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M TO M AHUM.
FLIGHT TO NEW JERSEY
Millions Will Be Transferred to
Banks There to Avoid
Paying Tax Here.
CITY WILL LOSE HEAVILY
Estimates of Amount of the
Exodus Run as High as $50,
000,000, but Commis?
sioner Purdy Doubts.
Thta is the day when th?? city Tax De?
partment makes ita levy on ?personal
property. As a consequence It Is ex?
pected that deposits of hanks will r<hi>w
In the next few days a noticeable shrink?
age, while Jersey institutions will enjoy
?& corresponding increase.
Estimates on the value of accounts that j
?Will Im opened across the river range
from llO.OOn.-OOi. to BMMlOM. If cither ?it '
these estimates is at all accurate New '
: York may lose ICOO/no to ??OO.Ono in taxes,
'??s the rate is a trifle in excess of LI per
cent.
iASt year it was estimated when tax
levy day came around that the New Jet**
?ey institutions would be richer by $5-?.
tXXi.OOO, but this sum was considered ex?
cessive by officials of trust compat?tes
?Which aro affect?.1 1 y the temporary ;
money exodus. It was Ptat?2d. however,
that in years tons by the public took a;
much greater advantage of what It con- j
Bldered an opportunity to avu'.d taxation.
Lawaon W. Purdy, commissioner of the
Tax Department, put little credence In
the 1<1. ? that New York City was a heavy
loser in this way. He said a blank was
Bent to each taxable citizen with the re
Quest that he make a list of bis personal
property which came under th?, tax la?".', j
and t.. make ohUi that the list was ?or- ,
tect Mr. Purdy believes in the integrity j
of tlie average citizen and holds to the i
[Idea that the city loses little of what is
'Justly coming to It.
It Is true, however, that in the past
.New Jersey banks have competed with
each Other for New Vf.rk deposits around
Octoier 1, and this gava rise to reports
cf larga transfers of cash to avoid the
personal property tax. It was said yes
1*1 lay that no su? h spirited biddlnc was
prevalent this fall.
BatrlngB banks fee! aura that none ot
their deposits Will be removed, as they
are exempt. From the assessed value of
personal property, the owner is allowed to
deduct the total of all "Just debts owing
by him," subject, however, to limitations
affecting unreglstere.l secured debts.
Debts which may he deducted are:
Amour.t owing on bond and mortcage.
on which the rerson claiming the offset Is
liable while he remains the owner:
amount owing on promissory notes,
amount owing Ml b"ok debit? or con?
tracts. Just debts also do not include
contingent liabillti.s as guarantor or In?
dorsee, unless such liabilities have become
fixed, or debts incurred for th.? purpose
of evading taxation.
It Is also pointed out by the city Tax
Department that all Intangible personal
property owned by a resident, no matter
where the written evidences of such prop?
erty may be. or where the debtor may
reside, is to be assessed In the district
where th>? owner lives. Thus, a resident
of New York who has bank balances in
Jersey City is to be aseaos? .1
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SAPH0 TURNS PORTIA
.Diga Nethersole Brings Law?
suits and Beauty Insurance.
With '-ixty gallons of English rainwater
V-d a firm determination to win her suits
lor $22'/>0 agalnat the ?Shuberts and the
fjebler Company, Olga Nethersole, the
?ctress, arrived on the North German
.loyd liner Kronprinzessin i'ecilie y<-t-r
Way. The rainwater is for her COm
plexion. Miss Netberaole i-aiil, and the
Bults for contracts which she holds ths
two producing firms broke two \t-.irs ego.
"Every English actor and act?
awaiting the outcome ot my suits witt.
Interest.'' Miss Nethersole declared "The
suits < ?>me up m October. While i an
waiting for the decisions I shall t
try at vaudeville for thr???- weeks at the
Dala~?- Tiieat!.?. appearing in the 'drea'l
fUl' third act of 'S.ipho.' which seems
?rn'.'i In comparison witn some of your
new plays."
Among other grtists who returned on
the Kronprinzessin we-,- Mme Gadskl ami
Putnam QrlswoM, of the Metropoliten
Mme Gadskl will begin a concert tour
on October ir?. returning hert li I >eccm
ber. Mr. QrtBWOld BUM that be ha?l ? lO ed
a three seasons' contract with Covenl
Garden while in London. He whs the
only American to sing at the twenty-fifth
anniversary of Kaiser WUhelm'a corona?
tion and the marriage Of the Kaiser's
daughter, for which be received a pair of
gold and diamond cuff links from the
Emperor, und the prOUnlM of a dtcora
tlon.
Walter Damrosch, leader of the New
Ycrk Symphony Orchestra, also retuni<"l
from a summer abroad with his family.
A. S. S0MERS_0FF TICKET
Kings Democratic Candidate
for Sheriff Resigns.
The resignation of Arthur S. Somers. i
Democratic candidate for Sheriff of Kings
County. Which was filed with ?
of Elections yesterday in Brooklyn, ha*
brought out a number of candidates for
the vacancy.
