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New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
BONBF0LLOWS LETTERS
B1cca Hand Foilo7cs Traditional
Methods srith williamsburg Man.

Al unsuccessful attempt was made early yesIer-
CIV morning a,10s up the FIVE sorT double tene-
r,ert aos.ee AZ Nc. RoeblinC street Williams
s,.-E s,v placing a bomb a. a coal ban IN front o.
fhe grocery store o. Anton Cialinto there Gaiinto
rad previously received four Black Hand letters
Each letter demanded s.ea and assured the
evening Of March : fan1iIs would he killed
Shortly after O'clock oa Sunday morning The
twenty fan.iies occupying teaenents IN the house
were thrown inio panic by the explosion, which
shook 1lsa aeghborhood In the panic scores
af women. lightly clad. made their way to the
street. knocking anothe- downstairs ia their
ef.oT1s "a gain safety. The police of the Bedford
avenue station. which Is only few short blocks
AVA heard 4he explosion, and the reserves were
hurried there with several detectives but they
failed find anr body with whom they could con
meet the throwing OF the bomb. Af1er the police
had succeeded cuietinE the frenzied foreigners
-hev found that the bor.2h had wrecked the entire
front OF GalinJo's and shattered most Of the
windows cf the house I; had been placed in the
GOAL box had evidently q tine attachment
i. The crocerNnan. before closing his store, took
occasion go tie bin and take out some coal
ard 1flen seCurelE faSten The box
The Italian detectives under Lieutenant Nachris.
took away The remnants OF the bomb and the let
ters received bv GaInto-
The dread Of i Mano Negro. which has been
hosirasinE lately in the district. has spread
the Italians in Williamsburg. ana has caused
many Of them 70 move away Those who
NAMING are il many Instances walking arsenals,
10 protect themselves against The Black Hand.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
DEBATE ON SOCIALISM
Martin ". Littleton Speaks for In
di1idualism at the Peoples Forum.

The merits of socialism as opposed TO lioivla-
ual:srn were debated yesterday by Martin W Lit
Iieton ard Franklin II Wentworth, OF Boston a.
The Peoples Forum at New Rochelle MOTIFS III
quit the East Side socialist. preslhed aho many
Of his followers from that district were IN lhe
audience Mr. Wentworth. who held the brief Tor
the socialists. opened the debate Even Wneh
men become vastly rich by plundering and robbing
their fellow men, said Mr.. wentworth theS
generally try to bur ~ack their good VIII hS
making enormous gifts TO the pubic caiiio'
think of a more pathetic figure in pubic Ire 10
day than MIR. Rockefeller. but he is only one ol
the who at the game we are an piaSi ING
We socialists merely want TO change the Sd'ie
We do not want to attack such men as MI hoche-
feler Mr. Carnegie. for they are only Inc Sdi
evidence OF disease the chnd OF the sweatshop-
What the socialists believe. he said was not the
survival of the fttest but that all should pe ht'eu
survive
Mr. Iittleton started by saying that socialism
wes visionary and contrary 10 the natural laws OF
the universe and that there was no one 1lihS
equal another the face Of the ear1h' "He'I
il came to incorporating socialism INTO loih "i
government he said il became the doctrine OF de-
cav against the doctrine of progress, the doctrine
OF paralysis opposed TO the doctrine OF propdsa-
ton Socialism he said. instead Of putting the low
UP and making them equal with the mgh "ouiu
pun down the high the level of the low
IF socialism is TO prevail, Mr Lttletoh saio
-fdIeness would he universal because one-haif 'f
the world is lazy and the other half wonid De ia"S
if it were not afraid Of starvation / cannon even
conceive of myself doing much work under Such /"
system.
1T is only recently that have begun TO tura
their eyes TO the bosom of the earth ana apprecl'e
its vast resources and wealth The negroes o.
South Africa lived there for centuries "i'i'o"
knowing of the vast wealth Of diamonds cohcealeu
in the earth They never took the time 10 dig INTO
the ground with shovel but waited Iof tiie
enterprising white men to come along anu posSe99
themselves of them. ! not only believe Idt ili''
p0n r,r7~ rha fiTNFp
the fact that A man has 81 oD0,0eo will not scare
lot of people TO death. And will go further' anu
say that If s1.0o0090 the government
should protect him honestly and couraGeous'E aS
it does any other and if the government i
not mig enough for that it is not big enough 10
live
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
REPORT ON CITY PRISONS.
Henrg SolomaR GiU6s Result OF Has
Inspection Here.

