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THE SUN, SUNDAY., JANUARY 31, 10,15.
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MANY WILL ENTERTAIN AT 'ABRAHAM tit STRAUS'
HOTEL MUSICALE TO-NIGHT HAVE 50TH BIRTHDAY
MITCHEL IS 'PEANUT'
MAYOR, ASSERTS NED
State Civil-Service Head Returns
Nroadsido From City
Hall.
TELLS OF HYPNOTIC
CURE OF BLINDNESS
Prof. Waiijfh of IJcloit ('lpK0
Says Student Patient Xenli'd
Solf-Ctin fitlonr.'.
SOME FIRE PERIL IN
SCHOOLS ADMITTED
o
Adamson Submits ltesulfs of In
vestigation 'to Mayor
JIit;hc!.
PACKERS DON'T SEE
LOWER MEAT PRICES
Dinner Concert at PlaZa Evening of Music in Delia Golden Anniversary to Be Cole
Think War Demand and Other
Conditions Offset Increase
in Live Stock.
Robbia Room at Vanderbilt Tales
bra ted by Month of
Special Sales. .
of New York Hotels.
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Faults in housekeeping
In rrport to Mnyor Mlt'chel yes
erday Fir Commissioner Adamncn uh
irtltted tlio remitti of nn Investigation
of tho charite by Charles a. Armstrong,
irvll engineer, that the puWIc schools
arc Are trnpi", hcrnuso they contain so
much wood In their furnUhlliRS and con
st ruction.
The Mayor a.krd for nn incstlratlon of
the. charger lust March. whin iirtlctes ap
peared polntinc out the nllcgcd dnnnerous
.xmdttlonn. In sunnnlnK up his report
Commissioner Ailamson mys:'
"It Is not a 'net that every public school
hulldlriR In the city Is a tire trap. Inspec
tion of 23 schools showed that bad fire
wndltlone, due to careless liotisckecplnR.
cxlMid In many schools and that In nil
meriftn schools considerable wooden con
struction should be removed and the lines
of exit better snfemurded. tut no ground
was found which would Justify the eweep
.)fiK chamcteruatlon of all the schools as
imsjfe." ,
Commissioner Adumson said he person
ally vHttrd several of the schools men
tioned by Mi. Armstrong "here steam
tripes were covered with wooden planks.
Ohlef Konlon wae with him on theo ncva
dons mid although tn- differed with Mr.
Armstrong as to the desrcn 'f th ft"
danger riatilllriK from the wooden caelncs.
Mr. Artanvnn wrote In his riport:
"It seemed to me beyond ipiestlon that
tho uce of this combustible material In
reli.ira of school lUlid with children,
where from anv one of numerous cuu-eh
this wooden material tnim.t i.ucn lire niju
Mart a p.ml, . was unl"c and presented
uli element of dancer."
in ihr (nt-rc.t of cifct.v. th,. t.nmmls
rloner snld, he linimillntely liotltied lhi
Hoard of Kducatlon that the wooden
planklnc must be retmncd and repuced
with metal covering.
Tho most serious condition was found
Jn the group of old wooden buildings at
Krasmus Hall High School. Hrooklyn.
Here a new M-hoot building of modern
fireproof type has two wings which ex
tend back from the street and very clc.se
to tome old wooden structures which were
the. homo of the school for nu-ny ears,
The original school hulldlnc was built 12!
years ao.
The committee aiding fominlsHloner
Adamson In t m Investigation reported to
him that the proximity of the wooden
buildings to the new structure was dan
gerous to the latter In case of tire. A
eT-'lal report by the committee recom
mended Jhat thtT buildings be aban
doned at once as classrooms.
As the report was made shortly after
the opening of the fall term the school
Authorities protested that to iio5 tho
buildings at that time would greatly In
terfere with the ptogms or the pupils.
They asked for n second survey of tho
fire hniard. which resulted In modifica
tions permitting tha use. of the build
ings with additional watchmen and a
promise that they will be abandoned In a
short time.
Speaking of the 1.14T. items In ftro pre
ventlon complaint concerning school
buildings, the reports says. "217 have
Been complied with. Tlioe not rompueu
with are principally the ones calling for
isolation of cellais, for tire alarm con
nections anil Interior xignalllng sytems.
Um uiAlttiialiui! of fir.. CEtinguis.-crs un
the. discontinuance, of certain storage
etpAce."
The report says school firms nave oeen
developed to a high degree of perfection. .
No serious fire has occurred In a public
school In several years. In four years
only nlnety-fivo fires havo occurred in
schools. Twenty retultcd from lighting,
six started In waste baskets und the others
were trivial. The tires were all duo to
carelessness or bad housekeeping.
The Commissioner iiolntH out that many
of the recommendations of his special com
mittee were made to correct housekeeping
faults which should be corrected by tills
time, as a new code of standards which
provides definitely for remedying all these
matters has been adopted and copies of It
have been put In the hands of school Jani
tors and other school otllclats.
WINS AGAIN CASE HE
HAS WON 23 TIMES
Plaintiff May Get 2,033 and
910,000 Interest, After
Xcarly 30 Years.
A loal battlo lasting nearly thirty
years has, onded with an order by the
Court of Appeals directing Alexander
Thaln, a lawyer, of 38 Park How. to
7y to James-K..Vattn $2,033 that had been
diverted to the lawyer's own use with
about $t0,000 interest. Twenty-three Judges
have ordered Thaln to make the payment,
but he has evaded obeying the order
until now. Counsel for Watts says that
unless tho Judgment Is paid nt once an
order of arrest, which will keep the law
yer In Jail until he settles, will be applied
for.
