Arizona republican., 1913-02-22
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 NEW YORK Feb. 21.-Now that the new Grand Central station has been opened for business, New York city is the richer by one show place. the like of which no other city in the world may boast of During the past week more than 10000 persons visited the station daily. not counting the many thousands of travellers who took trains there or arrived from distance. The building is well worth seeing and is greatly admired by all visitors. The magnitude of the structure is imposing and the arrangements are thoroughly practical and up-to-date. The attend ants, of whom there are many. were kept busy answering the questions of the sightseeing visitors and it is sur prising how many utterly stupid and absurd questions were asked by the seekers of information.
 The report of Fire Commissioner Johnson for the past year shows that there were more fires in New York City during the year 1912 than in any previ- Ous year in the history of the city. The total number of fires during the year was 15,633, against 14,547 in 1911. How ever, the loss by fire was comparative ly sma Her in 1912 than in the year be fore. During the first half of the year the number of tenement house fires was unusually great. but after the be- ginning of the investigation of the conspiracy of the larson trust there was T marked decrease in the num- Der of lncendiary fires. This seems to indicate that the suspicious of the au- thorities as to the cause of many of the tenement house fires were well found ed.
 The confessions of Fox. the police man who pleaded to bribery q few days ago. are likely to lead to further sen sational disclosures concerning the graft system in the New York police department. So far only the minor grafters have been exposed. but 1t seems DOW probable that it will be pos sible for the district attorney to obtain evidence enough to indict some of the men higher up."
 Some people are inclined to believe that the millennium can't be far off, x change has not only joined the reform movement but has actually begun to reform itself The most radical reform movement ever inaugurated by the
 Stock Exchange was the passage the other day of new rule by the gov erning committed forbidding fictitious transactions by members of the eX- change This rule, which became d law Immediately; refers especially to the practice of juggling the market by means of matched orders which involve no actual sales and real change of own ership of securities but are arranged merely for the sale of manipulating the quotations of the securities involved.
 The city of Yonkers can boast of the proud distinction of having six resi- dents who object to being overpaid for public service. These citizens were appointed to several street opening commissions After viewing the land they !iXed nominal damages and filed their reports. The board of estimate and appOrtionment decided upon the sum of $100 each for their fees. But the six men, concluded that as they had devoted only about eight hours work ! to their duties, $100 was too much com 1 pensa tion and they appealed to the Mayor to have the compensation re- I duced to $25 each. Now the supreme | court will be asked to fix the proper | fee.
 l The National Ladies TailorS and Dressmakers association has begun a ! determined war against the practice of | cheating American purchasers of gar 1 ments by attaching to the latter labels ! bearing the name and address of some | Paris establishment. It is said that
 such labels are imported from Paris in 1 large quantities and that in many cases l the label is the only part of a garment l alleged to have been imported from | Paris. that really did come from that 1 city.
 1 Isidor Steinherg, a Russian Jew. was | sentenced to an indefinite term in the 1 penitentiary the other day. after he l had pleaded guilty to the charge of | bigamy. His lawyer made a plea for | clemancy upon the ground that Stein l bergs first wife had induced him to
 marry the second wife, because she | wished to return to Russia and expect | ed to obtain the necessary funds from ! the dowry Of wife No. 2 The judge