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-if THE WEATHER, ONE CENT THROUGHOUT-GREATER NEW YORK v. Fair and colder tonight and Sunday. e5 SIXTY-THIRD YEAR BROOKLYN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1911. -TWO SECTIONS. PRICE ONB3 CUNT In Greater New York.

TWO CENTS Outside Greater New York. 3wUm 1 3 6 WEST VIRGINIA TRUCE. LAURA SCHENK RELEASED. DREXEL QUITS AVIATION. ARNOLD GIRDS ERASMUS BOYS Let Go on Her Own Kecognizance Until the March Term of Circuit Court.

WHEELING, W. Jan. 28. Mrs. Laura Schenk this morning was released on her own recognizance until the March term of Circuit Court.

Judge Lewis Jordan granted the order at 11 A. M. on application of Prosecutor T. B. Handland, and Mrs.

Schenck, crying with excitement and Joy, followed her three attorneys from the court room. COURT SCOLDS SPITTERS. Twelve, Arrested on Station, Escape "With a Bepri-mand. Chief Magistrate Kempner delivered a little lecture in the Ada mi Street Court to twelve men who were accused of spitting on the platform of the elevated road on Fulton street. He said: "Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

The law must be enforced. Fancy the spectacle of twelve men expectorating on public railroad platforms. I will not have them looking like pigpens. I shall suspend sentence this morning but hereafter offenders will find me leBs lenient." The men were of all ages and all stations In life. FLIGHT POSTPONED AGAIN.

Wind Rises After Preparations Had Been Made for Key "West-Havana Trip. KEY WEST, Jan. 28. After an early promise of fair weather and all preparation for the Key West-Havana flight had been made, the wind and sea rose at 0 o'clock to-day and J. A.

D. McCurdy practically abandoned hope of making a start. The torpedo boat destroyers had taken their positions along the course and McCurdy said he was eager to take the air. The Paulding, far out In the Gulf, reported a wind of fifteen miles an hour at 8 o'clock and warned the aviator to wait a while. After a wefk of waiting for a calm, McCurdy Is disgusted and bitterly disappointed, but still asserts his determination to start as soon as the opportunity was offered.

FLOOD THREATENS Much Damage as Result of Streams Overflowing Up State. BUFFALO, Jan. 28. Buffalo River and Casenovla Creek rose rapidly during the night and early to-day another South Buffalo flood was promised. In places the water was over the banks.

High water in the Casenovla Creek at Ebene- zer has settled what the voters were SOUTH BUFFALO unable to decide' at three special the case for publication, he made IN GITY Deputy Commissioner Flyrm Says She'll Return When Ready. GIVE UP HUNT Discontinue Search Because Family Hasn't Been "On the Level." No word has been received concerning the whereabouts of Dorothy H. Arnold, who has been missing from her home since December 12. At the home of the girl's father, George Arnold, 108 East Seventy-ninth street, Manhattan, reporters were told this morning that nothing has been heard from the girl, nor have the relatives received any new clues. It was stated that the police have learned that a girl answering the description of Dorothy Arnold had made inquiries at a cigar store in the vicinity of Third avenue and Seventy-ninth street as to whether a man, tall and slender with a heavy mustache, had been making inquiries about a woman.

The clerk in the cigar store told the police that he did not pay any attention to the girl until he saw pictures of Miss Arnold In the newspapers. He says that the pictures resemble the young woman who made inquiries about the tall and slen der man. This was about six weeks ago. The police are Inclined to the belief that the missing girl is in the city and that she will return to her home within a few days. Asserting that the family has not been "on the level" with the police, Deputy Commissioner Flynn, in charge of the Detective Bureau, to-day called his special men off the hunt for the girl.

If she is located by the police it will be in connection with the regular routine of the department, a complete description of her having been furnished to the entire force. While Flynn refused to-day to dls- it plain that he considers the case far from being the mixed one the family has averred. He believes that there is a love affair at the bottom of the mystery, and that when she gets ready the girl will turn up all right. Francis R. Arnold, the aged father of the missing girl, characterized the position taken by the police as "unkind." He said that he believed his daughter was abducted from Central (Continued on page 2.) RECIPROCITY BILL HAS SUM CHANCE MAY NOT EVEN BE REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEES.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Among Congressmen to-day Interest centres, not so much in the question whether President Taft's reciprocity agreement with Canada will be passed this season, as in the problem whether it will be reported by the committees to which it has been referred. In the Senate it has been consigned to the Committee of Finance, which has charge of tariff bills. A member of that committee said to-day that a canvass had been made and that it has disclosed not one member of the committee in favor of the agreement.

