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WANTS MEN: NOT BRAINS
Chief Croker Says Civil Service
Rules Make Poor Firemen.
AGAINST THE MENTAL TEST
President McGuire of Commis
sion, in Eeply, Takes Excep
tion to His Charges.
Chief Croker objects to the present prade
Of firemen, and he isn't very particular
about ■whether h? conceals his feelings in
the matter or not. At his headquarters yes
terday after the fatal fire in Washington
e-.reet he put the blame for the deaths on
the Civil Service rule--. but explained that
this SMS M new complaint.
•Tve been on record against this matter
befnr*." said the chief: "and m tell you
another thin*. It isn't a local kick, either,
solely. I've heard the same complaint from
£r*» chiefs in many another Me city.
•■We've p"t to take the men at the top of
the list, and Invariably the best men-the
best fire fighters, the m<='i with plenty of
li:nc capacity, the men with puts and the
men ho can eat smoke— are at the bottom
cf the list,"
A rather short but chunky lookinp fire
man raised the chain across the wide door
and walked out and do^n the Street.
••Look at thai man." said the chief. -'How
much >mok« do you suppose he can eat?
And yet there he is, passed his examination
and on sen-ice.
•'Seventy-five per cent for mental calibre
and tit per cent for physicaJ— that's how
men pet into the department: and if we
mast have a mental test for firemen— well,
at least, it should be the other "way around
—75 rer cent of their qualifications beinc
riu«>d on physical fitness and 25 per cent
on mental. A man don't need to know the
location of Timbuctoo to be able to fight
fire and eat rmoke in New York.
"There are about 20 per cent of the old
r.mers left, and these are the '■-••-' art of
the department. The Civil Bui-Hi puts a
nan on the list, and he has to lie promoted
next in order. You pet a weak man and
make an officer of him and put him in a
pood company. V"- then make a weak
company, and I don't care who the officer
If. The best men in th* department are al
vayp -<■■' the foot of the list."
""Where are you poing^ to pet these men?"
"The Civil Service." the chief answered.
"Mid that I couldn't find them in this city.
I heve notified the various truck drivers*
essociatJors. and 1 have been told that
many of the drivers were afraid to.en
deavor to become firemen because of the
men:al examination.
What a Fireman Needs.
"All that a man needs when he first be
comes a fireman is to be able to read and
write the Enplisli language and understand
orders."
Chief Croker's Wrong criticism of exist
inc conditions was due to the fatalities and
Injuries which had resulted from the fire
early in the morninp. in a stora^f ware
house at No' 110 to llfi "Washing r»:i street.
In this bias* two firemen were killed, three
•were taken from the flames in an uncon
scious condition and removed to the hos
pital and a score of others were treated by
tmbulance Rurpeons on the sidewalk.
The dead firemen were William Healy.
thirty-five year? old. of No. 12 Stor.e "street,
who was attached to Engine Company 10.
and Timothy Cotter, thirty years old, of
No. 21 Hudson street, who was with En
gine Company 6. Those taken to the hos
pital were Edward IXmevlHe. of Company
10; John Conrad, of Company 10, and Louis
Grimm, of Company *.
Patrolman McAuliffe, of the Fulton str*>et
station, paw smoke coming from the fifth
floor of the building shortly after 1 o'clock
In the morning, and turned in an alarm.
By the time the firemen answered the
fames had reached the roof, and a second
alarm was tent in. V,-!.-;. ■ brought Chief
Croker.
An entrance ■ is forced, and the firemen
found themselves confronted by dense
clouds of smoke, which grew thicker and
thicker as they ascended the stairs. Among
Chi first to reach the first floor were Heaiy
and Cotter. Finally the fifth floor was
reached. T>eputy t hief Binns, who had by
this time caught up with the leaders, at
once saw that the conditions there were
dangerous, and ordered his men to fall
back..
Healy and Cotter were too far in advance
to heed the warning and were overcome.
Their companions, not knowing their fate,
hurried to the windows and shouted for
help. All were in a semi-conscious condi
tion.
I-adders were at once hoisted by those in
the rtreet below, and one by one the
stricken firemen were carried down As the
physicisr.e who had arrived from the Hud
son Street Hospital were working over the
men who had been overcome, it was found
that Hea 1 }- and Cotter were missing.
Several firemen then went into the build
ing to search for the missing ones, but it
was r.ot until an hour afterward that the
Sanies were sufficiently under control to
«nab'e *hem to find the bodies on the fourth
?.<*nr. In the mean time, however, many
o"her unconscious firemen were saved from
oeaih. •
Answers Croker's Criticism.
Members of the Municipal Civil Service
Commission were not inclined to take seri
ously the charges made by Fire Chief
Croker thfit th© deaths of Firemen H^aley
and Cotter at the Washington street blaze
"ere due to the degeneration of the men
in the department.
John C McGuire. president of the com
mission, said the Chief's criticism showed a
too hasty Judgment of the facts • ! was
hardly worthy of serious consideration. He
suggested that the fumes which suffocated
the firemen might have killed men of much
greater physical strength.
It wa-s pointed out that the supply of
busky truckmen and other physical giants
does not equal the demand. At the last
dvil Servic examination for firemen in
IC*'*, under the old commission, an effort
was made to get as many applicants as
possible from the ranks of men of suppos
edly stronger physique, with the encourage
ment that tie need not fear for their
ability to pass the mental examination.
Practically every man who took the exam-
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the .and.
GERMAN WOMAN DETAINED
Negro Family Taken to Ellis Isl
and at Same Time Released.
A representative of the German consulate
was on had at the Holland-America pier
yesterday to meet the steamship Nieuwr
Amsterdam, and when it was learned that
Miss Marie Rodenbeck, of Strassburg. was
on board, she was taken at once to Ellis
Island.
