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THE T.-S. SIGN
A Thempson-Starrett sign
cn a buildin.c; site is simply a
visible indication cf thr Own
er's and the Architcct's good
jud.-jment.
It proves that they are
tcc shrcwd to overlook the
advanta.^c? of a safe bejiinning.
And it proves that they are
alert tc thisCempany'sability
to ffltjc the most satisfactory
results in the end.
THOMPSON-STARRETT
COMPANY
Buildtnr, Comtniction .
SECRETARY OF WAR
ATLEVERSOFPEACE
Garrison Works Big
Dredge Scooping Out
Huclson River Channel.
URGES 50-FOOT CUT
FROM N. Y. PIER LINE
Inspects New Jersey Shore Io
Prime Himself for Hearing
on Wider Fairuay.
i.mdiev m. Oarrtaon. Becretary of P/ar,
for five mlnutea yeaterday afternoon act
ad as enalneer of the blggeal ateam iift
dredpe ln the eouriiry. tO sat.sfv his
ind alao t.. show his
vvvaraatlllty. The dradge t* off Wesl 89th
ftre.'. end hi daiiv liftiriKout him- cbonka
rth to make way for the l.8eMoot
pler whioh the city is bulldlna Bt th.it
, . ity of abtteen cublc
yair? -.- twenty tons?al
each "hite."
The Becretary of War, who was on an
tion of the New Jeraey pier '.ine.
?a- paaalng near the place in the poit.e
boat Patrol When Mayor Kline and Doch
Bmltb, Who were in the
party. SUggested tO the Secretary that he
irovement, and he qulckly
arq ,-.. .iins the huge dredge, Mr.
? 'l every plece of the ma
ter watchlng the anglneer
. ra for a few mlnub -
. would Uke to try II himself.
-.. ? d tbe hupe ma
? ti ran. a hl< h the fu!'.-to
i ae* ned to i rova
Tjl. - 0f War made the Inspeo
Uon ol t1-' Nea Jereej pier Ihiea In an
, rlng at Wuhlnston
?,. n/edni daj nexl foi a ehange ln thi Ir
\. -.. jforh Harbor Koard
reductlon of the Um
t from Bull'a Ferry to Weehaw
k,n . rage of M feel and ai
Um iner Hne from BuU'a
? ? arlll approxlmate
. . is eonalderable oppoaltloa
I tbe New Jer
Board, wl '? ???minend
I front
ll, ,, irrl on aaked lnnum< rable
rlmed blmaell with !
that It vvill hc mlghty hard to "put any
t___g over" on blm at thi hearing. The
?aln polnt that the Harbor Moard has ln
, f ., wldth of
? - m the rl'.er at
. Wltb thla In s"'
red the suggaatlon that it mlgnl
. nop ofl reel from the
? Hne from 72<i atreet to
? itreet Colonel Blm k, i I the Har
bar Board, said he had no ol I a, and
th* plan i :'f"i ou1
T>. i rty started from Pier A on the
Patrol w.-nt up th- New York side Of the
river ,r'"'' M! ' CMM .
on the New Jersej alde, after whlch Mr.
Garr I ken tO the ' -'"','
1 the Army and Navy foot
i . ? day.
THOiNE TRUStThTaDMITS
bfineer Tells Commission
Company Has Monopoly Here.
a. D. Wei'-h. a-i anglneer Ib I
of tbe New Vork Telepbooe Company,
adadtted al a hearln* of the 1
vic* Commlaaloa of the Becond Dtati I
on the reductlon of b ephone ratea lhal
Ma company ha* a rw?e>opoly af Ihe teie
phor.e buslneaa m New York Clty. n
y/rs he aeJd, thera were aproxlmately
g .. telephones In the clty. This
the number exceeda 199.990, He aald that
th* reaaaa why tba ratea had ran
the eaxoe when the bjiMnaan had doubled
was he- anse of expenae of canvas.-in. :?.:
n*w buab ?