In January. 1885. tho firm of Weston
Bros. & Watts, coal dealers, was dissolved
under
to account
Ing
tie
yir Thaln was anpolnted and took posses
sion of the firm's property. When the
receivership was vacated Thaln was di
rected to return tho property to Watts,
but refused,
Watts finally started cctitempt proceed
ings ngalnst Thaln, who was fined JiiuO,
fbut this order was revnrrcd, although
Thraln was advised to turn over the prop
erty to, avoid accounting proceedings
against him. Thaln still refused nnd
Watts brought the action. Abraham
Kllng was appointed refetcc In 1801 to
take the accounting. After many hear
ings the matter was dropped.
For years Watts tried in vain to get
another laiwyer to take up his case.
Among thoBe who refused to take the
case wns Col. Hobort 13. Ingersoll, A
year ago McLear & Mclear of 115 Uroad
way, looked Into the matter and decided
tht Watts hadn't had his real day In
court. As a result of their action the
courts Itave found Thaln Indebted to
Watts.
Thaln's defence to the recent action
whs, the statute of limitations, but the
courts held that as an officer of the court
he could not seek Its protection.
NON-UNION SHOES FOR UNION.
BtitrrfrrporiT, Ohio, Jnn. 30. The strlk-
Inir nilnsrs nt .-.ist.n Ohtn nr. lln 111 tirmu
an agreement by which Watts was irn uo ii """"
ount In two years, but an account- and pledge themselves to bo "Just the way
was demanded a few months later and ' . , , ,, a. .
Wmrtons nskel for a receiver. Iiw- I . KMnday de Ivered bis sermon. He Sure
over the discovery of the absence of the - hi--ii no iii n mo mm
uplon !abej on 10,000 pairs of shoes that : t"a"y tlckot th Twentieth district It
have been purchased by their officials for tus con,a lo Illr" through the action of
the miners anil their fnmlllen fmm n I the ItOUSfl of Representatives.
Jersey Cltv firm.
Many of the miners have refused to , matter of an application by Cantor for a tlon hall, was discovered by Arthur
wear the shoes or permit their wives or recount of votes, decided yesterday that Smith, a man servant. Under the super
children to wear them, The officials In sines thu board of canvassers has declared vision of Janus MoNally, Mr. nockefil
defending their action say they did rot bl opponent elected Cantor Is not entitled ler's butler, tho tlamea were extinguished
know there were no union labels on tho now to an order for a recount, but should before the firemen arrived,
shoes when they bought them. I apply direct to Congress, i Roth Mr. und Mrr. nockofeller were out
The miners have abandoned all hopo of
settlement of the strike at the conference
of their otnclals wltn the operators and
the Federal conciliator
SHOES AT 910 RIDICULED
A recent statement Issued by the De-l
partmenl of Agriculture that meat prices
will be lower on account of the Irtcreaso
In the number of live stock has brought
forth replies from beef packers which ,
show that ,thcy do not expect any material l
lowering of prices In tho Immediate fu-1
ture. I
A renrcsentaUve of Suliherger A Sons'
Company In Chicago suggests that war
conditions abroad and the conacquent
urgent demand for meat supplies might
offset tho reported Increase In live stock.
The Cudahy racking Company, Chi
cago, snld that higher prices for beef
nroducts In the next few months would
probably result, owing to the curtailment
of stock by the foot and mouth disease ,
, , .,' , ..,!, i ui (...1., i
and t-ecauso llvo stock Is being freel ,
sold now on account of the high price
of grain. I
Klngan ft Co., another Chicago firm, large reservation has been made. Among
figured that the demand for American ' those who will Ins present are W. A.
beef from abroad would offset UmljJMf i Howard "rioSft Mrs! t
Increase there might b In llvo stock. i c ovomior. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Wattles.
Nat C. Murray c. tho bureau of cropjjir nn,i jirs. K. IMey, Mrs. (Icorge H
estimates Is reported as haIng slid In ; Smith. Mr and Mrs. A. 15. Wellman, Sir
Washington that the bulletin of the De- Charles and lnly Ito-. Mr. and Mrr
par.,,,.,, f" Agrlcn.tur. W Usued to H..n,,ay Turn,
correct published statements that beef-- , ,,..,.. K,1lnliitflh,rT and Solon .1.
steak would go us high as SO cents
pound and that a pair of rhots would
eventually sell nt $1". He said that tho
ratio of Increase In live stock was greater
In Iftll than nt any time In recent years,
and that the Increase would bo. greater
this year. He said the Increased demand
for American beef and hides from nbroad.
despite Increased production, would forc
prices higher than the price of normal
times.
The .Vntlonol rrovlalotirr. In nn edl-
torlal yesterday, ridicule, tho statement wero the Very Itev. John 1'. Chldwtck.
that 300,000 head of cattle h?d bem Miss Virginia O. Olldcrsleove, Judge
Shipped to Krance and that beefsteak J,, Af'ffiMll ffi
would soon cost 50 cents a pound nd , ton m, ,Jr. willlnm H, Maxwell. The
shors iio a pair. table docoratlotis were pink Klllarney
"Nothing like 300.000 '.uad of cattle , I0llt.K
haVH gono to all of Kurope since the out- j
break of the war. much les to Frano , . , roi,an. father of George M.
alone.-1 said the 'roflstoiter. The vis-,
campaign to wipe out the foot ami mumn ,
disease up 10 iuveniiier 01. inu .mc
of the animals was $3,300,000.
OLD LAW STOPS 6 CENT BREAD.
ChlcsKo to Prosecute linkers If They
Combine When! nt I .r.'J.
CltlcAoo, Jan. 30. While May wheat
was at II. B2 a buohel to-da, tho highest
price since the war, and six cent bread
was advocated by the Nitlonal Associa
tlon of llakers. possible relief to the con-
sumer was discovered by the city's Cor-
in, iuii, mi uiuipri ,.,i "'
planning a campaign to teach housewives
ecnomy.