The immigraiion i.!-pe"to-s also removed
1 fr..r;) the set -d .abin of the
steamship Mrs. William Htmtoa. a negro
woman, and her two children, who had ac
inled Hiss Rodenbeck from Rotter
dam. It was rumored about the pier that
Mrs Hunton and h,-r two children were
• i hv Mi>.<- Bodenbeck. who had
er as a maid.
Mrs Hunt. ins husband, who is one of the
sJ secretariea of the negro branch of
the V.i :,ir Men's Christian Association,
pier to meet h;s family, and on
learning that they were to be taken to Ellis
. and later they ac
him to their home at Xo. 394
avenue. Brooklyn.
M:.-s Rodenbeck was detained. It was
said th::i several fr'ends in Germany, on
c had embarked with a
negro woman, reared that she might be
bite Americana, awl a?ked
osulate that ?he be sent
•It is ai! a preat 7nlstake," said Mrs.
■i yesterday on leaving the island.
• Mi.-s Bodenbeck is- a cultured woman of
• • means. Sm travelled to" this
country with me on the same steamer, but
silt- did net come as a servant."
PLAN NEW BROADWAY HOTEL
$10,000,000 Involved in Pro
posed 22 Story Building.
The entire easterly block front in Broad
way from 33d to 34th street will be im
proved in the near future with a twenty
two story hotel, if overtures recently made
to lease the premises are perfected.
The property is owned by the McAlpin
estate and is one of the most valuable
speculative parcels in the greater city.
For many years scores of projects have
been launched with the object of acquiring
control of the premises under a lease or in
fee simple, but none met with the approval
of the heirs of the estate. It was learned
yesterday that the final and binding con
tracts in the present negotiations will proi)
ably be signed in a day or two.
The proposed hostlery will be erected by
the Greeley Square Hotel Company, which
will be incorporated in a few days. It is
understood that among the -incorporators
will be Charles P. Taft. a brother of Presi
dent Taft; W. D. Marlow and S. A. White.
Th" land will figure in the deal at a
valuation of about $6.01*0,000. and the rental
to be paid will therefore be based on that
sum. If the rental is at 5 per cent the
company will pay $300.00u a year for the
Use of the ground.
Plans for the structure have been drawn
by F. M. Andrews, the estimated cost being
about S4.00",000. The property has a front
age of C". feet on Broadway and of about
150 feet on each street.
CUSTOMS FRAUD ALLEGED
Members of Millinery Firm in
Fifth Avenue Indicted.
The mystery surrounding the indictment
found and sealed last Friday, reported to
have -• cotton men. was cleared
lay when Hugo and Jules Rosenberg
before Judge Holt in the
- Court on charge? of
irtog to defraud the customs. They
are members of »he wholesale millinery
firm of Max Rosenberg, at No. IJO Fifth
occupy the third floor.
I a deputy marshal
• tere and arrested them
They gave cash bail
. > .
indictment charges that on Xovem-
Imported on the steam
er trimmings valued
es gave a valua
.Marshal Henkel,
n he I the arrest, seized the books
company and turned
over to the United States Attorney.
sel for the two accused men said
.•ning that the difference in valua
tion v ter for 1 <ard of ap
i there. He
: there had beeen a lower
tods t!:an the govern
■ . '.ere worth it was not
:. to defraud the customs.
Max Rosenberg, the h'-ad of the firm, Is
the buyer of the concern in Paris.
WONT PAY HUSBAND'S NOTE
Widow of James Willard Miller Must
Remain in Jail for Contempt.
Justice Greenbaum dismissed yesterday
the writ of habeas corpus sued out by Mrs.
Fanr.ie S. Miller, widow of James Willard
Miller, and directed against the warden of
the Ivjd on street jail, where she is a pris
oner. In her application for the ■writ Mrs.
Miller set forth that since March 24 she
had been confined on .i commitment for con
tempt of court issued by Surrogate Thomas
on May 10, IS>C. The commitment was
based on the alleged refusal of the woman
to pay to George MeCague $s.<>V) due him
on a note for that amount signed by Mrs.
Miller's husband.
I? a; ■ t IfeCague advanced the
■ rear* ago to enable
.■• a new start in life." After
<rd of the note was found.
IfcCat ted the not«
lira. Miller refused to
• i in e\-iding service
mitment until March 34 of thl?
: •:: it among the assets
of M' • ■■ was one life insurance
THOSE 11TH AVENUE TRACKS
Grand Jury May Investigate New York
Central's Train Operations.
- • nn, in r^neral Sessions vaster
day, formally pl.-iod before "no of the. two
In tor the June term
'ury for a grsxd
• b of the operation of trains
• : .■- by the New Y«rrk <"en
i.d
"The tact that a railroad has a charter
to operate in a street does not give it the
right to run trains capriciously, but entails
certain obligations to provide safeguards
for the protection of life and limb," said
Judge Swarm. He advised the Jurors that
they might Investigate, if they saw fit.
adding that in such an Investigation th*>
services of the District Attorney, the court
and the Attorney General would be at tho
grand jury's command.
CHAUFFEUR HOSPITAL PRISONER.
Ixmls Champion, a chauffeur, of No 340
West 40th strt**-t. is a prisoner In the J.
Hood Wright Hospital, charged with reck
less driving and violation of the highway
ordinance, and Is suffering from a broken
leg. internal injuries and concussion of the
brain* as the result of a collision early yes
terday morning with a surface car at Am-
Fterdiim avenue and 132 d street. Champion
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TUESDAY, Jfttß-HlJtlC ®TXbtllt^ JT " XK -7. 1910.