Mr Welcb weat on to aay thal th.*
? on of new buMaeaa ac?
eount. crowlh Of the Nov Voik
pany. as compared wlth thal of the
. lephone Company, whlch had
..?., iittle ln aaarchlnc *"r
aaw trade Mr. Welcb *aid 9*1. waa
tn ? te i tlmata ol 'he com
,.ai, . - i:, New v.,'K Btata
He denied that an lai reaae In ratea bad
gone into effeci la Byracaae aftar tha
Cax- '.,...v Vora Telephone Company
ha.i :- by tha New fork
8B8_>,_
T'... i of eomparlaon. upon
? . Douglaa Rob
,,,,., , charlea fl mpaunj and the
mpany, baaa thelr demand
far reductlon of ratea I - !' la force
in Chlcago where the eharge for equlp
mer.: . ated aad tba aetual coal
h ;." ta P<r call, or SbOUt half
the average coal In thla i Ity.
Proof waa adducad ahowtai thal the
w*?t?rn Electric Company. whlch, it was
?-ki. couhi fnnUsh ecjulpment chaaper
than tbe New Vorh compaay, ka con
troiif.i by tbe Junerlcan Talepbone and
Teiegraph Company,
*
WIFE UPHOLDS COURT
Actress Insists Ex-Kusband
Pay Alimony Arrears.
ftj
th*
f'.r
Th*r
to ? _
ahasj -h* obtalneo a mvorce, om i
for eontenipt of court in falllng
h,-r M00 ln arrears of alimony.
Mra. Platt Ktat.'d that the amount Whl< h
ahe ?*ek* to rollcct WOUld only "help
pay for i,. . ? hut thal Bba aav
"Utnrleii I) ; , ,nittt,-r of prin. iplc
'*? BUmmei Mrs Miiiiil' lOlizaheth
"m"k- - , annulaaeal of ber
m?rri_xr- t0 pi_t< ,?, ti.e ground thal
*h*n he marrled h.r his llist wlf- Ind
?* abtalned hei dlvorce. Mrs Plstl was
*" obiiK',r,K wltneaa for Mr*. Wlnnle la
t-*i caa*.
WILEY NOT OFFERED
JOB BY MITCHEL
Only Through Sense of Duty
Would He Be Health Cora
missioner, He Says.
Waahlngton, Nov. 2t i could n.>t ae
cepl the position of Heslttl t'ommissioner
of New Vork Clty unless it were offered
me," said Dr. Harve) W. Wlley, former
governmenl pure food chlef, to-night in
dlacuaslng reporte thal he waa eonalder
Ing taking thla plscc. "Up to the present
time.'' in- added, i havsn'l even bHd an
Intlmatton that the position would be
offen d me."
It. Wlley retiirned to-nlght from iiis
Virginla farm, where he sii'-nt Thanks
givina;. Ile BBid he had received hun
dreda <<f lettera from Influentlal frien.is
in varloua porta of tlM.untry, particu
larlj in Nea v?>rk. Phlladelphls and Bos
ton, urgtng him to lueome a candidate
for the New Vork Job.
"1 am not a candidate in any aenaa of
tbe arord." th" doctor said. "becnuae 1
am not hankering f<>r i job of that klnd.
The onl] ground upon whlch l would bc
cepl thi position would !"? through a
Bense of public duty."
Dr Wlley dcprecaKjd th.- id.a .4f . man
b. ing forced upon ala) "l-elei't Mltchel as
a member <>f hia csblnet. "He ought to
be free to chooee thi' man be uants," I)r.
Wlley declsred
WANTS ESTATE'S INCOME
Son Doesn't Like Judge Hil
ton's Securities Set Aside.
Albert m Hllton made objectlon in the
Burrogate'a Court yeaterda) becauae of
th. nature of aecurity put aside ln trust
for blm and bis family under tha arlll nf
bls f.'ither. Judga Henry HlltOa '11.i'
truat was to conatat of four-twelftha ol
tbe rsstdua The fund created foi Alberi
B. Hilton ls 1:4;.""' of the l3.7?','-4i mort
gBge Whl< h tb 1 state boldB on tbe Btew
art Building In Chambera street. b pur
chaae money mortgage taken hy thi
t.it. whfn the property was s"!d tO Fella
laman.
lt haa sineo been neceaaary for th>- estat.'
to bfing a forecloaure procecding. Edward
it Harria th.- Burvlvlng trustee under
tbe wlU, who was respondenl la lha sc
ti >n yeaterday, araa alao nppolnted coilec
tor of rents In the I i ed*
Ing.
