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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
TO MAKE GARAGES SAFE
Fire Officials Hold Up Permits Of
131 Places.
TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING
New Regulations, Which Will Go
Before Aldermen, To Be Dis
cussed on July II.

A. .x,ers'va crusade against garages
hath nublic and private, which are consid-
orsd a fire menace. lis being waged bv the
ryrs Densrtrnent Because Of violations Of
Tho fro laws. 13l permits for private and
nrb1ic garages have been held Up by the
d.nsr-r and thrty-two plans FOR i'm
n-ovtne the condition in garages. so far
az thev apply 10 fire prevention. are now
under consideration by the department and
tho Nunicipal Explosives Commission.
Az tho rresert time there are more than
one thousand public and private garages
and Richmond. and about seven hundred
and fifty IN Brooklyn and Queens. Case
Iene is stored IN all these garages. and IN
NAM cases the fire hazard. in the opinion
or Fire Commissioner Johnson and Fire
Marshal Beers ia very great.
Greasy floors open containers for the
rasolene defective electric wiring. open
furnaces and forges and many structural
defects combine IN hundreds Of instances
70 render garages dangerous. In lm eX-
ar1inations made by inspectors Of the bu-
reau OF Combustlbles. under the direction
OF David + Kelly. chief of the bureau 80
violations were found and are being RENE
died by order OF the department
one OF the important regulations when
IL now under consideration by the depart
ment and by the Municipal Explosives
Commission liz that Of compelling all garage
owners 10 have their foremen pass exam
nations OF fitness and give bonds Of sl.""
each This regulation. along with many
others in a similar line. will soon be placed
before the Board Of Aldermen for action.
First. however. there will be public near
ing on July II on the garage regulation
question before the Municipal Explosives
Commission.
Among the other important safeguards
which the department deems necessary Tot
minimizing the fire hazard In garages are
the burying Of the gasolene storage tanks
outside the garage and proper venting
OF the tanks, together with their equip
ment with spark arresters. consisting OF
closely woven wire mesh.
The new regulations Will meet opposition
from many garage owners. and on July Il
there Is likely 10 be a delegation OF garage
men at the public hearing In Fire Head
quarters. in East 67th street. The COM
mission consists OF Commissioner Johnson
John H. Wainwright. Sidney Harris. Peter
Acriteli and General George o. Eaton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
PORTO RICANS ORGANIZE
Twelve Hold Mass Meeting, and
Will Seek Citizenship.

Although Porto Ricans soon acquire the
habit Of rush after their arrival in the
metropolis. the old spirit OF taking one
time as was customary with them when
they lived on their jolly little island VIII
sometimes prevail.
The Porto Rican colony received a call
last week for d mass meeting n be held
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock in the An
sonia Hotel The last census indicates that
there are $500 Porto Ricans in New York.
The object Of the meeting was 10 form the
Porto Rican Alliance TO promote the social
and material welfare OF Porto Rico and
generally 10 uphold the influence OF all
Porto Ricans without regard TO religious
creed or political utilization.
At4 o'clock twelve men had arrived They
elected officers. decided il would be well 10
purchase a clubhouse in Gramercy Park.
agreed upon the initiation and other fees
and then said they would not adjourn untli
s o'clock. anyway. because they believed
some other Porto Ricans would probably
arrive nv then. Gonzalo ONeill was elect
ed president
Tnoffciallv il was admitted that the
Porto Rican colony desired the night OF
c,tizenshin and that ex-President Roosevelt
Is remembered with keen appreciation ne
cause OF his having once addressed an eudl-
ence on the island as fellow citizens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
LUNATlC FIGHTS POLICE
Climbs Pole and Declares He Is
Zoe Miller. Joker

