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BLOCK SYSTEM PROBED

Searching Questions Put toCompanys Officials

Evidence Shows that the BnulneorWas lot Looking for Red LightsOperator Phillips on Duty forTwelve Hours Afifenta o tiltInterstate Commerce Commissionon Hand at the lniiueit

Testimony of a startling characterthrowing many interesting sidelights uponthe Baltimore and Ohio Railroads blocksystem on the Metropolitan branch WItSgiven at the first heating of the coronersinquest yesterday

It tends to shift the weight of suspicionfrom the shoulders of the engineer awlcrew of the extra train that caused Sundays wreck at Terra Cotta to the shoul-der of those men responsible for the con-tinuance of the day operator system suchas practiced at the Takoma Park signalstation The inquest was held at theheadquarters of the Firefighter onriver front The inquest was adjourneduntil 10 oclock this morning

The hearing was devoted to the exam-ination of three officiate of the railroadO H Hobbs division superintendent CW Galloway general superintendent oftransportation of the entire Baltimoreand Ohio system and Thomas F Denttrain dispatcher In charge of the Metro-politan branch at the time of the wreck

With deliberation and In carefully worded phrases the railroad ojpclate answeredthe volley of questions shot at them byCoroner J Ramsey Nevitt and at theclove of the days session the followingsalient points had been made clear

Phillips Vork Twelve HourwThat Operator Milton W Phillips of

the Takoma black is customarily off dutyfrom IJI p m until JI a m

That at 531 p m the Takoma blockbecomes ordinarily inoperative for thenight thus making one block of thestretch ef track between Stiver Springsand University

That at 7 p m the operator at Uni-versity is supposed to go home thusmaking his tock inoperative ad

one block of the track between SilverSprings and the Rhode IstaM avenuetower

That the Silver Springs and Rhode Is-land avenue signal towers remain in op-eration twentyfour hours daily

That when a block becomes inoperativeno lights jgse disitkyad and theneoKU taking their irons tie

with only the ordinary carefulness andin no more expectancy of signals thanwhen approaching stations where no telegraph operators are employed

That the engineer of the extra run-ning behind the wrecked passenger trainSunday night passed the block betweenSilver Springs and Takoma at f21 oclock

That Operator Phillips still being onduty must have notified the operator-at Silver Springs that the paseeoger No-m bad passed into the University blockbefore the Silver Springs operator al-lowed the extra to clear for T tkonm

That Phillips customary term of dutyexpired while the extra No 2120 wasstilt running between Silver Spring cadTakoma

That under those circumstances heshould have remained on animprinted but supposedly rigid rule ajMlheld No 2130 until the operator at Uni-versity should have notified him that

m had passed into the UniversityRhode Island avenue block which he hisaid to have done

That Phillips should have exposed ared target as a stop signal to the oncom-ing extra which he is said to have done

That Engineer Hildebrandt of 3120 isinstructed by no rule to thatPhillips was still at his post at Ml thetime 2131 passed Takoma

Did Not Expect SignalsThat when be is placed on the stand

his defense wilt be based principally onthe claim that he was not to expectsignals at Takoma and that seeing nonehe proceeded with his train

That this is the first severe test of theday operator system and that appar-

ently the contingency of a train entering the Takoma block two minutes

Phillips was to leave duty with amore slowly moving train but a shortdistance ahead has not been adequatelyprovided for hi the rules and regulationsof the railroad

That had the TakOtna station beenoperating twentyfour hours the accidentcould scarcely have happened inasmuchas Engineer Hildebrand would then surelyhave been expecting a signal of somesort and under the rules would havestopped to investigate had he seen nosignals

That Hildebrand has always been regarded as one of the most careful andvaluable engineers in the Baltimore andOhio service

That the average speed of train 2120between Sliver Spring and Terra Cottawas about twentyfive miles an hour

That the crew of train No K even ifignorant of the fact that No 21M was

closely were under no obligationor orders to take extra precautionsagainst a rearend collision while at TerraCotta