Tbe aon Objected to tbe aer-ounilng of
Mr. Harria who said that he bad re?
ceived 18??.'. ?'? aa principal of th.- trust
fund, but thit he has found ll impos
pibie to put aside for ihe purpoae " '
will the ahare Of the r-.il estate Indl ated
ln the will, Hilton complalned thal the
other hi'rs have. h.ni the benefll of elther
income produclng aecuiitea or cssh, a
the trust ereated for him doee nol oro
duce any Income ani may not b" of tbe
fai value In caae of forecloaure, ln wb:ch
iase be would havi to ataad part ol the
loss
There Is on hand nhotu Sf/i.iOn 0f tho ln
? from the eatate snd Mr Hllton
clalms this money.
HUNT CASH THAT FOYE HAD
Sheriff Seeks Money Traced to
Alleged Forger.
Two more wstTsnts of attschmsnl were
s. :vr,i yeaterday by tbe Sheriff s ofllce ln
nn effort t" reOOVer the money whleh lt ls
alleged .Iimi'-s E. foye, now ln the
Tombe, obtained on stoien atocka B i f.>!
$ll^.0"(> ;n cash and rhecka has heen n
oovarsd.
The aitarhments were served yeSterdsy
by Deputy BherHf MstSger on tbe Harri
man National Hank. and tbe Waldorf
Astorls, where counsel for the Corn Bs
rhar.g' Natkmal Hank. of Philadelphia.
thought be mlghl have n.,tn.. money on
depoaft H waa not a.aeertalned, how
aver, that Foye had money at elther <>f
thi se piacea
An effort is also being mnie U> iTBCe
aboul r..??>i ln cssh whlch It la under'
stood foye bad In bla puaaeaalon before
.?ft Philadelphia Jual before bla sr
i< st In this clty.
When Fo 8 44i-s searehed be had 18.900
In caah an.l a Certtfled rheek for I'-T NO
These have been attached at Police Head?
quartera by the Sheriff.
Deputy Sheriff Wlntera aerved loye In
the Tomba yeaterday wlth an attachmenl
. faVOI of I l;-iil"S T BlOWn k ' !0 for
1107.00
GENERAL ELECTRIC
STRIKE SETTLED
Terms To Be Ratified To-day and
14,000 Employes Return to
Work Monday.
. aarepfl to Th*. Tilbaaa 1
Bobenectady, K. t. Nov. ML?At the
eloae "f a conferenee of Oeneral Bleetrle
offlciala, the strik.- committee and Mayor
l.iinn tO-nlght lt was learned that plariH
had been made for the oettlemenl of th*
Oeneral Electric ?trlke to-morrow and
that the foUTtoen thousand eniployes
would return to tbeir work on .Monday
morniiiK.
The oonfeeance wa? adjoarned nt 8
O'clock tO-nlght until IJf, O'clock to-mor?
row moralag, when the termB of the set
tlement aill be pressatad In legal form
and fortnally pasasd by both partlea Aa
bo ir latsr the agreement will i?e, pul to
a vote of tbe electrlcal trad?s alliai 01
Although no deflnlte Mnouncetneat haa
made it ls learned that the plans
call t'<r the men to return to work on
part time. IhUfl glvlng all emjdoyment,
wheraaa before tba atrike some made full
time whlle Othera were laid off altogether.
In regard to Frank Dujay und Miss
lieslie, whose lay-off oatised the strlke, '?
lB learned tbey will be reinstated, bul ln
dlffarenl departntenta al ? wage equal to
that recelyed by them before. By thla
Ihe Hettl'tn.nt of the Btrik. will not be
? Vlctory for elther BM n or eompany. ll
la COB4 eded. and thereby will elimlnate a
llity of future trouble. aa mlghl oc
. ni had elther party bCOS vicbTlous.