Mr. Somers, in a letter sent to Colonel
Jam's D, Hell, chairman of the Demo*
cratic County Committee, gave as his sole
reason lot resigning his poor health. John
H. McCooey, Democratic ?'ounty leader,
? ssed regret at the enforced . ?
ment of Mr. Somers
tmong thoea mentioned as riossit.ie can?
rildates to succeed him are Joseph A.
Q lidcr. of the 11th Assembly District, wbO
nought the nomination two years BgO?
Svlvan Levy, of the 17th Ass? mbly IMs
trict; William T. Delaney, loader of the
?tn Assembly I'lsinct, and James S.
Regan, Deputy State I.xclbo I'omrnls
? sioner, leader of the 5th Assembly I us
; trict
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CHILD RUNS AHEAD; IS KILLED.
Stephen Karga, a longshoreman, of I
' No. 157 25th street, South Brooklyn, his ?
?wife and daughter, Sadie, four years
i old. were crossing Third avenue, l,e
' tWSSB 25th and 26th BtroetS, in that
: borough, last night when Sadie let go
' lier hold on her mother? hand and start?
ed to run on ahead A northbound
Hamilton avenue ?ar knocked her down
; and ran over her. l?r. Garven, of the
Norwegian Hospital, ?aid Sadie was
' killed Instantly.
f?rst Witness called
IN INTERBOfiOUGH S?ll
M. M. Fisher, Secretary, Tells
How 1907 Balance Sheet Was
"Buried" by Directors.
VENNER REQUEST TABLED
Auditor of Company Says Sub?
sidiary Lines Were Carried
First at $1,532,000,
Then at $32,000.
J. A. Hodge, attorney for the Conti?
nental Securities Company in Its nctlon
against the InterbOTOUgh Rapid Transit
Company and others, which is hein? tried
before Justice Van Sielen In the Supreme
Court. Brooklyn, called the first witness
to the stand yesterday afternoon.
The giornlng was spent reading into the
record testimony which August H.-liuont. I
one of the d?fendante, had given several ]
years ago, but admission of testimony |
given by othei Interborongh ofllclals was
refused because they were not party de?
fendants and were ready to testify.
The first witness. Morris II, l-'islier. said
he had been secretar] of the Interborough
since Max. if'"?. Me testified that the dl?
rectors decided Novemher I, IBOT, not to
give out the balance sheet for the fiscal
year ending June I 1901, and that De?
cember Is. 1907. when a letter was re?
ceived from Clarence H. Yenncr asking
for the Sheet, they voted to file the com?
munication without further consideration,
Ho.iKe tti?-n t"ld the court that he
would hke to see minutes of the
board made at meetings prior to Novem?
ber, HOT. DeLaneey Nlcoll, counsel for
the Interborough, re).lied that Hodge had
no right to see any books other than those
h?1 harl BUbpomaed, OUI he would agree to
show them if he were allowed to see the
bOOkfl of the Continental Securities Com?
paru-. Hodge refused this, but explained
that th?- reason that be wished to see the
other books was to learn if they con?
tained anything pertinent to the ?ase.
"Nothing could be more pertinent to
the case." retorted Ni? oil. "than to learn
where Mr. Ycnner got his stock In the
Interborough and when and how."
Nlcoll then cross-examined th?- witness,
w!... testified that he knew Yenner at the
time of the meeting in December. UOT,
to be president of the Continental Se?
curities Company, that h? knew his rep?
utatlon as a "striker," as NI?coll called
him, and thai this had been dleCUSs?d
at the meeting before action was taken
on his communication.
Edward F. J. Qaynor, auditor of the
Interborough since April, 1MB, was ex?
amined by Hodgfl regarding the nay the
Ownership Of th?? .?-to.k.-i arid bonds of
the Pslham I'ark and City Railroad com?
panies were filtered on the books of the
Interborough. He said that they had
been carried as "lt,000 shares of stock,
plus ?ash disbursements- $\,~,?:: ???"'." \u
February. IMM, he came to the con -lusion
that they were not In the proper account
and recorded them in the hooks by them?
selves, at a value of $?,2,000.
in reports to the Railroad Commission?
ers they bad appeared in a group of
seven or eight Investments The Inter?
borough. Qsynor said, had owned about
all the Kto. kl and bonds of the two rail?
roads prior t" the time the property of
th.- com?anles was sold under foreclosure
early last summer, and that the mter
borough practically owned all the fran
rhlSfS arid assets no?.
Hodge tried to induce Nico!! to admit
that the value of the sBBStl of the two
companies was really nothing, bit Nlcoll
11 -<i that their franchises were worth
11,000,000, though the interboro'igh had
bo ?slit both franchises and as.-ets for
$272.000. The case was then adjourned to
this mot ulng.
Among t?.ose in court yeeterday were
Cornelius Yanderbilt and Mr. end Mi-'
Augu?-t Belmont Mr Vanderbtlt lefl
after the morning session Th?- only ex-,
? nt resulted from charges of unfair?
ness made by Mr. Nlcoll against Mr.
