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?. S. NAVY NOW
AT TOP NOTCH,
SAYS DANIELS
Secretary Points to In?
crease in I ighting Ships,
Men and Guns.
NEVER ?MORE READY
FOR ANY SERVICE
Ammunition. Mines. Torpedoes.
Submarines and Aircraft
Ample and Growing.
Washington, Apr.
I'aniels ma-ie public to-night a letter
written to President (?arlield of Will?
iams College detailing tho work in the
navy ?luiing the ? M tu
Daniela wrote in r. Mr Car
field'? request f, r i
ateten
?pared ft>v military emergencies.]
In the
"There i
fully c.'mr. - of nil
which is
.se-?, fully commissioned when I
became Seel
\essel 'us typts
and in ordinary and uncommiai
cjipab'us of rendering service
ind au- '
thorls? - nine i
dreadnoughts, twenty-three destroyers,
i aux?
iliaries;, as compared with fifty-four
.
?ieatroyer.?. t\s. arines, I
three gunl
?.hier,
.March *. :
"All m era ted, those j
-
are supplie s of war.
No net.. quantity of
ammunition and tor;.. i nt-d
other imrl. ?! warfare
which it keeps reads. It may be
tSSMl
been
.sed.
'
. FtailaT I
. ber of
upon * Acad-,
?
? listed
I the navy
? ?mum ;
re are now with '
?
Ip t?. llitrhe?! Mark.
m the
in n-iM
out or
re two
irned
I has for
r-raetic?
n the
;
f Admiral '
N'aval
?
m this
! mude
now in Tan?
luthern drill
>
Foot Comfort
Acd'og frei ?re ? bane to
mankind. A ?nao wt>rki
better, thir.ki ittlet and
ts-e? better whra hu feet ?re (oadortavlilts.
Coward
Shoe
insure? ?Bifeftabls, restful, healtKy feel,
because it lupporli the arch, permit? ahto
luir Iri-rdom of the frxst muxies ?nd pir
s/ent? "'flat-foot " lor yoar feel? take
we-ai Coward ihc-es.
FOR CHILDRr.N. WOMEN AND MEN
5?-nd frjr r.??'-?.?,?, M. I Orrl?,. riH?-<"
Sold Nowhere i se
JAMES S. COWARD
KU.J.'Sta.r.r,?,,-! 5,1 . ?..rVS.rrr.Sl .rt,?Tor!t
..J
fc i^e?abrld^fleldl
?*?!
Safety First
Vou cjn not b?? prop?
erly insured unlwi
you ore saft'ly ?rouied
JlVERPOOL
???London
aw Globe
'nturancs Cfetr-?.
??5 time Tf?tzo-rm? tested a*
I ground?, where it will be busy ir
I practice until May, when it m?
Hew York for a week's well
| leave. Then will come the rev
I N'cw York, followed by manrru'
1 the Narragnnsett Bay region, an
ly the reviesv in Hampton Koad
? ?o ?ailing through the Tsnama
I to the Pe-fiflC en route to the e\p
at Kan Francisco.
"Those spring practices fc
| close? upon the heels of v>
: manoeuvres and tactic? in Octohi
vember and December last. Th
j indeed strenuous practice, but
ti:.' stay the navy is kept lit nnd
? and the new a?lmiral in commi
i the fleet and the department 1'
1 such extensive evolution? bewiu
only way that the navy can be i
re,i i4 by practice and pi
: and then more practice.
"This simple statement of tl
entions of the fleet smee ??eto
| one of the best answers I can g
| your question as to the navy';
i pnredness. The necessity of ki
| ships in Mexico last year denie
j mirai Badger the opportunity f
1 long practica as be ha?l wisely pll
i but the sudden call for the expe
to ?era Crus demanded and exact.
I usual service-, to which the tlei
?ponded with sn alacrity and reai
[which amply justly the faith o
ry that there exists to-dl
more Ution than
! States navy.
"Soi r.nvo ?aid the effic
of th<- leel wea reduced by reas
. to Yira Cruz. To our n
In man?uvres and targe? pn
Beessarily omitted.
