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The evening world., 1908-03-09

The suggestion that an experienced
6rams, ho placed in every school house
I'm Greater New York TO act promptly
and intelligently in case OF fire ana W
hi, presence delay excitement anu s'
courage TO the children was Haue ~
Fire Commissioner Hugh Bonner to-uaS
hv The Evening World. The oId. HFe
aehter promptly declared that the ioet
wus an good that il should be adoptcu
Immediately by the Board OF Euuc'''on
Section 10. of the Penal Code compe''
the presence OF ilremen In every t"eu''e
during a performance, and many ''ine'
this law has proved itself wise one
Panics and confiagrations nave oeeh
nrevented by the level-headed coolne"s
Of such officers. Theatres are attended
by grown PEOPLE who should have BET
ter mental balance than children. How
much more nece ssary, therefore, SHOULD
be the presence every school day IN tie
city's big schools OF a man who has
secn trained in the Fire Department and
who at the crucial moment knows just
what to do and now 20 do 1t!
chief Bonner said:
Il most thoroughly agree with tho
Eyening World in this matter. There
s@ould be, in the old schools particular
IS, fireman who In case OF fire could
DO the proper thing At the proper time
a fireman could not only prevent panic
IN case or IRE, hU. re could extinguisu
small blaze, and ereby protect ana
preserve the citys property.
1t would. of course, he Impossible for
,his department To furnish men for ,his
81 IA
The evening world., 1908-03-09
Fire Commissioner Approves an
Evening World Suggestion.

money, however, does not go 10 the
Fire Department. but to the Police De-
Iartment instead
In every public school there are fire
extnguishers, which are supposed tC
give effective service in cas-. of fire.
AT the Shcool in Parkville. No. 1874 re-
Gently. the principal, James $. Morey.
tried to use the extinguisher and found
1t useless. The chemicals were too old
TO be OF any service.
In connection with this incident Com
missioner Bonner said:
1t is the duty OF the school principal
10 see that these extinSuiShers are in
good working order. He can do this by
discnarging the charge and having the
apparatus recharged. 1t is not up to
the Fire Department to inspect these
extinguishers.
Alderman John J. Hagan. OF Queens
is also in favor OF assigning a fireman
to each school-house. He has prepared
the following resolution, and will intro
duCe 1t at to-morrow's meeting of the
Board of Aldermen:
Resolved. That ii Is recommended TO
iNo Fire Commissioner to detail fire.
man, in accordance with the provisions
OF section 76o OF the Greater New York
charter, In each public sfSool in u
various boroughs of the c'tv. 50 that
the fears OF parents as to the safety OF
their children in attendance At these
schools may he allayed
The evening world., 1908-03-09
WOMAN 100 YEARS OLD
DIES AFTER A FALL.

MOUNT VERNON. y. Y. March o.
Mrs, Rheua Miller. the oldest woman
rrsden. in this city, II not in the $ e.
an. 'Ne onIy Daughter OF the American
neyu.ution in this part ~ the country.
lie at her home. No ~ South Fifth
Avenue, to-day from injuries she received
oH saturday when she fell In her room.
Mrs. Miller. had she lived until April /.
next, would ave been one hundred and
one years Of age Sne Vas bora IN
stanford, Coma, and came here in 1Sj.
Size married William Miller. who was
.,n Methodist clergyman. in lS47.
lTr uuSnanu atterwari served four
years as Supreme Court Jus.i.o In ;a.s
state.
Mrs. Miller was the daughter of Col
N hh. VINO served A. Lieutenant
n The Coat Guards N he Revolution
any Wa Sue was n member of Melt
.." Iaug to" 'uapter. Of the DNugh-
'ers of the Revolution. AZ Waterbury.
Conn NJ Miller NId twelve cli' i'lrau
four ~: whom are sin living su- =
survived 1lsp hN fwrutN-Dr.. grand
Cs.!oren and twenty-eight great-grand-
children.
The evening world., 1908-03-09
ITCHING HUMOR
ON LITTLE BOY
His Hands were a Solid Mass, and
Disease Spread All Over His Body
In Four Days the Child was
Entirely Cured-Mother Strongly
RECOMMENDS CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

