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Show SETH LOW IS QDITESJ5NSITIYE New York, July 4. Former Mayor Seth Low has brought injunction proceedings pro-ceedings against a real estate firm which calls itself the "Sqth Low Realty Real-ty company" to prevent the company from using the name "Sethlow" for an apartment building which overlooks over-looks the campus of Columbia university univer-sity of which Mr. Low was at one time president. In his affidavit the former mayor says: "I was graduated from Columbia unhersity in 1S70, became a president of Columbia In 1S90 and served until 1901. Since my retirement from the presidency my relations with Columbia Colum-bia university have teen most cordial. I am now a trustee of the unhersity. The respect of all the students and other persons connected with tho un iverslty is a matter of concern to me." Charles A. Capron, a law clerk, supports sup-ports former Mayor Low's proceeding proceed-ing with an affidavit that seme of tho Columbia students have wonderea recently whether Mr. Low was financially finan-cially Interested In the apartment and whether Columbia's former president was trying to let apartments to students. stu-dents. The proceeding probably will not be resisted as tho state law on this subject declares that "a person, firm or corporation that uses for advertising advertis-ing purposes or for the purposes of trade the name, portrait or picture of any living person without having first obtained the written consent of such person, Is guilty of a misdemeanor misdemean-or and is liable to an action for an injunction and damages." oo |