Scores Of perSons on their way 20 church
yesterday morning saw man gesticulating
wildly near the top Of telegraph pole al
Berry and North 10th streets. Williams
burg. The man was shouting that he was
Joe Miller. the joker" and that all the
crowned heads Of Europe were Interested IN
his works Policeman Thomas Shaugh-
Messy was attracted by the crowd, and rec
opnize6 the man as the one for whom
general alarm had been sent out two hours
before.
The alarm was for Frederick Schmidt.
laborer. forty-two years old, who lived with
his married sister. Mrs Augusta Romanoff,
Al 40 642 briggs avenue. Mrs Romanon
mad gone n the police station and reported
her brothers. disappearance. she SAID ne
had been an inmate for several wears Of the
STATE ASYLUM at Kings Park. hut had been
liberated two months ago az cured.
When Policeman Shaughnessy tired 10
coax Schmidt down from the telegraph pole
he refused 10 stir. The policeman tried
persuasion for nearly an hour before rap
idly increasing crowd. and il was not until
he began 10 compliment the demented man
on his great ability az writer or hctlon
that Schmidt slid down and permitted him.
self 10 be escorted TO the station mouse.
he was placed in an anteroom and an am
bulance call was sent 70 the Williamsburg
Hospital.
Before the ambulance arrived schmidt
suddenly went into q frenzy and knocked
down Patrolnen Shaughnessy and Royale
when they tried 20 prevent him from leav-
ing tho room He dashed for the 'front.'
door. where Policeman Dankert was on
guard He brushed Dankert aside and was
,r.ing ~ open the door when Lieutenant
Edward Kelly and Patrolman Frank Con-
molly seized him There was desperate
r1.ssle in which the men fell to the floor
and rolled over each other 1t required six
policemen 10 hold the man down while he
was tied with ropes.
With the ambulance came Or. Elizabeth
Er,,vu. and while she was administering
medical treatment to quiet Schmidt he
broke the fastenings binding his arms. He
tried 10 reach Or Bruyn. but she jumped
hack in time TO avoid his grasp. he was
then placed IN 4 straitJacket and. under
4 guard OF three patrOlmen. was taken In
tho ambulance 10 the Kings County Hos
uital
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
BAD WASH DAYS COMING
More Drlppings from the Celestial
Dome Predicted.
WEATHER MANS FIGURES
Says 1t Has Rained for 16 Days
Out OF 70, and That the End
Is Not Yet-Maybe.

n II rains IN Monday rains on Tuesdsv rain.
on wednesday. TOO
what YOU goin' 70 do FOR iaundr--a collar to
look Ike new
on day. too.
VIVA; YOU zon 70 do for a clean white shirt
when sunday pushes through
Ballads Of the Wash Lady.
The weather man docs not encourage the
blanchisseuse De fin this week. Contrari-
wise he opineN some drippings from the
celestial dome oAvauit This should bring
10Y to the heart Of the gentleman who hes-
itates 70 20 down 10 the dining room en-
dishabi'e for tho hot water with which 70
lsther his physique. Bathtubs may also be
filed from three-eighths to one-hah fun
during July and August.
The weather man says that we have had
nearly twice the normal amount Of rain
fall so far this month. and ne thinks Il Will
keep Up for while longer. He gives
scientific explanation. which. Ike the
moisture in the air. NAV he condensed. II
seems that there are rain and unsettled
weather throughout the Middle West and
the Ohio and Missssippi River valleys and
the lake region. There 10 storm centred
over Eastern Kansas and another over the
northern lake region. and both are moving
this way.
He says that IL will take about ten days
for these two storms 10 pass over the east
ern section Cf the country. unless they
should make the journey in a shorter time
or be dissipated on the way. Both OF
which or either one are likely 70 happen
Hence. II II rains for the next ten DAYS
the people Of New York should not he sur
nrised nor should they wonder II instead
OF rain they experience a period or hign
pressure area and torrid temperature. Inc
thermometers in Abilene. Tex, Dodge cry
Kan. and Oklahoma City registered lo+ de-
grees on Saturday.
Some prophecy The weather man mas
his sheet anchor ont TO windWaTd, also Ms
weather eve open. and is prepared io'
whichever way the cat may jump.
few figures. II has rained sixteen OUT
Of twenty-five days in June with totai
waterfall Of four and one-half inches. Inc
average in this city and for the Croton
watershed has been the same. The lnul-
Gated rainfall in the Croton watershed Is
therefore. 5000. 10000 gallons. Of which ap-
proximatelv 4,OO0GD0oN0 gallons have gone
into the reservoirs The catch OF iop'wo""
gallons is two weeks supply for thls CITY.
Adding this to the water IN the reservoirs
AZ the beginning OF the month, according
N the Water Departments figures. ana
deducting that used. there is still approx
mately twenty-three weeks supply LOT the
city I'm the Croton reservoirs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
AvIAToRs INCREASE CAPITAL