T .nn Iffirnsteln. Assistant Cnmoratlon
conn,,!, dug up a forgotten statute of
jgj Whlch provides punlthment for any
.lt.rsons or comblnntlon organized to booet
rces dtclarc.l It applicable to tho
prrposed six cent price or oreau. ne sain
further that any purchaser of bread was
not obliged to pay the Increased price If
ho could prove that the price wss raised
In furtherance of an agreement.
May wheat opened at $1.4S, but soon
began Its new skyward stride. July wheat
rose to 1 35 a bushel. May closed at
$1.51 and July at $1.34U.
E0AD RECEIVERSHIP FEARED.
ftrnml Trunk System In MIcIiIitbh
Knees It, Mays nn Oftlclsjl.
Dktho'T, Jan. 30. A receivership for
the Grand Trunk Hallway lines In Michi
gan unless business conditions Improve
was nredlcted to-day by A. H. Atwater,
assistant to the president of the Grand
Trunk sysiem and manager of the lines
west of the Detroit and St. Clair rivers.
"The Michigan lines of the Grand Trunk
have not been making expenses," said Mr,
Atwater. "Tho deficit was paid out of the
earnings of the Canadian lines of the road.
Business now is such in Canada that the
roads are not In a position to bear this
extra burden. Unless business conditions
Improve I can hs no way out of the mat
ter except a receivership."
CHILDREN HEAR BILLY SUNDAY.
Five Thousand MhaUr Ills llnnil nnd
Promise to Br flood,
Philadelphia, Jan. 30. Billy Sunday
had more fun to-day, bo says, than nt nny
other tlmo since he came to Philadelphia.
This afternoon he Hiked extempora
neously before a tabernacle full of chil
dren and with such good effect that 5,000
of them scampered down the sawdust
Immense audience of adults, and 127 "hit
the trail." Hilly will deliver to-morrow
tils famous sermon "Booze; or, Get on the
Water Wagon."
GIRL, 13, SCOLDED, ENDS LIFE.
Shoots Herself In Presence of Three
Yonnurr Children.
New nocHRf.Mi, N. Y.. Jan. 30. Be
cause her mother scolded Iter Angelina
Colombo, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Pasqualn Colombo of 23 Kverett street,
killed herself thin afternoon with her
father's revolver as she Uy on a bed In
her room.
Three younrer children wre In the
room at the time. The parents were
downstairs. Before Angelina shot her
self the younger children endeavored to
take the revolver from her, warning her
that It was loaded.
Coroner Livingston gave a verdict of
suicide after viewing the body.
NO RECOUNT FOR CANTOR.
Only Itrmrdy Now Is to Contest Srnt
In House of Itrpresrntiitl vr".
If Jneoh A, Cantor gets the seat In
Supreme Court Juetleo Cohalnn, In the
I According to the original count Can-
tor wan defeated by Isaac Slrgol, the He-
publican and Progressive candidate, by
about eighty votes.
Ible supply of cattlo In this countr) on Fr.ar!, a, dinner to-night at the Hotel Hvans, l-lttshurg. and Col Asa ninl
January I was 2l.2ti2.000 milch cows and , A , Gard'ner. Suffern N V.
37.0S7.OUU head of other cattle, as shown , 'wur . . . 1 , , ' m "' ' ' , . ., ,
by the annual Uve stock report, Issmd Tho a,t)mnl of ,e lfrrn.,n 0,ptai n V J Mr ! 5 ml Mrs
a few days ago." annu.u meeting lar,t night In the CvV.r: v ltoW."s "n.i .V .htr Kr"'
ni...ri, "''... L V,i I . I stuetl. nr. s mono urueiuciu aim juukc .
ulni und 7.000 sheen were k lied In tin . ,' .. m .i. .1,. .n.b.r. A ItapldF, Mich.
I lour runs v. in enu jou viui, oeioro an
Nalian f'ranko has arranged an Inter
esting programme for the Hunday dinner
music-ale In tho main restaurant of the
Plana this evening. He will be assisted
by jts8 Helen Meserlti, soprano; Itobert
jialtland. tenor, and Instrument! soloists,
Amonff th08e who ,flU (nlertaln guests
nre Mr( ,,au, Morton tra. h. BUplcs
,ol,pri Mr ttml Mr. Jamej 13. Hell,
Mr and Mr w ,5 Hawkins, Mr. and
jrBi Archloald M. McCrea, Hlchard
C. Kerens, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
M. Hnltt. Mr. and Mrs. tleorgo Hose,
Mr. and Mrs. Hodman H. drlscom. Mrs.
William H. Coombs, Mr. and Mra. W. H.
Arnold, Mn. William Orr Darclay and
Mr. and Mrs. Clcorgo Whlttcll.
At the Vanderbilt Hotel Hunday mt-sl-cale
this evening In the Delia Hobbla
room Miss Sldonie Spero, coinrature
soprano and prima donna, will tie the
J "Ser, nssmea oy joeei l ejer a .a m
Hungarian orchestra. She will sing In
,,renh nm, Kn ,,, ot1l arllst() w1m
wl, ap,fIir are viscomte Henri do Mar-
tin), violin, and Miss Mary Wall, harp. A
VIhMo.
The Italian employees of the Hotel
Knickerbocker have iieni 1 10.30 to the
Italian C'onui for the sufferers In the
earthquake In Italy. The hoad Iwothlack
made the largest Individual contribution.
Tho Hrooklyn Heads of Department
Association gave a luncheon In the ban
quet room of the Manhattan yestorday.
More than 100 were present. Miss Ku
ircnle Callaghan presided. The speakers
(-.nHlll, i. t t ih. Kl?,t of honor of the
vau,iCViic entertainment hy members of
te nlumnl ass.vlatlon amused tho dlncts
between courses.
The Junior League of the Widowed
Mothers Futfd Association held a recep
tion and dance In the blue and green
rooms of the Hotel McAlpln last evening.