Zone day we noticed that our little
boy was all broken out with itching
sores. We first noticed it on his little
hands. His hands were not as bad
then. and we didn't think anything
serious would result. But the next day
we heard of tho Cutlcura Remedies being
go good for itching sores. etc, that I
thought ] would get them. By this
time the disease had spread all over his
body. and his hands were nothing but
q solid mass Of this itching disease. I
went to the drug store and purchased
box Of Cuticura Soap and one box Of
Cuticura Ointment, and that night I
stripped my little boy and took the
Cuticura Soap and lukewarm water and
washed him well. Then l dried him
with a soft bath towel. and took the
Cuticura Ointment and rubbed him
thoroughly with it. l did this every
evening before | put him to bed and in
three or four nights he was entirely
cured. You have my permission TO
publish this because ANYBODY who suf-
fered as my baby did ought to know II
the Cuticura Remedies. / will surely
and gladly recommend the Cuticura
Remedies. for they are a godSend 10 all
suffering with skin diseases. Mrs. Frank
Donahue. 2OS Fremont St.. hokomo,
Ind, Sept. l6, 1907
The evening world., 1908-03-09
BANKERS VICTIM BETTER.

francesca Palatio. tha laborer who
was shot by Pasquale Pat. a banker
at No. 24o Elizabeth street. Saturday.
has chance TO recover. according to
physicians In St. Vincent's Hospital, bu,
efforts to get the truth from him have
been unavailing. Pati says he shot the
man because he was an agent OF the
Black Hand who had been sent to Kill
him because he had refused to give ,up
money.
The police are of the opinion thai
Palat!o was one of gang OF black
mailers Michele D'Agostlno. of No
Si3 Water street. who was caught run
ming from the bank, 8 held In 1000
bail as 4 witness. the technical charge
Of attempted fe!onious assault having
been preferred against him.
The evening world., 1908-03-09
POLICEMAN IN
A RACE CRUELTY
BEATS AGED MAN
Thomas ManniX Attacks Will
lam Kinnally in Office
Where He Is Watchman.

Tie utter lack OF discipline in the Po-
lice department OF Brooklyn was fur
ther illustrated to-triy In a complaint
made 10 Borough Inspector Flood by
William Kinnally. sixty years old. who
charges Thomas Mannix. a policeman of
the Amity street station. with a most
brutal and unprovoked assault. Kin
nally is confined to his home. at No. i6
Amity street. with concussion OF the
brain. scalp wounds, internal and other
injuries
Surgeons who patched him UP took
tweuty-three stitches In his bald scalp.
He lost four of his few remaining teeth
both his eyes are discolored and only
tough constitution serves 10 keep
hin, alive.
The old man has been for many years
a watchman in Dowd's Stores. at the
foot OF Pacific street. His story, with
some side additions that have been
gathered in investigating it, follows:
on Saturday light Policeman Mannix
and two otner officers. in pursuit OF
their duty went aboard Russian
steamship moored to one OF the Dowd's
Stores piers TO look after a shooting
soraps Thev were treated Hospitality
aboard and strange Russian drinks
flowed freely Mannix. when he lei,
the ship. carried two bottles Of vodka
or something as effective besides what
As had imoioed.
He hid the bottles somewhere about
.,fR y,al
for them at o'clock Sunday morning.
The old watchman. VINO knew Manniz
well. was on guard.
''W.i,re are those bottles" asked
MannIN.
Il don't know ANYTHING about any
Bottles" replied the old man.
MaLn!X hit him in the face. Although
els than five feet tall Kinnaly has
puck. and lie struck back al the six
foot COP. VIVA; followed is plainly
told by his condition and the state q:
.he office in which the encounter took
place.
Thomas Hall. another watchman,
hearing the disturbance. entered the
office. He tried to pull ManniX away
from the old man. and. failing. ran 10
the telephone to call up Police Head
quarters
Come away from that phone. you.
said the policeman. drawing his revo'-
yer, ''or I'll blow your head OFF"
..e loked as though he would carry
out his threat. Hall promptly left the
telephone. ManniN then dragged his
battered old victim to the Amity street
police station and locked him up on
S..a inn -iS fit,y
and ASA ulting an officer.
The old mans condition was so seri-
,us that the lieutenant on duty re-
ported the matter to the Captain and
they allowed him 10 go home on his
promise to appear to-day in Butler
Street Police Court. He was unable TO
eave his bed. but friends explained his
bsence to Inspector Flood. who imme-
iiately started an investigation.
The evening world., 1908-03-09
10000 HELD Up
IN TWENTY TRAINS
BY A DEAD RAIL
Entire Road Blocked from New
Haven to Grand
Central.