Hodge wiii!.- ii?- ?a? reading the p.-imont
testimony into the record. He said that
Mr Hod;;, read what questions be lik?-.I
and Skipped the r? r-t
PUEBLOS HAD SKYSCRAPERS
H. J. Spinden Says Their Adobe
Structures Were 5 Stories.
The Instinct foi building "skyscrapers''
was present in this country as far back
as the b.th century, according to Herbert
.! Bplnden, of the Stall of the American
Museum of Natural History, who rs?
turned yestsrdaj from a Bvs months'
pe?,...! of research among the Pueblo In?
dlans in New Mexico i. wai ths Pueblo
Indian win? made bis Mexnan end Indian
brothers dwelling in one-story houses
"rubberneck" at the Bvs atari adobe
structures h<? reared in such cities as
Wal pi, Taos and Acoma.
Mr. Spinden',- '.?:; ?;i? ths fW Kb lie
has made to the region, an.! he gathered
much valuable mateilai pertaining to the
religion, art and myihs of th?- Pu. bios.
whiie the Instinct for skyscrapere"
might not be ne,v with the Indians, the
"white plague" has been introducid to
them by modernization of their dwelling!
and contait with tuberculous whites, ac?
cording to Mr. Spmden. who said the
dleeaas had become alarmingly prevalent I
among them. Cast-off clothing and the
Indiscriminate use "f that sc-tlon of the
country as a resort for -?OnsUmptlVSS
have also had a bad effect on the health
of the Indians, he declared.
The museum explorer met Colonel
Roosevelt at the snake ?lance In Walpi
There v.. i e ?4 automobile parties present.
Neis C Kelson, assistant curator of the
department of anthropology, has returned
from a trip to Europe, where for five
months he had been exploring caves in
Spain, France. Italy and other COUntrlSa
The most Important exploration was thai
at Castillo, Spain. Where evidences of
mans ?xisten? at a period estimated
anywhere from KMM to ?m years ago
were found, i-ater, a model of the cavo
will be placed on exhibition in the
mus?um.
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TO CARRY THEIR COMMISSIONS.
[FreiS Tli. Tilt.une Hure.ni 1
Washington, Bepl ?.?The scout ?cruiser
Birmingham has been designated to carry
to th?- Latln-AmorlcaB countries the com?
missions appointed if- visit those conn?
Hi. s on behalf of the Panama-Pa'ihc K.\
position. The Btrtntngharn win Mop at
Havana. pnrt-au-Prlnoe. Banto Domingo
City, Cristobal, Canal /one. Laguayra, RJe
?ie .Janeiro. Montevideo and H?lenos
Ayres. At the Argentin?? capital the
South American commission will disem?
bark and the Birmingham will return to
the Philadelphia yard.
ESTERBROOK HEADS ALDERMEN
Brooklyn Man Elected as
Vice-Chairman in Place
of Mayor Kline.
Alderman 0. Grant P.sterhrook. ?.f the
Mth District Brooklyn, was elected ?rice
?shsJrtiuui of th" ?Board <?f Aldermen ?/sa>
tsrdsr. ta su-ecsed Mgyor Kline, without
any opposition ?from Tsmmsny. It was
underst???"! before the aldermen that there
woubl be 00 opposition to Alderman
Ksterhrook'? designation, and the nomi?
nation and elertlon were entirely non
part ?san.
Alderman Folks offered the nomination,
and Al.krmnn Frank J. ?Dowltng, Tam?
many floor leader, merely ahook his head
when the presiding officer risked him If
he had any ohtection to make to the
nomination belnsr put to a vote. The
opinion ??f ?"orporatlon Counsel Watson
that Mayor Kline automatically vacated
his office as ahbrman and vice-chairman
of the b?>ntd when he be.-ame Ma vor. was
read before the vofo was tnk'.n at Alder?
man 1 low Una's reijuest.
Aldermen ?Raterlarooh now heroines a
member of the Hoard of Fstlmato and
the Sinking fund Commission by virtue ?
of his P'isltlon a?, ?acting pieetilent of the
Hoard Of Aldermen He will have thre*
retSS In (he Hoard of estimate, which
will brln?? UM total vote? In the board
cast by Brooklgn rnembees up to eleven.
There are Bixteen ?rotee In all
The Loar?l Meeted ?Las v. ?Doh-srty as
aMermsn from the ?Hag Aldertnanlc Dis?
trict. l!ro??klyn. to <**J??ee<ed Mayor Kline.
The n.w alderman Is a Republican and
will serve to the en?l of the year. Ha Is
ME? 10 AID es
Rulers Urged to Interfere in
Rumania and Russia.
COOPER UNION IS CROWDED
Senator Clapp, of Minnesota,
Rouses Intense Enthusiasm
by Stirring Speech.
To the music <?f "The Star ?gpauigled
Banner" a Ms; sudienea in cooper Union
thundered last night its disapproval of
Rumania's treatment of the Jew?. The
meeting adopted resolutions ?.resented t>
Justice Foster urL-lne; Cor.Rrress to Inter
csds with t!:e Rumanian government In
behalf of Its Jewish subjects, While ?Dr.
