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WILSON ?MS VICTOR IN ffi? I? Fil Success of Compromise Bill Certain Says Wittpenn on Eve of Legislative Session. FIELDER LESS SANGUINE Nugent Boasts He Will Prevent Passage of Measure in House ?Conference on Reform Measures Nets Nothing. B] Trenton, N. J.. May ."? President Wilson apparently has won his light f?.r jury reform in N? vv J. rsey and the lied ?compromise lull srill pass th< tnl'ly by B safe majority. This the statement of Mayor H. Otto Wittpenn <>f 3erooy City on th?- eve of to-iii?>rr<>\\ s s; ilon ,,i tin- I.? g islati.i r Wittpenn has shown little en thuslasm for any <?f the Jury reform lulls in the ?Legislature, bul he came to-day and took personal charge ? ?i ths light for tiif enactment of the liM-asui?- agi? ?-ii ..n at ? conference be? i v\.. n the I'r. siii. tu and s number ?>f the slat.- i? .o?. is Mayor Wittpenn wsi at the i-otii. rence. compromise bill providers for 11 ? ** sppolntmenl bj the Chsncellor of <>n? commissioner for each county, who with the Sheriff shall ?iraw- the grand an?! petit Jurors. The Supreme Court Justice would have power to strike oil names ami the sheriff and the > ominia? ? would supply new ? i Wittpenn, who spent the greater part of i ? da) -ii conference with Edward k Grosscup, chairman of th?* ?Demo? cratic State Committee, asserted thai . Dem<**?rratlc member ?.f the Leg? lalature, with the exception of tin eleven Smith-Nugent men troto i and the three from Hudson, would be in Uns for the compromise bill to?mor? r?.w Nugent Claims 22 House Votes. The Indicstions to-night were that Wilson men had won the tirst skir? mish, although Nugent, who was h? n ?Mug tli.- tiniit for a bill with h referendum boasted thai lie controlled twenty-two Assemblymen, or fo'ir more than are nee ess st) to pre N ?-nt the compromise proposal from getting the required thirty-one votes in the H Acting ?'ii the suggestion ?>f Witt? penn, nine of the twelve Denciocratlc Assemblymen from Hudson held a con? ference this morning and decided t?> support the ?compromise measure. This no..?is the lining up of s nuntbei of Assemblymen In favor <?f genuine Jury r? form who bad hitherto supported the Smith-Nugent ides, as ?smbodeld in the McDermotl bill, which has s referen? dum clauss attached t?? it No refer? ? iidum is provided l.y the Compromla? bill, Which will cniii.- up at a caucus of ail th.- Dei.rstlc legislators in the Governor's oflles to-morrow morning. Governor Fielder wss no! so opti? mistic as Mayor Wittpenn. He said he would sign ihe McDermotl bill if it ? i the Legls?st ure He personal? ly favored the compromise measure! hut if a referendum bill had p. be adopted he wanted th?- McDermotl measure, with slight . banges, be? l >? ? splalned, tome chsnge in the pr?s? lystem would result from it. The ronference "f the Democrats this sfternoon was :, comparatively tsme Th?- usual clashes between the Wilaon supporters ami the Smith? Nug? tit m? n got no further than sir rasm. Only thirty of th?- flfty-nlne Democrats In i"?ih bouses t""k part. a rote to show i ow sentimenl on jury reform st?....i was taken before ihe conferenc? ended ami showed nlnstesn for th. compromise Mil, nine i??r the McDermotl Mil and tun n??t v..ting. The vote was not bin-ding, however. Nug< nt tigure.? that lie controls ?kv?n rotes m Essex, three in Hud f-r>n tvv,, in Union, three lti PSSSSlO und one ?a. h in Warren, Middlesex and Mi.nnii.uth ???unties. ' Im ?oing to ran for state com!tteaman at tin* primaries In Septemtfcr, ami I'm going to ho elected, too." he ssM. "in show i tu m fellow s how i stand In i County." Row Begins Conference. Bl tutor l?avis presided Si tins after? noons coi which began vvm, s tern when Governor Fielder Insisted that ii." newspaper men be excluded. Assemblyman Matthews, ths Wilson Assemblyman fr??m Kss. x. irented the newspaper non preseni and this .?-titn-d ?iil'lvmaii Nutting, one of the ma chine men, to S S|SP at President Wil? son. Nutting sah! the conference last Friday excluded the members of the preKs, "because a man not a resident of this slate wanted it <l?'n<\" and lu? did rn?t BSC why th?