The capital OF the Moisant internauonal
Aviators has been increased from SZ0'""
70 100000. and the directorate has been
increased from three 70 seven members, as
follows: Alfred J. Moisant, president and
treasurer: A. f. Wuppermann. secretary;
H. W. Jacobs, assistant superintendent OF
motive power Of the Santa re Railroad;
Edwin r. Bush. assistant traffic manager
of the American Express Company James
: Terrman. of the Union Dime Savings
Rank. christopher J. Lake, vice-president
Of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company. and
" J TAYLOR. \ factory capable OF an
output Of five hundred Moisant aeropIanes
a wear will il is said. be- acquired.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
INTERPRETERS: is FINED s.
Magistrate Says Police Have a
Right to Use Force"

The civil government would fall 70
pieces II the police were denied the right
or using force when persons resist arrest, -
said Magistrate Butts in the mems night
court yesterday morning, after he mad
heard the complaint OF Patrolman Michael
Murphy, Of the fremont station. Murphy
charged Joseph l. Green. who said he was
real estate agent, living az No. IT'S Nyse
avenue. The Bronx, with interfering with
him when he was arresting an intoxicated
man who had violent temper"
Green said he did not know that the man
was already under arrest. Otherwise. he
said he would not have bothered the
policeman.
THE officer was doing his duty and you
interfered with him." said Magistrate
Butts. no one has the right to interfere
with an officer who is discharging his
duty"
Green was fined g, which he paid under
protest. saving he would consult his law
yer about the case.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
TELLS OF BAPTIST GROWTH
DR.. Macarthur Says 1t Is Now
Largest in America.

The Rev. Or. Robert Stuart Macarthur,
pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church. In
his sermon yesterday morning told his con
gregation something OF the meetings OF the
Baptist's World Alliance. held last week
IT. Philadelphia. which he said was the
largest gathering Of it's kind ever held In
America.
The meetings covered many subjects
and were greatly varied he said. How
ever. the interest reached it's elimination
with the presentation at the altar Of the
Russian martyrs Among them was n
Russian countess. who has been SUBJECTED
10 many trials and tribulations. and would
he a rich woman with this worlds goods
but she has been prosecuted and her prop
erty attached.
And now I know I shall he pardoned II
I refer 10 my own election as president III
the Baptist World Alliance. I have oeen
elected to a position that is like no other
held in the United states. Only two men
have held that office since the Inception OF
the alliance There Is no other posiuoh
iust like II I'm the Protestant faith. lhere
is no other man VINO stands so close 10 his
followers. excepting the Pope. The Baptist
Church is the fastest growing church IN me
world In is the largest churcn on the
American continent.
AS president of the alliance ! prooaoly
will he called TO visit shortly the Car OF
Russia and the Pope al Rome | shan tell
the Gar that this is the twentieth century
and shall be outspoken with regard to my
religion.
King George and Queen Mary, imrne-
diately after their coronation, sent mes
sage OF greeting to the meetings in Phila-
deIphia. | shall take pleasure az the presi-
don't NJ the alliance in answering the mes
sage
When Dr. Macarthur spoke OK MS eee'
ton his eye filed with tears
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
RUSH PLAYGROUND WORK
Slower Trying to Get Contracts
Under Way by Next Month.
TEN RECREATION CENTRES
Greensboro Bridge Project In
cludes Large Stadium and
Athletic Field.