? i ier.ee, however,
year ? ..? d strain was o
gnat? one important re
than the Well planned routine, bei
it gave a demonstration of the r
? navy In every depart?
? and ashore, t.? nu et an U
call, ty was shown ii
? g itself to entirely new anc
Ituationa, aa well as ?1
adaptability in hnn
tlem presented to '
Inder War Condition?.
be conceded by all Ihn
. and preparation for v.
and it was all
, ,.ii<iition that our fleet acte
? ding almost in a day to Mea
watera. ?The stay al Vera Cru.-., !
?ver, did nol prevent practice, for
.dually or in dit i
? part of the t.me held t
cal man?uvres, torpedo-proving r
? I subealibre drills In prepara
foi target practii i
"For many years, officers hase s
ten and talked about the formatio
advance baae material and ti." pre?
Dg landing paru
.ri?es in the usi ?
portant adjunct to naval warfare. <
appropriated money for this
. i of campaign, but m
until January of last year was the I
? had been pi?
of talk, but not until January of
year was it undertaken. Then, ur
tions from the department.
Badgei ? ai ried oui u i
Bive exercise in which the pi
: ained I y officei i and >
nable. Three months a:
this extensive practice had been gi
in our nav ..
ind the same men were ca
upon to land at Vera Cruz, and in
Mat City ?he navy ran
?
at i i.
"As la.?t 1
.'ion, C
:. ?t I,on ,ed the >
..
. ? :
f th?- Wilson ad im -
?: recommendal ioi , Co
in admin
Aral t-'o yeuis authi
? al on 1
chief fighting, force of the navy,
m authorin
years of 1
authorized i ? ?
?:" two; an,i
the five di
on will mou
?han t
two a nder Mr. Tai:.
' v to submarii ss onderl
tl
' .topean confli
? eted with r?
. recominendatioii
all the money it could fur su
ordered the i oi
of three t,ci?goir,g - , the lar
i by any country, a
twenty-three submarines of
size and type which have i
fearful execution in the present wi
ubraarinea will cos? $16,260,01
Sow, \\ hat wa? ?lone during the la
rara under Taft?
-
'? ??f our submarines ..
? i y should be, u
. ?.ther nation 1 Ind
? " Boa
of Insr? tricter tes
accepting submarines from co
lrectora Nobody has as yet perfect?
a patisfact?.'
lattery for Hubinanr.es. I'pon my ?:
vitation Mr.
?/enl down in'
every feal
ti ry that ss ;
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard i
believe Mr. Eidson ha? ihe right prine
pie. Without sv.-i - - -
turn of hi? battery, he has been i".v?
an order U^v t\? ?> one to I?.- put inl
an old submari : ? epted befoi
March 4, 1913, wh
I a lie
'
'
We hav
the Por
?
Btruetloi
\!l Ihe 1 ? \\ anted.
,1 ? "i
been pul in cli
?
?
"As 1
ted Mrog
i
-
ivy i ?
SS 11 I
>
.
be necessarj or 1 he
?'ment has begun the n
.. I rt 1ime will has?'
thirtv one mines for every nln?
?
"As to guns: The Bureau of Ord
. in that
-, shoot straight?
hit hariier than any gui I .? in use
ry.
l non my recon
. 'mity
'ndian
now under
way ?ill be
nearly doubled
"As to ra?im: Radio has at last
-.?fully insta led on cuhma
more than 75 other ships.
? itner had no radio or v
ment v.*? obsolete, hate been
suppned with modern equipment.
. ? ntirely new shore station.? have
been added t" the I ana!
. tirent Lakes, 111.?., s.
'? ..roan war j
? '
ROOTERS SUBDUED BUT HAPPY
AS WARDEN SAYS PLAY BALL
\ Sunday Game at Sing Sing Drsp.te Village Prote.st
Fans Curb Noise?Convicts to See Aero?
plane Flight To-day.
Ignoring the request ?,f tho Ossining
; village trustees to prohibit Sunday
j baseball ?t Sing Sing, Warden ().?hornc
i permitted the convict?? to play ycster
I day afternoon with a ta?? o? tho Holy
! Kosary Lyceum. The convicts' team
won by a ?core of 11 to 2.