.'bauv March S-While Henry So!oman. mem
Der or the State Prison Commission would IKE 70
recommend changes in New YORK tity pehai IL
stltutions ne refrains from doing 50 in the report
af LIS inspection, made public io-oaN' because
changes are already contemplated which VIII pet-
Ter conditions. The reports Of his inspecuon coVsi
the pententiary RlackweHs 1slsna FoH|9
Headouarters - No 3ea Mulberry street and the
city PRISON in Brooklyn, formerly known as the
RAYMOND street jail OF Bi@ckweits is'~nd Mr.
Seioman says il part:
The institution was found in good order. ciea2
and san,a1v and W hiIe there could be many sus-
that proposed = erect IN the & near ar In51Fe is
building Risers Island 70 Ilke JUS piace. -
would no. be ise L. Spend more money on me olC
structur=.
The condition of Police headquarters is de-
scribed. in part. follows:
The building being cid. It Is not IN very good
being erected ana which they hope ta occupy some
day il would be advisable to spend any none!
The hase1nent mas twelve cells. similar TO other
station h.,uses but with much less light and air
than is usually found those places. and if Il
not fer The reason previously stateo, 4 that
they are going TO move, should recommend their
immediate removal
o. the old Raymond street jail Mr.. soIoInan says
part:
found conditions 10 cleanliness vastly irrl-
J,,enr of Correction taking charge. The cells
free from dirt and fifth. and everything about me
prison indicated close attention the part OF the
officers in charge
Many repairs and alterations are TO be made 10
this prison. Plans and specifications are now ready
10 receive bids for work which contemplate new
toilets wash basins electric lights. fresh air ven
tators IN the cells; entire interior of the build
ing and cells is be painted. new fire lines and
hose be distributed properly throughout the
building. kitchen appliances new concrete
laundry. entirely steam heating system
throughout an tie buildings six shower baths TO
be installed in the north end Of each tier, making
total Of fortv-eight baths: new locking devices 10
cells new hospital and chapel on the top floor Of
The administration building, and general re1nod-
efling OF the business Offices
When the new prison for women ls erected and
the changes contemplated in the OLD prison
made the Borough Of Brooklyn will have cf
the best equipped prisons in the state.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
LABOR UP AGAINST PROHIBITION.
CT. u. in Answer to Circular, Votes to
Oppose Local Option.

Circulars and communications of various kinds
were received by the Central Federated Union yes
+erdav saving that a prohibition wave had beer
started by fanatics which, If II succeeded, would
throw many thousands of work throughout the
country one of the circulars from the Cen
tral Labor Union OF the District of Columbia.
which said that the people of the district were
tEraa+4ned with local option while they had neither
voice nor vote legislation. which if II succeeded
would throw four thousand people out Of work
The International Union of Brewery WOrkmen
sent = circular stating that d movement for local
option was spreading, ana the work OF tenn
perance people with fanatical ideas. Statistics were
cited TO show that prohibition would throw one
million men. women and children into idleness.
The Central Federated Union decided to ask the
state Senators and Assembymen oppose local
option.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
CAR HITS WAGON AND HURTS DRIVER.
Crash in Brooklyn Shakes Up Passengers
Slippery Rails Responsible

Unable TO stop his car because of wet rails. Max
A. Weber. the motOrman OF westbound Graham
avenue car. was severely injured when The car at
Flushing and Kent avenues. Brooklyn struck and
overturned a loaded milk truck, driven by Alfred
Ruth who was thrown from his seat and almost
killed. The car was crowded, and when IL hit the
truck many of the passengers were thrown TO the
floor several cut by flying glass.
Ruth was hurled twenty feet when the truck was
overturned. His scalp cut and he was injured
internally. Weber struck by flying wreckage
and he received a possible fracture of the skull.
DR.. Rivkin, the Eastern District Hospital re-
moved both men. Two physicians who were on the
ear attended the passengers. The line was tied up
for nearly an hour.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
POLICE COURT LAWYERS CLASH.
Ex-Judge PALMER; Gets Client After Lively
Clash with c. M. Keefe.