- i.al I'overnor of New Jersey was not entitled to the sain.t.Si'l? i Uioli. The ?au? us <?f the Democrats to-mor? row morning will consldw the question of limiting th.- bills I?? be taken up at Ibe special session to thoos mged t.y Governor Fielder in his message These are ihe mensures relating t?. jury re torm, a constitutional convention ami ill?- small hoard ?if l'tcholdeis. Tl ?? Republicans **** ? n siso hold s conference to-morrow. Govern? FleWer, In a s?.? ???. h to sev ernl hnndred persona In ths ?Assembly chamber to-night mads s closing piss for the ? -mi' tnn-nt of an honest Jury reform bill He rtdtouled the Idea ??f a referendum mensura bisca usa he said, when tas p?-"l?l<- ??!??< t?-d a I >em?>? rat i ? Legislature they decided they wanted Jury r'-form. and it was the duty of the I ?eim ? tats to give it to them. Governor Fielder ?Mid that for a long inn?? IS his <?wn county of Hudson petit Jurtes srsrs such that it wag |m? l,, ft t a v?-i?ii?t against c? r lain corporations. What the Sheriff i.-ally did. 1 '? sms 1" s?-l?-< t gran?! JllriM to indi? t or not to indi? t an he pleas? d, "You can t g?-t ?i s'.uare deal in the ? l'urts." th?? Oovernor added, ' unh our grand and petit Jurors arc hone?! drawn. The Democrats should I"' ? La?t i?n"s t.. talk ??f ? ref? nndum." Under no ?r dnrtstances, tli" Go rrnor said, v ?ild h?' sign a bill tli did n??t provide f??r the recall <?f wii <?v.-r had anything to do ?>ith drawl both ?-land and petit j'iri???. .Martin j. Devlin, Prooecutor Mercer County, declared i>" know K?and juries that could have been It proiad upon m th?' state prlaon. Dr. John I), ??ill. th? Hull Moo leader here, prealded at tin? meetli ii. ?.mi i here was no polltl? s m I question <?f Jury r. form. VVasnington, Ma) .7 President Wilt night to i., .o n ??m pai t) las en In Sea Jera? j thai h* had achtel .1 \ letoi ?- n. con ne? tton srith th? lui ? i form programme. Th.- Pretrtdenl had i d ,.ii ,i specific plan for Jury refor hut maintained on his stumping trip hi ?reel* that the power of th? sheriffs draw Juries should be restrt? ted, if I taken awa) altogether. 'Mi.- President sent this telegram lo ?'??' ? mo? Fielder to-night : ?]''ti.? results "f to-day's conferen . ? ? ?. m?- \? i;. much Ma) I not ? sort th.? sincere hops thai w.? ma) non i srerh for tins plan t>> the end " THIEF MAKER CONVICTEI One of His Pupils Brought froi Jail to Testify. i: || t. ??. hn ?s ?-ail I., I . ? n thief school in his poolroom, in Rtvffi t..?, street, whencs came moal <?f tl tunk thieves of the lower Eas1 BM was convicted <?f grand larcen) rest? day In.Judge Bwann's pan of Genei Rad? i has a ?"?. W and IS ce store ?.n Neu L'trecht avenue, Brookl) and is reputed ??> be worth in th?? neig horhoud of J'-'.i?" IPs Witt I. h) sterl? al ? hen the ? erdlct -?.? ;?? noun? ? ?! of Rader'i ? now s.ii?i be in Blng siii^ and three in th?> Tumi ?'hail.?- P Bostwtck, Assistant Dlstrl Atton ? I? d ?r? ??-. ?tin? one of tl t.? t,-snf\ sgalnst Radei ?Vcrordlng in th?? police. Rader start? out as a pi> kpocket ten years aen. Th? credit him with having had a shar?? most ??: n ?? thefts fr??tn trucks in tt Bested Bast Bide streets in tin? la two or thtee years They say that fro tin- youths who frequented his poolroo Rader selected ti.?- moal promising at tau-rht them not ??nlv how t?> Steal fro trucks, l?ui also how they <<?uld ?lisar suspicion if they wen apprehended I i? said t.? have refused any who bad be? ted Of n ?tun., as their crimlni would prevent their ready-ma? stories from exdttna sympathy. Rader was convicted ??f stealing a tru? and contents, worth about tl.fiOO, froi the Burns Express ? ompany on Mur. h i ii? Was remanded until Frida) for sei tenci MULRANEY RETRIAL DENIEI "Happy Jack" Must Die for Kill ing "Paddy the Priest." Unices ii. ptt* in- \\ 11 s t.? work i" new direction, "Happy lack" Mulrane will tile ill le?-s tlian twi? weeks f"f til inunler of 1'atriik M<Hr??-n. known a "Padd] iii.? Priest ' Judge R after a painstaking Investigation ? "Happy Jack's" evidence, yesterday d? nlcd his motion f??r a new trial. Qeori J-" Bplnney, clerk ?>f the court, sent telegram to Blng --?? 11 ? *--. so ? tat m -.i-.n.e i i.??t t.?- i. f; in s ispease, in announcing his decision Judge R< salsky said that the motion mad.