Ten thousand commuters due at work
ty-rve minutes late to-day because the
ete ctric current suddenly departed from
the third rail OF the New York. New
Haven and Hartford Railway between
this city and New Haven
Twenty trains were stalled along the
road. AMI the angry commuters strolled
up and down the track or kicked their
heels in depots along the line. The road
came in for more different kinds of
abuse than has ever been doled out
"!thin the same space of time bv so
large a crowd to any OF its competitors
IRAN No. lis. which is due to arrive
nero at s.45 o'clock was the first to sion
II was crowded to the limit and quit a t
Larchmont station. A short circuit had
robbed the third rail of its current Tie
excited commuters were told ,ba, ,boro
was nothing TO do but sit and wait.
The passengers said sarcastic things to
the conductor.
Irain no. 3 was stalled in front o.
'he Mount Vernon station. Severa! hun
urea residents OF that city clambercd
upon the platforms. the steps and even
oh 'he piiot' Alter twenty-five minutes
wait the conductor refused TO allow
the train 10 proceed unit. the in:erlop-
ing Mount Nernontes had left the cars.
This caused another delay of ten min
utes' punctuated by the views of the
The evening world., 1908-03-09
IHAW ATTACKS WIFE
AFTER LEARNING OF
DETECTIVES REPORT
CONTINUED from First Page)

lures. Yachting tripe. and journey to
Banfr. British Columbia, last summer.
By degrees his mother laid such state
men,s before him. She was compelled
II break down his loyalty TO the girl.
for he persisted in defending her. At
last 4, was necessary to show him
these alleged facts in affidavit form. III
such form as would be attached TO d!-
vorce papers. 1t was after this that he
is said TO have choked her and sh!ieked
that he would kill her.
Back to the Stage.
No member of the Thaw family has
spoken to Evelyn Thaw since Harry
went TO the State Hospital for the In
sane No member or friend OF the
family has been near the Park avenue
house, where for a year past she has
been surrounded with every luxury. But
there were other friends and acquaint-
ances who visited her there, and whose
visits and their duration were noted by
private detectives. The servants of the
house have been questioned. and II an
open trial OF the divorce suit ls held
these servants Will DE among the wit
nesses, It is deciafed
That Mrs. Thaw Will go back TO the
stage is now practically assured. A
misery $500 means nothing TO her
now, after the way she lived on Harry
Taaws millions To an intimate friend
sne said tie other day:
We'll. 1t looks as II l will be among
the down and outs, So l guess 1t Will DC
up to ne TO go back to the stage.
Daniel OReilly, who was one of the
Thaw counsel in both trials, declared
to-day that there was no truth in the
report that Mrs Evelyn Thaw would ba
compelled to accept $4,000 from her
and then pass out OF the
life of the family forever.
There was no truth in the report that
he had ever advised the young woman
TO make demand for &D,un and an
annuity NJ il2.Utl, Mr. o. Reilly said. lie
had never advised her IN any matter
PERTAINING L. a divorce. He also denied
that ThaW had attacked his wife at
MatteaWan.
I'm few days said Mr.. O'Reilly,
there will be developments that will
put an entirely different aspect ON the
natter
He would not say what those deve-
opmeuts were
The evening world., 1908-03-09

buildings safe Is hampered as it Is In
Manhattan by red tape. Some offcials
demand the outside steel fire escape.
while other department chiefs insist
upon the inside steel tunnel exits, which
are built in many new buildings.
George Benedict. of No. 6s2i Seventh
avenue Brooklyn. Is the father of two
children attending Public 5cnool No. lo5
on Cowenhoven avenue. and he is chair
man OF a committee OF citizens and tax
payers that has repeatedly called upon
the Board Of Education to replace the
old wooden house with a modern stone
No l05 school house looks like an
antiquated army barracks" said he
The floors creak. the walls are begin
ming to rot and the ventilation is abom-
inable. 1t is nothing more than shanty
turned into schoolhouse, and that
such a state Of affairs should exist in
Brooklyn is shame. We have tried
Tor eight years to get a new school
house. and in that time four fine mod
a mile and half of US. The fourth
grade is the highest which children
reach al No los, and that the tots
should be placed in daily peril is dis.
graceful. Fire tran best describes this
school building. The hulk should be
relegated to the kinding pile at once"
The evening world., 1908-03-09