Ex-I,ape Palnaieri and Charles NJ. keefe had
u-ransle Yesterday in the Tomos court over W~nlcH ~
rod baeo engaged TO defend Angelo Leona'' OF NO.
+,e I-.c+ 79rb street. charged with assault When
,he case was called Magistrate Breen asked VINO
vas m appear for the prisoner heeie SAID that
T.eonat had retained him. but Painter SAID Ihe
mans family had hired him
IT, 10 LAWYERS became angry. PaInieri said:
.ryour runner went 10 see this man IN has cell III
the rornbs. and shook him down for $50
We'll. YOU got Sl35 out of il yourself. came back
Keefe YOU had no right to charge such a Zee Tor
CO sr,au = case You got $50 for defending him
and SIS for d bondsman
The prisoner said he had retained keefe while IN
the Ton,bs but his family later engaged Palmierl
This man has been in the Tombs since tues
day'' said Magistrate Breen. and don't see that
either Of YOU lawyers has done anything for him
will set the examination for Tuesday, and / want
YOU 10 settle between yourselves who shall repre-
sent this man.
It's up TO you said keefe. turning TO PaIInerl.
ont of
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
INVASION OF CoNEY ISLAND BEGINS.
Twenty-Five Thousand New Workers Lead
Assault on Tmperishable Sandwiches.

Eoney Islands Spring crop Of frankfurrers and
new scenic railways began 70 blossom yesterday.
snc twenty-five thousand New Workers. eager for
The battle with the barkers and Ihe Japanese roll
ing ball games took advantage OF the open season
IN The SUR avenue popcorn preserves. The Brook
l2n Rapid Transit Company caught the spirit Of
1e crowd ard Al extra number Of trains we're put
into service Many 9f the hotelkeepers pried open
their rusty registers for the season and busted
OF the Raines Law sandwiches
-Four new scenic railways have sprouteG since
last wears N8rcl (iTas-Lhree them Ia Surf ave
nne ano one On The Bowery- The changes made
IN The bg parks have not been completed The
moving picture shows were nearly all opened ves-
1eTdsy, and, just IN sEneTne-- The walters con
tinued 10 serve small beers with much foam and
Tneatless sandwiches 10 those who sat in the dark
10 lock al the pictures
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

On h.s own admission that he had entered store
10 rob IT, John Walsh, seventeen wears old, q ped
,r was held yesterday iu 81 600 bail in the West
Side court
+. meeting Of the PHI Delta Phi Club. OF this city.
VIII be held this evening al ] O'Clock at the Hotel
Marlborough 36th street and Broadway.
r w Gest a at Bellevue Hospital.
held Yesterday 81 600 bail in the Yorkviile court
charged with robbng one of the patients at the
hospital.
TWO men. who said they we're Michael Pender-
-rss1 Of No. sol East 13sth street, and Charles
T-roschcr of Lyndhursi. Long Island. held yes
terday in 81 600 bah each for trial In the Tombs
court charged ri:h assault and highway robbery.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
PROTEST AGAINST NEW wharf RATES.
Said That New Bill Would Cause Annual
Loss of $4,000 to the City.