- i. Joseph A. Shay. Mulratiey's counsel, wa denied, as it appeared that Nichols Jacobaon, a pal" <?f "Happy jack's, and ?.tiifs had entered Into a conspira? t?? defeat Justlc? Mrs Emma DavMao an?l Mrs Elisabeth Patrick, Who early I the Inquiry gave testimony proving a n Mulraney .uni accusing anothe ? murder, t. stilled > estei .?a?, i be ihey had done so after being drille?] i, Nietn,ias Jacobson, who was ill " ? tiur.s from Mulraney. ,i. Robert Rubin, Aaslstanl i?:?-tii?t \t is pr? paring a i epoi t ??f th?. pro ceedlnga, which the District Attorney wil send to Qovernor Butter, The rep..it aril show that the only neu evidence ad ?? Mulraney*! gulll ? ren moi ertaln than that brought forth .it hi trial. THEFTS AT THRILLING FIRE Robberies Reported After Ten ants Are Rescued. Several thrininK rescues wer?- made a .. fire sari) y?**sterday which started ?" the third floor of No. 4i:, Bast l.'.th street After tii*- blase ?as extinguished it wa thai thieves had entere?! some ??f tu apartments snd had taken Jewelry am money, 'me woman sprain??) her ankli jumping down a flight of Stairs .Mrs Louis Mu isberg, seventy-four yean old. an Invalid, was brought to the stree b) Patrolman Brennen, ol the Mh stree station, after considerable difficulty Ii groping ins srai down three Rights o stairs through th?- smoke-flUed halls. the lu?- --'.it ???i m th? room occupied t Miss Eugenie lionet, a formet open Singer, wiin had fallen asleep ?hile read in? b) candle light Bhe ?as awakene? by the Btnel ot smoke and found heraeli ... loped hi Bamee. Her piercing screami aroused the twent) families In the house After Policeman Reege? turned in si alarm he r??s?ueil the op??ra singer, win neonaclous s'ben he reached her -s SHOT DOWN AND ROBBED Diamond Broker Wounded in Store by Lone Thief. San I'lan'-lsco. May '< Herman Saxe, a diamond broker, was shot and seriously wounded to-da) b) a robber win? ob? tained 1450 Iti gold, 11,16."? in curren?)- and diamond-? valued at J4.<0i. Baas was ai??ne ?n ins store when ? man enter?-?! and a?k>?l to SOS a ?liamoinl ring As th?. 'mk. i reached Into a ease for a tray, the man Stepped into tlip of liee at the ?lui ??f the '"'.inter, opened the door In Baxe'i desk and took th?? proprle t ?? ? ?? olver In m it Th? ti? \t morn? nt --.?. \? i?;i to the floor with a bullet around over his in-art. Saxe was found a few m"m??nts later and las ? i anos for recovery. e TURTLE GERM HOME SECRET. Owners of Friedmann Cure Fear Pro? test by Property'Holders. Th?? Bianei Interesta, which bought the tuben ulosis iem???ly ?>f In. Pttedrlch Ftatiz Pri.'.lmann. ar? havini: a hanl time rinding a home for the Institut?? ?o he ?stati?.-h.-d In this city for th.? <!ls trit'Uli??n Of the serum The location nf this Institute has been kept a secret, but it ieak.-?i out raster day that Loots K.'tnpn.r, a i?al estate tot ai i"th street ami Broadway, had undertaken to Bad suitable quarters lor Eisner In his netghboriMoA sn exclusive rtment bouss ssctlon The ooeroey is due to 'he f? ar that propt-rt? ?iwners may protest. HALF-SHAVED MEN IN BROOKLYN Borough Barbers Go On Strike, But Lathered "Cop," Whose Nap in Chair Is Interrupted, Puts the Rioters to Flight. Pik?- the plague thi t walketh at noon ?l.iv. a Lathers' stiike lias fallen upon the Borough o1 Brooklyn. From Bushwltsh i?? Hay Ridge haggard men k?? sboul with ths telltsU blemish encroaching upon their ?rlsages lik?- s ii.'M" is f.incus. Ilalf shaved men slink sboul ii.?- alleys, avoid? ink' the Unlit of ?lav. it will i??- forty-eight hours this sfter? noon sin? ?? one thousand journeymen bar? bera with deatenlng shoote declared themselves In favor >.f s strike through? oui ths length ami the breadth of ths borough. Ths demand is for shorter hours fur all ?inly net ?edited members >.f Hi?- barber's guild. The meeting which started the trouble true held at the i-?i??r Lyceum un?i?-i- ih<- sosplcee of Local ? -Tt of the Industrial Workers of the World it whs Inevitable thai scenes of srlM confusion si.?mu? folio? tit?- barbers' stand. Barbers who persisted in pdllshlng . hins in defiance <?f the embargo sreraj set upon ?n several localities, in one in stam-e the strikers caught a tartar. Patrolman Charles Orr, ?