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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14
FLAMES SCARE PATIENTS
Fire Near Flower Hospital A.
most Causes a Panic.

A panic among the one hundred ana hity
patients IN Flower Hospital. Avenue - anu
64th street, was narrowly averted last night
when Are was discovered in three s'oiS
brick stable adjoining the automoo'ie ed'
age Of the institution. Clouds OF tnicN'
black smoke entered the WINDOWS Vi
first floor. and the glare OF the names ai.v
was seen by the patients. They were 'o''
that bonfire had been built in an auJa
cent vacant lot 10 celebrate the Poioe
parade. This quelled their fears
John Jusiong driver of one OF the hosp'-
tai automobile ambulances. was standins
in front OF the garage about O'CLOCK
when he noticed smoke rolling into the rear
Of the garage from the stable next door.
He ran to SD street and Avenue ana
turned In an alarm.
AS he was hurrying back to the garage
to get the ambulances and horses out ne
encountered Doctors Reid, Ahrens ana
Croak, whom he told OF the fire. moment
later the flames from the burning building
were visible and the physicians ordered
the telephone operator TO call up Police
Headquarters and have reserves sent to the
institution.
The operator discovered that the wires OF
the switchboard had been burned, and that
communication over them was impossible.
He hurried to the emergency ward of the
institution and communicated with the
East 67th street police station over special
wire. Reserves soon arrived and fire lines
were formed.
When the fire apparatus came the blaze,
which originated In one Of the stalls. had
spread from the lower TO the upper floors
of the building. Twenty-Five horses in the
stable kicked franticaly at the boards OF
their stalls as the fire ate its way near
them. Eighteen were finally taken from
the burning building, but four were burned
to death in their stalls. The stable was
practically destroyed
The flames leaped into the air within
thirty feet of the windows of the hospital
wards on the first floor. Miss levitt, head
night nurse, ran to the lower floor and
notified Misses OBrien and Edwards,
nurses in charge of the wards on that floor
The two nurses hurriedly pulled down
the shades of the windows opening on the
north Of the hospital, and the fears Of the
patients were gradually quieted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14
PETERBOROUGH BUYS PLOT
ACQUIRES Harlem Waterfront,
Part of Pinkney Estate.

The marlborough Rapid Transit Com
pany purchased through Joseph +. Day
Yesterday. the entire waterfront between
l47th and l4sth streets leading from Lenox
avenue to the Harlem River. The property
was part Of the estate Of Mary Z. Pinkney.
1t was decided between the parties not to
make public the price.
The Interborough's present plant adjoins
It's latest acquisition on the north ana
west Frank Hedley, vice-president and
general manager Of the marlborough, would
not say for what purpose his company had
made the deal, but It Is reasonable TO sup
pose that the intentions are 10 enlarge It's
present plant.
Abram |. Elkus. attorney for Curtis 3.
Pierce, the chief executor OF the Pinkney
estate. verified the fact that the deal had
been put through. He said his client was
well pleased that the matter had been
conducted through a private sale.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14
GUNS THEIR FIRE ALARM
italians Bring Police to Rescue
Families in Tenement Blaze.

italian tenement house jewellers IN ~.
neighborhood Of West Broadway anu
street opened FIRE with their reviewers 'a.e
last night TO warn the police OF hIu
the loft building at Nos. s3s and ss' We
Broadway The shots and the hah.'
emptied the tenement houses for se'e'''
blocks In each direction.
The fire started In the basement OF No'
sas and rapidly spread 10 the other hoo,''
Some Of the lofts were occupied oy u,
Petersen Planning Mil. and the WOOD anu
sawdust caused the flames to spread 70 ,he
building adjoining. Captain Dom'nion
Henry. Of the Mercer street station VIII"
three blasts OF his whistle. brought fa'roi-
men Cahil and Arend. Of the Mercer street
station. to the scene. Two alarms "eie
sent In. and Acting Chief Kenon sent III
third when he arrived.
The tenements to the north and south Oh
the burning buildings were cleared OF tne'r
occupants by the police as rapidly as pos
sible. At No $40 West Broadway Patroi-
man Flynn, Of the Mercer street station
rescued Mrs. Katherine Gillio and her
three children who were found. almost
overcome by smoke. on the second hoor'
The tenements on Thompson street. In the
rear of the fire, were cleared when the
blaze began to gain Roadway and the ten
ants were cared for In nearby houses Dr.
Mcneil, Of ST. Vincent's Hospital. attended
some women who tainted in the excitement
When the flames spread to No. $40 West
Broadway Sergeant Flood and detail OF
men ran through the house In search OF
persons who might have been left asleep.
On reaching the roof they found two 1tal-
ians who were about to jump. dragged
them back and brought them safely 10 the
street. Traffic on the Sixth avenue elevated
road was at a standstill for half an hour
The damage was estimated at 5000 and
the cause Of the fire unknown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14