Investigation I to Be ThoroughThat the investigation by the coroner

and other District officials In to be mostthorough wits made apparent early inyesterdays proceedings examinationof the witnesses produced was deliberateand searching With a carefulness andregard to detail that should satisfy themost exacting Coroner Nevitt assistedby Commissioners West and Marfarlandand Assistant District Attorney CharlesH Turner questioned the witnesses uponevery phase of the subject upon whichthey could furnish any information tending to aid the Jury in reaching its verdictfixing the responsibility of the disasterUnder the law the coroner alone coulddirectly question the witnesses The ses-sion from oclock in the morning until nearly 5 Jn the afternoon witha recess for luncheon of threequarters ofan hour

Especial import was lent the occasionby the of two representatives ofthe Interstate Commerce CommissionJames M Watson chief of the divisionof safety appliances and L M Walteran attorney employed by the Federalgovernment to prosecute cases of viola-tion of the rules governing the use ofthese safety devices Attorney Walter

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WEATHER FORECAST

For the District of Columbiaand Maryland Rain today to-

morrow clearing and colderlight to fresh easterly winds be-

coming westerly Friday

HERALD NEWS SUMMARY

Pages TELEGRAPHIC1 Ratal Shooting at Georgia Wedding1 Capt Koehler Found Guilty

Woman Tries to Kill Judge4Forty Dead in Kansas Wreck7 McCree Made Caseatts SueeooM-r0Gov Hughes Asks Hearst Recount

LOCAL1 Wreck Inquest Under Way3Car Famine Is3 Chinese to Hold Convention Hare-S Commercial Club Is Being Formed4 Wreck Victims are BuriedfSultan Writes Letter to Presidents

15BIg Bank Merger Is Pushed12Cardozo Gets His Pay

Three Teachers Seek Reinstatement

MRS HARTJE

Denies Charges Nude l y De Conta-In Perjury Trial

Plttsburg l a Jan 2 Mrs MaHartje whose husband made an ensueeessful attempt to secure a divorce fromher was on the witness standpart of today in the case of WttHarnDe Costa the negro taller and palef Hooe the negro coachman who techarged with perjury in connection withthe Hartje divorce ease

De Costa swore that Mrs Hartje oftenwaved to Hooe while the latter washis shop visited the slap in his companythat Hooe frequently came into the shopand talked in endearing terms over tiletelephone to Mrs Hartje In her

this afternoon Mrs Hartje declaredthat she had been out of the city on

days when De Costa said she hadwaved at Hoof and that on other oc-casions she was sick in bed Her motherand other witnesses were railed to cor-roborate the evidence

ROOSEVELT MAY JUDGE BABIES

Jamestown Exposition Ofllclala PlanUnique Attraction

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Norfolk Va Jan 2 An internationalbaby show with President Roosevelt aschief judge and presenter of prizes willbe a feature of the Jamestown Expositionshould the President accept the honorwhich it is proposed to bestow apes himPlans for the show are now being workedout by the exposition officiate It is proposed to have babies from all countriesand conditions in life in the competitionand there will be prizes for the fattestbabies for the prettiest babies for theslimmest best developed and best formedbabies Mothers of prise babies are deeplyinterested in the proposition

STREET CAR RUNS

Jumps the Trnck at Curve and FourPersons Are Hurt

Pittsourg Pa Jan 2A street car ofthe Mount Washington line ran away ona stoop grade on Mnrrimaek street

nmg over a mile Jwnpo the track at acurve Three passengers and the conduc-tor the only occupants of the car when Itleft the rails were seriously injured Themotorman escaped with slight bruises byjumping

BANK CASHIER DEFIES JUDGE

Refuses to Surrender Key to Mys-

terious Strong Box

lets Sensation In Failure of tileFarmers and Drovers nt

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Wayneeourg Pa Jan 2 A mysteriousstrong box and an equally mysteriouswoman are the latest sensations whichhave entered into the failure of the Fanners and Drovers National Bank

The strong box which is awas found by Receiver Cunning-

ham and when he made inquiries he dis-covered that former Cashier Rinehart wasthe only person who possessed a key tothe box When Cunningham demandedthat Rinehart open the box the formercashier refused Cunningham wiredto Judge Oldham of the Department ofJustice who arrived here today