"You have seen the last of It," said a member of the House, referring to its reference to the Committee on Ways and Means. Both the committees in question have a majority of high protection advocates, and they would very reluctantly contribute to a break In the solid wall of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. Democrat are depended on by the standpatters to vote against it on the theory that the next Congress, with Its Democratic House, should lead the way in tariff reform. Among those who will favor ratification with Canada may be mentioned Senator Depew and Representative Dwlght, New York, Republicans, and Representative Hill, Republican, of Connecticut. Senator Borah, of Idaho, expressed the opinion that the agreement would not be ratified at this session.

Senator Curtis, of Kan sas, said that on general principles he had always opposed reciprocity with Canada on farm products, the main Interests of his State being agricultural. He desired, however, to withhold Judgment on the present Canadian agreement until he had had. time to study It and receive expression of opinion from his constituents. Some years ago a tariff bill was passed, with high duties, but with the saving and benign provision that con cessions might bo exchanged with countries in trade with the United States. A high commissioner was appointed to negotiate reciprocity treaties, and he entered into' tariff trading negotiations with representatives of all the leading commercial nations.

Treaties were agreed upon, approved and submitted to the Senate until seventeen accumulated In the capacious pigeonholes of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Senators regarded the agreements with a cold and clammy glare. Those treaties still repose In the pigeonholes, accumulating dust and slowly turning yellow with the ravages of time. 6 IS AS Election Commissioner's Appointment Is Null and Void. LAW IS SPECIFIC States Two Commissioners Can Belong to Same Party Error, Says MacMahon.

The discovery was made to-day that J. Grattan MacMahon. who was recently named as Election Commissioner to suc ceed James Kane because It was believed he was a Democrat, la enrolled as a Republican In the Sixteenth Assembly District, and consequently his appointment by Mayor Gaynor is null and void under section 193 of the Election Law which reads aa follows; "The Mayor of the City of New York shall appoint four persons as Commissioners of Elections for the full term of two years, beginning at twelve o'clock noon of January 1 In each odd numbered year, each of whom shall be a resident and qualified voter of the Citj RATTAN MacMAHarf. of New York, and not mors than two of whom shall belong; to the same political party or be of the same political opinion on Stnte or national polities. The salary of each Commissioner ef Elections shall be 5,000 a year, pay able In equal monthly Instalments.

jThe attention of Mayor Gaynor has been called to the fact that MacMahon is now Illegally acting as Election Commissioner and an investigation has been Instituted. It Is the opinion that his honor will be compelled to revoke the appointment of MacMahon and name some one else about whom there is no doubt of his political faith. MacMahon Is at present serving as Election Commissioner under a protest raised by James Kane his predecessor who insists that the Democratic organisation of Kings County had the privilege of naming the Commissioner and that he was the choice of that body. As things stand now, the Election Board in Brooklyn Is controMed by two men who are recorded as being Republican. MacMahon's associate, John E.

Smith, who was reappointed by Mayor Gaynor, Is the Secretary of the Kings County Republican General Committee. He was named because he Is an. enrolled Republican, and McMahon was selected because the Mayor believed he was an enrolled Democrat. The records of the recent election show, however, that MacMahon by his action In reglsterln.tr had actually become a member of the Republican organization. On the records In the election bureau his name is written the last on the page of "Macs" and his number is 302.

The complete line on the page reads as follows: Vote No. 302; name J. Grattan MacMahon, address 2,066 East Ninth street; party. Republican. The address given by MacMahon Is in the Ninth Election i DlBtrlot of the Sixteenth Assembly Dls-.

trlct, of which Postmaster Edmund Voor-hles Is the Republican leader and Register Frederick Lundy Is the Democratic leader. Up to a few months ago J. Grattan MaoMahon was a resident of the Eighth Assembly District, and was enrolled there as a Democrat. He had been for years active in the Democratic organization and during the campaigns was on the stump speaking for the party's candidates. It was consequently a big surprise a short time ago when It was announced that MaoMahon had Joined the Dwyer organization of the Eighteenth Assembly District, whtcto Is opposing the leadership of John H.