Of affairs unhampered by political afall.
ations. Mr.. Seaman said the same amount
Of good could not have been done IL tina
control Of these hospitals had passed IA
other hands as often as had the Depart.
ment OF Charities.
Mr.. Folks spoke along the same line, ana
called attention to the provision Of the pro.
posed charter giving the Commissioners o.
Charities control Of the elimination Of al
unworthy professional beggars. mendican.s
and solicitors Of aims" This was no.
task that ne was fitted 70 undertake, Nr.
Folks said.
Mr.. Devine also spoke 81 this provision
1T is not the function Of the city Of New
York to Judge the class Of people that II "a
TO help" he said. THE Commissioner can.
not undertake 10 determine who Is worthy
and who IL not. That attribute can be de-
termined only by God Almighty on the
Judgment Day"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14
FIND FAULT WITH CHARTER
Committee Hears Objections as
TO Charities Department.

Objections TO tho changes In regard W
the Department OF Charities ana the con
troll OF Bellevue and Allied Hospitals maze
by the proposed charter were voiced yes.
terday before the legislative committee AZ
the hearing in the City Hall. The princ'-
pal speakers were Homer Folks, former
Charities Commissioner; Edward T. De-
vine. of the Charity Organization Society.
and Michael J. Seaman. OF the Society OF
ST. Vincent de Paul, In the city OF Ne"
York.
Both Mr.. Seaman and Mr.. Folks said
that under the present method OF appoint
ing trustees for the Bellevue and Allied
HOSPITALS the city was able to obtain men
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14
POINTS AGAINST PARSONS

Accounts. issued statement yesterday
calling attention 10 the points in bis report
en- Samuel Parsons. jr.. former landscape
architect Of the Park Board, which con-
nected him with J. " Hoff. who was inter-
ested In a particular kind Of soil. Mr..
Hof got contracts under specifications
drawn by Mr.. Parsons and assisted the lat
ter In writing book, one OF the objects
OF which was to create sentiment for the
entire resoiling Of Central Park
mo such intimate relations with con-
tractors was proved against Haffen or
Ahearn," declared Commissioner Fosdick
"In no case was it shown that they received
benefits from contractors doing business
Vith their departments"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-21

Ans might adopt efficient management profits
rise unduly high. II this happened in line industry
tost a. yet unmonopozed. 1t would enable this unit
20 exert the influence of the larger purchaser in short
oroer and be the means of creating a monopoly.
sne conditions that will exist equal price
competition as to which become the efficient,
ana not Al to which first develop the
larger purchaser. Profits will be unduly large
tney Will be regulated by efficiency competition.
Various standards OF value have been up n
world and all have been attacked The tendency OF the
socialists Is to carry to extreme the labor value
sneory 50 potent in the wage considerations OF
lied labor and that is working beautifully in send
Ing the already high living higher attitudes
Labor alone is not the true standard value. The
typographical union at Richmond, Indiana has rule
tnat the OF newspaper plants must obey that
prohibits matter set in plant being used there
and also In another plant 1t may be used in only
plant despite the saving in the OF production
which falls tho ultimate consumers-that might be
enailed otherwise in operations. advertise
ment. for instance. is in plants there is
duplication OF paid effort Two men worked on that
which one man alone would have produced most
nomically Yet the value OF the advertisement in terms
OF cost Is 1000 than 1t should be-
Efficiency should be the standard OF value. Under
efficiency competition based the price law
efficiency in work would become the standard Of value
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-21
EQUAL Price Law and Labor Power.