ercd fire escapes on either side Of
the building are misplaced. The
exits are only three feet wide. and
from the top floor the only way
'he street can be reached directly
IL down wooden stairs.
The Fulton Street Ro,rd IF rr,
declared that the building ia mas
ace and should be vacated. Tho d.nsar
10 Its use as school building for little
tots scarcely able to walk has been
pointed out to the Board of Education
oS committee from the Board OF
lraoe Yet the complaint has been pig
eonhoied in the Building Bureau of that
department
No. S's overcrowded condition v.
reported to President Egerton winthrop
OF the Board of Education, and in ordar
70 70 increase its capacity the poorly-yen.
'.iated basement has been turned into
ciass rooms for the kindergarten. Resi-
uehls OF the Stuyvesant section feel tha.
modern structure should be eretced AT
once, and the danger of nre has stirrad
the neighborhood.
FFlhclpal Mary Donohue admits that
'he building is too small. but asserts
that the children are so Thoroughly
trained In the fire drill that the build
ing could be emptied inside of three
minutes. The test in normal times
proves the principals statement. hut
who knows how the children would act
in the dark Railways and class rooms ~
fire were in progress and the building
filed with smoke?
Grammar School No. ls-some,i,.s
called the Hoodoo School-is on De
graw. near Hicks street 1t was erected
in 1860 and has a daily average at
tendance of 1860. mostly boys in the
grammar classes. and girls of six to
eight years old in the kindergarten de.
partment
There is not a single outside fire
escape at School No, 10. Eight stair
ways inside are of stone. but they are
dingy, narrow and semi.spiral. Lead
ing down the inside FIRE escapes" the
windows are wire scree ened so that II
would be impossible FOR tiremen to ge;
the scholars ont of these windows with
out first smashing down the screening.
An exit from School No. l3 which is
nearest the street VIA the side alley. is
exactly three feet wide In case Of
nre according to the emergency drill!
lao children are expected to march
through this exit.
only one door faces the street, The
staircase leading 20 this exit Is sur
rounded by classrooms which are dl-
The evening world., 1908-03-09
PIMPLES
And BIackheads Prevented and
Cured by Cuticura,

Gently smear the face with Cuticura
Ointment, the great Skin Cure. but do
not rub. Wash on the Ointment in five
minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot
water and continue To bathe the face
freelvfor som" minutes. Repeat morn
ing and evening. At other times use
hot water and Cuticura Soap for bath
ing the face as often aS agreeable.
>, Complete External and Internal Trcatrncn. for
Every Hurnor ot Infants. Children and ACul'-
Cutcnfa Ointment ,5OcD ~ Heal TIE skin and
Cuicura ReSpveDt 900 .(or In the form o' un1ts
Coated pills Csc nor vIs ~ coz IL P,i-iy t,c Hood
Sold thrnuchout the word. Potter Drug & Chem.
Corn. Sole Prnrs Bnstpn. N.ss
eE-'iaed Free Cutcura Book on Skin Diseases.
The evening world., 1908-03-09

insurance companies constituted crime
was submitted to the Grand Jury. He
said that II the officers and directors OF
these companies were guilty the off,
cials of other large financial institu-
tions were also guilty II was obvious
tina, an immense amount of work was
necessary 10 investigate these cases.
He states that at that time there had
been no adjudication in the courts as
70 whether a crime vas committed un-
der such conditions.
Furthermore, the Armstrong COM
mittee had recommended in unequivocal
terms laws which would prevent the
further contributions by corporations
No Crime Committed.
In the sixth charge the question was
presented whether OF not George w.
Perkins was guilty OF larceny in taking
funds of the New York Life Insurance
Company to meet share OF iund
raised for bond transaction Tor the
benefit of Ny!ic. Nylic had no funds 10
meet It's share. and $4,000 OF the New
York Life Insurance Companys money
was TAX M. Jerome says there was
nothing TO show. and he Is still OF the
opinion that no crime was committed
in this transaction.
The answer also refers TO the charge
that Cornelius y. Bliss. treasurer OF the
Republican National Committee, re-
ceived contributions Of 10000 and $50
600 from the Equitable and Mutual Lie
Insurance Companies. Mr.. Jerome says
the Court OF Appeals held that under
the old law these acts did not consu-
tute larceny.
Mr.. Jerome also takes up the specific
charges in relation to syndicate tran
sactions OF James Hazen Hyde and
other officials Of life insurance COM
psnie,. Each Of these. he says. was
and 1t was found that none
OF the transact ions constituted an IL
legal act.
As to Ryan and Others.
In answer to the eighth charge that
Whitney. Dolan. Ryan and others were
guilty of conspiracy III connection witn
the Metropolitan Securities company
and that Jerome was guilty OF nesiest
OF duty in not prosecuting them c?ln-
innlly the District-Attorney asserts
that he never learned OF any legal ev!-
dence showing that a crime was COM
mitted: that the question was tniiy
tried on: in the Supreme Court IN the
case OF Isadore Wormser.
As TO the charge of NiIl'am NJ
Amory. the District-Attorney says this
could not be sustained BY legal evil
dence. as ne discovered after careful
and painstahng inquiry. He states tha'
there is no legal evidence to show that
dividends were paid out OF the capital
of the Metropolitan Street Railway
Company.
lin relation to the sale OF the Wall
and Cortlnnd1 Streets Ferries Railroad
by A. N Brady and othc! Jerome says
he began an investigation ol the trans
action and submitted the result TO the
Grand Jury in the form Of sworn testi-
mony of numerous witnesses, and the
The evening world., 1908-03-09
LAST OF THE MORSE-DODGE
CASES is DISMISSED.
Justice Blanchard Sets Aside the
Conspiracy Indictment Against
Bracken.

