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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
INTERFERENCE NEEDED.

Whether such interference In the use
of private property would be tolerated IN
this country or not il is difficult to say.
AS matter Of fact. the object is being
attained through the natural location Of
manufacturing districts along the water
front and along the lines OF transporta-
ton and by means Of suburban districts
which are restricted. There is, however.
room for much Improvement In the de-
velopment Of city like New York, where
a little more interference, perhaps, with
the so-called rights of the property own
ers would not only improve the city ~
a whole, but would improve even the
property which might be so interfered
with.
This distributing Of industries has gone
even further than the mere segregation
of Industrial districts. In New York. for
example, there are certain districts or the
CITY which are well known as the districts
for certain Industries or for certain lines
of business such is the case OF the
leather industry or wholesale drygoods
or the cloak and suit industry or the
stone cutting industry, etc.
THE localization of factories within a
city is difficult to trace. but II Is usually
on account OF the factors OF Transporter
ton. labor supply and real estate values.
which Jointly determine the location OF
the industry. 1t may even be determined
by mere chance. or by within of the man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
GETTING TOGETHER.

"If the downtown building has been
allowed to run down. We suggest to the
landlord that he cannot afford TO let
that condition continue; that he may lose
not only one tenant but ali tenants. We
take united action for conservation and
betterment in the interest of all the trade.
Bus what of the city problem as whole?
II suggest that committee from each
Of the local associations. such as the
Fifth Avenue Association, the Central
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
BARRING THE FACTORY.

ct is the exceptional factory and not
the average one which seeks location
away from the manufacturing districts.
and perhaps in the residential sections OF
the city. II is to prevent this very thing.
however. that many housing reformers
and city planners advocate the prohibition
of the location of factories i'm any but
districts set aside for manufacturing pur-
poses. There is much to be said on be-
half of such regulations. There Is no
doubt that factory located in a resi-
Dental district at once changes the char
acter of the entire section. This is espe-
cially true if the industry happens to be
one where the smoke and dirt are con-
siderable.
I'm Germany most of the municipalities
have very stringent regulations concern
ing the coming Of the city. The cities
there are usually divided into districts or
sections, depending on the character OF
the developments which are expected
therein. For example, a manufacturing
district is set aside. II is usually placed
in such way that the prevailing winds
will blow the smoke away from the town
and not over the residential sections. The
industrial districts are also usually To-
Gated near the river or harbor or railroad
lines The other sections OF the city are
also zoned, and I'm certain sections tene-
ment houses may be erected. In other
sections tenement houses are prohibited,
and only one or two family houses, set a
certain distance back from the street.
may no huilt These ordinances fix the
character OF the development in par
ticular section of the city. and 1t is never
possible for the manufacturing districts
to encroach upon the residential districts
or the business districts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
PUBLIC SENTIMENT A FACTOR.

In Germany the law regulates the lay
out Of a city ii may be some time ne
lore the people OF New York will demand
legal compulsion of symmetry, economy
and beauty. Meanwhile they ought to I'M
derstand present conditions with view
10 future lmproveme An educated pup"
nc sentiment is big factor, both III
Inc temporary and ultimate solution oil
The problem.
The zone system is what New YORK
wants" declared " Sidney Rothschild,
Who Is variously interested in real estate
&bors on the Stock Exchange and puts
Va his spare time as secretary OF the
Wholesale Dry Goods Centre Association
There has lseen a useless and accelerated
shifting Of trade centres for the last hve
Years, entailing Il terrific loss of capitai.
me city loses in taxes by reduction vi
assessment values In the deserted dis
"icls, By idle wharfs. freight and iran
." terminals. by OUTLAWS for rearrange-
HcIt for stations. streets, Fire Depart
"eht and police, insurance readjustment
ana the like There Is loss of capital
F" real estate owners, holders OF mort
sases and others interested I'm city really.
AZ our established trade centres de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
Emulation Of European Plan
Delimiting the Residential,
Commercial and Factory
Areas Is Suggested.