>f the Clymsr street station, was snjoytng s q ilsrl shavs lud.-d barber shop la -VVIUlamsburg wh-n in- nap ?as srd?i?ni> Interrupted by a squad of bowling strikers. Basotb ered with creamy lather, On leaped from the ?hair and droVS the liutii? down the sil. et lu certain quarters reports got about thai the strikers were threatening men wh?> ha?! tak?n their places, it was esti? mated that fully three thousand m?-n ha?l joined the strike, and Large orders wet? anlhipaled by dialers in safi-ty razor??. 'it??' strikers demand s twelve-hour work? ing day, from I a. m, t?? I p. m On Sat urdayi they are ailUng ??? work fron: I a. m. t.? II p. in., and on Sundays from I a. m. mi noon. They insist that ?m one whole day ??f each week they stiaii not n? obliged to sinn?? any one but themselves. The h nil? is receive i~ ? wsek on an |av? rage. OPPOSES TWO PLATOONS Fire Commissioner Says It Would Demoralize the Force. TURN PROFESSION TO TRADE Measure Now Before Governor Declared Against the Inter? est of Department. Joseph Johnson, Fir? Csmmlssioner or this city, un. oui .? statement yesterday ? ttlj condemning ths two-platoon bill for the Pue Department, which passed th?. Legislature just ended and Is await? Ins action by the I ;<?\ ? rnoi Th.- CommttMlonei points out that every tu.- commissioner snd every chief ol the department sin?*** consolidation, ? ? I opposed this legislation, com ? i Pat its enactment would mean demorsllsatlon of tin- uniformed force snd it.?* loss or prestige a- the lines! tii>- lighting organ) satlon m the countr] The measure, be declares, ?s dlametrlcallj opposed I best Interests "f the Fire ?Department, the .t large and tii' members ??f the f..i.. "Neither battles nor fire? i-. ??? fought upon limited in. - f ????.? . says Mi Johnson. "Men cannot be accorded i i : it-lit t" go ..ff n ity wh.-n duty presses, or in ask relief therefrom when engaged in a hand-to-hand contre!; .-r t.. request leaves of absence b) reason >.f having i.?-. n detained when the time comes 'or their platoon lo go out ol at great y red icing the efficiency and the morale of the department snd Introdt added complications snd dlfll allies into i Its mai .i--' msnl i Division of Responaibility. i 'oiiiii ;islon? i i.. n on dar? I - o 'unfortunate division of i- ponslbllity" undei the two-platoon lystem, s it ? house and ?.ne sel ol ? ppsrat ? ? "i ? i iti I slternately by two sets <?f officers ind Rremen, and the confu? ni ? t.. r? suit The tu ' essai y II ? n foire, h? - would mean s large percentage ?-f green and m?!i,on?.i men distributed amoi i I . .?iiitaiii?"- it is, lo- sdda .m axiom "f ..id otii.-.-i s thai ?: takes v. e years .?.m thorough -? lo I? .?i n ids duty undei present conditions, when he serves .it nil Pin. S, ? ?Cepl w h? n "ti v.i' ati'.ll Under the two-ptato01? system it ? tak-' from ? Ighl p. ten j ears Another obJ?8Ctlon lais.-.i b) the Com? mlsslonei is thai the pre*.i legislation v>...,:id ti mi o. rhang? entirely t i ? ?- char? a. ter of the uniformad fon ?? The vie- is now regarded .?s ? profession and not s trad.. The two-platoon system, ? Oil. Wl.llld HI Ik'' Of ion. .i lal ?a union, and he adds: ? The aim of ths rasl msjoi Itj ol lbs lireineii Is, and should be, t" perform lbs grastest possible measure ?>r faithful and nota:.1.- s.r.;.. .Uni to Obtain the I??!ll'l1 lustl) flowing therefrom. When this am hilinn Is I?.w.u.I the ...listant effoits for fewer hours of duty and leas service th,- high standing of the New fort Flis Department grill ?be s thing of th? past." Tried and Abandoned. Mr. Johnson lells f,f th?? last ma?!?* of the proposed system in the third battalion In th?. winter of IM i -'*??"? and iih abandon? ment H? "Jointe oui thai salaries are baaed on the smounl >.f servies rendered, and if ths servtee wer? cul In half, or iiieasiira.lv redue.-.l. a |.i'oiiortlonate ?I?* . i.ase in sslarfes would result in B lowsr? Ing of the pension schedule The conditions ol servies In ths uni formed force," Mr. Johnson conclus??), "are as f.nr and as reasonable a? it is pOSglMe lo make tlKiii In a l.ody B?BCSS s.-iiih organised and conducted on ? miu i tary hasin. an?i the high standard >?f ?