McCooey, the Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee. Very few people knew that MacMahon had taken up his residence In the Sixteenth Assembly District, and when his appointment as Election Commissioner was announced, every one considered him Democrat. Mayor Gaynor was evidently of the same opinion for when he announced the appointments of the four Election Commissioners two weeks ago was stated that? Smith was the Republican and MacMahon the Democratlo appointee of Brooklyn. The tact oi iaiu.im.hu,i ciww.u...u.,. came out during -the court proceedings instituted by ex-Commissioner Kane, whose name was suggested by the organization for re-appointment.

When the local Democracy refused to suggest an other man for the lob, upon the Mayor's declination to name Kane, he selected MacMahon. Kane immediately got on the Job to test the legality of the turn down and Justice Marean, in the Supreme Court, reserved decision after hearing arguments In a mandamus proceedings yesterday. Some one who knew of the error dantly tipped the Court off that Is I REPUBLICAN IN PERIL AS Mi AND Baltic's Bow Is Badly Smashed in River Collision. SWEPT BY THE TIDE Boats Make Shore Although Both Damaged -Passengers Landed Safely. The ferry boat Baltic, of the Wall Street ferry line, was In a collision this morning about ten thirty o'clock with lighter Potomac, of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail road, loaded with freight cars.

The accident happened Just as the ferry boat was making her slip on the Manhattan side of the East River. Although there were passengers on the boat at the time there -was no panic aboard. The port eldo I of the ferry boat's bow was somewhat splintered, several panes of glass were smashed, but no serious damage done. was A strong tide is running, and the Bal- tic, under command of Capt. William Cole, had to poke her nose considerably up-striam in order to make her slip.

The freighter was hugging the Manhattan shore and the strong tide carried the two craft together. 'After the collision the engines In the ferry boat were quickly reversed and she finally got Into her slip at the foot of Wall street and landed her passengers. After the passengers were safely ashore the Baltic went under her own steam to the repair yard at the foot of Atlantic avenue. There were about twelve passengers on the ferry boat, most of them men. Cop Discovers Factory Fire.

Policeman Klspert, of the States fitret Station, whs standing at Manhattan Avenfre end Grand rtreet a few minuted after midnight thii morning: when he hsw smoke coming out of a window nn the third floor of tha four-story building, fl84 Grand atreat. The door is occupied hy fhe Plasa Knitting- Mills. The policeman turned In an alarm I ,1 arrived they quickly extinguished the fiamet. The damage wna put at $TIV to Mock and $50 to building. How the Are started la not known.

THIEF IK CHURCH Girl. However. Denies She Broke Open Poor Boxes in St. Stanislaus'. A girl who gave her name as Mary Jakel, 9 years old, of 73 Engert avenue, ran up to Policeman McDermott.

of the Herbert Street Station, shortly after 10 o'clock this morning, while he was standing at Oakland street and Drlggs avenue, and told him she had seen a girl tampering with the poor boxes in the Polish Cathollo Church of St. Stanislaus, at Drlggs avenue and Humboldt street. The policeman accompanied the girl to the church, where they were met by John Lukosky, the janitor. Lukosky said that he had the girl Imprisoned In the edifice. When the church doors were opened the policeman put under arrest Annie Sulln-sky, IS years old.

of 1.955 Pitkin avenue. The girl denied that she had tampered with the boxes, although, according to the police, three of them were found broken open. The Jakel girl said that the young prisoner had threatened to use a knife on her if she made an outcry, but no knife was found on Annie. She was taken to the Herbert street police station, where they found In her possession a small en velope containing' a Jl bill, a 25 cent piece and a nickel. Janitor Lukosky told the, police that the poor boxes are emptied of their contents every Saturday morning, I and If the girl had any intention of rob bing them to-day she was foiled.

She denied in a most emphatic manner that she had even attempted to tamper with the boxes, and deolared that a grave mistake had been made In putting her under arrest. She was held for arraignment in the Children's Court. GOLDBERG GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER Saloonkeeper, Who Killed John Fitz gerald Last July, to Ba Sentenced Next Week. Samuel Goldberg, a saloonkeeper of Nassau and Adams streets, Indicted for murder in the second degree, for killing John PlUgerald on the nlsht of July 16 last, was convicted of manslaughter In the first degree by a Jury before Supreme Court Justice Maddox yesterday after noon. Sentence will be Imposed next Tuesday.