II ,rotes+ against the bill recently passed IN the
Assembly providing for the fixing OF wharfage rates
on harbor lighters and other vessels IN New Aork
FIarbor at 30 cents day and aboishlns the as
cretionary powers Of the Dock Commissioner ho-
,ar5 : ArcC,oldricz Assistant Corporation Counsel
tss forwarded letter to Horace White, the chair
man Of the Senate Cities Committee. The letter
was made public yesterday According to MI. NC
C;oidrick the passing Of the bill would mean loss
to he city OF $50 600 a year and would violate the
principle OF home rule IN taxing away me power
~ +be Dock Commissioner BY the existing pro-
vision of the greater New York charter the wharf
age rates for vessels are figured tonnage basis
except in the case of harbor lighters. which are
charged al the rate Of one cent running foot on
the length of the vessel.
The wharfage rates are pledged to the sinking
rnd for the redemption of the bonds for corporate
stock issued for the expenditures Of the Dock De
par4rnent which IS not provided for in the city
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09

Beeinning 1Eis morning tIleTt VII De an eAnlbI-
,;o, for three days at the Fifth Avenue Art Gal
Iaries No 54s Fifth avenue of paintings by
srr1--six of the old masters and of the
rron, the galleries OF Louis Enrich and Julius
Oal7rne They are 10 be sold in the galleries
h, lanes p Silo on Thursday evening. March y
Among the artists advertised in this collection
.re Constant Troyon. Sir Joshua Reynolds Sal
,-ator Rosa Felix Ziem. Dupont Gainsborough
George Henry Harlow. Josef lsraels. Tony Offer
mans. Antoine Pesne. Evert Pieters, George Nor
land Ian Monchalon. Albert Lynch, Sir Thomas
Lawrence Nicholas Largilliere. Sir Godfrey Knel-
ia, II 6 Kever, J.. 3. JongIind Henri Har
,,erias Julien Dupre. Anton Mauve and Rene
Arf~
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
DANGERS OF 4N4RCHI.
DR.. Macarthur Says Al Forces
Must Join to ETtrpate 1t.

I'll, psr- Dr p { Macarthur attacked anarchy
Yesterday in his sermon before the IufTei'
Class OF the Calvary Baptist Church Bioie scho
He said that there not only anarchhsrt i'' ~
academic sense in this country, but also that an
archsm supported by the men VINO plan cruei
calamities and atrocious crimes Ne" -Aoih "e
said was happy hunting ground for snch men.
He also denounced those who oppose the EFFORT OF
Governor Hughes stop racetrack Saihpiifis-
Continuing he said, in part;
New York seems 10 be the nursery of the plots OF
anarchists. socialists and Iunchakists ana t'I r, Of
entry ali dangerous foreigners reS GsneTat ,t
he knows o. crne factories within cG5llR aI1Iiad Viii
hp sn9p1 n o a certain political organizations
are interested in keeping these Satanic places o" VI
The i secret societies. Armsnaps e: apq s1dns 5e
italians have become menace TO propery ana MR. m
life Of NATURE 50 a Tfr.9es svretcRed CREATURES,
have escaped justice in their own lands, en wdsn1
lHe o and M now ought speedily to be deported from
country The church and the p1IIs ihe Ice in
discovering and Furnishing these hyehaS III human
Wa are fast becoming notorious among al evil
zed peoples for our disregard Of law ana ordel =.
IS humiliaiing TO make the confession .but we are
probably to,dsyi & less s people claiming honors
of modern cfvilizaton Ours is the only country IN
Jhs wRTa aiye at the Stake without condemna
h o opnositian making against the anti-racetrack
gambling bills before the New, 1orh r9, -
dngbes is another illustration of anarchy Coy 10Y
ernor Hughes Is proT!ng s n15,sei The % STATE of New
work has never had His speech in the CITY oi
New York on Thursday evening last was d IIousi i
of convincing argument. patriotic appeal ana mo
siIasion He stands for the constitution I9I idM
and order and all high moral Standaf -
In may violate the constitution in favor OF gam
bling then they may violate II IN favor oI aIs
ofher evil however atrocious The best people are are
with our brave Governor Tho clergyff men anu "
IIoTs Inst feel very proud of their cOnfreres ne
supporters OF gamblers deserve and VIII receive ' l
conf eTJpt of all right minded citizens t1oN ,ii
any Clergyman any Legislator take poslu1+
against these bills? The legislator VINO supper y
.S+rhare 4espisas his oath Of office he deserves 10
he forever rolegated into political ophvion. i W
rIe-eyrnau who supports racetrack saInoitLL7
tramDes on the Judgment of all citizens OF the
uobIest character
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
BOYS HELD ON BURGLARY CHARGE.
Occupant OF Hotel Did Not Know He Had
Beer Robbed Until Detectives Told Him.