-ih etency now obtaining therein should be : inaintaln.il at all hsssrd? " AVIATOR FALLS TO DEATH Charles Carlson Crushed to Death Under Aeroplane. Akron, '?hi??, Mm | Charles < 'arlsoii, of MlHraukee, m aviator at a local fl?l?l near Akron, was almost Instantly kin.-d ti.is morning, when he was crashed beneath the engins of his sereplaas after falling SbOUt two hill,died feet Carlson had been employed hers sboul IWO months and had mad.- son,.- long fitjihts lit the pork the last few ?lavs. He ? as -.went ? .four rears old. Forty six RMS have heen killed while Hying in air machines sine? the beginning of Ihe year. In January. sleeSH were killed, all in Europe, while in April there were twenty ?... ,t || peg , , ,,t ,,f the vi. - lima were foreigner? Blnca ISO! there have been MI tivtatora killed, not Includ? ing spectator? struck i?> falling seroptanes. -m BRITH ABRAHAM CONVENTION 400 New York Delegates Will Attend Buffalo Meeting. About four hun.li.d delegates from New York <'ity will leaVS Saturday night to attend the i-onveiitioii of the I ?rder Mriih Aliaham. win? h will SMOt |g th? l-.lin ?iiiiil Musi?' Hall. Buffalo, Saturday morning anil continue four days There will he about ?m?- thousand dele? gates from sli ovet the eountry si ths Convention. The order Is on?- Of the <?I?l?*st Jewish ongsnlsatlons in the United States and has a membership of 7."..??". with -???? loupes Mayor Louli Puhrman ..f Buffalo win w?-;.-nine th.. del?*a;ates, and Orand Mast.-r Samuel l?..rf, of New York ?'ity, win i.-ad tie ?annual report During tii.- last two vears the member? ship "f the order has Increased over 0,'JU' un-nibers. AMERICAN BANKERS MEET Gathering of Executive Council Opens at Briarcliff Manor. Th.. spring meeting ??r the executive council of the American Bankers' Asso? ciation began its three days' setssion at ! Briarcliff Manor, S. v. y.st.r.i.iy. The day was taken up with committee meet? ings th?- reports of which win !>?? pre st-iit??! at to-day's meeting, The presi? dent ??f th? association, Charles 11. Hut? I ting, of st Louis, is ill at hi? home, and Arthur ReynoMs, of Dos Motneo, Iowa? the lust \ in -pf'Sid? ni Will i?? t In his' steed. OnS "f the mOSl important ??iie-itioiis to be ? onsldered is that ol Rnanrial I? latioti and banking and rurrenc) ref?**rra ?.u the plan propoaed by Mr Reynolds The aim is t?> ii.|u:fv the commercial credit of hank?, m order t?i pr?vida a mon? flexible currency. The bankers do not desire mon- money so much as the ? t,, liquify credits, Th? y a Ish t?i ,o operate with Ihs committees In i i ?. to secure s proper bill. Ths sxscu ttve count n and it? eommitt? es are < Interested In the Income tas.-.especially the provistos which makes ? bank a collector of duties foe ths government without compensation The bankers maintain the) cannot propertly Interpret th>- law, and that it would penalise them II the) did not propel ly Inti i p?t it. Whether m not Pr?sident v\ ion Is ?-or? re tly Informed as t?? the actual agri? cultural condltloni seemed to be a ques? tion In the minds ?if the members ?>i the agricultural and roeethmal sducaUon rommlttee ii- was qu< t?-.i as having said "The farmers <>f ?i?.- United stat. s bave never been protected t??r the eery reason that th? ) never needed t?> be protected " Ths committee wa? ??f the opinion that f..r several ?..-.us there had been s tariff protection on .?i? the staple grains, su? h as wheat, oats, barley, st? snd as ? ? ? sil of these products had sold at a mu? h high? i ;??? la Ihe I lotted Btati - than in ? 11 .i.i.i Other matters which are considered im portant t?. ths bankers ar.- u>?? prop ..n ..f tbe ? ? nstltutlon of the i Itttlon as ?" th.? methods of handling i n.- a ?o k i.? be dot ? ? ?i ih?- i ? p"i t to t.- submitted to da) b) Ihe bills <>f hi l .-?- : ilttee, ??? n . i. has ? bai ?.- ??! f..t - elgn bills ??i lading -s ADMITS ROBBERY PLOT LIE McLoughlin Identified Two as Cigar Store Conspirators. i Iward M Loughttn, wh.? Identified ?ii Winters and Charles Andrews as two men he had heard In Philadelphia plotting the robbery of a cigar store at ?..I mi.-. ? ? ?. Eighth .? sn ? ?. i :? adi ?i tu pei hu ?? | ?-s?. 1.1., i t.. fore .' i;, alsk) Winter? and Andrews were discharged rever**.! weeks ago ? ? r. motion of Charles f. Bo twlck, Assistant District Attorns) McLoughlln i? said lo havs been Inspired by hoi.f reward when he ? n? .i th? m a?