The labor power the federation Of the union labor
ers OF nation with its dead evelism regarding
and wages. just like the Money Power. grew out Of
special privilege competition. In order to bring about
efficiency competition 1t is Just necessary deal
with the labor power with the Money Power. Both
a. povers are evils. There Be powers" where
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-21

work, is ODtalned the lOan1ng sharks
from public private charity. II the shutdown is
of long duration such family has very hard
of it. The husband, all probability, find no
other work and, being in poorly nourished condition.
becomes i'll. Again recourse must be had to public
private aid. If the time Of industrial depression
comes then the soup houses opened maintained
at public expense
Suppose while at work day the husband is bad.
IL injured by the machine he is directing For weeks
he is out OF work account OF the accident and his
family suffers account of the consequent reduction
in the family income. Recourse, If necessary is had
again public private charity to tide the most
trying period occasioned by such contingency II tho
man feels he afford to endanger his chances OF
being employed again at the factory where he in
1ured a lawyer is engaged 500 fee basis and suit
is entered damages. II the managers of the
tory fight the by OF their greater resources
they can prolong tho litigation for long time that
the injured finally may be forced to drop any
attempt for compensation II tho husbands injuries
leave permanently disabled the consequent dmin
ishmeut In his earning capacity falls heavily his
family and, from time to time It Il spread the
community by demands public private charity
Tho widow. meantime, has grown old and can No
longer support herself Her criminal does nothing
tor her spends most ee hin time letting the public
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-21

1stence.
Conditions would then be ripe for the establishment
OF the efficiency bonus for directed labor in all in
dustry. This would be in addition to the equal mini
wage scale and unlike that feature Of government
regulation OF industry the determination OF the rate OF
efficiency should be left the managers
individual units in each line of industry All units
industry would be q in their competition
rs the equal price law and tho equal minimum wage
scale were concerned. Above these, however. eff.
cheney should rule. Inasmuch this is . question to
be settled solely for the individual according natural
ability. should the fallacious propo.
sition of regulating efficiency rewards. Competitions
alone do that with fairness to all.
There are. OF course. many ineffcients who might
be mised into thinking tho system that IL proposed
hero would result in the efcients crowding all others
out OF share in industry This is impossible under
the minimum wage scale and tho nonpayment form a
government insurance. By these two features eve1ys
ID assured OF q chance to share equally In tho
wards Of industry provided each II willing to do only
tho standard amount Of work required in order
ceive the minimum wage scale. Above this howsvse.
those who capable from the mental and phys
standpoint shall be entitled share in proportion -
tho degree efficiency in which they excel In tAe1p
voek. DsW tbs weeks - he a1van&aGo g svss7oao
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-15
TOMBOY GIRLS

would be lessened by motherhood
should continue their chosen vocation.
Fourth, a large group of young
wives who during the first two or three
years of wifehood have no children
should by all means begin or continue
some productive occupation, principal
ly, as Doctor Patten has pointed out,
because of the addition to the hus-
bands income. but also for self-devel-
opment.
I'm the fifth place, women who at
middle age send their last child to col
lege or to work and have no exacting
duties in the home.
IF woman is to mean all that she
well may mean in the future, she must
engage in some form of occupation
If she is capable, in motherhood; If
not, then certainly in industry-she
must be trained to take her place in
the world and to perform her occupa-
ton efficiently, and she must realize
that occupation and achievement and
character are a triune which compile
ment each other and make for the
highest and best in life"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-15
McKn,Ley's. Wise Moderation

in my opinion, this is a clear case of
INSTRUMENTATION, a direct violation of
the rules of military discipline. More
over, | think the seriousness of the
situation is greatly aggravated by the
fact that this communication, which
should never have been written in the
first place, was given to the press be-
fore it was sent to the war depart
ment'
THE president calmly put on his
eyeglasses and read the article very
carefully
Well, what do you think is best to
do about it?' he asked very quietly,
when he had finished.
81 saw that he was not disturbed in
the least, apparently, by what l had
brought to his notice; but that had no
tendency to cool my indignation.
had been irritated by many things
since the beginning of the war; l had
been severely criticised, as you know,
and possibly that made me little
bit on the raw. So, in answer to the
presidents question, l exclaimed,
bluntly:
why, Mr.. President, it seems to
me that it is a case calling clearly for
court martial. I am laying it before
you with that object in mind
1.-THE president glanced again at the
article. Then he removed his eye
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-15
An UnsoLved Cabinet Mystery