There has not h.en tbe BllgbteSt disorder
among the Btrlkus.
The ooaapany aaM oul approslnsately
1250,000 ln wagea tins Bftarnon Tbe strlk
ers. led bv nearly two thOUSand WOtUSS
COmpanlons, marehed in a bed] 10 Ihe
plant and received their WSgOB fOT the
pn vioua week'a work.
Boy Kiiled by Auto.
Andrew Abl, nine yeat? old, of No. ?>
Kemsen avenue. Klmhurst, Queens. was
kiiled by an automoblle yestrrday. Tba
i ar was operatfl hv Harrv .1 Parka, of
No M Hanover atraet Etathurst, the
,,w ner
The BCCldent took pla, e whlle Abt 8 as
Walklng va ith bis liltle slstir on Diy ||;ir
bor Road. Bhe aacaped injury,
Parka told Caroner Bcbaefer that the
t.ny ran dlrectty h) froal of the machine.
ijc waa mmmmmmoM |
ROBIN FREE; WILL
L1VE FOR REVENGE
"Banker" Quits Prison To
day?Will Expose Plot
to Ruin Him.
RISE TO RICHES
WAS SPECTACULAR
Indicted After Crash Which
Dragged Down Carnegie Trust
?Run Office from Tomb_.
v siioit. ,hui< man, ins race paler and
thlnner than when he weni to BlackweU'a
laland, wiii walh oul of th<- penitenttaiy
thla mornlng, wlth his aentence of ? year,
reduced to ten montha an.i elghteen days
i.. aood behavior, hi an end. When th.
ferry landa him on Manhattan laland
?galn, Joseph O. Robln, convlcted banh
vvrccker. "Iilcti li i;im.-" wi/.ar.l, an.i ln
formanl agslnsl aien whose posltlons, be?
fore thelr troublea, were ahove saaplcloo,
wiii si.p ashore with his announced
motlve for livlng that of reveiise.
Robln's return to freedom, If th.- worda
of his lawyer .ne substantlated bj events,
wlll he the begtnntng of disclosares of ?<
plot to rain him. and ot legal processes
beeride whlch the convtctlona in whlch
Hohin was Invoived wlll he mlM.
i-',v. .pi for- ih. man) Umea when he
araa enjoylng tne comparative freedom
obtalned bj writa of habeaa corpua_Robln
haa been al worh f"t the last tin.-.
montha aad a half as a ahoemaker Bt -
fore th.it he was occupylng a call In tba
Tomba an.i an office ln the CrintinaJ.
... 11 BulMlng. Now-. bach to the pennl
lesa polnl from whlch hl rlse to waalth
began, he Intende t.. ''come back" and
re-establlah hlmsell ln thla < n>
"Mi Robln." saM Robert D. Ireland
his attorney, "wlll leava town foi a ahorl
i,. rr ike Nea v..i k his home.
Charges Plot to Ruin Him.
"When he aeti Into harnesa again i
expecl thal the people who broughl aboui
hla ruin wlll flnd then hand* full. The
Pnam lal and othi i aiss poti Bt loflui ncea
that have been arrayed agalnsl him .1"
appallhni In thelr rnagnttude The plol
of whlch Mr Robln has been the vtctlni
is so far-reacbina as almoel to - h* lense
?
?it t-.ok me a year to run the thlng
down ln almoel a l Ita rs tlom bul
. . Mi RoMn i- going lo wln oul
ln the end
? Tl < first thlng he wlll dei
tentktn to, I belleve, wlll be to 1 in down
the men wbo kwted the W ashlngton .-' ?
in?s Banh and make thi m ? aji ..- 1 ? l
u..-k he w aa 1 h eeeful, i" fore J
Cohalan, In having himself made a 1
to a auil now on th. ca!< ndar foi lha
:, overy of 1-40,999 of tha saviBga baak'a
money. Tbe buU aili ot irled withln ii>?
next few monthB.