- the robbers in court yeeterda) McLoughlln Insl ted he In.] he.'ird the nun planning the ro?i bery, nut that n was in .? nth street pool? room and not m Philadelphia, lit? re.u name, he said, i? Frank h. Paplo, an?l he said that he had served ?lateen yean in the army. M? Loughlln ?.?s remanded until Friday .iini^e Roaalk] win laveatlgats his caso, -a BODIES OF FOUR ON TRACKS Young Couple and Two Men Found Dead Near Newburg. Kewburg, S, v.. May "? PVuir persons were found dead on ths West Shun? tracks to-day not far fin n bei a \ young Italian eoupls who had been . a ? 11-, i- weeks ?. re killed at Marl borough, an unknown tnan was found dead DOrth of ?'ornwsll. snd south of ?hat place ths mangled body ??r an Italian lahorer " a? '.< und. WANT ALL JOBS FOUGHT FOR Labor Commissioner's Plan to Exempt Certain Ones Protested. A protest aualnBt ths proposal of the Mate i 'oinmlssloner of I??h.?r to exempt from rompetitlvs examination the twsnt] rdghl i ??s nuns raesntl] created by ths law r-torganlatng the I-abor Departasent was ma??.? ysatarday at s bearing on the matter hv <? nuiul.-r of n-pr.-s? ntatlves of organlsatlona, win? ha?-ke?i up th.? civil Bervtoe Reform Association In its stand against tin? move. flamUS* H. ?Uilway. ?hail man of th?. sxscutlvs conniittes of tin? association, n...?I.? ih?' principal addrsss at ths heal** log, which was ii. i.i before ths Civil .??.'i vl??e Commission, .?t N?? 2V0 Mroadway. ii, contended that competitive examina tiotis brought ""t those who WON < Itl clent and provided an opening for good nun holding minor positions In the civil Pel \ he to secure bettCf otus op tllelr merits Among th?? positions which th.- Com* mleatoner asks, shall be exempted ar.? two Becretarlea, ons assistant .nsel, one caretaker, ten special Inspectors two chief f.,,-toi\ inspectors and two conBdentlal Investigators ??f the rlepartmenl its.-if. _ -_o - INDIANS LIKE THEIR MONUMENT. .?Maten Island, for.the BOCOOd tlm?? this rear, was Invaded ysstsrday i?y Indians, tins time from lbs Buffalo BHVPawnes BUI show. In ehargs of Mr. DonaMaon, the historian of the show, th.? pally boarded s tug at the Battery. The] at riv.-.l at Fort Wads wort Ii and climbed up ti ,. long hill t?? ?tie sit.- of the Indian memorial nu'tiunieii?. which was unv.il.-.1 on Washington's Birthday by President Taft. The red men SXprsased their ap? proval In srunts. DENIES OIE USE IN WORK 24 HOURS A Ml H. L Pratt Says All Have One Day Off a Week When They Shift from Day to Night. PAID $17.55 HE ASSERTS None Exposed to Elements and 14-Hour "Trick" Was Volun? tary, He Declares?"Pop? pycock," Answers Healy. "The Stan.I,ud Oil ?'otnpanv ?I??? s n t ?fork two thouaand "f it? smptoyM seven days s week snd tw?tnty-four hours on a stret'-h SVl rv two weeks. it dOSS not compel its men to work with no (severing between them ami th?' snow- <>r sun, ?uni it pays them an average wan.' ??f $i7.'."? for six days of wurk BSCh wi-.k SS ''? men or sttllmsn " So Mjr? ii i. Pian ,.' tie piatt <?ii w'oiks. uid. h is part "t ti.e ?Standard "?i Company's plan! in Men York. In ensar-rr to charges made by Investlgstors of I ? A met i. an I", d. i ati.in of Palior and the Int. i national Hi <.t h.-t hood of Stuti I'lr.iiH-ii, in reports to those tv?<> organ? ?atlons, whi?h w?sre ma?ie pubHc >? siv. iv- in Th?- 'i'i Ibun? yesterday. Mr, Pratt admit'???! that ??art of P. t ports ot th?- labor Invaatlgators eras i?-. t f..r example, that the m? i fourteen hours a daj on th.. nlghl shlfl and ten hOUl - "ii th. d.i shift 'Put tiie men ?-hose that s eduls <>f shifts of their own a'.-'.: .? ?I? < h.r? ?I. in place "f tw?Its h? i ?! i and - I Ami they do not u ti< twentj fout bo?irs .,- i str? ich, m Ii ?? I? -? -t 'i hej wot I ... each ' i ?o? s ih.it n?. an Ihej irorh * two hours a week on an average, ot m hour? > re? y two v en ? ? snge fi om 11 a da) to ths ? nlghl siift ' ' Mr Pratl was saktrd ? v. s. that is ?t p. .1. s that." h .ii....i. "thete af only rlghty?four men Who work tlmse Muffs a- tlr? men ..- I stlllmen in the New v..rk plants Thers bout tv... thon and men sltogi I employed in ti;<- plants, hut ?