Tho came was conducted under the
I supervision of the Mutual Welfare
League of the prison, ?ml the organi?
zation succeeded in preventing loud
roo tine. Consequently there wan littlo
disturbance to those who have homes
near the prison. On other Sundays the
t yells could be heard well up to tho
j centre of the village.
Official?* of th? league went among
I the crowd of convicts and continually
I cautioned them about shouting.
To thoso who have talked with the'
warden nho.it Sunday baseball tho
general impression has been given that
| he will stop the ffamei if the trustee?'
'? The navy has lagged behind in this '
j instrument of war. Last year I ap?
pointed a board of aviation. It rec
? '.?led the utilisation of tho aban?
? duned navy ynrd at Pensaeola as a
training and repair station for avis
I tion, and an aviation bureau in the
rtment. This has been done. I'pon
I my ?am,"?, revommendation, Congress,
; appropriated a. million dollars to begin,
1 upon an elab?ralo plan, the real de- !
? velopment of aviation in tho navy. It
also approved my request to pay avi
I alors an Inereaae of ??0 per c,.nt, and
r'' organizing a class of capable
aviator??. To make Immediately i--rec
tive this feature, three neu hydro
a?_-oplnnes have Just been purel
which is but the beginning of the work
of aviation, now well advanced alone
tho lines of a well considered nlcn. I
regard this as one of the most far
reaching steps taken by the v
administration.
"A? to lavinfa effected; All 'lus1
unprecedent?'?! increase in 'he navy has
been secured, too. without largi
in appropriations. How'.' By
avoiding unnecessary expenditure
ashore, bj reducing the cost of work
ashore, while maintaining Its quality,
and reducing appropriations for en- '.
largement of shore stations, by secur- !
intr real competition and by economy.
"Hut of what worth Is a ship without
well-trained men? What has the Wil?
son 8'lministrntion done as a pel
nel? It is a pleasure to tell you that,
for the fir?t time i:i years the enlist
ment is up to the limit prescribed by
law and part of the year w have hail;
a waiting liai,
"With special emphasis I beg you to!
psk any well-informed man in or out
of the .service us to the ability and
ty of the various officers whom ,
I have calleil as advisors and to the
heads of tho bnreaua. You will find that ;
the man selected in each bureau s
recognized, both in our own and foreign
navies, as an able expert in his line.
"These two years have been epoch
making in tu?- navy, distinguished by
more wise and pri -.aval legis?
lation and mo ?? ? achievement
than any previous like period i thanks
??
"All who wouid learn the truth may I
the navy of 1915 is
larger, better equipped and in !
condition than i:
and that the fleet is becoming
ery passing moi
MILLS ACTS REFORM
CONDEMNATIONWORH
"Notorious and Unsatisfactory'*
System of Commissioners
Wiped Out.
Corporal < ounael P? ied a
statement yesterday commeridu :
trod? II
by the Legislature, :
which constitute I administra-j
tion's programma of condemnatio
firm. ?ii Coin tal
it was confidently expect 'hese!
bills would reduce the aggravation and
? ? a mini?
mum.
In pointing out some of the r<
attained by the amendment to thi
? laws, Mr. Polk called att?
first to the elimlnatior.
? ,1 unsatisfactory system of ac?
quiring real property for | il
purposi
pro
vides for tnal? i i
Court witho ? ', after an i
I rsn suggest nny other form of out
door amuBSmenl for the men on Sun
?lay? lie feel? that the men should be
given as much exercise on that day,
and inasmuch S8 'h?' games are con?
ducted orderly and within tho prison
grounds, the citizens should not raise
any objection.
To-day the convict? svill have a real
They are promised an aero
plans ssceasion in the afternoon. If
the programms i? es**ried out many of
th.,is icts will have their tlrst
glimpt" reraft.