"He ha? no mone) Thej cleaned blm
out of thal. BUI lt won t he kHtf I?? '"'?
he wiii be oa bla laal again
while Robln wlll tecbnlcally hava served
a aentence of more th.m tea montha on
the lah-od, ba realltj hla ai l uU ai
of "dotng time" haa been far laaa than
that Ptorn the momenl whea m pleaded
guilty, in March, 19U, to the eharge ed
lar.en.-. of 127,000 of the Washlngtoa Bav*
Inga Bank to to -day he haa been abeent
,i.,\ - from the 1 an a aad II ?? i" nl*
tentlary. ''" tbeae oecaslons, while under
the nomlnal ? are of a keeper, bi 1 1
j,,-...! Buch ;in . \f nl ol fnadom aa to
,-,,n forth ? ' om the |u i?- s, even,
who kaaued tba varloua writ- emptoyed.
Robln was Indkted ln January, II . oa
algbl oouata foi grand larceny, following
thi lansatlons] crash ol tba Northern
Bank, w hh h bad nli thro igh?
, uf (;;, , itj u h?-ii the baak'a suspi asloa
was Investlgated it araa found thal th.re
vwis a rasl amoum ol pyramldlng, In
whlch the Waahington Bavinga Bank, th*
Carnei e Ti t: Oompanj and manj ..ther
smaller cornoraUona mn dragged down.
Rotdn'a att.-mpt'. t.> eocapc Imprteoa*
trient were I1..111 tht nart m< h-lrariii--.
Ha atteaapted suldde while waltlag trlal,
Polloarlng this he wa- taken t?. a pri te
aanltarlurji and declared Inaane, whlch
_< f, .,.-,. Dtatrli I Attorni y Whitman 1- c?
. ? d< d la 1 reaklng doa n.
Helped Convict C. H. Hyde.
There enaued a pi rlod of almoel a year
in which Robbt, with a Btafl ol asslstant*
occupled an office aaar thal of Mr wiiit
rnan. in Whl h lha taagled affair. ot the
Robln ciporation- were Btralshtonod out.
This work led tfl the li.dn tments bfOUght
agalnai the ofllclala of tba Ca-raegtc Trual
Company and the Brooklyn banks la
whlch Robln had esordeed authorlty. Tba
Iti'ormatlon RobtB nu\> abOUl the tian*
intions was bo Importanl lhal Ihe Dlatilct
Attorn. y re.'ommend.d "cxtr.-nic cl.-in
ancy" when Kohin w,,s santenced.
Tbe moal far-rea-cMag of tba Robln aha>
closurea were thos.- whlcb broughl tn*
aame of Charlea h Hydk. CltJ Chamber.
laln, and formei aa partner <.f Mayor
Qaynor, Ib court Hyde waa cbarged aith
hriii. ry in 1 ii. us.' of dtj moaaj to i ol
.,,., u,, tha 1 arnegle Ti usl ' tompany, and
v. as found guilty. While Hyde and Robln
arere almoel nelghbora la th<- Tomba, ihla
rerdli t was 1 averaed.
Robln began bla aarvlce of b yea -
Bentence ? "' January 19 of thla year by
Bpendlag ball an boui on Blaekwaira UI*
and. He waa almoel Unmedlately hr >ugbt
back to Ihe Tomba where ba was n -
inanded untll his teatlmon) In tbe vaurloua
clvll aultff agalnsl tbe bankrupl comp
was of BO forth. i ValUS. It was not i.ntil
July that aCtUal servlce h.-K.in
FREED IN ASSAULT CASE
Doctor, Alleged to Have Hit
Lawyer, Discharged.
in jerome MeBweeney, an ambedanee
Mirireon of the l-ordhum Hospltal. was
discharged Ib the Morriaanta aoarl yea?
terday mornlng, whea WUllam Morria, a
lawyer, af No Ml Madlsoa atreet, Brook*
lyn, falled ta appear aad preea a cbarg9
ofaaaauH Ma.istiat- Appletoa, however,
antertalned a complalnl af dtoorderty
conduct agalnsl the lawyer, and aaM if
Mr. Morris falled tO appcar aa Monday
a warranl agalnsl blm wouM be haBued.