>niv sboat 4 ? nt of th? number er? sffei ted i ? ? know i ow many lh< re ar>- ii Neu .i.i v. \ eiitabllahments wl similarly roneern-rd. "it Is all srrong, too. the statement thai ? ? ?? ? i them, i. n ? ?? act I t ?. would ?? -k- ! ? pla-ces too hoi for the mem to work In them If the) were Thrir av . Ian- pg .- j- J!T , . ?? ,.| if 11V Timo t hi 11- a'.- presiden) of the I I I i atlooal Brothei nai I Fir? m. t ? ,. i-. ..f the inv.- ' Ilona exclaimed "Poppycock!1 when ktf, Pratt'? denial ws rated to him. ? It is a fais.?,.I if Mr. Pn ?? that the men ?i ? nol work s lwenty?four hour shift.?? Mr. Healy de? lared "He ? ? t, A mt be, thai ths mm have g day nft once'a week when they shift from the day t<? th- nlghl shift? How <*.m ??*? gel it whan ihr ?..rk- go on seven .lav? ? ..< h week aid they have to have men to run them? Who does the work wh |< | men are taking thrir day off? Thers may be individual (?asfM when a man ?.-.ts off on ths seventh day, bul the real work on, ten hours in the ?lav shift, fourteen Iwui at nhrht. twenty-four hours w Inn lli?> ge from ot,.. to the other and thirty* eight hour? out of forty-elghl ahen that < hangs romes Th? y were ?loin* it only Ihre? m ' Bgo, t.? mj positiv? knowledge ?\ir Pratt ss thi men ?hose the len and fourteen hour divisions <,f the d i* too. does i > ' DO yOU s'il man would ' iioose t.. work fourteen hours at a stretch at lb? hardest kind of Isbor, shov? ellli g coal snd hsulli ? h? w,i made to choox 11 .it waj :,v his em? ploj er- ? "And he sa- - t ? ire nol Inclosed s,. if they wet,, n would '??? too hoi foi ti)?> men? How gboul the times when th.- snow, sleet and ran; are blowing In under ths r?."f ot the shed? Besides H"" stills ate not all covered, a? hi say There see mere than etghty?four men vvoiki^- under (hose I ?it d.tl.'l: -. loo. in fact, i Kinos on>- plan) wii.-h employ? four hundred, There ere never less than twelve hundred of these men at sie . turn's. Ami though some ?*? I I17S9, ths ma lor!? | gel |U S S a k. "The truth of th.- m.?ti.-r Is, Mr. ?Prat! knows ths conditions an- what they srs and dofs not want Puni int.rf.r. d with. win n we tried to see what could be ?lone for Ihe men. t.? get them better wages ami more human? houra the company dlschargod every man In Its employ abo gras any WSJ a.tPe. and I have proof "f it Mr Pratt probably didn't think w? would k.? Into lbs Investigation a* th?.r ??iiKiii? .is we have, but w?. mean to try i.? niak- ufe easier for those men ' CROPSEY HITS CRIME NEWS Former Police Head Says It Makes Criminals of Boys. In .sp.-akln? of pottos conditions and nun.- before the Presbyterian Ministerial Asso.-iatioii ysstsrdsy in ths Presbyterian Building; ~<i street and Fifth avenu.-, District attorney Cropeey, ?.f Brooklyn, who mrve.i for a tun.? ?\a Polloe Commis? sioner under Mayor Qsynor, ssld erims aiii.uiK young m. n is . biefly due to tiie stories the) read of crimes as featured in tin- newspapers and t?> the sagled ??f so i-i.tv to surround children with proper sat. ?guarda Mr Uropeey said thsl In ins wide expa? rlance with i rime he had obseresd that the majorit} ??f modern crimlnslg grere young imn, many only soya Augustin McNally, s newspaper re? porter, ssJd thai be bad i.n s church winke: fifteen yeara snd bad laarnatl that a msjorit] .?f m? n who nu t?? church ser? vir.s do so because th.-lr wi\.-h insist upon having them *?> a? sscorta _??? m MACY VEHICLES IN REVIEW _ Annual Parade of $250,000 Equip? ment Wins Applause. The annual parade and review of the j sutomobMea trucks snd sragoas <>f it. h Mu.y g i ?.. - city delivery department repnaaenlliig an eojulpmenl raised al $^i?i?i, w;lH held vesdrday. In line were foitv-one rlKs, thirty-three ?leitrle and nine ffSBOkns trink?, neveuty-llve single, WSgOng und Hin'- four-in-hands It WSS plain thai thS bOTSSS receive?! th?? ?are that ."tins "Ul> from Obeying Nathan BtTSUa si . who has laid down the rule that no Mii'V driver may ?arry or use ;i whip on thS animal-?. Atta,-lie?l to th.? attraettve ?mi wsll sssds delivery wagons ??f th?- Maey store, ths horses made a ?splendid inip'ession ami evoked applause a? the) psSSSd in review. It^T^f^I^rzs?rszlr^^rz^r^r^r^r^^ Tlrtfitlcrril Trade Mark. Eomtbitssmi Half a CfuUi.