william Farrell. sixteen wears Old. who said he
iNed a. N0- 81 Second avenue ana John ATc-
NUlty- same age. vino said No s3l West 24rh
street vas ms home were locked UP in the Essr
1sth street station last night charged with burg
la-K
ne ooEA were arrested on ihe roof Of the Hotel
heoner- zzd street and Lexington avenue by De
lecti'es Donahue and Murphy. An overcoat and
d suitcase ia their possession were identified bS
Herman Scheioer. q lhe Tifin Manufacturing
COMPANY. Tif9.Ti. Ohie wllo had 4 room, in tie
hoieL lie charged the boys with stealing his
property. which he had not missed until the de-
%ectiyes reported his loEs 10 hirn
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
W4RRT'S son ON POLICE.
COniGcfed Boston ChiRnman's Fam
la Lire an Bro0b4Yn.

War; Charles. Boston Chinaman. who. with
eisht other alleged members Of the Hip Sing Tong
has heen convicted IF the murder Of four members
n the On Leons Tong il that city. has son on
+tlc New York police force Warren Charles. who
- attached TO the Liberty avenue station. East
New York Young Charles lives with his mother.
white woman. who formerly a Miss Mary
Whiting newspaper writer, Of No eos Nichols
avenue. Brooklyn War; Charles Is an educated
an6 = nstu-alzed American citizen.
Wary Charles associated with Or. Parlzh,1rst
in his crusade against vice in Chinatown and this
according % a member Of his family. who was
seen last night. Resulted his being prosecuted
ey 1he On zLeong Tong He was assafled many
times and wounded with knives and other
weapons.
AS member O, the Hin Sing Tong he was forced
to fee from New York CITY. His business here
was ruined AssassiRs sought kill him sew
e-al occasions
To escape persecution he sent his family 10
Brooklyn 10 live Despite the workings Of the
ssents Of The On Leong Tong against him. Wary
Charles built prosperous laundry and French
6yeing business. with offices at No. = Myrtle
street. Boston and agencies IN other Nassachu-
sets cities He visited his wife ana family IA
BROOKLYN a. infreouent intervals and whenever
he made the tr1p from Boston he was always care
-ully guarded. @or he knew he 4 marked man
Al one time Wary Charles was an inspector OF
immigration here Enemies conspired against him
and ne was arrested. according TO q member OF
1.e family. for ezt0r-ion in connection with the
smuggling the United States % q Chinarnan
The case never came TO trial He was released
from custody after having spent nine months in
Torubs
His son is married and about thirty years old
There is also another son. Adrian who Is also
married
The wife Of the convicted Is now in Boston.
Sile attended her husbands trial The defence was
alibi. Mrs Wary Charles Was The daughter
- William Whiting. architect Of the Middle
West She made her husbands acquaintance while
both were students Al college.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
CALLED FROM GALLERY TO STAGE.
English Mission Worker Discovered at Be-
Iasco Theatre Service

Charles NJ Alexander who conducted with DR.
Torrey the Torrey-AIeXauder Mission in England.
was the surprise the first service last night
the series which be held every Sunday
evening during Lent at the Belasco Theatre under
the auspices of the Madison Avenue Reformed
Church Mr Alexander happened TO De in the
city was espied in the gallery by of those
the platform and down and led of the
hymns
Dr. William Carter, pastor of the Madison Ave
nue. Church. said in his sermon that the services
that the church reaching every way
to get in touch with them. The theatre was filed
TO overfiowing
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
FIRE VICTIM UNIDENTIFIED.
Body OF Woman Who Was Killed IN 59th
Street Blaze Still at Morgue