DUB II RUBBER RAILROAD
Commuters Awake to Find New
Haven Line Stretched.
SURPRISE IN TIME TABLES
Leaflets Puzzlingly Make Dis
tances Between Stations
Greater Overnight.
"The rubber railroad" is the new name
of the New York. New Haven & Hartford
Railroad in the mouths of its commuters.
This bit of pleasantry, which has an omi
nous ring to those who are fighting the
road's Increased commutation rates, fol
lowed the appearance of new time tables,
which showed that Mr. Mellen had
stretched his railroad overnight, increasing
the distances between the Grand Central
Station and every station from Woodlawn,
X. V , to Stamford. Conn.
The time tahlee in effect till June 5 pave
these distances in miles for the principal
stations: Woodlawn, 12.03; Mount Vernon,
13.65; New Rochelle. 16.62; Port Chester,
25.64, and Stamford. 33.48.
To the innocent commuters the distances
ha.l the appearance of being figured accu
rately to the hundreth point. But the new
time tables showed that they lived a mile
and a half or more further from New York
on June 5 than they did on June 4 The
railroad's new distances for the same sta
tions are: Woodlawn, 13.8; Mount Vernon.
15.7: New RochelK 15.6; Port Chester, 27.t', ;
Stamford, SSIS. A 1909 leaflet of the Harlem
road, which owns the line to Woodlawn,
gives the distance from the Grand Central
Station as only 11.77 miles.
Xo more, say the commuters, are the
pood old days, when the Xew Haven print
ed •■< "ompensations of a Commuter, as Seen
by John Kendrick Bangs," and khvc it
away free with every time table. "What a
joy it is to dwell in the suburbs!" ran the
legend. "To pet a sniff of the real earth
and to feel that one can stretch out one's
amis on either side, even as old Winged
Victory used to stretch her pinions, without
barking one's knuckles on the Venetian
fa^ide of the flat across the street," etc.
Hugh M. Hewson Indignant.
"The Xew Haven printed that and adver
tised low rates of commutation until re
cently," indignantly said Hugh li. Hewsos,
who represents the Westchester Couniy
commuters. "Now, on thirty days' notice
it proposes to increase fares in a way that
amounts to putting a $1,686 mortgai-o "ii
every home alonp its line. A Mount Vernon
man. who will have to pay a large increase
on a. count of himself and family, told me
yesteiday he would rather pive the rail
road a mortgage at M.WB on his home and
call things square. The new distances be
tween stations should have been made
shorter instead of longer, being less by the
length of two <-ity blocks, as the tiuins now
. ome to 44th street."
A preliminary draft <>f a protest to the
Interstate Commerce Commission, which
will be made by the Local Improvement
league of Sound Beach, Conn., has been
drawn up by the president of the board.
Pep y D. Adams, a Xew York lawyer. The
argument against increased lares will be to
this effect:
That the New Haven road lias not com
plied with the United States statute re
quiring the posting of proposed changes for
thirty days; "that we are Informed and
believe that by reason of tne change pro
posed certain long hauls will be made at
a lower rate than certain shorter hauls,"
alleging that the commutation rate from
Greenwich will be less thin from Port
That the changes Will tend to "in
congestion of" population in the
grater City of Xew York"; that the In
crease is in violation of the moral obliga
tions of the railroad to those who, in con
templation of a low rate and of a possibly
Lower rate, have settled and inverted cap
ital along the line; that if the contract ol
IS4& with the Harlem Railroad is an oner
ous one, the New Haven road, at the ex
piration of each five years, should reg • '
an arbitration in revision of the term?,
that the change of motive power and the
eliminating of certain members of train
crews in Connecticut have very much re
duced the operating expenses ol the division
involved, that the service In point of time
and frequency of trains has deteriorated;
that the stations involved are not sufficient
ly safeguarded to protect life and limb;
that the increased rate would be discrimi
nating against the territory involved, to the
damage of the residents.
Don C. S*-itz, business manager of "The
New York World," who lives at Cos Cob,
has been influential in calling a meeting or
the Greenwich Board of Trade to protest
against the new rates. Dr. Winfield Ayre.s,
of Xew York and Stamford; Edwin J.
L.uca.s. of Sound Beach, and William J.
Davids, of Riverside' also are active in the
agitation.
ELEVATOR MEN WALK OUT
Fifteen Hundred Otic Machinists
Demand More Wages.
The strike of the machinists in the plants
of the Otis Elevator Company, in Yonkers.
Buffalo. Harrison and this city for an ad
vmnce of 2o per cent in wages all around,
which was decided on last week by District
IS of Xew York and vicinity, of the Inter
national Association of Machinists, went
hit" effect yesterday morning. It was re
ported last night that eight hundred ma
chinists struck in Yonkers. four hundred
in Buffalo and three hundred in Harrison.
and that the machinists had struck in the
repair shops at 27th street and Tenth ave
nue, ?>lanhattan.
It "was also said that unless a conference
held with President Baldwin of the
company this wr^k proved satisfactory, the
iron moulders would strike at the plants.
A representative of the company said
that President Baldwin was out of town,
but would be back to-day or to morrow,
and would be willing to meet a committee
of the men.
FIRE DRILL PREVENTS PANIC
Public School Children March Out and
Find That Building Is Ablaze.
While a Blight fire was making headway
yesterday in an empty room on the sec
ond floor of Public School 5. in Edgecombe
avenue, between 140 th and 141 st streets, a
four-tell flre alarm sounded In every class
room, and in two minutes thirty-five hun
dred children and sixty-five teachers were
safely standing in the streets, watching the
firemen put out the blaze. The only excite
ment was caused by scores of anxious
mothers, who crowded about the school to
see if their little ones were safe.