Mercantile Association the Seventh Ave-
nue. Association and the Wholesale Dry
Goods Centre Association, should get to-
getber with a Chamber of Commerce
committee, the latter made up OF real
estate men, architects, city government
representatives, merchants and. ware
house men. insurance men and manufact-
urers; the whole body to draft a map OF
the logical city laid out In varied zones
or trade centres, wholesale, retail. manu-
featuring and residential districts, fairly
dolimited. If possible, / would have the
provisions of such layout enforced by
a city ordinance"
Or. Edward Ewing Pratt, manager OF
the Industrial bureau of the Merchants
Association OF New York, said that the
coming propositions hitherto made re-
ferred only to the delimitation of factory
and residential districts. He believed that
the legal restriction OF business centres
was a new idea as far as this city was
concerned.
There is manifest advantage in the
concentration of industries in special To-
caities," said DR.. Pratt THAT it is a
real gain TO the manufacturing enter
prises themselves is proved by the fact
that they have located themselves in GER
tains districts. usually along the water
front or along the lines OF railroads, or
have a place where a convenient labor
supply can be obtained
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
SEPARATION OF DISTRICTS.

More plainly. there used TO be a clear
defining of residential, manufacturing and
commercial districts areas of wholesale
and retail trade. sections where you could
find all the city's jewelry, leather, paper
drygoods. groceries and every other com
modify handily concentrated and with
special advantages accruing from that
concentration. Now the tendency Is for
these districts to lose every semblance of
boundary. They are not legitimately ex-
panding, but sprawling over immense ter
rltories regardless of gaps between. The
old lines are being wiped out. There is an
Increasing chaos of commingled factories
and residences apartment houses and
wholesale establishments, businesses Of all
sorts struggling into every section or
town. II is not healthy, normal growth.
II means a general economic waste, the
disntegration and destruction of residen-
tal districts, the ruinous abandonment of
old areas the spreading Of confusion and
uslness through the city, the direct loss
Of tax values to the municipality.
In defence of their invaded or partly
deserted localities groups of citizens and
merchants have organized such bodies IS
the Fifth Avenue Association, the Seventh
Avenue Association and the Wholesale
Dry Goods Centre Association. While
these bodies are doing good work locally,
We problem is too much for them. 1t as
problem which vitality concerns the
whole city and can be solved only by the
city We need what Europe has long
had-e scientific city plan. an Intelligent
districting of the city with due regard
10 RESIDENTIAL factory and business re-
quirements. There should be zones FOR
different sorts of trades. There should De
foil liberty for proper growth and eX-
psnsion, but no license for speculative
hari-ksr or sabotage against the COM
mon interests of all who dwell or WORK
upon Manhattan Island.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

Continued ON seventh page
The Washington times., 1913-12-30
WALDO'S CRITICISM
ST|RS CAMPA|GNERS
Astor, Rockefeller, and Mitchell
Believed to Be Targets of
His Bitter Speech.

I NEW YORK, Dec. 3o-Younger anti
Tammany men who took an active part
in the recent municipal campaign,
Among whom were Vincent Astor,
Mayor-elect Mitchell. and John d.
Rockefeller. jr.. are today hotly dis
cussing the speech of retiring Police
Commissioner Waldo. in which he sent
several shafts of criticism in their
youthful" direction.
The occasion was a banquet last
night given to Mr.. Waldo.
I'VE hear a good deal about intense
and constructive study of municipal ad-
ministration.'' he said "The only
trouble Is that those who talk most
along these lines are young men who
have had so little actual experience and
practice in handling the problems of
administration that the results Of their
work amount to little. except to give
them an opportunity to draw salaries
away in excess Of those they could
earn.
1.-The salaries are supplied by we'll
meaning citizens who Ike to see their
names In print. and by mentally def
cient sons Of rich men. who have been
persuaded by these vultures who prey
upon them that they have a mission In
life to reform the entire world"
The Washington times., 1913-12-30
WANT PRISONERS TO
BUILD REFORMATORY
Board Of Charity Members Ask
Commissioners to Provide
Labor ae 0ccoquan.