-j May Sale Bed Coverings A full line ol Blanket?-? itliUble i?>r Stimmer Hum?, at reduc-ed prices. ? Single Bed size. $4.fX) to 8.50. . 3fj Beds, $4.50 t?? 10.50 per pair. Double Beds, $5.00 10 ?1.50 pet pair. Comfortables?Specially Priced Figured ?Silkoline, both Bide?, filled with pure white cotton, $1.75 each; regular price $2.00. Dotted Figured Mus'in Silk Mull borders, filled with pure white cotton, SJ75 each; regular price $3 ;" Persian Figured Nainsook both ?-??le-?, filled with I..niil?-' Wool, S4.m each; regular price st 50 Figured Mull ?entre, plain Silk Mull border and back, at $5 00; regular price, $6.50. Bed Spreads?Specially Priced Light weight Summer Bed Spreads, including tin Imported ind Domestic Dimity Crochet tnd -.erial Single Bed Size, $1 -,;. IJ5, 1.50 and M Bed, SI 35, 1.50, 1.75 tnd 3.50 Double Bed, $1.75, 2.00 an?I 4.00. This sale also includes Table I.Mien?, ?'.?i! Lincas Lingerie and Corsets, Ladies' Outer Garment**, Neck? wear, 1 f<>-i<r\. Infants' Wear, etc. ?Tames McCutcheon & Co., 5th Ave., 33d & 34th Sts. rzzir^r^^r^ir^Jr^irz-zirzz.-. ?erisa; BRAND RED-MAN IM Kin " THE RED-MAN" tat? ?ikk.inm i?i\?, rmsr ???i.l.i *?v?iii\ o*.*-"* o?? i KDEB nit; rast. I n?i< M ? i? EARL & WILSON M ?KBRJ OP TH? ?? | ' ' Hi IDC? We've different degrees of stylt for men of ?afferent tastes. For young men, or nun who feel young The smartest styles: eoats with soft lapels; coats with soft fronts; snug fitting eoats. Smart patterns, too; none too conspicuous, of course, but many striking. Sizes, IH to 12 ehest. For older men. or men born conservative Quieter and more dignified styles and patterns. Sizes 85 to 54 ehest. Boys' suits of strong, ser? viceable woolens. Boys' wash suits that don't fade." Everything hoys wear from 2-? ?_> years up. Roans Per Company, Three Broadway Stores at at at Warren St. 13th St. 34th St. AMUSEMENTS. I A ?T MADISON SQ. GARDEN UfFPK ?aa*??' T?ir<*nun?.iiii*iiia ???**????? ______ OM.Y I l)A\H MORE. BUFFALO BILLS Xlts?T COMSlNtO WITH PAWNEE BILLSk??S^t Admission OC? ? Cfl-. st 20th St IT?h st. t.. l-Jv.-r?. thin--. -??,'? ? "?u?* Kin run. ?? ilnlv. Hi:.-?Ki:\ Kl? BEATS NIOHT PRICCI, 75?-,. |i 11 SO; Bos Beats. *,?? M. Chlldraa, half price ll.ilf l'rli? lo AH Munir.? K*tfj?t Saturday. 1 -1 SLAYER DEAD IN 10 SECONDS Lingley Executed in Record Time in Sing Sing Chair. William I.iMKlcy v.ai cx????\it??<l yesterday In tin' SJnii Mlkg prison elettrl?' chair for th?> nnird'T of I'utrlck Hums on February II, lf?12. In a Hronx saloon during a hold up att??in|?t l?y IJnglty. IHR exe?ution was ti.?? ?inii'k.'st In Sing Sing annals. The Hi??' slmi'k ??f tSB saconds* duration CSUSSd ?hath. Thon a Mcond brief con? tint \N,IM KUfn. Th?? murderer was ?aim. He look?'d alunit tli?- death chamber with a smile until after bs liad l>>???n strapped in the ??hair. Hs eloasd his eyes then and his Upe meved, apparantly in prayer, until the C*""T**1lt was turned on. AMUSEMENTS. NI? ???IHK-. Il,l?l\?. fHMTU?; FMPIRF tmrin**. v,,.. #3??-|iY vi |. M KAN ? "*? -i.i. mi i _ BILLIE BURKE THE AMAZON] KM? Kl Hill?) kill. 1????? ?n?|??t>? JLTJA SANDIiRSn.N A 1 IIP -1 NolllM I.IKI i?rKM LYCEUM . I \-l 1 ?I?.HT? I PT : MIT? H. B. WARNhR WHSI CRITERION ROBERT HILUARD HUDSON THE POOR LITTLE RICH? FULTON f? RICHARD BfNMir \M? CO v\ . DAMAGED MM II VUlllV ' ? . ? ? ?. use 'JIaL IfaLStVV?lliHAe^^-Z LIBERTY , ,'v, -1 THE PURPLE RE M.....W '.'?' * ""' ?asviaa yj-Je Jssk. "OH! SEE THE LAMBS AT PUT" LAMBS ?tL m MRTROPOl H?** ?"'? 9 - ?', h?, Met? FRIIU1 \I I I I'M'??** ?< '" mo i. M.iir.K Wan *??"? N,m " LONGACRE ?., SAJ? ARE YOU A CROOK ?NGEUNI-GAfflNIOPERACl^. , M? M?.II ELTINGE %??|j WITHIN THE LAW ?" COHAN'S WArfe**11 MAY IRWIN Wonderful Pr.no ?QUO VAD-* ramie Photo* V*-"** nuMDiiT ;:.:, ;;;;;:.:....'???'" PALACE '"""-''::-^-' v? Even P?*?**??"? " ' _*__? ?,r ESS. BERNHARDT^ In lonjiin? tion w M Ii .? _^^^^^^ 69TII HI.?. ASSOSt B?? Vaudevill? ^ ??... HM'. *'{M0ScV>_ ?.I S(. and l.e\in-;t?.n *'' -??j?jT IRISH HISTORIC Hg. . Bl. 12- * ? MA?,*n^TMoW?i_J5it?5? SI .r,O^J\ I COLONIAL !%*:?%*; 5| _ ?-T? RAKLtRI ||o.i?.r|H..I?n????. _??--?<fi I B?..? *. 82d s. i II. I. KK1 Ill's 12.-? pi., nr. 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