Oldham demanded the key but stillRinehart refused He said he would openthe box if he were allowed to extract certain papers He admits that the box con-tains two policies for life insuranceamounting to 300 one of which for10009 has been deeded to the bank Old

ham made a proposition that he wouldopen the box and turn over any privatepapers to Rinehart after he had readthem Rinehart refused

From Rineharts attorneys who werecalled into the conference this afternoon-It was learned that the letters Rinehnrtrefused to give to Oldham were written-to lint by a woman and he will not havethem fall into any hands but his own

A widow whose name is concealedeailed at the bank today and tried to secure possession of thirty shares of stockIn the bank which she had given to Rinehart The latter promised to buy themfrom her and place the amount to hercredit Today she found that while hehad been drawing the dividends from thestock he had not credited her with their

DEAD MASTER

Horse Takes Police to haste Home ofDriver Who Died in Buggy

Chicago Jan 2 Prank V Hensonfound dead today in his buggy on adowntown street was identified by hishorse v-

Heneon a welltodo business man leftSouth Chicago where he had been vis-iting with friends to drive to Ms homeon the North Side fifteen miles distantOn the road he died of heart diseaseNoticing something odd In the driversfigure as the horse trotted past a

shouted to HensonHe received no answer and stopped the

horse As lie did so Henson toppled overthe dashboard He was dead He was welldressed and wore several vahmb

andftcarrled a wellfilledbook but had no mark of Identification

Capt Healey of the police station towhich the rig was taken resolved to getthe fosse to help him Jumping into thebuggy he clucked to the horse and leftthe brute to take Its own way An hourlater It stopped in front of the NorthSide suburban home of J B RegnlerHensons brotherinlaw with whom thedead man had lived

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Courtmartial Has DecidedAgainst the Captain

CRITICISED GENERAL WOOD

Cavalry Oflicor in PliJIfpnJjie Saiil

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Zamboanga Mlndaasie P L Jancan be stated on authority tfcat the

general courtmartini sT Cnat MKoehler Fourth Cavalry Or crUfatsm ofGen Wood resulted unfavorably forthe captain

The sentence cannot he made poeticuntil it has seen reviewed hy the War

but the court found CaptKftehler guilty of the charges and soecJfl-cattott with certain exceptions and sub-stitutions and It fas generally betteredthat the sentence will be a reduction litHies although this In not authentic

The evidence stowed throughout thatCapt Koehlers former trial was irregu-lar in many respects and tended to showthat he had been the victim of prejudiceand personal animus This conditionwas the principal cause of Ms writtenappeal to the President but the prosecution argued that even though a subor-dinate were wronged by a superior Itwas his duty as an officer and soldierto couch the language of his appeal tohigher authority in respectful and

terms remembering that the superiorof whom complaint was made was stillhis senior to whom entire official re-spect was due

Capt Koehier was placed under arrestas soon as the court adjourned until theease has been disposed of by the WarDepartment probably in three months

Capt Koehler was charged with r ngdisrespectful language in relation to MajGen Wood a superior officer The trouble is the outgrowth of a dispute betweenMaj Hugh Lu Scott and Capt Koehlerprevious to the tight at Mount Da Jo lastMarch Maj Scott was in commandWhen the Fourth Cavalry took stationat this place there were very bad accommodations for the enlisted men andthe horses

Capt Koehler requested an improve-ment in the way of better quarters torhis men and when Maj Scott paid noattention to this Capt Koehler sent acommunication through military channelscharging him with neglect and not

to his duties as commandingofficer

CLUBMAN SUED FOR DIVORCE

Special Master Parker RecommendsFreedom for Mrs Irvlii T Hiinli

Trenton N J Jan 2 Irvin Tof Brooklyn head of the Bush TerminalCompany and a member of the UnionLeague and New York Yacht Club didnot put in an appearance at Urn taking oftestimony In the divorce proceedings instituted against him by his wife