From the testimony it appears that on the night In question a number of men were in Goldberg's saloon drinking, when a fight started in the rear room. Just what happened was not made clear, jut Goldberg grabbed a revolver and fired two shotr, the first hitting eGorge Kelly, 36 years old, of 73 Nassau street. In the breast, and the second taking effect in the breast of John Fltsgerald. The lat ter died later from the wounds, but Kelly recovered. Goldberg claimed (that he afted in self-defense, and that he had been attacked by the men whom she shot.

The indictment charging assault In the second degree for th shooting of Kelly was dismiss a 1 LIGHTER SUPPOSED Ifnpressed by Deaths of Moisant and Hoxey, Will Wishes of Family, The deaths of his friends John B. Moisant and Arch Hoxey, so impressed J. Armstrong Drexel, the young Philadelphia millionaire flyer, with the hazards of the game, that he has decided never to make another flight. Drexel arrived In New York from London for the wedding of Miss Vivien Gould and Lord Defies. While the youthful aviator, who twice held the world's altitude record, would not state publicly that he has retired from fhe sport, he admitted to friends that he had at last decided to heed the wishes of his family and abandon flying.

12-FOOT FALL KILLS. Electrician Leaped from Window When His Wife Left Him. Bert Seall, 22 years old, an eleo trlclan who, on December 20, Jumped from a window of his home, 1112 Forty-seventh street, died at the Norwegian Hospital to-day. By striking on his head after dropping twelve feet he sustained a fracture of the skull. After being wed four months his wife returned to her parents at Peconlc, L.

I. When he realized that she had left him and that it was her intention to break up housekeeping, Seall leaped from the window before he could be restrained. ENDS LIFE BEFORE PICTURE OF WIFE Deserted Husband Bleeds to Death Gazing on. Woman's Photograph; With a large sized cabinet photograph of his pretty young wife, who left him last July, before him, William Johnson, a baker, 35 years old, committed suicide last night in his furnlBhed room at 680 Warren street by cutting an artery of his left leg with the blade of a safety razor. When Dr.

Yergerson, of the Se-ney Hospital, reached him this morning Johnson had been dead several hours. It is believed that he slowly bled to death. For the last two years Johnson has been In hard luck. About that time he lost ihls Job and has since been unable to find one as good. To add to his troubles last July his young wife, who was a striking blonde, left him and went to Manhattan to live, leaving him and hlB three-year-old son, Wesley, behind.

Up to a few days ago they lived on Bergen street. While he was packing up his things to move to the Warren street address Johnson came across a photograph of his wife taken In company with a younger man than himself. His friends say that he brooded considerable over this and that he has not seemed the same since he found the photograph. Last night he seemed, however, to he in an especially cheerful mood until somehow the subject of fols wife came up. He abruptly left the people he was talking to and went to bed.

Nothing was heard of him until this morning. A member of the household knocked at the door and receiving no response" entered the room'. Johnson was half sitting, half lying on the bed. Everything around him was covered with The photograph of his wife stood on the mantel piece, mute witness to the tragedy. N.

Yft Bank Statement The statement of associated banks as Issued Keserve on all deposits Increased, at.it nthpr thnn U. Increased. ioana lnrreased, specie increased, si.i.iSM.wv and circulation decreased. $188,800. WOMAN ATTACKS PRISONER IN COURT Tries to Choke Alleged Assailant- Was Lured to House and Abused.

Carl Tlnschen, 26 years old, of 224 Cook street, was held without bail to-day by Magistrate O'Reilly, in the Manhattan Avenue Police Court, on a charge of criminal assault. The complainant was Mrs. Matilda Plllshuck, who has been only two weeks In the country and Uvea with her husband at 206 Bast 109th street, Manhattan. She alleged that on Wednesday a man representing himself as a police officer went to her home and asked her to accompany him to the Barge Office. She said that on the Second avenue elevated station she met Tlnschen and recognized him as one of the passengers on the Bhlp In whicn sne oame to America.

alleged that Tlnschen took her to the Cook street house where he kept her a prisoner until last evening when she made her escape. She complained to the Stagg Street police, and detectives arrested Tlnschen. When the prisoner was arraigned in court to-day the woman made a vicious attack upon him before the Magistrate and was clutching his throat to choke him when the court officers Interfered. Cortelyou Club Dinner Speeches. The Cortelyou Club has arranged the speaking programme for the dinner In honor of Andrew McLean, to ba hld on Wednesday, February 8.