The four-bell signal means that the chil
dren had to get out of the school without
waiting for bats, coats or anything else.
This drill is practised bo frequently that the
pupils never really know whether there is
a fire or not until they have reached the
street.
REAL CIRCUS PARADE COMING.
Xew York is to have a real circus parade
next Monday, when the Adam Forepaugh &
Bells Brothers big united shows begin a
week's engagement on Manhattan Field.
Eighth avenue and i.v.tn street. There is
nothing left of the old shows but the title,
around which a $3,000,000 circus has been
built.
The Immensity of the shows Is shown by
the fact that it takes railroad cars of the
combined length of two and three-quarters
miles to transport the paraphernalia car
ried. The main tent seats 11,000 persons.
Sixteen chefs prepare every day -'""
meals for those connected with the • In us
The horses and elephants eat twenty tons
of hay In the same period. There are more
than 1.&00 persons on the rolL
CITY'S OFFICIAL CRUSOE
John Bapp, of Hart's Island,
Lacks Oniy Romantic Garb.
HAS MANY A MAN FRIDAY
Forty Years He Has Paced His
Field, Happy in the Doing of
Melancholy Duty.
A second Robinson Crusoe has been dis
covered, and rlcht off the coast of the Em
pire State, too. r*e Foe's imaginative hero,
dressed in poat's skin, armed with sun and
revolver and attended by his mnn Friday,
was a victim of adverse fate. The latter
day Crusoe, while Hcking the romantic
>rarb, is also completely armed a.'id has hit,
Fridays a-plenty to do his bidding; but his
island existence is from choice, not cruel
circumstance.
John Bapp, for that is the man's name,
has lived on Hart's Island, off City Island,
since 1870. In the capacity of keeper in Pot
ter's Field, and on Jui.e 30 celebrates the
fortieth anniversary of his rorninsr. His is
the grewsome task of superintending the
burying and exhuming of the bodies of the
unfortunates whose last rites are performed
a f the expense of the public. Such an oc
cupation might easily tend to make one
mVlancholy, but not so with John, for he
i.=! as jjenia! a soul as one would 'are to see.
He is said by some on the island to be more
than eighty years old. but to meet him and
s»~» bis bright eye, tirm step and err I
riage and, above all. to feel his Btrong nnd
hearty handclasp would lead one to con
sider fifty years a reasonable suess of hi.-
John's life has . ot always been as quiet
as during the last forty years. He was
born in Germany nnd came to Xpw Tors
City with his family when a boy. On the
death of his parents lie decided to s<>
West, so jr.mpd a party in St. Louis and
drove cattle across the plains to California.
Indians were abundant In Those days, but
the only comment that John would make
on his experiences with them was: "Yes.
we saw plenty of them; but the more you
■ [ndians the less I ostfle they are."
In < 'alifornia he turned miner and knocked
about from camp to camp wnti' the Civil
War broke out, when he ioinei the 3d <"alf
fornia and was stationed on the frontier
until IS6?. The day after Lincoln's assas
sination John landed In New York, in the
days when business development hail hard
ly reached 14th street.
r>ne day a smnl! boat put out from New
Rochelle with one passenger, who was
landed on Hart's Island, used a? a camp
and Confederate prison during the wqr.
That was John's advent to the
where he has lived ever since.
"Do I enjoy my life here.?" he said, in
answer to an Inquiry. "Yes; I am happy.
My hours are from f, in the mornintr until
t! at night, and 1 am out in all kinds of
weathc-r: hut only once that I can re
member have I been sick, and that i
from a slight accident, a few weeks acn.
I bury, on an average, four thousand bod
ies a year, and although I have been here
forty years never have I contracted a
disease, and a good many of the bodies
used to come fr^in pest houses. T'p to
last Saturday night the number of burials
was 163,896. The bodies are sent here from
the morsrues and we bury them in pine
boxes, one hundred and fifty in a trench.
Each body is identifier! by a number, for
we do not deal in names, and is so placed
that it '.an be located and il'ig up at any
time in a very few moments '
John has a giK-.cr >f twenty-five work
house prisoners under his charge, but says
that he has never had to fire a shot to
keep his Friday? in order. He is a dis
ciplinarian and a valuable man on the
Island.
MAYOR BREAKS A RECORD
Gives Hearings on Twenty-nine
City Bills in One Day.
There was a lively hearing before Mayor
Gaynor yesterday afternoon over the bill
amending the school teachers' pension fund
provisions so thai every member of the
teaching staff from the superintei
down would be entitled to half pay
after thirty years of service. A • ;
half pay is given in the lower gradi
no pension larger than $2.""" a year is per
mitted.
The argument acainst the increase was
that the principals, associat< superintend
and the superintendent, who
get the largest pensions, d'> not paj
thins in f o the fund in the way of fli
■■ from duty. These fines provide '".;o
of the lar^j- . evenue for the
fund.
Lyman A. Best, principal of Public School
108, in Brooklyn, and secretary of the Board
of Retirement, said he was in favor of a
uniform half pay pension, providing a!! who
mipht be benefited would coi tribute to the
fund in proportion to the benefit they micht
receive. The Mayor gave r.,i intimation of
his views on the bill, Jmt accepted several
thousand words of br
In ail the Mayor gave hearings on twen
ty-nine city bills yesterday, breaking his
re ord. He Indicated that he would veto
the bill providing for an increase in the
salaries of the Commissioners of Elections
trom J-3. 1 "" to $7,600 a year. "These men
work about thirty days a year,' sard tne
Mayor. "Some of them have been known
to sitnd much time in Cuba and
where. '
Another bill tne Mayor said he would
veto was that changing some of the terms
of public contracts, it was substituted in
Albany for one that had been Bent t; •
the Board of Estimate He seemed favor
ably disposed toward a bill providing for
the regulation of dance halls and acade
mies.