Every effort is being made BY Park
Commissioner Slower 10 have all the con
tracts calling for the expenditure Of his
$3.50. 600 playground fund urder way by the
last OF July. That sum VAS given to the
Commissioner last summer by the Board ~
Estimate He was able yesterday 10 name
the amounts 10 he expended on ten play
grounds, which will eat I'd the greater part
Of the appropriation. Most OF these are
contracted for already or just about 10 ne.
The figures for the ten are as follows
Mulberry Bend. $40 as: Five Points. or
Baxtnr and Worth streets playground. sl''-
GOO: Cherry street playground, s6.22b' 81
Gabriel's Park. s21.602, greensboro Bridge
playground "a. 900 West seth street play
ground, s2s,s)s: 1o1st street and Second
avenue, 3l,45O. 15lst street and Amster-
dam avenue. $50. 900. Corears Hook. S3,oVo'
and Colonial Park. $4,000
Yet there remains a surplus, and with
this amount Commissioner Slower will 'ry
10 squeeze in two Fairgrounds under the
Park avenue viaduct, one extending from
1fS+h street 10 iI9th street and the other
from 12sth street to 10th street. Later. u
there is sufficient money left 10 do So ne
will place another playground at l6ith street
and St Nicholas avenue.
The greatest amount 10 he expended on
one playground will be $4,000. which VIII
be used TO develop the greensboro Bridge
recreation centre. This place, when VIII
include a stadium that will seat tweiVe
hundred persons, will eventually be the mn
est playground in the city. and Will be 'he
scene of band concerts in the summer the
stadium answering the purpose OF seats
for the audience According 10 Commis-
sioner Slower. the officials of the Municipal
Art Commission have declared the pans
for this site 20 be OF high order
The playground AT 15lst street and AM
sterdam avenue has only been opened
within the last three days. So far It is I'M
tied 20 small children. FOR half dozen old
wooden structures must De RACED and the
grounds graded. al a cost OF Sl5,No. An ao'
ditional $1,000 will be spent here on the
playground equipment and sunken gar
den. On Saturday the part opened was
swamped with youngsters. II showed inc
need Of such a recreation centre, the Coii'
missioner said In that locality.
Further I'D on Amsterdam avenue Is
Hiehbridge PARK. which has already re-
ceived much attention this summer ana II
the past from the Park Commissioner
At Mulberry Bend and at CorIears Hoos
parks the open air pavilions will be pro
vided with shutters TO permit Of their use
during inclement weather and in winter.
The West 5sth street playground, whlcf
Is across from the De Witt Clinton higr
School. will be improved 70 the amount o.
! 81. 6Os The school will expend an addi
tional xO2 on a fountain here. building
| 10 include shower baths will be erected a
a cost of 5000
Work on the St Gabriels playground VII
begin to-day Here there will be three diS
| tinct divisions-one for little tots. one ioI
! girls and an athletic oval and RUNNING
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
WOULDN'T MOVE ON; FREED
Magistrate Says Policemen Make Ar
rests to Make a Front.

II policeman tells YOU 10 move on. IT
il not crime II you refuse 70 do so. ac-
coriing 10 a decision given ny Magistrate
Butts in the mems night court, early yes
terday morning Patroman Glavin. Of the
Alexander avenue station. had arraigned
John Corners. a clerk. Of No sSl East 18Th
street. on a charge OF lettering and refus-
ing 70 move on
This young man is the injured party"
said the magistrate. You did not see him
committing any crime and there was no
reason why he should go away That's the
trouble with some 81 you policemen; YOU
bring lot Of yosins fellows here just 10
make a front"
That's not MY fault said the police
man. We are sent to clear out these
Ioitering gangs and We expect the assist
ance OF the magistrates
There should be plainclOthes men 10 Do
thar work" replied Magistrate Butts. 1T
NAV not be your fault, but II IS the fault
Of the system.
Conners was discharged
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
NAVAL BATTALI0N'S OUTING
Veterans and Active Members
Enioy Trip on the Wasp.

Seventy-fve veterans and fifty active
members Of the 1st Naval Battalion yester-
day enjoyed an outing on board the gun
boat Wasp. which ended the three days
celebration in commemoration of the mus
,er,np into the state service OF the battalion
twenty years ago.
In charge OF Lieutenant Commander
Charles Lane Poor. the Wasp left her
anchorage. off West 9th street. at ]"
o'clock. and proceeded up the river as far
az Tarrytown. returning so AZ to reach
headouarters-the L. s. ;. Granite state
by o'clock.
The veteran members had an opportunity
90 crttic,se the ..actives' during the trip for
,iteboat and fire drills. abandon ship and
collision quarters" were executed Tor u'e'r
benefit. During luncheon on board an OF
cbestra played and both veterans ana ac'''
members Joined in singing some oil TIE
songs that the former had sung during the
standardization War. ,.- ,,or.,.,
On the return trip the battleships Iehnes1
see and Washington "cic p
saluted in naval fashloh. ,,,,i.r Poor the
BESIDES Lieutenant COmmander lp o., a az
oftcers on board the Wasp %eIo IL IN
ont Beu Waite Lieutenant faIWth' -"
sign Washburn and Engineer avery
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26

track. The building 10 be placed ner''
which also viii be equipped with showers.
will cost $1,000
commissioner Slower said his appeal Tor
emmy lots had met with much success. for
ne had been offered a number OF theni Az.
on some OF these he has already p'a'e
backstops 40 that baseball can ne p'aSe"'
on Saturday be accepted the tender OF
site in West 18th street and VIII EQUIP u
for small children As soon as Waterfront,
property on the Hudson At 18th ana so'h
streets can be cleaned up there VIII be ionr
more baseball diamonds thrown open. TINS
is Park Department land.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
MEETING FOR LOWER RENTS.