Jewell, he said, with snap of his
Jaws, I want your resignation as post
master general
Il was nonplussed, and I daresay l
looked it, l opened my mouth to say
something don't know what. But
the president blocked me.
81 don't want any questions asked,
he cautioned, for shall answer none.
1 want your resignation, and / want
you to write it here and now
'T was nonplussed before; I was
dazed now Here / was being asked
to resign as postmaster general and
told that no reason would be given
me for forcing me to take this action.
What a situationi l believe it is
unique in the history of the cabinet.
And there was only one thing for me
to dol saw that clearly. That was
to comply with the presidents wishes,
and as speedily as possible. So, then
and there, I took the paper and pen
that he proffered me and sat down at
the cabinet table and wrote out my
resignation Then l handed it to the
president, who vouchsafed not a word,
and I turned on my heel and depart
ed"
And you don't know to this day
why the president demanded your
resignation / asked.
mo, 1 do not" Mr.. Jewell replied,
land I believe I never shall. For
some time following my resignation.
some of my friends tried TO learn the
reason, but were met with silence.
Since then I have tried many a time
to explain Grants action to myself,
but always without success. I know
for a certainty, however, that l was
not forced out of the cabinet because
of any disagreement with the presi-
dent over the manner of the prosecu-
ton of the whisky ring frauds There
never was any such disagreement be-
tween US, nor any other disagreement
up to the time that l left the cabinet.
So far as I know, only Grant himself
knows why he made me resign, and l
have a feeling that I shall go to my
grave with the mystery unsolved"
My talk with Mr.. Jewell took place
a little while before he, as chairman
Of the Republican national committee,
led his party to victory in the cam
paign of 1880. Three years later he
died
Copyright, 1910, by E. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-15
Professor Advises Physical
Training for Young Women.
Scott Nearing of University OF Penn
syIvania Says Emancipation OF
Women Will Only Come
Through "Tomboyism."

Philadelphia.-"M girls should be
tomboys-only through physical and
industrial development may woman
hope to emancipate herself.
This is the theory advanced Dy
Scott Nearing of the faculty OF the
Wharton school of the University OF
PENNSYLVANIA, in a book he Will pup
lish soon upon Social Adjustment.
"The city woman's physical durabll-
ity," says Mr.. Nearing, is the culmlna-
ton of a misdirected training begun III
youth Boys are taught to go out anu
play rough games and romp and devel-
Cd physically. Girls, on the otner
hand, are expected to stay at home anu
be 1adylike. If boy does not sou
and tear his clothes he is a sis. II
girl does soil her clothes ana romp
she is a 'tomboy' 1t is as d1sgraceIul
for a boy to atrophy physically as II IS
for a girl to develop physically.
"The development of the girls oooy
should be begun and carried on at Tue
same time and on the same basis as
the DEVELOPMENT of the boys Douy'
Their plays should be equally arouous'
until the age of twelve at least. 1nere
Is no justification for denying to girls
the physical development provided lor
bovs. making them weakllngs before
the age when there is any physical uil-
fermentation due to sex development.
Already this truth is being reallzed
and the emancipated women Oh Tue
United States are emanclpatlng inc
bodies of their daughters, by putting
them in 'rompers' and sendlng lnehn
out to play with the boys
every normal being should engage
IN some form of constructive occupa-
ton. The woman is no exception anu
the education of the woman OF the Ia,
ture should include not only eHectiVe
nhysical development and an adequate
training in acknowledge, but also q
training that will enable her TO Ill
some position in life and fill 1t We'll
Home life is narrowing and unless sup
plemented by education LEADS 10 the
life in social sets so disastrous to the
DEVELOPMENT of individuality
Mr.. Nearing adds that there are hVe
groups of women who should always
be engaged in some form of gainful oc
cupation. He Classics these groups
as follows:
First, girls between the end o.
their schooling and their marriage.
second. women who are suffering
from any transmissible disease or de
feet should be absolutely denied the
privileges of motherhood and should
therefore, spend their adult lives IL
some form of Industrial occupation.
IN the third place, women who are
geniuses-perhaps one in ten thousand
and the social value of whose careers
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-15
Haqenbeck Tries Experiment Which
Proves Success-Birds Sheltered
Only From Wind.