The bill eiving the Park Commissioner
of Brooklyn power to n trict a pan of the
ocean Parkway to use by horse drawn
vehicles ai such times as he micht
was apl'p'ved. "The owners of aui
biles," writes the Mayor, "ar.
ontent with t'.is, as they dp"m j{ no
more than Just, while a few of their num
ber oppose it. being too selfish, appai
to see the rignts ol others."
MAYOR PRAISES THOMPSON
Hopes Public Will Take Note of "E&
ciency and Fidelity."
"Honest] and fidelity in the publ
vice are not always appreciated." wrote
Mayor Gavnor t" Commissioner Thompson
of !• •■ Department of Water Supply
day. "but I hope that the intelligent cltl
tens of New Fort are takl * it in
your department."
The letter was in r<
Commissioner Thompson that the collec
tions from the sale of water In the first
five months of this ■ v m ■
compare.! with for the corre
sponding period of last year, an Inert
of f1.278.212 63. "Although yoa n
train from stating ths measures which
Increased the water revenues," <!•■
the Mayor, "1 am well awan
the liv reas.- is not the i< suit
BOSTON'S MAYOR GETTING POINTS
Mayor FlttgeraM of Boston.
„., .„,,. O f | was in the city
;,i looking over some of the placet
ned by the
■ ■■■ n •>• tic
.. „V, t o the Aquarium and Bronx Park
I »ward Bi
farki and Recreatl a Central.
PLANS FOR THE FOURTH
Anniversary of City Hall To Be
Celebrated on That Day.
In connection with the old-fa'hioned pa
triotic celebration of Uhi Fourth of July.
gements for which are bein« made
by a special committee appointed by Mayor
Gaynor. there will be on that day an ob
servance of the HSth anniversary of the
first occupation of the present city Hall
by the municipal government The hall,
construction of wh : ch wns t*?pun in IW3.
was not completed rntil Iftt. but two years
tof orP that the Mayor and his staff moved
into the building. This celebration will be
Planned by the American Scenic Preserva
tion and Historic Society.
Th« Fourth of July committee, of which
President Finley of the College of the Clty
of Xew York is chairman, made the pre
liminary plans for the affair at a meetinß
held In the City Hall Yesterday. Th«rc will
le three parades— ta Manhattan, Brooklyn
and The Bronx. They Will be made np of
national guard organizations, members of
the Fire. Police and other uniformed de
partments in the city, and of uniformed
patriotic and other societies.
In the evenine there will be fireworks
from Boats in the North and East rivers
and from the bridges.
Marcus M. Marks, beinc unable to serve.
ex-Controller Me'tz was elected treasurer.
As the city will not make any appropria
tion tor the celebration, contributions are
solicited.
The following executive commi'i^ was
named: President Finley, Mr. Met/.. Will
iam A. Marble, Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay,
Mrs. Egerton L. Winthrop. Eugene A. Phil
bin, William H. Maxwell. James K. Sulli
van, Dr. Luther H. Oullck, Alderman Sirn
uel Marx, fjenen! I'harlep V. Roe, Will
iam .7. Hammer, August F. Joccad, Joseph
B. Gilder, Charles R. Lamb. Howard Brad-
Alderman Downing, John F. Huyler.
H I. Davison, Joseph K. Johnson. Lewis
S. Kurchard. K. J. Wendel, Edward Hasra
tnan Hail. Haley Fiske. Theodore P. Shonts,
<; Fox, Chester S. Lori and Fred
eric Keppel.
RJGO NAMED IN SUIT
Gypsy Violinist Corespondent in
Action by Caspar Emerson, Jr.
Janczy Rigo, the gypsy violinist, who sev
eral years ago figured in an escapade In
Europe with the Princess Chimay. is now
the respondent In a suit for divorce
brought by Caspar Emerson, jr.. an artist,
of Philadelphia, against his wife, Mrs.
Katherine M. Emerson, who is said to be
a cousin of. the princess.
Wh.e n the <-ase wa? called yesterday for
triai before Justice Bischofl in the Supreme
Court the husband was ready to go on
with his >-a?e, but counsel f<-, r Mrs. Emerson
explained that the latter was travelling hi
the Weft. Unless the defendant soon ap
, ■ ■ the visit will become an undefended
c -tion, and will go <>n without her. The
ol Emerson mention the years 1!» >~
and 1908, when Rigo was playing: at the
Harlem < 'aslno.
Mrs. Emerson, II was said, was a tr*>
quent visitor at that restaurant during this
en^aeement. and was known there as
"Rigo's sir!."
Mrs. Emerson's answer to her husband's
v . - -i gt neral denial.
CONVICT IN DEBT $193,117 87
J. Edward Boeck, in Sing Sing Prison,
Has Practically No Assets.
Schedules of .1 Edward Boeck, now a
convict serving a term in Sing: Sinp prison,
filed in the United States i 'ourt yesterday
show liabilities of St9BJI7S7, with assets
consisting of an undivided one-twelfth in
terest in the estate of .lay C. Lounsberry.
amounting to $3,600.
The bankrupt owes Jonas & Naumbergr.
of No. 7 Washington Place, $13. 551 Ifi on a
judgment; Mrs. M. R. Slater, of N'n. ill
Broadway, 01.14778 on a note; Edward R.
Dayton, of No. 3:;4 Fifth avenue, $24. "00 on
a judgment for money obtained by the
■Hypothecation of jewels in lf«''7. Theodore
C. Search, of Langhorne, Perm.. $l*\nno,
judgment on a note; Mary Boeck, of (Jlen
side. Perm., $BO,COO judgment on a note;
Solomon R. Guggenheim, of Na Hi Fifth
avenue. $14,343 59, judgment on ■ note, Henry
A. Dalley, of No. 9 Last 6?th street. 9MM
on a judgment for a partnership advance,
and Alfred A. Smith & Co.. of No. 1?)