Special Master FrederloTc Parkerwhom the ease was referred to take tes-timony has filed his report with thechancellor recommending that the di-vorce be granted and that Mrs Bushhave the custody of her two childrenBeatrice and Eleanor ten and eight yearsold The masters report expresses thebelief that the charges made by MrsBush were sufficiently proved by the tes-timony offered

Record Submarine EarthquakeLaibach Austria Jan 2 The seismo

graph at the observatory here recordedat 115 p m a very severe submarineearthquake 11260 miles distant It is expected that tremors elsewhere will follow

Prye I RenomlnntedAugusta Me Jan 2 William P Frye

was renomlnated United States Senatorby acclamation tonight a thecan caucus of the legislature

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D NIOPS BODY FOUND

Golfer lInt Been Missing forSeven Weeks

Ilex York Jan t body of RobertDunlop a Scotch golfer who was afamiliar figure on the Van ParR

was found In Vila Certlandt Partnear avenue Kins Bridge thisafternoon He had been missing for sevenweekt

Dunlop who was thirtyseven years oldcame from North Berwick ScotlandJan spring with the intention of beeera

belt dub vsas Ynijr so weacft-x in two ptajrtoft him fez short ofany of the prices While he occasionally

doing the courseYen in 79 he took solittle care of himself that he was notmuch sought as an instructor He appeared more frequently as a caddie

GOMPERS FLEES SUMMONS

Labor Federations President WillNot Go to Shea Trial

Cited to Testify In Against Chicncn Teamsters Hcnd Goes to

Culm Ostensibly for Health

President Gompers of Use AmericanFederation of Labor has been out ofWashington for more than a weekoeUnsiMy for his health and la punraitof a muchneeded seat but reports OntChicago indicate that M unwillingnessto go to that city and testify In theteamsters strike trial is the real reasonof his trip

At the bearing of C P Shea of theteamsters union and his seventeen

on charges of conspiracy toincite rots it is said that Gompers isbadly wanted by the defense as a wit-ness cad that a summons was sent tothis city for him It te alleged that thelabor president heard of the summonsand left for Cuba a few hours before thesheriffs omcer arrived in WashingtonCompete is declared by the accused team-sters of approving the strike

The prosecution denies this and claimsthat Shea and his associates called outthe men in violation of the union rulesThe point is of vitkl importance andaccording to reports from ChicagoSheas have been trying for threeweeks to induce Gompers to testify Itts said that a specialdelivery letter wasfirst sent begging him to go and as noanswer wee received a series of telegrams followed the letter These toowere ignored and a summons was Issuedfor him

Gompers went to Chicago during theIn the hope of effecting a settle-

ment but left in a few days admittingthat he found himself unable to bringthe warring elements together Rothfactions that of Sbea the Internationalpresident and of Young formerly thebusiness agent and now the organizer ofa rival union refused to be conciliated

Frank Morrison secretary of the Amerlean Federation of Labor said last nightthat he had not heard of the affair antIthat he was sure that Shea Is not rosponsfbfo for any statements reflecting onGompers

A Word to Business Friends

The Washington Herald isout no Greater Washington

Edition no Board of TradeEdition no Greater Washington Business Directory nothingin any way resembling any of thesethings It asks Its business friendskindly to keep this fact in mindIn asking this however it doesnot Intend to cast reflectionany enterprise of the kind Indicated that may be under way Onitfe own part It simply wishes thepublic to know that It Is not

with any of them but Isconfining Its efforts to setting out

morning newspaperThis paper Is The Washington

Herald every day In the week Sun-day included It has no other namePlease lump this in mind also

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ilies Clash at Wedding

DR FRANK RIDLEY JR VICTIM

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f torney to PliywicianV SisterAfter Ilcinjc SVnrned Aot

Takes Place and FatalShooting In RcMnlt

La Grange OIL Jan 2 Immediatelyafter the soicmnhdvg of the wedding cere-mony between Mine Kttf Ridley adBenjamin Swansea Hafe afternoon andwhile those present were crowding aboutthe topple to tender ctttgntttttadons DrFrank M Ridley jr a cousin of Utebride was shot and perhaps fatallywounded by Attorney Harvey Hill who

front Atlanta to attend the

TIle sheeting occurred on the frontveranda of the handsome Ridley homoand right at a bay window hi which thebridal couple were receiving eongratitla-Uons Immediately utter theHill walked into the parlor and

the guestsI have shot Frank and t think I have

killed himHill then walked downtown scam

dered to the sheriff and was placed injailYoung Dr Rhiler was removed Ironthe veranda and physicians called whoare not yet able to say whether thewound will prove fatal