Tha speakers and their toasts are: "Greeting," Louis Mai-thaner; "Our Honored Guest," Henry A. Meyer: "Good-fellowship and Club Mates," Warren 1. Lee; "The Press and the Public," Roy L. MeCardetl; "Government by Discussion," ex-United States Senavr Charles A. Towns; "The Editor as a Factor In Government," Judge William MoAdoo; "Aa He Was and Is," William C.

DeWItt; "Brooklyn." Andrew McLean. Almet R. Latson will be toastmaster. Graduated With 100 Per Cent Class day exercises vre held in the girls' department of at. Antony' School.

Leonard street. yesterday, under tne diieetion of the following graduates, who passed the required examination with a percentage of U0: rci Margaret Connolly, Lillian Fox, Catherine Con- Ion Mary McKeegsn. Mary McAllister. Kllen Conlln. Madeline Scheldt, Helen Barrett.

Alice Bates, Josephine Percy, Mary KUIt, Mary McNeill. Nellie Murray. Margaret Bartenbnrger, Margaret Cole and Elisabeth Allen. An excellent programme of rocai and Instrumental music was rendered. Republicans Agree to Let Democrats Select One of Their Number for Senate President.

CHARLESTON, W. Jan. 28 -At an early hour to-day practically all the Democratic State Senators agreed to a proposition submitted by fifteen Republicans, who refused to enter the Upper House, 'whereoj the Republicans will take their seats and allow the bS iy to be organized. The final stumbling block was the Presidency of the Senate as the Democrats had practically yielded on the other points In contention. The Democrats were willing to concede the Presidency If Senator England, the Republican cau-ous, choice, was not elevated to the chair.

The Republicans then agreed to let the Democrats seleot any Republican for President-of the Senate. HTJET ON CAB; GETS Helena McCormack Awarded Verdict Agaist Q. Co. and S. B.

Co. A verdict for $3,500 was rendered by a Jury yesterday ofternoon In Part III. of the Supreme Court before Justice Crane for the plaintiff In an action brought by Helena McCormack, of 162 Utlca avenue, against the Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railroad Company for Injuries ustanled by being thrown from a Retrl avenue trolley car on May 25, 1908, at Uti-1 ea avenue and Park place. Trough Law- yer Jay S. Jones, of Elliott Jones and Fnrmlna- It shown that the olalntlff sustained Injuries from which she has suffered ever since.

Say Boy Stole Milk. Joseph Elseman. 11 yesrs old, of 22 Powers street, was arraigned In the Children's Court this morning and held for examination on a chnnre of Juvenile delinquency. The boy was arrested by fcWrireant Butts, of the Herbert Street Station, us be was testing the house at 247 Ieopard. street shortly before ft o'clock this morning.

It Is alleged he was carrying a bottle of milk. Elseman had ft companion, who es- carted. There hsre been numerous complaints in- residents or that section isteiy rezaruins iue nd other tilings text ty i early morning tradesmen. Father Belford. of Nativity Church, to Begin Work Soon.

Father John L. Belford, rector of the Church of the Nativity, at Madi- i son street, near Classon avenue, Is to build a new church. The edifice will 1 cost about $500,000, and will be an ornament to the diocese and to the borough. A meeting of the men of the parish will be held at an early date to confer with Father Belford as to the tentative arrangements. It Is the purpose of the priest to have the practical work begin within the current year.

The new church Is the one topic of conversation In Nativity parish to-day, and the people are most enthusiastic over the contemplated edifice. The fact that Father Belford has cleared the parish debt of $125,000 In five years has brought out the statements from men of the parish that the new spiritual home will be a half million dollar structure. In the near future a building fund will be established through the medium of a parochial debt association. MORE DELAY ON SUBWAYS. Board of Estimate Meeting to Consider Matter Is Put Off.