Bernard ?Drachmen offered an emend?
man| in which lie Included Russia.
Emperors kings ?and others were ap
pssled t?i by csble. The If ala er are ? tailed
upon as the Mend Ol p. SOS to continue
his asaiatsnes Kinn char:?? of Rumanis
a notlflsd or the a' lion <?f the n i
meeting, and Bsron de Rothschild, of
Pran?ce, was lnclud?sd among thoas erho
wi r?- expei te i to aid t? ? oppresi ?
".fens, the rabbi ?prophet of Nazareth,
Bpoke as a J? w, lived as a Jew and dl? d
as a J?-w." asid Dr. Mauri? ?? |
of th.- Ameri<rsn-Rumsntan-JawiBti Emsn
dpstlon Commutes, und?tr whose suspl?sea i
tl.?' mas* meeting was held. "Hi* ?
followi rs snd ?i; ? lpl< s ?... ? ?> Jes -.
is a.i forgotten, apparently, by Christisn
r ;m.uni. Chriatiana oi the world have
folated Judsa laeariol up?on the i?;ik of
.Ji:?.:?. to tin- great ?Jetrimenl ??f Israel
TbS i ' ? !" ?':'!?-" 'I i III ShjTlO K? and
lecarlOtS
"V?t the presen) aliena and outcasts in
Rumania are n??- men who hue carried
the Ten (Commandments over the world."
?Senators Moses i Cispp, ?>f Minnesota
and Iflles ?Polndeater, <?f Washington;
Congisssinsii Walter m Cbsodier and
Judf-'?' Q lists v liartinnri were smong the
apssksrs ?Bsinbridge Colbj ?hi el l
man.
Senator Clapp'S s;?"ii broaght the an
dlence to Its feel severed times On ?
ni t?. w.ut three ininatea for the nuise to |
subside. H- ssl i
"i ml;, a crlaifl COUld k?*Sp tli;.t gteat
leader, Champ <'i?ik. awt) from here le
night, if there is one heart in Am?trica|
that bests iti uni* ?a with the probl?ra ?
bumanlty it la bis The aw Mlon ?111 i??
aaked, H"w ess the Uttltsd ?Stetes, a dis?
tant lam?, ?roiOS Its ptotest Bgslnsl R i
mania's arts' There is' i? precedent hut
i <?i?. little for precedents arhen ?reetand
Where the pathway of biimati duty lead'.
"When we iscogsUSe any nation it must
wat.?fa Amer*.as eourse as ;t guiding star
to th" nations of the world Not only the
brotherhood ?if man. but the brotlKihouil
of nations ts now recognised everywhere
When we no longer have t?> desl with
emperors and Kihk-- Ui?ere win be no more
Bitcn ?protests as Ibis Dscssssry. This will
not lead t?. war, but it win strengthen the
arm and nerve t:.?' li?-.irt ol" DM n m all
lands t<? work for human rights."
Delegstea were nsnsd t" sttend an in-!
ternatlonal congrssa in Berlin in Jsnusry. I
l*A4 rjovernor Mai tin n. Qlynn of New
?fors mi ?..ut' .i Alexsnder <;? l?mar, i n
Philip Jaches, Congreesman Henrj m
QoldfOSle ami Jonas Well t?> r.pi?-? nl
New fort Btate Qovernoi Oeorga W,
HayeS O? Arkansas nam'-'l l.'.uis Jo
?jepfaS The Governor of < ?rei/on an?l those
of other states sen! w?ord that their states
would ta- represented
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FOR CITYJT0J3ET TUBE
Report to Board of Estimate
Favors Steinway Purchase.
A repot t will be submitted at a meet?
Ing of the Roatil of Kstimate and Appor?
tionment to-morrow re'-ommending that
the dtg and the Public Service Commis?
sion take over the Steinway tunnel from
Long Islsnd City ?and ?torn it over to a
contractor to be completed. Tills was
?made known in the office of President
Connolly of Queens y.-t? rdsy and was
wel?oome ?saws for sirversl ?ihonasnd prop?
er!.? owners w; o f..r Bve years bsve bsen
paying Incressed taxes ?m th.ir property.
It was stat..1 in I'r. siibnt Connolly's
offl? e that the i* port WOtlkl advise the j
board not to a. ? rpt Hip offer "f th? In- j
terboroUKh company to compl.-t.. th?? tun- |
nel for 15 per cent more than cost of .on- j
?tructlon on the ground that It would Sat
a bad prcce'lent. In the meantime resl
dentS of Queens want the tunnel put In
temporary operstJOfl while the Manhattan
connection is under way.
SAFETY DEVICES HIS STUDY,
?i K. J. ?Porter, sscrstsry <>f the j;ffi-1
clency Society, a national organization
of i.r>oo executives in Industry, win i<>.
sign to-day to take up the work of de?
veloping the fire wall and horizontal e?s
espe as safety SSViOSS iiKalnst tire in
crowded bnlldlngS Mr Porter was the
exp.-it for the New York Stale Factory
Investigating cominia?."-- ?
