at 76A Willow st any may morning this week between 8 and 9:30 o'clock. 17-2 LOST, a Persian lamb SCARF, in Flatbush av car to 1926 Albemarle road, about 6 P.M., Monday evening; suitable reward offered. 1926 Albemarle road.

LOST, short Persian lamb SCARF, in Loser's Monday; finder will be rewarded by returning same to 116 Rodney st. Call mornings. LOST, a Dime Savings BANK BOOK, with sum of money; great loss to owner; sultable reward if returned to 18 Garden place, near Joralemon st. LOST Lady's GOLD WATCH, Monday night, between 11 and 11:30 P.M.. on De Kalb av car; reward if returned to Miss GREENE, 646 Myrtle av, Brooklyn, N.

Y. LOST, scarf PIN; moon stone and small diamonds; design, "Folly and the Liberal reward will be paid on Its DANIEL F. LEWIS, 180 Montague st, Brooklyn. 17-2 LOST, El green POCKET, Sunday Church between Fulton st and Grand av, and av, Flatbush. Communicate owner, ETHEL K.

a EASTTY. 527 Washington av. Brooklyn. LOST. Saturday night, during storm, from Great Neck, L.

32 ft. glass cabin LAUNCH Etta, Lozier engine; suitable reward. Telegraph at once to MILTON LE CLUSE, Great Neck. L. I.

LOST. on Wednesday, December 11, a yellow and white Scotch COLLIE, on Fourth av and Ninety- ninth st. Liberal reward if returned to Mr. KURZROK, at Ninety-ninth st and Shore road. Bay Ridge.

AUTOMOBILES. FOR SALE, Autocar, four cylinder, seating five: in fine running order; complete with top extras; price $550. D. K. Eagle Bed- Coward Shoe Comfort for Bunions the COWARD SHOE, accurate, pliable fit of over the swollen joint, relieves pressure and chafing, allowing the wearer to again walk in ease and comfort.

SOLD NOWHERE ELSE. JAMES S. COWARD, 268-274 Greenwich N. Y. (NEAR WARREN STREET.) Mall Orders Filled.

Send for Catalogue, that President Ahearn contemplates the abandonment of all legal proceedings to keep his office, and that the aldermen on Thursday afternoon will proceed to elect his successor. There is some speculation as to what the attitude of the mayor will be if Tammany goes ahead with its plan to re-elect Ahearn. This may be indicated by the vote of Alderman Reardon, who comes from Maurice Featherson's district. Featherson has directed all the primary fights on behalf of the administration against Murphy's leadership and the Tammany men are wondering if he will support the mayor if the latter openly shows that he is opposed to Ahearn's re-election. Tammany has enough aldermanic members in Manhattan to bring about the re-election.

LIEUT. C. A. STOTT DEAD. Omaha, December 17-Colonel W.

F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), who is stopping at a local hotel. last night received a telegram informing him of the death of his son in-law, Lieutenant Clarence A. Stott, of the Twelfth Calvary. Lieutenant Stott was serving with his troop in South Dakota in connection with the Indian troubles.

Mrs. Stott is in Cuba. The family had no previous knowledge that Lieutenant Stott was ill. DIED. PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS BIDS CITY AND OF MATES FOR NEW YORK, NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS. or persons making a bid or The person mate for any service, work, materials or supplies its for The departments, bureaus or offices shall furCity of New York, or for any nish the the title same of the supplies, materials, work in a sealed envelope, indorsed' with service for which the bid or estimate is or with his or their name or names and of the presentation to the President or made, the date to the head of the department at his Board or on or before the date and hour or its the advertisement for the same, at office, named in time and place the estimates received which be publicly opened by the President of will or head of said department and read, Board award of the contract made accordand to the law as soon thereafter as ing estimate shall contain the name Each bid residence of the person making or and place of the names of all persons interested the therein, and if no other person be so same, with him shall distinctly state that fact interested, 11 Is mado without any connection it also, that other person making an estimate for with any and is in all respects fair the same purpose collusion fraud, and that no and without or of Aldermen, head of of the Board department, chief or of other bureau, officer of deputy The thereof City or of clerk is, shall be or become New York Indirectly, as contracting party, directly surety or otherwise in or partner, performance shareholder, the contract, or in the in the work or business to It relates, supplies. portion of the profits thereof. The or in an? must be verifled by the oath, bid or estimate the aprty or parties making the in writing, that the several matters stated thereof estimate all respects true.

in are In or estimate will be accompanied by Each bid in writing, of two householders or the consent, The City of New York. or of freeholders in surety company duly authorized guaranty or act as surety, and shall contain by law to set forth blank form menthe tioned below. matter No or precedent to the reception or estimate will be considered unless condition of any proposal it be accompaconsideration certifled check The upon one of the nied national banks of State drawn the order of the Comptroller, York. the amount of five per centum of or money to of the bond required, as provided the amount 420 of the Greater New Yorle in Section Charter. certifled check or money should not be The in the envelope containing bid or inclosed should be either Inclosed head in of A estimate, envelope, addressed to separate department, president or board.

or upon the presentation of the bid mitted estimate. particulars supplies as or to the the nature quantity and and extent of ity For of the reference must be made to the specifications. office schedules. of the plans, president, board on Ale of department. bid shall be accepted from or contract No any person who is in arrears to Awarded to of New York upon debt or contraot The City 18 a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, or who any obligation to the city.

upon The contracts must be hid for separately. The right or estimates reserved it in be each deemed case to be reject for Interest of the city so to do. all bids the Bidders will write out the amount of their bids or estimates in addition to inserting the same in Agures. Bidders are the requested to forms make their bids or estimates by upon blank of prepared which. and furnished the city, in A which copy to with the proper envelope contract, inclose the bid.

together with 8 copy in of the the including the specifications, be form approved by the Corporation Counsel, the can office obtained upon application for therefor at work in the department which the is to be done. Plate and drawings of construction work may also be en 'Sere. Loans 13 Legal Notices ......11 Lost 18 Mhtn. Amusements 5 Marriages 18 2-3-5 Musical Instruction.13 Ocean Proposals 18 Public 15 Railroads 13 Real 13 R. E.

13 Situations Wanted. 12 Special 18 Special Steamboats 13 Travel .13 To Let-For Wanted, 12.