(ieorge West, aeronaut, has finished
biying his aeroplane, in 11 field
iust outside of ihn priaoa ground?, and
has promised that hu ssill lly t?i New
York this afternoon. When the ma?
chine is ready for flight the warden
will allow the men to .?uit work for
the day so thai they may watch the
aeroplane on its journey down the
Hudson River,
period, as between commissioners nnd
court, until January I, 1917, in which
lirta to adjust them
?ri the new ivurk that will be put
upon them.
Th<- constitutional amendment sllow-;
ing the acquirement In a street pro?
ceeding of ' la," winch is ef
Buil ?''?'? prot iaioi in i he
new laws, will perm t the city to obtain
the a rvei tagea of its own un?
dertakings in improving the city, and
make usable much property that is now
incapable of use, and tl nd greatly to
increase assessable ri .1 Mr.
Polk.
The hardnhip to owner? of property
taken in being deprived of income ?lur?
ing the long period of condemnation
roeeedinga is done away with, b
owing the Boerd of Estimate to
advance payments to tho extent of 60
per cent of the Value Of any par.
acquired.
TWENTY-SEVEN MEN
IN NAVAL RESERVE
,_
This Number So Far Enlisted as
Result of Circulars Sent to
7,000 Ellgibles.
[From T,?. T;M - I i
Washington, April 26. The
created naval rese?o now number? ;
twenty-seven men. In answer to cir
culars sent out by tho Navy Depart?
ment to men eligible to enlistment in '
tho reserve, approximately flva bur.-1
dred havo signified their willingm
join, but they have advanced the ex
cuse of lack of time or opportunity to
leave present employment long enough
nd to enlistment.
There are 82,000 ex-members of the ?
enlisted fon ssvy eligible t,i
enlistment in the I "f this
number ths ' cir?
cularized 7,000, with the foregoing re-1
suit. On this ratio of ' the
naval reserve, when <??
? 1 _'J men.
Navy authorit.? ? force
?? ;
?nd permanently maintained. 1'
is believed the real naval r?
have to be assembled
f men before ac;
ing the service. Navy Department of
ala are no! r th'?
?? shelving le.
Two Large Families in Need.
I een discovered I n I'm
?
'
.
raga,
il health, ??? support seven
rhildren. Another femily, n nhoe
? , has ni-.?' children, The father'
is without regular i'.' , Idest
teen, a ho r. ? ea to the
?nger
cbildre fts of
mono;,
\
TAMMANY CRITIC
ATTACKS MAYOR
Calls Police Inefficient in
Solving Alany Recent
Murder Problems.
SNEERS AT HEALTH
TRAFFIC CRUSADE
Replies to Mltchel'i Accounting
Of Stt'uardship Alleges
Wast? anJ Inefficiency.
As an _H . "
rent accounting of hii stewordahip in,
oflee daring the ??*>f I
the Coi l '?t"llo?,k*
director of the Tai ?* Bu"
na? of < ity Inquiry. ?
letter to .Norman Hal.I. i
the committee, taking i
to tii" May?
Referring to the Pol ee Dei
on which '?'
chief praise, at th?
tte? ?'t' 107 ?m Ap, .?lock
. aid:
"While ;
police on tl
il
? .,til, dral.
lected to mentio
pr,.l,;. ?
? In
living of th
partmei I I ? ' ? ????,
failure the departmei I i
.
i
Mr. I ? following
if murderi winch have occurred
January i an I remain unsolved:
laWOSIl ?
?
-
i
?o n'?lh
erh at
? ? nhn
?
April !
? ; .. : - - - .
I I
The police are calltsd upon ?o act in
too mnn y irn ? give
the proper tinn- t?p straight polic??
work, according to
ih in?
?
seller^
sugar, ' flour, butter, i.
? and
flsh," wrote Mr. Bu
Tammany crit i to th?
Health Depart
on the t
? dog? and
roosters," ? death rate from
. ?'?I.
Concerning tin- Street Cleaning De
t Mr. 1 ?I that "in
?
city's 'hing
'
? ition."
proj.
?: i lilroad,
and ii. ;
lion ha-? been r>arried forward!
It that the
lower
r, with
?
nd ?n
; 125
?
?
I
;
??bile?
at tin
First Auto Ride at 94.
?
? .