There will be no meeting of the Board of Estimate to consider subways on Monday, as was planned yesterday. Alder-manle President Mltchel was very anxious to have the meeting on that day, but Borough President McAneny, of Manhat tan, who Is chairman of the committee, whloh includes members of the Public Service Commission on the transit problem. Insisted on having more time before reporting to the Estimate Board. OCTOGENARIAN BACK FROM A LONG TRIP William H. Ewbanks, of Flushing, Found HimBelf in Brockton, Mass.

William H. Ewbanks, 8S years old, a long-time resident of Flushing, returned to hH home at o'clock this morning aoeompanled by Frederick Van Nostrand and George W. Plnkham, who Journeyed to Brooton, yesterday, when no tified that their aged friend had wandered to that dty. When Inquiry was made at the Ewbanks' home, at 10 Washington street, a cousin of Mr. Ewbanks admitted that he was home, but refused to make further statement.

Frederick W. Van Nostrand, the attorney of the family, also refused to say anything. Mr. Plnkham, however, was more communicative, and after relating events of his last night's journey, said that it was nothing new for Mr. Ewbanks to make mysterious trips, sometimes staying away for a long period.

When questioned as to the mental capacity of bis old friend he answered nonchalantly: "No, the old man Isn't crazy, but he always has been a ltttls) eccentric." BR00KLYNITES BANKRUPT. Herman S. Biser and Aaron Harry Greenspan File Petitions in U. S. District Court.

1 Herman S. Bisco, who describes himself as a clerk and manager, living at 277 Rutland road, filed a petition in bankruptcy In the U. S. District Court to-day, in which he schedules liabilities aggregating no assets. A petition was also filed by Aaron Harry Greenspan, of 328 Fiftieth street, who lists liabilities amounting to assets, $2,723.63, consisting wholly of debts due on open accounts.

FOR BROOKLYN I i a it DECLARE ONJACULTV rThey Refuse to Adopt Amendments Proposed by Teachers. NO PROM. PERHAPS Students Say Charge is Aimed at Probable Candidate for President. A state of war exists at Erasmus Hall High School, Flatbush avenue near Church. It is all due to.

the fact that the members of the General Organization which Is made up of the student body of thavshool and the faculty have refused tolpdopt two amendments which have been offered by the faculty claiming that they are tyrannous. The trouble came a focus yesterday afternoon when a special meeting of the General Organization was called to pass upon these amendments. Everything went along smoothly until the first one was proposed when many of the boys left the room and the others refused to vote. The girls, however seemed to stand by their teachers. The first amendment required that no pupil shall be eligible as an officer unless he or she shall have a record of having had at least thirteen hours of study out of the regular thirty as provided by the school curriculum.

The students claim that this is aimed at Al Gallagher who is prominently mentioned as the likely suocessor to Ted Squires who Is now at the head of the General Organization. Gallagher has had twelve hours of work and the new rule will i make him Ineligible for the office be cause he has had one less hour than hat nrescribed bv the amendment. The other amendment required that each class shall have at least three represen tatives on the Board of Trustees in. stead of one as at present. There Is no UU.

CtJUUH tints As a result of yesterday's meeting the of the faculty claim that the amendments which require ft two-third vote were adopted-while the students maintain that they were not. Another thing which has stirred the pupils was a mandate recently Issued that hereafter no school dances can be held outside the school building. That that the Junior Prom, the social event of the school, could not again be (Continued on pace 2.) I FROM THE Post Office Clerk's Ar-' rest Follows Many Complaints. Emll J. Sagey, who has been employed as a clerk In the General Post Office, on Washington street, was arrested by Post Office Inspectors Griggs and Mayhew last night on a charge of stealing from the malls.

The arrest was made on a warrant Issued by United States Commissioner E. P. Morle after Sagey had been under surveillance for some time and was the result of numerous complaints made to the postal authorities regarding the nondelivery of letters with money enclosed. Sagey had In his possession, when taken Into custody, four decoy letters containing marked money, and another letter which had come into hands while In the discharge of his duties and which he had withheld, and according to the postal people had been doing a land office business In that connection. The accused Is 25 years' of age and unmarried.