The body OF the who suffocated in the
fire early Yesterday morning No. 201 East 5sth
street has not YET been identified. The police and
freren believe that she went 10 the building Just
before the fire broke sleep. The body is al
The Morgue ana during the day yesterday every one
who lived in the burned house viewed the body but
they were unable 10 identify il.
L was while the fremen searching the top
floor of the house that the body discovered
The woman was found in a small room Of the hall
way on the TOP floor. From appea RANGES she had
been sllffoca1ed and had been dead only short
time when the frenen found her. Dr.. Hastings. OF
the Flower Hospital worked over her when the fire
men brought body to the street but he was un-
4 Die TO revive her.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
PR0PRIET0Rs CAUSE CONGESTION
So Says DR.. acknowledgements Not TO
Blame. IN His Opinion.

The Rev Dr. Joseph Silverman in his sermon yes
terday morning, in the Temple EMANUEL on The
Congestion Of Our Population said that the evils
resulting from overcrowding in the tenement dis
tricts due not TO immigration but 10 the
greed foI gair the part of the property owners
and factory proprietoTs
Forty blocks below 18th street" he declared
have a density of thousand or more TO the
acre. the greatest density being .sO7 10 the acre
Out of a total 500 blocks in Manhatra, 754 are
bad fire hazards OF ss1 below 14th half are
bad risks
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
pURIM BALL RAISES $4,000.

More than $4,000 realized at the annual
Purirn ball. under the auspices Of the I'm Weissen
Roess'I' company. held yesterday at the Har-
lem Casino The money obtained viii go tow
ard the benefit of the Temple Anashe Chesed
at Ilsth street and Seventh avenue. of which
the rabbi is the Rev DR.. Gustav n Haus-
man An autograph from President Roosevelt
and pictures from members of the Cabinet were
received last night These will be raied soon
The money will go toward the building Of a new
synagogue at Hath street and Seventh avenue
which is expected 10 cost 100000 The
nerstone probably will be laid time next
month
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09

In cooperation with the conference the prob
iems OF congestion of population, .he Board of Edu-
cation has arranged through its public lecture bu-
reau. d series of public addresses TO be delivered
on Tuesday evening at the Museum OF Natural
History. DR. L. r. l.. Gould Will preside. Among
the speakers the general topic. Density and
Distribution of Nationaties Will be the following
W. president OF the New York Char
ity Organization Society. THE Housing Problem.
Dr. Felix Adler OF the Ethical Culture Society. en-
Moral Standards and Family Life in Tenements."
Watchorn. cominissiouer of Immigration OF the
New York Ellis Island the Door OF the
Unitec States
Henry NJ. supervisor Of asctaTess De
partpsent OF Education The school aS . social
Centre"
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
J. a. PISANI WINS TWO MATCHES.

J A Pisani was the winner Of two Of the clay
bird matches al the Larchmont traps yesterday
afternoon. They were the Accumulation Cup and
the LYON Cup. both al fifty targets. and IN each
ne scored - out Of possible 30 In the shoot
for The Weekly Cup J. Ross Collins was high
man VIII, ninety targets broken out Of the pos
sible 100 A G. Bostock second with So
Collins was also the winner OF the match for the
SaUer gun H T Shriner the scratch match
Al TWENTY-FIVE birds with score of "a
New-York tribune., 1908-03-09
THREE FIRES IN ONE BUILDING.
Ineendiary at Work in House Filled with
Chinese and Hebrews

IE rlree different places last night inceudary
fires discovered IN The halls Of The five story
tenement house st Nc. 4 Division street occupied
by Chinese ana Hebrew families. The blazes. all
having oil soaked papers or rags Bear them. were
ex1ingEisiieo time prevent a panic
]; is believed by the police that the fires were
started because OF 5he Cinnamon. Within the last
Three weeks TWO other incendia~y fires were dis
covered in the building. and thought that the
'finanen members Of one Of the tong societies
ana thai the blazes were started by some rival
organization.