Broadway, $3,000 on an assigned claim for
me: chandl ■
PICTURES VARIOUS OFFICES
Weinman Plans Decorations for Mu
nicipal Building.
Adolph A Weinman, a Xew York sculp
iring sketches for sculptu
ral decorations for the new Municipal
Building in Park Row. They will be chiefly
bass-reliefs, and will adorn th« arched en
trances to the t ourt colonnade, and the
panels at the side of the windows in the
i story.
The window panels will symbolize the
various munici] il offices housed in the
building.
Mr. Weinman is working now on the
•it for the new wing of the Brook
lyn Insl tut« II will be 7S feet long and
_ ■ i high, and will illustrate "Arts and
Thirty statues have been exe
•or this conspicuous feature of the
Institute's sculptural decorations, under the
supervision ot Daniel C. French and Mo-
Rim, Mead .t White, the architects.
NAB WEALTHY PUSHCAET MA*
The Search for Short Weight and
Measure Folk Grows Warmer.
Commissioner Dri^oll of th< Department
of Weichts and Measures i.- investigating a
report that Jerrj Cippularo, who was ar
on Saturday ni^'it on ■ charge of
us'.ri_ r false weights and measures, owns ;»
tenement house, free and clear, worth
olaro was selling vegetables from s.
pushcart in front of the building la First
avenue when he was arrested The in-
Bnectors allege that the scales used by him
wre more than a pound out of the way.
Fourteen additional inspectors, two .of
whom will be women, will be added to the
stiff of Commissioner Driscoll if he can
:nnte t" give him
t he necessary m< i
POLICEMAN DROPS THIRTY FEET.
Wl lie chasinc a supposed burglar yes
terday morning Patrolman Peter Coyle, of
the West *7th street station. ftoU over a
railing In from of the machine shop <if
Charles Shock, at No SM West 57th. street.
and dropped into the sub <eilar. thirty feet
t>elow Coyle was taken to Flower Hospi
tal, where ltd he had received a
the right leg.
burglar wai captured by
iv« his name as
Bouvear, lw<
ild he lived in Detroit. After declar.
ing be was "a partner n the building" and
. the arm. whereas he had
iry, be was taken to Ballero* for ob
sei". .aion.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sunrise. 4:21>. sunset. 7:27; moon ««•. ;
jvuon s aR». -'.».
HIGH WATER.
A.M. P.M.
Sandy Ho.-,k I ■■''' |:34
Governor 1 I Isianl ' " 8:o»
Hell Uate '* ■■' »*4
WIRELESS REPORTS
Th. Caronla. rfpoltcj as 5«."V mt!e» fas*, of
fan.Jv Hnr.tc at ft a m jfßlrrrfay. Is expected to
dock this evening.
1.-i GMCOgne, leicr'.ei as _■ - BUMS east of
"^7^o* „ « . » ye^rdayTuT^ctea to
i dock this forenoon.
INCOMING STEAMERS.
TO-DAY.
Plßiiiiii^
• .nla SKSSSSLI JO r » ~
•Allefthany... S* y !}l m-v "l Italian
ritta dl M^sstna... Naples Ma > - 1-- rrtach
La Gascomie Hayr e. a *« *; At .
Ijgg* . : .::RST«
Wkdicssdat. jci« i
♦^nHwo 2St2ffi n.'^ 1 Yd I
™S£ ;;;;:SSSioST-2i
THURSDAY. JUNE 9
•Gr^na4a TrlnKiad. June 1. . . - ■ Tri ?.\ <i %: '
Oceania ."-VOlSiS 1 Vav «7 Italian
San Giorgio sVSSS^&rH Anchor
•Brings malt.
OUTGOING STEAMERS
TO-DAY. „ , i
Mai! Tesssl
i^sbii ... irnr I Baa elsssa sails.
• >ar.nco. Para. Booth • -• m J^P^l
Europa. Naples. I* Vetoejr. .. == lrini , *m |
rotsdam. Rotterdam. Holl-A — ,<».>»» m
Yurtiuri. rienfuero*. viaM . anonm
C of Columbu.-. Savannah. >" *™ P m '
Mofcawk. Jarksonvllle. Clyde. 1 no p m ,
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 9.
Lusltania. Liverpool. Canard- s:3Oam »;!^|™
Teutonic. Southampton. WS- « : "^» "J m
> Haracas. Grenada. Trinlda«- . l'">" a m iZ:mm
V Grant. Hamburg;. Hamtv-Am
Alrmqnln. Jacksonville rryto P™
Rio Grand-. Galveston. Jlallory J ■'*> P
Alamo. Tampa. ktollon 1 <>O p m
THURSDAY, JUNE 9.
O Wartiimcton Bremen. NGL *£> • « »• ■
La Savoie. Havre. French...- . <*) a m 12 00 a m
Morro .-a«" Havana. Ward •«►•"> I |V^ m m
Ancon. Crlotobal. Panama.. .11 a m 3.00 p m
O!.car 11. Cop*nha«:»n. PA... i?."«»SS
Re dltalia. Naples. Italian.. — " IKOOam
rampania. Rotdam. I'ranium — •««■
C of Savannah, savannah. Say j.w P ™ :
TRANSPACIFIC MAILS.
does in N. T.