He lives with his parents at (0 Jonnson avenue. Union Course and has been in the postal service two years. He was locked up over night, and was arraigned this morning? before Commissioner Morle in the building where he has been employed. He pleaded guilty to the charge and waived examination. His father furnished hnll In the sum of $1,600, on which he was then released, pending the action of the Federal Grand Jury.

SEVERELY BITTEN BY JEALOUS DOG Hesenting Attention to Injured Pet Cat, Canine Attacks Mistress. Mrs. Catherine Fisher, of 90 Hooper street, was bitten severely by her pet dog Jack to-day while caressing an Injured cat, another pet, that was run down by an automobile. When Mrs. Fisher started to bandage the injured Tabby to-day.

Jack, a setter. stood watching her movements. Completing her work Mrs. Fisher playfully caressed the cat. Suddenly becoming jealous, the pet dog sprang for It.

Instead of biting the cat the dosr eank Its teeth in the palm of Mrs. Fisher's right hand. Renewing the attack when she attempted to push him off, the dog bit her left wrist. Mrs. Fisher finally succeeded In chasing the dog to the street A loraJ ohyslclan cauterized the wounds- 1 01 STEALING MLS tions.

for to-day the Union Road Bridge which was the issue In three campaigns was washed away. Much damage is reported around Gar-denviile. In the flooded district several farm dwellings are surrounded by ice Jams and large quantities of farm produce were washed away. Near the transmission line of the Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Company, the Ice Is piled in an Immense Jam, completely blocking the Buffalo River channel. South Buffalo is In danger of being flooded.

Becomes Violent in Court. Frederick Ryan. 30 years old. of 2 Lncust Hill, was found wandering In the vicinity Kent avenue and South Fifth street early to-day and was later removed to the Kings County Hospital by Dr. Levin.

Ryan bo- came suddenly violent as he approached Policeman Reltman, of the Bedford Avenue station. The latter had to call for Police- I man Snedlker to assist him. Failure to cure epileptic tits is believed to have demented Ryan. Sleeping Boarder Attacked. While Joseph Atkinson, 82 years old.

a boarder at 85 Guernsey street, lay slumbering In bed at 6 o'clock this morning, he was struck on the head with some blunt Instrument. The assailant, alleged to be another boarder named James Jones, made his escape. Atkinson vaa attended by Ambulance Surgeon Bruyn and left at home. IRREGULARITY IN ROBIN CO. ADMITTED Overissue of Five Hundred Shares of South Shore Stock Hinted at.

The Public Service Commission, In its investigation of the affairs of the South Shore Traction Company, to-day brought evidence indicating that the law was vlo lated more than once hy the directors of the corporation In the transferring of stocks. Commissioner Ormsbee, who is in charge of the inquiry, asked concerning the transferring of two stock certificates of five hundred shares each from the rail way construction company to Joseph Robin, the frenzied financier who con trols both companies. A. C. Hume, Assistant Treasurer of the South Shore Company1, admitted that one of these certificates had never been can celled and that the original w3s not post ed in the stock book as required by the statute.

"In other words there was an over Issue of at least 800 shares of stock?" asked Commissioner Ormsbee. The Treasurer denied this and declared that i the entire matter would be explained satisfactorily later. H. B. Weaver, general manager and chief engineer of the company, 'said that when the District Attorney's men acquired all the documents they could get hold of in Robin's office after the collapse of the Northern Bank, he had taken all the books of the South Shore Company that he could find, hut he was not sure he, had' them all.

The engineer promised to ascertain all the Information desired as easily as possible. Comm'r Pounds on Sick list. Commissioner Lewis FT. ronnds, of the Brook lyn Department of Pnhllc Works. Is sick at his home In Flatbush, suffering from grip.

He has not been well In several weeks. By advice of his Dhrslclnn he has dropped work for the time being and will remsln home until Cured. Woman Falls Down Stairs. Mrs. Mary Quads.

63 years old, fell down the stairs of her home, 809 Broadway, last evening and sustained ft severe scalp wound. besides contusions of the face and body. She was attended by Dr. Jams, of tha Butfbwick Hospital and left at home. Mury Garden in Eecital.

Mary Garden will give her first sonar recital In New york at Carnegie Hall Monday afternoon, April 3. The programme W4I1 consist of selections from the operas' In which she has appeared. She will have the assistance of Arturo Tlbaldl, violinist, and Howard Brockway, pianist. I i.