New-York tribune., 1911-01-31
NEW BILLS AT ALBANY
Resolution Calls for Facts Re-
rarding N. Y. g. Explosion.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Albany, Jan. GA detailed account o
what action has been taken 10 punish IN
person or persons responsible for the ex
pIosion in the New York Central yards a
5oth street and Lexington avenue NeS
York. December l9 last is requested OF IN
District Attorney Of New York In resolu
ton introduced IN the Assembly to-day D.
| Assemblyman Martin McCue. The resoiu
ton recites that tho accident was cause
by an explosion OF nitroglycerine or som
other highly explosive substance. resuitinl
IN considerable loss OF life and damage Il
! property. II states that 4 was the resul
OF criminal carelessness. and that those re
! sponsible for IL have not yet been punished
A resolution by Assemhlyman OConno
calls for the appointment Of joint legs
lative committee 10 investigate The scan
dalous discrimina ton" which he says Il
practised by the industrial insurance com
panies. This Is matter which the graf
hunting committee didn't take UP. in'
resolution e!so asks that the Superinten
dent OF Insurance explain Why such condi
tons are permitted TO exist.
Assemhlyman Cuvillier introduced reso
luton asking the New York State repre-
sentatiyes IN Congress to support the reso
luton, recently reported oy the Senate
| judiciary Committee. favoring tho election
| Of United States Senator'S by direct vote
Of the people.
| Senator Brackett to-day introduced the
| bill providing for local option elections II
| cities every two years.
| a bill by Senator Henry W. Pollock and
Assemblyman Levy, OF New York, provides
for the Incorporation of the American
Jewish Committee. the purpose OF which IL
| 10 prevent the infractlon Of the civil OF
| religious rights of Jews anywhere In the
/ world. and 10 render all lawful assistance
in case OF threatened or actual invasion OF
such rights, to secure for Jews equality OF
economic social and educational oppor'
| tunities: 10 alleviate the consequences OF
persecution and to afford relief from
calamiues affecting Jews wherever they
may occur.
| The corporators are Meyey sulzberger
| Julian W. Mack. Jacob Fl. Hollander,
Julius Rosenwald, Cyrus Adler. Henry
| Cutler Samuel Dorf Judah l.. Magnes
Jacob II. schin. Isidor Sobel. Cyrus l.
| Sulzherger, A. Leo Well and Louis Mar
| shall.
Assemblyman Cuvlller introduced q
measure creating a retirement fund for all
city and county officials within the city OF
New York. To have charge OF this fund
there is TO be a retiring board, composed
of the Mayor. Controller and Chamberlain
| Persons entitled to share in other retire
ment funds such as the police, Ere, teach
| ers. public health and City College funds,
are not eligible for this fund. To obtain
| the dement's Of the fund person must
| havo served thirty years
| Assemblyman Ashton Parker, ot New
York. introduced bin requiring nppli.
cants for marriage licenses In addition to
! the present requirement TO make affidavit
that they are not afflicted with any COM
municsbe or transmisslble disease.
| Dismissal OF veterans from state. city,
| town and village service in the state shall
be only for incompetency or misconduct,
according 10 bill introduced by Assem-
blyman Walker. II also brosdens the vet
Gran clause OF ths Civil Serz-ice iaU by
| providing that II q veteran be discharged
because Of reduction IN the working
| force. he shall be assigned 10 similar SER
vice In case such a position Is open inside
Of four years. Son-compettive and ex.
empt positions are not included By this
measure
A petition from the New York Mutual
Life Insurance Company was introduces by
Senator Bayne, who announced that a. bill
carrying out its recommendations will fol-
lew The object sought is 10 repeal the
Law rorbiddins lite insurance companies 70
y..-z L.,
December 81 next. This law was passed in
laos, and the companies had I'VE years in
which to dispose Of their holdings. TIL.
Mutual recites that It still holds over sis,
10000 OF such securities and IT would be
unwise TO throw them on the market
The cid Sunday baseball bill reappeared
under the guardianship Of Senator NC.
Manus The games must be between ANA.
teurs. and the hours between so and s 80
O'Clock Nothing Is said about an edrnis.
sion fee.
The Assembly adopted resolution oi
ASS emblyman .Ahearn requesting the Presi.
dent Of the United States. the Secretary OF
the Navy and the representatives Of New
York State In Congress to oppose the effort
Being made 10 have the battleship New
York built IN private yard instead Of in
tho Brooklyn navy yard.
Th. American Jewish Committee, a bill
for whose Incorporation was introduced at
Albany yesterday. has IT'S headquarters at
No. 356 Second avenue, this city. II is a
national body, with seventy members
chosen from thirteen districts, into which
the country is divided according TO Jewish
population. The president is Judge Mayer
Suizberger. OF Philadelphia.
II was stated yesterday that the incor.
poration ot ths committee would not alter
it's work or its membership. It's greatest
activities IN the past have been the raising
Of relief funds for Jewish sufferers in Rus
sia and IN the San Francisco fire. II has
been In existence four years. Its affairs
are administered by the officers and an ex-
ecutive committee of twelve who are TIA