The shooting grew out of the attentionsof Hill to Dr Ridleys sister Mary It is

that Hill and Alps Mary Ridley wereaffianced in opposition to the wishes ofthe Ridley family Some time ago DrRidley father of Miss Mary forbade Hillever to speak to his daughter again MiesMary was at the wedding of her cousintoday and she and Hill engaged in conversation This enraged Dr Ridley Jrwho took Hill to the veranda and askedwhat he meant by speaking to his sisterHot words followed and young Dr RidIcy knocked Hill down TJ shatter arosedrew a pistol and shot the young doctor

The families are very prominent TheRidleys are wealthy and socially belongto the old regime of the SouthHill is a grandson of the late Bernja minH Hill famous as United States Senatorfrom Georgia and son of Solicitor Genoral C D Hill of the Atlanta judicial cir-cuit Solicitor Hill arrived tonight tolook after his sons interest

Young Dr Ridley was a football starwhile at the University of Georgia andonly recently married the daughter of thlate Gen John M Hood of Baltimore

FRENCH PRIESTS ARE FINED

render ravish PropertyParis Jan tribunal at Bar

IcDac has rendered judgment in theof M Varmeseon president of

the Association Cultuelle atagainst M Camus treasurer of thevestry to compel the latter to

the parish books and propertyM Camus is to surrendereverything to M Varmesson within aweek under penalty of paying 50francs daily for a whichtime a new judgment will be made regrading damages This decision es

the legality of tho associa-tions cultuelles which were formeddespite the interdiction

Three priests were arraigned beforethe tribunal at Chaumont today Oneof them was fined 40 francs for notmaking a declaration The other twowere fined 25 francs each for not

declarations and for making insuiting remarks

The mayor of Saint Savin has summoned a priest for making housetohouse collections In Behalf of theelegy The summons charges him

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FLOYD ELECTED GOVERNOR

Chief Executive of New humpshire Goes Into Ofllce Today

Concord N H Jan 2 Charles MFloyd of Manchester was today electedevernor of New Hampshire The

made the choice because c thefailure of any candidate at the recenteiaetlen to secure a majority of the votes

Ily the provisions of the State constituturn list two candidates were eligible to

balloted for at the legislativealthough there were several candidates atthe State election The result of todaysballot was Charles M Floyd Rep 291

Nathan C Jameson Dem 141 Floydwill be inaugurated Thursday

PAYS PASSAGE CHANGES MIND

Traveler DiMenilmrkM from Oceaniclie Liner Pull Out Into River

New York Jan 2 After payingtest night for H stateroom on the Oceanicbooked to sail for Southampton today at7 clock a passenger on the liner awokethis morning when the gongs beat theretreat for all those not passengers evi-

dently in a state of bewildermentTraveling light with no baggage he

made record time to the deck took ob-

servations of his surroundings andstarted for the gangway at top speedThe vessel has just started to swing intothe river and he did not even hesitatewhen he saw the only retreat was beinglowered but hurried down the planksJumped to the pier and disappeared leav-ing a bewildered steward and hisstateroom behind He refused to revealhis identity and disappeared

Another incident at the sailing of theOceanic was the appearance of a wonwith a lantern who hind come to bid Her-eon farewell She sold that a thesteamer was booked to leave at 7 oclockshe thought she might need the light tosignal to her son as he left his nativeshores