Tho class of IS 18. Fordham University,
will hold ,i banquet at the Hotel McAlpln
next Wednesday evening. The. Hev.
Thomas J. MeCloekey, president, and the
farultv of the school will be gue.-,s. Lor-
n(ilus c. Orbln, 'S3, pr-'sldent of fhe Ford
,,m ii,...,ni Association t Arthur McAl
-"ifpnan, a-, and .lonn u. .iiuican, tyui ii-u
be guests of honor. The class of 191R 1h
the largest freshman class 'he university
has ever had. nnd being well represented
In all of the popular sports of college
and teams has made an especial .. proud
rocord. Officers of the class arc Joseph
m t.j.hv of Pouehkeeneln. nresldeirt;
James K. Gordon. South Amlioy. N. J.,
vice-president, and George C. I.lcbcr, Jr.,
of New York city, treasurer.
The Hunter College, class of 1905. will
give a luncheon In the hallroom or tnc
Hotel McAlpln next Saturday. Dr. Thomas
Hunter, president emeritus of Hunter Col-
lege, wll be the guest of honor and prln-
clnal speaker Miss Marguerite M. Travis
of 603 West HSth street Is president of
tho class of 1005.
tno ciass oi un
The New York State division of the As-
CLERK KILLS CLERK IN
FIGHT IN SKYSCRAPER
Tragedy Grows Out of Quarrel
Over Work in Office on
17th Floor.
Joseph McLaughlin, 23 years old, who
lived at 1213 Avenua H, Brooklyn, was
stabbed twice near the. henrt and killed
jcsterd.iy while In a fight with William
B. Irvine, 23 years old, who lives with
his wife and baby at 857 I7ast 176th
street. The Bronx.
Both young men were clerks In the em
ploy of the Vacuum Oil Company, at t
Broadway. Tho fight took place In the
corridor on tho seventeenth floor of the
building.
A week ago they quarrelled over their
work and tho quarrel was resumed at
Intervals after that.
On Friday afternoon. Coroner Feln
hcrg was Informed. McLaughlin said to
Irvine: "I will settle witn you to-morrow."
Hussell Brakcley. another clerk, wan
on his way back from lunchoon yester
day when ho saw the two men In a fight
In the corridor. He saw no weapon nnd
pnssed on. Soon afterward McLaughlin
staggered hack to tho office and said
to Louis Callahan, tho assistant office
manager, "I am stabbed."
He sank to the floor and wns dead when
Dr. Slater arrived.
The Coroner said that Irvine had In his
pooket a penknife with a Made arf Inch
und a half long.
After the light Irvine went to Jersey
City hy way of the tube, Intending to
visit his mother-in-law. When he reached
Kxchange place, Jersey City, he called
up the office on tho telephone and snld
to Mr. Callahan: "Will Mlaughlln do
me any hnrm If I come back?"
Mr. Callahan advised him to return to
jthe office Immediately, Ho did so and
was arrestedr
FIRE AT JOHN D., JR.'S HOME.
Serrsnt" ICxIlnnnlsh Illnse Before
Firemen Arrive.
Defective Insulation caused a small fire
late yesterday afternoon In the home of
John U Rockefeller, Jr., at 10 West Fifty-fourth
etreet. Tho blaze, which started
in the elevator shaft off the main recep-
at the time but their five children, who
wero In the nursery, were assembled In
the rear of tha building rtany to lav at
a, moment' notice.
will give a banquet In honor of Surgeon-
General Gorgas at tho Hotel McAlpln next
Saturday evening. The Medical . Heservn
Corps Is composed of prominent phjsl-
.Inn- t l.u U....- n. V, n -A nntutlnlul -
first lieutenants in the United State
army. Those officers arc kept on a re-
servo list and aro called upon only In
tjmefl of war or for purposes of Instruc-
nun. i.tiv uniuna nit; ,'. iw? ii.'iu ..cut.
Wilcox, president! Dr. Howard Kox, vice.
president; Dr. Harold Hays, secretary ; i w last u month.
Dr. II. Hhorldnn ltaketel, treasurer. I At a recent luncheon given by the firm
Among .the members of the association ' tho growth of the concern from Its small
mnry'c'.' 'SrWnUV'ii i" iT T" "Tt JrP,h
the University and Hcllevuo jicdlcal fcl"'" & Co. to Its present largo busl
Hchool; Dr. Virgil I. Glbnoy, profmsor of I ness wns sketched and a tour of the build
orthopedic surgery at Columbia Unl- ' Inim wan inado In which tho development
verslty; Dr. Thomas Darlington, presl-1 0f the plant was pointed out.
dent of tho Workman's Compensation; Th, u,,,i,,, n.i,m .i,
Commission, and Dr. Hobert T. Morris. . T,,r Ia,! Abrallam Abraham, founder of
professor of sttrgey at the Pot-a.idunt
Hospital.
Mrs. Haymond Hulsart. who wan for
merly Miss Hose Marie Hellly, presided
nt the I'M Sigma 1 VI Sorority luncheon
in the green room of the Hotel McAlpln
yesterday afternoon. The committee in
charge of Hi affair was Miss i Gertrude K. Tho ,, funn Krcw unt jtr, Abraham
son. .Miss Jane: Lowden and Miss Hlsle tcned on the present situ as the most de
Steckln. Fortv members and gues s itirablo place of business.
were at the luncheon.
ARRIVALS AT THE IIOTKLSlVMch Hcformed Church and its burial
(lilrsts niut Thnnc Mmrlnu In the
Meiison's f.'nyrty.
Mr. and Mr'. Walter S.-hlDler Neme)s
have clo-ed tbtlr country place. Tran
quility, at Morilstown, N. J., and will
pass tho remainder of tho season nt the
I'lazn.
Mr. und Mrs. Ogden M. Kd'vards, Jr., of
I'lttsburg have Joined friends at the I'laza
for nn Indefinite stay.