The aaaaull diarga graw oul af the
automohilc crash Ofl W ednemlay morn
Ing ln Pelham Parkway whlcb reeulted
i,, tba death of four person* and the In
jury of *ix othdra Betb lha dtoetor and
the lawyer were aiudoua to raraove the
hodlea of the dead from beneatta the
ur-ckap., and It U alle^.d that a riuarrel
came about an.i that the doctor ?trnek
the lawyer ln the fa.e.
Admits She Robbed Rockefeller
Mis. Kvelvn Knthciford. who pleaded
KUllty of the theft of B.9M worth ol co.i
,?,,,- of the South. m PBOlflO Mallroad, lha
property ?f John D. n*?_-M--eller. v\as ra*
ktaaed under _? mspei. sentence yea?
tarday hv lUdga I'r.iin m tieneral Ses
BtatttV She was employed I" the bond de?
partment of tba B-Beea of the railr.ad
STOVER RESIGNS;
MYSTERY DEEPENS
i ..ni mn. .1 from flr.t |i?a*.
10. Two yeara ago be was tran^ferred
to tha Departtnenl of Parka s|r>' a
whlch iini" b- haa been perfortnlng
Bervlcea which were really thoae of 8
deputj commiasloner.
"? ?n tb" Igttl of November laal he
wsb destgnated bj the Mayor aa actlng
Commlasloner for a perlod of thirty
daya to cleai up ofllcial mattera then
pendlnf which had accumulated during
the shsance of Commiasloner Btover.
The preaent appolntment is fi>r the n?
mainder "f Hi" term "
Frienda of the missing Commiaaloner
ha i had hia pictiirea dlstributed among
tbe movlng plcture theatrea throughout
the country, as a neana of locating
blm. The plcturca were released
Thanksgiving Doy. The former Park
Commiaaloner lefl hia "Hiee, in the Ar
s? nui in Central Park. October P>. at
l':.''." p. in.. bound for luncheon. Three
lettera and ? < telegram were received
irotii him during hia myaterioti ab
aence. Thej came from Philadelphia,
bul bore ba addreaa
Caused Muddle m Board.
lf Mr. Btover had returned, relatlona
ln tbe Park Board would bave been so
atralned II waa doubtful if they would
not have developed Into an open breach
Beaentmenl waa felt because h<- bad
tb-'i up contracta by bis absence snd
had Ignoi ed the board rnembers in
ii .i i Ing ln 'he m ay he did.
Mr, i..i lb" in - appesrance al lhe
Park Dcpai tm< nl in the mlddle "f the
Btover regimi and ii a tlme when
there waa much criticiam "f bualneaa
managemi nt, li i t" the belief lhal be
?.'.,,- -'ni there "ii ti"' ordera of Mayor
Uaynor. He haa been mentioned bb i
poaalbli l'.ri< Commlasloner in tha next
HIS MAIL GOES TO JAIL
So Docs Youth Who Sent
"Dope" to Friend Inside.
H > 4ii ,?. thlna ng ol -? ndlni aome
"dope ' t" an) f' lend ive m
t.ni yo'u'll have lo nnd a , le-.. i <\.,4 of
ttolng it becauae Poatofflca Inspectora
Wllllam \ K-nv "ii ur;d R I POllI t 4.. |||
|Cl \ " i :' "U don't
,\ rouna man. who aald lie waa Prank
,n, of .\,>. ".,?. Wesl ajtti
aenl s,. to .1 friend ln Ibe Btlllwater
i.Minn 1 atati priaon Ihe othei da)
ln between the lesvea ol aome magazlnea
Hia f,;. nd " aa W llllam M< Hale, Convli t
_\ , . ? le s nniri 44.1- ar
reatcd an i h? Id undi 1 H.M8 bond foi aa
atiiination on ihf charge He ma] n<t two
? . .11 s |mpi: oninent.
KENLON IN A PET,
SAYS GALLAGHER
! Asserts Chief Tried to
Boost Favorite Who
Was Rejected.
