Arizona republican., 1912-05-04

1 ne TOOL or lile structure WOulu De
 543O feet above the street level.
 That a new high immigration rec
 Crd for a single month will be shown
 as soon as the official figures for
 April can be completed is now re-
 garded as certainty here. Persons
 in position to know estimate that
 more than 100000 immigrants over
 whelmed this port last month. running
 into six figures for the first time on
 record. The arrivals during April
 last year totalled S3.575 and that was
 a big month which tested the capacity
 Of the facilities at Ellis Island where
 the immigrants land and are exam
 ned But while heavy immigration
 is generally looked upon as a good
 sign. as indicating a demand for
 labor here. the unprecedented num-
 Der of arrivals during the past month
 has brought the city face to face
 with a serious condition. At Ellis
 island 1890 persons can be accom-
 modated at night and with almost
 twice that number arriving daily it is
 necessary to rush them through.
 Aliens who would naturally be de-
 I3Incu TOT d IlOIc lIIJIOu5I4 tAdIll-
 ination are permitted to enter the
 city and in this way it is believed
 many who would be depOrted in the
 ordinary course of events become d burden on the country. One official has pointed out that many aged m m and women who come here ostenSibly tn join their sons and daughters come for no other reason than to enter some American charitable institution for the remainder of their lives. They have no children here but through agents get other persons to pose as l their children until they pass the authorities. Under high pressure they are naturally passed on as there is no means of dctaining them for further | investigation. That congress is to l blame for such condition of affairs l is the opinion of one of the commis- sioners. who says that appropriations 1 for suitable quarters and facilities to maintain an efficient standard of in 1 spection have been too long refused | Altogether New York is finding it's l increasing flood of immigrants seri-
 ous problem which unless proper steps ] are taken may become a grave men
 ace to the health of the whole coun-
 try.
 As result of howls of protest which have been pouring in from in- l dignant commuters, Father kncker-
 booker may soon find it necessary tc establish the strange office of officia municipal clock inspector. From al | over the city have come complaints of persons who rely on the accuracy of timepieces in public places to as sure them whether or not there is time to stop on an errand in the mao rush from office to train No two oi II the great clocks in the various parts
 of the city seem to agree, although ir T many cases the difference of a minute or two is often important. It is O. the tower clocks. however. the time pieces with a dial on each of the foul sides of some lofty structure tha complaint is loudeSt, since in many cases it has been shown that no two of the four dials give the same time As result man hurTying to his train on one side where the clock was 1 fast may have given up his train d: already lost. while another commutel hurrying by the north side, where tht hands were slow. may stop to mak, a purchase believing he had plenty O time, only to lose his train Protes ! has also been made over the tendencN to neglect prominently placed clock! ! which have stopped thus often deceiV. ing the hurrying time seeker Whil, it is generally admitted that the pub lie is apt to pick flaws this seems tC be case in which regulation is need ed both literally and figuratively A ! result New York may yet witnes, an official clock inspector making hi;