Berlin-In Hamburg, town which
experiences a cold winter, the breed
ing of a tropical bird such as the os-
trich has just proved to be not only
possible, but profitable.
In the course of a tour of the Ger
man geological gardens DR.. Chalmers
Mitchell, secretary of the British Zoo
logical society, has just paid visit to
Carl Hagenbeck's ostrich farm at Ham
burg, in company with Seth Smith,
the zoos curator of birds.
This ostrich farm" said DR.. Mitch
ell, sis undoubtedly the most remark
able geological experiment of modern
times. Mr. Hagenbeck went to the ex-
perienced manager of an ostrich farm.
and engaged him to start a farm.
Where is it to he?' asked the expert.
In Hamburg was the reply. The as
tonished manager. though polite, al
most limited his doubts of Mr.. Hagen
beck's sanity"
However, the farm was started On
some bleak fiat fields-eight or nine
acres in all-fenced into separate pad
docks and stocked with eighty or
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-15
Al5er's Story of How the Kindly
President Refused to Have Colonel
Roosevelt Accused and
Put on Trial.

About a year before his death,
which occurred in 1907, met for the
last time Russell A. AIger, volun-
teer general in the Civil war, govern
or Of and United States senator from
Michigan, a strong candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination in
1883, and secretary of war in the
first Mckinley cabinet.
Whenever I think of William Nc
kinley | always think first of his low
able character, and then of his great
tact and wise discretion" said Mr.. AL
ger And then I always recall the
time when I, as secretary of war, went
to him, as president, to complain of
one Of Col. Theodore RooseveIt's acts
in Cuba
No one who has not served in
cabinet, or other highly responsible po-
sitton under a national administra-
ton, can realize how what seem to
be trivial things, may prove to be of
the utmost consequence; so that the
tendency is for officials often to ex-
aggerate really unimportant trifes ire
mendously. This is especially true dur
ing period of great stress, as when
war is on; and I suppose that that
was largely my state of mind when
1 sought out the president in regard to
Col. Roosevelt.
AT any rate, there appeared one
morning in the newspapers the sub
stance of communication from Col
Roosevelt in which he appeared to crit
icise the war department because his
regiment was getting insufficient or
improper food. There was, also, a de-
mand that the Rough Riders be imme-
diately ordered from Cuba to some
place where the fevers that were i'm
pairing their health and efficiency
could be got rid of. AS read all this
flared up instantly with Indignation
It appeared to me an improper thing
for an army officer to do, and was es-
pecially angry because the communi-
cation had been made public, apparent
~, before it had been sent to the war
department.
In hot haste I went to the presi-
dent. Mr. President l said to him,
frankly, as / showed him the article,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-15
OSTRICHES ON GERMAN FARM

ninety birds. The fields were sown
with lucerne, on which the birds fed
freely, and their diet was supplement-
ed with crushed bones, boiled maze,
etc.
In the center is big shed, in which
the birds feed and shelter, but the
doors and windows remain open. This
shed is carpeted with peat moss anc
is divided into small "cibicles.
A great incubator matches the eggs
taking the place of the tropical SUP,
and the young birds run about On q
miniature Sahara of sand.
when we saw the farm" said Dr.
Mitchell, there were forty or fiftr
young birds, some nearly full grown
and all bred at Hamburg. There waz
fine show Of feathers, for which good
prices could be obtained. The wholA
farm was most eloquent sermon on
the value of fresh air as opposed tn
mere heat"
Dr. Mitchell said he saw no reasoB
why equally good results should not be
possible in other countries.
"You must have an experienced man
ager," he said, "a dry, sandy soil, in a
spot preferably sheltered on the north
and east, and then there is no reason
why an ostrich farm should not be
made to pay"