NO "CORK LEG" MEN
IN DEPARTMENT
Surgeons Answer Statement That
Armless Fire Fighters Get
Promotion.
Franh Oallagher, presldent "f tbe atu*
nlcipal ? 'iv il Ben Ice l 'ommlssion,) eaterdsy
characteriaed the chargea made bj John
Kenlon. Flre Cblef, that thi Clvll Ber
rice Commtssion'a aurgeona had paaaad
.nen '\\ ith rork le'-,'s aml without arms'
for promoUon In ti"- Flre Department
aa prenpateroua. He said. anoreover, that
thi Fire Chiefa crltlclarri ?as doaabtlaaaa
due t" Kenlon'a fallure to bave a favorite
Bppolnted In aplte of phyaical dlaabllltlea
dis'iiMi'd by the exarrUnera
i tiiink l aee whal la bi hlnd thla," asld
Mr, Osllagber. "ln the laal examlnatlona
a man namcd t/uffy, who had falled to
pass tiio aurgeona canu to me and pro*
lesled thal his i (iinlitloii WOUld not Itl
terfere wlth his dutles, aml bf begged me
to rule in his favor. Kenlon then wrote
t,, me. maklng a stroni; recommendatlofl
in tin man'a t.i'..':, bul i wrote t.. th"
Flre i hlef thal the man could not be
! pasaed Thla man "as ln a conditlon, the
Jaurgeona reported, lhal a auddgn Btraln
mlaht cauae his deatb ln flve <>r six houra
\i,| -, r ;i,i- was tin- man that the FlM
' ii,.-i wanted promoted
? This talh aboul men wltb wooden ?'
... \ lega is a s'Tt of comlc tradttlon.'
aald one "f the ofticera m tin- iitedlcal
departmenl if it has any baata In/ect
i have i,,. n unabli t" dis. over it "
it 4\.is aaM "ii K""'i authority yeaterday
thai prior t,, the Laal . aaml nation f"r pro
motton in the Flre Department one of tbe
candldatea bad dectared to one of tbe
Municlpal Clvll Barvice phyalclanr that
i he bad puii enoiti te -? I thtough*' ln
aplti "f bis dlaquallfli atkm.
Commiaaloner <;.iii.is-h, r Baaerted that
. -,,i,i.,i Ki nlon aa ?? ~""i Flre Chief.
thal Ma attemptlng to criUctsa the
work of aurgeona waa the helght ?>f ab
- irdtty.
?-wn.it doea Kenlon hnoa aboul ph\sl
eal asamlnatlona" commentad tiie Com
mlHlonei "tjere we have been trying
t,, adopt i |ual itandard by whlch Bre
. could be measured. and be ael -
, hia ludgmenl asainal aurgical esperta
1 |n ., ws) tinit tenda i" bring dtaeredll
j on < t\ii aervli a regulatlora.''
i The aurgeoi ? who conducl the clvll ?er
g>. .? examlnatioi i a'>? Di Jamea P. War
New
York
Saint
Louis
Beginning November 30, through train of Club, Dining, Sleeping,
and Obaervation Cara?No Coachea
l.en,e? New York <Penn-?vlvaivi? Station) .S'SSS
Hudaon Terminal.in'SflS
Arri?e? ('incinnnti.- _r? !?
St. Loiiih .?>"M *
Keturnin. fT_M New Yorker) will len??? St. I.oui? l-*.0_ o'clock K*MM ?"<1
Hrrive New York 1..V) P. M.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
____?_______________________?_-________?___*_*-**?>??*'"?. ' _??-__*-?_ .' n- i_-_i-*r-a
basse. of Nn. ">v*i Waahlngton avenue,
Brooklyn, an.l Dr. Henry P de Forast, I
uf N" 181 Weal (Tth atreat, Manhattan
Surgeons ln the Kire Departmenl are in
BCCOrd with the stand taken by Dra :
Warliasse and da Fot*J8l "ii the c|uesti?n I
Of eertain disabiilUea
The tin- ihl.f's P-marks WOTI made he
fore a group of Bswly appointed l
He said yeaterday that ba had not in
tended to start a controverayi and thal
his views had not BTOWB OUt of til" fail
ure to hava a favorite appointed He
merely dlffered arlth th" Clvll Bervlca
Commlsslonera on Beneral prtnclpli -. and
it was hia eonvtctlofl that they passed
men arho ought nol to pass. ;ul,i falled to
pass. thoae who deserved it.