Destination and Rteamer. PM -
Ja^: m ;; rea - China . <Vla ° ma)^un* 10. 6:30
Japan. Cor**, China. Phillppln-s (via , A R , t>
Vancouv»r)-Emrro«s of InSia. . . . June 10. 6.30
Fiji- Islands. Australia, Xe-v Zea
lan.l <via VancouveD-Manuka. . . .June 12. •;»
Hawaii (via San Francisco)— Sierra.. June Id. o'J
SHIPPING NEWS
Port of New York, Monday, June 6,
1910.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Jolande di Qloralo 'Nor>, Port An- ;
tontr> June 1, to the Atlantic Fruit Co. with 8
passengers and fruit. Arrived a', the Bar at 5
am. . ■ "'
Steamer City of Savannah. Savannah June 3.
to the Ocean ?s Co. with passengers an.l mds«.
Left Quarantine at 7:50 a m.
Steamer Mannheim (Ger), Hamburg May 21.
to Philip Ruprecht. in ballast. Arrived at th«
Bar at 10:30 p m, sth. .
Steamer Baltic <Br>. Liverpool May 2* ani ;
Queenstown 29. to the White Star Line, with
357 cabin and " r »> steeraee passengers and mdse. ;
Arrived at the Bar at 10:38 p m. sth.
Steamer Crown Prince <Br>, Rio de Janeiro
May 11. Victoria 13, Bahia 17 and Port-au-
Spain 27, to Paul X Gerhard * Co. with 1 pa« j
sengers, mails and B>ds«. Arrived at the Bar j
at M p m, sth.
Steamer Carolina. Asnadllla May 21. Mays-!
jruez 23. Ponce 27 and Baa Juan June 1. to the
New York and Porto Rico S3 Co. with 141 pas-
Fenjrers an.i mdse. Arrived at the Bar a ■
a mi
Steamer IndravelH »Br). Shanghai March 13.
Hong Kong IS. Manila 24. Singapore April 9.
Cochin 21, Calicut 22, Telllcherry 23. Port Said
May ft and Gibraltar IS. to Funch. Edye & Co.
with 2 cabin and 26 steeraee passengers and
md». Arrived at the Bar at 6:30 a m.
Steamer California iRn. Glasgow and MovllT*
May 2H. to Henderson Brothers, with 301 cabin
and 4611 steerage passengers and mdse. Ar
rived at the Bar at 9:45 p m. sth.
Steamer Nleuw Amsterdam (Dutch), Rotter
dam and Boulogne May 2*. to the Holland-
America Line, with .11*4 cabin and 1.780 st<»»raare
passengers and mdse. Arrived at the Bar at
6:30 a m.
Steamer Mtnnenafika ißr>. London May 2.*, to
th« Atlantic Transport Co, with 72 cabin pas
sengers and mdse. Arrived at the Bar at 7:48 i
a m. '
Steamer Colon. Cristobal Ma-. 31. to the Pan
ama Rallroa.l Ss Line, with l.'.s passengers. I
mails and n-.'lse. Arrived at the Bar at i* am. j
Steamer Trongate ißr). San Pedro. River |
Plate May 8 and St Lucia 27. with llnsep^ to |
order: vessel to master. Arrived at the Bar at
1:19 P m. I
Steamer Florida (Ital>. Genoa May 22. Naples
9 and Palermo 24. to C B Richard & Co. with '
L'S cabin and 405 steerage passengers and SSdBSv .
Arrived at the Bar at 1:45 p m.
Steamer Ctotllllda Cuneo tNor). Port Antonio
June I, to the Cuneo Importing Co, with ft pa«
sr.Kers and fruit. Arrived at the Bar at 1O:3O
a m.
Steamer Jamestown. Norfolk, to the Old Do
monion Ps Co. with mdse. Left Quarantine at
12.12 p m.
Steamer Matanzas. Tampico May 2 1 * and Ha
vana June 2. to the New York and Cuba Mai!
Ss Co. with mdse. Arrived at the Bar .-: ■ 10:22
a m.
Steamer Canadla (Dam. Rio de Janeiro May
IS and Barbados 27. to The Lloyd Brazilelro, with
rrds*. Arrived at the Bar at 10:2.=> a m.
Steamer Grampian Range <Br>. Huelva May U
to A D I^adue & Co. with ore. Arrived at ths i
Bar at 10;3O a m.
Steamer Bermudian iP:>. Bermuda June 4. Is
A E Outerbridge &■ Co. with 104 pas<fneers. mails
and mdse. Arrived at the Bar at 9:25 a m.
Steamer Clara )Aust>. Trieste April 2!>. Fiume
May 4, Palermo 14 and Oran IS. to Phelps Bros
•v Co. with mdse. Arrived at the Bar at 11 30
a m.
Steamer Prinz Eit«] Friedrich (Ger) Montego
Bay May 19. Kingston 21. Jacmel and Aux Caveg
2.1. Savanilla 2rt. Cartagena 2<\ Kingston 31. I
jeremle and Inagua June 1. to the Hamburg- !
American Line, with 2* passengers, mail* and j
md?e. Arrived at the Bar at 11 rm. sth
Steamer VaderlarM ißetg>. Antwerp May "* f
and Dover 2!>. to th? R"d Star Line wit 307
cabin aand 1,351 storage passengers 'and mdse
Arrived at the Bar at 6:40 s m.
Steamer Anita .Nor.. Nip* Bay Jun- 2. to the
Atlantic Fruit Co. with fruit. Arrived at the
By at 4:40 p m.
Steamer Navahoe. Ge.->rftetown June .1 and W!!_
mirgton 4. to the Clyde Ss Co. with mdse. Left
Quarantine at fi-V> p m. '
Steamer Orotava »Br>. Bermutla Jure 4 to !