UBO Y. DOHERTT,
sn Insurancf? broker at No. 1W Remoen
strei-t. and lives at No. M St. .tohn's Place,
Prooklyn.
SCHILDKNECHT IN URUGUAY
Urgent Cables for Aid Given by
Mother to Authorities.
In tWO urgent cable rllspntches received
yesterday by his mother from Monto*
video, Uruguay, .lohn C Schlldknecht, the
defaulting ?ashler of the Washburn
Croeby Flour Mills C*Ompany, reveabfl
his whereabouts. Mrs. SohlMknecht, who
lives at No UM Rockaway avenue,
Prooklyn, turned ttie messages over t"
United States Commissioner GMIchrist
Ths first mes?ag? asked Schildknecht's
mother to forward a ??raft of j:???? to him
Immediately at Montevideo. The second
read i
"For <?od's seko send me MM at once;
I am starving."
In turning over the cah><ri ams to the
authorities Mis BebUdknecbl las placed
on her soirs trail again 01 eratlvee ?if
the Bums Dstectite Agency, it was an?
nonni'ed only last week that Bchlldknecht
had t.?. ?i located in Montreal, ''an.ni.-i,
where h?? eras supposed to have fi?ed after
he ha?i squandered thousands of dollars
on a girl who was a fr:en?i of "Paul
K< !?." of gangster notoi lei i
Mrs. Schll.lkne.ht said ?he would have
answered ti.e calls f"t h.- Ip if her bus
land, who feels keenly tiie dlsgraos of
? a tK.i s, hud i.ot reetralr.ed her
The cablegram sent "eolltsct" cost tlSM.
REAL ESTATE VALUATION
NOT INCREASED FOR 1914
Decrease in Broadway from
Bleecker to 10th Street?
Some Manhattan Gains.
Th* tentative \alu.itlon of real estate
? in this city, exclusive of spatial
trau. Lise valuations, was shown ft '?
da]. ???? t sn ths tax booke were o| ? : ?
t . re was practical!] no In
.-...-? ?p the assessed valuation of land
Increase In the total valuation vas repre?
sented moetly by thi asseeemeat of new
buildings.
1 be tables made up for the rl'.fTerent
boroughs provMod some Interesting fig?
ur?e and comparisons. The grand total
for th?? final asseooment in IMI In nil five
boroughs was ftjmSUU WS, ahile the ten?
tatlve asseeemeal f"r Mit was it.
"if., which maiie th.- total In reuse MM,?
|M I In Manhattan the final BSBSBS
ment of this year was MJIMtf.cn, whtie
the tentative assessmeot for UM was n
:?:-< : .1 Ml, an Increase ?.f $'."?. !?.-...;i
Ths figures for the ethei boroughs were
as fOllOWS
I ..' 1'
?-?. ? -ci-i,' N?t
|f|] I "?4 Im l.a-.
; i..- Bros 1 ? ? I I ? l I ? I
Brooklyn ,. 1.M1 ? ?
Q .. mm e i- :? ?
? 1 ;????.. N ? ? 1 .-. J/
The looks Bhowed there wen- eight
times as many new buildings In Queens as
Ip Manila ?.tan, but tlie Increase In m?>n?-y
for the new buildings WBS eight times as
mu. ii in Manhattan as Iti QueetW. IlrooK
lyn liad almost as many n?ew bondings as
Q.ns and two and a half tlin?-s greater
h.um in money bj reason ?-f tiio new
bulldlnga In lirooklyn there was an
BCtUal <!'?' reasn In the valuation of the
1 ropei ty assessed last > 1 ai
There ?as some lacroaoq in the? as
sssssd relue of land in Manhattan, be?
tween Lexington and Fourth avenues,
from util t.? Mth street; also In ttd str.-.-t
and in Broadway from ttd to t-'.tii street,*
in Beventh avenue from Mth to wn
str.-.t, Watt End avenue from Nth to
Nth street, .and in si.!.? streets neat
Broadway from Mth t" Mth street There
wan some mcreass also in a part of the
Washington Heights section.
The de? r?-as?s in land values were
chiefly in Proad-.vay from BlSSCker to
10th street and th?? abutting side streets;
m soin.- of th?? streets on the BaSl Bids
between < ?rand and ltth streets and In
thai section lying between 14th and '?'Ml
streets and Fifth and Sixth avenues. A
further deereaSS was mad?? in the terri?
tory north ?'f IMSt street and east of
Eighth avenue In Harlem.
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TOO FAT TO FLY; STEALS
Girl Tells Pathetic Story in
Court of Her Troubles.
Mary Powell, fifteen years old, who left
her home in Cambridge, Mass, rei-cntly
to see what life was lik.? In a large city,
explained to justice iin\t, in the Chil?
dren's Court, yesterday that bei real of?
fanes that brought her before him In the.
