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If t 1 THE SUN, SUNDAY., JANUARY 31, 10,15. 14 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. ? 1 f I 1 f ' ' ' !? I ' 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