Sanderson & Son. with passengers and indae
Passed in Sandy Hook at * O* p m *'*•
Steamer Orotava tßr>. p.rmuda June 4 to ,
SrEKVWr&'T
in sandy H^k »M SS*cfflss n ! * l^MSa I
In Sandy Hook S:SS p m «.>*cl
Sandy Hook. N T. J UR - « J»3rt p m— -vVt-M
south-southwest, light breeze; hazy; Tight sea
SAILRD.
name &fe Havr « •»»<J OonWrk I'opp.. :
Kratockian, Piiwto^SS; *.U. UU ° C * ' :
STEAMERS AT FOREIGN PORTS.
ARRIVED
L!V 'H^hea JJ d Une JU - C><JrlC lßr> ' "*" T«» m
Hamburg June 4. 3:45 p m _Ri v « C her ,Ger>
\J Plymouth and Cfeerboura k U
rhrtettenaand. Jm " . m .„„.._ . ,
Tr , M >an Y New Tork for CoJUSi; -
:': )n * s '-arpath.a ,P York vU ;
Piraeus. May a» TksssMaslM (Qrka N.n T( , .
Napes. June 1 -Argentina (AuVt,. ' N >^T Yor>:
M. I^mbardia «tal>. nW v,T r T ,';*•
America «Ital». N> w York * or^. 4th.
GlM Mnvme *- Colunbl » ..>, N>w York via
London. June 6— Mlnn»tonka iPr, v. , *-
Plymouth. June « 003 , ... r- W . >crk
helm ,, G er>. New York t r ;,^ r ; >r -; rt! " Wl: "
Rr»men .and proceeded) «ad
Rotterdam. June 4— Voltumn ,r rt »-
Hun. "me S-Gallleo ,Bm nJI' V>5,T Tork -
Algiers. June 1-Bayonne ,Ger) ttIZK L
Hamburg. Jure 4— Buffalo Ger ► \wV rk
Calcutta. June S-Kabinga l^lSnVfe^
Singapore. June «__tv ray ,-„..,,, „ „ .
via Algiers for Man!!, It* IRI - X «" Tork
FtshKuard. June « ,v<v» „ " ...
Nn Tork for lie.'. ■ ißr>.
Cherbourg. June .-, -• .' m '£"/> Pr".ee,l^v
•<:-■' proceed^) »ta "naotttb for Hre m en '
SAILED.
NaplM. .Tun? I Lnlaiafia fltaii v
Rouloitn*. .Tun* 4 in ' ' m v w Yor){
.fr0,,, Rntter.lam> &* y ~S° nUrn (I^«<-'h>
g& Sir t^£g£Ss -v~ t.,*
teln <Rr> .from Calcutta an 1 SSI ™"*™'™ :
Fernando Horonha Junp k r^
_-__ for Wnffi^™""";** /Wr>.
AMUSEMENTS.
H ••«>! WHY v ROOF a "7^v~Ma7»~
EDE* H " rt^«,r ■'••••■
Youths certainly do H^.;
cut a figure— to cut a dash.
We too!
We've cut our youths'
no less than three differ*
models — just to make t£
figure as big as possible in*
business. ' ;•
Conservative, medium »
ultra; hut all good styles.
Youths' suits, 32 to 35 c^
si to $28. I
This certainly is waving
a hearty goodbye.
Our own import too-jt
pick of "gay Puce."
1188 fancy handkerchief*
Not too fancy either—^
linen, and their mixture.
$1.00 regularly, some e£
$1.50 value.
*Se
Japanese bargains too!
1800 white Japanese hag
kerchiefs, corded patterns.
20c. 1
Rogers. Peet & Compaq
Three Broadway Store*
at at .q
Warren st- 13th st. "~~ mm
AMUSEMENTS.
NEW YORK'S I.E\niM, THXAIB
KNICKERBOCKER f'S-^/SS
SEASON'S MUSICAL .'OIIEDY TEIOCi
t;i Fantastical TUC A r <* A Rill?
Musi.al Comedy. I Ilk HflUWj
CRITERION SS^&^g
Veek FRANCIS WILSffl
in THE BACHELOR'S BABT j I
uiincniM W. *»■ ?t . nr. E"v. Evs»f?
HUUbUN Mats. Tom w. <i Sat., :•*
The Spendthrift is}
ftARRIPIf 39th St.. nr. B war. E" ; -f
Moves w!th a delishtful s-vir-5 — ~ e;?^J
Henry Miller 3;i
HEW YORX,,^^" ! i& i f
v -Tf TUnHv •-. T 4 3arJ
SI MMKR prices, best >E.%T» *■
THE MERRY WHlai
with l\* C. MORTON and IVTW?*
ilAlt.l T MAT i¥EDs.SAT!
£ FORTUNE' HUNTtt
NEW AMSTERDAM
wit ■
AMERICAN «^J?S
ROOF USUAL B**
OOF Hat. D«f
GARDEN and OK/*—^DC\
ADIRO\DACK CAMP £.00 3jft
INSTINTANEOUS SOCfii,
SATIRICAL Ml SHAI !>E>?A iHf
th ii HI
Direct from lf« Big Vienna *&£
With th- Follow ins mi ;'j;*s<i
CII.\RLK> .1. BOSS M ?x pS^ 1
MJ//I HAJOS MK> f^»
STFI.I.A M WIIF.U ml
SYDNEY f.RAvr rsj
BIKRV I I I'l>O T5J'
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(iRRTRI'DK VAN I>YfK rut*
iunk\ limit ritt%*
MAY till AY I -X Tnr^r»«s
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e> rorvi 3*
MLLLLO^SABTISTW
GEO. EVANS, ZiNGABY SIHSEH^
Brnuli Thea.. 4t * By. Ev.« «• j£^
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All >tar Cast. * liA- *jL =rjn
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