< f Mai
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AUTOCARS HAVE STANDARDIZED DELIVERY SERVICE
CHASSIS PRICE $1650
"Before we had our Autocar, we never went ?beyond 96th St. with horses;
wouldn't attempt to drive horses further than that. Now we go as far as 174th
St. on the North, and south to the Battery. Tho ?car ?beata three ?double teams for
work and costs less to run than two team- iving in tirnt* all around."_
This is the statement o? Richman & Samuels, produce dealer*?, (<)H Eighth Ave..
New Yo-k. Call on the Autocar Sales Company. 553-557 W. 23d St., New
York City (Telephone, Chelsea 6060), a factory branch of the Autocar Com?
pany. Ardmore, Pa., or write for illustrated catalog. Or we will send you a
complete list of 2,400 owners A few of them are named below: ?
* na**r 8 ? nf Un
,; 1< ,uni_n a 1*0.
Sliu'.t? l?rra I.
Hood's '
tkrr
'
' V.T.
-
Theodor?
l>nn. Th? K
Ii K. Thl'.?'.t.
,i <"o.
?
Mit? I
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u
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LOOT TOTALS 2 CEN?
Prisoner Accused of Mali
ously Stealing 3 Needles.
Magistrate MeQaade in ibs Ten
court hn?l n j"k<- on Ins calender ??
tor-lay. A? the bar tood
VolpO, a l.arli.-r, of ",,!
ninth Street, i barged with "mi
elouslr, wilfully and a?ith ma!,re afo
thought steeling, purloining and takl
away property valued and appraised
the sum of two cents" from Fry
M 111? r, a lor living in a i'm-k Ri
bosi ding hi
A mall memorandum book and tin
needlea sturk In s pleca <>f i
comprised the property In qu
"This Is the
1 ? i,e mat'istrnte.
your honor," replied VOl|
"anil If [were s thief tin? would hu
my reputation."
\ olpe WSJ discharg'-tl.
SAYS PRISON MUST
GIVE SELF-RESPEC
President Hibben of Prioceto
Urges Trust as Greatest
Agent in Reform.
Brunswick, N, J., Anril "a.
John Crier Hibben, president <
I i ?nceton Un ?'foro th
New Jei ty of Char
on to-day on "The <
( If u m an I ?
? th,? enlighter
ment of a star?-," he ?aid, "is its abil
i' ? to deal wisely with tho 8
tits which may be BO trail- '
evil.
"Our reform ami penal institution
in tho past have dore nothing t<> re
? ?.M.- i . ? slf-roapect. Hu
a new discovery has been mud" of ai
?ni eternal truth that the con
i one believes li
!? im m a man the <1>
to prove himself worthy of tha
trust. You quicken a scum- of honoi
i.y up ? m. You assun
presence, und thereby call ;t. into I e
ing. A man's !.<.?;...r la never whollj
lost.
"A thrill ?if new Ufa 1 I "*OUgr
at t he bar? st SUgggs
tion that he still |
mor With honor roused, man
I oo?l i But, it may be urged
i? il a man win, RSI
shown himself untrustworthy I You
? ,,t trust any one
worthy of that
A deeper insight reveals the
trange truth tl at the very I
trusting a man migh'
form dishonesty und di honoi
hone?".' and honor.
'The overcautious and .
nay protest against ,*
'
"Niel - a icornfully
as the religion i
pital. 1 will SCO irisa?
tion and will glory in it. ? hristianitv
*
bring I .1 strength and a
life to mar.k
EQUITABLE MOVES TO-DAY
No Halt in Business During
Transfer of Office Property.
lav for the :
'
United States. The new bnildii
120 Broadway, is completed to such an
?
. n! ?re aixth ai I eventh ,| the
front of the i i and
ninth floor?, are ready for "?ccupancy.
Since the old K" iltable Buildin -
??'I by fire, in January, 191 I
in spa.
building?, and t
'
oof.
' c.mpariy was
?
! our this mon .! he op
" ,11 find ?
tunning order for the :
ADAMSON PROUD
OF FIRE RECORD
Report for 1914 Shows
Actual Reduction Id
Department Cost.