The boat finally got away about S

oclock delayed because of the heavy hol-iday mall

PULLMAN BANDIT CAPTURED

Nan Arentcd Near Richmond nfl lieWas lie turning worth

HMfal to The WMhfoetoa heraldRichmond Va Jan 2 A man sus-

pected of the crime of holding up theChesapeake and Ohio train Sunday morn-ing and robbing the passengers in thePullman sleeper was arrested near heretoday The man had evidently beenSouth after committing the robbery andwas returning with Baltimore or Wash-ington as his destination A number ofchecks and papers were found on his person The man will say nothing regardinghis own personality or movements Frontwhat can be learned it appears that thestatement that the man had an accom-plice on the train is a mistake It is believed that after shooting Conductor Ab-ernathy and escaping from the train withhis booty the desperado boarded a trainfor the South in which section he

until h4 thought it sale to return

MUST PUBLISH ENGAGEMENTS

Kan aft Legislator ISclievcn SuetLaw 3Iieht Prevent Divorce

Topeka Kans Jan 2 SenatorSmith will introduce a bill la the legis-lature grovidtng that all marriage ea-gagviaonts must published in

and esmrctoen at heat thirtydays the wedding ceremony

be performed-Mr Smith argument to

prove such a law would tend to pre-vent divorces unhappy marriages anddeclares it Is a highly satisfactory lawin several European countries

RAINS SILVER IN PARK ROW

Elevator Shaft of Big BuildingFull of Falling Coin

Firemen in Thought TrustsWere Becoming Liberal but

Are Soon Disillusioned

New York Jan 1Those byday hi the of the Park Row Buildingwere treated to a tom shower as theywere going home late this afternoon Butonly tills eyes got the benefit

Three employes of the New York CoinHandling Company were taking 3000 of

Interborousn Rapid Transit Companys extra heavy New Years collection-of nlckles dimes quarters and halves

the offices on the fifthfloor The com was in 191 bags whichwere piled on a truck The two frontwheels of the coin truck lad been pushedonto the elevator when the extra NewYears weight caused the platform to fallabout six

The bags of money were spread overthe platform of the elevator Two bagscontaining SW in quarters fell over thesides of the lift cad broke into a skiveshower The crowds of ofiieeworkers

that sped past themThere was a rush of frenzied financiers

to the basement But the elevator menand the three emptoves of the coin

company arme3 with broomsshovels surrounded the pile at the bot-tom of the shaft before investigatorscould arrive

The firemen in the basement thoughtthat the trusts were certainly becomingliberal when the floor of the subceilararound the shaft was flooded with coinBy much sweeping and examination ofcrevices on the way down the shaft allthe quarters except five were foundMany of them wore bent and twisted outof shape

FIRE HORSES FOLLOW SCENT

London Drivers Question WhetherAnlmnln Can Smoke

London Jan 3 Can fire brigade horsessmell a tire at a distance and locate it asdogs track by scent The London countscouncils fire department submitted thisquestion to all the men of the Londonflee stations The answers will be madethe basis ef an official report

A reporter Inquiring mind the menInterestedly discussing the question andcomparing their experiences A majorityagreed that horses cannot smell fire atany considerable distance but whenWithin 2W yards experienced animals evi-dently scent the smoke and dash forward-at Increased speed perhaps because theyrealize that the end of thoir gallop is athand-

Some drivers think that the glare ofthe flames influences the horses morethan the smell of the smoke One driverof long experience said that he hadhandled horses which seemedto sniff the fire smell from afar He hadoften known them to turn toward a firewithout being guided when more than amile

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Fraud Order Against S TExchange Is Requested

GRAVE CHARGES MADE

Various Fraudulent PracticesAlleged by Complainants

PnntmnnRter General Asked to SendAgent to New York to Inspect Cot-

ton Stored There umerous Ex-

hibits Submitted in Support ofComplaint Llvinfffctoii and JordanAre the Prljiie Movers

Leonitms F Livingston Representativehi Congress from the Fifth Georgia

used Harvie Jordan of Atlantapresident of the Southern CottonGrowers Protective AmoefcUtoa submitted to the t Postoffice Departmentlate yesterday afternoon a format re-quest for a fraud order againstthe New York Cotton Exchange Astatement setting tomb Use allegedfraudulent practices of the concern arida number of exhibits tending tothe defogs made therein were ffled withPostmaster General Cortelyou who tookthe ease under advisement