Hotel Woodstock Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Klwohl. Denver, Col.: Mr. and Mrs. F. A J
Orlswold, Hartford. Conn.; Mr. and Mrs
K. M. Campbell, lloston, Mass.. and Mr. j
and Mm, William J. I.e, Hudon Fall",
N. Y. I
Holland HouscN. K. Hopkins. New .
York; .Mr. anil Mrs. C. I,. Hamilton, New
York; Thomas I'.. Smith, Philadelphia, and
K. H. Hcnnett, Clucngo.
Imperial Charles N. Irkood, Duluth,
Minn.; J. (). White, U.istonla. N. C. ; A I
Among those entertaining nt the supper
dance In the grill mom were J.ihn Jamison
and pait : J. M-'tcalf and party; G. C.
Turner and party; Mr. nnd Mrs. M. A.
Fisher and inrty. New Haven. H. Jtailoy
Hreivami- p'V II. 'ZW' an, !
party; J. D. Mortimer nnd party; Il
lllalr and Mrs. II. M. lllgglnliotbam.
Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. It. II. Dula motored here
from their country place, lltbrlten, at
Tarrytown-on-Hudsoti, nm! arc nt the
Hotel Gotham, visiting Mr, and Mis.
Toivnscnd llomor.
Clarldge Gaston Akoun. Paris ; K. O.
CtfT,., 1 ...WM.f. ... . . ...C...... .....
dence, Mr. S. I Cook, Chicago, aipl
Howard O. Heynolds, lloston.
Hotel Algonquin Mr. nnd Mrs. W
nowland. New Drltaln. Conn.; Mr. nnd
Mrs. F. 17. Thompson, Philadelphia; Mr.
and Mrs. A. ijrecn, jiartiora, ionn., ami
T. F. Flynn. Salt Iake. Utah.
Lorraine .rinur u, niern ana ianiii.
Tlochester. N. Y. . Mrs. George O. Will
iam. Farmlngton, Conn.; Miss Wake nnd
Miss J. H. Perkins. lloston.
i At th. Kn ekerlHXker are Mrs M . p.
V'""""""'. V m , .u
Westerly. H. I.; Major A. W Mack
Somervllle. N. J.; J r. and Mrs. Allen
Hoar. I-ong Head. Cat., in I Mr. and Mrs.
George K. Hlegel. Philadelphia,
At the Hotel Martinique nre . Ixrw.
(Toronto. V. Uurden, Norfolk, Va, ; J. I.,
Teller. I'tlca, N. Y.. and F. n. Baxter.
Nashville, Tenn.
BUSINESS PROBES HIT
LABOR, SAYS RICHARDS
Stuto Superintendent Tells
Bankers Industrial Democracy
Is Parlor Socialism.
Ai.bant. Jan. SO, Henry 'Wheeler of
Troy was elected chairman of group
i five of tha New York State Bankers Am-
eoclntion here to-night. The election wns
unanimous. Macnaughton Miller of Al
bnny was elected' secretary.
The annual nuetlng of the association
ended with a dinner nt which Kugene
Lamb Hlc.hards, Stato Superintendent of
Banks, waa the principal speaker. Ho
attacked tr.o modern tendency to har-
au lln.M with IniMMilli-nllnnil fit AV.rV
eharncer. He declared that the outcome
oi unese iiiveniiKauuiiB uuiu i," w mini
capital, remarking that when capital
catohes cold labor freezes to death. Ho
characterized the present us an age of
political novelties, but expressinl an un
willingness to follow tho Inclinations of
the times.
"So to-day," he nald, "the seekers for
pub'Jc favor wvm o feel that they are
licensed to try economic experiments and
nlav irames with the nroMicrlty of tho
country. And the most recent game of,
the upllfters with tho usual uplift of
taxes Is one they call Industrial democ
racy, the rure-all for lnduntrlal univtt.
but I call It parlor socialism."
Supt. Itlchnrds referred to the
hearings of tho Industrial Ilelatlons Com
mission and wns applauded when he snld:
"Fhe leaders of big buMness know only
too well that the disposition of such ques
tions under a constitutional form of gov
ernment should not rest upon the Btnto
but upon Its citizens."
A. n. Cobden of Schenectady. W, II.
Waterhury of Saratoga, Horace J. Taber
of Greenwich and W. L, Howland of Me
chanlmvllle were elected to the exectitlva
cammltte of tho group,
SLEEPING WOMAN OF 80 BURNS.
JVot Kxpeclrd to Live Cnuse of Fire
Unexplained.
Mrs. Jane Lee. 80 years old, who lived
at 633 West Fifty-first street, nwoke
frrm a sound slumber lato yesterday af
ternoon to find her clothing ablaze. She
rushed Into the hnll screaming for help.
'Neighbors found her unconirlous on tho
steps of the house and extinguished tho
flames by wrapping her In blanket.
Mrs. Lee wns taken by Dr. Weinberg
to Polyclinic Hospital suffering from
burns of the head and body. There it
was said she would die,
The pollen wero unable to find huw tlm
Are lUrUd. . I
filUiil UJ' UKUNIll i ULli
Tho firm of Abraham & Straus Is rele-
"rating this week tho golden anniversary
of tho store, flrty years of existence a
one of llrooklvn's ble department stores.
t,10 even, )fl Mnf, cfMrfnteA n typl-
cally mercantile wny by special sale that
lnp I,rnl ot nraimm Hiraus, torn onco
how h entered business soon after the
close of the civil war In 1863. Ho de
scribed himself as tho "Co." In Wechslc.r
ft Co. when the llrm occupied only tho
street floor of tho store In the little build
ing still standing nt 29 Fulton street,
"Wll-re this store now stands," ho said,
'was a circus irround. Heforo that an old
i ground wero here. Wheeler, a man far
nhotul of bis time, built a very tine Iron
front building. th first structure of Its
kind In the city, very pretentious indeed
for those days It was a very unfor
tunnlo venture for hhn.