MOTOR APPARATUS
URGED BY 1917
Saving in Purchase of Supplies
and Increase of Fighting
Force Features.
Robert Adamson, fire ?"ommisiioner,
submitted his annual report for th?
yc,i,r 1914 t?i Mayor Mitchel yen?
After mimminK up the work of the year
Mr. Adamson fays it shows excellent
work in nil branches, and tho econ
omii i effected constitute a really i
notable achievement in municipal man-?
agement.
The department budget for 1015 is ;
168,000 lower thnn that for 1914, de-!
spite provision for twenty new firo
companies costing $400,000 a year, and
?3 the ' ? Fire depart?
ment budget einee the erection of the
grcuter city, according to Commia?
?ioner Adam ion. Tho total savins* in (
admlnletration cost i< 0,000,1
?t ? ? omml
The oilier principa] features of the
work accomplished by tho department
in 1914 ?re summarized as follows:
"Tho lowest per capita flro loss for
any year in tho history of the city,
?ave o
"The lowest lire los? for any year
sinco 1 'J07, Have two, with a population
of 1,879,000 greater.
"The return to the ci*y of ten fire
buildings, no longer needed as a result
of ?conomie-?, va. ,000.
"A reduction of v: open
market order purchases for tho depart?
ment.
"An increase of 624 per cent in the
number of Are prevention orders com
. per cent in the
ii urn her issu?
ushinj* the
: ght '?i recover.
rig a I re ?lue,
. wilful negligence.'
emergency
I, introducing of the ,
?
sll lodging'
? schools."
"The effected in
expansion of the
? Mr. Adamson, "and
were mad?? possible only by reducing
:i and by taking ad
? ? of the motor?
ization of the fire apparatus. D
?i whose annual
um: to $107,500, und by
careful readjustment of compa
firemen with annual sala ? $164,
com?
panies, and apparatus valued at $64,000
?
. with the savii
I
?
tho history of Greater New
York, to prosent a decrees?
while al ?'?? Mime tune adding to
? Firemen equal I
Buffalo or
total number of (ire alarms re
16,245, of which 1320 were
arms. The total ftr ?
ill, ai avei . total
.
total nu
vas an in? rease in the population of the
i.'l ?. of 216
I for arson in
191 I, and th - e invictions. The
Bureau i eported 178 in
If your particular
shoe problem
seems difficult
"put it up to"
Cammeyer and
see u? rise to the oppo,.
tunity of making a new
friend
?9
CAMMEYER"
STAMPCDON A SMOC "?
?MANS STANOAS1D OS* MtS.rt
6th Ave. ut 20th St. 3S1~-5,|, a.
Pcpair, .*?celve
It attention at most reason
able rates now.' Latest ?lesit-nsfor
REPAIR.S ; h m
?for corvin? 3'u1 ITKHJellBf sfJi
now on exh ?for accept?
ance of idf rs at Urge
price COI
I_28 & 30 West 38th St-^
?? ?" LBJJ
rend. . .4 *#?|
only a frac* '"rial perl actuil
numb'ii r, ?c
cording to the r? I ;re of
the cr ? rson I - ? one of tk?
most dil
.
heroic
174 last year, but 1 ??? r remain
end of : m '? ? ->nsid
irs le*.
" motor
nppnratu-' to 1
? retired.
Commissioner .'? m?ndi
in hi i repoi ? siur?
water ?ervice, which v I dur
?>d t?>
co-,, : ?
Fifty ?
lyn and tl
that suffi< ?
-
apparatu s '; i cord?
ing to " m part ?
ment.
ON VIEW
At the ?...
Fifth AvcAuction Rooms
?ion of
Home Appointments
rt of
Modern and Antique
Furniture
in Mel
find Gold
. .Silver. Al
. ? ? ?
I ami
?
'
i.n Tu?
Frid?'..
?
HENRY A. HA1
No Tunnels
Open Air
Beautiful Scenery
are enjoyed by those
who travel lo
Philadelph
?a
Splendid Service
Your Watch Is Your
Time Table
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Superior Dining Car
Service at
Dining Hours