Employment OF OccoQuan prisoners on
the construction Of the new District
refornatory on the LEO acre tract ad-
joining the workhouse at occoquan is
recommended by the Board of Charities
in its annual report, submitted to the
Commissioners today.
II Is proposed that a building CON-
mission. authorized in the District ap-
propriation act approved March 8, 1903,
visit and examine the work of similar
institutions and then proceed with the
erection Of such buildings as are best
adopted for the purpose.
I'VE have as yet no infexible plan
for the development of the institution.
says the report I'VE only ask fer
$1,000 for grading, fencing, roadnak-
ing, and other necessary preliminary
work 1t Is the purpose to be guided
by experience as the work progress.
Just as was done in the development of
Occoquon. 1t Is expected that in the
beginning, much of the preliminary
work can be done by prisoners from
the workhouse, and that later when
prisoners are committed directly to the
reformatory, they can take up the con-
struction of the institution building"
The adoption of a system of indeter-
inmate sentences and parole in connec-
tion with the workhouse is recommend
ed by the board.
'The greatest barrier to reformation
OF the prisoners at present is the sys-
TEN Of short sentences" says the re-
port. Many prisoners are sent for
periods of from fifteen to thirty days,
and the same men and women are sent
repeatedly at frequent intervals. II Is
impossible to establish substantial
changes of habits within such short
period"
The complete separation of public
and private institutions In the way Of
board.
I'VE are Of the opinion" the report
states, ''as We have frequently set forth,
that public money should not be appro-
priated for the purchase of land or the
erection of buildings for institutions, the
title to which, and the use and control
of. does not ven In the government it
self. In other fields of charitable and
correctional work in the District of Co.
been definitely established. 1t is only
in connection with the hospitals that
the combination of public support and
private control still obtains to any con-
siderable extent"
The board again recommends that pro-
vision be made for the erection of q
modern municipal hospital. An item of
$4,000 for beginning work on the con-
struction of the building was included
en- out Of the pending District appro-
pristio bill.
An item OF s75.o0o for the erection Of
q hospital FOR inebriates. which the
board rrRes. received similar treatment
The report contains a review Of the
work Of all charitable and correctional
Institutions for the yead ending June 30
The Washington times., 1913-12-30
MANCHUSSUPPORG
CHINESE REPUBLIC

PEKlNG, Dec. 30.--A significant
illustration of the way in
which the deposed Manchus
are veering toward support of
the republican regime is the
attitude of the deposed boy
Emperor and his advisers in
regard to Mongolia.
President Yuan and his cabinet
have been moving heaven and
earth to prevent Russia from
getting a grip on Outer Mon
golia. While the Bear of the
North has had all the advan-
tage thus far, the President is
still seeking way out. Fur
ther, he has explained himself
as determined that the Rus
sian advance shall not pene-
trate an inch into Inner Mon
golia, and the deposed Man.
chus are said to be backing
him, as indicated by the fol-
lowing edict which his majes-
ty sent recently to Sheng Yum,
a former Chinese viceroy Of
Mongolia. who is now an at
tendant at the court of the
"God-Emperor" at Urga:
"If you do not forget your duty
you will obey the instructions
to forsake the pseudo govern
Rent at Urga Immediately.
Unless you awake from your
ignorance, disaster will GER
tainly overtake YOU"
The Washington times., 1913-12-30
NOBODY FINDS
LONELY GOATS

This is a kick about the goats
they didn't get.
Ordinarily, to get ones goat
means that harsh words, sulky
feelings, and sometimes hstL
encounters will follow. When
one fails to land the Angora
after trying hard, generally
all is silence.
Mrs. Felix Seibert, of 1913 Rose
dale street northeast, says
there are two goats in her
neighborhood that no one
will 60 after. The goats
have been grazing in the
Benning road between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets
northeast for some weeks,
she says.
She has been trying to interest
the police in the matter, and,
she says, they have turned a
deaf ear to her. Monday
night the goats entered Mrs.
Seibert's fr1nt yard, con-
sumed many rose bushes,
took a nap on her front porch,
and departed at sunrise. She
hopes some one will get the
goats before the front porch
is chewed up.
The Washington times., 1913-12-30
Lavish Giping Marked
Year Which Is Passing