Mr Livingston acted In of thecotton growers of the Sooth generallyand Mr Jordan as a representative ofthe organization of which he is the headAn invitation to participate hi the movmeat was sent last week to C S Barrett president of the Farmers Co-

operative and Educational Union but itWAS not accepted The union which islargely composed of cotton producerhas headquarters at Barnesvttte Ga

Eight different counts are made againstthe New York exchange in the complaintthe principal features of which have

been outlined in The WaattngtcmHerald The Postmaster General to saketo assign an agent to Inspect the cottonstored in warehouses m New York inorder to ascertain the truth or falsity ofthe allegations regarding its grade

We charge say the two signers of thedocument submitted to the PostmasterGeneral that New York City has ceasedto be a commercial spot cotton marketand that the New York Cotton Exchangeoperating under its present debased andfraudulent contracts has developed intoa purely speculative or gambling ex-

change that the grades of cotton shipped to New York and on contracts under the rules of theCotton Exchange cannot be used forcommercial spinning purposes and thatsuch grades of tattoo are used solely todaprass the price of snlsXihH grades in

A9 BjMtta scrod to Mina use speculativefeatures of York Cotton Bxchange to the Heavy detriment of theentire legitimate cotton trade of theUnited StatesBuNiiicKM Alleged to DC Fraudulent

We further charge that the New YorkCotton Exchange through officers andmembers is daily using the United Statesmails for the purpose of transmitting andadvertising Its business to the legitimatecotton trade of the United States and wecharge that that business is fraudulentCud that the officials and members of theexchange should be denied the use of theUnited States malls

We further charge that the quotationssent out dally on the debased contract ofthe New York Cotton Exchange exercisea predominating Influence the legitimate Cotton trade to its great detrimentand Injury

We further charge that New YorkCity has ceased to be a spotcotton mar-ket for commereialv spinnabte gradescotton due to the present debased con-tracts of the New York Cotton Exchangeand as proof of the charge we rite tyou the fact that from the lilt day ofSeptember IWi to December 2L Iflonthere was only delivered from that

10045 bates of spot cotton to shipperout of a total of practically SMMM balesof American cotton placed upon the markets of this country at other points

We further charge that under thepresent debased and fraudulent rules fthe New York Cotton Exchange a largenumber of unenlnnabie low grades of

are tendered on the contracts of thatconcern which are not permitted underthe rules of any other cotton exchangeIn the world and we affirm that suchrules are fraudulent

Figures Are MisleadingWe charge further that the official

dally quotations sent out throogi thpUnited States mails by the oncers gnumembers of the New York Cotton Ex-

change to their customers and othersas tt futures and spot prices art

fraudulent in that neither represent thtrue and actual value of spot cotton butthat they are from 5 to J7JO per baleless than the market price at whichnable grades of cotton could be purchased-In the South and shipped to New Yorkfor tender on these fraudulent contracts

A copy of the official bulletin te itinched to the complaint as an exhibitand Messrs Livingston and Jordaa in-

vite the especial attention of the Postmaster General to the figures containedin It as showing the wide difference enthe New York exchange between quotations for futures and spots onDecember 28 This difference was 1

points er JS18 per bale and clearly provesfraud in the opinion of the two complainants Attention is also directed tobulletin of the New Orleans Cotton Ex-change also filed as an exhibit In NewOrleans it is pointed out the prices for

and spots are very nearlysame

Messrs Livingston and Jordan chargethat out of the advertised stock of cottonat present stored In th warehouses ofNew York City amounting to 114MU

bales fully 7BWW bales are of such inferiorgrades as to render the staple unfit forspinning or manufacturing purposes andthat a considerable portion of it has beginheld in warehouses for years and istotally unfit for any purpose whateverexcept to be tendered on the fraudulentcontracts of the New York Cotton Exchange to the serious detriment and in-

jury of the legitimate cotton trade of theUnited States

They therefore ask the PostmasterGeneral to send a representative of hisdepartment to the warehouses of NewYork City and hive nil the cotton storedthere inspected graded in order toofficially determine the character of theunsplnnable and unmarketable gradesstored in that market to tender under the

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