Children'! Coorl was getting fat quickly
end ?thereby losing her place, Bbe was
Inclined t?. mak? more of this than of
tin- fact that she had appropriated her
landlady's wat??h and pocketbooh
When Mary first left home ?he had a
poet lob and grew so thin that Rhe easilv
qualified for the "flying ballet," but this
work brought her $11 I week and she
began to eat everything she fanci. d. In
? short Ums ho/ weight WCttt up from
?in to 11.'. pounds, and the man who had to
hoist her up on a wire with the other
girls aii'i make her By about above the
sudli nee comptelncd so noch that the
manager discharged her.
.lustier lloyt remanded the girl to the
are of the i hlldren'r Society, which will
care for her until her parents claim her.
DANGER IN BILLBOARDS
FOUND BY COD
Mayor's Investigators Recom?
mend Strict Regulation and
Restriction by the City.
AND IT IS UNPROFITABLE
Report Says Advertisers Get No
Great Advantage from Un?
sightly Signs?Laws to
Curb the Nuisance.
Recommendations for the strict regu?
lation and restriction .if the various forms
i of outdoor advertising, with whlrh It
j finds the city Is overridden, were con?
tained in the report of the Mayor's Bill*
,boHrd advertising Commission, which was
handsd to Mayor Kline reeterdsy, The
report condemned the abuse of street ad
nrertlstnaj, end suggested s tria.id tax to
prevent iinnm issarllj large posters.
| The commission based Its disapproval
of tin? "billboard nuisance" primarily on
?Its offene?? aualnst ths lights of the pub?
lic, in th.? danger ot tires and accidents
and on the unsightly OOAtgftS and posi?
tions of many of the advertisements. It?
action, bowtsver, it did not think woul?l
be Of Injury to the advertisers, for It
found that ??utdoor advertising was com?
parativeiy unprofitable.
TIlSIS is serious douht." said ths re?
port, "as to whether billboard advertis
ItiR Is as profitable, to th? merchant ad?
vertiser as other forms of advertising.'"
Statements mad" by merchants in a
report <>f the American flc?-n|c and Historic
Preservation Society were, quoted to in?
dicate the small ?-eturns from large out?
lays of advertising funds. "I am inclined
to believe that there is nothing that can
take the place Of newspapers," said on*
merchant. "We must ;ely on the news?
papers for any great sue? ess In adver
| Using."
The findings of the commission were
embraced in a pamphlet of 151 paxes, the
result of eight months' study. The com?
mission, of Which Kotiert Urler Cooks WSS
chairman and All.ert t? Hard secretary,
was composed of Reginald P. Bolton,
Ingalls ?Cembali, Henry w. Beckett Wai
t.-r Stabler and Kdmund B, Wells. It was
appointed by Mayor Qeynor on December
.4. 1I1X
I'lrst of ths * recommendations made
was that all outdoor advertising, except
shop signe and similar posters, in the
neighborhood of parks, squares, public
bulldlnga, streets of famous character
ami any other place of special beauty or
ment should be prohibited. This in*
?eluded the case where any sikjn ob?
structed a tine view.
Ths su?pression by censorship of ob
Jectlonable advertisements, in addition to
thos.- which wer.? already Illegal, was
recommended, together with the regule
tton by censorship of the artistic appear
- !'..r these thr.e reconv
i the comnuaelon found a eon*
Btltutional ?nitiidinent would be neces
sar?..
In orde^ to protect public health and
All ready for delivery]
It' you're tired of waiting
on tailors, that's one of the
strongest arguments for our
Fall suits and overcoats.
You can drop in any time
now, see which of the new
styles best becomes you, and
know exactly how the fabrics
look in the garment.
All "without waiting.
Such ample stocks that we
can afford to he generous and
go in for Variety in every size
we carry 32 to ."it.
Incidentally you'll make
quite a handsome saving the
prices of our better suits are
just about half ?a crack tailor's.
As for our woolens they're
the finest the world produces
- die highest priced tailor can
give you no better.
"Your money back" if we
fail "to deliver the goods."
Rooebi Peet Company,
Three Broadway Stort*s
at at at
Warren St. 13th St. 34th St.
The Men's Big $tore
Hat$ Shoe* Men ? Furni?hings
at Extraordinary Savings
Golf and Auto Caps, 50c. & 95c.
Scotch Fabrics, Large English Shapes.
Great Is the Vogue ?r?^*^tH.
of the Soft Hat.
Felt and Velour ^
SOFT HATS
$1.90 and $2.90
Flat Welted Edge or
Pencil Curl.
Why Pay $3 to $4
Elsewhere?
Flexible Derbys, $1.90. $2.40, $2.90
Kuh Hin? k Mflloir Frits?t-ritth??nv<?lr.lit
12 Npw Smart Autumn Styles
M
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obtain normal and sanitary conditions.
regulation of the Immediate neighborhood
of the billboards to prevent the accumu?
lation of rubbish and filth was suggested
to the Doard of Health and Police De?
partment. The Board of Health, It was
s.'il'I, also should prohibit largo or flash
In?? ele? trie signs where they Interfered
with sl'-op In residential dlstrlcta.
By changes In the buildings code, re?
quirements in regard to the construction
Of Signa were found to bo necessary to
eliminate Are and wind hazards. Roof
signs, it was found, should be prohibited
In residential districts, and built else?
where only of fireproof material.