cisco, 10000 to the University Of the
South. Q library building to Alfred Uni
versity. $4,000 to Washburn College.
81. 900 to the German Oak. the organ 81
merous smaller sifts to other purposes.
Biggest For Foreign Missions.
What was believed to be the largest
single bequest for foreign missions was
contained In the will Of Robert Ar
thington. who died In London-S4.6oo0 0oo
for carrying the gospel to every heather
tribe on earth: the work will be done
through the Baptist Missionary Society
and the London Missionary Society.
Jacob Could schurman. president Of
sion ~ y .ss coTne MeSiesi
School. The donor was believed to be
Col Oliver H. Payne. Of New York
city who for years has been bene-
factor Of the school. Colonel Payne
0 4 III 1T esiisnst.d s q bs At Sstwesn ssccScso
and &, G,ooo06 was made to Washington
and Lee University. OF Lexington. Va,
under the will of Robert p. Doremus. of
the Stock Exchange nrm Of De Coppett
will go to that university at the death
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art re-
ceived $5,00o.000 collection Of arms
and armor owned by w. H. Riggs and
that purpose in Paris.
Princeton Got esyooo,ooo.
The next largest bene9actor Of the
year was Ferris Thompson, who died in
Paris. leaving 100000 to Princeton
and an aggregate Of more than q mil
lion to st. Paul's School In Concord, N.
H.: Mercy Hospital and Orphan Asy-
lum In Chicago, the Salvation Army,
and the American Eplscopal Church Of
fhe Holy Trinity In Paris.
writer manufacturer. left his estate,
said to be over 5000, 900, to the Metro
politan Museum OF Art.
Herman Simon. silk manufacturer Of
Easton. Pa, left his monsy to en-
ployss, chiefly head men thoush some
m memSered % ~ n' "'s re-
II was reported that Reed B. Free
man distributed his fortune of $1,000
900 among the families Of the thirty
girls who pershed when his clothing
Besides giving stock worth more than
$460.000 TO his housekeeper, John Mas
terson Burke, banker, left $3.435,3s1 to
the Winifred Burke Relief Foundation
for q home for convalescents for which
several years before. he gave 500, 900.
anonymous donation Of land valued at
$3,00o,00 for public grounds.
sMysterieus Mr. Smith"
The Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
nology received another u,ooooo0 from
Mysterious Mr.. Smith," making the
total Of his anonymous Gifts ta1saooo
Henry Phipps' interest In the case Of
Harry X. Thaw was said to have been
one Of the factors that prompted the
steel magnate TO establish the q. 500. .0uo
psychiatric clinic attached to Johns
Hopkins Hospital.
The sum Of 8. 10000 was set aside for
The Washington times., 1913-12-30
Climatic Changes
Bend Ship Shafts

A study Of the question of accidents
to prope,lsP shafts of battleships has
developed tha4 changes in the form
of ship huiis brought on by climatic
changes are probably the cause Of
strain which breaks propellar shafts
of large vessels. Naval Constructor
Smith has determined in experiments
with colliers that the hulls either sag
or hog drop at the ends) about one
inch for every seven degrees change in
the temperature.
The Washington times., 1913-12-30
Altman, Rockefeller. and Car.
negie Are Leaders IN Charity
Which Has Amounted to
Two Billions in l3 Years.

philenthroptc purposes by the late c. A.
Canneld. ut Loe Angeles, Cat
washington University was the recip-
lent OF Q.ooo.oo0 for the erection Of the
new medical Department buildings from
Robert B. BrookingA A like amount
the young missionary who died In
Egypt, to foreign missionary work.
BY the Will Of the Rev. Conrad vroe-
land the North Jersey Baptist Assocja-
ton received property valued 1t ST.
Louis A. Heinsheimer, who was .
member Of the firm Of Kuhn, Loeb 6
Co. left Q.oo9 90 b SIX Jewish benevo-
lent and charitable Institutions provided
they form q confederation.
G. r. Crane save q om.ooo Tor q mem.
orial to heroes In Prngue.
1.Ml0oo road between Duluth and Two
Harbors. MINI.
From Q Rich ~Poer Man.n
Known ~ poor man." Horace
william Howard. q recluse Of Brock
ton. Mass. left 100000 to charity. In
cfudins $1sS.0eo for home for aged.
and large sums to other institutions.
OF the S1oo.oo0.0oe given by women
philanthropists Mrs. Anna Fallon
Moore. widow Of James Amory Moore,
heads the list with S3,0os; ooe-e1. .oOe, :
O0o for . homo for convalescents. TO
be known a. the James Amory Moore
Memorial. in honor Of her late hus-
band. who was an Invalid.
Mrs. e. H. Harriman 10 . constant
and generous contributor to the Hy-
gienic Record office ut Cold Sprifie
Harbor, L. l., which she founded She
gave $4,000 20 the Southern Pacific
A gift Of SsIO, 200 was made To the
dition Of the Poor by ArH Elisabeth
Milbank Anderson.
The Washington times., 1913-12-30
Upward Of s3o2, ZOO, 900 Dis.
bursed in Sums Of $4,000
or More by American Men
and Women.