CITYCAN'TSEETAXI BOOKS
Court Order May Hasten Trial
of New Cab Ordinance.
The Appellste Divlsion handed down a
decislon yasterday whleh ma) reeult in
hrinKiiiK lo an early trial tha action
whlch the Vellow Taalcab Company has
broughl to hava the new taalcab ordl?
nance declared un4JonstJtutlonaL
The deciakwi revoked an order obtained
hy the Corporatlon Counsel to esamtne
tha books ot the company to determlne
tha Bccuracj of the itatement that the
compan} would bave to do bualneaa at
,i loaa undi r the new law, The court
declded thal the clt) hsd no rlgbl to ths
information until offered for avtdence at
thi ti lal. Tha order obtained i>> ?
atood in tbe wai "i" the trial. because the
Corporatlon Counsel aought the Informa?
tion to use in hia i <t^
Boy Dies from Burns.
Joseph Donohue, jt . four reara old. of
No. H2J latbanon atreet, Tbe Bronx,
whose clotblng caught flre on Tbankagiv?
lng Day as he w.is playlng .'ih""t a bon- j
dr". di, d yasterday <n Lebanon hTospttsJ. i
KISS COST HIS LIBERTY
Youth Who Tried to Salute
Nurse Held in Court.
a. ni-.-.i o. trytna to ktmm ?? n ??-?? a a*
ployed a? the Rlvarereel Batwtorlunt,
Prederlck Hetber, of No. MB Qrand ave*
nue. Aatoria, wa-- arreal A y< iterdap af*
ternooii at the Astotla rleat, Light .<rd
Power Company plant, al i'a Ino Eleach.
Mlaa Rose Hevert, elahl en yeara ata,
b nurse al I a anatortum, aaM --he a 11
on h.r aray to the sanatorlum WcdneJ
da) night when Hether, whe waa on ;h<v
same iroUey car, trled to Blrl wlth ber.
Aft.r she left the Car. she aald, he pejf
BUOd her and. throvvln- his arms aiounl
her. tij.-.i t<. _|aa ber. Bhe erted f'.r help
and Hetber Bed.
Hetber was heid by Magtatra'e beach
ln 12,000 ball lor examin.itlon
NO HELP FOR V PLODDERS
Flatbush Avenue Escalator
Plan Is Rejected.
The Pabtlc servi.-e Commtssloii baa
received .n-advance report, lt araa nn
noiinced yesterday, agalnsl Instslllng .ii
escalator at the Flatbush avenue ete*
\..r.-<: rtation Ib Brooklyn Maay re*
>|i:ests had heen mnde for the ?
tor, ind CllftOII W. Wllder, the *>|ec
trlcal aaglneer of the commlsslon, araa
aaslgned to Inveetlgate condltlona
Hi reported that tha Pulton atraat
alevatcd railroad is a part of thi New
York Municipal Railway CtonMwntleeVa
ayotem to be operated under Hm dual
ayetem contracts. nnd thal In arcord*
ance wlth tbooe contracts i' wlll s.?.n
ie ecjulpped arlth a third track. Thi*
ar||| aaceaaitate the abandonmeni of th
preeenl station at Platbush avenue. v
new .station wiii have to i" erected
there, and If 'he eocalater waa huiit
l-.o'v 1t ve.nihi BOOfl hav .- tO be BbS-B*
d .r.e.t
Mr. Rambon and thr Honoralile Little (Jod.
a Btary b* fran?t.r i.im.K
Br th- astker al The Las> ot the p.^ration " ate Baabla
r>?r? a mra, enntrd >. -?ior#, t>y Bfakaaa l tir?"i
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Ever Published in America
The Century
Christmas Feast
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Rorothr and Her Sistrr.
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Madame Merrier.
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