?Until tho proposed constitutional
amendment can be obtained, the commis?
sion suggested the limitation of the siz?
Of signs through the Buildings Depart?
ment. The Board of Aldermen, It w.is
said. might c?introl to an extent the dis?
figurement of parks and public pla?es by
tefusing the occupation of a atreet be?
yond the building line to thoao who ln
tended to erect the large billboards.
The Public Service Commission was
asked to exercise Its powers of reguia
tl?>n of the adrertlaing In the subways
fin?l ?m tho BUrfgCO lines and the elevated
t railways.
j "New York City," said the report, "has
?probably more billboards, roof signs and
Illuminated edvsrtialng signs than any
other ?'?o in the world."
In the whole city, it was estimated, there
was a total area of 3 ?<?">.?'*) square feet
?f bUlboard advertising; the most of this
spa?'- was teken up bv whiskey, beer,
I ?tobacco, cigarette, chawing gum. amuse.
' and similar advertisements, while
the Income from billboards to the adv.-r
t.sing compsnles it arsa found, was more
i than $l,??jG.<XX) a year.
"In ?spite Of everything, however." the
report concluded, "we do not advocate
the abolition of outdoor advertising. De
slrable as this would*be from some points
of view, It would probably be Impossible.
The advertising business Is a legitimate
and honorable business, but every feature
of the outdoor advertising has evil ten?
dencies, and should for that reason be
strictly regulated and controlled.-'
e
"BOOM CHURCH,"_HIS PLEA
Reisner Says It's a Pity to Let
Devil Own Newspapers.
"Boom Christianity. It's not a saert?
lege. The whole world Is using publicity,
and It is about time the Church of ?3o?J
woke up," said the Rev. C. F. Reisner,
of the lirace Methodist Kplscopal ?'hurch.
' yesterday afternoon to five hundreC
Methodist Episcopal ministers and lay?
men at th<i midyear assembly of the New.
ark, Troy, New York H..ist and New York
conferences, held at the Metropolitan
Temple.
"Church publicity," he continued, "wii:
bring the people to church to feel the
presence of (jod. That's better than pray?
ing In the public streets and thus cheap?
ening O'.d. <?o at the people throigr
the papers; It's a pity to 1st the devil
own the papers."
BiShop Luther B. Wilson presided a'
the afternoon meeting, and others whe
spoke wore the Rev. 9. W. Jlannan. th<
RaV. W. W. I ?uncan and the Rev Jam?!
s. Cbsdwtefc.
At the morning session the Rev. Georg?
P. Kckman. Of New fork, spoke ot
"Twentieth ?"entury I "onditlons."
At this morning's session P. ?EM Tay?
lor and the Rev. J. L Fort, of Brooklyn,
will speak of "The Church and Finance,
while the Rev ?David a I'owney. the
Rev. J. L. Hurlbut and Frank L. Brown.
all of Brooklyn, will address the confer?
ence on "The I hurch and ChUdkO"d "
James McCutcheon & Company
5th Ave. and 34th Street
announce that their store
will be closed until Saturday morning
on account of the death of
Mr. Norman L. McCutcheon
only son of
Mr. James McCutcheon.
AMUSEMENTS.
AMUSEMENTS.
MEW ?'OIK'S ?LEADING ?THEATRES AM) SITCES8K
JOHN DREW
L^ VI DID 17 ' i o ?"' s' E? "" itSilS,
tLlVlr 1KL m lt? r ? ;2.ir,.
JOMV DRAW'S (iWFi-xTIST TRIUMPH I
rviPlkr THr^TRH'SOKK-xrESrSLCCtSS!
IV \
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mi.I..
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I'1 x I l play us this lover? of
TU C VV II I
n b niiij . ?? vv ....
lad C HADD N CHAMBERS' ?'? ?MED?
THE TYRRANY OF TEARS
Dn ? pba a ?harming, eer?
aal ?? . . lellfhtfu bill ' -Eve. Sun.
LYCEUM i / ;;>
GRACE GEORGE
Mk%tt%S "M M HOIR
- ? :? . Btaal*] Hough I I ?'?:??'.?
I HI YOUNGER OPERATION
KMI KEHBO* KER. B'waj S Mth St.
See* I abare. Mats Te?dei hh.1 ?Sal . 1
fjZ** "Brilliant Blend of >I?l??lv.
???"57 < uiiifd) mu? Dausee."?Bas, inn.
DONALD BRIAN , ?
NEW AMSTERDAM V
CHRISTiE MACDONALD
in VICTOR HERBER
U ISTER PI El E,
"Beautifully stajr?d. r ? | tl
SWEETHEARTS
D A D It" SKAT?
r?srirv paon*.. . foi ta mu?.
LONG FI II ou?.
EVANGELINE
THE MARRIAGE MARKET
NEXT
SAT. MUHT
0CL 4 EDNA GOODRICH
CRI1ERI0\ ;:...
WM. COLLIER
lii^i WHO'S WHO ?