The year 1913 is remarkable for the
large number of benefactions. The gifts
Of $4,000 or over aggregate something
like S3oc, 600 or about q, 900 more
than the previous year. OF the total
sl7o. .0oo.o 900 went for educational purposes
&s5, 900. 900 for religious and charitable in.
stitutions and missions, and the remain.
der for hospitals, homes for the aged
and other charities. During the last
thirteen years the announced gifts to
educational, religious. and charitable
purposes have AGGREGATED nearly two
billions Of dollars.
The leader In the years bequests was
Benjamin Altman. New York merchant
-318 900, 900. He beQueathed his collec-
ton Of paintings. rugs. tapestries. por-
celains, marbles, etc., valued at SIS, 900,
goo. 70 the Metropolitan Museum Of Art;
charities, Of which N.5oo0o0 went to the
Altman Foundation, an incorporation
for the benefit and reward Of the en-
ployes Of B. Altman q Co.
John D. Rockefeller.
John d. Rockefeller set aside an
amount for. the Rockefeller Foundation,
Incorporated in New York State, the
exact amount not being stated, but
which Ia thought to be many millions.
His published gifts amounted to about
SS,00o,0o0, including 100000 year which
IL was reported he intended giving to-
ward educating Southern farmers In
their working; N,6l400 to the Johns
Hopkins Medical School. to enable pro-
fessors at the school to withdraw from
all paid practice; Q,0oaO00 to establish
a Christian university In Japan; 5000 900
to the general fund Of the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research, to pro-
vide pensions for members and ASSOC
ciate members who are devoting them
selves to scientific work.
AldTew Carnegie.
The third largest giver was Andrew
Carnagie- OF this amount
$40. 100 900 in per cent bonds Of the Steel
Cooperation went to his native Scotch
town, Dumferiine, for q foundation for
"the most benehcent use or the good
Of the masses Of Great Britain and Ire
land" N.e50000 went to the Carnegie
Foundation for the purpose Of subject
ing the law schools Of this country and
Canada to the sort Of scrutiny the medi-
ton. Vanderbilt University, at Nash
vile, received $l.ooo 900. $4,000 Of which
was for equipment and $4,000 Cor the
establishment Of q medical department.
Mr.. Carnegie also gave 81. .000. 900 to the
Carnegie Institute OF Technology, $750,-
600 fer public library In San Fran
The Washington times., 1913-12-30
Denmark to Have Fine
Show at Panama Fair

COPENHAGEN. Denmark. Dec. 81
Denmark 10 to take . prominent placs
at the Panama-Pacihc expedition -
San Francisco In both the art and
agricultural departments
The art exhibit iS to be housed In the
hall Of art which 10 to occupy the cen
ter Of the arounds. while the agricul-
tural exhibit u to be both representa-
tive and original
dustYies have been allotted e0o0 square
feet. The renowned Copenhagen porce-
lain will be shown.
In addition Denmark 70 to have hef
own building furnished to display mod.
efn Danish culture.
The Washington times., 1913-12-30
German Societies
Observe Weihnachten

Weihnachten. the Christmas Of the
Fatherland, was observed by the Arion
Gesangverein at its clubhouse on f
street Monday night. There was
Christmas tree and a Village school
play" by members of the club Prof
Christiani had charge of the program
Of music and recitations. Miss Eleanor
Schwarz. assisted by Miss Minnie
Schuerger, was in charge
The Washington times., 1913-12-30
Seek Sisters Of John
Lyons, Dead in Ohio

The police today failed to locate rela-
tives OF John Lyons, a railroad man,
resident Of this city, who died on
Monday in Youngstown, Ohio. Accord
ing to a dispatch from Chief Of Police
Mcdowell, of Youngstown, Lyons had
four sisters living in Washington.
The Washington times., 1913-12-30
Another Ohio Seaman
Victim Of Smallpox

Renel r. Fleming. one Of the crew of
the battleship Ohio. who was left
pox, died on Sunday morning, it was re-
ported at the Navy Department today.
This is the second death among the
Ohio's smallpox victims. The others
are reported as doing nicely" Flem-
ings home was at Sullivan, Ing. He
enlisted in 1911.
The Washington times., 1913-12-30
vedrines Says He Will
Fly to Australia Now

CAIRO. Egypt. Dec. 30.-Having COM
pleted his 8, 3,5O0-mile aerop ane flight
from Paris, the longest air trip on req
ord, Jules Verdrines today announced
his plan to Iiy 10 Austrana he would
southern Asia and British India, and
thence over the islands of the Malay
group.