"Finally It was divided Into small stores
and rented for a saloon, a ill mo museum,
second hand auction place and the old
Olympic Theatre, lleyond that to Flat
bush avenue might Just as well have been
a Western mining camp so far as appear
ances went. And beyond that was the
country.
"Our store grew rapidly, taking In the
lloors above. A competitor owned both
sides of us, and we could not spread out.
Ono day I was walking in Fulton street
happened to look at tho big Wheeler
Hiillillng. Mke a Hash It caino to mo
that when tl e bridge opened the Wheeler opportunity to put In their case was un
Hullillng part of Fulton street could be . far jjr y0 Mri that ho represented
made the trnile ccntro of Hrooklyn.
Ne-
gotiatlotiH wero quietly opened by Mr.
James, a real estate xnan, the owners
coming together without knowing who
wanted the big 'white elephant."
"When tho reporters found out and !
published the fact that It was our store
IL l lluaril pill l inw ..ll.l v .llllll. llL if ,llo
effect that we had made a serious error.
Odd hh It may seem to-day there were
many who believed the territory limit of
Hrooklyn business possibilities was at the
City Hnll. Kten tho few houses estab
lished beyond that line advised me they
wero going to moe downtown below
Myrtle uvenu. If they could. There was
?f J
ness centre downtown, nut our store was
nn immediate success nnd one Hfter an
other the other stores followed us or
went out of business."
To-day Abraham & Straus's Is a most
up to date depaitnu-nt store, with a res
tnurnnt, giocery, model kitchen nnd bak
ery, mall order department, dressmaking
salon, big cold storage plant, fifty-two ele
vators nnd a telephone swdtchboard large
enough for toe iown of i iuiillipi to IiUt
tie demands' of customers. Tho trip
through the plant, which took In merely
that part of the storo which the general
nubile does not usuHlly see and knows
little of, took moro than an hour.
GOOD SAMARITAN'S CAR STOLEN,
Snninel fleger Assists Ailed Woman
lilt by Ilia .Machine.
The role of good Samaritan sometimes
leads one Into considerable annoyance, ns
wns evidenced last night In the case or
Samuel Beger, superintendent of the II,
Koehler & Co. brewery. Mr. neger was
driving south In First avenue toward his
home. 362 Fast Fiftieth street, when the
mudguard of the machine struck and
knocked down Mrs. Mary McKenna, 72
years old.
Though she wan only slightly Injured
nnd witnesses nbsolved him from all
blame Mr. I!oi,or Insisted on taking tho
woman to her li nne. After he had hor
seen safely Inside he went downstairs and
found that nomr one had stolen his new
touring car. Tho case wan at once re
ported to the police.
At 10:30 o'clock Patrolman Gibson
halted the stolon car on tho Queens-
boro Brldgo. Tho driver gave his
name ns William Ilattley. 27, of K02 East
Seventieth stteet nnd his companion said
he wns IMward Hnnlgan, 11, of 432 East
Seventy-sixth streot. Battley Is charged
with grand larceny. Tho boy was sent to
the Children's Court.
ADMITS Y. M. 0. A. THEFTS.
Yonth 5nr lis Stole to Keep Pace
Willi Companions.
Npjwark, N. J Jan. 20. Admitting
stealing money from six rooms In the Y.
M. C. A Building, Halph J. Mlele. 17. of
430 Central avenue, was held In $500 ball
for the Grand Jury by Judge Orlco In tho
First Criminal Court to-day.
Mlele told the police ho was forced to
steal to keep pace' with his companions.
Three watches and seven stickpins he Is
' Sj'8" i have ',0,en ""covered t
Two complaints were made against the
youth. Henry Booth charged him with
stealing three stickpins, valued at 323,
and John Kepke, Jr.. charged htm with
stealing his gold watch, valued at HO.
AltT HAI.lvS ANI HXIIiniTlONS.
Sillo's Fifth Ave.
Art Galleries.
Mr, Jamra p. Silo,
Auctioneer,
t4 Fifth Ave.
AND
I, 3 & STVrst 45th St.,
HAVE T1IK Pf.KASUBB TO ANNOUNCE
TUB SALE OF A
Second Choice Selection of
English Antiques
and Many Rare Objecta
of Great Art Value
romtontd mrtuff lo the conlnusd unpcrral
Ifllid rlricturr of tht ."ntflun .Market
by the eminent house
Messrs. Bailey's, Ltd.
7KnNHINOTO.V 1IICII ST., LONDON', W.
Fine Old Kngliih nd other contem
porsry Cabinetry, of the 0k, Walnut, and
Mahogany Pcriodi; rare Watrrford and
Scotch Clan; Genuine Old Sheffield Plate:
beautifully carved Jadei, Chinete Porce
lain! of the elect Dynaitiet, Rich Chinee
Lacqurn, etc., etr.
with a small group of additions from
another distinguished source.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Feb. 4, 5, & 6, at 2i30 P, M.
on r.THntmoNr To.Mnfwow
KAISES ISSUE OF TENACITY
'Jacob Neil. Irrtsldent of the State
Civil' Service Commission, which was as
sailed by Mayor Mltchcl for the way In
wWch it had attacked tho Municipal
Civil Servlco Commission, fired a verbal
bmodsldo at the Mayor yesterday.
Starting ofT with n llt of crimes
charged against the Stato Commission
by tho Mnyor, and following this up
with a relied Ion upon the Mayor's men
tal condition. Mr. Neil says that the
Major Is trying to "obscure the truth
by abuse." Ho continues;
"Had he (the Mayor) ncceptcd the
rcslirnatlon of the president of the
Municipal Clll Scrvlw. Commission when
It was tendered to him at the begin
ning of the Investigation tns we are
credibly Informed) tho evils which we
have had to report would have been
corrected. Hut It Is clear now that
soino of the policies for which we have
had to criticise the, president were tho
IKiHcJes of the Mayor himself. It Is
clear that he feels himself on trial.