mass meeting of those Interested IN
1ocor rents on the East Side Will be held
AT the University Settlement. Eldridge and
Piy,nRton streets. this evening 10 take
stems 10 secure the passage by the Legis-
l,ture u the bills introduced by Senator
Timotbv H. Sullivan reducing the tax rate
On buildings "a "A means OF reducing rem
tails Park Commissioner Slower Will pre-
side. and addresses viii be made bv Miss
lillian H. Wald Of the Nurses Settle
meuf. RAYMOND V Ingersoll and Henry
Noscowitz. u D. said that real estate own
ers are opposed 10 the passage Of the meas
ures advocated b. Senator Sullivan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
COLONEL sTANsBURY DEAD
Old Wausmaker Employe Passes Away
AZ philadelphia.

Philadelphia, June 26-Coio"ei -, W.
y. stansbury. a veteran OF 'he ~
and one Of the original John aiia'-al'a
employees. died al the Medico-'hiiu' -.
Hospital late last night lie Was
nine years old .,,a
Colonel stansbury was actively eneaseu
at the Wsnamaker store up 10 tne
- his Illness He was born III
phia ..al,or
Colonel stansbury and John Wansnhl seIn-
were lifelong friends. their lh,lii I'D Tower
Hail In MarbHt street. Fifty years AZ. aep
me colonel went with Mr. Man 'Se oak
W,hen he started in business a, Wana-
nan store. and ne followed az al. street.
ReEer 70 his present store, ~ ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
CENTRAL PARK S BANANA CROP
One Bunch, $50 Strong, To Be Sent 20
a Hospital To-day.

There are about one hundred and fifty
huge bananas on a bunch that will be sent
10 some city hospital to-day by Park Com
missioner Slower, m whose office they have
been ripening for the last two or three
days. II required the strength of two men
TO remove the bunch from a tree I'm the
Central Park conservatory. and two had
20 carry IT from wagon n the office OF
the Commissioner, in the Arsenal
Last year the conservatory produced TWO
lunches. which were sent 10 two hospitals.
but neither was anywhere near the size
Il the present one. The bananas are 81
ne red variety. and are fully twice =
big around as the regular fruit stand red
sort. and have a delicious flavor One
which had become ripper than any Of the
others was taken Off and divided into four
pieces the Park Commissioner eXclaimng
much after eating his portion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
ATTACKED COP; GET so DAYS
Magistrate Shows No Mercy to Three
Prisoners.

Timothy Cronin Of No 5l2 West 9th
street. Thomas Maloney, Of No. ~ West
9th street. and Edward Mannion. Of No.
ne West 9th street were each sentenced to
sixtv DAYS in the Workhouse by MIgis-
trate Barlow in the jefferson Market po-
lice court yesterday morning. They were
charged with assaulting an officer.
on Saturday night Patrolman Conley. of
tho old West 2Dth street station. was set
mon bv "A gang OF roughs after he had
riared rronin under arrest PatrOlman
aver and toaether they were able ~ arrest
the three meI!.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
POSTAL CO.'S MANAGERS OUTING

The Postal Telegraph Cable company
prancb Office Managers Association OF
creater New YORK held it's fourth annuh'
a,,,irg a, Vitzel's Point View Island COL
- point on Saturday az the guests OF
lfs,s-as,dent Clarence r. Mackay. the oil-
~, OF the Montauk Steamboat COMPANY,
conveved tn party 10 ana ION lii
grounds. Athletic events anu a 49,,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
u. S. CASUALTY AGENT DROWNED

luy Telegraph to The Tribune
Chicago. June 25.-The body of George g
Gerrsh general agent here FOR the United
States Casualty Company. Of New York,
was found In the Jackson Park lagoon to-
da..