Ihe indi'tment for conspiracy against
f'd"ard NJ. Bracken. whu. in January
1870 was indicted along wa;h Abe Hum.
mel and others in the Dodge Morse cas-
to-day was dismissed by Justice Bla--
chard, In the Criminal Branch of tn
Supreme cour a
This disposeS of the last of the f,.
men who We're indicted in this case
Hummel was the Cnly one punished and
he will go free from B!ackwell's Island
on March II. Charles +, Dodge and for
mer Justice Edgar l.. Fursman are free
and Benjamin Steinhardt is dead
Bracken was a fugitive from justice
but returned to New York last June
and was admitted TO bail in s2.0N. which
he furnished In cash
The evening world., 1908-03-09

Supt. Moore immediately ass. yaed
twenty-five inspectors to visit the 2W
BROOKLYN schools and examine them
thoroughly. Eight OF the twenty-five in
spectors were despatched to eight wood
en schools with pine partitions and
wooden stairways which shelter 5000
children every school day. The condi-
lion of these buildings is scandalous in
The extreme.
25,60o Pupils In Peril.
The Evening Worlds investigation Of
the schools of Brooklyn shows that
Is. COO children are in daily peril OF flre
oanic in old. poorly arranged school
houses in the borough. Some of the
buildings are from forty 10 fifty years
bid.
The photographs and facts set forth
nv The Evening World concerning our
BROOKLYN schools are certainly convinc-
Ing said Mr.. Coler Il note that the
school authorities say that the fire
brill will empty any school without
damage to the pupils. but the claim
Goes not satisfy me.
My idea !s that the safety OF the
pupils of every school in the city should
be insured without the shadow OF Q
loubt. Nothing whatever should stand
b the way of the accomplishment OF
ihis work. There is no excuse for un-
bafe schools and any school is un-
jafe that does not provide absolute and
lmple facilities for the escape OF the
hlldren in case OF fire.
Insists on Safety.
.T am going to butt into this matter
Ind fight for safe schools irrespective
" " the Board of Education. The loss Of
The life of a sing.e child because OF
Inadequate fire protection would be
ineScusable"
Public school No. IS, on HerlSi-
hcr street, near Ralph avenue, il
the most dangerous school build
ing in the greater city. II is n
NOOden structure, and the inside
ttnirvays nre almost falling to
pieces.
Nearly 900 children attend No.
~, and since the Ohio disaster. In
which ISL children were burned
Ir trampIcd 10 dcnth, parents are
IN daily fear for their loved ones
~ this school.
The building was erected In
1857. The same narrow haiIvn>>
Ire there to-day. The two uncoy-
The evening world., 1908-03-09
PENNSYLVANIA STEEL
MILLS STARTING UP

HA ARRISBURG Pa. March 8.-Indus-
trial conditions are showing an improve
meut hereabouts. At the Pennsylvania
Steel Works there will be an additional
open hearth, furnace started and 2repa-
rations to start others are being made.
The Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bend
ing Companv is running its plant on a
good accumulation of s>lll orders, and
the Central Iron and Steel Works Is
running about 80 per cent. of its capu-
city, with preparations 10 start other
portions of the plant in case orders
continue
The evening world., 1908-03-09
GOVERNMENT REPORT SHOWS
LESS WHEAT IN HAND.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-The guam
titv of wheat In farmers hands on
Mlrch was 23.5 per cent. equi-alent
- iiS12lO OG0 bushels OF last years crop
tii,Ovu bushels o; the l9Hj on hand March
l. 1897.
I'll" quantities Of corn and oats in
farmers fands on the sam" dat. fol
low Corn estimated at al per cent
equivalent TO 80 IsO1 bushels OF last
years growth.
oats estimated at Si5 per cont. eauiv-
alent to 4j,ii go bushels Of last years
gTUNtN.