Uracil I Mnmlers, lie Nnya.
"We eoseiit the Mayor's slanders w heicln
he rellects upon the chancer, antecedents
of th.-State Commission-'
' ". , ' ' " . t i
r"""' "' "VJ" vl": v C ,.l
Ul ifcil t I'mii' nt " " " I
my life, fifty )eor of which have been!
lived In Hrooklyn, wbern tho people have
signally honored ine with their continence.
Dr. Wolff .llkowlsn was born In New York
city and Is n physician of excellent stand
In, with r, nutation unnts.illed. Mr. La-
very Is a newspaper man of roughkcepsle
. . , , , , . , . l :
01 irrcproacnaoio cimrcier. "'-.
wan slurred by the Mayor W'""
unselfishly for the good of the c y of New
York wnen the Mayor was stll P"alr,g ,
with his rattles. In what has the State
Commission been niscreimeo . 1
Mr. Neu ends his statement with this
paragraph: "My opinion of the Muyor as
a hysterical subject upon whom the obli
gations of truth rest lightly- a Mayor of
the peanut type hslds good."
Wnnk Moss, counsel to the Stat com
mission, said the Mayor's statement that
in I r.minilhlon did not have proper
tho Attorney-General s otr.'-c nnu not tno
State commission and that the local com
missioners always had one nnd sometimes
four lawyers present, who had the privi
lege of cross-examining witnesses, anil
con,tttn,iy introduced explanatory
dp1Ce an'd txMMtn.
e vi
Moss Cnlls Inqnlrr Fnlr.
He said that counsel asked for two days
to complete their rebuttal and after the
State commission's cape was closed they
announced for the first time that they
wanted more than two daysj. Whn
this request was made the Governor had
arranged for the resignation of all of the
Statu Commissioners on February 1 and
so nut more than a week was left for the
municipal commission to put In a caje.
This was offered but not accepted. Mr.
Moss said :
"I have had considerable experience In
my Investigations and without hesitation
I say this was an unusually fair and open
Investigation. It wns absolutely non
partisan. I was a supporter of the fu.
ston campaign and liavn I-rii k liraily
supporter of the administration: certainly
I would not Injure It willingly."
G. A. R. MEN ANGERED.
Veterans Itrsrnt More to Oust Cant.
Ilaj- From 91.400 Federal Job.
Internal Itevenue Collector Keith In
Brooklyn has caused commotion nmong
civil war veterans by planning to oust
within a few days Capt. Geocge H. Hay.
a member of Grant Post, O. A. IL, from
his M.I00 a year Job ne a deputy- col
lector so as to make way for tho appoint
ment of n Democrnt In his place.
Surgeon-General Lewis S. Pllcher of the
O. A. It. has taken the matter up and
yesterday he presented Capt. Hay's case
to David J. IMlmer, tho national com
mander, nnd to Col. James D. Bell,
tho State department commander. It
is expected that an appeal will be made
to President Wilson by the G. A. II. na
tional and State organizations with a
view to prevent tho dismissal of Capt.
Hay.
Collector Keith said: "This Is a Demo-
cratlc Administration and Mr. Hay Is
a Republican leader In the Klghteenth
Assembly district. Dr. Pllcher has ap
pealed to me In this case. I told him
I did all I could for Hay and I kept him
a long time."
Hotels and
Dally. Kxcept Hunday.
Luncheon, 11 ISO to t
(No AilmlaMon Charged.)
Tea Dances. 430 to 6IS0
Admlulon, Tea Included,
60c.
Ttenclna and rlArlablllty,
a I. M.
Admlulon, SO CENTS
"After Mole Huppers."
Kurope'H I'amoua
Orrhptr&.
Soft Drinks Only.
No Tipping.
Ctft'trla Restaurant
' llroadwar at 41th Ht.
Hotel Collingwood
45 M'EKT S.VTII h'l'ltriKT.
"Half a hlork from Herald Mqnare."
Select acoommodtttlona for iltcrlm1n-tln
people.
Catering to both permanent and tranolent
pa.tronage.
Ilooms without bath, 81. SO for one
' " S.00 " two
" with " S.M " one
" " " 8.00 tno
Suites sveeordlnslr.
BETH II. MOSKI.EY.
Si'. DENIS HOTEL
tlroadnav at lllh ht.. New York Ctty. N. V.
400 ROOMS, WITH USE OF BATH
DOLLAR A NIOHT.
Attractive Itatrs for Permanent Gueiti,
Urrakfiut, 30c. to Wc.t Plate I.uneh, SV.
FAWOUS ST. DENIB DINNER 75 CENTS
Special Attention til ven lo Latllea Not neorted
"Phai" MinrlpD (Korrarrh- Palalt De Danae)
bllBZ ifiaUllCB lVway A 6i)th. rhoneKAoCol,
Nlihtly. including Sunday, 10 until Clotnr.
"Ties Duant,'r Saturday. 4,20 to 8;80 P. M.
Free demonstration by
HAtIllf'i: and riorrnoe WALTON.
Competition Dunilnf ytr Uubday.
TataUarf 4c itldaya "Apache Mint."
Jill S$oirffardcn
Kr$f anil SlSO V. M. V(&i
NO DANC1NO.
XOOIJOA.N'IC LKSIOX IN ( W,
IlKt.oiT, Wis., Jan. .10. Tho
how l'rof Knrl T. Wnugli of Hi'.,
lege fyirrd Fny II. Chase a s i..-.
fpasmodlc bllndiii'-s and sl imni. , t
hypnotlo sitgg'tlon was told
the professor, who Is In I'l.i-g.
psclinlogj and phllomphy dep. m
tho Itistltutlon.