"IT DOES NOT BITE
IT DOES NOT GRIP
BUT IT DOES TICKLE'
HI IIVvIIS. m St.. E.of
THE FIGHT
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liLOBE ,
?3*a ? ... letl Bi Eva - 19
?op. Ml ?"." toll ??'"!.'; : Vf,i :.'?.
"( iiMi'i Ki i: ni i CI SS "
RICHARD CARLE HATTIE WILLIAMS
THE DOLL GIRL
riDDIPg S5th St., nr. B'waj 1
UanniwSi] m- (??MteSl.SOlTsdey.l lg.
"Would Bait* ? BShlna laugh*1 a:.'-':
FANNIE WARD in
MADAM PRESIDENT
? ibrpfyw?ei ??-.>. st Esas at s isi
LIDLIAI I M-, Xo?a ? P >B. . A Sat., 2 15
l?.K??\.ii BESSIE \ltori in Hilll HOV
Opera Co < ;.? ind ? ?per? Cast an.t
??senti Jeffeieeaj I??? \nB?"li?.
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unnraw ,?,.? a?oOM UTTLE un H OUL
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BALDPATE
s-ats 1 <? w. ?"k? in Advine?
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Popular ?>0o 1o fl.Ai) Mutinr? lo-ila..
POTASH & PERLMUTTER
SOTHERN
afllPROPBOME?
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lie) a qualnted ?rith rour oeu country flrat!
I SPeuPl? ?'iii?l.a. or Mort, M FIT* i:ng!r.?s
A-M-K-R-I-C-A
?Jim Mor?.'?. SO Indiana, l'Iunglns; Aute.
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FORBES-ROBERTSON'S UCR nWII MO?CV
FAREWELL ?0 NEW YORK ntn ?nn "lUlsCf
W?NTI?R GARDEN '?S ? j?
i";!,!.,.. PASSING SHOW OF 1913
MANHATTAN ST? ???. f r ?
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MSI lo-.l.iv. "Ig I WERE KINO."
To-night TWIIM, ?II IMF BHRKW."
uurnxui ;- ? ;,, um ..,_, 11 Ut , M
Week Hei Next w .
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With OERTRPDE ELLIOTT .* Lee-Soe
? ii iMLET," ?Oct -. 4 6 g i. Met llth.
"MICE ? MEN." Oct. t S "? ???i?
PLAYHOUSE m^rZ?riS?A%:
Muiiiii'?- ft Ssr. Beel leste, ?i.ao.
n?. FAMILY CUPBOARD
si.se m \ i in ii.
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?ritl .i.ihn Baser?r* <" '? Mery T??a?as.
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LAURETTE TAYLOR
CASINO I
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W A R F I E L U AUCTIONEER
REPUBLIC "-?ZI^S?t?Sd^sA
The Temperamental Journey
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J?aeepb
S?mil.'?
?sst End.
Res. Hal
Beturdai
sann?"? When Dreams Come True
,{RM" EVELYN N?SBIT THAW
witti LEO lUTItll 1ISTKIN.
CENiiRY ;;,,;???
PALACE
OPERA || CENTRAI PARK
\1 KSTi?'.'M? g?.
M r T'i-ilay at '.'. PtUft IS* t" |l SO
Thla w??k. "Tal.*?, of Hoffmann" In English.
Nxt Mob. N?t.. a.?i?-? of Hoffmann la Preach.
First ?Concert Sunday Night (Seat* New).
II way t.M?r|a Dr??sl?r, l'nul
m tul ? AntiNtron^'? S.-.tlr^
4Tt!iSl. "Unman I'mpo???."
I vg. 25. 50. 75. $1.00 '''"r; \\J"x*y\?''vx
.. r. .. ?? ... . ?? tun?- ? ?.arrloii, ih^ 4
?ally Mal..25.50&75c 1. r?/. s a ?suj show.
Cul t Mill A. II '> S IT Hiirlrsiiue Mai.To ?Jay
II Daaua? and hi* MU Wltll \NliY
ai ?cess** Bi..\rrv kiiow i lewis
WALLACKS
El TiyRC uv"' eid St, Be?
L I mUC ??feu ? U
Bpeelel Mat. <oluiiil.ii? Day y.., ii.i :
WITHIN THE LAW
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SKI ? N II t Y S*
0|?rra llnu,,. DI) l?ala 10-2.1 Ev? l*-5*j
JARDIN^ DANSE! 8:30 to I
DANGNu*MI?(l?i5CAAAJl?rl ?BeMWSfceS*
Mkaa San ?/erAMi Sebastian.Betty *t**f*
Marvelous Millets Ele? Ward lOetMej
IRVING PLACE THEATRE
? Ig i .,? v IS, "MI'S WINDHI >"
HsnaaaerMela'?. Ph MtSSe I gv.S-M
Bell? HnkT, John Hunny. ''ourtn?> !'i?w![r
H?rt I..s|..' A '.'. Nichols S?SIir?. IIMJS
5TM SM B"?'*> "T'aie Oreen ivnle." 'J
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