Previous il. sp iti lie- hiw ...
llOW l'rof. Wallgtl ,lfti" h; lt nti.r.
sttnlont through the monoiumni" I
of a tuning fork kept him In n i-
for ten tnluuti'i, repenting io Ii.mi . . i
uotuly that he could see, that h. n.,,
see clearly and would alwa.vs, b i
sec. Arousing tl." fi.it if nt, th in'
kept lip the suggesthm prnress, th .
"establishing a path in bruin funn
eye.-'
Mlglv: resulted nfter a wlnl-. in i.n .
seeing llrst mil) a led gl.ir- l.el.n ' i
then being nbc to iII-IIiikiiIjIi .In- mi i ,
In tho room, thui the d.flVroui'i i.ur
snow and tries ouilde snd tin. ill'. .
alone down threi' lllghls of si-Hib
"My work with V. H. Chas. , ' v , ,i p
Waugh, "was prlmjrlly for the mn i ,
of correcting stammering due t.i l.,i
self-contlrience. lie had los- his
sudjli-nly on seAotal iic..h.Ioms, r g i t,1
it after a japie oi a fev ilns In
curred especiall) ditrlng .-Hod
vltemetit
"Tl.ese facts and
hie giMfial it-01
condition, together with the f i t'u.
jpcelallstH had found no organic denei
In the 0) s, led mn to try th" ffr -t o'
strong suggestions given during hvpniti.
sleep. 1I was quite unable to di'tri.i a
ray of light the last tlmo he was biouij t
to my laboratory.
After being given the suggestions that
he could and would see und would bav
fn ronlldence In himself, he was aw.k
fnf(, f ,radualV hrKll ., Heo obJp(.
a)(otlt h,m ftn(, wl)im an holJ. ,)
,d wa)U hnm(, n,0nOi
"Organic lesions, cannot be cured by
suggestion. Only troubles due to fun.
tlonal nervous disorders, such as hysteria
or tlxed Ideas or delusions or lack
power, Ac, are amenable to such trtat
mcnt.
"My th'-ory Is that pathways in th
visual region of the brnln which h.nn
become closed so that the ordinary vieu.i
stimuli do not make their way In to t1
centres may be opened b sending Im
pulses Into the br.iln by one of th- other
senses, such as the car, whose nerte patni
communicate moro or less directly wll1:
the visual region. .
"I am not a praetloner and cannot ni
dertakc to treat iho many cases concern.
Ing which I have received letter". I a.n
greatly Interested In tho nclintltte nspei
of tho question and can work upon rase
such as described alsive on'y as my lim
ited facilities hero will allow."
Aneil OrKTtnlst Worries Iher War
Mint fines lllliiit.
YnSKr.RH, N. Y., Jan. 30. James Pearcs.
70, a widely known organist nnd com
poser of chu.'ch music, living nt 12 Ph..
ser place, has become blind during tlm
last few weeks, and friends attribute, it
to his worn over the Kuropenn war,
A nenous condition aggravated his
falling e)eslght. He appeared on he
street to-day with his daughter leading
him by the band. He has played at con
certs all over the Fast nnd South.
COLLEGE WOMEN'S BREAKFAST.
Monlelnlr (Icciislim Given IT
l.nricrly to WVllcslrj- Affairs.
MoNTCi.Atn, N. J., Jan. 30. One hun
dred and ninety-six college women at
tended the annual breakfast of tho Col.
lege Women's Club of Montclalr to-dav at
the Montclalr Club. Mrs. Frank Kldde.
tho president, presided at the short ousl
ness session that preceded the breakfast
Tho principal speaker at the breakfast
where the toastmnNter was Miss Klsle M
Dwyer, was Miss lvllth Tufts, registrar
at Wellesley College, who spoke of the
efforts of tho Wellesley women to rale
funds following the llru at thn college
last March.
Following the breakfast tho Wellesler
contingent of the club gave a modem
"miracle play," entitled "Wollesleywoman.
or the Italslng of the Fire. Fund." The
play was written by Miss Margaret Mur
phy of Montclalr, a Wollesley graduate
and daughter of Starr J. Murphy. Mrs
Abby Holland, contralto, of Boston
sang, The dining room was decorated
with Japanese lanterns and the breakfast
tablo with brown baskets filled with yel
low Jonquils.
One of tho musical features waa a song
by a Wellesley quartet, "It's a Hard 'Job
to Get the Pennies," sung to the air of
"It's a Long Way to Tlpperary."
Restaurants
HOTEL-
BELLECLAIRE,
NEW YORK
Broadway at 77th
(Nubwar 7th BO
Mer than a rear and
raoma, tha Bellaelalra tatna
neeeaa aa a noma throuth
IU raalaurant and a r 1 1 1
ream. Dtnnar and aup-
par hara mean rood oook
Ina. dtllg htful aiirroond
tnca, atert rrtca. Tha
upper West Sid la
raallalnr thta.
Robert D. Rlackman
Maaeaer.
Telephone S9S5 Mr'am
' KVKNTSi"
Dlly Maitlnee Tf it t J. no ailmls!n
On Batuniaya (Mr nnd Mra, Oai'Ih
danclnir)
AdmlMlnn II, Inciu.linK te
DInnar a la carte ery night, a to 1
No adm!lon.
Jteetaurant In charite of
from the ItlU-Curlton.
' Pierre" ami ' Ivm
KuropH'a orchid
One of New York'a Select Hotel
WEBSTER
40 Weat 45th Street
NFAR FIFTH AVENUE
PAtn, I.. I'lNKIIHUIN. IVinrl-lor
PERSIAN GARDEN EB
Nlthtly at 10 an.- Thea Danianta S;ti.
Urulnnlne Monday. Direction of -
Baron and Baroness DE MEYER
inhibition Danclni by
IDA ADAMS & NIGEL BARRJX